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[3:08] L
[3:09] PASTORAL EDUCATION AT JEFFERSON
[3:11] UM EINSTEIN HOSPITAL IN
[3:13] PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND
[3:14] AT HAVEN WOOD HERITAGE HEIGHTS
[3:15] IN CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[3:17] IN THEIR ROLE AS MULTI-FAITH
[3:18] CHAPLAIN, SARAH SUPPORTS THE
[3:20] SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING
[3:21] OF PATIENTS, THEIR LOVED ONES
[3:22] AND STAFF AT DANA-FARBER.
[3:24] SARAH'S WORK IS ROOTED IN
[3:26] APPROACHES IN HUMANIST
[3:27] PHILOSOPHY, RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
[3:29] AND PEOPLE CENTERED CARE.
[3:31] THEY ARE ENDORSED AS A CHAPLAIN
[3:33] BY THE HUMANE SOCIETY AND WE'RE
[3:35] SO HAPPY THAT THEY ARE HERE
[3:36] WITH US.
[3:42] THANK YOU.
[3:43] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
[3:46] I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY SHARING A
[3:48] READING WRITTEN BY HOWARD
[3:49] THURMAN FROM MEDITATIONS OF THE
[3:52] HEART CALLED TWO AREAS OF NEED.
[3:55] THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO AREAS
[3:57] OF NEED IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE ARE
[3:59] INVOLVED.
[4:00] ONE IS THE INSISTENCE UPON
[4:02] FINDING SOMETHING TO WORSHIP.
[4:05] EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING
[4:06] TO WORSHIP.
[4:07] IT IS NOT OPTIONAL.
[4:10] IT IS NOT MERELY THE RESULT
[4:11] OF SOME PARTICULARLY
[4:12] SIGNIFICANT SPIRITUAL BIAS IN
[4:15] PERSONALITY EITHER.
[4:16] THERE IS SOMETHING NATIVE TO
[4:18] THE HUMAN SPIRIT THAT INSISTS
[4:21] UPON THE OFFERING OF ONE'S
[4:22] PRECIOUS GIFTS PRECIOUS
[4:25] POSSESSIONS.
[4:26] OFFERING THEM TO SOMETHING
[4:28] OUTSIDE OF ONESELF SOMETHING
[4:30] THAT IS REGARDED AS SUPREMELY
[4:33] WORTHWHILE.
[4:35] WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET A
[4:36] VERY WONDERFUL PIECE OF GOOD
[4:38] NEWS?
[4:38] WHAT DO YOU DO?
[4:40] YOU WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY
[4:42] SOMEBODY WHO MEANS ENOUGH TO
[4:43] YOU TO ACCEPT YOUR TIDINGS AS A
[4:46] SYMBOL OF NEARNESS AND DEVOTION
[4:49] ?
[4:50] WHAT DO YOU WORSHIP?
[4:52] WHAT DO YOU BRING THE MOST
[4:54] PRECIOUS INCREMENTS OF YOUR
[4:55] SPIRIT, YOUR MIND AND YOUR
[4:58] POSSESSIONS.
[4:59] THE NEED IS EVER PRESENT.
[5:02] WHATEVER IT IS THAT HOLDS SO
[5:04] CENTRAL A PLACE IN YOUR
[5:05] REACTION TO LIVING THAT IS YOUR
[5:08] ALL.
[5:09] THERE IS ALSO THE NEED OF BEING
[5:11] A PART OF THE FAMILY, THE HUMAN
[5:13] FAMILY, THE HUMAN RACE.
[5:16] I'M AWARE THAT ALL THE RACE IN
[5:18] SOME MEANINGFUL SENSE BREATHES
[5:20] THROUGH ME THAT I AM A PART
[5:23] OF THE VERY PULSATING RHYTHM
[5:26] OF EXISTENCE.
[5:27] I AM NOT A THING APART.
[5:29] I AM NOT A SEPARATE UNIT.
[5:31] I AM DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE
[5:33] COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE
[5:35] OF ALIVENESS AND OF HUMAN
[5:37] ALIVENESS.
[5:39] IF I AM CUT OFF SO THAT ONLY MY
[5:41] LITTLE LIFE BREATHES THROUGH
[5:42] ME, ONLY MY LITTLE HOPES
[5:45] COURSED THROUGH MY MIND AND
[5:46] SPIRIT.
[5:48] ONLY MY LITTLE THOUGHTS
[5:49] PENETRATE MY BRAIN AND LIFE FOR
[5:52] ME IS NOT WORTH LIVING.
[5:54] I MUST HAVE A SENSE OF DEEP
[5:57] CORPORATE VITALITY.
[5:59] NOTHING LESS THAN THIS WILL
[6:01] SATISFY.
[6:03] THEREFORE I MUST MANAGE SOMEHOW
[6:04] TO KEEP THE LINES
[6:06] OF COMMUNICATION OPEN BETWEEN
[6:08] ME AND THE HUMAN FAMILY.
[6:10] HOW WONDERFUL IT IS IF I CAN DO
[6:12] THIS BY LOVE, BY WARMTH, BY
[6:15] KINDLING FLAME OF ABIDING
[6:17] FELLOWSHIP.
[6:19] OFTEN IF IT CANNOT BE DONE THAT
[6:21] WAY THERE IS RESORT TO HEAT TO
[6:24] ANTAGONISM TWO AGENCY.
[6:27] THE SHOUTING OF DEFIANCE IS THE
[6:29] CALL OF MY HEART FOR KINSHIP.
[6:33] IF ONE CANNOT BECOME THE CENTER
[6:34] OF AN INCREASING AFFECTION IN
[6:37] THEIR DESPERATION THEY BECOME
[6:38] THE CORE OF A GREAT REJECTION.
[6:40] FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
[6:42] THERE IS BUT ONE FAMILY UNDER
[6:44] ALL.
[6:44] AND I AM A MEMBER OF IT.
[6:49] IN MY WORK AS THE CHAPLAIN AT
[6:51] DANA-FARBER, UM, I FREQUENTLY
[6:53] WONDER ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO
[6:55] PROVIDE CARE.
[6:56] WHAT IS THE MEANING OF CARE?
[7:00] IN HER ESSAY TITLED WHO CARES?
[7:02] POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND AUTHOR
[7:04] JOAN TORONTO STATES.
[7:05] NEEDS NEVER END UNTIL WE DIE.
[7:09] CARE IS ALWAYS PRESENT, RARELY
[7:11] VISIBLE, ALWAYS REQUIRING
[7:14] SOMETHING FROM US.
[7:17] WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CARE?
[7:21] I IMAGINE IN TODAY'S MEETING
[7:23] THIS COUNCIL WILL INDEED TAKE
[7:25] CARE IN REVIEWING THE ITEMS ON
[7:28] TODAY'S AGENDA AND
[7:29] CONTEMPLATING HOW BEST TO MEET
[7:31] THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
[7:33] .
[7:35] THEN LET US PREPARE FOR THE
[7:37] TASK AHEAD WITH A MOMENT
[7:39] OF QUIETUDE AND A BLESSING.
[7:54] MAY A SPIRIT OF WISDOM,
[7:57] DISCERNMENT AND COMPASSION
[7:59] GUIDE THE CONTEMPLATIONS AND
[8:02] DECISIONS OF THIS
[8:03] COUNCIL TODAY.
[8:05] MAY A SPIRIT OF SIBLING HOOD
[8:07] AND FRIENDSHIP BE IN THE HEARTS
[8:09] OF ALL PERSONS IN THE CITY
[8:11] OF BOSTON AND MAY WE
[8:14] COLLECTIVELY STRIVE TO CREATE A
[8:16] MORE CARING WORLD TOGETHER.
[8:21] THANK YOU.
[8:23] THANK YOU SO.
[8:26] MUCH.
[8:27] ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
[8:28] OF THE UNITED STATES.
[8:30] OF AMERICA AND TO THE
[8:31] REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS
[8:33] ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
[8:37] INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
[8:39] JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[8:46] THANK YOU SARAH.
[8:47] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[8:48] UM.
[8:50] I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW INVITE
[8:52] UM, THE UM A BIG UH UH.
[8:58] THE MA BIG GROUP CONTRACT GROUP
[9:01] TO COME FORWARD.
[9:01] UM, FOR A PHOTO WE HAVE A
[9:05] RESOLUTION FOR WITH AND SUPPORT
[9:07] OF THEY MAY BE AND THEY'RE, UH
[9:09] ,SEEKING A FAIR CONTRACT.
[9:11] UM, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME
[9:13] UP, WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH WITH
[9:14] OUR COLLEAGUES.
[9:15] COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD COME UP.
[9:16] WE'LL HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH WITH
[9:17] THEM.
[9:17] THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION
[9:19] FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
[9:20] IMPAIRED COMMUNITY SERVICES MAB
[9:23] WAS FOUNDED IN 1903 AND HAS
[9:25] LONG CREATED OPPORTUNITIES AND
[9:27] EMPOWERED PEOPLE WITH
[9:28] DISABILITIES THROUGH PROGRAMS
[9:29] THAT PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE,
[9:30] RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY.
[9:32] UH, TODAY'S RESOLUTION IS THAT
[9:35] THE BOSTON CITY
[9:37] COUNCIL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR
[9:38] THE MAB COMMUNITY SERVICE
[9:40] WORKERS REPRESENTED BY SEIU FOR
[9:42] 509 AND CALLS UPON THE MAB
[9:45] COMMUNITY SERVICES TO PROMPTLY
[9:47] AND MEANINGFULLY, MEANINGFULLY
[9:49] RESPOND TO ALL MY MEMBERS
[9:51] CONTRACT PROPOSALS AND SPEEDILY
[9:53] REACH A FAIR CONTRACT WITHOUT
[9:54] DELAY.
[9:55] SO WELCOME.
[10:00] THIS.
[10:03] UM.
[10:05] SO THIS ISN'T A FORMAL
[10:07] PRESENTATION.
[10:08] WE WANT TO HAVE A RESOLUTION SO
[10:09] WE'LL JUST HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH
[10:10] OF OUR, UH, COLLEAGUES.
[10:13] SO, UH, ARE YOU IN, UM, I WAS.
[10:16] THINKING COME FORWARD.
[10:17] COME, COME.
[10:20] COME FORWARD UP TO THE FRONT.
[10:24] SO THANK YOU.
[10:25] I WORKED AT PERKINS SCHOOL FOR
[10:27] THE BLIND FOR 16 YEARS AND I
[10:28] REALLY APPRECIATE THE
[10:30] IMPORTANCE OF CARE WORKERS LIKE
[10:32] THE FOLKS WHO THERE MAY BE WHO
[10:33] HELP SUPPORT OUR, UH, FOLKS
[10:35] WITH, UH, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AS
[10:37] THEY, UH, LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN
[10:39] THE COMMUNITY AND UH AND ALSO
[10:41] AS THEY AGE AND PLACE LATER ON
[10:43] IN THEIR LIVES.
[10:44] SO I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH
[10:45] AND I WISH YOU, UH, ALL THE
[10:47] BEST IN YOUR CONTRACT
[10:49] NEGOTIATIONS AND A SPEEDY
[10:50] RESOLUTION.
[10:50] THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
[10:52] YOU.
[10:52] AND WE'LL.
[10:53] HOLD THIS OFF.
[11:00] GOOD.
[11:03] THANK YOU.
[11:17] ANYONE?
[11:19] THANK YOU.
[11:27] SO WHEN NEXT WE WILL HAVE, UM,
[11:29] TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
[11:32] UH UH, COLLEAGUES,
[11:34] COUNCILOR WEBER IS RECOGNIZING
[11:36] BHP'S GIRLS SPORTS COACHES.
[11:38] AND COUNCILOR SANTANA IS
[11:40] RECOGNIZING BHP'S SYDNEY
[11:41] BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS.
[11:42] LOTS OF ATHLETES IN THE ROOM
[11:44] AND CULTURAL WELL, ARE YOU YOU
[11:47] CONSIDER SANTANA AND COUNTRY
[11:49] WELL EXCELLENT.
[11:50] SO WE'LL START IT OFF.
[11:52] COUNCILOR WEBER, UM, YOU HAVE
[11:53] THE FLOOR FOR FIVE MINUTES.
[11:54] DO YOU WANT TO INVITE YOUR.
[11:57] FOCUSED ON.
[11:58] YEAH.
[11:58] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[12:00] UH, IF I GET, UH, JOHN CONNELLY
[12:02] AND CLAUDIA PRUDENTIAL.
[12:05] UH, CLARITA.
[12:06] SORRY.
[12:07] PRUDENTIAL DOWN HERE.
[12:14] OKAY, SO SO YEAH.
[12:16] YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE SAME
[12:18] BEHIND ME.
[12:19] OKAY.
[12:24] UH, TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR
[12:26] OF PRESENTING, UH, TWO
[12:27] RESOLUTIONS TO TWO INCREDIBLE
[12:28] INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MADE A
[12:29] DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
[12:30] OF COUNTLESS GIRLS INVOLVED IN
[12:32] YOUTH SPORTS HERE IN BOSTON.
[12:34] UH, WITH ME TODAY ARE, UH,
[12:37] PARKWAY GIRLS SOCCER COACH, UH
[12:38] ,AND, UH, FORMER AT-LARGE CITY
[12:41] COUNCILOR JOHN CONNOLLY AND UH
[12:44] CLARIDA PRUDENTIAL WHO IS THE
[12:45] HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH AT EAST
[12:47] BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
[12:49] UM I'M GOING TO START WITH UH
[12:51] COACH PRUDENTIAL UH, WHO HAS
[12:53] BEEN HARD AT WORK AS THE HEAD
[12:56] OF THE GIRLS UH HEAD COACH
[12:57] OF THE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM AT
[12:58] EAST BOSTON HIGH.
[13:00] UM I AM PRESENTING THIS
[13:01] RESOLUTION ON BEHALF
[13:02] OF DISTRICT ONE CITY
[13:04] COUNCILOR GABRIELLE COLLETTA
[13:05] ZAPATOS UH, CURRENTLY OUT ON
[13:06] MATERNITY LEAVE.
[13:07] UM, WE ASKED UH, FOR TO
[13:11] RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY WHO'S MADE A
[13:13] DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR,
[13:15] UH, GIRL ATHLETES HERE IN
[13:17] BOSTON AND, UH, AND WE WERE
[13:20] TOLD COACH PRUDENTIAL WAS THE
[13:22] PERSON TO RECOGNIZE, UH, AN
[13:24] EAST BOSTON HIGH ALUM AND
[13:26] FORMER MEMBER OF THE CITY
[13:27] LEAGUE, UH, VOLLEYBALL AND
[13:29] SOFTBALL ALL STAR TEAMS.
[13:31] UH COACH CLARIDA BECAME A
[13:33] MEMBER OF THE EAST BOSTON HIGH
[13:34] SCHOOL STAFF IN 2021 AND HAD A
[13:37] TERRIFIC FIRST SEASON AS HEAD
[13:38] OF THE VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM WITH
[13:40] TEN WINS AND THREE LOSSES WITH
[13:42] HER FORMER TEAMMATE UH JESSICA
[13:45] SARAVIA UH SERVING AS UM HER
[13:47] ASSISTANT COACH UH UNDER HER
[13:50] LEADERSHIP THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM
[13:50] BECAME AN MIA TOURNAMENT
[13:54] QUALIFIER IN 2022 AND 2024.
[13:57] AS A LEADER UH COACH NCO CAN BE
[13:59] DESCRIBED AS AN ORGANIZED AND
[14:00] DISCIPLINED COACH WHO'S WELL
[14:01] CONNECTED TO THE NEEDS OF HER
[14:02] TEAM IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION
[14:04] WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND
[14:07] UH AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER
[14:09] OF THE EAST BOSTON HIGH
[14:10] COMMUNITY.
[14:11] UH COACH PRUDENTIAL IS
[14:12] CURRENTLY TEACHES PHYSICS AT
[14:13] EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND UM
[14:17] UH HAS UH HAS REALLY SHOWN
[14:20] EXCELLENCE UH IN COACHING THAT
[14:22] THAT TEAM I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO
[14:24] SOME VOLLEYBALL GAMES MY
[14:25] DAUGHTER GOES TO BELLA WAS ON
[14:27] THE JV TEAM AND SO UH WE SAW
[14:29] HOW WELL DRILLED THE EAST
[14:30] BOSTON TEAM WAS.
[14:31] ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE WHO WON
[14:32] THIS YEAR I COULD HAVE BEEN
[14:34] PLAY BUT UM UH WE WE WE DON'T
[14:37] HAVE ANY FAVORITES HERE.
[14:39] UM EXCEPT RIGHT NOW WE'RE OUR
[14:41] FAVORITE IS EAST BOSTON HIGH.
[14:42] UM, SO I HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE
[14:44] FOR, UH, COACH CLARIDA I IF YOU
[14:48] WOULD LIKE TO.
[14:49] COME UP UM, AND, UH, HERE.
[14:54] IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
[14:54] TO SAY ANYTHING, I RECOGNIZE
[14:56] YOU.
[14:57] WHOEVER'S WITH YOU.
[14:58] OKAY.
[14:59] JUST, UM.
[15:01] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[15:03] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
[15:05] BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND BOSTON
[15:06] PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ATHLETICS
[15:07] FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR AS A
[15:09] PROUD EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL
[15:10] GRADUATE AND FORMER STUDENT
[15:11] ATHLETE, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO
[15:13] COME BACK.
[15:13] AND COACH.
[15:14] AT THE SCHOOL THAT.
[15:14] HELPED SHAPE WHO I AM.
[15:15] THIS RECOGNITION.
[15:16] BELONGS TO MY PLAYERS, MY
[15:18] ASSISTANT COACHES, FAMILIES AND
[15:19] THE ENTIRE EAST BOSTON
[15:20] COMMUNITY.
[15:21] THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME AND
[15:22] MAKING OUR PROGRAM WHAT IT IS
[15:23] TODAY.
[15:24] I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
[15:25] OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK AND
[15:26] LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
[15:27] SUPPORT AND INSPIRE THE NEXT
[15:28] GENERATION OF STUDENT ATHLETES
[15:31] .
[15:31] THANK YOU.
[15:35] OKAY.
[15:36] UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[15:37] UH, WE'RE ALSO JOINED TODAY,
[15:40] UH, BY A TEAM MEMBER OF THIS
[15:44] BODY, UH, JOHN CONNOLLY.
[15:46] UM, UH, HE SERVED FOR THREE
[15:48] TERMS AS AN AT LARGE CITY
[15:50] COUNCILOR.
[15:50] UH, I WAS HERE NOW FOR HIS WORK
[15:52] ON EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL
[15:53] MATTERS GOING ON TO BECOME THE
[15:55] FOUNDER AND LEADER, UH, AN
[15:56] ADVISOR IN THE NONPROFIT SCHOOL
[15:57] FOR BOSTON AND ALSO THE
[15:59] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER
[16:02] OF 1647 FAMILIES OVER THERE.
[16:03] OKAY.
[16:04] UM, AND GIVEN HIS INTEREST IN
[16:05] PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE YOUTH
[16:07] IN OUR CITY, IT'S NO SURPRISE
[16:08] THAT COUNCILOR CONNOLLY IS NOW
[16:10] NOSE COACH CONNELLY.
[16:11] UM, AS PRESIDENT OF PARKWAY
[16:13] TRAVEL SOCCER, HE'S HELPED GROW
[16:15] THE WEST ROXBURY BASED PROGRAM,
[16:17] UH, TO NEARLY 600 GIRLS
[16:20] PARTICIPATING THIS SEASON ALONE
[16:21] .
[16:21] HIS LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO
[16:22] YOU SOCCER UM, YOU KNOW, IN
[16:25] WEST ROXBURY AND, UH, I KNOW
[16:28] FAMILIES COME FROM UH, HYDE
[16:30] PARK AND ROSLINDALE AND JAMAICA
[16:32] PLAIN ALSO, UH, HAS MADE HIM A
[16:33] CITY PARTNER, UH, TO THE BOSTON
[16:35] SOCCER LEAGUE SINCE ITS
[16:37] INAUGURAL UH PILOT SEASONS
[16:39] SUPPORTING GIRLS PARTICIPATION
[16:41] ACCESS TO SPORT ACROSS THE
[16:43] CITY.
[16:43] I KNOW, UH, WHEN I PLAYED
[16:45] SOCCER AS A KID, NONE OF THE
[16:46] PARENTS KNEW HOW THE SPORT
[16:48] WORKED AND THERE WAS ONE PERSON
[16:50] IN MY HOMETOWN WHO WAS FROM A
[16:52] LONG GONE COUNTRY CALLED
[16:54] YUGOSLAVIA BECAUSE HE WAS NOT
[16:55] FROM THE UNITED STATES.
[16:57] HE MUST KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT
[16:59] SOCCER.
[16:59] SO HE WAS THE SOCCER COACH IN
[17:00] THE TOWN AND TOWNS LIKE THAT
[17:02] ALL OVER THE COUNTRY RELIED ON
[17:04] PEOPLE JUST TO ORGANIZE
[17:05] SOMETHING AROUND SOCCER.
[17:07] AND SO YOU KNOW AND THAT THAT
[17:08] BACK THEN IT WAS A FEW KIDS
[17:10] HERE AND THERE WHO WOULD BE
[17:11] PLAYING NOW IT'S PEOPLE LIKE
[17:13] JOHN CONNOLLY, YOU KNOW, WHO
[17:15] ARE REALLY GATHERING
[17:16] COMMUNITIES AND SETTING UP THE
[17:17] INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN HANDLE
[17:19] UH, PROVIDING COACHING JERSEYS
[17:21] ,YOU KNOW, UH SHIN GUARDS, UH
[17:24] AND TEAMS FOR 600 UH GIRLS IN
[17:27] PARK SOCCER ALONE AND IT'S THAT
[17:29] KIND OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY
[17:31] ORGANIZING AND ORGANIZING
[17:32] AROUND SOCCER THAT IS REALLY
[17:34] YOU KNOW, IT REALLY BENEFITS
[17:35] ALL OF OUR UH ALL OF OUR
[17:38] NEIGHBORHOODS.
[17:38] AND YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO BE
[17:40] ABLE TO STAND UP HERE, UH, WITH
[17:42] COACH CONNELLY AND AND
[17:43] RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS WORK, UH,
[17:47] WITH PARKWAY SOCCER.
[17:54] UM.
[17:55] THANK UH.
[17:56] THANK YOU.
[17:57] COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE KIND
[17:58] WORDS AND, UM, THANK YOU, UH,
[18:01] PRESIDENT BRITTON FOR ALL YOUR
[18:02] GOOD WORK AND THANK YOU.
[18:04] UH, COUNCILORS.
[18:05] IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY
[18:07] FAMILIAR FACES AND TO SEE SOME
[18:08] NEW ONES AND, UH, I KNOW HOW
[18:10] HARD YOU WORK, UH, ON BEHALF
[18:12] OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I
[18:14] THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YOUR
[18:15] HARD WORK.
[18:16] UH, IN THE PARKWAY WE STARTED
[18:19] PARKWAY GIRLS SOCCER THIS PAST
[18:21] YEAR, UH, FOR 5 TO 8 YEAR OLDS
[18:24] TO, UH, HAVE AN ENTRY POINT FOR
[18:25] AN ALL GIRLS UH, SOCCER LEAGUE.
[18:28] WE HAD, UH, OVER 100 GIRLS SIGN
[18:30] UP LIKE THAT UM, WHICH REALLY
[18:32] SHOWED, UH, THE DEMAND FOR IT
[18:34] UH, PRIMARILY GIRLS FROM WEST
[18:35] ROXBURY, ROSLINDALE, JAMAICA
[18:37] PLAIN, HYDE PARK BUT ALSO GIRLS
[18:39] FROM MATTAPAN, DORCHESTER AND
[18:41] BRIGHTON UM, WHO PLAY IN IT UH
[18:44] AS WELL.
[18:45] IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE
[18:46] SMILES ON THEIR FACES AS
[18:47] THEY'RE LEARNING THE GAME UM,
[18:49] FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT ALSO TO
[18:51] KNOW, UH, THAT THEY'RE
[18:52] DEVELOPING SELF-CONFIDENCE AND
[18:54] LEADERSHIP SKILLS UM, AT THE
[18:55] SAME TIME AND I WOULD BE REMISS
[18:57] IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT PARKWAY
[18:59] GIRLS SOCCER WAS FOUNDED BY,
[19:01] UM, SEVEN PARENTS, FIVE OF WHOM
[19:04] ARE MOMS.
[19:04] UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
[19:06] ORGANIZATION IS IS A, UH, MOM
[19:08] AND A NURSE WHO COULDN'T BE
[19:09] HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAD TO
[19:11] WORK.
[19:11] UM, AND SO I'M I'M HONORED TO
[19:13] ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF ALL
[19:14] OF THEM.
[19:15] AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, UM, THE
[19:17] LION'S SHARE OF OUR COACHES ARE
[19:19] MOMS.
[19:19] UM, AND SO THIS IS REALLY AN
[19:21] INCREDIBLE THING.
[19:22] WE LOVE HAVING THE DADS TOO.
[19:24] I IT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF THE
[19:25] WEEK.
[19:26] BUT TO KNOW THAT THESE LITTLE
[19:27] GIRLS SEE MOMS IN COACHING
[19:29] LEADERSHIP ROLES, UH, AND THE
[19:31] IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON NOT
[19:33] HOPEFULLY JUST CREATING UH
[19:34] GIRLS WHO ARE GOING TO LOVE
[19:35] SOCCER LOVE PLAYING IT BUT WHO
[19:37] WILL THEN GO ON TO COACH IT AT
[19:39] SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES.
[19:40] AND SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR ALL
[19:43] YOUR GREAT WORK UH, FOR
[19:44] EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY
[19:46] I BELIEVE I MEAN I UNDERSTAND
[19:48] HOW HARD YOU WORK.
[19:49] UM AND THANK YOU,
[19:50] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[19:55] AND LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES TO.
[19:56] COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.
[19:56] THANK.
[20:02] THANK THE EXCITEMENT AROUND
[20:04] SOCCER.
[20:05] UH, I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE NEW
[20:06] GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE
[20:07] GOING TO BE WANTING TO PLAY
[20:09] SOCCER AFTER THE WORLD CUP THIS
[20:10] YEAR, SO.
[20:13] LET'S JUST.
[20:44] JUST JUST EXCELLENT.
[20:50] THANK YOU.
[20:50] SO.
[21:00] JUST.
[21:06] SO.
[21:13] I KNOW I GET TOGETHER YEAH WE
[21:15] GET TO GET.
[21:18] I WAS COMING A.
[21:24] SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER UH
[21:26] NEXT TO CONSIDER SANTANA UM
[21:28] CONTRA SANTANA AND CONTROL
[21:30] WORRELL I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE
[21:32] CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS.
[21:39] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[21:41] UH, TODAY STEAM AS STUDENT
[21:43] SPORT.
[21:43] UH, BUT BEFORE I DIVE INTO MY
[21:45] REMARKS.
[21:45] I WANT TO.
[21:46] RECOGNIZE, UH, PRISCILLA FLYNN.
[21:48] AND THE MARCUS ANTHONY HALL
[21:50] EDUCATIONAL, UH, INSTITUTE FOR
[21:52] BEING HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WITH
[21:53] US.
[21:53] YES.
[21:55] WE GIVE THEM A ROUND
[21:56] OF APPLAUSE.
[22:01] BUT LET'S GIVE IT UP, UH.
[22:03] FOR OUR.
[22:04] UH, ELEMENTARY.
[22:06] AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
[22:06] CITY CHAMPIONS WHO CAN MAKE
[22:09] THEIR WAY DOWN.
[22:14] I KNOW FOR MANY COUNSELORS.
[22:16] THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL
[22:17] ATHLETICS.
[22:18] HAS BEEN AN AREA OF FOCUS AND
[22:19] IT'S BEEN.
[22:20] SOMETHING THAT BP'S HAS BEEN
[22:21] FOCUS ON SO THAT ALL STUDENTS
[22:24] HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, SUPPORTS
[22:26] ACROSS THE CITY.
[22:27] UH, THE RESULTS OF THAT IS
[22:29] COMPETITIONS LIKE OUR CITY
[22:31] CHAMPIONSHIP.
[22:31] WHICH NOW UH, HAD.
[22:33] ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
[22:34] CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
[22:36] I WANT TO THANK UH, AVERY UH,
[22:38] FROM BP'S ATHLETIC AND ALSO
[22:40] CHIEF MCCARTHY.
[22:42] AND HIS WHOLE STUDENT SUPPORT
[22:43] TEAM.
[22:44] AT BP'S.
[22:44] AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE.
[22:46] THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS.
[22:48] WE HAVE THE CONDON SCHOOL LED
[22:50] BY BRITTANY ELLIS AND.
[22:51] NICK WILLIAMS WHICH WON THE K
[22:54] THROUGH.
[22:54] EIGHT BOYS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP.
[22:56] LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND
[22:57] OF APPLAUSE.
[23:01] THE ENGLISH HIGH TEAM LED BY
[23:05] ANTHONY SEYMOUR.
[23:06] YES.
[23:09] WHICH WON UH THE 7 TO 12 BOYS
[23:11] SCHOOLS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP.
[23:13] YES GO ENGLISH AND THEY WERE
[23:16] AND THEY.
[23:17] AND.
[23:17] THEY AND THEN WE.
[23:18] HAVE UH THE MILDRED AT SCHOOL
[23:20] LED BY TINA ANDERSON.
[23:21] WHICH WON THE GIRLS.
[23:22] MIDDLE SCHOOL CITY
[23:25] CHAMPIONSHIP.
[23:25] OH.
[23:30] INVESTMENTS AND STUDENT
[23:31] ATHLETES SHOWCASE EXCELLENCE ON
[23:32] THE COURT.
[23:33] AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS.
[23:36] SO, UH, LET'S GIVE UH, THESE
[23:38] COACHES AND STUDENT ATHLETES A
[23:39] ROUND.
[23:40] OF APPLAUSE.
[23:40] AND LET'S BRING UP COUNSELOR
[23:42] SANTANA.
[23:45] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARROYO.
[23:47] TODAY WE ARE PROUD TO
[23:48] RECOGNIZE.
[23:49] OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE
[23:50] THE MENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL
[23:51] CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS.
[23:53] WE CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK,
[23:55] DEDICATION, TEAMWORK.
[23:56] AND PERSEVERANCE THOSE STUDENT
[23:57] ATHLETES HAVE SHOWN THROUGHOUT
[23:58] THE SEASON.
[24:00] UM I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
[24:02] THE COACHES.
[24:03] THE FAMILIES.
[24:05] UM THE BROTHERS.
[24:06] I KNOW THERE'S A BROTHER IN
[24:07] HERE SUPPORTING HIS LITTLE
[24:08] BROTHER HERE.
[24:08] UM, THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WHO
[24:10] SUPPORT UH MADE THESE
[24:11] ACHIEVEMENTS POSSIBLE.
[24:13] IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO ALSO
[24:15] INTRODUCE UM ALL BEFORE WE DO
[24:18] HAVE A RESOLUTION.
[24:19] SO I WILL INTRODUCE COACH RANDY
[24:20] FIRST AND THEN WE HAVE UM
[24:21] RESOLUTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR OUR
[24:23] COACHES HERE.
[24:25] UM, BUT IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
[24:26] INTRODUCE COACH RANDY SEYMOUR
[24:27] AND DEDICATED UM, EDUCATOR AND
[24:30] LEADER WHOSE COMMITMENT TO
[24:31] YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, ATHLETICS
[24:33] AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS CONTINUES
[24:34] TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON
[24:36] STUDENTS ACROSS BOSTON CLOSE TO
[24:39] THEM.
[24:39] SO MORE IS DRIVEN BY DEEP
[24:41] PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND
[24:42] SPORTS AND BELIEVES THAT
[24:44] AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS.
[24:46] TEAMWORK.
[24:46] TRUST AND COLLABORATION ARE
[24:48] ESSENTIAL TO DEVELOPING
[24:49] LIFELONG LEARNERS.
[24:51] THROUGH HIS COMMITMENT TO
[24:52] SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND
[24:53] FOSTERING STRONG COMMUNITY
[24:55] PARTNERSHIPS, HE HAS
[24:56] CREATED MEANINGFUL
[24:57] OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
[24:58] BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE
[25:00] CLASSROOM.
[25:01] PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
[25:04] COACH RANDY SOME MORE.
[25:08] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[25:10] AFTERNOON I WOULD.
[25:12] LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING
[25:13] BOSTON.
[25:14] PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[25:15] ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.
[25:16] UH, CITY COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
[25:18] CITY.
[25:18] COUNCIL MOREAU FOR ORGANIZING
[25:20] TODAY'S CELEBRATION HERE AT.
[25:21] CITY HALL.
[25:22] WE ARE PROUD.
[25:24] TO HONOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL
[25:25] BASKETBALL CITY CHAMPIONS THE.
[25:28] CONDON BOYS.
[25:28] BASKETBALL TEAM.
[25:29] UH, THE MILDRED.
[25:32] GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM.
[25:36] FOR WINNING.
[25:37] THE K THROUGH EIGHT BRACKET IN
[25:39] THE ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE
[25:41] SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL.
[25:42] TEAM FOR WINNING.
[25:43] THE 7 TO 12 BRACKET.
[25:48] IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO
[25:51] YOU ALL TODAY.
[25:52] I AM RANDI SEYMOUR AND
[25:53] INCLUSION MATH TEACHER AND
[25:54] COACH COACH ALONGSIDE JOSH
[25:56] GRESHAM.
[25:57] SO POP IT UP FOR COACH JACKSON
[25:59] FOR.
[26:00] THE ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL
[26:01] MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
[26:02] CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
[26:04] AS EDUCATORS AND COACHES, WE
[26:05] STRIVE TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE
[26:07] CHILD BY FOSTERING TEAMWORK,
[26:08] TRUST AND TENACITY.
[26:10] OUR STUDENT ATHLETES PROVE THAT
[26:13] ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
[26:14] ECHOING KEVIN GARNETT AFTER THE
[26:16] CELTICS 2008 CHAMPIONSHIP.
[26:18] I WAS GOING TO SAY ANYTHING IS
[26:20] POSSIBLE BY SHOWING INCREDIBLE
[26:23] SPORTSMANSHIP, TEAMWORK AND
[26:25] CONSISTENCY ON THAT PATH TO
[26:26] WINNING THE 2026 MIDDLE SCHOOL
[26:28] CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT TO
[26:30] ALL THE STUDENT ATHLETES WITH
[26:32] US THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUE TO
[26:35] TAKE PRIDE AND SHARE AND JOY IN
[26:36] DEDICATING YOURSELVES TO.
[26:38] IMPORTANT LEARNING.
[26:39] OPPORTUNITIES BOTH ON AND OFF
[26:41] THE COURT.
[26:41] THIS LEVEL OF COMMITMENT BUILDS
[26:43] CRITICAL THINKING, LIVE SKILLS,
[26:45] PROMOTES POSITIVITY AND
[26:47] CONSISTENTLY ENHANCES YOUR
[26:48] PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH.
[26:51] TO MY FELLOW COACHES AND
[26:52] ADMINISTRATORS, LET'S KEEP
[26:54] INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOL
[26:55] COMMUNITIES TO EMPOWER OUR
[26:56] STUDENT ATHLETES RIGHT HERE IN
[26:58] BOSTON TO OUR FAMILIES AND
[27:01] COLLEAGUES WE ALL SHARE A
[27:03] PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR YOU FOR
[27:05] YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE,
[27:07] PATIENCE AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT
[27:09] THAT YOU SHOWED TO OUR STUDENT
[27:12] ATHLETES AS WE MANAGED AND
[27:13] ADAPTED GAMES COACHES ALL
[27:15] SEASON LONG.
