Boston City Council Meeting on September 16, 2026
2026-09-16

[0:58] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[1:17] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[1:19] GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS IN
[1:21] THE CHAMBER THIS AFTERNOON.
[1:23] I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING
[1:25] OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
[1:27] VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE
[1:28] COUNCIL MEETING ON
[1:30] YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH
[1:32] CITY COUNCIL TV.
[1:34] AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
[1:36] COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE
[1:37] AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE
[1:38] THEIR CELL PHONES AND
[1:39] ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
[1:41] ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 40 AND
[1:43] REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT
[1:45] NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
[1:47] DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
[1:48] PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
[1:50] THANK YOU.
[1:50] AND ALSO PER COUNCIL RULES I
[1:53] KNOW WE'RE WELCOMING UH, FOLKS
[1:54] FROM THE ONCOR, UH, WORKERS.
[1:58] UM, AND JUST A REMINDER THAT
[2:00] PER COUNCIL RULES, DISPLAYING
[2:02] OF SIGNS IS NOT PERMITTED
[2:03] WITHIN THE CHAMBER.
[2:04] SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, ALL
[2:06] BEING HERE AND WE KNOW WHY
[2:08] YOU'RE HERE.
[2:09] WE'RE SUPPORTIVE.
[2:10] UH, BUT, UH, THE COUNCIL RULES
[2:12] WITH NO SIGN.
[2:12] SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[2:13] COOPERATION WITH THAT.
[2:14] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:15] COULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL,
[2:17] UH, TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE
[2:18] OF A QUORUM?
[2:20] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:22] HERE.
[2:23] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PERSON.
[2:24] YEAH.
[2:25] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:26] COUNCIL.
[2:27] DURKAN.
[2:28] COUNCIL.
[2:28] FITZGERALD.
[2:29] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:30] YEAH.
[2:31] COUNCILOR.
[2:31] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:32] COUNCILOR.
[2:32] MEJIA.
[2:34] COUNCILOR.
[2:34] MURPHY.
[2:35] COUNCILOR.
[2:36] PEPEN.
[2:36] COUNCILOR.
[2:37] SANTANA.
[2:38] COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCIL.
[2:40] WE'RE HERE.
[2:41] A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[2:43] THANK YOU.
[2:43] BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
[2:45] THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[2:46] NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ASK,
[2:48] UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA TO COME
[2:50] FORWARD AND INTRODUCE TODAY'S
[2:51] STRATEGY.
[2:52] FOLLOWING, UH, THE REMARKS FROM
[2:54] THE TODAY'S STRATEGY WE PLEDGE
[2:57] WE TAKE THE PLEDGE, WE RECITE
[2:59] THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[3:00] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[3:06] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[3:07] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:10] IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
[3:13] WILSON SANTOS, A PASTOR AND
[3:15] DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT, TO
[3:17] LEAD TODAY'S INVOCATION.
[3:19] MR SANTOS IS AN IMMIGRANT FROM
[3:20] THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHO HAS
[3:22] BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
[3:24] CONGREGATION ON THE HULA, A
[3:26] BILINGUAL CHURCH BASED IN
[3:28] ROXBURY SINCE 1991.
[3:31] THERE HE SERVED AS YOUTH PASTOR
[3:33] FOR 12 YEARS AND BECAME A FULL
[3:34] TIME AND FULL TIME ASSOCIATE
[3:36] PASTOR IN 2025.
[3:38] NOT ONLY HAS HE BEEN DEEPLY
[3:41] INVOLVED IN THE CHURCH, BUT HE
[3:43] HAS SHOWN HIS DEDICATION TO
[3:45] SERVING THE YOUTH OF OUR CITY.
[3:46] THROUGH HIS WORK WITH THE
[3:48] DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES,
[3:49] THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
[3:50] FAMILIES AND AS THE SUPERVISOR
[3:53] OF THE ATTENDANCE UH FOR BOSTON
[3:55] PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[3:56] HE ALSO SERVES ON THE BOARD
[3:57] OF THE BOSTON HIGHER EDUCATION
[3:59] RESOURCE CENTER, AND HE
[4:02] CELEBRATED HIS 25TH WEDDING
[4:03] ANNIVERSARY WITH HIS WIFE THIS
[4:05] PAST MAY.
[4:06] I KNOW SO MUCH.
[4:07] YEAH.
[4:08] PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING ME A
[4:09] WARM WELCOME.
[4:10] SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN HERE, UM,
[4:13] UM, IN THIS CHAMBER, UM, TO
[4:15] PASTOR WILSON'S AND THOSE.
[4:16] THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
[4:18] THANK YOU.
[4:19] WELL, HE KNOWS ME PRETTY WELL.
[4:20] I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT THAT
[4:22] INFORMATION THAT I JUST
[4:23] CELEBRATED MY 25 YEAR
[4:24] ANNIVERSARY.
[4:25] I WANT TO JUST TO READ A QUICK
[4:27] VERSE AND I WANT TO JUST TO
[4:28] PRAY OVER EVERYONE WHO'S IN
[4:31] THIS ROOM, ESPECIALLY OUR CITY
[4:32] COUNCILORS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
[4:33] YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB
[4:36] REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[4:37] AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE.
[4:39] SO I'M GOING TO A VERY SIMPLE
[4:41] VERSE THAT YOU FIND IT IN JAMES
[4:43] ONE FIVE.
[4:44] UM, THE TWO THINGS I WANT TO
[4:46] PRAY ABOUT.
[4:46] I WANTED TO PRAY OVER WISDOM
[4:47] AND UNITY.
[4:48] THAT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
[4:49] THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED IN
[4:51] THESE TIMES.
[4:52] SO JAMES ONE FIVE SAYS THIS
[4:55] WHEN YOU GET OLDER IN YOUR
[4:56] READING GLASSES BUT IF ANYONE
[4:59] LACKS WISDOM LET HIM ASK OF GOD
[5:02] WHO GIVES TO ALL GENEROUSLY AND
[5:04] WITHOUT REPROACH AND IT WILL BE
[5:06] GIVEN TO HIM.
[5:10] UM HEAVENLY FATHER I JUST THANK
[5:11] YOU LORD FOR THIS MORNING.
[5:13] THANK YOU FOR THIS GATHERING
[5:14] HERE LORD.
[5:15] LORD I PRAY FOR EVERY CITY
[5:18] COUNCILOR THAT'S HERE.
[5:18] LORD GOD YOU KNOW THEM BY NAME
[5:20] LORD AND YOU KNOW THEM BY NAME.
[5:23] LORD JESUS, I PRAY FOR WISDOM
[5:25] OVER THEM LORD GOD AS THEY HAVE
[5:28] A LOT OF HARD THINGS THAT THEY
[5:29] HAVE TO UM DEAL WITH EVERY DAY
[5:31] LORD GOD.
[5:32] SO I PRAY FOR WISDOM OVER THEM.
[5:34] I PRAY FOR PROTECTION OVER
[5:35] THEIR FAMILIES LORD GOD.
[5:38] UM AND ALWAYS TO THEM TO KNOW
[5:39] THAT THEY COULD TAP INTO YOU
[5:41] LORD JESUS IF THEY EVER NEED
[5:43] ANYTHING THEY COULD TAP INTO
[5:44] YOU.
[5:44] LORD, IF WE ASK FOR WISDOM
[5:46] DIRECTION FROM YOU YOU WILL
[5:48] GIVE IT TO US LORD GOD.
[5:49] AND AGAIN I PRAY FOR TODAY'S
[5:51] MEETING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT
[5:52] THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
[5:53] ABOUT.
[5:54] I PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON IN THIS
[5:55] ROOM LORD GOD BECAUSE YOU ALSO
[5:56] KNOW THEM AND YOU LOVE THEM
[5:58] LORD GOD.
[5:58] AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO JUST
[6:00] THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT
[6:02] THEY DO EVERY DAY LORD GOD THAT
[6:04] THEY DO THINGS THAT SOMETIMES
[6:05] PEOPLE DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE
[6:06] THAT THEY'RE WORKING FOR FOR
[6:08] THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
[6:09] SO AGAIN I JUST PRAY FOR WISDOM
[6:10] AND UNITY AMONGST THEM SO THEY
[6:13] COULD PUSH THE THINGS FORWARD
[6:15] THAT THIS CITY NEEDS.
[6:17] I PRAY FOR THESE THINGS IN
[6:18] JESUS NAME AMEN.
[6:20] AMEN.
[6:21] THANK YOU.
[6:23] PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
[6:25] FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
[6:26] OF AMERICA.
[6:29] REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS
[6:30] ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
[6:34] INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
[6:35] JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[6:41] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[6:43] UH, BEFORE WE GO ON TO OUR
[6:45] REGULAR PRESENTATIONS, UH, WE
[6:48] UH WE WILL BE VOTING ON A
[6:50] RESOLUTION LATER IN THE
[6:51] MEETING, UH, REGARDING IN
[6:53] SUPPORT OF THE WORKERS AT ONCOR
[6:56] BOSTON HARBOR.
[6:57] UH, SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW
[6:59] MINUTES TO ASK OUR BROTHERS AND
[7:01] SISTERS FROM THE UNCLE WORKERS
[7:03] TO COME FORWARD AND HAVE A
[7:04] PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WITH THE CITY
[7:06] COUNCIL AND I'LL ASK MY
[7:07] COLLEAGUES TO COME FORWARD AS
[7:10] WELL.
[7:10] SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN?
[7:19] AND.
[7:23] CONFIRM WHEN IT COME ON.
[7:27] OH NO.
[7:28] OKAY.
[7:29] YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
[7:31] YEAH.
[7:39] I GOT YOU KNOW.
[7:42] RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
[7:43] COME ON.
[7:45] RIGHT HERE.
[7:50] AND COME.
[7:55] YEAH YEAH YEAH RIGHT HERE.
[8:08] SO.
[8:13] YEAH YEAH RIGHT THERE.
[8:20] YEAH RIGHT.
[8:29] SO SO SO EXCITED ABOUT THINGS
[8:31] LIKE.
[8:53] I'LL.
[8:58] YOU YEAH.
[9:09] I.
[9:14] YEAH YEAH GOOD.
[9:21] YEAH SO NOW I GET.
[9:30] UM I CAN ONLY.
[9:36] GET BRIAN AS CHIEF.
[9:39] YEAH YEAH I, I WAS A LITTLE
[9:43] YEAH YEAH I DID UH YEAH IT'S
[9:50] NOT.
[9:54] MY FIRST.
[9:59] YEAH BUT IT.
[10:03] THANK YOU EVERYONE WE ARE NOW
[10:06] ON TO PRESENTATIONS TODAY WE
[10:08] HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
[10:09] COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PATA IS
[10:12] RECOGNIZING LENNY CURTIS AND
[10:14] COUNCILOR WORRELL IS UH GOING
[10:15] TO RECOGNIZE MARCUS CRAIG WELL
[10:17] THE HEAD OF THE LACROSSE COACH
[10:19] AT BC HIGH.
[10:20] SO WE'LL START WITH CONSTABLE
[10:21] COLLETTE AS A PARTNER AND HER
[10:23] GUEST UH, LENNY CURTIS.
[10:45] PRESENTATION.
[10:49] OKAY.
[10:51] COME ON UP ON THE DAIS.
[10:53] UM, I WANT MY KNEE TO STAND
[10:55] RIGHT NEXT TO MEJIA.
[10:56] UM, I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[10:59] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR
[11:01] ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS SPACE
[11:02] TO HONOR, UH, YOUR OWN
[11:04] INSTITUTION, LENNY CURTIS.
[11:06] WE'RE JOINED HERE BY HIS SISTER
[11:08] KATHY, HIS BROTHER GLENN.
[11:09] AND I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO
[11:10] DO THIS.
[11:10] I'M SO SORRY.
[11:11] HIS NEPHEW COREY, UM, LENNY IS
[11:14] RETIRING AFTER 26 YEARS
[11:16] OF SERVICE TO THE CITY
[11:17] OF BOSTON.
[11:18] HE IS OUR BELOVED HOKIE IN IN
[11:20] EAST.
[11:21] UM, LENNY GOT HIS START DUE TO
[11:23] THE FAMOUS, UH, JUNIOR LOMBARDI
[11:25] WHO IS A LEGENDARY EAST BOSTON
[11:27] WARD BOSS.
[11:29] UM, I THINK WE'LL I'LL HAVE TO
[11:30] GET STORIES FROM YOU ABOUT
[11:31] JUNIOR AT SOME POINT, BUT UM,
[11:34] MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE
[11:36] REALLY WORKED TO, UH, GET THE
[11:39] YOUTH INTO CITY JOBS TO START
[11:41] THIS PIPELINE SO THAT PEOPLE
[11:42] FELT LIKE THEY HAD OWNERSHIP
[11:44] OVER THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
[11:45] UM, LENNY HAS BEEN A CONSTANT
[11:48] FIXTURE ON MERIDIAN STREET
[11:49] WHERE I LIVE IN EAGLE HILL.
[11:51] UM, AND FROM JUST ASK HIM A
[11:53] QUESTION ABOUT HOW HE GOT THIS
[11:55] JOB, UH, AND WHAT HE LOVES MOST
[11:57] ABOUT IT.
[11:57] YOU COULD REALLY HEAR THE
[11:59] PASSION IN HIS VOICE FOR JUST
[12:00] SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
[12:02] UM, WHEN I ASKED HIM WHY HE
[12:04] LOVES HIS JOB, HIS ANSWER TELLS
[12:06] YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
[12:07] KNOW.
[12:07] HE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE
[12:08] PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS.
[12:10] UM, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT HE
[12:12] CARES ABOUT HIS BOSS AND HE
[12:13] CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
[12:14] THANK YOU.
[12:15] WHO LIVE HERE.
[12:16] HE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S NOT
[12:17] JUST WORK.
[12:18] IT'S ABOUT TAKING CARE OF YOUR
[12:20] OWN.
[12:21] AND, UM, YOU ALWAYS SHOW UP FOR
[12:23] US.
[12:23] SO I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[12:24] YOU'VE ALWAYS SHOWN UP FOR
[12:25] ME PERSONALLY AND I WANTED TO
[12:27] BE SURE THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR
[12:28] HARD WORK, UM, AND THE FACT
[12:31] THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS KNOW
[12:32] YOU AND LOVE YOU, THAT YOU GET
[12:34] YOUR FLOWERS TODAY AND JUST
[12:36] GENERAL THANKS FOR EVERYTHING
[12:37] YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON,
[12:39] UM, AND ESPECIALLY EAST BOSTON
[12:40] .
[12:41] SO WITH THAT I WANT TO PRESENT
[12:42] YOU WITH AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION
[12:44] PRESENTED BY MYSELF AND THE
[12:45] ENTIRE COUNCIL BE IT RESOLVED
[12:47] THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HONORS
[12:48] YOU, LENNY LEONARD, LENNY
[12:51] CURTIS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR
[12:52] MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE
[12:53] TO THE EAST BOSTON COMMUNITY,
[12:55] YOUR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
[12:56] AS AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE
[12:57] PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND
[12:59] YOUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR
[13:00] NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN AND
[13:01] WELCOMING.
[13:02] AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT
[13:03] THIS RESOLUTION BE DULY SIGNED
[13:05] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY
[13:06] COUNCIL AND ATTESTED TO IN A
[13:07] COPY THEREOF TRANSMITTED BY THE
[13:09] CLERK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[13:10] SO AFTER 26 YEARS, LENNY,
[13:12] CONGRATULATIONS AND HAVE FUN ON
[13:15] YOUR RETIREMENT.
[13:15] YOU DESERVE IT.
[13:16] CONGRATULATIONS.
[13:22] UH, I JUST I JUST WANT TO TAKE
[13:24] I WANT TO TAKE THAT REAL
[13:26] POSITIVE APPROACH.
[13:27] UH, SO THAT I'M GOOD.
[13:30] I'M READY, I'M READY.
[13:31] UM.
[13:33] IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO RETIRE
[13:35] FROM THIS JOB BECAUSE I'VE SEEN
[13:37] PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING
[13:40] ME AND, UM, SAYING GOOD JOB,
[13:42] GOOD, GOOD.
[13:43] AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW
[13:46] EACH PERSON YOU KNOW, I CAN
[13:47] TELL THE SKIN WAS GETTING BAD
[13:50] UP THERE AND I KNOW THAT IT'S
[13:52] MY JOB TO CLEAN UP AND
[13:54] HOPEFULLY, UH, I CAN HELP THE,
[13:56] UH, PEOPLE IN EAST BOSTON EVEN
[13:58] THOUGH I'M RETIRED.
[14:00] IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M
[14:01] RETIRED FROM FROM CLEANING I
[14:03] SPOKE I STILL GO OUT THERE AND
[14:05] DO THE BEST I CAN IF ANYBODY
[14:07] NEEDS ME, I'M THERE FOR THEM.
[14:09] THAT'S HOW I AM.
[14:10] AND I LIKE TO SAY TO CHAIR, UH,
[14:13] I LOVE YOU.
[14:16] UH THANK YOU.
[14:21] WE LOVE.
[14:22] YOU SO MUCH, LENNY.
[14:23] UM, AND KATHY WANTS TO SAY A
[14:24] FEW WORDS.
[14:27] I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD
[14:29] I AM OF MY BROTHER.
[14:30] HE NOT ONLY WORKED IN EAST
[14:32] BOSTON FOR 26 YEARS, BUT HE
[14:34] LIVED THERE SINCE.
[14:35] HE WAS JUST A.
[14:36] LITTLE KID.
[14:37] AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
[14:38] PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM WHEN HE WAS
[14:40] ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD WITH MY
[14:41] MOM WHERE THEY LIVED AND I
[14:43] THINK THE MAYOR AT THE TIME.
[14:45] WAS IT MAYOR.
[14:46] FLYNN, MAYOR WHITE, MAYOR WHITE
[14:48] WE HAVE A PICTURE OF LENNY WITH
[14:49] MAYOR WHITE WHEN HE WAS ONLY
[14:51] ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD AND WE'RE
[14:52] REALLY.
[14:52] PROUD OF HIM.
[14:56] ALL RIGHT.
[14:57] IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO
[14:58] COME OUT, WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO
[14:59] WITH LENNY.
[15:00] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[15:01] YOU KNOW, SO THAT SO YOU.
[15:06] WANT TO GO PHOTOGRAPH THEM?
[15:07] UM.
[15:11] REPRESENTATIVES FROM.
[15:16] CITY STATE WE'LL NEVER THINK
[15:18] ABOUT.
[15:21] YOU'RE WELCOME TO THANK YOU.
[15:41] THANK YOU.
[15:46] OKAY.
[15:50] AND I DON'T WANT TO.
[15:56] COME ON.
[16:01] ANYONE.
[16:08] AT THIS?
[16:13] OH.
[16:13] OH, YOU.
[16:16] WALK INTO YOUR.
[16:34] RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
[16:41] IS THIS.
[16:46] I KNOW DON'T SAY.
[16:49] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[16:52] CONGRATULATIONS, LENNY.
[16:53] UH, AND I I'LL INVITE
[16:55] COUNCILOR WORRELL TO COME
[16:56] FORWARD WITH IT FOR HIS
[16:57] PRESENTATION.
[17:08] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[17:10] UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL, UH,
[17:13] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IF HE
[17:14] WANTS TO JOIN ME AS WELL.
[17:21] I AM PROUD TODAY TO STAND
[17:23] ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[17:25] TO HONOR COACH MARCUS CRAIG.
[17:27] WELL AND CELEBRATE HIS 2026
[17:31] STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE TAKING
[17:36] OFFICE.
[17:36] YEAH, WE COULD CLAP FOR THAT.
[17:42] SINCE TAKING OFFICE IN 2000
[17:44] 2019.
[17:45] COACH CRAIG HAS LED HIS TEAM TO
[17:48] FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
[17:51] APPEARANCES.
[17:56] BUT THIS YEAR THEY BROUGHT HOME
[17:58] THE TITLE GAME.
[17:59] HIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT
[18:01] SHOWS UP IN HIS RECORD 14
[18:05] ALL-AMERICANS, THREE
[18:06] PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS FOR COACH
[18:09] OF THE YEAR HONORS AND A 169
[18:12] CAREER HIGH SCHOOL WINS.
[18:15] SPORTS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN
[18:17] YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND A GOOD
[18:18] COACH BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN
[18:20] OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
[18:21] THEY RECOGNIZE TALENT, BUILD
[18:23] CONFIDENCE AND PUSH STUDENTS TO
[18:26] SEE HOW FAR THEY CAN GO.
[18:28] COACH COACH CRAIG WELL IS
[18:30] PUTTING THAT INTO PRACTICE
[18:32] OPENING DOORS TO SPORT THAT
[18:34] SOME YOUNG PEOPLE MIGHT NEVER
[18:35] HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY.
[18:37] COACH IN YOUR PROGRAM YOUNG
[18:39] PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO COMPETE,
[18:41] HOW TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.
[18:43] HOW TO.
[18:44] SHOW UP FOR THEIR TEAMMATES
[18:45] AND HOW TO LEAD THOSE LESSONS
[18:47] STAY WITH THEM LONG AFTER THE
[18:49] FINAL WHISTLE.
[18:51] SO TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE
[18:52] CHAMPIONSHIP.
[18:53] WE CELEBRATE THE WORK IT TOOK
[18:55] TO GET THERE AND WE CELEBRATE A
[18:57] COACH WHO IMPACT REACHES WELL
[18:59] BEYOND THE FIELD.
[19:01] THANK YOU COACH FOR YOUR
[19:02] LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUR
[19:05] MENTORSHIP, YOUR COMMITMENT TO
[19:06] OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND
[19:08] CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE
[19:09] ENTIRE BCI TEAM.
[19:18] COACH AT FIRST WANT TO THANK
[19:20] COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR INVITING
[19:21] ME UP HERE AS WELL.
[19:22] UH B-C HIGH SITTING WELL WITHIN
[19:23] THE DISTRICT UH, A COACH IS NOT
[19:25] JUST SOMEONE WHO TEACHES YOU
[19:26] SPORTS, RIGHT?
[19:28] A LOT OF THE TIME THEY'RE THE
[19:29] ONES WHO CAN CONNECT TO YOUR
[19:30] KIDS WHEN YOUR KIDS STOP
[19:31] LISTENING TO YOU.
[19:32] AND I'M LEARNING THAT
[19:33] CURRENTLY.
[19:34] AND SO, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE
[19:35] MIGHT THINK THEY'RE A COACH,
[19:36] BUT IT TAKES A LOT TO BE A
[19:38] GREAT COACH AND NOT JUST TO WIN
[19:40] ON THE FIELD BUT OFF THE FIELD
[19:41] AS WELL.
[19:41] AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE
[19:42] EXEMPLIFIED AND SO JUST SO
[19:43] PROUD TO HAVE YOUR BCI TEACHING
[19:45] A LOT OF THE KIDS IN DORCHESTER
[19:48] UH THOSE EXACT VALUES.
[19:49] SO COACH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
[19:50] HAVING ME.
[19:51] YOU.
[19:54] I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SPEECH
[19:55] BUT.
[19:56] I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK
[19:57] YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND, UM
[19:59] ,ALTHOUGH I'M THE FIRST BLACK
[20:01] COACH TO WIN A STATE STATE
[20:04] CHAMPIONSHIP IN BOYS ACROSS.
[20:06] ALL.
[20:06] MAJOR THAT, UH, I.
[20:09] KNOW I WON'T BE THE LAST AND I
[20:11] HOPE I JUST ENCOURAGE MORE, UH
[20:13] ,PEOPLE OF COLOR TO PLAY THE
[20:15] SPORT AND I JUST APPRECIATE IT.
[20:16] THANK YOU.
[20:20] YES.
[20:21] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MY
[20:22] COLLEAGUES OUT FOR A PICTURE.
[20:24] OKAY.
[20:25] THANK YOU.
[20:30] CAN YOU HEAR?
[20:35] OH THEY OH, WAIT.
[20:37] OH OKAY I MISSED THEM.
[20:41] IT'S AWESOME.
[20:42] YOU GUYS CAN.
[20:51] THANK YOU THANK.
[20:53] YOU.
[20:53] THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[20:55] COULD YOU KEEP GOING THE YEAH
[20:58] WE STILL DON'T OH.
[21:01] OH ABSOLUTELY I THANK YOU.
[21:05] YEAH.
[21:11] I.
[21:11] THANK YOU FOR.
[21:21] JUST YEAH I MEAN LIKE.
[21:27] YEAH OKAY.
[21:36] UM HMM.
[21:37] OKAY.
[21:45] THANK YOU EVERYONE
[21:47] CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HONOREES
[21:48] TODAY.
[21:49] MR DIRECTOR, PLEASE AMEND THE
[21:51] ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THE
[21:53] CULTURE LOUIJEUNE HAS JOINED
[21:54] US.
[21:57] WE'RE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER
[21:58] OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE
[21:59] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
[22:00] THE MEETING OF AUGUST 26TH,
[22:03] 2026.
[22:03] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[22:05] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[22:08] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[22:09] THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 26TH
[22:11] MEETING ARE APPROVED.
[22:13] WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
[22:15] FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR.
[22:18] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[22:19] READ DOCKETS 1671 THROUGH 1674
[22:23] .
[22:24] DOCKET NUMBER 1671 MESSAGE IN
[22:26] ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR
[22:28] 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[22:29] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[22:30] BARGAINING BY $1,951,894 TO
[22:36] PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
[22:38] POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL
[22:39] YEAR 27 INCREASES CONTAINED
[22:41] WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[22:43] BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
[22:44] THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE
[22:46] BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE
[22:47] BENEVOLENT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
[22:50] DUCKY NUMBER 1672 MESSAGE IN
[22:52] ORDER FOR THE BOSTON POLICE
[22:53] DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27
[22:55] THE AMOUNT OF $1,951,894 TO
[23:00] COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27 COST
[23:03] ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
[23:04] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
[23:06] BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
[23:08] THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES
[23:10] BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
[23:11] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE
[23:14] JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE
[23:16] 30TH 2026.
[23:17] THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
[23:19] CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE
[23:21] INCREASE OF 2% IN JULY OF 2025.
[23:25] THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS AN
[23:27] UPDATE TO HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY IN
[23:29] AMENDED LANGUAGE AROUND SICK
[23:31] TIME.
[23:31] BUY BACK EVERY TIME AS
[23:33] ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO YOU THE
[23:35] FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET REQUEST
[23:37] INCLUDED A RESERVE FOR
[23:38] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, A
[23:40] SEPARATE APPROPRIATION TO FUND
[23:42] PROJECTED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[23:44] INCREASES.
[23:45] A SEPARATE ORDER HAS BEEN FILED
[23:46] TO REDUCE THE APPROPRIATION BY
[23:52] $1,951,894.
[23:53] NUMBER 1673 MESSAGE IN ORDER TO
[23:57] REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 27
[23:59] APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE
[24:00] FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
[24:06] $1,366,093 TO PROVIDE FUNDING
[24:07] FOR THE BOSTON POLICE
[24:09] DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
[24:11] 27 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN
[24:13] THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[24:14] AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY
[24:15] OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE
[24:18] DETECTIVE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
[24:20] SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNIT TALKING
[24:23] OVER 1674 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR
[24:25] THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
[24:26] FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 THE AMOUNT
[24:32] OF $1,366,093 TO COVER THE
[24:33] FISCAL YEAR 27 COST ITEMS
[24:36] CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[24:37] BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
[24:39] THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE
[24:41] BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES
[24:43] BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SUPERIOR
[24:45] OFFICERS UNION.
[24:46] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AT
[24:49] JULY 1ST 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH
[24:52] 2026, THE MAJOR PROVISIONS
[24:54] OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE EACH
[24:55] WEEK BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2%
[24:58] IN JULY OF 2025.
[25:00] THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS AN
[25:02] UPDATE TO HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY
[25:04] AND AMENDED LANGUAGE AROUND PAY
[25:07] DETAILS AND SUMMER VACATION
[25:09] SCHEDULES AS ORIGINALLY
[25:11] PRESENTED TO YOU, THE FISCAL
[25:12] YEAR 27 BUDGET REQUEST INCLUDED
[25:15] A RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[25:16] BARGAINING, A SEPARATE
[25:18] APPROPRIATION TO FUND PROJECTED
[25:20] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[25:21] INCREASES.
[25:22] A SEPARATE ORDER HAS BEEN FILED
[25:24] TO REDUCE THAT APPROPRIATION BY
[25:29] $1,366,093.
[25:31] .
[25:31] THANK YOU DOCKETS 167121674
[25:35] AND BE REFERRED TO THE
[25:36] COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
[25:38] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[25:39] READ DOCKET 1675.
[25:41] TALKING OF A1675 MESSAGE NOT
[25:44] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[25:45] TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
[25:47] OF A $13,471,070.40 IN THE FORM
[25:53] OF A GRANT FISCAL YEAR 2025
[25:56] URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE
[25:59] AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
[26:00] DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[26:02] PASS THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE
[26:04] OFFICE OF PUBLIC SECURITY,
[26:06] PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO
[26:08] BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
[26:10] OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
[26:11] A GRANT WILL FUND THE
[26:13] ENHANCEMENT OF REGIONAL
[26:14] PREPAREDNESS AND CAPABILITIES
[26:16] IN DESIGNATED HIGH THREAT HIGH
[26:18] DENSITY AREAS.
[26:21] THANK YOU.
[26:22] DOCKET 1675 WILL BE REFERRED
[26:24] TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
[26:25] SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
[26:28] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[26:29] READ DOCKET 1676.
[26:31] TALKING OF A1676 MESSAGE IN
[26:33] ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
[26:35] OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPEND
[26:36] AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION IN THE
[26:38] FORM OF A GRANT THE SUNDAY
[26:41] SUPPORT GRANT AWARDED BY THE
[26:42] BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE
[26:44] ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
[26:45] OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
[26:46] THE GRANT WOULD FUND
[26:48] MILWAUKEE'S CULTURAL ACCESS
[26:50] PROGRAM MUSEUM SUNDAYS,
[26:53] ALLOCATING 60% OF THE FUNDS TO
[26:55] THE INNOVATION FUND AND 40% TO
[26:58] UNRESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED
[27:00] PROJECT EXPENSES.
[27:02] .
[27:03] THANK YOU.
[27:03] THANK YOU MR.
[27:04] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[27:06] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, THE CHAIR
[27:07] OF THE COMMITTEE ON UM
[27:08] COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE,
[27:10] ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURISM.
[27:12] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[27:12] THANK YOU.
[27:13] MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE FOR
[27:14] PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET.
[27:15] THIS IS TO SUPPORT.
[27:16] THE, UH, MUSEUM SUNDAYS, UH,
[27:18] THE BOSTON SUNDAYS.
[27:19] SUNDAYS PROGRAM.
[27:21] UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG
[27:22] PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY ARE ABLE
[27:24] TO ACCESS.
[27:25] CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
[27:26] THE INNOVATION FUND WILL
[27:27] SUPPORT THE FREE ADMISSIONS TO
[27:29] THE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND,
[27:31] UH, THE REMAINDER WILL SUPPORT
[27:33] ,UH, THE ADMINISTRATION UM,
[27:36] OF THIS PROGRAM.
[27:37] SO LOOKING FOR MY COLLEGE
[27:38] SUSPENSION FASTER.
[27:38] THANK YOU, THANK.
[27:39] YOU.
[27:41] .
[27:42] CONCERT COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU
[27:43] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[27:44] THANK YOU.
[27:45] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[27:46] I RISE ALSO TO, UH, RECOMMEND
[27:48] SUPPORTING.
[27:49] THIS IMPORTANT DOCKET.
[27:52] BE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
[27:53] TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN.
[27:55] HAVE ACCESS.
[27:56] TO.
[27:56] MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL
[27:58] INSTITUTIONS ON ON SUNDAYS IS
[28:00] INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT GIVING.
[28:02] PEOPLE THE.
[28:03] OPPORTUNITY YOUNG PEOPLE THE
[28:04] OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT MUSEUMS
[28:06] REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCOME
[28:09] REGARDLESS OF WHAT SCHOOL THEY
[28:10] GO TO IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
[28:12] YOU LEARN A LOT AT MUSEUMS AND
[28:15] CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
[28:16] AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
[28:18] TO THESE NONPROFITS FOR THEIR
[28:19] SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS
[28:21] OF BOSTON.
[28:21] THANK YOU.
[28:22] MADAM CHAIR.
[28:22] THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR
[28:24] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY
[28:25] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[28:26] OH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[28:28] I'M GLAD WE'RE CONTINUING TO
[28:30] FIND WAYS TO FUND THIS AND KNOW
[28:32] THAT, UM, THE WORK THAT I KNOW
[28:34] MYSELF AND COUNCIL FLYNN AND
[28:35] OTHERS DID TO ADVOCATE TO MAKE
[28:37] SURE ALL CHILDREN ALL FAMILIES
[28:39] ACROSS THE CITY ARE BENEFITING
[28:41] FROM WHAT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL
[28:42] OPPORTUNITY.
[28:43] WHEN I'M AT THE MUSEUMS MYSELF
[28:45] ,IT'S GREAT TO SEE FAMILIES
[28:46] THAT YOU KNOW MIGHT OTHERWISE
[28:47] NOT BE THERE BECAUSE THIS IS
[28:49] THE POINT OF THAT IF NOT THIS,
[28:50] THEY MAY NOT ATTEND ALL
[28:52] OF THESE WONDERFUL INSTITUTIONS
[28:54] ACROSS THE CITY.
[28:55] SO HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
[28:56] THAT.
[28:56] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[29:00] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, THE CHAIR
[29:02] OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS,
[29:03] CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM
[29:04] AND SPECIAL EVENTS SUSPENSION
[29:06] OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE
[29:07] OF DOCKET 1676.
[29:09] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[29:11] ALL OPPOSED.
[29:11] SAY NAY.
[29:14] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ALL
[29:16] COUNCIL DURKAN.
[29:17] THANK YOU.
[29:18] PARDON, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[29:19] OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[29:20] UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK
[29:21] THERE ARE SO MANY CULTURAL
[29:22] INSTITUTIONS IN MY DISTRICT
[29:23] THAT HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY
[29:25] CAN TO OPEN THEIR DOORS AND
[29:27] REALLY THE BEGINNING OF THIS,
[29:29] UM, WAS UH, THIS, UH, FENWAY
[29:32] ALLIANCE CREATING THIS, UM,
[29:34] GREAT THING.
[29:35] YOU KNOW, IT'S NOW 25 YEARS
[29:36] OF OPENING OUR DOORS UM, WHICH
[29:38] NOW WILL BE OCTOBER 12TH.
[29:40] BUT THAT WAS REALLY THE
[29:41] BEGINNING OF THINKING ABOUT HOW
[29:42] OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS COULD
[29:43] GO BACK.
[29:44] AND AS THE CHAIR OF PILOT, UM,
[29:46] I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
[29:47] ADMINISTRATION FOR STEPPING
[29:49] FORWARD, UH, THE MUSEUM
[29:51] OF SCIENCE A LOT OF THESE UM,
[29:52] CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THE MFA,
[29:54] UM AND OTHERS UM, YOU KNOW, THE
[29:56] CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IT GOES ON
[29:57] AND ON AND ON.
[29:58] UM AND THOSE PARTNERS WHO HAVE
[30:00] MADE THIS WORK POSSIBLE UH,
[30:02] BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS BEEN
[30:04] TRANSFORMATIONAL AND WE HEAR IT
[30:05] FROM FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY
[30:06] EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT UM IT WAS
[30:08] THEIR FIRST TIME UM AND UH AND
[30:11] IT WON'T BE THEIR LAST UM, AT
[30:14] MANY OF THESE CULTURAL
[30:14] INSTITUTIONS.
[30:15] SO, UH, THANK YOU,
[30:16] COUNCILOR BRUTON.
[30:17] THANK YOU.
[30:18] MR CHAIR.
[30:19] COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL
[30:19] CALL?
[30:20] VOTE ON DOCKET 1676.
[30:22] COUNCILOR BREAK.
[30:23] YES, COUNCILOR BREADON?
[30:24] YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS
[30:25] OPPOSED COUNCILOR.
[30:26] CLOSE THE PARTY.
[30:27] YES.
[30:27] COUNCILOR.
[30:28] CULPEPPER.
[30:29] YES.
[30:29] COUNCILOR.
[30:29] CULPEPPER.
[30:30] YES.
[30:31] COUNCILOR.
[30:31] DURKAN.
[30:32] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[30:32] YES.
[30:33] COUNCILOR.
[30:33] FITZGERALD.
[30:33] YES.
[30:34] COUNCILOR.
[30:34] SHOW.
[30:35] YES.
[30:35] COUNCILOR.
[30:35] FLYNN.
[30:36] COUNCILOR.
[30:36] FLYNN.
[30:37] YES.
[30:37] COUNCILOR.
[30:37] LOUIJEUNE.
[30:38] YES.
[30:38] COUNCILOR.
[30:39] LOUIJEUNE.
[30:39] YES, COUNCILOR.
[30:40] MEJIA.
[30:40] COUNCILOR.
[30:41] MEJIA.
[30:41] YES.
[30:42] COUNCILOR.
[30:42] MURPHY.
[30:43] COUNCILOR.
[30:43] MURPHY.
[30:43] YES.
[30:44] COUNCIL.
[30:44] PEPEN.
[30:45] YES.
[30:45] COUNCILOR.
[30:46] PIN.
[30:46] YES, COUNCILOR.
[30:47] SANTANA.
[30:47] YEAH.
[30:48] COUNCILOR.
[30:48] SANTANA.
[30:49] YES.
[30:49] COUNCILOR.
[30:50] WEBER.
[30:50] YES.
[30:50] COUNCIL.
[30:51] WEBER.
[30:51] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[30:52] WORLD.
[30:52] YES.
[30:53] COUNCIL.
[30:53] WELL YES.
[30:54] DEACON NUMBER 1676 HAS RECEIVED
[30:57] A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[30:59] AFFIRMATIVE.
[30:59] THANK YOU.
[31:00] DOCKET 1676 HAS PASSED.
[31:03] UH, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[31:05] READ DOCKET 1677.
[31:09] LIKE A NUMBER 1677 MESSAGING ON
[31:12] OR AUTHORIZING THE CITY
[31:13] OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
[31:14] THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 IN THE
[31:17] FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR
[31:20] 26 FAIR SHARE SUPPLEMENTAL
[31:21] FUNDS AWARDED BY MASSACHUSETTS
[31:24] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
[31:26] BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
[31:27] TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
[31:28] THE GRANT WILL FUND ONGOING
[31:30] SUPPORT OF STREET OPERATIONS IN
[31:31] THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[31:34] THANK YOU.
[31:34] MR.
[31:35] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[31:36] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[31:37] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[31:38] AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING,
[31:39] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, I
[31:41] WOULD LIKE.
[31:41] TO PUSH.
[31:42] FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE
[31:43] OF THIS DOCKET.
[31:44] EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE
[31:45] MASSACHUSETTS STATE LEGISLATURE
[31:46] PASSED THE.
[31:47] FISCAL YEAR 26 SUPPLEMENTAL
[31:49] BUDGET DRAWING FROM EXCESS FAIR
[31:51] SHARE REVENUE.
[31:52] SEVERAL PROVISOS WITHIN THE
[31:53] LEGISLATION EARMARK FUNDS
[31:54] EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CITY
[31:55] OF BOSTON.
[31:56] AMONGST THESE EARMARKS IS
[31:58] $750,000 FOR THE STREETS
[32:00] CABINET PROVIDED FURTHER THAT
[32:01] IS NOT AND THIS IS THE LANGUAGE
[32:03] FROM THE LEGISLATION PROVIDED
[32:04] FURTHER THAT NOT LESS THAN
[32:07] $750,000 SHALL BE EXPANDED TO
[32:08] THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR STREET
[32:10] OPERATIONS ACCESS TO STATE
[32:11] FUNDING AS PARTICULARLY
[32:12] OPPORTUNE NOW AS THE CABINET
[32:14] FACES SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY
[32:15] PRESSURES AND INCREASING RAW
[32:17] MATERIAL COSTS, THE $750,000
[32:20] WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS FOUR
[32:21] MAJOR CATEGORIES BT SIGN AND
[32:24] SIGNAL SHOP EQUIPMENT MATERIALS
[32:26] INCLUDING SIGNALS AND
[32:27] PEDESTRIAN BUTTONS AND SIGN
[32:28] POLES AND BLANKS UH WILL BE
[32:31] SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS
[32:33] MATERIALS THAT INCLUDE ASPHALT
[32:34] FOR POTHOLES, UH, TRASH BAGS
[32:36] AND BRICKS FOR ROUTINE STREET
[32:38] MAINTENANCE, PASSPORT CARD
[32:39] MANAGEMENT CONTRACT A CONTRACT
[32:41] THAT SCOPE INCLUDES HANDLING
[32:43] PARKING NOTICE ROUTING, PAYMENT
[32:45] PROCESSING, DATA ENTRY
[32:47] COLLECTIONS AND DOCUMENT
[32:48] SCANNING AND SIDEWALK UM SMALL
[32:51] SIDEWALK AND BRICK REPAIR
[32:52] CONTRACTS WHICH I KNOW
[32:53] COUNCILOR CLODAGH AND I ARE ARE
[32:55] CHEERING FOR UM UH WHICH IS A
[32:58] UH, CONTRACT SCOPE THAT
[32:59] INCLUDES MINOR SIDEWALK AND
[33:00] ROADWAY REPAIRS ON CITY'S BRICK
[33:02] AREAS.
[33:03] UM, THESE UH.
[33:05] ARE REALLY I MEAN FOR A
[33:07] DISTRICT COUNCILOR.
[33:08] THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE
[33:09] WANT DONE IN OUR DISTRICT
[33:10] IMMEDIATELY.
[33:11] UH, SO WITH THAT I WILL PUSH
[33:13] FOR SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE AND I
[33:14] THANK MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR
[33:16] BEARING WITH ME WHILE I READ
[33:18] HOW THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT.
[33:19] THANK YOU.
[33:20] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[33:21] UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR.
[33:23] FRIEND.
[33:23] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[33:24] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[33:25] I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO THE
[33:27] SUSPENDING PASSAGE AND I'M
[33:29] GOING TO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT
[33:30] THIS DOCKET.
[33:31] I ALSO WANT TO RECOMMEND IF
[33:32] WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW WE
[33:34] CAN SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION
[33:36] DEPARTMENT OR CITY OFFICIALS TO
[33:39] CHANGE HOW WE'RE ABLE TO, UM,
[33:42] GET RID OF BASICALLY THE
[33:44] CONCURRENT LIGHTING ISSUE.
[33:45] IT'S AN INCREDIBLY ISSUE,
[33:47] INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE
[33:49] THAT'S IMPACTING ALMOST ALL
[33:50] RESIDENTS ACROSS ACROSS THE
[33:52] CITY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT
[33:54] AWARE OF IT, BASICALLY A CAR
[33:57] AND PEDESTRIAN WOULD HAVE THE
[34:00] RIGHT OF WAY BASICALLY AT THE
[34:03] SAME TIME FOR EXAMPLE ON
[34:05] MELCHER STREET IN SUMMER
[34:07] STREET, IF YOU'RE WALKING
[34:08] ACROSS THE CROSSWALK AND THE
[34:11] CAR IS COMING DOWN UM SUMMER
[34:13] STREET TAKING A RIDE BOTH THE
[34:16] VEHICLE AND THE PEDESTRIAN WILL
[34:17] HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
[34:19] THIS BODY WENT ON RECORD
[34:22] AGAINST THAT PROPOSAL BECAUSE
[34:23] IT'S NOT SAFE.
[34:24] WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S DANGEROUS
[34:25] BUT AS PART OF THIS FUNDING,
[34:28] MAYBE THE CITY OF BOSTON COULD
[34:30] LOOK AT HOW WE'RE ABLE TO
[34:32] CHANGE THIS POLICY AGAIN, I
[34:34] DON'T WANT TO OBJECT TO UM
[34:37] OBJECT TO THIS WITHOUT HAVING
[34:38] HAVING A HEARING, BUT I DO WANT
[34:41] TO ADVOCATE FOR A CHANGE A
[34:43] NEEDED CHANGE THAT ALL 13 CITY
[34:45] COUNCILS WENT ON RECORD FOR AS
[34:47] IT RELATES TO THIS DANGEROUS
[34:49] PRACTICE THAT'S CURRENTLY
[34:51] HAPPENING NOW IN THE CITY
[34:52] OF BOSTON IMPACTING ESPECIALLY
[34:55] PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND
[34:58] SENIORS.
[34:58] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[34:59] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[35:00] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[35:02] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[35:02] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[35:03] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[35:05] I JUST WANTED TO RISE IN
[35:06] SUPPORT OF THIS GRANT.
[35:07] I KNOW THAT FOR MY DISTRICT
[35:09] SPECIFICALLY, A LOT OF THE
[35:10] SIGNS AND EQUIPMENT THAT WERE
[35:11] MENTIONED ARE FOR SCHOOL.
[35:13] ZONES AND PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS
[35:14] THAT PEOPLE PRESS TO TRY TO
[35:16] CROSS THE STREET SAFELY AND
[35:17] BUSY INTERSECTIONS.
[35:18] THESE ARE VITAL UM.
[35:20] JUST EQUIPMENT THAT WE MAY NOT
[35:23] SEE AS A BIG PROJECT IN MAKING
[35:25] FRONT LINES NEWS CLIPS BUT IN
[35:28] REALITY THESE ARE THE THINGS
[35:29] THAT REALLY HELP OUR RESIDENTS.
[35:30] AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY
[35:32] THAT IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS
[35:34] ABOUT CONCURRENT CROSSINGS, MY
[35:36] RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT MY
[35:37] OFFICE DID WAS WE IDENTIFIED
[35:40] UM, VERY DANGEROUS
[35:41] INTERSECTIONS AND WORK WITH THE
[35:42] RESIDENTS AND WE BROUGHT THAT
[35:43] TO THE ATTENTION OF THE
[35:44] TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
[35:44] THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE
[35:46] ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE LIGHTING
[35:46] TEAM.
[35:47] SO UM THAT IS MY ONE OF MY
[35:49] RECOMMENDATIONS BUT I'LL BE
[35:50] VOTING YES FOR THIS.
[35:51] THANK YOU.
[35:51] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[35:56] COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR
[35:56] OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
[35:58] DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
[35:59] SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[36:00] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1677.
[36:02] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[36:04] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[36:06] UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[36:07] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[36:08] VOTE ON DOCKET 1677.
[36:11] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[36:11] YES, COUNCILOR.
[36:12] VERY NICE COUNSELOR COLOR AS
[36:13] OPPOSED COUNSELOR COLOR AS A
[36:15] PARTNER.
[36:15] YES.
[36:16] COUNCILOR.
[36:16] CULPEPPER.
[36:17] COUNCILOR.
[36:17] CULPEPPER.
[36:18] YES.
[36:19] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[36:19] COUNCILOR.
[36:20] DURKAN.
[36:20] YES.
[36:20] COUNCILOR.
[36:21] FITZGERALD.
[36:22] YES.
[36:22] COUNCIL.
[36:23] FITZGERALD.
[36:23] YES.
[36:23] COUNCILOR.
[36:24] FLYNN.
[36:24] YES.
[36:25] COUNCILOR.
[36:25] FLYNN.
[36:25] YES.
[36:26] COUNCILOR.
[36:26] LOUIJEUNE.
[36:27] YES.
[36:27] COUNCIL.
[36:27] LOUIJEUNE.
[36:28] YES.
[36:28] COUNCILOR.
[36:28] MEJIA.
[36:29] COUNCIL ME HERE.
[36:30] YES.
[36:30] COUNCILOR.
[36:30] MURPHY.
[36:31] COUNCILOR.
[36:32] MURPHY.
[36:32] YES.
[36:33] COUNCIL.
[36:33] THE PEN COUNCILOR.
[36:34] PEN.
[36:34] YES.
[36:35] COUNCILOR.
[36:35] SANTANA.
[36:36] YES.
[36:36] COUNCILOR.
[36:37] SANTANA.
[36:37] YES.
[36:38] COUNCILOR.
[36:38] WEBER.
[36:39] COUNCILOR.
[36:39] WEBER.
[36:39] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[36:40] WORLD.
[36:40] YES.
[36:41] COUNCILOR.
[36:41] WORLD.
[36:42] YES.
[36:43] TALKING ABOUT 1677 AS WE SEE
[36:46] THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[36:47] AFFIRMATIVE.
[36:48] THANK YOU, MR JACK.
[36:49] DOCKET 1677 HAS PASSED.
[36:52] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[36:53] READ DOCKET 1678?
[36:55] DOC HAVE A1678 MESSAGE YOU NOT
[36:58] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[36:59] TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
[37:04] OF $288,221 IN THE FORM OF A
[37:05] GRANT THE FISCAL YEAR 25 DNA
[37:08] CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT AND
[37:10] BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM
[37:11] AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
[37:13] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE
[37:14] ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
[37:15] DEPARTMENT.
[37:16] THE GRANT WOULD FUND TWO
[37:18] CRIMINAL DISPOSITIONS OVER TIME
[37:20] LAB SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND
[37:22] CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPENSES.
[37:25] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[37:26] UH, DOCKET 167 IT WILL BE
[37:29] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[37:30] PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
[37:31] JUSTICE.
[37:34] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[37:35] DOCKET 1679.
[37:36] TALKING 1679 MESSAGING ON
[37:39] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[37:41] TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
[37:44] OF $200,000 IN THE FORM OF A
[37:45] GRANT.
[37:47] BE CCI CONNECT, LEARN, EXPLORE
[37:49] AND CEF AWARDED BY BOSTON
[37:51] CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO BE
[37:53] ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
[37:54] OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
[37:55] THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE.
[37:57] B HCC.
[37:58] CONNECT, LEARN AND EXPLORE AND
[38:00] CHILD ENTREPRENEUR FUND GRANT.
[38:05] THANK YOU DOCKET 1679 BE
[38:07] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[38:08] HUMAN SERVICES.
[38:11] MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE
[38:12] READ DOCKET 1680.
[38:14] NUMBER 1680 MESSAGE IN ORDER
[38:17] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[38:19] TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
[38:24] OF $64,201.50 IN THE FORM OF A
[38:25] GRANT FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25
[38:27] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
[38:28] PERFORMANCE GRANT AWARDED BY
[38:30] FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
[38:32] AGENCY TEST THROUGH THE MESS
[38:35] MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY
[38:36] MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE
[38:38] ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
[38:40] OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
[38:41] THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE
[38:43] ENHANCEMENT OF OPERATIONAL
[38:44] CAPACITY AT THE BOSTON
[38:46] EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND
[38:48] PROMOTE THE PROFESSIONAL
[38:50] DEVELOPMENT OF WHOLE EMS STAFF.
[38:52] THANK YOU.
[38:53] DOCKET 1680 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[38:56] THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
[38:57] AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
[39:02] COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
[39:03] FLOOR.
[39:04] YES.
[39:04] UM, SORRY I DIDN'T FLAG IT
[39:06] AT FIRST BUT I'D LIKE TO GO
[39:08] BACK TO DOCKET 1679 IF THAT'S
[39:09] OKAY BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO
[39:10] SUSPEND AND PASS THE $200,000
[39:12] GRANT FOR THE OFFICE OF EARLY
[39:15] CHILDHOOD.
[39:16] MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
[39:20] DO YOU HAVE A SECOND?
[39:21] THANK YOU.
[39:22] UM.
[39:22] COUNCIL MURPHY.
[39:23] SO LET'S LET'S SAY THANK YOU.
[39:25] DOCKET 1680 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[39:27] THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
[39:28] AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
[39:29] UH, WILL NOW GO BACK TO
[39:31] RECONSIDER UH, DOCKET 1679.
[39:34] COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
[39:35] FLOOR.
[39:36] YES.
[39:36] I JUST LIKE TO RISE THE
[39:38] SMALL DOLLAR GRANT TO MAKE SURE
[39:39] THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
[39:42] CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND OUR
[39:43] EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT,
[39:44] WHICH IS EXPANDING AND DOING
[39:46] SUCH GREAT WORK IN MANY OF OUR
[39:47] YOUNG PARENTS COUNTRY.
[39:49] NOW COULD YOU PAUSE A SECOND?
[39:52] I, UM I HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE TO
[39:54] RECONSIDER.
[39:54] SO COULD, UH.
[39:55] MR.
[39:56] COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL
[39:57] CALL?
[39:57] VOTE UH, ON A MOTION TO
[39:59] RECONSIDER DOCKET UH, 1679.
[40:04] COUNSELOR.
[40:05] BRAIN.
[40:05] YES, COUNCILOR.
[40:06] BRAIN.
[40:07] YES, COUNSELOR.
[40:07] COLLETTE ZAPPALA.
[40:08] COUNSELOR.
[40:09] YES, COUNSELOR.
[40:10] CULPEPPER.
[40:10] YES.
[40:11] COUNSELOR.
[40:11] CULPEPPER.
[40:12] YES, COUNSELOR.
[40:12] DURKAN.
[40:14] COUNSELOR.
[40:15] FITZGERALD.
[40:15] COUNSELOR.
[40:16] SO.
[40:16] YES.
[40:17] COUNSELOR.
[40:17] FLYNN.
[40:17] COUNCILOR.
[40:18] FLYNN.
[40:18] YES.
[40:20] COUNCILOR.
[40:20] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[40:21] YES, COUNSELOR.
[40:22] MEJIA.
[40:22] CONSIDER MEJIA.
[40:23] YES, COUNSELOR.
[40:23] MURPHY.
[40:26] COUNSELOR.
[40:26] MURPHY.
[40:27] YES, COUNSELOR.
[40:28] MURPHY.
[40:29] YES.
[40:29] I'M RESPONSIBLE.
[40:30] YEAH.
[40:31] SORRY.
[40:31] HEADS OF OPINIONS.
[40:32] COUNCILOR.
[40:32] SANTANA.
[40:34] YES.
[40:34] COUNSELOR.
[40:34] WEBER.
[40:35] COUNSELOR.
[40:36] YES AND COUNSELOR.
[40:36] EARL.
[40:37] COUNSELOR.
[40:38] WELL, YES.
[40:39] DOCKET THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER
[40:41] TO CONSIDER PASSES.
[40:42] THANK YOU.
[40:44] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, COUNSELOR
[40:46] MURPHY.
[40:46] THANK YOU.
[40:47] AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
[40:48] GOING BACK TO DO THIS.
[40:49] SO IT IS A LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT
[40:50] BUT $200,000 CAN REALLY MAKE AN
[40:53] IMPACT.
[40:53] AND AS A FORMER EARLY CHILD TO
[40:55] TEACHER AND DPS AND I WAS
[40:57] STARTING TO SAY WE HAVE MANY
[40:58] YOUNG PARENTS HERE I THINK THEY
[41:00] SENT OFF KIDS TO KINDERGARTEN
[41:01] AND FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
[41:02] WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
[41:03] THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND AND
[41:05] EXPAND ALL OF OUR EARLY
[41:08] CHILDHOOD SEATS ACROSS THE CITY
[41:09] OF BOSTON.
[41:10] IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE FOR
[41:11] OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND
[41:13] THEIR FUTURE.
[41:13] SO LOOKING FORWARD TO PASS THIS
[41:15] GRANT AND GET IT INTO THE HANDS
[41:16] OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL USE IT
[41:18] WISELY.
[41:18] SO THANK YOU.
[41:19] THANK YOU.
[41:20] UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX
[41:21] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[41:23] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1679.
[41:25] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[41:26] ALL OPPOSED.
[41:27] SAY NAY.
[41:29] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[41:30] A ROLL CALL?
[41:31] VOTE ON DOCKET 16799921 CONTROL
[41:35] .
[41:36] FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[41:36] YEAH.
[41:37] YEAH, I DID WANT TO SPEAK ON
[41:39] THIS.
[41:39] UM.
[41:40] MADAM CHAIR.
[41:41] UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
[41:43] TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR, UM,
[41:45] WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON
[41:47] ON THIS IMPORTANT GRANT.
[41:48] THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
[41:49] I VISITED THE CHILDREN'S
[41:50] HOSPITAL AT THE BEGINNING
[41:53] OF THE SUMMER AND HAD AN
[41:54] OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO WITNESS THE
[41:56] INCREDIBLE WORK THEY ARE DOING
[41:58] SUPPORTING.
[41:59] UM.
[42:00] CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING
[42:01] PATIENTS UM, ON EARLY CHILDHOOD
[42:05] EDUCATION RELATED ISSUES AND
[42:07] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR
[42:09] DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL
[42:10] STAFF OF EDUCATORS AND MEDICAL
[42:14] PROFESSIONALS FOR ALWAYS BEING
[42:15] THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS
[42:16] OF BOSTON.
[42:17] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[42:18] THANK YOU.
[42:20] MR CHAIR.
[42:20] COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL
[42:21] CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1679.
[42:24] COUNCILOR BREADON YES AND YES,
[42:26] COUNSELOR COLOR AS OPPOSED.
[42:27] YES, COUNSELOR.
[42:28] CLOSE BUDDY.
[42:29] YES, COUNSELOR.
[42:29] CULPEPPER.
[42:30] YES.
[42:30] COUNCIL.
[42:31] CULPEPPER.
[42:31] YES, COUNSELOR.
[42:32] DURKAN.
[42:33] COUNSELOR.
[42:34] FITZGERALD.
[42:34] YES.
[42:34] COUNCIL.
[42:35] MICHELLE.
[42:35] YES.
[42:35] COUNSELOR.
[42:36] FLYNN.
[42:36] YES.
