BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN WATCH THE MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM FOR LAST CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE
THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL THAT MEANS COPYING 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 CALERA BOROUGH
COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PAT BROWN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR.
ONE, TWO THREE, FOUR FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A PERFORMANCE PRESENT AND I WANT TO THANK OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS UPSTAIRS, TRISH FINNIGAN FOR BEING HERE AND
ACTING IN THE ABSENCE OF ASSISTED STATE FOR BEING HERE AND ALSO LAST MEETING I DID NOT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY SO I KNOW IT'S BELATED BUT JUST WANT TO WISH ALL THE FATHERS IN THE HOUSE A
VERY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AND NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE. WE ARE MOVING ON TO THIS WEEK'S CLERGY INVITED BY COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND AFTERWARDS WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ALSO DARCY FOR THE RECORD
REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR WEBER IS NOW PRESIDENT WITHOUT COMMISSIONER WITH GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
I AM PROUD TO INVITE BACK FATHER CURRY. MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM BUT I WILL GIVE HIS DUE INTRODUCTION HERE. FATHER CURRY SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN FOR THE
BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PASTORS SEVERAL DORCHESTER IN ROXBURY PARISHES INCLUDING ST PETER'S HOLY FAMILY AND ST PATRICK'S. OFFERING SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
AND SUPPORT ACROSS THESE VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. HE'S DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PEACE BUILDING AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL. FATHER CURRY FOUNDED AND
CONTINUES TO LEAD WEEKLY FLASHLIGHT WALKS AND SAFETY WALKS IN THE BOWDEN GENEVA SECTION OF DORCHESTER WHERE DOZENS OF RESIDENTS, CLERGY, POLICE OFFICERS CARRY FLASHLIGHTS AND CHANT LIGHT UP
THE STREETS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT AS THEY WALK, PRAY, CONNECT TO DOOR TO DOOR AND IT'S AN INSPIRING SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE.
THESE WALKS AREN'T JUST CEREMONIAL THEY PROVIDE REAL HUMAN CONNECTION. NEIGHBORS MEET POLICE AND CLERGY IN A RELAXED SETTING WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK UP ABOUT LOCAL CONCERNS AND FEEL SEEN
AND HEARD. A PRACTICE PRAISED BY CARDINAL O'MALLEY AND FORMER MAYOR WALSH AND NOW CARRIED BY WEEKLY BY FAR THE CARI AND VOLUNTEER. SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ADDITIONALLY, FOLLOWING A DISTURBING INCIDENT BACK IN 2020 WHEN THE STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OUTSIDE ST PETER'S WAS SET ON FIRE, FATHER CURRY RESPONDED NOT WITH
CONDEMNATION BUT WITH COMPASSION ORGANIZING A VIGIL TO PRAY, CLEAN THE STATUE AND EXTEND FORGIVENESS TO THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE. COMBINED WITH HIS ONGOING
CHAPLAINCY TWO FIRST RESPONDERS DURING CRISES. FATHER CURRY BRINGS TO OUR GATHERING THIS THIS AFTERNOON A POWERFUL MODEL OF FAITH AND ACTION GROUNDED IN PRAYER,
COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY UNITY. AND THANK YOU FATHER CURRY FOR ALWAYS JUST BEING A PHONE CALL AWAY TO ME KNOWING THAT YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL LEADER ACROSS THE CITY HELPING SO MANY. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, YOU CAN
OPEN UP SOME PRAYER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE INVITATION. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
COUNCILORS AND TO JOIN YOU IN YOUR NOBLE WORK IS SO CRITICAL FOR THE LIFE OF OUR CITY. SO WE ASK GOD'S BLESSING NOW WE
CALL OUT TO THE GOD OF ALL NATIONS LIVING GOD. OUR WORLD IS TROUBLED.
OUR NATION IS TROUBLED SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AND ANXIETY, PAIN AND LOSS HURT, FRUSTRATION WE
FEEL IT ALL. IT IS A HEAVY BURDEN IN TIMES
LIKE WE ARE EXPERIENCING WE TURN TO YOU GOD OF ALL PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS AND YOU TURN US TO LOOK TO THOSE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES WHO ARE BEACONS OF HOPE A BEACON OF LIGHT BEACONS OF STRENGTH.
WE PRAY LORD, THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY WE HOLD SO DEAR AND REALLY ON BEHALF OF ALL YOUR PEOPLE THAT
THIS CITY COUNCIL WILL BE INDEED ALL OF THAT THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK TO IT AND FIND IN EACH
MEMBER YOU REACHING OUT, LEADING AND GUIDING AND THEN PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY LEADERSHIP WHICH EACH
ONE OF THEM DEAR LORD WE KNOW IN THEIR OWN WAY DESIRES TO GIVE ON BEHALF OF YOUR PEOPLE THIS CITY.
WITH THIS IN MIND LORD LET LET US NOT ONLY THIS MEETING BUT ALL OF THE DELIBERATIONS, ALL OF THEIR WORK AND I ASK THAT YOU DO SO IN THE CHRISTIAN
TRADITION THE WORDS OF SAINT PAUL THAT HE GAVE TO THE CITY OF PHILIP BY YOU MADE THESE WORDS ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE
HEARTS AND MINDS OF SOULS. THE VOICES OF THIS COUNCIL FOR THEY OFFER SUCH WISDOM. SO TO YOU DEAR SISTERS AND
BROTHERS WHAT PAUL SAID TO PHILIP BY FINALLY WHATEVER IS TRUE, WHATEVER IS HONORABLE,
WHATEVER IS JUST WHATEVER IS PURE, WHATEVER IS LOVELY, WHATEVER IS GRACIOUS IF THERE IS ANY EXCELLENCE AND IF THERE
IS ANYTHING WORTHY OF PRAISE, THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN THIS PRAYER AND ALL THE PRAYERS
OF OUR HEARTS OUR PRAYER FOR OUR MAYOR, FOR ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, FOR THOSE WHO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY,
PARTICULARLY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. MAY WE KNOW YOUR BLESSING TO COVER US IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
WE PRAY NOW YOUR HOLY NAME BE WITH US FOREVER ENDEAVOR AMEN. AMEN. WE WILL NOT RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND DURING A PUBLIC VOTE WHICH IS WHY UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FATHER CURRY. IT IS ALWAYS A BLESSING FOR US TO HAVE YOU HERE IN CHAMBERS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. APPRECIATE WE ARE NOW ON TO
PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM COUNCILOR RIPON AND COUNCIL WEBER AND COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON. I, I AM ASKING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO KEEP THAT WHO ARE
DOING PRESENTATIONS TO KEEP THEM VERY BRIEF PURSUANT TO THE RULE SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THEM. I KNOW THERE ARE TWO AND A LOT OF COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND B ONE FOR HER STAFF SO
KASRA THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND 5 MINUTES HERE TO SEND IT.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TODAY MY OFFICE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BRINGING IN ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM OUR DISTRICT OF BHATIA WHO IS AN UPRISING FIFTH GRADER OVER AT
THE SUMMER SCHOOL AND WE DID A CITY COUNCILOR FOR THE DAY SO THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO DO THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT,
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITY COUNCILOR, WHAT IT MEANS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE THAT THEY THAT THEIR VOICE MATTERS AND THAT THEY VERY MUCH HAVE A SAY IN THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY.
SO THAT'S WHY MY OFFICE WAS ABLE TO WE ARE DOING THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND I INVITE MY CITY COUNCILORS COLLEAGUES TO ALSO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR YOUR YOUTH IN YOUR AREAS AND I HAVE
A SPECIAL RECOGNITION HERE FOR YOU CITY COUNCILOR HERE IT'S AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WHICH IS BEING RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY
COUNCIL EXTEND ITS GRATITUDE TO BOTH AARON SIEGEL IN RECOGNITION OF BEING A COUNCILOR FOR A DAY. WE WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS AND A BRIGHT FUTURE.
CONGRATULATIONS PICTURE. CAN I INVITE MY
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR A QUICK
PICTURE PLEASE?
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. YES, THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR PEN THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BATYA AND COUNCILOR BEN FOR MODELING BREVITY.
NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES . THANK YOU.
I WOULD THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE HIGH SCORE TASK FORCE TO
COME UP AND JOIN ME. SO FOR THE OTHER DISTRICT COUNCILORS AND I WAS TELLING THE HIGH SCORE TASK FORCE
EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A BIT OF FOMO. YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW AND YOU WANT THAT TO BE HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WE DON'T GET TO DEAL WITH UNIVERSITIES IN DISTRICT SIX OR YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A STANDALONE SENIOR CENTER THAT'S BUILT LIKE IN EAST BOSTON OR GROVE HALL. YOU KNOW, BUT ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS WE HAVE IN DISTRICT SIX AND ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE JEALOUS IS WE HAVE THE HIGH SQUARE TASK FORCE RIGHT. AND JUST YOU KNOW THAT
MENTORING KIDS MAKING BRINGING THEM INTO THE PUBLIC SPACE, ADVOCATING FOR THEM AND THE COMMUNITY IT'S JUST IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING TO WATCH AND I
KNOW THIS CITY IS A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL THE WORK DONE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE. MY OFFICE HAS BENEFITED MELISSA BELTRAN IS MY DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES WAS A YOU KNOW, A YOUTH AT HIGH
SQUARE TASK FORCE AND YOU KNOW, JUST JUST A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE. YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER WHEN THE THE OWNERS
OF TD GARDEN WANTED TO BUILD THAT A STATE REP KEVIN FITZGERALD HAD THEM AGREE TO A COMMUNITY BENEFIT OF DOING
FUNDRAISERS FOR YOUTH AND THAT WAS IN THE MID NINETIES IN THE MID 20 TENS HEIGHTS WHERE TASK FORCE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THEY HAD NOT DONE THOSE FUNDRAISERS AND
THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THEM THAT THAT THOSE FUNDRAISERS ARE BEING DONE NOW BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE WORK OF THE HIGH COURT TASK FORCE WE WOULDN'T HAVE YOU KNOW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS COMING IN TO BENEFIT OUR YOUTH PURSUANT TO A
COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT REACHED IN THE 1990S. AND ANOTHER THING THAT HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE HAS WORKED ON YEAH AND YOU PROBABLY READ ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS IS STOP AND SHOP THE THE THE KIDS STANDING BEHIND ME YOUR KIDS TO ME I KNOW YOUR ADULTS YOU LOOK LIKE ADULTS BUT
YOU WENT DOWN TO STOP AND SHOP IN JACKSON SQUARE AND DID SURVEYS OF PRICES OF GOODS COMPARED TO THE PRICES OF THE SAME GOODS IN DEDHAM THEY WERE
ABOUT 20% HIGHER IN JACKSON SQUARE AND THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE MEDIAN INCOME IS ABOUT FOUR TIMES LOWER IN JACKSON SQUARE THAN IT IS IN DEDHAM. THEY REACHED OUT TO STOP AND SHOP AND SAID WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH THIS? WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT. THEY YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THE LEGAL EQUIVALENT EQUIVALENT OF THE MIDDLE FINGER
ESSENTIALLY AND THEY DID THAT BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THEM. THEY ADVOCATED AND THEY GOT SOMEONE ON THEIR SIDE YOU KNOW, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN WHO
JOINED WITH OUR OTHER LEADERS, SENATOR MARKEY AND CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY TO REACH OUT TO STOP AND SHOP ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP AND SHOP STARTED PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY
RESPONDED AND DUE TO THEIR ADVOCACY AT HIGH SQUARE TASK FORCE THEY DID REDUCE THE PRICES OF THOSE GOODS AT THE START AND SHOP IN JACKSON SQUARE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THEY FOUND THAT THE PRICES AT AT SUPERMARKETS IN OTHER LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON
ARE STILL HIGHER AND AT THOSE PREVIOUS LEVELS AS THEY WERE IN JACKSON SQUARE OR PINE GROVE HALL, MISSION HILL SOUTH BAY.
YES AND THEY'RE PUSHING ON STOP AND SHOP TO LOWER THOSE PRICES AND MEET WITH ME WITH THEM AND EXPLAIN WHY THOSE ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.
AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT KIND OF ADVOCACY THAT I THINK IS NOT ONLY GREAT IT SORT OF EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF JAMAICA PLAIN AND HYDE SQUARE AND WHY WE LOVE
HAVING THEM HERE. SO I I'M JUST I'M JOINED TODAY AND DANNY VARGAS IS HERE RIGHT BEHIND ME IS THAT TALL DRINK OF WATER HERE.
EMMANUEL VARGAS IS HERE AND EUNICE YO-YO IS ALSO HERE. WE WERE GOING TO BE JOINED BY DEREK MEDINA WHO DID A LOT OF WORK BUT HE'S NOT HERE TODAY . IF YOU WANT TO LOOK THERE'S A
PBS NEWSHOUR STORY ABOUT THEIR AMAZING WORK ON THE STOP AND SHOP CASE AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU LOOK AT IT. I HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S FOR THE HEIGHTS SQUARE
TASK FORCE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR WORK UNCOVERING PRICING DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN STOP AND SHOP STOP AND SHOPS ACROSS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. I JUST IT'S SUCH IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM AND
WORKING WITH THEM ON THE REDESIGN OF MOZART PARK AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT'S INSPIRING FOR ME TO WATCH THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP THEM
ACCOMPLISH THEIR THEIR GOALS. I'M HAPPY TO DO IT. I KNOW DANNY HAS SOME WORDS TO SAY AND SO I'M GOING TO YIELD TO MY TOWN.
THANK YOU TO GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS. THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL HERE. BAND MEMBER MY NAME IS DANNY
VARGAS. I'M 20 YEARS OLD AND LIVE IN THE MILITARY. SEE HERE THE APARTMENT IS IN THE JAMAICAN PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD OF JAMAICA PLAIN. I SPENT 17 YEARS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING BEHIND THE STOP AND SHOP GROCERY STORE NOW
I WAS BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND 14. I WENT TO THE HENNIGAN SCHOOL AND IN 2018 I HAD A FIELD TRIP THAT LED ME TO HEIGHTS CORTEZ FIRST AS A 14 YEAR OLD I WAS AN
IMPRESSIONABLE TEENAGER AND SEEING THIS PLACE WAS TRULY AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE. I ENDED UP SPENDING GRADES 8 TO 12 WHERE I LEARNED PERCUSSION SKILLS PLAYED AFRO-LATIN MUSIC
AND GOT EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT. I ALSO FOUND MYSELF ADVOCATING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WHETHER IT BE WRITING LETTERS, PUBLIC SPEAKING OR STARTING CAMPAIGNS
SUCH AS THIS ONE IN EARLY 2023 THE YOUTH THE HIGHEST GRADE TASK FORCE STUMBLED UPON AN ARTICLE THAT STATED THAT GROCERY STORES WERE CHARGING HIGHER PRICES IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT IN
HIGHER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH THIS INFORMATION THE YOUTH WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS TRUE. WE CREATED A LIST OF ABOUT 20 COMMON ITEMS THAT ARE FOUND IN
TYPICAL FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS AFTER GENERATING THIS LIST WE WENT TO TWO STOP AND SHOP LOCATIONS ONE ON THE BORDER OF JAMAICA COMPLETE IN ROXBURY AND ANOTHER ONE IN DEDHAM AFTER BUYING THE
SAME EXACT NUMBER OF ITEMS, WE FOUND THAT THE PRICES IN JP WERE 18% HIGHER THAN THAT IN DURHAM WE ASKED THE COMPANY FOR A MEETING BUT THEY SAY THEY
DIDN'T HAVE TIME SO WE RELEASED RESEARCH TO THE MEDIA IN THE SUMMER OF 2023 FOR MANY WEEKS MYSELF AND THE OTHER YOU FOUND OURSELVES IN THE NEWSPAPERS
DOING LIVE TV RADIO SHOWS AND FILM CREWS WERE CONSTANTLY COMING TO OUR BUILDING THE BOSTON GLOBE NAME OUR ORGANIZING TEAM HAS RUN OUR
BOSTONIANS OF THE YEAR AFTER LOTS OF PUBLIC PRESSURE STOP AND SHOP LEADERSHIP AGREED TO MEET WITH US BUT THEY WOULD NOT AGREE TO LOWER THEIR PRICES IN
LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. AT THAT POINT WE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, SENATOR EDWARD MARKEY AND CONGRESSWOMAN ENID PRESSLEY WHO WROTE A LETTER TO THE SUPERMARKET CHAIN DEMANDING
THAT THEY MAKE THEIR PRICING MORE EQUITABLE. SUBBAN AND TRUMP THEN ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE LOWERING THEIR PRICES THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT THAT MASSACHUSETTS
WOULD BE LESS SO WE KEPT THE PRESSURE ON RECENTLY STOPPING SHOP DID START LOWERING THE PRICES AT SOME STORES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND FINALLY THERE IS EQUITY BETWEEN THE JACKSON SQUARE STORE AND THE ONE IN
DEDHAM. WE ESTIMATE THAT JACKSON SQUARE AND FAMILIES WILL SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR WITH THE NEW LOWER PRICES DUE TO ONGOING RESEARCH. WE HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT OTHER
LOCATIONS IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS GROVE HALL, SOUTH BAY AND MISSION HILL STILL HAVE HIGHER PRICES. SO WE VOWED TO CONTINUE THIS CAMPAIGN UNTIL THERE IS MORE EQUITY.
WITH ME TODAY ARE TWO OTHER PILLARS OF THIS YOUTH LED CAMPAIGN EUNICE YOYO WHO IS GOING TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN SEPTEMBER AND EMMANUEL WHO ATTENDS TO ONE DIAMOND THANK
YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANKS TO BEN WEBER, JULIA MEJIA, HENRY SANTANA AND LUCY
LOUIJEUNE FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALONG THE WAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ALSO I MEAN I JUST I THINK WE ALSO HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE REPS IN MONTANA WHO SOMEONE FROM SAM'S
OFFICE IS HERE AND STATE SENATOR LIZ MIRANDA WHO'S HERE TODAY ALSO I JUST I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL TASK
FORCE AND HOW GREAT IT'S BEEN TO WORK WITH THEM SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO ASK KEN TANG VIC AND ANYONE ELSE FROM HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE AND MY COLLEAGUES TO COME UP HERE FOR
A PHOTO. THANK YOU AND STATE REP LIZ MIRANDA SOUTHERN STATE THE
STATE SENATOR MY APOLOGIES. YEAH. SO PROUD OF YOU AND SOMEBODY ON THE MOST COME ON UP.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT . OH, DON'T BE SHY. COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINDOW. OKAY?
I DON'T SEE ANYONE. YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD THIS. YEAH. AWESOME.
OH, GOOD. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD LUCK WITH
THAT. YOU KNOW I REPRESENT YOU BUT MY HUSBAND IS ON THE BOARD, SO
YEAH, I THINK YOU GUYS CONGRATULATIONS VERY CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. WE LOVE THE HIGH SQUARE TASK FORCE IN HERE.
THANK YOU. TO EMMANUEL, TO DANNY, TO EUNICE AND WE JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU WILL DO. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU A DAY IN THESE SEATS HELPING TO LEAD OUR CITY. SO AND THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR WEBER FOR INTRODUCING AND WELCOMING SENATOR MIRANDA INTO THE CHAMBERS. MY FIRST BOSS. AND SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE IN CHAMBERS. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GOT TO TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE MY YOUTH LEADER. WHEN I WAS A YOUTH THAT WAS SENATOR MIRANDA.
OKAY. WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL PRESENTATION WHICH WILL BE COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON FOR HER STAFF COUNCILOR, YOU
HAD THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY CALL MY
STAFF ON TO DOWN TO THE PODIUM .
ERIC YOUNG AKA BAILEY VINES, REGGIE STEWART AND ANGIE BRUTUS
. OKAY COME ON TO THE PRINTING PRESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
LOUIJEUNE FOR ACCOMMODATING US. I KNOW THAT THE THE RULE SAYS TO PRESENTATIONS BUT YOU WERE ALLOWED TO THIRD, WE APPRECIATE IT. I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TODAY
TO AND THANK YOU IS NOT JUST DOESN'T SUFFICE OR DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE RIGHT WORDS FOR MY STAFF TODAY YOU GET INTO THIS
JOB AND THERE'S NOT MUCH THERE'S NOT A YOU KNOW SOME SORT OF TRAINING OR HANDBOOK THAT YOU COME IN WITH TO GUIDE
YOU IN DOING THIS WORK YOU TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO FIT. I KNOW THAT IN MY OFFICE WE HAD A PROGRAM WHERE WE HIRED A WHOLE BUNCH OF INTERNS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GIVE INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN LITTLE BY LITTLE YOU START LEARNING ABOUT THE RIGHT POSITIONS AND THE ROLE AND EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PERSONALITIES AND SKILLS
THAT YOU NEED AND I KNOW THAT I SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. IT'S A TOUGH JOB TO FILL POSITIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, ONE YOU CAN TRUST TWO
THAT WILL NOT SAY NO TO THE JOB AND THREE THAT WILL SHOW UP AND CONTINUOUSLY DO THE WORK NONSTOP WITHOUT COMPLAINING.
AND MY STAFF HAS A SAYING IN THE OFFICE THAT IF YOU'VE AFTER WORKING FOR ME THAT CAN LAST ANYWHERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I THINK IT MEANS THAT THEY LOVE ME BUT I THINK WITH ALL OF THE
WORK THAT WE DID WHEN WE CAME IN TO DISTRICT SEVEN WE LOOKED AT THE WORK AND WE WANTED TO TIE IT DIRECTLY TO THE DATA. WE WANTED TO THE POLICIES TO BE
BEST PRACTICE INFORMED AND WE WANTED TO IT TO BE DATA INFORMED AND SO WE WENT TO WORK, WE COLLABORATED WITH UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY. WE CREATED AN ADVISORY
COUNCIL AND BUILD PARTNERSHIP FROM GROUND UP AND WE LISTENED AND WE ALLOWED THE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE POWER AND TO LEAD US THE PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND
MEJIA ERIC YOUNGER BAILEY VINES WHO JUST ARE TRYING TO READY STEWARD AND ANDREW BRUTUS YEAH
RACI FOR MY LITTLE AFRICAN SISTER I FOR SO MANY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY IMPRESSED BY YOUR TENACITY BY YOUR ABILITY TO BE PATIENT, BY YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND BY YOUR SWIFT ABILITY TO COME UP WITH
ANSWERS FOR ME AND I THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU, BAILEY YOU JOINED THE TEAM AND I REMEMBER OUR INTERVIEW WHEN YOU FIRST
SAID I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE TYPE OF WORK YOU ARE DOING. I LOVE WHAT YOU STAND FOR AND I WANT TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO HELP YOU. I TOOK THAT TO HEART.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE EXACT EXTENT THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THAT TO AND YOU DID. YOU HAD MY BACK. YOU WERE THERE. YOU WORKED TIRELESSLY AND YOU
SHOWED ME SO MUCH LOVE AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CREATIVITY, YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. AND I LOVE YOU, REGGIE. WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A
FEW YEARS BUT YOU YOU JOINED A STAFF HERE AT THE NEWCOMER AND BUT WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG TIME AND YOU'VE VOLUNTEERED TO WORK WITH THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND DOING SOME
POLICY RESEARCH ON THE GROUND IN DISTRICT SEVEN. ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR ABILITY TO CONNECT THE DOTS
WITH POLICY AND HOW YOU'VE HUNG IN THERE WITH US AND NO MATTER WHAT NEVER COMPLAIN. THAT'S NOT MY JOB. YOU NEVER SAID A THING AND YOU JUST KEPT WORKING AND THAT SPEAKS FOR ALL OF YOU AND I LOVE YOU TOO.
THANK YOU, ANGIE. MY CHIEF OF STAFF SORRY BAYLEYS MY DIRECTOR OF MARKETING REGGIE POLICY AND COMMUNITY AND ANGIE
COME COME ON I'LL BITE. TRACY IS DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICE. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. YOUR CHIEF WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES.
ANGIE BRUTUS WHO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH AND YOU HAVE SHOWN ME WHAT I MEANS TO EVOLVE IN THIS WORK BUT YOU'VE
SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE SOMEONE UNCONDITIONALLY AND YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR ME. YOU WORK FAST, YOU HANDLE EVERYTHING AND IF THERE'S A GAP YOU FILL IT AND YOU DESERVE ALL
THE BEST. AND I HOPE YOU I THANK YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU YOU HUNG IN THERE.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE CLIMATE GOT TOUGH AND YOU KEPT YOUR HEAD UP HIGH. YOU WERE PROFESSIONAL. YOU WERE KIND INTELLIGENT AND
YOU DID THE WORK FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. PLEASE HELP ME TO CONGRATULATE MY STAFF AND COME TO THE
CONCLUSION MAY I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO AND THEY'RE ALL SHY. I'M THE ONE WITH THE MOUTH BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING
? IT'S OPEN NOW. OKAY. I LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH US IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, WE'LL GET A
COFFEE STARTED BY COMPUTER HERE. CAN I GET YOU? CAN I GIVE THE MIDDLE READY TO
GET OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
SO TALL.
THANK YOU.
EVERYONE THINKS THAT HUGE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR BREVITY IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS. OKAY. AND ALLOW US TO GET TO THE DOCKET. SO MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE MADAM CLERK MADAM
CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELOR'S FOOTAGE? ANDERSON FITZGERALD AND GRAYDON
ARE PRESENT AND NOW WITH US AND MEJIA AND HERE ARE NOT PRESENT IN WITH US. OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF JUNE 11, 2025.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I HI ALL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 11TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ THIS NUMBER 125621257 ADOPTED 1256 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER TO REDUCE THE F Y 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESOLVE OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING BY $747,842 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY DEPARTMENT FOR THE FBI 25 INCREASES CONTAIN WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ATTORNEY LOCAL 1526 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JUNE 22,
2025 AND 1257 ON THE DOCKET 1257 MESSAGE ON ORDER FOR THE SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE
FBI 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $747,842 TO COVER THE FBI 25 COST ITEM CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
ASK ME LOCAL 1526 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE OCTOBER FOUR, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH 2026 AND OCTOBER 1ST 2026
TO SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN OCTOBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERMS AND FLAT AMOUNT
OF 500 250 801 75 TO BE ADDED TO THE ANNUAL SALARY IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL OF PREPAID LEGAL
BENEFIT AS WELL AS CHANGES TO SUN OVERTIME FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1256 AND 1257 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON AND MEANS. MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1258 DOCKET 1258 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
AND EXPAND A GRANT NOT TO EXCEED 1,000,107 $72,000 FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA BUILDING RESISTANCE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. THE GRANT IS AWARDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR RENOVATION TO THE PARK LOCATED
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1258 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCE AND PARKS. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1259 DOCKET
NUMBER 1259 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT OF $450,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE CUMMINS FOUNDATION TO
BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES. THE GRANT WOULD SUPPORT VIOLENCE PREVENTION INCLUDING EVENTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND EFFORT TO CITIES
SUMMER SAFETY PLAN AND PLAN TO END VIOLENCE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1259 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET NUMBER 1260 DOCKET NUMBER 1260 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO STEP AND EXPAND AMOUNT
OF $344,335 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FBI 26 SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM AWARDED BY MIAMI COP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION TO GRANT
WOULD FUND ADMINISTRATION OF SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM INCLUDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND MEALS PLUS STIPEND FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP TO HOMEBOUND AND
FREE SENIORS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CAPTAIN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES I RISE TODAY IN
FULL SUPPORT OF DOCKET 1260 WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND $344,335 THROUGH THE FBI 26
SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM AWARDED BY AMERICORPS AND IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH OUR AGE STRONG COMMISSION. THIS GRANT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HOMEBOUND OR ISOLATED.
IT HELPS FUND VOLUNTEER STIPENDS ALONG WITH MEAL AND TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE WHO GENEROUSLY OFFERED THEIR TIME TO PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP, SUPPORT AND CARE JUST FOR SOME
OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. TO ME THIS IS ABOUT DIGNITY AND COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT OUR SENIORS ARE NEVER LEFT BEHIND. I KNOW THAT THIS GRANT HAS COME
BEFORE US BEFORE AND STRONG HAS COME IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND HAS EXPLAINED MORE. I'M NOT IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THIS GRANT BUT I AM ASKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS TODAY AND GET
THIS MONEY TO OUR EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION AND OUR SENIORS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. I WANT TO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT GRANT AND IT'S ONE THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR SO I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD
NO HEARING NECESSARY AS BEST SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE IN IT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CATCHER FLYNN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK
THEY DO ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WENT TO AN EVENT WITH THEM ON FRIDAY AND THEY WERE TALKING TO SENIORS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND
MEMORY RELATED ISSUES. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN BECAUSE I ALSO KNOW THAT WE TRADITIONALLY GET THIS GRANT AS WELL AND IT DOES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN
THE LIVES OF OUR SENIORS THROUGHOUT BOSTON. TAKE THEM OUT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AND NO HEARING ON THIS DOCKET. COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE
OF DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 6 ZERO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALSO SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT IS NOT GOING AS PAST. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1261 DOCKET
NUMBER 1261 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $251,145 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S INNOCENT
AND CONVICTION INTEGRITY COLLABORATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PASSED THROUGH THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC COUNCILOR SERVICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THE GROUND WOULD FUND THE PPD CRIME LAB STAFF TIME FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS INNOCENT AND CONVICTION INTEGRITY COLLABORATION PROJECT.
THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 6 ONE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1262 DOCKET NUMBER 1262 MESSAGE AN ORDER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE BOSTON FAMILY DATE GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON FAMILY DAY PROGRAM FROM 2025 TO 2 22,026 PROVIDED BY THE JAMES
UNCOUPLING DE SLOAN FOUNDATION. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET NUMBER 1262 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
REDACT NUMBER 1263 DOCKET NUMBER 1263 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT OF $36,500 IN THE FORM OF A
GRANT FOR THE QUANTICO HERITAGE DONATION AWARDED BY THE CHRONICLE HERITAGE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL PREVENTION. THE GRANT WOULD FUND PAYROLL EXPENSES.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. AND I JUST CONSIDER GIVING YOU THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHRONICLE HERITAGE IS A MASSACHUSETTS ARCHEOLOGY ARCHEOLOGY FIRM THAT WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED AND CLOSED SUBSEQUENTLY THE COMPANY SOUGHT PERMANENT RELOCATION
OF HUNDREDS OF BOXES CONTAINING MASSACHUSETTS ARTIFACTS TO APPROPRIATE STORAGE FACILITIES. THE STATE WHICH OVERSEES THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ARCHEOLOGICAL CURATION DESIGNATED THE CITY'S
REPOSITORY MANAGED BY THE CITY'S ARCHEOLOGY TEAM AS THE FINAL DESTINATION FOR ALL 36 BOXES FOR BOXES FROM THE BOSTON COLLECTION TO SUPPORT THIS TRANSFER CHRONICLE HERITAGE
PROVIDED A DONATION $36,500 EQUIVALENT TO $500 PER BOX TO SUPPORT THE PROCESSING MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE OF THESE MATERIALS. I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET.
THANK YOU. COUNSELOR DURKIN SEEKS SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER SO THE ACCOUNTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND ON THE PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1263 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I ALL
THE POLLS SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER NUMBERS ONE, 264 AND 1265. DOCKET NUMBER 1264 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $34,349.60 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE QUARRY AND REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS HIGHER DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE
CREATION OF REGIONAL PIPELINE PROGRAMING FOR HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONAL ALIGNMENT WITH REGIONAL PLANNING PRIORITIES.
DOCKET NUMBER 1265 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $12,869 AND 80
$0.01 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WI0A YOUTH ADMINISTERED NATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS HIRED DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM THAT
SAYS ELIGIBLE YOUTH AGE 14 TO 24 WHO FACE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 126421265 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 126621273.126 THIS
COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT BOOTSIE LOUIJEUNE REGARDING CITY COUNCIL RULE FIVE DOCKET 1267 NO THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
REGARDING HER RESIGNATION FROM THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, JULY FOUR, 2025 DOCKET 1268 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FRIEND REGARDING THE
POLICY INSTITUTE LEADERS REPORT ON DOWNTOWN OFFICE VACANCIES DOCKET 1269 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FRIEND REGARDING BOSTON FISH BEER
DOCKET 1270 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING ESTABLISHING A BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION DOCKET 1 TO 7 ONE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED COUNCILOR FRIEND TO
CHIEF PLANNING CARRIERS SHARE REGARDING DOWNTOWN 2712721273.1272 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRALIZING ACCOUNTABILITY EQUITY DRIVEN DASHBOARD ACROSS KEY CITY DEPARTMENT DOCKET 1273 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN REGARDING DOCKET 1101 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE HIRING TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION OF THE BP AS BUSTER THIS THANK YOU.
THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. I AM ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO NOT SPEAK ON COMMUNICATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LENGTHY AGENDA TODAY AND IT'S ALSO NOT NORMAL TO SPEAK ON
COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE A COMMUNICATION THAT I AM NOT SPEAKING ON BUT IF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THE URGENT NEED TO SPEAK ON A COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANY COMMUNICATION THAT IS ON THE DOCKET.
2 MINUTES TOTAL THE JARGON AS IT COMES ROUGHLY NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON DOCKET 1268. YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO DO SO AND
THAT AND THAT INCLUDES ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION. SO 2 MINUTES. OH, JUST 2 MINUTES. YES. EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING. I SUBMITTED THIS JOINT REPORT
FROM THE TUFTS UNIVERSITY AND BOSTON POLICY INSTITUTE THAT ESTIMATES FALLING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXES VALUES MAY CAUSE OF REVENUE SHORTFALL OF 1.7
BILLION AND CITY REVENUE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. OBVIOUSLY A RELEVANT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR OUR CITY BUDGET AND CONCERNS ON TAXES IN RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WITH FALLING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES MORE THAN 70% DEPENDANCE ON PROPERTY TAX AND OVER 50% OF ALL LAND ABSORBED BY OUR LARGE NONPROFITS WE CAN NO
LONGER. WE HAVE WE HAVE LONG TERM FISCAL CONCERNS IN OUR CITY. AS I HAVE DISCUSSED. OUR TAX STRUCTURE HAS HELPED US WEATHER STORMS LIKE THE GREAT RECESSION BUT IT MAKES US
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THIS NEW DYNAMIC. MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON 1 TO 6 NINE ON DOCKET 1270.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING MY RESOLUTION FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW TO ESTABLISH A BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON THE TOPIC OF OFFICE VACANCIES IN CITY REVENUE.
THIS WAS SUPPORTED 12 211 ABSTAINED. I FORWARDED THIS RESOLUTION IN A LETTER TO CHIEF SHINE. ON THIS ISSUE I HAVE SPOKEN TO HIS PRESS PRESIDENT PREDECESSOR
CHIEF ARTHUR JAMISON'S MANY TIMES ON THIS. I SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ADVOCATING FOR OUR CITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE MORE IN-PERSON OFFICE WORK BRINGING CITY BOARDS BACK TO CITY HALL. I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY. I JUST I'M TROUBLE HEARING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED COUNCIL.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THE VALUE OF DOING SO BRINGING BRINGING BACK A HYBRID OPTION. CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS
BOSTON HAVE DONE SO FOR YEARS AND JUNE 2025 IT IS LONG PAST TIME THAT WE BRING THAT FOOT TRAFFIC BACK, SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND DO OUR PART TO RECREATE A BUSTLING DOWNTOWN
BOSTON AND TO SUPPORT OUR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I CONTINUE? WE HAVE 50 MORE SECONDS. THERE WAS A DISRUPTION HERE 15 ON DOCKET 1271.
