Boston City Council Meeting on September 30, 2026
2026-09-30

[1:18] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[1:20] I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING
[1:22] OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
[1:24] VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE
[1:25] COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON
[1:28] YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH
[1:29] CITY COUNCIL DASH TV.
[1:32] AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
[1:33] COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE
[1:34] AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE
[1:35] THEIR CELL PHONES AND
[1:36] ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
[1:38] ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42, I
[1:41] REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT
[1:43] NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
[1:44] DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
[1:45] PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
[1:47] THANK YOU.
[1:49] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE,
[1:50] UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE TO
[1:52] ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A
[1:53] QUORUM?
[1:54] COUNCILOR BREADON HERE.
[1:56] COUNCIL.
[1:56] COLLETTA.
[1:57] ZAPATA.
[1:58] COUNCILOR.
[1:58] CULPEPER.
[1:59] COUNCILOR.
[2:00] DURKAN.
[2:00] COUNCILOR.
[2:01] FITZGERALD.
[2:02] COUNCILOR.
[2:02] FLYNN.
[2:03] COUNCIL.
[2:04] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:04] COUNCILOR.
[2:05] MEJIA.
[2:07] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:07] COUNCILOR.
[2:08] THE PEN.
[2:09] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[2:11] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[2:11] AND COUNCILOR.
[2:12] WORLD OF PALMS.
[2:14] THANK YOU, MR CLERK.
[2:15] I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE TALK
[2:16] THAT THE QUORUM QUORUM IS
[2:18] PRESENT.
[2:19] NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ASK
[2:21] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER
[2:22] TO COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE
[2:23] HER TO THIS CLERGY.
[2:32] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:33] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
[2:34] UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO WELCOME
[2:36] FATHER PAOLO COMING HERE.
[2:38] DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
[2:40] EXCELLENT.
[2:40] OKAY.
[2:40] UM, FROM EAST BOSTON, FROM
[2:42] SACRED HEART CHURCH WHICH IS MY
[2:43] HOME PARISH IN EAST BOSTON.
[2:45] HE WAS BORN IN ITALY AND AFTER
[2:48] SCHOOLING HE JOINED THE
[2:49] SEMINARY OF THE FRATERNITY
[2:50] OF SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO IN
[2:51] ROME IN 2001 HE WAS OR HE WAS
[2:54] ORDAINED DEACON AND ASSIGNED TO
[2:55] THE MISSION OF THE OF THE
[2:57] FRATERNITY IN TAIWAN AND AFTER
[2:58] TEN YEARS IN TAIWAN AND A SHORT
[3:00] VISIT BACK TO ITALY, HE ARRIVED
[3:02] IN BOSTON AT THE BEGINNING
[3:03] OF 2012 AND TAUGHT MATH AT
[3:05] CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL IN
[3:06] DORCHESTER.
[3:08] IN JUNE 2013 CARDINAL SEAN
[3:09] O'MALLEY ENTRUSTED THE PASTORAL
[3:11] CARE OF SAINT CLEMENT PARISH IN
[3:13] MEDFORD IN SOMERVILLE WHERE HE
[3:15] TAUGHT MATH AND RELIGION AT
[3:16] SAINT CLEMENT HIGH SCHOOL FOR
[3:17] FOUR YEARS.
[3:18] AFTER THE PARISH SCHOOL CLOSED
[3:22] IN 2017 HE ARRIVED AS VICAR AT
[3:24] AT THE BEVERLY UM AT A BEVERLY
[3:27] CHURCH AND LATER APPOINTED
[3:29] CHAPLAIN AT THE SHRINE OF OUR
[3:30] LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE IN THE
[3:31] SEAPORT DISTRICT IN BOSTON ON
[3:34] AUGUST 1ST 2020 EAST BOSTON
[3:35] WELCOME FATHER TO SACRED HEART
[3:37] PARISH IN EAST BOSTON AND AS I
[3:38] MENTIONED SACRED HEART IS MY
[3:39] FAMILY PARISH.
[3:40] I WAS BAPTIZED THERE, I GOT
[3:42] COMMUNION THERE I RECEIVED I
[3:44] WAS CONFIRMED UM AND IT'S BEEN
[3:46] REALLY A PLEASURE AND I'M
[3:48] THRILLED TO SEE HOW MUCH THE
[3:49] CHURCH HAS THRIVED SINCE HIS
[3:51] ARRIVAL.
[3:51] HE'S OPENED UP THE, UH, SPACE
[3:54] IN THE BASEMENT FOR A SOUP
[3:55] KITCHEN WHICH MEETS EVERY FIRST
[3:57] FIRST WEDNESDAY OF SECOND
[3:59] WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
[3:59] I'M HAPPY THAT YOU CORRECTED
[4:01] ME AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO
[4:02] SEE THIS CHURCH COME ALIVE AND
[4:05] WELCOME UH, IN UM, FOLKS FROM
[4:08] EAST BOSTON NO MATTER WHO THEY
[4:10] ARE, WHERE THEY COME FROM, UM,
[4:11] IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL UH, TIME
[4:14] TO TO BE WITH EVERYBODY AND
[4:15] PEOPLE HAVE REALLY GREAT
[4:16] CONVERSATIONS.
[4:17] I'VE HAD SOME OF THE BEST
[4:18] CONVERSATIONS AT THAT UH, SOUP
[4:19] KITCHEN.
[4:19] SO I WELCOME EVERYBODY TO BE
[4:21] THERE UM, AND GET A CHANCE TO
[4:23] HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH
[4:24] SOMEONE WHO I CALL A FRIEND AND
[4:26] REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM
[4:27] HERE.
[4:28] UM UH, FATHER CUBAN.
[4:29] SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PLEASE
[4:31] PROVIDE A WARM WELCOME, UH, FOR
[4:33] FATHER.
[4:33] PABLO CUBAN.
[4:33] YOU HAVE TO BE.
[4:35] THANK YOU.
[4:36] UH, COUNCILOR ZAPATA, MY
[4:39] FRIEND.
[4:40] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:41] IT'S MY FOURTH TIME HERE.
[4:44] UH, THE FIRST TIME WAS, UH,
[4:46] VIRTUAL IN 2020 WITH
[4:48] CANCER EDWARDS.
[4:50] UH, MY LAST NAME IS NOT VERY
[4:54] ITALIAN COMING?
[4:55] NOT SURE.
[4:56] I SPENT TEN YEARS IN TAIWAN IN
[4:58] MY LAST NAME IN TAIWAN IN
[4:59] CHINESE.
[5:00] SOUNDS LIKE HARSH LIFE WITH SO
[5:02] MANY MEANINGS.
[5:03] HARSH LIFE.
[5:04] WELL I'M I'M SAYING THIS
[5:07] BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE
[5:08] TO START OFF WITH SOMETHING A
[5:09] BIT HARSH LIKE UH WELL WE HEAR
[5:13] CONSTANTLY ABOUT AI APOCALYPSE
[5:17] WARS AND INTERNATIONAL TURMOIL,
[5:19] POLITICAL DIVISIONS AND
[5:21] TENSIONS IN OUR COUNTRY,
[5:23] UNCERTAINTY FOR THE FUTURE, OUR
[5:25] PLANET, OUR COUNTRY, OUR OUR
[5:27] CHILDREN GRANDCHILDREN.
[5:29] YEAH THESE ARE SOME WORLD WHERE
[5:31] I'M SURE KEEP YOU AWAKE AT
[5:32] NIGHT AND THE REST OF MY BRAIN
[5:35] AND MY HEART AS YOUR BRAIN AND
[5:39] YOUR HEART IS ONE.
[5:41] WHERE CAN WE FIND SOME STABLE
[5:43] GROUND?
[5:45] ARE THERE ANY HOPE AND
[5:47] CERTAINTIES ON WHICH WE CAN
[5:48] RELY TO BUILD THE FUTURE OUR
[5:49] FAMILIES, OUR CITY AND OUR
[5:51] SOCIETY?
[5:52] SPEAKING OF HEADQUARTERS
[5:54] OF UNESCO YOU KNOW THE NATION
[5:55] INTERNATIONAL IT'S SORT
[5:56] OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
[5:58] CULTURE ORGANIZATION IN PARIS
[5:59] LAST WEEK POPE LEO SENT REGARDS
[6:04] TO FINDING HOPE AND STABLE
[6:06] GROUND FOR THE FUTURE.
[6:07] I WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL TO TWO
[6:08] IMAGES FROM A BIBLE A GREAT
[6:11] CULTURAL TREASURE OF HUMANITY
[6:13] THE TOWER OF BABEL AND THE
[6:15] PUBLIC SQUARE OF PENTECOST WITH
[6:18] OUR BABEL REPRESENTS A UNITY
[6:19] IMPOSED FOR DOMINATION.
[6:21] AT THE SAME TIME THIS EDIFICE
[6:24] REVEALS THAT THE MORE POWER
[6:25] SEEKS TO OPPRESS THE MORE IT
[6:27] WEAKENS ITSELF EXPOSING ITS YOU
[6:29] ,ITS INHUMANE FACE THEREFORE
[6:33] CONTINUES THE CORRUPTION
[6:34] CULTURE WHICH ARE CONSIDERING
[6:35] FINES OF REDEMPTION IN THE
[6:37] SQUARE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
[6:38] PENTECOST 50 DAYS AFTER EASTER
[6:41] THEIR MESSAGE OF PEACE AND
[6:42] MERCY THAT GOOD NEWS BY PEOPLE
[6:44] EVERY NATION THIS MESSAGE
[6:47] PROCLAIMED BY RESTRICTION JESUS
[6:48] VICTORY OF LIFE OVER DEATH AND
[6:50] SALVATION GIVES HOPE TO A
[6:51] WORLD.
[6:52] THE PENTECOST THE PUBLIC SQUARE
[6:54] BECOMES A PLACE FOR PEACE
[6:56] BECAUSE EVERY DEFENSE AGAINST
[6:58] HUMAN PERSONS CELEBRATING
[7:00] EQUITY AND PROPS.
[7:01] THOSE WORDS I WOULD LIKE TO
[7:03] INVITE EVERYONE AT THIS POINT
[7:05] TO RISE, SETTLE IN PRAYER AND
[7:07] FOLLOW ME IN PRAYER.
[7:08] YOU COME TO PRAY OR JUST FOLLOW
[7:10] SILENTLY AND QUIETLY YOUR
[7:13] FATHER IN HEAVEN.
[7:14] MAY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS
[7:17] ESTEEMED COUNCIL HAVE THE
[7:18] COURAGE TO TAKE UP THE
[7:19] RESPONSIBILITY THE TASK
[7:20] OF PROMOTING PEACE PEACE IN
[7:22] YOUR HEARTS, IN THE
[7:24] RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR
[7:25] FAMILIES, IN OUR CITY.
[7:26] MAYBE NOT GIVE IN TO THE
[7:29] MENTALITY OF VIOLENCE AND
[7:30] OPPRESSION.
[7:31] NEVER LONG MAY THEY LOVE LIFE
[7:33] AT EVERY MOMENT FROM ITS
[7:34] BEGINNING TO ITS END AND NOT BE
[7:36] AFRAID OF THE FUTURE.
[7:37] MAYBE NOT GROW WEARY BUT WORK
[7:39] TIRELESSLY FOR THE GOOD OF OUR
[7:40] OTHER COMMUNITIES SO THAT WITH
[7:43] THEM OUR BELOVED CITY OF BOSTON
[7:45] FIRMLY ROOTED IN ITSELF AND
[7:47] CONTINUE TO FLOURISH AS A TRUE
[7:49] HOME FOR EVERYONE.
[7:50] MAY GOD SUSTAIN US TEAM
[7:52] OFFICIALS IN THESE COMMITMENTS
[7:53] AND MAY BLESS SIMPLE.
[7:55] THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN
[7:56] OVER CITY WE ASK FOR THROUGH
[7:58] CHRIST OUR LORD.
[7:59] AMEN.
[8:02] THANK YOU.
[8:03] SACRED PLEDGE.
[8:06] ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
[8:08] AND OF.
[8:09] AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
[8:11] WHICH IT STANDS.
[8:12] ONE NATION.
[8:13] UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
[8:16] LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[8:25] THANK YOU FATHER.
[8:27] UH WE ARE NOW MOVING ON.
[8:29] WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS
[8:30] AFTERNOON.
[8:31] COUNCILOR POPE CULPEPER IS
[8:33] RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL FORUM
[8:34] FOR BLACK PUBLIC
[8:36] ADMINISTRATORS.
[8:37] UH, AND I'M ALSO, UH, HAVE A
[8:39] PRESENTATION FOR MAURA TO
[8:40] ME AND THE MASSACHUSETTS OPEN
[8:42] WATER SWIMMING ASSOCIATION.
[8:44] COUNCILOR CULPEPER, WOULD YOU
[8:45] LIKE TO COME FORWARD WITH YOUR
[8:46] GUESTS?
[8:59] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[9:11] I WANT TO.
[9:12] RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE
[9:14] BOSTON CHAPTER.
[9:16] OF THE.
[9:17] NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK
[9:18] PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS FOR
[9:20] JOINING US TODAY FOR THEIR
[9:23] PRESENTATION TO THE CITY
[9:25] COUNCIL DURING OUR LUNCH AND
[9:26] LEARN.
[9:27] AND IF BPA PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
[9:30] ROLE IN STRENGTHENING PUBLIC
[9:32] SERVICE BY DEVELOPING AND
[9:34] SUPPORTING BLACK LEADERS IN
[9:35] LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT HERE
[9:37] IN GREATER BOSTON.
[9:39] THE BOSTON CHAPTER CONTINUES
[9:40] THAT MISSION THROUGH
[9:42] PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
[9:45] MENTORSHIP, NETWORKING, CIVIC
[9:49] ENGAGEMENT AND HELPING PREPARE
[9:50] THE NEXT GENERATION OF PUBLIC
[9:52] SERVANTS AND CULTIVATING
[9:54] LEADERS WHO STRENGTHEN OUR
[9:56] COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE OUR
[9:57] GOVERNMENT.
[9:58] WE WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS
[9:59] OF THE BOSTON CHAPTER NOT ONLY
[10:01] FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US
[10:03] TODAY, BUT FOR THE WORK YOU DO
[10:04] EVERY DAY HERE IN BOSTON,
[10:06] THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS AND AS
[10:09] A PART OF A NATIONAL
[10:10] ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO
[10:11] EXCELLENCE AND OPPORTUNITY IN
[10:14] PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
[10:15] IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME
[10:17] YOU TO CITY HALL AND LOOK
[10:18] FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
[10:20] TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC
[10:22] SERVICE AND DEVELOP THE NEXT
[10:25] GENERATION OF LEADERS.
[10:26] AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A
[10:28] SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO A LONG
[10:30] TIME FRIEND UH, WHEN WE WERE.
[10:33] YOU YOUTH I'M NOT TELLING HOW
[10:37] FAR BACK WE GO, BUT WE'VE BEEN
[10:39] FRIENDS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME
[10:41] AND I'D LIKE TO BRING UP FORMER
[10:43] PAST PRESIDENT HONORED.
[10:45] UH.
[10:47] THANK YOU.
[10:48] VERY MUCH.
[10:49] UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER AND, UH
[10:51] ,I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL
[10:52] OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON
[10:55] CITY COUNCIL FOR ATTENDING THE
[10:58] PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.
[10:59] AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK ALL
[11:03] OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AND IN
[11:06] PARTICULAR THE STAFF THAT, UH,
[11:07] WORK WITH COUNCILOR CULPEPPER
[11:09] FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN
[11:11] ORGANIZING THE THE MEETING THAT
[11:13] WE HELD THIS MORNING TO SHARE
[11:16] INFORMATION RELATED TO THE
[11:17] NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC
[11:19] ADMINISTRATORS AND THE
[11:20] IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE DO NOT
[11:22] ONLY LOCALLY BUT ALSO
[11:23] NATIONALLY.
[11:25] SO AGAIN, UM, I UH, APPRECIATE
[11:28] ALL ALL OF YOUR GRACIOUS
[11:31] HOSPITALITY AND UH, I'M HAPPY
[11:33] TO SAY THAT AS A LONG TERM
[11:34] RESIDENT, UH, TRANSPLANT TO
[11:37] BOSTON, UM, I'M VERY PLEASED TO
[11:41] SEE THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO
[11:43] MAKE, UM, PROGRESS, BUILD
[11:46] BRIDGES AND ALSO ADDRESS, UM,
[11:50] MANY PROBLEMS WITH NEW
[11:51] SOLUTIONS AND NEW STRATEGIES TO
[11:54] MOVE FORWARD IN A VERY A VERY
[11:57] POSITIVE MANNER FOR THE FUTURE.
[11:59] THANK YOU AGAIN, UH,
[12:02] COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND THANK
[12:02] YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
[12:04] CITY COUNCIL AND UM AND FRIENDS
[12:07] WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
[12:09] MICHAEL, FORMER PRESIDENT
[12:12] OF THE BOSTON CHAPTER OF THE
[12:14] NATIONAL FORUM OF BLACK PUBLIC
[12:17] ADMINISTRATORS.
[12:17] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
[12:19] CULPEPER AND.
[12:20] THANK YOU.
[12:21] TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR VERY
[12:23] WARM AND GENEROUS WELCOME TO
[12:25] OUR CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES.
[12:28] UM, THIS MORNING UM IT'S A REAL
[12:30] PLEASURE TO MEET ALL OF YOU.
[12:32] UM, AS A LONG TIME UH,
[12:35] DORCHESTER RESIDENT THOUGH UH,
[12:37] BORN IN CHICAGO, UM, I AND A
[12:40] PROFESSOR IN PUBLIC POLICY AND
[12:43] PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION,
[12:44] UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
[12:45] BOSTON UM, I SEE FIRSTHAND THE
[12:49] POWER OF.
[12:50] GOOD GOVERNMENT.
[12:51] TO, UH, CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
[12:54] AND I HOPE THAT THE BOSTON
[12:55] CHAPTER OF NATIONAL FORUM FOR
[12:57] BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS CAN
[12:59] WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL, ITS
[13:01] STAFF AND ALL OF YOUR
[13:02] CONSTITUENTS TO ENHANCE, UM,
[13:07] PATHWAYS TO PUBLIC SERVICE FOR
[13:09] OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, AND
[13:11] PRODUCTIVE CAREERS FOR THOSE
[13:13] WHO ARE IN OR CONSIDERING
[13:14] PUBLIC SERVICE.
[13:15] THANK YOU.
[13:16] I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT
[13:17] OUT TO CHANEL AND MARIE, THE
[13:21] BACKBONE OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
[13:23] OH COME ON.
[13:24] OKAY.
[13:25] UM.
[13:26] I WAS NERVOUS, SO I TYPED MY
[13:27] SPEECH.
[13:27] UM.
[13:28] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[13:30] UM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR
[13:32] HAVING US HERE TODAY AND THANK.
[13:33] YOU ALL TOO AS WELL.
[13:36] UM.
[13:37] WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE
[13:38] .
[13:39] UM, OUR CHAPTER REMAINS
[13:40] COMMITTED.
[13:41] TO STRENGTHENING PUBLIC
[13:42] ADMINISTRATION THROUGH
[13:44] LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT,
[13:46] MENTORSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
[13:47] NETWORKING AND CREATING
[13:48] PATHWAYS FOR THE NEXT
[13:49] GENERATION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS.
[13:51] UH, WE BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICE
[13:53] IS MORE THAN A PROFESSION.
[13:54] IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD
[13:56] WITH INTEGRITY, UPLIFT OUR
[13:58] COMMUNITIES AND CREATE
[14:00] OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS.
[14:01] SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS
[14:02] RECOGNITION AND WE LOOK FORWARD
[14:04] TO CONTINUING BUILDING
[14:05] MEANINGFUL.
[14:06] PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS
[14:07] WITH YOU HERE.
[14:09] UM.
[14:09] AND BEYOND UM, HERE AND
[14:11] OUTSIDE OF THESE OFFICES TO
[14:12] SERVE THE GREATER BOSTON
[14:14] COMMUNITY.
[14:14] THANK YOU.
[14:16] THANK YOU CHANEL.
[14:17] AND LET ME JUST QUICKLY READ
[14:19] THIS RESOLUTION CITY OF BOSTON
[14:22] AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL
[14:25] RESOLUTION PRESENTED BY
[14:26] COUNCILOR MINYARD CULPEPER BE
[14:28] RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY
[14:30] COUNCIL OFFERS ITS
[14:31] CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOSTON
[14:33] CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL FORUM
[14:34] FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS
[14:37] IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR
[14:38] OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO
[14:39] ADVANCING EXCELLENCE, DIVERSITY
[14:42] AND LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC
[14:43] SERVICE THROUGHOUT GREATER
[14:44] BOSTON, YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED
[14:46] THE PIPELINE OF BLACK PUBLIC
[14:48] SECTOR LEADERS BY FORCE AND
[14:49] PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
[14:51] MENTORSHIP, NETWORKING AND
[14:52] CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR CURRENT
[14:54] AND ASPIRING PUBLIC
[14:56] ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH
[14:57] PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS GREATER
[14:58] BOSTON, YOU CONTINUE TO PREPARE
[15:00] THE NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK
[15:02] OF GENERATION OF PUBLIC
[15:03] SERVANTS.
[15:04] THE BOSTON CHAPTER CONTINUES A
[15:06] NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC
[15:08] ADMINISTRATORS MISSION BY
[15:10] CULTIVATING TALENTED PUBLIC
[15:12] LEADERS WHO STRENGTHEN
[15:13] COMMUNITIES, IMPROVE GOVERNMENT
[15:15] AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITY ACROSS
[15:17] GREATER BOSTON.
[15:18] AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT
[15:20] THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS
[15:21] ITS BEST WISHES FOR YOUR
[15:23] CONTINUED SUCCESS THAT THIS
[15:25] RESOLUTION BE DULY SIGNED BY
[15:26] THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY
[15:28] COUNCIL AND ATTACH IT TO COPY
[15:30] THEREOF TRANSMITTED BY THE
[15:31] CLERK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
[15:33] SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
[15:35] CITY COUNCIL ELIZABETH FRIEDMAN
[15:37] ,ATTESTED TO BY THE CITY CLERK
[15:40] OF BOSTON ALEX GRATIS AND
[15:42] OFFERED BY CITY
[15:45] COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN THE
[15:46] HEART OF BOSTON VINEYARD
[15:48] CULPEPER.
[15:50] THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU
[15:52] VERY COMING.
[15:57] YES.
[15:59] I'M INVITING ALL OF MY
[16:02] COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE COME IN.
[16:04] AND HAVE.
[16:05] A PHOTO WITH.
[16:07] THE.
[16:09] AND THE EPA.
[16:13] CITY.
[16:17] OKAY.
[16:17] AND HOW ARE YOU?
[16:20] UP?
[16:23] ALL ALL.
[16:27] IT'S MY MICROPHONE.
[16:28] OKAY?
[16:30] YOU'RE ALL THIS.
[16:41] THANK YOU.
[16:42] CONGRATULATIONS I MR.
[16:45] PRESIDENT.
[16:46] LET ME JUST SAY THIS I'VE
[16:47] BEEN REFERRING.
[16:48] TO THE.
[16:49] MEN AS.
[16:50] PARENTS PRESIDENTS.
[16:51] THIS IS THE CURRENT.
[16:54] PRESIDENT.
[16:54] OF THE UNION, SO THANK THANK
[16:59] YOU THANK YOU THANK.
[17:00] YOU KNOW THAT WE THANK YOU.
[17:03] APPRECIATE YOU.
[17:04] YES.
[17:06] SORRY SORRY AS WELL THANK
[17:09] YOU.
[17:09] SO GOOD WORK.
[17:10] THANK YOU.
[17:16] IT'S TIME TO SEE YOU I SEE YOU
[17:19] AROUND ME OKAY.
[17:23] THANK YOU.
[17:24] IT'S GOOD.
[17:25] TO SEE AS.
[17:27] WELL THANK.
[17:37] YOU.
[17:39] THIS IS MY I.
[17:41] THINK THIS OVER.
[17:44] NOT YOURS.
[17:45] I WANT TO.
[17:53] CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO,
[17:56] UM, COUNCILOR COLE PEPPERS
[17:57] HONOREES THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR
[17:59] BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.
[18:01] UH, IT'S WONDERFUL WONDERFUL TO
[18:02] HAVE YOU ALL HERE THIS MORNING.
[18:05] UM, WE'RE NOW ON TO MY
[18:08] PRESENTATION.
[18:08] UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MAURA TO
[18:11] ME AND HER SUPPORT TEAM THE HER
[18:15] HER, UH, FRIENDS.
[18:16] ALL OF YOU COME UP, UH, FROM
[18:17] THE MASSACHUSETTS OPEN WATER UH
[18:20] ,SWIMMING ASSOCIATION AND, UH
[18:23] ,I THINK TAMARA AND KATE AND
[18:26] COME ON, ALL OF YOU COME ON UP.
[18:29] COME ON.
[18:30] YOU'RE THE HOME TEAM THAT
[18:31] SUPPORT THE HOME TEAM, SO COME
[18:33] ON UP.
[18:46] LITTLE BIT TO THE YOU STAND
[18:50] HERE, YOU STAND SOMEWHERE NEAR
[18:52] ME.
[18:54] I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING
[18:55] TO WORK.
[18:57] SO.
[18:57] UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A
[18:59] HEROIC MEMBER OF, UH, THE CITY
[19:03] OF BOSTON, UH, RESIDENT, LONG
[19:05] TERM RESIDENT, AN IRISH NATIVE
[19:07] FROM DUBLIN AND A JAMAICA PLAIN
[19:09] RESIDENT.
[19:10] MAURA TO ME AND ALSO A VERY
[19:11] DEAR FRIEND OF MINE I'VE KNOWN
[19:13] HER FOR 30 YEARS SINCE I FIRST
[19:15] ARRIVED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[19:17] I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE MAURA
[19:18] TOOMEY TODAY ORIGINALLY, AS I
[19:21] SAID FROM DUBLIN CURRENTLY
[19:22] LIVING IN JAMAICA PLAYING A
[19:24] LEGENDARY OPEN WATER SWIMMER
[19:26] REPRESENTING THE MASSACHUSETTS
[19:27] OPEN WATER SWIMMING ASSOCIATION
[19:29] ,MAURA BEGAN BY VOLUNTEERING
[19:32] FOR THE PROVINCETOWN SWIM FOR
[19:34] LIFE THAT WHAT BEGAN AS A
[19:36] VOLUNTEER EFFORT SPARKED INTO A
[19:38] JOURNEY THAT LED TO COMPLETING
[19:40] THE OPEN WATER TRIPLE THE OPEN
[19:42] THE TRIPLE CROWN FOR OPEN WATER
[19:44] SWIMMING.
[19:44] AND LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME
[19:45] DETAILS THAT SWIMMING THE
[19:47] ENGLISH CHANNEL 21 MILES THE 20
[19:50] BRIDGES SWIM AROUND MANHATTAN
[19:54] 30 MILES AND THE CATALINA
[19:57] CHANNEL WHICH IS 20.2 MILES.
[20:00] UM SHE COMPLETED HER FIRST OPEN
[20:02] WATER CHALLENGE ON HER 50TH
[20:04] BIRTHDAY UH, SWIMMING ACROSS
[20:07] SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO FROM
[20:10] ALCATRAZ TO THE PRESIDIO.
[20:11] AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO SWIM
[20:13] THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN 2015
[20:15] RAISING MONEY FOR THE IRISH
[20:17] CYSTIC FIBROSIS CHARITY AND
[20:19] THEN COMPLETED THE 20 BRIDGES
[20:21] SWIM AROUND MANHATTAN THIS
[20:24] AUGUST SHE ACHIEVED THE LAST
[20:26] SWIM AND THE TRIPLE CROWN AT 70
[20:28] YEARS OLD SHE BECAME THE OLDEST
[20:30] PERSON TO EVER COMPLETE THE
[20:31] CATALINA CHANNEL CROSSING.
[20:33] SHE SWAM OVER 20 MILES ACROSS
[20:36] CALIFORNIA'S CATALINA CHANNEL
[20:38] BATTLING COLD WATERS, HEAVY
[20:40] SWELLS AND FIERCE WINDS WHERE
[20:41] SHE FINISHED IN 15 HOURS AND 45
[20:45] MINUTES.
[20:45] AND I'M IN ALL BECAUSE I CAN
[20:47] SWIM THE LENGTH OF A SWIMMING
[20:48] POOL BUT UM I CAN'T EVEN
[20:50] IMAGINE WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
[20:51] BUT AS ANY CHANNEL SWIMMER WILL
[20:53] TELL YOU, NOBODY SWIMS THE
[20:55] CHANNEL ALONE.
[20:56] BEHIND EVERY CROSSING IS A
[20:58] NETWORK OF PEOPLE BY YOUR SIDE
[21:00] KEEPING YOU AFLOAT IN
[21:02] MASSACHUSETTS, THE
[21:03] MASSACHUSETTS OPEN WATER
[21:04] SWIMMING ASSOCIATION MALTA
[21:08] SANCTIONS AND SAFEGUARDS
[21:09] MARATHON SWIMS ACROSS
[21:11] MASSACHUSETTS AND TRAINS THE
[21:13] OBSERVERS AND SAFETY CREWS THAT
[21:14] FOLLOWS SWIMMERS MILE AFTER
[21:16] MILE TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
[21:19] IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS
[21:20] ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
[21:22] MOZA THAT.
[21:23] LOCAL ATHLETES HAVE SAFELY HAVE
[21:25] THE SAFETY AND BACKING TO
[21:27] UNDERTAKE THESE COURAGEOUS
[21:29] SWIMS AND TO TAKE THE DIP INTO
[21:31] MARATHON SWIMMING JUST LIKE
[21:32] MORE I DID.
[21:33] I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE MAURA
[21:35] TODAY.
[21:36] UH, WHO SHOWS US THAT AGE IS NO
[21:39] BARRIER TO GREATNESS AND THAT
[21:40] IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO DECIDE
[21:42] YOU AREN'T CONTENT JUST TO
[21:43] STAND ON THE SHORE.
[21:45] I INVITE MAURA, UM, THE
[21:47] MASSACHUSETTS WATER UM, OPEN
[21:49] WATER SWIMMING ASSOCIATION TO
[21:51] SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN I'LL.
[21:54] HAVE A CITATION FOR YOU.
[21:56] MAURA.
[21:57] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[21:59] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
[22:00] BREADON AND ALL THE COUNCILORS
[22:02] .
[22:02] UM.
[22:03] ESPECIALLY MY.
[22:04] LOCAL COUNCILOR DAN WEBER.
[22:06] UM, IT FEELS.
[22:08] A LITTLE WEIRD TO ME TO BE
[22:10] HERE TODAY.
[22:11] BEING HONORED FOR.
[22:12] DOING SOMETHING THAT I LOVE.
[22:14] AND I JUST WANTED TO.
[22:16] SAY OUT LOUD IT WAS KIND
[22:18] OF ACCIDENTAL.
[22:19] I'M FROM.
[22:19] A VERY WORKING CLASS FAMILY
[22:21] IN.
[22:21] DUBLIN THAT I LEARNED TO SWIM.
[22:23] JUST BECAUSE MY FATHER'S.
[22:25] WORK HAD A POOL.
[22:26] AND WE COULD GO PLAY THERE AND
[22:28] UM JUST.
[22:29] SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
[22:30] I HOPE EVERY KID.
[22:31] IN BOSTON.
[22:32] GETS AN OPPORTUNITY.
[22:34] I WANT TO.
[22:36] SPECIALLY THANK MY WIFE TAMARA
[22:39] PITTS.
[22:39] I'M STARTING WITH HER BECAUSE I
[22:41] USUALLY FORGET HER.
[22:42] UH.
[22:43] SHE'S NOT A SWIMMER.
[22:45] SHE DOESN'T LOVE COLD WATER BUT
[22:47] SHE SUPPORTS ME IN EVERYTHING I
[22:50] DO.
[22:50] UM, SOME OF THAT INVOLVES A LOT
[22:53] OF ANXIETY.
[22:54] IS SHE THERE?
[22:55] IS SHE SAFE AND TRUSTING IN MY
[22:58] PALS?
[22:59] UH.
[23:01] I WANT TO.
[23:02] THANK MY COMPANIONS.
[23:03] ONE OF THE THINGS.
[23:04] ABOUT OPEN WATER SWIMMING IS
[23:06] YOU COULD BE WITH THE STATE OR
[23:09] THE CONGRESSMAN FOR.
[23:11] MASSACHUSETTS, OR YOU.
[23:12] COULD BE.
[23:13] WITH THE.
[23:14] CARPENTER FROM DORCHESTER OR
[23:17] THE NANNY FROM EAST BOSTON.
[23:19] ONCE YOU GO DOWN THERE TO THE
[23:21] OPEN WATER YOU'RE WET FOLKS AND
[23:24] YOUR FOCUS IS ENJOYING YOUR
[23:26] SWIM AND KEEPING EACH OTHER
[23:28] SAFE.
[23:29] I HAD A JOKE WITH ME NOW FROM
[23:31] THE MASSACHUSETTS OPEN WATER
[23:33] SWIMMING ASSOCIATION THIS
[23:34] MORNING IS THE REASON THE.
[23:36] COUNSELORS DON'T KNOW.
[23:37] YOU OR THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WEIRD
[23:39] NAME IS BECAUSE YOU DO YOUR JOB
[23:43] SO WELL.
[23:44] EVERYBODY SWIM SAFELY.
[23:46] THEY RUN GREAT RACES FROM HALF
[23:48] A MILE TO ONE MILE.
[23:50] THEY KEEP THE NAME OF JIM DOTY
[23:52] ALIVE WHO HELPED US CLEAN THE
[23:54] HARBOR AND ALSO RUN LONGER
[23:57] SWIMS IN FROM THE BOSTON LIGHT.
[23:59] AND MOSTLY PEOPLE DON'T CARE
[24:01] ABOUT US BECAUSE THEY KEEP IT
[24:03] SAFE.
[24:04] THEY RUN A VERY PROFESSIONAL
[24:07] UH, OPERATION.
[24:09] SO THANKS SO MUCH SHARING THE
[24:10] FLOOR.
[24:10] WITH ME.
[24:13] MY NAME IS MINA ON CASH AND
[24:15] I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT
[24:16] OF THE MASSACHUSETTS OPEN WATER
[24:18] SWIMMING ASSOCIATION.
[24:19] I'M JOINED BY ELAINE HOWLEY WHO
[24:22] IS UH, THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND
[24:24] THE FOUNDER OF OUR ORGANIZATION
[24:25] .
[24:26] WE ARE UH A SMALL BUT MIGHTY
[24:28] BOARD OF FOUR ON A UM ALL WOMEN
[24:31] RUN BOARD, UH, VOLUNTEER
[24:34] ORGANIZATION OF A NONPROFIT
[24:36] OF SWIMMERS AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE
[24:39] SWIMMERS, UH, SUPPORTING OTHER
[24:40] SWIMMERS.
[24:42] SO I THINK WE'D ALL AGREE
[24:45] EXCUSE ME THAT IN MASSACHUSETTS
[24:47] WE TAKE OUR SPORTS PRETTY
[24:48] SERIOUSLY.
[24:49] RIGHT?
[24:50] UM, FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL
[24:52] TEAMS TO THE BOSTON MARATHON
[24:54] AND BEYOND.
[24:55] BUT OPEN WATER SWIMMING HAS ITS
[24:56] OWN MARATHON.
[24:57] UM, A MARATHON IS, UH, ANY OPEN
[25:01] WATER SWIM?
[25:02] UM, TEN KILOMETERS OR ROUGHLY
[25:04] SIX MILES OR LONGER.
[25:06] OUR MARATHON IS THE BOSTON
[25:07] LIGHT SWIM.
[25:09] UM, THIS SWIM BEGAN IN 1907,
[25:12] JUST TEN YEARS AFTER THE OLDER
[25:14] SIBLING OF THE BOSTON MARATHON
[25:16] ,UH, AND REMAINS AMERICA'S
[25:18] OLDEST OPEN WATER SWIM.
[25:22] UM MAURA SWAM ITS EIGHT MILES
[25:24] AS TRAINING TOWARD WHAT SHE HAD
[25:26] BEEN UH, MOVING TOWARD UM SHE
[25:30] SWAM THAT WITH MELISSA AND THEN
[25:32] SWAM IT AGAIN WITH US BOTH
[25:34] WAYS.
[25:35] SHE DID A 16 MILE DOUBLE AT THE
[25:37] SPRIGHTLY YOUNG AGE OF 69 UM IN
[25:41] OCTOBER.
[25:41] WHEN IT WAS CHILLY.
[25:42] I THINK, UH, ELAINE AND I
[25:44] AREN'T ALWAYS ON ALL OF THESE
[25:45] SWIMS, BUT WE WERE, UH,
[25:47] PRIVILEGED TO SUPPORT HER ON
[25:48] THIS ONE ELAINE ON A MOTORIZED
[25:50] BOAT AND ME ALONGSIDE HER IN A
[25:52] KAYAK AND WE WERE ABLE TO
[25:53] WITNESS HER DETERMINATION
[25:55] FIRSTHAND.
[25:55] UM, SO, MAURA, CONGRATULATIONS
[25:58] AGAIN ON YOUR CATALINA CROSSING
[25:59] AND YOUR WELL-EARNED TRIPLE
[26:01] CROWN AT 70.
[26:02] YOU INSPIRE US AND ALL SWIMMERS
[26:06] TO GET IN THE WATER AND DREAM
[26:07] BIGGER NO MATTER WHAT.
[26:09] UH, WHAT THAT DREAM IS.
[26:11] AND WHEN THAT DREAM BEGINS ON
[26:14] OUR MASSACHUSETTS COAST, A
[26:16] BATHING SUIT AND ACCESS TO
[26:17] CLEAN WATER CAN OPEN A WORLD
[26:19] OF POSSIBILITY AN AMAZING
[26:21] SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
[26:22] UH, TO SWIMMERS OF ALL SHAPES,
[26:24] SIZES, COLORS, GENDERS, AGES
[26:26] AND ABILITIES THIS SEASON
[26:28] MELISSA UH SUPPORTED OVER 100
[26:29] SWIMMERS COVERING NEARLY 500
[26:33] MILES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
[26:34] WHAT MORE WE CAN DO AND HOW WE
[26:36] CAN HELP TOWARDS THEIR SWIMMING
[26:37] DREAMS.
[26:38] SO WANTED TO THANK THE
[26:40] COUNCIL FOR YOUR WATERWAYS
[26:42] RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE
[26:43] INADEQUATE DRAFT COMBINED SEWER
[26:45] OVERFLOW PLAN UH AND FOR
[26:47] PURSUING ANSWERS ON BLACKSTONE
[26:49] POOL REPAIRS TO THE CLEAN WATER
[26:53] AND ACCESS UH IS SOMETHING THAT
[26:56] IS NEAR AND DEAR TO US AND WE
[26:58] WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[26:59] PARTNER ON ANY SUPPORT OF THAT
[27:01] WORK.
[27:04] SO WE'RE, UH, PROUD TO HAVE
[27:05] PLAYED A VERY SMALL PART IN
[27:07] MORRIS JOURNEY.
[27:08] SO THANK YOU MAURA FOR SHOWING
[27:09] US WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND BEING AN
[27:11] INSPIRATION AND A FRIEND IN AND
[27:12] OUT OF THE WATER.
[27:14] I WANTED TO LEAVE YOU, UM, WITH
[27:15] A COUPLE OF PHOTOS THAT WE USE
[27:18] UM, FROM MOUSER THAT WE SHARE
[27:22] WITH OUR SWIMMERS.
[27:23] THESE ARE PHOTOS OF EVIL
[27:26] MORRISON IN 1935.
[27:29] A LITTLE.
[27:29] BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE BOSTON
[27:31] COASTLINE TODAY AND A DIFFERENT
[27:33] SWIMMING OUTFIT UM, BUT 1935
[27:35] AND IN 1927 THE BOSTON LIGHT
[27:38] SWIM WHERE SWIMMERS ARE OUTSIDE
[27:41] OF BOSTON.
[27:42] WE ARE UH, HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO
[27:45] BE UH, THE STEWARDS FOR THE
[27:48] BOSTON LIGHT SWIM AND OTHER
[27:50] HISTORIC SWIMS IN MASSACHUSETTS
[27:52] BECAUSE MASSACHUSETTS UH, OPEN
[27:54] WATER SWIMMING IS A
[27:55] MASSACHUSETTS TRADITION.
[27:58] THANK YOU ALL.
[28:03] BEFORE I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES
[28:04] UP, I'D JUST LIKE TO PRESENT
[28:06] MAURA WITH THIS, UH, OFFICIAL
[28:08] RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT
[28:10] THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS
[28:12] ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO MAURA TO
[28:14] ME IN RECOGNITION OF A
[28:15] REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
[28:17] OF SWIMMING THE CATALINA
[28:18] CHANNEL AT 70 YEARS OLD AND ON
[28:21] THE SAME DAY COMPLETING THE
[28:22] TRIPLE TRIPLE CROWN OF OPEN
[28:24] WATER SWIMMING COMPRISING THE
[28:25] ENGLISH CHANNEL, THE 20 BRIDGES
[28:27] AROUND MANHATTAN AND THE
[28:29] CATALINA CHANNEL.
[28:30] AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT
[28:32] THE CITY BOSTON CITY
[28:33] COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES
[28:34] FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THAT
[28:36] THIS RESOLUTION BE DULY SIGNED
[28:38] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY
[28:40] COUNCIL AND ATTESTED TO AND A
[28:41] COPY THEREOF TRANSMITTED BY THE
[28:43] CLERK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[28:46] UM MAURA, MANY CONGRATULATIONS.
[28:49] THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MOSER AND
[28:51] MAY YOU HAVE US A WONDERFUL,
[28:53] UM, HERITAGE.
[28:55] UH.
[28:56] AND MAY YOU KEEP GOING MORE
[28:59] MORE SUCCESS AND, UH, KEEP
[29:01] PUTTING BOSTON ON THE MAP AS A
[29:04] DESTINATION FOR OPEN WATER
[29:04] SWIMMING.
[29:05] THANK YOU.
[29:05] LAURA.
[29:09] THANK YOU PERSON.
[29:12] UM.
[29:13] INVITE MY COLLEAGUES UP FOR A
[29:14] PHOTOGRAPH.
[29:15] THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
[29:15] THANK YOU.
[29:18] TOMORROW.
[29:23] LOOK AT YOU IN HERE IN THE
[29:24] MIDDLE.
[29:25] TOMORROW ON THAT.
[29:28] SO YEAH.
[29:28] AND THEN.
[29:29] WE HAVE A.
[29:32] THANK YOU TO.
[29:34] YEAH I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW
[29:37] MUCH IT.
[29:38] SHOULD BE IN THIS.
[29:40] I NEED YOU TO COME WITH ME TO
[29:41] THE RESTAURANT AND AGAIN YEAH.
[29:45] I JUST CAN'T DO IT FOR ME.
[29:47] I'LL BE THERE.
[29:48] ACTUALLY ARE.
[29:50] IS NICE AND WARM.
[29:51] FOR DINNER.
[29:52] YOU.
[29:58] YOU NEED TO CARRY THAT.
[29:59] THANK YOU.
[30:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[30:04] THANK YOU.
[30:04] THANKS AGAIN I'LL TAKE CARE
[30:06] NOW GUYS.
[30:08] SO.
[30:09] TONIGHT THIS MORNING JUMPED
[30:12] IN THE HENNIGAN AND I TALKED TO
[30:14] WONDER IS SOMETHING.
[30:17] THAT JUST LIKE.
[30:18] JUST I KNOW.
[30:22] YEAH YEAH.
[30:26] YEAH SO HE'S GOING TO.
[30:29] OKAY THERE YOU GO ALL RIGHT
[30:32] YEAH THANK YOU.
[30:37] SO MUCH UH THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[30:38] OH UH, SOMEBODY BE RECOGNIZED
[30:40] AND ALL THAT YEAH YEAH YEAH,
[30:44] WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF.
[30:51] EXACTLY.
[30:51] YEAH.
[30:52] YES.
[30:59] YEAH.
[31:03] IT SHOULD.
[31:04] HAPPEN AND ONE UH.
[31:12] THIS IS LIKE.
[31:15] WE ALWAYS HAVE COLORS.
[31:16] VERY GOOD.
[31:17] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[31:19] YEAH.
[31:20] UH, MR TURNER, COULD YOU
[31:22] PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO
[31:23] REFLECT THE COUNCILORS PÉPIN
[31:25] AND WORRELL HAVE JOINED US.
[31:30] WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
[31:31] ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE
[31:34] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
[31:36] THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23RD,
[31:38] 2026.
[31:39] ALL AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL
[31:43] OPPOSED.
[31:44] SAY NAY.
[31:45] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[31:46] THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER
[31:48] 23RD MEETING ARE APPROVED.
[31:50] WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
[31:52] FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR.
[31:54] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[31:56] READ DOCKET 182921838.
[32:01] DOCKET NUMBER 1829 MESSAGE IN
[32:04] ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR
[32:06] 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[32:07] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[32:08] BARGAINING BY $268,887 TO
[32:13] PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
[32:15] PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR
[32:17] 27 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN
[32:19] THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[32:20] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON
[32:22] SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON
[32:23] SCHOOL POLICE PATROLMEN'S
[32:25] ASSOCIATION STOCKING NUMBER
[32:28] 1830 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A
[32:30] SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
[32:31] ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[32:33] SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL
[32:34] YEAR 27, IN THE AMOUNT
[32:39] OF $268,887 TO COVER THE FISCAL
[32:41] YEAR 27 COST ITEMS CONTAINED
[32:44] WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[32:45] BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
[32:46] THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
[32:48] THE BOSTON SCHOOL POLICE
[32:50] PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
[32:51] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE
[32:54] SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH
[32:58] AUGUST 31ST 2027.
[32:58] THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
[33:00] CONTRACT INCLUDE ABH, A BASE
[33:02] WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN
[33:05] OCTOBER 24, 2024, 2025 AND 2026
[33:10] AND A FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT
[33:11] INCREASE OF $250, $900 AND $800
[33:16] TO BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES
[33:19] IN JANUARY OF 2025, 2026 AND
[33:23] 2027 RESPECTIVELY.
[33:25] DUCKY NUMBER 1831 MESSAGE ON
[33:28] FOURTH TO REDUCE THE FISCAL
[33:29] YEAR 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[33:33] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[33:34] BARGAINING BY $111,802 TO
[33:37] PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
[33:39] PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR
[33:42] 27 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN
[33:43] THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[33:44] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON
[33:46] SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON
[33:47] SCHOOL POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS
[33:50] FEDERATION.
[33:52] DUCKY NUMBER 1832 MESSAGE IN
[33:54] ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL
[33:56] APPROPRIATION FOR THE BOSTON
[33:57] PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR
[34:00] 27, IN THE AMOUNT OF $111,802
[34:04] TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27
[34:06] COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
[34:08] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
[34:08] BETWEEN THE BUSSES SCHOOL
[34:10] COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON SCHOOL
[34:13] POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS
[34:14] FEDERATION.
[34:15] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AT
[34:18] JULY 1ST 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH
[34:22] 2027, THE MAJOR PROVISIONS
[34:23] OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE
[34:25] WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN
[34:27] OCTOBER OF 2024, 2025 AND 2026
[34:31] AND A FLAT TOTAL AMOUNT
[34:33] INCREASE OF $250, $900 AND $800
[34:37] BE ADDED ANNUALLY TO BE ADDED
[34:39] TO ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY
[34:42] OF 2025, 2026 AND 2027
[34:46] RESPECTIVELY.
[34:47] THAT NUMBER 1833 PASSAGE IN
[34:50] ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR
[34:53] 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[34:54] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[34:54] BARGAINING BY $85,879 TO
[34:58] PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
[35:00] PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR
[35:03] 27 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN
[35:04] THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[35:05] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON
[35:06] SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SEIU LOCAL
[35:09] 880 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES
[35:11] CHAPTER, THE PERMANENT PLANNING
[35:13] AND ENGINEERING NUMBER 1834
[35:16] MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A
[35:18] SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
[35:19] ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[35:20] SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL
[35:22] YEAR 27, IN THE AMOUNT
[35:26] OF $85,879 TO COVER THE FISCAL
[35:28] YEAR 27 COST ITEMS CONTAINED
[35:30] WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[35:32] BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
[35:33] THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
[35:36] SEIU LOCAL 880 PROFESSIONAL
[35:38] EMPLOYEES CHAPTER DEPARTMENT
[35:41] OF PLANNING AND ENGINEERING.
[35:43] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE
[35:46] SEPTEMBER 1ST 2026 TO APRIL
[35:49] 31ST 2027.
[35:50] THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
[35:51] CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE
[35:53] INCREASE OF 2% IN SEPTEMBER
[35:56] OF 2026 AND A FLAT DOLLAR
[35:58] AMOUNT OF $800 ADDED TO ANNUAL
[36:01] SALARIES IN JANUARY OF 2027.
[36:05] DOCKET NUMBER 1835 MESSAGE IN
[36:08] ORDER FOR TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR
[36:10] 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[36:12] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[36:13] BARGAINING BY $40,365 TO
[36:17] PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
[36:18] PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR
[36:20] 27 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN
[36:22] THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[36:23] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON
[36:24] SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND BOSTON
[36:26] SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PLANT
[36:27] ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION THE
[36:30] NUMBER ONE EIGHT B6 MESSAGE IN
[36:33] ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL
[36:34] APPROPRIATION FOR THE BOSTON
[36:35] PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR
[36:37] FISCAL YEAR 27, THE AMOUNT
[36:41] OF $40,365 TO COVER THE FISCAL
[36:42] YEAR COST ITEMS CONTAINED
[36:44] WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[36:46] BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
[36:47] THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
[36:48] THE BOSTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
[36:50] PLANT ADMINISTRATORS
[36:52] ASSOCIATION.
[36:52] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT IS
[36:55] SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH
[36:58] AUGUST 31ST 2027.
[36:59] THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
[37:01] CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE
[37:02] INCREASE OF 2% IN SEPTEMBER
[37:06] OF 2026 AND A FLAT DOLLAR
[37:07] AMOUNT OF $800 TO BE ADDED TO
[37:10] ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY
[37:12] OF 2027.
[37:14] DOCKET NUMBER 1837 MESSAGE IN
[37:16] ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR
[37:19] 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[37:20] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[37:22] BARGAINING BY $10,320 WOULD BE
[37:25] PROVIDED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
[37:27] THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR
[37:29] FISCAL YEAR 27 INCREASES
[37:32] CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[37:33] BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
[37:34] THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
[37:36] AND THE.
[37:37] AFL CIO COUNCIL 39 LOCAL
[37:40] 2814 STORE KEEPERS AND STORES
[37:43] DELIVERYMAN UNION DOCKET NUMBER
[37:46] 1838 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A
[37:48] SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
[37:49] ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[37:50] SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL
[37:52] YEAR 27 THE AMOUNT OF $10,320
[37:57] TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27
[37:59] COURSE ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN
[38:00] THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[38:01] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON
[38:03] SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND AFL CIO
[38:07] COUNCIL 93 LOCAL 2814 STORE
[38:10] KEEPERS AND STORES DELIVERY
[38:11] MEN'S UNION THE TERMS OF THE
[38:14] CONTRACT AS SEPTEMBER 1ST 2026
[38:16] THROUGH AUGUST 31ST 2027.
[38:19] THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
[38:20] CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE
[38:23] INCREASE OF 2% IN SEPTEMBER
[38:26] OF 2026 AND A FLAT DOLLAR
[38:27] AMOUNT OF $800 TO BE ADDED TO
[38:30] ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY
[38:32] OF 2027.
[38:33] THANK YOU MR CLERK DOCKETS ONE
[38:35] YEAR TONIGHT UM DOCKET 20 829
[38:39] THROUGH 1838 WILL BE REFERRED
[38:42] TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
[38:43] MEANS.
[38:44] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[38:46] READ DOCKET 1839?
[38:48] OOPS.
[38:49] DUCKY.
[38:50] NUMBER 1839 MESSAGE NOT
[38:52] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[38:54] TO ACCEPT AND SPEND THE AMOUNT
[38:58] OF $34,350 IN THE FORM OF A
[39:00] GRANT THE NATIONAL
[39:02] OF PRESERVATION COMMISSION
[39:03] SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED BY THE
[39:05] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL
[39:06] COMMISSION TO BE ADMINISTERED
[39:08] BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC
[39:09] PRESERVATION.
[39:10] THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE COST
[39:12] OF HISTORICAL AND HISTORIC
[39:14] DISTRICT COMMISSION MEMBERS AND
[39:15] MUNICIPAL STAFF AND TURNING THE
[39:17] NATIONAL LINES OF PRESERVATION
[39:20] COMMISSIONS FORM CONFERENCE.
[39:22] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[39:24] COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNTRY YOU
[39:25] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[39:26] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[39:27] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[39:28] THIS IS OFF OVER A LITTLE.
[39:30] BIT OVER $4,000 SCHOLARSHIP
[39:31] FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS
[39:32] HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO SEND
[39:33] THE HISTORIC DISTRICT
[39:34] COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF TO
[39:36] THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE
[39:37] OF PRESERVATION COMMISSIONS
[39:38] CONFERENCE, OUR HISTORIC
[39:40] DISTRICT COMMISSION AND OFFICE
[39:41] OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DO
[39:43] INCREDIBLE WORK AND I ADMIRE
[39:44] THEIR DEDICATION TO CONTINUING
[39:46] THEIR CRAFT AND THEIR EDUCATION
[39:48] SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER SERVE
[39:49] OUR CITY.
[39:49] I WANT TO THANK THE
[39:50] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL
[39:51] COMMISSION FOR PROVIDING THIS
[39:53] OPPORTUNITY, AND I WOULD LIKE
[39:54] TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND
[39:55] AND PASS THIS GRANT TODAY.
[39:57] THANK YOU.
[39:59] CONSIDER CONSIDER SUSPENSION
[40:00] OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE
[40:01] OF DOCKET 1839.
[40:02] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[40:04] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[40:06] BOTH.
[40:07] BUT, UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU
[40:08] PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[40:10] VOTE ON DOCKET 121839.
[40:13] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[40:13] YES I.
[40:14] WAS READING YES CONCEPTUAL
[40:15] ART AS OPPOSED COUNCIL CLOSED
[40:18] BY YES.
[40:18] COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[40:19] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[40:20] YES.
[40:21] COUNCILOR.
[40:21] DURKAN.
[40:22] COUNCILOR.
[40:22] DURKAN.
[40:23] YES.
[40:23] COUNCILOR.
[40:23] FITZGERALD.
[40:24] YES.
[40:24] COUNCIL.
[40:25] SO YES.
[40:25] COUNCILOR.
[40:26] FLYNN.
[40:26] COUNCILOR.
[40:27] FLYNN.
[40:27] YES.
[40:28] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.
[40:29] WHO'S IN?
[40:30] YES, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[40:31] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[40:32] YES.
[40:32] COUNCILOR.
[40:32] MURPHY.
[40:33] COUNCILOR.
[40:34] MURPHY.
[40:34] YES.
[40:35] COUNCIL.
[40:35] PIPPIN.
[40:36] COUNCILOR.
[40:36] PEN.
[40:37] YES.
[40:37] COUNCIL.
[40:37] SANTANA.
[40:38] COUNCIL.
[40:38] SANTANA.
[40:39] YES.
[40:39] COUNCIL.
[40:40] WEBER.
[40:40] YES.
[40:40] COUNCILOR.
[40:41] WEBER.
[40:41] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[40:42] WORLD.
[40:42] YES.
[40:43] COUNCIL.
[40:43] WELL YES.
[40:44] TALKING NUMBER 1839 AS WE.
[40:47] SPEAK.
[40:48] A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[40:49] AFFIRMATIVE.
[40:50] THANK YOU.
[40:51] MR TARGET 1839 HAS PASSED.
[40:54] WE ARE NOW, UH, ON TO REPORTS
[40:57] OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
[40:59] MR. CLERK, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE
[41:02] READ DOCKETS 1840 THROUGH.
[41:07] 18421840 COMMUNICATION WAS
[41:09] RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY
[41:10] REGARDING OUTSTANDING REQUESTS
[41:12] FOR INFORMATION SEVEN SIX
[41:14] SECTION 17 F ORDERS AND PUBLIC
[41:17] RECORDS REQUEST NUMBER 1841
[41:20] COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
[41:22] COUNCIL OF COLOR AS A PARTNER
[41:23] REGARDING COMMENTS ON THE
[41:25] BOSTON COASTAL STORM RISK
[41:26] MANAGEMENT DRAFT INTEGRATED
[41:29] FEASIBILITY REPORT AND
[41:31] PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL
[41:32] ASSESSMENT AND DUCKY NUMBER
[41:34] 1842 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED
[41:37] FROM COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[41:39] REGARDING FULL BOOKS BOOKSTORE.
[41:41] THANK YOU.
[41:42] THESE DOCKETS 1840 THROUGH 1842
[41:46] WILL BE PLACED.
[41:47] ON FILE.
[41:48] WE KNOW ON TWO MATTERS RECENTLY
[41:50] HEARD MR KERR COULD YOU PLEASE
[41:52] READ DOCKETS 1671 THROUGH 1674
[41:55] .
[41:56] NOT GOING TO HAVE A1671 MESSAGE
[41:59] IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR
[42:02] 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[42:04] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[42:05] BARGAINING BY $1,951,894 TO
[42:09] PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
[42:12] POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL
[42:13] YEAR 27 INCREASES CONTAINED
[42:17] WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[42:18] BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
[42:19] THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE
[42:21] BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BAND
[42:22] AND VILLAGE SOCIETY SECOND
[42:24] NUMBER 1672 MESSAGE IN ORDER
[42:27] FOR THE BOSTON POLICE
[42:29] DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27,
[42:31] IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,951,894 TO
[42:36] COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27 COST
[42:38] ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
[42:39] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
[42:40] BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
[42:42] THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES
[42:44] BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
[42:45] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT JULY
[42:49] 1ST 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2026
[42:52] .
[42:52] THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
[42:54] CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE
[42:55] INCREASE OF 2% IN JULY OF 2025
[42:58] .
[42:59] THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS AN
[43:01] UPDATE TO HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY IN
[43:03] AMENDED LANGUAGE AROUND SICK
[43:04] TIME PAY BACK EVERY TIME IT IS
[43:07] ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO YOU.
[43:08] THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET
[43:10] REQUEST INCLUDED A RESERVE FOR
[43:12] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, A
[43:14] SEPARATE APPROPRIATION TO FUND
[43:15] PROJECTED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[43:17] INCREASES.
[43:18] A SEPARATE ORDER HAS BEEN FILED
[43:20] TO REDUCE THE APPROPRIATION BY
[43:25] $1,951,894 TALKING NUMBER 1673
[43:28] MESSAGE TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR
[43:31] 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
[43:32] RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
[43:33] BARGAINING BY $1,366,093 TO
[43:39] PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
[43:40] POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
[43:42] FISCAL YEAR 27 INCREASES
[43:44] CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[43:45] BARGAINING RING AS BETWEEN THE
[43:47] CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON
[43:49] POLICE DETECTIVE BENEVOLENT
[43:50] SOCIETY SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNIT
[43:54] NUMBER 1674 MESSAGE IN ORDER
[43:57] FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
[43:58] FISCAL YEAR 27, IN THE AMOUNT
[44:04] OF $1,366,093 TO COVER THE
[44:05] FISCAL YEAR 27 COST ITEMS
[44:07] CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
[44:08] BARGAINING.
[44:09] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
[44:11] OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE
[44:13] DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
[44:15] SUPERIOR OFFICERS YOUTH.
[44:18] THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AT
[44:21] JULY 1ST 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH
[44:23] 2026, THE MAJOR PROVISIONS
[44:25] OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE
[44:27] WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN JULY
[44:30] OF 2025.
[44:30] THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS AN
[44:32] UPDATE HAZARD IS DUTY PAY, AN
[44:35] AMENDED LANGUAGE AMOUNT, PAID
[44:37] DETAILS AND SOME APPLICATION
[44:38] SCHEDULES AS ORIGINALLY
[44:40] PRESENTED TO YOU.
[44:41] THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET
[44:43] REQUEST INCLUDED A RESERVE FOR
[44:44] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, A
[44:46] SEPARATE APPROPRIATION TO FUND
[44:47] PROJECT OF COLLECTIVE PROJECTED
[44:50] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING INCREASES
[44:51] .
[44:52] A SEPARATE ORDER HAS BEEN FILED
[44:54] TO REDUCE THAT APPROPRIATION BY
[44:59] $1,366,093.
[45:00] THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
[45:01] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[45:03] COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
[45:04] OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
[45:05] MEANS.
[45:05] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[45:07] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[45:07] UH, ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH,
[45:09] UH, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
[45:11] HELD A HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER
[45:14] 1671 TO 1674 REGARDING
[45:15] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[45:16] AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY
[45:18] OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE
[45:20] DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
[45:21] AND A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[45:22] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON
[45:23] POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT
[45:24] SOCIETY SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNIT
[45:26] AND THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[45:28] UH THE HEARING WAS ATTENDED BY
[45:30] MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILORS ED
[45:31] FLYNN, UH ERIN MURPHY AND JOHN
[45:34] FITZGERALD.
[45:34] WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY.
[45:36] UH.
[45:37] PANELISTS JIM WILLIAMSON,
[45:37] THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
[45:38] OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS
[45:40] UH, DETECTIVE BOB GRIFFIN,
[45:42] PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON POLICE
[45:43] DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
[45:45] UH, AT THE HEARING THE FOCUS
[45:48] WAS ON UH FISCAL YEAR 27
[45:51] FUNDING UH ASSOCIATED WITH
[45:53] THOSE UH TWO COLLECTIVE
[45:54] BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THE UH
[45:55] THE UH THE THE SUMMARIES THAT
[45:58] WERE SEEKING TO TRANSFER UH 3.3
[46:01] JUST OVER $3.3 MILLION FROM THE
[46:04] CITY'S RESERVE.
[46:04] FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO
[46:06] THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
[46:07] COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27 COSTS
[46:10] ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
[46:11] AGREEMENTS.
[46:12] UH, WE DID HOLD A HEARING ON
[46:14] APPROVING THESE AGREEMENTS IN
[46:15] MAY OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
[46:18] UH, WE JUST AS A REMINDER, THE
[46:21] NEW CONTRACTS, UH, HAD SEVERAL
[46:23] NEW PROVISIONS THAT THAT WERE
[46:26] HIGHLIGHTED UH, THEY ALLOWED
[46:28] CIVILIAN PERSONNEL TO PERFORM
[46:30] ALL TASKS, RESPONSE AND
[46:33] RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AREA
[46:34] OF DETAIL CLERKS, UH AND SWORN
[46:36] OFFICERS IN THE PAY DETAILS
[46:38] UNIT UM, UH AND UH FOR BOTH THE
[46:41] DISTRIBUTION OF PAY DETAILS AND
[46:43] FOR THE CLERICAL OVERTIME
[46:44] DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS.
[46:45] DETAILS WERE THEN ALIGNED TO
[46:48] CONFORM WITH CONTRACTUAL SHIFTS
[46:50] DETAILS ACCORDING TO THE NEW
[46:52] CBA WERE ALLOWED TO OVERLAP UH
[46:54] WITH UH REGULAR SHIFT PAY FOR
[46:56] THE MAXIMUM OF TWO HOURS.
[46:58] UH THE VACATION SUMMER VACATION
[47:00] PERIOD WAS EXTENDED UH TO ALLOW
[47:03] UH.
[47:04] FOR FOR OFFICERS NOT TO OVERLAP
[47:06] UH FOR VACATION THE CITY
[47:08] PROVIDED FUNDING UH FOR
[47:10] DEPARTMENTAL GYMS UH AND FOR TO
[47:12] PROVIDE MAINTENANCE OF FREE
[47:13] MEMBERSHIP AND ACCESS TO
[47:15] DETECTIVES COVERED BY THE
[47:16] AGREEMENT HAZARDOUS PAID
[47:17] HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY UH WAS
[47:20] CALCULATED AS 5.65% OF THE BASE
[47:23] PAY FOR ALL DETECTIVES.
[47:25] UH, THE UH THE THERE WAS AN
[47:28] INCLUSION OF FOR.
[47:29] HALF HOUR FULLY COMPENSATED
[47:30] BLOCKS OF WORKOUT MEDITATION
[47:33] TIME PER WEEK UH FOR THE
[47:34] MEMBERS AND NAMETAGS UH WOULD
[47:37] BE WORN BY DETECTIVES.
[47:38] WE APPROVED THAT CONTRACT IN
[47:39] MAY HERE.
[47:40] THAT CONTRACT EXPIRED AT THE
[47:41] END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AT THE
[47:44] END OF JUNE 2026 UNDER I THINK
[47:46] IT'S THE LABOR LAW DOCTRINE
[47:48] OF STATUS QUO.
[47:49] THE CONTRACT CONTINUES ONCE
[47:51] YOU'RE OUT OF CONTRACT YOU
[47:52] DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE
[47:53] A CONTRACT.
[47:54] SO THE TERMS OF THE OLD
[47:55] CONTRACT ARE STILL IN PLACE.
[47:56] THERE'S A 2% UH, PAY RAISE.
[47:59] UH, THESE UH THESE RESERVES
[48:01] WOULD PAY FOR THAT.
[48:02] UH.
[48:03] PAY RAISE FOR THE DETECTIVES
[48:05] AND THE DETECTIVE SUPERIOR
[48:06] OFFICERS.
[48:07] UH.
[48:08] I JUST YOU KNOW, WITH ALL
[48:09] THAT SAID AS THE AS THE CHAIR
[48:11] OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
[48:11] MEANS, I'M RECOMMENDING
[48:12] ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE.
[48:13] REPORT AND PASSAGE OF THESE
[48:15] DOCKETS TODAY.
[48:15] THANK YOU.
[48:16] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR
[48:18] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[48:20] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[48:21] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[48:23] THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR.
[48:24] HOLDING THIS HEARING.
[48:25] AND LIKE COUNCILOR.
[48:26] WEBER SAID WE.
[48:28] ARE JUST RENEWING THE CONTRACT
[48:29] .
[48:30] THAT WE SPOKE.
[48:30] ABOUT IN MAY.
[48:31] IT EXPIRED.
[48:32] AND WE WANT TO EXTEND IT.
[48:33] I DO JUST WANT TO THANK THE
[48:35] CHAIR FOR ALLOWING PRESIDENT.
[48:37] GRIFFIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
[48:39] DETECTIVES UNION WHO WAS NOT
[48:41] ORIGINALLY INVITED, BUT WE DID
[48:43] HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT.
[48:46] THE WORK.
[48:47] THAT'S EXPECTED AND JUST SOME
[48:49] OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND
[48:50] CONCERNS THAT THAT UNION HAD.
[48:52] SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING HIM
[48:54] TO BE A PANELIST AND PUT SOME
[48:56] THINGS ON THE RECORD.
[48:57] SO LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING IN
[48:58] SUPPORT OF THIS AND SUPPORTING
[49:01] OUR UH, COLLEAGUES.
[49:02] ONE THING WE DID LEARN AT THIS
[49:03] HEARING IS THAT THE.
[49:05] POLICE UM, ARE FUNDRAISING
[49:08] THEMSELVES FOR THEIR WELLNESS
[49:09] AND SOME OF THEIR SCREENINGS
[49:11] SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THIS BODY
[49:13] UM, DIDN'T PASS.
[49:15] IN AN.
[49:15] AMENDMENT PROCESS BUT WE HAVE
[49:17] FOUND OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR OUR
[49:19] FIRE CANCER SCREENINGS WHICH I
[49:20] THINK IS WONDERFUL AND WE NEED
[49:22] TO CONTINUE THAT BUT WE HAVE
[49:23] TO, I BELIEVE, PUT IT INTO OUR
[49:25] CITY BUDGET BUDGET TO MAKE SURE
[49:26] THAT ALL OF OUR FIRST
[49:27] RESPONDERS ARE GETTING THE
[49:29] WELLNESS AND ANY
[49:30] CANCER SCREENINGS THAT THEY
[49:31] NEED AND THEY'RE NOT EXPECTED
[49:32] TO FUNDRAISE ON THEIR OWN.
[49:34] SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BODY
[49:36] ADVOCATING IN THE NEXT ROUND
[49:37] OF THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT
[49:38] HAPPENS.
[49:39] THANK YOU.
[49:40] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[49:42] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[49:42] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[49:43] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[49:45] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[49:46] UM.
[49:47] I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[49:49] THAT.
[49:50] THE PRESIDENT OF THE DETECTIVES
[49:53] UNION.
[49:53] ALTHOUGH HE WASN'T INVITED, DID
[49:55] PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION.
[49:58] IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE
[49:59] DISCUSSION AND HE ALSO BUT
[50:04] BOBBY GRIFFIN ALSO TALKED ABOUT
[50:06] AS COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED
[50:07] THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ASPECTS
[50:10] OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS
[50:12] PROGRAM AND SCREENINGS,
[50:15] PARTICULARLY WHERE POLICE
[50:18] OFFICERS ARE PAYING THEIR OWN
[50:21] SCREENING OR MEDICAL.
[50:22] COST THROUGH THE THROUGH THE
[50:24] UNION OR THROUGH UM
[50:25] FUNDRAISING.
[50:26] BUT THAT BUT THE CITY OF BOSTON
[50:28] IS NOT PAYING FOR THAT.
[50:30] I DID HIGHLIGHT THAT DURING THE
[50:33] DISCUSSION UM WITH THE WAYS AND
[50:36] MEANS CHAIR.
[50:37] I DO THINK THE CITY OF BOSTON
[50:39] HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT
[50:41] THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR
[50:44] POLICE OFFICERS.
[50:45] I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL
[50:47] ASPECT OF OF THE JOB WHEN
[50:49] THEY'RE IN HARM'S WAY AND
[50:51] THEY'RE WORKING 16 HOURS A DAY
[50:53] .
[50:54] UM, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO
[50:57] PAY FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS?
[50:58] I THINK IT IS.
[51:00] I WAS I WAS SOMEWHAT
[51:04] EMBARRASSED THAT THEY ARE
[51:06] PAYING ALMOST ALL OF 100% OF OF
[51:10] HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND
[51:12] SCREENINGS AND DURING THE
[51:14] BUDGET PROCESS.
[51:16] I SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED FUNDING
[51:18] FOR THE BOSTON POLICE HEALTH
[51:20] AND WELLNESS PROGRAM SO THAT
[51:22] THAT SO THAT IT WOULD ADDRESS
[51:24] THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES.
[51:26] UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS BLOCKED OR
[51:28] WASN'T ACCEPTED BY THE CITY
[51:30] COUNCIL.
[51:31] UM MY PROPOSAL BUT I DO BELIEVE
[51:34] AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET WE
[51:36] HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FIGHT
[51:38] FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, THEIR
[51:40] HEALTH AND WELLNESS UM, IN
[51:42] VARIOUS SCREENINGS FOR THE
[51:43] POLICE, FOR THE FIRE, FOR EMS
[51:46] AS WELL.
[51:46] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[51:47] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[51:50] UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE
[51:51] DOCKETS, VOTE ON THESE DOCKETS
[51:53] SEPARATELY.
[51:54] THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS
[51:55] SEEKS, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE
[51:57] COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
[51:58] OF DOCKET 1671.
[52:01] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[52:02] A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
[52:04] 1671.
[52:05] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[52:06] YES, COUNCILOR BREADON.
[52:08] YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A
[52:09] PARTNER.
[52:09] COUNCIL AS A PARTNER.
[52:10] YES.
[52:11] COUNCILOR.
[52:12] CULPEPER COUNCILOR.
[52:14] CULPEPER.
[52:14] YES.
[52:15] COUNCILOR.
[52:15] DURKAN.
[52:15] COUNCILOR.
[52:16] DURKAN.
[52:16] YES.
[52:17] COUNCILOR.
[52:17] FITZGERALD.
[52:18] COUNCIL FOR SHOW.
[52:19] YES.
[52:19] COUNCILOR.
[52:19] FLYNN.
[52:20] YES.
[52:20] COUNCILOR.
[52:21] FLYNN.
[52:21] YES.
[52:21] COUNCILOR.
[52:22] LOUIJEUNE.
[52:22] COUNCILOR.
[52:23] LOUIJEUNE.
[52:23] YES.
[52:24] COUNCILOR.
[52:24] MEJIA.
[52:25] COUNCILOR.
[52:25] MEJIA.
[52:26] YES.
[52:26] COUNCILOR.
[52:26] MURPHY.
[52:27] COUNCILOR.
[52:28] MURPHY.
[52:28] YES.
[52:28] COUNCILOR.
[52:29] OPEN.
[52:30] COUNCILOR.
[52:30] THE PIN.
[52:30] YES.
[52:31] COUNCIL.
[52:31] SANTANA.
[52:32] COUNCILOR.
[52:33] SANTANA.
[52:33] YES.
[52:33] COUNCILOR.
[52:34] WEBER.
[52:34] YES.
[52:35] COUNCIL.
[52:35] WEBER.
[52:35] YES.
[52:36] AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[52:36] YES.
[52:37] COUNCIL.
[52:38] WE'RE ALL YES.
[52:39] TALKING OF A1671 HAS RECEIVED A
[52:41] UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[52:42] AFFIRMATIVE.
[52:43] THANK YOU.
[52:44] THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
[52:45] ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1671 HAS
[52:47] PASSED.
[52:48] THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
[52:50] WAYS AND MEANS SIX ACCEPTANCE
[52:51] OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
[52:52] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1672.
[52:55] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[52:56] TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
[52:58] 1672.
[52:59] COUNCILOR BRIE.
[52:59] YES.
[53:00] COUNCILOR VOTING YES.
[53:01] COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
[53:03] COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PARTY.
[53:04] YES.
[53:04] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[53:05] YES.
[53:06] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[53:06] YES.
[53:07] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[53:09] YES.
[53:10] COUNCILOR.
[53:10] FITZGERALD.
[53:10] YES.
[53:11] COUNCILOR.
[53:11] FISCAL.
[53:12] YES.
[53:12] COUNCIL.
[53:13] FLYNN.
[53:13] YES.
[53:13] COUNCIL.
[53:14] THIN.
[53:14] YES.
[53:15] COUNCILOR.
[53:15] LOUIJEUNE.
[53:16] YES.
[53:16] COUNCIL.
[53:16] LOUIJEUNE.
[53:17] YES, COUNCILOR.
[53:18] MEJIA.
[53:19] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[53:20] YES.
[53:20] COUNCILOR.
[53:21] MURPHY.
[53:21] COUNCILOR.
[53:22] MURPHY.
[53:22] YES.
[53:23] COUNCIL WITH A PEN.
[53:23] YEAH.
[53:24] COUNCILMEMBER PEN.
[53:25] YES.
[53:25] SANTANA.
[53:27] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[53:27] YES.
[53:28] COUNCIL.
[53:28] WEBER.
[53:28] YES.
[53:29] COUNCIL.
[53:29] WEBER.
[53:30] YES.
[53:30] AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[53:31] YES.
[53:32] COUNCIL.
[53:32] ROWE.
[53:33] YES.
[53:33] TALKING NUMBER 1672 AS WE SEE
[53:36] THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[53:37] AFFIRMATIVE.
[53:38] THANK YOU.
[53:38] THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS
[53:39] BEEN ADOP ACCEPTED AND DOCKET
[53:41] 1672 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
[53:44] CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
[53:45] AND MEANS SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE
[53:46] COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
[53:48] OF DOCKET 1673.
[53:50] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[53:52] A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1673
[53:53] .
[53:54] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[53:55] YES.
[53:56] COUNCILOR.
[53:56] BRAIN.
[53:56] YES.
[53:57] COUNCILOR.
[53:57] COLORED AS A PART OF COUNCIL.
[53:59] AS A PARTY.
[53:59] YES.
[54:00] COUNCILOR.
[54:00] CULPEPER.
[54:01] COUNCILOR.
[54:02] CULPEPER.
[54:02] YES.
[54:03] COUNCIL.
[54:03] DURKAN.
[54:04] COUNCILOR.
[54:04] DURKAN.
[54:05] YES.
[54:05] COUNCILOR.
[54:05] FITZGERALD.
[54:06] COUNCIL.
[54:07] FITZGERALD.
[54:07] YES.
[54:08] COUNCILOR.
[54:08] FLYNN.
[54:08] YES.
[54:09] COUNCILOR.
[54:09] FLYNN.
[54:10] YES.
[54:10] COUNCILOR.
[54:11] LOUIJEUNE.
[54:11] YES.
[54:11] COUNCIL.
[54:12] LOUIJEUNE.
[54:12] YES.
[54:12] COUNCIL.
[54:13] MEJIA.
[54:14] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[54:14] YES.
[54:15] COUNCILOR.
[54:15] MURPHY.
[54:16] COUNCILOR.
[54:16] MURPHY.
[54:17] YES.
[54:17] COUNCIL.
[54:18] PIPPIN.
[54:18] COUNCILOR OF EVENT.
[54:19] YES.
[54:20] COUNCILOR.
[54:20] SANTANA.
[54:21] COUNCILOR.
[54:21] SANTANA.
[54:22] YES.
[54:23] COUNCILOR.
[54:23] WEBER.
[54:23] YES.
[54:24] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[54:24] YES.
[54:25] AND COUNCILOR.
[54:25] WORLD.
[54:26] YES.
[54:26] COUNCILOR.
[54:27] WORLD.
[54:27] YES.
[54:28] SO I CAN HAVE A1673 BECAUSE WE
[54:31] SEE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[54:32] AFFIRMATIVE.
[54:33] THANK YOU, MR BURKE.
[54:34] THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
[54:35] ACCEPTED ON DOCKET 1673 HAS
[54:37] PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
[54:39] COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SIX
[54:40] ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
[54:41] REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
[54:43] 1674.
[54:44] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[54:45] TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
[54:47] 1674.
[54:48] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[54:49] YES.
[54:50] COUNCILOR BRAYTON.
[54:50] YES, COUNCILOR COLON AS OPPOSED
[54:53] COUNCILOR CLOSED FOR YES.
[54:53] COUNCILOR.
[54:54] CULPEPER.
[54:55] COUNCILOR.
[54:56] CULPEPER.
[54:56] YES.
[54:57] COUNCILOR.
[54:57] DURKAN.
[54:58] COUNCILOR.
[54:58] DURKAN.
[54:59] YES.
[54:59] COUNCILOR.
[55:00] FITZGERALD.
[55:00] YES.
[55:01] COUNCIL.
[55:01] FITZGERALD.
[55:01] YES.
[55:02] COUNCILOR.
[55:02] FLYNN.
[55:03] YES.
[55:04] COUNCILOR.
[55:04] FLYNN.
[55:04] YES.
[55:04] COUNCIL.
[55:05] LOUIJEUNE.
[55:05] YES.
[55:06] COUNCIL IS IN.
[55:06] YES, COUNCILOR.
[55:07] MEJIA.
[55:08] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[55:09] YES.
[55:10] COUNCILOR.
[55:10] MURPHY.
[55:11] COUNCILOR.
[55:11] MURPHY.
[55:12] YES.
[55:12] COUNCIL.
[55:13] PIPPIN.
[55:13] COUNCIL.
[55:14] OPINIONS?
[55:15] COUNCILOR.
[55:15] SANTANA.
[55:15] YES.
[55:16] COUNCILOR.
[55:17] SANTANA.
[55:17] YES.
[55:18] COUNCILOR.
[55:18] WEBER.
[55:18] YES.
[55:19] COUNCIL MEMBER.
[55:20] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[55:20] WORLD.
[55:21] YES.
[55:22] COUNCIL.
[55:22] YES.
[55:23] SO I CAN HAVE A1674 AS WE SEEM
[55:26] TO BE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[55:27] AFFIRMATIVE.
[55:27] THANK YOU.
[55:28] THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
[55:30] ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1674 HAS
[55:33] PASSED.
[55:34] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[55:35] READ DOCKET 1695?
[55:38] DUCKY NUMBER 0695 ORDER FOR A
[55:40] HEARING ON THE STATUS OF THE
[55:42] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY
[55:44] OF BOSTON'S ASSESSMENT OF FAIR
[55:46] HOUSING.
[55:47] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
[55:48] OF THE HOUSE HOUSING AND
[55:49] COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
[55:51] COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE
[55:52] FLOOR.
[55:54] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[55:56] YESTERDAY THE COMMITTEE ON.
[55:58] HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
[55:59] DEVELOPMENT HELD A HEARING ON
[56:00] DOCKET NUMBER 0695 IN ORDER FOR
[56:03] A HEARING ON THE STATUS OF THE
[56:05] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY
[56:06] OF BOSTON ASSESSMENT ON FAIR
[56:08] HOUSING.
[56:08] THE DOCKET WAS SPONSORED BY
[56:10] COUNCILORS MORRELL, CULPEPER
[56:12] AND MARIA.
[56:13] IN ATTENDANCE WERE COUNCILORS
[56:15] MORRELL, CULPEPER, MEJIA,
[56:17] FLYNN, MURPHY, MORRELL, BREADON
[56:20] WEBER, FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE AND
[56:21] CLARISSA PORTER.
[56:23] WE WERE JOINED BY MEMBERS
[56:24] OF THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION
[56:26] CABINET AS WELL AS A ROBUST
[56:27] PANEL OF ADVOCATES FOR A
[56:28] DISCUSSION ON THE CITY'S
[56:29] ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING.
[56:31] THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED
[56:33] BOTH IN BOSTON AND THE LARGEST
[56:35] ECONOMY SINCE THE ASSESSMENT
[56:36] WAS RELEASED IN 2022 AND WHAT
[56:39] WORK THE CITY HAS DONE IN THE
[56:40] WAKE OF THE ASSESSMENT.
[56:42] THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON WHAT
[56:43] THE CITY CAN DO BETTER TO MEET
[56:45] ITS OBLIGATION TO AFFIRMATIVELY
[56:47] FURTHER FAIR HOUSING GIVEN THE
[56:48] CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE.
[56:50] OPTIONS INCLUDE FILLING
[56:51] VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE OF FAIR
[56:53] HOUSING AND WORKING TO ACHIEVE
[56:54] THE GOALS LAID OUT IN THE
[56:55] ASSESSMENT.
[56:57] ADVOCATES EMPHASIZE THE
[56:58] IMPORTANCE OF AFFIRMATIVELY
[57:00] FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING ACROSS
[57:01] CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
[57:02] REMEMBERING THE FAIR HOUSING
[57:03] GOALS BEYOND HOUSING
[57:04] DISCRIMINATION.
[57:06] I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
[57:07] THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE
[57:08] I WAS VERY JUST PLEASED TO SEE
[57:10] HOW MANY OF YOU SHOWED UP
[57:12] YESTERDAY.
[57:12] IT WAS A VERY UM STRONG HEARING
[57:14] AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR
[57:16] YOUR ATTENDANCE.
[57:17] BUT AT THIS TIME I WOULD LOVE
[57:19] TO OFFER THE MAIN SPONSOR
[57:21] OF THIS HEARING,
[57:22] COUNCILOR BRIAN MORROW, AN
[57:23] OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY
[57:24] REMARKS IF HE PLEASES TO DO SO.
[57:26] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[57:27] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[57:28] COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE
[57:29] FLOOR.
[57:29] UH.
[57:30] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[57:31] THANK YOU TO COUNCIL, UH, PEPEN
[57:32] FOR OUR CHANCE THIS HEARING AND
[57:34] THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES
[57:35] THAT SHOWED UP.
[57:36] UH, I WANT TO START BY
[57:37] REMEMBERING THE LATE GREAT BOB
[57:39] TYRRELL.
[57:40] UH, MANY OF US SPENT HOURS WITH
[57:42] BOB LISTENING AND LEARNING.
[57:43] HE MADE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT
[57:45] FAIR HOUSING MEANS AND WHAT WE
[57:46] NEEDED TO DO ABOUT IT.
[57:48] I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR, UH,
[57:51] COMMUNITY PANEL.
[57:52] UH, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
[57:53] BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR YEARS
[57:54] AND HAVE PUT FAIR HOUSING INTO
[57:56] OUR ZONING CODE.
[57:57] AND THANK YOU TO OUR FORMER
[57:58] COLLEAGUES, ESPECIALLY SENATOR
[57:59] EDWARDS, AND GET THAT ACROSS
[58:01] THE FINISH LINE.
[58:02] UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK
[58:03] DONE BUT WE KNOW THERE'S MORE
[58:04] TO DO.
[58:05] POLICY IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS
[58:07] IMPLEMENTATION.
[58:08] AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
[58:09] BRINGING, UH, OFFICE OF FAIR
[58:10] HOUSING AND THE RELEVANT
[58:11] DEPARTMENTS BACK, UH, FOR A
[58:13] WORK SESSION.
[58:14] UH, LET'S GET THE OUTSTANDING
[58:15] QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
[58:16] UH, GET AN UPDATE ON THE
[58:18] QUARTERLY REPORT AND BE CLEAR
[58:19] ON THE NEXT STEPS AND WHAT THIS
[58:21] OFFICE NEEDS TO GET IT DONE.
[58:22] I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FH
[58:25] COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
[58:27] LEAD FROM THE EQUITY UH
[58:29] DEPARTMENT.
[58:30] UH, DEWAYNE WATSON WHO THE OLD
[58:31] MAC ROOM FOR FAIR HOUSING AND I
[58:32] ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER JOYCE
[58:34] RIVERA WHO PUT SO MUCH INTO
[58:35] THIS WORK AND HELPED CARRY
[58:36] BOB'S LEGACY FORWARD.
[58:37] THANK YOU.
[58:38] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[58:40] WELL, DOCKET 1695 WILL REMAIN
[58:43] IN COMMITTEE.
[58:45] WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS
[58:47] AND RESOLUTIONS A REMINDER THAT
[58:49] UNDER RULE 39 REMARKS ON NEW
[58:51] MATTERS NOT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY
[58:53] WILL SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE
[58:55] MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR
[58:56] AND TWO MINUTES FOR THE
[58:58] CO-SPONSORS.
[58:59] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[59:00] READ DOCKET 1843.
[59:02] TALKING NUMBER 1843 COUNCIL IS
[59:04] WELL AND MEJIA UH FOR THE
[59:06] FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING
[59:07] AND FORMALIZING THE
[59:09] NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT COMMISSION
[59:10] .
[59:11] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[59:13] COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE
[59:14] FLOOR.
[59:15] UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[59:17] I WANT TO ALSO THANK, UH,
[59:19] COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HER
[59:20] CO-SPONSORSHIP.
[59:21] THIS ORDINANCE COMES FROM YEARS
[59:23] OF EFFORTS THAT STARTED BEFORE
[59:24] MY TIME HERE ON THE CITY
[59:26] COUNCIL HAS CONTINUED
[59:27] THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN OFFICE
[59:29] AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE IN
[59:30] OUR CITY LONG INTO THE FUTURE
[59:32] SO WE CAN SHOW ALL OF BOSTON
[59:34] RESIDENTS SHARE IN THE BOSTON'S
[59:35] GROWTH AND NONE OF THEM HAVE TO
[59:37] ACCEPT ACCEPT DISPLACEMENT AS A
[59:39] NORM.
[59:40] THIS ORDINANCE IS MEANT AS A
[59:42] COMPANION PIECE TO THE ZONING
[59:43] PETITION I FOUND EARLIER THIS
[59:45] YEAR TO CREATE SPECIAL
[59:47] PROTECTION ZONES AS A TOOL TO
[59:48] STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS
[59:49] ABILITY, STABILITY,
[59:52] AFFORDABILITY AND ANTI
[59:53] DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS AND THE
[59:54] NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE RISK
[59:56] OF DISPLACEMENT IS HIGHEST THAT
[59:58] UM THAT PETITION WILL CREATE
[1:00:00] DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FINANCE
[1:00:01] AND ZONES WHICH WILL ALLOW A
[1:00:02] NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS AT RISK
[1:00:04] OF DISPLACEMENT TO REINVEST IN
[1:00:06] NEW PROPERTY TAXES FROM GROWTH
[1:00:08] INTO MEASURES THAT WE KNOW CAN
[1:00:09] FIGHT DISPLACEMENT AND INCLUDES
[1:00:11] WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
[1:00:13] ESPECIALLY JOB UPSKILLING
[1:00:14] BECAUSE WE KNOW A BIGGER
[1:00:15] PAYCHECK CAN HELP MAKE YOUR
[1:00:16] LIFE MORE STABLE AND ALSO CAN
[1:00:19] INCLUDE INVESTMENTS IN
[1:00:20] ENVIRONMENTAL AND
[1:00:21] TRANSPORTATION EQUITY.
[1:00:23] THE ORDINANCE I'M INTRODUCING
[1:00:24] TODAY BUILDS UP A COMMISSION
[1:00:25] THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 80S
[1:00:28] THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT
[1:00:29] COMMISSION.
[1:00:30] THIS ORDINANCE WILL REFORM THAT
[1:00:32] COMMISSION AND BREATHE NEW LIFE
[1:00:34] INTO IT IN A WAY THAT WILL
[1:00:36] ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE
[1:00:37] NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE MORE
[1:00:38] PREDICTABLE FOR DEVELOPERS AND
[1:00:39] FOR RESIDENTS.
[1:00:41] IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR THIS
[1:00:42] COMMISSION AT THE DISTRICT
[1:00:43] LEVEL TO ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS
[1:00:45] FROM THE DEATH DIRECTLY INTO
[1:00:47] ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND ANTI
[1:00:49] DISPLACEMENT MEASURES.
[1:00:50] THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT
[1:00:52] COMMISSION ON A CITYWIDE LEVEL
[1:00:53] AND FOR EACH AT RISK
[1:00:54] NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD WILL
[1:00:56] BE MADE UP OF CITY OFFICIALS,
[1:00:57] HOUSING EXPERTS, COMMUNITY
[1:00:59] LEADERS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND
[1:01:01] RESIDENTS TO ACT AS A
[1:01:02] REPRESENTATIVE BODY.
[1:01:03] THIS BODY WOULD BE TASKED WITH
[1:01:05] MAKING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
[1:01:07] THAT ENCOURAGE THE PURSUIT
[1:01:08] OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT
[1:01:09] PRACTICES THAT PROMOTE
[1:01:10] EQUITABLE PATHWAYS TO
[1:01:12] NEIGHBORHOOD BASED, AFFORDABLE
[1:01:13] AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
[1:01:16] HOMEOWNERSHIP, SUSTAINABLE JOBS
[1:01:17] AND WAGES AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY
[1:01:19] FOR ALL AND CREATING SPACES
[1:01:21] WHERE INDUSTRY EXPERTS, CITY
[1:01:23] OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS CAN
[1:01:24] WEIGH IN TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT
[1:01:26] MAKES THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
[1:01:27] PROCESS COHESIVE PRODUCTIVE FOR
[1:01:29] ALL STAKEHOLDERS DECREASES TIME
[1:01:30] AND COST FOR BUILDERS AND
[1:01:32] CENTERS EQUITY AND DEVELOPMENT
[1:01:33] BY BETTER INTEGRATING RESIDENTS
[1:01:35] COLLABORATION.
[1:01:36] I WANT A SHOUT OUT ACTION FOR
[1:01:37] EQUITY WHO'S HERE TODAY FOR ALL
[1:01:39] THEIR WORK, THE COLLABORATION
[1:01:41] AND THIS FOR THE PAST COUPLE
[1:01:42] OF YEARS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING
[1:01:44] ON ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEASURES
[1:01:46] AND HOUSING AND WORKFORCE
[1:01:46] ISSUES FOR YEARS AND I'M SO
[1:01:48] HONORED TO BE ABLE TO FILE THIS
[1:01:50] ON THEIR BEHALF.
[1:01:52] I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT
[1:01:55] WE HAVE ALSO WORK WITH
[1:01:56] DEVELOPERS ON THIS.
[1:01:56] AND WE TEND TO CONTINUE THOSE
[1:01:58] COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.
[1:02:00] WE REALLY WANT TO GET THIS
[1:02:01] RIGHT AND THAT MEANS
[1:02:02] INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM ALL
[1:02:03] ENDS OF EXPERTISE WHO HAVE A
[1:02:05] HAND IN CREATING THE DIVERSE
[1:02:06] HOUSING STOCK THAT BOSTON
[1:02:07] NEIGHBORHOODS NEED.
[1:02:08] I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE TEAM
[1:02:10] FOR ACTING FOR EQUITY ONCE MORE
[1:02:12] AS WELL AS DEVELOPERS AND
[1:02:13] HOUSING EXPERTS.
[1:02:14] I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT STACEY
[1:02:15] FROM MY TEAM WHO HAS CONVENED
[1:02:17] ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO BRING THIS
[1:02:19] ORDINANCE HERE TODAY TO THE
[1:02:20] FLOOR.
[1:02:20] THANK YOU.
[1:02:22] COUNCILMEMBER WORRELL CHAIR
[1:02:24] RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
[1:02:25] COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:02:27] UH THANK YOU.
[1:02:28] ,MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:02:29] AND I WANT TO THANK
[1:02:30] COUNCIL WORRELL FOR ADDING ME,
[1:02:31] UH, TO THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL
[1:02:33] OF HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS
[1:02:34] SPACE.
[1:02:35] UM, IN THE FACE OF RISING
[1:02:36] HOUSING COST DISPLACEMENT AND
[1:02:39] GENTRIFICATION, UM, AND LIMITED
[1:02:41] ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION AND
[1:02:42] GREEN SPACES AND HOUSING
[1:02:43] INSTABILITY, THIS ORDINANCE
[1:02:45] OFFERS A SOLUTION THAT HELPS
[1:02:47] PROTECT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR
[1:02:48] VOICES.
[1:02:49] I GREW UP IN THE CITY
[1:02:50] OF BOSTON, SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND
[1:02:52] WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO NAVIGATE
[1:02:53] SYSTEMS AND DECISIONS THAT HAVE
[1:02:55] MADE, UM, A REAL IMPACT ON
[1:02:58] WHERE YOU LIVE, HOW YOU LIVE
[1:02:59] AND WHETHER YOU CAN EVEN AFFORD
[1:03:00] TO LIVE HERE ANY LONGER.
[1:03:03] I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
[1:03:04] WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR
[1:03:07] NEIGHBORHOODS BEST ARE THE LAST
[1:03:08] ONES THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO THE
[1:03:10] CONVERSATION.
[1:03:11] THIS LIVED EXPERIENCE IS WHY
[1:03:12] OUR OFFICE IS DEDICATED TO
[1:03:14] ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY
[1:03:16] AND ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR CITY'S
[1:03:18] PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND
[1:03:20] PROCEDURES.
[1:03:21] ENSURING MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY
[1:03:22] INPUT EARLY IN PLANNING AND
[1:03:24] DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES.
[1:03:26] CENTERS AND HONORS COMMUNITY
[1:03:28] VOICES AND NEEDS.
[1:03:30] I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THAT THE
[1:03:32] WHEREAS CLAUSES AND THE TEXT
[1:03:33] OF THE ORDINANCE MENTIONS TRUE
[1:03:35] AFFORDABILITY AND THE ISSUES
[1:03:37] WITH CITYWIDE AMI BECAUSE IT
[1:03:40] VARIES GREATLY ACROSS
[1:03:41] NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:03:42] WHAT IS CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE
[1:03:44] IN BOSTON DOES NOT REFLECT THE
[1:03:46] REALITIES ON THE GROUND.
[1:03:47] OUR OFFICE CONTINUES TO
[1:03:49] ADVOCATE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BASED
[1:03:51] AIMS TO ENSURE DEEP
[1:03:53] AFFORDABILITY.
[1:03:53] I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING
[1:03:55] IN MOVING THIS WORK FORWARD AND
[1:03:57] I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
[1:03:58] ADVOCATES.
[1:03:59] OUR OFFICE HAS A CO GOVERNANCE
[1:04:01] MODEL AND SO THIS IS WHAT IT
[1:04:03] LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE LITERALLY
[1:04:04] STEP TO THE SIDE AND LET
[1:04:06] COMMUNITY LEAD.
[1:04:06] AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO
[1:04:08] MORE OF BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE
[1:04:09] LIVING THE REALITIES AND OR
[1:04:10] DOING THE WORK HAVE A BETTER
[1:04:12] UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOLUTIONS
[1:04:14] THAT WE NEED.
[1:04:15] SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK
[1:04:16] ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR WORRELL AND
[1:04:18] HIS TEAM AND COMMUNITY, UH, TO
[1:04:20] MAKE IT HAPPEN.
[1:04:21] THANK YOU.
[1:04:23] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:04:24] COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR,
[1:04:25] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:04:26] UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:04:27] I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
[1:04:28] ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS A
[1:04:29] THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:04:30] UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO
[1:04:32] OBJECTIONS.
[1:04:33] COUNCIL CULPEPER HAD ADDED AS A
[1:04:35] THIRD.
[1:04:37] UM, ARE YOU OBJECTING?
[1:04:38] SORRY.
[1:04:39] COUNCIL CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE
[1:04:40] FLOOR.
[1:04:41] SOMETIMES CHOKING IS NOT
[1:04:44] APPROPRIATE.
[1:04:45] UH, MADAM CHAIR, I I'D LIKE TO
[1:04:47] COMMEND COUNCILOR AMA HERE FOR
[1:04:51] MOVING TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE.
[1:04:53] I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
[1:04:54] THEM CLOSELY.
[1:04:55] COUNCIL WITH HERE AND AMENDING
[1:04:58] THIS ORDINANCE AND WITH THE
[1:04:59] COMMUNITY.
[1:04:59] THANK YOU.
[1:05:02] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[1:05:03] THEIR NAME?
[1:05:06] COUNCILOR DURKAN CONTRA
[1:05:07] FITZGERALD CONTRA FLYNN.
[1:05:08] COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE
[1:05:09] COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN.
[1:05:12] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[1:05:13] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[1:05:14] UH.
[1:05:15] THANK YOU.
[1:05:15] DOCKET 1843 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:05:17] THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
[1:05:19] OPERATIONS.
[1:05:21] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:05:22] READ DOCKET.
[1:05:25] 18441844 COUNCIL FLANNEL FOR
[1:05:26] THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
[1:05:28] HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BOSTON
[1:05:29] WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION'S
[1:05:31] FLOOD REPLACEMENT INCENTIVE
[1:05:33] PROGRAM.
[1:05:34] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:05:35] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:05:36] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:05:37] THANK YOU MADAM.
[1:05:38] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:05:41] ESTABLISHED IN 1977, THE BOSTON
[1:05:43] WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION.
[1:05:44] PROVIDES RESIDENTS AND
[1:05:46] BUSINESSES IN THE CITY
[1:05:47] OF BOSTON WITH THE BEST QUALITY
[1:05:49] WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.
[1:05:51] IT WORKS TOGETHER WITH.
[1:05:52] THE MASSACHUSETTS WATER AND
[1:05:55] RESOURCE AUTHORITY AND RA TO
[1:05:58] ENSURE THAT BOSTON'S WATER.
[1:06:00] MEETS THE FEDERAL.
[1:06:01] AND STATE DRINKING WATER
[1:06:02] QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.
[1:06:05] IT ALSO MONITORS THE QUALITY
[1:06:06] OF BOSTON'S DRINKING WATER.
[1:06:08] TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS.
[1:06:08] SAFE TO CONSUME.
[1:06:10] IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSION
[1:06:12] ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL
[1:06:14] MATERIALS REGARDING OUR WATER
[1:06:16] AND ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING
[1:06:18] STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
[1:06:19] CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND LEAD IN
[1:06:23] OUR WATER.
[1:06:24] LEAD CAN ENTER OUR DRINKING
[1:06:25] WATER AS A.
[1:06:26] RESULT OF.
[1:06:27] CORROSION OF LEAD PIPES.
[1:06:28] AS WELL AS FROM THE.
[1:06:30] WEARING AWAY OF MATERIALS
[1:06:32] CONTAINING LEAD IN THE WATER.
[1:06:33] DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
[1:06:35] EXCESSIVE LEAD.
[1:06:36] IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR WATER
[1:06:39] CAN POSE INCREASED HEALTH RISKS
[1:06:41] ,ESPECIALLY FOR.
[1:06:41] YOUNG.
[1:06:42] CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN.
[1:06:44] THE LEAD REPLACEMENT INCENTIVE
[1:06:45] PROGRAM ENCOURAGED ENCOURAGES
[1:06:47] PROPERTY OWNERS TO REPLACE
[1:06:49] PRIVATE WATER SERVICES.
[1:06:52] ACCORDING TO THE COMMISSION, A
[1:06:53] PRIVATE WATER SERVICE.
[1:06:55] IS THE PORTION.
[1:06:55] OF THE WATER.
[1:06:56] SERVICE PIPE RUNNING.
[1:06:57] FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
[1:06:59] INTO THE BUILDING IN.
[1:07:01] THE PIPE MAY BE MADE
[1:07:02] OF LEAD.
[1:07:03] THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER.
[1:07:04] COMMISSION DEVELOPED THE LEAD
[1:07:06] REPLACEMENT.
[1:07:07] INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO REMOVE AND
[1:07:08] REPLACE THE LEAD PIPE.
[1:07:10] AT NO COST TO THE OWNER.
[1:07:11] THE PROGRAM SERVES BOSTON
[1:07:13] PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE
[1:07:14] ELIGIBLE TO.
[1:07:15] PARTICIPATE AS LONG AS THE
[1:07:17] PROPERTY IS.
[1:07:17] SERVED BY.
[1:07:19] A TWO INCH OR SMALLER WATER
[1:07:22] SERVICE LEAD.
[1:07:23] PIPE THAT THE WATER AND SEWER
[1:07:25] ACCOUNT OF THE PROPERTY IS
[1:07:27] ACTIVE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER
[1:07:29] AGREES TO.
[1:07:29] HAVE.
[1:07:30] THE.
[1:07:30] WORK DONE BY THE BOSTON WATER
[1:07:31] AND SEWER COMMISSION.
[1:07:33] IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR
[1:07:34] RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE LEAD
[1:07:36] REPLACEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
[1:07:38] SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE
[1:07:40] OF THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER
[1:07:41] COMMISSION.
[1:07:42] SERVICE TO REPLACE THEIR LEAD
[1:07:43] PIPES TO PROTECT.
[1:07:45] THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR FAMILY'S
[1:07:46] HEALTH.
[1:07:47] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:07:48] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:07:50] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:07:52] NAME?
[1:07:53] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARA
[1:07:55] COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONSIDER CAN
[1:07:57] CONSIDER FITZGERALD COMES FROM
[1:07:58] LOUIJEUNE CONSUMER HERE
[1:08:00] COUNCIL MURPHY COUNTRY PEPEN
[1:08:02] COUNTRY SANTANA.
[1:08:03] CONSTABLE.
[1:08:03] WEBER.
[1:08:03] CONSTABLE ROWLAND PLEASE OF THE
[1:08:05] CHAIR DOCKET 1844 IT WOULD BE
[1:08:10] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:08:11] CITY SERVICES.
[1:08:13] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:08:14] READ DOCKET 1845.
[1:08:17] TALKING OF A1845 COUNCIL DURKAN
[1:08:19] AND LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE
[1:08:20] FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
[1:08:22] AND A ON BUSKING AND
[1:08:24] OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL
[1:08:26] MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS.
[1:08:28] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:08:30] COUNCILOR DRUNKEN CONTINUE WITH
[1:08:31] THE FLOOR.
[1:08:31] THANK YOU SO.
[1:08:32] MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'D
[1:08:33] LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
[1:08:34] ADD COUNCILOR BRIAN WORRELL AS
[1:08:35] A THIRD CO-SPONSOR.
[1:08:37] SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION
[1:08:39] COUNCILOR WARREN CITED AS A
[1:08:40] THIRD.
[1:08:40] THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU
[1:08:42] TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND
[1:08:43] COUNCILOR RALPH FOR PARTNERING
[1:08:44] WITH ME ON THIS.
[1:08:45] BOSTON IS AN INCREDIBLE CITY
[1:08:46] AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT
[1:08:48] WE ARE GOOD AT.
[1:08:48] WE HAVE WORLD CLASS HOSPITALS
[1:08:50] AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
[1:08:51] WE HAVE LEADING TECH COMPANIES
[1:08:52] AND OF COURSE OUR BOSTON SPORTS
[1:08:54] TEAMS WHICH I KNOW.
[1:08:55] I'M ROOTING FOR THE RED SOX
[1:08:56] TONIGHT.
[1:08:56] BUT WHAT MAKES OUR
[1:08:58] NEIGHBORHOODS VIBRANT UM BRINGS
[1:08:59] PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HELPS
[1:09:01] RESIDENTS FEEL MORE ROOTED IN
[1:09:02] OUR COMMUNITIES IS OUR ARTS AND
[1:09:04] CULTURE.
[1:09:04] I REPRESENT SO MANY ARTISTS
[1:09:06] INSTITUTIONS AND FENWAY
[1:09:08] ORGANIZATIONS FROM LOCAL
[1:09:08] MUSICIANS PERFORMING VENUES TO
[1:09:11] THE UH FENWAY CULTURAL DISTRICT
[1:09:13] COMMUNITY WHICH INCLUDES
[1:09:15] BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
[1:09:16] THE ARTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART
[1:09:18] OF OUR ECONOMY AND BRING
[1:09:19] BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR
[1:09:20] AND IN PART BECAUSE OF OUR
[1:09:22] INCREDIBLE MUSICAL
[1:09:24] INSTITUTIONS, BOSTON IS HOME TO
[1:09:25] A LOT OF RISING TALENT.
[1:09:26] THE CHALLENGES THAT WITH
[1:09:27] FUNDING CHALLENGES BOTH LOCALLY
[1:09:28] AND FEDERALLY AS MANY
[1:09:31] PERFORMING VENUES AND STUDIOS
[1:09:32] HAVE CLOSED AND CONSOLIDATED,
[1:09:33] LOCAL PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS
[1:09:35] ARE STRUGGLING TO BUILD CAREERS
[1:09:36] HERE IN BOSTON.
[1:09:37] WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO CREATE
[1:09:38] MORE SPACE FOR ARTISTS AND WE
[1:09:39] NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT
[1:09:41] HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM.
[1:09:42] RECENTLY I MET DERMOT KENNEDY
[1:09:44] AND HIS STORY GOT ME THINKING
[1:09:45] ABOUT BUSKING.
[1:09:46] DERMOT WAS BORN IN IRELAND AND
[1:09:48] STARTED HIS CAREER BY COMING TO
[1:09:49] BOSTON ON A J-1 VISA AND HE
[1:09:51] BUST ON THE STREETS OF NEWBURY
[1:09:54] STREET, FANEUIL HALL, THE
[1:09:54] BOSTON COMMON UM AND UH TO HEAR
[1:09:58] TO GET TO MEET WITH HIM WAS TO
[1:10:00] REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A REAL
[1:10:02] OPPORTUNITY HERE TO UH TO MAKE
[1:10:04] HIS STORY FROM BEING ON A J-1
[1:10:06] VISA BUSKING OUTSIDE TO SELLING
[1:10:08] OUT MGM'S MUSIC HALL.
[1:10:10] THAT STORY SHOULD BE POSSIBLE
[1:10:11] IN BOSTON AND AS FAR AS CITIES
[1:10:14] GO, BOSTON HAS A PRETTY OPEN
[1:10:15] POLICY FOR BUSKERS.
[1:10:16] FROM THE PAST 20 YEARS, LOCAL
[1:10:18] PERFORMERS HAVE BEEN FREE TO
[1:10:19] PERFORM ALMOST ANYWHERE WITH
[1:10:21] FEW EXCEPTIONS WITHOUT A PERMIT
[1:10:23] AS LONG AS THEY COMPLY WITH
[1:10:24] NOISE AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.
[1:10:25] LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES BRING
[1:10:27] PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ADD
[1:10:29] VIBRANCY TO OUR STREETS.
[1:10:30] OTHER U.S. CITIES HAVE USED
[1:10:31] BUSKING PROGRAMS AS A WAY TO
[1:10:33] ACTIVATE LOCAL AREAS AND
[1:10:34] SUPPORT LOCAL MUSICIANS AND
[1:10:36] ARTISTS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
[1:10:37] AUSTIN, THEY'VE ACTUALLY
[1:10:38] PARTNERED WITH BUSINESSES TO
[1:10:39] COMPENSATE PERFORMERS WHILE
[1:10:41] DOING SO.
[1:10:41] BOSTON IS A LEADER IN THE ARTS
[1:10:43] BUT WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO
[1:10:44] SUPPORT OUR ARTS COMMUNITY.
[1:10:46] I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN BE THE
[1:10:47] BEST ARTS CITY IN AMERICA.
[1:10:49] WE CAN BE A PLACE WHERE
[1:10:51] OPPORTUNITY IS MORE
[1:10:52] INTENTIONAL, WHERE WE OPEN UP
[1:10:53] THE DOORS FOR ARTISTS BIG AND
[1:10:56] SMALL WHERE UH, WE GIVE ACCESS
[1:10:58] TO ELECTRICITY, SIGNAGE AND
[1:10:59] OTHER BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
[1:11:01] WOULD MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND WE
[1:11:03] NEED TO EXPLORE A MODEL THAT
[1:11:04] GOES BEYOND TRADITIONAL BUSKING
[1:11:06] BY CREATING PAID FOR.
[1:11:07] FORM A.
[1:11:08] PERFORMER PROGRAM.
[1:11:09] AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING
[1:11:11] TO SOME OF OUR INSTITUTIONS
[1:11:12] ABOUT HOW WE COULD JUST DO
[1:11:13] THAT.
[1:11:14] UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD VIBRANCY TO
[1:11:16] OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND GIVE
[1:11:17] LOCAL ARTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY.
[1:11:18] AND THIS REALLY ISN'T ABOUT THE
[1:11:20] NEWBURY STREET, THE FANEUIL
[1:11:22] HALL.
[1:11:22] THIS IS ABOUT EVERYWHERE IN
[1:11:23] BOSTON.
[1:11:23] THIS IS ABOUT OUR MAIN STREETS
[1:11:25] AND ABOUT AND ENCOURAGING LOCAL
[1:11:27] PERFORMANCES AND ENCOURAGING,
[1:11:28] UH, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
[1:11:30] PERFORM THE ARTS.
[1:11:31] YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A NEKO
[1:11:32] BABY TO BE FAMOUS IN BOSTON AND
[1:11:34] THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
[1:11:36] SO THANK YOU TO COUNCILORS
[1:11:37] LOUIJEUNE AND WE'RE ALL FOR
[1:11:38] PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THIS.
[1:11:39] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:11:41] CONCLUSION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:11:42] THANK YOU.
[1:11:43] AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
[1:11:44] YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR
[1:11:45] FILING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
[1:11:46] HOLDING THIS HEARING ON THIS
[1:11:48] IMPORTANT TOPIC.
[1:11:48] THANK YOU.
[1:11:49] YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:11:50] COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR,
[1:11:51] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:11:52] UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:11:53] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DEREK AND
[1:11:55] COUNCILOR UH LOUIJEUNE FOR
[1:11:56] BRINGING ME ONTO.
[1:11:57] THIS ONTO.
[1:11:58] THIS, UH, HERE IN ORDER.
[1:12:00] UM, THIS IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT
[1:12:01] MAKING OUR STREETS LIVELY IN
[1:12:03] CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
[1:12:03] IT'S ABOUT CREATING A VIBE AND
[1:12:05] ATTRACTION THAT WOULD BRING
[1:12:06] PEOPLE IN AND HELP THE
[1:12:07] BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, UH,
[1:12:09] CREATING ATTRACTIONS A BIT MORE
[1:12:10] INTENTIONALLY IN EVERY
[1:12:11] NEIGHBORHOOD CAN HELP SPREAD
[1:12:12] MORE VALUABLE TOURISM DOLLARS
[1:12:14] ACROSS EVERY CORNER OF BOSTON.
[1:12:16] I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING.
[1:12:17] THANK YOU.
[1:12:18] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:12:19] NAME?
[1:12:20] CAN CIRCLE UH CAN I JUST POWDER
[1:12:23] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:12:24] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[1:12:24] COUNCILOR.
[1:12:25] FLYNN.
[1:12:26] COUNTRYMAN.
[1:12:26] COUNTRY.
[1:12:26] MURPHY.
[1:12:27] COUNTRY.
[1:12:27] PEPEN COUNTRY SANTANA AND JOE
[1:12:30] WEBER AND.
[1:12:31] PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET ONE
[1:12:34] EIGHT 4 OR 5 WILL BE REFERRED
[1:12:36] TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS,
[1:12:37] CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM
[1:12:39] AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
[1:12:41] UH, I'M GOING TO ASK MY
[1:12:42] COLLEAGUE, UM,
[1:12:45] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:12:46] I THINK YOU AND I ARE YOUR
[1:12:47] SECOND ON THIS ONE.
[1:12:48] AND SO CULPEPER, WOULD YOU MIND
[1:12:49] TAKING THE CHAIR?
[1:13:14] THANK YOU.
[1:13:15] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:13:17] COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL WE
[1:13:18] HAVE YOU HAVE A IT'S A CLERK.
[1:13:21] WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
[1:13:22] NUMBER 1846?
[1:13:25] DUGGAN NUMBER 1846
[1:13:27] COUNCILOR BREADON UM, FOR THE
[1:13:28] FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
[1:13:30] REGARDING THE STATUS
[1:13:31] OF COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS.
[1:13:33] LONG TERM.
[1:13:34] CONTROL PLANNING.
[1:13:36] THANK YOU.
[1:13:37] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:13:39] COUNCILOR PRESIDENT BREADON.
[1:13:40] MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE THE
[1:13:41] FLOOR.
[1:13:47] THANK YOU.
[1:13:48] AND MAY I ADD
[1:13:49] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER
[1:13:51] AS A SECOND.
[1:13:55] IT BEING NO OBJECTING
[1:13:57] COUNCIL IS A PART OF A LETTER
[1:13:59] IT'S A PART OF ADDED AS A
[1:14:01] SECOND.
[1:14:01] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[1:14:02] I'M INTRODUCING THIS HEARING
[1:14:04] ORDER TO COMPLIMENT A
[1:14:05] RESOLUTION THE COUNCIL PASSED
[1:14:07] LAST MONTH.
[1:14:08] WE NEED ANSWERS TO THE STATUS
[1:14:10] OF THE UPDATED COMBINED SEWER
[1:14:13] OVERFLOW LONG TERM CONTROL
[1:14:14] PLAN.
[1:14:15] SEWER OVERFLOWS AND WATER
[1:14:17] POLLUTION CONTINUE TO BE AMONG
[1:14:18] THE MOST PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL
[1:14:20] AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS
[1:14:21] FACING OUR COMMUNITIES.
[1:14:23] BOSTON'S INFRASTRUCTURE LACKS
[1:14:26] MODERN SYSTEMS THAT TRANSPORT
[1:14:27] RAINWATER AND SEWAGE AND
[1:14:29] TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORT
[1:14:31] RAINWATER AND SEWAGE THROUGH
[1:14:32] SEPARATE PIPES.
[1:14:34] INSTEAD, BOSTON USES COMBINED
[1:14:36] SEWERS THAT CARRY BOTH FLOWS
[1:14:38] TOGETHER DURING HEAVY RAIN.
[1:14:40] MUCH LIKE WE HAVE THIS PAST
[1:14:42] WEEKEND, THESE SYSTEMS OVERFLOW
[1:14:43] INTO OUR NEAREST WATERWAYS,
[1:14:46] RELEASING UNTREATED WASTEWATER
[1:14:47] DIRECTLY INTO THE NEAREST BODY
[1:14:49] OF WATER LIKE THE CHARLES OR
[1:14:51] THE MYSTIC RIVER.
[1:14:53] IN AUGUST OF 22, 2026 OUR
[1:14:56] COUNCIL TOOK A FIRM STAND TO
[1:14:58] PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND LOCAL
[1:14:59] WATERWAYS BY PASSING A
[1:15:01] RESOLUTION CALLING FOR STRONG
[1:15:03] INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS FROM
[1:15:04] THE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS
[1:15:06] AND OPPOSING ONGOING SEWAGE
[1:15:08] DISCHARGES.
[1:15:09] THE BOSTON CONSERVATION
[1:15:10] COMMISSION HAS LEFT THE
[1:15:12] ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES,
[1:15:13] WATERSHED GROUPS AND
[1:15:15] CONSERVATION COMMISSIONERS
[1:15:16] WITHOUT A SINGLE RESPONSE FOR
[1:15:17] MORE THAN NINE MONTHS DESPITE
[1:15:20] ONGOING REQUESTS FOR
[1:15:21] INFORMATION.
[1:15:22] THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
[1:15:23] OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE
[1:15:26] TRANSPARENCY, PUBLIC
[1:15:28] PARTICIPATION AND TIMELY
[1:15:29] COMMUNICATION.
[1:15:30] THIS IS ESSENTIAL WHEN
[1:15:32] EVALUATING DECISIONS THAT
[1:15:33] DIDN'T DIRECTLY IMPACT PUBLIC
[1:15:35] HEALTH FROM WATER QUALITY AND
[1:15:37] THE ENVIRONMENT OF OUR
[1:15:37] COMMUNITIES.
[1:15:39] RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW THE
[1:15:40] STATUS OF THE LTE, PC, CPW AND
[1:15:43] THE CITY'S OFFICIAL POSITION ON
[1:15:45] FUTURE SEWAGE DISCHARGES.
[1:15:47] REGIONAL AGENCY COORDINATION
[1:15:49] AND ACTIVE STEPS TAKEN TO
[1:15:51] PROTECT THE WATERWAYS THAT ARE
[1:15:52] ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE CITY
[1:15:54] OF BOSTON.
[1:15:55] I'M CALLING FOR THIS ORDER FOR
[1:15:58] A HEARING FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS,
[1:15:59] STATE AGENCIES, ENVIRONMENTAL
[1:16:02] ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC
[1:16:03] CAN ADDRESS CONCERNS DIRECTLY
[1:16:05] BECAUSE THE CHARLES RIVER IS AN
[1:16:07] IMPORTANT WATERWAY WITHIN
[1:16:08] BOSTON AND THAT RUNS THROUGH
[1:16:10] OUR CITY.
[1:16:11] IT SHOULD BE CLEAN, SAFE AND
[1:16:13] PROTECTED FOR EVERY COMMUNITY.
[1:16:15] AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR GUEST
[1:16:18] THIS MORNING, THE MASSACHUSETTS
[1:16:20] OPEN WATER SWIMMING ASSOCIATION
[1:16:22] .
[1:16:22] THE QUALITY OF WATER UM IS VERY
[1:16:25] IMPORTANT FOR RECREATIONAL
[1:16:26] SWIMMING IN THE HARBOR AND IN
[1:16:29] OUR AND ON THE CHARLES RIVER IN
[1:16:30] THE MYSTIC AND UH, YOU KNOW, IF
[1:16:33] YOU CAN SWIM AROUND MANHATTAN
[1:16:35] ISLAND IN THE HUDSON, WHY CAN
[1:16:36] WE NOT SWIM IN THE CHARLES?
[1:16:37] THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
[1:16:38] SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE,
[1:16:40] UM, FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE
[1:16:42] AND, UH, THANK YOU.
[1:16:45] I LOOK FORWARD TO A HEARING ON
[1:16:46] THIS.
[1:16:48] THANK YOU.
[1:16:51] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:16:52] COUNCILOR BECAUSE THAT IS A
[1:16:53] PART OF COUNCILOR HE'S A PART
[1:16:56] OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:16:57] THANK YOU.
[1:16:57] UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND I
[1:16:58] WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT
[1:16:59] UM, FOR.
[1:17:00] YOUR, UM.
[1:17:01] UH.
[1:17:02] FOR INVITING ME ONTO.
[1:17:03] THIS HEARING ORDER.
[1:17:05] UM, I APPRECIATE IT.
[1:17:06] IT WAS PROACTIVE AND, UM, I I
[1:17:08] KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
[1:17:09] HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY, SO I
[1:17:10] REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU GIVE
[1:17:11] ME A SECOND.
[1:17:12] I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[1:17:13] UM, FOR.
[1:17:13] THOSE OF US REPRESENTING
[1:17:14] WATERFRONT COMMUNITIES,
[1:17:15] COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS AND
[1:17:17] THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO
[1:17:18] PREVENT THEM ARE NOT ABSTRACT
[1:17:19] POLICY DISCUSSIONS.
[1:17:21] WE ARE WATCHING THE WORK HAPPEN
[1:17:22] BENEATH OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW
[1:17:24] IN EAST BOSTON.
[1:17:25] UH, BOSTON WATER AND SEWER IS
[1:17:27] CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING THE
[1:17:27] FOURTH PHASE OF A MASSIVE
[1:17:29] MULTI-YEAR SEWER SEPARATION
[1:17:30] PROJECT DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
[1:17:32] TO REDUCE THE NUMBER AND VOLUME
[1:17:34] OF COMBINED.
[1:17:34] SEWER OVERFLOWS.
[1:17:35] INTO THE CHELSEA CREEK AND
[1:17:36] BOSTON HARBOR.
[1:17:37] THIS PHASE ALONE INVOLVES FIVE
[1:17:40] SEPARATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
[1:17:42] BEGINNING.
[1:17:42] IN.
[1:17:43] 2025 AND EXTENDING THROUGH 2031
[1:17:46] .
[1:17:46] JOAQUIN WILL.
[1:17:47] BE SIX YEARS OLD.
[1:17:48] THE GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE IS
[1:17:50] SIGNIFICANT, STRETCHING ACROSS
[1:17:52] PORTIONS OF EAGLE HILL AND
[1:17:53] MAVERICK SQUARE ALL THE WAY UP
[1:17:55] TO MURRAY HEIGHTS.
[1:17:55] ANYONE WHO LIVES IN EAST BOSTON
[1:17:57] KNOWS JUST HOW EXTENSIVE THIS
[1:17:59] WORK IS.
[1:17:59] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPENING UP
[1:18:01] STREETS, INSTALLING ENTIRELY
[1:18:03] NEW STORM DRAINS, REPLACING AND
[1:18:05] REHABILITATING SEWER
[1:18:06] INFRASTRUCTURE, REPLACING AGING
[1:18:08] WATER MAINS AND PHYSICALLY
[1:18:09] SEPARATING STORMWATER FROM
[1:18:11] SANITARY SEWAGE SO THAT DURING
[1:18:13] HEAVY RAIN EVENTS OUR SYSTEM
[1:18:14] ISN'T OVERWHELMED AND SEWAGE
[1:18:16] ISN'T DISCHARGED INTO OUR
[1:18:18] WATERWAYS.
[1:18:19] DISTRICT ONE BOTH UNDERSTANDS
[1:18:21] THE ENORMOUS DISRUPTION AND THE
[1:18:24] ENORMOUS INVESTMENT REQUIRED TO
[1:18:26] MODERNIZE AN INFRASTRUCTURE
[1:18:27] THAT PEOPLE NEVER SEE BUT KEEPS
[1:18:29] THE CITY RUNNING.
[1:18:30] WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE PAYOFF.
[1:18:32] CLEANER WATERWAYS REDUCE
[1:18:34] FLOODING.
[1:18:35] STRONGER INFRASTRUCTURE AND
[1:18:36] FEWER COMBINED.
[1:18:37] SEWER OVERFLOWS.
[1:18:38] SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE.
[1:18:39] CONVERSATION AND LOOK FORWARD
[1:18:41] TO THE HEARING.
[1:18:41] THANK YOU.
[1:18:43] UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[1:18:44] THEIR NAME?
[1:18:48] COUNCILOR DURKAN FITZGERALD.
[1:18:50] THAT'S THE FLARING COUPLE
[1:18:52] LOUIJEUNE.
[1:18:53] UH.
[1:18:53] SO.
[1:18:54] MURPHY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN
[1:18:54] COUNCIL.
[1:18:55] SANTANA HOUSE OR WHATEVER AND
[1:18:58] PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[1:18:59] THANK YOU.
[1:19:00] DOCKET NUMBER 1846 WILL BE
[1:19:03] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:19:05] CITY SERVICES CITY CLERK.
[1:19:08] AND PLEASE READ.
[1:19:13] DOCKET NUMBER 1847.
[1:19:16] DOG NUMBER 184 SO AND FLYNN FOR
[1:19:19] THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HUMAN
[1:19:21] TO DISCUSS THE DECLINING
[1:19:23] MASSACHUSETTS COMPREHENSIVE
[1:19:25] ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND CARE
[1:19:27] SCORES.
[1:19:29] THANK YOU.
[1:19:29] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:19:30] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTER.
[1:19:31] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:19:32] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:19:33] MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD.
[1:19:35] COUNCILOR MURPHY?
[1:19:36] UH, COUNCIL MURPHY SO ADDED.
[1:19:37] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:19:40] IN OCTOBER 2024, THE BOSTON
[1:19:41] CITY COUNCIL HELD A HEARING TO
[1:19:44] DISCUSS.
[1:19:44] STANDARDIZED TESTING HAS A
[1:19:46] GRADUATION.
[1:19:47] REQUIREMENT.
[1:19:49] IN NOVEMBER 2024 VOTERS
[1:19:50] DETERMINE THE MIXED.
[1:19:51] RESULTS WHEN NO LONGER NEED TO
[1:19:53] REACH A CERTAIN SCORE IN.
[1:19:55] ORDER TO GRADUATE.
[1:19:56] LAST WEEK, THE BOSTON GLOBE
[1:19:58] PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE.
[1:20:00] ANALYZING MASSACHUSETTS
[1:20:02] MASKLESS.
[1:20:04] THE RESULTS CONCLUDE THAT THE
[1:20:05] TEST SCORES FAILED TO REBOUND
[1:20:08] TO LEVELS ACHIEVED PRIOR TO
[1:20:09] COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
[1:20:12] STATEWIDE ELA PERFORMANCE IN
[1:20:13] GRADE.
[1:20:14] THREE EIGHT CONTINUES TO
[1:20:15] STRUGGLE, WITH JUST 40%
[1:20:17] OF STUDENTS MEETING OR
[1:20:19] EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS.
[1:20:21] A 12 POINT DROP.
[1:20:24] SINCE 2019.
[1:20:25] THE DECLINE IS SHARPER AMONG
[1:20:27] 10TH GRADERS, WHOSE.
[1:20:29] PASSING RATE FELL TO 4,045%,
[1:20:32] PUTTING PERFORMANCE 16 POINTS
[1:20:33] LOWER 2019 LEVELS WHILE AN
[1:20:38] INCREASE IN.
[1:20:38] GRADE SIX AND EIGHT MATH SCORES
[1:20:40] .
[1:20:41] THE EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE EXAM.
[1:20:44] THERE WERE ALSO REPORTEDLY
[1:20:46] SHARP DECLINES IN ENGLISH
[1:20:47] SCORES AND LITTLE PROGRESS
[1:20:49] OTHERWISE WITH THESE TEST
[1:20:51] SCORES.
[1:20:52] THE MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS
[1:20:55] ALLIANCE CALLED AGAIN FOR.
[1:20:57] THE REINSTATEMENT OF.
[1:20:58] MCAS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
[1:21:01] IT IS CRITICAL TO DISCUSS THESE
[1:21:03] FINDINGS WHY MCAS SCORES ARE.
[1:21:05] NOT IMPROVING.
[1:21:06] AND WHAT SUPPORT NEEDS TO
[1:21:08] IMPROVE STUDENT SCORES.
[1:21:10] .
[1:21:10] THE BOSTON.
[1:21:11] CITY COUNCIL.
[1:21:11] CAN'T ACCEPT.
[1:21:13] THESE SCORES AND LOWER RESULTS
[1:21:15] .
[1:21:16] UM WELL WE CAN MAKE A POLICY
[1:21:18] CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY
[1:21:19] STUDENT HAS.
[1:21:20] THE OPPORTUNITY.
[1:21:22] TO SUCCEED.
[1:21:23] IN BOSTON.
[1:21:24] IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ALSO
[1:21:25] ACCOUNT FOR CHALLENGES IN THE
[1:21:27] DIGITAL AGE.
[1:21:28] THE REPORT ALSO.
[1:21:30] STATED AND I QUOTE.
[1:21:32] INTERNATIONAL TEST SCORES HAVE
[1:21:34] SHOWN SIMILAR DECLINES ACROSS
[1:21:36] MUCH OF THE WORLD REGION
[1:21:38] FOCUSING.
[1:21:40] REINFORCING CONCERNS.
[1:21:41] ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL
[1:21:43] .
[1:21:43] INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL BASED
[1:21:44] LAPTOPS CELL PHONES ON STUDENT
[1:21:46] LEARNING.
[1:21:47] THE NEW WEBCASTS SCORE.
[1:21:49] MIRROR THE.
[1:21:50] LATEST INTERNATIONAL.
[1:21:53] TEST RESULTS.
[1:21:54] WHICH DEMONSTRATED DECLINES.
[1:21:55] FOR 15 YEAR OLDS ACROSS THE
[1:21:57] WORLD.
[1:21:57] STUDENTS SCORED WORSE ON THE
[1:22:00] TEST IF THEY.
[1:22:00] USED AI.
[1:22:02] REGULARLY USED COMPUTERS.
[1:22:03] FOR FUN AT.
[1:22:04] SCHOOL OR REPORTED.
[1:22:05] ELEVATED LEVELS OF DIGITAL
[1:22:07] DISTRACTION.
[1:22:09] I LEAVE YOU WITH THE WARNING
[1:22:10] FROM THOMAS KANE IS A
[1:22:12] PROFESSOR.
[1:22:12] AT THE EDGE EDUCATION SCHOOL AT
[1:22:14] HARVARD.
[1:22:15] OUR LEADERS MUST HAVE BEEN
[1:22:16] ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND.
[1:22:18] I.
[1:22:18] HOPE THEY WAKE UP BEFORE
[1:22:19] MASSACHUSETTS LOSES ITS LEAD IN
[1:22:22] K-THROUGH-12 EDUCATION.
[1:22:23] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:22:24] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:22:26] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:22:27] COUNCILOR MURPHY COMES THROUGH.
[1:22:28] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:22:29] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:22:31] AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN
[1:22:32] FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS
[1:22:34] IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
[1:22:35] I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
[1:22:36] HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
[1:22:38] WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG
[1:22:40] DIRECTION.
[1:22:42] AS AN EDUCATOR.
[1:22:43] AS A MOM I AM WELL AWARE AND A
[1:22:46] TRUE BELIEVER THAT ONE TEST
[1:22:48] NEVER TELLS THE FULL STORY OF A
[1:22:50] CHILD AND THEIR ABILITY BUT AT
[1:22:52] THE SAME TIME IT DOES GIVE US A
[1:22:54] PULSE AND A TRUE IDEA OF WHAT'S
[1:22:57] HAPPENING AT EACH SCHOOL LEVEL.
[1:22:59] WE HAVE SCHOOLS HERE IN OUR
[1:23:01] SYSTEM THAT HAD A 0 TO 10%
[1:23:05] PROFICIENCY RATE.
[1:23:06] WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS WHERE 0%
[1:23:08] OF OUR STUDENTS ARE EVEN
[1:23:10] REACHING A PROFICIENCY RATE ON
[1:23:12] THE MCAT AND TO BE PROFICIENT
[1:23:15] IS D LEVEL.
[1:23:17] SO WE ALREADY HAVE A LOW MARK
[1:23:18] IN MY OPINION.
[1:23:20] SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
[1:23:21] WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO
[1:23:24] PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE
[1:23:26] BEST EDUCATION.
[1:23:27] AND WE KNOW THAT IF THEY DON'T
[1:23:29] HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION, THEIR
[1:23:32] OUTCOMES WHEN THEY GRADUATE ARE
[1:23:34] THE REASON WHY MANY OF US ARE
[1:23:35] ADVOCATING FOR ALL THE OTHER
[1:23:37] RESOURCES WE NEED TO PROVIDE
[1:23:38] OUR RESIDENTS.