[27:16] .
[27:17] ULTIMATELY.
[27:18] RAISING A CHILD REQUIRES A
[27:19] COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY EFFORT AND
[27:22] EVERY ONE OF US.
[27:23] PLAY A VITAL ROLE.
[27:24] IN THAT COMMUNITY.
[27:26] SO WE WANT TO GIVE A HUGE
[27:28] CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FAMILIES
[27:30] ,OUR COACHES AND MORE
[27:32] IMPORTANTLY OUR STUDENT
[27:34] ATHLETES.
[27:36] YOU ARE ALL TRUE CHAMPIONS.
[27:38] THANK YOU FOR.
[27:42] THANK YOU COACH.
[27:43] UM AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
[27:45] OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AGAIN.
[27:47] UM AND UH AS COACH MENTIONED I
[27:49] THINK.
[27:50] IT TAKES.
[27:50] A VILLAGE.
[27:51] UM SO THANK YOU TO OUR COACHES,
[27:52] OUR TEACHERS.
[27:53] UM OUR FAMILIES OF.
[27:55] THE MOTHERS UH MOTHERS,
[27:57] FATHERS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
[27:59] IT TAKES ALL RIGHT.
[28:00] SO, UM, RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT
[28:02] TO BE ABLE TO.
[28:04] SAY OH.
[28:05] I THINK WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN
[28:06] WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
[28:07] ABSOLUTELY.
[28:09] ABSOLUTELY THE BEST.
[28:10] DRESSED HERE.
[28:11] I WAS VOLUNTEERED AS.
[28:13] JIMMY FOR THIS.
[28:13] I DID NOT WANT TO DO.
[28:14] THIS BUT, UM.
[28:16] WE WORKED REALLY HARD
[28:16] THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON OUR
[28:18] ACADEMICS TO STAY ON THE TEAM
[28:20] AS WELL AS TRYING TO GET POINTS
[28:21] TO LIKE WIN IT ALL AND WE WORK
[28:23] REALLY HARD TO BECOME CHAMPIONS
[28:25] .
[28:26] SO YEAH.
[28:32] IT IT THANK YOU THANK GOOD.
[28:37] UH SO SO.
[28:37] I THINK IT'S JUST THIS ONE.
[28:41] YEAH WE GOT A 30 SOMETHING FOR
[28:42] YOU.
[28:43] THE MVP LET'S GO AHEAD.
[28:46] AND BE.
[28:47] AND BE MVP.
[28:52] UM.
[28:56] THANK YOU.
[28:57] GOOD JOB EVERYONE YAY.
[29:03] FOR THERE.
[29:03] AND DO WE JUST WANT TO.
[29:05] RECOGNIZE UM.
[29:05] AGAIN THE CAMDEN.
[29:07] ELEMENTARY BASKETBALL
[29:10] CHAMPIONS.
[29:10] WE WERE RIGHT HERE.
[29:14] WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
[29:16] MILDRED AVE SCHOOL KATE THE WAY
[29:19] GIRLS CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPION.
[29:25] WE GOT THE CAMDEN K THROUGH
[29:27] EIGHT BOYS CITY BASKETBALL
[29:29] CHAMPIONS.
[29:33] AND FINALLY BUT NOT LEAST THE
[29:36] ENGLISH SCHOOL 7 TO 12 BOYS
[29:38] CITY BASKETBALL.
[29:44] ALL RIGHT.
[29:45] CAN WE JUST INVITE MY
[29:46] COLLEAGUES?
[29:46] I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY
[29:47] COLLEAGUES.
[29:48] WHO CAME FOR THE RECEPTION
[29:49] UM, EARLIER AND AND SPOKE.
[29:50] TO OUR.
[29:51] STUDENT ATHLETES AS WELL.
[29:52] IF WE CAN INVITE OUR.
[29:53] COLLEAGUES FOR OUR GROUP
[29:53] PICTURE.
[29:56] FIRST.
[30:20] ALL RIGHT.
[30:31] OH YEAH.
[30:58] HOW ARE YOU AND THIS THIS.
[31:20] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL
[31:21] OUR YOUNG ATHLETES AND THEIR
[31:22] COACHES.
[31:23] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[31:25] RECORD, UH, AMEND THE RECORD TO
[31:27] REFLECT THE COUNTRY C LOUIJEUNE
[31:28] HAS JOINED US.
[31:30] YES, YES.
[31:36] NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER
[31:38] OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
[31:39] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
[31:40] THE MEETING OF JUNE 24TH, 2026
[31:42] .
[31:43] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[31:44] AYE.
[31:45] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[31:47] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[31:48] THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 24TH
[31:51] MEETING ARE APPROVED.
[31:53] WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
[31:55] FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR.
[31:57] MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
[31:58] READ DOCKET US 1311 AND 1312
[32:04] TOGETHER.
[32:05] DOCKET 1311.
[32:07] MESSAGE IN ORDER.
[32:08] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[32:10] TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $5
[32:12] MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE
[32:13] OF PAYING THE COSTS
[32:15] OF FEASIBILITY STUDY AND
[32:16] SOMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH
[32:19] A PROJECT FOR THE MADISON PARK
[32:21] TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH
[32:22] SCHOOL LOCATED AT 75 MALCOLM X
[32:26] BOULEVARD, ROXBURY, MASS.
[32:29] 02120 THIS INCLUDE THE PAYMENT
[32:31] OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL AND
[32:33] RELATED TO AND FOR WHICH THE
[32:36] CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE
[32:39] FOR A GRANT FROM THE
[32:40] MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING
[32:41] AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE
[32:43] EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION
[32:45] OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES
[32:47] DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE
[32:48] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[32:50] DOCKET 101312 MESSAGE IN ORDER
[32:54] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[32:56] TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT
[33:00] OF $850,000 FOR THE PURPOSE
[33:01] OF PAYING COSTS FOR FEASIBILITY
[33:03] STUDY AND SOMATIC DESIGN WORK
[33:06] ASSOCIATED WITH WINDOW, DOOR
[33:08] AND ROOF PROJECTS AT THE
[33:10] FOLLOWING SCHOOL BOSTON ADULT
[33:12] ACADEMY JOSEPH J.
[33:14] HOLY SCHOOL ALICE MENDEL
[33:17] ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JOYCE KILMER
[33:20] CANINE.
[33:20] K-8 SCHOOL AND ALLIED AN UPPER
[33:23] NINE DASH 12 SCHOOL.
[33:25] THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT
[33:26] OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL AND
[33:30] RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH
[33:31] THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE
[33:33] ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE
[33:35] MASSACHUSETTS CODE BUILDING
[33:36] AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE
[33:39] EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION
[33:40] OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES
[33:41] DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE
[33:42] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[33:44] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[33:45] DOCKET IS 1311 AND 1312 BE
[33:49] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[33:50] WAYS AND MEANS.
[33:50] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[33:52] READ DOCKET 1313.
[33:56] DOCKET 131 TRUE MESSAGE AND
[33:59] ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
[34:01] OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
[34:03] IT.
[34:04] GIFT OF PURCHASING A GLIDING
[34:06] HORSE VALUED AT $8,500 FROM THE
[34:10] FRIENDS OF THE BOSTON PARK
[34:11] WINGS MOUNTED UNIT.
[34:13] THIS GIFT IS AWARDED TO THE
[34:15] CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH THE
[34:16] PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
[34:17] FOR THE USE OF MOUNTED UNIT
[34:19] OF THE BOSTON PARK RANGERS.
[34:22] THANK YOU.
[34:23] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[34:25] COUNCILOR UH CULTURE AROUND YOU
[34:26] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[34:28] UH THANK.
[34:29] YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[34:29] THIS IS A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
[34:30] GRANT I'M SORRY.
[34:31] ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND
[34:33] AND PASS.
[34:34] UH, SO WE GET THESE RESOURCES
[34:35] OVER TO THE.
[34:36] PARK RANGERS.
[34:36] THANK YOU.
[34:38] UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN, I SEE
[34:40] YOUR LIGHT ON.
[34:41] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[34:42] UM.
[34:43] I I AM A HUGE FRIEND OF THE
[34:45] FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN PARK
[34:46] RANGERS AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR
[34:47] THEIR GIFT OF A HORSE.
[34:49] UM, THE FRIEND THE FRIENDS
[34:51] OF THE MOUNTAIN PARK RANGERS
[34:52] WORKS TO SUPPORT THE MOUNTED
[34:54] PARK RANGER UNIT AND ITS ROLE
[34:55] IN PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY,
[34:56] EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY
[34:58] ENGAGEMENT ACROSS BOSTON'S
[34:59] PARKS AND HAS HELPED GROW THE
[35:01] UNIT INTO A HIGHLY RECOGNIZED
[35:02] AND RESPECTED AGENCY OF THE
[35:03] CITY OF BOSTON.
[35:05] ITS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS HAVE
[35:06] PROVIDED CRITICAL CARE TO THE
[35:08] MOUNTED UNITS NEEDS AND
[35:09] OPERATIONS INCLUDING VETERINARY
[35:11] AND FARRIER CARE FOR ITS EQUINE
[35:13] MEMBERS STABLE NEEDS AND
[35:15] TRANSPORTATION.
[35:15] I'M GRATEFUL AND I COMMEND THE
[35:17] FRIEND'S ORGANIZATION.
[35:19] UM AND I RECENTLY ATTENDED
[35:21] THEIR ANNUAL RECEPTION, UH,
[35:23] WHERE I SAW JUST HOW MUCH
[35:24] ENTHUSIASM THERE IS, UH, FOR
[35:26] SUPPORTING OUR PARKS.
[35:27] UM, AND THE EMERALD NECKLACE,
[35:29] UH, WHO UM, THE BOSTON PARK
[35:31] RANGER MOUNTED UNIT PATROLS ALL
[35:32] NINE PARKS OF THE EMERALD
[35:33] NECKLACE AND SO GRATEFUL, UH,
[35:36] THAT THEY ARE DONATING THIS
[35:37] HORSE.
[35:38] I DID OFFER TO GO TO CANADA TO
[35:39] PICK UP THE HORSE AND THEY
[35:41] DECLINED, BUT, UM.
[35:42] BUT I'M A HUGE.
[35:43] FAN OF ALL THEIR EFFORTS AND,
[35:44] UH, THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR
[35:45] PUSHING FORWARD FOR A VOTE
[35:47] TODAY.
[35:48] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[35:49] UH UH, CONSTABLE L SIX
[35:51] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[35:52] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1313.
[35:55] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[35:56] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[35:59] UM, MADAM.
[36:01] CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A
[36:02] ROLL CALL?
[36:03] VOTE ON DOCKET 1313 THE.
[36:05] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1313.
[36:08] .
[36:08] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[36:09] YES.
[36:09] COUNCIL.
[36:09] BREADON.
[36:10] YES.
[36:10] COUNCILOR.
[36:11] COLITIS.
[36:11] OPERA COUNCIL.
[36:12] CULPEPER.
[36:13] YES.
[36:14] COUNCILOR.
[36:15] CULPEPER.
[36:15] YES.
[36:16] CONSIDERATION.
[36:16] YES.
[36:17] COUNCILOR.
[36:17] DALTON.
[36:18] YES.
[36:18] COUNCIL.
[36:19] FITZGERALD.
[36:19] YES.
[36:21] FITZGERALD.
[36:21] YES.
[36:21] COUNCILOR.
[36:22] FLYNN.
[36:23] COUNCIL.
[36:23] FLYNN.
[36:23] YES.
[36:24] COUNCIL.
[36:24] LOUIJEUNE.
[36:26] COUNCILOR.
[36:26] MEJIA.
[36:28] COUNCIL.
[36:29] MURPHY.
[36:30] COUNCIL.
[36:31] MURPHY.
[36:31] COUNCIL.
[36:31] PREPARED COUNCIL.
[36:33] FINANCE.
[36:34] COUNCILOR.
[36:34] SANTANA.
[36:35] YES.
[36:35] COUNCIL.
[36:36] SANTANA COUNCIL.
[36:37] WEBER COUNCIL.
[36:38] WEBER AS COUNCIL.
[36:40] WIRRAL COUNCIL APPROVED.
[36:41] YES 123456789.
[36:44] TEN AND AFFIRMATIVE.
[36:46] THANK YOU.
[36:47] DOCKET 1313 HAS PASSED.
[36:50] MADAM CHAIR, CAN YOU PLEASE
[36:51] READ DOCKETS?
[36:55] UH 131431316.
[36:57] DOCKET 1314.
[36:59] MESSAGE AN ORDER CONFIRMING THE
[37:01] APPOINTMENT OF JESSICA COLLINS
[37:03] AS A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND
[37:04] PARK ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION
[37:08] DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM
[37:09] EXPIRING JUNE 30TH OF 2028.
[37:12] DOCKET 1315 MESSAGE AN ORDER
[37:15] FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
[37:16] APPOINTMENT OF SET MCCOY AS A
[37:18] MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK
[37:20] ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSERVATION
[37:22] DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR YOUR
[37:24] TERM EXPIRE IN JUNE 30TH, 2028
[37:27] AND DOCKET 1316 MESSAGE IN
[37:30] ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
[37:31] OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FELICIA
[37:32] DRAKES AS A MEMBER OF THE
[37:34] BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
[37:35] AGENCY BOARD FOR A TERM
[37:37] EXPIRING AUGUST 15TH, 2029.
[37:41] THANK YOU DOCKETS 131431316
[37:44] REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[37:46] PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
[37:47] TRANSPORTATION.
[37:48] MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[37:50] READ DOCKET 1317.
[37:52] DOCKET 1317 MESSAGE TRANSMIT
[37:56] AND CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER
[37:58] SECTION 17 OF REGARDING TO CITY
[38:01] OF BOSTON EFFORT TO ADDRESS
[38:02] DRINK SPIKING AND DRUG
[38:04] FACILITATED SEX ASSAULT AND
[38:06] NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENT
[38:08] INCLUDING SAFETY TRAINING
[38:09] PROGRAMS, PREVENTION
[38:12] INITIATIVES, COMMUNICATIONS
[38:13] WITH LICENSED VENUES AND THE
[38:15] STATUS OF RECORDS MAINTAINED BY
[38:16] THE CITY REGARDING THE EFFORT
[38:18] ON DOCKET 0595 PASSED BY THE
[38:22] COUNCIL ON 318, 2026 AND DOCKET
[38:26] 0874 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON
[38:29] 429 2026.
[38:31] THANK YOU.
[38:32] DOCKET 1317 WILL BE PLACED
[38:33] ON FILE.
[38:35] WE ARE NOW ON TO UH REPORTS
[38:38] OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
[38:41] UM THE POWER RULE 39 THERE'LL
[38:42] BE NO REMARKS ON UH
[38:45] COMMUNICATIONS FROM COUNCILORS
[38:46] .
[38:46] MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
[38:47] READ DOCKET 1318 THROUGH 1326.
[38:52] DON'T GET 1318.
[38:54] NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE
[38:55] MAYOR OF THE REAPPOINTMENT
[38:56] OF RAYMOND BOWLING AS CHAIR
[38:58] OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW
[39:00] EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
[39:01] IMMEDIATELY FOR A TERM EXPIRING
[39:04] JANUARY 7TH, 2030.
[39:06] DOCKET 1319 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED
[39:08] FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
[39:09] REAPPOINTMENT OF COLIN CALEDON
[39:11] AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD
[39:13] OF REVIEW EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
[39:14] FOR THE TERM EXPIRING JANUARY
[39:17] 7TH, 2030.
[39:18] DOCKET 1320 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED
[39:21] FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
[39:23] REAPPOINTMENT OF HELEN WONG AS
[39:25] A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW
[39:27] ,EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FOR A
[39:29] TERM EXPIRE ON JANUARY 7TH,
[39:31] 2030.
[39:40] NINE.
[39:41] UP TO WHAT TIME VERIZON.
[39:44] TALKTALK 1321 NOTICE WAS
[39:46] RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
[39:47] REAPPOINTMENT OF HELEN WONG AS
[39:50] INTERIM COMMISSIONER OF THE
[39:52] DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST
[39:55] 2026.
[39:56] OKAY OH OKAY.
[39:58] TARGET 1322 COMMUNICATION WAS
[40:00] RECEIVED FROM THE BOSTON PARKS
[40:02] AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER
[40:04] REGARDING A VOTE TO APPROVE
[40:05] DIANE FERNANDEZ B AS SERVE AS
[40:08] THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
[40:10] COMMITTEE AS A REPRESENTATIVE
[40:12] OF THE BOSTON PARKS AND
[40:13] RECREATION COMMISSION DOCKET
[40:16] 1323 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM
[40:18] THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE
[40:19] WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE
[40:21] ORDINANCES OF 1979.
[40:23] WE GOT AN ACTION BY THE MAYOR
[40:25] ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE
[40:26] CITY COUNCIL AT HIS MEETINGS ON
[40:30] JUNE 3RD 2026, DOCKET 132 FORM
[40:32] NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE
[40:34] CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH
[40:35] CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES
[40:38] OF 1979.
[40:39] WE GOT AN ACTION TAKEN BY THE
[40:40] MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
[40:42] THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
[40:44] ON JUNE 10TH, 2026, 1325 NOTICE
[40:49] WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY
[40:50] CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH
[40:51] CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES
[40:55] OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN
[40:56] BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED
[40:58] UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS
[41:00] MEETING ON JUNE 24TH, 2026 AND
[41:03] DOCKET 1326 COMMUNICATION WAS
[41:06] RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[41:09] BREEDEN REGARDING CITY
[41:11] COUNCIL NOMINATIONS FOR THE
[41:12] TRANSGENDER, GENDER DIVERSE
[41:14] INTERSEX AND LGBTQ BI LGBTQ I A
[41:20] TO AS PLUS OVERSIGHTS
[41:22] COMMISSION.
[41:23] THANK YOU MADAM CLERK DOCKETS
[41:27] 131831326 WILL BE PLACED ON
[41:28] FILE.
[41:30] MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
[41:31] READ DOCKET 1327.
[41:34] DOCKET 1327 COMMUNICATION WAS
[41:37] RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[41:39] LIZ BREEDEN TO ADDRESS AN OPEN
[41:41] MEETING LAW COMPLAINT AND
[41:43] RESPOND ACCORDING TO THE ARE
[41:45] ACCORDINGLY ON BEHALF OF THE
[41:47] BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
[41:49] THANK YOU.
[41:50] DOCKET 1327 WILL BE REFERRED
[41:52] TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
[41:54] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[41:56] READ DOCKET 1328 THROUGH 1331?
[42:02] DOCKET 1328 COMMUNICATION WAS
[42:05] RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FRENCH
[42:07] FLYNN CALLING FOR A PUBLIC
[42:09] SAFETY SUMMIT DOCKET 1329
[42:12] COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
[42:14] COUNCILOR FLYNN CALLING FOR THE
[42:16] BOSTON POLICE ENFORCEMENT ON
[42:18] MAIN STREET AND COMMERCIAL
[42:20] CORRIDORS FOR MOPEDS AND
[42:21] E-BIKES AND DOCKET 1330
[42:25] COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
[42:27] COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING THE
[42:29] LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
[42:31] AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONSIDERATION
[42:34] FOR 3 A.M. LAST CALL.
[42:37] THANK YOU.
[42:38] UH, DOG.
[42:39] ONE MORE, ONE MORE.
[42:41] SORRY.
[42:41] GO AHEAD.
[42:43] DOCKET 1331 COMMUNICATION WAS
[42:47] RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN
[42:49] REQUESTING A SUPPLEMENTAL
[42:52] BUDGET TO SUPPORT THE RECENTLY
[42:54] LAID OFF BOSTON PUBLIC.
[42:55] SCHOOLS AS EMPLOYEES.
[42:57] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[42:59] DOCKETS 132831331 WILL BE
[43:02] PLACED ON FILE.
[43:05] WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS UH
[43:08] OF COMMITTEES.
[43:09] MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[43:11] READ DOCKET 0970.
[43:14] DOCKET 097 THROUGH THE
[43:16] COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
[43:19] CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH WAS
[43:20] REFERRED ON MAY 13TH, 2026
[43:24] DOCKET 0970 MESSAGE AN ORDER
[43:27] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[43:29] TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
[43:37] OF $1,073,239.34 IN THE FORM
[43:38] OF A GRANT TO 526 SENATOR
[43:41] CHARLES E SHANNON JUNIOR
[43:44] COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE
[43:46] AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE
[43:48] OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
[43:50] SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
[43:52] THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE
[43:53] GROUND WHICH FUND REGIONAL AND
[43:57] MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO
[43:59] COMBAT GANG VIOLENCE THROUGH
[44:01] COORDINATED PREVENTION AND
[44:03] INTERVENTION, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
[44:06] PROSTITUTION AND RETAIL
[44:06] PREVENTION PROGRAM SUBMITS A
[44:09] REPORT RECOMMENDED THAT THE
[44:10] ORDER OR TO PASS.
[44:12] THANK YOU.
[44:13] UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
[44:16] THE CONFERENCE AND TOWN OF THE
[44:17] CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANT
[44:19] AT NO WRONG WRONG ONE WAS THE
[44:21] COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
[44:23] CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[44:25] COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE
[44:26] FLOOR.
[44:26] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[44:28] UM, ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK WE
[44:29] HAD A.
[44:30] HEARING ON THE.
[44:31] FY 26.
[44:31] SENATOR CHARLES E.
[44:33] SHANNON JUNIOR.
[44:33] COMMUNITY SAFETY.
[44:34] INITIATIVE GRANT OR.
[44:35] COMMONLY KNOWN.
[44:36] AS.
[44:37] THE SHANNON GRANT.
[44:37] I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES.
[44:40] UM COUNCILOR AT FLYNN,
[44:41] COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY,
[44:42] COUNCILOR BEN WEBER AND
[44:44] COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER.
[44:45] WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER
[44:46] OF ABSENCE.
[44:47] FROM COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE.
[44:48] DURING THIS HEARING.
[44:49] WE HEARD FROM THEM IN BOTH
[44:51] BILLS.
[44:51] THE PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR.
[44:53] THE SHANNON GRANT UM SAFETY
[44:54] INITIATIVE GRANT AS WELL AS
[44:56] REPRESENTATIVES FROM NONPROFITS
[44:57] .
[44:57] AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
[44:59] ABOUT THE.
[44:59] IMPACT THIS.
[45:00] FUNDING HAS HAD ON THEIR WORK.
[45:01] THE SHANNON BRAND IS AN
[45:03] INVESTMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE
[45:04] CITY OF BOSTON'S COMPREHENSIVE
[45:05] PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY.
[45:07] THROUGH REGIONAL
[45:08] MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
[45:10] AMONG THE.
[45:11] STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES.
[45:13] AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS WITH
[45:14] FAITH-BASED UM PHILANTHROPIC,
[45:16] BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY
[45:18] ORGANIZATIONS.
[45:18] THIS YEAR THE GRANT IS
[45:20] PROVIDING FUNDING TO 17
[45:22] NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY
[45:23] ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHANNON
[45:24] GRANT SUPPORTS COORDINATED.
[45:26] PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.
[45:27] LAW ENFORCEMENT.
[45:29] PROSECUTION AND.
[45:30] REINTEGRATION EFFORTS.
[45:31] AIMED AT REDUCING GUN.
[45:33] GANG AND YOUTH.
[45:34] VIOLENCE ACROSS THE CITY.
[45:35] THESE INITIATIVES.
[45:36] FUND PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES
[45:37] THAT.
[45:38] PROMOTE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT,
[45:41] MENTORSHIP, EDUCATION AND
[45:42] RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[45:44] BOSTON'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
[45:45] AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
[45:46] PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
[45:47] JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND THAT
[45:48] DOCKET NUMBER 0970 ALL TO PASS.
[45:51] I ALSO JUST WANT TO READ UM,
[45:54] VERY QUICKLY THE 17 UM
[45:56] ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID RECEIVE
[45:57] FUNDING AND SO JUST UM SO THAT
[45:58] MY COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE UM AND
[46:00] THE YEARS PASSED.
[46:01] UM, THIS GRANT WAS ABOUT $3
[46:03] MILLION.
[46:04] WE'RE NOW DOWN TO $1 MILLION,
[46:06] UM, FOR THIS GRANT AND UM, IT'S
[46:08] PROJECTED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
[46:11] TO SEE DECREASE UM, IN THIS
[46:13] FUNDING.
[46:14] SO UM, I THINK WE IN THE PAST
[46:15] HAVE FUNDED OVER 35
[46:17] ORGANIZATIONS.
[46:17] UM, WE'RE DOWN TO 17 RIGHT NOW
[46:20] .
[46:20] UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME
[46:22] OF THAT IMPACT THE BCF UM BMC
[46:27] UM VIP UM THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[46:29] HEALTH COMMISSION, THE LUIS
[46:31] LUIS DE BROWN INSTITUTE
[46:33] PROJECT.
[46:34] RIGHT.
[46:34] YOUTH CONNECT UM, THE DA'S
[46:37] OFFICE.
[46:37] UM, YOU BOSTON THE RECORD
[46:40] COMPANY VERONICA ROBERTS
[46:42] CULTURAL CENTER BEANTOWN SLAM
[46:44] TEEN EMPOWERMENT MAVERICK LAND
[46:45] AND CULTURAL CENTER SPORTSMEN'S
[46:47] TENNIS AND ENRICHMENT CENTER
[46:49] ZOOM.
[46:50] UM WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER AND
[46:51] MOTHERS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY
[46:53] ARE THE 17 ORGANIZATIONS THAT
[46:55] RECEIVED UM GRANT FUNDING THIS
[46:57] YEAR.
[46:58] UM.
[46:58] THANK YOU.
[46:59] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[47:00] COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE
[47:01] THE FLOOR.
[47:02] MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO WANT TO
[47:04] BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY
[47:07] DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE STATE
[47:08] WOULD REDUCE THE BOSTON
[47:10] SHANNON'S GRANT BY $600,000
[47:14] COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
[47:16] AT A TIME WHEN COMMUNITIES
[47:18] ACROSS BOSTON CONTINUE TO
[47:21] GRAPPLE WITH GUN VIOLENCE GANG
[47:23] ACTIVITY.
[47:24] I'M GOING TO TARGET.
[47:26] TO TRAGIC EVENTS WE WITNESSED
[47:27] THIS PAST WEEKEND.
[47:29] THIS IS PRECISELY WHEN WE
[47:32] SHOULD BE EXPANDING INVESTMENTS
[47:34] IN PROVEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
[47:36] STRATEGIES, NOT SCALING THEM
[47:37] BACK.
[47:39] KNOWING THAT THIS REDUCTION WAS
[47:40] COMING, I ALSO BELIEVE THE CITY
[47:42] SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOULD HAVE
[47:44] ANTICIPATED THIS GAP DURING THE
[47:46] FISCAL 27 BUDGET PROCESS.
[47:49] VIOLENT PRESENTING
[47:50] ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD NOT BE
[47:51] FORCED TO REDUCE SERVICES
[47:54] BECAUSE OF DECISIONS MADE AT
[47:55] THE STATE LEVEL.
[47:57] WHEN THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY
[47:59] TO PRIORITIZE THESE INVESTMENTS
[48:00] LOCALLY.
[48:01] HAD WE PLANNED FOR THIS
[48:03] REDUCTION, WE COULD HAVE
[48:05] SUPPLEMENTED A PORTION OF THAT
[48:06] LOSS TO THE CITY BUDGET TO HELP
[48:08] ENSURE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES
[48:11] FOR ORGANIZATIONS DOING THIS
[48:13] LIFESAVING WORK.
[48:15] THAT SAID, IF EVER THERE WAS A
[48:18] TIME FOR BOSTON TO ACCEPT THE
[48:19] SHANNON GRANT FUNDING, THAT
[48:22] TIME IS NOW.
[48:23] WELL THIS AWARD IS SMALLER THAN
[48:25] IN PRIOR YEARS.
[48:27] IT STILL REPRESENTS MORE THAN
[48:29] $1 MILLION THAT WILL SUPPORT
[48:30] COORDINATED PREVENTION,
[48:34] INTERVENTION, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
[48:37] PROSECUTION AND REINTEGRATION
[48:38] EFFORTS AIMED AT REDUCING GANG
[48:41] AND YOUTH VIOLENCE.
[48:42] TURNING ASIDE THESE RESOURCES
[48:44] WOULD ONLY MAKE IT HARDER TO
[48:46] KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
[48:48] SHANNON GRANT IS FAR MORE THAN
[48:50] IN LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANT.
[48:52] FOR 20 YEARS IT HAS SUPPORTED A
[48:54] COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY
[48:56] STRATEGY AND HAS FUNDED
[48:59] APPROXIMATELY 250 NONPROFIT
[49:01] ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS BOSTON.
[49:04] ALTHOUGH FUNDING MAJORITY'S
[49:05] HAVE MEANT THAT ONLY 17
[49:07] NONPROFIT AND CITY
[49:09] ORGANIZATIONS.
[49:10] AS STATED BY COUNCILOR SANTANA
[49:13] WILL RECEIVE AWARDS THIS YEAR,
[49:15] DOWN FROM 28 LAST YEAR.
[49:17] THOSE ORGANIZATIONS REMAIN THE
[49:20] BACKBONE OF THIS WORK.
[49:21] WELL, I HOPE TO STAY WITH
[49:23] STORES AND EXPAND SHANNON
[49:25] FUNDING IN FUTURE YEARS.
[49:27] TODAY OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS
[49:29] CLEAR.
[49:29] WE SHOULD ACCEPT THESE FUNDS SO
[49:31] THAT BOSTON CAN CONTINUE
[49:33] SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS,
[49:35] OUTREACH WORKERS AND COMMUNITY
[49:37] PARTNERS WHO ARE DOING THE
[49:39] DIFFICULT WORK OF PREVENTING
[49:40] VIOLENCE BEFORE IT OCCURS.
[49:43] AND I MIGHT SAY, MADAM
[49:45] PRESIDENT.
[49:45] WHEN I DID THE.
[49:46] YOUTH GANG WORK AND WE WERE IN
[49:48] THE STREETS WITH THE YOUNG
[49:50] FOLKS FIGHTING WORKING TO HELP
[49:53] THEM FIND JOBS AND TO HELP THEM
[49:57] UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE
[50:00] OF BEING PART OF THE POSITIVE
[50:02] ENVIRONMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
[50:04] IT WAS A SHANNON GRANT THAT
[50:06] MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE YEARS AGO
[50:09] TO SHOW THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS
[50:11] WERE DOING THE WORK NOT ONLY
[50:13] HAD THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO
[50:16] EXPEND TO DO THE WORK, BUT ALSO
[50:18] THE SHANNON GRANT WAS SPREAD
[50:20] ACROSS SOME OF THE
[50:23] ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORKED WITH
[50:24] THE TOUGHEST AND THE ROUGHEST
[50:26] OF THESE YOUNG FOLKS.
[50:27] SO NOW WE SEE WE WON'T HAVE THE
[50:29] MONEY TO BE SPREAD AROUND AS
[50:31] MUCH, BUT THE WORK WILL
[50:34] CONTINUE AND I WILL VOTE IN
[50:36] FAVOR OF RECEIVING THIS GRANT.
[50:37] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[50:39] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER
[50:40] .
[50:41] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[50:41] UH, YES.
[50:42] THANK YOU.
[50:44] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[50:45] AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO,
[50:47] UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR AN
[50:49] INFORMATIVE MEETING AND HAD AN
[50:51] OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE
[50:53] AWARD RECIPIENTS, UM, ABOUT THE
[50:56] PROGRAMS THAT, UM, THEY THEY
[50:58] RUN AND HOW HOW EFFECTIVE THEY
[51:02] ARE IN IMPACTING AND SUPPORTING
[51:06] OUR YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
[51:09] I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE,
[51:11] UM, IMPORTANCE OF THESE GRANTS
[51:13] .
[51:13] I ALSO WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR
[51:15] OF THIS.
[51:17] YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE ALSO
[51:20] TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WITH THE
[51:21] INCREASE IN VIOLENCE.
[51:23] IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
[51:25] IT'S ABOUT UH, SUPPORTING OUR
[51:26] POLICE BUT IT'S ALSO EQUALLY AS
[51:29] IMPORTANT SUPPORTING OUR YOUNG
[51:31] PEOPLE, GIVING THEM AN
[51:33] OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LEARN ABOUT
[51:35] VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
[51:38] LEARNING ABOUT JOBS AND
[51:39] EDUCATION, SUPPORTING THEM IN
[51:41] DIFFERENT AFTERSCHOOL TYPE
[51:43] OF PROGRAMS.
[51:45] I LEARNED THIS AS A PROBATION
[51:46] OFFICER FOR EIGHT YEARS AT
[51:47] SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT.
[51:49] IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE LAW AND
[51:51] ORDER ASPECT OF IT.
[51:53] IT'S ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE HOPE.
[51:55] GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY
[51:57] BEFORE THEY EVEN GET INTO THE
[51:59] CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
[52:01] BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN
[52:03] SOMEONE IS IN THE CRIMINAL
[52:04] JUSTICE SYSTEM, WE ALSO HAVE A
[52:07] RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THEY COME
[52:08] OUT, UM TO PROVIDE THEM WITH
[52:11] EDUCATION, TRAINING, SUPPORT,
[52:14] SOCIAL SERVICES.
[52:16] 99% OF PEOPLE COMING OUT
[52:18] OF JAIL IN PRISON ARE COMING
[52:19] BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND YES
[52:22] THEY HAVE MADE MISTAKES BUT
[52:24] THEY DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[52:26] GET BACK INTO SOCIETY.
[52:28] REINTEGRATION IS A CRITICAL
[52:29] PART OF IT AND THAT'S WHY I
[52:32] SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS.
[52:33] IT'S ABOUT HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE
[52:35] BUT IT'S ALSO GIVING THEM A
[52:36] LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT, A
[52:38] LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT.
[52:39] UM, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE
[52:42] CHALLENGING TIMES.
[52:43] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[52:43] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[52:46] THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
[52:48] PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
[52:49] JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
[52:51] COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
[52:52] OF DOCKET 0970.
[52:55] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[52:56] ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
[52:58] UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[53:00] PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[53:01] VOTE ON DOCKET 0970.
[53:05] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0970.
[53:08] COUNCILOR BRIGHTON.
[53:09] YES.
[53:10] COUNCILOR.
[53:10] BRIGHTON AS COUNCIL.
[53:11] COLLETTA.
[53:12] ZAPATA.
[53:13] COUNCILOR.
[53:13] CULPEPER.
[53:14] YES.
[53:15] AND SO I'VE CANCER HIM ONCE A
[53:18] JOKE.
[53:18] YES.
[53:19] COUNCIL FITZGERALD.
[53:19] YES.
[53:20] COUNCIL.
[53:21] FITZGERALD.
[53:21] YES.
[53:22] COUNCILOR.
[53:23] FLYNN.
[53:24] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[53:24] YES.
[53:25] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES I
[53:26] SOLUTION.
[53:27] YES.
[53:27] COUNCIL MAYHEM I WANT TO MAKE A
[53:30] YES.
[53:31] COUNCILOR MURPHY ON SOME OF THE
[53:33] YES CONCEPT OPEN CONCEPT PLAN.
