YOU KNOW THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON DOT COM FOR CLASS FORWARD SLASH CITY DASH
COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASKED 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 BREEN
COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY
APOSTLE DR. FRANK E KELLEY AND PASTOR R.G. WEATHERS THE SECOND WHO WILL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION. INVITED BY COUNCILOR HERE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME APOSTLE DR. FRANK E KELLEY AND PASTOR RJ WEATHERS, THE SECOND
TWO LEADERS WHOSE VISION AND SERVICE HAVE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. APOSTLE DR. KELLEY HAS SERVED AS SENIOR PASTOR OF THE WAY OF THE CROSS HOLY CHURCH IN
DORCHESTER SINCE 1990 AND BECAME BISHOP AN APOSTLE IN 2007. TODAY HE LEADS AS CHIEF APOSTLE OF THE WAY OF THE CROSS HOLY CHURCH.
HIS CAREER HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING OTHERS THROUGH INITIATIVES IN FINANCIAL LITERACY, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING SUPPORT. HIS LEADERSHIP EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL ELITE THROUGH HIS
RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT WORK IN HAITI WHERE HE HAS BROUGHT MEDICAL CARE, TRAINING AND HOUSING TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR APOSTLE
DR. KELLY AND I HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS THE DIFFERENCES. WE HOSTED A GRACE GIVING DINNER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND WE BROUGHT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND ATHEISTS AND CHURCHGOERS AND YOU KNOW, PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE AND EVERYONE TOGETHER TO HAVE A
MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO SAY I SEE YOU EVEN IF I MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT SPACE AND BRINGING THE CITY TOGETHER DURING THAT TIME.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HE'S PASTOR IS GOING TO BE JOINING ALONGSIDE RJ WEATHERS THE SECOND A PROUD VETERAN AND ACCOMPLISHED FAITH LEADER HAS
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVICE WITH A BACKGROUND OF LEADERSHIP IN HIS HOME CHURCH, HONORABLE MILITARY SERVICE AND ADVANCE THEOLOGICAL STUDIES. HE WAS INSTALLED IN 2022 AS
PASTOR OF THE WAY OF THE CROSS OF HOLY CHURCH. HE CONTINUES TO INSPIRE THROUGH TEACHING SERVICE COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING OTHERS UNDER APOSTLE KELLY'S LEADERSHIP. TOGETHER THEY EXPENSIFY WHAT
FAITH DRIVEN LEADERSHIP THAT HAS TRANSFORMED LIVES AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY. WE ARE HONORED TO WELCOME BOTH OF THEM TODAY.
COME ON DOWN TO THE DAIS AND CLAP AND REMEMBER 5 MINUTES.
OKAY. GREETINGS EVERYONE. GLAD TO BE HERE. AND AGAIN YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE A PREACHER THE MIC JUST
LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON IF YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY. WE TAKE COMMAND AND IT'S HARD TO LIMIT OUR SPEECH ANYWAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILOR HERE AND THANK GOD FOR ALSO ROSIE. LAST TIME I SAW YOU I THINK I WAS AT AN EVENT IN MY OPINION. MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BUT
AND I ONLY HAVE 5 MINUTES BY THE WAY, I'M GOING TO TRY TO STICK TO THAT. BUT I NEED YOU NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU FOR THAT RESUMÉ, BY THE WAY.
THIS IS A THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS MEETING AND MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW ME. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW GENERATION . MY CAREER EXTENDS BACK TO WHEN
I WOULD SAY KEVIN ONE ACTUALLY KELLY FAMILY AND WHERE THE CROSS DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORK. RAYMOND FLYNN ALSO WE WERE I WAS VERY YOUNG AT THE TIME WE WERE ACTIVISTS WITH MARTIN
LUTHER KING AND THAT SORT OF THING AND ALSO THOMAS MENINO EVERY TIME I WALK IN TO ANY MEETING THAT THOMAS MAYOR HAD
HE WOULD ALWAYS RECOGNIZE ME ALWAYS AND WE DID QUITE A BIT. I WAS A BANKER FOR 20 YEARS AND THANK GOD THAT I'M HERE NOW BANKING FOR THE LORD IN A COMMUNITY.
ANYWAY, I WAS HAPPY TO BE AT THE RENAMING OF THE BOSTON THE BOSTON CONVENTION CENTER RENAMED NOW THE RAYMOND FLYNN
CENTER AND I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE A HAND FOR THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY. SO I'M GOING TO PRAY. OKAY. BY THE WAY, THERE IS A CONNECTION AS WELL WITH MY
FAMILY AND THE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL COX, BERTHA COX AND MY MOTHER WERE GOOD FRIENDS AND THEY ALL SHARE. BOTH SERVED AT BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG. SO LET'S PRAY.
I THINK I'M WITHIN THE 5 MINUTES TO DO IT RIGHT. YOU DO IT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. GREAT. MINUTES LEFT DIVIDED. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AND YES, THIS IS THE DAY
THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WE WILL REJOICE IN IT IN SPITE OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE SEE AND WE FEEL THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WE
HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT DEAR GOD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR LORD THESE COURAGEOUS SOULS THAT HAVE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND THESE ISSUES. LORD YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN YOU KNOW AS
WELL GOD THAT WE ARE VERY CONCERNED WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTH, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FINANCES, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MARKET
FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR. BUT GOD WE KNOW IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN CONTROL. WE JUST PRAY, LORD, THAT WE
WOULD CONTINUE TO SEEK YOUR FACE FOR DIRECTION AND INSTRUCTION. WE PRAY GOD THAT THESE LEGISLATORS WE CAN CONTINUE TO
KEEP THEIR EYES ON YOU BECAUSE GOD IT'S OUR FAITH. IT'S SUSTAINING US IS OUR PRAYERS THAT MAINTAIN US. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT KEEPS US
GOING. SO GOD AS WE STAND HERE JUST AS A REPRESENTATIVE, AN INSTRUMENT OF YOU, WE PRAY GOD THAT YOU
WOULD BE IN THIS SESSION TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO PRAY AND TO INVITE LORD YOUR PRESENCE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE EVERYWHERE. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE IN AN INVITATION. WE JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND WE THANK YOU AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS
WE ASK LET EVERYBODY SAY AMEN. I HOPE THAT WAS WITHIN 5 MINUTES. JUST STAY HERE AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I TRIED TO GET THE FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. BUT I THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNT ON ME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH APOSTLE KELLEY AND PASTOR
WEATHERS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO NOT JUST HERE BUT AROUND THE WORLD. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING YOUR CHURCH AND SEEING ALL THAT YOU DO FOR A COMMUNITY AND IT REALLY IS A BLESSING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS BUT LET'S UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELORS DID WE GET COUNSELOR WEBER? YES. OKAY. THE COUNSELOR WORL IS NOW
PRESENT AND WITH US WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS ONE FROM COUNCILOR WEBER CELEBRATING OUR RETIRED TEACHERS WHO ARE IN THE HOUSE AND ONE FROM COUNSELOR WEBER
COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT CELEBRATING KENDRA MARTIN. EACH COUNCIL WILL HAVE 5 MINUTES. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE SCHOOL OF MFA
PROFESSORS AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY WHO ARE HERE WITH SEIU 509 THE SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. RIGHT. I GET THAT RIGHT. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU FOR BEING IN THE HOUSE. WE WILL LATER BE HOPEFULLY
PASSING A RESOLUTION ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR DURKIN AND MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING YOUR EFFORTS TO UNIONIZE. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR AND 5 MINUTES. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT. WE ALREADY HAD A WONDERFUL GATHERING IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
WHERE WE RECOGNIZE EACH TEACHER INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JUST TEACHERS BUT ADMINISTRATORS AND AND EVERYONE WHO MAKES WORK.
YOU KNOW OUR OFFICE RECEIVED A FEW PHONE CALLS IN THE SPRING LOOKING FOR RESOLUTIONS TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE TEACHERS WHO ARE RETIRING AND
WE THOUGHT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO ONE GROUP GATHERING AND SEE IF WE CAN GET EVERYONE HERE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND WE WORKED WITH THE BTU AND YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE OVER 30 TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE HERE THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE. YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A CITY
COUNCILOR AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE OR YOU KNOW THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTITUTION HERE IN BOSTON ARE OUR SCHOOLS, IS OUR SCHOOL
SYSTEM AND UNLIKE OTHER, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS, OUR SCHOOLS WORK ONLY BECAUSE OF THE PERSONNEL WE HAVE IN THE
CLASSROOMS WORKING WITH OUR KIDS, DEVELOPING LESSON PLANS, MAKING SURE YOU KNOW, THE BUSSES SHOW UP, MAKING SURE THE BUILDINGS THE HEAT'S TURNED ON,
MAKING SURE THE SUPPLIES ARE THERE THAT YOU KNOW, THE SPORTS EQUIPMENT IS THERE AND THAT KIDS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS GET THEIR THE ATTENTION THAT THEY
NEED AND THAT YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND WE RELY SO MUCH ON OUR TEACHERS, PARENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT OF TWO
KIDS AND BEEPS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTITUTION FOR FOR MY FAMILY AND YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND I COULD
JOIN TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE AS YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WHO'S HERE AND EVERYONE WHO'S RETIRING WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TODAY PLEASE COME BY AND SAY HELLO.
YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY HAVE A BOTTOMLESS WELL OF GRATITUDE FOR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE SO I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD I KNOW WE RECOGNIZE EACH YEAR INDIVIDUALLY IF ALL
THE TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS EVERYONE WHO'S RETIRED CAN COME UP HERE, ANYONE FROM BTU IS HERE ALSO TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES AND I FOR A PHOTO THAT TOOK MY SISTER.
OKAY. YEAH, WELL AND I HAVE THE
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. I'LL HAND IT IN AFTER THIS. I'M SORRY IT'S LATE BUT MY HOMEWORK OH MY HOMEWORK.
IT'S THE SITUATION. OH, NO, IT'S NOT. YES, IT IS. AND IF ANYONE SHOWED UP JUST RIGHT NOW WHO DIDN'T GET A CITATION, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW OR LET MY STAFFERS
KNOW. YEAH, LET'S JUST HOLD THIS WHOLE THING AND COVER THE FRONT AND THEN MAYBE I'LL GET SOME. DON'T LEAVE US ALONE.
YOU CAN ALSO COME UP HERE. COME ON UP, EVERYBODY. ONE BIG RETIRING FAMILY.
MELANIE HOW ARE YOU? MELANIE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A WINDOW? AND I'M THINKING OKAY, EVERYONE
GOOD PEOPLE CAN GET ON THIS SIDE OVER HERE.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW. OH, I LOVE THIS DOING IT SO
OKAY, IS EVERYBODY IN? DOES EVERYONE HAVE A WINDOW? ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, SO CAN WE SEE EVERYONE? AWESOME.
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE REALLY PATIENT TOO. BUT THIS IS ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE'RE A PATIENT SERVICE TO MAKE
YOU WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. EVERYTHING.
OH, OKAY, LET'S LET'S OH, I KNOW PATIENTS LIKE YOU KNOW MY
ENGLISH TEACHER. YEAH.
THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER TO THE BEAT, TO YOU, TO THE RETIRED TEACHERS. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. I DIDN'T NOTICE MY 10TH GRADE
ENGLISH TEACHER IS HERE. MR COMEY. SO BARRY WHO COUNSELED ME HE IS HOW HE TAUGHT ME IN THE 10TH GRADE ALL ABOUT LITERATURE AT BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL AND IT'S JUST A COMMUNITY GEM SO
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE INCLUDING MY ENGLISH TEACHER. BE AWESOME. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION FROM CATCH ORAL WHO WILL BE HONORING
KENDRA MARTIN COUNCILOR ORAL YOU HAD THE FLOOR AND 5 MINUTES THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT IF KENDRA MEYER COULD COME DOWN BY THIS TIME IS YOURS.
YES. AND TODAY THE TEAM IS EDUCATORS SO I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE MS..
KENDRA MARTIN AND PRESENTER THE CITATION IN HONOR OF HER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION AS A MUSIC TEACHER AT THE FREDERICK PILOTS MIDDLE SCHOOL, KENDRA DOESN'T
JUST HOLD ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS IN OUR CITY AS A TEACHER OF THE ARTS SHE IS ALSO A LONG TIME COMMUNITY LEADER. EARLIER THIS YEAR I GOT TO WITNESS HER LEADERSHIP IN ACTION.
WE WERE ALL HAVING A BALL AT THE ANNUAL GROOVIN IN THE GROVE EVENT AN INITIATIVE FOUNDED BY KENDRA 12 YEARS AGO AS A CATALYST TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND THE BROADER
NEIGHBORHOODS THEY CALL HOME. THE TESTIMONY I REPEAT REPEATEDLY HERE OF A CHARACTER MAKES IT CLEAR WHEN PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES,
KENDRA BRINGS ANSWERS THAT RESONATE AND CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPROVEMENTS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. OUR CITY IS INDEBTED TO THE SERVICE OF RESIDENTS SUCH AS KENDRA WHO IF I MAY ECHO THE
WORDS OF SOME OF OUR COLLABORATE COLLABORATORS UPHOLD THE MOTTO OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY WORK HAND IN HAND. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW PRESENT THE CITATION TO MS..
KENDRA MARTIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS HONOR. I GOT IT.
I WROTE A FEW NOTES. I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK GOD FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALWAYS SERVE HIS PEOPLE AND THE STUDENTS OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MY SCHOOL THE FREDERICK THE LAST STANDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
THAT CLOSED IN JUNE. IT WAS A GREAT RIDE THERE AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND MY FEARLESS LEADER WHO WAS HERE, MISS
MCGOLDRICK, WHO DID A FANTABULOUS JOB WITH CLOSING A SCHOOL, KEEPING OUR STAFF MORALE HIGH AND THE STUDENTS
MORALE VERY HIGH. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK PROJECT RIGHT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. MICHAEL KOZOL WHOSE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT COLLABORATIVE MINE GOT ME OUT
THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATING WITH MISS GLORIA WEST WHO'S ALSO A TRAILBLAZER IN THE CITY AND THANK YOU TO THIS BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WHO
HAVE SHOWN UP IN AND OUT AT GROOVIN IN A GROVE COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MICHELLE WHO AT THE TIME WHO WAS NOW OUR MAYOR THE WORO BROTHERS AND
COUNCILOR LIZ. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ACTUALLY BEING PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A TIME AT GROOVIN. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY
FAMILY WHO HAS ALWAYS SHOWN AN UNWAVERING SUPPORT MY PARENTS AND MY SON AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENCE OF MY TWO ELDEST COUSINS ON BOTH MY MATERNAL AND
PATERNAL SIDE. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF BOSTON . I AM INDEBTED TO YOU. I AM ALSO A PRODUCT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY TO
HIGH SCHOOL. I GRADUATED FROM SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE MY VOW WAS TO BECOME A TEACHER WHEN I GRADUATED AND I HAVE DONE THAT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS. IF I COULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES IN THE FAMILY TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A GROUP PICTURE, PLEASE ENJOY YOUR YES AND FRIENDS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THANKS. THERE'S SO LITTLE DO YOU WANT
TO. LET'S PUT THEM UP. YOU CAN PUT THEM UP TOO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GET READY. THERE YOU GO. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS HERE.
YOU YOU KNOW HE'S PLEASE POSE FOR THE CAMERA SO I AWESOME.
SO YOU WANT TO BE. THANK YOU. YEAH, THEY HIT IT. THANK YOU.
YEAH, I KNOW. THAT'S FOR ME. AND IF WE'RE NOT IN THE MEETING
OVER, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. SORRY. HERE WE GO. CHASE WAS TRYING TO DURING THE
MEETING ALWAYS. I WANT YOU CONGRATULATIONS AND
THANK YOU AGAIN, KENDRA FOR ALL YOU DO. AND TO THE ENTIRE FREDERICK COMMUNITY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR MURPHY IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US?
YES. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ONTO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF JULY NINE, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED
NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 9TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 14001400 MESSAGE YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $3,966,900 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26TH SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE GRANT AWARDED
BY THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND A COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY THAT CONNECTS LAW
ENFORCEMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES TO REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE COMMONWEALTH. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 14200 WILL BE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 14011402 DUCK
NUMBER 1401 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $3,842,600 AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE REPLACEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY ORNAMENTAL FENCING ALL OF ALL
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROPERTY ALONG RIVERVIEW ROAD AND THE CREATION OF A PASSIVE PARK AT THE CORNER OF VINELAND STREET AND NORTH BEACON STREET IN
BRIGHT DOCK NUMBER 1402 MESSAGE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IN
THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $550,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS RELATIVE TO IMPROVING THE SIDEWALK AND BUS LOADING AND UNLOADING ON SAINT JAMES STREET
QUARTER IN COPLEY IN THE BACK BAY SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU THE CHARITY NICE THIS TIME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH FOR A SUSPENDED PASS OF THESE TWO DOCKETS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH BOTH THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR FOR ONE FOR ZERO ONE COUNCILOR BREADON AND
THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR FOR ONE FOR ZERO TWO COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEY BOTH ARE INTERESTED AND IN SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF THESE DOCKETS TODAY FOR
DOCKET 0401 THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON NEWTON STREET, RIVERVIEW ROAD AND VINELAND ST ON NEWTON ROAD. THIS SEGMENT INVOLVES ENTIRE REPAVING OF THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF NEWTON STREET FROM BOURKE
STREET TO ADDRESS PAST THE INTERSECTION OF CHARLES VIEW STREET. THE SCOPE INCLUDES MILLING AND OVERLAY OF THE ROAD SURFACE RECONSTRUCTING A SEVEN FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, REPLACING ALL
EXISTING RAMPS TO MEET ADA STANDARDS AND RESETTLING EXISTING RESETTING EXISTING CURBS WITH 10% REPLACED BY THE NEW CURVE. ADDITIONALLY THE PROJECT WILL INSTALL NEW STREET LIGHTING ACROSS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE
STREET INCLUDING UNDERGROUND CONDUIT, PILLBOXES AND FOUNDATION SIGNS ON RIVERVIEW ROAD. THIS SEGMENT FOCUSES ON REPLACING AND CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS ALONG RIVERVIEW ROAD
EXTENDING FROM THE BROOKS STREET BRIDGE TO THE PARSONS STREET BRIDGE. THIS SCOPE INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTING A SEVEN FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AND REPLACING ALL EXISTING RAMPS TO MEET ADA
STANDARDS ON VIOLENCE STREET. THE SEGMENT ON THE SIDEWALK INCLUDES WIDENING TO INCLUDE ACCESSIBLE PATHS FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. THE SCOPE OF RECONSTRUCTION SEVEN FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET TO MEET ADA STANDARDS FROM NORTH BEACON STREET TO MARKETS FROM THE NORTH BEACON STREET BRIDGE TO MARKET STREET REPLACING EXISTING RAMPS TO MEET ADA
STANDARDS AND RESETTING EXISTING CURBS WITH 10% REPLACED BY NEW CURBS IF NECESSARY, THE ROAD WILL BE RESERVED FOR THE ROAD SURFACE WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 2025 AND 2026.
CONSTRUCTION SEASON THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT GRANT TO PASS AND IF THIS WERE CITY MONEY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.
THIS IS REALLY JUST BECAUSE THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO PAY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE REVIEWING THIS AND HAVING TALKED TO THE
DISTRICT COUNCILOR, I BELIEVE THAT ASSESSMENT AND PASS WOULD HELP THIS MOVE QUICKER DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION SEASON. SO I'M GOING TO LET THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR SPEAK TO
THIS DOCKET ONE FOR ZERO ONE AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON 1402. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND I JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOU ON THE FLOOR . THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU. CONSIDER CAN I STAND TO ASK
THAT WE SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET 041041401A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THIS THANKS TO THE ADVOCACY OF OUR OUR
COUNCILOR REPRESENTATIVE MAJORITY LEADER MORAN. THIS GRANT WAS SECURED TO HELP MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THESE STREETS A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY IN THE MASS PIKE
EXTENSION CUT THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 1960S AND THE NORTH SIDE OF RIVER RIVER VIEW ROAD AND VINELAND STREET. WHEN REMOVED THE HOMES WERE REMOVED AND FRANKLY THERE WAS
VERY LITTLE IMPROVEMENTS SECURED TO MAKE THE IMPROVED LOCKS ON BARRIERS AND SIDEWALKS AND ALL OF THIS. SO THIS IS THIS IS A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE THE QUALITY OF THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE ON THESE STREETS THAT ARE JOINING THE MASS PIKE UNDER THE RAILWAY.
SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT AND EXTEND SUSPENDED PASSES TO THIS DOCKET 1401. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THE NEXT DOCKET OC COUNCILOR DURKIN'S EXPANSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1401 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING THE AYES
HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED ARE YOU LOOKING TO BECOME THE NEXT DOCKET THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOCKET 1402 IS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION COSTS RELATIVE TO
IMPROVING THE SIDEWALK AND BUS LOADING AND UNLOADING ON SAINT JAMES STREET QUARTER COPLEY SQUARE IN THE BACK BAY SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON I MY TEAM HAS SPOKEN WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR FROM DISTRICT TO BUT
THIS WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT MY CONSTITUENTS THE STREETS CABINET, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION AND THE MTA HAVE BEEN WORKING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S INITIAL DESIGN OF COPLEY SQUARE TO IMPROVE
ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC REALM, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND TRANSIT OPERATIONS. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS DESIGN INCLUDE A SIGNIFICANTLY WIDER SIDEWALK ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF COPLEY SQUARE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR
BUS PASSENGERS, PEDESTRIANS, NEW STREET TREES AND A DIGITAL BUS SHELTER AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST STOPS IN THE MTA SYSTEM A STRAIGHT AND CURB LINE ALONG THE BUS STOP WILL IMPROVE
ACCESSIBILITY FOR NEW FOR PASSENGERS NEW CURB EXTENSIONS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT SAME SHROOMS ADD NEW RAISED CROSSWALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS SAFETY AT TRINITY PLACE.
ANYONE WHO GOES HAS EVER BEEN TO TRINITY CHURCH KNOWS THAT THERE'S THERE NEEDS TO BE A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT HERE AND ANYONE WHO HAS TAKEN ANY SO I'M
EXCITED THIS IS $550,000 BUT IT WILL GO TO GOOD WORK AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY ON THIS CURVE SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PUSHING FOR A
SUSPENSION PASS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE ROLLS AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1402. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO SAY NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED MR CLERK ,COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1403 DOCKET NUMBERS 1403 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $136,722.35 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE SHELTER SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING GRANT AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A COURIER SERVICE WAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND MASS HIRE CAREER CENTERS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SHELTER
RESIDENTS WITH TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1403 YOU WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 14041404 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $130,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOOD FOR THE
HBS LEADERSHIP FELLOW GRANT AWARDED BY THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE GRANT FUND, THE LEADERSHIP FELLOW POSITIONS WHICH WILL
PROVIDE ONE YEAR OF SUPPORT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY.
IS THIS DOCKET BEEN ASSIGNED TO MY COMMITTEE? NO, BUT OKAY, I YEAH, I GUESS I WILL WAIT IF IT DOES I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS. YOU MAY MOVE TO SUSPEND. OKAY.
CAN I MOVE TO SUSPEND AND PASS? MADAM PRESIDENT DOCKET NUMBER 1404I AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY. YOU MAY SPEAK. OKAY. OKAY.
SO THIS IS THE 13TH YEAR THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS WORKED WITH HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION STAFF. THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP FELLOWS POSITION HAS EXISTED AS AS THE MENINO
ADMINISTRATION. THE FELLOW WILL PARTICIPATE IN MAYORAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATE AS AN INTERNAL CONSULTANT DIRECTLY ADVISING ONE OR MORE
DEPARTMENTS ON A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE CITY AND OVERALL HEALTH OF THE ORGANIZATION, PROVIDE EXPERTISE
YOU KNOW SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU CAN INCLUDE STRATEGY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 311 BASIC CITY SERVICES BUSINESS, STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION AND RECRUITMENT ORGANIZING AND
RUNNING CABINET AND DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS AND MORE. I BELIEVE THAT THE THERE'S A TIMING ISSUE HERE TO WE END
THERE THIS PERSON IS LOOKING TO START OR THE FELLOW SO TO START RELATIVELY SOON SO THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING TO SUSPENDED PAST TODAY THANK YOU THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I DID JUST HAVE A QUESTION I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT IS IT ONE POSITION? IT'S ONE PERSON GETTING PAID
130,000 TO COVER A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THROUGH THE CHAIR. IT'S COUNSELOR WEBER KNOWS THAT ANSWER DO THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MEMBER IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.
I AM NOT SURE I USE IT. I IMAGINE THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN ADDITION TO JUST PAY THAT GOES INTO THE YOU KNOW THERE'S OPERATING COSTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME WITH IT
SO IF YOU WANT AN ANSWER FOR HOW MUCH THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVES I CAN GET THAT YES, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP THE VOTE BECAUSE I'M IN SUPPORT OF PASSING IT. BUT I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE.
SO IF WE COULD JUST GET THAT AS SOON AS YOU CAN, THAT'S A GREAT THING. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THIS AS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. ONE OF MY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS
WAS AN HBCU LEADERSHIP FELLOW UNDER MAYOR WALSH AND JUST HAD JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT BOTH TO THE CITY AND TO THE FELLOWS SO I'M EXCITED TO REALLY SEE THIS CONTINUE.
COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR OF LABOR ECONOMIC LABOR, ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1404. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES
HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 140531408 STUCK IN A140 5 MINUTES AS YOU KNOW,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN NWT GRANT FOUNDATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE GRANT FOUNDATION PASSED
THROUGH NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POOR HALLWAY HEAL THE GRANT WILL FUND AWAY HEAL MEMBER TO DESIGN, IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN
A NEW HIRING PLATFORM FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT BOTH SUMMER AND YEAR ROUND PROGRAMS. TALK NUMBER 1406 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF $70,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FRIENDS OF YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES BOSTON STATE STREET GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AGES 14 TO 24 TO WORK AND LEARN ALONG WITH INTENSIVE STAFF SUPPORT I
CAN HAVE A1407 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FRIENDS OF YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES BOSTON GRANT AWARDED BY THE PAUL POST GROUP
TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 14 TO 24 TO WORK AND LEARN ALONG WITH INTENSIVE STAFF
SUPPORT IN DARK NUMBER 1408 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $45,683.03 IN THE
FORM OF A GRANT AWARDED BY THE USDA FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE PASS THROUGH THE MASAYA DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT .
THE GRANT WILL FUND ENHANCED JOB SEARCH SERVICES FOR TFT AND SNAP PARTICIPANT INCLUDING CAREER COUNSELING WORKSHOPS, JOB FAIRS AND FREE JOB SEARCHES
THROUGH BOSTON'S MASS HIRE CAREER CENTERS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGONIZES OVER ACTUALLY THANK YOU. DOC IS NUMBER 15140531408 WILL
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1409 KIND OF A140 NAME MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 10,000 AND ONCE $10,000 IN $0.01 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 NATIONAL VIOLENCE DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND DATA COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT.
THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS AND I'M DOCKET NUMBER 1410 DUCK NUMBER 1410
MESSAGE AND ORDER TRANSFER TRANSMITTING FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER APPROVING THE RECEIPT OF A CONSERVATION RESTRICTION ON LAND AT 217 TO 20 1 TO 23
THROUGH 225 AND 227 THROUGH TO 31 NORE WELLS STREET BOSTON, MASS. 02124 THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS. IT COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU.
MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CHAIR THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT
CORRECT CATALOG. HE'S NOT HERE WITH A SAY BUT YES, WITH ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I SEE KELS WHERE I WAS LATE ON IT LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AS WELL. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU TO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS DOCKET, WILD WEST OF WASHINGTON CIVIC GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND
THE CITY ON THESE LOTS TO CREATE A NEW PLAYGROUND. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TEN YEARS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE APPROVALS THAT THEY NEED IN
ORDER TO MOVE THIS LOT FROM A PRIVATE ENTITY TO A COMMUNITY GROUP. AGAIN, AFTER THE PAST IS TO BE
ONE STEP CLOSER TO BREAKING GROUND ON A NEW PLAYGROUND BUT THERE ARE STILL MORE STEPS. SO JUST LOOKING TO GET THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THIS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR SANTINO, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE SIX SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 141410 ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE VOTE SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A ONE
FOR ONE ZERO COUNCIL A BRIEF YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. SORRY. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. SORRY. ON THE. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA YEAH. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. DUCK IN NUMBER 1410 HAS 126 TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1410 HAS PASSED.
MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 1411. DUCK ANIMAL 1411 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO ADOPT THE LIQUOR LICENSE CONVERSION AS A LOCAL
OPTION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1411 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 141211413 DUCK
NUMBER 1412 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF J. SELINA BARRIOS MILNER AS AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING
MAY FIRST, 2028 IN DOG NUMBER 1413 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF J. ANNABELLA GOMEZ AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST,
2028. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1412 AND 1413 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE REPORT THIS NUMBER 141421427 SO I CAN HAVE A ONE FOR ONE FOUR NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF LAUREN WU AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL
COMMITTEE NOMINATING PANEL EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER 1415 IT NOTICE A RECEIPT FROM THE MAYOR OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE CITY FROM MONDAY JULY
21ST, 2025 AT 9 A.M. RETURNING SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2025 AT 2 P.M. DUCK NUMBER ONE FLOOR ONE SIX NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT PROVIDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PAYROLL
ALLOTMENT SCHEDULES FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS DUCKING NUMBER ONE FOR ONE SEVEN NO SERVICE FROM COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE CITY FROM
MONDAY, JULY 21ST, 2025 UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, 2025 DUCKING NUMBER ONE FOR ONE IGNORES THE CITY FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH
CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF JULY NINE, 2025 I
NUMBER 1419 NOTICEABLY RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
THE CITY COUNCIL ITS MEETING ON MARCH 12, 2025 DUCK IN OF A1420 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCILORS FITZGERALD, FLYNN AND MURPHY REGARDING A LETTER
OF SUPPORT FOR TEAMSTERS LOCAL 25 DUCK NUMBER 1421 LET HIM FINISH READING AND THEN YEAH AT THE END MR CORRECT PLEASE
CONTINUE TALKING NUMBER 1421 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY AT ORCHARD GARDEN SCHOOL DOCK NUMBER 1422 COMMUNICATION FROM
COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE SOUTH END AND ROXBURY DOCK IN NUMBER 1423 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR OF FLYNN REGARDING DRONE SAFETY
DUCK NUMBER 1424 COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT OF MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE BILL 3731 AN ACT TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY DOG
NUMBER 1425 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL'S NAME REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONCERNS AT 217 DORCHESTER AVENUE DUCK NUMBER
1426 COMMUNICATIONS FROM COUNCILORS MURPHY FITZGERALD FLYNN AND COUNCIL FLYNN READ DOCKET NUMBER 1099 AND DUCK AND
1427 AND DOCKET NUMBER 1427 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTALS 2025 REPORT TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OKAY THESE DOCKETS WILL BE
PLACED ON FILE BUT COUNCILOR MURPHY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET. OKAY. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR WHICH DOC WILLOUGHBY SPEAKING ON FIRST I'LL SPEAK ON MY.
OKAY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO RISE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE TEAMSTERS AT THEIR LAST MEETING OVERWHELMINGLY
VOTED THEIR MEMBERS 93% WHICH IS VERY UNLIKELY TO GET THAT HIGH OF A VOTE FROM THEIR MEMBERS TO CONTINUE THIS FIGHT. AND I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND REMIND PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THE
TEAMSTERS KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL OUT THERE SUPPORTING THEM. AND AS WE KNOW AS STRIKES GO ON LONGER, SOMETIMES IT'S MUCH HARDER. SO THEY NEED US NOW MORE THAN EVER.
SO I WANTED TO RISE AND JUST BRING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ENTERED THIS COMMUNICATION INTO THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON ON THE DOCKET? I DO, YES. I DID WANT TO JUST RISE I'LL BE
SPEAKING ON IT IN A RESOLUTION SO JUST TO MENTION 1424 AND THAT I DID WRITE A LETTER TO THE HONORABLE JAY LIVINGSTON ON
WHO SPONSORED THE DOCKET UP AT THE STATE HOUSE THE BILL AND ALSO SENATOR BRENDAN CREIGHTON WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE TO TRANSPORTATION
ALONG WITH JAMES CROWE TO UPLIFT A NEED THAT I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON HERE AND HAVE SEVERAL HEARING ORDERS OUT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND OUR
SIDEWALKS. AND LASTLY, I'M NOT SURE I'VE ALSO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WANTS TO RISE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE ALSO BUT COMMUNICATION WAS
SUBMITTED BECAUSE BACK THIS BODY BACK ON MAY 21ST UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A HOME RULE PETITION UNDER DOCKET 1099 TO SUPPORT TRICIA BRITT PRINCIPAL PATRICIA LAMB PRAN
AND RECEIVING HER FULL RETIREMENT BENEFITS. THIS PETITION RECOGNIZES HER DECADES OF COMMITTED SERVICE TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IT SEEK TO ADDRESS THE HARDSHIP SHE CONTINUES TO ENDURE
FOLLOWING A DEVASTATING ON THE JOB ATTACK WHICH HAPPENED BACK IN 2021. TO DATE THE PETITION HAS NOT BEEN BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND AS A RESULT IT HAS NOT BEEN TRANSMITTED TO THE
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATIVE FOR CONSIDERATION. SO WE'RE RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT THE PETITION BE REVIEWED AND SIGNED AT THE MAYOR'S EARLIEST CONVENIENCE SO IT MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE REQUIRED
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. PATRICIA LAMB PERON'S STORY IS ONE OF EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION AND PERSONAL SACRIFICE AFTER BEING VIOLENTLY ATTACKED WHILE SERVING AS PRINCIPAL AT THE
HENDERSON INCLUSION. SHE HAS FACED SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. THE COUNCIL ACTED SWIFTLY AND UNANIMOUSLY TO STAND WITH HER AND IT IS NOW TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO ENSURE THAT SHE
RECEIVES THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS THAT SHE HAS EARNED. AND I KNOW EARLIER TODAY WE WERE UPLIFTING MANY OF OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS AMONG THEM WHO WERE NOW ABLE TO RECEIVE
THEIR RIGHTFUL BENEFITS IN THEIR RETIREMENT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT LINGER HERE AT THIS COUNCIL. OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT THE
FRUSTRATION THAT WE PASS THINGS HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND THEN THEY DIE AT THE STATE HOUSE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT DYING HERE, THAT THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY UP TO THE STATEHOUSE SO WE CAN CONTINUE BECAUSE THERE IS SEVERAL STATE REPRESENTATIVES
AND SENATORS READY TO TAKE IT AND MOVE IT THROUGH THE STATEHOUSE TO GET HER WHAT SHE DESERVES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGONIZES COUNCILOR BREADON INCARCERATING YOU ON THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ASK TO REFER TO A DOCKET 147 TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. THIS IS THE COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OF HOUSING REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTALS 2025 REPORT TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1427 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THE CHAIR AND AS OF TIMES WHERE WE HAVE THE FLOOR. SURE. I GUESS THE FIRST POINT OF ORDER WILL WE BE VOTING ON 14 TO 9 OR.