[1:23:39] SO IT'S IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS
[1:23:40] THE WAY OUT FOR EVERYONE AND WE
[1:23:43] NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO
[1:23:44] MATTER WHAT SCHOOL YOUR CHILD
[1:23:46] ATTENDS THAT THEY HAVE THE
[1:23:49] OPPORTUNITY TO THE BEST
[1:23:50] EDUCATION AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE
[1:23:52] NOT OFFERING THAT TO ALL OF OUR
[1:23:53] STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
[1:23:55] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:23:56] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:23:58] NAME ADDIS ABABA
[1:24:01] COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNSELOR.
[1:24:01] DURKAN COUNSELOR.
[1:24:02] FITZGERALD.
[1:24:04] COUNSELOR.
[1:24:05] UM COUNSELING HERE.
[1:24:07] COUNSELOR.
[1:24:08] PEPEN.
[1:24:09] COUNSELOR.
[1:24:09] SANTANA.
[1:24:10] COUNSELOR.
[1:24:10] WEBER.
[1:24:11] CULTURAL REALM PLEASE OUT THE
[1:24:12] CHAIR.
[1:24:14] THANK YOU.
[1:24:15] DOCKET 1847 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:24:18] THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
[1:24:21] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:24:23] READ DOCKET 1848.
[1:24:24] TALKING NUMBER 1848 CANCEL PLAY
[1:24:26] NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR
[1:24:28] A HEARING TO DISCUSS
[1:24:29] IMPLEMENTATION.
[1:24:31] OF THE SEVEN NIGHTS PER WEEK
[1:24:33] RESIDENT PARKING ONLY POLICY IN
[1:24:35] SOUTH BOSTON.
[1:24:36] THANK YOU.
[1:24:37] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:24:38] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:24:39] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:24:41] YES.
[1:24:42] UH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:24:43] ALMOST ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO
[1:24:45] THE CITY ANNOUNCED.
[1:24:46] AT A PUBLIC.
[1:24:47] MEETING THAT SOUTH BOSTON.
[1:24:50] UM.
[1:24:51] WOULD RECEIVE.
[1:24:53] UH, SEVEN NIGHTS PER.
[1:24:54] WEEK RESIDENT PARKING ONLY IN
[1:24:56] SOUTH BOSTON IN ALL AREAS THAT
[1:24:59] DID.
[1:24:59] NOT CURRENTLY HAVE OVERNIGHT
[1:25:01] RESTRICTIONS.
[1:25:01] THE TD COMMITTED TO ME OVER TWO
[1:25:05] YEARS AGO THAT THIS WOULD
[1:25:06] OCCUR.
[1:25:06] AND I AM SEEKING AN UPDATE.
[1:25:08] THIS CHANGE.
[1:25:09] ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S GOALS IF
[1:25:11] THE CITY WANTS LESS PEOPLE
[1:25:12] USING CARS.
[1:25:13] THE SOUTH IN SOUTH BOSTON HAS
[1:25:15] BECOME AS.
[1:25:16] MUCH A DESTINATION FOR YOUNG.
[1:25:18] PEOPLE TO.
[1:25:18] VISIT ON THE WEEKENDS.
[1:25:20] AS DOWNTOWN BOSTON OR FANEUIL
[1:25:22] HALL.
[1:25:23] WE SHOULD.
[1:25:23] NOT WANT MORE PEOPLE
[1:25:24] BRINGING.
[1:25:24] CARS IN NEGATIVELY IMPACTING
[1:25:26] THE COMMUNITY.
[1:25:27] IT IS INCONSISTENT TO SAY THE
[1:25:29] CITY WANTS.
[1:25:30] PEOPLE TO TAKE PUBLIC
[1:25:31] TRANSPORTATION.
[1:25:32] RIDE IS A BIKE SHARE IS.
[1:25:34] OR BIKES.
[1:25:35] DURING THE WEEK BUT FRIDAY,
[1:25:36] SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT IS
[1:25:39] OKAY TO PARK YOUR.
[1:25:40] CAR IN SOUTHIE.
[1:25:41] THIS CHANGE IS CRITICAL FOR
[1:25:42] MANY REASONS.
[1:25:43] SOUTH BOSTON'S EXISTING PARKING
[1:25:45] CRISIS.
[1:25:47] AND IN.
[1:25:48] THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS
[1:25:50] WE HAVE THERE'S A.
[1:25:51] QUESTION OF FAIRNESS WHEN.
[1:25:53] MOST OF.
[1:25:54] THE NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY
[1:25:55] MAINTAINS RESIDENT PARKING FOUR
[1:25:57] NIGHTS PER WEEK, WHICH.
[1:25:59] IS MONDAY.
[1:25:59] THROUGH THURSDAY AND.
[1:26:00] SOME AREAS HAVE SEVEN NIGHTS
[1:26:02] PER WEEK RESIDENT PARKING.
[1:26:03] THERE'S ALSO CONTINUED
[1:26:05] PRESSURE.
[1:26:05] WITH THE CITY WHEN THE CITY
[1:26:07] APPROVES ARTICLE 80
[1:26:09] DEVELOPMENT.
[1:26:09] WITH 0.5 PARKING SPACES.
[1:26:11] THE PARKING CRISIS.
[1:26:13] IN SOUTH.
[1:26:14] BOSTON HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY
[1:26:16] UNSUSTAINABLE.
[1:26:17] A 2023 BTD UM REPORT INDICATED
[1:26:21] THAT THERE WERE.
[1:26:22] ALMOST 29,000 ACTIVE RESIDENT
[1:26:26] PARKING.
[1:26:26] PERMITS AND ONLY ABOUT.
[1:26:28] 11,000 ON.
[1:26:29] STREET PARKING.
[1:26:30] SPACES AT THAT TIME I REQUESTED
[1:26:33] AN AUDIT.
[1:26:33] AND NEARLY.
[1:26:34] 8000 INCORRECT.
[1:26:36] PERMITS WERE REVOKED.
[1:26:38] MEANWHILE, SOUTH BOSTON
[1:26:39] CONTINUES TO ABSORB ABSORB.
[1:26:41] A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ARTICLE
[1:26:43] 80 DEVELOPMENTS.
[1:26:44] WHILE MANY HAVE GAINED SUPPORT
[1:26:46] OF THE COMMUNITY.
[1:26:48] IN THE MIDST OF OUR HOUSING
[1:26:49] CRISIS, DEVELOP IS.
[1:26:50] REPORTED BEING STALLED WITH A
[1:26:51] REQUEST TO CUT ALREADY AGREED
[1:26:53] UPON PARKING RATIOS AND ADHERE
[1:26:56] TO.
[1:26:57] BTD RECOMMENDATION PARKING
[1:26:59] GUIDELINES.
[1:27:00] OF POINT FIVE SPOTS.
[1:27:01] PER UNIT AND DISREGARD LOCAL.
[1:27:03] ZONING REGULATIONS.
[1:27:06] SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE WE
[1:27:08] HAVE.
[1:27:08] TO DECIDE IF THIS IS A
[1:27:09] HOUSING.
[1:27:10] CRISIS CRISIS WE'RE IN A.
[1:27:11] RUSH TO ADDRESS OR.
[1:27:13] IT'S A PARKING.
[1:27:13] LITMUS TEST.
[1:27:15] RESIDENTS CONSISTENTLY REPORT A
[1:27:17] LARGE NUMBER.
[1:27:18] OF OUT-OF-STATE PLATES IN CARS
[1:27:19] WITHOUT A PARKING PERMIT.
[1:27:21] THEY SAY MANY, MANY VISITOR
[1:27:22] VISITORS WILL PARK HERE FOR
[1:27:24] SEVERAL DAYS BEGINNING FRIDAY
[1:27:25] MORNING AT 10 A.M. THROUGH
[1:27:28] MONDAY EVENING AT 6 P.M. WHEN
[1:27:31] OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:27:32] IN SIMILAR PROXIMATE.
[1:27:34] PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN THAT HAVE
[1:27:36] STRICTER RESIDENTIAL PARKING
[1:27:38] REGULATIONS.
[1:27:39] IT IS NO LONGER TENABLE.
[1:27:40] FOR THE ABSENCE OF SEVEN
[1:27:41] NIGHTS PER WEEK RESIDENT
[1:27:44] PARKING.
[1:27:44] ONLY POLICY.
[1:27:46] THIS IS.
[1:27:47] A COMPROMISE IN MY VIEW,
[1:27:48] WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVING
[1:27:49] 24 SEVEN RESIDENT PARKING.
[1:27:51] THIS CHANGE.
[1:27:52] IS LONG OVERDUE.
[1:27:53] AND I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR MY
[1:27:55] CONSTITUENTS.
[1:27:56] IN SOUTH BOSTON.
[1:27:56] MADAM CHAIR, IT'S ABOUT RESPECT
[1:27:58] .
[1:27:59] IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING.
[1:28:00] QUALITY OF LIFE, IMPROVING
[1:28:01] THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND IT'S
[1:28:03] LONG OVERDUE FOR THE BOSTON.
[1:28:06] TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO
[1:28:06] TREAT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH.
[1:28:08] BOSTON WITH RESPECT.
[1:28:09] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:28:10] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:28:11] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:28:13] NAME?
[1:28:16] COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR.
[1:28:18] FITZGERALD.
[1:28:18] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.
[1:28:19] MEJIA CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA
[1:28:21] SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND
[1:28:23] PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[1:28:27] UM DOCKET ONE I'LL SEE DOCKET
[1:28:32] 184 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
[1:28:33] COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES.
[1:28:36] MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:28:37] DOCKET 1849.
[1:28:39] SO I CAN I MOVE 1849
[1:28:41] COUNCIL THING ON FOR THE
[1:28:42] FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
[1:28:44] TO DISCUSS BUILDING A PARKING
[1:28:46] GARAGE AT THE CITY OF BOSTON
[1:28:47] MUNICIPAL.
[1:28:48] LOT ON WEST BROADWAY AND SOUTH
[1:28:50] BOSTON.
[1:28:51] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:28:52] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:28:53] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:28:54] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:28:55] OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.
[1:28:56] SOUTH BOSTON HAS EXPERIENCED.
[1:28:59] UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH WITH MANY
[1:29:00] LARGE SCALE.
[1:29:01] PROJECTS HAVING BEEN COMPLETED.
[1:29:03] AND OTHERS CURRENTLY IN THE
[1:29:04] PIPELINE.
[1:29:05] IN ADDITION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:29:06] HAS DEVELOPED INTO AS.
[1:29:09] A DESTINATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
[1:29:10] TO FREQUENT OUR.
[1:29:11] RESTAURANTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS
[1:29:12] ON THE WEEKENDS.
[1:29:14] SOCIAL MEDIA WILL OFTEN POINT
[1:29:16] OUT TO.
[1:29:16] LINES ON EAST.
[1:29:17] BROADWAY AND WEST BROADWAY AT
[1:29:19] THE VERY SAME TIME THERE ARE
[1:29:20] BOTH NO RESIDENT PARKING AS I
[1:29:22] MENTIONED.
[1:29:23] UM IN PLACES WHERE THIS INFLUX
[1:29:26] OF CARS ARRIVE ON THE WEEKENDS
[1:29:27] .
[1:29:28] WITH THIS.
[1:29:29] NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO CALL
[1:29:30] ATTENTION TO SOUTH BOSTON'S.
[1:29:32] EXISTING PARKING CRISIS
[1:29:34] RESIDENT PARKING.
[1:29:35] ONLY BEING IN.
[1:29:36] PLACE FOUR NIGHTS PER WEEK.
[1:29:38] AS WELL AS SUFFICIENT PARKING
[1:29:39] AT.
[1:29:39] NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN.
[1:29:41] RESTRICTING RESIDENT PARKING
[1:29:42] PERMITS.
[1:29:43] FOR THESE BUILDINGS.
[1:29:44] TO PREVENT.
[1:29:45] AN OVERFLOW OF CARS THAT WOULD.
[1:29:47] WORSEN THE.
[1:29:47] QUALITY OF.
[1:29:48] LIFE FOR CURRENT.
[1:29:49] RESIDENTS FOR YEARS DURING.
[1:29:51] BUDGET SEASON.
[1:29:52] RESIDENTS AND I HAVE ADVOCATED
[1:29:53] FOR A PARKING GARAGE TO BE
[1:29:55] ERECTED ON THE WEST BROADWAY
[1:29:56] MUNICIPAL LOT.
[1:29:57] IN SOUTH BOSTON.
[1:29:59] AND NOW AN APPROVED PROJECT AT
[1:30:01] THE VACANT.
[1:30:02] FORMER BANK BUILDING NEXT DOOR
[1:30:04] WILL INCLUDE A COURT MOMENT, A
[1:30:07] COURTHOUSE OFFICE AND SUPPORT
[1:30:10] SPACE FOR USE BY THE TRIAL
[1:30:11] COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH, A
[1:30:13] PLACE FOR OUR TRIAL COURT AND
[1:30:15] CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS.
[1:30:16] CRITICAL IN SOUTH BOSTON.
[1:30:18] I SUPPORT THAT.
[1:30:19] AND I.
[1:30:19] ALSO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE
[1:30:21] ENGAGED AS.
[1:30:22] A PROBATION OFFICER IN.
[1:30:23] NIGHT REPORTING.
[1:30:24] AND RECOVERY SERVICES.
[1:30:26] FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING
[1:30:28] .
[1:30:28] DURING THE DAY BUT STILL.
[1:30:29] HAVE TO.
[1:30:29] MEET THEIR PROBATION.
[1:30:30] OFFICER NIGHT.
[1:30:31] BUT NEIGHBORS AND I REMAIN.
[1:30:33] CONCERNED THAT.
[1:30:34] THE DEMANDS FOR THE EXISTING
[1:30:35] PARKING LOT.
[1:30:35] MAY NO LONGER BE.
[1:30:36] SUFFICIENT AND REQUIRE
[1:30:38] ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO
[1:30:40] HELP ADDRESS THE DEMAND FOR
[1:30:42] VISITORS.
[1:30:43] AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO WEST
[1:30:44] BROADWAY RESTAURANTS AND
[1:30:45] ESTABLISHMENT TO.
[1:30:46] POTENTIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION
[1:30:48] NEARBY THAT MAY IMPACT THE
[1:30:50] EXISTING MUNICIPAL ON.
[1:30:51] AND SOUTH.
[1:30:52] BOSTON'S PUBLIC.
[1:30:54] UM PARKING CRISIS.
[1:30:56] AS I MENTIONED.
[1:30:57] IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BEGIN
[1:30:58] DISCUSSION.
[1:30:59] ON CONSTRUCTING A PARKING.
[1:31:00] GARAGE AT THE CITY OF BOSTON
[1:31:02] MUNICIPAL.
[1:31:02] PARKING LOT.
[1:31:03] ON WEST BROADWAY.
[1:31:04] AND SOUTH BOSTON AND THERE ARE
[1:31:07] NEARBY EXAMPLES.
[1:31:08] FOR US TO LOOK AT INCLUDING
[1:31:09] THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT
[1:31:12] TRANSPORTATION CENTER.
[1:31:13] AT MASSPORT.
[1:31:14] UM, THEY HAVE A GARAGE WHICH
[1:31:16] CURRENTLY OFFERS COMMUNITY
[1:31:17] BENEFITS.
[1:31:18] INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PARKING.
[1:31:21] DURING SNOWSTORM I.
[1:31:22] BELIEVE THERE ARE PARKING LOTS
[1:31:23] NEAR QUINCY CENTER AS WELL THAT
[1:31:26] MAY PROVIDE DISCOUNTED RATES
[1:31:27] FOR RESIDENTS.
[1:31:28] AND SOMETHING WE SHOULD.
[1:31:29] CERTAINLY LOOK AT AND RESEARCH
[1:31:32] AT WITH OUR EXISTING PARKING
[1:31:34] ISSUES.
[1:31:36] UM I DO THINK RESIDENTS WANT.
[1:31:38] US TO REFOCUS ON HOW WE'RE ABLE
[1:31:40] TO SUPPORT THEM INSTEAD.
[1:31:42] OF HAVING CARS DRIVE AROUND.
[1:31:45] 45 MINUTES A NIGHT.
[1:31:45] IT'S NOT JUST MY.
[1:31:46] NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S.
[1:31:47] OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS.
[1:31:47] THE CITY.
[1:31:48] THE RESIDENTS REPORT.
[1:31:49] DRIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[1:31:51] LOOKING FOR A.
[1:31:51] PARKING SPOT.
[1:31:52] THIS IS A POSSIBILITY.
[1:31:53] I'M UM, ADVOCATING FOR.
[1:31:56] AND I.
[1:31:57] HOPE THE.
[1:31:57] CITY WILL SUPPORT MY
[1:31:58] RECOMMENDATION.
[1:31:58] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:32:00] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:32:01] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[1:32:03] THEIR NAME?
[1:32:06] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:32:07] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[1:32:08] COUNCILOR.
[1:32:08] WIRRAL COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
[1:32:11] COUNSELOR.
[1:32:11] UM.
[1:32:11] HERE.
[1:32:13] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[1:32:14] CANCER COLOR DISSIPATED.
[1:32:16] COUNCILOR CULPEPER UM, PLEASE
[1:32:17] HAVE THE CHAIR.
[1:32:19] OH, AND COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
[1:32:21] COUSIN WEBER.
[1:32:22] THANK YOU.
[1:32:23] DOCKET UM, WHICH ONE IS THIS?
[1:32:26] DOCKET 1849 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:32:29] THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES.
[1:32:31] THANK YOU.
[1:32:33] UM, MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:32:35] READ DOCKET 1850.
[1:32:37] TALKING ABOUT 1850
[1:32:39] COUNCILOR CULPEPER OF THE
[1:32:40] FOLLOWING.
[1:32:41] ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE
[1:32:43] THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
[1:32:45] OF IMMIGRANT FARE FLIGHT AND
[1:32:46] FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
[1:32:48] IN BOSTON.
[1:32:49] THANK YOU.
[1:32:50] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:32:51] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:32:52] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:32:53] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:32:54] MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
[1:32:56] TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A
[1:32:58] SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:33:00] I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST
[1:33:02] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT
[1:33:04] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HAS A THIRD
[1:33:06] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:33:07] COUNCILOR SANTANA'S ADDED AS A
[1:33:09] SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING
[1:33:10] NO OBJECTION COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
[1:33:12] THAT IS A THIRD.
[1:33:13] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:33:15] AN ISSUE THAT BECAME
[1:33:17] INCREASINGLY CLEAR DURING LAST
[1:33:19] FRIDAY'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL
[1:33:21] RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND
[1:33:23] IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT HEARING
[1:33:25] REGARDING THE TERMINATION
[1:33:28] OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
[1:33:29] FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IS THAT
[1:33:31] THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEDERAL
[1:33:33] IMMIGRATION POLICY EXTENDED FAR
[1:33:35] BEYOND IMMIGRATION STATUS.
[1:33:37] THEY ARE INCREASINGLY AFFECTING
[1:33:39] BOSTON'S ECONOMY BOTH AND
[1:33:42] WORKFORCE AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS
[1:33:45] IMMIGRANTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO
[1:33:46] BOSTON'S WORKFORCE SMALL
[1:33:48] BUSINESSES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND
[1:33:49] TAX BASE.
[1:33:50] WITHOUT IMMIGRATION,
[1:33:53] MASSACHUSETTS WITH AN
[1:33:54] EXPERIENCED POPULATION DECLINE
[1:33:55] OVER THE LAST CENTURY AND
[1:33:57] GREATER BOSTON WOULD HAVE LOST
[1:33:59] APPROXIMATELY 100,000 RESIDENTS
[1:34:02] IN THE PAST DECADE ALONE.
[1:34:04] WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT
[1:34:05] INCREASED FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT
[1:34:07] AND FEAR OF DETENTION OR
[1:34:09] DEPORTATION MAY BE CAUSING
[1:34:11] IMMIGRANTS RESIDENTS TO LEAVE
[1:34:13] MASSACHUSETTS, STAY HOME FROM
[1:34:14] WORK, AVOID BUSINESSES AND
[1:34:17] PUBLIC SPACES OR OTHERWISE
[1:34:19] WITHDRAW FROM ECONOMIC LIFE.
[1:34:21] A RECENT WHARTON STUDY
[1:34:23] EXAMINING MORE THAN 5000
[1:34:25] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
[1:34:27] FOUND THAT ENFORCEMENT REDUCED
[1:34:29] WEEKLY FOOT TRAFFIC BY 2.7% AND
[1:34:33] SPENDING BY 6.2% PER LOCATION,
[1:34:36] WITH IMPACTS EXTENDING BEYOND
[1:34:39] IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
[1:34:40] WE NEED TO EXAMINE HOW THESE
[1:34:42] TRENDS ARE AFFECTING BOSTON'S
[1:34:44] RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES,
[1:34:46] WORKFORCE, NEIGHBORHOODS AND
[1:34:48] TAXPAYERS AND WHAT THE CITY CAN
[1:34:49] DO TO MEASURE AND MITIGATE
[1:34:51] THESE HARMS IF FEAR IS DRIVING
[1:34:54] RESIDENTS AWAY OR CAUSING THEM
[1:34:56] TO WITHDRAW FROM OUR ECONOMY
[1:34:57] THAT IS NOT ONLY AN IMMIGRANT
[1:35:00] ISSUE BUT AN ISSUE FOR BOSTON'S
[1:35:02] LONG TERM ECONOMIC STABILITY.
[1:35:06] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:35:08] THANK YOU.
[1:35:10] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[1:35:10] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA
[1:35:11] SANTANA COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE
[1:35:13] FLOOR.
[1:35:14] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:35:15] I WANNA THING COUNCILOR PEPPER
[1:35:16] FOR CALLING ME ON THIS AND, UM,
[1:35:18] FOLLOWING THIS HEARING, I'M
[1:35:20] ORDER.
[1:35:21] AS AN IMMIGRANT, I KNOW
[1:35:22] FIRSTHAND THAT OUR IMMIGRANT
[1:35:23] NEIGHBORS ARE THE BACKBONE
[1:35:24] OF BOSTON SUCCESS FROM EAST
[1:35:26] BOSTON AND DORCHESTER TO
[1:35:27] MATTAPAN AND AUSTIN RIGHT NOW
[1:35:30] FEAR IS PARALYZING OUR
[1:35:32] COMMUNITIES.
[1:35:32] NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED
[1:35:34] WHILE SIMPLY DOING THEIR JOBS A
[1:35:36] CALCULATED EFFORT TO INSTILL
[1:35:37] TERROR AND MAKE FAMILIES AFRAID
[1:35:39] TO STEP OUTSIDE WITH THE
[1:35:41] ONGOING ICE SURGE IN NEW
[1:35:43] BEDFORD, THERE'S HOSTILITIES ON
[1:35:45] OUR DOORSTEP AND DRIVING A WAVE
[1:35:47] OF FEAR.
[1:35:47] FLIGHT RESIDENTS ARE LEAVING
[1:35:50] BOSTON AVOIDING LOCAL
[1:35:52] STOREFRONTS, UM AND SKIPPING
[1:35:54] ESSENTIAL DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS
[1:35:55] FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR
[1:35:56] CHILDREN OUT OF FEAR THE
[1:35:58] ECONOMIC AND HUMAN DAMAGE IS
[1:35:59] IMMEDIATE.
[1:36:00] A STUDY BY THE UCLA'S LATINO
[1:36:02] POLICY AND POWER AND POLITICS
[1:36:04] INSTITUTE FOUND THAT AN ICE
[1:36:06] SURGE IN L.A. COUNTY CAUSED
[1:36:08] NEARBY BUSINESSES.
[1:36:09] TO LOSE.
[1:36:10] 46,000 VISITS AND ABOUT $3.16
[1:36:13] MILLION IN JUST TWO WEEKS HERE
[1:36:15] IN BOSTON, FEAR OF FLIGHT
[1:36:16] DIRECTLY THREATENS OUR SMALL
[1:36:18] BUSINESSES PUBLIC HEALTH,
[1:36:19] HOUSING STABILITY, TAX REVENUE
[1:36:21] AND CRITICAL INDUSTRIES.
[1:36:24] SO FAR WE ONLY HAVE A SMALL
[1:36:25] PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LEVEL
[1:36:27] OF ENFORCEMENT IS DOING TO OUR
[1:36:28] CITY.
[1:36:28] WE MUST LEARN THE FULL EXTENT
[1:36:30] OF THIS IMPACT HERE DIRECTLY
[1:36:32] FROM BOSTON'S IMMIGRANT
[1:36:33] COMMUNITIES, AND TAKE CONCRETE
[1:36:34] STEPS TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS
[1:36:35] .
[1:36:36] WE MUST REMAIN COMMITTED TO
[1:36:38] CREATING A BOSTON WHERE EVERY
[1:36:39] RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF STATUS
[1:36:41] CAN LIVE, WORK AND THRIVE
[1:36:42] WITHOUT FEAR.
[1:36:43] THANK YOU.
[1:36:44] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:36:46] CONTRIBUTION YOU HAVE THE
[1:36:47] FLOOR.
[1:36:47] THANK YOU I JUST WANT TO THANK
[1:36:48] THE MAKER FOR ADDING ME AND
[1:36:49] LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED
[1:36:51] WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
[1:36:52] UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE
[1:36:55] ANTI-IMMIGRANT NATURE OF THIS
[1:36:56] ADMINISTRATION.
[1:36:57] THANK YOU.
[1:37:00] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:37:02] NAME?
[1:37:03] COUNTRY CANADA.
[1:37:04] ZAPATA.
[1:37:05] COUNCILOR.
[1:37:05] DURKAN.
[1:37:06] COUNCILOR.
[1:37:06] FITZGERALD.
[1:37:07] COUNTRY.
[1:37:07] FLYNN.
[1:37:07] COUNTRY.
[1:37:08] MURPHY.
[1:37:08] COUNTRY.
[1:37:09] PEPEN.
[1:37:10] COUNCILOR WEBER CONSTANT
[1:37:11] WARRANT PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[1:37:13] THANK YOU.
[1:37:14] DOCKET 1850 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:37:16] THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS,
[1:37:17] RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT
[1:37:19] ADVANCEMENT.
[1:37:21] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:37:22] READ DOCKET 1851.
[1:37:25] TALKING NUMBER 1851 HAS BEEN
[1:37:27] WITHDRAWN.
[1:37:29] THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
[1:37:31] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:37:32] DOCKET 1852.
[1:37:34] TALKING NUMBER 1852
[1:37:36] COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFERED THE
[1:37:37] FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING
[1:37:39] CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER
[1:37:40] SECTION 17 OF REGARDING
[1:37:43] RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS.
[1:37:44] REMOTE WORK CONTRARY TO A
[1:37:46] CLASSIFICATION AND PAYMENTS TO
[1:37:48] A FORMER SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL
[1:37:50] ENGINEER.
[1:37:52] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:37:54] UH, CONCERN MURPHY.
[1:37:55] UM, WE JUST USUALLY SUSPEND THE
[1:37:58] RULES AND ACCEPT THIS IF THAT'S
[1:38:00] OKAY.
[1:38:00] COUNTRY MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION
[1:38:02] OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE
[1:38:03] OF DOCKET 1852.
[1:38:04] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.
[1:38:07] SAY NAY.
[1:38:07] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[1:38:09] DOCKET 1852 HAS PASSED,
[1:38:11] MR. CLERK THREE DOCKET 1853.
[1:38:14] TALKING NUMBER 1853
[1:38:16] COUNCILOR MURPHY OFF OF THE
[1:38:17] PHONE ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN
[1:38:20] INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17
[1:38:23] OF REGARDING BOSTON PUBLIC
[1:38:24] SCHOOLS.
[1:38:24] PROCUREMENT.
[1:38:25] CONTRACTING, PAYMENT
[1:38:26] CONTROLS AND IMPLEMENTATION
[1:38:28] OF THE STATE INSPECTOR
[1:38:29] GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
[1:38:31] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX
[1:38:33] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[1:38:34] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1853.
[1:38:36] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.
[1:38:38] SAY NAY.
[1:38:39] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[1:38:41] DOCKET 1853 HAS PASSED.
[1:38:43] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:38:45] READ DOCKET 18546.
[1:38:47] NUMBER 1854 COUNCILOR MURPHY OH
[1:38:49] FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER
[1:38:51] REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION
[1:38:52] UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING
[1:38:55] RULE, ROADWAY ALTERATIONS AND
[1:38:57] THE CITY'S RESPONSE AT
[1:38:59] TREATMENT STREET AND PARKER
[1:39:00] STREET.
[1:39:01] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX
[1:39:03] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[1:39:04] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1854.
[1:39:06] ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.
[1:39:09] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[1:39:10] A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
[1:39:12] 1854.
[1:39:14] COUNCIL AGREED?
[1:39:15] YES.
[1:39:16] COUNCIL.
[1:39:16] BREADON.
[1:39:17] YES.
[1:39:17] COUNCILOR COLLETTE OSIPOV.
[1:39:19] YES.
[1:39:19] COUNCIL OCCURS ABOUT A YES.
[1:39:21] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:39:22] YES.
[1:39:22] COUNCILOR.
[1:39:23] CULPEPER.
[1:39:23] YES.
[1:39:24] COUNCILOR.
[1:39:24] DURKAN.
[1:39:25] COUNCILOR.
[1:39:25] DURKAN.
[1:39:26] YES.
[1:39:26] COUNCIL.
[1:39:27] FITZGERALD.
[1:39:27] YES.
[1:39:27] COUNCIL.
[1:39:28] FISCAL.
[1:39:28] YES.
[1:39:29] COUNCILOR.
[1:39:29] FLYNN.
[1:39:29] YES.
[1:39:31] COUNCIL.
[1:39:31] FLYNN.
[1:39:31] YES.
[1:39:32] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.
[1:39:34] MEJIA.
[1:39:35] COUNCILOR.
[1:39:35] MURPHY.
[1:39:36] COUNCILOR.
[1:39:37] MURPHY.
[1:39:37] YES.
[1:39:37] COUNCIL.
[1:39:38] PIPPIN.
[1:39:39] COUNCILOR PENELAS COUNCIL.
[1:39:40] SANTANA.
[1:39:40] YES.
[1:39:41] COUNCIL.
[1:39:41] SANTANA.
[1:39:42] YES.
[1:39:42] COUNCILOR.
[1:39:43] WEBER.
[1:39:43] YES.
[1:39:43] COUNCIL.
[1:39:44] WEBER.
[1:39:44] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[1:39:45] WORLD.
[1:39:46] YES.
[1:39:46] COUNCIL.
[1:39:46] ORAL.
[1:39:47] YES.
[1:39:47] TALKING NUMBER 1854 AS WE
[1:39:49] RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE
[1:39:51] AFFIRMATIVE.
[1:39:51] THANK YOU.
[1:39:53] DOCKET 1854 HAS PASSED.
[1:39:55] MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:39:56] READ DOCKET 1855I.
[1:39:58] NUMBER 1855 COUNCILOR, CALL
[1:40:00] PEPPER OFF OF THE FOLLOWING
[1:40:02] ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN
[1:40:04] INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17
[1:40:06] OF REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE
[1:40:08] BOSTON REPARATIONS TASK FORCE.
[1:40:11] RESEARCH REPORTS AND FUTURE
[1:40:12] WORK.
[1:40:13] CONSTRUCTION CULPEPER.
[1:40:14] WE DON'T USUALLY SPEAK ON
[1:40:15] THESE.
[1:40:16] WE JUST, UH, SUSPEND AND PASS
[1:40:17] IF WE IF THAT'S OKAY WITH
[1:40:19] THAT'S COUNCILOR CULPEPPER SIX
[1:40:22] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[1:40:23] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1855.
[1:40:24] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1:40:26] AYE.
[1:40:26] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[1:40:28] THE AYES HAVE A DOCKET 1855 IS
[1:40:31] PASSED.
[1:40:33] MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:40:34] DOCKET 1856.
[1:40:36] DOC NUMBER 1856 COUNCIL IS
[1:40:38] DURKAN AND WE'RE OFF WITH THE
[1:40:40] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
[1:40:42] OF QUESTION SIX TO CREATE A
[1:40:44] NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
[1:40:45] FUND.
[1:40:46] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:40:48] COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNTRY YOU
[1:40:48] HAVE THE.
[1:40:49] FLOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:40:50] AND UM THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
[1:40:52] COUNCILOR AS WELL FOR JOINING
[1:40:52] WITH ME ON THIS.
[1:40:53] I RISE TODAY TO INTRODUCE A
[1:40:55] RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
[1:40:56] OF QUESTION SIX WHICH WOULD
[1:40:57] CREATE A NATIONAL RESOURCE
[1:40:58] CONSERVATION FUND.
[1:40:59] OUR NATURAL RESOURCES ARE
[1:41:01] PRECIOUS AND SUPPORTING
[1:41:03] CONTINUED PUBLIC USE AND
[1:41:04] CONSERVATION OF THESE SPACES
[1:41:05] ARE IMPORTANT PRIORITIES.
[1:41:07] QUESTION SIX ON THE NOVEMBER
[1:41:08] 3RD STATEWIDE BALLOT WOULD
[1:41:09] CREATE A FUND KNOWN AS THE
[1:41:11] NATURE FOR ALL FUND OF UP TO
[1:41:13] $100 MILLION ANNUALLY FROM
[1:41:14] EXISTING SALES OF OUTDOOR
[1:41:16] RECREATION EQUIPMENT.
[1:41:17] THIS WOULD PROVIDE A STABLE
[1:41:19] LONG TERM FUNDING TO PROTECT
[1:41:20] AND MAINTAIN OUR PARKS AND
[1:41:22] RECREATIONAL SPACES, PLAN FOR
[1:41:23] CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND CONSERVE
[1:41:25] NATURAL RESOURCES WHILE
[1:41:27] EXPANDING ACCESS TO OUTDOOR
[1:41:28] RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES
[1:41:29] WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
[1:41:30] RELIABLE FUNDING IS ESPECIALLY
[1:41:32] IMPORTANT WHEN CONSERVATION OR
[1:41:33] CLIMATE PROGRAMS ARE
[1:41:35] JEOPARDIZED BY STATE TIGHT
[1:41:36] STATE BUDGETS AND LIMITED
[1:41:38] FEDERAL RESOURCES.
[1:41:39] IT WOULD ALLOW COMMUNITIES TO
[1:41:41] PLAN PROJECTS IN ADVANCE THAT
[1:41:43] WOULD OTHERWISE.
[1:41:43] NOT BE POSSIBLE.
[1:41:44] THE STATE MANAGES MORE PARKLAND
[1:41:46] IN BOSTON THAN WE DO, SO THIS
[1:41:47] FUNDING COULD HELP MAINTAIN
[1:41:48] TREASURED OUTDOOR SPACES IN OUR
[1:41:50] COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE
[1:41:51] ESPLANADE, STONY BROOK
[1:41:53] RESERVATION AND THE SOUTHWEST
[1:41:54] CORRIDOR PARK.
[1:41:55] UM AS A DISTRICT EIGHT CITY
[1:41:57] COUNCILOR UM WE HAVE A LOT
[1:41:59] OF DCR LAND IN OUR DISTRICT SO
[1:42:01] I FEEL LIKE THIS IS, UH,
[1:42:03] APROPOS UM, TO BE TO BE
[1:42:05] AUTHORING THIS.
[1:42:06] UM, MASSACHUSETTS HAS STRONG
[1:42:08] OUTDOOR RECREATION INDUSTRY AND
[1:42:10] OTHER SIMILAR MODELS
[1:42:11] OF DIRECTING SALES REVENUE FROM
[1:42:12] SPORTING EQUIPMENT TO
[1:42:13] CONSERVATION AND RECREATION.
[1:42:15] IT HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF OUR
[1:42:16] PRIORITIES TO CONSERVE NATURAL
[1:42:18] RESOURCES AND EXPAND ACCESS TO
[1:42:19] GREENSPACE AND OUTDOOR
[1:42:20] RECREATION FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS
[1:42:22] ,ESPECIALLY FOR FROM OUR LOW
[1:42:23] INCOME RESIDENTS AND
[1:42:24] COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
[1:42:25] I URGE OUR COMMUNITIES TO JOIN
[1:42:26] ME IN VOTING YES.
[1:42:27] UM AND I ALSO URGE MY
[1:42:28] COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES AND I AM
[1:42:30] PUSHING FOR A SUSPEND AND PASS
[1:42:31] TODAY.
[1:42:32] UM, IF YOU SEE FROM A LOT
[1:42:34] OF THE ENDORSEMENTS, UH, THAT
[1:42:35] HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, A LOT
[1:42:37] OF PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THIS
[1:42:38] QUESTION BLANK AND I THINK IT
[1:42:40] WOULD MEAN A LOT FOR THE
[1:42:40] BOSTON.
[1:42:41] CITY.
[1:42:41] COUNCIL TO STAND UP IN SUPPORT
[1:42:43] OF THIS QUESTION.
[1:42:43] UM, VOTE YES ON QUESTION SIX.
[1:42:46] THANK YOU.
[1:42:47] CONSIDER CONCUR RECOGNIZES
[1:42:48] CONSTABLE ORAL CONSTABLE YOU
[1:42:49] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:42:50] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:42:51] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR
[1:42:53] ADDING ME UM, AS A ORIGINAL
[1:42:55] CO-SPONSOR.
[1:42:56] UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE
[1:42:59] SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION.
[1:43:01] UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
[1:43:02] VOTING YES IN NOVEMBER ON THIS.
[1:43:04] I BELIEVE SUCH A DEDICATED
[1:43:05] FUNDING UM, SOURCE WOULD GROW
[1:43:07] QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY FOR
[1:43:08] THESE PURPOSES.
[1:43:09] AND I ALSO WANT TO CONNECT A
[1:43:10] STORY HERE IN ORDER I FOUND
[1:43:12] RECENTLY TO EXPLORE INCREASING
[1:43:14] THE PERCENTAGE OF CPA FUNDS
[1:43:15] THAT ARE DEDICATED TO
[1:43:17] AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
[1:43:18] UH, IF WE HAD A DEDICATED FUNDS
[1:43:19] SOURCE FOR CONSERVATION AND
[1:43:21] GREENSPACE, IT COULD CREATE A
[1:43:23] WAY FORWARD FOR US TO DIRECT
[1:43:24] MORE CPA FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE
[1:43:26] HOUSING NEEDS WHILE ENSURING WE
[1:43:27] CAN MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL
[1:43:29] OF FUNDING FOR OPEN SPACE AND
[1:43:30] PRESERVATION EFFORTS.
[1:43:32] SO I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN
[1:43:33] EASY YES ON QUESTION SIX IN
[1:43:35] NOVEMBER AND WORKING WITH
[1:43:36] COUNCILOR DURKAN AND OUR
[1:43:37] COLLEAGUES ON THIS FURTHER IN
[1:43:38] THE FUTURE AND TO MAKING SURE
[1:43:40] THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE
[1:43:41] ALSO VOTING YES ON SIX.
[1:43:43] THANK YOU.
[1:43:43] THANK YOU COUNCILOR ELLEN.
[1:43:45] ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME
[1:43:47] COUNTRY COLOR TO SIBANDA
[1:43:48] COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[1:43:50] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR.
[1:43:51] FLYNN.
[1:43:51] COUNTRY.
[1:43:51] MURPHY COUNTRY PEPEN CONSCIOUS
[1:43:53] AND TURNER CULTURAL WEBER
[1:43:54] PLEASE UH THE CHAIR COUNCILORS
[1:43:57] DURKAN GENERAL SEEK SUSPENSION
[1:43:59] OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[1:44:01] 1856.
[1:44:03] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1:44:04] AYE.
[1:44:05] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[1:44:07] A ROLL CALL?
[1:44:07] VOTE ON DOCKET 1856.
[1:44:10] COUNCILOR.
[1:44:11] BRAIN.
[1:44:11] YES, COUNCILOR.
[1:44:12] BRAIN.
[1:44:12] YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
[1:44:13] PERSON.
[1:44:14] YES, COUNCILOR CARLOS.
[1:44:15] BUT YES, COUNCILOR CARTER.
[1:44:18] COUNCIL.
[1:44:18] YES.
[1:44:19] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[1:44:20] YES.
[1:44:21] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[1:44:21] YES.
[1:44:22] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[1:44:22] YES.
[1:44:23] COUNCIL TO SHOW.
[1:44:24] YES.
[1:44:24] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:44:26] COUNCIL.
[1:44:26] FLYNN.
[1:44:26] YES.
[1:44:27] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[1:44:27] YES.
[1:44:28] COUNCIL.
[1:44:28] HUSSAIN.
[1:44:28] YES.
[1:44:29] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[1:44:30] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:44:32] COUNCIL PUT PEN.
[1:44:33] HAS BEEN.
[1:44:34] YES.
[1:44:35] SANTANA.
[1:44:35] YES.
[1:44:36] COUNCIL.
[1:44:36] SANTANA.
[1:44:37] YES.
[1:44:37] COUNCIL.
[1:44:37] WEBER.
[1:44:38] YES.
[1:44:38] COUNCIL WILL BE YES AND
[1:44:40] COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
[1:44:41] COUNCIL WE'RE ALL YES TALKING
[1:44:42] ABOUT 1856 AS WE RECEIVED 12
[1:44:45] VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[1:44:46] THANK YOU MR TRACK DOCKET 1856
[1:44:49] HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[1:44:52] MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[1:44:53] DOCKET 1857.
[1:44:55] SO I CAN NUMBER 1857
[1:44:57] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART
[1:44:58] OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
[1:45:00] SUPPORT OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
[1:45:03] OF ENGINEERS BOSTON HARBOR
[1:45:04] COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT
[1:45:07] COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM PLAN AND
[1:45:09] THE CITY OF BOSTON'S
[1:45:10] APPLICATION OF FEDERAL
[1:45:12] AUTHORIZATION.
[1:45:13] THANK YOU.
[1:45:14] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:45:15] COUNCILOR COLOR.
[1:45:15] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:45:16] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:45:17] I'D LIKE TO ADD
[1:45:18] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS A
[1:45:19] CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND THE
[1:45:20] RULES.
[1:45:20] UH, ROUTE 12 AND AD
[1:45:22] COUNCILOR SANTANA AS.
[1:45:24] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD DECIDED AS
[1:45:25] A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING
[1:45:27] NO OBJECTIONS COUNTRIES AND
[1:45:28] THEN COUNTRY FITZGERALD ADDED
[1:45:31] AS A SECOND COUNCILOR SANTANA'S
[1:45:32] ADDED AS A THIRD.
[1:45:33] THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO UM
[1:45:34] JUST CALL IT COUNCILOR FLYNN AS
[1:45:36] AN HONORARY FOURTH UM SPONSOR
[1:45:37] FOR THIS.
[1:45:38] I RISE TODAY TO ASK MY
[1:45:40] COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS
[1:45:40] RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE
[1:45:41] U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
[1:45:43] BOSTON HARBOR COASTAL STORM
[1:45:44] RISK MANAGEMENT COMPREHENSIVE
[1:45:46] SYSTEM PLAN AND IMPORTANTLY THE
[1:45:48] CITY OF BOSTON'S PURSUIT
[1:45:49] OF FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION.
[1:45:51] FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN SOUNDING
[1:45:52] THE ALARM THAT PLANNING FOR
[1:45:53] CLIMATE RESILIENCE IS NOT
[1:45:54] ENOUGH.
[1:45:55] WE'VE DONE THE STUDIES.
[1:45:56] WE KNOW WHERE THE WHAT WE KNOW
[1:45:57] THE WATER'S COMING.
[1:45:58] WE KNOW WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS,
[1:45:59] HOMES, BUSINESSES,
[1:46:00] TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND
[1:46:01] CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ARE
[1:46:02] VULNERABLE.
[1:46:02] THE QUESTION NOW IS HOW DO WE
[1:46:04] ACTUALLY PAY TO PROTECT THEM?
[1:46:06] THIS HAS BEEN CENTRAL TO MY
[1:46:07] ADVOCACY AND HAVE CONSISTENTLY
[1:46:09] PUSHED TO MOVE BEYOND PLANNING
[1:46:11] AND TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION,
[1:46:12] PARTICULARLY TOWARD CREATING A
[1:46:14] REAL FINANCING STRATEGY FOR THE
[1:46:15] BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
[1:46:16] RESILIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE
[1:46:18] BOSTON WILL NEED.
[1:46:18] I'VE SAID IN THE PAST THAT THIS
[1:46:20] IS BOSTON'S NEXT BIG DIG AND
[1:46:22] THE PRICE TAG IS UPWARDS OF $10
[1:46:24] BILLION.
[1:46:24] BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE
[1:46:25] ARMY CORPS PROCESS IS SUCH AN
[1:46:27] EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY.
[1:46:29] FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION COULD
[1:46:30] MAKE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS WITHIN
[1:46:31] THIS PLAN AVAILABLE FOR UP TO A
[1:46:34] 65% FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION COST
[1:46:36] SHARE THAT FUNDAMENTALLY
[1:46:38] CHANGES WHAT IS FINANCIALLY
[1:46:39] POSSIBLE FOR BOSTON.
[1:46:41] SEPARATELY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT
[1:46:43] THE WORK UNDERWAY WITH THE
[1:46:44] GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION ON A
[1:46:46] COASTAL RESILIENCE FINANCIAL
[1:46:47] BLUEPRINT FOR THE REMAINING
[1:46:50] 35%.
[1:46:50] THEY ARE EXAMINING PUBLIC AND
[1:46:51] PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES, THE
[1:46:53] FINANCING GAP, GOVERNANCE AND
[1:46:55] HOW COST CAN BE SHARED
[1:46:56] EQUITABLY.
[1:46:57] I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THE
[1:46:58] GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION BEFORE
[1:47:00] US FOR A CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING
[1:47:01] WHICH IS ON THE CALENDAR SO
[1:47:02] THAT WE CAN DIG INTO THAT WORK
[1:47:04] AND UNDERSTAND WHAT A
[1:47:05] SUSTAINABLE FINANCING MODEL FOR
[1:47:06] BOSTON COULD ACTUALLY LOOK
[1:47:07] LIKE.
[1:47:08] AND WHILE I REPRESENT SOME
[1:47:09] OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE
[1:47:10] FRONT LINES EAST BOSTON,
[1:47:12] CHARLESTOWN, THE NORTH END AND
[1:47:13] OUR DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT THIS IS
[1:47:14] NOT A WATERFRONT ISSUE SIMPLY A
[1:47:16] WATERFRONT ISSUE WHEN A MAJOR
[1:47:18] STORM FLOODS OUR TUNNELS,
[1:47:20] TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, OUR
[1:47:21] AIRPORTS, HOSPITALS, POLICE
[1:47:22] STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS,
[1:47:24] ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE HOMES
[1:47:26] THE CONSEQUENCES DO NOT STOP AT
[1:47:28] A NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARY.
[1:47:29] CLIMATE CHANGE DOESN'T CARE
[1:47:30] ABOUT DISTRICT LINES.
[1:47:31] WATER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT
[1:47:32] POLITICAL DIFFERENCES.
[1:47:33] AND THE SCALE OF THIS THREAT
[1:47:35] DEMANDS THAT WE COME TOGETHER
[1:47:36] AROUND A GENERATIONAL SOLUTION
[1:47:37] TO A GENERATIONAL PROBLEM.
[1:47:39] WE CAN AND SHOULD CONTINUE
[1:47:40] DEBATING THE DETAILS WHERE
[1:47:41] PROTECTION PROTECTIONS GO, HOW
[1:47:43] THEY ARE DESIGNED AND HOW WE
[1:47:44] PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS AND
[1:47:46] NATURAL SYSTEMS AND CRITICALLY
[1:47:48] WHO PAYS FOR IT.
[1:47:48] BUT ON THE.
[1:47:49] FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION
[1:47:50] OF WHETHER BOSTON SHOULD
[1:47:51] POSITION ITSELF TO RECEIVE THE
[1:47:53] LARGEST POSSIBLE FEDERAL
[1:47:54] PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT OUR
[1:47:55] CITY, I BELIEVE THE PATH
[1:47:57] FORWARD IS CLEAR THIS
[1:47:58] INFRASTRUCTURE THIS IS
[1:47:59] INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL
[1:48:00] PROTECT GENERATIONS
[1:48:01] OF BOSTONIANS WE WILL NEVER
[1:48:03] MEET.
[1:48:03] I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
[1:48:05] THIS RESOLUTION AND STAND
[1:48:06] TOGETHER IN PURSUING THE
[1:48:07] FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP NECESSARY
[1:48:08] TO PROTECT ALL OF BOSTON FOR
[1:48:10] FUTURE GENERATIONS.
[1:48:11] THANK YOU.
[1:48:13] COUNCILOR COLLETTE, AS A
[1:48:13] PART OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:48:15] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE
[1:48:16] THE FLOOR.
[1:48:17] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:48:18] I FIRST JUST.
[1:48:18] WANT TO THANK.
[1:48:19] COUNCIL COLLETTA SUPPORTIVE FOR
[1:48:20] HER STEADFAST ADVOCACY.
[1:48:21] AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL.
[1:48:23] ISSUES FROM COASTAL FLOODING TO
[1:48:25] RESILIENCE AND SHE'S.
[1:48:27] ALWAYS BEEN.
[1:48:27] A LEADER.
[1:48:28] IN THAT.
[1:48:28] AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
[1:48:29] FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS UH, IN
[1:48:31] HELPING HER DO THAT.
[1:48:33] UM I BELIEVE MANY OF US.
[1:48:34] PROBABLY WROTE A LETTER.
[1:48:35] ALREADY THAT WAS DUE UH, LAST
[1:48:37] WEEK UH, FOR THIS AND I KNOW
[1:48:39] FOLKS UP AT THE STATEHOUSE DID
[1:48:40] AS WELL.
[1:48:41] UM, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH
[1:48:42] CHIEF SWETT YESTERDAY AND HE
[1:48:43] SAID SOMETHING THAT SORT OF,
[1:48:45] UH, MADE ME THINK A LITTLE BIT
[1:48:46] DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
[1:48:47] I ASKED HIM A QUESTION.
[1:48:48] HEY.
[1:48:48] LOOK.
[1:48:49] WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE MONEY
[1:48:49] ON THE TABLE.
[1:48:50] THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF.
[1:48:51] BUT I ALSO, UH, WOULD SAY WE'RE
[1:48:53] NOT SURE WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING
[1:48:55] TO BE BUILT WHERE AND OBVIOUSLY
[1:48:57] THAT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT
[1:48:58] OF TREPIDATION FOR SOME FOLKS
[1:49:00] AND HOW THEY COULD BE IMPACTED
[1:49:01] FROM THIS.
[1:49:02] AND HE SAID, JOHN, I THINK THE
[1:49:04] MOST.
[1:49:05] IMPORTANT THING.
[1:49:06] IS THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
[1:49:07] THAT BOSTON'S BEEN SORT
[1:49:09] OF POINTED OUT TO PROTECT AND I
[1:49:11] THINK THAT'S A SIGNAL THAT THEY
[1:49:12] KNOW WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS
[1:49:14] CITY, WHAT WE PRODUCE FROM A
[1:49:15] FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT, FROM
[1:49:17] AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT AND
[1:49:18] REALLY JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
[1:49:19] HERE UH, AND THAT SO THAT UH,
[1:49:22] FORCE IS GREATER THAN CITY
[1:49:23] COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR ARE
[1:49:25] LOOKING AT BOSTON AND SAYING
[1:49:26] THIS IS A CITY WE SHOULD
[1:49:27] PROTECT.
[1:49:27] AND THAT MADE ME I WAS PROUD,
[1:49:29] RIGHT?
[1:49:30] LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RIGHT
[1:49:31] AND I SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT
[1:49:32] THAT WAY.
[1:49:33] SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
[1:49:34] WITH COUNCIL AS PART OF UH
[1:49:36] CHIEF SWEAT UH, AND
[1:49:37] UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE UM, UH,
[1:49:40] IMPACTS ARE GOING TO UH NOT
[1:49:41] ONLY HELP US BUT ALSO WHAT WE
[1:49:43] CAN DO TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT
[1:49:45] BURDENSOME ON THE COMMUNITY AS
[1:49:46] WELL.
[1:49:46] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAP AS
[1:49:47] IT.
[1:49:48] THANK YOU.
[1:49:49] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CHAIR
[1:49:50] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[1:49:51] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:49:52] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:49:54] I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL THAT I
[1:49:55] SUPPORT THAT UH, FOR INCLUDING
[1:49:56] ME ON THIS AND I WAS UM
[1:50:00] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD MENTIONED
[1:50:01] I THINK UM, SOMEONE WHO'S HAS
[1:50:02] BEEN A GREAT LEADER FROM THIS I
[1:50:04] SAY SINCE DAY ONE.
[1:50:05] SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
[1:50:06] LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
[1:50:07] UM, AND UH, ENVIRONMENTAL
[1:50:09] ISSUES, UM, HERE IN THE CITY
[1:50:11] OF BOSTON.
[1:50:12] UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO JUST
[1:50:13] ECHO ALSO COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
[1:50:14] THE STATEMENT, UM, THAT WE OWE
[1:50:16] IT TO TODAY'S YOUTH AND FUTURE
[1:50:17] BOSTONIANS TO DO EVERYTHING
[1:50:18] THAT WE CAN TO BUILD A CLIMATE
[1:50:20] RESILIENT, UM, UH, BOSTON.
[1:50:23] UM, I THINK AS AS SHE STATED AS
[1:50:25] WELL WE NEED THESE FEDERAL
[1:50:26] PARTNERSHIPS AS IS CRITICAL.
[1:50:28] UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
[1:50:29] THE CONVERSATION AND PARTNERING
[1:50:30] WITH BOTH.
[1:50:30] UM, BUT AS A COUNCIL AS A
[1:50:32] PATTERN UM,
[1:50:33] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, I, UM TO
[1:50:34] MOVE THIS FORWARD.
[1:50:35] THANK YOU.
[1:50:35] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[1:50:38] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:50:39] NAME?
[1:50:40] COUNCILOR CULPEPER,
[1:50:41] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[1:50:42] CONTRA FLYNN.
[1:50:43] COUNCILOR.
[1:50:43] MEJIA.
[1:50:44] COUNCILOR.
[1:50:44] MURPHY.
[1:50:45] I'M SURE PEPEN.
[1:50:47] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[1:50:48] CONSTABLE RAEL AND PLEASE, UH,
[1:50:49] THE CHAIR.
[1:50:52] UM COUNCILORS THE PATTER
[1:50:53] FITZGERALD AND SANTANA SEEK
[1:50:55] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[1:50:57] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1857.
[1:51:00] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1:51:02] ALL OPPOSED?
[1:51:02] SAY NAY.
[1:51:04] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:51:06] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[1:51:06] VOTE ON DOCKET.
[1:51:08] 1857.
[1:51:09] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[1:51:09] YES.
[1:51:10] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[1:51:10] YES.
[1:51:11] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
[1:51:12] PARTNER.
[1:51:12] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:13] CLOSED.
[1:51:13] BUDDY.
[1:51:14] YES.
[1:51:14] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:14] CULPEPPER.
[1:51:15] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:16] CULPEPER.
[1:51:16] YES.
[1:51:16] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:17] DURKAN.
[1:51:18] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:18] DURKAN.
[1:51:19] YES.
[1:51:19] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:19] FITZGERALD.
[1:51:20] YES.
[1:51:20] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:21] FITZGERALD.
[1:51:21] YES.
[1:51:21] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:22] FLYNN.
[1:51:22] YES.
[1:51:23] COUNCIL.
[1:51:23] FLYNN.
[1:51:23] YES.
[1:51:24] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[1:51:25] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:25] MEJIA.
[1:51:26] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:27] MEJIA.
[1:51:27] YES.
[1:51:28] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:28] MURPHY.
[1:51:29] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:29] MURPHY.
[1:51:30] YES.
[1:51:30] COUNCIL.
[1:51:30] PIPPIN.
[1:51:31] COUNCILOR PENELAS COUNCIL.
[1:51:32] SANTANA.
[1:51:33] YES.
[1:51:33] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:34] SANTANA.
[1:51:34] YES.
[1:51:35] COUNCIL.
[1:51:35] WEBER.
[1:51:36] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:36] WORTHY.
[1:51:37] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[1:51:38] WORLD.
[1:51:38] YEAH.
[1:51:38] COUNCILOR.
[1:51:39] WELL, YES.
[1:51:39] CAN NUMBER 1857
[1:51:43] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE TO LIKE TO
[1:51:46] VOTE ON.
[1:51:47] THE COASTAL.
[1:51:51] .
[1:51:51] UH, YES.
[1:51:52] HI.
[1:51:52] MY NAME IS.
[1:51:55] COUNCILOR LOUISIANA'S TALKING
[1:51:57] NUMBER 81857 AS WE SEE THE
[1:51:59] UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[1:52:00] AFFIRMATIVE.
[1:52:01] THANK YOU.
[1:52:03] MR CHAIR OF DOCKET 1857 HAS
[1:52:04] BEEN ADOPTED.
[1:52:08] THAT COUNCILOR CLOSES THE
[1:52:10] BATTLE.
[1:52:13] SO.
[1:52:14] UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, IF
[1:52:15] YOU WOULD MIND.
[1:52:38] MR. CLERK, WILL YOU CAN YOU
[1:52:39] PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1858
[1:52:42] .
[1:52:43] DOC NUMBER 1858 CANCEL PLAY NOW
[1:52:45] FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
[1:52:47] SUPPORT OF HOUSE 1544 SENATE
[1:52:51] 998 AN ACT TO GUARANTEE A
[1:52:55] TENANTS FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL
[1:52:56] .
[1:52:57] THANK YOU.
[1:52:58] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:53:00] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON.
[1:53:01] MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE THE
[1:53:02] FLOOR.
[1:53:03] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[1:53:05] UH, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA
[1:53:07] AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
[1:53:09] AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
[1:53:11] RULES AND I'D CONSIDER MEJIA AS
[1:53:13] A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:53:14] SAME.
[1:53:15] NO OBJECTING COUNCIL THAT
[1:53:17] THAT'S THEIR ORIGINAL
[1:53:20] CO-SPONSOR.
[1:53:20] IT ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[1:53:21] THAT WE HAD UH
[1:53:24] COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND ALSO US
[1:53:25] TO BE UH A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS
[1:53:28] UH, MASSACHUSETTS FACES A
[1:53:30] SEVERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:53:31] SHORTAGE LEAVING EXISTING
[1:53:32] RENTAL UNITS VULNERABLE TO
[1:53:34] CONVERSION, REDEVELOPMENT AND
[1:53:36] STEEP RENT INCREASES THAT
[1:53:37] DISPLACED RESIDENTS.
[1:53:40] UH, HERE 1544 AND S998 AN ACT
[1:53:45] TO GUARANTEE A TENANT'S RIGHT
[1:53:47] OF FIRST REFUSAL.
[1:53:48] RIGHT OF REFUSAL GIVES TENANTS
[1:53:50] THE FIRST CHANCE TO BUY THE
[1:53:52] RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THROUGH A
[1:53:53] TENANT ASSOCIATION WHEN THE
[1:53:55] PROPERTY GOES UP UH, COMMONLY
[1:53:57] REFERRED TO AS A TENANT
[1:54:00] OPPORTUNITY.
[1:54:01] TO.
[1:54:01] PURCHASE ACT TOPA THIS
[1:54:04] LEGISLATION SAFEGUARDS
[1:54:05] NATURALLY.
[1:54:06] OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:54:08] WHICH CONSISTS OF UNSUBSIDIZED
[1:54:10] RENTAL HOMES THAT REMAIN
[1:54:12] NATURALLY AFFORDABLE DUE TO
[1:54:13] AGE, SIZE OR CONDITION OF THE
[1:54:16] PROPERTY.
[1:54:16] TENANTS CAN ORGANIZE TO
[1:54:19] INDEPENDENTLY.
[1:54:20] OR COLLABORATE COLLABORATE.
[1:54:21] WITH NONPROFIT.
[1:54:22] COMMUNITY NONPROFITS, COMMUNITY
[1:54:24] DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND
[1:54:26] AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
[1:54:29] DEVELOPERS OR COMMUNITY LAND
[1:54:31] TRUST TO SECURE FINANCING AND
[1:54:33] COMPLETE THE PURCHASE.
[1:54:34] THE BILL DOES NOT FORCE OWNERS
[1:54:36] TO SELL AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE.
[1:54:39] TENANTS MUST MATCH THIRD.
[1:54:40] PARTY MARKET OFFERS.
[1:54:42] WITHIN DEFINED TIMELINES WITH
[1:54:44] EXEMPTIONS FOR SMALL.
[1:54:45] PROPERTY OWNERS.
[1:54:46] FAMILY TRANSFER AND NEW
[1:54:48] CONSTRUCTION GIVING TENANTS A
[1:54:51] MEANINGFUL.
[1:54:52] OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THEIR
[1:54:53] HOMES.
[1:54:54] SERVES AFFORDABILITY.
[1:54:55] PREVENTS DISPLACEMENT AND
[1:54:57] MAINTAINS NEIGHBORHOOD
[1:54:59] CONTINUITY.
[1:55:00] ACROSS BOSTON.
[1:55:01] THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO.
[1:55:03] PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS.
[1:55:04] STABILIZING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:55:06] AND ENSURING THAT LONG TIME
[1:55:08] BOSTONIANS.
[1:55:08] ARE NOT PRICED OUT OF THE
[1:55:10] COMMUNITIES.
[1:55:11] THAT.
[1:55:11] THEY HELP BUILD AND CALL HOME.
[1:55:13] THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL URGES
[1:55:15] AND SUPPORTS THE MASSACHUSETTS
[1:55:17] LEGISLATURE TO PASSAGE 1544 AND
[1:55:21] S998.
[1:55:23] TO PROTECT.
[1:55:23] OUR.
[1:55:23] RESIDENTS AND EXPAND.
[1:55:25] AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS
[1:55:26] STATEWIDE.
[1:55:27] AND I URGE MY, UH, FELLOW AND
[1:55:29] MY COLLEAGUES TO.
[1:55:30] SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
[1:55:32] THANK YOU.
[1:55:37] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:55:39] COUNCILOR SANTANA'S
[1:55:41] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[1:55:41] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:55:43] THANK YOU.
[1:55:44] CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
[1:55:45] COUNCIL, UM, PRESIDENT BREADON
[1:55:47] FOR SPONSORING THIS TALK IN AND
[1:55:48] OUT OF THE MANTLE CO-SPONSOR TO
[1:55:50] COMBAT THE UNPRECEDENTED
[1:55:52] HOUSING CRISIS THAT THREATENS
[1:55:53] THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
[1:55:55] .
[1:55:55] WE MUST USE ALL TOOLS AT OUR
[1:55:57] TOOLBOX HOUSE BILL 1544 AND
[1:56:01] SENATE BILL UM 998 EMPOWERS
[1:56:05] TENANTS WITH THE FIRST
[1:56:06] OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THEIR
[1:56:07] RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WHEN THE
[1:56:09] OWNER DECIDES TO SELL
[1:56:10] SAFEGUARDING THE NATURALLY
[1:56:12] OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:56:12] THAT KEEPS OUR COMMUNITIES
[1:56:14] INTACT RATHER THAN FORCING LONG
[1:56:16] TERM RESIDENTS AND WORKING
[1:56:18] FAMILIES OUT WHENEVER A
[1:56:19] PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS.
[1:56:20] THIS LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS
[1:56:22] PARENTS TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN
[1:56:23] AND STABILITY AND ENSURES
[1:56:25] NEIGHBORS CAN REMAIN ROOTED IN
[1:56:27] THEIR COMMUNITIES BY GIVING
[1:56:28] TENANTS A FAIR CHANCE TO STAY.
[1:56:30] WE PROTECT BOTH A HUMAN
[1:56:31] CONNECTION THAT BINDS OUR CITY
[1:56:33] TOGETHER AND BOSTON'S RAPIDLY
[1:56:35] SHRINKING SUPPLY
[1:56:37] OF UNSUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE
[1:56:38] HOUSING.
[1:56:38] I'M CALLING UPON MY
[1:56:40] COUNTERPARTS IN STATE HOUSE TO
[1:56:41] ALSO SUPPORT THIS BILL TO
[1:56:43] PROVIDE TENANTS INCREASED
[1:56:45] ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
[1:56:46] THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[1:56:49] COUNCILOR MAHI.
[1:56:50] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:56:51] COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL OVER
[1:56:52] HERE.
[1:56:53] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:56:55] THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
[1:56:57] UM.
[1:56:58] AND I WANT TO THANK, UH,
[1:57:00] COUNCIL PRESIDENT UH.
[1:57:01] BREADON FOR ADDING ME AS WELL
[1:57:04] AS COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS
[1:57:05] LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE.
[1:57:06] AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[1:57:07] MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR LUCY
[1:57:09] LOUIJEUNE, WHO HAS BEEN A BIG
[1:57:11] ADVOCATE AND ALL THINGS THAT
[1:57:13] DEAL WITH HOUSING.
[1:57:14] SO SORRY THAT I GOT TO HER
[1:57:16] BEFORE.
[1:57:16] YOU DID, BUT.
[1:57:17] I GOT YOU UM, IN GENERAL TENANT
[1:57:21] OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACTS
[1:57:22] ARE.
[1:57:22] ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY
[1:57:23] SUPPORT HOUSING STABILITY BY
[1:57:25] SEEKING TO REDUCE DISPLACEMENT.
[1:57:27] THIS BILL AT THE STATE HOUSE
[1:57:29] SPECIFICALLY GIVES EACH CITY OR
[1:57:30] TOWN THE CHOICE TO ADOPT THIS
[1:57:32] POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR TENANTS
[1:57:35] OF MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS UM
[1:57:36] PROPERTIES TO HAVE THE
[1:57:37] OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE PROPERTY
[1:57:39] IF THE OWNER IS SELLING.
[1:57:41] FIRST BEFORE AN OUTSIDE PARTY
[1:57:43] CAN BUY IT.
[1:57:43] TENANTS CAN CREATE TENANT
[1:57:45] ASSOCIATIONS OR PARTNER WITH
[1:57:46] NONPROFIT CTCS, LAND TRUST AND
[1:57:49] MORE TO SUPPORT THEIR PURCHASE
[1:57:51] OF THE PROPERTY AT MARKET RATE
[1:57:52] .
[1:57:53] THE SEVERAL PATHS TO PURCHASING
[1:57:55] GIVES TENANTS THE FLEXIBILITY
[1:57:56] THEY NEED AS WE KNOW UM THERE
[1:57:59] IS A LOT THERE'S NOT ONE SIZE
[1:58:00] FITS ALL APPROACH TO THESE
[1:58:01] EFFORTS.
[1:58:02] CREATING PATHWAYS FOR
[1:58:03] HOMEOWNERSHIP MEANS CREATING
[1:58:04] PATHWAYS FOR FINANCIAL
[1:58:05] STABILITY AND GENERATIONAL
[1:58:07] WEALTH.
[1:58:07] AS THE FIRST PERSON IN MY
[1:58:09] FAMILY TO ACHIEVE HOMEOWNERSHIP
[1:58:11] HERE IN BOSTON, I UNDERSTAND
[1:58:12] THIS WELL.
[1:58:13] I KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT'S LIKE
[1:58:15] HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY THAT
[1:58:17] THAT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR A
[1:58:18] FAMILY.
[1:58:19] IT MEANS FINALLY FILLING STABLE
[1:58:21] BUILDING, BUILDING WEALTH AND
[1:58:22] HAVING GREATER CONTROL OVER
[1:58:24] YOUR OWN FUTURE.
[1:58:25] WE SHOULD BE CREATING MORE
[1:58:26] OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING.
[1:58:27] FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE THAT
[1:58:28] SAME SENSE OF SECURITY.
[1:58:30] I SUPPORT THIS BILL AND I
[1:58:31] SUPPORT ADOPTING IT IN BOSTON
[1:58:34] ONCE IT PASSES, TENANT
[1:58:36] OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE SHOULD
[1:58:37] BE A PART OF THE ASSET BUILDING
[1:58:39] PROGRAM THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE
[1:58:42] IMPLEMENTING WITH COMMUNITY
[1:58:43] PARTNERS AS WELL AS FINANCIAL
[1:58:44] AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.
[1:58:46] IT ALSO MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN
[1:58:48] A WAY THAT CENTERS CULTURALLY
[1:58:49] COMPETENCY.
[1:58:50] THIS POLICY MUST BE SUPPORTED
[1:58:51] WITH ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES
[1:58:53] THAT STRENGTHEN TENANT RIGHTS
[1:58:55] INCLUDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION
[1:58:56] ,TENANT ORGANIZING AND
[1:58:57] ALTERNATIVE.
[1:58:58] HOMEOWNERSHIP MODELS LIKE
[1:58:59] CO-OPS.
[1:59:00] EMPOWERING TENANTS IS A KEY TO
[1:59:02] BUILDING STABILITY, EQUITY AND
[1:59:04] COMMUNITY CONTROL IN OUR
[1:59:04] HOUSING SYSTEM.
[1:59:05] THANK YOU.
[1:59:07] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:59:08] NAME AS THE POTTER
[1:59:12] COUNCILOR DURKAN?
[1:59:12] STOP IT CHERYL COUNCIL THANK.
[1:59:14] COUNCIL SHE OR.
[1:59:16] SCUSE ME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:59:19] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE LOUIJEUNE
[1:59:22] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:59:23] THANK YOU.
[1:59:23] UH.
[1:59:26] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[1:59:27] I WANT TO THANK THE.
[1:59:28] SPONSORS FOR FILING THIS.
[1:59:29] UM, TOPA IS SO INCREDIBLY
[1:59:31] IMPORTANT TO TRYING TO.
[1:59:36] PULL THE.
[1:59:37] LEVER CLOSER.
[1:59:38] TO THE NEEDS OF TENANTS IN OUR
[1:59:40] CITY.
[1:59:41] THIS BILL HAS BEEN.
[1:59:42] FLOATED ABOUT AND TALKED ABOUT
[1:59:43] FOR QUITE.
[1:59:44] SOME TIME.
[1:59:44] I KNOW THAT THIS.
[1:59:45] IS.
[1:59:45] NOT THE FIRST TIME.
[1:59:46] I THIS IS MY TIME ON THIS BODY
[1:59:47] THAT WE FILED A RESOLUTION IN
[1:59:49] SUPPORT OF TOPA.
[1:59:51] UM BUT.
[1:59:52] IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET THE
[1:59:54] UH IT IS IT IS.
[1:59:55] TENANTS HAVE VERY LITTLE.
[1:59:58] POWER AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
[2:00:00] WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO PREVENT
[2:00:03] DISPLACEMENT.
[2:00:04] WE OFTEN KNOW THAT WHEN THERE'S
[2:00:05] A NEW OWNER OF OF OF A LIVED IN
[2:00:07] BUILDING FEEL LIKE.
[2:00:09] WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE CITY.
[2:00:10] THEY'RE DRIVEN BY PROFIT.
[2:00:12] OFTENTIMES THE TENANTS WHO LIVE
[2:00:13] THERE ARE FORCED OUT.
[2:00:14] WE'RE ACTUALLY I WAS ACTUALLY
[2:00:16] AT A RALLY AT A VIGIL.
[2:00:18] ON SUNDAY EVENING IN JAMAICA
[2:00:21] PLAIN FOR.
[2:00:22] A COMMUNITY.
[2:00:22] ORGANIZER WHO THERE'S A NEW
[2:00:24] OWNER.
[2:00:24] OF HIS BUILDING.
[2:00:25] AND THE OWNER.
[2:00:27] IS DOUBLING THE RENT AND.
[2:00:30] THERE WAS NO REAL.
[2:00:31] OPPORTUNITY FOR THE.
[2:00:32] PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE
[2:00:34] BUILDING TO.
[2:00:34] ORGANIZE AND WORK.
[2:00:36] TOGETHER ON FINDING.
[2:00:37] A SOLUTION.
[2:00:39] UM, AND.
[2:00:40] IF SOMETHING LIKE TOPA WAS IN
[2:00:42] EFFECT.
[2:00:43] THAT ALLOWS TENANTS TO.
[2:00:45] ORGANIZE AND TO.
[2:00:46] WORK WITH OUTSIDE ENTITIES
[2:00:47] AND TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY LAND
[2:00:49] TRUST.
[2:00:49] AND TO WORK WITH.
[2:00:50] UH, WHOEVER.
[2:00:52] IT MAY.
[2:00:52] BE NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS.
[2:00:53] TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND
[2:00:54] ACQUISITION.
[2:00:55] OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.
[2:00:57] IT WOULD ALLOW IT WOULD IT
[2:00:58] WOULD HELP TO PREVENT
[2:00:59] DISPLACEMENT.
[2:00:59] IT WOULD.
[2:01:00] GIVE OUR TENANTS.
[2:01:01] UH, MORE POWER IN A MARKET THAT
[2:01:03] IS REALLY, REALLY UM, RIGGED
[2:01:06] TOWARDS THOSE WHO.
[2:01:07] ACTUALLY OWN.
[2:01:08] THE LAND AND OWN PROPERTY.
[2:01:09] AND SO I THINK THIS UH, TOPA
[2:01:11] AND THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
[2:01:12] IS SO IMPORTANT.
[2:01:12] THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN WHICH
[2:01:14] WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THIS
[2:01:15] IN WHICH MY OFFICE IS LOOKING
[2:01:16] AT THIS, BUT I REALLY WANT TO
[2:01:18] URGE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IN A
[2:01:20] MARKET THAT CARES MOSTLY ABOUT
[2:01:22] AND PRIMARILY ABOUT PROFIT THAT
[2:01:24] WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING
[2:01:25] WE CAN TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT
[2:01:27] TENANTS, TO PREVENT
[2:01:28] DISPLACEMENT AND TO DISRUPT
[2:01:30] WHAT IS AN EXTRACTIVE REAL
[2:01:32] ESTATE MARKET.
[2:01:32] THANK YOU.
[2:01:34] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[2:01:36] THEIR NAME?
[2:01:37] COUNCIL AS A PART OF THE DARK
[2:01:39] AND GENERAL COUNCIL PLAN?
[2:01:41] ABSOLUTELY JOHN.
[2:01:44] COUNCILOR MURPHY,
[2:01:45] COUNCILOR PEPPER AND
[2:01:48] COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR.
[2:01:50] WELL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[2:01:55] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON SEEKS
[2:01:56] SUSPENSION OF THE.
[2:01:57] RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[2:02:01] 1858.
[2:02:02] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:02:04] AYE.
[2:02:05] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[2:02:08] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[2:02:11] MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
[2:02:12] COUNT THE VOTE?
[2:02:15] COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL.
[2:02:16] BREADON.
[2:02:17] YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
[2:02:18] PART OF COUNCILOR PAULETTE AS A
[2:02:20] PARTNER.
[2:02:20] YES.
[2:02:21] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:02:21] YES.
[2:02:22] COUNCILOR.
[2:02:22] CULPEPER.
[2:02:23] YES.
[2:02:24] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:02:26] YES.
[2:02:26] COUNCILOR.
[2:02:26] FITZGERALD.
[2:02:28] COUNCIL OFFICIAL.
[2:02:28] YES.
[2:02:29] COUNCIL.
[2:02:29] FLYNN.
[2:02:30] COUNCILOR.
[2:02:30] FLYNN.
[2:02:30] YES.
[2:02:31] COUNCIL.
[2:02:31] ILLUSION.
[2:02:32] YES.
[2:02:32] COUNCIL.
[2:02:32] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:02:33] YES.
[2:02:33] COUNCIL.
[2:02:33] MEJIA.
[2:02:35] COUNCIL ME HERE.
[2:02:35] YES.
[2:02:36] COUNCILOR.
[2:02:36] MURPHY.
[2:02:37] COUNCILOR.
[2:02:37] MURPHY.
[2:02:38] YES.
[2:02:38] COUNCIL PEN COUNCIL A PEN.
[2:02:40] YES.
[2:02:40] COUNCIL.
[2:02:41] SANTANA.
[2:02:41] YES.
[2:02:42] COUNCILOR.
[2:02:42] SANTANA.
[2:02:42] YES.
[2:02:43] COUNCIL.
[2:02:43] WEBER.
[2:02:44] YES.
[2:02:44] COUNCIL.
[2:02:45] OBVIOUS AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[2:02:46] YES.
[2:02:47] COUNCIL ORAL.
[2:02:47] YES.
[2:02:48] DOCKET NUMBER 1858 AS RECEIVED
[2:02:51] A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[2:02:52] AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:02:52] THANK YOU DOCTOR.
[2:02:54] DOCKET NUMBER 1858 HAS BEEN
[2:02:58] ADOPTED.
[2:03:00] MR CLERK, CAN.
[2:03:02] YOU PLEASE CALL PLEASE READ
[2:03:04] DOCKET 1859.
[2:03:06] DOC NUMBER 1859 COUNCILOR BRAY
[2:03:08] NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING
[2:03:10] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING TWO
[2:03:12] HISPANIC DEAD PLAGUED.
[2:03:15] THANK YOU.
[2:03:15] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:03:18] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON.
[2:03:19] MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE THE
[2:03:20] FLOOR.
[2:03:27] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:03:30] UM I'M SUBMITTING I SUBMITTED.
[2:03:32] THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF.
[2:03:33] OF THE ENTIRE CITY
[2:03:35] COUNCIL AHEAD OF OCTOBER 14TH
[2:03:37] AND RECOGNIZED IN RECOGNITION
[2:03:39] OF HISPANIC DAD.
[2:03:40] FLAG DAY AND IN CELEBRATION OF.
[2:03:43] HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
[2:03:44] I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING MY
[2:03:46] COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY
[2:03:47] MEMBERS AND HONORING A RICH
[2:03:48] CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
[2:03:50] HERITAGE.
[2:03:51] OF HISPANIC AND LATINX
[2:03:52] COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY.
[2:03:54] AND I LOOK FORWARD TO.
[2:03:55] UM.
[2:03:56] JOINING OUR.
[2:03:57] COLLEAGUES AND HAVING.
[2:03:58] A.
[2:03:58] WONDERFUL CELEBRATION AND LOOK
[2:04:00] FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT FOR
[2:04:01] THIS RESOLUTION.
[2:04:02] THANK YOU.
[2:04:04] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:04:06] NAME COUNCILOR DURKAN?
[2:04:09] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[2:04:10] COUNCIL FLARING UP FOR THE
[2:04:11] ALWAYS ON THE HERE
[2:04:13] COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCIL CAPPING
[2:04:15] OFF SANTANA WEBER
[2:04:17] COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE
[2:04:19] ADD THE CHAIR.
[2:04:28] COUNCIL BREADON SIX SUSPENSION
[2:04:29] OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
[2:04:32] OF DOCKET NUMBER 1859.
[2:04:34] ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE
[2:04:36] AYE.
[2:04:36] AYE THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[2:04:40] MR CLERK PLEASE COUNT THE VOTE
[2:04:41] .
[2:04:43] COUNSELOR.
[2:04:44] BRAIN.
[2:04:44] YES, COUNSELOR.
[2:04:45] BRAIN.
[2:04:46] YES, COUNSELOR.
[2:04:46] COLOR AS OPPOSED COUNSELOR
[2:04:49] CULPEPER.
[2:04:49] YES, COUNSELOR.
[2:04:50] CULPEPER.
[2:04:50] YES, COUNSELOR.
[2:04:51] DURKAN.
[2:04:52] COUNSELOR FITZGERALD.
[2:04:53] COUNCILOR FOR SHELL.
[2:04:54] YES.
[2:04:55] COUNSELOR.
[2:04:55] FLYNN.
[2:04:56] COUNSELOR FLYNN.
[2:04:57] HE HAS COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE
[2:04:58] COUNCILOR.
[2:04:59] COLLUSION.
[2:04:59] YES, COUNSELOR.
[2:05:00] MEJIA.
[2:05:01] COUNSELOR.
[2:05:01] MEJIA.
[2:05:01] YES, COUNSELOR.
[2:05:02] MURPHY.
[2:05:02] COUNSELOR.
[2:05:03] MURPHY.
[2:05:03] COUNSELOR.
[2:05:04] PEN.
[2:05:05] COUNSELOR.
[2:05:06] OPINIONS.
[2:05:06] COUNCIL.
[2:05:07] SANTANA.
[2:05:07] YES.
[2:05:07] COUNSELOR.
[2:05:08] SANTANA.
[2:05:08] YES.
[2:05:09] COUNSELOR.
[2:05:09] WEBER.
[2:05:10] COUNCILOR IS AND COUNSELOR.
[2:05:11] WORLD.
[2:05:12] YES.
[2:05:13] COUNSELOR.
[2:05:13] OH, YES.
[2:05:14] TALKING NUMBER 1859 AS WE THE
[2:05:17] 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:05:18] THANK YOU.
[2:05:19] DOCKET NUMBER 1859 HAS BEEN
[2:05:23] ADOPTED.
[2:05:23] MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
[2:05:24] DOCKET NUMBER 1860.
[2:05:27] SO I CAN NUMBER 1860 COUNSELOR
[2:05:29] BRAID NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING
[2:05:31] RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE
[2:05:32] 103RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE
[2:05:35] DECLARATION OF THE REPUBLIC
[2:05:36] OF TURKEY AND THE 31ST ANNUAL
[2:05:38] BOSTON TURKISH ARTS AND
[2:05:40] CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
[2:05:41] THANK YOU.
[2:05:42] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:05:44] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON.
[2:05:45] MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE THE
[2:05:47] FLOOR.
[2:05:47] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:05:49] I SUBMITTED.
[2:05:50] THIS RESOLUTION ON.
[2:05:51] BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY
[2:05:52] COUNCIL.
[2:05:52] IN RECOGNITION OF THE 31ST.
[2:05:54] ANNUAL BOSTON TURKISH ARTS AND
[2:05:56] CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
[2:05:57] AND THE TURKISH.
[2:05:58] FLAG RAISING CEREMONY ON
[2:06:00] OCTOBER 29TH.
[2:06:00] THIS RESOLUTION CELEBRATES THE
[2:06:02] RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AND.
[2:06:04] CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE TURKISH
[2:06:06] AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
[2:06:08] RECOGNIZES THE ENDURING
[2:06:09] FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED
[2:06:10] STATES AND TURKEY.
[2:06:11] I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING MY
[2:06:13] COLLEAGUES.
[2:06:13] AND.
[2:06:13] COMMUNITY MEMBERS MEMBERS IN
[2:06:15] HONORING THESE IMPORTANT
[2:06:16] TRADITIONS AND CELEBRATING THE
[2:06:18] VIBRANT TURKISH AMERICAN
[2:06:19] PRESENCE IN BOSTON.
[2:06:20] THANK YOU.
[2:06:21] MR CHAIR.
[2:06:21] THANK YOU.
[2:06:22] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:06:23] NAME COUNCILOR FLYNN,
[2:06:27] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[2:06:28] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[2:06:29] COUNCILOR HERE.
[2:06:29] COUNCILOR MURPHY THAT'S A
[2:06:31] PERFECT COUNCIL.
[2:06:32] SANTANA SO WHEREVER
[2:06:34] COUNCILOR WU, PLEASE.
[2:06:37] AND THE CHAIR.
[2:06:42] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON SEEKS
[2:06:44] TO KNOW THE RULES AND ADOPTION
[2:06:47] OF DOCKET NUMBER 186.
[2:06:48] OH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE
[2:06:51] .
[2:06:52] AYE.
[2:06:52] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[2:06:54] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[2:06:56] THANK YOU DHAKA NUMBER 186.
[2:06:59] SO THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:07:02] MR. CLERK AND PLEASE READ
[2:07:04] DOCKET NUMBER 1861.
[2:07:06] DOG NUMBER 1861 COUNCIL IS
[2:07:09] LOUIJEUNE AND WE'RE ALL FOR THE
[2:07:10] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[2:07:12] RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 1ST 2026 AS
[2:07:15] NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.
[2:07:17] THANK YOU.
[2:07:18] MR. CLERK CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:07:20] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE.
[2:07:21] THE FLOOR.
[2:07:21] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:07:23] CAN I PLEASE, UH, MAYBE SUSPEND
[2:07:24] THE RULES AND ADD
[2:07:26] COUNCILOR COBB AS A THIRD
[2:07:27] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:07:28] ?
[2:07:28] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:07:29] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[2:07:30] OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[2:07:31] SO.
[2:07:32] THANK YOU.
[2:07:32] UM, AND I SEEK SUSPENSION AND
[2:07:34] PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET TOMORROW
[2:07:37] OCTOBER 1ST IS THE 66TH AND SO
[2:07:39] CELEBRATION OF.
[2:07:40] INDEPENDENCE DAY OF NIGERIA.
[2:07:42] AND HERE IN BOSTON AND IN THE
[2:07:43] STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS WE HAVE
[2:07:45] A LARGE NIGERIAN POPULATION.
[2:07:47] UM, SINCE I WAS YOUNG ME AND MY
[2:07:49] SISTERS WOULD ATTEND NYU A
[2:07:50] COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SO UH,
[2:07:53] ENJOY CELEBRATING AND UPLIFTING
[2:07:54] .
[2:07:55] OUR NIGERIAN COMMUNITY IS ONE
[2:07:56] OF THE LARGEST SOURCES
[2:07:57] OF AFRICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE
[2:07:58] UNITED STATES.
[2:08:00] UM AND IT'S AN IMMIGRANT
[2:08:00] COMMUNITY WHERE FAMILIES ARE
[2:08:03] UH, ENTREPRENEURS ARE LEADERS
[2:08:05] HERE IN OUR CITY UM, ESPECIALLY
[2:08:07] IN HIGH PARK WHERE THERE ARE
[2:08:08] NIGERIAN OWNED BUSINESSES AND
[2:08:09] THERE ARE UM UH A LOT
[2:08:11] OF LEADERS.
[2:08:11] AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE
[2:08:13] THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE
[2:08:14] WITH OUR NIGERIAN COMMUNITY
[2:08:16] HERE.
[2:08:16] UH, NIGERIA IS MADE UP OF A
[2:08:18] NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TRIBES AND
[2:08:20] PEOPLES AND HAS HAD A NUMBER
[2:08:21] OF DIFFERENT UM, STRUGGLES IN
[2:08:24] BECOMING ONE COUNTRY.
[2:08:25] AND SO THEY CELEBRATE BY UH,
[2:08:28] CELEBRATING THEIR FLAG A SYMBOL
[2:08:30] OF UNITY, UH, THAT UH IS STILL
[2:08:34] UH IN PROGRESS BUT ONE THAT
[2:08:36] WHERE WE THE COMMUNITY COMES
[2:08:37] TOGETHER AND CELEBRATES THE
[2:08:38] FLAG THAT IS GREEN, WHITE GREEN
[2:08:39] AND TOMORROW I LOOK FORWARD TO
[2:08:41] BEING WITH OUR NIGERIAN
[2:08:42] COMMUNITY AND.
[2:08:43] TO.
[2:08:43] BE IN CONTINUED CELEBRATION
[2:08:44] WITH THEM AT A NUMBER OF EVENTS
[2:08:45] AS THEY CELEBRATE NIGERIAN
[2:08:47] INDEPENDENCE DAY.
[2:08:47] THANK YOU.
[2:08:48] THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[2:08:49] CHAIR.
[2:08:50] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL
[2:08:52] COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:08:53] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
[2:08:55] THANK YOU TO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
[2:08:56] FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL
[2:08:58] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:08:58] UH ALSO THANK YOU TO.
[2:09:00] COUNCILOR COKE PEPPER.
[2:09:00] AS WELL.
[2:09:01] UM LOOKING FORWARD TO
[2:09:02] CELEBRATING UH NIGERIA'S
[2:09:03] INDEPENDENCE DAY TOMORROW.
[2:09:05] UM ALSO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT
[2:09:06] OUT UH TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
[2:09:08] AND BUSINESSES INVOLVED WITH
[2:09:09] TOMORROW'S FLAG RAISING.
[2:09:11] UM WE HAVE SUYA JOINT UM AND
[2:09:13] ALSO THE NY AND WILD NIGERIAN
[2:09:16] YOUTH ORGANIZATION OF BOSTON.
[2:09:18] UH THAT ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN
[2:09:19] AROUND FOR 30 YEARS UM AND HAS
[2:09:21] PROVIDED IMPORTANT GUIDANCE AND
[2:09:22] SUPPORT AS WELL AS FUN EVENTS
[2:09:24] UH, FOR OUR NIGERIAN YOUTH HERE
[2:09:26] IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
[2:09:27] ALSO UN SHOUT OUT JOSEPH UH FOR
[2:09:29] HELPING COORDINATING UH THE UH
[2:09:32] THE FLAG RAISING ALL THE EVENT
[2:09:33] UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING
[2:09:35] PLACE AROUND NIGERIAN
[2:09:35] INDEPENDENCE DAY AND JUST
[2:09:37] LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
[2:09:38] CELEBRATION.
[2:09:38] THANK YOU.
[2:09:39] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[2:09:40] WORRELL THE.
[2:09:41] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:09:42] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:09:42] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:09:43] MADAM PRESIDENT, I THANK
[2:09:45] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR ADDING
[2:09:46] ME AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND
[2:09:49] TO JOIN WITH A COMFORTABLE WELL
[2:09:51] AND CELEBRATING OCTOBER 1ST IS
[2:09:54] NIGERIA INDEPENDENCE DAY AND
[2:09:56] ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT MY
[2:09:59] BROTHER IN LAW I HAVE NIGERIAN
[2:10:01] FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I'LL BE
[2:10:03] CELEBRATING WITH TOMORROW AND
[2:10:05] TO THE ENTIRE NIGERIAN
[2:10:07] COMMUNITY WE CELEBRATE THIS
[2:10:10] GREAT DAY.
[2:10:10] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:10:11] THANK YOU.
[2:10:12] WOULD ANYONE LIKE.
[2:10:14] TO ADD.
[2:10:15] THEIR NAME COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:10:18] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[2:10:18] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:10:20] COUNCILOR.
[2:10:20] UM.
[2:10:20] MURPHY.
[2:10:21] COUNTRY.
[2:10:21] PEPEN.
[2:10:22] COUNTRY SANTANA CONTRA WEBER
[2:10:24] PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[2:10:26] UM.
[2:10:30] CONTRIBUTION ORAL.
[2:10:31] AND CULPEPER SUSPENSION OF.
[2:10:33] THE RULES.
[2:10:33] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1861.
[2:10:35] ALL IN.
[2:10:35] FAVOR SAY AYE UNOPPOSED.
[2:10:38] SAY NAY.
[2:10:39] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[2:10:41] DOCTOR.
[2:10:41] DOCKET 1861.
[2:10:43] HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:10:45] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:10:46] READ DOCKET.
[2:10:49] 18621862?
[2:10:50] COUNCIL HAS PUT PEN AND
[2:10:51] DURKAN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING
[2:10:53] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING
[2:10:55] OCTOBER AS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
[2:10:56] MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:10:58] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:11:00] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[2:11:00] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:11:01] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:11:03] TOMORROW IS THE BEGINNING
[2:11:05] OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH.
[2:11:06] BUT IN REALITY THAT FOR ME IS
[2:11:08] EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[2:11:10] THIS IS WHEN WE GET TO
[2:11:11] ACKNOWLEDGE THE SAFETY OF OUR
[2:11:13] PEDESTRIANS THOSE WHO WALK
[2:11:13] THOSE OR USE OUR STREETS EVERY
[2:11:15] SINGLE DAY THROUGHOUT OUR
[2:11:16] COMMUNITY.
[2:11:17] IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE
[2:11:19] AWARENESS, PROMOTE SAFER
[2:11:21] STREETS AND REMIND EVERYONE
[2:11:23] THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS A
[2:11:24] SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
[2:11:26] PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS THE REASON
[2:11:28] WHY YOU GUYS CONSISTENTLY HEAR
[2:11:30] ME SPEAK ABOUT JUST SAFER
[2:11:32] CROSSWALKS, SAFER SCHOOL ZONES
[2:11:34] SUPPORTING OUR CROSSING GUARDS
[2:11:35] ,MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S
[2:11:36] BETTER VISIBILITY FOR THOSE
[2:11:38] TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET.
[2:11:39] IT'S UM.
[2:11:41] IT'S LITERALLY ONE OF THE TOP
[2:11:43] TWO TOPICS THAT MY OFFICE HEARS
[2:11:45] ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY IS THAT
[2:11:47] PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE CROSSING
[2:11:48] THE STREET OR THEY'RE CONCERNED
[2:11:49] ABOUT SOMEONE SPEEDING DOWN THE
[2:11:51] STREET WHETHER IT'S A MAIN
[2:11:53] THOROUGHFARE OR IF IT'S A SIDE
[2:11:55] TO SIDE STREET IN A
[2:11:56] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[2:11:57] IT'S SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE
[2:11:58] TAKES VERY SERIOUS ALSO BECAUSE
[2:12:00] WE'VE UNFORTUNATELY SEEN A LOT
[2:12:02] OF CASUALTIES AS A RESULT
[2:12:04] OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR
[2:12:05] LIVES AND FAMILIES ARE IMPACTED
[2:12:07] BY THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHICH
[2:12:09] IS WHY YOU DO HEAR ME SUPPORT
[2:12:10] PROJECTS THAT ARE FOR SAFER
[2:12:12] STREETS WHEN PEOPLE SIMPLY ARE
[2:12:14] REQUESTING FOR MORE SPEED
[2:12:15] HUMPS, FOR CROSSWALKS, FOR THE
[2:12:17] CURB REDESIGNS ETC. UM IT'S NOT
[2:12:20] JUST BECAUSE I'M A GEEK
[2:12:22] OF TRANSPORTATION BUT THERE'S A
[2:12:23] BIGGER MEANING BEHIND IT THAT
[2:12:25] IS GOING TO MAKE OUR STREETS
[2:12:26] SAFER.
[2:12:27] AND THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH
[2:12:28] YOU'LL SEE ME FILE OTHER
[2:12:30] THINGS.
[2:12:31] AND I HOPE THAT ALSO CONTINUE
[2:12:33] TO GET THE SUPPORT FOR THE
[2:12:35] ORDER THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[2:12:37] AND I PUT FORWARD FOR JUST
[2:12:39] ADVANCING SAFER STREET PROJECTS
[2:12:40] AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT
[2:12:42] OTHER COUNCILORS HAVE PUT
[2:12:43] FORWARD.
[2:12:44] I THINK WE ALL WANT OUR STREETS
[2:12:45] TO BE SAFER IN THE CITY
[2:12:46] OF BOSTON, AND I THINK THAT
[2:12:48] OCTOBER IS A GOOD MONTH FOR US
[2:12:50] TO REVIEW WHAT WE'RE DOING
[2:12:51] CORRECTLY AND WHAT WE NEED TO
[2:12:52] WORK ON MOVING FORWARD.
[2:12:53] SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[2:12:55] THANK YOU.
[2:12:56] COUNCILOR PEPEN CHAIR
[2:12:57] RECOGNIZES.
[2:12:58] COUNCIL DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
[2:12:59] FLOOR.
[2:12:59] THANK YOU SO MUCH
[2:13:00] COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU
[2:13:02] TO COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR
[2:13:03] INCLUDING ME ON RECOGNIZING
[2:13:04] OCTOBER AS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
[2:13:05] MONTH JUST YESTERDAY.
[2:13:07] UM, THERE IS UH, SOMEONE IN
[2:13:11] CRITICAL CONDITION, A
[2:13:12] PEDESTRIAN THAT WAS HIT IN MY
[2:13:13] DISTRICT.
[2:13:14] UM, OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE
[2:13:16] SAFETY AND IT MUST BE A TOP
[2:13:18] PRIORITY.
[2:13:19] BOSTON IS COMMITTED TO VISION
[2:13:20] ZERO AND WHEN WE COMMITTED IN
[2:13:22] 2015 AND WHILE OVERALL
[2:13:25] FATALITIES IN CRASHES MAY HAVE
[2:13:26] DECREASED, WE STILL HAVE A LONG
[2:13:27] WAY TO GO.
[2:13:28] ONE FATALITY IS TOO MANY.
[2:13:30] WE MUST REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT
[2:13:31] TO SAFER STREETS BY
[2:13:32] IMPLEMENTING TRAFFIC CALMING
[2:13:34] MEASURES AND ROBUST PEDESTRIAN
[2:13:36] INFRASTRUCTURE AND USING DATA
[2:13:38] TO INFORM WHERE WE CAN
[2:13:39] IMPLEMENT THESE PROVEN
[2:13:40] STRATEGIES.
[2:13:41] WE NEED TO CONTINUE DEDICATING
[2:13:42] RESOURCES TO INSTALLING MORE
[2:13:43] HIGH SPEED HUMPS, RAISED
[2:13:45] CROSSWALKS AND BIKE
[2:13:46] INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEDICATING
[2:13:47] OUR STREETS AND TRAFFIC
[2:13:48] PATTERNS TO SERVE THE NEEDS
[2:13:50] OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
[2:13:52] ON OCTOBER 22ND, I'M HOLDING A
[2:13:53] HEARING ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE
[2:13:54] ENFORCEMENT OF BLOCKED BIKE
[2:13:55] LANES AND CROSSWALKS BECAUSE
[2:13:57] ENFORCEMENT AND ADDRESSING
[2:13:59] DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIOR IS
[2:14:01] AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
[2:14:02] CHALLENGE.
[2:14:02] I FREQUENTLY HEAR FROM CIVIC
[2:14:04] AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, RESIDENTS
[2:14:05] AND ADVOCATES ABOUT HOW WE CAN
[2:14:07] MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.
[2:14:08] THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU TO ALL
[2:14:10] OF THE RESIDENTS WHO REACHED
[2:14:11] OUT AND FOR DRAWING ATTENTION
[2:14:13] TO THE ISSUES IN THE STREETS
[2:14:14] AND FOR ADVOCATING FOR
[2:14:15] YOURSELF, YOUR NEIGHBORS AND
[2:14:16] YOUR COMMUNITY.
[2:14:17] EVERYONE IN BOSTON REGARDLESS
[2:14:19] OF WHAT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
[2:14:20] YOU ARE OR REGARDLESS OF WHAT
[2:14:22] COUNCIL DISTRICT YOU'RE IN,
[2:14:23] WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN,
[2:14:25] WHAT AGE YOU ARE SHOULD BE ABLE
[2:14:26] TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSE AND TRAVEL
[2:14:28] TO THE CITY AND FEEL SAFE
[2:14:29] GETTING TO AND WHERE THEY NEED
[2:14:31] TO GO.
[2:14:32] THAT INCLUDES RESIDENTS THAT
[2:14:33] COME IN FROM CAMBRIDGE AND
[2:14:34] SOMERVILLE.
[2:14:35] I OFTEN HEAR UH ELECTED
[2:14:36] OFFICIALS SAY WELL WHERE IS
[2:14:38] THAT PERSON FROM SOMERVILLE?
[2:14:39] SOMEONE FROM SOMERVILLE DIED IN
[2:14:42] MY DISTRICT SINCE I'VE BEEN A
[2:14:43] CITY COUNCILOR I DON'T CARE IF
[2:14:44] YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
[2:14:46] YOU DESERVE TO GET AROUND
[2:14:48] BOSTON SAFELY.
[2:14:48] PERIOD.
[2:14:49] IT'S NOT A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU
[2:14:52] KNOW, THE DIRECT ABUTTERS
[2:14:54] OF SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE.
[2:14:56] WE HAVE TO MOVE BEYOND THAT.
[2:14:57] WE HAVE TO MOVE TOWARDS SAFETY
[2:14:59] AND WE HAVE TO DO SO WITH
[2:15:01] RESIDENTS IN MIND.
[2:15:02] UM, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON
[2:15:04] HAS BEEN TOUCHED UM, BY UH
[2:15:07] SPEEDING CARS.
[2:15:09] I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT UM THERE
[2:15:10] HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE
[2:15:13] UM PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT AND
[2:15:15] SAID I FEEL LIKE THIS IS UNSAFE
[2:15:16] AND THEN MONTHS LATER SOMEONE
[2:15:18] HAS HEADED THAT EXACT LOCATION
[2:15:20] SO WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES
[2:15:22] OPEN, OUR EARS OPEN AND UM,
[2:15:24] CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK
[2:15:25] AND CONTINUE TO MOVE AS QUICKLY
[2:15:27] AS POSSIBLE ON THESE
[2:15:28] INITIATIVES.
[2:15:28] THANK YOU.
[2:15:30] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:15:31] UM.
[2:15:31] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:15:32] COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THEN WE'LL
[2:15:33] GO TO COUNCILOR FRIEND.
[2:15:34] COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOU HAVE THE
[2:15:35] FLOOR.
[2:15:36] YES.
[2:15:36] UM, I'D LIKE TO LET
[2:15:38] COUNCILOR PEPEN ADD A THIRD
[2:15:39] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR FIRST IF
[2:15:41] THAT'S OKAY.
[2:15:41] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:15:42] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[2:15:44] OBJECTIONS.
[2:15:44] UM.
[2:15:46] COUNCILOR COUNTRY PEPEN, YOU
[2:15:47] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:15:47] THANK YOU.
[2:15:48] THANK YOU, MEMBER FOR.
[2:15:52] UH OH.
[2:15:55] GOOD TO.
[2:15:56] GIVE YOU.
[2:15:56] THE MIC.
[2:15:56] THERE YOU GO.
[2:15:57] THANK YOU.
[2:15:57] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:15:58] FOR THE.
[2:15:59] KINDNESS I JUST FAILED TO
[2:16:00] ADD.
[2:16:00] UM, COUNCILOR BEN WEBER AS THE
[2:16:02] THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, I
[2:16:04] WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO
[2:16:05] SUSPEND.
[2:16:05] THE RULES AND I.
[2:16:06] CAN SEE YOU.
[2:16:07] CAN HEAR HIM.
[2:16:08] NO OBJECTIONS COMES FROM
[2:16:08] WEBER IS ADDED AS A THIRD
[2:16:10] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:16:11] THANK YOU.
[2:16:13] UH COUNCILMEMBER.
[2:16:14] FOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:16:15] THANK YOU.
[2:16:16] JUST WANTED TO RISE AND
[2:16:18] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
[2:16:19] PEPEN FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE
[2:16:21] DOING.
[2:16:21] AND I KNOW THIS BODY TRYING TO
[2:16:23] MAKE SURE.
[2:16:24] OUR STREETS.
[2:16:25] ARE SAFE.
[2:16:25] FOR EVERYONE.
[2:16:26] IF YOU'RE RIDING A BIKE,
[2:16:27] WALKING, GETTING ON AND OFF A
[2:16:29] BUS IN A CAR AND UPLIFT THE
[2:16:32] YOUNG WOMAN 19 YEARS OLD WHO'S
[2:16:34] CRITICALLY INJURED UM, YOU
[2:16:37] KNOW, WE ALL SEE TOO MANY TIMES
[2:16:39] IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE
[2:16:40] CITY PEOPLE WHO ARE INJURED ON
[2:16:42] OUR STREETS.
[2:16:43] SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE
[2:16:44] OUR STREETS SAFER.
[2:16:45] SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ALWAYS
[2:16:47] CHAMPIONING AND WORKING
[2:16:48] ALONGSIDE WITH THIS BODY TO
[2:16:50] MAKE SURE OUR STREETS, OUR
[2:16:52] SIDEWALKS AND OUR
[2:16:53] INFRASTRUCTURE IS SAFE FOR
[2:16:53] EVERYONE.
[2:16:54] THANK YOU.
[2:16:55] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:16:56] I'M GOING TO GO.
[2:16:57] TO THIS THIRD CO-SPONSOR,
[2:16:58] COUNCILOR WEBER AND THEN WE'LL
[2:16:59] GO TO COUNSELOR FRIEND
[2:17:00] CONSTABLE WEBER.
[2:17:00] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:17:01] OKAY.
[2:17:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:17:03] UH.
[2:17:03] I JUST, UM YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
[2:17:05] THANK, UH, COUNCILORS.
[2:17:06] PAPIN AND.
[2:17:07] DURKAN FOR FILING THIS JUST
[2:17:09] THIS MORNING.
[2:17:10] UH, I I WENT OUT TO VOLUNTEER
[2:17:12] AS A CROSSING GUARD AT THE
[2:17:13] CORNER OF WESTMOUNT AND
[2:17:15] LAGRANGE IN WEST ROXBURY.
[2:17:17] UH, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS IT'S A
[2:17:18] VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION
[2:17:20] WHERE KIDS ARE CROSSING
[2:17:22] LAGRANGE STREET TO GO TO SCHOOL
[2:17:23] AT THE LINDEN.
[2:17:25] UH, AND I THINK IT'S VITAL THAT
[2:17:26] WE HAVE A CROSSING GUARD THERE.
[2:17:28] UH, JUST HIGHLIGHTED WE HAVE A
[2:17:31] SHORTAGE OF CROSSING GUARDS AND
[2:17:32] WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
[2:17:34] SO IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO
[2:17:35] ASSIGN A CROSSING GUARD EVERY
[2:17:36] DAY THERE TODAY THERE WAS A
[2:17:38] CROSSING GUARD AND, UH, YOU
[2:17:40] KNOW, UH, AN OFFICER FROM E5.
[2:17:42] UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW,
[2:17:44] THERE UH, THEY THINK THERE WAS
[2:17:45] AN ISSUE WITH THE CROSSING
[2:17:46] GUARD UH, QR CODE APPLICATION
[2:17:49] THAT HAS BEEN FIXED.
[2:17:50] PEOPLE CAN APPLY TO BE CROSSING
[2:17:52] GUARDS.
[2:17:52] I THINK WE NEED MORE, UM, AND
[2:17:54] MAKE SURE YOU KNOW ALL OF OUR
[2:17:55] OUR DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS
[2:17:57] ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMEBODY
[2:17:58] THERE WHO CAN HELP PEOPLE HELP
[2:17:59] THESE KIDS CROSS THE STREET.
[2:18:01] UM, AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE
[2:18:03] FILERS AND I SUPPORT THIS
[2:18:04] RESOLUTION.
[2:18:05] THANK YOU.
[2:18:06] COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
[2:18:07] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN
[2:18:08] COUNTER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:18:10] THANK YOU.
[2:18:11] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:18:12] AND I.
[2:18:12] JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[2:18:14] COUNCILOR WEBER FOR
[2:18:15] ACKNOWLEDGING THE.
[2:18:16] UH.
[2:18:17] CROSSING GUARDS AND TO WANT
[2:18:19] TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR UM.
[2:18:20] PEPEN FOR HIS WORK IN
[2:18:23] SUPPORTING CROSSING GUARDS
[2:18:25] ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL.
[2:18:26] UM.
[2:18:27] FOR OVER NINE YEARS I'VE
[2:18:30] FILED AND WORKED ON THIS ISSUE
[2:18:32] PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INCLUDING
[2:18:35] HAVING RECOMMENDING ACTUALLY A
[2:18:37] 12 POINT PEDESTRIAN PLAN.
[2:18:39] UM, I ADVOCATED FOR RAISE
[2:18:42] RAISED.
[2:18:43] TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE
[2:18:44] SUCH AS RAISE.
[2:18:45] CROSSWALKS.
[2:18:45] SPEED HUMPS, TEST FREE AND
[2:18:48] CROSSING ISLANDS WITH RAPID
[2:18:49] FLASH BEACONS, CLAWBACKS AND
[2:18:52] EXTENSIONS AND MORE.
[2:18:55] UM INCLUDING.
[2:18:56] I THINK IS A.
[2:18:56] CRITICAL PART OF THIS IS
[2:18:58] REDUCING THE SPEED.
[2:18:59] LIMIT FOR VEHICLES.
[2:19:01] 25 MILES AN HOUR.
[2:19:02] CERTAINLY IT'S 20.
[2:19:03] MILES AN HOUR NEAR SCHOOLS.
[2:19:05] I DO THINK.
[2:19:06] THAT'S EXCESSIVE.
[2:19:08] 25 MILES AN HOUR DRIVING DOWN A
[2:19:11] A NARROW.
[2:19:11] CITY STREET.
[2:19:13] UM THERE'S.
[2:19:14] BARELY THERE'S BARELY ENOUGH
[2:19:15] ROOM TO.
[2:19:15] PASS NEVER MIND GOING.
[2:19:17] IN AN EXCESSIVE SPEED AT 25
[2:19:20] MILES AN.
[2:19:20] HOUR SHOULD.
[2:19:21] BE REDUCED.
[2:19:22] WE NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM
[2:19:23] BOSTON POLICE AS WELL.
[2:19:26] TO FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
[2:19:27] THAT'S A CRITICAL ASPECT OF IT
[2:19:29] .
[2:19:30] UM.
[2:19:32] I.
[2:19:33] I DO WANT TO SUPPORT AND
[2:19:36] HIGHLIGHT.
[2:19:37] THE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BUT
[2:19:41] BOSTON CAN'T CONTINUE TO BE
[2:19:42] LIKE THE WILD WILD WEST OUT
[2:19:44] THERE.
[2:19:45] WE HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH
[2:19:47] TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO
[2:19:48] PROVIDING A SAFE AND HEALTHY
[2:19:51] CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND
[2:19:53] STREETS AND SIDEWALKS UM AND BE
[2:19:57] RESPECTFUL TO PERSONS WITH
[2:19:59] DISABILITIES.
[2:20:00] BE RESPECTFUL TO OUR SENIORS
[2:20:01] WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE IN
[2:20:04] CROSSWALKS UM, DON'T TRY TO GO
[2:20:07] AROUND THEM.
[2:20:08] BE RESPECTFUL AND GIVE THEM
[2:20:09] THEIR OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE
[2:20:11] STREET ALMOST EVERY.
[2:20:13] DAY WHEN MY PARENTS GO UP TO
[2:20:15] THE SOUTH BOSTON LIBRARY, THEY
[2:20:16] COME BACK AND TELL ME THAT
[2:20:18] THEY'RE CROSSING THE STREET AND
[2:20:19] .
[2:20:20] AS THEY'RE IN THE CROSSWALK
[2:20:21] SOMEONE WILL DRIVE RECKLESSLY
[2:20:23] RIGHT BY THEM.
[2:20:24] UM, IT'S NOT JUST THEM.
[2:20:26] IT'S SO MANY OTHER ELDERLY
[2:20:27] PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY WE
[2:20:29] ALSO SEE YOUNG FAMILIES.
[2:20:31] IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC AWARENESS
[2:20:33] ALSO AND BEING RESPECTFUL TO,
[2:20:35] UM, ALL NEIGHBORS.
[2:20:37] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:20:39] THANK YOU.
[2:20:39] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:20:41] UM, AND.
[2:20:41] I ALSO.
[2:20:42] WANT TO THANK THE.
[2:20:43] SPONSORS FOR THIS REALLY
[2:20:44] IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
[2:20:45] UM.
[2:20:46] PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
[2:20:48] IS A HUGE.
[2:20:49] ISSUE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN
[2:20:50] ALLSTON BRIGHTON.
[2:20:51] UH, WE'VE HAD UH SEVERE
[2:20:54] INJURIES.
[2:20:55] WE'VE HAD FATALITIES ON
[2:20:56] CROSSWALKS.
[2:20:57] AN UNTOLD.
[2:20:58] NUMBER OF NEAR-MISSES TO
[2:20:59] YOUR POINT, CONSTANTLY ABOUT.
[2:21:00] UM, UH.
[2:21:02] AN ELDER CROSSING A CROSSWALK
[2:21:03] AND A TRUCK GOES BY AND CLIPS
[2:21:05] THEM WITH THE RIGHT WING MIRROR
[2:21:06] AND THEY BREAK AN ARM.
[2:21:08] OR THEY CLIP THEM AND TOSS THEM
[2:21:09] OVER AND THEY BREAK A LEG.
[2:21:11] IT IS IT HAS.
[2:21:12] GOT LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES.
[2:21:14] IN ONE CASE.
[2:21:15] RECENTLY AN ELDER WAS HIT ON A
[2:21:17] CROSSWALK.
[2:21:18] SHE SURVIVED THANKFULLY.
[2:21:19] BUT UM SHE WAS IN UH ON A NON
[2:21:22] WEIGHT BEARING FOR THREE MONTHS
[2:21:23] AND THEY ENDED UP.
[2:21:24] HAVING TO.
[2:21:25] SPEND MONTHS IN AN ASSISTED
[2:21:26] LIVING FACILITY AND UNABLE TO
[2:21:28] GO BACK TO HER OWN HOME.
[2:21:29] THESE THINGS HAVE GREAT IMPACT
[2:21:31] ON OUR OWN, OUR FAMILIES AND
[2:21:32] OUR.
[2:21:33] COMMUNITIES.
[2:21:35] ELDERS, CHILDREN WE HAD A NURSE
[2:21:36] KILLED AT CROSSING UH UM ON HER
[2:21:38] WAY TO.
[2:21:38] WORK AT.
[2:21:39] SAINT ELIZABETH'S A FEW
[2:21:40] YEARS AGO.
[2:21:41] UM SO ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
[2:21:43] THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE LIKE
[2:21:44] WHERE'S CROSSWALK SPEED BUMPS.
[2:21:46] AND SPEED.
[2:21:47] ENFORCEMENT ALL OF IT WILL SAVE
[2:21:49] LIVES AND UM, SO I'M
[2:21:51] WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND IN SUPPORT
[2:21:53] OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT
[2:21:54] RESOLUTION.
[2:21:56] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:21:57] NAME AS A PART OF COUNCILOR
[2:22:01] CULPEPER CONSIDER
[2:22:02] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[2:22:03] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTRY
[2:22:04] LOUIJEUNE TO MEJIA.
[2:22:05] COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSCIOUS.
[2:22:07] AND TYLER.
[2:22:07] AND COUNCILOR WORRELL AND
[2:22:09] PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR COUNCILORS
[2:22:11] DURKAN OH.
[2:22:13] CONSCIOUS PEPEN.
[2:22:14] DURKAN AND WEBER SEEK.
[2:22:16] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[2:22:18] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1862.
[2:22:19] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:22:21] AYE.
[2:22:21] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[2:22:23] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[2:22:24] DOCKET 1862 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:22:29] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:22:30] READ DOCKET 1863.
[2:22:31] DOCKET NUMBER 1863 COUNCILORS
[2:22:33] LOUIJEUNE AND COLLETTE IS A
[2:22:35] PART OF THE FOLLOWING
[2:22:37] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING
[2:22:40] OCTOBER 2026 AS DOMESTIC
[2:22:41] VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
[2:22:42] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:22:44] COUNCIL DIVISION.
[2:22:44] COUNCIL.
[2:22:45] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:22:46] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:22:47] UM, MAY I ASK TO SUSPEND THE
[2:22:49] RULES THAT COME TO ME AS A
[2:22:50] THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:22:51] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[2:22:52] OBJECTIONS.
[2:22:52] COUNCILMEMBER HAZEL TO THE
[2:22:54] THIRD.
[2:22:54] THANK YOU.
[2:22:55] AND UH, SEEKING A.
[2:22:56] SUSPENSION AND.
[2:22:56] PASSAGE OF THIS.
[2:22:58] UH, RESOLUTION UH, TOMORROW
[2:23:00] IS OCTOBER 1ST AND OCTOBER IS
[2:23:02] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS
[2:23:03] MONTH.
[2:23:04] UM, IF WE CARE ABOUT ROOTING
[2:23:07] OUT ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE IN
[2:23:10] OUR CITY AND IN OUR COUNTRY IN
[2:23:12] SOCIETY WE REALLY DO HAVE TO
[2:23:14] START WHERE VIOLENCE REALLY
[2:23:15] STARTS AND IT IS TOO OFTEN AT
[2:23:17] THE HOME, UM.
[2:23:19] IN DIFFERENT.
[2:23:19] KINDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
[2:23:22] SO I'M PROUD TO YET AGAIN OFFER
[2:23:23] THIS RESOLUTION AS AN
[2:23:25] OPPORTUNITY.
[2:23:26] TO.
[2:23:26] STAND WITH SURVIVORS UH,
[2:23:27] REMEMBER THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE
[2:23:29] BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
[2:23:31] DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WE
[2:23:33] AFFIRM OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
[2:23:34] PREVENT, UM, ABUSE.
[2:23:37] UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS
[2:23:39] FAMILIES ACROSS OUR CITY.
[2:23:41] IT AFFECTS PEOPLE BEYOND
[2:23:42] PHYSICAL.
[2:23:43] INJURY TO.
[2:23:44] A.
[2:23:44] PERSON'S MENTAL HEALTH.
[2:23:45] AND WE'RE JUST.
[2:23:46] COMING OFF OF SEPTEMBER WHICH
[2:23:48] IS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH
[2:23:50] HOUSING.
[2:23:50] STABILITY, FINANCIAL.
[2:23:51] SECURITY AND UH, THE WELL-BEING
[2:23:53] OF.
[2:23:54] CHILDREN IN A HOME WHO.
[2:23:55] TOO CAN BE THE VICTIMS OF.
[2:23:57] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
[2:23:58] SURVIVORS DESERVE SAFETY.
[2:24:00] DIGNITY AND SUPPORT WITHOUT
[2:24:02] JUDGMENT.
[2:24:02] IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
[2:24:03] RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
[2:24:05] BARRIERS, UH, OF WHY IT IS
[2:24:07] OFTEN.
[2:24:08] DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE.
[2:24:09] UH, SITUATIONS OF DOMESTIC
[2:24:11] VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER
[2:24:12] ABUSE.
[2:24:13] UH.
[2:24:13] THERE'S A.
[2:24:14] NUMBER OF BARRIERS THAT
[2:24:15] PEOPLE FACE WHEN IT COMES TO
[2:24:16] ACCESSING RESOURCES WHETHER IT
[2:24:17] BE LANGUAGE BARRIERS THERE BE
[2:24:19] RACISM, FINANCIAL.
[2:24:20] DEPENDENCY.
[2:24:21] DISABILITY AND FEAR RELATED
[2:24:22] TO IMMIGRATION STATUS THAT CAN
[2:24:24] MAKE SEEKING HELP MORE
[2:24:25] DIFFICULT.
[2:24:27] I SEE THE I SAW THIS SO OFTEN
[2:24:29] IN SENSITIVE IMMIGRATION CASES
[2:24:31] WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO SEEK
[2:24:33] HELP.
[2:24:36] UM OUR.
[2:24:36] RESPONSE FOR EACH PERSON MUST
[2:24:38] BE TO REACH OUT WHEN THOSE
[2:24:39] CIRCUMSTANCES UM FIND THEM.
[2:24:42] SO WHEN PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES
[2:24:44] ISOLATED IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES
[2:24:46] AWARENESS HAS TO BE BACKED BY
[2:24:47] RESOURCES.
[2:24:48] AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT WE
[2:24:49] HAVE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
[2:24:51] COMMISSION THAT DOMESTIC SEXUAL
[2:24:52] AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
[2:24:54] PREVENTION INITIATIVE LED BY
[2:24:56] KIM MENDOZA ARATA AND RIGHT NOW
[2:24:58] THEY'RE HOLDING.
[2:24:59] TRAININGS TRAININGS FOR THOSE
[2:25:00] FOR PROVIDERS WHO INTERACT WITH
[2:25:03] FAMILIES AND.
[2:25:03] CHILDREN AND PEOPLE.
[2:25:04] WHO COULD.
[2:25:05] BE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[2:25:05] .
[2:25:06] THEY HAVE THREE TRAININGS IN
[2:25:07] ROXBURY STARTING IN THIS MONTH.
[2:25:09] UM, AND SO WE WE ENCOURAGE
[2:25:11] PEOPLE TO SEEK OUT THAT
[2:25:12] INFORMATION.
[2:25:13] UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
[2:25:15] THAT TO SURVIVORS THAT PEOPLE
[2:25:16] THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE.
[2:25:17] SEE THEM.
[2:25:18] THAT THAT YOU DESERVE TO BE
[2:25:19] BELIEVED TO BE LOVED, TO BE
[2:25:20] CHERISHED AND TO FEEL SAFE.
[2:25:22] I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
[2:25:23] ADVOCATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
[2:25:24] WHO STAND ALONGSIDE IN THIS
[2:25:25] WORK.
[2:25:26] UM, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE
[2:25:27] EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[2:25:29] OR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE,
[2:25:30] CALL THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC
[2:25:31] VIOLENCE HOTLINE AT ONE 807
[2:25:36] 997233 OR TEXT 88788 FOR FREE
[2:25:39] CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT 24 HOURS A
[2:25:41] DAY.
[2:25:42] UM AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
[2:25:43] NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS
[2:25:44] INVOLVED.
[2:25:45] IN HELPING TO.
[2:25:45] STEM THE TIDE OF DOMESTIC
[2:25:47] VIOLENCE THAT.
[2:25:47] INCLUDES THE MASSACHUSETTS
[2:25:48] OFFICE FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE,
[2:25:50] THE BOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS
[2:25:52] CENTER, THE ASIAN TASK FORCE
[2:25:53] AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
[2:25:55] SAFELINK ELIZABETH STONEHOUSE
[2:25:56] FOR SUPPORT GROUPS SHAKIRA
[2:25:58] STORY, CASA MUNA AND JANE DOE
[2:26:01] INCORPORATED MANY OF WHOM THAT
[2:26:02] WE'VE HAD HERE FOR CITY
[2:26:04] COUNCIL HEARINGS ON DOMESTIC
[2:26:05] VIOLENCE AND WE WILL DO
[2:26:07] CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM HERE AS
[2:26:08] THE WORK CONTINUES ESPECIALLY
[2:26:10] UM, AS WE LOOK.
[2:26:12] TO STEM AN INCREASE THAT WE ARE
[2:26:14] SEEING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
[2:26:15] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I
[2:26:17] HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN
[2:26:18] ME IN PASSING THIS RESOLUTION.
[2:26:19] THANK YOU.
[2:26:20] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CHAIR.
[2:26:21] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE
[2:26:22] AS A PARTNER.
[2:26:23] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:26:24] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:26:24] AND I WANT TO THANK
[2:26:25] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND HER
[2:26:26] LEADERSHIP.
[2:26:27] UH, AND ADDING.
[2:26:28] ME AS AN ORIGINAL
[2:26:29] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:26:29] AND JUST THANK YOU.
[2:26:30] FOR, UH, OUTLINING.
[2:26:31] ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES.
[2:26:32] YOU NEVER KNOW.
[2:26:32] WHO IS.
[2:26:33] LISTENING AND WHAT THEY'RE
[2:26:33] GOING THROUGH.
[2:26:34] SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
[2:26:35] COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
[2:26:35] UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
[2:26:37] TEACHERS UH.
[2:26:39] IT TOUCHES EVERY COMMUNITY.
[2:26:40] AND REGARDLESS OF.
[2:26:41] RACE, GENDER, INCOME OR.
[2:26:43] NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MONTH IS
[2:26:44] ABOUT CENTERING.
[2:26:44] SURVIVORS BELIEVING.
[2:26:45] AND SUPPORTING.
[2:26:46] THEM.
[2:26:46] AND MAKING.
[2:26:46] SURE THEY.
[2:26:47] HAVE THE RESOURCES AND
[2:26:48] SAFETY THEY NEED.
[2:26:48] TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
[2:26:50] AWARENESS ALSO MEANS.
[2:26:51] PREVENTION AND.
[2:26:51] THAT MEANS RECOGNIZING.
[2:26:54] SIGNS.
[2:26:54] INTERVENTION AND ADEQUATELY
[2:26:55] FUNDING.
[2:26:56] ORGANIZATIONS DOING.
[2:26:57] THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
[2:26:58] EVERY DAY.
[2:26:59] I WANT TO SHOUT OUT UH FCCPS
[2:27:01] AND KIM, WE HAD HER IN HERE TO
[2:27:04] TALK ABOUT UM DRINK SPIKING.
[2:27:05] BUT IN THAT HEARING SHE HAD
[2:27:06] TALKED.
[2:27:07] ABOUT HER WORK WITH.
[2:27:09] UM SURVIVORS OF.
[2:27:10] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SHE WAS
[2:27:11] REALLY DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
[2:27:12] SO I JUST WANT TO.
[2:27:13] GIVE HER HER FLOWERS.
[2:27:13] AND HER.
[2:27:14] KUDOS FOR IT.
[2:27:14] UM, NO SURVIVORS SHOULD EVER
[2:27:16] FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO.
[2:27:17] NAVIGATE ABUSIVE ALONE.
[2:27:18] UM, AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL TO
[2:27:20] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR
[2:27:20] PARTNERSHIP AND EVERY ADVOCATE
[2:27:22] AND SURVIVOR WHO CONTINUES TO
[2:27:23] PUSH US FORWARD.
[2:27:24] UM.
[2:27:24] FOR A SAFER BOSTON.
[2:27:25] YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
[2:27:26] WE'RE HERE TO.
[2:27:26] HELP YOU.
[2:27:27] THANK YOU.
[2:27:28] COUNCIL AS A PANEL.
[2:27:29] CHAIR RECOGNIZES.
[2:27:30] THIRD CO-SPONSOR CONSUMER
[2:27:31] HERE YOU COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE
[2:27:33] FLOOR.
[2:27:35] COUNCILMEMBER MEJIA YOU THIRD
[2:27:38] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:27:40] I AM.
[2:27:41] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:27:42] THAT'S RIGHT I DO.
[2:27:44] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:27:47] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
[2:27:48] THANK YOU TO MY
[2:27:50] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
[2:27:51] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND
[2:27:52] COUNCILOR CLAIRE FOR ADDING
[2:27:53] ME TO THIS RESOLUTION AS A
[2:27:55] SURVIVOR THIS ISSUE IS CLOSE TO
[2:27:58] MY HEART.
[2:27:58] UM, WE SAY NOT ONE MORE BUT
[2:28:00] UNFORTUNATELY DV IS FAR TOO
[2:28:02] COMMON.
[2:28:03] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS
[2:28:05] INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS
[2:28:06] OF GENDER, RACE, SOCIOECONOMIC
[2:28:08] STATUS, CLASS, SEXUAL
[2:28:11] ORIENTATION AND MORE.
[2:28:12] BUT CERTAIN GROUPS SUCH AS
[2:28:13] BLACK INDIGENOUS WOMEN
[2:28:15] EXPERIENCE HIGHER RATES
[2:28:16] OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING
[2:28:18] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS
[2:28:18] MONTH WE RAISE AWARENESS UM
[2:28:21] SUPPORT SURVIVORS, UPLIFT
[2:28:22] RESOURCES, INVEST IN PREVENTION
[2:28:24] AND INTERVENTION AND EDUCATION.
[2:28:27] WE ALSO MUST ENSURE THAT
[2:28:28] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES ARE
[2:28:30] EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND
[2:28:31] CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE.
[2:28:32] THIS WORK IS NOT JUST.
[2:28:34] IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER BUT
[2:28:35] THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
[2:28:36] OUR OFFICE IS PROUD TO BE IN
[2:28:38] PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS
[2:28:39] LIKE SHAKIRA STORY THAT ARE LED
[2:28:41] BY THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THE
[2:28:42] REALITIES AND OR DOING THE.
[2:28:43] WORK AND WHO ARE ON THE
[2:28:45] FRONTLINES UM, ALWAYS
[2:28:47] ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THOSE
[2:28:48] WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING.
[2:28:50] THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE
[2:28:51] COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
[2:28:52] HOTLINES AND SOCIAL WORKERS,
[2:28:53] HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
[2:28:54] AND OTHERS WHO.
[2:28:55] SUPPORT SURVIVORS.
[2:28:57] WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DV BY
[2:29:00] RAISING AWARENESS.
[2:29:01] SURVIVORS AND THOSE
[2:29:02] EXPERIENCING DV ARE AFFIRMED
[2:29:04] THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND
[2:29:06] HOPEFULLY ARE MORE LIKELY TO
[2:29:07] REACH OUT FOR HELP.
[2:29:08] PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE IF
[2:29:09] YOU NEED ANY WITH THIS
[2:29:11] RESOLUTION THE BOSTON CITY
[2:29:12] COUNCIL RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 2026
[2:29:14] AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[2:29:16] AWARENESS MONTH AND SUPPORTS
[2:29:18] FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
[2:29:19] INITIATIVES THAT ALLOCATE MORE
[2:29:21] RESOURCES, FUNDING AND AID FOR
[2:29:22] PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES THAT
[2:29:24] ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
[2:29:25] AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO
[2:29:26] ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW,
[2:29:27] THERE ARE LIKE THIS TEEN DATING
[2:29:28] VIOLENCE AS WELL.
[2:29:29] YEAH.
[2:29:30] UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
[2:29:31] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS USUALLY UM
[2:29:33] HAS A LAYER OF JUST SOMETHING
[2:29:34] THAT'S HAPPENING AT HOME BUT
[2:29:37] THERE'S RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE
[2:29:38] HAPPENING AND A LOT A LOT
[2:29:40] OF DIFFERENT SPACES AND PLACES
[2:29:41] AND VERBAL EMOTIONAL MENTAL ALL
[2:29:45] OF THOSE.
[2:29:46] ARE FORMS OF ABUSE.
[2:29:47] THANK YOU.
[2:29:48] COUNCILMEMBER HERE THE CHAIR
[2:29:49] RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN.
[2:29:50] COUNSELOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:29:52] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:29:53] AND JUST FOR THE RECORD I I
[2:29:55] REQUESTED.
[2:29:55] TO BE AN ORIGINAL.
[2:29:57] CO-SPONSOR ON THIS.
[2:29:58] I KNOW THAT THERE WAS OTHER.
[2:30:00] CITY COUNCIL IS THAT WERE.
[2:30:01] ALREADY UM, PART OF IT.
[2:30:05] I UNDERSTAND THAT.
[2:30:05] IN OVER.
[2:30:06] EIGHT YEARS ON THE CITY
[2:30:07] COUNCIL I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY
[2:30:08] INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE
[2:30:10] OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL
[2:30:11] ASSAULT HOLDING A NUMBER
[2:30:13] OF CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS ON
[2:30:15] THIS FOR MANY YEARS ESPECIALLY
[2:30:18] WORKING WITH UM NOW
[2:30:20] MASSACHUSETTS.
[2:30:20] ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDRE CAMPBELL
[2:30:21] .
[2:30:22] AS WELL AS WELL AS OTHER
[2:30:24] COLLEAGUES.
[2:30:26] .
[2:30:26] I WORK CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER
[2:30:28] OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE
[2:30:29] ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST
[2:30:30] DOMESTIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASA
[2:30:32] MYRNA TO TRY TO CONTINUE THE
[2:30:34] WORK OF OF MY MOTHER WHEN SHE
[2:30:36] WAS THE FIRST LADY THAT WAS HER
[2:30:38] TOP ISSUE WAS UM DOMESTIC
[2:30:40] VIOLENCE SUPPORTING SURVIVORS
[2:30:42] OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE
[2:30:43] CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:30:44] UM.
[2:30:48] THIS ISSUE.
[2:30:49] RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[2:30:51] AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE OFTEN
[2:30:54] UNDERREPORTED BY IMMIGRANT
[2:30:55] NEIGHBORS, MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ
[2:30:58] PLUS COMMUNITY IN THE MONTH
[2:31:00] OF OCTOBER AND THROUGHOUT THE
[2:31:01] YEAR.
[2:31:01] IT IS CRITICAL WE CONTINUE TO
[2:31:03] WORK.
[2:31:04] TO BREAK.
[2:31:05] THIS STIGMA AND REMIND
[2:31:07] SURVIVORS THAT THEY ARE NOT
[2:31:08] ALONE.
[2:31:09] I ALSO BELIEVE WE HAVE TO
[2:31:10] CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE BOSTON
[2:31:12] PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO HELP
[2:31:15] SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THAT.
[2:31:20] MAYBE THEY.
[2:31:21] HAVE THEIR PARENT OR THE
[2:31:22] GUARDIAN MIGHT.
[2:31:22] BE A.
[2:31:23] A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT.