[53:36] YES.
[53:37] COUNCIL SANTANA.
[53:38] YES.
[53:39] COUNCIL SANTANA.
[53:39] YES.
[53:40] COUNCILOR.
[53:40] WEBER.
[53:42] COUNCILOR WHEREBY?
[53:43] YES.
[53:43] COUNCIL AROUND.
[53:44] YES.
[53:44] COUNCIL.
[53:45] WE'RE ROW YES 12 AND
[53:46] AFFIRMATIVE.
[53:47] THANK YOU.
[53:48] THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
[53:49] ACCEPTED AND DOCKETS 0970 HAS
[53:52] PASSED.
[53:52] MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
[53:54] READ DOCKET 0968.
[53:58] DOCKET 0968 THE COMMITTEE ON
[54:01] PLANNING DEVELOPMENT ON
[54:03] TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS
[54:04] REFERRED TO ON MARCH 13TH, 2026
[54:07] MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
[54:09] THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING
[54:10] THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
[54:12] OF HOUSING TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
[54:15] PAYMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $30
[54:17] MILLION GIVEN TO THE CITY
[54:19] INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT POLICY
[54:21] FUND TO CITY OF BOSTON
[54:24] INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT POLICY
[54:26] FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY
[54:29] EXECUTIVE ORDER IN FEBRUARY
[54:31] 2000 TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION
[54:33] AND PREVENTION OF AFFORDABLE
[54:35] HOUSING AND NEW MARKET RATE
[54:38] HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
[54:38] THE IDP REQUIRES ALL DEVELOPERS
[54:42] OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
[54:45] PROJECTS WHICH TEN OR MORE
[54:46] UNITS TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE
[54:48] UNITS IN THEIR PROJECT AS A
[54:51] CONDITION OF RECEIVING RELIEF
[54:53] FROM THE BOSTON ZONING CODE FOR
[54:55] EITHER THE EXCLUSIVE OR THE
[54:58] EXCLUSIVE ORDER PROVIDES THE
[54:59] OPTION FOR DEVELOPERS TO MAKE
[55:02] CONTRIBUTION TO THE IDP FUND IN
[55:04] LIEU OF PROVIDING ON SITE
[55:06] AFFORDABLE UNITS SUBJECT TO THE
[55:08] APPROVAL OF BOSTON PLANNING AND
[55:10] DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SUBMITS A
[55:12] REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE
[55:14] ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.
[55:16] THANK YOU.
[55:17] CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
[55:18] OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,
[55:19] DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.
[55:21] COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE
[55:22] FLOOR.
[55:22] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
[55:23] I THINK YOU JUST GAVE ME A
[55:24] PROMOTION.
[55:25] NOW I'M THE HEAD OF THE
[55:26] PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
[55:26] BUT DON'T TELL KYRA.
[55:29] UM.
[55:29] THANK YOU.
[55:30] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[55:31] ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH, THE
[55:33] COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
[55:33] DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
[55:35] CONVENED A HEARING ON DOCKET
[55:36] 0968, AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE
[55:38] MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
[55:40] ACCEPT AND EXPAND 30 MILLION
[55:42] FROM THE INCLUSIONARY
[55:43] DEVELOPMENT POLICY FUND.
[55:44] I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE
[55:46] COUNCILOR FLYNN, AND THE
[55:47] COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
[55:48] THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
[55:49] OFFICIALS.
[55:50] RICK WILSON, THE DIRECTOR
[55:51] OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
[55:52] CHRISTINE O'KEEFE, DIRECTOR
[55:54] OF NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND
[55:55] ANDY FELDMAN, HOUSING POLICY
[55:57] MANAGER.
[55:58] INCLUSIONARY ZONING WAS
[55:59] ESTABLISHED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
[56:01] IN FEBRUARY OF 2000 TO SUPPORT
[56:03] PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION
[56:04] OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEW
[56:05] MARKET RATE HOUSING IN BOSTON.
[56:07] THE OFFICIALS DESCRIBE THE
[56:09] EVOLUTION OF IDP POLICY AND
[56:10] OVERSIGHT, NOTING THAT THE
[56:12] ADMINISTRATION WAS TRANSFERRED
[56:14] IT FROM THE BPD IN 2013.
[56:16] THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THE 2023
[56:19] POLICY UPDATES WHICH INCREASE
[56:20] IDP PERCENTAGES.
[56:22] THESE FUNDS ARE IDP REVENUE
[56:24] GENERATED FROM PAYMENTS MADE IN
[56:26] LIEU OF ON SITE OR OFF SITE
[56:28] UNITS, AS WELL AS OTHER ONE
[56:30] TIME PARTIAL UNIT PAYMENTS
[56:31] OVERSEEN BY THE BPA.
[56:33] THE PANELISTS SHARED MORE THAN
[56:35] 200 MILLION OF IDP REVENUE HAS
[56:37] BEEN COLLECTED SINCE THE
[56:38] POLICIES INCEPTION AND
[56:40] PROJECTED THAT THE PROGRAM WILL
[56:41] COLLECT 26 MILLION IN FISCAL
[56:43] YEAR 27 AND 28 CONSISTENT WITH
[56:46] THE TYPICAL ANNUAL RANGE THE 30
[56:48] MILLION AUTHORIZED IN THIS
[56:50] ORDER, TOGETHER WITH THE 6
[56:51] MILLION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
[56:52] AUTHORIZED HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
[56:54] TO TEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[56:55] PROJECTS INCLUDING BOTH RENTAL
[56:56] AND HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
[56:58] ACROSS ROXBURY, MATTAPAN, EAST
[57:00] BOSTON, DORCHESTER AND
[57:02] CHINATOWN.
[57:02] MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE
[57:04] CLOSE TO COMPLETION, AND THE
[57:05] PASSAGE OF THIS TODAY WILL
[57:06] PROVIDE THE FUNDING NEEDED TO
[57:07] HELP TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
[57:09] HUNDREDS OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL
[57:11] AND HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS.
[57:12] WE KNOW HOW URGENTLY BOSTON
[57:14] NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I
[57:16] HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR
[57:17] ABILITY TO CONTINUE DELIVERING
[57:20] QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[57:21] ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS WITH THESE
[57:22] FUNDS.
[57:23] FOR THAT REASON, AS THE CHAIR
[57:24] OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
[57:25] TRANSPORTATION, MY
[57:27] RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
[57:28] COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER
[57:28] OUGHT TO PASS.
[57:29] THANK YOU.
[57:30] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[57:32] THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
[57:33] PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
[57:35] TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
[57:36] OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
[57:37] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0968.
[57:40] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[57:42] ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
[57:44] UH, MADAM.
[57:45] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[57:46] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[57:47] VOTE ON DOCKET 0968.
[57:49] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0968.
[57:52] COUNCILOR BRENNAN.
[57:53] YES.
[57:54] CONCENTRATE ON YES.
[57:56] COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A CONCEPT
[57:57] CALLED PAPA.
[57:58] YES.
[57:59] CONCEPT CALLED PURPOSE CONCEPT
[58:00] JOKING I A TOKEN YES.
[58:03] COUNCIL FITZGERALD.
[58:05] COUNCIL.
[58:05] FITZGERALD.
[58:06] YES.
[58:06] COUNCIL.
[58:06] FLYNN.
[58:07] COUNCIL.
[58:08] FLEMING.
[58:08] YES.
[58:09] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
[58:11] COUNCIL MEMBER HERE ONCE I'M
[58:13] HERE.
[58:13] YES.
[58:13] COUNCIL.
[58:14] MURPHY.
[58:15] COUNCIL MURPHY HAS GONE TO PUT
[58:17] PEN.
[58:18] YES.
[58:19] COUNCIL SANTANA.
[58:21] COUNCIL SAME TIME I GUESS
[58:22] COUNCIL WEBER.
[58:24] COUNCIL WEBSITE.
[58:24] YES.
[58:25] CONTROLLER UH COUNCIL WERE
[58:26] REALLY ASKING.
[58:28] FOR SOME.
[58:31] 811 AND AFFIRMATIVE.
[58:34] THANK YOU.
[58:34] UH, THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS
[58:35] BEEN ADOPTED AND DOCKET 0968
[58:38] HAS PASSED.
[58:40] WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS
[58:42] AND RESOLUTIONS A REMINDER THAT
[58:44] UNDER RULE 39 REMARKS ON NEW
[58:46] MATTERS NOT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY
[58:47] SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE
[58:49] MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR
[58:50] AND TWO MINUTES FOR
[58:52] CO-SPONSORS.
[58:52] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[58:54] READ DOCKET 1332.
[58:56] DOCKET 133 TO
[58:58] COUNCILOR CULPEPER OR FOR THE
[58:59] FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
[59:01] SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT
[59:03] RELATIVE TO INCREASING CIVIL
[59:05] PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL
[59:07] POSSESSION, USE AND SALE
[59:09] OF FIREWORKS IN THE CITY
[59:10] OF BOSTON.
[59:11] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[59:12] COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[59:13] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[59:14] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[59:15] EVERY YEAR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS
[59:18] BOSTON EXPERIENCED THE
[59:21] CONSEQUENCES OF ILLEGAL
[59:22] FIREWORKS.
[59:23] RESIDENTS LOSE SLEEP.
[59:26] VETERANS AND OTHERS LIVING WITH
[59:27] PTSD ARE AFFECTED BY REPEATED
[59:29] EXPLOSIONS.
[59:31] PETS BECOME DISTRESSED FAMILIES
[59:33] WORRIED ABOUT THE RISKS
[59:34] OF FIRES, INJURIES AND PROPERTY
[59:37] DAMAGE.
[59:37] OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE
[59:39] REGULARLY REGULARLY CALLED UPON
[59:42] TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS AND
[59:44] EMERGENCY STEMMING FROM ILLEGAL
[59:46] FIREWORKS, PARTICULARLY IN THE
[59:49] SUMMER MONTHS ESPECIALLY DURING
[59:53] JULY 4TH.
[59:54] THIS HOME PETITION INCREASES
[59:56] THE CIVIL FINE FOR THE ILLEGAL
[59:59] POSSESSION OR USE OF FIREWORKS
[1:00:03] TO BETWEEN 100 AND $1000 AND
[1:00:04] INCREASES THE CIVIL FINE FOR
[1:00:05] THE ILLEGAL SALE OR OFFERING
[1:00:07] FOR SALE OF FIREWORKS TO
[1:00:11] BETWEEN 500 AND $5000.
[1:00:12] ALL EXISTING ENFORCEMENT
[1:00:14] PROVISIONS INCLUDING SEIZURE
[1:00:17] FOR FORFEITURE, ARREST
[1:00:19] AUTHORITY AND ALL APPLICABLE
[1:00:21] CRIMINAL PENALTIES REMAIN
[1:00:23] UNCHANGED.
[1:00:24] THE GOAL OF THIS PETITION IS
[1:00:25] SIMPLE TO PROVIDE A STRONGER
[1:00:28] DETERRENT AGAINST CONDUCT THAT
[1:00:29] CONTINUES TO THREATEN PUBLIC
[1:00:31] SAFETY AND DISRUPT
[1:00:33] NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS OUR CITY.
[1:00:35] ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ARE NOT A
[1:00:37] HARMLESS NUISANCE THEY CREATE
[1:00:39] REAL RISKS FOR RESIDENTS,
[1:00:42] FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY
[1:00:43] PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY OWNERS
[1:00:45] BY UPDATING FINES THAT HAVE NOT
[1:00:47] KEPT PACE WITH THE SERIOUSNESS
[1:00:49] OF THESE VIOLATIONS.
[1:00:50] WE'RE STRENGTHENING A TOOL TO
[1:00:52] DISCOURAGE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS
[1:00:54] WHILE PRESERVING THE BROAD
[1:00:55] ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK ALREADY
[1:00:57] ESTABLISHED UNDER STATE LAW.
[1:00:59] AND I MIGHT ADD, ONE OF THE
[1:01:01] REASONS THAT REALLY MOVED ME TO
[1:01:04] FILE THIS IS SITTING UP AT
[1:01:07] NIGHT GETTING CALLS FROM FOLKS
[1:01:10] ABOUT FIREWORKS AND THE
[1:01:12] POSSIBILITY THAT A HOME OR HOME
[1:01:14] WOULD BE SET ON FIRE.
[1:01:16] IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE TO
[1:01:18] EVERY YEAR DURING JULY 4TH GO
[1:01:21] THROUGH THE SAME THING OVER AND
[1:01:22] OVER AND JUST SIT THERE AND NOT
[1:01:24] OUR HEADS.
[1:01:25] BUT I THINK BEFORE SOMETHING
[1:01:27] BECOMES SERIOUSLY LIKE A HOME
[1:01:29] CATCHING FIRE THAT THIS
[1:01:32] COUNCIL NEED TO ACT.
[1:01:35] AND I PUT THIS FORWARD WITH ALL
[1:01:37] SERIOUSNESS BECAUSE A 4TH
[1:01:40] OF JULY NIGHT FIREWORKS ARE
[1:01:42] GOING CRAZY.
[1:01:44] UH, I WENT OUT AND TALKED TO
[1:01:45] SOME YOUTH ABOUT 20 OF THEM AND
[1:01:48] ONE OF THE UH PERSONS THERE
[1:01:51] STOOD UP AND SAID I'M THE ADULT
[1:01:52] HERE AND I'M THE MOTHER OF MANY
[1:01:55] OF THESE KIDS.
[1:01:56] I SAID YOU ARE THE ONE
[1:01:58] RESPONSIBLE.
[1:01:59] AND SHE SAID, I'LL TAKE
[1:02:01] RESPONSIBILITY.
[1:02:01] I WENT HOUSE GOT A BIG GREEN
[1:02:02] BAG THE NEXT MORNING THEY
[1:02:05] CLEANED UP ALL OF THE FIREWORKS
[1:02:07] ,UH, RESIDUE THAT WAS LEFT ON
[1:02:09] THEIR EGGS.
[1:02:10] AND SO I JUST THINK THAT WE
[1:02:12] NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK TO, UH
[1:02:15] ,AS A DETERRENT TO THESE
[1:02:17] ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND THE CITY
[1:02:19] OF BOSTON.
[1:02:19] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:02:21] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:02:22] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:02:24] NAME?
[1:02:27] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
[1:02:28] COUNCILOR FLYNN,
[1:02:29] COUNCILMAN DIVISION
[1:02:30] COUNCILOR HERE.
[1:02:31] COUNCILOR.
[1:02:31] MURPHY.
[1:02:32] COUNCILOR.
[1:02:32] PEPEN, COUNCILOR.
[1:02:34] SANTANA, COUNCILOR.
[1:02:35] WEBER.
[1:02:35] CONSTABLE.
[1:02:35] ROWLAND, PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR.
[1:02:37] THANK YOU.
[1:02:38] DOCKET 1332 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[1:02:42] THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
[1:02:43] OPERATIONS.
[1:02:45] MADAM CLERK.
[1:02:46] COUNCILORS.
[1:02:47] UH, YES.
[1:02:47] MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
[1:02:48] READ DOCKET 1333..
[1:02:50] GOOD 1333 COMING.
[1:02:53] SO FLYNN, OFFER THE FOLLOWING
[1:02:54] ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS
[1:02:56] THE IMPACTS OF RECENT BOSTON
[1:02:58] PUBLIC.
[1:02:58] SCHOOLS UM PERSONNEL CUTS ON
[1:03:01] STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES.
[1:03:02] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:03:04] COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL.
[1:03:05] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:03:05] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:03:07] MAY I ADD COUNCIL MEJIA AS AN
[1:03:09] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:03:11] COUNCILOR MEJIA SO ADDED.
[1:03:12] MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD
[1:03:14] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[1:03:15] ?
[1:03:16] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[1:03:16] OBJECTIONS COMES FROM MURPHY'S
[1:03:17] ADDED AS A THIRD.
[1:03:19] THANK YOU.
[1:03:20] THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
[1:03:21] WITH THE RECENT VOTE BY THE
[1:03:22] CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE BPA
[1:03:25] BUDGET, HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS,
[1:03:28] PARAPROFESSIONALS AND OTHER
[1:03:30] FRONTLINE WORKERS EDUCATORS ARE
[1:03:33] ANTICIPATED TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
[1:03:36] THESE DEDICATED AND
[1:03:38] COMPASSIONATE WORKERS PROVIDE
[1:03:40] CRITICAL SOCIAL SERVICES TO
[1:03:42] MANY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE
[1:03:44] RESIDENTS IN BOSTON.
[1:03:46] STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
[1:03:49] AS WE REFLECT ON THIS TERRIBLE
[1:03:51] INJUSTICE AND THE IMPACT THIS
[1:03:53] WILL HAVE ON DPS EMPLOYEES AND
[1:03:56] THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL, WE ALSO
[1:03:59] MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE POTENTIAL
[1:04:01] EFFECT AND CONSEQUENCES IT WILL
[1:04:04] HAVE DIRECTLY ON STUDENTS WITH
[1:04:06] DISABILITIES AND SERVICES AND
[1:04:09] PROGRAMS THEY ARE ENTITLED TO
[1:04:11] BY LAW.
[1:04:11] BY FEDERAL LAW, INDIVIDUALS
[1:04:14] WOULD AND STUDENTS AND
[1:04:16] INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
[1:04:19] UM PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR
[1:04:21] CITY AND OUR COUNTRY.
[1:04:25] INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
[1:04:28] ACT GOVERNS HOW STATES PROVIDE
[1:04:30] EARLY INTERVENTION IN SPECIAL
[1:04:33] EDUCATION FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
[1:04:34] WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDING
[1:04:36] INFANTS, TODDLERS AND CHILDREN
[1:04:39] IN GRADE SCHOOL AND
[1:04:41] MASSACHUSETTS.
[1:04:42] ALL STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO A
[1:04:43] FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
[1:04:46] EDUCATION IN THE LEAST
[1:04:48] RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT,
[1:04:50] MEANING THAT ALL STUDENTS WITH
[1:04:52] DISABILITIES ARE PERMITTED TO
[1:04:53] SERVICES LIKE SPEECH AND
[1:04:55] LANGUAGE THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL
[1:04:57] THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY,
[1:05:01] BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, ASSISTIVE
[1:05:04] TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION AND
[1:05:07] OTHER ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS
[1:05:10] INCLUDING DEADLINE EXTENSIONS.
[1:05:14] THESE PERSONNEL CUTS MAY RESULT
[1:05:19] IN DEVASTATING IMPACTS FOR
[1:05:20] STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND
[1:05:22] LET ME REPHRASE THAT THEY WILL
[1:05:24] RESULT IN DEVASTATING IMPACT
[1:05:26] FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
[1:05:29] IN THE ABSENCE
[1:05:30] OF PARAPROFESSIONALS, ALL
[1:05:31] STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH
[1:05:33] DISABILITIES MAY FACE
[1:05:34] DIFFICULTIES WITH CLASSROOM
[1:05:36] SUPPORT, ACCESSING RESOURCES,
[1:05:39] ACCOMMODATIONS AND ULTIMATELY
[1:05:41] RESULT IN A DECLINE IN ACADEMIC
[1:05:43] AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS WITH THE
[1:05:47] PROJECTED LOSS OF SEVERAL
[1:05:48] HUNDRED EMPLOYEES, IT'S
[1:05:51] CRITICAL THAT THE CITY
[1:05:53] COUNCIL PROVIDES OVERSIGHT AND
[1:05:55] UNDERSTANDS THE CONSEQUENCES
[1:05:57] OF OUR ACTIONS FOR STUDENTS,
[1:05:59] FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS.
[1:06:01] IT WAS REPORTED THAT IT WAS
[1:06:03] LIKELY 400 UM PERSONNEL AT
[1:06:07] WOULD BE IMPACTED.
[1:06:09] I THINK IT'S MUCH LARGER THAN
[1:06:10] THAT.
[1:06:11] I THINK IT MIGHT BE 500.
[1:06:13] THOSE ARE 500 FAMILIES, BUT
[1:06:17] THERE ARE ALSO STUDENTS WITH
[1:06:19] DISABILITIES THAT WON'T GET THE
[1:06:20] NEEDED CRITICAL SERVICES THAT
[1:06:22] THEY'RE ENTITLED TO BY LAW.
[1:06:25] LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN BY
[1:06:26] FEDERAL LAW, STUDENTS WITH
[1:06:29] DISABILITIES HAVE A RIGHT TO
[1:06:30] THE SAME EDUCATION AS EVERYBODY
[1:06:33] ELSE.
[1:06:33] THAT'S BY FEDERAL LAW.
[1:06:35] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:06:36] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:06:37] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
[1:06:38] MEJIA.
[1:06:39] COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:06:42] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:06:43] I WANT TO THANK
[1:06:44] COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING
[1:06:45] ME TO THIS HEARING ORDER.
[1:06:47] YOU KNOW.
[1:06:48] I VOTED AGAINST THE BUDGET
[1:06:50] BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE
[1:06:52] SIGNIFICANT STAFF CUTS TO
[1:06:53] STUDENTS FACING POSITIONS WOULD
[1:06:54] NEGATIVELY IMPACT ALL STUDENTS
[1:06:56] ,MOST ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS
[1:06:58] WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL.
[1:07:01] NEEDS.
[1:07:01] OUR MULTI AND OUR.
[1:07:02] MULTI LINGUAL LEARNERS THE BTU
[1:07:04] TEACHERS PARAS AND OTHER SCHOOL
[1:07:07] STAFF, YOUTH AND FAMILIES,
[1:07:09] COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
[1:07:11] SOUNDED THE ALARM FOR MONTHS
[1:07:13] YET THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
[1:07:15] SOME OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
[1:07:16] .
[1:07:17] APPROVED THE BUDGET ANYWAYS.
[1:07:20] HISTORICALLY BOSTON HAS BEEN A
[1:07:21] LEADER IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
[1:07:23] BUT ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN WARNING
[1:07:24] THAT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
[1:07:25] WEAKENING WITH PERSONNEL CUTS.
[1:07:28] UM AND IN THE LAST BUDGET OUR
[1:07:30] STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS WHO ARE
[1:07:32] NOW SUPPORTING THEM WITH FEWER
[1:07:34] COLLEAGUES AND RESOURCES THAN
[1:07:35] EVER BEFORE.
[1:07:37] WILL SUFFER.
[1:07:39] WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
[1:07:40] TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS
[1:07:42] OF THESE PERSONNEL CUTS UH,
[1:07:44] WILL HAVE ON STUDENTS WITH
[1:07:46] DISABILITIES AND DEVELOP A LONG
[1:07:47] TERM PLAN TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR
[1:07:50] STUDENTS.
[1:07:50] I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING
[1:07:52] AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION.
[1:07:54] AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE
[1:07:57] THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE
[1:07:59] THESE CONVERSATIONS, NOW IS THE
[1:08:01] TIME FOR US TO START REALLY
[1:08:03] THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE BUDGET
[1:08:05] PROCESS NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE AND
[1:08:06] MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
[1:08:08] ENGAGING ALL THE RIGHT
[1:08:09] STAKEHOLDERS UM IN THE
[1:08:10] CONVERSATION.
[1:08:11] SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING JUST
[1:08:13] THAT.
[1:08:13] THANK YOU.
[1:08:14] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:08:16] COUNSELOR MURPHY.
[1:08:16] COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:08:19] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:08:20] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR.
[1:08:22] INCLUDING ME.
[1:08:23] COUNCILOR ME HERE IN THIS
[1:08:24] IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND
[1:08:26] THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU
[1:08:27] WORDED IT TO DISCUSS THE
[1:08:29] IMPACTS.
[1:08:29] I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD MANY
[1:08:31] CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE JOB
[1:08:33] LOSS OF HUNDREDS.
[1:08:35] THE LAST ARTICLE HAD IT AT 560
[1:08:37] JOBS LOST FOR SEPTEMBER.
[1:08:39] AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
[1:08:41] CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE
[1:08:42] BUDGET.
[1:08:43] AND I KNOW THERE WAS A HEARING
[1:08:44] AT THE LAST MEETING THAT I
[1:08:45] DIDN'T THINK SHOULD GO IN WAYS
[1:08:47] AND MEANS.
[1:08:48] I'M HOPING THIS GOES INTO
[1:08:49] EDUCATION WHERE WE CAN REALLY
[1:08:50] TALK ABOUT THE DIRECT NEGATIVE
[1:08:53] IMPACT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON
[1:08:55] OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED THESE
[1:08:56] SUPPORTS THE MOST AND ALWAYS
[1:08:59] CARING AND TALKING ABOUT THE
[1:09:01] LOSS OF JOBS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS
[1:09:02] ARE GOING TO BE LOSING.
[1:09:04] BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
[1:09:05] CONVERSATION AND HEARING
[1:09:07] DIRECTLY AND HOPEFULLY THIS
[1:09:08] HEARING COUNCILOR FLYNN UM IS
[1:09:10] HAPPENS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR.
[1:09:12] STARTS OR BEFORE OUR STUDENTS
[1:09:14] COME BACK TO OUR CLASSROOMS
[1:09:15] THAT WE ON THIS COUNCIL ARE
[1:09:18] ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION
[1:09:19] NEEDED TO ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE
[1:09:21] THAT OUR TEACHERS, OUR
[1:09:24] PRINCIPALS, OUR PARENTS
[1:09:25] ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS HAVE
[1:09:26] THE SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN
[1:09:28] GET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY
[1:09:29] NEED.
[1:09:29] THANK YOU.
[1:09:30] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY,
[1:09:31] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:09:33] NAME?
[1:09:34] COUNSELOR.
[1:09:35] CULPEPER.
[1:09:35] COUNSELOR.
[1:09:36] DURKAN.
[1:09:36] COUNSELOR.
[1:09:37] FITZGERALD.
[1:09:37] COUNSELOR.
[1:09:37] LOUIJEUNE.
[1:09:38] COUNSELOR.
[1:09:39] PEPEN.
[1:09:39] CONSCIOUS.
[1:09:40] FONTANA.
[1:09:40] COUNSELOR.
[1:09:41] WEBER AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR
[1:09:44] DOCKET UH DOCKET NUMBER 1333
[1:09:48] WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
[1:09:49] COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
[1:09:52] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:09:54] READ DOCKET 1334.
[1:09:56] DOCKET 1334.
[1:09:57] COUNSELOR PEPPER AND ALL FOR
[1:09:59] THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
[1:10:01] HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS
[1:10:02] OF HVAC UPDATES IN THE IN
[1:10:04] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[1:10:06] THANK YOU.
[1:10:07] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:10:08] COUNCILOR PEPPER AND
[1:10:09] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:10:10] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:10:12] I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
[1:10:13] ADD YOURSELF COUNCILOR BREADON
[1:10:15] AS A CO-SPONSOR.
[1:10:16] THANK YOU.
[1:10:17] AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
[1:10:18] RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR
[1:10:19] FITZGERALD AS A THIRD
[1:10:20] CO-SPONSOR.
[1:10:21] SO CANTABRIANS ADDED AS A
[1:10:24] SECOND AND HEARING AND SEEING
[1:10:26] NO OBJECTIONS COUNSELOR WORRELL
[1:10:27] NO.
[1:10:28] OH, FITZGERALD.
[1:10:29] FITZGERALD I BEG YOUR PARDON,
[1:10:30] COUNSELOR FITZGERALD AS ADDED
[1:10:32] AS A THIRD.
[1:10:33] THANK YOU.
[1:10:35] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS MADE.
[1:10:36] SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN
[1:10:38] UPGRADING HVAC SYSTEMS ACROSS
[1:10:40] SCHOOL BUILDINGS OVER THE PAST
[1:10:42] SEVERAL YEARS.
[1:10:44] BUT WE DID.
[1:10:45] HOW WE WILL HELP SO MUCH SO WHY
[1:10:48] DON'T WE HURRY?
[1:10:51] YEAH YEAH.
[1:10:54] COME BACK TO YOU.
[1:10:55] RANDY IS HERE.
[1:11:04] WITH US.
[1:11:05] WE?
[1:41:48] WE ARE NOW BACK IN SESSION.
[1:41:50] UH, WE WILL GO BACK TO, UH,
[1:41:53] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[1:41:55] UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1334.
[1:41:58] UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:42:00] I'LL JUST GIVE.
[1:42:02] IF YOU'D LIKE TO START AT THE
[1:42:03] BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS
[1:42:04] AGAIN.
[1:42:04] THAT MIGHT BE GOOD.
[1:42:05] YEAH.
[1:42:06] UM.
[1:42:09] THANK YOU.
[1:42:10] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[1:42:12] UM.
[1:42:13] SORRY.
[1:42:16] UM, WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOU AS
[1:42:19] A SECOND CO-SPONSOR.
[1:42:20] I'M AT IT.
[1:42:21] THANK YOU.
[1:42:22] AND THEN YOU ASK TO, UH,
[1:42:25] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THERE'S A
[1:42:26] THIRD.
[1:42:26] SO THERE WAS NO I DIDN'T SEE OR
[1:42:28] HEAR ANY OBJECTION TO
[1:42:28] COUNCIL FITZGERALD IS ADDED AS
[1:42:30] A THIRD.
[1:42:30] YEAH.
[1:42:31] YOU HAVE UM.
[1:42:33] ALSO WISHING THAT OUR COLLEAGUE
[1:42:36] IS OKAY.
[1:42:36] THANK YOU.
[1:42:38] UM.
[1:42:39] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS
[1:42:40] MADE A SIGNIFICANT.
[1:42:41] PROGRESS IN UPGRADING HVAC
[1:42:42] SYSTEMS ACROSS SCHOOL BUILDINGS
[1:42:44] OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
[1:42:46] HOWEVER, EIGHT BUILDINGS REMAIN
[1:42:48] WITHOUT FULL BUILDING AIR
[1:42:50] CONDITIONING AND TEMPERATURES
[1:42:52] REACHED OVER 90 DEGREES IN SOME
[1:42:54] CLASSROOMS DURING THE LAST
[1:42:55] MONTH OF SCHOOL.
[1:42:57] TWO OF THOSE SCHOOLS OUT OF THE
[1:42:59] EIGHT ARE IN MY DISTRICT THE
[1:43:01] MOZART AND THE BATES.
[1:43:03] UM.
[1:43:04] A GOOD AMOUNT OF PARENTS
[1:43:05] REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE WITH
[1:43:07] CONCERNS OF THE TEMPERATURES
[1:43:09] THAT THE CLASSROOMS REACHED
[1:43:10] DURING SOME OF THE WARMER DAYS
[1:43:12] AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
[1:43:14] UM, MY INTENTION WITH THIS
[1:43:15] HEARING IS TO OFFER THE BOSTON
[1:43:17] PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICIALS THE
[1:43:18] OPPORTUNITY.
[1:43:19] TO EXPLAIN.
[1:43:20] THE TIMELINE FOR HVAC UPGRADES
[1:43:22] ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS
[1:43:24] TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS LEADING UP
[1:43:26] BEFORE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
[1:43:27] THANK YOU.
[1:43:29] UM, COUNCILOR.
[1:43:31] UH, CULPEPER, WOULD YOU MIND
[1:43:33] TAKING THE CHAIR FOR US TWO
[1:43:34] MINUTES FOR THIS I I'M A SECOND
[1:43:36] SPONSOR ON THIS.
[1:43:38] I THINK THEY ALLOW ME TO SPEAK
[1:43:41] FOR TWO MINUTES.
[1:43:46] IT'S THIS ONE HERE.
[1:43:57] COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU NOW HAVE
[1:43:59] THE FLOOR.
[1:43:59] MR CHAIR.
[1:44:05] GOT IT.
[1:44:06] THANK YOU.
[1:44:08] UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK
[1:44:09] COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR BRINGING
[1:44:10] THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE FORWARD
[1:44:11] AND FOR ADDING ME AS A
[1:44:12] CO-SPONSOR.
[1:44:13] MANY FACILITIES ARE VERY OLD
[1:44:16] AND AS THE CLIMATE CONTINUES TO
[1:44:17] GROW HOTTER AND MORE
[1:44:19] UNPREDICTABLE, WE NEED TO.
[1:44:20] HAVE.
[1:44:21] A PLAN.
[1:44:21] FOR.
[1:44:21] THE STATUS OF HVAC SYSTEMS
[1:44:24] REMAINS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR OUR
[1:44:26] FACILITIES.
[1:44:26] THE JACKSON MANN SCHOOL
[1:44:27] BUILDING IN ALLSTON WAS
[1:44:29] DECLARED ON IT ON UM AND ON ON
[1:44:33] AN INAPPROPRIATE FOR ITS
[1:44:35] INTENDED USE IN LARGE PART DUE
[1:44:36] TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OF THE
[1:44:38] HVAC SYSTEM.
[1:44:39] HVAC IMPROVEMENTS APPEARED IN
[1:44:41] THE CAPITAL BUDGET DECADES AGO,
[1:44:43] BUT ACTION WAS NEVER TAKEN AND
[1:44:45] THE SCHOOL WAS FORCED TO CLOSE
[1:44:46] AS A RESULT.
[1:44:47] ADDRESSING HVAC CHALLENGES WILL
[1:44:49] REQUIRE COORDINATION AMONG MANY
[1:44:51] DEPARTMENTS.
[1:44:52] HVAC UPGRADES MUST BE
[1:44:54] INTEGRATED INTO A BROADER
[1:44:55] CAPITAL PLANNING ELECTRICAL
[1:44:57] MODEL AND MODERNIZATION AND
[1:44:59] CLIMATE RESILIENCE EFFORTS.
[1:45:01] ADDITIONALLY, EXTREME HEAT
[1:45:03] AFFECTS STUDENTS ABILITY TO
[1:45:05] FOCUS, RETAIN INFORMATION AND
[1:45:07] PERFORM ACADEMICALLY.
[1:45:08] EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A
[1:45:11] COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN
[1:45:12] WHICH TO LEARN.
[1:45:13] THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
[1:45:15] FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
[1:45:17] WHERE AS MANY OF THEM HAVE
[1:45:18] TEMPER TANTRUM TEMPERATURE
[1:45:21] REGULATION ISSUES.
[1:45:22] I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING
[1:45:24] HOW A BUILDING HOW TO BUILD AND
[1:45:26] MAINTAIN A SPACE WHERE EVERY
[1:45:28] STUDENT AN EDUCATOR HAS.
[1:45:30] ACCESS TO A SAFE AND TEMPERATE
[1:45:32] LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
[1:45:33] THANK YOU.
[1:45:39] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[1:45:42] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR KILPATRICK
[1:45:43] .
[1:45:47] THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[1:45:49] AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR PENN
[1:45:50] FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.
[1:45:51] THIS ONE'S PERSONAL FOR ME AS
[1:45:52] MY KIDS GO TO A SCHOOL THAT
[1:45:54] DOES NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING
[1:45:55] AND OBVIOUSLY JUST MISSED UH,
[1:45:57] WITH THE LATE SCHOOL YEAR THEY
[1:45:58] JUST MISSED IT BY A WEEK
[1:45:59] OF HAVING 100 DEGREE
[1:46:00] TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE.
[1:46:02] UH, AND WHAT THAT COULD HAVE
[1:46:03] DONE, UH, TO THE LEARNING
[1:46:04] ENVIRONMENT FOR MY CHILDREN AND
[1:46:06] EVERYONE'S CHILDREN INSIDE.
[1:46:07] UM, SO I APPRECIATE
[1:46:09] COUNCILOR PEPEN BRINGING UP THE
[1:46:10] FACT OF JUST ASKING THE
[1:46:11] ADMINISTRATION AND FOLKS AT THE
[1:46:14] ,UH, WHAT THE TIMELINE IS AND
[1:46:15] WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE MEANTIME
[1:46:17] TO MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS.