I WILL ALSO WROTE TO CHIEF SCHON AFTER I RECEIVED NEARLY 200 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION FROM NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS. THIS IS ABOUT PLAN DOWNTOWN. IN SHORT, CITY RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNED DOWNTOWN
ADVISORY GROUP EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION THAT THE LATEST AMENDMENT TO ALLOW 700 FOOT TOWERS CLOSE TO BOSTON COMMON PUBLIC GARDEN WAS A LARGE DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS PLANS. OKAY.
THANK YOU, KANSAS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THOSE DOCKETS. DOCKETS NUMBERS 1 TO 6 SIX AND DOCKETS TO THE DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 THREE WILL BE PLACED ON
FILE. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ? MADAM CLERK, I APOLOGIZE. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 FOUR COMMUNICATION WAS
RECEIVED FROM ANITA TAVARES, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REGARDING THE CITIZEN PETITION TO ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT MUNICIPAL INSPECTOR GENERAL. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 FOUR WILL
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1275? DOCKET NUMBER 1275 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON
LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE OLD SOUTH MEDIAN HOUSE 310 WASHINGTON STREET BOSTON MASS. AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER
JULY 22, 2025 IF NOT ACTED UPON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT NATION I AM IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
COMMISSION'S UNANIMOUS DECISION TO DESIGNATE THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE AT 310 WASHINGTON STREET AS AN OFFICIAL BOSTON LANDMARK. THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE STANDS AS A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND A CORNERSTONE
OF REVOLUTION OUR HISTORY. BUILT IN 1720 SORRY BUILT IN 1729 IT SERVED AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR SOME OF THE MOST PIVOTAL EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. IT WAS A STAGING GROUND FOR THE
BOSTON TEA PARTY ON DECEMBER 16, 1773 WHERE 5000 CITIZENS ASSEMBLED TO PROTEST BRITISH TAXATION AND WHERE BOSTONIANS RALLIED IN RESPONSE TO THE BOSTON MASSACRE.
DURING THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OCCUPATION IN 1770 WHEN THE BRITISH OCCUPIED BOSTON DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM 1775 TO 1776 THEY GOT TO THE
INTERIOR OF THE OF THE MEETING HOUSE A SYMBOL OF THE DESECRATION OF A SITE THAT HAD COME TO REPRESENT DEMOCRATIC IDEALS RESTORED IN 1782. THE BUILDING WENT ON TO SERVE
AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR ABOLITIONIST SUFFRAGISTS AND ACTIVISTS IN THE STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACIAL EQUITY. THESE LAYERS OF HISTORY ARE CEMENTED IN THE MEETING HOUSE'S LEGACY. FREE SPEECH AT ASSEMBLY
THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S PAST THE BUILDING ALSO PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE COLONIAL RESIDENTS AFRICAN AMERICAN POET AND ACTIVIST PHILLIS WHEATLEY WAS BAPTIZED THERE AND MARRIED
THERE. OTHER NOTABLE MEMBERS INCLUDE SAM ADAMS, JAMES OTIS, WILLIAM DAWES AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. BEYOND ITS NATIONAL AND HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE AS A BEACON OF LIBERTY, DEMOCRACY
AND AMERICAN IDEALS, THE OLD SOUTH MEETINGHOUSE IS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING EXAMPLES OF GEORGIAN DESIGN FUZED WITH TRADITIONAL NEW ENGLAND ARCHITECTURE. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY JOSHUA
BLANCHARD WHO LATER BUILT FANEUIL HALL. I BELIEVE THAT BOSTONIANS MUST CONTINUE TO GROW AND EVOLVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS BUT THAT VISION
MEANS NOTHING IF WE DON'T WORK JUST AS HARD TO PRESERVE PLACES OF IMMEASURABLE HISTORIC VALUE. I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT THIS COMMITMENT REFLECTED IN THE NEW ZONING PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN AND IN THE DESIGNATION OF THIS
LANDMARK TODAY. AS ALWAYS, IT IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE TO SHOP IN SHEPPARD LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS BEFORE THIS BODY. I APPLAUD THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR THE UNANIMOUS
VOTE AND THE MAYOR FOR APPROVING THIS TODAY URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU SO OKAY. THE JUDGE AGONIZES POINT
OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? IS IT A POINT OF ORDER OR A POINT OF INFORMATION TO GET TO THE QUESTION? MY QUESTION IS WHY I'M. WHEN WE DID TIME COUNCIL I DID AND TIMING AND TIMING. SO IN ADDITION TO THIS I'M
TIMING I'M NOT SURE THIS IS TIME BUT I'M TIMING. YEAH BUT I'M TIMING I HAVE IT ON MY CLOCK. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MCGINLEY ON THE FLOOR . ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION. I REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION THAT WAS SENT TO COMMITTEE. OH, WE ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY ON DOCKET 1275. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION AFTER WE I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTION MOTION TO BE ON AFTER WE'RE
DONE. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOCKET SO ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THIS DOCKET I CALIBRATING IS THIS ON DOCKET NUMBER 1275. OKAY. THE GOING AND DO BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON FLOOR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR THIS. I AM STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK IT'S CRAZY. WHY IS THE OLD SOUTH MEETINGHOUSE? WHY HASN'T IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED
A BOSTON LANDMARK? HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. I REALLY FEEL THAT BOSTON IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WE HAVE SO MANY HISTORIC
BUILDINGS THAT DO NOT HAVE A LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN ADEQUATELY SUPPORT OUR LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO DO THE
WORK AND DOING THE STUDIES AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR HISTORIC LANDMARKS ACROSS THE CITY NOT JUST IN TIME ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HISTORIC VALUE IN IN OUR HISTORY AS WE COME UP TO CELEBRATING THE 20/250 ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN
AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
COUNCILOR DURKIN'S YOU SPEAK ON THE RULES AND PART OF DOCKET NUMBER 1275 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I WILL SAY NO. THE AYES IT. THIS BILL IS PASSED. OKAY. COMES TO MEJIA YOU I SENT DOCKET NUMBER 1274 TO COMMITTEE
YOU WOULD LIKE SOMETHING A MOTION I CAN UTILIZE MY MIGHT PLEASE UTILIZE MY VOICE YES THANK YOU I I NEED SOME
FLAHERTY REGARDING THE THE THE DESIRE TO PUT SOMETHING INTO COMMITTEE WHEN THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING IT ON TO THE FLOOR FOR A
SUSPEND AND PASS. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALONGSIDE CITIZENS TO RESTORE TRUST IN
GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY AND TRANSPARENCY AND I HAVE DONE MY DUE DILIGENCE TO GET IT TO THE FLOOR INCLUDING WORKING WITH
CITIZENS TO REDO THE PROCESS AND NOW I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT MY COMMUNICATION WAS SENT TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER WHAT EXPECTED.
OKAY SO WITH THAT SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST NEED TO I'M HAPPY TO EXPLAIN SO I HAVE IN MY NOTES AND THE NOTES THAT WE PREPARED WHEN WE PRIOR TO THIS MEETING THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 FOR A COMMUNICATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION IS TO BE TO
COMMITTEE. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAVE. I DIDN'T SAY I DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS FROM YOU OTHERWISE BUT YOU ARE SEEKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I AM SPEAKING YOU WHAT? I THINK THEY'RE PLEASED WITH THE CHAIR WHICH THE DISCUSSION
AND THIS IS WHY TRANSPARENCY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT I UNDERSTAND HERE THE WAY THAT WE MOVE IN THIS COUNCIL IS REALLY INTERESTING AND I'M THE OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR BECAUSE I
WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION ABOUT HOW WE WORK OR DON'T WORK TOGETHER, WHO HAS A BODY AND THE FACT THAT WE DISCUSSED RIGHT THIS IS
NOW BEEN ALMOST WHAT FOUR MEETINGS IN IN PROGRESS AND CITIZENS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO GET THIS TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN DO A
SUSPENDED PASS. RIGHT? I OFFERED EVEN HOSTING A HEARING. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY POWER AND NOW TODAY IS REALLY THE LAST DAY THAT TECHNICALLY WE HAVE TO GET THIS TO THE
MAYOR FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER DELAY TACTIC. SO I'M ASKING THE CHAIR TO HONOR THE CONVERSATION THAT WE
HAD AND IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING SURE THAT WE SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER THE WAY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO. OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP, I AM GOING TO YOU
TO HONOR WHAT WE DISCUSSED. SO PUT THE QUESTION HERE FOR A VOTE AND IF MY COLLEAGUES DO NOT BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY THEY CAN PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO GIVE THE CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
THIS QUESTION ON THE BALLOT. BUT I WANT THAT VOTE TO BE TAKEN PUBLICLY TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO IT BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS IN FULL
DETAIL AND IF IT GETS OBJECTED IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT WILLING TO LET DEMOCRACY PLAY OUT AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT. AND THEN I BECOME THE CRAZY WOMAN WHO IS SPEAKING OUT
OF TURN OR UTILIZING MY PASSION TO SPEAK SO FREELY IN THIS CHAMBER. BUT WHAT YOU ALL DO EVERY DAY IS TRY TO MINIMIZE OUR VOICES AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO PUT THIS PARTICULAR CITIZEN'S PETITION WHICH IS A CITIZEN'S PETITION THAT WAS SIGNED TWO TIMES BECAUSE THE
FIRST TIME ALLEGEDLY THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN WORKED ON GETTING THE QUESTION TO A PLACE THAT YOU ALL COULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. AND THEN I HAD TO ASK THOSE SAME CITIZENS TO GET SIGNATURES .
AGAIN, WE ARE MAKING PEOPLE WORK MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE TO JUST TO UTILIZE THEIR VOICE SO NEED BEFORE COUNCILOR DURKAN TRIED TO SHUT DOWN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS HERE I NEED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE RIGHT NOW AND I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS FAIR IN THE INTEREST OF DEMOCRACY TO ALLOW THIS TO
GO INTO COMMITTEE WHEN THERE IS A TIMELINE TICKING BY AUGUST THE EIGHT AUGUST THIS SPEAKS I BELIEVE IT IS THE NEXT TIME IT IS A DEADLINE AND THEN WHAT YOU
ARE GOING TO DO IS PUT THE BURDEN ON COMMUNITY TO GATHER THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES WHEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT THIS
ON THE FLOOR AND SEND IT OVER TO THE MAYOR FOR APPROVAL. WE CANNOT ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO CARRY THE BRUNT OF THE BURDEN OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN WHEN WE
AS A BODY HERE CAN TAKE A STAND AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE. SO I AM NOT NO, THERE IS NO STOPPING HERE. THANK YOU BECAUSE FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER I KNOW BUT IT IS A
COMMUNICATION AND WHAT IT IS COMMUNICATION IS NOT EVEN YOUR COMMUNICATION WHICH IS THE ISSUE. IT IS NOT YOUR COMMUNICATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION THAT WAS FROM FOR
COUNCIL IT WAS FOR I PUT IT ON MY NOTES IT'S HERE IT'S TO GO TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION THAT IS CASTRO DURKIN'S COMMITTEE. SHE PUT HER LIGHT ON. SHE SPOKE ON THE MATTER SO I SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE BECAUSE
IT'S A DOCKET THAT IS GOING TO HER RIGHT RIGHT SO THIS IS NOT A COMMUNICATION FROM YOU SO PROCEED PROCEDURALLY AND FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. YES IT IS NOT A COMMUNICATION FROM YOU.
YES. YOU DO NOT CONTROL THE DOCKET YET. CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE CAN SPEAK TO IT. YES. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IN COMMITTEE. YOU'RE ASKING FOR SUSPENSION.
BUT I KNOW AND I SAID HERE THAT I SENT TO YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOUR WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS FIRST CAME TO BE RIGHT AND I ASKED WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO A
SUSPENDING PASS AND BECAUSE IT WAS A LATE FILE SO THIS IS NOT NEW I KNOW BUT WHAT HISTORICAL CONVERSATION THAT HAS GONE THROUGH MANY ITERATIONS BECAUSE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER WHAT
PEOPLE WANT IS FOR US TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND WHAT TRANSPARENCY LOOKS LIKE IS HAVING THIS PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND THIS DISCOMFORT. BUT WHAT I AM NOT GOING TO DO
PROCEDURALLY OR WHATEVER IT IS IS ALLOW A SITUATION TO CONTINUE TO BE KICKED DOWN THE THE STREET BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT READY TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO
DEMONSTRATE TO THE CITIZENS THAT WE REPRESENT THAT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE A VOICE. OKAY, COUNCILOR MEJIA. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND. SO COUNCILOR MEJIA WE KNOW THE DOCKET WAS PLACED INTO COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT IS NOT
YOUR DOCKET IS ACTUALLY A DOCKET OF THE ADMINISTRATION. RIGHT. THAT AND NORMALLY DOCKETS ARE BOUND TO STAND APART AND COMMUNICATIONS ARE PLACED ON FILE YET RARELY DISCUSSED RARELY TALKED ABOUT YET OR THE
COMMITTEE CHAIR CAN STAND UP AND ASK FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OR SOMETIMES SOMEONE WILL SPEAK ON A COMMUNICATION AND ASK THAT IT BE SAID TO SO I HAD I HERE COMES FROM HERE I
UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND THE CHAIR ASKED THE CHAIR I HAVE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION THAT THE CHAIR SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO A SUSPEND AND PASS AND SO
IN THE INTEREST RIGHT OKAY BECAUSE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT PEOPLE SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OTHER AND THAT'S BASICALLY BECAUSE WE YES CUSTOMER TO THE CHAIR CAN SPEAK
ON THIS AS THIS IS A DOCKET THAT WOULD GO TO HER TO HER COMMITTEE. YOU CAN SEEK SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BUT THIS DOCKET WOULD GO TO HER COMMITTEE.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO YOU CAN YOU CAN SEEK SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE IF YOU WANT AND THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION THAT THAT I ATTEND TO YOU. SO JUST JUST SO FOLKS UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMMUNICATED
THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ALTHOUGH THE EFFORT WAS AND TO PAINT THE FULL PICTURE. SO IN THE PAST THIS COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED NONBINDING CITIZEN PETITIONS LIKE THIS BEFORE. SO THE EVERSOURCE SUBSTATION IN
EAST BOSTON BACK IN 2021, THE CITY THE CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT WE'VE WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE SO THERE IS PRECEDENT. THERE'S A PROVISION I THINK IT'S A CITY CHARTER WHERE TEN CITIZENS CAN PETITION TO TO PUT
SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT. I THINK NUBIAN SQUARE WE'VE ALSO DONE THIS. AND SO IT IS THE IT IS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE'S PREROGATIVE TO PRODUCE THIS ALTHOUGH I HAVE SAID IN THE PAST I THINK IT IS
DUPLICATIVE. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS THE PETITION IN MY COMMITTEE WHICH IS SEEKING TO EXPAND AND ENUMERATE THE POWERS OF WHAT I
THINK FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES IS ALREADY OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL. BUT IT IS ANOTHER NAME, IT IS THE FINANCE COMMISSION. AND SO I SAID THIS ALREADY TO IT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE. I DO NOT I THINK IT IS DUPLICATIVE ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T
SUBTRACT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IT IT ADDS ON TO IT. SHE THIS IS THIS IS HER INITIATIVE. I CAN LET HER SPEAK TO WHY SHE WANTS TO DO THIS IN ADDITION TO THE HOMER PETITION. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I AM SEEKING SUSPENSION ON PASSAGE ON.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I DID SAY THAT YOU CAN SUSPEND AND PASS IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO. SO I MEAN I'VE SAID BEFORE AND I'VE EXPRESSED IT TO OTHERS THAT THERE IS A PROCESS IN
WHICH CITIZENS CAN DO THIS AND WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE IT IS EGREGIOUS TO TO PUSH FORWARD A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT IS NON-BINDING. WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. ONE MORE MINUTE ON THIS COMMUNICATION AND THEN THAT'S IT AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN FOR MY ENERGY. I GET VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
THINGS THAT I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT SO I HOPE I'M NOT SCARING EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE. I JUST SPEAK FROM MY HEART AND I DO SO WITH A LOT OF URGENCY BECAUSE IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO JUST SHOW
UP AS I AM. I WILL JUST SAY THIS RIGHT IS THAT WE WORKED ON A COMMITTEE REPORT AND WE WERE GOING TO BRING THE QUESTION UP FOR A VOTE. IT WAS A COMMITTEE REPORT THAT
THE CHAIR WORKED ON THE TACTIC AND THE UNDERSTANDING JUST FOR THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR OF IS THAT IT IS AN ORGANIZED TACTIC. IT IS AN ORGANIZING TOOL AS
WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE HOME LAW PETITION WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON GETTING THIS ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WHEN WE SEND IT OVER TO THE STATE HOUSE THAT IT DOESN'T
DIE THERE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES EVERYTHING THAT WE SEND THERE DIES. IF WE HAVE A HOME, IF WE HAVE THIS CITIZEN'S PETITION AND AS WE KNOW IT'S NON-BINDING SO YOU
DON'T EVEN HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE QUESTION IT IS A NON-BINDING. IT IS IT IS DEMONSTRATING TO THE STATE HOUSE RIGHT THAT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS ARE
INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE HOME LAW PETITION THAT COUNCILOR COLLETTE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT IS A MATTER OF TRANSPARENCY AND CREATING MORE OVERSIGHT
HERE AND I'M JUST ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO ALLOW THIS TO MANIFEST BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO US TO UTILIZE THIS BODY TO STAND UP
AND GIVE PEOPLE A VOICE IN THE DECISIONS THAT THE CITY IS MAKING AND I'M ALL I'M DOING IS ASKING YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS VOTE.
AND NOW THAT THE CHAIR IS SAYING THAT SHE'LL JUST ALLOW ME TO ASK FOR IT, I HOPE I ENTER THE CHAMBER THINKING THAT IT WAS A WILLING MISS ON YOUR BEHALF BECAUSE WE WORKED ON A COMMITTEE REPORT TOGETHER.
WE ADOPTED THE QUESTION I EVEN CHANGE ALONGSIDE WITH YOU THE QUESTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUR WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR AND SO LIKE I'M TRYING MY HARDEST GUYS YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE IN THIS
CHAMBER AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN AND I DO TO ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION HERE BECAUSE THERE IS YOU ARE TENDING TO SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. SO OKAY. CATHERINE COLETTA BRIEFLY 30
SECONDS. THIS IS ULTIMATELY ULTIMATELY THIS IS THIS IS YOUR THIS IS YOUR INITIATIVE, RIGHT? THIS IS COMING FROM YOU. THIS IS COMING FROM YOUR OFFICE
WHILE I AM THE CHAIR AND I APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP AND I'M VERY I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE IN THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE FINANCE COMMISSION AND TO
ENUMERATE THEIR POWERS THAT IT WAS CREATED IN 1907. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO MIRROR AND MATCH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL TO ENSURE
THAT THAT OFFICE OR THE THE FINANCE COMMISSION IS WELL EQUIPPED TO DO THE JOB THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. AND SO I'M REALLY HOPING TO HAVE THAT PROCESS CONTINUE AND
I WANT THAT THE RESULT IN THE LEGISLATION TO TRULY BE EFFECTIVE AND TO BE DURABLE AND TO BE ROOTED IN REALITIES THAT THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE. AND SO ULTIMATELY WHEN IT COMES
TO THIS TO THIS BALLOT OR THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE, THE NON-BINDING INITIATIVE I THINK BECAUSE OF THE BROAD IMPLICATIONS I DO BELIEVE THAT AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER
COLLEAGUES THEY MIGHT WANT TO REVIEW IT AND SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO FULLY IMPACT ALTHOUGH IT IS A NON-BINDING OPINION I'M JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW. BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS YOUR INITIATIVE AND I DO YOU KNOW I
AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE THROUGH THE COMPETITION AND I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO PUSH THAT FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THANK YOU COUNT HOUSE AND CAN ACTUALLY RESPOND TO THAT AND I HOPE THAT
THEY PASS IT EXPEDITIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD IT'S ABOUT THE JACKET IS KIND OF DARK AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SO I BELIEVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO RECONSIDER AND JUST I I'M HAPPY TO BE VOTING ON ON THAT BUT I
WILL BE OBJECTING TO A VOTE TODAY. SO I LIKE BECAUSE IT WAS SO QUICK THE THE DOCKET WAS IN A MOTION TO CONSIDER HER SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE IS ON THE FLOOR. SO YOU'RE OBJECTING TO THE SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE.
OKAY. SO COUNCILOR DURKIN IS COUNCILOR DURKAN IS OBJECTING TO THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE DOCKET NUMBER 1274 IS IN THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
COMMITTEE. HER LIGHT WAS ON MR MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0648 AND
0720 DOCKET 0648 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS REFERRED TO ON MARCH 12, 2025 DOCKET NUMBERS 0648 MESSAGE IN
ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON STREET CABINET TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO TEN YEARS FOR THE SERVICE OF AN OPERATOR FOR
THE CITY OF BOSTON PUBLIC BIKESHARE PROGRAM BLUE BAGS THE CONTRACT TERM WOULD BEGIN IN 2026 TO CITY COUNCILS PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT OF THIS TYPE FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 12 OF CHAPTER 30 B OF THE GENERAL LAWS. SUBMITTED A REPORT RECOMMENDED
DISORDER OR TO PASS DOCKET NUMBER 07202 COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS REFERRED TO ON AUGUST SECOND 2025.
DOCKET NUMBER 0720 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $9 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SAFETY STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT
PROGRAMS AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND SAFETY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND
INTERSECTION TO EMPLOY LOW COST HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES TO A SAFE AND EQUITY LANE FOR COMPLETE STREET THE PRINCIPAL SAFETY ISSUES ADDRESSED AS IN
PARTIES ROAD CRASHES AS WELL AS VISIBLE ISSUES SUPPORT A REPORT THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND IS KIND OF A DIG IN THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORTATION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 18TH I HOSTED A HEARING IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE COVERING TWO DOCKETS ESSENTIAL TO THE CONTINUED SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
I WAS JOINED BY COUNCILORS GLEN MURPHY AND WEBER TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM KEN FOLTZ, THE DIRECTOR OF BLUE BIKES AND LYDIA HOUSLEY, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DESIGN DIRECTOR FROM THE STREETS CABINET. THE FIRST DOCKET OH SIX FORCE
EIGHT SUPPORTS BOSTON'S INVESTMENT AND RENEWED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC BY THE PUBLIC BIKE SHARE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE BLUE BIKES. IT ASKS OF THIS COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION TO
ENTER INTO A NEW TEN YEAR AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICES OF THE OPERATOR FOR BLUE BIKES. IN 2016 THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A SIMILAR AGREEMENT AND THE LENGTH UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAST AGREEMENT HELPED SPUR THE
SUCCESS OF BLUE BIKES WHICH WE ALL ENJOY TODAY. DIRECTOR FULTZ UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS WITH THIRD PARTY OPERATORS AS IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE STABILITY AND
FURTHERS INVESTMENT INTO THE NETWORK. AS DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR I CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE IMPACT THAT THE PROGRAM HAS HAD ON MY DISTRICT. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT OF THE TOP TEN BLUE BIKE STATIONS IN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
ALL OF THE BOSTON BASED ONES ARE LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT. CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS OF BOSTON RELY ON RELIABLE AND EXPANSIVE BLUE BIKE SYSTEM FOR THEIR DAILY NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD A MORE EQUITABLE AND
CLIMATE RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION FUTURE. I THINK THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IT IS. WE DO NEED AUTHORIZATION IN ORDER TO.
WE ARE IN A REGIONAL SYSTEM THAT WE WHEN WE JOINED INTO THESE CONTRACTS WE GO IN WITH OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS PASSED TODAY IN THE SECOND DOCKET OF 720 AUTHORIZES THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND $9 MILLION IN U.S. TRANSPORTATION.
I IN FROM THE FROM YOU FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT. THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOW BTI TO IMPLEMENT LOW COST HIGH IMPACT IMPROVEMENTS AT KEY
INTERSECTIONS THE INTERSECTIONS OF BLUE ANDREW SQUARE AND SOUTH BOSTON, SARATOGA AND BENNINGTON STREET IN EAST BOSTON, BLUE HILL AVENUE AND AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY BLUE HILL AVENUE AND COLUMBIA ROAD WASHINGTON STREET
AND KNEELAND STREET AND CHINATOWN. TREMONT STREET AND WASHINGTON STREET IN A THEATER DISTRICT SEAVER STREET AND WALNUT STREET IN EGGLESTON SQUARE BRANT STREET AND WAINWRIGHT STREET IN DORCHESTER.
AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I'D LIKE THE I MY RECOMMENDATION AS TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THESE TWO MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON EITHER THESE DOCKETS? OKAY.
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR AWARENESS ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN SPEAK ON MATTERS.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ON DOCKET 0648.
I'M OPPOSED TO THIS DOCKET ON A COUPLE ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES OR REASONS. THE TEN YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE OPERATOR. I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON
AND CITY OFFICIALS NEED TO FOCUS ON THE CONTRACT, UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT. HAVING A CONTRACT WITH THE OUTSIDE GROUP FOR TEN YEARS IN
MY OPINION IS EXCESSIVE. THERE WAS ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITY COUNCIL AT THIS MEETING AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE CITY.
I DO THINK THERE'S FURTHER THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME AFTER THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED TO
REVIEWING ITS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK AND THE IMPACT ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THAT STUDY BEFORE WE ENTER INTO
A TEN YEAR CONTRACT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT AND VOTE NO BECAUSE IN THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD DEAL
FOR THE RESIDENTS. I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR THE TAXPAYERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR. CAN I JUST CATCH A BREAK ANY OF THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THESE AT
LEAST BOTH THESE DOCKETS. THE BLUE BRITE PROGRAM IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE OFTEN NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY ADD A LOT OF RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY OF THESE THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE VERY LITTLE OR NO PARKING AND THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THEM DON'T HAVE DON'T
HAVE CARS SO THEY RELY ON IF THEY'RE CLOSE TO A LOT OF IT IS TRANSIT A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. SO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE TRAIN STOP OR THE T BUT
ALSO THESE THESE BLUE BACK EXACTLY ARE VERY VERY IMPORTANT IN THE LAST MILE CONNECTIONS. THIS MORNING I WAS AT AN EVENT IN DOWNTOWN ALLSTON ALLSTON YARDS NEAR THE BOSTON LANDING.
MY CHIEF OF STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET DOWN THERE ON A BLUE BIKE FROM A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY IN A TIMELY WAY AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO CARPOOL INTO TOWN. THESE THESE THESE INVESTMENTS ARE ARE ARE REALLY, REALLY
ESSENTIAL FOR OUR DISTRICT AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON DISTRICT NINE AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF BOTH THESE DOCKETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
OKAY, WE'LL TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE. COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE SUSPENSION AND SEEKS PASSAGE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT SO SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER
0641 MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT OUR COUNCILOR DURKAN.
COUNCILOR FOR DUNDAS ANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. WHAT? 660640, SORRY. 0648.
YES. IS THERE SUPPORT? NO. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD? NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NEVER CALLED
FOR ME BEFORE. I HOPE YOU DO IT JUST BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE VOTED LINE ZERO SIX. I WILL DO IS DID AND IT DOES
DID I DIDN'T MY COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED PRIOR TO THE ELECTION THAT THEY'RE VOTING ON 0648 THE COMMITTEE THE DOCKET ON CITY OF BOSTON STREETS CABINET TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR A
PERIOD OF UP TO TEN YEARS FOR THE BLUE BIKES PROGRAM. I BELIEVE COUNCILOR BREADON COUCH CAUSE THAT IS THE PART THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN UNDERSTOOD. COSMOS GERALD YOUR VOTE IS A NO COUNCIL. COUNCILOR FLYNN.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR I'M HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY NOW COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA.
COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT TO A 20 456, SEVEN EIGHT AND UP. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0648 HAS PASSED. APOLOGIES IF I SAID SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. DUCK AT NUMBER 0648 HAS PASSED . COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0720 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES
HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1133. DOCKET 1133. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED TO ON JUNE FOUR, 2025. DOCKET NUMBER 1133 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF $550,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT AWARDED BY THE CUMMINS FOUNDATION. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CITY OF BOSTON VIOLENT PREVENTION WORK INCLUDING ACTIVATION AND EVENTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH
BLOCK PARTIES AND THE YOUTH OPTION UNLIMITED PROGRAM AND THE OTHER EFFECTS ON CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S SUMMER SAFETY PLAN AND PLAN TO END VIOLENCE SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING
THE ORDER OF THE PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GREAT. THANK YOU.
I AM LOOKING FOR A SUSPENSION OF PASSION AND PASSAGE OF. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SUSPEND JUST PASSAGE AND PASSAGE OF THIS OF OF THIS AND OBVIOUSLY AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL
JUSTICE, THESE ARE FUNDING A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INVOLVING OUR FAMILIES AND INVOLVING OUR YOUTH, PARTICULARLY WITH BLOCK PARTIES.
SO I AM LOOKING FOR PASSAGE OF THIS AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE
HEARING WE HAD ON THIS. THIS GRANT, AS WE KNOW IS GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE DONATION FROM THE CUMMINGS FOUNDATION FOR $550,000 TO FUND VIOLENT PREVENTION EFFORTS THIS SUMMER
FOR BLOCK PARTIES, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, YOUTH OPTIONS UNLIMITED AND OTHER PROGRAMS. IT BUILDS ON THE CITY'S $1 MILLION COMMITMENT THAT THE CUMMINGS FOUNDATION ALREADY ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH WHICH I
HIGHLIGHTED WHEN I WAS PRESENT AT THE SUMMER SAFETY PRESS CONFERENCE IN DORCHESTER. IT'S RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MEANINGFUL YOUTH PROGRAMS. BOSTON AFTER DARK IN VILLAGE BY
NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS. ACCEPTING THIS GRANT ALLOWS US TO SCALE WHAT WORKS THE PUBLIC HEALTH ROOTED APPROACH TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR YOUTH AND TRUST BUILDING COMMUNITY EVENTS
PROGRAMS LIKE YOU AND CITY WIDE BLOCK PARTIES GIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRACTICAL ON THE GROUND SUPPORT FOSTERING THE SENSE OF BELONGING THAT UNDERLINES TRUE SAFETY. I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS
ORDER AND HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES ALSO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. AND AS IS CONTEMPLATED ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS AND WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK HE'S DONE ON THIS ON THIS DOCKET THAT OTHER DOCKETS AS WELL. VERY PROFESSIONAL. BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE ROLE THE BOSTON POLICE PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES
EVERY DAY COMMUNITY POLICING WORKS. IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, SUPPORTING POLICE, SUPPORTING RESIDENTS. THE POLICE ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR YOUR WORK HERE AND ALSO TO THANK THE CUMMINGS FOUNDATION. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PHILANTHROPY TO BE INVOLVED IN HELPING US ADDRESS ISSUES OF YOUTH VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY.
AND SO THE MORE THE MORE FOUNDATIONS ARE INVESTING US, THE BETTER OFF OUR ENTIRE CITY IS. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UPLIFT AND THANK CUMMINGS FOUNDATION FOR INVESTING IN OUR CITY COUNCIL. SANTANA, THE CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE SENTENCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1133. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES PURSUANT TO RULE 46 IS THAT LEAD SPONSORS WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET AND CO-SPONSORS OR OTHER
COUNCILORS WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 SIX DOCKET NUMBER 1276 COUNCIL ALLUSION OR FOR THE FOLLOWING OR AN ORDINANCE TO
PRIORITIZE SURPLUS MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU GOT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
I FIRST LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR PENN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR PEPPER AND SO ADDED AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU AND I SEEK TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD YOURSELF COUNCIL ORAL IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD THE OTHER ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEE AND HEAR NO OBJECTION I'M SO ADDED COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THIS ORDINANCE AFTER WE HELD A
HEARING ON THIS ISSUE LAST YEAR THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF COMMITTEE ADVOCATES ON THE ISSUES OF HOUSING. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS ORDINANCE AFTER WORKING ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING ON THIS ISSUE.
BOSTON CONTINUES TO FACE A SERIOUS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IMPACTING COUNTLESS RESIDENTS. WE ALL KNOW WE GET THE CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND AT THE SAME TIME WE SEE MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES, OLD SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS COMING
OFFLINE FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE OFTEN LYING VACANT, UNDERUTILIZED OR BEING SOLD WITHOUT CLEAR COMMUNITY BENEFITS. THIS ORDINANCE AIMS TO CREATE A PROCESS TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES BY ESTABLISHING A CLEAR TRANSPARENT AND
ACCOUNTABLE PROCESS TO PRIORITIZE SURPLUS CITY OWNED PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROCESS INFORMALLY AND INCONSISTENTLY USED TODAY BUT BY FORMALLY CODIFYING THIS APPROACH WE ENSURE THAT OUR
CITY'S VALUABLE RESOURCES DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO CREATING STABLE, AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, SURPLUS PROPERTIES WILL UNDERGO A FEASIBILITY EVALUATION BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.
I CONSIDER A MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO DETERMINE THEIR SUITABILITY FOR AFFORDABILITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES FOUND VIABLE FOR THIS CRITICAL NEED WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR SUCH IF IT'S
DEEMED INFEASIBLE FOR WHATEVER REASON BUT BECAUSE THEY ONLY DO THE SPECIFIC THEY HAVE TO SPECIFY WHAT THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE CLEAR DOCUMENTATION AND TRANSPARENCY WILL GUIDE ALTERNATIVE DECISIONS ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS AND IT'S ALSO NOT SAYING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING MUST BE THE ONLY USE BUT MUST BE ONE OF THE USES. THIS ORDINANCE ARE ONLY A LIFESTYLE BROADER HOUSING GOALS BUT ALSO MAXIMIZES PUBLIC ASSETS TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITIES AND STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT MEASURE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE BOSTON IS USING ALL THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE A LOT OF US HIGH PARK
RESIDENT A LOT OF US ARE CHAMPIONS OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PRIDE IN HYDE PARK WHERE THAT WAS A FORMER SCHOOL. IT WAS THE ROGER SCHOOL SCHOOL THAT MY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT MY OLDER SISTER AND YOUNGER SISTER WENT TO THAT'S LAID DORMANT FOR
WAY TOO LONG BEFORE IT BECAME AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WE ARE SPEEDING UP THE USE OF OUR ASSETS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE HEARING.
I WANT TO THINK PEOPLE LIKE RICHARD GIORDANO DA DA SHEILA VEGAS MAN, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS HEARING SO THAT WE COULD GET TO THIS POINT HERE OF HAVING THIS ORDINANCE AND BEING ABLE TO WORK ON IT
AND PASS IT TO CODIFY WHAT OUR VALUES ARE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT ,FOR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS ORDINANCE.