[42:37] COUNSELOR.
[42:37] FLYNN.
[42:37] YES.
[42:38] COUNSELOR.
[42:38] LOUIJEUNE.
[42:39] COUNSELOR.
[42:39] YES, COUNSELOR.
[42:40] MEJIA.
[42:41] COUNSELOR.
[42:41] MEJIA.
[42:42] YES, COUNSELOR.
[42:42] MURPHY.
[42:43] COUNSELOR.
[42:44] MURPHY.
[42:44] YES.
[42:44] COUNCIL.
[42:44] PIPPIN.
[42:46] YES.
[42:46] COUNCIL.
[42:46] SANTANA.
[42:47] COUNSELOR.
[42:48] SANTANA.
[42:48] YES.
[42:49] COUNCIL.
[42:50] COUNCIL MEMBER.
[42:50] YES AND COUNSELOR.
[42:51] WORLD.
[42:52] YES.
[42:52] OIL.
[42:53] YES.
[42:53] DOCTOR.
[42:54] NUMBER 1679 HAS RECEIVED 12
[42:57] VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[42:58] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[42:59] DOCKET 1679 HAS PASSED.
[43:03] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[43:04] READ DOCKETS 1681 AND 1682
[43:07] TOGETHER?
[43:09] DOCTOR NUMBER 1681 MESSAGE IN
[43:11] ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
[43:12] OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
[43:13] THE AMOUNT OF $51,980.30 IN THE
[43:19] FORM OF A GRANT FEDERAL FISCAL
[43:22] YEAR 26 STATE ADMINISTRATIVE
[43:23] MATCHING GRANTS FOR SNAP
[43:25] AWARDED BY USDA FOOD AND
[43:28] NUTRITION SERVICE YES THROUGH
[43:29] THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH.
[43:31] AND HUMAN SERVICES TO BE
[43:33] ADMINISTERED BY THE STRONG
[43:35] COMMISSION, THE GRANT WILL FUND
[43:37] COSTS INCURRED TO OPERATE SNAP
[43:39] INCLUDING OUTREACH AND
[43:41] APPLICATION ASSISTANCE.
[43:42] SUCKER NUMBER 1682 MESSAGING ON
[43:46] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[43:47] TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
[43:49] OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A
[43:51] GRANT FOOD, FUEL AND SHELTER
[43:53] OF OF AWARDED BY THE BOSTON
[43:55] FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
[43:56] BY THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE.
[43:59] THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
[44:01] EXPANSION OF THE BOSTON DOUBLE
[44:02] UP FOOD BOOKS PROGRAM TO MORE
[44:05] COMMUNITIES.
[44:06] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[44:07] COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNTRY YOU
[44:08] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[44:09] THANK YOU.
[44:10] I'LL SPEAK TO BOTH.
[44:11] I KNOW WE WILL VOTE ON THEM
[44:12] SEPARATELY, BUT I'M ASKING FOR
[44:14] A SUSPENSION AND PASS ANY TIME
[44:16] WE CAN MAKE SURE.
[44:17] THERE'S MORE.
[44:17] FOOD IN THE HANDS AND IN THE
[44:19] MOUTHS OF OUR CHILDREN.
[44:20] I KNOW WE'LL BE SPEAKING LATER
[44:22] TOO ABOUT THE INCREASING
[44:23] CONCERN ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS
[44:24] ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR
[44:26] FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[44:28] SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
[44:30] THIS GETS PASSED.
[44:31] I WANT TO THANK DENISE FOR
[44:32] MAGGIE WHO DID SEND ALONG A
[44:34] WRITE UP IF ANYONE WANTS I KNOW
[44:36] I CAN SHARE IT OUT WITH MY
[44:37] COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE ANY
[44:39] QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE, BUT I
[44:40] THINK THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY
[44:42] PASSAGE TODAY THAT I'M LOOKING
[44:44] FORWARD TO.
[44:44] THANK YOU.
[44:45] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[44:46] UH, COUNCILOR, UH, COULD I JUST
[44:48] HAVE I NOTICED YOUR LIGHT ON
[44:49] YOU?
[44:50] IT'S OKAY.
[44:51] UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU ARE
[44:53] COUNCIL.
[44:53] FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[44:54] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[44:56] UM, MADAM CHAIR, I RISE TO
[44:57] SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE.
[44:58] DOCKETS.
[44:59] THE FOOD ACCESS AND JUSTICE
[45:01] PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
[45:03] IN THE CITY.
[45:04] THERE'S A HIGH CONCEPT, HIGH
[45:06] PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN OUR
[45:08] CITY THAT ARE LIVING IN
[45:10] POVERTY.
[45:10] BUT FOOD ACCESS IS A CIVIL
[45:12] RIGHTS CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AND
[45:14] THERE'S SO MANY WONDERFUL
[45:16] NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY
[45:17] PARTNERS THAT THAT DO
[45:19] EXCEPTIONAL WORK THROUGHOUT THE
[45:21] CITY, INCLUDING IN MY DISTRICT
[45:22] AND DISTRICT.
[45:23] SO I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[45:25] THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT
[45:28] SUPPORT MY CONSTITUENTS IN
[45:31] CHINATOWN ESPECIALLY UM, IT'S
[45:33] ONE OF THE HIGHEST IT'S ONE
[45:34] OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE
[45:35] HIGHEST CONCENTRATION
[45:38] OF POVERTY AND FOOD ACCESS IS
[45:40] AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT THERE'S
[45:41] SO MANY NONPROFITS THAT DO
[45:43] EXCEPTIONAL WORK PROVIDING
[45:45] CRITICAL FOOD SERVICE FOOD
[45:47] ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTS
[45:49] OF CHINATOWN ON THE SOUTH END
[45:51] AND THROUGH A PUBLIC HOUSING IN
[45:52] THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[45:53] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[45:54] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[45:56] SO WE'RE GOING TO UH WE'RE
[45:57] GOING TO VOTE ON THESE
[46:00] SEPARATELY.
[46:01] UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR
[46:04] OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
[46:05] SERVICES SIX SUSPENSION OF THE
[46:06] RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
[46:08] 1681.
[46:08] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[46:11] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[46:13] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[46:14] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[46:15] VOTE ON DOCKET 1681.
[46:17] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[46:18] YES, COUNCILOR.
[46:18] BREADON.
[46:19] YES, COUNCILOR.
[46:19] CLOSE.
[46:20] APOLLO.
[46:21] COUNCILOR.
[46:21] CLOSED.
[46:21] YES.
[46:22] COUNCILOR.
[46:22] CULPEPPER.
[46:23] COUNCILOR.
[46:24] CULPEPPER.
[46:24] YES.
[46:24] COUNCILOR.
[46:25] DURKAN.
[46:26] COUNCILOR.
[46:26] DURKAN.
[46:26] YES.
[46:27] COUNCILOR.
[46:27] FITZGERALD.
[46:27] YES.
[46:28] COUNCIL FOR SHOW.
[46:29] YES.
[46:29] COUNCILOR.
[46:29] FLYNN.
[46:30] YES.
[46:30] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[46:31] YES.
[46:31] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[46:33] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[46:33] YES, COUNCILOR.
[46:34] MEJIA.
[46:34] COUNCILOR.
[46:35] MEJIA.
[46:35] YES.
[46:36] COUNCILOR.
[46:36] MURPHY.
[46:37] COUNCILOR.
[46:37] MURPHY.
[46:38] YES.
[46:38] COUNCILOR.
[46:38] PIPPIN.
[46:39] COUNCILOR.
[46:40] PAN.
[46:40] YES.
[46:40] COUNCILOR.
[46:41] SANTANA.
[46:41] COUNCIL.
[46:42] SANTANA.
[46:42] YES.
[46:43] COUNCIL.
[46:43] WEBER.
[46:44] YES.
[46:44] COUNCILOR.
[46:44] WEBER.
[46:45] YES.
[46:45] AND COUNCILOR.
[46:46] WORLD.
[46:47] YES.
[46:47] COUNCILOR.
[46:48] EARLE.
[46:48] YES.
[46:48] TALKING OF A1681 IS RECEIVED A
[46:51] UNANIMOUS VOTE IN.
[46:52] THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[46:53] THANK YOU.
[46:54] DOCKET 1681 HAS PASSED.
[46:57] MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE
[46:58] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[46:58] VOTE ON DOCKET 1682.
[47:02] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[47:03] YES, COUNCILOR.
[47:03] BREADON.
[47:04] YES.
[47:04] COUNCILOR.
[47:04] KOZAK.
[47:06] COUNCILOR.
[47:08] COLLETTA ZAPPO COUNCIL.
[47:10] THAT IS THE PARTY.
[47:10] YES.
[47:11] COUNCILOR.
[47:11] CULPEPPER.
[47:12] COUNCILOR.
[47:13] CULPEPPER.
[47:13] YES.
[47:14] COUNCILOR.
[47:14] DURKAN.
[47:15] COUNCILOR.
[47:15] DURKAN.
[47:16] YES.
[47:16] COUNCILOR.
[47:17] FITZGERALD.
[47:17] YES.
[47:18] BOUNCES.
[47:18] JOE.
[47:18] YES.
[47:19] COUNCILOR.
[47:19] FLYNN.
[47:20] YES.
[47:20] COUNCILOR.
[47:20] FLYNN.
[47:21] YES.
[47:21] COUNCILOR.
[47:21] LOUIJEUNE.
[47:22] YES.
[47:22] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[47:23] YES, COUNCILOR.
[47:24] MEJIA.
[47:25] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[47:26] YES.
[47:26] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[47:27] YES.
[47:27] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[47:28] YES.
[47:28] COUNCILOR PIN.
[47:29] YES.
[47:30] COUNCILOR PIN.
[47:30] YES.
[47:30] COUNCILOR.
[47:31] SANTANA.
[47:31] YES.
[47:32] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[47:33] YES.
[47:33] COUNCIL.
[47:34] WEBER.
[47:34] YES.
[47:34] COUNCIL.
[47:35] WEBER.
[47:35] YES.
[47:36] AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[47:37] YES.
[47:37] COUNCILOR.
[47:37] WELL, YES.
[47:38] TALKING OF A1682 HAS RECEIVED A
[47:42] UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[47:43] AFFIRMATIVE.
[47:43] THANK YOU.
[47:44] MR TRACK DOCKET 1682 HAS
[47:47] PASSED.
[47:48] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[47:49] READ DOCKET 1683.
[47:52] DOCKET NUMBER 1683 MESSAGING ON
[47:55] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[47:57] TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
[47:58] OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A
[48:00] GRANT TUITION FREE COMMUNITY
[48:02] COLLEGE EXPANSION AWARDED BY
[48:04] THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
[48:05] OF LABOR TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
[48:07] THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
[48:08] DEVELOPMENT.
[48:09] THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
[48:11] COMMUNITY PROJECT TUITION FREE
[48:12] COMMUNITY COLLEGE INITIATIVE.
[48:15] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[48:17] COUNCILOR ROUND, THE CHAIR
[48:17] OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
[48:18] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
[48:20] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[48:21] THIS IS A SMALL DOLLAR GRANT
[48:23] $50,000 TO REIMBURSE THE WORK
[48:26] DONE BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
[48:27] DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE TUITION
[48:29] FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM
[48:31] THAT SUPPORTED 170 BOSTON
[48:33] RESIDENTS AND RECEIVING
[48:35] TRAINING FOR POSITIONS AT ONE
[48:36] OF THE SIX PARTNER COMMUNITY
[48:38] COLLEGES BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025.
[48:41] SO THIS $50,000 IS A
[48:42] REIMBURSEMENT BUT PASSWORD FOR
[48:45] A PROGRAM THAT HAS NOW BEEN
[48:46] REPLACED BY THE STATE ONE.
[48:47] BUT I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE A BIG
[48:49] SHOUT OUT TO THE OFFICE
[48:50] OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT UH,
[48:51] FOR ALL THEIR WORK AROUND THE
[48:53] TUITION FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
[48:54] PROGRAM.
[48:55] BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY
[48:56] COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS
[48:58] THIS SMALL DOLLAR GRANT.
[48:59] THANK YOU.
[49:00] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[49:01] REALISTIC SUSPENSION OF THE
[49:02] RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
[49:04] 1683.
[49:04] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[49:06] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[49:09] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[49:10] A ROLL CALL?
[49:10] VOTE ON DOCKET 1683.
[49:13] COUNSELOR BRAIN.
[49:14] YES.
[49:15] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:15] BREADON.
[49:16] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:16] COLLETTE AS A PILOT.
[49:17] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:18] CLOSET.
[49:18] YES.
[49:19] COUNSELOR.
[49:19] CULPEPER.
[49:20] COUNSELOR.
[49:21] CULPEPER.
[49:22] YES.
[49:22] COUNSELOR.
[49:22] DURKAN.
[49:23] COUNSELOR.
[49:24] DURKAN.
[49:24] YES.
[49:24] COUNSELOR.
[49:25] FITZGERALD.
[49:25] YES.
[49:25] COUNSELOR.
[49:26] FITZGERALD.
[49:26] YES.
[49:27] COUNSELOR.
[49:27] FLYNN.
[49:28] COUNSELOR.
[49:28] FLYNN.
[49:29] YES.
[49:29] COUNSELOR.
[49:30] LOUIJEUNE.
[49:30] COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE.
[49:31] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:32] MEDIA COUNSELOR.
[49:33] MEJIA.
[49:34] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:34] MURPHY.
[49:35] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:36] MURPHY.
[49:36] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:37] PIPPIN.
[49:38] COUNSELOR.
[49:38] PEN.
[49:39] YES, COUNSELOR.
[49:39] SANTANA.
[49:41] YES.
[49:41] COUNCIL.
[49:42] WEBER.
[49:42] YES.
[49:42] COUNCIL.
[49:43] WEBER.
[49:43] YES AND COUNCIL.
[49:44] WORLD.
[49:44] YEAH.
[49:45] COUNCIL.
[49:45] WELL, YES.
[49:46] TALKING OF A1683 AS RECEIVED A
[49:49] UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[49:50] AFFIRMATIVE.
[49:51] THANK YOU.
[49:51] DOCKET 1683 HAS PASSED.
[49:54] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[49:56] DOCKET 1684.
[49:57] TALKING OF A1684 MESSAGE IN
[50:00] ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
[50:01] OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
[50:03] THE AMOUNT OF $1,890 IN THE
[50:05] FORM OF A GRANT PROJECT VOICE
[50:08] AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
[50:10] FOUNDATION THROUGH THE GEORGIA
[50:12] INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO BE
[50:15] ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT
[50:16] OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
[50:17] THE GRANT WILL FUND
[50:19] CO-DESIGNING CIVIC TECHNOLOGY.
[50:21] TOOLS WITH AND FOR YOUTH AND
[50:23] COMMUNITIES ACROSS BOSTON WITH
[50:25] THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING
[50:26] NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL COHESION
[50:28] AND SUPPORTING YOUTH MENTAL
[50:30] HEALTH AND RESILIENCE.
[50:33] THANK YOU.
[50:34] UM, THE CHAIR BRACKETT
[50:36] COUNCIL CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[50:37] COUNCILOR CLOVIS THE PANEL.
[50:38] THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
[50:39] PRESIDENT.
[50:40] JUST SEEKING SUSPENSION
[50:41] OF PASSAGE.
[50:41] OF THIS THOUSAND DOLLAR
[50:42] GRANT.
[50:42] THANKS.
[50:43] THANK YOU.
[50:46] COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA
[50:47] SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[50:48] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1684.
[50:50] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[50:52] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[50:54] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[50:56] DOCKET 1684 HAS PASSED.
[51:00] UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[51:02] READ DOCKET 1685.
[51:03] DOC NUMBER 1685 MESSAGING ON
[51:06] AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
[51:07] OF BOSTON PROCUREMENT
[51:08] DEPARTMENT TO ENTER INTO A
[51:10] CONTRACT FOR PERIOD OF UP TO
[51:12] SIX YEARS FOR THE PURCHASE
[51:14] OF FIRE APPARATUS, LADDER
[51:16] PUMPER AND TOWER TRUCKS.
[51:18] THE CONTRACT TERM WOULD BEGIN
[51:21] IN SEPTEMBER 2026 AND END
[51:23] DECEMBER 31ST, 2031.
[51:24] THE CITY COUNCIL'S PERMISSION
[51:27] TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
[51:29] OF THIS TYPE FOR A PERIOD
[51:30] OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS IS
[51:31] REQUIRED BY SECTION 12
[51:34] OF CHAPTER 35 OF THE GENERAL
[51:36] LAWS.
[51:37] A TERM LONGER THAN THREE YEARS
[51:38] WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO ENSURE
[51:40] THAT THE CONTRACT IS IN EFFECT
[51:42] WHILE THE APPARATUS ARE BEING
[51:43] BUILT FOR ALL THREE FISCAL YEAR
[51:46] ORDERS, YEAR ONE WILL BE
[51:48] ORDERED IN AUGUST OF 2026.
[51:50] YEAR TWO ORDERED IN JULY
[51:52] OF 2027 AND YEAR THREE ORDERED
[51:55] IN JULY OF 2027.
[51:57] BUT THE EXPECTED LEAD TIME FOR
[51:59] THE APPARATUS IS BETWEEN 24 TO
[52:02] 36 MONTHS, WITH DELIVERY AND
[52:03] PAYMENT FOR THE FINAL APPARATUS
[52:06] EXPECTED DURING 2031.
[52:08] THANK YOU.
[52:09] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[52:11] COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
[52:11] OF WAYS AND MEANS.
[52:12] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[52:13] UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[52:14] UH, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[52:15] SO, UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1685.
[52:19] UH.
[52:20] BUT THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
[52:21] IN THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
[52:22] UH.
[52:22] SEEK APPROVAL.
[52:23] OF A CONTRACT OF UP TO SIX
[52:24] YEARS TO PURCHASE, UH,
[52:26] ADDITIONAL FIRE.
[52:27] APPARATUS OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY
[52:28] KIDS CALL THEM FIRE TRUCKS.
[52:30] UH, YOU KNOW, PURSUANT TO, UH,
[52:32] MIDDLE MASS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER
[52:35] 30 B SECTION 12.
[52:37] THE COUNCIL'S.
[52:37] PERMISSION IS REQUIRED FOR ANY
[52:39] CONTRACT LONGER THAN THREE
[52:40] YEARS.
[52:40] UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD
[52:42] UH, WITH SAM DILLON AND OTHER
[52:44] FIREFIGHTERS, IT IS TAKING
[52:45] LONGER AND LONGER TO HAVE NEW
[52:48] UH, FIRE APPARATUS CONSTRUCTED
[52:51] I THINK A RECENT INTERNET
[52:52] SEARCH SO IT COULD TAKE.
[52:53] UP TO FOUR.
[52:54] YEARS FROM ORDERING UM, UH, TO
[52:57] COMPLETION.
[52:57] UH, SO A CONTRACT HERE OF MORE
[52:59] THAN THREE YEARS WILL ALLOW
[53:00] ENOUGH TIME FOR THE PROCESS TO
[53:02] PLAY OUT GIVEN THAT EACH
[53:04] APPARATUS IS EXPECTED TO.
[53:05] TAKE.
[53:06] 2 TO 3 YEARS UH, TO COMPLETE TO
[53:08] ASSEMBLE.
[53:08] SO, UH, FOR THAT REASON, UM,
[53:11] YOU KNOW, AND I GET THIS
[53:13] PROCESS UH, GOING UH, AND
[53:16] SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS I IT'S
[53:18] MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE
[53:19] SUSPEND AND.
[53:19] PASS THIS DOCKET TODAY.
[53:21] THANK YOU.
[53:24] UH.
[53:26] THE CONSTABLE WEBER, THE CHAIR
[53:28] OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
[53:29] MEANS, TOOK SIX SUSPENSION
[53:30] OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF ONE
[53:32] DOCKET 1685.
[53:33] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED
[53:36] .
[53:37] SAY NAY.
[53:38] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[53:39] A ROLL CALL?
[53:40] VOTE AND DOCKET 1685.
[53:42] COUNCILOR GREEN.
[53:43] YES.
[53:44] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[53:45] YES.
[53:45] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED.
[53:47] AS COUNCIL CALL AS A PARTY.
[53:49] YES.
[53:49] COUNCIL.
[53:50] CULPEPPER.
[53:50] COUNCILOR.
[53:51] CULPEPPER.
[53:51] YES.
[53:51] COUNCILOR.
[53:52] DURKAN.
[53:53] COUNCIL.
[53:53] DURKAN.
[53:53] YES.
[53:54] COUNCILOR.
[53:54] FITZGERALD.
[53:55] YES.
[53:55] COUNCIL.
[53:55] FITZGERALD.
[53:56] YES.
[53:56] COUNCILOR.
[53:57] FLYNN.
[53:57] YES.
[53:58] COUNCILOR.
[53:58] FLYNN.
[53:58] YES.
[53:59] COUNCILOR.
[53:59] LOUIJEUNE.
[53:59] YES.
[54:00] COUNCIL.
[54:00] JEN.
[54:01] YES.
[54:01] COUNCIL.
[54:01] ME.
[54:02] COUNCIL.
[54:02] ME.
[54:03] HERE.
[54:03] YES.
[54:03] COUNCILOR.
[54:04] MURPHY.
[54:05] COUNCIL.
[54:05] MURPHY.
[54:05] YES.
[54:06] COUNCIL.
[54:06] PIPPIN.
[54:07] COUNCILOR.
[54:07] OPINIONS.
[54:08] COUNCILOR.
[54:08] SANTANA.
[54:09] YES.
[54:09] COUNCIL.
[54:10] SANTANA.
[54:10] YES.
[54:10] COUNCILOR.
[54:11] WEBER.
[54:11] YES.
[54:12] COUNCIL.
[54:13] WEBER.
[54:13] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[54:14] WORLD.
[54:14] YES.
[54:15] COUNCIL.
[54:15] ORAL.
[54:15] YES.
[54:16] DOCKET NUMBER 1685 AS RECEIVED
[54:20] A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[54:21] AFFIRMATIVE.
[54:22] THANK YOU.
[54:23] DOCKET 1685 HAS PASSED.
[54:26] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[54:28] READ DOCKET 168621694 TOGETHER?
[54:36] DOCKET NUMBER 1686 MESSAGE IN
[54:39] ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
[54:40] OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FRED
[54:42] PENNY AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
[54:43] WATERWAYS BOARD FOR A TERM
[54:46] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2027.
[54:48] CYCLE NUMBER 1687 AS A DENIAL
[54:51] FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
[54:53] APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR SMITH AS A
[54:55] MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WATERWAYS
[54:56] BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON
[54:59] SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2027.
[55:01] DOCKING NUMBER 1688 MESSAGE IN
[55:04] ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
[55:05] OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GINA
[55:06] SMITH AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
[55:09] WATERWAYS BOARD FOR A TERM
[55:10] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2027.
[55:13] DOC NUMBER 1689 MESS IN YOU
[55:16] KNOW FOR THE CONFIRMATION
[55:18] OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KAILEE
[55:19] DENSON AS A MEMBER OF THE
[55:21] BOSTON WATERWAYS BOARD FOR A
[55:22] TERM EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER
[55:25] 14TH, 2028.
[55:26] TALKING NUMBER 1690 MESSAGE IN
[55:29] ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
[55:31] OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MIKE
[55:32] GLASS FILLED AS A MEMBER OF THE
[55:33] BOSTON WATERWAYS BOARD FOR A
[55:35] TERM EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER
[55:37] 14TH, 2028.
[55:39] TALKING NUMBER 1691 MESSAGE FOR
[55:42] THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
[55:44] APPOINTMENT OF JOE VALDEZ
[55:46] HORWOOD AS A MEMBER OF THE
[55:48] BOSTON WATERWAYS BOARD FOR A
[55:50] TERM EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER
[55:52] 14TH, 2028.
[55:54] TUCKER NUMBER 1692 MESSAGE IN
[55:57] ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
[55:58] OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GABRIELA
[56:00] COLLETTE AS A PARTNER AS A
[56:02] MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WATERWAYS
[56:03] BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING IN
[56:05] SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2029.
[56:07] TALKING NUMBER 1693 MESSAGE IN
[56:10] ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
[56:12] OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JOSH HILL
[56:15] TO LESLIE AS A MEMBER OF THE
[56:16] BOSTON WATERWAYS BOARD FOR A
[56:18] TERM EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER
[56:21] 14TH, 2029 AND NUMBER 169 FOR
[56:25] MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
[56:26] CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
[56:28] OF OLIVER SELLERS GARCIA AS A
[56:31] MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WATERWAYS
[56:32] BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON
[56:35] SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2029.
[56:37] THANK YOU, MR DUNCAN 168631694
[56:43] WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[56:44] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
[56:45] RESILIENCY AND PARKS.
[56:49] WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
[56:51] OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
[56:53] MR CLERK.
[56:54] COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
[56:59] 169531707?
[57:03] DOCKET NUMBER 1695 NOTICE TO
[57:05] SEE FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
[57:07] APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD CLAY
[57:08] TOURS AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK
[57:10] MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A
[57:11] TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2028.
[57:14] DOC NUMBER 1696 NOTICE
[57:17] OF RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE
[57:18] APPOINTMENT OF ALEX EDWARDS AS
[57:20] A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND
[57:22] BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[57:25] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2029
[57:28] DOCKET NUMBER 1697 NOTICE I
[57:30] RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE
[57:32] APPOINTMENT OF EVER GO FORESTER
[57:33] AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN
[57:35] AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[57:37] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2029.
[57:40] DUCKY NUMBER 1698 NOTICE WAS
[57:43] RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE
[57:44] APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW GIBSON
[57:45] AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN
[57:47] AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[57:50] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2029
[57:52] DORKING NUMBER 1699 NOTICE
[57:54] RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
[57:56] APPOINTMENT OF STANLEY GREEN AS
[57:58] A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND
[57:59] BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[58:01] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2029.
[58:04] DUCKY NUMBER 1700 NOTICE I
[58:07] RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE
[58:08] APPOINTMENT OF REGINALD JEAN AS
[58:10] A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND
[58:11] BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[58:13] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2029.
[58:16] DUCKY NUMBER 1701 NOTICE
[58:19] RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR.
[58:20] THEY CLAIM THAT DESMOND KENNARD
[58:22] AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN
[58:23] AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[58:25] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2029
[58:28] TALKING NUMBER 1702 NOTICE I
[58:31] RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE
[58:32] APPOINTMENT OF RON MARLOW AS A
[58:34] MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND
[58:36] BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[58:37] EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2029.
[58:40] TALKING NUMBER 1703 NOTICE
[58:43] RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
[58:45] ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
[58:46] OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 WE
[58:49] GOT AN ACTION TAKEN BY THE
[58:51] MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
[58:52] THE CITY COUNCIL.
[58:53] AT ITS MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH,
[58:56] 2026.
[58:58] DUCKY NUMBER 1704 COMMUNICATION
[59:01] WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL FLYNN
[59:04] TRANS MEANING BOSTON PUBLIC
[59:05] SCHOOLS PROCUREMENTS, CONTRACTS
[59:07] AND PAYMENTS.
[59:09] IMPROPER WORKAROUNDS AND
[59:09] OVERSIGHT FAILURES.
[59:11] LEAD TO WASTED.
[59:11] PUBLIC FUNDS AND INACCURATE
[59:14] BUDGET REPORTING BY THE
[59:16] MASSACHUSETTS INSPECTOR GENERAL
[59:18] DUCKY NUMBER 1705 COMMUNICATION
[59:21] WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL FLYNN
[59:23] REGARDING A POTENTIAL HATE
[59:24] CRIME IN THE SOUTH END.
[59:26] TALKING ABOUT 1706
[59:28] COMMUNICATION POLICY FROM
[59:30] COUNCIL AS.
[59:30] WELL FROM COUNCIL AS WELL AND
[59:33] COUNCILOR CULPEPER REGARDING A
[59:34] MEMO FROM PROFESSOR JAMES
[59:37] JENNINGS ON THE BLUE HILL LAB
[59:38] THE REDESIGN PROJECT TALKING
[59:41] ABOUT 1707 COMMUNICATION
[59:43] RECEIVED FROM METRO BOSTON
[59:45] HOMELAND SECURITY REGARDING
[59:48] SUPPORT FOR ACCEPT AND EXPAND
[59:50] THE FISCAL YEAR 25 USA GRANT
[59:54] FUNDING.
[59:55] TALKING ABOUT 1708
[59:57] COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
[59:58] THE MAYOR.
[1:00:00] I CAN OH MR DIRECTLY REPORTED
[1:00:03] AT UH DOCKET 1707 AND UM THANK
[1:00:06] YOU DUNCAN 169531707 WILL BE
[1:00:11] PLACED ON FILE.
[1:00:13] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:00:14] READ DOCKET 1708 AND 1709
[1:00:17] TOGETHER.
[1:00:18] TALKING HAVE A1708
[1:00:20] COMMUNICATION WITH YOU FROM THE
[1:00:21] MAYOR PURSUANT TO THE ORDINANCE
[1:00:23] ON SURVEILLANCE, OVERSIGHT AND
[1:00:25] INFORMATION SHARING BOSTON CITY
[1:00:27] CODE SECTION.
[1:00:28] CHAPTER 1663.
[1:00:31] TRANSMITTING THE CITY
[1:00:32] OF BOSTON'S 2025 ANNUAL
[1:00:34] SURVEILLANCE REPORT AND DOCKING
[1:00:36] NUMBER 1709 COMMUNICATION
[1:00:39] RECEIVED FROM THE BOSTON POLICE
[1:00:41] DEPARTMENT REGARDING A REVISED
[1:00:44] SURVEILLANCE.
[1:00:44] USE POLICY.
[1:00:45] FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S USE
[1:00:48] OF SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS TOOLS.
[1:00:50] THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
[1:00:52] DOCKETS 1708 AND 1709 WILL BE
[1:00:55] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:00:56] PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
[1:00:57] JUSTICE.
[1:00:59] MR TRUCK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:01:00] DOCKET 1710.
[1:01:02] TALKING NUMBER 1710 THE
[1:01:04] CONSTABLE BONDS OF CHRISTOPHER
[1:01:07] CASTAGNA, CAROL JEAN LEWIS
[1:01:10] FILLMORE PHILIP BIANCA PIERRE
[1:01:12] AND PATRICIA SHEETS HAVE BEEN
[1:01:14] DULY APPROVED BY THE COLLECTOR
[1:01:16] TREASURER WE RECEIVED.
[1:01:18] THANK YOU DOCKETS DOCKET 1710
[1:01:21] UH IS APPROVED UNDER THE USUAL
[1:01:23] TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
[1:01:25] WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO MATTERS
[1:01:27] RECENTLY HEARD.
[1:01:28] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:01:30] DOCKET 1334.
[1:01:32] STALKING NUMBER 1334 ORDER FOR
[1:01:34] A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE
[1:01:35] STANDARDS OF EACH TRACK
[1:01:37] OF UPDATES IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[1:01:38] SCHOOLS.
[1:01:40] THANK YOU.
[1:01:41] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
[1:01:42] CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:01:43] EDUCATION.
[1:01:43] COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE
[1:01:45] FLOOR.
[1:01:47] THANK YOU, MADAM.
[1:01:49] UM, PRESIDENT.
[1:01:50] UH, SO ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
[1:01:52] THE.
[1:01:53] 15TH AT 1030 THE EDUCATION
[1:01:55] COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON
[1:01:56] DOCKET 1330 FOR AN ORDER FOR A
[1:02:00] HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS
[1:02:02] OF HVAC UPDATES AT THE BOSTON
[1:02:03] PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[1:02:04] I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES
[1:02:06] COUNSELOR BURBANK UM AND
[1:02:08] FITZGERALD AS THE LEAD SPONSORS
[1:02:10] AS WELL AS COUNCILOR MURPHY
[1:02:12] LOUIJEUNE FLYNN, CULPEPPER,
[1:02:15] WEBER AND WORRELL AND PRESENT
[1:02:17] FROM THE CPS WAS UH DOCTOR SAM
[1:02:19] DE PINA AND BRIAN FORD JR.
[1:02:21] THE ADMINISTRATION'S OPENING
[1:02:23] STATEMENTS HIGHLIGHTED THE AGE
[1:02:25] OF MANY OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT
[1:02:27] ALL SCHOOLS HAD HEATING SYSTEMS
[1:02:29] ,THAT THREE HVAC PROJECTS ARE
[1:02:31] UNDERWAY TO BE COMPLETED THIS
[1:02:34] WINTER AND THAT THERE ARE
[1:02:35] CURRENTLY FOUR SCHOOLS THAT
[1:02:36] WILL NOT HAVE AC BY DECEMBER
[1:02:39] 2026 WHICH IS YOU KNOW THE IT'S
[1:02:42] GETTING COLD SO THANK GOODNESS
[1:02:43] IT'S GETTING COLDER.
[1:02:46] UM WHICH ARE THE TAYLOR
[1:02:48] ELEMENTARY UH THE MATHERS
[1:02:50] ELEMENTARY MOZART ELEMENTARY
[1:02:51] AND COMMUNITY ACADEMY THEY
[1:02:53] DESCRIBE USING DIFFERENT
[1:02:54] FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS MSBA
[1:02:57] CAPITAL FUNDS AND OTHER GRANTS
[1:02:58] AND PARTNERSHIPS TO COVER THE
[1:03:00] COST OF PAST AND FUTURE
[1:03:01] PROJECTS.
[1:03:02] CURRENT COOLING EFFORTS FOR THE
[1:03:04] REMAINING FOUR SCHOOLS UM LIKE
[1:03:06] COOLING ZONES AND POPSICLES
[1:03:08] WERE ALSO DISCUSSED.
[1:03:09] YES PEOPLE.
[1:03:11] POPSICLES AS A WAY TO DEAL WITH
[1:03:14] THE HEAT COUNSELORS QUESTION
[1:03:16] FOCUS ON SPECIFIC TIMELINES AND
[1:03:18] PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL.
[1:03:19] SCHOOLS PLANS IN THE MEANTIME
[1:03:21] WHERE UPGRADES UH ARE BEING
[1:03:23] MADE UM BUDGET COST AND FUNDING
[1:03:25] SOURCES FOR REMAINING SCHOOLS
[1:03:27] ALTERNATIVES AND INTERACTION
[1:03:28] WITH UTILITY COMPANIES AND
[1:03:30] TRADES DECISION MAKING
[1:03:32] PROCESSES SCHOOL CLOSURES
[1:03:33] GENERATORS OF COLLABORATION
[1:03:34] WOULD BE CYF LIBRARIES AND
[1:03:37] OTHER SPACES THAT THE PUBLIC
[1:03:39] AVAILABILITY UM OF UPDATES
[1:03:42] PUBLIC TESTIMONY FROM PARENTS
[1:03:43] SHARED STORIES OF THEIR
[1:03:45] CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS AND MET AND
[1:03:47] MENTIONED THE DIFFICULT
[1:03:48] DECISIONS WHETHER TO KEEP THEIR
[1:03:49] CHILDREN AT HOME ON EXTREME
[1:03:52] HEAT DAYS WHICH WILL THEN
[1:03:53] INTERRUPT NOT ONE OF THEIR
[1:03:54] LEARNING BUT ALSO MAKE IT
[1:03:55] DIFFICULT FOR WORKING
[1:03:57] CAREGIVERS.
[1:03:58] WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS
[1:03:59] CONVERSATION AND THEREFORE I
[1:04:01] RECOMMEND THAT THIS COMMITTEE
[1:04:03] THIS UH, MATTER UH, REMAINS IN
[1:04:05] COMMITTEE AND I'M NOT SURE IF
[1:04:06] ANY OF THE LEAD SPONSORS.
[1:04:08] WOULD LIKE TO.
[1:04:08] UH, SHARE REMARKS AND IF THEY
[1:04:10] DO I WELCOME.
[1:04:11] THEM TO DO SO.
[1:04:12] THANK YOU.
[1:04:13] COUNCILOR.
[1:04:13] UH, HEAR DOCKET 1334 WILL
[1:04:17] REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
[1:04:17] UH, NO.
[1:04:20] MY COUNCIL.
[1:04:22] .
[1:04:23] I'M SORRY.
[1:04:23] COUNSELOR PEPEN.
[1:04:25] YES, PLEASE.
[1:04:25] THANK YOU.
[1:04:27] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:04:28] UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CHAIR
[1:04:30] OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE
[1:04:31] COUNSELOR ME FOR HOSTING THIS
[1:04:33] IMPORTANT AND INFORMATIONAL
[1:04:35] HEARING THAT WE HAD.
[1:04:36] UM, AS I MENTIONED, TWO OF THE
[1:04:38] SCHOOLS IN THE LIST WERE IN MY
[1:04:39] DISTRICT THE MOZART SCHOOL AND
[1:04:41] THE BATES.
[1:04:41] LUCKILY WE DID RECEIVE UPDATES
[1:04:43] THAT THE BATES HVAC SYSTEM WILL
[1:04:45] BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS
[1:04:47] YEAR.
[1:04:47] BUT THE MOE'S OUR SCHOOL
[1:04:48] CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE.
[1:04:50] UM WE WERE I ALSO WANT TO THANK
[1:04:52] UM DOCTOR DE PINA AND CHIEF
[1:04:54] FORD FOR THEIR UPDATES ON THE
[1:04:55] WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE
[1:04:57] I KNOW THAT IS NOT EASY.
[1:04:58] WE LEARNED THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE
[1:04:59] EXTREMELY OLD BUILT PRIOR TO
[1:05:01] WORLD WAR TWO.
[1:05:02] UM WE ALREADY HAVE HOMEWORK TO
[1:05:03] DO.
[1:05:04] WE'RE GOING TO WORK
[1:05:05] COLLABORATIVELY WITH EVERSOURCE
[1:05:06] AND WITH BP'S AND INTERNALLY
[1:05:07] WITH COUNSELORS HERE TO MAKE
[1:05:09] SURE THAT THE REMAINING FOUR
[1:05:10] SCHOOLS ANY WORK TO BE DONE, UM
[1:05:12] ,GET THEIR PROPER ATTENTION
[1:05:13] THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO MOVE
[1:05:15] FORWARD, MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
[1:05:16] SINGLE SCHOOL HAS A WORKING
[1:05:18] HVAC SYSTEM.
[1:05:18] THANK YOU SO.
[1:05:19] MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:05:21] I COULD CATCH UP.
[1:05:22] UM, FOR ME.
[1:05:23] HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:05:23] OH.
[1:05:24] GOOD JOB YOU SAW ME.
[1:05:25] THANK YOU.
[1:05:26] UM, I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE
[1:05:28] A NOTE HERE.
[1:05:29] UH, PUBLICLY FOR THE RECORD, IS
[1:05:32] THAT, UM, THERE WAS A SCHOOL
[1:05:33] THE LEA UH, THAT IN 2022.
[1:05:36] RECEIVED.
[1:05:37] UH, FUNDING IN SOME.
[1:05:39] FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
[1:05:40] AND GIVEN THE TIMES THAT WE'RE
[1:05:42] DEALING WITH IN TERMS OF FISCAL
[1:05:43] RESPONSIBILITY, I'M JUST REALLY
[1:05:45] CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE WILL
[1:05:46] CONTINUE.
[1:05:47] TO PLAN.
[1:05:48] UM, THE FACILITIES.
[1:05:49] PLAN AND SO A LOT OF MY
[1:05:51] QUESTIONS ARE STILL UNANSWERED
[1:05:52] IN REGARDS TO KIND OF, UH, HOW
[1:05:54] WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AND THEN
[1:05:56] WE'RE CLOSING SCHOOLS.
[1:05:58] AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A
[1:05:59] LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT SPACE
[1:06:01] AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
[1:06:02] WITH US.
[1:06:02] TO GET THOSE ANSWERS.
[1:06:04] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
[1:06:05] UM, THIS DOCKET 1334 WILL
[1:06:08] REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
[1:06:09] WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS
[1:06:11] AND RESOLUTIONS A REMINDER THAT
[1:06:14] UNDER RULE 39 REMARKS ON NEW
[1:06:16] MATTERS NOT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY
[1:06:18] SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE
[1:06:19] MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR
[1:06:20] AND TWO MINUTES FOR CO-SPONSORS
[1:06:22] .
[1:06:23] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:06:24] READ DOCKET 1711.
[1:06:27] TALKING ABOUT 1711 COUNCIL IS
[1:06:29] BRINGING IN COLETTE AS A PART
[1:06:30] OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE
[1:06:33] AMENDING AND EXTENDING
[1:06:34] PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS FACING
[1:06:36] DISPLACEMENT BY CONDOMINIUM OR
[1:06:40] COOPERATIVE CONVERSION.
[1:06:54] THANK YOU.
[1:06:55] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:06:58] COUNCILOR BREADON
[1:06:59] COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE
[1:07:00] FLOOR.
[1:07:01] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[1:07:06] MIKE IT AND I THANK YOU.
[1:07:09] UH THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[1:07:10] I'M GRATEFUL TO CONSIDER TO
[1:07:11] PAPER UH, FOR HER PARTNERSHIP
[1:07:14] IN THIS ORDINANCE.
[1:07:14] WE'VE SPENT MANY MONTHS WORKING
[1:07:16] CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
[1:07:18] OF HOUSING.
[1:07:18] LEGAL STAFF.
[1:07:19] ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
[1:07:21] TO BRING FORWARD A THOUGHTFUL
[1:07:22] AND NECESSARY UPDATE TO
[1:07:24] BOSTON'S CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION
[1:07:25] PROTECTIONS.
[1:07:26] BOSTON'S CONDO CONVERSION
[1:07:28] ORDINANCE HAS BEEN A KEY.
[1:07:30] ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOL SINCE IT
[1:07:31] WAS ADOPTED IN 1999, AMENDED IN
[1:07:35] 2021 AND RENEWED BY THIS
[1:07:37] COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
[1:07:37] BUT CURRENTLY IT ONLY APPLIES
[1:07:40] TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITH
[1:07:41] FOUR OR MORE UNITS BUILT BEFORE
[1:07:44] 1983.
[1:07:45] TODAY WE ARE IN NEED OF AN
[1:07:48] UPDATE MOST BOSTONIANS THAT
[1:07:50] FACE DISPLACEMENT DUE TO CONDO
[1:07:52] CONVERSION LIVE IN SMALLER TWO
[1:07:54] AND THREE UNIT BUILDINGS NOT
[1:07:56] COVERED BY THE CONDO CONVERSION
[1:07:57] ORDINANCE.
[1:07:58] THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
[1:08:00] ANALYSIS OF CONDO CONVERSIONS
[1:08:04] BETWEEN 2019 AND 2024 INDICATES
[1:08:05] THAT IF EXPANDED TO APPLY TO
[1:08:08] TWO PLUS UNIT BUILDINGS, THE
[1:08:10] CONDO CONVERSION ORDINANCE
[1:08:11] WOULD HAVE PROTECTED TENANTS
[1:08:13] AND 97% OF RENTAL UNITS LOST TO
[1:08:16] CONVERSIONS.
[1:08:17] IMPORTANTLY, TENANTS OF SMALLER
[1:08:19] BUILDINGS ARE THOSE WHO NEED
[1:08:21] PROTECTIONS MOST 91% OF RENTAL
[1:08:23] UNITS AND BUILDINGS WITH 2 TO 3
[1:08:25] UNITS LOST TO CONVERSIONS ARE
[1:08:27] LOCATED IN SOME OF BOSTON'S
[1:08:29] LOWEST INCOME AREAS DORCHESTER,
[1:08:31] HYDE PARK, MATTAPAN, ROSLINDALE
[1:08:35] ,ROXBURY, WEST ROXBURY SOME
[1:08:37] OF THE LOWEST IN TODAY WE FACE
[1:08:39] RISING PRICES, RISING CONDO
[1:08:42] PRICES AND A CONTINUED LOSS
[1:08:43] OF RENTAL HOUSING.
[1:08:44] THIS ORDINANCE STRENGTHENS AND
[1:08:46] MODERNIZES PROTECTIONS.
[1:08:49] IT EXPANDS COVERAGE TO TRIPLE
[1:08:51] DECKERS.
[1:08:52] THIS IS CRITICAL IN A CITY
[1:08:53] WHERE TRIPLE DECKERS MAKE UP A
[1:08:55] LARGE SHARE OF OUR NATURALLY
[1:08:57] AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS
[1:08:59] ORDINANCE CLARIFIES NOTICE
[1:09:01] REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDS THE
[1:09:03] LOOKBACK PERIOD TO PREVENT
[1:09:04] STRATEGIC VACANCY AND IMPROVES
[1:09:06] RELOCATION BENEFITS FOR
[1:09:08] DISABLED DISPLACED TENANTS.
[1:09:10] THIS ALSO FORMALIZES A TWO STEP
[1:09:12] PERMITTING PROCESS, SO THE
[1:09:14] MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
[1:09:15] INSPECTIONAL SERVICES CAN
[1:09:16] BETTER ENFORCE COMPLIANCE.
[1:09:19] I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
[1:09:20] YOU ALL IN OUR UPCOMING WORKING
[1:09:22] SESSIONS TO REFINE THIS
[1:09:24] ORDINANCE.
[1:09:25] INCORPORATE FEEDBACK FROM
[1:09:27] TENANTS AND OWNERS AND ENSURE
[1:09:28] THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE
[1:09:30] CAN TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND
[1:09:33] PRESERVE STABLE AFFORDABLE
[1:09:34] HOUSING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:09:36] THANK YOU.
[1:09:37] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:09:40] COUNCILOR TABATA YOU HAVE THE
[1:09:41] FLOOR.
[1:09:41] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR.
[1:09:42] GREAT IT.
[1:09:43] UH I THINK THAT AS PRESIDENT
[1:09:46] FOR UM FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP IT'S
[1:09:48] BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
[1:09:49] THERE'S BEEN SO MANY
[1:09:50] CONVERSATIONS.
[1:09:50] ABOUT THIS AND.
[1:09:51] I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT IT
[1:09:53] FINALLY CROSSED.
[1:09:54] THE FINISH LINE, NOT.
[1:09:55] THE FINISH LINE.
[1:09:56] WE ARE INCHING TOWARDS THE
[1:09:57] FINISH LINE UM THROUGH THE
[1:09:58] COMMITTEE PROCESS BUT THIS IS
[1:10:00] REALLY WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
[1:10:01] WORKING IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
[1:10:03] WORDS THAT WE WRITE DOWN ON A
[1:10:05] PAPER UH WILL HAVE REAL AND
[1:10:07] LASTING POSITIVE IMPACTS AND
[1:10:09] PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE.
[1:10:10] UM, IN OUR CITY AND ESPECIALLY
[1:10:12] IN.
[1:10:12] EAST BOSTON WE ARE SEEING SO
[1:10:14] MANY UH, UH, CONDOS BEING
[1:10:16] CONVERTED FROM TWO AND THREE
[1:10:18] FAMILY HOMES.
[1:10:19] THIS WAS NOT UM WHERE THE THE
[1:10:21] UH PREVIOUS OR UH EXISTING
[1:10:23] CONDO CONVERSION ORDINANCE DID
[1:10:25] NOT COVER THOSE UNITS AND SO I
[1:10:27] FORGET THE NUMBER EXACTLY.
[1:10:29] MAYBE MADAM PRESIDENT KNOWS BUT
[1:10:30] EAST BOSTON HAS REALLY, UM,
[1:10:32] FELT THIS ACUTELY AND
[1:10:34] UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THAT
[1:10:35] PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
[1:10:36] AND SO THANKS TO LEGISLATION
[1:10:38] FILED UP AT THE STATE HOUSE BY
[1:10:41] MY PREDECESSOR, UH, NOW SENATOR
[1:10:42] EDWARDS WHO I KNOW UM, REALLY
[1:10:44] FOCUSED IN ON THIS AS CHAIR
[1:10:45] OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
[1:10:46] COMMITTEE WHEN SHE WAS HERE UM,
[1:10:48] TO STRENGTHEN THIS BUT NOW WE
[1:10:49] ARE TRULY MODERNIZING IT AND
[1:10:51] DOING IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
[1:10:52] MORE TO HAVE BETTER, UM,
[1:10:54] ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES IN
[1:10:55] PLACE.
[1:10:55] AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH,
[1:10:57] THAT WE ARE UM THAT WE'RE
[1:11:00] MOVING FORWARD UH, JUST TO READ
[1:11:01] SOME NOTES THAT I HAVE WRITTEN
[1:11:03] DOWN HERE, IT'S CREATING A
[1:11:04] LONGER UH EXCUSE ME STRONGER
[1:11:05] AND CLEARER SYSTEM.
[1:11:06] IT'S PROVIDING TENANTS WITH AT
[1:11:07] LEAST ONE YEAR OF NOTICE BEFORE
[1:11:08] DISPLACEMENT.
[1:11:09] ELDERLY, DISABLED AND LOW AND
[1:11:11] MODERATE INCOME TENANTS RECEIVE
[1:11:12] AT LEAST TWO YEARS WITH THE
[1:11:14] POSSIBILITY OF UP TO TWO
[1:11:15] ADDITIONAL YEARS IF COMPARABLE
[1:11:16] HOUSING CANNOT BE FOUND.
[1:11:17] IT PROVIDES $10,000 IN
[1:11:19] RELOCATION ASSISTANCE,
[1:11:20] INCREASED TO $15,000 FOR
[1:11:22] ELDERLY, DISABLED OR LOW OR
[1:11:24] MODERATE INCOME TENANTS.
[1:11:26] UH MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT CREATES
[1:11:27] A REAL PERMITTING AND
[1:11:28] ENFORCEMENT STRUCTURE THROUGH
[1:11:29] THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF.
[1:11:30] HOUSING AND I-S-D SO THAT AN
[1:11:32] OWNER SIMPLY CAN'T EMPTY A
[1:11:34] BUILDING.
[1:11:34] FIRST AND THEN CALL IT UH.
[1:11:36] CONDO CONVERSION LATER.
[1:11:37] UM, WE ALSO ESTABLISH A LOOK.
[1:11:39] BACK PROTECTIONS.
[1:11:39] SO THAT TENANTS WHO ARE
[1:11:40] PUSHED OUT SHORTLY BEFORE
[1:11:41] CONVERSION MAY STILL BE
[1:11:43] ENTITLED TO BENEFITS.
[1:11:44] AND WE GAVE THE CITY THE
[1:11:45] ABILITY TO DENY A CONVERSION
[1:11:47] PERMIT WHEN AN OWNER HAS
[1:11:48] ATTEMPTED TO CIRCUMVENT THESE
[1:11:50] PROTECTIONS THROUGH
[1:11:50] UNREASONABLE RENT INCREASES.
[1:11:52] REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES OR
[1:11:54] TERMINATION OF A TENNESSEE.
[1:11:55] AND SO IF YOU'RE A BAD ACTOR AS
[1:11:56] A.
[1:11:57] LANDLORD.
[1:11:57] WATCH OUT.
[1:11:58] WHERE MAKING SURE THAT YOU
[1:11:59] ARE ABIDING BY THE LAW UM AND
[1:12:00] AGAIN FOR EAST BOSTON UH ALL
[1:12:02] OF THIS MATTERS AND I WANT TO
[1:12:03] THANK COUNCILOR BRATTON FOR HER
[1:12:04] PARTNERSHIP UM, UH, THE STATE
[1:12:07] HOUSE FOR PASSING THE
[1:12:07] AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT IN 2024,
[1:12:09] THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
[1:12:10] AND ISD FOR THEIR WORK ON
[1:12:12] IMPLEMENTATION AND ENSURING
[1:12:12] THAT WHAT WE WRITE HERE AND
[1:12:14] WHAT WE DO HERE HAS UM, UH, HAS
[1:12:16] ALREADY BEEN OPERATIONALIZED
[1:12:17] AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
[1:12:19] THE PROCESS THROUGH THE
[1:12:19] COMMITTEE AND INVITE ALL MY
[1:12:21] COLLEAGUES TO TO JOIN IN AND
[1:12:22] HELP US MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
[1:12:23] THANK YOU.
[1:12:24] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:12:26] COUNCILOR MEJA, COUNCILOR MEJIA
[1:12:27] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND LIGHT IS
[1:12:30] ON.
[1:12:31] THAT'S FOR SOME.
[1:12:32] SPECIAL OKAY.
[1:12:36] THANK THANK YOU.
[1:12:38] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:12:40] NAME?
[1:12:43] COUNCILOR DURKAN,
[1:12:44] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[1:12:45] COUNCIL THANK I SO LOUIJEUNE
[1:12:47] COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL MURPHY
[1:12:49] COUNCILOR SANTANA UH SO WE'RE
[1:12:51] WELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
[1:12:55] PACKAGE NUMBER 1711 WILL BE
[1:12:57] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:12:58] GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
[1:13:02] SO CLERK PLEASE CALL 1712.
[1:13:05] TALKING NUMBER 1712
[1:13:08] COUNCIL FLYNN OFF OF THE
[1:13:09] FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO CODIFY
[1:13:10] ABUTTERS MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY
[1:13:12] PROCESS FOR ALL PROJECTS
[1:13:14] SEEKING ZONING RELIEF IN THE
[1:13:17] CITY OF BOSTON.
[1:13:20] THANK YOU.
[1:13:21] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES UM WHEN WE
[1:13:24] ARE UH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:13:28] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:13:28] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:13:30] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:13:31] MADAM CHAIR, MAY I.
[1:13:32] ADD COUNCILOR.
[1:13:33] COLE PEPPER AS AN ORIGINAL
[1:13:35] CO-SPONSOR PLEASE.
[1:13:36] CONSIDER CULPEPER SO ADDED.
[1:13:38] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:13:39] ABOUT A MEETING STARTED IN THE
[1:13:42] 1980S UNDER MAYOR FRIEND AND
[1:13:44] UNDER THE CREATION OF THE
[1:13:45] OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
[1:13:47] TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO CITY
[1:13:49] HALL.
[1:13:50] THE PRACTICE EXPANDED IN THE
[1:13:52] 1990S FOR NEIGHBORS TO REVIEW.
[1:13:54] ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT MATTERS
[1:13:56] AS WELL.
[1:13:57] THE ZBA INSPECTS AND REVIEWS
[1:13:59] BUILDINGS FOR ZONING COMPLIANCE
[1:14:01] WITH THE BOSTON ZONING CODE.
[1:14:03] THE ZBA HEARS APPEALS TO GRANT
[1:14:06] ZONING RELIEF OR GRANT SPECIAL.
[1:14:09] PERMISSION TO BUILD FOR A
[1:14:10] CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
[1:14:12] VIOLATIONS IN THE CODE CAN
[1:14:14] RANGE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION
[1:14:15] OF A ROOF DECK, INCREASING THE
[1:14:17] FLOOR AREA RATIO OR ADDING A
[1:14:21] HATCH.
[1:14:21] CHAPTER 40 A OF THE MASS ZONING
[1:14:23] ACT WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY
[1:14:25] CODIFIED REVISED IN 1975,
[1:14:28] MANDATED THAT ABUTTERS RECEIVE
[1:14:31] FORMAL NOTIFICATION ON LOCAL
[1:14:33] ZONING RELIEF OR VARIANCES
[1:14:35] DATING BACK TO THE LATE 20TH
[1:14:37] CENTURY.
[1:14:38] MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION
[1:14:39] STREAMLINED THE BUTTER MEETING
[1:14:41] FORMAT TO INFORM RESIDENTS TAKE
[1:14:43] FEEDBACK, MAKE COMPROMISE
[1:14:45] BEFORE FORMAL MEETINGS AND
[1:14:47] HEARINGS.
[1:14:49] TRADITIONALLY ONUS WAS
[1:14:50] RESPONSIBLE HOSTING THE
[1:14:51] COMMUNITY PROCESS IN MEETINGS
[1:14:53] ON ZONING AND LICENSING
[1:14:55] PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:14:57] THAT REQUIRED.
[1:14:58] VARIANCE AND APPROVAL.
[1:14:59] AT CBA THIS PROCESS HAS
[1:15:01] REMAINED VIRTUAL SINCE THE
[1:15:03] COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
[1:15:06] THESE MEETINGS ARE INTENDED TO
[1:15:07] PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE
[1:15:09] PUBLIC PROCESS BY OBTAINING
[1:15:11] FEEDBACK FROM THOSE NEIGHBORS
[1:15:13] MOST IMPACTED BY A PARTICULAR
[1:15:14] PROJECT.
[1:15:15] IN RECENT MONTHS, OAS HAS
[1:15:18] NOTIFIED DISTRICT CITY
[1:15:19] COUNCILORS THAT INSTEAD
[1:15:20] OF HOLDING PUBLIC MEETINGS AND
[1:15:22] A COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR ALL
[1:15:24] MATTERS THAT SEEK RELIEF AND
[1:15:26] VARIANCES FROM THE ZONING CODE,
[1:15:28] OWNERS WILL NOW MAKE A
[1:15:30] DETERMINATION ON WHICH PROJECTS
[1:15:31] ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO HOLD
[1:15:34] ABUTTERS MEETINGS.
[1:15:37] IN SOUTH BOSTON SINCE THE TIM
[1:15:39] PANDEMIC I HEAR FROM SENIORS,
[1:15:41] VETERANS.
[1:15:41] PERSONS WITH.
[1:15:42] DISABILITIES, YOUNG FAMILIES UM
[1:15:45] ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE
[1:15:48] ABUTTERS MEETINGS ARE BECAUSE
[1:15:52] IT IMPACTS THEIR QUALITY
[1:15:53] OF LIFE.
[1:15:53] IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY'S QUALITY
[1:15:55] OF LIFE.