[1:46:18] THANK YOU.
[1:46:21] WE DIDN'T.
[1:46:22] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[1:46:23] NAMES?
[1:46:25] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:46:27] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[1:46:28] COUNCILOR.
[1:46:28] MURPHY.
[1:46:29] COUNCILOR.
[1:46:29] OH, COUNCIL.
[1:46:31] SANTANA.
[1:46:31] THAT'S A WEBER.
[1:46:33] SO WE'RE WELL.
[1:46:33] AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[1:46:40] THANK YOU.
[1:46:40] DOCKET NUMBER 1334 WILL BE
[1:46:44] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:46:45] EDUCATION.
[1:47:01] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:47:04] UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[1:47:05] PLEASE READ DOCKET 13351335?
[1:47:09] COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE
[1:47:10] FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
[1:47:13] TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE
[1:47:14] BLACKSTONE POOL AND INDEPENDENT
[1:47:16] ENGINEERING STUDY ON REPAIRS.
[1:47:19] THANK YOU.
[1:47:20] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY.
[1:47:21] FLYNN COUNTRY.
[1:47:22] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:47:24] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:47:25] MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD.
[1:47:28] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN
[1:47:29] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[1:47:31] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS ADDED
[1:47:32] AS A SECOND.
[1:47:33] IN MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND
[1:47:34] ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER PLEASE.
[1:47:36] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[1:47:37] OBJECTIONS.
[1:47:38] CONFLICT PRESENTED AS THE THIRD
[1:47:39] .
[1:47:40] AND JUST I JUST WANT TO NOTE
[1:47:42] THAT THE BLACKSTONE POOL IS IS
[1:47:45] IN THE SOUTH AND IT'S BY
[1:47:47] MYSELF.
[1:47:48] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND UM
[1:47:50] COUNCILOR CULPEPER WANT TO
[1:47:51] THANK WANT TO THANK BOTH
[1:47:52] OF THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO
[1:47:54] THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH AND
[1:47:56] THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER
[1:47:58] IN BOSTON.
[1:47:59] PUBLIC SCHOOL.
[1:48:00] HAS HISTORICALLY.
[1:48:01] SERVED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
[1:48:03] THE SOUTH END IN ROXBURY,
[1:48:06] INCLUDING ACROSS THE STREET IS
[1:48:08] VILLA VICTORIA AND UH, ACROSS
[1:48:13] FROM THAT IS THE BERKELEY
[1:48:15] APARTMENTS.
[1:48:17] IT HAS BEEN CLOSED
[1:48:18] INDEFINITELY.
[1:48:19] DUE TO.
[1:48:20] STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
[1:48:22] DRAIN LINE FAILURE, GROUNDWATER
[1:48:25] INTRUSION.
[1:48:28] OF THE 18 POOLS OPERATED BY.
[1:48:30] BC.
[1:48:31] BCF AND OR BOSTON PUBLIC
[1:48:33] SCHOOLS, NINE WILL CLOSE TO THE
[1:48:35] SUMMER OF 2025 SIGNIFICANTLY
[1:48:37] LIMITING ACCESS TO SWIM
[1:48:39] LESSONS, SWIM LESSONS AND
[1:48:42] RECREATIONAL WATER ACTIVITIES
[1:48:43] WHICH ARE VITAL FOR UM HEALTH
[1:48:47] YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, EXERCISE AND
[1:48:49] THE SUMMER OF 20 20 2026.
[1:48:52] 16 OF THE.
[1:48:53] 18 POOLS HAVE SINCE REOPENED
[1:48:55] WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
[1:48:57] BLACKSTONE SWIMMING POOL AND
[1:48:58] THE MIRABELLA SWIMMING POOL.
[1:49:01] THE CITY OF BOSTON FY 27
[1:49:04] THROUGH 31 CAPITAL BUDGET
[1:49:06] INCLUDES $500,000 TO THE
[1:49:08] BLACKSTONE SCHOOL STUDY, WHICH
[1:49:11] WILL DETERMINE THE SCOPE
[1:49:12] OF MAJOR RENOVATIONS AT THE
[1:49:14] SCHOOL AND POOL.
[1:49:16] A COMPLETE RENOVATION WILL TAKE
[1:49:18] YEARS.
[1:49:20] HOWEVER, THIS POOL CLOSURE
[1:49:24] CONTINUES TO WORSEN DISPARITIES
[1:49:26] AND EXPOSURE TO HOTTER SUMMERS
[1:49:28] AND DENIES ENRICHMENT
[1:49:30] OPPORTUNITIES.
[1:49:31] FOR.
[1:49:31] COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OUR
[1:49:33] IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS.
[1:49:34] WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT 100
[1:49:36] DEGREE DAYS IN DPS AND JUNE
[1:49:42] 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL HELD THE
[1:49:43] HEARING ON THE OVERALL
[1:49:45] CONDITION OF BCF POOLS WHERE
[1:49:47] BP'S INFORMED THE BODY THAT
[1:49:50] REOPENING THE BLACKSTONE WOULD
[1:49:51] REQUIRE A FULL EXCAVATION TO
[1:49:56] UNDERSTAND THE FULL SCOPE
[1:49:57] OF DAMAGE AND MAY BE IN MAJOR
[1:50:01] RENOVATIONS TO BC WAY
[1:50:02] OF BLACKSTONE.
[1:50:03] IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE
[1:50:04] BLACKSTONE POOL UNDERGO AN
[1:50:07] INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING STUDY
[1:50:09] ON HOW TO FIX THE POOL.
[1:50:10] IN MY OPINION, FAILURE TO
[1:50:13] INVEST THE APPROPRIATE
[1:50:14] RESOURCES IN THE BLACKSTONE
[1:50:15] SCHOOL IS AN ISSUE OF SOCIAL,
[1:50:18] ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND
[1:50:20] RACIAL JUSTICE.
[1:50:21] I WANT TO ENSURE THAT MY
[1:50:25] CONSTITUENTS CONSTITUENTS IN
[1:50:26] THE SOUTH AND ROXBURY HAVE
[1:50:29] EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AS OTHER
[1:50:31] NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:50:32] I WANT TO SEE HOW WE'RE ABLE TO
[1:50:34] GIVE THE KIDS FROM THE SOUTH
[1:50:35] END IN ROXBURY THE THE
[1:50:38] OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A SWIMMING
[1:50:40] POOL AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
[1:50:42] AND TAKE SWIMMING LESSONS.
[1:50:45] I THINK THIS IS AN.
[1:50:46] ISSUE ABOUT EQUAL JUSTICE AND
[1:50:49] ENSURING THAT COMMUNITIES
[1:50:51] OF COLOR HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS
[1:50:53] AND OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER
[1:50:55] NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:50:55] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:50:57] THANK YOU.
[1:50:57] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:50:58] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZING NOISES.
[1:50:59] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR,
[1:51:00] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:51:01] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:51:03] I JUST WANT TO THANK
[1:51:04] COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING
[1:51:05] ME AS A CO-SPONSOR HERE KNOWING
[1:51:07] AGAIN WITH COUNCILOR CULPEPER,
[1:51:09] MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FLYNN
[1:51:10] REPRESENTING A LARGE SWATH
[1:51:10] OF THE SOUTH END, UM, THAT
[1:51:12] THESE ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO
[1:51:13] USE THIS POOL AND HAVE EVERY
[1:51:15] RIGHT UH AND ABILITY THAT
[1:51:17] SHOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY UH TO
[1:51:18] HAVE THAT AMENITY IN THEIR
[1:51:20] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:51:20] UH AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
[1:51:21] HAVING THE BLACKSTONE POOL
[1:51:23] REOPENED, UH, AND HOPEFULLY GET
[1:51:24] THESE REPAIRS UNDERWAY.
[1:51:25] UH.
[1:51:26] THANK YOU.
[1:51:27] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:51:29] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:51:30] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:51:31] MADAM PRESIDENT, I LIKE TO
[1:51:32] ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THE
[1:51:33] REMARKS FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN
[1:51:35] AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[1:51:38] WE RECENTLY HAD THAT HEARING
[1:51:39] WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE
[1:51:41] SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SWIMMING
[1:51:42] POOLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[1:51:44] IT SAID THAT BLACKSTONE WILL
[1:51:46] NOT BE PART OF THE GOOD TIMES,
[1:51:48] THE TRAINING, THE SWIMMING
[1:51:50] MEETS THAT THEY'LL HAVE AT THE
[1:51:51] DIFFERENT POOLS.
[1:51:53] I THINK THEY DESERVE IT AND I
[1:51:54] THINK THE SOONER THEY CAN GET
[1:51:56] IT DONE THE BETTER IT WOULD BE
[1:51:58] FOR THE STUDENTS OF BLACKSTONE
[1:51:59] .
[1:51:59] HOPEFULLY IT CAN BE DONE SOON.
[1:52:01] AGAIN COUNCILOR FINN.
[1:52:03] THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THAT
[1:52:05] RESOLUTION.
[1:52:05] AND UH.
[1:52:07] TO MY.
[1:52:08] COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[1:52:12] THANK YOU.
[1:52:14] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[1:52:15] THEIR NAME?
[1:52:16] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[1:52:17] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:18] UM.
[1:52:18] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[1:52:19] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:21] UH LOUIJEUNE.
[1:52:21] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:22] MURPHY.
[1:52:22] COUNCILOR.
[1:52:22] PEPEN.
[1:52:23] HUNTER.
[1:52:24] SANTANA.
[1:52:24] CONSTABLE.
[1:52:25] WEBER.
[1:52:25] CRUNCHER WORRELL AND PLEASE,
[1:52:26] UH, THE CHAIR DOCKET UH 1335
[1:52:31] WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
[1:52:32] COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES.
[1:52:34] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:52:35] READ DOCKET?
[1:52:36] COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
[1:52:39] 1336?
[1:52:44] ADOPTED 1336 COUNCILOR FLYNN
[1:52:47] AND FOR THE FOLLOWING.
[1:52:48] ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS
[1:52:49] THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON CITY
[1:52:52] REVENUES IN THE EVENT THAT
[1:52:54] BOSTON RECEIVE AN UNFAVORABLE,
[1:52:56] FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE COURT
[1:52:58] JUDGMENT ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
[1:53:00] ASSESSMENTS.
[1:53:00] THANK YOU.
[1:53:01] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:53:02] COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU
[1:53:03] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:53:05] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:53:07] THE CITY OF BOSTON IS CURRENTLY
[1:53:08] INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT WITH A
[1:53:10] GROUP OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
[1:53:11] OWNERS OVER ALLEGED INFLATION
[1:53:14] OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES.
[1:53:16] WHILE THE LAWSUIT IS ONGOING IN
[1:53:18] COURT, THERE COULD BE MAJOR
[1:53:21] IMPACTS TO BOSTON'S ASSESSING
[1:53:23] PRACTICES AND GENERATED
[1:53:25] REVENUES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
[1:53:26] .
[1:53:27] IF BOSTON DOES NOT WIN THE CASE
[1:53:29] IN THE EVENT THAT BOSTON DOES
[1:53:31] NOT WIN THE CASE, I THINK IT IS
[1:53:34] IMPORTANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
[1:53:35] WHAT IMPACT IT HAS ON THE CITY
[1:53:36] OF BOSTON IN OUR FINANCES.
[1:53:43] IN DECEMBER 2025, A GROUP
[1:53:44] OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS
[1:53:45] ENTERED INTO A LAWSUIT WITH THE
[1:53:47] CITY OF BOSTON ALLEGING THAT
[1:53:49] THE CITY HAD IMPLEMENTED A
[1:53:52] POLICY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WHO
[1:53:53] HAVE FILED FOR AN ABATEMENT AND
[1:53:56] APPEAL TO THE ATB.
[1:53:57] THEY DESCRIBED IT AS
[1:53:59] RETALIATORY.
[1:54:01] IN MAY 2026, SUFFOLK SUPERIOR
[1:54:03] COURT DENIED THE CITY
[1:54:04] OF BOSTON'S MOTION TO DISMISS
[1:54:06] THE LAWSUIT.
[1:54:08] WHILE THE LITIGATION IS ONGOING
[1:54:11] ,THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE
[1:54:13] ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ON THE
[1:54:16] CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD BE
[1:54:18] DISCUSSED.
[1:54:19] WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE
[1:54:20] IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE IF ANY.
[1:54:26] COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS
[1:54:28] HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOSTON'S
[1:54:31] REVENUE.
[1:54:32] IT'S CRITICAL THAT BOSTON IN
[1:54:35] PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS ARE
[1:54:38] CONDUCTED WITH TRANSPARENCY AND
[1:54:41] THERE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY
[1:54:43] FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO ASK
[1:54:46] QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
[1:54:47] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
[1:54:49] CITY COUNCIL TO BE MORE.
[1:54:50] ENGAGED IN.
[1:54:52] THIS PRACTICE AND LEARNING,
[1:54:54] ESPECIALLY LEARNING ABOUT
[1:54:57] ASSESSING DEPARTMENT, THE
[1:54:58] CRITICAL WORK THEY PLAY, THE
[1:55:00] IMPACT THEY HAVE ON TAXES IN
[1:55:03] THE CITY.
[1:55:03] BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
[1:55:05] LEARN THAT IF THERE IS A
[1:55:07] NEGATIVE, UH, RULING BY THE
[1:55:09] COURT THAT WE CAN HAVE A
[1:55:12] RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION ON WHAT
[1:55:13] IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON THE CITY
[1:55:16] FINANCES, NEIGHBORHOOD
[1:55:17] SERVICES, QUALITY OF LIFE
[1:55:20] ISSUES.
[1:55:20] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1:55:21] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[1:55:23] UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
[1:55:25] ADD THEIR NAME?
[1:55:27] COUNCILOR.
[1:55:27] UH.
[1:55:28] CULPEPER.
[1:55:28] COUNCILOR.
[1:55:29] DURKAN.
[1:55:29] COUNCILOR.
[1:55:29] FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE MURPHY.
[1:55:31] COUNCILOR.
[1:55:32] PEPEN.
[1:55:32] CONTRA SANTANA.
[1:55:34] CONSTABLE.
[1:55:34] WEBER.
[1:55:34] CONSTABLE.
[1:55:35] EARL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR.
[1:55:37] DOCKET NUMBER 1336 WILL BE
[1:55:39] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:55:41] WAYS AND MEANS.
[1:55:44] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[1:55:45] READ DOCKET 1337?
[1:55:50] DOCKET 1337 COUNCILOR PEPPER
[1:55:54] AND WHETHER OR FOR AN OFFER THE
[1:55:55] FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO
[1:55:57] DISCUSS THE FULFILLMENT
[1:55:59] OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS FUNDED BY
[1:56:01] THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
[1:56:02] THANK YOU.
[1:56:03] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:56:04] COUNCILOR PEPEN YOU HAVE THE
[1:56:05] FLOOR.
[1:56:06] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:56:07] I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
[1:56:08] RULES.
[1:56:08] AND ADD.
[1:56:09] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS A.
[1:56:10] THIRD UH AS A THIRD.
[1:56:12] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[1:56:14] OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR UH
[1:56:15] LOUIJEUNE ADDED AS A THIRD.
[1:56:17] THANK YOU.
[1:56:18] APPLICANTS FOR.
[1:56:19] CERTAIN BUILDING PROJECTS IN
[1:56:20] THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE REQUIRED
[1:56:22] TO IDENTIFY AND CREATE BENEFITS
[1:56:24] FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY
[1:56:25] AS PART AS THEIR REVIEW PROCESS
[1:56:27] .
[1:56:27] THESE INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO
[1:56:29] OPEN SPACES IN THE PUBLIC
[1:56:30] REALM, JOBS AND AFFORDABLE
[1:56:32] HOUSING.
[1:56:33] HOWEVER, THE PRODUCTION
[1:56:35] OF THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS CAN
[1:56:36] FACE UNCLEAR TIMELINES OR NOT
[1:56:39] BE COMPLETED AT ALL.
[1:56:41] THIS HEARING WILL DISCUSS THE
[1:56:42] STATUS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS
[1:56:43] FOR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT
[1:56:45] PROJECTS.
[1:56:45] THE PROCESS FOR COMPLETING THEM
[1:56:47] ON SCHEDULE AND SEEING WHAT CAN
[1:56:49] BE DONE TO MAKE SURE OUR
[1:56:50] COMMUNITIES GET WHAT.
[1:56:51] THEY DESERVE.
[1:56:52] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[1:56:54] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:56:56] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[1:56:56] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:56:57] UH, YEAH.
[1:56:58] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1:56:59] I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH.
[1:57:00] THE, UM, COUNCILOR PREPARED FOR
[1:57:02] FOR ADDING ME ON TO THIS.
[1:57:04] UH, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN
[1:57:05] ISSUE IN DISTRICT SIX.
[1:57:08] UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SEVERAL
[1:57:09] PROJECTS, UH, TRYING TO GET THE
[1:57:11] DEVELOPERS TO COMPLY WITH THE
[1:57:13] PROMISED COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
[1:57:15] UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
[1:57:16] PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
[1:57:17] THANK YOU.
[1:57:19] CHAIR.
[1:57:20] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:57:22] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[1:57:22] COUNCILOR.
[1:57:23] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:57:23] I'M JUST.
[1:57:24] KEEPING IT.
[1:57:24] THERE YOU GO.
[1:57:25] THANK YOU.
[1:57:26] AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
[1:57:27] COUNCIL WRITTEN FOR, UM FOR
[1:57:27] ADDING ME.
[1:57:29] UM, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING
[1:57:30] WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
[1:57:32] UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S
[1:57:33] ISSUES WITH DATABASES TO ENSURE
[1:57:37] ACCOUNTABILITY AND SO I'M JUST
[1:57:38] GLAD TO BE ON IT AND LOOK
[1:57:39] FORWARD TO WORKING.
[1:57:40] THANK YOU.
[1:57:41] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[1:57:42] .
[1:57:42] WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
[1:57:44] THEIR NAME?
[1:57:45] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[1:57:46] COUNCILOR.
[1:57:46] DURKAN.
[1:57:47] COUNCILOR.
[1:57:47] FITZGERALD.
[1:57:47] COUNCILOR.
[1:57:48] FLYNN.
[1:57:48] COUNCILOR.
[1:57:49] MURPHY.
[1:57:50] COUNCILOR.
[1:57:50] SANTANA.
[1:57:51] COUNSELOR.
[1:57:51] MORALE.
[1:57:52] AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR.
[1:57:54] UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1337 WILL BE
[1:57:58] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:57:59] PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
[1:58:01] TRANSPORTATION.
[1:58:02] UM, I'M GOING TO CALL ON MY
[1:58:04] COLLEAGUE AGAIN.
[1:58:23] MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
[1:58:24] READ THE DOCKET?
[1:58:26] DOCKET 1338.
[1:58:29] COUNCILOR BREDON OR FOR THE
[1:58:30] FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
[1:58:32] TO DISCUSS REESTABLISHING A
[1:58:33] POST OFFICE LOCATION IN AUSTIN
[1:58:35] .
[1:58:36] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[1:58:37] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[1:58:38] COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE
[1:58:39] FLOOR.
[1:58:41] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[1:58:42] I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
[1:58:43] HEARING ORDER TO DISCUSS THE
[1:58:45] URGENT NEED TO REESTABLISH, UH,
[1:58:47] A U.S. POSTAL SERVICE LOCATION
[1:58:49] IN AUSTIN.
[1:58:50] AUSTIN'S POSTAL BRANCH POST
[1:58:52] OFFICE BRANCH WAS CLOSED IN
[1:58:53] NOVEMBER OF 2019.
[1:58:55] UH, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS
[1:58:57] LOCATED IN A BUILDING THAT WAS
[1:58:59] DEEMED STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND.
[1:59:01] UH, FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS,
[1:59:03] THE NEARLY 331 SO NEARLY 32,000
[1:59:07] RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN HAVE BEEN
[1:59:09] WITHOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD POST
[1:59:10] OFFICE FORCING FAMILIES,
[1:59:12] SENIORS, STUDENTS AND SMALL
[1:59:13] BUSINESS OWNERS TO RELY ON A
[1:59:14] SINGLE LOCATION IN BRIGHTON
[1:59:16] CENTER.
[1:59:18] IN JUNE 2025, USPS SENT A
[1:59:19] LETTER TO MAIL CONFIRMING THE
[1:59:21] FINAL DECISION TO REESTABLISH A
[1:59:23] POST OFFICE BRANCH IN ALLSTON
[1:59:25] AFTER A FULLY NEGOTIATED LEASE
[1:59:27] WITH A NEW DEVELOPMENT
[1:59:28] CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT
[1:59:30] THE PREVIOUS POST OFFICE SITE.
[1:59:32] IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR MY OFFICE
[1:59:35] RECEIVED A LETTER FROM USPS
[1:59:36] STATING THAT THEY HAD DECIDED
[1:59:38] TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE LOOKING
[1:59:40] FOR AN ALTERNATIVE FACILITY
[1:59:42] WHILE IT FURTHER REVIEWS THE
[1:59:43] OPERATIONAL NEEDS IN ALLSTON.
[1:59:45] THIS ABRUPT REVERSAL IS AN
[1:59:48] UNCONSCIONABLE, UNACCEPTABLE
[1:59:50] BROKEN PROMISE AND TO THE
[1:59:51] ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY.
[1:59:53] I'M CALLING FOR A HEARING TODAY
[1:59:54] TO ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO HEAR
[1:59:56] DIRECTLY FROM USPS THE
[1:59:58] DEVELOPER THAT IS THAT HAD
[1:59:59] PREVIOUSLY SECURED A COMMITMENT
[2:00:01] FROM USPS CITY OFFICIALS
[2:00:03] REGARDING THE DELAY AND TO
[2:00:05] IDENTIFY NEXT STEPS.
[2:00:07] RESTORING A POST OFFICE IN
[2:00:08] AUSTIN IS ABOUT EQUITY,
[2:00:10] ACCESSIBILITY AND ENSURING
[2:00:11] EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ACCESS
[2:00:13] TO THIS ESSENTIAL PUBLIC
[2:00:14] SERVICE.
[2:00:15] I HOPE THIS HEARING BRING UH
[2:00:17] HELPS BRING ALL PARTIES BACK TO
[2:00:19] THE TABLE TO SEE IF WE CAN
[2:00:21] FINALLY DELIVER ON THE
[2:00:22] COMMITMENT THAT WAS MADE TO THE
[2:00:23] PEOPLE OF ALLSTON.
[2:00:25] I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
[2:00:26] THIS HEARING AND LOOK FORWARD
[2:00:27] TO THE DISCUSSION.
[2:00:28] THANK YOU.
[2:00:30] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:00:31] NAME?
[2:00:33] COUNCILOR.
[2:00:33] DURKAN.
[2:00:34] COUNCILOR.
[2:00:34] FITZGERALD.
[2:00:36] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:00:36] COSTELLO.
[2:00:37] NOISE IN COUNCIL.
[2:00:39] MURPHY.
[2:00:40] COUNCILOR PEPPING COUNCILOR.
[2:00:41] SANTANA.
[2:00:42] COUNCILOR.
[2:00:42] WEBER.
[2:00:43] COUNCILOR.
[2:00:44] WILL WILL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[2:00:47] THANK YOU.
[2:00:47] DOCKET NUMBER 1338 WILL BE
[2:00:49] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[2:00:51] PILOT AGREEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL
[2:00:53] AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL
[2:00:56] RELATIONS.
[2:01:05] COULD.
[2:01:08] THANK YOU,
[2:01:09] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:01:11] UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[2:01:13] PLEASE READ DOCKET 13390.
[2:01:17] DID I JUMP AHEAD TOO FAR?
[2:01:20] NO DOCKET 1339
[2:01:23] COUNCILOR CULPEPER OR FOR THE
[2:01:24] FALLEN ORDER FOR A HEARING
[2:01:26] REGARDING HOUSING VOUCHER
[2:01:28] DISCRIMINATION AND FAIR HOUSING
[2:01:29] AND CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IN
[2:01:31] BOSTON.
[2:01:32] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:01:34] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:01:35] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:01:35] MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
[2:01:37] TO ADD COUNCILOR WU AROUND.
[2:01:38] IT'S A SECOND ORIGINAL
[2:01:40] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:01:41] CONCERNED WELL SO ADDED.
[2:01:43] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
[2:01:45] BOSTON CONTINUES TO FACE A
[2:01:48] HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
[2:01:50] BUT AFFORDABILITY ALONE IS NOT
[2:01:53] ENOUGH IF RESIDENTS WHO
[2:01:55] LAWFULLY QUALIFY FOR HOUSING
[2:01:56] ARE STILL DENIED EQUAL ACCESS
[2:01:59] BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE OR HOW
[2:02:01] THEY PAY THEIR RENT.
[2:02:03] FAIR HOUSING IS A CIVIL RIGHTS
[2:02:05] ISSUE AND EVERY RESIDENT SHOULD
[2:02:07] HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO
[2:02:09] ACCESS SAFE, STABLE HOUSING
[2:02:12] REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE OR
[2:02:13] WHETHER THEY RELY ON A HOUSING
[2:02:16] VOUCHER.
[2:02:16] RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE
[2:02:18] SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
[2:02:20] HOUSING DISCRIMINATION TESTING
[2:02:22] PROGRAM AND THE BOSTON
[2:02:24] FOUNDATION FOUND TROUBLING
[2:02:26] EVIDENCE THAT DISCRIMINATION
[2:02:28] REMAINS WIDESPREAD IN THE
[2:02:30] GREATER BOSTON RENTAL MARKET.
[2:02:32] THE REPORT FOUND EVIDENCE
[2:02:34] OF VOUCHER BASED DISCRIMINATION
[2:02:37] IN 86% OF TESTS AND RACE BASED
[2:02:40] DISCRIMINATION IN 71% OF TESTS,
[2:02:43] WITH WINNERS RECEIVING
[2:02:44] DIFFERENT TREATMENT THROUGHOUT
[2:02:45] THE HOUSING SEARCH PROCESS FROM
[2:02:48] INITIAL INQUIRIES AND APARTMENT
[2:02:51] SHOWINGS TO APPLICATIONS AND
[2:02:53] FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATION.
[2:02:55] THIS HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY
[2:02:57] TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT
[2:02:59] OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN
[2:03:01] BOSTON, EVALUATE WHETHER OUR
[2:03:02] CURRENT ENFORCEMENT TOOLS ARE
[2:03:05] SUFFICIENT AND IDENTIFY
[2:03:06] ADDITIONAL STEPS THE CITY CAN
[2:03:08] TAKE TO STRENGTHEN FAIR HOUSING
[2:03:10] ,EDUCATION, TESTING,
[2:03:13] ENFORCEMENT AND COORDINATION
[2:03:14] WITH STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS.
[2:03:16] WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT EXPANDING
[2:03:19] ACCESS TO HOUSING AND COMBATING
[2:03:22] SEGREGATION AND COMBATING
[2:03:25] SEGREGATION.
[2:03:26] THEN WE MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT
[2:03:28] RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HOUSING
[2:03:29] VOUCHERS OR OTHER LAWFUL
[2:03:31] SOURCES OF INCOME ARE NOT
[2:03:34] UNLAWFULLY DENIED THE
[2:03:36] OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE
[2:03:37] NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CHOOSING.
[2:03:39] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:03:40] THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:03:42] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:03:43] COUNCILOR WARD COUNCILOR YOU
[2:03:44] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:03:45] UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:03:46] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:03:48] UH, FRENCH ANDERSON IS HERE IN
[2:03:49] ORDER AND ADDING ME AS AN
[2:03:51] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:03:52] UH, WE KNOW RESIDENTS ARE STILL
[2:03:54] FACING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
[2:03:56] IN OUR CITY AND IT'S OUR
[2:03:57] OBLIGATION AS A CITY COUNCIL TO
[2:03:59] MAKE COMBATING THAT
[2:04:01] DISCRIMINATION A PRIORITY IN
[2:04:02] OUR ACTIONS, NOT JUST IN OUR
[2:04:04] VALUE STATEMENTS.
[2:04:06] THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE FILED A
[2:04:07] HEARING ORDER EARLIER THIS YEAR
[2:04:09] TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S
[2:04:10] IMPLEMENTATION OF FAIR HOUSING
[2:04:12] PRACTICES AND HOW THE
[2:04:13] ADMINISTRATION IS FAIR IN
[2:04:15] ACHIEVING THE GOALS LAID OUT IN
[2:04:16] THE ORIGINAL AFFIRMATIVELY
[2:04:18] FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING
[2:04:19] ASSESSMENT.
[2:04:20] THAT ASSESSMENT WAS PUT
[2:04:21] TOGETHER IN 2016 BY A DEDICATED
[2:04:23] TEAM OF HOUSING EXPERTS AND
[2:04:25] ADVOCATES CALLED THE COMMUNITY
[2:04:27] ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO OUTLINE
[2:04:29] HOW THE CITY MUST AFFIRMATIVELY
[2:04:30] FURTHER FAIR HOUSING
[2:04:31] OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OUR
[2:04:32] RESIDENTS.
[2:04:33] THAT ASSESSMENT SHEDS LIGHT ON
[2:04:35] DISCRIMINATION IN OUR CITY WITH
[2:04:37] STEPS OUTLINED TO RECTIFY THE
[2:04:39] PROBLEM.
[2:04:40] IN 2020, BOSTON BECAME THE
[2:04:41] FIRST MAJOR CITY IN THE NATION
[2:04:44] TO INCLUDE FAIR HOUSING
[2:04:45] REQUIREMENTS IN THE ZONING
[2:04:46] CODE THAT MANDATE DEVELOPERS TO
[2:04:48] TAKE SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO
[2:04:49] PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND ENSURE
[2:04:51] EQUITABLE HOUSING ACCESS.
[2:04:53] AS A COUNCIL LAST YEAR WE VOTED
[2:04:55] 11 NO IN FAVOR OF STRENGTHENING
[2:04:57] AND PROTECTING OUR FAMILY
[2:04:59] FURTHER IN FAIR HOUSING IDEALS.
[2:05:01] SO LET'S FOLLOW THROUGH AND I'M
[2:05:03] LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
[2:05:03] HEARING.
[2:05:04] THANK YOU.
[2:05:05] THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL
[2:05:05] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:05:07] NAME?
[2:05:09] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[2:05:10] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:05:11] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[2:05:12] COUNCILOR.
[2:05:12] MURPHY.
[2:05:13] COUNCILOR.
[2:05:13] PEPEN.
[2:05:14] COUNCILOR.
[2:05:14] SANTANA.
[2:05:15] CONSTABLE.
[2:05:15] WEBER.
[2:05:16] AND PLEASE, UH THE CHAIR.
[2:05:18] THANK YOU.
[2:05:19] DOCKET 1339 WILL BE REFERRED TO
[2:05:21] THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS,
[2:05:23] RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT
[2:05:24] ADVANCEMENT.
[2:05:27] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:05:29] READ DOCKET 1340?
[2:05:32] DOCKET 1340 COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[2:05:36] FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
[2:05:38] HEARING TO EXAMINE THE CIVIL
[2:05:39] RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS OF RAPID
[2:05:41] TRANSIT INEQUITIES IN THE CITY
[2:05:44] OF BOSTON.
[2:05:44] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:05:46] COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNTRY.
[2:05:47] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:05:47] MADAM CHAIR.
[2:05:48] MAY DAKAR 1341 BE READ ALONG
[2:05:51] SIDE 1340.
[2:05:53] UM CERTAINLY YOU CAN READ THEM
[2:05:55] TOGETHER BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
[2:05:56] UH ADDING CO-SPONSORS OR
[2:05:58] WHATEVER WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE IT
[2:05:59] OUT AS WE GO.
[2:06:00] SO THANK YOU.
[2:06:01] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:06:02] GOOD.
[2:06:03] 1341 COUNCILOR CULPEPER OFFERED
[2:06:05] THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
[2:06:07] SUPPORT OF EVALUATING
[2:06:09] EVALUATING THE ORANGE LINE
[2:06:10] EXTENSION ALONG BLUE HILL
[2:06:12] AVENUE.
[2:06:14] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:06:15] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:06:16] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:06:16] THANK YOU.
[2:06:17] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:06:18] I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
[2:06:19] COUNCILOR AS WELL AS A SECOND
[2:06:21] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:06:23] ON DOCKET.
[2:06:25] 1340 1340.
[2:06:26] OKAY.
[2:06:27] THANK YOU.
[2:06:29] AND 1341 OKAY.
[2:06:33] UH, COUNCILOR WORRELL IS SO
[2:06:35] ADDED TO DOCKET 1340 AND 1341.
[2:06:39] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:06:42] ACCESS TO RELIABLE, HIGH SPEED
[2:06:45] ,HIGH CAPACITY PUBLIC
[2:06:47] TRANSPORTATION IS FUNDAMENTALLY
[2:06:49] A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE BECAUSE IT
[2:06:51] DETERMINES WHETHER RESIDENTS
[2:06:53] HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO
[2:06:55] EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, HEALTH
[2:06:58] CARE, CHILD CARE AND ECONOMIC
[2:07:02] OPPORTUNITY WHEN SOME NEIGHBORS
[2:07:04] RECEIVE SUSTAINED INVESTMENT IN
[2:07:06] RAPID TRANSIT WHILE OTHERS WAIT
[2:07:08] DECADES FOR PROMISE
[2:07:10] IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE A
[2:07:11] RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK WHETHER
[2:07:13] THOSE DECISIONS HAVE PRODUCED
[2:07:15] DISPARATE IMPACTS OR WHETHER
[2:07:17] EVERY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
[2:07:19] AFFORDED EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
[2:07:21] NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO WHEN THE
[2:07:23] ORANGE LINE WAS RELOCATED TO
[2:07:25] THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR,
[2:07:27] RESIDENTS LAUNCHED RAPID
[2:07:29] TRANSIT SERVICE ALONG
[2:07:30] WASHINGTON STREET WITH THE
[2:07:31] UNDERSTANDING THAT COMPARABLE
[2:07:32] RAIL SERVICE WOULD REPLACE IT.
[2:07:35] THAT PROMISE, MADAM PRESIDENT
[2:07:37] AND MY COLLEAGUES, HAS NEVER
[2:07:39] BEEN FULLY REALIZED AND TODAY
[2:07:41] THE CORRIDOR REMAINS ONE OF THE
[2:07:42] BUSIEST BUS CORRIDORS IN THE
[2:07:45] COMMONWEALTH WHILE CONTINUING
[2:07:47] TO LACK THE PERMANENT RAPID
[2:07:49] TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE FOUND
[2:07:51] ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.
[2:07:53] DURING THAT SAME PERIOD, THE
[2:07:55] COMMONWEALTH CONTINUED
[2:07:56] INVESTING IN MAJOR RAIL
[2:07:58] PROJECTS ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING
[2:08:00] THE COMPLETION OF THE RED LINE
[2:08:01] EXTENSION TO ALEWIFE IN 1985.
[2:08:04] THE RELOCATION OF THE ORANGE
[2:08:06] LINE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
[2:08:07] SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR STATIONS IN
[2:08:10] 1987, THE OPENING OF THE SILVER
[2:08:12] LINE WATERFRONT IN 2004, THE
[2:08:15] OPENING OF ASSEMBLY STATION ON
[2:08:17] THE ORANGE LINE IN 2014 WHEN
[2:08:19] THE COMPLETION OF THE GREEN
[2:08:20] LINE EXTENSION TO SOMERVILLE
[2:08:22] AND MEDFORD BEGINNING IN 2022
[2:08:25] WELL EACH OF THESE PROJECTS
[2:08:27] SERVED IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION
[2:08:29] NEEDS.