I'M VERY PROUD AND EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO SO AS WELL. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES IN PROVIDING HOUSING IS FINDING WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS AND THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THE
CITY THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THE PROPERTIES WE CONTROL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MADAM PRESIDENT MENTIONED WE HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS IN DISTRICT FIVE. THE PRIDE WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO THE WHICH CONVERTED THE OLD
WILLIAM BARTON ROGERS SCHOOL. IT'S BEEN ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS. NOT TO MENTION WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER UPCOMING EMPTY CITY OWNED BUILDINGS INDUSTRY FIVE OVER ONE RAISING THEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS IN MY DISTRICT AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS ACROSS THE CITY. AND AS A CITY WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHENEVER THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE. AND I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IS A GREAT IDEA AND I WELCOME ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT FOR CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION ALSO TO COUNCILOR PEPEN ON YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE PRIORITIZING SURPLUS MUNICIPAL
PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAYS IN ORDER TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE ADVOCATE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP SO
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THIS ORDINANCE ENSURES ON LAND IS USED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD AND WE SHOW IT ALIGNS WITH OUR AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING GOALS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOKING TO TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS ACROSS TO CONTINUE TO BRING MORE HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE CITY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. PRIORITIZING SURPLUS MUNICIPAL PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN SELLING OFF PUBLIC ASSETS
SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION. TOO OFTEN CITY OWNED BUILDINGS SIT UNUSED OR ARE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT OR MAXIMUM PUBLIC BENEFIT. WE'VE SEEN THESE SPACES REMAIN
VACANT, BECOME BLIGHTED OR BE REPURPOSED WITHOUT TRANSPARENT EVALUATION. WITH BOSTON HEADING INTO FINANCIALLY CHALLENGING TIMES IT'S VITAL THAT WE TAKE A
DIFFERENT PATH, REPURPOSE THESE ASSETS RATHER THAN SELL THEM REQUIRING FEASIBILITY STUDIES, PUBLIC REPORTING AND AFFORDABILITY FIRST DESIGNATIONS ALIGN PERFECTLY
WITH MY LONG STANDING ADVOCACY FOR SMART EQUITABLE USE OF PUBLIC LAND. THIS ORDINANCE SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT OUR MUNICIPAL ASSETS SHOULD SERVE LASTING COMMUNITY VALUE EVEN IN TOUGH FISCAL TIMES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAEDEN COUNCILOR TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FILMMAKERS FOR THIS VERY
IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. AS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, I REALLY DO FEEL THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF OUR SURPLUS MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT THE OTHER THE OTHER BIG NEED WE HAVE IN TERMS ALSO IN TERMS OF JUST USING MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES IF THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY SUITABLE FOR HOUSING. THERE ARE OTHER GOOD PUBLIC GOODS THAT WE CAN USE THOSE
BUILDINGS FOR AS WELL NOT JUST HOUSING. WE SHOULDN'T JUST WRITE IT OFF CHILD CARE NONPROFIT SPACES OUR NONPROFITS ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF HIGH RENTALS AT THIS POINT.
FOOD ACCESS THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER PUBLIC NEEDS THAT IN THE EVENT OF A BUILDING NOT BEING SUITABLE FOR HOUSING THAT WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER OTHER USES THAT MAY BE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WITH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON CASCADE AS A PARTNER? COUNCILOR DURKAN
COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 1276 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 SEVEN DOCKET NUMBER 1277. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING RELATIVE
TO CITY OF BOSTON CERTIFIED EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ADD
YOURSELF AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I AM SO ADDED AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I AM PRESENTING TO TERM A PETITION THAT SEEKS TO FIX WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE AN OVERSIGHT IN OUR CLASSIFICATION OF 911 DISPATCHER.
OUR CITY'S EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS PLAY AN INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, OFFERING CRITICAL MEDICAL GUIDANCE AND SERVING AS A PRIMARY POINT
OF CONTACT DURING THE INITIAL CRISIS. YET DESPITE THE HIGH STAKES STRESS AND PRESSURE INHERENT IN THEIR IN THE IN THEIR ROLES, THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS ARE CURRENTLY MISCLASSIFIED AS CLERICAL WORKERS UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL SYSTEMS.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THOMAS MCKEEVER AND THE FOLKS OVER AND FORMERLY TONY. HE WAS IT WAS NOW WITH THE AIR BUT OF LOCAL 888 SEIU LOCAL 888 AND THE COALITION OF UNIONS WHO
ARE SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE. THEIR CURRENT CLASSIFICATION FAILS TO RECOGNIZE THE COMPLEXITY, STRESS AND ESSENTIAL FIRST RESPONDER NATURE OF THEIR WORK, LEAVING THEM EXCLUDED FROM IMPORTANT BENEFITS AND RECOGNITION
AFFORDED TO OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. WE I BELIEVE A FEW YEARS AGO RECOGNIZE THEM AS IMPORTANT FIRST RESPONDERS HERE IN OUR CITY. ACCORDING TO A 2020 REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF STATE 911 ADMINISTRATORS, 82% OF DISPATCHERS REPORTED THEIR FACILITIES WERE UNDERSTAFFED. 75% REPORTED STAFF BURNOUT AND 56% REPORTED WORK RELATED ANXIETY IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON
THAT HEARS FROM OUR RESIDENTS CONSTITUENTS WHO CAN'T TAKE TIME OFF FOR A GRADUATION OR THEIR BIRTHDAY OR SOMEONE ELSE'S BIRTHDAY BECAUSE OF THE UNDERSTAFFING IN THE AMONG OUR 911 DISPATCHER.
THIS HOMER PETITION SEEKS SEEKS TO PROPERLY CLASSIFIED THESE EMPLOYEES TO ALIGN THEIR OFFICIAL STATUS WITH THE EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITY THESE THEIR ROLES REQUIRE. IT GIVES THEM THE RESPECT AND BENEFITS THEY'RE CHALLENGING
AND VITAL WORK DESERVES. TO. THEY DESERVE AND IT KEEPS OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS NECESSARY STEP IN ENSURING THAT OUR EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION, DIGNITY AND
BENEFITS THEY THEY RIGHTLY AND RICHLY DESERVE. I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE BEEN AND VISITED THE NINE OF DISPATCHERS FACILITIES AND KNOW JUST HOW HARD THEY WORK AND HOW MUCH THEY WORK UNDER DURESS.
AND SO I HOPE TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IN THIS AND I THANK THE UNIONS WHO HAVE BROUGHT THIS BOARD TO MY ATTENTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I ALSO THANK YOU TO THE UNION FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT ON 911 DISPATCHERS ARE. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE IN PATROL TO BE A FRONTLINE WORKER AND WE NEED THE FIRST VOICE SOMEONE HERE IN A TIME OF NEED. YOU ARE ESSENTIAL.
THE LAW SAYS THESE WORKERS ARE CLERICAL. I SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT CLERICAL. THEY ARE CRITICAL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS PASSED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE.
WE DO HAVE LIGHT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
HOMER PETITION WHICH SEEKS TO RECLASSIFIED BOSTON CERTIFIED 911 DISPATCHER AS OUR EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS. I'VE LONG ADVOCATED FOR THE
RECOGNITION, SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR THESE PROFESSIONALS DESERVE. THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT JUST SYMBOLIC IT'S STRUCTURAL. IT WILL FINALLY ALIGN THEIR CLASSIFICATION WITH THE COMPLEX
HIGH STAKES AND LIFESAVING WORK THEY PERFORM EVERY SINGLE DAY. DISPATCHERS ARE OFTEN THE FIRST VOICE ON THE LINE DURING SOMEONE'S WORST MOMENT WHETHER IT'S A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR A
VIOLENT SITUATION OR A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. THEY DE-ESCALATE, GATHER CRITICAL INFORMATION, DISPATCH APPROPRIATE HELP AND IN MANY CASES PROVIDE LIFESAVING
INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS EVEN ARRIVE. DESPITE THIS, THEY'VE BEEN WRONGLY CATEGORIZED AS CLERICAL WORKERS LEAVING THEM EXCLUDED FROM THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO OTHER PEOPLE.
PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL. AND THAT MUST CHANGE. MY TEAM AND I HAVE VISITED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE 911 DISPATCH CENTER AT THE BOSTON POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND WE'VE
WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE INTENSITY OF THEIR WORK, THE PROFESSIONALISM THEY BRING TO EVERY CALL AND THE EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT COMES WITH THIS ROLE. WE'LL BE VISITING AGAIN IN THE
COMING DAYS AS WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE DIGNITY, FAIR COMPENSATION AND SCHEDULING PROTECTIONS THEY HAVE LONG DESERVED. THIS HOME RULE PETITION IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR BOSTON'S EMERGENCY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES HOPEFULLY WILL SUPPORT THIS AS WE GO FORWARD. AND I DO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT EVEN THOUGH 311 IS A
WONDERFUL SYSTEM TO CALL IN POTHOLES AND OTHER ISSUES ACROSS THE CITY. I HEAR IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM POLICE CAPTAINS AND JUST COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE POLICE ACROSS THE CITY. CALL 911.
DON'T EVER QUESTION IT. THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF CONCERN THAT RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY SHOULD CALL. SO PLEASE KNOW, DON'T EVER QUESTION IT. THEY'LL TELL YOU IF YOU DIDN'T
CALL FOR THE RIGHT REASON BUT DON'T WASTE ANY TIME IF YOU NEED THEM THEY'RE THERE TO ANSWER THE CALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL. THE OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS HOME RULE PETITION OPPORTUNITY . I KNOW THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THE 911 OPERATORS DO EVERY DAY. I HAVE VISITED THEM MANY TIMES.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LOCAL 888 AND THE WORKERS THERE BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE A FORMER COLLEAGUE THAT PROBABLY DID MORE ON THIS ISSUE THAN ANYONE AND THAT'S COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY OF REAL CHAMPION OF THE 911
OPERATOR. EVEN THOUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING MAY IMPACT CONTRACTS, MAY IMPACT OTHER ISSUES, THIS IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE AND TO
FIGHT FOR THESE WORKERS. THEY CAME TO OUR COLLEAGUES TO FIGHT FOR BETTER WORK CONDITIONS, BETTER WAGES AND THAT'S OUR JOB AS CITY COUNCIL IS TO ADVOCATE FOR
THEM. YES, IT MIGHT IMPACT CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE REVISITED AT SOME TIME TO INCLUDE THESE. BUT I THINK WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED IS EXCELLENT AND IT'S WELL WORTH IT AND THIS IS THE BODY THAT ADDRESSES THESE TYPES OF ISSUES AND STANDS WITH OUR CITY WORKERS EVEN DURING DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THAT THEY
FACE ESPECIALLY DURING DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THEY FACE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR TO THE FLOOR. OH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CASUALLY FINE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I'D LOVE TO ADD YOU AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR OR CO-SPONSOR IF YOU'D LIKE. COUNCIL COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR, I'D LIKE THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES EXPLAINED AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THIS FORMAL PETITION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING HEARING NO OBJECTION.
COUNCILOR FLYNN SO ADDED IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BRADING HAS DECLARED AS A PARTY COUNCILOR DURKAN
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR I'M HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1277 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATING.
MAN OF CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1278 DOCKET NUMBER 1278. COUNCILOR MAY HERE OFFER 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 OFFICER FOR ALEX DE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, THE CHAIR AND THIS IS COME MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR INDULGENCE . AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO NAME A FEW THINGS BEFORE I DIVE INTO THIS IS THAT I JUST WANT A NAME FOR THE RECORD FOR THOSE WHO
ARE TUNING IN AND FOLLOWING US IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THIS CHAMBER REQUIRES A LOT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOMETIMES WE GET SO PASSIONATE THAT WE YOU KNOW, FORGET THAT
WE ARE IN UNDER THESE CONSTRUCTS. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO NAME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO BE THEIR FULL SELVES IN ANY SPACE THAT THEY WALK INTO BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY JUST TO BE IN HERE SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO BE WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET. SO THANK YOU SO TODAY I RISE TO FILE A HOME RUN PETITION ON
BEHALF OF ALEX J RODRIGUEZ, A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT CURRENTLY SERVING AS SERGEANT WITH THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. MR RODRIGUEZ IS 42 YEARS OLD
AND HAS BEEN A COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY SINCE JOINING THE DEPARTMENT IN 2022. HE HAS TAKEN THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM AND NOW SEEKS TO CONTINUE SERVING THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AS
A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS HOME OR PETITION WILL WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR MR RODRIGUEZ'S APPOINTMENT ALLOWING HIS NAME TO BE CERTIFIED FOR
CONSIDERATION PROVIDED HE MEETS ALL QUALIFICATIONS GIVEN HIS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, ADVANCED TRAINING AND CLEAR DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE, I BELIEVE
MR RODRIGUEZ DESERVES A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS AS WE'VE DONE WITH OTHERS
TO THIS HOME OR PETITION TODAY SO THAT HE MOVE IT SWIFTLY THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATOR AND SUPPORT MR RODRIGUEZ AND CONTINUING HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK PLEASE. THAT COUNCIL WAS GRAYDON COLETTE ZAPATA FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY SABINE WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CASTRO MEJIA
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 EIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I KNOW ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE, CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1278 COUNCILOR BREADON YES,
COUNCILOR LOOK AT US ABOUT COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PAT BROWN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER YES
COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT WE WENT ON 56789 1011 AND OF THEM THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1278 HAS PASSED AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1279 DOCKET 1279 COUNCILOR PAT BROWN OFFER 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 OFFICER LOUIS CABRAL THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY I PETITION TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE FOR LUIS CABRAL. LUIS COMES OUT AS A 41 YEAR OLD RESIDENT IN REGIONAL HIGH PARK
BORN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND RAISED IN BOSTON. HE HAS SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS DEDICATED TO BETTERING THE LIVES OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY. HE'S THE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR AT THE BREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON AND WAS AN ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR AT WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. LUIS CABRAL HAS ALWAYS HAD A DREAM OF BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER AFTER SEEING HIS FATHER BECOME ONE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. HE RECENTLY PASSED THE CIVIL
SERVICE EXAM AND IS READY FOR THE NEXT STEP. HIS WORK HAS HELPED HIM TO DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS THE ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY CENTER MINDSET WHICH WILL MAKE HIM AN
OUTSTANDING POLICE OFFICER IN OUR CITY. THIS AGE WAIVER WILL ALLOW HIM TO SERVE AND BETTER THIS CITY WHILE PURSUING HIS DREAMS. I'M ASKING TODAY FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PENN, SEEK
SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1279. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1279. COUNCILOR BREADON?
YES. COUNCILOR COLLADO ZAPATA. YES. CONSOLIDATING COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES.
COUNCILOR OH 220 456, 1111. IT'S TEN. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ACCIDENTALLY SPOKE FOR COUNCILOR DURKAN. SO IT'S ONLY TEN. THERE'S NO VOTE FOR COUNCILOR DURKAN. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO TEN VOTES IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1280 ADOPTED
128 SO COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING ART DIRECTED ON THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR ANGEL G
RIVERA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ANGEL RIVERA IS A 41 YEAR OLD RESIDENT OF BOSTON.
HE HAS LIVED IN THE CITY WITH HIS FAMILY SINCE 2011. HE MOVED TO MASSACHUSETTS OF PUERTO RICO THEN LATER RELOCATED TO DORCHESTER BEFORE SETTLING THE SOUTH END.
AT THIS TIME ANGEL NEEDS AN AGE WAIVER TO JOIN THE FORCE AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A U.S. CITIZEN IS ALWAYS WANTED SO HIS DREAM OF SERVING AS A POLICE OFFICER. HE TOOK THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
MULTIPLE TIMES BUT WAS NOT CONTACTED OR SELECTED. SINCE BEING A RESIDENT IN BOSTON, RIVERA HAS WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS AS A SECURITY OFFICER IN FIRST RESPONDER WITH
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS MANAGING AND REVIEWING CAMERAS AROUND THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT DOWNTOWN AREA. TAKING EMERGENCY CALL DISPATCHERS AND WORKING WITH BOSTON EMS DURING ONSITE
EMERGENCIES MAINTAINING KEY BOXES OPERATING FIRE PANELS, ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY FROM 2019 TO THE PRESENT. RIVERA WORKS AS AN EMPTY AND
BEATER BUS OPERATOR BUS OPERATIONS INSPECTOR AND ON BUS MAINTENANCE AND CODING ENSURING PASSENGER SAFETY THROUGH CONDUCTING ROUTINE VEHICLE INSPECTIONS SAFELY OPERATING A
BUS WITHOUT ACCIDENT, ENSURING BUS OPERATORS ARE FIT FOR DUTY, MAINTAINING CLOSE COMMUNICATION
WITH META POLICE AS WELL. RIVERA IS ALSO FLUENT IN SPANISH AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
RIVERA SERVES AS A CHAPERON FOR THE HURLEY SCHOOL TO AID AND IS ACTIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS. HE IS AN EXPERIENCED AND HARD WORKING CANDIDATE WHO IS CAPABLE OF WORKING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK US TO SUSPEND AND PASS ON THIS HONORABLE PETITION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. I CAN JUST BRAEDON COLETTE ZAPATA. FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD HERE AT BEN WEBER WORLD. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUCH
OFTEN SEAT SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1280. MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL COVER ROLL CALL
ON DOCKET 1280. COUNCILOR OPERATOR. YES, COUNCILOR THAT IS A POWER COMES BY DURKIN COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LET MEJIA OUTSIDE MURPHY. COUNCILOR OPEN
COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNSELOR WEBER ON SEVERAL TEN . THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED AND BEEN
ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 ONE DOCKET 1281. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR YOU HERE
AND TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY PROCESS TO DESIGNATE THE BOSTON FISH PIER AS A LANDMARK. THANK YOU. THE CHALLENGE IS COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. RECENTLY THE CITY OF BOSTON STARTED A PROCESS
OF DESIGNATING THE BOSTON FISH PIER AS A BOSTON LANDMARK. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AGENDA IN JULY WITHOUT ANY COMMUNITY PROCESS
OR NOTIFICATION TO THE NEIGHBORS. VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL . NONE OF THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE MADE AWARE
OF THIS PROPOSAL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS COME TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION THAT THE CITY IS ACTING ON A PETITION FILED IN 1995 MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO. THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT WAS
A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE 30 YEARS AGO. VOID OF ALMOST ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THE RESIDENTS, THE VISITORS, MANY OF THE BUILDINGS WE SEE AMONG SEAPORT BOULEVARD TODAY WERE ONLY CONSTRUCTED OVER THE LAST DECADE.
I KNOW THIS AREA WELL. I WORK THERE AT ANTHONY'S PIER FOUR AND HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS THE PUPIL THE BOY IN 2017 2017 THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL
EFFORT TO PLACE THE BOSTON FISH PIER SITE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IN ADDITION, THIS IS A STATUS THAT OWNED AND OPERATED EFFECTIVELY BY MASSPORT.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS WITHOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HEAR ABOUT
WHAT IMPACT PLACING THIS ON A HISTORIC LANDMARK WOULD HAVE. MOREOVER, MARINE INDUSTRIAL USES PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN THE PORT OF BOSTON.
PROTECTING THESE JOBS IS CRITICAL AND IN ORDER TO KEEP LOW FOR TENANTS, BUILDING OWNERS MAY NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THEIR SPACES TO SUPPORT THESE SEAFOOD BUSINESSES.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE ARE IMMIGRANTS. THEY WORK HARD. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PROVIDE CRITICAL ROLE TO BOSTON'S ECONOMY AND TO NEW
ENGLAND'S ECONOMY AS WELL. SOME OF THEM WORK TEN, 12, 14 HOURS A DAY TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. DESIGNATING A HISTORIC LANDMARK REQUIRES THOUGHTFUL
CONSIDERATION AND DEBATE. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE KEEP COMING BACK TO THE SAME ISSUE. RESIDENTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVING A VOICE IN WHAT TAKES PLACE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND A COMMUNITY THEY ARE ELECTED
OFFICIALS. THE IMPACTED BUSINESSES STAKEHOLDERS DESERVE A THOROUGH PUBLIC PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO MATTERS BEFORE OUR VARIOUS CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THIS HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE YET. IT CAN'T GO BEFORE A VOTE WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC INPUT. RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE A VOICE. I WOULD ASK THE CITY NOT TO PLACE THIS ON THE AGENDA BUT TO
HAVE A THOROUGH COMMUNITY PROCESS. IT IT'S MASSPORT THE LAND IT'S NOT CITY OF BOSTON LAND. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT BUSINESSES THAT THERE 99%
OF THEM ARE FISH RELATED FISH PROCESSING BUSINESSES. THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT. THEY DON'T NEED THE CITY OF BOSTON PUTTING HURDLES IN THEIR WAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR FLYNN, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS COLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR THE ENGINEERS IN FITZGERALD
MCGUIRE. MURPHY THEN WORLD PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. THAT'S COUNCILOR BREADON TO
CHAIR. YOU MAY ASK THE QUESTION. YEAH. COUNCILOR FLYNN, I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THE FISH PIER IS ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL FOR
HISTORIC LANDMARKS. HOW HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE PROCESS OF DESIGNATING IT A BOSTON LANDMARK LIKE A LOCAL LANDMARK?
IT SEEMS ALREADY IT IS ALREADY RECOGNIZED AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK. SO I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAPTAIN FLYNN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCIL BRIGHTON. VERY GOOD QUESTION. YES, IT IS ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. IT'S DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED,
IT'S MANAGED AND OWNED BY MASSPORT, WHICH IS A STATE AGENCY. THERE'S REALLY NO ROLE THAT THE THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON NEEDS TO PLAY AS IT RELATES TO
HISTORIC LANDMARK. THAT HISTORIC LANDMARK IS ALREADY THERE AND IT'S THERE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE THE CITY GOVERNMENT ALSO
PLACE IT ON A HISTORIC LANDMARK AS WELL. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, CASTLE BRIGHTON FOR ASKING THAT IMPORTANT QUESTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO RISE AFTER
COUNCILOR BRAYTON ASSET QUESTION TO JUST I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE KNOWS BUT WE VOTED EARLIER ON THE OLD SALT MEETING HOUSE CHURCH AND THAT IS ALSO ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL THANK YOU. OKAY.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. I THINK WE'RE READY THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 ONE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSPORTATION. OKAY, WE ARE ONTO DOCKET NUMBER 1282. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL TRY TO WORK ON IT. TRY TO WORK ON THAT. I AS I SAID, I ALSO ALWAYS HAVE MY TIMER GOING SO JUST SPONSORS
YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES I IT USUALLY DOESN'T MAKE NOISE BUT I WILL I WILL I WILL RIGHT NOW TRY TO MAKE IT SO THAT FOLKS KNOW WHEN THEIR TIME IS UP AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING THEN I WILL I WILL STATE THAT.
OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR TEN OH BEFORE THAT MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 TO DOCKET NUMBER 128 TO COUNCIL ARE PREPARED AND LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING
ORDER FOR YOU HERE IN REGARDING THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EXAM SCHOOL ADMISSIONS POLICY AND PROPOSED CHANGES. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME FROM A PEN HAS A PEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US OF CO-SPONSOR ON THIS IMPORTANT HEARING ORDER LAST WEEK ON TUESDAY EVENING WE HEARD AT THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE FINDINGS OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN
OF THE NEW ADMISSIONS POLICY THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE AND THEY WERE PRESENTED OF THE OUTCOMES. I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE JOHN O'BRIEN OF THE ONE OF THE BOSTON EXAM SCHOOLS AND I PERSONALLY KNOW HOW THE
EXAMPLES CAN BENEFIT STUDENTS. I WANT TO HOLD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CHANGES OF THE ADMISSION POLICY OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS BUT ALSO OF THAT BEFORE WE SHOULD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT
IN BOSTON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATION BUT ALSO TAKE IT IN MIND THAT THOSE POLICIES THAT WERE INSTALLED THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE FIVE YEARS AGO THEY WERE PUT OUT THERE FOR A REASON.
THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT RESOURCES. THE PARENTS AREN'T ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE SAME TYPE OF SUPPORT OR THE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE THE TYPE OF FUNDING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY HAD THE SAME SHOT GETTING INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING A STEP BACK INEQUITY WHILE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME OTHER PARENTS SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS
WERE GETTING THE HIGH SCORES TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE EXAM SCHOOL BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ADMITTED. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING ALL OF THESE PERSPECTIVES INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE ENSURING THAT EQUITY IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OF THIS
SO THAT STUDENTS WHO ONCE GOT A SHOT ARE NOT NOW BEING TAKEN AWAY. THAT OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN AS AN EXAM SCHOOL ALUMNI OF THE JOHN O'BRIEN I KNOW HOW ONE THE FOUR EXAM SCHOOLS ARE. BUT I WANT TO ALSO MENTION IN
THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE ALSO NEED TO PUT EMPHASIS ON ALL OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS GETTING THE SAME TYPE ATTENTION THAT THERE ISN'T JUST THREE AMAZING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THERE COULD BE MANY
MORE OF THEM AND I THINK THAT IF ONE WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE WE WON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE ALL THE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE AT THE LEVEL OF AN EXAM SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR JOINING ON. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
HEARING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEP AND I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION LAST
NIGHT I WAS IN CHARLESTOWN WITH PATRICK ZAPATA AND SOMEONE WAS A FELLOW GRADUATE OF BOSTON SCHOOL IS JUST UPLIFTING HOW ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HE GOT FROM THE SCHOOL WAS INTRODUCTION TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED OTHERWISE. AND SO I WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AS A GRADUATE. ME THAT IS ALSO MY TRUTH THAT A LOT I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY AS A
GIRL WHO GREW UP IN MATTAPAN AND HYDE PARK PROBABLY WOULD NEVER HAVE MET OR REALLY INTERACT WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MY TIME AT BOSTON SCHOOL. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CITY TRULY CITY WIDE AND IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE ABOUT ADMISSIONS. I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE GREAT SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE EXAM SCHOOLS
AND THERE'S A LOT OF MORE WORK FOR US TO DO TO MAKE ALL OUR SCHOOLS REALLY GREAT SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THIS COMPETITION ALL THE TIME. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TO THIS HEARING ORDER AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS AN
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES AGAIN. MADAM PRESIDENT, I FORGOT MY MATCH UP ON THE RULES IN THAT COUNCIL WHEREAS OF THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR THANK YOU COUNCILOR PAPANDREOU SUSPEND
THE RULES OF WEB AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING IN HERE I'M SEEING AND HEARING OBJECTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS SO ADDED COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN AND
MADAM PRESIDENT FOR FILING THIS. AS A PARENT OF A 13 YEAR OLD STUDENT AT THE CURLY AND NOW A PLAY I'VE I'VE READ IN THIS YEAR TO YEAR CHANGE IN THE
SYSTEM. YOU KNOW FIRST THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN TEN BONUS POINTS THEN WHICH SHE THE SIXTH GRADE YET SHE GOT TO THE NEXT YEAR HER GROUP GOT THREE.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ZERO AND YOU KNOW I DO AGREE WITH THE BOSTON GLOBE'S EDITORIAL TODAY THAT YOU THIS YEAR TO YEAR CHANGES IS IS REALLY HURTING FAMILIES
THERE'S IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLAN. IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM EACH YEAR IS JUST GOING TO RESPOND WHOEVER'S LOUDEST AND MAKE A CHANGE TO APPEASE THOSE PEOPLE THEN THE
NEXT YEAR IT'S LIKE A SEESAW. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED A SORT OF CONCRETE WAY FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE CHANGES HAVE MADE A POSITIVE
DIFFERENCE IN THE MAKE UP OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE EXAM SCHOOLS TO GIVE A FAIR SHOT TO PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY. I JUST HOPE WE CAN WORK ON A SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS
MORE EQUITABLE AND OVERALL MAKE OUR SYSTEM STRONGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER AS SOON AS THE NEWS DROPPED. I GOT A CALL FROM ALL THE ADVOCATES WHO WORKED REALLY HARD ON ESTABLISHING A MORE
EQUITABLE PRACTICE. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE NAACP LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT WORKED ON MAINTAINING OR TRYING TO PUSH FOR EQUITY
UNLIKE YOU KNOW, OTHERS I, YOU KNOW, WENT TO THE WHITE HAS THE HIGH WHO WAS CALLED DUMB CHESTER WHEN I WAS THERE AND I ALWAYS HAD A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER WHEN IT CAME TO THE EXAM SCHOOLS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ALWAYS THIS THOSE
WHO HAVE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD TO NAVIGATE SPACES AND PLACES AND KNOW HOW TO SHOW UP AND BE SUPER DUPER PROFESSIONAL AND WHILE WE ARE STILL TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO SHOW UP IN SPACES
AND PLACES SO I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE THAT HAVING ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION CAN HAVE IN YOUR CAREER AND SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE EXAM SCHOOLS ARE TO THE ENTIRE CITY
OF BOSTON AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CENTER EQUITY, THAT WE CONTINUE TO CENTER THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
PROBABLY WILL NEVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE TAUGHT TUTORING SO THAT THEY CAN QUALIFY TO GET INTO THESE SCHOOLS. RIGHT. I THINK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER AND I
OFTEN SAY THIS IS THAT YOU KNOW, SHE GOT I GOT A CALL BECAUSE I WASN'T ONE OF THOSE PARENTS HAD APPLIED SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT GOT IN AND
THEY'RE CALLED THE ZIP CODE KIDS AND I DIDN'T WANT HER TO ENTER INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL AND I GOT A CALL WHILE SHE WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME FROM BEEPS
SAYING HEY YOU HAVEN'T PICKED A SCHOOL AND YOUR DAUGHTER QUALIFIES BECAUSE SHE HAS THESE POINTS AND SHE HAS THESE GRADES AND IT WAS A PUBLIC CONVERSATION HAD IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE SAID MOM, JUST
GIVE ME A CHANCE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE HER ENTER THAT SYSTEM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S A SYSTEM THAT I FOUGHT HARD AGAINST BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT EXAM SCHOOLS AND LOOK AT MADISON PARK BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. ALL OF THIS TO SAY IS THAT HER FIRST YEAR AT AT HER SCHOOL SHE WANTED TO GET THE HONOR ROLL
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS AND THE FACT THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD TO WORK HARD JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THAT I WAS SO PROUD OF HER THAT SHE TOOK THAT INITIATIVE TO DO THAT.
BUT IT ALSO BROKE MY HEART TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE SHE GOT THERE THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT SHE DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE THERE AND SHE
CONTINUES TO WORK HARD TO DEMONSTRATE THAT SHE BELONGS. BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WHEN THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES AROUND OTHER EQUITY ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I'M
SADDENED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS HOW WE'RE UTILIZING OUR TIME. BUT I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR THIS. I STRONGLY SUPPORT HAVING A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXAM POLICY MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE VOICES
ARE HEARD, THE FACTS ARE LAID OUT AND WE CAN THOUGHTFULLY ADDRESS THE RECENT CHANGES IT WAS MENTIONED IN MANY ARTICLES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN THAT AS THESE CHANGES HAPPEN IT'S WREAKING HAVOC ON SO MANY FAMILIES AND
IT'S BEEN FLIP FLOPPING BACK AND FORTH. SO I DO THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE ON THE COUNCIL HOLD A HEARING AND THEN REALLY PUT PRESSURE ON THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TO STICK TO A
PLAN THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE THIS HEARING WILL ENSURE OUR DECISIONS ARE BASED ON A COMPLETE AND BALANCED UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS ACROSS BOSTON AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
FAMILIES THAT HAVE BOTH BEEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AND WHAT THEY THINK THESE CHANGES GOING FORWARD FOR MANY PARENTS BECAUSE THIS WAS THEIR
TICKET TO A GOOD HIGH SCHOOL KNOWING THAT SO MANY OF OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE UNDERPERFORMING THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'VE INVESTED SO MUCH TIME INTO STUDYING THE PROCESS AND
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THEM ALSO BECAUSE THEY WILL BRING A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE NOT INVESTED YET IN THAT TIME OF STUDYING THE CHANGES TO THIS PROCESS. IT'S COMPLICATED IN THE SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT HAS SAID FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS MANY TIMES THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE THE SYSTEM HAS JUST CRASHED SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A COMPLICATED WAY. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, ADMIT STUDENTS GOING
FORWARD SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, HAVING ATTENDED TWO OF THE EXAM SCHOOLS MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ON
THIS. THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA FOR PROPOSING THIS. I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR FAMILIES IN BOSTON TO HAVE A LOT OF IT HINGES ON WHETHER THEY STAY IN THIS CITY OR NOT.
BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN HIS WORDS ABOUT HAVING A CHANCE, SOMEONE GIVING A CHANCE. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD ZERO CHANCE OF GETTING INTO THIS EXAM SCHOOL. SO I DO THINK THE PROPOSALS A
WAY START TO LEAD CHANGES. I KNOW THIS PARTS OF MY CONSTITUENCY AND OTHER AREAS THAT THOSE KIDS THAT DID NOT HAVE A STATISTICAL CHANCE OF GET IN WILL WILL NOW HAVE A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COE. THAT IS A PATH TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M PROUD BEING A GRADUATE AND I'M A STRONG BELIEVER IN WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION CAN FOR FOR
ANY CHILD AND I REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT THIS EVOLVING POLICY CAN PROMOTE A DEEPER EQUITY OPPORTUNITY AND EXCELLENCE FOR EVERY STUDENT THERE. THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS MY
DISTRICT ABOUT HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS THAT WERE INADVERTENTLY DISADVANTAGED AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE RECENT CHANGES IT RELATES TO THE TIERS AND AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT THE ORIGINAL WAY IN WHICH STUDENTS GOT INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL, THE WAY IN WHICH I GOT INTO THE EXAM SCHOOL WAS INEQUITABLE. MY PARENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GET ME INTO A TUTORING CLASS ON SATURDAYS AND I WON'T NAME HER BUT THERE WAS A STAFFER THAT WORKED HERE THAT WAS A CHIEF OF STAFF FOR A FORMER CITY COUNCILOR THAT SAID THAT IF IT WAS NOT FOR HER TEACHER
AT THE TIME SHE WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN KNOWN TO TAKE THE TEST. THE AT THE TIME AND SO WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO CHANGE AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT DPS SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND MAYOR WU ARE LISTENING THAT THEY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS WHILE TRYING TO TO PLAN FOR THE INCLUSION OF ALL KIDS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED AND HAVE THEIR VOICES BE HEARD. BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING SPORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE ORGANIZERS
COUNCIL COUNCILOR ALCANTARA GANSLER THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND LEAD YOU'RE LEADING ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE WE'VE BEEN MAKING TWEAKS ALONG
THE WAY BUT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO LET THE 2021 CHANGES PLAY OUT. THE FIRST SEVENTH GRADER ADMITTED UNDER THE SYSTEM HASN'T EVEN GRADUATED YET. SO BEFORE WE OVERHAUL THE
ENTIRE FRAMEWORK AGAIN WE NEED TO ASK WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO SOLVE? SO THERE IS NO SPEAKING AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THAT IS THE FIRST WARNING. THERE IS NO SPEAKING AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. THE ORIGINAL POLICY WASN'T PERFECT BUT IT WAS INTENTIONAL. IT WAS ROOTED IN VALUES OF EQUITY AND FAIRNESS AND AIMED AT EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY AND EXAM SCHOOL CLASSES TODAY
ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CITY THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN DECADES. NOW SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS ALSO SHIFT US AWAY FROM THAT ORIGINAL VISION. THEY RISK PULLING US BACK TO A SYSTEM THAT WORKED BETTER FOR
FAMILIES WITH MORE RESOURCES. WE SHOULD BE REVERSE ENGINEERING THIS POLICY FROM THE OUTCOMES WE ACTUALLY WANT NOT JUST TWEAKING INPUTS TO APPEASE SHORT TERM PRESSURE. ARE WE BUILDING REAL PATHWAYS
FOR STUDENTS WHO WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE THEM? OR ARE WE JUST MOVING GOALPOSTS? WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD. AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT UPPER SCHOOLS THE ONES THAT
HAVE HISTORICALLY BECAUSE WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR A COUNCIL OR A COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU SHOULDN'T BE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONTINUE IT SHOULDN'T BE CANCELED OR OUT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
IT SHOULDN'T BE EXAMS, SCHOOLS OR BARS. AND IF WE ARE IMPLEMENTING INCLUSION IN THE DISTRICT THEN MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS FROM EVERYWHERE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE THEMSELVES
REFLECTED ACROSS THE WHOLE SYSTEM INCLUDING BELLS, BALLET AND THE ANDY O'BRIEN. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A CONVERSATION ROOTED IN WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR INTRODUCING THIS CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT. I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL AND MY DISTRICT AS ONE OF THE THREE EXAM SCHOOLS
AND A VITAL PART OF THE EXCELLENCE AND OPPORTUNITY THAT DEFINE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EXAMS SCHOOLS OFFER TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND OPEN DOORS TO COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS
THAT PROFOUNDLY SHAPE THE FUTURES OF BOSTON STUDENTS. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE EQUITABLE AND THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A FAIR AND MEANINGFUL CHANCE TO ACCESS THEM. IN 2021 THE CITY ADOPTED A
REVISED EXAM SCHOOL ADMISSIONS POLICY WITH A CLEAR AND IMPORTANT MISSION AND THAT MISSION WAS EXPANDING ACCESS, MAINTAINING ACADEMIC RIGOR AND ENSURING THAT THE STUDENT BODY
BETTER REFLECTS THE RACIAL SOCIOECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY. AND IT'S FAIR TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS POLICY FITS ALL OF THOSE CHECKBOXES.
WHILE THE EXAM SCHOOL INVITATIONS HAVE BECOME MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY'S DIVERSITY, THE CURRENT POLICY HAS ALSO RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES. DISPARITIES IN ADMISSION RATES ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IN
PRACTICE, STUDENTS LIVING IN NEIGHBORHOODS CLASSIFIED AS HIGHER SOCIO ECONOMIC TIER NEED TO GAIN SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER SCORES SOMETIMES BY MORE THAN 25% TO GAIN ADMISSION.
IN CERTAIN CASES STUDENTS HAVE NEEDED A MINIMUM SCORE ABOVE 100 POINTS. THAT'S DEFINITELY HAPPENED IN DISTRICT EIGHT. THAT TO ME CANNOT BE EQUITABLE
BECAUSE ONE STUDENT FROM BEACON HILL BEING ABLE TO GET IN TO BE CLASS EVERY YEAR. IT THAT CAN'T. IT CAN'T BE EQUITABLE TO NEED OVER 100 ON A TEST.
THAT BEING SAID HAVING MET WITH THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AT PULSE THERE THERE IS THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT EXAM SCHOOLS ARE FOR . IS IT TO GET A STUDENT FROM HERE TO HERE OR IS IT TO GET A
STUDENT FROM HERE TO HERE? AND I THINK THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. I THINK IN SOME WAYS THIS POLICY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER WAYS. IT HAS MEANT THAT STUDENTS IN THAT PARENTS ARE LITERALLY MOVING TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS TO GIVE THEIR STUDENTS A CHANCE OF ACCESS TO A SCHOOL THAT
THEIR OTHER STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILY HAVE GONE TO. SO IT'S WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK THIS WE ARE IN AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN OUR CITY AND I THINK AND I KNOW THAT MY
STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE DESCRIBED AS NOTHING BURGER BUT THE THE ACTUAL THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS NOT NOTHING BURGER IT'S ABOUT INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES.
THANK YOU. AND AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M SORRY I'LL END WITH THIS. I HAVE NAVIGATED THIS PROCESS WITH FAMILIES AND THEIR FRUSTRATION IS COMPLETELY VALID.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE WERE WRONG. THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THEM. THANK YOU. CONSIDER THE CHAIR. CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOU? THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I COME FROM A PLACE WHERE WE HAD A SELECTION AT 11 TO CREAM OFF THE KIDS THAT WOULD PASS THE ADMISSION TO THE EXAM SCHOOLS AND GO OFF.
I HAD A I HAD A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER WAS IDEOLOGICALLY OPPOSED TO THE WHOLE CONCEPT SO WE DIDN'T GET PREPARED FOR THE TEST AND WE ALL FLUNKED IT. AND WHEN WE WENT DOWN THE STREET TO A COMPREHENSIVE FULLY COMPREHENSIVE ADMISSION OPEN
ADMISSION HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET I KNOW WE COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT MAY NOT BE THAT RELEVANT BUT I DO I DO HAVE THAT BIAS WHEN IT COMES TO THINKING ABOUT EXAM SCHOOLS. MY TWO BROTHER MY BROTHER AND
SISTER DID NOT HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. THEY GOT EXTRA TUTORING, THEY PASSED THE TEST AND THEY WENT 20 MILES TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GO 20 MILES DOWN THE ROAD TO AN EXAM SCHOOL.
SO I REALLY THINK THAT THE THING THAT PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR IS A PREDICTABLE PATHWAY THROUGH PBIS. THEY WANT A PATHWAY WHERE IF THEIR STUDENTS ARE WORKING HARD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT THEY
HAVE A PATHWAY THAT THEY CAN PASS PASS AN EXAM AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO TO ONE OF THE EXAM SCHOOLS BUT ALSO THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE GOING TO ONE OF THE GENERAL
ADMISSION COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE SHOULD IT SHOULDN'T BE A LOTTERY. IT SHOULDN'T BE A JUST A GAME OF CHANCE. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT ALL
OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS OFFER CURRICULUM AND CAREER PATHWAYS THAT OFFER CHOICES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY. NOT EVERY STUDENT IS IS IS IS
GOING TO WANT TO GO TO AN EXAM SCHOOL AND I FEEL THAT AS WE BUILD OUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE I'M VERY PROUD OF THE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING
IT AT BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL AT THE MOMENT AND I KNOW EAST EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING INCREDIBLE WORK AS WELL. SO I WANT PARENTS TO FEEL THAT IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD
IF THEIR KID DOESN'T GET INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL THAT THERE ARE OTHER PATHWAYS THAT WILL LEAD THEM INTO A SATISFYING, PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE IN THE FUTURE.
SO I REALLY WELCOME THIS CONVERSATION AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR PARENTS PREDICTABLE PATHWAYS DROOPS THAT'S WHERE THE STRESS COMES
FROM AND THE AND THE SENSE OF UNFAIRNESS WHEN STUDENTS WORK REALLY HARD AND THEY DON'T MAKE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CAN CELEBRATE IN THE CHAIR AND COUNCILMAN ANDREW ANDERSON THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR
FILING THIS. I ALSO GRADUATED FROM THE JOHN O'BRIEN SCHOOL. WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US WILL SORT OF, YOU KNOW, JUGGLE WORDS AND OR GOGGLE WORDS AND
THEN SPIRITS IT OUT IN ACCORDANCE TO I GUESS PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND IT'S NOT WRONG THAT SOMEONE
OF AFFLUENT ME OF AN AFFLUENT COMMUNITY OR BACKGROUND ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILD TO GET INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL AND THEN SAYS YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE BEST FOR OUR CHILD. EVERY PARENT WANTS WHAT'S BEST
FOR THEIR CHILD. THE ISSUE HERE IS SORT OF EDUCATION, GENTRIFICATION, IF YOU WILL. EACH TIME THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE BUILD EQUITY AND THEN SYSTEMICALLY AND THEN
THE OTHER SIDE MEANING THE AFFLUENT COMMUNITY THAT ARE SLOWLY CREEPING IN WILL SAY WHAT ABOUT ME? POOR ME, I DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT YOU KNOW, PRIVATE SCHOOL OR WHATEVER. AND SO IT'S IT'S A SAD STATE
OBVIOUSLY IN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED THIS WHERE YOU KNOW THE BOSTON IS FIGHTING SORT OF FOR WHATEVER IS LEFT OR THE FEW EXAM SCHOOLS THAT EXIST THAT
ARE PRODUCING ACADEMIC SELLERS . HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY YOU KNOW, TO TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY OR ABILITIES
TO PAY FOR TUTORS WHICH I HAD A TUTOR WHEN I WAS A KID BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT CAN'T EVEN DO THAT AND THE KIDS ARE PERFORMING ENOUGH TO GET TO THIS EXAM SCHOOL. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE SORT
OF THE ZIP CODES WHEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON EQUITY OR RACIAL EQUITY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO OUT OF SETTING THE CONVERSATION BECOMES OH IS IT ALSO EQUITABLE IF AFFLUENT WHITE COMMUNITIES DON'T GET
INTO THESE SCHOOLS? WHAT A WEIRD CONVERSATION ANYWAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY CAN WE JUST GET BACK TO WHAT'S PRACTICAL, WHAT'S REASONABLE? CAN WE NOT MAKE UP EXCUSES
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT RICH FOLKS THAT HAS TO PAY FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. THAT WAS BREADON ZAPATA FITZGERALD, MARIA MURPHY, DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON, SANTANA, WEBER WUERL THERE'S
DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 1283 OR FIVE HERE
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITIES STARTED LIKE CAMPUS TO BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARE OUTCOMES ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE JUST THE DOCKET WITH
SOME MINOR LANGUAGE TWEAKS SET IN MOTION TO SECOND AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING SIDES OF IT MOTION SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTES ALLOWED DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE NEW DOCKET IN FRONT OF THEM?
YES. OKAY. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR I AM SO ADDED COUNCIL ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR BOSTON IS KNOWN AROUND
THE WORLD AS A COLLEGE TOWN BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE HPC YOU THAT'S A GAP WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO IGNORE HPC USE PUNCHED WELL ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT
BUT THEY MAKE UP JUST 3% OF US COLLEGES THEY PRODUCE 40% OF ALL BLACK ENGINEERS 40% OF ALL BLACK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, 50% OF ALL BLACK
LAWYERS AND DOCTORS AND 70% OF BLACK DENTISTS HPC USE ALSO GRADUATE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME FIRST GENERATION BLACK STUDENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY
WHITE INSTITUTIONS. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN REPRESENTATION IS MATCH WITH INVESTMENT AND IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT BUILDING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE HERE IN BOSTON IN
TECH, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT HERE WE NEED TO BE JUST AS SERIOUS ABOUT THE PIPELINES THAT PEOPLE GET HERE . THAT WORK DOESN'T JUST START IN COLLEGE IT STARTS MUCH EARLIER
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING JUST ONE BLACK TEACHER BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN AND THIRD GRADE INCREASES THE CHANCES OF A BLACK STUDENT GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND ENROLLING IN COLLEGE. THAT'S WHY BUILDING A CRADLE TO
CAREER PIPELINE THAT TRULY WORKS FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR MEANS STARTING EARLY AND STAYING CONSISTENT A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH HBCU STARTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND AND INTO COLLEGE PATHWAYS CAN BE A REAL GAME CHANGER. THIS THIS IS ABOUT EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RCC
ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE AS A PRIMA DONNA LEAD BLACK INSTITUTION RCC HAS BEEN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS WITH INTENTION AND HEART FOR DECADES. WE'VE ALSO SEEN EFFORTS TO
BRING A FORMAL HBCU PRESENCE TO BOSTON LIKE THE PENNZOIL LOUIS PROPOSAL IN 2023 AND IT'S TIME TO RESTART THAT CONVERSATION AND WITH REAL SUPPORT AND CLEAR DIRECTION. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT
OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BUILDING BRIDGES TO EDUCATION THE BOSTON HBCU ALUMNI NETWORK, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, CHIEF MCCARTHY AT BPC WITH THE STUDENT SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT AND JOURNEY TO HBCU HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THE WORK ORGANIZING COLLEGE TOURS, BUILDING NETWORKS AND OPENING DOORS. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT HELPING THEM TAKE THAT CONVERSATION AND
THOSE EFFORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND THE WORK AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR HERE. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE JOY I
SEE ON YOUNG KIDS FACE, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG BLACK KIDS HERE WHEN THEY TELL ME THEY'RE GOING ON A TOUR TO VISIT AN HBCU. I AS EUNICE WHO WAS HERE FROM THE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE IS AFTER YOU HOWARD UNIVERSITY
DOWN IN D.C. AND IT'S A GREAT POINT OF PRIDE FOR HER AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND BOSTON HAS BEEN THE BEDROCK AND HAS BEEN THE HOME FOR SO MUCH IN PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT THIS
IS A GREAT THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE. I ALSO I THINK THE CHAIR I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DID THIS BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE DO HAVE ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHICH IS CONSIDERED PBI A PREDOMINATELY BLACK
INSTITUTION THAT IS ALSO WORTHY OF OUR SUPPORT AND OUR RESOURCES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT RCC AS WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN TERMS
OF BRINGING HBCU SATELLITE CAMPUS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FOR AND ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANKS BETTER PRESIDENT THANK YOU
COUNCILOR WELL THIS WAS ACTUALLY MY IDEA EMPOWERING KIDDING FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I REALLY REALLY LOVE COUNCILOR ROLES AND A LOT
OF TIMES ALIGNED WITH KINDS OF OPINIONS LOOK AT THIS SPACE BECAUSE OF OPINIONS OF IDEAS AND JOKE ABOUT THEM BEING MY IDEAS. I REALLY THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT
A WHOLE A FULL ANALYSIS OF COUNSELORS, EDUCATION FILINGS, ANY POLICIES THAT YOU FILED ON EDUCATION AND YOU SORT
OF ANALYSIS TO CONSOLIDATE IDEAS WITH THE CRADLES TO CAREERS YOU'VE DONE DATA YOU'VE LOOKED AT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
FOR OUR YOUTH THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ESPECIALLY AT RISK YOUNG BLACK BOYS. YOU'VE ALSO LOOKED AT PROGRAMMATIC AND YOU'VE I'VE SEEN YOU HIRE INTERNS THROUGH
SUCCESSFULLY IN YOUR OFFICE AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF AMAZING IDEAS. I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR S.A. HAS ALSO WORKED ON EDUCATION COUNCILOR ME HERE BEING A HUGE
EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO FIGHT FOR EDUCATION. I'VE SEEN COUNSELOR MURPHY DO THAT AS WELL AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST CONSOLIDATING THESE IDEAS AND LOOKING AT ARE WE YOU KNOW, JOB PROGRAMS, ARE WE LOOKING AT CYF AND BRINGING
THEM AS PARTNERS WITH THIS WITH YOUR IDEA DO WE MOVE BCI OFF TO EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES OR DO SCHOOLS GO INTO BE THIS WAY OF BUILDINGS? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE ALL
OF THESE SORT OF REDUNDANCY IN BOSTON AND LACK OF COORDINATION AND SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO OBSERVING AND WATCHING YOUR SUCCESS WITH THIS IDEA AND
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTEXT NINE TIMES WHEN ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE. BOSTON DOES HAVE A HISTORIC BLACK COLLEGE IN THE CITY. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT I KNOW IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BUT
BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER COLLEGE IN MY OPINION THAT DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IS CALLED THE URBAN COLLEGE RATE IN MY DISTRICT IN CHINATOWN AND
I THINK 90% OF THE STUDENT BODY IS WOMEN OF COLOR AND THEY FOCUSED MOSTLY ON SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM AND WITH THAT
DEGREE THEY HAVE A REAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM AS A AS AS A TEACHER'S ASSISTANT. I THINK. BUT URBAN COLLEGE DOES
TREMENDOUS WORK AS WELL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION AND TO SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL BY COUNCIL OVERALL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. AND I JUST KIND OF OPENING UP THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN RALPH FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE CHAMBER TODAY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE WORKING ON BECAUSE ABOUT TWO
WEEKS AGO I WAS HELPING OUT WITH A CAREER DAY OVER AT THE YOUNG MAN WITH A PLAN IN CLEARY SQUARE IN HYDE PARK AND THAT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS MENTOR PUSH FOR CAREER TRAINING
AND FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSES FOR YOUNG BLACK AND LATINO MEN. IN MY AREA OF BOSTON. AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE SENIORS OR JUNIORS
OF THAT ORGANIZATION OF THAT PROGRAM, THEY EXPRESSED SO MUCH EXCITEMENT ABOUT POTENTIALLY TOURING AN HBCU AND WHAT I REALIZE IS THAT THEY'RE ALSO FAR AWAY FROM BOSTON AND IT
WOULD BE AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO ONE DAY IN THIS COLLEGE TOWN LIKE WE ARE KNOWN TO HAVE AN HBCU HERE WHERE THOSE THOSE BLACK AND LATINO MEN THAT
IDENTIFY AS BLACK CAN CALL AN HBCU HOME HERE IN BOSTON AND NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL WAY SO FAR AWAY SO I AM FULLY SUPPORT OF THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU IN WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR. MY DAUGHTER IS HALF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HALF DOMINICAN SO I'M HOPING THAT
YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN BEFORE SHE GOES OFF TO COLLEGE SO I CAN KEEP HER HERE WHERE I HOPE SHE BELONGS. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU TO SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY
INTERESTING THAT JUST PREVIOUSLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EXAM SCHOOLS AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EQUITY WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT AND OFTENTIMES OUR PEOPLE NEED TO
GO REALLY FAR AWAY JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS, JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN AND BE AFFIRMED. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IN LINE WITH THE CONVERSATION AROUND EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE.
RIGHT. I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SIT IN THEIR SPACES OF COMFORT. I MEAN I THINK IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE A FULLY EXPRESSED INDIVIDUAL YOU WANT TO GO TO WHERE YOU ARE CELEBRATED AND I THINK
OFTENTIMES HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES EMBRACED ALL OF US IN ALL OF OUR ROUGH EDGES AND ALLOW US TO BE FULLY EXPRESS WITHOUT HARMING US. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT BEING
IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ALLOWS YOU TO BE WHO YOU ARE NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. AND I THINK THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN FEEL SEEN AND AFFIRMED
,I THINK THAT HAVING A HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CONSIDERING OUR RACIAL HISTORY HERE WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT WAY FOR US TO SAY THAT WE ARE HERE
READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO ALLOW BLACK PEOPLE TO REALLY BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM PERQUISITE COUNCILORS
GRAYDON CARTER ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN. MARIA MURPHY. FABIEN SANTANA WEBER THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1283 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1284. DOCKET NUMBER 128 FOR COUNCILOR FRIEND OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FRASIER TO
DISCUSS THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HIRING PROCESS AND PRACTICES. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FOR OVER A CENTURY THE HIRING
PROCESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN GOVERNED BY CIVIL SERVICE LAW. CHAPTER 31 OF MASS GENERAL LAWS ENSURES THAT APPOINTMENTS ARE GUIDED BY BASIC MERIT
PRINCIPLES. THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPANDS ITS AUTHORITY TO HIRE NEW RECRUITS TO A HYBRID APPROACH OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
PROCESS. THAT IS A CONSIDERATION THAT'S CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. AS WE ALL KNOW, FIREFIGHTERS MUST PASS AN EXAMINATION AND SATISFY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
COMPLETE A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, GRADUATE FROM BOTH PHYSICALLY AND INTO INTELLECTUALLY DEMANDING FIRE ACADEMY MASS STATE LAW HAS PROVIDED A VETERANS PREFERENCE
FOR APPOINTMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY. FOR US FOR VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, THE CURRENT STATUTORY PREFERENCE DATES BACK
TO 1896. IT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS VETERANS OF SUBSEQUENT WARS. THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IS PROBABLY THE MOST DIVERSE
ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD. IN 2021 THE STATE IN THE CITY ENACTED ENACTED A CADET PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RECRUIT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE CIVIL SERVICE
HIRING PROCESS FOR UP TO ONE THIRD OF NEW HIRES PROVIDED THAT THEY COULD HAVE COMPLETED A TWO YEAR PROGRAM ALSO PASSES THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM IN 2024.
NOW STATE LEGISLATURE ENACT THE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW CITIES ACROSS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO HIRE UP TO 50% OF PUBLIC SAFETY HIRES ENTIRELY OUTSIDE
OF THE TRADITIONAL CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS. IT HAS IMPACTED THE HIRING OF VETERANS SINCE SERVICE CONNECTED VETERANS. I SHOULD I SHOULD POINT OUT IT
IS CRITICAL THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ARE QUALIFIED AND MEET FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING STANDARDS. THE CITY OF BOSTON MUST ENSURE
FAIR HIRING PRACTICES BASED ON STANDARD MERIT PRINCIPLES AND MANY OF YOU KNOW I STRONGLY SUPPORT GIVING OUR VETERANS AND SERVICE CONNECTED VETERANS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE DEDICATED CITY EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA FROM HERE. YES, SIR. IT'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I KNOW WE HAVE A HEARING ORDER TITLED THE HIRING FIRING AND PROMOTION OF PRACTICES OF SPEEDY. YOU KNOW ALL CITY EMPLOYEES. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU
COULD JUST PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN LIKE POTENTIALLY WORKS IN COLLABORATION OR YOU THINK IT TO BE SOMETHING TOTALLY SEPARATE?
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN BE HELPFUL IN THE HIRING BOOKING SITUATION BECAUSE IT IS A OPEN HEARING
ORDER AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT PERTAIN TO HIRING, FIRING AND PROMOTIONAL PRACTICES OF ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS IS
SOMETHING SEPARATE. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO PERHAPS SECOND AND HOLD THE HEARINGS TOGETHER IF IF MADAM PRESIDENT, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A
GOOD RECOMMENDATION IF MY COLLEAGUE CONSIDERS THAT TO BE I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THAT UNDER HIS OBVIOUSLY APPROVAL. THANK YOU. I FLAGGING A POTENTIAL RULE I
APPLIED THE POTENTIAL RULE 15 ISSUE MA'AM, THIS WAS NOT FLAGGED FOR ME AS A RULE 15 ISSUE. IT'S USUALLY DONE VIA THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT PROVIDES IT AS A RULE 15 ISSUE. I DON'T YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE I'VE ALLOWED FOR AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE HAD SPOKEN BEFORE GIVEN THAT IT'S ON THE ARE YOU ASKING ME TO OR WELL I DON'T WANT TO
RULE 50 I, I AM REALLY TRYING NOT TO LOOK AT THAT THERE'S NO NEED TO CREATE ANY MORE CHAOS SO NO NEED TO DO THE RULE 15 BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST KNOW THAT THERE ALREADY IS A HEARING
ORDER THAT IS ACTIVE THAT PERTAINS TO HIRING, FIRING AND PROMOTIONAL PRACTICES OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE ALREADY HOSTED HEARINGS AS IT
RELATES TO THAT. SO I WANT TO BE HELPFUL IN TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THE AMOUNT OF HEARING ORDERS THAT WE HAVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OF COUNCILOR
FLYNN IS KNOW OPEN TO THAT I'M WILLING TO HOST IT UNDER MY COMMITTEE IF YOU IF YOU BELIEVE THAT IS HELPFUL JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO BE HELPFUL.
OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNSELOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO WITHDRAW YOUR HEARING ORDER AND WORK ON THE HEARING ORDER THAT CONCILOR MEJIA HAS ALREADY FILED? MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD I WOULD
WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO WORK WITH COUNCILOR ME HERE. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR COUNCILOR HERE. COULD IT BE ADDED WITH HER TO THE AS A SEPARATE DOCKET BUT
ALSO CONTINUE THE SAME UPCOMING HEARING? I WOULD I WOULD WELCOME THAT. I THINK IT IS SOMEWHAT DISTINCT AND SEPARATE BUT I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE
IT ALONG INTO HER CONVERSATION WHEN THE NEXT HEARING IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE ONE LARGER DISCUSSION AS TO IF THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, COUNCILMAN, HERE IS THE PRIOR DOCKET IN YOUR COMMITTEE, THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO BECAUSE THE CLERK'S OFFICE DID NOT BUY THIS. THE CLERK ALSO IS NOT HERE.
THIS DOCKET WILL BE PLACED IN YOUR COMMITTEE SUCH THAT AND THEN YOU WILL DECIDE HOW TO MANAGE THE DOCKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHEREBY COUNCILOR WOULD BE ON THE FLOOR
. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'VE SEEN YOU KNOW, HIRING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF DECADES HAS RESULTED IN LESS OF THE PATROL OFFICERS IN A IN A WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY, THE YOU KNOW, THE FACT IS THAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT THEY'VE ROUTINELY FELL VERY SHORT OF SORT OF NUMBERS ON DIVERSITY THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY I THINK. SO LESS THAN 30%
OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE BLACK OR LATINO AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE VETERANS PREFERENCE AND THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO WE THEY
WERE LOOKING AT THE HYBRID MODEL TO CREATE MORE DIVERSITY AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO READ ANYTHING INTO THIS HEARING OR I'M JUST HOPING THAT THE HEARING THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR WAYS
THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVERSE AND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO YOU KNOW, TURN DOWN THE HYBRID OPTION BECAUSE IT WOULD RESULT
IN FEWER VETERANS BEING HIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRADING HAS AGREED AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I, I THINK I'M PROBABLY GOING TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF OUR COLLEAGUE
COUNCILOR WEBER. I WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CADET PROGRAM AND I REALLY FEEL THAT THE MOTIVATION FOR ESTABLISHING THE CADET PROGRAM WAS TO TRY AND
DIVERSIFY OUR WORKFORCE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS LOOKING AT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CADET PROGRAM AND DIVERSIFYING
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN WE HAVE THIS HEARING. YOU KNOW, THE THE CADET MAY RECEIVE PREFERENCE ON A LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES APPOINTED TO AN ACADEMY CLASS
IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS COMPLETION OF TWO YEARS JUST PAST IT, COMPLETION OF TWO YEARS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION PASSING THE CIVIL SERVICE FIREFIGHTER EXAM PASSING THE INTERNAL EXAMS INCLUDED BUT NOT
LIMITED TO CPR EMS TRAINING, EMT TRAINING FIREFIGHTER ONE TRAINING AND A STANDARD OF FITNESS THROUGHOUT THE SCHEDULED EVALUATIONS I THINK
IS MAYBE BE A TIMELY MOMENT AT THIS TIME. WE'VE HAD THE CADET PROGRAM FOR A FEW YEARS, A TIMELY MOMENT TO SORT OF EVALUATE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE AND SEE IF WE ARE MEETING THOSE AND THOSE
THOSE GOALS THAT WE HAD TO DIVERSIFY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND LINGUISTIC GROUPS BUT ALSO MORE WOMEN IN
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND IN THIS HEARING I THINK EXACERBATED THE JARGON AS IS COMFORTABLE ON THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO SUPPORT SUPPORT
DIVERSITY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT I'M BEGINNING TO SENSE THAT THERE'S THERE'S PUSHBACK FROM AT LEAST TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES ON GIVING A FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE
CONNECTED VETERANS USUALLY WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN THE IN THE HEARING ITSELF BUT MY COLLEAGUES FOR SOME REASON WANT TO MAKE IT A STATEMENT ABOUT SERVICE CONNECTED VETERANS AT
THIS TIME. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE. I THINK THAT SHOULD TAKE PLACE DURING THE TRAINING THE HEARING ITSELF AND I'M DISAPPOINTED
THAT THE DISCUSSION NOW IS REALLY HOW DO WE WEAKEN CIVIL SERVICE AND TAKE MORE SLOTS AWAY FROM SERVICE CONNECTED VETERANS? I'M DISAPPOINTED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MADAM CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNTS AS BRAYDEN COLETTE AS A PARTNER DURKIN FINNEY. ANDREW ANDERSON FITZGERALD. MIA MURPHY.
PIPPIN SANTANA. WEBER WUERL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 FOUR WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1285 DOCKET NUMBER 1285. COUNCILOR CARRUTHERS THE POWER OF THE FOREIGN OFF ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING REVIVING THE RED SHIRT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF HYDRO TWO. SO ADDED COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A
PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN THE 1990S, MAYOR MENINO CREATED THE 1994 SUMMER OF OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS INFORMALLY KNOWN AS THE RED SHIRT PROGRAM WHICH HIRED 1000 YOUTH TO ASSIST WITH BASIC MUNICIPAL TASKS SO EMPTYING
TRASH BARRELS BEING HOKIES FOR THE DAY REPORTING CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALKS AND JUST ASSISTING WITH ALL OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS WORK THAT IS SO VITAL AND IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY SHINES BRIGHT.
A REVIVED AND REFORMED RED SHIRT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT I EXPLORED ORIGINALLY AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT PROPOSAL FOR THIS YEAR ALTHOUGH IT DOES IT
SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS A NECESSITY TO HAVE BROAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT TO REALLY DISCUSS THE IMPLICATION OF A BUDGET ALLOCATION AND UNDERSTAND WHO THE SUPERVISORS ARE, HOW TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE VACANCIES WITHIN OUR PUBLIC FACING DEPARTMENTS WHERE SOME OF THE WORK IF THEY DID HAVE EXPANDED STAFF
CAPACITY A LOT OF THE WORK COULD GET DONE QUICKLY. AND WE ALSO TALK ABOUT YOUTH JOBS AND TRYING TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TALENT HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON AND THIS IS DIGNIFIED WORK AND IT IS IMPORTANT WORK AND THAT IS WHY I THINK A REVIVED PROGRAM COULD HELP WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND BOLSTER THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE CAPACITY AND OVERALL IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. IT WILL TAKE MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS TO GET THIS UP OFF THE GROUND BUT I'M VERY EXCITED I WAS NOT A RED SHIRT
PROGRAM ALUMNI BUT THERE ARE MANY WHO YOU KNOW AND THAT YOU WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION EVEN YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT WERE PART OF THE PROGRAM I CAN SPEAK TO IT BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BUILD UP TO FOR NEXT BUDGET. AND SO I'M STARTING THE CONVERSATION AS QUICKLY AS I CAN AND INDICATING THAT IT IS A PRIORITY AND SOMETHING THAT I AM HOPEFUL WILL HAVE BUY IN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMES CARLO ZAPATA. I WAS NOT A RED SHIRT BUT MY SISTER WAS A RED SHIRT SO VERY MUCH REMEMBER THE RED SHIRT PROGRAM THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES WITH GERALD? DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THE NINETIES WERE GREAT, RIGHT? THEY REALLY WERE A GOOD TIME AS A RED SHIRT ALUM. ACTUALLY I WORKED BOTH AT THE HEADQUARTER DOWN AT THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER. IT WAS OUT AT THE TIME THEY'RE
DOING PAYROLL AND SUCH BUT IT WAS ALSO A CREW SUPERVISOR AT THE HIGH PARK MUNI WALKING AROUND TRUMAN PARKWAY ALL THAT SEPARATE CLEAN IT UP EVERYTHING AND REALLY YOU THE BEAUTY
OF THIS THIS PROGRAM OR THE BEAUTY OF WHAT IT WAS IS ONE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE AN EXAM TO GET INTO IT. OKAY AND SECONDLY IT WAS FOR IT WAS FOR ALL CITY KIDS. SECONDLY, IT KEPT KIDS GETTING
A WAGE AT LEAST EARNING MONEY, BEING ABLE TO WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO DO HAVE THEIR THEIR GOAL SET OUT FOR THE SUMMER. I WANT TO MAKE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO BUY THOSE SNEAKERS OR BUY WHATEVER IT IS, PUT IT TOWARDS A CAR HOWEVER
THEY WERE DOING IT BUT IT ALSO GOT YOU INVOLVED IN GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY RIGHT WHERE YOU PHYSICALLY WENT OUT AND YOU WERE THE ONES THAT PICKED UP THE TRASH OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SCRUBBED DOWN GRAFFITI DO
WHATEVER YOU LEARNED HOW TO YOU IF YOU WERE IN POWER CRUEL YOU POWER CREW YOU HAD THE POWER TOOLS. IF YOU WERE ON TRASH CREW YOU WENT AROUND AND PICKED UP THE TRASH BAGS AND CARS AS YOU GOT OLDER. SO THERE WAS ALSO EVOLUTION
OF BEING ABLE TO START AT THE BOTTOM AND REALLY EARNING YOUR KEEP AND WORKING YOUR WAY UP AND PREPARING YOU FOR REAL LIFE OF HOW YOU HAVE TO KIND OF SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO START AT THE BOTTOM AND WORK YOUR WAY UP AND AT THE END OF THAT WHEN
YOU ARE ON TOP YOU ACTUALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND IT STAYS WITH YOU AS YOU GO FORWARD. I STILL WILL WALK AROUND AND PICK UP LITTER OFF THE GROUND WHETHER IT'S THE DUKAKIS IN ME OR IT'S JUST FROM RED SHIRTS
I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE IDEA IS THAT STAYS WITH YOU AS YOU GROW. AND SO I THINK IF WE GET THESE KIDS TO BE ACTIVE DURING THE SUMMER, GET ON A JOB WHERE
THEIR THEIR TIME IS TAKEN UP AND AND ALLOW THEM TO GET SOME SOME SKILLS AND JUST UNDERSTANDING OF HARD WORK AND TO GET A MONETARY REWARD FOR THAT IT'S GREAT PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE I THINK COUNSELOR COLLETTE IS A PARTNER FOR
ALLOWING ME AS A LOVE TO TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT IDEA FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BRING IT BACK. THANK YOU TO CHERISH AND I JUST CAN'T CELEBRATE ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I WAS NOT A RED SHIRT. I DON'T THINK I WAS HERE IN 1994. I MISSED IT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR THIS I HEAR
WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY HAD THE RED SHIRT PROGRAM WAY BACK WHEN AND HOW IT WAS SUCH A FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE AND HOW MANY OF OUR CITY WORKERS ACTUALLY STARTED OFF IN THE RED SHIRT PROGRAM.
SO I THINK YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO SORT OF CULTIVATE A PIPELINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME INTO PUBLIC SERVICE AND BECOME CITY WORKERS AND AND YOU
KNOW, I THINK IT'S IT'S A WAY TO BRING BRING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO CITY WORK AND LEARN GOOD SKILLS AND ALSO GET GET THEM
INTERESTED IN WHAT WHAT WHAT A CAREER IN IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE
SO I'M WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK WE'LL START SCHEMING HOW WE MIGHT FUND IT AND LOOK AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BUT I'M VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BRINGING THIS PROGRAM BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW JOHN, YOU SAY THAT THE NINETIES WERE GREAT BUT IT WAS
THE EIGHTIES THAT WERE GREAT AND IT WAS I THINK IT WAS YOUR FATHER'S FIRST YEAR COUNCIL FLYNN WHERE I WAS A JUNIOR CUSTODIAN BACK IN 1984 BEFORE THE RED SHIRTS WERE
INTRODUCED. BUT TIM SMITH UP AND RETIREMENT HELPED ME REMEMBER WHICH DATES BECAUSE IT DOES COUNT TOWARDS YOUR RETIREMENT TOO SO I DO KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID FROM OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE THAT WHEN WE
TALK TO CITY WORKERS ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, 20, 30 YEARS INTO THEIR CAREER THAT THEY STARTED OUT SOMEWHERE LIKE WHAT GOT THEM THROUGH THE DOOR CITY HALL. SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO ON
THAT AND NOT REPLACING OBVIOUSLY OUR YOUTH SUMMER JOBS AND ALL OF THE ADVOCACY AND WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS OPEN UP THEIR DOORS LIKE MY OFFICE DOES
FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT. BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT PATH TO OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS. SO ANY WAY WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT IT'S IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN IT IS COUNCILOR PEPEN AND YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND YOU KNOW I HEARD THE NINE THESE WERE GOOD AND UNFORTUNATE. I WAS BORN IN 96 SO I COULDN'T BE SORRY IF IT'S HAD TO PUT NO,
BUT SERIOUSLY I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA CAUSE I'VE HEARD THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT COMES OUT OF COUNCIL FITZGERALD ABOUT THE RED PROGRAM AND HOW SUCCESSFUL WHAT AND I THINK IT'S VERY FITTING THAT WE'RE
SPEAKING ABOUT IT THE DAY THAT I HAVE A CITY A CITY COUNCIL FOR THE DAY CITY COUNCILOR BARTON OVER THERE IN THE BACK FROM AND OF TEACHING THEM FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE THE VALUE OF GIVING BACK TO THEIR CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY ACTUALLY A YEAR AGO MY OFFICE STARTED THE DISTRICT FIVE YOUTH COUNCIL TO TEACH THEM JUST THAT WHAT IT MEANT TO TAKE A SIMPLE JOB OF CLEANING UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, OF SPEAKING OUT FOR WHAT THINGS NEED TO BE
IMPROVED OF TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE THAT 311 HAVE TO SUBMIT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GET FIXED AND ACTUALLY GET THE JOB DONE AND TEACH THEM THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE. SO I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
I WOULD LOVE TO BRING THIS BACK IN AND SUPPORT YOU. COUNCIL AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK PLEASE THAT
COUNCILORS BRAYDEN DURKIN FLYNN TAPPAN SANTANA WEBER WUERL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1285 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
LABOR AND WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1286 DOCKET NUMBER 1286 COUNCIL OF COUNCILOR A FRIEND THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING
CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I FILED A 17 F TO OBTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO ASSESSING PRACTICES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS IT RELATES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE TOWERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 287. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 1288 DOCKET NUMBER 1288 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT
OF PARENTS TO BRING IN FUNDS TO WORK UH OC WE WILL BE COMING TO
OKAY WE WILL SKIP HER DOCKET AND WE WILL MOVE DOCKET NUMBER 1296 MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 1296 DOCKET NUMBER 1296
COUNCILOR ARE MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND TO CITY HALL TERMINATION RETALIATION AND CLAIMS AND SUPERVISORY CONDUCT.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND IS COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS THE SORT OF MAKING SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONE. SO THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT
I FILED AS A COUNCIL FLYNN AND I DID TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN IT WAS BLOCKED. SO JUST REFILE IT AND HOPING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF RETALIATION AND MISCONDUCT AT CITY HALL. YOU YEAH. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS BLOCKED BEFORE WE HAD DEBATE LAST TIME SO HOPING FOR SOME DEBATE AND A
VOTE TODAY ESPECIALLY ON A COUNCIL. I THINK IT WAS DISAPPOINTING MOSTLY FOR ME THAT THIS WAS A SILENCE FROM OTHERS ESPECIALLY ON A COUNCIL WITH THE HISTORIC MAJORITY OF WOMEN WHEN YOUNG
WOMEN WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN COMES FORWARD WITH SERIOUS CLAIMS WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO DEMAND ANSWERS INSTEAD I BELIEVE SOME OF US CHOSE TO LOOK AWAY AND NOT TAKE A HARD VOTE.
TOO OFTEN THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO TAKE HARD VOTES DISMISS EFFORTS LIKE THIS AS POLITICAL GAMES. THIS IS NOT JUST LAZY IN MY OPINION IT'S A WAY TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY AND SHIFT BLAME. I'M NOT HERE TO PROTECT POWER.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH AND TO STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT IF THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE I BELIEVE THAT THIS INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY HIRE OUTSIDE AGENCIES
AND DO INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS WHEN NECESSARY OFTEN. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND SEND A MESSAGE THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE SOME ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE GOING TO THIS CONTRACT LADY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION. HOWEVER WE DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN IT COMES TO
WHAT ISSUES WE WANT TO FOCUS ON. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND HONESTY NOT ONLY AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BUT THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY
OF BOSTON ADMINISTRATION INTEGRA WE MUST ALWAYS BE A TOP PRIORITY IN CITY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND SO AT THE LAST MEETING
COUNCILOR DURKIN NEAR THE FLOOR. YEAH. AND I THINK I WAS GOING TO SAY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY CHAIR I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH BUT I THINK WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT RULE FIVE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 17 G OF THE CITY CHARTER. SO WHILE WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHAT HARD DECISIONS WE TALK ABOUT, THE CITY CHARTER DOES
AND THIS IS A PERSONAL MATTER IT INCLUDES INDIVIDUAL NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL PAST CITY EMPLOYEES. SO I WILL BE OBJECTING TO A VOTE TODAY.
OKAY. THIS DOCKET OKAY, I'M GOING TO SEND THIS DOCKET TO COMMITTEE AND THIS DOCKET WILL BE BECAUSE
COUNCILOR DURKIN OBJECTED THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS DOCKET. IT IS SENT TO COMMITTEE. IT ISN'T A COUNCILOR. IT IS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS NO MORE DISCUSSION.
IT IS SENT TO COMMITTEE. IT IS NOT WHAT I INTENDED TO DO. I HAVE THE RULE FIVE MEMO. I HOPE EVERYONE READS IT. INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WE'VE
HAD THEM. WE WILL THEY WILL BE IN THE FUTURE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE AND THEY WILL THE CHAIR WHAT IS YOUR POINT
OF ORDER COUNCIL WHETHER MY POINT OF ORDER IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE IS JUST IF IF WE'RE NOT JUST A BIT BASED ON THE RULE FIVE INTERPRETATION IF
WE DON'T HAVE SORT OF JURISDICTION OR WHATEVER THE WORD IS OVER THIS ISSUE WHAT WHAT IS MY COMMITTEE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS?
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SCHEDULE A HEARING ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR SO I WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT A LATER POINT IN
THE PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT IT. BUT I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I WILL I WILL BACK IT NO NEED FOR A POINT OF ORDER. I WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE YOU
COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY WELL FIRST AFTER HEARING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT IT GET MOVED AT LEAST TO YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A HEARING ON
IT. AND I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR RECENT COMMUNIQUE IN CLARIFYING THE APPLICATION OF RULE FIVE PARTICULARLY CONCERNING INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT MATTERS. WHILE I RESPECT THE INTENT TO
MAINTAIN THE COUNCIL'S FOCUS ON LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS I MUST EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THE SELECTIVE APPLICATION I BELIEVE OF THIS RULE. HISTORICALLY THE COUNCIL HAS ENGAGED IN MATTERS BEYOND ITS
DIRECT JURISDICTION INCLUDING RESOLUTIONS IN HOME RULE PETITIONS RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT ISSUES. FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE PASSED RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTING FEDERAL
LEGISLATION ON VETERANS MENTAL HEALTH IN REAFFIRMING THE TRUST ACT WHICH WHILE COMMENDABLE DO NOT FALL WITHIN OUR LEGISLATIVE PURVIEW. ADDITIONALLY, WE WE'VE CONSIDERED HOME RULE PETITIONS
SUCH AS THOSE REQUESTING AGE WAIVERS POLICE OFFICERS WE DID SEVERAL TODAY WHICH DIRECTLY PERTAIN TO INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS THE INCONSISTENCY AND IMPLY RULE
FIVE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE WHAT IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IF INDIVIDUAL FULL EMPLOYMENT MATTERS ARE TO BE EXCLUDED FROM OUR AGENDA. THIS STANDARD SHOULD BE
UNIFORMLY APPLIED ACROSS ALL FILINGS IRRESPECTIVE THEIR ALIGNMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE INTEREST. FURTHERMORE, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THAT I HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED I KNOW I SAY THIS EVERY
WEEK HEARING ORDER 0616 TO DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH GUIDELINES SO WE AS A BODY CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND SPEAK THROUGH WHAT IT MEANS TO FILE AND ADOPT COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.
THIS MATTER CONTINUES REMAIN PENDING. HOPING EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOUR OFFICE THAT IT HAPPENS SOONER THAN NOT WE HAVE SO MANY OPENINGS ON THE SCHEDULE AS PEOPLE CAN SEE WHEN
WE SHARE OUT OUR COUNCIL WEEKLY CALENDAR. IN CONCLUSION, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO APPLY RULE FIVE EQUITABLY AND TO ENGAGE IN A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCOPE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES SELECTIVE
ENFORCEMENT OF THIS RULE UNDERMINES THE COUNCIL'S CREDIBILITY AND THE PUBLIC'S TRUST IN OUR DECISION MAKING. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST SO AFRAID TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS
AND ARE SO WILLING TO SHUT DOWN DISCUSSIONS. THIS WEDNESDAY MEETING LIKE I'VE BEFORE WE ONLY HAVE 32 OF THEM. THAT MEANS IS FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR WE DON'T MEET ON A WEDNESDAY.
WE'RE HERE TO BRING FORTH BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO AND TO SHUT DOWN BEFORE CONVERSATION HAPPENS. SO I DO APPRECIATE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY BUT HEARING THAT THE COMMITTEE IT WENT INTO I
KNOW THAT I HAVE MANY HEARINGS THAT ARE DYING IN COMMITTEE BUT THE CHAIRS HAVE NOT SAID THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY NOT TRYING TO SCHEDULE THEM IN THIS CASE. SOMETHING'S BEEN PLACED IN A COMMITTEE WHERE WE'VE BEEN TOLD
ON THE RECORD THAT THEY WILL NOT HOLD A HEARING. SO I HOPE THAT WE DO THAT BEFORE THIS MEETING ENDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER. AT LEAST YOU'RE BEING HONEST THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE HEARING. I RESPECT THAT. I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH IT
BUT I RESPECT YOUR HONESTY THAT YOU'RE COMING OUT AND SAYING NO, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A HEARING ON IT. BUT MADAM MADAME CHAIR, IF WE HAVE A IMPORTANT MATTER THAT WE
WANT TO DISCUSS AND WE HAVE A COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT JUST SAYS I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD A HEARING THAT MEANS THE VOICES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT BEING HEARD.
IT'S IT'S NOT FAIR. RULE FIVE IS NOT RESPECTED AND NOT NOT RESPECTED AND IN ENSURING EVERYBODY PLAYS BY THE
SAME RULES IT'S AND SOMETIMES RULE FIVE WILL IMPACT AND SUPPORT ONE CONSTITUENT ONE COUNCIL OVER ANOTHER BASED ON
WHO THAT CITY COUNCIL IS. IT'S A REAL UNFAIR PROCESS. IT'S AN UNFAIR SET UP AND IF YOU HAVE A HEARING ORDER THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THAT'S
THAT'S WHAT A CITY THAT'S WHAT A CHAIR WILL DO. THEY'LL JUST KEEP IT IN COMMITTEE AND NOT HAVE A DISCUSSION FOREVER. THERE'S A LOT OF MINE THAT'S JUST SITTING AND WAITING AND I
KNOW THEY WON'T HAVE A HEARING ON IT. COUNCIL WEPA JUST CAME OUT AND SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A HEARING ON IT EVEN IF IT IS IN MY COMMITTEE. BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS
BODY. IT'S JUST THE UNPROFESSIONAL NATURE OF OUR COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE PARTICULAR SUBJECT THAT THEY JUST WANT THEY WANT TO
DISCUSS TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT AT HAND. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN. KEEP IT VERY BRIEF. YEAH, JUST I MEAN I KNOW HEARINGS LANGUISH IN MY COMMITTEE.
THERE'S A BASICALLY THERE'S AN OPINION AND IT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT RULE FIVE DOES NOT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE INTERPRETATION OF RULE
FIVE IT'S JUST NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE ON IT EXPLAINING WHY I WOULD NOT VIOLATE RULE FIVE IN MY COMMITTEE.
IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER. WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES HERE AND YOU KNOW I'LL I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT THINK COME TO ME YOU CAN SPEAK THEN THAT'S IT
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OBJECTED TO I ALLOWED FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE FLOOR COUNCIL ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YEAH SO YOU KNOW ME I ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY MIKE WHENEVER I FEEL THE NEED TO SAY
SOMETHING BUT IT IS REALLY INTERESTING THAT THIS ITERATION OF THE BODY REALLY UTILIZES THE RULES TO I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THIS SITUATION THAT WE'RE DEBATING
RIGHT NOW BUT I KNOW THAT JUST TODAY MY SITUATION THAT I WAS TRYING TO BRING HERE GOT KILLED BY RULES AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE USING THE MASTER'S TOOLS TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS
THAT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MAKES ME QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY UTILIZING OUR VOICES AND SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AGAIN.
PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ABOUT THIS SORT OF STUFF LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY. THERE IS LIKE SOME PEOPLE HOLD HEARINGS, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
SOME THINGS GO INTO COMMITTEE, SOME THINGS GET OBJECTED. WE'RE NOW ALMOST SIX MONTHS LEFT UNTIL THIS TERM AND I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND KEEP IT HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS A
NORM. WE NEED TO HAVE A STANDARD THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT PERSONAL MATTERS AND THEN THAT THAT'S IT SO THAT WE DON'T HOST OR FILE HEARINGS OR RESOLUTIONS AROUND THOSE THINGS WE NEED A
STANDARD THAT WE CAN ALL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OURSELVES HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AND THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS THE NAME OF THE TITLE OF A HEARING ORDER OR A
RESOLUTION. LET'S JUST HAVE A STANDARD AND LET YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT YOU'RE THE BOSS OF THIS BODY. YEAH. PUT US IN CHECK AND KEEP US THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SO I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SPEAK AFTER SUBJECTED TO. I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN. COMES FROM HERE. YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE ONE OF THE REASONS I AUTHORED THE RULE FIVE MEMO BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE THE SAME STATEMENT AT THE LAST MEETING ASKING FOR FLAHERTY ON PERSONNEL MATTERS.
THERE HAVE NOW BEEN FOUR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BEFORE THIS BODY. I'VE AGREED WITH SOME OF THEM BUT HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE OTHERS AND IT HAS CAUSED THIS BODY SOME
ANXIETY, SOME UNCERTAINTY AND BECAUSE OF THAT I WROTE THE RULE FIVE MEMO TO VERY CLEARLY STATE WHAT IS ALSO IN THE CHARTER THAT GOING FORWARD INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT THE CITY
OF COUNCIL THAT THEY WILL BE DEEMED OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE COUNCILOR DURKIN BEFORE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT OBJECTED TO THIS MATTER. IT WAS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE
THAT HAD THERE NOT BE A RULE FIVE NOT EXISTED HAD I NOT DRAFTED THIS MEMO AS A PRESIDING OFFICER OFFERING MY INTERPRETATION OF RULE FIVE ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR HERE AND IN AND IN TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BUT GOING FORWARD RULE FIVE WILL BE THE BLOCK. IT DOESN'T THERE'S THERE'S NO OTHER NEED FOR AN OBJECTION ON AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTER. RIGHT. AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM
WHERE WE HAVE DIRECT AUTHORITY AS MEMBERS OF THIS BODY. RIGHT. THERE'S LAW SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZING US TO WORK ON THE HORMEL PETITIONS, THE AGE WAIVERS WITH THE HORMEL PETITION THAT I OFFER TODAY
REGARDING CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION OF OUR 911 EMERGENCY OPERATORS WHERE THERE'S SPECIFIC JURISDICTION ABOUT OUR WORK. WE WILL CONTINUE ON THAT ON INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS
THAT HAVE BROUGHT CONFUSION TO THIS BODY THAT HAS LED TO LONG CONVERSATIONS. DO I AGREE? DON'T I AGREE? WHERE'S THE UNION? WHERE'S THIS HAVE I TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUAL? THOSE WILL NO LONGER BE GOING FORWARD DUE TO MY ROLE FIVE MEMO I'VE OFFERED YOU THE
FLAHERTY THAT YOU ASKED FOR LAST WEEK AND THAT OTHERS HAVE ASKED FOR AS A PRESIDING OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE FIVE THIS DOCKET WAS OBJECTED TO SENT TO THE COMMITTEE IT WOULD
OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN RULE FIVE CONSIDERED DEEMED OUT OF ORDER AND THAT WAS WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON ANY INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTER WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT IS NOT IN A
WAIVER PETITION THAT IS ALL LAID OUT CLEARLY MY RULE FIVE MEMO THANK YOU CALLS FROM HERE THAT DUCK WAS OBJECTED TO AND SENT TO COMMITTEE. WE ARE MOVING ON BACK TO THE
DOCKETS FILED BY COUNCILOR FOR AN ANDERSON. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1288 DOCKET NUMBER 1288 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
OFFER THE FORUM RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO BRING THEIR SON TO WORK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTERFEIT ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
MADAM PRESIDENT, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I THINK BEFORE I START SHOUT OUT TO 25 AND HERALD AND CHANNEL FIVE DON'T MISCONSTRUE MY WORDS.
JUST GO BACK TO THE VIDEO AT HOME. IT'S ON YOUTUBE. WATCH THE ACTUAL THING I'M SAYING MY GOODNESS THIS IS NOT ABOUT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN
INCENTIVE I THINK OR NOT AN INCENTIVE BUT MOTIVATION FROM OUR MAYOR. I THINK THIS IS NOT PETTY. THIS IS NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, OH MY GOD, SHE DOES IT SO WE SHOULD DO IT. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. IT'S MORE LIKE WHAT SHE'S
DOING. SHE HAS A RIGHT TO AND SHE SHOULD SHE SHOULD BRING HER BABY WHEN THE PARENTS BRING THEIR CHILDREN OR HAVE THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEM PRIOR TO SIX
MONTHS IT ACTUALLY OFFERS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOND AND CHILDREN. THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS IN TERMS OF CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT SELF-ESTEEM AS WELL AS THEIR OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
BUILDING STRONGER. SO I'M SUGGESTING THIS RESOLUTION TO GO IN SUPPORT I THINK THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF OUR MAYOR WAS A BLACK WOMAN IT WOULD LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT IF
SHE WAS CARRYING HER BABY AROUND TO WORK. AND I THINK WE SHOULD SET PRECEDENTS ALTHOUGH SHE'S A WOMAN OF COLOR, IT IS DIFFERENT FOR HER. SHE IS MORE PASSABLE IN THIS IN
THIS SITUATION. SHE CAN BRING HER BABY TO WORK AND EVERYONE IS LIKE THAT'S GREAT, THAT'S AWESOME. BUT A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS ESPECIALLY BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE MORE OR LESS OPPORTUNITIES
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES AT HOME ILLUSTRATES FLEXIBILITY WOULD LOVE TO BRING THEIR BABIES TO WORK. SO WHY LOOK FOR SAFE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND ASK OUR MAYOR TO ALLOW BLACK AND EVERY WOMAN MAN WHITE? I DON'T CARE EVERY BACKGROUND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING YOUR CHILD IF IT'S SAFE, IF IT DOESN'T CAUSE DISRUPTION TO
WORK. SO I'M ASKING TODAY FOR SUSPENSION AND PASS AND FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THAT PARENTS OF CHILDREN FOR EXAMPLE OF COUNCIL WELL I WOULD HAVE LOVE TO SEE YOUR BABY NEXT
TO YOU AS LONG HE WASN'T LIKE CRYING OR WHATEVER I WOULD HAVE BABYSAT. WE COULD HAVE HELPED YOU OUT WHATEVER WAY. BUT EITHER WAY I DO. I'M NOT I'M BEING VERY SERIOUS. I DON'T THIS IS NOT TO BE TAKEN
AS A JOB AS SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BACKLASH OR PETTY WHATEVER. I THINK THAT MAYOR WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING. I THINK THAT SHE HAVING HER BABY WITH HER IS TOTALLY OKAY. I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THAT
. I THINK WE SHOULD REMOVE THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND I THINK THAT WE KNOW THAT AGAIN, BLACK WOMEN HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION AND DIFFICULTIES GETTING FIRED WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND CHILDCARE AND
WE SHOULD EXTEND THAT TO THE CITY, TO EVERYONE, EVERY PARENT IF IT'S FEASIBLE IF THE ENVIRONMENT IS SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE THE LIKE THE JARGON IS JUST KIND OF OFFLINE BECAUSE WHEN YOU ON THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? I GUESS THE CHAIR WE JUST HAD A AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON MENTIONED. WE JUST HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WHAT WERE WHAT WERE WHAT RESOLUTIONS WERE
SUPPORTING AND WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON PERSONAL MATTERS WHAT WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON CIVIL SERVICE? WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON A CITY CONTRACT?
WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON WORKPLACE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS BUT WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ON IT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED
IN THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES. I, I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. BUT THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT WE ALL KIND OF AGREED ON. BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AND AGAIN I
RESPECT I RESPECT WHAT COUNCIL FERNANDEZ INNOCENT IS PROPOSING BUT HOW WE CONTRADICTING OURSELF JUST 15
MINUTES AGO WITH OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION THAT'S THAT'S MY THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION THEN BECOMES WHEN WE ARE NOT CONTRADICTING OURSELVES THIS IS NOT ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
OKAY THANK YOU. I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM COUNCILOR FINANCIAL INNOCENCE EXPANSION THE RULES
IMPACT OF AN ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1288 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM MADAM CLERK AS YOU PLEASE DO I WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A
PART OF COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ I UNDERSTAND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR MY HERE WE SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY I WAS A BIT THEN.
COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WE'RE ALL SO 29. THANK YOU.
THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED MADAM, COULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKING NUMBER 1289 DOCKET NUMBER 1289 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ
ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE FIRST EDITION OF DISTRICT SEVEN WORKBOOK THANK THE CHAIR AND THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERVENTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AGAIN ON ANOTHER LIGHT NOTE TODAY WE WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO JOIN ME IN WITH HONOR TO TO HONOR THE LAUNCH
OF INAUGURAL DISTRICT SEVEN WORKBOOK THE FIRST OF ITS KIND BLUEPRINT OF FOUR COMMUNITY LED GOVERNANCE BORN FROM YEARS OF GOVERNORS ORGANIZING AND RELENTLESS CALLS AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS TOOL PUTS POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE IT TRACKS BUDGET, BUDGET JUSTICE DELIVERABLES AND YOU ARE ABLE
TO MONITOR THE BUDGET. IT HAS METRICS WHERE YOU CAN MEASURE POLITICS POLICIES RATHER IT ALSO OFFERS YOU STATISTICS.
IT TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT DISTRICT SEVEN I DO HAVE THE WORKBOOK HERE BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S A DIGITAL DOCUMENT AND SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TO
PASS IT AROUND BUT I WELCOME YOU TO SKIM THROUGH IT OR ON SATURDAY WE'LL BE LAUNCHING IT SO YOU ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY THE DIGITAL AND USE IT.
HOPEFULLY IT SETS PRECEDENCE FOR MY DISTRICT COLLEAGUES COUNCILORS WHO CAN ACTUALLY CREATE ONE FOR THEIR DISTRICTS AS WELL. IT GOES AGAIN THIS IS NOT SORT
OF LIKE JUST A HANDBOOK OR THE THING THAT YOU GO TO AND JUST SKIM THROUGH PAGES. YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE TOOLS AND TEMPLATES AND WORKSHEETS IN HERE TO ACTUALLY EDUCATE AND
SUPPORT CONSTITUENTS BUT ALSO IT IS MY BATON FOR THE NEXT COUNCILOR. I HAD ORIGINALLY STATED THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH TURNOVER IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS DESERVE TO
BUILD CONTINUITY AND HAVE A TOOL WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON SO YOU WILL SEE THAT OFFER MY VISION THE TRANSITION
PLAN ABOUT SEVEN THE HISTORY CURRENT STATISTICS MAPS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE. IT WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF YOUR
HOURS ACTION RESEARCH AND DATA SCIENCE PROJECTS THAT WE DID IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AGAIN, GOING ACROSS ALL THE PILLARS EDUCATION, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH.
THEN WHEN YOU GET TO ORGANIZING FOR ACTION IT WILL GET INTO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND HOW TO ACTUALLY GET RESULTS. IT WILL TEACH YOU ABOUT LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY VOTING EVENT PLANNING IN SUSTAINING
THE WORK. YOU WILL FIND THAT SUSTAINING THE WORK MOVING FORWARD WILL OFFER YOU THOSE METRICS THAT I MENTIONED ON D SEVEN POLICIES EVERYTHING THAT CASSIE ANDERSON
HAS PASSED, WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS EXPRESS IN TERMS OF BUILDING CONTINUITY ON BUDGET PREPARATION, EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT AND DELIVERABLES, BUDGET MONITORING, PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY AND OF COURSE
ELECTED OFFICIALS. CONSTITUENTS PERFORMANCE REVIEW . WE ACTUALLY DID SOME DATA SCIENCE IN MARCH AND WE DID CHARTS AND GRAPHS ON YOU THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
HOW HAVE YOU VOTED YOUR RECORDS IN ALIGNMENT WITH DISTRICT SEVEN AND IT'S ALL RIGHT IN THERE ONE FOR THE MAYOR, ONE FOR THE COUNCILORS AS WELL AS CITY RESOURCES DISTRICT SEVEN RESOURCES INTO THE APPENDIX AND
FINALLY YOUR GLOSSARY, YOUR GOVERNMENT TERMINOLOGIES AND EVERYTHING ABOUT DISTRICT SEVEN RIGHT HERE IN ONE WORKBOOK AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS THE 2025
EDITION AND I PRAY AND HOPE AND WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO THE NEXT COUNCILOR AND HOPEFULLY THAT THEY WILL PROPEL THIS PRACTICE. I AM ASKING FOR SUSPENSION AND PASS TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNTER MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. HEY, THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON. YEAH, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE
OUTDONE YOURSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING REAL MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT FOR REAL EVERYDAY DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU MOVE LOCK
IN STEP WITH YOUR ADVISORY COUNCIL AND EVERY SINGLE THING THAT YOU HAVE DONE HAS BEEN FOR AND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE TIME TO NOT JUST DOING THE WORK BUT THEN LEAVING A BLUEPRINT BEHIND TO TEACHING OTHER PEOPLE HOW TO DO THE WORK . THAT IS WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
WE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING WELL WE KNOW BETTER, WE DO BETTER AND THE BETTER WE DO THE HARDER IT IS FOR THEM TO SHUT THIS MIKE DOWN. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW
MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LAY OUT THE FOUNDATION FOR A REAL FRAMEWORK SO THAT D7 CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN WAYS THAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND SAY THAT I AM THE COLLEAGUE THAT HAS THE I WON THE RACE ON THE MOST MOST ALIGN WITH THE SEVEN AND THE VOTES I WAS
NUMBER ONE AND ONLY NUMBER TWO YOU BECAUSE YOU MISSED THOSE FEW DAYS BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCILMAN AT LARGE IS TOTALLY ALIGNED WITH THESE SEVEN
BECAUSE I ALWAYS SHOW UP FOR MY PEOPLE AND I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT BLUE PRINT THAT YOU HAVE CREATED AND AS LONG AS GOD GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN THE SEAT I AM GOING TO MAKE
SURE THAT I UPHOLD YOUR VALUES, YOUR PRINCIPLES AND THE WAY YOU LEAD 4D7 AND I WILL USE THAT BLUEPRINT TO HELP THE NEW PERSON COME IN AND HOLD THEM TO TASK AS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
HERE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT BOOK IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND DO THE WORK FOR D SEVEN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM PRESIDENT WAS BRITAIN HERE SANTANA WHOSE OTHER CHAIR
COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANDERSON SEEKS SUSPENSION AS IT WAS AN ADOPTION OF DOCKING NUMBER 1289. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I WILL SAY NAY THAT MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1289. COUNCILOR. YES, COUNCILOR CARRUTHERS ABOUT COUNCILOR DURKAN.
COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE? YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA. YES.
COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER.
COUNCILOR WERE YOU HERE FOR VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THIS DOCKET HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1290.
DOCKET NUMBER 1290. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING STATE AND CITY PARTNERSHIP TO BELL HOUSING FOR
YOUNG ADULTS INCLUDING THOSE AGING OUT OF DCF ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN ADVANCES AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I HAVE MET WITH THE RCC PRESIDENT AND OUR CHIEF DILLON AND CREATED THE FIRST IDEA IN FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR
CHIEF THE FIRST IDEA OF NATIONAL NATIONWIDE TO ACTUALLY BUILD DORMITORY HOUSING IN IN COLLEGE CAMPUSES OR ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
AND CONSIDERING THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN IN DCF THAT AGE OUT AND RECEIVE SUPPORTS FROM DCF AFTER THEY AGE OUT. SO BASICALLY WHEN A CHILD IS IN
DCF AFTER THEY TURN 18 THEY CAN FIND THEMSELVES BACK IN. AND ONCE THEY DO THAT THEY ARE PAID FOR THEIR HOUSING OR THEY'RE SUPPORTED WITH HOUSING. AND SO THE RCC WANTS TO BUILD
HOUSING OR DORMITORIES ON CAMPUS AND THE SORRY WE HAVE A. WE DO THINK WE KNOW WE HAVE A COMMON CAUSE WHEN INDIGENOUS
AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND SO RCC RCC WANTS TO BUILD HOUSING ON CAMPUS AND THEN THE SHEILA I'M SORRY MAYOR'S OFFICE
OF HOUSING HAS AGREED THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THIS SO WHY NOT PARTNER WITH THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD HOUSING ON RCC CAMPUS? WHILE CHILDREN CAN OR YOUNG ADULTS CAN RECEIVE FREE
EDUCATION FOR THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, THEY CAN ALSO RECEIVE FREE DORMITORY. SINCE DCF OR THE STATE IS ALREADY PAYING FOR THEIR HOUSING ALREADY THEY COULD JUST
CREATE THIS PARTNERSHIP. SO I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED. HONESTLY THE CITY BUT IT WAS AFTER MY CONVERSATION WITH SHEILA AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SHE'S AGREED THAT THIS WAS A GOOD
IDEA AND I HOPE THAT THEY CAN THE CITY WILL MOVE FORWARD IN ADOPTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION, PAT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR BRADING HAS REPEATEDLY HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON FOR PROPOSING THIS BRING THIS FORWARD. AT A RECENT WE HAD A VISIT TO
THE ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOME TIME AGO AND THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP IN CONVERSATION. I FEEL THAT SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OF AGE OUT OF DC,
THE DCS THAT THERE IS A VERY UNSTABLE HOUSING SITUATION IN FRONT OF THEM AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO SORT OF ADDRESS TWO NEEDS AT ONCE. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SORT
OF ENCOURAGE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME STABLE HOUSING IN THE SHORT TERM WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY UNDERTAKING THEIR EDUCATION AND BEING BETTER PREPARED TO HAVE
SUCCESSFUL CAREERS AS THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT WE EXPECT OUR DCF KIDS AT THE AGE OF 18 TO GO OUT AND INTO THE
WORLD WITHOUT THE WITHOUT ADEQUATE SUPPORTS AND SCAFFOLDING TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. AND SO MANY OF OUR DCF KIDS END UP NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL.
THEY END UP BEING INCARCERATED. THEY END UP GETTING INTO TROUBLE. AND I THINK THIS IS ONE WAY TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE JARGON AS IT COMES FROM HERE COMES FROM HERE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS INNOVATIVE IDEA TO THE CHAMBER FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I THINK THAT
COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND I WORKED WITH THREE LIFE. RIGHT. THEY WERE FOCUSING MORE ON, YOU KNOW, FOSTER CARE AND CREATING A COMMUNITY WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, DCF OR EVEN DUIS AT THIS POINT. SO MANY OF THEM ARE UNACCOMPANIED AND WITHOUT FAMILY AND SO IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO REALLY GET
THEIR LIFE ON ON TRACK. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY AND A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. I KNOW IT'S A RESOLUTION.
AND I THINK THAT THESE RESOLUTIONS NEED TO HAVE NOT ONLY THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL BUT IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME CHAMPIONS TO OUT IN THE
STREETS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DELIVERS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ADVOCACY THAT WILL HAPPEN TO CONTINUE THIS WORK BEYOND THIS RESOLUTION PASSAGE TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK THAT COUNCILORS BREADON MARIA SANTANA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNTERPOINT
ANDREW ANDERSON SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1290. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. I SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE TO OH BEFORE WE DO THAT? SO I SO DOCKET I THINK I SHOULD DOCKET NUMBER 1287 IT PASSES A PRIOR QUESTION SO THIS IS A CORRECTION DOCKET NUMBER 1286
WAS COUNCILOR FLYNN'S SECTION 17 ORDER THAT DOCKET PASS DOCKET NUMBER 1286 DOCKET NUMBER 1287 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR THE DOCKET
WHENEVER 1286 PASSED AND TALKING ABOUT 1287 WAS WITHDRAWN AND SO NOW WE ARE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1291 IF YOU HAVE THAT READY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1291 DOCTOR NUMBER 1291 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION
STUDY TO EVALUATE BOSTON MULTIMODAL SYSTEM INCLUDING PARKING ACCESS EQUITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE OUTCOMES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR HARVEY. OH, SORRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I FILED THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION ISN'T JUST ABOUT
HOW WE MOVE. IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS BE LEFT BEHIND. BOSTON HAS MADE REAL STRIDES IN MULTIMODAL TRANSIT BUT THE GAINS HAVE BEEN UNEVEN, THE
DATA INCOMPLETE AND THE IMPACTS TOO OFTEN DISCONNECTED FROM THE LIVES OF WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS. WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE, HONEST STUDY THAT DOESN'T JUST CHECK THE EQUITY BOX BUT ACTUALLY
ANSWERS SO UNDERSTANDING HOW DO THESE SPEED HUMPS OR BIKE LANES OR MIDDLE LANE OR SIDE LANES IS IMPACTING NOT JUST OUR ENVIRONMENT BUT AS WELL ACROSS
NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACT UNDERSTANDING HOW DORCHESTER TRAFFIC OR TRANSPORTATION IS IMPACTING ROXBURY OR ROXBURY IS IS IMPACTING MATTAPAN AND VICE VERSA.
AND SO FOR A VERY FOR A LONG TIME NOW MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS ESPECIALLY WITH THE WHITE STADIUM COMING IN AND A TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT MOST
COMMUNITY CONSTITUENTS HAVE FELT DISSATISFIED WITH UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THESE IMPACTS OF AS WELL AS THE COMING BLUE HILL AVENUE TRANSPORTATION MASTERPLAN
HOPEFULLY THAT THIS THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST A FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATION OR SUGGESTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO SAY LOOK, MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK AT CROSS
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS AND DO THIS TRANSPORTATION STUDY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS FROM HERE YOU'RE ON THE FLOOR. YES. I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUE FORGOT TO ADD ME AS A SECOND CO-SPONSORS BUT I WILL GET UP
IN WHAT COMES WITH AN INTEREST AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD SOMEONE AS A CO-SPONSOR? YES. SORRY MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD MEJIA AS A SECOND CALLED COUNTER ME IS THAT A SECOND CO-SPONSOR COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME. I THINK THAT IN THIS MOMENT THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE
HAVE TO BE UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT FIGHTING FOR AND PROVIDING SPACE FOR REAL BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I REALLY DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR ANDERSON IN HER WORK EARLY ON AS THE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS CENTERED
EQUITY IN OUR BUDGET MAKING PROCESSES. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO DO JUST THAT. AND NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
WHITE STADIUM, THE BLUE LAB AND ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS, I THINK THAT BLACK PEOPLE, LATINO PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME AND WHO HAVE LESS ACCESS TO
THESE POWER BROKERS HERE REALLY WANT TO FEEL HEARD AND SEEN. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AS A CITY STAND UP IN
SOLIDARITY WITH FOLKS WHO WANT TO BE SEEN AND HEARD AND AFFIRMING AND WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AROUND THE WAY WE'RE BUILDING OUR STREETS AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON
OUR ABILITY TO GROW HERE ECONOMICALLY. AND SO I AM HAPPY AND GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS RESOLUTION AND I THINK THAT
THIS IS PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT PUTTING STRUCTURE BEHIND THE PROMISE OF EQUITY BECAUSE EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT EQUITY AND I THINK THAT WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES SUPPORTING HOME OWNERSHIP AND MAKING SURE THAT CITY CONTRACTS ARE REACHING BLACK FIRMS AND TRYING ITS BEST THAT OUR BUDGET
ACTUALLY REFLECTS THOSE OUTCOMES BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT BUDGETING WITH AN EQUITY IN MIND WE'RE JUST REPEATING HISTORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? PLEASE ADD MADAM CLERK FEES AND
CANCEL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON AND MEJIA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 9 ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL
OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 9 2129 TO DOCKET NUMBER 129 TO
COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR URGENT STRUCTURAL REFORM OF STRENGTHENING BOSTON HOUSING PIPELINE AND
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND AFFORDABILITY FRAMEWORK. I-THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN ADVANTAGE AND THE OTHER FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A SECOND PLEASE.
I'LL JUST SPEAK FROM THE HEART . SO MADAM CHAIR, WE KNOW THAT HOUSING CRISIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND AFTER DOING
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH OVER THE YEARS AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT FILINGS AND THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN THAT BOSTON PUT FORTH, WE HAVE SOME GAPS IN THAT PLAN.
DO WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM? OH, YES WE DO. BUT PLEASE NO, NONE OF MY COLLEAGUES LEAVE AND I WILL RECOMMEND THAT MY COLLEAGUES RETURN TO CHAMBERS. WE HAVE SEVEN WHICH IS A
QUORUM. OKAY. AND SO BASICALLY IN THIS RECOMMENDATION YOU WILL FIND SOME GAPS THAT WERE MISSING
FROM THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN ESSENTIALLY ESSENTIALLY THE RECOMMENDATIONS JUST OFFER MORE IN-DEPTH SUPPORTS FOR FUNDS TO
SUPPORT DEVELOPERS. WHAT I FOUND IS THAT MOST OF BOSTON HOUSING OR AT LEAST WE HAVE ABOUT 6000 ON AVERAGE FROM 2023 TO NOW 6000 ON
AVERAGE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND OR UNHOUSED POPULATION. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY LICENSES OR PERMITS ARE BEING GIVEN BY EPA ON AVERAGE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT'S
ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN APPROVED IN ZBA WHICH MEANS CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ACTUALLY BUILD SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY HALTED OR SORT OF SLOW WALKED BY
DEVELOPERS BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH APPROVALS FROM BANKS AND SOME OF THEM IS DIRECTLY FROM ZBA ISSUES IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSTON.
SO IN THE THE FILE THAT I OR THE RESOLUTION YOU WILL SEE MORE CONCRETE METRICS TO LOOK AT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND
EVEN IF YOU DEVELOP ABOUT SAY I THOUGHT 1200 1500 WHICH IS ON AVERAGE OF THE PERMITS THAT ARE GIVEN OF THE HOUSING 20% OF THAT WOULD BE IDP AND EVEN IF THOSE NUMBERS THAT BEING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF THAT LET'S SAY HALF OF THAT IS DEEPLY AFFORDABLE YOU STILL WON'T BE ABLE TO BUILD ENOUGH HOUSING TO REACH ANY GOAL. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO ACTUALLY
REACH THOSE GOALS ON AVERAGE BY 2020 2030 YOU HAVE TO BUILD ABOUT 30,000 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSISTENTLY ABOUT YOU KNOW, OVER 6000 UNITS PER YEAR
TO REACH THAT GOAL WHICH WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER GET TO. BUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OFFER SOME METRICS AND SOME REAL SOLUTIONS TO WORK WITH CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT IN A QUICKER WAY. SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION PASS AGAIN, IT'S A FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATION TO ADD TO THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN
BOSTON'S ANTICIPATION PLAN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD
COUNCILWOMAN HERE THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON SINCE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1292 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE
IT DISTRICT IS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1293 DOCKET NUMBER 1293. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFERED A FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING THE DOWNTOWN RFI AREA AS A BOSTON CULTURAL DISTRICT LED BY INDUSTRIALS BY INDIGENOUS AND BLACK COMMUNITIES AS A STEP TOWARDS
REPARATIONS. THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS COUNCIL FOR AN ENGINEERING HERE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. DOWNTOWN BOSTON SHOULD NOT ONLY REFLECT POWER IT MUST REFLECT TRUTH.
THE TRUTH IS IS THAT THE CITY WAS BUILT ON LAND STOLEN FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND WEALTH STOLEN FROM BLACK LABOR. YET THE HEART OF BOSTON REMAINS ABSENCE OF INDIGENOUS AND BLACK LED SPACES THAT HONOR THAT
LEGACY AND BEGIN TO REPAIR IT. THIS RESOLUTION IS A DECLARATION THAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS NOT JUST ONE FOR BUSINESSES FOR BUSINESS BUT ONE FOR JUSTICE.
AND WE HAVE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AS A CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC A SPACE CENTER AND DESIGNED BY INDIGENOUS AND BLACK
COMMUNITIES FOR COLLECTIVE PROSPERITY. LET'S FACE IT. MOST OF WHAT CREATES ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN CITY BOSTON. IN AMERICA, IN THE WORLD. LOOK AT K-POP.
LOOK ACROSS ANY COUNTRY YOU LIKE IS HIP HOP, BLACK ART, BLACK BEAUTY AND BLACK CULTURE. AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COOPERATIVE OR COOPERATIVE OR OWNERSHIP FARM TO TABLE FOOD
ECONOMY ECONOMIES ROOTED IN BLACK AND INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS, CREATIVE SPACES FOR ARTISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND NATIONAL INVITATION TO REINTERPRET BOSTON'S REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY FROM THE
PERSPECTIVES THAT HAVE LONG BEEN ERASED. THIS IS NOT BRANDING EXERCISE. THIS IS A STEP TOWARDS REPARATIONS IN CITIES LIKE TULSA, KANSAS CITY AND CHICAGO
CAN DO IT. SO CAN BOSTON. BUT WE MUST DO IT DIFFERENTLY. WE MUST DO IT JUSTLY AND WE MUST BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A VERY COMMUNITIES WHO NEVER MEANT WE'RE MEANT TO SURVIVE
HERE. YET THE SOUL OF THE CITY ANYWAY. SO LET THIS BE A MOVEMENT WE STOP STUDYING EQUITY AND START BUILDING IT. THANK YOU. ALSO ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION
OF ASKED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA BECAUSE OF ME ANSWER. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COUNSELOR COLLEAGUE COUNSELOR ANDERSON FOR PRESENTING THIS
RESOLUTION. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STEPPED INTO THIS CHAMBER THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AROUND FANEUIL HALL AND DOWNTOWN AND BEACON HILL AND
ALL THE SPACES AND PLACES THAT WE NORMALLY DON'T CONGREGATE IN . AND I FILED A HEARING ORDER AROUND MAKING SURE THAT BLACK BOSTON BROWN BOSTON WAS ABLE TO
THRIVE OUTSIDE OF DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, MATTAPAN BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY WHERE WE GET REGULATED TO. AND SO THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE AND SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE
CAN THRIVE IN ALL SPACES AND PLACES. AND SO I WANT TO JUST THANK COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER PARTNERSHIP ALSO ESTABLISHING THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE
ALONGSIDE COUNCIL MORALE. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING BOSTON'S HISTORY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY STAND IN THE GAP
AND CREATE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR TO HAVE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OUTSIDE OF THE SPACES AND PLACES THAT WE NORMALLY GET REGULATED AND WE KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY
CIRCULATING DOWNTOWN AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UPLIFT THIS INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE A FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AS DOES THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL THAT REPRESENTS MOST OF THE DOWNTOWN. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO GET THE ANSWER NOW BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ON THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, ON THE RESIDENTS, WHAT THE COMMUNITY PROCESS WOULD BE.
I, I BELIEVE IN SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT SHE HIGHLIGHTED COUNCIL FOR AN END IS INNOCENT BUT I COULDN'T SUPPORT ALL OF IT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT AND IT'S MY DISTRICT.
I WOULD NEED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT IT BEFORE I VOTE IN SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN IS KIND OF AN ADVANTAGE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR TO THE COUNCIL YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
SO BASICALLY THE RFI IS ALREADY OUT. MAYOR WU AS ALLOCATED I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE PROCESS WHERE WE WERE USING ARPA FUNDS AND COUNCILOR BAKER
THEN WERE WAS ASKING FOR $5 MILLION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN DORCHESTER FOR USE AND THEN WAS IT CALLED SAFE HOUSE WHAT IS IT CALLED FIELD HOUSE. THANK YOU.
THE FIELD HOUSE AND THEN BUT SOMEHOW THE ADMINISTRATION DISAGREED SO THEN THE FUNDS END UP GOING TO BUILDING OR REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN AND 5
MILLION OF IT WENT TO THAT AND THEN LATER ON WHEN THERE WERE MORE FUNDS THAT WERE NOT APPROPRIATED, MORE FUNDS WENT INTO REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN AND SO THE RFP IS ALREADY OUT. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS TO JUST
MAKE IT EQUITABLE AND TO MAKE IT SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH RACIAL EQUITY IN DOWNTOWN. WE KNOW THAT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE MAJORITY WHITE, GROTESQUELY MAJORITY NON BIPOC AND SO THESE
ARE FIRES ARE JUST MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO BIPOC CULTURE. THAT'S ALL. AND SO IT'S AN EFFORT TO BUILDING EQUITY. IT'S NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL. IT'S NOT CREATING SOMETHING NEW.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY OUT. TO MY COLLEAGUE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT BUT IT'S JUST SAYING HEY, BE INCLUSIVE AND GET ONE
OF THESE. SOME OF THESE ARE TO BE MORE EQUITABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. FERNANDO ANDERSON. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK PLEASE ADD A CAPTION HERE PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR BECAUSE OF FERNANDO ANDERSON'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1293 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSING A MADAM. COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE, CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
1293 COUNCIL GREATER COUNCIL OF COLOR AS A FINAL I'M SORRY DUNCAN COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY.
OH, COUNCILOR PEPEN? YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR AH YES.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY. HOW MANY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? EIGHT. EIGHT. OKAY. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1293 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. APOLOGIES. MY APOLOGIES.
MY SINUSES ARE GIVING ME A RUN FOR MY MONEY TODAY. OKAY. MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1294 DOCKET NUMBER 1294.
COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A BLACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AN EQUITY BACKED BUDGET FRAMEWORK TO
CLOSE BOSTON'S RACIAL WEALTH GAP. CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK THE LAST VOTE? OH, IT'S SEVEN. MADAM CLERK, HOW MANY WAS IT IN
THE AFFIRMATIVE? SEVEN. HOW MANY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? I HAVE NO, NO, NO. MADAM CLERK, I I'M THE PRESIDING OFFICER. MADAM CLERK, HOW MANY VOTES DO WE HAVE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE?
OH, YES. CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE NAMES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? SAY THEM ON THE MIC. OH, OKAY. I'LL CALL BACK ON THE AFFIRMATIVE. THAT'S DOCKET NUMBER 1293.
OKAY. RIGHT. YEAH. SO WHO ARE THEY? SS? YES, I. COUNCILOR DURKAN, WERE YOU SURPRISED SHE WAS PRESENT? OKAY, SO OKAY SO THEN IS
COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE? YES. COUNCILOR PEPPERONI AS COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
COUNCILOR OUT SO SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. YOU THE DOCKET IS STILL ADOPTED. THANK YOU. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS, WHEN WHEN I'M READING A DOCKET TO
TALK ABOUT ANOTHER DOCKET, IT'S HARD. IT WAS AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND NO ONE ELSE HAD SPOKEN. SO IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A DOCKET THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, PLEASE AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL WE'VE COMPLETED THE DOCKET THAT IS BEFORE THE BODY. OKAY.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. SO JUST TO START OVER MADAM QUICK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1294 DOCTOR NUMBER I ALREADY READ THAT IT AGAIN READ IT AGAIN JUST
BECAUSE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1294. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A BLACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND EQUITY BACK TO BUDGET FRAMEWORK TO
CLOSE BASED ON RACIAL WEALTH GAP. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I FOLLOW THIS RESOLUTION
BECAUSE THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE BUT THEY THEY DO INDICT. SO A BLACK FAMILY IN BOSTON HAS A MEDIUM NET WORTH OF $8. WE'VE HEARD JUST BEFORE THAT IS
NOT AN ACCIDENT. THAT IS A RESULT OF POLICY OF EXCLUSION AND CENTURIES OF THEFT, DISINVESTMENT AND DENIAL AND NO CITY THAT CLAIMS
TO VALUE EQUITY TO TOLERATE THAT TRUTH WITHOUT TAKING ACTION. THIS RESOLUTION DEMANDS MORE THAN LIP SERVICE. IT CALLS FOR A BLACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN CRAFTED BY BLACK INSTITUTIONS FUNDED
THROUGH THE CITY BUDGET AND TRACKED WITH REAL DATA, REAL TARGETS AND REAL ACCOUNTABILITY. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR FAVORS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. WE ARE DEMANDING EVERY TURN
THAT WAS BASICALLY TAKEN THIS MEANS LINK LINKING RACIAL EQUITY GOALS TO ACTUAL DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET. IT MEANS INVESTING IN HOMEOWNERSHIP COOPERATIVE WEALTH, BLACK BUSINESSES,
EDUCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE SAME URGENCY THAT BUILT THE BACK BAY OR BAILED OUT BANKS BOAST. BOSTON CANNOT CALL ITSELF PROGRESSIVE WHILE BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL
FIGHTING FOR RUNNING WATER, WORKING STREETLIGHTS AND PIECE OF ECONOMIC THEY HELPED BUILD. THIS IS NOT ABOUT CLOSING A GAP IT IS ABOUT ENDING A SYSTEM AND WE DON'T REWRITE THE BUDGET
WITH JUSTICE IN ITS MARGINS. WE IF WE DON'T REWRITE THE BUDGET WITH JUSTICE IN ITS MARGINS WE'RE JUST BALANCING BOOKS ON THE BACKS OF THE VERY PEOPLE WE ALL MOST.
SO TODAY LET'S PUT THIS POLICY WHERE OUR PROMISES ARE. WE SHOULD BUILD BLACK WEALTH NOT WITH RHETORIC BUT WITH REPARATIVE POWER. I'M SEEKING FOR A SUSPENSION
AND PASS ON THE STEERING AND WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR JUST COMES FROM HERE. YOU ON THE FLOOR. YOU KNOW I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERY MOMENT THAT I GOT TO
SPEAK UP BECAUSE I KNOW AT SOME POINT THIS IS NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. BUT WHAT I'M HERE IS SO I WANTED TO JUST REALLY THANK
COUNCILOR ANDERSON YET AGAIN I THINK FROM THE MOMENT THAT YOU STEPPED FOOT INTO THIS CHAMBER YOU HAVE BEEN UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT UPLIFTING EQUITY AND ALSO
CENTERING WHAT REAL WORK LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT UPLIFTING AND MOVING BLACK PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY IN REAL
WAYS, NOT IN HYPOTHETICAL ASPIRATIONAL WAYS BUT IN REAL CONCRETE. HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WAYS. AND SO WHILE IT IS A RESOLUTION
I AM GOING TO ASSUME THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE REALLY GOING TO BE AFRAID OF SAYING YES TO THIS BECAUSE IT IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SAY WE CARE ABOUT BECAUSE I
HEARD IT HERE IN THIS CHAMBER AND. SO BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT I AM GOING TO JUST ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS IS A MOMENT TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND TO SUPPORT CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAEDON DURKIN,
MARIA PEPEN, SANTANA WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR COVERING ANDREA ANDERSON'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 9 FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCTOR DOCKET 1294 COUNCIL OPERATOR YES.
COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARA COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES BECAUSE OF ASTURIAS.
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR MAY HEAR ME COUNCILOR MEJIA SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
COUNCILOR PAT BAN ON SOME BACKGROUND YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WIRRAL
COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. 1234569 TEN AND THANK YOU MY TO THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO
9 FOUR HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 1295 DOCKET NUMBER 1295. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
TO SUPPORT PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND THE CHAIR AND AS COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON COUNCILMAN ANDY ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY'RE ADDING COUNCIL ME AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. YES, MADAM PLEASE ADD COUNCILMAN HE A SECOND ORIGINAL KASAMA SO ADDED COUNCIL FRIEND ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS AN EXCITING ONE, HUH? YOU GUYS GOING TO LEARN WHAT RESILIENCY MEANS? WATCH AND LEARN. STICK AROUND.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NOT A JOB DESCRIPTION BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD BE LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD OR YOU ALL SHOULD WORK ON TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD. BUT I DID THIS FOR MY CONSTITUENTS.
NOTICE THAT EVERYTHING I'M FILING TODAY IS ABOUT MY CONSTITUENTS. IT'S ABOUT TELLING THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ON RECORD THINGS THAT THEY REPRESENT THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR AND MAKING A
STATEMENT. AND SO I WANTED TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION ON RECORD THAT MY CONSTITUENTS CAN USE MOVING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT IN MIND WITH MY
CONSTITUENTS IN HEART, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS ONE OF THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD AND MOST CRITICAL JOB JOBS IN OUR DEMOCRACY. WOULDN'T YOU WOULD YOU AGREE?
WE ARE NOT CEREMONIAL. WE ARE NOT SIDEKICK FOLKS. WE ARE LEGISLATORS, BUDGET WATCHDOGS AND THE DIRECT LINE BETWEEN ABOUT 80,000 MAYBE
70,000 FOR SOME OF YOU 80,000 CONSTITUENTS AND FOR AT LARGE IS IT'S EVEN MORE. RIGHT. SO RESIDENTS AND 9 BILLION CITY
$9 BILLION CITY GOVERNMENT AND SO BUT WE WE DOING THIS WORK WITHOUT THE BASIC TOOLS OF ANY SERIOUS GOVERNING BODY SHOULD NO REAL DATA DASHBOARDS NO DEDICATED ANALYSIS, NO
CENTRALIZED SYSTEMS TO TRACK THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF THE COMMUNITIES AND HOLD THE DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE. SO I'M GOING TO TALK STRAIGHT JUST SO THE PEOPLE AT HOME CAN UNDERSTAND. SO BASICALLY THE JOB IS YOUR
LEGISLATORS BUT YOU'RE ALSO EXPECT TO EXPECT IT TO SHOW UP BUT YOU'RE ALSO EXPECTED TO MANAGE YOUR OFFICE AND A PART OF THAT IS FROM ADVOCATING IS LISTENING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS
. CITY SERVICE COMPLAINTS WHEN 311 FALLS SHORT YOU'RE EXPECTED TO HOLD THE JUDGE TO TO HOLD THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
ACCOUNTABLE. THAT BECOMES REALLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE SYSTEMS SOFTWARES OR TRACKERS OR ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND TO GO FROM 311 EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE
311 DATA. BY THE TIME IT GETS TO US IT'S BECOME CUMBERSOME FOR THE CONSTITUENTS. SO NOW THEY'RE COMPLAINING FOR THE FOURTH TIME OR MAYBE TO A FOURTH PERSON AND BECOMES REALLY STRESSFUL.
SO IF YOU READ THE ACTUAL FILING I DON'T THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WHAT THE JOB IS. I'M SURE THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE ON HERE THAT YOU COULD YOU
COULD ADD BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE JOB ITSELF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY DO MUCH MORE BUT WE NEED THE SOFTWARE SO WE NEED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
WE NEED A REAL BUDGET TEAM THAT DOES A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE BUDGET AND YOU NEED ALL OF THOSE SUPPORT. SO HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD THE MY CONSTITUENTS CAN ALWAYS REFERENCE THIS DOCUMENT AND SAY
OKAY WOW THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN I ANTICIPATED OR I THOUGHT THAT THEY DID AND GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT FLAHERTY ON WHAT OUR JOB IS. SO I WOULD I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT ME AND SUSPENDING AND
PASSING THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR GIVING US A LOVE LETTER AND AND AN
OUTLINE OF HOW WE SHOULD BE PERFORMING OUR DUTIES HERE. I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE I WAS OUT IN THE STREETS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE
,I WALKED IN HERE NOT KNOWING HOW TO SHOW UP AND THERE WAS NO REAL CONSTRUCT. SO I DIDN'T HAVE FRIENDS WHO WORKED IN POLITICS IN THAT KIND
OF WAY SO I HAD TO LEARN MY JOB PUBLICLY DURING COVID AND DURING RACIAL AND CIVIL UNREST IN A REMOTE SETTING. AND SO IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR ME TO REDEFINE WHAT A CITY COUNCILOR IS AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DECIDE FOR MYSELF THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT I WAS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE IN THIS BODY
WHICH IS WHY I THINK RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE VOTES THAT WE TAKE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT WE BRING THEIR VOICES HERE AND THE VOTES THAT WE TAKE
REFLECT, THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO PUT US IN THESE SEATS THROUGH POLITICAL INTEREST AND OR POLITICAL BROKERS. AND I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
THAT OUR JOB IS TO BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THE ADMINISTRATION RIGHT TO BE THE ACCOUNTABILITY BODY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS, WHICH IS WHY I
CREATED THE COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR NOW WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE ABOUT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. AND UP UNTIL RECENTLY I WAS ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE OF THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT WE NOW HAVE
TO RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US TO DEMONSTRATE POSITIVE LEADERSHIP, TO DEMONSTRATE REAL LEADERSHIP TO DEMONSTRATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THOSE HARD VOTES IN WAYS
THAT PUSH US. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE VOTES WE PASSED THE THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND THAT BUDGET HAS TO BE A REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES AND
THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POSITIONS OF POWER. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY A TESTAMENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN HOW TO DO OUR
JOBS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AND NOT IN THE INTEREST OF PROTECTING OUR SEATS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MADAM CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR PER CENT COUNCILOR SANTANA AND WORLD COUNCILORS FERNANDO ANDERSON AND ME. HE HAS EXPANSION OF THE ROLES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1295.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED OC. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1297 WE DID
12961212971297. DOCKET 1297. COUNCILOR DURKAN OFFERED A FORMAL AND A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SHADOW REGULATIONS AS AFFIRMED BY SECTION LAW. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT TODAY I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE BOSTON CITY
COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SHADOW LAWS AS AFFIRMED BY SESSION LAW PASSED AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY BY RESIDENTS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS ELECTED LEADERS. THESE SHADOW REGULATIONS
ENSHRINE OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTION AND STEWARDSHIP OF BOSTON'S HISTORIC GREEN SPACES. FOR OVER 30 YEARS THEY'VE SERVED AS A BULWARK AGAINST NEW DEVELOPMENT FROM CASTING SHADOWS DURING DEFINED TIME
PERIODS. UPON THE BOSTON COMMON PUBLIC GARDEN AND COPLEY SQUARE PARK THESE HISTORIC AND BELOVED SPACES ARE CRITICAL PUBLIC GOODS THAT PROVIDE INVALUABLE
SPACES CULTURAL VALUE NATURAL LIGHT FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. BY CODIFYING PROTECTIONS TO PRESERVE THESE OPEN ENVIRONMENTS, THIS DEED SHADOW LAWS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CIVIC
ENJOYMENT AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NATURE IN OUR CITY. AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I FEEL A DEEP COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT DEFINES THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
BOSTON IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING AN AMBITIOUS ZONING REFORM TO ITS URBAN CORE. IN FACT THE LAST STATE SHADOW LAW IN 2017 DIRECTED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DO JUST
THAT. I QUOTE FROM SECTION EIGHT THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SHALL CONDUCT A PLANNING INITIATIVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY OF BOSTON TO EXAMINE THE PRESERVATION ENHANCEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE
DOWNTOWN AREA. THE CITY OF BOSTON IN ORDER TO BALANCE GROWTH WITH LIVABILITY WHILE RESPECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUNLIGHT, WALKABILITY AND A DYNAMIC MIX OF USES THE DOWNTOWN REFORMS STEMMING FROM
ABOVE ENCOURAGE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC REINVESTMENT AT A PIVOTAL TIME FOR DOWNTOWN ALLOWING REVITALIZATION. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND CITY SERVICES THAT MAKE BOSTON VIBRANT AND LIVE A LIVABLE CITY
THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE PROUD OF. I CLEARLY HEAR FROM VOCAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THESE NECESSARY DOWNTOWN PLANNING REFORMS WILL INTERFERE WITH PROTECTIONS ON OUR OPEN
SPACES OFFERED BY THE STATE SHADOW LAWS. THERE NO CONFLICT IN THESE LAWS. IN FACT THE REFORMS PUT FORWARD BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT EXPLICITLY REFERENCED THE SHADOW LAWS TO ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLY WITH
THESE REGULATIONS. IF A PROPOSED BUILDING RUNS AFOUL OF THE SHADOW LAWS DURING ITS SHADOW STUDY ASSESSMENT IT WILL NOT BE APPROVED ONLY THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STATE
LEGISLATURE CAN CIRCUMVENT THIS. THIS HAPPENED IN 2017 WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND FORMER MAYOR MARTY WALSH USED A HOME RULE PETITION TO BYPASS STATE SHADOW LAWS TO APPROVE THE WINTHROP
SQUARE TOWER PLAN IN TANDEM WITH THE MAYOR. THE POWER TO OVERRIDE THE SHADOW LAWS RESTS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S BODY. THAT'S WHY I AM INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY TO GET US
ALL ON THE RECORD AFFIRMING THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT THE STATE LAWS SHOULD NOT BE AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT OVERRIDE THESE PROTECTIONS. THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD NOT BE A
VEHICLE TO DRIVE OPPOSITION AGAINST DOWNTOWN ZONING REFORM REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST IT. AFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO STATE SHADOW LAWS SHOULD BE A SIMPLE CHOICE.
VOTING YES SIGNALS YOUR SUPPORT TO UPHOLD THESE VITAL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR CITY'S OPEN SPACES AND VOTING NO IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE PRINCIPLES THEY ARE SET TO ACCOMPLISH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I. THERE'S AN ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT DOWNTOWN BOSTON IN ZONING AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT IS IS BEING
DISCUSSED. I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON THAT I PROUDLY REPRESENT I REPRESENT A PORTION OF THE BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL AS WELL.
THEY ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE AND THE DOWNTOWN REZONING ISSUE. THEY FELT LIKE THEIR VOICES WEREN'T HEARD DURING THIS PROCESS.
THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HOUSING RELATED ISSUES WHETHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE ON SITE, WHETHER THE SHADOW STUDY WOULD WOULD BE IMPACTED, WHAT WOULD WOULD BE PART OF THIS
PROCESS. THEY ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE HEIGHT OF MANY BUILDINGS. WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS AND OTHER BOSTON RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED
ME THEY ASKED ME SPECIFICALLY THEY SAID COUNCILOR FLYNN, WE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO VOTE YES, VOTE NO ON THIS. WE NEED HAVE A DEBATE SO WE CAN
DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT AND RESIDENTS CAN WEIGH IN. RESIDENTS FROM DOWNTOWN BOSTON WANT TO WEIGH IN FROM THE FENWAY. THEY WANT TO WEIGH IN FROM BACK BAY. WANT TO WEIGH IN.
BEACON HILL. DOES THEIR VOICE MATTER? IS THEIR OPINION IMPORTANT? THEY LIVE THERE. THEY'VE BEEN HERE 40, 50 YEARS.
SHOULD THEY BE PART OF THE PROCESS OR SHOULD THE PDA PUSH IT THROUGH? THAT'S THE QUESTION AND BE RUBBERSTAMPED HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I'M GOING TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AS A AS A DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL AND REPRESENTING MY CONSTITUENTS OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON IN BACK AND BACK BAY
BEACON HILL I PROUDLY REPRESENT AND ASK THIS THAT ASK THAT THIS DOCKET GO INTO A HEARING. I OBJECT TO A VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DOCKET DOCKET. I DIDN'T ASK.
OH, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN DID NOT ASK FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN OBJECTION.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT BUT THANK YOU. YOU DID NOT ASK FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE THEREFORE THERE IS NOTHING TO OBJECT TO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK. I ALWAYS LIKE TO OH MY LORD CAN YOU ALL JUST THAT CLOCK IS LET'S GO. OKAY. IS IT GOOD?
NO, IT'S A GOOD NOW I HAVE NO IDEA. OKAY, LET ME SAY IT'S PROBABLY GOOD. I'LL I'LL I'LL ADD I'LL ADD 10 SECONDS AT THE END. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I DON'T CARE. TODAY'S ANSWER LET MEJIA HAS THE OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE
POLITICS. I'LL BE HERE SO I YOU KNOW ME. I'M ALWAYS GOING TO STAND UP AND ASK QUESTIONS AND I'M JUST SO CURIOUS LIKE THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE
DOWNTOWN AND LIKE THAT ALL THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW ME I'M ALWAYS GOING TO FIGHT FOR LIKE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER PARKS WHAT HAPPENED TO FRANKLIN PARK? WHAT HAPPENS TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, MALCOLM X PARK? DO THEY GET SHADOW STUDIES?
DO THEY GET ARE THEY PART OF THIS SITUATION? THANK YOU. IS THAT A QUESTION TO ME? YEAH. DURKAN I LIKE TO KNOW BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THROUGH THERE ARE SHADOW STUDIES THAT ARE REQUIRED VIA THE ARTICLE 80
PROCESS BY COUNCILOR DURKAN. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY RESPOND THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A LOSS SPECIFICALLY PROTECTING COPLEY SQUARE PARK, THE BOSTON COMMON AND THE
PUBLIC GARDEN BUT ALSO JUST YOU KNOW THE WINTHROP SQUARE PROPOSAL THAT THAT WAS THAT THE 2017 AMENDMENT WAS FOR HALF OF THE MONEY WENT TO FAITH
FRANKLIN PARK AND HALF OF THE MONEY WENT TO THE PUBLIC GARDEN AND BOSTON COMMON AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT PART OF THE REASON I AM NOT PUSHING FOR A SUSPENSION PASSES TODAY IS THAT I REALIZE MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT AWARE
EXACTLY OF WHAT THIS LAW DOES AND I DO THINK A POLICY BRIEFING BEFORE WE PASS THIS IS IN ORDER. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN COMES ON HERE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM I DO
APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALL WANT TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING THIS SITUATION BUT IT DOESN'T IMPACT YOU KNOW, DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, MATTAPAN I APPRECIATE THE FLAHERTY ON THE
RESOLUTION AND THE INTENT OF THE LAW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING I WANT TO INTRODUCE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THIS. I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THE STATE LAW HASN'T REALLY BEEN TESTED IN A WAY
THAT SHOWS THAT WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMS IT, WHETHER THE MAYOR AFFIRMS IT AND THERE'S ALWAYS IN THE HAS HAD AS THERE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST YOU COULD ALWAYS FILE A FORMAL PETITION TO GET AROUND A
STATE LAW OR TO ASK FOR CHANGES AND SO BUT I THINK THAT THE LAW AS IT STANDS IS ONE THAT IS WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT. I THINK PART OF THE ISSUES WE DO PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL
THE CHANGES IN THE PLAN ALLOW FOR 8 HOURS OF SUNSHINE FOR CERTAIN TREES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TREES ARE ABLE TO FLOURISH AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE MIDTOWN CULTURAL OVERLAY WHETHER IT ALLOWS FOR
ITERATIVE ALLOWANCES OF SUNLIGHT. AND SO I DO THINK THAT A POLICY BRIEFING IS IN ORDER. I THINK THAT THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO SUPPORT THE STATE SHADOW LAW. I IT PROVIDES THE BARE MINIMUM AS WE CONTINUE THE WORK AS A
CITY AND AS I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE TO PROVIDE FOR FOR THE REGULATIONS REGARDING SHADOW STUDIES. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THIS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OFFERING A POLICY BRIEFING SO THAT ALL OUR
COLLEAGUES CAN GET IT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE SHADOW LAWS ARE, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PROPOSING, WHAT YOU KNOW, FRIENDS OF UP OF OF THE PUBLIC
GARDEN HAVE A SHADOW TOOL THAT THEY CAN USE IN ORDER TO REALLY MEASURE THE EFFECT A OF OF BUILDINGS AND SHADOWS ON OUR PUBLIC GREEN SPACES AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
CONSIDER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, I, I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MOST OF THE AREA THAT THE COUNCIL MENTIONED IS
IN DISTRICT TWO OR A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA. IT'S THERE IS ONE MIKE AND COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS IT BUT COUNCILOR FLYNN ALSO KEEP IT BRIEF BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THIS MATTER.
OKAY? I WAS I WAS INTERRUPTED. YES I KNOW THAT AND I INFORMED HER THAT THERE'S ONE MORE PERSON WHO HAS A MIC AND THAT PERSON IS YOU OKAY, I'M SORRY. MY POINT MADAM CHAIR, WAS I
REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO AND MOST OF THE AREA IMPACTED IN THAT IN THAT DISCUSSION IS IN DISTRICT TWO. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED AND THAT THIS BODY IS
NOT A RUBBER STAMP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1297 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1298 NOW
GOOD NUMBER 1298 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE OF CABO VERDE UNTIL A CLEAR
JULY IS CABO VERDE AND HERITAGE MONTH THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CAPTAIN FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND KIND OF AN INVITATION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'M SORRY. OH, WHAT A RELIEF. MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA AS THE SECOND COUNCILOR MEJIA THAT IS THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FOR AN
JENISON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I WILL MISS YOU GUYS. I FILED THIS RESOLUTION NOT JUST AS A CAPE VERDEAN DAUGHTER
BUT AS A KEEPER OF MEMORY. JULY 5TH IS NOT SIMPLY A DATE ON THE CALENDAR. IT IS THE ECHO OF CHAINS BEING BROKEN. IT IS THE VOICE OF AMELIA CABRAL SIT STILL RINGING ACROSS
OCEANS. IT IS A QUIET DIGNITY OF A PEOPLE WHO AFTER CENTURIES OF SLAVERY, EXILE, FAMINE AND COLONIAL PLUNDER STOOD UP AND
SAID WE ARE A NATION. THIS RESOLUTION HONORS THAT MOMENT BUT IT IS ALSO IT ALSO HONORS THAT GENERATION THE GENERATIONS THAT CARRIED THAT FIRE FORWARD AND THE STREETS
OF BOSTON, BROCKTON, DORCHESTER AND BEYOND OUR PEOPLE BUILT SHIPS AND CITIES. WE BECAME NURSES, SCHOLARS, ARTISTS AND BRIDGE BUILDERS AND STILL WE ARE OFTEN MADE
INVISIBLE IN DATA, IN FUNDING AND IN POLICY. BUT LET IT BE KNOWN THE CABO VERDE IN OR CABO VERDE ARMS STORY IS NOT ONE OF ERASURE IT
IS ONE OF SURVIVAL BRILLIANCE AND CONTRIBUTION DECLARING JULY AS CABO VERDE AND HERITAGE MONTH IS NOT JUST SYMBOLIC IT IS A CALL TO ACTION, A CALL TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISTORY, UPLIFT OUR CULTURE AND REPAIR THE HARM. IT IS A PROMISE TO OUR ANCESTORS AND A PLEDGE TO OUR CHILDREN TO SAY YOU BELONG YOU
MATTER YOU ARE SEEN SO AS WE RAISE THE FLAG OVER CITY HALL WE RAISE IT IN HONOR OF RESISTANCE AND OF THOSE LOST AT SEA IN CELEBRATION OF THOSE
WHO CAME HERE WITH NOTHING BUT FAITH AND THE WILD AND THE WILL TO BUILD THIS IS OUR TIME, THIS IS OUR VOICE AND THIS IS OUR
HOME AND TYPICALLY MY COLLEAGUES MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT MY BEING ABOUT ME BEING A
POLYGLOT BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T WRITE SO PINEAPPLE WAS COVERED WITH THE MIKASA AND SO THE DECLARATIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE COMMAND TO DECLARE ZULU A COMMON MAN'S DE CULTURAL RECAP WHERE BE ME CARMEN COVERED YANUKOVICH IMMIGRANTS CATCH YOU REALLY COUP DESIGNED
TO UNSEAT VENUS DE BOSTON AND THEN TO REPRESENT THE NORTH THE MAGNETIC IMPORT COUP FAMILIA WHO ARE FOR YOU DE AMIGOS BUT TO DUKE SENECAS UP TO DO AGAINST CUBA GIVE MORE TO ENTERING OUR DISPUTE WE GUESS
BECOME MORE FAMILIAR E GAINS IN A POLITICAL AGAINST PROFESSIONAL TO RECRUIT YOU DOWN BUT TO DO SOMETHING DEEPER TO TO SORT FOR TO DO TALKING US DOWN THE PRECEDING US JOE INTEGRATION YELLS DE CORAZON
AND THE BEATING ALSO AS YOU PUTTING YOURS SOME BECAUSE OF AMILCAR CABRAL METALLIC PANELS THE INTRA LABRUM LUTA CONTINUA ECHOES OF LAC IF V A
BRAZILIAN BUT OUR EPA CONTINUE WHAT THE VEHICLE TO RECOVER TO BE AN EQUAL PAPER FRAILTY IN CABINETRY LONG FOR THE COMIC
OPERA OUT I SLAMMED THE SAMPLE MUNOZ INTELLIGENTLY MPOFU DE FORCE MPOFU IS SIMPLY LOOK DOWN EXAMPLE TO YOUR CAPTAIN AND GET
MAD BUT MAKE IT THE MORASS YOU REPRESENT THE SONG LENA STAR AND LENA SEE THAT YOU BOSTON THE IN YOUR BRA AND THE RIGOROUSLY GREAT TESTING ASKING
AS THAT COURT MORE CUOMO CONFIDENT TO DENOUNCE THE MAN TANYA AUBREY GOD BUT TO DO A BOY YOU EVER IN THE BANASZAK OBVIOUSLY VIVA AMILCAR CABRAL THANK YOU TAKE THE CHAIR AND I JUST KINDS OF ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILOR ELLISON WAS THE FIRST
CAPABILITY IN TO REPRESENT HERE ON THE BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL. SO IT'S NOT JUST CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING HISTORY AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE SET THE PATH HOPEFULLY FOR MORE CAPE VERDEANS TO STEP INTO THEIR POWER BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS CAPE VERDEANS YOU ARE IN BOSTON AND YOU'RE BETTER ACT WITH KNOW BECAUSE THEY WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR EXISTENCE
IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP THE WAY THAT WE CAN SILENCE ACADEMIA CAN WE PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELLPHONES? THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA YOU HAVE THIS WORK AND SO I JUST WANT TO I'M JUST PROUD TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CORSO
ANDERSON AND TO RECOGNIZE CABO WHERE IT IS INDEPENDENCE DAY AND TO DECLARE JULY AS COUPLE BILLION HERITAGE MONTH HERE IN BOSTON CAPE VERDE JOURNEY FROM THE TRAUMA OF COLONIZATION AND
THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE TO INDEPENDENCE IN 1975 IS A TESTAMENT OF RESILIENCE RESISTANCE AND PRIDE AND THAT SAME SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY HERE IN
BOSTON WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR CITY'S CIVIC AND CULTURAL. THIS RESOLUTION CALLS TO HONOR THAT HISTORY.
I BELIEVE THE VOICES OF CAPE VERDEAN BOSTONIANS AND COMMIT TO DISMANTLING THE INEQUITIES THAT PERSIST. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK PLEASE LET COUNCILORS BRAID IN CLOSE TO PATA. FLYNN MURPHY. FITZGERALD PIPPIN SANTANA
WORLD. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THIS DOCKET COMES WITH AN END ANDERSON AND HE HERE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTED THE NUMBER OF DOCKET NUMBER 1298
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I VOTE. MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DR. NUMBER 12984 WILL CALL ON DOCKET 1298 COUNCIL OF BRITAIN
COUNCIL OF LA RAZA BOROUGH COUNCIL BRAITHWAITE AM SORRY WANT TO MENTION THESE COUNCIL OPERATE ONLY ASK
COUNCIL COLLIDE AS A PART OF COUNCIL AS A CLOSE MATTER YES COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ UNDERSIGNED YES COUNCIL OFFICE JARA YES.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FOR TEN YEARS. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUISIANA US COUNCIL ME YES. COUNCIL ME HERE YES
COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN BEDPAN YES. COUNCIL SANTANA FANTASIZED SANTANA YES COUNCIL WEBER COUNCILOR WHEREBY YES COMES
SEVERAL COUNCIL WILL RALLY YES 12 AND UNLIMITED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MADAM COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1299 DOCKET NUMBER 12991299 COUNCIL ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE JUVENILES HOME
OWNERSHIP IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE JARGON IT IS COUNCIL ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I TO ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR I'M SO ADDED COUNCILOR WHERE I HAVE THE FLOOR I SUSPEND THE RULES AND
ADD COUNCILMAN HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CATCH OR ELSE YOU SUSPEND THE RULES AGAINST ME HE IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES TO ME. HE IS ALLOWED IT COMES HERE I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. BOSTON IS FACING A HOMEOWNERSHIP CRISIS.
MEDIAN HOME PRICES ARE NEARING $1 MILLION. THE PRICE TO INCOME RATIO IS 6.3 MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT'S CONSIDERED HEALTHY. AND WHILE INCOMES HAVE GONE UP
190% SINCE 1987, HOME PRICES HAVE SURGED NEARLY 300% AND EVERY YEAR WE LOSE YOUNG GRADUATES AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY IN BOSTON .
PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THEY ARE BUILT BY POLICY, BY INVESTMENT AND BY ATTENTION. THE EXPANSION OF SECTION EIGHT HOMEOWNERSHIP VOUCHERS THE $110
MILLION ACCELERATION FUND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE ONEPLUS MORTGAGE ARE CREATING REAL STEPS FORWARD. BUT WE NEED TO GO EVEN FURTHER. ACCORDING TO THE CITIES CITIES OF BOSTON 2023 ASSESSMENT
OF FAIR HOUSING OUR CITIES GUIDE BLUEPRINT TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS OBLIGATION
UNDER TITLE 24 C.F.R. SECTION 5.150 AND 5.15 FOR BOSTON IS REQUIRED TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION THAT DO MORE THAN SIMPLY PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN THE
CITY MUST ALSO OVERCOME PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION, REDUCE DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND PROMOTE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS INCLUDING IN THE LACK OF ACCESS
TO HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR BLACK AND LATINO RESIDENTS. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE POWERFUL NETWORK THAT PUSHES HOME OWNERSHIP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE HAVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
MAHA THE CDC AND NBC. I JUST WANT TO GIVE ALSO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE DEVELOPERS DOING THIS WORK. ARE YELLOW VILLAGE OMEGA DOT AND ALEXIS CARLOS CASTILLO ARE OUR BONICA AND SO MANY OTHER
DEVELOPERS THAT ARE PUSHING FOR HOME OWNERSHIP WHEN OTHER DEVELOPERS ARE JUST PUSHING RENTAL. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING
INVESTMENT AND POLICY TOWARDS CREATING MORE HOMEOWNERSHIP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I'M LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR EARL AND THE ACADEMY AS A CO-SPONSOR AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT IT'S ACTUALLY THE BEST FORM OF RENT STABILIZATION THAT WE CAN HAVE WHEN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEIR MORTGAGE IS EVERY MONTH. AND SO SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES ARE BECAUSE OF THE
RACIAL WEALTH GAP IS HELPING PEOPLE WITH DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS. AND WE KNOW THAT BLACK FAMILIES DISPROPORTIONATELY FACE DISCRIMINATION AT ALMOST EVERY STEP OF THE HOUSING OF THE ATTEMPT TO BECOME A HOMEOWNER
AT THEIR APPRAISAL PROCESS, AT THE ABILITY TO GET TO GET MORTGAGE LENDERS. AND SO IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CORRECT FOR OUR PAST POLICY HARMS THAT WORK OF EQUITY AND DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP MORE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AND MAKE IT MORE OF AN OPTION. I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL AND OUR FOCUS ON OUR DOLLARS AND USING THAT TO HELP AND SUPPORT HOMEOWNERSHIP.
AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WHERE OUR UPLIFTED A LOT OF ADVOCATES BUT I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THEM AND SPECIFICALLY WITH MY WHAT I VOLUNTEERED WITH THEM PRIOR BECAUSE THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK IN NOT ONLY CREATING NEW
HOMEOWNERS BUT ALSO IN GETTING PEOPLE ORGANIZED TO FIGHT FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP. AND SO I THINK MY FOR ALL OF THE WORK THEY DO AND FOR EVERYONE WHO IS FIGHTING FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AS A WAY TO
STABILIZE FAMILIES, AS A WAY TO STABILIZE INCOMES AND AS A WAY TO ADDRESS OUR PERSISTENT AND PERNICIOUS RACIAL WEALTH GAP, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM
HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR NOPE. OKAY WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE THE COUNCILORS GREAT. AND COLETTE ZAPATA FLUTE FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY PIPPIN
SANTANA. WEBER COUNCILORS WORL LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1299 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I MADAM CLERK COULD YOU
PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1299. COUNCILOR. YES, COUNCILOR BRITANNIA COUNCILOR KALALA ZAPATA COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA.
YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR SYLVANIA AS
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MAHE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY AS COUNCILOR PAT BROWN
COUNCILOR PREPARED YES. COUNCILOR STAND DOWN NOW ANSWER SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBB I ASKED COUNCILOR SUBBARAO IS
12 AND AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1299 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET NUMBER 1300. DOCKET NUMBER 130. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AN
HONOR TO ADD TO GRATITUDE AND TO DISTRICT SEVEN CAN'T CONTINUE TO FOR THE COURAGE, DIVERSITY AND COLLECTIVE
COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU, THE CHAIR. THIS COMES WITH AN ENGINEER SITTING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE
OPPORTUNE IF I TAKE THIS TIME TO JUST READ THE RESOLUTION AND THEN THAT WILL SPEAK TO HOW I FEEL ABOUT MY CONSTITUENTS THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SEVEN
COMPRISE ROXBURY, PARTS OF SOUTHEND AND DORCHESTER FENWAY REPRESENT A DYNAMIC MOSAIC OF CULTURES, LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, RELIGIONS AND LIVED EXPERIENCES AND THIS DISTRICT
IS HOME TO BLACK, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHITE, EUROPEAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AFRO-CARIBBEAN IN CAPE VERDE AND LATINOS ASIANS, ASIANS, ARABS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,
JEWISH NEIGHBORS, MUSLIM NEIGHBORS, CHRISTIANS, CATHOLICS, BUDDHISTS, HINDUS AND SIX AS WELL AS LONG TIME RESIDENTS AND NEWER ARRIVALS ALL OF WHOM CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEPTH, BEAUTY AND RESILIENCE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN HAVE LONG WITHSTOOD THE LEGACY OF REDLINING RACIAL SEGREGATION, HOUSING DISPLACEMENT, UNDERINVESTMENT
AND SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE AND YET CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE, RESIST AND REIMAGINE WHAT A JUSTICE CITY CAN LOOK LIKE. AND THIS HISTORIC STRUGGLES
HAVE ALSO CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR POWERFUL CULTURAL DIALOG INTERSECTIONAL ORGANIZING OR ORGANIZING AND THE RICH EXCHANGE OF TRADITIONS, IDEAS
AND SOLIDARITY AMONG NEIGHBORS THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN HAVE NOT ONLY ADVOCATED FOR CHANGE BUT PARTNERED WITH MYSELF IN ADVANCE IN ADVANCING EQUITY ACROSS HOUSING,
EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION
THROUGH PUBLIC HEARINGS, POLICY ADVOCACY, STREET CORNER CONVERSATIONS ADVISORY COUNCIL PROTEST STORYTELLING AND CRITIQUE RESIDENTS HELD
MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE, PUSHED PUSHED ME TO GROW AND SHAPED A MORE INCLUSIVE VISION FOR GOVERNANCE AND SHARED POWER AND CHALLENGING THEIR COUNCILOR AT
TIMES LOVINGLY AT TIMES FIERCELY BUT IN EVEN IN EVERY MOMENT I MET DISAGREEMENT WITH AN INVITATION TO REFLECT
TRANSFER TRANSFER TO REFLECT TRANSFORM AND DEEPEN MY COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, INTEGRITY AND COMMUNITY CARE. THESE EXPERIENCES WITH MY CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER JOYFUL OR
PAINFUL, BECAME A VERY SOIL THE VERY SOIL FROM WHICH NEW IDEAS BLOOMED, POLICIES WERE BORN AND HUMANITY WAS AFFIRMED.
I STAND HERE TODAY ASKING YOU TO SUSPEND IMPASSE IN RECOGNITION AND TO HONOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND TO HELP ME THANK THEM FOR
ALL OF THEIR TIME SACRIFICE THIS BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS AND EVERY SATURDAY'S WITH THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND EVERY DAY THAT A CONSTITUENT WOULD MEET
AND STAY OVERTIME ON MEETINGS. I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND AT THIS TIME I BEFORE ASKING YOU TO MOVE TO A SUSPENSION IMPASSE OF COURSE
I'M ASKING TO TAKE THE TIME AND DELIVER TO YOU MY LAST STATEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN OF COURSE IN MY OWN TRADITION I WOULD BE LIKE HIM INITIATE DOWN EMERGING BISMILLAH OR FROM ANYWHERE HAIN WHERE I SHOW YOU A LINE IN THE
LAW WILL SHOW MOHAMMAD AND ABDU WHO WOULD ASSUME THE LAW I SEEK REFUGE FROM THE DEVIL FROM MY EAT MY OWN EVILS AND THE EVILS OF THIS WORLD AND I PRAY AND I
BEGIN IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST GRACIOUS AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT MOHAMMED IS THE LAST MESSENGER AFTER JESUS AND NOAH AND MOSES
AND ABRAHAM AND OTHERS I ASK YOU TODAY FOR A BIT OF PATIENCE AND A BIT OF GRACE AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR
EVERY IMPERFECTION OR FOR EACH TIME EVERY TIME THAT WE'VE INTERACTED FOR EVERY TIME I WAS FIGHTING ON POLICY WE LIKE TO SAY IN POLITICS THAT IT'S NOT
PERSONAL THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR WHAT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BUT THERE'S MORE INTERPRETATION TOO THAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR.
MICHELLE GOLDBERG CANDACE SHANE PACK BOTH MEGHAN'S CHARISMA AND MANY OTHERS ESPECIALLY OUR BELOVED WHO IS NO LONGER WELL
WHO IS WITH US BUT NO LONGER IN THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF JUAN, WE LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL
OF THE ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES WHO RESPONDED TO MY OFFICE WITH URGENCY, WITH VIGOR AND AT TIMES WHEN THEY
DIDN'T AND I HAD TO PUSH A LITTLE PUSH A LOT. I THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
I'D LIKE TO THANK FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FIRST BEGINNING WITH OUR VERY OWN LUIS ELISA DOCTOR REGGIE JACKSON FORD CAVALLARI,
STEVE AND FOX NEFERTITI LAWRENCE, SARAH FREEMAN, CONNIE FORBES, LORRAINE PAYNE WHEELER JONES S.M. A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO JOAN S.M. FOR BEING THE CURATOR OR STRUCTURING HELPING US STRUCTURE OUR VERY OWN WORKBOOK. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR SUPPORT.
I THINK MY STAFF AND I HAVE ALREADY SAID I WON'T BE LABOR THAT ALL OF MY STAFF I LOVE YOU AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND I ASK YOU COUNSELORS WHO ARE
REMAINING TO BE KIND, BE PATIENT AND SUPPORTIVE TO MY STAFF AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO MY GOOD FRIEND, MY FRIENDS
THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THE FRIENDS THAT ARE NOT DAVID SJOBERG, MAL MAO, BRIGITTE WALLACE AND MANY OTHERS. SISTER IS ELDER BROTHER SADIKI
AND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HOME IF I'M NOT NAMING YOU IT'S BECAUSE AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO BORE PEOPLE TO DEATH AND I CAN'T KEEP TALKING SO YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU
WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR EVERY TIME YOU'VE GIVEN ME ADVICE I FOR EVERY TIME THAT I'VE SAW CONSOLES FOR EVERY TIME THAT I WAS WITH YOU FOR EVERY COFFEE HOUR FOR EVERY CIVIC FIT JOGGING OR WALKING OR HIKING
THAT WE DID AND TALKING ABOUT CIVICS FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU JOIN MY WORKSHOPS OR LISTENING SESSIONS FOR EVERY SUPPORT I THANK YOU MY
COLLEAGUES FOR BEING FOR BEING YOU, FOR BEING YOURSELVES AND FOR TRYING THE BEST THAT YOU COULD AND FOR THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU SHOWED ME FOR THE GOOD THINGS THAT I LEARNED FOR THE
BAD, FOR THE PAIN AND FOR THE BEAUTY. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST AND SO BUT TO RECOVER TO BE
HONEST WE ALL STAND UP CASA INTEGRA LATINOS COMING HERE TO LATINO KEYSTONE AND LA CASA THE GHETTO MUCHO AND I TELL YOU IF YOU IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS LATINOS IF THEY LOVE YOU, THEY
ARE DEDICATED VOTERS. IF THEY ARE WITH YOU THERE WHICH YOU ALL THE WAY BUT ME AND THE LATINOS TO LOOK AT THEM LIKE US ARE CONTINUING LA LUCHA ETIQUETTE OF MUCHO AND
BUG YES BUT THE PATROLS FOCUSED ON NEW COVERT AGAINST CLOUD BECAUSE SO MUCH ABOUT THE GAME TO THE BEST OF MY TO PATROL TO PROVIDE. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
SAY TO ON ON PHONE SAY IMAGINE A BALLPARK ALL MESSY MESSY RIGHT NOT MESSY MESSY MESSY TO ALL MOP UP ISIAH AT HOME I LOVE
YOU DEARLY TODAY I SHARE WITH YOU I RISE TODAY NOT TO CENTER MYSELF BUT TO STAND ONCE AGAIN IN THE COMPANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO CARRIED MEJIA. I CAME INTO THIS ROLE THE SAME
WAY I LEAVE IT IN SERVICE IN THE SPIRIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, IN THE NAME OF DIGNITY AND ALWAYS ALWAYS IN THE BELIEF THAT REAL POWER RESTS WITH THE PEOPLE TO MY CONSTITUENTS IN
DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU. YOU ARE THE BEATING HEART OF THE CITY. YOU ARE THE REASON I FOUGHT. THE REASON I STOOD TALL WHEN IT WOULDN'T BEEN EASIER TO SIT STILL EVERY DOOR KNOCK EVERY
PROTEST EVERY SLEEPLESS NIGHT TRYING TO GET AN ELDER'S HE TURNED ON OR A TEENAGE TEENAGER'S FIRST JOB. EVERY ACT OF SERVICE WAS DONE
WITH YOU AND FOR YOU AND TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH ME. I THANK YOU TOO. ACCOUNTABILITY SHARPENS THE BLADE. YOU REMINDED ME THAT LOVE AND POLITICS DOESN'T MEAN SILENCE.
IT MEANS SHOWING UP CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS AND DEMANDING BETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL. YOU MODEL THE POLITICS THAT
LISTENS, THAT ORGANIZES, THAT RESIST THE URGE TO PERFORM AND INSTEAD INSISTS ON SUBSTANCE. YOU ARE MY COMPASS. WHEN THE STORM CAME AND IT
OFTEN DID TO MY STAFF YOU HAVE LABORED WITH LOVE OFTEN INVISIBLY BEHIND THE SCENES YOU WERE THE ONES WHO TOOK THE LATE CALLS WHO SHOWED UP EARLY, WHO
NEVER SAID IT'S NOT MY JOB. YOU BELIEVE IN PEOPLE POWERED GOVERNANCE EVEN WHEN THE MACHINE MADE IT HARD TO BREATHE
. TO MY FAMILY WHO ENDURED WHAT I WOULD NOT LET CONSTITUENCY OR THANK GOD NOT THE MEDIA WHO LOVED ME THROUGH THE WEAR AND
TEAR OF THIS SACRED EXHAUSTING WORK. YOU ARE MY SANCTUARY AND TO BOSTONIANS ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, ACROSS EVERY IDEOLOGY.
THIS WORK WAS NEVER ABOUT THIS ONE COUNCILOR. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ONE VOTE OR A SEAT ONCE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
IT WAS AND MUST ALWAYS BE ABOUT BUILDING THE TABLE A NEW ONE WHERE THE PEOPLE WRITE THE AGENDA AND THEIR NEEDS SHAPE THE BUDGET. I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER NOT
JUST AS A PUBLIC SERVANT BUT AS A SEER AND A SEEKER SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD DEEPLY THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN IT FUNCTION IT IS FUNCTIONING
EXACTLY AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO TO PROTECT THE WEALTHY, TO PACIFY THE REST AND TO PUNISH ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO PLAY PROTECT BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST
THE SYSTEM IS SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE POLITENESS NOT TRUTH. IT TOLERATES PERFORMANCE, NOT INTEGRITY. AND ANYONE WHO DARES STEP
OUTSIDE OF THAT THEATER RISKS BEING OSTRACIZED OR WORSE. WE HAVE STRUCTURED OUR POLITICS AS A GAME A SPECTACLE, A CHESSBOARD OF ARCHAIC RULES AND DEAD LANGUAGE THAT KEEPS US
DISTRACTED FROM THE EVERYDAY EMERGENCIES OF EVICTION OR HUNGER, TRAUMA AND DESPAIR. AND I WOULD SAY PLAINLY AND WITHOUT APOLOGY THAT THIS
STRUCTURE IS NO ACCIDENT. IT IS INTENTIONAL AND INSIDIOUS . THE KEY AS ALWAYS IT IS TO GET TO THE CORE OF THE MATTER AND TELL THE TRUTH.
BUT IT IS THAT AT THAT EXACT MOMENT ONE DARES TO SPEAK UNVARNISHED TRUTH THAT THE WALLS COME HOWLING. THEY COME NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE
WRONG BUT BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO PLAY ALONG. BECAUSE IN THE MODERN POLITICAL ARENA THERE IS LITTLE TO NO PLACE FOR TERM FOR TRUTH WITHOUT COSTUME.
WE ARE LEFT WITH PRETEND POLITICS A THEATER OF CONCERN THAT ACTS AS A SHIELD FOR ECONOMIC ELITES A PERFORMANCE BY POLITICS FANS WHO PURPORT TO
CARE ABOUT THOSE THEY QUIETLY DEEM DISPOSABLE. AND IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH THEY ATTACK YOU. SO FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, I
TAKE NOTHING PERSONAL WITH ME. I HARBOR NO ILL FEELINGS. I FORGIVE YOU ALL FOR ANY POSITION THAT YOU'VE HAD TO TAKE ESPECIALLY THOSE BLACK AND
BROWN IN HOW THEY MAKE IT HARD FOR YOU. LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS CORPORATE LIBERALISM A BRAND
OF PROGRESSIVENESS, A PERFECT PROGRESSIVE VISION THAT STRIVES TO THE REALM OF STYLE AND IDENTITY BUT COLLAPSES WHEN ASKED TO CONFRONT CAPITAL, TO
CONFRONT DISPLACEMENT, TO CONFRONT THE SURVEILLANCE OF OUR YOUTH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR HOMES. IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. OUR MAYOR IS EMBLEMATIC OF THIS
APPROACH. IT'S NOT ENTIRELY ON HER. SHE IS A PRODUCT OF MANAGERIAL CLASS REFORMIST AT BEST. BUT YOU CANNOT REFORM THAT
WHICH IS ROTTEN. SHE WOULD MAKE SENSE IN A DECENT SOCIETY BUT WE DON'T LIVE IN A DECENT SOCIETY. THE SYSTEM WORKS FOR SOME BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE SYSTEM WORKS.
YOU ARE GOOD PEOPLE. YOU MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN A BAD SYSTEM ONE DESIGNED FOR US TO PONTIFICATE
POINTLESSLY WHILE REAL DECISIONS ARE MADE ELSEWHERE ONE WHERE EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS ARE BENT TOWARD INEFFECTIVENESS WHERE THE BEST IDEAS ARE
REDUCED TO DELUDED GESTURES AND MORAL FLAHERTY IS TREATED LIKE INSUBORDINATION. AND WHEN WE REALIZE THIS WHEN WE SEE THE TRUTH OF OUR OWN INABILITY TO ACTUALIZE TRUTH,
WE GRIEVE. BUT WE MUST NOT RETREAT. WE MUST GO BACK AMONG THE PEOPLE. WE MUST BE CONDUITS NOT SAVIORS. LISTENERS NOT GATEKEEPERS.
AND IF CHANGE STILL DOESN'T COME, WE WILL KNOW THAT THE FAILURE IS NOT OURS. THE FAULT LIES IN A SYSTEM MEANT TO DISARM US.
BUT THE WORK REMAINS WORTHWHILE BECAUSE EVEN IN THE STRUGGLE THERE ARE A THOUSAND VICTORIES A GRANDMOTHER KEEPS HER HOME. A CHILD FINDS THEIR VOICE. A WORKER STANDS TALLER.
POLITICS CAN BE NOBLE WHEN IT IS CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE WHEN IT IS ROOTED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST OPPRESSION, RACISM AND WAR. WHEN IT CHALLENGES THE MACHINE
AND DEFENDS THE VULNERABLE WE NEED THE POLITICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE A POLITICS OF HELPING UP THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN. A HUGGING OF HUGGING THOSE IN
TEARS. A POLITICS OF FLOWERS IN THE WORLD OF BOMBS. A POLITICS OF DOING THE RIGHT THING NO MATTER THE CONSEQUENCE SINCE WE FIND OURSELVES AT A
CROSSROADS. WE ARE AT A PLACE ANY TIME THAT REQUIRES ACTION. WORDS MATTER. THEY ALWAYS DO. THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THE RIGHT THINGS AND TO BE PRECISE IN OUR SELECTION OF THOSE WORDS. BUT IT IS MANIFESTLY MORE IMPORTANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
THAT IS WHY DESPITE THE TRUTH OF OUR WORDS IT IS THE TRUTH OF OUR ACTIONS THAT WILL LIVE LONG AFTER US. THE TIME FOR POLITICAL APARTHEID IS OVER.
THE TIME OF SLICK TALK, OPTIMISTIC PROMISES AND SWEET WORDS IS OVER. WE HAVE EMERGED INTO THE ERA OF ACTION. WE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE ERA OF RESULTS AND AIN'T NOBODY GOING TO GET IT FOR US EXCEPT
US. REJECT THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE OPPRESSOR AND THE ELITES WHO ONLY COME TO OUR CHURCHES, OUR MOSQUES, OUR
COOKOUTS AND FORUMS AROUND ELECTION TIME WHO WHISPER SWEET WORDS AND DELIVER SOUR RESULTS. EMBRACE INSTEAD THE PRACTICE OF SELF-LOVE WHICH IS TO SAY
SELF DETERMINATION. I LEAVE THIS CHAMBER THE WAY I ENTERED WITH A BIG SMILE
GROUNDED GOD WILLING HUMBLE, FAITHFUL NOT IN THE SYSTEM BUT IN THE PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT AN ENDING.
IT IS A RETURN TO THE BASE, TO THE ROOTS, TO WHERE REAL POWER LIVES WITH ALL THE PEOPLE UNTIL WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT
DOESN'T JUST SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER THAT PROVES IT IN BUDGETS, IN POLICIES AND IN DIGNITY OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
I WILL STILL BE FIGHTING NOT FROM THIS CHAMBER BUT FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH YOU ALWAYS WITH
GOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR AN INGENIOUS AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT
THIS MATTER AT THIS MOMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR. I SEE THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNSELOR BREADON. COUNSELOR GREAT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE CONTRIBUTION THAT AND THE EXAMPLE IN IN MANY WAYS THAT COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON HAS BEEN TO US. I REALLY GOT TO SEE HER IN ACTION IN HER LEADERSHIP AS THE
CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS A FEW YEARS AGO AND SHE'S A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AT HEART AND HER WAY
OF FORMING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP AND THE PRODUCT OF THAT WORK THE DISTRICT SEVEN WORKBOOK I THINK A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD A A LUNCHEON LEARN
AROUND THAT WORKBOOK AND GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS IN IT. IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE PIECE OF WORK. I THINK ALL OF US DISTRICT COUNSELORS CAN LEARN FROM THAT. THE ONE THING I REALLY ADMIRE ABOUT COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND SHE BRINGS HER
ENTIRE LIVED EXPERIENCE TO THIS JOB. SHE'S A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUTH ESPECIALLY THOSE KIDS THAT ARE IN DCF OR EMERGING FROM DCF AS
WE ALREADY HEARD IN ONE OF HER RESOLUTIONS TODAY. HER EXPERIENCE AS A FOSTER MOM OF MANY, MANY KIDS AND HER EXPERIENCE AS A MILITARY MOM
ALWAYS READY TO STAND UP AND ADVOCATE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES . SHE'S IN THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, HER COMMUNITY. SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND
YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF EMOTIONAL ENERGY TO DO THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT SHE'S
BROUGHT TO THIS JOB OVER THE YEARS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM HER ABOUT BEING A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, ABOUT A COMMUNITY
BEING A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND TO BRING OUR WHOLE SELVES TO THE JOB. IT'S OUR LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES US AUTHENTIC ADVOCATES FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN SEE OUR NEIGHBORS. WE CAN EMPATHIZE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES US TO ACTION TO TAKE ACTION. AND I FEEL THAT COUNSELOR
FERNANDEZ ANDERSON HAS TRIED TO DO THAT OVER A YEARS IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THINK YOU CAN CELEBRATE IN THE CHAIR? AND I JUST COME FROM HERE
BECAUSE I'M HEARING YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
OKAY, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT I AM EMOTIONAL BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE I AM WHO I AM AND I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE MYSELF AT THE DOOR TO MAKE ANYBODY ELSE FEEL COMFORTABLE
BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME HERE FOR THAT.
I IDENTIFY WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE PRICKLY COCONUT PINE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WERE. MOST PEOPLE GET SCARED OF YOU BECAUSE THE WAY YOU SHOW UP IN
THE WORLD AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEGLECT TO SEE YOUR HEART. AND I THINK THAT IN THIS CHAMBER IN PARTICULAR I'VE SEEN
YOU BRING YOUR FULL WRATH INTO THE SPACE AND YOUR FULL HEART FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE. AND THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO DO ESPECIALLY IN THIS
POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN. AND YOU HAVE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM SPEAKING YOUR MIND AND YOU'VE CREATED SPACE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO
DO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SPEECH AND SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU POINTED OUT BECAUSE THIS MORNING I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER THINKING THAT I HAD A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES PUBLICLY THAT WAS JUST A IT WAS
A IT WAS ANOTHER LESSON IN WHAT TRUST BUILDING IS ALL SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT GOT YOUR BACK AND I NEVER
HAD TO QUESTION YOU AND WHAT YOU STOOD EVEN WHEN YOU DIDN'T AGREE WITH ME OR I WASN'T GOING TO GET YOUR VOTE AND NEVER HAD TO WALK INTO THIS CHAMBER AND BE SURPRISED.
AND THAT IS WHAT REAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT ON AND I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE WHAT POLITICS IS ALL ABOUT AND HOW IT CHANGES PEOPLE AND HOW IT HARDENS US BECAUSE
THEN WE HAVE TO SEE PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY REALLY ARE WHO WE BELIEVE THEM TO BE. AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN THE
HARDEST LESSON FOR ME TO LEARN THIS CHAMBER FROM THE FIRST BUDGET VOTE THAT I TOOK HERE. SO EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED
SINCE THAT AND I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO TRUST POLITICIANS EVEN THOUGH I AM ONE AND I KNOW MY
COLLEAGUES HATE WHEN I SAY THAT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IS THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD
WITHOUT HONEST HEART TO HEART CONVERSATIONS AND PUSHING PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY AND PUSHING PEOPLE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SINCE THE MOMENT YOU WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER. AND IT IS THE REASON WHY YOU BECAME ENEMY NUMBER ONE.
AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT ME FOR A MINUTE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M THE LAST ONE STANDING HERE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL AND VERY DISRUPTIVE AND THEY HAVE
DEMONSTRATED TO US WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU AND OTHERS. SO I'M HERE FOR YOU.
I'M READY FOR WHATEVER IS TO COME. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE AND FOR YOUR ABILITY TO SHOW UP EVEN WHEN
NOBODY WANTED YOU TO BE HERE. YOU STILL CAME THROUGH AND YOU STILL CHALLENGED ALL OF US TO SHOW UP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RAWNESS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING MY TRANSLATOR BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE
RULES LIKE NOBODY ELSE. AND EVERY TIME ANYONE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER TRIED TO UTILIZE THE RULES TO PREVENT ME FROM DOING SOMETHING, YOU HELP ME THROUGH THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT
ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO TRY TO MINIMIZE MY VOICE AND BY CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN MOVE WHATEVER WORK I NEED TO FOR MY PEOPLE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE WHAT I SAY IS I WOULD
RATHER HAVE YOU IN HERE THAN TO UNLEASH THAT LITTLE DRAGON OUT INTO THE STREETS BECAUSE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW WE MOVE HERE OR HOW WE DON'T MOVE HERE NOW
YOU HAVE MORE POWER AND NOW YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AND REALLY HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
REGARDLESS IF I'M DOING THAT WITH YOU ON THE OUTSIDE OR IF I'M STILL THE LAST ONE STANDING HERE ON THE INSIDE. BUT I WILL WARN EVERYBODY HERE
I WILL WARN EVERYBODY HERE THAT WE HAVE I START A WARNING ACTUALLY IN TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY CAUSE I MEAN HE IS INTIMIDATING EVERYBODY ELSE AND HE IS SCARING EVERYBODY AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN.
LET ME NOT USE THOSE WORDS BECAUSE THOSE WORDS BE USED AGAINST ME. WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS THAT I WILL ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING AT US. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US TO REALLY HAVE DEMOCRACY LIVE AND NOT TO UTILIZE THESE LITTLE POWER PLAYS THAT YOU ALL DO. AND I'M GOING TO SAY Y'ALL
BECAUSE I DON'T DO THAT TO Y'ALL. IT'S LIKE THE MEAN GIRLS CLUB UP IN HERE Y'ALL. AND EVEN THOUGH I DON'T NO LONGER I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY TO STAND UP FOR ME. I DO HAVE THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE
STREETS ARE GOING TO BE WITH ME. SO ALL BY MYSELF AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT
AFRAID AND I AM HERE TO MAINTAIN SOME SENSE OF DISRUPTION. SO COUNCILOR ANDERSON, TO YOU
AND ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS, ESPECIALLY YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHO ALLOWED ME TO CRASH THEIR MEETINGS, I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU.
I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TIMES WHERE OUTCOMES ARE IDEAL FOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT YOUR SPEECH WAS
VERY JAMMED. BALDWIN ASK AND NOW CASSIE ANDERSON IS A BIG FAN OF JAMES BALDWIN BUT ALSO THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS YOU STOLE
MANY OF MY IDEAS AS AN INSIDE JOKE. EVERYONE AN INSIDE JOKE BUT TRULY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS YOU HAVE SHOWN STRENGTH, INNOVATION
AND ALSO CENTERED COMMUNITY IN ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND IS TRULY AN EXAMPLE ON HOW TO DO THIS WORK AS A FIRST TERM COUNSELOR.
WITH OUR NEW BUDGETARY POWERS YOU TOOK ON THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS AND LED US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THAT WAS A TALL TASK. NOW BEING THROUGH IT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS SO KUDOS TO YOU
ON THAT. YOU ESTABLISHED A DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH CENTERED THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SHAPE YOUR POLICY AND HOW YOU MOVE IN THIS SPACE.
VERY INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE AND REALLY BRINGS DEMOCRACY TO THE PEOPLE. YOUR WHOLE I GUESS YOU LOVED APPS I THINK EVERYTHING WAS AN
APP HEAVY ORDINANCE THAT YOU PUT ADD AN APP TO IT BUT THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN APP AS WELL VERY, VERY INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE AND THEN YOUR SUPPORT FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES. YOUR WORK YOU GET YOUR THOUGHTS YOU BEING A THOUGHT PARTNER, YOU KNOWING HOW TO MOVE STRATEGICALLY IN THIS ROOM TO
GET THINGS PASSED IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND YOU ARE A FIERCE ADVOCATE. YOU ARE AN ALLY IN THE FIGHT
FOR EQUITY AND YOU ARE BOSTON'S HARRIET TUBMAN AND JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT IS PART OF THIS MOVEMENT AND ALL THE WORK THAT COUNCIL AND ITS ENTIRE TEAM HAS BROUGHT FORWARD
TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND OF DURKAN THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR. THIS TIME HAS NOT BEEN EASY
HONESTLY AND GETTING TO THE CHANCE THIS THIS TERM TO SIT BESIDE YOU I THINK EVERYONE I THINK I WAS IN A LOT OF PHOTOS
THAT DIFFERENT MEDIA YOU KNOW PUT FORWARD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID YOU KNOW ASK ME WHAT IS IT LIKE SIT NEXT TO TONY FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT FROM EVEN IN THIS PERIOD OF REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIND AND
EVEN THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE YOU'VE EVEN COME BACK TO ME AND SAID OH, I APPROACH THIS THE WRONG WAY OR SORRY I SAID THAT OR DID YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAID AND YOU'VE ALWAYS COMMUNICATE IT WITH ME AND I
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THERE'S BEEN THIS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE BETWEEN WHAT WE SEE IN THE MEDIA AND WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND YOU KNOW I WON'T GET INTO ALL OF THAT BUT I JUST
WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE ENJOYED BEING YOUR COLLEAGUE. I WILL MISS YOU AND I THINK AND THAT'S NOT IN REGARDS TO ANYTHING YOU KNOW THAT IS SORT
OF HAPPENING BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M PRAYING FOR YOU AND AND I'M WISHING YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON. WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS JOB IS A COMPLETE HONOR AND IT'S AN HONOR TO GET TO DO THIS WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S NOT AN EASY ROLE.
IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. IT'S NOT EASY ON OUR FAMILIES AND IT'S NOT EASY ON THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE. AND SO YOU DID COME IN HERE FOCUSING SQUARELY ON RACIAL EQUITY AND YOU LEAD FOLKS IN
SQUARELY ON RACIAL EQUITY. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DURING THIS TIME AND ALSO WISH
YOU WELL AND YOUR FAMILY WELL IN THE DAYS AND YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR
CHANGE THEIR VOTE TO ANYTHING. OH, WHAT'S A POINT OF ORDER? I ASKED. OH. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNT COUNCILOR FLYNN. EXCUSE ME.
OKAY. OKAY. OH, RIGHT. OKAY. SO I'VE FORGOTTEN THIS BECAUSE IT WENT ONTO YOUR SPEECH. I FORGOT THAT IT WAS A SUSPENSION AND THAT YOU'RE
SEEKING SUSPENSION AND ADOPTION COUNCIL FINANCIAL INNOCENCE SUSPENSION OF THE ROAD AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1300. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. OKAY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN TREES, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR CHANGE A VOTE ON ANYTHING WHEN THEY WERE
OUT OF SHAPE? CHAMBERS THE CHAIR AND AS IT COMES PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I REVISIT MY VOTE ON DOCKET 1294 PLACE
DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 9 FOUR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT A MOTION FORWARD MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE? YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER MY VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1294 YES, BECAUSE IT'S
BEEN SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. AYES HAVE IT. YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE FROM I'D LIKE TO VOTE YES, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CHANGE CULTURE? FLYNN'S VOTE FROM A NO UNDOCKING NUMBER 1294 TO A YES YES COUNCIL OF MEN? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M JUST CURIOUS I SO I KNOW WHAT WE WENT THROUGH. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO 1274 I'M GOING TO GO DOWN DYING ON THIS
ONE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL PUT THAT IN COMMITTEE. I'M SORRY. WHAT? DOCKET NUMBER 12 7412 1274. RIGHT.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE WERE ALL VERY CONFUSED ABOUT. YES. SO WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THAT DOCKET WAS PLACED IN THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. YOU ARE NOT IN CHAMBERS AT THE TIME. I PLACE IT IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. YOU CAME BACK.
I DID NOT ASK FOR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER BECAUSE IT HAD REALLY JUST HAPPENED AND YOU ASKED FOR A SUSPENSION IN PASSAGE THAT WAS OBJECTED TO AND IT WAS EVER MADE IN COMMITTEE IN THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FOR DOCKET NUMBER ONE TWO.
SO SO IT'S DEAD SO IT'S IN COMMITTEE. IT'S IN THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HAVE A FUNERAL ON IT. IS IT DONE WITH IT'S IN THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. WE'RE STILL HERE. WE'RE STILL HERE. IT'S IT'S IN COMMITTEE.
IT'S IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. SOMEBODY HAS CHANGE THEIR BLOCK IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE DEMOCRACY. IT WAS OBJECTED TO BECAUSE A MATTER THAT IS INTRODUCED I
JUST WE NEED TO MAKE THAT I EXPLAIN PROPERLY SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T WALKING AWAY WITH A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING IF A MATTER IS ON THE DOCKET FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT THAT THERE'S NOT AN
EXPECTATION THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A VOTE IF A DOCKET IS IF IT MATTERS ON THE DOCKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ORDER FOR US TO VOTE ON IT ON THE SAME DAY THIS IS IN THE RULES IN ORDER FOR US TO VOTE ON IT ON THE
SAME DAY. THAT'S WHY COUNCILOR MURPHY EARLY AFTER SUSPENSION AND PASSED COUNCILOR FLYNN AFTER SUSPENSION AND PASS YOU CAN SUSPEND AND PASS WITH UNANIMITY IF EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL AGREES FOR A SUSPENSION
IN PASSAGE. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OBJECTION AND THEREFORE IT WAS SENT TO COMMITTEE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT THERE IS NOT UNANIMITY IT GOES TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ACTION. OKAY.
SO THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THEN JUST BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE TO WE'RE HERE TO PUBLICLY LEARN AND I'M BRINGING EVERYBODY WITH ME. BUT COUNCILOR, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL TO ASK
QUESTIONS. THIS PORTION IS JUST ABOUT ADDING OR CHANGING OF YES. COULD I PLEASE DO YOU MIND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE EXERCISE HERE JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS FOLLOWING ME UNDERSTANDS THE
DYNAMICS HERE SO IN ORDER IF I REALLY WANTED TO PUSH THIS TO BE ON I WOULD NEED TO I NEED EVERYBODY TO SAY YES, LET'S VOTE ON IT. WHAT YOU NEED IS ONE PERSON
UNANIMITY IF SOMETHING IS INTRODUCED ON THE SAME DAY. RIGHT. I HAVE HAD THINGS BLOCKED ON THE DAY THAT I INTRODUCED IT BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OBJECTION AND THERE WASN'T UNANIMITY.
IF PEOPLE DO NOT ALL AGREE IF ONE PERSON OBJECTS ON THE SAME DAY THAT A MATTER IS ON THE DOCK WHEN I GET NOW MY NEW CHAIR THERE IS GOING TO BE NO THERE IS THERE IS NO NO NO I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN I AM WHAT I AM EXPLAINING IS THAT THERE IS AN OBJECTION TO THE DOCK. IT IS IN COMMITTEE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED COMES FROM HERE THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
THANK YOU CALLS ON MEJIA WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO YES YES YOU DO IT COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEP. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO ORDER 1285 OKAY. DOCKET NUMBER 1285 MADAM CLERK,
CAN WE PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY'S TO 1285 AND FOR DOCKET 1279 AND 1280 WHICH WERE BOTH I BELIEVE EIGHT WAIVERS THAT WERE SUSPENDED IF
PASSED COULD I ADD MY NAME IN FAVOR OF THOSE PLEASE? CAN YOU ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY TO NUMBER 1279 AND DOCKET NUMBER WHAT WAS THE OTHER DOCKET THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO?
ZERO AND DOCKET NUMBER 1280. YES. AND COUNCILMAN, HE WAS ASKING AT THIS TIME WHEN WE CHANGE VOTES OR ADD OUR NAME IF THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO
ASK THE PERSON WHO DID BLOCK IT TO REVISIT THAT VOTE AND IF SHE COULD GET THAT PERSON TO CHANGE THEIR MIND, SHE DOES UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS IT DOES DIE.
SHE'S SAYING WHAT IS HER OPTION STILL THERE ARE KNOWING THAT YES, THERE ARE NO OPTIONS LIKE WHEN I WAS I INTRODUCED MATTERS AND THEY WERE REJECTED TOO. THEY GOT SENT TO COMMITTEE SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
COUNSELOR SANTANA BECAUSE IF ANY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AND VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING
DOCKETS. DOCKET NUMBER 127712781279. SO ARE YOU TRYING TO ADD YOUR NAME? SO YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD YOUR NAMES TO DOCKETS AND OKAY, SO
LET'S TAKE IT ONE BY ONE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ALSO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE OR VOTE ON A DOCKET. CORRECT. OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THERE WERE THERE WERE VOTES TAKEN ON THOSE. YES. ON DOCKET NUMBER 127721280.
SO YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 1277. RIGHT. AND YOU LIKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1277. IS THAT MOTION SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER? SAY I I OKAY. IT'S ALLOWED AND YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON DOCKING NUMBER 1277 AND THE NEXT DOCKET IS DOCKET NUMBER 1278 CORRECT.
YOU'D LIKE TO PUT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER FOR NUMBER 1278 IS THAT MOTION SECONDED ALL OF YOUR SAY I I WILL IN A MOTION PICTURE THIS ITERATION
IS ALLOWED YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE NUMBER 1278. GREAT. AND THEN DOCKET NUMBER WHAT'S THE NEXT TALKING NUMBER 12791279A MOTION TO RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER
12793 AND YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE CORRECT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ALLOWING THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER SAY I I I AND YOU AND YOUR VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE IS RECORDED. DOES MADAM CLERK DO YOU HAVE
THAT? YES. OKAY, GREAT. AND THE NEXT ONE IS 12801280A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1280 IS THAT SECOND IN SECONDS ALL THOSE IN WHOEVER SAY I.
I SUPPOSE THEY MAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND YOU LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. I'M NOT NUMBER ONE TEACHER. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR THE CLERK THAT SHE HAD IT ALL IN THAT IT WAS ALL VERY CLEAR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD I GUESS A POINT OF ORDER
THAT WHEN CONCILOR MEJIA HERE WAS OUT OF THE PART OF THE ROOM WHEN THAT DOCKET WAS BROUGHT FORWARD SO SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DISCUSS HER POINT. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED WITH.
WELL, NUMBER ONE, I WOULD LOVE EVERYONE TO ALWAYS BE IN CHAMBERS AT ALL TIMES. AND NUMBER TWO, THE ISSUE IS IT WASN'T HER COMMUNICATION. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER AN
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER HER OPINION AND DEFEND HER POSITION. I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND I DID THAT BUT I DIDN'T EVEN ACTUALLY WHEN SHE CAME IN IT COUNCILOR DURKAN BELIEVED THAT IT WAS UNDER A MOTION TO
RECONSIDER AND I DIDN'T EVEN REQUIRE THERE TO BE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER BECAUSE WE HAD JUST HEARD THAT DOCKET WHICH WAS DOCKET NUMBER 1274 AND I ALLOWED IT TO COME FORWARD OUT OF SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AS
YOU ATTEMPTED TO DO ON A DOCKET WHERE THERE WASN'T A REQUEST FOR SUSPENSION AS OF TODAY WE KNOW THAT IT ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON TO OBJECT AND IT GETS SENT TO COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL UP? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO ADD THEIR NAME OR ADD THEIR VOTE. WELL GOOD. OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR ORAL CANCER ORAL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE THE PODCAST NUMBER 02082820830 FROM THE GREEN
SHEETS I PAGE TWO OKAY 082820830 YES. OKAY. MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THOSE DOCKETS INTO THE
RECORD IF YOU HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOU DO YOU HAVE THEM RIGHT IF ADOPTED 0828 MESSAGE ON ORDER APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE
AMOUNT OF $266,100,000 FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE BOSTON CENTER FOR USE OF FAMILY BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, BOSTON
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, PARKS AND RECREATION POLICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
DOCKET NUMBER 0829 MESSAGE ON ORDER APPROVING AN APPROPRIATE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF 196,900,000 FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES
FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DOCKET 80830 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE LEASES LEASE FUTURES OR
INSTALLMENT SALES AGREEMENT IN THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2026 IN AN AMOUNT 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 LISTS OF THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT,
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS, AMBULANCE AND FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, TELECOMMUTING CREATION EQUIPMENT, PHOTOCOPYING
EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL BUSSES, PARKING METERS, STREETLIGHTS LIGHTING INSTALLATION TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONALITY RELATED TO THE COMPONENT OF FORT MOON. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET AND DOCKET NUMBER 082020830 SORRY DOCKETS NUMBER 082820830 ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY
COUNCILOR ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THIS IS JUST A SECOND VOTE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. WE VOTED ON IT TWO WEEKS PRIOR. IT JUST REQUIRES TWO VOTES IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE PASSED.
IT IS ALSO ONE THAT CONTINUE TO UPLIFT COUNCILOR. BRADEN'S ADVOCACY ON MORE TRANSPARENCY AND MORE DETAILS IN AND AROUND OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND CAPITAL BUDGET PLANNING AS CHAIR WAYS AND
MEANS ACTS FOR A SECOND READING OF THESE THREE DOCKETS AND A VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THESE DOCKETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ARE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
CANCER RATES AND CANCER RATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR WADDELL FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK AS CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS THIS YEAR
I ALSO I'M REALLY MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS REALLY REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS I
HAVE THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T COME TO MY ATTENTION UNTIL CONSTRUCTION ON THIS ANDERSON WAS THE CHAIR WAS I MEAN SHE SHE BROKE IT DOWN BY DISTRICT AND I REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE
UNDERINVESTMENT IN ALLSTON BRIGHTON DISTRICT NINE IN THIS PLAN THIS YEAR THE TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES FOR DISTRICT NINE ARE AROUND $8 MILLION.
A SHOCKING $17 MILLION LESS THAN THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE GREAT CITY COUNCIL. THERE'S A CONTINUATION THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF AN UNACCEPTABLE TREND THAT GOES
BACK DECADES. DISTRICT NINE HAS BEEN HAS BEEN DEAD LAST IN TWO IN NEW EXPENDITURES IN SIX OF THE PAST 11 CAPITAL BUDGETS WE HAVE BEEN BOTTOM WHEN THE BOTTOM THREE
EIGHT TIMES OVER THE SAME PERIOD LOOKING ONLY AT THE PAST DECADE DISTRICT NINE HAS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 24 MILLION LESS PER YEAR IN NEW
AUTHORIZATIONS THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS NOT REALLY A BUDGET AT ALL. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH OUR CURRENT CAPITAL BUDGETING
PROCESS IS THAT SINCE THE EARLY 19 TENS DEBT AUTHORIZATION WAS PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET. AS PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET IT'S NOT LEGALLY BOUND TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS BUT RATHER TO
A GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. WHEN THE COUNCIL VOTES TO APPROVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET WE ARE AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENCUMBER DEBT WITH SPECIFIC
PROJECTS THAT DEPTH DEBT FUNDS AND THE TIMELINE THEY OPERATE ON IS NOT SET IN STONE. THIS IS WHY SOME PROJECTS SINCE STAGNANT ON THE BUDGET FOR
YEARS TO BE SCHEDULED WHILE OTHERS FLY THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS PUTS SIMPLY THIS IS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE WE AS THE COUNCIL SHOULD IN GOOD
CONSCIENCE BE VOTING TO APPROVE A BUDGET THAT LACKS ANY REAL GUARDRAILS. THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY . I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THE CAPITAL BUDGET
AND THE INABILITY OF BOSTON RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE STATUS OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. BOSTON'S CAPITAL PROJECT PLAN
IS RUDIMENTARY LACKING DETAILS ABOUT PROJECT TIMELINES AND COMPLETION DATES, CURRENT EXPENDITURES AND IF THE PROJECT IS OVER OR UNDER BUDGET THERE IS THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN
OTHER CITIES NEW YORK RECENTLY UNVEILED CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD WHERE RESIDENTS CAN TRACK THE STATUS OF ONGOING PROJECTS IN REAL TIME SEEING TOTAL TOTAL COSTS AND PROJECTS
CURRENT PHASE AND EXPECTED TIMELINE AND OTHER DETAILS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. WASHINGTON DC HAS HAD A SIMILAR TOOL KIT AVAILABLE FOR YEARS WHERE PROJECT STATUS ARE
UPDATED REGULARLY WITH CLEARLY DEFINED DATES AND MILESTONES. BOSTON SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT AND MAKE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. BETTER PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND
TRANSPARENCY WILL ENSURE THAT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE BUILT ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. THIS BEGS THE QUESTION WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? WHILE THERE ARE CLEARLY SERIOUS WEAKNESSES IN OUR CAPITAL
PLANNING PROCESS, I REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE. THIS PAST WINTER I SPONSORED HEARING TO REVIEW PLANNING, BUDGETING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON. MY OFFICE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE WEST AND WITH THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COUNCILOR BRIAN RELL TO SCHEDULE MORE HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS ON THIS TOPIC .
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WU ADMINISTRATION FOR CONSISTENTLY ENGAGING WITH OUR OFFICE SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE. BASED ON THESE CONVERSATIONS I'M CONFIDENT THAT BOSTON CAN
TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND TO ENSURE THAT THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVES AS MANY MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT THE
MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT THAT WE DESERVE. I THINK THIS IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION AND I HOPE THAT WE
CAN PICK IT UP AGAIN AND MOVE THIS ISSUE FORWARD AND TRY AND EMULATE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DEMONSTRATING MORE TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABLE AND BETTER PUBLIC
AWARENESS OF HOW WE SPEND OUR CAPITAL DOLLARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN COMES MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND YOU KNOW THIS IS THE END OF THE BUDGET CYCLE FOR 2025. WE DID IT. THAT WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING SITUATION THOUGH BECAUSE I
REFRAINED FROM MAKING MY OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND COMMENTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT AND YET AGAIN THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS SAY YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS HERE. I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER BELIEVING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HAVE PUBLIC DISCOURSE REGARDING THE OPERATING BUDGET BUT THAT
WAS STRIPPED AWAY FROM US LIKE THAT. SO WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER YOU DO BETTER AND THAT SITUATION REALLY TOOK ME OFF GUARD. BUT THAT'S ALL GOOD.
YEAH, THAT THAT I SEE YOU. BUT ANYWAYS I WANTED TO JUST GO ON THE RECORD. COUNCILOR FLYNN, AS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT POLITICS, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO START GOOGLING
AND USE THAT MORE HERE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS ALWAYS HAPPENING HERE. BUT ANYWAYS I WANTED TO JUST GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY I AM GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY WE'RE DOING BUSINESS AND I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY WE ARE SHOWING UP AND IF I COULD DO MY
OPERATING BUDGET VOTE WELL ALL OVER AGAIN I WOULD BE FIGHTING FOR MORE AND WHILE EVERYBODY WAS LIKE OH WE DID A WIN ALL 13 OF US GOT IN LINE. YEAH, ALL 13 OF US GOT IN LINE
THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GO BACK AND FORTH AND PUSH FOR MORE THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.
AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THE LITTLE WINS THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING AS A BODY TO PUSH OURSELVES EVEN FURTHER FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE ARE LIVING IN.
AND SO WHILE WE WANT TO ACT LIKE WE WON, CONGRATULATIONS BUT THAT WAS JUST A VERY TRANSACTIONAL POLITICAL MOVE THAT THAT WAS PLAYED OUT ON ON
BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE SERVE AND YET BE FOR THE LITTLE BIT THAT TRICKLED DOWN. BUT THE FACT OF MATTER IS IS THAT WE AS A BODY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IF WE'RE REALLY
ABOUT UTILIZING THE POWER THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, THE LEGISLATIVE POWER THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY PUSH A BUDGET THAT IS IN THE BILLIONS AND WE GET LESS
THAN 0.2 WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL MIGHT THINK THAT THAT'S WINNING TO ME THAT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG
AND SO SINCE I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT IN THE FIRST GO ROUND BECAUSE Y'ALL TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME, I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I USE
THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT I SERVE BUT TO KALI PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, SOME OF THE YOUTH JOBS, SOME OF THE HOUSING WE DID NOT GO HARD
ENOUGH AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD THAT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT BUT IF WE REALLY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING THE MOMENT THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT WE WERE WE WOULD HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND OF PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I WILL BE BRIEF. I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT THE CHAIR DID DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. COUNCIL WE'RE ALL SOMETIMES I AGREE WITH THEM. SOMETIMES I WITH THEM.
BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTFUL TO HIS COLLEAGUES. ALWAYS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ARGUE OUR POINT AND BE OPEN MINDED IN MY OPINION BE OPEN
MINDED ABOUT A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL OVERALL FOR BEING A FAIR WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR AND
HAD THE ABILITY TO LISTEN IN AND TO BE RESPECTFUL TO COLLEAGUES AND IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB BUT I THOUGHT I THOUGHT YOU DID VERY WELL.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR DE COUNCILOR AND I AGREE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. ALL YOU DID YOU DID A GREAT JOB STEERING US AS WE DID IN THE CHAIR AND I JUST CONSIDER AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MY SUPPORT OF THIS CAPITAL BUDGET IS ON RECORD AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL FIGHTING FOR MORE AND
ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME THINGS I WANT TO SEE ON YEAR'S CAPITAL BUDGET AND DEFINITELY THINGS I WANT TO SEE MOVED ALONG. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND I WANT TO
THANK PARTICULARLY THE CHAIR FOR CONVENING US FOR ALL THESE HEARINGS. WHAT A WHAT A DAY IT IS FOR TO BE THE END OF BUDGET SEASON BUT I'M PROUD TO VOTE YES ON THIS
CAPITAL BUDGET BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS DAILY AND I KNOW AT LEAST ONE PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE $4 MILLION FOR
BRICKLAYING RE RE REWORKING CHARLES STREET I DON'T SEE THAT ON THERE YET BUT I DO SEE SOME STARTER MONEY THAT THEY'VE PUT FORWARD SO IT'S INTERESTING. EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE
COULD BE LIKE A LONG SPEECH ON WHAT CAN BE DONE BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND AND THAT YOU KNOW THE WORK CONTINUES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE
CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I DO THINK OF COURSE COUNCIL THAT YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB THIS BUDGET CYCLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU BUT I ALSO REALLY WANT TO UPLIFT
COUNCILOR BREADON AND HER ADVOCACY FOR WHAT SHE'S BEEN DEMANDING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS FOR YOUR DISTRICT. AGAIN, YOU HAD A HEARING ON THE JACKSON MAN. EVERYONE CAME OUT LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER WAS HOT. IT WAS LIKE EVERYBODY WAS THERE.
WAYNE ON YOUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION OF YOU AND YOUR ZEALOUS ADVOCACY SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOU VOTED NO LAST TIME TO ENSURE YOUR NO VOTE. NOW ALL THE AT-LARGE COUNCILORS WERE THERE TO SUPPORT I TALKED
ABOUT IT WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET BREAKFAST UPLIFTING THE NEEDS OF JACKSON MAN AND INVESTING IN DISTRICT NINE SO I'M VOTING YES ON THIS CAPITAL BUDGET BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE REALLY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I
WANT TO SEE IN THERE THAT ARE NOT THERE BUT ON THE WHOLE I THINK THAT WE ARE SORT OF MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. DEFINITELY WANT A LOT MORE INVESTMENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS AS WE
DO THE HARD WORK OF CLOSING THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE THAT NEED TO BE CLOSED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOU CELEBRATING IN THE ADVOCACY THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THE ADVOCACY FOR DISTRICT
NINE BECAUSE THE CENTER THERE IS INSUFFICIENT. SO THANK YOU. THE DRAGON HAS THIS KIND OF INDIGENOUS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I'LL BE SUPPORTING HIM SO SUPPORT I MEAN I'LL BE VOTING
IN SUPPORT BUT JUST SHOUT OUT TO ELLEN AND OUR ASSISTANT MADAM CLERK AND ETHAN AND RON COBB I FORGOT TO MENTION YOU GUYS IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS MOVES PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0828. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0828 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YOU KNOW COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA
COUNCIL COLOR IS APPARENT, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FRIENDLY YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. MR LOUIJEUNE THIS COMES FROM MEJIA COUNCIL MAY HEAR NEGATIVE COUNCILOR MURPHY ON SOME
OF THESE COUNCILOR PEPEN ON SOME BACKGROUND YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES, I WAS SIR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER.
COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR OVERALL YES. COUNCIL SEVERAL. YES. ONE, TWO, 345, SIX AND 12 AND UNLIMITED.
HOW MANY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? 12. NO, NO, NO. I THINK THERE WERE 11 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. IT SHOULD BE BREADON AND MARIA RECORDED AS KNOWS AND EVERYONE
ELSE IN IS YES OR MAYBE YOU YOU KNOW IS CORRECT FROM HERE YOU ARE A NEGATIVE YOU ARE NOW SHE SAID NEGATIVE INCARCERATED VOTED NO BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. I HAVE 1111 YES 11 IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED COUNCILOR ALL THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WITH YOUR PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0829A MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE OF DOCKET 0829 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL OF GREATER COUNCIL CALLED OUT AS A PART OF COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PREVIOUS COUNCILOR DURKAN INSTEAD OF TEN YEARS
COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ HONESTLY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FRIENDS AND SO FROM THIS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE IS COUNCIL ME HERE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE NEGATIVE COUNCILOR MURPHY ON SOME OF THESE COUNCIL PET BAN I
PERSONALLY I WAS COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. SO SOMETIMES COUNCIL MEMBER CROSSOVER BY YES COUNCIL ROUND YES COUNCILOR YES SO IT'S 11 NO NOT PLUMMETING 11 IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED COUNCIL OUR OTHER CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WHICH ARE PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0830 AND BLESS I DON'T KNOW WHO IS BUT BLESS YOU
OF DOCKET NUMBER 0830 MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON NO. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PARTNER . COLLETTE IS A PARROT. YES.
COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER A CRIME. YES. COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. YES. ANSWER FOR THAT IS HONEST AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. ANSWER FITZGERALD ASKED COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FOR ANY
COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NEGATIVE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PAT
BROWN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR AROUND YES 11 AND AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0830
HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE EIGHT VITAL MATTERS. IS THAT CORRECT?
EIGHT FILE MATTERS SIX PERSONNEL ORDERS. ONE ORDINANCE AND ONE RESOLUTION. YES. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE LATE FILE PERSONNEL MATTERS
ONTO THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON TO THE RECORD. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE LATE FILE PERSONNEL
MATTERS ONTO THE RECORD LATE FRAUD. I MEAN PERSONAL ORDERS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNSELOR MAY HERE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR MEJIA AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THESE FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT.
THESE MATTERS HAVE PASSED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE LATE FILE ORDINANCE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD
OFFERED BY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER TWO SECTION 8.3 WE WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE AT THIS LATE FILING THAT ON TO THE RECORD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE ALL THOSE VOTES THEY NAY THIS MATTER HAS ADDED ON TO THE RECORD. THIS IS A LATE FILE ORDINANCE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR ALLOCATIONS FOR STAFF ALIGN
WITH WHAT WE VOTED ON IN THE BUDGET AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. AND SO I HOPE EVERYONE HAS IT FOR US AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE IT'S BOTH FOR CENTRAL STAFF AND OUR STAFF COUNCIL WHEREBY I SEE A LIGHT ON IS THAT THAT'S NOT FOR THIS MATTER OKAY WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I SAY A THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS ORDINANCE HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE LATE FINAL RESOLUTION. MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ THE LATE VOTE MATTER OF THE LATE FINAL RESOLUTION ONTO THE RECORD OFFERED BY COUNCILOR WEBER AND PEPEN RESOLUTION FOR JULY FOUR, 2025
IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRACY AND CALLING FOR OUR FEDERAL LEADERS FOR A RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS REPUBLIC. THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS LATE FINAL RESOLUTION ONTO THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING IT TO THE RECORD SAY I. I SUPPOSE THEY ANY THERE HAS BEEN AN OBJECTION AND THEREFORE
THIS FINAL MATTER WILL NOT BE ADDED TO THE RECORD. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I NO ONE ELSE HAS A LATE FILE MATTER RIGHT. THERE'S NO MORE.
SORRY COUNCILOR WHOEVER HE SPOKE ON IT HE OBJECTED. THEREFORE THERE IS NO SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER. POINT OF ORDER ALLOW FOR THE
POINT OF ORDER BUT IT HAS TO BE ON THE SUBSTANTIVE RULE AND NOT I'M NOT SPEAKING ON THE ON THE MEAT OF IT. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS HAS BEEN. NO, THERE IS NONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND THANK
YOU. AND THAT'S ALSO A POINT OF INFORMATION JUST FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO
THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I TAKE YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS THINGS THAT ARE UPCOMING. AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS BUT AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT A DATE FOR THAT IS UPCOMING SO THAT WE CAN
MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS CHARLIE LEVAN, ELAINE DONOVAN AND HIS JOHNSON CORRY LEE CROWLEY AND SHANE PACK.
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL TO EVERYONE WHO IS CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAYS COMING UP. IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, NOW IS THE TIME. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILMAN GERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY OLDEST BOY CALLAN HE TURNS EIGHT TODAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT YEARS AGO TODAY I BECAME A FATHER AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
LIFE STARTED UNTIL THAT POINT. SO I KNOW HE'S HOME RIGHT NOW. HE GOT HIS LEGOS, HIS DINOSAUR ,JURASSIC PARK LEGOS AND HE IS KNEE DEEP IN IT RIGHT NOW CREATING IT AND I'M SURE HE'S A LOT HAPPIER THAN THAN EVERYBODY
ELSE. SO IF HE'S IF HE'S WATCHING WHICH I HIGHLY DOUBT I LOVE YOU . I HOPE HE'S NOT WATCHING. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR SON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR COLETTE AS THE PARTY OF THE FLOOR JUST WISHING MY BEAUTIFUL NEPHEW ALESSANDRA COLETTE A HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR NEPHEW COUNCILOR COLETTE. AS OPPOSED TO WHAT ANYONE ELSE
LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I SEE. COUNCILOR TEN CASMIR PEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO MY BROTHER AND SERVICE EDDIE RUBIO FROM CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY'S OFFICE AND WHEN I GO WAY BACK TO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE HIM THAT SHOUT OUT HAPPY
BIRTHDAY EDDIE. ANYBODY ELSE WITH THE CHAIR I CAN DO THIS COMES WITH DURKIN. OKAY. OH, AND THEN NOW CONCENTRATED REMEMBERING ALL THE BIRTHDAYS. COUNCILOR THANK YOU. SEAN GOPAL. DESEAN WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW HAS
BEEN MY POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE PAST YEAR. HE'S LEAVING TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF HIS WORK. HE'S REALLY BEEN INCREDIBLE AND ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I
KNOW SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN IT IS COUNCILOR BREADON CONSECRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I AM GOING TO BE CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY ON JULY 5TH.
I WILL BE CELEBRATING 30 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES ON JULY IF I WILL BE CELEBRATING NOT GOOD AT MATH 16 YEARS AS AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN AND ON JULY DAY SO JUNE AND JUNE 20TH THIS NEXT WEEK THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK I'M LOST IN TIME I WILL BE SO MARY AND I
WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. I'M A BIG MARY FAN SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE TWO OF YOU. OKAY.
OKAY. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? LOTS OF ANNIVERSARIES AND BIRTHDAYS. OKAY. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT I WANT TO REMEMBER DURING THIS TIME.
CLAUDIA SMITH REED IS A ROXBURY RESIDENT WHO HAS JUST BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF ME AND MY OFFICE FELL IN LOVE WITH EMILY THE
FIRST TIME THAT SHE MET EMILY FOUR YEARS AGO IN ROXBURY AS I THINK EMILY OFFERED TO HELP TAKE OUT HER TRASH. SHE DIED TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT
WAS AN EXTREME EXTREME BLOW. I MEAN, YOU ALL KNOW HER EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE NAME. YOU'VE SEEN HER AROUND. SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE SHE WORKED FOR THE NAVY TODAY. SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK
CHEERLEADER AT WELLESLEY WHEN SHE AT DURING METCO SHE WAS A FELLOW PARISHIONER OF MINE AT MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH.
SHE WAS INCREDIBLE AND I TO LEARN OF HER PASSING REALLY HIT ME LIKE A BRICK, YOU KNOW, IT HIT EMILY AND IT HIT OUR ENTIRE OFFICE AND IT HIT THE ROXBURY COMMUNITY AND IT HIT SO MANY
PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER CLAUDIA SMITH READ AND WE THANK HER FOR HER DEVOTION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON, TO OUR DEVOTION TO BLACK BOSTON
TO MAKING SURE OUR KIDS GOT JOBS. SHE WAS SO ADAMANT ABOUT A NEW AND GREAT MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL SHE WAS INCREDIBLE. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR CLAUDIA SMITH
READ WELL I ALSO KNOW THAT ASTRONAUT GOLFER ELON, HER LATE FATHER'S WIFE PASSED AWAY. RITA FINN FRITCH AND SO I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER HER AND HOLD ELON RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT OF LOSS FOR HER AND ALSO CHRISTIAN SCOTT WHO IS THE FATHER OF SHARON SCOTT
CHANDLER, THE CEO OF ABCD. SHE LOST HER MOTHER EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SHE JUST LOST HER FATHER YESTERDAY AS SHE WAS OPENING UP THE NEW ABCD WORK
CENTER IN ROXBURY AND THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE FORTITUDE TO DO THAT ON THE EVE OF THE PASSING OF HER OF HER FATHER WAS INCREDIBLY TOUGH SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR
HER AND ALSO DR. GOHL LILA WHY KABONGO THE MOTHER OF SHAMBA AND MOUSSA DOMINGA WHO ARE THE FOUNDERS OF ORIGINATIONS? DOCTOR, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ORIGINATION I'VE EVER BEEN TO A SHOW THE DOCTOR WAS
ALWAYS THERE AND PRESENT AND UPLIFTING AND SEWING DRESSES AND JUST VERY PRESENT AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY LOSS AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR HER ALSO DURING THIS MOMENT.
BUT ANYONE LIKE TO ADJOURN AND THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR DURKIN THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY HEART IS WITH THE KENZIE FAMILY. MY DAD'S COUSINS. THEY'VE LOST ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER THE PATRIARCH OF THEIR
FAMILY. SO YOU KNOW I KNOW MOST PEOPLE THINK I'M ONLY FROM THE SOUTH BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE FAMILY IN NEW YORK AS WELL AND THEY HAVE LOST THEIR PATRIARCH REALLY,
REALLY SAD. THEY HAD JUST LOST THEIR MATRIARCH LAST YEAR. SO MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM TODAY. THANK YOU.
TODAY RELIGION ARMENIAN MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS I'M OUT OF COUNCIL DURKAN CHARLES EDWARD KINSEY NANCY LEE KELLEHER ABOUT HIS COUNCIL WEBER ROXANA BENT S DE
MOURA ON BEHALF OF MYSELF ROSE L'AMOUR CLAUDIA SMITH REID KIRK FREED GHANI THE BROTHER OF CLINT SHERMAN COUP TO PROVE
LET LEON LISETTE THE BROTHER OF JOVEN LISETTE RITA DE AND FRITSCH ARSENAL GOLFERS LATE FATHERS WIFE CHRISTIAN SCOTT
THE FATHER OF SHARON SCOTT CHANDLER DR. NO LAILA WA KABONGO MOTHER OF SHAMBA AND MASSOUD AIRBENDER A MOMENT
OF SILENCE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE ANTELOPE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, JULY NINE, 2025
AT 12 NOON. HAPPY JULY 4TH EVERYONE BE SAFE UPHOLD DEMOCRACY AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT AND
SAY I I THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AND THANK YOU DARCY AND THANK YOU EVERYONE AND
THANK YOU TRUST THANK YOU FOR DEALING WITH THIS