Labor, Workforce & Economic Development on October 15, 2026

0:37 BRIAN WORRELL, DISTRICT FOUR

0:38 CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M CHAIR

0:40 OF THE BOSTON CITY

0:41 COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND

0:42 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

0:43 TODAY IS OCTOBER 15TH, 2026.

0:46 THE EXACT TIME IS 2:05 P.M..

0:49 THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED.

0:50 IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE

0:53 STREAMED@BOSTON.GOV.

0:53 BACKSLASH CITY DASH

0:55 COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST

0:58 ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN

1:00 CHANNEL 82 AND FILES CHANNEL

1:02 964.

1:03 RENT COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO

1:05 THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT

1:08 SEEK.LABOR@BOSTON.GOV.

1:09 WE'VE MADE PART OF THE RECORD

1:10 AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS.

1:12 PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN

1:14 AT THE END OF THIS HEARING.

1:15 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON

1:16 IN ORDER TO STAY SIGNED UP.

1:18 WE'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO

1:19 TESTIFY.

1:20 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN

1:21 TESTIFYING IN PERSON, PLEASE

1:23 ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP

1:24 SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE

1:25 CHAMBER.

1:26 IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TESTIFY

1:27 VIRTUALLY, PLEASE EMAIL OUR

1:29 CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON RON COBB

1:31 AT RON COBB@BOSTON.GOV IN THE

1:35 LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE

1:35 ADDED TO THE LIST.

1:37 TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET

1:38 NUMBER 0218.

1:39 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW

1:41 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOSTON

1:43 RESIDENTS JOB POLICY AND

1:45 IMPROVING EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT

1:47 STANDARDS ON PROJECT THROUGHOUT

1:48 THE CITY.

1:49 THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY

1:51 COUNCILOR BROWN WILL RUN WITH

1:52 HER TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY

1:54 28TH, 2026.

1:55 TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY

1:57 COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:59 WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER

2:01 OF ABSENCES FROM

2:03 COUNCILOR MEJIA AND

2:04 COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON.

2:06 I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY

2:08 COUNCIL COLLEAGUE TO SEE IF HE

2:09 HAS ANY OPENING REMARKS.

2:12 THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.

2:15 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP

2:17 ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE

2:20 ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS

2:22 OF BOSTON AND WOMEN PEOPLE

2:26 OF COLOR HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO

2:28 JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD

2:32 AND ALSO THAT ENSURING THAT WE

2:35 HAVE A POLICY BUT THAT THE

2:37 POLICY IS ENFORCED AS WELL.

2:41 I'VE BEEN ON THE CITY

2:43 COUNCIL GOING ON NINE YEARS AND

2:44 I'VE MADE EVERY ONE OF THESE

2:48 MEETINGS.

2:48 I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO A YEAR

2:50 BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CRITICAL

2:51 THIS ISSUE IS TO RESIDENTS

2:54 OF BOSTON, TO PEOPLE OF COLOR

2:56 TO TO WOMEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION

2:58 FIELD.

2:59 IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT

3:02 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ENJOYED

3:05 BY EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S ALSO

3:06 ABOUT ENSURING THAT THERE'S

3:09 EQUAL ACCESS TO JOBS BUT EQUAL

3:12 ACCESS TO TRAINING UM,

3:17 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES,

3:19 GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY

3:21 CLIFF PATHS TO THE MIDDLE

3:22 CLASS.

3:22 I STRONGLY SUPPORT BOSTON JOBS

3:25 FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS.

3:26 I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE

3:27 COMMISSION.

3:28 I ALSO AM PROUD THAT MY PROBLEM

3:33 MAY HAVE FUNDED A LOT OF WORK

3:34 ON THIS, ESPECIALLY ON THE

3:36 EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION WHICH

3:39 ENFORCES THE BOSTON JOBS FOR

3:40 BOSTON RESIDENTS UH, JOB

3:43 POLICY.

3:43 SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO

3:45 ADVOCATE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

3:48 AND THERE'S NO PLACE THAT I'D

3:50 RATHER BE THAN RIGHT HERE

3:52 BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CRITICAL

3:53 THIS ISSUE IS AND I WANT TO SAY

3:55 THANK YOU TO YOU, COUNCILOR ALL

3:56 BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK

3:58 YOU TO COUNCIL COLE PEPPER AS

4:01 WELL.

4:01 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE

4:02 ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT'S HERE

4:03 AND I KNOW YOU ARE ALSO UM HAVE

4:06 DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WORKING

4:08 ON THIS ISSUE AND I WANT TO

4:10 ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH OF YOU, UH,

4:11 FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT

4:13 YOU HAVE DONE AND YOUR TEAM AS

4:14 WELL.

4:15 UH, MR CHAIR, THANK YOU.

4:16 UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

4:18 UM, I WANT TO THANK THE PANEL

4:20 FOR BEING HERE.

4:21 UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL

4:23 THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE POURED

4:26 INTO, UH, THE BJP AND DATA AND

4:28 REPORTING OVER THE 4 OR 5 YEARS

4:31 I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.

4:32 UH, I WOULD LOVE UM AND I KNOW

4:35 YOU GUYS PROBABLY LIKE.

4:36 YEAH, HERE HE GOES WITH ANOTHER

4:37 TASK BUT, UH, ACTS THAT I MADE,

4:41 UH, PREVIOUSLY.

4:42 UM, HOPING THAT WE COULD MAKE

4:44 PROGRESS ON IT.

4:45 WE REPORT THE HOURS.

4:46 WE'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE COULD

4:48 GET THE WAGES.

4:48 TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT JUST TO

4:51 START UNDERSTANDING.

4:54 THE THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS.

4:57 WANT TO SEE HOW THOSE ARE

4:59 LINING UP WITHIN THESE, UH,

5:01 DIFFERENT GROUPS?

5:03 UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF

5:06 THERE'S ANYTHING THERE THAT WE

5:07 ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT.

5:09 UH, ALSO UM, JUST WANT TO.

5:12 UH, YOU KNOW.

5:13 REMEMBER SOME OF THE ADVOCATES

5:16 THAT WE HAVE LOST, UH, BROOKE

5:19 WOODSON.

5:19 UH, INDIANA JONES WHO HAVE BEEN

5:22 FIERCE ADVOCATES, UH, AND

5:23 LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES

5:25 AROUND, UH, THE BOSTON

5:27 RESIDENTS JOB POLICY.

5:28 SO I'D LOVE TO TAKE A JUST A

5:30 BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.

5:31 UM, IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE TWO

5:33 INDIVIDUALS.

5:45 THANK YOU.

5:45 WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT OVER

5:46 TO, UH, THE PANEL.

5:48 UM, THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS.

5:51 OKAY.

5:52 UM GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL I

5:53 WOULD UM THANKS FOR NOT

5:56 ACKNOWLEDGING THE TWO.

5:57 UM, THE THE RAP LEADERS THAT WE

5:59 LOST RECENTLY.

6:00 I'M JUST GOING TO READ A BRIEF

6:03 CAPTION FOR FOR BOTH OF THEM.

6:06 UH, BROOKE WATSON, A LONG TIME

6:08 BOSTON CIVIC BUSINESS LEADER

6:09 WHO SPENT MORE THAN TWO DECADES

6:12 WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON

6:13 .

6:14 PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 26TH

6:16 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS.

6:18 HE WAS 62 YEARS OLD.

6:20 UH, HIS WORK CENTERED ON

6:22 EXPANDING ECONOMIC

6:24 OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES

6:26 AND WORKERS FROM COMMUNITIES

6:28 THAT HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT

6:30 OUT OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AND

6:32 CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.

6:34 AND WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE

6:36 BOSTON RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY

6:39 OFFICE FOR 20 YEARS.

6:42 UH, SO MISS JANET JONES, A LONG

6:44 TIME BOSTON COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

6:46 AND ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL

6:47 JUSTICE.

6:48 PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 21ST.

6:52 UH, MISS JONES WAS THE

6:54 CO-FOUNDER OF THE DORCHESTER

6:56 ROXBURY LABOR UH COMMITTEE,

6:59 WHICH PROMOTED BOSTON JOBS FOR

7:01 BOSTON RESIDENTS AND WORKED TO

7:04 EXPAND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT

7:06 OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE

7:07 CITY, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE

7:10 OF COLOR AND WOMEN.

7:11 THOSE EFFORTS HELPED PROMOTE

7:13 GREATER ENFORCEMENT OF THE

7:16 POLICY THROUGH THE BOSTON

7:17 EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, WHOSE

7:20 MEETINGS JANET ATTENDED.

7:24 UH RELIGIOUSLY FOR MANY YEARS.

7:27 THANK YOU.

7:28 TO.

7:30 THANK YOU CHRIS.

7:31 UM, I'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR

7:34 OVERVIEW.

7:35 UH, I'LL GO FAIRLY QUICKLY.

7:37 COUNCILORS FLYNN.

7:37 AND WE'RE ALL YOU KNOW OUR

7:39 PROGRAMS VERY WELL.

7:40 BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THE

7:42 BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS POLICY IS

7:44 PART OF THE WORKER EMPOWERMENT

7:46 CABINET WHICH WAS CREATED IN

7:48 2022.

7:49 UM, IT MOVED OVER TO OUR

7:51 CABINET IN APRIL 2023 AND IS

7:53 PART OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR

7:55 COMPLIANCE AND WORKER

7:57 PROTECTIONS, WHICH IS ONE

7:58 OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS IN THE

8:00 WORKER EMPOWERMENT CABINET.

8:02 UM, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK

8:05 THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT

8:07 COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOSTON

8:08 RESIDENT JOBS POLICY OUR

8:09 CABINET ENFORCES OUR DEPARTMENT

8:12 ENFORCES THE BOSTON JOBS LIVING

8:14 WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE

8:15 ORDINANCE, THE BOSTON WAGE

8:17 THEFT EXECUTIVE ORDER AND AS

8:19 OF THIS SUMMER UM THE HEAT

8:20 ILLNESS AND INJURY PREVENTION

8:22 ORDINANCE WHICH UM WE ARE VERY

8:24 HONORED TO BE ONE OF VERY FEW

8:26 MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAS A LAW

8:27 PROTECTING WORKERS FROM

8:29 EXCESSIVE HEAT.

8:30 WE ALSO PROVIDE FREE HEALTH AND

8:31 SAFETY TRAINING UM, AND HAVE A

8:34 WORKER'S RIGHTS INITIATIVE

8:35 PARTNERING WITH WORKERS UNDER

8:36 TO PROVIDE FREE MULTILINGUAL

8:39 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING AND

8:40 JUST I ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE

8:43 THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FREE

8:44 RESOURCES AND I HOPE YOU'LL

8:46 HELP SHARE THIS WITH YOUR

8:47 COMMUNITIES.

8:47 WE DO FREE OSHA TRAINING IN

8:49 ENGLISH, SPANISH, HAITIAN

8:51 CREOLE, UM AND PORTUGUESE AND

8:53 OSHA 30 TRAINING IN ENGLISH AND

8:56 SPANISH.

8:57 AFTER THE TRAGEDY IN JAMAICA

8:58 PLAIN ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, WE ARE

9:01 ALSO GOING TO BE OFFERING FREE

9:03 FALL PREVENTION TRAINING.

9:04 WE'LL BE RELEASING UH UH QC

9:07 SOON TO HAVE A PARTNER HELP US

9:09 WITH THAT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH

9:10 AND PORTUGUESE VERY UM

9:13 IMPORTANT UM TO THE BJP.

9:16 I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS

9:17 THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN

9:19 1983, AMENDED IN 2017 TO SET UP

9:23 EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS FOR ALL

9:24 BOSTON PROJECTS AS WELL AS ANY

9:27 PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OVER

9:29 50,000FT2.

9:29 AND AT THE MOMENT THE GOALS ARE

9:31 THAT PROJECTS SHOULD DO THEIR

9:33 BEST TO HIRE UM HAVE A TOTAL

9:36 OF 51% OF THE TOTAL WORK HOURS

9:38 OF JOURNEY.

9:38 PEOPLE AND APPRENTICES GO TO

9:40 BOSTON RESIDENTS 40% TO PEOPLE

9:43 OF COLOR AND 12% TO WOMEN AND I

9:46 WILL GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN

9:48 UM SENIOR MANAGER CHRIS BROWN

9:51 WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE

9:52 DATA OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

9:54 UM, ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT

9:58 TO MENTION IS THAT COMPLIANCE

9:59 WITH THE BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS

10:01 POLICY, HOWEVER, IS NOT LINKED

10:04 TO THE UM THE EMPLOYER'S

10:07 ABILITY TO MEET THOSE HIRING

10:08 STANDARDS AND SAID IT IS BASED

10:10 ON A SET OF ADMINISTRATIVE UH,

10:13 COMPLAINTS OR ADMINISTRATIVE

10:14 REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE STEPS

10:16 THAT CONTRACTORS MUST TAKE TO

10:19 COMPLY.

10:19 DO THEY ATTEND A

10:20 PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND

10:21 HAVE THEY PROVIDED COPIES

10:23 OF THEIR COMMUNICATIONS?

10:26 UM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PAYROLL

10:28 DOCUMENTATION AND

10:29 COUNCILOR ROLE I'LL I'LL ADD

10:31 THAT WE COLLECT UM PAYROLL

10:34 DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL PROJECTS

10:37 .

10:37 HOWEVER WE ONLY AND ONLY MORE

10:39 RECENTLY SINCE NOVEMBER OF 24

10:42 HAVE COLLECTED WAGE DATA FOR

10:45 PUBLIC PROJECTS WHICH UM IS

10:47 CONNECTED TO OUR COMPLIANCE

10:48 MONITORING FOR PREVAILING WAGE.

10:51 SO UNFORTUNATELY WE BECAUSE

10:54 IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR

10:55 MONITORING OF THE BOSTON

10:57 RESIDENT JOBS POLICY, WE DON'T

10:58 COLLECT WAGE DATA FROM UM FROM

11:01 THOSE WHO ARE NOT PUBLICLY

11:02 FUNDED AT THE MOMENT.

11:05 UH, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY

11:07 THOUGH TO ISSUE PENALTIES AND

11:09 FINES.

11:09 UM, WE'VE ONLY DONE THIS, UH,

11:11 SINCE MY TIME ONCE.

11:13 UM, BUT WE HAVE COME CLOSE IS A

11:15 RESULT OF, UH, A NEW

11:17 TRANSPARENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE

11:19 PUT IN PLACE AND I JUST LIKE TO

11:21 HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

11:23 THE THE WE'VE DONE A LOT OVER

11:25 THE LAST FEW YEARS TO REALLY

11:27 TRY TO IMPROVE OUR IMPACT AND

11:30 DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE

11:31 RESOURCES THAT WE HIRE.

11:32 SO WE TRANSITION TO A NEW NOT

11:35 NEW ANYMORE.

11:36 I KEEP SAYING NEW BUT

11:38 SALESFORCE DATABASE.

11:39 SO NOW ALL CONTRACTORS SUBMIT

11:41 THEIR PAYROLL UH VIA THE

11:44 SALESFORCE DATABASE.

11:44 THAT GIVES US A LOT MORE

11:47 ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TRACK

11:49 DATA AND ANALYZE DATA.

11:51 UM, WE HAVE A NEW EQUITABLE

11:53 SYSTEM FOR WARNING SANCTIONS

11:55 AND FINES.

11:56 WE HAVE A NEW DASHBOARD.

11:58 UM, OUR NEWEST DASHBOARD IS NOW

12:00 A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD.

12:01 I STILL FEEL SOMEWHAT NEW.

12:02 UM, BUT WE DO UM, WE HAVE

12:05 EVERYBODY FROM BPD USED TO HAVE

12:08 A SET OF COMPLIANCE, UH,

12:10 MONITORS WHO ARE NOW ALL PART

12:11 OF THE BRIDGE OFFICE.

12:13 AND ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE

12:15 TO TRY TO QUANTIFY THE ECONOMIC

12:17 IMPACT OF NONCOMPLIANCE IS AN

12:19 ANNUAL REPORT LOOKING AT UM,

12:22 WHAT WHAT WAGES ARE LOST AS A

12:25 RESULT OF NOT MEETING THE 51%

12:28 GOAL FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AND

12:31 WE ARE DUE TO DO THAT AGAIN.

12:33 WE'LL HAVE IT IN APRIL AT OUR

12:34 NEXT HEARING FOR 2026.

12:36 AND UM, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO

12:38 PROVIDING THAT THE 2024 AND 25

12:40 REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR

12:42 WEBSITE.

12:43 UM, THE WARNING SYSTEM WE'VE

12:46 TALKED ABOUT BEFORE ALSO WE

12:48 GIVE PEOPLE A WARNING UM, AND

12:50 THEN A SECOND WRITTEN WARNING

12:53 BEFORE WE COME UP WITH

12:55 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOSTON

12:56 EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION FOR

12:57 SANCTIONS.

12:57 THIS SEEMS TO BE WORKING PRETTY

12:59 WELL BECAUSE WHILE WE'VE GOTTEN

13:01 THROUGH QUITE A FEW FIRST

13:03 WARNINGS, A HANDFUL OF SECOND

13:05 WARNINGS WE HAVEN'T QUITE MOVED

13:07 INTO UM OR FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE

13:10 TO RECTIFY WHATEVER PROBLEM

13:12 BEFORE WE HAD TO RECOMMEND

13:15 SANCTIONS.

13:15 AND AGAIN YOU'VE ALL SEEN OUR

13:17 DASHBOARD.

13:18 COUNCILOR WU I DO WANT TO POINT

13:19 OUT WE HAVE ADDED TRADE SO NOW

13:22 YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DATA BY UM

13:25 YOUR DEVELOPER CONTRACT OR

13:27 SUBCONTRACTOR OR TRADE OR ANY

13:30 COMBINATION OF THOSE.

13:31 SO UM I KNOW THAT WAS A REQUEST

13:33 AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE

13:34 ABLE TO ADD THAT AND UM NOW YOU

13:36 CAN LOOK AT ANY PROJECT ANY

13:39 CONTRACTOR BY TRADE TO SEE THE

13:41 REAL TIME NUMBERS IN THE

13:43 DASHBOARD IS LINKED DIRECTLY TO

13:44 THE SALESFORCE DATABASE.

13:45 SO IT'S REAL TIME DATA.

13:48 AND WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT

13:50 OVER TO CHRIS.

13:52 OH ARE WE.

13:53 NOPE I'M SORRY I FORGOT I'M

13:55 DOING UH I DID ADD ONE OF THE

13:58 MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE

14:00 BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS POLICY IS

14:02 BUILDING A PIPELINE FOR BOSTON

14:04 RESIDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE INTO

14:05 THE TRADES.

14:06 UM, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE IN

14:10 THAT WE WERE UM WE RECEIVED A

14:13 GRANT FROM THE UH, THE

14:16 BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES AS

14:17 PART OF THEIR NEW INITIATIVE,

14:19 UH, TO BUILD AND EXPAND ACCESS

14:22 TO THE SKILLED TRADES FOR YOUNG

14:24 PEOPLE.

14:24 UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS WE WERE

14:26 ONE OF, UH, HANDFUL OF UM TOWNS

14:30 AND UH COUNTIES TO BE SELECTED

14:34 AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE

14:36 DOING THIS WORK.

14:37 IT CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF THE

14:38 PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT SIGNED

14:40 BY MAYOR WU WITH THE BUILDING

14:41 TRADES IN 2025, WHICH UM

14:44 ESSENTIALLY SET UP NOT ONLY UH

14:47 ,ENSURING A SUPPLY OF QUALITY

14:50 UNION LABOR FOR CERTAIN UH

14:52 SCHOOL RETROFITS BUT AT THAT

14:54 TIME THE BUILDING TRADES AND

14:55 THE CARPENTERS STEPPED UP AND

14:57 SAID THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT 50

14:59 UP TO 50 YOUNG PEOPLE A YEAR

15:01 INTO THE TRADES.

15:02 SO THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES

15:04 FUNDING ALLOWS US TO DO THAT

15:06 WORK AND FUND THAT WORK.

15:08 AND UM, IT IS UH VERY EXCITING

15:12 .

15:12 WE'RE BUILDING THE PIPELINE BY

15:13 THE EMBEDDING UH, PRE

15:15 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BUILDING

15:17 PATHWAYS DIRECTLY INTO MADISON

15:18 PARK BY THE END OF THE GRANT

15:21 PERIOD WITH MATT WITH BLOOMBERG

15:23 PHILANTHROPIES WE WILL BE

15:25 EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF YOUNG

15:26 PEOPLE GOING FROM MADISON

15:27 DIRECTLY INTO REGISTERED

15:29 APPRENTICESHIPS IN THE TRADE

15:29 FROM 50 TO 100.

15:31 PART OF THE WAY WE'RE DOING

15:32 THAT IS EXPANDING ACCESS TO NEW

15:34 TRADES AND WE'RE BUILDING A NEW

15:37 REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP

15:38 PROGRAM WITH THE MACHINISTS,

15:39 UH, INTO JOBS AT THEIR

15:42 SIGNATORIES LIKE BOSTON WATER

15:43 AND SEWER COMMISSION.

15:44 AND WE'RE DOING UM EXPANDING

15:47 ACCESS BY ALSO UH, PROVIDING

15:50 PROGRAMING TO STUDENTS OUTSIDE

15:53 OF MADISON PARK THROUGH A

15:53 PROGRAM CALLED VOCATION BY

15:55 MADISON.

15:55 WE LAUNCHED THAT ALREADY.

15:57 THE ORIENTATION FOR THAT WAS

15:58 LAST NIGHT AND WE HAD UM, HUGE

16:01 PARTICIPATION OF THE SCHOOLS

16:02 THAT ARE ENGAGED IN BRINGING

16:04 YOUNG PEOPLE FOR PAID

16:06 OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT

16:07 THE TRADES AFTER HOURS AND

16:09 WE'LL BE LAUNCHING SOME MIDDLE

16:10 SCHOOL RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS AS

16:12 WELL.

16:13 OUR FIRST COHORT GRADUATED IN

16:16 2026.

16:17 UM, WE VERY EXCITED TO SEE

16:18 QUITE A FEW OF THEM MOVE ON TO

16:20 BUILDING PATHWAYS AND THEN INTO

16:22 THE REGISTERED TRADES AND OTHER

16:24 UH PROGRAMS.

16:25 SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE

16:27 APPLYING TO REGISTERED

16:28 APPRENTICESHIPS IN JANUARY AND

16:29 WE ARE ALREADY WORKING VERY

16:31 HARD ON THE 2027 COHORT DOING

16:34 ORIENTATION AND WORK WITH YOUNG

16:35 PEOPLE AT MADISON TO GET THEM

16:36 INTO THE PROGRAM AND ONLINE IN

16:39 SUPPORT UM IN GETTING THE

16:41 SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BE

16:42 SUCCESSFUL.

16:43 WE HAVE THANKS TO BLOOMBERG

16:44 PHILANTHROPIES TWO

16:46 APPRENTICESHIP NAVIGATORS NOW

16:48 EMBEDDED AT MADISON PARK TO

16:50 SUPPORT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.

16:51 SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I

16:53 SHARED THAT FOR SOME OF YOU I

16:54 THINK UM THIS IS UH UM SOME

16:57 REPETITION IF YOU CAME TO THE

16:59 ACCEPT AND EXPAND BUT I DID

17:00 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I

17:02 HIGHLIGHTED IT BECAUSE IT'S

17:03 SUCH A CRITICAL PATHWAY FOR

17:05 BOSTON RESIDENTS INTO THE

17:07 TRADES.

17:07 AND WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT

17:09 OVER TO CHRIS TO TALK ABOUT THE

17:11 DATA AND.

17:12 WORK LIKE I SAID.

17:13 THANKS, JODY.

17:14 ALL RIGHT SO BJP COMPLIANCE

17:17 PROCEDURES AND DATA UM ALL

17:20 RIGHT SO ON AVERAGE WELL WE

17:22 HAVE SEVEN CONSTRUCTION

17:23 MONITORS THAT THAT WORK IN

17:25 OFFICE AND ON AVERAGE WE

17:27 MONITOR APPROXIMATELY 150

17:30 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PER YEAR.

17:32 UH THE PUBLIC PROJECTS CONSIST

17:35 OF FOUR CITY LINE DEPARTMENTS.

17:38 UH, THAT WOULD BE THE MAYOR'S

17:39 OFFICE OF HOUSING PUBLIC

17:41 FACILITIES DEPARTMENT PARKS AND

17:43 REC AND PUBLIC WORKS AND UH,

17:47 THE MONITORS FOR THE MAYOR'S

17:48 OFFICE OF HOUSING ROBERT

17:50 WOODSON AND SOCIAL RIBEIRO PHD

17:52 WOULD BE MANUEL BARBOSA PARKS

17:55 AND REC PATRICIA AND PUBLIC

17:57 WORKS NELSON CRUZ YOU WE ALSO

18:00 MONITOR PRIVATE PROJECT

18:02 PROJECTS THAT ARE 50,000FT2 AND

18:04 OVER PAMELA FOREIGN TO CARVER

18:06 HAMILTON HAMILTON ARE THE

18:09 PRIMARY MODELS TO FOR THE

18:10 PRIVATE.

18:11 PROJECT PROJECTS.

18:14 SO THE SLIDE THAT YOU'RE

18:15 LOOKING AT NOW IS JUST A VISUAL

18:16 OF THE COMPLIANCE PROCESS THAT

18:18 WE GO THROUGH WITH EACH

18:19 PROJECT.

18:20 UM, SOME ESPECIALLY THE LARGE

18:21 PROJECTS SOMETIMES THE SMALLER

18:23 PROJECTS WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE

18:26 TO TO YOU KNOW, UH TO MEET

18:28 EVERY UM PROCEDURE JUST BECAUSE

18:31 YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A WEEK

18:32 LONG.

18:32 WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONLY

18:34 A DAY SOME MAYBE TWO WEEKS.

18:36 SO WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THE

18:37 NECESSARY APPROPRIATE MEETINGS

18:38 FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

18:39 BUT UM, REALLY WITH THE LARGE

18:42 PROJECTS, THE PRIVATE PROJECTS

18:44 WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH

18:45 EVERY STEP BUT SOME OF THE

18:47 SMALLER PROJECTS IS JUST TOO

18:48 SMALL AND IT JUST UM,

18:50 CONSTRUCTION JUST DOESN'T LAST

18:52 LONG ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH

18:53 THROUGH EVERY STEP.

18:54 .

18:55 BUT COMPLIANCE IS HELD WITH UM

18:57 REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE

18:58 OF THE PROJECT.

18:59 ALL RIGHT.

19:00 PROJECTS BREAK DOWN ALL

19:02 PROJECTS.

19:03 SO WE'VE HAD 150 PROJECTS UH,

19:06 FROM APRIL 1ST 2026 TO UH

19:11 SEPTEMBER 30TH 2026 OF THOSE

19:13 150 PROJECTS FOR 44 WERE

19:16 PRIVATE PROJECTS.

19:17 THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE

19:19 OVER 50,000FT2 100 601 106

19:24 TOTAL PUBLIC PROJECTS 30 WAS

19:27 FROM THE FD, 15 FROM PARKS, 28

19:30 FROM PUBLIC WORKS, 33 FROM THE

19:33 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.

19:34 AND SO WE HAVE THE UH THE WORK

19:37 HOURS UH AS FOR PRIVATE

19:39 PROJECTS, 3,100,000 WORK HOURS

19:44 .

19:46 UH 18% BOSTON RESIDENT, 41%

19:49 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 8% WOMEN

19:51 FOR THE PUBLIC PROJECTS 660,000

19:55 HOURS 22% BOSTON RESIDENT, 58%

19:59 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 5% WOMEN

20:02 AND WE ADD THEM TOGETHER.

20:05 THERE'S A TOTAL OF 3,762,000

20:09 HOURS 19% BOSTON RESIDENT, 44%

20:13 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 7% WOMEN.

20:18 IN TERMS OF THE BREAKDOWN BY

20:20 NEIGHBORHOODS UM I'M NOT GOING

20:21 TO READ THROUGH EVERY ONE

20:23 OF THEM BUT BOSTON PROPER WHICH

20:26 IS THE DOWNTOWN AREA THE

20:27 SEAPORT HAD 21, DORCHESTER 23

20:31 TO MAKE A PLAN FOR AT THE

20:33 BOTTOM IT'S AT VARIOUS

20:35 LOCATIONS THOUGH THOSE WOULD

20:37 APPLY MAINLY TO UH, THE PUBLIC

20:39 WORKS PROJECTS.

20:40 YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROJECT THAT

20:42 HAS A CONTRACT THAT CONSISTS

20:46 OF SIDEWALKS IN DORCHESTER AND

20:48 IN ROXBURY FOR EXAMPLE.

20:50 SO IT WOULD FALL WITHIN THE

20:51 VARIOUS LOCATION UM CATEGORY.

20:56 IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC

20:57 PROJECTS, THE BREAKDOWN UH THE

20:59 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING

21:02 CONSISTENTLY HAS THE EACH YEAR

21:04 HAS THE MOST WORK HOURS FOR

21:07 THIS PERIOD OF TIME IT WAS

21:12 454,021% BOSTON RESIDENT, 67%

21:15 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 4% WOMEN.

21:18 PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT

21:21 95,000 HOURS 24% RESIDENT, 36%

21:24 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 8% WOMEN.

21:27 PUBLIC WORKS 90,000 HOURS 28%

21:30 RESIDENT 44% PEOPLE OF COLOR 4%

21:33 WOMEN IN PARKS.

21:35 UH ABOUT 20,000 HOURS 15%

21:38 BOSTON RESIDENT 28% PEOPLE

21:41 OF COLOR AND LESS THAN 1%

21:45 WOMEN.

21:48 SO AS YOU KNOW WE WE ARE

21:51 MONITORING THE WHITE STADIUM

21:52 PROJECT WHICH IS A HIGH.

21:53 PROFILE PROJECT.

21:55 SO WE FIGURED WE WOULD INCLUDE

21:56 SOME DATA.

21:57 THAT PROJECT IS ONE PROJECT BUT

22:00 WE MONITOR IT AS TWO PROJECTS

22:03 UH EAST AND THE WEST GRANDSTAND

22:06 IN TERMS OF THE EAST GRANDSTAND

22:09 ,UH WE'VE HAD SO FAR ABOUT

22:12 60,000 HOURS.

22:13 THE NUMBERS ARE 39% BOSTON

22:17 RESIDENT, 49% PEOPLE OF COLOR

22:20 AND 40% WOMEN.

22:22 THE TOP TRADE HAS BEEN THE

22:24 LABORERS TRADE ABOUT 26,000

22:27 HOURS 47% BOSTON RESIDENTS, 58%

22:32 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 70% WOMEN

22:35 CARPENTERS 35% BOSTON RESIDENT,

22:39 47% PEOPLE OF COLOR, 70% WOMEN

22:42 AND THEN YOU HAVE IRONWORKERS

22:44 AT 61 5915 THE OPERATORS AT 1%

22:48 BOSS TRANSIT 4% PEOPLE OF COLOR

22:51 0% WOMEN ELECTRICIANS 38, 60

22:54 AND 60 AS FAR AS THE WEST SIDE

22:59 IS CONCERNED 48,000 HOURS 36%

23:03 BOSTON RESIDENT 45% PEOPLE

23:07 OF COLOR AND 10% WOMEN.

23:09 THE LABORERS TRADE HAS BEEN THE

23:11 TOP TRADE 19,000 HOURS 46%

23:16 BOSTON RESIDENT 57% PEOPLE

23:18 PEOPLE OF COLOR 14% WOMEN

23:22 WORKERS ALMOST 9000 HOURS 36%

23:25 BOSTON TRANSIT 63% PEOPLE

23:28 OF COLOR 9% WOMEN DO WE HAVE

23:30 CARPENTERS AT 40, 44 AND SIX

23:35 OPERATORS AT ONE, FIVE AND ZERO

23:37 AND THAT ATTRITION THAT 50%

23:40 RAZA 24% PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 0%

23:43 WOMEN.

23:45 AND SO THAT WOULD COMPLETE THE

23:47 SLIDE THAT WE.

23:48 HAVE WITH THE DATA.

23:50 UH THANK YOU UM FOR THAT

23:52 PRESENTATION.

23:52 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

23:54 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS JOINED

23:55 US?

23:55 I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY

23:58 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR

23:59 QUESTIONS STARTING WITH

24:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

24:02 THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.

24:03 AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE

24:05 ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS

24:06 HERE AND THAT'S WORKING ON THIS

24:07 IMPORTANT ISSUE.

24:09 THE I WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO

24:11 THE EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION THAT

24:14 ENFORCES THE BOSTON JOBS UH,

24:16 BOSTON RESIDENCY POLICY.

24:19 AND I KNOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME

24:22 UM SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE

24:23 HAVE.

24:25 WHAT IS THE FROM FROM THE

24:29 RESULTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED

24:31 WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING AND

24:35 WHERE DO WE NEED TO WORK ON UM

24:39 ,MOST TO IMPROVE THOSE NUMBERS

24:41 ?

24:42 WHAT WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC AREA?

24:44 WELL, I.

24:45 WILL TAKE THAT QUESTION I THINK

24:47 OUTREACH I THINK THE BOSTON

24:49 RESIDENT PERCENTAGES HAVE

24:51 ALWAYS BEEN HISTORICALLY LOW

24:54 ESPECIALLY RECENTLY UM, EARLY

24:56 ON 20 YEARS AGO THE NUMBERS IN

24:58 THAT AREA WERE THE PERCENTAGES

25:00 WERE HIGHER.

25:01 BUT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS OR

25:03 SO WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE A

25:06 DECREASE IN THE BOSTON RESIDENT

25:07 UM, THE PERCENTAGES THE PEOPLE

25:09 OF COLOR NUMBERS ARE EXCEEDING

25:12 UH THE THE THE THE PERCENTAGES

25:15 AND THE WOMEN UM NUMBERS HAVE

25:18 ALSO INCREASED BUT IT'S REALLY

25:19 THE BOSTON RESIDENT PERCENTAGES

25:20 .

25:21 SO THE THE PEOPLE OF PEOPLE

25:23 OF COLOR TELL ME WHAT THE

25:25 PERCENTAGE IS AND TELL ME WHAT

25:27 THE WHAT THE MANDATE SHOULD BE

25:30 OKAY.

25:31 THE GOAL IS 40%.

25:32 YEAH.

25:34 AND LET ME JUST GO TO THE DATA

25:36 PAGE HERE.

25:41 THIS IS PEOPLE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

25:42 PEOPLE OF COLOR.

25:43 THE GOAL IS 40%.

25:45 AND WE'RE AT 44%.

25:47 OKAY FOR THIS QUARTER.

25:49 I MEAN FOR THIS UM SIX MONTH

25:51 PERIOD OKAY.

25:54 UM.

25:59 SO IF A IF A.

26:03 CONSTRUCTION IF A PROJECT WANTS

26:05 TO.

26:05 GET OFF THE GROUND.

26:06 THEY THEY HAVE TO.

26:09 UM GET VARIOUS PERMITS TO THE

26:12 DPD FOR THE UM THE ZONING BOARD

26:14 AS WELL INSPECTIONAL SERVICES.

26:17 UM, DOES INSPECTIONAL.

26:21 SERVICES REVIEW THE.

26:23 BOSTON JOBS UH FOR BOSTON

26:25 RESIDENCY COMPLIANCE BEFORE

26:29 THEY ISSUE A PERMIT A BUILDING

26:31 PERMIT?

26:34 NOT AT THIS TIME.

26:37 I BELIEVE THOUGH THE

26:38 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WE

26:40 SHARE DATA WITH THE THE

26:43 AWARDING AUTHORITY IF IT'S

26:45 PUBLIC AND THEY SHARE THAT

26:47 INFORMATION BEFORE A

26:48 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CAN

26:49 BE.

26:50 ISSUED.

26:52 THERE IS A.

26:53 PROVISION IN THE IN THE

26:56 DOCUMENT THAT WAS AMENDED IN

26:57 1985 EXTENDING THE BOSTON

27:00 RESIDENCY JOB POLICY IN 1985

27:03 THAT INSPECTIONAL.

27:04 SERVICES COULD ACTUALLY.

27:08 REVIEW THE PERMIT.

27:09 AND NOT ISSUE A PERMIT IF.

27:14 THE PERSON OR THE COMPANY

27:18 RATHER THAT WAS SEEKING.

27:19 THE THAT WAS SEEKING.

27:21 THE.

27:22 PERMIT WAS REALLY NOT IN

27:23 COMPLIANCE WITH THE UM, BOSTON

27:25 JOB.

27:26 SO BOSTON RESIDENCY POLICY IS

27:28 IS THAT ACCURATE?

27:30 I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

27:31 I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO I

27:33 KNOW THAT IT IS WE CAN CREATE A

27:35 RECORD OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT

27:37 CAN BE USED DURING PROCUREMENT

27:39 BUT I WAS I I'M NOT AWARE OF A

27:42 PERMITTING AND I KNOW THAT OUR

27:44 INSPECTIONAL SERVICES

27:45 DEPARTMENT HAS TO FOLLOW THE

27:47 STATE BUILDING CODE WHICH IS

27:49 SUPER LIMITED IN TERMS OF OUR

27:52 ABILITY TO CHANGE OR INFLUENCE

27:54 THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

27:57 THE THE THE POLICY, THE 1985.

28:00 POLICY EXTENDING THE BOSTON

28:01 RESIDENCY JOBS POLICY THAT'S

28:03 STILL IN EFFECT THOUGH.

28:05 YET WHILE IT'S BEEN THE 2017

28:08 VERSION IS THE VERSION THAT'S.

28:09 BUT IT BUT IT HASN'T BEEN

28:10 WATERED DOWN THOUGH.

28:12 NO I DON'T BELIEVE.

28:13 SO YOU KNOW LIKE THINGS TAKEN

28:14 OUT OF IT TO WEAKEN THE POLICY

28:16 .

28:16 I WOULD I DO NOT BELIEVE SO BUT

28:18 I WOULD WANT TO DO A SIDE BY

28:20 SIDE COP.

28:20 OKAY.

28:22 UM MR CHAIR.

28:23 MAY I REQUEST.

28:26 SOME INFORMATION ON THAT ISSUE

28:29 FROM UH FROM JODY IF

28:30 APPROPRIATE?

28:31 ABSOLUTELY.

28:32 IS THAT OKAY?

28:32 JODY.

28:33 YEAH.

28:33 OKAY.

28:34 I CAN SHARE BOTH THE 1986

28:36 AND 2017 VERSIONS.

28:38 OKAY.

28:39 UM.

28:41 SO TOM.

28:42 COULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN THE.

28:43 THE NUMBER UM, THE NUMBERS FOR

28:45 WOMEN WOMAN IN THE CONSTRUCTION

28:47 UM, CONSTRUCTION TRADES JOBS.

28:51 THE GOAL IS 12%.

28:53 12 YEAH.

28:54 BUT IT VARIES.

28:56 UM, AND IT DEPENDS IN THE LAST

28:58 SIX MONTHS THE DATA HAS BEEN

29:02 ACTUALLY.

29:03 SO BETTER THAN I CAN RIGHT.

29:04 SO THE LAST SIX THE GOAL IS

29:06 12% THE LAST SIX MONTHS UH

29:08 WE'RE AT 70% WOMEN.

29:10 UM SEVEN 7%.

29:12 YEAH.

29:12 OKAY.

29:15 UM AND JUST.

29:17 I GUESS FOR THE PUBLIC BUT

29:18 WE'RE ONLY REVIEWING THE SIX

29:20 MONTHS BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE.

29:21 DO WHEN WE WHEN WE REVIEW IT

29:23 BECAUSE.

29:25 SEMIANNUALLY WE.

29:25 REVIEW IT EVERY TWICE A YEAR.

29:27 SO THAT'S THAT'S THE NUMBERS

29:29 WE'RE LOOKING ON.

29:29 IS THAT ACCURATE.

29:30 THAT'S CORRECT BY PROJECT IT

29:32 MAY LOOK DIFFERENT BY YEAR IT

29:33 MAY LOOK DIFFERENT IN FACT UM

29:35 ONE OF THE REASONS WE BROUGHT

29:36 THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT IS

29:38 BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GOING VERY

29:39 WELL THERE.

29:40 OUR NUMBERS FOR BOSTON

29:41 RESIDENTS ARE HIGHER AND WE HAD

29:43 14% WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN.

29:45 OKAY SO.

29:47 I REMEMBER UM.

29:49 MR CHAIR UM I'M ALMOST I'M

29:51 ALMOST DONE BUT I JUST WANTED

29:52 TO PUT FOR THE RECORD I WAS THE

29:53 FIRST ELECTED OFFICIAL TO CALL

29:56 FOR A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT

29:58 AT WHITE STADIUM.

29:59 UH, THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.

30:00 THANK YOU.

30:01 UH, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

30:03 COUNCILOR WEBER HAS JOINED US

30:04 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR YOURS

30:05 .

30:06 THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU

30:07 PANEL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

30:08 WE APPRECIATE IT.

30:09 UM.

30:10 A QUESTION ON UH, THE

30:12 RESIDENT NUMBERS BEING DOWN.

30:14 UH.

30:15 I'VE GOT MY OWN THEORY BUT I

30:16 WANT TO KNOW IS.

30:18 DID YOU SEE ANY WHAT IS THE

30:19 DRIVING FORCE THAT MAY BE

30:20 BEHIND THAT?

30:22 UH, I THINK YOU KNOW, UH, JUST

30:25 LIKE ON OTHER CAREERS AND ALL

30:27 THE OTHER, UM, AREAS

30:29 OF EMPLOYMENT IN BOSTON AND

30:31 PROBABLY OTHER MAJOR CITIES AS

30:32 WELL.

30:33 I MEAN.

30:33 I THINK UH I HAVE NO.

30:37 DIRECT DATA IN FRONT OF ME BUT

30:39 BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT FOR SO

30:40 LONG I'M JUST THINKING THAT

30:42 PEOPLE ARE MOVING, MAKING

30:44 DECISIONS, FAMILY RELATED

30:46 FINANCIAL DECISIONS ARE AND

30:48 MOVING TO WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD

30:50 TO MOVE.

30:51 AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S.

30:53 OUT OF BOSTON.

30:54 UH.

30:54 IN SOME CASES.

30:55 NO I WOULD TEND TO AGREE I

30:57 THINK THAT UM THE MIDDLE CLASS

30:59 SORT OF BEING FORCED OUT THIS

31:00 THESE WERE THE MIDDLE CLASS

31:01 JOBS AND UH TYPICALLY THE

31:03 PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN OR

31:05 COMING.

31:05 COMING FOR A JOB ALREADY.

31:07 RIGHT?

31:08 UH AND IT'S NOT IN THIS

31:09 SECTOR, IT'S IN OTHER SECTORS

31:10 WHICH THEY'RE GLAD THAT THE

31:12 CITY HAS.

31:12 BUT UM SO I DO TEND TO AGREE

31:15 WITH YOU.

31:16 I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER.

31:17 UM.

31:18 WE STILL HAVE THE JOBS.

31:19 BANK RIGHT?

31:20 THE NUMBERS HOW AND SORRY IF I

31:22 MISSED THIS I WAS LISTENING

31:23 BEFORE I CAME IN BUT WHAT IS

31:24 IT?

31:25 WHAT DO WE HAVE THERE.

31:25 NOW AND DO WE FEEL THAT THOSE

31:27 ARE UP TO DATE AND HOW MUCH HOW

31:28 MANY OF THOSE DO WE GO.

31:29 OUT THE DOOR AS THESE LARGER.

31:31 PROJECTS COME.

31:32 IN.

31:32 WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THE

31:34 DATA I DID NOT WE RECENTLY

31:36 COMPILED THAT INFORMATION UM,

31:38 BECAUSE WE DO AN ANNUAL REPORT

31:39 TO THE BOSTON EMPLOYMENT

31:40 COMMISSION.

31:41 IT IS UTILIZED MINIMALLY.

31:43 THE NUMBERS ARE UNDER 20.

31:46 UM, IN TERMS OF THAT NOT THE

31:48 NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE THE BUT

31:50 THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS WE GET

31:51 AND THE FOLLOW THROUGH THAT WE

31:52 GET FROM CONTRACTORS IS VERY

31:54 MINIMAL.

31:54 SO THE SO THE SO.

31:56 THE CONTRACTORS AREN'T

31:58 ASKING TO TO HIT UP THE JOBS

32:00 THAT GET IT CORRECT.

32:01 AND SO THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE

32:02 IS AN A PLETHORA OF.

32:03 FOLKS THAT ARE IN THERE AND

32:04 WILLING TO BE.

32:05 PICKED UP.

32:05 BUT THEY JUST DON'T THEY SO.

32:08 THAT THAT WOULD TELL ME JUST ON

32:10 THAT.

32:10 FACT ALONE THAT THEY FEEL

32:11 THEY'RE GOOD ABOUT REACHING.

32:13 MOST OF THE NUMBERS OR AT

32:13 LEAST.

32:14 IN THE BALLPARK OF HITTING

32:15 THEIR.

32:16 GOALS ON THIS EXCEPT FOR MAYBE

32:17 RESIDENT.

32:19 BUT WITH THE CAVEAT I'D SAY

32:20 THAT SOMETIMES I THINK THE

32:22 FOLKS ON THE JOBS BANK DATABASE

32:24 DON'T PERFECTLY FIT WITH THE

32:26 REQUESTS WE'RE GETTING.

32:27 SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT

32:28 THINGS THAT ARE AT PLAY.

32:30 UM, UM, OFTENTIMES I THINK

32:33 CONTRACTORS COME BEFORE THE

32:34 BACK WITH A SET OF STRATEGIES

32:36 THAT THEY'VE USED OF WHICH THE

32:38 REACHING OUT TO THE BOSTON

32:39 RESIDENT JOBS POLICY JOB BANK

32:40 IS ONE OF MANY UM AND SOMETIMES

32:44 UM WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THAT

32:46 WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THEIR

32:48 OUTREACH IS ACTUALLY MATCHING

32:49 WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR

32:51 OUTREACH.

32:51 FROM THE CONTRACTOR STANDPOINT.

32:53 YEAH.

32:53 BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS.

32:55 AND I DONE WORK LONG BEFORE UM

33:00 YEAH, A LONG TIME AGO NOW BUT

33:02 THE UH IT USED TO BE.

33:05 IF YOU.

33:06 COULDN'T REACH.

33:06 IT THEN YOU'D.

33:07 HAVE TO PUT.

33:07 IT LIKE AN.

33:08 AD IN THE PAPER OR UH, AN AD

33:10 ON THE RADIO.

33:10 RIGHT.

33:11 YOU HAD TO SHOW THESE STEPS TO

33:12 EXEMPT YOU FROM THEM.

33:13 HAS ANYTHING.

33:14 CHANGED FROM OVER 20 YEARS AGO?

33:16 UM.

33:16 WHEN I MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART

33:17 OF SOME OF THOSE.

33:18 THINGS WHERE.

33:19 IT'S STILL THESE.

33:20 AND COULD YOU PLEASE TELL WHAT

33:21 THOSE STEPS.

33:22 ARE TODAY THAT SORT OF GIVES

33:23 YOU THE EXACT.

33:24 IS IT I DON'T KNOW IF

33:25 EXEMPTIONS THE RIGHT WORD RIGHT

33:26 .

33:27 BUT.

33:27 AT LEAST BEST FAITH EFFORT YEAH

33:28 RIGHT.

33:29 THAT.

33:29 WAS THAT WAS THE.

33:30 BEST FAITH EFFORT THAT YOU GET.

33:30 RIGHT YEAH.

33:31 SO WE EXACTLY SO WE DON'T UM

33:33 WE DON'T GIVE EXEMPTIONS UH

33:35 APPLIES TO YOU KNOW, ALL

33:36 CONTRACTORS THE UNION

33:38 CONTRACTORS AS YOU KNOW THEY

33:39 HAVE TO GO TO THE UNION TO GET

33:41 THEIR LABOR.

33:42 YEAH.

33:42 THE NONUNION CONTRACTORS THEY

33:44 CAN HIRE A PERSON FROM, YOU

33:47 KNOW, A LOCAL NONPROFIT BY

33:48 PUTTING AN AD IN THE PAPER BY

33:51 REACHING OUT TO JOHN'S BANK.

33:53 UH, IN TERMS OF THE JOBS BANK,

33:55 UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN

33:58 THE JOBS BANK OR MORE SO

34:01 UNSKILLED UM, AND YOUNGER

34:04 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNSKILLED

34:06 UH, REALLY IS THERE A SKILLED

34:10 ELECTRICIAN OR IRONWORKER OR

34:12 SOMEONE WITH YOU KNOW,

34:13 DIFFERENT LICENSES IN THE JOB?

34:15 IT'S MOSTLY UNSKILLED UH,

34:18 WORKERS WHO ARE FROM LIKE ONE

34:20 OF THE NONPROFITS LIKE UM YOU

34:23 SPELL BOSTON.

34:25 UH.

34:26 YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S.

34:27 THE STREET I MEAN, WE'RE

34:28 LOOKING FOR BASICALLY WE WAY A

34:29 LABOR NEED SOMEONE THEY WERE

34:30 PULL FROM THAT BUT OTHERWISE.

34:31 OTHERWISE THE MATCH.

34:32 ISN'T THERE, THE MATCHES ARE

34:34 THERE AND OFTENTIMES THE

34:36 CONTRACTORS THAT DO REACH OUT

34:38 TO JUST BANK THEY'RE LOOKING

34:39 FOR SKILLED INDIVIDUALS.

34:40 YEAH.

34:41 AND AND MOST OF THOSE

34:42 INDIVIDUALS ARE.

34:44 GAINFULLY EMPLOYED YEAH YEAH

34:45 RIGHT RIGHT.

34:46 IF YOU DO HAVE THE SKILL YOU'RE

34:47 NOT IN THE JOBS MEG.

34:48 UNDERSTOOD.

34:50 UM AND I KNOW THROUGH THE

34:51 EFFORTS OF MADISON.

34:52 I MEAN IS THE IDEA THROUGH THE

34:53 MADISON PARK AND THINGS OF THAT

34:55 NATURE BUILDING.

34:55 PATHWAYS I GUESS IT'S.

34:58 NOT NECESSARILY TO.

34:59 PUT SKILLED FOLKS IN THE JOB

35:00 THAT THE FIRST IS TO GET THEM A

35:02 JOB.

35:03 RIGHT AND NOT.

35:04 HAVE TO ENTER.

35:04 THE JOB BANK.

35:05 BUT WOULD.

35:06 DO WE ANTICIPATE.

35:07 ANY INCREASE.

35:08 I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION

35:09 AFTER THIS JEFF, IF THAT'S

35:10 OKAY.

35:10 THANK YOU.

35:11 UM, WOULD.

35:12 WE ANTICIPATE ANY INCREASE

35:13 IN THE JOBS BANK?

35:14 WAS THAT THE HOPE TO DRIVE

35:15 THOSE NUMBERS UP OR IS IT MORE.

35:16 TO GET PEOPLE GAINFULLY

35:17 EMPLOYED.

35:17 RIGHT OFF THE BAT?

35:18 I THINK THROUGH THE MADISON

35:19 BOSTON SKILLED TRADES

35:21 INITIATIVE, THOSE FOLKS

35:22 HOPEFULLY ARE GOING TO BE GOING

35:23 INTO UNION APPRENTICESHIPS AND

35:25 THE 17 TRADES THAT ARE PART

35:26 OF THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT

35:27 .

35:28 THOSE UNIONIZED FOLKS TEND NOT

35:29 TO BE ON THE JOBS BANK BECAUSE

35:31 THEY'RE GETTING SENT OUT TO

35:32 JOBS VIA THEIR OWN BUSINESS

35:34 MANAGERS.

35:35 HOWEVER, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW

35:37 WE CAN UTILIZE THE JOBS BANK

35:38 NOT ONLY FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE

35:40 WHO ARE UM GRADUATING AND NOT

35:44 QUITE ENTERING REGISTERED

35:45 APPRENTICESHIP BUT EVEN CO-OP

35:47 OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS LIKE

35:48 THAT BECAUSE THE YOUNG PEOPLE

35:49 COMING OUT OF MADISON IN THOSE

35:51 VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS HAVE SKILLS

35:52 AND CREDENTIALS.

35:54 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE

35:55 USING EVERY AVENUE POSSIBLE TO

35:57 GET THEM INTO GOOD QUALITY,

35:59 GOOD QUALITY.

36:00 JOBS AND THAT'S AWESOME I LOVE

36:02 THAT UH, BUT FINAL QUESTION

36:03 REAL QUICK IT'S ONLY BECAUSE

36:04 YOU.

36:04 HAVE THE.

36:04 WHITE STADIUM NUMBERS HERE.

36:06 UH, IF I KNEW A BLACK.

36:08 FEMALE OWNED BUSINESS UH.

36:09 SAY WENT FOR A JOB AT WHITE

36:11 STADIUM BUT DID NOT GET IT.

36:12 UM.

36:13 THEN I WOULD ASSUME.

36:15 AND I KNOW YOU JUST.

36:16 SAID THOSE.

36:16 NUMBERS ARE.

36:17 BUT I.

36:17 WOULD THINK THEY'D BE

36:18 LOOKING FOR A BLACK FEMALE

36:20 OWNED BUSINESS AND IN THE YOU

36:22 KNOW, IN THE PAINTING TRADE

36:24 SPECIFICALLY.

36:25 WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON.

36:26 THAT SHE WOULD NOT HAVE.

36:28 GOT THAT JOB?

36:29 IS IT.

36:29 JUST SAYING LIKE NUMBERS ARE

36:30 ALL SET.

36:31 AND WE FOUND SOMEWHAT WE.

36:33 FOUND SOMEONE WITH A BETTER

36:34 HISTORY OR QUALITY.

36:36 OR WAS IT I.

36:37 MEAN IT JUST.

36:38 IF THE.

36:38 NUMBERS AREN'T THERE THEN.

36:39 IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED THING.

36:41 I MEAN EVERY CONTRACTOR HAS

36:43 THEIR OWN APPROACH TO HIRING UM

36:46 WE SET THE GOALPOST AND THEN

36:48 THEY CAN CHOOSE HOW THEY MOVE

36:50 FORWARD IN MEETING THOSE GOALS

36:52 .

36:52 SO THE ONLY TIME THAT WE AS THE

36:55 BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS POLICY

36:56 OFFICE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT

36:58 THAT IS IS IF WE HAVE SENT OVER

37:00 SOMEONE THROUGH THE JOBS BANK

37:01 AND THEY DON'T HIRE THAT

37:03 PERSON, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO

37:04 COME BACK TO US WITHIN A

37:05 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH I

37:07 CAN'T REMEMBER TO SAY WHY THEY

37:08 HAVEN'T ANSWERED THAT PERSON

37:09 BUT OTHERWISE THE THEY HAVE

37:11 THEIR OWN PROCESSES AND WE'RE

37:14 NOT REALLY.

37:15 SO THE CITY DOESN'T.

37:15 PLAY A ROLE.

37:17 IN UH SORT OF WHO IS HIRED

37:20 PERSON.

37:21 I MEAN I KNOW THEY.

37:22 SETTING THE GOALS.

37:23 BUT BUT SO THE GC.