[2:08:29] THEY ALSO ILLUSTRATE THAT
[2:08:31] TRANSFORMATIONAL RAIL
[2:08:32] INVESTMENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO
[2:08:34] MOVE FORWARD IN OTHER PARTS
[2:08:35] OF GREATER BOSTON, WHILE
[2:08:37] COMMUNITIES ALONG BLUE HILL
[2:08:39] AVENUE HAVE CONTINUED WAITING
[2:08:40] FOR THE RAPID TRANSIT
[2:08:42] IMPROVEMENTS THEY WERE
[2:08:43] PROMISED.
[2:08:44] THIS HEARING IS NOT ABOUT THE
[2:08:46] MISSION DIMINISHING INVESTMENTS
[2:08:47] MADE ELSEWHERE.
[2:08:49] IT IS ABOUT ASKING WHETHER THE
[2:08:51] DISTRIBUTION OF RAPID TRANSIT
[2:08:53] INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE PAST
[2:08:54] FOUR DECADES HAS BEEN EQUITABLE
[2:08:56] .
[2:08:58] IT IS ABOUT ASKING WHETHER THE
[2:09:00] DISTRIBUTION OF RAPID TRANSFER
[2:09:02] AND FOR STRUCTURE OVER THE PAST
[2:09:05] FOUR DECADES HAS BEEN EQUITABLE
[2:09:06] .
[2:09:09] IT IS ABOUT ASKING WHETHER THE
[2:09:12] DISTRIBUTION OF RAPID TRANSIT
[2:09:13] SED INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE
[2:09:15] PAST FOUR DECADES HAS BEEN
[2:09:17] EQUITABLE.
[2:09:17] WHETHER HISTORIC PLANNING
[2:09:19] DECISIONS HAVE HAD A DISPARATE
[2:09:21] IMPACT ON PROTECTED COMMUNITIES
[2:09:24] AND WHAT STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO
[2:09:25] ENSURE THAT FUTURE
[2:09:26] TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS
[2:09:28] ADVANCE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
[2:09:30] RATHER THAN REINFORCE
[2:09:32] LONGSTANDING DISPARITIES.
[2:09:35] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:09:36] THANK YOU.
[2:09:37] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:09:38] COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[2:09:39] I'M ASSUMING YOU WANT TO SPEAK
[2:09:41] TO BOTH THESE DONKEYS THAT
[2:09:42] YOU'RE A CO-SPONSOR?
[2:09:43] YES.
[2:09:43] UM THANK YOU, MADAM
[2:09:45] PRESIDENT.
[2:09:45] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:09:46] UM, AND I JUST URGE EVERYONE,
[2:09:49] UM, ESPECIALLY MY COLLEAGUES TO
[2:09:50] LOOK UP THE MBTA MAP OVERLAID
[2:09:53] ON TOP OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:09:56] WHAT YOU SEE IS A GAP THAT
[2:09:57] COVERS A LARGE PORTION
[2:09:59] OF ROXBURY, DORCHESTER AND
[2:10:02] MATTAPAN CANNOT HELP US SEE
[2:10:04] THIS GAP IN TRANSIT AND CONNECT
[2:10:06] IT TO THE GAPS IN WAGES, THE
[2:10:09] GAPS IN EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES,
[2:10:11] IN THE GAPS IN HEALTH OUTCOMES.
[2:10:13] SOME FOLKS THINK DOUBLING DOWN
[2:10:15] ON DIESEL BUSSES IN AN
[2:10:17] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
[2:10:18] NEIGHBORHOOD WILL SOLVE ALL
[2:10:19] THIS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY IS
[2:10:21] ASKING WHAT SO MANY OTHER
[2:10:23] BOSTON COMMUNITIES HAVE A ONE
[2:10:25] SEAT RIDE DOWNTOWN ON RAIL NOT
[2:10:28] A CENTER RUNNING BUSTLING TO
[2:10:30] NOWHERE.
[2:10:30] WE'RE BEING ASKED TO GIVE UP
[2:10:32] PARKING AND ANY NEW HOUSING.
[2:10:34] WE'RE BEING ASKED TO GIVE UP
[2:10:36] PARKING AND SOME OF OUR SMALL
[2:10:37] BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
[2:10:38] AND THEN WE'RE TOLD THAT OUR
[2:10:40] ONLY OPTION IS A BUS RATHER
[2:10:42] THAN A TRAIN.
[2:10:44] THIS GAP IS A PAINFUL REMINDER
[2:10:47] OF DECADES OF RACIAL INJUSTICE
[2:10:49] IN BOSTON.
[2:10:50] WE NEED TO THINK BIG AND GRAND
[2:10:52] TO SOLVE IT, AND WE CAN'T PUT A
[2:10:54] CEILING ON THE PRICE FOR
[2:10:56] COLLECTIVE INVESTMENTS.
[2:10:57] THE LACK OF CAPITAL PLANNING
[2:10:58] AND FUNDING IS HOLDING BACK
[2:11:01] GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.
[2:11:03] SO I THANK COUNCIL CULPEPER
[2:11:04] AGAIN WITH PARTNERSHIP ON THIS.
[2:11:06] IT'S IMPERATIVE WE PROVIDE
[2:11:08] TRANSIT EQUITY AND FIX THIS
[2:11:10] TRANSIT GAP FOR THE FUTURE
[2:11:12] OF BLACK BOSTONIANS.
[2:11:14] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[2:11:17] UH, I SEE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND
[2:11:19] COUNCILOR UH, FLYNN'S LIGHT ON
[2:11:22] UM, IF IF A DOCKET IS THE
[2:11:24] HEARING ORDER IS IF YOU WANT TO
[2:11:26] SPEAK TO DOCKET NUMBER 1341.
[2:11:30] UM.
[2:11:30] IT'S KIND OF.
[2:11:33] INFORMATION OVERLOAD ON EITHER
[2:11:35] OF THESE TODAY.
[2:11:37] I'M ASKING FOR BOTH OF THEM TO
[2:11:38] BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[2:11:40] CIVIL RIGHTS.
[2:11:40] OKAY.
[2:11:41] THANK YOU.
[2:11:42] NO VOTING.
[2:11:43] UH, WE'LL HAVE NO FURTHER NO
[2:11:44] FURTHER DISCUSSION.
[2:11:46] THANK YOU.
[2:11:49] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:11:51] BUT COULD I COULD I STILL SPEAK
[2:11:54] ON 1341 SINCE IT ORIGINALLY
[2:11:56] CAME IN AS A AS A RESOLUTION?
[2:11:59] UM, I THINK UNDER THE
[2:12:01] CIRCUMSTANCES WE'VE ALL HAD A
[2:12:03] CHALLENGING AFTERNOON.
[2:12:04] I WILL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES.
[2:12:06] COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WILL ALSO
[2:12:08] GIVE THE SAME PRIVILEGE TO A
[2:12:09] COUNSELOR.
[2:12:10] THANK YOU.
[2:12:10] YEAH.
[2:12:11] THANK YOU.
[2:12:12] JUST BECAUSE IT WAS, UM, ON ON
[2:12:14] 1341 HAS A RESOLUTION.
[2:12:15] WE DO HAVE THE UNDER THE LAW WE
[2:12:18] DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ON
[2:12:20] IT.
[2:12:20] UM, IF THE IF A VOTE DOES TAKE.
[2:12:22] PLACE WITH THE WITH THE
[2:12:25] RESOLUTION BUT.
[2:12:26] MY POINT MY POINT IS I WANT TO
[2:12:28] SAY THANK YOU TO
[2:12:29] COUNCIL CULPEPER COUNCIL WE'RE
[2:12:31] ALL FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
[2:12:34] SUBJECT FORWARD.
[2:12:35] I THINK AS A DISTRICT
[2:12:39] COUNCILOR COUNCIL CULPEPER AND
[2:12:40] AS A DISTRICT COUNCIL COUNCILOR
[2:12:42] WE'RE ALL THEY KNOW THEIR
[2:12:44] COMMUNITIES BEST.
[2:12:45] THEY LISTEN TO THEIR RESIDENTS
[2:12:48] ON A DAILY BASIS.
[2:12:49] THEY UNDERSTAND THE
[2:12:51] TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES IN
[2:12:53] THEIR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS.
[2:12:55] I THINK WHEN A DISTRICT CITY
[2:12:57] COUNCIL SPEAKS ON A PARTICULAR
[2:12:59] ISSUE, I THINK IT HAS
[2:13:01] INCREDIBLE WEIGHT BECAUSE
[2:13:03] THEY'RE THE CLOSEST PEOPLE TO
[2:13:04] THE PUBLIC.
[2:13:06] THAT THE CLOSEST PEOPLE TO
[2:13:07] THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
[2:13:09] SO I DO SUPPORT THEM ON THIS
[2:13:12] RESOLUTION ON THIS HEARING
[2:13:13] ORDER AND SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE
[2:13:15] WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
[2:13:17] AND I THINK WHAT THEY'RE ASKING
[2:13:20] IS UM, RESPECT AND DIGNITY FOR
[2:13:23] THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
[2:13:24] I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO A
[2:13:27] CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AS WELL.
[2:13:28] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:13:30] THANK YOU.
[2:13:31] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR.
[2:13:33] UM, COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE
[2:13:34] THE FLOOR.
[2:13:35] UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:13:37] I ALSO WANTED TO RISE JUST TO
[2:13:38] THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND
[2:13:39] COUNCIL MORRELL FOR, YOU KNOW,
[2:13:41] TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
[2:13:43] WE ALL KNOW THAT THE BLUE OFF.
[2:13:45] CONVERSATION HAS.
[2:13:45] NOT BEEN EASY.
[2:13:46] UM, I REPRESENT ABOUT 1.4 MILES
[2:13:49] OF IT FROM MATTAPAN SQUARE TO
[2:13:51] MORTON STREET AND I'VE HEARD
[2:13:53] EVERYTHING FROM PEOPLE AGAINST
[2:13:55] THE PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
[2:13:56] UM, HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT
[2:13:58] BUSINESSES, HOW IT'S GOING TO
[2:13:59] HELP SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
[2:14:00] HURT OTHERS.
[2:14:01] UM, WHAT I WANTED TO PROVIDE AS
[2:14:04] PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS
[2:14:04] THAT WHAT'S VERY FUNNY ABOUT
[2:14:07] ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE USED TO
[2:14:08] HAVE BEAUTIFUL STREETCARS
[2:14:10] RUNNING RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
[2:14:12] OF ALL THE WAY TO ALGONQUIN
[2:14:13] SQUARE FROM THE 1890S TO 1955,
[2:14:17] AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT
[2:14:18] DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE OVER
[2:14:20] 70 YEARS AGO ARE NOW NEGATIVELY
[2:14:23] IMPACTING US BECAUSE THEY
[2:14:24] DECIDED TO GET RID OF THE
[2:14:26] STREETCARS, ADD MORE LANES FOR
[2:14:28] CARS AND WE NOW SEE THAT THE
[2:14:32] NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO HAVE
[2:14:33] STREETCARS OR MORE LIKE THE
[2:14:34] GREEN LINE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
[2:14:36] PEOPLE REALLY LOVE THAT.
[2:14:37] AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THERE
[2:14:39] WAS A HUGE DISINVESTMENT IN TO
[2:14:41] THIS PART OF THE CITY.
[2:14:42] AND I JUST THINK THAT, YOU
[2:14:44] KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE COURAGEOUS
[2:14:45] WHEN I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING HERE
[2:14:46] ABOUT BLUE HILL, I'M SPEAKING
[2:14:47] ABOUT.
[2:14:48] PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN
[2:14:50] GENERAL.
[2:14:50] WE HAVE TO BE COURAGEOUS ABOUT
[2:14:52] THE INVESTMENT OF IT.
[2:14:52] WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
[2:14:54] FOR IT MORE.
[2:14:55] UM, I HEAR RESIDENTS IN HYDE
[2:14:57] PARK ASKING FOR ORANGE LINE
[2:14:58] EXTENSION DOWN HYDE PARK
[2:14:59] AVENUE.
[2:15:00] I HEAR PEOPLE IN ROSELAND
[2:15:01] WANTING IT TO EXTEND ALL THE
[2:15:02] WAY DOWN TO WEST ROXBURY.
[2:15:03] UM, FOLKS IN LYNN WANT.
[2:15:04] THE BLUE LINE.
[2:15:05] I THERE'S THERE'S SO MUCH
[2:15:07] POTENTIAL THAT WE CAN DO AND I
[2:15:09] JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN USE THIS
[2:15:10] SPECIFIC CONVERSATION TO
[2:15:11] REALIZE WHAT A BENEFIT IT IS TO
[2:15:13] ADVOCATE FOR MORE PUBLIC
[2:15:15] TRANSPORTATION, UM, SO THAT OUR
[2:15:16] RESIDENTS ARE NOT FACING THE
[2:15:17] CONSEQUENCES AS WAS MADE 70
[2:15:19] YEARS AGO.
[2:15:20] SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:15:21] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[2:15:25] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:15:26] NAME TO DOCKET 1340?
[2:15:29] THE HEARING ORDER FOR, UM THE
[2:15:31] HEARING ORDER FOR UH TO EXAMINE
[2:15:33] CIVIL RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS
[2:15:35] OF RAPID TRANSIT INEQUITIES.
[2:15:38] COUNCILOR DURKAN,
[2:15:39] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[2:15:40] COUNCILOR FLYNN,
[2:15:41] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[2:15:42] COUNCILOR MURPHY OF PEPPER AND
[2:15:44] COUNTRY SANTANA PENSIONER.
[2:15:45] WEBER.
[2:15:46] AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR THIS
[2:15:49] DOCKET NUMBER 1340 WILL BE
[2:15:51] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[2:15:53] CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND
[2:15:54] IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.
[2:15:56] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THERE
[2:15:59] SINCE DOCKET 1341 IS GOING TO
[2:16:02] GO DIRECTLY TO COMMITTEE?
[2:16:03] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:16:05] NAME?
[2:16:09] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[2:16:09] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:16:11] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[2:16:12] KALLSTROM.
[2:16:12] MURPHY.
[2:16:12] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:13] PEPEN.
[2:16:14] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:14] SANTANA.
[2:16:15] COUNCILOR.
[2:16:17] WEBER.
[2:16:17] UH AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR.
[2:16:21] UM.
[2:16:24] SINCE THE WORDING UM, JUST THIS
[2:16:26] WAS GOING TO BE A WRITTEN.
[2:16:28] I THINK.
[2:16:28] THIS, UH, DOCKET WILL GO TO
[2:16:30] PLANNING TRANSPORTATION AND
[2:16:32] DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 1341.
[2:16:38] THANK YOU.
[2:16:39] MADAM CHAIR.
[2:16:41] COUNCILOR OF CULPEPER.
[2:16:43] I RESPECTFULLY APPEAL THE
[2:16:44] DECISION OF THE CHAIR TO ASSIGN
[2:16:46] DOCKET 1341 TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[2:16:51] CIVIL RIGHTS FOR RACIAL EQUITY
[2:16:52] AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.
[2:16:55] TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
[2:16:56] IS NOT JUST ABOUT MOVING
[2:16:57] PEOPLE.
[2:16:57] IT IS ABOUT A VEHICLE FOR
[2:16:59] OPPORTUNITY.
[2:17:00] HISTORICALLY, AS THIS HEARING
[2:17:02] WATER NOTES AND EQUITABLE
[2:17:04] INVESTMENTS HAVE CREATED A
[2:17:05] TRAIN DESERT IN THE HEART
[2:17:08] OF BOSTON BLACK AND IMMIGRANT
[2:17:10] COMMUNITIES.
[2:17:11] THE CONTINUED FAILURE TO
[2:17:12] PROVIDE THIS SERVICE IS A CLEAR
[2:17:13] CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERN THAT IS
[2:17:16] PRODUCING DISPARATE IMPACTS
[2:17:18] THAT LIMIT ACCESS TO
[2:17:19] HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND
[2:17:21] HOUSING.
[2:17:22] WE MUST EXAMINE THESE DESIGN
[2:17:24] AND FUNDING DECISIONS THROUGH A
[2:17:25] CIVIL RIGHTS LENS TO ENSURE
[2:17:29] THAT OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
[2:17:31] REFLECTS THE PRINCIPLES
[2:17:33] OF RACIAL EQUITY AND EQUAL
[2:17:36] EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
[2:17:37] SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HAPPENING
[2:17:39] NOW AND.
[2:17:40] HAS.
[2:17:40] NOT HAPPENED FOR 40 YEARS.
[2:17:43] THANK YOU.
[2:17:45] COUNCILOR UM CULPEPER
[2:17:46] COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
[2:17:47] FLOOR.
[2:17:47] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:17:49] I JUST RISE IN SUPPORT
[2:17:52] OF COUNCIL CALLED PEPPERS
[2:17:53] REQUEST TO RECONSIDER.
[2:17:54] HE ALSO WANTED THEM READ
[2:17:55] TOGETHER BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE
[2:17:57] HE WANTS TO WORK ON THEM
[2:17:58] TOGETHER WITH HIM AND
[2:17:59] COUNCILOR WORRELL BUT IT WAS
[2:18:01] SOMETHING THAT
[2:18:02] COUNCILOR WORRELL SAID AND I'M
[2:18:03] LOOKING FORWARD TO EITHER YOU
[2:18:05] SHARING WITH ME OR I'LL FIND IT
[2:18:06] AFTER THIS MEETING WHEN YOU
[2:18:07] SAID WHEN YOU OVERLAY A MAP
[2:18:09] OF THE TRANSIT AND THE
[2:18:11] NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S REALLY
[2:18:12] SHOWING THE DESERT YOU SPEAK
[2:18:13] OF AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
[2:18:15] ARE MOST NEGATIVELY AFFECTED.
[2:18:17] SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
[2:18:18] THAT THESE TWO ARE HEARD AND I
[2:18:20] THINK IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE FOR
[2:18:21] US AS A BODY TO HEAR THESE
[2:18:22] TOGETHER.
[2:18:23] SO I HOPE WE KEEP THEM IN THE
[2:18:24] SAME COMMITTEE AND AGREED THAT
[2:18:26] IT SHOULD BE IN THE CIVIL
[2:18:27] RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
[2:18:28] THANK YOU.
[2:18:28] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:18:30] UM.
[2:18:35] UM COUNCILOR LET ME SEE.
[2:18:36] COUNCILOR UH, COUNCILOR WORRELL
[2:18:38] ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:18:40] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:18:41] AND I KNOW, UH, OUR INTENT, UM
[2:18:44] ,WAS TO HAVE THE HEARING AND
[2:18:46] THEN AFTERWARDS AFTER THE
[2:18:48] HEARING, UH, BRING THIS UP, UH
[2:18:50] ,FOR A A VOTE AFTER THE
[2:18:52] HEARING.
[2:18:53] UM, AND I THINK THAT IS, UM WHY
[2:18:55] WE AS, UM, SPONSORS ON THIS
[2:18:57] WANTED TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER,
[2:19:00] UM, AND NOT TAKE A VOTE NOW BUT
[2:19:01] HAVE THE HEARING FIRST AND THEN
[2:19:03] MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE AFTER
[2:19:05] THE HEARING.
[2:19:06] YEAH, I.
[2:19:07] THANK YOU.
[2:19:07] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:19:09] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:19:10] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:19:11] UM, THERE IS ART AS THE CHAIR
[2:19:13] OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
[2:19:14] TRANSPORTATION THERE IS ALREADY
[2:19:15] A BLUE LAB DOCKET UM, IN THE
[2:19:17] PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
[2:19:18] TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE UH,
[2:19:20] WHICH COULD BE HEARD ALONGSIDE
[2:19:21] THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL AS THE
[2:19:23] UH THE OTHER DOCKET.
[2:19:25] SO, UM, I DO THINK AS IT'S
[2:19:27] WRITTEN IT'S WRITTEN AS THE
[2:19:28] TRANSPORTATION DOCKET AND I UM
[2:19:30] I APPEAL TO MY COLLEAGUES UM,
[2:19:33] WE DO HAVE ANOTHER DOCKET FOR
[2:19:35] BLUE HAVE IN THE COMMITTEE AND
[2:19:37] HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GET THAT
[2:19:38] SCHEDULED.
[2:19:38] SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
[2:19:40] POTENTIALLY, UH, WORKING
[2:19:42] TOGETHER UM, ON THAT.
[2:19:44] UH, AGAIN IT'S I HAVE NO SKIN
[2:19:46] IN THE GAME OTHER THAN THE FACT
[2:19:47] THAT THERE ARE OTHER PENDING
[2:19:49] DOCKETS AND I THINK IT MAKES
[2:19:50] SENSE FOR ALL THE DOCKETS THAT
[2:19:51] ARE HEARD TO BE HEARD TOGETHER.
[2:19:53] THANK YOU.
[2:19:54] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:19:57] YOU IF YOU REMEMBER THE
[2:19:58] EXTENDED CONVERSATION THAT WE
[2:19:59] HAD OVER THE PREVIOUS DOCKET
[2:20:02] THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN IS
[2:20:03] REFERRING TO, IT WAS NOT
[2:20:06] WRITTEN IN A CIVIL RIGHTS
[2:20:07] PERSPECTIVE WITH US CIVIL RIGHT
[2:20:08] .
[2:20:09] UH, DISPARATE IMPACT ADDED TO
[2:20:12] IT.
[2:20:13] SO I WOULD SAY, MADAM PRESIDENT
[2:20:16] ,THAT THIS.
[2:20:17] DOCKET 1341 WAS WRITTEN AS
[2:20:21] COUNCIL WILL RAIL SAID TO GO
[2:20:22] ALONG WITH 1340 AND TO HAVE THE
[2:20:26] VOTE AFTER WE HAD THE HEARING
[2:20:29] ON 134I.
[2:20:30] APPRECIATE IT AND I THINK
[2:20:31] WHAT'S WHAT'S CONFUSING IS THAT
[2:20:33] THE TWO DOCKETS UM WERE PUT
[2:20:35] TOGETHER AND THE RESOLUTION HAS
[2:20:37] A SLIGHTLY.
[2:20:38] DIFFERENT DYNAMICS AND THEN A
[2:20:40] HEARING ORDER.
[2:20:41] SO UH, GIVEN YOUR UM.
[2:20:44] GIVEN YOUR ADVOCACY
[2:20:47] COUNCILOR CULPEPER I WILL SEND
[2:20:49] UH, BOTH DOCKETS TO.
[2:20:52] UM UM.
[2:20:53] THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
[2:20:55] RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT
[2:20:56] ADVANCEMENT.
[2:21:01] THANK YOU.
[2:21:02] UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE, CONSIDER
[2:21:06] AND, UM, INTENTION TO HOLD A
[2:21:09] HEARING ON THIS, UH, ISSUE IN
[2:21:11] THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND,
[2:21:14] UM.
[2:21:15] WE'RE WE'RE.
[2:21:16] WORKING ON IT.
[2:21:17] VERY GOOD.
[2:21:18] THANK YOU.
[2:21:19] I HOPE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED
[2:21:20] FAIRLY SOON.
[2:21:22] UM.
[2:21:25] SO BOTH THESE DOCKETS UH, 1340
[2:21:31] UH, WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[2:21:33] CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND
[2:21:34] IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND
[2:21:36] DOCKET 1341 WILL ALSO GO TO THE
[2:21:40] COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
[2:21:42] RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT
[2:21:43] ADVANCEMENT.
[2:21:44] THANK YOU.
[2:21:45] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:21:46] READ DOCKET 1342.
[2:21:48] DOCKET 1342 COUNCILOR HAS
[2:21:51] PREPARED OR OFFER THE FOLLOWING
[2:21:54] RESOLUTION CALLING CALLING ON
[2:21:56] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FULLY
[2:21:57] PARTNER WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS
[2:21:59] STATE FOOD.
[2:21:59] SCHOOL PROGRAM.
[2:22:01] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:22:03] COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA PEPEN.
[2:22:04] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:22:05] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:22:06] MAY I ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[2:22:08] AS OUR SECOND CO-SPONSOR?
[2:22:10] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ALSO ADDED
[2:22:11] .
[2:22:12] THANK YOU.
[2:22:13] UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE
[2:22:16] TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AROUND
[2:22:17] SCHOOLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS
[2:22:19] BEEN MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
[2:22:20] SINCE GETTING INTO THE CITY
[2:22:22] COUNCIL.
[2:22:23] UM, THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC WAS
[2:22:25] PART OF MY UH, MAIDEN SPEECH MY
[2:22:27] VERY FIRST SPEECH ON THE CITY
[2:22:28] COUNCIL.
[2:22:29] I'VE BEEN STRONGLY ADVOCATING
[2:22:31] FOR THIS FOREVER.
[2:22:32] I HAVE A LOT OF ELEMENTARY
[2:22:34] MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT
[2:22:35] WHERE PARENTS CONTINUOUSLY FEEL
[2:22:38] UNSAFE ABOUT JUST DRIVERS
[2:22:39] SPEEDING DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[2:22:41] STREETS, THEIR KIDS CROSSING
[2:22:42] THE CROSSWALKS UM, SAFELY.
[2:22:45] WE HONOR OUR CROSSING GUARDS
[2:22:46] MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE
[2:22:47] GETTING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY
[2:22:48] DESERVE.
[2:22:48] COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WERE ABLE
[2:22:50] TO ATTEND A LUNCHEON WITH THEM
[2:22:52] WITH THE CROSSING GUARDS UM,
[2:22:53] NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THANK THEM
[2:22:55] PERSONALLY FOR WHAT THEY'VE
[2:22:56] DONE.
[2:22:58] THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE
[2:23:00] IS A IT'S A FREE PROGRAM
[2:23:02] FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM
[2:23:04] FOCUSED ON PROTECTING CHILDREN
[2:23:05] ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM THE
[2:23:07] CLASSROOMS.
[2:23:08] JOINING THE PROGRAM COST
[2:23:10] NOTHING TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
[2:23:11] .
[2:23:11] YET TODAY FEWER THAN 60 OUT
[2:23:14] OF THE 103 ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ARE
[2:23:17] ENROLLED.
[2:23:18] THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE
[2:23:19] SCHOOL LEADERS HAVE TO REACH
[2:23:21] OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO THE STATE
[2:23:23] PROGRAM IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY
[2:23:25] SIGN UP AND RECEIVE THE
[2:23:26] RESOURCES AND THE RESOURCES,
[2:23:27] THE TRAININGS AND ALL THE
[2:23:29] AVAILABLE TOOLS THAT THE STATE
[2:23:31] PROVIDES IN ORDER TO TEACH
[2:23:32] THEIR KIDS ABOUT THE
[2:23:34] TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
[2:23:35] EVERY FAMILY IN OUR IN EVERY
[2:23:37] NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS BOSTON
[2:23:38] DESERVES TO KNOW THAT THEIR
[2:23:40] CHILDREN HAVE A SAFE WAY TO GET
[2:23:41] TO SCHOOL.
[2:23:42] SO FULL.
[2:23:43] ENROLLMENT INTO THE SAFE ALSO
[2:23:44] SCHOOL PROGRAM SUPPORTS THAT
[2:23:46] GOAL AND I'VE ALREADY HAD
[2:23:48] CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR
[2:23:49] SUPERINTENDENT.
[2:23:50] UM, SHE'S VERY OPEN TO THIS.
[2:23:51] THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
[2:23:52] CONVERSATIONS WHERE UM IT WOULD
[2:23:54] BENEFIT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT TO
[2:23:56] GET THESE RESOURCES.
[2:23:58] SO IT'S TIME THAT EVERY SINGLE
[2:23:59] SCHOOL THAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR
[2:24:01] THIS IS RECEIVING THIS THIS
[2:24:02] RESOURCES.
[2:24:03] AND THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING TO
[2:24:04] SUPPORT THIS AND GET THIS
[2:24:06] RESOLUTION PASSED TODAY.
[2:24:07] THANK YOU.
[2:24:07] THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:24:10] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[2:24:10] COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:24:11] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:24:13] THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL FOR
[2:24:14] HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR ON
[2:24:15] THIS BILL.
[2:24:16] UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME NOT
[2:24:17] ONLY AS A.
[2:24:17] PARENT WHO WALKS.
[2:24:18] MY KIDS TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING
[2:24:20] .
[2:24:20] UH, BUT ALSO I BELIEVE THAT,
[2:24:22] UH, THE BUS BUDGET THAT WE HAVE
[2:24:24] ,UH, IS EXORBITANTLY HIGH.
[2:24:25] UH, AND IN ORDER TO SAVE MONEY,
[2:24:27] I THINK WE CAN CUT FROM THE BUS
[2:24:28] BUDGET GOING BACK TO LOCAL
[2:24:30] SCHOOLS.
[2:24:31] IF WE GO BACK TO LOCAL SCHOOLS
[2:24:32] THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
[2:24:34] THERE IS A SAFE ROUTE FOR
[2:24:35] PEOPLE TO WALK TO THOSE
[2:24:36] SCHOOLS.
[2:24:36] AND SO I THINK GETTING OUT AND
[2:24:37] PUTTING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN
[2:24:38] PLACE AHEAD OF TIME FOR ALL
[2:24:40] SCHOOLS WILL HELP US BE BETTER
[2:24:41] PREPARED FOR THAT.
[2:24:42] THANK YOU.
[2:24:44] UM, COUNCILOR PEPEN, IF YOU
[2:24:46] HAVE A SECOND THOUGHTS ON THAT
[2:24:48] ONE.
[2:24:48] UH, NO, I JUST I MEANT IT I
[2:24:51] WANT TO ADD SUSPEND THE RULES
[2:24:52] IN THAT COUNCIL.
[2:24:52] WELL, AS A THIRD ORIGINAL
[2:24:54] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:24:54] SEEING AND HEARING NO
[2:24:55] OBJECTION.
[2:24:56] COUNCIL IS ADDED AS A THIRD.
[2:24:57] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[2:24:59] WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
[2:24:59] SPEAK TO THIS AND THEN WE'LL GO
[2:25:00] TO THE COUNCIL OFFLINE.
[2:25:02] UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:25:03] THANK YOU TO UH COUNCILOR PEPEN
[2:25:05] AND ALSO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
[2:25:06] UH, FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS
[2:25:08] RESOLUTION.
[2:25:09] UH, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK
[2:25:10] WITH MATT MASSDOT SAFE ROUTES
[2:25:12] TO SCHOOL, UH, TO ADDRESS
[2:25:14] UNSAFE BUS ROUTES IN MY
[2:25:15] DISTRICT.
[2:25:15] AND THEY ARE A PHENOMENAL
[2:25:17] PROGRAM OVER THE PAST YEAR AND
[2:25:18] THE PROGRAM SERVED, UM, OVER
[2:25:21] 600,000 STUDENTS AND 1300
[2:25:23] SCHOOLS ACROSS CITIES IN THE
[2:25:24] COMMONWEALTH.
[2:25:25] AND IN THEIR MOST RECENT REPORT
[2:25:26] THEY CITED NUMEROUS POSITIVE
[2:25:28] OUTCOMES ON STUDENTS IN THEIR
[2:25:30] COMMUNITIES NOT JUST IN REDUCE
[2:25:32] CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC
[2:25:33] FATALITIES BUT ALSO IMPROVED
[2:25:35] ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, CLASSROOM
[2:25:37] ATTENDANCE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
[2:25:39] AND STRENGTHENED INTERPERSONAL
[2:25:40] SKILLS AMONG STUDENTS AT THE
[2:25:42] CITY LEVEL.
[2:25:43] THE BOSTON CITIES PROJECT HAS
[2:25:45] FOCUSED ON PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE
[2:25:48] SAFETY UM EDUCATION AS WELL.
[2:25:50] THE CITY PROGRAM IS MOSTLY
[2:25:52] FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS,
[2:25:53] BUT WE KNOW THE STATE RUN
[2:25:55] PROGRAM OFFERS SUPPORT FOR ALL
[2:25:56] OUR SCHOOLS.
[2:25:57] MY OFFICE HAS WORKED WITH THEM
[2:25:59] AROUND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN
[2:26:00] MY DISTRICT INCLUDING THE KING
[2:26:01] TECH BOSTON AND THE
[2:26:02] CONSERVATORY LAB CHARTER
[2:26:04] SCHOOL.
[2:26:04] I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT
[2:26:06] TO TINA FOR REALLY WORKING WITH
[2:26:07] OUR SCHOOL LEADERS IN OFFERING
[2:26:09] REALISTIC AND RESPONSIVE
[2:26:10] SUPPORT AROUND THE SCHOOL
[2:26:12] COMMUNITY'S NEEDS RATHER THAN A
[2:26:14] TECHNOCRATIC APPROACH TO
[2:26:15] PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY.
[2:26:17] I KNOW MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE
[2:26:18] PARTNERING WITH THE BOSTON SAFE
[2:26:20] ROUTES TO SCHOOL CHAPTER, BUT
[2:26:21] THERE ARE TOO MANY THAT ARE
[2:26:22] NOT.
[2:26:23] THIS MEANS MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS
[2:26:24] ARE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO FREE
[2:26:27] RESOURCES AND SERVICES THAT
[2:26:28] COULD HAVE SUBSTANTIAL TRAFFIC,
[2:26:29] TRAFFIC SAFETY AND HEALTH
[2:26:31] BENEFITS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
[2:26:32] COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO CREATE
[2:26:34] A SAFE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
[2:26:36] CITYWIDE, I'M URGING FULL
[2:26:38] PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MASSDOT
[2:26:41] SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TO ALLOW
[2:26:43] EVERY STUDENT TO BENEFIT FROM
[2:26:45] SAFER AND GREATER ACCESS TO
[2:26:47] TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL.
[2:26:48] THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[2:26:50] UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:26:52] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:26:52] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:26:54] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:26:55] UM, THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS
[2:26:56] FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[2:26:59] IT WAS.
[2:27:00] IT WAS WONDERFUL TO JOIN
[2:27:01] COUNCILOR PEPEN A COUPLE
[2:27:02] OF WEEKS AGO AS HE MENTIONED IN
[2:27:04] ROXBURY WHERE THERE WAS A LUNCH
[2:27:06] TO RECOGNIZE THE CROSSING
[2:27:07] GUARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
[2:27:08] OF BOSTON.
[2:27:09] I THINK THE CROSSING GUARDS
[2:27:11] PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR
[2:27:13] CITY.
[2:27:15] UM, I THINK THEY'RE REALLY
[2:27:16] UNSUNG HEROES AS.
[2:27:18] AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
[2:27:19] AND REALLY DO AN EXCEPTIONAL
[2:27:21] JOB THERE.
[2:27:21] THEY DON'T RECEIVE THE
[2:27:24] RECOGNITION OR THE PAY OR THE
[2:27:26] UH THE SUPPORT THAT I BELIEVE
[2:27:28] THEY.
[2:27:29] THEY THEY EARNED.
[2:27:31] UM BUT I WOULD.
[2:27:31] I.
[2:27:32] WOULD LIKE FOR US TO UH, MOVING
[2:27:34] FORWARD.
[2:27:34] TO DO AS.
[2:27:35] MUCH AS WE CAN FOR THE CROSSING
[2:27:37] GUARDS.
[2:27:37] BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL.
[2:27:38] ROLE THEY PLAY IN PUBLIC SAFETY
[2:27:42] LITERALLY PUTTING THEIR BODY IN
[2:27:44] FRONT OF A CAR.