[1:15:55] BUT ESPECIALLY THE MOST
[1:15:58] VULNERABLE IN OUR POPULATION
[1:15:59] BECAUSE SOME OF THE PROJECTS DO
[1:16:02] IMPACT FAMILIES, THEY IMPACT UM
[1:16:05] PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,
[1:16:07] PEOPLE WITH YOUNG KIDS SUCH AS
[1:16:09] UM A ROOF DECK THE ZBA DOES NOT
[1:16:13] SEE IT THAT WAY AND OWNERS MAY
[1:16:17] DECIDE NOW THAT BECAUSE OF A
[1:16:19] DIFFERENCE WITH THE CITY
[1:16:21] COUNCILOR NO PUBLIC PROCESS IS
[1:16:24] NEEDED.
[1:16:26] THIS ORDINANCE WOULD QUALIFY IN
[1:16:28] THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE THAT AT
[1:16:30] LEAST ONE ABUTTERS MEETING MUST
[1:16:32] BE HELD IF A PROJECT IS
[1:16:33] REQUIRED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE
[1:16:35] ZBA FOR RELIEF.
[1:16:37] I THINK RESIDENTS DO WANT TO
[1:16:38] HAVE THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ON
[1:16:42] A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT
[1:16:43] PROJECT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:16:45] IT'S ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE
[1:16:47] OF RESIDENTS.
[1:16:48] IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
[1:16:49] .
[1:16:49] IT'S ABOUT RESPECTING OUR
[1:16:52] NEIGHBORS.
[1:16:52] IT'S ABOUT RESPECTING OUR
[1:16:54] NEIGHBORS CONSTITUENTS AS
[1:16:56] DISTRICT COUNCIL IS ESPECIALLY
[1:16:58] UM, BUT GIVING PEOPLE THE
[1:17:00] OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT CITY
[1:17:02] HALL.
[1:17:03] WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT CAN'T
[1:17:04] GIVE VOICE BE HEARD AT CITY
[1:17:07] HALL OR SHOULD WE LIMIT YOUR
[1:17:09] VOICE AT CITY HALL?
[1:17:11] THAT'S THE QUESTION.
[1:17:12] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:17:13] THANK YOU.
[1:17:14] COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR
[1:17:15] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[1:17:16] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:17:17] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:17:20] AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN
[1:17:22] FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL
[1:17:24] CO-SPONSOR AND FOR BRINGING
[1:17:25] THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD A BETTER
[1:17:28] MEETING HAVE LONG PROVIDED
[1:17:30] RESIDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY
[1:17:32] TO LEARN ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGES
[1:17:34] IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO ASK
[1:17:36] QUESTIONS, TO RAISE CONCERNS
[1:17:38] AND TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH
[1:17:40] APPLICANT BEFORE PROJECT
[1:17:41] REACHES THE ZONING BOARD
[1:17:43] OF APPEALS.
[1:17:44] I BELIEVE THAT PROCESS IS
[1:17:45] PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN AN
[1:17:48] APPLICANT IS ASKING THE CITY
[1:17:49] FOR RELIEF FROM THE
[1:17:51] REQUIREMENTS OF OUR ZONING
[1:17:53] CODE IF A PROJECT CANNOT BE
[1:17:54] BUILT AS A RIGHT AND REQUIRES A
[1:17:56] VARIANCE OR OTHER ZONING
[1:17:58] RELIEF, THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL
[1:18:00] BE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED
[1:18:01] SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[1:18:03] UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING
[1:18:04] PROPOSED AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK
[1:18:06] BEFORE THE ZBA MAKES ITS
[1:18:08] DECISION.
[1:18:09] I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING
[1:18:11] TOWARD A SYSTEM WHERE THE CITY
[1:18:13] DETERMINES THAT CERTAIN
[1:18:15] PROJECTS SEEKING ZONING RELIEF
[1:18:17] NO LONGER REQUIRE AND ABUTTERS
[1:18:20] MEETING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
[1:18:22] SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON AN
[1:18:24] ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION
[1:18:26] ABOUT WHETHER A PARTICULAR
[1:18:28] PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH
[1:18:29] TO WARRANT PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
[1:18:31] HAVING A CONSISTENT REQUIREMENT
[1:18:33] ALSO PROVIDES FLAHERTY FOR
[1:18:35] RESIDENTS, APPLICANTS AND THE
[1:18:37] CITY ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY
[1:18:39] PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
[1:18:40] THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THAT
[1:18:43] CONSISTENCY BY REQUIRING AT
[1:18:45] LEAST ONE ABUTTERS MEETING
[1:18:46] BEFORE A PROJECT SEEKING ZONING
[1:18:48] RELIEF APPEARS BEFORE THE ZBA
[1:18:51] THIS IS THAT MEAN THAT EVERY
[1:18:53] PROJECT REQUIRES AN EXTENSIVE
[1:18:55] OR DRAWN OUT COMMUNITY PROCESS.
[1:18:57] IT SIMPLY PRESERVES A BASIC
[1:19:00] OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO
[1:19:02] HEAR ABOUT A PROJECT, ASK
[1:19:04] QUESTIONS AND MAKE THEIR VOICES
[1:19:06] HEARD AS WE CONTINUE REFORMING
[1:19:09] BOSTON ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT
[1:19:10] PROCESSES, I BELIEVE WE CAN
[1:19:12] MAKE THOSE PROCESSES MORE
[1:19:13] EFFICIENT WITHOUT SACRIFICING
[1:19:16] TRANSPARENCY AND MEANINGFUL
[1:19:17] COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
[1:19:20] I AM PROUD TO JOIN
[1:19:21] COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL
[1:19:23] CO-SPONSOR AND LOOK FORWARD TO
[1:19:25] WORKING WITH HIM AND MY
[1:19:26] COLLEAGUES ON THIS ORDINANCE.
[1:19:28] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:19:29] THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:19:31] I NOTICED COUNCILOR FRIEND YOU
[1:19:32] HAVE THE LIGHT ON COUNCILMAN.
[1:19:34] MADAM MADAM CHAIR, UM MAY I
[1:19:37] SUSPEND THE RULES?
[1:19:39] I SHOULD HAVE DID IT AT THE
[1:19:40] BEGINNING.
[1:19:41] I APOLOGIZE BUT CAN I SUSPEND
[1:19:42] THE RULES AND ADD
[1:19:43] COUNCIL FITZGERALD AS AN
[1:19:44] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:19:46] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[1:19:47] OBJECTIONS.
[1:19:48] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS SO OUT
[1:19:49] OF CONCERN.
[1:19:49] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:19:51] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:19:53] I DO WANT TO THANK
[1:19:54] COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HAVING
[1:19:55] ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.
[1:19:55] THIS HAS COME UP A LOT.
[1:19:56] IN MY OFFICE RECENTLY WHERE
[1:19:58] WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT
[1:19:59] ABUTTERS MEETINGS AND I THINK
[1:20:01] ALL OF US AS CITY COUNCILORS UH
[1:20:03] ,ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S
[1:20:04] GOING ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE
[1:20:05] STAFF AT THE MEETING TO HEAR
[1:20:06] THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMMENTS
[1:20:09] ON ANYTHING.
[1:20:09] AND SO A CODIFIED PROCESS WOULD
[1:20:11] HELP BECAUSE WHEN WE REACHED
[1:20:12] OUT TO SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T WE
[1:20:14] RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT
[1:20:16] ABUTTERS MEETINGS THAT GO ON IN
[1:20:17] THE NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT WE
[1:20:18] KNOW TO ATTEND?
[1:20:19] UH, THEY TOLD US, UH, WHY DON'T
[1:20:21] YOU GUYS YOURSELVES CHECK THE
[1:20:22] LIST EVERY DAY?
[1:20:23] JUST GO ON THE WEBSITE AND
[1:20:24] YOU'LL FIND AND YOU HAVE TO
[1:20:25] LOOK FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
[1:20:26] SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
[1:20:28] UM, I'VE WORKED IN THIS.
[1:20:30] BUILDING FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
[1:20:31] IT WAS ALWAYS THE CASE THAT YOU
[1:20:33] NOTIFY ELECTED OFFICIALS
[1:20:34] OF THINGS THAT GO ON IN THEIR
[1:20:36] DISTRICT.
[1:20:36] AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD
[1:20:38] REMAIN UH AND I JUST THINK
[1:20:39] CODIFYING THAT PROCESS WOULD
[1:20:41] HELP IT WOULD HELP US AS
[1:20:42] ELECTEDS ALSO KNOW, UH, TO KEEP
[1:20:44] A BETTER, UH, FINGER ON THE
[1:20:45] PULSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THE
[1:20:46] NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT FOLKS
[1:20:47] WANT AND LET THEIR VOICE BE
[1:20:48] HEARD.
[1:20:49] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:20:49] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:20:50] THANK YOU,
[1:20:51] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[1:20:51] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:20:53] NAME?
[1:20:56] COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU.
[1:21:00] UH, DOCKET 1712 WOULD BE
[1:21:02] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:21:04] GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
[1:21:08] MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:21:09] READ DOCKET 1713.
[1:21:10] TALKING ABOUT 1713 COUNCILORS
[1:21:13] MURPHY AND FLYNN OFF OF THE
[1:21:14] FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
[1:21:16] SPECIAL LAW AN ACT RELATIVE TO
[1:21:18] FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND
[1:21:19] OVERSIGHT OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[1:21:21] SCHOOLS.
[1:21:23] THANK YOU.
[1:21:24] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:21:25] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:21:26] COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:21:27] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:21:29] EVERY YEAR WE ARE ASKED TO
[1:21:31] APPROVE NEARLY $1.8 BILLION FOR
[1:21:34] THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[1:21:35] YET ONCE THAT APPROPRIATION IS
[1:21:37] APPROVED, OUR ABILITY TO
[1:21:39] PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ONGOING
[1:21:40] FISCAL OVERSIGHT IS EXTREMELY
[1:21:43] LIMITED.
[1:21:43] THE RECENT INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
[1:21:46] REPORT MAKES CLEAR WHY THAT
[1:21:48] NEEDS TO CHANGE.
[1:21:49] IT IDENTIFIED SERIOUS FAILURES
[1:21:51] INVOLVING PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS
[1:21:54] ,PAYMENTS AND INTERNAL
[1:21:56] OVERSIGHT INCLUDING MORE THAN
[1:21:59] $857,000 IN PUBLIC FUNDS SPENT
[1:22:02] IMPROPERLY OR IN VIOLATION
[1:22:04] OF PROCUREMENT LAW.
[1:22:06] MY HOMEWORLD PETITION TODAY IS
[1:22:08] ABOUT PUTTING PERMANENT
[1:22:10] SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE.
[1:22:11] IT WOULD GIVE THE CITY
[1:22:13] COUNCIL REGULAR ACCESS TO
[1:22:14] FINANCIAL REPORTING EARLY IN
[1:22:16] NOTICE OF PROJECTED DEFICITS,
[1:22:19] GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND
[1:22:21] CONTRACTS AND SPENDING AND A
[1:22:23] ROLE IN REVIEWING MAJOR
[1:22:24] FINANCIAL CHANGES AFTER THE
[1:22:26] BUDGET IS APPROVED.
[1:22:27] THIS IS NOT ABOUT TAKING OVER
[1:22:29] THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL
[1:22:30] COMMITTEE OR MANAGING THE DAY
[1:22:32] TO DAY OPERATIONS OF BFS.
[1:22:34] IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
[1:22:35] WHEN THIS COUNCIL APPROPRIATES
[1:22:37] NEARLY $1.8 BILLION IN TAXPAYER
[1:22:41] DOLLARS, WE HAVE THE TOOLS
[1:22:43] NECESSARY TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL
[1:22:45] FISCAL OVERSIGHT THROUGHOUT THE
[1:22:46] YEAR.
[1:22:47] I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
[1:22:49] HEARING ORDER FILED BY
[1:22:51] COUNCIL AS WELL AND FITZGERALD,
[1:22:52] WHICH WILL GIVE US AN IMPORTANT
[1:22:54] OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE THE
[1:22:56] INSPECTOR GENERAL'S FINDINGS
[1:22:57] AND HEAR WHAT CHANGES BP
[1:23:00] INTENDS TO MAKE.
[1:23:01] THAT HEARING LOOKS AT WHAT
[1:23:03] HAPPENED AND WHAT BP PLANS TO
[1:23:04] DO NEXT THAT WE ALL RE OKAY.
[1:23:10] OH I'M SORRY THANK YOU.
[1:23:12] I HAD THAT WRONG SO LET ME GO
[1:23:13] BACK.
[1:23:14] IT'S COUNCILOR UM WEBER NOT BUT
[1:23:16] I KNOW THAT PROBABLY
[1:23:17] COUNCIL WE'RE ALL WILL BE
[1:23:18] WORKING HARD ALONGSIDE
[1:23:21] TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
[1:23:22] BUT THANK YOU.
[1:23:23] AND WHICH WILL GIVE US AN
[1:23:25] IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO
[1:23:26] EXAMINE THE FINDINGS WHICH I
[1:23:28] KNOW ALL OF US PROBABLY FOUND
[1:23:29] VERY DISTURBING THAT HEARING
[1:23:31] LOOKS AT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT
[1:23:33] BP'S PLANS TO DO NEXT.
[1:23:34] THIS HOME RULE PETITION IS
[1:23:36] ABOUT MAKING SURE THE
[1:23:37] COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY AND
[1:23:39] SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PROVIDE
[1:23:41] STRONGER OVERSIGHT GOING
[1:23:42] FORWARD.
[1:23:43] SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
[1:23:45] CONVERSATIONS TO WORK ON THE
[1:23:47] LANGUAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
[1:23:49] CONTINUE.
[1:23:49] WE CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS BUT WE
[1:23:51] KNOW AND I'VE STOOD HERE MANY
[1:23:53] TIMES I THINK AT THE END
[1:23:55] OF LAST YEAR THERE WERE OVER
[1:23:56] 300 UNANSWERED RFIS AND
[1:23:58] UNANSWERED 17 F'S NOT JUST WITH
[1:24:00] THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUT THIS
[1:24:02] ACROSS THE CITY.
[1:24:03] SO JUST HAVING THE AUTHORITY
[1:24:04] AND MANY PEOPLE SAYING WELL YOU
[1:24:05] CAN JUST ASK AND IT GOES ALONG
[1:24:08] WITH THE HEARING THAT WAS JUST
[1:24:10] FILED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
[1:24:11] THEY DO A BETTER JOB OF TELLING
[1:24:14] US INFORMATION.
[1:24:14] WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IT ON
[1:24:16] THE NEWS OR FIND OUT FROM OTHER
[1:24:18] CITY EMPLOYEES THE CITY
[1:24:19] COUNCIL THERE'S ONLY 13 OF US.
[1:24:21] WE SHOULD BE GETTING ONGOING.
[1:24:22] REGULAR UPDATES ESPECIALLY WHEN
[1:24:24] IT DEALS WITH OUR CHILDREN AND
[1:24:26] FAMILIES.
[1:24:26] SO THANK YOU.
[1:24:27] THANK YOU.
[1:24:28] COUNCILOR MURPHY RECOGNIZES
[1:24:29] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU
[1:24:30] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:24:31] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:24:33] THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE
[1:24:35] RESPONSIBILITY TO REVIEW AND
[1:24:36] APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR THE
[1:24:38] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT UNDER
[1:24:41] EXISTING LAW DOES NOT POSSESS
[1:24:43] CONTINUING FISCAL OVERSIGHT
[1:24:45] AUTHORITY WITH THAT
[1:24:47] RESPONSIBILITY AFTER THE ANNUAL
[1:24:48] APPROPRIATION HAS BEEN
[1:24:51] APPROVED, EXISTING LAW PROVIDES
[1:24:52] THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON THE
[1:24:54] TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED, WHILE
[1:24:56] THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE HAS
[1:24:57] THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE
[1:25:00] FUNDING.
[1:25:00] EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE TOTAL
[1:25:02] APPROPRIATION.
[1:25:03] EXISTING LAW FURTHER DESIGNATES
[1:25:05] A SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
[1:25:07] SUPERINTENDENT OF THE.
[1:25:08] SCHOOLS AS THE OFFICIAL.
[1:25:09] THE OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE.
[1:25:11] FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT UM
[1:25:13] EXPENDITURES AND GRANTS.
[1:25:16] THE SUPERINTEND AS.
[1:25:17] REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE
[1:25:18] CERTAIN FISCAL REPORTS ON
[1:25:20] SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES,
[1:25:23] FUNDING.
[1:25:23] FOR PROJECTED EXPENDITURES AND
[1:25:26] TRANSFERS TO THE SCHOOL
[1:25:27] COMMITTEE, THE CITY AUDITOR AND
[1:25:30] CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
[1:25:30] BUT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT
[1:25:32] REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THESE
[1:25:34] REPORTS AT THAT TIME I WOULD
[1:25:36] ASSUME WE WOULD ALL WANT TO
[1:25:37] READ THESE REPORTS.
[1:25:40] UM, THE RECENT FINDING BY THE.
[1:25:43] OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
[1:25:44] IDENTIFIED NEARLY 900,000 IN
[1:25:47] IMPROPER SPENDING VIOLATION
[1:25:49] MASSACHUSETTS PROCUREMENT LAW
[1:25:51] INACCURATE BUDGET REPORTING
[1:25:52] SIGNIFICANT FAILURES
[1:25:54] OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT.
[1:25:57] AT THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
[1:26:01] WE CAN NO LONGER IN GOOD
[1:26:04] CONSCIENCE CALL OURSELVES THE
[1:26:05] MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY IN
[1:26:07] AMERICA WHEN WE BALANCE THE
[1:26:08] BUDGET ON THE BACKS
[1:26:10] OF PARAPROFESSIONALS, LOW
[1:26:12] INCOME WOMEN FROM COMMUNITIES
[1:26:14] OF COLOR ALL TO HAVE $900,000
[1:26:20] IN MISMANAGEMENT, MISMANAGEMENT
[1:26:24] OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
[1:26:26] WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR
[1:26:28] STUDENTS PROFESSIONAL
[1:26:30] PARAPROFESSIONALS ENSURE THAT
[1:26:32] THEY ARE RESPECTED AND THAT WE
[1:26:35] ACCOUNT FOR EVERY DOLLAR IN THE
[1:26:37] CITY BUDGET.
[1:26:39] I DO.
[1:26:40] BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL DOES
[1:26:41] WANT TO PLAY A CRITICAL
[1:26:43] OVERSIGHT ON.
[1:26:44] BUT THE QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE
[1:26:47] THE COURAGE TO DO IT?
[1:26:48] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:26:49] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:26:50] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:26:51] NAME?
[1:26:54] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
[1:26:56] COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[1:26:59] COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[1:27:01] UH THANK YOU.
[1:27:02] DOCKET 1713 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:27:06] THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
[1:27:07] OPERATIONS.
[1:27:09] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:27:10] READ DOCKET 1714.
[1:27:12] TALKING NUMBER 1714
[1:27:15] COUNCILOR WORRELL OFFER THE
[1:27:16] FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
[1:27:17] SPECIAL LAW AN ACT DIRECTING
[1:27:18] THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE
[1:27:20] DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM
[1:27:22] AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE
[1:27:24] OFFICERS FOR MELVIN CASSIUS.
[1:27:27] THANK YOU.
[1:27:28] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:27:29] COUNCILOR ORAL CANCER.
[1:27:30] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:27:31] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:27:32] MELVIN CASSIUS IS A 41 YEAR OLD
[1:27:35] RESIDENT OF BOSTON WHO HAS A
[1:27:36] DREAM OF BECOMING THE BOSTON
[1:27:37] POLICE OFFICER AND A CITY IN
[1:27:39] HIS COMMUNITY.
[1:27:40] HE'S EQUIPPED WITH AN
[1:27:41] IMPRESSIVE LINE UP
[1:27:42] OF CERTIFICATIONS THAT MAKE HIM
[1:27:44] WELL QUALIFIED TO JOIN.
[1:27:46] THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDED BASIC
[1:27:48] LIFE SUPPORT, CPR FIRST AID, A
[1:27:50] LICENSE TO CARRY DEFENSIVE
[1:27:52] TACTICS TRAINING, HANDCUFFS
[1:27:54] TRAINING AND TRANSIT POLICE 911
[1:27:56] THIS PAST TRAINING NOT TO
[1:27:58] MENTION HE'S ALSO TRILINGUAL IN
[1:28:00] ENGLISH, SPANISH AND HAITIAN
[1:28:02] CREOLE BUT PERHAPS MORE
[1:28:04] IMPORTANTLY HE HAS THE HEART
[1:28:05] AND CHARACTER THAT THE JOB
[1:28:06] DEMANDS MASSIVE EXPANSION AND
[1:28:08] PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET SO WE
[1:28:09] CAN SEND HIS AGE WAIVER UP TO
[1:28:11] THE STATE HOUSE AND HAVE MELVIN
[1:28:12] ACHIEVE HIS GOALS OF BECOMING A
[1:28:14] BOSTON POLICE OFFICER.
[1:28:15] THANK YOU.
[1:28:16] THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL
[1:28:17] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:28:19] NAME?
[1:28:20] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER
[1:28:22] COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[1:28:23] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[1:28:24] COUNCILOR FLYNN CANTRELL
[1:28:24] LOUIJEUNE POINTS TO MEJIA COMES
[1:28:26] FROM MURPHY COUNTRY UH PEPEN
[1:28:29] COACH SANTANA CONSTABLE WEBER
[1:28:31] AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR.
[1:28:34] THANK YOU.
[1:28:35] DOCKET 1714 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:28:37] THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
[1:28:39] OPERATIONS.
[1:28:41] OH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND
[1:28:43] ITS PASS.
[1:28:45] UH, WOULD ANYONE, UH, ELSE LIKE
[1:28:47] TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER?
[1:28:48] COUNCILOR MURPHY, WE'RE GOING
[1:28:50] TO SUSPEND AND PASS.
[1:28:50] BUT DID YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON?
[1:28:54] AND I PUT MY MY EYES.
[1:28:58] BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD AND I
[1:29:00] KNOW THAT WE DID PASS.
[1:29:02] LAST TERM TO KIND OF BLANKET
[1:29:04] THESE WHERE WE KNOW.
[1:29:05] BUT THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO WHEN
[1:29:07] PEOPLE REACH OUT AND WE
[1:29:08] ADVOCATE WE NEED MORE FIRST
[1:29:10] RESPONDERS AND WE KNOW THAT
[1:29:12] WHEN PEOPLE COME FORWARD AND
[1:29:13] JUST SHARING HIS BACKGROUND AND
[1:29:15] WHAT HE WANTS TO BRING TO THE
[1:29:16] CITY, I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
[1:29:18] THAT FORWARD.
[1:29:19] THANK YOU.
[1:29:19] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:29:20] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:29:21] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
[1:29:22] PARTNER.
[1:29:22] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:29:23] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:29:24] I FULLY SUPPORT THIS AS THE
[1:29:25] CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
[1:29:25] AND WE DID FILE SOMETHING IN
[1:29:28] 2024 THAT PASSED THE HOUSE THIS
[1:29:29] YEAR ACTUALLY ON MARCH 25TH.
[1:29:32] UM IT WENT TO THE SENATE WHERE
[1:29:34] IT CURRENTLY IS AND IT'S
[1:29:35] SITTING THERE FOR FURTHER
[1:29:36] ACTION.
[1:29:36] SO POSITIVE NEWS ALTHOUGH
[1:29:37] TAKING FOREVER.
[1:29:38] SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
[1:29:39] MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS
[1:29:40] FORWARD AND WOULD.
[1:29:41] LOVE UM.
[1:29:42] THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES IN
[1:29:43] THAT ENDEAVOR.
[1:29:44] THANK YOU.
[1:29:47] COUNCILOR.
[1:29:48] WELL, SIX SUSPENSION OF THE
[1:29:49] RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
[1:29:52] 1714.
[1:29:53] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1:29:55] AYE.
[1:29:55] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY VOTE.
[1:29:58] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[1:29:59] A ROLL CALL?
[1:29:59] VOTE ON DOCKET 1714.
[1:30:02] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[1:30:02] YES.
[1:30:03] COUNCILOR BREEN.
[1:30:03] YES.
[1:30:04] COUNCIL.
[1:30:04] COLLETTE AS A PERSON.
[1:30:05] YES, COUNCILOR AS A YES
[1:30:07] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:07] CULPEPER COUNCIL.
[1:30:08] CULPEPER.
[1:30:08] YES.
[1:30:09] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:09] DURKAN.
[1:30:10] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:10] FITZGERALD.
[1:30:11] YES.
[1:30:11] THAT'S SO.
[1:30:12] YES.
[1:30:13] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:30:13] YES.
[1:30:14] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:14] FLYNN.
[1:30:15] YES.
[1:30:15] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[1:30:16] YES.
[1:30:17] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[1:30:17] YES.
[1:30:18] COUNCIL.
[1:30:18] MEJIA.
[1:30:19] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[1:30:20] YES.
[1:30:20] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:21] MURPHY.
[1:30:21] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:21] MURPHY.
[1:30:22] YES.
[1:30:22] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:23] PIPPIN.
[1:30:23] COUNCIL.
[1:30:23] PIPPIN.
[1:30:24] YES, COUNCILOR.
[1:30:26] SANTANA.
[1:30:26] YES.
[1:30:27] COUNCILOR.
[1:30:27] SANTANA.
[1:30:27] YES.
[1:30:28] COUNCIL.
[1:30:28] WEBER.
[1:30:29] COUNCIL.
[1:30:29] WEBER.
[1:30:29] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[1:30:30] WORLD.
[1:30:31] YES.
[1:30:31] COUNCIL.
[1:30:32] WELL, YES.
[1:30:33] TALKING ABOUT 1714 AS WE SEE 12
[1:30:36] VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[1:30:37] THANK YOU, MR TRIBE.
[1:30:38] DOCKET 1714 HAS PASSED.
[1:30:42] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:30:43] READ DOCKET 1715.
[1:30:45] LIKE A NUMBER 1715
[1:30:48] COUNCILOR CULPEPER OFFER THE
[1:30:49] FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
[1:30:50] SPECIAL LAW AND ACT AUTHORIZING
[1:30:53] PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR
[1:30:55] COMMUNITY SERVING NONPROFIT
[1:30:57] ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY
[1:30:58] OF BOSTON.
[1:30:59] THANK YOU.
[1:31:00] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:31:01] COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR.
[1:31:02] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:31:03] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:31:04] SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
[1:31:07] SERVICES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
[1:31:08] ARE PROVIDED BY SMALL COMMUNITY
[1:31:11] BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
[1:31:13] THEY PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE,
[1:31:16] VIOLENCE PREVENTION, YOUTH
[1:31:18] PROGRAMING, IMMIGRANT SERVICES,
[1:31:20] PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS, HOUSING
[1:31:23] ASSISTANCE, ARTS AND CULTURAL
[1:31:24] PROGRAMING AND COUNTLESS OTHER
[1:31:26] SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR
[1:31:29] COMMUNITIES.
[1:31:30] BUT MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS
[1:31:32] OPERATE ON LIMITED BUDGETS
[1:31:34] WHILE FACING THE SAME RISING
[1:31:35] PROPERTY VALUES AND OPERATING
[1:31:37] COSTS AFFECTING EVERYONE ELSE
[1:31:39] IN BOSTON, EXISTING STATE LAW
[1:31:41] DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MAKE
[1:31:43] EVERY PROPERTY OWNED BY A
[1:31:45] NONPROFIT TAX EXEMPT DEPENDING
[1:31:47] ON HOW PROPERTY IS OWNED, HOW
[1:31:50] IT'S OCCUPIED OR USED OVER
[1:31:52] SERVING A COMMUNITY NONPROFIT
[1:31:55] CAN STILL FACE PROPERTY TAX
[1:31:57] OBLIGATION EVEN WHEN THEIR
[1:31:58] PROPERTY SUBSTANTIALLY SUPPORTS
[1:32:01] MISSION.
[1:32:02] THIS HOME RULE PETITION WILL
[1:32:03] GIVE TARGETED RELIEF TO SMALLER
[1:32:06] ORGANIZATIONS THAT FALL INTO
[1:32:07] THAT GAP.
[1:32:08] I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
[1:32:10] THIS IS DELIBERATELY NOT A
[1:32:12] BROAD TAX EXEMPTION FOR EVERY
[1:32:14] NONPROFIT IN BOSTON.
[1:32:15] THE PROPOSAL ESTABLISHES
[1:32:17] FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY
[1:32:18] REQUIREMENTS AND ESPECIALLY
[1:32:21] SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDES
[1:32:23] UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES,
[1:32:25] HOSPITALS, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
[1:32:26] ,CERTAIN NATIONAL
[1:32:28] ORGANIZATIONS AND PROPERTIES
[1:32:29] THAT ARE ALREADY FULLY TAX
[1:32:31] EXEMPT.
[1:32:32] IT ALSO CAPS INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT
[1:32:34] AND LIMITS THE TOTAL AMOUNT
[1:32:36] OF THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
[1:32:37] THAT CAN BE FORGONE CITYWIDE.
[1:32:39] THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP
[1:32:41] NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS
[1:32:43] REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY
[1:32:44] SERVE AND ALLOW MORE OF THE
[1:32:46] LIMITED RESOURCES TO GO TOWARD
[1:32:48] THEIR MISSIONS RATHER THAN
[1:32:50] PROPERTY TAXES.
[1:32:52] IF WE VALUE THE WORK OF THESE
[1:32:54] ORGANIZATIONS, THE WORK THAT
[1:32:55] THEY PROVIDE, I THINK WE SHOULD
[1:32:57] ALSO EXPLORE REASONABLE AND
[1:32:59] FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAYS
[1:33:01] OF HELPING THEM REMAIN IN
[1:33:02] BOSTON.
[1:33:02] ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I
[1:33:04] BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, MADAM
[1:33:06] PRESIDENT AND ALL OF MY
[1:33:07] COLLEAGUES IS BECAUSE WHEN
[1:33:09] NONPROFITS ARE RENTING FROM A
[1:33:13] PRIVATE OWNER, THE PRIVATE
[1:33:14] OWNER REQUIRES THEM TO PAY A
[1:33:17] CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE PROPERTY
[1:33:18] TAX AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
[1:33:20] THAT ADDRESS IS.
[1:33:21] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:33:23] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:33:25] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:33:27] NAME?
[1:33:29] COUNCILOR FLYNN?
[1:33:30] COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL,
[1:33:31] WIRRAL COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE UM
[1:33:35] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UM AND
[1:33:37] PLEASE AH THE CHAIR.
[1:33:39] PROPERLY UH.
[1:33:41] COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR PÉPIN
[1:33:42] AND COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[1:33:44] UH DOCKET 1715 WILL BE REFERRED
[1:33:48] TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
[1:33:49] OPERATIONS.
[1:33:52] MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:33:55] DOCKET.
[1:33:58] 1716.1716 COUNCIL AS WEBER AND
[1:34:00] FITZGERALD OFFER THE FOLLOWING.
[1:34:02] ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS
[1:34:03] THE FINDINGS OF THE STATE
[1:34:05] INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON
[1:34:07] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
[1:34:08] PROCUREMENTS, CONTRACTS AND
[1:34:10] PAYMENTS AND PLANS TO IMPROVE
[1:34:12] FISCAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
[1:34:13] GOING FORWARD.
[1:34:15] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:34:16] COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
[1:34:17] OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COUNTRY.
[1:34:19] YOU HAVE.
[1:34:19] THE FLOOR.
[1:34:20] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
[1:34:21] PRESIDENT.
[1:34:21] FIRST I'D LIKE TO SEEK TO
[1:34:22] SUSPEND THE RULES AND AS
[1:34:24] COUNCILOR MEJIA AS A THIRD
[1:34:25] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:34:27] UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO
[1:34:28] OBJECTION.
[1:34:29] COUNCILMEMBER HERE IS SO ADDED
[1:34:31] OKAY.
[1:34:32] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1:34:33] IF ANYONE WHO'S READ THE
[1:34:34] INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT
[1:34:35] RELEASED ON AUGUST 26TH SHOULD
[1:34:37] HAVE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT
[1:34:38] IS GOING ON IN REVIEWING
[1:34:41] PRACTICES BETWEEN 2019 TO 2024,
[1:34:43] THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND
[1:34:45] VIOLATIONS OF STATE PROCUREMENT
[1:34:46] LAW, LAX OVERSIGHT AND
[1:34:48] PRACTICES THAT SEEM TO AMOUNT
[1:34:50] TO BILLING FRAUD.
[1:34:51] THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND
[1:34:52] THAT $857,000 IN PUBLIC FUNDS
[1:34:55] WERE SPENT IMPROPERLY OR IN
[1:34:56] VIOLATION OF MUNICIPAL
[1:34:57] PROCUREMENT LAW, INCLUDING
[1:34:59] WASTEFUL CONTRACTOR MARKUPS AND
[1:35:01] EXCESSIVE SHIPPING COSTS.
[1:35:02] THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNING
[1:35:03] DETAILS THE CITY'S FINANCE
[1:35:05] COMMISSION HAD ALERTED DPS TO
[1:35:07] SOME OF THESE PRACTICES IN MAY
[1:35:10] OF 2023.
[1:35:10] THE REPORT EXPOSED TO $24,000
[1:35:13] MARK MARKUP THE PSP TO A
[1:35:15] CONTRACTOR IN EXCHANGE FOR
[1:35:17] SUBMITTING A PASS THROUGH
[1:35:18] INVOICE.
[1:35:19] IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
[1:35:20] INSPECTOR GENERAL, DPS
[1:35:21] OFFICIALS STATED THAT THEY HAD
[1:35:22] CONDUCTED AN INTERNAL
[1:35:24] INVESTIGATION AFTER RECEIVING
[1:35:25] THE FINANCE COMMISSION'S 2023
[1:35:27] REPORT AND FOUND THAT THIS AND
[1:35:30] IDENTIFIED NO OTHER PASS
[1:35:31] THROUGH INVOICES.
[1:35:32] THE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
[1:35:34] REPORT, HOWEVER, SEEMS TO
[1:35:36] CONTAIN CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT
[1:35:37] THERE ARE MANY OTHER INCIDENTS
[1:35:39] INSTANCES OF WASTEFUL PASS
[1:35:41] THROUGH PAYMENTS.
[1:35:42] SO THE QUESTION HAS TO BE ASKED
[1:35:43] WAS BP'S GUILTY OF LAX
[1:35:45] OVERSIGHT OR WAS NOT BEING
[1:35:47] FORTHCOMING IN ITS DISCUSSIONS
[1:35:49] WITH THE INSPECTOR GENERAL?
[1:35:50] THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT
[1:35:51] SAYS THAT HIS INVESTIGATION WAS
[1:35:53] NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND IT AND HIS
[1:35:55] REPORT LEAVES A LOT OF OTHER
[1:35:57] QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED OR ANY
[1:35:59] OF THE PRACTICES DISCUSSED IN
[1:36:01] THE REPORT CONTINUING TODAY
[1:36:02] WERE THE PROCUREMENT PRACTICES
[1:36:04] THAT GAVE RISE TO THE REPORT
[1:36:05] USED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS
[1:36:06] OF BP'S WHAT STEPS IS BP'S
[1:36:08] TAKEN SINCE 2024 TO RECOVER
[1:36:11] IMPROPERLY PAID OUT FUNDS?
[1:36:12] WHAT STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO
[1:36:13] ENSURE THAT PRACTICES LIKE
[1:36:14] PAYING CONTRACTOR A MARKUP FOR
[1:36:16] SERVING AS A PASS THROUGH OR
[1:36:18] PAYING PREDATORY LOOKING
[1:36:19] SHIPPING FEES FOR BOOKS DO NOT
[1:36:21] SURFACE AGAIN, THESE ARE
[1:36:23] QUESTIONS THAT ARE PROPERLY
[1:36:24] POSED AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
[1:36:26] UH SO BUT ALSO I WOULD SAY
[1:36:29] CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT BETWEEN
[1:36:32] 2019 AND 2024 UNDER THE TENURE
[1:36:33] OF THREE DIFFERENT DPS
[1:36:34] SUPERINTENDENTS AND TWO MAYORS
[1:36:36] ,UH $857,000 WERE WASTED OUT
[1:36:40] OF $8 BILLION SPENT UH WHILE
[1:36:42] SOME OF THAT MONEY AS THE
[1:36:44] INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT POINTS
[1:36:45] OUT WAS SPENT WASTEFULLY ON FOR
[1:36:46] EXAMPLE PASS THROUGH OR HIGH
[1:36:48] SHIPPING CHARGES.
[1:36:49] SOME OF IT WAS PAID TO VENDORS
[1:36:50] WITH VALID CONTRACTS WHO
[1:36:52] PERFORM NECESSARY SERVICES FOR
[1:36:54] AT THE APPROPRIATE RATE.
[1:36:56] BUT NO MISSPENT CITY DOLLARS
[1:36:57] SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED AND GIVEN
[1:36:59] AS AS MY COLLEAGUES UH, SO UH
[1:37:02] ARTICULATELY EXPLAINED IN
[1:37:03] SUPPORT OF THEIR HOME RULE
[1:37:04] PETITION.
[1:37:05] YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT BP'S
[1:37:06] RECEIVED SUCH A LARGE PORTION
[1:37:07] OF THE CITY'S OPERATING CAPITAL
[1:37:09] BUDGETS, WE HAVE AN EVEN
[1:37:10] GREATER RESPONSIBILITY AS A
[1:37:11] BODY TO INVESTIGATE BOTH WHAT
[1:37:13] LED TO THESE ISSUES AND WHAT
[1:37:14] STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO
[1:37:15] PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING
[1:37:16] AGAIN.
[1:37:16] OUR GOAL IN THIS HEARING IS TO
[1:37:18] ENSURE BP'S FUNDS ARE MANAGED
[1:37:20] RESPONSIBLY AND THAT RESOURCES
[1:37:22] INTENDED FOR BOSTON STUDENTS
[1:37:23] ARE BEING USED EFFECTIVELY.
[1:37:24] UH.
[1:37:25] MOREOVER, WE MUST MAKE CLEAR
[1:37:27] THAT THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
[1:37:28] REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW ARE
[1:37:29] NOT SIMPLY SUGGESTIONS THERE
[1:37:30] ARE SAFEGUARDS AGAINST WASTEFUL
[1:37:32] SPENDING, UH, TO MAKE SURE ALL
[1:37:34] CITY AGENCIES.
[1:37:35] COMPLY WITH THEM.
[1:37:36] UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1:37:38] THANK YOU.
[1:37:38] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[1:37:39] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:37:40] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[1:37:41] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:37:42] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:37:43] AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER
[1:37:44] FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR
[1:37:46] HERE.
[1:37:46] UH, JUST TO REITERATE SOME
[1:37:47] OF THOSE POINTS, IT'S OUR
[1:37:48] FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO
[1:37:49] MAKE SURE EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLAR
[1:37:51] UH IS SPENT APPROPRIATELY.
[1:37:53] UH, AND AS CHAIR OF THE POST
[1:37:54] AUDIT, UH, WHERE I WHERE I
[1:37:56] BELIEVE THIS SHOULD RESIDE, UH,
[1:37:57] I LOOK FORWARD TO ASKING THOSE
[1:37:58] QUESTIONS AND I.
[1:37:59] BELIEVE THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE
[1:38:00] THAT RIGHT.
[1:38:01] UH, AND SO WE WANT TO SHOW THAT
[1:38:03] THERE'S TRANSPARENCY, UH, IN
[1:38:04] THIS PROCESS AND IN THE BOSTON
[1:38:05] PUBLIC SCHOOL PROCESS.
[1:38:07] UH, AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
[1:38:08] ASKING SOME OF THOSE.
[1:38:08] TOUGH QUESTIONS AND MAKING SURE
[1:38:10] WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO
[1:38:12] BE CORRECTED.
[1:38:12] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:38:13] THANK YOU.
[1:38:13] COATS OF GENERAL THE CHAIR
[1:38:14] RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
[1:38:16] COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:38:17] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:38:18] AND I WANT TO THANK, UH,
[1:38:20] COUNCILOR WEBER AND
[1:38:21] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR ADDING
[1:38:22] ME TO THIS HEARING ORDER AND AS
[1:38:23] THE PREVIOUS CHAIR OF THE
[1:38:26] AUDIT, I AM GOING TO GO ON THE
[1:38:29] RECORD AND ADVOCATE THAT IT
[1:38:30] GOES TO YOUR COMMITTEE AS WELL
[1:38:32] CONSIDERING ALL THE WORK THAT.
[1:38:33] I TRY TO DO.
[1:38:35] UM, IN MY LAST FEW UH, TERMS
[1:38:38] REGARDING ALL THINGS THAT DEAL
[1:38:39] WITH UM, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
[1:38:41] IN FACT OUR OFFICE A FEW YEARS
[1:38:43] AGO LED UH, THE INITIATIVE TO
[1:38:47] ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF THE
[1:38:48] INSPECTOR GENERAL HERE ON THE
[1:38:50] MUNICIPAL LEVEL IN THE CITY
[1:38:52] OF BOSTON.
[1:38:52] BUT, UH, THERE WAS REALLY NO
[1:38:54] APPETITE FOR THAT, SO WE GOT A
[1:38:55] LITTLE BIT WATERED DOWN AND NOW
[1:38:58] IT'S IN THE STATEHOUSE AND
[1:38:59] HOPEFULLY NOBODY GOES OUT THERE
[1:39:00] TO KILL IT BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT
[1:39:02] HAPPENS AT THE STATEHOUSE
[1:39:03] THERE'S USUALLY A FUNERAL.
[1:39:05] BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THIS
[1:39:07] WORK, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT AT
[1:39:09] LEAST THIS BODY MANAGED TO UH,
[1:39:12] HAVE SOME INTEREST IN MORE
[1:39:15] OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS
[1:39:17] IT DEALS WITH OUR BUDGET.
[1:39:19] SO I WANT TO THANK MY
[1:39:20] COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AT
[1:39:21] LEAST GETTING IT OUT OF HERE.
[1:39:22] UM, SO THE FINDINGS IN THE
[1:39:24] MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE
[1:39:25] INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT
[1:39:27] PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 26TH
[1:39:29] OF THIS YEAR.
[1:39:29] ARE TROUBLING, ESPECIALLY THE
[1:39:32] MISCONDUCT, THE VIOLATION
[1:39:33] OF THE LAW WEAKNESSES UM, THE
[1:39:36] EXISTING PROCESSES AND THE LACK
[1:39:38] OF EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT.
[1:39:40] THE OIG DISCOVERED
[1:39:42] APPROXIMATELY 850,000 IN WASTE
[1:39:45] OR MISUSE PUBLIC FUNDS AND
[1:39:46] STATED IN THE REPORT THE OIG
[1:39:49] DID NOT PERFORM AN EXHAUSTIVE
[1:39:52] REVIEW ACROSS BUT IT IS LIMITED
[1:39:55] LOOK AT A HANDFUL OF CONTRACTS
[1:39:57] IDENTIFIED THROUGH COMPLAINTS
[1:39:59] SUGGESTIONS THIS CONDUCT MAY BE
[1:40:00] MORE WIDESPREAD.
[1:40:02] THE ORG LIKELY ONLY SCRATCHED
[1:40:05] THE SURFACE OF 10,000 AND THEN
[1:40:07] MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THE
[1:40:09] DEPARTMENTS EXAMINED IN THESE
[1:40:11] INVESTIGATIONS UM SPENDING ON
[1:40:13] SUPPLIES AND SERVICE CONTRACTS
[1:40:14] EVERY YEAR KNOWING THAT AT
[1:40:16] LEAST 850,000 AND LIKELY MORE
[1:40:19] WAS WASTED RAISES CONCERNS
[1:40:21] ESPECIALLY EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR
[1:40:23] MATTERS TO OUR STUDENTS,
[1:40:24] EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITIES.
[1:40:26] THESE FUNDS COULD HAVE BEEN
[1:40:27] SPENT TO SUPPORT BOSTON
[1:40:30] RESIDENTS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY
[1:40:32] ABOUT THE USE OF THEIR TAX
[1:40:33] DOLLARS.
[1:40:34] PUBLIC DOLLARS MUST BE USED
[1:40:37] RESPONSIBLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
[1:40:38] THE REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE
[1:40:40] LACK OF ADEQUATE RESPONSES
[1:40:42] FOLLOWING CONCERNS BY THE
[1:40:44] FINANCE COMMISSION IN 2023 AND
[1:40:47] 2024, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE
[1:40:49] NEED FOR STRONGER
[1:40:50] ACCOUNTABILITY, GREATER
[1:40:51] TRANSPARENCY AND MEANINGFUL
[1:40:53] INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT.
[1:40:54] AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
[1:40:56] HEARING SO THAT OUR BODY CAN
[1:40:57] CARRY OUT ITS DUTY TO ENSURE
[1:40:59] OUR PUBLIC FUNDS AND ASSETS ARE
[1:41:01] MANAGED RESPONSIBLY AND
[1:41:03] EFFECTIVELY BY REVIEWING THIS
[1:41:05] REPORT.
[1:41:06] I KNOW MY TIME WAS UP BUT I DO
[1:41:08] APPRECIATE THE EXACT TIME.
[1:41:08] THANK YOU THANK YOU
[1:41:10] COUNCILMEMBER HERE WOULD ANYONE
[1:41:12] LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
[1:41:17] UH COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[1:41:17] COUNCILOR FLYNN,
[1:41:18] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[1:41:19] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:41:20] COUNCILOR.
[1:41:20] PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA CONCERTO
[1:41:22] WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE
[1:41:24] CHAIR.
[1:41:25] DOCKET 1716 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:41:28] THE COMMITTEE AND ONE
[1:41:30] COUNCILOR PLEASE.
[1:41:30] OUR COUNTRY CLUB IS ABOUT AS
[1:41:32] WELL.
[1:41:32] UM.
[1:41:34] THANK YOU.
[1:41:34] DOCKET 1716 REFER TO THE
[1:41:36] COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT.
[1:41:38] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:41:40] DOCKET 1717.
[1:41:41] DOUG NUMBER 1717
[1:41:43] COUNCILOR FLYNN ON FOR THE
[1:41:44] FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
[1:41:46] TO DISCUSS SAN FRANCISCO'S
[1:41:48] REDUCED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:41:50] REQUIREMENTS AND INCLUSIONARY
[1:41:51] HOUSING PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE
[1:41:53] HOUSING CRISIS.
[1:41:55] .
[1:41:55] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:41:56] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU
[1:41:57] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:41:58] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:41:59] THE CITY OF BOSTON'S
[1:42:00] INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT POLICY
[1:42:02] AIMS TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE
[1:42:04] HOUSING OPTIONS IN REQUIRING
[1:42:07] INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS WITHIN
[1:42:08] A NEW BUILDING CREATION
[1:42:10] OF INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS AT A
[1:42:12] LOCATION NEAR THE BUILDING.
[1:42:14] CONTRIBUTIONS TO.
[1:42:15] BE MADE TO THE IDP FUND USED
[1:42:17] BY THE CITY TO FUND THE
[1:42:18] CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:42:20] ACROSS BOSTON ID IDP APPLIES TO
[1:42:23] MARKET RATE HOUSING
[1:42:24] DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN NEED
[1:42:26] OF ZONING RELIEF AT THE BPD
[1:42:29] BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD
[1:42:31] OF APPEALS IN 2022, THE CITY
[1:42:35] OF BOSTON INCREASED IDP AND
[1:42:37] AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
[1:42:38] FROM 13 TO 17% WITH AN
[1:42:41] ADDITIONAL 3%.
[1:42:42] SET ASIDE FOR.
[1:42:43] SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.
[1:42:46] THIS POLICY.
[1:42:48] CHANGE TOOK EFFECT IN
[1:42:50] OCTOBER 2020 FOR.
[1:42:54] IN JUNE 2025 IT WAS REPORTED
[1:42:56] THAT BOSTON TRAILED 16 PEER
[1:42:58] CITIES IN MULTI-FAMILY
[1:43:00] CONSTRUCTION.
[1:43:03] HOUSING PRODUCTION HAS FALLEN
[1:43:05] SIGNIFICANTLY HERE IN BOSTON
[1:43:06] FROM 98 UNITS APPROVED IN 2020
[1:43:10] .
[1:43:11] TO THE TWO LOWEST YEARS FOR NEW
[1:43:13] HOUSING PERMITS ISSUED IN 2011
[1:43:15] WITH 2023 AND 2024 BOTH UNDER
[1:43:19] 2400 UNITS.
[1:43:21] THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN
[1:43:23] REPORTEDLY BEEN THE LOWEST FOR
[1:43:24] A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY
[1:43:26] OF BOSTON SINCE THE GREAT
[1:43:28] RECESSION.
[1:43:28] I WAS AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT
[1:43:29] WITH REVEREND CULPEPER AND
[1:43:31] COUNCIL FITZGERALD IN THE SOUTH
[1:43:32] END.
[1:43:32] SHEILA DILLON WAS TALKING
[1:43:34] EXACTLY ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
[1:43:36] SAN FRANCISCO FACES SIMILAR
[1:43:38] CHALLENGES AS BOSTON WHERE
[1:43:40] POST-PANDEMIC INFLATION, HIGH
[1:43:41] INTEREST RATES, INCREASED
[1:43:43] CONSTRUCTION COST TARIFFS HAVE
[1:43:46] EXASPERATED THE HOUSING CRISIS
[1:43:48] IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
[1:43:52] ON JULY 2026, UM WITH HOUSING
[1:43:55] PRODUCTION NOWHERE NEAR THE
[1:43:56] PACE REQUIRED TO KEEP UP WITH
[1:43:58] THE DEMAND, THE CITY OF SAN
[1:44:00] FRANCISCO THE BOARD OF.
[1:44:02] SUPERVISORS VOTED 9 TO 2 TO CUT
[1:44:05] INCLUSIONARY ON-SITE AFFORDABLE
[1:44:06] UNITS REQUIREMENTS FROM 15%
[1:44:09] SIMILAR TO BOSTON TO 5% WITH
[1:44:11] THE EXCEPTION.
[1:44:12] FOR A CERTAIN DISTRICT
[1:44:13] MISSION.
[1:44:14] DISTRICT WHICH WAS CUT FROM 17%
[1:44:17] TO 8% UM.
[1:44:18] MOREOVER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:44:20] REQUIREMENTS WERE ELIMINATED
[1:44:22] COMPLETELY FOR A NEW
[1:44:24] DEVELOPMENT UNDER 25 UNITS.
[1:44:26] FACING STRONG ECONOMIC
[1:44:28] HEADWINDS, HOUSING DEVELOPERS
[1:44:29] AND ACTIVISTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
[1:44:31] FORMED A COALITION TO TACKLE
[1:44:32] THE HOUSING CRISIS.
[1:44:35] I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO
[1:44:37] GO BACK TO 5%, BUT I'M SAYING
[1:44:41] LET'S WORK WITH THE NUMBER WE
[1:44:42] HAVE TO REDUCE IT SO WE'RE ABLE
[1:44:45] TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
[1:44:46] WE'RE ABLE TO.
[1:44:48] MOVE UM, HOUSING INTO THE NEXT
[1:44:50] PHASE.
[1:44:51] THERE'S A LOT OF APPROVED
[1:44:53] HOUSING THAT'S JUST NOT GETTING
[1:44:55] BUILT.
[1:44:55] WE NEED TO BUILD HOUSING IN
[1:44:57] THIS CITY AND WHEN WE BUILD
[1:44:59] HOUSING IN THE CITY IT WILL
[1:45:01] INCREASE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
[1:45:03] BUT HAVING THE 17% PLUS THREE
[1:45:06] UM IS IMPACTING.
[1:45:09] THE ABILITY OF DEVELOPERS TO
[1:45:12] GET THEIR PROJECT OFF THE
[1:45:14] GROUND.
[1:45:14] THIS MIGHT BE ONE TOOL TO STUDY
[1:45:17] SAN FRANCISCO AND SEE IF BOSTON
[1:45:19] CAN MAKE, UH SIMILAR
[1:45:22] RECOMMENDATIONS.
[1:45:23] AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE TEMPORARY.
[1:45:25] UM, BUT WE NEED TO THINK
[1:45:27] OUTSIDE THE BOX AND LEARN FROM
[1:45:28] OTHER PROGRESSIVE CITIES LIKE
[1:45:30] SAN FRANCISCO AND SEE HOW WE
[1:45:32] CAN GET MORE HOUSING BUILT IN
[1:45:33] THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[1:45:34] MADAM CHAIR.
[1:45:35] THANK YOU.
[1:45:35] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:45:37] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:45:39] NAME?
[1:45:41] COUNCILOR.
[1:45:42] DURKAN.
[1:45:43] COUNCILOR.
[1:45:43] FITZGERALD.
[1:45:44] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:45:46] THANK YOU.
[1:45:47] DOCKET 1717 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:45:49] THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND
[1:45:50] COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
[1:45:52] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:45:54] READ DOCKET 1718.
[1:45:57] TALKING ABOUT 1718
[1:45:59] COUNCILOR CULPEPER OVER THE
[1:46:00] FOLLOWING ORDER REGARDING A
[1:46:01] TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON
[1:46:03] ZONING CODE.
[1:46:04] TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTERS IN ALL
[1:46:06] ZONING DISTRICTS.
[1:46:07] THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
[1:46:08] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:46:10] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:46:10] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:46:11] MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
[1:46:13] TO ADD COUNCIL AS WELL AS A
[1:46:15] SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:46:16] CONTROL ALSO ADDED.
[1:46:19] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:46:21] AS DATA CENTERS CONTINUE TO
[1:46:23] EXPAND ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS AND
[1:46:26] THE COUNTRY, I BELIEVE BOSTON
[1:46:28] NEEDS TO BE TO DECIDE
[1:46:30] PROACTIVELY WHETHER THIS IS A
[1:46:32] LAND USE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR
[1:46:34] OUR CITY RATHER THAN WAITING
[1:46:36] UNTIL A MAJOR PROPOSAL IS
[1:46:38] ALREADY BEFORE US.
[1:46:39] DATA CENTERS CAN PLACE
[1:46:41] SIGNIFICANT DEMANDS ON
[1:46:43] ELECTRICITY, WATER, SEWER
[1:46:46] INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE
[1:46:47] ELECTRICAL GRID WHILE REQUIRING
[1:46:49] SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF LAND.
[1:46:51] WATER IS ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY
[1:46:53] DENSE CITY WITH LIMITED LAND
[1:46:56] AND SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE
[1:46:58] NEEDS.
[1:46:59] WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING THE
[1:47:01] LIMITED SPACE AND CAPACITY FOR
[1:47:03] HOUSING, JOBS, COMMUNITY
[1:47:06] DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER USES THAT
[1:47:08] PROVIDE MORE DIRECT BENEFIT TO
[1:47:10] OUR RESIDENTS.
[1:47:11] THIS ISSUE HAS BECOME
[1:47:13] PARTICULARLY TIMING FOLLOWING
[1:47:15] GOVERNOR HEALEY'S RECENTLY
[1:47:17] EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING
[1:47:20] ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
[1:47:22] LARGE DATA CENTERS AND
[1:47:24] RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
[1:47:25] OF LOCAL APPROVAL.
[1:47:28] MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THE MOST
[1:47:29] IMPORTANT ROLE IN DETERMINING
[1:47:31] WHETHER THESE FACILITIES ARE
[1:47:33] COMPATIBLE WITH THEIR LAND USE
[1:47:35] AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
[1:47:36] THAT IS WHY THIS AMENDMENT
[1:47:38] TAKES A CLEAR APPROACH.
[1:47:40] IT DEFINES DATA CENTERS IN THE
[1:47:42] ZONING CODE AND MAKES HIM A
[1:47:43] FORBIDDEN USE CITYWIDE WHILE
[1:47:46] PROTECTING ORDINARY SERVER
[1:47:47] ROOMS AND COMPUTING
[1:47:49] INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE
[1:47:51] NECESSARY TO BUSINESSES,
[1:47:52] RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS,
[1:47:55] EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND
[1:47:57] OTHER LAWFUL USES.
[1:47:59] BUT SINCE DENSITY SCARCITY
[1:48:02] OF DEVELOPABLE LAND AND
[1:48:03] EXISTING DEMANDS ON OUR
[1:48:05] INFRASTRUCTURE MAKE LARGE SCALE
[1:48:07] DATA CENTERS INCOMPATIBLE WITH
[1:48:09] THE DIRECTION WE SHOULD BE
[1:48:11] TAKEN AS A CITY.
[1:48:12] THIS AMENDMENT GIVES US AN
[1:48:14] OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH THAT
[1:48:16] POLICY NOW AND ENSURE OUR
[1:48:18] LIMITED LAND AND RESOURCES
[1:48:20] CONTINUE TO SERVE THE BROADER
[1:48:22] NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS
[1:48:23] OF BOSTON.
[1:48:24] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:48:25] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[1:48:27] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:48:29] CONTROVERSIAL COUNCILOR.
[1:48:29] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:48:31] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:48:32] THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[1:48:34] FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL
[1:48:35] CO-SPONSOR.
[1:48:36] UM, AS COUNCIL CULPEPER SAID
[1:48:37] THIS HEARING ORDER OR ORDINANCE
[1:48:40] COMES AT A PERFECT TIME AS WE
[1:48:42] ARE SEEING COMMUNITIES BEING
[1:48:44] BOMBARDED BY INTEREST TO PLACE
[1:48:45] DATA CENTERS IN THEIR
[1:48:46] NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:48:48] WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACTS THESE
[1:48:49] CENTERS HAVE AIR POLLUTION, THE
[1:48:51] STRAIN ON OUR WATER SOURCES, A
[1:48:54] STRAIN ON OUR CITY'S ENERGY
[1:48:55] GRID AND WE DO NOT NEED
[1:48:57] UNREGULATED ENTITIES TAKING
[1:48:59] OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:49:00] A ZONING REVIEW CAN EXAMINE HOW
[1:49:02] WE CAN ASSURE OUR NEIGHBORS OUR
[1:49:04] NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT CARRYING
[1:49:04] THE BURDEN THAT THESE DATA
[1:49:06] CENTERS BRING.