YES, THAT'S KIND OF IF WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT AT 14 TO NOT BUT OKAY. I WILL I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT WHEN IT COMES UP. THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT OF INQUIRY THAT RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THE OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST LIKE TO ECHO COUNCILOR MURPHY, ESPECIALLY ON NUMBER 40 1426. WE DID DO THIS BACK IN MAY AND
TO START THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR PRINCIPAL TRICIA LAND. RON, HOWEVER, THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS NOW AND WE ASSUME THAT IS ENOUGH TIME AND
WE LOOK FOR AN EXPEDIENT ANSWER FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1428 DUNCAN NUMBER 1428 THE CONSTABLE BONDS
OF CARINA MYLES NIKOLA TWITTER AND CHARLES MAMBO HAVEN'T BEEN DULY APPROVED BY THE COLLECTOR TREASURER WE RECEIVED. THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 1428 IS APPROVED UNDER THE USUAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE RECORD THIS NUMBER 1429 AND 1430 DUK NUMBER 1429 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNIQUE FROM THE BOSTON
LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE PETITION NUMBER TWO 92.24 19 CANTON ROAD JAMAICA PLAIN MISS.
AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER AUGUST 10TH, 2025 IF NOT ACTED UPON AND DR. NUMBER 1430 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A
COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE PETITION NUMBER 2 TO 5.07 THE ANNA
HARRIS SMITH HOUSE 65 PLEASANT STREET, DORCHESTER, MASS. AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025 IF NOT ACTED UPON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. AND WE'VE DEALT WITH THESE ISSUES BEFORE BUT BOTH OF THE DOCKETS THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS
INCORRECT THAT THESE WILL BOTH ACTUALLY BE LANDMARK IF WE DON'T VOTE ON THEM TODAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS AUGUST 10TH SO I KNOW WE'VE RUN INTO THIS
ISSUE BEFORE BUT IT'S 30 DAYS FROM WHEN THE MAYOR SIGNS THE LANDMARK PETITION. SO WITHOUT A VOTE TODAY ON EITHER OF THESE DOCKETS THEY WILL SLIDE INTO AUTOMATICALLY
BECOMING LANDMARKS. AND AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ,I BELIEVE IN OUR COLLECTIVE DUTY TO APPROVE OR DENY
LANDMARKS AT THIS JUNCTURE. SO FIRST I'LL SPEAK ON OH 4 TO 9 WHICH IS THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION AT 19 KENTON ROAD IN JAMAICA PLAIN. I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION'S UNANIMOUS DECISION TO DESIGNATE THIS AS AN OFFICIAL BOSTON LANDMARK BUILT BETWEEN 1843 AND 1856 THIS HOME AS THE OLDEST IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND REFLECTS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD'S TRANSFORMATION FROM FARMLAND TO A STREETCAR SUBURB. ARCHITECTURALLY IT IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF ITS ITALIANATE STYLE FEATURING A FRONT GABLED FORM
WITH FRONT DECORATIVE BRACKETS ARCHED AND WINDOW HOOD'S BAY WINDOWS AND A CLASSIC ENTRY PORCH. FEWER THAN 10% OF ITALIANATE HOMES SHARE THIS SUBTITLE
MAKING IT RARE AND A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF BOSTON'S HISTORY. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY ISAAC HARRIS CAREY, A PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AND REAL ESTATE ENTREPRENEUR WHOSE WORK SHAPED JAMAICA PLAIN IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
THIS HOUSE HAS STOOD FOR MORE THAN 170 YEARS AS A AS A HISTORIC ANCHOR ON CANTON ROAD. THIS SITE STEPS FROM WASHINGTON STREET AND TO RAMBLE STATIONS IS AN AREA POISED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS HOME IS CURRENTLY UNDER A
90 DAY DEMOLITION DELAY. THE LANDMARK STATUS WILL ALLOW FOR INVESTMENT IN INTERIOR RENOVATIONS WHILE PRESERVING THIS SPECIAL HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LANDMARK THINGS PRIOR TO THERE BEING A WRECKING BALL AND THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL CASE. THERE IS A DEVELOPER THAT'S INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE
SPACE. I HAVE SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THEY ARE IN SUPPORT THERE BEING CHANGES TO THE SITE AND UNITS BUT THEY DO WANT TO PRESERVE
THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF THE SITE AND SO WITH THAT I AND I I'LL I'LL HAND THIS TO THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR VERBAL AND WRITTEN
SUPPORT FOR A LANDMARK WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS SITE BY SENATOR LIZ MIRANDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE SAM ANTONIO CITY COUNCILORS WEBER WORL ENRIQUE
PEPEN AND HENRY SANTANA THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, THE STONY BROOK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. LORI GRINNELL HOUSE GRANT
GRUNOW HOUSE AND SUMMER HILL ASSOCIATION AND 46 LETTERS FROM THE PUBLIC PRIMARILY FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS. SO I WILL PASS THIS TO COUNCILOR WEBER SAYING THE ERIC
THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WEBER YOU ON THE FLOOR? YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND YOU KNOW I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES BOTH
HERE AND IN THE STATE IN SUPPORTING THIS YOU PART OF BECAUSE OF THE CIRCLE NATURE OF THE HOUSE BUT ALSO BECAUSE BY LANDMARKING IT IT WOULDN'T HAVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON OUR
ABILITY TO CREATE UNITS OF HOUSING IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE NUMBER OF UNITS OF HOUSING YOU KNOW ON THAT LOT OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I, I DO JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SEE LANDMARKS BEING USED AS A WAY TO PREVENT US BUILDING MUCH NEEDED HOUSING. I DIDN'T SEE THAT BEING THE CASE HERE WHICH IS WHY I
SUPPORTED IT AND YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE CAN PASS IT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR OF PLANNING WE'LL
TAKE EACH ONE ONE BY ONE. OH, OKAY. OKAY, LET'S LET'S VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1429. COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION SIX PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1429. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY I HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1430. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING TO DESIGNATE THE ANNA HARRIS SMITH HOUSE AT NIGHT AT SIX 3065 PLEASANT STREET IN DORCHESTER AS A BOSTON LANDMARK
A DECISION THAT HONORS BOTH THE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL AND RARE PEACE OF OUR CITY'S EARLY HISTORY. BUILT IN 1804 BY SAMUEL CLARK, THIS HOUSE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING HOMES IN BOSTON AND
THE BEST PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF FEDERAL STYLE VERNACULAR HOUSE IN DORCHESTER. THIS SYMMETRICAL FACADE, LOW PITCHED ROOF AND ORIGINAL WOOD FEATURES STAND AS A TANGIBLE
EXAMPLE OF BOSTON'S EARLY 19TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE. THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS HOME LIES IN THE HOUSE OF THE LIFE OF ANNA HARRIS SMITH WHO WAS BORN HERE IN 1843 AND LIVED
HERE FOR 65 YEARS IN 1899 AND I FOUNDED THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON CREATING THE FIRST SHELTER IN THE AREA THAT ACCEPTED BOTH STRAY AND OWNER SURRENDERED ANIMALS.
UNDER HER LEADERSHIP THE LEAGUE GREW INTO A NATIONAL MODERATE MODEL OF YOUR HUMANE CARE RESCUING AND FINDING HOMES FOR THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS EACH YEAR. HER ADVOCACY EXTENDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INSPIRING THE
FORMATION OF RESCUE DOGS IN MULTIPLE STATES AND SHAPING THE HUMANE MOVEMENT AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. THIS DESIGNATION NOT ONLY PRESERVES THIS REMARKABLE PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE BUT ALSO CELEBRATES THE ENDURING LEGACY
OF COMPASSION AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY THAT WAS HELD BY ANNA HARRIS SMITH. BY LANDMARKING THIS HOME WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING STORIES THAT DEFINE BOSTON NOT JUST FOR OUR PAST
BUT FOR THE VALUES THAT WE WANT TO CARRY FORWARD. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN AFFIRMING THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION'S VOTE AND THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO APPROVE THIS DESIGNATION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1430. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE POLLS SAY NAY, THE
AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. WE'RE IN. I WANT TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 080890 DARK NUMBER 0890 THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUALITY
GREAT ADVANCEMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON APRIL 16, 2025 TALKING NUMBERS 0890 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT FUND GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.
THE GRANT WILL FUND PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES, EVENTS AND SMALL GRANTS THAT ENABLE IMMIGRANTS TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC, CIVIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCIL WHOEVER THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT COUNCIL WHOEVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON JULY 31ST THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT HELD A VIRTUAL HEARING ON DOCKET
NUMBER 0890A MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ACCEPT AN $200,000 OR $200,000 IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT FUND GRANT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND OR MOYA AS WE CALL IT. THIS MATTER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE APRIL 16TH AND WAS SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR IN
ATTENDANCE AT LAST WEEK'S HEARING WHERE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR MARIA COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED AN
ABSENCE LETTER FROM VICE CHAIR PEPEN. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING MOYER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MONIQUE WEN WHO WAS
ALSO JOINED BY HANNAH AVILA WHO IS MOYER'S LEGAL ACCESS PROJECT MANAGER. DURING THE HEARING WE LEARNED THAT THIS GRANT IS A DONATION THAT CAME FROM THE BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE USED BY MOYER
TOWARD LEGAL ACCESS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANTS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSIST IMMIGRANTS. THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THIS WAS THE THIRD YEAR THEY HAVE ADMINISTERED LEGAL ACCESS
GRANTS WHICH WILL ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS, SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS IN COURT FOR THE REPRESENTATION, PROVIDE IMMIGRANTS WITH ASSISTANCE TO ICE CHECK INS ASYLUM
APPLICATIONS AND HELP WITH ASSISTANCE AND HELP WITH THE WORK PERMIT APPLICATIONS. SO FAR MOYER HAS RECEIVED 41 APPLICATIONS FOR THESE LEGAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS AND HAS
AWARDED ALMOST HALF TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO DATE. THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THIS $200,000 GRANT WILL BE ADDED TO THEIR GRANT POOL OF $700,000 WHICH WILL THEN BE DISBURSED TO
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER UPON THE PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. WE ALL KNOW WE ARE CITIES BEING
TARGETED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR OUR OUR HELP TO OUR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS HERE BASED ON THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
AND SO I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS GRANTS LIKE THIS TO PROVIDE HELP FOR PEOPLE HERE IN BOSTON. SO WITH THAT SAID, AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL
RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT, I RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS
HEARING INTO THE MOYA FOR ALL THAT THEY DO. IT WAS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT ON A SHOESTRING RIGHT NOW FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A LOT OF UPLIFT UPLIFT A LOT OF THE
WORK THAT THEY DO. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0890. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OTHERS OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO
REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN IS NOW PRESIDENT WITH US. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0893 AND 1 TO 6
ONE. I CAN NUMBER 0893 THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON APRIL 16, 2025 SO I CAN
NUMBER 0893 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 AND FORM A GRANT FOR THE CJP COMMUNAL SECURITY
INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERAS OUTSIDE JEWISH INSTITUTIONS TO
BE MONITORED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HOPES OF PROTECTING FAITH BASED INSTITUTIONS. SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER TO PASS AND
NUMBER 1 TO 6 ONE THE CANADIAN PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JUNE 25TH 2025. DOCKET NUMBER 1261 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $251,145 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S INNOCENCE AND CONVICTION INTEGRITY COLLABORATE AND GRANT
AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PASS THROUGH THE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNCILOR SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BPD CRIME LAB STAFF TEAM FOR THE
MASSACHUSETTS INNOCENCE AND CONVICTION INTEGRITY COLLABORATION PROJECT SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE ORDER TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR STANTON OF THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TO THIS FIRST 40893 THIS MATTER
WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 16. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION DOCKET NUMBER 0893 AUTHORIZES THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THIS CJP COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 AWARDED BY THE COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES
TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS GRANT WOULD FUND VISITATION OF CCTV CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF THE JEWISH INSTITUTIONS AND WOULD BE MODERATED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HOPES
OF PROTECTING FAITH BASED INSTITUTIONS. THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THIS STATING THAT THIS DOCKET AUTHORIZES THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE
COMMUNITY'S SECURITY INITIATIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF 120,000 AND FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 6 ONE. THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1261 STATED THAT THIS TARGET AUTHORIZES THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE A IN A SENSE OF CONVICTION INTEGRITY COLLABORATION GRANT
AND THE AMOUNT OF $251,145. THIS GRANT WAS AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNCILOR SERVICES AND WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN ME IN PASSING BOTH THESE DOCKETS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR SANTANA SIX OH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SPEAK ON 0893? YOU MAY.
THANK YOU. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GRANT THAT WILL SUPPORT MANY JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT BOSTON.
WE KNOW MANY OF THE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN HERE HAVE BEEN HARMED DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME WITH PROTESTS AND WITH WITH VANDALISM.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS ESCALATING INCLUDING AT THE ISRAELI CONSUL GENERAL OFFICE LOCATED NEAR THE PARK PLAZA
AREA WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT AND WE NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS. I'M ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO BE ON
THIS MATTER? OKAY. COUNSELOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE NEEDS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0893. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
I SUPPOSE IN THE EYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 6 ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
THOSE OPPOSE ANY EYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0474 DOCKING NUMBER 0474 FOR
ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL CODES UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY OR ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR BRAYTON CONCENTRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCKET 0474 WE HAD A COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HELD A WORKING SESSION ON THIS DOCKET
YESTERDAY TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH IN THE PARTY ROOM TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE EFFICACY OF THE UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE. IN ATTENDANCE WERE SPONSORS, COUNCILORS DURKAN, SANTANA AND
MYSELF AS WELL AS COUNCILORS FINN MURPHY, LOUIJEUNE AND COLETTA AND THE LETTER OF ABSENCE WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR WORRELL. THIS DOCKET WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 12TH AND
A HEARING WAS HELD IN THE I.A. CHAMBER ON JUNE 12TH. THIS WORKING SESSION SERVED AS A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION AMONG COUNCILORS TO CONTEMPLATE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE
EXISTING ORDINANCE INCLUDING ADJUSTING THE REPORT DEADLINE FOR INSTITUTIONS AND REQUIRING COUNCIL HEARINGS, ENSURING DATA COLLECTION COLLECT THAT THE DATA COLLECTED INFORM POLICY
MAKING. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMRADE DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR ALL OF HER WORK AND HER TEAM'S WORK AND FACILITATING THESE HEARINGS. I KNOW IT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION AND IF WE DO PUT FORWARD AN AMENDMENT IT'LL THEN
GO TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS BUT JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK AND I THINK A COUPLE WITH A COUPLE OF CHANGES WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO DO SOMETHING THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT
WE'RE GETTING I THINK WE'RE GETTING GOOD DATA. THE QUESTION IS COULD WE GET BETTER DATA AND COULD IT BE TIMED BETTER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TO
PROVIDE THE BEST DATA THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR STUDENTS? SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AND THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR HOSTING THIS INFORMATIVE WORKING SESSION YESTERDAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AND MR CLERK OC APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
DOCKET NUMBER 20474 SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES PURSUANT TO THE RULES THAT LEAD
SPONSOR HAS 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET AND A CO-SPONSOR ANOTHER COLLEAGUE HAS 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET. SO MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1431
INTO THE RECORD NUMBER 1431. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
FLYNN NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I HAVE REFILED THIS ORDINANCE
FROM A PREVIOUS TERM WHEN WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE HEARING WHERE WE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF EXPERTS INCLUDING RENOWNED RODENT URBAN ALLERGIST DR. BOBBY CORRIGAN. SHORTLY AFTER THE CITY
PUBLISHED THE BOSTON RODENT ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTING MANY OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS WHILE THE BOSTON WROTE AN ACTION PLAN, I OUTLINED POSITIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS OUR PEST CONTROL CRISIS
. THE PLAN FALLS SHORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOTH DR. CORRIGAN AND CORRIGAN AND I THAT THE CITY VISITED THE IDEA OF FORMALLY CREATING A RATS.
SINCE APPOINTING EVERY OUTSIDER, NEW YORK CITY HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH IMPROVED INSPECTION RESPONSE TIMES AND DECREASED 311 COMPLAINTS FOR A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES INCLUDING TRASH
CONTAINERIZATION SOMETHING I ALSO CO-SPONSORED ON A LATER DOCKET IN BOSTON PEST CONTROL CONTINUES TO BE A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH
ESTEEMED PUBLIC WORKS WATER AND SEWER IN THE MAIN POINTS OF CONTACT. BOSTON IS RANKED 12TH IN THE COUNTRY FOR THIS PROBLEM. WE ALSO HAVE NEARBY TOWNS AND CITIES WHO HAVE A RATS OUT.
I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE SHOULD STREAMLINE THE PROCESS WITH ITS OWN STANDALONE CITY DEPARTMENT AND POINT PERSON FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT'S THAT SERIOUS DISTRICT COUNCIL IS NO IT'S
GETTING WORSE AND THE CALLS WE RECEIVE EVERY DAY. THE WALKTHROUGHS I DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. I KNOW THE DISTRICT COUNCIL IS AS WELL. WE SEE RESIDENTS NOT DISPOSING
OF TRASH PROPERLY. NEIGHBORS ARE PLEADING FOR BAIT BOXES, PROPER CONTAINERS, ASIAN COMPOSTING TO SEPARATE FOOD AND NOT ALLOW RATS TO HAVE A FOOD SOURCE.
OUR PEST OUR PEST CONTROL CRISIS POSES PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. AS I MENTIONED TWO WEEKS AGO A TUFTS UNIVERSITY RELEASED IN APRIL FOUND THAT RATS IN BOSTON
ARE SPREADING A VERY SERIOUS DISEASE A POTENTIALLY DEADLY DISEASE THAT CAN IN RARE CAUSES CASES CAUSE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS MULTIPLE
ORGAN FAILURE AND DEATH. TODAY WE HAVE THREE DOCKETS RELATED TO RATS. CLEARLY WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. WHAT BETTER WAY THAN STREAMLINING FOR A CENTRALIZED
OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SHORT AND LONG TERM INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS? THIS OFFICE WOULD TEST DIFFERENT PEST CONTROL
STRATEGIES STRATEGIES COORDINATE AND TRACK OVERALL PROGRESS IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS. OUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE ARE SPENDING A LOT MORE MONEY ON
ISSUES IMPACTING RESIDENTS. BUT HOW ABOUT AN OFFICE OF DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON PEST CONTROL RESIDENTS ON OUR WALKTHROUGHS ONE BAIT BOXES FOR
EVERY GUARD WHO WANT ONE PROP A TRASH CONTAINER ASIANS COMPOST IN PUBLIC BARRELS ON COMMERCIAL STREETS ARE HELPFUL BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE WE ALSO NEED A MASSIVE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO
EVERY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS IN BOSTON. THIS IS A CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. IT'S THE JOB OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE. AND I KNOW ALL OF US WHEN WE JOKE BUT IT'S TRUE THAT WHEN WE
HAVE HEARINGS HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND ESTY IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RAT ISSUE, WE USUALLY HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE BECAUSE ALL OF US GET THE CALLS
FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. IT'S ALSO TO ME AND WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE DIRECTLY AFFECTED OFTENTIMES TIMES A MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUE TOO MANY PEOPLE DEALING WITH MICE AND RATS TAKING OVER THEIR APARTMENTS, TAKING OVER THEIR HOUSE, PEOPLE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSE OR ENJOYED THEIR BACKYARD IF THEY HAVE A YARD HERE IN THE CITY.
SO I DO THINK IT'S TIME TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN. I DO WANT TO UPLIFT JOHN ALARIC AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM OVER AT DSD. THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB BUT LIKE MOST THINGS IN THE CITY AS
THINGS GET WORSE WE HAVE TO THINK OF OTHER WAYS TO TACKLE IT AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS IF A RATS ARE WOULD HELP FOCUS IN ON THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS UPWARDS EVERYDAY TO US.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 1432 TALKING ABOUT ONE FOR THREE TO COUNCIL THE SANTANA AND MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE REGARDING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF COMMERCIAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONS RELATIVE TO WORKERS, EMERGENCY
FIRST RESPONDERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA BECAUSE I SENT ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I
UNDERSTAND THE RULES IN ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? COUNCILOR S.A. YOU SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD OF FLYNN AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING THE OBJECTIONS OF FLYNN AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. REALLY HONOR TO BE INTRODUCING THIS MORNING ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN IN ORDER TO PUTS OUR WORKERS, OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS FIRST. WE KNOW THAT BOSTON IS A CITY THAT EMBRACES INNOVATION BUT WE MUST NEVER LET INNOVATION COME AT THE COST OF THE WORKING
PEOPLE WHO BUILD OUR ECONOMY AND KEEP OUR CITY MOVING. THE RISE OF COMMERCIAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES POSES REAL RISK NOT JUST TO JOBS BUT TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
THAT SERVE OUR OUR DRIVER COMMUNITY AND TO INTO THE VERY CHARACTER OF OUR STREETS. THOUSANDS OF HARDWORKING RIDESHARE AND COMMERCIAL DRIVERS MANY OF WHOM ARE
IMMIGRANTS, UNION MEMBERS AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS HAVE INVESTED THEIR LIVELIHOODS INTO THIS SECTOR. IT IS EVERY SEAT AT THE TABLE BEFORE ADDING NEW TECHNOLOGY IS ALLOWED TO OPERATE ON OUR ROADS.
THIS ORDER CALLS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT AND PUBLIC STUDY OF THE IMPACTS OF AUTONOMOUS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON LABOR, ON TRAFFIC, ON SAFETY AND EMERGENCY
RESPONDER RESPONDERS. IT ALSO CREATES A PERMITTING PROCESS THAT ENSURES HUMAN SAFETY OPERATORS REMAIN IN EVERY VEHICLE. LET ME BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT AN
ANTI-TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS PRO-WORKER PRO SAFETY AND PRO BOSTON. WE WILL NOT BE TESTING GROUND FOR CORPORATIONS THAT WANT TO DISRUPT WITH OUR CREDIBILITY.
WE STAND WITH OUR DRIVERS. WE STAND WITH OUR UNIONS AND WE STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON . AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN TAKE PART IN THIS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN HAS COME TO MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION. WE'RE FILING THIS ORDINANCE. I KNOW A FEW WEEKS BACK WE DID
HAVE A RALLY AND WE HAD A HEARING THAT TRIGGERED THIS CONVERSATION THAT BROUGHT FORTH THIS RESOLUTION. SO I'M FIRE ORDINANCE WE'RE FILING THIS ORDINANCE WHICH WILL ESTABLISH A CAUTIOUS AND
RESPONSIVE BILL FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION HERE IN BOSTON. WHILE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDS PROMISE, WE MUST BE CLEAR EYED ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL RISKS AND DISRUPTIONS TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY WORKERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THOUSANDS OF RIDESHARE AND COMMERCIAL DRIVERS HAVE BUILT A VITAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN
BOSTON OVER THE PAST DECADE. THEIR LABOR AND INVESTMENTS SUPPORT HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR CITY. THE UNREGULATED INTRODUCTION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THREATENS TO DISPLACE THESE
WORKERS IN DESTABILIZED THESE BUSINESSES. THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT NO AUTONOMOUS COMMERCIAL OPERATION CAN BEGIN UNTIL AN INDEPENDENT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY IS
COMPLETED BY A LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT ADVISORY BOARD . THE BOARD WILL INCLUDE LABOR REPRESENTATIVES, CITY AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY VOICES TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
CONGESTION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND INTERFERENCE WITH FIRST RESPONDERS. KEY SAFETY PROVISIONS INCLUDE REQUIRING THE HUMAN SAFETY OPERATOR IN EVERY AUTONOMOUS
VEHICLE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND ABLE TO INTERVENE. WE OWE IT TO BOSTON'S WORKERS BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO APPROACH THIS TECHNOLOGY THOUGHTFULLY AND RESPONSIBLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL OF THE FLOOR MANAGER. OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? NO. OKAY. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. IT WAS GREAT HEARING AND WHEN I THINK EVERYONE IS WORKING TO UPLIFT WHAT WOULD BE A DECIMATION OF JOBS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND CITY OF BOSTON.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FITZGERALD MEDIA WEBER WHIRL
PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR THREE TWO WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 1433 DOC NUMBER 1433 COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW PROVISION TO
CHAPTER 23 TRASH AND REFUSE REFUSE YOUR DISPOSAL TO REQUIRE RAT RESISTANT TRASH CONTAINERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH RODENT ACTIVITY. THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY ALONG WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN WE ARE FILING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE TO REQUIRE THE USE OF RAT RESISTANT TRASH
CONTAINERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH RODENT ACTIVITY. AND MANY OF US I KNOW MANY OF US ARE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BUT WOULD AGREE THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS AFFECTED BY THE RODENT ACTIVITY.
BUT HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE CITY WE KNOW INCLUDE ALLSTON, BRIGHTON, DORCHESTER, CHINATOWN, SULTAN ROXBURY, EAST BOSTON AND SOUTH BOSTON. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT BOSTON'S ROAD AND PROBLEM IS GETTING
WORSE NOT BETTER. RESIDENTS ARE FED UP AND WHILE WE'VE INVESTED IN PEST CONTROL AND PUBLIC EDUCATION WE CAN'T IGNORE ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF INFESTATIONS UNSECURE OR BROKEN OR
OVERFLOWING TRASH BARRELS OR ALSO WHICH I KNOW WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION THE ALLOWANCE OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR JUST RESIDENTS TO STORE THEIR TRASH DURING THE WEEK IN A BARREL BUT THEN BEING
ALLOWED TO BRING THEIR TRASH BAGS VERY LIGHT WHITE KITCHEN TRASH BAGS AND THERE'S NEIGHBORS NEAR ME THAT HAVE A PILE THIS HIGH AROUND IN FRONT
OF THEIR HOUSE FOR SOMETIMES CLOSE TO 24 HOURS WHEN THEY BRING THEIR TRASH OUT THE NIGHT BEFORE IN MIDTOWN 24, THE CITY LAUNCHED A PROMISING PILOT DEPLOYING FULLY ENCLOSED WRAP
RESISTANCE CONTAINERS IN THE NORTH. THEN BOSTON COMMON AND OTHER HOTSPOTS. EARLY FEEDBACK HAS BEEN POSITIVE. THESE BINS ARE WORKING. THEY LIMIT ACCESS TO FOOD WASTE AND THEY HELP PREVENT RODENTS
FROM TAKING OVER OUR SIDEWALKS, YARDS AND BASEMENTS. BUT THE ISSUE IS CITYWIDE AND IF WE WANT RESULTS WE NEED TO SCALE WHAT WORKS. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE
PUBLIC WORKS IN COORDINATION WITH ESD TO DEPLOY OR SUBSIDIZE SECURE RAT RESISTANT CONTAINERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS. IN THE HARDEST HIT NEIGHBORHOODS OFFER SHARED CONTAINER OPTION FOR BUILDINGS
THAT LACK ONSITE STORAGE SPACE . ENSURE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE FUNDING SUPPORT TO AFFORD THESE CONTAINERS. AND BUILD IN EDUCATION FIRST ENFORCEMENT ROUTINE ROUTINE
INSPECTION INTEGRATION AND ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE COUNCIL ON OUTCOMES COMPLAINTS AND COSTS. RODENTS ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK A SANITATION PROBLEM IN A
MAJOR QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND SENIORS LIVING IN DENSE HOUSING. THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THE CITY A PRACTICAL TOOL TO FIGHT BACK NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THEM OR I LOOK FORWARD I SHOULD SAY TO THIS CONVERSATION AND THE HEARING AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US IN PROMOTING THAT WE EXPAND WHAT IS ALREADY WORKING THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS STARTED SINCE LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I AND IT JUST COMES WITH PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR FILING
THIS INCLUDING ME. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS CRITICAL TO OUR CITY. IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
I RECEIVED A CALL RECENTLY FROM TWO WOMAN FROM THE SOUTH END AND ONE WOMAN WAS TELLING ME ABOUT A RAT BEING IN HER
APARTMENT IN HER CHILD'S CRIB. ANOTHER WOMAN CALLED ME UP TO TELL ME THAT A RODENT ATE THROUGH THE THE WIRING OF HER
CAR AND IMPACTED EVENTUALLY IMPACTED HER BRAKES. IF THIS IS IN A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT
IS BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE IN TERMS OF PEST CONTROL AND HAVING A RAT PROOF BASICALLY A RAT PROOF BARREL IS A STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD ON THIS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. IT'S IMPACTING EVERY EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M GOING TO
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. THAT'S THE JOB OF A CITY COUNCIL. IT IS REALLY THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY
DISTRICT COUNCILORS. OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT US TO FOCUS ON LOCAL ISSUES, ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING RESIDENTS AND THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR
NATIONAL ISSUES. BUT OUR JOB REALLY IS LOCAL ISSUES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ADDRESSING RAT RATS, ADDRESSING POTHOLES AND SIDEWALKS.
THAT'S THE JOB OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CALLED
MEJIA AND WEBER THIS AND SANTANA THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1433 WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE RE
DOCKET NUMBER 1434 DUCK NUMBER 143 FOR COUNCIL SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE CODIFYING THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, CAN WE JUST DELAY THAT'S PROBABLY 510 MINUTES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN LED BY MY YOUTH COUNCILOR AND I
HAD TOLD THEM TO TAKE A SMALL BREAK AND ONE OF THEM SAID THEY'RE ALL HERE AND THEY'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF THIS ORDINANCE AND I WOULD LOVE TO WITH YOUR PERMISSION WHAT US TO BE ABLE TO JUST COME BACK TO IT
AND MAYBE IN 10 MINUTES JUST TO HAVE THE FULL GROUP HERE. Q I WAS WONDERING WHO THAT CREW WAS UP THERE WALKING IN AND OUT. WE WILL WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT THE NEXT DOCKET.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1411435 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1436 TALK NUMBER 1436 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ASSESS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN
AND EXPLORE NEXT STEPS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD LET ME HEAR COUNCILOR MEJIA SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. TODAY ON FILING A HEARING ORDER TO ASSESS THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN INTO EXPLORE WHAT MORE WE NEED TO DO TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN OUR CITY. IN JUNE 2025 THE CITY FINALIZED
THIS IMPORTANT PLAN IDENTIFYING REAL GAPS IN BROADBAND ACCESS, DIGITAL LITERACY AND DEVICE EQUITY ACROSS BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. IT FOUND THAT MORE THAN 21,000
HOUSEHOLDS RELY ON RELY ONLY ON MOBILE INTERNET AND MANY OTHERS ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC HOUSING, HAVE ACCESS TO ONLY ONE WIRELINE PROVIDER OR NONE AT ALL. THE PLAN ALSO CALLED OUT
SERIOUS DISPARITIES IN DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND FOLKS LIVING IN PROPERTIES. AND WHILE THE CITY HAS TAKEN
SOME MEANINGFUL STEPS LIKE EXPANDING THE DIGITAL EQUITY FUND INVESTING IN COMMUNITY BASED NAVIGATORS AND PILOTING PUBLIC FI, MANY RECOMMENDATIONS REMAIN IN THE EARLY STAGES AND
NEED REAL FOLLOW THROUGH. MEANWHILE, MORE AND MORE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FROM 311 TO SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PERMIT APPLICATION AND HOUSING INFORMATION ARE MOVING ENTIRELY
ONLINE. THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT RELIABLE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR DIGITAL SKILLS TO NAVIGATE THESE SYSTEMS. DIGITAL EQUITY ISN'T JUST A
TECHNOLOGY ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, WORKFORCE, WORKFORCE ACCESS AND FULL PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC LIFE. THIS HEARING WILL GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HOW IS DIGITAL? HOW IS THE DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS? WHAT TIMELINE ARE WE WORKING ON AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT EVERY
RESIDENT IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ESPECIALLY THOSE IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HAVE THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S DIGITAL WORLD?