[2:27:46] TO ENSURE THE SAFETY.
[2:27:47] OF A STUDENT WHICH WAS HEARD
[2:27:50] ABOUT THAT.
[2:27:50] WE KNOW THAT.
[2:27:51] THAT'S THE CASE.
[2:27:52] THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO
[2:27:54] MAKE, MADAM.
[2:27:54] CHAIR, IS.
[2:27:57] I DO BELIEVE TRAFFIC
[2:27:58] ENFORCEMENT IS A CRITICAL
[2:28:00] ASPECT.
[2:28:00] THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BY
[2:28:02] THE.
[2:28:02] BOSTON POLICE.
[2:28:04] ESPECIALLY UM, ESPECIALLY CAUSE
[2:28:07] THAT A SPEEDING RECKLESS
[2:28:09] DRIVING IN AND AROUND.
[2:28:10] SCHOOLS WE KNOW THAT THE SPEED
[2:28:12] LIMIT IS 25 MILES.
[2:28:14] AN HOUR.
[2:28:15] AT SCHOOLS IS 20 MILES AN HOUR.
[2:28:17] I DO THINK THAT IS EXCESSIVE 20
[2:28:19] MILES AN.
[2:28:20] HOUR AT.
[2:28:21] A SCHOOL.
[2:28:22] I THINK IT SHOULD BE REDUCED
[2:28:23] TO.
[2:28:24] 15 MILES AN HOUR.
[2:28:25] UM AND.
[2:28:27] MAKING SURE THAT WE DO MORE
[2:28:29] TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
[2:28:30] I'VE ASKED UH REQUESTED FROM
[2:28:32] THE POLICE.
[2:28:32] COMMISSIONER THAT WE DO MORE.
[2:28:33] TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN OR
[2:28:35] AROUND SCHOOLS FOR CARS THAT
[2:28:37] ARE SPEEDING.
[2:28:38] AND I KNOW COUNCILOR PEPEN
[2:28:39] WORKED ON THIS WHEN WE SEE THE
[2:28:42] UM, SCHOOL BUS THAT HAS THE
[2:28:44] STOP SIGN COMING OUT OF IT, WE
[2:28:46] OFTEN SEE CARS DRIVING.
[2:28:47] RIGHT BY IT.
[2:28:48] THAT'S A MAJOR.
[2:28:50] VIOLATION AS FAR AS I'M
[2:28:51] CONCERNED.
[2:28:52] UM, BUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BY
[2:28:54] BOSTON POLICE HAS TO BE A
[2:28:56] CRITICAL PART OF THIS
[2:28:58] CONVERSATION ALONG WITH
[2:29:00] HOPEFULLY REDUCING THE SPEED
[2:29:01] LIMIT ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU,
[2:29:03] MADAM CHAIR.
[2:29:03] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:29:04] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:29:05] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:29:05] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:29:06] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
[2:29:08] AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
[2:29:09] COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR HIS
[2:29:10] ADVOCACY.
[2:29:10] UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES
[2:29:12] IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
[2:29:13] UM, OUTSIDE OF THE TOBIN AND
[2:29:15] FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL.
[2:29:16] AND SO MAKING SURE THAT KIDS
[2:29:18] CAN GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY IS
[2:29:20] OF UTMOST PRIORITY.
[2:29:21] AND I PLAN ON SUPPORTING THIS
[2:29:22] RESOLUTION.
[2:29:23] THANK YOU.
[2:29:25] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:29:26] NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[2:29:28] COUNCILOR DURKAN,
[2:29:29] COUNCILOR FLYNN CRANSTON
[2:29:30] LOUIJEUNE MURPHY CONTRA SANTANA
[2:29:33] COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR.
[2:29:34] AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
[2:29:38] COUNCILORS PEPEN FITZGERALD AND
[2:29:40] WORRELL SIX SUSPENSION OF THE
[2:29:41] RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[2:29:44] 1342 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2:29:46] AYE.
[2:29:46] OPPOSED.
[2:29:47] SAY NAY.
[2:29:48] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:29:50] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[2:29:51] VOTE ON DOCKET 1342 ROLL CALL.
[2:29:53] VOTE ON DOCKET 1342.
[2:29:56] COUNCILOR BRIGHTON.
[2:29:58] YES.
[2:29:58] COUNCIL BRIGHTON HAS.
[2:30:00] COUNCIL CLARESSA BOROUGH
[2:30:02] COUNCIL CULPEPER YES ONCE I'VE
[2:30:03] GOT THAT BY YES
[2:30:05] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:30:05] I'M SORRY DUSTIN.
[2:30:07] YES, SIR.
[2:30:07] FITZGERALD.
[2:30:08] YES.
[2:30:09] COUNCIL FITZGERALD.
[2:30:10] YES COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:30:11] IT'S OFFLINE.
[2:30:12] YES.
[2:30:13] CONVOLUTION.
[2:30:14] SUBMISSION.
[2:30:14] YES.
[2:30:14] COUNCILMAN MEJIA.
[2:30:16] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:30:18] COUNCILOR PIPPEN.
[2:30:19] CONCEPT WEAPON.
[2:30:20] YES.
[2:30:21] COUNCILOR SANTANA ON TO
[2:30:22] SANTANA.
[2:30:23] YES.
[2:30:23] COUNCIL WEBER UNSURE WHETHER HE
[2:30:25] HAS CONTROL AROUND ENSEMBLE
[2:30:27] RELEVANCE 11 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
[2:30:29] .
[2:30:30] THANK YOU MADAM.
[2:30:31] MADAM CLERK UH, DOCKET UH 1342
[2:30:36] HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:30:40] UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAD A
[2:30:43] QUESTION.
[2:30:43] YES.
[2:30:44] UM.
[2:30:44] BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, UM,
[2:30:46] DOCKET 1341 THE RESOLUTION.
[2:30:49] OF CENTRAL.
[2:30:50] STAFF HAD HANDED OUT A
[2:30:52] SUBSTITUTION FOR SOME WORDING
[2:30:53] AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF THAT
[2:30:55] WAS SUBSTITUTED BEFORE WE VOTED
[2:30:57] ON IT.
[2:30:58] SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
[2:30:59] THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT DOCKET I
[2:31:03] KNOW, BUT I'M JUST PUTTING IT
[2:31:06] TOWARDS THE PRESIDENT TO LET
[2:31:07] HER KNOW.
[2:31:07] I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GOT A COPY,
[2:31:09] BUT I'M JUST NOTICING THAT THAT
[2:31:12] WASN'T MENTIONED WHEN WE READ
[2:31:13] THE DOCKETS TOGETHER.
[2:31:18] OKAY.
[2:31:19] I KNOW IT WENT TO COMMITTEE
[2:31:21] BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE
[2:31:22] HAVE THE RIGHT DOCKET THAT WAS
[2:31:23] FORMALLY BROUGHT TO COMMITTEE.
[2:31:25] .
[2:31:26] OKAY.
[2:31:26] STILL NAMED A RESOLUTION.
[2:31:28] THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR
[2:31:29] BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION.
[2:31:31] WILL JUST HOLD ON A SECOND
[2:31:32] BRIEF RECESS.
[2:31:34] THANK YOU.
[2:34:54] WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
[2:34:55] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY,
[2:34:56] FOR THAT INQUIRY.
[2:34:57] UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, WOULD
[2:34:58] YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS
[2:34:59] QUESTION FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY?
[2:35:02] YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE
[2:35:04] TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
[2:35:05] WE CAN CHANGE THE LANGUAGE WHEN
[2:35:07] WE VOTE ON IN COMMITTEE.
[2:35:09] CERTAINLY.
[2:35:10] THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
[2:35:12] YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:35:19] SO ARE WE.
[2:35:20] UM.
[2:35:21] NEXT UP, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[2:35:23] PLEASE READ DOCKET 1343?
[2:35:26] DON'T GOOD 1343
[2:35:30] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE ON FOR THE
[2:35:31] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DENOUNCING
[2:35:33] THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
[2:35:35] DECISION ALONE ALLOWING THE
[2:35:37] TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY
[2:35:38] PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIAN
[2:35:40] AND SYRIAN NATIONALS AND
[2:35:42] AFFIRMING BOSTON SUPPORT FOR
[2:35:44] TPS HOLDERS.
[2:35:45] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY
[2:35:47] LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:35:48] THANK YOU.
[2:35:49] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:35:49] UM I WOULD LIKE TO ADD UM
[2:35:52] COUNCILOR PEPEN AS A SECOND
[2:35:53] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:35:55] COUNCILOR PEPPER AND SO ADDED.
[2:35:57] UM THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME
[2:35:59] COURT TO TERMINATE TEMPORARY
[2:36:02] PROTECTED STATUS HAS A
[2:36:05] DEVASTATING IMPACT ON OUR CITY,
[2:36:07] A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON OUR
[2:36:10] RESIDENTS.
[2:36:11] UM, THIS RECKLESS DECISION THAT
[2:36:15] FORGOES ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO.
[2:36:17] DO JUDICIAL REVIEW.
[2:36:19] OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AND
[2:36:21] WHERE IT IGNORES THE VERY CLEAR
[2:36:22] RACIAL ANIMUS AND
[2:36:24] ANTI-BLACKNESS OF THIS
[2:36:25] ADMINISTRATION UM, IN THEIR
[2:36:28] IMMIGRATION POLICY AND A NUMBER
[2:36:30] OF OTHER POLICIES, UM IS A
[2:36:32] SMACK IN THE FACE OF SO MANY
[2:36:34] HERE IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR
[2:36:36] COUNTRY.
[2:36:37] MY PHONES IN OUR OFFICE HAVE
[2:36:39] BEEN RINGING OFF THE HOOK SINCE
[2:36:42] THE DECISION WITH PEOPLE
[2:36:44] WORRIED, SCARED AND LOOKING FOR
[2:36:47] HELP.
[2:36:48] UM AND IT IS AT A POINT
[2:36:51] OF CRISIS FOR SO MANY UM,
[2:36:53] EMPLOYERS WHO ARE TRYING TO
[2:36:55] FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
[2:36:57] UM AND SO.
[2:37:00] THE EFFECT AND THE IMPACT ON
[2:37:03] OUR ECONOMY ON FAMILIES TEARING
[2:37:05] FAMILIES APART WE ARE ALREADY
[2:37:08] SEEING DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN
[2:37:10] OUR SCHOOLS THAT IS GOING TO
[2:37:12] CONTINUE WITH THESE RECKLESS
[2:37:14] DECISIONS THAT SCARE FAMILIES
[2:37:15] AND TEAR THEM APART HERE IN OUR
[2:37:18] CITY, UM, HOME TO ONE OF THE
[2:37:21] LARGEST HAITIAN COMMUNITIES AND
[2:37:23] A LARGE SYRIAN COMMUNITY, THIS
[2:37:26] OPINION IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE
[2:37:28] AN EFFECT ON THE 15 OTHER
[2:37:30] COUNTRIES THAT HAVE HAD THE TPS
[2:37:32] DESIGNATION.
[2:37:33] WE WERE JUST HERE WITH OUR
[2:37:34] VENEZUELAN COMMUNITY, UH
[2:37:36] LIFTING THE FLAG YESTERDAY AND
[2:37:38] THAT UH IS A AND THEY JUST
[2:37:40] EXPERIENCED AN EARTHQUAKE.
[2:37:41] ALL OF THESE DECISIONS ARE VERY
[2:37:43] REAL TO OUR RESIDENTS.
[2:37:45] UM, AND SO I WANT TO UPLIFT THE
[2:37:48] WORK THAT SO MANY HAVE DONE
[2:37:49] FROM THE LAWYERS WHO ARGUE THE
[2:37:51] CASE TO THE IMMIGRANT FAMILY
[2:37:52] SERVICES INSTITUTE HERE TO UM
[2:37:56] ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN WOMEN FOR
[2:37:57] BOSTON THERE.
[2:37:58] UH, I WANT TO THANK GOVERNOR
[2:38:00] HEALEY, UM, WHO VERY QUICKLY
[2:38:03] ORGANIZED UH A PRESS CONFERENCE
[2:38:06] CONDEMNING THIS DECISION
[2:38:07] BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS VITALLY
[2:38:09] WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN FOR
[2:38:11] OUR ECONOMY.
[2:38:12] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
[2:38:14] HAVE A LAWFUL IMMIGRANT STATUS
[2:38:16] AND WHO HAVE HAD ONE FOR YEARS
[2:38:18] ,WHO HAVE ADULT U.S. CITIZEN
[2:38:20] CHILDREN WHO PAY BILLIONS
[2:38:22] OF DOLLARS IN TAXES TO OUR CITY
[2:38:23] .
[2:38:24] SO I'M JUST MY ENTIRE OFFICE.
[2:38:26] WE ARE DEVASTATED BY THIS
[2:38:27] DECISION.
[2:38:28] SO MANY OF OUR AMERICAN
[2:38:29] COMMUNITIES AND NATIONAL TPS
[2:38:31] COALITION DEVASTATED BY THIS
[2:38:33] DECISION.
[2:38:33] WE'RE WORKING ON LEGAL CLINICS
[2:38:35] .
[2:38:35] WE'RE WORKING ON FAMILY
[2:38:36] PREPAREDNESS CLINICS.
[2:38:38] WE ARE WORKING ON UPLIFTING THE
[2:38:39] SENATE BILL FOR 814.
[2:38:41] AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THANKING
[2:38:43] CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY FOR THE
[2:38:44] WORK THAT SHE DID IN CONGRESS
[2:38:46] FOR TPS THREE YEAR EXTENSION.
[2:38:48] WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD NEED IT
[2:38:49] TO PASS THE SENATE AS WELL.
[2:38:50] AND WE ARE ORGANIZING PEOPLE
[2:38:52] AROUND SENATE BILL 4814.
[2:38:55] I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO
[2:38:56] THIS BECAUSE THIS DECISION IS
[2:38:57] AGAIN RECKLESS, HARMFUL AND
[2:38:59] IGNORING THE VERY REAL RACIAL
[2:39:01] ANIMUS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
[2:39:03] THANK YOU.
[2:39:04] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[2:39:07] UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:39:08] COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNTRY YOU
[2:39:10] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:39:11] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:39:13] I ASKED COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[2:39:15] TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS
[2:39:16] RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF HOW
[2:39:18] DEVASTATING THIS IS TO THE
[2:39:19] HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND TO TO THE
[2:39:20] SYRIAN COMMUNITY.
[2:39:21] UM, I WAS ABLE TO TO JOIN
[2:39:24] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND OTHERS
[2:39:25] AT THE STEPS AT THE STATE HOUSE
[2:39:27] AND TO FEEL THE THE PAIN AND
[2:39:29] THE FRUSTRATION THAT THESE THIS
[2:39:31] COMMUNITY IS FACING BECAUSE
[2:39:34] OF SUCH JUST INHUMANE DECISIONS
[2:39:36] TAKEN BY OUR SUPREME COURT BY
[2:39:37] THE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY.
[2:39:39] UM YES.
[2:39:39] THIS IS ABOUT FEDERAL ISSUES
[2:39:41] AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
[2:39:42] HOWEVER THIS.
[2:39:44] GENUINELY IMPACTS THE PEOPLE
[2:39:46] RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY
[2:39:47] OF BOSTON.
[2:39:47] I CAN HEAR DOCTOR GUILBAULT
[2:39:50] REPEATING THE NUMBERS 4814 UM
[2:39:52] DURING HER SPEECH AND ASKING
[2:39:53] THE SENATE TO PLEASE SUPPORT
[2:39:54] IT.
[2:39:55] UM BUT I ALSO HEAR THE OUTCRY
[2:39:57] FROM THE COMMUNITY.
[2:39:58] YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY REPRESENT
[2:39:59] A BEAUTIFUL HAITIAN COMMUNITY
[2:40:01] IN DISTRICT FIVE AND JUST
[2:40:02] SEEING WHAT A THRIVING,
[2:40:06] HARDWORKING, LOVING COMMUNITY
[2:40:07] THEY ARE I JUST DON'T
[2:40:08] UNDERSTAND HOW THESE DECISIONS
[2:40:09] CAN'T BE MADE.
[2:40:10] I WANTED TO STAND HERE IN
[2:40:12] SOLIDARITY TO MAKE SURE THAT MY
[2:40:14] COUNCIL COLLEAGUE
[2:40:15] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WHO WORKED
[2:40:16] TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT
[2:40:18] THIS WAS WAS PASSED AT THE
[2:40:20] CONGRESS AT THE CONGRESSIONAL
[2:40:22] LEVEL, UM WHICH THIS WAS
[2:40:25] SUCCESSFULLY WITH WITH
[2:40:26] CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY SUPPORT.
[2:40:27] BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO
[2:40:30] DO AND I JUST WANTED TO STAND
[2:40:31] HERE IN SUPPORT AND THANK MY
[2:40:32] COLLEAGUE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
[2:40:33] SHE DOES.
[2:40:34] THANK YOU.
[2:40:36] COUNCILOR PEPEN CHAIR
[2:40:36] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA,
[2:40:38] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:40:40] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:40:41] AND I WANT TO THANK
[2:40:42] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
[2:40:43] OFFERING.
[2:40:44] THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
[2:40:46] UM.
[2:40:46] THE SUPREME COURT DECISION
[2:40:48] IS A MORAL FAILURE.
[2:40:49] WE CANNOT ALLOW RESIDENTS AND.
[2:40:51] FAMILIES TO BE AT RISK OF.
[2:40:53] DEPORTATION BACK TO SITES
[2:40:54] OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND
[2:40:56] HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
[2:40:58] TPS HOLDERS HAVE BECOME AN
[2:41:00] INTEGRAL PART OF BOSTON THROUGH
[2:41:01] ITS BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY
[2:41:02] PARTS OF FORCES PARTICIPATION
[2:41:05] AND WE WOULD NOT BE THE CITY WE
[2:41:06] ARE TODAY WITHOUT THEM, THE
[2:41:08] LOSS OF THIS STATUS WOULD
[2:41:09] DAMAGE COMMUNITIES AND INFLICT
[2:41:11] HARDSHIPS ON FAMILIES AND
[2:41:12] RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
[2:41:13] THE LOSS OF PROTECTED STATUS
[2:41:15] FOR HAITIAN AND SYRIAN
[2:41:17] NATIONALS IS SOMETHING THE CITY
[2:41:19] OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON CITY
[2:41:21] COUNCIL MUST CONDEMN.
[2:41:22] I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS
[2:41:25] RESOLUTION.
[2:41:25] THANK YOU.
[2:41:26] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[2:41:27] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:41:29] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:41:29] CARTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:41:30] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:41:32] I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
[2:41:34] THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS
[2:41:36] IMPORTANT RESOLUTION FORWARD.
[2:41:38] THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION
[2:41:41] ENDING TPS STATUS FOR HAITI IS
[2:41:44] UNCONSCIONABLE.
[2:41:46] TPS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PEOPLE
[2:41:48] SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO RETURN
[2:41:49] TO A COUNTRY LIKE HAITI THAT IS
[2:41:51] RIDDLED WITH WAR OR.
[2:41:53] NATURAL DISASTERS.
[2:41:57] WHEN I WAS STATIONED IN THE
[2:41:59] NAVY IN 2009 2010, IN
[2:42:03] GUANTANAMO.
[2:42:04] ,THE.
[2:42:05] DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE
[2:42:07] WREAKED HAVOC ON THE PEOPLE
[2:42:08] OF HAITI.
[2:42:09] WHICH WAS.
[2:42:10] JUST MAYBE 90 MILES FROM
[2:42:11] WHERE I WAS AT THAT TIME.
[2:42:14] I SAW THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF SO
[2:42:17] MANY HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS
[2:42:19] THAT VOLUNTEERED TO SUPPORT
[2:42:21] THIS DEVASTATED COUNTRY.
[2:42:23] UM, BUT WE WE KNOW THAT.
[2:42:27] WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT WAS.
[2:42:29] IMPORTANT FOR PORT FOR THE
[2:42:30] UNITED STATES TO.
[2:42:32] WELCOME HAITIAN PEOPLE AND
[2:42:35] THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO
[2:42:36] THIS CITY FOR SO MANY YEARS.
[2:42:39] I BELIEVE WE NEED TO SHOW
[2:42:40] COMPASSION FOR VICTIMS
[2:42:42] OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND THOSE
[2:42:43] IN NEED BY EXTENDING TPS FOR
[2:42:47] THE PEOPLE IMPACTED.
[2:42:49] I PREVIOUSLY STOOD WITH.
[2:42:50] THE.
[2:42:50] HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN 2020 18
[2:42:53] AND 2023 CALLING FOR THE
[2:42:55] EXTENSION OF TPS TO ADVOCATED
[2:42:58] FOR MORE ASSISTANCE FOR OUR
[2:43:00] HAITIAN.
[2:43:00] NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
[2:43:02] WE MUST CONTINUE TO STAND IN
[2:43:04] SOLIDARITY AND WORK WITH OUR
[2:43:06] COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY, STATE
[2:43:07] AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
[2:43:10] UM WE ARE A CITY AND NATION
[2:43:12] OF IMMIGRANTS AND MUST ALWAYS
[2:43:13] WELCOME THOSE.
[2:43:15] IN SEARCH OF.
[2:43:16] A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES,
[2:43:17] THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO
[2:43:19] HAVE ENDURED TERRIBLE NATURAL
[2:43:22] DISASTERS AS WELL.
[2:43:23] THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
[2:43:24] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FRENCH.
[2:43:26] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:43:27] COUNCILOR WADDELL.
[2:43:27] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:43:28] UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:43:30] AND THANK YOU,
[2:43:31] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR FILING
[2:43:32] ,UH, THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION
[2:43:34] AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK
[2:43:36] AROUND, UH, FIGHTING BACK
[2:43:38] AGAINST THE TRUMP
[2:43:39] ADMINISTRATION, ENDING
[2:43:41] TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS AS
[2:43:43] THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
[2:43:44] DOING WILL MEAN THOUSANDS,
[2:43:47] THOUSANDS OF HAITIAN AND SYRIAN
[2:43:48] FAMILIES WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS,
[2:43:51] THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ANY AND
[2:43:53] ALL SENSES OF SECURITY FOR NO
[2:43:56] OTHER REASON THAN DEEP SEATED
[2:43:58] HATRED FROM OUR FEDERAL
[2:43:59] OFFICIALS.
[2:44:01] FOR 250 YEARS, ELECTED
[2:44:04] OFFICIALS IN OUR NATION HAVE
[2:44:05] TOUTED OURSELVES AS A BEACON
[2:44:07] OF HOPE FOR THE WEARY TO FIND
[2:44:10] REFUGE, OPPORTUNITY AND TO BE
[2:44:12] ACCEPTED AND EMBRACED FOR WHO
[2:44:13] THEY ARE.
[2:44:15] AND IN SOMETHING AS CRUCIAL AS
[2:44:17] TPS IS A DIRECT VIOLATION
[2:44:19] OF THAT 250 YEAR OLD PROMISE.
[2:44:22] SO I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS
[2:44:25] RESOLUTION AND AGAIN THANK YOU
[2:44:26] FOR THIS FILING.
[2:44:28] THANK YOU.
[2:44:29] COUNCIL ORAL CHAIR
[2:44:30] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
[2:44:31] COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:44:32] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I
[2:44:34] JUST WANT TO THANK
[2:44:35] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AGAIN FOR
[2:44:36] BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND KNOW
[2:44:38] THAT SHE HAS THE FULL SUPPORT
[2:44:39] OF ALL OF US ON THE COUNCIL AND
[2:44:40] JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HER
[2:44:41] ADVOCACY AS THEY KNOW HOW
[2:44:42] PERSONAL THEY ARE AND HOW HARD
[2:44:43] SHE'S BEEN WORKING.
[2:44:44] UM AND WE WILL BE HERE TO DO
[2:44:46] ANYTHING WE CAN HELP.
[2:44:47] THANK YOU.
[2:44:48] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
[2:44:50] CULPEPER.
[2:44:50] COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:44:51] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:44:53] I WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH
[2:44:54] THE REMARKS OF COUNCILOR
[2:44:58] LOUIJEUNE AND FOR COMMENDING
[2:45:02] HER FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION.
[2:45:04] I JUST WANTED TO READ, UH,
[2:45:08] SMALL PARAGRAPH FROM THE
[2:45:10] DISSENTING OPINION BY JUSTICE
[2:45:13] UH JACKSON WHEN SHE SAID THAT,
[2:45:16] UH, THIS COURT HAS VOWED VASTLY
[2:45:20] UNDERVALUE THE DEVASTATING
[2:45:22] CONSEQUENCES OF ALLOWING THE
[2:45:23] GOVERNMENT TO UPEND THE LIVES
[2:45:25] OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
[2:45:26] OF PEOPLE WHILE THE LEGAL
[2:45:28] CHALLENGES ARE STILL GOING ON.
[2:45:30] SHE ALSO RAISED CONCERNS DURING
[2:45:32] ORAL ARGUMENTS REGARDING
[2:45:35] WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
[2:45:36] EFFORT TO TERMINATE THE TPS
[2:45:38] PROGRAMS WERE MOTIVATED BY BY
[2:45:40] RACIAL ANIMUS AGAINST MINORITY
[2:45:44] POPULATIONS, WHICH WE KNOW THEY
[2:45:46] WERE.
[2:45:46] AND I THINK, MADAM PRESIDENT,
[2:45:49] WHEN THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED
[2:45:51] THE DECISION ALONG WITH THAT
[2:45:54] VOTING RIGHTS DECISION REVOKING
[2:45:57] SECTION TWO THAT I THINK IT WAS
[2:45:59] A SAD DAY AND THE UNITED STATES
[2:46:02] OF AMERICA.
[2:46:03] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:46:04] THANK YOU.
[2:46:05] COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[2:46:05] COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE YOU
[2:46:07] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[2:46:07] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
[2:46:09] UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH
[2:46:11] IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE A HAITIAN
[2:46:12] MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
[2:46:14] FIRST HAITIAN TO EVER BE
[2:46:16] ELECTED TO THE CITY
[2:46:17] COUNCIL SERVING ALONGSIDE US
[2:46:18] THE FIRST HAITIAN
[2:46:19] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[2:46:20] UM, I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE
[2:46:22] WHEN UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[2:46:24] GOT ELECTED AND HOW MUCH PRIDE
[2:46:27] UM WAS BEAMING FROM HER
[2:46:28] COMMUNITY.
[2:46:28] AND NOW TO HAVE HER ADVOCACY ON
[2:46:30] THE CITY COUNCIL IS EXTREMELY
[2:46:32] MEANINGFUL.
[2:46:33] IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN
[2:46:34] MOVE MOUNTAINS AND UM, BUT I
[2:46:36] KNOW THAT THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY
[2:46:38] FEELS WELL REPRESENTED IN
[2:46:39] COUNCIL REGION AND I'M JUST
[2:46:41] REALLY PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE
[2:46:42] HER AS SHE ADVOCATES FOR HER
[2:46:44] COMMUNITY AND OUR BOSTON
[2:46:45] NEIGHBORS WHO DESERVE BETTER.
[2:46:47] UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT
[2:46:49] OF FEAR RIGHT NOW I I CAN'T
[2:46:51] IMAGINE FEELING THAT TYPE
[2:46:52] OF FEAR.
[2:46:53] UM, AND UH, I'M JUST GRATEFUL
[2:46:55] THAT WE HAVE A COLLEAGUE WHO
[2:46:57] SERVES ALONGSIDE US WHO, UH,
[2:46:59] REPRESENTS THAT COMMUNITY WITH
[2:47:00] SUCH HONOR AND GRACE AND UM AND
[2:47:03] WE STAND WITH THE HAITIAN
[2:47:04] COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW DURING
[2:47:05] THESE TOUGH TIMES.
[2:47:06] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:47:09] UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
[2:47:12] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
[2:47:12] INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AND I
[2:47:13] KNOW SHE'S WORKING HER AND HER
[2:47:15] STAFF.
[2:47:15] SHE AND HER STAFF ARE WORKING
[2:47:16] INCREDIBLY HARD TO TRY AND
[2:47:18] ADDRESS THIS REALLY CHALLENGING
[2:47:19] AND DIFFICULT SITUATION THE
[2:47:21] INJUSTICE AND UH, REVOKING THE
[2:47:24] TPS IS UH IS HORRIFIC AND SHOWS
[2:47:27] AN INCREDIBLE LACK
[2:47:30] OF UNDERSTANDING AND LACK OF,
[2:47:31] UM, VALUING UH COMMUNITIES THE
[2:47:35] SYRIAN COMMUNITY, THE HAITIAN
[2:47:36] COMMUNITY AND ALL THE OTHER
[2:47:38] COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TEMPORARY
[2:47:40] PROTECTED STATUS IN OUR COUNTRY
[2:47:42] .
[2:47:43] UM I HAVE HAITIAN FAMILY
[2:47:45] MEMBERS.
[2:47:46] I KNOW THAT THIS IS HEADING
[2:47:47] HOME TO THEM REALLY STRONGLY AS
[2:47:48] WELL.
[2:47:49] UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE FAMILIES
[2:47:50] AND FRIENDS IN THE UNITED
[2:47:52] STATES THAT ARE IN TPS.
[2:47:54] SO I THANK YOU,
[2:47:56] COUNCILOR INDONESIAN AND UH I
[2:47:58] THINK WE ALL STAND UNITED
[2:47:59] BEHIND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
[2:48:01] ONE.
[2:48:01] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:48:07] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[2:48:09] NAME?
[2:48:10] COUNCILOR.
[2:48:11] CULPEPER.
[2:48:11] COUNCILOR.
[2:48:12] DURKAN.
[2:48:12] COUNCILOR.
[2:48:12] FITZGERALD.
[2:48:13] CARLSTROM.
[2:48:13] UH, FLYNN.
[2:48:15] HUNTER.
[2:48:15] MURPHY.
[2:48:16] COUNCILOR.
[2:48:16] PEPEN, COUNCILOR.
[2:48:18] YOU'RE ON ALREADY.
[2:48:19] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[2:48:19] CONSTABLE.
[2:48:20] WEBER.
[2:48:20] CONSTABLE WILL AND PLEASE ADD
[2:48:22] THE CHAIR.
[2:48:23] COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND
[2:48:25] COUNCILOR UM PEPEN SEEK
[2:48:27] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
[2:48:28] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1343.
[2:48:30] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.
[2:48:33] SAY NAY.
[2:48:34] MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[2:48:36] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[2:48:37] VOTE ON 1343.
[2:48:38] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1343.
[2:48:42] COUNCILOR BREADON.
[2:48:43] YES.
[2:48:43] CONCENTRATE ON YES.
[2:48:45] COUNCILOR ZAPATA COUNCIL.
[2:48:47] CULPEPER COUNCIL.
[2:48:49] CULPEPER.
[2:48:49] YES.
[2:48:50] COUNCILOR DURKAN THAT'S IT.
[2:48:52] DO IT THEN.
[2:48:52] YES, COUNCIL.
[2:48:53] FITZGERALD.
[2:48:53] YES.
[2:48:54] QUANTIFIED COUNSELOR.
[2:48:55] FRIEND.
[2:48:56] YES, IT'S A FRIEND.
[2:48:57] YES.
[2:48:58] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE THIS IS
[2:48:59] LOUISIANA ARTS COUNCIL MAYOR
[2:49:00] AND COUNCIL MURPHY WANTS TO
[2:49:03] MONTH.
[2:49:03] YES.
[2:49:06] COUNCIL SANTANA CONCERT
[2:49:08] SANTANA.
[2:49:09] YES.
[2:49:09] COUNCIL.
[2:49:10] WEBER.
[2:49:10] COUNCIL.
[2:49:11] WEBER.
[2:49:11] YES.
[2:49:12] CONTROVERSIAL COUNCIL WATER.
[2:49:14] YES 11 VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
[2:49:16] .
[2:49:16] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[2:49:17] DOCKET 1343 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[2:49:20] I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUE, UH,
[2:49:22] COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER TO TAKE
[2:49:23] THE CHAIR FOR THE NEXT TWO
[2:49:25] DOCKETS.
[2:49:48] MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
[2:49:50] READ THE DOCKET?
[2:49:51] DOCKET 134 FOR
[2:49:53] COUNCILOR BRIGHTON OR FOR THE
[2:49:54] FOLLOWING RESOLUTE RESOLUTION
[2:49:56] IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 3112
[2:50:00] AND ACT AUTHORIZING
[2:50:02] MUNICIPALITIES TO UP INTO A
[2:50:03] TEMPORARY PILOT TO EXTEND THE
[2:50:06] HOURS OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND
[2:50:07] UNTIL ALLOW THE PUBLIC
[2:50:10] CONSUMPTION IN DESIGNATED
[2:50:11] DISTRICT IN SUMMER 2026.
[2:50:14] THANK YOU.
[2:50:15] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:50:17] COUNCILOR BREADON AND
[2:50:18] COUNCIL GRAYDON, YOU HAVE THE
[2:50:19] FLOOR.
[2:50:19] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:50:21] UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
[2:50:24] COUNCILOR WORRELL AS A SECOND
[2:50:25] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
[2:50:26] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[2:50:28] COUNCILOR WU HAS BEEN TO HAVE
[2:50:29] IT.
[2:50:29] THANK YOU.
[2:50:30] THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT
[2:50:32] SENATE BILL 3112 WHICH WOULD
[2:50:35] EXTEND THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR
[2:50:37] MUNICIPALITIES TO TO OPT IN TO
[2:50:40] EXTENDING LAST CALL AND
[2:50:42] ESTABLISHING SOCIAL DISTRICTS
[2:50:43] THROUGH THE REST OF THE SUMMER.
[2:50:45] MAYOR WU ADOPTED BOSTON UP TO
[2:50:48] BOSTON INTO THE INITIAL PILOT
[2:50:50] EARLY ON.
[2:50:51] MORE THAN 200 ESTABLISHMENTS
[2:50:53] NOW PARTICIPATE AND TWO SOCIAL
[2:50:55] DISTRICTS OPERATE ON TIME.
[2:50:57] THERE HAVE BEEN THERE HAS BEEN
[2:50:59] A POSITIVE RECEPTION.
[2:51:01] RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE
[2:51:02] EMBRACED THE EXTENDED HOURS AND
[2:51:04] SOCIAL DISTRICTS.
[2:51:05] WE'VE HOSTED THE TARTAN ARMY
[2:51:07] AND OTHER WORLD CUP VISITORS
[2:51:09] WITH GREAT SUCCESS.
[2:51:11] THE SUMMER IS JUST GETTING
[2:51:13] STARTED BUT THE PILOT PROGRAM
[2:51:15] IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END
[2:51:16] OF THIS MONTH.
[2:51:17] I'M THANKFUL TO SENATOR SIR AND
[2:51:20] FEINGOLD FOR FILING THIS
[2:51:22] LEGISLATION ON BEACON HILL TO
[2:51:23] KEEP THE FUND GOING AND ALLOW
[2:51:25] CITIES AND TOWNS TO CONTINUE
[2:51:26] THE PROGRAM THROUGH AUGUST.
[2:51:28] AUGUST IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST
[2:51:29] MONTHS FOR TOURISM IN BOSTON
[2:51:31] AND GIVEN THE STRUGGLES OF THE
[2:51:33] HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THAT FACE
[2:51:35] FACED POST-COVID WITH INFLATION
[2:51:38] AND LABOR SHORTAGES ALLOWING
[2:51:40] BOSTON TO CONTINUE WITH THIS
[2:51:41] PILOT PROGRAM AND CREATE MORE
[2:51:43] OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL
[2:51:44] BUSINESSES, IT'S A NO BRAINER.
[2:51:46] THIS RESOLUTION CALLS ON THE
[2:51:48] COUNCIL TO EXPRESS ITS SUPPORT
[2:51:49] FOR THIS BILL AND TO ENCOURAGE
[2:51:52] BOSTON TO CONTINUE OPTING IN TO
[2:51:54] THIS PILOT PROGRAM SHOULD THE
[2:51:55] BILL ULTIMATELY PASS.
[2:51:57] I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO
[2:51:59] SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND UH
[2:52:02] AND THANK YOU.
[2:52:03] UH, IT ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY
[2:52:05] SINCE IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM TO
[2:52:06] CAPTURE SOME VITAL DATA TO
[2:52:08] INFORM FUTURE POLICYMAKING
[2:52:10] REGARDING BOSTON'S HOSPITALITY
[2:52:12] AND TOURIST ECONOMY.
[2:52:13] THANK YOU.
[2:52:15] CHAIR RECOGNIZES TO RECOGNIZE
[2:52:19] COUNCIL FOR.
[2:52:27] THANK YOU.
[2:52:32] OH, YES.
[2:52:32] NO CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:52:34] COUNCILOR WILL READ
[2:52:35] COUNCILOR WE'RE READY TO THE
[2:52:36] FLOOR.
[2:52:37] THANK YOU CHAIR.
[2:52:37] AND UH, THANK YOU TO, UH,
[2:52:39] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON FOR
[2:52:41] UH, INTRODUCING THIS AND
[2:52:42] INCLUDING ME ON THIS AND JUST
[2:52:44] WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
[2:52:45] ALSO SENATOR FEINGOLD, UH, FOR
[2:52:48] PUTTING THIS BILL FORWARD.
[2:52:49] I ALSO JUST WANT TO JUST, UH,
[2:52:51] ALSO SHOUT OUT THE LICENSES
[2:52:53] DEPARTMENT, UH, WHO HAS BEEN UH
[2:52:56] ,WORKING AND BEING VERY
[2:52:57] FLEXIBLE ON UH, GETTING THIS UM
[2:53:00] LICENSE IMPLEMENTED.
[2:53:02] UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
[2:53:04] OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SMALL
[2:53:05] BUSINESSES AND FOR US TO GET
[2:53:07] MORE DATA ON IF WE WANT TO
[2:53:09] CONSIDER UH, CONSIDER UH,
[2:53:11] MAKING THIS A PERMANENT PROGRAM
[2:53:13] IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:53:14] SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET,
[2:53:16] UH, THE MORE PEOPLE WE ARE
[2:53:17] BRINGING INTO THE TABLE TO
[2:53:18] UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT ARE THE,
[2:53:21] UH, PROS AND CONS ON
[2:53:24] ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING
[2:53:25] SOMETHING LIKE THIS PERMANENTLY
[2:53:26] IN THE CITY OF BOSTON?
[2:53:29] I BELIEVE, UH, IS BENEFICIAL
[2:53:30] NOT ONLY TO OUR CITY BUT OUR
[2:53:33] SMALL BUSINESSES.
[2:53:34] SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET,
[2:53:35] UH, THE BETTER UH,
[2:53:37] UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE OF THE
[2:53:38] PROGRAM SO WE CAN SEE, UH, WHAT
[2:53:40] THE PROGRAM SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN
[2:53:42] THE FUTURE.
[2:53:42] AND AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T MEAN
[2:53:44] THAT THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO HAVE
[2:53:46] EVERY BAR OR EVERY RESTAURANT
[2:53:49] OPEN THREE UH, UNTIL THREE AT 3
[2:53:51] A.M. UH, TO EVERY DAY OF THE
[2:53:53] WEEK.
[2:53:53] UH, BUT WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE UM,
[2:53:56] IN THE PROGRAM SO THE MORE
[2:53:58] INFORMATION THE BETTER.
[2:53:59] AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
[2:54:00] OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL
[2:54:02] BUSINESSES TO REAP THE BENEFITS
[2:54:03] ON THE TOURISM THAT HAS COME
[2:54:05] BACK TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:54:06] THANK YOU.
[2:54:07] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:54:09] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:54:10] COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
[2:54:11] FLOOR.
[2:54:11] AND THANK.
[2:54:12] YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:54:14] MR CHAIR, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO
[2:54:16] OBJECT TO A VOTE ON THIS.
[2:54:19] I DO BELIEVE A RESOLUTION
[2:54:21] SHOULD HAVE A VOTE EITHER UP OR
[2:54:23] DOWN.
[2:54:24] UM, BUT I AM GOING TO VOTE
[2:54:26] AGAINST THIS, UH, FOR FOR
[2:54:29] SEVERAL REASONS.
[2:54:30] AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS I
[2:54:33] DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A
[2:54:36] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IN
[2:54:39] TERMS OF KEEPING THESE, UM,
[2:54:41] BARS OF RESTAURANTS OPEN TILL 3
[2:54:43] A.M..
[2:54:43] SOME OF THE AREA IMPACTED WITH
[2:54:46] RECENT DECISION AND AS IT
[2:54:48] RELATES TO DOWNTOWN BOSTON, UM
[2:54:51] RESIDENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN
[2:54:52] BOSTON AREA EXPRESSED TO
[2:54:54] ME SOME RESIDENTS THAT THEY
[2:54:57] DIDN'T HAVE ANY HAD ANY
[2:54:59] OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN WITH
[2:55:01] THE LICENSING BOARD, WITH THE
[2:55:02] CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE MAYOR'S
[2:55:04] OFFICE.
[2:55:04] IT WAS JUST KIND OF RUBBER
[2:55:07] STAMPED AND APPROVED.
[2:55:08] UM, I DO BELIEVE IN A COMMUNITY
[2:55:11] ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
[2:55:13] I DO THINK RESIDENTS IN A
[2:55:15] PARTICULAR NEIGHBOR IN A
[2:55:16] PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD
[2:55:18] HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE
[2:55:20] THEIR OPINION.
[2:55:22] IF YOU ARE KEEPING A RESTAURANT
[2:55:24] OR BAR OPEN IN A PARTICULAR
[2:55:26] NEIGHBORHOOD SAY ON BROADWAY IN
[2:55:28] SOUTH BOSTON WHERE I LIVE TO,
[2:55:31] WHY WOULD I WANT MY NEIGHBORS
[2:55:33] TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM
[2:55:36] ,VOTE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT?
[2:55:39] I THINK I WOULD I THINK
[2:55:40] RESIDENTS MOST IMPACTED BY THIS
[2:55:42] TYPE OF DECISION SHOULD BE
[2:55:43] HEARD.
[2:55:44] THEY SHOULD BE RESPECTED.
[2:55:45] THE DECISION SHOULD IN MY
[2:55:47] OPINION SHOULD NOT COME FROM
[2:55:48] CITY HALL.
[2:55:50] RESIDENT RESIDENTS DESERVE AN
[2:55:52] OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD TO BE
[2:55:55] RESPECTED.
[2:55:55] I ALSO THINK THERE ARE OTHER
[2:55:57] ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO FACTOR
[2:56:00] IN IN TERMS OF KEEPING BARS
[2:56:01] RESTAURANTS OPEN AT 3:00.
[2:56:03] WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON
[2:56:05] OTHER CITY SERVICES THAT MAY
[2:56:07] NEED TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
[2:56:10] AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY
[2:56:13] OR UM INSPECTIONS AS WELL.
[2:56:15] SO I'M GOING TO VOTE I'M GOING
[2:56:17] TO VOTE NO.
[2:56:19] UM ALTHOUGH I DO THINK IT
[2:56:20] SHOULD GO TO A COMMITTEE FOR A
[2:56:22] HEARING BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO
[2:56:24] THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE
[2:56:25] RESPECTFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES.
[2:56:27] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:56:31] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[2:56:33] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[2:56:33] COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
[2:56:35] FLOOR.
[2:56:35] THANK YOU.
[2:56:37] CHAIR.
[2:56:37] UM, TO THE MAKER.
[2:56:39] TO THE CHAIR IF IT'S FINE.
[2:56:40] IF YOU HAVE ANSWERS JUST TO A
[2:56:42] COUPLE QUESTIONS.
[2:56:44] WHERE ARE THE CURRENT
[2:56:46] DESIGNATED CONSUMPTION AREAS IN
[2:56:48] THE CITY OF BOSTON?
[2:56:49] I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE
[2:56:50] WANT TO OPT IN TO THIS
[2:56:51] TEMPORARY PILOT.
[2:56:52] AND HOW MANY ESTABLISHMENTS HOW
[2:56:55] DO WE CHOOSE WHICH ONES AND
[2:56:56] WE'LL ALL OF THEM IF THIS
[2:56:58] BECAME PERMANENT BE GIVEN A 3
[2:57:00] A.M. LIQUOR LICENSE?
[2:57:05] COUNCILOR BRITTON, YOU HAVE THE
[2:57:07] FLOOR.
[2:57:11] I THINK REALLY THAT IT'S A
[2:57:12] PILOT TO EXTEND IT THROUGH
[2:57:14] AUGUST SO I THINK I DON'T HAVE
[2:57:17] THE DATE ON THE PRECISE UM
[2:57:20] ESTABLISHMENTS UH CURRENT
[2:57:21] CURRENTLY.
[2:57:21] YEAH.
[2:57:22] BUT I DO KNOW IT'S IT'S REALLY
[2:57:24] A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OF THE
[2:57:26] UM THE SENATE BILL THAT IS
[2:57:29] PENDING AT THE MOMENT.
[2:57:31] AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT THIS
[2:57:34] BODY WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS
[2:57:36] SAYING THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT
[2:57:37] OF ALL OF OUR LIQUOR LICENSES
[2:57:39] WITHOUT NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT OR
[2:57:42] BUSINESS INPUT OR POLICE AND
[2:57:44] PUBLIC SAFETY INPUT HAVING A
[2:57:46] SAY IS THAT TIED TO DO.
[2:57:48] YOU KNOW.
[2:57:50] TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN MOUTH
[2:57:51] BUT WONDERING IF THAT IS I.
[2:57:53] THINK THE THE PARAMETERS OF THE
[2:57:54] SUMMER PROGRAM ARE ESTABLISHED
[2:57:56] SO I THINK IT WOULD BE
[2:57:57] CONTINUING WHATEVER AND IT'S
[2:57:58] NOT A IT'S ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY
[2:58:01] SO YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T FORCE
[2:58:02] BUSINESSES TO STAY OPEN TO
[2:58:03] THREE BUT IF IF THERE'S EVEN
[2:58:06] NOT EVEN EVERY DAY LIKE MIGHT
[2:58:08] BE JUST ONE ONE NIGHT A WEEK OR
[2:58:09] WHATEVER BUT YEAH.
[2:58:11] THANK YOU SO I ALSO WOULD WILL
[2:58:13] NOT BE BLOCKING THIS AS A VOTE
[2:58:18] I THINK A VOTE IS A GOOD IDEA
[2:58:19] TODAY BUT I WILL BE FILING JUST
[2:58:21] IT AS A HEARING ORDER ALSO JUST
[2:58:23] TO GET ANSWERS ESPECIALLY THIS
[2:58:24] PILOT THEN BECOMES A PERMANENT
[2:58:26] THING.
[2:58:26] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
[2:58:28] HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUT
[2:58:28] THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN.
[2:58:29] DO DOWN THE ROAD.
[2:58:30] THANK YOU.
[2:58:31] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:58:32] BEFORE WE PROCEED, MAY I YES UM
[2:58:34] I AMENDED TO I WOULD LIKE TO
[2:58:36] SUSPEND THE RULES AND THAT
[2:58:37] COMES FROM LOUISIANA'S UH,
[2:58:39] THIRD CO-SPONSOR.
[2:58:41] .
[2:58:41] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS
[2:58:42] ACTIVE AT IT AS A THIRD
[2:58:44] CO-SPONSOR.
[2:58:45] UH.
[2:58:46] THANK YOU.
[2:58:47] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:58:51] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[2:58:52] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2:58:53] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
[2:58:54] CULPEPER.
[2:58:55] UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
[2:58:57] I, UH WAS ABLE TO GO TO TEMPLE
[2:58:59] PLACE, WHICH IS WHERE ONE
[2:59:00] OF THE UH, PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
[2:59:01] SITES IS ON UM, DOWNTOWN THAT
[2:59:04] THE DOWNTOWN BOSTON ALLIANCE IS
[2:59:06] RUNNING.
[2:59:06] UM, AND I JUST SAW THE VITALITY
[2:59:09] THAT IT'S BRINGING TO BOTH THE
[2:59:10] COMMON AND THE WHOLE AREA AND I
[2:59:13] WAS REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL, UH
[2:59:14] ,FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND MIKE
[2:59:16] NICHOLS LEADERSHIP.
[2:59:17] HE WAS MY CONSTITUENT UNTIL
[2:59:18] ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
[2:59:20] SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF HIM AND
[2:59:21] THE WORK THAT THE DOWNTOWN
[2:59:22] BOSTON ALLIANCE IS DOING TO
[2:59:24] REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
[2:59:26] UM, GENERALLY I AM IN SUPPORT
[2:59:28] OF THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVING
[2:59:30] MORE POWER WHEN IT COMES TO
[2:59:31] LICENSING AND THEN GIVING US
[2:59:33] THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN IN
[2:59:34] OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.
[2:59:36] UM, SO I AM EXCITED UM, TO
[2:59:40] SUPPORT THIS.
[2:59:40] UM, AGAIN, THERE ARE A NUMBER
[2:59:42] OF AREAS THAT I DO NOT THINK A
[2:59:44] 3 A.M. WOULD WORK IN DISTRICT
[2:59:45] EIGHT.
[2:59:46] UM, BUT HAVING THE ABILITY FOR
[2:59:48] THE CITY OF BOSTON TO HAVE
[2:59:50] THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT THE
[2:59:52] LICENSING UM SIDE OF THINGS
[2:59:54] WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
[2:59:55] SO I'M BOTH IN SUPPORT OF THIS
[2:59:56] AND THE OTHER BILL AT THE STATE
[2:59:58] HOUSE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT
[3:00:00] GIVEN THE STATE OF GIVING THE
[3:00:01] CITY OF BOSTON MORE OPTIONALITY
[3:00:04] WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WORKS FOR
[3:00:05] OUR BUSINESSES IN OUR
[3:00:06] NEIGHBORHOODS IS HELPFUL.
[3:00:08] AND SO UM, SO GRATEFUL.
[3:00:09] COUNCILOR BREADON, I KNOW YOU
[3:00:11] HAVE UH, THE YOUNGEST DISTRICT
[3:00:13] AROUND.
[3:00:14] UM AND SO I KNOW THAT A LOT
[3:00:15] OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE
[3:00:16] BENEFITING THIS, UH, FROM THIS
[3:00:18] AS WELL AS MINE.
[3:00:19] UM, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY
[3:00:20] EXCITING TO SEE THE VITALITY
[3:00:22] THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT FROM THE
[3:00:23] WORLD CUP AND, UH, I REALLY
[3:00:25] WOULD SAY BOSTON COMING.
[3:00:27] UM, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT,
[3:00:30] UH, WHAT THE CITY OF BOSTON CAN
[3:00:32] DO TO CONTINUE THAT FOR LOCAL
[3:00:33] BUSINESSES.
[3:00:33] UH, FOR ME, SUPPORTING LOCAL
[3:00:36] BUSINESSES IS THE CORNERSTONE
[3:00:37] OF WHAT I TRY TO DO AS A CITY
[3:00:39] COUNCILOR BECAUSE WE WE HAVE
[3:00:41] VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY
[3:00:43] UM, TO TO REALLY TO REALLY HELP
[3:00:45] OUR BUSINESSES.
[3:00:45] AND SO WHILE A LOT OF PEOPLE
[3:00:47] CHOSE NOT TO GO FOR THE 3 A.M.
[3:00:49] UM, I'LL JUST BE VERY CLEAR
[3:00:50] THAT UM, THIS IS A ONE HOUR UM,
[3:00:52] EXTENSION OF YOUR LICENSE.
[3:00:54] SO IF YOU ARE 12 YOU CAN GO TO
[3:00:56] ONE.
[3:00:57] IF YOU'RE A ONE YOU CAN GO TO
[3:00:58] TWO AND IF YOU'RE A TWO YOU CAN
[3:00:59] GO TO THREE.
[3:01:00] UM SO I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO
[3:01:01] CLARIFY THANK YOU CHAIR.
[3:01:02] THANK YOU.
[3:01:03] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:01:05] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:01:06] I JUST HAVEN'T TURNED THE LIGHT
[3:01:07] OFF FROM EARLIER.
[3:01:08] YOU NEVER TURN THE LIGHT
[3:01:09] OFF.
[3:01:10] NO THANK YOU.
[3:01:11] ALWAYS READY.
[3:01:14] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[3:01:15] NAME?
[3:01:20] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[3:01:22] COUNCILOR SANTANA,
[3:01:23] COUNCILOR WEBER,
[3:01:26] COUNCILOR DURKAN AND
[3:01:27] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[3:01:28] THANK YOU.
[3:01:31] COUNCILOR BREEDEN SIX
[3:01:32] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[3:01:34] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1344.
[3:01:37] ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.
[3:01:40] MADAM CLERK.
[3:01:41] PLEASE COUNT THE VOTE.
[3:01:43] ROLL CALL VOTE ON 1344
[3:01:46] COUNCILOR BRIGHTON.
[3:01:46] YES.
[3:01:48] CONCENTRATE ON YES.
[3:01:49] COUNCILOR.
[3:01:50] CLEANSER POWDER
[3:01:51] COUNCIL CULPEPER.
[3:01:52] PRESENT CONCEPT PROPER.
[3:01:54] PRESENT.
[3:01:56] COUNCILOR.
[3:01:56] DURKAN.
[3:01:57] COUNCILOR.
[3:01:57] DOCTRINE.
[3:01:58] YES.
[3:01:58] COUNCIL.
[3:01:59] FITZGERALD.
[3:02:00] COUNCILOR.
[3:02:01] FITZGERALD.
[3:02:01] YES.
[3:02:02] COUNCILOR.
[3:02:02] FLYNN.
[3:02:03] UH I JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW
[3:02:05] SOLUTION COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
[3:02:08] COUNCIL.
[3:02:08] MY HAIR.
[3:02:09] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:02:10] IT'S A MURPHY NO.
[3:02:12] CONCEPT.
[3:02:12] PAPA.
[3:02:14] I.
[3:02:14] SUPPORT PEN.
[3:02:15] YES, COUNCIL.
[3:02:16] SANTANA COUNCIL.
[3:02:18] SANTANA.
[3:02:19] YES.
[3:02:19] COUNCIL.
[3:02:20] WEBER.
[3:02:20] YES.
[3:02:21] COUNCIL WEBSITE.
[3:02:22] YES.
[3:02:22] COUNCIL.
[3:02:23] ARROYO.
[3:02:24] YEAH I'M SO AROUND.
[3:02:28] YES 12345678.
[3:02:30] VOTE YES ONE PRESENT AND TWO
[3:02:33] NO.
[3:02:34] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[3:02:36] MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
[3:02:37] READ DOCKET NUMBER 1345?
[3:02:43] DOCKET 1345.
[3:02:46] COUNCIL BRIGHTON OFFER THE
[3:02:47] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
[3:02:49] OF FAIR CONTRACT FOR MAPP
[3:02:51] COMMUNITY SERVICES GROUP CALL
[3:02:54] DIRECT SUPPORT STAFF.
[3:02:56] THANK YOU.
[3:02:57] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:02:58] COUNCILOR BREADON
[3:02:59] COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE
[3:03:00] FLOOR.
[3:03:01] THANK YOU.
[3:03:02] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[3:03:04] UM I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT
[3:03:05] OF THIS RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A
[3:03:07] FAIR CONTRACT FOR THE DIRECT
[3:03:08] PROFESSIONAL UH AND ASSISTANT
[3:03:11] RESIDENTIAL COORDINATORS AT MAB
[3:03:13] AND MAB COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR
[3:03:16] MORE THAN 100 YEARS, MAB UH
[3:03:17] COMMUNITY SERVICES EMPOWERED
[3:03:19] INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
[3:03:21] BY PROVIDING PROGRAMS THAT
[3:03:22] PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE, DIGNITY
[3:03:23] AND COMMUNITY INCLUSION
[3:03:26] THROUGHOUT BOSTON AND THE
[3:03:27] COMMONWEALTH.
[3:03:27] THE STAFF AT MAB PERFORM
[3:03:29] ESSENTIAL WORK EVERY DAY AND
[3:03:31] HELP INDIVIDUALS LIVE AS
[3:03:33] INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
[3:03:34] THESE ARE DEMANDING
[3:03:36] RESPONSIBILITIES THAT REQUIRE
[3:03:37] PATIENCE, COMPASSION,
[3:03:39] PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION
[3:03:40] .
[3:03:40] YET MANY OF THESE WORKERS
[3:03:42] REMAIN UNDERPAID WITH FEW
[3:03:43] BENEFITS.
[3:03:44] AFTER CHOOSING TO UNIONIZE WITH
[3:03:47] SEIU 509 THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE
[3:03:50] BEEN WORKING TOWARDS A FIRST
[3:03:52] CONTRACT THAT PROVIDES FAIR
[3:03:54] WAGES, REASONABLE BENEFITS AND
[3:03:56] WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS AND
[3:03:58] RESPECT ON THE JOB.
[3:04:00] SUPPORTING WORKERS TO PROVIDE
[3:04:01] WHO PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF CARE
[3:04:03] IS SUPPORTING THE INDIVIDUALS
[3:04:05] AND FAMILIES WHO RELY ON THEM
[3:04:07] EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[3:04:08] A FAIR CONTRACT WILL HELP
[3:04:10] IMPROVE EMPLOYEE RETENTION,
[3:04:12] STRENGTHEN THE WORKFORCE AND
[3:04:14] ENSURE CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR
[3:04:16] SOME OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S MOST
[3:04:17] VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
[3:04:19] BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS LARGELY
[3:04:21] PUBLICLY FUNDED, NEGOTIATIONS
[3:04:23] MUST CONTINUE IN GOOD FAITH AND
[3:04:25] MOVE TOWARD A FAIR AGREEMENT
[3:04:27] THAT RECOGNIZES THE VALUE
[3:04:29] OF THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
[3:04:30] THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR THAT.
[3:04:32] AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK MY
[3:04:34] COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT
[3:04:36] ME AND AND AND JOIN ME IN
[3:04:38] SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION.
[3:04:39] THANK YOU.
[3:04:39] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:04:40] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[3:04:42] NAME?
[3:04:44] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[3:04:45] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[3:04:46] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:04:48] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.
[3:04:50] MURPHY.
[3:04:50] COUNCILOR.
[3:04:51] HAPPEN.
[3:04:51] COUNCIL.
[3:04:52] SANTANA.
[3:04:52] COUNCILOR.
[3:04:53] WEBER COUNCILOR MURPHY AND
[3:04:55] PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[3:04:59] COUNCIL WILL WHERE I CAN'T
[3:05:01] FORGET TO COUNCILOR BREADON SIX
[3:05:05] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
[3:05:06] ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1345
[3:05:09] .
[3:05:09] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:05:11] AYE AYE.
[3:05:12] THOSE OPPOSED NAY NAY.
[3:05:15] MADAM CLERK PLEASE COME TO
[3:05:17] VOTE.
[3:05:19] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1345.
[3:05:22] COUNCILOR BREDON.
[3:05:24] COUNCIL.
[3:05:24] BREDON.
[3:05:25] YES.
[3:05:25] COUNCIL.
[3:05:25] COLITIS ABOUT COUNCIL.
[3:05:27] CULPEPER.
[3:05:27] YES.
[3:05:28] OF COURSE.
[3:05:29] YES.
[3:05:29] COUNCILOR.
[3:05:30] DURKAN.
[3:05:31] YES.
[3:05:32] COUNCIL.
[3:05:32] FITZGERALD.
[3:05:33] YES, I'M A FITZGERALD.
[3:05:35] YES.
[3:05:35] COUNCIL.
[3:05:35] FLYNN AND JOSLYN.
[3:05:37] YES.
[3:05:38] COUNCIL.
[3:05:38] LOUIJEUNE.
[3:05:39] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[3:05:40] YES.
[3:05:40] COUNCILOR.
[3:05:41] MEJIA.
[3:05:43] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:05:43] WHAT YOU MUST.
[3:05:44] YES.
[3:05:44] BAN.
[3:05:47] YES.
[3:05:48] COUNCILOR.
[3:05:48] SANTANA.
[3:05:49] COUNCILOR.
[3:05:50] SANTANA.
[3:05:50] YES.
[3:05:50] COUNCIL.
[3:05:51] WEBER.
[3:05:51] COUNCIL.
[3:05:52] WEBER.
[3:05:53] YES, YES I'M SO WE'RE AROUND.
[3:05:55] YES.
[3:05:56] 11 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[3:05:57] THANK YOU.
[3:05:58] DOCKET 1345 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:06:16] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:06:21] UH, MR MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[3:06:23] PLEASE READ DOCKET 13461346.
[3:06:28] COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FLYNN ALL
[3:06:29] FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[3:06:31] CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE BRIEF AND
[3:06:33] ON BUS TO SUMMER SAFETY PLAN
[3:06:35] AND A COLLABORATIVE PREVIEW TO
[3:06:37] STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY.
[3:06:39] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:06:40] COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILMEMBER
[3:06:41] FOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:06:42] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
[3:06:46] PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF BOSTON
[3:06:48] RESIDENTS, THE VISITORS
[3:06:50] BUSINESSES ALL OF OUR
[3:06:51] NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE FIRST
[3:06:52] RESPONDERS IS THE MOST
[3:06:54] FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
[3:06:55] OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
[3:06:57] AS WE ALL KNOW, BOSTON HAS
[3:06:59] EXPERIENCED REPEATED INCIDENTS
[3:07:01] OF VIOLENT CRIME THROUGHOUT
[3:07:02] THIS CURRENT YEAR INCLUDING
[3:07:05] SHOOTINGS, ASSAULTS ON BOSTON
[3:07:07] POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER
[3:07:10] SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:07:11] INCIDENCES THAT HAVE HEIGHTENED
[3:07:12] CONCERN AMONG RESIDENTS ACROSS
[3:07:14] THE CITY NOT JUST RESIDENTS BUT
[3:07:16] ALL OF US.
[3:07:17] I BELIEVE OVER THE 4TH OF JULY
[3:07:19] HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MULTIPLE
[3:07:20] SHOOTINGS OCCURRED ACROSS THE
[3:07:22] CITY OF BOSTON RESULTING IN 13
[3:07:25] INDIVIDUALS BEING SHOT AND TWO
[3:07:26] PEOPLE BEING KILLED WHILE
[3:07:29] OFFICERS ALSO FACED DANGEROUS
[3:07:31] CONDITIONS INCLUDING FIREWORKS
[3:07:32] BEING THROWN AND SHOT AT THEM
[3:07:35] DURING PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSES.
[3:07:38] THESE INCIDENTS ARE NOT
[3:07:40] ISOLATED BUT PART OF A LARGER
[3:07:41] AND DEEPLY CONCERNING PATTERN
[3:07:43] THAT DEMANDS A CLEAR,
[3:07:45] COORDINATED AND ACCOUNTABLE
[3:07:46] RESPONSE FROM CITY LEADERSHIP.
[3:07:49] EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:07:50] REQUIRES.
[3:07:51] PREVENTION, INTERVENTION
[3:07:53] ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY
[3:07:54] PARTNERSHIP, ADEQUATE STAFFING
[3:07:56] OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
[3:07:58] AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR
[3:07:59] BOSTON FIRE, BOSTON EMS AND
[3:08:02] VIOLENCE PREVENTION
[3:08:03] ORGANIZATIONS.
[3:08:04] THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BOTH THE
[3:08:06] LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT
[3:08:09] RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
[3:08:10] THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:08:12] STRATEGIES ARE TRANSPARENT,
[3:08:14] ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIVE TO
[3:08:16] CHANGING CONDITIONS AND
[3:08:18] REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS
[3:08:19] OF RESIDENTS IN EVERY
[3:08:20] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[3:08:21] THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON WANT US TO
[3:08:24] WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP EVERY
[3:08:25] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE, AND THEY
[3:08:26] WANT TO SEE US THAT WE'RE
[3:08:28] COMMITTED TO TAKING PROACTIVE
[3:08:29] STEPS TO PREVENTING VIOLENCE
[3:08:31] BEFORE TRAGEDY STRIKES THAT THE
[3:08:34] BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SO THIS
[3:08:37] RESOLUTION I'M FILING I THINK
[3:08:39] UM, IT'S HARD ESPECIALLY IN OUR
[3:08:41] LEADERSHIP ROLES WHEN.
[3:08:42] WE'RE HEARING.
[3:08:44] INFORMATION ON THE NEWS OR
[3:08:45] WE'RE SEEING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
[3:08:47] AND NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION
[3:08:49] DIRECTLY TO US OFTENTIMES AND
[3:08:51] IT MEANS WE'RE NOT GETTING THE
[3:08:52] ACCURATE INFORMATION NEEDED TO
[3:08:54] MAKE THE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO
[3:08:56] ADVOCATE FOR.
[3:08:57] SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS
[3:08:58] RESOLUTION SENDS A MESSAGE THAT
[3:09:00] WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER.
[3:09:02] WE I WANT TO SEE AND
[3:09:04] COUNCILOR FLYNN, WE TALKED
[3:09:05] ABOUT THIS WHEN WE WERE GETTING
[3:09:07] CALLS AND SEEING THE VIOLENCE
[3:09:08] HAPPENING OVER THE LAST WEEKEND
[3:09:09] THAT WE GET A BRIEFING, WE GET
[3:09:11] THE INFORMATION WE NEED AND
[3:09:13] WITH THAT INFORMATION WHICH
[3:09:14] THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER TO MAKE
[3:09:16] THE RIGHT DECISIONS TO NOT BE
[3:09:19] REACTIVE BUT TO HAVE THE TOOLS
[3:09:21] WE NEED TO HELP MAKE THE
[3:09:22] DECISIONS NEEDED GOING FORWARD.
[3:09:24] SO I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
[3:09:26] THAT WE RECONVENE AND REALLY
[3:09:29] SEE IF THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN
[3:09:31] THAT I GUESS IS IN PLACE.
[3:09:33] I KNOW I'VE NEVER RECEIVED A
[3:09:34] FORMAL COPY OF IT THAT WE SEE
[3:09:35] WHAT IT IS AND WHAT NEEDS TO
[3:09:37] CHANGE SO WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR
[3:09:39] THOSE CHANGES.
[3:09:40] THANK YOU.
[3:09:41] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:09:42] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FROM FLYNN
[3:09:43] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:09:45] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:09:48] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR
[3:09:49] ADDING ME.
[3:09:52] IT'S CLEAR WE NEED A NEW
[3:09:54] COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:09:56] PLAN.
[3:09:57] STAFFING LEVELS ARE DANGEROUSLY
[3:09:59] LOW.
[3:10:01] SHIFTS ARE NOT FILLED IMPACTING
[3:10:04] PUBLIC SAFETY IN EVERY
[3:10:05] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[3:10:08] WE HAVE ALSO WITNESSED FREQUENT
[3:10:10] ASSAULTS AGAINST POLICE
[3:10:12] OFFICERS.
[3:10:15] WE HAVE HELD HEARINGS FOR YEARS
[3:10:19] ON MANY OF THESE ISSUES BUT
[3:10:21] ESPECIALLY THE LOW NUMBER
[3:10:22] OF POLICE OFFICERS WE HAVE.
[3:10:25] WE KNOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE
[3:10:26] FREQUENTLY WORKING 16 HOURS A
[3:10:29] DAY MANDATORY OVERTIME.
[3:10:34] WE ALSO KNOW MORALE IS LOW ON
[3:10:36] THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[3:10:39] POLICE OFFICERS KNOW THEY'RE
[3:10:40] NOT SUPPORTED OR APPRECIATED
[3:10:44] HERE AT CITY HALL.
[3:10:48] WHEN YOU ARE WORKING A 15 HOUR
[3:10:50] DAY SHIFT AND SOMETHING
[3:10:53] TERRIBLE HAPPENS, WE'LL CITY
[3:10:57] HALL SUPPORT THE POLICE OFFICER
[3:10:59] THAT WAS FORCED TO WORK 15
[3:11:01] STRAIGHT HOURS.
[3:11:04] YOU'RE NOT ON TOP OF YOUR GAME
[3:11:07] AFTER WORKING 1516 STRAIGHT
[3:11:09] HOURS AND THEN BEING INTENSE
[3:11:12] SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT MANY
[3:11:13] NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY.
[3:11:16] I THINK HAVING A PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:11:20] MEETING DISCUSSION BRIEFING
[3:11:23] SUMMIT I DO THINK CITY
[3:11:25] COUNCILORS WANT TO BE PART
[3:11:27] OF THE STRATEGY AND BE ENGAGED
[3:11:30] AND OFFER THEIR OPINION, BUT I
[3:11:31] ALSO THINK THE PUBLIC WANTS TO
[3:11:34] BE HEARD AS WELL.
[3:11:35] WE HAVE TO RESPECT OUR POLICE
[3:11:38] OFFICERS.
[3:11:38] WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE
[3:11:39] IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE'RE
[3:11:42] NOT PROVIDING THE LEVEL
[3:11:44] OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE
[3:11:45] NEEDED ACROSS THE CITY
[3:11:47] OF BOSTON.
[3:11:47] PUBLIC SAFETY IS NEGATIVELY
[3:11:50] IMPACTED BECAUSE OF THAT.
[3:11:51] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:11:52] THANK YOU.
[3:11:53] COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR
[3:11:54] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN
[3:11:55] COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:11:57] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[3:11:58] UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM,
[3:12:00] TO SOME OF COUNCILOR FLYNN'S
[3:12:02] REMARKS.
[3:12:03] I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE POLICE
[3:12:05] DEPARTMENT.
[3:12:05] MY SISTER, UM, SERVED AND HER
[3:12:07] LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[3:12:08] UH, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A POLICE
[3:12:10] OFFICER.
[3:12:10] UM, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO
[3:12:13] HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS GO OUT FOR
[3:12:15] WORK AND NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING
[3:12:17] TO HAPPEN TO THEM.
[3:12:18] SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY ON
[3:12:20] BEHALF OF MY OFFICE WE CARE
[3:12:21] DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT OUR PUBLIC
[3:12:23] SAFETY PROFESSIONALS ARE GOING
[3:12:24] THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[3:12:25] UM, AND I KNOW THAT
[3:12:27] COUNCILOR FLYNN ALSO CALLS
[3:12:28] ALONG THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO A
[3:12:29] RIDE ALONG.
[3:12:30] I'VE DONE TWO SINCE I'VE BEEN
[3:12:31] IN OFFICE AND EXCITED TO JOIN
[3:12:33] FOR ANOTHER UM I THINK IT'S
[3:12:36] REALLY IMPORTANT UM, TODAY THAT
[3:12:38] UH I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT UH,
[3:12:41] BRIEFING ON BOSTON SUMMER
[3:12:42] SAFETY PLAN.