[2:31:26] BUT WE WANT TO BREAK THAT CYCLE
[2:31:28] WHEN UM WHEN A CHILD SEES THEM
[2:31:31] THEIR MOTHER OR FATHER OR A
[2:31:32] GUARDIAN AS A VICTIM OR A
[2:31:35] SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT,
[2:31:38] WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT
[2:31:40] YOUNG PERSON DOES NOT BECOME A
[2:31:42] FOLLOWER OF THAT OF THAT
[2:31:45] PRACTICE.
[2:31:46] UM, BUT THAT CHILD DOES NEED
[2:31:48] CRITICAL UH SUPPORT AND
[2:31:51] SERVICES FROM US.
[2:31:53] THE THE.
[2:31:55] CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
[2:31:57] SEXUAL ASSAULTS IS UP IN THE
[2:31:59] CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:32:00] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:32:00] THANK YOU.
[2:32:01] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:32:02] .
[2:32:03] UM.
[2:32:03] COMES FROM A FAN NOTICED YOUR
[2:32:04] LIGHT ON EARLIER.
[2:32:05] YOU KNOW I OKAY.
[2:32:06] THANK YOU.
[2:32:07] AND WOULD ANYONE.
[2:32:08] LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
[2:32:11] COUNCILOR?
[2:32:11] UH, CULPEPER.
[2:32:12] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:32:13] UH, COUNTERFEITS.
[2:32:14] JONES.
[2:32:15] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:32:16] COUNSELOR PEPPER IN CONTRAST
[2:32:17] INTERNAL CONTROL WEBER
[2:32:19] COUNCIL ROWLAND, PLEASE.
[2:32:19] I HAVE THE CHAIR CONSCIOUS
[2:32:21] LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL COLLETTE AS
[2:32:23] THE PATTERN HERE SEEKS
[2:32:25] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[2:32:26] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1863.
[2:32:28] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:32:30] ALL OPPOSED.
[2:32:31] SAY NAY.
[2:32:32] MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
[2:32:34] A ROLL CALL?
[2:32:34] VOTE ON DOCKET 1863.
[2:32:37] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:32:38] YES, COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:32:39] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:32:40] CALL AS A OF COUNCILPERSON
[2:32:42] BURNEY.
[2:32:42] YES.
[2:32:42] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:43] CULPEPER.
[2:32:44] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:44] CULPEPER.
[2:32:45] YES.
[2:32:45] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:46] DURKAN.
[2:32:47] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:47] DURKAN.
[2:32:47] YES.
[2:32:48] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:48] FITZGERALD.
[2:32:49] YES.
[2:32:49] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:49] FISCAL.
[2:32:50] YES.
[2:32:50] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:51] FLYNN.
[2:32:51] YES.
[2:32:52] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:52] FLYNN.
[2:32:53] YES.
[2:32:53] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:54] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:32:54] YES.
[2:32:54] COUNCIL.
[2:32:55] LOUIJEUNE.
[2:32:55] YES, COUNCILOR.
[2:32:56] MEJIA.
[2:32:57] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
[2:32:58] YES.
[2:32:58] COUNCILOR.
[2:32:58] MURPHY.
[2:32:59] COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS
[2:33:01] COUNCILOR PIN COUNCIL HAVE A
[2:33:02] PEN.
[2:33:03] YES.
[2:33:03] SANTANA COUNCIL.
[2:33:05] SANTANA.
[2:33:05] YES.
[2:33:06] COUNCIL.
[2:33:06] WEBER.
[2:33:06] YES.
[2:33:07] COUNCIL.
[2:33:07] WEBER.
[2:33:08] YES AND COUNCILOR.
[2:33:08] WORLD.
[2:33:09] YES.
[2:33:09] COUNCIL.
[2:33:10] ORAL.
[2:33:10] YES.
[2:33:10] TALKING OF THE 1863 AS WE SEE
[2:33:13] THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[2:33:15] AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:33:15] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:33:16] GOOD.
[2:33:17] DOCKET 1863 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:33:21] UM, BEFORE.
[2:33:22] WE MOVE ON.
[2:33:23] TO.
[2:33:23] GREEN SHEETS, IS THERE.
[2:33:24] ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
[2:33:25] THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THEY.
[2:33:26] MAY HAVE MISSED?
[2:33:27] I WILL.
[2:33:28] START WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY AND
[2:33:30] PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON AND
[2:33:31] WE'LL CALL ON YOU.
[2:33:32] COUNCILOR MURPHY?
[2:33:33] YES?
[2:33:33] COULD YOU PLEASE ADD.
[2:33:34] MY NAME TO COUNCILOR FLYNN'S
[2:33:36] ORDER ABOUT, UM, RESIDENT
[2:33:39] PARKING DOCKET 1848.
[2:33:42] OKAY.
[2:33:43] THANK YOU.
[2:33:44] COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE
[2:33:46] FLOOR.
[2:33:47] YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, UM, CAN
[2:33:49] YOU PLEASE ADD ME, UH, TO
[2:33:52] DOCKET 1846 AND 1850 AND I WANT
[2:33:55] TO VOTE ON THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[2:33:58] AND I.
[2:33:59] ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED UM
[2:34:01] ,AND RECORDED AS A YES VOTE
[2:34:04] FOR 1856.
[2:34:05] OKAY.
[2:34:07] THANK YOU.
[2:34:08] ONE SECOND.
[2:34:09] I BEG YOUR PARDON?
[2:34:10] I'LL WAIT FOR YOU, COUNSELOR.
[2:34:11] AND MR. CLERK.
[2:34:12] YOU'RE GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.
[2:34:14] 1856 IN A YES VOTE.
[2:34:15] YES PLEASE.
[2:34:29] OKAY.
[2:34:29] GOOD TO RECOGNIZE.
[2:34:31] COUNSELOR AND AND YOU.
[2:34:32] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:34:33] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:34:34] UM, CAN YOU ADD MY NAME TO
[2:34:36] DOCKET 81857 AND 1847?
[2:34:41] THANK YOU, MR CLERK.
[2:34:43] OKAY.
[2:34:44] ANYONE ELSE?
[2:34:46] 185771847.
[2:34:50] GOOD.
[2:34:51] YEP.
[2:34:52] SO WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN
[2:34:53] SHEETS.
[2:34:54] IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL A
[2:34:56] DOCKET FROM THE GREEN SHEETS
[2:34:58] TODAY.
[2:34:59] ?
[2:34:59] NO NO.
[2:35:02] NO.
[2:35:06] UH, WE'RE NOW, UM, MOVING ON
[2:35:09] TO LATE FILES, MR. CLERK.
[2:35:10] HOW MANY FILES?
[2:35:13] ONE.
[2:35:16] THANK YOU.
[2:35:17] I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK
[2:35:18] THAT WE HAVE TWO FILES ONE
[2:35:20] EMERGENCY RESOLUTION.
[2:35:22] AND, UH.
[2:35:23] ONE LATE FILE HEARING ORDER.
[2:35:25] ABSENT OBJECTION.
[2:35:26] THESE LEAD FILE MATTERS WILL BE
[2:35:28] ADDED.
[2:35:29] MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
[2:35:30] THE FIRST LATE FILE MATTER?
[2:35:32] FIRSTLY FILE OFFERED BY
[2:35:34] COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND SANTANA
[2:35:36] .
[2:35:37] EMERGENCY RESOLUTION CALLING
[2:35:38] FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR
[2:35:41] BUSINESSES DEVASTATED BY THE
[2:35:42] SIX ALARM FIRE AT THE HISTORIC
[2:35:45] EDISON BUILDING IN NEW BEING
[2:35:46] SQUARE.
[2:35:50] THANK YOU.
[2:35:50] UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES.
[2:35:54] UM, THIS LATE.
[2:35:55] FILE MATTER.
[2:35:56] UM, IT'S PROPERLY BEFORE THE
[2:35:57] BODY.
[2:35:57] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, THE
[2:36:00] LEAD SPONSOR COUNSELOR.
[2:36:01] UM, CULPEPER.
[2:36:03] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:36:04] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:36:07] FIRST I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
[2:36:09] DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE BOSTON
[2:36:11] FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER
[2:36:14] MARSHAL AND EVERY FIREFIGHTER
[2:36:16] FIRST RESPONDER WHO SPENT HOURS
[2:36:19] AND DAYS BATTLING THIS FIRE
[2:36:21] UNDER EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
[2:36:23] CONDITION.
[2:36:24] SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS SUSTAINED
[2:36:26] MINOR INJURIES BUT THANKFULLY
[2:36:28] NO OCCUPANTS WERE REPORTED TO
[2:36:30] HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE BUILDING
[2:36:32] WHEN THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED.
[2:36:34] BUT THE DEVASTATION TO THE
[2:36:36] BUSINESSES INSIDE THIS BUILDING
[2:36:38] IS CATASTROPHIC.
[2:36:39] THESE BUSINESSES LOST THEIR
[2:36:41] WORKPLACE EQUIPMENT INVENTORY
[2:36:44] RECORDS AND THEIR ABILITY TO
[2:36:46] OPERATE.
[2:36:47] .
[2:36:48] THESE BUSINESSES WILL
[2:36:48] ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO START OVER
[2:36:50] FROM SCRATCH.
[2:36:52] MANY OF THESE ARE BLACK AND
[2:36:53] BROWN OR OPERATED BUSINESSES
[2:36:56] THAT HAVE INVESTED IN ROXBURY
[2:36:58] EMPLOYED OUR RESIDENTS,
[2:37:00] PROVIDED ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND
[2:37:02] CONTRIBUTED TO THE ECONOMIC AND
[2:37:04] CULTURAL VIABILITY OF NUBIAN
[2:37:06] SQUARE.
[2:37:07] WE CANNOT ALLOW THEM TO FACE
[2:37:10] THIS RECOVERY ALONE.
[2:37:12] THAT IS WHY THIS RESOLUTION
[2:37:14] CALLS ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO
[2:37:16] PROVIDE THE FULLEST POSSIBLE
[2:37:18] ASSISTANCE INCLUDING EMERGENCY
[2:37:21] FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TEMPORARY
[2:37:23] RELOCATION SUPPORT,
[2:37:26] RECOVERY PLANNING, TECHNICAL
[2:37:28] ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATION
[2:37:30] WITH EVERY CITY, STATE, FEDERAL
[2:37:34] ,NONPROFIT, FILM THEME FROM
[2:37:36] PHILANTHROPIC AND PRIVATE
[2:37:37] RESOURCE.
[2:37:38] IT ALSO CALLS FOR A COORDINATED
[2:37:40] EFFORT TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE
[2:37:43] OF THIS HISTORIC BUILDING AND
[2:37:45] TO GIVE DISPLACED BUSINESSES A
[2:37:47] MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO
[2:37:49] RETURN TO NUBIAN SQUARE THESE
[2:37:51] BUSY BUSINESSES.
[2:37:52] MADAM PRESIDENT AND MY
[2:37:54] COLLEAGUES NEED HELP NOW NOT
[2:37:57] MONTHS FROM NOW I ASK MY
[2:37:59] COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT PASSAGE
[2:38:00] UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
[2:38:03] TO COME SO WE CAN MAKE CLEAR
[2:38:05] THAT THE CITY STANDS WITH THE
[2:38:06] BUSINESSES.
[2:38:07] THE WORKERS COMMUNITY AFFECTED
[2:38:09] BY THIS DEVASTATING FIRE IN
[2:38:12] NUBIAN SQUARE.
[2:38:13] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:38:15] THANK YOU.
[2:38:15] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[2:38:16] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:38:17] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[2:38:18] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:38:19] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:38:20] AND I WANT TO THANK.
[2:38:23] UM MY DISTRICT
[2:38:24] COUNCILOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[2:38:25] FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND
[2:38:27] CONTINUED WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
[2:38:29] UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
[2:38:31] COMMISSIONER RODNEY MARSHALL
[2:38:32] AND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS
[2:38:33] WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE AT
[2:38:36] THE EDISON BUILDING.
[2:38:37] UM, MY HEART GOES OUT TO
[2:38:38] EVERYONE WHO WAS AFFECTED BY
[2:38:39] THE FIRE AT THE EDISON BUILDING
[2:38:41] WHERE SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES
[2:38:43] WERE ANCHORED A HANDYMAN TEAM
[2:38:45] UM UGG SUBS, UM BRAND NUBIAN
[2:38:48] ATHLETICS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, UM
[2:38:50] AND MANY MORE.
[2:38:51] LOSING A SMALL BUSINESS CAN BE
[2:38:53] DEVASTATING.
[2:38:54] IT'S OFTEN BOTH SOMEONE'S DREAM
[2:38:56] AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
[2:38:58] NUBIAN SQUARE IS THE HEART
[2:39:00] OF ROXBURY AND THE HEART
[2:39:01] OF BLACK BOSTON.
[2:39:02] AND THE EDISON BUILDING WAS,
[2:39:05] WAS AND WILL REMAIN A
[2:39:06] CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY.
[2:39:08] IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE WORK IN
[2:39:10] PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO
[2:39:11] ASSESS THAT NUBIAN SQUARE
[2:39:12] COMMUNITY AND RECOVERING FROM
[2:39:13] THE STRATEGY AND CONTINUING UM
[2:39:16] ,THE UH THE EDISON BUILDING'S
[2:39:17] HISTORIC LEGACY.
[2:39:19] THIS MORNING WE HAD A GREAT
[2:39:20] MEETING WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS,
[2:39:22] INCLUDING THE BOSTON FIRE
[2:39:23] DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS HOW TO
[2:39:24] WORK TOGETHER ON THE IMPACTS
[2:39:26] THIS INCIDENT HAS CAUSED TO OUR
[2:39:28] COMMUNITY.
[2:39:29] AND I WILL UM I'M CONTINUING TO
[2:39:31] MONITOR THE SITUATION.
[2:39:33] THE FIRE IS STILL AN ACTIVE
[2:39:34] INCIDENT AND AN INVESTIGATION
[2:39:36] WILL BEGIN ONCE AN EMERGENCY
[2:39:38] RESPONDERS ARE ABLE TO SECURE
[2:39:39] THE SCENE NEXT WEEK IN
[2:39:41] PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ELECTED
[2:39:42] OFFICIALS, WE WILL CONVENE A
[2:39:44] MEETING WITH THOSE MOST
[2:39:45] AFFECTED TO ASSESS THE IMPACT
[2:39:46] AND HOW WE CAN BEST FOR SMALL
[2:39:48] BUSINESSES, OWNERS, EMPLOYEES
[2:39:50] AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
[2:39:51] FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MEETING
[2:39:53] WILL BE SHARED SOON.
[2:39:54] I CALL THE RESOLUTION IS CALLED
[2:39:56] TO PROVIDE THE FULLEST POSSIBLE
[2:39:57] ASSISTANCE TO EVERY DISPLACED
[2:39:59] UM OR DAMAGED BUSINESS AND
[2:40:01] PROVIDE THEM WITH A MEANINGFUL
[2:40:02] OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO NUBIAN
[2:40:04] SQUARE NUBIAN SQUARE WE CAN NOW
[2:40:06] REPLACE WHAT WE LOST IN EDISON
[2:40:08] BUILDING, BUT WE SHOULD DO
[2:40:09] EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE
[2:40:11] THAT THAT WHAT RISES IS EVEN
[2:40:13] STRONGER.
[2:40:14] UH, AGAIN, I REALLY WANT TO
[2:40:15] THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UM,
[2:40:18] FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
[2:40:19] UM, HE GAVE ME A CALL UM, VERY
[2:40:22] SOON AFTER WE HEARD THE NEWS.
[2:40:24] UM, AND HIM AND I AND OUR TEAMS
[2:40:26] HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER.
[2:40:26] I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
[2:40:27] TO BOTH.
[2:40:28] UM, REPRESENTATIVE.
[2:40:30] UM, UM, TRY TO TYLER AND
[2:40:31] SENATOR LIZ MIRANDA WHO ARE UP
[2:40:33] AND ON TOP OF THIS ON THE.
[2:40:34] STATE SIDE.
[2:40:35] THANK YOU.
[2:40:36] CATCH YOU SEND IT.
[2:40:37] LET'S CHECK IN TO RECOGNIZE
[2:40:38] THIS COUNTRY MURPHY COUNTRY.
[2:40:39] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:40:40] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:40:41] THANK YOU TO THE FILERS AND
[2:40:43] COUNCIL.
[2:40:44] SANTANA, YOU SPOKE TO WHAT I
[2:40:46] WAS GOING TO SAY?
[2:40:46] UM, MANY TIMES OUR RESOLUTIONS
[2:40:49] ARE JUST CEREMONIAL WHICH ARE
[2:40:50] IMPORTANT ALSO.
[2:40:51] BUT YOU ALREADY SPOKE TO THE
[2:40:52] WORK YOU'RE DOING.
[2:40:53] SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO RISE TO
[2:40:55] SAY PLEASE, UM, PUT ME AND MY
[2:40:57] TEAM AND US WHEN WE VOTE IN
[2:40:59] FAVOR OF THIS WITH YOU TO WORK
[2:41:01] ALONGSIDE THE BUSINESSES YOU
[2:41:02] ALREADY MENTIONED.
[2:41:03] BUT THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER
[2:41:05] MARSHALL, THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO
[2:41:06] WERE THERE, THE FIRST
[2:41:07] RESPONDERS AND WE KNOW SO MANY
[2:41:09] CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT OWN US.
[2:41:10] OFTEN ORGANIZERS SHOW UP WHEN
[2:41:12] THIS HAPPENS BUT THIS IS
[2:41:14] DEVASTATING TO OUR BUSINESS
[2:41:15] OWNERS IN WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO
[2:41:17] MAKE SURE WE, YOU KNOW, GIVE
[2:41:19] THEM WHAT THEY NEED WHICH WILL
[2:41:21] BE MORE THAN MONEY.
[2:41:22] BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW
[2:41:23] UP ALONG THE WAY ROLL UP OUR
[2:41:25] SLEEVES.
[2:41:25] SO THANK YOU.
[2:41:26] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY
[2:41:27] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FLYNN
[2:41:29] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:41:32] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:41:33] I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
[2:41:36] COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND
[2:41:38] COUNCILOR SANTANA AND SENATOR
[2:41:40] MIRANDA AND REPRESENTATIVE
[2:41:42] TYLER.
[2:41:43] UM, OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN THE
[2:41:46] CITY.
[2:41:47] UM AND I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT
[2:41:49] ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED.
[2:41:52] I DO THINK WE WE ALL IN THE
[2:41:54] CITY HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS IT
[2:41:55] RELATES JUST TO KNOW BEING
[2:41:58] SQUARE AND TO THE RESIDENTS ARE
[2:42:00] THE WORKERS THEY ARE.
[2:42:01] THE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE.
[2:42:02] YES.
[2:42:03] IT MIGHT NOT BE PARTICULARLY
[2:42:05] IT MIGHT.
[2:42:05] NOT.
[2:42:05] NECESSARILY BEEN IN OUR
[2:42:06] DISTRICT BUT I THINK WE ALL
[2:42:08] HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE
[2:42:11] THAT.
[2:42:11] THE WORKERS THE BUILDING, UM
[2:42:14] THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[2:42:15] GET THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT
[2:42:17] FROM THE CITY.
[2:42:19] UM I DO THINK IT SHOULD BE A
[2:42:21] PRIORITY.
[2:42:22] AND AS A.
[2:42:23] DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR I
[2:42:24] STRONGLY SUPPORT MY MY FELLOW
[2:42:26] DISTRICT COUNCILOR AND KNOW THE
[2:42:30] IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP.
[2:42:31] HE IS.
[2:42:32] PROVIDING ON IT.
[2:42:33] UM BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
[2:42:35] THE INCREDIBLE ROLE AS ALREADY
[2:42:37] MENTIONED BUT FROM OUR FIRST
[2:42:39] RESPONDERS BUT ESPECIALLY OUR
[2:42:40] MEN THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
[2:42:42] BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
[2:42:44] UH THEY RESPONDED.
[2:42:45] THEY DID EVERYTHING IN A
[2:42:48] PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
[2:42:49] BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT
[2:42:51] WE SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS
[2:42:53] AS WELL, ESPECIALLY DURING
[2:42:55] CHALLENGING TIMES.
[2:42:56] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:42:57] THANK YOU.
[2:42:58] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:42:58] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME TO MEJIA.
[2:43:00] COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:43:01] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:43:04] I ALSO RISE TO.
[2:43:05] SUPPORT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
[2:43:07] UM, WITH UH, SUPPORTING THIS
[2:43:08] RESOLUTION AND ANYTHING THAT MY
[2:43:10] OFFICE CAN DO TO SUPPORT, UM,
[2:43:13] THE BUSINESSES AND THE OVERALL
[2:43:15] COMMUNITY JUST LET ME KNOW.
[2:43:17] I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
[2:43:19] I DO HAVE A POINT OF.
[2:43:21] ORDER QUESTION TO ASK.
[2:43:24] GO AHEAD.
[2:43:25] DO YOU WANT TO DO THE VOTE?
[2:43:25] AND THEN.
[2:43:27] WE WOULD.
[2:43:28] HAPPY TO DO THE.
[2:43:29] VOTE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN.
[2:43:31] ME NOW YOU KNOW DO NO WANT TO.
[2:43:33] DO.
[2:43:33] THE VOTING DOES NO.
[2:43:34] THANK YOU.
[2:43:35] GO AHEAD.
[2:43:36] I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I'VE
[2:43:38] RECEIVED TWO LATE.
[2:43:39] FILES TODAY.
[2:43:41] AND THEY BOTH SAY EMERGENCY AND
[2:43:45] THEN ONE SAYS AND PURSUANT TO
[2:43:47] EMERGENCY UH TO RULE 46 UM, YOU
[2:43:51] KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS
[2:43:52] PARTICULAR RESOLUTION ON NUBIAN
[2:43:54] SQUARE FEELS LIKE AN EMERGENCY.
[2:43:56] IT JUST HAPPENED.
[2:43:57] UM, THERE WAS YOU KNOW, SOME
[2:43:59] ISSUES THAT I THINK THE
[2:44:01] COUNCIL CAN UH NOT ONLY AFFIRM
[2:44:02] AND SUPPORT BUT ALSO JUST BE
[2:44:04] REALLY MINDFUL OF THE ROLE THAT
[2:44:05] WE CAN ALL PLAY IN.
[2:44:07] SUPPORTING UM.
[2:44:08] NUBIAN SQUARE.
[2:44:09] AT.
[2:44:09] THIS MOMENT.
[2:44:09] AND THEN I RECEIVED ANOTHER ONE
[2:44:14] REGARDING FUNDING FOR HEALTH
[2:44:16] SCREENINGS AND WELLNESS SUPPORT
[2:44:17] FOR BOSTON FIRST RESPONDERS.
[2:44:19] AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AND I DID
[2:44:21] ASK THE MAKER YOU KNOW, WHAT
[2:44:23] THE EMERGENCY WAS AS IT RELATES
[2:44:24] TO THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
[2:44:26] SO THEN MY POINT OF ORDER.
[2:44:27] QUESTION TO YOU, COUNCILOR.
[2:44:29] UH, PRESIDENT.
[2:44:30] UM BREEDEN IS THAT YOU.
[2:44:32] KNOW.
[2:44:32] THE USE OF LATE FILES HAVE
[2:44:34] BECOME UH.
[2:44:34] A NORM HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
[2:44:37] AND IT'S VERY.
[2:44:39] CONFUSING AS TO WHAT
[2:44:41] CONSTITUTES.
[2:44:42] AS AN.
[2:44:42] EMERGENCY AND WHAT IS NOT AN
[2:44:44] EMERGENCY.
[2:44:44] AND THEN WHAT IS HAPPENING IS
[2:44:46] THAT THESE EMERGENCIES BECOME,
[2:44:49] YOU KNOW, HEADLINES AND THEN IT
[2:44:52] CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH
[2:44:53] PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT
[2:44:55] SUPPORTING CERTAIN THINGS
[2:44:56] BECAUSE WE'RE ALLEGEDLY
[2:44:57] BLOCKING THEM.
[2:44:59] SO OUT OF THE.
[2:45:02] OUT OF MY HEART.
[2:45:03] I AM ASKING FOR SOME FLAHERTY
[2:45:06] BECAUSE IT IS.
[2:45:08] BECOMING TO.
[2:45:09] FEEL LIKE A NORM AND I THINK
[2:45:11] YOU AS THE PRESIDENT OF THIS
[2:45:14] BODY AND THE CLERK AND IF YOU
[2:45:16] CAN ALSO HELP ME THE CLERK TO
[2:45:17] PLEASE ALEX I'M GOING TO ASK
[2:45:18] YOU TO GIVE ME SOME HELP.
[2:45:20] HERE BECAUSE.
[2:45:22] I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE
[2:45:23] FOR US TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE
[2:45:26] LATE FILES, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN
[2:45:28] THEY'RE NOT IN EMERGENCY.
[2:45:31] SO THANK YOU.
[2:45:31] COACH MADE.
[2:45:33] MY POINT.
[2:45:33] I'M NOT DONE MY POINT.
[2:45:34] I NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING
[2:45:36] TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
[2:45:37] BECAUSE THESE LATE FILES.
[2:45:40] OCCUPY A LOT OF OXYGEN AND
[2:45:42] SPACE AND TIME AND POLITICAL.
[2:45:45] UM, THEATER.
[2:45:47] AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET
[2:45:49] REAL ABOUT WHAT THE BUSINESS
[2:45:51] OF OUR COUNCIL IS AND WHAT.
[2:45:53] WE'RE HERE.
[2:45:54] TO.
[2:45:55] DO IS.
[2:45:55] THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
[2:45:56] I'M NOT.
[2:45:57] QUESTIONING THE TOPIC.
[2:45:58] WHAT I'M QUESTIONING IS THE
[2:45:59] TACTIC.
[2:46:00] AND SO WHAT I NEED TO KNOW FROM
[2:46:02] YOU, RIGHT, IS HOW WE'RE GOING
[2:46:04] TO HANDLE LATE FILES MOVING.
[2:46:05] FORWARD IN.
[2:46:07] THIS MOMENT.
[2:46:09] UM I UH INQUIRED.
[2:46:10] FROM COUNCILOR FROM
[2:46:11] MR. CLERK AND HE SAID WE HAD.
[2:46:13] TWO FILES.
[2:46:14] HE TOLD ME THAT WE HAD.
[2:46:16] UH, AN EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER
[2:46:18] AND.
[2:46:19] WE HAD AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION,
[2:46:21] BOTH.
[2:46:21] OF WHICH.
[2:46:21] ARE ON.
[2:46:22] EVERYBODY'S DESK.
[2:46:23] AND WHEN I ASKED UH, ABSENT OF.
[2:46:26] OBJECTION THESE NO ONE OBJECTED
[2:46:28] TO THEM BEING PLACED BEFORE THE
[2:46:29] BODY.
[2:46:30] SO.
[2:46:30] UM.
[2:46:32] SO WE I'M NOT THAT WHAT YOU
[2:46:34] MEAN I DON'T.
[2:46:35] SO, UM, WE HAVE BOTH BOTH THESE
[2:46:39] BOTH.
[2:46:39] THESE DOCTORS ARE PROPERLY
[2:46:42] BEFORE THE BODY RIGHT NOW.
[2:46:44] AND WHEN WE COME TO.
[2:46:45] THAT WHEN WE COME TO THE UM.
[2:46:47] I KNOW THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS
[2:46:49] BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE AND YOU
[2:46:50] HAVE TO READ THE THE THE THING
[2:46:52] BEFORE YOU.
[2:46:53] OBJECT TO.
[2:46:53] IT.
[2:46:54] BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN.
[2:46:55] BEEN DONE.
[2:46:56] HERE BEFORE.
[2:46:57] THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES.
[2:46:58] WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE SAID YOU
[2:46:59] HAVE TO READ THE THE ORDER INTO
[2:47:02] THE RECORD BEFORE YOU CAN
[2:47:04] OBJECT.
[2:47:04] TO IT.
[2:47:05] SO I'M CONFUSED.
[2:47:07] WE'VE STARTED OFF WITH ONE.
[2:47:08] WE HAVEN'T.
[2:47:08] GONE TO THE SECOND ONE OKAY.
[2:47:11] SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE BOTH.
[2:47:12] WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
[2:47:13] BOTH OF THEM ARE PROPERLY IN
[2:47:13] FRONT OF THE BODY.
[2:47:14] THEY'RE THAT'S.
[2:47:14] WHEN WE WANT ONE AT.
[2:47:17] A TIME WE'RE DEALING WITH.
[2:47:18] THEM OKAY SO THEN LET'S BE
[2:47:18] CLEAR WITH NOT YOU KNOW BUT SO
[2:47:20] THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING.
[2:47:22] TO UNDERSTAND AND I'M TRYING
[2:47:22] TO.
[2:47:24] I'M TRYING TO.
[2:47:25] DO THE BEST THAT I CAN TO
[2:47:27] UNDERSTAND WHAT IS.
[2:47:28] HOW WE END UP IN THIS PLACE.
[2:47:30] ALL.
[2:47:30] THE TIME.
[2:47:31] TO.
[2:47:31] MAKE.
[2:47:31] SURE.
[2:47:32] YEAH, I THINK TO.
[2:47:34] I THINK YOU.
[2:47:35] KNOW, WHAT CONSTITUTES
[2:47:37] EMERGENCY IS NOT CLEARLY
[2:47:38] DEFINED IN THE RULES.
[2:47:40] SO UM.
[2:47:41] WE YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'VE
[2:47:43] GOT TWO DOCKETS BEFORE US.
[2:47:45] UM.
[2:47:46] WE ARE.
[2:47:46] IN THE.
[2:47:47] MIDST OF.
[2:47:48] DISCUSSING THE EMERGENCY
[2:47:50] RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE.
[2:47:53] UH THE THE.
[2:47:53] DEVASTATION THAT WAS CAUSED TO
[2:47:55] BUSINESSES IN NUBIAN SQUARE.
[2:47:56] THAT IS AN EMERGENCY.
[2:47:58] YEAH.
[2:47:58] UM, WE AND I'M NOT HERE TO
[2:48:00] DEFINE.
[2:48:01] EMERGENCIES, BUT.
[2:48:03] UH, THIS.
[2:48:04] THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S THAT'S
[2:48:05] PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY RIGHT
[2:48:07] NOW.
[2:48:08] AND UH, NO ONE OBJECTED TO THE
[2:48:11] SECOND ONE BUT WE'LL WE'LL
[2:48:12] START WE'LL STARTING WITH THE
[2:48:13] FIRST ONE WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH
[2:48:15] THIS SO AND THEN WHEN WE WHEN
[2:48:17] WE WILL ADDRESS THE SECOND ONE
[2:48:19] WHEN WE COME TO.
[2:48:19] SO WHEN WE JUST THE SECOND.
[2:48:21] ONE CAN THEN I WAS LIKE.
[2:48:23] IT WOULD BE.
[2:48:23] HELPFUL TO ME.
[2:48:25] TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CONSTITUTES
[2:48:27] .
[2:48:28] AS.
[2:48:28] AN EMERGENCY IN REGARDS TO THIS
[2:48:30] PARTICULAR SECOND ONE JUST
[2:48:31] BECAUSE IT'S A THOUGHT WHEN WE.
[2:48:32] GET TO IT, WHEN.
[2:48:33] WE GET TO IT AND.
[2:48:34] THE WAY WHEN THE RULES DO NOT
[2:48:37] DEFINE AN EMERGENCY BUT IF
[2:48:39] FOLKS OBJECT TO IT BEEN BROUGHT
[2:48:41] BEFORE THE.
[2:48:41] BODY UH, WE CAN WE CAN WE.
[2:48:44] CAN.
[2:48:45] CLOSE IT DOWN.
[2:48:45] YOU CAN YOU CAN.
[2:48:47] OBJECT ONE.
[2:48:48] MORE PERSON WE MIGHT WANT.
[2:48:49] TO.
[2:48:51] I WANT TO.
[2:48:52] I'M GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF
[2:48:53] RECESS.
[2:48:54] IT'S ALREADY.
[2:54:23] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[2:54:25] I I THINK THAT'S WHAT I READ.
[2:54:30] YEAH.
[2:54:34] ONE MORE.
[2:54:36] OKAY.
[2:54:43] YEAH.
[2:54:46] WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
[2:54:48] WE HAVE ONE LAST FILE.
[2:54:49] UM.
[2:54:52] WE HAVE ONE LATE FILE HEARING.
[2:54:54] UM, EMERGENCY RESOLUTION FROM
[2:54:59] COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND SANTANA
[2:54:59] .
[2:55:00] UM, I MISSPOKE I BUNCHED THE
[2:55:03] TWO TOGETHER.
[2:55:03] THE FIRST LED PHONE UM, THE
[2:55:06] FIRST LIT FILE MATTER IS AN
[2:55:08] EMERGENCY RESOLUTION FROM
[2:55:09] COUNCILMAN BERNARD UH, CULPEPER
[2:55:11] AND COUNCILMAN HENRY SANTANA.
[2:55:13] IT IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.
[2:55:15] WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON
[2:55:17] THIS MATTER.
[2:55:18] UM, AND THEN WE WILL DEAL WITH
[2:55:20] THE SECOND PHONE MATTER.
[2:55:21] WHEN WE HAVE A PRESIDENT.
[2:55:23] COUNCILOR.
[2:55:24] UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU.
[2:55:25] MAY SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD
[2:55:28] COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE AS, A.
[2:55:30] UH, ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:55:34] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[2:55:35] OBJECTIONS.
[2:55:36] LOUIJEUNE HAS ADDED A THIRD
[2:55:38] CO-SPONSOR TO YOUR EMERGENCY.
[2:55:40] UM, RESOLUTION.
[2:55:44] RESOLUTION.
[2:55:44] THANK YOU.
[2:55:49] SO, UM, LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE.
[2:55:52] COUNCILOR.
[2:55:53] UH LOUIJEUNE.
[2:55:53] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:55:55] THANK YOU.
[2:55:56] VERY MUCH.
[2:55:57] AND THANK YOU TO
[2:55:58] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ADDING
[2:55:59] ME ON THIS EMERGENCY RESOLUTION
[2:56:02] GIVEN THE FIRE RECENTLY
[2:56:04] OCCURRED.
[2:56:05] AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILORS
[2:56:07] SANTANA AND CASAS CULPEPER FOR
[2:56:09] THE, UH, THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
[2:56:10] THAT IS BOTH REQUIRED BY THIS
[2:56:13] COUNCIL WHICH UH UH WHICH IS
[2:56:15] UNDER THE RULES FOR AN
[2:56:17] EMERGENCY UH FILING AND ALSO UH
[2:56:19] MAKING SURE THAT THE ROXBURY
[2:56:21] COMMUNITY IN THE IN THIS
[2:56:22] HISTORIC BUILDING GET THE
[2:56:24] ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED.
[2:56:26] UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR,
[2:56:28] UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
[2:56:29] EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED TO THIS
[2:56:31] FIRE.
[2:56:31] UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A
[2:56:33] LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THERE ARE
[2:56:34] ONES THAT ARE HELD VERY
[2:56:36] CLOSELY, UM, IN THE HEARTS
[2:56:38] OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN ROXBURY.
[2:56:39] AND SO I JUST WANT TO LET MY
[2:56:40] COLLEAGUES KNOW, UH, ALONGSIDE
[2:56:42] SENATOR MIRANDA AND ROB TYLER
[2:56:45] THAT UH, THEY HAVE THE FULL
[2:56:47] SUPPORT OF THIS BODY AND MAKING
[2:56:48] SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES IN THE
[2:56:50] COMMUNITY IN ROXBURY GETS WHAT
[2:56:51] THEY NEED IN RESPONSE TO THIS
[2:56:52] FIRE.
[2:56:52] AND I WANT TO THANK I KNOW
[2:56:54] PREVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN WORK ON
[2:56:55] THIS COUNCIL.
[2:56:56] UH, I KNOW COUNCIL AS OPPOSED
[2:56:58] TO UH, MYSELF INVOLVED IN
[2:57:00] MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE HAVING
[2:57:02] WE COULD RESPOND MATERIALLY
[2:57:03] WHEN PEOPLE HAVE FIRES BOTH
[2:57:05] PEOPLE AND ENTITIES AND HOW
[2:57:06] WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
[2:57:07] THEY HAVE SUPPORT DURING THIS
[2:57:08] TIME.
[2:57:08] SO JUST THANK YOU TO THE FILERS
[2:57:10] AND TO THE MAKERS FOR THEIR
[2:57:11] RESPONSE HERE.
[2:57:12] THANK YOU.
[2:57:12] THANK YOU AND GOOD COUNSELOR
[2:57:13] DURKAN COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE
[2:57:15] FLOOR.
[2:57:15] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:57:16] AS SOMEONE WHO CARES DEEPLY
[2:57:17] ABOUT PRESERVATION I KNOW THIS
[2:57:19] IS A LANDMARK BUILDING.
[2:57:20] UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT
[2:57:21] MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[2:57:23] UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THAT
[2:57:25] REALLY THE DEFINITION OF, UH,
[2:57:27] YOU KNOW, OPEN MEETING LAW AND
[2:57:28] THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD THINK
[2:57:29] ABOUT EMERGENCIES IS SOMETHING
[2:57:31] UNEXPECTED, UNPLANNED AND A
[2:57:34] CRISIS WHICH I BELIEVE THIS IS
[2:57:36] SO UM SO I'M GRATEFUL TO MY
[2:57:38] COLLEAGUE FOR FILING THIS, UM,
[2:57:39] AND FOR HIS ONGOING SUPPORT
[2:57:41] OF PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT THE
[2:57:42] CITY.
[2:57:42] UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY
[2:57:44] THERE I DO THINK THERE HAS BEEN
[2:57:46] A POLITICIZATION OF LATE FILES
[2:57:48] I HAVE BEEN USED AS CLICKBAIT.
[2:57:50] UM, I HAVE SOME THREATS THAT
[2:57:52] ARE ACTUALLY IN MY DMS RIGHT
[2:57:53] NOW FROM SOMETHING THAT
[2:57:54] HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
[2:57:55] UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY
[2:57:57] IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY
[2:57:59] PRIORITIZE THE WORK, UM, AND
[2:58:00] STOP TRYING TO MAKE VILLAINS
[2:58:01] OF CERTAIN PEOPLE.
[2:58:02] UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
[2:58:04] AND I WANT TO THANK
[2:58:06] COUNCILOR MICKEY, UH, FOR
[2:58:07] STANDING UP BECAUSE I DO THINK
[2:58:09] THERE HAS BEEN A POLITICIZATION
[2:58:11] OF LATE FILE MATTERS AND IT IS
[2:58:13] SO IMPORTANT TO ME THAT
[2:58:15] EVERYONE KNOW THAT ANY TIME I
[2:58:17] HAVE BLOCKED A LATE FILE
[2:58:18] MATTER, IT HAS NOT BEEN ABOUT
[2:58:19] THE PERSON WHO IS PUTTING IT
[2:58:21] FORWARD.
[2:58:21] IT HAS BEEN ABOUT THE CONTENTS
[2:58:23] AND NOT FEELING LIKE IT WAS AN
[2:58:24] EMERGENCY.
[2:58:26] UM SO UM I CAN SAY THAT I'M
[2:58:28] SURE THAT'S NOT THE QUOTE THAT
[2:58:30] WILL BE TAKEN BUT THAT IS WHAT
[2:58:32] I BELIEVE IS THAT AS A BODY
[2:58:34] THAT RELIES ON TRANSPARENCY AND
[2:58:36] ACCESSIBILITY, OUR LIGHT FILE
[2:58:37] MATTERS SHOULD HAVE THE UTMOST
[2:58:40] UM WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE
[2:58:41] THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO
[2:58:43] BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND
[2:58:45] I THINK, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT
[2:58:46] ARE LATE FILED TODAY ARE
[2:58:49] OF CONSEQUENCE TO THE PUBLIC
[2:58:50] AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO
[2:58:51] KNOW THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THEM
[2:58:53] AND THAT IS WHAT OPEN MEETING
[2:58:54] LAW IS ALL ABOUT.
[2:58:56] UM AND I THINK IF ONE COLLEAGUE
[2:58:57] OF OURS IS FILING 50% OF THE
[2:59:00] OPEN OF THE UH OF EMERGENCY
[2:59:04] HEARING ORDERS AND EMERGENCY
[2:59:06] FILINGS, ONE PERSON HAS FILED
[2:59:08] 50% OVER THE PAST YEAR.
[2:59:09] I WILL NOT BE SILENT ON THIS
[2:59:11] BECAUSE I THINK THAT
[2:59:12] TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY
[2:59:14] IS SHOULD BE OF TOP CONCERN TO
[2:59:15] EVERYONE IN THIS BODY.
[2:59:16] THANK YOU.
[2:59:21] SO THE MATTER BEFORE US IS
[2:59:23] THIS EMERGENCY RESOLUTION.
[2:59:25] I'M CONSCIOUS CULPEPER SANTANA
[2:59:28] AND RACINE LOUIJEUNE UM.
[2:59:34] THE CHAIR MOVES.
[2:59:36] OH, YES.
[2:59:37] DOES ANYONE OUT PLEASE?
[2:59:38] ANYONE WANT TO ADD THEIR NAME,
[2:59:39] COUNSELOR?
[2:59:40] COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART
[2:59:42] OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRA
[2:59:43] FITZGERALD.
[2:59:43] COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSUMER HERE
[2:59:45] COUNCIL MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN
[2:59:47] COUNSELOR WEBER CONSTABLE RAIL
[2:59:49] AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[2:59:52] MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:59:53] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[2:59:54] VOTE ON THIS EMERGENCY
[2:59:56] RESOLUTION.
[2:59:59] COUNSELOR BRAIN.
[3:00:00] YES.
[3:00:01] COUNCIL BRAIN.
[3:00:01] YES, COUNSELOR.
[3:00:02] COLOR AS A OF COUNSELOR.
[3:00:04] CLOSE BUDDY.
[3:00:04] YES.
[3:00:05] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:05] CULPEPER.
[3:00:06] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:06] CULPEPER.
[3:00:07] YES.
[3:00:07] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:08] DURKAN.
[3:00:08] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:09] DURKAN.
[3:00:09] YES.
[3:00:10] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:10] FITZGERALD.
[3:00:11] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:11] VISTO.
[3:00:12] YES.
[3:00:12] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:13] FLYNN.
[3:00:13] YES, COUNSELOR.
[3:00:14] FLYNN.
[3:00:14] YES.
[3:00:14] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:15] LOUIJEUNE.
[3:00:15] YES, COUNSELOR.
[3:00:16] LOUIJEUNE.
[3:00:17] YES, COUNSELOR.
[3:00:17] MEJIA.
[3:00:18] COUNSELOR.
[3:00:18] MEJIA.
[3:00:19] YES, COUNSELOR.
[3:00:20] MURPHY.
[3:00:20] COUNSELOR MURPHY AS COUNCILOR.
[3:00:23] PIPPIN.
[3:00:23] COUNCILOR.
[3:00:24] PIPPIN.
[3:00:24] YES, COUNSELOR.
[3:00:25] SANTANA.
[3:00:26] YES, COUNSELOR.
[3:00:26] SANTANA.
[3:00:27] YES.
[3:00:27] COUNCILOR.
[3:00:28] WEBER.
[3:00:28] YES.
[3:00:29] COUNCILOR.
[3:00:29] WEBER.
[3:00:29] YES AND COUNSELOR.
[3:00:30] WORLD.
[3:00:31] YES.
[3:00:31] COUNCILOR.
[3:00:32] WELL, YES.
[3:00:32] THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION ON THE
[3:00:36] HISTORIC ADDISON BUILDING FIRE
[3:00:37] AND NUBIAN SQUARE HAS RECEIVED
[3:00:39] A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
[3:00:41] AFFIRMATIVE.
[3:00:41] THANK YOU.
[3:00:42] THIS EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IS
[3:00:43] PASSED.
[3:00:46] COUNSELOR MURPHY.
[3:00:47] THANK YOU.
[3:00:48] UM.
[3:00:49] I WOULD.
[3:00:50] LIKE TO REFERENCE RULE 46 AND.
[3:00:53] IN A MOMENT ASK THE CLERK TO
[3:00:54] READ IT.
[3:00:55] BUT IT DOES SAY THAT.
[3:00:57] THE EMERGENCY.
[3:00:59] NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN INTO
[3:01:00] ANYTHING VIOLATE.
[3:01:02] PER OPEN MEETING LAW UNDER
[3:01:04] CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SUCH FILING
[3:01:06] ONE WAS UNABLE TO BE
[3:01:08] ANTICIPATED PRIOR TO THE FILING
[3:01:10] DEADLINE.
[3:01:11] SO THAT IS THE REASON IT'S NOT
[3:01:13] ALWAYS THE CONTENT BUT IT'S
[3:01:15] THAT YOU COULD NOT ANTICIPATE
[3:01:17] IT.
[3:01:17] THIS HEARING ORDER IS CLEARLY
[3:01:19] STATED THAT'S COMING UP AND
[3:01:21] OTHERS IN THE PAST WHERE
[3:01:22] INFORMATION YOU FIND OUT AFTER
[3:01:24] I KNOW THAT I'LL BE SPEAKING ON
[3:01:25] THE HEARING ORDER ONCE IT'S
[3:01:26] READ INTO THE RECORD.
[3:01:28] BUT BEFORE YOU.
[3:01:29] UM READ THAT RULE PLEASE CLERK
[3:01:31] I DID JUST ALSO WANT TO SAY
[3:01:33] THAT IT.
[3:01:33] TAKES TWO MINUTES.
[3:01:35] THAT'S IT TWO MINUTES.
[3:01:38] IF A LATE FILE IS ACCEPTED, THE
[3:01:40] PERSON WHO FILED IT GETS ONLY
[3:01:42] TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ON IT AND
[3:01:44] THEN IT'S PLACED INTO A
[3:01:45] COMMITTEE AND WE MOVE ON.
[3:01:46] THAT'S ALL.
[3:01:47] THERE IS NO REASON FOR IT TO
[3:01:48] DRAG OUT.
[3:01:49] THERE'S NO REASON TO THINK THAT
[3:01:50] IT'S DRAGGING US DOWN.
[3:01:52] MY FIRST TERM ON THIS BODY
[3:01:53] SOMETIMES WE HAD 15 LATE FILES
[3:01:56] WHICH I THINK IS EXCESSIVE BUT
[3:01:58] A WEEK NEVER WENT BY EITHER
[3:01:59] FROM CENTRAL STAFF WITH
[3:02:01] COLLEAGUES FILING LATE FILES
[3:02:03] AND LAST TERM I KNOW THAT IT
[3:02:05] WAS A CONSCIOUS EFFORT OF THE
[3:02:07] COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO RING THAT
[3:02:09] IN USE THE WORD EMERGENCY
[3:02:10] REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL OF IT.
[3:02:13] I WILL EXPLAIN IF NEEDED.
[3:02:15] THANK YOU.
[3:02:15] WHEN MY HEARING ORDER IS READ
[3:02:16] INTO THE RECORD WHY I BELIEVE
[3:02:18] IT'S A LAY FILE.
[3:02:19] BUT IF THE CLERK COULD JUST
[3:02:20] READ RULE 46 INTO THE RECORD
[3:02:22] PLEASE I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
[3:02:23] THANK YOU.
[3:02:24] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY,
[3:02:26] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME TO
[3:02:27] MEJIA COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE
[3:02:28] FLOOR.
[3:02:30] THANK YOU.
[3:02:31] UM, A.
[3:02:37] YES I DO APPRECIATE MY
[3:02:38] COLLEAGUES A COMMENTS REGARDING
[3:02:42] WHAT RULE 46 STATES AND.
[3:02:44] ADDING EMERGENCY TO A HEARING.
[3:02:47] ORDER OR RESOLUTION WHEN
[3:02:51] IMMEDIATE BECAUSE THE
[3:02:53] COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO TAKE
[3:02:54] IMMEDIATE ACTION.
[3:02:56] ON THE SECOND.
[3:02:57] UH.
[3:02:58] DOCKET THAT.
[3:02:59] WE'RE ABOUT.
[3:02:59] TO HEAR ABOUT.
[3:03:01] SO BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT
[3:03:05] COUNCIL MEETING.
[3:03:06] ,I'M JUST TRYING TO.
[3:03:07] UNDERSTAND HOW AND.
[3:03:08] WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT
[3:03:12] CONSTITUTES AS AN EMERGENCY.
[3:03:13] AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN
[3:03:15] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEFINE
[3:03:17] FOR OURSELVES MOVING FORWARD.
[3:03:20] IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN
[3:03:22] EMERGENCY HEARING, THEN THERE
[3:03:23] HAS TO BE SOME EXPECTATION THAT
[3:03:25] A HEARING WILL BE HELD BETWEEN
[3:03:28] NOW AND NEXT WEDNESDAY'S
[3:03:30] COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE
[3:03:31] GOING TO BE TAKING SOME ACTION
[3:03:32] .
[3:03:33] SO THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHY I
[3:03:35] NEED SOME FLAHERTY.
[3:03:36] REGARDING RESOLUTIONS AND
[3:03:38] HEARINGS BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT
[3:03:40] GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS
[3:03:42] PARTICULAR HEARING THAT WE'RE
[3:03:43] NOT PROBABLY EVEN GOING TO.
[3:03:44] HAVE WE DON'T TAKE A VOTE ON
[3:03:46] HEARING ORDERS.
[3:03:46] I KNOW, BUT I'M SAYING THAT
[3:03:48] LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A
[3:03:49] DECISION IF THIS HEARING IS
[3:03:51] BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE
[3:03:53] ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEXT
[3:03:54] WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING, THEN I
[3:03:57] UNDERSTAND IT BEING AN
[3:03:59] EMERGENCY.
[3:03:59] BUT IF THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE
[3:04:01] ANY COUNCIL ACTION AS A RESULT
[3:04:03] OF THIS HEARING, THEN I NEED TO
[3:04:07] UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS AN
[3:04:10] EMERGENCY AND THAT IS THE
[3:04:12] QUESTION THAT I FEEL LIKE WE
[3:04:13] NEED TO GET A BETTER
[3:04:15] UNDERSTANDING IN THIS BODY SO
[3:04:17] THAT WE CAN GET SOME CONTROL.
[3:04:20] REGARDING THE.
[3:04:21] WAY WE'VE BEEN FUNCTIONING.
[3:04:22] THANK YOU.
[3:04:23] POINT OF ORDER.
[3:04:26] COUNCIL MURPHY UM.
[3:04:27] I'M JUST.
[3:04:27] GOING TO ASK AGAIN IF THE
[3:04:29] CLERK IS GOING TO READ RULE 46.
[3:04:31] YES, PLEASE READ THAT.
[3:04:33] THANK YOU.
[3:04:37] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
[3:04:38] RULE 46 ALL PORTIONS OF THE
[3:04:40] RULES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
[3:04:42] THEY REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH
[3:04:43] THE OPEN MEETING LAW, PORTIONS
[3:04:46] OF THE RULES MANDATED BY CITY
[3:04:48] CHARTER AND THE PORTIONS OF THE
[3:04:49] RULES IN ENUMERATING OR DO
[3:04:52] DESIGNATING THE AUTHORITY
[3:04:53] OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHALL
[3:04:54] NOT BE SUSPENDED.
[3:04:57] RULE 1233 AND 35TH MAY BE
[3:04:59] SUSPENDED ONLY BY UNANIMOUS
[3:05:02] CONSENT.
[3:05:02] ALL OTHER RULES SHALL NOT BE
[3:05:04] ALTERED, AMENDED, SUSPENDED OR
[3:05:05] REPEALED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT BY
[3:05:07] A VOTE OF TWO THIRDS OF ALL
[3:05:10] MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PROVIDED
[3:05:11] HOWEVER, THAT RULE 12TH MAY BE
[3:05:13] SUSPENDED TO INTRODUCE A MATTER
[3:05:16] SUBMITTED BY A COUNCIL A
[3:05:18] CALLING FOR ACTION BY THE
[3:05:19] COUNCIL ON THE DAY OF A MEETING
[3:05:22] ONLY IN THE CASE OF AN
[3:05:23] EMERGENCY AND THE FILING
[3:05:25] INCLUDES A DECLARATION
[3:05:26] EXPLAINING SUCH EMERGENCY WHICH
[3:05:28] PER THE OPEN MEETING LAW WOULD
[3:05:30] BE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
[3:05:32] SUCH FILING WAS UNABLE TO BE
[3:05:35] ANTICIPATED PRIOR TO THE FILING
[3:05:37] DEADLINE AND REQUIRES AN
[3:05:39] IMMEDIATE RESPONSE BY THE CITY
[3:05:41] COUNCIL.
[3:05:42] THANK YOU.
[3:05:42] THANK YOU, MR CLERK.
[3:05:45] POINT OF ORDER FIVE.
[3:05:49] COUNCIL OFFLINE.
[3:05:49] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:05:52] COUNCILOR FLYNN'S LIGHT GOES
[3:05:53] ON.
[3:05:53] SORRY, COUNCILOR FLYNN TO.
[3:05:56] COUNCILOR DURKAN TO DO HAVE
[3:05:57] SOMETHING TO SAY.
[3:05:58] NOPE NOPE.
[3:05:59] NO CROSSTALK.
[3:06:00] WE'RE NOT DOING THIS.
[3:06:01] OKAY.
[3:06:02] UM.
[3:06:04] THE I BELIEVE THE REASON
[3:06:06] THAT THIS IS AN.
[3:06:07] EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER AND
[3:06:09] IT'S.
[3:06:10] CERTAINLY SPELLED.
[3:06:11] OUT IN THE FIRST.
[3:06:12] PARAGRAPH THIS IS NOT A POINT
[3:06:14] OF ORDER.
[3:06:15] UM WE HAVEN'T.
[3:06:17] WE HAVEN'T EVEN READ THIS INTO
[3:06:18] THAT INTO THE.
[3:06:19] MADAM CHAIR.
[3:06:19] HAVE EVERYONE HAD AN
[3:06:21] OPPORTUNITY TO TO DISCUSS WHY.
[3:06:22] WHY IT SHOULDN'T.
[3:06:23] BE AN EMERGENCY AND.
[3:06:25] I'M I'M JUST TRYING TO BE.
[3:06:26] UH, PROVIDE A.
[3:06:27] LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WHY
[3:06:28] IT IS AN EMERGENCY, BUT
[3:06:29] EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[3:06:30] SAY WHY IT'S NOT.
[3:06:33] PLEASE CONTINUE.
[3:06:34] OKAY.
[3:06:37] MADAM.
[3:06:37] MADAM CHAIR, THE REASON I
[3:06:39] THINK IT'S A.
[3:06:40] IT'S AN.
[3:06:41] EMERGENCY ON ON MONDAY AFTER
[3:06:44] AFTER THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT
[3:06:46] SOMETHING IN FOR THE AGENDA THE
[3:06:48] CITY COUNCIL WAYS AND MEANS
[3:06:49] CHAIR HELD A HEARING WITH UM ON
[3:06:53] ON.
[3:06:54] A ISSUE RELATED TO THE BOSTON
[3:06:57] POLICE COURT.
[3:07:02] ON ON THE RELEASES.
[3:07:04] MADAM CHAIR, SOMEONE WAS, UM
[3:07:06] INTERRUPTING.
[3:07:06] NO POLICE ARE NO CROSSED.
[3:07:08] CROSSTALK.
[3:07:08] I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:07:09] SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE TO.
[3:07:10] YOU KNOW.
[3:07:10] SIT DOWN PLEASE.
[3:07:13] COUNCILOR FLYNN IS SPEAKING.
[3:07:15] COUNCILOR.
[3:07:16] THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:07:17] OKAY.
[3:07:17] UM, MADAM CHAIR ON ON MONDAY
[3:07:20] THERE WAS A HEARING TO DISCUSS
[3:07:24] A CONTRACT FOR THE BOSTON
[3:07:26] POLICE AND IT WAS CONDUCTED BY
[3:07:28] THE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR.
[3:07:30] AT THAT TIME IT WAS DETERMINED
[3:07:33] THAT THE BOSTON POLICE MANY
[3:07:35] BOSTON POLICE.
[3:07:36] OFFICERS ARE.
[3:07:38] PAYING THEIR OWN HEALTH AND
[3:07:40] WELLNESS AND SCREENING AND OR
[3:07:42] THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS THEM
[3:07:45] IS PAYING THEIR HEALTH AND
[3:07:46] WELLNESS SCREENING.
[3:07:50] IS THAT AN EMERGENCY THAT THE
[3:07:51] BOSTON THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON
[3:07:53] IS NOT SUPPORTING POLICE
[3:07:55] OFFICERS WITH HEALTH AND
[3:07:56] WELLNESS SCREENING UM AND AND
[3:08:01] MEDICAL CARE IS THAT I DO
[3:08:03] BELIEVE THAT IS IT IT THAT
[3:08:05] MADAM CHAIR IF SOMEONE KEEPS
[3:08:07] INTERRUPTING ME UM.
[3:08:08] UH PLEASE OKAY PLEASE I I KNOW.
[3:08:11] IT'S JUST DISTRACTING.
[3:08:12] THERE'S NO CROSSTALK.
[3:08:14] SOMEONE KEEPS YELLING OUT.
[3:08:15] UH, MADAM CHAIR, UM, SO THE THE
[3:08:19] BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS ARE
[3:08:22] PAYING MUCH OF THEIR HEALTH AND
[3:08:25] WELLNESS AND SCREENINGS.
[3:08:27] AND IT.
[3:08:28] WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CITY
[3:08:30] OF BOSTON IS NOT PAYING
[3:08:31] ANYTHING.
[3:08:32] NOW THE QUESTION IS IS THAT AN
[3:08:35] EMERGENCY?
[3:08:36] SHOULD THE BOSTON POLICE
[3:08:37] OFFICERS BE PAYING THEIR OWN
[3:08:39] HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND
[3:08:40] SCREENINGS UM OR OR SHOULD THE
[3:08:44] CITY OF BOSTON BE SUPPORTING
[3:08:45] OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR
[3:08:47] FAMILIES WITH HEALTH AND
[3:08:49] WELLNESS AND SCREENINGS?
[3:08:50] I DO THINK IT IS CRITICAL THAT
[3:08:53] WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE NOT
[3:08:54] PAYING FOR THE HEALTH AND
[3:08:55] WELLNESS AND THE SCREENINGS AND
[3:08:57] MADAM CHAIR, AS WE ALL KNOW, I
[3:09:00] FILED A AN AMENDMENT DURING THE
[3:09:03] AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR HEALTH
[3:09:05] AND WELLNESS SCREENING DURING
[3:09:07] THE BUDGET DEBATE.
[3:09:08] AND IT WAS.
[3:09:09] BLOCKED BY CITY COUNCIL.
[3:09:12] THANK YOU.
[3:09:12] I DO THINK I THANK YOU, MADAM
[3:09:13] CHAIR.
[3:09:13] THIS IS AN.
[3:09:13] EMERGENCY ORDER.
[3:09:15] AND I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THIS BUT
[3:09:17] YEAH.
[3:09:18] NO THAT'S ALL.
[3:09:20] COUNCIL MEMBERS NEXT AND THEN I
[3:09:22] REALLY WANT TO MOVE.
[3:09:23] WE'D LIKE TO BRING THIS BEFORE
[3:09:24] THE DOCTOR BEFORE IN THE BODY
[3:09:25] AND DEAL WITH IT IN WHICHEVER
[3:09:27] WAY WE CHOOSE.
[3:09:29] APPROPRIATE.
[3:09:29] BUT I GUESS MADAM PRESIDENT AND
[3:09:32] THE.
[3:09:32] CLERK I THINK.
[3:09:33] THE RULE SAYS THAT THIS THAT
[3:09:34] THE EMERGENCY FILING HAS TO
[3:09:36] HAVE A STATEMENT OF WHY IT'S AN
[3:09:38] EMERGENCY THERE.
[3:09:39] I I DON'T SEE THAT.
[3:09:41] I'M JUST I'M WONDERING YOU
[3:09:42] KNOW, IF THAT GETS ENFORCED BY
[3:09:44] THE CLERK UH BY THE BY THE
[3:09:46] PRESIDENT UH, I DO THINK THAT
[3:09:48] THERE IS A SORT OF TEMPORAL,
[3:09:50] UH, ISSUE HERE WHERE YOU KNOW,
[3:09:52] WE HAVE VICTIMS OF THE FIRE WHO
[3:09:54] ARE WHO NEED OUR HELP.
[3:09:55] THAT'S WHY.
[3:09:56] WE SUPPORTED THE RESOLUTION FOR
[3:09:58] NUBIAN SQUARE.
[3:09:59] AND YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A
[3:10:01] POLITICIZATION OF THIS FOR
[3:10:03] WEAPONIZATION OF THE EMERGENCY
[3:10:04] FILING PROCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN
[3:10:05] OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND
[3:10:07] MONTHS.
[3:10:07] AND SO JUST YOU KNOW, THERE IS
[3:10:10] LIKE JUST TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO
[3:10:12] SAY IN THEIR EMERGENCY WHAT THE
[3:10:14] EMERGENCY IS AND IF THEY CAN'T
[3:10:16] EXPLAIN IT IN A SENTENCE THEN
[3:10:17] IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY.
[3:10:19] UH, BUT I THINK THE RULE SAYS
[3:10:21] IT HAS TO BE IN THE FILING I
[3:10:23] WHAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HAVE
[3:10:24] THE CLERK AND THE AND MADAM
[3:10:26] PRESIDENT.
[3:10:26] INTERPRET THAT SECTION OF THE
[3:10:27] RULE.
[3:10:28] THANK YOU.
[3:10:30] THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[3:10:33] CONCERNED AND YOU HAVE THE
[3:10:35] FLOOR.
[3:10:36] THANK YOU.
[3:10:36] THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST RELATED
[3:10:37] POINT OF INCREASE ACTUALLY UM
[3:10:38] I'M GOING TO IS TOWARDS UH
[3:10:40] CENTRAL STAFF AND MEGAN
[3:10:41] CAVANAUGH I UH WE'VE HAD
[3:10:44] MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE PEOPLE AND
[3:10:45] THIS HAPPENED LAST TERM AS WELL
[3:10:47] WHERE PEOPLE JUST SAY POINT
[3:10:48] OF ORDER AND IT'S NOT A POINT
[3:10:52] OF INJURY AND IT'S NOT A POINT
[3:10:53] OF INFORMATION.
[3:10:54] AND I KNOW THAT WE WORKED ON
[3:10:55] SENDING OUT TO CITY COUNCIL.
[3:10:56] IT NEVER HAPPENED.
[3:10:57] WHAT IS A POINT OF ORDER HOW
[3:10:59] YOU MAKE A POINT OF ORDER?
[3:11:00] WHAT IS A POINT OF INFORMATION?
[3:11:02] HOW YOU MAKE A POINT OF AND A
[3:11:03] POINT OF ENTRY.
[3:11:04] AND I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE
[3:11:05] INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE BEST
[3:11:06] SHARED WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
[3:11:07] THANK YOU.
[3:11:08] THANK YOU FOR THAT
[3:11:08] RECOMMENDATION.
[3:11:09] SO RIGHT NOW.
[3:11:13] WE HAVE AN ORDER FOR AN
[3:11:15] EMERGENCY HEARING OFFERED BY
[3:11:18] COUNCILORS ERIN MURPHY AND ED
[3:11:20] FLYNN.
[3:11:23] UH, WE WILL WE WE WE DEALT WITH
[3:11:26] THE OTHER MATTER SEPARATELY.
[3:11:27] WE'RE NOW ON TO THE SECOND LEAD
[3:11:28] MATTER.
[3:11:29] UH, ABSENT OBJECTION THIS
[3:11:31] SECOND IT MATTER.
[3:11:33] WILL COUNCILOR UH, DURKAN
[3:11:36] OBJECTS THIS DOCKET WILL BE
[3:11:38] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[3:11:39] PUBLIC SAFETY.
[3:11:40] THANK YOU.
[3:11:41] OH, NO.
[3:11:45] OH OBJECTED.
[3:11:46] WE NEED A SECOND POINT.
[3:11:48] IT'S NOT.
[3:11:49] IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
[3:11:51] THAT WOULD GIVE US.
[3:11:53] OKAY.
[3:11:54] THANK YOU.
[3:11:56] WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
[3:11:58] CONSENT AGENDA.
[3:12:00] I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
[3:12:01] SHERIFF THAT THERE ARE NO
[3:12:04] ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
[3:12:05] .
[3:12:06] THIS QUESTION NOW COMES ON
[3:12:08] APPROVAL OF VARIOUS MATTERS
[3:12:09] CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
[3:12:10] AGENDA.
[3:12:10] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK
[3:12:14] YOU.
[3:12:14] THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
[3:12:17] WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[3:12:19] PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
[3:12:20] FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENT.
[3:12:22] DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY
[3:12:25] ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[3:12:26] I SEE COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:12:26] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:12:27] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:12:29] UH, THIS SUNDAY OCTOBER 4TH IS
[3:12:32] THE 87TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
[3:12:36] CHURCH THAT MY GRANDFATHER
[3:12:38] BUILT IN 1941.
[3:12:40] WE WILL HAVE SERVICES AT 11
[3:12:42] A.M. AND 4 P.M. ALL THE
[3:12:45] COUNSELORS ARE INVITED TO COME.
[3:12:47] AND PARTICIPATE IN THE WORSHIP
[3:12:52] SERVICE AT 11 A.M..
[3:12:54] YOURS TRULY WILL BE SPEAKING AT
[3:12:57] 11 A.M. AT 4 P.M. UH, REVEREND
[3:13:00] DAVID BULLOCK FROM METROPOLITAN
[3:13:01] BAPTIST CHURCH.
[3:13:02] IN WEST.
[3:13:03] VIRGINIA WILL BE A FEATURED
[3:13:05] SPEAKER.
[3:13:06] I INVITE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
[3:13:07] TO COME AND PARTAKE AND DO SOME
[3:13:11] SHOUTING SUNDAY MORNING AFTER
[3:13:13] WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
[3:13:15] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:13:16] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:13:19] UM, GOING TO COUNTRY MURPHY
[3:13:20] NEXT COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE
[3:13:21] FLOOR.
[3:13:23] THANK YOU.
[3:13:24] JUST ANTICIPATE.
[3:13:25] ALL OF YOU.
[3:13:26] PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON IF
[3:13:27] YOU WISH TO SPEAK.
[3:13:28] OKAY.
[3:13:28] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:13:30] TOMORROW IS OCTOBER SO I RISE
[3:13:32] TO WISH MY THREE SONS AND MY
[3:13:34] GRANDSON BRIAN, COLIN, MICHAEL
[3:13:36] MY SONS AND MY GRANDSON CADEN
[3:13:38] HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY.
[3:13:40] SO LOOKING FORWARD TO LOTS
[3:13:41] OF CELEBRATIONS IN THE NEXT
[3:13:42] WEEK AND JUST WANT THE BODY TO
[3:13:45] KNOW THAT 27 MINUTES AGO WE
[3:13:47] WOULD HAVE JUST PLACED THAT
[3:13:48] HEARING ORDER INTO THE WAYS AND
[3:13:50] MEANS COMMITTEE AND WE WOULD
[3:13:51] HAVE MOVED ON.
[3:13:52] AND I DO BELIEVE ANY TIME ANY
[3:13:53] CITY EMPLOYEE HAS TO PUT THEIR
[3:13:55] HAND IN THEIR OWN POCKET TO GET
[3:13:57] CANCER SCREENING FOR WELLNESS,
[3:13:58] OUR EMS WORKERS ARE BEING
[3:14:00] ATTACKED AND I CARE ABOUT THAT
[3:14:02] AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 27
[3:14:04] THANK.
[3:14:05] YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:14:05] THIS IS NOT THAT'S NOT THE
[3:14:06] ANNOUNCEMENT.
[3:14:07] IT IS SO TO ME THANK YOU.
[3:14:09] I'M GOING ON TO CONTRA PEPEN
[3:14:11] COUNCIL.
[3:14:12] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:14:14] UH THANK.
[3:14:15] YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:14:17] THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
[3:14:18] THIS.
[3:14:19] SUNDAY IT IS THE 50TH
[3:14:21] ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROSLINDALE
[3:14:22] PARADE AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
[3:14:24] PARADE HONORING MY
[3:14:25] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[3:14:26] UM.
[3:14:27] IT'S GOING TO BE.
[3:14:27] BEAUTIFUL WHEN THE ROUTE IS
[3:14:28] CHANGING THIS YEAR AND I JUST
[3:14:30] ENCOURAGE ALL MY AT-LARGE
[3:14:33] COUNCILORS.
[3:14:33] NO OTHER DISTRICT COUNCILORS
[3:14:34] ARE INVITED.
[3:14:35] THAT'S FOR YOU BY NOVEMBER.
[3:14:38] UM.
[3:14:38] I'M KIDDING.
[3:14:39] EVERYONE'S INVITED.
[3:14:40] BUT.
[3:14:41] UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A
[3:14:42] BEAUTIFUL DAY.
[3:14:42] HOPEFULLY THE RAIN HOLDS OFF
[3:14:43] AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO
[3:14:45] WISH MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE A VERY
[3:14:46] HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
[3:14:47] TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY.
[3:14:49] SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND.
[3:14:50] SHE'S THE MOTHER OF MY THREE
[3:14:51] KIDS AND JUST I CAN'T WAIT TO
[3:14:53] GET HOME TO CELEBRATE SO.
[3:14:54] THANK YOU.
[3:14:56] .
[3:14:56] THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[3:14:59] UM COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE
[3:15:01] THE FLOOR?
[3:15:02] YES.
[3:15:03] THE THE NEW ROUTE FOR THE
[3:15:04] PARADE IS THROUGH NEW DISTRICT
[3:15:05] SIX.
[3:15:05] SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO
[3:15:07] SEEING IT.
[3:15:08] UM, SO JUST SATURDAY NIGHT, UH,
[3:15:09] JEEP FIGHTS BACK IS HAVING A
[3:15:11] FUNDRAISER SPONTANEOUS
[3:15:12] CELEBRATIONS 6 P.M..
[3:15:15] UH, THEY'LL BE RAISING FUNDS
[3:15:17] FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS AT THE SOUTH
[3:15:18] SHORE YOUTH CENTER AND HEAL THE
[3:15:20] HOOD AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS
[3:15:21] SUPPORTING THOSE IMPACTED BY
[3:15:22] THE END OF, UH, THE TEMPORARY
[3:15:25] PROTECTED STATUS.
[3:15:27] UH, I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN
[3:15:29] THE FUNDRAISER.
[3:15:30] I'M NOT I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW IF
[3:15:32] IT WOULD BE A SURPRISE.
[3:15:32] UH, BUT SHOW UP AND UH, I
[3:15:35] THINK, UH, IT'LL BE A GOOD
[3:15:36] TIME, SO.
[3:15:36] THANK YOU.
[3:15:38] COUNCIL MEMBER THE CHAIR
[3:15:39] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[3:15:41] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:15:42] UM.
[3:15:43] THANK YOU.
[3:15:43] THIS, UH, SUNDAY IS THE 40
[3:15:45] WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 40TH
[3:15:47] BIRTHDAY OF JOHN AMICI AND HE
[3:15:49] WAS MY LOCKER.
[3:15:50] ME UM, IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HE
[3:15:53] PASSED AWAY IN THE NINTH GRADE
[3:15:54] AND IT WAS, UH, A VERY TRAGIC,
[3:15:57] UM, INCIDENT FIRST AND PASSING
[3:15:59] AND DEATH FOR SO MANY OF US
[3:16:01] INCLUDING HIS FAMILY, I AND
[3:16:03] FAMILY AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS
[3:16:04] A, UH, BIG YEAR FOR THEM TO
[3:16:06] REMEMBER.
[3:16:06] SO WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, PAY
[3:16:08] MY RESPECTS TO THE SCION FAMILY
[3:16:10] OF WEST ROXBURY AND LET THEM
[3:16:11] KNOW THAT, UM, I THINK OF DOM
[3:16:13] AND THEIR SON ON EVERY
[3:16:16] OCTOBER 4TH BUT ESPECIALLY THIS
[3:16:16] YEAR.
[3:16:17] UM, AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT
[3:16:20] IT'S I KNOW WE'RE DOING
[3:16:21] MEMORIALS BUT MAYBE THEY SHOULD
[3:16:23] HAVE BEEN A MEMORIAL SO BUT UM,
[3:16:24] BECAUSE THE DATE IS ON SUNDAY
[3:16:26] SO I APOLOGIZE IF IT SHOULD
[3:16:27] HAVE BEEN IN THE NEXT SECTION,
[3:16:28] BUT UM AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY
[3:16:29] CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR VERY OWN
[3:16:31] CANDACE AND, UM, HER NOW FIANCE
[3:16:34] CESAR AND I WISH THEM THE BEST.
[3:16:35] YES.
[3:16:36] CONGRATULATIONS TO CANDACE.
[3:16:38] UM, THANK YOU,
[3:16:42] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[3:16:43] UH, WE WANT TO WISH A VERY
[3:16:45] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CONTRA
[3:16:47] SANTANA THIS WEEK.
[3:16:49] HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
[3:16:50] MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY.
[3:16:53] UM, WE ALSO FROM ALLSTON
[3:16:55] BRIGHTON WE HAVE ALLSTON OPEN
[3:16:57] STREETS.
[3:16:57] WE HAD A COMPLETE WASHOUT
[3:16:58] OF OUR UH, PARADE OUR STREET
[3:17:01] FAIR UM FAIR FIVE K ROAD RACE
[3:17:03] AND OUR PARTY IN THE PARK LAST
[3:17:05] WEEKEND BUT I THINK WE MIGHT
[3:17:07] HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR THE
[3:17:08] CELEBRATIONS AND AT AUSTIN OPEN
[3:17:10] STREETS THIS UM THIS WEEKEND
[3:17:13] SUNDAY FROM 10 TO 2 AND I HOPE
[3:17:15] MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO A VERY
[3:17:16] BUSY WEEKEND OTHER OTHER
[3:17:18] PRIORITIES, OTHER NEEDS.
[3:17:19] BUT UH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU IN
[3:17:21] ALLSTON BRIGHTON.
[3:17:21] WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
[3:17:23] MEMORIALS.
[3:17:24] UM, COUNCILOR UM UH,
[3:17:28] COUNCILOR UH, WE'LL START WITH
[3:17:30] COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
[3:17:31] PARTNER.
[3:17:32] THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
[3:17:33] PRESIDENT.
[3:17:33] I RISE TO.
[3:17:35] UM, MEMORIALIZE.
[3:17:36] MICHAEL SMOKEY KANE FROM
[3:17:37] CHARLESTOWN.
[3:17:38] WE LOST.
[3:17:38] A BELOVED.
[3:17:39] AND DEEPLY ADMIRED LIGHT IN
[3:17:40] CHARLESTOWN.
[3:17:42] HE SPENT HIS.
[3:17:42] LIFE AS A LIGHTHOUSE FOR OTHERS
[3:17:44] GUIDING PEOPLE.
[3:17:44] THROUGH SOME OF.
[3:17:45] THE ROCKY WATERS OF THEIR
[3:17:46] LIVES, PARTICULARLY THOSE
[3:17:47] STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION,
[3:17:48] GRIEF AND LOSS.
[3:17:49] HE HAD.
[3:17:50] AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT FOR
[3:17:51] SEEING PEOPLE, MAKING THEM FEEL
[3:17:52] LIKE THEY MATTERED AND
[3:17:53] REMINDING THEM THAT THERE WAS
[3:17:55] ALWAYS HOPE.
[3:17:56] I FIRST MET SMOKEY IN.
[3:17:56] 2017 WHILE WORKING ON HIS
[3:17:58] CAMPAIGN AND I QUICKLY.
[3:17:59] REALIZED WHY.
[3:18:01] UM TOWNEES.
[3:18:01] LOVED HIM AND WHAT THEY ALREADY
[3:18:02] KNEW.
[3:18:03] HE WAS FUNNY.
[3:18:04] HE WAS LOYAL, RELIABLE AND A
[3:18:05] STRONG ANCHOR IN PEOPLE'S
[3:18:06] LIVES.
[3:18:07] IF HE.
[3:18:08] SAID HE WOULD BE THERE HE
[3:18:08] WAS THERE AND USUALLY BROUGHT
[3:18:09] MUSIC.
[3:18:10] LAUGHTER AND.
[3:18:10] A HELPING HAND WITH HIM.
[3:18:12] HE WAS.
[3:18:12] A STAPLE AT OUR UH, RECENT
[3:18:14] EQUITY DIALOGS IN CHARLESTOWN.
[3:18:16] DISCLOSING HIS.
[3:18:16] LIFE STORY WHICH WAS.
[3:18:17] REMARKABLE AND VULNERABLE.
[3:18:19] MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE ALL TO
[3:18:20] PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT
[3:18:21] PERSPECTIVE IN LIFE LESSONS.
[3:18:22] TO THE YOUTH IN ATTENDANCE.
[3:18:24] AND EVENTUALLY.
[3:18:24] ALL OF.
[3:18:25] THEM UM.
[3:18:26] GREW TO.
[3:18:27] RESPECT HIM AND LOVE HIM AS AS
[3:18:28] WE ALL DID.
[3:18:29] CHARLESTOWN WILL SOUND.
[3:18:31] A LITTLE QUIETER WITHOUT SMOKEY
[3:18:32] BEHIND THE DJ BOOTH.
[3:18:34] BUT I'M COMFORTED HE'S REUNITED
[3:18:36] WITH HIS SON MICHAEL, HIS
[3:18:37] BROTHERS AND HIS PARENTS.
[3:18:39] UM HE WAS A DEAREST.
[3:18:40] FRIEND OF MY STAFF MEMBER
[3:18:41] ELAINE DONOVAN SO MY HEART IS
[3:18:42] ESPECIALLY WITH HER LISA,
[3:18:44] MELANIE, SHEENA, JACOB,
[3:18:46] JACQUELINE AND HIS
[3:18:47] GRANDCHILDREN AND EVERYONE THAT
[3:18:48] LOVED HIM.
[3:18:48] HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE LOUDLY IN
[3:18:51] EVERY PERSON HE HELPED.
[3:18:52] REST EASY SMOKEY WE ALL LOVE
[3:18:54] YOU.
[3:18:55] THANK YOU.
[3:18:55] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:18:58] COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE
[3:18:59] FLOOR.
[3:18:59] MADAM PRESIDENT, I WAS INFORMED
[3:19:02] EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THAT
[3:19:04] BROOKE WOODSON HAD PASSED A
[3:19:07] TRUSTED ADVISOR MEMBER NINO AND
[3:19:10] HIS ROLE OF ADVISOR FOR MAYOR
[3:19:12] MENINO AND THE COC.
[3:19:13] HE WAS AN ADVISOR IN EVERY
[3:19:16] MAJOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FROM
[3:19:20] 1993 TO 2013 U.S. PRESIDENT,
[3:19:23] SENATOR, CONGRESS PERSON EVERY
[3:19:25] LOCAL CAMPAIGN GOVERNOR,
[3:19:28] DISTRICT ATTORNEY, STATE
[3:19:29] SENATE, STATE REP AND CITY
[3:19:33] COUNCILOR ESPECIALLY MINE HIS
[3:19:34] ROLE AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[3:19:36] OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
[3:19:37] OF MINORITY WOMEN AND BUSINESS
[3:19:39] ENTERPRISE.
[3:19:40] HE FOUGHT FOR JOBS AND
[3:19:42] CONTRACTS, ENSURED THAT THE
[3:19:43] CITY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR GOAL
[3:19:46] ON HIRING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
[3:19:47] CITY PROJECTS NOT JUST ON CITY
[3:19:50] PROJECTS BUT ON ALL PROJECTS IN
[3:19:51] THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:19:52] BROOKE WAS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL
[3:19:54] PEOPLE YOU COULD YOU WOULD EVER
[3:19:57] MEET, WORK AND ASSOCIATE WITH.
[3:19:59] THROUGH HIS WORK HE QUIETLY
[3:20:00] HELPED CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE AND
[3:20:02] THE CULTURE OF BOTH AND
[3:20:04] ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITIES
[3:20:06] OF COLORS OF BOSTON.
[3:20:08] WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A
[3:20:09] BETTER PERSON WHO WENT INTO THE
[3:20:11] LION'S DEN OF CITY HALL EVERY
[3:20:13] SINGLE DAY AND FOUGHT FOR THE
[3:20:16] PEOPLE OF BOSTON.
[3:20:17] MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
[3:20:19] AND TO ALL THOSE THAT KNEW AND
[3:20:21] LOVE.
[3:20:22] GREG MAY REST IN PEACE.
[3:20:24] AMEN.
[3:20:25] THANK YOU.
[3:20:26] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, THE
[3:20:27] CHAIR UM COUNCILOR AT HOLD ON
[3:20:29] CULTURALLY CONSIDER THIS.
[3:20:31] TO TELL YOU.
[3:20:32] THIS HOMEGOING WILL BE A
[3:20:34] MONDAY.
[3:20:35] UH, OCTOBER 5TH AT 10 A.M. THE
[3:20:38] VIEWING THE 11 A.M. SERVICE AT
[3:20:41] CHARLES STREET A.M.E. 551
[3:20:43] WARREN STREET IN ROXBURY.
[3:20:47] THANK YOU.
[3:20:48] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:20:49] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE
[3:20:50] THE FLOOR.
[3:20:51] THANK YOU.
[3:20:51] I WANT TO JOIN
[3:20:53] COUNCILOR CULPEPER IN UPLIFTING
[3:20:53] THE MEMORY OF BROOKE WOODSON
[3:20:55] WHO.
[3:20:56] WAS UH, CITY HALL EMPLOYEE UH,
[3:20:59] POLITICO AND WHO WAS OFTEN
[3:21:01] ACTUALLY BEFORE THIS BODY.
[3:21:03] I KNOW I HAD HIM HERE TWICE UH,
[3:21:05] TO TALK ABOUT THE BOSTON
[3:21:06] RESIDENT'S JOB POLICY.
[3:21:07] AND SO MY CONDOLENCES TO
[3:21:09] BROOKE, HIS HIS BROTHER, HIS
[3:21:11] MOTHER, UM, AND THE ENTIRE
[3:21:13] WOODSON FAMILY ON THE LOSS
[3:21:15] OF BROOKE.
[3:21:15] I ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
[3:21:16] MEMORY OF JANET JONES.
[3:21:18] UH, DORCHESTER, UM, RESIDENT
[3:21:21] ADVOCATE.
[3:21:22] UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
[3:21:24] UM, SHE'S HELD COURT IN ONE
[3:21:26] FAMILY DINER ON BOWDOIN STREET
[3:21:27] AND, UM, HELD ME AND MY STAFF
[3:21:30] TO TASK.
[3:21:30] SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THEM
[3:21:32] AT HER MEMORY AND MY
[3:21:34] CONDOLENCES TO HER WIFE DAVIDA
[3:21:35] .
[3:21:36] UM, WHO IS MOURNING NOW.
[3:21:37] UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE A
[3:21:39] CELEBRATION OF LIFE AT ONE
[3:21:40] FAMILY DINER TO REMEMBER JANET.
[3:21:42] UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WANT
[3:21:44] TO UH UH, REMEMBER MIGHTY
[3:21:47] SPARROW.
[3:21:48] ,UH, A.
[3:21:49] FAMOUS CALYPSO ARTIST FROM
[3:21:51] TRINIDAD WHO UM ONE OF MY
[3:21:53] FAVORITE SONGS IS A MIGHTY
[3:21:55] SPARROW SONG AND HE WAS A
[3:21:57] LEGEND UH, TO SO MANY AND IT
[3:21:59] WAS SAD NEWS TO HEAR OF HIS
[3:22:00] PASSING THIS WEEK.
[3:22:02] THANK YOU.
[3:22:03] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:22:05] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[3:22:05] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:22:06] UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3:22:08] JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH,
[3:22:09] PINEY CASTING LONG TIME JAMAICA
[3:22:11] PLAIN RESIDENT.
[3:22:12] UH.
[3:22:13] WHO UH.
[3:22:16] UM UH, HAD, UH, DID A LOT IN
[3:22:19] HER LIFE UH, FOR THE
[3:22:21] PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
[3:22:22] SHE CAME UH, JUST BEGINNING AS
[3:22:24] A COLLEGE STUDENT, 1970S
[3:22:26] VISITING UM, PALESTINIAN
[3:22:27] REFUGEE CAMPS IN LEBANON.
[3:22:29] SHE SPENT A LIFETIME, UH,
[3:22:32] WRITING ABOUT AND ORGANIZING
[3:22:33] AID FOR UH, PALESTINIANS, UH,
[3:22:37] THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND,
[3:22:38] UH, I KNOW SHE'LL BE SORELY
[3:22:40] MISSED.
[3:22:40] THANK YOU.
[3:22:42] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:22:43] COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[3:22:43] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:22:44] YEAH.
[3:22:45] I'D LIKE TO JOIN MY
[3:22:46] COLLEAGUES IN RECOGNIZING.
[3:22:47] UM, THE LIFE AND THE WORK
[3:22:49] OF BROOK WOODSON.
[3:22:50] UH, SOMEONE THAT I WOULD REACH
[3:22:51] OUT TO REGARDING, UH, DIVERSITY
[3:22:55] AND CITY CONTRACTS OR BOSTON
[3:22:56] RESIDENTS DOT POLICY.
[3:22:57] UH, SO MY HEART AND MY
[3:22:59] CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE
[3:23:00] FAMILY ALSO UH, JANET JONES AND
[3:23:02] DAVIDA ALDERMAN UM CIVIC
[3:23:06] LEADERS UM INSIDE OF THE
[3:23:07] DISTRICT UM THEY HAVE ALWAYS
[3:23:10] BEEN FIERCE ADVOCATES FOR UM
[3:23:12] QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES UM
[3:23:15] BETTER CITY SERVICES IN THE
[3:23:16] AREA.
[3:23:17] UH SO MY HEART UM AND PRAISE
[3:23:19] ALSO GOES OUT TO TO BEAT OUT A
[3:23:20] MAN UM AND I ALSO WANT TO
[3:23:22] REMEMBER THE LIFE OF JANET
[3:23:23] JONES AND THEN ALSO SLINK
[3:23:25] OF FRANCISCO WHO IS KNOWN TO
[3:23:27] THE WORLD AS MIGHTY SPARROW UH
[3:23:29] ,GAVE GENERATIONS OF CARIBBEAN
[3:23:31] PEOPLE A VOICE UH THROUGH
[3:23:32] CALYPSO TOLD OUR STORIES,
[3:23:34] CHALLENGE JUSTICE AND GAVE US A
[3:23:37] REASON TO LAUGH, DANCE AND HOLD
[3:23:38] OUR HEADS HIGH.
[3:23:39] UH, JUST WANT TO REMEMBER
[3:23:41] FRANCISCO ALSO KNOWN TO THE
[3:23:43] WORLD AS MIGHTY SPARROW.
[3:23:46] THANK YOU.
[3:23:47] UM, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A
[3:23:49] MOMENT TO REMEMBER MY SISTER
[3:23:50] HEATHER.
[3:23:51] HER BIRTHDAY IS OCTOBER 2ND.
[3:23:53] UH, SHE PASSED AWAY WAY TOO
[3:23:55] YOUNG AT 55 YEARS OLD IN
[3:23:58] SEPTEMBER 8TH YEARS AGO.
[3:23:59] SO, UM, THIS IS A BITTERSWEET
[3:24:01] TIME.
[3:24:03] THE CHAIR MOVES US WHEN THE
[3:24:05] COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT ALSO
[3:24:06] IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
[3:24:08] INDIVIDUALS.
[3:24:09] A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
[3:24:19] THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
[3:24:21] MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER
[3:24:23] ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2026
[3:24:26] AT 12 P.M. THANK YOU TO MY
[3:24:28] COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF.
[3:24:29] THE CURB CUTS, THE CLERK'S
[3:24:32] OFFICE AND OUR GUEST UM
[3:24:34] STENOGRAPHER TODAY.
[3:24:35] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
[3:24:36] ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT
[3:24:37] PLEASE SAY AYE.
[3:24:39] THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.
[3:24:41] THANK YOU.