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HIM. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING
ME TO THIS HEARING ORDER. OUR OFFICE IN 2020 WORKED ALONGSIDE COUNCIL TO THEN BLOCK AROUND DIGITAL EQUITY ISSUES AND WE ADVOCATED SUCCESSFULLY
FOR OVER $1,000,000 OF INVESTMENTS THROUGH ARPA TO ENSURE THAT DURING COVID OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WERE NOT LEFT OUT OF THE DIGITAL CONVERSATION ESPECIALLY WITH ZOOM PEOPLE WORKING FROM
HOME. WHAT WE NOTICED IS THAT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WAS REAL IF YOU WILL. ACCESS TO THE INTERNET SHOULD NOT BE A PRIVILEGE. WHEN OUR RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR THEY ARE LOCKED OUT NOT JUST FROM SERVICES BUT FROM OPPORTUNITY WE NOW HAVE THE MUNICIPAL DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN
TO GUIDE US FORWARD BUT A GOOD PLAN IT IS IT IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE EXECUTION. THIS THIS HEARING WOULD ENSURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TOWARDS CLOSING NOT
WIDENING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO IS INCREASING THE DIGITAL WORLD WE'RE DELIVERING. AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION LOOKING AT OUR
FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE AND THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO MAKE. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE ARE
CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT YOU NEED TO BE A LEGAL RESIDENT OR A U.S. CITIZEN TO EVEN APPLY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. AND WE NOTICE THAT WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT EQUITY THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHILE THE CITY OF BOSTON ONLY HAS A SMALL SLICE IN THAT WE HAVE SEEN OURSELVES HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO WERE
UNABLE TO HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS AND I THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN REALLY YOU KNOW, RELEGATE I THINK I WANT TO UPLIFT IT AS SOMETHING ELSE FOR US TO CONSIDER AS WE
CONTINUE TO CLOSE THE EQUITY GAP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCIL ME
HERE FOR THEIR WORK. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE A GROUP IN BOSTON CALLED TECH GOES ON. THEY'RE DOING OF WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR 40 YEARS NOW BUT THEY HAVE A
WONDERFUL PROGRAM AT CASTLE SQUARE IN THE SOUTH END AND THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MANY RESIDENTS MANY, MANY SENIORS
BUT ALSO MANY, MANY IMMIGRANTS AS WELL ENSURING THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SENIORS AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO A COMPUTER DURING COVID. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE HAD WAS STUDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IF MORE THAN ONE
PERSON AT THE HOUSE WAS ON A ON THE COMPUTER ACCESS TO THE INTERNET RATHER AND ALSO IN MANY OF THESE HIGH RISES BUILDINGS IN CHINATOWN.
SO DIGITAL EQUITY IS A CRITICAL ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH END AND IN CHINATOWN IN SOUTH BOSTON IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
THIS TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS EQUAL ACCESS TO TO TO A COMPUTER AND TO THE INTERNET. I THINK THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COULD I SUSPEND RULE 12 IN ADD CALL TO THE COUNCIL, MURPHY SAID SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR FLYNN AND SO ADDED WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE
TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK SAID COUNCILORS BREADON ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD SANTANA WEBER. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
THERE'S DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR 31436. WE'LL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK COULD WE PLEASE RETURN TO DOCKET NUMBER 1434.
TALKING TABLE ONE FOR THREE FOR COUNCIL S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE CODIFYING THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT. CARLOS SANTANA, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE . AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A CREW BACK HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AND THAT CREW IS SANTANA'S YOUTH FORCE.
THEY'VE BEEN AT IT THIS SUMMER VERY BUSY WITH, YOU KNOW, PLANNING EVENTS AND DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS. BUT ONE THING THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF IS THAT THEY ARE ALSO NOW POLICYMAKERS.
SO THIS ORDINANCE IS IT'S A TRUE FOR ME TO INTRODUCE THIS ORDINANCE. BEFORE I GET INTO IT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I WOULD
LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILMAN GERARDO SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA SUSPEND THE RULES, ADD COUNCILOR WEBB AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AGAIN TODAY I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE THAT IS 100% YOUTH LED WRITTEN BY THE BRILLIANT MINDS OF MY
YOUTH FOURTH YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO DEMAND A PERMANENT SEAT AT THE TABLE. THIS ORDINANCE CODIFIES THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT INTO THE CITY
BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL CODE ENSURING THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO THE NEXT GENERATION ISN'T SYMBOLIC OR TEMPORARY BUT REAL RESOURCE AND LASTING. SINCE ITS CREATION BY MAYOR
MICHELLE WU IN 2023, THIS OFFICE HAS ALREADY BECOME A TRUSTED SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN THE AGES BETWEEN 14 AND 25. IT CONNECTS YOUTH TO RESOURCES THROUGH YOUTH MIND, SUPPORTS
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING THROUGH YOUTH LED THE CHANGE PROMOTES SAFETY THROUGH BOSTON AFTER DARK AND ENSURES YOUTH VOICES SHAPE CITY POLICIES THAT AFFECT THEIR LIVES.
BUT WITHOUT QUALIFICATION ITS FUTURE COULD BE AT RISK. LET'S BE HONEST OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NOT ALWAYS FELT HEARD OR VALUED BY CITY GOVERNMENT. THIS ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT
AFFIRMS THAT YOUTH ARE NOT JUST A FUTURE THEY ARE THE PRESENT AND WHEN WHEN THEIR VOICE WHEN WE BUILD TRUST, WHEN WE BUILD LEADERSHIP, WHEN WE BUILD A BETTER BOSTON FOR OUR YOUTH ARE
AT THE CENTER OF THAT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR WEBER WHO WOULD JOIN ME IN THIS FIGHT. YOUR SUPPORT HAS A STRONG
MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH OF BOSTON. WE SEE YOU WE BELIEVE IN YOU AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING THIS CITY FOR YOU. THIS LEGISLATION IS ABOUT EQUITY SAFETY OPPORTUNITY
ANTIBODY AND SHARING. EVERY YOUNG PERSON REGARDLESS OF ZIP CODE BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY KNOW THAT BOSTON IS A CITY FOR THEM. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THE
COUNCIL SUPPORT AND I WON'T BE PASSIVE TOWARD THEM BUT I DO ASK FOR MY SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN JUST ACKNOWLEDGE MY MY
YOUTH COUNCIL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND MY OFFICE AND BY EVENTUALLY FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA AND TO YOUR YOUTH GROUP AND ALL YOU GUYS UP THERE. IT'S AWESOME TO HAVE YOU GUYS WORKING ON THIS STUFF.
IT'LL BE GOING ON THREE YEARS IN FEBRUARY AT THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ADVANCEMENT. WELL, IT EXISTED AND IN THOSE THREE YEARS THEY'VE BUILT AN ECOSYSTEM OF SUPPORT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME THEY'VE GROWN A LOT
AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS USE WORKS AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS BOSTON ALSO A LOT OF WHAT IS HOUSED IN THAT DEPARTMENT IS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I WAS A YOUTH GOT INVOLVED IN AND LED ME TO
WHERE I AM TODAY. SO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT WORK OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT WHICH I ONCE EMCEED THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL WHICH I WAS A MEMBER BOSTON AFTER DARK AND SO MUCH MORE. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND PROUD OF OUR YOUTH TODAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR INCLUDING ME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HIM AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN DISTRICT SIX OF STATE REP SAN ANTONIO AND I HAVE WORK TO HAVE FULL TIME YOU KNOW, YOUTH COORDINATORS AND YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT IN THE MILDRED HAYLEY APARTMENTS THESE KINDS OF RESOURCES NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR KIDS, HELPS KEEP THEM SAFE AND AND YOU KNOW
INVOLVE THAT AND SO YOU KNOW I REALLY I COULDN'T SUPPORT THIS MISSION MORE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO GET THIS ORDINANCE PASSED. THANKS. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY MURPHY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YOUR YOUTH. YOU HAVE A FEW MORE THAN ME AND
I KNOW ALL OUR COLLEAGUES WILL RISE OR SUPPORT THIS. BUT YOU KNOW AS THE CHAIR A STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AS A FORMER TEACHER AND I HAVE NINE YOUTH SUMMER
INTERNS THIS YEAR IT ME EVERY DAY WHY WE COME TO WORK WHAT THIS WORK IS ALL ABOUT AND AT EVENTS ALL THE TIME THAT ARE UPLIFTING OUR YOUTH OR CENTERED AROUND OUR YOUTH. AND I KNOW THAT THIS OFFICE
DOES AMAZING WORK AND MY TIME HERE ON THE COUNCIL I'VE ALWAYS ADVOCATED TO EXPAND IT OR SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING IF IT'S THROUGH THE YOUTH SUMMER JOB PROGRAMS OR OTHERS BUT ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
OUR YOUTH WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY WANT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW YOUR VOICES DO MATTER AND THAT YOUR WORK IS MAKING CHANGE HERE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA
AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO WELCOME OUR YOUTH INTO THEIR OFFICE AND IF DURING THE SUMMER OR YOU KNOW, ALL YEAR ROUND. SO THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR HIS RELENTLESS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF YOUNG PEOPLE. WE SEE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOU IN DOING JUST THAT. AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT
OUT TO ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE NOT JUST TODAY. SOME OF Y'ALL COME HERE THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND YOU SHOW UP AND YOU FIGHT AND YOU ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU DEMAND.
AND I THINK THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE OFTENTIMES SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER BUT YOU DO SO WITHOUT ANY FEAR. AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING THAT ADULTS CAN SEE IS YOUNG PEOPLE
STEPPING INTO THEIR POWER AND LEADING. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING JUST THAT AS YOU SHOW UP HERE IN THIS CHAMBER. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
AND THE OLD SCHOOL OGE UP IN HERE. OKAY SO IN THE NINETIES BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN A THOUGHT I WAS WORKING ON A CITY WIDE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
IN THE NINETIES AND THAT WAS A VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGY THAT WAS DESIGNED THEN BUT IT WAS REALLY ABOUT CREATING SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN
CITY GOVERNMENT AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WORK CONTINUE TO MANIFEST HERE ON THE BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL AND I ALWAYS SAY YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT JUST BE REGULATED TO THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
I LIKE TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION BECAUSE NO MATTER AND ANY SPACE THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING IMPACT YOUR LIVES. SO I AM GOING TO AS YOU ALL
CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE START LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A VOICE NOT JUST IN THE YOUTH COUNCIL BUT IN EVERY SPACE THAT WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
YOUR LIFE. AND THE LAST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY HERE IS THAT YOU KNOW, I SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE AND I ALWAYS SAY
THAT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE YOU'RE NOT OUR FUTURE, YOU ARE OUR PRESENT AND HERE AND NOW AND AND EMPOWERING US TO DO YOUR JOBS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE SEATS SO.
OKAY. WE REALLY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SEE YOU. WE AFFIRM YOU AND WE ABSOLUTELY LOOK UP TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT IN THE STREETS AND THANK IS ANYONE
ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK SANTANA FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. THE FORCE Y'ALL LOOK LIKE A FORCE SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE IN CHAMBERS AND WE HOPE
YOU'VE BEEN HAVING A GOOD SUMMER HERE AT CITY HALL AND THAT GOES FOR ALL OF OUR INTERNS. YOU MAKE OUR SUMMERS BETTER HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE CAN HAVE YOU AND HOST YOU IN OUR OFFICE. I SEE A FEW OF MINE OVER THERE AS WELL SO I'M JUST REALLY
GRATEFUL THAT WE YOU ENRICH OUR OFFICE AS MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED IN YOU ENRICH OUR CITY AND YOUR IDEAS ARE JUST AS VALID AS EVERYONE ELSE IF NOT EVEN MORE VALID AND INTRIGUING SOMETIMES. SO THANK YOU.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR WORK ON ON INSTAGRAM AND GOING OUT TO EVENTS AND SOME OF THE REALLY FUN VIDEOS SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING IN OUR CITY AND DURING YOUR TIME AND GREAT TO SEE Y'ALL DOING POLICY WORK AS
WELL. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE LET COUNSELORS GRADE IN COLOR THE ZAPATA DURKAN FLYNN MARIA
MURPHY WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1434 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. WE ARE NOW ON TO DOCKET NUMBER
1437. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING ABOUT 147 NUMBER 1437 COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN FOR THE FALLING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW BUILDING SAFETY
PROTOCOLS 311 SORRY 311 COMPLAINT RESPONSE AND SCAFFOLD OVERSIGHT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE HEARING THAT MYSELF AND COUNSELOR FLYNN FILED REGARDING THE URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE SAFETY PROTOCOL
SCAFFOLD OVERSIGHT IN 311 COMPLAINT RESPONSE ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON JUST LAST MONTH ON JULY 16TH BRICKS COLLAPSED FROM A FACADE OF A BUILDING AT
57 WEBSTER STREET IN EAST BOSTON FALLING ON TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT BUT THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. THE INCIDENT FOLLOWED MULTIPLE
311 COMPLAINTS THE EARLIER IS OF WHICH WAS SUBMITTED ALMOST MONTH EARLIER ON JUNE 19. A REPORT WHICH WAS REPORTING FALLING DEBRIS. THEN A MORE SERIOUS FAILURE OCCURRED ON OR AROUND JULY 11
YET NO SUFFICIENT PROTECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. THIS ISN'T AN ISOLATED INCIDENT IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE WE'VE SEEN FALLING STONE AT 34 HARRISON AVENUE IN CHINATOWN A
WINDOW SILL COLLAPSE AT 75 NEALON STREET IN A CEILING COLLAPSE IN DORCHESTER. THIS DISPLACED RESIDENTS THESE EVENTS POINT TO A DANGEROUS PATTERN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
DELAYED OR INCOMPLETE COMPLIANT RESPONSES, COMPLAINT RESPONSES AND WEAK ENFORCEMENT OF SAFETY AND SCAFFOLDING STANDARDS. WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO ASK THESE HARD QUESTIONS WHY
AREN'T SCAFFOLD PERMITS COMING WITH REAL ACCOUNTABILITY? ARE 311 COMPLAINTS BEING FOLLOWED UP WITH TIMELY INSPECTIONS IN WHAT IS MISSING IN THE CITY PROTOCOL THAT LEADS
TO BUILDINGS TO REACH THIS POINT OF EVERY BOSTONIAN DESERVES TO WALK SAFELY ON OUR SIDEWALKS AND LIVE IN HOUSING THAT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND NO MATTER WHAT ZIP CODE THEY'RE
IN. SO TODAY I'M CALLING FOR THIS HEARING TO BRING TOGETHER ESD PUBLIC WORKS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING BUILDING SAFETY EXPERTS AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
REACHED OUT MANY OF THEM TO MY OFFICE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE FAILURES AND WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR INCLUDING ME. COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED THERE WERE TWO INCIDENTS IN
CHINATOWN THIS YEAR IN WHICH THE STONE MATERIALS OF A BUILDING AND A WINDOWSILL FROM ANOTHER BUILDING FELL ONTO THE SIDEWALK. BOTH THESE BOTH THESE INCIDENTS
TOOK PLACE BY BUSY INTERSECTIONS OF CHINATOWN. WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR INJURED. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. CHINATOWN HAS A LOT OF AGING
INFRASTRUCTURE IN ACROSS BOSTON. WE ALSO HAVE MANY OLD BUILDINGS THAT REQUIRE REGULAR INSPECTION . WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR BUILDING SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE ADHERED TO AND THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT
OVERSIGHT THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE MEETING SAFETY STANDARDS. RECENTLY I ALSO HEARD FROM A CELL PHONE CONSTITUENT REGARDING SCAFFOLDING THAT HAD BEEN OBSTRUCTING OR OBSCURING
DRUG ACTIVITY AND BECOMING A MAGNET FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. I HAVE RECEIVED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON RESIDENTS AS WELL. LAST SUMMER BANNED TREMONT
STREET WHILE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC MEMBERS AROUND CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLE WAYS TO DEGRADE CERTAIN SCAFFOLDING
HERE IS TO ENSURE THAT ILLEGAL DOES NOT TAKE PLACE. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION SAFETY IS A CONSTRUCTION SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY ASSISTANT MELISSA WHEN THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SOME STONE FELL OFF A BUILDING IN CHINATOWN,
MELISSA IMMEDIATELY CALLED ME UP AND WENT WENT TO THE SITE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE. THE INSPECTIONAL SERVICES WERE
THERE BUT MELISSA SPEAKS CANTONESE. THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING ALWAYS SPOKE CANTONESE. MY ASSISTANT MELISSA PROVIDED TRANSLATION AND COMMUNICATION
FOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO ENSURE THAT THE ON INTO EXACTLY WHAT THE CHALLENGES WERE AND THAT THERE WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY OFFICIALS ON SITE
AND IN THE OWNER I SHOT I ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND AND SAW HOW CITY OFFICIALS WERE WORKING CLOSELY WITH WITH
MELISSA BUT ALSO WITH WHAT THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL REALLY HERE IN BOSTON IT'S ABOUT LISTENING. IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, RESPECTING EACH OTHER,
UNDERSTANDING OUR DIFFERENCES BUT ALSO BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER ESPECIALLY DURING DIFFICULT TIMES SUCH AS THAT. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO CALL FOR MORE PEOPLE
THAT SPEAK VARIOUS LANGUAGES IN CITY GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE HIRING PROCESS AS WELL. CANTONESE IS AN IMPORTANT LANGUAGE AND I WAS FORTUNATE THAT MY ASSISTANT WAS ABLE TO
BE THERE AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH WHAT THE OWNER AND WHAT CITY OFFICIALS COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE ACCESS ARE PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AND PAY TO THE COURSE? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE
ADD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN COLLETTE ZAPATA FITZGERALD WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1437 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OH
AND HERE ON THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1437 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1438? DUGAN NUMBER 1438 COUNCILOR AS
MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE STATUS AND FUTURE OF BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER POOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR . THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND IT COMES TO MEJIA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONFIRM HE IS NO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
TODAY I'M FILING THIS HEARING ORDER REGARDING THE STATUS IN FUTURE OF THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER POOL IN THE SOUTH END WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED INDEFINITELY DUE TO SERIOUS STRUCTURAL ISSUES INCLUDING A
DETERIORATED POOL SHELL DRAIN LINE FAILURE AND GROUNDWATER INTRUSION. THIS FACILITY HAS LONG SERVED THE RESIDENTS OF VILLA VICTORIA CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING AND
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE ROXBURY. IT HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY VITAL FOR BLACK, LATINO AND IMMIGRANT WHO DESERVE EQUAL ACCESS TO SAFE ENRICHING PUBLIC SPACES
ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY ESPECIALLY IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TAKE PART IN THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
OF THE 18 POOLS OPERATED BY DC WHY F HALF WERE CLOSED THIS SUMMER. THAT'S NOT JUST AN INCONVENIENCE IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY RISK. LEARNING TO SWIM IS NOT OPTIONAL FOR OUR KIDS.
IT SAVES LIVES, BUILDS CONFIDENCE AND OPEN DOORS TO RECREATION AND HEALTH. AND WE ARE A COASTAL CITY. THE OCEAN IS ALL AROUND US. THE CITY'S CAPITAL PLAN CURRENTLY INCLUDES ONLY 2
MILLION FOR THE BLACKSTONE POOL NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO FUND THE EXCAVATION AND REPAIR WORK. WE ALREADY KNOW IS NEEDED WHILE THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL PLAN FOR
FUTURE RENOVATIONS OF THE SCHOOL NOT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THAT FUNDING INCLUDES THE POOL OR IF IT WILL BE PRIORITIZED AT ALL. WE DO KNOW FROM MANY OF THE
HEARINGS I HAVE HELD THAT RECENTLY LAST YEAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT HAS TAKEN OVER THE OVERSIGHT OF B, C, Y F WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL
DECISION MOVING FORWARD BUT I THINK THAT ALSO ADDS QUESTIONS TO WHO NOW IS LOOKING OVER THIS POOL. SO IF MONEY IS THE BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL SIDE, DOES THAT MEAN THEY WILL PRIORITIZE INCLUDING
THE POOL ALSO? FAMILIES DESERVE ANSWERS. THEY DESERVE A CLEAR TIMELINE, A TRANSPARENT PROCESS IN INTERIM SOLUTIONS NOT YEARS FROM NOW. SO THROUGH THIS HEARING WE WILL
BRING TOGETHER B CYF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CAPITAL PLAN OF PLANNING, BP'S PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO REOPEN THIS POOL, EXAMINE HOW
IT FITS INTO THE LARGER CAPITAL PLANS AND EXPLORE HOW WE CAN RESTORE AQUATIC PROGRAMING FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SHORT TERM. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT.
I BELIEVE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES OUR ADVOCACY AND SO TO JUST BE TOLD THE FEW TIMES I HAVE HEARD THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO THIS AND NO TO ME IS NOT THE ANSWER.
SO I DO HOPE THAT OUR COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US AND ADVOCATING TO GET SOME REAL ANSWERS AND PUSH FOR WHAT THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCIL FOR ANY OTHER WORK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCIL ME HERE AS WELL. MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE SOUTH END HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR
FRUSTRATION TO US REGARDING THE PROLONGED CLOSURE OF THE POOL AT BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER . OF THE 18 CYF POOLS NOT A CLOSE TO RENOVATIONS OVER THE SUMMER
WITH NO FIXED REOPENING DATE AND BLACKSTONE POOL FUNDING INDEFINITELY TIED TO THE $20 MILLION MAJOR RENOVATIONS AT THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL THAT ARE STILL TO BE SCHEDULED.
RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR ONGOING DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE LACK OF TIMELINE IN PROGRESS. UNCERTAINTY OF HOW MANY MORE YEARS THIS WILL TAKE. LAST NOVEMBER I HAD HELD A
HEARING WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE STATUS OF POOLS IN THE CITY. BP HAS INFORMED US THEY ARE TO REOPEN THE BLACKSTONE POOL A FULL REDEVELOPMENT EXCAVATION
WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN TO LOOK UNDERNEATH THE POOL DUE TO THE AGING SHELL TRAIN LINES GROUNDWATER COMING BACK INTO THE POOL. THE BLACKSTONE POOL IS IN
BETWEEN VILLA VICTORIA CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING EASILY ACCESSIBLE ALSO FROM ROXBURY. MANY FAMILIES OF COLOR HAVE TRADITIONALLY USED THIS POOL.
IT'S A CRITICAL ASSET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOT HAVING ACCESS TO A POOL IS NOT ONLY A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE IT'S ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR KIDS WHO ARE BEING LEFT WITHOUT CRITICAL SWIMMING LESSONS THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR. WE ARE DOING THE FAMILIES OF THE SALTON AND ROXBURY A DISSERVICE. WE NEED TO FIND THE FUNDING TO COMPLETE POOL REPAIRS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE LESSONS
FOR OUR CHILDREN AND NEIGHBORS IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. AS OF NOW THE SWIMMING POOL AT THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER IS CLOSED INDEFINITELY AND WILL NOT REOPEN WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. CURRENTLY 2 MILLION IS SCHEDULED TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY POOL AND F Y 26 TO 30. WHILE THIS MAY GIVE THE CITY A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING AND LONGSTANDING LONG STANDING ISSUES OF THIS POOL IN THE SCHOOL WE NEED TO ACCELERATE
THE PROJECT. RESIDENTS ARE TIRED OF WAITING. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. TO ME THIS IS REALLY A LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE. SHOULD RESIDENTS OF VILLA VICTORIA SHOULD RESIDENTS
OF CATHEDRAL HOUSING SHOULD RESIDENTS OF ROXBURY IN THE SOUTHEND CASTLE SQUARE SHOULD THEY HAVE THE SAME EQUAL ACCESS TO SWIMMING LESSONS AS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS? WE HAVE TO ASK THAT QUESTION
AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS ANSWERS YES. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT ME ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND EXPLAIN TO RESIDENTS IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO OPEN UP A POOL AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN TO FIGHT FOR MY CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'M GOING TO RISE UP AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN ON THIS
HEARING ORDER. THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER THEY HAVE BEEN AT THIS ISSUE
OF YOU KNOW, HELP US FOR A LONG TIME. I REMEMBER PARENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS FIGHTING FOR
AND ADVOCATING STILL TO THIS DAY FOR WALLS AND TO HAVE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND NOW HERE WE ARE FIGHTING AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR COMMUNITY POOL AND ALSO
REALLY INSPIRED BY THE WORK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN CHARLESTOWN ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR CLARISSA BABCOCK AND OTHER COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. IT WAS THE CHARLESTOWN
RESIDENTS THAT ORGANIZED AND HELD MEETINGS AND CALLED US TO TASK AND THROUGH THAT WORK WE WERE ABLE TO SHEPHERD A PROCESS IN WHICH THE QUARRY POOL NOW IS
AND OPERATING. BUT IT TOOK A LOT OF ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CHARLESTOWN RESIDENTS AND I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US TO TAKE
THE SAME PAGE FROM THAT PLAYBOOK AND I'LL DELIVER FOR THE FOLKS HERE IN THE SOUTHEND AREA PARTICULARLY BLACK AND LATINO AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN THE SOUTHEND AND ROXBURY.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT COUNCILOR FLYNN, WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF EQUITY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY STAND UP AND FIGHT ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE A BACK AND REEVALUATE HOW
WE ARE PRIORITIZING FUNDING OUR TIMELINES SO THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE CONTINUOUSLY RELIED ON THIS SPACE ARE NOT LEFT WITHOUT WAITING FOR ANSWERS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND I AM HOPEFUL AS WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE DO A DEEP DIVE OF OUR BUDGET THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS IN WAYS THAT WILL GIVE OUR CONSTITUENTS THE ANSWERS THAT THEY SEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHEROKEE NOISES. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO THANK THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS FOR FILING THIS. THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME. I GRADUATED FROM THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL. ALL MY SIBLINGS GRADUATED FROM THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL.
THIS IS WHERE I LEARNED HOW TO SWIM EVERY SINGLE MONDAY I HAD CLASS THERE SO THOSE WERE EXTREMELY PERSONAL TO ME AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS
BEEN A FIERCE ADVOCATE AND FOR MANY YEARS OF GETTING THESE GET INTO SCHOOL AND GETTING THIS SCHOOL AND FACILITIES UP TO PAR. SO THE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
THE FAMILIES OUR STUDENTS, OUR YOUTH AND OUR RESIDENTS AND AND THE AREA DESERVE THAT I PERSONALLY IDENTIFIED IT FROM HAVING AGAIN THIS POOL BE OPEN
TO ME AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN MISSION HEALTH AND YOU KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD I'M OVER SO YOU KNOW JUST KIND OF MY SUPPORT ON THIS FIRE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THESE SPONSORS FOR VALOR LET'S THINK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? UM? UM, I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HAVE POOLS WORKING IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MATTERS DEEPLY,
DEEPLY, DEEPLY TO CHIEF MASSO WHO IS THE HEAD OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE THIS IS THE POOL WHERE HE HIMSELF WAS A LIFEGUARD AND TAUGHT SO MANY PEOPLE HOW TO SWIM.
SO I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET IT BACK ONLINE AND KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POOLS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON TO GET UP AND HAS BEEN DOING SO WITH RECORD SPEED. IT COMES FROM HERE.
I MENTIONED THE WORK THAT WE DID ON THE QUALITY POOL IN CULTURE BECAUSE THAT IS A POTTERS DISTRICT SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE COLLECTIVE WORK ON MAKING SURE OUR POOLS AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHIEF MASSO
IS LEANING INTO. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON AND COLETTE ZAPATA FITZGERALD SANTANA,
WEBER WIRRAL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1439 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 14391439
COUNCIL IS MEJIA WE'RE ALL OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ORDER CHILD CARE INVESTMENTS AND THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA BECAUSE OF ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT AND I RISE TODAY ALONGSIDE MY PARTNER IN POLICY COUNCIL RURAL AID AND TO
CALL FOR A HEARING ON HOW BOSTON IS INVESTING IN CHILD CARE ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS MANY OF WHOM ARE WOMEN, IMMIGRANTS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RUNNING PROGRAMS OUT OF THEIR
HOMES. THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS ALREADY COMMITTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THIS WORK. 7 MILLION THROUGH THE GROWING THE WORKFORCE FUND 5.6 MILLION
FROM THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND STIMULUS AND STABILITY FUNDS 33,260 STABILIZATION GRANTS FOR EVERY LICENSED FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDER AND DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIREMENTS
PROJECTED TO GENERATE 3.5 MILLION ANNUALLY. DESPITE THESE INVESTMENTS, MANY PROVIDERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO STAY AFLOAT. FAMILY FAMILIES DEPEND ON THEIR
SERVICES WHEN PROVIDERS CLOSE CHILDREN AND WORKING PARENTS PAY THE PRICE. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT REVIEWING HOW FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT WHETHER THEY HAVE REACHED THE
PROVIDERS EQUITABLY AND WHETHER THEY HAVE DELIVERED THE LONG TERM STABILITY OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY. I REQUEST THAT THIS HEARING BE PLACED IN THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE WHICH IS TASKED WITH
CONDUCTING THIS TYPE OF RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT DURING OPERA WE WORKED
ALONGSIDE THE CARE THAT WORKS COALITION LOCAL ONE ON THREE AND A HOST OF OTHER UNIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS WORK CONTINUE. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST UPLIFT THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DIVING DEEPER IN THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS THAT
WE'RE MAKING. AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL 509 AND WE ARE HOPING TO
GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS THAT THEIR RENTS HAVE INCREASED AND THAT A LOT OF THE
FUNDING THAT LANDLORDS ARE NOW PASSING ON TO THE PROVIDERS AND THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY
COLLEAGUES TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT BOSTON IS HOME TO APPROXIMATELY 700 LICENSED FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE WOMEN.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. WE ARE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUT WE CAN'T DO THIS UNLESS WE UNDERSTAND FULLY THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE AND WHERE THE GAPS THAT WE NEED TO FILL.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. WE KNOW THAT THE FAMILY CARE PROVIDERS FACE GROWING FINANCIAL PRESSURES INCLUDING RENT INCREASES, INSURANCE COSTS, RISING UTILITIES THAT
ARE REQUIRED TO MEET STATE STANDARDS AND HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES AND SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES ARE STEMMING FROM MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND REGULATED REQUIREMENTS ALL OF WHICH
THREATEN THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY HALL TO PROVIDE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF A FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR THESE PROVIDERS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WHERE I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA
FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. AND LAST WEEK COUNCILMAN HE AND I VISITED A FEW DIFFERENT CHILDCARE CENTERS AND A FEW DIFFERENT FAMILY CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS AND I KNOW WE ALL HERE ARE BOTH ALL FOCUSED ON HOW CAN WE MAKE CHILDCARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR OTHER PROVIDERS. SO I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO KRISTEN
MCSWAIN WHO HAS BEEN DOING AND HER TEAM WHO HAS BEEN DOING EXTENDED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN THIS FIELD. BUT I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP THE FAMILY CARE PROVIDERS THAT WE VISITED LAST WEEK HERE AND
MEJIA NATALIE FINLEY AND ALSO DEBBIE PALMER. AND THIS HEARING IS ABOUT JUST HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN AND PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO THOSE FAMILIES DAY CARE PROVIDERS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
CONVERSATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING CHILDCARE MORE AFFORDABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MADAM CLERK I'M SORRY YOU'VE GONE TWO WEEKS, ALEX AND THEN YOU SAY MADAM CLERK MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNSEL'S RATE AND COLORS IN FACTOR DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY
SANTANA WEBER. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1439 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 14401440 COUNCILOR ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW PUBLIC EXPENDITURES AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT RELATED TO HOME OWNERSHIP INVESTMENTS IN BOSTON.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS INVESTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS TO HELP RESIDENTS BECOME
HOMEOWNERS. FROM THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS PROGRAM TO THE ONE PLUS BOSTON TO CO-OP AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHER SUBSIDIZED HOME OWNERSHIP MODELS, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
PUBLIC DOLLARS INTENDED TO OPEN THE DOOR TO HOME OWNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIES. THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN AS THOROUGH IN LOOKING BACK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE MEETING OUR GOALS.
THIS IS WHY THIS HEARING CALLS FOR A POST AUDIT REVIEW OF THE FUNDS ALREADY SPENT. WE NEED TO KNOW ARE THESE PROGRAMS DELIVERING STABILITY AND EQUITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS? ARE THE GAPS IN OVERSIGHT
LEAVING FAMILIES IN THE CITY EXPOSED? WE'VE HEARD FROM HOME OWNERS WHO ARE STILL CARRYING LOANS FROM THE CITY THAT THEY STRUGGLE TO REPAY. OTHERS INDEED RESTRICTED
HOUSING REPORT THAT RESTRICTIONS WERE NEVER CLEARLY EXPLAINED WHEN THEY PURCHASED THEIR HOMES AND ACROSS BOSTON FAMILIES IN CITY SUPPORTED
DEVELOPMENTS FACED ONGOING CHALLENGES WITH MANAGEMENT BOARDS THAT UNDERMINE THE STABILITY THESE INVESTMENTS WERE MEANT TO PROVIDE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT ASSIGNING BLAME.
IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PUBLIC DOLLARS ALREADY INVESTED ARE BEING TRACKED, AUDITED AND EVALUATED FOR LONG TERM IMPACT .
BOSTON MUST VIEW THESE AS MORE THAN A ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENTS TO FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT. A POST AUDIT REVIEW WILL ALLOW
US TO LEARN FROM PAST SPENDING ,STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENSURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS IN HOME OWNERSHIP ARE NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE TODAY BUT SUSTAINABLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WHO HAVE CONTACTED OUR OFFICE LOOKING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IS BEYOND ONCE THINGS GET APPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HERE. I REMEMBER BACK IN 2022 COUNCILOR ARROYO CHAIRED A
HEARING AND HAD RESIDENTS THERE AND IT WAS A VERY MOVING HEARING ABOUT PREDATORY LENDING AND ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING. IT WAS OVER THE WEEKEND AT AN
EVENT IN NUBIAN SQUARE AND MANY PEOPLE SPEAKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INTO GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BLACK COMMUNITIES INCLUDED HAVE A
CHANCE AT THAT AND HOME OWNERSHIP IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS AND WE NOW GIVE OUT GRANTS, RIGHT? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING INTO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN PROMOTING HOME OWNERSHIP. WE USED TO GIVE LOANS AND YOU MENTIONED THEM AND MANY PEOPLE WOULD GET A LOAN FROM THE CITY AND HAVE TO PAY BACK THE LOAN TO HELP WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT AND IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD OPERA FUNDING AND THE MAYOR HAS YOU KNOW, CHOSEN AND WE'VE APPROVED TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON GIVING FREE AND CLEAR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE
FOR THESE NEWER HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE PAST. SO HOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE AND HOW CAN WE EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD AND MAYBE SUPPORT THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE
THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFITS FROM THEIR HOME OWNERSHIP AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WHY PEOPLE OWN RIGHT AND IT WAS SAID IN THIS CHAMBER BY AN EXPERT AT ONE
OF OUR HOUSING HEARINGS HOW RENT STABILIZED ZATION I MEAN THAT IS WHAT HOMEOWNERSHIP IS YOU KNOW EVERY MONTH WHAT YOU'RE RENT IS IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE RATE THAT THAT IS CONSIDERED THE BEST WAY TO MAKE
SURE YOU KNOW AND YOU DON'T HAVE YOU KNOW THIS FEAR OF YOUR RENT RAISING OR RISING IN WAYS THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD IF YOU'RE THE ONE IN CONTROL OF YOUR MORTGAGE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL. ARE YOU THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND EVERYONE KNOWS I AM A BIG HOMEOWNERSHIP
ADVOCATE AND I THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS NEEDED. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO FIX HERE IN THIS CITY WHETHER IT'S THE H0 FEES,
HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE PUTTING FAMILIES IN HOMES HOW THE CITY IS SHOWING UP TO THEM FOR THE MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THOSE ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR
FAMILIES AND THEY WILL NEED TO BE SUPPORTED FOR ANY MAINTENANCE. A ROOF GOES A HOT WATER TANK OR A FURNACE GOES. THOSE FAMILIES WILL NEED TO COME UP WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS AT A TIME. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS NEEDED. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MUCH INVESTMENTS ARE
GOING TOWARDS HOME OWNERSHIP BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING INTO THE RENTAL SIDE AND WITH THE STOP OR THE LACK OF FUNDING AND COMMONWEALTH BUILDERS THERE'S NOTHING TO INCENTIVIZE
HOME OWNERSHIP WHICH COUNCIL MURPHY HAS OUTLINED AS A WAY TO CREATE STABLE HOUSING PAYMENTS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR.
OKAY COUNCILWOMAN HERE WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL WHERE I WAS AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. A COUNCIL ALSO ADDED THAT I WAS REELECTED.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. HE SAID SUSPEND THE RULES AND IT COMES FROM OUR OFFICE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILMAN MURPHY SO ADDED WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE.
THAT COUNCIL IS BREADON ZAPATA FITZGERALD FLYNN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1440 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1442 DOCKET NUMBER 144 TO COUNCIL THEM MEJIA OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE NOMINATING PANEL AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES TO MEJIA COMES ME TO THE FLOOR I'M SORRY THAT THAT THAT
I DIDN'T NOT REACT FAST ENOUGH WHEN YOU ASSIGNED I WANTED TO I'M JUST RISE AND AND A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE COMMITTEE
THAT WERE PLACING THE HOMEOWNERSHIP IN AUDIT THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. YEAH IT'S YEAH SO THE POST
AUDIT REVIEW IS REALLY LOOKING AT PAST SPENDING AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND BASED ON THE NUMBER
OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT MY COMMITTEE LOOKS AT THINGS IN THE POST AND THE REFLECTIVE AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH THIS
PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER. AND SO I AM RESPECTFULLY RISING TO ASK THAT IT BE RECONSIDERED AND PLACED IN MY COMMITTEE SO
THAT WE CAN DO THE DEEP WORK OF EVALUATING AND REVIEWING THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE HERE AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA. SO WHEN THE DOCKETS CAME DOWN TO ME, NONE OF THEM WERE IN YOUR COMMITTEE AND I IN MY OFFICE EXTENSIVELY REVIEWED THEM AND DECIDED TO PUT SOME OF THEM IN YOUR COMMITTEE THAT
WE FELT LIKE THE OVERSIGHT MADE SENSE IN YOUR COMMITTEE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE IN YOUR COMMITTEE BUT HERE WHERE THERE'S DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER THIS ISSUE IN THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FELT THAT THAT WAS A
BETTER COMMITTEE FOR IT. THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THAT COMMITTEE. THERE ARE SOME WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR IT TO BE IN YOUR COMMITTEE BUT THIS ONE WHERE THERE'S DIRECT OVERSIGHT IN THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OVER ISSUES OF HOME
OWNERSHIP THAT'S WHY IT WAS PLACED IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. SO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING ABLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHEN YOU SAY
THERE'S ALREADY OVERSIGHT HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY HOUSING WHAT WHAT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE
BUDGET AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DO THAT WORK. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT DIRECTLY IN AND WE'VE HAD WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION
DIRECTLY IN THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS LANGUAGE AROUND OVERSIGHT SPECIFICALLY ON ISSUES OF HOUSING AND THAT'S WHY THIS DOCKET WAS PLACED IN THAT
COMMITTEE. AND WHO'S THAT COMMITTEE THAT'S COUNCILOR DURKIN'S OR COUNCILOR THAT'S COUNCILOR BRADEN'S COMMITTEE. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE? OH, OKAY. CAUSE HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR DOCKET NUMBER 1442. GREAT. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT,
FOR YOUR GENEROUS EXPLANATION. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I AM RISING UP TO FILE A HEARING ORDER.
WE OFTEN SPEAK IN THIS CHAMBER ABOUT TRUST IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THOSE CHOSEN TO LEAD THEM IN THAT TRUST THAT ONLY DEPENDS ON WHO IS APPOINTED BUT ALSO WHETHER THE PROCESS IS
TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE. I AM CALLING A HEARING ORDER FOR A POST AUDIT REVIEW OF THE NOMINATING PANEL AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
SUCH A REVIEW WOULD ALLOW US TO EVALUATE HOW PUBLIC RESOURCES HAVE BEEN SPENT, WHETHER THE PROCESS HAS BEEN MANAGED IN A COST EFFECTIVE AND TRANSPARENT WAY AND HOW WELL IT HAS SERVED
OUR EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BODIES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN A POST AUDIT ENSURES THAT BOTH TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND
THE INTEGRITY OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS ARE SAFEGUARDED AND THAT WE LEARN FROM PAST PRACTICES TO STRENGTHEN FUTURE ONES. WE OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO
ENSURE THAT THESE INVESTMENTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND TRUST ARE HANDLED WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT FOR THE RECORD
THAT WE ARE IN A PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THIS BODY AND BROUGHT FORTH A WHOLE PETITION TO RESTORE TO AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THAT HAS NOT
MANIFESTED I AS AN ADVOCATE WHO WORKED IN THE EDUCATION SPACE PRIOR TO BEING IN THIS CHAMBER ONCE UPON A TIME APPLIED TO BE
APPOINTED TO THE APPOINTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE. BUT BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OF AN ADVOCATE AND I THINK TOO MUCH OF A BIG MOUTH,
I THINK THAT I WAS SEEN AS A PROBLEM INSTEAD OF AS SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP PROVIDE SOME VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE DISCREPANCIES THAT SO MANY
OF OUR PARENTS WERE FACING IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY REEVALUATE HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT ON
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT GETTING THE WORD OUT, ALL OF THAT. I THINK THAT THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON MAKING SURE THAT WE EVEN THAT PROCESS HAS A LEVEL
OF INTEGRITY IS IMPORTANT. SO WE NEED TO SEE THE FULL FINANCIAL PICTURE ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW THAT THERE'S A VACANCY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS AND TO
ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITH A REAL FULL SENSE OF HOW THEIR MONEY IS BEING USED TO ENSURE THAT THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS IS TRANSPARENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK THE LEAD SPONSOR A QUESTION ON THIS TO THE CHAIR? YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND MY QUESTION TO
COUNCILOR HERE IS WOULD YOU BE CALLING PEOPLE FROM BP OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF NOMINATING SOMEONE
TO SIT SIT AS A SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER AND IS IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WHOLE PROCESS WORKS? I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE
BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DO THE CHAIR COMES FROM HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAKE SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO WHAT I AM LOOKING TO DO IS THIS IS MORE FROM A FINANCIAL
LENS. I'M REALLY CURIOUS THE FOCUS THAT I'M HOPING THAT WILL PARTICIPATE ARE IS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF KNOW THE BUDGET. I'M LOOKING TO ALSO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE NOMINATING PANEL BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR WORK.
AND SO YES, IT'S IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR MY HOPE IS AS ULTIMATELY AS WE HAVE THIS HEARING IS TO COME OUT OF THE CONVERSATION WITH
SOME VERY SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF NOT ONLY THE FINANCIALS BUT WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS .
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ME HERE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
ADD COUNCILORS? MR CLERK MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS? BRAYDEN FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY WEBER WUERL PLEASE ADD THE
CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1442 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1443 TALK NUMBER
1443 COUNCILOR LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON EQUITABLE CONTRACTING AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAJOR CIVIC
AND SPORTING EVENTS IN BOSTON OC THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. TODAY I FILED THIS ORDER FOR A HEARING FOCUSED ON EQUITABLE CONTRACTING AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TIED TO BOSTON
UPCOMING MAJOR CIVIC AND SPORTING EVENTS. THESE LANDMARK EVENTS INCLUDE BOSTON 250 I'M HAPPY TO BE ON THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK OF MAKING SURE WE
HAVE THE BEST COMMEMORATION HERE IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTRY. OUR CITY'S 400TH ANNIVERSARY THE RETURN OF SOUTH BOSTON TALL SHIPS AND FIFA WORLD CUP MATCHES THEY'RE ALL ANTICIPATED TO ATTRACT HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BRINGING WITH THEM A SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND A WIDE ARRAY OF CONTRACTS WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHILE BOSTON HAS MADE A LOT
OF STRIDES ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND PROMOTING SUPPLIER DIVERSITY THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND C PROGRAMS AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO BE IN ROXBURY YESTERDAY WITH THE MAYOR AND SO MANY COMMUNITY
LEADERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AS WE ANNOUNCED A SCALE PROGRAM TO HELP SCALE UP BUSINESSES TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR CITY CONTRACTS, WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THESE BENEFITS THE BENEFITS OF THESE HISTORIC
EVENTS REACH ALL CORNERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY BUSINESSES OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, VETERANS OWNED BUSINESSES AND LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. THIS HEARING AIMS TO ESTABLISH
CLEAR, TRANSPARENT SUPPLIER DIVERSITY TARGETS AND TO ENSURE A ROBUST TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO HELP THESE ENTERPRISES SECURE CONTRACTS THROUGH THIS HEARING ORDER THOUGH THIS HEARING OF THAT ORDER IS SOMEWHAT RELATED TO
THE NEXT ONE ABOUT EQUITABLE TOURISM INVESTMENTS TO DO THAT TOURISM DESTINATION MARKETING DISTRICT TD ANDY THE DISTINCTION IS CLEAR HERE THE FOCUS IS SPECIFICALLY ON CONTRACTING SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR UPCOMING MAJOR
EVENTS. I'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING SOME PEOPLE SOME SPONSORSHIPS AND SUPPORT FOR EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY
THOUGHTFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPREADING THE LOVE AND THE RESOURCES AND THE WEALTH AND I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON THIS AS WELL SPECIFICALLY FOR NEXT YEAR. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING IT IN A CONCENTRATED AND COLLABORATIVE
WAY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THESE EVENTS ARE BECOMING ALSO BECOME MILESTONES OF DIVERSE BUSINESS SUCCESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH SORRY. ALL RIGHT. WHEN ANYONE ELSE LOOKED TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS HERE IN ORDER FORWARD. AS SHE HAS MENTIONED, THESE ARE MAJOR EVENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THESE MAJOR EVENTS ARE COMING TO OUR CITY THAT THEY ARE BEING
ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES IN A DIVERSE AND EQUITABLE WAY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND AGAIN THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YEAH THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU MR CHAIR. I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND INCLUDING SOME
NUMBERS AND DATA ON THE IMPACT OF HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING VETERAN OWNED COMPANIES AS WELL PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR DISABLED VETERANS AND I'M ALSO LOOKING
FORWARD TO SHARING THIS AND THE ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BRADING COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PAST APSC CATEGORY AS A PARTY ACROSS A DECADE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN CAST MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA
COUNCILOR WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1444 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT TOURISM
IS BENCH OF 043 SORRY DOCKET NUMBER 1443 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT TOURISM IS SPECIAL EVENT MR. CLERK YOU
PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1444 DOCKET NUMBER 144 FOR COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING FOR EQUITABLE EQUITABLE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND TOURISM FUNDS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I LIKE TO ADD YOURSELF AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. COUNCIL WERE ALSO ADDED AS A
SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILMAN HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILMAN HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL SO CO-SPONSOR HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTIONS GETS MEJIA SO ADDED COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. TOURISM AS WE KNOW IS FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR ECONOMY ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY AND FEDERALLY. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF OUR CITIES
TAKING REAL BIG HITS ON REVENUE DOLLARS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THROUGH TOURISM. IT SUPPORTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND GENERATES SUBSTANTIAL TAX REVENUE SINCE
THE RECENT ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOURISM DESTINATION MARKETING DISTRICT WHICH THIS COUNCIL CREATED, IT BROUGHT IN APPROXIMATELY 30 TO $35 MILLION ANNUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING ME BOSTON'S CAPACITY
TO MARKET OUR VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUPPORT DIVERSE EVENTS. THIS HEARING IS GOING TO REVIEW THOSE REVENUES ALLOCATED ENSURING INVESTMENTS ARE EQUITABLE ENHANCING CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD
BASED FESTIVALS AND INCLUSIVE WORK OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. I THINK THESE FUNDS PROMISE TO REPRESENT ALL 23 NEIGHBORHOODS IN EVERY COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR
CITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING JUST THAT. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE WRITTEN ABOUT HOW ARE WE MEETING THE MARK? ARE WE MISSING THE MARK IN SUPPORTING OUR TOURISM OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY ESPECIALLY AN
UPLIFTING BLACK AND BROWN OWNED BUSINESSES AND SO THIS WILL THIS HEARING WILL WILL HELP TO GET A LOT OF THE FACTS OUT AND HELP TO SEE WHAT MORE WE CAN BE DOING AND HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN
BE LEANING IN. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE IT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AS OUR RETROSPECT, I'VE GIVEN THAT A LOT OF MAJOR EVENTS LIKE THE BAND'S FAST LIKE BOSTON ALL BLACK JUST
HAPPENED AND TO SEE WHAT MORE WE CAN BE DOING TO STRENGTHEN TOURISM AND ALL PARTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY ALIGNING THESE FUNDS WITH OUR GOALS WE HELP TO
ENSURE THAT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF TOURISM EXTEND DEEPLY INTO ALL BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE WHENEVER YOU GO INTO LOGAN THERE ARE REALLY GREAT SIGNS THEN YOU KNOW I JUST SAW ONE THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, VISIT THE GROVE HALL DISTRICT AND
THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE VISITING NOT JUST THE PLACES THAT ARE THE NORMAL TOURIST PLACES BUT EXCITING FAR INTO INTO OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOING LOCAL WALKING TOURS, SUPPORTING LOCAL MEDIA AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM AND THE ROOT OF IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE
IT MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THE PROMISE OF EQUITABLE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND STRATEGIES IS EVIDENT IS EVIDENT IN OUR THRIVING
CULTURAL DISTRICTS EVIDENT IN THE RISE OF REVENUE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER WHERE WE SEE MUCH HIGHER RATES OF CONSUMER PATRONIZE AND THE PLETHORA OF LOCAL RESTAURANT OPTIONS AND EVIDENT IN THE SPIKE IN
INTEREST WE'VE SEEN AFTER WE INCREASE THE RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE AVAILABLE TO ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE IDEA BEHIND THE LIQUOR LICENSE INITIATIVES WAS TO MAKE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD A DESTINATION AND AN OBJECTIVE
DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS STRATEGY GOALS. AND YET DESPITE TOURISM BEING ONE OF BOSTON'S BIGGEST DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, WE STILL DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF THE FRUITS
OF THAT GROWTH GOING BACK TO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIZING EQUITABLE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE REAL STORY OF BOSTON FROM LONG STANDING TREASURES
LIKE THE CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL, HAITIAN FLAG DE PUERTO RICAN AND DOMINICAN FESTIVALS AND THE KITE FESTIVAL TO THE YOUNGER ARTS AND CULTURE CELEBRATIONS ON THE SCENE LIKE DANCE FEST CREW LOVE WHICH IS THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEKEND AT HARAMBEE PARK, BOSTON WHILE BLACK ZOMBIE THE SAIGON LITTLE SAIGON NIGHT MARKET AND DORCHESTER PORT FEST. I'M THINKING OF ALL THE LEADERS IN THE SPACE THAT BECOME
CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR MANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FESTIVALS MISS OUT ON A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY'S AVAILABLE TOURISM FUNDS. SO IT'S TIME TO REASSESS HOW WE CAN PROMOTE EVENTS THAT HELP
DRIVE MONEY TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS . I BELIEVE PART OF THAT GOAL ALSO CAN CAUSE US TO REEXAMINE HOW THE CITY'S TOURISM, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT AND OTHER OFFICES INVOLVED IN
ADVANCING THE CITY'S TOURISM AND ENTERTAINMENT OFFERINGS CAN STREAMLINE EFFORTS ALONGSIDE OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS SUCH AS BOSTON AND THE INDUSTRY TO AVOID DUPLICATING WORK AND
ASSURING A COLLABORATIVE FRONT OF EQUITABLE INVESTMENT STRATEGY ON ALL. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING AND WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF ALL HOMEGROWN
EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA COUNCIL HAVE THE FOURTH LETTER MY ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SO THAT'S WHY I GO FIRST. OKAY GET MAD.
ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU ON THIS HEARING ORDER AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
TOURISM IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE HERE IN OUR CITY AND AS WE HEARD DURING OUR RECENT HEARING ON PROCUREMENT, THERE ARE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED AND COLLETTE PHILLIPS, ONE OF THE PANELISTS
SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTED INEQUITIES IN TOURISM GRANT PROCESS RAISING QUESTIONS THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE. THE HEARING IS A CRITICAL NEXT STEP IN IN THE FOLLOW UP TO
THOSE CONCERNS AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT THESE PUBLIC FACING INVESTMENTS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S VALUES AROUND EQUITY ACCESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUSION. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND TO HEARING
DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, CULTURAL LEADERS, SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS BOSTON ABOUT HOW THESE FUNDS CAN BE MORE EQUITABLY DEPLOYED. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONCE UPON A TIME IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THIS BODY OUR OFFICE HOSTED A HEARING ORDER ON MAKING SURE THAT BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES
WERE NOT JUST REGULATED TO DORCHESTER, ROXBURY AND MATTAPAN, THAT BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE HERE IN FANEUIL HALL IN DOWNTOWN AND SO REALLY LOOKING
FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNPACK HOW WE CAN MOVE BEYOND JUST REGULATING US TO CERTAIN SPACES AND PLACES AND HOW WE CAN SHARE THE WEALTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT BOTH OF THESE DOCKETS ARE AND THAT THEY'LL BE GOING INTO THE
COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR. I WILL MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT I WILL HOLD A HEARING AS LONG AS THE SPONSORS AGREE WITHIN 30 DAYS BECAUSE I DO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
I'LL MAKE SURE IT IS A PRIORITY THAT I DO GET IT SCHEDULED AND I'LL WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO GET THAT SCHEDULED. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? YEAH. SO ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BRAIDING COUNSELOR COLETTA ZAPATA COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNSELOR
MURPHY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR WEBER THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1444 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM
AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER ONE, FOUR AND FOUR OR FIVE TALKING NUMBER 144 OR FIVE COUNCILOR OF FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS SECURITY AT
HIGH RISE GARAGES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SUICIDES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT HIGH RISE PARKING GARAGES IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS INCLUDING A PERSON WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE FROM A HIGH RISE PARKING GARAGE IN CHINATOWN LAST WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS THE
SECOND SUICIDE AT THE SAME LOCATION IN A SHORT OF TIME. THERE WAS ALSO A NUMBER OF SUICIDES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT OTHER HIGH RISE PARKING GARAGES AT TUFTS
MEDICAL CENTER, BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER AND OTHER IN OTHER AREAS . THESE TRAGIC INCIDENTS CALL ATTENTION TO THE LACK OF SECURITY MEASURES AT HIGH RISE PARKING GARAGES THAT
PREVENT PEOPLE IN DISTRESS FROM JUMPING. WHILE MOST TALL BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES HAVE BARRIERS OR FENCING TO PREVENT PEOPLE WHO ARE DISTRESSED FROM JUMPING
PARKING GARAGES ARE OFTEN ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WITH MINIMUM SECURITY OR BARRIERS MAKING IT HARDER TO PREVENT PEOPLE IN DISTRESS OR WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM
JUMPING. THERE ARE MEASURES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AT PARKING GARAGES ASIDE FROM INSTALLING FENCING INCLUDING USING SIGNAGE TO
DIRECT PEOPLE WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS TO CALL THE SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE. INSTALLING CAMERAS TO MONITOR TOP LEVELS, PUTTING LANDSCAPING TO BLOCK AND OPEN LANDING AREA
TRAINING TRAINING PARKING GARAGE STAFF ON SUICIDE PREVENTION HOW IMPORTANT WE NEED TO WORK WITH PARKING GARAGE OPERATORS TO PREVENT SUCH TRAGEDIES FROM HAPPENING
AGAIN. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION, DISCUSS ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND COUNSELING AS WELL AS HOW AS
HOW AS WELL AS HOW HIGH RISE FACILITIES SUCH AS PARKING GARAGES CAN EMPLOY MEASURES THAT HELP PREVENT SUICIDES. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, A VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUE. AND JUST ON A SIDE NOTE, I WANTED TO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE AND QUOTING 22
VETERANS EVERY DAY THAT COMMIT SUICIDE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. I WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SAVE AND HAVE THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
MAYBE WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO AND AN ORDINANCE GOING FORWARD THAT ANY PARKING GARAGE MUST HAVE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ALREADY BUILT IN BUT ALSO
REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT CURRENT HIGH RISES, PARKING GARAGES TO ENSURE THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE COULD BE INCLUDED IT NOW SO MAYBE I
MIGHT ALSO FILE AN ORDINANCE ON THIS ISSUE FOR NEXT WEEK AS WELL. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT USE STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE THOSE THAT HAVE TAKEN THEIR OWN LIVES. I WOULD PREFER INSTEAD
OF COMMITTED SUICIDE THAT WE SAY SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST I FEEL LIKE THAT CREATES A STIGMA UNFORTUNATELY
TO SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T CONTROL AND I HAVING FOUND A FAMILY
MEMBER WHO ATTEMPTED I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NOW USE STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE THOSE PARTICULAR INCIDENCES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MURPHY AT THE FLOOR. UM, SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RISE TO
ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF THEY FEEL AS THOUGH LANGUAGE IN ANY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS HEARING WORD IS THAT WE FILE THAT WE SPEAK TO OUR COLLEAGUES
BEFORE WE BRING SOMETHING FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE REASON WE HAVE OUR WEDNESDAY MEETINGS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCIL FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUE'S CRITICISM. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE
WORKED ON AS OF DISABLED VETERAN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND I GO TO TRAVEL LITERALLY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WORK WITH DISABLED
VETERANS ON ON THESE ISSUES ON MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS SO I KNOW THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS ANYONE IN THIS IN THIS BUILDING. BUT THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO
IS STIGMATIZE SOMEONE AND SO I WANT PEOPLE TO GET INTO COUNSELING. I WANT PEOPLE TO GET INTO TREATMENT. I WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE
SERVICES THAT THEY THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE AND TO BE TREATED WITH WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. BUT THE LAST THING I EVER WANT TO DO IS STIGMATIZE SOMEONE IN NEED.
THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT HOW I AM . THAT'S NOT HOW I GREW UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH BOSTON. THAT'S WHY I I LITERALLY FIGHT FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING. BESIDES THIS JOB AS A CITY COUNCILOR, MY ONLY OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY I REALLY HAVE IS WORKING WITH THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION CHANGES UP AT CAPITOL HILL. I DO IT AS A VOLUNTEER. I DON'T I DON'T GET PAID BUT I
DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS INTO ANYTHING MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT OF CRITICISM FROM FROM A COLLEAGUE. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE, MADAM CHAIR. BUT WE'RE DISAPPOINTED IN HEARING THOSE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. AND I'M JUST GOING TO INTERJECT I KNOW THAT SO MANY OF US HERE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY AND I'LL I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF
HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THIS ISSUE EITHER PERSONALLY OR WITH LOVED ONES OUR LIVES AND
OFTENTIMES THE LANGUAGE AND THE WAY THAT WE SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING EVOLVES SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT IN THE IN THE
MOST HELPFUL WAY TO THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED. AND SO IF YOU'VE HAD ANYONE WHO HAS DIED BY SUICIDE, WHICH I
BELIEVE IS THE LANGUAGE THAT OVER SOME YEARS IN SOME TIME WE'VE MOVED TOWARDS THAT LANGUAGE UPDATE IS AN IMPORTANT
ONE AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. I KNOW THAT IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT DEEPLY AND THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE USING
AROUND SUICIDE IS MEANT TO BE HOPEFULLY MORE ABOUT PREVENTION AND HELPING THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF HELP. COUNCILOR DURKIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK?
YEAH. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES THIS REALLY FOR ME IT JUST WAS TRIGGERING FOR ME. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I THINK WE
OWE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE SUICIDAL IDEATIONS TO KNOW THAT IF THEY LOSE THEIR LIFE IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. IT IS NEVER YOUR FAULT THAT AND
I REALLY THIS IS JUST AN ISSUE THAT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THIS IT IS NOT ANY PERSONAL ISSUE WITH ANY COLLEAGUES SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT JUST FOR ME AS SOMEONE WHO
HAS DEALT WITH THIS IN MY FAMILY, I JUST I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT NOT USING THE TERM COMMITTED SUICIDE AND INSTEAD USING THE TERM DIED BY SUICIDE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME JOIN MEJIA AT THE FLOOR. YES. I'M HOPING THAT WE I ALWAYS SEE THINGS HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT FOR
RECOGNIZE ME. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THINGS AS TEACHABLE MOMENTS. RIGHT. AND IT'S ALL IN HOW WE CHOOSE TO EXPERIENCE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE ALL A WORK IN
PROGRESS AND SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT BY AND FOR THOSE YOU ALREADY KNOW I AM A SUICIDE ATTEMPT SURVIVOR, RIGHT? SO THIS IS ALSO VERY TRIGGERING
FOR ME BECAUSE MY MOM NEVER GOT ME THE CARE THAT I NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA THAT THAT THAT EXISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE STIGMA THAT IS ASSOCIATED AND I ALSO WANT TO YOU KNOW, NAME THAT MY GRANDFATHER DIED BY
SUICIDE AND SO DID MY COUSIN WHO WAS A MILITARY BUT SO IT IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME WHEN ANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND SUICIDE
ENTERS THIS CHAMBER AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST
BE MINDFUL OF EACH OTHER AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS. AND I THINK THAT I WANT TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON WHAT THE
INTENT OF THIS HEARING ORDER IS ABOUT AND THAT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING PAIN. AND SO IF WE FOCUS ON THE HUMANITY OF IT, I THINK THAT WE
CAN YOU KNOW, REALIGN OURSELVES BACK TO WHAT THE INTENT WAS OF OF THE ORDER. SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
FLYNN THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND AGAIN COUNSELOR DURKAN FELT IT NECESSARY TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION THE SECOND TIME. MY POINT WAS VERY CLEAR THIS IS AN ISSUE I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. I KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE I'VE
WORKED ON THIS ISSUE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FOR 24
YEARS 22 VETERANS DAY EVERY DAY FOR A COLLEAGUE TO DISTRACT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING ORDER IS IS
DISAPPOINTING. I DON'T WANT TO USE A STRONGER WORD BUT OTHERS SAY DISAPPOINTING. MY CONCERN IS GOING FORWARD
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT HIGH RISE PARKING GARAGES THAT HAVE THAT ARE EASY, ACCESSIBLE, EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE
WITHOUT ANY RAILS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S MY MESSAGE THAT MESSAGE NOW HAS BEEN LOST BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRACTION.
I WANT TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND CITY OFFICIALS GOING FORWARD TO IDENTIFY HOW WHEN A BUILDING A WHAT A PARKING GARAGE IS BUILT, HOW
WE'RE ABLE TO INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE IN A PARTICULAR BUILDING SO IT IS SAFE FOR EVERYBODY.
MY OTHER POINT IS ENSURING THAT CURRENT HIGH RISE SKIES, PARKING GARAGES HAVE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE
COULD PREVENT SUICIDES. MY OTHER ASPECT OF MY COMMENTS WAS ENSURING PEOPLE GET THE NECESSARY AND NEVER ACCESS TO
THE NECESSARY MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. THAT'S SOMETHING I FOCUSED ON IN MY OPENING COMMENTS THAT
WASN'T DISCUSSED. I WAS OVER THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL YESTERDAY TALKING TO TALKING TO VETERANS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN
VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. THEY'RE LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS OVER THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. ONE GUY WAS GOING TO A A GROUP
A GROUP MEETING ON ANGER MANAGEMENT. ANOTHER GUY SEEING HIS PSYCHIATRIST. ANOTHER WOMAN WAS SAYING HER WORKER I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED
TO BE LECTURED BY A CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE ON THIS SUBJECT THAT CAN ACTUALLY THANK YOU. WHAT I HEAR AND UNDERSTAND IS
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO YES, YES, YES. AND I'M THE CHAIR. YEAH, I AM THE CHAIR AND I'M SPEAKING I HAVE IDEA MIKE AND
I'M SPEAKING THAT COUNSELOR FLYNN IS TRYING TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE USE LANGUAGE THAT PERHAPS WAS NOT THE THAT WE ARE USING
RIGHT NOW AROUND PREVENTION. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MATTERS DEEPLY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS TRIGGERING IT WAS NOT MEANT
TO DISTRACT FROM THE TOPIC ALTHOUGH IT MAY HAVE COME ACROSS THAT WAY. THIS IS A TRIGGERING ISSUE FOR . A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS CHAMBERS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
WE SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN A BIG BACK AND FORTH. I KNOW, I KNOW. YES, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MIC AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND AND HE WILL HAVE AS A
SPONSOR BE ABLE TO TALK AND THEN WE ARE MOVING ON BECAUSE I THINK THAT I DON'T WANT US TO BE GETTING LOST IN THE SAUCE HERE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
MAY NOT KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND THE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS BEST AT THIS MOMENT TO BE USING AROUND TO AROUND SUICIDE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE.
I WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO RESPOND. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU CAN RESPOND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT DOCKET. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN I JUST WANT TO
SAY THAT MY ADVOCACY ON ALL ISSUES OF MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AND SINCE I RAN FOR OFFICE MY ENTIRE LIFE IS IMPACTED BY MENTAL HEALTH.
MY DAD IS SCHIZOPHRENIC. I FOUND A FAMILY MEMBER WHEN THEY WERE COMMITTING SUICIDE WHEN I WAS ON HIGH SCHOOL OR NOT OR ATTEMPTED AND I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION ABOUT
LANGUAGE AND I UNDERSTAND I WAS NOT TRYING TO DISTRACT BUT THE WAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH DOES MATTER AND MY ADVOCACY ON THIS ISSUE IS REALLY PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I FIND IT UPSETTING THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT TWO CAN'T JUST ACCEPT THAT I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE WAY THAT HE
TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING AND INSTEAD IS DRAWING ME BACK INTO THIS BACK AND FORTH AND I THINK THAT WHEN ISSUES MATTER DEEPLY TO SOMEONE THEY CARE A LOT ABOUT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE
TALKED ABOUT AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING AND COUNCILOR FLYNN, I RESPECT ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. I RESPECT THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS WELL.
AND SO I AM REALLY NOT TRYING TO CREATE ANY ANIMUS BETWEEN US ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. I JUST LIKE I CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I YOUR ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN
IMPACTED BY THIS ISSUE SO SO WHEN I JUST FELT LIKE DISMISSED BY YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO WHAT I SAID AND I JUST I WOULD LIKE AN APOLOGY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN
COMES WITH LEANING ON THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR THIS THIS ISSUE IS PERSONAL TO ME ALSO AS A DISABLED VETERAN THAT SERVED A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN THE
MILITARY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY IN VERY DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS. I WAS AWAY FROM MY FAMILY FOR 13 MONTHS WITH TWO LITTLE KIDS. I'VE I UNDERSTAND AS WELL AS
ANYBODY MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT RETURNING VETERANS HAVE. THAT'S WHY I LITERALLY DEDICATED MY LIFE WORKING WITH RETURNING VETERANS, DISABLED
VETERANS, OUR MILITARY FAMILIES FIGHTING FOR THEM TO GET ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING,
ACCESS TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, MEDICAL CARE AT THE AT THE VA CENTER I WRITE THIS ISSUE I
TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS I MENTIONED 22 VETERANS A DAY
COMMIT SUICIDE AND THIS ISSUE IS PERSONAL TO ME ANYTHING RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY
FAMILIES IS PERSONAL TO ME. I AM STAND TWO. WELL, WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M BEING SINGLED OUT HERE AND
BEING ATTACKED BY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WITH WORK GOING BACK AND FORTH I, I HAD A PROPOSAL.
MADAM CHAIR, AND IT WAS ABOUT HIGH RISES THAT HAVE THE RYDGES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIX THE
PROBLEM TO INSTALL RAILINGS ON CURRENT GARAGES I'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT RECENTLY THAT JUMPED FROM A PARKING
GARAGE. I WANT TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO TO IMPROVE THAT TO MAKE IT BETTER. I WANT TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO AS A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR WHEN PEOPLE GO TO PUT UP A NEW
BUILDING AND THE CITY OF BOSTON WILL THOSE PARKING GARAGES ALSO HAVE RAILINGS TO PREVENT SUICIDES?
MY OTHER POINT WAS COUNSELING THAT IS THAT IS CRITICALLY NEEDED WHETHER IT'S VETERANS OR IT'S PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS. I WAS HERE ON THE
COUNCIL DURING DURING COVID I SAW THE IMPACT THIS HAD ON YOUNG KIDS. I FOUGHT EIGHT YEARS GETTING PEOPLE INTO MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL COUNSELING AS A CITY
COUNCILOR I DID THAT AS A SUPERIOR COURT PROBATION OFFICER AT SUFFOLK COUNTY. THAT'S ALL I DID WAS GET IT GET PEOPLE RETURNING FROM JAIL AND
PRISON, GETTING THEM INTO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, GETTING THEM INTO ANGER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, GETTING THEM THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO GETTING THEM THERE BIRTH
CERTIFICATE WILL HELPING THEM GET INTO OTHER REENTRY SERVICES BUT MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING WAS REALLY THE IMPORTANT PART OF IT. MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T WANT TO
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILOR DURKAN AND I'D RESPECTFULLY ASK IF WE CAN END THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. I CLEARLY STATED THAT YOU WOULD BE THE LAST SPEAKER ON THIS. I KNOW THAT WE CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THERE ARE THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS DEEPLY TRIGGERING DEEPLY DIFFICULT DEEPLY PAINFUL ISSUE FOR EVERY
ONE OF US HERE SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. BUT I KNOW AND I'VE SEEN IT AMONG EACH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES THE CARE AND DEDICATION TOWARDS SUICIDE PREVENTION, TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH. AND THERE ARE THERE ARE PEOPLE
ON THIS BODY WHO HAVE SPOKEN UP AND SHARED THEIR STORY BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVEN'T SPOKEN UP AND SHARE THEIR STORY AND THAT IS OKAY AND I WANT US TO MOVE ON SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AS A
AS A BODY AND AS COLLEAGUES AND FIND WAYS OF ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF REDUCING SUICIDES IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY.
OUR PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND BROKEN SO DEEPLY AND SO MAY WE CONTINUE TO POUR OUR ATTENTION AND OUR TIME INTO THE ISSUE AND
AND REALLY SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN OUR ADVOCACY AND ALSO HOLD EACH OTHER'S HAND AND HOPING TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE IN A WAY THAT IS INVITING AND LESS
STIGMATIZING. THIS DOC IT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLLETTE AS A PARTNER
FITZGERALD HERE MURPHY SANTANA, WEBER WORRELL PLEASE ADD THE THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1445 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK CAN PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1446.
NUMBER 1446 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW PAST EXPENDITURES THROUGH QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 OPERATING BUDGET.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE
RECENTLY APPROVED THE F Y 26 BUDGET AND OFTENTIMES TIMES WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HOW OUR DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT AND
USUALLY THOSE HEARINGS START RIGHT DURING BUDGET SEASON AND MY HOPE IS TO GET AHEAD OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH
THE COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE ARE MAKING EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS AND DELIVERING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE THE BUDGET
IS APPROVED TOO OFTEN THE CONVERSATION ENDS THERE THAT IT IS WHY I'M CALLING FOR A POST AUDIT APPROACH TO THE FBI 26 OPERATING BUDGET BY CONDUCTING QUARTERLY REVIEWS THAT HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE ACTUALLY BEING SPENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WERE
GOING TO DO HOW ON TRACK ARE WE FOR IN IN HIRING? HOW ON TRACK ARE WE FOR THE MONEYS THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND NOW THAT IT'S
BEEN THREE MONTHS SINCE SO LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FALL TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE DOING WITH OUR ACTUAL SPENDS AS
A COUNCIL WE NEED TO VERIFY THAT THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE MAKE ON THIS FLOOR ACTUALLY TRANSLATE INTO OUTCOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. A POST AUDIT REVIEW ENSURES
THAT WE CAN TRACK EXPENDITURES AGAINST PROMISES, IDENTIFY GAPS WHEN DOLLARS AREN'T REACHING THEIR INTENDED USE AND MAKE A MIDCOURSE CORRECTIONS BEFORE AN
ENTIRE YEAR IS LOST. QUARTERLY POLLS ARE POST AUDIT UPDATES WILL GIVE RESIDENTS A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHERE FUNDS ARE GOING, WHAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AND WHAT CHALLENGES
REMAIN. THIS IS HOW WE CREATE A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY DURING BUDGET SEASON BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO UTILIZING OUR OUR TIME TOGETHER TO BEGIN OUR POST AUDIT WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? THE JARGON HAS JUST COME TO OUR I HAVE THE FLOOR I THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS HERE IN ORDER FORWARD THE QUARTERLY EXPENDITURE REPORTS ARE
ACTUALLY MANDATED THROUGH THE CITY CHARTER AND AS A COUNCIL OVERSEE THEM REGULARLY WE RECEIVE THE LAST ONE IN EARLY MAY AND WE ALSO HAVE ACTS
AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACTS FOR QUARTERLY REVENUE UPDATES WHICH ARE NOT MANDATED BY LAW BUT ARE USEFUL IN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE CITY FINANCES.
LAST BUT LAST LAST BUDGET CYCLE I THOUGHT A HEARING ORDER DOCKET ZERO 3 TO 5 FOR FY 25 EXPENDITURE AND REVENUES AND WE HELD A HEARING IN FEBRUARY TO
REVIEW THESE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE. I DO BELIEVE I AGREE WITH YOU 100% THAT THE MORE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE ON REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES THE BETTER PREPARED WE AS A BODY
ARE AND THE MORE INFORMED THE PUBLIC IS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERE FOR
FILING THIS. I DO JUST WANT TO THANK CHRIS MA. SHE HELPED ME ORGANIZE AND PUT TOGETHER ALL OF OUR OUTSTANDING OUR IFIS AND TO DATE THIS 411 OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS THAT WE
HAVE ASKED DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DIRECTLY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT RETURNED BACK TO US ON THIS THIS YEAR ALONE. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH US, I DO THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE OUR POWER HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN INDIVIDUAL COUNCILORS AT HEARINGS OR GROUPS OF DIFFERENT COUNCILORS
ASK FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENTS AND THEY DON'T SEND IT BACK. 411 OUTSTANDING REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION TO ME SEEMS UNACCEPTABLE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WORK IN YOUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MEGAN'S LAW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR RECOGNIZING ME ONE MORE TIME.
I APPRECIATE IT AND I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILOR WARHOL'S REMARKS IN REGARDS TO THE HEARINGS THAT WE'VE HAD. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT FOR ME THIS IS REALLY A
DEEPER DIVE INTO EXPENDITURES AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE HEARINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD, I THINK THAT WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIVE DEEPER AND SO THAT
IS WHAT MY COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED WITH AND MY HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK. NOW THAT THE BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED. I THINK WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES
TO BE BETTER PREPARED AND ADDRESS WHATEVER GAPS. IT'S ALARMING THAT SO MANY QUESTIONS ARE STILL UNANSWERED AND MY HOPE IS THAT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE'S WORK WE'LL BE ABLE
TO UNCOVER WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS
BREADON COLLETTE. ZAPATA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1446 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 1447 TALKIN NUMBER 1447 COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND UTILITY SAFETY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR TO ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE TO TALK ABOUT A SCARY EVENT THAT TOOK
PLACE JUST LAST WEEK ON JULY 29TH ON BARTLETT STREET IN CHARLESTOWN. THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT CAUGHT FIRE DROPPED TO THE GROUND.
SPARKS HAPPENED A CAR AND A MOTORCYCLE UNFORTUNATELY WERE COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THIS INSTANCE IT WAS A REALLY SCARY SITUATION. THANK GOD IT HAPPENED DURING THE DAYTIME SO THAT FOLKS COULD
SEE IT. WHO KNOWS IF IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS AT 3 A.M. AND PEOPLE WERE SLEEPING. I THINK WE COULD HAVE BEEN UNFORTUNATELY TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT SITUATION HERE. EVERSOURCE CREWS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND TO MITIGATE
THE SITUATION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE. I THINK IN THIS CONVERSATION I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN EVERSOURCE VERIZON WHO OWNS THE THE THE POLES RCA AND STILL
HAS WIRES THAT ARE ARE STILL HANGING UP IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT THERE IS A FIRE PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM THAT IS UTILIZED IN INSTANCES LIKE THIS
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COLLABORATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM IN GENERAL WHILE ALSO TALKING TO EVERSOURCE AND VERIZON ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING LONG TERM
HOLISTICALLY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ENSURE THAT AS UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS CLIMATE CRISIS AND IT IS GETTING HOTTER IN BOSTON MAKING SURE LIKE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS OR ENSURING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL BE PRODUCTIVE. WE'LL HAVE MANY FOLKS FROM CHARLESTOWN COMING TO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR
FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE BUT OVERALL LOOKING TO UM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS ARE TO AVOID THIS AGAIN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CALLED AS A PART OF THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND OF DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE SPONSOR. WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON FRANCIS STREET IN MISSION HILL WHERE A
LOT OF OLDER BUILDINGS CAN'T BE WORKED ON BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WIRES OUTSIDE THE BUILDINGS AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON AND HAVE GOTTEN SOME PRELIMINARY RESPONSES FROM EVERSOURCE THAT
ARE JUST SORT OF IN REGARDS TO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXPENSIVE FOR CONSUMERS IF THESE WIRES ARE PUT UNDERGROUND. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS HEARING AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ASK FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR. CLERK PLEASE. THE COUNCIL'S BRAEDON DURKIN, MIA MURPHY, SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET. DOCKET NUMBER 1447 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
SORRY WILL BE FORENSIC COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 14481448 COUNCILOR DURKIN ON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE AND SAME DAY PUT OUT AND PICK UP FOR NON CONTAINERIZED RESIDENTIAL WASTE AND CONTAINERIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL TRASH.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY I AM FILING A HEARING ORDER TO EXPLORE TWO IMPORTANT CONCEPTS FIRST MOVING TOWARDS SAME DAY PUT OUT AND PICKUP FOR
NON CONTAINERIZED RESIDENTIAL WASTE. AND SECOND REQUIRING CONTAINERIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL TRASH. ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING BEACON HILL, BACK BAY AND THE FENWAY WHICH I
REPRESENT KNOWS THIS ALL TOO WELL AS BEACON HILL. AS A BEACON HILL RESIDENT I SEE IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK BY LATE AFTERNOON BAGS LINING THE SIDEWALKS BY MORNING MANY ARE TORN OPEN BY RODENTS AND LITTER
IS SCATTERED ACROSS THE STREET AND SOME NEIGHBORHOODS PICKUP DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL LATE THE NEXT DAY MEANING THAT TRASH CAN SIT OUT FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. THE PROBLEM IS EVEN WORSE IN
COMMERCIAL AREAS LIKE CAUSEWAY NEWBURY, DOWNTOWN AND CHINATOWN WHERE BUSINESSES PUT OUT LARGE VOLUMES OF TRASH AND BAGS. WE'VE ALL WALKED DOWN A BLOCK LIKE THAT THIS SUMMER. IT'S NOT JUST UNPLEASANT, IT'S
NOT JUST SMELLY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEEPLY IMPACTS OUR CONSTITUENTS QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS IS ALSO A DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUE. IT'S HARD TO WALK OR ROLL DOWN A STREET WITH BAGS EVERYWHERE
AND THERE'S THIS SANITARY ISSUE AND THESE SANDWICH ON SANITARY CONDITIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE PLAGUING BOSTON. THE CITY RECENTLY HIRED AN URBAN WROTE A GEOLOGIST WHICH CONFIRMED IN THE BOSTON RODENT
ACTION PLAN THAT LEAVING BAGS OUT OVERNIGHT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF INFESTATION. THE REPORT CALLS FOR STRONGER MANAGEMENT OF PRACTICES AND HIGHLIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH RELY ON BAGS AND HAVE HIGH
LEVELS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AS PRIORITY ACTION AREAS. STATE LAW ALREADY BANS LEAVING TRASH AND PLASTIC BAG BAGS ON THE STREET BUT THAT RULE IS NOT ENFORCED. WHILE CONTAINERIZATION OF ALL
WASTE IS AN IDEAL SOLUTION, NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL PRESENT CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE FOR RECIPROCAL RECEPTACLES AND THIS REASON IS FAIRLY NEW.
THE REASON FOR THIS DIFFICULTY IS ONE OF SPACE FOR MANY FOR MANY AND FOR FOR MANY UNITS THERE USED TO BE BASEMENT LEVEL TRASH ROOMS.
THOSE HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO APARTMENTS AND THIS HEARING IS ABOUT TACKLING THE PROBLEM FROM BOTH ENDS. REDUCING THE TIME RESIDENTIAL TRASH SITS ON OUR STREETS AND ENSURING COMMERCIAL TRASH ESPECIALLY FOOD WASTE FROM
RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES IS IN SECURED CONTAINERS INSTEAD OF LEFT OUT OF IT AND EXPOSED BAGS. MY OFFICE IS APPROACHING THIS ISSUE FROM SO MANY ANGLES.
WE FOUGHT FOR PROJECT OSCAR BINS IN THE WEST END ON BEACON HILL AND WE KNOW THAT LESS FOOD WASTE ON THE STREETS MEANS LESS RATS. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THIS A STEP FOR A STEP FURTHER.
A 5 P.M. TRASH TIME THE DAY BEFORE TRASH DAY IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BEACON HILL WHERE TRASH STARTS AT 6 A.M. IS GOING TO REQUIRE A DEEP CONVERSATION. THIS WILL REQUIRE COORDINATION
AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO BRING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG. BUT THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HEAR FROM PUBLIC WORKS. WE NEED TO HEAR FROM INSPECTIONAL SERVICES, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK.
OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE CLEANER, HEALTHIER STREETS AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE A CITY AS A CITY HAVE THE ABILITY THE KNOW HOW AND THE MAYOR TO GET THIS DONE SO I'M HOPING TO
WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS AND BEFORE SORRY. BEFORE I GO I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR CLAUDE ZAPATA AS A CO-SPONSOR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS
A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. AH, THANK YOU CAROL COLETTE AS A PARTNER IS SO ADDED COUNCILOR DURKIN SUSPEND THE RULES, ADD MYSELF AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA,
YOU HAD THE FLOOR. JUST KIDDING. NOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR.
I REALLY LOVE ALL FACETS OF THIS JOB. OF COURSE THE NUTS AND BOLTS IS IS MY FAVORITE. I DID NOT HOWEVER, EXPECT TO BE TALKING ABOUT TRASH AND AS MUCH
AS I AM AND TRASH TRASH BAGS AND TRASH CONTAINERS. BUT IT IS A VERY REAL PROBLEM AND IT SPEAKS TO THE LARGER ISSUE OF WASTE IN GENERAL THAT
WE AS A CITY, AS A STATE, AS A COUNTRY ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH. WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PART TO DEPLOY SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES IN OUR OWN LIVES. AND I SAY THAT UNDERSTANDING
THAT I MYSELF AM NOT A PERFECT PERSON. I HAVE TO BE BETTER WITH MY OWN TRASH AND THE WASTE THAT THAT MY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCES. BUT ALL THAT IS TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC, WE
HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE. SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS A WELCOME TO APPROACH. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO TRACK GARBAGE TRUCKS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PUT OUT THEIR TRASH
WHEN IT IS TIME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT OUT AFTER 5 P.M. OR OR BEFORE THEY GO TO TO WORK THEY CAN JUST LITERALLY PUT IT OUT IF THEY'RE WORKING FROM
HOME, IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING FROM HOME AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT THAT PRIVILEGE OR THAT LUXURY WE DID PUT IN IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET $100,000 FOR A TRASH CONTAINERIZATION PILOT PROGRAM WHICH HAS PAID FOR A
TRASH FELLOW THAT IS SUPERVISED BY DENNIS ROACH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN TO HAVE THESE CONTAINERS ON THE STREETS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY DO IN BARCELONA OF COURSE AND REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE TRASH CANS
THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. THOSE WERE INSTALLED LAST YEAR I CALL THEM THE FORT KNOX OF TRASH BARRELS ONLY BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR RATS TO GET IN. BUT ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THE
MULTIFACETED STRATEGY THAT WE NEED TO DEPLOY TO CURB LITTER, ADDRESS THE WASTE PROBLEM IN OUR CITY WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE POSITIVE IMPACTS ON OUR
ABILITY TO MITIGATE RATS AND TO HELP US WIN OUR PERENNIAL BATTLE WITH RATS HERE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU
COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR ADDING ME. THIS IS IMPORTANT I THINK WHAT COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT TO SAY THAT I ALSO FIND FASCINATING THAT AMOUNT THAT WE TALK ABOUT WASTE, WASTE AND TRASH BUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS DESERVE AND OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE CITY AND ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS THAT THEY LIVE IN AND IF THEY SEE TRASH STREWN EVERYWHERE, IF THEY FEEL LIKE THE CITY ISN'T RESPONDING,
THAT'S I'M NOT FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE CITY AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW MY FIRST MAD THING I DID AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WAS GETTING A TRASH CAN ON WALL STREET IN ROXBURY BECAUSE IT WAS A STRETCH OF THE
AND OTHER PLACES AS WELL BUT IT WAS A STRETCH OF THE BLOCK THAT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY TRASH CANS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON CONTAINERIZATION. I KNOW THAT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT YOUR PREDECESSOR WORKED ON
A LOT AND I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE IN OUR DENSELY POPULATED NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY'RE LIKE YOU SAID, WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE FOR URBAN BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CREATIVITY. I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS
WITH NEW BUILDINGS. WHAT COULD IT LOOK LIKE TO REQUIRE AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF CONTAINERIZATION TO HAVE IT SORT OF BUILT INTO THE MODEL? I KNOW WE USED TO HAVE CHUTES
BACK IN THE DAY AND THOSE SORT OF FELL OUT OF STYLE BUT LOOKING AT THE ROLE OF POTENTIAL CHUTES IN HELPING US TO ADDRESS THE WASTE AND AND TRASH ISSUES RATS NEED FOOD AND
SHELTER AND WATER JUST PROVIDING WE PROVIDE THEM A LOT OF THAT WITH OUR TRASH. AND SO I WANT TO AGREE I THINK IT'S REALLY THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DID IN THE BUDGET TO ADD MORE MONEY THAT GOES TOWARDS
MORE PERSONNEL ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AND ALSO TOWARDS MORE OF THOSE RODENT RESISTANT TRASH CANS. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. BUT YOU KNOW THIS WE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE RESIDENTS
NEED TO KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT THESE EVERYDAY ISSUES, THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ADDRESS THEM EVEN AS A BIG CITY AND THE CHALLENGES THAT PRESENT WITH THAT IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE
TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON FITZGERALD. FLYNN MCGUIRE. MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORL THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1447 WILL
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES OH APOLOGIES 1448 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1449 DOG NUMBER 1449 COUNCIL'S WE'RE ALL IN HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE WAYS OF EXPANDING AND ENHANCING
BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL EARLY LEARNING EDUCATION CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR BREADON AS AN
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR BREADON AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR BREADON ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR I HAVE A FLOOR I THINK MADAM PRESIDENT BUILDING
OUT A CRADLE TO CAREER PATHWAY AND SUPPORTING FAMILY HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR ME SINCE I'VE TAKEN OFFICE IN BOSTON AS WE KNOW IS THE SECOND MOST
EXPENSIVE CITY FOR CHILD CARE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE REALITY IS OUR FAMILIES, OUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND OUR EARLY LEARNING EDUCATORS NEED HELP. TRY DRIVING DOWN THE COSTS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE
RESOURCES AND SPACE THEY DO HAVE IS TRULY INCREDIBLE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A COUPLE LEADING EXAMPLES IN THE INDUSTRY LAST WEEK AT THE BROWN BAY EXCEL EARLY LEARNING CENTER IN MATTAPAN WHERE WE
LEARNED HOW A SPACE GRANT HELPED THEM EXPAND TO SUPPORT THEIR GROWING WAITLIST AND CREATE MORE SEATS FOR FAMILIES IN HYDE PARK AND THE ALICE LEARNING CENTER AND JP WE WALKED THROUGH THE SECOND
LOCATION WHICH WAS CREATED TO MEET HIGH DEMAND. BOSTON HAS FACED A LONG SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE SEATS FOR EARLY LEARNERS AND MANY FAMILIES PAY AS MUCH AS $600 A
WEEK FOR CHILD CARE. MUCH OF THESE COSTS ARE DRIVEN BY RENT, INSURANCE AND OTHER OVERHEAD COSTS NECESSARY FOR CENTERS AND EDUCATORS TO OPERATE. I BELIEVE ONE WAY WE CAN LESSEN SOME OF THE BURDEN IS BY
OPENING UP AVAILABLE SPACES IN OUR CITY BUILDINGS WHICH COULD REDUCE THE RENT BURDEN. THE CITY HAS MORE THAN 100 MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND MORE THAN 100 SCHOOLS.
VERY FEW OF THEM CURRENTLY HOST AN EARLY ANY ANY EARLY LEARNING OR CHILD CARE CENTER SERVICES WHILE OTHERS CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT EMPTY SPACE MAKING
THIS AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE AND AS WE EXPECT SOME SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO BE TAKEN OFF LINE BY VEEPS, THOSE BUILDINGS IN THE INTERIM CAN BE USED AT EARLY LEARNING EDUCATION
CENTERS. I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THAT DURING THE SUMMERTIME AND IT SEEMS NEARLY EVERY DAY SOMEONE FROM MY TEAM SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE TODDLER IS AN INFANT RUNNING AROUND AND PLAYING
OUTSIDE OF OUR OFFICES FROM THE CHILDCARE FROM THE DAYCARE HERE IN CITY HALL AND THE JOY THEY BRING JUST WARMS UP ALL OF OUR DAYS. WE WANT TO FOSTER THAT VIBE IN ALL OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS AND
AS A CITY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CREATE SPACES OUR FAMILIES NEED TO GROW HEALTHY AND HAPPY CHILDREN AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE MEANS AND THE ASSETS IN THE BUILDINGS TO HELP JUST DO THAT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS TO IDENTIFY SPACES IN OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS TO HELP CREATE A SPACE FOR EARLY LEARNING CENTERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL OVERALL FOR ADDING ME AND WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE.
I REMEMBER AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING I WAS LIKE HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS. AND YOU WERE LIKE OH, SO AM I AND AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT REAL PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR
ISSUE FROM DIFFERENT LENSES AND THEN WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE TACKLE IT ON BOTH ENDS. SO I DON'T THINK COUNCIL AROUND THIS ENTIRE TEAM FOR WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE TO DO
COLLECTIVE WORK TOGETHER SO REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN YOU ON THIS AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION THAT THESE ISSUES CONTINUE TO BURDEN WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS OUR
CITY AND THE COST AND ACCESSIBILITY OF CHILD CARE IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT WE ALSO HEAR FROM FAMILIES. CHILD CARE COSTS ARE PUSHING
FAMILIES OUT OF THE WORKFORCE AND OUT OF THE CITY. AS YOU HEARD ACROSS BOSTON THERE ARE OVER 100 MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOT BEING USED OR HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE RENOVATED AND
REPURPOSED. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A MOMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND BE CREATIVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE UTILIZING OUR SPACE AND SO WE SHOULD DO JUST THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO CREATE MORE CHILD CARE OPTIONS ,LOWER COSTS FOR PROVIDERS AND BETTER SERVE OUR FAMILIES AND I THINK OUTSIDE OF THE MUNICIPAL
BUILDING I THINK ALSO ONE WORD DEVELOPING REAL ESTATE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON I'D LOVE TO SEE AND I KNOW CASIMIRO HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AND
THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW WE CAN UTILIZE HOUSING IN CHILD CARE CENTERS ALL IN ONE PLACE. SO I THINK THAT CREATING SPACE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY IS A REALLY GREAT STRATEGY AND I
JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT PER THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD REPORT OF 2021 THE CHILD CARE CENSUS SURVEY AND BOSTON'S THEY SAYS THAT THE AVERAGE CHILD
CARE CENTER COSTS ARE EVEN HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE WHICH ALREADY FOCUSES FORCES MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY TO PAY THE
SECOND HIGHEST AVERAGE MONTHLY COST FOR CENTER BASED CHILD CARE THAN ANY OTHER STATE AND THIS IS A ISSUE THAT I AM ALSO
PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO. MY DAUGHTER WENT TO A CHILD CARE CENTER HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IT PROVIDED HER A SOLID FOUNDATION TO HIT THE
GROUND RUNNING WHEN SHE ENTERED. SO I THINK EVERYONE WINS WHEN WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE
MY COLLEAGUES TO PROVIDE AS MANY RESOURCES AS THEY NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON TIMES ARE GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
THANK YOU COUNCILOR. WELL AND COMES FROM HERE FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS ORDER. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WELL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND THE WHOLE DISCUSSION ABOUT
RESOURCES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OR CHILDREN FROM CRADLE TO CAREER. I THINK IT'S REALLY VITALLY IMPORTANT MANY, MANY OTHER CITIES IN THE WORLD IN NORTH AMERICA, NOT IN THE UNITED
STATES NECESSARILY BUT TORONTO AND VANCOUVER ARE LEADERS IN THE SPACE OF THINKING ABOUT URBAN DESIGN THAT'S FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT CATCHING UP TO DO VERY OFTEN OUR DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY IS FOCUSED MUCH MORE ON SINGLE SINGLE FOLKS, ELDERS, YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ARE SINGLE AND EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES AS IS SO SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. I THINK WE HAVE MANY RESOURCES
IN OUR SCHOOL CITY AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE MAYBE UNDERUTILIZED OR ARE GOING TO BE SORT OF MOTHBALLED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AH AND INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP MORE SPACES FOR
EARLY LEARNING EDUCATION CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE VALUE OF THESE ARE THAT WE INSTILL CURIOSITY, CURIOSITY AND JOY OF LEARNING IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDE THEM
WITH THE READINESS SKILLS SO THAT WHEN THEY AS COUNTRYMEN HE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED WITH HER DAUGHTER THAT WHEN SHE WENT TO GET INTO BEEPERS THAT SHE WAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND WAS
ABLE TO MAXIMIZE HER BENEFIT FROM OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM SO EARLY EARLY PREPAREDNESS, EARLY EARLY INTRODUCTION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY LEARNING CENTERS IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I REALLY WELCOME THE CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE REALLY CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE RESOURCES TO HELP OUR CHILDREN BE MORE
SUCCESSFUL BUT ALSO HELP DEFRAY SOME OF THE COSTS OF CHILDHOOD CHILDCARE AND EARLY EDUCATION FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATION. THINK YOU GUYS ARE GREAT IN THE JARGON. IT'S KIND OF FUNNY HOW THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. I WAS RECENTLY AT THE CITY CITY HALL CHILDCARE FACILITY WITH MY
PARENTS AND WITH MAYOR WILL. MAYOR WILL HAD A POLICY ESTABLISHED IN THE LEVEL OF FUNDING NOT GOING IN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WHERE
DEVELOPERS WOULD PAY TOWARDS CHILDCARE SERVICES WHEN BUILDING DOWNTOWNS AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ORDER. IT BUILDS ON A POLICY SPEARHEADED THAT'S WHY I
MENTIONED MY PARENTS SPEARHEADED BY FORMER BOSTON MAYOR RAY FLYNN IN 1989. THAT POLICY JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT POLICY REQUIRED THAT ANY NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN ONE
OF 14 DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS EITHER PROVIDE A CHILDCARE SPACE ON SITE OR SUPPLY RESOURCES FOR NEW CHILDCARE SPACES ELSEWHERE
IN THE CITY BASICALLY SIMILAR TO SIMILAR TO LINKAGE. THANK THINK ABOUT. SURE. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE HAD
COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA DURKAN FLYNN, MARIA MURPHY FITZGERALD SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
1449 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ZERO TALKING NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ZERO COUNCILORS WEBER AND PEPEN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER
FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS TO IMPROVE STREET SAFETY ON THE NORTHERN STRETCH OF HYDE PARK AVENUE FROM WALK HILL STREET TO THE HARBOR WE THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR WORRELL AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR, COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND I COUNCILOR WHERE I WAS THE THIRD
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR WERE ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY I'D CUT YOU OFF YOU NOW HAVE THE OKAY.
YEAH, SURE. OKAY. THIS IS A STRETCH OF HYDE PARK AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FOREST HILLS STATION. IT'S AN INCREDIBLY BUSY AREA.
YOU GOT PEDESTRIANS, BUSSES, BICYCLES AND LOTS OF CARS GOING THROUGH EITHER YOU KNOW, COMMUTING FROM HYDE PARK IN ROSLINDALE DOWNTOWN OR GOING
BACK THE OTHER WAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S THE RESULT IS IS A CHAOTIC STRETCH OF ROAD THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS. LAST OCTOBER, FOREST HILLS RESIDENT GLEN INGRAM WAS
FATALLY STRUCK BY AN EMPTY BUS WHILE THE LAWFULLY CROSSING THE CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF THE STATION. AS YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD GLENN'S BROTHER INTO THE
CHAMBER TO PAY OUR RESPECTS. WHAT IS FOLLOWED WHAT PRECEDED IT WAS A LONG PLANNING PROCESS FOR APPROVING HYDE PARK AVENUE WITH VERY LITTLE ACTION AND
WHAT'S FOLLOWED MR INGRAM'S DEATH WAS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MEETING ON IN OCTOBER ABOUT 700 RESIDENTS OF THE JAMAICAN FOREST HILLS AND WOULD BE BORN
NEIGHBORHOODS SIGNED A PETITION CALLING FOR CONCRETE IMMEDIATE SAFETY MEASURES. IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR THE CITY IMPLEMENTED A COUPLE OF THOSE MEASURES.
IN DECEMBER, BTD HELD A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE BTU SCHOOL TO TO TALK ABOUT DESIGN WHERE NEIGHBORS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION THAT BTI WAS NOT PRESENTING
ACTUAL DESIGNS TO MAKE THAT STRETCH OF ROAD SAFER. JANUARY 20, 25 MORE THAN 700 NEIGHBORS AGAIN SIGNED A PETITION URGING THE CITY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN APRIL
OF THIS YEAR CITY OFFICIALS AND BTD JOINED RESIDENTS IN A SAFETY WALK OF THE AREA TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO MAKE IT SAFER
AND IT MAY BE MET WITH RESIDENTS AGAIN AT THE B-2 AND UNVEILED TWO CONCRETE OPTIONS AN OPTION ONE TO KEEP IT FOR LANES AND MAKE A FEW
IMPROVEMENTS AND OPTION TWO WHICH WOULD GO FROM 4 TO 3 LANES AND ADD IN A CROSSWALK AND POSSIBLY BIKE LANES. AND THEN IN JUNE A LETTER WAS
SIGNED BY MORE THAN 350 NEIGHBORS URGING THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OPTION TWO WHICH I SUPPORT AND THEN IN JULY WE WERE INFORMED THAT RATHER THAN GO WITH OPTION ONE
OR OPTION TWO THEY'LL JUST BE A REPAVING IN THE FALL. SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY BUSY STRETCH OF ROAD THAT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY THE ABUTTERS WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT
SIX BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE WHO RELY ON THAT AREA. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING HOPEFULLY ON SITE AGAIN AT THE B TWO RIGHT NEXT TO HYDE
PARK AV WHERE WE CAN BRING THESE COMMUNITIES WHO ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO FINALLY MAKE THIS STRETCH OF ROAD SAFER
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ELKINS WHERE I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO MY COUNCILOR WEBER
AND COUNCILOR PEPEN WHO HAVE ALSO ENGAGED IN HIGH PARK FIVE. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN PART OF A LOT OF THESE SAME CONVERSATIONS THAT COUNCILOR WEBER HAS OUTLINED AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR MORE ANSWERS IN NEXT STEPS.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS UPCOMING HEARING TO COME UP WITH MORE CONCRETE PLANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I THINK I WOULD DO WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
THIS MATTER. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS. I WE WERE LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ROAD SAFETY IN THAT AREA. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING AND MAKING SURE
THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE ADD CASSIUS CLAY TO ZAPATA? DUNCAN FITZGERALD.
FLYNN MEJIA. MURPHY SANTANA PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ZERO WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ONE? DUNCAN NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ONE. COUNCILOR DURKIN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL CUTS TO SNAP AND MEDICAID ON BOSTON RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILORS IN TOWN AS A THIRD
CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR WEBER ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR THERE CAN SEE SUSPEND THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SITTING IN HERE NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT I REGRET TO
HAVE TO INTRODUCE THIS HEARING UNDER UNDER SUCH UNPRECEDENTED CIRCUMSTANCES. LAST MONTH THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS PASSED THE LARGEST CUTS TO FOOD ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH CARE IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
CUTS DESIGNED TO PAY FOR TAX BREAKS FOR WEALTHY CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES AND UPSET CONSTITUENTS MADE AN EVENT UPSET THAT THEY HADN'T SEEN THE COUNCIL TAKING ANY ACTION ON
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. AND IT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL BECAUSE LAST YEAR I WAS AT THE PETERSBURG SENIOR CENTER IN A ROOM FULL OF FOLKS WHO WHO HAD
HAD ISSUES AND SNAPPED FRAUD WHO NOW MIGHT NOT EVEN QUALIFY FOR SNAP. THIS LEGISLATION STRIPPED AN ESTIMATED 1 TRILLION FROM MEDICAID AND AN ESTIMATED 186
BILLION FROM SNAP, THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORTS TO MILLIONS OF LOW INCOME AND WORKING FAMILIES AND TO LOTS
OF BOSTONIANS HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS NEARLY ONE IN THREE RESIDENTS AND ALMOST 2 MILLION PEOPLE RELY ON MASSHEALTH, THE STATE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM AND NEARLY HALF OF ALL CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE
COMMONWEALTH. THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL IMPOSES NEW WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE HURDLES AND ELIMINATES COVERAGE FOR LEGALLY PRESIDENT PRESENT IMMIGRANTS PUTTING MORE THAN 300,000
MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HEALTH CARE. AND IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, OVER 30% OF RESIDENTS RELY ON MEDICAID COVERAGE 182,000 RECIPIENTS
OF SUPPORT IN SUFFOLK COUNTY OF SNAP. THIS BILL SLASHES BILLIONS OF FEDERAL HEALTH CARE FUNDING TO OUR STATE EACH YEAR, CREATING RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. MORE DELAYS IN CARE OVERCROWDED
HOSPITALS AND HIGHER PREMIUMS FOR EVERYONE. ON THE NUTRITIONAL SIDE, ONE IN SIX MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS RELIES ON SNAP TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
I STOOD AT FENWAY CARE'S A PRIVATELY FUNDED PROGRAM IN THE EAST FENWAY AND FENWAY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GREAT NEED IN BOSTON.
THIS LEGISLATION PUTS BOSTONIANS AT RISK FOR HUNGER AND AND I IT'S JUST I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT THIS AT THE COUNCIL FEELING HOPELESS BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A HEARING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON BOSTONIANS.
WHO IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED AND HOW ARE WE LEVERAGING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT FALLING THROUGH OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NETS THAT ARE DISAPPEARING? ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE RIGHT
TO HEALTH CARE AND ABILITY TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. AND THESE FEDERAL ACTIONS CREATE NEW BARRIERS AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS,
WORKING FAMILIES, IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND AND THE WORKING POOR ARE NOT FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS WHICH WOULD THREATEN BOSTON'S ECONOMY, ECONOMY, OUR HEALTH
CARE INSTITUTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HOLD DEAR. SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THEIR CARE OF THIS ISSUE. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND I WANT
TO THANK THAT CONSTITUENT WHO SHARED THEIR FEAR OF BEING HUNGRY WITH ME BECAUSE IT MAKES ME REALLY, REALLY EMOTIONAL. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR CARING ABOUT THIS.
WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO MUCH BUT WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT NOW IS WHO'S IMPACTED AND HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THE CHEROKEE.
WAS A CANCER COUNCIL. WEBER COUNCIL COUNCIL WHO'S THE SECOND WEBER ON THE CHALLENGES COUNCIL. WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR. CLERK THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR INCLUDING ME. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE STARTED OFF THE DAY TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT SCHOOLS ARE IN OUR CITY AND HOW CAN WE EXPECT OUR
KIDS TO LEARN IF THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD. I THINK WITH THIS THESE CUTS I MEAN IT'S OBVIOUSLY INSIDIOUS BUT THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS
EVEN WHERE WE'RE NOT SEEING DECREASES IN, YOU KNOW, MONEY. IT WILL FORCE THE STATE TO CUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES BY UPPING
THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS I THINK FROM LIKE 50% TO 75%. IT INCREASES WORK REQUIREMENTS. IT WILL KICK A LOT OF PEOPLE OFF IT MAKE PEOPLE INELIGIBLE
UNLESS THEY CAN WORK 20 HOURS A WEEK. NOW BEFORE THIS ANYONE 54 AND UNDER HAD TO MEET THE WORK REQUIREMENT.
NOW THAT IS BEING RAISED TO 64 AND UNDER IT KICKS IT REQUIRES MANY VETERANS WERE EXEMPT FROM THE WORK REQUIREMENTS IT'S NOW REQUIRING VETERANS TO WORK REQUIRE YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE REQUIRED TO WORK. IT ALSO KICKS OFF A LOT OF PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS KICK OFF REFUGEES, ASYLEES, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. AND IT WOULD ALSO CUT UTILITY ALLOWANCES WHICH PEOPLE GET THROUGH SNAP AND AND ALSO LIMIT INCREASES IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST I WANT TO THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR FILING THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTY OF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I. I APOLOGIZE. I CAN I'M GETTING THIS WRONG. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S MY BAD. COUNSELOR SANTANA IS A CO-SPONSOR AND THEN I WILL I
WILL KICK IT TO YOU BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR, COUNSELOR DURKIN FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS AND FOR FIGHTING THIS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BOTH MY CO-SPONSORS HAVE SAID SO MUCH. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS
HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR, THAT'S WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE CUTS THE COUNCIL ARE GETTING AS I LIKE
THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO AND WE'RE LIVING IN SUCH TIMES RIGHT NOW WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN FEAR, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT BY AND THIS MAKES IT EXTREMELY IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH HARDER TO DO THAT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE AGAIN COUNCILOR TALKING FOR JUST FOR
THINKING OF THAT AND AND TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WHAT RESOURCES WE CAN PUT TOGETHER HERE BUT THIS IS VERY THESE CUTS ARE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO AGAIN TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS HERE AND YOU KNOW WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE LEAD SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA
COSTA ZAPATA AND THEN COUNCILOR BREADON. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK I ALWAYS WHEN WHEN SHOWCASE YOUR EMOTIONS, I THINK
IT DEMONSTRATES HOW COMPASSIONATE YOU ARE TO FOLKS THAT WE ARE ELECTED TO SERVE. AND WHILE WE ARE ONE ONE
INSTITUTION WITH MANY LEVELS OF OF GOVERNMENT JUST BEING HERE AND TALKING ABOUT AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS AND TRYING TO FIND POLICY SOLUTIONS IS THE MAIN PART OF OUR JOB. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
TO THE CO-SPONSORS AS WELL. THIS CAME FROM THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BELL. THERE'S NOTHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT MILLIONS OF KIDS GOING HUNGRY, SENIORS GOING HUNGRY.
I ACTUALLY SAW PHOTOS OF SOME OF SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CELEBRATING AFTER THIS BILL PASSED AND PRAYING OVER OR OVER
THIS BILL AND IT JUST IT WAS SICKENING AND IT STILL IS IS SICKENING TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON ON MILLIONS OF FOLKS IN AMERICA. I WAS LUCKY TO ATTEND A
ROUNDTABLE FOR FOOD ACCESS SPONSORED BY COUNCILWOMAN USED TO BE COUNCILWOMAN PRESSLEY NOW CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AND CONGRESSMAN JIM MCGOVERN WAS THERE AND WE HAD PROJECT BREAD
THERE. IT WAS HOSTED THEM WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN EAST BOSTON WHERE THE EAST BOSTON SOUP KITCHEN THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE
IMPACTED BY THIS WHO WERE TELLING THEIR STORIES ABOUT HOW THEIR THEIR BENEFITS, THEIR SNAP BENEFITS THIS WOMAN WHO IS A WHO IS SENIOR, WHO IS A GRANDMOTHER, SHE TAKES CARE
OF HER GRANDBABIES AFTER SCHOOL AND SHE HAS THREE OF THEM. HER BENEFITS WENT FROM 200 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS TO $26 PER WEEK AND.
HOW SHE HAS TO HOLD BACK HER GRANDBABIES FROM ASKING FOR MORE FOOD BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO FEED THEM THE NEXT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY. IT JUST IS IT'S REALLY SAD TO HEAR.
AND HER STORY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF MANY STORIES IN BOSTON AND THE REAL THE REAL IMPACT THAT THAT THIS WILL HAVE IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE WORK OF SOUP
KITCHENS LIKE THE ONE IN EAST BOSTON IN FOOD PANTRIES MORE IMPORTANT BUT ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN GENERATE REVENUE TO TRY TO ACT AS A STOPGAP FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING
COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO I'M ALL IN ON THIS CONVERSATION AND REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE COULD FIND SOME SOLUTIONS MOVING FORWARD THAT WILL ULTIMATELY SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND ENSURE THAT THEY
DON'T GO HUNGRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND CONTRIBUTED ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO CONSIDER AND FOR OFFERING THIS HEARING ORDER.
IT'S NOT A BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. IT'S CRUEL PUNITIVE POLICY THAT IS HURTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT HERE IN BOSTON HERE IN BOSTON I WAS AT A MAYOR'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THE OTHER EVENING AND WAS TALKING TO FOLKS FROM THE ABCD AND THEY'RE
SAYING THE COSTS OF FOOD THEY HAVE NEED MORE FUNDS TO GO AND BUY PURCHASE FOOD AT THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK THAT IN THE PAST WAS FREE AND THAT
THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THE FUNDS TO FILL THE GAPS AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INCREASING NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES THAT THEY SUPPORT.
THIS IS THIS IS THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. NO CHILD SHOULD BE GOING TO BED HUNGRY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHAT FOR? IT'S JUST ALL IN THE CAUSE OF GIVING RICH ULTRA RICH BILLIONAIRES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BED AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST TO WORK WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS. I THINK ONE GROUP THAT WE FORGET ABOUT WITH REGARD TO MEDICAID CUTS IS THAT STUDENTS
WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO MEDICAID. THEY DON'T WORK. THEY GO TO SCHOOL. OUR FAMILIES ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND ALL ACROSS THE MASSACHUSETTS ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS IN SO MANY WAYS IT'S IMPACTING OUR FUNDING FOR EDUCATION FOR SNAP, FOR
MEDICARE AND FOR WHAT? TO GIVE RICH PEOPLE MORE MONEY AND IT'S VERY CRUEL AND YOU KNOW, I'M OUTRAGED AT WHY IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT I THINK AS A COLLECTIVE
BODY WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE GOVERNOR ETC. TO TRY AND FIND WAYS TO TRY AND SOFTEN THE BLOW AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR
FAMILIES TO GET THE FOOD THAT THEY NEED. SO UNDER SHELTERS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR BREADON DID I MISS ANYONE WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
YOU'RE RIGHT. NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE GOING SHOULD BE GOING HUNGRY AND POLICIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ARE MAKING THAT SO MUCH WORSE AND WE SEE THAT DIRECT IMPACT EVERY DAY ON OUR
RESIDENTS WHO CAN'T ACCESS FOOD. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE HEAD COUNCILORS BREADON CLUTTER ZAPATA FITZGERALD. FLYNN MURPHY.
PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR JUST 151451 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND RECOVERY.
MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER AD AD COUNCIL COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1452?
DUNCAN NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE TO COUNCILOR A DIRK AND FOR THE FOLLOWING. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE MELANOMA DETECTION TRAINING FOR BEAUTY AND WELLNESS PROFESSIONALS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR WELL AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND AND SUSPEND THE RULES AND OUR COUNSELORS TOWN AS A THIRD OR I GUESS I CAN COME BACK TO THAT.
OH YEAH. COME BACK TO THAT COUNCIL WHERE I WAS ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND THEN WE CAN ADD CALL OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT THIS ISSUE CAME TO ME FROM A DEAR FRIEND. HER HAIRSTYLIST FOUND A GROWING
MELANOMA OUT OF HER SIGHT ON HER SCALP. AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND AS CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT HOME TO MANY OF THE BOSTON'S TOP HOSPITALS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING SOME
OF OUR NATION'S LEADING CANCER CENTERS INCLUDING A RECENTLY PERMITTED CANCER HOSPITAL IN THE FENWAY. I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS HEARING ORDER TO EXPLORE AN INNOVATIVE STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING MELANOMA DETECTION A
DEADLY FORM OF CANCER SCREENING . ALL CANCERS ARE AMONG THE TOP THREE CAUSES OF PREMATURE MORTALITY IN BOSTON SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT RECOGNIZE UNTIL I BEGAN LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE.
THE CITY OF BOSTON IS WORKING TO ADDRESS THIS THROUGH THE LIVE LONG AND WELL AGENDA A PLAN FOCUSED ON IMPROVING LIFE EXPECTANCY AND CLOSING RACIAL DISPARITIES AND HEALTH GAPS FOR
BOSTON RESIDENTS. EARLY DETECTION OF MELANOMA SAVES LIVES, BUT ABOUT HALF OF MELANOMAS GO UNDETECTED BY SELF-EXAMINATION. MANY OF THEM ARE NOT FIRST NOTICED BY DOCTORS BUT BY
BEAUTY AND WELLNESS PROFESSIONALS INCLUDING HAIRSTYLISTS, BARBERS, NAIL TECHNICIANS AND MASSAGE THERAPISTS WHO OFTEN SEE AREAS OF THE SKIN CLIENTS CANNOT. THE INSPIRATION OF THIS HEARING
ORDER CAME TO ME FROM A FRIEND BUT THEN I STARTED TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS WHO TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR BEAUTY PROFESSIONALS DISCOVERING SPOTS ON THEIR FACE, ON THEIR NECK AND ON
THEIR SCALP BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE PERSON WHO SEES YOU ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE A QUARTER IS MORE LIKELY TO CATCH SOMETHING. UPON LOOKING INTO IT I FOUND
THAT MELANOMA DETECTION TRAINING FOR THESE PROFESSIONALS IS A PROVEN PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY. THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION HAS DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS WITH MELANOMA AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND NOW WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THAT WORK BY CREATING A FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM PARTNERING WITH BOSTON'S WORLD CLASS CANCER HOSPITAL. CANCER HOSPITALS AND CENTERS MANY OF WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO
INVEST IN COMMUNITY INITIATIVES OFFERS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR BOSTON TO LEAD ON PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS OUR CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING
THIS IDEA WITH A HEARING. I KNOW I GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF. I HAD A WHOLE NAME I WANTED TO NAME THIS THE SNIP AND SPOT PROGRAM BUT THEN I REALIZED THERE'S SO MANY OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND JUST
HAIRSTYLIST SO WE NEED TO I THINK COUNSELOR WE'RE ALL IN I AND COUNSELOR SANTIAGO WILL THINK OF OUR NEW NAME MAYBE THROUGH OUR NEW HEARING BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS
ISSUE AND EXCITED FOR A HEARING . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR. I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS A VERY CREATIVE WAY TO
EXPAND OUR SCREENING FROM MELANOMA. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE ARE EQUIPPING OR TRAINING OUR RESIDENTS TO IDENTIFY ISSUES
WHETHER THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WE ARE CREATING A HEALTHIER CITY. SO I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THIS TRAINING FOR THIS INITIATIVE
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY COMING UP WITH A NAME BUT GETTING THIS IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OC NOT HERE OC BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN COLLETTE AS A FATHER FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY WEBER PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS
DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1452 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH HOMELESSNESS AND MR CLERK PLEASE READ CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1453 DUCK NUMBER 1453
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER TO SUBMIT A PETITION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF REGISTRATION AND PHARMACY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I AM INTRODUCING THIS ORDER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO FORMALLY PETITION THE MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF REGISTRATION AND
PHARMACY TO AMEND ITS REGULATIONS ARE NO PRIOR PHARMACIES TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 120 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE PERMANENTLY CLOSING A PHARMACY SO MANY OF US LIVE IN REPRESENT
COMMUNITIES WHERE PHARMACIES HAVE CLOSED. THIS HAS BEEN AS A ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT ISSUE FOR NEIGHBORS IN ROXBURY, DORCHESTER, HYDE
PARK WHERE WE HAVE PHARMACIES THAT ARE ABRUPTLY CLOSING WITHOUT SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS IN TIME.
AND SO THEY'RE OFTEN LEFT IN THE DUST UNDER THE CURRENT REGULATION, PHARMACIES NEED ONLY PROVIDE 14 DAYS NOTICE A TIME FRAME THAT IS JUST TOO SHORT. RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES HAVE
CONSISTENTLY TOLD ME THAT TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO RELY ON ACCESS TO MEDICATION ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES ALREADY FACING BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE THIS WOULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY
OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH DANIELLE WILLIAMS I WANT TO THANK AND UPLIFT HER AND MEMBERS OF PROPHETIC WORDS. THIS IS BOSTON FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND HELP CREATE
CRAFTING THIS PETITION BECAUSE WE AT THE BEGINNING WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS IS TO BE A HOME RULE PETITION. IS IT VIA SOME SORT OF ORDINANCE? WOULD THAT HAVE TEETH?
AND THEN WE DECIDED THE BEST THING IS ACTUALLY PETITION THE REGULATORY BODY THAT CONTROLS THE NOTICES. THIS PETITION WOULD BRING PHARMACY CLOSURE PRACTICES MORE IN LINE WITH THOSE REQUIRED
OF OTHER HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS LIKE HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES. AND WE SAW EVEN WITH STEWARD HEALTH CARE THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THAT BUT STILL 120 DAYS NOTICE EVEN THOUGH NOT ENOUGH IS STILL A MODEST AND
COMMONSENSE UPDATE TO THE REGULATIONS THAT REFLECT THE CENTRAL PHARMACISTS PLAY IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. TO THIS ORDER WE ASK THE BOARD TO INITIATE A FORMAL RULEMAKING PROCESS AND CONSIDER THE
PROPOSAL AS PART OF ITS ONGOING RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT PATIENT ACCESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH. WITH SOME OF THE CLOSURES THAT WE SAW IN ROXBURY, YOU KNOW,
THERE WERE SOME SOME INITIATIVES THAT HELPED WITH THE CLOSURES LIKE PROVIDING UBER RIDES TO OTHER PHARMACIES. BUT WE KNOW THAT A BETTER PROCESS OF ALLOWING MORE TIME FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR CUSTOMERS
TO KNOW ABOUT A CLOSURE IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE MOST HELPFUL. WE HAD A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE AND THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INDUSTRY THERE AND I
KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOVE HAVING TO ALERT US BUT THEY WE KNOW THAT THEY KNOW SOONER THAN THEY TOLD CUSTOMERS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO CLOSE A PHARMACY AND SO GETTING THIS
UPDATED DATE IS IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS AND AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK DANIELLE WILLIAM PROPHETIC RESISTANCE BOSTON AND EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY OFFICE TO GET US TO A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL
GOOD ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD DISTRICT FOR HAS HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OR TO WAY TOO MANY PHARMACIES CLOSED JUST I THINK LAST WEEK WE
RECEIVED WORD THAT THE WALGREENS IN COMMERCE SQUARE WILL BE CLOSING NEXT MONTH AND I'M CERTAIN THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN CERTAIN THAT THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN MORE NOTICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE NUMBERS AND THEY
KNOW WHAT STORES ARE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING SOONER THAN THE 12 DAYS THAT THEY GIVE US. BUT LUCKILY I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS WHO HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FILL THE GAP. BIG SHOUT OUT TO HARVARD NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER WHICH I VISITED TWO DAYS AGO AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR PHARMACY SERVICES. SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A WAY THAT
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS COULD FILL THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE WALGREENS AND CVS ARE TAKING AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG
SHOUT OUT TO MY BROTHER STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER WARREN WHO HAS A SIMILAR PROPOSAL OVER AT THE STATE HOUSE. SO I AM ENCOURAGED BY ALL THE WORK AND EFFORT THAT IS INTO
THIS THAT WE GET MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE BEFORE A PHARMACY CLOSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR CLAIRE CAN YOU PLEASE OUR CALIBRATING CALCULATOR ZAPATA CASTOR DURKIN CASTOR FITZGERALD CASIMIR HERE CASTOR SANTANA CASTLE WEBER PLEASE ADD THE
CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR FIVE THREE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1454 DOG NUMBER
151454 COUNCILORS WEBER AND SANTANA OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER 17 OF REGARDING MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXTERNAL ENTITIES. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THIS IS A 17 EFF REQUEST FOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION SHARE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW IN
PARTICULAR WITH THE BRIC, WE IT'S DIFFICULT TO EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. THE EXPLANATIONS, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT VERY THOROUGH AND THAT'S
WHY IN OUR HEARING I HAD ASKED FOR THESE MEMORANDA. WE WERE TOLD THEY WOULD BE FORTHCOMING AND I THINK THAT WAS IN MARCH AND I STILL DON'T HAVE THEM. I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER
WHERE WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS LOOKING TO TO BULLY CITIES LIKE OURS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE THAT AT LEAST THIS COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE HERE AND THESE MEMORANDA WILL HELP US
UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE INFORMATION AND WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT IS. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE JARGON IS CARLOS SANTANA TO
THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK HOWSOEVER FOR FIVE OF THE 17 AS HE JUST MENTIONED, I THINK RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS
COUNCIL TO BE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING, HOW WE'RE USING THIS DATA IN TALKING ABOUT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND AND COMMUNITIES HERE IN OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES,
PARTICULARLY ARE BEING TARGETED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION IN OUR CITY IS BEING TARGETED BY THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. AND I THINK THAT WE AS A COUNCIL DESERVE TO HAVE THIS
INFORMATION TO BE INFORMED AND SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO AGAIN TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. OKAY.
SO TYPICALLY WE DON'T HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON SOMETHING ELSE. BUT COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU MAY YOU WOULD LIKE NOT TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER AND CARLOS SANTANA TO SUSPEND A SEAT SUSPENSION ON THE RULES AND
PART OF DOCKET NUMBER 17 OF DOCKET NUMBER 1454. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE FIVE DUCK NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE FIVE COUNCILORS DURKIN AND LUCIANO FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AS AND IF EIGHT PROFESSORS OF THE
PRACTICE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY PURSUING A FAIR AND JUST CONTRACT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M HONORED TO SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE
PROFESSORS OF PRACTICE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE ESTEEMED VACUUM FACULTY MEMBERS ARTISTS MANY OF YOU JOINED US AT THE START OF TODAY'S MEETING.
MANY OF THE FACULTY MEMBERS JOINED US BUT. THEY ARE WORKING ARTISTS SO SOME OF THEM HAD TO GO. A FEW OF THEM ARE BEHIND ME AND THEY REMAIN SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ART, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR EVERYTHING
YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THE MFA PROFESSORS OF PRACTICE ARE BOTH FULL TIME EDUCATORS AND PRACTICING ARTISTS WHOSE CREATIVE WORK AND INSTRUCTION FORM THE BACKBONE OF THE MFA IS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND UPHOLD
BOSTON'S REPUTATION AS A GLOBAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS. THE MFA IS PART OF THE CULTURAL HEART OF OUR CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, TUFTS UNIVERSITY HAS REFUSED TO COME TO THE BARGAINING TABLE IN GOOD FAITH
TO ADDRESS FACULTY REQUESTS OF A MODEST 4% COST OF LIVING INCREASE ALONG WITH BASIC INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND MANAGEABLE WORKLOADS. THESE FACULTY ARE OVERBURDENED
. WHILE STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS NEARLY TRIPLED, THE UNIVERSITY HAS ALLOWED ALMOST ONE THIRD OF THE MFA FACULTY POSITIONS TO GO ON FILLED. AND REALLY IF WE'RE HONEST, TEN
FACULTY MEMBERS LEFT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE BEING TREATED. THEY AREN'T GIVEN ARTISTS STUDIO OR A WORKPLACE TO DO THEIR ART. WHEN TUFTS ACQUIRED US MFA A COMMUNITY OF INDEPENDENT
ARTISTS THEY PROMISED INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT. INSTEAD, MANY OF THESE FACULTY OR MEMBERS HAVE SERVED ON A SIMILAR TRACK AND SIMILAR TIME TO TENURED PROFESSORS AT THE
MAIN CAMPUS BUT WITHOUT ANY OF THE CORRESPONDING BENEFITS OR PROTECTIONS. AND NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT HAVE THESE PROTECTIONS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO REPLACE
FOLKS AND THESE PROFESSORS WITH TENURED TRACK PROFESSORS WHEN MANY OF THESE PROFESSORS HAVE SERVED OVER 20 YEARS. IT HONESTLY I MET WITH THEM.
IT MADE ME REALLY UPSET. THIS WASN'T THEIR IDEA. IT WAS MINE. THIS IS INCREDIBLY HARMFUL FOR INTERNATIONAL FACULTY AND FACULTY OF COLOR TO HAVE EXEMPLIFIED THE REASON DELAYS
RECENT DELAYS IN VISA PROCESSING HAVE LEFT THEM IN PRECARIOUS POSITIONS. THEY ARE PART OF TUFTS BUT THEY DON'T GET THE BENEFITS OF BEING PART OF TUFTS.
NOT ONLY ARE THESE ARTISTS NOT GETTING THE DUE THEIR DESERVED FACULTY ARE LEAVING AND MORE AND MORE OF THEIR WORK AND MORE PRESSURE. I MEAN HOW CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING AN ARTIST AND TRYING TO
PRODUCE QUALITY ART WHILE ALSO BEING OVERBURDENED? ART IS ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REPLACE ART. ART IS SPECIAL.
ART IS CULTURAL. AND I WANT THESE PROFESSORS TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE GOOD ART TO HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR STUDENTS. TUFTS ACQUIRED THIS AND THIS
WAS LIKE A NITTY GRITTY COMMUNE OF ARTIST AND THEY ARE TAKING THIS ALL OUT OF THIS INSTITUTION BY NOT HONORING THESE WORKERS AT A TIME WHEN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ED AND THE ARTS ARE UNDER THREAT
NATIONWIDE, TUFTS HAS A RESPONSIBILITY. AND SO TODAY I'M ASKING YOU TO STAND WITH THESE PROFESSORS. I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT BOSTON'S COMMITMENT SUPPORTING WORKERS, ESPECIALLY THESE FACULTY MEMBERS, WHICH MAKES
OUR CITY STRONG AND MORE CULTURALLY VIBRANT. I AM PROUD CONTINUE TO UPHOLD MY SUPPORT FOR WORKERS TODAY. TUFTS MUST COME TO THE TABLE,
BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH AND LIVE UP TO ITS STATED VALUES OF EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, GRANDMA DURKIN FOR ADDING ME. THANK YOU TO THE PROFESSORS
OF PRACTICE FROM THE MFA WHO ARE STILL HERE WITH US AND HAVE STATED THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR HOW DIFFICULT IT
HAS BEEN FOR YOU TO GET THE COMPENSATION, THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU DESERVE, THE DIGNITY THAT SHOULD COME WITH ALL WORK AS CREATIVES, AS PROFESSORS, AS HUMAN BEINGS. AND SO WE SAY REPEATEDLY THAT
BOSTON IS A UNION TOWN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THAT BASIC NECESSITIES. WE REVERE AND LOVE OUR
INSTITUTIONS HERE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN AND YOU ARE THEIR OWN. THEY MADE THAT DECISION FOR YOU TO BECOME THEIR OWN AND SO THEY NEED TO TREAT YOU WELL.
THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED AND I'M SURE THAT'S IN PART TO THE GREAT LEVEL OF TEACHING AND PROFESSORSHIP AND CREATIVITY THAT YOU OFFER THE STUDENTS AND YOU DESERVE TO
BE CREDITED FOR THAT IN THE BEST WAY THAT YOU SHOW PEOPLE THAT YOU HONOR THEM AND THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE DIGNITY IN THEIR WORK IS BY SHOWING THAT IN THEIR PAYCHECKS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO KNOW THAT WE STAND WITH YOU HERE IN THE
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US IN PASSING THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US FOR THE LAST 4 HOURS. MY NIECE IS A GRADUATE OF TUFTS . SHE GRADUATED LAST YEAR AND HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND HER
SISTER IS AN ARTIST AND WENT TO ROSIE AND IS STILL A PRACTICING ARTIST AND MY DAUGHTER IS A ART TEACHER AND I JUST WANT TO SAY BECAUSE SOMETIMES I HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AND HER
COLLEAGUES WHO WORK IN THE ARTS DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR ART TEACHERS. MUSIC TEACHERS ARE REAL TEACHERS, RIGHT? YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT
YOU KNOW NOT JUST FROM THE UNION SIDE BUT FROM A PERSONAL KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT ARTISTS ARE FOR OUR HUMANITY, FOR OUR SOCIETY, FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH. SO HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN AND THANK YOU FOR
SHOWING UP TO BRING BACK THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. THE COUNCIL'S GRAYDON CARTER.
ZAPATA FITZGERALD. FLYNN MEJIA, MURPHY SANTANA, WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE AVID CHAIR COUNCILORS DURKIN AND LOUIJEUNE C SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
NUMBER 1455 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO S.A. THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 1456. NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE SIX COUNCILOR COLLECTORS ARE PAID OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACK ON CLIMATE PROTECTIONS. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANCEL CULTURE AS A PARTY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I SUBSTITUTE A NEW VERSION TO CORRECT A SMALL ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL FILING? OKAY SO A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE
SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE MOTION SUBJECT TO SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE IS ALLOWED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD
COUNCILOR DURKAN AS SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND THEN COUNCILOR WEBER IS THIRD. SO COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR THAT AS A PARTNERSHIP SUSPEND THE RULES, ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE. I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS BODY WILL JOIN SENATOR ED MARKEY AND THE REST OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION TO IMMINENTLY OPPOSE THIS REPEAL. IT REPRESENTS A DANGEROUS ROLLBACK OF CLIMATE ACTION AND A DISREGARD FOR ESTABLISHED SCIENCE. WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REPEAL THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S ENDANGERMENT FILING. THIS IS A 2009 RULING UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS A
FOUNDATIONAL RULE RECOGNIZING THAT GREENHOUSE GASES ARE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT AT ITS MOST FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL IT IS A RECOGNITION THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IN A WARMING CLIMATE IS DUE TO A HUMAN MADE PROBLEM OF OF INCREASED CO2 IN OUR ATMOSPHERE. THIS PARTICULAR ROLLBACK OF THIS RULING IS A
CAPITULATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF THE CONVENIENCE OF BILLIONAIRE OIL COMPANIES AND POLLUTERS OVER THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS RECKLESS MOVE WOULD STRIP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF ITS
PRIMARY LEGAL AUTHORITY TO LIMIT AND REGULATE CLIMATE POLLUTION FROM VEHICLES, POWER PLANTS AND INDUSTRIES THREATENING DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS. THIS IS USUALLY A BIPARTISAN
ISSUE AND THIS REPEAL ABANDONS THAT. IT ABANDONS THE LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND DIRECTLY UNDERMINES THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF FRONT LINE COMMUNITIES LIKE THOSE HERE IN
BOSTON, EAST BOSTON, CHARLESTOWN EXCUSE ME EAST BOSTON, DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY THAT HAVE LONG FOUGHT FOR CLEAN AIR AND WATER. SO DISMANTLING THE EPA'S
AUTHORITY SERVES NO PURPOSE OTHER THAN TO APPEASE POLLUTERS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF THIS NATION. AND SO I ENCOURAGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION TO STAND WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND TO OPPOSE THIS REPEAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT DURKIN COMES WITH DURKIN. YOU GOT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'M PROUD TO JOIN COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF OUR CLIMATE WARRIOR ON THE COUNCIL AND CO-SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION CONDEMNING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO REPEAL EPA'S ENDANGERMENT FINDING.
THIS RULE HAS SERVED AS THE BACKBONE OF CLIMATE PROTECTIONS AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES AND THIS RECKLESS ACTION THREATENS THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF BOSTON RESIDENTS COMMUNITIES ALREADY
BURDENED BY ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE WILL SUFFER THE MOST INCREASED POLLUTION AND CLIMATE RISK MEANS MORE HEALTH ISSUES LOWER ADEQUATE LOWER QUALITY OF LIFE AND HIGHER COSTS FOR FAMILIES WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD
IT. EARLIER IN TODAY'S MEETING I INTRODUCED A HEARING ORDER TO EXAMINE THE ADMINISTRATION'S UNPRECEDENTED CUTS TO HEALTH CARE AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE. ANOTHER DIRECT ATTACK ON OUR
MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THESE TWO ACTIONS ARE LINKED DISMANTLING CLIMATE PROTECTIONS AND SLASHING ESSENTIAL SERVICES BOTH JEOPARDIZES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. I HAVE LONG FOUGHT TO PROTECT
OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. THAT WORK HAS NEVER BEEN EASY AND THIS ENDANGERMENT FINDING REPRESENTS A HARD WON VICTORY FOUGHT FOR BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
MOVEMENT FOR DECADES. ROLLING IT BACK WOULD BE A RADICAL STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND BLOW A BLOW TO CLIMATE JUSTICE NATIONWIDE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CLAUDE ZAPATA FOR HER
LEADERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO STANDING WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN DEFENSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR RIGHT TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WERE AT AN EVENT LAST NIGHT WHERE SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO,
YOU KNOW, ON THE CLIMATE AND YOU KNOW, I SAID SOMETHING LIKE IT'S THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STANCE ON THE CLIMATE IS JUST SO ILLOGICAL IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO START AND
GETTING RID OF THE ENDANGERMENT FINDING AND STRIPPING THE EPA OF ITS ABILITY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE IS JUST IT'S INSANITY OBVIOUSLY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEADING WE HAVE WARMER YEARS EVERY YEAR. THE AMOUNT OF CARBON IN THE ATMOSPHERE JUST GOES UP AND THERE'S THE FACT THAT THEY'RE CREATING OF LESS OR DECREASING
OUR ABILITY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE RATHER THAN INCREASING IT IS IT JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO YOU KNOW, CALL THIS OUT AND AND AND DO
WHAT WE CAN FOR OUR RESIDENTS, OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
COUNCILORS BREADON FITZGERALD, MARIA SANTANA WORL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS CLETA ZAPATA, DURKIN AND WEBER SIX
SUSPENDED OUT OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1456 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSED NAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 1456 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A PARTY YES
. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL THIS SHELL YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCIL DEFEND COUNCIL SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
AND COUNCIL ZERO YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES I CAN HAVE A11456 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1456 HAS BEEN
ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1457 DOCKET NUMBER 1457 COUNCIL FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO DECLARE MASS AND CHAOS AND
IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT IS LONG OVERDUE FOR THE
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. THE CONDITIONS AT NOT ONLY MASSIVE CHAOS BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IN ROXBURY, SOUTH BOSTON,
DORCHESTER, THE SOUTH END HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED. IF THE COUNCIL PASSES THIS RESOLUTION WE MUST MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS
THE SERIOUS QUALITY OF LIFE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE SOUTH END IN ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER, SOUTH BOSTON ARE
FACING RECENTLY IN THE SOUTH END. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS BREAK INS, ASSAULTS ON RESIDENTS, DRUG DEALING ON RESIDENTS STOOPS IN
SOUTH BOSTON, A CHILD WAS STRUCK BY A NEEDLE A PERSON'S WORST NIGHTMARE. ANY REASONABLE ANY REASONABLE PERSON WHO VISITS THE AREA TODAY WILL AGREE THE CITY'S
PLAN HAS FAILED. WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE THERE OVER A DECADE IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. OPEN AIR DRUG MARKET DEALING TO DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE.
PUBLIC DRUG USE. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. ACTS OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE. PUBLIC DEFECATION. URINATION. IF THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY
AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. AS I SAID LAST YEAR ABOUT THE BOSTON COMMON WHAT I HAVE SAID FOR YEARS ON MASS AND CHAOS.
WE NEED ZERO TOLERANCE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING ARRESTS FOR PUBLIC DRUG USE. PUBLIC DRUG DEALING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CRIME AND ASSAULTS.
WE ALSO NEED CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR DEAL IS PREYING ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE. ON PUBLIC HEALTH, IT'S APPROPRIATE TO FOCUS ON A
TREATMENT FIRST APPROACH. THE CITY CONTINUES TO REFERENCE THE HOMELESS CRISIS BUT WE CAN'T PROVIDE HOUSING FIRST
ENABLE THOSE WITH ADDICTION ISSUES TO CONTINUE HARMING THEMSELVES. MOST PEOPLE AT MASS AT CASS HAVE APARTMENTS OR HOUSES. WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE IS DETOX.
THEY NEED A DETOX BED. THEY NEED A PATH TO RECOVERY AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
A RECOVERY CAMPUS MUST BE TOP PRIORITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . IT'S ALSO CRITICAL THAT THESE SERVICE SERVICES BE CENTRALIZED AND SPREAD OUT TO OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
COMMONWEALTH NOT JUST IN THE SOUTHEND AREA IN ROXBURY AND SOUTH BOSTON AND DORCHESTER. THEY NEED TO BE SPREAD OUT. IT'S A STATEWIDE PROBLEM. IT'S A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
THIS IS A THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON AS A PROBATION OFFICER AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT FOR EIGHT YEARS. I UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS ANYONE. I REPRESENT THE AREA WITH WITH JOHN.
I HAVE A PIECE OF WORCESTER SQUARE BUT I ALSO LIVE IN ANDREW SQUARE AS WELL. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN . RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT PROVIDED THAT LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR EVERY NIGHT IS COUNCILOR DURKAN. CAN YOU GIVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A COMPLEX CHALLENGE AND ADDRESSING ISSUES LIKE ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS REQUIRES SUSTAINED COORDINATION AND SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING ALONG WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT ON THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WHILE THE CITY HAS TAKEN STEPS TO RESPOND, IT'S CLEAR THAT CONTINUED AND EXPANDED EFFORTS ARE NEEDED. HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION REPRESENTS THE RIGHT
STEP FORWARD. FOR STARTERS, WHAT FUNDING WOULD AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION PROVIDE? NONE. ALL IT WOULD DO IS WAIVE PUBLIC PROCESS. UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
OF 1995, THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY NOT THE CITY COUNCIL. DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ALLOWS BOARDS
OF HEALTH TO TO DELEGATE THE ISSUE TO EMERGENCY ORDER AND TO ISSUE EMERGENCY ORDERS TO PREVENT IMMINENT HARM TO A GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT ENGAGING IN THE USUAL PUBLIC PROCESS.
THE PHC HAS EXERCISED THIS AUTHORITY IN THE PAST DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN 2020 DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND AGAIN IN 2021 REGARDING SUBSTANCE USE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
THESE DECLARATIONS TRIGGER SPECIFIC EMERGENCY POWERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S SCOPE OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY. WE'VE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION EXACTLY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I JOINED THE COUNCIL AND AT THAT
TIME FORMER COUNCILOR RICARDO ARROYO BLOCKED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION. AND SO FOR THOSE SAME REASONS. I WILL BE BLOCKING A VOTE TODAY ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER.
OKAY. YOU'RE OBJECTING TO THE COUNCIL. DURKAN IS OBJECTING TO THIS SUSPENSION AND ADOPTION
THEREFORE THAT ENDS DISCUSSION AND THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR FIVE SEVEN WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY IS.
AM I MISSING THE POINT? BUT WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. WHEN SHE OBJECTED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.
THEN IT WOULD GO INTO COMMITTEE . YOU ALLOWED HER TO SPEAK ON A ON A ON A SUBJECT THAT SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BUT HER HER MAIN GOAL WAS TO OBJECT TO IT.
BUT SHE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY ON IT. IN OTHER COUNCIL IT'S LIKE COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCILOR FITZGERALD DID WANT TO SPEAK ON IT. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S
UNFAIR, MADAM CHAIR, THAT THOSE ARE THE RULES. THERE'S NO THE POINT OF THOSE ARE THE RULES. BUT SHE WANTED TO BE GONE AND SHE OBJECTED. I DIDN'T I DON'T BELIEVE I HEARD HER OBJECTED. SHE DID NOT OBJECT OF THEM.
I SHE DID NOT OBJECT AT THE BEGINNING I WAS LISTENING. SHE OBJECTED AT THE END IF SHE HAD OBJECTED FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED DEBATE. SHE DID NOT. IT CAME AT THE END. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER.
IT IS IT THOSE ARE THE RULES. IF YOU COULD POINT TO A RULE THAT'S THAT SAYS OTHERWISE THAT I AM SOMEHOW VIOLATING A RULE YOU MAY DO SO BUT I DON'T HEAR THERE'S NO RULE VIOLATION YOU
DO. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF WHAT IS A RULE VIOLATION? SO I AGREE THAT YOU DID NOT VIOLATE THE LAW BUT THAT IS NOT AND THEREFORE THAT IS NOT A POINT THAT THERE IS NO POINT OF ORDER.
COUNCILOR MURPHY THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO POINT. I ALSO TRY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE INVOLVED BUT I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE MOUTHING AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE.
SHE OBJECTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR THOSE TRYING TO ASK YOU I SAW YOU TRYING EVERYTHING YOU COULD ANY PROBLEM WHICH IS WHY WHICH IS WHY I TURNED HIS LIGHT ON NOW HE TURNED HIS LIGHT ON
WHICH IS WHY I ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK EVEN THOUGH SHE OBJECTED MADE CLEAR WAS WHY LET ME YOU THAT WE SHARE A PUBLIC HOW EVERYBODY ELSE HEARS ABOUT THIS
HAS FILED IF YOU RECALL YEARS AGO ALSO I DIDN'T EVER LIKE THANK YOU I IT'S UNFAIR BUT IT IS NOT THAT YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT IT IS UNFAIR BUT THAT IS THE RULES.
SO THIS DOCKET NO WE ARE NOT HAVING THIS DISCUSSION THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1457 IS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. THERE WAS AN OBJECTION THAT I
HEARD THAT OBJECTION AND A DEBATE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE RULE OF THIS COUNCIL AND IT IS NOW IN COMMITTEE IN COUNCILOR FOR JOE'S COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY FOR FURTHER
ACTION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE EIGHT NUMBER 1458 COUNCIL'S LOUIJEUNE AND WHERE L ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
OF STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTING AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING.
THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I OFFER THIS RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTING AFFIRMATIVELY FAIR
HOUSING FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING. AND I OFFER THIS RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE WHO CAME TO THIS CHAMBERS OFTEN WHO ACTUALLY STARTED HIS CAREER HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
BOB TYRRELL, A GIANT IN THE COMMUNITY HERE WHO FOUGHT FOR HOUSING JUSTICE AT EVERY STEP BOSTON IN HAS LONG STRUGGLED WITH THE LEGACIES OF EXCLUSIONARY HOUSING PRACTICES THAT I'M DEEPLY
SHAPED OUR CITY INCLUDING REDLINING INCLUDING BLOCKBUSTING INCLUDING ZONING RESTRICTIONS AND CLEANING INCLUDING DEED RESTRICTIONS AND LENDING DISCRIMINATION RECOGNIZED RECOGNIZING THESE
HISTORIC INJUSTICES. IN 2016 THE CITY OF BOSTON BEGAN A COMMUNITY DRIVEN ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING. THIS CRITICAL WORK LED TO THE ADOPTION OF OUR GROUNDBREAKING AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR
HOUSING ABOVE AGE ZONING POLICY IN 2021. OUR POLICY THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AFFIRMATIVE FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND ZONING IS ANY MAJOR US CITY REQUIRES ARTICLE
80 PROJECTS LARGE DEVELOPMENTS TO EVALUATE AND PROACTIVELY MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN HARMED THROUGH TARGETED ACTIONS SUCH AS BUILDING MORE FAMILY SIZE UNITS, PRIORITIZING
AFFORDABILITY AND ENSURING GREATER ACCESS FOR VOUCHER HOLDERS. BOSTON IS EMBEDDING EQUITY DIRECTLY INTO OUR ZONING PROTECTIONS, PRACTICES AND OUR URBAN LANDSCAPE. HOWEVER, RECENT FEDERAL POLICY
CHANGES NOTICEABLY THE WEAKENING OF THE ATF MANDATE HAVE PLACED INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY ON MUNICIPALITIES TO UPHOLD FAIR HOUSING AND WE HEARD THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS WE'VE HEARD TIME
AND TIME AGAIN. WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING OUR JOB. EVEN UNDER A DIFFERENT FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF FAIR HOUSING AND DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, THE GOLD STANDARD OF CARE TESTING
WE WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SINCE BOB DARROW'S PASSING WHO IS DOING THE WORK OF FAIR HOUSING WHICH MEANS DISCRIMINATION IS MORE
RAMPANT IN OUR PUBLIC HOUSING SYSTEM AND PEOPLE TRYING TO ACCESS THE MARKET OF HOUSING. AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT . SO IT HAS PLACED INCREASED
RESPONSIBILITY ON US AND WE'RE NOT LIVING UP TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THAT'S A PROBLEM. THE FEDERAL ROLLBACK HAS REMOVED CRUCIAL OVERSIGHT THREATENING DECADES OF PROGRESS TOWARD HOUSING EQUITY. THIS FAILURE BY OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OCCURS DURING A SEVERE NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE OUR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. TODAY'S RESOLUTION REAFFIRMS
SFH AS A CORE PRINCIPLE GUIDING BOSTON'S HOUSING POLICIES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS RESOLUTION URGES ONGOING AND STRENGTHENED COLLABORATION WITH STATE AND REGIONAL ENTITIES SPECIFICALLY
THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES. THIS COORDINATION IS IMPORTANT PART OF THE EFFECTIVE POLICYMAKING IN MAINTAINING OUR LEADERSHIP AS A CITY ON ALL
THINGS HOUSING IN AN EQUITABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WE COMMIT TO ACTIVELY DISMANTLING SYSTEMS THAT DON'T SERVE US TO BARRIERS IN FAIR HOUSING AND AFFIRM OUR DEDICATION NOT JUST TO EQUITY AND HOUSING JUSTICE BUT TO
GENUINE ACCESS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED US WORK ON THIS RESOLUTION. I WANT TO THANK THE COALITION FOR A TRULY AFFORDABLE BOSTON. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE ADVOCATES WHO UNDERSTAND WHY
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REAFFIRM AT THIS MOMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO REALLY AND TRULY BUILD OUT AN OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUITY IN THE MEMORY OF BOB TYRRELL AND IN SERVICE OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO DESERVE IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. I ALSO WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT ACTUALLY FOR EQUITY THE BOSTON
TENANTS COALITION RECLAIM ROXBURY NOT FOR SALE. OUR PARTNERS OVER AT THE OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND ALL THE ADVOCATES WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING THE WAY IN THIS WORK FOR
DECADES AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT IN MEMORY OF BOB TYRRELL THE FIGHT FOR FAIR HOUSING IS DEEPLY TIED TO ALL THE WORK WE DO IN MY OFFICE AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE MAYOR WU'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FIRMLY FURTHERING FAIR
HOUSING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. HOWEVER, DESPITE PERFORMING A FAIR HOUSING ASSESSMENT BACK IN 2016 AND PASSING AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER IN 2022 AND DESPITE OUR NATION'S HISTORY OF BLOCKBUSTING, REDLINING AND DISCRIMINATION IN LENDING PRACTICES AND ZONING LAW, WE HAVE LARGELY FAILED TO ABIDE BY OUR MANDATE TO STRENGTHEN AND
PROTECT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK TO PERFORM CONSISTENT ASSESSMENTS OF HOW WELL OUR SYSTEM IS FARING AND THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE PROVISIONS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICES
TO FIND WAYS TO INCREASE PATHWAYS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO DECREASE THE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT THAT THREATENS TOO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND ONE OF THE STRONGEST REAL ESTATE MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS
NOT A QUESTION OF OPINION, CAPABILITY OR CAPACITY BUT WE ARE RATHER MANDATED BY FAIR HOUSING LAW AND OUR VERY CONSTITUTION TO PURSUE HOUSING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT
PRACTICES THAT OVERCOME PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION, REDUCE DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND PROMOTE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS
INCLUDING THE LACK OF ACCESS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR BLACK AND LATINO RESIDENTS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO FHA BY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION
TODAY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DELIVERING ON THE OBLIGATIONS OUTLINED IN THE LAW. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASTLE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE IF I FAILED TO ASK IF I COULD ADD AS A THIRD COURSE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADD AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. COUNCIL IS RATED.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL BRADING AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR BREADON SO ADDED EXACERBATING THE FLAWS NOW YOURS. THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION CALLING TO STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING POLICIES AT A TIME WHEN
THESE PRINCIPLES ARE UNDER ATTACK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BOSTON HAS BEEN A TRAILBLAZER NATIONALLY IN PURSUING AN ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER EARLY IN THE
MAYOR'S TERM AND THEN BY AND EMBEDDING AS FHA DIRECTLY INTO THE ZONING CODE. THIS HAS BEEN. THIS HAS BEEN DONE THANKS TO THE TIRELESS WORK AND ADVOCACY
OF MEMBERS OF THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE IMPACT AND LIFELONG AND DEDICATION OF THE LATE BOB TYRRELL.
AFFO WHICH INVOLVES TAKING INTENTIONAL STEPS TO ENSURE THAT NO DIRECT DISCRIMINATION TAKES PLACE IN THE HOUSING MARKET AS WELL AS DEDICATED DEDICATING PUBLIC FUNDING TO
AREAS WHERE PROTECTING GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED. THIS IS ABOUT USING PUBLIC RESOURCES TO UNDO THE DAMAGE INFLICTED BY RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA
AND EMBOLISM. HOWEVER, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL NO SERIOUS REGULATIONS WERE ENACTED AIMED AT SERIOUSLY IMPLEMENT SERIOUS IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT UNTIL A DECADE AGO BEFORE BEING
REVERSED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS MOVING US BACKWARD BY MAKING DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND BEYOND EASIER AND STEPPING BACK
MUCH OF THE AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. THEY HAVE CANCELED GRANTS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATING THE INVESTIGATIVE CLAIMS OF HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION ISSUED RULES THAT DISMANTLE FAIR HOUSING TOOLS AND CONTRACTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. REMOVE PROTECTIONS FOR TRANS AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. YOU MUST SUPPORT A STRONG AND ADEQUATELY RESOURCED OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUITY AS WELL AS AN EMPOWERED FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION IN ORDER TO END HOUSING DISCRIMINATION HERE
IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANY ONE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER ? COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN CAST MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER I COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCIL BREADON SEEKS A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES IN ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1458
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I HOPE MR. CLERK PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROCK ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 11458 COUNCIL BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS PER COUNCILOR AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD GASPS SHOW YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER.
YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR ZERO YES. COUNCILOR OH YES DUCK NUMBER 1458 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, DUNCAN NUMBER 1458
HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT FORMER CITY COUNCILOR GARETH SAUNDERS
WHO IS HERE WITH THIS. WELCOME BACK TO YOUR HOME AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE JUSTICE WORK THAT YOU DID SO LOVINGLY WHEN YOU WERE HERE. NOW YOU'RE OUTSIDE DOING SOME
WORK ATTENDING AN EVENT ON VOTING JUSTICE. WE KNOW THAT THE WORK CONTINUES AND THAT WE CAN'T TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1459 NUMBER 1459 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE
FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE BILL 3731 AND ACT TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FUNDING SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I SPOKE EARLIER BRIEFLY ON A COMMUNICATION WHICH HAD THE
LETTER I SENT UP TO REPRESENTATIVE LIVINGSTONE, SENATOR CREIGHTON AND REPRESENTATIVE ACERO WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION WHO JAY
LIVINGSTONE HE WAS THE LEAD SPONSOR FILING THIS BUT THIS WILL BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS UP AT THE STATE HOUSE. SO I RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION BACKING MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE
BILL 3731 AN ACT TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FILED BY REPRESENTATIVE JAY LIVINGSTONE . PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS NOT JUST A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH AND EQUITY ISSUE
EVERY DAY OUR RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY SENIORS, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FACE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS JUST TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. MY 91 YEAR OLD DAD WHO DEPENDS ON WALKING TO MAINTAIN HIS HEALTH AND HIS INDEPENDENCE HAS FALLEN TWICE RECENTLY ON CRACK SIDEWALKS JUST OUTSIDE HIS HOME.
THESE WEREN'T JUST STUMBLES THEY WERE SERIOUS AND FRIGHTENING MOMENTS. WHILE I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO RISK INJURE INJURY JUST
TO GO OUTSIDE FOR A WALK. WHAT'S WORSE, I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED AND THEN FACED BARRIERS TRYING TO FILE CLAIMS DUE TO THE 30 DAY DEADLINE AND LOW STATUTORY
CAP THAT LEAVES THEM WITHOUT REAL OPTIONS JUST TODAY IN THE GLOBE STEVE SEAN MURPHY WROTE AN ARTICLE SHE FELL ON A BOSTON SIDEWALK, FRACTURED HER JAW AND
GOT NOTHING FROM THE CITY. WHY HOUSE BILL 3731 TAKES IMPORTANT STEPS TO FIX THAT IT MODERNIZES HOW WE PROTECT PEDESTRIAN BOTH IN TERMS
OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND LEGAL SAFEGUARDS. IT'S A CHANCE FOR THE STATE AND CITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR SIDEWALKS, STREETS AND CROSSINGS TRULY SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL.
BOSTON HAS TAKEN STEPS LOCALLY LIKE SIDEWALK REPAIR AND TRAFFIC CALMING BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. WE NEED STATE SUPPORT AND WE NEED IT NOW. SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT UP AT THE STATE HOUSE AS THEY PRIORITIZE SWIFT PASSAGE OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN IN THIS COUNTRY FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT BILL. IT'S ALSO ABOUT SHOWING RESPECT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
OUR SENIORS THAT HAVE TO USE THE SIDEWALKS EVERY DAY WHETHER IT'S TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET OR TO THE TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. BUT I THINK THIS IS ABOUT FAIRNESS FOR EVERYBODY.
THIS BILL WOULD ALSO FORCE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ADDRESS THE SERIOUSNESS OF SIDEWALK REPAIRS. THAT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE. WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT ISSUE ANY
LONGER HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR I WANTED TO ASK THE MAIN CO-SPONSOR IF SHE
KNEW AND THIS IS A QUESTION I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IS HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE SUBMITTED LIKE IN THE PAST YEAR CLAIMS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR SORT OF LIKE
THEIR FALLS OR YOU KNOW CRITICAL INJURIES. DO THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOUR OFFICE I THINK FOR FOR ME I HAVE I'M REALLY,
REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MY STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS THE ONE WHO FILED THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION . BUT JUST AS SOMEONE I MEAN WE
ARE LIKE THE FISCAL STEWARDS OF THE CITY. SO THE IDEA THAT OF MOVING FROM A5K CAP TO AN $100,000 CAP AND
THE IDEA OF MOVING FROM A YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR CLAIM TO TWO YEARS, I JUST BELIEVE THAT THERE'S FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THAT THAT I CAN'T WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION
VOTE ON THIS. SO I'M GOING TO OBJECT TO A VOTE TODAY. OKAY COUNCILOR DURKAN IS OBJECTING TO A VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1459 THAT ENDS DISCUSSION AND SENDS IT TO
COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ACTION AND THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1459 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 14609 NUMBER 1460
COUNCILORS MEJIA IN S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 15, 2025 AS DOMINICAN CULTURAL DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THANK YOU THE CHAIR AGONIZES COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO RISE AND ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO NOT OBJECT TO SUCH A THING. OKAY, A LITTLE HUMOR HERE TO LIGHTEN UP THE LOAD.
OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO LIGHTEN UP LIGHTEN UP THE MOOD. I UNDERSTAND UTILIZING MY AWARD WINNING. THANK YOU. CAN SEND MEJIA. YOU HAVE THE BOARD? YES, I KNOW, I KNOW.
YES. SO I AM GOING TO JUST WHILE I HAVE THE MIC I JUST I. I AM GOING TO SAY THIS I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL EYES
ARE ON US AT ALL TIMES. AND SO WHENEVER THERE IS ANY DISCOURSE HAPPENING I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE GO TO RECESS SO THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING ALL
OF OUR PUBLIC DISARRAY. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START LEARNING HOW TO UTILIZE OUR PHONES, OUR OFFICES TO
COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND IF THERE'S ANY GOING TO BE ANY DRAMA THEN I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO JUST GO TO RECESS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR AIR TIME FOR
FIGHTING PUBLICLY. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW USEFUL THAT IS. BUT ANYWAYS I AGREE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE FLOOR SO
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR BINGBING IS NOT HERE TODAY SO I CAN'T TECHNICALLY ADD HIM AS AN ORIGINAL CALL SPONSOR BUT I'M
JUST GOING TO INVOKE HIS SPIRIT INTO THIS ROOM AS MY DOMINICAN COLLEAGUE TO JOIN ME AND COUNCILOR SANTANA SO AS THE
FIRST DOMINICAN AND IMMIGRANT WOMAN OF COLOR ELECTED TO THIS COUNCIL, I'M STANDING HERE TODAY NOT JUST FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT BUT IT'S ALSO DEEPLY
PERSONAL. I RISE TO I'M SORRY, DID I MISS SOMETHING? NO, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH
CASM HERE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE FLOOR. I KNOW, BUT I DID COUNSELOR SANTANA'S ALREADY HE'S ALREADY A SPONSOR, RIGHT? YES, HE IS ALREADY A CO-SPONSOR. I DID. I NAMED THAT ALREADY. I'M SORRY IS ON THE DOCKET HERE. HAS A CO-SPONSOR.
I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF I FORGOT SOMETHING THAT I FIXED IT ONE THERE'S ONE MIC AND YOU HAVE IT. SO WE HAVE THE FLOOR.
SORRY. ALL RIGHT, SO ANYWAYS, I'M HERE TO RISE TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 15TH, 2025 AS DOMINICAN CULTURAL DAY IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. THIS MOMENT MEANS SO MUCH MORE BOTH FOR ME AND SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE FOUGHT TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND VALUED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, DOMINICANS
ARE THE SECOND LARGEST LATINO AND IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN BOSTON. WE CARRY WITH US A RICH CULTURE AND HISTORY PRIDE AND RESILIENCE.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 100TH 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. A MOMENT THAT WILL ALWAYS REMIND US OF HOW OUR PEOPLE
BELIEVE IN FREEDOM AND SELF-DETERMINATION. THAT SAME SPIRIT LIVES ON HERE IN BOSTON WHERE GENERATIONS OF DOMINICANS HAVE CONTINUE TO LEAD AND STRENGTHEN OUR
COMMUNITIES. JUST KNOW SENATOR WARREN IN OUR FIRST DOMINICAN BREAKFAST THREW OUT A QUOTE THAT OVER 500 SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OPERATING HERE
IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BY DOMINICANS AND I WAS REALLY STRUCK WITH JUST THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC VITALITY THAT DOMINICAN COMMUNITY HAS POURED HERE INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON
EMPLOYING, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF FOLKS AND PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES TO THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT MAKE UP THE FABRIC OF HYDE SQUARE.
EGGLESTON HIGH EAST BOSTON. DOMINICANS HAVE REALLY DEFINITELY PUT THEIR MARK. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MANGO AND COLOR ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD TOO BUT REALLY
WANTED TO UPLIFT THE RICHNESS OF OUR CULTURE. WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO WRITE AND TO RAISE A DOMINICAN FLAG AT CITY HALL PLAZA ON AUGUST THE 15TH AS A POWERFUL SYMBOL
OF RECOGNITION AND INCLUSION. BUT OUR MAIN THING IS NOT FORGET THE ANIMAL AND BECKY BUT IN THE SENTENCE CALLED COMMON AGREEMENT AMONG THE MANY
IMMIGRANT AND HE THAT KILLED CONSEJO IS THE MOMENT OF A PROFOUND MOMENT THEIR PERSONAL BAROMETER OR PRESENT TIME A RESOLUTION RECOGNITION AND
LOYALTY I CAN SAY THE AGOSTO COMO EL DIA DE LA CRUZ TO THAT DOMINICANA AND MILESTONE LOGO MANY BELO ON WHAT I SEGUNDA COUPLE AS YOUNG LATINA IMMIGRANT THEY MUST GRANDA IMPOSED ON IT GO LOCAL TO THAT
THE HISTORIA YOUR GOOD YOUR IS THE ANNUAL CELIA RAMOS AND SANTOS SENT BY LAW AND HE WAS SURREAL THAT I HAD ASSUMED THAT INDEPENDENCE HAD THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICANA ALL LEADER THEN
WITH THAT I KNOW IS THAT I FELT IRRELEVANT THAT E AND TO LOOK AT IN A CHEMICAL THROUGH THIS WHAT I AMBIENTAL OR IN ECUADOR
OR ECUADOR OR A MAC WINDOW AT ALTHOUGH MANY GANO GAY LUCERO BUT OF CELL BE STILL E YES GUCCIARDO AND YES THAT'S TRUE
THAT IF EPA SUPPLEMENT THEY ARE RATHER SEE THAT I GOT ME A WOMAN YOU CAN LOOK MY LIFESTYLE CAMILLE LANCE AND ALL THAT BUT LATER ON WE AMERICANA AND WE
CAN SEE THERE ARE ALSO COMO HE GATHER THEY PUT US BACK ON WHAT CAN THEY SAY SO MOMENT THEY'RE GLAD TO SEE THE ACCIDENT I OPORTUNIDAD REPRESENT BEL AND WITH THAT BATTERY I CANNOT CONCEAL INCALCULABLE CAN
HUMILIATE THAT PARTICULAR STYLE GARCIA THANK YOU GARCIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA COMES ANY OTHER FLOOR JUST ME THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU
COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR PROVIDING AND FOR ALWAYS CENTERING OUR AND ORGANIZING OUR DOMINICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. YOU KNOW, I OFTEN SAY THAT WHEN
I FIRST THE CAN BE A SECOND AND THEY CAN BE A THIRD AND YOU SAT A PATHWAY FOR DOMINICANS LIKE ME OUR OUR COLLEAGUE I'M COUNCILOR PREPARED AND I KNOW
WE'VE HAD OTHERS AS WELL TO BE IN THIS POSITION SO AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR REMARKS, YOU KNOW DOMINICANS ARE NOT JUST POLITICIANS. WE ARE ALSO BUSINESS OWNERS. WE ARE EDUCATORS, WE ARE
BASEBALL PLAYERS AS WELL WHERE IN EVERY FABRIC HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I'M VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO BE A
DOMINICAN MYSELF BUT TO ALSO BE TO TO REPRESENTATIVE AND AGAIN COMMUNITY ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THERE ARE THREE DOMINICANS ON THE BOSTON CITY
COUNCIL AND I THINK THIS IS A TESTAMENT OF HOW MUCH WORK OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD HOW MUCH ORGANIZING THERE IS ON THE GROUND.
AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN I KNOW USUALLY MANY OF YOU ALL COME DOWN AND WE'RE ABLE TO CELEBRATE IN OUR CULTURE, CELEBRATE OUR MUSIC, CELEBRATE
OUR FOOD AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT AGAIN OUR DOMINICAN COMMUNITY, BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AUGUST 15TH AND ALL THE
FESTIVITIES THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST FIVE FOR DOMINICAN COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION HOUSE OF BOURBON WHO WAS MY BROTHER AND SERVICE AND
THIS IN THIS FIGHT AND THE WORK THAT HE DOES ON BEHALF OF THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHARITY ORGANIZERS COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN HERE COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR THEIR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY AND FOR
FILING THIS AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT IT AND IT WILL BE IN THE OBJECTIONS I PROMISE YOU PEDRO ME ESPANOL NO ONE REFERRED TO E I SAY THOSE
NOTORIOUS DEMONSTRATE K ME BACHATA IN THE WEST WE FOUGHT IT THE TAMBIÉN ESTOY OUR GIRL ALSO REPRESENT UNDER DISTRITO CASE WHEN THIS
DISTRITO CON MUCHOS MEANING CONOCE HE ESTOY OR GROSSO TAMBIÉN CUANDO DIEGO NEO-NAZI
AND BARNEY HE I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU AND HAVING JOINING YOU IN DISTRICT DISTRICT SIX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? THE POINT COUNCILMAN COUNCILOR MAKING A YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. I WANT TO POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT COUNCILOR WEBER DOES KNOW HOW
TO DANCE WHICH I THINK I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT. YOU ARE THERE IS A VIDEO THAT MAYBE WE CAN BROADCAST DURING A
HEARING OR WHAT IS IT THIS? IS IT THIS IT'S THIS SUNDAY? NO, BUT NEXT FRIDAY WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE RAISING THE FLAG MUSIC OH BUT THAT BUT THERE'S THE DOMINICAN PARADE THIS NOT THE
20 THE 17 OH THE 70. OKAY SO ALL RIGHT WELL YOU WILL HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US FOR YOU TO SHOW US THAT ONE, TWO, THREE ONE, TWO, THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE. LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING
WITH MY DOMINICANS AS WELL. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE I COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA, ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD. FLYNN MURPHY WEBER WHIRL PLEASE
ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER OH COUNCILORS MEJIA AND SANTANA SEEK A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1459
OF DOCKET NUMBER 1460 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OUR POLICY NAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 1460.
COUNCILOR BREAM YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS COUNCILOR CASTRO YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL ME HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN.
COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING NUMBER 1460 HAS
RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1460 HAS BEEN ADOPTED BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO PERSONNEL ORDERS, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR
CHANGE YOUR VOTE ON A MATTER WHEN THEY WERE NOT IN CHAMBERS? OKAY. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA, DO YOU HAVE A YOU LIKE TO HAVE A
POINT OF ORDER? UH OH. OKAY. WHAT IS A POINT OF ORDER? I'D LIKE TO TO RECONSIDER THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT FOR DOCKET 1459 TO GO TO GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST BASED ON COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION, ANYTHING THAT OVERSEES OR OR HAS EXCUSE
ME THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXERCISE OVERSIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD AND THE CITY CLERK AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT LEGAL CLAIMS GO THROUGH CITY CLERK. OKAY. YOU YEP.
YOU JUST READ THAT REAL QUICK. THIS WAS YEAH SO I HEAR THE POINT OF ORDER. I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH YOU I THINK AND DENY IT BECAUSE
RESOLUTION IS LIKE I KNOW THAT IT IS A STATE ACT BUT RESOLUTIONS TOPICALLY HAVE ALL THE WAY THAT I'VE BEEN HAVE BEEN SENT TO COMMITTEE THAT
COVERS THE TOPIC SO LIKE TOP OF THE SUBSTANTIVE MATTER RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE A LAW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THAT SAME COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION. IT TALKS ABOUT LAWS THAT AFFECT
CITY PRACTICES WHEREAS IT SAYS TO TO PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND SPECIAL LAWS AND THIS IS NOT
OUR SPECIAL LAW SO SPECIAL LAW OF THE STATE. AND SO EVERY RESOLUTION THAT'S COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL DURING MY TIME THAT HASN'T PASSED THAT'S BEEN IN SUPPORT OF A
STATE BILL HAS ALWAYS BEEN SENT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THAT HAS THAT TOPIC RATHER THAN TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. SO I SEE THE DISAGREEMENT BUT
IT'S FOR MATTERS OF CONSISTENCY . I THINK KEEPING IT IN THE SUBSTANTIVE COMMITTEE IS WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE AND I RESPECT YOUR DECISION AS CHAIR BUT THIS GREAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO CHANGE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR CHANGE A VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT HAS COME BEFORE THIS BODY THIS MEETING NOW? OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO
PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS? DUNCAN NUMBER 1461 PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA DUNCAN NUMBER
1462 PERSONNEL COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ME HERE. DUNCAN NUMBER 1463 PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR LET MEJIA. DUNCAN NUMBER 1464 PERSONNEL
ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF DIRK AND AND DUNCAN NUMBER 1465 PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR BREADON THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBER 146131465 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
SHEETS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT, I LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER 1379 FOR A VOTE WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT PAGE FOUR IN THE GREEN SHEETS.
DID YOU SAY DOCKET NUMBER 1379? THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. OKAY. MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCKET IN FRONT OF YOU? YES. COULD YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUALITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT? TALKING NUMBER 1379 RESOLUTION FOR JULY FOURTH, 2025 IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND
CALLING FOR A RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS REPUBLIC. OKAY. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR WEBER IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND IS SEEKING TO PULL THIS FROM COMMITTEE.
ABSENT OBJECTION, ONE SO SO. OKAY. JUST A IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. IS IT ON THE RULES? IT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER. IT'S A POINT OF INFORMATION AND
I'M HAPPY FOR YOU TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. SO YOU HAVE YOU ASK BUT NOT NOT THE FOLLOWING BUT JUST TO ASK THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. DID YOU HOLD A HEARING IN YOUR
COMMITTEE ON THIS AFTER IT WAS BLOCKED TO BE PUT NOT BLOCKED BUT ASKED TO BE PUT INTO COMMITTEE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT? I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. I'M NOT SURE.
DID YOU HOLD A HEARING THROUGH THE CHAIR? IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, COUNCILOR WEBER YOU MAY. YEAH. I THINK BLOCKED IS A FAIR WORD BUT NO BECAUSE AS I SAID WHEN
IT WAS BLOCKED THAT I DIDN'T THINK WE NEEDED A HEARING AND I CAN FURTHER EXPLAIN WHY I DON'T THINK WE NEED A HEARING. BUT JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION YES OR NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR FLYNN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FORMALLY REQUEST AT A HEARING BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE I WANTED TO GET SOME
CLARIFICATION ON AS IT RELATED TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND THE IMPACT IT HAD ON VETERANS. THOSE ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT
ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE U.S. MILITARY BEFORE I VOTE ON SOMETHING. THAT'S WHY I RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR A HEARING.
BUT IF WE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A HEARING AND THEN WHY WHY WOULD WE OBJECT TO WHY WOULD WE OBJECT TO A RESOLUTION AND THEN JUST NOT HAVE A HEARING?
THE REASON YOU OBJECT TO A RESOLUTION IS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A HEARING. THAT WAS ALWAYS THAT WAS ALWAYS THE RULE IS IF YOU IF YOU WANTED A HEARING YOU COULD HAVE
A HEARING SO PEOPLE COULD FIND OUT MORE ABOUT A PARTICULAR MATTER, FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME DETAILED QUESTIONS
THAT THEY WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON IT DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE FOR OR AGAINST IT PER SE? IT JUST MEANS THEY'LL RESPECTFULLY LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FOR
SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AS WELL AS ANYONE IN THIS BUILDING. I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LANGUAGE NOT CONCERNS I HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS RESOLUTION WOULD IMPACT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. I'VE STUDIED THESE ISSUES AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE
MORE INFORMED ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE I VOTE ON IT . THAT'S WHY I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THAT IT BE PLACED IN IN
COMMITTEE SO IT COULD HAVE A HEARING BECAUSE I I DO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE THE THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE MILITARY. I'VE STUDIED THESE ISSUES.
I FORMERLY STUDIED MILITARY ISSUES. I KNOW IT AGAIN. I KNOW THESE ISSUES. MY COLLEAGUES PROBABLY KNOW IT AS WELL AS I DO. ALSO BUT I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT IT
HAS ON THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. AND NOW I'M GOING TO BE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT WE ALL AGREED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HEARING ON.
BUT BECAUSE OF TIME OR BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON, THE CHAIR JUST DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE A HEARING. IT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR TO ME, MADAM CHAIR, AS SOMEONE THAT
LIKES TO UNDERSTAND A RESOLUTION AND THE WORDING AND THE IMPACT IT HAS, IT'S IT'S UNFAIR TO ME AS AS THE UNITED
STATES VETERAN ONE UNDERSTANDS STANDS THESE ISSUES THAT WANTS TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT PARTICULAR MATTERS ON THE US MILITARY. I DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION NOW THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THIS
CONCERN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY SO I'M RISING UP TO JUST KIND OF LEVEL SET HERE AS FAR
AS I UNDERSTAND OR AT LEAST FROM THE LENS THAT I'M OPERATING UNDER IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION THAT TAKE SOME PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE IT
IN ONE OF THE WAREHOUSE CLAUSES HERE AND I WANT TO UPLIFT IT SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS THAT PRESIDENT AND HIS APPOINTEES HAVE PUBLICLY AND STATED STATED AND SHOWN THAT
THEY ARE TARGETING BOSTON RESIDENTS THROUGH AGGRESSIVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE FALSE PRETENSE THAT THE CITY IS UNSAFE DUE TO THE MERE PRESENCE OF IMMIGRANTS TERMINATING TEMPORARY PROTECTED
STATUS OF OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS, WITHHOLDING FUNDS FROM AN ATTEMPT AND ATTEMPTING TO TUTION WIDE CENSORSHIP OF BOSTON'S WORLD RENOWNED
EDUCATIONAL HEALTHCARE AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS THREATENING MILITARY INTERVENTIONS TO INTERRUPT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLAINLY
PROTECTED FREE SPEECH UNDER THE CONSTITUTION RESCINDING PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY, WEAKENING
WEAKENING EXCUSE ME ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE HARMING OUR COLLEGE GRADUATES BY CREATING OBSTACLES TO STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS AND CUTTING VETERAN HEALTH CARE AND
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. THAT TO ME IS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ALL ABOUT. THAT TO ME IS WHAT'S AT STAKE. THAT TO ME IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING
BY AND I BELIEVE IN THE SAKE OF DEMOCRACY AND IN THE SAKE OF US REALLY RESTORING IN THIS BODY THAT WE ARE SUPER MINDFUL
OF HOW WE ARE UTILIZING OUR MICROPHONES TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING US, ESPECIALLY OUR IMMIGRANT
CONSTITUENCIES THAT WE DO NOT VALUE THEM ENOUGH TO STAND UP TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO ON
THE RECORD IN ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES TO ALLOW THIS VOTE TO HAPPEN HERE TODAY BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY WE WAIT IS
SENDING A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE DENYING OUR CONSTITUENCIES THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE SAW VIETNAM HERE FIGHT FOR. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MY
COLLEAGUES TO REALLY RECONSIDER OUR POLITICAL POSTURE AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO HEAR
A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THIS. I PICK AND CHOOSE MY BATTLES AND THIS IS ONE THAT I'M GOING TO JUST STAND UP AND SUPPORT MY
COLLEAGUE BECAUSE MY PEOPLE ARE AT RISK RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER AND THEN IF THERE IS AN OBJECTION I WILL HEAR THAT OBJECTION IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION BECAUSE
THIS DISCUSSION THAT IS HAPPENING IS ABOUT PULLING IT FROM COMMITTEE. IT'S ABOUT PULLING IT FROM COMMITTEE AND THE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION ON THE CONTENT SHOULD REALLY BE AT THAT POINT.
SO WHY IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? I RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THAT NOT A POINT THAT IS I AM NOT I WANT GO FOR THE OBJECTIONS.
I'M NOT OBJECTING. I DON'T WANT I WANT IT IS WITHIN YOUR RIGHTS AT THE HEARING I MAY NOT AGREE TO THAT BUT THAT'S OKAY BUT FOR ALL
OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON SOMETHING AND NOT HAVE THIS ASSUMPTION. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE THAT IS NOT OUR POINT OF ORDER.
WE DO NOT HAVE A RECESS. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY, THANK YOU. JUST JUST BRIEFLY TO ADDRESS THAT. I'M SORRY. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUST BRIEFLY TO ADDRESS
COMMENTS THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING A HEARING AND MAKING AN ISSUE OF THAT WE DID NOT AGREE TO HAVE A HEARING. ONE PERSON OBJECTED SAYING THEY
WANTED A HEARING AND USING THIS LANGUAGE ABOUT THE MILITARY WHICH I THINK COUNSELED MEJIA CORRECTLY READ THE THE RESOLUTION. IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MILITARY'S AS A NO KINGS
RESOLUTION ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF A PRESIDENT WHO IS OVERSTEPPING THE EXECUTIVE POWERS AS DEFINED BY THE CONSTITUTION NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
SO IF YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT YOU CAN AGAINST THIS OR YOU CAN CONTINUE TO TRY TO DELAY IT, I GUESS I WOULD JUST I DON'T THINK WE NEED A HEARING. YOU JUST READ THE NEWSPAPER.
YOU KNOW, I, I IT'S NOT QUITE MY RELIGION BUT I THINK THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BRUSHING THE SCALES FROM YOUR EYES. JUST LOOK OUT THERE IN THE WORLD AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A HEARING
AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHY I'M PULLING IT IS JUST A POINT OF ORDER. IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SO JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USING POINT OF ORDER. CAN THE PRESIDENT JUST EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S AN
OBJECTION AND AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION AT THIS POINT THE COMMITTEE WILL BE POLLED. IF A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE SUPPORTS IT COMING BEFORE THE BODY, IT WILL COME BEFORE THE BODY AND THEN THE SUBSTANTIVE
DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING HAPPENS AND THAT'S THE PROCEDURAL THAT'S THE PROCEDURE OF ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIVE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING SUBSTANTIVELY ABOUT THE MOTION AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST AT THE
PROCEDURE OF PULLING IT FROM COMMITTEE. OKAY. I JUST WAS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ARE YOU OKAY? IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO PULLING THIS FROM COMMITTEE?
ABSENT AN OBJECTION IF ABSENT AN OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THIS DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY FOR ANY DISCUSSION AND
FOR ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS. SO COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO SUBSTANTIVELY SPEAK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND FOR ANYONE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IF YOU JUST LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE IS WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS WARNED ABOUT WHICH IS A TYRANNY WHEN ALL THE POWER IS CONCENTRATED IN ONE NOT JUST ONE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT AND ONE PERSON.
THAT'S WHY I FILED THIS NO KINGS RESOLUTION. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED COMPLICATED LEGAL ARGUMENTS. YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THE HEADLINES IN IN THE NEWSPAPERS
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW TRUMP OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF DEFYING ONE IN THREE JUDGES WHO RULED AGAINST HIM. THAT'S FROM THE WASHINGTON POST ON 21ST WE GOT JUDGE THREATENS CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS OVER
DEPORTATION FLIGHTS TO EL SALVADOR. THAT'S NEW YORK TIMES AUGUST 16TH AFTER ATTACKING JUDGES, TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BLAMES JUDGE FOR ESCALATING TENSIONS.
NEW YORK TIMES APRIL 18TH, 2025 ATTACKS ON JUDGES UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY, WARNS JUSTICE JACKSON. THAT'S NEW YORK TIMES MAY 1ST, 2025 TRUMP OFFICIALS INTENSIFY
ATTACKS ON JUDGES AT COURT LOSSES MOUNT THAT'S FROM MAY 29TH, 2025. THE JUDGE WHO RULED AGAINST TRUMP DESCRIBES THREATS FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE ON AUGUST 1ST,
2025. IT'S A RHODE ISLAND FEDERAL COURT JUDGE WHO BLOCKED ATTEMPTS TO FREEZE FUNDS. SO WE'VE GOT BASED ON A AN
EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT IS NOT FOLLOWING COURT ORDERS AND THEN THREATENING JUDGES WHO TRY TO ENFORCE THEIR DECISIONS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, NOT FOLLOWING OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF POWERS. CONGRESS, MEANWHILE, IS DOING VERY LITTLE TO STEP IN. YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEND
FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED BY CONGRESS. SO YOU KNOW, ONE HEADLINE FROM NPR CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP IGNORE CONGRESS SPENDING LAWS? THE DEBATE OVER THE OVER EMPOWERMENT THAT'S IN FEBRUARY
AND THEN WE HAVE APPEALS COURT QUESTIONS. TRUMP AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE TARIFFS WITHOUT CONGRESS. THAT WAS PBS JULY 31ST AND WE'VE GOT AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT NOT ONLY REFUSES TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION AND ALLOW CONGRESS TO EXERCISE ITS POWER OVER SPENDING AND TARIFFS AND WAR POWERS OR THE OR THE COURTS
EFFORTS TO ENFORCE THE CONSTITUTION, WE'VE GOT A CONTROL OVER JUST BASIC INFORMATION JUST FOR EXAMPLE FROM AUGUST 3RD IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTER TRUMP FIRED THE
BILL, THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SAID WHO CAME OUT WITH A LABOR REPORT THAT TRUMP DIDN'T LIKE TRUMP EFFORTS TO CONTROL INFORMATION ECHO IN AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK. I JUST I DON'T THINK WE NEED A
HEARING. IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LOOK OUTSIDE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS STARTED WITH ADVOCATES FOR RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT WHO
WERE SO UPSET BY WHAT THEY WERE SEEING FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES IS SHAKING HIS HEAD. HE DOESN'T THINK PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE IN APPROVED ARE
APPROVING OF THE OF THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS TO SHOW HIM THAT HOW WRONG HE IS. WE HAD A GATHERING WITH COUNCILOR PEPPER AND COUNCIL WERE WELL WITH OVER 100 PEOPLE IN ADAMS PARK AND ROSLINDALE.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE ON A WEEKNIGHT TO PROTEST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THOSE ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT AND IT'S JUST SO WE FILED THIS NO KINGS RESOLUTION
AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF, DEMOCRACY AND THE REVOLUTION AGAINST TYRANNY IN ENGLAND. BOSTON IS A PLACE I CAN STAND UP AND SAY WE DON'T APPROVE OF THESE THINGS. WE'RE CALLING FOR CONGRESS AND
FOR THE COURTS UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND I IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHALLENGE IS COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER AND ALL THE ADVOCATES WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING. LOOK, I'M FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. MY COUNTRY WAS UNDER
DICTATORSHIP UNDER TRUJILLO. SO MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS LED. AND IF WE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOOKS TO BOSTON FOR FOR FOR
LEADING. I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DEMONSTRATE AND TO SEND A MESSAGE NATIONALLY THAT THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP AND HOLD DOWN
DEMOCRACY AND HOLD THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE LIKE THIS IS IT. THIS IS OUR MOMENT IN TIME TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE POSITIVE
LEADERSHIP AND BOLD LEADERSHIP AND DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP. AND SO I'M REALLY ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT AND STAND ALONG A LOUD MESSAGE
THAT, YOU KNOW WE IF YOU'RE THIS IS ABOUT THE RULE OF ORDER, THE LAW WHATEVER RULE, THE RULE OF LAW, LOVE ORDER, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY SAY HERE IN AMERICA THAT THE RULE OF LAW. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THERE IS A RULE OF LAW AND IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULE OF LAW THEN WE WOULD HOLD THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO RISE AS A COLLECTIVE BODY AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'RE STANDING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY. AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THE
PROCESS WHICH I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS GETS IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND THAT WE'RE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY AND SENDING TRUMP A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES GENERAL
FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS RESOLUTION.
HOWEVER, I STILL BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS. I HAVE OFFERED RESOLUTIONS, WRITTEN LETTERS AND SPOKEN OUT ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECKLESS AND HURTFUL FUNDING
CUTS TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OUR VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES, CUTS TO IMPORTANT NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH GRANT FUNDING FOR BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
CUTS TO CLIMATE RESILIENCY, CUTS TO OUR INSTITUTE OF THAT MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES. I WAS THE FIRST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ISSUE. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE US NOT TO
LOSE SIGHT OVER THE NEXT THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF THESE RESOLUTIONS ON VARIOUS ISSUES AND AT THE SAME TIME
WHAT DID WE DO TODAY? WE DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON MASSIVE GAS. WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION TODAY OR A VOTE ON SIDEWALK REPAIR. I DIDN'T OBJECT COUNCIL WEBER TO THIS TODAY. I'M VOTING YES ON IT.
BUT ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS CITY COUNCIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE MAJOR CHALLENGES IN THIS CITY EN MASSE AND CHAOS AND WE COULDN'T DISCUSS THAT
TODAY BECAUSE THAT WAS OBJECTED TO BY A COLLEAGUE. WE COULDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT SIDEWALK REPAIR IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE THAT WAS OBJECTED TO BY A COLLEAGUE . I SEE ELDERLY PEOPLE EVERY DAY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH BOSTON.
THEY'RE ASKING ME ED, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THE SIDEWALK? THEY'RE WALKING DOWN SIDEWALKS THAT NEED REPAIR. WE CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT IT OR A VOTE.
WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION TODAY. COUNCIL COUNCILOR JOHN WANTED TO HAVE A FITZGERALD WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT MASSIVE CHAOS.
HE REPRESENTS THAT AREA. HE REPRESENTS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD . HE WASN'T ABLE TO OFFER HIS OPINION. JOHN WASN'T ABLE TO OFFER HIS OPINION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MASSIVE CASS.
THE CONVERSATION WAS SHUT DOWN. IS THAT FAIR TO JOHN? IS THAT FAIR TO HIS CONSTITUENTS? I DON'T THINK IT IS.
THIS PARTY SHOULD BE ADDRESSING LOCAL ISSUES. WE DON'T DO THAT. WE ADDRESS NATIONAL ISSUES HERE AND IF WE NEED TO GET BACK TO
THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, PEST CONTROL, WATER AND SEWER, BROKEN SIDEWALKS GETTING PEOPLE IN A RECOVERY.
YES, I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BUT WE SPEND BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION TODAY ON MASSIVE CHAOS OR BROKEN SIDEWALKS BECAUSE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES
DECIDED FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I REALLY AM VERY, VERY DISCOURAGED BY THIS CONVERSATION. WE SHOULD HAVE PASSED US THIS RESOLUTION ON THE 4TH OF JULY
FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON IS A LOCAL ISSUE. EVERY SINGLE POLICY THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT OF WASHINGTON BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
RIGHT NOW IS TOUCHING EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, ECONOMICS. THEY'RE GOING AFTER OUR UNIVERSITIES AND OUR INSTITUTES
OF INSTITUTIONS OF RESEARCH AND HIGHER HIGHER EDUCATION. THEY'RE GOING AFTER OUR SCHOOLS. THEY'RE GOING AFTER A HEALTH CARE. THEY'RE GOING AFTER OUR ENVIRONMENT. EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF OUR LIVES HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON THAT IS LOCAL. SO WE SHOULD SAY THAT WHAT IS ALL POLITICS IS IS WHAT IS IT LOCAL? LOCAL POLITICS IS LOCAL.
AND I MOVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION AND END THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST AN EMBARRASSMENT AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON MOVES TO
SECONDS AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE THAT MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE
MOVE TO CLOSE THE DISCUSSION AND GO TO A AND GO TO A VOTE THAT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY. SO MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON ENDING DISCUSSION AND ENDING
DEBATE AND MOVING TO A VOTE? COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCIL AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL ILLUSION. YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S C YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR OPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR S.A. IS COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR ROYLE YES. EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE IN THE NEGATIVE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS JUST I WAS JUST MY JUST BECAUSE BASED ON THE NUMBERS WERE DONE I'M ONE. IT'S JUST THAT IT WAS JUST A
MOTION TO END DEBATE AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE TWO THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS CURRENTLY PRESENT AND IT IS SO THAT ENDS DEBATE I WANTED TO SPEAK I
DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK OTHER PEOPLE'S LIGHT WAS ON AND THEY DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK BUT WE THE VOTE WAS TO MOVE TO END DEBATE NOW LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION. MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR PIPPINS AND
COUNCILOR EARLE'S RESOLUTION IN DOCKET NUMBER ROAD THE DOCKET NUMBER 137. DOCKET NUMBER 1379. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A COUPLE?
COUNCILOR BREADON YEAH. ROLL CALL. VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 1379. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL OFFICIAL YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCIL WILL BE YES AND
COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING NUMBER 1379 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN
ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO LATE FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE FIVE LATE FILE MATTERS FOR PERSONNEL.
ALL LATE FILE MATTERS 666. OKAY I KNOW WHAT THE OC SIX LATE FILE MATTERS FOUR PERSONNEL ONE ABSENCE LETTER AND THEN ONE RESOLUTION. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE
FOUR PERSONNEL MATTERS AND THE ABSENCE LETTER ONTO THE RECORD . I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING THESE FILE ITEMS TO THE RECORD. SAY I I I WILL SAY NAY. THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED
ON TO RECORD. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD FOR A LATE FILE MAN A LETTER FROM COUNCIL PUT PEN I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT BE
UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS MY TRAVEL PLANS HAD A LAST MINUTE CHANGE MADE MY TEAM WILL BE WATCHING THE MEETING TAKING DILIGENT NOTES WHEN THEY RETURN.
SINCERELY COUNCIL REPENT THAT LETTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE THE FIRST FOR PERSONNEL ORDERS FOR US PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA SECOND
PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL SANTANA THIRD PERSONNEL AUDIT COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL SANTANA AND FOURTH PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR
COUNCIL SANTANA THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THESE LATE FILE PERSONNEL MATTERS SAY I I I ALL OPPOSING IT. THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE MATTERS ARE PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ THE FINAL RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD OFFERED BY COUNCIL A FRAMEWORK FOR A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST SIX AS JAMAICA INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. TODAY IS AUGUST SIX AND THE
JAMAICAN AMERICANS DESERVE A RESOLUTION PASSED ON THEIR DAY OF INDEPENDENCE. AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS HEREBY NECESSARY TO EXPEDITE THE FILING AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE AT THIS LATE BIO MATTER ONTO THE RECORD ALL IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THIS LITTLE MATTER ON THE RECORD. SAY I AM OPPOSED SAY NAY. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO
THE RECORD. COUNCILOR EARLE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND IT'S WHAT I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE THERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. AS A JAMAICAN, AN AMERICAN WHO
GREW UP IN DORCHESTER WHICH HOLDS ONE OF THE HIGHEST POPULATIONS OF JAMAICAN AMERICANS AND JAMAICAN FAMILIES IN THE CITY, I'M HAPPY TO BE CELEBRATING 63 YEARS OF JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM
BOB MARLEY TO DEEJAY HERC TO MISS LOU TO GRACE JONES TO MARCUS GARVEY TO USAIN BOLT AND HARRY BELAFONTE. JAMAICANS HAVE CONSISTED WE REACH BEYOND THE ISLAND TO LEAVE THEIR MARK AS WORLD
RENOWNED LEADERS IN ALL CORNERS. AND IF I TRIED TO NAME ALL THE JAMAICANS WE BOAST ABOUT HERE IN BOSTON, WE WOULD TRULY BE HERE FOR DAYS. SO I JUST GAVE A HIGHLIGHT OF A FEW NAMES THE NEWEST ADDITIONS
OF THE BOSTON CELTICS. JOSH MINOW MUSICIAN DANNY TUCKER. WE HAVE SHELBY SHILLINGFORD ANDREW SHARP AND OUR VERY OWN CANDICE ON CENTRAL STAFF. I LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING THIS
RESOLUTION. SO MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M LOOKING FOR SUSPENSION IN PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
FLYNN COMES OFF WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR. WE'RE ALL FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER TODAY AT THE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK AS WELL AND HIGHLIGHTED THE ROLE OF JAMAICAN AND JAMAICAN AMERICAN AMERICANS THAT SERVED IN OUR UNITED STATES MILITARY
AND THE THE SACRIFICE AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDED OUR NATION WAS EXCEPTIONAL. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE JAMAICAN COMMUNITY BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AS WELL. I ALSO LIVED IN A FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR ALMOST 13 MONTHS IN GUANTANAMO AND CUBA AND ON ON THAT PART OF THE ISLAND THERE
WAS A LARGE JAMAICAN COMMUNITY AND I WAS THERE PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE TIME BUT I GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE JAMAICAN COMMUNITY WHILE LIVING WHILE LIVING IN CUBA AND JUST WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE CULTURE THAT THEY HAVE BUT ALSO THE LOVE OF FAMILY, THE LOVE OF COMMUNITY.
AND I REALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM THE JAMAICAN COMMUNITY IN CUBA WHEN I WAS LIVING THERE AND GREAT RESPECT HERE FOR MY COLLEAGUE COLLEAGUE FROM DORCHESTER AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK SAID COUNTRIES BRITAIN. COLLETTE ZAPATA. DURKAN FITZGERALD. FLYNN. MCGWIRE. MURPHY.
SANTANA. WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR WORRELL SEATS SUSPENSION AND ADOPTION OF THIS LEAP OUR RESOLUTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSED NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS HAS BEEN. THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE THAT THERE IS ONE ADDITION TO THE CONSENT
AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I THINK THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. WE HAVE SOME UP SOME BIRTHDAYS TO TODAY I BELIEVE. OH, TOMORROW. OKAY.
THIS WEEK. SO AMANDA CURLEY'S BIRTHDAYS TOMORROW MARY CASKEY, SAMANTHA COURAGE, OUR VERY OWN COUNCILOR ED FLYNN, ELLIE
SANCHEZ AND MY STAFFER CINDY JUST JACOB. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE LEOS OF THE GREATEST MONTH EVER. AUGUST BABIES ARE THE BEST. I'M NOT BIASED AT ALL.
OKAY, I'M MOVING NOW. I'M MOVING ON TO MY COLLEAGUES . IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE. OH, NOW WAS THE TIME TO DO SO. WE DID TALK ABOUT THE DOMINICAN
PARADE AND FLAG RAISING THAT'S COMING UP AND OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEKEND THE MATTAPAN MATTAPAN UNITY FIVE K IT'S THE FIRST EVER MATTAPAN UNITY FIVE K IS
HAPPENING THE PEACE BARBECUE THE LEWIS BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE, HYDE PARK OPEN STREETS IS ON SUNDAY AND THERE ARE MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A
HIGHLIGHT OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN OUR CITY DURING THE SUMMER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COMES FROM HERE YOU ON THE FLOOR WE MADE IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF HERE BY SIX.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO JUST ON FRIDAY THE EIGHTH WE ARE GOING TO BE HOUSE SITTING HERE A YOUTH MOCK
HEARING TRIAL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FROM MADISON PARK AND DC MAHI AND OTHER YOUTH GROUPS. THIS WAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY TWO OF OUR YOUTH INTERNS REALLY
EXCITED TO SEE THEIR LEADERSHIP . THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTING LIKE Y'ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASSUMING ROLES OF CITY COUNCILORS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEBATING ISSUES AROUND THE THE CELL
PHONE USAGE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND SOME OTHER TOPIC ISSUES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DEEPLY CARE ABOUT. SO IT'LL BE HERE ON FROM 11 TO 1 WE'LL HAVE PIZZA. SO IF YOU HAVE YOUNG INTERNS
THAT YOU WANT TO INVITE PLEASE DO SO WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TO TO SHOW TO SHOWCASE AND TO SHOW OUT.
SO THAT'LL BE HERE FRIDAY THE EIGHTH FROM 11 TO 1 AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BRITTANY AND ANNA FROM MY TEAM TWO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING THE WAY ON THIS PARTICULAR
EVENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE
WILL BE HAVING OUR ANNUAL THE BOSTON PARTY MINISTRY ALONGSIDE KASSAM HERE IN MY OFFICE WE ARE HOSTING HEAT WAVE ON SATURDAY
AT ROBERT PLAYGROUND IN LEFT FIELD FROM 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M.. ALSO ON FRIDAY THE EIGHTH WE WILL BE HOSTING A MOVIE NIGHT AND SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S I KNOW
HE SPOTTED ONE WITH THE BOTH TEAMS OVER AT DR. PARK BUT FRIDAY THE EIGHTH WILL BE WATCHING A KILLING THE BEE AT DR. LESS PARK AND THEN WE'LL BE HAVING A DADDY SHOW THIS SUNDAY
AT 10 A.M. STARTING AT THE BURGER KING AT COLUMBIA ROW ROAD WALKING ALL THE WAY UP TO FRANKLIN PARK ZOO ON THE ICE ALONGSIDE STATE REPRESENTATIVE WORRELL CASTLE PEPEN AND STATE
REPRESENTATIVE MCGREGOR. AND THEN WE HAVE THE LONGEST RUNNING BLOCK PARTY WHICH IS THE 53RD ANNUAL HUMAN STREET BLOCK PARTY ON SATURDAY AUGUST
16TH. IT STARTS AT 12 BUT IF YOU START IF YOU COME BY AT 12 YOU'LL PROBABLY BE HELPING US SET UP SO PROBABLY COME BY AROUND 2 P.M. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THERE'S ONE ANNOUNCEMENT I
FORGOT TO MENTION I BELIEVE I SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT TOMORROW AT 1 P.M. WE'LL BE HAVING A RECEPTION IN THE CARLY ROOM HONORING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRINCE HALL MASONS AND THE INCREDIBLE ROLE THAT THEY
PLAYED IN PIONEERING AND MAKING SURE THAT BLACK FOLKS HERE WERE BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE CIVICALLY AND THEY PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE
IN BOSTON'S BLACK HISTORY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME. I THINK LOUIS ELISA, WHO HAS WORKED WITH OUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD HONOR THEM AS THEY'RE IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY
CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY. SO I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN MAKE IT TOMORROW AT 1 P.M. IN THE CARLY ROOM AND THEN NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME NOW IS THE MOMENT TO DO SO. I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT A BOSTON ARTIST AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST DANA
CHANDLER JUNIOR WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AND RETIRED SEVEN NEWS REPORTER BYRON BENNETT WHO ALSO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY
BOSTON FIRE FIGHTER JOHN EVANS WHO ALSO RECENTLY PASSED DUE TO CANCER AND ONE THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY MASSIVE, MASSIVE LOSS IN
THE LIVES OF COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE IN OUR CITY IS THE DEATH OF A GOOD AND DEAR FRIEND OF MINE RASHAD HARDAWAY, MY
CLASSMATE AT LATIN SCHOOL SINCE THE SEVENTH GRADE A BELOVED SON OF DANNY AND CATHERINE HARDAWAY BELOVED BROTHER OF HORACE AND
THE LATE BASHIR, THE FAMILY IS EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS LOSS AND IF YOU KNOW THE HARDAWAY FAMILY I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE THEM A CALL, SEND THEM
ENCOURAGEMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF A REALLY BRIGHT LIGHT. RASHAD WAS INCREDIBLY SMART A PSYCHIATRIST AND JUST A GIFT TO
ANYBODY WHO WAS ABLE TO CALL HIM A FRIEND. AND SO WE MOURN HIS PASSING AND REMEMBER HIM AND JUST REALLY HOLD THE HARDAWAY FAMILY AS
CLOSE AS POSSIBLE DURING THIS TRAGIC TIME. THIS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMMATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF BILL MCCOLLUM, BILL SNOOPY, MY GOLDEN WHO HAD OVER A SIX YEAR ASSOCIATION WITH THE WEST END HOUSE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN AUSTIN.
HE FOLLOWING HIS COLLEGE AND MILITARY SERVICE BILL DEDICATED HIS LIFE'S WORK TO HELPING OTHERS AND SERVING AS A PASSIONATE AND INSPIRATIONAL FRIEND, COUNSELOR AND LEADER AND MENTOR FOR GENERATIONS
OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND BRIGHTON. HE SPENT MORE THAN THREE DECADES AS A DIRECTOR OF THE WEST END HOUSE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND ALSO TO THE WEST END
HOUSE CAMP IN PARSON'S FIELD AND. THIS AFFILIATION WITH THE WEST END HOUSE BEGAN WHEN HE WAS A 13 YEAR OLD AND HIS LOVE OF THE WEST END HOUSE WAS EVIDENT IN
EVERYTHING THAT HE DID. HE HAD A LONG LIVED FOR MANY YEARS 35 YEARS WITH THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE BUT HE TURNED UP EVERY YEAR EVERY YEAR I TURNED UP TO EVERY EVENT.
HE TURNED UP TO THEIR THEIR BREAKFASTS. HE WENT TO THEIR THEIR CAMP UP AND MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL DAYS. HE WAS AT THE CAMP IN MAINE WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND
BECAME ILL AND HAD TO GO TO HOSPITAL AND THAT WAS THAT WAS SORT OF HIS FINAL TRIP TO MAINE WITH THE CAMPERS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE AWESOME BRIGHTON COMMUNITY
WHERE HE WAS A LEADER AND BENEFACTOR OF MANY OF OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THE AUSTIN BRIGHTON BOARD OF TRADE, THE AWESOME BRIGHTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE KIWANIS CLUB AND HE WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE
INDIVIDUAL AND A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER AND HE WILL BE MISSED GREATLY BUT HE HAS TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES IN HIS WORK AT THE WEST END HOUSE AND WE REALLY
WANT TO SEND OUR SYMPATHIES AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE BREENA BRENNA, LET HER AND AND ALL OF THE WEST END HOST COMMUNITY HE WILL MISS HIM
GREATLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME? OKAY. TODAY WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BRAEDEN PHYLLIS AND MCCARTHY WILLIAM BILL MARGOLIN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR
COLETTE ZAPATA, DR. DOMINIC AMARAL ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DURKIN ANDREW P PIERPAOLO FATHER OF MARIA MARKOWITZ ON
BEHALF OF MYSELF DANA C CHANDLER JUNIOR GRACE LILLIAN SAY BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTER SIR JOHN EVANS MY
DEAR FRIEND RICHARD HARDAWAY AND BYRON BENNETT ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PIPPEN BILL ALLEN ON BEHALF OF CASTRO SANTANA,
LUIS RAMON MATTOS SUAREZ ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR WEBER, BILL ALLEN AND LEXIE PAGE OF BUTLER.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 2022 25 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TWO CENTRAL STAFF TO THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN
FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE. I. I. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANKS, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU