. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALLED TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM FORGE CITY DASH 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 THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
THANK YOU. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLIPPIN
COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. A QUORUM. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
HAPPY ASH WEDNESDAY. I ALSO SEE THAT WE HAVE IN THE PRIDE WITH US STATE SENATOR JANEY ELDRIDGE. STATE SENATOR WHERE DO YOU SEE? OH SENATOR RIGHT OVER THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN CHAMBERS . NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY REVEREND DR. PAMELA HAYLEY GAILLARD INVITED BY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILMAN GERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT REVEREND DR.
PAMELA HAYLEY GOLIAD IS A NATIVE OF BOSTON RAISED IN THE BROMLEY HEATH HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS. RELOCATING TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA IN THE LATE SEVENTIES WHERE SHE ANSWERED THE CALL TO MINISTRY AND SERVED THE PEOPLE
OF GOD UNTIL HURRICANE KATRINA DESTROYED HER HOME IN 2006. PAMELA WAS LICENSE AND ORDAINED BY PASTOR DWAYNE JOHNSON OF OUTREACH OF TRUTH MINISTRY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
INSPIRED BY THE REVEREND LIANA JONES MOTHER MILDRED C HALEY AND GRANDMOTHER MARY M YOUNGER. PAMELA HAS A PASSION FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD AND DESIRES TO MEET AS MANY OF THEIR NEEDS SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY AS POSSIBLE.
SHE ENJOYS PREACHING, TEACHING, HEALING AND DELIVERANCE AND PROPHETIC EVANGELISM EVANGELIZING RESTORATION OF FAMILIES THROUGH LOSS CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR FACILITATOR AND WHATEVER SHE'S
ASKED THE LORD OF THE LORD TO DO. HER ASSIGNMENT IS LETTER TO THE MORNING BAPTIST MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE PROUDLY SERVES ON THE MINISTERIAL STAFF UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP JOHN M
BORDERS THE THIRD SINCE 2006 AND SHE IS ALSO A FIRST TIME AUTHOR OF 90 DAYS OF DEEPER LIFE. SHE IS A 22 GRADUATE OF GORDON CORNWALL AND HOLDS A 2020 HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM
THE HEART BIBLE INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY. THERE'S ALSO A PERSONAL STORY AND A CONNECTION I HAVE WITH REVEREND HALEY GILLARD THAT I JUST LEARNED ABOUT JUST A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SO HER MOTHER IS MILDRED HALEY. AS COUNCIL MEMBER I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WITH THE RENAMING OF BROMLEY HEATH AND I WAS HOME SICK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE
FLU AND I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS AND NEW ENGLAND CABLE NEWS AND THEY WERE DOING A PIECE ON MILDRED HALEY AND ALL OF HER ADVOCACY AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE WOULD BEND THE EAR OF THE LOCAL POLITICIANS AT
THAT TIME AND THEY FLASHED A PHOTO UP AND I'M LYING IN BED AND I THINK I'M HALLUCINATING RIGHT AT THIS POINT WITH THE HIGH TEMPS AND I GO THAT'S MY FATHER ON THE TELEVISION STANDING NEXT TO MILDRED HALEY.
AND SO THEY SHOWED TWO DIFFERENT PICTURES AND SO WHEN MILDRED CAME TODAY I SAID THIS IS REALLY A LOT OF HISTORY COMBINING ITSELF WHERE MY
FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER WOULD GET TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER. AND THE ONLY REASON SHE'S HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE SHE MARRIED JESSICA CORREIA FROM MY OFFICE WHO SAID I THINK I'VE GOT
SOMEBODY FOR CLERGY. SO WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS ALL BUT THAT CONNECTION IN ITSELF WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME. AND I'M SORRY FROM STEALING FROM A MATTAPAN CHURCH COUNCILOR PEPEN I KNOW THAT I OVERREACHED.
IT'S NOT IN DISTRICT THREE SORRY FOR STEALING OF THE DAUGHTER OF MILDRED HALEY IN JAMAICA PLAIN COUNCILOR WEBER BUT AGAIN THIS PERSONAL CONNECTION IT REALLY IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU AND I KNOW THAT OUR PARENTS WOULD BE
PROUD THAT WE'RE UP HERE TOGETHER STILL CONTINUING THEIR WORK. SO REVEREND, PLEASE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS RIGHT?
THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I LOVE IT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND I JUST THANK GOD FOR BEING
HERE. I GIVE GOD THE PRAISE FOR ALLOWING US TO WITNESS A BRAND NEW DAY FULL OF HOPE, POSSIBILITIES AND INSIGHTS AS
WE ASSEMBLE HERE ON THIS ASH WEDNESDAY THE BEGINNING OF OUR LENT SEASON. I ASK GOD TO FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS AND TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO
HAVE SINNED AGAINST US. I ASK GOD TO LOOK UPON OUR 13 COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO GOD KNOWS
BY NAME AND WE DO TO COUNSELORS RUTH Z HENRY JULIA AARON, GABRIELLA, EDWARD JOHN BRYAN.
ENRIQUE BENJAMIN, TONYA SHARON AND LIZ. MAY THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM REST UPON YOU DISCERNMENT BE YOUR
GUIDE AND UNITY BE THE GLUE THAT BINDS YOU TOGETHER. I PRAY THAT YOUR DECISIONS ARE FAIR AND JUST AND CENTERED
AROUND THOSE THAT YOU SERVE AND THAT YOU ALWAYS SHOW KINDNESS AND CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO DEPEND ON YOU.
YOU ARE THEIR VOICE PROVIDING RESOURCES, PUBLIC SAFETY AND TACKLING THE HARD ISSUES TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT
. RECOGNIZING YOUR LIMITATIONS BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THEM AND KNOWING WHEN TO CALL ON THE GREAT NAME OF OUR LORD AND
SAVIOR I PRAY THAT EVERY PHONE CALL, EVERY ENCOUNTER EXPRESS THE UNIQUE GIFTS AND TALENTS THAT YOU BRING TO THIS COUNCIL.
I PRAY FOR ME A WORLD TODAY AND THAT THE HAND OF GOD BE WITH HER, YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND ALL WHO WILL WITNESS THE CHANGES
SMALL AND LARGE THAT YOU MAKE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE. I PRAY FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON IN THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET MICAH. IT SAYS BUT HE'S ALREADY MADE IT PLAIN HOW TO LIVE, WHAT TO
DO, WHAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR IN MEN AND WOMEN. IT'S QUITE SIMPLE. DO WHAT IS FAIR AND JUST TO YOUR NEIGHBOR BE COMPASSIONATE
AND LOYAL IN YOUR LOVE. AND DON'T TAKE YOURSELF SERIOUSLY TOO SERIOUSLY. BUT TAKE GOD SERIOUSLY.
ANOTHER TRANSLATION SAYS TO BE FAIR, JUST MERCIFUL. AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD TO GETHER. WE CAN DO THIS.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. MAY BE MAY HE BE WITH YOU. MAY HE CHALLENGE YOU AND MAY WE
DO IT TOGETHER. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND CONSIDER A REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, REVEREND, FOR BEING HERE WITH US. I'LL SEE YOU AT CHURCH.
SO FOR TODAY WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS ONE FROM COUNCILOR WEBER AND WE HEAR MYSELF HONORING TODAY'S DAY OF ACTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORTING RESOLUTIONS. AND ONE FROM COUNCILOR WE'RE
ALL HONORING A CHRISTMAS ADDICT'S. WE HAD A RALLY OUTSIDE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF OUR MAYOR WHO IS CURRENTLY TESTIFYING IN DC. AND I ALSO WANTED TO WE HAD A
RALLY OUTSIDE AND I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT PEOPLE WHO I WAS REMISS TO MENTION WERE WITH US. WE HAD STAFFERS FROM SENATOR MARKEY'S OFFICE WHO ARE IN THERE ALSO HERE WITH US. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. AND WE HAD STAFFERS FROM CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY'S OFFICE NO STRANGER TO THIS
CHAMBERS WHERE SHE GOT HER START. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. I FIRST I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY CALLING COUNSELOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR HERE AND OUR
ADVOCATES UP TO THE PODIUM.
THANK YOU
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE HERE IN ATTENDANCE
TODAY FOR STANDING OUT OUTSIDE TODAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, IN TIMES LIKE THIS YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOWED NOT JUST THE CITY BUT THE WHOLE COUNTRY THAT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. SO YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO STAND
HERE WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILWOMAN HERE ,YOU KNOW, IN SUPPORT OF OF ALL THE WORK THAT OUR ADVOCATES ARE DOING.
UM, AND AND THAT YOU KNOW, CALL OUT WORK BEING DONE IN THE STATE HOUSE RIGHT NOW ARE OUR STATE LEADERS.
SENATOR ELDRIDGE HAS HAS FILED A SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT WHICH WOULD FUNCTION LIKE THE BOSTON TRUST ACT AND PREVENT COOPERATION BETWEEN OUR STATE OFFICIALS AND ICE.
YOU KNOW, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT. WE HAVE ANOTHER BILL BY FILE FILED BY SENATOR GOMEZ, WHICH IS THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE
ACT WHICH WOULD PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES OR FUNDS FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR FOLKS TRYING TO LEGALIZE THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE IN
AN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDING, WHO HAVE NOT COMMITTED A SERIOUS CRIME. I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THAT . IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A DIGNITY
IN DETENTION STATE BILL WHICH IS PENDING WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM ENGAGING IN THESE 287 CONTRACTS AND SERVING AS DETENTION CENTERS.
I THINK THERE IS NEWS RECENTLY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CONTRACTING TO BUILD IN BASICALLY AN INTERNMENT CAMP A DETENTION CENTER IN NEW JERSEY.
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE IN OUR STATE . YOU KNOW, AND PART OF THIS WORK IS NOT JUST FOR OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS BUT ALL OF THE
WORKERS HERE IN BOSTON. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PROUD TO STAND AS A WORKER'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE YOU. 1199 SEIU. YOU KNOW OUR AND ALL OF OUR
OTHER UNIONS HERE IN BOSTON BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY WOULD NOT FUNCTION. AND I'M PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE THEM SO YOU KNOW, I,
I, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE, I GUESS. COUNCILOR. SO MADAM PRESIDENT, NEXT DOOR CONSIDER MEJIA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER NEXT COUNTS FOR MEJIA.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MIRA AND ALL THE ADVOCACY THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ON THIS FRONT. I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO OUR STAND OUT RALLY TODAY IN
SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THIS IDEA CAME FROM A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION THAT OUR OFFICE HOSTED. BUT PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MI
HEALTH, A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND PRO-IMMIGRANT ISSUES. AND THE IDEA WAS CAME TO BE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SUPPORT OUR MAYORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE
TESTIFYING IN DC AND I WAS SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO MIRA, ACLU AND THE HOST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SAID YES, LET'S FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
AND MIRA WAS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS. MIRA NOT ONLY SHOWED UP TO THE ROUNDTABLE, THEY LET US KNOW ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT DEFENSE ACT THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTING AND URGED EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TO
JOIN THEM IN THAT FIGHT AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE. WE IMMEDIATELY SAID LET'S GO. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED AND GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR WEBER AND COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE FOR ALWAYS TAKING THE
LEAD. AND I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND AFFIRM HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME TO RECOGNIZE THAT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE HERE TO STAY.
I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, MY MOM WAS UNDOCUMENTED WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT BUT I'M HERE TO SAY THAT THE ATTACKS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON
THE FEDERAL LEVEL THEY'RE COMING FOR ALL OF US. AND IF WE'RE NOT STANDING WITH EACH OTHER IN SOLIDARITY WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE'RE ALL GOING TO
FIND OURSELVES IN SPACES IN PLACES THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE. AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE MIC, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DON'T
UPLIFT THE FACT THAT IN 2016 MY LITTLE DAUGHTER WAS SIX YEARS OLD AND I WAS AFRAID TO WAKE HER UP. AND THE FIRST QUESTION THAT SHE ASKED ME AFTER WE REALIZED THAT
THE THE TRUMP NUMBER 45 AT THE TIME HAD WON THE FIRST QUESTION SHE ASKED ME IS IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY AND THAT WILL FOREVER
BE IN MY HEARTS. AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T I WASN'T BORN IN THIS COUNTRY. I BECAME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN .
I AM THIS COUNTRY. OKAY. AND THIS IS THE MOMENT AND THIS IS OUR MOMENT.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T KEEP CONQUERING AND DIVIDING AND FIGHTING EACH OTHER.
LET'S STAND UNITED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEJIA. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO IS OUTSIDE. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING THIS.
I THINK THE RALLY WAS WAS GREAT IS ALSO A REMINDER LIKE COUNCILMAN HE HAD JUST SAID THAT IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME. THERE'S ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US AND WE CAN ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR
OUR NEIGHBORS. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF MIRA COALITION. I WANT TO THANK 11 AND NINE SEIU. SO THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT I'M PROUD TO BE CO-SPONSORING ALONGSIDE COUNCILORS MEJIA AND
COUNCILORS WEBER REGARDING STATE LEGISLATION AND I HAVE A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTIONS ON TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO CANCEL IT FOR OUR VENEZUELAN BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND FOR OUR HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO CLAPPING IN CHAMBERS ALTHOUGH I DO AGREE. THANK YOU FOR ALSO STANDING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE
THESE ARE THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ECONOMY WHILE HOLDING UP THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY. SO I WANT TO THANK AND ALONZO AND ONE EVERYONE WITH THE TPS COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO THANK PASTOR KIKI AND DR. GOBBO FOR ALL THEY DO FOR THE TPS COMMUNITY AND ALL THEY DO FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, FOR ALL IMMIGRANTS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO CALL UP SENATOR ELDRIDGE IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THE BILLS
THAT WE ARE SPONSORING TODAY. SO SENATOR ELDRIDGE. THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT STATE SENATOR JANEY ELDRIDGE PROUD SENATE SPONSOR OF THE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILORS FOR PROPOSING RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT NOT JUST THE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT BUT THE IMMIGRANT DEFENSE ACT AND DIGNITY, NOT DEPORTATION. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT THERE
REALLY IS A MOVEMENT ACROSS THE STATE TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. BUT IT BEGAN HERE IN BOSTON AND SPECIFICALLY IN BOSTON CITY AT CITY HALL WITH THE FIRST PASSAGE OF THE TRUST ACT WHICH
IS A SIMILAR VERSION TO THE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT, THAT LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED JUST BEFORE DONALD TRUMP LAST BECAME PRESIDENT WAS THE SPEARHEAD FOR TO FILE THE SAFE
COMMUNITIES ACT BACK IN 2017. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU TO ALL THE ALLIES WHO ARE HERE AND THIS WILL GREATLY HELP IN GETTING THIS LEGISLATION PASSED ON BEACON HILL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SENATOR ELDRIDGE. IF WE COULD HAVE WE HAVE A GREAT COALITION HERE FROM 1199 MIRROR ACLU IF WE COULD HAVE MORONI FROM MIRA COME AND JUST
SPEAK AND ACLU COME AND SPEAK QUICKLY, THAT'D BE GREAT AND WE'LL HAVE DR. GABO ON BEHALF OF TPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I WON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY OTHER THAN TO SAY WE ARE REALLY
GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT TO ENDORSE THE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT AND THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT. AS I SAID IN MY SPEECH EARLIER,
I THINK THIS IS A FIRST STEP TO SHOW THE COUNTRY THAT BOSTON IS A CITY THAT WELCOMES IMMIGRANTS AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE BACKING DOWN. SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING OUR
LEADERSHIP BY ENDORSING THESE BILLS. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION ARE DIGNITY, ENERGY PROTECTION SOMETHING THAT I ALSO SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.
VERY QUICKLY ON BEHALF OF THE ACLU, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION FOR THIS TRIO OF BILLS THAT WE HOPE THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE WILL TAKE UP TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO HERE AT HOME HERE IN OUR CITY AND OUR STATE CAN ALSO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS ACROSS THE STATE SO BOSTON CAN LEAD THE WAY BUT THE
ENTIRE STATE CAN BENEFIT FROM THESE PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. GABOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE TO TALK
ABOUT WITH IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE. WE ALSO SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE AGAIN, WE BELIEVE THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE OUR
BEST ASSETS AND DO MORE. WE WORK WITH THEM. THE MORE WE PROTECT THEM, THE MORE THAT WE KEEP THEM SAFE HERE, THE BETTER IT IS FOR ALL OF US. SO AGAIN, WE ARE IMMIGRANTS.
WE ARE DOING OUR WORK EVERY DAY IN THE HOSPITAL DRIVING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE ELDERLY, DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMY.
SO WE ARE HERE TO STAY. WE'RE NOT GOING. SO THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. GABO. AND WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION
THIS IS THE TPS RESOLUTION. WE ARE PRESENTING IT TODAY AND WE HAVE THIS PRESENTATION WE'LL BE VOTING AT IT ON IT AT THE TOP OF MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. SO HOPEFULLY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK . IF I COULD CALL MY COLLEAGUES UP FOR A PHOTO.
YEAH, THAT MEANS Y'ALL COME ON COLLEAGUES, LET'S GO BECAUSE GOT A LONG AGENDA HERE TODAY. EVERYBODY LONG AGENDA. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH
IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO SAY STOP THIS, DON'T YOU HEAR
ME?
OKAY, GO BUST.
YES, YOU YOU HAVE GOT TO MAKE
SURE THEY GET YOUR OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. OH, WHEN I WAS PROMISED TO SAY THAT COUNCIL RECORD AS A PARTY WASN'T UP HERE BUT AS A
CO-SPONSOR ON THE TPS RESOLUTION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION THAT IS COUNCIL ORAL AND HONOR OF CHRISTMAS ADDICTS COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND MINUTES.
SENATOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH THE COUNCIL 11 00I RECALL THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS ADDICTS DAY TODAY I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ADDICTS DAY AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED
IN THAT EVENT. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT MISS ARNOLD IN THE EIGHTH GRADE CLASS FROM BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT YES, NOT CHARLIE
AND ED O'CONNELL CANO OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SPACES GYM BENNETT STATE REP MARKOWITZ OUR FOURTH GRADERS FROM THE ELLIOT SCHOOL JIM HOLMES, COLONEL
HENRY KNOX OF THE COLOR GUARD AND HAROON RASHID AND THE FRIENDS OF CRISPUS ATTUCKS WHO HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS ADDICTS COMMEMORATIONS WE HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. YES, CRISPUS ATTUCKS WAS AS BOSTONIAN A REVOLUTIONARY AND THE FIRST WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR
THE NATION'S FREEDOM. YET FOR TOO LONG HIS STORY HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED. I THINK HIS LEGACY IS A REMINDER THAT BLACK AND INDIGENOUS AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT
OF THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE SHAPING THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY FROM HIS VERY FIRST BATTLE OF INDEPENDENCE, ATTICUS WAS NOT JUST A BYSTANDER IN HISTORY HE WAS A LEADER, A
FIGHTER AND A SYMBOL OF INDEPENDENCE AT A TIME WHEN THE COLONIES WERE STILL DEBATING THEIR PLACE IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE, HE TOOK A STAND UNARMED BUT UNWAVERING
CONFRONTING THE FORCES OF OPPRESSION HEAD ON. TODAY WE ARE MAKING HIS SACRIFICE, MAKING SURE THE SACRIFICE IS NOT FORGOTTEN. LAST YEAR MY OFFICE FILED A HEARING FOR THE CREATION OF A
CRISPUS ATTUCKS STATUE IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. AND WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON A PERMANENT MONUMENT. WE'RE HOPING THAT BY 2026 A TEMPORARY PIECE OF ART WILL BE
IN PLACE FOR THE NATION'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY AND BY 2030 BOSTON WILL PROUDLY STAND UP A PERMANENT STATE STATUE HONORING ADDICTS AND A TIME FOR THE
CITY'S POOR. 400TH ANNIVERSARY. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY AGAIN RECOGNIZING TODAY AS CRISPUS
ATTICUS DAY, WE HAVE ADDED MORE TO THE CELEBRATION AND THIS IS THE IDEA THAT WAS BORN FROM HAROON AND THAT IDEA WAS TO DO AN ESSAY COMPETITION WHICH INCLUDED BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST CRISPUS ATTUCKS COMMEMORATION A COMBAT COMPETITION. AND THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS UNDERSTAND THE FIGHT
AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THE ADDICKS HAD ON THIS COUNTRY. SO NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE WINNERS OF THE ESSAY COMPETITION AND IF THE FRIENDS OF CRISPUS ATTUCKS COULD COME
UP AND ALSO NOT TO COME UP TO IN THEIR PLACE. WE HAVE ELIAS VALENCIA JUST LIKE A LITTLE STRONG NAME.
I LIKE THAT ONE. MY SON'S NAME ELIAS IT'S IT'S LIKE CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU STAY IN SECOND PLACE. NOEL LOU LOU THEN OUR FIRST
PLACE WINNER IN OUR FIRST CRISPUS ATTUCKS COMMEMORATIVE COMMEMORATION ESSAY COMPETITION
IS ELA NOVA. I LIKE TO INVITE UP THE FRIENDS CRISPUS ATTUCKS NOT MISS ARNOLD
AS WELL. YEAH. COME UP HERE. YEAH. AND I WANT TO GIVE HAROON AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS. AND IF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK, I'D LIKE TO PASS THE
FLOOR TO YOU AS WELL. BUT FIRST WELL, IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A PLACE THAT MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE'RE SO PROUD
AND THANKFUL THAT YOU MADE THIS HAPPEN. GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE NUMBER ONE MORE INFAMY TO YOUNG
PEOPLE ABOUT HISTORY THAT WAS KIND OF SCRUBBED. AND NOW THERE'S A NEW VERSION OF THE HISTORY. MANY PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT CRISPUS ATTUCKS.
WE KNEW ABOUT HIS WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM BUT VERY FEW KNEW WHY HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE THE WAY THAT HE DID BEING THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE WAS. AND WE HAVE COME TO A
CONCLUSION ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS ESSAY COMPETITION WHICH BY THE WAY NEXT YEAR WILL BE CITY WIDE. IT WILL NOT BE JUST ONE SCHOOL.
WE INTEND HAVE THIS MOVEMENT GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SO THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE WILL KNOW AND CAN RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THE
FIRST PERSON WHO DIED FOR EQUAL HUMAN RIGHTS. SO THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN THIS COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE
FRIENDS OF CRISPUS ATTUCKS. NOW HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY AGAIN HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THAT I'M THANKFUL THAT REVOLUTIONARY
SPACES AND THE FRIENDS OF CRISPUS ASSOCIATION CAN ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATE HOW IMPORTANT CRISPUS ATTUCKS WAS AS AN ENEMY AS AN AMERICAN HERO AND HOW
IMPORTANT HE WAS TO HISTORY AS A WHOLE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY AT THE CITY OF BOSTON AND FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN BOTH
ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION. NOW I LIKE TO ASK MY COUSIN
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO COME UP
FOR A PICTURE AND MAKE SENSE
OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF RACISM . YEAH, WE TOOK ONE.
WE LISTENED. I STILL ENJOY THAT.
THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT FOR OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK IN HONORING CHRISTMAS ADDED THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AROUND. OKAY MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REMEMBER ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT
COUNCIL PRINCE ANDREW ANDERSON IS PRESENT AND NOW WITH US. MY COLLEAGUES IF WE COULD. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. OH AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE IS
NOW PRESENTED WITH US. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES IN THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 26, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE
ANY GUYS HAVING THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 26 MEETING ARE APPROVED. MR. CLERK WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR ON OF THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0589. TALKING NUMBER 0589 MESSAGE
UNITED FOR YOUR APPROVAL A REVISED FORM WILL PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT AND TAYLOR PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AND ACT RELATIVE TO CREATION RATHER
THAN OF A BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WITHIN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE DORCHESTER SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0589 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCTOR NUMBER 0590 DARK 0590 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS
IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350 MILLION. THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET APPEARS TO BE FAVORABLE FOR THE CITY TO POTENTIALLY REALIZE SIGNIFICANT
SAVINGS IN DEBT SERVICE COSTS BY REFUNDING CERTAIN OF ITS OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0590 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND
SECURITY. PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0591 DARK NUMBER 0591 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN IN-KIND DONATION OF A SET
OF LOCKERS THREE BOOKSHELVES AND A DESK VALUED AT 1800 DOLLARS DONATED BY THE WINDSOR SCHOOL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO ENHANCE THE FACILITIES AT THE CYF MATTER HUNT COMMUNITY
CENTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MATTAPAN NEIGHBORHOOD. THINK OF THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D FIRST LIKE TO THANK THE WINDSOR SCHOOL BUT I AM STANDING TO SPEAK ON THIS
DOCKET AND HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT ME AND PASSING THIS TODAY. THIS DOCKET IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN IN-KIND DONATION OF A SET OF LOCKERS, THREE BOOKSHELVES
AND A DESK THAT ARE VALUED AT 1800 DONATED BY THE WINDSOR SCHOOL. THIS DONATION AIMS TO ENHANCE THE FACILITIES AT THE B.C. WYETH MEDICAL CENTER TO BENEFIT THE MATTAPAN NEIGHBORHOOD THE
B.C. WAY OF MATTAPAN CENTER LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE IS ONE OF THREE COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE CITY AND THE CENTER FEATURES A COMMUNITY ROOM, A GYMNASIUM, A COMPUTER LAB, AN
INDOOR POOL. AND THANK YOU DENISE FOR THIS ONE PAGER FROM MY G.R. ABOUT ONE THING WE DID LEFT OUT. IT ALSO INCLUDES AMAZING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF AND
MEMBERS KIDS, SENIORS AND ADULTS WHO VISIT THIS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS PASS TODAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY TO EXPANSION OF THE ROSEN PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0591
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL SAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. COULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 05920592 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER ACCEPTING A PRESERVATION
RESTRICTION ON THE SHIRLEY EUSTACE OUTBUILDING WEST ELIOT WOOD WOOD RENTAL THE HOUSE AT 4244 SHIRLEY STREET BOSTON MASS 02119. THANK YOU THIS I CAN WE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET OH, OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MAJORITY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE I AM LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS DOCKET 0592 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER ACCEPTING A PRESERVATION RESTRICTION ON THE SHIRLEY USE THIS OUTBUILDING WEST ELIOT WOOD WOOD RENTAL HOUSE AT 4244 SHIRLEY STREET
BOSTON MASS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT ORDER WAS FILED FOR THE SHIRLEY EUSTACE HOUSE ASSOCIATION TO ACQUIRE 4244 SHIRLEY STREET. THIS AGREEMENT WOULD NEED TO BE
SIGNED BY ALL PARTIES BY THE END OF MARCH SO THEY DON'T LOSE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE HOUSE. THEREFORE I LOOK TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DROUGHT AND YOU'RE DOING SO WITH THE
CONSENT OF THE CHAIR. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD WE. THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 059 TO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I I I'LL SAY THE AYES IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 2059320603.0593
MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAN WHOM I HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENTS LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE DO I CAN HAVE A05
NAME FORM IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF LINDSEY MAC JONES AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE TO ACT LIKE A NUMBER
ZERO NINE SORRY 0595 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF THE SUMMER AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT 30 COMMITTEE LUCKY NUMBER 0596 MESSAGE IN
ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GEOFFREY GARNEAU AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE I CAN HAVE A0597 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR
THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A SMITH DENALI AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT'S WETLAND DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE. DR. GORKA NUMBER 0598 MESSAGE
IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LINDA SIMKIN AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE DOCKET NUMBER 599 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CYNTHIA AND BOGIE TO ZAZA AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE DOCKET
NUMBER 0600 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIE HALL AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE THAT NUMBER IS 0601
MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF IAN HOUGAARD AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE DOCKET NUMBER 0602 MESSAGE IN ORDER
FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CRYSTAL GALVIN AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE IN DORKING NUMBER 0603 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NANCY JOHNSON AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. OKAY.
THANK THESE DOCKETS DOCKETS NUMBER 059320603 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR FITZGERALD KATHERINE GIRALDI ON THE FLOOR.
YES. SO THE FACT THAT WE VOTED ON THIS ACTUALLY BACK ON DECEMBER 11TH AS I THINK THE CLERK JUST STATED BUT IT WAS JUST UNDER THE WRONG NAME AND SO NOW WE ARE CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING AS
THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE THAT WAS NOT THE NAME WE HAD IN DECEMBER AND SO NOW THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALL THE MET ALL THESE MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED. THEY'LL HAVE TO BE REAFFIRMED BY THE CLERK ONCE AGAIN A
REAPPOINTED BUT JUST UNDER THIS NEW NAME. SO WE'VE ALREADY VOTE ON THIS SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO TO SPEND THE PAST THESE FOLKS TO SUSPEND AND CONFIRM I'M SORRY THESE NAMES TODAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU DO SO AS VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CHAIR SO AS REQUESTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES QUOTE AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR I'LL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO THE VICE CHAIR FOR
FOR STANDING UP AND AND DOING THIS WHILE THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A CLERICAL ERROR. SO THIS WAS LABELED AS THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT SENATE
COMMITTEE WHEN IT REALLY SHOULD BE THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THESE FOLKS AGAIN HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED.
THEY'VE ALREADY THROUGH THEIR HEARING AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A STUDY COMMITTEE AND THAT THIS IDEA WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY MANY MEMBERS OF THE CHARLESTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONFIRMING I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES RESPECTFULLY IF THEY WILL REAFFIRM THEIR SUPPORT OF THESE FOLKS AS THEY DID PREVIOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CLOUD AS A POTTER
COUNCILOR JOE VICE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION SEEKS SUSPENSION AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKETS NUMBERS 059320603 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT THESE DOCKETS HAVE PASSED AND FOR FOUR THESE APPOINTMENTS THANK YOU WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC
OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0604206102I CAN HAVE A0604 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SALLY GLORIA AS A MEMBER
OF THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25TH, 2028 DOCKET NUMBER 0605 AS WE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. L.C. TO
VARIOUS AS A CHAIR AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION'S BOARD OF HEALTH FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 20TH, 2026 I CAN NUMBER 0606
NOTICES C FROM THE MAYOR OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE CITY ON MONDAY MARCH 3RD, 2025 AT 6:10 P.M. RETURNING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH,
2025 AT 7:59 P.M. DOCKET NUMBER 0607 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING INCREASING OVERSIGHT ON TNC RAY CHARLES DUCKY NUMBER 0608
COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM DR. SAMUEL DE PINA TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CODE OF CONDUCT
VIOLATIONS FILED ON TALKING NUMBERS 0489 PRESENTED AT THE FEBRUARY TEN, 2025 MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DOCKET NUMBER 0609 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE
CITY CLERK REGARDING THE 2024 2025 UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY STATISTICAL REPORT IN DOG NUMBER 0610 COMMUNICATIONS WHICH WAS RECEIVED FROM THE
CITY OF BOSTON'S COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM AN UPDATE ON OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO IN CONGREGATE SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN BOSTON. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON A COMMUNICATION. I WILL GIVE YOU 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS COMMUNICATION. THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 0608I DID THREE WEEKS AFTER I FILED THE 17 TO GET A RESPONSE BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION AND I SPOKE TO THE CLERK EARLIER THE RESPONSE FROM SAM DE PINO SAID I'M
WRITING IN RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUEST UNDER SECTION 17 UP REGARDING INCIDENTS OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND VIOLATIONS OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE
2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR PLEASE FIND ATTACHED A DETAILED REPORT CONTAINING THE REQUESTED INFORMATION. THE ATTACHMENT WAS A WHITE STADIUM LEASE IT WAS NOT THE
PROPER ATTACHMENT SO I FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE IF YOU COULD FIX THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SEND OVER THE CORRECT
ATTACHMENT. I DID GET IT IN AN EMAIL AND I'M ALSO REQUESTING BECAUSE IT CAME IN A PDF FORMAT NOT AN EXCEL FORMAT AND I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU CAN SEE BUT IT'S LIKE 0.5 FONT AND IS REALLY HARD TO READ. SO I'M ALSO REQUESTING THAT THEY UPLOAD IT TO THE PROPER PLACE THE AGENDA IN EXCEL
FORMAT. THANK YOU THANK YOU AND I TOOK ISSUE OFFLINE I SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON IS IT TO SPEAK ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX AS IT IS BEING
ON DOCKET NUMBER 0607 THAT IS IT'S NOT TO SPEAK ON THAT OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO A FILING SO IF WE COULD WAIT FOR IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON THAT DOCKET IF THAT COULD WAIT
FOR THAT WHEN IT COMES UP UP IN MOTIONS ORDER AND RESOLUTIONS. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANOTHER COMMUNICATION AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK IF I COULD SPEAK ON 0604.
OKAY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 2 MINUTES BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNICATION WE REALLY SPEAK ON THEM BUT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY, I'LL BE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
SALLIE GUERRA WHO'S A NEIGHBOR OF MINE IN SOUTH BOSTON. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN CITY AUDITOR IN BOSTON HISTORY. A WONDERFUL ADDITION. SHE WILL MAKE US AT THE BOSTON
RETIREMENT BOARD SOMEWHAT ADMIRED AND RESPECTED FOR YEARS AND SHE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY NOT JUST TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT TO THE CITY AS WELL. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTINUE GOOD LEADERSHIP
OF SALLY GUERRA. SHE'LL BE PART OF THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER PROFESSIONAL AND HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON, THANK THE
MEMBERSHIP. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN THESE DOCKET STOCK IS NUMBER 060420610 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE RE
DR. NUMBER ZERO FOUR OR FIVE EIGHT DUNCAN IN A04 OR FIVE EIGHT MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF INTEREST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CORE PROGRAM FOR
MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PURSUANT TO MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 70 B SECTION FIVE THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS THE DEFICIENCIES
WITHIN THE SCHOOL FACILITY THAT PREVENTS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DELIVERING THEIR DESIRED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. OH AND MR QUICK, IF YOU COULD ALSO PLEASE READ DOCTOR NUMBER
0459 LUCKY NUMBER 0459 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY STATEMENTS OF INTEREST FOR THEIR
ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS BOSTON ADULT TECHNICAL ACADEMY HURLEY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL MILDRED AV K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL MANDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MARY LANE PILOT HIGH SCHOOL. JOYCE KILMER LOWER SCHOOL. MCGARRY DE MUNIZ ACADEMY ORCHARD GARDENS K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL CHARTER K THROUGH SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE STATEMENTS INTEREST DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE PRIORITY CATEGORY FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE INVITED TO APPLY TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY IN
THE FUTURE PRIORITY FOR A REPLACEMENT RENOVATION OR MODERNIZATION OF THE SCHOOL FACILITY SYSTEMS SUCH AS ROOFS, WINDOWS, BOILERS, HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS TO INCREASE
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DECREASE ENERGY RELATED COSTS IN A SCHOOL FACILITY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR OUTCOMES ARE WELL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2025 TO DISCUSS IT TO DISCUSS DOCKETS NUMBER 04580459.
ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE BRYAN MAGOFFIN, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DELTA LAVERNE DANIELS DENIS LOSS CHIEF
OF CAPITAL PLANNING FOR BP'S PART AND JONES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TESTIFYING FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL WE HAD COUNCIL FLYNN COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR HERE PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT RUTI LOUIJEUNE.
THE BBC TEAM PROVIDED A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MSB STATING IT IS IT IS IT IS A STATE AGENCY THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO LOCAL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO
CONDUCT FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCT NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THEY STATED THAT THERE ARE TWO MAIN PROGRAMS OPERATED BY MSB. THE ACCELERATED PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS INCLUDING
REPLACEMENT OF ROOFS, WINDOWS, DOORS AND BOILERS AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND FACILITIES. THE PROJECT PROPOSED FOR THIS INCLUDE THE COE PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS COVERING EXTENSIVE REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS,
ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS AND NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. THE CITY SUBMISSION FOR THE CORE PROGRAM THIS YEAR WILL BE MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOCUS ON
TIMELINES AND VARIOUS UPGRADES AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT TIMELINE. I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTES ON MADISON PARK TO HAVE
US VOTE ON THAT DOCKET. SO JUST A HEADS UP THAT THAT DOCKET WILL BE PULLED FROM GREEN STREETS AND GREEN SHEETS LIKE ME ON MARCH 19TH. BUT TODAY I'M ACTING FOR A VOTE
ON THE ACCELERATE ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM DOCKET. SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT DOCKET NUMBER 04592 PASSED AND THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0458 STAYS
IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. IT WAS INFORMATIVE AND I DO
JUST WANT TO STAND TO REITERATE MY DISAPPOINTMENT THAT MADISON PARK IS GOING TO BE HAVING TO WAIT MUCH LONGER. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO WEIGH
IN BUT I WOULD NEVER SAY NO. I KNOW THIS BODY PASSES THE MSP FUNDING BUT THAT'S JUST GOING TO DELAY SHOVELS IN THE GROUND AND I THINK WE COULD HAVE GONE ABOUT THIS DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CASWELL SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0459 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSING. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
OH, MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I NUMBER 0459 COUNCIL GREEN YES,
COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR CLOSE PARTNER, YES. CONSIDER WORKING COUNCIL FINANCE MINISTER COUNCIL FINANCIAL STANCE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.
YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR $0.15 PER PIN. YES.
COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING OF 04459 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0148 STATEMENT OC YES. APOLOGIES. I'LL MAKE SURE I DO THAT. OKAY SO DOCKET NUMBER 0458 WILL
REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND DOCKET NUMBER 0459 HAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH A 12 TO 12 WHAT TROUBLES? THANK YOU MR CLERK, COULD YOU
PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0148I CAN HAVE A0148 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR OUTCOMES ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HAS HELD ITS THIRD WORKING SESSION ON DOCKET NUMBER 0148. IN ATTENDANCE WAS
COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR PEPEN ,FLYNN, MURPHY, FITZGERALD AND BREADON. WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND THE FIRST TWO WORKING SESSIONS. WE DISCUSSED RFI QUESTIONS AND
BUDGET PRIORITIES. I SUBMITTED A LETTER FORMALIZING THESE PRIORITIES LAST WEEK TO SUPERINTENDENT KIPPER AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE CHAIR ROBERTSON. ON TUESDAY WE DISCUSSED THOSE
PRIORITIES AS WELL AS ANY OTHER BUDGET RELATED QUESTIONS AND PERHAPS WE WERE JOINED BY SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER, CFO DAVID BLOOM, CEO BRIAN FORD
SENIOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ACADEMICS. LINDA CHAN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS. SAM DE PINA DEPUTY CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY.
LINDSAY MCINTYRE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EQUITY, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DR. ANNA TAVARES CHIEF OF SUPER'S CHIEF OF STUDENT SUPPORT CHIEF COREY MCCARTHY
CHIEF OF THE OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES CASE CEO AND CHIEF OF MULTICULTURAL AND MULTI-LANGUAGE A CONNECTION TO MALCOLM X. WE DISCUSSED MANY TOPICS INCLUDING READING SPECIALISTS,
READING CURRICULUMS USED DYSLEXIA, SCREENING SUPPORT STUDENT SUPPORT TEAMS, A NEW APPROACH TO HIGH DOSES TUTORING INCLUDING A SIX SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM THIS SPRING ACROSS
THREE GRADES HUB SCHOOLS STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM THAT EACH SCHOOLS. THE CHALLENGE WITH TRACKING HOMELESS OR HOMELESS STUDENTS ABOVE THE AGE OF 18. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
INCLUDING ST STEPHEN'S MENTOR PROJECT AND KATIE'S CLASSIC. AND THE DISTRICT'S NEW APPROACH TO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE IN ITS APPROACH AT THE HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS WITH MERIT SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PUTTING THEM ON THREE YEAR CONTRACTS.
IN TERM OF PARENT MENTORING AND GENERAL HAS DESCRIBED THE ESTIMATED $100,000 CUT TO THE LINE ITEM IN FY 26 BUT ALSO
GAVE TEST CASES OF A DAY AND A LIFE OF AN INCLUSION CLASSROOM AS WELL AS THE REASON FOR MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOMS. THEY DISCUSS HOW THEY REASSESSED EVERY BUDGET PROGRAM
OF $5 MILLION OR HIGHER FOR FY 26 AND HOW FEDERAL FUNDING MIGHT DISRUPT PIPELINE PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THE PARENT TEACHER PIPELINE PROGRAM. BPC SHARED THAT NEW DATA
TRACKING HAS ALLOWED FOR MORE REPORTING ON POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS INCREASED OUTREACH FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE STALLED ON BOTH THE EDUCATION, EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRACKS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE LEARNED THAT EARLY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED FROM 140 TO 790. I COULD POINT TO MY I'D LIKE TO POINT MY COLLEAGUES TO THE HERE AND FOLDER FOLDER WHICH
INCLUDES A DRAFT OF THE BUDGET BOOK AND ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO OUR FIRST ROUND OF REVISED. THIS IS A TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATION AND I THINK PEOPLE HERE FOR THE COOPERATION AND PROVIDING IT IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS.
I WAIT A RESPONSE TO MY LETTER AHEAD OF THE MARCH 12 SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE WILL HAVE VEEPS IN FOR A TWO DAY SESSION A FORMAL BUDGET HEARING ON APRIL 14 AND 15. WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS BACK IN NOVEMBER AND I THINK WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN THAT THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES ARE HELPING SHAPE THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL AROUND DOCKET NUMBER 0148 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ A NUMBER 02650265 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACT SITES IN BOSTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS SLATED FOR CLOSURE OR MERGER. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS CASTRO SANTANA. CASTRO SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION HELD
ITS HEARING ON JANUARY 15TH. WE WERE JOINED BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR OUT OF FLYNN, COUNSELOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR DURKIN FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION. WE HAD CHRISTINE KRISTIN LAFFERTY, CITY ARCHIVIST AT CITY OF AUSTIN ARCHIVES WRITING FOR THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OFFICER FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMISSIONER ROBERT
SANTIAGO, OFFICE OF VETERAN SERVICES AND JESSICA BAILLIE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE AND INFORMATIVE HEARING.
IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM ALSO FROM FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND I'M GOING TO ALLOW IF ANY OF THE LEAD SPONSORS WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS BUT I SUGGEST
THAT THIS THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE FOR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN S.A. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA
FOR A GOOD HEARING YESTERDAY. AND I WANT TO THANK JESSICA BYERLY FROM BPL, OUR NEW CITY ARCHIVIST. I GUESS NOT THAT NEW. KRISTIN LAFFERTY BRIAN FORD FROM BEPS WHO HAS BEEN AT
SEVERAL HEARINGS LATELY BECAUSE HE IS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND OVERSEEING A LOT OF THE MERGERS AND ALSO IS JUST THANKFUL TO HIM FOR SHOWING UP AND GIVING US THE ANSWERS WE
NEED AND ALSO OUR VERY OWN ROB SANTIAGO, OUR VETERAN COMMISSIONER. WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION AND I REALLY FELT THAT THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS AND I KNOW THAT THE PANELISTS LEARNED A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WHO SPOKE UP AND REALLY TAUGHT US ABOUT THE RICH HISTORY. AND I KNOW COUNCILOR OF FLYNN AND I FILED THIS A COUPLE
OF MONTHS BACK WHEN EXCELL HIGH FAMILY SOUTH BOSTON HIGH WAS ANNOUNCED TO BE CLOSED AND ALL OF THE IMPORTANT VETERAN ARTIFACTS THAT ARE IN THAT BUILDING AND BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROMISE THAT THERE WILL BE AN INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY AND WHAT ARTIFACTS THEY HOLD NOT JUST VETERAN ARTIFACTS AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY HEARINGS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HOLD. COUNCIL OF FLYNN IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO HOLDING ONE IN SOUTH BOSTON AND LEARNING FROM THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE MANY NEIGHBORS STILL LIVE THERE WHO HAVE FAMILY TIES TO THESE
ARTIFACTS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AND FIND OTHER PLACES. ONE THING WE SPOKE ABOUT IS SCHOOLS BACK IN THE THIRTIES AND FORTIES WERE MORE OPEN FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS THAT WE
ALL KNOW. BUT NOWADAYS MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVER GO INTO THESE BUILDINGS SO FINDING DIFFERENT PERMANENT HOMES FOR THEM WILL PROBABLY BE A GREAT OUTCOME FROM THIS EXERCISE.
SO MAYBE PUTTING THEM INTO OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES AND DOES MORE FORWARD FACING LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS
GOING FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE RESPECT THE RICH HISTORY OF OUR CITY AS WE MERGE AND CLOSE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HOLDING AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WANTED TO JOIN HER AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL OF SANTANA AND ALSO TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT WAS PRESENT PRESENT THAT
PROVIDED SOME INVALUABLE FEEDBACK TO US ON HOW WE GO FORWARD EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL, FORMERLY CALLED SOUTH BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE AND AS COUNCILOR SANTANA
AND COUNCILOR MURPHY HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SOME GREAT ARTIFACTS AND GREAT MEMORIALS TO MEN AND WOMEN FROM SOUTH
BOSTON THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND ALSO IN THEIR JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM AS WELL. WE HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD
BASED ON THE HEARING THAT WE HAD, BUT THE CITY ARCHIVES IS GOING TO WORK WITH US TO DOCUMENT WHAT IS AT SOUTH
BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN SOUTH BOSTON SOMETIME IN MAY WHERE THE COMMUNITY COULD COME
TOGETHER AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE BPP'S TEAM THE ARCHIVES TEAM ALSO THE VETERANS COMMISSIONER AS WELL AND LISTEN TO THEM ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO
PRESERVE HISTORY AT SOUTH BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND ENSURE THAT THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SOUTH BOSTON FAMILIES WANT
TO ENSURE THAT THIS HISTORY STAYS WITH THE COMMUNITY. I I HAVE HEARD FROM MY FRIEND KEVIN CONROY WHO IS THE UNITED STATES MARINE. I'VE HEARD FROM THE MEN AND
WOMEN AT THE PERKINS POST AT THE MCDONOUGH POST AT THE FITZGERALD POST, THE SOUTH BOSTON VETERANS COUNCIL. I HAVE HEARD FROM A WOMAN MARY RYAN, A NEIGHBOR IN SOUTH
BOSTON. HER FATHER WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN. HE WAS THE COMMANDING OFFICER DOWN AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION BUT HER GRANDFATHER WAS A WORLD
WAR TWO VETERAN. BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NEIGHBORS IN SOUTH BOSTON THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD IN THIS PROCESS. I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT THEM AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING
SOMETIME SOMETIME IN THAT CONVENTION. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0265 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0254202544A HEARING
TO DISCUSS LONG TERM CITY JOB VACANCIES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT HELD A HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0254 IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS LONG TERM JOB VACANCIES. THE DOCKET WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS WERE L. FITZGERALD AND MARIA AND WAS
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 15TH. I'D LIKE TO THANK CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ASHLEY ROTHENBERG OR CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER ALEX LAWRENCE CHIEF OF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICER
FRANCIS CANTY AND BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER TANISHA PEOPLES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARING AND PROVIDING US WITH VERY
INFORMATIVE ANSWERS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO ATTENDED THE HEARING COUNCILORS FLYNN MAHILA ,WORRELL MURPHY, CLETA ZAPATA AND FITZGERALD.
THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILORS PEPEN AND BREADON. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK SHANE AND ETHAN FROM CENTRAL STAFF FOR DOING A GREAT JOB AT THE HEARING.
DURING THE HEARING WE WERE TOLD THAT HIRING WAS UP THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR RESULTING IN FEWER VACANT POSITIONS. WE WERE INFORMED ABOUT THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES THE CITY IS
USING TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS INCLUDING OFFERING WAGE INCREASES FOR CITY WORKERS AT THE LOWER END OF THE WAGE SCALE MAKING CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT BY ALLOWING WORKERS TO ACCESS PAID
SICK AND BEREAVEMENT LEAVE PRIOR TO SIX MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT AND IN THE CASE OF UPS ELIMINATING NONESSENTIAL POSITIONS AND REALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO SCHOOLS.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HEARING. THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION VACANCY RATE WENT FROM 16% LAST APRIL TO 11% NOW
AND THEY WILL BE HIRING 12 ADDITIONAL EMTS. THE FORCE HAS GONE FROM FILLING 94% OF THEIR VACANCIES TO
FILLING APPROXIMATELY 96%. AND YOU KNOW ANOTHER THING THAT WE HEARD ABOUT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INFORMATIVE WAS HOW TO EXAMINE THE VACANCY DATA WHEN
IT COMES TO THE BUDGET. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SALARY SAVINGS THAT THE CITY SORT OF BUILT BUILDS INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
FOR ANYONE WHO WASN'T AT THE HEARING, I URGE THEM TO REVIEW THE TESTIMONY BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL HELP AS WE GO INTO THAT PROCESS. YOU KNOW, AS AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS AND INVITE THEM TO SPEAK IF THEY WANT TO.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU GUYS. WHOEVER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL WHERE I HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO TO MY
CO-SPONSORS. AS WE PREPARE FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET DEPARTMENT HEARINGS, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REVIEW THE TRANSFER REPORTS AND YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PROVIDED. THESE REPORTS WILL GIVE US A WINDOW INTO HOW MUCH FUNDING WAS REALLOCATED AT THE END OF NY 24 AND WHERE SPENDING IS
TRACKING FOR FY 25. UNDERSTANDING THESE NUMBERS WILL HELP US DETERMINE WHETHER BUDGETED FUNDS FOR PERMANENT EMPLOYEES WERE FULLY UTILIZED OR IF DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL OPERATING OPERATING WITH
SIGNIFICANT STAFFING GAPS. ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS WE NEED ANSWER FOR IS HOW MANY VACANCIES DO WE STILL HAVE ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS? LAST YEAR WE NEARLY SAW 2000
UNFILLED POSITIONS WITH DEPARTMENTS LIKE BP BEAT BTD AND BP'S EXPERIENCE IN THE MOST SEVERE SHORTAGES. WE NEED UPDATED DATA ON WHETHER
THOSE NUMBERS HAVE IMPROVED AND IF NOT WHAT'S PREVENTING PROGRESS. ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN IS RETENTION. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING FROM EMPLOYEES WHO LEAVE CITY JOBS? ARE THERE TRENDS IN WHICH
DEPARTMENT STRUGGLES THE MOST TO KEEP STAFF AND DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES? AND ADDITIONALLY WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE CITY'S HIRING PROCESS. HOW LONG IS IT TAKEN TO FILL
OPEN POSITIONS AND ARE THERE BOTTLENECKS IN THE SYSTEM THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? WE COVERED A LOT IN YESTERDAY'S HEARING AND AGAIN I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WEBER FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOW THEY PLAN TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE VACANCY ISSUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASTRO. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0254
WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS PER RULE 39 A LEAD SPONSOR AND HAD THE FLOOR FOR 3 MINUTES WHEN A NEW
FILE WHEN A NEW FILED DOCKET IS INTRODUCED AND CO-SPONSORS MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR 2 MINUTES. WE WILL BE TAKING TO DOCKETS OUT OF ORDER. MY SINCERE APOLOGIES TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE BECAUSE I KNOW IT PRESENTS DIFFICULTIES FOR
YOU ALL WHEN WE TAKE DOCKETS OUT OF ORDER AND SO THANK YOU WILL BE FIRST TAKE DOCKET NUMBER 0619 AND THEN 0622.
SO MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0619 INTO THE RECORD DOCKET NUMBER 0619 COUNCILOR MEMBER AND OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS LEGISLATION INCLUDING THE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT, THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT AND THE DIGNITY NOT DEPORTATIONS ACT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
WEBER. COUNSELOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, I WAS SPOKEN AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS ALREADY. I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY BRIEFLY REVIEW THE THE STATE LAWS WHERE
WE'RE SEEKING TO SUPPORT WITH THIS RESOLUTION THE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT. IT WAS PUT UP BY SENATORS JAMES ELDRIDGE AND MY STATE SENATOR LUIS MIRANDA AS WELL AS THE
HOUSE BILL BY REPS. MANNY CRUZ AND PRISCILLA SOUZA . IT JUST JUST LIKE THE BOSTON TRUSTS ACT IT LIMITS PARTICIPATION BY STATE ACTORS
ACROSS THE STATE AND IN OTHER TOWNS AND JUST YOU KNOW, SUPPORTS OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE 10TH AMENDMENT NOT TO HAVE OUR LOCAL RESOURCES COMMANDEERED BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR DRACONIAN POLICE ACTIONS. SO YOU KNOW, LITTLE EXCUSE ME THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN CHAMBERS OTHER THAN FROM
COUNCILORS. IF THERE IS THERE IS NO SPEAKING FROM THE FROM THE AUDIENCE EXCEPT FOR COUNCILORS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE SPEAKING. THAT IS A WARNING. THERE IS NO SPEAKING FROM THE
AUDIENCE COUNCILOR WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET LIKE THE BOSTON TRUST ACT IT IT DOESN'T STOP FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS FROM DOING THEIR JOBS . IT JUST MEANS OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS WHEN SOMEBODY DOES
NOT COMMIT A SERIOUS CRIME DOES NOT, YOU KNOW, LEND AID OR USE OUR RESOURCES TO AID IN THOSE REMOVALS. WE'RE ALSO WHO'S BE SUPPORTING THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT
WHICH IS PUT FORWARD BY SENATORS ADAM GOMES AND REPS. STEVE ROGERS AND FRANK MORAN, THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT. FIRST OF ALL, IMMIGRATION LAW IS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX. I HAVE WORKED ON IMMIGRATION
CASES. IT'S YOU NEED LIKE A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE TO TO TO HELP YOU GET ALL THE YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK JUST ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, WHO
NEEDS HELP. YOU NEED TO HAVE SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES FOR IT FOR THAT HELP AND YOU'RE IN A CIVIL LEGAL PROCEEDING. THIS BILL WOULD ESTABLISH A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO
COME IN THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR LOW INCOME IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS. YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO ADAM GOMEZ TODAY. YOU KNOW THIS THIS BILL IS IN THE SORT OF HASN'T EVEN BEEN
PUT INTO COMMITTEE YET BUT THIS THIS THIS BILL WOULD YOU KNOW, IS NOT DESIGNED TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
IT'S PRIMARILY ACCORDING TO SENATOR GOMEZ DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE SOLIDIFY THEIR STATUS. MAYBE THEY'RE HERE UNDER THE TPS PROGRAM. BUT FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S IN THIS
COMPLEX LEGAL PROCESS NOT BECAUSE OF CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A WORLD WHERE WE'RE JUST TARGETING IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BORN HERE, WE'RE
PROVIDING THEM WITH A PROGRAM THAT AGAIN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT THEM. THE THIRD ONE IS THE DIGNITY NOT DEPORTATIONS ACT WHICH AGAIN IS PUT UP BY SENATORS GOMEZ, SENATOR GOMEZ AND REPS.
BARBER AND ROGERS. SORRY, JUST ONE SENTENCE THE DIGNITY NOT DEPORTATIONS ACT WOULD JUST PROHIBIT STATE AND
STATE ACTORS IN MUNICIPAL ENTITIES FROM ENTERING INTO A COLLECT IMMIGRATION COLLABORATION OR DETENTION AGREEMENTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN OF THE TRUST ACT OR SAYING YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW OUR TOWNS TO SERVE AS DETENTION CENTERS FOR FOR IMMIGRANTS. I WOULD FIRST.
MADAM PRESIDENT, I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS A THIRD SPONSOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. OH, YEAH? WHAT CAN I DO THAT FIRST AND
THEN COUNCILOR WEBER SAYING SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL. I MEAN HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILMAN, HE ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I DO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIBERTIES AROUND RESOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF TIME IF YOU DID WANT TO. I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING I
WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS AND I KNOW COUNCILOR MEJIA WAS ALSO LEADING ON FILING THIS AND THIS
IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MATTER. I WANT TO THANK MIRA AND ACLU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. YOU'RE STILL HERE WITH US AS YOU WERE OUTSIDE WITH US FOR THE RALLY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHO ARE OUR
NEIGHBORS AND LIKE COUNCILOR WEBER SAID AND LIKE SENATOR ELDRIDGE SAID, THIS IS BUILDING OFF OF OUR WORK HERE THE TRUST ACT THAT WE HAVE PASSED TWICE HERE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THAT WE UNANIMOUSLY REAFFIRMED IN DECEMBER AND ALSO AS COUNCILOR WEBER STATED THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS ENSURING THAT
PEOPLE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE ABILITY TO GET THROUGH THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM ONE THING SENATOR ELDRIDGE, FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT
WORK THAT WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH OUR STATE OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT DONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. YES INDEED. WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH MIRA AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU TO GET
THIS TO THE FINISH LINE. SO THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR BOTH POLITICAL COURAGE AND FOR THE POLITICAL AND POLITICAL INTEGRITY. I OFTEN HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS THAT WE STAND WITH THEM AND THAT AND
THAT THEY'RE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. WELL, WE CANNOT SAY THAT. AND THEN WHEN WE GIVE OURSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO TAKE A VOTE AND VOTE ON BEHALF AND IN
SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS, WE OUGHT NOT TO THIS RESOLUTION DECLARING OUR SUPPORT FOR BILLS THAT WILL PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTIONS OF OUR IMMIGRANTS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
WHAT IT IS SAYING THAT HUNDREDS OF IMMIGRANTS YOU REPRESENT ARE ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED THAT YOU WISH TO BLOCK THIS IN A MATTER OF JUST TWO WEEKS WE ORGANIZED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO
SHOW UP HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE VERY IMMIGRANTS THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT AND TO NOT ALLOW DEMOCRACY TO PLAY OUT
IN THIS PLACE. IT'S SILENCING US FROM THE SIDELINES YET AGAIN. THE CITY OF BOSTON IS A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THIS COUNCIL TO SEE THE RESULTS OF A
CITY THAT WELCOMES ALL OF US. MANY OF US ARE HERE OUR CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS. MANY OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS OURSELVES AND LET US HONOR OUR ROOTS AND THE SPIRIT OF THIS COUNCIL BY BOLSTERING OUR
SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS INSTEAD OF UPHOLDING NORMS THAT AIM TO SHUT DOWN THE DOORS ON THEM. I KINDLY ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO NOT BLOCK THIS AND TO ALLOW US TO STAND UP AND TAKE A VOTE.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO REALLY START RECOGNIZING THAT THE RHETORIC THAT COMES IN AND OUT OF SPACES THAT ARE
POLITICAL DO HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IN THE WAY PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES OR FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UTILIZE OUR MICROPHONE TO BE
A BIT MORE COMPASSIONATE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO ARE LIVING IN FEAR AND THEY'RE BEING CRIMINALIZED AND THEY'RE
BEING TREATED AS THOUGH THE OTHER THING THAT WE LIKE TO DO HERE AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO STAND UNITED IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE THAT
WE ARE ALL LIVING IN RIGHT NOW. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW HATE TO DRIVE THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE THAT WE SEE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND WHILE I
APPRECIATE THE NEED TO POTENTIALLY WANT TO HAVE A HEARING AROUND THIS, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THIS CHAMBER THAT WE HAVE VOTED ON IN SUPPORT OF AND I THINK THAT
THAT'S THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT THIS MOMENT IS ASKING FOR. AND SO I AM GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO ALLOW US TO TAKE A VOTE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR MEJIA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE FROM WHEN YOU STARTED ON THE COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO WANT TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO PULL OUT OF ORDER AND I DID HAVE DOCKET
0616 WHICH I THINK WOULD HAVE WENT NICELY BEFORE THIS BUT WE WILL GET TO THAT LATER IN THE HEARING THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS LEGISLATION INCLUDING THE SAFE COMMUNITIES
ACT, THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT AND THE DIGNITY NOT DEPORTATION THAT ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE AND HAS NOT YET BEEN ENACTED INTO LAW. SIMILARLY, THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT AND THE DIGNITY NOT
DEPORTATIONS ACT ARE ALSO PENDING LEGISLATIVE ACTION GIVEN THE BOSTON CITIES COUNCIL'S ROLE AND IN ENACTING LOCAL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO
ENSURE THAT OUR ACTIONS ALIGN WITH EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. ACCORDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, RULES AND EMOTION ORDER A RESOLUTION THAT CONFLICTS WITH STATE OR FEDERAL LAW MAY BE
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND SHALL NOT BE FURTHER CONSIDERED EXCEPT UPON REPORT BY THAT COMMITTEE OR DECISION OF THE CHAIR THEREFORE TO PROCEED APPROPRIATELY I WOULD
RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING STEPS REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE MOVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AWAIT LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS,
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE SAFE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT, THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT AND THE DIGNITY NOT DEPORT HAITIANS ACT IN THE STATE LEGISLATOR IN ONCE THESE BILLS ARE ENACTED
INTO LAW, THE CITY CAN REVISIT THIS RESOLUTION TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH STATE LEGISLATION. THIS APPROACH, I BELIEVE, ENSURES THAT THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS ARE LEGALLY SOUND AND EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT OUR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT LAWS. THAT BEING SAID, I DO THINK WHAT'S BEING BOLD IS WHEN YOU STAND UP AND YOU ASK TO PAUSE
AND YOU ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND FROM THE SCRAMBLING THAT WENT ON AS THE COUNCIL MEETING STARTED I MANY PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT
GOING TO A VOTE AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO BLOCK THIS. I WILL ALLOW IT TO GO FOR A VOTE. BUT MY PLAN IS TO REFILE THIS AS A HEARING ORDER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MATTERS IF THEY'RE
FILED IN DIFFERENT FORMS CAN BE REVISITED. SO LIKE I SAID, I FILED DOCKET 0616 WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO COME UP FIRST BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH
GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING AND ADOPTION OF COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS IN THIS RESOLUTION I THINK IS A VERY CLEAR EXAMPLE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS BODY DESERVES ALL THE INFORMATION IT CAN GET ON ALL MATTERS.
SO I WILL REFILE THIS RESOLUTION AS A HEARING ORDER. THE COUNCIL MEETING I BELIEVE IS NOT THE TIME TO DISCUSS AND ASK QUESTIONS. A HEARING IS THE PLACE AND AS WE KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL
COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT HAVE GONE LATE INTO THE NIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING EXTENDED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THINGS I DO BELIEVE SHOULD BE IN THE HEARING SETTING. I ALSO WANT TO SAY AND I DON'T
I WILL NEVER VOTE PRESENT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A PRESENT VOTE EVER. I DO THINK WE'VE BEEN ELECTED TO TAKE HARD VOTES BUT MY NO VOTE TODAY ON THIS IS THAT I'M
GOING TO WAIT TILL I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION I NEED TO MAKE A SOUND AND EDUCATED DECISION ON THIS AND AT THAT POINT AFTER THE HEARING HAPPENS AND I LEARN MORE AND I FOLLOW CLOSELY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE
LEVEL, I CAN THEN SHARE WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. BUT A NO VOTE TODAY IS NOT THAT I'M AGAINST IT OR THAT I HAVE AN OPINION YET THAT I COULD FORM TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION.
IT'S SAYING NO THAT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD GO TO A VOTE. BUT I DO KNOW FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT EDDIE CRISPIN.
WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DYING LIBRARIAN WHO'S JUST ASKING FOR SICK DAYS AND MANY PEOPLE VOTED PRESENT BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT IT WASN'T OUR PLACE LEGALLY TO WEIGH IN.
SO I DO JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT'S WHERE I'M WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER ACTUALLY COMFORTABLY HASN'T SPOKEN
CAMERA PLENTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BEFORE I BEGIN MY COMMENTS, I DO WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO BE DISAGREEABLE TO MY COLLEAGUES. I DON'T WANT TO BE
DISRESPECTFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES. I RESPECTFULLY HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THE PROCESS SO I HOPE WE DON'T TAKE
THIS AS AS ANY WAY THAT I'M BEING DISAGREEABLE WITH ANYBODY LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES HERE. I SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES
AND THE FAMILY. I'M ALSO PROUD OF MY FAMILY'S COMMITMENT LONG TIME COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING IMMIGRANTS IN THE CITY. THE FACT THE IMMIGRANT GATEWAY
MEMORIAL WAS ENACTED BY MY FATHER, MAYOR FLYNN AS WELL AS THE IMMIGRATION RIGHTS UNIT NOW EXPANDED TO THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT TODAY
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN IN MY OPINION ONLY I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYONE BUT IN MY OPINION ONLY I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AND AT LEAST FIVE PIECES
OF LEGISLATION BEFORE VOTING ON IT. I THINK I THINK MYSELF I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION HERE AND LEARN THAT'S HOW I
BECOME A BETTER CITY COUNCILOR. I'M UNSURE IF A HEARING OR HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD YET AT THE STATE HOUSE AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION OR
TWO TO THE MAKERS JUST BECAUSE I DON'T I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THE IT SHOULD BE HELD IN THE COMMITTEE AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BACK AND
FORTH SO I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THAT. THIS LEGISLATION IN MY OPINION ONLY IT WILL IMPACT BOSTON RESIDENTS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT CITY DEPARTMENTS COULD THEY IMPACT? CERTAINLY THE BOSTON SCHOOLS, THE BOSTON POLICE, THE LAW DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT, THE BUDGET
DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SHEILA DOLAN'S HOUSING DEPARTMENT. I HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE IF WE DID HAVE A HEARING IT WOULD I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON HOUSING WHAT IMPACT WOULD THIS HAVE ON SOCIAL SERVICES? I SUPPORT THAT BUT I STILL
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE IMPACT IT HAS AS WELL. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BE DISAGREEABLE. I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN ON BEHALF
OF MY CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AS HIS COUNTERPART BEN THEN COUNCILOR BREADON AND THEN I'LL COME TO WHETHER YOU'LL HAVE THE FLOOR COUNCILOR AND THEN COMES FROM HERE. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR SERVER HERE AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR BEING PART OF THE ORGANIZING FOR TODAY'S RALLY OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.
I WAS PROUD TO STAND WITH YOU AND I HEAR AND RESPECT THE POINTS FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN. BUT THERE'S A BIGGER MESSAGE HERE THERE'S A FAR BIGGER
MESSAGE HERE THAT HAS TO DO NOW WITH LAW NOT WITH WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. IT'S ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM WASHINGTON DC TOWARDS PEOPLE THAT UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH THEY'RE SCARED WE KNOW THAT YES, WHEN WE MIGHT BE VOTING ON SOMETHING TODAY THAT IT'S STATE
LAW OR FEDERAL LAW AT THE END OF THE DAY THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON ARE SUFFERING. WE HAVE SO MANY IMMIGRANTS THAT RUN THIS CITY THAT MAKE THIS CITY'S PROUD. THIS CITY WAS BUILT ON IMMIGRATION.
THERE'S A PLAQUE OUTSIDE BY MAYOR FLYNN THAT SAYS THAT THIS CITY WAS BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROUD OF THAT AND WE KNOW THAT WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION WE CAN SEE THAT AS SAINT AUGUSTINE SAID, AN UNJUST LAW IS NO LAW
AT ALL AND I THINK THAT IT'S OUR JOB TO STAND UP FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW, TO STAND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SCARED AND TO CLARIFY THAT IT ISN'T WHEN IT'S NOT
JUST THE FOLKS THAT GOT HERE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO ON SOME ANY PROGRAM THAT YOU MAKE THINK ABOUT IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS THAT ARE QUESTIONING THEIR STATUS AT THE MOMENT.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST DO THIS WITH FAITH, DO THIS WITH MORALITY, WITH HUMANITY THAT THERE'S PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT ARE SUFFERING AT THIS MOMENT AND WE NEED TO STAND WITH THEM.
THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT SHOWING THEM THAT SUPPORT AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO STAND HERE AND WANT TO SUPPORT THIS. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND I'M GOING TO VOTE YES TO DO SO. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US ON THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO ORGANIZED THE DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT
OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ON THE PLAZA THIS MORNING. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR PEPEN THAT THIS IS A REALLY RESOLUTION.
IT IS A SYMBOLIC THING. RESOLUTIONS ARE JUST THAT JUST A RESOLUTION. I THINK IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE HOUSE THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US. IT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. AND I ALSO FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE SHADOWS IN OUR CITY,
THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WANT TO HIDE. THEY WANT TO BE FOR FULL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GO TO CHURCH, GO TO SCHOOL, GO TO THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITHOUT FEAR. AND SADLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW.
SO I WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. WE HAD A CASE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LAST WEEK OR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE A FATHER WAS GOING TO WORK HIS A
JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER. HE WENT TO WORK A HARDWORKING MAN WHO'S AN IMMIGRANT UNDOCUMENTED WHO WANTED TO GO TO WORK IS GOING TO WORK TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, HIS TWO
YOUNG KIDS TO TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS IN SCHOOL AND HE WAS A HE WAS PICKED UP BY ICE. HE'S NOT A CRIMINAL. HE'S JUST A HARDWORKING FATHER TRYING TO SUPPORT FAMILY AND MAKE A BETTER LIFE.
HE CAME FROM COUNTRY WHERE ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD AND HE CAME HERE TO MAKE A BETTER, SAFER LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY AND HE'S BEEN TAKEN OUT OF STATE.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. ALL OF THESE THESE NEW NEW LAWS THE THIS THE STATE HOUSE ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING WILL
WILL ENHANCE THE LIFE SAFETY OF OUR IMMIGRANTS IN OUR CITY AND ACROSS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS. THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN FROM THE AUDIENCE IF YOU SPEAK AGAIN
WE WILL REMOVE YOU FROM CHAMBERS WE IF YOU SPEAK AGAIN WE WILL REMOVE YOU FROM CHAMBERS COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE OUR SUPPORT. CAN WE CAN WE PLEASE REMOVE
FROM CHAMBERS WE ARE IN A BRIEF RECESS WE'RE GOING TO BE FECES
PLEASE REMOVE IT FROM CHAMBERS VERY MUCH CONCENTRATED FOR ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THAT YOU SUPPORT. WE ARE STILL IN RECESS BUT FOR
RECESS COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I FEEL I STAND AND SUPPORTIVE OF THESE THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANTS AND SO THEY CAN LIVE
IN DIGNITY WITHOUT FEAR AND THIS MOMENT WE'RE ALL ALMOST IN THE PROPERTY OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON ALL OF AREAS
OF OUR LIFE AND OUR GOVERNMENT ARE UNDER ATTACK. 80 YEARS OF PROGRESS ARE UNDER ATTACK AND IN THIS MOMENT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE THE THE SANCTITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR IMMIGRANTS IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS CHAOS. AND I THINK THE OTHER THING WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GIVE
OURSELVES HOPE FOR THE FUTURE BUT ALSO GIVE OUR IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING AND WORKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR COLLEAGUES WE
NEED TO GIVE THEM HOPE ALSO AND THIS IS A VERY, VERY I DON'T LIKE THE WORD DARK BUT THIS THIS IS A VERY, VERY DEPRESSING
MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND THIS IS PART OF STEPPING UP AND SENDING A MESSAGE TO OUR PEOPLE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNSELOR BRANDON, I THINK YOU FOR ALWAYS SPEAKING SO CLEARLY THIS ISSUE CATCH A COLD AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS PROUD TO ATTEND TODAY'S RALLY OUTSIDE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA
IN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED TO PUT IT TOGETHER. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DEMONSTRATION OF SOLIDARITY AND I HAVE GOTTEN HOPE FROM JUST SEEING THE SHEER NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. EAST BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD OF IMMIGRANTS. WE WERE CONSIDERED BOSTON'S ELLIS ISLAND WELCOMING
IMMIGRANTS FROM FIRST EASTERN EUROPE AND THEN WESTERN EUROPE AND NOW RECENTLY CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICA. AND YOU KNOW, I'M I AM PROUD TO
STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I THINK LAST LAST COUNCIL MEETING WAS AT LAST WEEK I HAD TALKED ABOUT
HOW I WAS GRIEVING OF THE REGRESSION OF OF CERTAIN ISSUES IN THIS SOCIETY IN THIS COUNTRY . I THINK LIKE EVEN IN THIS CHAMBER I AM SEEING SOME
REGRESSION THAT MAKES ME SAD AND I THINK THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING IN SHOULD DEMAND FROM THEIR LOCAL ELECTED LEADERS BECAUSE WE WORK FOR YOU AND
REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL PARTY WE REPRESENT YOU. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOU. WE ARE HERE TO PUSH FORTH AND ENSURE POLICIES THAT ENSURE
SAFETY, DIGNITY, RESPECT, JUSTICE AND THIS IS A SYMBOLIC VOTE BUT IT MEANS A LOT ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AND DEMAND COURAGE FROM YOUR
ELECTED DEMAND THAT THEY STAND ANCHORED IN THEIR VALUES THAT THEY SAY THEY HAVE AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND I'LL LEAVE IT THAT THANK YOU THANK YOU THAT AS OPPOSED TO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY MAJORITY ON
THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. NOT SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT I WANT TO BEGIN BY MAKING ONE THING CLEAR I RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO BOSTON.
THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR WORKFORCE AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE CITY AT A TIME WHEN IMMIGRATION POLICIES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ARE FAILING AND IN MANY CASES OUTRIGHT HARMFUL.
I UNDERSTAND WHY WE MUST ACT AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS AND RESOURCES. THE ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THIS RESOLUTION TODAY ARE COMPLEX AND THEY DESERVE A THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MURPHY THAT THOUGHTFUL POLICY MAKING REQUIRES DILIGENCE AND I BELIEVE THAT MOVING THIS TO A HEARING WOULD ALLOW US TO ENGAGE IN A MORE MEANINGFUL DIALOG THAT LEADS TO THE
STRONGEST AND MORE EFFECTIVE ACTION. FOR ME, MOVING THIS TO COMMITTEE IS AND HAVING A HEARING IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSITION OR DELAY. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING WE TAKE THE
TIME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL, FINANCIAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF THESE POLICIES. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HEAR FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING THOSE DIRECTLY.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I APPRECIATE THE URGENCY OF THIS SITUATION AND QUITE HONESTLY I LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF MY FRIEND COUNCILOR PEPEN IN VOTING WITH MORALITY AND IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE WILL
OF THE MAJORITY OF THIS PARTY IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ON A VOTE TODAY I WILL VOTE YES ON A RESOLUTION THIS RESOLUTION. HOWEVER, I DO ENCOURAGE ALL IN ALL FUTURE RESOLUTIONS AS WELL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
COUNCILOR MURPHY'S LATER HEARING FOR A ABOUT HOW WE USE RESOLUTIONS ON THE EDUCATION PRIOR RATHER THAN ASKING US AS A BODY TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FULLY VETTED OR THAT WE MAY NOT FULLY
UNDERSTAND AND COMPLETELY AS THE MAYBE THE MAKERS OF THE RESOLUTION FOR US TO VOTE ON IT. I'M TRYING TO AVOID THAT SITUATION AND IN THE FUTURE AND
AGAIN, I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT WHATEVER RESULT OF THE VOTE IS TODAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A HEARING ON IT AND DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE THIS TOPIC IS COMPLEX AND IT WILL NEED MORE CONVERSATION, MORE
THOUGHTFULNESS ON HOW WE AS THE CITY ALIGN WITH BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES AND HOW WE CAN BEST HELP FOLKS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THINK ACCOUNTABLE GERALD. I WILL JUST SAY THAT I DO
ALWAYS AND I AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT PEOPLE FEEL IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE TO ALWAYS TALK TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK TO YOUR COLLEAGUES LEAD SPONSORS,
CO-SPONSORS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU. TONS OF SHOUT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER AGAIN THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST JUST WANT TO THANK ALL
MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK COUNSELOR MURPHY IS ACCURATE. THESE ARE EARLY DAYS ON THESE STATE LAWS THAT ARE BEING
PROPOSED, BUT I THINK A RESOLUTION IS APPROPRIATE WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTING THEIR YOU KNOW ,THESE KINDS OF POLICIES AS THEY GET PUSHED FORWARD AND
HELP OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES MAKE THE ARGUMENT FOR WHY THIS IS NEEDED. I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE WE'RE DOING IT HERE. I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE WANT TO HAVE A HEARING ON WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE STATE HOUSE. RATHER I THINK YOU KNOW, AS A BODY WE SHOULD BE WE SHOULD BE MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY WE WANT TO SEE THIS WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES. EITHER WAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES
ON THIS ISSUE WHICH I THINK WE AGREE IS VERY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME. SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCILWOMAN HERE. GET THE LAST WORD HERE MAYBE, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL CALL ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS. CONSUMER ON LAW. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH COLLEAGUES PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING, NOT JUST BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILWOMAN HERE COUNCILOR MEJIA AGAIN FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO OFFER TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE WILL BE A
HEARING ON MARCH THE 10TH ON THE TRUST ACT AND WHILE THEY MAY NOT BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU WANT TO BE HAVING TODAY THAT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATIONS TO CONTINUE
REGARDING ISSUES OF SAFETY AND HOW WE SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY SO YOUR VOICES STILL CAN BE HEARD IN A DIFFERENT SPACE. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AND I'M GOING TO RISE AGAIN AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR NOT BLOCKING US AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT WE ALL DEEPLY
CARE ABOUT. AND YOU KNOW I WOULD NOT BE COUNCILWOMAN HERE IF I'M NOT ALWAYS THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO SAY SOME THAT MAY MAKE PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT THAT'S WHAT I DO IS THAT
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IS THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUES OF THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION OFTEN IT IS IMMIGRANTS OF COLOR THAT ARE UNDER ATTACK RIGHT NOW AND I THINK IT IS EASIER FOR US TO
STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANTS WHEN IT FEELS LESS CONTROVERSIAL. ALL RIGHT. AND RIGHT NOW I'M HERE TO SPEAK UNAPOLOGETICALLY FOR IMMIGRANTS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE UNDER ATTACK
AND THOSE ARE HAITIANS, VENEZUELANS YOU KNOW, DOMINICANS LIKE IMMIGRANTS OF COLOR AND WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE TO THEM THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MY
COLLEAGUES AGAIN WHEN WE SAY WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR PEOPLE, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT FIGHT LOOKS LIKE. SO I'M LOOKING FOR A OVERWHELMINGLY UNANIMOUS VOTE
ON THIS RESOLUTION AND THEN I'M ALSO LOOKING TO ALL OF YOU TO SHOW UP ON MARCH THE 10TH WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CHOICE THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK THE ISSUE IS BIGGER THAN THAN THAN MUNICIPAL LEVEL THAN US RIGHT TO
COUNCILOR MCGEE IS POINT WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION EUROPEANS COME IN THE SAME WITH THE SAME STATUS AS AN AFRICAN OR INDIAN OR SOUTH AMERICAN
THEY TYPICALLY HAVE TO CROSS OVER BECAUSE THE LOTTERY NUMBERS ARE VASTLY INEQUITABLE . SO EUROPEANS ARE ALLOWED MORE
WITH VISAS IN LONG TERM PERMANENT STATUSES AND WHEN THEY COME IN THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR STATUS AND SO THEY DON'T FACE THE SAME TYPICAL ISSUES
THAT FOLKS OF COLOR WOULD. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE FACING IMMIGRATION ISSUES, THE VAST MAJORITY ARE BLACK AND BROWN AND SO THE IMMIGRANT
POPULATION THEN BECOMES SORT OF NOTED OR KNOWN AS KNOW PEOPLE OF COLOR AND NOT SO LIKE YOU KNOW, BRAZIL EVERY ANYTHING SOUTH AMERICA ANYTHING CENTRAL
AMERICA, ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE BROWN WORLD WHEN THEY COME IN IT'S IT'S IT'S EASY FOR US TO STAND AND ONE SUPPORT AN ISSUE THAT YOU KNOW WE DON'T FEEL
THIS IS TOO CONTROVERSIAL IT'S CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE IT'S ON TV BUT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES IN THIS CHAMBER WHERE FOLKS HAD
A REALLY HARD TIME VOTING ON AND THEN YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BACK THEN FOLKS HAVING A A LOT OF REASONS WHY THEY WEREN'T
GOING TO SUPPORT CHILDREN BEING BOMBED AND TODAY IT'S EASIER TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT YOU KNOW YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS OR
SEATS ARE NOT AS COMPROMISED AND I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND I GUESS GRACE TO ALL OF YOU TO SAY THAT SITUATIONS ARE
DIFFICULT AND EVERYONE IS SORT OF IN THIS SELF PRESERVING MODE WHERE. YOU STAND UP AND YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE OF CERTAIN REASONS WHETHER IT
BE EDUCATING YOURSELVES MORE LEARNING BUT REALLY THERE ARE OTHER REASONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO SELF-PRESERVATION AND EVERY
SINGLE COUNSELOR HERE IS GUILTY OF IT INCLUDING MYSELF. SO I WOULD SAY NONE OF IT IS PERSONAL AND I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO JUST VOTE THE RIGHT WAY
BECAUSE OF PEOPLE SUFFERING. BEING AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF WHO FACED DEPORTATION AND BEING ON A LIST YOU ARE TARGETED.
YOU ARE PERSECUTED YOU ARE HUNTED DOWN. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. AND NOW YOU HAVE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS HERE, IRISH
CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS HERE AND A WEST INDIAN CHILDREN A CHILD OF IMMIGRANT HERE DOMINICAN, ITALIAN NOT ONE OF US ACTUALLY
IS QUOTE UNQUOTE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND IF YOU'RE A WHITE YOUR CHILD OF IMMIGRANT SO YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE ALL IMMIGRANTS IF YOU'RE NOT A NATIVE AMERICAN.
SO IT'S JUST AN INTERESTING, VERY OXYMORONIC CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AS THOUGH THAT THERE ARE OTHER SO THAT THEY'RE REMOVED FROM US FAR
REMOVED AND YET THERE WE ARE THEM. AND SO I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WALKS OUT OF HERE UNDERSTANDING THAT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN TO
PRESERVE YOURSELF, YOUR LIVELIHOOD, YOUR SEAT. UM, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND BUT I HOPE YOU VOTE THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, AND I FORGIVE YOU FOR NOT HAVING BOTH THE RIGHT WAY IN THE PAST WHEN IT WAS TO SAVE CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON OKAY, COUNSELORS WEBER
LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0619 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I MR COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE
ON MEMBER 0619 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A TO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FINANCIAL STANCE AND
COUNCILOR FINANCE STANCE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PEN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0619
HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR COURT CAN YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER ZERO 6 TO 2? DUNCAN EMMA ZERO 6 TO 2 COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE ROLL BACK
OF TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS FOR HAITIAN, VENEZUELAN AND OTHER DESIGNATED TWO COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR WORRELL MAY I JUST BEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION
COUNCILOR CLAYTON ZAPATA SO ADDED COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. WE TODAY HELD A RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND I WANT TO THANK
ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING THERE. I WANT TO THANK DR. GABO FOR BEING THERE. I WANT TO THANK PASSAIC HICKEY, THE HAITIAN-AMERICAN AND UNITED FOR BEING THERE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK LAWYERS
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS FOR FILING THE LAWSUIT TO PROTECT OUR VENEZUELAN AND OUR HAITIAN RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE IMPACTED NEGATIVELY BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO DENOUNCE TO TO CUT TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. LAST WEEK WE DENOUNCE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS IN RESPECT TO VETERANS. WE DENOUNCE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CUTS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND TODAY WE DENOUNCE THEIR ACTIONS. THE SPECTER CANCELING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR OUR
VENEZUELAN AND HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND SO THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE FOR THIS COUNCIL. WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMAN HERE
AT CASA CLAUDIA ZAPATA LAST TERM IN SUPPORT OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS DONE AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WANTED TO JOIN AS CO-SPONSORS
ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. PEOPLE WITH TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS ARE HERE LEGALLY. THEY ARE RESIDENTS ARE UPHOLDING OUR HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY. THEY ARE BUS DRIVERS.
THEY ARE THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN EVERY WAY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ECONOMY WHO HAVE LEGAL PERMISSION TO BE HERE, WHO HAVE IN EVERY WAY ARE PAYING TAXES AND WHO ARE RESIDENTS.
AND SO I WANT US TO NOT WAVER IN WHO WE ARE IN SUPPORTING TPS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FLEEING UNIMAGINABLE AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS. IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRAW BACK SO
TOO TO DIAL BACK A STATUS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO PEOPLE EXTENSIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN UNTIL NEXT YEAR. AND SO WE ARE HERE TO SAY THAT THOUSANDS OF HAITIANS AND VENEZUELAN TPS RECIPIENTS ALONG
WITH TPS HOLDERS FROM MANY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BECOME INTEGRAL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY AND THEY ARE PART OF OUR WORKPLACES THE EXTREME STRENGTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE TPS PROGRAM WAS EXTENDED TO
HAITI IN 2010 DUE TO ONGOING VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE THAT I AM SO SADDENED IS STILL HAPPENING TODAY. BEYOND WHAT PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE BEYOND WHAT ANYONE SHOULD HAVE
TO GO THROUGH AND WITHOUT DOING A COUNTRY'S ASSESSMENT ON THE CONDITIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST THAT HAVE WORSENED TO CANCEL TPS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE OF SO
MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF ME HERE AND COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON SPOKE TO THIS RACIAL ANIMUS IS BEHIND WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE. RACIAL BIAS ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BLACK AND BROWN IMMIGRANTS AND
PEOPLE WHO ARE TPS HOLDERS. CLOSE TO 500,000 HAITIANS NATIONWIDE DEPEND ON TPS PROTECTIONS AND VENEZUELAN NATIONALS NUMBERING UP TO 600,000 UNDER TPS HAVE FLED
SIMILAR SEVERE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL. AND SO I AM ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. I AM ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND WITH US AGAIN LIKE WE DID AT THE END OF LAST YEAR
WHEN COUNSELOR MARIA AND COUNSELOR COLLETTE ZAPATA AND MYSELF STOOD IN STRONG AFFIRMATION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. MAY WE DO SO AGAIN TODAY?
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY HAITIAN COMMUNITY I MISS THE PEOPLE THAT I KNEW FOUND MY BLACK COMMUNITY ON MY BACK AND BASKET KNEW MEN WHO LUCIA BASED ON OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WE ARE BOSTON HAITIAN VENEZUELAN,
COLOMBIAN, DOMINICAN WHEREVER YOU COME FROM THIS IS OUR COLLECTIVE CITY. THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT OUR MAYOR IS SENDING RIGHT NOW IN D.C. AND THAT IS A MESSAGE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T WORK HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT HELP OF OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS. AND SO THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MATTERS SO DEEPLY TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND ALWAYS CENTERING
US EVERY DAY IN THE WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MR PRESIDENT. UM, CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUE IN THIS FIGHT. WE WERE RECENTLY ON A PANEL DISCUSSION AROUND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOMINICAN AND AND HAITIANS AND WHENEVER I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RISE UP
IN SUPPORT OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, I ALWAYS SAY I KEEP PRESENTING BECAUSE IT IS MODELING THAT LEADERSHIP AND THAT BEHAVIOR THAT IS SO IMPORTANT IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP IN THAT SPACE AND I'M PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNSELOR COLETTA BECAUSE THIS
IS PERSONAL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY, OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS, OUR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, THE FOLKS WHO KEEP OUR RESTAURANTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES RUNNING.
THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY ROLLING BACK TPS FOR HAITIANS, VENEZUELANS AND SO MANY OTHERS IS NOT JUST CRUEL IT IS RECKLESS. IT PUTS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT RISK.
DEPORTATION PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS RAISING FAMILIES, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND BUILDING RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON. WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND STAY
QUIET WHILE FEDERAL POLICIES THREATEN TO TEAR FAMILIES APART AND DESTABILIZE OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. BOSTON IS A CITY BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS AND WE KNOW THAT OUR
STRENGTH IS IN OUR DIVERSITY AND. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SHOWING UP TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM. SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN STANDING UP SPEAKING OUT
AND SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE WILL NOT LET IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BE DISCARDED, DEVALUED OR DISRESPECTED. AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UPLIFT
AND UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF OUR MICROPHONE. I ALWAYS SAY THIS THAT I AM NOT YOUR VOICE. I AM YOUR MICROPHONE AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP OR TO SHOW
UP AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IN THIS MOMENT AND AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES. SO I AM HERE TO DO JUST THAT AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY
COLLEAGUES TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL'S CARLOTA ZAPATA COUNCIL AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH VICE CHAIR AND IT'S BEEN SO BEAUTIFULLY
ARTICULATED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS WORK BUT I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS PROUD TO REPRESENT MANY TPS HOLDERS IN BOSTON FROM HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, VENEZUELA AND HAITI AND SO MANY OTHER PLACES.
THESE FOLKS HAVE FLED ARMED CONFLICT RISK OF VIOLENT PERSECUTION, NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN CRISES. THEY ARE I THINK WE HAVE
450,000 TPS HOLDERS AND IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO STAND UP FOR THEM IN THE FACE OF THESE AGAIN REGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING PUT FORTH DOWN IN
WASHINGTON. A LOT OF THESE FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT ARE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VERY LUCKY TO HAVE GABRIELA RAMIREZ WHO IS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN HER OWN RIGHT FROM EAST BOSTON AND HER MOTHER IS A
TPS ORGANIZER AND ALONZO JULIO PEREZ SO MANY OTHERS BUT THEY ARE BUSINESS OWNERS. THEY PAY TAXES. I THINK IT'S MISINFORMATION THAT'S PUT OUT THERE THAT TPS HOLDERS OR IMMIGRANTS DON'T PAY TAXES. THEY DO.
AND SO FOR THE FOR THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SAY THAT WE ARE LEAVING YOU HIGH AND DRY EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE COME HERE IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE IN SEARCH OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY,
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY, THE CITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IT REALLY IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THEM. SO I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH THEM EVERY DAY AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I RISE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE ROLL BACK OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
FOR HAITIANS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR GREAT CITY. THIS RESOLUTION ADDRESSES A CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN AN ISSUE THAT PROFOUNDLY IMPACTS MANY RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY.
I KNOW I'VE SHARED THIS STORY BEFORE BUT I HAVE VISITED HAITI TWICE IN THE SEVENTIES I HAD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS AN AMBASSADOR. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND WITH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE SO THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS STAYS WITH ME AND MY FAMILY. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS HAS LONG BEEN A BEACON OF HOPE FOR INDIVIDUALS ESCAPING ARMED CONFLICTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS OR OTHER
EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS. TERMINATING TPS FOR NATIONS LIKE HAITI AND VENEZUELA WHICH CONTINUE TO FACE SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY CONTRADICTS THE PROGRAM'S FOUNDATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN INTENT. TPS RECIPIENTS ARE INTEGRAL TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY IN BOSTON AND ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS MANY HAVE RESIDED HERE FOR YEARS CONTRIBUTING AS BUSINESS OWNERS
,EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. REVOKING TPS COULD LEAD TO ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND DISRUPT THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. COURTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED THE TERMINATION
OF TPS. NOTABLY, LAWSUITS HAVE CHALLENGED ABRUPT ENDINGS OF TPS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALITIES, ARGUING THAT SUCH ACTIONS LACKED ADEQUATE JUSTIFICATION IN VIOLATION
PROCEDURAL NORMS. BOSTON WITH ITS RICH TAPESTRY OF CULTURES STANDS TO LOSE SIGNIFICANTLY IF TPS IS RESCINDED. THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD STRAIN PUBLIC
SERVICES, HOUSING MARKETS AND LOCAL ECONOMIES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WE'LL LOSE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS. THIS COUNCIL HAS A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING TPS HOLDERS IN
2024. WE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION URGING FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO EXTEND TPS RECOGNIZING THE INVALID DOUBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO OUR CITY'S FABRIC.
BY ENDORSING THIS RESOLUTION I BELIEVE WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMANITARIAN VALUES, PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND ENSURE THE CONTINUED POSITIVE PARITY AND DIVERSITY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. SO I AM PROBABLY GOING TO BE VOTING YES ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PEPEN, COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUBMITTING THIS RESOLUTION . I WAS DEFINITELY SOMEONE THAT WANTED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE PROUD COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT IN DISTRICT FIVE. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN
INTRODUCED ALREADY BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO DR. GABOR AND PASTOR KIKI WHO ARE JUST SO STRONG COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT FIVE. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS WITH
WHAT TPS STATUS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE VERY SCARED AND I KNOW I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS ALSO TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR HER LEADERSHIP THAT SHE DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S ADVOCATING FOR THEM.
AND MY OFFICE HAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS OF PARENTS THAT ARE SCARED TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN WE HAVE THE MARATHON SCHOOL WHICH IS THE FIRST DUOLINGO PROGRAM OF TO LEARN
HAITIAN CREOLE AND ENGLISH IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER OF WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PARENTS FEEL SUPPORTED WHEN THEY'RE
SENDING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO PUT FORWARD THAT NO MATTER YOUR STATUS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WITH TPS BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE LEGALLY PROTECTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE TAKING THAT BACK FROM THEM AFTER WE KNOW THAT THEY LEFT THEIR COUNTRIES BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED AND
INSTABILITY AND THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY CHOSE BOSTON AS THEIR NEW HOME. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND I URGE OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO WORK
ON A PROGRAM TO GIVE MEMBERS OF THOSE THAT HAVE A TPS STATUS TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO BECOME U.S. CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING HERE, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR TAXES. I KNOW A FAMILY THAT HAS HAD
TPS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW AND THEY OWN BUSINESSES AND THEY PAY THEIR TAXES. THEY OWN A HOME AND THEY'RE STILL NOT U.S. CITIZENS. LET'S MAKE SURE WE WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE SPONSORS OF THIS.
I WILL BE VOTING YES TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
SOMETHING THAT'S PERSONAL TO ME AND 2009 AND 2010 I WAS DEPLOYED MEETING I WAS LIVING IN CUBA FOR 13 MONTHS ON THE
SOUTHERN SOUTHERN PART OF CUBA AND GUANTANAMO AND IT'S PROBABLY 70 OR 80 MILES OR SO FROM HAITI.
AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME I WAS IN GUANTANAMO WHEN THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE HIT AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CERTAINLY THE
SURVIVORS BUT THOSE THAT WERE LOST IN THAT TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE U.S.
MILITARY THAT PROVIDED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE DURING THAT CRITICAL PERIOD IN THE CLOSEST AIRPORT TO PORT AU PRINCE IS ACTUALLY
GUANTANAMO. ONE OF THE CLOSEST I SHOULD SAY IS GUANTANAMO. BUT THE CLOSEST PORT REALLY IS GUANTANAMO AND THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD GET SUPPLIES INTO PORT AU
PRINCE WAS THROUGH TO THIS BASE. BUT I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RELIEF EFFORTS AND I DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE MYSELF BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
OTHERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS RELIEF EFFORT AND THE WORK THEY DID TO ENSURE THAT FOOD MEDICINE SUPPLIES COULD GET TO
PORT AU PRINCE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET THERE ANY OTHER WAY. BUT SENDING THEM THROUGH OR SENDING AN AIRPLANE SO THAT THEY COULD LAND AT THE AIRBASE
AND THEN BE TRANSPORTED BY NAVY SHIP AND TO PORT AU PRINCE. SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE RED CROSS, THE INTERNATIONAL
RED CROSS FOR THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT THEY PROVIDED ESPECIALLY DURING A DIFFICULT PERIOD OF TIME IN HAITI THAT CAN ASSIST YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF FINANCE ANDERSEN COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT I KNOW THAT
ARE DEALING WITH A LOT RIGHT NOW MOLLY, PIOTR, CLAUDIA AND RICO. YOU'RE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE
BEGAN. I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS OUT OF MY IGNORANCE OF THE LOVE FOR ZOUK THAT I STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE HAITIANS. AND THEN I REALIZED THAT BICKERSTAFF IS NOT FROM HAITI.
SO EITHER WAY IT LED ME TO HAITI AND MY AFFINITY TO HAITIAN PEOPLE IS AND BUT I DO HAVE TO BE SERIOUS IN THIS OF COURSE I'M RISING IN SUPPORT.
JUST WANTED TO BRING A LITTLE LIGHT TO THIS. I MET SOME FRIENDS OF MINE A FEW MONTHS AGO IN DOING SOME FUNDRAISING OR DONATION DRIVES
TO THESE HOTELS AND THEN STARTED WORKING ON PROJECTS LIKE WHERE WE GO PLACES AND DO THINGS FOR PEOPLE AND SOME OF THE STORIES THAT YOU HEAR
YOU YOU HAVE NO YOU'RE NOT READY TO RECEIVE IT AT THIS ONE OF THE ONE OF THESE FRIENDS THAT I'VE LISTED SHOWED ME A PICTURE AND WAS JUST TELLING ME ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS
SON AND HIS SON AND HE'S ONLY HE'S JUST 28. THEY'RE IN A SHELTER AND HE SAID I SAID WHAT ABOUT WHERE WHO ARE THEY WITH THAT WAS MY SISTER.
OKAY. BUT WHERE THE SISTER LIVES BUT THEY LOST THEIR HOME AND THIS IS ALL IN PORTUGUESE BY THE WAY BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK HAITIAN CREOLE. AND SO THEY'RE EXPLAINING TO
ME AND THEN HE SAID WELL HERE SEE I SAID WHERE'S YOUR BROTHER? HE SAID SEE, I TOLD YOU MY BROTHER'S GONE. AND IN HIS LITTLE PORTUGUESE I UNDERSTOOD THE BROTHER WAS GONE WHEN I SAW A PICTURE OF A BURNT
BODY OF HIS BROTHER AND SO TO BE ABLE TO THE ONLY PROOF THAT YOU HAVE IS FOR SOMEONE TO SEND YOU A PICTURE OF YOUR BROTHER A
BURNED BODY OVERSEAS AND ALL YOUR MISSION IS TO WORK TO TO BE ABLE TO SEND ENOUGH MONEY TO FIND A NEW SHELTER FOR YOUR BABIES SO THAT THEY CAN EAT AGAIN.
YOU YOU WE HAVE NO IDEA LIKE THESE MANY OTHER IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS THAT I USED TO WORK WITH AND STORIES THAT I THAT I HAVE AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE
HAVE THESE STORIES BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT THEM OUT BECAUSE JUST THIS WEEKEND I WAS WITH THEM IN APPLYING FOR JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE
IN OUR COZY SEATS AND THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE SAY IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT ENOUGH A RESOLUTION IS NOT ENOUGH. BUT I HOPE THAT IT BRINGS SOME
SORT OF COMFORT TO PEOPLE'S HEARTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT BOSTON IS WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER?
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA AND COUNCILOR COLLETTE ZAPATA FOR INDUCING THIS RESOLUTION IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES MANY
IMMIGRANTS PARTICULARLY HAITI AND VENEZUELA FACE PROFOUND UNCERTAINTIES DUE TO RECENT POLICY CHANGES. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THESE COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
ORGANIZATIONS AT THE CENTER OF THIS FIGHT AND YOU GUYS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS FIGHT FOR A LONG TIME FOR PROVIDING CRUCIAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES AND COUNCILOR.
PEPEN REMINDED ME OF A EXPERIENCE I HAD AT ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT I WENT TO IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN I WAS LEAVING ON MY WAY OUT ONE OF THE TEACHERS RAN OUT OF THE
ROOM, STOPPED ME AND THE PRINCIPAL WAS YOU KNOW, NEXT CLOSE TO TEARS AND SHE SAID THAT ONE OF HER STUDENTS OR TWO OF HER STUDENTS CAME UP TO HER
AND SAID I PROBABLY WON'T SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND THAT WAS THE FEAR THAT A LOT OF OUR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WERE FACING BECAUSE OF THE REGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT ARE
COMING FROM WASHINGTON. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING FROM OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND FROM THESE THIS BODY ON YOU KNOW, US BEING
LEADERS AND NOT THE FOUR AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE LINE OF DEFENSE WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT THESE RESOLUTIONS SPEAK VOLUMES TO OUR TO OUR TEACHERS, TO OUR
STUDENTS AND TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING BOSTON CONTINUES TO BE A WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE
CITY FOR ALL AND YOU KNOW, LIKE COUNCILOR ME HERE SAYS ALL MEANS ALL. SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE OH YEAH ADD THE NAME JUST WHEN
ANYONE LIKE TO ADD A NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY,
COUNCILOR PEPEN, CASA SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE ME AND COLETTE AS A PART TO SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0622 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF C.I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0622
COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A YES COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS COUNCIL FERNANDA SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES. COUNCIL HAVE BEEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
TALKING MEMBER 0622 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0622 HAS BEEN ADOPTED MR. CLERK
THREE THREE DOCKET NUMBER 0611 DUNCAN EMMA 0611 COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS FOR JUST MELLO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE HOME OF PETITIONS. SORRY, COUNCILOR, ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THIS HOME RULE PETITION SEEKS AN AGE WAIVER FOR YOU SO MELO ALLOWING HER TO FULFILL HER LIFELONG DREAM OF BECOMING A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. GISELE IS A 42 YEAR OLD COMBAT VETERAN WHO HAS
DEDICATED NINE YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE US ARMY. BRING IN DISCIPLINE, LEADERSHIP AND RESILIENCE QUALITIES THAT WILL MAKE HER AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFICER. SHE'S A MAN COME TO GRADUATE OF UMASS BOSTON, FLUENT IN
SPANISH AND ENGLISH AND DEEPLY COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY POLICING DESPITE SETBACKS INCLUDING A PREGNANCY AND AN INJURY THAT DELAYED HER PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS, SHE HAS NEVER GIVEN UP ON
SERVING OUR CITY AT A TIME WHEN BOSTON IS FACING POLICE STAFFING SHORTAGES. GRANTING THIS WAIVER WOULD ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO GAIN A HIGHLY QUALIFIED, DEDICATED AND MISSION DRIVEN RECRUIT.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR A SUSPENSION IN PASSAGE OF THIS HOME RULE PETITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN IS THIS CONTRACT THAT IS THE PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE TO SUPPORT THE MAKER'S REQUEST FOR
PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET AS WE AWAIT PASSAGE FROM THE STATE HOUSE OF A PREVIOUS HOME RULE PETITION THAT THIS COUNCIL PASSED AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR THAT INCREASES THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR THE
BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A WAY TO RECRUIT AND AND GET MORE FOLKS ON THE POLICE FORCE. SO I WILL BE RECOMMENDING PASSAGE ON THIS DOCKET AND THE NEXT OFFICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, BECAUSE
THAT IS ABOUT THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL. PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR. WE'RE ALL FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD 1 TO 1 TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL. WE'RE ALL FOR DOING THAT.
WE WE MUST BE A BODY THAT SUPPORTS RETURNING VETERANS AND THIS IS JUST ONE WAY WE CAN DO IT AND IT'S A SMALL WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT A VETERAN. MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL WHERE ELSE? SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0611. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I'LL SAY NAY.
MR QUIET, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND MEMBER 0611 COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR CLOSE A PART OF COUNCILOR CLOSE PARTY YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. HOUSE FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES.
COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER? YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR YES.
NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0612 LUCKY NUMBER
0612. COUNCIL WE'RE ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIRED FOR POLICE
OFFICERS FOR JONATHAN TELFORD. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUTCOMES WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS HOME RULE PETITION SEEKS AN AGE WAIVER FOR JONATHAN TELFORD ALLOWING HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A
BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JONATHAN. HE'S A 42 YEAR OLD BOSTON NATIVE BOSTONIAN WHO HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE WHICH
MATCHES A DEGREE IN BOTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN SERVICES. HE HAS DEVELOPED A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICY, SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH A COMBINATION THAT WILL MAKE
HIM AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFICER. INSTEAD OF APPLYING EARLIER HE CHOSE TO INVEST TIME IN HIS COMMUNITY, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND GAIN FIRSTHAND INSIGHT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES TO ENSURE HE WOULD ENTER THE
PROFESSION AS A WELL-ROUNDED LEADER AND ADVOCATE SOME SEEKING SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE FOR THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL RL SEEK SUSPENSION OF COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR ROLE FOR SHARING THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AND HOW THEY'RE WONDERFUL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PASSAGE TO COME UP. IN THE PAST WE'VE CALLED THEM IN AND IT'S VERY VULNERABLE FOR THEM AND I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A MUCH MORE RESPECTFUL WAY KNOWING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MET WITH THEM, TALK TO THEM IN
SHARING THEIR, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY'VE ALREADY MADE. SO DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD AND MAYBE MAKING SURE ALL OF US ADVOCATE THAT THAT GETS PASSED UP AT THE STATE HOUSE BECAUSE US AS A BODY DEFINITELY IS SAID
TO JUST RAISE THE AGE OVERALL BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY WILLING AND ABLE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO JOIN OUR POLICE FORCE WHICH WE KNOW WE NEED MORE OF THEM. SO THANK YOU. OKAY.
UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBERS COUNCIL WAREHOUSING, SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0612.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DUCK NUMBER 0612. COUNCILOR BREEN. COUNCILOR BREADON.
YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCIL CLOSE. A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FINANCIAL SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY AS COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN YES. COUNCILOR HAVE A PEN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER? YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL?
YES. COUNCILOR WU, YES. TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0612 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
THAT THE NUMBERS 0613 DUCK NUMBER 0613 COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AND RELATIVE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL. THANK YOU THE CHAIR OF THIS
COUNTY THAT AS A PARTY THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY I AM PROUD TO PROPOSE A HOME RULE PETITION SEEKING TO MODERNIZE AND REFORM THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS IN BOSTON. THIS LEGISLATION AIMS TO
IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY REPRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE BOARD ENSURING A FAIRER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE ZONING APPEALS PROCESS FOR ALL RESIDENTS. A NEW ITERATION OF THIS PROPOSAL WILL EMBED STRONGER
COUNCIL OVERSIGHT OF THE INDEPENDENT BOARD REQUIRING MEMBERS TO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR VARIANCES GRANTED IN DEVIATION FROM HARDSHIP STANDARDS BOTH IN STATE LAW AND IN BOSTON ZONING CODE.
ADDITIONALLY, IT SEEKS TO EXPAND THE BOARD BY ADDING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPERT A CIVIL RIGHTS EXPERT AS WELL AS REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH A HOMEOWNER AND A RENTER. THE ZBA, AS WE ALL KNOW, PLAYS
A CRITICAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND INFLUENCE HOW OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS EVOLVE. BY ENACTING THESE REFORMS WE ARE CREATING NECESSARY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT OF A ZONING
BOARD OF APPEALS PROCESS THAT ENSURE ALL RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE IN SHAPING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ZONING DECISIONS REFLECTING THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF PEOPLE WHO CALL BOSTON HOME. THIS HOME RULE PETITION COMES
FOLLOWING CONCERNS WITH THE LIMITED OVERSIGHT OF ZONING VARIANCES AND DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS. WITH NO FORMAL MECHANISM TO ASSESS COMPLIANCE WITH HARDSHIP STANDARDS ADDITIONALLY, THIS
COMES FROM MONTHS OF FRUSTRATION ON BEHALF OF MYSELF FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF VARIANCES FOR PROJECTS THAT DISREGARD PLAN EAST BOSTON A ZONING PLAN DEVELOPED OVER FIVE YEARS IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SHAPE BOSTON'S FUTURE AND ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE AND PREDICTABLE FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT. IT SHOULD ALSO BE SAID IN 2021
THIS COUNCIL APPROVED A SIMILAR DOCKET SPONSORED BY MY PREDECESSOR. HOWEVER, THIS GOES A BIT FURTHER TO EMBED COUNCILOR OVERSIGHT AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL IF IT IS PASSED THE BOARD WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO PRODUCE AND PUBLISH A REPORT TO THIS BODY THAT WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WITH A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF EACH VARIANCE THAT DOES NOT MEET THE HARDSHIP STANDARDS SET FORTH IN STATE
LAW OR ZONING CODE. IT ALSO CREATES AN ESTABLISHED A VARIANCE REVIEW PANEL WHERE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY THE INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS A ZONING OR IN REAL ESTATE EXPERT WILL REVIEW AND AUDIT THE VARIOUS VARIANCE APPROVALS AND ISSUE FINDINGS ON COMPLIANCE WITH
ZONING LAWS AND EQUITY IN THE APPLICATIONS OF VARIANCES ACROSS THE CITY. BOSTON. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT MY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CALLING FOR AND IS BOSTON AGAIN JUST GIVEN
THE COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR NEW ZONING THAT WE JUST CREATED TOGETHER. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MANY DISCUSSIONS, HEARINGS, WORKING SESSIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
PARTICIPATION FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR AS A PART OF THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CATCH MEJIA BECAUSE OF ME HERE IN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR. I'M SO GLAD THAT FOR BRINGING THIS I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE
US HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FOLKS WHO HAVE TRIED TO PASS GO THROUGH THE ZONING
PROCESS AND HAVE BEEN MET THROUGH RESISTANCE. I ALWAYS GO BACK TO CHAVEZ AND HIS EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IT WASN'T UNTIL
WE STEPPED INTO THE PROCESS AND HELPED HIM UNDERSTAND KIND OF LIKE THE WAY OTHER FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR APPROVAL PROCESSES. AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE GOING TO AUDIT AND REVISE
HOW WE DO THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS PARTICULARLY FOLKS WHO HAVE LANGUAGE ACCESS ISSUES IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO
HAVE NOW STARTED TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF BUILDING AND YOU KNOW, CREATING EIGHT ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS OR MAYBE EVEN JUST ALL THIS STUFF. RIGHT.
I THINK THAT GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO OR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE OVERSIGHT I THINK WILL GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL MORE LIKE THEY CAN TRUST THE PROCESS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU BRINGING THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MEJIA. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON FITZGERALD. MAHELA PIPPEN. SANTANA.
SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 06138 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
MR QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 06140614 COUNCILOR OF THE PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FAIR AMOUNT OF ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT IN HYDE PARK.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PIPPEN. PEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS THE SECOND OR AS A CO-SPONSOR I'M SO ADDED CAVS REP AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. TODAY I'M FILING A HEARING ORDER TO BEGIN THE PROCESS
OF RECOGNIZING A VERY IMPORTANT ARTS AND CULTURAL QUARTER IN MY DISTRICT FAIRMONT AV AND HYDE PARK IS ONE OF THE OLDEST COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS IN BOSTON'S YOUNGEST NEIGHBORHOOD
AND HAS BEEN A CENTRAL VEIN IN HIGH PARTS ECONOMY AND TONY'S BAKERY INTRIGUING HERE LINCOLN CAREY VENUE PARK 54 THE MANY THEATERS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE
WELL-KNOWN HYDE PARK BUSINESSES AND EACH OF THEM LOCATED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF FAIRMOUNT AVENUE. WHAT IS EXTRA SPECIAL IS THE NUMBER OF ARTS INSPIRED BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CALL FAMILY LOVE IN NEARBY
STREETS. CALL THE RIVERSIDE THEATER WORKS CANVAS STUDIO BOSTON AND THE SWITCH CALL UP ARE JUST A FEW OF THE BUSINESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A STRONG ARTS COMMUNITY IN HYDE PARK AND WE
CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER TO ELEVATE THESE IMPORTANT SECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SAFEGUARD THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK PAT TIERNEY AND INSIGHT REALTY AND MS. MARIETTA
FEENEY OF RIVERSIDE THEATER WORKS FOR PASSIONATELY ADVOCATING FOR FAIRMONT OUT TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL DESIGNATION AS AN ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT. HYDE PARK IS GOING TO SEE A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE COMING YEARS
AND MY HOPE IS THAT THIS DESIGNATION CENTERS ART CULTURE AND HISTORY AND WHATEVER CHANGES COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR RIBBON THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE COURSE CORNERS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A COMMERCIAL CENTER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND FROM THE SWITCH CO-OP WHERE I BUY ARTWORK TO THE RIVERSIDE THEATER WORKS WITH THEY HAVE GREAT, GREAT SHOWS TOO.
OUR RESTAURANTS PARK 54 IN TURN IS VACCARO RINCON. SO MANY THAT ARE RIGHT THERE THEY ARE DOING SUCH GREAT WORK AND HAVING THEM AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT WOULD HELP TO PROVIDE
THEM WITH MORE SUPPORT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE GREAT COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE DOING THE WORK TO BRING OUT THE ARTS IN HYDE PARK AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO
MANY AND KIDS WHO GO TO THE RIVERSIDE THEATER WORK THERE'S SO MANY ARTISTS WHO FIND HOME ENJOY AT THE SWITCH CO-OP. SO I WANT TO THANK COUNTY REP AND FOR FILING THIS AND SEEING
WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THAT LITTLE VERY SPECIAL CORNER OF HYDE PARK THAT IS FAIRMONT AVENUE THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO THANK COUNCILOR PEPEN.
I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER LITTLE SPOT ON FAIRMOUNT AVENUE AS A DESIGNATION FOR AN ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT. THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB THERE WITH ALL OF THE CURRENT SMALL BUSINESSES. THE THEATER WORKS.
THEY DO WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS IN THAT AREA. AND ONE THING I DID LEARN EARLY ON WHEN I CAME ON THE COUNCIL THAT THERE'S VERY FEW ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR CITY AND THEY DO
LIKE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE JUST MENTIONED THIS WILL GIVE THEM SOME BENEFITS AND SUPPORT TO GROW THAT WONDERFUL ARTS AND CULTURE THEY HAVE THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A STRONG DISTRICT COUNCILOR AND ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
I'M IN FULL SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THIS ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CASTLE PIPPIN GREAT FILE. OF COURSE I AM IN SUPPORT.
I RISE JUST TO EXPRESS HOW THIS CAN ALL CONNECT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS PRESENTED HERE IN BOSTON OF CREATING THESE DIFFERENT SECTORS BUSINESS CORRIDORS RATHER OUR
CORRIDORS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS WHERE WE CAN CONNECT. FOR EXAMPLE YOUR DISTRICT OR YOUR ART DISTRICT TO OUTCOMES CORNER OUR DISTRICT TO NUBIAN
SQUARE, OUR DISTRICT AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. BUT NOT ONLY THAT BUT CREATING THAT YOU KNOW THE TOUR BUS THAT I MENTIONED, THE BACK AND FORTH CREATING THAT CROSS MARKETING OPPORTUNITY, CROSS-CULTURAL
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT RACES AND BACKGROUNDS CAN INTERACT ON THESE VENTURES HOPEFULLY ALL CONNECTED TO THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF REVENUE WHICH IS TOURISM.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THIS AND DIGITIZE THIS IN A WAY THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE AND MAKE IT MAKE IT MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S EQUITABLE BUT IT'S ALSO A BEAUTIFUL THING BECAUSE YOU GET TO NOT ONLY ACTIVATE ART INSTALL ARTS BUT ALSO PRESERVE
SPACE CULTURE AND HISTORY AND IDENTITY HOPEFULLY FIGHTING DISPLACEMENT ON SOME LEVELS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD. MCGWIRE. MURPHY. FLYNN.
SANTANA OC THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0614 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND SO CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
NUMBER 0615.0615 COUNCILOR CLEAN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES TNC WAY THE
CITY OF BOSTON IN BOSTON PORT POLICE DEPARTMENT THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRAFLOW AND CONTROL PLAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TODAY I'M FILING A HEARING ORDER TO DISCUSS REGULATING
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES TNC BY THE CITY IN BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TNC HAVE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR OVERALL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
WE SEE THEM ON OUR STREETS EVERY DAY. MANY USE THESE RIDE SHARERS SUCH AS UBER OR LYFT WHILE VERY CONVENIENT.
WE HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT THIS EVOLVING INDUSTRY AND THE CHALLENGES IT POSES ON PUBLIC SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
LET ME FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY. LAST WEEK A YOUNG WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY HER RIDESHARE DRIVER WHEN TRAVELING FROM AN ESTABLISHMENT
RESTAURANT IN SOUTH BOSTON TO HER HOME IN SOUTH BOSTON. THE DRIVER IS CURRENTLY HELD WITHOUT BAIL. THE 2018 DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH EXPOSING HIMSELF IN THE
DOWNTOWN CROSSING AREA 2015. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED RAPE, KIDNAPING, ASSAULT AND BATTERY. AS A CITY WE MUST ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS
WHO USE RIDESHARE SERVICES CURRENTLY MASSACHUSETTS REQUIRES A TWO STEP BACKGROUND CHECK FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DRIVE FOR A RIDESHARE COMPANY. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO
REQUIREMENT FOR RIDESHARE DRIVERS TO UNDERGO FINGERPRINTING OR READ THE LAW TO REGISTER WITH THE BOSTON WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON AND OR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN NEW YORK CITY FOR EXAMPLE
RIDESHARE, DRIVERS ARE REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN THE TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION TLC TO SUBMIT THEIR FINGERPRINTS IN ADDITION TO
BACKGROUND CHECKS IN MASS. AND HERE IN BOSTON, THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES IS THE BODY THAT REGULATES T AND C'S. BUT I THINK THERE IS A
PRECEDENT FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PLAY A LARGER ROLE IN REGULATING AND PROVIDING OVERSIGHT ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES REGARDING THIS IN OUR CITY.
THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HACKNEY CARRIAGE UNION OVERSEES TAXI CABS IN THE CITY AND I BELIEVE A IS WARRANTED WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS TO EXPLORE THE MERITS OF TRANSFERRING PUBLIC
SAFETY AND OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. AS I MENTIONED CURRENTLY THAT JURISDICTION IS WITH THE STATE WITH THE STATE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
BOSTON POLICE DOES NOT THEM RIDE SHARES ARE NOW THE RIDERSHIP IS NOW BACK ON THE RISE GIVEN THAT 18 MILLION
RIDERS RIDES ORIGINATED FROM BOSTON 50,000 PER DAY WITH 13 MILLION RIDES BEING LOCAL TRIPS GIVEN THE SHEER VOLUME OF RIDE SHARES THAT OPERATE IN BOSTON, WE NEED STRONGER MUNICIPAL
OVERSIGHT ON T AND C'S INCLUDING THE FORM OF A PERSONAL REGISTRATION, LICENSE AND FEE FOR DRIVERS TO OPERATE IN BOSTON DUE TO CONTINUED PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS IT IS
WORTHWHILE TO DISCUSS PROHIBITING OUT-OF-STATE OPERATORS FROM RIDE SHARING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DUE TO OUR EXISTING TRAFFIC CRISIS THE
LACK OF DESIGNATED TNC PICK UP AND DROP DROP OFF AREAS OR ADHERENCE TO THEM OFTEN RESULTS IN VEHICLES PULLING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET HIGHLIGHTING THE SAFETY RISK FOR ALL OF ROAD USERS DUE TO
BLOCK TRAVEL. IT'S AND HERE'S MY FINAL POINT AND I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH THE BOSTON POLICE DOES NOT HAVE
JURISDICTION OR OVERSIGHT ON UBER AND LYFT AND WHETHER IT'S MAJOR CITIES OR MAJOR STREETS I SHOULD SAY SUCH AS BROADWAY OR OTHER AREAS OF BOYLSTON STREET
AND NEWBURY STREET, I OFTEN SEE IF I'M OUT WITH MY WIFE AT TIMES ON BROADWAY I OFTEN SEE RIDESHARE VEHICLES PULL UP TO A RESTAURANT AND MOST YOUNG WOMAN
WILL GET IN. SOMETIMES THEY'LL BE FOUR OR FIVE SUVS WAITING FOR SOMEONE THAT ORDERED A RIDESHARE UBER OR LYFT AND THE PERSON UNFORTUNATE THEY MIGHT BE UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND THEY WILL KIND OF JUMP IN AT TIMES THAT I HAVE SEEN JUMP INTO AN SUV AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE ONE THEY HAD. I THINK THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE
PRACTICE. I KNOW IT'S NOT SUPPORTED BY MANY PEOPLE BUT I DO THINK BOSTON POLICE NEED TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE JURISDICTION AND OVERSIGHT AND
SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND IT'S SOMETHING AGAIN WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO CITY OFFICIALS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THIS ISSUE
AND I'M GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW AND I JUST CAN'T SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT AND I HOPE I'M NOT OFFENDING ANYBODY BUT IT'S JUST
SOMETHING I CAN'T LET GO OF UNTIL THAT CHANGES IS MADE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YEAH.
THANK YOU TO THE THE THE I DON'T KNOW THE MAKER BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S IS A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR HOW TO, YOU KNOW, REGULATE THIS INDUSTRY AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THAT'S FOR THESE COMPANIES TO CLASSIFY THEIR THEIR DRIVERS AS EMPLOYEES THEY'RE CLEARLY EMPLOYEES OF UBER AND LYFT THIS THEY WOULD NOT YEAH THESE PEOPLE MAKE MINIMUM WAGE WHILE
UBER AND LYFT MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU KNOW WITH THIS THIS WORKFORCE THAT WE'VE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO BE MISCLASSIFIED BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES ARE SO HUGE AND THEY
PROVIDE A CHEAP BENEFIT TO THE CITY SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR PROPER CLASSIFICATION OF THE DRIVERS. THE DRIVERS WILL BE PROTECTED AND THE COMPANIES WILL BE
OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THE KINDS OF PROTECTIONS THAT WE WANT THEM TO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES? MR CLERK BECAUSE THAT
COUNCILOR IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ANDERSON FITZGERALD HERE MURPHY SANTANA, WEBER WORRELL PLEASE AT THE CHAIR THERE'S DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0615 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 06160616 COUNCILMAN MURPHY OVER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH
GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING AND ADOPTION OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOMMENDS THIS FROM MURPHY AND MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS PROMISED AT LAST HEARING I SAID I WAS GOING TO FILE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO HERE IT IS. RECENT COUNCIL SESSIONS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED. RECENT COUNCIL SESSIONS HAVE
HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR FLAHERTY REGARDING THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF RESOLUTIONS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING MATTERS BEYOND THE COUNCIL'S LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. INSTANCES SUCH AS DEBATES OVER
RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE DEMOTIONS CONTRACTS IN LABOR POLICIES HAVE LED TO CONCERNS ABOUT OVERSTEPPING OUR LEGISLATIVE BOUNDARIES AND I APPRECIATED
WHEN COLLEAGUES DID BRING THOSE CONCERNS UP. RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT UP RECENTLY THAT ADDRESSING PAID SICK LEAVE POLICIES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
EXTENT OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY AND PERSONNEL MATTERS . RESOLUTIONS RECOGNIZING CULTURAL OBSERVANCES SUCH AS DOMINICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH HAVE FOSTER COMMUNITY PRIDE AND
UNITY IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RAISING FLAGS OVER CITY HALL PLAZA TO HONOR CULTURAL HERITAGE LIKE THE ITALIAN FLAG RAISING PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE OUR CITY'S
DIVERSITY WHILE REMAINING WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. I BELIEVE THAT IF WHEN WE HAVE THIS HEARING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW CURRENT PRACTICES AND
HAVE THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE RECENT RESOLUTIONS TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS WHERE COUNCIL ACTIONS MAY HAVE EXCEEDED OUR JURISDICTION AND TO ESTABLISH CLEAR GUIDELINES SO WE CAN
DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR FUTURE RESOLUTIONS FOCUSING ON CITY SPECIFIC MATTERS AND IN VOIDING ENTANGLEMENT IN FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE SCOPE.
I ALSO AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THINK IT WILL PROMOTE CONSENSUS ON THIS BODY. IT WILL CREATE A FRAMEWORK THAT ENCOURAGES BROAD SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTIONS MINIMIZING INSTANCES WHERE MEMBERS FEEL
COMPELLED TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING DUE TO JURISDICTION CONCERNS. LIKE COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDES ANDERSON, THANK YOU. YOU ADDRESSED THAT EARLIER AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
AND BE IT FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE COMMITTEE SHALL SOLICIT INPUT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE GUIDELINES. SO CLEARLY IT WILL BE US. BUT THIS BODY WHO TALKS THIS
THROUGH AND DISCUSSES LIKE WE DID WITH THE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS AND THAT WE CAN REPORT BACK AND DISCUSS AS A FULL BODY WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS HEARING.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE CUSICK COUNCILORS. BRAYDEN VERNON. JONATHAN FLYNN. MAHELA SANTANA WEBER WORLD
WHO'S AT THE CHAIR THERE'S TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS ARE 616 WILL BE OKAY OKAY I'LL DO IT AGAIN MY DAD ALWAYS TELLS ME THAT I SPEAK TO FACTS AND I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT SINCE I WAS YOUNG AND SO I'M STILL WORKING
ON IT. OKAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD DID YOU GET THE NAMES BRAYDEN FERNANDES IS YES, I THINK RAISE YOUR HAND TO MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AGAIN. SO LET ME DO THAT. COUNCILORS FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD, GLEN SANTANA, WEBER WORLD MEJIA PLEASE ADD THE
CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0616 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ NUMBER 06170617
COUNCIL OF FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTS AND SO INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING TNC RIGHT HERE ARRESTS THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FLYNN. CAPTAIN FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FILED A 17 F TO OBTAIN MORE DATA AND INFORMATION REGARDING ARRESTS RELATING TO TENSES OVER LEFT SPECIFICALLY VIOLENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A
PASSENGER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. CONSEQUENCE EXPANSION OF THE ROADS AND PASSENGER NUMBERS ARE 617. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I L OPPOSING IT. THE AYES HAVE IT.
THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 06180. THE COUNCIL IS NOT HERE. OH, OKAY.
SO WE'LL WE'LL SKIP THAT AND COME BACK TO IT. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 06200620 COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
AND TO EMBRACE AND EXTEND HEARTFELT WISHES TO THE BELOVED MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE GLOBE INVOKING BLESSINGS UPON THEM AS THEY EMBARK UPON THE
SACRED JOURNEY OF RAMADAN MONTH REVERE FOR ITS RITUALS OF PRAYER, FASTING, CHARITY AND DEEP REFLECTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAD THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS YOU KNOW, THE I GUESS LUNAR ANNUAL RAMADAN SACRED MONTH OF RAMADAN IS THE MONTH WHERE
MUSLIMS FAST PRAY AND GIVE TO CHARITY AND IN OUR DEEP REFLECTION OF THEIR SPIRITUALITY OR SPIRITUAL CLEANSE. BUT IT'S MORE IT'S IT'S MORE
THAN THAT. SO SCIENTIFICALLY FASTING REGENERATES YOUR CELLS. IT OFFERS YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO START OVER PHYSICALLY BUT AS WELL AS YOU KNOW ALLOWING YOU
TO REFLECT ON THOSE THAT ARE WITHOUT DURING THIS MONTH WE DEDICATE THE ENTIRE MONTH TO PRAYING AND THEN AT NIGHT WE
PRAY WHAT IS CALLED HERE AND IT'S NOT JUST TURN AWAY OR THE NIGHTLY PRAYER BUT ALSO WITH OUR PRAYER WITH A SUPPLICATION ASKING GOD TO TO RESPOND TO OUR
SUPPLICATIONS AND REFLECT. SO WE BELIEVE THAT IN THIS MONTH THAT WE ARE FORGIVEN FOR OUR HOPEFULLY FORGIVING FOR OUR SINS. WE ARE ASKING GOD TO FORGIVE US
FOR OUR SINS AND SORT OF A TO START OVER A REDO IF YOU WILL. AND SO I'M ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL SUSPENDS AND PASS TO
SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TO AGAIN COMMEMORATE BUT ALSO UPLIFT ALL MUSLIMS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ABROAD FOR A HAPPY RAMADAN.
AND I SHOULD HAVE STARTED PROPERLY WHENEVER SPEAKING ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AND YOU
HAVE TO FORGIVE ME IF YOU IF YOU PRAY WITH A FEW IF YOU FAST WITH A MUSLIM YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MY FASTING BRAIN TODAY BUT I SHOULD HAVE STARTED
APPROPRIATELY BY ASKING FOR A REFUGE WITH GOD TO BLESS MY MY WORDS TODAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT I SAY IT IS FOR ME AND THAT IF IT'S IF IT'S ANY GOOD
COMES OUT OF IT AND IT LEADS YOU TO GOD THEN IT IS FROM GOD. SO I PRAY IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST GRACIOUS THAT WE ALL FIND PEACE
IN OUR OWN JOURNEY AND OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES THAT WE EXTEND GRACE TO ONE ANOTHER, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S
HUMANITY THAT WE NONE OF US ARE ABOVE REPROACH AND THAT YOU ALL OF YOU FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE
OFFENDED YOU IN THE PAST YEAR AND I EXTEND MYSELF TO EDUCATING YOU FURTHER. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BODY IS WELL EDUCATED BUT I FEEL THAT
THE VAST MAJORITY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY OR ITS PRACTICES AND WE AS MUSLIMS HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMING OUT AND EDUCATING THE
PUBLIC ON WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. SO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THAT I'LL SAY THAT WE ARE A MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION WHO BELIEVE IN JUST ONE GOD AND
THERE'S ONLY ONE TRUE GOD IN THE ABRAHAMIC GOD THAT FIRST CAME ADAM THAN ABRAHAM AND ON AND YOU KNOW MOSES AND JESUS
AND THAT WE BELIEVE THAT MOHAMMED IS THE LAST PROPHET WE DON'T WORSHIP MOHAMMED AND WE DON'T NAME GOD. SO IF YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAYING A LAW WHO ACQUIRED GOD IS THE GREATEST IF YOU BELIEVE IF YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAYING INSHALLAH
GOD WILLING, PLEASE DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW YOUR GOD'S NAME IS A LAW BECAUSE A LAW IS LITERALLY TWO WORDS COMBINED TOGETHER. THE ONE GOD LIKE THE GOD AND IT
MEANS JUST GOD. SO I ASK YOU TO I ENCOURAGE YOU MORE CONVERSATIONS IN THE SPIRIT OF RAMADAN TO YOURSELVES MORE ABOUT ISLAM AND MORE ABOUT
RAMADAN AND RAMADAN MUBARAK TO ALL THE MUSLIMS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR FOR CHANGING IT AND TO OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY I ENTER INTO YOU CONSEQUENT INJURIES AND I WISH EVERYONE AN EASY FAST AND
RAMADAN KAREEM TO OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY HERE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK TO THE COUNCIL IS BREADON COLLETTE
ZAPATA THE GERALD MARIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FOR ENERGY INNOCENCE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0620 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE IN THE
AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU DOUBT THE VOTE? MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
CALL VOTE ON DUNCAN AMBER 0620 COUNCILOR GREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCIL AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FINANCING LISTEN COUNCIL FINANCE AND YES.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR ALLUSION YES. ALLUSION YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCIL OF APPEND COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES THANK
YOU. THIS DOCKET OH 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBERS 0621 SO I CAN
COME BACK TO COUNCILOR COLLINS . WE CAN OR WE CAN WE CAN. WELL, COULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0618 SO I CAN NAME A0618 COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A
PART OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DESIGNATING IT HERO SQUARE IN CHARLESTOWN IN RECOGNITION OF MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH WARREN. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY CLUB AS A PARTY OF THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN GOING BACK TO THIS DOCKET AHEAD OF THE 250TH BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, WE ARE HOPING TO MAKE A HERO SQUARE IN HONOR OF ONE OF OUR NATION'S FIRST VETERANS
JOSEPH DR. WAREHAM WAS A PHYSICIAN, MILITARY LEADER AND A MARTYR IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHO DIED IN CHARLESTOWN DURING THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL IN 1775. MAJOR GENERAL WARREN WAS BORN
IN ROXBURY AND WORKED AS A PHYSICIAN FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE THE WAR. HE PARTICIPATED IN MANY SKIRMISHES BETWEEN REVOLUTIONARIES AND BRITISH TROOPS, WORKED IN THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS AND INSPIRED AMERICAN MILITIA TO
HOLD THEIR POSITION AGAINST SUPERIOR NUMBERS DURING THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL HE ARRIVED IN CHARLESTOWN JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE AND JOINED THE MILITIA, IGNORING ADVICE TO STAY AWAY FROM TO STAY AWAY
FROM THE BATTLE BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTANCE TO THE CAUSE HE FOUGHT IN THE REDOUBT UNTIL THE DEFENDERS RAN OUT OF GUNPOWDER POWDER. HE WAS EVENTUALLY KILLED IN
COMBAT A BRITISH OFFICER. ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES FROM GENERAL WARREN IS ON YOU. EXCUSE ME. I CAN'T EVEN READ MY OWN
HANDWRITING ON YOU. DEPENDS. THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. THERE WE GO. THESE FELLOWS SAY WE WON'T FIGHT BUT BY HEAVEN I SHALL DIE
UP TO MY KNEES IN BLOOD AND THIS WAS A MAJOR BATTLE THAT WE ENDED UP LOSING BUT WAS IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE GREATEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME THE BRITISH ARMY
THAT WE WERE UP TO THE FIGHT AND CHARLESTOWN IN OF ITSELF EMBODIES THIS RESILIENT SPIRIT ,THIS FIGHTING SPIRIT. AND SO I AM HOPING TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN DESIGNATE THIS HERO SQUARE IN
CHARLESTOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES? WAS DECLARED SHE SAID COUNCILORS BRAYDEN FERNANDES,
ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN MCGUIRE. MURPHY. BEN SANTANA. WEBER WORRELL PLEASE OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0610.
COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0618 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MR COURT, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 062121. LUCKY NUMBER 0621. COUNCILOR FERNANDES FINANCE THE SENATE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CABO VERDE AND AMERICANS IN BOSTON.
THANK YOU THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THIS CONFERENCE IN GENEVA AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME ALL OF THESE THINGS SHOULD
BE DONE WITH A SMILE AND OH MY I'M SO SORRY I'M HAVING A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT ISSUES WITH TODAY AND SO CAPE
VERDE AND AH SO BEFORE COLUMBUS I'LL START THERE BEFORE COLUMBUS DAY WAS CAPTURED THERE WAS A VASCO DA GAMA AND A BUNCH OF COLONIZERS WHO LANDED ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA AND THIS ARCHIPELAGO MADE OUT OF TEN
LITTLE ISLANDS WAS ACTUALLY EMPTY. THERE WAS YOU KNOW, RUMORS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THEM ARRIVING THERE THERE WAS SOME SETTLEMENT OF FISHERMEN THAT
WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH FROM THE CONTINENT TO THE ISLANDS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS NOT HABITATION. AND THEN THE COLONIZERS, THE PORTUGUESE COLONIZERS END UP
WOULD USE IT AS A PORT. IT'S A TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE SLAVE TRADE PORT FOR ALL OF THE TRANSIT TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IS ALL OF THE SHIPS WOULD COME IN TO CAPE VERDE AND WOULD STOP IN CAPE VERDE AND THEN THEY WOULD SEND SMALLER BOATS TO THE CONTINENT TO GRAB TO KIDNAP PEOPLE AND BRING THEM OVER OR TORTURE THEM, YOU KNOW, DO THE
WHOLE SLAVE TRADE THING. FAST FORWARD CAPE VERDE BECAME THIS SORT OF LIKE A VERY ADAPTABLE IMMIGRANT SORT OF COUNTRY WHERE EACH ISLAND HAS ITS PURPOSE.
SO LIKE FOR SANTIAGO WHERE I'M FROM IT WOULD BE THE ISLAND WHERE SPECIFICALLY IT WOULD BE WHERE THE TOWN YOU KNOW THE MARKET WHERE YOU WOULD GO AND TRADE SLAVE AND THEN THERE WERE LIKE OTHER ISLANDS THAT WOULD
TRADE LIKE YOU KNOW, TOBACCO AND COFFEE AND OTHER THINGS EVEN YOU KNOW, MATERIALS OF INDIA CAME BY EUROPE ALL OF THE CONTINENTS WOULD COME
AND TRADE THERE BUT EVENTUALLY AS YEARS WOULD GO BY EVERY DECADE AND WOULD SUFFER A FAMINE BECAUSE THE AFRICANS WHO WERE BEING KIDNAPED AND SOME WOULD FIGHT AND REBEL AND RUN
OFF TO THE MOUNTAINS WOULD EVENTUALLY SUFFER FAMINE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF PIRACY. SO PIRATES WOULD COME TO CUBA TO TRY TO TAKE OVER AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY
WAS JUST DESTITUTE TOO LIKE HUNGER. AND SO CAPE VERDE BEING SUPER POOR WE HAD TO ADAPT A LOT WITH SUFFERING FAMINE AGAIN DATING
BACK TWO CENTURIES BACK EVERY DECADE OF FAMINE IN CAPE VERDE YOU CAN IMAGINE I HEAR A STORY I REMEMBER STORIES MY GRANDMOTHER TELLING ME EVEN IN THE SIXTIES WHERE THERE WAS FAMINE AND WE SUFFERED ONE JUST
IN THE NINETIES BY THE WAY AND WHERE THEY HAD TO EAT AND WITH THEIR HANDS OR JUST SCOOP UP QUIETLY BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE AT THE WINDOW AND THEY WOULD BREAK YOUR WINDOWS TO COME IN. SO A LOT OF SUFFERING AND SO
FOLKS HAD TO ADAPT TO THIS VERY CLEAN COUNTRY BECAUSE IT OR ELSE YOU WOULD SUFFER DISEASE BECAUSE IT'S ALL YOU HAD YOU COULD EAT OR YOU COULD BE CLEAN AND SO IMMIGRANTS WOULD JUST
EVERYBODY WOULD LEAVE. EVERYBODY WOULD LEAVE. EVERYBODY WOULD LEAVE. SO CAPE VERDE AND IF YOU NOTICE HAVE LIKE THIS THIS ATTITUDE OF DISPOSITION OF BEING VERY ADAPTIVE AND VERY HARDWORKING
PEOPLE, VERY PROUD PEOPLE. AND SO WHEN YOU ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE DOING, THEY START WITH THE JOB OR THEY START WITH IT'S OKAY, ALL OUR PRAISE IS DUE TO GOD BUT THIS IS DUE TO LIKE
EVERYBODY LEAVING AND ALWAYS HAVING TO MOURN THEIR FAMILIES LEAVING TO THE TO THE STATES. AND SO BY THE LATE 1700S IT WOULD COME IN THE WHALING SHIPS TO AMERICAS.
I TELL YOU THIS HISTORY ONCE AGAIN AND I KNOW I DID IT BEFORE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT IT SPEAKS TO THE CHARACTER AND THE FABRIC OF WHO WE ARE AS A AS A PEOPLE, AS A COUNTRY.
AND SO WE'RE NOT VERY STRONG ADVOCATES FOR OURSELVES. WE DON'T WE NATURALLY DEFAULT TO NOT SPEAKING TO WORKING HARD TO THREE JOBS AND GETTING OUR
OWN AS OPPOSED TO SPEAKING UP. AND SO THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY SUPER HARD WORKING PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY'RE NOT AS RESOURCEFUL AS OTHER IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS. AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER PART
WHERE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS THEY'RE NOT BECOMING CITIZENS AND THAT I SAY THIS TO ALL THOSE ALL THE IMMIGRANTS IN BOSTON IN WORLDWIDE YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO WHEN YOU HAVE A GREEN CARD NOT JUST TO WORK
AND SEND OVER TO YOUR FAMILY IN YOUR COUNTRY BUT ALSO TO BECOME CITIZENS SO THAT YOU CAN ADVOCATE. BUT HERE TODAY I WANTED TO ONE THANK MONIQUE WHEN WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH ME IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHERE THE DISPARITIES ARE IN TERMS OF HELPING THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION HERE IN BOSTON BUT SPECIFICALLY CAPE VERDE COMMUNITY WHO HAS A VERY UNIQUE
CULTURE, A VERY DIVERSE, UNIQUE CULTURE. AGAIN, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT ADAPTIVE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MESTIZO OF RACE AND CULTURE OF OURS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE I AM 45% SENEGALESE AND THE REST IS LIKE YOU KNOW, SOME SOME COLONIZED BLOOD AND SOME IN NIGERIA AND I'M ACTUALLY I FORGET HOW TO
SAY AS A HASIDIC JEW I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF THAT AND THEN I HAVE LIKE SOME OTHER STUFF GOING ON SO LIKE KEYWORD BEING THIS MELTING POT LITERALLY IS NOT A COUNTRY OF ITS OWN BUT IT
BECAME THAT AND THEN WHEN THE JEWS WERE EXILED THEN A LOT OF A LOT OF JEWS CAME TO CAPE ARE MIXED WITH SENEGALESE AND AFRICANS AND OTHER AND SO HERE WE ARE THIS WHO ARE CONSTANTLY
RECEIVING AN OPEN HEART, OPEN ARM ALLOWING HELP OR SUPPORTING OTHERS BUT NOT KNOWING HOW TO ADVOCATE IN A SUCH A SMALL CITY LIKE BOSTON.
SO THIS RESOLUTION IN PARTICULARLY IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUES, THE LACK OF, YOU KNOW, ADVOCACY AND THE LACK OF VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO SAY WE'RE HERE, WE
CONTRIBUTE AND I DON'T WANT TO GO ON ON THE TOKENIZE YOU KNOW HOW WE CONTRIBUTE TO BOSTON. OF COURSE WE CONTRIBUTE IN ALL AREAS BUT RATHER YOU KNOW WE
ARE HERE PLEASE AS AS FAR AS SPEAKING TO MY COLLEAGUES ADVOCATE FOR CAPE VERDE AND YOU KNOW TAKE THEIR VOTE BUT ALSO REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE A PEOPLE THAT NEED YOU AND THEY NEED YOU
TO UPLIFT YOUR VOICE AND SUPPORT THEM IN ADVOCATING FOR THEIR NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AS THE FIRST CAPE VERDEAN CITY COUNCILOR I WANT TO ASK YOU TO SUSPEND AND PASS AND SUPPORT ALL CAPE VERDEANS IN
BOSTON AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN HOW WE INDIVIDUALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I MAY JUST COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, MY SISTER AND GOOD TRIBAL COUNCIL ANDERSON, BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU SPEAK YOU ARE ALSO
EDUCATING SO MANY OF US AND I THINK YOU MIGHT SAY OH, IT'S YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO SAY IN THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALWAYS CONSTANTLY BE
REMINDED OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT THAT YOU BRING INTO THIS CHAMBER AND AS THE FIRST MUSLIM WOMAN RIGHT TO REPRESENT HERE THE CITY COUNCIL AND AS
THE FIRST CAPE VERDEAN, YOU ALSO HOLD A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND BRINGING THOSE STORIES INTO THIS CHAMBER. AND SO FROM EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN
YOU'VE ALWAYS STAND FIRM IN YOUR CONVICTIONS BUT ALSO ALWAYS UPLIFTING YOUR PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU SHOW UP HERE IN THIS SPACE AT ALL TIMES ALL
OF US AND HOW WE CAN BE BETTER ALLIES. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SEE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M HERE FOR ALL OF IT AND I'M
INCREDIBLY HAPPY TO STAND UP ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I, I WHEN I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY PEOPLE THINK THAT I WAS EITHER CAPE VERDEAN OR PUERTO RICAN.
I WAS EITHER ONE OF THEM DEPENDING ON WHO I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ALL OF THEM. OKAY. BUT CAPE VERDE AND IN PARTICULAR WERE ALWAYS THE COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACED ME THE
STRONGEST AND I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY . THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO SAY WALK ON BY MEJIA BECAUSE I USED TO WORK AT A SHOE STORE. THEY THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO SELL THINGS.
I HAD THOMPKINS SHOE STORE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I ALWAYS USED TO SAY I WAS FROM FOGO. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I USED TO SAY THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE IN PROPER UPSET AT ME.
BUT I WAS SAYING FOGO I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I SKEWED MORE ON THE FOCUS SIDE OF THE ISLAND I DON'T KNOW BUT I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT I'M FOGO JUST
IN CASE BUT GOING BACK TO THE NEED I WANT TO ALSO UPLIFT THAT PAULO BARROS OVER THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY CENTER WAS
ALSO MY COLLEAGUE WHEN I WAS ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS TASK FORCE ENLISTED LANGUAGE LEARNERS TASK FORCE ENLISTED IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HE CONSTANTLY ADVOCATED FOR THE
URGENT IN SCHOOL TO BECOME A DUAL LANGUAGE AND CAPE VERDEAN CREOLE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY. AND IT WAS THROUGH HIS ADVOCACY THAT IT WAS MY FIRST
REALIZATION THAT THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS LAID DOWN THE FOUNDATION FOR SO MANY OTHER IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE THEM.
AND SO HIS ADVOCACY IN THE LANGUAGE ACCESS SPACE REALLY HELPED A LOT OF THE OTHER PARENTS THAT HAD BEEN ORGANIZING AROUND OTHER NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAPE
VERDEAN COMMUNITY IS LARGE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST YOU GUYS OWN EVERYTHING DOWN AT THE CORNER AND ROXBURY
JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW. AND YOU SHOW UP FOR YOUR PEOPLE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE MY TIME IS UP BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY YES, WE NEED TO DO MORE THAN THEN
SAY THAT WE SUPPORT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WHEN WE DON'T WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE AROUND THEIR NEEDS THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING AND PASSING OUR BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THOSE
NEEDS OR LOOKING FORWARD TO FIGHTING WITH YOU ALONGSIDE WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR FOR THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY. I'M HERE FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD KINDS OF A
GERALD. YOU GOT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LOVE THIS RESOLUTION REPRESENTING A LARGE PORTION OF THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY IN APMS AND BOWDON AND MEETINGHOUSE HILL.
I AM I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE AND SUPPORT THIS ONE AS WELL. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WHILE I DO REPRESENT MANY I DO HAVE A FAVORITE AND THAT WOULD BE JESSICA CORREIA IN MY OFFICE.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CABO VERDE AND AMERICANS, SHE DOES THAT EVERY DAY IN HER WORK AND I AM SO PROUD OF HER NOT ONLY FOR HER PEOPLE BUT SHE HELPS ALL THE
FOLKS. BUT I JUST COULDN'T THANK HER ENOUGH AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER A SHOUTOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR RAUL CASTRO EARLIER IN THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU CASTRO FINANCE ANDERSON FOR ADVOCATING FOR THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY. I ALSO HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY OF CAPE VERDE AND THE CAPE VERDE ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON
RESIDES IN THE DISTRICT AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH PAULO TO BARROS WHETHER IT'S ON YOU KNOW, TURKEY DRIVES DURING COVID WE SET UP VACCINATION
CLINICS THAT HE REACHED OUT TO THE CAPE VERDE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE FOOD PANTRY. AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN HIS ADVOCACY THAT THE LILIA PILOT SCHOOL WILL NOW HAVE A CB STRAND SO WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS BUT THERE'S MORE TO BE MADE SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO
COUNT ME AS AN ALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS THAT I LOVE THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST CALL OUT ONE BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT DENISE WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO WONDERFUL TO
ME AND A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY AND MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID IT BUT THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY, THEIR VALUE AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IT JUST
REALLY SHOWS AND WHEN I'M IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THEM IT'S JUST THEY JUST SHOW UP IN THE RAIN. THEY SHOW UP IN THE WINTER, THEY SHOW UP WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED. THEY DON'T WANT PHOTOS WHICH I
LOVE YOU KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED. THEY JUST KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER AND I LEARN FROM THEM ALL THE TIME AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE FAITH COMMUNITY THERE ALSO WITH PAULO
AND OTHERS REALLY COME TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY ASK THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP THEY DO AND NOT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES TO HOW PEOPLE RESPECT THEM IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS VOICE.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I CAN I JUST COUNTERPOINT ANDREA LISTEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT FOR INDULGE ME AND I'LL BE I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF BUT I WOULD BE REMISS AND YOU BEAT ME TO IT.
UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY. I AM THE FIRST CAPE VERDEAN CITY COUNCILOR BUT I AM NOT THE
FIRST CAPE VERDEAN TO BE AN ADVOCATE OR TO LOBBY OR TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF CAPE VERDEAN. AND SO IN RECOGNITION OF THE
WORK THAT CAPE VERDEANS HAVE DONE AND PAVED THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF COURSE DENISE TOUSSAINT AND CHANTELLE LIMA,
PAULO BARTSCH AND JOHN BARROS AS WELL AND THE FAMILY WE ALSO KNOW OF DANIEL TAVARES WHO USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND DID A LOT OF WORK AND NOW IS WORKING
WITH THE STATE. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS AS YOU SAY ,TONY BARROS, LIMA ALBERTINA CARVALHO, YVONNE GOOD VALUE AND
I'LL BE GOING ON KARALIS BECAUSE KAVALA IS ACTUALLY MY MAIDEN FAMILY NAME SO WE'LL STOP THERE BUT FOR A STRONG EIGHT STRONG WOULD NOT BE STRONG WITHOUT THE CAPE VERDEAN
WOMEN THEIR WORKING AND HELPING AND SUPPORTING AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT IT NEEDS TO SUPPORT TO TO TO LIFT OUR AGE STRONG CITIZEN SO AND THROUGHOUT BOSTON OUR VERY OWN
COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER TAVARES FOR THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND EVERYONE ELSE BUT IT WOULD NOT BE OKAY VERY RESOLUTION WITHOUT SPEAKING TO MY PEOPLE SO I'M SORRY I'M JUST
ANOTHER MINUTE. CLIFF ALLOWS YOU TO RECOVER DOWN TO CONSIDER IT. LISA MURKOWSKI, GEORGIA, YOU NAME IT AND IF THE MANAGER ANDERSON I MEAN PRAGMATIC
OF DYNAMIC TELECOM E CITY COUNCIL IN THE BOSTON MIAMI A COUPLE OF HOURS TO FLY MIAMI I MEAN BAMFORD IN YOUR SUNBURNED FAMILY AGAINST QUILEUTE THAT AND D ME KEEP WELCOMING YOU
BOYFRIEND KEEP ON 43 DIED EVENTUALLY AND SUBITO RECOGNIZE IT TO DO A MORE TO DO FOR WORK URGING US FUZZY ABOUT YOU CONSPIRED TO SIMPLY COME WITH
ME GRANT YOU'VE BEEN A BEACON FOR YEARS LEADING A CITY IN MACA ICO FASTING VITA NAMASKAR SIMILAR TO FLY ECO FASHION WITH A BANG STRAP OUT YOUR RESUME WITH THE TO THINK FUZZY MY
FEELING WHEN YOU SAY A DO AND DON'T ENCRYPT ANY PUT FIREWORKS IN YOUR BODY ARE TAKING YOUR SWORD YOU'LL GET INTO MY MIND YOUR SPOT THAT THE PD WHAT THE PD WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR SUSPENDERS DO DOES NOT
COMUNIDAD ANTI AND MY MICHAEL FOR TO TUMOR KILL SO I'M A KILLER SURE THAT TO THE COMPRESS IN TERMS OF A YOUR SOPRANOS INVOLVING MASS NOT A TV IS MORE MY SAMPLE EXAM PAPER NO SO BECAUSE THEY KEEP
CONFIRMS THE FIRST PAINLESS SPANIELS DEMANDA IF ON YOUR SPEED WHICH YOU PROPERTY NOW RECORD PROPERTY IS AT THE MAIN DEMAND EXCLUSIVE MAMA DIGGER'S BODY DUODENOSCOPE MANY DADDY
DON'T PERIOD YOUR SCUPPERED THE ARMS THE GLASS IN THE ANTI YOUR SURBHI MUGHAL BATMAN LENA
BOSTON MA BOSTON VENUS MANY OF THE PUT THE NANCY THEY CAN COVERTLY AND STEADILY PINUS MORTEM BE NANCY CASTLE ME THEM ALL SLEEK THAT ARE PRESENT THAN
YOUR TO STEP BACK GUIDE NO STOCKS KNOWS DOLLAR FOR BODY REPRESENTING THE POSTER BADGE OF BONUS IN THONG WITH NOBODY GOT TO USE MAN TO BUT TO DO I SHOWED UP TO THE SAW LAW FOR TO THE GOES DOWN IN SEMIFINALS OF REGARD FOR PORTUGAL BRILLIANT THANK YOU THANK YOU
THANK YOU COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON FOR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING OF YOUR LOVE FOR THE DEEP LOVE FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY RECIPROCAL MY LOVE FOR THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WAS VERY INVOLVED IN OUR CAPE VERDEAN ASSOCIATION AND JUST FOUND A LOT OF SOLIDARITY AND COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THE
HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY AS BLACK IMMIGRANTS AND SO ON OUR CAPE BRETON COMMUNITY I THINK EVERYONE INSIDE IT IS SO IMPORTANT HERE TO OUR CITY BOSTON.
SO I MEAN WE ADDRESS ALL OF THEIR NEEDS. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK DISCUSSES BREADON ZAPATA, FITZGERALD, FLYNN,
MCGWIRE MURPHY BUT SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR CONSEQUENCE ANDERSON SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0621 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I
SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT OROCOBRE TALKING ABOUT QUANTUM THAT YOU ON A ROLL CALL
VOTE ON DUNCAN NUMBER SHE DATED THE VOTE ZERO 6 TO 1 NO ROLL CALL VOTE ON DUNCAN EMMA 0621 COUNT VERY YES.
COUNCILOR BREADON YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCILOR CLOSE PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FINANCING COUNCIL FINANCE SENSE AND YES COUNCIL OF HIS GENERAL
COUNCIL JUST JOE YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR YES DUCK AND 0621 HAS
RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKING NUMBER 0621 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0623 DUCK NUMBER 0623 COUNCILOR WORRELL
OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 5TH AS CHRISTMAS ATTIC STAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
SORRY NOW I JUST HAVE TO WANT TO CHEER ON YOU MAKE TODAY AND THE COUNCIL. WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I GAVE A PRESENTATION AT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING JUST SPEAKING TO
CRISPUS ATTUCKS AND HIS SACRIFICE THAT HE HAS MADE FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT MY CO-SPONSOR ON THE STATUE STATUE HERE IN
ORDER COUNCILOR FLYNN BUT I'M JUST LOOKING TO HAVE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WHY WOULD ANYONE ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR. CLERK BECAUSE THE COUNCIL COUNCIL'S GREAT IN CLASS THEY'VE HAD TO FIND ENGINEERS IN FITZGERALD FLYNN, MARIA PIPPEN, SANTANA WEBER, PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR AT COUNCIL AROUND SIX SUSPENSION
OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0623 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ADD THEIR NAME TO ANYTHING WHILE THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS?
WHILE THEY STEPPED OUT OF CHAMBERS? CAN I JUST COME TO FERNANDA ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I BE ADDED
TO 0611 AND 0612. LOOKING TO ADD YOUR NAME IN ARE YOU ALSO LOOKING TO ADD? I SEE 0611 BE VOTED ON YOUR BLOCK PLEASE YOU WOULD LIKE SO YES YES AND YES.
OKAY. SO FERNANDO INNOCENT WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON A NUMBER 0611 IS THERE A SECOND
SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING HER VOTE SAY I I OKAY SO COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON'S VOTE IS ADDED 20611 AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER DOCKET
06120612 IT'S ALSO THE SAME THING. OKAY SO COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO CONSIDER HER VOTE RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON
0612 ALTHOUGH IS THERE A SECOND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON 0612 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? YES. OKAY.
THANK YOU MR QUICK, DO YOU HAVE THAT? THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO 0623.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU CONDUCTED A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILOR MURPHY, I'D LIKE TO BE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0623.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I OC COUNCILOR MURPHY WOULD LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0623. YES. WE DIDN'T DO A ROLL CALL.
OH, OKAY. OKAY, SO WE'RE JUST ADDING HER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO I'M READY TO NUMBERS 06180618. YOU NEED TO ALSO LIKE TO VOTE ON 0618. YES. DID WE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? OKAY. YOUR NAME IS ADDED ON 0618
THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE I WAS OUT 40620 AS WELL 0620 AND WE DID CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. SO COUNCILOR KIPPEN MOVES TO
RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON THE NUMBER 0620 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AS THEIR SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING RECONSIDERING OF THE VOTES I I I OKAY COUNCILOR BUT THEN WOULD YOU
LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? YES OKAY AND THAT'S FOR DOKKEN NUMBER 0620 MR QUICK DO YOU HAVE THAT? ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ANY IS THERE ANOTHER DOCKET COMES WITH AN O COUNCILOR SANTANA THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AND ALSO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR DOCKET 0611 AND 0612 OKAY
WE'LL TAKE EACH INDIVIDUALLY COUNCILOR SANTANA MOVES FOR US TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0611 IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE RECONSIDERATION OF THE VOTE I I OKAY.
COUNSELOR SANTANA WOULD LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON DOCKET NUMBERS 611 MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE VOTE ON
DOCKET NUMBER 0612 ALL AS IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I OPPOSE ANY RECONSIDERATION ALLOWED. COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOUR VOTE IS ADDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO
DOCKET NUMBER 0612. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GOT MY MIC ON THIS TIME I LIKE
TO ADD MY NAME 206130613 THAT WAS SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. OKAY YOUR NAME IS SO ADDED. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, GREAT.
WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? OKAY, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
LEAD FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE 453 FILE MATTERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD.
CAN YOU WITH A BREAK DOWN TO PERSONNEL? OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE LEGAL MATTERS INTO THE RECORD?
FIRSTLY, I AM OUT OF ABSENCE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR DURKAN DEAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE REGRETS FOR MY ABSENCE FROM TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING AS YOU READ IN THIS LETTER UNTIL
THE RECORD I AM CURRENTLY IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL WATCHING MAYOR WILL TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS DEFENDING BOSTON UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AS A SANCTUARY CITY A POSITION THAT OUR COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
REAFFIRMED. AS YOU KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T PAY FOR THIS TRIP. WELL, I REGRET MISSING TODAY'S MEETING. I REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING BOSTON'S VALUES AND PRIORITIES. I DEFENDED SINCERELY
COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU. IT'S MATTER.
I'LL BE 1 TO 1. I WANT THEM ALL AT ONCE. AND SECONDLY FARMERS PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND THIS THIRD IS PERSONNEL ORDER
COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN FORTH LAKE FARM AS A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCILORS FROM
KENZIE BLOCK, DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE FIFTH FLEET FARMER IS THE COMMUNICATION FROM ME REGARDING
TODAY'S DOCKET SO 5932 TYPEKIT NUMBER 0603 THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE LITTLE MATTERS TO THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE RECORD AND THEY WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON OUR APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I THANK YOU THE CONSIDERATION THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS SOME BIRTHDAYS THAT JUST PASSED ONE IS FOR MALALA HAYES NEXT. SO SEBASTIAN PARRA AND
GABRIELLA RAMIREZ ARE D1 PISCES TWINS AND IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I DID JUST
WANT TO STAND AND THANK COUNCIL ME HERE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT THE SECOND ANNUAL DOMINICAN BREAKFAST. I KNOW WHEN I CAME BACK IT STARTED OUT AT THE IBEW IN THE MORNING AND IT CARRIED BACK
OVER HERE TO THE FLAG RAISING AND I DID MENTION THIS TO COUNCILOR PEPPER AND HOW IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL DAY AND I FELT SO WELCOME. SO I DID JUST WANT TO UPLIFT ALSO YOUR STAFF. THEY WORKED SO HARD.
THEY WORKED SO PROFESSIONALLY. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU TO PUT THAT ON AND WHEN YOU SAW THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THE LEADERS WHO CAME TO SUPPORT YOU AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, IT WAS JUST IT WAS HEART WARMING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL WELCOME AND IT MADE ME WANT TO STAY ENGAGED AND YOU CONTINUE ON. WHEN WE CAME BACK HERE FOR THE FLAG RAISING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND
ALSO SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCIL SANTANA. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THREE DOMINICANS HERE AS COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THIS COUNCIL WHERE
WE HAVE THE FLOOR TO THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT THE HEARING ON LONG TERM JOB VACANCIES. PC Y F IS HAVING A HIRING DAY
ON SATURDAY MARCH 8TH FROM 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AT THE BUSY LIFE SHELBURNE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 2730 WASHINGTON STREET. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT IT CAME UP IN THE IN THE HEARING
AND THEY COULD REALLY USE ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY MORE NOW ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED OR SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FULTON COUNTY OF FLYNN.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT TWO NEIGHBORS OF MINE IN SOUTH BOSTON THAT PASSED AWAY
RECENTLY. TWO WONDERFUL WOMAN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO START FIRST WITH ELAINE KEVIN FLAHERTY.
MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN HER. I KNOW CERTAINLY THE CORRECT DOES AND ELLEN DOES BUT SHE WAS A STAFF ASSISTANT FOR BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BILL WHEN BILL
WENT IN AND WAS VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN SOUTH BOSTON IN SUPPORTING MANY CHARITIES IN NON-PROFITS INCLUDING THE SOUTH BOSTON SPECIAL KIDS AND YOUNG
YOUNG ADULTS PROGRAM. THEY PROVIDED SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN TO ENGAGE IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS. BUT WHEN I THINK OF THAT, WHEN
I THINK OF ELAINE, I THINK OF THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS VOLUNTEERING SO SHE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE
WAKE AND I KNOW I KNOW THE CLERK DID AS WELL SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CLERK. THE OTHER WOMAN WAS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE.
HER NAME WAS ADRIAN MORRISSEY. MRS. MORRISSEY AND SHE'S HER SON WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND MRS. MORRISSEY WAS ALSO A WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO LIVED HER
ENTIRE LIFE IN SOUTH BOSTON. BUT SHE GAVE SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY TO VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES IN THE TOWN. SHE WAS WELL RESPECTED, SHE WAS
WELL-LIKED AND SHE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE SOUTH BOSTON IRISH-AMERICAN SOCIETY. SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE WAKE AND WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ACKNOWLEDGE HER BUT
ALSO TO LET HER FAMILY KNOW THAT WE RESPECT WE ALWAYS RESPECTED MRS. MORRISSEY FOR THE WONDERFUL WOMAN THAT SHE WAS AND THE LIFE THAT SHE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF ANYONE? TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
OF CANCER CARE BEN JODI SCHMIDT ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN, ELAINE AMCOR AND MRS. MORRISSEY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF YVONNE TABLE TARA CELESTE.
THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE CAPITAL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
THE COUNCIL SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN DIANELLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN
FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. PLEASE SAY I I THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU