Boston City Council Meeting on October 21, 2026
2026-10-21

[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.