Boston City Council Meeting on October 7, 2026

1:13 FORWARD SLASH CITY COUNCIL TV.

1:16 AT THIS TIME I ASK MY

1:17 COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE

1:18 AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE

1:19 THEIR PHONES AND ELECTRONIC

1:21 DEVICES.

1:21 ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42, I

1:24 REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT

1:26 NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR

1:27 DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE

1:28 PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.

1:30 THANK YOU, MR CLERK.

1:31 WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO

1:33 ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A

1:34 QUORUM.

1:38 YOU'RE MY HATE TO BE TURNED

1:39 OFF.

1:41 THANK YOU.

1:45 COUNCIL AGREED.

1:46 COUNCIL COLOR AS OPPOSED HERE.

1:48 COUNCIL.

1:48 CULPEPER.

1:49 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

1:51 COUNCILOR.

1:51 FITZGERALD.

1:52 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:53 YES.

1:54 COUNCIL.

1:55 MEJIA.

1:56 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:58 COUNCILOR.

1:58 PIPPIN.

2:00 COUNCILOR.

2:00 SANTANA.

2:01 YEAH.

2:02 COUNCILOR WEBER.

2:02 HERE AND COUNCIL.

2:03 WE'RE ALL HERE.

2:04 THE QUORUM.

2:06 THANK YOU.

2:06 I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE

2:07 CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

2:09 AND COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

2:10 AND COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND

2:13 COUNCILOR PEPEN.

2:14 I THINK WE.

2:15 ACCEPTED THAT.

2:16 NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CALL

2:17 ON THE CLERK TO OFFER SOME

2:19 BRIEF REMARKS AS AN INVOCATION.

2:32 TO.

2:35 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

2:36 LET'S PLEASE STAND.

2:40 BLESSED ARE THE JUST FOR THEY

2:42 HAVE THEIR REWARD AND AN

2:44 INDESTRUCTIBLE INTEGRITY.

2:45 BLESSED ARE THE BLESSED ARE

2:47 THEY WHO LABOR IN THE VINEYARDS

2:49 OF THE PUBLIC REALM FOR THEY

2:50 SHALL BE REMEMBERED.

2:52 BLESSED ARE THEY WHO LOVED THE

2:54 NATION ENOUGH TO PRAISE ITS

2:55 STRENGTHS AND CRITICIZE ITS

2:58 WEAKNESSES.

2:58 FOR THEY SHALL BE MADE WISE.

3:00 BLESSED ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS

3:02 WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS

3:05 OF THESE THE LEAST OF THE

3:05 PEOPLE, FOR THEY SHALL BE

3:07 DEPUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY.

3:09 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO SERVE THE

3:10 PUBLIC GOOD.

3:11 FOR THEIR REWARD IS IN BEING

3:13 USED.

3:14 BLESSED ARE THE POWERFUL WHO

3:16 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT POWER IS BOTH

3:17 GIFT AND RESPONSIBILITY.

3:19 FOR THEY KNOW THE BINDING

3:21 OBLIGATIONS OF THEIR BOUNTY.

3:24 WE ESPECIALLY ASK FOR YOUR

3:26 BLESSINGS UPON THE MEMBERS

3:27 OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AS

3:29 THEY CONTINUE THEIR GOOD WORK

3:31 ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS

3:33 CITY ON A HILL.

3:36 AMEN.

3:37 THANK YOU.

3:38 WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE

3:39 OF ALLEGIANCE.

3:39 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

3:42 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3:44 .

3:44 TWO FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE

3:47 NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,

3:50 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR

3:52 ALL.

3:57 WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS

3:59 TODAY.

3:59 FIRST WE'LL CALL UP

4:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN RECOGNIZING

4:02 OPENING OUR DOORS FESTIVAL AND

4:04 THEN COUNCILOR FLYNN

4:05 RECOGNIZING THE MASSACHUSETTS

4:06 NURSES ASSOCIATION.

4:08 COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE

4:09 FLOOR FOR FIVE MINUTES.

4:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

4:13 UM, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE.

4:14 EVERYONE WHO'S HERE UH, FROM

4:15 THE OPENING OUR DOORS UH,

4:17 COMMITTEE.

4:18 UH.

4:18 GOOD MORNING.

4:19 THIS YEAR MARKS 25 THE 25TH

4:22 ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OUR

4:23 DOORS AN ALL DAY FESTIVAL

4:25 OF FREE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES IN

4:26 THE FENWAY FROM ARTS EXHIBITS

4:28 AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.

4:29 UM, I'VE I'VE INVITED MANY

4:31 OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAKE

4:32 THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT POSSIBLE

4:34 .

4:34 UM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE

4:35 FENWAY ALLIANCE HERE BOSTON

4:37 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE

4:38 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, COZY

4:40 ACCESS STUDIOS.

4:41 I'M GOING TO KEEP MY REMARKS

4:43 BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A

4:44 LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

4:45 INTERESTED IN SAYING A FEW

4:46 WORDS, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A

4:48 MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HOW SPECIAL

4:49 THIS IS.

4:50 THE FENWAY ALLIANCE STARTED AND

4:52 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, PLEASE GET

4:54 UP HERE WITH ME IF YOU CAN.

4:55 SO SORRY.

4:56 UM.

4:58 UH, RECOGNIZE WHAT A SPECIAL

5:00 TRADITION THIS IS.

5:01 THE FENWAY ALLIANCE STARTED

5:02 OPENING OUR DOORS IN 2001.

5:04 UM, AND THEY'VE STARTED

5:05 BEGINNING AND THEY OFFERED

5:07 CULTURAL OFFERINGS TO THE

5:08 BROADER PUBLIC.

5:09 UM, ACTUALLY LAST, UH, A FEW

5:12 YEARS AGO THE MAYOR ACTUALLY

5:13 SAID THIS WAS HER INSPIRATION,

5:15 UH, FOR THE FREE SUNDAYS

5:17 PROGRAM.

5:17 SO, UM, SO THIS IS REALLY, UH,

5:20 THE INSPIRATION FOR A LOT OF,

5:22 UH, THE CULTURAL OFFERINGS THAT

5:23 OUR INSTITUTIONS OFFER.

5:24 UM, AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN

5:26 POSSIBLE WITHOUT KELLY AND NOW

5:28 GENEVIEVE AND JUST EVERYONE WHO

5:30 IS A PART OF THE FENWAY

5:31 ALLIANCE.

5:31 UH, IT'S AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE

5:33 OF WHAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

5:34 CAN ACCOMPLISH.

5:36 UM, AND, UH, THE FESTIVAL TAKES

5:39 PLACE EVERY YEAR ON INDIGENOUS

5:40 PEOPLES DAY, WHICH ORGANIZERS

5:42 ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT

5:43 ACKNOWLEDGING.

5:44 IT'S ALSO A DAY WHEN THESE

5:45 INSTITUTIONS MIGHT OTHERWISE BE

5:47 CLOSED.

5:47 SO OPENING OUR DOORS CREATES A

5:48 BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR

5:49 RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND

5:51 EXPERIENCE AND APPRECIATE THE

5:52 ARTS AND CULTURE THAT THEY

5:53 MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS

5:54 TO.

5:55 UM, THIS AND SO, UH, I WANT TO

5:58 THANK UH, COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE

5:59 AND SANTANA FOR PARTNERING WITH

6:00 ME ON THIS AND I'M SO EXCITED

6:02 TO BE PART OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT

6:04 AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY

6:05 COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME.

6:06 UM, IT'S 10:00 AM.

6:07 THEY START RIGHT ON THE DOT I

6:09 BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY

6:10 ORCHESTRAS THIS YEAR.

6:11 UM ON OCTOBER 12TH.

6:14 UM BUT TODAY I HAVE A

6:16 RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 25TH

6:18 ANNIVERSARY AND NAMING

6:19 OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 AS OPENING

6:21 OUR DOORS DAY IN THE CITY

6:23 OF BOSTON AND THIS DOES NEED TO

6:24 BE VOTED ON.

6:25 SO I'M READING IT NOW BUT I'M

6:27 WITH MY COLLEAGUES HELP UM,

6:28 HOPING THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THIS

6:30 TODAY.

6:31 UM WHEREAS OPENING OUR DOORS

6:32 FESTIVAL BOSTON'S LARGEST DAY

6:33 OF FREE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES

6:35 WAS STARTED BY THE FENWAY

6:36 ALLIANCE IN 2001 WITH THE

6:38 MISSION OF OPENING OUR DOORS

6:39 OF BOSTON'S ICONIC AND HISTORIC

6:41 INSTITUTIONS GROWING FROM 12

6:42 LOCATIONS IN 2001 TO FESTIVAL

6:45 THAT SPANS THE FENWAY

6:46 NEIGHBORHOOD AND WELCOMES MORE

6:47 THAN 10,000 AND, UH, ATTENDEES

6:50 ANNUALLY.

6:50 UM, THIS PARTNERSHIP I MEAN

6:52 THIS EVENT IS ONLY POSSIBLE

6:54 THANKS TO THE FENWAY ALLIANCE,

6:55 ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND ALL

6:57 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS,

6:58 CORPORATE SPONSORS, COMMUNITY

7:00 PARTNERS, LOCAL ARTISTS AND

7:01 PERFORMERS.

7:02 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED

7:03 THAT THE BOSTON CITY

7:05 COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS GRATITUDE

7:06 TO THE FENWAY LIONS FOR

7:07 OFFERING THIS ALL DAY FESTIVAL

7:09 WHICH BRINGS COMMUNITIES

7:11 TOGETHER TO ENSURE OUR CULTURAL

7:12 OFFERINGS IN THE FENWAY FOR

7:13 FREE AND WE CELEBRATE THEIR

7:15 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

7:16 UM, AND IT WAS INTERESTING

7:17 KELLY REMINDED ME THAT MIKE

7:20 ROSS ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE

7:21 FENWAY ALLIANCE AND SO ALL GOOD

7:23 IDEAS COME COME ALL THE WAY

7:25 BACK TO ALL THE OTHER DISTRICT

7:26 EIGHT COUNCILORS WHO HAVE DONE

7:27 AMAZING THINGS.

7:28 BUT UM, IT FENWAY IS A CULTURAL

7:31 UH, AREA AND A CULTURAL

7:33 DISTRICT AND UH, THAT PROVIDES

7:35 THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT

7:37 OF PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER.

7:38 SO I WANT TO INVITE MY

7:40 COLLEAGUE COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE TO

7:41 SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE

7:42 WILL HAVE UH, KELLY AND

7:44 GENEVIEVE AND WE ALSO HAVE UH,

7:46 KEITH ELDER WHO IS THE

7:48 PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON

7:48 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS HERE WITH

7:50 US.

7:51 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

7:53 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK

7:53 YOU TO THE FENWAY ALLIANCE.

7:55 IT'S BEEN GREAT TO, UH, MEET

7:57 WITH YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT

7:58 IDEAS.

7:59 AND IT WAS WONDERFUL THAT, UH,

8:01 THERE WAS LIKE A NOR'EASTER

8:02 LAST LAST YEAR THE DAY OF THE

8:05 OPENING OUR DOORS AND MY OFFICE

8:06 HAS A TRADITION OF ON A IT HAS

8:08 A TRADITION ON INDIGENOUS

8:09 PEOPLES DAY BUT WE COULDN'T DO

8:10 IT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

8:11 AND SO I ENDED UP AT THE

8:12 WONDERFUL OPENING OUR DOORS

8:13 FESTIVAL UH, LISTENING AT THE

8:15 BACK.

8:16 SO LISTENING TO SOME OF THE

8:17 YOUNG MUSICIANS WHO INCREDIBLE

8:19 OUR YOUNG TALENT HERE IN THE

8:20 CITY IS INCREDIBLE MADE ME VERY

8:22 EMBARRASSED THAT MY MOM PAID

8:23 FOR PIANO LESSONS BECAUSE I

8:24 DON'T KNOW WHAT IT NETTED.

8:25 BUT THE KIDS ARE SO TALENTED

8:27 AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL

8:29 THESE AMAZING CULTURAL

8:29 INSTITUTIONS IN THE FENWAY IT'S

8:31 GREAT.

8:31 THANK YOU FOR COMING TOGETHER

8:32 TO CREATE THIS COLLABORATION

8:33 AND IF ANYONE IS ABLE TO ON

8:35 MONDAY, IT'S A REALLY GREAT

8:36 ACTIVITY TO BRING YOUR FAMILIES

8:37 TO ON DAYS OFF.

8:38 YOU DON'T EVEN GOT TO BE YOU

8:39 DON'T HAVE THE NETS YOUR

8:40 COUNSELOR JUST GO WITH YOUR

8:41 FAMILIES AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD

8:42 TIME AND UM, AS ALL OF OUR

8:44 INSTITUTIONS OPEN THEIR DOORS.

8:45 SO THANK YOU.

8:45 THANK YOU TO KELLY AND

8:47 GENEVIEVE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP

8:47 AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S

8:48 A PART OF THE ALLIANCE.

8:52 THANK YOU.

8:53 UM, I'M KELLY.

8:55 BRILLIANT CO-DIRECTOR OF THE

8:56 FENWAY ALLIANCE.

8:57 I WANT TO SAY I'M HONORED AND.

8:58 DELIGHTED TO.

8:59 BE HERE.

8:59 UM, TODAY.

9:01 I WANT TO THANK UM, COUNCILOR.

9:03 AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND

9:06 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

9:07 AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE

9:09 ALL THE OTHER COUNCILORS IN THE

9:10 ROOM FOR GIVING US THIS

9:12 INCREDIBLE HONOR.

9:13 UM.

9:14 I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE

9:15 OUR.

9:16 CHAIR, COUNCILOR.

9:17 ZAPATA FOR OPENING UP THE

9:18 MEETING TODAY.

9:19 UM.

9:20 THE OUR, UH, CHAIR OF THE

9:22 FENWAY ALLIANCE IS JOHN TOBIN.

9:24 HE'S A FORMER CITY COUNCILOR.

9:26 AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, HE WAS HE

9:27 WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN

9:28 HERE.

9:29 HE HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING

9:30 TODAY.

9:30 BUT HE SENDS HIS REGARDS TO

9:32 EVERYONE.

9:33 WE THANK JOHN FOR HIS

9:34 INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AND

9:36 MAKING US SMILE.

9:37 WHILE HE'S HELPING DIRECT THE

9:40 ORGANIZATION.

9:41 UM I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE

9:43 BRIEF WORDS ABOUT THE FENWAY

9:44 ALLIANCE.

9:45 AS COUNCILOR DURKAN SAID WE

9:46 WERE STARTED IN 1977 EVEN

9:49 BEFORE MY TIME THERE AND THE

9:51 PURPOSE OF THE FENWAY ALLIANCE

9:53 WAS INITIATED TO BETTER OUR

9:56 COMMUNITY.

9:57 THAT PURPOSE IN 2026 STILL.

9:59 REMAINS AND WE DO THAT THROUGH

10:02 A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES.

10:04 WE WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

10:05 WE WORK TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY

10:07 GREENER.

10:07 WE WORK TO STEWARD THE MUDDY

10:09 RIVER, THE.

10:10 OLMSTED UH.

10:11 HISTORIC PARKWAY AND WE ALSO DO

10:14 A FREE FOOD.

10:14 WE JOIN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND

10:16 FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

10:18 BUT THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE

10:20 THE CLOSEST TO.

10:22 MY HEART.

10:22 ARE THE ONES THAT INVOLVE

10:24 ACCESS TO CULTURE IN THE ARTS

10:26 FOR ALL BOSTONIANS.

10:29 I CONCEIVED OF OPENING OUR

10:30 DOORS 25 YEARS AGO JUST FOR

10:33 THAT PURPOSE, AND I PERSUADED

10:36 ALL OF THESE OTHER PARTNERS TO

10:38 JOIN ME IN THAT DREAM.

10:39 UH, THEY ARE THE INSTITUTIONS

10:42 OF THE FENWAY ALLIANCE,

10:43 INCLUDING THE ONES THAT ARE

10:45 HERE WITH US TODAY THE FIRST

10:46 CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST,

10:48 BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY

10:50 ORCHESTRA, MASS ART SCHOOL

10:52 OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS K.J.

10:54 ALSO STUDIO AND APOLOGIES IF

10:57 I'M FORGETTING ANYONE HERE BUT

10:59 PLEASE KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE

11:01 BUNCH OF OTHERS WHO WORK IN

11:02 THIS SPACE TO MAKE THIS DAY THE

11:04 FREE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT

11:06 IT IS FOR CHILDREN'S AND

11:08 CHILDREN AND FAMILY IN BOSTON.

11:10 UM SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FROM

11:11 THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

11:13 THEY DONATE.

11:14 TONS OF TALENT.

11:16 THEY BRING THEIR A-GAME

11:17 CULTURAL.

11:17 PROGRAMING.

11:18 TIME, TALENT AND MONEY.

11:21 IS PUT.

11:21 INTO THIS DAY.

11:22 FROM THE FENWAY ALLIANCE

11:24 INSTITUTIONS AND FROM ALL

11:25 OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

11:26 OF WHICH WE NOW WORK WITH 20

11:29 COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

11:29 SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU

11:31 FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

11:32 THIS WAS AN IDEA.

11:33 YOU MADE IT.

11:34 WORK.

11:34 SO THANK YOU.

11:36 UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH

11:39 ,OPENING OUR DOORS IS A

11:42 TRIBUTE THE NAME TO WHEN UM WAY

11:44 BACK WHEN WHEN DIRECTOR MALCOLM

11:46 ROGERS OPENED THE DOORS OF THE

11:47 MFA ON HUNTINGTON AVENUE AND I

11:50 DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU HERE

11:51 ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, BUT

11:53 THAT FRONT DOOR HAD BEEN

11:54 SHUTTERED FOR YEARS BEFORE HE

11:56 MADE THE.

11:57 FIGURATIVE AND SYMBOLIC GESTURE

11:59 OF OPENING THAT.

12:00 DOOR TO THE PUBLIC.

12:01 THAT'S HOW I THOUGHT OF THE

12:02 NAME.

12:03 OPENING OUR DOORS.

12:04 FOR OUR EVENT AND THAT'S REALLY

12:06 WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT OPENING

12:07 THESE DOORS TO AMAZING

12:10 CULTURAL.

12:10 GIFTS THAT THE.

12:11 FENWAY HAS TO EVERYONE IN

12:13 BOSTON.

12:13 UM, I WANT TO NOW, UM, JUST

12:17 BRING UP MY PARTNER IN CRIME,

12:19 UH, GENEVIEVE DAY WHO HAS

12:22 REALLY BROUGHT.

12:23 OPENING OUR DOORS TO ITS.

12:26 2.42.0 ERA AND IS BRINGING IT

12:28 INTO THE FUTURE IN THE

12:30 LOVELIEST, GRANDEST AND MOST.

12:32 ORGANIZED WAY.

12:33 SO I'D LOVE HER TO COME UP.

12:35 AND JUST SAY A FEW.

12:36 WORDS, BUT WE REALLY THANK YOU.

12:38 THIS IS A HIGH POINT.

12:39 OF OUR LIVES.

12:40 A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO IS

12:41 UNGLAMOROUS.

12:41 THIS IS A GLAMOROUS MOMENT FOR.

12:44 US SO THANK YOU ALL.

12:51 THANK YOU KELLY UM I'M

12:54 GENEVIEVE DE I'M THE

12:55 CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

12:56 FENWAY ALLIANCE AND WE ARE THE

12:58 PRODUCERS OF OPENING OUR DOORS

13:00 ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.

13:02 UM, IT'S AN HONOR AND A

13:04 PRIVILEGE TO RECEIVE THIS

13:05 RECOGNITION OF OPENING OUR

13:06 DOORS ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

13:10 YEAR.

13:10 UM, AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE

13:12 CITY COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY.

13:14 COUNCILOR DURKAN, UH,

13:17 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND

13:18 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING

13:19 .

13:19 FORTH THIS RESOLUTION.

13:21 UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE

13:22 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ART AND

13:24 CULTURE, UM AND MAYOR WU FOR

13:26 THEIR ONGOING AND.

13:27 CONTINUED SUPPORT.

13:29 OF OPENING OUR DOORS.

13:30 IT MEANS A LOT TO US.

13:31 UM, OPENING OUR DOORS WELCOMES

13:33 ALL BOSTONIANS TO CELEBRATE ART

13:36 IN ALL OF ITS INDIVIDUAL AND

13:37 VARIED FORMS PRACTICED BY YOUNG

13:39 AND OLD WITH ARTISTS AND

13:41 PERFORMERS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS

13:43 WORKING IN ALL ARTISTIC MEDIUMS

13:46 ART, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE DANCE

13:49 CONNECTS US TO EACH OTHER IN

13:51 BOTH EPHEMERAL AND LASTING WAYS

13:54 ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS

13:55 MOMENT WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS

13:57 THREATENING TO COMMODIFY AND

13:58 CO-OPT ART AND THE ARTISTIC

14:01 PRACTICE.

14:02 WE KNOW IN OUR HEARTS THAT THIS

14:04 CAN NEVER HAPPEN.

14:06 IN THE WORDS SHARED RECENTLY BY

14:08 POPE LEO ON THE IMPORTANCE

14:10 OF ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND

14:11 CREATIVITY, ART NURTURES THE

14:14 FUNDAMENTAL POSTURE

14:16 OF LISTENING THROUGH WHICH WE

14:17 CAN LEARN ABOUT HUMANITY'S

14:20 ASPIRATIONS AND WOUNDS OUR

14:21 THIRST FOR BEAUTY, JUSTICE AND

14:23 PEACE AND OUR SEARCH FOR

14:25 MEANING OR SIMPLY TO BORROW

14:27 FROM WALTER BENJAMIN REAL ART

14:30 HAS AURA SO PLEASE COME TO

14:32 OPENING OUR DOORS ON

14:34 OCTOBER 12TH IN THE FENWAY AND

14:36 EXPERIENCE THE MAGNIFICENT AND

14:38 TRANSITORY YET LASTING AURA

14:41 OF ART, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND

14:42 DANCE THROUGHOUT THE FENWAY

14:44 CULTURAL DISTRICT.

14:46 PRACTICE AND INSTRUMENT AT

14:47 SYMPHONY HALL.

14:48 GO BACKSTAGE AND TOUR THE

14:50 HUNTINGTON'S NEW PRODUCTION

14:51 OF TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

14:53 VISIT THE MFA AND GARDNER

14:54 MUSEUM FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S

14:56 DAY PERFORMANCES AND ART MAKING

14:57 .

14:58 LISTEN TO A CONCERT ON ONE

15:00 OF THE LARGEST CHURCH ORGANS IN

15:02 THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

15:03 MAKE ART AT A GIANT COMMUNITY

15:05 ART INSTALLATION AT NEW EDGE

15:07 PLAZA AND MUCH MUCH MORE.

15:11 WE THANK ALL BOSTON ARTISTS,

15:13 PERFORMERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS

15:14 WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR ARTISTRY

15:16 WITH US OVER SO MANY YEARS.

15:18 WE CELEBRATE THIS HONOR WITH

15:20 THEM WITH OUR ARTISTIC AND

15:22 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE

15:23 FENWAY AND WITH THE OPENING OUR

15:25 DOORS PLANNING COMMITTEE, SOME

15:27 OF WHOM ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.

15:29 SO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.

15:30 IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

15:34 AND WE ARE.

15:35 SO EXCITED ALSO TO HAVE UM SOME

15:37 PEOPLE CALL IT BY SO SOME

15:39 PEOPLE CALL IT BY I SO KEITH

15:41 ELDER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

15:42 BEING HERE FOR SAYING A FEW

15:44 WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE

15:44 COMMITTEE.

15:45 THANK YOU.

15:46 UH, GOOD.

15:47 AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE

15:48 OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE THE

15:50 FENWAY ALLIANCE OF THE 25TH

15:51 ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OUR

15:53 DOORS FESTIVAL, BOSTON YOUTH

15:55 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN OUR YOUTH

15:57 CENTER FOR MUSIC ARE SO PROUD

15:59 TO BE PART OF THIS BOSTON

16:00 NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.

16:02 BESO IS MORE THAN A MUSIC

16:04 PROGRAM.

16:05 IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE

16:06 LEARN CONFIDENCE, DISCIPLINE,

16:09 TEAMWORK AND THE VALUE

16:10 OF LISTENING TO ONE ANOTHER.

16:12 EVERY REHEARSAL TEACHES OUR

16:13 STUDENTS THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL

16:14 VOICE MATTERS, BUT THERE'S

16:16 SOMETHING EVEN MORE POWERFUL

16:18 HAPPENS WHEN THEY CREATE

16:19 SOMETHING TOGETHER.

16:21 OPENING OUR DOORS ILLUSTRATES

16:24 JUST THAT COMING TOGETHER AND

16:26 CELEBRATING THE IMPACT WE HAVE

16:28 AS A CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

16:30 IT IS WHAT MAKES BOSTON

16:32 SPECTACULAR AND ON BEHALF

16:34 OF OUR NEARLY 600 YOUNG

16:36 MUSICIANS, WE WOULD LIKE TO

16:37 THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE THE

16:39 FENWAY ALLIANCE ON THE 25TH

16:41 ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OUR

16:42 DOORS.

16:44 AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY

16:46 COLLEAGUES TO COME AND TAKE A

16:48 PHOTO WITH US.

16:51 EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL.

17:01 ARE YOU 23 YEARS?

17:30 I WANT TO DO YOU WANT ME TO

17:31 GIVE THIS TO YOU AGAIN?

17:33 OH.

17:41 OH MY.

17:48 THANK YOU.

17:50 YEAH.

17:50 SO DO.

17:50 YOU WANT TO TAKE US HERE?

17:51 YOU WANT ME TO BRING IT?

17:52 OKAY OKAY OKAY.

17:54 IT'S LIKE YOU SAY TO.

17:55 GIVE OR TAKE BACK.

17:56 I I I'M NOT.

17:59 OKAY LIKE THIS IS NOT LIKE.

18:01 THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT NO.

18:03 SOMEBODY ELSE IS NOT.

18:05 OKAY HERE I'M GOING TO GIVE US

18:06 TO YOU.

18:06 YEAH THERE YOU GO.

18:12 THANK YOU.

18:14 THANK YOU VERY.

18:18 THANK YOU SO MUCH OF THE FENWAY

18:20 LIONS.

18:20 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO

18:21 TO UPLIFT CREATIVES HERE IN THE

18:23 CITY AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO ARTS

18:25 AND CULTURE IN OUR CITY.

18:26 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD IS MY

18:27 FAVORITE NOVEL, SO I LOOK

18:28 FORWARD TO GOING TO THE

18:29 HUNTINGTON THEATER TO SEE THAT.

18:30 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING

18:31 THAT OUT.

18:31 OKAY.

18:32 I UH I WOULD NOW LIKE TO BRING

18:34 UP, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN WHO

18:35 WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE

18:37 MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NURSES

18:38 ASSOCIATION.

18:39 COUNCILOR FLYNN, I HAVE.

18:41 FIVE MINUTES.

18:41 JUST GIVE ME THE.

18:45 OKAY.

18:46 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

18:47 AND MAY.

18:49 I INVITE, UH, RICH KEN LAUDER,

18:51 WHO'S A 28 YEAR NURSE AT THE

18:54 BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL TO

18:55 COME.

18:56 BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK, UH,

18:59 COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND

19:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY IF THEY'D LIKE

19:01 TO PLEASE JOIN ME AS WELL.

19:14 THANK YOU.

19:15 RICH AND RICH FROM THE MASS

19:17 NURSES ASSOCIATION AND THE

19:19 OTHER NURSES THAT THAT ARE HERE

19:21 AND THAT CALLED AND ADVOCATED

19:23 FOR UM FOR.

19:25 DIGNITY FOR WORKERS.

19:27 UM I WANT TO THANK THE NURSES

19:28 AND CLINICIANS WHO ARE HERE

19:30 TODAY FOR CONTINUING TO

19:32 ADVOCATE.

19:32 FOR THEIR PATIENTS, THEIR

19:34 COLLEAGUES AND URGING BRIGHAM

19:36 AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL TO

19:37 IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO THE TABLE

19:39 .

19:40 NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.

19:42 .

19:43 NURSES AND HEALTH CARE

19:44 WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE

19:46 HEALTH AND SAFETY.

19:47 OF BOSTON.

19:47 AND OUR NATION.

19:50 IN APRIL.

19:50 THIS.

19:51 BODY THE BOSTON CITY

19:52 COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A

19:53 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF NURSES

19:55 AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL

19:57 .

19:57 ISSUES INCLUDED AT THE

19:59 BARGAINING TABLE INCLUDED

20:01 PATIENT SAFETY, SAFE WORKLOADS

20:05 ,RECRUITMENT RETENTION,

20:06 AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR

20:08 CAREGIVERS BUT ALSO DECENT

20:10 WAGES.

20:11 DIGNITY IN RETIREMENT.

20:13 UM WE STAND HERE WITH.

20:15 THE NURSES WITH THE UH MASS

20:18 NURSES ASSOCIATION AND

20:20 ENCOURAGE THE HOSPITAL TO GET

20:21 BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE

20:24 IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A FAIR

20:26 CONTRACT.

20:26 IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY AND RESPECT

20:28 AND THIS IS ABOUT SOCIAL AND

20:30 ECONOMIC JUSTICE AS WELL FOR

20:31 NURSES AND PATIENTS.

20:33 I DO WANT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES

20:34 AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO OFFER

20:36 BRIEF REMARKS AND THEN I'M

20:38 GOING TO ASK RICH IF I'D LIKE

20:40 TO RESPOND AS WELL, UM, WITH

20:42 COMMENTS.

20:43 BUT UH, REVEREND CULPEPER.

20:47 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

20:49 I TOO WANT TO WELCOME THE

20:52 MASSACHUSETTS NURSES

20:54 ASSOCIATION TO THE COUNCIL AND

20:57 AS COUNCIL FLYNN I URGE

21:00 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

21:03 AND BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S TO GET

21:05 BACK TO THE TABLE, NEGOTIATE A

21:09 FAIR CONTRACT AND A FAIR WAGE

21:12 FOR THESE NURSES.

21:14 THIS IS NOT NEW TO ME.

21:17 UH, MY MOTHER WAS A LICENSED

21:20 PRACTICAL NURSE AND AND THOSE

21:23 DAYS IT WAS A BIG THING.

21:26 I TWO KNOW WHAT 11 TO 7 IS ALL

21:29 ABOUT.

21:30 UH, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW

21:33 WHAT 11 TO 7 ME.

21:34 WHEN I SAY 11 TO 7.

21:38 BUT I WATCHED MY MOTHER EVERY

21:39 NIGHT, UH, PUT US TO BED AND

21:43 THEN HEAD OUT TO WORK AT 11 AND

21:49 THEN TO SEE HER COME IN AT 7

21:52 A.M. IN THE MORNING TO GET US

21:54 READY FOR SCHOOL AND, UH.

22:00 I NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW MY

22:01 MOTHER DID IT, BUT SHE DID IT.

22:05 AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT THE

22:07 NURSES ARE DEALING WITH TODAY,

22:09 WE DON'T SEE THE ACTUAL

22:12 CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE TO GO

22:13 TO.

22:14 WE DON'T SEE THEM LEAVING HOME

22:17 AT 11 P.M. AND COMING BACK AT 7

22:20 A.M. TO GET THEIR YOUNG FOLKS

22:21 AND THEIR CHILDREN READY FOR

22:23 SCHOOL.

22:23 AND SO I SALUTE THE NURSES

22:26 TODAY FOR ALL THAT THEY DO FOR

22:29 ALL OF US.

22:31 FOR WHAT WOULD HOSPITALS BE

22:33 WITHOUT NURSES?

22:35 WHAT WOULD DOCTORS BE WITHOUT

22:37 NURSES?

22:38 AND SO TODAY I I LIFT THE

22:41 NURSES NURSES UP IN A WAY THAT

22:45 WE REALIZE THE VALUE AND THEIR

22:49 SIGNIFICANCE AND THEIR

22:50 IMPORTANCE AND THE GOOD THAT

22:51 THEY DO.

22:55 SO NURSES WE FIGHT RIGHT ALONG

22:56 WITH YOU AND WITH YOU 100% AND

23:00 I HOPE THAT THE HOSPITAL COMES

23:02 TO THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH TO

23:05 WORK ON A FAIR CONTRACT.

23:06 THANK YOU.

23:08 THANK UH COUNCIL CALL UP.

23:09 UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

23:11 THANK YOU.

23:12 UM.

23:13 I OFTEN.

23:14 REALIZE PERSONALLY.

23:15 YOU.

23:15 NEVER THINK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.

23:17 OR A LOVED ONE'S HEALTH UNTIL

23:18 YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN YOU ARE

23:20 NEEDING HEALTH CARE.

23:22 SO I JUST.

23:22 WANT TO THANK.

23:23 ALL OF THE NURSES AND THEIR

23:25 FAMILIES OUT THERE JUST LIKE

23:26 OUR FIRST.

23:27 RESPONDERS AND.

23:28 COUNSELOR CULPEPER SAID IT.

23:30 HE LIVED.

23:30 IT WITH HIS MOM.

23:31 UH.

23:32 WORKING YOU KNOW, 24 HOUR A

23:34 DAY SHIFTS.

23:34 NOT ALL.

23:35 MISSING FAMILY EVENTS.

23:37 BUT ALWAYS WHEN I'M.

23:38 ON THE PICKET LINE WITH THE

23:40 NURSES AND THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR

23:41 JUST DIGNITY.

23:42 ALL THEY WANT IS WHAT IS BEST

23:44 FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

23:46 IT'S NOT SELFISH.

23:47 AT ALL.

23:47 SO WE.

23:48 NEED TO MAKE SURE.

23:48 AND WHEN BIG CORPORATIONS

23:50 AREN'T WILLING TO COME TO THE

23:51 TABLE THAT JUST TELLS YOU THEY

23:53 KNOW THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO

23:55 TALK TO THE ORGANIZERS.

23:57 SO THANK YOU TO THE M&A.

23:58 AND THE OTHER.

23:58 UNIONS WHO I KNOW ARE FIGHTING

24:00 ACROSS THE CITY.

24:01 SO MANY OF OUR HOSPITALS.

24:02 AND THE NURSES ARE GOING OUT ON

24:04 STRIKE.

24:04 THAT'S A SCARY THING TO DO AND

24:06 THEY DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THEIR

24:08 PATIENTS WITHOUT THE CARE THEY

24:09 KNOW THEY PROVIDE.

24:10 SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT

24:12 RISK.

24:12 KNOW THAT OURSELVES AND I KNOW

24:13 THIS BODY IS BEHIND YOU AND

24:15 WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO

24:17 MAKE SURE YOU GET WHAT YOU

24:18 DESERVE.

24:18 SO THANK YOU.

24:20 THANK YOU.

24:20 UH, RICH, A.

24:21 28 YEAR NURSE.

24:22 AT THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S

24:24 HOSPITAL.

24:25 HELLO EVERYONE.

24:26 MY NAME.

24:26 IS RICHARD LOT.

24:27 I AM.

24:27 A.

24:28 NURSE AT THE BRIGHAM.

24:28 I'VE BEEN IN THE ER THERE FOR

24:30 28 YEARS.

24:31 UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO

24:34 US.

24:34 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US.

24:35 UH, WE'RE BASICALLY HERE, UH,

24:38 TO GET SAFE CARE FOR OUR

24:41 PATIENTS AND BY THAT WE NEED

24:43 THE BRIGHAM MASS GENERAL

24:44 BRIGHAM TO COME TO THE TABLE

24:46 AND AT LEAST NEGOTIATE WITH US

24:48 .

24:48 THEY'RE REFUSING TO, UH, REALLY

24:51 TALK TO US ABOUT ANYTHING

24:52 UNLESS WE CONCEDE ALL POINTS

24:54 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

24:55 AND TO ME, THAT'S NOT

24:57 NEGOTIATING.

24:58 THEY CLAIM, UM, FROM WHAT I'VE

25:00 HEARD, THEY SEND OUT AN EMAIL

25:02 TO ANYONE THAT HAS GATEWAY

25:03 THAT'S A PATIENT THERE

25:05 YESTERDAY OR TODAY STATING THAT

25:07 BUSINESS NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE

25:08 SAME AS IT IS CURRENTLY.

25:10 UM WE HAVE 4000 HIGHLY SKILLED

25:12 NURSES THAT WORK THERE THAT

25:13 PROVIDE CARE TO ALL OF OUR

25:14 PATIENTS AND I DON'T SEE THEM

25:16 GETTING 4000 NURSES TO REPLACE

25:19 US AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND

25:20 THE LAST STRIKE DID NOT GO WELL

25:22 IN THE HOSPITAL.

25:23 THEY BASICALLY CLOSED THE ED.

25:25 THERE WERE NOT A LOT

25:26 OF PATIENTS THERE.

25:26 THE VOLUME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY

25:28 LOWER.

25:28 THE CARE WAS NOT THE SAME.

25:30 AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOK

25:32 YOU KNOW TOWARDS NEXT WEEK AND

25:34 GOING DOWN ON WEDNESDAY NONE

25:36 OF THE NURSES REALLY WANT TO DO

25:38 THIS.

25:38 WE DON'T WANT TO BE PUT IN THIS

25:40 UH PREDICAMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO

25:41 YOU KNOW, EITHER CHOOSE YOU

25:43 KNOW, TAKING WHATEVER THE

25:45 BRIGHAM IS OFFERING US WHICH

25:46 ISN'T A LOT OR GOING OUT ON

25:48 STRIKE AND NONE OF US WANT TO

25:50 GO OUT ON STRIKE.

25:51 THAT'S NOT GOING TO PROVIDE

25:52 SAFE CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS.

25:53 IT'S NOT GOING TO YOU KNOW,

25:54 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR

25:56 ANYONE HERE IN THE CITY.

25:56 AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THE

25:58 BRIGHAM AT LEAST COME TO THE

25:59 TABLE AND ACTUALLY TRY TO

26:01 NEGOTIATE WITH US INSTEAD OF UH

26:03 OFFERING US UH NO NO AND NO FOR

26:06 THEIR RESPONSES.

26:08 UM, THAT IS PROBABLY THE

26:09 BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE HERE

26:11 HERE TODAY.

26:12 UM, AND WE JUST FEEL THAT THEY

26:15 NEED TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IN

26:17 GOOD FAITH WITH YOU KNOW, ON ON

26:19 MY SIDE OF THE TABLE FIELDS

26:20 THAT THEY'RE DOING WHEN ALL THE

26:22 RESPONSES UM NO.

26:24 UH THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO

26:25 US.

26:25 I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A

26:27 RESOLUTION SOON AND GET BACK TO

26:29 DOING THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND

26:30 I LOVE BEING A NURSE.

26:32 I LOVE TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS

26:33 AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THE

26:35 SAME WAY AND ALL OF US REALLY

26:36 WANT TO DO THIS AND IT'S VERY

26:38 EMOTIONAL FOR A LOT OF US.

26:39 SO I.

26:40 DO APPRECIATE IT.

26:41 THANK YOU.

26:43 RICH COULD.

26:44 COULD COULD I ASK MY

26:46 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE

26:46 JOIN US FOR A PHOTO?

26:48 WE WILL BE VOTING ON A

26:49 RESOLUTION LATER UM IN THE

26:51 AGENDA.

26:52 BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

26:53 TO THE MASS NURSES ASSOCIATION

26:55 AND THE NURSES THAT ARE

26:56 PRESENT.

26:58 I KNOW.

27:00 THINK.

27:04 OH WE CANNOT WE CAN.

27:06 HAVE SIGNS.

27:06 I'M SORRY.

27:07 SOMETIMES.

27:28 IT WAS LIKE OH THANK YOU.

27:36 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE

27:37 MASSACHUSETTS NURSES

27:38 ASSOCIATION AND THANK YOU TO

27:39 ALL NURSES WHO UH, WORK EVERY

27:41 DAY TO KEEP US HEALTHY AND

27:42 SAFE.

27:42 I JUST WANT TO THANK UM, UH,

27:45 BRIGHAM ESPECIALLY MY MY MOTHER

27:47 DURING COVID, UM, WAS INTUBATED

27:49 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC

27:50 AND, UH, YOU ALL WERE THERE BY

27:52 HER SIDE WHEN WE COULD NOT BE

27:53 THERE.

27:53 SO THANK YOU.

27:54 AND WE STAND WITH YOU AS YOU

27:55 CALL FOR ECONOMIC DIGNITY

27:56 INSURANCE.

27:59 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE.

28:00 AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT

28:02 COUNSELORS.

28:04 FITZGERALD AND HERE ARE

28:06 PRESENT.

28:12 NOW ON.

28:12 TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS

28:13 WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE

28:14 MINUTES FROM.

28:15 THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER

28:16 30TH, 2026.

28:17 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

28:19 ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY, NAY.

28:21 THE AYES HAVE IT.

28:22 THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 30TH

28:23 MEETING ARE APPROVED.

28:25 WE ARE NOW ON TO.

28:26 COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR.

28:27 THE MAYOR.

28:28 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

28:29 DOCKET 1883?

28:30 DUCKY NUMBER 1883 MESSAGE NOT

28:33 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

28:35 TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT

28:39 OF $3,250,220 IN THE FORM OF A

28:41 GRANT BOSTON MPO SURPLUS FISCAL

28:43 YEAR 26 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

28:46 GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE

28:48 MISS METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING

28:50 COUNCIL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

28:51 THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

28:53 TO GRANT WITH FUNDS SUPPORT FOR

28:55 NEW E-BIKES AND SPARE BATTERIES

28:57 FOR THE BIKE SHARE SYSTEM.

29:00 THANK YOU.

29:00 DOCKET 1883 WILL BE REFERRED

29:02 TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

29:03 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

29:04 .

29:05 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

29:06 DOCKET 1884 AND 1885 TOGETHER.

29:09 TALKING NUMBER 188 FOR

29:11 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE

29:13 CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND

29:14 EXPAND THE AMOUNT

29:19 OF $103,239.10 IN THE FORM OF A

29:20 GRANT THE FISCAL YEAR 27 LOCAL

29:23 CONSUMER AID FUND GRANT AWARDED

29:25 BY THE MASS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO

29:27 BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE

29:29 OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND

29:30 LICENSING.

29:30 THE GRANT WILL FUND STAFF

29:32 COSTS, OUTREACH MATERIALS AND

29:34 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TO CONDUCT

29:36 THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS PROGRAM.

29:39 DOCKET NUMBER 1885 MESSAGE IN

29:41 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY

29:43 OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND

29:45 THE AMOUNT OF $14,272.98 IN THE

29:51 FORM OF A GRANT WAGNER PACER

29:54 PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL AWARDED BY

29:56 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

29:58 OF LABOR PASSED TO THE MASS

29:59 HIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER

30:01 SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

30:02 THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE

30:04 DEVELOPMENT.

30:05 THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE

30:06 INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT NEEDS

30:09 OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

30:10 CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT

30:12 AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT

30:14 PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION

30:16 ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND

30:17 EDUCATION RESOURCES AND

30:19 PROGRAMS.

30:19 THANK YOU.

30:20 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

30:22 COUNCIL WORRELL THE CHAIR

30:23 OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND

30:24 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

30:25 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

30:26 UH THANK YOU CHAIR.

30:27 UM, THE LOCAL.

30:28 CONSUMER AID FUND.

30:29 OH, DOCKET NUMBER 184 UM, IS

30:32 OUR LOCAL CONSUMER AID FUND,

30:35 UM, THAT'S AWARDED BY THE

30:37 MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY

30:38 GENERAL'S OFFICE.

30:39 THE GRANT SUPPORTS THE

30:40 OPERATIONS OF BOSTON'S CONSUMER

30:41 AFFAIRS PROGRAM INCLUDING

30:43 SALARIES AND PERSONNEL COSTS,

30:44 CONSUMERS AFFAIRS, EDUCATION

30:46 AND OUTREACH AND CONSUMER

30:47 RIGHTS PROTECTION AND RESOURCES

30:49 AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND

30:50 OPERATIONAL NEEDS.

30:52 UH THE CONSUMER FARE PROGRAM

30:53 PROVIDES DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO

30:55 BOSTON RESIDENTS.

30:56 CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ARE

30:57 INITIALLY RECEIVED AND MANAGED

30:59 BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S

30:59 OFFICE, WHICH REFERS CASES TO

31:01 THE CITY'S CONSUMER AFFAIRS

31:03 PROGRAM FOR INVESTIGATION AND

31:05 RESOLUTION WHEN APPROPRIATE.

31:06 UM, AT THIS TIME I'M

31:08 RECOMMENDING THAT DOCKET NUMBER

31:10 184 UM UM OUGHT TO PASS AND

31:13 THEN DOCKET NUMBER 1885 IS A

31:16 SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

31:17 GRANT UM IT'S A LITTLE OVER

31:20 $14,000.

31:21 UM IT'S A GRANT THROUGH MASS

31:22 HIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER

31:23 SERVICES WHICH IS ALSO

31:25 ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE

31:26 OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH

31:28 WOULD FUND THE REEMPLOYMENT

31:30 NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

31:31 THESE FUNDS ARE FEDERAL FORMULA

31:33 DOLLARS MEANT TO SUPPORT

31:34 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AT ONE-STOP

31:35 CAREER CENTERS SUCH AS OUR TWO

31:38 MASS HIRE CENTERS IN BOSTON AND

31:40 THEN ALSO CONNECTING JOB

31:41 SEEKERS TO OPEN POSITIONS AND

31:43 EMPLOYERS TO INDIVIDUALS

31:45 SEEKING WORK.

31:45 AND AT THIS TIME I ALSO

31:46 RECOMMEND THAT DOCKET NUMBER

31:49 1885 UM OUGHT TO BE SUSPENDED

31:50 AND PASS.

31:51 THANK YOU THANK YOU.

31:52 WE WILL.

31:52 VOTE ON THESE ONE AT A TIME

31:54 COUNSELOR FUN.

31:54 WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE

31:55 REMARKS?

31:56 YES, MADAM.

31:57 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SPEAK ON

31:58 DOCKET 1884?

32:00 YOU MAY.

32:01 UM.

32:01 THANK YOU.

32:03 I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

32:05 MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL

32:06 ANDREA CAMPBELL, UM, AND HER

32:08 TEAM FOR THE WORK THEY ARE

32:10 DOING ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS

32:12 THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH BUT

32:13 ALSO HERE IN BOSTON.

32:15 I DO SUPPORT THIS AWARD THAT

32:17 BOSTON IS RECEIVING.

32:20 CONSUMER SUPPORTING CONSUMERS

32:21 AND THE PUBLIC IS A CRITICAL

32:23 PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT

32:25 OF STATE GOVERNMENT AS WELL.

32:26 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR

32:28 OFFICIALS HERE IN THE CITY BUT

32:30 ALSO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S

32:31 OFFICE AS WELL.

32:32 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

32:33 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

32:36 COUNCILOR MORALES.

32:36 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

32:38 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1884.

32:39 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

32:41 ALL THOSE PERSONS THE AYES HAVE

32:44 IT.

32:44 THANK YOU.

32:45 DOCKET 1884 HAS PASSED.

32:47 MR.

32:47 COOK.

32:48 EXCUSE ME, COUNCILOR WORRELL

32:49 SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

32:51 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1885.

32:53 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

32:55 ALL THOSE MOST IN THE VOTE.

32:57 UH, MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE.

32:59 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE?

33:02 COUNSELOR BRAIN COUNSELOR

33:04 COLLETTE AS OPPOSED?

33:04 YES, COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS

33:06 PROBABLY YES, COUNSELOR.

33:07 CULPEPER.

33:07 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:08 CULPEPER.

33:09 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:10 DURKAN.

33:10 COUNSELOR.

33:11 DURKAN.

33:11 YES.

33:12 COUNSELOR.

33:12 FITZGERALD.

33:12 YES.

33:13 COUNSELORS.

33:14 SHOW.

33:14 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:14 FLYNN.

33:15 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:15 FLYNN.

33:16 YES.

33:16 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

33:17 COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE.

33:18 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:19 MEJIA.

33:19 COUNSELOR.

33:20 MEJIA.

33:20 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:21 MURPHY.

33:22 COUNSELOR.

33:22 MURPHY.

33:23 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:23 THE PEN.

33:24 COUNSELOR PEN.

33:25 YES.

33:26 SANTANA.

33:26 YES, COUNSELOR.

33:27 SANTANA.

33:27 YES.

33:28 COUNSELOR.

33:28 WEBER.

33:28 YES.

33:29 COUNCILOR.

33:30 ABSENT COUNCILOR.

33:31 WORLD COUNSELOR.

33:32 OH, YES.

33:32 TALKING 1885 HAS RECEIVED 12

33:35 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

33:36 THANK YOU.

33:37 DOCKET 1885.

33:38 HAS PASSED.

33:40 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

33:42 DOCKETS.

33:43 188631888 TALKING NUMBER 1886

33:46 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY

33:48 OF BOSTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

33:50 DEPARTMENT TO ENTER IN A

33:51 CONTRACT FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO

33:53 20 YEARS TO MANAGE, MAINTAIN,

33:55 EXPAND AND MODERNIZE THE CITY'S

33:57 ADVERTISING SUPPORTED

33:58 COORDINATED STREET FURNITURE

34:00 PROGRAM INCLUDING BUS SHELTERS,

34:02 PUBLIC TOILETS, INFORMATION

34:04 PANELS, DISPLAY DIGITAL

34:06 DISPLAYS, BENCHES AND RELATED

34:08 PUBLIC REALM AMENITIES.

34:09 THE NEWLY REIMAGINED PROGRAM IS

34:13 INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE

34:14 ATTRACTIVENESS OF PUBLIC

34:15 TRANSIT AS A COMMUTING

34:17 COMMUTING OPTION ALONG WITH

34:19 COMFORT, ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY

34:21 ,REAL TIME INFORMATION AND

34:23 MAINTENANCE ACROSS BOSTON'S.

34:24 STREET STREETSCAPES WHILE

34:28 INCREASING ADVERTISING REVENUE

34:30 AND STRENGTHENING CITY

34:32 OVERSIGHT.

34:32 THE INITIAL CONTRACT TERM WOULD

34:34 BEGIN IN MAY 2027 AND END ON

34:38 APRIL 30TH 2037 WITH TWO FIVE

34:39 YEAR EXTENSIONS POSSIBLE AT THE

34:42 CITY'S SOLE OPTION NUMBER 1887

34:46 MESSAGE IN ORDER PURSUANT TO

34:48 GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 40 SECTION

34:50 15 A THAT CERTAIN PORTIONS

34:52 OF HBO AND STREET BRAIN

34:54 DISCONTINUE BY A VOTE OF THE

34:56 PUBLIC APPROVED IMPROVEMENT

34:58 COMMISSION ON MAY 22ND 2025 AS

35:01 SHOWN ON A SET OF PLANS CITY

35:03 OF BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS

35:04 DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DIVISION

35:07 DISCONTINUANCE PLAN H BOURNE

35:08 STREET, BRIGHTON AND BOSTON IN

35:11 THE BRIGHTON NEIGHBORHOOD ONE

35:14 SHEET DATED AUGUST 29TH, 2023

35:17 IS TRANSFERRED FROM

35:18 DISCONTINUED STREET PARCEL TO

35:20 SALE PARCEL DOCKING NUMBER ONE

35:22 880 MESSAGE IN ORDER THAT

35:25 PURSUANT TO GENERAL LAWS

35:26 CHAPTER 40 SECTION 15 THAT

35:28 CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CONGRESS

35:30 STREET AND SLEEPER STREET AND

35:32 SOUTH BOSTON DISCONTINUE BY

35:33 WILL OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT

35:35 COMMISSION ON JUNE 25TH 2026 AS

35:39 SHOWN ON A SET OF PLANS CITY

35:41 OF BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS

35:42 DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DIVISION

35:45 VERTICAL DISCONTINUANCE PLAN

35:47 CONGRESS AND SLEEPER STREET

35:50 3083 16 CONGRESS STREET SOUTH

35:52 BOSTON TWO SHEETS DATED MARCH

35:56 23RD 2026 IS TRANSFER FROM

35:58 PURPOSE OF DISCONTINUE STREET

36:00 PARCEL TO SALE PARCEL.

36:03 THANK YOU DOCKETS.

36:06 188631888 WILL BE.

36:07 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON.

36:08 PLANNING.

36:09 DEVELOPMENT AND

36:09 TRANSPORTATION.

36:10 WE ARE NOW.

36:11 ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC.

36:12 OFFICERS AND OTHERS.

36:13 MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ

36:14 DOCKETS.

36:15 1889 THROUGH.

36:19 1916 TALKING 1889 NOTICE

36:21 RECEIVED FROM ME OR THE

36:23 APPOINTMENT OF REGGIE L COUNTS

36:25 AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ A2S

36:28 PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

36:31 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

36:32 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH,

36:35 2028.

36:35 TALKING NUMBER 1890 NOTICE

36:37 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE

36:40 APPOINTMENT OF GARY DEVON IS A

36:41 MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ AS TWO AS

36:45 PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

36:47 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

36:49 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH

36:52 2028.

36:52 TALKING TO 891 1891 NOTICE WAS

36:56 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE

36:57 APPOINTMENT OF ALEX EBERHARDT

36:59 AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ I TO S

37:03 PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

37:05 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

37:07 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH,

37:10 2028.

37:10 DOCKET NUMBER 1892 NOTICE

37:12 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE

37:14 APPOINTMENT OF JACK AND

37:15 BERGAMOT AS A MEMBER OF THE

37:18 LGBTQ I AA TWO AS PLUS

37:22 ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

37:23 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

37:24 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH,

37:27 2028.

37:28 TALKING OF A1893 NOTICE, WAS HE

37:31 FROM THE MAYOR OF THE

37:32 APPOINTMENT OF MICKEY JONES AS

37:33 A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ UH A TO

37:37 AS PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

37:39 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

37:40 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH,

37:43 2020 TALKING NUMBER 1894 NOTES

37:46 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE

37:47 APPOINTMENT OF MERCEDES LOVING

37:49 MANLEY AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ

37:54 IE2S PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

37:56 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

37:58 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH,

38:00 2028.

38:01 DOCKET NUMBER 1895 THOSE

38:03 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE

38:05 APPOINTMENT OF RICARDO MARTINEZ

38:07 AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ A TO

38:10 US PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

38:12 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

38:14 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH,

38:17 2028.

38:17 TALKING NUMBER 1896 NOS.

38:19 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR

38:21 EMPLOYMENT OF GABRIEL RIVAS FOR

38:23 ORELLANA AS A MEMBER OF THE

38:25 LGBTQ IA2 AS PLUS ADVANCEMENT

38:30 ADVISORY COUNCIL STEERING

38:31 COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING

38:34 SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2028.

38:36 DOCKET NUMBER 1897 NO.

38:38 AS RECEIVED THE MAYOR THE

38:39 APPOINTMENT OF LILY ROSE BYLAW

38:41 AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ I TO

38:44 LES PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

38:46 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

38:48 A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH,

38:51 2028.

38:51 THE NUMBER 1898 NOTES RECEIVED

38:54 FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT

38:55 OF GRETCHEN VAN NESS AS A

38:57 MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ A TO US

39:00 PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

39:03 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

39:04 TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 28TH

39:08 2028 DOCKET NUMBER 1899 THOSE

39:10 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR UH THE

39:13 APPOINTMENT OF FINN GARDNER AS

39:15 A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ UH TO US

39:18 PLUS ADVANCEMENT ADVISORY

39:20 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

39:21 A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 1ST

39:24 2028 TALKING ABOUT 1900 NOTICE

39:28 RECEIVED FOR THE MAYOR OF THE

39:30 REAPPOINTMENT OF JOANNE

39:30 FRIEDMAN FAN FINN AS A MEMBER

39:32 OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

39:35 NOMINATING PANEL FOR A TERM

39:36 EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028

39:39 DOCKET NUMBER 1901 NOS.

39:42 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE

39:43 REAPPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR MARY

39:44 GRANT AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON

39:46 SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINATING

39:47 PANEL FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON

39:49 SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028, DOCKET

39:52 NUMBER 1902 NO.

39:54 THIS WAS SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE

39:56 APPOINTMENT OF JERRY HOLLAND AS

39:58 A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL

39:59 COMMITTEE NOMINATING PANEL FOR

40:01 A TERM EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER

40:03 30TH, 2028 DOCKET NUMBER 1903

40:06 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR

40:08 OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DORY

40:10 MORIKAWA AS A MEMBER OF THE

40:11 BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

40:13 NOMINATING PANEL FOR A TERM

40:14 EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027,

40:17 DOCKET NUMBER 1904 NOTICE

40:20 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE

40:21 APPOINTMENT OF TIFFANY BENSON

40:22 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON

40:24 SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINATING

40:26 PANEL FOR A TERM EXPERIENCED

40:29 SEPTEMBER 30TH 2028.

40:30 DUCKY NUMBER 1905 KNOWN AS SEE

40:32 FROM THE MAYOR OF THE

40:34 APPOINTMENT OF ESO BUSTAMANTE

40:36 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON

40:38 SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINATING

40:39 PANEL FOR A TERM EXPIRES ON

40:42 SEPTEMBER 30TH 2020 TALKING

40:46 A19069 AS RECEIVED FROM THE

40:47 MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT

40:49 OF COLLEEN COFFEY AS A MEMBER

40:50 OF THE BUS SCHOOL COMMITTEE

40:52 NOMINATING POUND FOR A TERM

40:55 EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2028.

40:57 TALKING NUMBER 1907 THOSE

40:59 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE

41:01 APPOINTMENT OF JASON GALLAGHER

41:02 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON

41:03 SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINATING

41:05 PANEL FOR A TERM EXPIRING

41:07 SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028.

41:09 DUCKY NUMBER 1908 NO.

41:11 AS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR

41:12 OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SHAMIKA

41:14 MARINO AS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS

41:16 OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE

41:17 NOMINATING PANEL FOR A TERM

41:21 EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2028.

41:23 DUCKY NUMBER 1909 NOTICE

41:26 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE

41:27 APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM THOMAS

41:28 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON

41:30 SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINATING

41:31 PANEL FOR A TERM EXPIRING

41:35 SEPTEMBER 30TH 2028 TALKING

41:36 ABOUT 1910 NOT AS RECEIVED FROM

41:39 COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRAIN OH FOR

41:41 ABSENCE FROM THE OCTOBER 7TH,

41:43 2026 PLUS THE CITY

41:45 COUNCIL MEETING TALKING ABOUT

41:47 1911 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE

41:50 CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH

41:51 CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES

41:54 OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN

41:57 BY THE INDIAN PAPERS, ACTED

41:58 UPON THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS

42:00 MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026

42:03 TAKEN UP ON THAT 1912 NOTICE

42:06 RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN

42:07 ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX

42:09 OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979

42:12 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE

42:13 MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY

42:15 THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING

42:19 OF SEPTEMBER 23RD 2026 DOCKET

42:20 NUMBER 1913 COMMUNICATION WAS

42:23 RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL OFFLINE

42:25 TRANSMITTING THE 2026 DOWNTOWN

42:27 BOSTON PUBLIC SAFETY SURVEY

42:30 DOCKET NUMBER 1914

42:32 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM

42:34 COUNCIL REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY

42:36 IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON.

42:37 TALKING NUMBER 1915 CAN YOU SEE

42:40 FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY SETTING

42:41 THE RECORD STRAIGHT REGARDING

42:43 HER WORK IN THE COUNCILS LEAGUE

42:45 FILING PRACTICE AND DOCKET

42:47 NUMBER 1916 COMMUNICATION

42:50 RECEIVED FROM TIMOTHY J.

42:51 SMITH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE

42:53 BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD

42:55 REGARDING RESULTS OF THE

42:56 ELECTION.

42:57 KAREN T CROSS AND SEAN F KELLY

42:59 WERE ELECTED TO SERVE AS

43:02 TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON RETIRING

43:03 BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

43:05 THANK YOU.

43:06 DOCKETS 1889 THROUGH 1916

43:09 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.

43:12 MR CLERK, WE.

43:13 ARE NOW ON TO.

43:14 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

43:14 MR CLERK.

43:15 WOULD YOU PLEASE READ.

43:15 DOCKET 1805.

43:17 CAN HAVE A1805 THE COMMITTEE ON

43:20 SENSES REDISTRICTING AND

43:21 ELECTIONS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED

43:25 ON SEPTEMBER 23RD 2026 DOCKET

43:26 NUMBER 1805 RESOLUTION IN

43:29 SUPPORT OF QUESTION FOR TO

43:31 ESTABLISH ELECTION DAY VOTER

43:33 REGISTRATION IN MASSACHUSETTS

43:35 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING

43:36 THAT THE RESOLUTION OUGHT TO BE

43:38 ADOPTED.

43:39 THANK YOU.

43:40 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE

43:41 CHAIR OF THE.

43:41 COMMITTEE ON CENSUS,

43:42 REDISTRICTING AND ELECTIONS

43:44 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE

43:44 THE FLOOR.

43:45 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

43:47 UM, AND I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL

43:50 STAFF, UH, TO START WITH FOR

43:51 THIS COMMITTEE REPORT, WE HELD

43:53 THIS HEARING ON TWO DOCKETS ON

43:55 A DOCKET ABOUT ELECTION

43:56 PREPAREDNESS AND ACCESSIBILITY,

43:58 ENSURING THAT OUR ELECTIONS

44:01 DEPARTMENT IS ABLE AND READY TO

44:03 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE

44:04 EVERYTHING UNDER OUR BELT FOR

44:05 THE UPCOMING.

44:05 ELECTION AND ELECTIONS TO

44:06 FOLLOW TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM,

44:09 ENSURING ACCESS TO DEMOCRACY

44:10 FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO ON A

44:12 RESOLUTION ON QUESTION FOR UH

44:14 THE COMMITTEE ON SUCH AS

44:15 REDISTRICTING AND ELECTIONS

44:16 WERE REFERRED THAT THIS DOT

44:18 DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1805

44:20 RESOLUTION SUPPORTIVE QUESTION

44:21 FOUR TO ESTABLISH ELECTION DAY

44:23 VOTER REGISTRATION IN

44:24 MASSACHUSETTS.

44:24 THE OTHER DOCKET REMAINS IN

44:26 COMMITTEE.

44:26 SO THIS, UH, COMMITTEE REPORT

44:27 IS JUST GOING TO BE ABOUT THE

44:29 RESOLUTION.

44:29 THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY

44:31 COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND THE

44:32 STREET AND WAS REFERRED TO THE

44:33 COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 23RD

44:34 2026.

44:35 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION DOCKET

44:37 NUMBER 1805 RESOLVES THAT THE

44:39 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS

44:40 BALLOT QUESTION FOUR TO TO

44:42 ESTABLISH SECURE AND.

44:42 ACCESSIBLE ELECTION DAY VOTER.

44:44 REGISTRATION THROUGHOUT THE

44:45 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

44:47 QUESTION FOUR.

44:48 AS IT.

44:49 APPEARS ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD,

44:50 2026 STATEWIDE BALLOT WOULD

44:51 ALLOW ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS TO

44:53 REGISTER OR UPDATE THEIR

44:55 ADDRESS AT THEIR POLLING PLACE

44:56 FOR THE PRECINCT.

44:57 IN WHICH THEY.

44:57 RESIDE ON ELECTION DAY BY

44:59 PROVIDING PROOF OF RESIDENCY

45:00 AND SIGNING AN OATH AFFIRMING

45:01 THEIR CITIZENSHIP, AGE

45:02 ELIGIBILITY AND THAT THEY HAVE

45:04 NOT VOTED AND WILL NOT VOTE

45:05 ELSEWHERE IN THE SAME ELECTION.

45:07 IF APPROVED, QUESTION FOUR.

45:09 WOULD TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY

45:10 1ST, 2028, PROVIDING THE

45:11 COMMONWEALTH AND ITS

45:12 MUNICIPALITIES TIME TO

45:13 ESTABLISH PROCEDURES, TRAN POLL

45:15 WORKERS EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND

45:17 PREPARE FOR EFFECTIVE

45:18 IMPLEMENTATION AND IT WAS GREAT

45:19 TO HEAR.

45:20 FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

45:21 ALUM, NOW HEAD OF THE ELECTIONS

45:22 DEPARTMENT CAREY JORDAN ABOUT

45:24 HIS BELIEF IN THE ELECTIONS

45:26 DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO UH,

45:29 EXECUTE ON ELECTION DAY UH

45:31 ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION

45:32 SHOULD IT BECOME THE LAW IN THE

45:34 COMMONWEALTH.

45:35 MASSACHUSETTS WON AGAIN.

45:36 CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE ROLE

45:37 AND THANK HIM FOR HIS

45:38 LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY.

45:40 I THINK THAT WAS HIS FIRST

45:41 HEARING IN FRONT OF US AS THE

45:42 CHAIR OF THE AS THE NEW HEAD

45:43 OF THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, UH

45:46 ,THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY

45:47 FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH

45:48 INCLUDED KERRY JORDAN,

45:49 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

45:50 BOSTON ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT,

45:51 PAUL CHUNG, COMMISSIONER CITY.

45:53 RECORDS AND SABINA MONTY, HEAD

45:55 ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF VOTERS,

45:56 BOSTON ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

45:58 THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD FROM

45:59 COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INCLUDING

46:01 TRACY GRIFFITH, DIRECTOR OF THE

46:02 RACIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM AT THE

46:03 ACLU OF MASSACHUSETTS BROOKE

46:05 SIMMONS, STAFF ATTORNEY AT

46:07 LAWYER FOR THE LAWYER FOR CIVIL

46:08 RIGHTS CELIA CANAVAN, EXECUTIVE

46:11 DIRECTOR OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN

46:12 VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND

46:13 CHERYL CLYBURN, UH, CHERYL

46:15 CLYBURN CRAWFORD EXECUTIVE

46:17 DIRECTOR OF MAST VOTE, CHAIR

46:19 OF QUESTION FOR BALLOT

46:20 COMMITTEE AND EXECUTIVE

46:20 COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE NAACP

46:24 BOSTON BRANCH.

46:24 WE ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY FROM

46:26 RAHSAAN HALL, EXECUTIVE

46:27 DIRECTOR OF THE URBAN LEAGUE

46:29 OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

46:30 I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM,

46:31 ESPECIALLY CHERYL, WHO'S

46:32 DEVOTED SO MUCH OF HER TIME TO

46:34 ENSURING THAT ELECTION DAY

46:35 REGISTRATION IN MASSACHUSETTS

46:36 COULD BE I COULD IT COULD

46:38 HAPPEN AND IS GOING TO UH, DO

46:40 THAT ALL THE WAY UNTIL ELECTION

46:41 DAY.

46:41 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES

46:42 WHO ATTENDED COUNCIL.

46:44 PRESIDENT BREADON.

46:46 COUNCILOR FLYNN,

46:47 COUNCILOR WEBER,

46:47 COUNCILOR MEJIA, COUNCILOR ORAL

46:49 AND ALSO RECEIVED AN ABSENTEE

46:51 LETTER FROM COUNCILOR PIPPEN.

46:53 UH THE COMMUNITY PANELISTS

46:55 EXPRESSED THE URGENT NEED FOR

46:56 ELECTION REFORMS TO REMOVE

46:57 BARRIERS AND MAKE DEMOCRACY

46:58 MORE INCLUSIVE.

46:59 THEY DISCUSSED THIS REPORT FOR

47:00 QUESTION FOUR STATING THAT

47:01 ENABLING SAME DAY VOTER

47:02 REGISTRATION WOULD SECURE

47:04 INCREASED PARTICIPATION,

47:05 ESPECIALLY AMONG MARGINALIZED

47:06 GROUPS VOTERS OF COLOR, RENTERS

47:08 ,TRANSIENT POPULATIONS UH, OUR

47:11 RESIDENTS WHO ARE UH WITHOUT

47:14 HOMES.

47:14 THE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAS SHOWN

47:15 BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE 24 STATES

47:17 PLUS WASHINGTON D.C. THAT

47:18 CURRENTLY HAVE AND ALLOW SAME

47:20 DAY REGISTRATION.

47:21 THE COMMUNITY PANELISTS STATED

47:22 THAT THESE MEASURES HAVE ALSO

47:23 RESULTED IN NO INCREASE IN

47:25 FRAUDULENT VOTING.

47:26 THEY ADDED THAT THE PROPOSED

47:28 IMPLEMENTATION DELAY UNTIL 2028

47:29 ALLOWS FOR COMPREHENSIVE

47:30 TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE

47:32 ADAPTATION.

47:32 THE ADMINISTRATION STATED THAT

47:34 OKAY, I ALREADY SAID THAT WHEN

47:36 I WAS CONGRATULATING KERRY THAT

47:37 THEY'D BE READY.

47:38 YOU KNOW.

47:39 THEY'RE READY.

47:40 UM COMMITTEE CHAIR

47:40 RECOMMENDED ACTION AS CHAIR

47:42 OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE

47:43 ON CENSUS AND ELECTIONS ARE

47:45 MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM

47:47 THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL

47:48 COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR

47:49 ELECTION AT THIS TIME MY

47:51 RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL

47:51 COUNCIL WOULD BE THIS

47:52 RESOLUTION OUGHT TO BE ADOPTED.

47:53 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES,

47:55 UM, FOR COMING AND FOR ADDING

47:57 TO A RICH CONVERSATION.

47:58 NOT JUST ABOUT.

47:59 QUESTION FOUR BUT REALLY ABOUT

48:00 WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE UM

48:02 ELECTIONS MORE UH, ATTRACTIVE

48:05 BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

48:07 ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

48:09 GET THE WORD OUT TO ALL OF OUR

48:11 NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO ALL OF OUR

48:12 RESIDENTS ABOUT VOTING.

48:13 VOTING IS NOT GOING TO.

48:14 SOLVE EVERYONE'S PROBLEMS, BUT

48:15 IT IS DEFINITELY A PART OF THE

48:16 SOLUTION.

48:16 AND WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO TO

48:18 BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE WORK

48:19 OF DEMOCRACY.

48:19 AND SO I WANT TO THANK

48:21 EVERYONE.

48:21 UM, I YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT AS

48:24 AN ELECTED ELECTIONS MEAN ONE

48:25 THING BUT JUST AS A PERSON WHO

48:27 CARES DEEPLY ABOUT DEMOCRACY,

48:28 UH, AND ABOUT GOVERNMENT

48:29 WORKING FOR PEOPLE AS AN

48:30 ATTORNEY WORKING ON ELECTIONS,

48:31 THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE

48:33 CAN BE.

48:33 DOING AS A CITY.

48:34 AS A COMMONWEALTH TO MAKE

48:36 ELECTIONS UH, LESS LABORIOUS

48:40 FOR RESIDENTS WE'VE TALKED EVEN

48:41 ABOUT UH ADVOCATE TALKED ABOUT

48:43 UH MAKING ELECTION DAY A

48:45 HOLIDAY.

48:45 WE TALKED ABOUT UH OTHER WE

48:47 TALKED ABOUT EXAMPLES IN OTHER

48:48 COUNTRIES THAT REQUIRE VOTING

48:50 AND SO THERE'S SO MUCH MORE

48:51 THAT WE CAN BE DOING UH,

48:53 ALONGSIDE OUR ADVOCATES AND

48:54 MAKING DEMOCRACY REAL FOR EVERY

48:56 PERSON IN THE CITY.

48:57 AND QUESTION FOR IS ONE STEP.

48:58 SO I HOPE THE COUNCIL UH.

48:59 HOPEFULLY UNANIMOUSLY PASSES

49:01 THIS.

49:01 RESOLUTION AND I HOPE THAT IT

49:04 THAT RESIDENTS VOTE FOR IT ON

49:06 ELECTION DAY.

49:07 THANK YOU.

49:08 THANK YOU

49:08 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

49:09 COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE

49:09 FLOOR.

49:10 THANK YOU MADAM.

49:11 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

49:16 I ALSO WANT US TO FACTOR IN AS

49:18 PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND TO

49:21 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY

49:22 OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT

49:24 IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE

49:25 RECEIVERSHIP OF THE SECRETARY

49:26 OF STATE.

49:29 WHY?

49:30 DURING THE DURING THE 2024

49:33 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, POLL

49:34 WORKERS.

49:35 REPORTED ISSUES.

49:36 OF.

49:37 CITYWIDE BALLOT SHORTAGES,

49:38 BALLOTS IN THE INCORRECT

49:40 LANGUAGE AND CALLS TO THE

49:41 ELECTION DEPARTMENT THAT WENT

49:43 UNANSWERED.

49:44 THIS CAUSED UNNECESSARY AND

49:47 UNREASONABLE WAIT TIMES FOR

49:49 RESIDENTS AND MANY WHO LEFT

49:50 WITHOUT CASTING A VOTE.

49:53 ON FEBRUARY 8TH.

49:54 2025, FOLLOWING AN

49:55 INVESTIGATION INTO THESE ISSUES

49:56 ,THE SECRETARY OF STATE

49:57 ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF A

49:59 STATE RECEIVER AS ELECTION DAY

50:02 VOTER REGISTRATION LATE MAY

50:04 PLACE ADDITIONAL

50:06 RESPONSIBILITIES ON POLL

50:07 WORKERS.

50:08 WE NEED TO ENSURE TO REQUIRE

50:10 ADDITIONAL TRAINING

50:11 COORDINATION IN THE RESOURCES

50:13 TO ENSURE THE PROCESS IS

50:15 IMPLEMENTED.

50:16 ACCURATELY AND EFFICIENTLY.

50:18 I BELIEVE.

50:18 THAT'S WHAT OUR PANELISTS ALSO

50:20 CALLED FOR.

50:21 WE NEED TO.

50:22 WORK HARD AND BOSS TO ENSURE

50:23 ELECTION OFFICIALS AND POLL

50:25 WORKERS HAVE THE NECESSARY

50:27 RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THEY

50:28 NEED.

50:28 FROM US.

50:30 AS MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS.

50:33 LAST WEEK I WENT TO A A

50:36 COMMUNITY EVENT SPONSORED BY

50:38 THE JEREMIAH GROUP WITH UM AND

50:41 I TALKED WITH.

50:41 RUSS REPRESENTATIVE.

50:43 RUSSELL HOMES AND THE MOSTLY

50:44 WOMAN THAT WERE THERE AND WE

50:46 WENT AND DISCUSSED.

50:49 EACH QUESTION.

50:50 IN LENGTH PROBABLY FOR ABOUT

50:52 TWO HOURS WAS A WONDERFUL

50:53 CONVERSATION.

50:54 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RUSSELL

50:55 RUSSELL HOLMES AND EXPLAINING,

50:57 UM, ALL THE BALLOT INITIATIVES

50:59 INCLUDING THIS ONE WHICH

51:01 GENERATED A LOT OF UM A LOT

51:03 OF SUPPORT.

51:04 I SUPPORT EXPANDING ACCESS TO

51:05 VOTING, BUT LET'S ALSO CONTINUE

51:08 TO FOCUS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO

51:09 ENSURE THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE

51:11 ADMINISTERED EFFECTIVELY.

51:13 GIVEN THE RECENT CHALLENGES IN

51:15 OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT, OUR.

51:16 TOP PRIORITY MUST.

51:18 BE TO.

51:18 CONTINUE TO.

51:19 MAKE SURE EVERY.

51:20 PERSON THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE

51:22 CAN CAST THEIR BALLOT WITHOUT.

51:24 UNNECESSARY DELAYS, CONFUSION

51:29 OR BARRIERS.

51:30 FINALLY, LET US ALSO

51:32 ACKNOWLEDGE.

51:32 THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE U.S.

51:35 MILITARY THAT GAVE US THE RIGHT

51:37 TO VOTE.

51:38 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

51:39 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

51:41 COUNCILOR.

51:42 HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

51:45 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

51:47 UM.

51:47 AND I WANT TO THANK MY

51:49 COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

51:50 UH, AND COUNCILOR BRAEDEN FOR

51:52 HOSTING UM IN SPONSORING THIS

51:54 UH, HEARING, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO

51:57 ONE BY ONE VOTE I AM THE POSTER

51:59 CHILD FOR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS

52:02 TO GIVE PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE.

52:03 BALLOT AND SOMETIMES RIGHT ON

52:05 THE SPOT.

52:05 UM, WHEN I RAN IN 2019 I CAME

52:08 ACROSS SO MANY PEOPLE UM WHO

52:10 FELT DISENFRANCHIZED AND WHEN

52:12 THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY UH, TO

52:15 REGISTER AND TO VOTE FELT LIKE

52:18 THEIR VOTE MATTERED.

52:19 BUT THEN I ALSO CAME ACROSS

52:20 PEOPLE ON ELECTION DAY THEY

52:22 WERE LIKE OH MY.

52:23 GOD.

52:24 I DIDN'T.

52:25 EVEN REGISTER.

52:25 I DON'T EVEN.

52:26 KNOW WHERE I WHERE WHERE I

52:27 LIVE BECAUSE I MOVED SO MANY

52:29 TIMES.

52:30 BECAUSE I'M HOUSING INSECURE.

52:33 UM AND WE'RE SO MANY BARRIERS

52:35 FOR PEOPLE PARTICULARLY LOW

52:36 INCOME PEOPLE WHO THE DECISIONS

52:38 THAT WE MAKE IMPACT THEIR LIVES

52:40 THE MOST.

52:41 AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY

52:43 FOR US TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE

52:45 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO SUPPORT

52:47 DEMOCRACY, UM, AND GIVING

52:48 PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

52:50 REGISTER TO VOTE RIGHT THEN AND

52:51 THERE IS GIVING PEOPLE AGENCY

52:53 OVER THEIR LIVES AND THAT'S

52:56 WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON

52:57 HERE ON THIS COUNCIL IS

52:59 CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

53:00 PEOPLE, UM, TO FEEL LIKE THEIR

53:03 VOTE MATTERS AND THAT THEY HAVE

53:05 MANY PATHWAYS, UM, TO BEING

53:08 ABLE TO DO THAT.

53:09 SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO VOTE IN

53:12 FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.

53:13 AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO

53:15 ACKNOWLEDGE UM THAT YOU KNOW,

53:17 OFTENTIMES WE PRESENT

53:19 RESOLUTIONS HERE ON THE FLOOR

53:20 AND THEN SOMETIMES WE OBJECT TO

53:22 THEM AND THEN THEY GO INTO

53:23 COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE'S AN

53:25 OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THEM

53:26 FURTHER.

53:27 I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO START

53:28 GETTING INTO THE HABIT OF IS

53:30 IDENTIFYING WHAT IS A

53:32 RESOLUTION THAT IS A NO BRAINER

53:34 AND WHAT IS A RESOLUTION THAT,

53:35 UH, YOU KNOW, REQUIRES.

53:37 MORE UH, DISCUSSION.

53:40 AND I THINK THAT THAT IS

53:42 SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO

53:43 ENCOURAGE US TO REALLY START

53:44 THINKING ABOUT AS WE CONTINUE

53:46 TO MOVE IN THIS, UH, WORK.

53:48 AND SO THIS RESOLUTION WAS A NO

53:50 BRAINER WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED

53:53 AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NO

53:55 BRAINER.

53:55 UM, AS WE UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH

53:58 A FAVORABLE VOTE.

53:59 SO UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.

54:02 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA

54:03 COUNCIL BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE

54:04 FLOOR.

54:05 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

54:06 THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS OF THIS

54:08 RESOLUTION.

54:09 I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF IT

54:10 BECAUSE OF WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

54:12 IT'S ABOUT VOTER ACCESS.

54:13 IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR

54:15 RESIDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

54:17 THAT ON AN ELECTION DAY THAT IF

54:19 THEY WANT TO VOTE AND WE'RE NOT

54:21 AWARE THEY STILL HAVE THE

54:22 OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.

54:23 I KNOW VERY WELL WHAT IT IS TO

54:26 SPEAK TO A RESIDENT THAT ON

54:27 ELECTION DAY, IF IT'S ON EITHER

54:29 THE PRELIMINARIES OR THE FINAL

54:31 GENERAL ELECTION THAT YOU GO UP

54:33 TO THEM AND THEY'RE ON THE

54:34 STREET AND YOU HAND THEM YOUR

54:36 CARD SAYING HEY, WELL IF YOU'RE

54:38 TO GO VOTE AND THEY'RE NOT

54:40 REGISTERED AND THEY MENTION

54:41 THAT TO YOU AND THEY ARE SIMPLY

54:45 JUST YOU KNOW, THEY THEY FORGOT

54:46 IT WAS ELECTION DAY OR THEY

54:48 FORGOT ABOUT THEIR REGISTRATION

54:49 OR MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE

54:50 REGISTERED AND THEY'RE NOT

54:51 REGISTERED AND THEY WANT TO

54:53 STILL VOTE.

54:53 THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR

54:55 THEM.

54:56 THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO CHANGE

54:58 THIS ACROSS THE STATE NOT JUST

55:00 HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

55:02 UM I REALLY BELIEVE IN QUESTION

55:04 FOUR AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR AND

55:05 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

55:06 HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN

55:08 THE CITY COUNCIL WE STAND TO

55:09 MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GO

55:11 OUT TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

55:12 AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO

55:13 SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND I

55:14 THANK THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING

55:16 IT FORWARD.

55:16 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

55:17 THANK YOU COUNCIL AND

55:18 COUNCIL DEREK CAN YOU HAVE THE

55:19 FLOOR?

55:19 THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR.

55:21 UM THERE HAVE UM BEEN SO MANY

55:24 CONSTITUENTS OF MINE THAT HAVE

55:25 BEEN DISENFRANCHIZED BY THE

55:27 CURRENT SYSTEM.

55:28 UM AND IT MATTERS DEEPLY TO

55:30 ME ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO

55:31 REPRESENTS A YOUNG POPULATION

55:33 WHO REPRESENTS UM, UH DISTRICT

55:36 THAT TOUCHES 12 COLLEGES AND

55:39 UNIVERSITIES.

55:39 UM, THIS LAST ELECTION

55:42 COMPLETELY DISENFRANCHIZED MY

55:44 DISTRICT.

55:44 UM AND I DO THINK THERE ARE

55:46 SOME ELECTION RESULTS THAT

55:47 WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF

55:48 THERE HAD BEEN SAME-DAY VOTER

55:50 REGISTRATION.

55:50 SO I THINK IT UM IT DEEPLY

55:53 MATTERS AND UM I KNOW THERE'S

55:55 BEEN A LOT OF EVOLUTION AT THE

55:56 STATE HOUSE ON THIS AS WELL AND

55:58 A LOT OF EVOLUTION UH, WITH THE

56:01 UM SECRETARY OF STATE AS WELL.

56:02 SO I THINK UM AND WITH THOSE

56:04 THAT WORK IN CITIES AND TOWNS

56:06 ACROSS UH ACROSS THE STATE, UM,

56:09 SO I'M STRONGLY IN SUPPORT

56:10 OF THIS AND UH, LOOK FORWARD TO

56:12 VOTING.

56:12 YES.

56:14 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

56:15 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK

56:16 ON THIS MATTER?

56:18 UH, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

56:19 ON CENSUS, REDISTRICTING AND

56:20 ELECTIONS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

56:22 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

56:23 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1805.

56:26 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

56:29 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

56:30 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

56:32 COUNCILOR BRIEF.

56:34 COUNCIL COLOR.

56:34 YES.

56:35 COUNCIL COLOR.

56:36 PUT ZAPATA.

56:36 YES, COUNSELOR.

56:37 CULPA.

56:38 COUNSELOR.

56:38 CULPEPER.

56:39 YES, COUNSELOR.

56:39 DURKAN.

56:40 YES, COUNSELOR.

56:41 DURKAN.

56:41 YES.

56:42 COUNSELOR.

56:42 FITZGERALD.

56:43 COUNSELOR.

56:43 FITZGERALD.

56:44 YES, COUNSELOR.

56:44 FLYNN.

56:45 YES.

56:45 COUNSELOR.

56:46 FLYNN.

56:46 YES.

56:46 COUNCILOR.

56:47 ILLUSION.

56:48 COUNSELOR.

56:48 LOUIJEUNE.

56:48 YES, COUNSELOR.

56:49 MEJIA.

56:50 COUNCILMEMBER HERE.

56:51 YES.

56:51 COUNCIL.

56:51 MURPHY.

56:52 COUNSELOR.

56:52 MURPHY.

56:53 YES.

56:53 COUNSELOR.

56:53 PEN.

56:54 COUNSELOR.

56:55 PIN.

56:55 YES.

56:55 COUNCIL.

56:56 SANTANA.

56:56 COUNSELOR.

56:57 SANTANA.

56:58 YES.

56:58 COUNSELOR.

56:58 WEBER.

56:59 COUNSELOR.

56:59 WEBER.

57:00 YES AND COUNSELOR.

57:01 WORLD.

57:01 YES.

57:01 COUNSELOR.

57:02 WELL, YES.

57:03 DOCKET NUMBER 1805 HAS RECEIVED

57:06 .

57:06 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

57:08 THANK YOU.

57:09 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

57:10 ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1805 HAS

57:12 BEEN ADOPTED.

57:13 WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS

57:14 RECENTLY HEARD.

57:16 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ

57:17 DOCKET 1829 THROUGH 1838?

57:23 DOCKET NUMBER 1829 MESSAGE IN

57:25 ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 27

57:28 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE

57:29 FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY

57:34 $268,887 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR

57:35 THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR

57:37 FISCAL YEAR 27 INCREASES

57:39 CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE

57:41 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN

57:41 THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND

57:43 THE BOSTON SCHOOL POLICE

57:45 PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION TALKING

57:47 NUMBER 1830 MESSAGE IN ORDER

57:50 FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL

57:51 APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE

57:52 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

57:53 DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27,

57:56 THE AMOUNT OF $268,887 TO

58:01 COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27 COST

58:03 ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE

58:04 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

58:06 BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL

58:07 COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON SCHOOL

58:09 POLICE PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

58:11 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE

58:13 SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH

58:17 AUGUST 31ST 2027.

58:18 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE

58:19 CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE

58:21 INCREASE OF 2% IN OCTOBER OF

58:24 2024, 2025 AND 2026 AND A FLAT

58:28 DOLLAR AMOUNT INCREASE OF $250

58:31 ,$900 AND $800 TO BE ADDED TO

58:35 ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY

58:37 OF 2025, 2026 AND 2027

58:41 RESPECTFULLY DOCKET NUMBER 1831

58:44 MESSAGE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE

58:47 FISCAL YEAR 27 APPROPRIATION

58:48 FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE

58:50 BARGAINING BY $111,802 TO

58:54 PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON

58:55 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL

58:57 YEAR 27 INCREASES CONTAINED

58:59 WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE

59:00 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN

59:02 THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN

59:03 THE BOSTON SCHOOL POLICE

59:05 SUPERIOR OFFICERS FEDERATION

59:08 DOCKET NUMBER 1832 MESSAGE IN

59:10 ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL

59:12 APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR BOSTON

59:14 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR

59:16 27, IN THE AMOUNT OF $111,802

59:20 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27

59:22 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN

59:24 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

59:25 BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL

59:26 COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON SCHOOL

59:29 POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS

59:30 FEDERATION.

59:31 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AT

59:35 JULY 1ST 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH

59:36 OF 2027.

59:37 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE

59:39 CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE

59:40 INCREASE OF 2% IN OCTOBER OF

59:43 2024, 2025 AND 2026 AND A FLAT

59:47 DOLLAR AMOUNT INCREASE OF $250,

59:51 $900 AND $800.

59:53 TO BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES

59:55 IN JANUARY OF 2025, 2026 AND

1:00:00 2027 RESPECTIVELY.

1:00:02 DOCKET NUMBER 1833 MESSAGGERO

1:00:05 TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 27

1:00:07 APPROPRIATION OF THE RESERVE

1:00:08 FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY

1:00:12 $85,879 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR

1:00:13 THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR

1:00:15 THE FISCAL YEAR 27 INCREASES

1:00:18 CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE

1:00:19 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN

1:00:21 THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND

1:00:23 SEIU LOCAL 880 PROFESSIONAL

1:00:25 EMPLOYEES CHAPTER, DEPARTMENT

1:00:28 OF PLANNING AND ENGINEERING

1:00:29 DOCKET NUMBER 1834 MESSAGE IN

1:00:32 ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL

1:00:33 APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR BOSTON

1:00:34 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR

1:00:36 27, THE AMOUNT OF $85,879 TO

1:00:40 COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27 COST

1:00:43 ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE

1:00:44 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

1:00:46 BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL

1:00:48 COMMITTEE AND SEIU LOCAL 880

1:00:50 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES CHAPTER

1:00:52 THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND

1:00:53 ENGINEERING THE TERMS OF THE

1:00:55 CONTRACT AS SEPTEMBER 1ST 2026

1:00:58 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST 2027, THE

1:01:00 MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE

1:01:02 CONTRACT CONTRACT INCLUDES A

1:01:03 BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN

1:01:06 SEPTEMBER OF 2026 AND A FLAT

1:01:09 DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $800 AT ANNUAL

1:01:11 SALARIES IN JANUARY OF 2027.

1:01:15 TALKING ABOUT 1835 MESSAGE IN

1:01:17 ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 27

1:01:21 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE

1:01:22 FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY

1:01:25 $40,365 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR

1:01:27 THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR

1:01:29 FISCAL YEAR 27 INCREASES

1:01:31 CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE

1:01:33 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN

1:01:33 THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND

1:01:35 THE BOSTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

1:01:38 PLANT ADMINISTRATORS

1:01:39 ASSOCIATION DOCKET NUMBER 1836

1:01:42 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A

1:01:44 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION

1:01:45 ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC

1:01:47 SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, THE

1:01:49 AMOUNT OF $40,365 TO

1:01:52 COVER FISCAL YEAR 27 COST ITEMS

1:01:54 CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE

1:01:56 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN

1:01:57 THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND

1:01:59 THE BUS AND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

1:02:00 PLANT ADMINISTRATORS

1:02:01 ASSOCIATION THE TERMS OF THE

1:02:04 CONTRACT OF SEPTEMBER 1ST 2026

1:02:07 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST 2027.

1:02:09 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE

1:02:11 CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE

1:02:13 INCREASE OF 2% IN SEPTEMBER

1:02:15 OF 26, 2026 AND A FLAT DOLLAR

1:02:18 AMOUNT OF $800 TO BE ADDED TO

1:02:21 ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY

1:02:23 OF 2027.

1:02:25 DOCKET NUMBER 1837 MESSAGE IN

1:02:28 ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL 27

1:02:30 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE

1:02:32 FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY

1:02:34 $10,320.

1:02:35 PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON

1:02:37 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL

1:02:38 YEAR 27 INCREASES CONTAINED

1:02:40 WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE

1:02:41 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN

1:02:42 THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND

1:02:44 THE AFL CIO COUNCIL 39 LOCAL

1:02:48 2814 STORE KEEPERS AND STORES

1:02:50 DELIVERY MEN UNION NUMBER 1838

1:02:55 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A

1:02:56 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION

1:02:58 ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC

1:02:59 SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, IN

1:03:02 THE AMOUNT OF $10,320 TO

1:03:05 COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 27 COST

1:03:07 ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE

1:03:08 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

1:03:10 BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL

1:03:11 COMMITTEE AND AFL CIO

1:03:14 COUNCIL 93 LOCAL 2814 STORE

1:03:17 KEEPERS AND STORES DELIVERY

1:03:18 MEN'S UNION THE TERMS OF THE

1:03:21 CONTRACT OF SEPTEMBER 1ST 2026

1:03:25 TO AUGUST 31ST 2027.

1:03:26 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE

1:03:28 CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE WAGE

1:03:29 INCREASE OF 2% IN SEPTEMBER

1:03:32 OF 2026 AND A FLAT DOLLAR

1:03:34 AMOUNT OF $800 TO BE ADDED TO

1:03:37 ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY

1:03:39 OF 2027.

1:03:41 THANK YOU.

1:03:42 CLERK PLEASE GET SOME WATER.

1:03:43 YES.

1:03:43 UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE

1:03:45 CHAIR OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND

1:03:47 MEANS.

1:03:48 COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE

1:03:49 FLOOR.

1:03:49 THANK YOU.

1:03:51 YEAH.

1:03:52 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:03:53 UH, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH,

1:03:55 THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

1:03:56 HELD A HEARING ON DOCKET

1:03:57 NUMBERS 1829 TO 18 38 TO.

1:04:01 10.

1:04:01 APPROPRIATION ORDERS THAT.

1:04:02 WOULD REDUCE THE.

1:04:03 RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE

1:04:04 BARGAINING UH, IN ORDER TO

1:04:06 APPROPRIATED APPROXIMATELY

1:04:08 $517,000 TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC

1:04:10 SCHOOLS.

1:04:11 THIS APPROPRIATION WOULD

1:04:12 COVER FISCAL YEAR 27 INCREASES

1:04:14 CONTAINED WITHIN CBAS BETWEEN

1:04:17 THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND

1:04:19 THE BOSTON SCHOOL POLICE

1:04:20 PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION, THE

1:04:22 BOSTON SCHOOL POLICE SUPERIOR

1:04:24 OFFICERS FEDERATION, THE BOSTON

1:04:25 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PLAN

1:04:27 ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION, THE

1:04:29 STORE KEEPERS AND STORES

1:04:31 DELIVERY UNION WHO ARE PART

1:04:33 OF THE AFL CIO COUNCIL 39 LOCAL

1:04:37 UH 2814 AND PLANNING AND

1:04:38 ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS WHO

1:04:40 ARE PART OF SEIU LOCAL 888 UH

1:04:42 THE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES

1:04:43 CHAPTER.

1:04:44 THE COMMITTEE UH ON TUESDAY WAS

1:04:46 JOINED BY COUNCILORS MURPHY,

1:04:48 FLYNN LOUIJEUNE FITZGERALD,

1:04:50 CULPEPER AND MORRELL AS WELL AS

1:04:52 THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT

1:04:53 DIRECTOR JIM WILLIAMSON, OFFICE

1:04:56 OF LABOR RELATIONS DIRECTOR

1:04:58 JEREMIE HASSAN UM OUR HASSEN

1:05:01 SORRY, UH, OFFICE OF UH SAFETY

1:05:03 SERVICES CHIEF AND EXECUTIVE

1:05:05 DIRECTOR FOR BP'S IZZY MARRERO

1:05:08 AND BP'S CHIEF OPERATING

1:05:10 OFFICER UH, BRIAN FORD.

1:05:12 UH, THE THE HEARING CENTERED

1:05:13 AROUND THE APPROVAL OF THESE

1:05:15 TEN APPROPRIATION ORDERS TIED

1:05:17 TO FIVE RECENT UNION CONTRACTS

1:05:19 ,UH, MOSTLY ONE YEAR

1:05:20 AGREEMENTS PROVIDING A 2%

1:05:22 GENERAL WAGE INCREASE AND AN

1:05:24 ADDITIONAL, UH, AMOUNT OF, YOU

1:05:27 KNOW, AROUND $800 TO BE ADDED

1:05:29 TO BASE WAGES.

1:05:30 UH, MOVING FORWARD, THE

1:05:32 PANELISTS UH, YOU KNOW, UH,

1:05:35 INCLUDED THE LABOR RELATIONS

1:05:37 STAFF PROVIDED EXPLANATIONS

1:05:39 OF THE COSTS, THE CONTRACT

1:05:40 TERMS, OPERATIONAL STATUS

1:05:41 HELPING TO CLARIFY ISSUES, UH,

1:05:43 AND SUPPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE

1:05:46 PATH TOWARD OUR APPROVAL.

1:05:47 WE HEARD THAT THIS THESE

1:05:49 CONTRACTS COVER ROUGHLY THE 50

1:05:51 MEMBERS OR COVERED BY THE

1:05:53 PATROLMEN'S CONTRACT.

1:05:54 ABOUT 19 UH, INDIVIDUALS ARE

1:05:57 COVERED BY THE SUPERIOR

1:05:58 OFFICERS CONTRACT.

1:05:59 ABOUT 37 INDIVIDUALS ARE

1:06:01 COVERED IN THE PLANNING

1:06:02 ENGINEERING CONTRACT AND UH, 16

1:06:06 BY THE PLANT ADMINISTRATORS

1:06:07 CONTRACT AND ANOTHER SIX UNDER

1:06:08 THE STOREKEEPERS CONTRACT.

1:06:10 UM, AS DIRECTOR WILLIAMSON

1:06:12 STATED AT THE HEARING THERE WAS

1:06:14 APPROXIMATELY THERE WAS

1:06:15 APPROXIMATELY $22 MILLION FOR

1:06:17 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE

1:06:18 RESERVES AT THE START OF THE

1:06:19 FISCAL YEAR.

1:06:20 UH, AND UH SINCE THE START

1:06:22 OF THE YEAR THIS BODY IS

1:06:23 APPROVED AROUND 3.3 MILLION TO

1:06:25 BE TAKEN FROM THE RESERVES, UH,

1:06:27 FOR SEPARATE CBAS THE

1:06:29 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

1:06:29 AGREEMENTS DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY

1:06:31 REQUIRE US TO TAKE AN

1:06:32 ADDITIONAL $517,000 OUT

1:06:34 OF RESERVES TO SATISFY THE

1:06:35 CONDITIONS CONTAINED WITHIN UH

1:06:37 ,COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

1:06:38 AGREEMENTS.

1:06:39 UM, UH AND SO WE WE DID HAVE A

1:06:43 REQUEST AT THE HEARING FROM

1:06:44 SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR A

1:06:45 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

1:06:46 BETWEEN THE UH I BELIEVE IT'S

1:06:49 BETWEEN DPS AND THE BOSTON

1:06:50 POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH,

1:06:53 GOVERNING, YOU KNOW, THEIR

1:06:54 INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS.

1:06:55 UH, WE I AS THE CHAIR WE

1:06:57 REACHED OUT FOR THAT MEMORANDUM

1:06:58 OF UNDERSTANDING.

1:06:59 WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE IS NO

1:07:00 EXECUTED MEMORANDUM

1:07:02 OF UNDERSTANDING TO PROVIDE US.

1:07:04 SO I DON'T HAVE THAT UH, FOR

1:07:07 FOR FOR YOU TODAY.

1:07:08 UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVING

1:07:11 LOOKED INTO IT, UH, YOU KNOW, I

1:07:14 I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO

1:07:15 ASK FOR FOR DOCUMENTS AND AND

1:07:18 AND FOR AS MUCH INFORMATION AS

1:07:19 WE CAN GET FROM THE

1:07:20 ADMINISTRATION.

1:07:21 UH, I'M NOT SURE IT'S DIRECTLY

1:07:24 RELEVANT.

1:07:24 UH, THE MOU TO OUR DISCUSSION

1:07:26 TODAY ABOUT WHETHER TO TO GIVE

1:07:28 THESE INCREASES FOR THAT

1:07:29 REASON, YOU KNOW, AS THE

1:07:30 COMMITTEE CHAIR, I'M GOING TO

1:07:32 SEEK ACCEPTANCE OF THE

1:07:33 COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE

1:07:34 OF THESE DOCKETS BEFORE YOU

1:07:36 TODAY.

1:07:36 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:07:37 THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR

1:07:38 WEBER.

1:07:38 UM, I APOLOGIZE I KNOW THAT

1:07:40 COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD HER LIGHT

1:07:41 ON FIRST AND THEN IT WAS

1:07:44 COUNCILOR MEJIA AND THEN FLYNN.

1:07:45 UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:07:47 AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR THE

1:07:49 COMMITTEE.

1:07:49 UM, LOOKING.

1:07:50 FORWARD TO VOTING IN FAVOR

1:07:51 OF ALL OF THESE.

1:07:52 THANK YOU.

1:07:53 CLERK UM, FOR READING THEM ALL

1:07:55 .

1:07:55 I DID JUST WANT TO STAND AS

1:07:57 SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN OUR

1:07:58 SCHOOLS FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES

1:08:00 .

1:08:01 IT IS A VILLAGE I KNOW WE HERE,

1:08:03 WE ARE HERE AND WE ADVOCATE FOR

1:08:04 OUR TEACHERS ALL OF THE TIME

1:08:07 BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER

1:08:09 INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOW UP EVERY

1:08:10 DAY MAKING SURE THAT THE HEAT

1:08:12 TURNS ON THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE

1:08:14 FED, THAT OUR SCHOOL YOU KNOW

1:08:15 THE SCHOOL BUSSES HAVE DRIVERS

1:08:17 SO THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN

1:08:19 JUST WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THE

1:08:20 CLASSROOM.

1:08:21 SO ALWAYS THANK YOU TO OUR

1:08:22 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

1:08:23 BUT ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS JUST

1:08:25 SHOW HOW MUCH IT REALLY DOES

1:08:27 TAKE TO HAVE A SCHOOL

1:08:29 DEPARTMENT RUN SMOOTHLY.

1:08:31 SO LOOKING FORWARD.

1:08:32 TO.

1:08:32 SUPPORTING THEM.

1:08:33 THANK YOU THANK YOU

1:08:34 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:08:36 COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE

1:08:36 FLOOR NOW.

1:08:39 UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:08:40 AND I WANT TO THANK.

1:08:42 CHAIR WEBER.

1:08:42 FOR, UH, YESTERDAY'S HEARING.

1:08:44 AND ALTHOUGH I WAS UNABLE TO

1:08:46 ATTEND MYSELF, MY TEAM WATCHED

1:08:49 AND THEN REVIEWED WITH ME THE

1:08:50 HEARINGS.

1:08:51 UM, AND TYPICALLY ALL OF THESE

1:08:54 DOCKETS, UM, WOULD JUST PASS.

1:08:57 BUT THERE ARE A FEW OUTSTANDING

1:08:58 QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THESE

1:09:00 CONTRACTS THAT, UM, ARE IN

1:09:03 OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT

1:09:04 ARE CURRENTLY BEING

1:09:05 INVESTIGATED BY THE OFFICE

1:09:08 OF INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT

1:09:09 ON DPS THAT CAME OUT IN LATE

1:09:12 AUGUST AND WE NEED TO DO.

1:09:13 OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

1:09:14 AND ENSURE THAT BP'S OFFICES

1:09:16 AND DEPARTMENTS UH, IN THE OIG

1:09:19 REPORT, ARE FOLLOWING PROPER

1:09:22 CONTRACTING PROTOCOLS, POLICIES

1:09:24 AND PROCEDURES AND UNTIL THAT

1:09:26 IS DONE I AM UNCOMFORTABLE

1:09:28 VOTING IN FAVOR OF THESE

1:09:31 CONTRACTS, HOWEVER.

1:09:32 AND I.

1:09:33 WANT.

1:09:33 TO BE.

1:09:33 REALLY CLEAR.

1:09:34 FOR THE RECORD.

1:09:34 I DO SUPPORT OUR UNIONS AND OUR

1:09:36 WORKERS.

1:09:36 AND I DO NOT WANT TO VOTE.

1:09:38 AGAINST THEIR CONTRACTS.

1:09:40 UM AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD

1:09:42 TO NEGOTIATE.

1:09:43 AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY

1:09:44 CLEAR THAT FOR ME, UH, THIS I

1:09:47 I'M FEELING CONFLICTED IN

1:09:49 REGARDS.

1:09:50 TO THE UM, WHAT WE'RE

1:09:52 COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC.

1:09:53 CAN WE GUARDS TO SOME OF THESE

1:09:55 THINGS THAT ARE STILL

1:09:56 OUTSTANDING?

1:09:57 UM AND THEREFORE I WILL BE

1:09:59 VOTING PRESENT ON DOCKETS UM.

1:10:02 1833 THROUGH 188 UM 1838.

1:10:08 UM JUST.

1:10:09 FOR THE RECORD.

1:10:10 UM SO FOLKS KNOW WHY NOW YOU

1:10:13 KNOW.

1:10:14 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA.

1:10:16 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE

1:10:17 FLOOR.

1:10:18 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:10:21 I I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THESE

1:10:23 DOCKETS ALTHOUGH.

1:10:27 THERE'S A LOT OF OUTSTANDING.

1:10:28 ISSUES THAT WE HAVEN'T

1:10:31 ADDRESSED AS.

1:10:32 COUNCILMEMBER HERE MENTIONED I

1:10:33 AGREE WITH HER.

1:10:37 AS WELL AS THE $900,000.

1:10:40 MISAPPROPRIATION OF.

1:10:42 CITY FUNDS THAT BOSTON.

1:10:43 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, THERE.

1:10:45 WAS A DEVASTATING REPORT

1:10:47 ISSUED BY THE.

1:10:48 STATE UM INSPECTOR GENERAL.

1:10:52 ON MISAPPROPRIATION.

1:10:52 BASICALLY OF.

1:10:53 CITY FUNDS.

1:10:55 AND WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE

1:10:57 ON.

1:11:00 UH STUDENTS ON TEACHERS.

1:11:02 ON A PUBLIC EDUCATION.

1:11:03 ON ON.

1:11:04 THESE COLLECTIVE.

1:11:05 BARGAINING CONTRACTS?

1:11:07 WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

1:11:08 I DID ASK SOME OF THOSE

1:11:10 QUESTIONS, UH, BUT DID NOT GET

1:11:14 THE RIGHT ANSWERS.

1:11:15 BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING

1:11:17 ON.

1:11:17 THESE DOCKETS WITHOUT.

1:11:20 ,UM.

1:11:21 ADEQUATE INFORMATION.

1:11:24 WHICH IS DISCOURAGING.

1:11:25 I SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF LAST

1:11:27 NIGHT WITH.

1:11:28 THE SAINT.

1:11:28 STEPHEN'S YOUTH GROUP.

1:11:30 IN THE SOUTH END.

1:11:31 UM, LISTENING TO.

1:11:33 UH, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS

1:11:35 STUDENT OF STUDENTS WITH.

1:11:38 DISABILITIES.

1:11:39 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

1:11:40 IMMIGRANT STUDENTS ASKING A LOT

1:11:43 .

1:11:43 OF A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE.

1:11:45 FOCUS ON HERE.

1:11:47 UH, WE SHOULD BE.

1:11:48 FOCUSING ON ON THE CITY.

1:11:50 COUNCIL.

1:11:51 BUT THESE PARENTS.

1:11:53 WERE ASKING.

1:11:53 US ASKING ME QUESTIONS.

1:11:55 ABOUT WHAT IMPACT.

1:11:57 DOES THE.

1:11:58 RECENT LAYOFF

1:12:01 OF PARAPROFESSIONALS HAVE?

1:12:03 AND THEY'RE EXPLAINING.

1:12:04 TO ME.

1:12:04 THAT THERE IS A LOT

1:12:06 OF PARAPROFESSIONALS NOW.

1:12:07 THAT ARE NOT IN CLASSROOMS AND

1:12:09 IT'S IMPACTING THE.

1:12:10 QUALITY OF LIFE IN PUBLIC.

1:12:11 EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILD.

1:12:14 UM, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT

1:12:16 THESE CONTRACTS.

1:12:17 AND WE ALL WILL.

1:12:19 UM, BUT WE'RE DOING A

1:12:21 DISSERVICE.

1:12:23 TO STUDENTS.

1:12:24 AND TEACHERS WHEN WE HAVE

1:12:25 WE'RE AFRAID.

1:12:26 TO ASK DIFFICULT.

1:12:28 QUESTIONS TO HOLD THE

1:12:29 ADMINISTRATION AND THE

1:12:31 DEPARTMENT.

1:12:32 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE POOR.

1:12:35 PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT IS

1:12:36 HAPPENING IN BOSTON.

1:12:38 STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER.

1:12:39 THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT FROM THE

1:12:41 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.

1:12:42 THANK YOU.

1:12:42 YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD

1:12:44 ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON

1:12:45 THIS MATTER, COUNSELOR

1:12:45 DIRECTING IT BEFORE.

1:12:47 THANK YOU.

1:12:48 UM, I STAND WITH AND FOR

1:12:50 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SO I WILL

1:12:52 BE VOTING YES.

1:12:52 THANK YOU.

1:12:55 COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR

1:12:58 OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND

1:12:59 MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE

1:13:00 COMMITTEE REPORT AND WE'RE

1:13:02 GOING TO DO THIS INDIVIDUALLY

1:13:04 AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1829.

1:13:06 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

1:13:09 ALL THOSE PEOPLE SAY NAY.

1:13:11 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:13:12 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

1:13:13 ROLL CALL VOTE AND DOCKET 1829

1:13:16 COUNSELOR BRAIN COUNSELOR COLOR

1:13:18 AS OPPOSED.

1:13:18 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:13:19 CLOSE BUDDY.

1:13:20 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:13:21 CULPEPER.

1:13:22 COUNSELOR.

1:13:22 CULPEPER.

1:13:23 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:13:24 DURKAN.

1:13:24 COUNSELOR.

1:13:25 DURKAN.

1:13:25 YES.

1:13:25 COUNCIL HAS GENERAL COUNCILOR.

1:13:28 VISIO.

1:13:28 YES.

1:13:28 COUNSELOR.

1:13:28 FLYNN.

1:13:29 YES.

1:13:29 COUNSELOR.

1:13:30 FLYNN.

1:13:30 YES.

1:13:30 COUNSELOR.

1:13:31 LOUIJEUNE.

1:13:31 YES.

1:13:32 COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:13:33 YES.

1:13:33 COUNSELING HERE COUNTS FOR

1:13:34 MEJIA.

1:13:35 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:13:35 MURPHY.

1:13:36 COUNSELOR.

1:13:36 MURPHY.

1:13:37 YES.

1:13:37 COUNCIL.

1:13:38 PIPPIN.

1:13:38 YES, COUNSELOR AND YES.

1:13:40 COUNCIL.

1:13:40 SANTANA.

1:13:40 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:13:41 SANTANA.

1:13:42 YES.

1:13:42 COUNCIL.

1:13:43 WEBER.

1:13:43 YES.

1:13:44 COUNCIL.

1:13:44 WEBER.

1:13:44 YES AND COUNCIL.

1:13:45 WORLD.

1:13:46 YES.

1:13:46 COUNCIL.

1:13:47 WORLD.

1:13:47 YES.

1:13:47 TALKING NUMBER ONE 8 TO 9 AS WE

1:13:50 SEE 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE

1:13:51 .

1:13:52 THANK YOU.

1:13:53 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

1:13:54 ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS

1:13:55 ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE

1:13:55 REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET

1:13:57 1830.

1:13:58 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, UH,

1:14:00 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:14:01 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

1:14:03 COUNSELOR BRAIN COUNSELOR COLOR

1:14:04 AS A.

1:14:05 YES COUNSELOR.

1:14:06 COLORS A YES COUNSELOR CULPA.

1:14:09 COUNSELOR.

1:14:09 CULPEPER.

1:14:10 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:10 DURKAN.

1:14:11 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:12 DURKAN.

1:14:12 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:13 FITZGERALD.

1:14:14 COUNSELOR.

1:14:14 SHOW.

1:14:14 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:15 FLYNN.

1:14:15 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:16 FLYNN.

1:14:17 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:17 LOUIJEUNE.

1:14:18 YES.

1:14:18 COUNSELOR.

1:14:19 LOUIJEUNE.

1:14:19 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:20 MEJIA.

1:14:20 COUNSELOR.

1:14:21 MEJIA.

1:14:21 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:22 MURPHY.

1:14:23 COUNSELOR.

1:14:23 MURPHY.

1:14:24 YES.

1:14:24 COUNCIL.

1:14:24 PIPPIN.

1:14:25 COUNSELOR.

1:14:26 THE PEN.

1:14:26 YES.

1:14:27 COUNCIL.

1:14:27 SANTANA.

1:14:28 COUNSELOR.

1:14:29 SANTANA.

1:14:29 YES.

1:14:29 COUNSELOR.

1:14:30 WEBER.

1:14:31 COUNSELOR.

1:14:31 WEBB'S AND COUNSELOR.

1:14:32 WORLD.

1:14:33 YEAH.

1:14:33 COUNSELOR.

1:14:34 OH, YES.

1:14:34 TALKING NUMBER 1830 HAS

1:14:36 RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE

1:14:38 AFFIRMATIVE.

1:14:38 THANK YOU.

1:14:39 THE CHAIR OF WAYS MEANS SEEKS

1:14:40 ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE

1:14:41 REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

1:14:43 1831.

1:14:44 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

1:14:45 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:14:46 DOCTOR ROLL CALL.

1:14:46 VOTE COUNSELOR BRIEF COUNSELOR

1:14:48 COLLETTE AS A PILOT.

1:14:49 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:50 COLOR AS A BODY.

1:14:51 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:52 CULPEPER.

1:14:52 COUNSELOR.

1:14:54 CULPEPER.

1:14:54 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:55 DURKAN.

1:14:55 COUNSELOR.

1:14:56 DURKAN.

1:14:56 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:14:57 FITZGERALD.

1:14:58 COUNSELOR FOR SO.

1:15:00 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:00 FLYNN.

1:15:01 YES.

1:15:01 IT'S A FLYNN.

1:15:02 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:03 LOUIJEUNE.

1:15:03 COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:15:05 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:05 MEJIA.

1:15:06 COUNSELOR MEJIA.

1:15:07 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:08 MURPHY.

1:15:08 YEAH.

1:15:09 COUNSELOR.

1:15:09 MURPHY.

1:15:09 YES.

1:15:10 COUNCIL.

1:15:10 PIPPIN.

1:15:11 COUNSELOR.

1:15:12 VAN.

1:15:12 YES.

1:15:13 CONSTANTIN.

1:15:13 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:14 SANTANA.

1:15:15 YES.

1:15:15 COUNSELOR.

1:15:15 WEBER.

1:15:16 YES.

1:15:16 COUNCIL.

1:15:17 WEBER.

1:15:17 YES AND COUNSELOR.

1:15:18 YES.

1:15:19 COUNCILOR WORRELL.

1:15:20 YES.

1:15:21 TALK NUMBER 1831 HAS RECEIVED

1:15:23 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

1:15:25 THANK YOU.

1:15:26 THE CHAIR ON WAYS AND MEANS

1:15:27 SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE

1:15:27 COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE

1:15:28 DOCKET 1832.

1:15:30 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:15:31 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

1:15:33 COUNSELOR BREAK.

1:15:34 COUNSELOR COLADAS A PARTY?

1:15:35 YES, AS A PARTY.

1:15:36 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:37 CULPEPER.

1:15:38 COUNSELOR.

1:15:39 CULPEPER.

1:15:39 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:40 DURKAN.

1:15:41 COUNSELOR.

1:15:41 DURKAN.

1:15:42 YES.

1:15:42 COUNSELOR.

1:15:42 FITZGERALD.

1:15:43 COUNSELOR.

1:15:44 FITZGERALD.

1:15:44 YES.

1:15:45 COUNSELOR.

1:15:45 FLYNN.

1:15:45 YES.

1:15:46 COUNCILOR.

1:15:46 FLYNN.

1:15:47 YES.

1:15:47 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:15:48 COUNSELOR.

1:15:49 LOUIJEUNE.

1:15:49 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:50 MEJIA COUNSELING MEJIA.

1:15:52 YES.

1:15:52 COUNSELOR.

1:15:52 MURPHY.

1:15:53 COUNSELOR.

1:15:53 MURPHY.

1:15:54 YES.

1:15:54 COUNSELOR.

1:15:55 PIPPIN.

1:15:56 COUNSELOR.

1:15:56 PEN.

1:15:56 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:57 SANTANA.

1:15:58 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:15:59 SANTANA.

1:15:59 YES.

1:16:00 COUNCILOR.

1:16:00 WEBER.

1:16:01 COUNSELOR.

1:16:02 WEBER.

1:16:02 YES AND COUNSELOR.

1:16:03 WORLD COUNSELOR.

1:16:04 OH, YES.

1:16:06 TALKING A1832 IS RECEIVED 12

1:16:08 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

1:16:10 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

1:16:11 WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

1:16:12 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

1:16:13 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1833.

1:16:15 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:16:16 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

1:16:18 COUNSELOR BRAIN CANCER.

1:16:20 COLLETTE.

1:16:20 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:16:21 CLOSET.

1:16:22 YES.

1:16:22 COUNSELOR.

1:16:23 CULPEPER.

1:16:23 COUNSELOR.

1:16:24 CULPEPER.

1:16:25 YES.

1:16:25 COUNSELOR.

1:16:25 DURKAN.

1:16:26 COUNSELOR.

1:16:27 DURKAN.

1:16:27 YES.

1:16:28 COUNSELOR.

1:16:28 FITZGERALD.

1:16:28 YES.

1:16:29 COUNCILOR.

1:16:30 FITZGERALD.

1:16:30 YES.

1:16:30 COUNSELOR.

1:16:31 FLYNN.

1:16:31 YES.

1:16:31 COUNSELOR.

1:16:32 FLYNN.

1:16:32 YES.

1:16:33 COUNSELOR.

1:16:33 LOUIJEUNE.

1:16:34 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:16:34 WHO'S IN?

1:16:35 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:16:35 MEJIA.

1:16:37 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:16:40 MEJIA.

1:16:40 PRESENT.

1:16:42 COUNSELOR.

1:16:42 MURPHY.

1:16:43 COUNSELOR.

1:16:44 MURPHY.

1:16:44 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:16:45 PEN COUNSELOR PENNY HAS

1:16:46 COUNSELOR SANTANA.

1:16:48 YEAH.

1:16:48 COUNSELOR.

1:16:48 SANTANA.

1:16:49 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:16:50 WEBER.

1:16:50 COUNSELOR LIVES AND COUNSELOR.

1:16:52 WORLD COUNSELOR.

1:16:53 OH, YES.

1:16:55 TALKING OF A1833 HAS RECEIVED

1:16:58 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND

1:16:59 ONE PRESENT.

1:17:01 THANK YOU.

1:17:02 UH, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS

1:17:04 SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE

1:17:05 COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE

1:17:06 OF DOCKET 1834.

1:17:07 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:17:08 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

1:17:09 COUNSELOR BRAIN COUNSELOR COLOR

1:17:11 AS A PARTNER?

1:17:12 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:17:13 CLOSE BODY.

1:17:14 YES.

1:17:14 COUNCILOR.

1:17:15 CULPEPER.

1:17:16 COUNSELOR.

1:17:16 CULPEPER.

1:17:17 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:17:17 DURKAN.

1:17:18 COUNSELOR.

1:17:19 DURKAN.

1:17:19 YES.

1:17:19 COUNSELOR.

1:17:20 FITZGERALD.

1:17:21 COUNSELOR.

1:17:21 SHOW.

1:17:22 YES.

1:17:22 COUNSELOR.

1:17:22 FLYNN.

1:17:23 YES.

1:17:23 COUNCILOR.

1:17:24 SUN.

1:17:24 YES.

1:17:25 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:17:26 COUNSELOR.

1:17:26 LOUIJEUNE.

1:17:27 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:17:28 MEJIA.

1:17:29 COUNSELOR.

1:17:30 MEJIA.

1:17:30 PRESENT.

1:17:31 COUNSELOR.

1:17:32 MURPHY.

1:17:32 COUNSELOR.

1:17:33 MURPHY.

1:17:33 YES.

1:17:34 COUNCILOR.

1:17:34 PIPPIN.

1:17:35 COUNSELOR.

1:17:35 PEN.

1:17:35 YES.

1:17:36 COUNCILOR.

1:17:36 SANTANA.

1:17:37 YEAH.

1:17:37 COUNSELOR.

1:17:38 SANTANA.

1:17:38 YES.

1:17:38 COUNSELOR.

1:17:39 WEBER.

1:17:39 COUNSELOR.

1:17:40 WEBER.

1:17:40 YES AND COUNSELOR.

1:17:41 WORLD COUNSELOR.

1:17:42 ORAL.

1:17:43 YES.

1:17:44 DOCKET NUMBER 1834 IS RECEIVED

1:17:47 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND

1:17:48 ONE PRESENT.

1:17:49 THANK YOU.

1:17:50 THE CHAIR OF WAYS MEANS THE

1:17:51 ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE

1:17:52 REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

1:17:54 1835.

1:17:54 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:17:56 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

1:17:57 COUNSELOR BRAIN COUNSELOR

1:17:58 COLLETTE AS A PUBLIC YES,

1:17:59 COUNSELOR.

1:18:00 CLOSE BY.

1:18:01 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:01 CULPEPER.

1:18:02 COUNSELOR.

1:18:03 CULPEPER.

1:18:03 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:04 DURKAN.

1:18:05 COUNSELOR.

1:18:05 DURKAN.

1:18:06 YES.

1:18:06 COUNSELOR.

1:18:07 FITZGERALD.

1:18:07 COUNSELOR.

1:18:08 FITZGERALD.

1:18:08 YES.

1:18:09 COUNSELOR.

1:18:09 FLYNN.

1:18:09 YES.

1:18:10 COUNSELOR.

1:18:10 FLYNN.

1:18:11 YES.

1:18:11 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:18:13 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:14 MEJIA.

1:18:15 COUNSELOR.

1:18:16 MEJIA.

1:18:16 PRESENT.

1:18:17 COUNSELOR.

1:18:17 MURPHY.

1:18:19 COUNSELOR.

1:18:19 MURPHY.

1:18:19 YES, COUNCILOR.

1:18:20 PUT PEN.

1:18:20 COUNSELOR.

1:18:21 PEN.

1:18:21 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:22 SANTANA.

1:18:23 COUNSELOR.

1:18:24 SANTANA.

1:18:24 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:25 WEBER.

1:18:25 YES.

1:18:26 COUNSELOR.

1:18:27 BUT YES.

1:18:27 AND COUNSELOR.

1:18:28 WORLD.

1:18:28 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:29 OH, YES.

1:18:30 TALKING OF THE 1835 HAS

1:18:33 RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE

1:18:34 AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT.

1:18:36 THANK YOU.

1:18:37 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT

1:18:38 EACH COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

1:18:39 ACCEPTED AND, UH, THIS DOCKET

1:18:41 1835 HAS PASSED AS UH.

1:18:43 WORD 1834 AND 1833.

1:18:45 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS,

1:18:46 MR CLERK.

1:18:47 UM, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

1:18:48 ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS

1:18:49 ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE

1:18:50 REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

1:18:51 1836.

1:18:53 COUNSELOR GREAT COUNSELOR

1:18:55 COLLETTE AS OPPOSED.

1:18:55 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:56 CLOSE BY.

1:18:57 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:18:57 CULPEPER.

1:18:58 COUNSELOR.

1:18:59 CULPEPER.

1:18:59 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:00 DURKAN.

1:19:00 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:01 DURKAN.

1:19:02 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:02 FITZGERALD.

1:19:03 COUNSELOR OF HIS SHOW.

1:19:04 YES.

1:19:05 COUNSELOR.

1:19:05 FLYNN.

1:19:06 COUNCIL.

1:19:06 FLYNN.

1:19:07 YES.

1:19:07 COUNSELOR.

1:19:07 LOUIJEUNE.

1:19:08 COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:19:09 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:09 MEJIA.

1:19:11 COUNSELOR.

1:19:11 MEJIA.

1:19:12 PRESENT.

1:19:13 COUNSELOR.

1:19:13 MURPHY.

1:19:14 COUNSELOR.

1:19:14 MURPHY.

1:19:15 YES, COUNCILOR.

1:19:15 PUT PEN.

1:19:16 COUNSELOR.

1:19:16 PEN.

1:19:17 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:17 SANTANA.

1:19:18 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:19 SANTANA.

1:19:19 YES.

1:19:20 COUNSELOR.

1:19:20 WEBER.

1:19:21 YES.

1:19:21 COUNCIL.

1:19:21 WEBER.

1:19:22 YES AND COUNSELOR.

1:19:23 WORLD COUNSELOR.

1:19:24 YES.

1:19:25 TALKING NUMBER 1836 AS WE SEE

1:19:28 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND

1:19:30 ONE PRESENT.

1:19:30 THANK YOU.

1:19:31 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

1:19:32 ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1836 HAS

1:19:34 PASSED.

1:19:34 THE, UH THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND

1:19:36 MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE

1:19:37 COMMITTEE REPORT AND PATCHES

1:19:38 OF DOCKET 1837.

1:19:39 MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT ROLL

1:19:40 CALL.

1:19:40 VOTE COUNSELOR BRAIN COUNSELOR

1:19:42 COLETTE AS A PARTNER.

1:19:43 YES.

1:19:43 COUNCIL GOES BUTTER.

1:19:44 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:45 CULPEPER.

1:19:46 COUNSELOR.

1:19:47 CULPEPER.

1:19:47 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:48 DURKAN.

1:19:48 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:49 DURKAN.

1:19:50 YES.

1:19:50 COUNSELOR.

1:19:51 FITZGERALD.

1:19:52 COUNSELOR.

1:19:52 FISHER.

1:19:52 YES.

1:19:53 COUNSELOR.

1:19:53 FLYNN.

1:19:54 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:55 FLYNN.

1:19:55 YES.

1:19:56 COUNSELOR.

1:19:56 LOUIJEUNE.

1:19:57 COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:19:58 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:19:59 MEJIA.

1:19:59 COUNSELOR.

1:20:00 MEJIA.

1:20:00 PRESENT.

1:20:01 COUNSELOR.

1:20:02 MURPHY.

1:20:03 COUNSELOR.

1:20:03 MURPHY.

1:20:03 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:20:04 THE PEN COUNSELOR FOR PEN.

1:20:06 YES.

1:20:06 COUNCIL.

1:20:06 SANTANA.

1:20:07 YEAH.

1:20:08 COUNSELOR.

1:20:08 SANTANA.

1:20:08 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:20:09 WEBER.

1:20:10 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:20:11 WEBSITE AND COUNSELOR.

1:20:11 EARL.

1:20:12 COUNSELOR.

1:20:13 WELL, YES.

1:20:14 TALKING NUMBER 1837 HAS

1:20:16 RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE

1:20:18 AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT.

1:20:19 THANK YOU.

1:20:20 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS

1:20:21 BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1837

1:20:23 HAS PASSED.

1:20:24 MR. CLERK, UM, EXCUSE ME.

1:20:26 THE CHAIR OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS

1:20:27 AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

1:20:28 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

1:20:28 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1838.

1:20:30 IT'S KIRK.

1:20:30 PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL

1:20:32 VOTE.

1:20:32 COUNSELOR BRAIN COUNSELOR

1:20:34 COLLETTE AS A PARTNER?

1:20:35 YES.

1:20:35 I SUPPOSE BUT A YES.

1:20:36 COUNSELOR.

1:20:37 CULPEPER.

1:20:37 COUNSELOR.

1:20:38 CULPEPER.

1:20:38 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:20:39 DURKAN.

1:20:40 COUNSELOR.

1:20:41 DURKAN.

1:20:41 YES.

1:20:42 COUNCILOR IS CHERYL.

1:20:43 COUNSELOR.

1:20:44 SO YES.

1:20:44 COUNSELOR.

1:20:45 FLYNN.

1:20:45 COUNSELOR.

1:20:46 FLYNN.

1:20:47 YES.

1:20:47 COUNSELOR.

1:20:47 LOUIJEUNE.

1:20:48 YES.

1:20:49 SUZANNE.

1:20:49 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:20:50 MEJIA.

1:20:51 COUNSELOR.

1:20:51 MEJIA.

1:20:51 PRESENT.

1:20:52 COUNSELOR.

1:20:52 MURPHY.

1:20:53 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:20:54 MURPHY.

1:20:54 YES.

1:20:54 COUNCIL.

1:20:55 PIPPIN.

1:20:55 COUNSELOR.

1:20:56 PEN.

1:20:56 YES.

1:20:57 COUNCIL.

1:20:57 SANTANA.

1:20:58 COUNSELOR.

1:20:59 SANTANA.

1:20:59 YES.

1:21:00 COUNSELOR.

1:21:00 WEBER.

1:21:00 YES, COUNSELOR.

1:21:01 YES AND COUNSELOR.

1:21:02 EARL.

1:21:03 COUNSELOR.

1:21:03 ROLL.

1:21:04 YES.

1:21:04 TALKING NUMBER 1838 HAS

1:21:07 RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE

1:21:08 AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT.

1:21:10 THANK YOU.

1:21:11 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

1:21:12 ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1838 HAS

1:21:14 PASSED.

1:21:15 WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS,

1:21:16 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS A

1:21:17 REMINDER THAT UNDER RULE 39

1:21:19 REMARKS ARE NEW MATTERS NOT UP

1:21:21 FOR VOTE TODAY SHALL BE LIMITED

1:21:22 TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD

1:21:23 SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR THE

1:21:25 CO-SPONSORS.

1:21:25 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

1:21:27 DOCKET 1917.

1:21:28 TALKING 1917 COUNSELORS FOR

1:21:31 MURPHY AND FLYNN FOR THE

1:21:33 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:21:34 REGARDING CITY FUNDING FOR

1:21:36 HEALTH SCREENINGS AND WELLNESS

1:21:38 SUPPORT FOR BOSTON'S.

1:21:39 FIRST RESPONDERS.

1:21:40 THANK YOU.

1:21:41 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:21:42 COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL YOU

1:21:43 HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:21:44 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:21:46 COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I ARE

1:21:47 BRINGING THIS HEARING ORDER

1:21:49 FORWARD BECAUSE OUR FIRST

1:21:50 RESPONDERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO

1:21:51 ORGANIZE GOLF TOURNAMENTS OR

1:21:53 SPEND UNION FUNDS TO OBTAIN

1:21:55 ESSENTIAL HEALTH SCREENINGS.

1:21:58 AT A RECENT HEARING.

1:21:59 PRESIDENT GRIFFIN EXPLAINED

1:22:01 THAT THE DETECTIVES UNION

1:22:02 RAISES MONEY AND USES ITS OWN

1:22:04 FUNDS TO PROVIDE THESE

1:22:05 SCREENINGS AND WELLNESS

1:22:06 SUPPORT.

1:22:07 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY THESE

1:22:09 SERVICES DEPEND ON FUNDRAISING

1:22:11 AND WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO

1:22:12 PROVIDE DEPENDABLE SUPPORT.

1:22:15 I HAVE PUBLICLY SUPPORTED

1:22:16 EFFORTS TO PRESERVE

1:22:18 CANCER SCREENINGS AND WELLNESS

1:22:19 SUPPORT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS

1:22:21 THAT IS IMPORTANT WORK OUR

1:22:23 POLICE OFFICERS, DETECTIVE

1:22:25 SUPERIOR OFFICE AND OUR EMS

1:22:26 PERSONNEL NEED ACCESS TO

1:22:28 APPROPRIATE SCREENINGS AND

1:22:30 WELLNESS SERVICES AS WELL.

1:22:32 THESE EMPLOYEES TAKE CARE

1:22:33 OF BOSTON EVERY DAY.

1:22:35 TAKING CARE OF THEIR HEALTH

1:22:36 SHOULD BE PART OF OUR

1:22:38 RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM.

1:22:39 THIS HEARING WILL EXAMINE

1:22:41 EXISTING SERVICES GAPS AND

1:22:43 ACCESS COSTS AND OPTIONS FOR

1:22:46 SUSTAINABLE CITY FUNDING.

1:22:48 OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS CAN HELP,

1:22:50 BUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD

1:22:52 NOT HAVE TO FUNDRAISE FOR

1:22:53 ESSENTIAL PREVENTIVE CARE.

1:22:55 I ASK THAT THIS SORT OF BE

1:22:56 REFERRED TO FOR A HEARING SO WE

1:22:58 CAN IDENTIFY THESE NEEDS AND

1:23:00 WORK TOWARDS PERMANENTLY

1:23:01 FUNDING THEM.

1:23:02 THANK YOU.

1:23:03 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY

1:23:04 COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE

1:23:04 FLOOR.

1:23:06 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:23:08 DURING THE.

1:23:10 DURING LAST YEAR'S.

1:23:11 BUDGET DEBATE I PROPOSED.

1:23:15 AMENDMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST

1:23:17 RESPONDERS.

1:23:18 WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS

1:23:20 PROGRAMS WITH SCREENINGS.

1:23:22 FOR POLICE, FOR.

1:23:24 FIRE.

1:23:24 FOR EMS.

1:23:26 .

1:23:27 THE CITY.

1:23:28 COUNCIL HERE AGREED WITH ME.

1:23:30 ON SUPPORT FOR.

1:23:31 EMS PERSONNEL AND.

1:23:33 I'M GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR

1:23:34 THAT.

1:23:36 BUT I ALSO.

1:23:36 BROUGHT FORWARD.

1:23:38 AMENDMENTS TO SUPPORT HEALTH.

1:23:40 AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND

1:23:42 SCREENINGS FOR.

1:23:43 OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

1:23:45 AND FIREFIGHTERS.

1:23:49 THE CITY.

1:23:50 COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST IT.

1:23:54 LET ME SAY THAT.

1:23:55 AGAIN THE.

1:23:57 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WENT ON

1:23:59 RECORD VOTING AGAINST HEALTH.

1:24:01 AND.

1:24:02 WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND

1:24:03 SCREENINGS, SCREENINGS, FUNDING

1:24:05 .

1:24:06 FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

1:24:08 AND FIREFIGHTERS.

1:24:12 WE ALSO.

1:24:13 KNOW THAT.

1:24:14 POLICE OFFICERS.

1:24:15 ARE FUNDRAISING.

1:24:19 TO MAKE.

1:24:20 UP THAT MONEY.

1:24:21 SO THAT THEY CAN.

1:24:22 GET.

1:24:22 THE NECESSARY.

1:24:24 SCREENINGS SO THAT IT.

1:24:25 CAN BE.

1:24:26 HEALTHY.

1:24:27 PRODUCTIVE ON THE JOB AND AT

1:24:31 HOME.

1:24:33 BUT IS THAT.

1:24:34 REALLY WHAT THIS CITY IS.

1:24:36 ABOUT IS.

1:24:38 NOT FULLY.

1:24:39 FUNDING HEALTH AND WELLNESS

1:24:41 PROGRAMS AND SCREENINGS.

1:24:43 VARIOUS SCREENINGS FOR POLICE

1:24:45 OFFICERS.

1:24:46 AND FIREFIGHTERS.

1:24:49 THAT'S NOT.

1:24:50 THE BOSTON I KNOW.

1:24:54 WE CAN'T BALANCE THE BUDGET ON

1:24:56 THE BACKS OF.

1:24:57 OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

1:24:59 WE CAN'T BALANCE THE BUDGET ON

1:25:01 THE BACKS OF.

1:25:02 CITY EMPLOYEES AND WE CERTAINLY

1:25:04 CAN'T.

1:25:05 BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACK

1:25:07 OF VETERANS AND OUR MILITARY

1:25:08 FAMILIES AS WELL.

1:25:09 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:25:10 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:25:12 UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

1:25:15 ADD THEIR NAME?

1:25:18 MR CORRECTLY SAID

1:25:19 COUNCIL CULPEPER

1:25:20 COUNCILOR DURKAN

1:25:21 COUNCIL FITZGERALD

1:25:21 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

1:25:22 COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL BUT

1:25:23 THEN COUNCILOR SANTANA

1:25:25 COUNCIL WHETHER THAT'S ALL

1:25:26 AROUND PLEASE AT THE CHAIR

1:25:28 THANK YOU DOCKET 1917 WILL BE

1:25:30 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:25:32 WAYS AND MEANS.

1:25:34 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

1:25:36 DOCKET 1981918.

1:25:38 TALKING OF A1918

1:25:40 COUNCIL OFFLINE OFF OF THE

1:25:42 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:25:44 TO DISCUSS THE DEDICATION

1:25:46 OF HERO SQUARES AND BLUE

1:25:47 SQUARES THAT HONOR VETERANS AND

1:25:49 MILITARY FAMILIES BEING PLACED

1:25:52 SOLELY UNDER THE PURVIEW

1:25:54 OF BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES.

1:25:56 THANK YOU.

1:25:56 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:25:57 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:25:58 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:25:59 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:26:00 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I HAD

1:26:02 COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN

1:26:03 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND

1:26:05 THE RULES AND ADD

1:26:06 COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL.

1:26:07 SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:26:08 OBJECTIONS.

1:26:08 THEY ARE SO ADDED.

1:26:10 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:26:12 A HERO SQUARE IS A DESIGNATED

1:26:13 SQUARE OR INTERSECTION.

1:26:15 HONORING THE MEMORY.

1:26:16 OF.

1:26:17 A SERVICE.

1:26:17 MEMBER WHO CELEBRATE THEIR.

1:26:19 SACRIFICE AND EDUCATE LOCAL

1:26:20 COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE HISTORY

1:26:23 OF.

1:26:23 SERVICE IN.

1:26:24 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:26:25 TODAY I.

1:26:25 WANT TO.

1:26:26 FOCUS ON BLUE SQUARE

1:26:27 DEDICATION.

1:26:27 THAT HONOR OUR VETERANS

1:26:29 MILITARY FAMILIES.

1:26:31 .

1:26:31 BOSTON AS A HAS HISTORICALLY

1:26:33 .

1:26:33 ESTABLISHED BLUE SQUARES TO

1:26:34 DEDICATE A CITY SQUARE IN.

1:26:36 HONOR OF.

1:26:37 NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE LEFT.

1:26:40 A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THEIR

1:26:42 COMMUNITY.

1:26:42 RECENTLY IN SOUTH.

1:26:43 BOSTON, MY NEIGHBOR.

1:26:45 A MILITARY.

1:26:46 FAMILY REQUESTED TO ESTABLISH A

1:26:48 BLUE SQUARE.

1:26:49 TO HONOR THE MEMORY.

1:26:50 SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF.

1:26:52 A NAVY CORPSMAN.

1:26:53 WHO SAVED MANY.

1:26:54 LIVES IN THE IRAQ WAR FOR MANY

1:26:57 YEARS A.

1:26:57 FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED IN HIS

1:26:59 NAME WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BOTH

1:27:02 RAISE AWARENESS OF.

1:27:03 THE HIDDEN WOUNDS OF.

1:27:04 WAR, POST-TRAUMATIC.

1:27:05 STRESS AS WELL AS RAISING.

1:27:07 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF.

1:27:08 DOLLARS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS

1:27:10 TO OUR LOCAL YOUTH.

1:27:12 SINCE AUGUST, BOSTON VETERANS

1:27:14 COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO OFFERED

1:27:16 HIS FULL SUPPORT TO BOTH

1:27:18 COORDINATE AND.

1:27:19 CONDUCT A CEREMONY WITH.

1:27:20 MILITARY HONORS FOR THIS BLUE

1:27:22 SQUARE.

1:27:22 CEREMONY AS TRADITIONALLY DONE

1:27:24 FOR BLUE SQUARE DEDICATION.

1:27:26 TO VETERANS AND SERVICE

1:27:27 MEMBERS.

1:27:28 HOWEVER.

1:27:29 THE FAMILY WAS NOTIFIED.

1:27:31 THAT THIS REQUEST WAS GOING TO

1:27:33 BE HANDLED BY THE OFFICE

1:27:34 OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

1:27:36 THE FAMILY WAS THEN.

1:27:37 ASKED BY AND ASKED TO COLLECT

1:27:38 200 SIGNATURES.

1:27:39 CANNOT CONDUCT AN ABUTTERS.

1:27:41 MEETING.

1:27:42 RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM.

1:27:43 THE.

1:27:43 LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD CIVIC

1:27:44 ASSOCIATION.

1:27:45 REMEMBER AT THE SAME TIME

1:27:48 COUNCILOR.

1:27:48 CULPEPER, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

1:27:50 .

1:27:50 AND I.

1:27:51 HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO CODIFY BUT

1:27:52 AS MEETINGS BECAUSE AWARENESS

1:27:55 HAS ALSO INFORMED DISTRICT CITY

1:27:57 COUNCILORS THAT THE CITY WILL

1:27:58 NOW DECIDE WHAT CVA CASES NEED

1:28:01 COMMUNITY PROCESS IN WHICH

1:28:03 DON'T ALSO A MILITARY FAMILY IS

1:28:06 BEING ASKED FOR 200 SIGNATURES

1:28:08 BUT RESIDENTS MAY BEGIN A

1:28:10 PETITION FOR BOSTON LANDMARKS

1:28:12 WITH TEN SIGNATURES TO ENSURE

1:28:15 THAT MILITARY FAMILIES ARE.

1:28:16 NO LONGER.

1:28:17 BEING UNFAIRLY HELD TO A

1:28:19 DIFFERENT.

1:28:19 STANDARD OF.

1:28:20 COMMUNITY PROCESS.

1:28:21 IT'S CRITICAL THAT THIS PROCESS

1:28:22 BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF BOSTON

1:28:25 VETERANS SERVICES.

1:28:26 AS A RETIRED VETERAN WHO SERVED

1:28:29 25 YEARS IN THE NAVY, IT'S

1:28:30 BEYOND SHAMEFUL SHAMEFUL TO

1:28:32 ME THAT WITH THE LIMITED TO

1:28:34 ALMOST NO DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON

1:28:36 AND VIRTUALLY ABOUT HIS

1:28:37 MEETINGS CONDUCTED QUICKLY OVER

1:28:39 ZOOM, A CITY DEPARTMENT THAT

1:28:41 CONSIDERED ITSELF TOO BUSY TO.

1:28:43 CONDUCT A COMMUNITY MEETING ON

1:28:44 .

1:28:44 DEVELOPMENT IS.

1:28:46 NOW ABLE TO HOLD DEDICATIONS

1:28:49 FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY

1:28:50 FAMILIES TO A MORE EXTENSIVE

1:28:52 PUBLIC PROCESS.

1:28:54 OWENS DOES NOT UNDERSTAND

1:28:56 MILITARY FAMILIES.

1:28:57 AND VETERANS THAT NEEDS TO BE

1:28:59 UNDER THE CITY OF BOSTON

1:29:00 VETERANS SERVICES.

1:29:01 DEPARTMENT ARE.

1:29:03 MORE RESPECTFUL.

1:29:03 THEY KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE

1:29:05 WITH VETERANS.

1:29:06 AND I'M SO UPSET AND ANGRY

1:29:08 ABOUT HOW OWENS IS TREATING

1:29:10 THIS MILITARY FAMILY.

1:29:11 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF.

1:29:13 SOUTH BOSTON.

1:29:14 THANK YOU.

1:29:14 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:29:16 COUNCILOR SANTANA MURPHY, WOULD

1:29:17 YOU LIKE TO, UH,

1:29:19 COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE.

1:29:19 THE MICROPHONE.

1:29:21 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:29:23 UM, AND THANK YOU,

1:29:24 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HAVING

1:29:25 ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR

1:29:26 AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY

1:29:29 ON BEHALF OF BOSTON'S VETERANS

1:29:30 COMMUNITIES.

1:29:31 BLUE SQUARES JUST LIKE HEROES

1:29:33 SQUARES ARE A WAY OF HONORING

1:29:34 OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SERVED

1:29:35 OUR COUNTRY.

1:29:36 THEIR FAMILIES SHOULD BE

1:29:37 TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND

1:29:38 RESPECT, NOT GIVEN THE

1:29:40 RUNAROUND AND FORCED TO HOLD

1:29:42 AND ABUTTERS MEETINGS.

1:29:44 CONSISTENCY IS KEY.

1:29:45 ,ESPECIALLY IN MATTERS

1:29:46 OF GOVERNMENT AND POLICY.

1:29:47 THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD

1:29:49 SERVICES HAS A LOT OF CONCERNS,

1:29:50 AND THE OFFICE OF VETERANS

1:29:51 SERVICES ALREADY HAS A PROCESS

1:29:53 AND THE NECESSARY LIVED

1:29:54 EXPERIENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT

1:29:56 THE BLUE SQUARES NAMING PROCESS

1:29:57 CONTINUES TO RUN SMOOTHLY.

1:29:59 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING

1:30:00 EVERYONE TOGETHER TO DISCUSS

1:30:01 HOW WE CAN BEST STREAMLINE THIS

1:30:03 PROCESS.

1:30:04 THANK YOU.

1:30:04 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:30:05 COUNCILOR MURPHY BEFORE.

1:30:07 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:30:08 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:30:10 AND I'M SORRY THAT.

1:30:13 YOU HAD TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

1:30:14 THAT'S MORE SIGNATURES THAN A

1:30:16 DISTRICT COUNSELOR NEEDS.

1:30:17 TO GET TO.

1:30:18 GET ON THE BALLOT TO BE

1:30:19 ELECTED.

1:30:19 SO I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY

1:30:22 DISRESPECTFUL.

1:30:23 UM.

1:30:24 CLOSING.

1:30:25 UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ADDING MY

1:30:28 NAME TO THIS HEARING ORDER HERO

1:30:30 SQUARES AND BLUE SQUARES CARRY

1:30:33 NAMES AND STORIES THAT BOSTON

1:30:35 HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO

1:30:37 PRESERVE.

1:30:38 THESE DEDICATIONS MEAN A GREAT

1:30:39 DEAL.

1:30:40 TO THE VETERANS MILITARY

1:30:42 FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS

1:30:43 WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.

1:30:45 AND IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES UM

1:30:47 HAVE BEEN I SAY IT OFTEN THAT

1:30:50 SOUTH BOSTON DOES AN

1:30:52 OUTSTANDING.

1:30:52 JOB REMEMBERING AND RESPECTING

1:30:54 THEIR VETERANS.

1:30:56 I SUPPORT EXAMINING WHETHER

1:30:57 BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES SHOULD

1:30:59 LEAVE THIS WORK.

1:31:00 I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD, BUT I

1:31:01 THINK A CONVERSATION IS NEEDED

1:31:03 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL

1:31:05 CLEAR THAT IT SHOULD BE AND

1:31:07 SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE

1:31:09 VETERANS SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

1:31:11 FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR

1:31:13 POINT OF CONTACT.

1:31:14 THE PROCESS SHOULD BE

1:31:15 RESPECTFUL, CONSISTENT AND

1:31:17 ACCURATE FROM THE FIRST REQUEST

1:31:18 THROUGH THE DEDICATION IN THE

1:31:21 ONGOING CARE OF THE SQUARE.

1:31:22 AS THE MOTHER OF A SON SERVING

1:31:24 IN THE ARMY, I KNOW HOW MUCH IT

1:31:26 MATTERS WHEN A CITY RECOGNIZES

1:31:28 MILITARY SERVICE AND REMEMBERS

1:31:30 THAT FAMILIES ARE BEHIND THEM.

1:31:33 SO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FLYNN

1:31:34 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND

1:31:35 I'M LOOKING.

1:31:36 FORWARD TO.

1:31:37 HAVING A HEARING.

1:31:37 SOON SO WE CAN GET THIS

1:31:39 STRAIGHT.

1:31:39 THANK YOU.

1:31:40 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:31:40 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

1:31:42 THEIR NAME?

1:31:45 UH, MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD

1:31:47 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR.

1:31:48 DURKAN COUNCILOR.

1:31:49 FITZGERALD COUNCILOR.

1:31:50 COPAN COUNCILOR WEBER

1:31:52 COUNCIL ORAL COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

1:31:53 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.

1:31:55 THANK YOU.

1:31:56 DOCKET 1918 WILL BE REFERRED TO

1:31:58 THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS,

1:31:59 MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY

1:32:02 AFFAIRS.

1:32:03 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

1:32:04 DOCKET 1919.

1:32:05 TALKING NUMBER 1919

1:32:07 COUNCILOR FLYING OFF OF THE

1:32:08 FOLLOWING.

1:32:09 FLORIDA FOR A HEARING TO

1:32:10 DISCUSS STALKING AND

1:32:11 RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE AT

1:32:13 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN

1:32:15 THE CITY OF BOSTON.

1:32:18 UH THANK YOU MR.

1:32:20 MISTER COUNCILMAN, YOU NOW HAVE

1:32:21 A QUESTION.

1:32:22 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:32:24 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I.

1:32:25 ADD COUNCIL.

1:32:26 SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL.

1:32:27 CO-SPONSOR PLEASE?

1:32:30 UH SO ADDED.

1:32:31 THANK YOU.

1:32:33 RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE DESCRIBES

1:32:35 A PATTERN OF ABUSIVE AND.

1:32:37 CONTROLLING BEHAVIORS.

1:32:38 AGAINST A CURRENT.

1:32:39 OR FORMER PARTNER TO OBTAIN

1:32:41 THEM AND MAINTAIN.

1:32:43 POWER AND THE RELATIONSHIP.

1:32:44 WITH KINSHIP VIOLENCE CAN

1:32:46 INCLUDE PHYSICAL.

1:32:47 AND EMOTIONAL.

1:32:48 ABUSE.

1:32:49 SEXUAL ABUSE.

1:32:50 STALKING AND DIGITAL ABUSE.

1:32:53 ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL

1:32:55 COALITION.

1:32:55 AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

1:32:57 ROUGHLY.

1:32:58 1 IN 5 COLLEGE STUDENTS.

1:32:59 SO THEY HAVE BEEN.

1:33:00 ABUSED BY A PARTNER.

1:33:02 WOMEN ARE AT A HIGHER RATE RISK

1:33:04 RATE THAN ANY OTHER SURVEY

1:33:06 GROUP, ACCORDING TO THE JUSTICE

1:33:08 DEPARTMENT.

1:33:10 STALKING IS A WIDESPREAD

1:33:11 PROBLEM ACROSS COLLEGES AND.

1:33:13 UNIVERSITIES IN OUR COUNTRY.

1:33:15 ACCORDING TO THE STALKING.

1:33:18 PREVENTION AWARENESS AND.

1:33:19 RESOURCE CENTER.

1:33:21 UP TO 40% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

1:33:24 REPORT BEING STALKED.

1:33:24 SINCE STARTING.

1:33:26 COLLEGE STUDENTS AT HIGHER RISK

1:33:28 FOR EXPERIENCE.

1:33:30 STALKING INCLUDE WOMEN.

1:33:32 STUDENTS OF COLOR, STUDENTS IN

1:33:34 THE LGBTQ PLUS.

1:33:35 COMMUNITY AND.

1:33:37 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

1:33:39 THE CLEARY ACT IS A FEDERAL

1:33:41 CONSUMER PROTECTION.

1:33:42 LAW THAT WAS ENACTED IN 1990.

1:33:45 AFTER A COLLEGE STUDENT WAS

1:33:46 SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

1:33:47 AND MURDERED.

1:33:48 IN HER.

1:33:48 COLLEGE DORM.

1:33:49 THE LAW REQUIRES COLLEGES AND

1:33:51 UNIVERSITIES TO TO DISCLOSE

1:33:53 CAMPUS CRIME STATS AND SECURITY

1:33:56 POLICIES.

1:33:57 THE CAMPUS SAFE ACT, CAMPUS

1:33:59 SEXUAL.

1:34:00 VIOLENCE ELIMINATION ACT

1:34:03 FURTHER.

1:34:04 AMENDS THE.

1:34:04 QUERY ACT BY IMPROVING

1:34:06 TRANSPARENCY, SURVIVOR SUPPORT,

1:34:09 PREVENTION EDUCATION.

1:34:10 RELATIONSHIP AND SEXUAL.

1:34:12 VIOLENCE EDUCATION AS WELL.

1:34:16 IT'S CRITICAL THAT OUR COLLEGES

1:34:18 AND UNIVERSITIES HERE IN BOSTON

1:34:20 ARE ACTUALLY ACCURATELY

1:34:22 REPORTING EVERY INCIDENT.

1:34:24 OF RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE.

1:34:25 AND STALKING.

1:34:28 THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

1:34:29 BOSTON POLICE TO SUPPORT OUR

1:34:31 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS

1:34:33 WELL.

1:34:34 IN PREVENTING.

1:34:35 RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE.

1:34:36 AND STALKING AND ENSURE THAT

1:34:38 ANY INDIVIDUALS.

1:34:39 FOUND TO.

1:34:39 COMMIT A CRIME.

1:34:40 AGAINST THEIR PARTNER ARE

1:34:42 PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY.

1:34:44 IN THE CRIMINAL.

1:34:45 JUSTICE SYSTEM.

1:34:46 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:34:47 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:34:49 COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU NOW HAVE

1:34:49 THE FLOOR.

1:34:51 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:34:53 AND UH, THANK YOU

1:34:54 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR INCLUDING

1:34:56 ME AS A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS

1:34:57 HEARING ORDER RIGHT NOW ALL

1:34:59 EYES ARE ON THE COLLEGE

1:35:01 CAMPUSES BECAUSE OF THE

1:35:02 HORRIFIC SITUATION AT CORNELL.

1:35:04 BUT LET'S BE ENTIRELY CLEAR

1:35:06 THIS CRISIS DIDN'T START WITH

1:35:07 THE LATEST LATEST HEADLINES

1:35:10 RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE AND

1:35:11 STALKING ARE KNOWN.

1:35:13 THIS HAS BEEN A QUIET

1:35:15 SYSTEMATIC CRISIS BURNING ON

1:35:17 OUR CAMPUSES FOR YEARS.

1:35:18 IT HAPPENS OUT IN THE OPEN

1:35:20 EVERY SINGLE DAY.

1:35:22 LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

1:35:23 LOOK AT THE REALITY.

1:35:25 COLLEGE AGE VICTIMS ACCOUNT FOR

1:35:27 NEARLY ONE THIRD OF ALL RAPES

1:35:29 REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ONE

1:35:31 THIRD.

1:35:33 THAT ISN'T JUST A STATISTIC

1:35:34 THAT IS A MASSIVE STRUCTURAL

1:35:36 ALARM BELL.

1:35:38 1 IN 4 STUDENTS SAY SEXUAL

1:35:39 ASSAULT AND MISCONDUCT ARE

1:35:40 DEEPLY PROBLEMATIC AT THEIR

1:35:42 SCHOOLS.

1:35:43 STUDENTS ARE TELLING US

1:35:44 DIRECTLY THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE

1:35:46 WHERE THEY LIVE AND LEARN.

1:35:48 AND IF WE'RE GOING TO CONFRONT

1:35:50 THE CRISIS, WE HAVE TO FIGHT

1:35:52 FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT,

1:35:53 ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE

1:35:54 ROUTINELY LEFT OUT OF THE ROOM

1:35:56 WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE, DATA

1:35:58 FROM THE NETWORK SHOW SHOWS

1:36:01 THAT ONE OF EVERY FOUR LGBTQ

1:36:03 PLUS YOUTH WILL EXPERIENCE

1:36:04 ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER 1

1:36:07 IN 4 THAT IS A DEVASTATING

1:36:10 REALITY AND WE CANNOT AND WILL

1:36:11 NOT ALLOW OUR LGBTQ TOWARDS

1:36:14 PLUS STUDENTS TO BE SIDELINED,

1:36:16 IGNORED OR LEFT TO NAVIGATE

1:36:18 DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS ON THEIR

1:36:20 OWN.

1:36:21 I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND

1:36:22 PRETEND THAT A SINGLE HEARING

1:36:24 ORDER IS GOING TO MAGICALLY

1:36:26 ERADICATE TEMPLE CAMPUS SEXUAL

1:36:28 VIOLENCE OVERNIGHT.

1:36:29 IT WON'T BUT WE HAVE TO START

1:36:31 MOVING THE NEEDLE.

1:36:33 WE NEED UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP,

1:36:35 CITY OFFICIALS AND MOST

1:36:36 IMPORTANTLY IMPACTED YOUTH

1:36:38 SITTING IN THE EXACT SAME TABLE

1:36:40 HAVING HONEST, UNCOMFORTABLE

1:36:42 CONVERSATIONS AND WORKING

1:36:43 TOGETHER.

1:36:44 THIS IS HOW WE DRIVE REAL

1:36:46 SYSTEMATIC CHANGE AND THAT IS

1:36:47 HOW WE TAKE A NECESSARY STEP

1:36:49 TOWARDS MAKING OUR COLLEGE

1:36:51 CAMPUSES ACTUALLY SAFE.

1:36:52 THANK YOU.

1:36:53 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:36:54 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU WANTED TO

1:36:55 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REMARKS?

1:36:56 YEAH.

1:36:57 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:36:58 UM, MADAM CHAIR, I FEEL TO UM.

1:37:00 UM, MENTIONED THAT

1:37:02 COUNCILOR MURPHY UM, WOULD.

1:37:04 BE.

1:37:04 ADDED FOR.

1:37:05 A AS.

1:37:06 AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:37:06 MAY I MAKE THAT REQUEST?

1:37:07 UH, YES.

1:37:08 SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:37:09 OBJECTION.

1:37:09 SHE HAS HER ADDED COUNCIL.

1:37:10 MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:37:12 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:37:13 UM, AND THANK YOU,

1:37:15 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS

1:37:16 IMPORTANT HEARING ORDER THE

1:37:19 DISTURBING.

1:37:20 SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT

1:37:22 CORNELL AND THE SERIOUS

1:37:23 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE

1:37:25 UNIVERSITY RESPONDED SHOULD

1:37:27 MAKE EVERY COLLEGE COMMUNITY

1:37:28 EXAMINE WHETHER ITS STUDENTS

1:37:29 ARE BEING PROTECTED.

1:37:32 WOMEN DESERVE TO BE SAFE.

1:37:33 ALL PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE SAFE

1:37:35 ON CAMPUS IN THEIR HOMES AND

1:37:37 THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

1:37:38 WHEN SOMEONE REPORTS STALKING

1:37:40 THREATS, RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE

1:37:42 OR SEXUAL ASSAULT THEY DESERVE

1:37:43 TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND

1:37:45 RECEIVE TIMELY PROTECTION AND

1:37:47 SUPPORT.

1:37:48 BOSTON WELCOME STUDENTS FROM

1:37:50 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND

1:37:51 THE WORLD.

1:37:52 THEY LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,

1:37:53 WORK IN OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR

1:37:55 PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

1:37:56 OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE

1:37:58 PEOPLE OF BOSTON INCLUDES THEM

1:38:00 .

1:38:01 IT DOES NOT STOP AT THE

1:38:02 ENTRANCE TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS.

1:38:04 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

1:38:06 HAPPENS AFTER A STUDENT ASKS

1:38:08 FOR HELP WHO RESPONDS HOW

1:38:11 QUICKLY.

1:38:11 WHAT PROTECTION IS AVAILABLE?

1:38:13 HOW DO COLLEGES COORDINATE WITH

1:38:15 THE BOSTON POLICE AND

1:38:16 ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT

1:38:18 SURVIVORS?

1:38:20 I KNOW FAMILIES SEND THEIR

1:38:21 CHILDREN TO COLLEGE EXPECTING

1:38:23 THEM TO BE SAFE.

1:38:24 I DID WHEN MY CHILDREN WENT OFF

1:38:26 .

1:38:27 STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO

1:38:28 CHOOSE BETWEEN CONTINUING THEIR

1:38:30 EDUCATION AND PROTECTING

1:38:31 THEMSELVES.

1:38:32 SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO

1:38:34 COUNCILOR FLYNN AND

1:38:35 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR

1:38:36 PARTNERING AND FOR BRINGING

1:38:37 THIS FORWARD AND LOOKING

1:38:39 FORWARD TO A HEARING.

1:38:40 AND I DO JUST WANT TO ALSO

1:38:42 SHOUT OUT THE COLLEGES THAT I

1:38:44 KNOW MANY OF US WORK CLOSELY

1:38:45 WITH AND I KNOW IN DOWNTOWN WE

1:38:47 HAVE SUFFOLK AND EMMANUEL AND

1:38:49 ALL OF THE COLLEGES HERE IN THE

1:38:51 CITY AND I KNOW THAT THEY WILL

1:38:52 UM WELCOME THIS.

1:38:54 CONVERSATION SO.

1:38:54 LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING

1:38:55 WITH THEM ALSO AND BEING PART

1:38:57 OF THE SOLUTION.

1:38:57 THANK YOU.

1:38:58 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:38:59 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

1:39:00 THEIR NAME?

1:39:02 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:39:03 STATE COUNCILOR CULPEPER

1:39:04 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

1:39:05 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

1:39:06 COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL THAT

1:39:06 THEN COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE

1:39:08 ADD A CHAIR.

1:39:10 UH THANK YOU.

1:39:10 DOCKET 1919 WILL BE REFERRED TO

1:39:12 THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

1:39:13 AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

1:39:15 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ?

1:39:17 I'M SORRY.

1:39:17 PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR.

1:39:18 I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THAT.

1:39:19 YES.

1:39:20 I THINK YOU, UH, MR. CLERK, CAN

1:39:21 YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1920.

1:39:23 DARK AND NUMBER 1920

1:39:26 COUNCILOR MURPHY OVER THE

1:39:27 PHONE.

1:39:27 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING

1:39:29 DPS TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE

1:39:31 AT THE OPENING OF THE 2026 2027

1:39:35 SCHOOL YEAR CONTRACTOR

1:39:37 ACCOUNTABILITY AND CORRECTIVE

1:39:38 ACTION.

1:39:39 THANK YOU.

1:39:39 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:39:40 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:39:41 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:39:42 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:39:43 UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD

1:39:44 COUNCILOR FLYNN, PLEASE.

1:39:45 SO ADDED.

1:39:46 THANK YOU.

1:39:48 AN 80% ON-TIME RATE IS

1:39:51 UNACCEPTABLE FOR A SCHOOL

1:39:52 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM COSTING

1:39:54 CLOSE TO $200 MILLION.

1:39:57 RIDERSHIP CONTINUES TO DROP,

1:39:58 BUT THERE ARE STILL CLOSE TO

1:40:00 20,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

1:40:01 WHO DEPEND ON OUR SCHOOL BUSSES

1:40:03 EVERY DAY DURING THE FIRST WEEK

1:40:06 OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR, A 20%

1:40:09 OF OUR BUSSES ARRIVED TO SCHOOL

1:40:12 LATE.

1:40:12 THAT IS 4000.

1:40:14 CHILDREN WHO WERE.

1:40:15 STRANDED AT BUS STOPS FOR HOURS

1:40:18 OR NOT GETTING PICKED UP AT ALL

1:40:20 IN MANY OF THEM AT THE END

1:40:22 OF THE SCHOOL DAY ALSO WAITING

1:40:23 AT SCHOOL TO GO HOME.

1:40:24 IT IS UNACCEPTABLE WHEN

1:40:26 STUDENTS ARE MISSING IMPORTANT

1:40:27 CLASSROOM TIME AND FAMILIES ARE

1:40:30 SCRAMBLING FOR ALTERNATIVES SO

1:40:31 THEY CAN GET TO WORK AND MANY

1:40:34 OF US.

1:40:34 FEEL THOSE.

1:40:35 CALLS WHEN MANY FAMILIES DON'T

1:40:37 EVEN HAVE ALTERNATIVES.

1:40:39 I CONTINUOUSLY HEAR FROM

1:40:40 FAMILIES AND TEACHERS ABOUT

1:40:42 THESE FAILURES AT ONE SCHOOL,

1:40:44 STUDENTS DISMISSED AT 210 ARE

1:40:47 STILL THIS WEEK WAITING FOR

1:40:49 TRANSPORTATION WELL PAST 430

1:40:51 MORE THAN TWO HOURS AFTER

1:40:53 DISMISSAL.

1:40:53 WE ARE NOW INTO THE SECOND

1:40:55 MONTH OF SCHOOL AND THIS IS

1:40:56 STILL HAPPENING.

1:40:57 CHILDREN ARE STUCK AT SCHOOL

1:40:59 OFTEN FAR ACROSS THE CITY FROM

1:41:01 HOME.

1:41:01 PARENTS CANNOT SIMPLY LEAVE

1:41:03 WORK TO PICK THEM UP.

1:41:05 TEACHERS AND STAFF STAY WELL

1:41:07 PAST THE END OF THEIR WORK DAY

1:41:08 TO KEEP THEM SAFE.

1:41:09 WE ALREADY FACE SERIOUS

1:41:11 CHALLENGES EDUCATING OUR

1:41:13 CHILDREN.

1:41:13 CAN WE AT LEAST GET THEM TO

1:41:15 SCHOOL ON TIME AND GET THEM

1:41:16 HOME SAFELY WHEN THEIR FAMILIES

1:41:18 ARE EXPECTING THEM?

1:41:20 KNOWS THESE PROBLEMS EXIST.

1:41:22 FAMILIES HAVE REPORTED THEM

1:41:24 REPEATEDLY.

1:41:25 WE NEED CORRECTIVE ACTION.

1:41:26 FIRM DEADLINES AND CONSEQUENCES

1:41:29 WHEN THE CONTRACTOR FAILS TO

1:41:30 DELIVER.

1:41:31 THIS HEARING WILL EXAMINE

1:41:33 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE, THE

1:41:34 CHANGES NEEDED NOW AND THE

1:41:37 CONTRACTUAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE

1:41:38 IF SERVICES DOES NOT DO NOT

1:41:39 IMPROVE.

1:41:40 OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

1:41:42 DESERVE BETTER AND I DO WANT TO

1:41:44 UPLIFT.

1:41:45 I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR.

1:41:46 FAMILIES BUT ALSO UPLIFT STAFF

1:41:48 WHO I KNOW ARE STAYING VERY

1:41:49 LATE INTO THE EVENING AND

1:41:52 MISSING THEIR OWN FAMILY EVENTS

1:41:54 TRYING TO GET THEMSELVES HOME.

1:41:55 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

1:41:57 IT SHOULD NOT.

1:41:57 BE.

1:41:58 UNNECESSARY THOUGH.

1:41:58 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:42:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE

1:42:00 FLOOR.

1:42:03 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

1:42:05 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER LAST

1:42:06 NIGHT.

1:42:07 I WAS.

1:42:07 AT SAINT STEPHEN'S YOUTH GROUP.

1:42:08 LISTENING TO.

1:42:09 PARENTS TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE

1:42:13 AMONG.

1:42:13 MANY UM MANY STUDENTS.

1:42:17 MOSTLY STUDENTS OF.

1:42:18 COLOR, MANY STUDENT, MANY

1:42:20 PERSONS.

1:42:20 WITH DISABILITIES.

1:42:22 UM CONTINUING TO WAIT TO GET

1:42:25 PICKED UP.

1:42:26 TO BE DROPPED OFF.

1:42:28 ONE MOTHER WAS.

1:42:29 TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT.

1:42:30 HER HER CHILD.

1:42:32 THAT IS CONSTANTLY LATE IN HER

1:42:35 AFTER.

1:42:36 SCHOOL PROGRAM.

1:42:37 SOMETIMES THE CHILD GETS THEIR

1:42:38 HALF LATE FRO.

1:42:40 SOMETIMES THE CHILD DOESN'T GET

1:42:41 THERE AT ALL.

1:42:43 BUT IS.

1:42:43 THAT FAIR TO THE CHILD?

1:42:45 IS THAT FAIR TO THEIR.

1:42:47 DEVELOPMENT.

1:42:48 THEIR EDUCATION.

1:42:52 PROVIDING A GOOD AND HEALTHY

1:42:53 LIFE?

1:42:55 WE WANT CHILDREN.

1:42:56 TO BE ENGAGED IN AFTERSCHOOL

1:42:58 PROGRAMS BUT WHEN THE BUS IS

1:43:01 LATE.

1:43:01 FOR THEM TAKING THEM HOME

1:43:05 THAT'S TERRIBLY UNFAIR.

1:43:08 FAMILIES WITH ACCESS.

1:43:09 THAT HAVE MONEY HAVE THE

1:43:11 ABILITY.

1:43:12 TO PICK THEIR CHILDREN.

1:43:13 UP.

1:43:13 WELL OTHER.

1:43:15 FAMILIES DON'T.

1:43:16 AND THEY.

1:43:17 RELY ON.

1:43:17 PUBLIC EDUCATION,

1:43:19 TRANSPORTATION THEY DESERVE

1:43:22 RESPECT.

1:43:23 AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT.

1:43:25 I BELIEVE.

1:43:26 THIS IS A RACIAL JUSTICE

1:43:27 ISSUE.

1:43:29 I THINK WE ARE DOWNPLAYING THE

1:43:32 SIGNIFICANCE OF.

1:43:32 THIS ISSUE.

1:43:34 WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO PARENTS

1:43:36 .

1:43:36 WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING.

1:43:38 THESE CHILDREN.

1:43:43 AND WE'RE PROVIDING A

1:43:46 DISSERVICE TO.

1:43:46 THEM AND.

1:43:47 TREATING AND.

1:43:48 TREATING THEM SO.

1:43:50 DISRESPECTFULLY BY.

1:43:52 CONSTANTLY HAVING THEM WAIT FOR

1:43:53 THE.

1:43:53 BUS TO TAKE THEM TO.

1:43:55 SCHOOL OR TAKE THEM TO AN

1:43:56 AFTER.

1:43:56 SCHOOL PROGRAM IT'S UNFAIR.

1:43:59 IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE.

1:44:01 THANK YOU.

1:44:02 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:44:04 UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

1:44:05 ADD THEIR NAME?

1:44:08 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD

1:44:09 COUNCILOR CULPEPER,

1:44:11 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,

1:44:12 COUNCILOR MEJIA.

1:44:12 COUNCILOR FOR BEND.

1:44:13 COUNCILOR WEBER

1:44:15 COUNCILOR ARROYO PLEASE ADD THE

1:44:16 CHAIR.

1:44:16 UH, DOCKET 1920 WILL BE

1:44:23 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:44:24 EDUCATION.

1:44:26 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

1:44:27 DOCKET 1921.

1:44:29 DOCKET NUMBER 1921 COUNCIL SIGN

1:44:31 OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING

1:44:33 RESOLUTION URGING A MASS

1:44:34 GENERAL PROGRAM BOARD

1:44:36 OF DIRECTORS TO RETURN TO THE

1:44:37 TABLE AND NEGOTIATE IN GOOD

1:44:39 FAITH IN LIGHT OF HISTORIC

1:44:41 STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS.

1:44:43 COUNSELOR FUNDING NOT BEFORE.

1:44:45 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:44:46 MADAM CHAIR, UM, MAY I ADD

1:44:49 COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER.

1:44:50 AS AN.

1:44:51 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:44:52 AND, UH, SUSPEND THE RULES AND

1:44:54 ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL.

1:44:56 UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:44:57 OBJECTIONS.

1:44:58 THEY ARE SO ADDED.

1:45:00 THAT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:45:02 WE HAD THE.

1:45:03 OPPORTUNITY TODAY.

1:45:06 TO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE.

1:45:08 THE HOSPITAL AND THE NURSES.

1:45:10 MASS NURSES ASSOCIATION.

1:45:12 UM WITH.

1:45:13 US UM.

1:45:14 TO TALK ABOUT THE ONGOING.

1:45:16 THE UPCOMING STRIKE AND HOW.

1:45:19 NEGOTIATIONS ARE.

1:45:20 GOING WELL.

1:45:21 BETWEEN THE.

1:45:22 BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL.

1:45:24 AND THE.

1:45:25 DEDICATED AND.

1:45:26 PROFESSIONAL NURSING.

1:45:27 STAFF THERE.

1:45:29 .

1:45:29 WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD

1:45:31 CALL.

1:45:31 FOR IS ADVOCATING.

1:45:35 FOR BRIGHAM.

1:45:36 AND WOMEN'S.

1:45:37 HOSPITAL TO GET BACK TO THE

1:45:38 NEGOTIATING TABLE TO NEGOTIATE

1:45:42 FAIRLY RESPECTFULLY.

1:45:45 TO TREAT THE NURSES.

1:45:46 FAIRLY, TO TREAT THEM

1:45:47 RESPECTFULLY.

1:45:49 IT'S ABOUT COLLECTIVE

1:45:50 BARGAINING.

1:45:51 IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER,

1:45:54 IRONING OUT YOUR DIFFERENCES.

1:45:55 BUT YOU WANT WE CAN DO THAT.

1:45:57 WHEN YOU'RE SITTING ACROSS.

1:45:58 FROM SOMEONE TALKING NOT

1:46:00 THROUGH THE MEDIA, NOT BY.

1:46:02 IGNORING PEOPLE PRETENDING

1:46:04 THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM SITTING.

1:46:06 DOWN AND HAVING A MEANINGFUL

1:46:08 DISCUSSION ABOUT A CONTRACT.

1:46:10 NURSES JUST.

1:46:12 NURSES DESERVE A FAIR CONTRACT.

1:46:14 THEY DESERVE DIGNITY.

1:46:15 THEY DESERVE JUSTICE.

1:46:17 I THINK.

1:46:18 THEY'VE EARNED IT.

1:46:19 I SAW DURING.

1:46:21 THE PANDEMIC WHEN I WAS.

1:46:22 YOU KNOW.

1:46:22 IN THE CITY COUNCIL I WOULD

1:46:25 GO TO WORK EVERY DAY BUT I

1:46:26 WOULD SEE NURSES ALSO.

1:46:28 THEY'D BE GOING.

1:46:29 TO WORK.

1:46:29 EVERY DAY.

1:46:30 WHETHER THEY WERE TAKING THE

1:46:31 TRAIN, TAKING THE BUS OR OUT

1:46:32 THE HOSPITAL.

1:46:33 THEY DIDN'T MAIL IT IN.

1:46:34 THEY WERE THERE CARING FOR

1:46:36 PEOPLE PATIENTS.

1:46:38 IN NEED.

1:46:40 THEY ALSO FOUGHT FOR A SAFE.

1:46:42 UH.

1:46:43 PATIENT BALLOT.

1:46:44 INITIATIVE THAT WAS THAT FILLED

1:46:47 SEVERAL YEARS.

1:46:48 AGO THROUGHOUT.

1:46:50 THE COMMONWEALTH.

1:46:52 UH NURSES ARE.

1:46:52 OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID.

1:46:54 OFTENTIMES THEY'RE ASSAULTED

1:46:56 TOO BY PATIENTS.

1:46:59 IT'S ABOUT RESPECT FOR THE

1:47:00 NURSES.

1:47:01 IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT THEY.

1:47:02 CAN RETIRE WITH DIGNITY,

1:47:05 PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

1:47:06 FOR THEM.

1:47:07 THE ABILITY TO EARN A DECENT

1:47:08 WAGE, CONTINUING WITH THEIR

1:47:11 EDUCATION.

1:47:12 AND TRAINING.

1:47:12 IT'S ABOUT JUSTICE.

1:47:14 IT'S A.

1:47:14 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC.

1:47:15 JUSTICE ISSUE AND WE'RE HERE TO

1:47:18 SAY.

1:47:18 AND TO ENCOURAGE THE.

1:47:21 UM THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S

1:47:22 HOSPITAL AND THE MASS NURSES.

1:47:25 ASSOCIATION TO IMMEDIATELY GO

1:47:27 BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE

1:47:31 AND.

1:47:32 TO IRON OUT A.

1:47:32 CONTRACT THAT IS FAIR TO BOTH

1:47:35 SIDES, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE.

1:47:37 THAT OUR NURSES ARE TREATED

1:47:39 WITH RESPECT.

1:47:40 AND DIGNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE.

1:47:41 NOT RECEIVING.

1:47:42 IT FROM THIS HOSPITAL.

1:47:44 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:47:45 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:47:47 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU NOW

1:47:48 HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:47:50 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:47:52 THANK YOU.

1:47:53 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING

1:47:55 ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:47:57 UH.

1:47:58 ALONG WITH MY.

1:48:00 COUNCILOR UH.

1:48:02 FLYNN, I ALSO AM URGING THE

1:48:05 MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOSPITAL

1:48:07 TO RETURN TO NEGOTIATE SHIFTS

1:48:10 IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND TO

1:48:11 SETTLE A FAIR CONTRACT THAT

1:48:14 RESPECTS NURSES AND PROTECTS

1:48:16 PATIENT CARE.

1:48:17 AND HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING

1:48:20 WE UNDERSTAND THAT MEDICINE FOR

1:48:21 HIM IS A NONPROFIT, BUT ITS

1:48:24 BOARD INCLUDES DIRECTORS AND

1:48:25 INCLUDES BILLIONAIRES, PRIVATE

1:48:28 EQUITY EXECUTIVES, CORPORATE

1:48:30 CEOS INCLUDING PEOPLE WHOSE

1:48:32 BUSINESS ACTUALLY INTERSECT

1:48:33 WITH IN GP.

1:48:36 SO WE CALL ON MGP AND THE BOARD

1:48:42 TO RETURN TO THE TABLE AND TO

1:48:45 REALLY LOOK AT THE PURPOSE FOR

1:48:48 WHICH THIS HOSPITAL WAS

1:48:50 ESTABLISHED AND THE ROLE THAT

1:48:52 THE NURSES PLAY IN THE DAY TO

1:48:55 DAY OPERATION OF THE HOSPITAL.

1:48:57 I SAID THIS MORNING THAT

1:49:00 HOSPITALS COULDN'T EXIST

1:49:01 WITHOUT NURSES, WE COULDN'T

1:49:04 EXIST WITHOUT NURSES.

1:49:05 AND SO I CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON

1:49:08 THE VALUE THE NURSES PLAY.

1:49:11 I MENTIONED THAT MY MOTHER WAS

1:49:12 A NURSE.

1:49:13 I SAW THE WORK THAT SHE PUT IN

1:49:16 AND I SAW HOW CONCERNED SHE WAS

1:49:20 ABOUT OUR PATIENTS.

1:49:22 I SAW HOW PAINSTAKING EVEN WHEN

1:49:24 SHE CAME HOME CONCERNED ABOUT

1:49:26 HER PATIENTS AND THE

1:49:28 RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE FORMED

1:49:29 WITH THEM.

1:49:30 AND UH, MY MOTHER WAS A

1:49:33 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND IT'S REALLY

1:49:34 FUNNY.

1:49:35 MY MOTHER WOULD COME HOME

1:49:36 SOMETIME.

1:49:37 SHE WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT

1:49:38 HAPPENED TODAY?

1:49:39 SHE SAID, UH, SOMEONE ASKED

1:49:43 ME TO MARRY THEM.

1:49:45 BUT MY POINT IS HOW SIGNIFICANT

1:49:48 THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE LIFE

1:49:51 OF THEIR PATIENTS.

1:49:52 LET'S JUST ENCOURAGE THE BOY TO

1:49:54 GIVE THEM A FAIR CONTRACT SO

1:49:56 THAT THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO

1:49:58 ASTRAY SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO

1:50:00 GO THROUGH WHAT WE WENT THROUGH

1:50:01 SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHEN THEY

1:50:02 WERE ON STRIKE.

1:50:03 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:50:04 THANK YOU.

1:50:05 COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE

1:50:06 FLOOR.

1:50:07 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:50:09 UM.

1:50:10 SO AND THANK YOU TO M&A WHO

1:50:13 WAS HERE WITH US EARLIER AND WE

1:50:15 WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THEM

1:50:17 DIRECTLY.

1:50:18 BUT I'VE PUBLICLY SUPPORTED ON

1:50:20 NURSES AND I CONTINUE TO STAND

1:50:22 WITH THEM.

1:50:23 NURSES CARE FOR US AND OUR

1:50:25 FAMILIES DURING SOME OF THE

1:50:26 MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS OF OUR

1:50:28 LIVES.

1:50:28 THEY DESERVE SAFE WORKING

1:50:31 CONDITIONS, AFFORDABLE HEALTH

1:50:32 INSURANCE AND A CONTRACT THAT

1:50:34 RESPECTS THEIR WORK.

1:50:35 THAT'S ALL THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

1:50:37 STAFFING AND WORKING CONDITIONS

1:50:39 DIRECTLY AFFECT PATIENT CARE.

1:50:41 WHEN NURSES RAISE CONCERNS,

1:50:43 HOSPITAL LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO

1:50:44 LISTEN AND WORK TOWARDS AN

1:50:46 AGREEMENT.

1:50:47 I URGE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM TO

1:50:49 RETURN TO THE BARGAINING TABLE

1:50:50 AND NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.

1:50:53 PATIENTS NEED TO DEPENDABLE

1:50:54 CARE AND NURSES NEED THE

1:50:55 SUPPORT PROVIDE IT.

1:50:57 I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THE OTHER

1:51:00 HOSPITALS THAT MANY NURSES ARE

1:51:02 UNDER DIFFERENT UNIONS.

1:51:04 BUT YESTERDAY BMC.

1:51:07 TOLD THEIR.

1:51:08 NURSES THAT THEY'RE REFUSING TO

1:51:09 GO BACK TO THE TABLE WHERE CITY

1:51:11 OF WORLD CLASS COLLEGES,

1:51:15 UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS AND

1:51:17 HOSPITALS PEOPLE NOT JUST US

1:51:18 HERE IN THIS RESIDENTS IN THE

1:51:20 CITY BUT PEOPLE COME HERE FROM

1:51:22 AROUND THE WORLD TO GET THE

1:51:23 WORLD CLASS CARE.

1:51:24 SO WE SHOULD GIVE THE SUPPORT

1:51:25 THAT OUR NURSES PROVIDE THOSE

1:51:27 PATIENTS EVERY DAY.

1:51:29 SO I FULLY SUPPORT AND KNOW

1:51:30 THAT THIS RESOLUTION ALTHOUGH

1:51:33 IS NON-BINDING.

1:51:34 I THINK THIS MESSAGE ALONG WITH

1:51:36 OUR SUPPORT NOT JUST ON THE

1:51:38 PICKET LINE BUT JUST REALLY

1:51:39 URGING THE HOSPITALS TO

1:51:41 CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT

1:51:43 WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN A

1:51:45 SITUATION WHERE OUR NURSES HAVE

1:51:46 TO WALK OUT BECAUSE WE KNOW

1:51:47 THEY DON'T WANT TO THANK YOU.

1:51:49 THANK YOU.

1:51:50 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

1:51:51 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

1:51:53 THEIR NAME?

1:51:56 PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR.

1:51:57 UH, CULPEPPER.

1:51:58 DURKAN.

1:51:58 COUNCILOR.

1:51:59 FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

1:52:00 COUNCILOR I'M HERE.

1:52:00 COUNCILOR.

1:52:01 PREPEND.

1:52:01 COUNCILOR.

1:52:02 SANTANA.

1:52:02 COUNCILOR.

1:52:03 WEBER.

1:52:03 COUNCILOR.

1:52:04 ROYAL, PLEASE.

1:52:04 AT THE CHAIR.

1:52:06 COUNCILOR FLYNN IS SEEKING

1:52:07 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

1:52:08 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1921.

1:52:10 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL

1:52:12 THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

1:52:14 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:52:15 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL?

1:52:16 VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON,

1:52:17 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED.

1:52:18 YES, COUNCILOR.

1:52:19 CLOSE BUDDY.

1:52:20 YES, COUNCILOR CULPEPER

1:52:21 COUNCIL.

1:52:22 CULPEPER.

1:52:22 YES, COUNCILOR.

1:52:23 DURKAN.

1:52:24 COUNCILOR.

1:52:24 DURKAN.

1:52:25 YES.

1:52:25 COUNCILOR.

1:52:25 FITZGERALD.

1:52:26 COUNCIL.

1:52:27 FITZGERALD.

1:52:27 YES.

1:52:27 COUNCILOR.

1:52:28 FLYNN.

1:52:28 YES.

1:52:29 COUNCILOR.

1:52:29 FLYNN.

1:52:29 YES.

1:52:30 COUNCIL.

1:52:30 LOUIJEUNE.

1:52:31 YES.

1:52:31 COUNCIL.

1:52:32 LOUIJEUNE.

1:52:32 YES.

1:52:32 COUNCILOR.

1:52:33 MEJIA.

1:52:34 HERE.

1:52:34 YES.

1:52:35 COUNCILOR.

1:52:35 MURPHY.

1:52:36 YES.

1:52:36 COUNCILOR.

1:52:36 MURPHY.

1:52:37 YES, COUNCILOR.

1:52:38 PIPPIN.

1:52:39 COUNCILOR.

1:52:39 PEN.

1:52:40 YES.

1:52:40 COUNCIL.

1:52:40 SANTANA.

1:52:41 YES.

1:52:41 COUNCILOR SANTANA IS

1:52:43 COUNCILOR WEBER.

1:52:43 YES.

1:52:44 COUNCIL.

1:52:45 WEBB'S AND COUNCIL.

1:52:46 WORLD COUNCILOR.

1:52:47 OH, YES.

1:52:48 TALKING OF A1921 AS WE SEE 12

1:52:50 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

1:52:52 THANK YOU.

1:52:52 DOCKET 1921 HAS BEEN ADOPTED

1:52:54 .

1:52:55 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

1:52:56 DOCKET 1922?

1:52:57 DUCKY NUMBER 1922

1:53:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE

1:53:01 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT

1:53:03 OF THIS GROWTH CENTRAL AND AN

1:53:06 INCLUSIVE SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH

1:53:07 IN BOSTON.

1:53:08 THANK YOU.

1:53:09 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:53:10 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE

1:53:10 THE FLOOR.

1:53:12 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:53:14 I'D LIKE TO ADD

1:53:16 COUNCILOR MORALES A SECOND

1:53:17 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SO ADDED

1:53:19 THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO

1:53:21 REQUEST AS HAS BEEN THE RULES

1:53:22 AT CONCILOR MEJIA AS A THIRD

1:53:23 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:53:24 SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:53:25 OBJECTIONS SHE SAW ADDED.

1:53:26 THANK YOU.

1:53:26 AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST FOR

1:53:28 SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS

1:53:29 DOCKET.

1:53:29 THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT

1:53:31 RECOGNIZES THE INVESTMENT IN

1:53:32 BOSTON SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY

1:53:34 .

1:53:35 AS WE ALL KNOW SMALL BUSINESSES

1:53:36 CREATE JOBS, BRING LIFE TO OUR

1:53:37 NEIGHBORHOODS AND HELP FAMILIES

1:53:39 BUILD WEALTH.

1:53:40 UH, BUT STARTING AND SUSTAINING

1:53:41 A BUSINESS IS REALLY HARD AND

1:53:43 REQUIRES RESOURCES THAT ARE

1:53:45 OFTEN DIFFICULT OR EXPENSIVE TO

1:53:46 OBTAIN.

1:53:47 I WANT TO COMMEND THE LAWYERS

1:53:48 FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UH, WHOSE

1:53:50 BACKGROUND PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED

1:53:51 FREE LEGAL AND TECHNICAL

1:53:52 ASSISTANCE FOR 25 YEARS AND

1:53:54 I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE

1:53:55 OF ATTENDING BIGGER EVENTS AND

1:53:56 SEEING FIRSTHAND HOW THEY ARE

1:53:59 REALLY HANDS ON WITH

1:54:00 ENTREPRENEURS AND WITH BUSINESS

1:54:02 OWNERS WITH GIVING THEM THE

1:54:03 ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED.

1:54:04 THAT WORK HAS SUPPORTED

1:54:06 ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR,

1:54:06 IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND PEOPLE

1:54:07 WITH LOW INCOME WHO TOO OFTEN

1:54:09 FACE ADDITIONAL BARRIERS TO

1:54:10 BUSINESS OWNERSHIP OFTEN NOT

1:54:11 HAVING THE CAPITAL NECESSARY TO

1:54:14 REALLY UM, GET STARTED OR TO

1:54:16 ENSURE OR TO TAP INTO WHEN

1:54:19 PROBLEMS ARISE NOT HAVING THE

1:54:21 SOCIAL CAPITAL NECESSARY TO

1:54:23 MANEUVER THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

1:54:24 SO BIZ GROW IS A REALLY HANDS

1:54:27 ON UH ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES

1:54:29 RECOGNIZED BY THE BOSTON

1:54:30 BUSINESS JOURNAL, RECOGNIZED BY

1:54:32 THE BOSTON GLOBE.

1:54:33 BIZ GROWTH CENTRAL IS SCHEDULED

1:54:34 TO OPEN OCTOBER 19TH ACROSS

1:54:37 FROM BOSTON COMMON.

1:54:38 IT WILL ESTABLISH A PERMANENT

1:54:39 DOWNTOWN HOME WHERE

1:54:40 ENTREPRENEURS CAN FIND

1:54:41 RESOURCES AND BUILD CONNECTIONS

1:54:43 THAT THE HUB WILL BRING

1:54:44 TOGETHER FREE LEGAL SUPPORT,

1:54:46 BUSINESS GUIDANCE, SKILL

1:54:47 BUILDING PROGRAMS, TECHNOLOGY

1:54:50 WORKSPACE AND MENTORSHIP.

1:54:51 HAVING THOSE RESOURCES IN ONE

1:54:53 PLACE CAN HELP AN ENTREPRENEUR

1:54:55 MOVE AN IDEA TO A BUSINESS WITH

1:54:56 A STRONGER FOUNDATION.

1:54:57 THEY'VE OFTEN DONE POP UPS POP

1:54:59 UPS ON THE GREENWAY AND ACROSS

1:55:01 THE CITY AND HAVING A PERMANENT

1:55:02 HOME WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL

1:55:03 HERE.

1:55:04 EXPANDING ACCESS TO BUSINESS

1:55:05 OWNERSHIP IS PART OF AN

1:55:06 EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

1:55:07 .

1:55:08 I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME

1:55:10 ESSENTIAL UM AND RECOGNIZED

1:55:11 LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS FOR

1:55:12 HELPING MOVE BOSTON.

1:55:13 MORE BOSTON RESIDENTS

1:55:15 PARTICIPATE IN AND BENEFIT FROM

1:55:16 OUR CITY'S ECONOMY.

1:55:18 SO AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

1:55:20 ENTIRE TEAM TO YVONNE.

1:55:21 TO EVERYONE AT BIZ GROW TO THE

1:55:23 SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WILL NOW

1:55:24 BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.

1:55:26 AND TO THEM THEMSELVES.

1:55:27 BEING A NEW HUB AND HAVING A

1:55:29 NEW SPACE IN OUR CITY.

1:55:30 THANK YOU.

1:55:31 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR.

1:55:32 EARL CASWELL YOU AT FOR.

1:55:34 THANK YOU.

1:55:35 UH, CHAIR.

1:55:36 AND THANK YOU TO

1:55:37 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR ADDING

1:55:38 ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND ALSO

1:55:39 THANK YOU TO, UH,

1:55:40 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR ALL HER

1:55:41 WORK AROUND SMALL BUSINESS, UH,

1:55:43 THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AS A SMALL

1:55:45 BUSINESS OWNER.

1:55:46 I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS WHEN

1:55:47 YOU'RE FIRST TRYING TO GET

1:55:48 STARTED.

1:55:49 UH, FOLKS WHO TELL YOU JUST ONE

1:55:50 FORM IS JUST ONE FILING JUST

1:55:52 NEED TO DO THIS.

1:55:53 UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LAWYER.

1:55:54 SOMEONE WHO IS KNOWLEDGEABLE

1:55:56 ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THE

1:55:57 SYSTEM.

1:55:58 UH, THAT COULD FEEL LIKE A

1:55:59 WHOLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.

1:56:00 UH, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT IS

1:56:01 NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE GOOD

1:56:03 IDEAS.

1:56:04 IT'S THAT THEY DON'T HAVE

1:56:05 ACCESS TO THE SAME NETWORKS

1:56:06 LEGAL HELP OR GUIDANCE THAT

1:56:08 OTHER FOLKS MAY ALREADY HAVE.

1:56:10 I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME

1:56:11 TO SHOUT OUT THE CITY OF BOSTON

1:56:12 AND ALL THEIR WORK UH, AROUND

1:56:14 SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT UH, FOR

1:56:16 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

1:56:17 IN THEIR MOST RECENT PROGRAM

1:56:18 WHICH I'M A BIG FAN OF WHICH IS

1:56:21 ON UNLOCKED.

1:56:22 UM I WANT TO ALSO APPLAUD

1:56:23 LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

1:56:24 UH, STARTING THIS AND AS WE CUT

1:56:27 THE RIBBON UH, LATER THIS

1:56:28 MONTH.

1:56:29 THE NEXT STEP IS ALWAYS

1:56:31 ENSURING THAT OUR ENTREPRENEURS

1:56:32 AND OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT

1:56:33 THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

1:56:34 UH, BECAUSE IN OUR

1:56:36 NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE THE

1:56:37 IDEAS.

1:56:37 WE HAVE THE TALENT.

1:56:38 WE HAVE THE HUSTLE.

1:56:39 BUT SOMETIMES ALL WE NEED IS

1:56:40 THE SUPPORT.

1:56:41 UH THANK YOU AND

1:56:42 CONGRATULATIONS TO LAWYER FOR

1:56:44 CIVIL RIGHTS IN THIS NEW

1:56:45 ORGANIZATION.

1:56:45 THANK YOU.

1:56:46 THANK YOU CONCILOR MEJIA HERE

1:56:47 YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:56:48 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:56:50 UM.

1:56:50 IF YOU DON'T MIND, I STAY

1:56:52 SEATED.

1:56:53 I HAVE A REALLY BAD HEADACHE.

1:56:54 THANK YOU.

1:56:55 UM, I WANT TO THANK

1:56:57 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

1:56:58 FOR ADDING ME TO THIS DOCKET.

1:56:59 AND I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT

1:57:01 COUNCILOR EARL UM FOR HIS

1:57:03 STEADFAST ADVOCACY, UM, AND

1:57:04 SUPPORTING ALL THINGS SMALL

1:57:06 BUSINESSES OUT IN THESE STREETS

1:57:08 .

1:57:08 UM, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE

1:57:09 HEART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:57:10 THEY PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, BOOST

1:57:12 OUR ECONOMY, CREATE UM,

1:57:15 COMMUNITY AND SO MUCH MORE.

1:57:16 BUT OFTEN THEY ARE THE.

1:57:18 THERE ARE BARRIERS TO SMALL

1:57:19 BUSINESSES SUCCESS AND THAT IS

1:57:21 WHY LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

1:57:22 BUSINESS GROW PROGRAM IS SO

1:57:24 IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT FILLS THE

1:57:25 GAP AND LEGAL AND TECHNICAL

1:57:27 ASSISTANCE FOR OUR SMALL

1:57:28 BUSINESS OWNERS INCLUDING

1:57:30 ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR,

1:57:31 IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN, UM AND

1:57:33 PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME.

1:57:35 AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THIS

1:57:36 PROGRAM IS OPENING THIS GROWTH

1:57:37 CENTRAL IN ALL ITS IN ITS NEW

1:57:39 DOWNTOWN HOME THIS MONTH AS A

1:57:41 AS A CHILD I GREW UP AS THE

1:57:43 OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR MY MOM

1:57:45 AND MY ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD SO I

1:57:47 WOULD BE A DOCTOR'S

1:57:48 APPOINTMENTS.

1:57:49 YOU KNOW, THE WELFARE OFFICE

1:57:50 AND NAVIGATING OTHER UM

1:57:52 PROCESSES THAT WERE VERY

1:57:53 DIFFICULT EVEN AT THE AGE

1:57:55 OF NINE.

1:57:55 AND TODAY I CONTINUE TO SERVE

1:57:57 AS A TRANSLATOR FOR RESIDENTS

1:57:58 ACROSS THE CITY WHO HAVE THE

1:57:59 WHO HAVE THE VISION AND WORK

1:58:01 ETHIC TO START A SMALL BUSINESS

1:58:03 BUT FACE COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND

1:58:05 BARRIERS THAT CAN MAKE IT

1:58:06 INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM

1:58:07 TO OPEN UP THEIR DOORS.

1:58:09 UM, WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO

1:58:11 TO MAKE THESE PROCESSES EASIER

1:58:13 TO NAVIGATE AND ENSURE THAT

1:58:15 STARTING A BUSINESS IN OUR CITY

1:58:16 DOES NOT FEEL OUT OF REACH

1:58:18 SIMPLY JUST BECAUSE YOU DO NOT

1:58:19 KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM

1:58:21 AND UM, OUR CONTENT OUR OFFICE

1:58:23 CONTINUES TO UPLIFT AND

1:58:24 ADVOCATE UM, FOR SMALL

1:58:26 BUSINESSES AND WE APPRECIATE

1:58:27 LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THIS.

1:58:29 GIRL'S WORK AND DEDICATION TO

1:58:31 OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

1:58:31 AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK

1:58:33 UM, THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE A FEW

1:58:36 YEARS AGO, UH, I ADVOCATED TO

1:58:38 HAVE.

1:58:39 A UM, IMMIGRANT LIAISON IN THE

1:58:42 OFFICE OF WORKFORCE.

1:58:43 UM, I THEY KEEP CHANGING THE

1:58:45 NAME BUT IT WAS UH, THE OFFICE

1:58:47 OF ECONOMIC UM EMPOWERMENT AND

1:58:50 THAT PARTICULAR POSITION HAS

1:58:52 HELPED SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES

1:58:54 PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT UM,

1:58:55 SPANISH SPEAKERS NAVIGATE THE

1:58:57 SYSTEM.

1:58:57 SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE

1:58:59 CITY FOR THEIR CONSTANT UM,

1:59:01 SUPPORT UM AND

1:59:02 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR ALL HER

1:59:04 POP UP UM UH ALL THOSE POP UPS

1:59:07 THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING ACROSS

1:59:08 THE CITY OF BOSTON, UM, TO HELP

1:59:10 SMALL ENTREPRENEURS.

1:59:11 SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO

1:59:13 SPEAK AND ADDING ME AS A

1:59:14 CO-SPONSOR AND FOR.

1:59:15 YOUR LEADERSHIP.

1:59:16 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA

1:59:18 COUNCILOR.

1:59:18 THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:59:20 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:59:21 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES

1:59:22 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

1:59:24 I ALSO WANT TO THANK IVAN FROM

1:59:26 THE LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

1:59:27 FOR INVITING ME TO THE BIZ GROW

1:59:29 CENTRALS RIBBON CUTTING GRAND

1:59:31 OPENING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH

1:59:34 .

1:59:34 LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS HAVE

1:59:36 BEEN DOING OUTSTANDING

1:59:37 EXCEPTIONAL WORK FOR YEARS TO

1:59:39 HELP SMALL BUSINESSES

1:59:41 ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURS

1:59:43 NAVIGATE THE LEGAL PRACTICAL

1:59:45 CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH

1:59:46 STARTING AND GROWING A

1:59:47 BUSINESS.

1:59:48 WHAT MAKES THIS GROW CENTRAL

1:59:51 ESPECIALLY EXCITING IS THAT IT

1:59:52 BRINGS MANY OF THESE RESOURCES

1:59:54 TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.

1:59:56 ENTREPRENEURS WILL HAVE ACCESS

1:59:57 TO LEGAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE,

2:00:01 MENTORSHIP, TECHNOLOGY,

2:00:02 WORKSPACE TRAINING ALL AT NO

2:00:05 COST.

2:00:06 HAVING A SPACE LIKE THIS IN THE

2:00:07 HEART OF BOSTON MAKES THESE

2:00:09 RESOURCES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO

2:00:12 PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE

2:00:14 HAVE THE SUPPORT, WHAT

2:00:16 CONNECTIONS THEY NEED TO GROW

2:00:17 THEIR BUSINESS.

2:00:19 CONGRATULATIONS TO LAWYERS FOR

2:00:20 CIVIL RIGHTS ON THIS NEW SPACE

2:00:22 AND ON THE WORK THEY'RE DOING

2:00:24 TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

2:00:25 I LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING

2:00:28 RIBBON CUTTING, BUT I ALSO LOOK

2:00:29 FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK

2:00:31 WITH LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

2:00:33 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:00:34 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:00:35 UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

2:00:37 ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE ADD UH,

2:00:39 MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD

2:00:39 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR.

2:00:40 DURKAN.

2:00:41 COUNCILOR.

2:00:41 FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR.

2:00:43 UH.

2:00:43 FLYNN, COUNCILOR.

2:00:44 MEJIA.

2:00:44 COUNCILOR.

2:00:45 AND COUNCILOR.

2:00:45 SANTANA.

2:00:46 COUNCILOR WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE

2:00:48 CHAIR.

2:00:49 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SEEKS

2:00:50 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

2:00:51 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1922.

2:00:53 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:00:54 ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:00:56 MR. CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A

2:00:57 ROLL CALL.

2:00:58 VOTE ON DOCKET 1922.

2:01:01 COUNCILOR BREAK COUNCIL COLETTE

2:01:02 AS A PILOT.

2:01:03 YES.

2:01:03 COUNCIL BECAUSE.

2:01:04 BURR.

2:01:04 YES.

2:01:05 COUNCILOR.

2:01:05 CULPA.

2:01:05 COUNCILOR.

2:01:07 CULPEPER.

2:01:07 YES.

2:01:07 COUNCILOR.

2:01:08 DURKAN.

2:01:08 COUNCILOR.

2:01:09 DURKAN.

2:01:09 YES.

2:01:10 COUNCIL.

2:01:10 FITZGERALD.

2:01:10 YES.

2:01:11 COUNCIL THIS SHOW.

2:01:12 YES.

2:01:12 COUNCILOR.

2:01:12 FLYNN.

2:01:13 COUNCIL.

2:01:13 SON.

2:01:14 YES.

2:01:14 COUNCILOR.

2:01:15 LOUIJEUNE.

2:01:15 YES.

2:01:15 COUNCILOR.

2:01:16 LOUIJEUNE.

2:01:16 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:01:17 MEJIA.

2:01:18 COUNCILOR.

2:01:18 MEJIA.

2:01:18 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:01:19 MURPHY.

2:01:20 COUNCIL.

2:01:21 PIPPIN.

2:01:22 COUNCILOR.

2:01:22 BEND.

2:01:23 YES.

2:01:23 COUNCILOR.

2:01:23 SANTANA.

2:01:24 COUNCILOR.

2:01:25 SANTANA.

2:01:25 YES.

2:01:26 COUNCILOR.

2:01:26 WEBER.

2:01:26 YES.

2:01:27 COUNCIL MEMBER.

2:01:28 YES.

2:01:28 AND COUNCILOR.

2:01:29 WORLD.

2:01:29 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:01:30 WELL, YES.

2:01:31 SO I CAN NUMBER ONE 9 TO 2 AS

2:01:34 WE SEE THE 11 VOTES IN THE

2:01:35 AFFIRMATIVE.

2:01:36 THANK YOU.

2:01:36 DOCKET ONE 9 TO 2 HAS BEEN

2:01:38 ADOPTED.

2:01:39 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

2:01:41 DOCKET 1923.

2:01:43 SO I CAN HAVE A1923

2:01:45 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE

2:01:46 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT

2:01:48 OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

2:01:50 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT SENATE 3308,

2:01:53 HOUSE 6356.

2:01:55 THANK YOU.

2:01:56 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:01:57 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU NOW

2:01:58 HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:01:58 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:01:59 I'D LIKE TO ADD CONCILOR MEJIA

2:02:01 HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:02:02 SO ADDED.

2:02:03 AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO

2:02:04 SUSPEND THE RULES THAT

2:02:06 COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD

2:02:07 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:02:07 SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION

2:02:08 SEE IS ALSO SO ADDED.

2:02:10 AND I DO SEEK SUSPENSION AND

2:02:11 PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION.

2:02:12 THIS RESOLUTION ADDRESSES US A

2:02:15 RIGHTS ISSUE THAT INCREASINGLY

2:02:16 AFFECTS EVERYDAY LIFE.

2:02:17 MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN DEEP,

2:02:18 DEEP CONVERSATION AND IN

2:02:20 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ACLU

2:02:21 AROUND LEGISLATION HERE IN THE

2:02:23 CITY AND ONE EVENING I RAN INTO

2:02:26 CHRISTOPHER HOPE, WHO'S BEEN

2:02:27 DOING THIS WORK IN CAMBRIDGE

2:02:28 AND SOMERVILLE AND WORKING

2:02:29 ALONGSIDE SENATOR MARKEY'S

2:02:30 OFFICE.

2:02:31 HE HAS THE LOOP LAB UM TO GET

2:02:33 THESE RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT

2:02:35 OF THIS BILL.

2:02:36 UM AND SO I WANT TO THANK

2:02:37 CHRISTOPHER HOPE FOR HIS WORK

2:02:38 AND FOR STOPPING ME AND FOR US

2:02:40 ENGAGING IN THIS CONVERSATION

2:02:41 ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN

2:02:42 DOING AS WE KNOW IT'S BEEN IT'S

2:02:44 IT'S BEEN A TOPIC

2:02:45 OF CONVERSATION.

2:02:46 BUT EVEN BEFORE THEN FOLKS HAVE

2:02:47 BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND

2:02:50 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND

2:02:50 AUTOMATED SYSTEMS THEY HELP

2:02:52 SHAPE FOR BETTER OR WORSE

2:02:53 DECISIONS ABOUT JOBS, HOUSING,

2:02:55 EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, CREDIT,

2:02:57 PUBLIC BENEFITS, PUBLIC SAFETY

2:03:00 SOMETIMES WITHOUT THE EFFECTIVE

2:03:01 PERSON UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS

2:03:02 IS HOW UH A DECISION IS MADE

2:03:04 AND OFTEN AS WE ARE SEEING WHEN

2:03:06 IT COMES TO A NUMBER

2:03:07 OF DECISIONS INCLUDING

2:03:08 EMPLOYMENT WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE

2:03:09 BEEN WORKING ON IN PART UH, IT

2:03:11 LEADS TO DISCRIMINATION.

2:03:13 WHEN THOSE SYSTEMS REPRODUCE

2:03:15 DISCRIMINATION, THEIR

2:03:16 COMPLEXITY CAN MAKE THE HARM

2:03:18 DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY AND

2:03:19 CHALLENGE.

2:03:21 RESIDENTS DESERVE CLEAR

2:03:22 PROTECTIONS, MEANINGFUL

2:03:24 ACCOUNTABILITY AND A WAY TO

2:03:25 SEEK REVIEW WHEN A

2:03:25 CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION IS

2:03:27 UNFAIR, RACIST, DISCRIMINATORY

2:03:29 OR UNJUST.

2:03:30 I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR ED

2:03:32 MARKEY AND REPRESENTATIVE

2:03:33 YVETTE CLARKE, WHO INCLUDE AND

2:03:34 WILL INTRODUCE THE ARTIFICIAL

2:03:36 INTELLIGENCE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

2:03:37 AND REPRESENTATIVE AYANNA

2:03:38 PRESSLEY IN ORIGINAL HOUSE

2:03:39 CO-SPONSOR THEIR LEGISLATION

2:03:41 WOULD ESTABLISH PROTECTIONS

2:03:42 AGAINST ALGORITHMIC

2:03:44 DISCRIMINATION, REQUIRE

2:03:46 EVALUATIONS AND IMPACT

2:03:47 ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDE

2:03:48 ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS.

2:03:49 THE PROPOSAL ALSO ADDRESSES

2:03:51 NOTICE TRANSPARENCY AND HUMAN

2:03:53 ALTERNATIVES AND APPROPRIATE

2:03:55 CIRCUMSTANCES.

2:03:55 THOSE SAFEGUARDS MATTER BECAUSE

2:03:57 A PERSON'S ABILITY TO SECURE

2:03:58 HOUSING, RECEIVE CARE OR OBTAIN

2:04:00 EMPLOYMENT SHOULD COME WITH AN

2:04:02 UNDERSTANDABLE PROCESS AND

2:04:04 MEANINGFUL RECOURSE.

2:04:05 WE ALSO SEE THE TOLL AND

2:04:07 EFFECTIVE AI AND DATA CENTERS

2:04:09 ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND ARE

2:04:11 REALLY COGNIZANT OF WHAT THEY

2:04:12 MEAN IN REAL TERMS FOR

2:04:14 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY

2:04:15 BEEN HARMED, THAT WERE ALREADY

2:04:17 SUFFERING FROM THE REALITIES

2:04:20 OF THE PERSISTENT AND

2:04:21 PERNICIOUS RACIAL WEALTH GAP.

2:04:23 AI IS ONLY GOING TO HARDEN THAT

2:04:25 IF WE DON'T TAKE THESE

2:04:27 SAFEGUARDS AND IT'S GREAT TO

2:04:28 SEE IT HAPPENING ON THE FEDERAL

2:04:29 LEVEL AND WE NEED NEED IT TO

2:04:30 HAPPEN ON ALL LEVELS.

2:04:31 BUT UM, WE WE DO WANT TO SEE

2:04:33 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S

2:04:34 LEADERSHIP HERE BOSTON WE AS A

2:04:36 CITY WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN UM,

2:04:38 STEPS THROUGH ITS RESTRICTIONS

2:04:39 ON FACE FACIAL SURVEILLANCE AND

2:04:41 GUIDANCE ON GENERATIVE AI.

2:04:42 THIS RESOLUTION URGES CONGRESS

2:04:44 TO ACT AND ENCOURAGES AH THE

2:04:45 STATE IN BOSTON TO ADVANCE

2:04:48 COMPLEMENTARY CIVIL RIGHTS

2:04:48 SAFEGUARDS AS THESE

2:04:49 TECHNOLOGIES CONTINUE TO

2:04:50 DEVELOP WORK THAT WE WANT TO

2:04:51 CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN.

2:04:52 AND I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE

2:04:54 SENATOR AND ALL OF THOSE WHO

2:04:55 HAVE ENDORSED THIS FROM THE

2:04:56 LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL

2:04:57 RIGHTS TO THE LEADERSHIP

2:04:58 CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN

2:04:59 RIGHTS WAS GRATEFUL TO BE ON A

2:05:01 PANEL WITH THEM YESTERDAY TO UM

2:05:02 THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON WOMEN

2:05:04 COLOR OF CHANGE, UH, NAACP,

2:05:07 ACLU, ELECTRONIC PRIVACY

2:05:09 INFORMATION CENTER EPIC.

2:05:11 YOU GET THE POINT.

2:05:12 SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR

2:05:13 LEADERSHIP AND THEIR

2:05:14 PARTNERSHIP AND TO CONTINUE TO

2:05:15 WORK IN THIS SPACE.

2:05:16 THANK YOU.

2:05:16 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

2:05:18 UH, COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU KNOW

2:05:20 BEFORE.

2:05:21 THANK YOU, MADAM.

2:05:23 PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO

2:05:24 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR ADDING

2:05:25 ME TO THIS DOCKET.

2:05:27 THIS BILL AT.

2:05:28 AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS ABOUT

2:05:29 CREATING SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT

2:05:30 OUR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR CIVIL

2:05:32 RIGHTS DURING A TIME WHEN

2:05:33 ALMOST NO SAFEGUARDS EXIST TO

2:05:35 REGULATE AI.

2:05:37 AI MODELS ARE TRAINED ON ON

2:05:39 EXISTING DATA AND FROM

2:05:41 INFORMATION AND OTHER INPUTS WE

2:05:43 NEED TO CONFRONT UM AND HOWEVER

2:05:47 THAT THESE BIASES ARE BAKED

2:05:48 INTO THE INPUT UH FED TO AI

2:05:51 MODELS FOR THEIR TRAINING WHICH

2:05:53 HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ONLY

2:05:54 WORSEN EXISTING INEQUITIES AND

2:05:56 CAUSE UNPRECEDENTED HARM IF WE

2:05:58 DO NOT ACT NOW THIS BILL

2:06:00 REQUIRES DISCLOSURES

2:06:02 EVALUATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER

2:06:04 IMPLEMENTATION AND PROHIBITS

2:06:05 DISCRIMINATION UM BY

2:06:08 COVERED ALGORITHMS ON THE BASIS

2:06:09 OF PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS.

2:06:11 WE ARE ALL FEELING THE IMPACTS

2:06:13 OF AI AND AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY

2:06:15 WITH WAYMO INCREASING THE USE

2:06:17 OF AI SURVEILLANCE TOOLS AND

2:06:19 CONCERN ABOUT AI REPLACING

2:06:21 HUMAN JOBS AS AI CONTINUES TO

2:06:24 EVOLVE, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT

2:06:25 IT DOES SO RESPONSIBLY AND IN A

2:06:28 WAY THAT BENEFITS ALL

2:06:29 OF HUMANITY.

2:06:30 WE CAN NOT PUT OUR COMMUNITIES

2:06:31 AT RISK AND LET THEM BE

2:06:33 STEAMROLLED BY AI ADVANCEMENT

2:06:36 THAT WILL HARM THEM IF NOT UM,

2:06:38 REGULATE IT.

2:06:39 SO THANK YOU.

2:06:40 UM, TO OUR OUR COLLEAGUES ON

2:06:42 THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHO ARE

2:06:44 LEADING THE CHARGE AND THANK

2:06:45 YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH

2:06:47 LOUIJEUNE FOR HOLDING IT DOWN

2:06:49 HERE LOCALLY.

2:06:50 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA.

2:06:52 COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU NOW

2:06:53 BEFORE.

2:06:54 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:06:55 I AM SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN

2:06:57 TECHNOLOGY.

2:06:58 I BELIEVE IN.

2:06:58 INNOVATION AND I BELIEVE IN

2:07:00 PROGRESS.

2:07:00 UM, EMERGING AI TOOLS HAVE THE

2:07:02 POWER TO SOLVE SOME OF OUR MOST

2:07:04 COMPLEX CHALLENGES.

2:07:06 HOWEVER, WE MUST NOT FALL FOR

2:07:07 THE DANGEROUS MYTH THAT

2:07:09 TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS NEUTRAL,

2:07:11 OBJECTIVE OR INHERENTLY FAIR.

2:07:13 AND OUR GOT AN ALGORITHM HAS NO

2:07:15 NO LIVED EXPERIENCE.

2:07:17 IT CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR HUMAN

2:07:18 CONTEXT, NUANCE OR RESILIENCE

2:07:20 AND IT HAS BIASES JUST LIKE YOU

2:07:22 AND ME, AUTOMATED SYSTEMS ARE

2:07:24 ONLY AS GOOD AS THE DATA WE

2:07:26 FEED IT AND UNFORTUNATELY MOST

2:07:28 AI IS TRAINED ON DECADES

2:07:29 OF HISTORICAL DATA THAT HAS

2:07:30 SYSTEMATIC RACISM, SEXISM AND

2:07:33 INEQUALITY BACK INTO ITS

2:07:35 FOUNDATION.

2:07:36 WHEN YOU TRAIN A SYSTEM ON A

2:07:38 BIASED PAST YOU DON'T GET

2:07:39 NEUTRAL DECISIONS.

2:07:40 YOU GET AUTOMATED

2:07:41 DISCRIMINATION OPERATING ON A

2:07:43 SCALE.

2:07:43 FOR JUST ONE EXAMPLE, LOOK AT

2:07:45 HOUSING AI BASED MORTGAGES

2:07:48 LENDERS ARE 80% MORE LIKELY TO

2:07:50 REJECT BLACK APPLICANTS, 40%

2:07:52 MORE LIKELY TO REJECT LATINO

2:07:53 APPLICANTS AND 70% MORE LIKELY

2:07:56 TO DENY NATIVE AMERICAN

2:07:57 APPLICANTS.

2:07:58 IMAGINE IF THOSE STATISTICS

2:07:59 WERE APPLIED NATIONWIDE AND IF

2:08:01 THE VICTIMS OF THAT ALGORITHM

2:08:04 ALGORITHMIC DISCRIMINATION HAD

2:08:06 NO UM, RECOURSE.

2:08:08 HOMEOWNERSHIP IS JUST THE

2:08:09 START.

2:08:10 AUTOMATED SYSTEMS ARE

2:08:11 INCREASINGLY MAKING LIFE

2:08:13 ALTERING DECISIONS ABOUT

2:08:14 RESIDENTS DETERMINING WHO GETS

2:08:16 A JOB, WHO GETS HEALTH CARE,

2:08:17 WHO RECEIVES PUBLIC BENEFITS

2:08:19 AND HOW PUBLIC SAFETY IS

2:08:21 MANAGED.

2:08:22 IN MOST CASES, THE PERSON

2:08:23 AFFECTED HAS NO IDEA THAT THE

2:08:25 DECISION WAS REACHED AND HAS NO

2:08:26 WAY TO CONTEST THE WE CANNOT

2:08:29 ALLOW ALGORITHM AND ARTIFICIAL

2:08:31 INTELLIGENCE TO QUIET TO

2:08:33 QUIETLY DISMANTLE CIVIL RIGHTS

2:08:34 UNDER THE GUISE OF EFFICIENCY

2:08:36 AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS.

2:08:38 THANK YOU TO

2:08:39 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR

2:08:40 BRINGING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.

2:08:42 WE ARE URGING CONGRESS TO ENACT

2:08:44 STRONG, ENFORCEABLE CIVIL

2:08:45 RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR ANY

2:08:47 AUTOMATED SYSTEMS MAKING UM

2:08:49 CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS.

2:08:50 INNOVATION SHOULD OPEN DOORS

2:08:52 FOR OUR COMMUNITIES BY CLOSED

2:08:53 THEM BY PROGRAMING SYSTEMATIC

2:08:55 BIAS INTO OUR FUTURE.

2:08:56 THANK YOU.

2:08:57 THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA

2:08:58 .

2:08:58 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

2:09:00 THEIR NAME?

2:09:01 MR CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS

2:09:03 CULPEPPER, DURKAN.

2:09:05 FITZGERALD.

2:09:05 FLYNN.

2:09:07 UH, MURPHY.

2:09:09 BUT BEN WEBER WELL, PLEASE ADD

2:09:12 THE CHAIR.

2:09:15 COUNCILORS.

2:09:15 UH, I'M SORRY WE'RE ON DOCKET

2:09:19 1923.

2:09:19 OKAY.

2:09:20 UM, COUNCIL REGION MEJIA AND

2:09:22 SANTANA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE

2:09:23 RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET

2:09:24 1923.

2:09:25 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL

2:09:27 THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:09:29 UH, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

2:09:30 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

2:09:33 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL CALL

2:09:34 THAT AS A YES.

2:09:36 COUNCIL GOES WELL.

2:09:36 YES.

2:09:38 COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

2:09:38 YES.

2:09:39 COUNCIL.

2:09:39 CULPEPER.

2:09:40 YES.

2:09:40 COUNCILOR.

2:09:41 DURKAN.

2:09:41 COUNCILOR.

2:09:42 DURKAN.

2:09:42 YES.

2:09:42 COUNCILOR.

2:09:43 FITZGERALD.

2:09:44 COUNCILOR THIS SHOW.

2:09:44 YES.

2:09:45 COUNCILOR.

2:09:45 FLYNN.

2:09:46 COUNCILOR.

2:09:46 FLYNN.

2:09:46 YES.

2:09:47 COUNSELOR.

2:09:47 LOUIJEUNE.

2:09:48 COUNCILOR.

2:09:48 LOUIJEUNE.

2:09:49 YES.

2:09:49 COUNCIL.

2:09:50 MEJIA.

2:09:51 COUNCIL.

2:09:51 MEJIA.

2:09:51 YES.

2:09:52 COUNCILOR.

2:09:52 MURPHY.

2:09:53 COUNCILOR.

2:09:53 MURPHY.

2:09:53 YES.

2:09:54 COUNCIL.

2:09:54 BEN.

2:09:55 COUNCIL.

2:09:55 PEN.

2:09:56 YES.

2:09:56 COUNCIL.

2:09:56 SANTANA.

2:09:57 YEAH.

2:09:57 COUNCILOR.

2:09:58 SANTANA.

2:09:58 YES.

2:09:59 COUNCIL.

2:09:59 WEBER.

2:10:00 YES.

2:10:00 COUNCIL.

2:10:00 WEBER.

2:10:01 YES AND COUNCIL?

2:10:01 WORLD COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.

2:10:03 TALKING NUMBER 1923 HAS

2:10:06 RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE

2:10:07 AFFIRMATIVE.

2:10:08 THANK YOU.

2:10:08 DOCKET 1923 HAS BEEN ADOPTED

2:10:10 .

2:10:10 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

2:10:11 DOCKET 1924.

2:10:13 TALKING NUMBER 1924 COUNCILORS

2:10:16 LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA FOR THE

2:10:18 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

2:10:20 CONGRATULATING BISHOP JOHN M

2:10:22 BORDERS THE THIRD ON HIS

2:10:23 RETIREMENT AND HONORING 45

2:10:25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO MORNING

2:10:27 STAR BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE CITY

2:10:28 OF BOSTON.

2:10:29 THANK YOU.

2:10:30 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:10:30 COUNCIL REGION.

2:10:31 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR QUICKLY.

2:10:34 SORRY.

2:10:35 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:10:37 UM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEEK

2:10:38 SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS

2:10:39 DOCKET.

2:10:39 I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I

2:10:40 ALWAYS FORGET TO SAY THAT

2:10:41 SOMETHING TO GET BETTER.

2:10:42 UM, AND I'M PRESENTING THIS

2:10:44 RESOLUTION.

2:10:44 UH, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE

2:10:46 BEEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND

2:10:47 I THOUGHT ABOUT SHOULD I, YOU

2:10:48 KNOW, NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS

2:10:49 SHOULD THIS BE ON THE MAIN

2:10:51 AGENDA?

2:10:51 AND I JUST THINK THAT FOR THE

2:10:53 EXTENT OF THE WORK THAT BISHOP

2:10:54 BORDERS HAS DONE IN OUR CITY, I

2:10:55 THINK IT'S WORTHY OF HIS WORK

2:10:57 AND A TESTAMENT TO HIS WORK TO

2:10:59 HAVE IT BE BEFORE THIS BODY AND

2:11:01 TO HAVE AND TO SPEAK ON IT NOT

2:11:02 ONLY BECAUSE IT IS UM.

2:11:05 UH MY PLACE OF WORSHIP BUT

2:11:07 MOSTLY PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE

2:11:08 WORK THAT HE HAS DONE HERE FOR

2:11:10 THE CITY OF BOSTON.

2:11:11 SO I, I OFFER THIS TO THANK HIM

2:11:13 FOR HIS 45 YEARS OF SERVICE,

2:11:14 UM, TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND

2:11:15 TO THE MORNINGSTAR COMMUNITY.

2:11:17 UH, HIS LEADERSHIP HAS TOUCHED

2:11:18 GENERATIONS OF CONGREGANTS AND

2:11:20 NEIGHBORS.

2:11:20 UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP,

2:11:22 MORNINGSTAR GREW FROM 75

2:11:23 MEMBERS TO SEVERAL THOUSANDS

2:11:24 AND BUILT A SANCTUARY SANCTUARY

2:11:27 ON BLUE HILL AVENUE.

2:11:28 HE'S ALSO MENTORED AND HELPED

2:11:29 PREPARE MORE THAN 50 MINISTERS.

2:11:31 I WAS AT A CHURCH A MONTH AGO,

2:11:34 UM, IN OUTSIDE OF BOSTON FOR

2:11:36 THE FUNERAL.

2:11:37 UH WAS IN NEWTOWN FOR THE

2:11:39 FUNERAL OF DENICE WASHINGTON

2:11:42 AND UH TO HEAR THAT PASTOR

2:11:44 THERE WE HAD NO IDEA TALK ABOUT

2:11:46 BISHOP BORDERS AND HOW CENTRAL

2:11:48 OF A FIGURE THAT HE AND DENICE

2:11:51 WERE TO HIM WAS JUST THE DEPTHS

2:11:54 OF HOW MUCH HE HAS MENTORED

2:11:56 OTHERS IS JUST SO PALPABLE.

2:11:58 UM.

2:11:58 HE'S A SPIRITUAL FATHER TO

2:12:00 MANY I KNOW TO TO MYSELF I KNOW

2:12:02 TO COUNCILOR ME HERE.

2:12:03 I KNOW TO OTHERS HERE ON HIS

2:12:05 BODY TO THE MOST VULNERABLE

2:12:07 AMONG US, TO GOVERNORS, UH,

2:12:09 PRESENT AND PAST.

2:12:11 AND HE YEARS PRAYED UH, FOR

2:12:13 NATIONAL LEADERS SEEKING

2:12:14 PRAYERS, WISDOM AND COUNCILOR.

2:12:16 HIS SERVICES INCLUDED A

2:12:17 CHAPLAINCY AT THE SUFFOLK

2:12:18 COUNTY JAIL.

2:12:20 MOST OF EARLY FOR ME IS, UM,

2:12:21 TRYING TO FIND MY WAY BACK TO

2:12:22 FAITH.

2:12:23 MORE THAN A DECADE AGO HE WAS,

2:12:26 UH, YOU KNOW, GOING TO

2:12:28 MORNINGSTAR AND SITTING IN THE

2:12:29 BALCONY WITH MY SISTER TRYING

2:12:31 TO GO UNNOTICED UH, WAY BEFORE

2:12:33 ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS.

2:12:35 UM, HE MADE ME FEEL SAFE.

2:12:36 UM, AND HE MADE ME FEEL SAFE AT

2:12:38 MORNINGSTAR AND I'M REALLY

2:12:39 GRATEFUL FOR HIM AND FOR HIS

2:12:41 WORD AND FOR MAKING IT FEEL

2:12:43 LIKE SUCH A WELCOMING AND OPEN

2:12:45 COMMUNITY TO ANYBODY WHO NEEDED

2:12:48 A PLACE, UM, OF HEALING BECAUSE

2:12:50 THAT'S WHAT, UM, THE CHURCH IS

2:12:52 .

2:12:53 HIS RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE HERE

2:12:54 IN THE CITY HELPED BRING CLERGY

2:12:55 TOGETHER AND WORK THAT GAVE

2:12:56 RISE TO THE BOSTON TEN POINT

2:12:58 COALITION DURING THE PANDEMIC.

2:13:00 IT WAS A CENTRAL PLACE FOR

2:13:01 MATTAPAN COMMUNITY HEALTH

2:13:02 CENTER AND BOSTON MEDICAL

2:13:03 CENTER TO SERVE AS A VITAL

2:13:04 COMMUNITY VACCINATION SITE FOR

2:13:06 BOSTON'S BLACK AND BROWN

2:13:08 COMMUNITY.

2:13:09 UH AND TO EVERYONE ANOTHER

2:13:10 EXAMPLE OF THE CHURCH MEETING

2:13:11 ITS NEIGHBORS NEEDS.

2:13:12 SO AS IT PREPARES TO RETIRE AT

2:13:14 THE END OF THIS YEAR, I EXTEND

2:13:16 MY GRATITUDE.

2:13:16 MY FAMILY EXTENDS OUR

2:13:17 GRATITUDE.

2:13:18 MY FRIENDS EXTEND OUR

2:13:19 GRATITUDE.

2:13:20 MY GODDAUGHTER WAS JUST

2:13:21 BAPTIZED THERE UM TWO WEEKS AGO

2:13:24 DURING THE MIDDLE OF A STORM.

2:13:26 UM THE BISHOP'S LEGACY IS ONE

2:13:29 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS AND HE'S,

2:13:31 UH I'M THANKFUL FOR HIS FAMILY

2:13:33 FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE

2:13:35 SO MUCH OF THEIR FATHER, THEIR

2:13:37 HUSBAND AND THEIR GRANDFATHER

2:13:39 WITH US AND WITH THE ENTIRE

2:13:40 CITY OF BOSTON.

2:13:42 SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BISHOP

2:13:43 ORDERS.

2:13:44 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

2:13:46 COUNCILOR.

2:13:46 UM, HERE DID YOU WANT TO SAY A

2:13:47 FEW WORDS.

2:13:48 UH.

2:13:48 BEFORE I JUST ALSO WANT TO

2:13:50 INVITE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES

2:13:51 THIS SUNDAY AS WE CELEBRATE HIS

2:13:54 45 YEARS TO, UM WHEN YOU START

2:13:56 BAPTIST CHURCH ON SUNDAY AT 10

2:13:59 A.M..

2:13:59 THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

2:14:00 EXCUSE ME.

2:14:01 THANK YOU.

2:14:02 UM, I APOLOGIZE I ACCIDENTALLY

2:14:03 TURNED OFF COUNCILOR FLYNN'S

2:14:04 MIC.

2:14:04 UM, THAT WAS ON PURPOSE

2:14:06 COUNCIL ME YOU NOW HAVE THE

2:14:07 FLOOR.

2:14:07 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:14:08 AND I WANT TO THANK

2:14:09 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR ACADEMY

2:14:10 TO THIS DOCKET.

2:14:12 UM, BISHOP BORDERS HAS SERVED

2:14:13 BOSTON FOR OVER FOUR DECADES

2:14:15 AND HAS BEEN A PILLAR IN OUR

2:14:17 COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT HIS

2:14:17 SERVICE.

2:14:18 AND FOR THOSE.

2:14:19 FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW, HE WAS A

2:14:20 ROCK STAR BEFORE HE WAS A

2:14:21 PRIEST.

2:14:22 I MEAN, EXCUSE ME.

2:14:23 UH UH, A BISHOP AND I'M NOT

2:14:27 GOING TO GO INTO HIS UH, MUSIC

2:14:28 DAYS BUT HE OFTEN TALKS ABOUT

2:14:31 THE MOVES THAT HE BUSTED

2:14:32 BEFORE.

2:14:33 HE.

2:14:33 WAS, UM, INSIDE THE WALLS

2:14:35 OF OUR BELOVED MORNING

2:14:37 MORNINGSTAR.

2:14:38 AND THAT SPEAKS, UH, TO HIS

2:14:40 INVESTMENT AND INVOLVEMENT IN

2:14:41 OUR CITY.

2:14:42 UM, HE IS A SPIRITUAL LEADER,

2:14:44 COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND CIVIC

2:14:46 PARTNER IN ADVANCING THE

2:14:47 WELL-BEING OF BOSTON'S

2:14:48 FAMILIES.

2:14:49 HIS MINISTRY HAS GROWN

2:14:51 MORNINGSTAR OUR CONGREGATION

2:14:52 DEVELOPING GENERATIONS

2:14:53 OF MINISTERS UM, ADVANCING

2:14:55 PEACE AND BUILDING MEANINGFUL

2:14:57 COLLABORATIONS AND ONE OF HIS

2:14:58 EFFORTS STANDS OUT AS

2:15:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE POINTED OUT

2:15:01 WAS THE VACCINATION SITE DURING

2:15:03 THE COVID PANDEMIC AS WELL AS I

2:15:05 JUST WANT TO, UH, ALSO

2:15:07 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BISHOP BORDERS

2:15:10 MYSELF AND VOGUE HOSTED THE

2:15:12 FIRST UM WE'LL HAVE TOWN HALL

2:15:16 UM CONVERSATION IN JANUARY

2:15:18 OF 2022 AND HE OPENED UP HIS

2:15:20 DOORS AND CREATED SPACE FOR

2:15:21 PEOPLE TO BE HEARD.

2:15:23 UM, REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR

2:15:24 ISSUE, HE ALSO UM IS MY

2:15:27 SPIRITUAL FATHER AND WHEN I RAN

2:15:29 FOR OFFICE IN 2019 HE

2:15:31 LITERALLY.

2:15:33 PROPHESIZED I DON'T KNOW HOW TO

2:15:34 SAY THAT WORD, BUT HE SAID THAT

2:15:36 I WAS GOING TO WIN AND IT WAS

2:15:39 GOING TO BE BAPTISM UNDER FIRE

2:15:42 AND THAT YEAR WAS COVID AFTER I

2:15:44 GOT UM, YOU KNOW, INAUGURATED

2:15:48 INTO THIS UM WORK.

2:15:50 SO IT WAS DEFINITELY BAPTISM

2:15:51 UNDER FIRE.

2:15:52 SO HE ALSO KNOWS WHAT IS

2:15:54 HAPPENING AND SPEAKS TRUTH TO

2:15:55 IT.

2:15:56 UM, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I

2:15:59 DID NOT UPLIFT THAT WHENEVER

2:16:01 I'VE HAD TO TAKE DIFFICULT

2:16:02 VOTES.

2:16:04 IT IS.

2:16:04 UM, BISHOP WATERS THAT I'VE

2:16:06 CALLED UPON AND I REMEMBER MY

2:16:07 FIRST VOTE HERE ON THE

2:16:10 COUNCIL THAT I KNEW WOULD HAVE

2:16:11 A BIG CONSEQUENCE IN MY LIFE

2:16:13 AND HOW I SHOW UP HERE WAS THE

2:16:15 2020 BUDGET.

2:16:17 UM, AND IT WAS HIM THAT

2:16:19 PROVIDED ME THE GUIDANCE AND

2:16:20 THE SPIRITUAL.

2:16:22 UH.

2:16:23 TO KNOW THAT I WAS FOLLOWING

2:16:25 MY HEART AND LEADING WITH

2:16:27 CONVICTION.

2:16:27 AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE

2:16:28 BISHOP FOR ALL HIS LOVE AND

2:16:31 CONGRATULATE HIM AND HIS ENTIRE

2:16:33 FAMILY.

2:16:33 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

2:16:35 CELEBRATING HIM ON THE 10TH.

2:16:36 THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

2:16:37 COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCIL.

2:16:37 FLYNN YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:16:41 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND

2:16:42 HONORED TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES

2:16:44 IN RECOGNIZING BISHOP JOHN

2:16:46 BORDERS BUT RECOGNIZING THE

2:16:49 INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION HE HAS

2:16:51 MADE TO NOT JUST THE

2:16:53 MORNINGSTAR BAPTIST CHURCH IN

2:16:55 MATTAPAN BUT REALLY THROUGHOUT

2:16:57 MASSACHUSETTS THROUGHOUT

2:17:00 THROUGHOUT THE NATION AS WELL.

2:17:02 I DO RECALL DURING DIFFICULT

2:17:04 TIMES, UM, IN THE 1970S AND THE

2:17:07 1980S ESPECIALLY.

2:17:08 BUT BISHOP BORDERS WAS ALWAYS

2:17:10 THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS

2:17:12 OF BOSTON NEVER GAVE UP ON THE

2:17:14 PEOPLE ALWAYS BRINGING PEOPLE

2:17:16 TOGETHER, IMPROVING RACE

2:17:19 RELATIONS IN BOSTON.

2:17:20 HE'S HE'S REALLY AN UNSUNG HERO

2:17:22 AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED SOMEONE

2:17:24 I RESPECTED AND ADMIRED AND

2:17:26 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UM

2:17:30 SERVICE ON SUNDAY MORNING AS

2:17:31 WELL ON BLUE HILL AVENUE.

2:17:32 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:17:33 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN,

2:17:35 COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU NOW HAVE

2:17:36 THE FLOOR.

2:17:36 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:17:37 I'D LIKE TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF

2:17:38 WITH THE REMARKS PREVIOUSLY

2:17:40 MADE BY THE COUNCILORS.

2:17:42 BUT I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I

2:17:44 GREW UP WITH, UH, BISHOP JOHN

2:17:46 BORDERS.

2:17:47 AND I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS AND

2:17:49 THE GROUP CALLED THE ENERGETICS

2:17:55 HE AND, UH.

2:17:58 I'VE HEARD JOHN TALK ABOUT, UH

2:18:01 ,HIS CALLING WHILE HE WAS

2:18:02 SINGING.

2:18:04 UH, THEY WERE IN SWITZERLAND

2:18:08 AND UH, IN THE 70S AND HE HE

2:18:11 HEARD THE CALL WHILE HE WAS OUT

2:18:14 SINGING UH, ONE OF HIS

2:18:16 INTERNATIONAL TOURS BEEN A GOOD

2:18:18 FRIEND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

2:18:20 UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORTED

2:18:23 EACH OTHER IN THE MINISTRY.

2:18:24 WE'VE BEEN IN THE MINISTRY

2:18:26 QUITE A LONG TIME TOGETHER,

2:18:28 ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CITY CITY'S

2:18:31 YOUTH FOR AND RATHER THAN THE

2:18:34 PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST

2:18:36 VIOLENT TIMES WE'VE SEEN IN

2:18:38 BOSTON UH, BISHOP WATERS AND I

2:18:40 WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

2:18:41 EVEN HAD A SCARE AT HIS CHURCH

2:18:43 AND A FUNERAL WHERE A SHOOTING

2:18:46 ALMOST TOOK PLACE.

2:18:48 SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE MIDST

2:18:49 OF THE FIRE AND WE WERE

2:18:50 LAUGHING ON THE PHONE THIS

2:18:52 MORNING ABOUT HOW LONG WE'VE

2:18:54 BEEN IN THE MINISTRY AND UH,

2:18:56 HE'S HAVING A BANQUET THIS

2:18:57 WEEKEND AND UH, YOU KNOW, I

2:19:02 LOOK AT THE WORK THAT HE'S

2:19:03 DONE, I LOOK AT THE WORK THAT

2:19:05 HIS WIFE, HIS PARTNER SANDRA

2:19:08 HAS DONE IN THIS CITY AND HOW

2:19:11 WITHOUT THEIR MINISTRY BEING

2:19:13 INVOLVED IN THE CITY, BOSTON

2:19:15 WOULDN'T BE THE CITY THAT IT IS

2:19:18 TODAY.

2:19:18 SO I LIFT BISHOP WATERS UP AS

2:19:21 ONE WHO HELPED SHAPE AND CHANGE

2:19:23 THE CITY OF BOSTON INTO THE

2:19:25 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

2:19:27 ACCLAIM CITY IT IS MADE LORD

2:19:30 BLESS BISHOP WATERS AND

2:19:32 CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS

2:19:34 RETIREMENT FROM THE MINISTRY.

2:19:36 I'M SURE HE WON'T GO FAR FROM

2:19:37 THAT CHURCH BUT HE WILL TAKE

2:19:39 TIME.

2:19:39 THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:19:41 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

2:19:42 UH, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE

2:19:44 CHORUS OF CONGRATULATIONS TO

2:19:45 BISHOP WATERS.

2:19:45 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

2:19:47 THEIR NAME?

2:19:48 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:19:49 COUNCIL.

2:19:50 FITZGERALD.

2:19:50 COUNCILOR.

2:19:51 FLYNN.

2:19:51 COUNCILOR.

2:19:52 MURPHY COUNCILOR.

2:19:52 PIPELINE COUNCILOR.

2:19:54 SANTANA, COUNCILOR.

2:19:54 WEBER, COUNCILOR.

2:19:55 WELL, AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR

2:19:57 AND OH I APOLOGIZE,

2:19:59 COUNCILOR CULPEPER I APOLOGIZE

2:20:02 UM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND

2:20:03 MEJIA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE

2:20:05 RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET

2:20:06 1924.

2:20:07 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:20:08 UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

2:20:09 NAY, NAY.

2:20:11 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

2:20:12 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON

2:20:13 DOCKET 1924?

2:20:15 COUNCILOR BREADON

2:20:17 COUNCILOR COLOR IS A POWDER.

2:20:18 YES.

2:20:18 COUNCIL OPPOSED BY YES.

2:20:20 COUNCILOR.

2:20:20 COPPER.

2:20:21 YES.

2:20:21 COUNCILOR.

2:20:21 COPPER.

2:20:22 YES.

2:20:22 COUNCILOR.

2:20:23 DURKAN.

2:20:23 YES.

2:20:23 COUNCILOR.

2:20:24 DURKAN.

2:20:24 YES.

2:20:25 COUNCILOR.

2:20:25 FITZGERALD.

2:20:26 COUNCILORS SHOW.

2:20:27 YES.

2:20:27 COUNCIL FLYNN IS

2:20:28 COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:20:29 YES.

2:20:29 COUNCILOR.

2:20:29 LOUIJEUNE.

2:20:30 YES.

2:20:31 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

2:20:31 YES.

2:20:32 COUNCILOR.

2:20:32 MEJIA.

2:20:33 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.

2:20:33 YES.

2:20:34 COUNCILOR.

2:20:34 MURPHY.

2:20:35 COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS

2:20:36 COUNCILOR PIN COUNCILOR PENNY

2:20:39 SANTANA.

2:20:40 COUNCILOR.

2:20:40 SANTANA.

2:20:41 YES.

2:20:41 COUNCILOR.

2:20:41 WEBER.

2:20:43 COUNCIL MEMBER.

2:20:43 YES AND COUNCILOR.

2:20:44 WORLD COUNCILOR WORRELL YES CAN

2:20:46 NUMBER 1924 HAS RECEIVED 12

2:20:50 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

2:20:51 THANK YOU.

2:20:52 DOCKET 1924 HAS BEEN

2:20:53 ADOPTED.

2:20:54 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

2:20:56 DOCKET 1925.

2:20:58 TALKING NUMBER 1925

2:21:01 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE

2:21:01 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING THE

2:21:03 CITY OF BOSTON AND THE

2:21:04 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

2:21:06 TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER

2:21:08 FOR DISPLACED FORMATION

2:21:09 TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

2:21:12 HOLDERS.

2:21:13 THANK YOU.

2:21:14 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:21:15 COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL YOU

2:21:16 HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:21:16 AND PRESIDENT MADAM PRESIDENT,

2:21:19 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD

2:21:20 COUNCILOR UH LOUIJEUNE.

2:21:22 UH, AS A SECOND ORIGINAL

2:21:24 CO-SPONSOR, I WOULD LIKE TO

2:21:26 REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

2:21:27 TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A

2:21:30 THIRD ORIGINAL COUNCIL.

2:21:31 SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION

2:21:32 .

2:21:33 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK

2:21:34 COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR THE WORK

2:21:36 SHE'S DONE ON THIS ISSUE AND

2:21:37 HER INTEREST IN THIS RESOLUTION

2:21:39 AND IF I COULD I WOULD ADD HER

2:21:42 AS AN HONORARY ORIGINAL

2:21:43 CO-SPONSOR.

2:21:45 I THINK UH, THE WORK THE WORK

2:21:47 THAT SHE DID IN FACT WHEN WE

2:21:49 HAD THAT HEARING UH, IT WAS

2:21:52 COUNCILMEMBER HERE WHO TALKED

2:21:54 ABOUT UH, THE CITY SETTING

2:21:58 ASIDE UH, PLACES LIKE WE DID AT

2:22:02 UH MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD

2:22:04 WHEN THE HAITIANS CAME HERE

2:22:06 THEY WERE STUCK AT THE AIRPORT

2:22:08 AND WE THE GOVERNOR MADE THE

2:22:11 DECISION THAT WE WOULD PUT THEM

2:22:12 UP ON THE UH, FACILITY ON

2:22:15 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.

2:22:17 COUNCILMEMBER HERE AT THAT

2:22:18 HEARING RAISED THE SAME ISSUE.

2:22:21 WHY CAN'T WE PUT THEM UP IN

2:22:23 PUBLIC FACILITIES?

2:22:25 SO I WANT TO JUST LIFT HER UP.

2:22:28 UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO

2:22:29 REQUEST THE SUSPENSION OF THE

2:22:31 RULES TO VOTE ON THE PASSAGE

2:22:32 OF THIS DOCKET.

2:22:35 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:22:38 THIS RESOLUTION FOLLOWS A

2:22:40 HEARING THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL

2:22:41 RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND

2:22:43 IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT HELD ON

2:22:46 SEPTEMBER 25TH BECAUSE OF THE

2:22:48 TERMINATION OF HAITIAN TPS.

2:22:51 DURING THAT HEARING WE HEARD

2:22:53 THAT OUR RESPONSE CANNOT STOP

2:22:55 AT LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND

2:22:57 EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT.

2:22:58 WE ALSO HAVE TO ADDRESS

2:23:00 IMMEDIATE IMMIGRANT

2:23:03 HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF RESIDENTS

2:23:04 WHO MAY ALSO LOSE THEIR HOUSING

2:23:06 AND HAVE NOWHERE SAFE TO GO.

2:23:09 THE LOSS OF WORK AUTHORIZATION

2:23:11 ,INCOME AND HOUSING STABILITY

2:23:14 PUTS FORMER TPS HOLDERS AND

2:23:15 THEIR FAMILIES AT GREATER RISK

2:23:18 OF EVICTION, OVERCROWDING,

2:23:19 DISPLACEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS.

2:23:22 WITH COLD WEATHER APPROACHING,

2:23:24 WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE RATHER

2:23:25 THAN WAIT UNTIL FAMILIES ARE

2:23:27 ALREADY SLEEPING OUTDOORS OR

2:23:29 FACING UNSAFE LIVING CONDITIONS

2:23:31 .

2:23:31 THIS RESOLUTION CALLS ON THE

2:23:33 CITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH

2:23:35 OF MASSACHUSETTS TO IDENTIFY

2:23:38 VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED PUBLIC

2:23:40 FACILITIES THAT CAN SAFELY AND

2:23:42 LAWFULLY PROVIDE TEMPORARY

2:23:43 EMERGENCY SHELTER.

2:23:45 IT ALSO CALLS FOR AN ACTION

2:23:47 PLAN IDENTIFYING THE AVAILABLE

2:23:49 FACILITIES, CAPACITY FUNDING,

2:23:52 RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES AND A

2:23:54 TIMELINE FOR MAKING THAT

2:23:55 SHELTER AVAILABLE.

2:23:57 BOSTON'S HASTE AND COMMUNITY

2:23:59 HAS CONTRIBUTED ENORMOUS,

2:24:01 ENORMOUS, ENORMOUS AND

2:24:04 ENORMOUSLY TO OUR CITY FOR MANY

2:24:07 ,MANY GENERATIONS AT A TIME

2:24:09 WHEN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE

2:24:11 FACING EXTRAORDINARY

2:24:13 UNCERTAINTY THROUGH NOT DOING

2:24:14 THEM THEIR OWN.

2:24:15 WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO

2:24:17 ENSURE THAT NO FAMILIES LEFT

2:24:19 WITHOUT A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.

2:24:21 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:24:22 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER

2:24:25 COUNCILOR REGINA COUNCILWOMAN

2:24:26 HERE WITH OUR EXCUSE ME,

2:24:27 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:24:28 WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE

2:24:28 REMARKS?

2:24:29 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE

2:24:30 THE FLOOR.

2:24:32 UH.

2:24:33 THANK YOU.

2:24:37 YOU KNOW, BEING AN AT LARGE

2:24:38 COUNCILOR, YOU'RE ALWAYS

2:24:39 EVERYWHERE.

2:24:40 EVENINGS ARE ALWAYS FULL.

2:24:41 I THOUGHT YESTERDAY WOULD BE A

2:24:42 DAY.

2:24:43 I WAS READY TO GO HOME.

2:24:44 BE HOME AT 7 P.M..

2:24:46 GOT A CALL ABOUT A CRISIS

2:24:50 SITUATION AT AN AIRPORT AT THE

2:24:53 AIRPORT.

2:24:55 AND I DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL 1

2:24:58 A.M. LAST NIGHT.

2:25:02 PEOPLE ARE REALLY SUFFERING AND

2:25:06 I.

2:25:06 TRY TO.

2:25:13 I TRY TO ARTICULATE HOW MUCH

2:25:15 PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING.

2:25:17 I DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.

2:25:18 ALL THE TIME.

2:25:19 BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY

2:25:21 SUFFERING.

2:25:24 AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

2:25:27 TO HELP PEOPLE.

2:25:28 WHO ARE SUFFERING WHETHER IT'S

2:25:32 SHELTER THAT THEY NEED, WHETHER

2:25:34 IT'S MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

2:25:37 PEOPLE ARE IN CRISIS AND THEY

2:25:41 NEED.

2:25:42 OUR HELP.

2:25:43 THANK YOU.

2:25:44 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

2:25:46 .

2:25:47 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:25:48 UH, PRESIDENT.

2:25:53 I'M SORRY, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:25:56 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:25:57 UM, AND THANK YOU TO

2:25:59 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR

2:26:00 INCLUDING ME IN THIS.

2:26:01 UM, AND I JUST WANT TO, UM,

2:26:02 THANK COUNCILOR UM LOUIJEUNE

2:26:05 FOR THE ONGOING NEVER ENDING

2:26:08 WORK UM, AND ADVOCACY, UM, THAT

2:26:12 SHE DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

2:26:13 UM.

2:26:14 YOU KNOW, THE ENDING

2:26:16 OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

2:26:17 HAS ALREADY INFLICTED IMMENSE

2:26:19 TRAUMA ON OUR HAITIAN NEIGHBORS

2:26:21 .

2:26:21 AND AFTER EVERYTHING THESE

2:26:23 FAMILIES HAVE ENDURED TO BUILD

2:26:25 A LIFE IN OUR CITY WORRYING

2:26:27 ABOUT LOSING THEIR HOUSING OR

2:26:28 HAVING THEIR FAMILIES DISPLACED

2:26:29 SHOULD NOT BE ANOTHER FEAR

2:26:31 FORCED ONTO THEIR SHOULDERS.

2:26:34 WE CANNOT CONTROL FEDERAL

2:26:35 POLICY BUT WE CAN CONTROL WHAT

2:26:36 WE DO WITHIN OUR OWN RESOURCES

2:26:39 .

2:26:39 RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF BOSTON

2:26:40 AND THE COMMONWEALTH HAVE AN

2:26:42 ABUNDANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS

2:26:43 AND FACILITIES SITTING VACANT

2:26:44 AND UNDERUTILIZED.

2:26:46 THESE PROPERTIES.

2:26:47 REPRESENT AN IMMEDIATE

2:26:50 PRACTICAL OPPORTUNITY TO TO BE

2:26:52 SAFELY CONVERTED INTO TEMPORARY

2:26:53 EMERGENCY EMERGENCY SHELTER

2:26:55 WHILE MEETING EVERY HOUSE FIRE

2:26:58 BUILDING AND ACCESSIBILITY

2:26:59 STANDARD.

2:27:00 PUBLIC ASSETS SHOULD SERVE THE

2:27:02 PUBLIC GOOD.

2:27:04 FACILITIES THAT NO LONGER SERVE

2:27:05 THEIR ORIGINAL PURPOSE SHOULD

2:27:07 BE OPENING THEIR DOORS TO THE

2:27:08 PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM MOST.

2:27:10 WE ARE CALLING ON THE CITY AND

2:27:11 THE COMMONWEALTH TO DEPLOY

2:27:13 THESE AVAILABLE FACILITIES

2:27:14 RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY

2:27:16 SHELTER FOR OUR DISPLACED

2:27:18 HAITIAN NEIGHBORS, UM AND TPS

2:27:20 HOLDERS.

2:27:22 OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE SUFFERED

2:27:23 ENOUGH.

2:27:24 IT'S TIME WE STEP UP TO KEEP

2:27:25 OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE AND HOUSED.

2:27:27 THANK YOU.

2:27:28 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:27:29 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE

2:27:30 THE FLOOR.

2:27:33 UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:27:34 AND, UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

2:27:39 ,UM, COUNCIL LUIS JONES PAYNE.

2:27:44 UM.

2:27:45 AND I HOPE THAT WE ALL

2:27:46 DEEPLY FEEL IT'S AND UNDERSTAND

2:27:49 THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE

2:27:51 HAVE.

2:27:52 UM, TO.

2:27:56 LEAD WITH MORE COMPASSION AND

2:27:59 HUMANITY.

2:28:03 SO I THINK.

2:28:06 I'VE HAD LOTS OF LESSONS THIS

2:28:09 PAST YEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT

2:28:11 REALLY LOOKS LIKE INSIDE THIS

2:28:13 CHAMBER AND I'M HOPING TO MODEL

2:28:15 THAT AS I CONTINUE ON THIS

2:28:20 JOURNEY.

2:28:20 UM.

2:28:24 UM AND I JUST WANT TO THANK,

2:28:25 UH, COUNCIL CULPEPPER FOR

2:28:27 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I WAS HOPING

2:28:28 TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS

2:28:29 DOCKET AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT

2:28:31 THIS RESOLUTION IN SOLIDARITY

2:28:33 WITH OUR HAITIAN NEIGHBORS.

2:28:35 THE TERMINATION OF TPS FOR

2:28:37 HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS HAS

2:28:38 CREATED REAL UNCERTAINTY AND

2:28:40 STABILITY AND FEAR FOR

2:28:41 RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY.

2:28:42 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN

2:28:44 HARM'S WAY AND OUR

2:28:45 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING

2:28:47 DESTABILIZED.

2:28:48 THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS

2:28:50 WHO HAVE BUILT THEIR LIVES IN

2:28:52 BOSTON AND DESERVE FLAHERTY,

2:28:54 SECURITY AND PROTECTION.

2:28:57 AT THE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER THE

2:28:58 25TH ON DOCKET 0299, I

2:29:00 HIGHLIGHTED ALL THE DIFFERENT

2:29:01 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES

2:29:03 THAT COULD BE PART OF THE

2:29:04 CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORTING

2:29:05 OUR HAITIAN RESIDENTS,

2:29:08 ENCOURAGING US TO THINK ABOUT

2:29:09 ALL PATHWAYS TO SUPPORT THE

2:29:11 BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION

2:29:13 BP'S HOUSING.

2:29:15 ALL OF THIS IS INTERCONNECTED

2:29:16 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

2:29:18 AND I THINK AND THIS IS WHAT I

2:29:20 ALWAYS SAY THAT BOSTON IS

2:29:21 RESOURCE RICH FOR COORDINATION

2:29:23 POOR AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY

2:29:25 FOR US TO USE BOSTON RESOURCES

2:29:27 TO HELP FULFILL THE POTENTIAL

2:29:28 TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS AND FILL

2:29:30 THE GAP.

2:29:31 UM, THAT INCLUDES OCCUPYING

2:29:33 EMPTY SPACES.

2:29:35 UM, TO SUPPORT AS AN IMMIGRANT

2:29:37 WHO.

2:29:38 HAS SEEN MY COMMUNITY.

2:29:39 SUFFER UM AND FACED ATTACKS

2:29:41 ESPECIALLY FROM AND AT THE

2:29:43 HANDS OF THE FEDERAL

2:29:43 GOVERNMENT.

2:29:44 I KNOW HOW HEAVY THIS THIS

2:29:46 WEIGHS ON ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND

2:29:48 MINDS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO

2:29:49 STAND.

2:29:50 IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE HAITIAN

2:29:51 COMMUNITY.

2:29:52 UM, AND THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS

2:29:54 THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO

2:29:55 PROTECT AND SUPPORT IMPACTED

2:29:57 RESIDENTS.

2:29:57 AND SO WE'RE URGING THE

2:30:02 COUNCIL TO STEP UP AND MAKE

2:30:03 SURE WHEN IT'S TIME FOR BUDGET

2:30:04 SEASON THAT THE RHETORIC THAT

2:30:06 WE SPEAK REFLECTS THE BUDGET

2:30:08 VOTES THAT WE TAKE.

2:30:11 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA.

2:30:12 COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU NOW HAVE

2:30:13 THE FLOOR.

2:30:14 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.

2:30:15 UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK

2:30:17 COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND

2:30:18 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR

2:30:18 BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

2:30:20 UM, I I THINK WE CAN ALL SENSE

2:30:23 THE WAY THAT, UM,

2:30:24 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS THE

2:30:25 FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN.

2:30:26 UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THIS BODY

2:30:29 UM, FEELS AND I JUST THINK THAT

2:30:31 WE ALL NEED TO APPROACH A LOT

2:30:32 OF THESE ISSUES WITH THE SAME

2:30:33 URGENCY.

2:30:34 UH, WE MIGHT NOT BE GETTING THE

2:30:36 SAME PHONE CALLS, BUT WE'RE ALL

2:30:37 ONE CITY DEALING WITH, UM, AND

2:30:40 ONE COMMUNITY IN OUR CITY IS

2:30:41 DEALING WITH, UM WITH THIS, UM

2:30:44 ,SO URGENTLY.

2:30:45 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK

2:30:46 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR HER

2:30:47 LEADERSHIP.

2:30:48 IT'S NOT EASY TO BE THE FIRST.

2:30:50 UM, IT'S NOT EASY TO FEEL THE

2:30:51 WEIGHT ON OUR SHOULDERS.

2:30:52 BUT WE STAND WITH YOU AND WE'RE

2:30:54 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP

2:30:55 AND ALL THAT YOU DO.

2:30:57 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:31:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

2:31:02 THEIR NAME?

2:31:03 MR CHAIR PLEASE.

2:31:04 UH, COUNCILOR.

2:31:05 DURKAN.

2:31:06 COUNCILOR.

2:31:06 FITZGERALD.

2:31:06 COUNCILOR.

2:31:07 FLYNN.

2:31:07 COUNCILOR.

2:31:08 MEJIA.

2:31:08 COUNCILOR.

2:31:09 MURPHY.

2:31:10 COUNCILOR PYBURN.

2:31:10 COUNCILOR.

2:31:11 WEBER.

2:31:11 COUNCIL WHILE AND PLEASE ADD

2:31:12 THE CHAIR.

2:31:15 COUNCILOR.

2:31:15 CALL PEPPER LOUIJEUNE AND

2:31:17 SANTANA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE

2:31:18 RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET

2:31:19 1925.

2:31:20 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:31:21 AYE.

2:31:22 THOSE OPPOSED NAY, NAY.

2:31:24 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

2:31:25 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON

2:31:27 DOCKET 1925.

2:31:29 COUNCILOR BREAK.

2:31:29 COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PERSON.

2:31:31 YES.

2:31:31 COUNCILOR COVE.

2:31:31 UH, YES.

2:31:32 COUNCILOR.

2:31:32 COPA.

2:31:34 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

2:31:35 YES.

2:31:35 COUNCILOR.

2:31:36 DURKAN.

2:31:36 COUNCILOR.

2:31:36 DURKAN.

2:31:37 YES.

2:31:37 COUNCILOR.

2:31:38 FITZGERALD.

2:31:39 COUNCILOR.

2:31:39 SHOW.

2:31:39 YES.

2:31:40 COUNCILOR.

2:31:40 FLYNN.

2:31:40 YES.

2:31:41 COUNCIL.

2:31:41 FLYNN.

2:31:42 YES.

2:31:42 COUNCILOR.

2:31:42 LOUIJEUNE.

2:31:43 COUNCILOR.

2:31:44 LOUIJEUNE.

2:31:44 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:31:45 MEJIA.

2:31:46 COUNCILOR MEJIA.

2:31:46 YES.

2:31:47 COUNCILOR.

2:31:47 MURPHY.

2:31:48 YES.

2:31:48 COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:31:49 YES.

2:31:49 COUNCIL.

2:31:50 PUT PEN TO A PEN.

2:31:51 YES.

2:31:51 COUNT SANTANA.

2:31:52 YES.

2:31:53 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:31:54 YES.

2:31:54 COUNCIL.

2:31:54 WEBER.

2:31:55 YES.

2:31:55 COUNCIL.

2:31:55 WEBER.

2:31:56 YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.

2:31:57 YES.

2:31:58 COUNCILOR ZERO YES.

2:31:59 SO I CAN NUMBER ONE 9 TO 5 HAS

2:32:01 RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE

2:32:02 AFFIRMATIVE.

2:32:03 THANK YOU.

2:32:05 DOCKET 1925 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

2:32:08 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

2:32:09 DOCKET 1926.

2:32:11 THE NUMBER 1926 COUNCILORS

2:32:13 LOUIJEUNE AND FITZGERALD OFF

2:32:15 WITH THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

2:32:17 RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2026 AS

2:32:20 NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT

2:32:22 AWARENESS MONTH.

2:32:24 THANK YOU.

2:32:25 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:32:25 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.

2:32:26 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:32:27 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND

2:32:28 THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR

2:32:30 THE KIND WORDS.

2:32:30 IT'S OBVIOUSLY ALL VERY, VERY.

2:32:33 HEAVILY ON ME.

2:32:33 AND MY.

2:32:34 OFFICE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK

2:32:36 ON THE SITUATION.

2:32:38 UM UM.

2:32:38 BUT FOR THIS THIS IS A

2:32:41 RESOLUTION UM I OFFER THIS OH.

2:32:42 AND IF I COULD, UM, SUSPEND.

2:32:45 THE RULES.

2:32:46 TODD COUNCILOR YOURSELF, MADAM

2:32:48 CHAIR COUNCIL.

2:32:48 COULD.

2:32:49 IT'S UP TO.

2:32:49 THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:32:51 HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION

2:32:52 I AM SO ADDED.

2:32:53 AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, SUSPEND

2:32:55 THE RULES.

2:32:56 AT, UH.

2:32:57 SEEK SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE

2:32:58 OF THIS DOCKET.

2:32:59 UM, AND I WANT TO THANK UM,

2:33:01 ANDREA FROM WORK INC. FOR HER

2:33:03 WORK HERE AND FOR.

2:33:05 UM.

2:33:06 OUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS

2:33:08 WORK.

2:33:08 I REMEMBER GOING TO WORK INC

2:33:10 AND AFTER GOING TO WORK AND

2:33:12 GOING TO GO SEE THE SITE SOME

2:33:13 OF MY FORMER EMPLOYERS TO SEE

2:33:16 THE WORK THAT UH, EMPLOYEES

2:33:18 WITH WORKING.

2:33:19 ARE DOING.

2:33:19 AND.

2:33:19 IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.

2:33:20 I KNOW THAT IT'S IN.

2:33:21 UM COUNCIL.

2:33:21 FITZGERALD'S DISTRICT.

2:33:22 AND SO GRATEFUL.

2:33:23 FOR THE WORK HERE.

2:33:26 UM OCTOBER IS NATIONAL

2:33:27 DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS

2:33:28 MONTH.

2:33:29 IT BEGAN IN 1945 AND 81 YEARS

2:33:32 LATER IT'S CALL FOR EQUAL

2:33:34 OPPORTUNITY REMAINS ESSENTIAL.

2:33:36 UH WORKERS.

2:33:37 WITH DISABILITIES CONTRIBUTE

2:33:38 TO.

2:33:38 EVERY PART OF.

2:33:39 BOSTON'S ECONOMY IS

2:33:40 EMPLOYEES.

2:33:40 ENTREPRENEURS.

2:33:41 PUBLIC SERVANTS AND

2:33:42 COMMUNITY LEADERS UM THEY BRING

2:33:44 TALENT, EXPERIENCE AND

2:33:45 PERSPECTIVES THAT MAKE OUR

2:33:47 WORKPLACE AND OUR CITY

2:33:48 STRONGER.

2:33:48 TOO OFTEN PEOPLE STILL

2:33:50 ENCOUNTER BARRIERS BEFORE THEY

2:33:51 EVEN.

2:33:52 HAVE.

2:33:52 AN OPPORTUNITY TO.

2:33:53 DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITIES.

2:33:55 UM THOSE BARRIERS CAN INCLUDE

2:33:57 INACCESSIBLE APPLICATIONS,

2:33:59 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND

2:34:00 WORKPLACE.

2:34:02 UM AND.

2:34:02 TECHNOLOGY AND WORKPLACES

2:34:04 ALONGSIDE DISCRIMINATION AND

2:34:06 MISCONCEPTIONS.

2:34:07 UH WE.

2:34:07 MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE

2:34:09 WITH DISABILITIES THAT HAVE

2:34:11 VISIBLE DISABILITIES AND

2:34:13 INVISIBLE DISABILITIES.

2:34:14 I WANT TO THANK AGAIN I THINK I

2:34:16 MENTIONED THIS RECENTLY BUT WAS

2:34:17 RECENTLY AT.

2:34:18 THE.

2:34:19 UM UH NATIONAL BRAILLE CENTER

2:34:21 HERE IN THE FENWAY AS THEY'VE

2:34:23 JUST WON VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION

2:34:24 FOR THEIR UNION AS THEY

2:34:26 THEMSELVES.

2:34:27 UM.

2:34:28 LIVE WITH DISABILITIES, UH,

2:34:31 BLINDNESS AND ARE SEEKING TO

2:34:32 SERVE THOSE NATIONALLY WHO ARE

2:34:33 BLIND.

2:34:34 SO I WANT.

2:34:35 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS WELL.

2:34:36 UM, ACCESSIBLE.

2:34:37 RECRUITMENT, REASONABLE

2:34:39 ACCOMMODATIONS, INCLUSIVE

2:34:40 TRAINING AND FAIR OPPORTUNITIES

2:34:42 FOR ADVANCEMENT SHOULD BE PART

2:34:44 OF EVERYDAY WORKPLACE PRACTICE

2:34:45 .

2:34:45 MEANINGFUL INCLUSION MEANS

2:34:47 BEING ABLE TO ENTER A

2:34:48 WORKPLACE, CONTRIBUTE FULLY

2:34:49 EARNED FAIR WAGES AND BUILD A

2:34:51 CAREER AT THE CITY OF BOSTON AS

2:34:53 AN EMPLOYER AND AS A PARTNER TO

2:34:55 BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL.

2:34:56 INSTITUTIONS.

2:34:57 LABOR AND COMMUNITY

2:34:58 ORGANIZATIONS HAS AN IMPORTANT

2:34:59 ROLE TO PLAY.

2:35:00 RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

2:35:01 MUST HELP SHAPE THAT WORK AND

2:35:02 OUR COMMITMENT MUST EXTEND

2:35:04 BEYOND OCTOBER.

2:35:05 WE KNOW HERE THE CITY UM

2:35:07 PARTNERS DEEPLY WITH UH, THOSE

2:35:09 .

2:35:10 WHO ARE DISABLED.

2:35:12 UM, AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE

2:35:13 AND STRENGTHEN THAT WORK.

2:35:14 I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER.

2:35:15 MCCOURT FOR ALL THE WORK.

2:35:17 THAT SHE DOES.

2:35:18 UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING

2:35:19 WITH DISABILITIES AND JUST

2:35:21 ENCOURAGE US AS A CITY AND AS

2:35:24 INDIVIDUALS HERE AND AS LEADERS

2:35:25 TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL.

2:35:26 AND MORE INCLUSIVE OF THOSE,

2:35:28 UM.

2:35:29 WHO ARE LIVING AND WORKING AND

2:35:31 DESERVE TO HAVE DIGNIFIED

2:35:32 EMPLOYMENT UH, AS THEY LIVE

2:35:34 WITH DISABILITIES WHETHER IT'S

2:35:35 PEOPLE IN YOUR OWN FAMILY, UM,

2:35:37 LIKE MINE OR WHETHER IT'S

2:35:38 PEOPLE.

2:35:40 UH.

2:35:40 WHO WE MEET EVERY DAY.

2:35:41 WHO ARE WORTHY OF HAVING

2:35:43 EMPLOYMENT, MAY WE BE MORE

2:35:45 INTENTIONAL.

2:35:45 ABOUT.

2:35:45 THAT WORK HERE IN THE CITY

2:35:46 OF BOSTON.

2:35:46 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:35:48 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR JEN.

2:35:49 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:35:50 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

2:35:51 UH NOT BEFORE.

2:35:52 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:35:53 AND THANK.

2:35:53 YOU TO.

2:35:54 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR REACHING

2:35:54 OUT AND OFFERING TO HAVE ME AS

2:35:56 A CO-SPONSOR.

2:35:57 ON THIS.

2:35:57 UH.

2:35:58 EACH YEAR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

2:36:00 AND I GET TO CO-HOST THE

2:36:01 WORKING, UH, ANNUAL FUNDRAISER

2:36:03 .

2:36:03 UH, AND THERE WE SORT OF GET TO

2:36:06 READ THE STORIES AND PRESENT

2:36:07 AWARDS TO UH, SOME OF THE

2:36:09 DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE

2:36:10 ON TO PROVIDE GREAT WORK AT

2:36:12 THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.

2:36:13 UH, AND OFTEN THOSE WITH

2:36:15 DISABILITIES BECOME THE ONES

2:36:16 WITH THE GREATEST UH, PRIDE IN

2:36:18 THEIR WORK AND AND TYPICALLY

2:36:19 ALSO PROBABLY PRODUCE THE MOST

2:36:22 UH THEY UH THEY TAKE A LOT

2:36:24 OF PRIDE AND SO UH, YOU KNOW,

2:36:26 WITH WORKING AND THE WORK THEY

2:36:27 DO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THEM

2:36:29 EXPAND IN THE DORCHESTER

2:36:30 COMMUNITY, WHICH JUST MEANS

2:36:31 THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WITH

2:36:33 DISABILITIES WILL BE PLACED IN

2:36:34 POSITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT SO THAT

2:36:35 THEY CAN GAIN, UH, A FAIR WAGE,

2:36:38 UH, AND LIVE THE LIFE THAT THEY

2:36:39 SEE FIT.

2:36:40 AND SO UH, REALLY JUST STAND IN

2:36:42 THIS UH, DISABILITY MONTH HERE

2:36:44 UH, DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT

2:36:45 MONTHS UH AND AGAIN UH, THANK

2:36:47 YOU TO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR

2:36:48 OFFERING TO ME.

2:36:49 THANK YOU,

2:36:50 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

2:36:50 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE

2:36:51 FLOOR.

2:36:52 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:36:56 I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN

2:36:59 2019, UM, THEN CITY

2:37:01 COUNCILOR EDWARDS AND I WE

2:37:02 FILED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT

2:37:04 OF STATE LEGISLATION THAT

2:37:06 CALLED FOR CONTRACTS ISSUED FOR

2:37:08 SERVICES IN THE COMMONWEALTH

2:37:10 OF MASSACHUSETTS THAT RECEIVED

2:37:13 UM APPROPRIATED FUNDS FROM THE

2:37:14 STATE TO HAVE AT LEAST 10%

2:37:18 OF PEOPLE HIRED FOR THE

2:37:19 CONTRACT FOR INDIVIDUALS

2:37:20 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

2:37:23 IT'S PROBABLY THE ISSUE

2:37:25 OF FOCUSED ON MOST AS A CITY

2:37:28 COUNCIL OVER THE LAST NINE

2:37:30 YEARS IS ENSURING THAT PERSONS

2:37:33 WITH DISABILITIES HAVE EQUAL

2:37:35 ACCESS, ARE TREATED WITH

2:37:36 RESPECT AND DIGNITY.

2:37:38 THAT ALSO STARTS AS STUDENTS

2:37:41 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

2:37:43 ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE

2:37:44 RIGHT EDUCATION, THE RIGHT

2:37:46 RESOURCES SO THAT THEY CAN BE

2:37:48 SO THAT THEY CAN GROW UP TO BE

2:37:50 HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE UM IN

2:37:52 THE WORKFORCE IF THAT'S WHAT

2:37:54 THEY CHOOSE.

2:37:55 OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT

2:37:56 THE CITY OF BOSTON INCLUDING

2:37:58 THE HORACE MANN SCHOOL THAT I'M

2:38:00 VERY ACTIVE WITH IN

2:38:01 CHARLESTOWN.

2:38:02 BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS

2:38:04 A AS A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES

2:38:06 UM, I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR

2:38:11 VETERANS AS WELL, UM, AT THE

2:38:14 CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL

2:38:16 THROUGH THE DISABLED AMERICAN

2:38:17 VETERANS ORGANIZATION AND THEY

2:38:20 DO EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON CITY

2:38:24 LEGISLATION, STATE LEGISLATION

2:38:25 ,FEDERAL LEGISLATION BUT

2:38:27 ENSURING THAT RETURNING

2:38:28 VETERANS THAT HAVE DISABILITIES

2:38:30 HAVE THE RESOURCES, SUPPORT AND

2:38:33 ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT SO THAT

2:38:36 THEY CAN WORK SO THAT THEY CAN

2:38:38 LIVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE SO THAT

2:38:40 THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY

2:38:42 .

2:38:42 I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

2:38:44 COMMISSIONER MCCOSH WHO'S AN

2:38:46 OUTSTANDING, DEDICATED

2:38:48 PROFESSIONAL LEADER HERE IN THE

2:38:50 CITY OF BOSTON.

2:38:51 BUT IT'S ABOUT ENSURING ALL

2:38:54 PEOPLE ESPECIALLY PERSONS WITH

2:38:56 DISABILITIES.

2:38:57 ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND

2:38:58 DIGNITY.

2:38:59 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:39:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:39:01 COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE

2:39:02 FLOOR.

2:39:02 THANK YOU.

2:39:03 FOREIGN THANK YOU TO THE FILERS

2:39:05 FOR UPLIFTING THIS IMPORTANT

2:39:08 RESOLUTION AND RECOGNIZING NOT

2:39:09 ONLY THIS MONTH BUT EVERY MONTH

2:39:12 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE

2:39:14 IMPORTANCE AS A MOTHER OF A.

2:39:15 DISABLED SON, I DO.

2:39:17 KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT IT

2:39:19 IS TO MAKE SURE WE ADVOCATE FOR

2:39:21 DIGNIFIED.

2:39:22 EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL OF OUR

2:39:23 RESIDENTS.

2:39:24 I DO IT IT'S BEEN.

2:39:26 SAID I WANT TO UPLIFT WORK INC

2:39:28 AND ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

2:39:30 WHO.

2:39:30 PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES BUT

2:39:32 ALSO THE.

2:39:33 EMPLOYERS WHO STEP UP.

2:39:34 AND MAKE SURE.

2:39:35 THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING THESE UM

2:39:39 INDIVIDUALS WHO.

2:39:40 WORK AND WHO SHARE SUCH AMAZING

2:39:42 STORIES.

2:39:42 AND MANY.

2:39:43 OF US WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE

2:39:44 COMMUNITY, SEE THEM.

2:39:45 AT DIFFERENT.

2:39:46 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING.

2:39:47 AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.

2:39:48 WORK EQUALS.

2:39:49 INDEPENDENCE BUT ALSO

2:39:51 SOCIALIZATION.

2:39:52 SO I WANT TO ALSO UPLIFT

2:39:54 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SOUTH

2:39:55 BOSTON SPECIAL KIDS.

2:39:56 I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I

2:39:58 WERE JUST.

2:39:59 AT THEIR BOWLING EVENT THE

2:40:01 OTHER DAY.

2:40:01 THEY OFFER UM OPPORTUNITIES IN

2:40:03 MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE

2:40:05 CITY.

2:40:05 HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR.

2:40:07 DISABLED UM YOU.

2:40:09 KNOW.

2:40:09 OUR.

2:40:10 RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO.

2:40:11 HAVE FUN AND TO.

2:40:12 HAVE RELATIONSHIPS.

2:40:14 AS ISOLATION IS ALSO

2:40:15 SOMETHING THAT.

2:40:16 IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE

2:40:17 COME BACK TO THAT.

2:40:18 SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING.

2:40:20 THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AND

2:40:21 LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING

2:40:22 IT.

2:40:22 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:40:24 UM I JUST WANT TO UH, RECOGNIZE

2:40:27 WORKING AS WELL.

2:40:28 I HAD WORKED WITH THEM AS A

2:40:29 STAFF MEMBER, UM, TRYING TO BE

2:40:30 VERY INTENTIONAL AT THE

2:40:31 DIRECTION OF MY PREDECESSOR TO

2:40:32 PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS

2:40:34 INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING AND

2:40:36 REALLY APPRECIATE.

2:40:36 THEIR WORK THAT THEY'VE.

2:40:37 BEEN DOING SINCE 1965 AND

2:40:39 THEY'VE SERVICED OVER 5000

2:40:40 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

2:40:42 SO I WANT TO THANK THEM AND ALL

2:40:43 THOSE WHO ADVANCE UM,

2:40:45 DISABILITY INCLUSION AND

2:40:46 AWARENESS ACROSS ALL OF OUR

2:40:48 NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON.

2:40:49 UM.

2:40:50 AND JUST ECHO ALL THE

2:40:51 COMMENTS THAT MY

2:40:52 COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE HAVE

2:40:53 MADE ON THIS UM, WOULD ANYONE

2:40:55 ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?

2:40:57 COUNCILOR.

2:40:57 CULPEPER COUNCILOR.

2:40:58 DURKAN.

2:40:59 COUNCILOR.

2:40:59 UH.

2:41:00 FLYNN.

2:41:00 COUNCILOR.

2:41:00 MEJIA.

2:41:01 COUNCILOR.

2:41:01 MURPHY COUNCILOR.

2:41:02 PYBURN COUNCILOR.

2:41:03 SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND

2:41:05 COUNCILOR WORRELL PLEASE ADD

2:41:05 THE CHAIR UH

2:41:07 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FITZGERALD

2:41:08 AND MYSELF SIX SUSPENSION

2:41:09 OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION

2:41:10 OF DOCKET 1926.

2:41:12 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:41:13 ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:41:16 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE A

2:41:17 ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1926.

2:41:21 COUNCILOR BREADON

2:41:22 COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPONENT.

2:41:23 YES, COUNCILOR FIRST PER YES.

2:41:25 COUNCILOR.

2:41:25 CULPA.

2:41:27 COUNCILOR.

2:41:27 CULPEPPER.

2:41:27 YES.

2:41:28 COUNCILOR.

2:41:28 DURKAN.

2:41:28 YES.

2:41:29 COUNCILOR.

2:41:29 DURKAN.

2:41:30 YES.

2:41:30 COUNCILOR.

2:41:30 FITZGERALD.

2:41:31 YES.

2:41:31 COUNCIL THIS SHOW.

2:41:32 YES.

2:41:33 COUNCIL.

2:41:33 FLYNN.

2:41:34 COUNCILOR.

2:41:34 FLYNN.

2:41:34 YES.

2:41:35 COUNCIL.

2:41:35 LOUIJEUNE.

2:41:36 COUNCILOR.

2:41:37 LOUIJEUNE.

2:41:37 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:41:37 MEJIA.

2:41:38 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.

2:41:39 YES.

2:41:39 COUNCILOR.

2:41:40 MURPHY.

2:41:40 YES.

2:41:41 COUNCILOR.

2:41:41 MURPHY.

2:41:41 YES, COUNCILOR.

2:41:42 PIPPIN.

2:41:43 COUNCIL.

2:41:44 PEN.

2:41:44 YES.

2:41:44 COUNCIL.

2:41:45 SANTANA.

2:41:45 COUNCILOR.

2:41:46 SANTANA.

2:41:46 YES.

2:41:47 COUNCIL.

2:41:47 WEBER.

2:41:47 YES.

2:41:48 COUNCIL.

2:41:48 WEBER.

2:41:49 YES AND COUNCILOR.

2:41:50 WORLD COUNCIL.

2:41:51 WELL, YES.

2:41:52 TALKING NUMBER 1926 HAS

2:41:54 RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE

2:41:56 AFFIRMATIVE.

2:41:56 THANK YOU.

2:41:57 DOCKET 1926 HAS BEEN

2:41:58 ADOPTED.

2:41:59 MR. CLERK CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE

2:42:01 READ DOCKET 1927.

2:42:03 TALKING NUMBER 1927

2:42:05 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE

2:42:06 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

2:42:08 RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2026 AS

2:42:11 CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

2:42:15 THANK YOU.

2:42:16 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:42:17 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.

2:42:19 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:42:19 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:42:20 I'D LIKE TO.

2:42:21 ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AS AN

2:42:23 AS AN ORIGINAL, UH, CO-SPONSOR

2:42:26 AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE.

2:42:27 RULES AD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A

2:42:28 THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:42:30 HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION

2:42:31 SHE HAS HER.

2:42:32 ADDED THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO

2:42:33 SEEK SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE

2:42:34 OF THIS RESOLUTION.

2:42:35 UM, OCTOBER.

2:42:37 TO MEANS A LOT OF MONTHS.

2:42:38 UM AND.

2:42:39 THERE'S A LOT OF AWARENESS

2:42:40 TO BE RAISED IN CANCER IS ONE

2:42:41 OF THEM.

2:42:42 LAST YEAR WE HAD A PRESENTATION

2:42:44 I WAS ABLE TO HONOR THE FUND

2:42:45 AND JUST WANT TO CONTINUE DOING

2:42:47 THAT.

2:42:47 UM.

2:42:48 PEOPLE LIVING WITH

2:42:49 CANCER CELEBRATE SURVIVORS

2:42:50 REMEMBER THOSE WE HAVE LOST AND

2:42:51 STAND WITH THE FAMILIES,

2:42:52 CAREGIVERS AND LOVED ONES WHO.

2:42:54 SUPPORT THEM.

2:42:55 UM.

2:42:55 MY GRANDMOTHER WHO I NEVER GOT

2:42:57 THE CHANCE.

2:42:58 TO.

2:42:58 MEET SHE DIED THE YEAR.

2:42:59 THAT.

2:42:59 I WAS BORN AND MY FATHER'S

2:43:00 MOTHER, UM, DIED OF CANCER.

2:43:02 AND SO I WANT TO BRING HER INTO

2:43:03 THE SPACE.

2:43:04 AS WELL.

2:43:04 IMMACULATE.

2:43:05 UH, CANCER TOUCHES FAMILIES IN

2:43:07 EVERY BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD.

2:43:09 TIMELY SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS.

2:43:10 TREATMENT AND FOLLOW UP CARE

2:43:11 CAN MAKE A.

2:43:11 PROFOUND DIFFERENCE.

2:43:12 AND RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO

2:43:14 ACCESS THAT CARE REGARDLESS

2:43:15 OF THEIR.

2:43:15 INCOME OR CIRCUMSTANCES.

2:43:17 WE HAVE TO ALSO, UH, CONFRONT

2:43:18 THE INEQUITIES IN ACCESS AND

2:43:20 OUTCOMES INSURANCE GAPS.

2:43:22 TRANSPORTATION COSTS, LANGUAGE

2:43:23 .

2:43:23 BARRIERS, CAREGIVER

2:43:24 RESPONSIBILITIES AND TIME AWAY

2:43:25 FROM WORK CAN MAKE IT HARDER TO

2:43:27 RECEIVE CARE AND I CONSIDERABLE

2:43:28 STRESS DURING TREATMENT MADE

2:43:29 WORSE.

2:43:30 FOR UH, BLACK WOMEN FOR.

2:43:31 WHOM UH WHEN WE ALREADY LOOKING

2:43:33 AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

2:43:34 DISPARITIES THAT EXIST.

2:43:35 I ESPECIALLY.

2:43:36 WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK

2:43:37 ALLISON AND THAT'S REALLY THE

2:43:38 REASON WHY I FILED THIS

2:43:40 RESOLUTION BECAUSE I WAS

2:43:41 RECENTLY WITH THEM IN COMMUNITY

2:43:43 AS THEY WERE DOING UH,

2:43:44 CANCER AWARENESS AND TALKING

2:43:45 TO.

2:43:46 PEOPLE ABOUT CANCER AND I WAS

2:43:47 TELLING THEM.

2:43:48 ABOUT MY OWN FAMILY.

2:43:50 ALLISON IS A WE AND WE WERE

2:43:51 ABLE TO WE YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT

2:43:53 THE TIME THAT WE WERE HONORING

2:43:54 THEM WE HAPPENED TO HAVE A

2:43:56 CONSTITUENT IN HYDE PARK WHO

2:43:57 WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH

2:43:58 CANCER AND ELLIE FUND CAME CAME

2:44:00 THROUGH FOR THEM

2:44:01 WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

2:44:02 AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK

2:44:03 ELLIE FUND AND ALSO JUST MAKE

2:44:05 PEOPLE AWARE THAT THE ELLIE

2:44:05 FUND IS AVAILABLE UH.

2:44:07 FOR.

2:44:08 FOLKS UH FOR FOR ANYONE WHO HAS

2:44:10 UH IS LIVING WITH THE DIAGNOSIS

2:44:12 OF CANCER OR WAS RECENTLY

2:44:13 DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELLIE FUND

2:44:14 IS THERE TO.

2:44:15 SUPPORT THEM.

2:44:16 SO I WANT TO ALSO THANK

2:44:17 BOSTON'S HEALTH CARE.

2:44:18 WORKERS, HOSPITALS, NURSES

2:44:19 UM, IN.

2:44:20 THIS.

2:44:20 MOMENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS UM

2:44:22 AND ORGANIZATIONS AND

2:44:23 ADVOCATES.

2:44:24 UH.

2:44:25 WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET

2:44:26 YOUR MAMMOGRAMS GOT MY FIRST.

2:44:27 ONE UM, RECENTLY AND UH, TO

2:44:31 DISCUSS INDIVIDUAL RISK AND

2:44:32 APPROPRIATE.

2:44:32 SCREENINGS WITH THE HEALTH CARE

2:44:33 PROVIDER AND.

2:44:34 TO.

2:44:35 OFFER MEANINGFUL.

2:44:35 SUPPORT TO NEIGHBORS FACING

2:44:36 CANCER.

2:44:37 THANK YOU.

2:44:38 COUNCIL REGION CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:44:40 COUNCILOR SANTANA YOU NOT

2:44:41 BEFORE.

2:44:41 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:44:42 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR TO

2:44:44 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR PUTTING

2:44:45 ME UM ON THIS RESOLUTION.

2:44:47 UM, CANCER IS AN ISSUE THAT

2:44:49 AFFECTS EVERY PERSON IN OUR

2:44:51 CITY.

2:44:51 WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS

2:44:53 BEEN IMPACTED BY

2:44:54 CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND CANCER IS

2:44:55 ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT FORMS

2:44:57 OF CANCER ONE THAT UM, THAT

2:44:59 IMPACTS MARGINALIZED GROUPS AS

2:45:02 MY OWN FAMILY CONFRONTS THE

2:45:03 CHALLENGES OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS,

2:45:04 I UNDERSTAND DEEPLY THE IMPACT

2:45:06 IT CAN HAVE ON MY FAMILY.

2:45:08 MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYONE

2:45:09 IN BOSTON WHO IS DEALING WITH

2:45:10 THAT SAME STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW.

2:45:12 SINCE THE FIRST

2:45:14 CANCER AWARENESS MONTH MORE

2:45:15 THAN 40 YEARS AGO, CANCER HAS

2:45:17 DEATH RATES IN THE US HAVE

2:45:19 DROPPED BY 44%.

2:45:21 IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT

2:45:22 GREATER AWARENESS INCREASES IN

2:45:24 EARLY DETECTION AND

2:45:25 ADVANCEMENTS IN TREATMENTS HAVE

2:45:28 UM CONCEDED WITH THE RISE OF UM

2:45:31 BODY CAM INCREASED AWARENESS

2:45:32 CAN CAN AND DOES SAVE LIVES.

2:45:36 AS WE OBSERVE THIS

2:45:38 CANCER AWARENESS MONTH WE HONOR

2:45:39 SURVIVORS, UPLIFT THOSE

2:45:40 CURRENTLY BATTLING CANCER AND

2:45:42 COMMIT OURSELVES TO ENSURING

2:45:44 THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO

2:45:45 LIFESAVING HEALTHCARE.

2:45:46 THANK YOU.

2:45:48 THANK YOU COUNCIL SANTANA

2:45:49 COUNCIL DR. KING I HAVE THE

2:45:50 FLOOR.

2:45:51 THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU

2:45:53 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND SANTANA

2:45:54 FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.

2:45:56 UM I, I THINK ABOUT CAROL MATIC

2:45:58 IN MY DISTRICT TWO AS PART

2:45:59 OF THE NATIONAL

2:46:01 CANCER COALITION.

2:46:02 UM AND.

2:46:02 ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE WEST

2:46:04 CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

2:46:04 AND I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE

2:46:06 WOMEN IN THEIR LIFE THAT HAVE

2:46:07 DEDICATED THEMSELVES, UH, TO

2:46:10 ADVOCACY ONCE THEY'VE

2:46:11 EXPERIENCED AND SURVIVED AND

2:46:12 BEEN PART OF UH, THIS, YOU

2:46:14 KNOW, GROUP OF SURVIVORS FROM

2:46:16 CANCER, 1 IN 8 WOMEN IN THE

2:46:18 UNITED STATES WILL BE DIAGNOSED

2:46:19 WITH CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.

2:46:20 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE

2:46:21 RAISE AWARENESS, PREVENTATIVE

2:46:23 SCREENINGS, TIMELY DIAGNOSIS

2:46:24 AND QUALITY CARE AND TREATMENT

2:46:26 SAVE LIVES DISPARITIES AND

2:46:28 OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN OF COLOR.

2:46:29 UH, AND BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN

2:46:31 DEMONSTRATE THE NEED TO KEEP

2:46:32 GOING AND DISMANTLE BARRIERS TO

2:46:34 COST INSURANCE GAPS,

2:46:36 TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION

2:46:36 AND CULTURAL BARRIERS SO THAT

2:46:39 EVERY RESIDENT CAN ACCESS

2:46:39 SCREENINGS AND THE TREATMENT

2:46:40 THEY DESERVE.

2:46:42 UM, LAST NIGHT I ACTUALLY HEARD

2:46:43 FROM MICHAEL CURRY AND SOME

2:46:45 MEMBERS OF.

2:46:45 THE UM HEALTH EQUITY COMPACT,

2:46:48 UH, WHICH IS A REALLY UNIQUE UM

2:46:51 A UNIQUE SET UP OF BASICALLY

2:46:54 COMPETITORS WHO HAVE COME

2:46:55 TOGETHER TO TO SOLVE SOME

2:46:56 OF THE HEALTH INEQUITIES IN OUR

2:46:58 CITY IN OUR STATE, UM, WE HAVE

2:47:01 HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL

2:47:01 INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE UM THAT

2:47:03 THAT THAT ARE DRIVING FORWARD

2:47:06 TO TO SOLVE ISSUES BUT UM,

2:47:08 WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE

2:47:10 INEQUITIES OF CARE IN OUR CITY

2:47:11 AND OUR STATE, UH, WE CAN'T

2:47:13 REALLY GET AT THE ROOT OF WHAT

2:47:14 WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, WHICH

2:47:16 IS DRIVE AWARENESS AND UM AND

2:47:19 CONVERSATION AND UM, I THINK

2:47:20 ABOUT CAROL MOTUEKA WHO'S ABOUT

2:47:22 FIVE FEET MAYBE 411 STANDING UP

2:47:25 AGAINST STANDING YOU KNOW, NEXT

2:47:27 TO STEPHEN LYNCH AND OTHER

2:47:28 LEGISLATORS.

2:47:29 UM, AND UM THERE'S A PICTURE

2:47:31 OF HER WITH I THINK IT WAS ROB

2:47:33 RICHIE NEIL POINTING AT HIM

2:47:35 ABOUT CANCER AND HOW IMPORTANT

2:47:36 IT IS.

2:47:37 AND I JUST THINK ABOUT ALL

2:47:38 OF THOSE ADVOCATES WHO GO TO

2:47:40 WASHINGTON AND AND DEMAND MORE

2:47:42 AND DEMAND UM, DEMAND THAT THIS

2:47:46 BE TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS IT

2:47:47 SHOULD.

2:47:48 UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO

2:47:49 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR SHARING

2:47:50 HER PERSONAL STORY.

2:47:51 WE ALL HAVE UH, WOMEN IN OUR

2:47:53 LIVES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE AND

2:47:54 MEN IN OUR LIVES THAT HAVE

2:47:55 EXPERIENCED UM, AND UH I THINK

2:47:58 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE

2:48:00 UM, AS A CITY AND AS A STATE

2:48:02 AND AS A HEALTH AS A HEALTH

2:48:04 CARE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN

2:48:04 OUR CITY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

2:48:06 FIGHTING BACK AT.

2:48:06 ABOUT THE.

2:48:07 UNEQUAL NATURE.

2:48:08 OF TREATMENT, UH, IN OUR

2:48:10 CITY AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE

2:48:12 UM, COLLABORATION AND THE NEW

2:48:15 CANCER HOSPITAL THAT BI AND

2:48:16 DANA FARBER ARE PUTTING

2:48:18 TOGETHER.

2:48:18 BUT IT'S NOT ONE WE NEED ALL

2:48:20 THE COMPETITORS TO COME

2:48:21 TOGETHER AND SAY NOT ONE MORE

2:48:23 AND AND POUR MONEY INTO

2:48:24 RESEARCH AND UM THANK.

2:48:26 YOU CHAIR.

2:48:26 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:48:28 UH, I WANT TO THANK MY

2:48:29 COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS

2:48:30 FORWARD AND JUST THANK THE

2:48:31 ORGANIZERS JUST THIS WEEKEND

2:48:32 OF, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

2:48:33 THEY ORGANIZED THE, UH THE PINK

2:48:34 RIBBON BOWL, WHICH IS A POWDER

2:48:36 GAME.

2:48:36 I'M INCLUDING ONE OF MY GOOD

2:48:37 FRIENDS JUPITER'S YELLOW.

2:48:38 UM, AND THEY RAISE MONEY FOR

2:48:40 THE L.A. FUND.

2:48:41 SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR, UM,

2:48:42 THEIR WORK AND AGAIN, MY

2:48:44 COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS

2:48:45 FORWARD AND RAISING AWARENESS

2:48:46 AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO FIND A

2:48:47 CURE.

2:48:48 UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

2:48:50 ADD THEIR NAME?

2:48:51 COUNCILOR.

2:48:52 CULPEPER.

2:48:52 COUNCILOR.

2:48:53 FITZGERALD.

2:48:53 COUNCILOR.

2:48:54 FLYNN, COUNCILOR.

2:48:54 LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.

2:48:55 MEJIA, COUNCILOR.

2:48:56 MURPHY, COUNCILOR.

2:48:57 PIPPEN, COUNCILOR.

2:48:58 WEBER, COUNCILOR.

2:48:58 AROUND PLEASE I'M CHAIR

2:49:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS SEEKING

2:49:01 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

2:49:02 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1927.

2:49:04 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:49:05 ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:49:08 THE AYES HAVE IT.

2:49:09 THANK YOU.

2:49:09 DOCKET 1927 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

2:49:12 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

2:49:13 DOCKET 1928.

2:49:15 DOC NUMBER 1928

2:49:17 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD OFFER THE

2:49:18 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

2:49:20 RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH

2:49:21 10TH, 2026 AS FIRE PREVENTION

2:49:24 WEEK.

2:49:29 THANK YOU.

2:49:29 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED

2:49:30 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

2:49:30 YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:49:33 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:49:35 I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE

2:49:36 RULES AND ADD UH I'M SORRY I'D

2:49:38 LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL RULES AND

2:49:39 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND

2:49:40 THE RULES AND HEAD

2:49:41 COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD

2:49:42 ORIGINAL.

2:49:45 I'M SEEING AND HEARING NO

2:49:46 OBJECTIONS THERE SO I ADDED

2:49:47 SORRY.

2:49:48 THANK YOU.

2:49:49 GO AHEAD.

2:49:50 UH, THIS WEEK WE RECOGNIZE THE

2:49:51 DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON

2:49:53 FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL BFD

2:49:54 PERSONNEL WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO

2:49:56 PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS,

2:49:57 NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES AND

2:49:58 VISITORS.

2:49:58 THEIR WORK GOES FAR BEYOND

2:50:00 RESPONDING WHEN A FIRE OCCURS.

2:50:02 BFD PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN

2:50:04 PREVENTION INSPECTIONS,

2:50:05 EDUCATION, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND

2:50:07 COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

2:50:09 SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS LIKE A

2:50:10 WORKING SMOKE.

2:50:11 AND.

2:50:11 CARBON MONOXIDE.

2:50:12 ALARMS, HAVING AN ESCAPE PLAN

2:50:14 AND KNOWING WHAT TO DO IN AN

2:50:15 EMERGENCY CAN MAKE THE

2:50:16 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND

2:50:18 DEATH.

2:50:18 FIRE PREVENTION IS ESPECIALLY

2:50:20 IMPORTANT AS WE HEAD INTO THE

2:50:21 COLDER MONTHS WHEN HEATING

2:50:22 EQUIPMENT CAN INCREASE THE RISK

2:50:23 OF FIRES.

2:50:25 WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE COURAGE,

2:50:27 PROFESSIONALISM AND SACRIFICE

2:50:28 OF BOSTON'S FIREFIGHTERS WHO

2:50:29 PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO

2:50:31 PROTECT OTHERS.

2:50:32 THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT

2:50:33 THANKING THE BOSTON FIRE

2:50:34 DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL WHILE ALSO

2:50:36 ENCOURAGING EVERY BOSTON

2:50:37 RESIDENT TO TAKE FIRE

2:50:38 PREVENTION SERIOUSLY AND MAKE

2:50:40 SURE THEIR HOME AND FAMILY ARE

2:50:42 PREPARED.

2:50:42 I'M PROUD TO OFFER THIS

2:50:44 RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FIRE

2:50:45 PREVENTION WEEK AND HONORING

2:50:46 THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR

2:50:47 THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR

2:50:49 CITY.

2:50:50 I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER

2:50:51 RODNEY MARSHALL, LOCAL 718

2:50:53 PRESIDENT SAM DILLON AND ALL

2:50:54 THE RANK AND FILE MEMBERS

2:50:56 OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

2:50:57 FOR THEIR HARD WORK THIS WEEK

2:50:59 AND EVERY DAY.

2:51:00 I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT

2:51:01 THERE IS THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTER

2:51:03 FIVE K AND TEN K MEMORIAL ROAD

2:51:05 RACE THIS SUNDAY WHICH STARTS

2:51:07 AND ENDS AT FLORIAN HALL IN

2:51:08 DORCHESTER AND YOU CAN FIND THE

2:51:10 LINK FOR THAT AT BFD

2:51:13 RELIEF.ORG.

2:51:14 UH I'M LOOKING TO SEEK

2:51:15 SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS

2:51:17 DOCKET TODAY.

2:51:17 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:51:18 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

2:51:19 COUNCILOR WELL YOU KNOW BEFORE.

2:51:21 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:51:23 UH, I WANT TO THANK

2:51:24 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FATEMI, UM

2:51:25 ,AS A ORIGINAL.

2:51:27 CO-SPONSOR AND INTRODUCING THIS

2:51:28 RESOLUTION, I ALSO WANT TO

2:51:29 THANK, UH, OUR BRAVE

2:51:31 FIREFIGHTERS FOR THEIR

2:51:32 PROFESSIONALISM AND THEIR

2:51:33 BRAVERY.

2:51:33 UH, HERE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.

2:51:35 UM, WE WERE ALSO TREATED TO A

2:51:37 PERFORMANCE BY THE ACROBATICS

2:51:38 TEAM ON CITY HALL PLAZA UH,

2:51:40 EARLIER THIS WEEK.

2:51:41 UM, AND DURING THAT UH, UM.

2:51:43 PERFORMANCE.

2:51:44 THE DEPARTMENT ALSO TOOK THE

2:51:45 OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND RESIDENTS

2:51:48 OF IMPORTANT FIRE SAFETY

2:51:49 MEASURES WE SHOULD ALL BE

2:51:50 TAKING.

2:51:51 UH, JUST WANT TO UPLIFT.

2:51:52 A FEW, UM, OF THOSE SAFETY

2:51:54 MEASURES.

2:51:55 UH, ONE IS THAT THE FIRE

2:51:57 DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDES FREE

2:51:58 FIRE PREVENTION BED SHAKERS A

2:52:00 LIFE SAVING ALERT DEVICE WHICH

2:52:03 PROVIDES AN ACCESSIBLE

2:52:04 ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKE ALARMS BY

2:52:05 USING VIBRATION FLASHING LIGHTS

2:52:08 AND LOW FREQUENCY ALARMS TO

2:52:09 WAKE PEOPLE UP DURING THE FIRE

2:52:11 EMERGENCY.

2:52:11 I ALSO WANT TO POINT RESIDENTS

2:52:13 TO THE.

2:52:14 UM.

2:52:15 FIRE BOSTON FIRE PREVENTION

2:52:17 EDUCATION UNIT WEBSITE UM IF

2:52:19 THEY'RE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE AN

2:52:21 INSTALLATION OR TO RECEIVE ANY

2:52:22 MORE INFORMATION AROUND UH,

2:52:24 FREE SERVICES THAT THE FIRE

2:52:26 DEPARTMENT PROVIDES.

2:52:27 I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT UH

2:52:30 LOCAL UH 718 UM AND ALSO UM THE

2:52:33 FIRE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT

2:52:35 HENRY PERKINS WHO PROVIDES SO

2:52:37 MUCH CRUCIAL.

2:52:39 RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION TO

2:52:40 CIVIC GROUPS, UM, THROUGHOUT

2:52:42 THE CITY OF BOSTON.

2:52:43 I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME

2:52:45 TO REMIND RENTERS AND RESIDENT

2:52:47 HOMEOWNERS TO PLEASE GET

2:52:48 RENTER'S INSURANCE.

2:52:50 UM, YOUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE

2:52:52 DOES NOT COVER YOUR RENTERS.

2:52:53 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

2:52:54 THAT ALL OF OUR RENTERS KNOW TO

2:52:56 PLEASE GET RENTER'S INSURANCE

2:52:58 IN CASE, UH, SOMETHING LIKE A

2:53:00 FIRE TRAGICALLY SO HAPPENS TO

2:53:02 YOU.

2:53:02 AND THEN, UM, THERE'S AN EVENT

2:53:04 HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 14TH, UH,

2:53:06 WHERE, UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

2:53:08 AND I ARE PARTNERING UH, TO TO

2:53:10 DISTRIBUTE THREE CARBON AND

2:53:13 SMOKE DETECTORS.

2:53:14 UM, THAT'S HAPPENING AT LEAHY

2:53:16 UH, COMMUNITY CENTER.

2:53:18 UH, AND ALSO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO

2:53:20 AMERICAN RED CROSS.

2:53:21 THANK YOU.

2:53:21 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL

2:53:23 COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU NOW HAVE

2:53:24 THE FLOOR.

2:53:25 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:53:27 I WANT TO THANK OUR FITZGERALD

2:53:28 FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS AND

2:53:29 FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION.

2:53:32 UM.

2:53:33 FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION

2:53:34 IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT

2:53:35 OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

2:53:36 THE FIRE LAST WEEK IN NUBIAN

2:53:38 SQUARE HISTORIC EDISON BUILDING

2:53:40 DEMONSTRATED THE SUDDEN WAY A

2:53:41 FIRE CAN WREAK HAVOC ON A

2:53:43 COMMUNITY.

2:53:44 IT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE THAT WE

2:53:46 EDUCATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT

2:53:47 FIRE SAFETY IN CASE

2:53:49 OF EMERGENCY.

2:53:50 PARENTS, DON'T FORGET TO BRING

2:53:51 FIRE SAFETY HOME FROM SCHOOL

2:53:53 AND ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE A FIRE

2:53:54 SAFETY PLAN FOR YOUR HOME.

2:53:56 HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER OR A

2:53:58 FIRE BLANKET.

2:53:59 MAKE SURE YOU REPLACE THE

2:54:00 BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE

2:54:01 DETECTOR AND HAVE AN EXIT PLAN.

2:54:03 UM I WANT TO THANK UM, BOTH

2:54:06 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND

2:54:07 COUNCIL.

2:54:07 WELL, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON

2:54:08 THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD, UM,

2:54:09 TO THE WORK AHEAD.

2:54:10 THANK YOU.

2:54:11 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:54:13 YOU KNOW THE FLOOR.

2:54:15 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:54:17 AND I RISE.

2:54:17 TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT

2:54:19 RESOLUTION.

2:54:20 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO

2:54:22 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE

2:54:24 DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK ON CITY

2:54:25 HALL PLAZA AS THEY DEMONSTRATED

2:54:28 .

2:54:29 UM, VARIOUS TECHNIQUES THAT

2:54:31 THEY WERE USING DEVELOPING UH

2:54:34 TO SAVE PEOPLE FROM FROM

2:54:36 VARIOUS SITUATIONS.

2:54:39 UM WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

2:54:41 LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONALISM

2:54:44 OF UH LOCAL 718 AND SAN DILLON

2:54:47 BUT ALSO THE THE NATIONAL

2:54:49 PRESIDENT EDDIE KELLY AS WELL.

2:54:53 ONE OF THE ISSUES I WILL

2:54:54 CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IS

2:54:56 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON FIRE

2:54:58 PREVENTION.

2:54:59 AND UH, I WAS PART OF THE UH,

2:55:02 SIMILAR PROGRAM AND SPONSORING

2:55:05 A UM UPGRADES TO UH, VARIOUS

2:55:09 EQUIPMENT IN PEOPLE'S HOMES.

2:55:10 UH, FIRE ALARMS IN PEOPLE'S

2:55:11 HOMES.

2:55:12 I SHOULD SAY, UH, IN THE SOUTH

2:55:14 END AND WANT TO THANK THE UH,

2:55:16 FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT THANK LOCAL

2:55:18 718.

2:55:19 AND THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO'S A

2:55:21 GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO

2:55:22 RECENTLY RETIRED WHO BECAME A

2:55:24 JUDGE.

2:55:24 CONNIE WANG WAS PART OF THE

2:55:26 OUTREACH PROCESS AS WELL.

2:55:28 SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE JUDGE

2:55:31 CONNIE WANG WHO I WHO I WORK

2:55:33 WITH AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT

2:55:35 .

2:55:36 UM, WHO WAS UM WHO.

2:55:37 WORKED AS A I BELIEVE HER TITLE

2:55:40 WAS DEPUTY FIRE COMMISSIONER IN

2:55:42 CHARGE OF UM LEGAL AFFAIRS

2:55:44 MAYBE.

2:55:45 UM BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

2:55:47 THE IMPORTANCE AS WE APPROACH

2:55:49 THE BUDGET SEASON HOW IT IS,

2:55:51 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR ALL

2:55:54 OF US TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND

2:55:56 WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND

2:55:59 CANCER SCREENINGS THAT ARE

2:56:00 CRITICAL FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND

2:56:03 THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.

2:56:04 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:56:05 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:56:07 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU NOW

2:56:08 HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:56:09 THANK YOU.

2:56:09 I WANT TO THANK THE FILERS I

2:56:11 REALLY WANT I JUST WANTED TO

2:56:12 RISE IN COUNCIL AROUND

2:56:13 MENTIONED TIME BUT HENRY

2:56:14 PERKINS HANK I DON'T KNOW BUT

2:56:16 ONE COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WE

2:56:18 HAVE WHERE I DON'T SEE ANY

2:56:19 PRESIDENT, UH, DOING THE WORK

2:56:20 OF FIRE EDUCATION AND FIRE

2:56:22 SAFETY.

2:56:22 SO REALLY JUST YOU KNOW I KNOW

2:56:24 THERE ARE MANY NAMES AND MANY

2:56:25 LOCAL 718 VULCANS.

2:56:27 UH, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE TO

2:56:29 THINK UM, BUT I I'VE SEEN HIM

2:56:32 CONSISTENTLY SINCE I STARTED

2:56:33 OFF HERE JUST VERY PRESENT AND

2:56:35 COMMUNITY AND JUST MY HAT'S OFF

2:56:38 TO RANDY.

2:56:38 IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE HIM TO

2:56:39 SAY A THANKS TO HIM BECAUSE, UM

2:56:42 ,THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST

2:56:43 LIKE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE

2:56:45 WORK AND IT JUST SHOWS.

2:56:46 SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO

2:56:48 THANK HANK AND ALSO CINDY JUST

2:56:50 JUST JACOB IN MY OFFICE WHO

2:56:52 PARTNERED WE PARTNERED WITH THE

2:56:54 AMERICAN RED CROSS AND WITH BE

2:56:56 WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

2:56:57 UM AND THEY CANVASED WENT

2:56:59 KNOCKING DOOR TO DOOR IN

2:57:01 MATTAPAN AND IN HYDE PARK TO

2:57:02 MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAD UM

2:57:05 THE.

2:57:06 CARBON MONOXIDE.

2:57:06 AND UH INVITED EXTRAS THAT THEY

2:57:10 NEEDED OF COURSE ON EVERY DOOR

2:57:11 BUT REALLY DOING THAT WORK AND

2:57:13 I KNOW CINDY IT WAS UH IT WAS A

2:57:15 VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR HER

2:57:16 AND JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE

2:57:18 OUR LEADERSHIP IN OUR OFFICE

2:57:19 FOR GETTING THAT DONE.

2:57:20 THANK YOU.

2:57:21 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

2:57:22 AND THANK YOU, CINDY FOR THAT.

2:57:24 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:57:25 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.

2:57:26 UM, MY SISTER MY BEST FRIEND

2:57:29 TORI UM, LOST EVERYTHING IN A

2:57:31 FIRE UM, LESS THAN TEN YEARS

2:57:34 AGO AND WAS ABLE TO REBUILD HER

2:57:36 LIFE.

2:57:37 BUT IT'S LIKE THIS MATTERS SO

2:57:38 DEEPLY.

2:57:39 UM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE

2:57:40 KNOW ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION KNOW

2:57:43 WHAT THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT

2:57:44 FIRES.

2:57:44 UM, SHE HAPPENED TO LIVE IN AN

2:57:46 APARTMENT COMPLEX AND IT WAS AN

2:57:48 ELECTRICAL ISSUE, BUT, UM, BUT

2:57:50 KNOWING THAT MANY FIRES CAN BE

2:57:52 PREVENTED, UM, AND GETTING THE

2:57:54 WORD OUT ABOUT RENTERS

2:57:55 INSURANCE AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN

2:57:56 DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES UM, IT

2:57:59 THIS MATTERS SO DEEPLY TO OUR

2:58:01 COMMUNITIES AND WE'VE HAD MANY

2:58:03 UM, REALLY UM, REALLY INTENSE

2:58:06 FIRES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS

2:58:08 AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

2:58:09 THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT AND I

2:58:11 KNOW AS WE'RE HEADING INTO THE

2:58:12 WINTER SEASON IT'S EVEN MORE

2:58:14 IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT

2:58:15 HEATERS AND UM, ELECTRICAL

2:58:18 OUTLETS AND MAKING SURE THAT

2:58:19 WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN

2:58:20 TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW HOW THEY

2:58:22 CAN BE SAFE.

2:58:22 I WANT TO THANK THAT ALL OF THE

2:58:24 FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE BOSTON

2:58:25 FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO SERVE WITH

2:58:27 SUCH DISTINCTION EVERY SINGLE

2:58:28 DAY UM, AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW

2:58:31 AND IN THE HARDEST MOMENTS

2:58:33 OF BOSTONIANS LIVES THEY ARE

2:58:34 THERE UM AND I WANT TO ALSO

2:58:36 THANK AND I KNOW

2:58:37 COUNCILOR CLAUDE ZAPATA HAS

2:58:38 WORKED ON THIS BUT UM, JUST THE

2:58:41 UH, OUTREACH THAT HAPPENS AFTER

2:58:43 A FIRE THAT YOU'RE NOT LEFT,

2:58:45 YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SOMEWHERE TO

2:58:46 STAY WITHOUT SOMEWHERE TO BE.

2:58:47 AND I KNOW THAT

2:58:48 COUNCILOR CLAUDE AS A PART HAS

2:58:50 WORKED DEEPLY ON UM, YOU KNOW,

2:58:51 THAT RESPONSE TO UH TO THAT AND

2:58:54 UH, WORKING IN UH IN

2:58:55 PARTNERSHIP WITH OFFICE

2:58:56 OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

2:58:58 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR

2:58:59 FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, THIS

2:59:01 IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING.

2:59:02 SO THANK YOU TO

2:59:03 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR

2:59:03 PUTTING THIS FORWARD.

2:59:04 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:59:06 COUNCILOR PEPEN.

2:59:07 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:59:08 UM.

2:59:09 JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD.

2:59:10 VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS

2:59:12 RESOLUTION.

2:59:12 VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE FIRE

2:59:14 DEPARTMENT AND THE WORK THAT

2:59:15 THEY DO.

2:59:15 SOME OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL

2:59:17 WORK THAT I'VE DONE AS A CITY

2:59:18 EMPLOYEE WAS WHEN I WAS WORKING

2:59:19 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND

2:59:21 SHOWING UP WHENEVER THERE WAS A

2:59:22 FIRE OVERNIGHT OR ANY TIME

2:59:25 OF THE DAY AND THERE'S A

2:59:26 SPECIFIC UNIT FOR THE FIRE

2:59:27 DEPARTMENT THAT I'M ALWAYS

2:59:28 GRATEFUL FOR IS THE UM IS THE

2:59:31 CITY FIRST I'M NOT BLANKING ON

2:59:34 THE NAME BUT GARY CALLING IN,

2:59:35 GARY CALLING IN WHO LEADS THE

2:59:38 THAT UNIT?

2:59:38 THEY ALWAYS ARE THE ONES THAT

2:59:40 SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT

2:59:42 PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED AND THEY

2:59:44 ARE THE UNIT THAT CONNECTS

2:59:47 RESIDENTS WITH THE RED CROSS

2:59:48 AND WORKS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD

2:59:49 SERVICES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE

2:59:51 FAMILY IS OKAY.

2:59:52 AND I'VE JUST BEEN ABLE TO SEE

2:59:54 THE IMPACTFUL WORK THAT OUR

2:59:55 FIREFIGHTERS DO WHENEVER A

2:59:57 FAMILY IS IMPACTED.

2:59:58 SO I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR

2:59:59 THEM AND ALL THE WORK.

3:00:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH.

3:00:01 THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN.

3:00:03 UM AND THANK YOU TO GARY

3:00:04 CALLING OF THE EMERGENCY

3:00:04 ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT.

3:00:06 UM, WHAT I DID WAS WHEN ANYONE

3:00:09 ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME

3:00:12 COUNCILOR CULPEPER

3:00:12 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:00:14 COUNCILOR FLYNN

3:00:15 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

3:00:16 COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL MURPHY

3:00:17 COUNCILOR FOR THEN

3:00:19 COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD

3:00:20 THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

3:00:22 WE'RE ALL IN SATANAS SUSPENSION

3:00:24 OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION

3:00:25 OF DOCKET 1928.

3:00:27 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:00:28 ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

3:00:29 NAY.

3:00:30 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

3:00:31 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON

3:00:32 DOCKET 1928.

3:00:35 COUNCILOR BREADON

3:00:36 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A

3:00:37 PARTNER.

3:00:37 YES, COUNCILOR GOES BY.

3:00:38 YES.

3:00:39 COUNCILOR.

3:00:39 COPA COUNCILOR CULPABLY AS

3:00:41 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:00:42 COUNCILOR.

3:00:42 DURKAN.

3:00:43 YES.

3:00:43 COUNCILOR.

3:00:44 FITZGERALD.

3:00:44 YES.

3:00:45 COUNCIL.

3:00:45 PURCELL.

3:00:45 YES.

3:00:46 COUNCILOR.

3:00:46 FLYNN.

3:00:47 YES.

3:00:47 COUNCIL PLAN.

3:00:48 YES.

3:00:48 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

3:00:49 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

3:00:50 YES.

3:00:50 COUNCIL.

3:00:50 MEJIA.

3:00:51 COUNCIL ME HERE.

3:00:52 YES.

3:00:52 COUNCILOR.

3:00:53 MURPHY.

3:00:54 COUNCILOR MURPHY IS

3:00:55 COUNCILOR PEPEN.

3:00:56 COUNCILOR KENYA HAS COUNCIL.

3:00:58 SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.

3:01:00 COUNCIL.

3:01:00 WEBER.

3:01:01 COUNCIL.

3:01:01 WEBB YES AND COUNCIL.

3:01:02 WORLD COUNCIL ROLL YES.

3:01:04 DOCKET NUMBER 1928 AS RECEIVED

3:01:07 12 VOTES ANY FURTHER?

3:01:08 THANK YOU.

3:01:08 DOCKET 1928 HAS BEEN

3:01:10 ADOPTED.

3:01:11 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

3:01:12 DOCKET 1929.

3:01:15 DOCKET NUMBER 1929 COUNCIL IS.

3:01:17 LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA FOR THE

3:01:19 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

3:01:21 RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

3:01:23 DAY.

3:01:24 THANK YOU.

3:01:24 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:01:25 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL YOU

3:01:26 NOW BEFORE.

3:01:27 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:01:28 I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

3:01:29 I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO SUSPEND

3:01:31 THE RULES I COUNCIL WHEREAS THE

3:01:32 THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

3:01:33 SEEING AND HEARING NO

3:01:34 OBJECTIONS HERE SO ADDED.

3:01:35 THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO I'D

3:01:37 LIKE TO SEEK SUSPENSION AND

3:01:38 PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION UM

3:01:41 SINCE 2021 OCTOBER 6TH, 2021

3:01:44 UNDER THEN UM EXECUTIVE AND

3:01:46 THEN ACT MAYOR KIM JANEY UH IT

3:01:49 WAS RECOGNIZED AS WE RECOGNIZE

3:01:53 OCTOBER 6TH, 2021 THEN AS

3:01:55 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.

3:01:56 AND SO I WANT TO THANK MAYOR

3:01:57 JANEY FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON

3:01:58 THAT.

3:01:59 UM, AND TODAY WE OFFER THIS

3:02:01 RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE

3:02:02 COMMEMORATING THAT IN

3:02:03 RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS

3:02:04 PEOPLES DAY AND IN HONOR OF THE

3:02:06 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHOSE

3:02:08 HISTORIES, CULTURES AND

3:02:10 CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WOVEN INTO

3:02:12 BOSTON'S IDENTITY, WE

3:02:14 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOSTON STANDS

3:02:15 ON THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY

3:02:16 OF THE MASSACHUSETT

3:02:18 MASSACHUSETT PUNK APART

3:02:20 WAMPANOAG, NIPMUC AND OTHER

3:02:22 NATIONS AND TRIBES WHOSE

3:02:23 MEMBERS REMAIN A CONTINUING

3:02:24 PRESENCE AND CARETAKERS OF THIS

3:02:26 LAND THIS DAY ASKS US TO SPEAK

3:02:28 HONESTLY ABOUT THE

3:02:29 DISPOSSESSION OF INDIGENOUS

3:02:30 HOMELANDS AND THE POLICIES THAT

3:02:31 SOUGHT TO SUPPRESS INDIGENOUS

3:02:33 CULTURES, RECOGNIZING THAT

3:02:34 HISTORY IS PART OF BUILDING A

3:02:35 CITY THAT RESPECTS THE PEOPLE

3:02:37 WHO WERE HERE LONG BEFORE

3:02:38 BOSTON BOARD'S PRESENT NAME,

3:02:39 IT'S ALSO A DAY TO CELEBRATE

3:02:41 THE STRANGE SURVIVAL AND

3:02:42 THRIVING CULTURES OF INDIGENOUS

3:02:44 COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLES BOSTON

3:02:46 AND ITS COMMUNITIES AND MANY

3:02:48 OTHER NATIONS, UH, DESERVE OUR

3:02:50 RESPECT AND TO BE UM AND FOR US

3:02:53 TO TELL ON STORIES ABOUT THIS

3:02:56 COUNTRY I PARTICULARLY WANT TO

3:02:57 RECOGNIZE THE NORTH AMERICAN

3:02:59 INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON

3:03:00 NIGHTCLUB FOUNDED IN 1969.

3:03:03 FOR DECADES IT HAS PROVIDED

3:03:04 SERVICES, ADVOCACY, CULTURAL

3:03:06 PROGRAMING AND A GATHERING

3:03:07 PLACE THAT STRENGTHENS NATIVE

3:03:09 FAMILIES AND CONNECTS PEOPLE

3:03:11 ACROSS GENERATIONS.

3:03:13 I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE

3:03:14 THIS DAY TO LEARN ABOUT THE

3:03:15 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AROUND

3:03:16 US, SUPPORT THEIR INSTITUTIONS

3:03:18 AND LISTEN TO INDIGENOUS VOICES

3:03:20 .

3:03:20 THEIR LEADERSHIP AND

3:03:21 CONTRIBUTIONS DESERVE

3:03:21 RECOGNITION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

3:03:23 AND AGAIN WE DESERVE OUR

3:03:25 CHILDREN DESERVE THE NEXT

3:03:26 GENERATIONS DESERVE TO

3:03:27 VERSATILE, HONORED STORIES

3:03:28 ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY

3:03:30 BECAUSE UNTIL WE CAN TELL THOSE

3:03:32 STORIES WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD

3:03:34 UM WITH THE WORK THAT WE HAVE

3:03:35 TO DO TO BE THE MULTIRACIAL

3:03:38 MULTI-CLASS DEMOCRACY THAT WE

3:03:39 ALL DESERVE.

3:03:40 THANK YOU.

3:03:40 THANK YOU COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE

3:03:41 COUNCIL MAY HEAR YOU NOW ON THE

3:03:43 FLOOR.

3:03:43 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND

3:03:45 I WANT TO THANK OUR SOLUTION

3:03:46 FOR ADDING.

3:03:46 ME, UM, AS AN ORIGINAL

3:03:48 CO-SPONSOR AND I WANT TO START

3:03:50 BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BOSTON IS

3:03:52 ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE

3:03:54 MASSACHUSETTS PAWTUCKET WHEN WE

3:03:56 COME AND NEED MARK PEOPLES AS

3:04:00 WELL AS OTHERS WHO HAVE SHAPED

3:04:01 THE SURROUNDING REGION, WE

3:04:03 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR

3:04:04 STEWARDSHIP OF AND CONNECTION

3:04:06 TO THESE LANDS FOR GENERATIONS.

3:04:07 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY HONORS

3:04:10 THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND

3:04:11 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INDIGENOUS

3:04:13 PEOPLES.

3:04:14 IT ALSO SERVES AS A REMINDER

3:04:15 OF THE INJUSTICES INDIGENOUS

3:04:17 PEOPLE HAVE FACED BOTH PAST AND

3:04:20 PRESENT.

3:04:20 WE MUST FACE THE TRUTH ABOUT

3:04:22 OUR ABOUT SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION,

3:04:24 GENOCIDE AND FORCED MIGRATION

3:04:25 WHILE ALSO UPLIFTING INDIGENOUS

3:04:28 COMMUNITIES STRENGTH,

3:04:29 RESILIENCE AND PRESERVATION

3:04:31 OF VALUES AND CULTURE.

3:04:32 THIS RECOGNITION MUST BE PAIRED

3:04:34 WITH ACTION BY AMPLIFYING

3:04:36 INDIGENOUS VOICES, INVESTING IN

3:04:38 RESOURCES, BUILDING

3:04:39 PARTNERSHIPS AND ENSURING

3:04:40 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE

3:04:41 VALUED.

3:04:42 WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE

3:04:44 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NORTH

3:04:45 AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER

3:04:46 OF BOSTON AND JP.

3:04:48 WHICH SERVES OUR COMMUNITIES

3:04:49 WITH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND

3:04:51 CONTINUES ITS ADVOCACY UM AND

3:04:53 WHOSE ESTABLISHMENT IS ROOTED

3:04:55 IN SOCIAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS UM

3:04:56 IN THE LATE 60S.

3:04:58 WE APPRECIATE THE ORGANIZATIONS

3:04:59 AND ADVOCATES WHO CONTINUE TO

3:05:00 UPLIFT AND SUPPORT OUR

3:05:01 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.

3:05:02 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING

3:05:04 THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND I'LL

3:05:06 END WITH WHEN I USED TO WORK AT

3:05:07 MTV, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

3:05:10 GO TO I THINK IT WAS SOUTH

3:05:11 DAKOTA AND I GOT SO EXCITED

3:05:13 BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE

3:05:14 INTERVIEWING SOMEONE WHO LIVED

3:05:16 IN THE RESERVATION AND I WAS SO

3:05:18 IGNORANT THAT I THOUGHT WHEN I

3:05:20 WENT TO THE RESERVATION IT WAS

3:05:22 GOING TO BE LIKE TPS AND

3:05:24 TURQUOISE AND LIKE INDIGENOUS

3:05:25 PEOPLE REALLY LIVING IN THE

3:05:27 LAND.

3:05:27 AND WHEN I GOT THERE I WAS SO

3:05:31 DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE

3:05:33 CONDITIONS THAT THE INDIGENOUS

3:05:35 PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN UM IN RAT

3:05:38 INFESTED SPACES AND PLACES AND

3:05:40 JUST THE POVERTY AND IT BROKE

3:05:42 MY HEART TO SEE.

3:05:43 THAT AND I KNOW I CANNOT

3:05:45 BELIEVE THAT I JUST ACKNOWLEDGE

3:05:46 HOW IGNORANT I WAS BUT UM, IT

3:05:49 WAS A RUDE AWAKENING ABOUT THE

3:05:52 INJUSTICES THAT SO MANY OF OUR

3:05:53 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FACE HERE IN

3:05:54 AMERICA.

3:05:55 THANK YOU.

3:05:56 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE

3:05:58 COUNCILMEMBER.

3:05:59 UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:06:01 I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILORS

3:06:02 UH LOUIJEUNE AND.

3:06:03 HERE FOR UH, ADDING ME AS A

3:06:05 THIRD SPONSOR.

3:06:06 UH, AS YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, PROUD

3:06:08 TO, UH, HAVE NIQAB.

3:06:10 IN MY DISTRICT.

3:06:12 UM, AND IN JUNE I WAS HONORED

3:06:15 TO ATTEND A HISTORIC LANDMARK

3:06:17 DEDICATION FOR NIQAB AT.

3:06:19 ITS BUILDING AT 105.

3:06:20 SOUTH HUNTINGTON AVENUE.

3:06:21 LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING, UM,

3:06:24 YOU KNOW, JEAN, JEAN-LUC AND

3:06:25 REGGIE AND AND EVERYONE ELSE AT

3:06:27 NIQAB, UH, YOU KNOW.

3:06:29 OVER UH ON MONDAY AND

3:06:31 THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE

3:06:32 YEAR.

3:06:33 UM, I SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR

3:06:36 HIGHLIGHTING THIS AND I THINK

3:06:36 IS.

3:06:37 AS COUNCILOR MEJIA HIGHLIGHTED

3:06:38 ,IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW, WE AS A

3:06:41 COUNTRY WE'VE.

3:06:41 TRIED TO.

3:06:42 ERASE AN ENTIRE PEOPLE UH, YOU

3:06:45 KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND

3:06:47 AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO US

3:06:48 TO STAND UP TO THAT AND AND YOU

3:06:50 KNOW, CONTINUE THAT FIGHT

3:06:51 TODAY.

3:06:52 MAKE SURE YOU.

3:06:52 KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT OUR

3:06:54 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HAVE GONE

3:06:56 THROUGH AND AND WHAT THEY'VE

3:06:57 CONTRIBUTED.

3:06:58 UH, HERE.

3:06:58 SO THANK YOU.

3:06:59 THANK YOU.

3:07:00 COUNCIL WEBER WHEN ANYONE ELSE

3:07:01 LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME IT'S

3:07:04 CLERK PLEASE ADD

3:07:05 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER

3:07:05 COUNCIL DURKAN.

3:07:07 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

3:07:07 COUNCILOR FLYNN

3:07:08 COUNCILOR MURPHY

3:07:09 COUNCIL PREPARED

3:07:10 COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL ROW

3:07:11 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR UH

3:07:14 COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND MARIA

3:07:15 AS WELL AS WEBER SIX MENTIONED

3:07:17 THE RULES AND ADOPTION

3:07:18 OF DOCKET 1929.

3:07:20 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL

3:07:22 THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

3:07:24 PLEASE START THE VOTE,

3:07:25 MR. CLERK.

3:07:30 COUNCILOR BREADON,

3:07:31 COUNCILOR COLLETTE.

3:07:32 YES, COUNCILOR GOES BY.

3:07:33 YES, COUNCILOR.

3:07:34 CULPEPPER.

3:07:35 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

3:07:35 YES.

3:07:36 COUNCILOR.

3:07:36 DURKAN.

3:07:37 YES.

3:07:37 COUNCILOR.

3:07:38 DURKAN.

3:07:38 YES.

3:07:38 COUNCILOR.

3:07:39 FITZGERALD.

3:07:40 COUNCILOR.

3:07:40 FITZGERALD.

3:07:40 YES.

3:07:41 COUNCILOR.

3:07:41 FLYNN.

3:07:42 YES.

3:07:42 COUNCILOR.

3:07:43 FLYNN.

3:07:43 YES.

3:07:43 COUNCIL.

3:07:44 LOUIJEUNE.

3:07:45 COUNCILOR.

3:07:45 LOUIJEUNE.

3:07:45 YES.

3:07:46 COUNCILOR.

3:07:46 MEJIA.

3:07:47 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.

3:07:48 YES.

3:07:49 COUNCILOR.

3:07:49 MURPHY.

3:07:50 COUNCILOR.

3:07:50 MURPHY.

3:07:51 YES.

3:07:51 COUNCIL.

3:07:51 THE PEN.

3:07:52 YES.

3:07:52 COUNCIL OF A PEN.

3:07:53 YES.

3:07:54 SANTANA.

3:07:56 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

3:07:56 YES.

3:07:56 COUNCIL.

3:07:57 WEBER.

3:07:57 YES.

3:07:58 COUNCIL.

3:07:58 LEVY.

3:07:58 YES AND COUNCILOR.

3:07:59 WORLD.

3:08:00 YES, COUNCILOR.

3:08:01 OH YES.

3:08:01 SO I CAN NUMBER 1929.

3:08:03 YES.

3:08:04 WE RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE

3:08:05 AFFIRMATIVE.

3:08:06 THANK YOU.

3:08:06 DOCKET 1929 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

3:08:08 MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ

3:08:09 DOCKET 1930.

3:08:11 DOCKET NUMBER 1930.

3:08:14 COUNCILORS DURKAN AND LOUIJEUNE

3:08:15 OFFERED THE FOLLOWING

3:08:17 RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 25TH

3:08:19 ANNIVERSARY IN NAMING

3:08:21 OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 AS OPENING

3:08:23 OUR DOORS DAY IN THE CITY

3:08:24 OF BOSTON.

3:08:25 THANK YOU.

3:08:26 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:08:26 COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:08:27 YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:08:28 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.

3:08:30 UM, WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION

3:08:31 THIS MORNING AND I JUST WANT TO

3:08:33 THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO STOPPED

3:08:34 BY OUR RECEPTION.

3:08:36 UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLE

3:08:37 PEPPER FITZGERALD.

3:08:38 UM, SANTANA.

3:08:39 UM, UH AND LOUIJEUNE UH, FOR

3:08:44 YOUR, UM, SUPPORT AND REALLY

3:08:46 GREAT AND YEAH, THANK YOU SO

3:08:47 MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR

3:08:48 HONORING UM, I KNOW KELLY

3:08:51 BRILLIANT AND UM, GENEVIEVE DE

3:08:54 UH, THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY

3:08:55 HARD UM, AND KELLY HAS WORKED

3:08:56 REALLY HARD OVER THE PAST 25

3:08:58 YEARS TO KEEP THIS GOING.

3:08:59 UM, AND IT'S BEEN THE

3:09:01 INSPIRATION UH, FOR A LOT OF,

3:09:03 UH OF OTHER THINGS THAT THESE

3:09:05 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE DONE

3:09:06 TO OPEN UP THEIR DOORS.

3:09:07 UM, SO I JUST WANT TO READ OUT

3:09:09 THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE

3:09:10 PARTICIPATING AND I WANT TO

3:09:11 GIVE COUNCILOR SANTANA I WANT

3:09:13 TO ADD HIM AS A THIRD, UH,

3:09:14 CO-SPONSOR AND I WANT TO GIVE

3:09:16 HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON

3:09:17 THIS.

3:09:18 UM, BUT I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL

3:09:20 ON MONDAY AT 10 A.M..

3:09:21 UM, IT STARTS RIGHT ON THE DOT.

3:09:23 SO IF YOU WANT TO COME, UM,

3:09:24 JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE ON

3:09:26 TIME.

3:09:26 UM, SO MASS ART ART MUSEUM,

3:09:28 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL

3:09:30 SOCIETY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS THE

3:09:32 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

3:09:33 SCIENTIST THE HUNTINGTON

3:09:36 THEATER, FENWAY STUDIOS, BESO

3:09:38 ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM

3:09:41 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS,

3:09:43 BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, THE

3:09:46 YMCA ON HUNTINGTON AVE, THE

3:09:47 TRANSOM GALLERY AT SIMMONS

3:09:48 UNIVERSITY, TUFTS U.

3:09:50 UM TUFTS UNIVERSITY, THE

3:09:51 SYMPHONY CACI ALSO STUDIO AND

3:09:54 EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY UH

3:09:56 UM CONSERVANCY JUST WANT TO

3:09:57 THANK YOU ALL UM ALL OF THESE

3:09:59 GROUPS UH FOR OPENING THEIR

3:10:02 DOORS AND FOR BEING PART

3:10:03 OF THIS UM THIS YEAR IS THE

3:10:05 25TH YEAR AND WE'RE ALL SO

3:10:06 EXCITED.

3:10:06 SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES

3:10:07 FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY

3:10:09 I WANT TO GIVE UM THANK YOU TO

3:10:11 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR UM AND

3:10:12 WANT TO GIVE COUNCILOR SANTANA

3:10:14 A CHANCE TO SPEAK AS WELL.

3:10:15 COUNCILOR JOHN OH, UM,

3:10:19 COUNCILOR DURKAN, ARE YOU

3:10:20 SEEKING TO ADD

3:10:21 COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD

3:10:22 CO-SPONSOR?

3:10:22 OKAY.

3:10:22 SEEING AND HEARING NO

3:10:23 OBJECTION.

3:10:23 YES, BUT SO ADDED

3:10:25 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

3:10:25 UH, YOU'RE GOOD

3:10:28 COUNCILOR SANTANA.

3:10:28 YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:10:29 AND AND.

3:10:29 AND THANK YOU.

3:10:32 UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR

3:10:33 INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL

3:10:35 CO-SPONSOR WHEN I WAS A KID IN

3:10:37 MISSION HILL AND THE MISSION

3:10:38 WHOLE SUMMER PROGRAM, I SPENT A

3:10:39 LOT OF TIME VISITING BOSTON'S

3:10:40 PARKS AND MUSEUMS.

3:10:41 I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT OPEN SPACE

3:10:43 IS FOR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS,

3:10:44 AND BOSTON HAS WON SOME OF THE

3:10:46 FINEST IN THE WORLD.

3:10:47 THE OPENING OUR DOORS FESTIVAL

3:10:49 A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC ACCESS

3:10:50 AND KEEPS THESE INSTITUTIONS

3:10:52 FROM BECOMING IVORY TOWERS

3:10:54 CLOSED OFF PART OF OUR CITY.

3:10:56 I APPLAUD THE HARRINGTON

3:10:58 THEATER, BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL

3:11:00 AND ALL THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS

3:11:01 UM, THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN

3:11:02 MENTIONED I DON'T HAVE THEM

3:11:04 HERE IN MY LIST BUT UM I THINK

3:11:05 I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS LAST

3:11:06 YEAR.

3:11:07 UM, JUST AN INCREDIBLE,

3:11:08 INCREDIBLE DAY.

3:11:09 UM, IT'S FILLED WITH, UM,

3:11:11 INCREDIBLE YOUTH WHO HAVE SO

3:11:12 MUCH TALENT.

3:11:13 UM, AND I ENCOURAGE MY

3:11:15 COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE SOME

3:11:16 TIME ON MONDAY, UM, TO STOP BY

3:11:18 AND SUPPORT.

3:11:19 UM, YEAH.

3:11:21 THANK YOU.

3:11:22 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

3:11:23 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

3:11:25 THEIR NAME?

3:11:27 MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD

3:11:28 COUNCILOR CULPEPER,

3:11:29 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,

3:11:30 COUNCILOR.

3:11:31 FLYNN, COUNCILOR.

3:11:32 MEJIA COUNCILOR.

3:11:32 MURPHY COUNCIL COUNCILOR.

3:11:33 WEBER COUNCILOR AROUND PLEASE

3:11:35 ADD THE CHAIR

3:11:36 COUNCILOR STRICKEN LOUIJEUNE

3:11:37 AND SANTANA SIX OF THE RULES

3:11:39 AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1930.

3:11:41 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL

3:11:44 THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

3:11:46 MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

3:11:47 CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON

3:11:49 DOCKET 1930.

3:11:51 COUNCILOR BREAK.

3:11:51 COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPONENT.

3:11:53 YES.

3:11:53 COUNCIL OPPOSED BUT YES.

3:11:55 COUNCILOR.

3:11:55 CULPEPER COUNCILOR.

3:11:56 YES.

3:11:57 COUNCIL DURKAN.

3:11:58 COUNCILOR.

3:11:59 DURKAN.

3:11:59 YES.

3:12:00 COUNCIL.

3:12:00 FITZGERALD.

3:12:01 COUNCIL FOR SHOW.

3:12:01 YES.

3:12:02 COUNCILOR.

3:12:02 FLYNN.

3:12:03 YES.

3:12:03 COUNCIL.

3:12:03 PHINEAS.

3:12:04 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

3:12:05 COUNCILOR.

3:12:06 LOUIJEUNE.

3:12:06 YES.

3:12:07 COUNCILOR.

3:12:07 MEJIA.

3:12:08 COUNCILOR.

3:12:08 MEJIA.

3:12:09 YES.

3:12:09 COUNCILOR.

3:12:10 MURPHY.

3:12:10 COUNCILOR.

3:12:11 MURPHY.

3:12:11 YES.

3:12:11 COUNCIL.

3:12:12 EVENT.

3:12:13 COUNCILOR PENELAS COUNCIL.

3:12:14 SANTANA.

3:12:14 YES.

3:12:14 COUNCILOR.

3:12:15 SANTANA.

3:12:16 COUNCILOR.

3:12:16 WEBER.

3:12:16 YES.

3:12:17 COUNCIL MEMBER.

3:12:18 YES AND COUNCILOR.

3:12:18 WORLD.

3:12:19 YEAH.

3:12:19 COUNCIL.

3:12:20 WELL YES.

3:12:21 SO I CAN NUMBER 1930 HAS

3:12:23 RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN.

3:12:24 THE AFFIRMATIVE.

3:12:26 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

3:12:27 UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN

3:12:29 SHEETS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE

3:12:30 WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR

3:12:30 NAME TO THE DOCKET THEY MAY

3:12:31 HAVE MISSED COUNCILOR MOREAU.

3:12:36 YES.

3:12:37 GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

3:12:42 UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1919.

3:12:50 THANK YOU.

3:12:52 UM, COUNCILOR MEJIA.

3:12:54 YES.

3:12:55 UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME

3:12:58 TO THE DOCKET TO, UH, 18.

3:13:01 UH OH MY GOD, IT WAS THE ONE

3:13:04 WITH THE SORRY CLICK THE UM THE

3:13:08 VETERANS THE HERO SQUARE.

3:13:10 YEAH.

3:13:12 1918 1918 1918.

3:13:14 THANK YOU.

3:13:16 UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:13:20 UM 1919 1918.

3:13:25 CLARK DO YOU HAVE THOSE?

3:13:27 YES.

3:13:27 OKAY, GREAT.

3:13:32 WE'RE NOW ON MOVING ON TO LATE

3:13:34 FILES.

3:13:36 TWO PERSONNEL.

3:13:37 TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS.

3:13:39 OKAY.

3:13:41 I'M A FOUR BY THE CLERK THAT

3:13:44 THERE ARE TWO PERSONNEL.

3:13:46 PERSONNEL ORDERS ABSENT.

3:13:49 OBJECTION.

3:13:49 THE PERSONNEL ORDERS WILL BE

3:13:51 ADDED.

3:13:51 MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ

3:13:53 THE PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO THE

3:13:55 RECORD.

3:13:55 FIRST PERSONNEL.

3:13:57 FIRSTLY FILE MANAGER THE.

3:14:00 PERSONNEL ORDER.

3:14:01 COUNSELOR BREEN FOR COUNSELOR

3:14:03 MEDIA.

3:14:04 AND SECOND PERSONNEL ORDER.

3:14:06 COUNSELOR BRAIN FOR COUNSELOR.

3:14:07 WE'RE UP.

3:14:08 THANK YOU.

3:14:09 THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE

3:14:10 OF THESE PERSONNEL ORDERS.

3:14:12 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:14:13 ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

3:14:15 THE AYES HAVE IT.

3:14:16 THANK YOU.

3:14:16 THE LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS

3:14:18 MATTERS HAVE BEEN PASSED.

3:14:21 OKAY.

3:14:22 WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE

3:14:23 CONSENT AGENDA.

3:14:27 I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK

3:14:28 THAT THERE'S ONE ADDITION TO

3:14:29 THE CONSENT AGENDA.

3:14:30 THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON

3:14:32 APPROVAL OF VARIOUS MATTERS

3:14:33 CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT

3:14:34 AGENDA.

3:14:35 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:14:36 RIGHT.

3:14:37 THANK YOU.

3:14:38 THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN

3:14:39 ADOPTED.

3:14:40 WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

3:14:42 PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR

3:14:44 UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.

3:14:46 DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY

3:14:47 ANNOUNCEMENTS?

3:14:50 OH I MISS GREEN SHEETS I

3:14:51 APOLOGIZE.

3:14:53 SORRY EVERYONE.

3:14:56 WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE

3:14:57 GREEN SHEETS.

3:14:58 IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL

3:14:59 ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?

3:15:02 YEAH.

3:15:03 OKAY, GREAT.

3:15:04 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU

3:15:06 HAVE YOUR, UM, MICROPHONE ON.

3:15:10 UH.

3:15:10 MADAM CHAIR FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

3:15:13 OKAY, GREAT.

3:15:13 UM.

3:15:16 UH, NO, WE DO ANNOUNCEMENTS

3:15:17 FIRST.

3:15:18 WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

3:15:19 PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR

3:15:21 UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.

3:15:22 UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU NOW

3:15:23 HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:15:25 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:15:26 MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO

3:15:28 RECOGNIZE A CLOSE FRIEND

3:15:30 OF MINE WHO I HAVE GREAT

3:15:31 RESPECT FOR.

3:15:32 UM, AS IT RELATES TO

3:15:34 ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT ON

3:15:35 OCTOBER 17TH, UH, PASTOR BRUCE

3:15:37 WALL IS RETIRING.

3:15:39 AFTER 33 YEARS AS PASTOR

3:15:42 OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES CHRISTIAN

3:15:43 .

3:15:43 CHURCH AND MORE THAN FIVE

3:15:45 DECADES OF MINISTRY AND

3:15:47 COMMUNITY SERVICE AS WELL.

3:15:49 TOGETHER PASTOR WALL AND KAREN

3:15:52 WALL PASTOR KAREN WALL HAVE

3:15:54 DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO

3:15:55 SERVING OTHERS, STRENGTHENING

3:15:58 FAMILIES, MENTORING YOUNG

3:15:59 PEOPLE, BRINGING PEOPLE

3:16:01 TOGETHER ACROSS BOSTON.

3:16:03 I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR

3:16:04 MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND

3:16:06 CONGRATULATE THEM AS THEY BEGIN

3:16:09 THIS NEXT CHAPTER.

3:16:10 WHAT I WHAT I MOST RESPECT

3:16:14 ABOUT PASTOR BRUCE WALL IS NOT

3:16:18 JUST HIS SERVICE AS A AS A

3:16:20 MEMBER OF THE CLERGY BUT WHO IS

3:16:23 A CLERK MAGISTRATE IN THE COURT

3:16:25 SYSTEM.

3:16:26 HE WAS STILL ALWAYS BRINGING

3:16:28 PEOPLE TOGETHER.

3:16:28 HE NEVER GAVE UP ON ANYBODY.

3:16:31 HE ALWAYS PROVIDED ENCOURAGING

3:16:33 WORD.

3:16:34 HE ALWAYS PROVIDED COMPASSION,

3:16:36 PROVIDED HOPE.

3:16:38 AND DURING BOSTON'S DIFFICULT

3:16:40 DAYS UM PASTOR WALL WAS THERE

3:16:43 ALONG WITH REVEREND CULPEPER

3:16:45 AND SO MANY OTHERS JOHN WATERS

3:16:49 SUPPORTERS.

3:16:49 ,UM.

3:16:50 REVEREND MICHAEL HAYNES.

3:16:52 BUT THE CLERGY.

3:16:54 CONTRIBUTED GREATLY.

3:16:56 AND THEY STILL CONTRIBUTE

3:16:57 GREATLY TO THE CITY OF BOSTON

3:16:58 AND JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY

3:17:01 FRIEND AND A WONDERFUL,

3:17:03 WONDERFUL MEMBER OF THE

3:17:04 COMMUNITY, PASTOR BRUCE PAUL

3:17:06 AND HIS AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE

3:17:08 AS WELL.

3:17:08 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:17:09 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:17:11 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU NOW

3:17:11 HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:17:12 I WANT TO ANNOUNCE.

3:17:13 THIS MORNING WE CELEBRATED.

3:17:15 THE OPENING.

3:17:16 OF THE.

3:17:17 CVS AND NUBIAN SQUARE.

3:17:19 WHAT A GREAT.

3:17:20 ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ADDITION TO

3:17:22 .

3:17:23 THE ROXBURY MAIN.

3:17:23 STREET KNOW THE WORK THAT

3:17:26 THEY'VE BEEN DOING NUBIAN

3:17:27 SQUARE I ALSO WANT TO ASSOCIATE

3:17:29 MYSELF WITH THE REMARKS BY

3:17:32 COUNCILOR FLYNN WITH REGARD TO,

3:17:33 UH, REVEREND BRUCE WALL

3:17:35 RETIRING LONGTIME FRIEND EVEN

3:17:38 BEFORE HE WAS IN THE MINISTRY

3:17:41 BEFORE WE WERE BOTH IN THE

3:17:43 MINISTRY HE WAS A PROBATION

3:17:45 OFFICER.

3:17:45 I WAS A YOUNG LAWYER UH, EVEN

3:17:48 BEFORE THAT AND WHEN WE WERE

3:17:49 JUST YOUNGER, YOUNGER FOLKS,

3:17:52 UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE

3:17:53 BRUCE FOR ALL THAT HE'S DONE

3:17:55 OVER THE YEARS BUILDING UP HIS

3:17:58 RADIO TELEVISION STATION, UH,

3:18:01 OVER THE YEARS IN THE CHURCH

3:18:03 AND JUST HAVING A GREAT CAREER

3:18:04 IN THE MINISTRY I HIS

3:18:06 RETIREMENT PARTY IS COMING UP

3:18:08 AS IS BISHOP BORDERS THIS

3:18:10 SATURDAY UH, THE 10TH UH AND SO

3:18:15 JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM

3:18:17 WHO REALLY MISS THEM AND THE

3:18:19 MINISTRY FOR ALL THEY DO.

3:18:21 WHO DO YOU CALL NOW WITHOUT UH

3:18:24 ,BISHOP OR WITHOUT REVEREND

3:18:26 LAW?

3:18:26 SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE

3:18:28 THEM AND, UH, WISH THEM A VERY

3:18:32 ,VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND,

3:18:34 UH, FUN RETIREMENT.

3:18:36 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:18:38 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER

3:18:39 .

3:18:40 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YOU KNOW

3:18:41 BEFORE.

3:18:42 THANK YOU.

3:18:42 I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY

3:18:43 COLLEAGUES AND UH, A LOT OF, UH

3:18:45 .

3:18:45 THE.

3:18:46 PASTORS AND BISHOPS ARE

3:18:48 RETIRING THIS YEAR.

3:18:49 I JUST WANT TO ALSO ECHO.

3:18:51 UH.

3:18:52 UH, PASTOR BRUCE WALL AND

3:18:53 EVERYTHING THAT HE'S GIVEN THE

3:18:54 COMMUNITY AND UH, YOU KNOW,

3:18:57 GALA PLANNING IS A LOT OF WORK

3:18:58 AND SO I WANT TO JUST UPLIFT

3:19:00 EVERYONE WHO'S CELEBRATING, UM

3:19:01 AND PLANNING HIS A GALA

3:19:03 CELEBRATION NEXT WEEKEND

3:19:05 PARTICULARLY, UH, MY FELLOW

3:19:06 HYDE PARK RESIDENT MARCELLA KIM

3:19:07 JACKSON.

3:19:08 THANK YOU.

3:19:08 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

3:19:11 UH, WE'RE WISHING A VERY HAPPY

3:19:13 BIRTHDAY TO DEBBIE GLENNON

3:19:14 OF COUNCILOR BRADEN'S OFFICE.

3:19:15 HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

3:19:16 UM, I ALSO WANT TO REMIND

3:19:18 EVERYBODY TO JOIN US FOR THE

3:19:19 2026 CITY COUNCIL HISPANIC AND

3:19:21 LATINX HERITAGE MONTH

3:19:22 CELEBRATION.

3:19:22 THE CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD IN

3:19:24 THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY,

3:19:26 OCTOBER 14TH AT 12 P.M. TAKING

3:19:28 PLACE AFTER THE HISPANIC THAT

3:19:29 FLAG RAISING AT 11 A.M. ON

3:19:31 CITY.

3:19:31 HALL PLAZA.

3:19:32 WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO

3:19:33 MEMORIALS.

3:19:34 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A

3:19:36 NAME?

3:19:36 UM I SAW COUNCILOR WEBERS UH,

3:19:39 LIGHT ON FIRST AND THEN WE'LL

3:19:40 GO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:19:43 OKAY.

3:19:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

3:19:45 UM.

3:19:45 TODAY MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE

3:19:47 THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK BY HAMAS

3:19:49 ON ISRAEL THAT KILLED

3:19:50 APPROXIMATELY 12,000 PEOPLE IN

3:19:53 ISRAEL AND WHERE 251 CIVILIANS

3:19:56 AND SOLDIERS WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE

3:19:58 MANY, UH, NEVER TO BE SEEN

3:20:00 ALIVE AGAIN.

3:20:01 UH IN RESPONSE, ISRAEL LAUNCHED

3:20:04 A COUNTERATTACK THAT ACCORDING

3:20:05 TO RECENT COUNTS RESULTED IN

3:20:08 77,000 PALESTINIAN DEATHS AND

3:20:10 OVER 150,000 INJURIES IN GAZA.

3:20:13 UH, THE EVENTS OF OCTOBER.

3:20:15 7TH AND ITS AFTERMATH WILL

3:20:17 BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE

3:20:18 MOST TRAGIC CHAPTERS IN OUR

3:20:20 SHARED.

3:20:20 HISTORY AND UH, MANY OF US, YOU

3:20:23 KNOW, MYSELF INCLUDED, STRUGGLE

3:20:25 TO DEAL WITH THE SCOPE OF THE

3:20:27 TRAUMA AND COMPLEXITY

3:20:29 OF OCTOBER 7TH TODAY.

3:20:31 UH, YOU KNOW MY THOUGHTS AND

3:20:33 AGAIN, UH, I I'M SURE MANY

3:20:35 OF MY COLLEAGUES JOIN ME OR

3:20:36 WITH ALL THOSE WHO LOST LOVED

3:20:38 ONES AND WHO HAVE SUFFERED AS A

3:20:40 RESULT OF THE EVENTS OF THAT

3:20:42 TERRIBLE DAY IN 2023.

3:20:44 THANK YOU.

3:20:46 COUNCIL WEBER.

3:20:47 COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU KNOW FOR

3:20:49 THAT.

3:20:49 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:20:51 UM, THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE IN

3:20:55 MY COMMUNITY THAT RECENTLY

3:20:57 PASSED AWAY.

3:20:58 I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM

3:21:00 BRIEFLY IF I MAY, BUT ONE

3:21:03 PERSON, LARRY DWYER, WHO

3:21:07 DEDICATED HIS CAREER TO SERVING

3:21:08 BOSTON, WAS A YOUTH WORKER AT

3:21:11 THE D STREET MULTI-SERVICE

3:21:12 CENTER, LATER SERVED AS THE

3:21:14 BOSTON, PA COMMISSIONER,

3:21:16 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND

3:21:18 HOSPITALS.

3:21:18 BEYOND HIS PROFESSIONAL

3:21:20 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, LARRY WAS

3:21:21 SOMEONE WHO WAS DEEPLY, DEEPLY

3:21:23 COMMITTED TO HIS FAMILY, HIS

3:21:25 FRIENDS, HIS COMMUNITY WAS A

3:21:26 COACH AND SOFTBALL.

3:21:28 HE PLAYED DRUMS WITH GOOD

3:21:30 FRIENDS, SPENDING TIME IN HIS

3:21:32 GARDEN ENJOYING ENJOYING A

3:21:34 ROUND OF GOLF.

3:21:35 HE BROUGHT ENERGY AND WARMTH TO

3:21:38 EVERYTHING HE DID.

3:21:39 HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE

3:21:41 INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING

3:21:43 IN SOUTH BOSTON CHARLESTOWN AS

3:21:45 WELL UM ANOTHER SOUTH BOSTON.

3:21:52 FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR WAS JOE LEE

3:21:56 ,A DORCHESTER NATIVE.

3:21:58 HE SPENT MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE

3:22:00 IN SOUTH BOSTON.

3:22:01 HE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER.

3:22:03 HE BECAME THE PRINCIPAL OF THE

3:22:04 GAVIN'S SCHOOL COMES FROM A

3:22:07 LARGE FAMILY UM HIS WIFE NANCY.

3:22:10 THEY THEY SHARED.

3:22:13 55 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

3:22:13 THEY RAISED SEVEN CHILDREN.

3:22:16 UM I EXTEND MY DEEPEST

3:22:18 CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND

3:22:20 MUCH OF THE WAKE LAST NIGHT FOR

3:22:24 JOSEPH LEE AND AND LARRY DWYER

3:22:27 AS WELL.

3:22:28 I'M GOING TO MISS BOTH OF THEM.

3:22:29 AND FINALLY UM ANOTHER ANOTHER

3:22:32 WONDERFUL FRIEND FROM

3:22:34 DORCHESTER WAS BOBBY.

3:22:36 BOBBY AND.

3:22:38 I WENT TO THE WAKE THIS MORNING

3:22:40 NOW A RESIDENT OF CHARLESTOWN.

3:22:43 UM BUT HE LIVED A REMARKABLE

3:22:45 LIFE UM, AS A YOUTH WORKER, AS

3:22:48 A TEACHER, UM, RUNNING HIS OWN

3:22:51 BUSINESS, SERVING IN LEADERSHIP

3:22:52 ROLES, THE FLYNN

3:22:54 ADMINISTRATION.

3:22:55 HE WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN CIVIC

3:22:57 POLITICAL LIFE.

3:22:59 HE HAD MANY FRIENDS THROUGHOUT

3:23:00 THE CITY.

3:23:01 HE WAS DEVOTED TO HIS FAMILY,

3:23:03 HIS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF HIS

3:23:05 DAUGHTER ALEXIS WHO MANY PEOPLE

3:23:07 KNOW HERE IN THIS I KNOW A

3:23:09 CHAMBER AND HIS GODSON JOHN

3:23:12 MCNAMEE SHARED COUNTLESS

3:23:14 ADVENTURES AROUND BOSTON.

3:23:16 HE WAS A READER.

3:23:18 HE LOVED HISTORY, SPORTS NEVER

3:23:21 NEVER FORGOT A BIRTHDAY.

3:23:23 I EXTEND OUR DEEPEST

3:23:26 CONDOLENCES TO ALEXIS JOHN BOB

3:23:30 SIBLINGS, EXTENDED FAMILY UH

3:23:32 BOB BY HIS GENEROSITY,

3:23:35 CURIOSITY, HUMOR, COMMITMENT TO

3:23:36 THE PEOPLE HE CARED ABOUT WILL

3:23:38 BE DEEPLY MISSED AND I KNOW MY

3:23:41 OTHER COLLEAGUES WILL PROBABLY

3:23:43 MENTION, UM JUDGE HOUSTON A

3:23:47 LIFE LIVED WELL THAT

3:23:50 CONTRIBUTED.

3:23:50 GREATLY NOT ONLY TO THE

3:23:52 RESIDENTS OF MASSACHUSETTS BUT

3:23:54 HELPING BRING THE CITY TOGETHER

3:23:59 AND.

3:24:00 MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON RACE

3:24:02 RELATIONS AND UH, NEVER GIVING

3:24:05 UP ON PEOPLE AS WELL.

3:24:06 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:24:07 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:24:08 AND WAS IT LARRY DWYER?

3:24:09 YES.

3:24:10 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

3:24:13 .

3:24:13 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:24:14 I'D ALSO LIKE TO UM AND TODAY'S

3:24:17 MEETING IN HONOR OF BOBBY

3:24:18 FINNERAN.

3:24:19 UH, HE WAS JUST A GREAT GUY.

3:24:21 GREGARIOUS, JUST CARED ABOUT

3:24:24 REGULAR PEOPLE ALL TYPES

3:24:26 OF PEOPLE, ALL TYPES OF THINGS.

3:24:28 I WILL NEVER FORGET FIRST

3:24:29 MEETING HIM.

3:24:29 I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS WARMTH

3:24:31 ,UH, THE WARMTH OF HIS

3:24:33 DAUGHTER ALEXIS.

3:24:34 AND SO I KNOW THAT SHE HER

3:24:36 DAD WAS HER BEST FRIEND AND I

3:24:38 CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN THAT

3:24:39 SHE'S EXPERIENCING.

3:24:40 SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE, UM, MY

3:24:43 CONDOLENCES TO UH UM.

3:24:46 UH, BOBBY.

3:24:48 VETERAN'S FAMILY, ALL OF HIS

3:24:49 SIBLINGS WHO WERE THERE THIS

3:24:51 MORNING TO ALEXIS AND TO HIS

3:24:55 GRANT TO ALEXIS, HIS HUSBAND,

3:24:57 UH, KEVIN AND TO.

3:25:00 UM JOHN ROBERT FITZGERALD, HIS

3:25:02 GRANDSON WHO DEEPLY, DEEPLY

3:25:03 LOVED HIS GRANDAD.

3:25:04 THANK YOU.

3:25:04 THANK YOU,

3:25:06 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

3:25:06 COUNCILOR EARLE.

3:25:09 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:25:10 AND I ALSO LIKE TO REMEMBER,

3:25:12 UH, BOBBY FENNER AND I ALSO

3:25:13 WANT TO UM, UH, REMEMBER THE

3:25:16 LIFE OF RAHIM UH MUHAMMAD AS

3:25:18 WELL WHO PASSED AWAY ON

3:25:20 SEPTEMBER 26TH AFTER BATTLING

3:25:23 UH, CONCILOR BREADON CANCER FOR

3:25:24 16 MONTHS.

3:25:26 THANK YOU.

3:25:27 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL

3:25:28 .

3:25:28 UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT

3:25:30 THE NAME OF, UM, BOBBY FINNERAN

3:25:31 WHEN YOU'RE A STAFFER, PEOPLE

3:25:34 TYPICALLY LOOK PAST YOU AND

3:25:35 AND, UM, DON'T PAY ATTENTION.

3:25:37 BUT HE WAS ALWAYS SOMEBODY IN

3:25:39 CHARLESTOWN THAT WOULD ASK

3:25:40 ME HOW I'M DOING AND PROVIDE,

3:25:42 UH, WORDS OF ADVICE,

3:25:43 ENCOURAGEMENT AND WISDOM.

3:25:44 AND I LOVED HIS HUMOR AND, UM,

3:25:47 APPRECIATED HIS SUPPORT AND UM,

3:25:49 MY HEART GOES TO ALEXIS AND THE

3:25:51 ENTIRE FINNER AND FAMILY.

3:25:52 UM, PLEASE ACCEPT MY DEEPEST

3:25:54 CONDOLENCES.

3:25:54 THE LAST TIME I SAW BOBBY HE

3:25:56 WAS WITH HIS GRANDSON AND HE

3:25:57 WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH HE

3:25:58 LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS

3:25:59 WITH HIS GRANDSON.

3:26:01 SO UM, MY HEART TO HIS TO HIS,

3:26:03 UH, GRANDSON AND, UM, ALL

3:26:04 MEMBERS OF THE CENTER AND

3:26:06 FAMILY.

3:26:12 OKAY, SO ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR

3:26:15 FLYNN LOUIJEUNE AND MYSELF,

3:26:18 ROBERT BOB FINNERAN ON BEHALF

3:26:21 OF COUNCILOR FLYNN, JOSEPH JOE

3:26:24 LEE, LARRY DWYER AND JUSTICE

3:26:28 JULIAN HOUSTON ON BEHALF

3:26:30 OF COUNCILOR WORRELL RAHIM

3:26:32 MUHAMMAD ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR

3:26:35 FITZGERALD THERESA F TERRY

3:26:39 NORTON DOWNEY WHO IS UM PAUL

3:26:41 FLAHERTY'S MOM FROM THE CLERK'S

3:26:42 OFFICE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF

3:26:45 GERALD A JERRY DONNARUMMA AND

3:26:49 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR WEBER

3:26:51 AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL ALL

3:26:53 THOSE LOST ON SEPTEMBER UH

3:26:55 EXCUSE ME OCTOBER 7TH AND IN

3:26:57 THE SUBSEQUENT WEEKS, MONTHS

3:26:58 AND YEARS THEREAFTER.

3:26:59 A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.

3:27:08 THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE

3:27:10 COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY DOES SO

3:27:11 IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED

3:27:12 INDIVIDUALS.

3:27:13 THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO

3:27:15 MEET AGAIN IN THE I KNOW THE

3:27:16 CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY

3:27:19 OCTOBER 21ST 2026 AT £0.12 PM.

3:27:21 UM IT WAS AN HONOR AS AN SD

3:27:22 CARD TO PRESIDE OVER THIS

3:27:24 COUNCIL MEETING TODAY I WANT TO

3:27:25 THANK MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL

3:27:26 STAFF, THE CLERK AT THE CLERK'S

3:27:27 OFFICE AND THE

3:27:28 COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL THOSE

3:27:29 IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENTS I THE

3:27:32 COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.

3:27:32 THANK YOU EVERYBODY.