[1:49:07] THANK YOU.
[1:49:08] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[1:49:09] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:49:11] NAME?
[1:49:12] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER
[1:49:13] CONSTRUCT DURKAN COUNCILOR UM
[1:49:17] LOUIJEUNE CONTROL UH, HERE.
[1:49:20] HUNTER.
[1:49:21] PEPEN COUNCILOR MURPHY
[1:49:23] CONSCIOUS INTERNAL
[1:49:24] COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE OUT
[1:49:25] THE CHAIR.
[1:49:28] COUNCILORS.
[1:49:30] UH UM YES THANK YOU DON'T GOOD
[1:49:33] 171 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
[1:49:35] COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
[1:49:36] DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
[1:49:37] .
[1:49:39] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:49:40] READ DOCKET 1719.
[1:49:42] TALKING ABOUT 1719
[1:49:44] COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE
[1:49:45] FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING
[1:49:47] CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THE
[1:49:48] SECTION 17 F REGARDING VOTER
[1:49:52] REGISTRATION AND ELECTION DAY
[1:49:52] VOTING PROCEDURES IN THE CITY
[1:49:55] OF BOSTON.
[1:49:55] TO RECOGNIZE AS COUNCILOR FLYNN
[1:49:57] COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:49:58] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:49:59] A SIMPLE 17 F REQUEST THE CITY
[1:50:03] OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT
[1:50:03] IS.
[1:50:04] CURRENTLY UNDER STATE RECEIVED
[1:50:06] RECEIVERSHIP AFTER FAILING TO
[1:50:07] HAVE SUFFICIENT BALLOTS ACROSS
[1:50:09] THE CITY AND ONE OF THE MOST
[1:50:11] IMPORTANT ELECTIONS OF OUR
[1:50:12] LIFETIME THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL
[1:50:14] ELECTION.
[1:50:16] I BELIEVE WE NEED TO STAY ON
[1:50:17] TOP OF, UM, THIS ISSUE BECAUSE
[1:50:21] IF IT'S A BASIC CITY SERVICES
[1:50:23] IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERYONE
[1:50:25] HAS ACCESS TO VOTING.
[1:50:27] IMPLEMENTING IMMEDIATE CHANGES
[1:50:29] TO ENSURE EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
[1:50:33] UM THE CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD
[1:50:34] PRIORITIZE CRITICAL COMMUNITY
[1:50:36] NEEDS.
[1:50:37] THESE TYPES OF QUALITY OF LIFE
[1:50:38] ISSUES AND THE ABILITY TO
[1:50:41] ADMINISTER BASIC CITY SERVICES.
[1:50:44] UM BUT IT MUST BE CLEAR AND
[1:50:46] ENSURE THAT IT'S EASY AND
[1:50:48] ACCESSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS TO
[1:50:50] VOTE INCLUDING RESIDENTS LIVING
[1:50:52] IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
[1:50:53] OUR SENIORS NOT PERSONS WITH
[1:50:57] DISABILITIES AS WELL.
[1:50:59] IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE,
[1:51:01] TRANSPARENT AND FAIR ELECTION
[1:51:02] PROCESS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY
[1:51:04] OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION
[1:51:05] DEPARTMENT AND I'M REQUESTING
[1:51:07] THIS INFORMATION SO I CAN STUDY
[1:51:09] THE DATA TO ENSURE THAT WE
[1:51:10] PROVIDE, UM, EVERY RESIDENT THE
[1:51:13] OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE THAT'S
[1:51:15] ELIGIBLE.
[1:51:15] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:51:19] UH, CHAIR I SEE UM, SO THIS IS
[1:51:24] 1719 UH 1717 S ALL IN FAVOR?
[1:51:28] UH, CONSEQUENCES SUSPENSION
[1:51:30] OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE
[1:51:31] OF DOCKET 1719.
[1:51:32] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1:51:34] ALL OPPOSED?
[1:51:35] SAY NAY.
[1:51:36] THANK YOU.
[1:51:37] MR CHAIR.
[1:51:37] COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL
[1:51:39] CALL?
[1:51:39] VOTE ON 1719.
[1:51:41] COUNCILOR BREEN.
[1:51:42] NO.
[1:51:43] COUNCILOR BRAYTON NO
[1:51:44] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPONENT
[1:51:46] COUNCILOR CLOSE TO NO
[1:51:48] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[1:51:49] PRESENT COUNCIL CULPEPPER
[1:51:51] PRESENT COUNCILOR DURKAN
[1:51:54] COUNCILOR DURKAN PRESENT.
[1:51:55] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:55] FITZGERALD.
[1:51:56] YES.
[1:51:57] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:57] FISCAL.
[1:51:58] YES.
[1:51:58] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:59] FLYNN.
[1:51:59] YES.
[1:52:00] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:00] FLYNN.
[1:52:00] YES.
[1:52:01] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:01] LOUIJEUNE.
[1:52:02] NO.
[1:52:02] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[1:52:03] NO.
[1:52:04] COUNCILOR MEJIA.
[1:52:05] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:06] MEJIA.
[1:52:06] PRESENT.
[1:52:07] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:08] MURPHY.
[1:52:09] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:09] MURPHY.
[1:52:10] YES.
[1:52:10] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:11] PIPPIN.
[1:52:12] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:12] PEN.
[1:52:13] NO.
[1:52:14] COUNCILOR SANTANA PRESENT.
[1:52:17] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:18] WEBER.
[1:52:19] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:19] WEBER.
[1:52:20] NO.
[1:52:21] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:21] WORLD.
[1:52:21] YES.
[1:52:22] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:24] WELL.
[1:52:24] YES.
[1:52:25] ONE MORE.
[1:52:28] I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A VOTE.
[1:52:29] YOU CAN FINISH.
[1:52:31] CUT!
[1:52:33] COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE
[1:52:34] THE FLOOR.
[1:52:34] I MEAN, I DID THE MATH IN MY
[1:52:35] HEAD, SO I JUST WANT TO RAISE A
[1:52:38] CONCERN THAT HAD I NOT CALLED
[1:52:40] FOR A VOTE THAT.
[1:52:43] I'M IN THE.
[1:52:44] KNOW SO THAT THIS IS NOT A
[1:52:46] POINT OF ORDER FOR ME.
[1:52:47] I SAYS NOT TO BE.
[1:52:48] YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT A POINT
[1:52:49] OF ORDER.
[1:52:50] THE MAYOR'S FINISHES WELL, I
[1:52:51] HAVE TO FINISH THE ROLL CALL.
[1:52:53] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:52:55] CONTINUE?
[1:52:57] MR CLERK PLEASE CONTINUE.
[1:53:00] SO DUCKING NUMBER 1719 HAS
[1:53:02] RECEIVED 12345 VOTES IN THE
[1:53:05] NEGATIVE FOR VOTES IN THE
[1:53:08] AFFIRMATIVE AND FOR VOTES
[1:53:11] PRESENT.
[1:53:13] IT FAILS.
[1:53:15] THANK YOU, MR TARGET 1719 HAS,
[1:53:18] UH, NOT PASSED.
[1:53:22] MR.
[1:53:22] MISS, PLEASE.
[1:53:24] NO, I TALK PLEASE.
[1:53:26] MADAM CHAIR.
[1:53:27] JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO YOU.
[1:53:29] UM, IS IT EASIER FOR THE BODY
[1:53:32] IF INSTEAD OF DOING 17 HALF FOR
[1:53:35] ME GOING FORWARD IS IT EASIER
[1:53:37] TO DO A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
[1:53:39] ?
[1:53:40] DOES THAT MAKE THE PROCESS
[1:53:41] EASIER FOR MY COLLEAGUES?
[1:53:43] UM, SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO
[1:53:46] TAKE A VOTE WHERE IT'S JUST IF
[1:53:48] I JUST DO A FREEDOM
[1:53:49] OF INFORMATION IT DOESN'T HAVE
[1:53:50] ANY IMPACT ON THE CITY
[1:53:52] COUNCIL AND I CAN JUST REQUEST
[1:53:53] RELEVANT INFORMATION THAT WAY
[1:53:55] INSTEAD OF.
[1:53:55] THAT'S THE PREROGATIVE OF ANY
[1:53:57] CITIZEN TO DO THAT.
[1:53:58] YEAH.
[1:53:59] YEAH IT MIGHT BE BUT IT
[1:54:00] MIGHT BE EASIER FOR FOR THIS
[1:54:02] BODY IF WE KIND OF GET RID
[1:54:04] OF IF WE GO AWAY FROM 17
[1:54:06] THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE NOT GOOD.
[1:54:07] FREEDOM OF INFORMATION.
[1:54:09] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:54:10] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:54:11] YES.
[1:54:11] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:54:13] MURPHY.
[1:54:15] I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON.
[1:54:18] COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU HAVE THE
[1:54:19] FLOOR JUST FOR A BRIEF AND THEN
[1:54:21] WE'RE MOVING ON.
[1:54:22] NO, I'M GOING TO.
[1:54:23] THANK YOU.
[1:54:24] SHE WANTS TO.
[1:54:27] CANCEL CULTURE.
[1:54:29] MURPHY.
[1:54:31] THANK YOU.
[1:54:31] AND MAYBE I DIDN'T HEAR WELL
[1:54:33] ,BUT WHEN WE ASKED ALL THOSE
[1:54:35] IN FAVOR AND THEN ALL THOSE DID
[1:54:38] ANYONE SAY THEY WERE AGAINST?
[1:54:39] I DIDN'T HEAR IT AND SO IT WAS
[1:54:41] ABOUT TO PASS.
[1:54:42] SO I'M JUST ASKING A PROCEDURAL
[1:54:44] QUESTION TO THE CLERK OR TO YOU
[1:54:47] ,MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I HAD NOT
[1:54:49] SAID DEALT THE VOTE AND WE WENT
[1:54:51] AROUND ROLL CALL IT WAS ABOUT
[1:54:53] TO PASS.
[1:54:54] IT WILL PASS NEXT WEEK.
[1:54:55] IT'S A 70 NOW IT WILL GO
[1:54:56] THROUGH AND WE'LL GET THE
[1:54:58] ANSWERS EVENTUALLY.
[1:54:58] BUT IF SOMEONE COULD PLEASE
[1:54:59] SPEAK TO THAT IF NOT IF WE
[1:55:02] COULD TAKE A BRIEF RECESS
[1:55:02] BECAUSE THAT'S CONCERNING.
[1:55:03] TO ME.
[1:55:04] THE WAY.
[1:55:05] I KNOW THE PROCEDURE I'M
[1:55:06] JUST AT WHEN BUT NOBODY DID SAY
[1:55:08] SO WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO DO AS
[1:55:10] THE NO.
[1:55:11] I MIGHT I ASK ALL THOSE IN
[1:55:13] FAVOR SAY I THEN I ASK I MAKE A
[1:55:16] DELIBERATE I AM REQUIRED TO SAY
[1:55:17] ALL I ALL THOSE IN AGAINST SAY
[1:55:19] NAY ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[1:55:22] AND BEFORE I FINISH THAT
[1:55:23] SENTENCE SOMEBODY SAYS TO VOTE.
[1:55:25] USUALLY SOMEBODY SAYS START THE
[1:55:27] VOTE.
[1:55:27] SO I THEN I AM I HAVE TO GO TO
[1:55:30] THE FERC AND ASK THEM TO TAKE A
[1:55:31] ROLL CALL.
[1:55:32] THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER.
[1:55:34] THANK YOU.
[1:55:35] MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:55:38] DOCKET 1701720.
[1:55:42] DUCKING NUMBER 1720 COUNCILORS
[1:55:44] FLYNN AND SANTANA FOR THE
[1:55:46] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION ENDORSING
[1:55:48] A FINANCIAL LITERACY GRADUATION
[1:55:51] REQUIREMENT FOR BOSTON PUBLIC
[1:55:52] SCHOOLS.
[1:55:54] THANK YOU.
[1:55:55] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:55:56] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:55:57] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:55:58] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:55:59] MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SUSPEND THE
[1:56:01] RULES AND ADD COUNCIL MEJIA.
[1:56:03] UM, COUNCILOR MEJIA AS A THIRD
[1:56:05] CO-SPONSOR?
[1:56:06] YES.
[1:56:06] UH, HEARING AND SEEING
[1:56:08] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[1:56:09] OBJECTIONS.
[1:56:09] CONSUMER IS ADDED AS A THIRD.
[1:56:11] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:56:13] FINANCIAL LITERACY IS A
[1:56:14] CRITICAL SKILL THAT HELPS
[1:56:16] MANAGE DAY TO DAY FINANCES
[1:56:18] LEARN HOW TO BUDGET, RESEARCH
[1:56:20] FINANCIAL GOALS BASIC FINANCIAL
[1:56:22] CONCEPTS AT A YOUNG AGE CAN
[1:56:24] HELP PREPARE OUR STUDENTS AS
[1:56:26] THEY TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD
[1:56:28] .
[1:56:29] EQUIP THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE
[1:56:30] TO MAKE BETTER PERSONAL
[1:56:32] FINANCIAL DECISIONS.
[1:56:34] WELL, 70% OF MASSACHUSETTS
[1:56:37] SCHOOLS OFFER SOME ELECTIVES IN
[1:56:39] FINANCIAL LITERACY.
[1:56:40] MOST STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH
[1:56:41] LITTLE TO NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE
[1:56:43] FUNDAMENTALS OF BUDGETING,
[1:56:44] SAVINGS, INVESTING, MAINTAINING
[1:56:46] GOOD CREDIT.
[1:56:49] IN 2015 OUR COLLEAGUE STATE
[1:56:52] TREASURER DEB GOLDBERG
[1:56:53] ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE
[1:56:54] OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND
[1:56:56] CREATED THE MASSACHUSETTS
[1:56:57] FINANCIAL LITERACY TASK FORCE
[1:56:59] TO STUDY THE ACCESS TO
[1:57:01] FINANCIAL EDUCATION AMONG K-12
[1:57:04] STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND
[1:57:06] ADULTS.
[1:57:08] THEY OFFER A VARIETY
[1:57:09] OF PROGRAMS WEBINARS, FAIRS,
[1:57:11] GRANTS TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE,
[1:57:14] WOMEN, FAMILY, VETERANS AND
[1:57:16] OLDER ADULTS WITH FINANCIAL
[1:57:19] LITERACY.
[1:57:21] WE ALSO NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN
[1:57:22] TO HELP OUR KIDS PREPARE FOR
[1:57:24] THE REAL WORLD.
[1:57:24] AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE,
[1:57:26] IT'S CRITICAL WE PROVIDE THEM
[1:57:28] WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE
[1:57:29] DEMANDS OF BEING AN ADULT AS
[1:57:30] WELL AS KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC
[1:57:33] FINANCIAL TOOLS TOOLS THEY NEED
[1:57:36] TO SUCCEED INCLUDING A MONTHLY
[1:57:38] BUDGET IN COST OF LIVING
[1:57:40] EXPENSES, THE IMPORTANCE
[1:57:42] OF SAVINGS FOR RETIREMENT AT AN
[1:57:44] EARLY AGE OR EVEN COLLEGE
[1:57:45] SAVINGS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THEY
[1:57:47] BECOME PARENTS THEMSELVES.
[1:57:50] THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON
[1:57:52] UM, NOT JUST ON THE CITY
[1:57:55] COUNCIL BUT I TAUGHT THIS CLASS
[1:57:56] WHEN I WAS IN THE NAVY TO
[1:57:59] YOUNGER PEOPLE ABOUT THE
[1:58:01] IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL
[1:58:02] LITERACY.
[1:58:04] WE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH
[1:58:06] YOUNG PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO
[1:58:08] JOIN THE NAVY AND THEN THEY FOR
[1:58:10] EXAMPLE, THEY WOULD GO OUT AND
[1:58:12] BUY A BRAND NEW CAR AND THEIR
[1:58:15] CREDIT WOULD BE HURT.
[1:58:17] BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAD NO
[1:58:19] MEANS TO PAY FOR A BRAND NEW
[1:58:21] CAR AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW
[1:58:23] ANYTHING ABOUT THE DOWN
[1:58:24] PAYMENT.
[1:58:24] THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
[1:58:26] THE UM ABOUT THE MONTHLY
[1:58:29] PAYMENT FEES.
[1:58:30] THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
[1:58:31] THE INSURANCE, UM AND THE RATES
[1:58:34] AND IT DID IMPACT THEM FOR A
[1:58:36] LONG PERIOD OF TIME ESPECIALLY
[1:58:37] WHEN THEY WANTED TO BUY A HOME
[1:58:39] .
[1:58:40] SO I'M JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT I
[1:58:41] CAN TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
[1:58:42] IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVE THIS
[1:58:44] CRITICAL TOOL SO THAT THEY CAN
[1:58:47] HOPEFULLY BUY A HOME, UM, AND
[1:58:50] CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
[1:58:52] I THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY
[1:58:54] NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IN
[1:58:55] COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ACROSS THE
[1:58:57] CITY OF BOSTON.
[1:58:58] MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
[1:59:00] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:59:02] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRIES AND
[1:59:03] TOWN AND COUNTRY.
[1:59:04] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:59:05] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:59:07] UM, AND I WANT TO THANK MY
[1:59:08] COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR
[1:59:09] INCLUDING.
[1:59:10] ME IN THIS.
[1:59:11] UM, I'M PROUD TO JOIN
[1:59:13] COUNCILOR FUNDING
[1:59:13] COUNCILOR MEJIA UM, IN
[1:59:15] CO-SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION.
[1:59:17] FINANCIAL LITERACY IS A SKILL
[1:59:18] THAT IS NECESSARY FOR
[1:59:20] NAVIGATING OUR WORLD, BUT IT'S
[1:59:21] STILL NOT REQUIRED TO BE TAUGHT
[1:59:23] IN OUR SCHOOLS.
[1:59:24] BY ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE
[1:59:26] FINANCIAL LITERACY REQUIREMENT
[1:59:27] FOR ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
[1:59:28] BOSTON PUBLIC.
[1:59:29] SCHOOLS.
[1:59:30] WE ARE PREPARING THEM TO
[1:59:31] TACKLE WHATEVER COMES NEXT AND
[1:59:33] THRIVE IN TODAY'S RAPIDLY
[1:59:35] SHIFTING ECONOMY.
[1:59:36] WE ALREADY KNOW THIS MODEL
[1:59:38] WORKS.
[1:59:38] THIS IS EXPANDING IN 2020 FOR
[1:59:41] TARGETED FINANCIAL LITERACY
[1:59:42] INITIATIVES HAVE PARTNERED WITH
[1:59:45] 11 ORGANIZATIONS AND EMPOWERED
[1:59:46] NEARLY 1000 STUDENTS ACROSS OUR
[1:59:48] DISTRICT.
[1:59:48] BUT FINANCIAL EDUCATION
[1:59:50] SHOULDN'T DEPEND ON A ZIP
[1:59:51] CODE OR A PILOT PROGRAM.
[1:59:53] IT MUST BE A GUARANTEED RIGHT
[1:59:54] FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT.
[1:59:57] BY ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE
[1:59:59] FINANCIAL LITERACY REQUIREMENT
[2:00:00] ACROSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
[2:00:01] WE ARE INVESTING IN EQUITY.
[2:00:04] CLOSING GENERATIONAL WEALTH
[2:00:05] GAPS AND ENSURING THAT OUR
[2:00:08] GRADUATES LEAVE OUR HALLS READY
[2:00:09] TO THRIVE.
[2:00:10] I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US
[2:00:12] IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION
[2:00:13] TODAY.
[2:00:13] THANK YOU.
[2:00:15] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[2:00:18] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER
[2:00:19] HERE.
[2:00:19] CONSUMER HEARING OF THE FLOOR.
[2:00:20] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:00:22] I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
[2:00:23] FOR.
[2:00:23] UM.
[2:00:23] ADDING ME TO THIS
[2:00:25] RESOLUTION.
[2:00:25] UM, FINANCIAL LITERACY.
[2:00:27] IS AN ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILL
[2:00:29] THAT ALL PEOPLE NEED.
[2:00:30] HOWEVER, WE DO NOT EQUIP OUR
[2:00:32] STUDENTS WITH WITH IT DESPITE
[2:00:34] THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
[2:00:36] BUDGETING, FINANCIAL DECISIONS,
[2:00:37] TAXES, CREDIT SCORES, SAVINGS,
[2:00:39] PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT AND SO
[2:00:41] MUCH MORE EMPOWERING OUR YOUTH
[2:00:42] FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY WILL
[2:00:44] MEANINGFULLY UM CHANGE THEIR
[2:00:46] LIVES.
[2:00:46] THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING
[2:00:47] THESE SKILLS AND LACKING THEM
[2:00:49] COULD BE BUYING A HOUSE,
[2:00:51] BUILDING GOOD CREDIT, MANAGING
[2:00:52] DEBT AND THEIR OVERALL ABILITY
[2:00:55] TO IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES
[2:00:55] WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL AND
[2:00:57] BUSINESS FINANCES.
[2:00:59] THIS RESOLUTION ALSO CALLS FOR
[2:01:01] A TRAUMA INFORMED AND
[2:01:02] CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE APPROACH
[2:01:05] TO FINANCIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE
[2:01:06] YOU KNOW WHERE SOMETIMES
[2:01:09] GROWING UP UM, HERE IN THE CITY
[2:01:11] OF BOSTON AND AS AN IMMIGRANT.
[2:01:13] YOU KNOW.
[2:01:14] WE GET FUNNY ABOUT MONEY.
[2:01:15] WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT
[2:01:16] IN THE HOME.
[2:01:17] AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
[2:01:18] IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT
[2:01:19] THIS FROM A CULTURAL COMPETENCY
[2:01:22] LENS.
[2:01:22] PEOPLE WHO GREW UP WHO GREW UP
[2:01:24] IN POVERTY END UP STAYING IN
[2:01:25] POVERTY BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T
[2:01:27] KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GOOD
[2:01:29] RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH WEALTH
[2:01:31] AND SO FINANCIAL LITERACY IS NO
[2:01:32] DIFFERENT AND BUILDING THIS
[2:01:33] KIND OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENT
[2:01:35] AND TO SET OUR STUDENTS UP FOR
[2:01:37] THEIR ENTIRE LIFE AND I'LL JUST
[2:01:38] SAY UM WELL I WAS IN HIGH
[2:01:40] SCHOOL, I HAD THREE JOBS I
[2:01:42] WORKED AT MCDONALD'S BRIGHAM
[2:01:43] AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AND A SHOE
[2:01:45] STORE AND IN THE EVENINGS I
[2:01:46] WOULD EVEN GO CLEAN OFFICES
[2:01:48] WITH MY MOM AND IF ANYONE WOULD
[2:01:50] HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO SIT WITH
[2:01:52] ME AND SAY BUY A HOUSE, DO
[2:01:55] THIS, I PROBABLY UM WOULD BE IN
[2:01:57] A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE IN MY
[2:01:58] LIFE FINANCIALLY.
[2:01:59] AND SO THE WORK UM IS REALLY
[2:02:01] ABOUT BUILDING GENERATIONAL
[2:02:03] WEALTH BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT
[2:02:04] WHEN PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND UM
[2:02:06] ,THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH
[2:02:07] MONEY.
[2:02:08] SO I THINK THAT THIS IS AN
[2:02:09] IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
[2:02:10] BUT BEFORE UH, I AND I JUST
[2:02:13] WANT TO SAY RESOLUTIONS ARE
[2:02:14] GREAT BUT I THINK YOU KNOW,
[2:02:16] PUTTING PEN TO PAPER AND
[2:02:18] TURNING THESE INTO ACTUAL
[2:02:19] POLICIES THAT WE CAN MAKE
[2:02:21] HAPPEN IS THE DEFINITELY THE
[2:02:23] ENERGY THAT WE NEED IN THIS
[2:02:25] MOMENT.
[2:02:25] THANK YOU.
[2:02:26] COUNCILOR MEJIA.
[2:02:26] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:02:28] COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNTRY YOU
[2:02:29] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:02:30] YES I KNOW MY TIME IN THE
[2:02:33] CLASSROOM BUT ALSO HERE ON THE
[2:02:35] COUNCIL HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING
[2:02:36] FOR MORE CLASSES AND MORE
[2:02:39] TRAINING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
[2:02:40] ALSO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS
[2:02:42] ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:02:43] I DO JUST WANT TO TAKE THE
[2:02:45] OPPORTUNITY TO THANK STEVE
[2:02:46] WHALEN AND CITY KIDS AND I KNOW
[2:02:48] THERE'S MANY OTHER NON-PROFITS
[2:02:50] THAT IS UM TEACHES FINANCIAL
[2:02:52] LITERACY AT THE BASE AND ALSO
[2:02:55] EAST BOSTON HIGH IS ONE
[2:02:56] OF THEIR SEVERAL SCHOOLS HOPING
[2:02:58] TO EXPAND ACROSS ALL OF OUR
[2:03:00] SCHOOLS.
[2:03:01] SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
[2:03:03] CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE
[2:03:04] OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT ARE
[2:03:06] TRYING TO FILL THE GAP THAT DPS
[2:03:08] HAS AND ALSO ADVOCATING THAT
[2:03:11] JUST MAKES IT A REQUIREMENT.
[2:03:13] ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE
[2:03:14] CITY SHOULD BE LEARNING THIS.
[2:03:16] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:03:18] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:03:19] NAME?
[2:03:20] COUNTRY COLOR IS A POWDER
[2:03:22] COUNTRY.
[2:03:22] CULPEPER CONSTRUCTOR CAN TO
[2:03:24] FITZGERALD COUNTRY LOUISIANA
[2:03:26] COUNTRY MURPHY COUNTRY PEPEN
[2:03:28] COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE
[2:03:29] ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS FLYNN
[2:03:33] ,SANTANA AND MEJIA SEEK
[2:03:35] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
[2:03:35] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1720.
[2:03:39] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:03:40] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[2:03:43] MR TRUMP.
[2:03:44] COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL
[2:03:45] CALL?
[2:03:46] VOTE ON DOCKET 1720.
[2:03:48] COUNCILOR BREAK.
[2:03:49] YES, COUNCILOR BREADON?
[2:03:50] YES.
[2:03:50] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
[2:03:51] PARTNER.
[2:03:51] YES.
[2:03:52] COUNCIL AS A PARTNER.
[2:03:52] YES.
[2:03:53] COUNCILOR.
[2:03:53] CULPEPPER.
[2:03:54] COUNCILOR.
[2:03:55] CULPEPPER.
[2:03:55] YES.
[2:03:56] COUNCILOR.
[2:03:56] DURKAN.
[2:03:58] COUNCILOR.
[2:03:58] DURKAN.
[2:03:58] YES.
[2:03:58] COUNCILOR.
[2:03:59] FITZGERALD.
[2:04:00] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:00] FITZGERALD.
[2:04:01] YES.
[2:04:01] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:01] FLYNN.
[2:04:02] YES.
[2:04:03] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:03] FLYNN.
[2:04:03] YES.
[2:04:04] COUNCIL.
[2:04:04] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:04:05] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:06] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:04:06] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:04:06] MEJIA.
[2:04:07] COUNCIL ME HERE.
[2:04:08] YES.
[2:04:08] COUNSELOR.
[2:04:09] MURPHY.
[2:04:09] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:10] MURPHY.
[2:04:10] YES.
[2:04:11] COUNCIL.
[2:04:11] PIPPIN.
[2:04:12] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:12] PAN.
[2:04:13] YES.
[2:04:13] COUNCIL.
[2:04:13] SANTANA.
[2:04:14] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:15] SANTANA.
[2:04:15] YES.
[2:04:16] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:16] WEBER.
[2:04:17] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:17] WORLD.
[2:04:18] YES.
[2:04:19] COUNCIL.
[2:04:20] ARROYO.
[2:04:20] YES.
[2:04:20] TALKING ABOUT 1720 HAS
[2:04:23] RECEIVED.
[2:04:26] OH COUNCILOR WEBER.
[2:04:30] FINANCIAL THAT IS.
[2:04:31] YES.
[2:04:32] COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
[2:04:33] TALKING NUMBER 1720 HAS
[2:04:36] RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
[2:04:37] THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:04:38] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:04:40] DOCKET 1720 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:04:43] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[2:04:44] DOCKET 1721.
[2:04:46] DOCKET NUMBER 1721
[2:04:48] COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE
[2:04:49] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
[2:04:51] OF THE WORKERS AT ENCORE BOSTON
[2:04:53] HARBOR.
[2:04:54] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:04:56] COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL.
[2:04:56] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:04:58] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:05:00] MADAM PRESIDENT, UM, CAN I
[2:05:02] PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR COLETTA
[2:05:03] SUPPORTER AS AN ORIGINAL
[2:05:04] CO-SPONSOR SUSPEND THE RULES
[2:05:05] AND ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:05:07] AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:05:08] COUNTRY COLOR TO SUPPORT IS OUT
[2:05:09] OF A SECOND AND SEEING AND
[2:05:11] HEARING NO OBJECTION CONSIDER
[2:05:12] IT AS A THIRD.
[2:05:14] I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT
[2:05:15] CLEAR THAT THERE'S A LOT
[2:05:16] OF SUPPORT ON THE COUNCIL UM,
[2:05:19] FOR UH FOR MY
[2:05:20] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
[2:05:21] UM I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
[2:05:23] TO COUNCIL OF LANCASTER
[2:05:24] LOUIJEUNE UM AND MANY OTHERS UM
[2:05:27] FOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT HERE.
[2:05:29] I ALSO WANT TO THANK UM ALL
[2:05:31] OF OUR WORKERS WHO ARE HERE WHO
[2:05:32] HAVE BEEN PATIENT.
[2:05:33] I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING
[2:05:34] .
[2:05:34] UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS
[2:05:36] RESOLUTION, UM, IS ON BEHALF
[2:05:39] OF YOU ALL UM, I KNOW YOU ALL
[2:05:41] HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES
[2:05:42] RIGHT NOW FOR THE LAST TWO
[2:05:43] WEEKS.
[2:05:43] UM, SO, UM, I'M VERY PROUD TO
[2:05:46] STAND WITH MY LABOR SIBLINGS,
[2:05:47] UM, AND UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 AND
[2:05:50] TEAMSTERS UM LOCAL 25 BY
[2:05:52] INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION
[2:05:53] WITH THIS RESOLUTION BACKING
[2:05:55] THE STRIKING WORKERS UP ARM FOR
[2:05:58] BOSTON HARBOR, THEIR STRIKE IS
[2:05:59] NOW IN ITS SECOND WEEK.
[2:06:01] TWO WEEKS INTO THEIR STRIKE,
[2:06:03] WORKERS ARE HOLDING THE LINE
[2:06:04] FOR COMPETITIVE PAY, JOB
[2:06:06] SECURITY AND HEALTH CARE
[2:06:08] BENEFITS.
[2:06:09] BOSTON RESIDENTS WORK AT
[2:06:11] BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE
[2:06:12] REGION INCLUDING ENCORE, BOSTON
[2:06:14] HARBOR AND EVERETT AND THE
[2:06:15] WORKING CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEES
[2:06:17] THROUGHOUT THE GREATER BOSTON
[2:06:18] HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR
[2:06:20] RESIDENTS AND REGIONAL ECONOMY.
[2:06:22] EVERETT CITY COUNCIL PASSED A
[2:06:24] VERY SIMILAR RESOLUTION ON
[2:06:25] MONDAY NIGHT, AND SO I'D LIKE
[2:06:27] TO INVITE MY FELLOW COUNCILORS
[2:06:28] WHO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE
[2:06:30] STRIKING WORKERS AT LONG FOR IT
[2:06:32] AND END WITH A QUOTE FROM THE
[2:06:33] EVERETT MAYOR ROBERT VAN
[2:06:35] KAMPEN.
[2:06:37] ENCORE WANTS TO CALL THEMSELVES
[2:06:39] ENCORE BOSTON BUT THEY DON'T
[2:06:41] WANT TO PAY BOSTON RATES.
[2:06:42] PAY THE PEOPLE.
[2:06:45] IT'S TIME FOR THE BOSTON CITY
[2:06:47] COUNCIL TO ADD OUR VOICE TO
[2:06:48] THIS CALL.
[2:06:49] I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
[2:06:50] THIS RESOLUTION AND I GUYS
[2:06:53] REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE
[2:06:54] WORKERS WHO ARE HERE.
[2:06:54] MR GLASS YES, I WILL SAY THIS
[2:06:56] UM, WHO ARE UH YOU KNOW, JUST
[2:07:00] CONTINUING TO UM FIGHT FOR FOR
[2:07:02] FOR BASIC NEEDS I MEAN FOR THE
[2:07:03] BASIC RIGHTS.
[2:07:04] RIGHT.
[2:07:04] AND UM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
[2:07:06] YOU ALL KNOW THAT HERE ARE THE
[2:07:07] BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
[2:07:08] UM, WE ARE STANDING WITH YOU.
[2:07:09] I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES,
[2:07:10] UM, HAVE STOOD IN THE FRONT
[2:07:12] LINES WITH YOU ALL AND WE WILL
[2:07:13] CONTINUE TO FIGHT ON YOUR
[2:07:14] BEHALF.
[2:07:14] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:07:16] THANK YOU.
[2:07:17] COUNCILOR STANTON OF THE
[2:07:17] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:07:18] COUNCILOR COLORS AS A POWDER
[2:07:20] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:07:21] THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
[2:07:22] PRESIDENT.
[2:07:22] AND I'M SO PROUD.
[2:07:23] TO, UH, STAND AS SECOND UH,
[2:07:25] CO-SPONSOR ALONGSIDE COUNCIL.
[2:07:26] SANTANA, I WANT TO THANK YOU
[2:07:28] FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[2:07:28] UM.
[2:07:29] LOCAL 26 TEAMSTERS.
[2:07:31] MY BACK IS NOT, UM, UH, NOT
[2:07:34] FACING YOU.
[2:07:35] UH, BUT I'M STANDING SHOULDER
[2:07:36] TO SHOULDER WITH YOU.
[2:07:37] I'M SORRY.
[2:07:37] I'M SLEEP DEPRIVED.
[2:07:38] I'M MUFFLED SO THAT YOU COME UP
[2:07:40] WAY THAT I WANTED.
[2:07:40] IT TO.
[2:07:41] BUT JUST KNOW I'M STANDING
[2:07:42] SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ALL
[2:07:42] OF YOU AND I WILL BE THERE WITH
[2:07:44] WALKING WITH HIS.
[2:07:45] HEADPHONES.
[2:07:46] AND I LOOK FORWARD.
[2:07:47] TO TO.
[2:07:48] WALK IN PICKET.
[2:07:48] LINE WITH YOU UM SHORTLY.
[2:07:50] BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE IS
[2:07:52] IMPORTANT TO ALL OF YOU, OUR
[2:07:53] NEIGHBORS.
[2:07:53] YOU ADD VALUE TO OUR
[2:07:55] COMMUNITIES, YOU STRENGTHEN OUR
[2:07:56] COMMUNITIES.
[2:07:56] UM, YOUR LABOR HAS VALUE AND
[2:07:58] IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT YOUR.
[2:08:00] CONTRACT, UM.
[2:08:01] REFLECTS THAT VALUE.
[2:08:02] UH, WE KNOW THAT, UM, WAGES ARE
[2:08:05] NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE COST
[2:08:06] OF LIVING RISING UH, HOUSING
[2:08:08] PRICES HERE AND SO YOU DESERVE
[2:08:10] THAT AND YOU DESERVE SO MUCH
[2:08:12] MORE.
[2:08:12] OUR MESSAGE.
[2:08:13] IS SIMPLE AND WE STAND WITH
[2:08:14] YOU IN THAT MESSAGE.
[2:08:15] ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
[2:08:16] YOU DESERVE HEALTHCARE, DESERVE
[2:08:18] ADEQUATE BENEFITS THAT.
[2:08:19] REFLECT THE 21ST CENTURY.
[2:08:22] UH, AND YOU DESERVE JOB
[2:08:23] SECURITY.
[2:08:24] AND WE ARE HERE TO STAY WITH
[2:08:26] YOU.
[2:08:26] UH, NOT JUST IN THE COUNCIL,
[2:08:27] BUT I WILL BE THERE WITH ONE
[2:08:29] KEY.
[2:08:29] UM, OVER AT EVERETT, ALTHOUGH
[2:08:31] IT IS OVER AND WE KNOW THAT YOU
[2:08:32] ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY
[2:08:33] OF BOSTON EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[2:08:35] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
[2:08:36] EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
[2:08:37] WE STAND WITH YOU.
[2:08:38] UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO
[2:08:40] THIS FIGHT.
[2:08:40] GOOD GOD.
[2:08:41] THANK YOU.
[2:08:48] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
[2:08:50] DURKAN COUNTRY.
[2:08:51] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:08:52] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:08:53] UM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREEDEN
[2:08:54] UM, I JOINED THE PICKET LINE
[2:08:56] LATE ONE NIGHT.
[2:08:57] UM, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LATE
[2:08:58] ONE NIGHT, BUT THE ENERGY WAS
[2:09:00] THERE AND, UM, IT'S VERY CLEAR
[2:09:02] TO ME, UH, THAT THESE WORKERS
[2:09:04] YOU MIGHT.
[2:09:04] BE WORKING IN EVERETT, THERE
[2:09:06] MIGHT BE CHELSEA POLICE
[2:09:07] OUTSIDE.
[2:09:08] IT MIGHT BE JURISDICTIONAL
[2:09:10] NONSENSE.
[2:09:10] BUT YOU ARE SERVING THE BOSTON
[2:09:12] HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
[2:09:14] UM, AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME, UH,
[2:09:16] THAT WHEN UM, YOU KNOW, ON CORE
[2:09:18] MARKETS ITSELF AS A FIRST CLASS
[2:09:21] RESORT, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES
[2:09:23] MAKING IT THAT FIRST CLASS
[2:09:24] RESORT AND THAT PLACE THAT.
[2:09:25] PEOPLE WANT TO GO.
[2:09:26] UM, SO THE BOSTON HOSPITALITY
[2:09:29] INDUSTRY HAS THE TEAMSTERS AND
[2:09:30] LOCAL 26 TO THANK FOR FOR WHAT
[2:09:33] THEY'RE DOING AND THEY DESERVE
[2:09:35] A FAIR CONTRACT AND THEY
[2:09:36] DESERVE A FAIR CONTRACT RIGHT
[2:09:38] NOW.
[2:09:38] AND SO UM SO I'LL BE BACK OUT
[2:09:40] THERE WHENEVER I SEE YOU GUYS
[2:09:41] OUT THERE AND I KNOW YOU GUYS
[2:09:43] HAVE BEEN OUT THERE LATE.
[2:09:43] THERE HAVE BEEN DRUMS, THERE'S
[2:09:45] BEEN EXCITEMENT.
[2:09:46] UM, BUT UM, WE NEED TO ADD OUR
[2:09:49] VOICE TO THIS FIGHT BECAUSE
[2:09:50] THIS IS A REGIONAL FIGHT.
[2:09:52] YOU ARE A REGIONAL, UH,
[2:09:55] HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THAT WE
[2:09:56] LOVE AND WE CHERISH.
[2:09:58] UM, YOU KNOW, LATE AT NIGHT
[2:09:59] PEOPLE ARE ASKING LIKE WE'RE
[2:10:01] NEXT.
[2:10:01] YOU GUYS ARE.
[2:10:02] THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING
[2:10:03] NEXT.
[2:10:04] THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HEADED TO.
[2:10:05] AND HAVING PATRONIZE SOME GREAT
[2:10:08] RESTAURANTS AND UM, HAVING BEEN
[2:10:09] IN THE HOTEL HAVING BEEN TO
[2:10:11] CONFERENCES, WE KNOW THE
[2:10:13] INCREDIBLE HOSPITALITY THAT YOU
[2:10:14] OFFER OUR REGION AND YOU
[2:10:16] DESERVE BETTER AND WE'RE GOING
[2:10:18] TO STAND WITH YOU.
[2:10:24] THANK YOU.
[2:10:25] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:10:27] UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[2:10:28] THEIR NAME?
[2:10:30] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:10:31] COUNCILOR.
[2:10:31] FITZGERALD.
[2:10:32] COUNCILOR.
[2:10:32] FLYNN, COUNCILOR.
[2:10:33] LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.
[2:10:34] MEJIA, COUNCILOR.
[2:10:34] MURPHY, COUNCILOR.
[2:10:36] PEPEN, COUNCILOR.
[2:10:37] WEBER, COUNCILOR.
[2:10:38] WORRELL.
[2:10:39] AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
[2:10:43] COUNCILOR SANTANA, COLLETTA,
[2:10:44] ZAPATA AND DURKAN.
[2:10:46] SEE?
[2:10:46] OH, BEG YOUR PARDON, MADAM.
[2:10:50] YOU MADAM I'M A MADAM.
[2:10:52] CONSIDER TO BE A
[2:10:54] COUNCILOR MARIA, YOU HAVE THE
[2:10:55] FLOOR.
[2:10:56] THANK YOU.
[2:10:57] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:10:58] UH, I I THINK NORMALLY WE GO
[2:11:00] AND ASK IF ANYONE WANTS TO
[2:11:02] SPEAK.
[2:11:02] I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S CHANGED
[2:11:03] SINCE.
[2:11:04] NO IT'S NOT WHEN THERE'S A VOTE
[2:11:05] WE'RE OPEN.
[2:11:06] WELL, WELL.
[2:11:07] I'M NOT BREAKING ANY RULES.
[2:11:08] HERE, ALL RIGHT?
[2:11:09] NO, NOT AT ALL.
[2:11:10] BUT I.
[2:11:10] WANTED.
[2:11:10] TO TO GET UP AND TO THANK YOU
[2:11:12] ALL FOR BEING HERE.
[2:11:14] I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY
[2:11:17] AND I'M SURE YOU GOT LOTS OF,
[2:11:18] UH, INSIGHT TO THE BUSINESS
[2:11:21] OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE YOU KNOW,
[2:11:23] THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE.
[2:11:24] BUT I.
[2:11:24] WANTED TO JUST SAY.
[2:11:26] THANK YOU TO UNITE 26 I ALWAYS
[2:11:29] TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY MOM
[2:11:30] WAS A LOW WAGE WORKER AND
[2:11:32] WORKED AT THE SAME, UM.
[2:11:34] FOOD INDUSTRY I BAPS IN COLLEGE
[2:11:37] AND WAS NEVER ABLE TO UNIONIZE
[2:11:40] AND THEY JUST BECAME A UNION
[2:11:42] AND MY MOM NOW IS 76 YEARS OLD
[2:11:45] AND I ALWAYS USED TO.
[2:11:46] SAY THAT SHE.
[2:11:46] WAS TOO POOR TO RETIRE.
[2:11:48] SHE'S STILL WORKING.
[2:11:50] AND IT WAS NOW IS SUCH A GREAT
[2:11:51] PRIDE THAT SHE HAS THAT SHE IS
[2:11:53] PART OF THE FAMILY.
[2:11:55] BUT THEY'RE STILL FIGHTING FOR
[2:11:57] AND STILL NEGOTIATING FOR FAIR
[2:12:00] WAGES.
[2:12:00] THEY'RE STILL NEGOTIATING FOR
[2:12:02] BETTER CARE.
[2:12:03] SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN A
[2:12:05] UNION I SAY WE EVEN THOUGH I'M
[2:12:07] NOT I BUT I WANT TO BE BUT EVEN
[2:12:09] THOUGH SHE'S IN A UNION THERE'S
[2:12:10] STILL A FIGHT AND THE FACT THAT
[2:12:12] YOU STILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR
[2:12:13] YOUR RIGHTS WHILE THESE FAT
[2:12:15] CATS GET RICHER RIGHT?
[2:12:16] AND YOU JUST GET MORE WORK AND
[2:12:19] NOTHING IN RETURN SPEAKS
[2:12:21] VOLUMES TO THE ROLE THAT WE
[2:12:23] HERE AS CITY COUNCILORS NEED TO
[2:12:24] PLAY NOT JUST TO STAND UP AND
[2:12:26] SAY WE SUPPORT YOU BUT TO MAKE
[2:12:28] THOSE PHONE CALLS KNOCK ON
[2:12:29] THOSE DOORS AND SHAME PEOPLE
[2:12:32] WHEN THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP FOR
[2:12:33] WORKING CLASS FOLKS.
[2:12:34] SO JUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OUR
[2:12:36] SUPPORT AND I WANT TO THANK MY
[2:12:37] COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP
[2:12:38] IN THIS SPACE AND FOR ALLOWING
[2:12:40] ME TO SPEAK.
[2:12:41] THANK YOU.
[2:12:42] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MAHI.
[2:12:48] AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:12:50] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE
[2:12:51] THE FLOOR.
[2:12:51] THANK YOU.
[2:12:51] I JUST.
[2:12:52] WANT TO.
[2:12:52] THANK MY COLLEAGUES
[2:12:53] COUNCIL SANTANA FOR FILING THIS
[2:12:54] RESOLUTION AND I JUST WANT TO
[2:12:55] THANK ALL OF YOU.
[2:12:56] WE LIVE IN A CITY.
[2:12:56] WHERE ONE JOB SHOULD.
[2:12:58] BE ENOUGH.
[2:12:58] THAT SHOULD.
[2:12:59] BE TRUE NOT.
[2:12:59] ONLY IN BOSTON.
[2:13:00] IT SHOULD.
[2:13:00] BE TRUE EVERYWHERE.
[2:13:01] AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE FIGHTING
[2:13:02] .
[2:13:02] UNTIL THAT.
[2:13:03] SO SO JUST.
[2:13:03] KNOW THAT I.
[2:13:04] WILL CONTINUE.
[2:13:05] SHOWING UP AT THE PICKET LINE.
[2:13:07] UH, MY.
[2:13:07] FAVORITE NUMBER IS.
[2:13:08] LOCAL 26.
[2:13:10] UM, AND.
[2:13:11] YOU KNOW.
[2:13:11] A NUMBER OF MY FAMILY
[2:13:12] MEMBERS ARE A MEMBER OF THIS.
[2:13:13] UNION AND IT MEANS SO MUCH.
[2:13:15] THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE
[2:13:16] CAN.
[2:13:16] TO BUILD WORKING CLASS POWER
[2:13:17] IN THE CITY.
[2:13:18] UM, I THINK COUNCILMAN HE HAS
[2:13:19] SAID.
[2:13:19] IT ENOUGH.
[2:13:20] THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER AND
[2:13:22] WE NEED TO.
[2:13:22] MAKE SURE THAT.
[2:13:23] WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE
[2:13:23] PROFIT.
[2:13:24] THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[2:13:29] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:13:29] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:13:31] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:13:32] AND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES I'D
[2:13:34] BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SEND, UH.
[2:13:37] AND SAY I'M WITH YOU 100%.
[2:13:39] THANK YOU.
[2:13:40] REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT I'M
[2:13:41] COMING.
[2:13:42] OUT.
[2:13:43] TO STAND OUT ON.
[2:13:43] THE PICKET.
[2:13:44] LINE BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT.
[2:13:46] FIVE MOVE.
[2:13:47] OF STANDING UP FOR.
[2:13:48] WHAT'S RIGHT AND IT.
[2:13:49] IS ABOUT STANDING UP TO
[2:13:50] MAKE.
[2:13:50] SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH.
[2:13:52] FOOD ON THE TABLE TO FEED YOUR
[2:13:54] FAMILY BY SAID TO 100%.
[2:13:56] DON'T STOP UNTIL VICTORY.
[2:13:58] IS ONE AND I'LL SEE YOU ON THE
[2:14:01] PICKET LINE.
[2:14:10] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:14:11] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:14:12] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:14:14] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:14:15] I WANT TO WELCOME THE WORKERS
[2:14:17] FROM ONCOR THAT ARE HERE WITH
[2:14:19] US THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR BEING
[2:14:21] PATIENT.
[2:14:22] BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[2:14:24] AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE
[2:14:27] GOING TO TAKE A VOTE IN A FEW
[2:14:28] MINUTES ON ON THIS IMPORTANT
[2:14:30] MATTER.
[2:14:31] AND THIS IS ABOUT SOCIAL AND
[2:14:33] ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE AS
[2:14:35] FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
[2:14:36] IT'S ABOUT.
[2:14:37] THE DIGNITY OF THE.
[2:14:38] WORKER AND WANT TO LET THE
[2:14:41] WORKERS KNOW THAT THEY ARE
[2:14:43] RESPECTED AND WE VALUE WHAT YOU
[2:14:45] DO YOU HELP BUILD BOSTON.
[2:14:47] YOU HELPED BUILD OUR OUR
[2:14:49] NATION.
[2:14:49] UH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
[2:14:52] LOCAL 26.
[2:14:53] I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
[2:14:54] THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 25 AND TO
[2:14:56] OUR MARIAN OUTSTANDING JOB
[2:14:59] OF THESE TWO UNIONS WORKING
[2:15:01] TOGETHER FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL
[2:15:02] AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
[2:15:04] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:15:10] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:15:13] THANK YOU.
[2:15:14] UM, IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU
[2:15:17] ALL HERE.
[2:15:18] I WANT YOU TO KNOW I THINK IT'S
[2:15:21] OBVIOUS THAT THE CITY
[2:15:22] COUNCIL STANDS WITH YOU IN
[2:15:23] SOLIDARITY.
[2:15:24] UH, AS SOMEONE SAID, ONE JOB
[2:15:26] SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
[2:15:27] YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE
[2:15:28] SO HARD TO JUST GET BY IN
[2:15:30] BOSTON, IN MASSACHUSETTS IN THE
[2:15:32] UNITED STATES THE RICHEST
[2:15:33] COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
[2:15:35] SO WE STAND WITH YOU.
[2:15:37] I SEE A FRIEND OVER THERE IN
[2:15:39] THE CORNER.
[2:15:39] GOOD TO SEE YOU, JIMMY.
[2:15:41] UH, AND.
[2:15:42] WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
[2:15:43] LOCAL 26 AND WITH THE
[2:15:45] TEAMSTERS.
[2:15:45] SO, UH, WE WISH YOU GODSPEED IN
[2:15:47] THIS IN THIS FIGHT FOR A FAIR,
[2:15:49] UH, A FAIR CONTRACT AND GOOD
[2:15:51] LIVABLE WAGES.
[2:15:54] SO ON THE BEST.
[2:16:01] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:16:04] NAME?
[2:16:04] WE'VE DONE THAT.
[2:16:06] THANK YOU.
[2:16:07] PARDON?
[2:16:08] SORRY I'M LOSING MY TRACK IN
[2:16:09] THIS THIS, UM.
[2:16:12] COUNCILOR SANTANA COLLETTE AS A
[2:16:14] POWDER AND DURKAN SEEKS
[2:16:15] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[2:16:16] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1721.
[2:16:18] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
[2:16:21] UH.
[2:16:22] ALL OPPOSED.
[2:16:22] SAY NAY.
[2:16:24] UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:16:26] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[2:16:27] VOTE ON DOCKET 1721?
[2:16:30] YES.
[2:16:36] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:16:37] YES, SIR.
[2:16:37] BREADON.
[2:16:38] YES, COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A
[2:16:39] PARTNER.
[2:16:40] COUNCIL AS A PARTNER.
[2:16:41] YES.
[2:16:41] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:42] CULPEPER.
[2:16:43] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:43] CULPEPER.
[2:16:43] YES.
[2:16:44] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:44] DURKAN.
[2:16:45] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:45] DURKAN.
[2:16:46] YES.
[2:16:46] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:47] FITZGERALD.
[2:16:48] YES.
[2:16:48] COUNCIL.
[2:16:48] FITZGERALD.
[2:16:49] YES.
[2:16:49] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:49] FLYNN.
[2:16:50] YES.
[2:16:50] COUNCIL.
[2:16:51] FLYNN.
[2:16:51] YES.
[2:16:51] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:52] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:16:52] YES.
[2:16:53] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:53] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:16:54] YES.
[2:16:54] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:54] MEJIA.
[2:16:55] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:55] MEDIA'S COUNCILOR.
[2:16:56] MURPHY.
[2:16:57] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:58] MURPHY.
[2:16:58] YES.
[2:16:59] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:59] PEN.
[2:17:00] COUNCILOR THE PLAN.
[2:17:01] YES.
[2:17:01] COUNCILOR.
[2:17:01] SANTANA.
[2:17:02] YES.
[2:17:03] COUNCILOR.
[2:17:03] SANTANA.
[2:17:03] YES.
[2:17:04] COUNCIL.
[2:17:04] WEBER.
[2:17:04] YES.
[2:17:05] COUNCILOR.
[2:17:05] WEBER.
[2:17:06] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[2:17:07] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:17:08] WELL, YES.
[2:17:08] TALKING NUMBER 1721 HAS
[2:17:11] RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
[2:17:14] THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:17:22] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[2:17:23] DOCKET 172 0 TO 1 HAS BEEN
[2:17:27] PASSED ADOPTED.
[2:17:28] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[2:17:32] WE'RE ON TO MR. CLERK.
[2:17:35] WE'LL GIVE OUR FRIENDS OF A FEW
[2:17:38] MOMENTS TO LEAVE THE CHAMBER.
[2:17:39] THANK YOU.
[2:17:39] JANEY.
[2:17:58] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:18:03] THANK.
[2:18:15] YOU.
[2:18:16] NEXT.
[2:18:33] WE'LL.
[2:18:38] MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:18:40] READ DOCKET 1722.
[2:18:41] TALKING NUMBER ONE 7 TO 2.
[2:18:43] COUNCILOR FLYNN OVER THE PHONE
[2:18:46] RESOLUTION DENOUNCING HATE
[2:18:47] CRIMES AGAINST THE ASIAN
[2:18:49] AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
[2:18:50] COMMUNITY.
[2:18:52] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:18:53] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL, YOU
[2:18:54] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:18:55] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:18:56] MADAM CHAIR, MAY I HAD YOU AS
[2:19:00] AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:19:01] THANK YOU.
[2:19:02] I'D BE HONORED.
[2:19:03] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:19:04] UM.
[2:19:09] ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, AN ELDERLY
[2:19:11] WOMAN IN HER LATE 70S IN MY
[2:19:13] DISTRICT IN THE SOUTHERN WAS A
[2:19:17] VICTIM OF A VIOLENT ATTACK
[2:19:20] WHERE SOMEONE PUSHED HER AS
[2:19:23] HARD AS THEY COULD ONTO THE
[2:19:25] GROUND.
[2:19:25] THE WOMAN FELL AND HAD SOME.
[2:19:30] BRUISES AND.
[2:19:30] HAD SOME ISSUES WITH HER KNEES
[2:19:33] AND A KIND OF WRIST AND THERE
[2:19:35] WAS BLOOD.
[2:19:36] THEY TOOK A CHAIR.
[2:19:37] THEY TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL.
[2:19:38] MY ASSISTANT WAS IN THE
[2:19:40] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[2:19:41] MELISSA AND THE WOMAN SPOKE
[2:19:44] CANTONESE.
[2:19:45] THANKFULLY MY ASSISTANT MELISSA
[2:19:47] WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH.
[2:19:48] THE POLICE AND IN WITH THE UH,
[2:19:51] EMS.
[2:19:52] THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
[2:19:55] I MET THE WOMAN TWO DAYS AGO AT
[2:19:58] HER HOUSE IN THE SOUTH AND THAT
[2:20:00] WOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT.
[2:20:02] ONE OF THE NICEST LADIES YOU
[2:20:04] COULD MEET IN YOUR LIFE.
[2:20:05] AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL
[2:20:07] OPPORTUNITY.
[2:20:08] TO.
[2:20:09] TO TALK BUT WE TALKED ABOUT.
[2:20:13] A COUPLE OF THINGS.
[2:20:13] WE TALKED ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE
[2:20:14] ROLE ASIAN AND ASIAN PEOPLE
[2:20:17] HAVE PLAYED HAVE MADE TO THE
[2:20:21] CITY OF BOSTON THE
[2:20:21] CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICE
[2:20:23] THEY HAVE MADE TO THE CITY
[2:20:24] OF BOSTON.
[2:20:25] BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE
[2:20:27] DISCRIMINATION THAT ASIAN AND
[2:20:29] ASIAN AMERICANS ALSO FEEL OR
[2:20:35] VICTIMS OF AS WELL.
[2:20:37] AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE CITY
[2:20:40] OF BOSTON.
[2:20:41] WE'VE SEEN IT IN A LOT
[2:20:42] OF PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[2:20:45] AND I KEEP THINKING ABOUT AND
[2:20:47] I'VE I'VE SAID THIS WHEN THE
[2:20:50] PANDEMIC HIT A LOT OF PEOPLE
[2:20:52] DID AND IT'S AND IT WAS RACIST
[2:20:55] BUT THEY DID BLAME THE CHINESE
[2:20:57] COMMUNITY FOR FOR COVID 19 AND
[2:21:01] BECAUSE OF THAT IN THE IN THE
[2:21:03] HATEFUL RHETORIC COMING OUT
[2:21:04] OF THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE TIME
[2:21:06] THAT BECAUSE OF THAT PEOPLE
[2:21:07] ALMOST FELT LIKE IT WAS
[2:21:10] ACCEPTABLE TO HARASS ASIAN
[2:21:11] PEOPLE AND WE DID SEE HATE
[2:21:14] CRIMES.
[2:21:15] BUT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE
[2:21:17] HAVE HATE CRIMES IN OUR COUNTRY
[2:21:21] TO DOCUMENT THEM TO INVESTIGATE
[2:21:23] HATE CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE
[2:21:26] OF COLOR AGAINST AGAINST ASIAN
[2:21:28] PEOPLE AS WELL.
[2:21:30] BUT TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON IS
[2:21:32] ALWAYS A CITY THAT WELCOMES
[2:21:36] EVERYBODY.
[2:21:36] BUT WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE
[2:21:39] ESPECIALLY A RACIAL ISSUE WE
[2:21:41] DEAL WITH IT.
[2:21:42] WE DEAL WITH IT UPFRONT AND WE
[2:21:45] DEAL WITH IT TRANSPARENT WISE.
[2:21:47] AND IF THERE IS A HATE CRIME
[2:21:49] AGAINST A PERSON BASED ON THEIR
[2:21:52] COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR
[2:21:54] ETHNICITY OR SEXUALITY, IT
[2:21:56] SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED AND IT
[2:21:58] SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE
[2:22:00] HATE CRIMES IF THEY ARE ALLOWED
[2:22:03] TO CONTINUE MAKES ANY CITY OR
[2:22:08] SOCIETY LESS COMPASSIONATE,
[2:22:12] LESS UNDERSTANDING AND YOU
[2:22:15] ALMOST LOSE YOUR SOUL IF YOU
[2:22:18] DON'T ADDRESS HATE CRIMES.
[2:22:20] BUT AS A CITY I JUST WANT US TO
[2:22:22] CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ANY HATE
[2:22:25] CRIME BECAUSE THEY DO HAPPEN
[2:22:29] HERE AND THEY DO HAPPEN IN
[2:22:30] AMERICA AND WE HAVE TO
[2:22:32] ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS IT.
[2:22:34] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:22:35] THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
[2:22:36] THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME AS A
[2:22:38] UH AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:22:40] UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[2:22:42] CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND REALLY
[2:22:43] ELEVATING THIS ISSUE OVER MANY,
[2:22:45] MANY YEARS ALL THE TIME I'VE
[2:22:46] BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL YOU'VE
[2:22:47] BEEN RAISING THIS ISSUE.
[2:22:49] UM I THINK YOU YOU REFERENCED
[2:22:51] UH THE TIME DURING THE COVID
[2:22:53] PANDEMIC.
[2:22:54] UH, AND.
[2:22:56] UH I KNOW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
[2:22:58] WE HAVE UH A LARGE POPULATION
[2:23:01] OF UH ELDERS FROM THE ASIAN
[2:23:02] COMMUNITY AND EVEN JUST HEARING
[2:23:05] ABOUT THESE ATTACKS ON OTHER
[2:23:07] MEMBERS OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITY
[2:23:09] WAS DETERRING ELDERS FROM
[2:23:11] LEAVING THEIR RETIREMENT
[2:23:12] BUILDING.
[2:23:13] UH, THEY WERE AFRAID TO GO OUT
[2:23:15] IN THE STREET.
[2:23:16] NO ONE SHOULD BE AFRAID TO GO
[2:23:17] OUT ON THE STREET.
[2:23:18] UH, AND HATE CRIME IS SOMETHING
[2:23:20] THAT FESTERS.
[2:23:22] IT, UH, ENGENDER FEAR AND
[2:23:25] MISTRUST AND IT MAKES US ALL
[2:23:27] LESS SAFE AT THE END OF THE
[2:23:28] DAY.
[2:23:28] SO I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE
[2:23:31] INCLUDED AS AN ORIGINAL
[2:23:32] CO-SPONSOR ON THIS AND UH UH, I
[2:23:34] HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL, UH,
[2:23:35] SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
[2:23:37] THANK YOU.
[2:23:37] MR.
[2:23:38] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:23:40] UM.
[2:23:41] WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
[2:23:43] SPEAK WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[2:23:45] THEIR NAME CONTACT LET US ABOUT
[2:23:47] A COUNSELOR CULPEPER CONSIDER
[2:23:49] CAN COUNSELOR FITZGERALD
[2:23:50] CULTURAL DIVISION COMES FROM UH
[2:23:53] CULTURAL MAHINA COMES FROM
[2:23:54] MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA
[2:23:56] SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND
[2:23:59] COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILORS
[2:24:01] FLYNN AND BREADON SEEK
[2:24:03] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[2:24:05] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1722.
[2:24:07] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:24:09] ALL OPPOSED.
[2:24:10] SAY NAY.
[2:24:12] MR KERR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[2:24:13] A ROLL CALL?
[2:24:13] VOTE ON DOCKET 1722.
[2:24:15] COUNCILOR BREAK.
[2:24:16] YES, COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:24:17] YES.
[2:24:18] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PERSON.
[2:24:19] YES.
[2:24:19] COUNCIL AS A PARTY.
[2:24:20] YES.
[2:24:21] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:21] COPPER COUNCILOR.
[2:24:23] CULPEPER.
[2:24:23] YES.
[2:24:24] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:24] DURKAN.
[2:24:25] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:25] DURKAN.
[2:24:25] YES.
[2:24:26] COUNCIL.
[2:24:26] FITZGERALD.
[2:24:27] YES.
[2:24:27] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:28] FITZGERALD.
[2:24:28] YES.
[2:24:28] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:29] FLYNN.
[2:24:29] YES.
[2:24:30] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:30] FLYNN.
[2:24:31] YES.
[2:24:31] COUNCIL.
[2:24:31] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:24:32] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:33] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:24:33] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:24:34] MEJIA.
[2:24:34] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:35] MEJIA.
[2:24:36] YES.
[2:24:36] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:37] MURPHY.
[2:24:37] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:38] MURPHY.
[2:24:38] YES.
[2:24:39] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:39] PEPEN, COUNCILOR.
[2:24:41] PENNIES.
[2:24:41] COUNCIL.
[2:24:41] SANTANA.
[2:24:42] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:24:43] SANTANA.
[2:24:43] YES.
[2:24:44] COUNCILOR.
[2:24:44] WEBER.
[2:24:44] YES.
[2:24:45] COUNCIL.
[2:24:45] WEBER.
[2:24:46] YES AND COUNSELOR.
[2:24:47] YES.
[2:24:47] COUNCIL.
[2:24:48] ORAL.
[2:24:48] YES.
[2:24:48] TALKING OF A ONE 7 TO 2 HAS
[2:24:51] RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
[2:24:52] THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:24:53] THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
[2:24:55] DOCKET 121722 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:24:59] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[2:25:00] DOCKET 1723.
[2:25:02] TALKING NUMBER 1723
[2:25:04] COUNCIL FLYNN OFF OF THE
[2:25:05] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING
[2:25:07] UPON THE ADMINISTRATION TO
[2:25:09] HONOR ITS COMMITMENTS TO THE
[2:25:10] PEOPLES ACADEMY INC. AND ENSURE
[2:25:13] TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITY IN THE
[2:25:15] CITY'S TREATMENT OF A ROXBURY
[2:25:17] BASED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
[2:25:19] ORGANIZATION.
[2:25:20] THANK YOU.
[2:25:21] MR.
[2:25:21] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:25:22] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:25:23] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:25:24] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:25:25] MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
[2:25:26] COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER AS AN
[2:25:28] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR?
[2:25:29] COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO ADDED.
[2:25:31] AND BEFORE I BEGIN I DO WANT TO
[2:25:33] APOLOGIZE TO I DO WANT TO
[2:25:36] APOLOGIZE TO MY COUNCILORS THAT
[2:25:38] COULD HAVE HANDLED THIS, UM,
[2:25:40] BETTER, MORE PROFESSIONALLY IN
[2:25:43] A MORE TRANSPARENT MANNER.
[2:25:44] AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO
[2:25:45] ACKNOWLEDGE MY SHORTCOMINGS AND
[2:25:48] APOLOGIZE.
[2:25:49] FOR FOR NOT DOING WHAT I SHOULD
[2:25:53] HAVE DONE, UM, ON THIS BUT.
[2:25:56] BUT LET ME LET ME CONTINUE.
[2:25:59] THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY IS A
[2:26:01] BOSTON BASED NONPROFIT
[2:26:03] ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO
[2:26:05] CREATING PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC
[2:26:06] OPPORTUNITY FOR BOSTON
[2:26:08] RESIDENTS THROUGH EDUCATION,
[2:26:10] PRE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING,
[2:26:12] WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
[2:26:13] TRAINING IN THE SKILLED
[2:26:15] CONSTRUCTION TRADES INCLUDING
[2:26:16] THE PRESERVATION AND
[2:26:18] RESTORATION OF HISTORIC
[2:26:20] EXTERIOR COPPER AND OTHER METAL
[2:26:23] WORKS.
[2:26:23] I'VE BEEN AT THIS ACADEMY
[2:26:27] DOZENS OF TIMES OVER THE LAST
[2:26:30] UM OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
[2:26:36] UM IT'S SUBMITTED A DEVELOPMENT
[2:26:39] PROPOSAL, A COMPLICATED
[2:26:41] PROPOSAL, UM, THAT'S BEEN GOING
[2:26:42] THROUGH THE SYSTEM FOR FOR A
[2:26:44] NUMBER OF YEARS.
[2:26:45] UM, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE
[2:26:47] CITY'S PUBLIC DEVELOPER
[2:26:49] PRESENTATION PROCESS AND WAS
[2:26:51] TENTATIVELY DESIGNATED BY THE
[2:26:54] PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION AS
[2:26:55] A DEVELOPER.
[2:26:58] I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS HAS AN
[2:27:01] OBLIGATION TO WORK CLOSELY WITH
[2:27:02] THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY TO
[2:27:06] ADMINISTER AND ENSURE THAT WE
[2:27:09] COME TO A CONCLUSION.
[2:27:10] WE COME TO A DECISION WHERE THE
[2:27:13] PEOPLE THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY IS
[2:27:15] HEARD AND RESPECTED.
[2:27:17] I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
[2:27:18] LOOKING FOR AND THAT'S WHAT
[2:27:19] I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING
[2:27:21] THEM FOR I DON'T KNOW 8 OR 9
[2:27:24] YEARS BUT I I DO WANT TO
[2:27:27] ACKNOWLEDGE TEAM MICHAEL THOMAS
[2:27:28] THAT IS HERE RIGHT NOW THAT IS
[2:27:30] PRESENT WHO HAS BEEN A LEADER
[2:27:32] IN THE CITY ON HELPING PEOPLE
[2:27:36] OF COLOR ESPECIALLY GET INTO
[2:27:39] VARIOUS TYPES OF UH WORKFORCE
[2:27:42] DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING AND
[2:27:44] I'VE SEEN THE PROGRAM I'VE SEEN
[2:27:46] THE WORK HE DOES AND HE'S
[2:27:50] TRYING HIS BEST TO LIKE ALL
[2:27:51] OF US.
[2:27:52] INVESTMENT IN WORKFORCE
[2:27:54] DEVELOPMENT CAN STRENGTHEN
[2:27:55] BOSTON'S TAX BASE.
[2:27:57] IT CAN REDUCE DEPENDANCE ON
[2:27:59] PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, EXPAND
[2:28:01] ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, SUPPORT
[2:28:02] HOME HOMEOWNERSHIP, STRENGTHEN
[2:28:05] FAMILIES, IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD
[2:28:06] STABILITY, PROVIDE POSITIVE
[2:28:09] ALTERNATIVES FOR RESIDENTS WHO
[2:28:10] MIGHT OTHERWISE FACE
[2:28:11] UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
[2:28:13] UM, SO I THINK THIS IS AN
[2:28:16] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME
[2:28:17] TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE WORK
[2:28:18] OF THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY AND TO
[2:28:22] MAYBE GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT
[2:28:23] OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THE CITY
[2:28:26] COUNCIL STANDS WITH THEM.
[2:28:26] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:28:28] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:28:30] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:28:31] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER COUNCIL YOU
[2:28:32] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:28:33] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:28:34] THANK YOU.
[2:28:35] COUNCILOR FLYNN FATEMI AS AN
[2:28:38] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, PEOPLE'S
[2:28:41] ACADEMY HAS WORKED FOR YEARS TO
[2:28:42] BUILD A PERMANENT HOME IN
[2:28:44] ROXBURY WHERE RESIDENTS CAN
[2:28:46] RECEIVE TRAINING IN THE SKILLED
[2:28:47] TRADES AND PURSUE CAREERS THAT
[2:28:50] OFFER STABILITY AND
[2:28:52] OPPORTUNITY.
[2:28:52] THE CITY TENTATIVELY DESIGNATED
[2:28:55] THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY AS THE
[2:28:57] DEVELOPER OF THE QUINCY AND
[2:28:58] WARREN STREET PROPERTIES IN
[2:29:00] 2020.
[2:29:01] SIX YEARS LATER, THE
[2:29:03] ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY
[2:29:05] DESERVE A CLEAR ACCOUNT
[2:29:06] OF WHERE THE PROJECT STANDS AND
[2:29:08] WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE.
[2:29:10] THIS RESOLUTION ASKS THE
[2:29:12] ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE THAT
[2:29:14] FLAHERTY, A WRITTEN PATH AND
[2:29:16] TIMETABLE FOR THE PROPOSED
[2:29:18] PROPERTY CONVEYANCE A REVIEW
[2:29:20] OF THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY CLAIMS
[2:29:23] CONCERNING LINKAGE FUNDS AND AN
[2:29:24] ACCOUNTING OF THE ARPA FUNDS
[2:29:26] ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
[2:29:28] IT ALSO CALLS FOR THE CITY
[2:29:30] DEPARTMENTS TO MEET DIRECTLY
[2:29:32] WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS
[2:29:34] DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
[2:29:35] SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT
[2:29:37] SENDING APPROVALS, THE
[2:29:40] FINANCING MILESTONES AND
[2:29:42] RESPONSIBILITIES THOSE WHO
[2:29:43] QUESTION AND PRESUME THE
[2:29:44] OUTCOME OF ANY LEGAL OR
[2:29:47] FINANCIAL REVIEW THEY ASK THE
[2:29:49] CITY TO EXPLAIN ITS DECISION,
[2:29:51] ACCOUNT FOR PUBLIC RESOURCES
[2:29:53] AND GIVE A COMMUNITY
[2:29:54] ORGANIZATION THAT HAS INVESTED
[2:29:56] YEARS IN A PROJECT THAT IS A
[2:29:59] TIMELY ANSWER.
[2:29:59] WITH THE CURRENT EXTENSION
[2:30:02] REACHING SEPTEMBER 26TH, THAT
[2:30:05] ANSWER IS ESPECIALLY URGENT.
[2:30:08] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:30:10] THANK YOU.
[2:30:11] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:30:13] COUNCILOR MEJIA.
[2:30:13] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE
[2:30:14] THE FLOOR.
[2:30:15] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:30:17] AND I WANT TO THANK MY
[2:30:18] COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS
[2:30:19] RESOLUTION FORWARD.
[2:30:20] AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[2:30:23] UM, TO MICHAEL WHO HAS BEEN A
[2:30:25] PERSISTENT ADVOCATE HERE UM, IN
[2:30:28] REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE, EVEN
[2:30:29] BEFORE I RAN.
[2:30:31] FOR OFFICE.
[2:30:32] YOU WERE POUNDING THE PAVEMENT
[2:30:34] AND UM, REALLY WORKING HARD AT
[2:30:37] MAKING SURE THAT WE
[2:30:40] CREATED SPACE, UH, FOR A
[2:30:41] WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
[2:30:42] INITIATIVE THAT'S REALLY GOING
[2:30:44] TO LIKE YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY
[2:30:45] TRADES NOT TRIGGERS.
[2:30:48] AND SO ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL THE
[2:30:49] VIOLENCE THAT WE SEE HERE IN
[2:30:50] THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ALL
[2:30:52] OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
[2:30:53] AND AROUND THIS COMMUNITY,
[2:30:55] THIS.
[2:30:55] IS THE PEOPLE'S.
[2:30:56] LAND AND IT SHOULD BE THE
[2:30:57] PEOPLE'S ACADEMY.
[2:30:57] AND SO I REALLY DO WANT TO
[2:31:00] ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
[2:31:01] INCREDIBLY PATIENT WITH US.
[2:31:03] UM, FROM YOUR EMAILS TO DMING
[2:31:06] US ON INSTAGRAM AND TRYING TO
[2:31:08] CLAP BACK ON US WHEN WE POST
[2:31:10] SOMETHING ON ON INSTAGRAM AND
[2:31:12] YELLING AT ME FOR THINGS THAT I
[2:31:13] DID NOT DO.
[2:31:14] BUT I ALWAYS TAKE
[2:31:15] ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE I AM ONE
[2:31:16] OF 13 AND THEREFORE I
[2:31:18] UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT I PLAY
[2:31:19] AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
[2:31:21] ADVOCATING FOR YOU AND I KNOW
[2:31:22] THAT THEN COUNCILOR BAKER WAS A
[2:31:25] BIG ADVOCATE UH, ON YOUR
[2:31:27] BEHALF, UM, ON THIS COUNCIL IN
[2:31:29] REGARDS TO YOUR EFFORTS AND I
[2:31:31] JUST WANT TO JUST RISE AND
[2:31:34] APOLOGIZE, UM, FOR EVERYTHING
[2:31:37] THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH TO
[2:31:39] GET HERE.
[2:31:40] UM, AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
[2:31:42] FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE.
[2:31:43] AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[2:31:45] HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR
[2:31:47] YOU AND STAYED HERE ALL DAY
[2:31:50] JUST TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS
[2:31:52] QUEST.
[2:31:53] RIGHT.
[2:31:53] AND I HOPE IT GOES TO SHOW HOW
[2:31:55] IMPORTANT IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO
[2:31:56] SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER,
[2:31:57] ESPECIALLY IN THESE MOMENTS.
[2:31:59] RIGHT AND IN THIS TIME THAT
[2:32:00] WE'RE DEALING WITH.
[2:32:01] AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
[2:32:03] AND YOUR ENTIRE ENTOURAGE, UM,
[2:32:05] BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS SENT PEOPLE
[2:32:06] AFTER US.
[2:32:07] SO I KNOW BECAUSE I'M ON THE
[2:32:10] RECEIVING END OF IT.
[2:32:11] SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
[2:32:12] EVERYBODY WHO'S ALWAYS
[2:32:13] ADVOCATING ON YOUR BEHALF.
[2:32:15] THANK YOU.
[2:32:17] COUNCILOR MEJIA.
[2:32:17] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:32:18] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:32:19] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:32:20] THANK YOU.
[2:32:20] UM, THANK YOU TO MICHAEL THOMAS
[2:32:23] FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
[2:32:24] BUT IT HAS BEEN SAID BUT YOU
[2:32:27] HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND
[2:32:29] DESPITE NOT HAVING THE ANSWERS
[2:32:31] I THINK YOU DESERVE YOU
[2:32:33] CONTINUE.
[2:32:34] TO TRAIN AND PREPARE OUR YOUTH
[2:32:37] .
[2:32:37] IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'VE BEEN
[2:32:38] WAITING FOR A HANDOUT IN ANY
[2:32:40] WAY.
[2:32:40] YOU CONTINUE.
[2:32:41] TO SHOW UP FOR THE CHILDREN.
[2:32:43] WE EARLIER TALKED ABOUT.
[2:32:44] FINANCIAL LITERACY.
[2:32:45] WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE
[2:32:48] DEVELOPMENT HERE AND THE NEED
[2:32:49] FOR OUR OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE
[2:32:52] SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE
[2:32:54] WITH SKILLS THAT WILL GIVE THEM
[2:32:56] THE JOBS THEY NEED.
[2:32:57] WE JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR
[2:33:00] WORKERS WHO HAVE A JOB ALREADY
[2:33:01] BUT ARE ON STRIKE BECAUSE
[2:33:03] THEY'RE NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY
[2:33:04] AND MAYBE DON'T HAVE OPTIONS TO
[2:33:06] GO OTHER PLACES.
[2:33:07] SO WHAT YOU PROVIDE.
[2:33:09] FOR PEOPLE?
[2:33:11] MANY PEOPLE UM I.
[2:33:13] THINK UNDERESTIMATE THAT.
[2:33:14] THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT.
[2:33:15] THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
[2:33:17] THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE
[2:33:19] IN YOU WHO CONTINUE WE GOOD.
[2:33:21] THINGS.
[2:33:22] DON'T HAPPEN QUICKLY.
[2:33:23] PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE.
[2:33:24] WE ALL MYSELF INCLUDED
[2:33:26] SOMETIMES WANT THINGS TO HAPPEN
[2:33:27] SOONER BUT KNOW THAT DESPITE
[2:33:30] WHAT HAPPENS I KNOW YOU WILL.
[2:33:33] CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND.
[2:33:34] I'LL BE BESIDE YOU SO.
[2:33:34] THANK YOU.
[2:33:36] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:33:39] COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL YOU
[2:33:40] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:33:41] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:33:44] UM, I WANT TO THANK THE, UH.
[2:33:46] UH.
[2:33:47] THE FIGHTERS FOR FILING THIS
[2:33:48] .
[2:33:49] UM, AND I JUST WANT TO RISE
[2:33:50] TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW MICHAEL
[2:33:51] LIKES THINGS ON THE RECORD.
[2:33:52] RIGHT.
[2:33:53] UM, SO, UM, I HAD THE
[2:33:55] OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND VISIT,
[2:33:57] UM, BUT BEFORE I WAS ACTUALLY
[2:33:59] IN OFFICE, UM, AND AS YOU ALL
[2:34:01] KNOW, I'VE BEEN SOMEONE WHO'S
[2:34:02] BEEN, UM, ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR
[2:34:04] OUR YOUTH.
[2:34:05] UM, AND OUR YOUTH AS MY NUMBER
[2:34:07] ONE PRIORITY.
[2:34:08] UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
[2:34:09] THERE'S NO WAY THAT I CAN
[2:34:10] SUPPORT, UM, THE WORK THAT
[2:34:12] YOU'RE DOING.
[2:34:12] UM, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BLACK
[2:34:13] MEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:34:15] SO I JUST WANT TO RISE, UM, AND
[2:34:17] ,UM, I'M GOING TO BE
[2:34:19] SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION
[2:34:20] TODAY.
[2:34:20] I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU
[2:34:21] DO, MICHAEL.
[2:34:22] UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR BOSTON
[2:34:24] YOUTH, UM, AND, UM, AGAIN,
[2:34:26] REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERS
[2:34:27] FOR PROVIDING THIS.
[2:34:28] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:34:30] THANK YOU.
[2:34:31] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:34:33] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[2:34:34] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:34:35] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:34:36] I JUST WANT TO RISE IN SUPPORT
[2:34:37] OF TE MICHAEL AND HIS PEOPLE'S
[2:34:38] ACADEMY AS WELL.
[2:34:39] UH, I HAVE GONE AND VISITED THE
[2:34:41] ACADEMY IN THIS HOUSE, UH, AND
[2:34:43] SEEN THE THINGS THAT NOT JUST,
[2:34:45] UH NOT JUST THE SPACE HE'S
[2:34:47] CREATED BUT ALSO, UH, THE
[2:34:48] THINGS HE'S MADE OUT OF THE
[2:34:49] MATERIALS COPPER AND THE LIKE
[2:34:51] AND THE SHOW THE SKILLS HE'S
[2:34:52] TRAINING OUR YOUTH FOR GIVING
[2:34:54] THEM AN OUTLET, GIVING THEM
[2:34:55] SOMETHING TO DO BUT ALSO GIVING
[2:34:56] THEM THE SKILLS NEEDED TO
[2:34:58] SUCCEED AT A FUTURE, UH, JOB.
[2:35:00] UM IT'S IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE
[2:35:01] GREAT TO SEE, UH, HIM HAVE THE
[2:35:03] PROPER SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THE
[2:35:05] WORK THAT HE'S DOING FOR OUR
[2:35:06] KIDS.
[2:35:06] UH, SO HE COULD REALLY GROW OUT
[2:35:08] WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO.
[2:35:09] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO
[2:35:10] MICHAEL.
[2:35:11] THANK YOU.
[2:35:12] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:35:13] COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL YOU
[2:35:13] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:35:14] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:35:15] I JUST.
[2:35:16] WANTED TO RISE AND SHOW
[2:35:17] SUPPORT AS WELL.
[2:35:18] I REMEMBER THAT BEFORE I WAS A
[2:35:19] CITY COUNCILOR I WAS ABLE TO
[2:35:20] VISIT PEOPLE'S ACADEMY AND IT
[2:35:22] WAS THAT WAS WHEN I WAS WORKING
[2:35:24] WITH CONGRESSMAN JOE KENNEDY
[2:35:25] AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A TOUR
[2:35:27] OF THE WHOLE SITE AND WE WERE
[2:35:28] ABLE TO ACTUALLY I THINK HE
[2:35:29] MADE A BRACELET THAT DAY WITH
[2:35:31] WITH THE MATERIAL AND JUST
[2:35:32] LEARNED WHAT YOUR TRADES ABOUT
[2:35:34] .
[2:35:35] UM AND I ALSO KNOW THAT FABIAN
[2:35:36] THE PS IS PROBABLY WATCHING
[2:35:37] THIS SOMEWHERE.
[2:35:37] AND HE.
[2:35:38] CALLS ME A LOT ABOUT THIS SO
[2:35:40] I WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT AND
[2:35:41] WE'LL BE VOTING YES ON THIS.
[2:35:42] THANK YOU.
[2:35:44] CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE
[2:35:46] WORRELL CONSTABLE YOU HAVE THE
[2:35:47] FLOOR.
[2:35:47] UH THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:35:48] THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
[2:35:49] AND COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR
[2:35:52] BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[2:35:53] AND EVERY TIME I RUN INTO TE
[2:35:55] MICHAEL IS.
[2:35:55] LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO.
[2:35:56] SUPPORT THIS THING AS SUPPORT
[2:35:57] AS I.
[2:35:57] HERE I AM.
[2:35:58] I TOLD YOU I WAS.
[2:35:59] A GUY YOU.
[2:36:00] UH, LOVE YOUR PASSION.
[2:36:01] LOVE YOUR ADVOCACY.
[2:36:03] UM, LOVE THAT THE WORK THAT.
[2:36:04] YOU DO FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE UM
[2:36:06] AND ALWAYS PUSHING WORKFORCE
[2:36:08] DEVELOPMENT IN THE TRADES HERE
[2:36:09] IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SO RISING
[2:36:11] AND SUPPORT I GOT YOU LOOKING
[2:36:13] TO VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION.
[2:36:16] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:36:18] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL YOU
[2:36:19] HAVE THE FLOOR LOOKS.
[2:36:20] LIKE WE'VE ALL BEEN OUT AND
[2:36:21] VISITED YOU AT YOUR.
[2:36:23] HOME AND SEEN THE INCREDIBLE
[2:36:24] WORK THAT YOU DO UM AND YOUR
[2:36:26] VISION.
[2:36:27] SO JUST WANTED TO RISE IN
[2:36:28] SUPPORT AND YOU KNOW THAT I'VE
[2:36:29] BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO
[2:36:30] TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO
[2:36:33] RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
[2:36:35] SO UM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE
[2:36:36] DOING COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU
[2:36:37] TO THE COMMUNITY TO FOLKS WHO.
[2:36:38] SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU.
[2:36:44] UM I DID TAKE THE TRIP TO YOUR
[2:36:45] HOUSE.
[2:36:46] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
[2:36:47] INVITE.
[2:36:47] I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE
[2:36:49] INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO OUT
[2:36:50] THERE ON THE THE WONDERFUL
[2:36:51] WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
[2:36:53] THAT YOU'RE OFFERING, UH,
[2:36:55] WORKING WITH COPPER AND IT'S A
[2:36:57] VERY NICHE SKILL AND UH, AS WE
[2:37:00] AS WE TRY AND DO HISTORIC
[2:37:01] RESTORATION ACROSS THE CITY,
[2:37:03] THERE'S A THERE'S A DEMAND FOR
[2:37:04] THOSE SKILLS AND UH AND THANK
[2:37:06] YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
[2:37:07] YOUR VISION AND UH, I WILL
[2:37:10] CERTAINLY BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
[2:37:11] OF THIS RESOLUTION AND, UH,
[2:37:13] WISH YOU ALL THE BEST WITH YOUR
[2:37:15] ENDEAVORS OUT THERE.
[2:37:17] AT THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY.
[2:37:18] THANK YOU.
[2:37:18] AND WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[2:37:20] THEIR NAME?
[2:37:22] COUNCIL COLOR AS A POWDER?
[2:37:25] EVERYBODY'S SPOKEN ALREADY.
[2:37:27] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[2:37:28] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.
[2:37:29] MEJIA, COUNCILOR.
[2:37:30] MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA
[2:37:31] SANTANA.
[2:37:32] COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WILL
[2:37:33] RAIL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR
[2:37:37] COUNCILOR UM COUNCILORS FLYNN
[2:37:40] AND CULPEPER SEEK SUSPENSION
[2:37:41] OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[2:37:44] 1723.
[2:37:45] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:37:46] ALL OPPOSED.
[2:37:47] SAY NAY.
[2:37:49] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[2:37:50] A ROLL CALL?
[2:37:51] VOTE ON DOCKET 1723.
[2:37:54] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:37:55] YES.
[2:37:55] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:37:56] YES.
[2:37:56] COUNCIL.
[2:37:57] COLETTA.
[2:37:57] ZAPATA.
[2:37:58] YEAH.
[2:37:58] COUNCIL THAT AS A YES
[2:38:00] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[2:38:01] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:02] COVER.
[2:38:02] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:03] DURKAN.
[2:38:03] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:04] FITZGERALD.
[2:38:04] YES.
[2:38:05] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:05] FITZGERALD.
[2:38:06] YES.
[2:38:06] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:06] FLYNN.
[2:38:07] YES.
[2:38:08] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:08] FLYNN.
[2:38:08] YES.
[2:38:08] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:09] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:38:09] YES.
[2:38:10] COUNCIL.
[2:38:10] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:38:10] YES.
[2:38:11] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:11] MEJIA.
[2:38:12] COUNCIL ME HERE.
[2:38:13] YES.
[2:38:13] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:14] MURPHY.
[2:38:14] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:15] MURPHY.
[2:38:15] YES.
[2:38:16] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:16] PEPEN.
[2:38:17] OF A PEN.
[2:38:18] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:38:19] SANTANA.
[2:38:19] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:38:20] SANTANA.
[2:38:21] YES.
[2:38:21] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:22] WEBER.
[2:38:22] COUNCILOR.
[2:38:22] WEBER.
[2:38:23] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[2:38:24] WORLD.
[2:38:24] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:38:26] OH YES.
[2:38:26] TALKING ABOUT 1723 AS WE SEE 12
[2:38:29] VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:38:31] THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
[2:38:31] DOCKET 1723 HAS BEEN ADOPTED
[2:38:35] AND I'M GOING TO ASK MY, UM,
[2:38:37] VICE PRESIDENT TO TAKE THE
[2:38:39] CHAIR.
[2:38:51] I MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
[2:38:52] READ DOCKET 1724.
[2:38:54] TALKING OF A1724 COUNCILOR BRAY
[2:38:56] ENOUGH OF THE FOLLOWING
[2:38:58] RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE
[2:38:59] UNITED STATES POSTAL.
[2:39:00] SERVICE'S PROPOSAL.
[2:39:02] TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE THE AUSTIN
[2:39:04] POST OFFICE BRANCH.
[2:39:06] THANK YOU.
[2:39:07] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:39:08] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON
[2:39:09] COUNCIL.
[2:39:09] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:39:11] THANK YOU.
[2:39:12] THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT
[2:39:14] .
[2:39:15] UH, FOR SEVEN YEARS AUSTIN
[2:39:17] RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A
[2:39:18] NEIGHBORHOOD POST OFFICE AFTER
[2:39:20] THE FORMER BRANCH AND HARVARD
[2:39:22] OF WAS FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO
[2:39:24] STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
[2:39:26] SINCE THEN ROUGHLY 87,000
[2:39:28] RESIDENTS AND ALSO BRIGHTON
[2:39:29] HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO RELY ON
[2:39:31] ONE POST OFFICE AND BRIGHTON
[2:39:32] CENTER FOR ESSENTIAL POSTAL
[2:39:34] SERVICES.
[2:39:36] IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, THE USPS
[2:39:38] PROVIDED THE CITY WITH A FINAL
[2:39:40] DECISION IN WRITING INFORMING
[2:39:43] US THAT THE BOSS AUSTIN POST
[2:39:44] OFFICE WOULD BE REESTABLISHED
[2:39:46] AND A RETAIL OPERATION WOULD
[2:39:48] RETURN TO AUSTIN FOR THE LONG
[2:39:50] TERM.
[2:39:51] NOW, AFTER YEARS OF PUBLIC
[2:39:53] ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING, USPS
[2:39:55] HAS COMPLETELY REVERSED THAT
[2:39:56] DECISION AS AND IS MOVING TO
[2:39:59] PERMANENTLY CLOSE THE AUSTIN
[2:40:00] BRANCH.
[2:40:02] USPS HAS STATED THAT THERE ARE
[2:40:04] NO SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE
[2:40:06] LOCATIONS DESPITE PREVIOUSLY
[2:40:08] AGREEING TO OCCUPY A NEW SPACE
[2:40:10] ON HARVARD OF IT WAS BEING
[2:40:11] BUILT OUT TO USPS
[2:40:14] SPECIFICATIONS.
[2:40:15] THIS IS INCREDIBLY.
[2:40:16] FRUSTRATING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
[2:40:19] RESIDENTS HAVE.
[2:40:19] WAITED SEVEN YEARS.
[2:40:21] PARTICIPATED IN THE PUBLIC
[2:40:22] PROCESS AND WERE REPEATEDLY
[2:40:24] TOLD.
[2:40:24] THAT THEIR POST OFFICE WAS.
[2:40:26] COMING BACK.
[2:40:27] AUSTIN IS ONE OF BOSTON'S.
[2:40:29] UH, DENSEST NEIGHBORHOODS.
[2:40:31] AND OUR SENIORS, IMMIGRANT
[2:40:32] COMMUNITIES.
[2:40:33] SMALL BUSINESSES AND OTHER
[2:40:34] RESIDENTS.
[2:40:35] SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL.
[2:40:37] TO.
[2:40:37] ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD TO ACCESS
[2:40:38] THEIR BASIC.
[2:40:39] SERVICES LIKE.
[2:40:40] THE.
[2:40:40] POST OFFICE.
[2:40:41] BOXES.
[2:40:42] PASSPORTS, CERTIFIED MAIL
[2:40:44] MONEY ORDERS AND DELIVERY
[2:40:46] OF IMPORTANT MEDICATIONS AND
[2:40:47] GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.
[2:40:51] THIS RESOLUTION.
[2:40:52] CALLS ON.
[2:40:53] THE USPS TO STOP THE
[2:40:56] DISCONTINUANCE PROCESS.
[2:40:57] AND HONOR THE COMMITMENT TO
[2:40:58] THAT IT HAS.
[2:40:59] ALREADY MADE TO REESTABLISH A
[2:41:01] PERMANENT POST OFFICE IN
[2:41:02] AUSTIN.
[2:41:04] IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER
[2:41:06] MUNICIPALITIES, UNIONS.
[2:41:07] AND EXPERTS.
[2:41:08] IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS IS A
[2:41:10] PATTERN.
[2:41:10] AND NOT LIMITED TO AUSTIN.
[2:41:13] USPS HAS BEEN.
[2:41:14] WEAPONIZING LEASES.
[2:41:16] TO SHUTTER POST OFFICE
[2:41:17] LOCATIONS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH
[2:41:19] THE.
[2:41:19] REQUISITE PROCESSES.
[2:41:21] CONSIDER WILL BE CHAIRING A
[2:41:23] HEARING.
[2:41:24] ON THIS ON NEXT WEDNESDAY AND I
[2:41:26] HOPE TO SEE MY COLLEAGUES.
[2:41:28] THERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO
[2:41:29] THIS DISCUSSION.
[2:41:30] AUSTIN IS NOT THE LAST.
[2:41:32] LOCAL POST.
[2:41:33] OFFICE IT WILL BE.
[2:41:34] CLOSED SO THIS EVERYONE HAS A
[2:41:36] STAKE IN THIS AND WE'RE
[2:41:37] PARTICULARLY CONCERNED IN
[2:41:38] AUSTIN.
[2:41:39] BUT THIS IS UH.
[2:41:41] A PREVIEW OF COMING.
[2:41:42] ATTRACTIONS IN OTHER
[2:41:42] NEIGHBORHOODS.
[2:41:43] ACROSS THE CITY.
[2:41:44] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:41:45] THANK YOU.
[2:41:46] COUNCIL DIRECTING YOU KNOW
[2:41:47] HAVE BEFORE.
[2:41:48] THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU
[2:41:50] SO MUCH TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[2:41:51] BREEDEN FOR BRINGING THIS
[2:41:52] FORWARD.
[2:41:52] UM LOOK FORWARD TO OUR HEARING
[2:41:54] .
[2:41:54] UH, NEXT TUESDAY AT 10 A.M. A
[2:41:56] VERY SIMILAR THING HAPPENED IN
[2:41:58] MISSION HILL AROUND TWO YEARS
[2:41:59] AGO.
[2:42:00] WE RECEIVED A NOTICE ON THE
[2:42:02] FRONT OF THE MISSION POST
[2:42:03] OFFICE UM, WHICH MANY RESIDENTS
[2:42:05] AND BUSINESS LEADERS RELY ON UH
[2:42:07] ,THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE
[2:42:09] AND THAT THE NEAREST POST
[2:42:10] OFFICE WAS GOING TO BE ROXBURY
[2:42:12] WHICH ALREADY HAS LONG WAIT
[2:42:13] TIMES.
[2:42:14] UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK
[2:42:16] WITH SENATOR MARKEY TO FIGURE
[2:42:18] OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND
[2:42:20] REVERSE COURSE, UM, REALLY
[2:42:22] GRATEFUL TO SENATOR MARKEY FOR
[2:42:24] HIS, UM, TEAM'S WORK ON THIS.
[2:42:26] UM, BUT WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN
[2:42:28] THE HEARINGS WE'VE HAD SENSE IS
[2:42:30] THAT, UH, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT
[2:42:32] THE POST OFFICE IS DOING THIS
[2:42:35] ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
[2:42:36] UM, AND THEY THINK THAT WE ARE
[2:42:38] GOING TO NOT PUT UP A FIGHT AND
[2:42:40] UM, I NEVER TALK ABOUT MY ONE
[2:42:42] PRECINCT OF AUSTIN BUT UH, MY
[2:42:45] ONE PRECINCT OF AUSTIN UP TO
[2:42:46] BABCOCK STREET AS THE OTHER
[2:42:48] AUSTIN ELECTED OFFICIAL, UM,
[2:42:50] ALSO NEEDS A POST OFFICE.
[2:42:52] IT'S RIDICULOUS THE USPS IS
[2:42:53] DOING THIS.
[2:42:54] I'M EXCITED FOR THE HEARING.
[2:42:56] UM, AND, UM, I'M THRILLED THAT
[2:42:59] RESIDENTS ARE STEPPING UP AND
[2:43:00] SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND
[2:43:01] THEY DESERVE A POST OFFICE AND
[2:43:04] GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR BREADON,
[2:43:05] UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRADEN'S
[2:43:06] LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
[2:43:07] WE ALL NEED TO BAND TOGETHER.
[2:43:09] I HOPE TO SEE FOLKS AT THE
[2:43:10] HEARING NEXT WEEK IN THE PILOT
[2:43:11] COMMITTEE.
[2:43:13] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:43:14] UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU KNOW
[2:43:16] BEFORE.
[2:43:17] THANK YOU.
[2:43:18] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:43:20] UM, PLEASE ADD MY NAME.
[2:43:22] I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM
[2:43:26] ,COUNCILOR BRADEN'S
[2:43:27] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRADEN'S, UH,
[2:43:29] POSITIVE LEADERSHIP ON THIS
[2:43:30] ISSUE.
[2:43:31] I WAS TALKING TO A MUTUAL
[2:43:34] FRIEND THE OTHER DAY.
[2:43:35] AL AND TONY DOES ADORO AND THEY
[2:43:37] SAID TO ME AT MAKE SURE YOU
[2:43:39] SUPPORT UH, COUNCIL COUNCIL
[2:43:42] PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL.
[2:43:43] I SAID I I'M DEFINITELY GOING
[2:43:44] TO SUPPORT IT.
[2:43:45] AND THEY SAID MAKE SURE YOU GO
[2:43:46] TO THE HEARING AS WELL.
[2:43:47] AND I SAID I'LL BE AT THE
[2:43:49] HEARING AS WELL.
[2:43:49] BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT
[2:43:51] OF SUPPORT FOR WHAT YOU'RE
[2:43:52] DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY
[2:43:54] COUNCIL.
[2:43:55] BREADON AND UM THE RESIDENTS
[2:43:57] THERE UM I'M LUCKY TO HAVE A
[2:43:59] STRONG LEADER LIKE YOU.
[2:44:00] THANK YOU.
[2:44:02] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:44:04] WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
[2:44:06] THEIR NAME?
[2:44:09] MR CLERK, PLEASE ADD
[2:44:10] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:44:11] COUNCILOR.
[2:44:11] DURKAN.
[2:44:11] COUNCILOR.
[2:44:12] FITZGERALD.
[2:44:12] COUNCILOR.
[2:44:12] FLYNN, COUNCILOR.
[2:44:13] LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.
[2:44:14] MEJIA COUNCILOR.
[2:44:14] MURPHY, COUNCILOR.
[2:44:16] PREPARED COUNCILOR.
[2:44:16] SANTANA, COUNCILOR.
[2:44:17] WEBER AND COUNCIL.
[2:44:18] WELL AND PLEASE I'M CHAIR
[2:44:20] COUNCILOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[2:44:20] BREADON SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE
[2:44:22] RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[2:44:24] 1724.
[2:44:24] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:44:26] ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
[2:44:27] NAY.
[2:44:28] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[2:44:29] THANK YOU.
[2:44:29] DOCKET 1724 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:44:37] MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
[2:44:39] DOCKET.
[2:44:41] 17251725 COUNCILOR BRAID NOW
[2:44:43] FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
[2:44:45] SUPPORT OF MAIL-IN VOTING.
[2:44:47] THANK YOU.
[2:44:48] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:44:49] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON
[2:44:50] COUNCIL YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:44:51] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:44:53] UM.
[2:44:55] I WOULD.
[2:44:55] ALSO LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR.
[2:44:57] MEJIA AS A SECOND.
[2:44:59] CO-SPONSOR AND.
[2:45:00] SUSPEND THE RULES.
[2:45:00] AND.
[2:45:01] I'D CONSIDER LOUIJEUNE.
[2:45:01] AS A.
[2:45:02] THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:45:03] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[2:45:05] OBJECTIONS.
[2:45:05] COUNCILMEMBER HERE IS ADDED AS
[2:45:06] A SECOND AND
[2:45:07] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD.
[2:45:10] MAIL-IN VOTING IS AN IMPORTANT.
[2:45:11] PART OF MAKING OUR ELECTIONS
[2:45:13] ACCESSIBLE.
[2:45:13] TO.
[2:45:13] ALL OF.
[2:45:14] BOSTON RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY
[2:45:15] .
[2:45:15] OUR SENIORS.
[2:45:16] PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,
[2:45:17] WORKING.
[2:45:18] FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND ANYONE
[2:45:20] ELSE WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY
[2:45:21] VOTING IN PERSON.
[2:45:23] MASSACHUSETTS LAW PROTECTS THE
[2:45:25] RIGHT TO VOTE BY MAIL.
[2:45:26] AND BOSTON HAS INVESTED
[2:45:27] SIGNIFICANT.
[2:45:28] RESOURCES INTO ENSURING THAT.
[2:45:30] MAIL-IN BALLOT VOTING IS
[2:45:32] ADMINISTERED.
[2:45:33] SECURELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
[2:45:35] THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE FACE
[2:45:37] OF SIGNIFICANT MEDDLING FROM
[2:45:38] THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
[2:45:40] EARLIER THIS MONTH, ATTORNEY
[2:45:42] GENERAL ANDREA CAMPBELL SECURED
[2:45:44] A COURT ORDER.
[2:45:45] BLOCKING A NEW USPS.
[2:45:47] RULE THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED
[2:45:48] IN.
[2:45:49] LAWFUL MAIL IN BALLOTS BEING
[2:45:52] REJECTED BASED SOLELY ON A
[2:45:54] BARCODE PLACED ON AN ENVELOPE.
[2:45:56] AND JUST THIS WEEK, THE SUPREME
[2:45:58] COURT REJECTED TRUMP'S
[2:46:00] RESTRICTIONS ON MAIL IN VOTING.
[2:46:02] FOR THIS REASON, IT IS
[2:46:03] IMPORTANT THAT THIS BODY AFFIRM
[2:46:05] THE VALUE OF VOTING BY MAIL,
[2:46:07] GIVING RESIDENTS CONFIDENCE
[2:46:09] THAT A BALLOT THEY THEY'RE
[2:46:10] PROPERLY CAST WILL BE COUNTED.
[2:46:12] THIS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMS OUR
[2:46:15] SUPPORT FOR MAIL-IN VOTING AND
[2:46:17] FOR PROTECTING EVERY LAWFUL WAY
[2:46:19] THAT BOSTON RESIDENTS CAN
[2:46:20] PARTICIPATE IN OUR ELECTIONS
[2:46:22] WHETHER THAT BE BY MAIL TO
[2:46:24] EARLY VOTING OR AT THE POLLS ON
[2:46:26] ELECTION DAY.
[2:46:28] I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING.
[2:46:29] OUR WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT
[2:46:30] EVERY ELIGIBLE BOSTON RESIDENT
[2:46:32] CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR
[2:46:34] ELECTIONS CONFIDENTLY AND
[2:46:35] WITHOUT UNNECESSARY BARRIERS.
[2:46:38] WE ARE WHAT IS IT 45 DAYS AWAY
[2:46:40] FROM MIDTERMS AND THIS IS A
[2:46:42] HUGELY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
[2:46:43] THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION
[2:46:45] ABOUT HOW.
[2:46:45] WE SHOULD GO ABOUT VOTING.
[2:46:46] BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TO
[2:46:49] REASSURE OUR RESIDENTS THAT
[2:46:50] MAIL-IN VOTING IS HERE AND IT'S
[2:46:52] TRUSTWORTHY AND IMPORTANT TO
[2:46:55] PRESERVE.
[2:46:56] THANK YOU.
[2:46:58] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRIGHTON
[2:46:59] COUNCIL ME HERE.
[2:47:00] YOU NOW HAVE A FLOOR.
[2:47:02] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:47:04] UM.
[2:47:04] I'M SORRY.
[2:47:07] UH, FOR ADDING ME, UH, TO THIS
[2:47:09] RESOLUTION.
[2:47:10] ALL OF US ARE WELL AWARE OF THE
[2:47:12] ATTACK.
[2:47:12] ON DEMOCRACY AT THE FEDERAL
[2:47:13] LEVEL.
[2:47:14] AND MAIL-IN VOTING IS ANOTHER
[2:47:15] EXAMPLE OF THIS.
[2:47:16] THE UNITED STATES POSTAL
[2:47:17] SERVICE ATTEMPTED TO IMPLEMENT
[2:47:19] A RULE THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED
[2:47:20] THE REJECTION OF MAIL IN
[2:47:22] BALLOTS BASED SOLELY ON THE
[2:47:24] PRESENCE OF A BARCODE ON AN
[2:47:25] ENVELOPE.
[2:47:26] THIS DOES NOT ALIGN WITH
[2:47:28] MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION LAW AND
[2:47:29] COULD SIGNIFICANTLY
[2:47:30] DISENFRANCHIZE VOTERS.
[2:47:32] ATTORNEY GENERAL UM CAMPBELL
[2:47:34] DID SECURE A COURT ORDER
[2:47:35] BLOCKING THE IMPLEMENTATION
[2:47:37] WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR.
[2:47:38] MAIL-IN VOTING IS ESSENTIAL TO
[2:47:40] OUR DEMOCRACY BECAUSE IT
[2:47:42] ENSURES ACCESSIBILITY,
[2:47:43] REQUIRING PEOPLE TO COME TO A
[2:47:45] POLLING LOCATION IN PERSON
[2:47:47] EITHER FOR EARLY VOTING OR ON
[2:47:49] ELECTION DAY LIMITS
[2:47:51] ACCESSIBILITY WHETHER IT'S
[2:47:52] PHYSICALLY UM INACCESSIBLE
[2:47:55] SPACES, MOBILITY ISSUES, A LACK
[2:47:57] OF TRANSPORTATION WORK AND OR
[2:47:59] CAREGIVING HOURS OVERLAPPING
[2:48:00] WITH VOTING HOURS, THE
[2:48:02] INABILITY TO CONTINUE WAITING
[2:48:04] IF THERE IS A LINE OVER
[2:48:06] STIMULATION OR DISCOMFORT WILL
[2:48:09] UM WITH BEING IN THIS KIND
[2:48:10] OF PUBLIC SPACE, TRAVELING
[2:48:12] DURING ELECTION OR ANYTHING
[2:48:13] ELSE.
[2:48:14] UM THERE ARE A VARIETY
[2:48:15] OF REASONS WHY MAIL-IN VOTING
[2:48:17] IS AN IMPORTANT AND LAWFUL
[2:48:19] ALTERNATIVES TO VOTING IN
[2:48:20] PERSON.
[2:48:21] AND SO WE MUST FIGHT UM WITH
[2:48:24] THIS THIS THIS AND INFORMATION
[2:48:26] AROUND MAIL-IN VOTING AND
[2:48:28] AFFIRM THIS BODY'S BELIEF IN
[2:48:29] THE IMPORTANCE OF UH, SECURE
[2:48:32] MAIL-IN UM VOTING UH PEOPLE IN
[2:48:35] THE CITY WITH A RICH HISTORY
[2:48:37] OF ADVANCING DEMOCRACY IN
[2:48:38] BOSTON NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT
[2:48:40] THIS IS ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THAT
[2:48:42] STORY FOR US AND AS SOMEONE WHO
[2:48:44] ONE BY ONE VOTE Y'ALL YOU KNOW
[2:48:46] EVERY SINGLE VOTE MATTERS NO
[2:48:47] MATTER HOW WE GET IT, WHAT WE
[2:48:49] DO MATTER.
[2:48:50] IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW WE GET
[2:48:51] IT.
[2:48:51] BUT YOU KNOW MAIL-IN BALLOT
[2:48:52] SHOULD ALWAYS BE A VIABLE
[2:48:54] OPTION TO DO JUST THAT.
[2:48:56] THANK YOU.
[2:48:57] THANK YOU COUNCIL ME HERE
[2:48:59] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU KNOW
[2:49:00] HOW THE FUN.
[2:49:04] THANK YOU MADAM.
[2:49:06] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:49:07] UM.
[2:49:07] AND THANK YOU TO
[2:49:08] COUNCILOR BREEDEN FOR.
[2:49:09] FILING THIS.
[2:49:09] UH, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
[2:49:11] I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
[2:49:12] IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
[2:49:12] THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
[2:49:14] CAN TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE
[2:49:16] BALLOT TO ENFRANCHISE AS MANY
[2:49:17] PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
[2:49:18] AND MAIL IN VOTING IS ONE
[2:49:20] OF THOSE WAYS.
[2:49:21] UM, IT'S AN ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE
[2:49:23] .
[2:49:23] UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU
[2:49:26] KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS NATIONAL
[2:49:27] VOTER REGISTRATION DAY WHERE WE
[2:49:29] HIGHLIGHT AND TRY TO MAKE SURE
[2:49:30] THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE PEOPLE
[2:49:31] KNOW ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO
[2:49:32] VOTE.
[2:49:33] YOUR ABILITY TO VOTE HERE AS
[2:49:35] LONG AS YOU AREN'T INCARCERATED
[2:49:37] FOR A FELONY AND THE MOMENT
[2:49:38] THAT YOU'RE RELEASED, UM, FROM
[2:49:40] INCARCERATION THAT YOU'RE ABLE
[2:49:41] TO VOTE.
[2:49:42] SO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON
[2:49:43] THE CITY LEVEL AND AT THE STATE
[2:49:45] LEVEL TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE
[2:49:46] BALLOT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
[2:49:48] PEOPLE TO VOTE WHETHER THOSE
[2:49:49] PEOPLE WHO ARE FOLKS WHO ARE
[2:49:51] DISABLED, DIFFERENTLY ABLED,
[2:49:52] HANDICAPPED, WHETHER THOSE ARE
[2:49:53] PEOPLE WHO.
[2:49:54] ARE JUGGLING SEVERAL JOBS,
[2:49:56] PARENTS WHO HAVE IT DIFFICULT
[2:49:58] OR WHO ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT
[2:49:59] TIME VOTING OR MAYBE YOU'LL
[2:50:00] JUST BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR
[2:50:02] YOU'LL JUST BE TRAVELING.
[2:50:03] AND SO EXPANDING ACCESS TO
[2:50:04] MAIL-IN VOTING IS IMPORTANT.
[2:50:06] EXPANDING ACCESS TO ALL FORMS
[2:50:08] OF VOTING IS IMPORTANT,
[2:50:09] ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN WE HAVE A
[2:50:11] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[2:50:12] ADMINISTRATION THAT IS SEEMS
[2:50:14] JUST SO FOCUSED ON
[2:50:17] DISENFRANCHIZING FOLKS UH, ALL
[2:50:19] SORTS OF FOLKS BUT ESPECIALLY
[2:50:20] PEOPLE OF COLOR ESPECIALLY
[2:50:21] THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED OR
[2:50:23] DIFFERENTLY ABLED ESPECIALLY
[2:50:24] THOSE UM WHO ARE TRANSIENT.
[2:50:26] AND SO MAIL-IN VOTING IS
[2:50:28] IMPORTANT.
[2:50:28] UM, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
[2:50:29] THAT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THAT WE
[2:50:31] ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN NOT
[2:50:32] TO ADOPT THE WAYS OF WHAT'S
[2:50:33] HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
[2:50:34] TO PUSH BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT
[2:50:36] WE ARE EXPANDING THE RIGHT AND
[2:50:38] TO VOTE AND UM, THE ABILITY
[2:50:40] OF REGULAR PEOPLE TO ACCESS IT.
[2:50:41] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:50:42] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[2:50:43] COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU KNOW I
[2:50:44] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:50:45] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:50:46] I SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
[2:50:48] I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
[2:50:51] HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR
[2:50:53] PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
[2:50:55] ENSURING THAT THEIR VOTE IS
[2:50:57] COUNTED, THAT THEIR VOTE DOES
[2:50:59] MATTER.
[2:51:00] IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
[2:51:03] SERVING OVERSEAS IN THE US
[2:51:05] MILITARY.
[2:51:06] IT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE WHEN I
[2:51:08] REQUESTED A BALLOT AND I WAS I
[2:51:10] WAS IN A SMALL COUNTRY CALLED
[2:51:13] BAHRAIN AND WHEN I WHEN THEY
[2:51:15] SENT THE BALLOT TO ME I MOVED
[2:51:17] FROM BAHRAIN UP UP TOWARDS THE
[2:51:20] UM UP TOWARDS THE THE COAST
[2:51:22] TOWARDS THE IRAQI PLATFORM OIL
[2:51:24] PLATFORM AND I COULDN'T I
[2:51:26] COULDN'T VOTE BECAUSE THE
[2:51:27] BALLOT THE BALLOT WASN'T
[2:51:29] AVAILABLE TO ME.
[2:51:31] UM DUE TO LOGISTICAL LOGISTICAL
[2:51:33] ISSUES BUT BUT I STILL KNOW
[2:51:36] IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MAIL-IN
[2:51:38] BALLOTS ARE CRITICAL, UH,
[2:51:40] CRUCIAL FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE
[2:51:42] DIFFICULT TIME OR IMPOSSIBLE
[2:51:44] TIME TO GET TO THE ACTUAL
[2:51:46] VOTING BOOTH SUCH AS PERSONS
[2:51:47] WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS OUR
[2:51:49] SENIORS.
[2:51:50] UH, THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WORK
[2:51:52] DIFFERENT.
[2:51:53] WORK SHIFTS.
[2:51:55] UM, BUT VOTING IS IS A FEDERAL
[2:51:57] ISSUE.
[2:51:57] IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AND
[2:51:59] WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
[2:52:01] REGISTERED VOTER HAS THE RIGHT
[2:52:02] TO CAST THEIR VOTE IN A SAFE
[2:52:05] AND LEGAL SYSTEM.
[2:52:06] THANK YOU.
[2:52:07] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
[2:52:09] COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU KNOW
[2:52:09] BEFORE.
[2:52:10] THANK YOU.
[2:52:11] I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ALSO
[2:52:14] THAT.
[2:52:15] I THINK GALVIN WAS PREDICTING
[2:52:16] CLOSE TO 60% OF THE BALLOTS
[2:52:18] CAST WERE MAILED IN BEFORE
[2:52:20] ELECTION DAY AND EVERY ELECTION
[2:52:22] WE SEE THAT MORE AND MORE
[2:52:24] PEOPLE ARE GETTING USED TO IT
[2:52:26] OR TRUSTING IT AND IT WAS
[2:52:27] BROUGHT UP ABOUT PERSONS WITH
[2:52:29] DISABILITIES BUT ALSO OUR
[2:52:30] SENIORS AND OUR VETERANS.
[2:52:32] ONE OF THE FIRST RULE PETITIONS
[2:52:34] I FILED HERE ON THIS BODY AND
[2:52:37] PASSED WAS TO EXPAND VETERANS
[2:52:39] WHO WERE DEPLOYED, THE
[2:52:41] OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE
[2:52:43] ELECTRONICALLY WHEN IT'S A
[2:52:44] MUNICIPAL IT WAS ALREADY
[2:52:45] ALLOWED AT STATE ELECTIONS.
[2:52:46] BUT ANY WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE
[2:52:48] ANY OF OUR VETERANS WHO ARE
[2:52:50] EITHER NOT IN THEIR HOME TOWN
[2:52:52] IN ANOTHER STATE OR DEPLOYED
[2:52:55] OVERSEAS IS ABLE TO CAST THEIR
[2:52:56] VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT
[2:52:58] ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SEE A RECENT
[2:53:00] ELECTION WAS JUST A COUPLE
[2:53:02] OF VOTES AWAY.
[2:53:03] SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE
[2:53:05] IS ABLE TO VOTE AND THAT WHEN
[2:53:07] WE KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
[2:53:08] MAILING THEM IN WE NEED TO
[2:53:09] SUPPORT THIS AND ALSO JUST MAKE
[2:53:11] SURE WE AS A BODY UNDERSTAND
[2:53:13] HOW WE CAN SUPPORT AND MOVE
[2:53:15] FORWARD WORKING ALONGSIDE THE
[2:53:17] ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO MAKE
[2:53:18] SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE
[2:53:20] PROPERLY.
[2:53:20] SEEING IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH
[2:53:22] TO WHEN THEY CERTIFY ALL THE
[2:53:23] VOTES THAT COME THROUGH AT
[2:53:24] EVERY ELECTION.
[2:53:25] THANK YOU.
[2:53:26] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:53:27] WOULD ANYONE.
[2:53:28] ELSE.
[2:53:28] WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
[2:53:30] UM, I'LL TAKE A.
[2:53:31] FEW SECONDS JUST TO SAY THAT
[2:53:32] I.
[2:53:32] UM, 100% SUPPORT THIS.
[2:53:33] I WANT TO THANK
[2:53:34] COUNCILOR BRADING FOR.
[2:53:35] FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[2:53:36] UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER
[2:53:37] INSTANCE OF AN UNLAWFUL ACTION,
[2:53:40] UM, AFFIRMED BY THE COURTS BY
[2:53:41] THIS PRESIDENTIAL
[2:53:42] ADMINISTRATION TO DISMANTLE
[2:53:44] DEMOCRACY PIECE BY PIECE AND
[2:53:45] AFTER HE'S GONE, UH, AFTER HIS
[2:53:48] ADMINISTRATION IS DONE, UM,
[2:53:50] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT
[2:53:50] HUMPTY DUMPTY BACK TOGETHER
[2:53:51] AGAIN.
[2:53:52] BUT UNTIL THEN WE HAVE TO STAY
[2:53:53] VIGILANT.
[2:53:53] THIS IS ONE OF ONE SMALL ACTION
[2:53:55] THAT WE CAN DO TO JUST AFFIRM,
[2:53:57] UM, EVERY AMERICAN'S RIGHT TO
[2:53:58] VOTE.
[2:53:58] SACRED RIGHT TO VOTE.
[2:54:00] UM, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID
[2:54:01] WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER AND
[2:54:02] UM, UH, JUST DISMANTLE AS MANY
[2:54:04] BARRIERS AS WE CAN FOR FOLKS
[2:54:06] WHO WANT TO VOTE ESPECIALLY
[2:54:08] SECOND AND THIRD SHIFT WORKERS
[2:54:09] IN MY DISTRICT WHO WORK AT THE
[2:54:10] AIRPORT AND WHO MAYBE CAN'T
[2:54:12] MAKE IT TO THE POLLS ON TIME.
[2:54:15] UM, BUT I, UH I SUPPORT THIS
[2:54:18] WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
[2:54:18] THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRING IT
[2:54:19] FORWARD.
[2:54:20] AND I THINK THE LAST THING I
[2:54:21] WANT TO SAY IS THAT THE
[2:54:22] PRESIDENT VOTES BY MAIL BECAUSE
[2:54:23] HE LIVES IN FLORIDA.
[2:54:25] THANK YOU.
[2:54:27] ALL RIGHT.
[2:54:28] UH, MR. CLERK, UH, WOULD
[2:54:30] ANYONE LIKE TO.
[2:54:31] ADD THEIR NAME?
[2:54:31] SORRY.
[2:54:32] UM, PLEASE ADD
[2:54:35] COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL.
[2:54:36] DARKENED COUNCIL.
[2:54:37] FITZGERALD.
[2:54:37] COUNCILOR.
[2:54:38] FLYNN.
[2:54:38] COUNCILOR.
[2:54:39] MEJIA.
[2:54:39] COUNCILOR.
[2:54:40] MURPHY.
[2:54:42] COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL.
[2:54:43] WEBER.
[2:54:43] COUNCILOR TO PEN.
[2:54:44] COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE AT
[2:54:45] THE CHAIR.
[2:54:46] UH, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT
[2:54:47] BRIGHTON SEEKS.
[2:54:48] SUSPENSION OF.
[2:54:48] THE.
[2:54:49] RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[2:54:50] 1725.
[2:54:51] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:54:52] ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
[2:54:53] NAY.
[2:54:54] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[2:54:55] THANK YOU.
[2:54:56] DOCKET 1725 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:55:00] MR. CLERK.
[2:55:00] CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET.
[2:55:04] 1726.1726 COUNCIL OF READING
[2:55:06] OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[2:55:08] IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE 1405 SENATE
[2:55:11] 860 AN ACT ESTABLISHING
[2:55:13] MEDICARE FOR ALL IN
[2:55:15] MASSACHUSETTS.
[2:55:16] THANK YOU.
[2:55:17] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:55:17] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTON.
[2:55:18] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:55:20] THANK YOU.
[2:55:20] CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
[2:55:23] COUNCILOR WEBER AS A SECOND AND
[2:55:25] SUSPEND THE RULES AND I'D
[2:55:26] CONSIDER MEJIA AS A THIRD
[2:55:27] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:55:30] UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO
[2:55:32] OBJECTIONS.
[2:55:33] UH, THEY ARE SO ADDED.
[2:55:35] THANK YOU.
[2:55:36] HEALTHCARE CONTINUES TO BE
[2:55:38] UNAFFORDABLE FOR TOO MANY
[2:55:40] MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS EVEN
[2:55:42] PEOPLE WITH INSURANCE FEARS
[2:55:44] RISING PREMIUMS, DEDUCTIBLES,
[2:55:46] CO-PAYS, PRESCRIPTION
[2:55:47] PRESCRIPTION COSTS AND OTHER
[2:55:49] EXPENSES THAT CAN MAKE GETTING
[2:55:51] UNNECESSARY CARE VERY, VERY
[2:55:52] DIFFICULT.
[2:55:53] WE HAVE A HUGE.
[2:55:54] NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE.
[2:55:56] UNDERINSURED OR UNINSURED.
[2:55:59] NURSES AND HEALTH CARE
[2:56:00] PROFESSIONALS SEE THE
[2:56:01] CONSEQUENCES OF THIS EVERY DAY
[2:56:03] PATIENTS DELAY.
[2:56:04] APPOINTMENTS.
[2:56:05] MEDICATIONS AND PREVENTATIVE
[2:56:06] CARE.
[2:56:07] BECAUSE OF COSTS.
[2:56:09] OFTEN NEEDING MORE SERIOUS AND
[2:56:11] EXPENSIVE TREATMENT LATER.
[2:56:13] NO ONE SHOULD HAVE.
[2:56:14] TO CHOOSE.
[2:56:14] BETWEEN PAYING THE RENT,
[2:56:15] BUYING THE GROCERIES OR GETTING
[2:56:17] THE HEALTH CARE OR MEDICATION
[2:56:19] THAT THEY NEED.
[2:56:20] HOUSE BILL 1405.
[2:56:23] AND SENATE BILL 860 WOULD
[2:56:25] ESTABLISH A SINGLE PAYER HEALTH
[2:56:27] CARE SYSTEM IN MASSACHUSETTS
[2:56:28] THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE
[2:56:30] COVERAGE TO RESIDENTS AND
[2:56:32] ELIMINATES PREMIUMS AND
[2:56:34] DEDUCTIBLES.
[2:56:35] THIS IS ALSO AN.
[2:56:36] ISSUE FOR HEALTH CARE.
[2:56:37] WORKFORCE.
[2:56:38] RISING PRIVATE INSURANCE
[2:56:40] COSTS PUT ADDITIONAL PRESSURES
[2:56:41] ON WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS AND
[2:56:43] TAKE ATTENTION AWAY FROM.
[2:56:44] WAGES.
[2:56:45] WORKING CONDITIONS AND
[2:56:47] IMPROVEMENTS TO PATIENT CARE.
[2:56:49] EVEN HERE IN THIS IN THIS UH AS
[2:56:51] WE NAVIGATED OUR BUDGET PROCESS
[2:56:53] THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE BIG
[2:56:55] ISSUES WAS THE INCREASING COST
[2:56:57] OF HEALTH CARE AND IT CAUSED
[2:57:01] UNDUE STRESS ON OUR.
[2:57:02] MUNICIPAL BUDGET AND HOUSEHOLD.
[2:57:03] BUDGETS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS.
[2:57:05] THE COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY
[2:57:07] HEARD FROM HEALTH CARE
[2:57:08] PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY
[2:57:10] ORGANIZATIONS AND POLICY
[2:57:12] EXPERTS ABOUT THE IMPACT
[2:57:13] OF GAPS IN INSURANCE AND
[2:57:15] UNAFFORDABLE CARE HAVE ON
[2:57:17] BOSTON'S MOST VULNERABLE
[2:57:18] RESIDENTS.
[2:57:19] ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
[2:57:20] SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON THE
[2:57:22] CARE.
[2:57:23] A PERSON.
[2:57:24] SHOULD BE BASED ON THE CARE
[2:57:25] THAT A PERSON NEEDS, NOT THE
[2:57:26] AMOUNT.
[2:57:27] THAT THEY'RE ABLE.
[2:57:27] TO PAY.
[2:57:28] I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT.
[2:57:30] THESE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION
[2:57:32] CURRENTLY ON BEACON HILL, AND I
[2:57:33] ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO.
[2:57:34] JOIN UH.
[2:57:35] AND AND SUPPORT.
[2:57:36] JOIN ME IN.
[2:57:38] SUPPORTING THEM.
[2:57:38] THANK YOU.
[2:57:40] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BURTON.
[2:57:41] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:57:42] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[2:57:43] COUNCILOR RB NOW BEFORE YOU.
[2:57:45] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:57:46] UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU,
[2:57:48] MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR HAVING
[2:57:49] ME AS A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS
[2:57:50] DOCKET.
[2:57:51] I ALSO LIKE TO THANK A FEW
[2:57:52] OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE
[2:57:53] BEEN VERY ACTIVE, UH, ON THE
[2:57:56] HEALTH CARE FOR ALL GROUP, UH,
[2:57:58] PARTICULARLY, UH, BRUCE
[2:58:00] FLEISCHER'S WHO'S HERE?
[2:58:01] UH, MARGE COHEN, CATHERINE NASH
[2:58:03] ,MARTHA COCHAIR AND SARAH
[2:58:05] CAMPBELL.
[2:58:06] UM, WHO ALL REACHED OUT TO MY
[2:58:09] OFFICE IN THE HOPES OF THERE
[2:58:10] BEING ACTION AT THE STATE HOUSE
[2:58:12] TO PASS, UH, THESE TWO, UH,
[2:58:15] PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
[2:58:16] I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK
[2:58:18] FOR MYSELF, BUT I THINK WE ALL
[2:58:21] GOT AN EDUCATION DURING THE
[2:58:22] LAST BUDGET CYCLE ABOUT HOW, UH
[2:58:25] HOW MUCH RISING AND
[2:58:27] SKYROCKETING HEALTH CARE COSTS
[2:58:29] UH, CAN UH HOW MUCH OF A
[2:58:31] NEGATIVE IMPACT THEY CAN HAVE,
[2:58:33] UH, ON A CITY BUDGET.
[2:58:34] YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET WENT UP
[2:58:35] AROUND 99 MILLION AND ABOUT 97
[2:58:38] MILLION OF THAT, UH, WAS TO PAY
[2:58:40] FOR RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS.
[2:58:41] YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPACT IT'S
[2:58:43] HAVING IN HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE
[2:58:46] STATE.
[2:58:46] UH, AND YOU KNOW, BOTH FOR
[2:58:48] BUSINESSES AND FOR FOR FOR
[2:58:51] FAMILIES.
[2:58:51] UH, WE CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND
[2:58:53] AND HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE
[2:58:54] COSTS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN IN
[2:58:56] THE FUTURE.
[2:58:57] WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
[2:58:58] UH, THIS IS A STATE WHERE WE'VE
[2:59:00] LED ON THIS ISSUE, UH, WITH
[2:59:02] ROMNEYCARE AND NOW IS A CHANCE
[2:59:04] FOR US TO LEAD AGAIN WITH
[2:59:05] MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[2:59:06] I KNOW THIS BODY LAST, UH, WE
[2:59:08] PASSED A RESOLUTION IN FAVOR
[2:59:09] OF THIS IN 2023.
[2:59:11] I HOPE WE'LL JOIN TOGETHER AND,
[2:59:13] UH, PASS THIS AGAIN.
[2:59:14] UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:59:15] MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, UH,
[2:59:17] VICE PRESIDENT FOR RECOGNIZE
[2:59:18] ME?
[2:59:20] THANK YOU.
[2:59:20] COUNCIL WEBER.
[2:59:21] UH, COUNCIL HERE.
[2:59:22] DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW
[2:59:23] WORDS?
[2:59:24] YOU KNOW THE.
[2:59:26] THANK YOU.
[2:59:27] MADAM PRESIDENT AND.
[2:59:30] UM AND COUNCILOR WEBER, UH, FOR
[2:59:32] ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL
[2:59:34] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:59:34] UH, HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN
[2:59:35] RIGHT AND COST SHOULD NOT BE A
[2:59:37] BARRIER TO ESSENTIAL CARE IN
[2:59:39] MASSACHUSETTS AND ACROSS THIS
[2:59:40] COUNTRY.
[2:59:41] WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT
[2:59:42] INCREASES IN HEALTH CARE COSTS
[2:59:44] ACROSS THE HEALTH UM CARE.
[2:59:46] SECTOR.
[2:59:47] HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS,
[2:59:48] UNIONS AND POLICY EXPERTS HAVE
[2:59:50] TESTIFIED ABOUT THE BENEFITS
[2:59:51] OF A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM SUCH
[2:59:54] AS REDUCING DISPARITIES,
[2:59:56] INCREASING PREVENTATIVE CARE,
[2:59:57] DISCONNECTING HEALTH CARE FROM
[2:59:59] EMPLOYMENT AND REDUCING
[3:00:01] ADMINISTRATIVE WASTE,
[3:00:02] INCREASING WAGES, ALLOWING
[3:00:04] UNIONS TO FOCUS ON OTHER
[3:00:06] ADVOCACY AND MINIMIZING
[3:00:07] EMPLOYERS.
[3:00:08] SHIFTS THE COST TO THEIR
[3:00:10] EMPLOYEES OVERALL.
[3:00:11] A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM WOULD
[3:00:13] IMPROVE HOW MASSACHUSETTS
[3:00:14] DELIVERS HEALTH CARE ACROSS THE
[3:00:16] BOARD.
[3:00:17] WE HAVE SEEN THE SUCCESSFUL
[3:00:19] EXCUSE ME THE SUCCESS
[3:00:21] OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AT ALL
[3:00:23] AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THEIR
[3:00:25] ABILITY TO COVER.
[3:00:25] NECESSARY CARE PRESCRIPTION
[3:00:27] COSTS.
[3:00:27] HEALTH CARE COSTS AND KEEP
[3:00:29] PEOPLE PROPERLY INSURED.
[3:00:30] THIS IS NOT SOMETHING RADICAL.
[3:00:33] IT IS UM TRIED AND TRUE AND
[3:00:35] THIS AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO
[3:00:37] IMPLEMENT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[3:00:38] HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS I JUST
[3:00:39] WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES,
[3:00:41] UM, ON THE STATE HOUSE, UH, FOR
[3:00:43] LEADING THIS CHARGE AND I.
[3:00:44] LOOK FORWARD.
[3:00:45] TO, UH, A FAVORABLE YES ON
[3:00:48] THIS RESOLUTION ACROSS.
[3:00:49] THE BOARD HERE.
[3:00:50] THANK YOU.
[3:00:51] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA.
[3:00:52] UH, COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE
[3:00:54] A FLOOR.
[3:00:54] THANK YOU.
[3:00:55] I JUST WANT TO RISE IN SUPPORT
[3:00:56] OF THIS RESOLUTION.
[3:00:56] UH, MEDICARE FOR ALL WOULD
[3:00:58] BRING US, UM, I THINK IN LINE
[3:01:03] WITH A LOT OF OTHER ACTUALLY
[3:01:06] LIKE WESTERN COUNTRIES, UM, UH
[3:01:09] ,SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES,
[3:01:10] CANADA WHERE YOUR HEALTH CARE
[3:01:13] DOESN'T HINGE ON WHETHER OR NOT
[3:01:16] YOU HAVE EMPLOYMENT.
[3:01:18] UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A
[3:01:20] GREAT WAY TO SET UP A SYSTEM
[3:01:21] AND WE'VE SEEN IT WHETHER IT'S
[3:01:23] WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE KARNI,
[3:01:25] WHETHER IT'S WITH OUR COMMUNITY
[3:01:26] HEALTH CENTERS AND HOW MUCH
[3:01:28] DIFFICULTY THEY HAVE STAYING
[3:01:29] AFLOAT.
[3:01:31] UM SHOUT OUT YOU KNOW, I THINK
[3:01:33] WE RECENTLY ALLOCATED THREE
[3:01:35] ABOUT $3.2 MILLION TO SOME
[3:01:36] OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH
[3:01:37] CENTERS.
[3:01:38] IT IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO CARE
[3:01:41] FOR.
[3:01:41] PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM HEALTH CARE
[3:01:44] NEEDS.
[3:01:44] UM, WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT
[3:01:48] DISCOURAGES PEOPLE REALLY FROM
[3:01:50] MAINTAINING WELLNESS.
[3:01:51] IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT LIKE WE
[3:01:53] SAID EARLIER UH, I LIKE I SAID
[3:01:55] EARLIER, UM, PUTTING PEOPLE.
[3:01:57] BEFORE PROFIT.
[3:01:58] .
[3:01:58] OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS SO
[3:02:00] BROKEN.
[3:02:00] WE HEAR STORIES ALL THE TIME BY
[3:02:02] PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SUCH
[3:02:04] SIGNIFICANT, UM, MEDICAL DEBT
[3:02:06] AND HAVING A SYSTEM THAT REALLY
[3:02:09] PUT PEOPLE AND THEIR WELLNESS
[3:02:10] FIRST IS A SYSTEM THAT WE
[3:02:12] SHOULD ADOPT.
[3:02:13] SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU I
[3:02:14] THINK COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU
[3:02:14] FILED THIS BEFORE ON THIS BODY
[3:02:16] AND I JUST WANTED TO STAND IN
[3:02:17] SUPPORT.
[3:02:18] THANK YOU.
[3:02:19] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[3:02:21] .
[3:02:21] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
[3:02:22] THIS MATTER?
[3:02:24] SO ANYONE WANT TO ADD THEIR
[3:02:24] NAME?
[3:02:26] MR CLERK, PLEASE ADD UH,
[3:02:28] COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL.
[3:02:29] FITZGERALD.
[3:02:29] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.
[3:02:30] MURPHY, COUNCILOR FOR
[3:02:32] COUNCILOR.
[3:02:32] CULPEPER COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
[3:02:34] COUNCIL.
[3:02:35] WORLAND, PLEASE AT THE CHAIR.
[3:02:37] UH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
[3:02:38] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[3:02:39] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1726.
[3:02:41] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:02:43] ALL.
[3:02:44] MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
[3:02:46] CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON
[3:02:47] DOCKET 1726.
[3:02:50] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[3:02:50] YES.
[3:02:51] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[3:02:52] YES.
[3:02:52] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED.
[3:02:53] YES.
[3:02:54] COUNCIL AS PER YES.
[3:02:55] COUNCILOR.
[3:02:55] COPA.
[3:02:56] COUNCILOR.
[3:02:57] CARVE UP.
[3:02:57] YES.
[3:02:57] COUNCILOR.
[3:02:58] DURKAN.
[3:02:59] COUNCILOR.
[3:02:59] DURKAN.
[3:02:59] YES.
[3:03:00] COUNCIL.
[3:03:00] FITZGERALD.
[3:03:01] YES.
[3:03:02] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:03] FITZGERALD.
[3:03:03] YES.
[3:03:03] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:04] FLYNN.
[3:03:04] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:05] LOUIJEUNE.
[3:03:06] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:07] LOUIJEUNE.
[3:03:07] YES.
[3:03:07] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:08] MEJIA.
[3:03:08] COUNCIL.
[3:03:09] MEJIA.
[3:03:09] YES.
[3:03:09] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:10] MURPHY.
[3:03:10] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:11] MURPHY.
[3:03:11] YES.
[3:03:12] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:12] PAPIN.
[3:03:13] COUNSELOR.
[3:03:13] PEN.
[3:03:14] YES, COUNCILOR.
[3:03:15] SANTANA.
[3:03:16] YES.
[3:03:16] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:17] SANTANA.
[3:03:17] YES.
[3:03:17] COUNCIL.
[3:03:18] WEBER.
[3:03:18] YES.
[3:03:19] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:19] WEBER.
[3:03:19] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[3:03:20] WORLD.
[3:03:21] YES.
[3:03:21] COUNCILOR.
[3:03:21] ORAL.
[3:03:22] YES.
[3:03:22] TALKING OF A1726 HAS RECEIVED
[3:03:26] 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[3:03:27] THANK YOU.
[3:03:28] DOCKET 1726 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:03:32] UH.
[3:03:41] THANK YOU.
[3:03:45] MR. CLERK.
[3:03:46] WE, UH, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[3:03:47] DOCKET 1727?
[3:03:50] DOCKET NUMBER 1727
[3:03:52] COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE
[3:03:53] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
[3:03:55] OF H.R. 1725 SERGEANT ISAAC
[3:03:59] WOODARD JUNIOR AND SERGEANT
[3:04:00] JOSEPH H.
[3:04:01] MADDOX, G.I. BILL RESTORATION
[3:04:03] ACT OF 2025.
[3:04:05] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:04:07] COUNCILMAN FLYNN COUNCIL.
[3:04:08] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:04:10] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:04:13] JUST AS A WAY OF.
[3:04:14] BACKGROUND, UM, IN.
[3:04:17] 1944 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNED
[3:04:19] THE SERVICEMEN'S READJUSTMENT
[3:04:21] ACT, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE GI
[3:04:23] BILL INTO LAW PROVIDING WORLD
[3:04:25] WAR TWO VETERANS MONEY FOR
[3:04:27] COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL.
[3:04:29] LOW COST HOME AND BUSINESS
[3:04:30] LOANS AND UNEMPLOYMENT PAY.
[3:04:34] 16 MILLION VETERANS RECEIVE
[3:04:35] BENEFITS TO ASSIST THEM TO
[3:04:38] INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.
[3:04:40] WHILE THE ORIGINAL BILL WAS
[3:04:42] RACE NEUTRAL, THE
[3:04:43] ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFITS
[3:04:44] RESULTED IN A PATTERN
[3:04:46] OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
[3:04:47] RACIAL MINORITIES, ESPECIALLY
[3:04:49] AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
[3:04:50] MORE THAN 1 MILLION
[3:04:52] AFRICAN-AMERICANS SERVED IN THE
[3:04:53] ARMED FORCES, AND BY 1945
[3:04:57] ALMOST 2% OF OFFICERS IN THE
[3:04:59] ARMED FORCES WERE AFRICAN
[3:05:00] AMERICANS.
[3:05:02] VA BENEFIT COUNSELORS FUNNELED
[3:05:04] APPLICATIONS INTO TRADE SCHOOLS
[3:05:06] DENYING THEM ACCESS TO
[3:05:08] EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS AT CERTAIN
[3:05:10] COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
[3:05:13] ONLY 6% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
[3:05:15] VETERANS OF WORLD WAR TWO
[3:05:17] EARNED A COLLEGE DEGREE,
[3:05:18] COMPARED TO 19% OF WHITE WORLD
[3:05:21] WAR TWO VETERANS.
[3:05:23] HERE'S THE ISSUE.
[3:05:24] UNDER 1725, WHICH WAS
[3:05:27] INTRODUCED BY U.S.
[3:05:28] REPRESENTATIVE SETH MOULTON AND
[3:05:30] JAMES CLYBURN, BLACK WORLD WAR
[3:05:33] TWO VETERANS WHO CAN PROVE THAT
[3:05:34] THEY WERE DENIED OR PREVENTED
[3:05:38] BENEFITS UNDER THE GI BILL.
[3:05:39] THE ORIGINAL GI BILL WOULD
[3:05:41] BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN.
[3:05:43] VA BENEFITS.
[3:05:44] IT WOULD ALSO.
[3:05:45] EXTEND TO LIVING SPOUSES,
[3:05:48] CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND
[3:05:50] OTHER DIRECT DESCENDANTS
[3:05:52] INCLUDING.
[3:05:52] A WAIVER FOR THE LOAN.
[3:05:54] FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VA LOAN
[3:05:56] PROGRAM.
[3:05:56] ACCESS TO POST GI.
[3:05:59] BILL EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS.
[3:06:01] THE APPLICANTS.
[3:06:02] MUST APPLY WITHIN FIVE.
[3:06:03] YEARS AFTER IT'S ENACTED BEYOND
[3:06:08] ACCESS TO BENEFITS.
[3:06:09] IT WOULD.
[3:06:10] ALSO AUTHORIZE THE US.
[3:06:11] SECRETARY OF VETERANS TO
[3:06:13] ESTABLISH A DOWN PAYMENT
[3:06:14] ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WELL.
[3:06:18] EACH INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE FOR
[3:06:20] HOME.
[3:06:20] LOAN OR.
[3:06:21] EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
[3:06:22] MUST APPLY.
[3:06:23] AS I MENTIONED WITHIN FIVE
[3:06:24] YEARS.
[3:06:25] OF THE DATE BEFORE THE
[3:06:27] SERGEANT.
[3:06:27] WOULD WOULD AND SERGEANT JOE.
[3:06:29] MADDOX GI BILL RESTORATION.
[3:06:32] YES IT IS CONTROVERSIAL PIECE
[3:06:35] OF.
[3:06:35] PROPOSED LEGISLATION BECAUSE.
[3:06:39] VETERANS BENEFITS SPECIFICALLY.
[3:06:42] GO TO VETERANS OR THEIR SPOUSE.
[3:06:45] UM THIS IS.
[3:06:46] DIFFERENT BECAUSE.
[3:06:47] AS I HIGHLIGHTED BLACK VETERANS
[3:06:51] ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR
[3:06:55] VA BENEFITS.
[3:06:55] THEY WERE SYSTEMATICALLY UM
[3:07:00] DISCRIMINATED AGAINST I SHOULD
[3:07:01] SAY.
[3:07:03] UM AND SO.
[3:07:03] THIS OPPORTUNITY.
[3:07:05] IS TO PROVIDE.
[3:07:06] THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
[3:07:08] BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY.
[3:07:10] TO GET A HOME LOAN TO GET
[3:07:12] EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
[3:07:14] WE TALK ABOUT GENERATIONAL
[3:07:17] WEALTH AND HOMEOWNERSHIP IN
[3:07:18] THE.
[3:07:19] BLACK COMMUNITY.
[3:07:19] BUT IF BLACK WORLD WAR TWO
[3:07:22] VETERANS.
[3:07:22] HAD ACCESS TO.
[3:07:24] A VA HOME LOAN, THEY COULD HAVE
[3:07:27] BOUGHT A HOME.
[3:07:29] LIKE OTHER WHITE WORLD.
[3:07:30] WAR TWO VETERANS.
[3:07:32] THAT'S THAT'S.
[3:07:33] A GENERATION LOST
[3:07:35] OF HOMEOWNERSHIP IN.
[3:07:35] THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
[3:07:38] THIS WOULD NOT NOT TOTALLY FIX
[3:07:41] IT, BUT IT WOULD BE A SMALL WAY
[3:07:44] TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BLACK
[3:07:45] VETERANS PLAYED AN.
[3:07:46] INCREDIBLE ROLE.
[3:07:48] IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY
[3:07:50] DEFENDING OUR NATION.
[3:07:51] BUT GIVING THEIR CHIL CHILDREN
[3:07:53] AND GRANDCHILDREN.
[3:07:54] SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT.
[3:07:56] BLACK VETERANS DIDN'T RECEIVE
[3:07:59] AND THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED.
[3:08:02] AND I THINK.
[3:08:03] IT'S.
[3:08:03] IMPORTANT, BILL, I DON'T KNOW
[3:08:05] HOW MUCH.
[3:08:07] SUPPORT THERE IS FOR IT.
[3:08:08] I DO KNOW THAT CONGRESSWOMAN.
[3:08:10] PRESSLEY IS IN SUPPORT OF.
[3:08:11] THE THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE.
[3:08:13] I.
[3:08:14] TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT.
[3:08:14] UM, IN PERSON.
[3:08:16] BUT I.
[3:08:17] THINK THIS IS JUST A SMALL WAY
[3:08:21] TO RECOGNIZE.
[3:08:21] BLACK VETERANS.
[3:08:24] ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SERVICE,
[3:08:25] ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISCRIMINATION.
[3:08:26] THEY FELT THEY EXPERIENCED.
[3:08:30] THEY CAN'T BENEFIT.
[3:08:32] PERSONALLY BUT HOPEFULLY THEIR
[3:08:35] GRANDCHILDREN.
[3:08:35] UM.
[3:08:36] WHICH ARE CHILDREN CAN
[3:08:38] BENEFIT.
[3:08:38] FROM IT.
[3:08:39] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:08:41] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:08:45] THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN
[3:08:47] FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY.
[3:08:48] FOR VETERANS.
[3:08:49] I THINK THIS IS.
[3:08:50] A PARTICULARLY.
[3:08:51] IMPORTANT ISSUE.
[3:08:52] UM, YOU SAID THAT THIS IS
[3:08:55] CONTROVERSIAL.
[3:08:55] IT SHOULD NOT BE
[3:08:56] CONTROVERSIAL.
[3:08:57] THE FACT IS THAT OUR BLACK
[3:08:58] VETERANS UH, GUYS WHO.
[3:09:00] SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO.
[3:09:02] WERE SYSTEMATICALLY
[3:09:03] DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND WE'RE
[3:09:05] STILL LIVING WITH THE
[3:09:05] CONSEQUENCES OF THAT POLICY, UH
[3:09:07] ,IN OUR.
[3:09:08] NEIGHBORHOODS AND.
[3:09:09] COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EVEN
[3:09:10] TODAY.
[3:09:10] SO, UH, I WILL.
[3:09:12] CERTAINLY BE VOTING.
[3:09:13] IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH,
[3:09:14] RESOLUTION.
[3:09:17] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[3:09:18] NAME?
[3:09:20] COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[3:09:20] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[3:09:21] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[3:09:23] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
[3:09:24] COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM
[3:09:25] MURPHY CONCHA.
[3:09:25] PEPEN CONSCIOUS COMES.
[3:09:27] FROM WEBER COUNCILOR.
[3:09:29] MORAL AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR.
[3:09:34] UM COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:09:34] SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
[3:09:37] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1727.
[3:09:39] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:09:41] ALL OPPOSED?
[3:09:42] SAY NAY.
[3:09:44] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:09:45] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[3:09:45] VOTE ON DOCKET 1727.
[3:09:48] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[3:09:50] YES.
[3:09:50] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[3:09:51] YES.
[3:09:51] COUNCILOR COLON AS OPPOSED TO
[3:09:54] COUNCILOR CULPA.
[3:09:56] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[3:09:56] YES.
[3:09:57] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[3:09:59] YES.
[3:09:59] COUNCILOR.
[3:09:59] FITZGERALD.
[3:10:00] YES.
[3:10:00] COUNCIL.
[3:10:01] JUST SHOW.
[3:10:01] YES.
[3:10:01] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:02] FLYNN.
[3:10:02] YES.
[3:10:03] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:03] FLYNN.
[3:10:03] YES.
[3:10:04] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[3:10:06] YES, COUNCILOR.
[3:10:07] MEJIA.
[3:10:07] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[3:10:08] YES.
[3:10:08] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:09] MURPHY.
[3:10:09] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:10] MURPHY.
[3:10:10] YES.
[3:10:11] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:11] PEN.
[3:10:11] YES.
[3:10:12] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:13] PIN.
[3:10:13] YES.
[3:10:13] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:14] SANTANA.
[3:10:14] YES.
[3:10:15] COUNCILOR.
[3:10:15] SANTANA.
[3:10:15] YES.
[3:10:16] COUNCIL.
[3:10:16] WEBER.
[3:10:16] YES.
[3:10:17] COUNCIL.
[3:10:17] WEBER.
[3:10:18] YES AND COUNCIL.
[3:10:18] WORLD COUNCILOR ORAL.
[3:10:20] YES.
[3:10:21] SO I CAN HAVE A1727 AS RECEIVED
[3:10:24] 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[3:10:25] THANK YOU.
[3:10:26] DOCKET 1727.
[3:10:28] HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:10:30] MR CHAIR, COULD.
[3:10:30] YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1728?
[3:10:33] SO I CAN HAVE A1728.
[3:10:35] COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR THE
[3:10:36] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[3:10:38] RECOGNIZING APRIL 22ND AS.
[3:10:41] ANY MOTTOES.
[3:10:42] DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:10:45] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER
[3:10:46] HERE COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
[3:10:48] .
[3:10:49] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:10:52] UM AND IT'S JEANNIE MOTHER'S.
[3:10:55] DAY THAT WE ARE, UM, HOPING TO
[3:10:58] PASS.
[3:10:59] UM, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD
[3:11:01] COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN
[3:11:02] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[3:11:04] COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED.
[3:11:08] SO JEANNIE MATOS WAS AN
[3:11:11] INNOVATIVE YOUTH WORKER,
[3:11:12] COMMUNITY LEADER AND A SOCIAL
[3:11:13] JUSTICE WARRIOR.
[3:11:16] SHE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS LADYBUGS
[3:11:19] AND WAS AN INFLUENTIAL FORCE IN
[3:11:22] BOSTON'S DANCE COMMUNITY AND
[3:11:23] ARTS AND CREATIVE SECTOR AT
[3:11:25] LARGE.
[3:11:25] SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF JP, BUT
[3:11:28] JEANNIE WAS MORE THAN JUST HER
[3:11:30] ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
[3:11:31] SHE WAS A LOVING AND ENERGETIC
[3:11:33] PERSON WHO POURED INTO HER
[3:11:35] FAMILY, FRIENDS, MENTEES AND
[3:11:38] COMMUNITY.
[3:11:40] I AM BLESSED TO HAVE HAD
[3:11:42] JEANNIE IN MY LIFE AS A CLOSE
[3:11:44] PERSONAL FRIEND AND HAD THE
[3:11:46] PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING JEANNIE,
[3:11:48] UM UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT THAT
[3:11:51] SHE HAD UM ON ALL OF US AROUND
[3:11:55] HER.
[3:11:59] UM, JEANNIE, UH, WORKED AT THE.
[3:12:00] CRACK CENTER WHEN ANNALISE WAS
[3:12:01] JUST TWO YEARS OLD.
[3:12:04] UM, AND THEN LATER ON WAS THE
[3:12:06] PERSON WHO GAVE MY DAUGHTER HER
[3:12:08] .
[3:12:08] FIRST JOB WHEN SHE WAS 14.
[3:12:12] AND JEANNIE WAS JUST THAT
[3:12:15] SOMEONE WHO WAS ALWAYS LOOKING
[3:12:16] OUT FOR EVERYONE AT ALL TIMES.
[3:12:19] JEANNIE WAS A VISIONARY LEADER
[3:12:21] WHO CREATED TRANSFORMATIVE
[3:12:22] YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND
[3:12:24] ART PROGRAMS, AND OUR OFFICE
[3:12:27] PRESENTED JEANNIE WITH MULTIPLE
[3:12:27] AWARDS.
[3:12:28] FOR HER.
[3:12:29] WORK AND INVESTMENT IN THE
[3:12:30] CITY OF BOSTON AND ITS PEOPLE.
[3:12:32] AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE GAVE
[3:12:34] HER HER FLOWERS WHILE SHE WAS
[3:12:35] STILL WITH US.
[3:12:37] OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS
[3:12:40] COUNCILOR SANTANA AND OTHERS
[3:12:42] CELEBRATED JEANNIE FOR HER
[3:12:43] CONTRIBUTIONS.
[3:12:44] SHE WAS ALSO A DEDICATED.
[3:12:45] SHE WAS ALSO DEDICATED TO
[3:12:46] SUPPORTING OUR UNHOUSED YOUTH,
[3:12:49] AND WE HOPE TO SEE THE JEANNIE
[3:12:52] BATTLES YOUTH HOUSE AND ITS
[3:12:54] PROGRAMING COME TO LIFE IN
[3:12:56] HONOR OF HER ADVOCACY AND LIFE
[3:12:57] WORK.
[3:13:00] JEANNIE WAS UM.
[3:13:05] BORN ON EARTH.
[3:13:06] DAY AND IT'S A DAY ABOUT
[3:13:10] ADVOCACY AND MAKING THE WORLD A
[3:13:11] BETTER PLACE WHICH SPEAKS TO
[3:13:13] THE WAY JEANNIE LIVED HER LIFE
[3:13:15] AND IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE TO
[3:13:17] HONOR HER LEGACY AND UPLIFT HER
[3:13:19] LIFE'S MISSION OF SUPPORTING
[3:13:20] OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY BY
[3:13:22] HONORING HER ON APRIL THE 22ND
[3:13:25] EACH YEAR AND I HAVE HELD IT
[3:13:30] TOGETHER.
[3:13:31] UM.
[3:13:34] AND I HAD JUST SPOKEN TO
[3:13:36] HER.
[3:13:38] SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GO
[3:13:39] BACK TO WORK AND UM MY OFFICE
[3:13:47] HOSTED HER YOUNG PEOPLE.
[3:13:49] UM I THINK I WAS ONE OF THE
[3:13:51] FIRST AND ONLY OFFICERS TO SAY
[3:13:53] YES WHEN SHE WANTED YOUNG
[3:13:55] PEOPLE HERE AND I SAID
[3:13:58] ABSOLUTELY.
[3:14:01] AND WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION
[3:14:03] ON A LOT OF PROJECTS TOGETHER.
[3:14:08] AND UM UH.
[3:14:14] WE JUST HAVE TO HOLD THE PEOPLE
[3:14:15] THAT ARE NEAR US THAT WE LOVE
[3:14:17] AND WHETHER WE LOVE THEM OR NOT
[3:14:18] CLOSE TO US.
[3:14:20] UM.
[3:14:23] BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY TO LOSE
[3:14:26] A FRIEND, A COLLEAGUE AND
[3:14:30] SOMEONE WHO GAVE SO MUCH
[3:14:31] OF HERSELF TO THIS COMMUNITY.
[3:14:33] SO I WANT TO THANK THE FLOOR
[3:14:35] LORDS.
[3:14:35] FOR SHOWING UP THE WAY THAT
[3:14:37] THEY HAVE FOR HER AND MY
[3:14:39] SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HER
[3:14:40] FAMILY.
[3:14:45] UM THANK YOU.
[3:14:47] THANK YOU.
[3:14:48] COUNCILOR HERE.
[3:14:49] CHAIR RECOGNIZES.
[3:14:50] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[3:14:51] YOU HAVE.
[3:14:51] THE FLOOR.
[3:14:53] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:14:54] THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
[3:14:55] HERE, UM, FOR INCLUDING ME ON
[3:14:58] THIS, UH, KNOW I'M DEEPLY
[3:15:02] HEARTBROKEN, UM, TO HEAR OF THE
[3:15:04] PASSING OF JEANNIE MATTOS
[3:15:05] WORKING ALONGSIDE JEANNIE AS A
[3:15:07] CITY COUNCILOR.
[3:15:08] I SAW SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T JUST
[3:15:10] ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY'S YOUTH
[3:15:11] FROM BEHIND A DESK.
[3:15:13] SHE WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
[3:15:14] EVERY SINGLE DAY DOING THE REAL
[3:15:16] WORK WITH AN OPEN HEART,
[3:15:17] RELENTLESS ENERGY AND PURE
[3:15:19] LOVE.
[3:15:22] AS AN INAUGURAL MEMBER
[3:15:23] OF SANTANA'S CAPE, AN
[3:15:25] INCREDIBLE PILLAR AT MADISON
[3:15:26] PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,
[3:15:29] JEANNIE WAS A CLOSE,
[3:15:30] IRREPLACEABLE PARTNER IN
[3:15:31] SUPPORTING BOSTON'S YOUTH.
[3:15:33] SHE WAS ESPECIALLY INSTRUMENTAL
[3:15:35] WITH MY SANTANA'S YOUTH FOR US
[3:15:38] MAKING SURE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
[3:15:40] ALWAYS HAD A DEDICATED ADVOCATE
[3:15:42] IN THEIR CORNER.
[3:15:43] JEANNIE CONSISTENTLY SHOWED UP
[3:15:45] FOR THEM.
[3:15:45] SHE BELIEVED DEEPLY IN THEIR
[3:15:47] POTENTIAL AND WORKED TIRELESSLY
[3:15:49] TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAD A REAL
[3:15:51] SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
[3:15:52] THRIVE.
[3:15:54] WHAT MADE JEANNIE SO UNIQUE WAS
[3:15:56] HOW EFFORTLESSLY SHE BROUGHT
[3:15:58] PEOPLE TOGETHER.
[3:15:59] SHE WAS AMAZING AT BREAKING THE
[3:16:01] ICE.
[3:16:02] WALKING INTO A SPACE WITH A
[3:16:03] WARM, COMPLETELY NON-JUDGMENTAL
[3:16:05] ENERGY AND MADE EVERY YOUNG
[3:16:07] PERSON AND NEIGHBOR FEEL
[3:16:08] INSTANTLY COMFORTABLE, HEARD
[3:16:10] AND VALUED.
[3:16:12] EVERYTHING SHE DID WAS DEEPLY
[3:16:14] COMMUNITY CENTERED AND YOU
[3:16:17] COULDN'T TALK ABOUT UNITY
[3:16:18] WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT HER
[3:16:19] VIBRANT SPIRIT, HER PASSION FOR
[3:16:21] DANCE.
[3:16:22] HER LIVELY NATURE AND THE SHEER
[3:16:24] JOY SHE RADIATED IN EVERY SPACE
[3:16:27] SHE ENTERED.
[3:16:28] SHE SHOWED OUR YOUTH THAT
[3:16:30] COMMUNITY WORK ISN'T JUST ABOUT
[3:16:31] FIGHTING FOR RESOURCES IT'S
[3:16:33] ABOUT BRINGING YOUR FULL
[3:16:35] AUTHENTIC SELF, CELEBRATING
[3:16:37] WHERE YOU COME FROM AND LIFTING
[3:16:39] UP EACH OTHER UP WITH JOY.
[3:16:42] UM MY DEEPEST PRAYERS AND
[3:16:44] CONDOLENCES ARE WITH THE UNION
[3:16:45] FAMILIES AND HER LOVED ONES AND
[3:16:46] ALL WHO KNEW HER.
[3:16:48] UM HER LEGACY LIVES ON AND
[3:16:50] EVERY YOUTH THAT SHE LIFTED UP.
[3:16:53] UM, AND THIS IS WHERE THIS ONE
[3:16:57] JUST REALLY CLOSE TO ME AND
[3:16:58] JUST BECAUSE IF YOU KNEW IF YOU
[3:17:00] HAD THE HONOR OF KNOWING
[3:17:02] JEANNIE JUST SHE WAS JUST AN
[3:17:04] AMAZING, AMAZING, UM, SPIRIT.
[3:17:07] UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD
[3:17:09] MULTIPLE OF HER YOUTH WORKING
[3:17:10] IN OUR OFFICE.
[3:17:11] SHE SHOWED UP FOR THEM LIKE NO
[3:17:14] ONE EVER DID.
[3:17:15] UM, AND POSSIBLY A LOSS OF REAL
[3:17:18] ONE HERE AND, UM, SHE YOU KNOW
[3:17:21] ,I THINK AS COUNCIL MEMBERS I
[3:17:23] THINK THERE'S IN THE FUTURE I
[3:17:25] THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A
[3:17:26] CENTER.
[3:17:26] THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING FOR
[3:17:27] THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE.
[3:17:28] UM, BECAUSE, UH, SHE'S BEEN
[3:17:31] IMPACTED SO SO MANY, UM,
[3:17:33] PARTICULARLY OF OUR YOUTH HERE.
[3:17:35] SO, UM, MY OFFICE SENDS, UM OUR
[3:17:38] DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO, UM, HER
[3:17:40] LOVED ONES, HER FAMILIES AND
[3:17:41] EVERYONE, UM, WHO KNEW HER.
[3:17:42] THANK YOU.
[3:17:45] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[3:17:46] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:17:47] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[3:17:48] THANK YOU.
[3:17:49] I JUST WANT TO THANK
[3:17:49] COUNCILORS.
[3:17:50] MCGEE AND SANTANA FOR FILING
[3:17:51] THIS.
[3:17:52] I THINK THEY BOTH CAPTURED IT
[3:17:53] WELL, JEANNIE WAS SUCH A LIGHT
[3:17:54] .
[3:17:55] I DON'T THINK I EVER SAW HER
[3:17:56] NOT SMILING AND NOT DEEPLY
[3:17:58] ROOTED IN TRYING TO CONNECT.
[3:18:01] PEOPLE.
[3:18:01] ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE TO
[3:18:03] OPPORTUNITY.
[3:18:03] UM, MY ENTIRE OFFICE WE WERE
[3:18:06] DEVASTATED.
[3:18:06] BECAUSE WE.
[3:18:07] JUST REMEMBER ALWAYS
[3:18:08] EMAILING AND TEXTING AND SAYING
[3:18:10] MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SHOWING
[3:18:11] UP, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
[3:18:12] SHOWING UP FOR MARSDEN PARK
[3:18:13] YOUTH AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER
[3:18:15] ACTUALLY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE
[3:18:16] WAS.
[3:18:17] BORN ON EARTH DAY.
[3:18:18] UM BUT MY VIVID MEMORIES OF HER
[3:18:20] FROM WAKE UP ARE A FESTIVAL
[3:18:21] ACTUALLY OF HER DANCING FOR US
[3:18:24] DANCING AND FOR.
[3:18:25] SENDING.
[3:18:25] PICTURES OF ME DANCING.
[3:18:27] UM AND UH, IT'S IT'S IT'S A
[3:18:31] LOSS AND IT'S A LOSS FOR THE
[3:18:32] CITY AND IT'S A LOSS FOR THE
[3:18:33] YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
[3:18:34] AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY
[3:18:35] PEOPLE WHO ARE MOURNING.
[3:18:37] SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY
[3:18:38] CONDOLENCES CONTINUE TO CRONOS
[3:18:39] AS HER SON AND TO HER FAMILY,
[3:18:41] TO ALL.
[3:18:42] OF THOSE WHO LOST HER LIFE.
[3:18:43] THANK YOU.
[3:18:46] COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
[3:18:47] UM COUNCILMEMBER HERE AND
[3:18:49] COUNCILOR SANTANA
[3:18:51] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE WOULD.
[3:18:52] ANYONE LIKE TO.
[3:18:52] ADD.
[3:18:53] THEIR NAME?
[3:18:54] CULPEPER COUNCILOR.
[3:18:55] DURKAN COUNCILOR.
[3:18:56] FITZGERALD.
[3:18:56] COUNCILOR.
[3:18:57] UH, COUNCILOR.
[3:18:58] FLYNN, COUNCILOR.
[3:18:59] LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.
[3:19:00] MURPHY, COUNCILOR.
[3:19:01] PEPEN, COUNCILOR.
[3:19:03] WEBER CULTURAL.
[3:19:04] AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR
[3:19:07] COUNSELORS.
[3:19:08] UH MEJIA AND SANTANA SEEKS
[3:19:10] SUSPENSION.
[3:19:11] THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[3:19:14] 1728.
[3:19:14] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
[3:19:17] LIKE, UH, THANK THANK YOU,
[3:19:19] DOCKET ONE.
[3:19:20] UH, ALL ALL OPPOSED.
[3:19:22] SAY NAY.
[3:19:23] THANK YOU.
[3:19:24] DOCKET ONE 7.
[3:19:25] TO 8.
[3:19:25] HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:19:28] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:19:29] READ.
[3:19:30] 1729 DUNCAN NUMBER 1729
[3:19:33] COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND MAY
[3:19:34] HEAR OF THE FOLLOWING
[3:19:36] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING
[3:19:38] SEPTEMBER 2026 AS SUICIDE
[3:19:40] PREVENTION MONTH IN BOSTON.
[3:19:42] THANK YOU.
[3:19:43] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:19:45] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE
[3:19:45] THE FLOOR.
[3:19:46] THANK YOU.
[3:19:46] UH, MADAM CHAIR, CAN I PLEASE
[3:19:48] ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A THIRD
[3:19:49] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR?
[3:19:51] SEEING AND HEARING NO.
[3:19:52] OBJECTIONS CONSIDER GOING TO SO
[3:19:53] I.
[3:19:54] THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO SEEK
[3:19:55] SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS
[3:19:57] RESOLUTION.
[3:19:57] UM.
[3:19:58] SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE
[3:20:00] RECOGNIZE SUICIDE PREVENTION
[3:20:02] MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON UM,
[3:20:04] AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
[3:20:06] UM, AND WHILE IT'S, UM, A
[3:20:08] DIFFICULT TOPIC, IT'S A
[3:20:10] NECESSARY ONE FOR US TO
[3:20:11] CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS SO
[3:20:13] THAT.
[3:20:14] FEWER PEOPLE WILL DIE BY
[3:20:17] SUICIDE.
[3:20:17] UM, I BELIEVE IN 2024 THERE ARE
[3:20:21] 49,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE
[3:20:23] COUNTRY WHO DIE BY SUICIDE.
[3:20:24] AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE
[3:20:25] CONTINUE TO, UH, GRAPPLE WITH
[3:20:28] AS, UH, ISOLATION INCREASES AS
[3:20:31] LONELINESS INCREASES AS THE THE
[3:20:33] ILLS OF SOCIAL MEDIA INCREASE.
[3:20:35] AND SO.
[3:20:36] UM.
[3:20:37] I ALWAYS THINK IT'S
[3:20:38] IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
[3:20:39] AND TO SHARE RESOURCES TODAY
[3:20:42] THIS THIS YEAR SEPTEMBER THE
[3:20:45] DAY BEFORE ON AUGUST 31ST, UH,
[3:20:49] A YOUNG HAITIAN MAN 20 YEARS
[3:20:52] OLD WHO WAS IN HIS LOCAL JROTC
[3:20:55] PROGRAM WHO WANTED TO BECOME A
[3:20:57] NEUROSURGEON WHO HAD GRADUATED
[3:20:59] HIGH SCHOOL WITH FLYING COLORS
[3:21:00] ,WHO WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING
[3:21:02] TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COUNTRY.
[3:21:04] UM.
[3:21:05] ON AUGUST 31ST, THE DAY
[3:21:06] BEFORE A SUICIDE PREVENTION
[3:21:08] MONTH, HE THREW HIMSELF IN
[3:21:09] FRONT.
[3:21:09] OF A.
[3:21:10] TRUCK UM.
[3:21:12] BECAUSE HE HAD LOST HIS
[3:21:13] IMMIGRATION STATUS AND WAS NOT
[3:21:16] ABLE TO ENROLL IN CLASSES AND
[3:21:18] HE DID IT KNOW WHAT HE WOULD
[3:21:20] DO.
[3:21:21] POLICY CHOICES THAT WE MAKE
[3:21:23] LEAD TO PEOPLE MAKING
[3:21:25] UNFORTUNATE DECISIONS.
[3:21:27] AND MY HEART IS WITH HIM AND
[3:21:29] HIS FAMILY.
[3:21:29] HIS NAME IS PIERRE THOMAS BELL
[3:21:31] AND MAY HIS LIFE NOT BE IN VAIN
[3:21:33] .
[3:21:34] LAST WEEK A MOTHER IN ANOTHER
[3:21:37] MIDWESTERN STATE UM PIERRE
[3:21:39] THOMAS BALL WAS IN SPRINGFIELD,
[3:21:42] OHIO.
[3:21:43] UM UH LOCATION WHERE THE THIS
[3:21:45] PRESIDENT HAS BLASTED OUT LIES
[3:21:47] AND RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC
[3:21:49] TROPES AGAINST THE HAITIAN
[3:21:50] COMMUNITY THERE.
[3:21:51] LAST WEEK ANOTHER WOMAN IN UM,
[3:21:54] A MIDWESTERN STATE DRANK
[3:21:56] BLEACH.
[3:21:56] SHE WAS PREGNANT FOR THE VERY
[3:21:58] SAME REASON SHE HAD LOST HER
[3:21:59] IMMIGRATION STATUS AND DIDN'T
[3:22:00] KNOW WHAT SHE WOULD DO.
[3:22:02] THESE ARE VERY REAL.
[3:22:04] UM.
[3:22:05] IMPACTS OF POLICY WHEN WE
[3:22:07] SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE
[3:22:08] CAN TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE
[3:22:09] MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THEY
[3:22:10] NEED.
[3:22:11] I GET TEXTS AND CALLS FROM
[3:22:13] PEOPLE HERE IN BOSTON WHO TELL
[3:22:15] ME THAT THEY ARE THINKING
[3:22:16] ABOUT.
[3:22:17] ANALYZING THEMSELVES AND THEIR
[3:22:19] CHILDREN ARE REALLY STRUGGLING
[3:22:20] FOR THIS VERY REASON.
[3:22:22] ALL OF THIS IS INTERCONNECTED
[3:22:24] AND WE KNOW THAT THAT.
[3:22:26] UM.
[3:22:27] MENTAL HEALTH IS IS IS AN
[3:22:30] ISSUE AND THERE'S LESS
[3:22:31] RESOURCES IN COMMUNITIES
[3:22:33] OF COLOR IN COMMUNITIES THAT
[3:22:34] HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED AND
[3:22:35] EXCLUDED.
[3:22:36] AND IT'S UP TO US TO RAISE
[3:22:39] AWARENESS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
[3:22:40] PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THERAPY.
[3:22:41] YOUTH CONNECT WITH ME THIS
[3:22:43] MORNING IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT
[3:22:43] THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
[3:22:44] IMPORTANCE OF THERAPY.
[3:22:45] I'M SORRY, I'M JUST GOING TO GO
[3:22:46] OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE
[3:22:47] THIS IS UM I WANT TO MAKE SURE
[3:22:49] THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RESOURCES
[3:22:50] THEY NEED.
[3:22:52] UM THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES
[3:22:53] IN THE CITY.
[3:22:54] I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT
[3:22:55] THERE IS YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT
[3:22:56] 988 THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS
[3:22:59] LIFELINE OR YOU CAN CALL THE
[3:23:01] MASSACHUSETTS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
[3:23:02] HELPLINE.
[3:23:05] (833) 773-2445 OR SAMARITANS.
[3:23:10] 1-877-870-4673.
[3:23:11] THERE'S ALSO A VETERANS CRISIS
[3:23:12] LINE.
[3:23:12] IF YOU DIAL 988 THEN PRESS ONE
[3:23:15] OR TEXT 838255 THIS PAST FRIDAY
[3:23:18] AT STAND DOWN.
[3:23:19] UM THAT THE CITY HOLDS ANNUALLY
[3:23:22] THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND THE
[3:23:23] NEW ENGLAND HOME FOR VETERANS
[3:23:24] TALKED ABOUT HOW EVERY DAY
[3:23:26] ABOUT 1617 VETERANS.
[3:23:29] UM AN ALIVE THEMSELVES AND DIE
[3:23:32] BY SUICIDE.
[3:23:33] WE NEED TO BE MEETING PEOPLE
[3:23:34] WHERE THEY ARE AND RELEASING
[3:23:36] THE STIGMA AND THE SHAME THAT
[3:23:37] IS THAT IS ATTACHED WITH
[3:23:39] TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND
[3:23:41] MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE
[3:23:42] UNDERSTAND THAT JUST AS MUCH AS
[3:23:44] YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH IS
[3:23:45] IMPORTANT, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
[3:23:46] IS AS WELL.
[3:23:47] UM IF WE HAD MEDICARE FOR ALL
[3:23:49] IT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH MORE
[3:23:50] ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
[3:23:51] AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
[3:23:53] SURE THAT WE ARE NOT
[3:23:54] COMMEMORATING THE SUMMER WHEN
[3:23:55] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL
[3:23:56] HEALTH SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE
[3:23:57] ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
[3:23:58] UM, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT
[3:24:01] OUT TO.
[3:24:01] UM.
[3:24:02] MY CHIEF OF STAFF, HER
[3:24:03] FATHER LARRY POSTON, WHO WAS
[3:24:05] WITH THIS THIS PAST WEEKEND
[3:24:06] WHO.
[3:24:06] UM.
[3:24:07] SERVED IN VIETNAM AS A NAVY
[3:24:09] VETERAN AND TALKED ABOUT HOW
[3:24:12] HARD COMING HOME AND HOW HARD
[3:24:15] BOTH HOME AND HIS GRANDFATHER
[3:24:18] UM, HOW THEY STRUGGLED DEEPLY
[3:24:20] WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND
[3:24:21] WITHOUT THE SERVICES THAT
[3:24:22] RECEIVED AT THE VA THEY DON'T
[3:24:24] THINK THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
[3:24:25] HERE.
[3:24:25] AND SO I'M I REALLY.
[3:24:29] UM AM REALLY WORRIED RIGHT NOW
[3:24:33] ABOUT THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES
[3:24:35] AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
[3:24:37] ARE STRUGGLING.
[3:24:38] UM.
[3:24:39] AND MAY WE DO EVERYTHING WE
[3:24:40] CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE
[3:24:42] THE RESOURCES AND KNOW THAT
[3:24:43] THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND KNOW
[3:24:44] THAT IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING IF
[3:24:46] YOU NEED HELP, KNOW THAT
[3:24:47] THEY'RE YOU ARE LOVED AND THAT
[3:24:49] THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE.
[3:24:51] UM WHO.
[3:24:51] WILL HOLD YOUR HAND SO THAT
[3:24:53] YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER DAY.
[3:24:53] THANK YOU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR.
[3:24:55] GOING OVER TIME.
[3:24:55] THERE'S NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE.
[3:24:57] THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY
[3:24:58] IMPORTANT AND CONVERSATION THAT
[3:25:01] WE NEED TO HAVE.
[3:25:02] UH.
[3:25:03] CONCERN UH, COUNSELOR SECOND
[3:25:04] CO-SPONSOR CONSUMER HERE.
[3:25:06] COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:25:07] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:25:09] AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR
[3:25:10] LOUIJEUNE FOR ADDING ME TO THIS
[3:25:12] RESOLUTION.
[3:25:13] UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
[3:25:15] RECOGNIZE SUICIDE PREVENTION
[3:25:17] MONTH TO ADVANCE EDUCATION
[3:25:18] ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS, REDUCE
[3:25:20] THE STIGMA, UPLIFT
[3:25:22] ORGANIZATIONS AND THE RESOURCES
[3:25:23] THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND
[3:25:24] REASSURING PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE
[3:25:26] NOT ALONE AND ENCOURAGING THEM
[3:25:27] TO SEEK SUPPORT.
[3:25:28] YOU KNOW, MY GRANDFATHER DIED
[3:25:32] BY SUICIDE.
[3:25:33] MY COUSIN WHO WAS A VETERAN
[3:25:35] DIED BY SUICIDE.
[3:25:37] UM.
[3:25:38] I'VE WORKED WITH YOUNG
[3:25:39] PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED BY
[3:25:41] SUICIDE.
[3:25:42] I MYSELF AM A SUICIDE ATTEMPT
[3:25:44] SURVIVOR.
[3:25:46] SO, UM, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW
[3:25:49] WHAT PEOPLE ARE CARRYING.
[3:25:51] AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE
[3:25:52] OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK NOW
[3:25:53] MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO START
[3:25:56] REALLY BEING MORE COMPASSIONATE
[3:25:57] AND CARING.
[3:25:59] FULL STOP PERIOD.
[3:26:01] AND NOT JUST IN THE WORKPLACE
[3:26:03] BUT OUR CHILDREN NEED TO BE A
[3:26:06] LITTLE BIT MORE, UM,
[3:26:08] EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT WHEN
[3:26:10] INTERACTING WITH.
[3:26:11] THEIR PEERS.
[3:26:13] UM.
[3:26:13] YOU'VE SEEN THINGS ON SOCIAL
[3:26:15] MEDIA AND THEN JUST THE RIPPLE
[3:26:16] EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON YOUNG
[3:26:18] PEOPLE AND I JUST THINK THAT AS
[3:26:21] A MOTHER TO A 16 YEAR.
[3:26:23] OLD.
[3:26:24] UM.
[3:26:25] I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT MAKING
[3:26:26] SURE THAT I DON'T PASS ON
[3:26:28] UNTREATED TRAUMA TO MY
[3:26:30] DAUGHTER.
[3:26:30] UM, AND SO I'M TRYING TO LEAD
[3:26:32] BY EXAMPLE AND I THINK THAT ONE
[3:26:34] OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
[3:26:35] THAT WE CAN DO IS TO
[3:26:37] ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S OKAY TO
[3:26:38] NOT BE OKAY.
[3:26:40] I THINK ESPECIALLY IN
[3:26:41] COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND PEOPLE
[3:26:42] WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN POVERTY,
[3:26:43] WE HAVE THIS MENTALITY THAT WE
[3:26:45] CAN JUST KEEP ON KEEPING ON BUT
[3:26:47] IT'S JUST NOT UM, EASY TO DO SO
[3:26:50] AND SO PEOPLE ARE OFTENTIMES
[3:26:52] SUFFERING IN FEAR AND IN
[3:26:55] ISOLATION AND.
[3:26:58] UM AND SOMETIMES DISAPPEARING
[3:27:00] FROM OUR LIVES.
[3:27:01] AND SO SUICIDE AWARENESS IS
[3:27:04] PART OF THE THE EQUATION HERE
[3:27:07] AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I'LL BE
[3:27:09] QUICK.
[3:27:09] GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ONLY GOT
[3:27:10] ONE MORE.
[3:27:11] SECOND SPOT.
[3:27:12] UM.
[3:27:13] A POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
[3:27:14] I'M GOING TO TAKE A FEW MORE
[3:27:15] SECONDS.
[3:27:16] JUST TO.
[3:27:16] SHARE THIS, UM, COUNSELOR.
[3:27:18] UM, IS THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN I
[3:27:23] HAD MY OWN ATTEMPTS, MY MOTHER
[3:27:26] WHO WAS UNDOCUMENTED AT THE
[3:27:27] TIME, UH, DID NOT TAKE ME TO
[3:27:30] THE HOSPITAL.
[3:27:31] AND I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE
[3:27:32] STORY THAT I GREW UP BELIEVING
[3:27:34] THAT MY MOM DID NOT LOVE ME BUT
[3:27:36] MY MOM DID LOVE ME.
[3:27:37] SHE WAS JUST AFRAID OF LOSING
[3:27:39] ME TO THE SYSTEM.
[3:27:42] AND SO IT WASN'T UNTIL 2016
[3:27:44] THAT I REALIZED THAT POINT THAT
[3:27:47] MY MOM LOVED ME SO MUCH THAT
[3:27:50] SHE NEVER TOOK ME TO THE
[3:27:51] HOSPITAL.
[3:27:51] OR.
[3:27:52] EVER REPORTED MY ATTEMPT
[3:27:53] BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO
[3:27:54] LOSE ME.
[3:27:55] AND SO WHEN COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE
[3:27:57] TALKS ABOUT THE STIGMA, THE
[3:27:58] STIGMA IS REAL.
[3:28:00] AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
[3:28:02] FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND I
[3:28:04] WANT TO THANK
[3:28:05] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
[3:28:06] UPLIFTING THE MANY WAYS THAT WE
[3:28:08] CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE.
[3:28:09] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3:28:10] THANK YOU.
[3:28:11] COACH MCKEE.
[3:28:12] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:28:13] COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THEN WE'LL
[3:28:14] GO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:28:15] THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[3:28:17] UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
[3:28:18] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA
[3:28:20] FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION AND
[3:28:21] ADDING THESE CO-SPONSOR.
[3:28:22] THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
[3:28:24] CONVERSATION AND SUICIDE IS
[3:28:26] COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE.
[3:28:27] ONE IS TOO.
[3:28:28] MANY AND ALL OF US HAVE KNOWN
[3:28:31] SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED BY
[3:28:32] SUICIDE.
[3:28:32] IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND
[3:28:35] IT CAN BE VERY PERSONAL AND SO
[3:28:37] CHALLENGING.
[3:28:38] UM BUT THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
[3:28:40] HAVING HAVING THESE
[3:28:41] CONVERSATIONS TO RAISE
[3:28:42] AWARENESS IS SO IMPORTANT.
[3:28:44] WE NEED TO REDUCE STIGMA AND WE
[3:28:45] NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN
[3:28:47] BETTER SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
[3:28:48] AS A CITY WE ALSO MUST BE
[3:28:50] CONSIDERATE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE
[3:28:51] WE USE WHILE DOING SO.
[3:28:53] SUICIDE IS SO COMPLEX AND IT
[3:28:55] CAN AFFECT ANYONE BUT CERTAIN
[3:28:57] COMMUNITIES FACE MORE RISK IN
[3:28:58] CARING INCLUDING YOUTH AND
[3:28:59] VETERANS, LGBTQ PEOPLE UM,
[3:29:03] INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, PEOPLE
[3:29:04] OF COLOR AND THOSE IN
[3:29:06] RECOVERY AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE
[3:29:07] BEEN INCARCERATED.
[3:29:08] UM AND IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT
[3:29:10] WITH ENOUGH MONEY, WITH ENOUGH
[3:29:12] HOUSING UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
[3:29:16] FIND THEMSELVES AT THE WIT'S
[3:29:17] END UM, COULD BE SOLVED BY
[3:29:19] GOVERNMENT STEPPING UP AND UH
[3:29:22] AND CREATING A SITUATION WHERE
[3:29:24] THEY ARE HOUSING SECURE.
[3:29:26] UM, I WE TALK ABOUT IT IN MY
[3:29:28] OFFICE A LOT.
[3:29:29] A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE HEAR
[3:29:30] FROM IN OUR OFFICES ARE DEEPLY
[3:29:31] DEALING AND STRUGGLING WITH
[3:29:33] MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
[3:29:34] UM, AND, UM, WE NEED TO
[3:29:37] ADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE
[3:29:39] RESOURCES.
[3:29:39] AS A CITY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE
[3:29:40] DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
[3:29:41] CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH MENTAL
[3:29:42] HEALTH, SUICIDE PREVENTION AND
[3:29:45] CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAMS.
[3:29:46] I'M PROUD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES
[3:29:48] UM, TODAY.
[3:29:49] UM, TO THOSE WITH SUICIDAL
[3:29:52] IDEATIONS.
[3:29:52] HANG ON.
[3:29:54] WE LOVE YOU.
[3:29:54] BRIGHTER TIMES ARE AHEAD.
[3:29:56] UM, I KNOW FROM, UM, MY FAMILY
[3:29:59] MEMBER WHO IS IN RECOVERY, UH,
[3:30:01] THAT A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS HAVE
[3:30:04] FAILED EACH OTHER AND IT'S THAT
[3:30:06] PERSON WHO PICKS UP THE PHONE
[3:30:07] IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
[3:30:09] UM, NOT WITH ANY FORM OVERALL.
[3:30:12] MAYBE AS AN AA SPONSOR, MAYBE
[3:30:13] AS SOMEONE WHO UM AND SO, UM, I
[3:30:17] WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO STEP UP
[3:30:18] FOR THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
[3:30:19] WHETHER THEY HAVE A FORMAL ROLE
[3:30:21] OR NOT.
[3:30:21] AND I THINK AS A CITY WE
[3:30:23] ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO MORE UM,
[3:30:25] TO MAKE SURE THAT MENTAL HEALTH
[3:30:27] RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL.
[3:30:28] I KNOW ONE OF MY FIRST HEARING
[3:30:29] ORDERS WAS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
[3:30:31] FOR CITY WORKERS.
[3:30:32] SO MANY OF OUR CITY WORKERS
[3:30:34] HAVE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON
[3:30:35] THEM.
[3:30:36] THEY'RE DOING SO MUCH FOR OUR
[3:30:37] CITY.
[3:30:37] THEY'RE AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW,
[3:30:39] THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
[3:30:40] THEY'RE UM THEY'RE LIFTING
[3:30:41] THEIR FAMILIES UP.
[3:30:42] THEY'RE WORKING AT NIGHT.
[3:30:43] UM, THEY'RE WORKING LONG
[3:30:45] SHIFTS.
[3:30:45] UM, THEY'RE WORKING OVERTIME
[3:30:47] AND WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE ALWAYS
[3:30:49] THE STRESS THAT WE PUT CITY
[3:30:50] WORKERS UNDER.
[3:30:51] AND SO, UM, I'VE ADVOCATED FOR
[3:30:54] MORE AT EAP RESOURCES AND I
[3:30:56] KNOW THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE
[3:30:58] SOMETHING THAT THE CITY
[3:30:59] COUNCIL, UH, CAN UNITE ON.
[3:31:01] UM, BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I
[3:31:03] KNOW EVERY SINGLE CITY
[3:31:04] COUNCILOR CARES ABOUT AND
[3:31:05] THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SO
[3:31:06] IMPORTANT THAT WE RAISE
[3:31:07] AWARENESS HERE AND THAT WE WORK
[3:31:09] TOGETHER ACROSS ANY POLITICAL
[3:31:11] BOUNDARIES THERE MAY BE BECAUSE
[3:31:12] THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
[3:31:14] IT'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE
[3:31:15] OF BOSTON.
[3:31:16] IT'S ONE OF OUR NATION.
[3:31:17] AND UM AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY
[3:31:19] COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS
[3:31:20] FORWARD.
[3:31:21] THANK YOU.
[3:31:22] CONSIDER CO-CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:31:24] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU
[3:31:24] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:31:26] THANK YOU.
[3:31:27] MADAM CHAIR.
[3:31:27] AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
[3:31:28] FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[3:31:30] IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION
[3:31:32] AND SUPPORT AND RESOLUTION.
[3:31:34] AND WHAT.
[3:31:37] I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE
[3:31:39] NUMBER OF VETERANS THAT DIE BY
[3:31:43] SUICIDE EVERY DAY.
[3:31:46] AT ONE TIME IT WAS ALMOST CLOSE
[3:31:48] TO 30.
[3:31:49] A DAY.
[3:31:50] NOW IT'S JUST UNDER 120 MAYBE
[3:31:52] 17, MAYBE 18.
[3:31:55] UM BUT THAT'S WHY.
[3:31:57] CRITICAL ACCESS TO MENTAL.
[3:32:00] HEALTH COUNSELING IS SO
[3:32:02] IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR.
[3:32:03] VETERANS AND FOR MILITARY
[3:32:05] FAMILIES.
[3:32:07] BUT BUT FOR EVERYBODY.
[3:32:08] AS WELL.
[3:32:10] WE ON THIS BODY OFTEN ADVOCATE
[3:32:12] FOR MORE SERVICES.
[3:32:14] FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY
[3:32:16] FAMILIES.
[3:32:17] BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE
[3:32:20] ADVOCATE FOR THEM SO THAT THEY
[3:32:21] HAVE THE RIGHT RESOURCES, THE
[3:32:24] RIGHT PROGRAMS, THE RIGHT
[3:32:26] MENTAL HEALTH.
[3:32:27] COUNSELING AT THE RIGHT TIME.
[3:32:28] WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[3:32:29] THAT THERE'S A HIGH PERCENTAGE
[3:32:34] OF WOMEN VETERANS THAT ALSO DIE
[3:32:37] BY SUICIDE.
[3:32:38] WOMEN VETERANS HAVE.
[3:32:40] UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT MEDICAL
[3:32:43] AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
[3:32:45] THAN THAN MALE VETERANS.
[3:32:49] AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IT'S
[3:32:51] INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO.
[3:32:53] RESPECT WOMEN VETERANS BUT ALSO
[3:32:55] TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
[3:32:57] THE RIGHT MENTAL HEALTH.
[3:32:58] COUNSELING SUPPORT.
[3:33:00] IN MEDICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING.
[3:33:03] MORE WOMEN WORKING IN THE IN
[3:33:06] THE VETERANS AFFAIRS IN THE
[3:33:08] MEDICAL COMMUNITY, UH,
[3:33:10] PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH
[3:33:11] COUNSELING.
[3:33:12] SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M I'VE
[3:33:14] DEDICATED MY.
[3:33:15] LIFE TO IS.
[3:33:16] ENSURING THAT OUR.
[3:33:17] RETURNING VETERANS HAVE ACCESS
[3:33:19] TO THESE CRITICAL SERVICES
[3:33:21] BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE A
[3:33:23] CRISIS.
[3:33:23] ON OUR HANDS WITH VETERANS THAT
[3:33:27] DIE BY SUICIDE.
[3:33:28] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:33:30] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:33:31] WOULD ANYONE.
[3:33:32] LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
[3:33:34] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:33:36] UM.
[3:33:37] CUTTER FLYNN.
[3:33:37] UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[3:33:41] UH COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA
[3:33:42] PEPEN.
[3:33:43] CONSCIOUS AND.
[3:33:43] TOWN OF CULTURE.
[3:33:44] WEBER CULTURAL REALM.
[3:33:45] AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR
[3:33:48] COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE MAYOR.
[3:33:50] AND DURKAN.
[3:33:50] SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
[3:33:52] ADOPTION.
[3:33:52] OF DOCKET 1729.
[3:33:54] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:33:55] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[3:33:59] UH.
[3:33:59] THANK YOU.
[3:34:01] DOCKET 1729 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:34:04] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:34:05] TAKE, UH COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[3:34:07] DOCKET 1730.
[3:34:09] SO I CAN HAVE A1730 COUNCIL?
[3:34:11] I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING
[3:34:13] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING
[3:34:15] SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2026 AS BLACK
[3:34:18] JOY DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:34:20] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER
[3:34:22] HERE.
[3:34:22] COUNCIL.
[3:34:22] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:34:24] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:34:26] UM, AND OUR OFFICE OFFICIALLY
[3:34:29] RECOGNIZED BLACK JOY DAY IN
[3:34:30] BOSTON IN 2020 UNDER THE
[3:34:31] LEADERSHIP OF THADDEUS MILES.
[3:34:33] UM, AND THIS DAY RECOGNIZES
[3:34:35] BLACK JOY AS AN IMPORTANT FORM
[3:34:36] OF HEALING AND CREATING SPACE
[3:34:38] TO HONOR THE EXPERIENCES
[3:34:39] OF BLACK BOSTONIANS.
[3:34:41] UM, AND IT'S ALSO A CHANCE TO
[3:34:44] REFLECT ON BOSTON'S PROGRESS IN
[3:34:46] THE WORK THAT REMAINS TO BE, UM
[3:34:47] ,TO BUILD A CITY WHERE
[3:34:49] EVERYONE CAN THRIVE.
[3:34:51] THIS RESOLUTION AND THE WORK AS
[3:34:52] I MENTIONED, WAS INSPIRED BY
[3:34:54] THADDEUS, UM, AND OTHER BLACK
[3:34:56] LEADERS ACROSS THE CITY.
[3:34:57] UH, JUST TO HAVE FUN, UH, DOING
[3:34:59] THE WORK.
[3:35:00] AND.
[3:35:00] UPLIFTING.
[3:35:01] UH, THE STRENGTH AND POWER
[3:35:02] OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE
[3:35:03] TIME STIRRING OF CIVIL UNREST.
[3:35:05] YOU KNOW COVID.
[3:35:07] UM, THE GEORGE FLOYD THERE WAS
[3:35:09] JUST A LOT HAPPENING AT THE
[3:35:11] TIME WHEN, UH, THADDEUS CAME UP
[3:35:13] WITH THIS WHOLE CONCEPT.
[3:35:14] AND BLACK JOY IS A DYNAMIC
[3:35:16] MOVEMENT AND IT SERVES AS AN
[3:35:18] ACT OF RESISTANCE.
[3:35:19] THE MOVEMENT ALSO INCLUDES.
[3:35:22] TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES
[3:35:23] INCLUDING SELF-CARE.
[3:35:25] THE SPIRIT.
[3:35:26] OF COMMUNITY.
[3:35:27] EXPLORATION, UM, AND WELL-BEING
[3:35:29] .
[3:35:29] THE ROAD OF WELLNESS UH
[3:35:31] CHAMPIONS UH A DIVERSE UH
[3:35:33] JOURNEY TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH
[3:35:35] UH, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL
[3:35:37] WELL-BEING.
[3:35:37] BLACK JOY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES
[3:35:39] BLACK INNOVATORS IN FIELDS THAT
[3:35:40] ARE DOMINATED BY NON POC
[3:35:43] INDIVIDUALS.
[3:35:44] UM WITH BLACK JOY DAY WE
[3:35:46] CELEBRATE UH THE RESILIENCE,
[3:35:49] EMPOWERMENT AND JOY AND UNITY
[3:35:51] OF GREATNESS.
[3:35:51] I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
[3:35:52] WHO HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN
[3:35:55] ALL THINGS THAT DEAL WITH BLACK
[3:35:56] JOY.
[3:35:58] AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO
[3:35:59] ACKNOWLEDGE REALLY QUICK, UM,
[3:36:01] DOCTOR GAIL CRUM SLABY, UH, WHO
[3:36:04] MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN
[3:36:05] PARTNERSHIP WITH SINCE UM COVID
[3:36:08] AND THROUGH.
[3:36:09] HER WORK.
[3:36:10] WE HAVE NOW TWO PROGRAMS
[3:36:11] RUNNING OUT OF EPS.
[3:36:13] ONE IS AT MADISON AND THE OTHER
[3:36:16] IS UM IT STARTED OFF AT THE
[3:36:18] BURKE AND THE IT'S A DAY WHERE
[3:36:22] WE SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOL AND
[3:36:23] PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG
[3:36:25] PEOPLE TO JUST DISCONNECT.
[3:36:26] SO THEY GET TO DO
[3:36:28] ROLLERSKATING.
[3:36:29] UH, THEY GET THEIR NAILS DONE.
[3:36:30] THEY GET MENTAL HEALTH AND
[3:36:31] WELLNESS UH, SERVICES.
[3:36:33] AND SO IT REALLY IS AN
[3:36:35] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
[3:36:37] THAT JOY IS PART OF THE
[3:36:39] WELLNESS UM, JOURNEY HERE.
[3:36:41] AND I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES
[3:36:42] WE'RE JUST DOING DOING DOING
[3:36:44] DOING SO TAKING A MOMENT TO
[3:36:45] REFLECT AND I WANT TO THANK
[3:36:47] BP'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOW
[3:36:49] EXTENDED UH, THIS MENTAL HEALTH
[3:36:51] AND WELLNESS PROGRAM AND WE ARE
[3:36:53] HOPING TO GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS.
[3:36:55] NOW AS PART OF THE MOVEMENT
[3:36:58] OF BRINGING JOY AND MENTAL
[3:36:59] HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACROSS THE
[3:37:00] CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:37:02] SO THANK YOU DOCTOR CRUMP.
[3:37:03] SO SWABY THANK YOU FOR THAT
[3:37:04] OF YOUR SMILES AND THANK YOU TO
[3:37:05] EVERYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE
[3:37:07] IMPORTANCE OF JOY.
[3:37:08] THANK YOU COUNCILOR HEALTH
[3:37:09] COUNSELOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
[3:37:11] FLOOR.
[3:37:12] UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:37:14] AND I.
[3:37:14] JUST WANT.
[3:37:15] TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL.
[3:37:16] ME.
[3:37:16] HERE FOR BRINGING THIS
[3:37:17] IMPORTANT RESOLUTION FORWARD.
[3:37:19] I SUPPORT IT I THINK IT'S AN
[3:37:21] INCREDIBLY.
[3:37:21] IMPORTANT TOPIC AND SUBJECT,
[3:37:24] AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
[3:37:26] LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
[3:37:28] AND SUPPORT.
[3:37:29] BLACK JOY AS WELL.
[3:37:30] I DO WANT TO.
[3:37:31] ACKNOWLEDGE MY FORMER
[3:37:33] COLLEAGUE.
[3:37:33] WHO I STARTED OUT WITH ON THE
[3:37:35] BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
[3:37:36] UM CITY COUNCIL KIM JANEY WHO
[3:37:39] DID A LOT OF WORK IN THIS SPACE
[3:37:41] AS WELL.
[3:37:41] SHE LATER OBVIOUSLY BECAME
[3:37:43] MAYOR OF BOSTON.
[3:37:44] BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE.
[3:37:45] UH, KIM JANEY FOR.
[3:37:47] HER INCREDIBLE.
[3:37:48] WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS SHE HAS
[3:37:50] MADE.
[3:37:52] TO BLACK JOY.
[3:37:53] BUT ALSO TO THE CITY
[3:37:54] OF BOSTON.
[3:37:54] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:37:56] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:37:59] WOULD ANYONE.
[3:38:00] LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
[3:38:02] COUNCILOR.
[3:38:03] CULPEPER.
[3:38:03] COUNCILOR.
[3:38:03] DURKAN.
[3:38:04] FITZGERALD.
[3:38:04] COUNCILOR.
[3:38:05] FLYNN.
[3:38:05] COUNCIL.
[3:38:06] LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.
[3:38:07] MURPHY.
[3:38:07] PEPEN.
[3:38:08] CONSCIOUS AND TOWN CULTURAL
[3:38:09] WEBER.
[3:38:10] COUNCIL.
[3:38:10] REL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR
[3:38:13] CONSIDER MEJIA SIX SUSPENSION
[3:38:15] OF THE RULES ADOPTION.
[3:38:16] OF.
[3:38:16] DOCKET 1730.
[3:38:18] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
[3:38:20] ALL OPPOSED.
[3:38:21] SAY NAY.
[3:38:22] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[3:38:24] DOCKET 1730 HAS.
[3:38:26] BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:38:28] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:38:29] READ DOCKET 1731?
[3:38:31] DUCKY NUMBER 1731
[3:38:33] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE
[3:38:34] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[3:38:36] RECOGNIZING LATINO HERITAGE
[3:38:38] MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
[3:38:40] FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO
[3:38:42] OCTOBER 15TH.
[3:38:43] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEJIA
[3:38:45] COUNCILOR.
[3:38:45] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:38:46] UH.
[3:38:47] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:38:50] UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
[3:38:53] COUNCILOR BURBANK AS AN
[3:38:54] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I'D
[3:38:55] LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
[3:38:56] ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A
[3:38:58] THIRD CO-SPONSOR.
[3:39:00] COUNCILOR PEPEN IS ADDED AS A
[3:39:01] SECOND AND SEEING AND.
[3:39:02] HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
[3:39:04] COUNCILOR SANTANA CITED AS A
[3:39:05] THIRD.
[3:39:06] AS A DOMINICAN AND.
[3:39:07] AFRO-LATINA IT IS MY HONOR TO
[3:39:09] ONCE AGAIN RECOGNIZE LATINO
[3:39:11] HERITAGE MONTH HERE IN THE CITY
[3:39:13] OF BOSTON FROM.
[3:39:14] SEPTEMBER THE 15TH.
[3:39:15] TO OCTOBER THE.
[3:39:16] 15TH.
[3:39:17] ALONGSIDE MY
[3:39:17] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
[3:39:18] LATINO HERITAGE MONTH
[3:39:20] CELEBRATES THE HISTORY, CULTURE
[3:39:22] AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LATINO
[3:39:24] COMMUNITY AND ITS ROOTS.
[3:39:25] GO BACK TO THE HISPANIC
[3:39:26] HERITAGE WEEK IN 1968.
[3:39:30] UM WITH.
[3:39:31] THE EXPANSION TO A MONTH
[3:39:32] LONG CELEBRATION IN 1988 AND
[3:39:35] GAINING STRENGTH UH DURING THE
[3:39:37] CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE
[3:39:39] 1960S, THE TIMING OF THE
[3:39:41] CELEBRATION ALIGNS WITH SO MANY
[3:39:42] INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARIES
[3:39:44] OF THE LATINO COUNTRIES.
[3:39:46] BOSTON IS HOME TO.
[3:39:47] THE.
[3:39:47] LARGEST LATINO COMMUNITY IN
[3:39:49] MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH CONTINUES
[3:39:51] TO BE A GROWING SHARE
[3:39:53] OF BOSTON'S.
[3:39:54] WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY.
[3:39:55] DURING LATINO HERITAGE MONTH,
[3:39:56] WE CELEBRATE THE LATINO
[3:39:58] INNOVATORS, EDUCATORS,
[3:39:59] SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, WORKERS,
[3:40:01] ENTREPRENEURS, PUBLIC SERVANTS
[3:40:04] ,AGITATORS, DISRUPTORS AND ALL
[3:40:07] THINGS UH AND MUCH MORE WHO
[3:40:09] HAVE SHAPED OUR NATION AND OUR
[3:40:11] CITY WITH CULTURE, CREATIVITY
[3:40:13] AND LEADERSHIP.
[3:40:14] WITH THIS RESOLUTION WE ARE
[3:40:16] REAFFIRMING DIVERSITY UM, AS A
[3:40:19] STRENGTH IN OUR CITY AND
[3:40:20] HONORING THE LATINO LEADERS
[3:40:22] WITH THEIR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
[3:40:25] UM I.
[3:40:26] THINK LA LA COMUNIDAD LATINA.
[3:40:28] AND SURVEYMONKEY IN MAY THAT I
[3:40:30] HAD NCAA BANNER I CAN SAY THIS
[3:40:33] AT THE NBA KINSELLA OCTUBRE
[3:40:35] COMO UNA DOMINICANA UNA UM
[3:40:39] AFRO-LATINA BEING YOUR THEIR
[3:40:41] ME RISES AS THEY MAY AS PARA
[3:40:43] CELEBRATE NOTRE CULTURA
[3:40:46] NOSOTROS HOCKEY AND SEATTLE
[3:40:48] BOSTON AND IF YOU DIDN'T
[3:40:50] UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID GOOGLE
[3:40:51] IT.
[3:40:55] THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE UH
[3:40:58] WOULD ANYONE.
[3:41:00] ELSE UH.
[3:41:02] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[3:41:03] AND SANTANA.
[3:41:04] START WITH PEPEN?
[3:41:05] IT WAS THE SECOND AND THEN
[3:41:06] WE'LL GO TO SANTANA.
[3:41:07] PONCE DE PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE
[3:41:09] FLOOR.
[3:41:10] THANK YOU.
[3:41:11] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:41:11] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
[3:41:12] MEJIA FOR OUT OF ME AS A
[3:41:14] CO-SPONSOR TO THIS AMAZING
[3:41:15] RESOLUTION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE
[3:41:18] MONTH.
[3:41:18] IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT FOR
[3:41:21] OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S A
[3:41:23] TIME FOR US TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT
[3:41:25] ALL.
[3:41:25] THE.
[3:41:26] CONTRIBUTIONS AND JUST
[3:41:26] EVERYTHING THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE
[3:41:28] DONE NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY
[3:41:30] BUT ACROSS THE WORLD.
[3:41:32] AND AS A PROUD SON OF DOMINICAN
[3:41:35] IMMIGRANTS UM, BUT ALSO HAVING
[3:41:36] A FAMILY THAT MARRIED INTO THE
[3:41:38] PEOPLE THAT MARRIED INTO THE
[3:41:39] FAMILY FROM VENEZUELA, FROM
[3:41:41] COLOMBIA, FROM PUERTO RICO,
[3:41:43] FROM MEXICO IT'S IT JUST SHOWS
[3:41:46] YOU THAT WE'RE ALL JUST ONE ONE
[3:41:48] FAMILY WITH SHARED CULTURE WE
[3:41:49] SHARE LANGUAGE WHICH SHARED
[3:41:51] STORY OF WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND IN
[3:41:54] THEIR HOME COUNTRIES TO COME
[3:41:56] HERE AND START SOMETHING NEW.
[3:41:57] AND I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT JUAN
[3:42:02] JUAN LOPEZ WHO WOULD LOVE TO
[3:42:03] TALK ABOUT LIKE SPANISH THAT
[3:42:05] AND THAT FLAG THAT HE LOVES TO
[3:42:07] CARRY EVERYWHERE BUT IT HAS A
[3:42:09] REALLY DEEP MEANING AND INSTEAD
[3:42:11] IT'S JUST SHARED STORIES
[3:42:12] OF THAT THAT SHARED BROTHERHOOD
[3:42:14] SISTERHOOD OF OF SACRIFICE,
[3:42:17] OF FIGHT, OF SWEAT, BLOOD AND
[3:42:18] TEARS OF WORKING TIRELESSLY
[3:42:20] EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS
[3:42:22] COUNTRY TO MAKE OURSELVES FEEL
[3:42:23] HEARD AND THAT TO MAKE SURE
[3:42:25] THAT WE REMEMBER REMIND PEOPLE
[3:42:27] THAT IS VERY MUCH PART OF THE
[3:42:28] FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY.
[3:42:30] AND I ACTUALLY GOT CURIOUS I'M
[3:42:31] LIKE WHY IS IT THAT WE DO IT IN
[3:42:33] SEPTEMBER?
[3:42:34] AND I DID SOME RESEARCH AND
[3:42:38] ACTUALLY ON THIS ON SEPTEMBER
[3:42:39] 15TH IN 1821 COSTA RICA, EL
[3:42:43] SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS
[3:42:44] AND NICARAGUA THEY ALL SIGNED
[3:42:46] THE ACT OF INDEPENDENCE ON THAT
[3:42:47] ONE DAY TO END SPANISH RULE IN
[3:42:50] CENTRAL AMERICA.
[3:42:51] AND THEN TODAY IS MEXICAN
[3:42:53] INDEPENDENCE.
[3:42:53] DAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A
[3:42:55] LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES RAISE
[3:42:56] THEIR FLAGS IN THIS MONTH
[3:42:57] BECAUSE THIS THIS MONTH IS A
[3:42:59] REALLY PROMINENT MONTH IN THE
[3:43:01] LATIN CULTURE.
[3:43:02] SO I INVITE EVERYONE TO
[3:43:04] CELEBRATE.
[3:43:04] WHAT IS LATIN?
[3:43:06] WHAT IS THIS SPANISH HERITAGE
[3:43:07] MONTH AND TO ATTEND THE FLAG
[3:43:09] RAISINGS AND TO HONOR ALL
[3:43:11] OF THOSE WHO PAID SOMEONE TO
[3:43:12] SACRIFICE.
[3:43:13] THANK YOU.
[3:43:14] THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN
[3:43:16] CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSCIOUS AND
[3:43:17] TAINO COUNTRY.
[3:43:18] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:43:19] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:43:20] UM, I WANT TO THANK
[3:43:22] COUNCILOR MEJIA UM, AND
[3:43:23] COUNCIL FOR INCLUDING ME IN
[3:43:24] THIS.
[3:43:25] I AM A PROUD UM, DOMINICAN, UM
[3:43:28] PROUD LATINO.
[3:43:29] UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TRUE.
[3:43:32] I THINK OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID
[3:43:34] IT SO I DON'T WANT TO READ WHAT
[3:43:36] I HAVE.
[3:43:36] UM.
[3:43:37] THERE'S WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE
[3:43:39] CITY TO THIS COUNTRY IN SO MANY
[3:43:41] DIFFERENT WAYS.
[3:43:41] UM, IN THIS MONTH WE GET TO BE
[3:43:43] ABLE TO TO CELEBRATE THAT AND
[3:43:44] UPLIFT THAT.
[3:43:45] I THINK ALSO JUST UNDER THIS
[3:43:47] FEDERAL UM ADMINISTRATION I
[3:43:48] THINK IT'S EVEN MORE CRITICAL
[3:43:50] TO DO SO UM, AS UM THE LATINO
[3:43:52] COMMUNITY HAS BEEN UM ONE OF UH
[3:43:56] OF OF TRUMP'S UM TARGETS AND UM
[3:43:59] ,I DO I KNOW THAT I WANT TO DO
[3:44:02] EVERYTHING I CAN TO BE ABLE TO
[3:44:03] UPLIFT UM, MY COMMUNITY
[3:44:05] ESPECIALLY DURING THIS MONTH.
[3:44:07] UM I OFTEN THINK ABOUT LONG
[3:44:09] LOPEZ TO WHEN I THINK ABOUT
[3:44:10] THIS MONTH AND JUST, UM, THE
[3:44:12] EDUCATION THAT UM, HE PROVIDES
[3:44:14] AND THE PRIDE THAT HE TAKES IN
[3:44:16] PROVIDING THAT EDUCATION FOR TO
[3:44:17] MANY OF US UH UM BUT REALLY TO
[3:44:20] THE NEXT GENERATION, THE
[3:44:21] YOUNGER PEOPLE I ALSO JUST
[3:44:23] THINK ABOUT UM YES.
[3:44:25] UH MY PARENTS PERSONALLY UM AND
[3:44:27] JUST UM THE PARENTS AND
[3:44:31] GRANDPARENTS UM UH OF SO MANY
[3:44:33] OTHERS WHO HAVE JUST LAID OUT
[3:44:34] THE UM THE GROUNDWORK UM, FOR
[3:44:36] PEOPLE TO FOR SOMEONE LIKE
[3:44:38] ME TO BE EVEN AND BE IN THIS
[3:44:40] POSITION SO I KNOW THERE'S A
[3:44:41] LOT OF SACRIFICES, A LOT
[3:44:42] OF SWEAT, A LOT OF TEARS, UM, A
[3:44:44] LOT OF UM AND YOU KNOW, I JUST
[3:44:46] WANT TO UM, THANK THEM AND
[3:44:48] THANK MY ANCESTORS WHO HAVE,
[3:44:50] UM, PUT ME IN A POSITION TO BE
[3:44:52] WHERE I AM TODAY.
[3:44:53] SO I'M A PROUD OF THEM AND I
[3:44:55] KNOW I'M PROUD LATINO UM, AND
[3:44:57] AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
[3:44:58] CELEBRATING, UM, THIS UPCOMING
[3:45:00] MONTH.
[3:45:00] THANK YOU.
[3:45:02] UH, CANCER CENTER OF THE CHAIR
[3:45:04] RECOGNIZES I MAY HAVE MISSED
[3:45:07] THE ORDER, BUT CONSIDER COLETTE
[3:45:08] A.
[3:45:08] SUPPORTER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO
[3:45:09] CANCER TRACKING.
[3:45:10] THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
[3:45:11] PRESIDENT.
[3:45:12] I WANT TO THANK
[3:45:12] COUNCILOR MEJIA, UM, AS ALWAYS
[3:45:13] FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[3:45:15] UH, AND, UM, JUST REALLY
[3:45:17] GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF OUR, UH,
[3:45:19] HISPANIC AND LATINO LEADERS
[3:45:20] HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
[3:45:21] UM, I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT
[3:45:22] THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF EAST
[3:45:24] BOSTON WHO HAVE UM WHO'S HAD
[3:45:26] THOUSANDS OF FOLKS COME FROM
[3:45:27] PLACES LIKE MALA, EL SALVADOR,
[3:45:30] UM MEXICO AND MY ADOPTIVE
[3:45:31] FAMILY THROUGH MY HUSBAND IN
[3:45:32] COLOMBIA AND UM, YOU KNOW, I
[3:45:35] OFTEN TALK ABOUT UH, MY MY
[3:45:38] GRANDMOTHER WHO UM, SEE THAT
[3:45:39] HERE WHO ASSIMILATED AND
[3:45:41] ASSIMILATED AND WHITEWASH
[3:45:41] HERSELF TO BE SALLY AND SHE UM
[3:45:44] SHE DID SO SO THAT SHE COULD
[3:45:45] FIT IN AND THAT MEANT
[3:45:46] ABANDONING HER CULTURE AND HER
[3:45:48] LANGUAGE AND THAT WAS NOT
[3:45:49] SOMETHING THAT I GREW UP WITH
[3:45:50] AND UM, I STILL FEEL VERY CLOSE
[3:45:52] TO HER AND CLOSE TO UM, UH, MY
[3:45:56] MEXICAN CULTURE AND I'M
[3:45:57] LEARNING MY OWN IDENTITY AS AS
[3:45:59] I MOVE FORWARD.
[3:45:59] BUT UM, REALLY NOW THAT I HAVE
[3:46:02] A CHILD AND JOAQUIN AND HE IS
[3:46:04] PART COLUMBIA AND I REALLY WANT
[3:46:06] TO DO MY BEST TO BREAK THE
[3:46:07] CYCLES OF FOLKS THAT UM UH UH
[3:46:11] THAT THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO
[3:46:12] ASSIMILATE THEIR SELF WHERE
[3:46:13] THEY HAVE TO BE LESS THAN AND
[3:46:14] THEY CAN'T LIVE IN THEIR
[3:46:15] AUTHENTIC SELF BECAUSE OF SOME
[3:46:16] OF THE REGRESSIVE AND ABHORRENT
[3:46:19] ATTACKS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM
[3:46:20] OUR FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION
[3:46:21] AGAINST UM, OUR UH, HISPANIC
[3:46:23] AND LATINO BROTHERS AND
[3:46:24] SISTERS.
[3:46:25] SO I'M I'M DOING MY BEST AND
[3:46:26] ENSURING THAT FUTURE
[3:46:27] GENERATIONS ARE PROUD TO
[3:46:28] CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE AND
[3:46:30] DOING IT WITH THEIR WHOLE CHEST
[3:46:32] AND UM, JUST REALLY DOING THIS
[3:46:34] FOR WATCHING BUT, UH, WANT TO
[3:46:36] THANK AGAIN, UM,
[3:46:37] COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR PUTTING
[3:46:38] THIS FORWARD AND UH, LOOKING
[3:46:40] FORWARD TO ALL THE CELEBRATIONS
[3:46:41] THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE
[3:46:43] COUNCIL AND IN EAST BOSTON.
[3:46:44] THANKS.
[3:46:45] THANK YOU.
[3:46:46] COUNCIL COLOR THIS A PART
[3:46:47] OF THE CONCERT.
[3:46:48] DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:46:49] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
[3:46:50] UM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD, UH,
[3:46:52] TO BE THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF A
[3:46:53] SPANISH IMMIGRANT JUAN TO HER
[3:46:55] BLANCA RUIZ OR IN MY SOUTHERN
[3:46:58] HOMETOWN IT WAS JOHN T RUIZ.
[3:47:01] HE WAS BOTH THINGS HE WAS A
[3:47:02] PROUD AMERICAN, UM, AND SOMEONE
[3:47:05] WHO MOVED HERE, UM, AS A
[3:47:06] TEENAGER SENT MONEY BACK TO HIS
[3:47:09] FAMILY IN SPAIN.
[3:47:10] UM, I JUST REMEMBER DURING THE
[3:47:12] WORLD CUP, UM, BUT MY MOM WAS
[3:47:14] IN TOWN JUST GETTING TO
[3:47:16] EXPERIENCE THE CULTURES
[3:47:18] OF BOSTON AND EVERYONE'S SO
[3:47:19] PROUD OF WHERE THEY CAME FROM
[3:47:21] AND OBVIOUSLY SPAIN WON THE
[3:47:23] WORLD CUP SO NOT TO NOT TO YOU
[3:47:25] KNOW, NOT TO UM BUT I LEARNED
[3:47:27] THROUGH THAT UM, I GOT TO BRING
[3:47:29] MY, UH, MOM'S PAY A RECIPE TO
[3:47:32] THE CABANA AT THE CLUBS AT
[3:47:33] CHARLES RIVER PARK, WHICH IS A
[3:47:35] GREAT POOL UM, IN THE WEST END.
[3:47:37] UM AND GOT TO SHARE MY FAMILY'S
[3:47:38] RECIPE WITH, UH, THE WEST END,
[3:47:41] WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN
[3:47:42] AND I JUST, UM I WANT TO THANK
[3:47:45] UM, JUAN TOO BECAUSE I YOU KNOW
[3:47:48] ,I ALWAYS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN A
[3:47:49] CITY LIKE BOSTON SOMETIMES YOU
[3:47:51] WONDER HOW MUCH OF YOURSELF YOU
[3:47:53] SHOULD SHARE.
[3:47:54] LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M IRISH AND
[3:47:56] I'M SPANISH AND THERE'S A LOT
[3:47:58] GOING, YOU KNOW?
[3:47:58] BUT, UM, WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY
[3:48:00] MOM TALKING TO THE, UM, PUERTO
[3:48:03] RICAN IMMIGRANTS AT MISSION
[3:48:04] MAINE IS THAT WE'RE ALL ONE
[3:48:06] CULTURE LIKE WE'RE ALL ONE.
[3:48:08] UM, WE ALL HAVE SIMILAR RECIPES
[3:48:10] AND SIMILAR, UM, CONVERSATIONS
[3:48:13] AND THINGS THAT WE CARE ABOUT
[3:48:15] AND SO YEAH, IF YOU EVER NEED
[3:48:16] ANYONE TO STUMP FOR YOU IN
[3:48:18] SPANISH MY MOM IS THE BEST UM
[3:48:21] AND UM BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO MY
[3:48:23] COLLEAGUES WHO STEP FORWARD
[3:48:24] EVERY DAY AND SHARE THEIR FULL
[3:48:26] IDENTITY.
[3:48:26] I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
[3:48:28] AND UM, AS WE UM AS WE APPROACH
[3:48:31] THIS MONTH EXCITED TO CELEBRATE
[3:48:33] AND I'M HOPING THERE'S SOME
[3:48:34] GOOD FOOD INVOLVED WITH
[3:48:35] EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING
[3:48:36] THIS MONTH.
[3:48:36] UM, THANK YOU TO
[3:48:38] COUNCILOR MEJIA.
[3:48:38] UM, YOU ARE THE FIRST AND YOU
[3:48:40] ARE NOT THE LAST.
[3:48:41] IT'S LIKE WE ARE.
[3:48:43] UM, I THINK THIS BODY IS ONE
[3:48:46] THAT SHARES OUR FULL SELVES AND
[3:48:48] OUR FULL UM.
[3:48:49] AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE
[3:48:50] YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[3:48:50] THANK YOU.
[3:48:53] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:48:54] COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL YOU
[3:48:55] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:48:56] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3:48:58] I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH,
[3:48:59] COUNCILORS HERE PEPEN AND
[3:49:01] SANTANA, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS
[3:49:04] AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A
[3:49:06] REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT SIX,
[3:49:08] UH, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR MY
[3:49:10] DISTRICT WOULD NOT, UH, BE
[3:49:12] ANYWHERE NEAR AS GREAT AS IT IS
[3:49:15] WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF I
[3:49:16] THINK WOULD ONE, YOU KNOW,
[3:49:17] WOULD CALL HISPANIC OUT WITH
[3:49:18] FIRST CUBANS AND PUERTO RICANS
[3:49:20] AND NOW DOMINICANS HAVE UH,
[3:49:23] MADE, YOU KNOW, HYDE SQUARE,
[3:49:24] JACKSON'S UH, JACKSON SQUARE.
[3:49:26] EGGLESTON SQUARE AN AMAZING
[3:49:28] PLACE.
[3:49:28] UH, IT'S IT WAS MY HONOR AS AN
[3:49:30] ATTORNEY 18 YEARS AGO TO
[3:49:32] REPRESENT MEXICANS AND
[3:49:33] GUATEMALANS AND IN FARMWORKER
[3:49:35] CASES AGAINST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH
[3:49:37] ,FARMERS WHO WEREN'T PAYING
[3:49:38] THEIR WORKERS.
[3:49:39] AND IT'S NOW AN HONOR TO WORK
[3:49:41] WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE OF THE
[3:49:42] EGGLESTON SQUARE ROSEANNE
[3:49:44] RIVERA, UH, AND YOU KNOW, UH,
[3:49:46] ALL THE FOLKS WHO WHO LIVE WORK
[3:49:49] OWNED BUSINESSES IN MY
[3:49:51] DISTRICT, UH, YOU KNOW,
[3:49:53] EVERYTHING.
[3:49:54] UM, IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S REALLY
[3:49:56] A PLEASURE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO
[3:49:58] WORK, UH, CONTINUE WORKING WITH
[3:49:59] THEM AND I JUST I REALLY WANT
[3:50:01] TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON
[3:50:02] THE COUNCIL AND SHOW THEM, YOU
[3:50:04] KNOW, THAT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW,
[3:50:06] I'M WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH THEM
[3:50:07] AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING
[3:50:10] MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
[3:50:11] THANK YOU.
[3:50:13] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:50:14] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE
[3:50:15] FLOOR.
[3:50:15] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:50:16] I WAS GOING TO SPEAK BUT I
[3:50:17] WANTED TO JUST, UH,
[3:50:18] COUNCILOR PEPEN MENTIONED SORT
[3:50:19] OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN
[3:50:21] COUNTRIES THAT CELEBRATE THEIR
[3:50:22] INDEPENDENCE AND UM, IT'S.
[3:50:25] UH THIS YEAR I WENT LAST YEAR
[3:50:26] WHEN IT'S ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL
[3:50:28] CELEBRATION ON CITY HALL
[3:50:31] OF COUNTRIES FROM CENTRAL
[3:50:32] AMERICA THAT ARE CELEBRATING
[3:50:33] THAT INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN
[3:50:36] THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT
[3:50:38] IT MEANS TO REALLY BE.
[3:50:39] LATINA LATINA THAT LIKE UM LIKE
[3:50:42] UH ONE.
[3:50:43] IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT.
[3:50:45] UM AND TO SEE PEOPLE FROM
[3:50:47] GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, PANAMA,
[3:50:49] BELIZE.
[3:50:50] UH SALVADOR, UM, NICARAGUA.
[3:50:54] OUT HERE CELEBRATING THE
[3:50:56] FULLNESS OF WHO THEY ARE AND
[3:50:59] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UH, A
[3:51:01] DIVERSE ARRAY OF PEOPLE.
[3:51:03] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
[3:51:04] OFTEN DON'T SEE THEMSELVES HERE
[3:51:06] IN THE CITY OR DON'T HAVE THE
[3:51:08] OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR FLAGS TO
[3:51:09] BE REALLY CELEBRATED.
[3:51:10] UM, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
[3:51:12] BLACK HONDURANS.
[3:51:13] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLACK
[3:51:15] PANAMANIANS.
[3:51:15] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE.
[3:51:17] WHO SOMETIMES ARE SIDELINED
[3:51:19] EVEN WITHIN THEIR OWN IDENTITY
[3:51:20] .
[3:51:21] AND TO SEE THEM CELEBRATE EVERY
[3:51:23] YEAR IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
[3:51:25] AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A
[3:51:26] BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE
[3:51:28] AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM FROM THE
[3:51:30] CENTRAL AMERICAN UM CENTRAL
[3:51:32] AMERICAN CIVIC CULTURAL
[3:51:33] ALLIANCE FOR PUTTING THAT EVENT
[3:51:35] ON EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT IS
[3:51:36] ALWAYS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO
[3:51:39] POWERFUL TO WITNESS.
[3:51:40] UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT
[3:51:41] GOING ON.
[3:51:42] THERE'S A LOT MORE CULTURE
[3:51:43] CELEBRATING.
[3:51:43] YESTERDAY WE RAISED THE MEXICAN
[3:51:44] FLAG HERE SO I JUST WANTED TO
[3:51:46] SAY UM HAPPY UH LATINO AND
[3:51:48] HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO
[3:51:49] EVERYONE AND I HOPE IT'S A
[3:51:51] JOYOUS MONTH OF CELEBRATING AND
[3:51:52] BEING ROOTED IN THE WORK
[3:51:53] BECAUSE AS CANCELO SANTANA SAID
[3:51:54] THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT
[3:51:56] ARE UNDER ATTACK THAT ARE BEING
[3:51:58] OTHER EYES THAT ARE BEING MADE
[3:52:00] TO FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE
[3:52:01] TAKING FROM OTHERS WHEN REALLY
[3:52:03] WE HAVE SO MUCH TO THANK THEM
[3:52:04] FOR FOR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
[3:52:05] GIVING THIS COUNTRY.
[3:52:06] THANK YOU.
[3:52:07] THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[3:52:08] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:52:09] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:52:10] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:52:12] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
[3:52:14] THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS THAT
[3:52:15] BROUGHT.
[3:52:16] FORWARD THIS LATINO HERITAGE
[3:52:17] MONTH RESOLUTION.
[3:52:19] IT'S AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT
[3:52:20] THAT.
[3:52:21] WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE
[3:52:22] INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND
[3:52:24] SACRIFICES.
[3:52:25] THE LATINO COMMUNITY HAVE.
[3:52:26] MADE NOT HERE JUST IN BOSTON
[3:52:28] BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS
[3:52:30] WELL.
[3:52:31] I DID WANT TO SPECIFICALLY
[3:52:33] HIGHLIGHT IN MY DISTRICT I HAVE
[3:52:36] A LARGE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY
[3:52:38] IN THE SOUTH AND IN AND IN
[3:52:40] SOUTH BOSTON AS WELL.
[3:52:41] BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
[3:52:42] PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY AND THE
[3:52:46] RESIDENTS OF VILLA VICTORIA,
[3:52:47] WHICH IS WHICH HAS A LARGE
[3:52:49] PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY THERE AS
[3:52:51] WELL AND IN THE SOUTH END AND
[3:52:55] IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE
[3:52:56] AND WONDERFUL COMMUNITIES YOU
[3:52:58] PROBABLY COULD EVER VISIT IN
[3:52:59] BOSTON SUCH WONDERFUL,
[3:53:01] WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
[3:53:02] BUT I ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE
[3:53:04] INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OUR
[3:53:06] PUERTO RICAN VETERANS HAVE MADE
[3:53:09] TO OUR NATION.
[3:53:13] UM AS WELL WE HAVE A WONDERFUL
[3:53:18] MEMORIAL IN THE HEART OF THE
[3:53:19] SOUTH END, UM, WHERE WE
[3:53:22] CELEBRATE THE ENORMOUS
[3:53:24] CONTRIBUTIONS PUERTO RICAN
[3:53:25] VETERANS HAVE MADE AND DURING
[3:53:27] VETERANS DAY AND OTHER UM IN
[3:53:29] OTHER TIMES DURING THE YEAR WE
[3:53:30] HAVE WE HAVE A AN EVENT TO
[3:53:33] CELEBRATE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
[3:53:35] WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE MEMOR
[3:53:38] MEMORIAL CELEBRATING PUERTO
[3:53:39] RICAN VETERANS IS THERE'S ALSO
[3:53:43] A A STATUE RIGHT RIGHT DOWN THE
[3:53:46] ROAD ABOUT ABOUT ROBERTO
[3:53:48] CLEMENTE WHAT WAS THE UNITED
[3:53:49] STATES MARINE BUT ALSO THE THE
[3:53:52] SCULPTURE OF THE PUERTO RICAN
[3:53:53] VETERAN IS A MAN AND A WOMAN
[3:53:57] AND IT'S CELEBRATING WOMEN
[3:53:59] VETERANS AS WELL.
[3:54:00] IT'S THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A
[3:54:02] MEMORIAL FOR PUERTO RICAN
[3:54:04] VETERANS IN THE COUNTRY.
[3:54:06] I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY CLOSE
[3:54:07] FRIEND TONY MOLINA AND THE
[3:54:09] COMMITTEE THAT DID A WONDERFUL
[3:54:11] JOB BRINGING THIS HERE.
[3:54:12] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:54:14] COUNCILOR CONNORS THANK YOU,
[3:54:16] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:54:17] UM THANK YOU.
[3:54:18] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[3:54:19] NAME COUNTRY COLOR AS A POWDER?
[3:54:22] CONSIDER UH, CULPEPER.
[3:54:24] CONSIDER IT'S JOE FLYNN.
[3:54:26] UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[3:54:29] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:54:30] COUNCILOR WEBER, CONSTABLE
[3:54:31] REALM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[3:54:33] COUNCILORS MARIA.
[3:54:34] PEPEN AND SANTANA WOULDN'T.
[3:54:36] SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
[3:54:37] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1731.
[3:54:39] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:54:41] AYE ON OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[3:54:44] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[3:54:46] DOCKET 1731 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:54:51] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[3:54:52] DOCKET 1732.
[3:54:54] TALKING OF A1732
[3:54:56] COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR.
[3:54:57] THE.
[3:54:58] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DECLARING
[3:55:01] SEPTEMBER 18TH AS BEEN SWORN
[3:55:02] DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:55:03] THANK YOU.
[3:55:05] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:55:06] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:55:06] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:55:07] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:55:09] MASSACHUSETTS STATE
[3:55:10] REPRESENTATIVES SWORN DEDICATED
[3:55:13] DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC
[3:55:15] SERVICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AS
[3:55:18] PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER SPRING
[3:55:20] BRANCH OF THE NAACP HE FOUGHT
[3:55:22] FOR EQUALITY DESEGREGATION
[3:55:26] POLICE HAVE COME BUILD ABILITY
[3:55:28] GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR
[3:55:30] HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED
[3:55:31] COMMUNITIES.
[3:55:32] HE LATER BROUGHT THAT
[3:55:33] COMMITMENT TO BEACON HILL
[3:55:35] REPRESENTING SPRINGFIELD IN THE
[3:55:37] MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE
[3:55:38] OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1995
[3:55:40] THROUGH 2016.
[3:55:43] THROUGHOUT THAT WORK,
[3:55:44] REPRESENTATIVE SWANN UNDERSTOOD
[3:55:46] THAT ACHIEVING JUSTICE REQUIRES
[3:55:48] US NOT TO ONLY CONFRONT
[3:55:50] DISCRIMINATION IN THE PRESENT
[3:55:52] BUT ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
[3:55:54] ADDRESS THE CONSEQUENCES
[3:55:56] OF HISTORICAL INJUSTICE.
[3:55:58] HIS ADVOCACY FOR THE NATIONAL
[3:56:01] UNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT
[3:56:03] REFLECTED THAT COMMITMENT TO
[3:56:04] TRUTH, RECONCILIATION AND
[3:56:07] RESTORING DIGNITY TO PEOPLE
[3:56:09] AFFECTED BY COLONIES
[3:56:12] COLONIZATION SEPTEMBER 18TH IS
[3:56:15] REPRESENTED AS SWAN'S BIRTHDAY
[3:56:16] AND I BELIEVE IT IS FITTING
[3:56:18] THAT BOSTON USE THIS DAY TO
[3:56:20] RECOGNIZE THE MASSACHUSETTS
[3:56:22] CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS WHOSE WORK
[3:56:24] EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE
[3:56:25] COMMUNITY HE REPRESENTED.
[3:56:27] THE DECLARING BEN SWAN DAY IS
[3:56:30] BOTH A RECOGNITION OF HIS
[3:56:31] LIFETIME OF SERVICE AND AN
[3:56:34] OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY FORWARD
[3:56:35] THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE,
[3:56:38] EQUALITY, RECONCILIATION, HUMAN
[3:56:42] DIGNITY THAT DEFINED HIS WORK.
[3:56:43] I'M PROUD TO OFFER THIS
[3:56:46] RESOLUTION DECLARING SEPTEMBER
[3:56:47] 18TH HAS BEEN SWAN DAY IN THE
[3:56:49] CITY OF BOSTON IN RECOGNITION
[3:56:51] OF HIS LIFE AND THE LEGACY OF.
[3:56:54] THE HONORABLE.
[3:56:55] BEN SWAN, SENIOR MADAM
[3:56:58] PRESIDENT, I SEEK SUSPENSION
[3:57:00] OF THE RULES.
[3:57:01] PASS THIS MATTER.
[3:57:02] THANK YOU.
[3:57:03] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:57:05] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[3:57:07] NAME?
[3:57:08] COUNCILOR COLOR THE CITADEL
[3:57:10] COUNCIL DURKAN.
[3:57:10] COUNTRY FITZGERALD.
[3:57:11] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:57:12] CONTRA LOUIJEUNE CONCERT MEJIA
[3:57:14] COUNCIL.
[3:57:15] MURPHY COUNCILOR SANTANA
[3:57:17] COUNCIL WEBER CULTURAL RAIL AND
[3:57:19] PLEASE OF THE CHAIR
[3:57:22] COUNCILOR CULPEPER SEEKS
[3:57:22] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
[3:57:23] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1732.
[3:57:26] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.
[3:57:29] SAY NAY.
[3:57:30] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[3:57:32] DOCKET 1732 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:57:35] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:57:36] READ DOCKET 1733.
[3:57:38] TALKING NUMBER 1733
[3:57:41] COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE
[3:57:42] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[3:57:44] RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 23RD,
[3:57:46] 2026 AS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATE
[3:57:49] BISEXUALITY DAY AND A PLUS
[3:57:52] VISIBILITY DAY.
[3:57:53] THANK YOU.
[3:57:54] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:57:56] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[3:57:56] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:57:57] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:57:59] I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE A
[3:58:00] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING
[3:58:02] SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2026 AS BYPASS
[3:58:05] VISIBILITY DAY IN THE CITY
[3:58:06] OF BOSTON.
[3:58:07] THIS ACTION STEMS DIRECTLY FROM
[3:58:09] OVER A YEAR OF CONTINUOUS
[3:58:11] DIALOG FROM LAST YEAR'S
[3:58:12] BISEXUAL ROUNDTABLE TO OUR
[3:58:16] ONGOING WORK WITH THE BISEXUAL
[3:58:17] RESOURCE CENTER WHERE RESIDENTS
[3:58:19] SHARE THE UM DAMAGING DAILY
[3:58:21] IMPACT OF BI PLUS ERASURE WHILE
[3:58:25] BY BOSTONIANS MAKE UP OF THE
[3:58:26] LARGEST SEGMENT OF OUR LGBTQIA
[3:58:29] TOWARDS PLUS COMMUNITY, THEY
[3:58:31] REMAIN SYSTEMATICALLY PUSHED
[3:58:32] INTO THE MARGINS PERVASIVE
[3:58:36] MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND BIPHOBIA
[3:58:38] FOR MANY BI PLUS RESIDENTS TO
[3:58:41] HIDE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES
[3:58:42] FROM FAMILIES AND PEERS,
[3:58:45] COMPOUNDING MENTAL HEALTH
[3:58:46] STRUGGLES AND REINFORCING THIS
[3:58:47] CYCLE OF INVISIBILITY ACROSS
[3:58:49] OUR CITY.
[3:58:50] THE URGENCY IS CLEAR AS
[3:58:52] OF MONTHS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
[3:58:53] WHILE BI PLUS YOUTH ACCOUNT FOR
[3:58:55] NEARLY 40% OF OUR LGBTQ PLUS
[3:58:59] LGBTQ UM PLUS YOUTH THEY ARE
[3:59:02] ALARMING DISPARITIES INCLUDING
[3:59:05] UM RATES OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION
[3:59:07] AND SUICIDAL UM SUICIDAL
[3:59:10] IDEATION COMPOUNDED BY A
[3:59:11] PERCEIVED PERVASIVE LACK
[3:59:14] OF VISIBLE ROLE MODELS AND
[3:59:15] TARGETED SUPPORT WE COULD NOT
[3:59:18] MEANINGFULLY ADVOCATE FOR OUR
[3:59:20] YOUTH BY OVERLOOKING THE
[3:59:21] SPECIFIC CRISIS IMPACTING OUR
[3:59:23] BI PLUS YOUNG PEOPLE.
[3:59:25] NOR CAN WE ASSUME GENERIC
[3:59:27] INITIATIVES ARE THROUGH THAT TO
[3:59:29] MEET THEIR NEEDS.
[3:59:31] THEN ACTIVISTS LIKE WENDY CURRY
[3:59:34] ,MICHAEL PAGE AND GRAVEN
[3:59:36] WILBUR ESTABLISHED THIS DAY IN
[3:59:38] 1999.
[3:59:39] THE DEMAND HAS REMAINED CLEAR
[3:59:42] VISIBILITY, SAFETY AND RESPECT
[3:59:45] BOSTON MUST TAKE A FIRM STANCE
[3:59:46] AGAINST BY PLUS ERASURE.
[3:59:49] I URGE OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM
[3:59:52] MUNICIPAL AGENCIES AND
[3:59:53] COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MOVE
[3:59:55] BEYOND PASSIVE INCLUSION
[3:59:57] TOWARDS AND TOWARDS UH
[3:59:59] DEDICATED RESOURCES, EQUITABLE
[4:00:01] HEALTH CARE AND ACTION SUPPORT
[4:00:03] FOR OUR BOSTON BI PLUS
[4:00:05] COMMUNITY.
[4:00:05] UM THEY DESERVE TO BE SEEN,
[4:00:07] AFFIRMED AND FULLY VALUED.
[4:00:09] THANK YOU.
[4:00:11] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[4:00:14] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[4:00:17] NAME?
[4:00:19] COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE AS A
[4:00:20] POWDER COUNCILOR.
[4:00:20] CULPEPER COUNCILOR.
[4:00:21] DURKAN.
[4:00:22] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[4:00:23] COUNCIL FLYNN LOUIJEUNE MEJIA
[4:00:25] COUNCIL.
[4:00:26] MURPHY COUNCILOR.
[4:00:27] PEPEN COUNCIL.
[4:00:28] WEBER COUNCIL.
[4:00:29] WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR
[4:00:32] COUNCILOR SANTANA SIX
[4:00:33] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[4:00:35] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1733.
[4:00:37] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4:00:39] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[4:00:41] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[4:00:43] DOCKET 1733 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[4:00:47] MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[4:00:48] DOCKET 1734.
[4:00:49] TALKING ABOUT 1734
[4:00:52] COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE
[4:00:53] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[4:00:55] RECOGNIZING THE 115TH
[4:00:57] ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
[4:00:58] OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN
[4:01:00] AND FLAG RAISING FOR TAIWAN
[4:01:02] DAY.
[4:01:04] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:01:05] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU
[4:01:06] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:01:08] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[4:01:14] OCTOBER 10TH 2026 MARKS THE
[4:01:15] 115TH.
[4:01:16] ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
[4:01:18] OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN
[4:01:20] .
[4:01:21] WE RECOGNIZE THE LONGSTANDING
[4:01:23] FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOSTON AND
[4:01:24] THE PEOPLE OF TAIWAN.
[4:01:25] THE COMMUNITY ENRICHES AND
[4:01:27] ENHANCES THE CITY OF BOSTON
[4:01:28] THROUGH ITS FRIENDSHIP,
[4:01:30] BUSINESS, SPORTS, GOVERNMENT,
[4:01:33] EDUCATION, DANCE, LITERATURE IN
[4:01:36] THE ARTS.
[4:01:36] THE TAIWAN FLAG WILL BE RAISED
[4:01:38] AT CITY HALL PLAZA ON SATURDAY
[4:01:41] ,OCTOBER 3RD AT 12 P.M. WE
[4:01:43] HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
[4:01:43] THANK YOU.
[4:01:46] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[4:01:49] UM.
[4:01:50] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[4:01:51] THEIR NAME AS A POWDER
[4:01:54] COUNCILOR?
[4:01:55] CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN
[4:01:56] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE
[4:01:58] COUNCILMEMBER HERE COMES FROM
[4:01:59] MURPHY COUNCILOR.
[4:02:00] PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA
[4:02:02] CONSTABLE WEBER CULTURAL RAIL,
[4:02:03] PLEASE OF THE CHAIR
[4:02:06] COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION
[4:02:07] OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
[4:02:08] OF DOCKET 1734.
[4:02:10] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4:02:13] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[4:02:15] THANK YOU.
[4:02:15] DOCKET 1734 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[4:02:19] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[4:02:20] DOCKET 1735.
[4:02:22] TALKING OF A1735
[4:02:24] COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THE PANEL
[4:02:25] FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[4:02:28] RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 26TH, 2026
[4:02:31] AS INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY.
[4:02:33] THANK YOU.
[4:02:34] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:02:35] COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL YOU
[4:02:36] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:02:37] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:02:39] AS A PROUD ALLY OF THE INTERSEX
[4:02:41] COMMUNITY, I'M PROUD TO
[4:02:42] INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION
[4:02:43] RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 26TH AS
[4:02:46] INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY IN THE
[4:02:47] CITY OF BOSTON FOR THE THIRD
[4:02:49] CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND I WELCOME
[4:02:50] SUPPORT FOR MY FRIEND AND
[4:02:52] COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[4:02:55] INTERSEX REFERS TO PEOPLE BORN
[4:02:57] WITH NATURAL VARIATIONS AND
[4:02:58] THEIR PHYSICAL SEX
[4:03:00] CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS ANATOMY
[4:03:02] AND HORMONES.
[4:03:04] INTERSEX TRAITS ARE MORE COMMON
[4:03:06] THAN MANY REALIZE, WITH STUDIES
[4:03:08] FINDING UP TO 1 IN 20 PEOPLE
[4:03:11] COULD BE CONSIDERED INTERSEX.
[4:03:13] ODDS ARE WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE
[4:03:14] WHO IS INTERSEX.
[4:03:16] OUR INTERSEX COMMUNITY
[4:03:17] CONTINUES TO FACE UNIQUE
[4:03:19] CHALLENGES.
[4:03:21] LIKE UM, MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS
[4:03:24] AND IGNORANCE ABOUT THEIR
[4:03:25] LIVES.
[4:03:26] ACCORDING TO THE TREVOR
[4:03:28] PROJECT, 77% OF INTERSEX YOUNG
[4:03:31] PEOPLE REPORTED THAT SOMEONE IN
[4:03:33] THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR LIFE
[4:03:34] ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE LGBTQ
[4:03:37] TOWARDS PERSON IDENTITY.
[4:03:39] OUR CITY HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE
[4:03:41] IN INTERSEX HISTORY.
[4:03:43] IN 1996, BOSTON WAS HOME TO THE
[4:03:46] FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION BY
[4:03:47] INTERSEX PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
[4:03:49] STATES WITH THE INTERSEX
[4:03:51] SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA STAGED
[4:03:53] A PROTEST TO CALL ATTENTION TO
[4:03:55] THE TRAUMA, STIGMA AND
[4:03:57] ISOLATION THEY FACED AFTER
[4:03:59] NON-CONSENSUAL UM GENERAL
[4:04:01] SURGERY.
[4:04:02] WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR
[4:04:03] COURAGE EVERY UM EVERY
[4:04:07] OCTOBER 26TH, IN RECOGNITION
[4:04:09] OF OCTOBER 26TH AS INTERSEX
[4:04:11] AWARENESS DAY WE ARE FOR
[4:04:13] EVERYTHING THAT INTERSEX
[4:04:13] BOSTONIANS ARE VALUED,
[4:04:15] CELEBRATED AND NEVER ALONE.
[4:04:17] WE ARE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO
[4:04:18] THEIR SAFETY, DIGNITY AND
[4:04:21] HEALTH.
[4:04:21] I URGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO
[4:04:23] JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS
[4:04:24] RESOLUTION.
[4:04:25] ALSO ON OCTOBER 24TH I AM
[4:04:27] HOSTING A SCREENING OF THE
[4:04:29] DOCUMENTARY EVERYBODY WITH MY
[4:04:31] COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR PÉPIN AT
[4:04:33] THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
[4:04:35] THE MRK INTERSEX ORGANIZATION.
[4:04:38] AFTERWARDS WE WILL UM BE LED IN
[4:04:41] DISCUSSION BY ESTHER LEAD OFF
[4:04:43] FOUNDER OF THE JAMAICA PLAIN
[4:04:44] MARK ORGANIZATION INTERSEX
[4:04:48] ACTIVISTS, I WELCOME YOU ALL TO
[4:04:49] JOIN US THERE.
[4:04:50] THANK YOU.
[4:04:52] THANK YOU CONSCIOUS AND TOMA UH
[4:04:53] CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA PEPEN
[4:04:56] CANCER COUNCIL AND YOU HAVE THE
[4:04:57] FLOOR.
[4:04:58] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:04:59] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA
[4:05:01] FOR INCLUDING ME AS A
[4:05:02] CO-SPONSOR ON THIS DOCKET AND
[4:05:04] FOR THE WORK HE IS DOING TO
[4:05:05] RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS IN
[4:05:06] THE COMMUNITY IN BOSTON.
[4:05:08] INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY IS A
[4:05:09] TIME TO AFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR
[4:05:11] THE INTERSEX COMMUNITY TO RAISE
[4:05:13] DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
[4:05:14] THE COMMUNITY FACES TO GIVE OUR
[4:05:16] INTERSEX NEIGHBORS THE
[4:05:17] VISIBILITY THEY DESERVE.
[4:05:19] WE RAISE AWARENESS TO THOSE WHO
[4:05:20] MAY BE INTERSEX AND UNDERSTAND
[4:05:22] THAT ONLY NOT ONLY IS THERE A
[4:05:24] LARGER INTERSEX COMMUNITY THAT
[4:05:25] MAY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES,
[4:05:26] BUT THERE'S ALSO A COMMUNITY
[4:05:28] OF SUPPORT AROUND THEM.
[4:05:29] UM DECIDED TO BE WANTED TO
[4:05:31] SUPPORT COUNCILOR SANTANA IN
[4:05:32] THIS BECAUSE THE SCREENING FOR
[4:05:35] FOR INTERSEX AWARENESS MONTH
[4:05:36] AND DAY IS GOING TO BE SCREENED
[4:05:38] OVER AT THE ROSLINDALE BRANCH
[4:05:40] LIBRARY AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S
[4:05:42] UM GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM OVER
[4:05:43] THERE AND THEY PROVIDED THIS
[4:05:45] SPACE SO THAT I WANTED TO MAKE
[4:05:46] SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS INVITED
[4:05:48] TO THAT AND YOU'LL PROBABLY GET
[4:05:49] THE DETAILS IN THE NEXT COMING
[4:05:51] WEEKS.
[4:05:51] THANK YOU.
[4:05:54] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[4:05:57] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[4:05:58] NAME?
[4:05:59] COUNCILOR COLORED AS A PART
[4:06:00] OF CONCERT CULPEPER CONCERT.
[4:06:02] DURKAN.
[4:06:02] COUNTRY FITZGERALD.
[4:06:03] COUNCILOR FLYNN HUNTER
[4:06:05] LOUIJEUNE COME TO MEJIA TOUCH A
[4:06:06] MURPHY.
[4:06:09] UH COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL ORAL
[4:06:10] AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR
[4:06:13] COUNCILOR SANTANA AND BAND SIX
[4:06:16] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[4:06:17] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1735.
[4:06:19] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED
[4:06:22] .
[4:06:22] NAY.
[4:06:23] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[4:06:24] DOCKET 1735 IS ADOPTED.
[4:06:29] NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO UH.
[4:06:34] UH LET'S SEE WE'RE MOVING ON TO
[4:06:37] PERSONNEL ORDERS.
[4:06:38] UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ
[4:06:41] THE PERSONNEL ORDERS.
[4:06:43] NUMBER 1736 COUNCILOR BREADON
[4:06:47] FOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[4:06:52] THE CHAIR MOVES TO PASSAGE
[4:06:53] OF THE PERSONNEL ORDER.
[4:06:54] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
[4:06:56] YEAH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
[4:06:59] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[4:07:00] PERSONAL ORDER IS PASSED.
[4:07:02] UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
[4:07:05] GREEN SHEETS BEFORE WE MOVE ON
[4:07:06] TO GREEN SHEETS.
[4:07:07] IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE
[4:07:08] TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET
[4:07:10] THAT THEY MAY HAVE MISSED?
[4:07:14] WE'RE GOOD.
[4:07:16] UH, WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN
[4:07:18] SHEETS TO ANYONE LOOKING TO
[4:07:19] PULL A DOCKET FROM THE GREEN
[4:07:22] SHEETS.
[4:07:24] OKAY.
[4:07:33] COUNCILOR SANTANA, DID YOU HAVE
[4:07:35] SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO PULL
[4:07:36] FROM THE GREEN SHEET?
[4:07:38] NO.
[4:07:43] OKAY.
[4:07:45] YOU'RE GOOD.
[4:07:51] OKAY, WELL, WOMEN ARE MOVING ON
[4:07:54] TO LATE FILES.
[4:07:55] UH, MR. CLERK, UM, CAN YOU TELL
[4:07:59] US WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE
[4:08:00] ADVANCE?
[4:08:00] UH, THERE WERE FIVE LATE FILES,
[4:08:02] TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS, A
[4:08:04] CONSTABLE BOND AND TWO
[4:08:06] EMERGENCY ORDERS.
[4:08:07] OKAY.
[4:08:10] WE'LL START WITH THE
[4:08:12] PERSONNEL FILE.
[4:08:13] PERSONNEL UM ORDERS.
[4:08:16] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE
[4:08:18] TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS.
[4:08:20] TOO LATE ON PERSONNEL ORDERS
[4:08:22] WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO ACCEPT.
[4:08:24] UH.
[4:08:25] YES WE WILL.
[4:08:27] UM, SO WE HAVE TWO PERSONNEL
[4:08:30] ORDERS ABSENT.
[4:08:30] OBJECTION.
[4:08:31] THESE TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS ARE
[4:08:33] ,UH, WILL BE ADDED.
[4:08:35] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[4:08:36] READ THESE TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS
[4:08:37] INTO THE INTO THE RECORD.
[4:08:39] FIRST PERSONNEL ORDER,
[4:08:40] COUNSELOR BRAIN FOR COUNSELOR
[4:08:42] BRADEN'S OFFICE.
[4:08:43] AND.
[4:08:43] SECOND CROSS.
[4:08:45] PERSONNEL ORDERS.
[4:08:45] COUNSELOR BRAIN FOR COUNSELING
[4:08:47] MEJIA.
[4:08:51] THANK YOU.
[4:08:52] UM.
[4:08:55] TO BOTH.
[4:08:56] I'D LIKE TO, UM.
[4:08:58] YES.
[4:08:58] UH, COULD WE HAVE A, UM ALL
[4:09:00] THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSAGE
[4:09:01] OF THE PERSONNEL ORDERS, PLEASE
[4:09:03] SAY I THANK YOU.
[4:09:06] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[4:09:07] PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN
[4:09:08] PASSED.
[4:09:09] UH, WE'RE NOW ON TO WE HAVE A
[4:09:11] LITTLE FILE FOR A CONSTABLE
[4:09:13] BOND.
[4:09:14] MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH
[4:09:17] ,ABSENT COULD YOU?
[4:09:19] MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE
[4:09:20] READ THE, UH, CONSTABLE BOND
[4:09:21] THE MATTER.
[4:09:23] CONSTABLE BOND OF HOLSTEN
[4:09:24] PERGOLA HAVING BEEN DULY
[4:09:26] APPROVED BY THE COLLECTOR
[4:09:27] TREASURER WAS RECEIVED.
[4:09:30] THANK YOU.
[4:09:31] UM, THIS, UH, MATTERS, UH,
[4:09:34] PROPERLY BEFORE THE ORDER THESE
[4:09:35] WILL BE PLACED ON.
[4:09:37] FINE.
[4:09:37] UH, THIS.
[4:09:38] IS LIKE.
[4:09:39] THE.
[4:09:40] YES.
[4:09:41] THE CONSTABLE BONDS WILL BE
[4:09:42] APPROVED UNDER THE USUAL.
[4:09:44] TERMS AND.
[4:09:45] TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
[4:09:46] THANK YOU.
[4:09:47] AND WE ARE NOW ON TO.
[4:09:52] WHAT WHAT ELSE HAVE WE GOT?
[4:09:54] OUTSTANDING.
[4:09:54] FIRST EMERGENCY ORDER BY
[4:09:57] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[4:09:58] OKAY.
[4:09:58] UM.
[4:10:03] SO WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY HEARING
[4:10:06] ORDER.
[4:10:07] UM.
[4:10:07] COULD WE COULD WE READ THE
[4:10:13] EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER INTO.
[4:10:17] I HAVE JUST TO MAKE THIS IS
[4:10:21] THIS IS THIS IS, UM THE
[4:10:23] RESOLUTION FOR THE CASE FOR THE
[4:10:25] BUS CRASH.
[4:10:30] CRASH?
[4:10:34] OKAY.
[4:10:35] UH.
[4:10:37] SO WHAT WE HAVE.
[4:10:38] WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR JUST TO
[4:10:40] BE CLEAR WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US
[4:10:41] RIGHT NOW IS A RESOLUTION AND
[4:10:43] WE HAVE A HEARING ORDER.
[4:10:45] FOR US.
[4:10:47] UM.
[4:10:51] WHICH ONE ARE WE OBJECTING TO
[4:10:53] BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T.
[4:10:54] PRESENTED I HAVEN'T PRESENTED
[4:10:56] THEM YET.
[4:10:57] YEAH.
[4:10:58] UH, WE'LL.
[4:10:59] TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.
[4:11:01] HOLD ON.
[4:11:01] BUT WE HAVE TO.
[4:14:28] COLLEAGUES LISTED BACK WE HAVE
[4:14:31] ,UH, LATE FILE RESOLUTION AND
[4:14:34] OBVIOUSLY IT'S A HEARING ORDER.
[4:14:36] UH, WE WILL TAKE THE LEAD FILE
[4:14:39] RESOLUTION FIRST.
[4:14:42] UM.
[4:14:44] HEARING NO OBJECTION TO THE
[4:14:48] HEARING.
[4:14:48] UH, THE THE RESOLUTION THE, UH
[4:14:52] THE RESOLUTION WILL BE READ
[4:14:53] INTO THE RECORD.
[4:14:54] HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING.
[4:14:59] AS WELL.
[4:15:02] SO.
[4:15:03] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[4:15:04] READ THE LATE FINE RESOLUTION
[4:15:06] INTO THE RECORD.
[4:15:07] OFFERED BY COUNCILORS WORRELL
[4:15:09] AND FITZGERALD RESOLUTION TO
[4:15:10] HONOR THOSE KILLED IN THE CAPE
[4:15:13] VERDE BUS CRASH TO.
[4:15:14] SUPPORT VICTIMS FAMILIES.
[4:15:24] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:15:26] COUNCILOR WIRRAL COUNCIL YOU
[4:15:27] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:15:28] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:15:30] ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.
[4:15:31] A DEVASTATING TRAGEDY STRUCK
[4:15:33] THE ISLAND OF FOGO AND CAPE
[4:15:34] VERDE.
[4:15:35] A BUS.
[4:15:36] CARRYING STUDENTS FROM A SCHOOL
[4:15:37] TRIP CRASHED CLAIMING AT LEAST
[4:15:40] 25 LIVES.
[4:15:42] IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DAY
[4:15:43] OF LEARNING AND JOY AND THEN
[4:15:44] THE LOSS THAT HAS SHAKEN THE
[4:15:46] COUNTRY.
[4:15:46] HERE IN BOSTON THAT GRIEF IS
[4:15:49] DEEPLY PERSONAL.
[4:15:51] MEMBERS OF OUR CAPE VERDE
[4:15:52] COMMUNITY HAVE LOST FAMILIES
[4:15:53] AND FRIENDS.
[4:15:55] AN OCEAN SEPARATES BOSTON FROM
[4:15:57] FOGO BUT THE BONDS OF FAMILY
[4:15:59] KEEPS US CLOSE.
[4:16:01] IN THE DAYS SINCE OUR CAPE
[4:16:02] VERDE COMMUNITY HAS COME
[4:16:03] TOGETHER TO MOURN, COMFORT ONE
[4:16:06] ANOTHER AND SUPPORT FAMILIES.
[4:16:08] THAT STRENGTH DESERVES OUR
[4:16:10] RECOGNITION AND OUR SUPPORT.
[4:16:13] I WANT TO THANK THE CAPE VERDE
[4:16:16] ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON, MANY
[4:16:17] OF MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL THE
[4:16:20] ORGANIZATIONS THAT BROUGHT OUR
[4:16:21] CAPE VERDE COMMUNITY AND
[4:16:22] NEIGHBORS ACROSS BOSTON
[4:16:24] TOGETHER TO CREATE A SPACE FOR
[4:16:26] US TO GRIEVE TOGETHER.
[4:16:27] SUPPORT THE FAMILIES AFFECTED.
[4:16:29] REMIND ONE ANOTHER THAT WE DO
[4:16:31] NOT HAVE TO FACE THIS LOSS
[4:16:32] ALONE.
[4:16:34] TO EVERYONE MOURNING WE STAND
[4:16:35] WITH YOU.
[4:16:37] REMEMBER THE CHILDREN WHOSE
[4:16:38] FUTURE WERE CUT SHORT AND THE
[4:16:40] ADULTS WHO LIVES WERE TAKEN
[4:16:41] ALONGSIDE THEM.
[4:16:42] WE HOPE THE INJURED AND THEIR
[4:16:44] FAMILIES IN OUR HEARTS.
[4:16:46] I'M ALSO ASKING FOR SUSPENSION
[4:16:48] AND PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION
[4:16:49] .
[4:16:50] THANK YOU.
[4:16:52] COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[4:16:54] AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF, I FIND
[4:16:56] THAT VERY OFTEN WHEN A TRAGEDY
[4:16:58] HAPPENS BACK HOME UM, WE'RE ALL
[4:17:01] DEEPLY AND PROFOUNDLY TOUCHED
[4:17:03] BY THAT AND IMPACTED.
[4:17:05] SO EVEN THOUGH WE LIVE IN
[4:17:06] ANOTHER COUNTRY, GRIEF AND
[4:17:10] SADNESS IS UNIVERSAL.
[4:17:12] WHEN WE WHEN WE LOSE COMMUNITY
[4:17:13] MEMBERS WITH CONNECTIONS,
[4:17:15] COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE
[4:17:16] CONNECTIONS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING
[4:17:17] BACK HOME.
[4:17:18] SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
[4:17:19] FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION.
[4:17:23] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE
[4:17:24] THE FLOOR.
[4:17:26] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:17:27] UH.
[4:17:28] I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL AS
[4:17:29] WELL FOR ALSO INCLUDING.
[4:17:30] THIS AS WE AS WE.
[4:17:31] REPRESENT A LARGE CAPE VERDEAN
[4:17:32] COMMUNITY TOGETHER ACROSS THE
[4:17:34] BOARD.
[4:17:34] UH.
[4:17:35] WE ATTENDED THE, UH THE
[4:17:37] REMEMBRANCE THE OTHER NIGHT.
[4:17:38] UH, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL
[4:17:40] NIGHT OF OF UH, MUSIC, POETRY
[4:17:42] AND PRAYER.
[4:17:43] UH, FOR THOSE UH, 25
[4:17:45] INDIVIDUALS THAT LOST THEIR
[4:17:46] LIFE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CABO
[4:17:49] VERDE, SMALL ISLAND AND UH, SO
[4:17:51] EVERYONE KNOWS EACH OTHER.
[4:17:52] IT'S A LOT LIKE BOSTON AND
[4:17:53] ESPECIALLY IN THE CAPE VERDEAN
[4:17:55] COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON.
[4:17:57] UH, THERE ARE CERTAINLY A
[4:17:58] NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WE MET
[4:17:59] WITH THAT NIGHT, UM, THAT HAVE
[4:18:02] RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE BACK
[4:18:03] HOME AND FAMILIES AFFECTED.
[4:18:04] AND SO, UH, WE'RE DOING
[4:18:06] EVERYTHING WE CAN HERE TO
[4:18:07] SUPPORT THEM, UH, AND TO
[4:18:09] SUPPORT ACROSS UH IN CABO VERDE
[4:18:10] AS WELL.
[4:18:11] OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THOSE THAT
[4:18:13] WERE AFFECTED AND WE PRAY THAT
[4:18:14] THEY'LL.
[4:18:14] REMEMBER THEM IN.
[4:18:15] A GOOD WAY.
[4:18:16] THANK YOU.
[4:18:17] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[4:18:18] .
[4:18:22] UM.
[4:18:22] CARA.
[4:18:50] UH.
[4:19:38] WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
[4:19:39] UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU
[4:19:43] HAVE THE FLOOR?
[4:19:45] YES.
[4:19:46] THANK YOU.
[4:19:46] I JUST WANTED TO RISE.
[4:19:47] UM.
[4:19:49] JUST TO.
[4:19:50] MY CONDOLENCES TO OUR CAPE
[4:19:52] VERDEAN COMMUNITY.
[4:19:54] UM.
[4:19:55] THIS I THINK IS LIKE ONE
[4:19:57] OF THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE
[4:19:59] WHO HAVE DIED AT ONE POINT AND
[4:20:01] THEY WERE YOUNG PEOPLE AND
[4:20:03] THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO UM, I
[4:20:07] HAVEN'T SEEN IN YEARS WHEN I
[4:20:08] SAW AT THE MEMORIAL THE OTHER
[4:20:09] NIGHT.
[4:20:11] UM.
[4:20:12] .
[4:20:12] WHO WERE JUST SO DEEPLY
[4:20:13] AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENED.
[4:20:14] AND SO UM, AS SOMEONE WHO IS
[4:20:19] DEEPLY CONNECTED TO WHAT GOES
[4:20:21] ON IN MY PARENTS HOME COUNTRY,
[4:20:23] I MY HEART BREAKS WHENEVER I
[4:20:25] SEE THAT FOR A COMMUNITY.
[4:20:27] AND SO.
[4:20:28] UM.
[4:20:29] I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY
[4:20:30] LOVE AND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE
[4:20:33] PEOPLE OF.
[4:20:34] UM THE CAPE VERDE FOR THOSE
[4:20:36] PARTICULARLY UM, TO SENATOR
[4:20:38] MIRANDA WHO I KNOW WHOSE HEART
[4:20:39] AS A CAPE VERDEAN WOMAN IS
[4:20:40] BREAKING SPECIFICALLY AND
[4:20:43] ESPECIALLY UM AND IS LEADING
[4:20:45] DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
[4:20:47] AND TO PAOLO AND THE CAPE
[4:20:48] VERDEAN ASSOCIATION WHO PUT ON
[4:20:50] A REALLY BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL.
[4:20:52] UM THAT JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE
[4:20:54] TOGETHER.
[4:20:54] AND SO UM.
[4:20:56] MY CONDOLENCES TO OUR CAPE
[4:20:57] BRETON COMMUNITY.
[4:20:58] I DO CONCLUSION UM CULTURAL.
[4:21:01] YOU YES.
[4:21:03] UM I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES
[4:21:05] AND ADD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS
[4:21:06] A.
[4:21:07] THE ORIGINAL.
[4:21:08] CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[4:21:10] .
[4:21:10] SO ADDED.
[4:21:12] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[4:21:13] NAME?
[4:21:15] COUNCILOR UH COLLETTA ZAPATA.
[4:21:16] COUNCILOR.
[4:21:18] CULPEPER.
[4:21:20] COUNCILOR.
[4:21:22] THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA.
[4:21:24] I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LINES.
[4:21:26] COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:21:28] THANK YOU.
[4:21:29] PRESIDENT.
[4:21:30] UM, BRENNAN, I WANT TO THANK MY
[4:21:33] COLLEAGUES.
[4:21:33] UH, I SAW A POST ON FACEBOOK
[4:21:38] EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO
[4:21:40] BE ON FACEBOOK THESE DAYS.
[4:21:41] BUT I DO TROLL SOMETIMES AND I
[4:21:45] SAW A POST, UM, FROM A FORMER,
[4:21:49] UH, EMPLOYEE OF CITY HALL.
[4:21:52] WHO NAMED AND CALLED AND
[4:21:55] BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
[4:21:57] UM, THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH WE
[4:22:01] AS A BODY UM AND IN HER OWN WAY
[4:22:05] HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB AT
[4:22:07] RECOGNIZING HOW WE SHOW UP FOR
[4:22:10] THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY.
[4:22:12] UM, SO WE'RE DOING JUST THAT
[4:22:15] AND AND MY HOPE IS THAT THE
[4:22:19] CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY,
[4:22:20] ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES
[4:22:22] RECOGNIZES THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE
[4:22:24] HERE AND SHOWING UP BUT WE ALSO
[4:22:27] UNDERSTAND AT LEAST I'LL SPEAK
[4:22:28] FOR MYSELF AS AN IMMIGRANT.
[4:22:30] UM, THE HARDEST THING TO DO
[4:22:32] ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO
[4:22:33] CAN'T GO BACK HOME TO
[4:22:36] COMFORT THEIR LOVED ONES IS TO
[4:22:38] BE SO MANY MILES AWAY AND NOT
[4:22:40] BEING ABLE TO HUG UP AND LOVE
[4:22:43] UPON YOUR PEOPLE.
[4:22:44] AND SO I KNOW THAT THE CAPE
[4:22:46] VERDEAN COMMUNITY IS MOURNING
[4:22:48] NOW AND I GREW UP WITH CAPE
[4:22:52] VERDEANS I WELL I KNOW HOW TO
[4:22:53] DO A SABLE COMPROMISE WHICH IS
[4:22:55] DO YOU WANT TO BUY SOCKS?
[4:22:56] BECAUSE I USED TO WORK.
[4:22:57] AT.
[4:22:58] A SHOE STORE BUT IT WAS THE
[4:23:00] CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY.
[4:23:01] A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS
[4:23:02] CAPE VERDEAN BECAUSE YOU KNOW
[4:23:04] LATINOS AND CAMBODIANS LOOK
[4:23:05] ALIKE AND SO WE'RE FAMILY AND
[4:23:09] SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW
[4:23:10] NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT
[4:23:11] BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE
[4:23:13] CAN DO ADVOCATE UM TO SEND
[4:23:16] VEHICLES OVER TO CAPE VERDE.
[4:23:19] I BELIEVE WE I BELIEVE THE CITY
[4:23:21] OF BOSTON IS A SISTER CITY.
[4:23:22] NOT SURE IF THAT'S STILL THE
[4:23:24] CASE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE
[4:23:25] HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A
[4:23:27] RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW UP FOR
[4:23:29] OUR, UH, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
[4:23:31] THAT COME HERE AND THAT IF WE
[4:23:33] HAVE A LARGE NUMBER I THINK
[4:23:34] CAPE VERDEANS ARE HOLDING DOWN
[4:23:35] ALL OF DORCHESTER.
[4:23:37] UM, WE NEED TO SHOW UP IN BIG
[4:23:39] WAYS NOT JUST HERE BUT ALSO
[4:23:40] ABROAD.
[4:23:41] MY CONDOLENCES TO.
[4:23:43] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA.
[4:23:45] I WILL PICK UP WHEN I WAS.
[4:23:47] UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO OTHER
[4:23:48] NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
[4:23:49] POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[4:23:51] COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR.
[4:23:53] FITZGERALD COUNCILOR.
[4:23:54] FLYNN, COUNCILOR.
[4:23:55] MEJIA COUNCILOR.
[4:23:56] MURPHY COUNCILOR.
[4:23:57] PEPEN CONSCIOUS SANTANA AND SO
[4:23:59] WEBER AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR.
[4:24:04] COUNCIL ORAL SEEK SUSPENSION
[4:24:05] OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
[4:24:07] OF THIS UH, LET'S FILE A
[4:24:10] RESOLUTION.
[4:24:11] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.
[4:24:14] SAY NAY.
[4:24:14] UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[4:24:17] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[4:24:17] VOTE ON THE SOLIDIFIED
[4:24:18] RESOLUTION.
[4:24:20] COUNCILOR BRIE.
[4:24:21] YES.
[4:24:22] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[4:24:22] YES, COUNCILOR.
[4:24:23] CLOSER.
[4:24:23] POTTER.
[4:24:24] YES.
[4:24:24] COUNCIL CLOSE BY.
[4:24:25] YES.
[4:24:26] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[4:24:27] YES.
[4:24:28] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[4:24:28] YES.
[4:24:29] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:29] DURKAN.
[4:24:29] YES.
[4:24:30] COUNCIL.
[4:24:30] DURKAN.
[4:24:31] YES.
[4:24:31] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:31] FITZGERALD.
[4:24:32] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:32] SO.
[4:24:33] YES.
[4:24:33] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:34] FLYNN.
[4:24:34] YES.
[4:24:34] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:35] FLYNN.
[4:24:35] YES.
[4:24:35] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:36] LOUIJEUNE.
[4:24:38] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:38] MEJIA.
[4:24:39] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:40] MEJIA.
[4:24:40] YES.
[4:24:41] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:41] MURPHY.
[4:24:42] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[4:24:43] YES.
[4:24:43] COUNCIL.
[4:24:43] THE PEN.
[4:24:44] YEAH.
[4:24:44] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:45] PIN.
[4:24:45] YES.
[4:24:45] COUNCIL.
[4:24:46] SANTANA.
[4:24:46] YES.
[4:24:47] COUNCIL.
[4:24:47] SANTANA.
[4:24:47] YES.
[4:24:48] COUNCIL.
[4:24:48] WEBER.
[4:24:49] YES.
[4:24:49] COUNCIL MEMBER.
[4:24:50] YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[4:24:51] YES.
[4:24:51] COUNCILOR.
[4:24:52] WELL, YES.
[4:24:53] THIS RESOLUTION HAS RECEIVED 12
[4:24:55] VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[4:24:56] THANK YOU.
[4:24:57] THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION HAS
[4:24:59] BEEN ADOPTED.
[4:25:01] MR. CLERK, WHAT ARE WE.
[4:25:05] UM.
[4:25:07] TO SMOKE THE SMOKE.
[4:25:08] HEARING HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
[4:25:11] TO THE FIRE AFTER.
[4:25:12] THE FINDING MATTER WAS AN
[4:25:15] EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER.
[4:25:16] UH, IT'S BEEN OBJECTED TO.
[4:25:19] THIS, UH, EMERGENCY HEARING
[4:25:21] ORDER WILL BE SENT TO THE
[4:25:22] COMMITTEE.
[4:25:23] NO.
[4:25:24] DON'T HAVE ANY.
[4:25:25] OKAY.
[4:25:26] VERY GOOD.
[4:25:27] IT'S BEEN OBJECTED TO.
[4:25:29] OKAY, LET ME GO.
[4:25:32] UM.
[4:25:35] WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
[4:25:37] CONSENT AGENDA.
[4:25:38] I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE TRC
[4:25:40] THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO
[4:25:42] THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[4:25:43] THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
[4:25:45] APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
[4:25:47] CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
[4:25:47] AGENDA.
[4:25:48] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
[4:25:50] UH.
[4:25:51] THANK YOU.
[4:25:51] THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
[4:25:53] ADOPTED.
[4:25:54] WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[4:25:55] PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
[4:25:57] FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.
[4:25:59] UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY
[4:26:02] ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[4:26:02] IF YOU JUST PUT YOUR LIGHT ON,
[4:26:03] I'LL CALL ON YOU.
[4:26:08] OKAY.
[4:26:10] UH, WE WANT TO WISH A VERY
[4:26:13] HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UH, FOR THIS
[4:26:14] UPCOMING WEEK.
[4:26:16] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[4:26:18] UH, ETHAN VARA OF CENTRAL STAFF
[4:26:21] GABRIELLE WITCHER OF COUNCILOR
[4:26:24] SANTANA'S OFFICE.
[4:26:26] UH, HOLLY MARGOLIS.
[4:26:28] OF UH COUNCIL DURKIN'S UH
[4:26:31] OFFICE.
[4:26:32] WE ALSO SEND EXPRESS EXTENDED
[4:26:35] CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHELLE
[4:26:37] GOLDBERG OF CENTRAL STAFF AND
[4:26:38] HER HUSBAND FOR THE BIRTH
[4:26:39] OF THEIR NEW BABY.
[4:26:41] CONGRATULATIONS.
[4:26:43] UM.
[4:26:45] ANY OTHER ANYBODY MISSING
[4:26:47] ANYONE?
[4:26:48] THANK YOU.
[4:26:49] WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
[4:26:51] MEMORIALS.
[4:26:51] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A
[4:26:54] NAME?
[4:26:54] WE'RE GOING TO START.
[4:26:55] I'M GOING TO.
[4:26:57] COUNCIL.
[4:26:58] COLLECTORS.
[4:26:59] BATTLE COUNTRY COLLECTORS.
[4:27:00] SORRY I HAD, TO ANNOUNCEMENTS
[4:27:02] JUST REALLY QUICK.
[4:27:03] OH YEAH.
[4:27:03] WE HAVE YOUR NOTICE.
[4:27:04] OKAY, THANKS.
[4:27:05] UM, SO I JUST WANT TO CALL
[4:27:07] ATTENTION TO THE ARMY CORPS
[4:27:08] OF ENGINEERS.
[4:27:08] UM, UH, COMMENT PERIOD.
[4:27:10] THE STUDY IS, UM, FAST
[4:27:13] APPROACHING.
[4:27:14] IT'S FRIDAY.
[4:27:14] I RECOMMEND ALL MY COLLEAGUES
[4:27:15] TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND PROVIDE
[4:27:16] THEIR COMMENTS.
[4:27:17] IT HAS BROAD RAMIFICATIONS
[4:27:18] ACROSS THE CITY.
[4:27:19] UM, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE CITY
[4:27:20] FROM COASTAL FLOODING AND STORM
[4:27:21] SURGE AND GET THIS FEDERAL
[4:27:22] MONEY.
[4:27:23] UH, THE SECOND IS FOR ALL, UM,
[4:27:25] YOUTH, UH, THE RETRO TOBACCO
[4:27:27] WEARING ONE.
[4:27:27] YOU KNOW, IT'S MAROON THIS
[4:27:28] TIME.
[4:27:29] UM, ALL, UH, YOUTH
[4:27:31] OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK FOR THE
[4:27:32] CITY OF BOSTON AND ALSO FOR UM,
[4:27:35] UH, PRIVATE COMPANIES.
[4:27:37] UH, ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE
[4:27:39] MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND UM,
[4:27:41] YOUTH ARE FREE TO BROWSE AND
[4:27:42] START APPLYING SEPTEMBER 30TH
[4:27:45] 2026.
[4:27:46] THANKS.
[4:27:46] THANK YOU.
[4:27:48] UH, NEXT I'M GOING TO GO RUN
[4:27:50] THE ROOM SO FOR MEMORIALS.
[4:27:52] UH, COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER.
[4:27:55] MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO
[4:27:57] ADD ARE THE NAME OF VICTORIA
[4:27:59] WILLIAMS.
[4:28:02] THAT WE MIGHT KEEP OUR FAMILY
[4:28:04] IN PRAYER.
[4:28:07] IS HER HOME.
[4:28:09] GOING IS ON SEPTEMBER 24TH.
[4:28:14] FORMER OR.
[4:28:17] 12 CHAIR.
[4:28:17] FORMER.
[4:28:20] FAIR HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR THE
[4:28:22] CITY OF BOSTON AMONG MANY OTHER
[4:28:25] THINGS.
[4:28:26] THANK YOU.
[4:28:29] NEXT COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[4:28:30] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[4:28:31] UM, WHILE I DIDN'T KNOW HIM,
[4:28:33] I'D LIKE TO READ THOMAS ROSE'S
[4:28:34] NAME INTO THE RECORD.
[4:28:35] HE WAS 37.
[4:28:37] HE WAS AN MIT PROFESSOR.
[4:28:39] UM, HE PASSED AWAY ON HIS BIKE.
[4:28:41] UH, MEMORIAL DRIVE EAST AND
[4:28:43] MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE.
[4:28:44] UM, HE, UM, DIED 12 DAYS AFTER
[4:28:47] HIS CRASH.
[4:28:48] UM, HE WAS BORN IN BERLIN,
[4:28:50] GERMANY AND EVERYONE AT MIT UM
[4:28:53] ,DESCRIBED HIM AS SOMEONE WITH
[4:28:55] NEW ENERGY AND PROMISE.
[4:28:56] THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE IN
[4:28:58] THERE ON THEIR BIKE.
[4:28:59] UM, AND, UH, ROSE IS THE FIFTH,
[4:29:01] UH, BICYCLIST OR AND PEDESTRIAN
[4:29:03] OR PEDESTRIAN TO BE FATALLY
[4:29:05] INJURED ALONG MEMORIAL DRIVE.
[4:29:06] AND SO I KNOW THAT WE OFTEN SEE
[4:29:09] ,UM, YOU KNOW, JURISDICTIONAL
[4:29:11] BOUNDARIES AS OH THAT'S
[4:29:12] CAMBRIDGE OH THAT'S DCR OH
[4:29:14] THAT'S MASSDOT.
[4:29:15] UM, BUT TO HIM HE WAS A PERSON
[4:29:17] WHO PEOPLE LOVED.
[4:29:19] UM HE WAS AN AVID MEMBER OF THE
[4:29:21] CYCLIST COMMUNITY BUT HE WAS
[4:29:22] JUST TRYING TO GET TO WORK AND
[4:29:24] I THINK UM, TO A LOT OF MY
[4:29:26] COLLEAGUES THAT UM, HAVE
[4:29:29] ADVOCATED AND TO SOME OF MY
[4:29:30] COLLEAGUES THAT UM, YOU KNOW,
[4:29:32] NEED TO ADVOCATE MORE.
[4:29:35] UM, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO GET
[4:29:36] UNITED AROUND BIKE SAFETY IN A
[4:29:38] REGIONAL MANNER.
[4:29:39] AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
[4:29:40] IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE DON'T
[4:29:42] USE ACCIDENTS AS FODDER AND WE,
[4:29:45] UM, REALLY RESPECT THE PEOPLE
[4:29:46] WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON
[4:29:49] OUR ROADWAYS.
[4:29:49] UM, AND UM, THOMAS DESERVED
[4:29:52] BETTER FROM OUR REGION AND WE
[4:29:54] HAVE TO DO BETTER ON BIKES.
[4:29:56] THANK YOU.
[4:29:57] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR.
[4:30:00] UH LOUIJEUNE.
[4:30:00] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:30:01] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[4:30:03] THIS RELATES TO MY IN MEMORIAM,
[4:30:04] BUT, UM, I WAS, UH, OUTSIDE
[4:30:07] WHEN WE VOTED ON THE
[4:30:08] RESOLUTION, SO I'D LIKE TO
[4:30:09] PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND OFFER A
[4:30:11] MOTION TO RECONSIDER A VOTE
[4:30:14] THAT.
[4:30:14] SECONDED.
[4:30:16] SECOND.
[4:30:17] ALL IN FAVOR?
[4:30:18] UH, FAVOR SAY.
[4:30:19] I.
[4:30:20] UM, TO ALLOW ME TO VOTE IN
[4:30:22] THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TO ADD MY
[4:30:23] NAME ON THE RESOLUTION WHICH I
[4:30:24] WAS.
[4:30:24] ADDED ON AS A THIRD.
[4:30:25] SO THANK YOU.
[4:30:26] UM, I WANT TO AGAIN UPLIFT THE
[4:30:31] 25 LIVES MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE
[4:30:32] WHO WERE LOST IN FOGO IN THE IN
[4:30:34] THE BUS ACCIDENT AND WANTED TO
[4:30:36] MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE
[4:30:38] ENTIRETY OF OUR CAPE VERDEAN
[4:30:38] COMMUNITY AND OUR CAPE VERDEAN
[4:30:40] EMPLOYEES HERE IN THE CITY
[4:30:41] OF BOSTON AND OUR THOUGHTS AS
[4:30:42] THEY MOURN.
[4:30:43] I MENTIONED HIS NAME EARLIER
[4:30:44] APPEARED ON MY SPELL THE 20
[4:30:46] YEAR OLD IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
[4:30:47] WHO THREW HIMSELF IN FRONT OF A
[4:30:49] TRUCK.
[4:30:50] UM AND UH, DYING BY SUICIDE OR
[4:30:52] AS A RESULT OF THIS
[4:30:54] ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS WITH
[4:30:55] RESPECT TO STRIPPING PEOPLE
[4:30:57] OF TPS.
[4:30:57] UH, I HEARD COUNCILOR CULPEPPER
[4:30:59] UPLIFT IN THE NAME OF VICTORIA
[4:31:01] WILLIAMS FORMER UH, WARD 12
[4:31:03] CHAIR AND WOULD JUST LIKE TO
[4:31:04] ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS AND, UM,
[4:31:06] SHE WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN AND SO
[4:31:08] I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE MY
[4:31:09] CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY AND
[4:31:11] AS CUSTOMER HERE DECLARED APRIL
[4:31:12] 20TH 2ND JUNE, YOU MIGHT JUST
[4:31:14] WANT TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE
[4:31:15] MEMORY OF JANINE MATOS.
[4:31:16] THANK YOU.
[4:31:17] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:31:19] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[4:31:19] THANK YOU.
[4:31:21] I WANT TO JOIN TODAY'S MEETING
[4:31:23] IN MEMORY OF NOREEN DWYER
[4:31:25] KELLY, A LIFELONG DORCHESTER
[4:31:27] RESIDENT AND A TRUE SAINT
[4:31:29] ANNE'S GIRL NOREEN AND JACK
[4:31:31] SHARED.
[4:31:31] 60 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND RAISED
[4:31:33] SIX BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN SEAN,
[4:31:35] STEPHEN, DIANE, TRICIA, EDWARD
[4:31:37] AND GREGORY.
[4:31:38] AND SHE WAS THE PROUD
[4:31:39] GRANDMOTHER OF 16.
[4:31:40] THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WAKE AND
[4:31:43] MASS THIS PAST FEW DAYS AND I
[4:31:46] JUST KNOW THAT HER MEMORY AND
[4:31:47] HER LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN HER
[4:31:49] FAMILY AND THOSE WHO LOVED HER.
[4:31:51] THANK YOU.
[4:31:52] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:31:53] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[4:31:54] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:31:55] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:31:56] TODAY I RISE IN HONOR OF RALPH
[4:31:58] CUT, A ALSO BELOVED COMMUNITY
[4:32:00] LEADER IN HYDE PARK WHO PASSED
[4:32:02] AWAY JUST TEN DAYS AGO.
[4:32:03] RALPH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
[4:32:05] HYDE PARK, A GRADUATE OF HYDE
[4:32:06] PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
[4:32:07] AND A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE
[4:32:09] HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
[4:32:10] ASSOCIATION WHERE HE
[4:32:11] CONTRIBUTED COUNTLESS EVENTS
[4:32:13] AND INITIATIVES FOR THE BENEFIT
[4:32:15] OF THE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY AT
[4:32:17] ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.
[4:32:18] DURING HIS 40 YEARS IN THE
[4:32:20] ASSOCIATION, RALPH HELD EVERY
[4:32:22] SINGLE POSITION ON THE BOARD
[4:32:23] NOW EVEN AS HE BATTLED CANCER.
[4:32:26] RALPH SERVED AS ASSOCIATION
[4:32:28] TREASURER RECENTLY SO IF ANY
[4:32:30] OF MY COLLEAGUES, MY AT-LARGE
[4:32:32] COLLEAGUES OR YOUR STAFF BEEN
[4:32:33] TO A MEETING RECENTLY, HE WAS
[4:32:35] THERE AS THE TREASURER.
[4:32:36] THE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY AND I
[4:32:38] ARE GRATEFUL FOR RALPH'S
[4:32:39] DEDICATION, HIS SERVICE AND HIS
[4:32:42] LOVE.
[4:32:42] MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
[4:32:47] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[4:32:51] ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN
[4:32:53] RALPH CARTER LESS ON BEHALF
[4:32:56] OF CONTRA DURKAN THOMAS ROSE
[4:32:59] BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[4:33:00] AND COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[4:33:02] NOREEN KELLY.
[4:33:04] BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[4:33:06] MADELINE LA MONICA, ELIZABETH
[4:33:08] BETH RUNKEL AND EDWARD WALSH
[4:33:12] WELSH ON BEHALF OF COUNCILORS
[4:33:14] MEJIA LOUIJEUNE AND SANTANA
[4:33:16] JEANNIE MATOS.
[4:33:18] I WOULD EXTEND THAT TO ALL
[4:33:20] OF THE CITY COUNCIL UH ON
[4:33:23] BEHALF OF LOUIJEUNE AND
[4:33:25] CULPEPER VICTORIA WILLIAMS, THE
[4:33:27] FORMER MOORE 12 DEMOCRATIC
[4:33:29] CHAIR AND CITY OF BOSTON
[4:33:31] EMPLOYEE ON BEHALF OF ALL
[4:33:33] OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
[4:33:35] UH THE 25 MOSTLY TEENAGERS WHO
[4:33:38] DIED IN THE BUS ACCIDENT IN
[4:33:39] CAPE VERDE.
[4:33:40] ALL OF THEIR LOVED ONES BOTH IN
[4:33:42] CAPE VERDE AND HERE IN BOSTON.
[4:33:45] ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, UH,
[4:33:48] COUNCILOR BREADON JOHN PATRICK
[4:33:50] MCLAUGHLIN, UH, THE BELOVED SON
[4:33:52] OF.
[4:33:59] 24, 24 YEARS OLD DIED IN A
[4:34:02] TRAGIC MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN
[4:34:03] THAILAND.
[4:34:05] BELOVED SON OF UM.
[4:34:10] CATHY AND JIM MCLAUGHLIN AND,
[4:34:13] UH, WHO LOST THEIR OLDEST
[4:34:15] DAUGHTER AND 29 2019 2018, UH,
[4:34:20] TO BRAIN CANCER.
[4:34:21] THIS IS A HUGE LOSS TO THIS
[4:34:22] FAMILY.
[4:34:23] UM, JOHN AROON BASU WHO'S A
[4:34:26] LONG TIME RESIDENT AND ALL IN
[4:34:28] BRIGHTON CENTER AND A VERY
[4:34:30] FAITHFUL MEMBER OF BRIGHTON
[4:34:31] ALLSTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
[4:34:34] UM, AN IMMIGRANT FROM INDIA, A
[4:34:36] PROFESSOR AND TEACHER
[4:34:38] OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS AND
[4:34:40] VERY BELOVED IN THE
[4:34:41] NEIGHBORHOOD ESPECIALLY DANIEL
[4:34:43] SPEAR BAKERY WHERE HE WAS A
[4:34:45] REGULAR CUSTOMER.
[4:34:47] FRC LADY THIS VESSEL LADIES WHO
[4:34:50] IS 98 YEARS OLD.
[4:34:52] UH THE MOTHER OF UM CHARLIE
[4:34:54] VASILY WHO'S A LONG TIME UM
[4:34:57] LONGTIME FAMILY RESIDENT IN A
[4:34:59] GREEK COMMUNITY IN ALLSTON AND
[4:35:00] BRIGHTON.
[4:35:01] UH, AND UH, GREATLY LOST UM
[4:35:03] VERY DEDICATED FAMILY TAKE CARE
[4:35:05] OF OF UH FOR FOR TO THIS GREAT
[4:35:08] AGE OF ALMOST MAKING IT TO 100
[4:35:10] BUT SHE'LL BE GREATLY MISSED IN
[4:35:11] THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[4:35:13] SISTER BETTY CRAWLEY A COLLIE.
[4:35:16] UM, SISTER OF SAINT JOSEPH, UH
[4:35:19] ,WHO WAS UH, LED THERE.
[4:35:21] UM, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL
[4:35:24] JUSTICE UH COMMITTEE ALSO UH,
[4:35:29] ON MY BEHALF AND UH, GLORIA
[4:35:31] STEINEM ALL OF THOSE WOMEN IN
[4:35:33] THIS COUNCIL AND ANYWHERE WHO
[4:35:35] HAVE A CREDIT CARD.
[4:35:37] GLORIA STEINEM HELPED MAKE THAT
[4:35:38] HAPPEN.
[4:35:41] THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE
[4:35:43] COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY, IT DOES
[4:35:45] SO IN MEMORY OF THE FOR THE
[4:35:47] AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
[4:35:51] A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
[4:36:02] THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
[4:36:03] MEET AGAIN ON THE ISLAND AT THE
[4:36:05] CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
[4:36:07] 23RD, 2026 AT 12 P.M..
[4:36:09] THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES,
[4:36:11] CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK'S
[4:36:13] OFFICE AND THE
[4:36:15] COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER.
[4:36:16] UM ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT
[4:36:19] PLEASE SAY AYE.
[4:36:20] AYE.
[4:36:21] THANK YOU.
[4:36:22] THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.
[4:36:37] THE.