37:24 DOES DOES THAT AND THE CITY

37:26 STAYS OUT OF THAT ONE RIGHT.

37:28 OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE OUR

37:30 JP'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBILITY

37:32 IS FOR THE WORKFORCE NOT FOR

37:34 BUSINESSES.

37:34 YEP.

37:35 SO WE REALLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY

37:36 AUTHORITY ON ANY TYPE OF A YOU

37:38 KNOW, MINORITY OF WOMEN OWNED

37:39 BUSINESS THAT ARE UM HIRED OR

37:42 NOT.

37:43 YEP.

37:43 YEAH.

37:44 I WILL SAY OUR CONSTRUCTION

37:45 MANAGERS ARE PHENOMENALLY

37:48 TALENTED PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK

37:49 VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GSES AND

37:53 COVERT CONTRACTORS AND OFTEN

37:55 GIVE THEM MANY OPTIONS AND

37:58 THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ON HOW TO

37:59 BETTER REACH THEIR GOALS.

38:02 SO CONTRACTORS THAT ARE REALLY

38:03 TRYING TO MAKE BEST FAITH

38:04 EFFORT SHOULD WORK WITH OUR

38:06 CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS WHO GIVE

38:07 THEM IDEAS AND STRATEGIES.

38:09 AND THAT'S THE CITY THAT'S

38:10 GOOD.

38:11 YEAH YEAH GREAT.

38:13 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

38:14 THANK YOU.

38:14 FOR.

38:15 THE EXTRA TIME.

38:15 THANK YOU.

38:16 UH, COUNCILOR WEBER IS YOURS

38:17 .

38:18 OKAY.

38:19 THANK YOU.

38:19 CHAIR.

38:20 UM.

38:21 SO.

38:21 UH, YEAH, I APOLOGIZE IF

38:23 YOU'VE COVERED THIS ALREADY.

38:25 UH, BUT IN TERMS OF THE, UH THE

38:29 RECORD, UH, SUBMISSION OF THE

38:31 RECORDS AND PAYROLL RECORDS,

38:33 UM, DO YOU HAVE DATA ON LIKE

38:36 COMPLIANCE WITH THAT?

38:36 I MEAN, UH, BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC

38:39 PROJECTS BUT THE LARGE PRIVATE

38:41 ONES.

38:42 MEANING COMPLIANCE.

38:43 WITH SUBMISSION.

38:44 TIME SUBMITTING ON TIME AND

38:46 AND SUFFICIENT THAT IS.

38:48 THE CORE OF OUR COMPLIANCE

38:49 EFFORTS.

38:50 SO IF THEY ARE LATE THEY HAVE A

38:53 LITTLE BIT OF A LEEWAY.

38:54 THEY GET TEN BUSINESS DAYS BUT

38:57 OTHERWISE UM WE HAVE A VERY

38:59 STRICT PROCESS OF IF YOU ARE

39:01 LATE YOU GET A WARNING AND

39:03 CORRECTIVE ACTION MEANING IF

39:04 YOU ARE STILL LATE THERE'S A

39:06 WRITTEN WARNING AND IF YOU

39:07 STILL DON'T COMPLY WE THEN

39:09 RECOMMEND SANCTIONS.

39:10 BUT TIMELY SUBMISSION

39:13 OF PAYROLL IS ARE THE CORE

39:14 OF OUR.

39:15 AND BUT SO YEAH OVERALL UH DO

39:19 WE HAVE 100% COMPLIANCE WITH

39:22 SUBMISSIONS I MEAN JUST EVEN IF

39:24 THEY'RE LATE.

39:25 SO I WOULDN'T KNOW WE DO NOT

39:27 HAVE 100% COMPLIANCE I THINK

39:30 MOST MOST OF THE PAYROLLS ARE

39:31 BEING SUBMITTED ON TIME,

39:33 ESPECIALLY SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED

39:34 THIS NEW WARNING SYSTEM.

39:36 UH WHEN WHEN CONTRACTORS UH DO

39:39 SUBMIT PAYROLLS THAT ARE LATE

39:41 UH, THEY'RE ISSUED WARNING UH

39:44 WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH THEM.

39:45 UH, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE

39:48 THAT THEY SUBMIT THOSE PAYROLLS

39:49 ON TIME.

39:50 AND THE REASON THAT WE NEED

39:52 THOSE PAYROLLS ON TIME IS SO WE

39:53 CAN, UH, REVIEW THOSE PAYROLLS

39:56 AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE

39:58 DOING THEIR BEST TO HIRE A BOSS

40:00 OR AS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND

40:01 WOMEN.

40:02 UH, SO WE DO HAVE A WARNING

40:05 SYSTEM CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN

40:06 WARNED UH, AND MOST AND

40:10 MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE CORRECTED

40:12 THEIR TO IF THEY HAVE BEEN

40:15 SUBMITTING PAYROLLS NOT ON TIME

40:17 THEY'VE CORRECTED THAT PROCESS

40:18 .

40:18 MHM OKAY.

40:20 YEAH I MEAN A DO YOU HAVE ANY

40:22 STATISTICS ON LIKE.

40:24 UH HOW MANY UH HOW MANY THE

40:26 PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYERS THAT

40:27 HAVE TO BE WARNED OR.

40:29 YEAH YOU KNOW.

40:30 UH EXACTLY.

40:31 SO YEAH WE DO UM WE HAVE WHAT

40:33 WE CALL A LATE PAYROLL UM SO WE

40:36 KEEP TRACK AND EVERY MONTH IN

40:38 TERMS OF THE BOSS EMPLOYMENT

40:40 COMMISSION I GO OVER A THE LATE

40:43 PAYROLL FOR THAT MONTH AND FOR

40:46 THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT WE'VE

40:47 BEEN TRACKING.

40:48 SO YES, WE DO HAVE UM WE'VE

40:50 BEEN TRACKING THAT.

40:51 OKAY AND THEN UH FOR THE FOR

40:54 THE I GUESS ARE THE PAYROLLS I

40:57 MEAN I ADEQUATE FOR JUST ME TO

41:00 PROVIDE THE INFORMATION YOU'RE

41:01 LOOKING FOR?

41:02 THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT

41:03 THE PAYROLL AND THEN IT'S IT'S

41:04 LIKE THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW,

41:06 USABLE INFORMATION LIKE IS IT

41:08 ALWAYS PRESENTED TO YOU IN A

41:10 WAY.

41:10 THAT YEAH EXACTLY.

41:12 SO YEAH GOOD QUESTION.

41:13 SO YEAH SO I THINK SINCE WE

41:15 WE'VE HAD THIS UM SALESFORCE UM

41:17 DATABASE SO YOU KNOW

41:19 CONTRACTORS GO ON TO THE

41:20 PLATFORM, THEY HAVE A LOG IN TO

41:22 GO ON THE INTO THEIR WORKERS

41:23 THEIR WORK HOURS AND YOU KNOW

41:26 SALESFORCE GIVES US PRINTOUTS

41:28 AND SPREADSHEETS.

41:30 UH, IT'S EASY TO READ UH, IF

41:33 WHEN A CONTRACTOR IS PUTTING IN

41:34 THEIR INFORMATION IF THEY MISS

41:37 A SPACE IT WON'T LET THEM GO.

41:39 IT WON'T LET THEM COMPLETE THE

41:40 PROCESS.

41:41 UH, SO THE END RESULT IS IS

41:44 ACCURATE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY

41:46 ,UM, ENTERED INTO THE PLATFORM

41:49 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WHEN THE

41:51 CONTRACTORS WERE SUBMITTING

41:53 HANDWRITTEN OR HANDWRITTEN

41:54 PAYROLLS SOMETIMES IT WAS HARD

41:56 TO READ UH, I THINK THE

41:59 ACCURACY WAS STILL THERE BUT

42:00 THERE I RECALL THERE BEING

42:02 OCCASIONS WHERE WE HAD TO, UH,

42:04 YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO A

42:05 SUBCONTRACTOR TO HAVE TO

42:07 RESUBMIT THE FORMS.

42:08 SO YES, I THINK WITH THE

42:10 SALESFORCE IN THE IN THE

42:11 DATABASE THAT WE HAVE IT THE

42:14 CONTRACTORS HAVE TO SUBMIT THE

42:16 PAYROLL INFORMATION ACCURATELY

42:18 AND AS A RESULT WE GET ACCURATE

42:22 INFORMATION OKAY.

42:22 AND THEN I GUESS MAYBE SO THE

42:25 HAVE YOU ISSUED FINES FOR FOR

42:29 FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE PAYROLL.

42:30 WE HAVE UM ONCE IN MY TIME UM

42:35 SIGNIFICANT FIND SOME $11,000

42:38 UM BUT WE CONTINUE TO GIVE

42:41 WARNINGS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION

42:43 MEETINGS ALSO IMPORTANT TO

42:44 POINT OUT FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED

42:46 PROJECTS THAT ARE COVERED BY

42:48 BRP THE SALES THE SUBMISSION

42:51 OF OUR JP DATA IS PAIRED WITH

42:54 THE CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS

42:55 THEY MUST SUBMIT FOR PREVAILING

42:57 WAGE COMPLIANCE.

42:58 SO UM WE AS THE CITY OF BOSTON

43:01 HAVE TO MEET OUR STATUTORY

43:02 OBLIGATION TO COLLECT THOSE

43:03 CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS.

43:06 SO SIMILARLY IF A PROJECT IS

43:07 PUBLIC, A CONTRACTOR GOES INTO

43:09 THE SYSTEM AND MUST ENTER THE

43:12 INFORMATION AND IF THEY MUST

43:14 ENTER ALL THE INFORMATION

43:16 REQUIRED BY THE CERTIFIED

43:17 PAYROLL RECORD OTHERWISE THEY

43:19 ARE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND

43:20 SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTATION.

43:22 OKAY JUST CHAIR ONE MORE QUICK

43:24 QUESTION.

43:24 UH, SO I JUST ON WHITE STADIUM

43:27 UM YOU KNOW, FIRST I THINK UH

43:29 THE THE DATA ON THE IRONWORKERS

43:31 IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH VERY

43:33 ENCOURAGING AND I TO THANK

43:36 LOCAL SERVANTS FOR FOR THEIR

43:37 WORK ON THAT BUT IS THERE

43:39 ANYTHING IN THE DATA THAT YOU

43:40 SEE IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

43:41 THE CITY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON

43:44 PROJECT AND THE THE TEAM SIDE

43:45 THAT JUST THAT WE SHOULD BE

43:49 POINTS TO LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING

43:51 RIGHT AS A CITY OR YOU KNOW

43:52 BECAUSE THE THE NUMBERS ARE

43:53 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

43:54 I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD BE

43:55 THE CASE.

43:56 UM, AND THERE'S ANYTHING WE

43:58 SHOULD TAKE FROM THIS.

44:00 IT COULD JUST BE TIMING ONE

44:02 SIDE GOT STARTED SOONER THAN

44:04 THE OTHER.

44:05 HONESTLY, UM, I DON'T THINK I

44:07 CAN SAY MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I

44:10 WILL SAY THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE

44:12 GOT MY ATTENTION IN TERMS OF,

44:15 UM, THAT THEY'RE BETTER THAN

44:17 MANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.

44:19 SO EVEN EVEN ON A BOTH SIDES.

44:22 SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN

44:23 TAKING A DEEPER DIVE UH, WHAT

44:26 THE STRATEGIES ARE, WHAT'S

44:27 WORKING AND WHY IT'S WORKING SO

44:29 WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FOR

44:30 OTHER PROJECTS.

44:32 I HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET BUT I

44:34 AM AND IT'S THE PROJECT IS NOT

44:36 VERY FAR ALONG AT THE MOMENT SO

44:38 I THINK IT'S IT'S EARLY STAGES

44:40 AS WELL.

44:41 BUT THE NUMBERS ESPECIALLY FOR

44:44 WOMEN ARE VERY ENCOURAGING AND

44:47 I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY

44:49 SO THAT WE CAN REPLICATE THAT

44:50 IN OTHER PLACES.

44:52 OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU CHAIR.

44:53 THANK YOU.

44:55 UM I ONLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

44:56 UM, I CAN.

44:57 EVEN TIE MYSELF.

44:58 I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA USE

44:58 THE.

44:59 WHOLE FIVE MINUTES.

45:00 UH, SO JODY, YOU MENTION THAT

45:02 WE ONLY COLLECT WAGES FOR

45:05 PUBLIC, UM, CONSTRUCTION?

45:07 ARE WE ABLE TO JUST ADD A FIELD

45:10 FOR THE PRIVATE SIDE AND HAVE

45:12 THEM REPORT?

45:15 I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE THE

45:17 ORDINANCE DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT

45:19 WE COLLECT WAGE DATA.

45:20 OKAY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN

45:24 THEN REQUIRE THAT BUT IT'S.

45:26 NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE I GUESS

45:28 AND SALES FORCE YOU.

45:30 CAN.

45:30 MAKE A FIELD REQUIRE RIGHT.

45:32 SO THEREFORE IT COULD BE LIKE

45:33 OPTIONAL TO SEE WHAT THE WHAT.

45:37 PROJECTS ARE SET UP EITHER IS

45:39 PREVAILING WAGE OR NON

45:40 PREVAILING WAGE PROJECTS

45:41 BECAUSE IF IT'S A PREVAILING

45:42 WAGE PROJECT IT ADDS ALL THOSE

45:44 FIELDS AND REQUIRES THAT PEOPLE

45:45 PUT THAT INFORMATION.

45:47 IF IT'S NOT A PREVAILING WAGE

45:48 PROJECT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE

45:50 THOSE FIELDS.

45:50 GOT IT.

45:51 UM AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE

45:53 THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T REQUIRE

45:55 THAT I'M NOT SURE THE ORDINANCE

45:59 PRECLUDES THAT BUT IT DOESN'T

46:00 REQUIRE THAT AND IT'S A

46:01 QUESTION I CAN FIND THE ANSWER

46:02 TO BEFORE.

46:03 YEAH.

46:03 AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT

46:05 THERE'S IS A LOT MORE WORK

46:06 INVOLVED WHEN THE PROJECT IS

46:08 THE PREVAILING WAGE PROJECTS

46:09 BECAUSE THEY HAVE.

46:10 TO FILL OUT THE FEIGER.

46:11 THE STATE WITHHOLDINGS AND DO

46:13 THE CALCULATION AS OPPOSED TO

46:15 WHEN A WHEN THE PROJECT IS NOT

46:17 PREVAILING WAGE RIGHT.

46:18 THEY PRETTY MUCH JUST ENTER YOU

46:20 KNOW, THE WORKERS DEMOGRAPHIC

46:22 AND ADDRESS UP UP TO LIKE THE

46:25 WORK HOURS SO THEY DON'T HAVE

46:27 TO ENTER ALL THE OTHER FIELDS

46:28 OKAY.

46:29 ALL RIGHT.

46:32 UM SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT UM

46:34 WHEN WHEN CAN WE SEE THE PUBLIC

46:37 WAGES REPORTED IN THESE REPORTS

46:40 AND ONLINE?

46:42 UM, WE HAVE NOT ADDED WAGES.

46:45 LET ME TO THE DASHBOARD.

46:47 UM, AND WE'VE JUST STARTED

46:49 USING THE SALESFORCE SYSTEM TO

46:52 COLLECT UH, THE CERTIFIED

46:54 PAYROLL RECORDS AS OF NOVEMBER

46:58 19TH 2494 NOVEMBER 24TH.

47:00 SO IT'S REALLY ONLY JUST A

47:01 COUPLE OF YEARS BUT WE COULD WE

47:03 COULD DEFINITELY PREPARE A

47:05 REPORT ON THAT.

47:06 UM, WE HAVE A MONITOR WHOSE

47:08 SOLE PURPOSE IS OUR SOLE ROLE

47:11 IS LOOKING AT RATE SHEETS ON

47:13 PROJECTS AND COMPARING IT TO

47:14 WHAT WORKERS ARE BEING PAID TO

47:16 ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT ENABLING

47:18 WAGE THEFT ON OUR PROJECTS AND

47:20 THAT IS SHE DOES SPOT CHECKS

47:22 OF ALL OF THOSE UM, PROJECTS

47:24 BUT WE COULD WE COULD DO WAGE

47:26 DATA FOR AT LEAST THE PAST

47:27 COUPLE OF YEARS NOW FOR THOSE

47:29 PROJECTS THAT WERE UM,

47:31 PREVAILING WAGE PROJECTS.

47:32 AWESOME.

47:33 THANK YOU.

47:33 AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE MY

47:35 LAST QUESTION IS WHEN WHEN WE

47:40 SEE SHORTFALLS IN HOURS IS OUR

47:44 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

47:47 GEARED TO ADDRESS THOSE

47:49 SHORTFALLS?

47:51 I THINK THAT THE BOSTON STEEL

47:53 CRANES BOSTON SKILLED TRADES

47:54 INITIATIVE IS A MAJOR

47:57 INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE

47:58 INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

47:59 IN TO TRY TO BUILD THAT PATHWAY

48:01 .

48:02 THERE ARE OTHER YOUTHBUILD AND

48:04 OTHER PROGRAMS BUT UM, TO

48:07 ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW

48:10 ABOUT THE OPTIONS OF A CAREER

48:12 IN THE SKILLED TRADES AND ARE

48:15 EXPOSED TO THAT REALLY THE

48:18 INVESTMENT WE ARE MAKING THANKS

48:19 TO BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES IS

48:20 GOING IT'S GAME CHANGING.

48:22 WE'RE REACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL

48:23 STUDENTS.

48:24 WE'RE REACHING HIGH SCHOOL

48:25 STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF MADISON

48:26 PARK AND WE'RE INVESTING IN

48:27 MADISON PARK, UM, AND

48:29 SUPPORTING THE WRAPAROUND

48:31 SUPPORTS AND UH, OTHER KINDS

48:34 OF SERVICES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE

48:35 NEED TO SUCCEED IN A WAY WE'VE

48:37 NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE.

48:38 GOT IT.

48:38 YEAH.

48:39 BECAUSE I GUESS WHEN WE'RE

48:41 LOOKING AT THE DATA YOU SEE,

48:42 YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE IT'S LIKE

48:44 ONE LIKE SINGLE DIGIT IN SOME

48:47 OF THESE TRADES WHETHER IT'S

48:49 LIKE CARPENTRY ELEVATOR I THINK

48:53 MAYBE.

48:54 OPERATOR OPERATORS.

48:55 RIGHT.

48:56 AND I I'M ASSUMING THAT UM JUST

48:59 DID IT LIKE A QUICK GOOGLE

49:00 SEARCH TYPE THESE THESE ARE

49:01 SOME OF THE HIGHEST PAYING JOBS

49:03 ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

49:05 UH, SO JUST WANT TO.

49:07 YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE.

49:09 UM, YOU KNOW, US TO BE THINKING

49:11 OF OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

49:13 PROGRAMS, UH, TO TRY TO BE, UM

49:17 ,MINDFUL OF TRYING TO ADDRESS

49:19 THAT.

49:19 THERE ARE 17 TRADES THAT ARE

49:21 PART INCLUDING THE OPERATORS

49:22 THAT ARE PART OF THE PROJECT

49:23 LABOR AGREEMENT AND WE HAVE

49:24 ASKED THAT THEY COME TO MADISON

49:26 PARK TO EXPLAIN SO THAT YOUNG

49:29 PEOPLE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST

49:30 LABORERS, IT'S NOT JUST

49:31 CARPENTERS.

49:32 IT'S NOT THAT THERE ARE TRADES

49:34 THAT ARE VERY WELL-PAYING WITH

49:36 GREAT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS

49:38 THAT ARE OPEN TO THEM AND WE

49:40 WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE

49:41 EXPOSED TO ALL OF THOSE TRADES

49:42 .

49:42 AWESOME.

49:43 THANK YOU.

49:44 UM, LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF

49:46 MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY

49:48 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH,

49:50 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

49:54 YEAH.

49:55 THANK YOU.

49:58 SO AGAIN THIS WILL BE MY FINAL

50:00 QUESTION OR COMMENT BUT.

50:03 I'VE BEEN AS I MENTIONED AT THE

50:05 BEGINNING BEGINNING I'VE BEEN

50:07 TO EVERY.

50:08 EVERY HEARING WE'VE HAD OVER

50:10 THE LAST NINE YEARS.

50:11 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT

50:13 AND I I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY

50:16 .

50:17 UM, LIKE LIKE YOU DO BUT I'M

50:20 JUST LOOKING.

50:21 AT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER

50:24 EXTENDING THE BOSTON RESIDENCY

50:25 JOB POLICY.

50:29 AND IT WAS SIGNED THE SIGNED BY

50:32 MAYOR FLYNN IN JULY 1985.

50:38 SO IT IT.

50:40 CONTINUES ON THE ON THE THIRD

50:42 PAGE.

50:42 BASICALLY THE PLAN SHALL

50:45 FURTHER CONTAIN PROVISIONS FOR

50:47 MONITORING COMPLIANCE AND

50:48 SANCTIONS.

50:49 THE COMMISSIONER

50:51 OF INSPECTIONAL SERVICES SHALL

50:53 NOT ISSUE ANY BUILDING OR USE

50:55 PERMIT WITH RESPECT TO ANY

50:57 BUILDING STRUCTURE OR WIND

50:59 WHICH REQUIRES A DEVELOPMENT

51:01 IMPACT PROJECT PLAN UNLESS THE

51:04 DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON

51:05 REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS.

51:07 CERTIFIED ON THE APPLICATION.

51:09 FOR A BUILDING.

51:10 OR USE PERMIT AND ON EACH

51:12 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT PROJECT PLAN

51:14 THAT THE PROJECT IS.

51:15 CONSISTENT WITH THE BOSTON

51:17 REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

51:18 APPROVED BOSTON RESIDENCY

51:20 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT

51:22 STANDARDS AS MENTIONED ABOVE

51:24 FOR SAID PROJECT.

51:29 SO I'M NOT AS IS UP TO DATE ON

51:31 ARTICLE 80 RULES BUT I CAN SAY

51:34 THAT ONCE UH PROJECT

51:36 NOTIFICATION IS ISSUED THAT

51:39 PROJECTS MUST CREATE A PLAN FOR

51:42 OR ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THAT

51:44 THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOSTON

51:46 RESIDENT THEY MUST COMPLY WITH

51:47 THE BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS

51:49 POLICY.

51:49 THEY MUST HAVE A PLAN.

51:51 UM THEY MUST THEY MUST SUBMIT

51:53 DATA.

51:54 UM AND THAT IS I BCR I CAN

51:57 NEVER REMEMBER THE THE ACRONYM

51:59 BUT I CAN FIND IT THOSE PLANS

52:01 ARE UM SIGNED BY THE DEVELOPER

52:04 UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MUST

52:05 COMPLY AND ONLY ONCE THEY'VE

52:07 SIGNED THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY

52:08 MUST COMPLY.

52:09 DO THEY THEN ARE THEY THEN ABLE

52:11 TO, UM, GO TO THE INSPECTION

52:14 SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND GET

52:15 THEIR BUILDING PERMIT SO.

52:17 BUT BUT BUT JODY.

52:18 AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE

52:20 SAYING BUT THE COMMISSIONER

52:21 OF INSPECTIONAL SERVICES SHALL

52:22 NOT ISSUE ANY BUILDING OR USE

52:25 PERMIT WITH RESPECT TO A

52:28 BUILDING.

52:28 UM.

52:34 THAT THE PROJECT IS THE PROJECT

52:36 HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE

52:38 BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

52:40 APPROVED BOSTON RESIDENTS

52:41 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT SINCE

52:42 SO I GUESS MY MY POINT IS.

52:45 IF THE.

52:46 GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

52:48 HAS A HISTORY.

52:51 OF NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH

52:53 THE BOSTON JOBS OF BOSTON

52:55 RESIDENCY POLICY AND THAT'S

52:57 BACKED UP TO THE EMPLOYMENT

52:59 COMMISSION, IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED

53:00 BUT.

53:01 BUT THE.

53:02 INSPECTIONAL SERVICES IS ABLE

53:05 NOT.

53:06 TO ISSUE.

53:06 A PERMIT.

53:09 UM AND THAT'S BASICALLY.

53:10 THE WHY.

53:11 I'M HIGHLIGHTING THAT THAT

53:12 THAT PROVIDES TEETH IN THE

53:14 ENFORCEMENT THAT.

53:16 WHY ARE WE.

53:17 GIVING CONTRACTS GENERAL

53:19 CONTRACTS WHY ARE WE GIVING

53:21 CONTRACTS TO A COMPANY THAT HAS

53:23 A HISTORY OF OF BAD PRACTICE

53:26 OF OF NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE

53:30 OF HIRING WOMEN, HIRING PEOPLE

53:31 OF COLOR?

53:32 IS THAT IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?

53:35 I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

53:37 I KNOW I KNOW THAT WITHIN THE

53:40 2017 REVISED VERSION OF THE

53:41 PERMIT WE DO WE CREATE.

53:44 ONE OF THE REASONS WE

53:45 CREATED THE DASHBOARD WAS TO

53:46 CREATE A RECORD THROUGH WHICH

53:48 OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM CAN EASILY

53:50 LOOK AT ANY CONTRACTOR AND

53:52 SUBCONTRACTOR, UNDERSTAND THEIR

53:54 COMPLIANCE HISTORY AND UTILIZE

53:55 THAT INFORMATION.

53:56 WE'RE MAKING CITY OF BOSTON, UM

53:59 ,MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHO

54:01 THEY WANT AS CONTRACTORS ON

54:02 CITY OF BOSTON PROJECTS FOR

54:03 PRIVATE PROJECTS THROUGH THE UM

54:07 BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

54:09 IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT

54:10 THEY JUST HAD TO SIGN A PLAN

54:13 AND DOCUMENT THAT THEY WOULD

54:14 COMPLY AND THAT TRIGGERED THE

54:17 PERMIT.

54:18 I BUT I THINK.

54:19 THIS IS THIS IS PRIVATE.

54:21 PROJECTS AS WELL, UM, INCLUDING

54:24 HOTELS RETAIL UM SOME I'LL JUST

54:29 PROVIDE THIS TO YOU AND MAYBE

54:31 YOU CAN TAKE A.

54:32 CLOSER LOOK.

54:33 UM, I KNOW THAT I'VE REVIEWED

54:35 MANY OF THOSE PLANS THAT HAVE

54:37 BEEN SUBMITTED PRIOR BECAUSE WE

54:39 UTILIZE THOSE TO LAUNCH OUR OUR

54:42 MONITORING PROCESS.

54:44 OKAY.

54:44 BUT ON PUBLIC PROJECTS DO WE

54:48 LOOK AT THE COMPLIANCE OF A

54:50 GENERAL CONTRACTOR BEFORE WE

54:52 ISSUE A PERMIT.

54:55 A CONTRACT?

54:56 I KNOW WE PROVIDE THE

54:57 INFORMATION TO THE PROCUREMENT

54:58 TEAM.

54:59 I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS

55:00 UTILIZED BEYOND THAT POINT

55:02 OKAY.

55:03 IT'S SIMILAR WE ALSO DISCLOSURE

55:06 OF WAGE THEFT THROUGH THE WAGE

55:07 THEFT EXECUTIVE ORDER.

55:07 ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE

55:09 PROVIDED TO THE PROCUREMENT

55:10 TEAM SO THAT THEY KNOW WHEN UM

55:14 THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS

55:14 .

55:15 BUT STATE PROCUREMENT LAW IS

55:16 ALSO VERY RIGID.

55:18 OKAY.

55:19 UM MY FINAL POINT AND

55:21 MR CHAIR, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR

55:22 THE IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP YOU

55:24 HAVE PROVIDED.

55:25 I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM,

55:27 BOTH OF YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT

55:29 WORK YOU'RE DOING.

55:30 I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE

55:31 CARPENTERS UNION FOR

55:34 EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THIS AND

55:37 ESPECIALLY ON, UH, WAGE THEFT

55:40 ISSUES AS WELL AND NOT ONLY

55:43 ADVOCATING FOR UNION WORKERS

55:45 BUT UM, ADVOCATING FOR NONUNION

55:48 WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED

55:50 AND HAVE TALKED TO A LOT

55:52 OF WORKERS THAT ARE EXPLOITED

55:53 THAT ARE NONUNION WORKERS.

55:55 BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE

55:57 IMPORTANT ROLE THE CARPENTERS

55:58 UNION HAS PLAYED CONTINUES TO

56:01 PLAY IN ENSURING ECONOMIC

56:05 JUSTICE FOR ALL WORKERS UH,

56:08 INCLUDING IMMIGRANT WORKERS UM,

56:11 IN MAKING AND ENSURING THAT

56:12 THEY ARE TREATED FAIRLY BECAUSE

56:14 I DO KNOW THEY ARE NOT TREATED

56:16 FAIRLY ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE

56:18 NOT IN A UNION.

56:19 UH, MR CHAIR, THANK YOU.

56:21 UH.

56:21 THANK YOU.

56:23 UM, ONE LAST QUESTION.

56:26 UM, THAT I HAVE IS THE LIVING

56:29 WAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

56:31 UM, OKAY.

56:33 STATUS STATUS IS THAT IT WAS

56:36 BLENDED INTO OR COMBINED WITH

56:39 THE NEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT

56:41 IS MEANT TO REPRESENT THE

56:43 ENTIRE UM ALL OF OUR OFFICE

56:46 OF LABOR COMPLIANCE OVERSEE ALL

56:48 OF OUR WAGE AND OUR LIVING WAGE

56:49 WAGE THEFT.

56:51 HOWEVER, WE WERE HOLDING OFF

56:53 BECAUSE WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO A

56:55 NEW WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE AND

56:56 WANTED TO UTILIZE ALL OF THOSE

56:59 LAWS TO CREATE THE NEW ADVISORY

57:00 COMMITTEE.

57:01 I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

57:03 WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THE

57:05 NEW LAWS WERE IN PLACE AS WE

57:06 BROUGHT THAT TOGETHER.

57:07 SO UM WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO TO

57:10 MAKE IT HAPPEN.

57:10 GOT IT.

57:12 SO NEAR FUTURE FAR FUTURE.

57:14 ON OUR DEFINITELY PART OF OUR

57:17 WORK PLAN FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR

57:18 AND AWESOME.

57:19 ALL RIGHT UM WELL THAT'S ALL MY

57:22 QUESTIONS SEEING UM NO OTHER

57:24 COUNCILORS UH, WITH QUESTIONS

57:25 AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

57:27 UH, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

57:29 YOUR WORK.

57:30 UM, I THINK YOUR TEAM, UM, ALSO

57:33 WANT TO THANK OUR OUR

57:35 ADVOCATES.

57:36 UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST AGAIN

57:37 JUST WANT TO LIFT UP THE NAMES

57:39 OF, UH, BROOKE WATSON, UH, AND

57:41 JANET JONES, UM, AND THEIR WORK

57:43 THAT THEY HAVE DONE UH, IN THIS

57:45 FIELD AND WITH THAT THE HEARING

57:47 ON DOCKET NUMBER.

57:49 OKAY.

57:50 CANCER.

57:51 MR CHAIR, I JUST HAD ONE

57:52 QUESTION FOR YOU.

57:53 UM, IN THE PAST WE WE ALWAYS

57:56 HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY

57:58 FROM ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY

58:02 AND SOMETIMES THEY'D BE WAITING

58:03 WAITING IN LINE TO TESTIFY.

58:05 UM.

58:07 DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR IS

58:09 THAT STILL IS THAT STILL A

58:12 MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE COMMUNITY?

58:15 BECAUSE I I DO KNOW THAT THEY

58:17 LOVED ATTENDING AND THEY

58:19 PROVIDED A LOT OF GREAT

58:23 KNOWLEDGE IN ADVOCACY AND

58:25 LISTENING TO THEM WAS ALWAYS

58:26 HELPFUL BUT JUST WANTED TO GET

58:27 YOUR THOUGHTS ON UM DO YOU KNOW

58:30 WHAT HAPPENED IN TERMS OF THE

58:32 ADVOCATES AND UH ARE THEY STILL

58:36 ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE?

58:37 YEAH.

58:37 NO, I THINK LAST NIGHT UH,

58:39 WE HEARD FROM UH RESIDENTS ON

58:42 THIS VERY SAME ISSUE, YOU KNOW,

58:45 IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE I MADE

58:47 IT KNOWN UM, I KNOW THE

58:50 INFORMATION COULD BE THE

58:51 TIMING.

58:51 UM, COULD BE THE DAY.

58:53 BUT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE

58:54 STILL WELL ENGAGED.

58:55 UM, BUT TODAY.

58:57 YEAH.

58:58 UNFORTUNATELY, UH, NO NO PUBLIC

59:00 TESTIMONY.

59:00 YEP.

59:01 AND I DO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAD

59:03 A MEETING LAST NIGHT.

59:03 THE THREE HOUR MEETING I WENT

59:05 TO WITH WITH COUNCILOR AROUND.

59:07 UM, AND YOU DID MENTION THAT,

59:10 UH, ABOUT THE IMPORTANT MEETING

59:11 THAT WAS HAPPENING TONIGHT.

59:12 SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

59:13 TO COUNCILOR WORRELL.

59:14 ABSOLUTELY.

59:14 THANK YOU.

59:15 UM, THIS HEARING ON DOCKET

59:16 NUMBER 0218 IS ADJOURNED.