Labor, Workforce & Economic Development on October 15, 2026
2026-10-15

[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.