Boston City Council Meeting on October 21, 2026

1:34 GOOD.

1:35 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

1:38 GOOD AFTERNOON.

1:39 I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING

1:42 OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.

1:44 VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE

1:45 COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON

1:48 YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV.

1:48 BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV.

1:52 AT THIS TIME I ASK MY

1:54 COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE

1:55 AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE

1:56 THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC

1:58 DEVICES.

1:59 ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I

2:02 REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT

2:04 NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR

2:05 DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE

2:07 PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.

2:08 THANK YOU.

2:09 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:11 TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE TO

2:12 ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A

2:13 QUORUM AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU

2:16 THE MIC.

2:16 YEAH.

2:16 THERE YOU GO.

2:18 COUNCILOR BREEN.

2:18 HERE.

2:19 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A

2:21 COUNCILOR.

2:21 CULPEPER.

2:23 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:24 COUNCILOR.

2:25 FITZGERALD.

2:25 COUNCIL.

2:26 FLYNN.

2:27 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

2:28 HERE.

2:29 COUNCILOR.

2:29 MEJIA.

2:31 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:31 COUNCIL PUT PEN.

2:33 COUNCILOR.

2:34 SANTANA.

2:35 COUNCILOR.

2:36 WEBER.

2:36 I THINK COUNCILOR, WE'RE ALL

2:38 HERE.

2:39 A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

2:40 THANK YOU, MR BURKE.

2:41 UM.

2:41 I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK

2:43 THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

2:44 UM, MR. CLERK, IF YOU WOULD

2:46 PLEASE DO US THE HONOR

2:47 OF OFFERING SOME BRIEF REMARKS

2:49 AS AN INVOCATION TODAY WE DO

2:51 NOT HAVE CLERGY.

2:55 GOOD MORNING.

2:58 PLEASE STAND.

2:59 UH.

3:00 LET'S PRAY.

3:02 WE SPEAK TO THE GOD, THE

3:03 GOODNESS, THE SPIRIT OF LIFE,

3:05 THE ETERNAL.

3:06 WE SPEAK TO THE MYSTERIOUS

3:07 THREAD THAT CONNECTS US ONE TO

3:10 THE OTHER AND TO THE UNIVERSE.

3:11 WE SPEAK TO THE DEEP WISDOM AT

3:14 THE CENTER OF OUR BEINGS.

3:16 WE EMBODY THE YEARNING OF ALL

3:17 PEOPLE TO TOUCH EACH OTHER MORE

3:20 DEEPLY, TO HEAR EACH OTHER MORE

3:22 KEENLY, TO SEE EACH OTHER'S

3:23 JOYS AND SORROWS AS OUR OWN AND

3:26 KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE

3:27 UNLESS WE CREATE SOLITUDE FOR

3:30 OURSELVES.

3:30 AND EVEN THEN COMMUNITY AWAITS

3:33 US.

3:33 OUT OF OUR YEARNING WE HAVE

3:35 COME.

3:36 MAY WE HELP EACH OTHER TO

3:38 PROCLAIM THE POSSIBILITIES WE

3:40 SEEK TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY WE

3:42 DESIRE TO WORSHIP WHAT IS

3:44 WORTHY IN OUR LIVES, TO TEACH

3:46 THE TRUTH AS WE KNOW IT AND TO

3:48 SERVE WITH JUSTICE IN ALL THE

3:50 WAYS THAT WE CAN IN OUR LIVES

3:52 FULFILLED IN ONE ANOTHER.

3:54 LET US GO NOW INTO THE SILENCE

3:56 OF OUR FAITH THAT IS UNIQUE TO

3:58 EACH OF US AND STILL THE SAME.

4:00 LET US BE SILENT TOGETHER FOR A

4:02 MOMENT.

4:07 MAY PEACE BE YOURS.

4:10 AMEN.

4:11 I RECITED THE TRADITION.

4:14 I PLEDGE.

4:14 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE

4:16 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO

4:18 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

4:20 STANDS ONE NATION.

4:21 UNDER GOD.

4:23 INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND

4:25 JUSTICE.

4:26 FOR ALL.

4:28 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

4:30 THANK YOU EVERYONE.

4:32 BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PRESENT TO

4:34 THE PRESENTATION, UH, I'D LIKE

4:37 TO INVITE THE A BOSTON

4:39 INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS ACADEMY

4:40 STUDENTS.

4:41 UH, I THINK THESE STUDENTS

4:42 VISITED OUR OFFICES THIS

4:43 MORNING.

4:43 THEY HAD MANY GOOD QUESTIONS

4:45 FOR US.

4:45 UH, AND JUST INVITE OUR

4:47 STUDENTS AND AND OUR COLLEAGUES

4:49 TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.

5:01 AND THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME

5:02 ROOM UP ON THE DAIS HERE.

5:04 SO WHEN THEY COME ON UP, COME

5:05 ON UP.

5:06 DON'T BE SHY LONG AFTER.

5:16 YOU.

5:21 SEARCH ON BOTH SIDES.

5:21 SO.

5:24 I SAY COME ON UP AND COMING UP

5:31 IS THERE.

5:35 A IT MAY SEEM LIKE.

5:38 A GOOD.

5:39 STAND UP HERE.

5:40 YOU'VE ONLY GOT WHAT IT LOOKS

5:42 LIKE.

5:42 YOU REALLY MEAN BUSINESS.

5:46 WITH WHICH CAN HOLD IN YOUR

5:49 RIGHT HAND AND THEN PAPER.

5:51 ARE WE BLOCKING ANYONE ALL THE

5:54 TIME?

5:55 OKAY HOW ABOUT THIS?

5:58 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS.

6:01 FULL.

6:02 I HAVE TO.

6:04 YEAH.

6:06 COME DOWN HERE.

6:07 SHOULD WE SHOULD WE GO DOWN?

6:10 THE SHORTER ONES THE SHORTER.

6:11 YEAH.

6:11 THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE

6:14 PICTURE SHOWS.

6:17 USUALLY YOU'LL BE SHORT.

6:19 COME ON THROUGH HERE.

6:21 COME HERE.

6:22 YEAH.

6:24 THIS IS BETTER.

6:25 ALL RIGHT.

6:26 ARE YOU.

6:26 IS ANYONE STILL BETTER?

6:28 OKAY.

6:28 YOU GUYS GOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE

6:30 THESE PHONES, RIGHT?

6:32 HERE IN ONE.

6:35 THREE.

6:36 TWO.

6:36 ONE.

6:38 ON YOUR PHONE.

6:39 THANK YOU.

6:40 SO THANK YOU, BIG GUY.

6:45 I HAD A GOOD TIME.

6:47 WHAT DID YOU WANT TO THE.

7:03 THANK YOU.

7:04 UM, THANK YOU TO BANGOR FOR

7:08 COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING.

7:17 NO, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION

7:19 TODAY.

7:20 COUNCILOR PEPEN IS RECOGNIZING

7:22 THE BOSTON RED FOR LIFE.

7:24 COUNCILOR PEPEN, IF YOU'D LIKE

7:25 TO COME FORWARD AND BRING YOUR

7:27 GUESTS WITH YOU.

7:28 HERE THEY COME.

7:30 ONE OF OUR GUESTS IS ALL THE

7:32 WAY FROM ALASKA.

7:33 SO WELCOME TO BOSTON.

7:36 COME ON UP.

7:36 YES.

7:42 GRANDMA.

7:42 YEAH.

7:44 GOOD.

7:47 WELCOME.

7:50 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

7:53 UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT

7:55 FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND GOOD

7:56 AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE GATHERED

7:57 HERE TODAY.

7:58 TODAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE

8:00 OF PRESENTING TO THE

8:02 COUNCIL ALEXA GREENBERG AND

8:03 SHERRY ARRINGTON ON BEHALF

8:05 OF RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE.

8:06 RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE IS A

8:08 NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT

8:10 ADVOCATES FOR SAFER STREETS AND

8:12 AN END TO TRAFFIC FATALITIES,

8:14 PARTICULARLY THOSE INVOLVING

8:16 VULNERABLE ROAD USERS LIKE

8:18 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.

8:20 THE ANNUAL RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE

8:22 AND COMPANION EVENTS ACROSS THE

8:23 COUNTRY IS BOTH A SOMBER

8:25 MEMORIAL TO THE LIVES LOST TO

8:27 TRAFFIC VIOLENCE BUT ALSO A

8:28 RALLY TO DEMAND ACTION AT ALL

8:30 LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

8:32 BOSTON'S ANNUAL RIDE AND WALK

8:34 WILL BE TAKING PLACE THIS

8:36 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25TH.

8:38 YESTERDAY I HAD A VERY GOOD

8:42 CONVERSATION WITH THE FAMILY

8:43 OF LUIS AGAG, A SERVANT OF THE

8:46 CITY WHO LOST HER LIFE RIDING

8:48 ON OUR STREETS.

8:49 THE FAMILY POINTED TO CITIES

8:52 AROUND THE COUNTRY EVEN TO SOME

8:54 IN OUR OWN BACKYARD CITIES THAT

8:57 ARE DOING THE WORK AND TAKING

8:58 AMBITIOUS STEPS TO SAVE LIVES.

9:00 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT

9:02 SAVING LIVES.

9:04 WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO DO

9:05 THE SAME HERE IN BOSTON, BUT AT

9:07 THIS TIME I WANT TO PROVIDE THE

9:10 MICROPHONE OVER TO ALEXA AND

9:11 SHERRY TO PROVIDE AN

9:12 OPPORTUNITY TO FOR THEM TO SAY

9:14 A FEW WORDS AND TALK ABOUT THE

9:16 WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

9:19 THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU

9:20 FOR HAVING US TODAY AND

9:22 ESPECIALLY TO COUNCILOR PEPEN

9:23 AND HIS TEAM FOR HAVING US.

9:25 UH, MY NAME IS ALEXA.

9:26 ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO MY LIFELONG

9:29 FRIEND WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A

9:31 TRUCK WHILE BIKING IN CAMBRIDGE

9:32 .

9:33 TWO YEARS LATER, IT DOESN'T GET

9:36 EASIER.

9:37 UM, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU

9:39 THAT IT DOES.

9:40 ESPECIALLY FOR ALL OF YOU WHO

9:41 KNEW AND LOVED LOUISA.

9:43 MY FRIEND MONTY WAS KILLED IN A

9:45 VERY SIMILAR CRASH TO LUCERNE

9:47 THIS SUNDAY.

9:48 WE ARE GOING TO HONOR BOTH

9:49 OF THEM AND THE 255 PEOPLE

9:51 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST

9:53 THEIR LIVES TO TRAFFIC VIOLENCE

9:54 THIS YEAR IN MASSACHUSETTS.

9:55 I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE SHERRY

9:57 SPEAK.

10:00 I'M SHERRY ARRINGTON AND I'M

10:02 THE ONE FROM ALASKA.

10:03 UH, I'M THE SURVIVOR OF A FATAL

10:06 CRASH.

10:07 UH, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021.

10:09 MY HUSBAND AND I HAD JUST

10:10 ARRIVED IN BOSTON FOR THE

10:12 BEGINNING OF A THREE WEEK

10:14 VACATION.

10:15 WE GOT ALMOST TO DANVERS BEFORE

10:17 WE WERE INVOLVED IN A, UH,

10:19 CRASH FOR SOMETHING CAME OUT

10:20 OF A VEHICLE, STRUCK OUR CAR,

10:22 CAME THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD,

10:23 IMPALED MY HUSBAND AND KILLED

10:24 HIM.

10:26 UM, SO THROUGH THAT TRAGIC

10:30 EXPERIENCE, I HAVE THE JOURNEY

10:32 THAT HAS BROUGHT MEJIA TODAY.

10:34 I WORK WITH FAMILIES FOR SAFE

10:35 STREETS AND THE TRUCK SAFETY

10:37 COALITION.

10:38 UM, ACROSS THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

10:41 I DON'T JUST DO THIS TO HONOR

10:43 MY HUSBAND.

10:43 I REALIZE THAT THIS IS A

10:45 RESPONSIBILITY I HAVE TO HELP

10:46 MAKE EVERY COMMUNITY TO TALK TO

10:49 PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

10:49 HOW DO WE MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES

10:51 SAFER FOR EVERYONE NO MATTER

10:52 HOW THEY MOVE?

10:54 WHETHER YOU'RE DRIVING A CAR OR

10:55 WALKING.

10:56 SO I'M HERE.

10:57 I'LL BE LEADING THE WALK FOR

10:59 SUNDAY.

11:00 AND SO COME OUT AND JOIN US.

11:02 UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS

11:03 IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HEAR AND

11:05 SEE US AND KNOW THAT WE NEED TO

11:07 CHANGE OUR COMMUNITIES.

11:10 I'LL JUST ADD THE WALK.

11:13 WE'LL GO FROM BOSTON COMMON

11:14 AROUND CITY HALL, WHICH I THINK

11:16 YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND

11:17 THEN AND BACK AT THE COMMON FOR

11:19 A RALLY AND THE RIDE TAKING

11:20 PLACE AT THE SAME TIME WE'LL

11:21 LEAVE FROM BOSTON COMMON, GO TO

11:23 THE CRASH SITE WHERE LOUISA WAS

11:25 KILLED AND THEN BACK TO THE

11:27 COMMON AND THERE WILL BE MEDIA

11:28 THERE AT THE RIDE WILL LEAVE AT

11:30 11 AND THE RALLY WILL BE AT

11:31 NOON.

11:32 THANK YOU.

11:35 UM I'M GRATEFUL TO THE BOTH

11:36 OF THEM AND LATER ON IN THE

11:38 COUNCIL MEETING I HAVE, UM,

11:40 FILED THE RESOLUTION THAT I

11:41 HOPE TO GET THE SUPPORT FROM MY

11:42 COLLEAGUES JUST IN HONOR

11:44 OF RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE.

11:45 BUT I WANTED TO, UM, PROVIDE

11:48 THEM BOTH WITH A COPY OF THAT

11:50 RESOLUTION SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE

11:51 THAT HOME.

11:52 THANK YOU.

11:53 AND THEN ALSO, UM, PRESENT

11:55 ALEXA GOLDBERG WITH A SPECIAL

11:58 CITY COUNCIL UM, CITATION FOR

12:00 YOUR DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE

12:01 OF PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST

12:02 SAFETY.

12:02 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND

12:04 FOR ORGANIZING THE BOSTON

12:05 CHAPTER OF RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE.

12:07 SO THIS IS FOR YOU, ALEXA.

12:09 THANK YOU.

12:09 AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU

12:11 FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND

12:12 PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING OUR

12:13 STREETS SAFER.

12:14 PLEASE.

12:15 YES.

12:21 THANK YOU.

12:31 THE TWO DIFFERENT SPEEDS.

12:35 OH, I GUESS WE ARE.

12:41 OKAY.

12:47 THREE.

12:47 TWO ONE.

12:57 ALL RIGHT.

13:00 THANK YOU.

13:18 HAVE.

13:48 COUNCILMAN.

13:50 THANK YOU.

13:55 THANK YOU EVERYONE.

13:57 UH, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

13:58 AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT

14:01 COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AND IS

14:03 PRESENT.

14:06 WE'RE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER

14:09 OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE

14:09 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM

14:10 THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 7TH,

14:13 2026.

14:13 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

14:15 ALL OPPOSED.

14:15 SAY NAY.

14:17 THE AYES HAVE IT.

14:18 THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 7TH

14:20 MEETING ARE APPROVED.

14:22 WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS

14:24 FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR.

14:26 MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET

14:28 1953.

14:37 GOOD WORK.

14:40 THE LIGHTS ON HERE.

14:43 AND NUMBER 1953 MESSAGE NOT

14:46 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

14:47 TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT

14:52 OF $668,500 IN THE FORM OF A

14:53 GRANT THE COMMUNITY MITIGATION

14:55 GRANT AWARDED BY THE

14:56 MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION

14:57 TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE

14:59 OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT.

15:00 THE GRANT WILL FUND TO OFFSET

15:02 COSTS RELATED TO THE

15:03 CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION

15:06 OF GAMING OF A GAMING

15:07 ESTABLISHMENT.

15:10 THANK YOU.

15:11 THIS DOCKET 1953 WILL BE

15:13 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

15:14 WAYS AND MEANS.

15:16 MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ

15:17 DOCKET.

15:20 1954.195 FOR A MESSAGE IN ORDER

15:21 FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE

15:23 APPOINTMENT OF BERTIE MAKOWSKI

15:25 AS A RENEWAL CONSTABLE

15:27 AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL

15:28 PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF HIS

15:30 BOND FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING

15:32 MAY 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING APRIL

15:35 30TH 2022 2029.

15:37 THANK YOU.

15:38 MR CHAIR RECOGNIZES

15:40 COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNTRY YOU

15:40 HAVE THE FLOOR.

15:42 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

15:43 BRIAN MCCLOSKEY HAS BEEN A

15:45 COUNCILOR FOR MANY YEARS AND IS

15:47 SEEKING A CONFIRMATION OF THIS

15:48 POSITION FOR ANOTHER TERM.

15:50 ALSO MY COFFEE HAS SERVED OVER

15:52 A DECADE AND THIS COUNCIL HAS

15:54 APPROVED HIS REAPPOINTMENT

15:55 WITHOUT ANY UH WITHOUT ISSUES

15:57 MANY TIMES AS CHAIR OF THE

15:58 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL

15:59 JUSTICE COMMITTEE.

16:00 I RECOMMEND THAT DOCKET 1954

16:02 OUGHT TO PASS.

16:03 THANK YOU.

16:05 COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR

16:06 OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

16:07 SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

16:08 SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

16:09 AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET 1954

16:11 .

16:12 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.

16:15 SAY NAY.

16:16 THE AYES HAVE IT.

16:18 DOCKET 1954 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

16:22 WELL NOW I WANT TO REPORT TO

16:24 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS UH

16:27 PARATROOPER REGARDING UH RULE

16:29 39.

16:30 NO NO REMARKS ON COMMUNICATIONS

16:32 FROM THERE ARE NO REMARKS FROM

16:33 COMMUNICATIONS FROM FROM

16:35 COUNCILORS.

16:36 WE ARE NOT UM MR. CLERK, COULD

16:38 YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS

16:42 195531957.

16:43 TALKING NUMBER 1955

16:45 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM

16:47 COUNCIL FLYNN TRANSMITTING THE

16:48 FISCAL YEAR 2026 ANNUAL REPORT

16:51 BY THE OFFICE OF THE VETERAN

16:53 ADVOCATE TALKING NUMBER 1956

16:56 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM

16:57 COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING

16:58 BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS

17:00 ASSAULTED IN BLACKSTONE PARK.

17:02 DUCKY NUMBER 1957 COMMUNICATION

17:06 WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL IS

17:07 CALLED FOR FROM WORLD REGARDING

17:09 CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNING

17:11 CONCERNS WITH THE BILL UH BLUE

17:13 HILL AVENUE TRANSPORTATION

17:16 ACTION PLAN.

17:18 THANK YOU.

17:19 DOCKETS 195521957 WILL BE

17:22 PLACED ON FILE.

17:24 WE NOW ON TO REPORTS

17:26 OF COMMITTEES.

17:27 MR CLERK UH, COULD YOU PLEASE

17:28 READ A DOCKETS 151531524.

17:33 DUCKY NUMBER 1515 THE COMMITTEE

17:36 ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

17:37 TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS

17:38 REFERRED TO ON AUGUST 5TH 2026

17:41 DOC NUMBER 1515 MESSAGE IN

17:43 ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION

17:45 OF THE REAPPOINTMENT

17:46 OF GIOVANNI VALENCIA AS A

17:48 MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD

17:50 OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING

17:52 ON MAY 1ST, 2027.

17:54 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

17:55 THE ORDER TO BE CONFIRMED.

17:57 DUCKY NUMBER 1516 THE COMMITTEE

18:00 ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT

18:01 TRANSPORTATION WHICH WAS

18:03 REFERRED ON AUGUST 5TH 2026

18:06 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE

18:07 CONFIRMATION OF THE

18:08 REAPPOINTMENT OF KATE KATIE

18:10 WEAR WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE

18:12 ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR.

18:14 A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2027

18:17 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

18:18 THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO BE

18:19 CONFIRMED.

18:20 TALKING ABOUT 1517 THE

18:23 COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

18:24 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

18:25 TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST

18:27 5TH, 2026 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR

18:29 THE CONFIRMATION OF THE

18:31 REAPPOINTMENT OF ALAN E BLANK

18:34 AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD

18:35 OF APPEALS FOR A TERM EXPIRING

18:37 MAY 1ST, 2028 SUBMITS A REPORT

18:40 RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER

18:41 OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED TALKING

18:43 NUMBER 1518 THE COMMITTEE ON

18:45 PLANNING DEVELOPMENT

18:46 TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS

18:48 REFERRED ON AUGUST 5TH 2026

18:51 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE

18:52 CONFIRMATION OF THE

18:53 REAPPOINTMENT OF SHERRY AS A

18:56 MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD

18:57 OF APPEALS FOR A TERM EXPIRING

18:59 MAY 1ST, 2029 SUBMITS A REPORT

19:03 RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER TO

19:05 BE CONFIRMED.

19:06 TALKING OF A1519 THE COMMITTEE

19:09 AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT

19:10 TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS

19:12 REFERRED ON AUGUST 5TH 2026

19:14 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE

19:16 CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT

19:18 OF SHAMIR TURNER AS A MEMBER

19:20 OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL

19:21 FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST,

19:23 2029 SUBMITS A REPORT

19:26 RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER

19:27 OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED.

19:28 DOCKET NUMBER 1520 THE

19:31 COMMITTEE AND PLANNING

19:32 DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION TO

19:34 WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST

19:35 5TH, 2026 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR

19:38 THE CONFIRMATION OF THE

19:39 REAPPOINTMENT OF JEAN PINERO AS

19:42 AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE

19:43 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR A

19:45 TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2027

19:48 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

19:50 THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO BE

19:51 CONFIRMED DUKKHA NUMBER 1521

19:54 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING

19:55 DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION TO

19:57 WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST

19:59 5TH 2026.

20:00 THIS IS IN ORDER FOR THE

20:01 CONFIRMATION OF THE

20:02 REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID COLLINS

20:04 AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE

20:06 ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A

20:08 TERM EXPIRING ON MAY 1ST, 2028

20:11 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

20:12 THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO BE

20:14 CONFIRMED.

20:14 DOCTOR NUMBER 1522 THE

20:17 COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

20:18 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

20:20 TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST

20:22 5TH 2026 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR

20:24 THE CONFIRMATION OF THE

20:26 APPOINTMENT OF CARLO MONTEIRO

20:27 AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE

20:29 ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A

20:31 TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2028

20:33 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

20:35 THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO BE

20:37 CONFIRMED.

20:37 DUKKHA NUMBER 1523.

20:39 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

20:41 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

20:42 TO WHICH IS REFERRED ON AUGUST

20:45 5TH 2026 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR

20:47 THE CONFIRMATION OF THE THE

20:49 APPOINTMENT OF PATRICK WALSH AS

20:51 AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE

20:52 ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A

20:54 TERM EXPIRING REMEMBER FIRST

20:57 2028 SUBMITS A REPORT THAT THE

21:00 RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER

21:01 OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED IN DOC

21:03 NUMBER 152 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON

21:05 PLANNING DEVELOPMENT

21:07 TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS

21:08 REFERRED AUGUST 5TH 2026

21:11 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE

21:12 CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT

21:13 OF WILLIAM MASTERSON AS AN

21:15 ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING

21:16 BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM

21:18 EXPIRING ON MAY 1ST, 2029

21:21 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

21:23 THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO BE

21:24 CONFIRMED.

21:25 THANK YOU.

21:26 MR.

21:26 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

21:27 COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR

21:28 OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

21:29 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.

21:30 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

21:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR

21:32 BRATTON.

21:33 UH, WE WERE JOINED BY

21:35 COLLEAGUES, COUNCILORS AND

21:36 FLYNN AND WE HEARD TESTIMONY

21:37 FROM EACH APPOINTEE.

21:38 UM, AND WOULD YOU JUST READ

21:40 THEIR NAMES?

21:41 WE DID HAVE TO RECEIVE A LETTER

21:42 FROM SHAMAYA TURNER WHO WAS

21:43 UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE IT UM DUE

21:46 TO UH, FAMILY EMERGENCY.

21:48 UH WAS WISHING HER FAMILY THE

21:49 BEST.

21:50 THE LETTER HIGHLIGHTED HER

21:51 EXPERIENCE AS A MEMBER OF THE

21:52 ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR THE

21:53 PAST TWO YEARS, UM APPOINTEES

21:56 SHARED THEIR BACKGROUNDS,

21:57 EXPERIENCES AND APPROACHES TO

21:58 ZONING DECISIONS.

21:59 THEY REPRESENT DIVERSE

22:00 PROFESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE AND

22:02 COMMUNITY BACKGROUNDS AND THE

22:04 REAPPOINTMENTS SPOKE TO THEIR

22:05 EXPERIENCE ON THE ZBA SO FAR IT

22:07 WAS A PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK WITH

22:08 THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR

22:09 DEDICATION TO SERVING OUR CITY

22:11 IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BOSTON

22:12 RESIDENTS IS VERY ADMIRABLE.

22:14 I AM CONFIDENT THAT THEIR

22:15 EXPERTISE AND THOUGHTFULNESS

22:17 WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO

22:18 DO THAT.

22:19 UM, WE ALSO HEARD FROM SOME NEW

22:22 APPOINTEES UM AND THEY ALSO ARE

22:24 VERY QUALIFIED.

22:25 SO AS THE CHAIR OF THE

22:26 COMMITTEE ON PLANNING

22:28 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

22:29 ,I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED

22:30 DOCKETS AT THIS TIME TO THE

22:32 FULL COUNCIL FOR FORMAL ACTION

22:34 AT THIS TIME MY MY

22:35 RECOMMENDATION TO THE UM TO THE

22:37 FULL COUNCIL AS THAT THESE

22:38 MATTERS OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED.

22:39 THANK YOU.

22:40 THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN

22:42 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

22:42 COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNTRY YOU

22:43 HAVE THE FLOOR.

22:44 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

22:46 I WAS HAPPY TO BE AT THIS

22:48 HEARING AND MEET ALL OF THEM IN

22:51 PERSON.

22:51 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE ON THOSE

22:52 TUESDAY MEETINGS WE ONLY SEE

22:53 THEM IN THEIR ZOOM BOXES.

22:55 BUT IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR

22:57 DIRECTLY FROM THEM NOT JUST

22:59 THEIR RESUMES WHICH I HAD SAID

23:01 SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

23:03 THEY BRING A LOT OF EXPERTISE

23:04 AND DEFINITELY DESERVE TO BE

23:07 REAPPOINTED TO THE ZONING

23:08 BOARD.

23:08 AND WE HAVE THREE NEW UM

23:10 ALTERNATES THAT WE WERE

23:11 CONSIDERING ALSO.

23:12 BUT IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THEIR

23:13 PERSONAL SIDE AND WHAT THEY

23:15 BRING TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS,

23:16 THEIR COMMUNITY AND JUST

23:17 LOOKING FORWARD TO APPROVING

23:18 AND VOTING IN FAVOR TODAY.

23:20 THANK YOU.

23:21 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY

23:22 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

23:23 COUNCILOR FLYNN CONTRARY YOU

23:24 HAVE THE FLOOR.

23:25 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

23:27 I RISE UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

23:31 PROFESSIONAL JOB

23:32 COUNCILOR DURKAN DID AS CHAIR

23:34 OF THIS COMMITTEE.

23:36 THE NOMINEES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY

23:40 QUALIFIED.

23:41 UM, THERE WAS SOME

23:43 REAPPOINTMENTS THERE WAS SOME

23:45 NEW NEW APPOINTMENTS AS WELL.

23:47 IT WAS IT WAS INFORMATIVE

23:49 TALKING TO THEM ACTUALLY BEFORE

23:52 BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED

23:54 AFTER THE MEETING STARTED BUT

23:56 ESPECIALLY DURING DURING THE

23:58 MEETING ITSELF I JUST WANT TO

24:00 HIGHLIGHT ONE ISSUE FOR MY FOR

24:04 MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.

24:05 WE HAVE SOME LIMITED OVERSIGHT

24:09 OF THE ZBA AND THAT LIMITED

24:12 OVERSIGHT OF THE ZBA IS THE

24:15 INTERACTION IN ENGAGE AND

24:16 ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE WITH

24:18 NOMINEES BEFORE THE CITY

24:20 COUNCIL BEFORE THE VOTE AND ON

24:22 I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY CITY

24:24 COUNCIL IS GOING FORWARD IF

24:26 THEY WOULD ATTEND THESE

24:28 MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU DO LEARN A

24:29 LOT ABOUT ZONING AND YOU DO

24:32 LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE

24:34 APPLICANTS.

24:35 IT DOES GIVE CITY COUNCIL IS

24:37 ESPECIALLY DISTRICT.

24:38 CITY COUNCIL AS AN OPPORTUNITY

24:41 TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS

24:43 SOMEBODY MAY RELATE TO THEIR

24:44 PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OR

24:46 DISTRICT.

24:47 SO UM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

24:49 SUPPORTING ALL OF THESE

24:50 NOMINEES.

24:51 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

24:52 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

24:53 CONSIDER IN YOUR LIGHT STILL ON

24:54 THE FURTHER COMMENTS.

24:55 FOR THE NEXT ONE.

24:57 NEXT ONE.

24:58 OKAY.

24:58 UM.

25:03 SO.

25:04 UH, THE CHAIR OF THE

25:05 COMMITTEE WILL TAKE EACH

25:06 OF THESE EACH OF THESE DOCKETS

25:08 SEPARATELY.

25:09 SO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

25:10 ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

25:12 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

25:13 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

25:14 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1515.

25:16 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL

25:19 OPPOSE SENIOR MR. CLERK, COULD

25:22 YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL

25:23 VOTE ON DOCKET 1515.

25:27 COUNCILOR BREADON.

25:27 YES, COUNCILOR BREADON.

25:28 YES.

25:29 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A

25:30 PARTNER?

25:30 YES.

25:31 COUNCIL FIRST BUT YES.

25:32 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

25:33 YES.

25:34 COUNCIL CULPEPER.

25:34 YES.

25:35 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

25:35 YES.

25:36 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

25:37 YES.

25:37 COUNCILOR.

25:37 FITZGERALD.

25:38 YES.

25:38 COUNCIL.

25:39 FITZGERALD.

25:39 YES.

25:39 COUNCILOR.

25:40 FLYNN.

25:40 COUNCILOR.

25:41 FLYNN.

25:41 YES.

25:42 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

25:42 COUNCIL.

25:43 LOUIJEUNE.

25:43 YES.

25:44 COUNCIL.

25:44 MEJIA.

25:45 COUNCIL ME HERE.

25:46 YES.

25:46 COUNCILOR.

25:46 MURPHY.

25:47 COUNCILOR MURPHY AS COUNCIL.

25:49 PUT PEN.

25:49 COUNCILOR.

25:50 PEN.

25:50 YES.

25:51 SANTANA.

25:52 COUNCILOR.

25:52 SANTANA.

25:53 YES.

25:53 COUNCIL.

25:54 WEBER.

25:54 YES.

25:54 COUNCIL MEMBER.

25:55 YES AND COUNCIL.

25:56 EARL.

25:57 COUNCIL.

25:57 ORAL.

25:58 YES.

25:58 DUCKY.

25:58 NUMBER 1515 HAS RECEIVED A

26:01 UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE

26:02 AFFIRMATIVE.

26:03 THANK YOU.

26:04 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

26:05 PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

26:05 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

26:07 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

26:08 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1516.

26:10 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

26:12 ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

26:14 THANK YOU.

26:16 UM, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A

26:17 ROLL CALL?

26:18 VOTE ON DOCKET 1516.

26:19 COUNCILOR BERRY.

26:21 YES PER YEAR, COUNCILOR COLOR

26:22 AS OPPOSED COUNCIL OPPOSE THE

26:24 PARTY.

26:25 YES, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

26:26 YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

26:27 YES, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

26:29 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

26:29 YES.

26:30 COUNCILOR.

26:30 FITZGERALD.

26:31 YES.

26:32 COUNCIL SHOW.

26:32 YES.

26:32 COUNCILOR.

26:33 FLYNN.

26:33 COUNCILOR.

26:34 FLYNN.

26:34 YES.

26:35 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.

26:36 LOUIJEUNE.

26:36 YES, COUNCILOR.

26:37 MEJIA.

26:38 COUNCIL ME HERE.

26:39 YES.

26:39 COUNCILOR.

26:40 MURPHY.

26:40 COUNCILOR.

26:41 MURPHY.

26:41 YES.

26:41 COUNCIL.

26:42 PIPPIN.

26:43 COUNCILOR.

26:43 PAN.

26:43 YES.

26:44 COUNCIL.

26:44 SANTANA.

26:45 COUNCILOR.

26:45 SANTANA.

26:46 YES.

26:46 COUNCILOR.

26:46 WEBER.

26:47 YES.

26:47 COUNCIL.

26:48 WEBER.

26:48 YES AND COUNCIL.

26:49 REALM COUNCILOR.

26:50 OH YES I CAN NUMBER 1516 AS WE

26:53 SEE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE

26:55 AFFIRMATIVE.

26:55 THANK YOU.

26:56 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

26:57 PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

26:59 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

27:00 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

27:01 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1517.

27:03 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED

27:05 .

27:06 SAY NAY.

27:08 MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE

27:09 TAKE A ROLL CALL?

27:10 VOTE ON 1517.

27:12 COUNCILOR BERRY.

27:12 YES.

27:13 COUNCILWOMAN.

27:13 YES.

27:14 COUNCIL COLORS UPON YES.

27:15 COUNCIL COLORS.

27:16 YES.

27:17 COUNCILOR DURKAN UM EXCUSE ME,

27:20 COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

27:20 THANK YOU.

27:22 COUNCILOR.

27:22 COME UP.

27:23 YES, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

27:25 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

27:26 YES, COUNCILOR.

27:27 FITZGERALD.

27:27 COUNCILOR.

27:28 JOE.

27:28 YES.

27:29 COUNCILOR.

27:29 FLYNN.

27:29 YES.

27:30 COUNCILOR.

27:30 FLYNN.

27:30 YES.

27:31 COUNCILOR.

27:31 LOUIJEUNE.

27:32 YES.

27:32 COUNCIL.

27:32 LOUIJEUNE.

27:33 YES.

27:33 COUNCIL.

27:33 MEJIA.

27:34 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.

27:35 YES.

27:35 COUNCILOR.

27:36 MURPHY.

27:36 COUNCILOR.

27:37 MURPHY.

27:37 YES.

27:38 COUNCIL.

27:38 PIPPIN.

27:38 YES, COUNCILOR.

27:39 PEN.

27:40 YES.

27:40 COUNCIL.

27:41 SANTANA.

27:42 COUNCILOR.

27:42 SANTANA.

27:42 YES.

27:43 COUNCILOR.

27:43 WEBER.

27:44 UH.

27:44 SO ABSENT COUNCILOR WORRELL.

27:46 YEAH.

27:47 COUNCILOR.

27:47 WORLD.

27:47 YES.

27:48 TALKING NUMBER 1517 HAS

27:51 RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN

27:52 THE AFFIRMATIVE.

27:54 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

27:55 PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

27:56 TRANSPORTATION SIX SUSPENSION

27:58 OF THE RULES UH SIX SUSPENSION

28:00 C6 ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE

28:01 REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

28:03 1518.

28:04 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

28:06 ALL OPPOSED?

28:07 SAY NAY.

28:09 MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE

28:10 TAKE A ROLL CALL?

28:10 VOTE AND DOCKET 1518.

28:12 ,COUNCILOR BREADON.

28:13 YES AND YES.

28:15 COUNCIL COLOR AS OPPOSED.

28:16 YES.

28:16 COUNCIL PUZZLE PARTY.

28:17 YES.

28:18 COUNCILOR.

28:18 CULPEPER.

28:19 COUNCILOR.

28:20 CULPEPER.

28:20 YES.

28:21 COUNCILOR.

28:21 DURKAN.

28:21 YES.

28:22 COUNCILOR.

28:22 DURKAN.

28:23 YES.

28:23 COUNCILOR.

28:24 FITZGERALD.

28:24 COUNCILORS.

28:25 CHO.

28:25 YES.

28:26 COUNCILOR.

28:26 FLYNN.

28:26 YES.

28:27 COUNCIL.

28:27 FLYNN.

28:28 YES.

28:28 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

28:29 COUNCIL.

28:29 LOUIJEUNE.

28:30 YES, COUNCILOR.

28:30 MEJIA.

28:31 COUNCILOR.

28:31 MEJIA.

28:32 YES.

28:32 COUNCILOR.

28:33 MURPHY.

28:34 COUNCILOR.

28:34 MURPHY.

28:34 YES.

28:35 COUNCIL.

28:35 PIPPIN.

28:36 YES.

28:36 COUNCIL.

28:37 OPINIONS.

28:38 COUNCILOR.

28:38 SANTANA.

28:38 YES.

28:39 COUNCILOR.

28:39 SANTANA.

28:40 YES.

28:41 COUNCILOR.

28:41 WEBER.

28:41 YES.

28:42 COUNCIL MEMBER.

28:42 YES.

28:43 AND COUNCILOR EARLE.

28:43 YES.

28:44 COUNCIL ORAL.

28:44 YES.

28:45 TALKING OF A1518 AS RECEIVE A

28:48 UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE

28:49 AFFIRMATIVE.

28:50 THANK YOU.

28:51 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS

28:52 BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1518

28:54 HAS BEEN PASSED.

28:54 THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN

28:56 CONFIRMED.

28:57 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

28:59 PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND

28:59 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

29:00 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

29:02 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1519.

29:04 MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

29:05 TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET

29:07 1519.

29:08 COUNCILOR BREADON.

29:09 YES.

29:09 COUNCILOR BREEN.

29:10 YES.

29:10 COUNCIL CALL IT AS A PARTNER.

29:11 YES.

29:12 COUNCIL FIRST.

29:12 YES.

29:13 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

29:14 YEAH.

29:15 COUNCILOR.

29:15 CULPEPER.

29:16 YES.

29:16 COUNCILOR.

29:16 DURKAN.

29:17 COUNCILOR.

29:17 DURKAN.

29:18 YES.

29:18 COUNCILOR.

29:19 FITZGERALD.

29:19 YES.

29:20 COUNCILOR.

29:20 PHYSIO.

29:21 YES.

29:21 COUNCILOR.

29:22 FLYNN.

29:22 YES.

29:22 COUNCIL THIN.

29:23 YES.

29:24 COUNCIL.

29:24 LOUIJEUNE.

29:24 YES.

29:25 COUNCILOR.

29:25 LOUIJEUNE.

29:25 YES.

29:26 COUNCILOR.

29:26 MEJIA.

29:27 COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

29:28 YES.

29:28 COUNCILOR.

29:29 MURPHY.

29:29 COUNCILOR.

29:30 MURPHY.

29:30 YES.

29:31 COUNCIL.

29:31 PIPPIN.

29:32 COUNCIL.

29:32 PEN.

29:33 YES.

29:33 COUNCILOR.

29:34 SANTANA.

29:34 COUNCILOR.

29:35 SANTANA.

29:35 YES.

29:36 COUNCILOR.

29:36 WEBER.

29:37 COUNCIL MEMBER.

29:38 YES AND COUNSELOR.

29:39 WORLD.

29:39 YES.

29:40 COUNCILOR.

29:40 WELL, YES.

29:41 I CAN HAVE A1519 AS RECEIVING

29:44 UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE

29:44 AFFIRMATIVE.

29:45 THANK YOU.

29:46 DOCKET 1519 HAS BEEN HAS

29:48 BEEN PASSED AND THE APPOINTMENT

29:49 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

29:52 UM, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

29:54 ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

29:55 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

29:56 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

29:57 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1520.

29:59 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

30:01 ALL OPPOSED?

30:02 SAY NAY.

30:04 MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE

30:06 A ROLL CALL?

30:06 VOTE ON DOCKET 1520.

30:08 COUNCILOR BREADON.

30:09 YES.

30:10 COUNCILOR BREADON.

30:10 YES.

30:11 COUNCIL IS UPON US.

30:12 COUNCILOR GOES BY.

30:13 YES, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

30:14 YES, COUNCILOR.

30:15 COMBAT.

30:15 YES.

30:16 COUNCILOR.

30:16 DURKAN.

30:17 YES.

30:18 COUNCILOR.

30:18 DURKAN.

30:18 YES.

30:19 COUNCILOR.

30:19 FITZGERALD.

30:20 COUNCILOR.

30:20 OFFICIAL.

30:21 YES.

30:21 COUNCILOR.

30:22 FLYNN IS COUNCILOR FLYNN.

30:23 YES.

30:24 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

30:25 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

30:25 YES.

30:26 COUNCILOR.

30:26 MEJIA.

30:27 YES.

30:27 COUNCIL.

30:27 MEJIA.

30:28 YES.

30:29 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

30:29 YES.

30:29 COUNCILOR.

30:30 MURPHY.

30:30 YES.

30:30 COUNCILOR.

30:31 PEN.

30:31 YES.

30:32 COUNCIL PEN.

30:33 YES.

30:33 COUNCIL.

30:33 SANTANA.

30:34 COUNCILOR.

30:35 SANTANA.

30:35 YES.

30:36 COUNCIL.

30:36 WEBER.

30:37 YES.

30:37 COUNCILOR.

30:37 BASSAN.

30:38 COUNCILOR.

30:39 WORLD.

30:39 YES.

30:40 COUNCILWOMAN ROWE.

30:40 YES.

30:41 I CAN HAVE A1520 RECEIVED

30:43 RECEIVE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE

30:45 AFFIRMATIVE.

30:46 THANK YOU.

30:46 DOCKET 1520 HAS BEEN PASSED

30:48 AND THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN

30:49 CONFIRMED.

30:51 UH, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

30:52 ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

30:53 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

30:55 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

30:56 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1521.

30:59 UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

31:00 TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE AND

31:01 DOCKET 1521.

31:03 COUNCILOR BRIEF.

31:04 YES.

31:04 COUNCILOR BREADON.

31:05 YES.

31:05 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED.

31:07 COUNCILOR.

31:07 CLOSE.

31:07 BUT YES.

31:08 COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

31:09 YES.

31:10 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

31:10 YES.

31:11 COUNCILOR.

31:11 DURKAN.

31:12 COUNCILOR.

31:12 JOKING.

31:13 YES.

31:13 COUNCILOR.

31:13 FITZGERALD.

31:14 COUNCILOR.

31:15 YES.

31:15 COUNCILOR.

31:16 FLYNN.

31:16 COUNCILOR.

31:17 FLYNN.

31:17 YES.

31:18 COUNCILOR.

31:18 LOUIJEUNE.

31:19 COUNCILOR.

31:19 LOUIJEUNE.

31:20 YES.

31:20 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.

31:22 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

31:23 YES.

31:25 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

31:25 YES, COUNCILOR.

31:26 OPEN COUNCIL.

31:27 WE'VE BEEN.

31:27 YES.

31:28 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

31:28 YES, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

31:30 YES.

31:30 COUNCIL.

31:30 WEBER.

31:31 YES, COUNCILOR WEBB'S AND

31:32 COUNCILOR.

31:33 WORLD COUNCILOR ORAL.

31:35 YES.

31:35 SO I CAN HAVE 1521 HAS RECEIVED

31:38 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

31:39 THANK YOU.

31:40 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS

31:41 BEEN ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET

31:44 1521 HAS PASSED AND THE

31:45 APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

31:48 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

31:49 PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND

31:50 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

31:51 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

31:53 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1522.

31:55 UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

31:57 TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET

31:59 1522.

32:00 COUNCILOR BREADON.

32:01 YES.

32:01 COUNCILOR BREADON.

32:02 YES.

32:02 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED

32:05 TO COUNCILOR GOES FURTHER.

32:05 YES.

32:06 COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

32:06 YES.

32:07 COUNCILOR COPE.

32:07 YES.

32:08 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

32:10 YES.

32:11 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

32:12 COUNCIL OF HIS CHAIR.

32:13 YES.

32:13 COUNCILOR.

32:14 FLYNN.

32:14 YES.

32:14 COUNCIL.

32:15 FLYNN.

32:15 YES.

32:16 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND

32:17 SUZANNE.

32:17 YES.

32:18 COUNCIL.

32:18 MEJIA.

32:19 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

32:20 COUNCILMAN MURPHY.

32:21 YES.

32:21 COUNCILOR.

32:22 YEAH.

32:22 COUNCILOR.

32:23 OPINIONS?

32:23 COUNCIL.

32:24 SANTANA.

32:24 YES.

32:25 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

32:25 YES.

32:26 COUNCILOR WEBER.

32:28 COUNCILOR WEBB'S AND COUNCILOR.

32:29 WORLD.

32:29 AND COUNCILOR.

32:30 OH, YES.

32:31 TALKING OF A ONE 5 TO 2 HAS

32:34 RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE

32:35 AFFIRMATIVE.

32:36 THANK YOU.

32:37 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

32:38 ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1522 HAS

32:40 PASSED AND THE APPOINTMENT HAS

32:41 BEEN CONFIRMED.

32:42 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

32:43 PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND

32:44 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

32:45 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

32:46 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1523.

32:49 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

32:50 TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET

32:52 1523.

32:53 COUNCILOR BREAK.

32:54 YES.

32:54 COUNCILOR IN YES.

32:55 COUNCIL COLOR AS A OPPONENT.

32:57 COUNCILPERSON.

32:58 YES.

32:58 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

33:00 COUNCILOR PHILPOTT BUT YES.

33:01 COUNCILOR.

33:01 DURKAN.

33:02 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

33:03 YES.

33:03 COUNCILOR.

33:04 FITZGERALD.

33:05 COUNCILOR.

33:06 SO YES.

33:06 COUNCILOR.

33:06 FLYNN.

33:07 YES.

33:07 COUNCIL.

33:08 FLYNN.

33:08 YES.

33:08 COUNCIL.

33:09 LOUIJEUNE.

33:10 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

33:10 YES.

33:11 COUNCIL.

33:11 MEJIA.

33:12 COUNCILMEMBER HERE.

33:12 YES.

33:13 COUNCILOR.

33:13 MURPHY.

33:15 COUNCILOR.

33:15 MURPHY.

33:15 YES.

33:16 COUNCILOR.

33:16 PEN.

33:16 COUNCILOR.

33:17 PEN.

33:17 YES.

33:18 SANTANA.

33:19 COUNCILOR.

33:19 SANTANA.

33:20 YES.

33:20 COUNCIL MEMBER.

33:21 COUNCILOR WITH ME.

33:22 YES.

33:22 AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.

33:23 YES.

33:24 COUNCILOR.

33:24 ARROYO.

33:25 YES.

33:25 DUCKY.

33:26 NUMBER 1523 HAS RECEIVED A

33:29 UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE

33:30 AFFIRMATIVE.

33:31 THANK YOU.

33:31 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

33:32 ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1523 HAS

33:34 PASSED AND THE APPOINTMENT HAS

33:35 BEEN CONFIRMED.

33:36 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

33:38 PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND

33:39 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

33:40 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

33:41 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1524.

33:44 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

33:45 TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET

33:46 1524.

33:47 COUNCILOR BREADON.

33:48 YES.

33:49 COUNCILOR BREEDING.

33:50 YES.

33:50 COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A PART

33:51 OF GOT SICK AS A PARTY.

33:53 YES.

33:53 COUNCILOR.

33:53 CULPEPER.

33:54 COUNCILOR.

33:55 CULPEPER.

33:55 YES.

33:56 COUNCILOR.

33:56 DURKAN.

33:57 COUNCILOR.

33:58 DURKAN.

33:58 YES.

33:59 COUNCILOR.

33:59 FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR.

34:00 HIS SHOW.

34:01 YES.

34:01 COUNCILOR.

34:01 FLYNN.

34:02 COUNCILOR.

34:02 FLYNN.

34:03 YES.

34:03 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

34:04 COUNCILOR.

34:05 LOUIJEUNE.

34:05 YES, COUNCILOR.

34:06 MEJIA.

34:07 COUNCIL ME HERE.

34:08 YES.

34:08 COUNCILOR.

34:08 MURPHY.

34:09 COUNCILOR.

34:10 MURPHY.

34:10 YES.

34:11 COUNCIL THERE.

34:11 PEN.

34:12 COUNCILOR.

34:12 PEN.

34:12 YES.

34:13 COUNCIL.

34:13 SANTANA.

34:14 COUNCILOR.

34:14 SANTANA.

34:15 YES.

34:15 COUNCILOR.

34:16 WEBER.

34:16 YES.

34:17 COUNCIL.

34:17 WEBER.

34:17 YES AND COUNCIL.

34:18 WORLD COUNCILOR.

34:20 YES.

34:20 DOCKET NUMBER 1524 HAS RECEIVED

34:23 A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE

34:24 AFFIRMATIVE.

34:26 THANK YOU.

34:26 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS

34:27 BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1524

34:29 HAS BEEN PASSED AND THE

34:30 APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

34:33 MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE

34:34 READ DOCKET 1883.

34:37 DOC NUMBER 1883 THE COMMITTEE

34:39 ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

34:41 TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS

34:42 DEFERRED ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2026.

34:45 MESSAGE NO.

34:46 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

34:48 TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT

34:53 OF $3,250,220 IN THE FORM OF A

34:54 GRANT BOSTON MPO SURPLUS FISCAL

34:57 YEAR 26 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

35:00 GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE

35:03 METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING

35:04 COUNCIL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

35:06 THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

35:08 THE GRANT WILL FUND SUPPORT FOR

35:09 NEW E-BIKES AND SPARE BATTERIES

35:11 FOR THE BIKE SHARE SYSTEM

35:14 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

35:15 THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.

35:17 THANK YOU.

35:18 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

35:19 COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR

35:20 OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

35:23 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

35:24 .

35:24 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

35:24 THANK YOU.

35:25 SO MUCH.

35:25 UM, WE'VE HAD MANY HEARINGS UM,

35:27 THAT I'VE CHAIRED UM THAT HAVE

35:29 BEEN REGARDING THE BLUE BIKES

35:31 PROGRAM.

35:31 THIS DOCKET 183 AUTHORIZES THE

35:34 CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND

35:35 EXPAND THE BOSTON MPO SURPLUS

35:38 FISCAL YEAR 26 COMMUNITY

35:40 CONNECTIONS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT

35:42 OF 3,250,000 AND $220.

35:45 THIS GRANT WAS AWARDED BY THE

35:47 MASSACHUSETTS METROPOLITAN AREA

35:48 PLANNING COUNCIL TO BE

35:49 ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON

35:50 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

35:51 THIS GRANT WOULD FUND THE

35:52 SUPPORT FOR NEW FOR NEW E-BIKES

35:55 AND SPARE BATTERIES FOR THE

35:56 BLUE BIKE BIKESHARE SYSTEM.

35:58 UH THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED

36:00 INFORMATION FROM THE

36:01 ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THIS

36:02 DOCKET A GRANT AUTHORIZING THE

36:03 CITY TO ACCEPT OR EXPAND THIS

36:04 AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BUY 887

36:08 E-BIKES AND 434 SPARE

36:10 BATTERIES.

36:11 THIS PURCHASE WILL CONTRIBUTE A

36:13 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE

36:14 NUMBER OF E-BIKES IN THE

36:15 SYSTEM, ALLOWING PARTICIPATING

36:17 MUNICIPALITIES TO PROVIDE

36:18 GREATER ACCESS TO E-BIKES AND

36:20 REALIZE A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN

36:21 TRIPS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

36:23 E-BIKES CURRENTLY MAKE UP

36:25 AROUND 12% OF BOSTON'S FLEET.

36:26 THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW BOSTON

36:28 TO INCREASE ITS SHARE UP TO 33%

36:31 AND AS ANYONE WHO'S ACTUALLY

36:33 RIDDEN AN E-BIKE KNOWS THAT

36:35 THEY COME IN HIGH DEMAND AND

36:36 YOU CAN RARELY FIND THEM.

36:38 SO THIS IS UH, GREAT FOR UM,

36:40 OUR COMMUNITIES.

36:41 THIS PERCENTAGE WAS DECIDED ON

36:43 BY THE 13 PARTICIPATING

36:45 MUNICIPALITIES AND ALL OF THEM

36:46 WILL BE RECEIVING A GRANT TO

36:48 UPGRADE THEIR FLEET IN THIS

36:50 AMOUNT.

36:51 IT WAS NOTED THAT TRIPS UM IT

36:53 WAS NOTED THAT IN NEIGHBORHOODS

36:54 FURTHER FROM DOWNTOWN BOSTON

36:56 LIKE MATTAPAN AND SOUTHERN

36:58 DORCHESTER, E-BIKE TRIPS MAKE

36:59 UP MORE THAN 50% OF THE TRIPS

37:01 COMPARED TO 25% OF SYSTEM WIDE.

37:04 UM I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'VE

37:05 TAKEN A E-BIKE FROM FENWAY UH,

37:10 TO ACTUALLY AT THE DORCHESTER

37:11 SOUTHIE LINE.

37:12 UM, SO I AND I KNOW THAT FOR

37:16 ME THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOVE MY

37:18 CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE.

37:19 SO THE LONGER YOU GO, THE MORE

37:21 YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT

37:22 YOU'RE GETTING ONE OF THOSE

37:23 SILVER BIKES.

37:24 UM, AND I KNOW THAT IN MY

37:26 DISTRICT, UM, WHERE WE HAVE

37:28 SOME OF THE BIGGEST, UM, UH,

37:32 BIGGEST DEMAND FOR BLUE BIKES

37:34 THAT THE E-BIKES ARE READILY

37:35 AVAILABLE INCLUDING IN PLACES

37:37 LIKE MISSION HILL WHERE YOU

37:39 YOU'D RATHER YOU'D RATHER HAVE

37:41 AN E-BIKE HELPING YOU UP THAT

37:42 HILL.

37:43 UH, BOSTON WILL HOLD ON TO ITS

37:45 CLASSIC E-BIKES THAT ARE

37:46 REPLACED WITH E-BIKES AND SELL

37:48 THEM TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO

37:49 RECOUP THE COST OR WILL PUT

37:51 THEM AT A NEW BLUE BIKE STATION

37:53 IN BOSTON.

37:53 THE INCREASED WORK TO ELECTRIFY

37:55 BLUE BIKE STATIONS WILL REDUCE

37:57 OPERATING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH

37:59 SWAPPING OUT BATTERIES.

38:00 THE OPERATOR IS READY TO BEGIN

38:02 DEPLOYING THESE AS SOON AS THE

38:04 GRANT RECEIVES APPROVAL.

38:05 AND JUST FOR MY

38:06 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I KNOW WE'VE

38:08 GONE OVER THIS BEFORE BUT THE

38:10 CITY SIGNED A CONTRACT WHICH IS

38:11 THERE IS THEN THE CONTRACT AS A

38:13 RESULT OF THIS AGREEMENT IS

38:14 COMING FROM THE RESULT OF THAT

38:16 UM THAT MULTI MUNICIPALITY

38:18 CONTRACT AND THAT'S WHY THIS

38:19 GRANT IS FROM THE METROPOLITAN

38:22 AREA PLANNING COUNCIL.

38:23 UH THE CITY OF BOSTON WILL

38:25 PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO

38:26 MASSDOT AND THESE REPORTS WILL

38:28 INCLUDE A GENERAL NARRATIVE

38:29 UPDATE ON WHAT WORK TOOK PLACE

38:31 AS PART OF THE PROJECT DURING

38:32 THE LAST QUARTER AND WHETHER

38:33 THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED

38:34 BY THE END CONTRACT DATE, WHICH

38:38 IS DECEMBER 31ST 2027.

38:38 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

38:40 A PIVOTAL INVESTMENT IN OUR

38:41 BLUE BIKESHARE SYSTEM,

38:43 INCREASING PARTICIPATION AND

38:44 EXPANDING ACCESS TO MULTIMODAL

38:46 MODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.

38:48 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE

38:49 CONTINUE TO DO THIS IN TANDEM

38:51 WITH UH WITH OUR WORK FOR SAFER

38:53 STREET, WHICH THE CITY IS

38:54 CONTINUING TO DO THROUGH VISION

38:56 ZERO AND ONGOING EVALUATION

38:57 OF STREET DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

38:59 TO SUPPORT THE SHARED USE

39:00 OF OUR STREETS BY DRIVERS,

39:01 CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

39:03 AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

39:04 PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND

39:05 TRANSPORTATION.

39:06 I RECOMMEND THAT THE LISTED

39:07 DOCKET UM THAT WE GO TO THE

39:09 FULL COMMITTEE UM FOR

39:11 COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND

39:12 FORMAL ACTION.

39:13 AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION

39:14 TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT

39:15 THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS.

39:17 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

39:18 THANK YOU.

39:18 COUNCILOR TO CONSIDER

39:19 RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.

39:20 COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

39:22 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

39:24 MADAM CHAIR.

39:25 I SPENT A CONSIDERABLE

39:26 AMOUNT OF TIME OVER THE LAST

39:28 SEVERAL YEARS WORKING TO

39:31 REGULATE E-BIKES TO MAKE IT

39:32 SAFER FOR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY

39:37 AND PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

39:41 IT'S STILL A IT'S STILL AN

39:43 ISSUE I CONTINUE TO WORK ON.

39:44 I KNOW GOVERNOR HEALEY, UM, IS

39:48 DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THIS

39:50 ISSUE AS WELL.

39:51 TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR CITIES

39:53 AND TOWNS UM, AND PEDESTRIAN

39:57 SAFETY AS IT RELATES TO UM,

39:59 E-BIKES.

40:00 BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

40:02 HOW CHALLENGING IT IS FOR

40:05 PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE NOT ON

40:07 E-BIKES AND SOME OF THE PUBLIC

40:09 SAFETY ISSUES RELATING TO UM

40:13 E-BIKES AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT

40:17 WE ARE HAVING ACROSS THE CITY

40:20 IS PLACING SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE

40:22 E-BIKES.

40:22 THE ANSWER TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY

40:24 CRISIS WE HAVE IN BOSTON.

40:27 WE ALSO SHOULD KNOW THAT THE

40:29 BATTERIES FOR E-BIKES, UM

40:33 DESERVE FURTHER SCRUTINY AND WE

40:36 MUST DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO

40:38 ENSURE THAT WE INVESTIGATE, UM,

40:41 THE SAFETY OF THESE BATTERIES

40:43 AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE

40:46 SUPPORTING A PROJECT FOR

40:47 SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS

40:49 SAFE FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS.

40:51 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

40:53 THANK YOU.

40:53 COUNCILOR FLYNN RECOGNIZES

40:56 COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

40:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

40:58 UM, I JUST WANT TO BE VERY

41:00 CLEAR.

41:01 UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT

41:03 TO SORT OF SEGREGATE SOME

41:04 OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE

41:05 AROUND, YOU KNOW, MOTOR BIKES

41:07 AND SCOOTERS, UH, WITH THESE

41:09 E-BIKES BECAUSE THE E-BIKES

41:11 THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON UM, THE

41:14 BLUE BIKE SYSTEM ARE THE THE

41:18 SLOWEST CLASS OF E-BIKES AND

41:19 ALSO THEIR PEDAL ASSIST.

41:21 SO THERE'S DEFINITELY IF YOU'VE

41:22 EVER RIDDEN ONE UM WHAT IT DOES

41:25 IS IT HELPS YOU PROPEL YOURSELF

41:27 FORWARD THROUGH THE THE UM

41:29 THROUGH BASICALLY THE STEPS

41:32 THAT YOU'RE TAKING ON THE BIKE

41:33 WHICH IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN

41:35 AN E-BIKE WHERE YOU CAN GO SORT

41:37 OF LIKE VROOM VROOM.

41:38 SO UM I I'VE RIDDEN BOTH I

41:40 THINK BOTH ARE UM YOU KNOW,

41:42 BOTH ARE AVAILABLE AND CAN BE

41:45 DRIVEN ON OUR STREETS RIGHT

41:46 NOW.

41:46 UM I DO WANT TO CHARGE US I

41:49 THINK WHEN WE HAVE THIS UH,

41:50 CONVERSATION ABOUT UH, BIKES

41:52 AND SCOOTERS.

41:53 UM, WE DEFINITELY NEED THE

41:55 STATE HOUSE TO TAKE ACTION, UM

41:56 ,TO FURTHER CLASSIFY SO THAT

41:58 WE CAN DO MORE WORK.

41:59 UM, WHICH WHICH IS WHAT

42:01 COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS REFERRING

42:02 TO.

42:02 UM, SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS

42:04 LEADERSHIP, GRATEFUL FOR ALL

42:05 OF US FOR WORKING ON THESE VERY

42:07 NUANCED ISSUES.

42:07 I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, UM, TO

42:10 TAKE TO GET A BLUE BIKES

42:11 MEMBERSHIP WHERE THEY'RE

42:13 AVAILABLE TO CITY OF BOSTON UH,

42:15 WORKERS, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO

42:17 GET A BLUE BIKES MEMBERSHIP AND

42:18 RIDE ON THE E-BIKE.

42:19 IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THAN

42:21 THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER E-BIKES

42:22 THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

42:23 THANK YOU.

42:28 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

42:29 ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND

42:31 TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

42:32 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

42:33 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1883.

42:37 UM.

42:38 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL

42:40 OPPOSED.

42:41 SAY NAY.

42:42 MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE

42:44 A ROLL CALL?

42:44 VOTE ON DOCKET ONE EIGHT A3.

42:47 COUNCILOR BREADON.

42:48 YES.

42:48 COUNCILOR BRAYTON.

42:49 YES.

42:49 COUNCILOR COLORED AS OPPOSED

42:51 COUNCILOR AS PER YES.

42:52 COUNCILOR.

42:53 CULPEPER.

42:54 COUNCILOR.

42:54 CULPEPPER.

42:54 YES.

42:55 COUNCILOR.

42:55 DURKAN.

42:56 COUNCILOR.

42:57 DURKAN.

42:57 YES.

42:57 COUNCILOR.

42:58 FITZGERALD.

42:59 COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA HAS

43:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN NO.

43:01 COUNCIL.

43:01 FLYNN.

43:03 NO COUNCIL.

43:03 LOUIJEUNE.

43:04 YES.

43:04 COUNCILOR.

43:05 LOUIJEUNE.

43:05 YES, COUNCILOR.

43:06 MEJIA.

43:07 COUNCILOR MEJA.

43:07 YES.

43:08 COUNCILOR.

43:08 MURPHY.

43:09 COUNCILOR.

43:10 MURPHY.

43:10 NO.

43:10 COUNCIL.

43:11 BURR.

43:11 PEN.

43:11 YES, COUNCILOR.

43:12 PEN.

43:13 YES.

43:13 SANTANA.

43:14 YES, COUNCILOR.

43:15 SANTANA.

43:16 YES.

43:16 COUNCIL.

43:16 WEBER.

43:17 YES.

43:17 COUNCIL.

43:18 WEBER.

43:18 YES.

43:18 AND COUNCILOR WORRELL DUKKHA

43:22 NUMBER 1883 AS WE SEE.

43:27 TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE

43:29 AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE.

43:30 THANK YOU, MR TRACK.

43:31 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

43:32 ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1883 HAS

43:34 PASSED.

43:36 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

43:37 READ DOCKET 1774?

43:39 TALKING OF THE 1774 THE

43:41 COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS

43:43 RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT

43:45 ADVANCEMENT TO WHICH WAS

43:46 REFERRED TO IN THE 23RD 2026

43:49 MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE

43:50 CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND

43:53 EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000

43:55 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT AND OH I

43:58 MAYORS MITIGATION

44:00 COUNCIL AWARDED BY ROCKEFELLER

44:01 PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS TO BE

44:03 ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT

44:05 OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.

44:07 THE GRANT WILL FUND SUPPORT FOR

44:10 CITY LED PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE

44:12 RELIEF, INCLUSION AND

44:13 OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERSERVED

44:15 COMMUNITIES IN BOSTON THROUGH

44:16 THE GLOBAL CITIES FUND SUBMITS

44:19 A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE

44:20 ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.

44:22 THANK YOU.

44:22 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

44:24 COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL.

44:24 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

44:25 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

44:27 THIS DOCKET WILL AUTHORIZE THE

44:28 CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND

44:31 EXPEND 5000 $500,000 GRANT FROM

44:34 THE MAYOR'S MIGRATION

44:36 COUNCIL GLOBAL CITIES FUND

44:38 ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S

44:39 OFFICE FOR IMMIGRANT

44:41 ADVANCEMENT.

44:42 OUR COMMITTEE REQUESTED

44:44 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE

44:46 ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE

44:47 PURPOSE OF THIS FUNDING AND WE

44:49 RECEIVED A MEMORANDUM OUTLINING

44:51 HOW THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED.

44:54 SPECIFICALLY, THE GRANT WOULD

44:55 SUPPORT THE CREATION

44:56 OF BOSTON'S FIRST IMMIGRANT LED

44:59 WORK ON HOME CARE COOPERATIVE

45:02 ADDRESSING TWO IMPORTANT

45:03 CHALLENGES THE GROWING NEED FOR

45:05 HOME CARE SERVICES FOR OLDER

45:07 ADULTS AND THE ECONOMIC

45:09 INSECURITY FACED BY MANY

45:11 IMMIGRANT CAREGIVERS.

45:13 ACCORDING TO THE ADMINISTRATION

45:14 ,THIS INITIATIVE IS EXPECTED

45:17 TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

45:19 APPROXIMATELY 60 IMMIGRANT

45:21 WORKERS TO BECOME COOPERATIVE

45:23 MEMBERS WHILE PROVIDING HOME

45:25 CARE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 100

45:28 INDIVIDUALS.

45:29 THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH

45:31 THAT WOULD HELP STRENGTHEN OUR

45:32 HOME CARE WORKFORCE WHILE

45:34 CREATING PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC

45:36 STABILITY AND BUSINESS

45:38 OWNERSHIP FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS

45:40 .

45:40 FOR THESE REASONS, MADAM

45:41 PRESIDENT, I RECOMMEND THAT

45:43 DOCKET 1774 PASS.

45:46 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER

45:47 .

45:50 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

45:51 CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUALITY

45:54 EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT

45:56 ADVANCEMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

45:57 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

45:59 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1774.

46:01 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

46:02 TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET

46:04 1774.

46:06 COUNCILOR BREADON.

46:07 YES.

46:08 COUNCILOR BRAEDEN.

46:08 YES.

46:09 COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPOSED

46:11 COUNCIL CASA POTTER.

46:12 YES.

46:12 COUNCILOR.

46:12 CULPEPPER.

46:13 YES.

46:14 COUNCILOR.

46:14 CULPEPPER.

46:14 YES.

46:15 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

46:16 YES.

46:16 COUNCILOR.

46:16 DURKAN.

46:17 YES.

46:17 COUNCILOR.

46:18 FITZGERALD.

46:18 YES.

46:19 COUNCIL THIS SHOW.

46:19 YES.

46:20 COUNCILOR.

46:20 FLYNN.

46:21 YES, COUNCILOR.

46:22 PHONE.

46:22 YES.

46:23 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.

46:24 LOUIJEUNE.

46:25 YES, COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL.

46:27 MEJIA.

46:27 YES.

46:27 COUNCIL.

46:28 MURPHY COUNCIL THE PEN COUNCIL.

46:30 PEN.

46:31 YES.

46:31 COUNCIL.

46:32 SANTANA COUNCIL.

46:33 SANTANA.

46:33 YES.

46:34 COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL.

46:36 COUNCILOR.

46:36 WORLD COUNCIL.

46:38 YES.

46:39 DOCKET NUMBER 1774 AS WE SEE 12

46:43 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

46:45 THANK YOU.

46:45 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS

46:46 BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1774

46:48 HAS PASSED.

46:50 WE KNOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY

46:52 HEARD.

46:54 MR KERR COULD YOU PLEASE READ

46:55 DOCKET 1718.

46:57 DOC NUMBER 1718 ORDER REGARDING

47:00 A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON

47:01 ZONING CODE TO PROHIBIT DATA

47:04 CENTERS IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS

47:05 .

47:06 THANK YOU.

47:07 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR

47:08 OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING

47:09 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.

47:10 COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE

47:11 FLOOR.

47:14 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON

47:16 MONDAY FOR ALL THE HEARING AND

47:17 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

47:18 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON

47:19 DOCKET 1718 AND ORDERED

47:22 SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS

47:23 CULPEPER AND RALL REGARDING A

47:24 TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON

47:25 ZONING CODE TO PREVENT DATA

47:26 CENTERS IN ALL ZONING

47:27 DISTRICTS, WE WERE JOINED BY

47:28 COUNCILORS FLYNN, LOUIJEUNE AND

47:30 WEBER IN ADDITION TO THE LEAD

47:31 SPONSORS.

47:32 WE FIRST HEARD FROM JEFF THOMAS

47:33 OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND

47:35 CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER SEAN

47:37 PACEY OF THE DEPARTMENT

47:39 OF INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.

47:40 THEY CLARIFIED THERE IS NO

47:42 EMINENT RISK OF HYPERSCALE DATA

47:43 CENTERS COMING TO BOSTON UNDER

47:44 THE CURRENT ZONING CODE.

47:46 DATA CENTERS ARE CONDITIONAL

47:47 USE AND WOULD FACE SIGNIFICANT

47:49 SCRUTINY THROUGH THE ARTICLE 80

47:50 PROCESS AND REVIEW BY THE FDA

47:52 AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL,

47:54 INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL

47:56 REGULATIONS.

47:56 THE CITY RECOGNIZES THE

47:58 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISK

47:59 AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF DATA

48:01 CENTERS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION

48:03 EMPHASIZED THAT IT WOULD TAKE A

48:04 CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO APPROVING

48:06 NEW FACILITIES WITH COMMUNITY

48:08 INPUT AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

48:09 BOSTON IS AN INTERNATIONAL AS

48:12 PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL PACT

48:13 THE C40 PACT THAT REFLECTS

48:15 THESE PRIORITIES.

48:17 COMPUTING POWER IS ESSENTIAL TO

48:18 SUPPORT THE WORK OF OUR WORLD

48:19 CLASS UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS,

48:21 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND

48:22 BROADER INNOVATION ECONOMY.

48:24 HYPERSCALE LARGE DATA CENTERS

48:25 ARE UNLIKELY TO COME TO BOSTON

48:27 GIVEN THE HIGH COST OF LAND AND

48:28 ELECTRICITY, AND BOSTON HAS

48:30 ALREADY HAD SEVERAL DATA

48:31 CENTERS.

48:32 SOME DATING BACK TO THE 1990S

48:34 THAT PROVIDE COMPUTING SERVICES

48:36 TO LOCAL COMPANIES.

48:37 THE ADMINISTRATION SHARED THAT

48:39 IT IS WORKING TO DEVELOP CLEAR

48:41 ZONING DEFINITIONS FOR DATA

48:42 CENTERS AND IS OPEN TO

48:43 COLLABORATING ON THE BROADER

48:45 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK WITH THE

48:47 SPONSORS.

48:47 THE GOAL IS THAT THE GOAL IS TO

48:50 ALLOW BOSTON TO BENEFIT FROM

48:51 THE JOBS, INNOVATION AND

48:53 DISCOVERY ENABLED BY COMPUTING

48:55 TECHNOLOGIES WHILE PROTECTING

48:56 OUR COMMUNITIES.

48:57 THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT

48:59 SUPPORT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL,

49:00 EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR

49:01 CLEARER DEFINITIONS AND MORE

49:03 TARGETED APPROACH.

49:04 WE ALSO HEARD FROM A PANEL

49:06 OF ACTIVIST ADVOCATES AND

49:08 EXPERTS REPRESENTING THE BOSTON

49:09 CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK, THE

49:10 CONFERENCE OF TEACHING

49:11 HOSPITALS ALTERNATIVES FOR

49:13 COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT,

49:15 BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND ON A

49:18 FUTURE FOR LOCAL.

49:19 OUR DISCUSSION EXPLORED THE

49:22 ROLE DATA CENTERS PLAY IN

49:23 SUPPORTING HOSPITALS RESEARCH

49:24 AND THE BROADER INNOVATION

49:25 ECONOMY.

49:26 THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

49:28 REGULATIONS THEY ALREADY FACE

49:29 AND HOW BOSTON CAN ESTABLISH

49:30 THOUGHTFUL REGULATIONS AND

49:32 CLEAR DEFINITIONS THAT PROTECT

49:33 OUR COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS

49:35 QUALITY OF LIFE WITHOUT

49:36 UNDERMINING INNOVATION AND

49:37 RESEARCH.

49:39 FINALLY, WE HEARD TESTIMONY

49:40 FROM THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND

49:41 BUILDING TRADES UNIONS WHO

49:43 RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE

49:44 POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF A CITYWIDE

49:45 BAN ON JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

49:47 THE HEARING ALSO HIGHLIGHTED

49:48 THE NEED FOR A MORE TARGETED

49:49 APPROACH TO REGULATING DATA

49:51 CENTERS THROUGH ZONING.

49:52 AS WE CONSIDER HOW BEST TO

49:53 PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE

49:55 SUPPORTING RESEARCH, INNOVATION

49:56 AND JOBS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO

49:57 BOSTON, IT IS CLEAR THAT WE

49:59 NEED A MORE NUANCED FRAMEWORK.

50:01 I THINK THE HEARING WAS VERY

50:03 SUCCESSFUL AND I WANT TO THANK

50:04 THE LEAD SPONSORS FOR BRINGING

50:06 IT FORWARD BECAUSE I DON'T

50:07 THINK WITHOUT THIS PROPOSAL WE

50:08 WOULDN'T HAVE HAD SUCH A

50:10 NUANCED CONVERSATION.

50:11 AND SO I WANT TO LET THE LEAD

50:13 SPONSOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER

50:15 SPEAK TO HIS IMPRESSIONS OF THE

50:16 HEARING AND AT THIS TIME I.

50:18 AFTER THAT I'LL RECOMMEND THAT

50:20 IT REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AT THIS

50:21 TIME.

50:21 THANK YOU.

50:22 COUNCILOR DARKEN THE CHAIR

50:23 RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

50:25 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

50:25 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

50:27 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN

50:29 FOR HOLDING AN INFORMATIVE AND

50:31 PRODUCTIVE HEARING ON DOCKET

50:32 NUMBER 1718.

50:34 I FOLLOWED THIS AMENDMENT

50:36 BECAUSE THE DATA CENTERS

50:38 CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS

50:40 MASSACHUSETTS AND THE COUNTRY.

50:42 I BELIEVE BOSTON NEEDS TO TAKE

50:44 A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO

50:45 DETERMINING WHETHER DATA

50:46 CENTERS ARE AN APPROPRIATE LAND

50:48 USE FOR OUR CITIES RATHER THAN

50:51 WAITING UNTIL A MAJOR

50:52 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IS ALREADY

50:54 BEFORE US.

50:55 AFTER HEARING FROM THE

50:56 ADMINISTRATION PARTICULARLY THE

50:59 PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS

51:01 COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND SUBJECT

51:03 MATTER EXPERTS ON THE SECOND

51:05 PANEL, I BELIEVE THE MOST

51:06 EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO

51:08 REGULATING DATA CENTERS IN

51:10 BOSTON IS TO WORK WITH THE

51:11 PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE

51:13 THE DEFINITION OF DATA CENTERS

51:15 IN THE BOSTON CODE AND CONTINUE

51:18 TO ASSESS WHAT KIND

51:19 OF PROHIBITIONS, IF ANY, ARE

51:21 NEEDED.

51:22 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS

51:23 EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO WORK

51:25 WITH THE COUNCIL ON THIS ISSUE,

51:27 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

51:28 CONTINUING THAT COLLABORATION

51:30 WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THE

51:32 ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNITY

51:34 STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE BOSTON

51:36 HAS APPROPRIATE ZONING

51:37 REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS

51:39 THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF DATA

51:41 CENTER DEVELOPMENT.

51:42 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

51:44 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

51:46 DOCKET 171.

51:47 IT WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.

51:50 THE CLERK MR. CLERK, COULD YOU

51:51 PLEASE READ DOCKET 1601.

51:54 TALKING NUMBERS 160.

51:56 IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO

51:57 EXPLORE RAISING THE PERCENTAGE

52:00 OF COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT

52:02 FUNDS DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE

52:03 HOUSING.

52:05 THANK YOU.

52:06 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

52:07 CONSTABLE PEPEN.

52:08 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

52:09 YESTERDAY THE COMMITTEE ON

52:11 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION AND HELD

52:12 ADHERING TO EXPLORE RAISING THE

52:14 PERCENTAGE OF COMMUNITY

52:15 PRESERVATION ACT FUNDS

52:17 DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING

52:18 .

52:18 THE DOCKET WAS SPONSORED BY

52:20 COUNCILORS WILL ROWE AND

52:22 COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND WE WERE

52:23 JOINED BY COUNCILORS MURPHY,

52:26 FLYNN, DURKAN, FITZGERALD,

52:27 BREADON LOUIJEUNE AND MARIA.

52:30 WE HEARD FROM DIRECTOR BROWN

52:32 OF THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION

52:33 OFFICE WHO SPOKE ON THE

52:35 IMPORTANT PROJECTS THE CPA

52:36 FUNDS SUPPORT.

52:38 DIRECTOR BROWN ACKNOWLEDGED THE

52:40 CRITICAL NEED FOR AFFORDABLE

52:41 HOUSING WE HAVE IN BOSTON, BUT

52:42 ALSO MAINTAIN THE IMPORTANCE

52:43 OF OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVATION

52:45 PROJECTS.

52:46 A PANEL OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES

52:48 TESTIFIED THAT THE NEED FOR

52:49 AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS NEVER

52:50 BEEN GREATER AND THAT FINANCING

52:52 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY

52:52 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP, HAS

52:54 BEEN A GREAT HARDSHIP.

52:56 WE NEED TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO

52:57 IMPROVE THE FINANCING

52:58 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT

52:59 HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD

53:00 NOT TUG OF WAR BETWEEN

53:02 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OPEN SPACE

53:03 AND PRESERVATION ADVOCATES.

53:05 I WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR

53:07 BRINGING THIS DOCKET TO THE

53:08 COMMITTEE, AND I LOOK FORWARD

53:09 TO THE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS.

53:10 AT THIS TIME I DO WANT TO GIVE

53:12 AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE MAIN

53:13 SPONSOR FOR REMARKS.

53:15 I'M SURE ALL AROUND YOU HAVE

53:16 THE FLOOR.

53:17 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

53:19 THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN

53:20 FOR CHAIRING THIS HEARING.

53:22 I ALSO WANT TO THANK UH

53:24 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BROWN, UH,

53:25 THE CPA STAFF, THE BOARD AND

53:28 OUR PANELISTS AND THE RESIDENTS

53:29 WHO PROVIDED PUBLIC REMARKS.

53:32 I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS IN

53:33 DISTRICT FOUR ALL THE TIME WHO

53:34 TELL ME THEY SIMPLY CAN'T

53:35 AFFORD BOSTON ANYMORE.

53:37 SOME OF OUR FORMER RESIDENTS

53:38 WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRICED

53:39 OUT.

53:39 THE CITY OWNS MAP SHOWS PART

53:41 OF MY DISTRICT HAS SOME OF THE

53:42 HIGHEST RISKS OF DISPLACEMENT.

53:44 IN THE HEARING WE HEARD THAT

53:45 CONSTRUCTION COSTS KEEP RISING

53:47 WHILE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE

53:48 HOUSING.

53:50 UM SPECIFICALLY UM AFFORDABLE

53:52 HOMEOWNERSHIP.

53:52 UM, HOMEOWNERSHIP ISN'T KEEPING

53:54 PACE.

53:55 AND IN OUR LAST CPA ROUND WE

53:57 DIDN'T DIRECTLY FUND

53:58 CONSTRUCTION OF ANY NEW

54:00 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS

54:01 .

54:02 WE KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE

54:03 HOMEOWNERSHIP IS NOT JUST IT'S

54:06 NOT JUST OUR ONLY BEST TOOL TO

54:07 FIGHT DISPLACEMENT BUT ALSO AN

54:08 IMPORTANT OPTION THAT WE NEED

54:10 TO HAVE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN

54:11 ORDER TO COMPLY WITH FAIR

54:13 HOUSING STANDARDS.

54:15 WE HEARD FROM.

54:16 ADLER OF NORTH FORK

54:17 CONSTRUCTION THAT HE STARTED

54:18 HIS BUSINESS FOCUSED ON

54:20 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP

54:21 PROJECTS BUT IS NOW PIVOTING

54:23 TOWARD AFFORDABLE RENTAL

54:24 HOUSING.

54:24 AND THAT'S A MAJOR RED FLAG FOR

54:26 THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.

54:28 BUT LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR

54:29 PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

54:30 THE BPD BOARD RECENTLY APPROVED

54:33 ROUGHLY $31 MILLION IN FUTURE

54:35 PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR LARGE,

54:37 LARGELY MARKET RATE HOUSING

54:39 PROJECTS.

54:40 AND I UNDERSTAND WHY SOMETIMES

54:42 PUBLIC SUPPORT IS NEEDED TO

54:43 MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK.

54:44 BUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING

54:46 DEVELOPERS FACE THE SAME COSTS

54:48 AND THEY CAN'T CHARGE MARKET

54:49 RATE PRICES TO COVER THEM.

54:51 SO HOW ARE WE HELPING MAKE

54:52 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS

54:54 NUMBERS WORK?

54:55 RIGHT NOW CPA TARGETS 50%

54:57 TOWARD HOUSING AND 20% TOWARDS

55:00 PARKS, UM, 20% TOWARDS HISTORIC

55:03 PRESERVATION AND ANOTHER 10%

55:05 THAT'S FLEXIBLE.

55:06 I SUPPORT THOSE INVESTMENTS BUT

55:08 WHY WOULDN'T WE CONSIDER

55:10 PUTTING THAT ADDITIONAL 10%

55:12 TOWARD HOUSING?

55:13 YOU CAN'T KEEP WAITING FOR

55:14 WASHINGTON.

55:14 YOU CAN'T KEEP WAITING FOR THE

55:16 STATE HOUSE AND WE CAN'T KEEP

55:17 WAITING FOR ANOTHER BALLOT

55:18 QUESTION.

55:19 PEOPLE ARE BEING PRICED OUT

55:20 OF BOSTON TODAY.

55:21 WE HAVE TO PRESERVE OUR PARKS

55:23 AND OUR STORIED BUILDINGS.

55:24 WE ALSO HAVE TO PRESERVE THE

55:26 PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR

55:26 NEIGHBORHOODS WHAT THEY ARE.

55:28 THANK YOU.

55:29 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL.

55:32 UM, DOCKET 1601 WILL REMAIN IN

55:37 COMMITTEE.

55:41 MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

55:42 READ DOCKET 0407?

55:44 DUCK A NUMBER 0407 ORDER FOR A

55:46 HEARING TO REVIEW PREVENTION

55:48 AND RESPONSE TO BULLYING,

55:50 SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL

55:52 ASSAULT AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

55:54 IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

55:56 THANK YOU.

55:57 MISTER CHAIR RECOGNIZES.

55:58 CONSIDER MEJIA THE CHAIR OF THE

55:59 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.

56:01 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

56:02 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT

56:04 .

56:04 UM, SO MY COMMITTEE HOSTED A

56:09 HEARING YESTERDAY, OCTOBER THE

56:10 20TH.

56:11 UM, I WAS ALSO THE LEAD SPONSOR

56:14 OF THE HEARING.

56:15 UM, AND AS THE CLERK READ INTO

56:18 THE RECORD, IT WAS ALL FOCUSED

56:20 AROUND THE INCIDENTS

56:21 OF BULLYING, SEXUAL HARASSMENT

56:22 AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL

56:24 MISCONDUCT.

56:25 AND I BOUGHT SOME PUBLIC

56:26 SCHOOLS AND LET IT BE KNOWN

56:27 THAT THERE ARE OVER 2000 CASES

56:29 THAT HAVE GONE UNDERREPORTED

56:31 AND THAT'S CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

56:33 I WANT TO THANK MY

56:34 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES

56:35 COUNCILOR MURPHY, FLYNN

56:36 FITZGERALD AND CULPEPER WHO

56:38 PARTICIPATED AND I READ A

56:39 LETTER OF ABSENCE INTO THE

56:41 RECORD BY MY COLLEAGUE

56:43 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

56:43 THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY

56:45 FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS,

56:46 ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY

56:48 ORGANIZATIONS AND I WANT TO

56:49 THANK MASS COLLEGE.

56:50 UM, CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE,

56:52 JUVENILE JUSTICE, UM BASIA UM

56:54 AND T LAW UH FOR THEIR UH

56:57 FIERCE ADVOCACY.

56:59 UM AND SHOWING UP UH IN

57:00 PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OFFICE

57:01 OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS UH,

57:03 WORKING AROUND THIS PARTICULAR

57:04 ISSUE.

57:05 WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY

57:08 ADMINISTRATORS WITH KEY

57:09 FINDINGS AND CONCERNS.

57:11 TESTIMONY REVEALED SIGNIFICANT

57:12 CONCERNS REGARDING THE

57:13 DISCONNECT BETWEEN EXISTING

57:15 POLICIES AND THE LIVED

57:18 EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS AND

57:20 FAMILIES.

57:20 WE ALSO REALIZED THE LACK

57:22 OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND

57:23 TRANSPARENCY.

57:24 FAMILIES DESCRIBED INCONSISTENT

57:27 RESPONSES TO REPORTED

57:29 INCIDENTS, DELAYED

57:30 INVESTIGATIONS, INADEQUATE

57:32 COMMUNICATION AND LIMITED

57:33 ACCOUNTABILITY.

57:34 WITNESSES RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT

57:36 THE LACK OF CLEAR REPORTING

57:38 PROCEDURES, INSUFFICIENT FOLLOW

57:40 THROUGH AND FEAR OF RETALIATION

57:42 WHEN ADVOCATING FOR THEIR

57:43 CHILDREN.

57:44 TWO STUDENTS UM SAFETY AND

57:46 MENTAL HEALTH WAS ALSO

57:47 UPLIFTED.

57:48 STUDENTS AND PARENTS SHARED

57:49 DEEPLY TROUBLING EXPERIENCES

57:52 INVOLVING BULLYING, HARASSMENT

57:53 AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INCLUDING

57:55 LONG TERM EMOTIONAL TRAUMA,

57:57 INTERRUPTED EDUCATION AND

57:59 DECLINING MENTAL HEALTH.

58:00 TESTIMONY HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED

58:01 FOR IMMEDIATE SAFETY PLANS,

58:03 TRAUMA INFORMED INTERVENTIONS,

58:05 EXPANDED COUNSELING SERVICES

58:07 AND STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR

58:09 STUDENTS.

58:10 THREE INADEQUATE PREVENTION AND

58:12 INTERVENTION WITNESSES

58:14 EMPHASIZED UM EMPHASIZED THAT

58:16 WE MUST MOVE BEYOND RESPONDING

58:19 TO INCIDENTS AFTER HARM OCCURS

58:20 AND INVEST IN PROACTIVE

58:23 PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION

58:25 ,RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICE

58:26 AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE

58:28 EDUCATION FOR REPORTING AND

58:31 INVEST AND INVESTIGATION

58:33 PROCEDURES.

58:34 CONCERNS WERE RAISED REGARDING

58:35 INCONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION

58:36 OF BULLYING PREVENTION

58:38 REQUIREMENTS UNDER

58:39 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW

58:40 CHAPTER 71 SECTION 370 TITLE

58:43 TEN PROCEDURES MANDATORY

58:46 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS AND THE

58:48 HANDLING OF 51 A REPORTS

58:51 FAMILIES CALLS FOR CLEARER

58:52 INVESTIGATION TIMELINES,

58:54 ACCESSIBLE REPORTING SYSTEMS

58:56 PROTECTION AGAINST RETALIATION

58:58 AND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION.

59:00 FIVE STAFFING AND RESOURCE

59:02 CHALLENGES PARTICIPANTS

59:05 IDENTIFIED SHORTAGES IN MENTAL

59:07 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS,

59:08 INSUFFICIENT STAFF TRAINING,

59:10 CONCERNS REGARDING SCHOOL

59:11 TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISION AND

59:13 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF BUDGET

59:15 REDUCTIONS ON STUDENTS SAFETY

59:16 AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

59:18 SIX STUDENTS AND FAMILY

59:20 ENGAGEMENT STUDENTS NOTED THE

59:23 IMPORTANCE OF BEING HEARD

59:24 HAVING ACCESS TO TRUSTED ADULTS

59:26 AND PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY IN

59:28 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOLUTIONS.

59:30 FAMILIES CALL FOR MEANINGFUL

59:31 INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION MAKING

59:33 AND STRONGER PARTNERSHIP

59:35 BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND PARENTS AND

59:38 ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE.

59:39 REPRESENTATIVES OUTLINED

59:41 EXISTING INITIATIVES INCLUDING

59:42 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMING,

59:44 BULLYING UM PREVENTION

59:46 TRAINING, SAFETY PLANNING,

59:47 FAMILY OUTREACH AND EFFORTS TO.

59:49 IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE.

59:50 THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO

59:52 DISCUSSED STRENGTHENING

59:54 PREVENTION STRATEGIES,

59:55 DEVELOPING FOLLOW UP PLANS FOR

59:57 AFFECTED FAMILIES, ELEVATING

59:59 STUDENT VOICES AND IMPROVING

1:00:01 ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.

1:00:02 HOWEVER, THE TESTIMONY

1:00:05 UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR

1:00:05 GREATER CONSISTENCY, MEASURABLE

1:00:08 OUTCOMES AND STRONGER

1:00:10 IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS ALL

1:00:11 SCHOOLS.

1:00:12 RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS

1:00:13 WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF IS BASED

1:00:14 ON THE TESTIMONY THAT WE

1:00:16 RECEIVED AND THE WORK THAT

1:00:17 WE'VE BEEN DOING IN PARTNERSHIP

1:00:18 WITH OUR COALITION IS TO

1:00:20 CREATE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

1:00:22 US TO UH, CONTINUE NOT JUST

1:00:24 HAVING A HEARING FOR THE SAKE

1:00:25 OF HAVING A ANOTHER HEARING BUT

1:00:27 TO START ESTABLISHING POSSIBLE

1:00:30 UM, SOLUTIONS.

1:00:32 UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE WE

1:00:34 DISCUSSED ESTABLISHING AN

1:00:35 OVERSIGHT AND AN ACCOUNTABILITY

1:00:36 FRAMEWORK INVOLVING STUDENTS,

1:00:38 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND UH,

1:00:41 REPRESENTATIVES TO MONITOR

1:00:42 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION,

1:00:44 REPORTING PRACTICES AND

1:00:45 OUTCOMES.

1:00:45 AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT IS

1:00:47 BECAUSE ALREADY HAS UH YELLOW

1:00:50 UM EXCUSE ME AT MANY DIFFERENT

1:00:53 TASK FORCE BUT THE PROBLEM IS

1:00:55 THAT THESE.

1:00:55 TASK FORCE ARE HAND SELECTED

1:00:57 AND WHAT WE NEED IS AN

1:00:58 INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT SOMETHING

1:01:00 THAT UH, WE CAN HELP

1:01:03 FACILITATE, UM AND THAT WE CAN

1:01:05 HELP REBUILD TRUST.

1:01:06 SO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE

1:01:07 INCLUDE, WE WILL BE DOING IT IN

1:01:09 PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND

1:01:11 HOPEFULLY WILL COME WILLING TO

1:01:12 THE TABLE IF NOT WILL KEEP

1:01:15 POUNDING THEM UNTIL THEY SHOW

1:01:17 UP STRENGTHENING REPORTING AND

1:01:19 INVESTIGATION PROTOCOLS BY

1:01:20 ESTABLISHING CLEAR TIMELINES,

1:01:22 CONSISTENT FAMILY

1:01:23 COMMUNICATION, IMMEDIATE SAFETY

1:01:25 MEASURES AND SAFE GUARDS

1:01:27 AGAINST RETALIATION.

1:01:28 THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY

1:01:30 FAMILIES SHOULD FEEL, UM,

1:01:33 NERVOUS OR SCARED OF REPORTING

1:01:35 SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'RE

1:01:36 AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE

1:01:37 RETALIATED AGAINST.

1:01:38 AND THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD TIME

1:01:39 AND TIME AGAIN AND THAT IS THE

1:01:41 CULTURE THAT WE HAVE UM, WITHIN

1:01:44 AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED

1:01:45 NOT JUST WITH THIS SITUATION

1:01:46 BUT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT

1:01:48 HAPPENS.

1:01:49 IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND DATA

1:01:51 REPORTING THROUGH PUBLICLY

1:01:53 ACCESSIBLE, APPROPRIATELY

1:01:55 ANALYZED INFORMATION ON

1:01:57 REPORTED INCIDENCES,

1:01:59 INVESTIGATIONS, THE RESOLUTIONS

1:02:00 AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.

1:02:02 WE NEED A DASHBOARD UM THAT

1:02:05 PROTECTS THE STUDENTS IDENTITY

1:02:08 BUT THAT WE KNOW WHEN IT'S WHEN

1:02:10 THINGS ARE HAPPENING, WHERE

1:02:11 THEY'RE HAPPENING THE PATTERNS

1:02:13 AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENS AS A

1:02:15 RESULT OF THESE THINGS.

1:02:17 NO MORE LIP SERVICE.

1:02:18 WE NEED TOOLS SO THAT WE CAN

1:02:20 ACTUALLY GET A HOLD OF THIS

1:02:22 SITUATION.

1:02:23 EXPAND AND PREVENTION AND

1:02:24 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

1:02:25 INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH

1:02:27 RESOURCES, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

1:02:29 PRACTICES, CULTURALLY

1:02:30 RESPONSIVE TRAINING AND

1:02:31 STRONGER SCHOOL BASED

1:02:33 INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR

1:02:35 STRENGTHENING STUDENT AND

1:02:36 FAMILY PARTICIPATION IN THE

1:02:37 DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND

1:02:40 EVALUATION OF DISTRICT WIDE

1:02:41 SAFETY POLICIES.

1:02:44 LOOK, WE HAD A LONG HEARING.

1:02:45 DON'T BE LOOKING AT ME LIKE

1:02:46 THAT.

1:02:47 I STILL GOT THREE MORE THINGS

1:02:48 TO SAY.

1:02:48 OKAY, I'M ALMOST DONE SIX

1:02:51 REVIEW STAFFING AND RESOURCE

1:02:53 ALLOCATION.

1:02:53 TO.

1:02:54 DETERMINE WHETHER SCHOOLS HAVE

1:02:55 SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL AND

1:02:57 FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE

1:02:59 PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION

1:03:00 AND RESPONSE PROTOCOLS.

1:03:02 WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS RETAIN

1:03:04 OUT TO KEEP THIS DOCKET 0407 IN

1:03:07 COMMITTEE TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL

1:03:09 OVERSIGHT AND CONTINUE

1:03:10 TESTIMONY AND SOLUTION ORIENTED

1:03:12 WORKING SESSIONS WITH STUDENTS

1:03:14 ,FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

1:03:16 UM IT IS IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING

1:03:19 THAT THE HEARING MADE CLEAR

1:03:20 THAT WHILE BOSTON PUBLIC

1:03:21 SCHOOLS HAS.

1:03:22 POLICIES INTENDED TO PROTECT

1:03:24 STUDENTS, TOO MANY FAMILIES

1:03:25 CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE A SYSTEM

1:03:27 THAT FALLS SHORT WHEN THEY NEED

1:03:30 IT MOST.

1:03:30 EVERY STUDENT DESERVES TO BE TO

1:03:32 FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND

1:03:34 PROTECTED IN THEIR SCHOOL AND

1:03:35 EVERY FAMILY DESERVES TO BE

1:03:37 HEARD, TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND

1:03:38 TREATED WITH DIGNITY.

1:03:39 AND SO THIS, UM DOCKET WILL

1:03:42 REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND I LOOK

1:03:43 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY

1:03:44 COLLEAGUES ON NOT ONLY HOLDING

1:03:47 BP ACCOUNTABLE BUT ACTUALLY

1:03:49 CREATING POLICIES, PROTOCOLS

1:03:51 AND PROCEDURES TO DO SOMETHING

1:03:54 ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP

1:03:56 AMPLIFYING.

1:03:57 THANK YOU.

1:03:58 THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE.

1:04:00 DOCKET 10407 WILL REMAIN IN

1:04:03 COMMITTEE.

1:04:04 I'M NOW GOING TO ASK MY

1:04:05 COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS

1:04:07 A PATTERN TO TAKE THE CHAIR.

1:04:22 MR. CLERK.

1:04:25 UM EXCUSE ME, MR. CLERK, CAN

1:04:28 YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET.

1:04:30 1958 TALKING UP 1958

1:04:34 COUNCILOR BREADON OF THE

1:04:35 FOLLOWING ORDINANCE

1:04:36 ESTABLISHING A BAD LANDLORDS

1:04:37 LIST AND EXTENDING RENTAL

1:04:39 PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT

1:04:41 AGAINST CHRONIC OFFENDERS AND

1:04:42 SPOT FOLKS.

1:04:45 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:04:46 COUNCILOR BURTON

1:04:47 COUNCILOR WRITING UP THE FLOOR.

1:04:48 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:04:49 I'D LIKE TO ADD

1:04:51 COUNCILOR WORRELL IS A SECOND

1:04:52 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SO ADDED

1:04:55 THE BOSTON IS A CITY OF RENTERS

1:04:57 ROUGHLY 65% OF ALL RESIDENTIAL

1:04:59 RENTERS AND IN ALSTON THAT

1:05:01 NUMBER IS AS HIGH AS 87%.

1:05:04 BUT MOST LANDLORDS DO THINGS BY

1:05:06 THE BOOK AND MAKE GOOD EFFORTS

1:05:08 TO CORRECT ISSUES WHEN THEY MAY

1:05:10 ARISE.

1:05:11 WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY REPEAT

1:05:14 OFFENDERS.

1:05:16 CURRENT ENFORCEMENT TOOLS OFTEN

1:05:17 REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT TIME AND

1:05:20 COORDINATION ACROSS MULTIPLE

1:05:21 CITY DEPARTMENTS, ALLOWING

1:05:23 THESE CHRONIC VIOLATORS AND BAD

1:05:25 LANDLORDS TO PROFIT FROM THEIR

1:05:27 PROPERTIES WHILE TENANTS SUFFER

1:05:28 IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

1:05:31 EVEN WORSE, THESE SAME

1:05:32 IRRESPONSIBLE PROPERTY OWNERS

1:05:34 CONTINUE TO RECEIVE PERMITS,

1:05:36 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND

1:05:37 CONTRACTS FROM THE CITY.

1:05:39 THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED

1:05:42 ESTABLISHES A WORST LANDLORDS

1:05:43 LIST TO NAME AND SHAME THOSE

1:05:45 REPEAT OFFENDERS.

1:05:47 LANDLORDS ACCUMULATE POINTS FOR

1:05:48 SERIOUS INFRACTIONS AND ONCE A

1:05:50 THRESHOLD IS CROSSED, LANDLORDS

1:05:52 WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE WORST

1:05:53 LANDLORDS LIST PUBLISHED BY THE

1:05:56 CITY TWICE A YEAR.

1:05:57 THIS GIVES PROSPECTIVE TENANTS

1:05:59 AN EASY WAY TO TO ACCESS

1:06:02 INSPECTIONAL SERVICES AND

1:06:03 CODE ENFORCEMENT DATA THE CITY

1:06:05 IS ALREADY COLLECTING, ENABLING

1:06:07 THEM TO BE INFORMED AS INFORMED

1:06:09 AS POSSIBLE WHEN THEY SIGN

1:06:11 LEASES BY NAMING AND BUT NAMING

1:06:13 AND SHAMING ISN'T ENOUGH.

1:06:15 THE ORDINANCE OUTLINES STRICT

1:06:17 PENALTIES FOR CHRONIC OFFENDERS

1:06:18 .

1:06:19 ANYONE ON THE LIST WILL BE

1:06:21 EXCLUDED FROM RECEIVING CITY

1:06:22 GRANTS.

1:06:23 ZONING RELIEF AND CONSIDERATION

1:06:26 OR CONSIDERATION FOR ARTICLE 80

1:06:28 PROJECTS.

1:06:28 THEY ALSO THEY'LL ALSO BE

1:06:31 SUBJECT TO INCREASED

1:06:32 INSPECTIONS AND MAXIMUM FINE

1:06:34 AMOUNTS IF TO GET THEM TO CLEAN

1:06:37 UP THEIR ACT.

1:06:39 NO LANDLORDS CAN GET OFF THE

1:06:40 LIST BY CORRECTING THE ISSUES

1:06:42 AND PAYING OUTSTANDING FINES.

1:06:44 ALL TENANTS DESERVE A RIGHT TO

1:06:46 A SAFE, SANITARY AND HEALTHY

1:06:47 PLACE TO LIVE.

1:06:49 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH

1:06:50 MY COLLEAGUES IN A WORKING

1:06:52 SESSION TO CONTINUE TO REFINE

1:06:53 THIS ORDINANCE AND ENSURE WE'RE

1:06:55 DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

1:06:57 PROTECT THE TENANTS WHO CALL

1:06:59 BOSTON HOME.

1:07:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:07:02 THANK YOU.

1:07:03 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES.

1:07:04 COUNCILOR RURAL COUNCIL.

1:07:05 WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:07:06 THANK YOU CHAIR.

1:07:07 AND THANK YOU,

1:07:08 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR

1:07:08 LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

1:07:10 I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN LEADING

1:07:11 ON THIS ISSUE EVER SINCE I'VE

1:07:12 BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL.

1:07:13 UH, THROUGH THE CREATION OF A

1:07:15 BAD ACTORS LIST, IT CREATES THE

1:07:17 TYPE OF FOCUS WE NEED ON

1:07:19 LANDLORDS WHO CONSISTENTLY FAIL

1:07:20 TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES,

1:07:22 PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING OR

1:07:23 ADDRESS ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE

1:07:25 QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR

1:07:26 NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:07:27 EVERY YEAR I FILE, UH, ORDER A

1:07:29 HEARING ORDER ON PROBLEM

1:07:30 PROPERTY AND WORK CLOSELY WITH

1:07:32 KEITH WILLIAMS AND THE TASK

1:07:33 FORCE TO PROACTIVELY DEAL WITH

1:07:35 SOME OF THE PROBLEM PROPERTIES

1:07:37 IN MY DISTRICT.

1:07:38 UH, WE HELD A HEARING WITH HIM

1:07:40 IN 2024 AND I'M HOPEFUL WE WILL

1:07:41 HAVE TIME TO SCHEDULE A WORKING

1:07:42 SESSION WITH HIM ON THE PROBLEM

1:07:43 PROPERTIES LIST BY THE END

1:07:45 OF THIS YEAR.

1:07:46 UH, WE ALSO NEED TO BE USING

1:07:47 THE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS WE

1:07:48 ALREADY HAVE.

1:07:49 I HAVE ONE RESIDENT WHO REMINDS

1:07:51 ME THAT THE CITY HAS A LINE ON

1:07:53 THE TAX BILL FOR UNPAID FINES

1:07:55 AND VIOLATIONS, BUT IT'S LESS

1:07:56 IT'S LEFT BLANK EVERY QUARTER.

1:08:00 HE CALCULATES THAT THERE ARE

1:08:01 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING LEFT

1:08:02 ON THE TABLE EACH YEAR.

1:08:04 THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO FUND

1:08:05 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR

1:08:06 RESTORE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS

1:08:07 THAT WERE CUT IN LAST YEAR'S

1:08:09 BUDGET.

1:08:09 I WANT AGAIN THANK

1:08:11 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THIS AND

1:08:12 I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING

1:08:13 WITH YOU ON THIS AND MAYBE

1:08:14 BOOSTING UP A LOT OF THESE

1:08:15 SCOFFLAW FINES AS WELL.

1:08:16 THANK YOU.

1:08:18 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:08:20 UH WOULD ANYONE.

1:08:21 ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?

1:08:24 MR CLERK PLEASE.

1:08:25 UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

1:08:27 COUNCIL DIRECTOR.

1:08:27 AND COUNCIL.

1:08:28 FITZGERALD.

1:08:28 COUNCILOR.

1:08:29 FLYNN.

1:08:29 COUNCILWOMAN JEN.

1:08:30 COUNCILOR.

1:08:30 MEJIA.

1:08:30 COUNCILOR.

1:08:31 MURPHY.

1:08:31 COUNCILOR.

1:08:32 PIPPEN.

1:08:32 COUNCILOR.

1:08:33 SANTANA.

1:08:33 COUNCILOR.

1:08:34 WEBER.

1:08:36 THANK YOU.

1:08:37 DOCKET 1958 WILL.

1:08:39 BE.

1:08:39 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:08:40 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

1:08:43 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

1:08:44 DOCKET 1959.

1:08:47 DOCKET NUMBER 1959

1:08:49 COUNCIL MCKEON WORRELL FOR THE

1:08:51 FOLLOWING ORDINANCE

1:08:52 ESTABLISHING THE DISPLACEMENT

1:08:54 IMPACT MITIGATION INITIATIVE

1:08:57 AND TRUST FUND.

1:09:01 THANK YOU.

1:09:02 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER

1:09:04 HERE COUNCIL.

1:09:04 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:09:07 UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:09:11 AND I WANT TO, UM, SUSPEND RULE

1:09:16 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

1:09:19 AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:09:22 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SO AT IT

1:09:23 COUNCILOR WORRELL IS YOUR

1:09:25 SECOND AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

1:09:26 YOUR THIRD?

1:09:27 YES.

1:09:27 AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE

1:09:29 NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT

1:09:31 COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER WANTED

1:09:32 TO JOIN US BUT UM, I GOT YOU IN

1:09:36 THE NEXT ONE.

1:09:37 OKAY.

1:09:39 UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH

1:09:43 TO JUST UH TODAY WE'RE

1:09:45 INTRODUCING TWO INTERCONNECTED

1:09:47 ORDINANCES THE DISPLACEMENT

1:09:48 IMPACT MITIGATION INITIATIVE

1:09:49 AND TRUST FUND AND THE

1:09:51 NEIGHBORHOOD BASED

1:09:52 AFFORDABILITY STANDARDS.

1:09:53 TOGETHER THEY REPRESENT A

1:09:54 BROADER VISION FOR HOW BOSTON

1:09:56 CAN CAN, UM, FORM ITS HOUSING,

1:10:00 UM, CONFRONT ITS HOUSING CRISIS

1:10:02 BECAUSE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

1:10:03 IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT BUILDING

1:10:05 MORE HOUSING.

1:10:06 IT IS ABOUT ENSURING THE PEOPLE

1:10:07 WHO BUILT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CAN

1:10:09 AFFORD TO REMAIN IN THEM.

1:10:11 FOR TOO LONG WE HAVE WATCHED

1:10:12 FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES AND

1:10:14 LONGTIME RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO

1:10:16 HOLD ON TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS

1:10:17 AND WATCH THEM BECOME

1:10:18 INCREASINGLY UNAFFORDABLE.

1:10:20 THESE ORDINANCES ARE DESIGNED

1:10:22 TO MOVE US FROM REACTING TO

1:10:24 DISPLACEMENT TOWARD PREVENTING

1:10:26 IT WHILE HOLDING OURSELVES

1:10:28 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE IMPACT

1:10:30 OF DEVELOPMENT.

1:10:31 WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE

1:10:32 PROPOSALS MUST BE UM MUST UM

1:10:36 COMPLEMENT EXISTING EFFORTS

1:10:38 INCLUDING CONSIDER OUR SPECIAL

1:10:40 PROTECTION ZONES AND

1:10:41 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT COMMISSION

1:10:41 .

1:10:42 WE ARE FILING THESE ORDINANCE

1:10:43 NOW TO BEGIN A TRANSPARENT AND

1:10:46 COMMUNITY DRIVEN LEGISLATIVE

1:10:48 PROCESS OVER THE COMING MONTHS.

1:10:50 WE WILL WORK WITH RESIDENTS,

1:10:52 HOUSING ADVOCATES AND OUR

1:10:54 COLLEAGUES TO STRENGTHEN THE

1:10:56 PROPOSALS, IDENTIFY GAPS IN

1:10:58 EXISTING PROGRAMS, PREVENT

1:11:00 DUPLICATION.

1:11:01 AND A AND ESTABLISH CLEAR

1:11:03 ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT AND

1:11:05 MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.

1:11:06 OUR GOAL IS TO RETURN IN 2027

1:11:08 WITH A STRONGER PIECE

1:11:10 OF LEGISLATION INFORMED BY THE

1:11:12 PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED.

1:11:14 BOSTON'S FUTURE SHOULD NOT COME

1:11:16 AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE

1:11:17 WHO MADE THE CITY WHAT IT IS.

1:11:21 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT MUST

1:11:22 CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT

1:11:24 CREATING DISPLACEMENT.

1:11:25 THAT IS THE VISION BEHIND THIS

1:11:27 LEGISLATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD

1:11:30 TO BUILDING THAT TOGETHER.

1:11:31 THANK YOU.

1:11:35 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:11:35 CANTRELL COUNCILOR.

1:11:36 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:11:38 THANK YOU.

1:11:38 UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK

1:11:39 YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR

1:11:40 INTRODUCING THIS ORDINANCE

1:11:42 ANATOMY AS A CO-SPONSOR.

1:11:44 I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE WE

1:11:46 NEED TO BE DOING MORE TO

1:11:47 PREVENT DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE

1:11:49 WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HAS NOT

1:11:50 BEEN ENOUGH.

1:11:51 I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS IN MY

1:11:53 DISTRICT ALL THE TIME WHO ARE

1:11:54 STRUGGLING TO AFFORD TO LIVE,

1:11:55 BUY OR RENT IN BOSTON.

1:11:57 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY'S

1:11:58 OFFICE OF HOUSING RESIDENTIAL

1:12:01 DISPLACEMENT HEAT MAP THE CITY

1:12:04 AVERAGE THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE IS

1:12:06 3.1.

1:12:07 BUT IN MY DISTRICT WE ARE

1:12:08 SEEING AREAS WITH SCORES AS

1:12:09 HIGH AS 6.8 OUT OF SEVEN.

1:12:13 A THIS A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT

1:12:15 MITIGATION INITIATIVE AS PART

1:12:17 AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEDIA

1:12:18 WILL BE CENTERED ON PREVENTING

1:12:20 DISPLACEMENT BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

1:12:22 IT MAY HELP IDENTIFY

1:12:23 DISPLACEMENT RISK EARLY AND

1:12:24 CREATE SOLUTIONS.

1:12:25 THE MITIGATION THAT FIT

1:12:27 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PARAMETERS

1:12:28 RATHER THAN ASSUME A CITYWIDE

1:12:30 STANDARD BUT THAT MAY NOT

1:12:31 ACCURATELY ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL

1:12:33 PROJECT AND NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS

1:12:34 IN A IN A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT

1:12:36 TRUST FUND COULD CREATE A POOL

1:12:38 OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE COULD

1:12:40 THEN REDIRECT INTO HELPING

1:12:41 BOSTON RESIDENTS AND

1:12:43 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES THRIVE

1:12:44 .

1:12:45 AS CONCILOR MEJIA HERE

1:12:46 MENTIONED, THIS COULD

1:12:47 POTENTIALLY COMPLEMENT UH, MY

1:12:49 INITIATIVE ALONGSIDE ACTION FOR

1:12:51 EQUITY TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL

1:12:53 PROTECTION ZONES AND A

1:12:54 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT COMMISSION

1:12:55 TO PROTECT THOSE AREAS.

1:12:57 WE ARE CONSISTENTLY SEEING

1:12:58 HIGHER RATES OF DISPLACEMENT

1:12:59 FROM DEVELOPMENT.

1:13:00 SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

1:13:01 CONTINUING THIS WORK AROUND

1:13:03 COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND MY

1:13:04 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.

1:13:05 THANK YOU.

1:13:06 THANK YOU COUNCILOR WU CHAIR

1:13:07 RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

1:13:08 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:13:10 UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND

1:13:11 THANK YOU TO CONCILOR MEJIA

1:13:12 HERE FOR ADDING ME ON TO THIS.

1:13:14 IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT

1:13:15 WE CONTINUE TO, UM, DO THE WORK

1:13:17 OF ENDING DISPLACEMENT IN THE

1:13:19 CITY WHERE IT IS WAY TOO

1:13:21 EXPENSIVE TO RENT.

1:13:22 UH, WHERE IT IS REALLY HARD FOR

1:13:24 FOLKS TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS.

1:13:25 AND SO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING

1:13:27 THAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT

1:13:29 DISPLACEMENT IS INCREDIBLY

1:13:31 IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT TAKES

1:13:32 MANY FORMS.

1:13:34 WE KNOW FROM THE DATA AND FROM

1:13:35 THE RESEARCH THAT IT IS EASIER

1:13:37 TO KEEP SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME

1:13:39 AND IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE

1:13:40 TO KEEP SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME

1:13:41 THAN IT IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE A

1:13:43 NEW UNIT OF HOUSING FOR THAT

1:13:46 PERSON.

1:13:46 UM AND SO THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE

1:13:50 A NUMBER OF THINGS ADDRESSING

1:13:51 IT A DISPLACEMENT WHETHER IT BE

1:13:53 WITH THE ARPA FUNDS AND PUTTING

1:13:54 MORE MONEY INTO THE ACQUISITION

1:13:56 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM WHICH HELPS

1:13:57 NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS BUY THE

1:13:59 SPECULATIVE MARKET AND BUY

1:14:01 BUILDINGS WITH TENANTS AND

1:14:02 RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THEM TO

1:14:04 MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE ATTORNEYS

1:14:06 WHEN THEY'RE FACING EVICTION AS

1:14:08 STUDENTS.

1:14:09 UH, BECAUSE THAT ALSO HELPS

1:14:10 PREVENT EVICTION IN BOSTON

1:14:11 HOUSING COURT.

1:14:13 SO I WANT TO THANK

1:14:13 COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE WE NEED

1:14:14 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING

1:14:15 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT

1:14:16 DISPLACEMENT.

1:14:17 I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS UM,

1:14:19 ANTI DISPLACEMENT UM, UH, PLANS

1:14:22 THAT WE NEED TO REALLY UH UH

1:14:25 REVIEW AND DETERMINE UH SORT

1:14:28 OF AGAIN, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HE

1:14:29 HAS STATED THAT THE WORK ISN'T

1:14:31 DUPLICATIVE AND THAT WE ARE

1:14:32 WORKING TOGETHER TO

1:14:34 COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVELY

1:14:35 TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, UM,

1:14:37 HERE IN OUR CITY AND TO SEE

1:14:38 WHAT FUNDS EXIST TO DO THAT

1:14:40 WORK OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT.

1:14:42 SO THE.

1:14:43 ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

1:14:44 AGAIN WHICH I'VE BEEN A HUGE

1:14:46 CHAMPION OF BECAUSE HOW IT

1:14:48 TRIES TO PUT PEOPLE BEFORE

1:14:50 PROFIT IN A SPECULATIVE AND

1:14:52 EXTRACTIVE MARKET.

1:14:54 UM WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT.

1:14:56 AND WHAT I LOVED ABOUT WHAT THE

1:14:58 PROJECT THAT WE DID IN MATTAPAN

1:15:00 PROTECTING PREDOMINANTLY BLACK

1:15:01 AND BROWN RESIDENTS WHO FOUGHT

1:15:03 FOR UH, THE COMMUTER RAIL STOP

1:15:05 WERE SUBJECT TO DISPLACEMENT

1:15:07 WAS THAT IT WAS A LOT OF OTHER

1:15:09 CORPORATIONS AND HOSPITALS

1:15:10 ESPECIALLY THAT REALIZED THAT

1:15:11 DISPLACEMENT WAS ALSO A HEALTH

1:15:13 RISK.

1:15:13 UM, AND AS A SOCIAL

1:15:15 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

1:15:16 SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB

1:15:18 OF BEING THIS ENTIRE CITY

1:15:20 CORPORATIONS, HOSPITALS, ALL

1:15:21 OF THESE TOGETHER TO HELP US DO

1:15:22 THE WORK AND THE DISPLACEMENT

1:15:24 AND HELP US FUND THE WORK

1:15:25 OF DISPLACEMENT.

1:15:26 THANK YOU.

1:15:26 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

1:15:28 .

1:15:28 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:15:29 NAME?

1:15:30 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER

1:15:32 COUNCILOR.

1:15:32 CULPEPER COUNCILOR.

1:15:33 FITZGERALD.

1:15:33 COUNCILOR.

1:15:34 FLYNN.

1:15:35 COUNCILOR.

1:15:35 MURPHY.

1:15:35 COUNCILOR.

1:15:36 PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA.

1:15:38 COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE, UH,

1:15:39 THE CHAIR.

1:15:41 DOCKET 1959 WILL BE REFERRED TO

1:15:44 THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT

1:15:46 OPERATIONS.

1:15:47 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:15:48 READ DOCKET 1960?

1:15:50 DUCKY NUMBER 1960 COUNCILORS

1:15:52 MEJIA AND WELL, FOR THE

1:15:54 FOLLOWING ORDINANCE

1:15:56 ESTABLISHING NEIGHBORHOOD BASED

1:15:57 AFFORDABILITY STANDARDS.

1:15:59 CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY HERE

1:16:01 COUNTRY.

1:16:01 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:16:03 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:16:05 UM, AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE

1:16:07 RULES AND ADD

1:16:08 COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS AN

1:16:09 ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR.

1:16:11 SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:16:12 OBJECTION.

1:16:13 COUNCILOR PEPPERS ADDED AS A

1:16:14 THIRD.

1:16:15 AS I STATED BEFORE, THIS

1:16:16 ORDINANCE IS PART OF A PACKAGE

1:16:18 DEAL WITH THE DISPLACEMENT

1:16:19 IMPACT MITIGATION ORDINANCE UM

1:16:22 AND IS DESIGNED TO WORK IN

1:16:23 CONNECTION WITH OTHER PROPOSED

1:16:25 LEGISLATION.

1:16:26 THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT

1:16:27 MITIGATION ORDINANCE HAS TWO

1:16:29 COMPONENTS AN INITIATIVE AND A

1:16:31 TRUST FUND.

1:16:31 THE INITIATIVE WILL CONDUCT

1:16:33 DISPLACEMENT UM ASSESSMENTS,

1:16:34 BILL MITIGATION PLANS AND

1:16:36 ENSURE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AND

1:16:38 PRODUCE ANNUAL REPORTS.

1:16:39 THE TRUST FUND WILL FINANCIALLY

1:16:41 SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS

1:16:43 OF MITIGATION PLAN

1:16:45 IMPLEMENTATION AND PROVIDING

1:16:46 SUPPORT FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS

1:16:48 ,BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS

1:16:49 .

1:16:49 WE'RE EXPLORING FUNDING

1:16:51 RESOURCES UM FOR THIS.

1:16:53 TRUST.

1:16:53 FUND SUCH AS A NEW LINKAGE FEE

1:16:54 FOR.

1:16:55 DEVELOPERS.

1:16:56 THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED

1:16:57 AFFORDABILITY STANDARDS

1:16:58 ORDINANCE SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE

1:17:00 LONG STANDING ISSUE OF HUD'S A

1:17:03 REGIONAL AMI DEFINES

1:17:05 AFFORDABILITY THAT IS OFTEN

1:17:07 BEYOND THE MEANS OF OUR

1:17:08 HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN THE BOSTON

1:17:10 NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEREFORE NOT

1:17:12 ACTUALLY TRULY AFFORDABLE.

1:17:14 AS SOMEONE WHO COULD ONLY

1:17:16 AFFORD TO, UM, BUY A HOME UM,

1:17:20 YOU KNOW, GROWING UP HERE IN

1:17:22 THE CITY OF BOSTON, YOU KNOW,

1:17:23 WE BOUNCED FROM PLACE TO PLACE.

1:17:25 UM AND I KNOW HOW HIGH THE COST

1:17:28 OF HOMEOWNERSHIP IS AND IN

1:17:29 RENTING IN BOSTON AND THERE ARE

1:17:30 SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES UM,

1:17:33 BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:17:34 UM AND THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO

1:17:36 ESTABLISH NEIGHBORHOOD AMI IN

1:17:38 ALL PROGRAMS, POLICIES, UH

1:17:40 INITIATIVES AND MORE WHERE THE

1:17:42 CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO

1:17:43 ESTABLISH AFFORDABILITY

1:17:45 STANDARDS.

1:17:46 THIS DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH UH

1:17:49 WITH OR CHANGE THE EXISTING

1:17:50 STATE OR FEDERAL LAW BUT RATHER

1:17:53 HOLDS OURSELVES AND THE CITY UM

1:17:56 TO A HIGHER STANDARD IN

1:17:58 UNDERSTANDING TRULY AND DEEPLY

1:18:00 AFFORDABILITY AND IMPLEMENTING

1:18:02 IT WHEREVER WE CAN.

1:18:03 AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT

1:18:05 IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT

1:18:07 FOLKS MAKE IN MATTAPAN IS VERY

1:18:09 DIFFERENT THAN WHAT FOLKS MAKE

1:18:10 IN BACK BAY IS VERY DIFFERENT

1:18:12 THAN WHAT YOU MAKE IN GROVE

1:18:13 HALL AND FANEUIL HALL, LIKE

1:18:14 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ITS OWN

1:18:16 DYNAMIC WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT

1:18:18 THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS.

1:18:20 AND WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT

1:18:21 THAT IS SET ON THE FEDERAL

1:18:23 LEVEL, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE

1:18:25 AN OPPORTUNITY HERE LOCALLY TO

1:18:28 REALLY START REFLECTING THE

1:18:30 ACTUAL UM, MEDIAN INCOME OF OUR

1:18:32 FAMILIES AND THAT I BELIEVE

1:18:33 THAT COULD BE A REALLY GREAT

1:18:35 PATHWAY TOWARDS UM, PREVENTING

1:18:37 DISPLACEMENT.

1:18:38 AND SO FOR ME, UM, AS SOMEONE

1:18:40 WHO BOUNCED FROM PLACE TO PLACE

1:18:43 GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY

1:18:44 OF BOSTON, I THINK WE'RE WELL

1:18:46 POSITIONED UH, TO ACTUALLY

1:18:47 START DOING THINGS UM, AND

1:18:49 THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND

1:18:50 UNDERSTANDING THE TOOLS AND THE

1:18:52 RESOURCES AND THE POWER THAT WE

1:18:53 HAVE ON THE COUNCIL TO HOLD

1:18:55 OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, UM, TO

1:18:57 CHANGING JUST THAT.

1:18:59 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING

1:19:00 ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AND I

1:19:01 WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE

1:19:03 MEG'S UM UH BOTH MEGAN UM, WHO

1:19:07 WORKED ALONGSIDE MY TEAM UM AND

1:19:11 PARTICULARLY BEATRIX TO PUT

1:19:12 THIS IDEA TOGETHER, UM, AND GET

1:19:15 IT TO A PLACE WHERE WE WERE

1:19:17 ABLE TO PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL

1:19:18 TODAY.

1:19:18 THANK YOU.

1:19:19 CATCH MEJIA.

1:19:20 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE

1:19:21 AROUND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:19:23 UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:19:24 THANK YOU FOR UM THANK YOU

1:19:26 COUNCIL ME HERE FOR LEADING ON

1:19:27 THIS ANATOMY AS AN ORIGINAL

1:19:29 CO-SPONSOR.

1:19:30 AND WE ALWAYS HEAR, UH, WHEN

1:19:31 HOUSING IS BEING CREATED OR

1:19:33 ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

1:19:34 UM, THE QUESTION WE ALWAYS HEAR

1:19:36 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS

1:19:37 AMONGST RESIDENTS IS AFFORDABLE

1:19:39 TO WHO AND THIS ORDINANCE UH,

1:19:40 STARTS THAT CONVERSATION JUST

1:19:42 PULLING ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS

1:19:43 TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

1:19:45 ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE

1:19:46 POSSIBILITIES, LOOKING ALL AT

1:19:47 ALL THE LEVERS, UH, TO MAKE

1:19:49 SURE THAT WE ARE REFLECTING,

1:19:51 UH, THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME TO

1:19:53 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

1:19:53 SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE

1:19:55 CONVERSATION.

1:19:56 UM, I KNOW IT'S A UH, ONE THAT

1:19:59 IS UM BEEN GOING ON FOR A

1:20:01 WHILE, BUT I THINK WE OWE IT TO

1:20:02 OUR RESIDENTS AND OURSELVES TO

1:20:04 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

1:20:05 THANK YOU.

1:20:07 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:20:09 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

1:20:09 COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:20:10 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:20:11 THANK YOU TO THE ORIGINAL

1:20:13 CO-SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER HERE

1:20:15 .

1:20:15 AND WE'RE WELL FOR BRINGING

1:20:17 THIS IMPORTANT ORDINANCE

1:20:18 FORWARD AND FOR ADDING ME AS AN

1:20:20 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:20:22 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE

1:20:23 CONTINUE TO FACE IN BOSTON IS

1:20:25 THAT HOUSING DESIGNATED AS

1:20:27 AFFORDABLE IS OFTEN STILL

1:20:30 UNAFFORDABLE TO THE RESIDENTS

1:20:31 WHO LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:20:33 THE REGIONAL AREA MEDIAN INCOME

1:20:36 USED TO DETERMINE AFFORDABILITY

1:20:37 DOES NOT ALWAYS REFLECT THE

1:20:40 ECONOMIC REALITIES OF FAMILIES

1:20:42 LIVING IN ROXBURY, DORCHESTER,

1:20:44 MATTAPAN AND OTHER COMMUNITIES

1:20:46 ACROSS OUR CITY.

1:20:47 THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ESTABLISH

1:20:50 NEIGHBORHOOD BASED

1:20:51 AFFORDABILITY STANDARDS TO

1:20:52 BETTER REFLECT WHAT RESIDENTS

1:20:54 CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD WHILE

1:20:56 MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH THE

1:20:58 EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL

1:21:00 HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.

1:21:01 I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT

1:21:03 STEP TOWARD ENSURING THAT

1:21:05 AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS

1:21:07 ARE TRULY SERVING THE RESIDENTS

1:21:08 WHO NEED THEM THE MOST,

1:21:10 PARTICULARLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS

1:21:12 FACING SIGNIFICANT DISPLACEMENT

1:21:15 PRESSURES.

1:21:15 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:21:17 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

1:21:19 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:21:20 NAME?

1:21:24 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:21:26 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

1:21:27 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.

1:21:28 MURPHY.

1:21:29 COUNCILOR.

1:21:29 PEPEN.

1:21:30 SANTANA.

1:21:31 COUNCILOR.

1:21:31 WEBER.

1:21:32 THANK YOU.

1:21:33 DOCKET ONE UM.

1:21:35 DOCKET 1960 WILL BE REFERRED TO

1:21:37 THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT

1:21:38 OPERATIONS.

1:21:40 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:21:41 READ DOCKET 1961?

1:21:43 DUCKY NUMBER 1961 COUNCIL THE

1:21:46 PEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING

1:21:48 PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ACT

1:21:50 DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON

1:21:51 FIRE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE

1:21:53 MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR

1:21:55 FIREFIGHTERS FOR STEPHEN

1:21:56 MAGUIRE.

1:21:57 THANK YOU.

1:21:58 CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCHA

1:21:59 PEPEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:22:01 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:22:03 YOU I'M HONORED TO FOLLOW THIS

1:22:05 HOMER PETITION FOR A DEDICATED

1:22:06 PUBLIC SERVANT STEVE MCGUIRE.

1:22:09 STEVE HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY

1:22:10 OF BOSTON IN DIFFERENT

1:22:11 DEPARTMENTS SINCE HE WAS 15.

1:22:13 HE'S CURRENTLY A SENIOR GRANT

1:22:15 MANAGER WITH THE OFFICE

1:22:16 OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND GOT

1:22:18 THE CALL TO BECOME A FIRST

1:22:19 RESPONDER WITH BOSTON FIRE

1:22:21 DEPARTMENT HYBRID PROGRAM.

1:22:23 STEVE JUST MISSED THE MAX AGE

1:22:24 LIMIT OF 36.

1:22:26 THIS SUMMER BILL HAS

1:22:27 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND

1:22:28 PASSED HIS ENTRANCE EXAMS.

1:22:30 I ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO

1:22:31 SUPPORTS THESE SELFLESS GOALS

1:22:33 TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS

1:22:34 PETITION SO WE CAN MOVE HIS

1:22:35 APPLICATION ALONG.

1:22:36 UM THANK YOU.

1:22:37 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.

1:22:40 UM, COUNCILOR UM, WOULD ANYONE

1:22:43 LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?

1:22:45 OH, GOD.

1:22:45 COUNCILMAN MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE

1:22:47 FLOOR.

1:22:48 UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:22:49 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.

1:22:51 I KNOW WE ARE WORKING UP AT THE

1:22:53 STATE HOUSE TO GET THESE

1:22:55 THROUGH.

1:22:55 AT THE.

1:22:56 BROADER LEVEL.

1:22:57 FOR THESE AGE REQUIREMENTS, BUT

1:22:58 I APPRECIATE WHEN RESIDENTS

1:23:00 REACH OUT, ESPECIALLY TO THE

1:23:01 DISTRICT COUNCIL IS TO ADVOCATE

1:23:03 IN ANY WAY WE CAN MAKE THIS

1:23:04 POSSIBLE.

1:23:05 SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS

1:23:06 NAME FORWARD.

1:23:07 LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING IN

1:23:08 FAVOR OF IT.

1:23:09 THANK YOU.

1:23:10 COUNCILOR UH CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:23:12 COUNCILOR UM COLLINS AS THE

1:23:13 PADDLE.

1:23:13 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:23:14 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

1:23:15 UM, I.

1:23:15 JUST REALLY.

1:23:16 BRIEFLY I.

1:23:17 REALLY APPRECIATE.

1:23:18 COUNCILOR PAPIN BRINGING THIS

1:23:19 FORWARD.

1:23:19 WE KNOW AND LOVE STEVE.

1:23:20 HE WAS.

1:23:20 A STAFFER HERE IN THE CITY

1:23:21 COUNCIL FOR THEN

1:23:22 COUNCILOR MCCARTHY.

1:23:23 AND SO JUST SHOUT OUT TO STEVE,

1:23:24 UM, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE

1:23:25 DOES AND I'M SAD TO SEE THAT I

1:23:27 JUST MISSED THE THE AGE

1:23:28 REQUIREMENT HERE.

1:23:29 UM, THE ONE THAT WE PUSHED

1:23:30 FORWARD TO THE STATE HOUSE WAS

1:23:32 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ONLY

1:23:33 MAYBE WE CONSIDER DOING

1:23:34 SOMETHING WITH THE FIRE

1:23:35 DEPARTMENT BUT JUST UM, AS THE

1:23:36 CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, I

1:23:37 REALLY SUPPORT YOU BRING THIS

1:23:38 FORWARD AND HOPE THAT MY

1:23:39 COLLEAGUES WILL, UM, VOTE IN

1:23:40 FAVOR OF IT.

1:23:41 THANK YOU.

1:23:43 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:23:44 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:23:44 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:23:46 THANK YOU.

1:23:47 MADAM CHAIR.

1:23:47 AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE

1:23:49 COUNCILOR PÉPIN FOR BRINGING

1:23:51 THIS FORWARD.

1:23:52 STEVE DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY

1:23:54 TO, UH, CONTINUE THE PROCESS

1:23:58 OF HOPEFULLY, UM, MAKING IT ON

1:24:00 TO THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

1:24:01 I KNOW IT'D BE A TREMENDOUS,

1:24:03 TREMENDOUS ASSET.

1:24:04 SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

1:24:07 TO COUNCIL PEPEN FOR, UM,

1:24:08 WORKING UM, IN PROVIDING

1:24:11 PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION AS

1:24:12 WE GO FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY GET

1:24:14 IT PASSED AND THEN UP TO THE

1:24:15 STATE HOUSE.

1:24:15 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:24:16 THANK YOU.

1:24:17 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD

1:24:18 THEIR NAME?

1:24:20 COUNCIL COLOR IS ABOUT A

1:24:21 COUNTRY CULPEPER

1:24:22 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

1:24:23 COUNTRY.

1:24:23 FLYNN COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE

1:24:25 COUNCILOR MURPHY

1:24:26 COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER

1:24:27 AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR

1:24:30 COUNCILOR PEPEN SIX SUSPENSION

1:24:31 OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE

1:24:33 OF DOCKET 1961.

1:24:36 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED

1:24:39 .

1:24:39 SAY NAY.

1:24:40 THE AYES HAVE A DOCKET 1961 HAS

1:24:43 PASSED.

1:24:44 OH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:24:47 TAKE A ROLL CALL?

1:24:47 VOTE ON DOCKET 1961.

1:24:49 COUNCILOR BRIE.

1:24:50 YES, COUNCILOR BREADON.

1:24:51 YES, COUNCILOR COLOR AS

1:24:52 OPPONENT COUNCIL FIRST.

1:24:54 YES.

1:24:54 COUNCILOR.

1:24:55 CARPET COUNCILOR.

1:24:56 CULPEPER.

1:24:56 YES.

1:24:57 COUNCILOR.

1:24:57 DURKAN.

1:24:58 COUNCILOR.

1:24:58 FITZGERALD.

1:24:59 YES.

1:24:59 COUNCIL FOR SHOW.

1:25:00 YES.

1:25:01 COUNCILOR.

1:25:01 FLYNN.

1:25:02 COUNCIL.

1:25:02 YES.

1:25:03 COUNCIL.

1:25:04 ILLUSION.

1:25:05 COUNCILOR.

1:25:05 LOUIJEUNE.

1:25:06 YES.

1:25:06 COUNCIL.

1:25:07 MEJIA.

1:25:07 COUNCILOR.

1:25:08 MURPHY.

1:25:09 COUNCILOR.

1:25:09 MURPHY.

1:25:10 YES.

1:25:10 COUNCIL.

1:25:10 PIPPIN.

1:25:11 COUNSELOR.

1:25:11 PEN.

1:25:12 YES.

1:25:12 SANTANA.

1:25:13 COUNCILOR.

1:25:14 SANTANA.

1:25:14 YES.

1:25:15 COUNCIL.

1:25:15 WEBER.

1:25:16 YES.

1:25:16 COUNCIL MEMBER.

1:25:16 YES AND COUNCILOR.

1:25:17 WORLD.

1:25:18 YES.

1:25:18 COUNCILOR.

1:25:19 YES.

1:25:19 TALKING 1961 AS RECEIVED 11

1:25:23 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

1:25:24 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

1:25:25 DOCKET 1961 HAS PASSED.

1:25:29 MR TURCOTTE, PLEASE READ DOCKET

1:25:30 1962.

1:25:31 DUCKY NUMBER 1962

1:25:34 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE

1:25:35 FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A

1:25:36 SPECIAL LAW AN ACT DIRECTING

1:25:38 THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE

1:25:39 DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM

1:25:41 AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE

1:25:43 OFFICERS FOR HAJI MOHAMMED

1:25:45 BAIL.

1:25:46 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:25:47 COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNTER, YOU

1:25:48 HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:25:49 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:25:51 MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS OVER THE

1:25:53 AGE OF 39 HAVE TO SKILL

1:25:55 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND DEDICATION

1:25:56 TO SERVE AS POLICE OFFICERS YET

1:25:58 THEY ARE HELD BACK BY AN

1:25:59 ARBITRARY AGE RESTRICTION.

1:26:01 TODAY I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS

1:26:03 AGE WAIVER ON BEHALF OF HAJI

1:26:04 MOHAMMED BAER, A RESIDENT

1:26:06 OF MISSION HILL FOR 23 YEARS AS

1:26:08 HE BRINGS A BACKGROUND AS BOTH

1:26:10 A TRANSLATOR AND A HEALTH CARE

1:26:11 PROFESSIONAL UM EXPERIENCE THAT

1:26:13 WILL MAKE HIM AN EXCEPTIONAL

1:26:14 ASSET TO THE BOSTON POLICE

1:26:15 DEPARTMENT AND THE

1:26:16 NEIGHBORHOODS WE SERVE.

1:26:17 HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY

1:26:19 IS DEEPLY PERSONAL.

1:26:20 I THEN WITNESS HOW THE ABSENCE

1:26:22 OF LAW AND ORDER FUELED A

1:26:24 DEVASTATING CIVIL WAR IN HIS

1:26:25 NATIVE LIBERIA.

1:26:27 UM HE UNDERSTANDS THE TRUE

1:26:29 VALUE OF COMMUNITY PROTECTION.

1:26:30 JOINING THE BOSTON POLICE

1:26:32 DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN A LIFELONG

1:26:34 DREAM OF HAJI INSPIRED BY THE

1:26:36 BY THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER WHO

1:26:38 SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN

1:26:40 LIBERIA.

1:26:41 ON OCTOBER 2ND HAJI TOOK THE

1:26:42 CIVIL SERVICE EXAM

1:26:43 DEMONSTRATING A SINCERE

1:26:44 COMMITMENT TO PUTTING ON THE

1:26:46 UNIFORM FOR OUR CITY.

1:26:47 HAJI HAS THE SKILLS, THE

1:26:49 CHARACTER AND THE HEART TO

1:26:50 SERVE BOSTON.

1:26:51 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN

1:26:53 ME IN SUPPORTING THIS WAIVER.

1:26:53 THANK YOU.

1:26:55 THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:26:56 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:26:58 NAME?

1:26:59 COUNCILOR CANADA'S A POWDER

1:27:00 COUNCILOR.

1:27:01 CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

1:27:02 COUNCILOR FLYNN CONTRA

1:27:04 LOUIJEUNE COME TO MEJIA.

1:27:05 UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:27:08 COUNCILOR PEPEN PINCH OF WEBER

1:27:09 CULTURAL, PLEASE.

1:27:11 UH THE CHAIR.

1:27:15 COUNCILOR SANTANA SEEKS

1:27:16 SUSPENSION OF RULES AND PASSAGE

1:27:17 OF DOCKET 1962.

1:27:19 ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.

1:27:22 ALL OPPOSED.

1:27:23 SAY NAY.

1:27:24 THE AYES HAVE IT.

1:27:25 DOCKET 1962 HAS PASSED.

1:27:28 MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET

1:27:31 1963.

1:27:32 DUNCAN NUMBER 1963

1:27:34 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFF OF THE

1:27:35 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:27:37 TO DISCUSS THE 3% COST

1:27:38 OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT COLA AND

1:27:41 INCREASING THE COLA BASE FOR

1:27:43 RETIREES IN THE BOSTON

1:27:44 RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

1:27:45 THANK YOU.

1:27:46 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:27:47 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:27:48 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:27:49 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:27:49 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD

1:27:51 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS AN

1:27:52 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:27:54 CONCILOR MEJIA IS SO IT.

1:27:56 MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND AT

1:27:57 COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL.

1:27:58 AND SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:28:00 OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR MURPHY'S

1:28:01 ADDED AS A THIRD.

1:28:02 THANK YOU.

1:28:04 RETIREES IN THE BOSTON

1:28:06 RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEDICATED

1:28:08 THEIR CAREERS TO SERVING THE

1:28:10 RESIDENTS OF BOSTON, IMPROVING

1:28:12 THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR

1:28:13 CITIES.

1:28:17 ON MAY 20TH 2026, THE CITY

1:28:19 COUNCIL ADOPTED DOCKET NUMBER

1:28:21 1066, IN SUPPORT OF A 3% COST

1:28:25 OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT COLA AND

1:28:27 INCREASING THE COLA.

1:28:29 BASE FOR RETIREES IN THE

1:28:31 SYSTEM.

1:28:32 YET THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD

1:28:33 CONTINUES TO DENY RATES IN THE

1:28:36 CODE BASE.

1:28:37 OUR RETIREES DESERVE A

1:28:39 RETIREMENT PACKAGE THAT

1:28:41 PROVIDES A FAIR AND DIGNIFIED

1:28:42 STANDARD OF LIVING AFTER SO

1:28:44 MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICES

1:28:46 SERVICE RETIREES HAVE NOT

1:28:49 RECEIVED AN INCREASE TO THEIR

1:28:50 COLA BASE SINCE 2021 CURRENTLY

1:28:54 RECEIVE AN ANNUAL COLA INCREASE

1:28:56 OF ONLY 450 BUCKS, WHICH HAS

1:28:59 FAILED TO KEEP PACE WITH RISING

1:29:00 LIVING EXPENSES.

1:29:02 BOSTON HAS A HIGH COST

1:29:03 OF LIVING.

1:29:06 IT IS THEREFORE CRITICAL TO

1:29:08 DISCUSS RAISING THE COLA BASE

1:29:09 FOR OUR RETIREES SO THAT THEY

1:29:11 CAN CONTINUE TO AFFORD TO LIVE

1:29:13 IN THE CITY THAT THEY THEY

1:29:15 SERVED AND HELP BUILD CITY

1:29:18 RETIREES DESERVE AN INCREASE IN

1:29:20 THEIR COLA BASE IN RECOGNITION

1:29:22 OF THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE TO

1:29:24 THE CITY IN THE SIGNIFICANT

1:29:26 RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING

1:29:28 ACROSS THE CITY AND

1:29:30 COMMONWEALTH.

1:29:31 I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S

1:29:32 IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY

1:29:34 COUNCIL HOLD.

1:29:34 A.

1:29:35 HEARING TO LISTEN TO THE

1:29:36 EXPERIENCE OF.

1:29:37 OUR.

1:29:37 CITY RETIREES IN THE

1:29:41 PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOSTON

1:29:42 RETIREMENT BOARD AHEAD OF THE

1:29:44 FY.

1:29:46 28 DECISION AND BEYOND.

1:29:47 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:29:49 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:29:50 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FROM MEDIA

1:29:51 CONTROL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:29:55 THANK YOU.

1:29:56 THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN

1:29:58 FOR ADDING ME, UM, TO THIS.

1:30:01 UH, I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT

1:30:03 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALL KNOW

1:30:04 THAT THE COST OF LIVING.

1:30:05 CONTINUES TO RISE.

1:30:07 UM, AND THE COLA IS NOT KEEPING

1:30:10 UP WITH THAT PACE.

1:30:10 OUR RETIREES.

1:30:11 DESERVE DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

1:30:13 THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEIR.

1:30:14 ENTIRE CAREERS, UM, TO SERVING

1:30:17 US IN THE CITY HERE.

1:30:19 UM, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY

1:30:21 FOR US TO PAY THEM BACK

1:30:24 LITERALLY.

1:30:24 THIS IS PRO-WORKER PRO SENIORS

1:30:26 AND STRONG COMMUNITIES.

1:30:28 AND JUST AS WORKERS DESERVE A

1:30:30 LIVING WAGE, RETIREES DESERVE

1:30:32 TO AGE IN PLACE WITH A LIVING

1:30:34 UM UH WITH A LIVING UM PENSION

1:30:36 THAT IS THAT REFLECTS THEIR UH

1:30:39 THEIR NEEDS OF THE MOMENT.

1:30:41 AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK UM

1:30:43 THE BTU AND THEIR FIERCE

1:30:45 ADVOCACY AROUND THIS PARTICULAR

1:30:47 ISSUE AND I BELIEVE THIS IS

1:30:49 SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN

1:30:51 HAS BEEN, UH, SOUNDING THE

1:30:53 ALARM SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS

1:30:54 COUNCIL AND I JUST WANT TO

1:30:55 THANK HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP

1:30:56 AND I LOOK.

1:30:57 FORWARD.

1:30:57 TO WORKING.

1:30:58 ALONGSIDE HIM.

1:30:58 UH, TO DELIVER.

1:31:00 THANK YOU.

1:31:01 THANK YOU COMES FROM HERE.

1:31:02 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:31:03 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:31:04 CARTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:31:05 UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:31:06 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN

1:31:08 FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD TODAY.

1:31:10 I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT

1:31:11 TO UPLIFT AND LET OUR RETIREES

1:31:13 KNOW THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING EVEN

1:31:15 THOUGH EVERY YEAR I'VE GONE UP

1:31:17 TO THE RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING

1:31:19 AND WE GAVE OUR REASONS WHY WE

1:31:20 THINK WE SHOULD BE INCREASING

1:31:22 ALL GOOD REASONS.

1:31:23 IT DOESN'T PASS.

1:31:24 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE

1:31:25 SHOULDN'T KEEP ADVOCATING.

1:31:27 AND I DO WANT TO THANK JEANIE

1:31:28 AND EVERYONE AT THE BOARD TO

1:31:30 YOU AND OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES

1:31:32 WHO KEEP REMINDING US HOW

1:31:34 IMPORTANT THIS IS AND ONE DAY

1:31:36 SOONER THAN LATER UM, I WILL BE

1:31:38 IN THAT GROUP.

1:31:39 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

1:31:40 WHEN I RETIRE THAT WE'RE

1:31:42 ADVOCATING CONTINUING TO

1:31:43 ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY

1:31:44 EMPLOYEES.

1:31:45 THANK YOU.

1:31:46 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:31:47 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:31:48 NAME?

1:31:50 COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS ABOUT A

1:31:51 COUNSELOR CULPEPER

1:31:53 COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNSELOR.

1:31:54 COUNSELOR DOCKETS.

1:31:55 OH, BEG YOUR PARDON.

1:31:57 SKIP TURF COUNTRY CLUB IS ABOUT

1:31:59 A COUNSELOR.

1:32:00 CULPEPER.

1:32:00 COUNSELOR.

1:32:01 FITZGERALD CULTURAL LOUIJEUNE

1:32:04 COUNSELOR.

1:32:04 UH PEPEN CONSCIOUS AND TOWN

1:32:05 OF CULTURAL WEBER CONSUMER

1:32:07 REALM PLEASE UH THE CHAIR

1:32:10 DOCKET 161963 WE REFER TO THE

1:32:14 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.

1:32:16 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:32:18 READ DOCKET 1964.

1:32:20 TALKING ABOUT 1964

1:32:22 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFF OF THE

1:32:23 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:32:25 TO DISCUSS THE RECENT VERDICT

1:32:26 IN THE CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST

1:32:28 THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER

1:32:30 COMMISSION.

1:32:30 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:32:32 COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTRY.

1:32:32 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:32:33 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:32:35 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCIL?

1:32:36 WELL, AS AN ORIGINAL.

1:32:38 CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WU IS SO

1:32:40 ADDED.

1:32:42 A SUFFOLK COUNTY JURY RECENTLY

1:32:44 AWARDED $1 MILLION TO A FORMER

1:32:47 BOSTON WATER AND SEWER

1:32:47 COMMISSION EMPLOYEE FOLLOWING A

1:32:50 CIVIL LAWSUIT ALLEGING RACIAL

1:32:53 DISCRIMINATION RETALIATION.

1:32:55 THIS CASE RAISED SERIOUS

1:32:57 CONCERN ON RACIAL

1:32:58 DISCRIMINATION IN COMPENSATION

1:33:02 PROMOTION.

1:33:03 THE JURY ALSO AWARDED ABOUT

1:33:08 $400,000 IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES AS

1:33:10 A RESULT OF EXTREME AND

1:33:12 OUTRAGEOUS RETALIATION.

1:33:14 I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR

1:33:15 THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXAMINE

1:33:17 WHAT TOOK PLACE AND PROVIDE

1:33:21 ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY TO

1:33:24 ENSURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR

1:33:26 ALL AGENCIES IN THE CITY

1:33:27 OF BOSTON.

1:33:29 BOSTON WATER AND SEWER

1:33:30 COMMISSION SHALL BE INVITED TO

1:33:32 TESTIFY BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO

1:33:34 ENSURE THAT CASES

1:33:35 OF DISCRIMINATION IN

1:33:38 RETALIATION NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

1:33:40 I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS

1:33:42 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

1:33:43 THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING FOR A

1:33:44 HEARING.

1:33:44 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:33:45 THANK YOU.

1:33:46 COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR

1:33:47 RECOGNIZES COUNCIL.

1:33:47 WIRRAL COUNCIL.

1:33:48 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:33:49 UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:33:50 THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN

1:33:51 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

1:33:53 UH, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO

1:33:54 PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM

1:33:55 RETALIATION WHEN THEY FILE A

1:33:58 WORKFORCE COMPLAINT, PEOPLE

1:33:59 SHOULD BE ABLE TO RAISE

1:34:01 CONCERNS WITHOUT WORRYING THAT

1:34:02 IT WILL COST THEM THEIR JOB OR

1:34:03 MAKING THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS

1:34:05 WORSE.

1:34:06 I KNOW BOSTON WATER AND SEWER

1:34:08 IS A QUASI CITY AGENCY, BUT

1:34:10 THAT CAN'T BE AN EXCUSE FOR

1:34:11 ALLOWING THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR

1:34:12 .

1:34:12 THE RECENT RETALIATION VERDICT

1:34:15 AGAINST BOSTON WATER SEWER

1:34:18 SHOULD MAKE US ASK WHETHER

1:34:19 THOSE PROTECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY

1:34:20 WORKING.

1:34:21 I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE

1:34:22 WORK THAT COUNCILMAN HE HAS

1:34:23 DONE UH, FOR UH FOR HER WORK TO

1:34:26 CREATE WORKFORCE PROTECTION.

1:34:27 SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES.

1:34:29 HAVING A COMPLAINT PROCESS

1:34:31 MEANS VERY LITTLE IF EMPLOYEES

1:34:33 ARE AFRAID TO USE IT.

1:34:35 WE ASK OUR EMPLOYEES TO SHOW UP

1:34:36 EVERY DAY AND SERVE THIS CITY.

1:34:38 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS

1:34:39 CITY SHOWS UP FOR THEM TO.

1:34:41 NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE

1:34:42 BETWEEN KEEPING THEIR JOB AND

1:34:43 STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES.

1:34:45 THANK YOU.

1:34:46 .

1:34:47 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WARREN.

1:34:48 UH, COUNCIL OF FLYNN, YOUR

1:34:49 LIGHTS BACK ON?

1:34:50 YEP.

1:34:51 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:34:53 I FORGOT TO ADD OR ASK

1:34:55 PERMISSION TO ADD, UH,

1:34:56 COUNCIL MEDIA, PLEASE.

1:34:58 UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:34:59 OBJECTIONS.

1:35:00 COUNTRYMAN.

1:35:00 HE'S ADDED AS A THIRD FROM HERE

1:35:02 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:35:03 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:35:04 AND I WANT TO THANK

1:35:06 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING

1:35:08 ME UH, AND HIS SUPPORT UH, IN

1:35:11 2022 I BELIEVE IT WAS WE WORK

1:35:12 ON THE FAIR CHANCE ACT AND

1:35:14 WORKED ALONGSIDE PUBLIC WORKS

1:35:17 TALENTS WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE

1:35:19 IN THE BUILDING MEMBERS OF THE

1:35:20 BOSTON WATER AND SEWER

1:35:21 COMMISSION, UM, WOMEN AND

1:35:25 PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM ALL

1:35:26 DIFFERENT UH, SPACES AND PLACES

1:35:28 THAT WORK IN CITY GOVERNMENT

1:35:30 AND QUASI AGENCIES.

1:35:32 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST

1:35:33 COMPLAINTS THAT WE HEARD IS

1:35:35 THAT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR

1:35:37 PRIMARILY WERE HAVING A HARD

1:35:39 TIME NAVIGATING, UM,

1:35:41 PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

1:35:43 AND THERE WAS THE FAIR CHANCE

1:35:44 ACT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A

1:35:45 RESULT OF THE FIERCE ADVOCACY

1:35:47 OF THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT THESE

1:35:49 ISSUES AND CONCERNS TO US UM

1:35:51 PRIMARILY LED UNDER TERRANCE

1:35:53 AND JEROME FROM THE BOSTON

1:35:55 WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION AND

1:35:56 THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YEARS

1:35:57 LATER YOU'RE STILL WE'RE STILL

1:35:59 AT THIS.

1:35:59 I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

1:36:01 TO REALLY UNPACKING WHAT WE

1:36:03 NEED TO DO.

1:36:04 DIFFERENTLY AS WE CONTINUE.

1:36:05 TO.

1:36:06 UM, NAVIGATE THIS

1:36:06 CONVERSATION.

1:36:07 AND SO MAYBE IT'S AN

1:36:09 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT

1:36:10 THE FAIR CHANCE ACT AND

1:36:11 STRENGTHEN IT SOME MORE.

1:36:12 UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE

1:36:14 DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES TO

1:36:16 TALK ABOUT RETALIATION, UM, AND

1:36:18 THE CULTURE OF RETALIATION THAT

1:36:20 I SEE HERE IN THE CITY.

1:36:22 LET ANYBODY HERE GET OUT GET

1:36:24 OUT OF LINE.

1:36:25 YOU WILL END UP.

1:36:28 UM.

1:36:28 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

1:36:29 SITUATION.

1:36:30 SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT

1:36:32 OF WORK TO BE DONE AS IT

1:36:33 RELATES TO RETALIATION AND I

1:36:35 LOOK FORWARD.

1:36:36 TO STANDING ON THE FRONT LINES

1:36:37 FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN

1:36:40 VICTIMIZED BY IT.

1:36:42 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE.

1:36:43 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:36:45 NAME?

1:36:47 COUNCILOR COLOR DISSIPATED

1:36:47 CONSIDER CULPEPER CONTRACTOR

1:36:49 AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

1:36:52 COUNCIL DIVISION

1:36:53 COUNCILOR MURPHY

1:36:54 COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA

1:36:56 CONSTABLE WEBER COMES WHERE I

1:36:58 ELSE ON MAY AND PLEASE HAVE THE

1:36:59 CHAIR DOCKET 1964 REFERRED TO

1:37:03 THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES.

1:37:09 MR TRUMP, COULD YOU PLEASE READ

1:37:10 DOCKET 1965.

1:37:12 TALKING NUMBER 1965

1:37:14 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE

1:37:15 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:37:17 TO EXAMINE THE CENTRAL BOOKING

1:37:19 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON

1:37:21 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE

1:37:22 SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S.

1:37:23 DEPARTMENT.

1:37:24 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:37:26 COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

1:37:27 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:37:27 THANK YOU.

1:37:28 MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:37:30 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD

1:37:31 COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A SECOND

1:37:33 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:37:36 OF COURSE SUSPENSION OF THE

1:37:37 RULES.

1:37:38 UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A

1:37:39 THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:37:41 OF IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND

1:37:43 SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:37:44 OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA IS

1:37:45 ADDED AS A THIRD.

1:37:46 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:37:48 I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL

1:37:49 THE ADVOCACY THAT BOTH

1:37:51 COUNCILORS MAHI AND WORRELL

1:37:53 HAVE FOUGHT FOR ON THIS ISSUE

1:37:55 AND IF I COULD ADD THEM AS A

1:37:57 FOURTH AND FIFTH THE ORIGINAL

1:37:58 CO-SPONSORS, I WOULD CERTAINLY

1:38:00 DO SO.

1:38:02 MADAM PRESIDENT AND MY

1:38:04 COLLEAGUES, WE NEED TO EXAMINE

1:38:06 THE CENTRAL BOOKING AGREEMENT

1:38:07 BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE

1:38:09 DEPARTMENT AND THE SUFFOLK

1:38:10 COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO

1:38:13 ENSURE TRANSPARENCY,

1:38:15 ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PROPER

1:38:17 TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS IN

1:38:19 CUSTODY.

1:38:21 IN OCTOBER 2023, THE BOSTON

1:38:22 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE

1:38:24 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ENTERED

1:38:26 INTO AN AGREEMENT ALLOWING

1:38:28 INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED BY BOSTON

1:38:31 POLICE CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO

1:38:32 SUFFOLK COUNTY FACILITIES

1:38:34 INCLUDING THE NASSAU STREET

1:38:36 JAIL AND THE HOUSE

1:38:37 OF CORRECTION IN SOUTH BAY

1:38:39 BEFORE THEIR FIRST COURT

1:38:41 APPEARANCE.

1:38:42 SINCE THEN, CONCERNS HAVE BEEN

1:38:44 RAISED ABOUT THE BOOKING AND

1:38:46 TRANSFER PROCESS INCLUDING

1:38:48 DIFFICULTIES FAMILIES AND

1:38:49 ATTORNEYS HAVE EXPERIENCED

1:38:52 DETERMINING WHERE INDIVIDUALS

1:38:53 ARE BEING DETAINED AS WELL AS

1:38:56 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEDICAL

1:38:57 SCREENING, MENTAL HEALTH CARE

1:38:59 AND THE PROTECTION OF DETAINEES

1:39:02 CIVIL RIGHTS.

1:39:02 THESE CONCERNS ARE ESPECIALLY

1:39:04 URGENT GIVEN THE DEATHS THAT

1:39:06 HAVE OCCURRED IN SUFFOLK COUNTY

1:39:08 IN RECENT YEARS, INCLUDING THE

1:39:10 DEATH OF SEAN COVID KENNY IN

1:39:13 DECEMBER 2025 WHOSE MANNER

1:39:14 OF DEATH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RULED

1:39:18 A HOMICIDE.

1:39:19 WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO

1:39:21 ENSURE THAT ANY AGREEMENT

1:39:23 INVOLVING THE DETENTION

1:39:25 OF INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED IN

1:39:26 BOSTON UPHOLDS THE HIGHEST

1:39:27 STANDARDS OF TRANSPARENCY,

1:39:30 SAFETY AND CIVIL RIGHTS

1:39:33 PROTECTIONS.

1:39:33 THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:39:36 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

1:39:37 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:39:38 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:39:39 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:39:41 THANK YOU.

1:39:42 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND

1:39:43 THANK YOU TO COUNCIL CULPEPER

1:39:44 FOR HAVING ME.

1:39:47 UM, AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR,

1:39:49 THE 2023 AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE

1:39:51 SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S

1:39:52 DEPARTMENT TO DETAIN

1:39:55 INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED BY BOSTON

1:39:56 POLICE PENDING THEIR FIRST

1:39:58 COURT APPEARANCE.

1:40:00 CONCERNS REMAIN ABOUT LIMITED

1:40:01 PUBLIC NOTICE, INCONSISTENT

1:40:04 BOOKING LOCATIONS, DIFFICULTY

1:40:07 LOCATING DETAINEES,

1:40:09 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AGENCIES

1:40:11 .

1:40:13 I WAS A FORMER PROBATION

1:40:15 OFFICER AND SPENT CONSIDERABLE

1:40:16 TIME AT THE JAIL AND AT THE

1:40:20 HOUSE OF CORRECTION AS WELL.

1:40:22 WHETHER IT'S DOING PRETRIAL

1:40:24 INVESTIGATIONS OR SOMETIMES I

1:40:26 HAD PROBATIONERS THAT WERE

1:40:29 REARRESTED AND HAD TO HAVE HAD

1:40:31 TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

1:40:33 THE AGREEMENT OUTLINES

1:40:35 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MEDICAL

1:40:36 SCREENING, DOCUMENTATION,

1:40:38 CUSTODY TRANSFERS, DETAINEE

1:40:40 CARE.

1:40:41 I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING

1:40:42 TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENTS

1:40:43 CURRENT STATUS BOOKING TRANSFER

1:40:46 PROCEDURES, UM DEMOGRAPHICS AND

1:40:49 TREATMENT ACCESS TO CUSTODY

1:40:52 INFORMATION UM TO ENSURE

1:40:55 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1:40:58 .

1:40:58 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:40:59 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:41:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:41:01 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:41:02 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:41:04 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:41:05 AND THANK YOU TO

1:41:06 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR HAVING

1:41:07 ME AS A, UH AS AN ORIGINAL

1:41:08 CO-SPONSOR.

1:41:09 UM, AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC

1:41:10 SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I

1:41:12 FOUND IT IMPORTANT TO RISE

1:41:13 TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS CALL

1:41:14 FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY

1:41:16 REGARDING INCARCERATED

1:41:17 INDIVIDUALS AND THE SUFFOLK

1:41:18 COUNTY FACILITIES.

1:41:20 I ECHO.

1:41:21 COUNCILOR COPEPODS CONCERNS

1:41:22 ABOUT THE FISCAL UM, VIABILITY

1:41:25 OF THIS MOU AS WELL AS CONCERN

1:41:27 ABOUT THE RECENT DEATHS IN THE

1:41:29 SUFFOLK COUNTY AND CUSTODY.

1:41:31 INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED BY THE

1:41:32 BOSTON POLICE DESERVE FAIR

1:41:34 TREATMENT AND THE SAME CIVIL

1:41:35 RIGHTS PROTECTIONS AS YOU OR I.

1:41:37 AND AS A COUNCIL WE HAVE THE

1:41:38 RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE

1:41:39 OVERSIGHT ON THEIR BEHALF.

1:41:41 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:41:42 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:41:44 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:41:45 NAME?

1:41:47 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER

1:41:49 COUNCILOR?

1:41:49 UH, FITZGERALD UM

1:41:53 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE

1:41:55 COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTINUE.

1:41:56 UM HE UH CONSTABLE WEBER.

1:41:59 CONSTABLE ROWLAND, PLEASE.

1:42:00 UH THE CHAIR DOCKET 1965 WILL

1:42:05 BE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:42:06 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL

1:42:07 JUSTICE.

1:42:09 MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ

1:42:10 DOCKET 1966.

1:42:12 TALKING OF A1966

1:42:14 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE

1:42:15 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:42:17 TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE

1:42:19 SUCCESS LINKED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

1:42:21 PROGRAM.

1:42:22 THANK YOU.

1:42:23 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:42:24 COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE

1:42:25 FLOOR.

1:42:25 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:42:27 UM.

1:42:28 I WOULD.

1:42:28 LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA

1:42:30 AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:42:32 UM.

1:42:35 COUNCILMEMBER HERE, IS THAT

1:42:36 YOU?

1:42:36 YOUR FIRST OR SECOND?

1:42:38 SECOND SECOND.

1:42:39 OKAY.

1:42:41 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HE IS

1:42:43 SO AD.

1:42:43 THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:42:45 I FOLLOWED THIS HEARING ORDER

1:42:46 TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE AN

1:42:47 OBLIGATION TO DELIVER ON A

1:42:49 COMMITMENT ON OUR ON OUR

1:42:51 COMMITMENTS TO BOSTON'S YOUTH

1:42:52 IN THE FACE OF TOUGH BUDGET

1:42:54 CYCLE, FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO

1:42:55 FUND YOUTH PROGRAMS WAS

1:42:57 IMPORTANT BUT REPLACES AS US

1:42:59 LINK WITH THE BOSTON CITY YOUTH

1:43:01 CORP. WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE OR

1:43:02 PUBLIC PROCESS HAS CAUGHT OUR

1:43:03 COMMUNITY COMPLETELY OFF GUARD.

1:43:05 MORE IMPORTANTLY, OFFERING ONLY

1:43:07 400 SQUARE JOB FALLS SHORT

1:43:10 OF THE 2000 ARE YOUTH WERE

1:43:12 COUNTING ON THIS IS ULTIMATELY

1:43:13 JUST 20% OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY

1:43:15 WAS PROMISED.

1:43:16 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RELY ON THESE

1:43:18 PAYCHECKS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR

1:43:19 FAMILIES, SAVE FOR COLLEGE AND

1:43:21 BUILD THEIR INDEPENDENCE.

1:43:23 AND JUST AS A CRITICAL AND JUST

1:43:25 AS CRITICAL ARE THE

1:43:26 RELATIONSHIPS BEHIND THESE

1:43:27 JOBS, MANY OF OUR LONGTIME

1:43:29 COMMUNITY PARTNERS WEREN'T TOLD

1:43:30 ABOUT THIS UNTIL AFTER AN

1:43:32 INFORMATIONAL SESSION ON

1:43:34 OCTOBER 2ND.

1:43:35 WHEN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE

1:43:36 CUT, OUR STUDENTS LOSE TRUSTED

1:43:38 MENTORS AND OUR COMMUNITY

1:43:39 ORGANIZATIONS ARE LEFT

1:43:40 SCRAMBLING TO COVER STAFFING

1:43:42 GAPS.

1:43:43 BOSTON YOUTH NEED THESE JOBS

1:43:45 AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE

1:43:46 THE TRUST AND THE CAPACITY TO

1:43:48 SUPPORT THEM.

1:43:49 I CALL THIS HEARING TO BRING

1:43:51 THE ADMINISTRATION, OUR

1:43:52 PARTNERS AND OUR STUDENTS TO

1:43:54 THE TABLE TOGETHER.

1:43:55 WE NEED AN HONEST CONVERSATION

1:43:56 TO ADDRESS THE GAPS IN THIS

1:43:57 ROLL OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO

1:43:59 YOUNG PERSON IS LEFT BEHIND.

1:44:01 WITH COLLABORATION AND

1:44:02 ACCOUNTABILITY WE CAN CONTINUE

1:44:03 MOVING TOWARDS A BOSTON WHERE

1:44:05 AN AFTER SCHOOL JOB IS

1:44:07 AVAILABLE TO EVERY YOUNG PERSON

1:44:08 WHO NEEDS ONE.

1:44:08 THANK YOU.

1:44:09 THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:44:11 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE

1:44:12 REALM.

1:44:12 THANK YOU.

1:44:13 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:44:16 OH, I HAVE TWO NAMES I CAN'T

1:44:19 AROUND AND I'M CATCH ME.

1:44:20 I BEG YOUR PARDON,

1:44:21 COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU'RE YOUR

1:44:22 NEXT COUNCILOR.

1:44:23 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR

1:44:25 COUNCILOR WASN'T EVEN ON

1:44:26 ANYONE.

1:44:27 BUT YOU WANT TO PUT THEM ON.

1:44:29 YOU CAN.

1:44:29 GO AHEAD.

1:44:30 MEJIA.

1:44:31 UM.

1:44:32 IS HE ON?

1:44:35 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:44:36 AND THANK YOU TO

1:44:39 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS

1:44:40 COLLABORATION SINCE OUR

1:44:41 HEARING.

1:44:42 UM, OUR OFFICE FILED A HEARING

1:44:44 AND WE WILL RULE 15 BY THE

1:44:46 CLERK, NOT MISS.

1:44:48 I ALSO WANT TO THANK

1:44:49 COUNCILOR RURAL AND

1:44:50 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR

1:44:51 CO-SPONSORING THE HEARING THAT

1:44:52 NEVER MADE IT TO THIS, UH,

1:44:54 CHAMBER DURING THE HEARING.

1:44:56 UH, DURING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET

1:44:58 PROCESS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES

1:44:59 AND SOME COUNCILORS TRIED TO

1:45:01 SOUND THE ALARM AROUND THE

1:45:02 PUBLIC FUNDING CUTS TO SCHOOL

1:45:04 YEAR AND YOUTH JOBS AND THE

1:45:06 IMPACTS ON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY

1:45:08 ORGANIZATIONS AND ISSUES AROUND

1:45:10 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1:45:12 FOR THE PRIVATE JOBS THOSE

1:45:14 CONCERNS HAVE BECOME NOW

1:45:16 REALITY.

1:45:17 WE NEED.

1:45:17 TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY

1:45:18 AROUND THE CITY'S UH, DELIVERY

1:45:20 .

1:45:21 OF THE APPROXIMATELY 2000 JOBS.

1:45:23 PROMISED IN THE SUMMER.

1:45:24 WHEN PUBLIC FUNDING WAS CUT,

1:45:26 THIS DEMONSTRATES WHY WE NEED

1:45:28 TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY AND

1:45:29 IMPLEMENT THEIR FEEDBACK DURING

1:45:31 THE COUNCIL'S UM CITY BUDGET

1:45:33 AMENDMENT PROCESS.

1:45:35 UM THEY TOLD US THROUGHOUT THE

1:45:37 BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT THESE

1:45:38 FUTURE PROBLEMS AROUND HAVING

1:45:40 ENOUGH JOBS FOR YOUTH COMMUNITY

1:45:42 ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING

1:45:43 OPERATIONS SUFFERING AND THE

1:45:44 LACK OF TRANSPARENCY UH, FOR

1:45:47 THE PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS.

1:45:49 AND HERE WE ARE WITH

1:45:51 COMMUNITIES PREDICTIONS

1:45:52 BECOMING A REALITY.

1:45:53 THEY ADVOCATED FOR US TO

1:45:55 RESTORE THE SUCCESS UH, LINK

1:45:57 PUBLIC FUNDING IN OUR

1:45:58 AMENDMENTS AND IF WE HAD

1:46:00 LISTENED WE WOULD NOT FIND

1:46:02 OURSELVES IN THIS SITUATION.

1:46:03 AND SO MY HOPE IS IN BEING A

1:46:07 CO-SPONSOR OF THIS.

1:46:08 HEARING IS TO REALLY GET A

1:46:09 BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE, UH

1:46:12 ,THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT WE

1:46:14 HAVE CAUSED NOW, UH, OUR

1:46:16 NONPROFIT PARTNERS WHO ARE ON

1:46:18 THE FRONT LINES AS WELL AS

1:46:20 REALLY HELPING US UNDERSTAND

1:46:22 HOW WE CAN JUSTIFY SENDING OUR

1:46:24 YOUNG PEOPLE INTO SPACES AND

1:46:26 PLACES THAT ARE PRIVATIZED AND

1:46:28 CORPORATE AND THEY'RE NOT

1:46:29 REALLY READY TO PREPARE TO.

1:46:31 RECEIVE STUDENTS WHO ARE

1:46:33 DEALING WITH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL

1:46:34 ,UM AND OFTENTIMES MENTAL

1:46:36 HEALTH NEEDS.

1:46:37 I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT IS A

1:46:39 RECIPE FOR DISASTER AND I'M

1:46:41 LOOKING TO GET.

1:46:42 BACK ON TRACK.

1:46:43 THANK YOU.

1:46:44 ,THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

1:46:45 CATCH MEJIA.

1:46:46 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:46:47 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:46:47 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:46:48 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:46:49 I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE

1:46:50 RULES AND ADD, UM,

1:46:51 COUNCIL MORALES AN ORIGINAL

1:46:52 CO-SPONSOR.

1:46:53 THANK YOU.

1:46:54 UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:46:55 OBJECTIONS.

1:46:55 WHAT?

1:46:56 I WAS ADDED AS A THIRD

1:46:57 COUNCILOR.

1:46:58 WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:46:59 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:47:01 THANK YOU TO, UH,

1:47:03 COUNCILOR SANTANA AND

1:47:04 COUNCILOR MEJIA FROM BOTH OUT

1:47:05 OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.

1:47:07 BUT THEY PRETTY SUMMED IT UP.

1:47:09 UM, JUST LOOKING FOR A STATUS

1:47:11 ON THE, UH, YOUTH JOB.

1:47:13 SO JUST LOOKING FOR THE

1:47:14 HEARING, UM, AND TO GET AN

1:47:16 UPDATE.

1:47:16 THANK YOU.

1:47:17 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:47:19 NAME CONTRACT LETTERS ABOUT A

1:47:21 COUNSELOR CULPEPER.

1:47:23 COUNCILOR.

1:47:23 UH, FITZGERALD.

1:47:25 COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE

1:47:27 COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN,

1:47:28 CONSTABLE WEBER.

1:47:30 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.

1:47:33 UM DOCKET 1966 WILL REFER TO

1:47:36 THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND

1:47:37 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

1:47:39 MR CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET

1:47:43 1967.

1:47:43 DUKKHA NUMBER 1967

1:47:45 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE

1:47:46 FOLLOWING.

1:47:47 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS

1:47:48 THE OFFICE OF THE VETERAN

1:47:51 ADVOCATES FISCAL YEAR 2026

1:47:53 ANNUAL REPORT.

1:47:55 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:47:57 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:47:57 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:47:59 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:48:00 MADAM CHAIR, THE MASSACHUSETTS

1:48:04 OFFICE OF VETERAN ADVOCATE IS

1:48:05 AN INDEPENDENT MASSACHUSETTS

1:48:06 STATE AGENCY THAT WAS

1:48:09 ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT AND

1:48:11 ADVANCE THE RIGHTS, BENEFITS

1:48:13 AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR

1:48:14 VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

1:48:15 THEY WORK WITH STATE AND

1:48:17 INDEPENDENT PARTNERS.

1:48:18 THEY PROVIDE POLICY

1:48:20 RECOMMENDATIONS AND INVESTIGATE

1:48:22 OVERSIGHT AND ISSUES.

1:48:24 THIS THIS OFFICE ALSO ASSIST

1:48:28 VETERANS ACROSS THE STATE TO

1:48:30 ACCESS LOCAL PROPERTY TAX

1:48:31 EXTENSIONS CONNECT VETERANS TO

1:48:34 VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES LIKE

1:48:35 MASS HIRE EXECUTIVE OFFICE

1:48:38 OF VETERANS SERVICES AND GUIDES

1:48:40 VETERANS ON LAWS AND BENEFITS.

1:48:43 IT ALSO PRODUCES AN ANNUAL

1:48:45 REPORT EACH YEAR IN ACCORDANCE

1:48:47 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER

1:48:48 GENERAL LAW.

1:48:49 THE REPORT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW

1:48:52 OF THE VETERAN POPULATION AND

1:48:54 DEMOGRAPHICS ACROSS THE STATE.

1:48:57 IT ANALYZES INITIATIVES AND

1:48:59 OPERATIONS.

1:49:00 UM IT OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS TO

1:49:02 ENHANCE STATE SERVICES AND

1:49:03 BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND IN

1:49:07 OTHER FISCAL MATTERS.

1:49:09 THE REASON I'M CALLING FOR THIS

1:49:11 HEARING IS I WANT TO LEARN MORE

1:49:13 ABOUT THE REPORT, UM, AND TO

1:49:16 SEE WHAT IMPACT IT MAY HAVE ON

1:49:19 VETERANS HERE IN BOSTON AND

1:49:21 ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND

1:49:23 WHAT WE CAN DO TO PARTNER WITH

1:49:25 OUR STATE PARTNERS.

1:49:27 UM, BUT I'M I'M REALLY CALLING

1:49:29 FOR THE HEARING TO LEARN MORE

1:49:31 ABOUT THE REPORT.

1:49:32 IT'S A DETAILED REPORT.

1:49:33 I DO LIKE TO READ READ IT AND

1:49:35 ASK QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY

1:49:37 WITH THIS INFORMATION, UM, WE

1:49:40 CAN BETTER SERVE OUR VETERANS

1:49:42 HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THE

1:49:45 ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH HAVE

1:49:46 GREAT RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE

1:49:47 THAT ARE DOING THE WORK HERE AT

1:49:48 THE CITY OF BOSTON.

1:49:49 I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE

1:49:51 PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK

1:49:53 FOR THE COMMONWEALTH

1:49:55 OF MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AT THE

1:49:56 OFFICE OF VETERAN ADVOCATE AND

1:49:58 AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE

1:50:01 OF VETERANS SERVICES FOR THE

1:50:02 COMMONWEALTH.

1:50:03 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:50:04 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:50:05 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:50:06 NAME?

1:50:08 THIS IS ABOUT A COUNCIL CALLED

1:50:09 PEPPERED COUNCILOR DURKAN

1:50:11 FITZGERALD'S

1:50:12 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COMES FROM

1:50:13 MEJIA.

1:50:13 IT'S FROM MURPHY CUTLER PEPEN

1:50:15 COUNTRY SANTANA WEBER COUNTRY

1:50:18 WORRELL AND PLEASE UM, THE

1:50:19 CHAIR DOCKET 1967 WILL BE

1:50:22 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:50:23 VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND

1:50:25 MILITARY AFFAIRS.

1:50:28 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:50:29 READ DOCKET?

1:50:31 UH, 1968.

1:50:33 AND NUMBER 1968 COUNSELOR

1:50:35 CULPEPER OF THE FOLLOWING FOR A

1:50:37 FOR A SUMMONS FOR PHILIP NG,

1:50:41 GENERAL MANAGER OF THE

1:50:42 MASSACHUSETTS BAY

1:50:43 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND

1:50:44 INTERIM SECRETARY

1:50:45 OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE

1:50:47 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

1:50:49 TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

1:50:50 ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY

1:50:52 AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.

1:50:54 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:50:55 COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE

1:50:56 FLOOR.

1:50:57 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:50:59 UH, ON OCTOBER 14TH THE

1:51:02 COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS,

1:51:04 RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT

1:51:07 ADVANCEMENT HELD AN OFFSIDE

1:51:09 HEARING AT THE WILLIAM HE READ

1:51:11 AUDITORIUM IN DORCHESTER TO

1:51:14 EXAMINE LONGSTANDING RAPID

1:51:16 TRANSIT INEQUITIES AFFECTING

1:51:19 RESIDENTS OF ROXBURY,

1:51:20 DORCHESTER AND MATTAPAN TO

1:51:23 DISCUSS POTENTIAL RAIL

1:51:25 ALTERNATIVES FOR THESE

1:51:27 NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:51:29 MBTA GENERAL MANAGER AND

1:51:30 INTERIM MASSDOT SECRETARY

1:51:33 FILLING WAS INVITED TO

1:51:35 PARTICIPATE IN THAT HEARING BUT

1:51:37 DID NOT APPEAR, LEAVING

1:51:39 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UNANSWERED

1:51:41 ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH'S PLANS

1:51:42 TO ADDRESS THESE LONGSTANDING

1:51:46 TRANSPORTATION DISPARITIES.

1:51:47 THE CITY ADMINISTRATION WAS

1:51:49 ALSO INVITED WHILE THE

1:51:51 REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STREET

1:51:53 CABINET WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND

1:51:55 THEN LEAST HAD THE COURTESY TO

1:51:57 INFORM ME AHEAD OF TIME AND

1:52:00 PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT ON

1:52:02 THE DOCKETS BEING HEARD.

1:52:04 THIS SUMMONS ALSO REQUESTS

1:52:06 OFFICIAL CRASH DATA FOR BLUE

1:52:07 HILL AVENUE AND COMPARABLE

1:52:10 CORRIDORS INCLUDING COLUMBUS

1:52:11 AVENUE TO HELP US EVALUATE THE

1:52:14 SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF THESE

1:52:17 TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS.

1:52:18 SINCE THE CENTER RUNNING

1:52:19 BUSTLING WAS INSTALLED ON

1:52:21 COLUMBUS AVENUE.

1:52:22 WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY SEEN AN

1:52:24 UPTICK IN CRASHES AND

1:52:27 FATALITIES.

1:52:27 THE RESIDENTS OF ROXBURY,

1:52:29 DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN DESERVE

1:52:32 MEANINGFUL CONSIDERATION

1:52:34 OF LONG TERM RAPID TRANSPORT

1:52:37 TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING

1:52:41 A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF AN

1:52:43 ORANGE LINE EXTENSION AND THEY

1:52:45 DESERVE ANSWERS FROM THE STATE

1:52:47 OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE

1:52:49 DECISIONS.

1:52:50 MY HOPE IS THAT MR NG WILL

1:52:52 APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON

1:52:54 CIVIL RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO

1:52:56 PROVIDE ANSWERS TO BOTH THE

1:52:59 COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS WHO

1:53:01 DESERVE TO HEAR THEM.

1:53:03 MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE

1:53:04 TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE

1:53:05 RULES TO VOTE ON THE PASSAGE

1:53:07 OF THIS DOCKET.

1:53:08 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:53:11 THANK YOU.

1:53:12 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA

1:53:13 PEPEN.

1:53:14 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:53:16 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:53:18 UM.

1:53:21 I CANNOT SUPPORT THE

1:53:22 SUMMONS.

1:53:23 I WILL NOT BE VOTING IN FAVOR

1:53:24 OF IT TODAY.

1:53:26 BECAUSE I'VE.

1:53:27 ACTUALLY BEEN WITH SECRETARY

1:53:28 OF TRANSPORTATION FILLING THREE

1:53:30 TIMES IN MY DISTRICT AND

1:53:32 OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT ALONG

1:53:33 THE CORRIDOR OF BLUE AVENUE.

1:53:36 ONCE ON THE 28 BUS TO RIDE

1:53:39 ALONG WITH OTHER ELECTED

1:53:40 OFFICIALS THAT WERE INVITED IN

1:53:41 THIS ROOM, WE ALSO STARTED IN

1:53:44 MATTAPAN SQUARE AND WE WALKED

1:53:47 ON THE CORNER OF BOULEVARD AND

1:53:49 THAT COURT TO SEE HOW THE

1:53:51 TRANSPORTATION PROJECT COULD

1:53:53 IMPACT TALK TO RESIDENTS ETC.

1:53:54 ALONGSIDE MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM.

1:53:57 FAST FORWARD A FEW MONTHS LATER

1:53:59 THE FIRST BIG BLUE JOB MEETING

1:54:02 SECRETARY AND WAS THERE

1:54:05 SEPTEMBER 30TH.

1:54:07 HE WAS ALSO THERE.

1:54:09 SO THAT'S THREE TIMES THAT I

1:54:11 RECALL THAT THE SECRETARY HAS

1:54:12 MADE HERSELF AVAILABLE TO TALK

1:54:14 TO THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT

1:54:15 THE PROJECTS.

1:54:18 UM AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY

1:54:19 WITH THE MBTA TEAM NOT JUST ON

1:54:21 THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY BUT

1:54:24 ON MANY OTHER PROJECTS IN MY

1:54:25 DISTRICT AND WHENEVER I REACH

1:54:27 OUT TO THEM, UM, THEY PROVIDE A

1:54:30 RESPONSE AND EITHER THE

1:54:32 SECRETARIAT UM RESPONDS OR A

1:54:33 MEMBER OF HIS TEAM.

1:54:35 SO TODAY, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO

1:54:37 VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE SUMMONS.

1:54:38 UH, I KNOW THAT THEIR TEAM IS

1:54:40 ACCESSIBLE AND I LOOK YEP.

1:54:42 LOOK FORWARD TO THE

1:54:43 CONVERSATION.

1:54:43 THANK YOU.

1:54:44 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.

1:54:45 CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRYMAN.

1:54:47 HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:54:48 UH.

1:54:49 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:54:52 SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST.

1:54:53 NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT.

1:54:55 WE'RE.

1:54:56 TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.

1:54:57 SO IF I'M CLEAR THE SUMMONS IS

1:55:00 TO HAVE, UH, PHIL SHOW UP TO A

1:55:04 HEARING.

1:55:05 SO THE SUMMONS IS NOT FOR HIM

1:55:06 TO SHOW.

1:55:07 UP.

1:55:07 IN COMMUNITY, RIGHT?

1:55:08 JUST THE HEARING.

1:55:10 TO COME TO THE.

1:55:11 CHAMBER AND PRESENT HIMSELF IN

1:55:13 FRONT OF THE BODY.

1:55:15 THAT'S FOR A HEARING, RIGHT?

1:55:16 I MEAN TO OFFER TO SUMMONS HIM

1:55:18 TO SHOW UP.

1:55:19 RIGHT IN.

1:55:20 A HEARING.

1:55:21 RIGHT.

1:55:22 AND SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

1:55:23 BETWEEN HAVING SOMEONE SHOW UP

1:55:25 IN COMMUNITY AND HAVING SOMEONE

1:55:27 SOMEONE.

1:55:28 SHOW UP.

1:55:29 TO AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC

1:55:30 HEARING AT THE REQUEST OF THE

1:55:33 COUNCIL.

1:55:34 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

1:55:35 THAT I'M VOTING SPECIFICALLY ON

1:55:37 WHAT IS BEING ASKED WHICH IS TO

1:55:40 THE THE THE RIGHT THAT WE HAVE

1:55:42 TO SUMMONS PEOPLE TO

1:55:43 PARTICIPATE IN OUR PUBLIC

1:55:45 HEARINGS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE

1:55:46 MORE INFORMED DECISIONS NOT

1:55:48 JUST TO SHOW UP TO A COMMUNITY

1:55:49 MEETING WHERE THERE'S REALLY

1:55:51 NOTHING THAT'S REALLY SAID ON

1:55:52 THE RECORD THAT WE CAN WORK

1:55:54 WITH AND REALLY LEGISLATE

1:55:56 AROUND.

1:55:56 SO.

1:55:57 CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE COME FROM

1:55:59 FOR ME WHAT THE REQUEST IS SO

1:56:02 THAT I UNDERSTAND IF I'M GOING

1:56:03 TO BE SUPPORTING OR OBJECTING

1:56:06 TO.

1:56:07 THIS KIND OF PERSON THAT.

1:56:10 COMES WITH MEJIA?

1:56:11 UM, WE'LL HAVE THE LEAD SPONSOR

1:56:13 UH, SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION.

1:56:15 AND COUNCILOR MEJIA THANK YOU

1:56:17 FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE AND I

1:56:19 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR

1:56:21 ALSO RAISING THAT ISSUE ABOUT

1:56:23 THE UH, MBTA GENERAL MANAGER

1:56:26 SHOWING UP AT UH MORNING STAR

1:56:29 AND SHOWING UP AT THE HOLLAND

1:56:31 SCHOOL A VERY INFORMAL

1:56:34 UNOFFICIAL UH, MEETINGS THAT HE

1:56:36 SHOWED UP TO.

1:56:37 BUT WHEN THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL

1:56:39 COUNCIL HEARING AND THIS WAS AN

1:56:41 OFFICIAL COUNCIL HEARING THAT

1:56:43 WE HAD AT THE WORD IN REED

1:56:44 AUDITORIUM, HE FAILED TO SHOW

1:56:46 UP.

1:56:47 AND WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST

1:56:48 NOT ONLY DID HE FAIL TO SHOW UP

1:56:50 ,HE FAILED TO EVEN RESPOND OR

1:56:53 SUBMIT A WRITTEN STATEMENT.

1:56:55 THAT'S WHY THE COUNCIL HAS THE

1:56:58 AUTHORITY TO SUMMONS MEMBERS

1:57:00 OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS BEFORE

1:57:02 THE CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN GET

1:57:05 THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED TO

1:57:06 SOME OF THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS

1:57:09 AND THIS IS THE CIVIL RIGHTS

1:57:10 COMMITTEE.

1:57:10 THIS IS NOT JUST A COMMITTEE.

1:57:13 THIS IS THE CIVIL RIGHTS

1:57:14 COMMITTEE SEEKING ANSWERS TO

1:57:16 CIVIL RIGHTS QUESTIONS THAT WE

1:57:19 HAVE REGARDING THE MBTA AND

1:57:21 THAT THE ONLY MTA HAS.

1:57:24 SUCH MONEY.

1:57:25 I THINK I'M GOING TO SECOND

1:57:26 HOLD ON.

1:57:28 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER IS.

1:57:31 COUNCILOR MEJIA.

1:57:32 ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE.

1:57:34 COMES FROM MEJIA.

1:57:36 THANK YOU.

1:57:37 MAKE SURE THAT YOU.

1:57:39 ONE AT A TIME ONE IS ONE.

1:57:42 I JUST WASN'T SURE THAT AT

1:57:43 WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER

1:57:44 HE SPOKE.

1:57:44 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I

1:57:45 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH

1:57:47 MY THOUGHT.

1:57:47 OKAY, GREAT.

1:57:48 THANK YOU FOR THAT

1:57:50 CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I DO

1:57:52 REMEMBER WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR

1:57:53 THIS PARTICULAR HEARING.

1:57:55 WE FOUGHT FIERCELY FOR IT TO BE

1:57:57 IN YOUR COMMITTEE REGARDING

1:57:58 CIVIL RIGHTS.

1:58:00 NOW I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE

1:58:01 OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE

1:58:03 SHOWING UP AND ADDRESSING, UM,

1:58:06 US AND THE RESPECT THAT WE

1:58:08 DESERVE AS A BODY SETS THE

1:58:11 RESIDENTS HERE BECAUSE WHAT WE

1:58:13 HAVE BECOME OFTENTIMES IS A

1:58:15 JOKE BECAUSE NO ONE'S TAKING US

1:58:17 SERIOUSLY FOR A LOT OF REASONS

1:58:18 .

1:58:18 AND SO I THINK THAT IF WE'RE

1:58:20 GOING TO UTILIZE OUR POLITICAL

1:58:22 POWER AND OUR POLITICAL CAPITAL

1:58:25 AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADVOCATE

1:58:26 FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, THEN THE

1:58:28 PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THE

1:58:29 DECISIONS THAT IMPACT US NEED

1:58:31 TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY SO

1:58:32 THAT WE CAN MAKE INFORMED

1:58:34 DECISIONS.

1:58:34 AND THEREFORE I THINK YOUR

1:58:38 REQUEST TO UH, SUMMONS UM PHIL

1:58:42 TO COME SHOW UP AND ADDRESS THE

1:58:45 PUBLIC AND THE, UH THE

1:58:48 COUNCIL SEEMS TO BE

1:58:48 APPROPRIATE.

1:58:49 SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:58:51 LEADERSHIP.

1:58:52 THANK YOU.

1:58:53 COUNCILOR MEJIA.

1:58:54 UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:58:56 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

1:58:57 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:58:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:58:58 UM, I WILL BE VOTING NO.

1:59:00 UM, AS A DISTRICT

1:59:02 COUNCILOR THAT HAS MANY, UH,

1:59:04 ISSUES THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS

1:59:06 WITH THE MBTA.

1:59:07 GIVEN THAT A LOT OF MY DISTRICT

1:59:09 IS, UM.

1:59:10 I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS FOR

1:59:13 ME WHAT I WOULD PRIORITIZE

1:59:14 USING MY OWN POLITICAL CAPITAL

1:59:16 ON.

1:59:16 I DO THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY

1:59:18 IMPORTANT.

1:59:19 UM, THERE HAS BEEN A VERY LONG

1:59:21 PROCESS.

1:59:22 I HAVE PRETTY MUCH STAYED

1:59:24 SILENT ON THE VERY LONG PROCESS

1:59:26 THAT IS TAKING PLACE ON THIS

1:59:27 PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S

1:59:28 NOT IN MY DISTRICT.

1:59:29 UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IF

1:59:31 WE'RE ASKING WHETHER THE CITY

1:59:33 SHOULD ACCEPT MONEY FROM THE

1:59:35 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, TO MAKE

1:59:38 IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR

1:59:38 COMMUNITIES, THE ANSWER SHOULD

1:59:40 ALMOST ALWAYS BE YES.

1:59:41 AND SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS

1:59:44 APPROPRIATE USE AND I WILL BE

1:59:45 VOTING NO.

1:59:46 I DO THINK THE SUMMONS POWER

1:59:48 THAT WE HAVE IS INCREDIBLY

1:59:49 IMPORTANT.

1:59:50 SO WE SHOULD BE CHOOSY IN THE

1:59:51 WAY THAT WE USE THAT POWER.

1:59:53 UM, AND I DO THINK THAT UH, THE

1:59:55 GENERAL MANAGER DID SHOW UP AT

1:59:58 A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WAS A

1:59:59 CITY OFFICIAL MEETING.

2:00:02 UM, I DO THINK IT'S REALLY

2:00:03 IMPORTANT, UM, THAT, UH I HAVE

2:00:06 A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'M

2:00:07 CURRENTLY DISCUSSING WITH THE

2:00:09 MTA ABOUT THINGS IN MY DISTRICT

2:00:11 AND I JUST THINK THAT I DON'T

2:00:13 WANT TO MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE

2:00:15 SUMMONS PROCESS.

2:00:16 SO I WILL BE VOTING NO.

2:00:17 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:00:19 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ME

2:00:20 HERE.

2:00:20 UM, DO YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON?

2:00:25 I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE'S

2:00:27 A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CITY

2:00:29 SPONSORED ACTIVITY AND AN

2:00:31 OFFICIAL CITY COUNCIL HEARING.

2:00:34 AND THE REASON WHY I'M STATING

2:00:35 THIS IS BECAUSE FOR THOSE FOLKS

2:00:36 WHO ARE WATCHING AND FOLLOWING

2:00:38 US, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE

2:00:40 CONFUSED BY WHAT WE'RE TALKING

2:00:41 ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

2:00:43 AND I THINK IT'S REALLY

2:00:45 IMPORTANT AND WE OWE IT TO

2:00:46 OURSELVES TO BE REALLY CLEAR.

2:00:48 THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IS

2:00:49 THAT WE AS A COUNCIL RIGHT HAVE

2:00:54 THE POWER TO SUBPOENA PEOPLE

2:00:57 WHO ARE GOING TO WHO ARE MAKING

2:00:59 DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE

2:01:00 QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR

2:01:01 CONSTITUENTS.

2:01:02 AND BOTH COUNCIL RURAL.

2:01:03 DISTRICT FOUR AND

2:01:05 COUNCILOR CULPEPER DISTRICT

2:01:06 SEVEN REPRESENT DORCHESTER,

2:01:08 ROXBURY, MATTAPAN AND THAT IS A

2:01:10 CORRIDOR THAT IS GOING TO BE

2:01:12 IMPACTED BY A CONVERSATION WITH

2:01:14 A STATE OFFICIAL WHO REFUSES TO

2:01:17 ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY AND

2:01:18 THEREFORE IT IS NOT A MOCKERY.

2:01:20 IT IS CALLED RESTORATIVE

2:01:21 JUSTICE.

2:01:22 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER UM AND.

2:01:25 MADAM PRESIDENT I AGREE.

2:01:29 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER BUT.

2:01:29 I.

2:01:30 THINK WHEN YOU CALL SOMETHING

2:01:31 DEALING WITH A CIVIL RIGHTS A

2:01:34 MOCKERY I THINK WHEN YOU.

2:01:36 REALLY AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT

2:01:39 WHERE WE ARE AND THE 40 YEARS

2:01:42 THAT UH THE BLACK COMMUNITY WAS

2:01:46 PROMISED COMPARABLE RAIL

2:01:48 TRANSPORTATION AFTER THEY TOOK

2:01:50 DOWN THE TRAIN FROM DUDLEY

2:01:52 STATION AFTER THEY TOOK DOWN

2:01:54 THE TRAIN FROM EDISON, AFTER

2:01:56 THEY TOOK DOWN THE TRAIN FROM

2:01:58 NORTHAMPTON, AFTER THEY TOOK

2:02:00 DOWN THE TRAIN FROM DOVER, A

2:02:01 TRAIN THAT I RODE UH TO SCHOOL

2:02:05 TO DOWNTOWN FIVE MINUTES TO

2:02:08 DOWNTOWN.

2:02:09 WE LOST THAT RIGHT TO RAIL

2:02:12 TRANSPORTATION.

2:02:13 THAT WAS REALLY THE HEART

2:02:14 OF THE COMMUNITY.

2:02:15 THAT WAS THE WAY WE GOT

2:02:16 DOWNTOWN.

2:02:17 WE LOST THAT.

2:02:18 AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE CIVIL

2:02:20 RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS OF RAIL

2:02:22 AROUND THE CITY THE GREEN LINE,

2:02:25 THE RED LINE, THE BLUE LINE BUT

2:02:29 THE ORANGE LINE TO THE BLACK

2:02:30 COMMUNITY HAS NONE.

2:02:31 I CONSIDER IT NOT JUST A CIVIL

2:02:33 RIGHTS ISSUE BUT A SERIOUS

2:02:35 CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.

2:02:36 AND WHEN ONE OF MY

2:02:38 COUNCIL MEMBERS CALLS IT A

2:02:40 MOCKERY, IT MAKES ME REALIZE

2:02:42 THAT WE HAVE REAL WORK TO DO ON

2:02:44 THIS COUNCIL AND ONE OF THE

2:02:45 WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TODAY

2:02:48 IS APPROVE THIS SUMMONS.

2:02:50 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER

2:02:52 .

2:02:52 UM UM AND, UM, I REALLY WANT TO

2:02:57 GIVE COUNCILMAN MURPHY AN

2:02:58 OPPORTUNITY.

2:02:58 SHE HASN'T SPOKEN YET, SO I

2:03:01 WILL CALL ON COUNCILOR MURPHY

2:03:02 AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO

2:03:03 COUNCIL.

2:03:04 TO RESPOND.

2:03:06 COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE

2:03:08 FLOOR.

2:03:08 UM.

2:03:08 THANK YOU.

2:03:09 SHE HASN'T SPOKEN YET.

2:03:10 I HAVEN'T YEAH.

2:03:11 SO.

2:03:13 I HAVE FILED AND HELD MANY

2:03:16 HEARINGS IN THIS LAST FIVE.

2:03:18 YEARS WHERE THE.

2:03:19 ADMINISTRATION JUST DOESN'T

2:03:20 SHOW UP.

2:03:21 IT'S MORE THAN.

2:03:22 JUST DISCOURAGING.

2:03:23 UM.

2:03:24 AND I.

2:03:25 DID HAVE A CONVERSATION.

2:03:27 WITH COUNCILOR CULPEPER THAT I

2:03:29 WISHED WE HAD SUBPOENAED

2:03:30 EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP AT

2:03:32 THIS HEARING LAST WEEK.

2:03:34 I WAS AT THIS HEARING IN THE

2:03:35 COMMUNITY AND I WAS ALSO AT THE

2:03:37 CITY SPONSORED HEARINGS.

2:03:39 SO LIKE CONCILOR MEJIA, HE HAS

2:03:41 COMMENTS VERY DIFFERENT.

2:03:45 VERY DIFFERENT PLACES AND

2:03:47 SPACES AND A VERY DIFFERENT

2:03:49 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY

2:03:52 TO ACTUALLY SHARE THEIR

2:03:53 CONCERNS BECAUSE AT THE CITY

2:03:54 SPONSORED ONES YOU HAD TO WRITE

2:03:56 YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN THEY

2:03:58 CHOSE WHICH ONES THEY WOULD

2:03:58 READ.

2:03:59 IT WAS VERY MONITORED AND WAS

2:04:01 NOT A COUNCIL HEARING SETTING.

2:04:03 I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE IF I

2:04:04 AGREE OR NOT WITH THE ACTUAL 17

2:04:08 F OR THE REASON WHY I DO WANT

2:04:10 TO SUPPORT OUR COLLEAGUES

2:04:11 BECAUSE TOO MANY TIMES WE GIVE

2:04:13 UP OUR POWER ON THIS

2:04:15 COUNCIL AND THEY SAY WE DON'T

2:04:16 HAVE THE POWER OR THE SUBPOENA

2:04:18 POWER BUT WHAT TEETH DOES IT

2:04:19 HAVE IF WE STOOD TOGETHER AND

2:04:21 SUPPORTED EACH OTHER AND WE

2:04:23 WOULD BE RESPECTED MORE?

2:04:25 SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU,

2:04:28 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR

2:04:28 BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

2:04:30 IT IS FRUSTRATING AND

2:04:31 DISCOURAGING THAT SOME PEOPLE

2:04:32 THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL TREATED

2:04:34 EQUALLY.

2:04:35 IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.

2:04:36 SO NOT EVERYONE GETS THE SAME.

2:04:38 PHONE CALLS ANSWERED.

2:04:39 NOT EVERYONE GETS THE SAME

2:04:41 RESPONSE WHEN REACHING OUT SO

2:04:43 IT JUST MAKES OTHERS WORK MUCH

2:04:44 HARDER.

2:04:45 BUT IT'S THE WORK WILL CONTINUE

2:04:46 TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT

2:04:48 ELECTED US TO BE HERE.

2:04:49 SO THANK YOU.

2:04:50 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:04:51 UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:04:53 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:04:54 UM, AND I JUST WANT TO RESPOND

2:04:56 TO MY COLLEAGUE'S, UM, CHARGE

2:04:58 ABOUT MY USE OF THE WORD

2:05:00 MOCKERY.

2:05:00 UM, PARTLY I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE

2:05:03 A CITY COUNCIL SUMMONS THE

2:05:04 PERSON THAT I SUMMONS DID NOT

2:05:05 SHOW UP.

2:05:06 AND, UM, UPON LEARNING THAT

2:05:09 WHEN ESSENTIALLY OUR SUMMONS

2:05:12 POWER UM AS DEFINED BY

2:05:14 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW

2:05:15 ALLOWS US TO SUMMONS, UH,

2:05:18 WITNESSES MAYBE SUMMONS TO

2:05:19 ATTEND OR TESTIFY AND TO

2:05:21 PRODUCE BOOKS AND PAPERS AT A

2:05:23 HEARING BEFORE THE CITY

2:05:23 COUNCIL, A LICENSING BOARD OR

2:05:25 LICENSING AUTHORITIES AS

2:05:27 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE

2:05:28 OF CHAPTER 100 OF THE GENERAL

2:05:29 LAWS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OR

2:05:30 ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF BOSTON

2:05:32 AS TO A MATTER WITHIN THEIR

2:05:34 AUTHORITY AND SUCH WITNESSES

2:05:35 SHALL BE SUMMONS IN THE SAME

2:05:36 MANNER BE PAID THE SAME FEE IS

2:05:38 SUBJECT TO AND ESSENTIALLY WE

2:05:42 ARE ALLOWED TO SUMMONS PEOPLE

2:05:44 WITHIN OUR OWN AUSPICES AND

2:05:45 WITHOUT IN OUR OWN

2:05:46 JURISDICTION.

2:05:47 AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE

2:05:50 GM WILL APPEAR IF WE SUMMONS

2:05:51 HIM HERE TODAY, WHICH IS WHY I

2:05:54 WILL BE VOTING NO.

2:05:55 UM BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY

2:05:57 IMPORTANT THAT I DO THINK THE

2:05:59 CHARGE MADE FOR MY COLLEAGUE

2:06:00 THAT UH, ME THAT MY IDEA

2:06:04 OF USING THE WORD MOCKERY OR

2:06:05 THINKING THAT THIS IS NOT

2:06:06 APPROPRIATE HAS ANYTHING TO DO

2:06:07 WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT IT WAS

2:06:09 PUT IN IS INCORRECT.

2:06:10 I THINK WE HAVE DIFFERING VIEWS

2:06:12 ON TRANSPORTATION.

2:06:13 IT MIGHT BE OUR AGE.

2:06:14 IT MIGHT BE WHERE WE COME FROM.

2:06:16 IT MIGHT BE THE FACT THAT ONE

2:06:18 OF US OWNS A CAR AND ONE OF US

2:06:19 DOES NOT.

2:06:19 WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS

2:06:20 THAT UH, WE THINK ABOUT

2:06:22 TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY AND

2:06:23 HOW WE MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH.

2:06:24 THE CITY.

2:06:25 AND SO THAT IS REALLY AT THE

2:06:27 CORE OF OF MY DIFFERENCE

2:06:29 OF OPINION ON THIS PARTICULAR

2:06:30 SUBJECT MATTER AND IT IS NOT AT

2:06:32 ALL IN REGARDS TO WHAT

2:06:34 COMMITTEE IT WAS PUT IN OR WHAT

2:06:36 SUBJECT MATTER THAT YOU WOULD

2:06:37 LIKE TO ASK THE GENERAL

2:06:38 MANAGER.

2:06:38 BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY

2:06:40 IMPORTANT THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT

2:06:42 WHO GETS PHONE CALLS ANSWERED

2:06:43 AND WHO DOESN'T GET PHONE CALLS

2:06:45 ANSWERED.

2:06:45 UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT

2:06:47 IT'S WHAT DO WE USE OUR

2:06:48 POLITICAL CAPITAL ON?

2:06:49 HOW DO WE TALK TO PEOPLE?

2:06:51 HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH

2:06:52 PEOPLE?

2:06:53 UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE

2:06:54 GENERAL MANAGER IS INVITED.

2:06:56 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE WAS

2:06:57 OFFERED TO RESPOND.

2:06:59 I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WAS

2:07:00 COMMUNICATED WITH, BUT I KNOW

2:07:01 THAT, UM I HAVE SUMMONS PEOPLE

2:07:04 THAT HAVE NOT APPEARED BEFORE

2:07:06 MY COMMITTEES BEFORE AND SO I

2:07:08 THINK IT'S A IT'S IMPORTANT

2:07:09 THAT THIS NOT BE MADE INTO

2:07:11 SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT.

2:07:12 THIS IS TRULY ABOUT DIFFERING

2:07:14 VIEWS OF HOW WE MOVE PEOPLE

2:07:15 THROUGH THE CITY AND OUR MOST

2:07:17 VULNERABLE ROAD USERS,

2:07:18 INCLUDING BUS RIDERS DESERVE A

2:07:21 QUICK WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL TO

2:07:23 GET TO WORK.

2:07:24 I JUST TRULY BELIEVE THAT ABOUT

2:07:26 THE CITY.

2:07:26 IT'S NOT FOR ME TO REALLY

2:07:27 COMMENT ON GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT

2:07:29 MY DISTRICT, BUT IF IT'S GOING

2:07:30 TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY

2:07:32 COUNCIL, I THINK I HAVE THE

2:07:33 RIGHT TO SPEAK ON IT.

2:07:36 AND IF I MAY.

2:07:38 ,CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR

2:07:38 I.

2:07:39 WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO

2:07:41 COUNCILOR DURKAN THAT UM THE

2:07:43 CHAPTER MASS GENERAL LAWS 233

2:07:46 IT PROVIDES FOR THE COUNCIL TO

2:07:48 SUBPOENA UH STATE ORGANIZATION

2:07:51 HAS A MASS RACING COMMISSION

2:07:53 THAT WE CAN SUBPOENA.

2:07:54 IT HAS A STATE WATER COMMISSION

2:07:56 THAT WE CAN SUBPOENA.

2:07:57 SO THERE ARE LISTS UNDER 233

2:08:00 THAT ALREADY SET OUT WHAT STATE

2:08:03 ORGANIZATION WE COULD SUBPOENA

2:08:05 .

2:08:05 SO I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE

2:08:07 UNDER 233 AND I THINK IT'S UH

2:08:10 AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO

2:08:12 VOTE FOR THIS SUMMONS.

2:08:13 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:08:15 UH, COUNCIL COLOR DISSIPATED.

2:08:16 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:08:17 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:08:18 I JUST HAVE A COUPLE

2:08:19 OF QUESTIONS.

2:08:20 UM.

2:08:20 JUST BECAUSE I I.

2:08:21 TAKE IT VERY.

2:08:22 SERIOUSLY OUR.

2:08:23 CITY COUNCIL POWERS EVERYBODY

2:08:24 KNOWS I'M AN INSTITUTIONALIST

2:08:26 AND, UM, DEFINITELY WANT TO

2:08:28 MAXIMIZE OUR POWER WHILE WE

2:08:29 CAN.

2:08:30 YOU HAD.

2:08:30 MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU'RE

2:08:32 DOING THIS TO GET ANSWERS AND I

2:08:34 JUST DON'T KNOW.

2:08:35 HAS HE NOT ANSWERED YOU AT ALL?

2:08:37 HAVE YOU HAD MEETINGS WITH HIM?

2:08:38 HAVE YOU HAD ONE ON ONES?

2:08:39 HAVE YOU HAD ANY PHONE CALLS?

2:08:40 ONLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A

2:08:42 DIFFERENCE WHERE SOMEONE AND

2:08:43 WE'RE BEING IGNORED.

2:08:44 RIGHT.

2:08:45 BUT IF THERE HAVE BEEN

2:08:47 INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS IF YOU'VE

2:08:48 GOTTEN ANSWERS THEN YOU CAN

2:08:50 SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

2:08:52 UM BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND

2:08:53 LIKE WHAT WHAT THE

2:08:54 COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN IF HE'S

2:08:56 100% IGNORED YOU LIKE THAT'S

2:08:57 NOT GOOD FORM AT ALL.

2:08:59 BUT WE JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

2:09:00 A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY

2:09:01 BEHIND THIS SUMMONS.

2:09:02 THANK YOU.

2:09:03 COUNCIL.

2:09:06 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU MAY

2:09:07 RESPOND TO.

2:09:07 THE CHAIR.

2:09:08 THANK YOU.

2:09:09 UH, HE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE

2:09:12 HEARING THAT WE HAD.

2:09:13 SO I USE MY ONE A

2:09:16 COUNCIL HEARING TO TAKE IT TO

2:09:17 THE FIELD AT THE WORLD AND

2:09:19 GREAT AUDITORIUM.

2:09:20 UH, SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER

2:09:24 HEARING THAT A COUNCIL WOULD

2:09:25 TAKE TO THE FIELD, AN OFFICIAL

2:09:27 HEARING IS SENT TO STAFF CAME

2:09:29 TO SENT TO STAFF THAT UP?

2:09:31 WE PLANNED HOW IT WOULD HAPPEN.

2:09:33 UH, WE WROTE UH TO GENERAL

2:09:35 MANAGER AND AND ASKED HIM TO

2:09:38 APPEAR.

2:09:38 UH, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A PHONE

2:09:40 CALL.

2:09:41 WE DIDN'T RECEIVE, UH, ANY

2:09:43 WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM WE'VE

2:09:45 HEARD NOTHING.

2:09:46 AND SO UNLIKE THE

2:09:49 ADMINISTRATION UH, THE REASON

2:09:51 WHY AND I THINK, UH,

2:09:54 COUNCILOR MURPHY WANTS TO KNOW

2:09:55 WHY DIDN'T I SUBPOENA THE

2:09:56 ADMINISTRATION?

2:09:57 BECAUSE THEY AT LEAST RESPONDED

2:09:59 TO US AND THEY SUBMITTED A

2:10:00 WRITTEN STATEMENT.

2:10:02 UH, RESPONDING TO THE QUESTIONS

2:10:04 THAT WE WERE ASKING AT THE

2:10:05 HEARING.

2:10:06 SO NO, THERE HAS BEEN NO

2:10:08 COMMUNICATION FROM HIM.

2:10:08 UH, THERE HAS BEEN NO WRITTEN

2:10:10 STATEMENT.

2:10:10 AND THAT'S WHY IN THIS CASE

2:10:12 WHERE USING THE POWER OF THE

2:10:14 SUBPOENA TO BRING HIM BEFORE

2:10:16 THE.

2:10:17 COUNCIL UH, KIND OF JUST A

2:10:19 FOLLOW UP.

2:10:20 UM, SO THERE HASN'T YOU HAVEN'T

2:10:21 HAD ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH

2:10:22 HIM.

2:10:23 AT ALL?

2:10:25 YES.

2:10:26 I MEAN WE MET LAST YEAR.

2:10:28 WE MET ABOUT.

2:10:30 UH.

2:10:31 THE OTHER ISSUES WITH REGARD

2:10:33 TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES.

2:10:34 WE HAVE NOT MET ABOUT THAT.

2:10:36 I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO

2:10:38 BRING HIM TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS

2:10:39 HEARING THAT WE WERE HAVING

2:10:41 REGARDING.

2:10:42 THE 40 YEARS AND MORE UH, MORE

2:10:47 INVESTMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS

2:10:49 AND DISINVESTMENT IN OTHER

2:10:51 AREAS.

2:10:52 WE WANTED TO GET CRASH DATA,

2:10:53 UH, TWO CRASHES AT THE COLUMBUS

2:10:56 AVENUE.

2:10:57 UH, AND SO THERE WERE SPECIFIC

2:10:59 REASONS WHY WE'RE ASKING THEM

2:11:01 TO COME TO THIS HEARING TO GET

2:11:03 ON THE RECORD, UH, ANSWER TO

2:11:06 QUESTIONS THAT THIS COMMITTEE

2:11:07 HAD SO WE COULD MOVE FORWARD

2:11:09 WITH HOW BEST TO APPROACH THIS

2:11:12 ISSUE NOW.

2:11:15 UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH,

2:11:18 CONSTANT COMES FROM HERE.

2:11:20 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HASN'T

2:11:21 SPOKEN AT ALL YET, SO I'LL GO

2:11:23 IN FIRST AND THEN I'LL COME

2:11:24 BACK TO YOU.

2:11:25 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE

2:11:26 THE FLOOR.

2:11:27 NO THANK YOU.

2:11:28 UH, I HATE DOING.

2:11:29 THIS, BUT, UM.

2:11:30 I HAVE TO.

2:11:31 I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE TO

2:11:32 ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE, UH, TO

2:11:33 TO PROVIDE ANY CLEAR INTEREST.

2:11:35 SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO COME UP

2:11:36 WITH A YES OR NO VOTE.

2:11:37 BUT WHEN CERTAIN THINGS COME UP

2:11:38 TO JUST BE OUT OF PURE, UH,

2:11:40 ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

2:11:41 UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I

2:11:43 APOLOGIZE, REV, UH, BUT I HAVE

2:11:44 TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE.

2:11:45 I'LL BE VOTING PRESIDENT.

2:11:46 THANK YOU.

2:11:47 UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU

2:11:49 HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET, SO YOU HAVE

2:11:51 THE FLOOR.

2:11:54 THANK YOU.

2:11:55 MADAM CHAIR AND I ATTENDED THE

2:11:59 MEETING THAT WAS SPONSORED BY

2:12:01 COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND

2:12:02 COUNCIL WERE ALL IN GROVE HALL

2:12:05 AND I THINK IT WAS ABOUT THREE

2:12:06 HOUR.

2:12:07 MEETING AND WE DID.

2:12:11 UM I KNOW COUNCILOR CULPEPER

2:12:12 AND COUNCILOR WORRELL AND

2:12:14 OTHERS UM, FOUGHT HARD TO

2:12:17 ENSURE THAT THE MEETING UH THE

2:12:20 DOCKET ITSELF WOULD BE ASSIGNED

2:12:22 TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE

2:12:24 AND AT THAT MEETING WE SPENT A

2:12:27 LOT OF TIME REALLY LISTENING TO

2:12:30 RESIDENTS IN THE IMPACTED

2:12:33 NEIGHBORHOODS TALKING ABOUT

2:12:35 THIS AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.

2:12:40 AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN

2:12:42 FOCUS OF THE OF THE MEETING IS

2:12:45 THE IMPACT THIS HAS ON CIVIL

2:12:47 RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE IN THE

2:12:49 IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD.

2:12:50 I LEARNED A LOT FROM LISTENING

2:12:54 LISTENING TO RESIDENTS MOSTLY

2:12:56 PEOPLE, MOSTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR

2:12:58 TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS.

2:13:02 UM I VOTED AGAINST THE SUMMONS

2:13:05 FOR WHEN WE SOMEONE WHEN WE

2:13:09 SUMMONED THE POSTAL.

2:13:11 POSTAL UM INSPECTOR TO THE CITY

2:13:15 COUNCIL.

2:13:16 UM, I VOTED AGAINST THAT ONE.

2:13:18 UM UM I'M HERE IN MY MY

2:13:22 DECISION IS TO SUPPORT MY

2:13:26 COUNCIL COLLEAGUE

2:13:27 COUNCILOR CULPEPER WHO I HAVE A

2:13:30 LOT OF RESPECT FOR AND I AGREE

2:13:35 WITH THEM.

2:13:36 I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A CIVIL

2:13:37 RIGHTS ISSUE, BUT MY MAIN FOCUS

2:13:39 AND MY MAIN REASON THAT I'M

2:13:42 VOTING FOR THIS IS TO SUPPORT

2:13:45 COUNCIL CULPEPER.

2:13:45 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:13:46 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:13:48 UH, CONSUMER HERE AT LAST WILL

2:13:49 COME BACK TO YOU.

2:13:51 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:13:53 THANK YOU.

2:13:54 UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, UM, YOU

2:13:56 KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY

2:13:57 INTERESTING THERE'S A NUMBER

2:13:58 OF ISSUES AT PLAY.

2:14:00 LIKE BRINGING EVERYBODY BACK

2:14:03 HERE.

2:14:04 UH, WHETHER YOU SUPPORT PUBLIC

2:14:07 TRANSPORTATION OR NOT.

2:14:09 THAT'S NOT WHAT IS BEING

2:14:10 DISCUSSED TODAY.

2:14:11 WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED IS

2:14:12 WHETHER OR NOT DORCHESTER,

2:14:14 ROXBURY, MATTAPAN RESIDENTS

2:14:16 PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE

2:14:17 GOING TO BE MOST IMPACTED BY

2:14:18 DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE

2:14:19 OFTENTIMES WITHOUT THEM WHETHER

2:14:21 OR NOT THEY HAVE THE SPACE.

2:14:24 TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD IN FRONT

2:14:26 OF THOSE KEY DECISION MAKERS.

2:14:28 THAT IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON

2:14:30 WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE THAT

2:14:32 PEOPLE RESERVE THE RIGHT UM TO

2:14:36 BE HEARD.

2:14:37 AND SO I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T

2:14:38 WANT ANYONE TO GET CONFUSED

2:14:40 BECAUSE I THINK WHAT IS

2:14:41 HAPPENING HERE AND I DON'T WANT

2:14:42 THIS TO BE A67 SITUATION IN

2:14:45 TERMS OF HOW WE LINE UP AGAIN

2:14:48 IN TERMS OF WHO SUPPORTS IT AND

2:14:49 WHO DOESN'T.

2:14:50 I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON THE

2:14:52 RIGHT SIDE OF THE THINGS

2:14:53 BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE

2:14:54 PEOPLE THAT I.

2:14:54 SERVE.

2:14:55 ,REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ISSUE

2:14:56 IS, THAT'S JUST WHO I AM.

2:14:59 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US

2:15:00 TO ALSO KNOW THAT PUBLIC

2:15:02 HEARINGS ALLOW US TO HAVE, UH,

2:15:06 CONVERSATIONS THAT GET UH,

2:15:08 ITEMS ON THE RECORD WHICH IS

2:15:10 VERY DIFFERENT THAN A

2:15:11 CONVERSATION BECAUSE WHAT YOU

2:15:12 SAY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, YOU

2:15:14 SAY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND IT

2:15:16 STAYS THERE.

2:15:17 AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING

2:15:20 RIGHT.

2:15:21 HAS A DIFFERENT TONE AND A

2:15:24 DIFFERENT WEIGHT AND THEREFORE

2:15:26 .

2:15:26 IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT DYNAMIC

2:15:28 .

2:15:28 I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES YOU

2:15:29 TALK TO SOMEONE IF IT'S NOT

2:15:32 OFFICIALLY ON THE RECORD.

2:15:33 IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING

2:15:35 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING

2:15:36 TO ADVOCATE.

2:15:37 SO I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY

2:15:38 IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALSO

2:15:40 RECOGNIZE THAT AND I THINK AND

2:15:42 THIS IS THE LAST THING THAT

2:15:43 I'LL SAY IS THAT.

2:15:47 WE NEED TO.

2:15:48 ALL OF US INCLUDING MYSELF LIKE

2:15:50 WE'RE GROWN ADULTS HERE.

2:15:53 SO LET'S.

2:15:54 START I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR

2:15:58 MYSELF.

2:15:58 I'M GOING TO WORK.

2:15:59 HARDER AT LEADING WITH A

2:16:01 DIFFERENT LEVEL OF COMPASSION

2:16:03 FOR FOLKS, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT

2:16:06 VERY DIFFICULT WHEN WE'RE BEING

2:16:09 SO DIFFICULT ABOUT THE SIMPLEST

2:16:11 THINGS.

2:16:12 AND I THINK THE WAY TO RESTORE

2:16:15 TRUST IN THIS BODY IS FOR US TO

2:16:17 START LEARNING HOW TO TRUST

2:16:19 EACH OTHER.

2:16:19 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S

2:16:21 GOING TO TAKE TO GET TO THAT

2:16:22 POINT BUT.

2:16:23 IS EXHAUSTING.

2:16:25 TO COME HERE AND HAVE TO PICK

2:16:28 AND CHOOSE WHAT SIDE OF THE

2:16:30 FENCE YOU'RE ON WHEN THE PEOPLE

2:16:32 WHO ARE SUFFERING ARE THOSE

2:16:34 THAT WE REPRESENT AND SO I'M

2:16:36 NOT GOING TO POLICE HOW I SAY

2:16:39 THINGS AND HOW I TALK TO PEOPLE

2:16:40 AND IF THE IT'S SOMEBODY

2:16:42 DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE MY CALLS I

2:16:44 DON'T CARE EITHER.

2:16:45 BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME HERE WITH

2:16:47 A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

2:16:48 I CAME HERE WITH THE FOLKS WHO

2:16:49 PUT ME IN OFFICE AND THAT'S IT

2:16:51 FROM HERE.

2:16:52 SO LET'S.

2:16:52 STOP IT.

2:16:53 THANK YOU.

2:16:56 BEFORE WE PROCEED TO A VOTE,

2:16:58 UM.

2:17:00 THANK YOU.

2:17:01 PARDON, COUNSELOR.

2:17:02 WELL, COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE

2:17:03 FLOOR.

2:17:04 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT

2:17:05 .

2:17:05 AND I CLEARLY SUPPORT, UM, THIS

2:17:09 SUMMONS.

2:17:09 UH, THE COMMUNITY WANTS

2:17:11 ANSWERS.

2:17:11 UH, THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE

2:17:13 PROCESS ON HOW, UH, THE MBTA,

2:17:16 UH, DECIDES WHERE RAIL GOES.

2:17:18 UH, THEY WANT TO DISCUSS THE

2:17:20 TRANSIT GAPS.

2:17:20 THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE

2:17:22 HISTORICAL DISINVESTMENT, UH,

2:17:24 IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES

2:17:26 TO THE MBTA AND 11%

2:17:28 OF RIDERSHIP OF THE NETWORK

2:17:30 THAT EXISTS INSIDE OF, UM, THE

2:17:32 BLUE LAB CORRIDOR.

2:17:34 SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT THE

2:17:35 COMMUNITY WANTS AND OFTEN TIMES

2:17:37 AT THESE UM, UH, ONE-OFF

2:17:40 MEETINGS OR UM INVITED ON THE

2:17:44 UH UM UH CONVERSATIONS, UH THE

2:17:48 COMMUNITY IS LEFT OUT OF THE

2:17:51 CONVERSATION OR DON'T HAVE TIME

2:17:52 UH, TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, UH,

2:17:55 THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT UH, I

2:17:56 THINK AT THE MATTAPAN AT THE

2:17:59 MORNING STAR I BELIEVE IT WAS

2:18:00 CLOSE TO 4040 INDIVIDUALS THAT

2:18:02 DID NOT GET IT.

2:18:04 UH, OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A

2:18:05 QUESTION I THINK AT THE HARLEM

2:18:07 ALSO KNOWN AS THE BURKE I THINK

2:18:08 IT WAS LIKE 30.

2:18:09 SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

2:18:11 RESIDENTS FOR THE COUNCIL TO

2:18:13 ASK QUESTIONS, UH, FOR US TO

2:18:15 CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO

2:18:17 GIVE DIRECT ANSWERS FROM THE

2:18:20 MBTA FROM FROM UH GENERAL

2:18:21 MANAGER AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

2:18:23 SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.

2:18:25 UM, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO PUT

2:18:27 THIS UP.

2:18:28 UM, AND THEY WEREN'T GETTING

2:18:29 ANSWERS FROM ANY CITY

2:18:30 DEPARTMENT OR STATE DEPARTMENT

2:18:32 OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT I'LL BE

2:18:33 IN FULL SUPPORT.

2:18:34 OF THANK YOU.

2:18:36 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL

2:18:38 BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE AS THE

2:18:40 CHAIR OF THE CITY

2:18:41 COUNCIL PRESENT TO CITY

2:18:42 COUNCIL, I WILL BE VOTING YES

2:18:44 OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY CALL OUR

2:18:45 COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS

2:18:47 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

2:18:49 CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND

2:18:51 IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT THERE ARE

2:18:52 OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND IF HE

2:18:55 FEELS IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE

2:18:56 PHILIP ANG AS THE GENERAL

2:18:58 MANAGER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS

2:18:58 MASS BAY TRANSPORTATION

2:19:00 AUTHORITY UH, TO COME BEFORE

2:19:03 HIS COMMITTEE AND ANSWER

2:19:05 QUESTIONS.

2:19:06 I WILL SUPPORT HIM IN THAT

2:19:08 EFFORT.

2:19:08 UM, SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO A

2:19:12 VOTE.

2:19:16 COUNCILOR OH, DID UM BEG YOUR

2:19:17 PARDON?

2:19:17 DOES ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:19:19 NAME?

2:19:21 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:19:22 COUNCILOR MEJIA.

2:19:22 COUNCILOR.

2:19:23 MURPHY, COUNCILOR SANTANA,

2:19:25 COUNCILOR WORRELL AND.

2:19:26 PLEASE.

2:19:27 UH THE CHAIR.

2:19:30 THANK YOU.

2:19:32 UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER SEEK

2:19:34 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

2:19:35 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1968.

2:19:38 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:19:39 TAKE A ROLL CALL?

2:19:40 VOTE ON DOCKET 1968.

2:19:43 ,COUNCILOR BREADON.

2:19:44 YES, COUNCILOR BREADON.

2:19:46 YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS

2:19:46 OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR CLOSED

2:19:49 PLATTER.

2:19:49 NO.

2:19:50 COUNCILOR.

2:19:50 CULPEPER.

2:19:51 COUNCILOR.

2:19:51 CULPEPER.

2:19:52 YES.

2:19:52 COUNCILOR.

2:19:53 DURKAN.

2:19:54 COUNCILOR.

2:19:54 DURKAN.

2:19:54 NO.

2:19:55 COUNCILOR.

2:19:55 FITZGERALD.

2:19:56 COUNCILOR.

2:19:57 FITZGERALD.

2:19:57 PRESENT.

2:19:58 COUNCILOR.

2:19:58 FLYNN.

2:19:59 YES.

2:20:00 COUNCILOR.

2:20:00 FLYNN.

2:20:00 YES.

2:20:01 COUNCILOR.

2:20:01 LOUIJEUNE.

2:20:02 YES.

2:20:02 COUNCILOR.

2:20:03 LOUIJEUNE.

2:20:03 YES.

2:20:04 COUNCIL.

2:20:04 MEJIA.

2:20:04 YES.

2:20:05 COUNCILOR MEJIA.

2:20:06 YES.

2:20:07 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:20:07 YES.

2:20:08 COUNCILOR.

2:20:08 MURPHY.

2:20:09 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:20:09 PUT PEN COUNCILOR TEN PRESENT.

2:20:13 COUNCILOR.

2:20:13 SANTANA.

2:20:14 COUNCILOR.

2:20:14 SANTANA.

2:20:15 YES.

2:20:16 COUNCILOR.

2:20:16 WEBER.

2:20:17 COUNCIL.

2:20:18 WEBER.

2:20:18 PRESENT.

2:20:19 COUNCILOR.

2:20:19 WORLD.

2:20:20 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:20:22 YES.

2:20:24 EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

2:20:27 THREE PRESENT AND TWO IN THE

2:20:29 NEGATIVE.

2:20:30 THANK YOU.

2:20:31 DOCKET 1968 HAS PASSED.

2:20:34 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR

2:20:36 RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION AND

2:20:38 DEBATE ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT

2:20:39 MATTER.

2:20:40 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:20:41 READ DOCKET 1969.

2:20:45 DOCKET NUMBER 1969

2:20:47 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE

2:20:48 FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING

2:20:49 CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER

2:20:52 SUBSECTION 17 F REGARDING

2:20:54 OUTSTANDING RESPONSES TO

2:20:56 PREVIOUSLY FILED SECTION 17 F

2:20:59 ORDERS AND ADMINISTRATION

2:21:00 ACCOUNTABILITY.

2:21:02 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:21:03 COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE

2:21:04 FLOOR.

2:21:05 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:21:07 I HAD FILED 317 F THREE WEEKS

2:21:09 AGO WHEN WE PASSED THEM.

2:21:13 THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SEVEN

2:21:14 DAYS TO ANSWER I HAVEN'T.

2:21:16 NOT ONLY HAVE I NOT GOTTEN AN

2:21:18 ANSWER IN THREE.

2:21:19 WEEKS.

2:21:20 I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY

2:21:22 RESPONSE OR THE ADMINISTRATION

2:21:23 HASN'T REACHED OUT WITH ANY

2:21:25 COMMUNICATION ON WHERE THEY ARE

2:21:26 WITH IT OR IF THEY'RE WORKING

2:21:28 ON IT.

2:21:28 SO I'M JUST FILING ANOTHER 17 F

2:21:31 TO ADDRESS THAT.

2:21:32 I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT

2:21:33 ME ON THIS.

2:21:33 THANK YOU.

2:21:35 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY I

2:21:38 APPRECIATE YOUR FRUSTRATION

2:21:39 WITH THE LACK OF RESPONSE TO

2:21:40 OUR 17 F SO THE SLOW RESPONSE

2:21:44 COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX IS OH

2:21:45 WOULD ANYONE KNOW OH IT'S JUST

2:21:48 A COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX

2:21:49 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

2:21:50 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1969.

2:21:52 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:21:54 ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:21:56 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:21:57 TAKE A ROLL CALL?

2:21:58 VOTE AND DOCKET 1969.

2:22:01 COUNCILOR BREADON.

2:22:03 YES.

2:22:04 COUNCILOR.

2:22:04 GREATNESS.

2:22:05 COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A POLICY

2:22:06 COUNCILOR COVER COLETTE AS A

2:22:07 PARTY.

2:22:07 YES.

2:22:08 COUNCILOR.

2:22:08 CULPEPPER, COUNCILOR.

2:22:10 CULPEPER.

2:22:11 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:22:11 DURKAN.

2:22:12 COUNCILOR.

2:22:13 DURKAN.

2:22:13 YES.

2:22:13 COUNCILOR.

2:22:14 FITZGERALD.

2:22:15 FISCAL.

2:22:15 YES.

2:22:16 COUNCILOR.

2:22:17 FLYNN.

2:22:18 COUNCILOR.

2:22:19 LOUIJEUNE.

2:22:19 COUNCILOR.

2:22:20 LOUIJEUNE.

2:22:20 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:22:21 MEJIA.

2:22:21 COUNCILOR.

2:22:22 MEJIA.

2:22:23 YES.

2:22:23 COUNCILOR.

2:22:23 MURPHY.

2:22:24 COUNCILOR.

2:22:25 MURPHY.

2:22:25 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:22:26 PIPPIN.

2:22:27 COUNCILOR.

2:22:27 PEN.

2:22:27 YES.

2:22:28 SANTANA.

2:22:29 YES.

2:22:29 COUNCIL.

2:22:30 SANTANA.

2:22:30 YES.

2:22:30 COUNCILOR.

2:22:31 WEBER.

2:22:31 YES.

2:22:31 COUNCILOR.

2:22:32 LOPEZ AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.

2:22:33 YES.

2:22:34 COUNCIL.

2:22:34 WE'RE ALL YES.

2:22:36 TALKING ABOUT 1969 HAS RECEIVED

2:22:38 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

2:22:40 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

2:22:41 DOCKET 1969 HAS PASSED.

2:22:43 UM, I AS MY COLLEAGUE

2:22:46 COUNCIL AND VICE VICE PRESIDENT

2:22:50 UM, COLLETTE AS A PARTNER TO

2:22:51 COME FORWARD.

2:22:52 I JUST FIGURED I'D WATCH THIS.

2:22:55 ONE HERE.

2:23:06 MR. CLERK, COULD.

2:23:07 YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1970.

2:23:10 TALKING NUMBER 1970

2:23:12 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, UH, FOR

2:23:13 THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING

2:23:15 THE UNITED STATES POSTAL

2:23:16 SERVICE TO SECURE A NEW

2:23:18 LOCATION FOR THE FEELS CORNER

2:23:20 POST OFFICE.

2:23:22 .

2:23:22 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE

2:23:23 THE FLOOR.

2:23:24 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:23:25 UH.

2:23:26 COULD.

2:23:26 I PLEASE.

2:23:27 ADD.

2:23:27 COUNCILOR BREADON.

2:23:28 A SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND

2:23:29 SUSPEND THE RULES AND AD

2:23:30 COUNCIL URL?

2:23:31 UH, AND IF I COULD I WOULD

2:23:32 ALSO, UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA DID

2:23:34 REACH OUT AND SO I REALLY DO

2:23:35 APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY FOR

2:23:36 FIELDS GOING TO THANK YOU.

2:23:37 SEEING AND HEARING NO

2:23:38 OBJECTIONS UH THERE SO ADDED.

2:23:39 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:23:41 SO UH, IN FIVE DAYS.

2:23:42 UH.

2:23:43 ON THE ON THE 26TH.

2:23:44 UH, THE FIELDS.

2:23:45 CORNER.

2:23:46 POST OFFICE UH, WILL.

2:23:47 TEMPORARILY CLOSE AND I GO

2:23:49 HEAVY ON THE AIR QUOTES AROUND

2:23:50 TEMPORARILY UH BECAUSE WHAT

2:23:52 WE'VE SEEN PLAY OUT UH OVER IN

2:23:54 AUSTIN AND COUNCILOR BRADEN'S

2:23:55 DISTRICT IS THAT THEY WILL TELL

2:23:57 YOU THE THE USPS WILL TELL YOU

2:23:59 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO

2:24:00 TEMPORARILY CLOSE AND THEN

2:24:01 REMAIN VACANT FOR MANY YEARS

2:24:03 UNTIL THEY FINALLY GIVE YOU THE

2:24:04 BAD NEWS OF WE ARE NO LONGER

2:24:06 SEEKING TO BE THERE.

2:24:07 UH, THE FIELDS CORNER OFFICE

2:24:08 UH.

2:24:09 FIELDS CORNER POST OFFICE, UH,

2:24:10 PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE

2:24:12 COMMUNITY.

2:24:13 UH, IN DORCHESTER I THINK, UH,

2:24:15 YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE

2:24:17 IN SOME INTERVIEWS AROUND THIS

2:24:18 TOO WHERE PEOPLE SAY, JOHN, WE

2:24:19 HAVE EMAIL NOW AND WE HAVE

2:24:20 ELECTRONIC MAIL.

2:24:21 WHAT WHY ARE WE UH YOU KNOW

2:24:23 WHAT WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL ABOUT

2:24:24 POST OFFICE ANYMORE?

2:24:25 THE POST OFFICE PEOPLE STILL

2:24:26 GET THEIR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

2:24:27 PEOPLE STILL GO FOR POSTAGE.

2:24:29 PEOPLE STILL, UH, YOU KNOW, USE

2:24:31 IT FOR THEIR SHIPMENTS.

2:24:33 UH, AND IT DOES CREATE A

2:24:34 COMMUNITY.

2:24:34 UH, I'VE TALKED TO A LOT.

2:24:36 OF THE ELDERLY.

2:24:36 UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY

2:24:38 SAY THAT THEY MAKE THEIR SORT

2:24:39 OF DAILY EITHER DAILY OR WEEKLY

2:24:41 TRIP, UH, MEET UP WITH FOLKS

2:24:42 AND GO GRAB A T NEXT DOOR.

2:24:45 UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK

2:24:46 THE THE POST OFFICE IS BEING

2:24:48 DISINGENUOUS WHEN THEY SAY UH

2:24:50 THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO

2:24:52 RELOCATE SOMEPLACE NEARBY.

2:24:53 UH, THEY BUILT THE P.O. BOXES

2:24:55 THAT PEOPLE GO TO UH, OVER ON

2:24:57 CLAYTON STREET.

2:24:58 UH, AND I WENT BY AND TOOK A

2:25:00 PICTURE OF UH, WHAT THEY'RE

2:25:01 BUILDING OUT AND THEY'RE

2:25:02 ACTUALLY BUILDING INTO A PUBLIC

2:25:03 SIDEWALK.

2:25:04 WE CHECKED AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN

2:25:05 HAVE PERMITS UH, TO GO AND

2:25:06 THEY.

2:25:07 IT'S BOLTED INTO THE PUBLIC.

2:25:08 SIDEWALK ALREADY.

2:25:08 SO IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU

2:25:10 SORT OF THE DISRESPECT THAT

2:25:11 THEY'RE, UH THEY'RE GIVING THE

2:25:12 CITY AND THE PEOPLE

2:25:14 OF DORCHESTER AND SO, UM,

2:25:16 REALLY I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL

2:25:18 OF YOU, UH, FOR COMING OUT TO

2:25:19 SUPPORT AS WE DID WITH

2:25:20 COUNCILOR BREADON AND ALLSTON,

2:25:22 UH, IN HOPES THAT WE CAN KEEP

2:25:23 THE POST OFFICE ENFIELD'S

2:25:25 CORNER AND I DID TALK TO THE

2:25:27 TENANT.

2:25:27 IF YOU HEAR THOSE ABOUT THEY

2:25:28 THEY'LL SAY IT'S THE TENANT

2:25:29 WANTS THEM OUT.

2:25:30 THE TENANT UH, WHEN I WHEN I

2:25:31 SPOKE TO THE LANDLORD I'M

2:25:32 SORRY THE LANDLORD WANTS HIM

2:25:34 OUT.

2:25:34 UH, THEY SAID JOHN WHY WOULD I

2:25:36 WHY WOULD I WANT A LONG TERM

2:25:38 GOVERNMENT.

2:25:38 FUNDED TENANT.

2:25:39 OUT OF MY BUILDING?

2:25:41 IT'S ACTUALLY THE MOST MONEY

2:25:42 THAT COMES.

2:25:43 IN AND SO THAT IS A GREAT THING

2:25:44 FOR US TO HAVE.

2:25:45 AND UH, THEY'VE OFFERED AN

2:25:46 EXTENSION AND UH, THE US POST

2:25:48 OFFICE STILL SAYS WE GOT TO GO.

2:25:50 SO UM I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR

2:25:51 SUPPORT.

2:25:52 I HOPE YOU CAN GET BEHIND ME ON

2:25:53 THIS AND UM, UH, WE'LL SEE HOW

2:25:55 IT AFFECTS, UH, THE FUTURE

2:25:56 OF OF FIELDS CORNER AND

2:25:57 SURROUNDING DORCHESTER

2:25:58 NEIGHBORHOOD.

2:25:59 UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT

2:26:01 BACK TO STATE.

2:26:01 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:26:02 THANK YOU.

2:26:03 COUNCIL CULPEPER.

2:26:03 UM, COUNCILOR BURTON, YOU HAVE

2:26:04 THE FLOOR COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

2:26:07 AND I JUST SAY CULPEPER.

2:26:08 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND

2:26:09 THANK YOU TO

2:26:10 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR

2:26:11 BRINGING FORWARD THIS REALLY

2:26:12 IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.

2:26:14 AS MANY OF YOU.

2:26:15 KNOW.

2:26:15 WHAT IS.

2:26:15 HAPPENING AND FEELS CORNER IS

2:26:17 NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

2:26:19 WE FACING A SIMILAR SITUATION

2:26:21 IN ALLSTON RIGHT NOW UH THE

2:26:23 ALLSTON POST OFFICE CLOSED IN

2:26:24 DECEMBER OF 2019 AND AS A

2:26:27 TEMPORARY CLOSURE AND SEVEN

2:26:29 SEVEN YEARS LATER IT'S STILL

2:26:31 CLOSED.

2:26:32 UH UM.

2:26:33 AND UH, TRUMP'S USPS HAS A

2:26:36 PLAYBOOK THEY'RE DEPLOYING

2:26:38 ACROSS BOSTON AND MASSACHUSETTS

2:26:40 TO SHUTTER POST OFFICE

2:26:41 LOCATIONS, REDUCED SERVICE AND

2:26:44 BREAK PROMISES MADE TO

2:26:45 RESIDENTS.

2:26:46 I WANT TO REITERATE TO

2:26:49 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND THE

2:26:49 COMMUNITY THAT WHAT I SAID TO

2:26:51 HIM AT THE SAVE THE ALLSTON

2:26:53 POST OFFICE RALLY A FEW WEEKS

2:26:55 AGO WE ARE IN THIS FIGHT

2:26:57 TOGETHER NOT JUST JUST AS

2:26:59 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD STOOD WITH

2:27:00 OUR COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF THE

2:27:01 ALLSTON POST OFFICE, I AM PROUD

2:27:03 TO STAND WITH HIS COMMUNITY IN

2:27:05 DEFENSE OF THE FINISHED CORNER

2:27:06 POST OFFICE AND A FEW YEARS AGO

2:27:09 I WENT AND STOOD WITH OUR

2:27:11 COLLEAGUE CONSTABLE DURKAN IN

2:27:13 DEFENSE OF THE UH.

2:27:14 MISSION HILL POST OFFICE.

2:27:16 UH THIS IS A PERVASIVE, UH.

2:27:19 INSIDIOUS SORT OF CREEPING

2:27:20 EFFECT THAT THE POST OFFICE IS

2:27:22 SORT OF CLOSING POST OFFICES

2:27:24 AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY

2:27:26 THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE NO

2:27:28 UH, NO PUSHBACK AND NO IMPACT.

2:27:30 LET US BE CLEAR THAT THIS

2:27:33 COUNCIL WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS

2:27:35 ,UH, AND THIS MOMENT WHERE

2:27:36 WE'RE GETTING READY FOR A

2:27:38 MIDTERM ELECTION WHERE A LOT

2:27:40 OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR

2:27:42 RESIDENTS ARE CHOOSING TO VOTE

2:27:43 BY MAIL.

2:27:44 UH, THEY'RE THEY'RE WAITING FOR

2:27:45 THEIR MAIL IN BALLOTS AND TO

2:27:47 HAVE A DEFICIENT POSTAL SERVICE

2:27:49 IS JUST TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

2:27:50 WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS

2:27:52 LYING DOWN.

2:27:53 BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE

2:27:55 ACCESSIBLE, RELIABLE POSTAL

2:27:57 SERVICES AND THAT WE AND WE

2:27:59 WILL CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR

2:28:00 THE PRESERVATION OF THESE

2:28:02 REALLY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY

2:28:05 INSTITUTIONS.

2:28:06 AND UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE COURSE

2:28:08 OF IN THE AFTERMATH OF OUR OUR

2:28:11 UM RALEIGH AND ALLSTON.

2:28:12 ,WE'VE BEEN GETTING.

2:28:13 CALLS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS

2:28:14 ALABAMA ABOUT THE SITUATION IN

2:28:16 THE POST OFFICE.

2:28:17 WE'RE NOT THERE.

2:28:18 IT'S NOT JUST MASSACHUSETTS.

2:28:19 IT'S ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND

2:28:20 THE POSTAL SERVICE IS AN

2:28:22 ESSENTIAL SERVICE THAT EVERYONE

2:28:24 RELIES ON.

2:28:24 SO WE HAVE TO FIGHT.

2:28:25 THANK YOU.

2:28:26 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON

2:28:27 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE.

2:28:28 FLOOR.

2:28:30 COUNCILOR UM THANK.

2:28:31 YOU I APOLOGIZE UM COUNCIL WAS

2:28:33 I WAS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR SO

2:28:35 I'M GOING TO GO TO HIM I

2:28:36 APOLOGIZE COUNCIL FLYNN YOU'LL

2:28:37 BE NEXT.

2:28:39 UH THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK

2:28:40 YOU TO THE, UH, SPONSORS AND

2:28:42 ALSO THANK YOU TO FOR BOTH

2:28:44 OF UM, MY COLLEAGUES FIGHTING

2:28:47 UM ON THIS UM, HAVING

2:28:49 PREVIOUSLY REPRESENTED, UH, THE

2:28:51 AREA I'M STILL CONNECTED TO

2:28:53 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND MANY

2:28:54 OF THE RESIDENTS THEY MIGHT

2:28:55 COME.

2:28:55 DISTRICT STILL USE THAT POST

2:28:57 OFFICE.

2:28:58 MY OFFICE HAS HEARD LOUD AND

2:28:59 CLEAR FROM RESIDENTS THAT

2:29:00 LOSING A PERMANENT POST OFFICE

2:29:01 WILL HAMPER ACCESSIBILITY.

2:29:04 WE NEED ONLY TO LOOK TO AUSTIN

2:29:05 STRUGGLES REOPEN A POST OFFICE

2:29:07 AFTER ITS BRANCH WAS CLOSED TO

2:29:09 SEE WHAT THE FUTURE WILL MOST

2:29:10 LIKELY HOLD FOR PHIL'S CORNER

2:29:12 AND DORCHESTER RESIDENTS.

2:29:13 SO I HOPE AS COUNCIL,

2:29:14 FITZGERALD HAS SAID SO WE CAN

2:29:15 STICK TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER

2:29:17 ON A UNIFIED VOICE AND FIGHT

2:29:19 BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY

2:29:20 STAY PERMANENT IN THIS LOCATION

2:29:22 .

2:29:22 THANK YOU.

2:29:22 THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL

2:29:23 COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE

2:29:24 FLOOR.

2:29:24 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK

2:29:27 YOU TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S

2:29:28 FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU ARE

2:29:31 DOING IN FIELDS CORNER.

2:29:32 AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE,

2:29:33 UH, COUNCILOR BREADON FOR THE

2:29:35 IMPORTANT WORK YOU ARE DOING IN

2:29:36 ALLSTON AND BRIGHTON AS WELL.

2:29:39 UM, I THINK

2:29:40 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD MENTIONED

2:29:42 THE IMPACT THE POST OFFICE HAS

2:29:45 ON MAILING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS,

2:29:47 ESPECIALLY MAILING PRESCRIPTION

2:29:49 DRUGS FOR VETERANS.

2:29:53 MOST OF THE DRUGS NOW SHIPPED

2:29:55 BY THE VA HEALTH CENTER IN

2:29:57 JAMAICA PLAIN OR WEST ROXBURY

2:29:59 ARE A GOOD PERCENTAGE I SHOULD

2:30:01 SAY IS IS SENT TO THE MAIL.

2:30:03 MANY PEOPLE JUST CAN'T GET TO

2:30:06 THE UM GET TO JAMAICA PLAIN OLD

2:30:08 WEST ROXBURY THERE FOR THE

2:30:11 POSTAL SERVICE PLAYS A CRITICAL

2:30:12 ROLE IN THE THE HEALTH AND

2:30:15 WELLNESS OF OF VETERANS ACROSS

2:30:18 LITERALLY ACROSS NEW ENGLAND.

2:30:21 UM BUT I DO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT

2:30:23 THIS IS FOR VETERANS.

2:30:24 I DON'T I DON'T PICK UP MY

2:30:26 MEDICINE I PICK MY MEDICINE UP

2:30:29 AT JAMAICA PLAIN.

2:30:30 BUT I DO HEAR CONSTANTLY FROM

2:30:33 VETERANS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT

2:30:35 THEIR POST OFFICE IS, UM, TO

2:30:39 SEE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

2:30:41 SO NOT ONLY IS THIS A UM AN

2:30:45 IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE

2:30:46 ISSUE, IT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE

2:30:48 TOO FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY

2:30:50 FAMILIES BECAUSE WHEN A POST

2:30:52 OFFICE CLOSES IT DOES IMPACT

2:30:55 THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT

2:30:58 CHILDREN RECEIVE BECAUSE OF HOW

2:31:00 IMPORTANT IT IS TO RECEIVE YOUR

2:31:02 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THROUGH THE

2:31:03 MAIL SYSTEM.

2:31:04 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:31:05 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:31:07 COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR.

2:31:08 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:31:09 UM THANK YOU,

2:31:11 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR FILING

2:31:12 THIS.

2:31:12 UH, SORRY I WAS OUT THERE IN

2:31:14 ALLSTON SUPPORTING THAT

2:31:15 COMMUNITY.

2:31:17 OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT MY ZIP

2:31:18 CODE OH TWO 1 TO 2 WHERE I GREW

2:31:20 UP.

2:31:20 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO

2:31:23 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOT ONLY ARE

2:31:24 THEY GOOD TENANTS IN THESE

2:31:27 THESE BUILDINGS BUT THEY'RE

2:31:28 ALSO ANCHORS.

2:31:29 PEOPLE GO TO THE POST OFFICE,

2:31:31 THEY STOP AT THE COFFEE SHOP, A

2:31:33 SMALL BUSINESS IN THE AREA AND

2:31:35 ALSO IN THIS COMMUNITY.

2:31:36 THANK YOU COUNCIL FLYNN FOR

2:31:37 MENTIONING THE VETERANS.

2:31:38 USE OF OUR POST OFFICE.

2:31:40 BUT LITTLE SAIGON MANY OF OUR

2:31:42 VIETNAMESE.

2:31:43 NEIGHBORS LIVE RIGHT.

2:31:44 NEAR THIS POST OFFICE AND WE

2:31:46 KNOW THEY'RE OFTEN THEY'RE

2:31:47 MAILING UM OVERSEAS MAIL THERE

2:31:48 .

2:31:49 ANYTIME I GO INTO THAT POST

2:31:51 OFFICE I SEE MANY OF MY

2:31:52 NEIGHBORS.

2:31:53 THEY ARE IN FIELDS CORNERS.

2:31:54 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE

2:31:57 KEEP 02122 OPEN FOR ALL OF THE

2:31:59 GOOD REASONS AND THE SAME

2:32:01 REASONS WILL BE SUPPORTING FOR

2:32:02 ANY OTHERS AROUND THE CITY.

2:32:03 THANK YOU.

2:32:05 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:32:07 COUNCILOR UM DURKAN WE HAD

2:32:09 BEFORE.

2:32:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:32:11 UM, AS UH WE ARE SO AWARE

2:32:14 OF THIS ISSUE JUST THE POSTAL

2:32:16 SERVICE DEFUNDING AND

2:32:18 DECONSTRUCTING UM, YOU KNOW,

2:32:20 THESE POST OFFICES WHICH ARE SO

2:32:22 IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

2:32:23 SO WHETHER IT'S ALLSTON OR

2:32:24 MISSION HILL OR FIELDS CORNER

2:32:27 WE NEED TO STAND UP.

2:32:28 I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD, UH,

2:32:30 MULTIPLE HEARINGS IN THE PILOT

2:32:31 COMMITTEE ABOUT JUST THE

2:32:33 IMPORTANCE OF OF MAKING SURE

2:32:35 THAT UH, OUR POST OFFICE IS UM

2:32:39 ,IS FUNCTIONING AND I KNOW IN

2:32:41 MISSION HILL WE WERE ABLE TO

2:32:42 SAVE THE POST OFFICE BECAUSE UM

2:32:44 BUT AGAIN THE POST OFFICE WAS

2:32:46 PULLING THE SAME OLD GAMES

2:32:48 TRYING TO UH, POINT FINGERS AND

2:32:51 YOU KNOW, SAY THE LAND IT'S ALL

2:32:52 LANDLORDS FAULT AND THEN YOU

2:32:54 TALK TO THE LANDLORD IT'S THE

2:32:55 POST OFFICE FAULT.

2:32:56 AND WORKING WITH SENATOR MARKEY

2:32:58 WE WERE ABLE TO GET AHEAD

2:32:59 OF THEIR LEASE ENDING.

2:33:00 BUT THIS IS HAPPENING

2:33:02 EVERYWHERE AND UM I'M JUST

2:33:04 GRATEFUL UH, TO

2:33:05 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TO

2:33:06 COUNCILOR BREEDEN.

2:33:07 UM, AND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S

2:33:08 FIGHTING UH FOR MORE POSTAL

2:33:10 SERVICE IN OUR CITY, UM, WE

2:33:12 KNOW THAT THE POST OFFICE HAS

2:33:14 DONE EVERYTHING TO UH, CHANGE

2:33:16 THE STANDARDS.

2:33:17 YOU KNOW, UH, SCAN THINGS LATE.

2:33:22 UM, THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE A LOT

2:33:23 AND I KNOW, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN

2:33:25 PRESSLEY HAS BEEN WORKING HARD

2:33:27 TO GET ANSWERS AS WELL.

2:33:28 SO, UM, GRATEFUL TO MY

2:33:30 COLLEAGUES.

2:33:30 BUT THIS EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A

2:33:32 FEDERAL ISSUE, IT MATTERS SO

2:33:33 DEEPLY.

2:33:33 AT THE LOCAL.

2:33:34 LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S OUR

2:33:35 RESIDENTS THAT ARE THAT WILL

2:33:36 BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE COST IF

2:33:38 WE UM IF WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS

2:33:40 TO THESE RESOURCES.

2:33:41 SO THANK YOU,

2:33:42 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

2:33:44 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

2:33:45 .

2:33:45 YOU WERE NEXT.

2:33:46 BUT DO YOU WANT TO ASK LEAD

2:33:47 SPONSOR GO TO COUNCIL.

2:33:48 OKAY.

2:33:48 UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

2:33:49 MADAM PRESIDENT AND I RISE TO

2:33:52 SUPPORT UH,

2:33:54 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH, IN

2:33:55 THIS RESOLUTION I ALSO, UH, AM

2:33:59 ENCOURAGED BY THE SOLIDARITY

2:34:01 THAT I SEE AMONG THE COUNCILORS

2:34:03 WITH REGARD TO POST OFFICES, UH

2:34:06 ,AND SUPPORTING I WENT TO

2:34:08 ALLSTON AND STOOD WITH UH

2:34:10 COUNCILOR BREADON UH, EVEN

2:34:13 THOUGH MY BACK WAS IN PAIN AND

2:34:15 JUST, UH AS LONG AS I COULD UH

2:34:18 ,EVERY FRIDAY THEY'RE HAVING

2:34:20 PROTESTS IN ROXBURY AT 55.

2:34:24 ROXBURY STREET AT THE UH, POST

2:34:26 OFFICE IN ROXBURY.

2:34:28 THERE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER

2:34:29 ONE THIS FRIDAY AND THE

2:34:30 FOLLOWING FRIDAY.

2:34:32 SO UM, ENCOURAGED BY THE

2:34:34 SOLIDARITY I'VE SAID TO

2:34:36 COUNCIL PRESIDENT UH, AT SOME

2:34:38 POINT WE NEED TO TAKE THIS

2:34:40 PROTEST TO WASHINGTON AND I

2:34:42 THOUGHT I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE

2:34:43 TO GET MY TICKET TO MAKE IT

2:34:45 DOWN TO WASHINGTON TO PROTEST

2:34:46 IN WASHINGTON TO BRING THIS

2:34:48 SERIOUSNESS AND THIS.

2:34:50 ISSUE.

2:34:51 ESPECIALLY AROUND ELECTION

2:34:53 TIME IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS AND

2:34:56 WE CAN'T STOP THE FIGHT.

2:34:58 SO I SUPPORT UH,

2:35:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND.

2:35:01 HIS FIGHT TO KEEP THE POST

2:35:03 OFFICE OPEN UNTIL TO CORNER.

2:35:05 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:35:06 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRATT.

2:35:07 THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:35:09 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:35:11 UM, I ACTUALLY WANT TO ECHO A

2:35:13 LOT OF SENTIMENTS THAT

2:35:14 COUNCILOR CULPEPER JUST SAID

2:35:15 THAT IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING TO

2:35:17 SEE, UM, A LOT OF OUR

2:35:18 COLLEAGUES JUST COME TOGETHER,

2:35:19 UM, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IN

2:35:21 THEIR DISTRICTS.

2:35:22 I THINK THAT SOMETHING AS

2:35:24 RESOURCEFUL AS A POSSIBLE

2:35:26 OFFICE IT'S IT'S A SHAME THAT

2:35:27 WE EVEN.

2:35:28 HAVE.

2:35:28 TO.

2:35:29 DO THIS, BUT I'M JUST THANKFUL

2:35:30 THAT WE HAVE COLLEAGUES, UM,

2:35:32 THAT WANT TO PROTECT THEM AND

2:35:33 WANT TO SAVE THEM AND I WANT TO

2:35:35 SHOW MY SUPPORT TO

2:35:36 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND TO

2:35:37 COUNCILOR BREADON AND TO ANYONE

2:35:38 THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED, UM, THAT

2:35:40 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS

2:35:41 RESOLUTION TODAY.

2:35:42 THANK YOU.

2:35:43 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.

2:35:44 UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU

2:35:45 HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:35:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.

2:35:47 I JUST DO WANT TO SAY THANK

2:35:49 YOU.

2:35:49 SENATOR MARKEY'S OFFICE HAS

2:35:50 ALWAYS REACHED OUT BEEN HELPFUL

2:35:51 .

2:35:52 CONGRESSMAN LYNCH'S OFFICE HAS

2:35:53 BEEN HELPFUL.

2:35:53 AND ALSO TO KERRY JORDAN AT THE

2:35:55 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT WHO'S

2:35:55 WORKING TO GET A BALLOT DROP.

2:35:57 BOX PLACED IN THE AREA SO

2:35:59 FOLKS, WHEN THEY MAY VOTE

2:36:00 THEY'LL AT LEAST HAVE UH THEY

2:36:01 COULD DO IT AT LEAST THREE UH A

2:36:03 DROP OFF BALLOT BOX.

2:36:04 AND SO HE'S BEEN VERY HE'S WAY

2:36:06 OUT AHEAD OF THAT I CALLED HIM

2:36:06 AND HE SAID WE'RE ALREADY ON

2:36:07 IT.

2:36:08 SO UM, JUST THAT THE BIG THANK

2:36:10 YOU TO KERRY.

2:36:10 WE ALSO JUST HAVE WE HAVE A

2:36:12 PETITION GOING ONLINE UNDER

2:36:14 CHANGE.ORG UH, UNDER THE FIELDS

2:36:15 CORNER POST OFFICE CLOSURE.

2:36:16 SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO

2:36:18 ON TO CHANGE.ORG, UH, AND SIGN

2:36:20 THE PETITION AS WELL.

2:36:21 UH, BUT SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

2:36:22 TIME.

2:36:22 THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

2:36:24 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

2:36:26 THEIR NAME?

2:36:28 MR CLERK PLEASE ADD UH,

2:36:30 COUNCILOR.

2:36:31 UH, CULPEPPER.

2:36:32 DURKAN.

2:36:33 FLYNN.

2:36:34 LOUIJEUNE MEJIA MURPHY.

2:36:34 BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER AND

2:36:36 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR

2:36:39 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TO

2:36:39 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

2:36:40 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1970.

2:36:42 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:36:44 ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:36:46 THE AYES HAVE IT.

2:36:47 THANK YOU.

2:36:48 DOCKET 1970 HAS BEEN

2:36:50 ADOPTED.

2:36:51 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

2:36:52 DOCKET 1971.

2:36:54 DUCKY NUMBER 1971

2:36:56 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE

2:36:57 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

2:36:59 RECOGNIZING RIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE

2:37:01 AND REMEMBERING THE LIVES LOST

2:37:04 FOR.

2:37:05 THE TERRIFYING.

2:37:08 SO EXCUSE ME.

2:37:10 I MUST.

2:37:10 HAVE CULPEPER ON MY MIND.

2:37:13 DUCKY NUMBER 1971 COUNCILOR PUT

2:37:16 PEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING

2:37:17 RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING RIGHT

2:37:19 FOR YOUR LIFE AND REMEMBERING

2:37:20 THE LIVES LOST IN TRAFFIC

2:37:22 VIOLENCE.

2:37:23 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:37:25 COUNCILOR PEPEN YOU HAVE THE

2:37:26 FLOOR.

2:37:27 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:37:28 UM, MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND

2:37:30 ADD BOTH COUNCILOR AND, UM,

2:37:32 HENRY SANTANA AS A SECOND

2:37:33 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND

2:37:35 THE RULES AND THAT

2:37:36 COUNCILOR SHARON DURKAN I WAS A

2:37:38 THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:37:39 UM, I CONTRA SANTANA'S OUT

2:37:41 ADDED A SECOND AND SEEING AND

2:37:43 HEARING NO OBJECTIONS

2:37:44 COUNCILOR DURKAN WAS ADDED AS A

2:37:45 THIRD.

2:37:46 THANK YOU.

2:37:47 UM I SAID MY STATEMENTS

2:37:48 EARLIER TODAY DURING THE

2:37:50 PRESENTATION BUT I WANTED TO

2:37:52 JUST REITERATE AGAINST THE

2:37:53 IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITIZING

2:37:54 SAFER STREETS ACROSS OUR CITY

2:37:56 AND TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT

2:37:57 YOU KNOW THE RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE

2:37:59 IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THIS

2:38:00 SUNDAY.

2:38:01 OCTOBER 25TH.

2:38:02 I MEAN EVERYONE'S INVITED TO

2:38:03 THAT BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE AN

2:38:05 OPPORTUNITY TO MY COLLEAGUES IN

2:38:06 PRIOR STATEMENTS.

2:38:07 THANK YOU.

2:38:08 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:38:09 COUNCILOR SANTANA YOU HAVE THE

2:38:10 FLOOR.

2:38:11 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:38:13 I WANT TO THANK.

2:38:13 COUNCILOR PREPARED.

2:38:14 AND.

2:38:14 FOR ADDING ME.

2:38:15 AS A CO-SPONSOR.

2:38:16 TO THIS RESOLUTION.

2:38:17 AND FOR.

2:38:18 YOUR ADVOCACY FOR OUR CITY'S

2:38:19 CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND

2:38:20 ALL USERS OF THE ROAD.

2:38:22 UM.

2:38:23 NO ONE IN BOSTON SHOULD STEP

2:38:24 OFF A CURB.

2:38:24 OR.

2:38:25 PEDAL DOWN THE STREET WONDERING

2:38:26 IF.

2:38:26 THEY'LL MAKE IT HOME SAFELY.

2:38:28 YEAH, HARDLY A WEEK GOES BY

2:38:29 WITHOUT OUR OFFICE HEARING FROM

2:38:31 OUR RESIDENTS SHAKEN BY A NEAR

2:38:33 MISS UM, A PARENT TERRIFIED

2:38:35 OF CARS ZIPPING THROUGH A

2:38:36 SCHOOL CROSSING OR A NEIGHBOR

2:38:39 POINTING TO ANOTHER GHOST BIKE

2:38:41 WHERE A LOVED ONE WAS TAKEN

2:38:43 BEHIND EVERY ONE OF THOSE CALLS

2:38:45 IS AN EMPTY CHAIR AT A KITCHEN

2:38:47 TABLE AND A LIFE LOST ON THE

2:38:49 STREETS THAT SHOULD HAVE KEPT

2:38:50 THEM SAFE.

2:38:51 I AM PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS

2:38:53 RESOLUTION.

2:38:53 HONORING LIFE FOR YOUR LIFE AND

2:38:55 REMEMBERING EVERY NEIGHBOR

2:38:56 WHOSE LIFE WAS TAKEN BY TRAFFIC

2:38:58 VIOLENCE.

2:38:59 WE OWE AN IMMENSE DEBT.

2:39:00 UM TO THE ADVOCATES, ORGANIZERS

2:39:03 AND GRIEVING FAMILIES WHO

2:39:04 REFUSE TO LOOK AWAY AND TAKING

2:39:06 UM THE TIME TO PREVENT TO

2:39:08 DEMAND THAT OUR CITY VALUE

2:39:10 HUMAN LIFE OVER SPEED

2:39:12 OF TRAFFIC.

2:39:13 WE OWE IT TO EVERY NEIGHBOR

2:39:14 TURNING THEIR GRIEF INTO ACTION

2:39:16 TO MATCH THEIR COURAGE TO MAKE

2:39:17 SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBOR

2:39:18 GETS HOME SAFELY.

2:39:19 AND YOU KNOW THIS IS EXTREMELY

2:39:21 PERSONAL FOR ME.

2:39:22 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I LOST,

2:39:23 UH, MY BROTHER NOW.

2:39:24 UM.

2:39:25 TEN YEARS AGO, UM, DUE TO A

2:39:27 CAR ACCIDENT.

2:39:28 UM, AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS

2:39:31 REFER TO YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT

2:39:32 HAS DONE FOR ME TO MY FAMILY,

2:39:33 TO BOTH MY PARENTS.

2:39:34 UM, AND I KNOW SO MANY

2:39:36 RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND

2:39:37 AGAIN, I HEAR FROM THEM, MY

2:39:38 OFFICE HEARS FROM THEM.

2:39:40 UM, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT

2:39:41 WE CAN PREVENT.

2:39:42 UM, SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK

2:39:43 HOUSE REPAIR PLAN FOR FOR YOUR

2:39:44 STRONG LEADERSHIP ON THIS NOT

2:39:46 JUST TODAY BUT SINCE YOU, UM,

2:39:48 SINCE THE FIRST DAY YOU STEPPED

2:39:49 IN OFFICE, UM, JUST TO HAVE

2:39:51 SAFER STREETS.

2:39:52 UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

2:39:53 ,UM, SUPPORTING.

2:39:55 THIS RESOLUTION.

2:39:55 THANK YOU.

2:39:56 THANK YOU,

2:39:57 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:39:57 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:39:58 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:39:59 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:40:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR

2:40:01 BRIGHTON.

2:40:01 UM, THIS MATTERS DEEPLY TO ALL.

2:40:03 OF US.

2:40:04 UM, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE COST

2:40:07 IS.

2:40:07 WE ALL READ THE NEWS.

2:40:08 WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE COST IS

2:40:10 OF UNSAFE STREETS.

2:40:11 UM, AND I KNOW TOMORROW WE HAVE

2:40:13 A HEARING AT 2 P.M. ABOUT

2:40:15 BLOCKED BIKE LANES AND

2:40:17 CROSSWALKS.

2:40:18 UM, AND I KNOW I EVEN GOT AN

2:40:20 INSTAGRAM COMMENT YESTERDAY

2:40:21 SAYING OH, IS THIS THE MOST

2:40:23 IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT YOU COULD

2:40:25 BE TALKING ABOUT?

2:40:26 AND THE ANSWER IS YES.

2:40:28 TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.

2:40:30 UH, WE LOSE PEOPLE TO TRAFFIC

2:40:31 VIOLENCE EVERY.

2:40:32 WEEK IN MASSACHUSETTS AND EVERY

2:40:35 UM DAY IN THE US AND UM I DON'T

2:40:37 KNOW THE EXACT STATISTICS BUT

2:40:40 UM WE HAVE FELT IT VERY LOCALLY

2:40:42 .

2:40:42 THIS YEAR.

2:40:43 UM, AND WE ALL HAVE BEEN

2:40:45 IMPACTED UM, BY THE LOSS

2:40:47 OF SOMEONE WHO HAS EITHER DIED

2:40:49 UM, I IN MY DISTRICT, UM,

2:40:50 SOMEONE DIED IN A CROSSWALK UH,

2:40:53 THIS YEAR.

2:40:54 UM AND IT SHAKED IT SHOOK ALL

2:40:56 OF US.

2:40:56 UM, AND SO, UM THE RIDE FOR OUR

2:40:59 LIVES IS ABOUT COMMEMORATING

2:41:01 AND MOURNING THOSE THAT WE'VE

2:41:03 LOST.

2:41:03 BUT ALSO IT'S A CHARGE

2:41:05 OF ADVOCACY FOR THE FUTURE AND

2:41:07 I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT,

2:41:09 UM, THAT WE BOTH CONNECT, UM,

2:41:11 THAT WE BOTH MOURN THE LIVES

2:41:13 LOST TO TRAFFIC VIOLENCE BUT

2:41:14 ALSO.

2:41:15 CHARGE INTO THE FUTURE.

2:41:16 UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

2:41:18 DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK

2:41:19 TOWARDS VISION ZERO.

2:41:21 SO UH, TO THAT UH, FOLKS, YOU

2:41:23 KNOW, TO THE FOLKS WHO SAY IS

2:41:25 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE WE

2:41:26 COULD BE WORKING ON TO ME THE

2:41:27 ANSWER IS YES AND AND IT SHOULD

2:41:30 BE TO EVERYONE AND I WILL BE

2:41:31 BIKING THIS WEEKEND.

2:41:32 THANK YOU.

2:41:33 COUNCILOR DURKAN CHAIR

2:41:34 RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE.

2:41:35 OH BEG YOUR PARDON

2:41:36 COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN

2:41:37 YOU'RE FIRST AND THEN WE GO TO

2:41:39 CONSUMER HERE WE HEAR A

2:41:41 COUNCIL OFTEN SORRY.

2:41:42 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU

2:41:44 MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO

2:41:46 THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS

2:41:47 FORWARD.

2:41:47 IMPORTANT IMPORTANT RESOLUTION

2:41:50 TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE

2:41:52 SAFEST ENVIRONMENT FOR

2:41:53 EVERYBODY.

2:41:54 THIS IS AN ISSUE OF WORKED ON

2:41:57 FOR NINE YEARS IS PROBABLY THE

2:41:59 ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON UM SPENT

2:42:01 THE MOST AMOUNT OF TIME ON AND

2:42:03 I'VE ALSO HAD MANY PEOPLE IN MY

2:42:06 DISTRICT THAT UM LOST THEIR

2:42:08 LIVES THROUGH TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.

2:42:10 INCLUDING INCLUDING YOUNG

2:42:12 CHILDREN.

2:42:14 UM I DO THINK PART OF THE

2:42:16 SOLUTION HAS TO BE STRICT

2:42:18 ENFORCEMENT OF OUR CURRENT

2:42:20 TRAFFIC LAWS.

2:42:23 MICHAEL, AS WE'VE.

2:42:24 COME AS WE FOCUS ON THE

2:42:26 UPCOMING CITY BUDGET IS TO

2:42:29 ADVOCATE FOR BOSTON POLICE TO

2:42:32 EXPAND THEIR OUTREACH TO PULL

2:42:34 PULL ANYONE OVER THAT'S

2:42:36 VIOLATING THE RULES OF THE ROAD

2:42:38 .

2:42:38 I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL

2:42:40 ASPECT OF IT.

2:42:41 THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS I I

2:42:43 HONESTLY BELIEVE A VEHICLE

2:42:45 TRAVELING 25 MILES AN HOUR IS

2:42:48 TOO FAST.

2:42:50 I ADVOCATED A REDUCTION IN THE

2:42:52 SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 TO 25 AND

2:42:55 THEN WAS ABLE TO GET IT DOWN TO

2:42:58 20 IN SCHOOL ZONES.

2:43:00 UM BUT I DO THINK 25 MILES AN

2:43:03 HOUR IN BOSTON IS EXCESSIVE.

2:43:05 I THINK IT SHOULD BE 20 MILES

2:43:07 AN HOUR.

2:43:08 BUT MY MAIN POINT IS FOLLOWING

2:43:11 THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

2:43:13 WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON

2:43:15 POLICE DO MORE ENFORCEMENT

2:43:17 OF THE CURRENT LAWS.

2:43:19 WE SEE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE,

2:43:21 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,

2:43:23 OTHERS IN CROSSWALKS IN CARS

2:43:26 WILL SPEED BY THEM OR UM OTHER

2:43:29 VEHICLES WILL SPEED SPEED BY

2:43:31 THEM.

2:43:32 DISREGARDING THE HEALTH AND

2:43:33 SAFETY OF THOSE IN THE

2:43:35 CROSSWALK, WE HAVE TO NOT ONLY

2:43:38 ENFORCE THE LAW BUT WE HAVE TO

2:43:39 EDUCATE THE PUBLIC EVERYBODY TO

2:43:42 TREAT PEDESTRIANS WITH RESPECT

2:43:45 WHEN YOU SEE THEM ALONG ALONG

2:43:48 OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND

2:43:50 UH THAT'S AN ISSUE I'M GOING TO

2:43:51 CONTINUE TO LEAD ON AND FOCUS

2:43:52 ON.

2:43:53 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:43:54 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:43:55 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA.

2:43:57 COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:43:58 UH THANK YOU.

2:43:59 UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO

2:44:01 THANK COUNCILOR BUMPING AND

2:44:03 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:44:04 UH, FOR A FEW YEARS AGO JOINING

2:44:07 ME ON THE, UM.

2:44:10 SAFETY THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

2:44:11 TASK FORCE THAT WE CREATED UM,

2:44:14 BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE, UH,

2:44:16 ISSUES THAT WERE HAPPENING WITH

2:44:17 THE, UH, MOPED AND THE SCOOTERS

2:44:20 AND JUST KIND OF LAY THE

2:44:23 DIFFICULT SPACE THAT FOLKS WERE

2:44:26 CREATING.

2:44:27 UM.

2:44:27 IN DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS.

2:44:29 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND

2:44:30 YOUR OFFICERS FOR YOUR, UH,

2:44:31 YOUR SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP IN

2:44:34 THAT WORK.

2:44:36 AND, UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO

2:44:38 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW,

2:44:40 WHAT HAPPENS HERE OR AT LEAST

2:44:42 WHAT I SEE IS THAT OFTENTIMES

2:44:44 WE GET PITTED AGAINST PEOPLE

2:44:45 WHO WANT.

2:44:46 BIKE LANES AND PEOPLE.

2:44:48 WHO WANT THIS AND WE DON'T WANT

2:44:50 THAT AND THAT.

2:44:51 IT IT IT UH.

2:44:51 AND I THINK WHEN IT COMES DOWN

2:44:53 TO PEOPLE'S LIVES, WE HAVE TO

2:44:55 START REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE

2:44:56 CITY AS A WHOLE AND THINKING

2:44:59 ABOUT HOW EVERYONE IS GETTING

2:45:01 AROUND.

2:45:02 AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A

2:45:03 RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO JUST SHOW

2:45:05 UP FOR THIS, UH, THIS EVENT

2:45:07 THAT'S HAPPENING ON SUNDAY AND

2:45:08 TO UH, COUNCIL DURKIN'S.

2:45:10 HEARING UH TOMORROW AROUND

2:45:12 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

2:45:13 I THINK THAT.

2:45:14 WE NEED.

2:45:15 TO START UNDERSTANDING THAT

2:45:17 WE'RE 13 CITY COUNCILORS

2:45:19 WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A DISTRICT

2:45:20 THAT IS IMPACTED OR NOT, THE

2:45:22 VOTES THAT YOU TAKE, THE

2:45:23 DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, THE

2:45:24 BUDGET THAT WE PASS ALL IMPACT

2:45:28 THE 800,000 CONSTITUENTS THAT

2:45:30 WE ALL SERVE.

2:45:31 AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

2:45:33 TO START LEARNING HOW TO DO IS

2:45:34 TRYING TO FIND SOME COMMON

2:45:35 GROUND AND SOME WAYS TO WORK

2:45:37 TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT

2:45:38 GOING.

2:45:39 TO HAVE.

2:45:39 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IF WE CAN'T

2:45:40 GET ON THE SAME PAGE AROUND THE

2:45:42 THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

2:45:44 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S

2:45:46 GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

2:45:46 I'M WILLING TO.

2:45:47 FACILITATE IT.

2:45:48 I DO HAVE AN AWARD WINNING

2:45:49 PERSONALITY THAT I CAN HELP YOU

2:45:51 OUT WITH.

2:45:51 UM, BECAUSE.

2:45:52 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START.

2:45:54 DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

2:45:55 IF WE WANT TO GET THESE

2:45:56 THINGS PASSED THROUGH THIS BODY

2:45:58 GETTING THE MONEY THAT WE NEED.

2:46:01 TO TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN

2:46:02 .

2:46:04 SO I'M.

2:46:05 VOLUNTEERING TO HELP YOU ALL

2:46:06 OUT WITH THAT.

2:46:07 THANK YOU.

2:46:08 COUNCILOR MEJIA, UM, AS A

2:46:10 CITY COUNCILOR FOR ALLSTON

2:46:11 BRIGHTON DISTRICT NINE IN MY

2:46:13 TIME AND AND OFFICE I.

2:46:15 HAVE WE'VE.

2:46:16 LOST THAT I KNOW OF AND OTHERS

2:46:18 THAT I MAY NOT KNOW OF FIVE

2:46:20 PEOPLE ON CROSSWALKS KILLED ON

2:46:22 CROSSWALKS AND AN UNTOLD NUMBER

2:46:24 OF OTHERS WHO WERE SERIOUSLY

2:46:26 INJURED ONE MORE RECENTLY WE

2:46:27 HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS CROSSING A

2:46:29 CROSSWALK NEXT TO A SENIOR

2:46:31 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND SHE WAS

2:46:33 STRUCK BY A TRUCK AND SHE BROKE

2:46:35 HER LEG.

2:46:36 THANKFULLY SHE SURVIVED BUT SHE

2:46:38 WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO A HOME

2:46:40 BECAUSE SHE WAS DEEMED VERY

2:46:43 DISABLED AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET

2:46:44 BACK TO HER HOME FOR MONTHS.

2:46:46 UM.

2:46:47 AND ALSO THOSE CLIPS FOLKS

2:46:49 CROSSING A CROSSWALK AND THEY

2:46:51 GET CLIPPED BY A WINGER OR THEY

2:46:54 GET UH, KNOCKED OVER BY A CAR

2:46:56 THAT'S JUST NOT GIVING THEM

2:46:57 TIME TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD.

2:46:58 SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY,

2:47:00 REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE

2:47:01 THAT WE NEED TO WE HAVE TO DEAL

2:47:03 WITH IT EVERY DAY AND WE

2:47:05 SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT

2:47:06 STATISTICS LIKE HAVING FIVE

2:47:08 PEOPLE KILLED AND ALSO RIDING

2:47:10 ON CROSSWALKS.

2:47:11 SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M SORT

2:47:13 OF LIKE A TERRIER AND A BONE UH

2:47:16 ,KEEPING ADVOCATING FOR MORE

2:47:17 UH, SPEED BUMPS AND UH, TO

2:47:20 ACTUALLY EXPAND THE SAFETY

2:47:22 SURGE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY

2:47:24 SLOW PEOPLE DOWN AND MAKE THEM

2:47:26 DRIVE MORE CAREFULLY.

2:47:27 UH, AND ALSO RESPONSIBLE USE

2:47:30 OF THE ROADWAY BY PEDESTRIANS

2:47:32 LIKE LIKE PAY ATTENTION.

2:47:33 IT'S IT'S IT'S A DANGEROUS

2:47:35 SPACE OUT THERE.

2:47:36 UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO

2:47:38 CONTINUING THIS WORK.

2:47:39 WE'RE WE'RE STILL THE JOB'S NOT

2:47:41 DONE YET, SO, UH.

2:47:43 THANK YOU.

2:47:44 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR

2:47:46 YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ONE.

2:47:47 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:47:49 NAME?

2:47:50 COLORED AS A OF COUNCILOR

2:47:52 CULPEPER.

2:47:54 COUNCILOR.

2:47:54 UH DURKAN.

2:47:55 COUNCILOR.

2:47:55 FITZGERALD.

2:47:55 COUNCILOR.

2:47:56 FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

2:47:57 COUNTRYMAN COUNCILOR.

2:47:58 MURPHY CONTRA SANTANA COUNCIL.

2:48:00 WEBER CULTURAL.

2:48:02 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.

2:48:07 UM COUNCILOR PEPEN SIX

2:48:08 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

2:48:09 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1971.

2:48:11 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:48:13 ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:48:15 THE AYES HAVE IT.

2:48:16 DOCKET 1971 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

2:48:19 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:48:20 READ DOCKET 1972.

2:48:22 TALKING NUMBER 1972

2:48:25 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFF OF THE

2:48:26 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT

2:48:28 OF UH 210 DENTAL CARE FOR

2:48:30 VETERANS ACT.

2:48:32 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:48:34 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:48:34 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:48:35 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:48:36 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD

2:48:38 COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL

2:48:40 CO-SPONSOR?

2:48:41 COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ON.

2:48:42 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:48:44 MADAM CHAIR, WE MUST RECOGNIZE

2:48:45 THE WORK AND SACRIFICE THAT OUR

2:48:47 VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS

2:48:49 HAVE MADE TO OUR COUNTRY TO DO

2:48:51 THAT.

2:48:52 WE MUST ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE

2:48:54 THE NECESSARY RESOURCES,

2:48:57 SUPPORT AND CARE AT THE VA

2:48:59 MEDICAL CENTER.

2:49:01 ORAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL FOR

2:49:03 DAILY FUNCTIONS AND IT HAS A

2:49:05 PROFOUND IMPACT ON ONE'S

2:49:07 PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND

2:49:10 THEIR WELL-BEING.

2:49:11 HARMFUL BACTERIA INFLAMMATION

2:49:14 DUE TO POOR ORAL HEALTH CAN

2:49:17 CONTRIBUTE TO SERIOUS HEALTH

2:49:19 CONDITIONS LIKE HEART DISEASE,

2:49:21 STROKES, DIABETES AND

2:49:24 RESPIRATORY ISSUES.

2:49:26 ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE IS

2:49:27 LIMITED DUE TO RESTRICTIVE

2:49:30 ELIGIBILITY RULES AND WORKFORCE

2:49:32 SHORTAGES.

2:49:33 ROUGHLY 80% OF VETERANS

2:49:35 ENROLLED IN THE VA HEALTH

2:49:36 CENTER ARE INELIGIBLE TO

2:49:40 INELIGIBLE TO FOR DENTAL

2:49:42 BENEFITS.

2:49:43 COVERAGE IS LIMITED TO VETERANS

2:49:45 WITH 100% SERVICE CONNECTED

2:49:48 DISABILITY IN OTHER CATEGORIES

2:49:51 AS WELL, INCLUDING PRISONERS

2:49:53 OF WAR UM OR THOSE WITH SERVICE

2:49:56 CONNECTED DENTAL INJURIES.

2:49:59 MOREOVER, THE VA FACES A

2:50:02 SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS, DENTAL

2:50:04 HYGIENIST AND CLINIC SPACE AS

2:50:06 WELL.

2:50:08 THE DENTAL CARE FOR VETERANS

2:50:11 ACT HR 210 INTRODUCED BY

2:50:14 REPRESENTATIVE JULIAN BROMLEY,

2:50:16 IT AIMS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO

2:50:19 COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE TO

2:50:20 ALL VETERANS ENROLLED IN THE VA

2:50:22 HEALTH SYSTEM.

2:50:23 THE BILL IS STRONGLY SUPPORTED

2:50:25 BY VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS

2:50:26 ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING

2:50:27 THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

2:50:30 .

2:50:30 EXPANDING ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE

2:50:32 WOULD HELP OUR VETERANS RECEIVE

2:50:34 PREVENTIVE AND NECESSARY

2:50:35 TREATMENT AND ADDRESS ORAL

2:50:37 NEEDS BEFORE THEY BECOME MORE

2:50:40 SERIOUS.

2:50:40 OUR VETERANS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO

2:50:43 SOLELY RELY ON EVENTS LIKE THE

2:50:48 STAND DOWN FOR GREATER BOSTON

2:50:49 VETERANS TO RECEIVE DENTAL

2:50:50 CLEANINGS AND SCREENINGS.

2:50:53 I TALKED TO MAYBE SEVEN PEOPLE

2:50:55 THAT WERE UM, IN LINE WAITING

2:50:57 TO GET DENTAL CARE AT THE AT

2:51:00 THE RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF CITY

2:51:02 HALL.

2:51:03 UM AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE

2:51:04 PROVIDING DENTAL CARE BECAUSE

2:51:06 THEY WERE INELIGIBLE TO GET THE

2:51:09 NECESSARY CARE AT THE VA HEALTH

2:51:11 CENTER BECAUSE THEY THEY JUST

2:51:13 DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR SUPPORTING

2:51:15 THE DENTAL CARE FOR VETERANS

2:51:17 ACT STRENGTHENS OUR COLLECTIVE

2:51:18 COMMITMENT TO SERVE THOSE WHO

2:51:20 HAVE SERVED US AND THEN ENSURE

2:51:23 THAT THEY ARE TREATED WITH

2:51:24 DIGNITY AND RESPECT THAT THEY

2:51:27 HAVE EARNED.

2:51:29 UM AND GOING DOWN TO DC

2:51:31 SOMETIME IN DECEMBER.

2:51:32 I AM MEETING WITH SOME

2:51:33 CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER STAFFERS

2:51:36 UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE,

2:51:38 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO DOWN

2:51:39 THERE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT

2:51:41 THE CITY COUNCIL IS ON BOARD

2:51:43 WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIECE

2:51:44 OF LEGISLATION.

2:51:45 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:51:46 THANK YOU.

2:51:47 COUNCILOR FINCHER RECOGNIZES

2:51:48 COMES FROM MURPHY.

2:51:49 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:51:49 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:51:51 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN

2:51:52 FOR ADDING ME.

2:51:53 DENTAL CARE IS HEALTH CARE AND

2:51:56 WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT DENTAL

2:51:58 CARE IT CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT

2:52:01 NOT JUST YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH

2:52:02 BUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.

2:52:04 SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE IN

2:52:06 WASHINGTON WHO ARE FIGHTING TO

2:52:07 EXPAND WHAT LIMITED BENEFITS WE

2:52:09 ARE GIVING OUR VETERANS.

2:52:11 I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD

2:52:12 GET FULL DENTAL BENEFITS AND

2:52:15 GET THE CARE THEY NEED.

2:52:17 SO SUPPORTING THIS AND HOPE OUR

2:52:18 COLLEAGUES DO ALSO.

2:52:19 THANK YOU.

2:52:20 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:52:22 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:52:23 NAME?

2:52:25 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER

2:52:27 COUNCILOR CULPEPER

2:52:27 COUNCILOR DIRECTOR FITZGERALD

2:52:29 CANCER LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MEJIA.

2:52:32 COUNCILOR PEPEN

2:52:33 COUNCILOR SANTANA AND PLEASE

2:52:34 OF THE CHAIR.

2:52:37 COUNCILORS UH FLYNN AND MURPHY

2:52:39 SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

2:52:40 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1972.

2:52:42 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:52:44 ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:52:46 THE AYES HAVE IT.

2:52:47 DOCKET 1972 HAS PASSED.

2:52:51 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:52:52 READ DOCKET 1973?

2:52:54 DUCKY NUMBER 1973

2:52:57 COUNCILOR PEPEN OFFERED THE

2:52:58 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING

2:52:59 CONGRESS TO REVERSE DEVASTATING

2:53:02 CUTS TO THE FEDERAL PUBLIC

2:53:03 HOUSING AND VOUCHER BUDGETS.

2:53:05 CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCHA PEPEN

2:53:07 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:53:08 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:53:10 MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND

2:53:11 THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA AS THE

2:53:13 SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR?

2:53:15 UH COUNCILOR SANTANA SO AT IT.

2:53:16 AND MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND

2:53:18 I YOURSELF COUNCIL BREADON HAS

2:53:20 A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:53:21 COUNCILOR PRINCE.

2:53:22 UM, SEEING AND HEARING NO

2:53:23 OBJECTIONS.

2:53:24 CANTABRIANS ARE.

2:53:25 I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

2:53:27 COUNCILOR CULPEPER WHO REACHED

2:53:28 OUT AND EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR

2:53:29 THIS.

2:53:30 UM AND ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

2:53:31 HIS WORK WITH HUD THAT I KNOW

2:53:33 WAS VERY MEANINGFUL TO THE TO

2:53:35 THE EXPANSION OF MORE

2:53:36 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM,

2:53:37 THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

2:53:38 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

2:53:40 ALL OF US ARE THEY ARE ALL

2:53:43 OF US AS WELL AS EVERY

2:53:44 BOSTONIAN KNOWS THAT WE ARE IN

2:53:46 A HOUSING CRISIS.

2:53:47 WE TALK AT LENGTH ABOUT THE

2:53:49 RISING COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION,

2:53:50 THE DEEP CONCERNS FOR

2:53:51 DISPLACEMENTS AND THE MANY

2:53:52 TOOLS OUR CITY IS USING TO

2:53:53 EXPAND THE MARKET.

2:53:54 ONE OF THE FEW THINGS WE DO

2:53:56 NOT.

2:53:56 DISCUSS NEARLY ENOUGH HAS BEEN

2:53:58 THE CONTINUAL LACK OF SUPPORT

2:54:00 FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO

2:54:01 KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES,

2:54:03 ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE

2:54:04 PUBLIC HOUSING.

2:54:06 IN FACT, OUR GOVERNMENT HAS

2:54:08 ARGUABLY DAMAGED PUBLIC HOUSING

2:54:10 BY CUTTING CLOSE TO.

2:54:13 $18 MILLION TO THE BOSTON

2:54:15 PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY

2:54:16 FEDERAL PUBLIC HOUSING

2:54:18 OPERATING BUDGET THIS YEAR.

2:54:19 I REPEAT $18 MILLION CUT BY

2:54:23 THIS PRESIDENTIAL.

2:54:25 ADMINISTRATION AT THE FEDERAL

2:54:27 GOVERNMENT.

2:54:27 THIS IS AFTER ONLY

2:54:29 APPROPRIATING LESS THAN 87% IN

2:54:31 JANUARY.

2:54:31 BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS

2:54:33 TRIED TO KEEP THESE CUTS FROM

2:54:34 IMPACTING RESIDENTS LIVES AS

2:54:36 MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT IS

2:54:38 ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN

2:54:39 STAFFING AND MAINTENANCE WILL

2:54:40 BE AT RISK.

2:54:41 THE FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER

2:54:43 BUDGET HAS ALSO BEEN CUT BACK,

2:54:45 CAUSING NO NEW FEDERAL VOUCHERS

2:54:46 TO BE.

2:54:47 ISSUED BY SINCE.

2:54:49 FEBRUARY 2024.

2:54:51 THAT WAS ONE MONTH LESS THAN

2:54:53 MY ENTIRE TENURE ON THE

2:54:54 COUNCIL.

2:54:56 LASTLY, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN

2:54:57 FEBRUARY, HUD PROPOSED ENDING

2:55:00 PRORATED HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR

2:55:01 MIXED STATUS FAMILIES.

2:55:04 AS A KID I GREW UP IN PUBLIC

2:55:05 HOUSING.

2:55:06 TO HEAR THAT FAMILIES LIKE MINE

2:55:09 THAT ARE TRYING TO DO BETTER

2:55:10 FOR THEMSELVES, TO CONTINUE TO

2:55:12 ELEVATE THEIR STATUS, TO FIND

2:55:14 STABLE HOUSING AND TO LIVE A

2:55:16 BETTER LIFE THAT THEY MAY LOSE

2:55:18 NECESSARY AID TO KEEP THEIR

2:55:19 HOMES IS DISGRACEFUL.

2:55:22 MASKING MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES

2:55:23 WHO SUPPORT THIS MESSAGE URGING

2:55:24 CONGRESS TO RESTORE THE FEDERAL

2:55:26 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING BUDGET

2:55:28 TO AT LEAST 100%.

2:55:29 RAISE THE FEDERAL VOUCHER

2:55:30 PROGRAM BUDGET TO ISSUE

2:55:32 VOUCHERS AGAIN INCLUDE LANGUAGE

2:55:34 IN THE NEXT FEDERAL

2:55:35 APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO REVERSE

2:55:36 THE ROLLBACK OF THE RESTORE

2:55:38 REBUILD PROGRAM TO BUILD MORE

2:55:39 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO PAY BACK

2:55:41 THE REAL REGIONAL ENERGY COSTS

2:55:42 AND TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE

2:55:44 EXISTING LEGALLY HOUSE OF MIXED

2:55:45 STATUS FAMILIES.

2:55:46 I WANT TO TAKE THE REMAINDER

2:55:48 OF MY TIME TO ALSO JUST GIVE

2:55:49 THANK YOU TO MY MEMBER

2:55:53 OF CONGRESS TO CONGRESSWOMAN

2:55:54 AYANNA PRESSLEY BECAUSE JUST I

2:55:57 BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK

2:55:59 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE MYSELF AND

2:56:01 THE MAYOR REPRESENTATIVE

2:56:02 CONSALVO, ADMINISTRATOR BOK

2:56:06 SECRETARY HUNTSMAN TO HEAR FROM

2:56:07 THE STATE AND CONGRESSWOMAN

2:56:09 PRESSLEY WE WERE AT THE

2:56:10 FAIRMONT PUBLIC HOUSING IN HYDE

2:56:11 PARK TO ANNOUNCE INVESTMENTS

2:56:15 THAT CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY,

2:56:16 THE STATE IN THE CITY WERE ABLE

2:56:18 TO GET FOR THAT HOUSING

2:56:19 FACILITY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE

2:56:21 RESIDENTS THERE WERE ECSTATIC.

2:56:23 BUT WE NEED MORE OF THAT.

2:56:25 WE HAVE TO.

2:56:25 CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC

2:56:27 HOUSING RESIDENTS IF WE TRULY

2:56:30 CARE ABOUT HOUSING IN GENERAL

2:56:31 IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

2:56:32 THANK YOU.

2:56:33 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.

2:56:35 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:56:37 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:56:38 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:56:40 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:56:41 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN,

2:56:43 UM, FOR INCLUDING ME AS A

2:56:44 CO-SPONSOR.

2:56:45 UM, GROWING UP IN PUBLIC

2:56:47 HOUSING, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT

2:56:49 A STABLE HOME IS A FOUNDATION

2:56:51 FOR EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE.

2:56:52 IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ALREADY

2:56:54 TENUOUS HOUSING CRISIS, FORCING

2:56:56 CANNOT AFFORD FEDERAL

2:56:58 DISINVESTMENT THAT CHIPS AWAY

2:56:59 AT THE STABILITY AND PUSHES OUR

2:57:01 MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS

2:57:02 TOWARDS DISPLACEMENT.

2:57:04 THE REAL WORLD IMPACTS OF THE

2:57:05 FEDERAL ACTIONS ARE ALREADY

2:57:07 HITTING OUR CITY HARD.

2:57:08 THE HOUSING HOUSING AUTHORITY

2:57:09 OVERSEES 50 PUBLIC HOUSING

2:57:11 DEVELOPMENTS, 37 OF WHICH RELY

2:57:13 DIRECTLY ON THE FEDERAL

2:57:14 OPERATING BUDGET ADMINISTERED

2:57:16 BY HUD BECAUSE OF LIMITED

2:57:18 LIMITED FEDERAL RENEWAL FUNDING

2:57:19 AND BUDGET ROLLBACKS.

2:57:21 THE VHA HAS BEEN UNABLE TO

2:57:23 ISSUE A SINGLE NEW FEDERAL

2:57:24 VOUCHER SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2020

2:57:27 FOR FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS HAVE

2:57:29 FROZEN VHA VOUCHERS.

2:57:31 UM SINCE FEBRUARY 2024, HALTING

2:57:34 CRITICAL CONTRACTS FOR SENIORS

2:57:35 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMBINED

2:57:37 WITH THE ROLLBACKS TO

2:57:38 REBUILDING AUTHORITY AND A TAX

2:57:40 ON MIXED STATUS FAMILIES.

2:57:41 THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS

2:57:43 ACTIVELY DISMANTLING OUR

2:57:44 ABILITY TO CREATE AND PRESERVE

2:57:46 HOMES ACROSS BOSTON.

2:57:47 THIS CRISIS THREATENS THE

2:57:50 STABILITY OF BOSTON'S LOW

2:57:50 INCOME FAMILIES, SENIORS AND

2:57:53 RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

2:57:54 WHILE SHUTTING OUT UM WORKING

2:57:57 PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO ARE

2:57:58 FIGHTING TO MAKE BOSTON THEIR

2:57:59 LONG TERM HOME.

2:58:01 WE MUST EXPLORE EVERY MEASURE

2:58:02 AT OUR DISPOSAL TO PUSH BACK

2:58:03 AGAINST THESE FEDERAL UM

2:58:06 MEASURES AND DEMAND THAT

2:58:07 CONGRESS FULLY INVEST IN PUBLIC

2:58:08 HOUSING.

2:58:09 I ALSO UM I WANT TO THANK

2:58:12 COUNCILOR THAT I KNOW YOU ALSO

2:58:13 GREW UP IN PUBLIC HOUSING WHERE

2:58:14 THE TWO OF US IN PUBLIC HOUSING

2:58:15 KIDS ON THE COUNCIL.

2:58:17 UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED

2:58:19 TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BOSTON

2:58:21 HOUSING, UH, RESIDENTS.

2:58:22 UM, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO BE

2:58:24 ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS

2:58:25 RESOLUTION.

2:58:25 THANK YOU.

2:58:27 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:58:29 AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR, I'LL

2:58:30 JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO

2:58:32 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN, FOR

2:58:34 ,UM AND BRING FORWARD THIS

2:58:37 RESOLUTION.

2:58:38 I I THINK THIS IS A CRISIS.

2:58:41 THIS IS A CRISIS.

2:58:43 $18 MILLION IS A HUGE AMOUNT

2:58:45 OF MONEY TO TAKE OUT OF, UM,

2:58:47 UH, FUNDING STREAM AND I THINK

2:58:52 IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO

2:58:53 BE VERY, VERY HARD TO

2:58:54 COMPENSATE FOR.

2:58:56 SO, UM, I THANK YOU FOR

2:58:58 BRINGING FORWARD THIS.

2:58:58 I THINK WE NEED TO SEND A VERY

2:59:00 CLEAR MESSAGE IF ANYBODY'S

2:59:01 LISTENING TO, UH, THOSE, UH,

2:59:04 DECISION MAKERS AT THE FEDERAL

2:59:05 LEVEL THAT, UH, OUR FUNDING FOR

2:59:08 FEDERAL FOR PUBLIC HOUSING IN

2:59:10 THE CITY OF BOSTON IS A CRUCIAL

2:59:11 PART, UH, OF OUR HOUSING

2:59:14 INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY

2:59:16 AND THAT THIS RECKLESS CUTTING

2:59:19 OF UM, UH, GRANT FUNDING TO THE

2:59:21 TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE

2:59:22 DOING IT IS PUTTING LIVES IN

2:59:24 DANGER.

2:59:25 OUR MOST VULNERABLE VULNERABLE

2:59:26 RESIDENTS RELY ON SUPPORT AND

2:59:29 UH, SHELTER IN PUBLIC HOUSING

2:59:31 AND UH, THIS IS A DEVASTATING

2:59:33 MOVE THAT WE HOPE THAT THEY

2:59:35 WILL REVERSE.

2:59:36 THANK YOU.

2:59:38 I WILL NOT MOVE TO, UH,

2:59:40 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PATTERN

2:59:41 AND I'LL GO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:59:42 COUNTRY CAN EITHER SUPPORT.

2:59:43 DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?

2:59:44 I'M SORRY.

2:59:44 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:59:45 I DON'T OH.

2:59:46 SPEAK.

2:59:46 APARTMENT COURTYARD.

2:59:47 WATER COUNTRY.

2:59:48 FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:59:50 THANK YOU.

2:59:50 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I

2:59:52 STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS

2:59:54 RESOLUTION.

2:59:54 I REPRESENT PROBABLY THE MOST

2:59:56 RESIDENTS OF ANY DISTRICT

2:59:57 COUNCIL, UM, THAT LIVE IN

3:00:00 PUBLIC HOUSING AND HAVE ALWAYS

3:00:03 BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR

3:00:05 PUBLIC HOUSING.

3:00:06 UM, WHAT I WHAT I ALSO WANT TO

3:00:09 ADVOCATE FOR IS FOR US AS A

3:00:11 CITY COUNCIL BODY TO SUPPORT

3:00:14 CURRENT RESIDENTS AND VHA MANY

3:00:16 OF THEM MANY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE

3:00:19 MAJOR ELEVATOR INFRASTRUCTURE

3:00:21 CHALLENGES.

3:00:22 THEY BRING THAT TO

3:00:24 ME FREQUENTLY AND THEY BRING IT

3:00:27 TO OTHER DISTRICT CITY

3:00:28 COUNCILORS AS WELL.

3:00:29 I BELIEVE THAT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS

3:00:31 ISSUE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU CAN'T

3:00:33 GET OUT OF YOUR APARTMENT

3:00:35 BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR IS DOWN

3:00:38 IMPACTING SENIORS, IMPACTING

3:00:40 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

3:00:42 UM I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

3:00:43 THE INCREDIBLE ROLE

3:00:45 OF CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN LYNCH

3:00:47 HAS PLAYED UM IN SUPPORTING

3:00:49 TENANTS UM ACROSS REALLY ACROSS

3:00:52 THE CITY BUT ACROSS THE

3:00:54 COMMONWEALTH AS WELL.

3:00:55 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

3:00:56 CONGRESSMAN LYNCH AND HIS

3:00:58 STRONG POSITIVE LEADERSHIP FOR

3:01:01 UM FOR THE BOSTON HOUSING

3:01:02 AUTHORITY AND RESIDENTS LIVING

3:01:03 IN PUBLIC HOUSING.

3:01:04 THANK YOU.

3:01:07 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:01:08 COUNCILOR CANNOT AS A PARTNER

3:01:09 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:01:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM,

3:01:12 COUNCILOR PITTMAN FOR BRINGING

3:01:13 THIS FORWARD.

3:01:14 AND PLEASE.

3:01:14 ADD MY NAME.

3:01:15 I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM,

3:01:16 ADMINISTRATOR KENZIE BOK FOR

3:01:17 HER LEADERSHIP DURING.

3:01:18 THIS MOMENT WHERE WE ARE

3:01:19 JUST IT'S SUCH AN ADVERSARIAL

3:01:21 TIME, UM, TO BE OPERATING IN

3:01:22 THIS SPACE AND WHERE WE'VE HAD

3:01:25 A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT

3:01:26 HAS LITERALLY DEMONSTRATED

3:01:27 DISDAIN AND CONTEMPT FOR PEOPLE

3:01:28 THAT LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING.

3:01:29 IT'S DISGUSTING.

3:01:30 UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK

3:01:31 YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS

3:01:33 RESOLUTION.

3:01:33 THIS IS $18 MILLION OR ALMOST

3:01:36 $18 MILLION.

3:01:36 UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE CUT AND

3:01:38 IT'S DEVASTATING BECAUSE IT'S

3:01:39 GOING TO IMPACT THE UH,

3:01:41 CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT

3:01:42 ULTIMATELY HELP WITH QUALITY

3:01:43 OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS THERE.

3:01:45 AND SO I THINK THE FOLKS AT

3:01:46 BUNKER HILL, UH, SONIA IN THE

3:01:48 NORTH END, UM MAVERIK LANDING

3:01:51 ORIENT HEIGHTS AND IT'S JUST

3:01:53 IT'S JUST ANOTHER EGREGIOUS ACT

3:01:56 BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.

3:01:57 AND SO IN ADDITION TO TO WHAT

3:01:59 YOU'VE LAID OUT, THIS IS KIND

3:02:00 OF LIKE A CATCH ALL KITCHEN

3:02:01 SINK RESOLUTION WHERE YOU TALK

3:02:02 ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE

3:02:04 COMING FOR MIXED STATUS

3:02:05 HOUSEHOLDS.

3:02:06 UM.

3:02:07 UM, JUST.

3:02:08 MAKING SURE I'M READING MY

3:02:08 NOTES HERE.

3:02:09 UH, THE VOUCHER FUNDING IS

3:02:11 BEING CHOKED AND OPPORTUNITIES

3:02:12 TO CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE

3:02:13 HOUSING UM, ARE ALSO BEING

3:02:14 RESTRICTED.

3:02:15 AND SO I REALLY SEE THIS AS UM

3:02:19 AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS

3:02:20 ADMINISTRATION USING HOUSING AS

3:02:23 A POLITICAL BARGAINING CHIP

3:02:24 WHEN REALLY IT SHOULD BE

3:02:25 TREATED AS A AS A RIGHT.

3:02:27 SO UM IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE

3:02:29 AGAIN AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD

3:02:31 REMINDER FOR ALL OF US AND

3:02:32 COUNCIL HERE I HAD HAD TALKED

3:02:33 ABOUT THIS BUT IT'S A GOOD

3:02:35 REMINDER FOR ALL OF US TO UM TO

3:02:38 BE UNITED AND FIGHT FOR BOSTON

3:02:40 AND FIGHT FOR RESIDENTS WHILE

3:02:42 WE HAVE THIS FEDERAL

3:02:43 ADMINISTRATION WHO IS DOING ALL

3:02:44 OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED

3:02:45 AND MORE UM, AND REALLY COMING

3:02:47 FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE SO

3:02:48 HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION

3:02:49 AND JUST UM HOPEFUL THAT MY

3:02:51 COLLEAGUES CAN COME TOGETHER ON

3:02:52 ISSUES LIKE THIS MORE OFTEN.

3:02:53 THANK YOU.

3:02:54 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PATIO

3:02:55 CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE

3:02:57 LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:02:58 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:02:59 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO

3:03:00 THE MAKERS FOR FILING THIS

3:03:02 RESOLUTION AS WE KNOW ON THIS

3:03:03 BODY, EVEN FOR THOSE OF US WHO

3:03:05 WERE HERE PRIOR.

3:03:06 UM, TO THIS IN THIS FEDERAL

3:03:08 ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HOUSING,

3:03:09 THE SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED IT IS

3:03:12 THE HOUSING THAT WE DEPEND ON

3:03:14 TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST

3:03:15 VULNERABLE THAT THE OUR POOR

3:03:17 RESIDENTS, UM, HAVE A PLACE TO

3:03:20 CALL HOME BECAUSE HOUSING IS IS

3:03:22 OUR RIGHT AND IS A BASIC RIGHT

3:03:23 THAT HAS BEEN COMMODIFIED AND

3:03:25 THAT HAS MADE IT REALLY, REALLY

3:03:26 HARD.

3:03:27 SO IF WE ARE NOT DOING THAT

3:03:28 THERE NEEDS TO BE GOVERNMENT

3:03:29 INTERVENTION IN THE MARKET

3:03:30 BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.

3:03:32 THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO ACTUALLY

3:03:34 PUT THE MONEY INTO THE HOUSING.

3:03:36 AND SO WE'VE SEEN WHAT WE'RE

3:03:38 SEEING RIGHT NOW IS A

3:03:39 DEVASTATION TO FAMILIES WHO ARE

3:03:43 DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT

3:03:45 RECOGNIZING ITS ROLE AND MAKING

3:03:46 SURE THAT ITS RESIDENTS HAVE A

3:03:48 PLACE TO CALL HOME.

3:03:48 AND SO I WANT TO BE IN FULL

3:03:50 SUPPORT OF THIS UH,

3:03:51 COUNCILOR PREPARED AND I WERE

3:03:53 IN UH, HYDE PARK LAST WEEK, UM,

3:03:57 TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT

3:03:59 IS TO INVEST IN PUBLIC HOUSING

3:04:01 ALONGSIDE CONGRESSWOMAN

3:04:03 PRESSLEY, THE MAYOR UH,

3:04:04 ADMINISTRATOR BOK AND I WANT TO

3:04:05 THANK HIM.

3:04:06 FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.

3:04:07 AND COUNCILOR.

3:04:08 SANTANA FOR THEIR.

3:04:09 LEADERSHIP BECAUSE AS FOLKS.

3:04:10 WHO GREW UP AND WHO LIVE IN

3:04:12 PUBLIC HOUSING, THEIR

3:04:13 EXPERIENCE REALLY SHOULD INFORM

3:04:15 HOW WE TALK ABOUT AND HOW WE

3:04:16 DEAL AND HOW WE UPLIFT THE

3:04:17 NEEDS OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN

3:04:19 PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOW WE WORK

3:04:21 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FEDERAL

3:04:22 AND OUR STATE GOVERNMENT TO GET

3:04:24 MORE MONEY INTO HOUSING.

3:04:26 AND SO THIS IS AN URGENT NEED.

3:04:28 UH, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT

3:04:30 FORMS OF SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND

3:04:32 THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE

3:04:33 FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE

3:04:34 RESIDENTS.

3:04:34 AND SO I HOPE WASHINGTON IS

3:04:36 LISTENING BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING

3:04:38 PEOPLE TO DO EVEN MORE ON A

3:04:40 SHOESTRING BUDGET.

3:04:40 IT WAS ALREADY UNDERFUNDED AND

3:04:42 THE ATTEMPTS NOW FROM

3:04:43 BUREAUCRATS NOT EVEN

3:04:45 BUREAUCRATS FROM POLITICAL

3:04:47 APPOINTEES WHO DON'T KNOW

3:04:48 ANYTHING ABOUT HOUSING IS

3:04:50 HARMING ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE

3:04:51 AMONG US.

3:04:52 THANK YOU.

3:04:52 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

3:04:54 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:04:55 COUNCILOR WEBER AND THEN WE'LL

3:04:56 GO TO COUNCIL FROM HERE.

3:04:57 YEAH.

3:04:58 I JUST WANT TO THANK THE

3:04:59 FILERS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH,

3:05:01 SHEDDING LIGHT ON ON UH ON A

3:05:03 MOVE BY THE TRUMP

3:05:04 ADMINISTRATION THAT'S JUST

3:05:05 INTENDED, UH, TO SPREAD CRUELTY

3:05:07 AND I JUST WANT TO ELEVATE THE,

3:05:09 UH, RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT

3:05:11 AND PUBLIC HOUSING AND, UH, IN

3:05:14 MILDRED HAILEY AND SOUTH STREET

3:05:15 AND HARTSDALE, UH, AND THE

3:05:18 ORGANIZATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW,

3:05:19 UH, WORK WITHIN THOSE UH, YOU

3:05:21 KNOW, RECOGNIZING UH, THE SOUTH

3:05:25 STREET UH TENANTS ASSOCIATION

3:05:26 SOUTH STREET NEW CENTER, UH,

3:05:29 AND ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS

3:05:29 WORKING ON MILDRED HALEY.

3:05:31 UH, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK

3:05:32 THEM AND, UH, JOIN MY

3:05:33 COLLEAGUES IN STRONGLY OPPOSING

3:05:35 THIS ACTION BY THE FEDERAL

3:05:36 GOVERNMENT.

3:05:37 THANK YOU.

3:05:38 COUNCILMEMBER.

3:05:38 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA.

3:05:40 COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:05:41 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:05:42 I WANT TO THANK, UH, MY

3:05:44 COLLEAGUES, UH, THE FILERS FOR

3:05:46 BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION, UH,

3:05:48 TO THE COUNCIL AND I'M REALLY

3:05:49 HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.

3:05:51 I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS

3:05:52 .

3:05:52 ONE IS, UM, MY MOM WAS ON, UH,

3:05:56 VOUCHER.

3:05:57 UH, YOU KNOW, WE BOUNCED FROM

3:05:58 PLACE TO PLACE AND THAT

3:06:00 PROVIDED US SOME HOUSING

3:06:01 STABILITY BACK IN THE DAY.

3:06:03 BUT THEN WHEN, UH, THE PERSON

3:06:06 WHO OWNED THE TRIPLE DECKER

3:06:07 THAT MY MOM RENTED FROM.

3:06:10 SOLD THE.

3:06:10 HOUSE THE THEY INCREASED THE

3:06:12 RENT TO THE POINT THAT HER

3:06:13 VOUCHER.

3:06:13 WAS NO.

3:06:14 LONGER GOING TO BE.

3:06:14 ABLE TO SUPPORT.

3:06:16 AND SO THERE'S THIS VISION

3:06:17 ABOUT WHO THE FOLKS ARE AND I

3:06:20 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO

3:06:22 RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT

3:06:23 OF LOW INCOME PEOPLE,

3:06:25 REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS,

3:06:27 RELY ON HOUSING AS A WAY TO UM,

3:06:31 STABILIZE THEIR HOMES.

3:06:32 AND SO THIS IS AN ATTACK ON THE

3:06:34 WORKING CLASS, AN ATTACK ON

3:06:36 IMMIGRANTS, AN ATTACK ON UM

3:06:39 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AN ATTACK

3:06:40 ON POOR PEOPLE FULL STOP.

3:06:42 THIS IS NOT A REPUBLICAN OR A

3:06:44 DEMOCRATIC ISSUE FULL STOP.

3:06:46 I THINK WHAT THE PROBLEM IS

3:06:47 THAT WE COME INTO THIS SPACE

3:06:49 AND WE FORGET WHO IT IS THAT

3:06:50 WE'RE FIGHTING FOR.

3:06:51 AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE ALL

3:06:53 UNDER ATTACK AND IF WE DON'T

3:06:54 RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALL GOING

3:06:56 TO END UP ON THE CHOPPING

3:06:57 BLOCK.

3:06:57 SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGING MY

3:07:00 COLLEAGUES TO.

3:07:01 UM SUPPORT I THINK ABOUT THE

3:07:02 BLACK RESIDENTS, UM, IN SOUTH

3:07:05 BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN MY

3:07:06 OFFICE WORKED ALONGSIDE UM, A

3:07:10 UH DARYL WITHERS SLIM FROM HERE

3:07:13 THE HOOD A FEW YEARS AGO WE DID

3:07:14 A TOUR CALLED DYING TO LIVE

3:07:16 ALONGSIDE WE INVITED

3:07:17 COUNCILOR WEBER TO TEAM UP WITH

3:07:19 US AND WE WENT TO CHARLESTOWN

3:07:20 AND WE WENT TO SOUTH BOSTON.

3:07:22 WE WENT TO ALL THE SPACES AND

3:07:23 PLACES WHERE VHA HOUSING

3:07:26 RESIDENTS WERE UH, LIVING UNDER

3:07:27 REALLY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.

3:07:29 AND I WANT TO THANK

3:07:30 ADMINISTRATOR.

3:07:31 BOK FOR NOT ONLY SHOWING UP,

3:07:33 UM, AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING

3:07:34 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO NOT ONLY

3:07:36 BE ACCOUNTABLE.

3:07:37 BUT TO THEN.

3:07:37 FIGHT FOR THE.

3:07:38 DOLLARS THAT SHE NEEDS TO MAKE

3:07:39 SURE THAT OUR.

3:07:40 RESIDENTS ARE ALSO HAVE A.

3:07:41 QUALITY OF LIFE.

3:07:42 SO WHILE WE'RE FIGHTING FOR THE

3:07:43 MONEY, WE NEED TO BE FIGHTING

3:07:45 COLLECTIVELY ON OTHER THINGS

3:07:46 THAT ARE.

3:07:47 HAPPENING HERE.

3:07:48 THANK YOU MUCH.

3:07:49 THANK YOU.

3:07:50 COUNCILOR MEJIA, WOULD

3:07:51 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?

3:07:54 COLORED AS ABABA

3:07:56 COUNCILOR CULPEPER

3:07:56 COUNCILOR DURKAN FITZGERALD

3:07:57 COUNCILOR.

3:07:58 FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

3:08:00 COUNCILOR.

3:08:01 MEJIA COUNCILOR.

3:08:02 WEBER, COUNCILMAN.

3:08:04 LAUREL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR

3:08:05 I DON'T I WAS THERE IS A THIRD

3:08:08 UM THANK YOU COUNCILORS PEPEN

3:08:10 SANTANA AND BRITTANY SEEK

3:08:12 SUSPENSION OF THE RESOLUTION

3:08:13 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1973.

3:08:15 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.

3:08:18 SAY NAY.

3:08:19 THE AYES HAVE IT.

3:08:21 DOCKET 1973 IS ADOPTED.

3:08:24 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ

3:08:26 DOCKET 1974.

3:08:27 DOCKET NUMBER 197 FOR

3:08:30 COUNCILOR WORRELL OFF WITH THE

3:08:31 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT

3:08:33 OF DESIGNATING THE DORCHESTER

3:08:35 DIVISION OF THE BOSTON

3:08:36 MUNICIPAL COURT AS THE JUDGE

3:08:38 LESLIE E HARRIS COURTHOUSE.

3:08:41 CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE REAL

3:08:43 CULTURE.

3:08:43 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:08:44 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:08:45 UM, I LIKE TO ADD

3:08:47 COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

3:08:48 AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

3:08:50 COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO ADDED

3:08:51 AND.

3:08:51 I DO SUSPEND THE RULES AND

3:08:52 ADD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS A

3:08:53 THIRD.

3:08:54 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

3:08:55 UM, SEEING AND HEARING NO

3:08:56 OBJECTION IS ADDED AS A THIRD.

3:08:58 UH THANK YOU.

3:09:01 I'M PROUD TO BRING THIS FORWARD

3:09:02 AS WE HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY

3:09:05 OF JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS, A MAN

3:09:07 WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO

3:09:08 PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIL RIGHTS

3:09:09 AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR

3:09:11 OTHERS.

3:09:12 TODAY HARRIS SERVED ON THE

3:09:14 SUFFOLK JUVENILE COURT, HELPED

3:09:16 ESTABLISH BOSTON COLLEGE LAW

3:09:17 SCHOOL'S BLACK ALUMNI NETWORK,

3:09:19 TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND

3:09:20 SERVED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE

3:09:21 MELROSE MEDICAL PROGRAM.

3:09:22 AND I THINK WHAT REALLY SPEAKS

3:09:24 TO HIS LEGACY ISN'T JUST A

3:09:26 POSITION HE HELD IS TO PEOPLE

3:09:28 IMPACTED AND THE DOOR HE OPENED

3:09:30 ALONG THE WAY.

3:09:31 FOR MANY YOUNG BLACK ATTORNEYS,

3:09:33 HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK

3:09:35 JUDGES THEY HAD EVER MET AND

3:09:37 UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE

3:09:38 OF THAT REPRESENTATION.

3:09:39 HE DIDN'T JUST SHOW THEM WHAT

3:09:41 WAS POSSIBLE.

3:09:42 HE VESTED HIS TIME IN HELPING

3:09:43 THEM GET THERE.

3:09:45 ARIANA WALDRON, PRESIDENT

3:09:46 OF THE BC LAW BLACK ALUMNI

3:09:48 NETWORK SAID SOMETHING I THINK

3:09:51 CAPTURES THAT PERFECTLY HE

3:09:53 DIDN'T JUST OPEN DOORS HE HAD

3:09:55 THEM OPEN AND ANOTHER

3:09:56 REFLECTION ON HIS LIFE

3:09:58 DESCRIBED HIM AS A MENTOR, A

3:09:59 TEACHER AND A FIERCE FORCE FOR

3:10:01 JUSTICE AND SYSTEMS THAT TOO

3:10:03 OFTEN OVERLOOK PEOPLE WHO LOOK

3:10:05 LIKE US.

3:10:05 THAT SPEAKS TO SOMETHING BIGGER

3:10:08 BECAUSE JUDGE HARRIS UNDERSTOOD

3:10:09 THAT REPRESENTATION MATTERS BUT

3:10:12 REPRESENTATION ALONE ISN'T

3:10:12 ENOUGH.

3:10:13 WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY

3:10:15 TO IMPROVE THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS

3:10:16 ARE PART OF AND MAKE SURE

3:10:18 THEY'RE WORKING FOR EVERYONE.

3:10:19 AND THAT'S WHY I THINK NAMING

3:10:21 THE DORCHESTER COURTHOUSE IN

3:10:22 HIS HONOR IS SO MEANINGFUL.

3:10:24 AND NOT JUST IT'S NOT JUST

3:10:26 ABOUT PUTTING HIS NAME ON A

3:10:27 BUILDING.

3:10:28 IT'S ABOUT THAT NAME.

3:10:29 IT'S ABOUT WHAT THAT NAME

3:10:31 SHOULD REPRESENT TO EVERYONE

3:10:32 WHO WALKS THROUGH THOSE DOORS.

3:10:34 FOR THE YOUNG PERSON WHO MAY

3:10:35 1ST DAY BECOME A JUDGE OR AN

3:10:37 ATTORNEY, HOPE HIS NAME SERVES

3:10:38 AS A REMINDER OF WHAT'S

3:10:39 POSSIBLE.

3:10:40 AND FOR THOSE WORKING INSIDE

3:10:42 THAT COURTHOUSE, I WAS REMINDED

3:10:43 THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO

3:10:45 TREAT PEOPLE FAIRLY, UPHOLD

3:10:47 JUSTICE AND.

3:10:48 CONTINUE IMPROVING A SYSTEM

3:10:49 THAT WE KNOW STILL NEEDS

3:10:51 REFORM.

3:10:52 HONORING JUDGE HARRIS SHOULDN'T

3:10:54 JUST BE ABOUT REMEMBERING THE

3:10:55 WORK HE DID.

3:10:56 IT SHOULD ALSO BE ABOUT

3:10:57 CONTINUING THAT WORK.

3:10:58 I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME

3:11:00 TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO STATE

3:11:01 REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER

3:11:02 WORRELL FOR INTRODUCING THIS

3:11:04 LEGISLATION AT THE STATEHOUSE

3:11:05 AND HELPING THIS MOVE FORWARD

3:11:07 TO THE RECOGNITION THAT JUDGE

3:11:08 HARRIS DESERVES THAT COURAGE.

3:11:10 MY COLLEAGUES, TO JOIN US IN

3:11:12 SUPPORTING HOUSE BILL 5116,

3:11:15 DESIGNATING THE DORCHESTER

3:11:16 DIVISION OF THE BOSTON

3:11:17 MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE JUDGE

3:11:19 LESLIE E HARRIS COURTHOUSE.

3:11:21 THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

3:11:22 COUNCILOR WARREN CHAIR

3:11:23 RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

3:11:25 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:11:26 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:11:28 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR REAL.

3:11:30 OR WORLD FOR.

3:11:30 FILING THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR

3:11:33 HAVING ME AS AN ORIGINAL

3:11:35 CO-SPONSOR.

3:11:36 JUDGE LESLIE.

3:11:37 HARRIS.

3:11:38 WHO PASSED AWAY.

3:11:38 LAST YEAR AT THE AGE OF 84, WAS

3:11:42 NOT ONLY A DISTINGUISHED JURORS

3:11:44 AND DEDICATED PUBLIC PUBLIC

3:11:46 SERVANT BUT HE WAS ALSO A GOOD

3:11:48 FRIEND OF MINE FOR MANY YEARS

3:11:50 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING

3:11:52 HIM PERSONALLY AND PRACTICING

3:11:55 LAW UH SIDE HIM AND I CAN SPEAK

3:11:58 TO THE INTEGRITY, THE FAIRNESS

3:12:00 AND HUMANITY THAT DEFINED BOTH

3:12:02 HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND HIS

3:12:05 PERSONAL LIFE THROUGHOUT HIS

3:12:07 DECADES OF SERVICE IN THE LEGAL

3:12:09 PROFESSION, INCLUDING HIS TIME

3:12:11 AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER AND AS A

3:12:13 JUDGE ON THE SUFFOLK JUVENILE

3:12:15 COURT, JUDGE HARRIS UNDERSTOOD

3:12:17 .

3:12:18 THAT THE LAW WAS NOT ABSTRACT

3:12:20 BUT SOMETHING THAT DIRECTLY

3:12:21 SHAPED THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS

3:12:24 ,FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

3:12:26 HE APPROACHED HIS WORK WITH

3:12:27 COMPASSION, DISCIPLINE AND A

3:12:30 DEEP COMMITMENT TO ENSURING

3:12:31 THAT EVERYONE WHO APPEARED

3:12:33 BEFORE HIM WAS TREATED WITH

3:12:35 DIGNITY AND RESPECT BEYOND THE

3:12:38 COURTROOM, JUDGE HARRIS WAS A

3:12:40 DEDICATED MENTOR, EDUCATOR AND

3:12:44 ADVOCATE FOR EXPANDING

3:12:45 OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK

3:12:46 ATTORNEYS AND STUDENTS FROM

3:12:49 UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS.

3:12:50 HE HELPED OPEN DOORS FOR

3:12:52 GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND

3:12:55 WERE TIRED LESSLY TO MAKE OUR

3:12:57 LEGAL INSTITUTIONS MORE

3:13:00 ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE, I

3:13:02 BELIEVE NAMING THE DORCHESTER

3:13:04 DIVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

3:13:06 IN HIS HONOR.

3:13:07 WOULD BE A FITTING.

3:13:09 AND LASTING TRIBUTE TO A MAN

3:13:10 WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO

3:13:12 JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE AND

3:13:15 STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITIES.

3:13:16 I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS

3:13:18 RESOLUTION AND I KNOW THAT

3:13:20 JUDGE HARRIS'S LEGACY WILL

3:13:22 CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FUTURE

3:13:24 GENERATIONS OF LEGAL

3:13:26 PROFESSIONALS AND PUBLIC

3:13:28 SERVANTS.

3:13:28 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:13:29 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER

3:13:30 .

3:13:31 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THIS COMES

3:13:32 FROM LOUIJEUNE.

3:13:32 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:13:34 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:13:35 AND I WANT TO THANK

3:13:36 COUNCIL EARL FOR THIS FILING.

3:13:37 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION

3:13:38 TO HONOR SOMEONE WHO IS A GIANT

3:13:39 IN THE BLACK LEGAL COMMUNITY.

3:13:41 BUT REALLY IN OUR CITY, UM, HE

3:13:45 WAS A MENTOR TO SO MANY.

3:13:48 UM, HE WAS MY SISTER'S MENTOR.

3:13:51 UM, HE ALWAYS HIM AND BEVERLY

3:13:53 ALWAYS OPENED UP THEIR HOME.

3:13:55 I YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GO TO BC

3:13:56 LAW BUT THEY WOULD ALWAYS ALLOW

3:13:57 ME TO CRASH THE BC LAW EVENTS

3:14:00 AT HIS HOME.

3:14:01 UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE

3:14:02 SO MANY AREAS IN, UM, MY SISTER

3:14:04 WHO WERE SO DEEPLY TOUCHED AND

3:14:07 MOVED BY THE WARMTH OF LESLIE

3:14:08 AND BEVERLY BEVERLY WHO PASSED

3:14:10 AWAY RECENTLY.

3:14:11 AND SO I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER

3:14:12 TRIBUTE THAN NAMING A

3:14:14 COURTHOUSE AFTER HIM THE WAY

3:14:15 THAT HE CARED ABOUT OUR YOUNG

3:14:16 PEOPLE, THE WAY THAT HE CARED

3:14:17 ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE

3:14:20 UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE

3:14:21 BETWEEN UH, A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT

3:14:24 SEES OUR CHILDREN AS UH,

3:14:28 PROBLEMS UH, AND A LEGAL SYSTEM

3:14:30 AND A JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT CAN

3:14:33 HELP, UH, STEER OUR YOUNG

3:14:35 PEOPLE TOWARDS BETTER, BETTER

3:14:37 CHOICES AND BETTER LIFESTYLES

3:14:38 AND BETTER OUTCOMES.

3:14:39 AND HE WAS DEFINITELY A JUDGE

3:14:40 WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT, UM, SEEING

3:14:42 HIM AND LESLIE SHOW UP, SEEING

3:14:45 HIM AND BEVERLY SHOW UP IN

3:14:46 COMMUNITY, I REMEMBER WE HAD

3:14:47 OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT

3:14:48 AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UH,

3:14:50 MUSEUM AND I'M JUST SHARING

3:14:52 STORIES OF.

3:14:54 OF UH.

3:14:56 OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

3:14:57 MUSEUM AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP

3:14:58 WITH THE CITY WITH FOLKS IN

3:14:59 ATTENDANCE WAS REALLY A

3:15:01 BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE.

3:15:02 SO THIS IS AN ENORMOUS TRIBUTE

3:15:04 FOR AN ENORMOUS PERSON IN OUR

3:15:06 CITY.

3:15:07 UM, THIS YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE

3:15:08 BITTERSWEET AS WE WERE GOING BY

3:15:10 DURING CARNIVAL DOWN WARREN

3:15:11 STREET, BEVERLY AND LESLIE

3:15:13 USUALLY SIT RIGHT AT THE CORNER

3:15:14 OF THEIR STREET TO WATCH THE

3:15:15 TRUCKS GO BY AND ME AND MY

3:15:18 SISTER LOOKED DOWN THEIR STREET

3:15:19 ,LOOKED AT THE CORNER AND

3:15:20 DIDN'T SEE THEM THIS YEAR AND

3:15:21 IT WAS REALLY TRAGIC.

3:15:22 BUT THEIR LEGACIES LIVE ON AND

3:15:23 THEIR LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH

3:15:25 EFFORTS LIKE THIS.

3:15:26 SO UM MAY HE AND HIS WIFE BE

3:15:29 RESTING IN PERFECT PEACE AND

3:15:30 POWER?

3:15:30 THANK YOU.

3:15:31 THANK YOU

3:15:31 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WOULD

3:15:32 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?

3:15:34 COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART

3:15:35 OF COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:15:37 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,

3:15:38 COUNCILOR FLYNN THAT SHOULD

3:15:39 HERE.

3:15:40 COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR.

3:15:41 PEPEN, COUNCILOR.

3:15:42 SANTANA, COUNCILOR.

3:15:43 WEBER, COUNCILOR.

3:15:45 UH AND I PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR.

3:15:49 UM COUNCILORS MORRELL, CULPEPER

3:15:51 AND LOUIJEUNE SEEK SUSPENSION

3:15:53 OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION

3:15:54 OF DOCKET NUMBER 1974.

3:15:57 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.

3:15:59 SAY NAY.

3:16:00 THE AYES HAVE IT.

3:16:03 DOCKET 1974 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

3:16:07 MISS, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK

3:16:09 MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR UH,

3:16:12 GLADYS ZAPPALA TO TAKE THE

3:16:13 CHAIR AGAIN.

3:16:14 THANK YOU.

3:16:17 MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ

3:16:19 DOCKET 1975.

3:16:20 TALKING NUMBER 1975

3:16:23 COUNCILOR BRAID NOW FOR THE

3:16:24 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DECLARING

3:16:25 ELECTION DAY A HOLIDAY FOR CITY

3:16:29 COUNCIL EMPLOYEES AND CALLING

3:16:30 UPON THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE

3:16:31 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

3:16:33 TO FALL.

3:16:33 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:16:35 COUNCILOR BRAYTON.

3:16:35 COUNCILOR BURTON, YOU HAVE THE

3:16:36 FLOOR.

3:16:36 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:16:37 UH, MAY I ADD

3:16:39 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS A SECOND

3:16:40 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR?

3:16:41 SHE SO ADDED.

3:16:42 THANK YOU.

3:16:44 UH, AND MAY I ALSO SUSPEND THE

3:16:45 RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA

3:16:47 AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

3:16:49 HEARING AND SEEING NO

3:16:50 OBJECTIONS HERE SO ADDED THANK

3:16:52 YOU.

3:16:53 UM, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK

3:16:55 COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR HER

3:16:56 EARLY LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND ON

3:16:58 THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTION DAY

3:16:59 AS A HOLIDAY.

3:17:00 I WOULD HAVE ADDED HER, UH, YOU

3:17:02 AS A FOURTH IF I COULD.

3:17:04 UM.

3:17:05 EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS REMAIN

3:17:07 ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TO

3:17:08 VOTER PARTICIPATION.

3:17:10 ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS

3:17:12 BUREAU, OVER 26% OF NONVOTERS

3:17:15 IN THE 2022 MIDTERMS CITED

3:17:18 CONFLICTING WORK OR SCHOOL

3:17:19 SCHEDULES AS THEIR PRIMARY

3:17:21 REASON FOR NOT CASTING A BALLOT

3:17:22 .

3:17:23 WHEN THE HEALTH OF OUR

3:17:24 DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA IS

3:17:26 OBVIOUSLY IN, UH, AN

3:17:28 EXISTENTIAL CRISIS AT THE

3:17:29 MOMENT I BELIEVE WE AS THE

3:17:32 COUNCIL CAN LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND

3:17:34 TAKE SMALL BUT MEANINGFUL

3:17:36 STEPS.

3:17:36 THIS IS WHY I AS A CITY

3:17:39 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL BE

3:17:40 CLOSING THIS COUNCIL ON

3:17:42 ELECTION DAY THIS YEAR.

3:17:44 ANY COUNCIL EMPLOYEE, ANY CITY

3:17:47 COUNCIL EMPLOYEE WHO CHOOSES TO

3:17:48 WORK MAY GO MAY DO SO BUT THEY

3:17:51 WILL NOT BE UH THERE WILL NOT

3:17:53 BE ANY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR

3:17:55 HEARINGS I HOPE MY HOPE IS THIS

3:17:58 PROVIDES MY COLLEAGUES IN ALL

3:17:59 KINDS OF STUFF THE FLEXIBILITY

3:18:01 TO VOTE TO VOLUNTEER AS POLL

3:18:03 WORKERS OR TO SERVE IN OUR

3:18:05 COMMUNITIES ON THIS VERY

3:18:06 IMPORTANT CIVIC HOLIDAY.

3:18:08 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN

3:18:10 ME AS THE BOSTON CITY

3:18:11 COUNCIL AND URGE THE CITY

3:18:13 OF BOSTON AND THE COMMONWEALTH

3:18:14 OF MASSACHUSETTS RESPECTIVELY,

3:18:17 TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTION

3:18:18 ELECTION DAY AS AN OFFICIAL

3:18:19 HOLIDAY.

3:18:20 DOING SO FOR AFFIRMS OUR

3:18:22 COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING VOTERS

3:18:23 ACCESS AND ENSURING EVERY

3:18:25 CITIZEN'S VOICE IS HEARD IN OUR

3:18:27 DEMOCRACY.

3:18:28 SO ELECTION DAY SHOULD BE

3:18:30 DEMOCRACY DAY AND I UH I ASK MY

3:18:33 COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME IN

3:18:34 THIS, UH, RESOLUTION.

3:18:35 THANK YOU.

3:18:36 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BURTON.

3:18:37 UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:18:39 COUNCILOR UH LOUIJEUNE AS A

3:18:40 SECOND CO-SPONSOR.

3:18:42 THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CHAIR

3:18:43 AND THANK YOU.

3:18:44 THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT BREADON

3:18:46 FOR THIS FILING.

3:18:47 UM, WE HAD A HEARING TWO WEEKS

3:18:49 AGO WHERE WE ACTUALLY TALKED

3:18:51 ABOUT THIS AND WE HAD A NUMBER

3:18:52 OF UH IT WAS A REALLY GREAT

3:18:54 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT

3:18:55 WOULD MEAN, UM, IF WE HAD

3:18:57 ELECTION DAY AS, UH.

3:19:00 A PUBLIC.

3:19:00 HOLIDAY WHERE PEOPLE COULD

3:19:02 EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND

3:19:04 WE WOULD SEE SO MUCH, UH, MORE

3:19:06 VOTER TURNOUT I THINK WHEN THEY

3:19:08 DO A SURVEY OF ALL COUNTRIES

3:19:09 AND WHERE WE STAND IN TERMS

3:19:10 OF VOTER TURNOUT, UM, THIS

3:19:13 COUNTRY IS SOMEWHERE IN THE

3:19:16 MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

3:19:17 THIS WOULD BE AN ATTEMPT, UH,

3:19:20 TO BRING US A LOT HIGHER AND

3:19:22 AND ENCOURAGE VOTER

3:19:23 PARTICIPATION ESPECIALLY FOR

3:19:25 WORKING FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY

3:19:26 FOR WORKING PEOPLE.

3:19:27 THIS WOULD ALSO WORK GREAT IN

3:19:29 TANDEM WITH QUESTION FOUR,

3:19:30 WHICH WE VOTED ON AS A

3:19:32 RESOLUTION TO MAKE UH TO ALLOW

3:19:34 FOR SAME DAY ELECTION DAY VOTER

3:19:36 REGISTRATION.

3:19:36 AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST

3:19:38 BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

3:19:39 STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY.

3:19:40 UM, AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT

3:19:42 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO TO TEACH

3:19:44 BETTER CIVICS TO MAKE OUR

3:19:46 STUDENTS MORE ENGAGED.

3:19:46 SHOUT OUT TO OUR STUDENTS WHO

3:19:47 WERE HERE ASKING AMAZING

3:19:50 QUESTIONS AND WHO ARE OUR

3:19:51 LEADERS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW.

3:19:52 UM, BUT WE CAN ALSO MODEL THAT

3:19:54 BY MAKING SURE THAT THE POWERS

3:19:55 THAT WE HAVE WHERE UM SHOWING

3:19:58 HOW MUCH WE VALUE UH, ELECTION

3:20:00 DAY A DEMOCRACY DAY HAS A NICE

3:20:02 RING TO IT.

3:20:04 UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK

3:20:06 COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON FOR

3:20:07 THIS FILING.

3:20:08 UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER

3:20:11 STATES WHERE, UH WHERE WE

3:20:13 WOULDN'T BE LEADING HERE.

3:20:14 THERE ARE OTHER STATES WHERE UM

3:20:15 ,IT IS A HOLIDAY AND I THINK

3:20:17 IT JUST GOES A LONG WAY IN.

3:20:20 UH, WE GOT TO GET OURSELVES

3:20:22 BACK ON TRACK IN THIS COUNTRY

3:20:23 BOTH IN SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW,

3:20:25 WHEN IT COMES THERE'S SO MUCH

3:20:27 MISINFORMATION.

3:20:28 THERE'S SO MUCH.

3:20:29 UH.

3:20:30 THINGS PURPORTING TO BE

3:20:32 NEWS THAT, UH THAT MISINFORMED

3:20:34 OUR VOTERS.

3:20:35 I THINK WE SHOW THAT WE ARE

3:20:38 INTENTIONAL ABOUT PEOPLE BEING

3:20:40 ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR

3:20:41 DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

3:20:42 WE ALL WIN.

3:20:43 THANK YOU.

3:20:45 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:20:45 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR UP.

3:20:48 COUNCILOR SANTANA WAS THE THIRD

3:20:49 REGION FOR SPONSOR APOLOGIES

3:20:52 AND I'LL GO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:20:53 THANK YOU.

3:20:54 UH, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK

3:20:57 YOU TO COUNCILOR BREADON, UM,

3:20:58 FOR CALLING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR

3:21:00 ON THIS RESOLUTION.

3:21:01 DEMOCRACY WORKS BEST WHEN, UM

3:21:03 PARTICIPATION IS ACCESSIBLE AND

3:21:04 THIS COUNCIL MUST LEAD BY

3:21:06 EXAMPLE.

3:21:07 SO I REACH OUT TO OUR, UM,

3:21:09 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR LEAVING

3:21:09 AND MAKING THAT DECISION AND

3:21:11 LEADING BY EXAMPLE.

3:21:12 I AM PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS

3:21:14 RESOLUTION DESIGNATING ELECTION

3:21:15 DAY AS A HOLIDAY FOR CITY

3:21:16 COUNCIL STAFF AND URGING THE

3:21:18 CITY OF BOSTON AND THE

3:21:19 COMMONWEALTH TO FOLLOW SUIT,

3:21:21 VOTING STAFF IN THE POLLS AND

3:21:22 ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY

3:21:24 SHOULD BE AN ACT OF CIVIC

3:21:25 PRIORITY, NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT

3:21:27 SQUEEZED AROUND THE WORKDAY,

3:21:29 BOSTON MUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND

3:21:30 ENSURE EVERY WORKER HAS THE

3:21:32 TIME TO MAKE THEIR VOICES

3:21:33 HEARD.

3:21:34 UM SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT

3:21:35 THIS.

3:21:36 I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE

3:21:37 LEADERSHIP THAT

3:21:37 COUNCIL PRESIDENT IT'S UM

3:21:38 DEMONSTRATED BY THIS AND WE'LL

3:21:40 BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION.

3:21:41 THANK YOU.

3:21:43 WITH APOLOGIES TO

3:21:43 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:21:44 YOU ARE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:21:45 SORRY.

3:21:46 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I, I

3:21:50 HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THE

3:21:52 COUNCIL PRESIDENT BUT I DO RISE

3:21:56 AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION FOR A

3:21:58 COUPLE OF REASONS.

3:22:02 TO GIVE CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES

3:22:05 THE DAY OFF ON ELECTION DAY.

3:22:07 I DON'T SUPPORT THAT.

3:22:11 IF YOU IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,

3:22:13 IF YOU ARE CHALLENGING A CITY

3:22:15 COUNCIL UH, FOR FOR PUBLIC

3:22:17 OFFICE FOR CITY COUNCIL.

3:22:19 UM.

3:22:21 YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFF THAT

3:22:24 CAN MANAGE THE POLE POLLING

3:22:26 LOCATIONS FIRE A KNOCK ON DOORS

3:22:28 ON ELECTION DAY BUT FOR

3:22:32 INCUMBENTS YOU CAN HAVE YOU CAN

3:22:36 AUTOMATICALLY HAVE THE DAY OFF

3:22:37 AND YOU HAVE 4 OR 5 STAFF

3:22:40 MEMBERS CAN AUTOMATICALLY GO TO

3:22:42 THE POLLS FOR YOU AND SUPPORT

3:22:44 YOU.

3:22:47 THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE.

3:22:51 THAT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR AN

3:22:53 INCUMBENT.

3:22:55 WHAT ABOUT SOMEONE THAT'S

3:22:57 TRYING TO CHALLENGE THE

3:23:00 INCUMBENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE

3:23:02 RESOURCES, THAT DOESN'T HAVE

3:23:03 THE PERSONNEL, THAT DOESN'T

3:23:05 HAVE THE MANPOWER?

3:23:08 TO PUT FIVE PAID PEOPLE ON THE

3:23:10 STREET TO CAMPAIGN FOR YOU.

3:23:13 I DON'T WANT TO BE

3:23:13 DISAGREEABLE.

3:23:15 AS I MENTIONED, I HAVE RESPECT

3:23:17 FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

3:23:19 I HAVE RESPECT FOR HER.

3:23:20 IT'S NOT PERSONAL BUT I DO

3:23:22 THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO GIVE CITY

3:23:28 COUNCIL STAFF THE DAY OFF WHEN

3:23:31 EVERYBODY ELSE IS WORKING.

3:23:33 I DO THINK IT SETS A BAD

3:23:34 EXAMPLE AND SETS A BAD

3:23:36 PRECEDENT.

3:23:37 MY OWN OPINION PEOPLE CAN

3:23:39 DISAGREE WITH ME.

3:23:40 THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.

3:23:41 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

3:23:42 THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN I

3:23:43 APOLOGIZE WHO WAS NOT

3:23:44 COUNCILOR MEJIA

3:23:45 COUNCILOR MURPHY?

3:23:47 CHICKEN OKAY.

3:23:48 ALL RIGHT COUNCILOR MEJIA WE

3:23:50 HAVE.

3:23:50 A SLIGHT THANK YOU, MADAM

3:23:51 PRESIDENT.

3:23:53 OKAY.

3:23:56 UM, AS SOMEONE WHO ONE BY

3:23:57 ONE VOTE.

3:23:58 OH MY LORD, I UNDERSTAND HOW

3:24:00 IMPORTANT.

3:24:01 IT IS TO DO.

3:24:02 WHATEVER WE CAN TO GET PEOPLE

3:24:03 OUT TO THE POLLS.

3:24:05 SO I AM ALL IN AND I ALSO KNOWN

3:24:10 AS SOMEONE WHO HAD NO SUPPORT

3:24:12 WHEN I FIRST RANG AND I STILL

3:24:14 HAVE VERY LITTLE SUPPORT FROM

3:24:15 THE INSIDE I HAD TO KNOCK AND I

3:24:19 HAD TO DO IT ALL BY MYSELF AND

3:24:22 I STILL GOT IN HERE.

3:24:25 SO THE NARRATIVE ABOUT IT

3:24:27 FAVORS INCUMBENTS.

3:24:29 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE

3:24:31 BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO I

3:24:32 KNOCKED OFF BY JUST THAT ONE

3:24:33 VOTE HAD THE ENTIRE

3:24:35 ESTABLISHMENT AND I STILL GOT

3:24:37 IN HERE.

3:24:39 SO I THINK IF MORE OF MY PEOPLE

3:24:42 HAD THE DAY OFF I PROBABLY

3:24:43 WOULDN'T HAVE WON BY ONE BUT I

3:24:45 PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WON BY A

3:24:46 LOT.

3:24:46 MORE BECAUSE ALL THE WORKING

3:24:47 CLASS PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TAKEN

3:24:49 THE DAY OFF TO GO VOTE FOR ME.

3:24:50 SO I'M JUST SAYING WE DO HAVE

3:24:53 AN OPPORTUNITY.

3:24:54 TO GALVANIZE VOTERS AND GET OUT

3:24:57 THERE.

3:24:57 AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE

3:25:00 ARE SOME FOLKS WHO MIGHT HAVE

3:25:02 AN ADVANTAGE, BUT I BELIEVE

3:25:03 THAT THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION

3:25:05 DAY AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG

3:25:08 IS THIS ELECTION.

3:25:09 IT MAY BE ALL FUTURE ONES.

3:25:10 RIGHT?

3:25:11 SO I UH ANY OF YOU ALL ON THE

3:25:13 BALLOT?

3:25:14 NOT THIS YEAR.

3:25:15 SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE

3:25:17 Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE OUTSIDE

3:25:18 KNOCKING ON DOORS FOR WHO?

3:25:20 SO I JUST WANT TO DISAGREE

3:25:23 RESPECTFULLY THAT WE ARE NOT

3:25:25 TALKING ABOUT UM.

3:25:29 YOU KNOW, MAYBE I GOT 23 MORE

3:25:31 SECONDS.

3:25:32 THIS IS.

3:25:32 WHAT.

3:25:33 I THIS IS WHAT I'M BEGINNING TO

3:25:34 SEE IS THAT ANYTHING THAT

3:25:37 CREATES DEMOCRACY OR CREATES

3:25:39 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO

3:25:41 HAVE A VOICE OR VOTE USUALLY

3:25:45 GETS.

3:25:46 UM.

3:25:47 OPPOSED BY FOLKS WHO ARE

3:25:50 AFRAID OF PEOPLE LIKE ME AND

3:25:54 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND GRASSROOTS

3:25:57 CANDIDATES HAVING AN ADVANTAGE.

3:26:00 AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT GIVES

3:26:01 PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND I

3:26:03 BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE

3:26:04 SUPPORTING THIS TODAY AND ANY

3:26:07 OTHER YEAR THAT COMES ALONG.

3:26:10 THANK YOU.

3:26:12 COUNCILOR HERE

3:26:12 COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR.

3:26:14 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:26:17 UM OH, UH, SO I JUST WANT TO BE

3:26:20 CLEAR.

3:26:20 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BRIGHTON

3:26:21 FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD BUT

3:26:23 AND I CAN GET BEHIND AND

3:26:25 SUPPORT A HOLIDAY THAT WOULD BE

3:26:26 CITY AND STATE WIDE.

3:26:29 BUT TO JUST SAY THAT WE WANT

3:26:32 THIS TO BE CITY COUNCIL STAFF.

3:26:35 SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO

3:26:37 KNOW THAT OUR STAFF ALREADY HAS

3:26:40 COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY ON THE

3:26:42 DAYS THEY WORK.

3:26:43 IT'S NOT A MONDAY THROUGH

3:26:44 FRIDAY 9 TO 5 SOME DAYS REMOTE

3:26:47 LIKE WE'VE HAD THIS

3:26:49 CONVERSATION FOR DIFFERENT

3:26:50 REASONS ABOUT STAFFING THAT

3:26:52 THEY ALREADY CAN TAKE A DAY

3:26:56 KNOWING THAT WE WORK NIGHTS AND

3:26:57 WEEKENDS SO I I DON'T THINK

3:27:00 ANYONE IS EVER HERE ALREADY

3:27:02 DURING ELECTION DAYS HERE ON

3:27:04 THE FIFTH FLOOR IN CITY HALL

3:27:06 FOR ALL THE GOOD AND RIGHT

3:27:07 REASONS BECAUSE I SEEN SO MANY

3:27:09 NOT JUST OUR STAFF BUT FAMILY

3:27:11 MEMBERS OUT THERE AT 6 A.M. AT

3:27:13 THE POLLS AND WE'RE BRINGING

3:27:16 COFFEE AND PIZZA TO POLL

3:27:17 WORKERS.

3:27:17 WE'RE DRIVING OUR SENIORS TO

3:27:19 GET TO THE POLLS AND AND OUR

3:27:22 STAFF'S OUT THERE AND

3:27:23 SUPPORTING IN MANY WAYS SO TO

3:27:26 NEED IT TO BE A DAY OFF I DON'T

3:27:28 THINK IS GOING TO EXPAND THE

3:27:31 INVOLVEMENT.

3:27:31 I ALSO WANT TO JUST UM,

3:27:36 HIGHLIGHT AND I THINK THIS IS A

3:27:38 WONDERFUL THING THAT WE HAVE

3:27:39 TWO WEEKS EARLY VOTING FROM THE

3:27:41 17TH THROUGH THE 30TH.

3:27:43 ANYONE IN THIS BUILDING CAN

3:27:44 WALK DOWNSTAIRS RIGHT NOW AND

3:27:46 VOTE.

3:27:46 SO THE DAYS OF ONLY VOTING ON

3:27:49 NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION DAY ARE.

3:27:51 GONE AND WE KNOW THAT GALVIN

3:27:53 EXPECTED UP TO 60% OF THE VOTES

3:27:56 ARE GOING TO BE CAST WELL

3:27:57 BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

3:27:59 SO DEMOCRACY DAY I GET IT I

3:28:01 SUPPORT IT ON THAT DAY FOR THE

3:28:02 REST BECAUSE WE NEED MORE

3:28:04 PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

3:28:05 BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY DAY.

3:28:06 WE VOTE.

3:28:07 SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO

3:28:11 RECOGNIZE THAT DECLARING A DAY

3:28:12 OFF THAT'S ONLY GOING TO LET

3:28:14 OUR STAFF ON THE FIFTH FLOOR

3:28:16 BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE

3:28:17 DEPARTMENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT

3:28:19 PRIVILEGE.

3:28:20 MANY DEPARTMENTS LIKE

3:28:21 TRANSPORTATION AND OTHERS DON'T

3:28:22 GET THE WORK FROM HOME

3:28:24 PRIVILEGE.

3:28:24 SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE VOTING

3:28:26 IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.

3:28:28 BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE

3:28:30 ALREADY DO IT AND WE SHOULD

3:28:31 ALWAYS CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND

3:28:32 SUPPORT PEOPLE TO GET.

3:28:34 OUT.

3:28:34 AND VOTE.

3:28:35 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY

3:28:36 .

3:28:36 COUNCILOR BURTON, YOU WERE

3:28:37 NEXT.

3:28:37 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OR WAIT

3:28:38 TILL THE END.

3:28:39 OF UM COUNCIL?

3:28:41 OKAY.

3:28:42 UM, THAT WAS COUNCILOR PEPEN

3:28:44 ,COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THEN

3:28:45 COME TO ME.

3:28:45 YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON.

3:28:46 DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?

3:28:47 OKAY, UM, WE'LL GO TO YOU AFTER

3:28:48 COUNCIL.

3:28:48 PUT THAT IN COUNCIL DIRECTOR.

3:28:49 THAT'S ENOUGH.

3:28:50 ANY OF THE FLOOR?

3:28:50 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:28:52 UM, THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS

3:28:53 OF THIS RESOLUTION.

3:28:54 WHAT I THE WAY I ENVISION AND

3:28:56 VIEW THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT

3:28:58 THIS IS US AS A CITY

3:29:00 COUNCIL SETTING A PRECEDENT

3:29:01 MOVING FORWARD OF HOW WE SHOULD

3:29:03 TREAT ELECTIONS IN GENERAL IN

3:29:05 THE CITY OF BOSTON, IN THE

3:29:07 STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

3:29:08 LIKE IT SAYS, IT'S CALLING UPON

3:29:09 THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE

3:29:10 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

3:29:11 TO FOLLOW AND IT'S FOR US TO

3:29:15 SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTION

3:29:18 DAY.

3:29:18 I DON'T VIEW IT AS SIMPLY US

3:29:20 GIVING A DAY OFF TO OUR CITY

3:29:22 EMPLOYEES, TO OUR CITY

3:29:23 COUNCIL EMPLOYEES AND LIKE

3:29:25 COUNCILOR MILLER SAID, WE'RE

3:29:25 NOT EVEN ON THE BALLOT THIS

3:29:26 YEAR.

3:29:27 THIS IS FOR US TO TALK ABOUT

3:29:29 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US TO

3:29:31 PRIORITIZE ELECTIONS.

3:29:32 I YOU KNOW, AS THE CONVERSATION

3:29:34 WAS GOING I WAS CURIOUS AND I

3:29:35 SAW THAT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR

3:29:37 COUNTRIES THAT.

3:29:38 HAVE MADE.

3:29:39 ELECTION DAY OR HOLIDAY AND NOT

3:29:42 TO MENTION COUNTRIES LIKE

3:29:43 AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY,

3:29:45 FRANCE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE

3:29:46 ELECTION DAYS.

3:29:47 ON WEEKENDS.

3:29:48 ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS

3:29:49 THAT PEOPLE HAVE LESS OF A

3:29:50 REASON TO SAY THEY CAN'T GO

3:29:52 VOTE BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING

3:29:53 AND IT'S THE REASON WHY I DO

3:29:55 SUPPORT.

3:29:55 SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION.

3:29:57 IT'S THE SAME REASON WHY I DO

3:29:59 SUPPORT UH MAIL VOTE BY MAIL OR

3:30:02 EARLY VOTING AND EARLY POLLING

3:30:03 LOCATION WHICH TODAY YOU CAN

3:30:05 VOTE AT CITY HALL.

3:30:05 BY THE WAY, UM, IF YOU DIDN'T

3:30:07 KNOW THAT IT IS REALLY OUR

3:30:10 PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

3:30:12 ARE MAKING VOTING EASIER FOR A

3:30:14 LOT OF PEOPLE AND I SIMPLY SEE

3:30:15 THIS AS A STEP FORWARD IN

3:30:17 MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF

3:30:19 WE'RE SAYING IT'S A HOLIDAY,

3:30:21 WHY NOT THE CITY AND WHY NOT.

3:30:22 THE STATE CONSIDER IT AS WELL.

3:30:24 SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS

3:30:25 TODAY.

3:30:26 THANK YOU.

3:30:26 THANK YOU COUNCILOR PREPARED

3:30:27 COUNCILOR DRAKE ANY OTHER FOR.

3:30:28 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

3:30:30 UM I'LL BE VOTING YES.

3:30:31 UM, BUT I ACTUALLY REALLY

3:30:34 APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR.

3:30:35 COLLEAGUES, UM.

3:30:35 TALKING POINTS AND WHAT THEY'RE

3:30:38 TRYING TO GET ACROSS HERE

3:30:39 BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE ARE

3:30:40 OPTICAL CHALLENGES TO US

3:30:42 DECIDING ON ELECTION DAY THAT

3:30:43 OUR STAFF HAS THE DAY OFF.

3:30:45 UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE

3:30:47 COUNCILOR FLYNN'S COMMENTS.

3:30:49 UM, I DO THINK UM THAT OUR I

3:30:51 MEAN OBVIOUSLY WITH ALL THAT WE

3:30:53 CARE ABOUT WE CARE ABOUT

3:30:54 GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED UM, OUR

3:30:56 OUR STAFFS ARE NOT

3:30:59 DISENFRANCHIZED IN ANY WAY.

3:31:00 THEY'RE ENCOURAGED TO

3:31:01 PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS AND

3:31:03 GET INVOLVED BECAUSE OF WHAT WE

3:31:05 DO HERE.

3:31:06 UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S

3:31:07 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM,

3:31:09 WE'RE I THINK IT'S A GREAT

3:31:11 THING THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IN

3:31:12 A YEAR WHERE WE ARE NOT ON THE

3:31:13 BALLOT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S

3:31:14 IMPORTANT, UH, FOR US TO SHOW

3:31:16 THAT THIS ISN'T FOR OUR OWN

3:31:18 BENEFIT.

3:31:18 UM, IT REALLY IS.

3:31:20 UM, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A

3:31:24 CHALLENGE IN THE CITY AND MY

3:31:25 DISTRICT HAS SOME OF THE LOWEST

3:31:26 VOTER PARTICIPATION IN THE

3:31:27 ENTIRE CITY.

3:31:29 UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT

3:31:30 WE GET PEOPLE INVOLVED, UM, AND

3:31:32 THAT WE, UH, MAKE IT EASY FOR

3:31:34 PEOPLE TO VOTE.

3:31:35 SO IF WE WERE TO I THINK THAT

3:31:36 IT SHOULD BE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

3:31:38 SO I'M VOTING YES ON THIS.

3:31:39 BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE

3:31:40 ARE CHALLENGES OPTICALLY UM, TO

3:31:43 TALKING ABOUT ELECTIONS WHEN

3:31:44 YOU YOURSELF HAVE TO GET

3:31:47 ELECTED IN ORDER TO UM, YOU

3:31:49 KNOW, IN ORDER TO UH, CONTINUE

3:31:51 YOUR JOB.

3:31:52 SO UM SO THANK YOU TO THE LEAD

3:31:55 SPONSOR AND THANK YOU TO THOSE

3:31:56 THAT ARE TRYING TO INCREASE

3:31:58 PARTICIPATION.

3:31:58 THAT IS THE POINT OF THIS AND

3:32:00 THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

3:32:01 IT.

3:32:01 UM, AND I THINK THAT THE CITY

3:32:03 COUNCIL IS WHAT'S WITHIN OUR

3:32:04 POWER HERE.

3:32:05 SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING

3:32:06 ABOUT THAT.

3:32:07 IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S UM I

3:32:09 DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY I THINK

3:32:11 THIS IS A GOOD THING AND I

3:32:12 THINK THAT AS WE, UM, TRY TO

3:32:15 CRAFT, UH, POLICY AND UM, TRY

3:32:17 TO CREATE SOME I HONESTLY

3:32:19 CREATING NEWS AROUND THIS IS

3:32:20 GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE ENCOURAGING

3:32:21 OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME AND

3:32:23 WE HOPE THAT EMPLOYERS IN

3:32:25 BOSTON DO THE SAME THING.

3:32:26 UM, BUT UM, I KNOW FOR FOR MY

3:32:29 STAFF, UH, THEY LOVE COMING IN

3:32:31 TO WORK.

3:32:31 WE COME IN TO WORK EVERY DAY.

3:32:33 UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, UH YOU

3:32:35 KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT

3:32:36 REALLY ABOUT THE DAY OFF.

3:32:38 IT'S ABOUT SHARING.

3:32:39 THIS IS THE DOMAIN THAT WE CAN

3:32:41 IMPACT.

3:32:41 THANK YOU.

3:32:42 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:32:43 COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU SAID YOU

3:32:44 HAD A QUESTION.

3:32:45 YES.

3:32:45 UM, SO.

3:32:48 IT'S IT'S A QUESTION AND JUST

3:32:51 I.

3:32:51 DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

3:32:52 SORRY.

3:32:53 UM.

3:32:55 SO IT'S A RESOLUTION, RIGHT?

3:32:58 FIRST OF ALL.

3:32:59 AND IT'S A IT'S A VIBE CHECK

3:33:01 AND IT'S A STATEMENT OF OUR

3:33:02 VALUES OF WHAT WE BELIEVE.

3:33:04 RIGHT.

3:33:04 SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT

3:33:06 WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW.

3:33:07 I ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT

3:33:09 IN 2020 THEN COUNCILOR JANEY

3:33:13 ANDREA CAMPBELL AND MYSELF UM,

3:33:17 WENT AHEAD AND FOUGHT FOR

3:33:19 JUNETEENTH TO BE RECOGNIZED AS

3:33:21 A HOLIDAY HERE IN THE CITY

3:33:23 OF BOSTON.

3:33:23 AND WE STARTED OFF HERE THEN IT

3:33:25 WENT TO THE STATE AND THEN IT

3:33:27 WENT INTO THE FEDERAL

3:33:28 GOVERNMENT.

3:33:29 SO WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND

3:33:31 WE CAN SET THE PRESIDENT'S HERE

3:33:33 LOCALLY AND REALLY GET THAT

3:33:34 GROUNDSWELL.

3:33:35 SO I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT

3:33:37 COUNCILOR UM PRESIDENT UH UM,

3:33:41 READING THAT THIS IS A

3:33:43 RESOLUTION AND MY ASSUMPTION IS

3:33:45 AND I JUST WANT YOU TO NAME

3:33:47 THAT FOR THE.

3:33:47 RECORD HERE IS THAT YOU'RE

3:33:51 YOU'RE.

3:33:51 DOING IT FOR CITY COUNCIL STAFF

3:33:53 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE

3:33:54 JURISDICTION OVER.

3:33:55 RIGHT.

3:33:55 LIKE THAT IS.

3:33:57 A FULL STOP RIGHT?

3:33:58 WE CAN'T TELL THE MAYOR AND HER

3:34:00 TEAM.

3:34:01 TO DO.

3:34:01 WHAT NO.

3:34:02 RIGHT.

3:34:02 SO IT'S JUST US.

3:34:04 SO THEREFORE BECAUSE WE HAVE

3:34:07 CONTROL OR WE HAVE AGENCY

3:34:09 OF OUR OWN STAFF THEN THIS IS

3:34:12 AN AFFIRMATION THAT EACH OF US

3:34:13 WHO ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE

3:34:15 IN DEMOCRACY DAY THAT WE HAVE

3:34:17 IT UPON OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO

3:34:19 SUPPORT DEMOCRACY DAY.

3:34:21 IS THAT IT THEN I'M ON OUR

3:34:23 BOARD.

3:34:24 OKAY, GREAT.

3:34:24 THANK YOU FOR THAT.

3:34:25 THANK YOU COUNCIL ME HERE UM

3:34:27 COUNCILOR BRITAIN AND THEN

3:34:28 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

3:34:29 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:34:31 AND UH I THINK TO YOUR POINT

3:34:33 LIKE THIS IS WE ARE NOT ON THE

3:34:35 BALLOT THIS YEAR.

3:34:37 UM, WE, UH OUR OUR OFFICE IS UH

3:34:41 OUR STAFF ARE GOING TO BE, UH,

3:34:44 WORKING AT THE POLLS.

3:34:45 UH, I ENCOURAGE OTHER FOLKS

3:34:47 OFFICES.

3:34:48 THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS

3:34:49 STILL LOOKING FOR POLL WORKERS

3:34:50 .

3:34:51 THERE ARE NONPARTISAN

3:34:52 NON-PROFITS WHO ARE GOING TO BE

3:34:53 DOING POLL WATCHING AND

3:34:55 ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS IN

3:34:56 THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ACROSS

3:34:58 MASSACHUSETTS CAN SAFELY GO AND

3:35:00 UH, EXERCISE THEIR THEIR LEGAL

3:35:03 RIGHT TO VOTE SAFELY AND

3:35:05 WITHOUT UH WITHOUT INTERFERENCE

3:35:07 .

3:35:09 UH AND I REALLY DO FEEL IT'S A

3:35:11 MOMENT AND A MOMENT IN TIME IN

3:35:12 WHICH OUR OUR DEMOCRACY IS

3:35:14 UNDER ATTACK AND THIS IS OUR

3:35:17 VERY SYMBOLIC WAY OF SAYING AS

3:35:21 A COUNCIL THAT WE PRIORITIZE

3:35:23 AND VALUE THE THE OPPORTUNITY

3:35:26 AT HOME HOW SACRED ELECTION DAY

3:35:28 IS AND THAT WE WANT TO

3:35:29 ENCOURAGE AS MANY PEOPLE AS

3:35:31 POSSIBLE TO GET OUT AND

3:35:32 EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

3:35:33 UM, AND SO REALLY UH I

3:35:35 ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO IS IN

3:35:37 SUPPORT OF OF THIS IDEA IF

3:35:38 THEIR STAFFS WANT TO UH,

3:35:41 EXPLORE UH, WORKING.

3:35:43 AS A.

3:35:43 POLL WORKER OR VOLUNTEERING

3:35:44 WITH A NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT

3:35:46 HOUSTON POLL MONITORING,

3:35:48 THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES

3:35:49 TO REALLY PUT PUT YOURSELF.

3:35:51 FORWARD TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY ON

3:35:54 UH, NOVEMBER 3RD.

3:35:55 THANK YOU.

3:35:56 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON

3:35:58 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

3:35:59 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:36:00 UM, I APPRECIATE THE IDEA.

3:36:02 BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL AND THE

3:36:03 GOAL OF MAKING IT EASIER FOR

3:36:05 PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT

3:36:06 TO VOTE.

3:36:07 HOWEVER, I WORRY PEOPLE INSTEAD

3:36:09 OF PRIORITIZING VOTING MIGHT

3:36:10 PRIORITIZE VACATION.

3:36:11 UH, AND SORT OF SAY HEY, I BANG

3:36:14 IN ON MONDAY AND I GOT MYSELF A

3:36:15 FOUR DAY WEEKEND.

3:36:16 UH, AND MAYBE I DON'T MAKE IT

3:36:18 BACK IN TIME WHEN THE WITH

3:36:19 TRAFFIC OR THE PLANE CANCELED

3:36:20 OR ANYTHING TO EVEN GET BACK TO

3:36:22 VOTE NOW EXAGGERATE THERE A BIT

3:36:23 BUT I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE

3:36:25 MIGHT LOOK AT IS THAT I WOULD

3:36:26 LIKE TO SUGGEST AN ALTERNATE

3:36:28 SUGGESTED AND COUNCIL BREADON

3:36:29 I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON

3:36:30 THIS.

3:36:31 I BELIEVE WE SHOULD WORK.

3:36:32 WITH ALL EMPLOYERS BECAUSE IF

3:36:33 WE ARE THINKING I WOULD SAY IF

3:36:34 THIS WAS TO GENERATE FROM CITY

3:36:36 HALL TO TO ALL OF CITY TO ALL

3:36:37 OF THE STATE, WE WORK WITH ALL

3:36:40 EMPLOYERS TO HAVE THEM SIGN ON

3:36:42 TO A PETITION OR MAKE A YOU

3:36:44 KNOW, UH, AN OATH THAT THEY

3:36:46 ALLOW TIME FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES

3:36:48 TO EITHER UH, VOTE EARLY, UH

3:36:50 VOTE BY MAIL OR VOTE ON

3:36:52 ELECTION DAY WHATEVER IS THE

3:36:53 BEST FOR THAT SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE

3:36:54 .

3:36:55 UH, BUT THEY OFFER THAT, UH, TO

3:36:57 THEIR EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY DO

3:36:58 HAVE TIME AND FOLKS CAN HAVE A

3:37:00 PLAN TO VOTE, UH, AND THEREFORE

3:37:02 INCREASE PARTICIPATION.

3:37:03 I JUST DON'T KNOW.

3:37:04 IF A HOLIDAY ON A SINGLE DAY

3:37:06 ITSELF WOULD GENERATE THAT AND

3:37:07 PEOPLE COULD, UH, POTENTIALLY

3:37:08 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT RATHER

3:37:10 THAN HAVING UH, LARGE EMPLOYERS

3:37:13 AND ALL EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE

3:37:14 CITY AND STATE, UH, MAKE SURE

3:37:16 THAT IT IS PART OF THEIR HR TO

3:37:19 DESIGNATE THAT TIME TO GO VOTE

3:37:21 .

3:37:21 AND UH, SO I THINK WE SHOULD AS

3:37:23 WELL BE REMOVING BARRIERS TO

3:37:24 VOTING AND MAKING PARTICIPATION

3:37:26 AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.

3:37:27 UH, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE

3:37:28 CREATING A HOLIDAY SPECIFICALLY

3:37:30 IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.

3:37:31 UH, BUT WE'D LOVE TO FIND OTHER

3:37:32 APPROACHES THAT WOULD MAYBE, UH

3:37:34 ,HAVE A BETTER IMPACT AND

3:37:35 PRODUCE MORE, UH, VOTING.

3:37:36 THANK YOU.

3:37:37 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

3:37:38 .

3:37:38 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU'RE ON THE

3:37:39 FLOOR.

3:37:41 THANK YOU.

3:37:42 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:37:42 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME ANOTHER

3:37:43 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

3:37:44 I WILL I WILL BE BRIEF.

3:37:46 I THINK ONE COUNCILOR MENTIONED

3:37:48 IT ALREADY BUT DOWNSTAIRS THERE

3:37:50 IS EARLY VOTING THAT'S ALREADY

3:37:52 TAKING PLACE HERE AT THE CITY

3:37:55 COUNCIL HERE AT THE CITY HALL.

3:37:59 UM IT'S OPENED AND ALSO IT'S

3:38:03 IT'S EASY TO DO IT TAKES FIVE

3:38:06 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.

3:38:08 WE DON'T NEED A HOLIDAY FOR

3:38:11 CITY COUNCIL STAFF PEOPLE TO

3:38:14 HAVE THE DAY OFF TO VOTE I I

3:38:17 JUST DON'T SUPPORT THAT.

3:38:18 I THINK IT SETS THE WRONG

3:38:19 EXAMPLE.

3:38:20 IT SETS THE WRONG PRECEDENT.

3:38:22 YES.

3:38:22 IT MIGHT NOT BE FOR US THIS

3:38:24 TIME BUT WILL IT BE FOR THE

3:38:25 CITY COUNCIL NEXT YEAR WHEN

3:38:28 WE'RE ALL ON THE BALLOT?

3:38:30 WE ALREADY KNOW THAT ON

3:38:32 ELECTION DAY NO ONE REALLY IS

3:38:34 ON THE FIFTH FLOOR TO BEGIN

3:38:37 WITH.

3:38:40 UM I'M GOING TO HAVE MY CITY

3:38:42 COUNCIL STAFF COME INTO OFFICE

3:38:45 ON ELECTION DAY TO WORK.

3:38:46 I WORK ON ELECTION DAY BUT I

3:38:50 DON'T THINK PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE

3:38:52 A CITY HOLIDAY AND WE NEED TO

3:38:54 GET BACK TO WORK AND DEAL WITH

3:38:56 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES QUALITY

3:38:58 OF LIFE ISSUES, PUBLIC SAFETY

3:39:01 CHALLENGES.

3:39:01 THANK YOU.

3:39:02 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:39:03 UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD HER

3:39:04 LIGHT ON BEFORE YOU

3:39:05 COUNCILOR HERE.

3:39:08 UM, SO IF I CAN THROUGH THE

3:39:12 CHAIR TO COUNCILOR BREADON I DO

3:39:14 RESPECT YOUR AUTHORITY AS THE

3:39:16 PRESIDENT.

3:39:16 BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY I

3:39:18 THINK YOU ALREADY STATED THAT

3:39:19 IF THIS RESOLUTION PASSES

3:39:21 TONIGHT, YOU'RE ALREADY SAYING

3:39:23 THAT WE CAN'T SCHEDULE HEARINGS

3:39:24 AND CITY COUNCIL WILL BE CLOSED

3:39:28 ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD.

3:39:29 IS THAT TRUE.

3:39:31 COUNCILOR BRENNAN, IF YOU'D

3:39:32 LIKE TO ANSWER.

3:39:33 UH.

3:39:33 THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION

3:39:35 .

3:39:35 UM, I THINK UH, HAVING LOOKING

3:39:38 BACK OVER MANY ELECTION DAYS IN

3:39:41 CITY HALL OVER THE TIME I'VE

3:39:43 BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, UH, WE

3:39:45 IT'S NOT OUR PRACTICE TO HAVE

3:39:47 HEARINGS OR, UM, HEARINGS ON

3:39:50 ELECTION DAY BECAUSE I THINK

3:39:52 MANY OF US UH, DO UM, OUR STAFF

3:39:56 TO GO AND WORK IN THE POLLS AND

3:39:58 THEY DO UM, VOLUNTEER.

3:40:01 SO THAT'S JUST BEEN CUSTOM IN

3:40:02 PRACTICE.

3:40:03 THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION.

3:40:04 SORRY.

3:40:04 I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN CLEAR.

3:40:05 ARE YOU HAVE YOU ALREADY.

3:40:07 SAID THAT CITY COUNCIL IS

3:40:09 CLOSED ON ELECTION DAY?

3:40:11 I HAVEN'T SAID IT YET BUT

3:40:12 OH.

3:40:13 NO, BUT I THOUGHT OKAY WHEN

3:40:13 YOU WERE SPEAKING AND IS IT

3:40:15 TRUE THAT IT WOULD BE CENTRAL

3:40:17 STAFF ALSO SO IF RESIDENTS AND

3:40:20 REACH OUT FOR WHAT THEY DO

3:40:21 EVERY DAY FOR CONSTITUENT

3:40:23 CONCERNS THERE WILL BE NO ONE

3:40:24 HERE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OR IS

3:40:26 IT JUST CITY COUNCIL STAFF?

3:40:28 IT WOULD BE CITY

3:40:30 COUNCIL OFFICES WOULD BE CLOSED

3:40:31 ON ON ELECTION DAY.

3:40:32 SO JUST THE 13 COUNCIL OFFICES.

3:40:34 OR UM ON CENTRAL STAFF.

3:40:36 AS WELL JUST ON THE THANK

3:40:37 YOU.

3:40:37 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

3:40:39 UM THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE.

3:40:42 OKAY.

3:40:42 THIS IS THE LAST TIME I GET

3:40:44 UP.

3:40:44 OKAY.

3:40:46 QUICK.

3:40:47 UM.

3:40:48 SO THAT I'M CLEAR.

3:40:50 AND SO THAT EVERYBODY

3:40:51 UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS HAPPENING

3:40:52 HERE.

3:40:52 IT'S DEMOCRACY DAY AND IT IT'S

3:40:56 NOT JUST TO GO OUT AND VOTE.

3:40:58 IT IS TO CREATE THE CULTURE AND

3:41:01 THE.

3:41:03 UM INSPIRATION FOR DEMOCRACY

3:41:07 AND ACTIVISM.

3:41:08 YEAH.

3:41:11 SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT VOTING.

3:41:12 I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT, YOU

3:41:15 KNOW, OUR STAFF CAN GO AND

3:41:17 DRIVE.

3:41:18 ELDERS TO.

3:41:19 THE POLLS.

3:41:21 IT COULD BE WE.

3:41:21 CAN DELIVER PIZZA.

3:41:23 IT'S DEMOCRACY DAY.

3:41:25 NO.

3:41:26 SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING

3:41:27 OUT TO VOTE.

3:41:29 UM OKAY.

3:41:30 SO THEN THAT MEANS IF WE DON'T

3:41:34 PASS THIS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND

3:41:38 DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO

3:41:39 PERIOD.

3:41:39 RIGHT?

3:41:40 SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO ANYWAYS

3:41:43 BUT WE CAN MAKE A BIG DEAL

3:41:44 ABOUT IT AND WE COULD SAY THE

3:41:47 COUNCIL AFFIRMS THAT DEMOCRACY

3:41:48 DAY SHOULD BE IT SHOULD BE

3:41:50 INFECTIOUS.

3:41:51 EVERYBODY SHOULD WANT TO TAKE

3:41:53 THE DAY OFF TO GO OUT AND DO

3:41:55 OUR CIVIC DUTY.

3:41:56 THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO

3:41:58 IS MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO

3:41:59 UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF THEIR

3:42:01 VOTE AND THE POWER OF THEIR

3:42:03 VOICE, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SO

3:42:05 BY DEMONSTRATING THIS HERE

3:42:07 BECAUSE CHANGE HAS TO BEGIN

3:42:09 FROM WITHIN.

3:42:10 I IMAGINE THAT WE'RE BEGINNING

3:42:12 FROM WITHIN AND INSPIRING

3:42:14 EVERYBODY ELSE TO FOLLOW NOW.

3:42:17 OKAY THEN LET'S JUST UM VOTING

3:42:19 LET'S MOVE THIS TO A VOTE.

3:42:21 I WANT TO CLOSE THE DISCUSSION.

3:42:23 I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS.

3:42:24 OF COURSE.

3:42:25 YES.

3:42:25 , ABSOLUTELY.

3:42:26 THANK YOU.

3:42:27 COUNCIL MY HANDS OUT.

3:42:27 UM, COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU

3:42:29 HAD YOUR LIGHT ON AGAIN.

3:42:30 MAY I SPEAK AND THEN YOU CAN

3:42:32 HAVE THE LAST.

3:42:32 WORD OPENED UP.

3:42:33 UM, GREAT.

3:42:35 UM.

3:42:35 I REALLY RESERVED MY

3:42:37 JUDGMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR,

3:42:38 UH, DOCKET UNTIL I HEARD

3:42:40 EVERYBODY AND TRYING TO BE

3:42:41 ADDITIVE RATHER THAN REDUNDANT.

3:42:42 I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE

3:42:43 OF THINGS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN

3:42:44 SAID.

3:42:44 UM, FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THAT

3:42:46 UM, STAFF IS HERE ON ELECTION

3:42:49 DAY AND I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT

3:42:51 BECAUSE I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT

3:42:53 MY STAFF IS IN THE OFFICE TO

3:42:54 ANSWER CALLS BECAUSE LETTING

3:42:56 FOLKS KNOW WHERE THEIR POLLING

3:42:58 LOCATION IS WITHOUT IT BEING

3:43:00 POLITICAL IS A CONSTITUENT

3:43:01 SERVICE AND THAT'S REALLY

3:43:02 IMPORTANT.

3:43:03 SO EACH COUNCIL OFFICE HAS

3:43:04 THEIR OWN SOVEREIGNTY TO HAVE

3:43:06 STAFF THERE.

3:43:07 IT'S A DISTRICT ONE TRADITION

3:43:08 TO HAVE STAFF WITHIN THE OFFICE

3:43:09 WITHIN ELECTION DAY AND IT'LL

3:43:11 CONTINUE AS SUCH REGARDLESS IF

3:43:12 THIS PASSES OR NOT.

3:43:13 AGAIN TO EACH THEIR OWN.

3:43:15 UM I DO THINK THAT UH THE

3:43:17 INTENT BEHIND THIS RESOLUTION

3:43:20 IS IS GOOD.

3:43:21 WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE

3:43:22 DEMOCRACY AND ESPECIALLY AT A

3:43:23 TIME WHERE AGAIN THE FEDERAL

3:43:24 ADMINISTRATION.

3:43:25 IS BRINGING DOJ WATCHERS TO.

3:43:27 THE POLLS WHICH COULD.

3:43:29 COULD POTENTIALLY TURN BAD.

3:43:31 UM.

3:43:32 I DO SEE A VALUE IN HAVING

3:43:34 CITY STAFFERS THERE OR

3:43:36 COUNCIL STAFFERS THERE JUST

3:43:37 WATCHING THE WATCHERS TO MAKE

3:43:39 SURE THAT NOTHING GOES HAYWIRE

3:43:40 AND NO ONE'S GETTING THEIR UM

3:43:43 THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE UH,

3:43:45 OBSTRUCTED UM I DO THINK

3:43:47 INHERENTLY WHEN WE ARE AT THE

3:43:48 POLLS IT DOES TURN POLITICAL.

3:43:50 SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE

3:43:51 SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE

3:43:52 FINE TUNED.

3:43:53 MAYBE THAT'S SAYING THAT OUR

3:43:55 CITY COUNCIL STAFFERS SHOULD

3:43:56 ENGAGE IN NOTHING BUT UM,

3:43:59 NONPARTISAN OR NEUTRAL SERVICES

3:44:02 ON ELECTION DAY SO THAT THEY'RE

3:44:04 NOT OUT AT THE POLLS ON DURING

3:44:06 A DAY UM, 9 TO 5 THAT IS

3:44:08 PASSING OUT UM FLIERS OR

3:44:11 WHATEVER.

3:44:11 BUT ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING

3:44:12 TO PROVIDE THIS SORT OF DAY

3:44:14 THAT UM THAT IS SO FORMAL AND

3:44:18 AGAIN, TO COUNCILOR MURPHY'S

3:44:19 POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY

3:44:21 COUNCILORS ARE AND THEIR STAFF

3:44:22 MEMBERS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO

3:44:24 TAKE DAYS BECAUSE OUR DAYS ARE

3:44:25 NOT ACTUALLY 9 TO 5 THEY'RE

3:44:27 FROM 5 TO 9 OR ON WEEKENDS OR

3:44:29 WHATEVER.

3:44:29 SO I DO WANT TO LEAVE THAT

3:44:30 FLEXIBILITY UP TO EACH

3:44:31 INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL OFFICE

3:44:32 .

3:44:33 UM BUT I.

3:44:34 YOU ARE MY CITY

3:44:36 COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

3:44:36 I SUPPORT YOU IN THIS BUT I

3:44:37 WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FUTURE

3:44:39 RESOLUTION AND ESPECIALLY IN A

3:44:41 YEAR THAT WE ARE ON THE BALLOT

3:44:42 HAVE IT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE

3:44:43 FINE TUNED SO IT'S NOT SO UM

3:44:45 POLITICAL AND IT IS A LITTLE

3:44:46 BIT MORE NEUTRAL.

3:44:47 SO I APPRECIATE THIS UM

3:44:50 RESOLUTION.

3:44:50 COUNCILOR BURTON, YOU HAVE THE

3:44:51 FLOOR.

3:44:51 THANK YOU.

3:44:52 I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES, UH,

3:44:54 WEIGHING IN ON THIS.

3:44:56 I THINK THIS IS A A DISCUSSION

3:44:57 WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE IN

3:44:59 THE, UH, CENSUS ELECTIONS AND

3:45:02 REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE LIKE,

3:45:03 UH, TO COUNT FROM HIS POINT

3:45:06 LIKE DEMOCRACY DAY IS A IT'S A

3:45:09 DAY THAT YOU KNOW, I SAY TO

3:45:10 PEOPLE WELL WHAT ARE YOU GOING

3:45:11 TO DO?

3:45:11 I SAID FIRST OF ALL GO VOTE.

3:45:12 AND SECOND OF ALL, WHEN YOU GO

3:45:14 VOTE TAKE FIVE PEOPLE WITH YOU

3:45:16 AND AND AND TALK CHECK IN WITH

3:45:18 PEOPLE.

3:45:18 BUT SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE

3:45:20 OTHER DAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE

3:45:21 THAT WE ASSUME GO TO VOTE ON

3:45:23 ELECTION DAY THEY DON'T GO TO

3:45:24 VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

3:45:26 SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A

3:45:27 LOW TURNOUT IN THE CITY

3:45:28 OF BOSTON IS ALMOST A DISGRACE

3:45:29 LIKE I'VE BEEN REALLY FRANK

3:45:32 THERE'S A I COME FROM NORTHERN

3:45:33 IRELAND WHICH IS LIKE ITS OWN

3:45:35 THING BUT THE CONSTITUENCY I

3:45:38 COME FROM EVERYBODY LOSES THEIR

3:45:39 MIND OF THE IF THE TURNOUT

3:45:41 DROPS TO.

3:45:41 60% WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY WITH

3:45:44 THE TURNOUT OF 60%.

3:45:46 SO I THINK OUR PARTICIPATION IS

3:45:48 LIKE IT'S REALLY REALLY

3:45:50 IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE PAY

3:45:51 ATTENTION AND PARTICIPATE AND

3:45:54 AND REALLY SORT OF ENGAGE WITH

3:45:55 OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS UH, MORE

3:45:58 .

3:45:59 AS WE GO FORWARD.

3:46:00 SO I APPRECIATE THIS IS A AN

3:46:02 IDEA THAT WE HAD JUST THROW IT

3:46:03 OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS

3:46:05 .

3:46:05 UH AND I THINK IN THIS MOMENT

3:46:07 IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE IN A

3:46:09 MIDTERM THAT'S REALLY GOING TO

3:46:10 BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR

3:46:10 THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING

3:46:11 ABOUT ALL AFTERNOON LIKE ON

3:46:13 FUNDING AND ALL OF THAT.

3:46:15 UM, UH, THIS IS A THIS IS AN

3:46:18 OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO HAVE A

3:46:19 LIKE A SOME IT SEEMS SYMBOLIC

3:46:20 BUT I THINK IT'S POWERFUL AND I

3:46:23 THINK IT'S TO REALLY PROMPT

3:46:24 OTHER PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT

3:46:25 OKAY, WHAT AM I DOING ON

3:46:27 ELECTION DAY?

3:46:27 AM I GOING TO GO AND MAKE A

3:46:28 PLAN TO VOTE BECAUSE OUR

3:46:30 TURNOUT IS STILL ABYSMALLY LOW

3:46:32 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO

3:46:33 TO BRING PEOPLE OUT.

3:46:34 SO THANK YOU.

3:46:35 I ENCOURAGE MY MY COLLEAGUES TO

3:46:37 SUPPORT IT BUT YOU KNOW PLEASE

3:46:38 VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE WHATEVER

3:46:39 YOU FEEL.

3:46:40 THANK YOU.

3:46:41 COUNCILOR BRANDON WILL NOW

3:46:42 BE TAKING A VOTE ON THIS.

3:46:43 UM OH.

3:46:44 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

3:46:45 NAME?

3:46:46 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD

3:46:48 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER,

3:46:48 COUNCILOR DURKAN,

3:46:49 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

3:46:50 COUNCILOR MEJIA,

3:46:51 COUNCILOR PEPPER AND

3:46:53 COUNCILOR UH, WEBER

3:46:54 COUNCIL WHERE I AM.

3:46:54 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.

3:46:56 COUNCILOR BRANDON C SUSPENSION

3:46:57 OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION

3:46:58 OF DOCKET 1975.

3:46:59 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, UM,

3:47:02 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU.

3:47:03 PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL

3:47:03 VOTE.

3:47:04 ON DOCKET 1975.

3:47:06 COUNCILOR BREADON.

3:47:06 YES, COUNCILOR.

3:47:07 BREADON.

3:47:07 YES, COUNCILOR.

3:47:08 KILOS.

3:47:09 YES, COUNCILOR.

3:47:10 CLOSE BUDDY.

3:47:11 YES.

3:47:11 COUNCILOR.

3:47:11 CULPEPER.

3:47:12 YES.

3:47:12 COUNCIL.

3:47:12 CULPEPER.

3:47:13 YES.

3:47:13 COUNCILOR.

3:47:14 DURKAN.

3:47:14 COUNCILOR.

3:47:15 DURKAN.

3:47:15 YES.

3:47:15 COUNCILOR.

3:47:16 FITZGERALD.

3:47:17 COUNCILOR.

3:47:17 FITZGERALD.

3:47:18 NO.

3:47:18 COUNCILOR.

3:47:18 FLYNN.

3:47:19 NO.

3:47:19 COUNCILOR.

3:47:20 FLYNN.

3:47:20 NO.

3:47:20 COUNCILOR.

3:47:21 LOUIJEUNE.

3:47:21 YES.

3:47:22 COUNCILOR.

3:47:22 LOUIJEUNE.

3:47:23 YES.

3:47:23 COUNCILOR.

3:47:23 MEJIA.

3:47:25 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.

3:47:26 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

3:47:27 NO.

3:47:27 COUNCILOR.

3:47:28 MURPHY.

3:47:28 NO.

3:47:29 COUNCIL.

3:47:29 PEN.

3:47:29 YES, COUNCILOR.

3:47:30 PEN.

3:47:31 YES.

3:47:31 COUNCIL.

3:47:31 SANTANA.

3:47:32 YES.

3:47:32 COUNCILOR.

3:47:33 SANTANA.

3:47:33 YES.

3:47:34 COUNCIL.

3:47:34 WEBER.

3:47:35 YES.

3:47:35 COUNCIL.

3:47:36 WEBER.

3:47:36 YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.

3:47:38 YES.

3:47:38 COUNCIL.

3:47:38 WELL, YES.

3:47:41 TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE

3:47:43 AND THREE IN THE NEGATIVE.

3:47:45 THANK YOU.

3:47:46 DOCKET 1975 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

3:47:48 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

3:47:49 DOCKET 1976?

3:47:51 DUCKY NUMBER 1976

3:47:53 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE

3:47:54 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

3:47:56 RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS LUNG

3:47:58 CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE

3:47:59 CITY OF BOSTON.

3:48:02 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:48:04 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:48:04 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:48:06 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:48:10 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD

3:48:12 COUNCILOR PÉPIN AS AN ORIGINAL

3:48:13 CO-SPONSOR?

3:48:14 COUNCILOR PEPEN SO ADDED.

3:48:15 MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND AD

3:48:17 COUNCIL WERE ALL AS WELL.

3:48:18 SEEING AND HEARING NO

3:48:20 OBJECTIONS COMES FROM REAL IS

3:48:21 ADDED AS A THIRD.

3:48:24 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:48:26 UH, THIS IS A RESOLUTION

3:48:28 RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS LUNG

3:48:30 CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN

3:48:31 BOSTON.

3:48:33 AS WE KNOW, POPE LEO RECENTLY

3:48:35 UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR LUNG

3:48:37 CANCER AND HAS ALREADY RETURNED

3:48:40 TO WORK IN HIS DUTIES.

3:48:41 WE PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS

3:48:42 CONTINUED RECOVERY.

3:48:44 LUNG CANCER IS A DISEASE IN

3:48:46 WHICH THE CELLS IN THE LUNG

3:48:48 TISSUE CHANGE AND FORM TUMORS

3:48:51 THAT DAMAGE THE LUNGS AND CAN

3:48:53 POTENTIALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT

3:48:54 THE BODY.

3:48:56 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER,

3:48:58 WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 80% OF ALL

3:49:01 LUNG CANCER CASES UH WHILE

3:49:04 SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER MAKES UP

3:49:06 ABOUT 10 TO 15 CASES AND IT

3:49:09 SPREADS SPREADS MORE RAPIDLY

3:49:11 AND DEPENDING ON THE TYPE AND

3:49:13 STAGE OF THE DISEASE, THERE ARE

3:49:15 DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR

3:49:17 PATIENTS TO EXPLORE.

3:49:18 SURGERY IS TYPICALLY PERFORMED

3:49:20 FOR EARLY STAGE TUMORS IN WHICH

3:49:23 A SMALL PIECE OF THE LONG IS

3:49:24 REMOVED.

3:49:25 IN RARE CASES THE WHOLE LUNG

3:49:27 MAY BE REMOVED.

3:49:29 RADIATION.

3:49:30 CHEMOTHERAPY ARE COMMONLY USED

3:49:31 TO KILL OR SHRINK CANCER CELLS.

3:49:34 FOR MANY LUNG CANCER PATIENTS,

3:49:36 CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION

3:49:38 CAUSES SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS

3:49:41 .

3:49:42 THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE

3:49:44 DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER ARE

3:49:46 65 OR OLDER.

3:49:47 THE AVERAGE AGE IS AROUND SEVEN

3:49:49 YEARS.

3:49:50 ACTIVE CIGARETTE SMOKING CAUSES

3:49:54 80 TO 90% OF LUNG CANCER CASES

3:49:56 AND ARE 15 TO 30 TIMES MORE

3:50:00 LIKELY TO GET DIAGNOSED THAN

3:50:02 NONSMOKERS.

3:50:04 ADDITIONALLY, MEN ARE DIAGNOSED

3:50:06 AND DIE AT HIGH RATES THAN

3:50:07 WOMEN AND BLACK MEN ARE ABOUT

3:50:10 12% MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LUNG

3:50:12 CANCER COMPARED TO WHITE MEN.

3:50:14 LUNG CANCER IS THE LEADING

3:50:16 CAUSE OF CANCER RELATED DEATHS

3:50:17 AMONG US VETERANS, WITH BLACK

3:50:21 VETERANS FACING HIGHER RISK DUE

3:50:23 TO MILITARY RELATED EXPOSURES.

3:50:26 BLACK VETERANS EXPERIENCE UM

3:50:30 DISPARITIES IN DNA AND

3:50:33 DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND

3:50:35 SURVIVAL RATES COMPARED TO

3:50:37 OTHER OTHER GROUPS.

3:50:40 THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION

3:50:44 UM CONSISTENTLY RANKS NUMBER

3:50:45 ONE IN THE NATION FOR LUNG

3:50:47 CANCER TREATMENT.

3:50:47 THE RATE OF NEW LUNG

3:50:50 CANCER CASES IS 56.3 PER

3:50:55 100,000 RESIDENTS.

3:50:58 LUNG CANCER PATIENTS IN BOSTON

3:51:00 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR

3:51:02 COMPREHENSIVE CARE SCREENING

3:51:04 RESOURCES TO A MAJOR MEDICAL

3:51:06 CENTERS AND PATIENT SUPPORT

3:51:08 NETWORKS.

3:51:09 THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER THERE ARE

3:51:11 SEVERAL WALKING AND CHARITY

3:51:13 EVENTS TO RAISE AWARENESS.

3:51:15 ON NOVEMBER 7TH AT 9 A.M. A

3:51:18 FOUNDATION, THE LUNG FOUNDATION

3:51:20 WILL BE HOSTING THE DEEP

3:51:22 BOSTON WALK AT ASSEMBLY ROW IN

3:51:24 SOMERVILLE AND INCLUDING THE

3:51:26 LUNG HEALTH RESOURCE FAIR IN

3:51:28 OTHER ACTIVITIES.

3:51:29 THE 2026 SHRINE OF LIGHT WITH

3:51:32 VA THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

3:51:34 EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON

3:51:36 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 8

3:51:37 A.M. IN WEST ROXBURY TO RAISE

3:51:41 LUNG CANCER AWARENESS.

3:51:42 BUT IT'S A IT'S A SIGNIFICANT,

3:51:44 UH, MEDICAL PROBLEM MEDICAL

3:51:47 CHALLENGE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE

3:51:49 ACROSS THIS CITY AND ACROSS THE

3:51:50 COUNTRY.

3:51:51 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:51:53 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:51:54 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA

3:51:55 PEPPER AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:51:57 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:51:58 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN

3:52:01 FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR

3:52:03 AND FOR FINDING THIS VERY

3:52:04 IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.

3:52:06 UM, TO ME, I WANT IT TO BE OUT

3:52:08 OF BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A VERY

3:52:09 PERSONAL THING AT THE MOMENT

3:52:10 FOR THE PÉPIN FAMILY.

3:52:11 UM, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO MY MY

3:52:13 GRANDMOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

3:52:14 LUNG CANCER AND IT IMPACTED OUR

3:52:18 FAMILY HEAVILY AND WE DISCUSS

3:52:20 AS A FAMILY OF HOW ARE WE GOING

3:52:22 TO TAKE CARE OF THIS?

3:52:23 AND LUCKILY JUST A FEW DAYS AGO

3:52:25 SHE WAS ABLE TO RING THE BELL

3:52:27 AT THE HOSPITAL AFTER

3:52:28 COMPLETING ALL THE NECESSARY

3:52:29 TREATMENTS UM TO MAKE SURE THAT

3:52:31 SHE WAS OKAY.

3:52:32 AND THIS IS I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT

3:52:35 PUBLIC HEALTH AND TAKING CARE

3:52:36 OF ONE ANOTHER, BUT IT'S ALWAYS

3:52:38 SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO CHECK

3:52:40 OURSELVES TO TO GO TO THAT

3:52:41 APPOINTMENT TO GO TO YOUR PCP

3:52:44 TO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING

3:52:45 ON UNDERNEATH YOUR SKIN.

3:52:46 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON

3:52:47 INSIDE.

3:52:48 AND UM IT'S ALWAYS SO IMPORTANT

3:52:51 JUST TO BRING THIS THIS TYPE

3:52:52 OF AWARENESS TO THE FLOOR

3:52:54 BECAUSE OF OF HOW IMPORTANT IT

3:52:55 IS.

3:52:56 WE DON'T KNOW WHO WHO'S

3:52:57 IMPACTED BY IT.

3:52:58 AND SO I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL

3:53:00 ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL THE

3:53:02 STAFF AT.

3:53:03 THE THE HOSPITAL OUR NURSES,

3:53:04 OUR DOCTORS.

3:53:05 WHO DO A GREAT JOB FOR DOING

3:53:06 THAT.

3:53:06 I WAS JUST AT A GROUNDBREAKING

3:53:08 ,GROUNDBREAKING EVENT WITH

3:53:10 COUNCILOR DEREK AND

3:53:11 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE MANY OTHERS

3:53:12 .

3:53:13 UM, FOR THE NEW DANA-FARBER

3:53:15 CANCER HOSPITAL THAT IS GOING

3:53:17 TO FOCUS.

3:53:17 IT'S ALL ABOUT CANCER AND I

3:53:19 THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE

3:53:21 RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR

3:53:21 THE COMMONWEALTH.

3:53:22 I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND

3:53:25 I JUST WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE

3:53:26 TO MY GRANDMOTHER AND MAMA.

3:53:28 SO THAT THEY ARE MORE.

3:53:29 AND WHEN TRABAJO TO

3:53:32 TRATAMIENTOS ESTAMOS AQUI PARA

3:53:32 APOYAR AND.

3:53:33 NOBODY WAS PROMPTING.

3:53:35 THANK YOU.

3:53:37 THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN THE

3:53:39 CHAIR RECOGNIZES CULTURAL YOU

3:53:40 HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:53:42 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:53:43 THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:53:45 FOR ADDING ME AS ORIGINAL

3:53:47 CO-SPONSOR AND UM, HAPPY TO

3:53:49 SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

3:53:51 UH, THIS IS ALSO A REMINDER

3:53:52 THAT COUNCILOR PEPEN SAYS YES

3:53:54 PLEASE.

3:53:55 I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO

3:53:56 GO, UM, TO YOUR PRIMARY CARE

3:53:58 PHYSICIAN AND GET CHECKED OUT.

3:53:59 UH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING

3:54:01 ON.

3:54:01 UM, AND IT'S BETTER THAT THEY

3:54:03 CATCH IT EARLIER THAN LATER.

3:54:05 UM, I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, UH,

3:54:07 WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOST THEIR

3:54:09 BATTLE TO CANCER AND I HAVE

3:54:11 SOME THAT HAVE SURVIVED AND, UM

3:54:14 ,THE ONES THAT HAVE SURVIVED

3:54:15 ARE THE ONES WHO GOT IT CHECKED

3:54:17 OUT EARLY.

3:54:17 SO PLEASE I ENCOURAGE UM,

3:54:21 EVERYONE GO GET CHECKED OUT AND

3:54:22 DO IT ROUTINELY.

3:54:23 UH, BECAUSE UM, IT IS A MATTER

3:54:26 OF OF LIFE AND DEATH EARLY THAT

3:54:28 THEY CATCH IT.

3:54:28 UH, THE MORE LIKELY LIKELIHOOD

3:54:31 THAT YOU HAVE A.

3:54:32 SO THANK YOU AGAIN JUST LOOKING

3:54:33 FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AND

3:54:34 CONTINUE RAISING AWARENESS

3:54:37 AROUND CANCER.

3:54:37 THANK YOU.

3:54:39 THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL.

3:54:42 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

3:54:43 NAME?

3:54:45 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER

3:54:47 COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONTRA

3:54:48 DURKAN CONTRA FITZGERALD

3:54:50 CANCER LOUIJEUNE COUNTRY.

3:54:51 MAHINA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNTRY

3:54:53 SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND

3:54:54 PLEASE UH THE CHAIR COUNCILORS

3:54:56 FLYNN, PÉPIN AND MORRELL SIX

3:54:59 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

3:55:00 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1976.

3:55:03 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:55:05 ALL OPPOSED NAY.

3:55:07 THE AYES HAVE A DOCKET 1976 HAS

3:55:10 BEEN ADOPTED.

3:55:12 UM AS ANYONE.

3:55:13 BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE GREEN

3:55:16 SHEETS, IS THERE ANYONE WHO

3:55:17 WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO

3:55:19 A DOC THAT THEY MAY HAVE

3:55:20 MISSED?

3:55:20 IF YOU PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON, WE

3:55:21 CAN.

3:55:23 COUNCILOR MURPHY?

3:55:24 YES.

3:55:24 COULD YOU, UM.

3:55:26 COULD YOU PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO

3:55:29 1774 AND 1974 AND ALSO PUT MY

3:55:32 VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE?

3:55:34 PLEASE.

3:55:35 WHICH 1177 4 IN 1 9721.

3:55:45 SO OKAY.

3:55:46 IT WAS BEFORE IT WAS A VOTE

3:55:49 OF MATTERS WAS.

3:55:55 SO 1770.

3:55:57 THAT'S.

3:56:00 IT'S ON PAGE FOUR OF NINE

3:56:02 THE COMMITTEE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

3:56:04 RACIAL.

3:56:05 IMMIGRANTS A ROLL CALL VOTE.

3:56:07 YEP AND I WANTED TO BE IN THE

3:56:10 AFFIRMATIVE FOR THAT ROLL CALL

3:56:10 VOTE PLEASE.

3:56:14 THANK YOU.

3:56:16 OKAY.

3:56:17 I'VE GOT THAT.

3:56:17 UM.

3:56:17 AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE.

3:56:20 I HAVE TO GO THROUGH ON THE

3:56:21 ROLL CALLS.

3:56:33 FOR QUICK.

3:56:35 I'D LIKE TO BE A YES, PLEASE.

3:56:37 THANK YOU.

3:56:37 AND THEN FOR 1974 IS

3:56:42 COUNCIL RULES RESOLUTION IN

3:56:44 SUPPORT OF THE JUDGE LESLIE

3:56:46 HARRIS COURTHOUSE.

3:56:46 I'D LIKE TO BE IN THE

3:56:48 AFFIRMATIVE, PLEASE.

3:56:50 THANK YOU.

3:56:50 YEP.

3:56:51 THANK YOU.

3:56:52 OKAY.

3:56:52 GOT THAT.

3:56:54 UM, COUNCILOR.

3:56:55 UH, FLYNN, YOU, UH, HAD SOME

3:56:57 ADDITIONS?

3:56:58 YES.

3:56:59 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:56:59 UM, ON DOCKET NUMBER 1969,

3:57:03 COULD I ADD MY NAME AND ALSO,

3:57:06 UM, VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE?

3:57:18 OKAY.

3:57:18 ANYONE ELSE?

3:57:20 OKAY, GOOD.

3:57:21 UM.

3:57:24 OH.

3:57:24 COUNCILMEMBER HERE.

3:57:25 THANK YOU.

3:57:26 PARDON?

3:57:27 YES.

3:57:27 UM.

3:57:28 I WOULD LIKE TO.

3:57:30 JUST FOR THE ABUNDANCE

3:57:32 OF CAUTION.

3:57:34 ADD MY NAME AND I.

3:57:36 GO ON THE RECORD FOR YES.

3:57:38 ROLL CALL VOTES.

3:57:40 FOR UM I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE

3:57:41 IT WAS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO

3:57:42 TELL.

3:57:42 YOU FROM UM.

3:57:47 1519 TO, UH, 1833.

3:57:52 I JUST WANT TO GO.

3:57:54 ON THE RECORD.

3:57:57 AS AFFIRMATIVE.

3:58:00 TO.

3:58:06 1519 TO.

3:58:07 2021.

3:58:08 1833 JUST.

3:58:13 SO 2122.

3:58:14 2324 IN 1888.

3:58:17 JUST IN CASE.

3:58:21 IN 1884, 83, 8381 SO.

3:58:33 THANK YOU.

3:58:34 OKAY.

3:58:34 AND ONE SECOND.

3:58:40 HERE.

3:58:41 YES OKAY SO SO 20.

3:58:52 22.

3:58:56 OKAY WE'RE GOOD.

3:58:58 THANK YOU, MR CLERK.

3:59:00 UM WE'RE NOW ON THE GREEN

3:59:01 SHEETS.

3:59:02 IS ANYONE WISHING TO PULL FROM

3:59:03 THE GREEN SHEETS TODAY?

3:59:05 NO.

3:59:08 UM, THEN WE MOVE ON.

3:59:10 IS THERE UH, DO WE HAVE ANY

3:59:12 MR CHAIR FOR ME?

3:59:13 DO WE HAVE ANY FILES TO.

3:59:15 WE TRULY ADD FUNDS.

3:59:16 PERSONNEL TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.

3:59:20 I'M IN FIRM, BUT I AM INFORMED

3:59:21 BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE TWO

3:59:23 LEAD FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS.

3:59:25 WE WILL TAKE THESE LEAD FILE

3:59:26 MATTERS ONE AT A TIME.

3:59:28 ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE

3:59:29 PERSONNEL ORDERS WILL BE ADDED.

3:59:32 MR CLERK, WILL YOU READ?

3:59:33 PLEASE READ THE FIRST LEAD FILE

3:59:35 MATTER.

3:59:36 UM A SLATE FILE MATTER

3:59:38 PERSONNEL ORDER.

3:59:39 COUNSELOR BRAIN FOR

3:59:40 COUNCIL OF THE 10TH.

3:59:42 THANK YOU.

3:59:43 THE CHAIRMAN PASSAGE OF THIS

3:59:44 LEAD FILE AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY

3:59:46 AYE.

3:59:47 OPPOSED?

3:59:48 SAY NAY.

3:59:48 THE AYES HAVE IT.

3:59:50 ANY OTHER.

3:59:51 SECONDLY FILE MATTER PERSONNEL

3:59:53 ORDER AS WELL.

3:59:54 COUNSELOR BRAIN FOR CENTRAL

3:59:57 CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.

3:59:58 THANK YOU.

3:59:59 THE CHAIR PASSAGE OF THE

4:00:00 SLATE FILE.

4:00:01 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

4:00:03 UNOPPOSED.

4:00:04 SAY NAY.

4:00:06 THANK YOU.

4:00:06 THESE LATE FILE MATTERS HAVE

4:00:08 PASSED.

4:00:10 UM, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE

4:00:12 CONSENT AGENDA.

4:00:13 I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE TRUCK

4:00:15 THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO

4:00:16 THE CONSENT AGENDA.

4:00:17 THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON

4:00:19 APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS

4:00:20 CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT

4:00:22 AGENDA.

4:00:22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.

4:00:25 THANK YOU.

4:00:26 THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN

4:00:27 APPROVED.

4:00:28 WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS

4:00:30 .

4:00:30 PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE

4:00:32 FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.

4:00:34 UM.

4:00:34 IF YOU PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON,

4:00:35 WE'LL TAKE YOU.

4:00:36 UM, WE'LL JUST GO AROUND THE

4:00:38 ROOM.

4:00:38 UH, ANYONE WHO DOES ANYONE HAVE

4:00:40 AN ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING

4:00:42 MEJIA?

4:00:43 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:00:46 UM.

4:00:47 I WANT TO WELCOME BACK,

4:00:48 ELLEN.

4:00:48 THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.

4:00:50 YOU YOU WERE MISSED HERE IN THE

4:00:52 CHAMBER, SO WELCOME BACK.

4:00:53 UM, TOMORROW OUR OFFICE IS

4:00:58 HOSTING OUR FOURTH ANNUAL

4:01:00 SCHOOL VIBES EVENT.

4:01:01 I KNOW THAT IT'S IN YOUR

4:01:03 DISTRICT COUNCIL CULPEPER.

4:01:04 SO YOU'LL BE COMING THROUGH.

4:01:06 AND I KNOW COUNCILOR WORRELL AS

4:01:07 THE VICE CHAIR OF EDUCATION

4:01:09 WILL BE, UH, MAKING THEIR WAY

4:01:10 THERE.

4:01:11 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO

4:01:12 WELCOMING YOU.

4:01:13 UH, SCHOOL VIBES IS REALLY AN

4:01:15 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CHECK IN.

4:01:17 OFTENTIMES IT'S AROUND THIS

4:01:18 TIME THAT FAMILIES ARE

4:01:20 EXPERIENCING THE DIFFICULTIES

4:01:22 OF NAVIGATING THE BOSTON PUBLIC

4:01:23 SCHOOLS WHETHER IT BE

4:01:25 TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, IEPS,

4:01:28 SUPPORT SERVICES, EVERYTHING

4:01:31 AND ANYTHING.

4:01:31 AND SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS

4:01:33 CREATE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR

4:01:35 FAMILIES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR

4:01:36 RESOURCES WHO ARE LOOKING TO

4:01:37 UM, GAIN MORE INFORMATION.

4:01:40 WE HAVE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

4:01:42 ,UM WHO ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

4:01:45 WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT.

4:01:47 WE ALSO HAVE UM A COAT DRIVE SO

4:01:49 IT'S GETTING COLDER.

4:01:51 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR

4:01:52 LITTLE CLOTHING BOUTIQUE.

4:01:54 UM AND ELLEN YOU'VE BEEN A BIG

4:01:55 SUPPORTER IN YEARS PAST AND SO

4:01:57 WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY

4:01:58 FREE COATS TO FAMILIES.

4:02:00 SO IT'S GOING TO BE TOMORROW AT

4:02:01 THE BRUCE BOLAND BUILDING.

4:02:03 UM IT STARTS AT FIVE FROM 5.

4:02:07 TO 8.

4:02:08 UM UM SO COME THROUGH FOR UH

4:02:11 RESOURCES AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING

4:02:13 TO DO IS CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE

4:02:14 THINGS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT

4:02:15 THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL

4:02:17 YEAR.

4:02:17 SO WE'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW

4:02:19 AT THE BRUCE BOLAND BUILDING I

4:02:21 KNOW COUNCIL CULPEPER AND WE

4:02:22 WILL BE THERE.

4:02:23 AND IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES

4:02:24 WANT TO SHOW UP LET ME KNOW AND

4:02:25 I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE

4:02:26 ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS WELL.

4:02:27 THANK YOU.

4:02:28 FROM HERE THE CHAIR

4:02:29 RECOGNIZES COUNCIL.

4:02:30 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:02:31 THANK YOU.

4:02:32 UH, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANTED

4:02:33 TO.

4:02:34 ARISE TO CONGRATULATE.

4:02:35 OUR VERY OWN SHANE PACK FOR

4:02:36 GETTING THE SHATTUCK AWARD

4:02:37 TONIGHT.

4:02:38 SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SHANE.

4:02:39 THANK YOU.

4:02:40 UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:02:42 COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE

4:02:43 FLOOR.

4:02:44 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

4:02:45 UM, I HAVE A COUPLE

4:02:47 OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

4:02:48 UH, THE FIRST ONE I DO WANT TO

4:02:50 MAKE NOTE OF IS THIS SATURDAY,

4:02:52 OCTOBER 24TH FROM 9 TO 11.

4:02:55 I'LL BE HOSTING A COFFEE HOUR

4:02:58 IN THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD

4:03:00 AT CAFE NERO ON CONCOURSE

4:03:02 STREET.

4:03:03 SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO STOP BY

4:03:04 AND SAY HELLO.

4:03:06 UH, TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD

4:03:07 ISSUES AND CONNECT WITH OUR

4:03:08 NEIGHBORS.

4:03:09 AGAIN, IT'S THIS SATURDAY,

4:03:11 OCTOBER 24TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 11

4:03:13 A.M. THE OTHER EVENT I DO WANT

4:03:15 TO HIGHLIGHT IS UM I WANT I

4:03:18 WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FIVE

4:03:19 GRADUATES FOR MY DISTRICT UM,

4:03:22 WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE PATH UP

4:03:25 AND CAREER FAMILY OPPORTUNITY

4:03:28 PROGRAM.

4:03:28 THESE DETERMINED AND RESILIENT

4:03:30 GRADUATES HAVE SPENT 3 TO 5

4:03:32 YEARS.

4:03:33 WORKING WITH MOBILITY MATTERS

4:03:34 TO ACHIEVE THEIR ECONOMIC GOALS

4:03:37 AND BUILD BRIGHTER FUTURES.

4:03:39 THIS PROGRAM UM THEIR CEO IS

4:03:43 MAYOR CHENEY.

4:03:43 THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE

4:03:45 INCREASED EARNINGS, GREATER

4:03:47 SAVINGS, IMPROVED EMPLOYMENT

4:03:49 AND COMPLETED EDUCATION AND

4:03:51 TRAINING.

4:03:51 WE CELEBRATE THEIR HARD WORK,

4:03:53 PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT TO

4:03:55 CREATING LASTING CHANGE.

4:03:57 THE CELEBRATION WILL TAKE PLACE

4:03:58 THIS SATURDAY AT ROXBURY

4:04:00 COMMUNITY COLLEGE 11 A.M. AND

4:04:02 FINALLY UM PEST CONTROL

4:04:05 HEARING.

4:04:05 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT HEARING

4:04:07 THIS FRIDAY AT 10 A.M..

4:04:09 UM HOPE EVERYONE CAN ATTEND.

4:04:12 UH ESPECIALLY DISTRICT CITY

4:04:14 COUNCIL AS I KNOW WE ALL HAVE

4:04:16 BEEN RECEIVING SO MANY QUALITY

4:04:20 OF LIFE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS

4:04:21 IT'S PROBABLY THE ISSUE I

4:04:23 RECEIVE THE MOST CALLS ON IS

4:04:25 PEST CONTROL.

4:04:26 WHAT ARE WE DOING ON MAKING

4:04:28 SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE SAFEST

4:04:29 AND HEALTHIEST ENVIRONMENT FOR

4:04:31 OUR FAMILIES?

4:04:32 UM BUT PEST CONTROL IS A

4:04:34 CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND

4:04:36 PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

4:04:37 I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL

4:04:39 OF MY CITY COUNCILORS TO BE

4:04:41 THERE THIS FRIDAY AT 10 A.M..

4:04:45 UM HOPE YOU CAN ALL ATTEND.

4:04:46 UM, I'LL BE CHAIRING THE

4:04:48 MEETING.

4:04:48 I DON'T THINK I REALLY HAVE

4:04:49 MISSED ANYONE'S MEETING UM IN

4:04:53 OVER IN A YEAR.

4:04:54 SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE

4:04:55 TO PLEASE BE THERE TO SUPPORT

4:04:58 NOT JUST SUPPORT ME BUT TO

4:04:59 SUPPORT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO

4:05:01 NEED THAT, UM, ADVOCACY.

4:05:03 THANK YOU.

4:05:05 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

4:05:05 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES TO

4:05:07 HAPPEN.

4:05:07 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:05:09 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

4:05:11 UM.

4:05:13 I'M NOT GOING TO BE AT YOUR

4:05:15 HEARING COUNSELOR ON FRIDAY,

4:05:16 BUT IT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING

4:05:17 TO BE IN A WALK THROUGH WITH MY

4:05:18 RESIDENTS.

4:05:20 UM, AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WITH

4:05:22 PRIDE ISSUES TO REACH OUT TO

4:05:23 I-S-D FOR A WALKTHROUGH OF YOUR

4:05:25 STREETS.

4:05:25 THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE.

4:05:27 UM, SHOUT OUT TO THEM.

4:05:29 I WANT TO WISH MY SISTER A VERY

4:05:31 HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

4:05:32 SHE HER BIRTHDAY IS ON THE 25TH

4:05:34 AND IT'S BEEN A BIG MONTH FOR

4:05:36 HER.

4:05:36 SHE ALSO JUST GOT MARRIED.

4:05:38 OUR OWN CLERK WAS ABLE TO MARRY

4:05:39 HER.

4:05:40 UM, A FEW DAYS AGO ON THIS PAST

4:05:43 FRIDAY.

4:05:43 SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE

4:05:44 HER AND HER AND HER NEW

4:05:45 HUSBAND.

4:05:47 UM, VERY VERY VERY PROUD BIG

4:05:49 BROTHER OVER HERE.

4:05:50 SO WANTED TO SAY

4:05:51 CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY

4:05:52 BIRTHDAY.

4:05:53 SO THAT'S IT FOR ME.

4:05:54 THANK YOU.

4:05:55 COUNCILOR PIPPEN, THE CHAIR

4:05:56 RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN

4:05:57 COUNTRY.

4:05:58 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:05:59 THANK YOU.

4:06:00 CHAIR.

4:06:00 UM, IT'S MY OLDER SISTER

4:06:02 KAYLEE'S BIRTHDAY AND, UM, JUST

4:06:04 WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I

4:06:05 DIDN'T GET YOU KNOW, IF SHE

4:06:07 FOUND OUT THAT OTHER PEOPLE

4:06:08 WERE BEING TOLD HAPPY BIRTHDAY

4:06:09 ON HER BIRTHDAY, SHE'D BE MAD.

4:06:11 SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAYLEE.

4:06:13 VERY GOOD.

4:06:15 WE WISH ALL OF THEM A HAPPY

4:06:16 BIRTHDAY.

4:06:17 UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?

4:06:19 OH, GOOD.

4:06:21 UM.

4:06:23 COUNTER LOUIJEUNE THIS IS

4:06:24 ALREADY MENTIONED.

4:06:25 THE SHADOW UM SHADOW AWARDS ARE

4:06:27 TONIGHT.

4:06:27 EVERYONE IS INVITED.

4:06:29 UH, AND OUR VERY OWN SHIN SHIN

4:06:31 PARK IS RECEIVING AN AWARD AS

4:06:33 AN OUTSTANDING CITY EMPLOYEE

4:06:34 AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD

4:06:36 OF HIM.

4:06:36 UH, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL

4:06:38 THERE.

4:06:39 UM, THE SHIVA AWARDEES WILL BE

4:06:41 IN AND CITY COUNCIL IN THE

4:06:43 CURRENT ROOM IN TWO WEEKS TIME.

4:06:44 UH, SO THAT WE CAN ALL GREET

4:06:46 THEM AND CONGRATULATE THEM AND

4:06:47 THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE IN

4:06:48 TWO WEEKS TIME.

4:06:50 UH, WE'RE NOW ON TO MEMORIALS.

4:06:53 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A

4:06:55 NAME, PLEASE?

4:06:57 UH, WE'LL START OFF IF YOU PUT

4:06:58 YOUR NAMES.

4:06:59 UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE

4:07:00 YOUR LIGHT ON.

4:07:02 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

4:07:03 UM.

4:07:05 I THE THE FIRST PERSON I DO

4:07:07 WANT TO MENTION IS GRACE

4:07:10 CAMPBELL FROM CHARLESTOWN.

4:07:13 I'M I'M FRIENDLY WITH HER

4:07:16 DAUGHTER KIM MAHONEY, BUT SHE

4:07:18 COMES FROM A LARGE CHARLESTOWN

4:07:19 FAMILY.

4:07:20 VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

4:07:21 BUT ONE OF I WANT TO EXTEND OUR

4:07:24 CONDOLENCES TO, UM, GRACE AND

4:07:26 HER FAMILY.

4:07:28 WONDERFUL PERSON.

4:07:30 THE NEXT PERSON I DO WANT TO

4:07:32 ACKNOWLEDGE IS JOAN CAMPBELL.

4:07:35 UM, WHO CAME TO BOSTON AS A

4:07:38 YOUNG WOMAN WHERE SHE BUILT A

4:07:39 CAREER AS A MODEL BEFORE

4:07:42 ESTABLISHING AND ESTABLISHING

4:07:44 AND RUNNING HER OWN MODELING

4:07:46 AGENCY.

4:07:47 SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE BAY

4:07:48 VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE

4:07:51 LIVED ON CHURCH STREET FOR

4:07:53 ABOUT SIX DECADES.

4:07:54 UM, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SO

4:07:57 MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES

4:07:59 INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY AS IT

4:08:01 RELATED TO THE ADULT

4:08:03 ENTERTAINMENT IN IN ADDRESSING

4:08:05 THOSE CHALLENGES, ADDRESSING

4:08:06 THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES

4:08:08 BECAUSE BAY VILLAGE WAS AN

4:08:10 ENTIRELY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD

4:08:12 YEARS AGO WITH A LOT OF WITH A

4:08:14 LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AS

4:08:16 A AS A AS A RESULT.

4:08:17 BUT JOAN CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO

4:08:19 THE BAY VILLAGE.

4:08:21 UM THROUGH HER UM KINDNESS HER

4:08:24 ACTIONS.

4:08:26 SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE BAY

4:08:27 VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD

4:08:28 ASSOCIATION AND SHE WAS A

4:08:30 WONDERFUL PERSON.

4:08:31 AND I.

4:08:33 JUST HAVE TWO OTHERS THAT I

4:08:34 WOULD LIKE TO MENTION OF OF

4:08:37 DORCHESTER IN SOUTH BOSTON IS

4:08:39 ALICE SNEAD.

4:08:40 ALICE WAS A RETIRED WORKER AT

4:08:42 JOHN HANCOCK.

4:08:44 UM SHE WAS A BELOVED WIFE TO

4:08:45 THE LATE JOHN NEE FOR 71 YEARS.

4:08:48 DEVOTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND

4:08:49 GREAT GRANDMOTHER FOR A LARGE

4:08:51 AND LOVING FAMILY.

4:08:53 WHAT'S HER LASTING LEGACY?

4:08:55 WILL MISS HER.

4:08:56 AND FINALLY A CLOSE FRIEND IN

4:08:59 SOUTH BOSTON RAYMOND CONNELLY.

4:09:01 UM, A PROUD SON OF SOUTH BOSTON

4:09:04 AND A FOUNDER OF THE IRISH

4:09:05 VOLUNTEERS.

4:09:06 MUSICAL GROUP.

4:09:09 UM, A GIFTED STORYTELLER

4:09:11 MUSICIAN UM CAME FROM A

4:09:13 WONDERFUL FAMILY AND I KNOW

4:09:16 HE'LL BE MISSED.

4:09:19 IF YOU REMEMBER THE AN OLD

4:09:21 PLACE AND RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD

4:09:22 USED TO BE CALLED THE MIDNIGHT

4:09:24 COURT.

4:09:24 THAT'S WHERE HE USED TO PLAY

4:09:26 IRISH MUSIC FOR, UH, FOR YEARS

4:09:29 .

4:09:29 SO HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY UM,

4:09:32 WITH HIS DAUGHTER CAROLYN BY

4:09:34 HIS SIDE.

4:09:34 HE'LL BE REMEMBERED WITH

4:09:35 ENDURING LOVE AND LAUGHTER.

4:09:37 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

4:09:38 THANK YOU.

4:09:39 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:09:40 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A

4:09:41 PARTNER.

4:09:41 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:09:42 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

4:09:43 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT THE

4:09:44 NAME OF GRACE CAMPBELL.

4:09:45 UM, MOTHER TO KIM MAHONEY WHO

4:09:47 IS THE OWNER OF THE WARREN

4:09:48 TAVERN BUT IS JUST SO INVOLVED

4:09:50 IN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS

4:09:51 BUNKER HILL ASSOCIATES AND, UM

4:09:52 AND A FRIEND.

4:09:53 UM, SO MY MY HEART GOES OUT TO

4:09:55 THE CAR.

4:09:56 CAMPBELL AND MAHONEY FAMILY.

4:09:58 UM, I ALSO HAVE TWO NAMES THAT

4:10:00 I DON'T THINK I SENT TO YOU.

4:10:01 UM.

4:10:01 AND MADAM.

4:10:02 PRESIDENT.

4:10:02 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO RECENT

4:10:03 BUT, UM, A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND

4:10:05 AND FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

4:10:06 OF HOME-START LINDA WOOD BOYLE

4:10:08 .

4:10:08 UM, AND ALSO ANTHONY IPPOLITO

4:10:10 WHO.

4:10:11 IS.

4:10:11 UH, THE BROTHER OF A CLOSE.

4:10:14 UM CLOSE CONSTITUENT.

4:10:15 AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT

4:10:17 LEAST, UM, OCTOBER 26TH IS THE

4:10:19 ANNIVERSARY OF MY HUSBAND'S, UH

4:10:20 ,MOTHER'S PASSING.

4:10:21 UH, SHE PASSED VERY SUDDENLY IN

4:10:23 HIGH SCHOOL.

4:10:23 UM, WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL

4:10:25 AND IT WAS JUST DEVASTATING FOR

4:10:26 THE FAMILY.

4:10:26 HER NAME WAS KATIE DAD RESTREPO

4:10:28 AND I'D LIKE TO SAY HER NAME.

4:10:29 IN THE CHAMBERS.

4:10:29 THANK YOU.

4:10:31 CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM

4:10:33 LOUIJEUNE.

4:10:33 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:10:34 THANK YOU.

4:10:35 I'D LIKE TO LIFT.

4:10:36 UP, UH AND I RAMPAL WHO IS.

4:10:38 UM, UH, THE GRANDMOTHER OF MY

4:10:42 COUSIN AND SO, UM, WE GREW UP

4:10:45 CALLING HER QUINCY NOW.

4:10:46 SHE DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK AT

4:10:48 THE AGE OF 102.

4:10:50 UM.

4:10:51 GROWING UP.

4:10:52 I HONESTLY WHENEVER WE WENT TO

4:10:54 NEW YORK I DIDN'T KNOW

4:10:55 MANHATTAN WAS A THING.

4:10:56 I JUST THOUGHT THAT NEW YORK

4:10:57 WAS FLATBUSH IN QUEENS AND IT'S

4:10:59 BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE WENT TO

4:11:00 NEW YORK TO VISIT OUR FAMILY WE

4:11:02 THE FIRST STOP WAS ALWAYS GOING

4:11:04 TO NICE HOUSE.

4:11:05 UM AND SO I KNOW MY COUSINS ARE

4:11:07 REALLY REALLY.

4:11:07 EVEN DYING AT 102.

4:11:10 UM MY COUSINS ARE REALLY REALLY

4:11:13 REALLY HEARTBROKEN.

4:11:14 AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOST A

4:11:16 LOT OF THE MATRIARCHS IN OUR

4:11:17 FAMILY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS

4:11:19 AND THIS IS A BIG BLOW UM, TO.

4:11:22 UH.

4:11:23 THE LOUIJEUNE THAT IMPACTED

4:11:24 FAMILIES.

4:11:24 AND SO I WANT TO GIVE MY

4:11:26 CONDOLENCES TO MY COUSINS AND

4:11:28 UM TO ALL THE FAMILIES

4:11:29 MOURNING.

4:11:30 THEY ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THE

4:11:32 NAME OF JOHN DANIEL, SAID MARK

4:11:33 .

4:11:34 HE IS THE FATHER OF THE

4:11:37 FIREFIGHTER HERE, MATTHEW SAINT

4:11:38 MARK UM, WHO DIED RECENTLY UH,

4:11:41 LAST WEEK.

4:11:43 UM AND MATT IS RIGHT NOW.

4:11:46 UM, IN UH ARMY UH TRAINING UH

4:11:50 AND AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY AND

4:11:52 LOVED ONES AND I KNOW THAT'S

4:11:53 REALLY INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AS

4:11:55 HE EXPERIENCES THE LOSS OF HIS

4:11:56 FATHER AFTER JUST EXPERIENCING

4:11:58 THE LOSS OF HIS NEPHEW WHO'S

4:12:00 HIS NAMESAKE.

4:12:01 SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY DEEP,

4:12:02 DEEP CONDOLENCES TO THE ENTIRE

4:12:04 SAINT MARK FAMILY.

4:12:05 THEY ALSO JUST LOST A COUSIN,

4:12:07 UH, TO A TRAGIC DEATH IN

4:12:09 BROCKTON.

4:12:09 AND SO THEY'RE REALLY, UH,

4:12:11 HURTING RIGHT NOW WHEN IT RAINS

4:12:12 IT POURS.

4:12:13 AND SO JUST UPLIFTING TO SAY

4:12:14 MARK FAMILY.

4:12:15 THANK YOU.

4:12:17 CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:12:19 COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILMEMBER

4:12:19 O'CONNELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:12:21 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

4:12:23 AND I LIKE TO REMEMBER, UM, THE

4:12:26 COLEMAN FAMILY, UM, AND A

4:12:28 COLEMAN, UH, ONE OF THE OLDEST,

4:12:30 UH, RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE

4:12:32 IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

4:12:33 UM, A RESIDENT OF MATTAPAN HAS

4:12:35 PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 105

4:12:40 YEARS OLD.

4:12:41 UH, ONE OF THE OLDEST, UM, UH,

4:12:43 RESIDENTS IN MATTAPAN JUST

4:12:45 WANTED TO.

4:12:46 UH.

4:12:47 LIFT HER NAME UP AND

4:12:48 REMEMBER THE FAMILY.

4:12:50 UH, THE COLEMAN FAMILY.

4:12:51 THANK YOU.

4:13:00 ON BEHALF OF CITY

4:13:02 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

4:13:03 UH, JOE JOE JOE CAMPBELL.

4:13:07 ALICE UH.

4:13:08 LEE MP CALMLY ON BEHALF

4:13:12 OF COUNCILORS COLLETTA AND

4:13:13 FLYNN GRACE ELIZABETH CAMPBELL

4:13:16 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN

4:13:17 DIVISION.

4:13:19 A SENIOR RENTAL AND ALL OF THE

4:13:22 AFOREMENTIONED UH FOLKS HAVE

4:13:24 PASSED RECENTLY.

4:13:27 THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE

4:13:28 CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT

4:13:31 DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE

4:13:33 AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.

4:13:34 A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.

4:13:44 THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO

4:13:46 MEET AGAIN AND THE IRON CHAMBER

4:13:48 ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH,

4:13:50 2026 AT 12 P.M..

4:13:52 THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES,

4:13:54 CENTRAL STAFF, THE CHAIR, THE

4:13:56 TAX OFFICE AND ONCE AGAIN

4:13:58 WELCOME BACK TO UH JUST

4:13:59 CONSISTING OF A SONOGRAPHER

4:14:01 ELLEN.

4:14:02 UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING

4:14:04 JOURNEYMAN PLEASE SAY AYE.

4:14:05 UH.

4:14:06 THANK YOU.

4:14:08 THIS COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.