[3:12:43] I DID NOTICE THAT THERE IS A
[3:12:45] LATE FILE MATTER FROM
[3:12:47] COUNCILOR CULPEPER WHICH I HAVE
[3:12:48] DECIDED I AM NOT GOING TO
[3:12:50] OBJECT TO GIVEN THAT IT'S
[3:12:51] REGARDING A IT'S REALLY
[3:12:53] REGARDING A DOCKET UH, THAT IS
[3:12:56] PROPERLY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
[3:12:57] AND IT'S REGARDING THE SAME
[3:12:58] SUBJECT.
[3:12:59] SO I THINK HIS HEARING ORDER
[3:13:00] GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS
[3:13:02] SAFETY SUMMIT AND HEARING ORDER
[3:13:04] TO HAPPEN.
[3:13:05] AND SO I WILL NOT BE OBJECTING
[3:13:06] TO THE SLATE FILE.
[3:13:07] AND I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT OUR
[3:13:09] PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND
[3:13:10] THE WORK THAT THEY GO THROUGH.
[3:13:12] AND I KNOW THERE IS A UH,
[3:13:14] DOCKET LATER IN THIS, UH, TO
[3:13:17] SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:13:18] OFFICERS AND OUR BOSTON POLICE.
[3:13:20] UM, IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT
[3:13:23] THEY KNOW THAT THE CITY
[3:13:24] COUNCIL DOES STAND WITH THEM
[3:13:25] AND KNOWS THAT UM AND KNOWS THE
[3:13:28] WORK THAT THEY GO THROUGH DAY
[3:13:29] IN AND DAY OUT UH, TO SUPPORT
[3:13:31] UH TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC.
[3:13:33] UM, AND I, I WANT TO ALSO SHOUT
[3:13:35] OUT OPERATION BRAIN FREEZE AND
[3:13:37] THE BOSTON COMMON AND OUR A1
[3:13:39] CAPTAIN CAPTAIN DRISCOLL UH,
[3:13:41] WHO IS MAKING SURE THAT
[3:13:42] COMMUNITY POLICING UM IS AT THE
[3:13:44] IS AT THE YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE
[3:13:45] AT THE TOP OF OUR GAME AND
[3:13:46] COMMUNITY POLICING SO UH THANK
[3:13:48] YOU, CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE
[3:13:49] FILERS.
[3:13:50] THANK YOU.
[3:13:51] COUNCILOR DURKAN CHAIR
[3:13:52] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:13:54] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:13:57] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:13:59] THE RECENT ACTS OF VIOLENCE
[3:14:01] ACROSS OUR CITY, MOST OF WHICH
[3:14:04] OCCURRED IN MY DISTRICT ARE
[3:14:06] HEARTBREAKING AND EVERY
[3:14:08] RESIDENT DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE
[3:14:10] IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE
[3:14:13] CANNOT AND WILL NOT NORMALIZE
[3:14:15] WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHAT HAS
[3:14:17] HAPPENED.
[3:14:18] I KNOW THIS FIRSTHAND.
[3:14:20] I'VE WORKED DIRECTLY IN AN
[3:14:21] EFFORT TO ADDRESS GANG RELATED
[3:14:23] VIOLENCE, SO IT'S HEARTBREAKING
[3:14:25] TO SEE VIOLENCE RESURFACE IN
[3:14:27] COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FOUGHT
[3:14:29] HARD TO MOVE FORWARD.
[3:14:30] THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
[3:14:33] 2025 GUN TRAFFICKING REPORT
[3:14:35] MADE THIS CLEAR THE HIGHEST
[3:14:38] CONCENTRATION OF GUN
[3:14:39] TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS
[3:14:41] REMAIN CLUSTERED IN DISTRICTS
[3:14:43] B2 AND B3, PREDOMINANTLY
[3:14:45] ROXBURY AND PARTS
[3:14:47] OF DORCHESTER.
[3:14:47] I SUPPORT DEVELOPING A SUMMER
[3:14:50] SAFETY PLAN BUT AS WE DEVELOP
[3:14:52] THIS PLAN WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE
[3:14:55] WORK ALREADY BEING DONE DESPITE
[3:14:57] LIMITED RESOURCES FOR DECADES
[3:15:00] ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE GREATEST
[3:15:01] MINDS, TORCHLIGHT 11 ALONG WITH
[3:15:05] LEADERS LIKE RANDY MUHAMMAD,
[3:15:08] BISHOP DICKERSON, REVEREND WALL
[3:15:11] ,CHIP GREENWICH HAVE BUILT
[3:15:13] RELATIONSHIPS, TRUSTED
[3:15:15] RELATIONSHIPS, MEDIATED
[3:15:17] CONFLICTS, MENTORED YOUNG
[3:15:19] PEOPLE AND INVESTED IN
[3:15:20] NEIGHBORHOODS CARRYING A
[3:15:22] DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF GUN
[3:15:23] VIOLENCE.
[3:15:24] THEIR WORK HAS SAVED LIVES, YET
[3:15:27] IT TOO OFTEN GOES UNRECOGNIZED
[3:15:29] AND UNDERFUNDED.
[3:15:30] ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LAW
[3:15:33] ENFORCEMENT HAVE A
[3:15:34] RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP A
[3:15:36] STRATEGY THAT PROTECTS EVERY
[3:15:38] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[3:15:39] BUT WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT
[3:15:41] THE WHEEL TO GET THERE.
[3:15:42] THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT YEARS
[3:15:44] EARNING RESIDENTS TRUST AND
[3:15:46] PRESENTING PREVENTING VIOLENCE
[3:15:48] ON THE GROUND MUST HAVE A SEAT
[3:15:50] AT THE TABLE FROM THE VERY
[3:15:51] BEGINNING.
[3:15:52] THEIR ROLE SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED
[3:15:54] TO RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER A PLAN
[3:15:55] IS WRITTEN IT SHOULD BE
[3:15:57] REFLECTED IN THE PLAN ITSELF.
[3:15:59] NOW IS THE TIME TO COME
[3:16:01] TOGETHER AS ONE CITY.
[3:16:03] INCORPORATE COMMUNITY
[3:16:04] ORGANIZATIONS EXPERTISE INTO
[3:16:06] THE CITY'S SUMMER SAFETY
[3:16:07] STRATEGY AND ENSURE THEY NO
[3:16:09] LONGER HAVE TO BEAR THE
[3:16:11] RESPONSIBILITY OF PROTECTING,
[3:16:13] SUPPORTING AND ENGAGING OUR
[3:16:14] COMMUNITIES ALONE.
[3:16:16] I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND
[3:16:18] LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
[3:16:19] ALONGSIDE MY
[3:16:20] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THE
[3:16:21] ADMINISTRATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT
[3:16:24] AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
[3:16:25] BUILD A SUMMER SAFETY PLAN THAT
[3:16:28] REFLECTS BOTH THE EXPERIENCE
[3:16:30] OF THOSE ON THE GROUND AND THE
[3:16:32] URGENCY OF THIS MOMENT.
[3:16:33] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:16:35] THANK YOU.
[3:16:36] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER CHAIR
[3:16:37] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
[3:16:38] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:16:41] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:16:42] AND UM, I WANT TO THANK MY
[3:16:44] COLLEAGUES FOR UM THEIR WORK
[3:16:46] AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO
[3:16:47] EXPRESS SORT OF THE DEEP
[3:16:48] SADNESS AS A RESULT OF WHAT
[3:16:50] HAPPENED, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND
[3:16:52] IN OUR CITY AND THE DEEP SENSE
[3:16:56] OF UNSAFE DO YOU SENSE OF, UH,
[3:16:58] LOSS, UH, AND COMMUNITY
[3:17:01] GRIEVING?
[3:17:01] UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
[3:17:03] US TO ALWAYS BRING PEOPLE AND
[3:17:04] STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO THINK
[3:17:06] ABOUT WHAT WE CAN BE DOING
[3:17:07] BETTER, HOW WE IMPROVE, UM, TO
[3:17:09] GET TO NO VIOLENCE, NO NO GUN
[3:17:12] VIOLENCE, NO UH, NO DOMESTIC
[3:17:14] VIOLENCE, NO FORMS OF VIOLENCE
[3:17:16] AT ALL IN OUR CITY.
[3:17:17] AND SO UM I WELCOME THESE
[3:17:19] CONVERSATIONS.
[3:17:20] UM, I DO KNOW THAT THESE ARE
[3:17:23] FOCUSING ON UM, SUMMER BUT I DO
[3:17:26] WANT TO STATE THAT, UM.
[3:17:30] THAT I YOU KNOW, I THINK
[3:17:32] THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE
[3:17:33] NEED TO DO FOR SUMMER AND SOME
[3:17:34] OF THOSE CAN BE FOR ALSO LEND
[3:17:37] TO YEAR ROUND SOLUTIONS.
[3:17:38] SO I, I DO HAVE A HEARING ORDER
[3:17:40] THAT I FILED EARLIER THIS YEAR
[3:17:43] UM FOR UM A COLLABORATIVE
[3:17:46] CITYWIDE STRATEGY FOR COMMUNITY
[3:17:47] SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION
[3:17:48] AND THIS WAS REALLY FILED UM
[3:17:52] UPON THE DISMANTLING OF PSAS
[3:17:53] AND OUR STREET WORKER PROGRAM
[3:17:54] THAT REALLY ALLOWED FOR DIRECT
[3:17:56] UM, INTERVENTION.
[3:17:58] I MEAN, I THINK IT'S WORTH
[3:17:59] EXPLORING SORT OF THE THE THE
[3:18:01] WHAT WORKED WHAT DIDN'T WORK
[3:18:02] AND HOW THAT CAN BE RETOOLED.
[3:18:04] SO, UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, I
[3:18:05] LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
[3:18:07] YOU ON THE SUMMER PLAN AND
[3:18:08] COMMUNITY STRATEGIES.
[3:18:09] BUT I ALSO HOPE THAT WE CAN
[3:18:10] HAVE THE LARGER CONVERSATION
[3:18:12] ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
[3:18:13] INTERVENTIONS AT WORK, WHAT
[3:18:14] WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST THAT UH,
[3:18:16] WE SHOULD LOOK AT AGAIN OR THAT
[3:18:18] WE AND WE SHOULD TWEAK AND ALSO
[3:18:20] HEAR SUGGESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY
[3:18:21] SO HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE A A
[3:18:24] NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AT ONCE
[3:18:26] TO ADDRESS IT DURING THE SUMMER
[3:18:27] AND YEAR ROUND.
[3:18:29] THANK YOU.
[3:18:30] THANK YOU
[3:18:30] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
[3:18:36] UH WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
[3:18:37] THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[3:18:40] COUNCILOR DURKAN,
[3:18:41] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UM
[3:18:45] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.
[3:18:46] PEPEN.
[3:18:47] COUNTRIES.
[3:18:47] SANTANA COUNCILOR.
[3:18:48] WEBER COUNCILOR.
[3:18:49] WHALEN PLEASE UH THE CHAIR
[3:18:52] COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FRANCISCO
[3:18:53] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
[3:18:54] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1346.
[3:18:56] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.
[3:18:59] SAY NAY.
[3:19:00] MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:19:02] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[3:19:02] VOTE ON DOCKET 1346.
[3:19:05] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1346.
[3:19:07] COUNCILOR BRENNAN.
[3:19:08] YES.
[3:19:09] ONCE A BURDEN IS
[3:19:10] COUNCILOR CLARISSE
[3:19:12] COUNCIL CULPEPER.
[3:19:12] YES.
[3:19:13] CULPEPER.
[3:19:13] YES.
[3:19:14] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[3:19:15] ANSWER.
[3:19:16] DURKAN.
[3:19:16] YES.
[3:19:17] COUNCILOR.
[3:19:17] FITZGERALD.
[3:19:18] YES.
[3:19:19] COUNCIL.
[3:19:19] FITZGERALD.
[3:19:20] YES.
[3:19:20] COUNCIL.
[3:19:21] FLAME.
[3:19:21] YES.
[3:19:22] OFFLINE.
[3:19:22] YES.
[3:19:23] COUNCIL.
[3:19:23] LOUIJEUNE.
[3:19:24] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[3:19:25] YES.
[3:19:26] I'M SOMEBODY HERE.
[3:19:27] COUNCILOR MURPHY SOME MURPHY.
[3:19:29] YES.
[3:19:30] CONCEPT I'M COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[3:19:34] SANTANA.
[3:19:35] YES.
[3:19:35] COUNCIL WEBER.
[3:19:37] UNSOLVABLE.
[3:19:37] YES.
[3:19:38] CONTROVERSIAL.
[3:19:38] YES.
[3:19:39] I'M TO WORRY ABOUT THE YES 11
[3:19:41] VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
[3:19:42] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[3:19:44] DOCKET 1346 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:19:47] UH, I UNDERSTAND THE DOCKET
[3:19:50] 1347 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
[3:19:53] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:19:57] UM.
[3:19:59] AND MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
[3:20:01] PLEASE READ DOCKET 13481348?
[3:20:05] COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE
[3:20:06] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO USE A
[3:20:08] SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO RESTORE
[3:20:10] FUNDING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC
[3:20:12] SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES.
[3:20:13] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:20:15] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:20:15] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:20:16] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:20:18] MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS
[3:20:19] AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR?
[3:20:21] COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS ADDED AS A
[3:20:22] SECOND THANK YOU.
[3:20:24] I WAS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO ADD UM
[3:20:26] COUNCILOR HERE.
[3:20:27] UM BUT BUT I DO WANT TO
[3:20:30] ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMAN HE IS UM
[3:20:32] LONGTIME ADVOCACY FOR FAMILIES
[3:20:36] .
[3:20:40] UM SO MY THIS RESOLUTION MADAM
[3:20:42] CHAIR, IS A IS AN OPPORTUNITY
[3:20:46] FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
[3:20:48] CITY COUNCIL GOT IT WRONG
[3:20:51] BECAUSE THIS LIKELY GOING TO BE
[3:20:56] 500 POTENTIAL JOB LOSS.
[3:20:58] UM, THIS YEAR OF TEACHERS,
[3:21:03] OF PARAPROFESSIONALS, OF BUS
[3:21:06] MONITORS THIS RESOLUTION WOULD
[3:21:08] ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO
[3:21:10] DO A SUPPLEMENTAL TO LET THOSE
[3:21:13] DEDICATED WORKERS MOST OF THEM
[3:21:16] MOST OF THEM A WOMAN OF COLOR.
[3:21:17] BUT LETTING.
[3:21:18] THEM KNOW.
[3:21:19] THAT THEY'RE.
[3:21:19] IMPORTANT THEY'RE A PART
[3:21:21] OF THE CITY.
[3:21:22] THEY DO EXCEPTIONAL WORK
[3:21:24] HELPING STUDENTS WITH
[3:21:26] DISABILITIES.
[3:21:29] IS IT RIGHT FOR US TO ADVOCATE
[3:21:31] FOR THEM DURING THIS DURING
[3:21:33] THIS PERIOD?
[3:21:34] I THINK IT IS.
[3:21:35] I THINK IT'S WORTH IT.
[3:21:38] WE VISIT SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME.
[3:21:41] WE SEE PARAPROFESSIONALS, WE
[3:21:42] SEE BUS MONITORS, WE SEE
[3:21:44] TEACHERS, WE SEE
[3:21:47] PARAPROFESSIONALS TAKING
[3:21:48] SPECIAL EDUCATION KIDS TO THE
[3:21:50] BATHROOM, THE CLEANING THEM
[3:21:53] AFTER THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM
[3:21:56] WASHING THEIR HANDS, BRINGING
[3:21:57] THEM BACK TO THE CLASSROOM,
[3:22:00] MANAGING AND HELPING THE
[3:22:02] TEACHER WITH WITH WITH AURA AND
[3:22:05] WITH SOME WITH EDUCATIONAL
[3:22:07] ASSISTANCE.
[3:22:10] THROUGH A CRITICAL PART OF OUR
[3:22:11] CITY THE CRITICAL PART OF OUR
[3:22:15] EDUCATION THERE ARE UNSUNG
[3:22:18] HEROES AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED
[3:22:19] ALONG WITH THE CROSSING GUARDS
[3:22:22] AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
[3:22:24] BUT IS THERE ROOM IN THIS CITY
[3:22:27] FOR LOW WAGE WORKERS THAT DO AN
[3:22:29] EXCEPTIONAL JOB?
[3:22:30] NO ONE'S EVEN QUESTIONING THEIR
[3:22:33] PROFESSIONALISM OR THEIR
[3:22:35] DEDICATION.
[3:22:37] THEN WHY ARE WE GIVING THEM A
[3:22:39] PINK SLIP?
[3:22:41] DO THEY DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY
[3:22:43] TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO DO THE
[3:22:45] JOB THAT THEY LOVED THAT THEY
[3:22:47] WERE TRAINED TO DO?
[3:22:48] THEY'RE NOT MAKING A WHOLE LOT
[3:22:50] OF MONEY, BUT THEIR SERVICE IS
[3:22:53] INVALUABLE.
[3:22:54] THEY'RE HELPING STUDENTS WITH
[3:22:56] DISABILITIES.
[3:22:56] THEY'RE SUPPORTING THEIR
[3:22:57] FAMILIES, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES.
[3:23:00] THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING
[3:23:03] GOVERNMENT ASKED THEM TO DO AND
[3:23:04] MORE.
[3:23:06] AND WHAT DO WE SAY TO THEM
[3:23:09] WE'RE SORRY THERE'S NO MORE
[3:23:11] MONEY FOR YOU BUT THERE IS
[3:23:14] MONEY.
[3:23:16] IF WE VOTE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
[3:23:17] BUDGET WE CAN ENCOURAGE A CITY
[3:23:21] CITY GOVERNMENT, THE MAYOR'S
[3:23:22] OFFICE TO RECOGNIZE THESE
[3:23:25] MOSTLY WOMEN OF COLOR, GIVE
[3:23:26] THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK
[3:23:29] TO THE CLASSROOM SO THAT THEY
[3:23:30] CAN PAY THEIR BILLS, EDUCATE
[3:23:32] OUR CHILDREN.
[3:23:33] THEY DESERVE DIGNITY.
[3:23:35] THEY DESERVE RESPECT.
[3:23:36] THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT RIGHT
[3:23:38] NOW IN THE BOSTON CITY
[3:23:40] COUNCIL VOTING FOR THE BUDGET,
[3:23:44] WE BASICALLY CUT THEIR JOB.
[3:23:46] IT WAS 400 JOBS NOW IT COULD BE
[3:23:49] 500 JOBS OF THE LEARNING IS
[3:23:51] THAT RACIAL JUSTICE IS THAT
[3:23:54] SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IS
[3:23:56] THAT HELPING OUR TEACHERS?
[3:23:58] IS THAT IT HELPING OUR STUDENTS
[3:24:00] WITH DISABILITIES?
[3:24:02] IS THAT A PROGRESSIVE VOTE?
[3:24:05] IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW
[3:24:07] WAGE WORKERS IN THIS CITY TO
[3:24:10] CONTINUE TO DO THE JOB THAT
[3:24:11] THEY LOVE TO HELP STUDENTS WITH
[3:24:15] DISABILITIES?
[3:24:16] I THINK THERE IS I THINK THAT
[3:24:17] WORTH FIGHTING FOR AND I'M NOT
[3:24:21] GOING TO GIVE UP ON THEM.
[3:24:22] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:24:23] THANK YOU.
[3:24:24] COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR
[3:24:25] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY THE
[3:24:26] FLOOR.
[3:24:27] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:24:29] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR
[3:24:31] ADDING ME AND CONTINUING TO
[3:24:33] ADVOCATE WITH MYSELF.
[3:24:34] AND YOU MENTIONED
[3:24:35] CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND
[3:24:36] COLLEAGUES HERE.
[3:24:38] IF THERE WAS EVER A RAINY DAY I
[3:24:40] DO BELIEVE THIS IS IT.
[3:24:42] UM, AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A
[3:24:45] GOOD DAY TO FIGHT AND ADVOCATE
[3:24:47] FOR OUR CITY WORKERS.
[3:24:49] I KNOW I'VE STOOD UP EVERY TIME
[3:24:52] OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS
[3:24:53] WHEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
[3:24:54] THE BUDGET AND WHEN THIS BODY
[3:24:57] PASSED THE BUDGET WHICH WE KNEW
[3:25:00] WAS GOING TO CUT JOBS THAT OUR
[3:25:02] TEACHERS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS
[3:25:04] ,THEY OUR CITY WORKERS EVEN
[3:25:06] THOUGH IT'S A SEPARATE BUDGET
[3:25:07] THEY ARE WORTH ADVOCATING JUST
[3:25:09] LIKE WE CHANGED OUR AMENDMENT.
[3:25:12] PAUL, WE WE REALLY ADVOCATED
[3:25:14] AND MADE CHANGES TO MAKE SURE
[3:25:16] THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DIDN'T
[3:25:17] HAVE ANY CUT AT ALL EVEN THOUGH
[3:25:20] IT WAS UNDERSPENT FOR YEARS AND
[3:25:22] NOT ONE JOB WOULD HAVE BEEN
[3:25:24] TOUCHED.
[3:25:24] WE REALLY INTENTIONALLY WORKED
[3:25:27] TO MAKE THAT PULL COME FROM
[3:25:29] SOMEWHERE ELSE SO THERE WAS NO
[3:25:31] EVEN APPEARANCE OF TAKING AWAY
[3:25:34] ANYONE'S JOB HERE IN THE CITY
[3:25:36] OF BOSTON.
[3:25:36] BUT FOR SOME REASON AND I WILL
[3:25:38] NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN IT
[3:25:39] COMES TO OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS
[3:25:41] WHICH MANY OF THESE OVER 500
[3:25:44] POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE IN
[3:25:46] CLASSROOM TEACHERS, WE DON'T
[3:25:47] SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME ADVOCACY
[3:25:50] ,BUT I VOTED AGAINST THE
[3:25:51] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET
[3:25:52] AGAIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE I COULD
[3:25:54] NOT SUPPORT A PLAN THAT CUTS
[3:25:57] HUNDREDS OF JOBS FROM OUR
[3:25:58] SCHOOLS.
[3:25:59] WE ARE NOW LEARNING THAT MORE
[3:26:00] THAN.
[3:26:01] 560 POSITIONS WILL BE
[3:26:03] ELIMINATED EVEN MORE THAN
[3:26:04] ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.
[3:26:06] THESE AREN'T JUST JOBS THEY ARE
[3:26:08] OUR NEIGHBORS.
[3:26:09] THEY ARE THE TEACHERS,
[3:26:10] PARAPROFESSIONALS, COUNSELORS
[3:26:11] IN SCHOOL STAFF WHO MAKE A
[3:26:13] DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
[3:26:15] OF BOSTON CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE
[3:26:16] DAY.
[3:26:17] BOSTON HAS MORE THAN 500
[3:26:19] MILLION IN AVAILABLE RESERVES.
[3:26:21] IF THERE WAS EVER A RAINY DAY
[3:26:23] THIS WOULD BE IT.
[3:26:25] I BELIEVE PROTECTING THE PEOPLE
[3:26:27] WHO EDUCATE, MENTOR AND SUPPORT
[3:26:29] OUR STUDENTS IS EXACTLY WHAT
[3:26:31] THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR
[3:26:32] .
[3:26:33] I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TO
[3:26:35] SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE THE
[3:26:37] COUNCIL AS A BODY IS SAYING TO
[3:26:39] THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING TO
[3:26:40] THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE SAYING TO
[3:26:42] THE SUPERINTENDENT BUT MORE
[3:26:44] IMPORTANTLY SAYING TO THE
[3:26:46] EDUCATORS WHOSE LAST DAY WAS
[3:26:48] OVER A WEEK AGO WHO WERE OUT
[3:26:50] OF A JOB THAT WE'RE GOING TO
[3:26:52] FIGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE
[3:26:54] UP AND HOPEFULLY COME SEPTEMBER
[3:26:55] THEY'RE BACK IN CLASSROOMS AND
[3:26:58] ALSO WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR
[3:26:59] STUDENTS BECAUSE EVERY TIME A
[3:27:01] STAFF MEMBER IS ELIMINATED FROM
[3:27:03] A SCHOOL IT'S A CHILD, IT'S A
[3:27:05] FAMILY, IT'S A CLASSROOM THAT'S
[3:27:07] NEGATIVELY AFFECTED.
[3:27:08] THANK YOU.
[3:27:09] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:27:10] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CULTURAL
[3:27:11] CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULTURE.
[3:27:13] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:27:16] THANK YOU.
[3:27:17] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:27:18] JUST LIKE.
[3:27:23] YOU HAVE.
[3:27:23] THE FLOOR.
[3:27:24] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:27:25] JUST LIKE COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
[3:27:30] COUNCILOR MURPHY HAVE STOOD
[3:27:31] OVER AND OVER TO VOICE THEIR.
[3:27:39] DISSATISFACTION WITH THE
[3:27:41] APPROVAL OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[3:27:43] SCHOOL BUDGET.
[3:27:45] I TWO STAND.
[3:27:48] AND IT'S IT'S AMAZING HOW WITH
[3:27:56] A $1.73 BILLION BUDGET WE FOUND
[3:28:02] IT POSSIBLE TO FROM WHAT WE'VE
[3:28:05] LEARNED THIS WEEK TO FIRE AND
[3:28:09] THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
[3:28:10] WE'RE ACTUALLY FIRING OVER 500
[3:28:15] EMPLOYEES FROM THE BOSTON
[3:28:16] PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
[3:28:17] AND HERE'S WHAT'S SAD ABOUT IT
[3:28:21] NONE OF US WILL FEEL THE PAIN
[3:28:23] THAT THOSE FAMILIES WILL FEEL.
[3:28:26] NONE OF US WILL GO WITHOUT FOOD
[3:28:30] IN THEIR REFRIGERATOR.
[3:28:33] NONE OF US WILL STRUGGLE TO
[3:28:34] FIND WAYS TO PAY THEIR RENT.
[3:28:38] NONE OF US WILL STRUGGLE WHEN
[3:28:40] SEPTEMBER COMES TO MAKE SURE
[3:28:42] THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE SHOES ON
[3:28:44] THEIR FEET.
[3:28:45] BUT YET WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE
[3:28:49] THAT BUDGET KNOWING THAT THERE
[3:28:52] WERE THOSE THAT WOULD BE FIRED.
[3:28:57] I DO HOPE THAT THERE'S SOME WAY
[3:29:00] THAT WE CAN FIND AND I
[3:29:02] UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOSTON
[3:29:02] PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS
[3:29:05] CONTINUING TO HIRE EMPLOYEES,
[3:29:07] UH, RECEIVE THAT LETTER.
[3:29:10] BUT I DO HOPE THERE'S SOME WAY
[3:29:12] THAT WE CAN FIND SOME MECHANISM
[3:29:16] WHETHER IT'S A SUPPLEMENTAL
[3:29:18] BUDGET OR WHETHER IT'S FROM
[3:29:19] THEIR STATE FAIR SHARE FUND
[3:29:22] SOME WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT
[3:29:24] THESE FAMILIES HAVE FOOD ON THE
[3:29:25] TABLE AND THAT THEIR RENT IS
[3:29:27] PAID.
[3:29:28] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:29:30] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[3:29:35] UM, WOULD ANYONE
[3:29:38] COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
[3:29:39] FLOOR.
[3:29:41] UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3:29:43] UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW
[3:29:46] WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT.
[3:29:47] USING SUPPLEMENTALS.
[3:29:48] TO DO.
[3:29:49] THINGS IN THE BUDGET FOR,
[3:29:50] UM.
[3:29:51] YOU KNOW, ONE TIME, UH,
[3:29:52] EXPENSES I THINK AS THE FILERS
[3:29:54] HAVE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS, UH
[3:29:58] ,HEARINGS THAT.
[3:29:58] WE'RE NOT.
[3:29:59] SURE ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBERS
[3:30:01] ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE UNTIL
[3:30:03] SEPTEMBER.
[3:30:03] OCTOBER?
[3:30:04] UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
[3:30:05] BETTER.
[3:30:06] TIME TO ADVOCATE.
[3:30:07] FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL.
[3:30:08] UH, I MEAN, I YOU KNOW, I'M I'M
[3:30:09] FINE WITH LETTING.
[3:30:10] THIS GO FORWARD AND.
[3:30:12] AND SUPPORTING.
[3:30:13] OUR TEACHERS.
[3:30:14] UH.
[3:30:14] BUT UNTIL WE ADDRESS, YOU
[3:30:16] KNOW, THE THE.
[3:30:17] THE SHARP DROP IN ENROLLMENT
[3:30:18] IN.
[3:30:19] OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
[3:30:20] AND HOW WE'RE GOING.
[3:30:21] TO DEAL WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING
[3:30:23] TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
[3:30:24] FOR A LONG TIME.
[3:30:24] THANK YOU.
[3:30:26] COUNCILOR WEBER A
[3:30:27] COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
[3:30:29] FLOOR.
[3:30:29] THANK YOU.
[3:30:30] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:30:31] THE THE TIMING OF THIS IS
[3:30:33] IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S.
[3:30:35] IT'S IT'S JULY AND FAMILIES
[3:30:38] NEED TO THESE WORKERS NEED TO
[3:30:41] BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THAT
[3:30:44] THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK TO A JOB
[3:30:48] IN SEPTEMBER.
[3:30:50] THEY'RE NOT GOING TO A BACK TO
[3:30:52] A JOB THAT THEY LOVE HELPING
[3:30:55] KIDS, EDUCATING KIDS, STUDENTS
[3:30:59] WITH DISABILITIES.
[3:31:02] DON'T DO WE HAVE MONEY IN THE
[3:31:05] BUDGET FOR THOSE PROGRAMS?
[3:31:10] 405 HUNDRED JOBS UNION JOBS,
[3:31:14] UNION JOBS I HEAR A LOT OF CITY
[3:31:18] COUNCIL IS TALKING ABOUT HOW
[3:31:21] THEY SUPPORT WORKING MEN AND
[3:31:23] WOMEN IN SUPPORT ORGANIZED
[3:31:25] LABOR.
[3:31:25] THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT
[3:31:27] ISSUE THAN SUPPORTING THIS.
[3:31:31] LOW LOW WAGE WORKERS THE
[3:31:34] UNIONIZED THE WOMAN OF COLOR.
[3:31:38] UH WE GOING TO TURN OUR BACK ON
[3:31:40] THEM NOW IS THE TIME.
[3:31:44] NOW IS THE TIME TO SAY YES WE
[3:31:46] SUPPORT THEM.
[3:31:47] THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR US.
[3:31:50] COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER MENTIONED
[3:31:51] IT.
[3:31:52] WHO ELSE IS GOING TO DO THAT
[3:31:54] WORK?
[3:31:56] THESE DEDICATED WORKERS ARE
[3:31:58] DOING THE WORK.
[3:31:59] THEY'RE DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL
[3:32:01] JOB.
[3:32:02] THEY'RE WORKING HARD.
[3:32:04] THEY'RE COMPASSIONATE.
[3:32:08] THEY TREAT THEIR STUDENTS WITH
[3:32:10] RESPECT.
[3:32:11] THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO THEM.
[3:32:14] I TALKED TO THE PARENTS.
[3:32:15] THE PARENTS ARE THANKFUL FOR
[3:32:18] OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AFTER THE
[3:32:19] DAY IS OVER BECAUSE.
[3:32:21] THE PARAPROFESSIONAL AND THE
[3:32:23] TEACHER HELP THE STUDENT THAT
[3:32:25] MAKES THE PARENTS JOB EASIER.
[3:32:29] WE HAVE TO BE A COMPASSIONATE
[3:32:30] CITY.
[3:32:32] THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
[3:32:34] THERE'S MONEY IN THE COFFERS
[3:32:35] FOR WORKERS THAT DO THIS TYPE
[3:32:38] OF WORK.
[3:32:38] WE CAN'T TURN OUR BACKS ON THEM
[3:32:40] DURING THIS TIME OF NEED.
[3:32:42] NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO STAND
[3:32:45] WITH THEM.
[3:32:46] WHY THEY'VE ALWAYS STOOD WITH
[3:32:48] THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
[3:32:49] THEY'VE ALWAYS STOOD WITH
[3:32:51] STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
[3:32:53] THEY NEVER GAVE UP ON THEM.
[3:32:55] THEY NEVER TURNED THEIR BACKS
[3:32:56] ON THEM.
[3:32:57] THEY MIGHT BE MAKING $35,000 A
[3:33:00] YEAR.
[3:33:02] IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
[3:33:03] THEM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON?
[3:33:05] THAT'S THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO
[3:33:07] ASK AND IF WE SAY YES THEN VOTE
[3:33:09] FOR AND IF WE SAY NO THERE'S NO
[3:33:11] PLACE FOR THEM THEN YOU VOTE NO
[3:33:13] I GUESS THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:33:15] THANK YOU.
[3:33:18] MR.
[3:33:19] UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, WOULD
[3:33:22] YOU MIND TAKING THE PODIUM FOR
[3:33:23] A FEW MINUTES?
[3:33:46] THANK YOU FOR THE ADVOCACY,
[3:33:48] MR CHAIR.
[3:33:49] THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:33:53] COUNCILOR BREADON
[3:33:54] COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE
[3:33:55] FLOOR.
[3:33:55] THANK YOU.
[3:33:56] I REALLY FEEL THAT THIS IS AN
[3:33:58] INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT ISSUE AS
[3:33:59] WE DISCUSS IT BACK AND FORWARD
[3:34:00] .
[3:34:01] I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR, FRIEND
[3:34:03] AND CUSTOMER MURPHY'S
[3:34:03] INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY FOR AND ALL
[3:34:06] OF US REALLY APPRECIATE, UH,
[3:34:08] THE INCREDIBLE VALUE IN THE
[3:34:09] WORK OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS.
[3:34:12] I I'VE TALKED TO THE CHAIR
[3:34:14] OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, I'VE
[3:34:15] TALKED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT,
[3:34:16] I'VE TALKED TO FAMILIES AND UM
[3:34:20] UH, RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT I
[3:34:21] DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE DEALING
[3:34:23] WITH ACCURATE NUMBERS, ACCURATE
[3:34:26] INFORMATION.
[3:34:27] WE KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOL
[3:34:29] POPULATION IS DROPPING BY 3000
[3:34:31] STUDENTS.
[3:34:32] UM, ENROLLMENT IS DROPPING AND
[3:34:34] WE ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS.
[3:34:36] UM AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
[3:34:38] ALSO THE INCREDIBLE PRESSURE
[3:34:39] AND THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
[3:34:41] FAMILIES BEING DISPLACED AND
[3:34:43] CENTRO DE.
[3:34:45] DEPORTED BASICALLY.
[3:34:46] UH, WE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH
[3:34:48] ,A YOUNG KID FROM UH ONE
[3:34:50] OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HER
[3:34:52] HER MOTHER, UM, VOLUNTARILY
[3:34:54] RETURNED TO UH, HONDURAS UM AND
[3:34:58] TOOK HER SCHOOL AGE, UH,
[3:35:00] ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE US
[3:35:03] CITIZEN WITH HER BACK TO
[3:35:05] HONDURAS.
[3:35:05] UH, IT'S A VERY VOLATILE AND
[3:35:09] UNSTABLE SITUATION WITH REGARD
[3:35:10] TO HER ENROLLMENT IN THE
[3:35:12] SCHOOLS AT THE MOMENT, UH, I
[3:35:13] HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT FOLKS
[3:35:15] THAT ARE PERMANENT UH,
[3:35:18] PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE BEING
[3:35:19] REHIRED AND REASSIGNED TO THE
[3:35:21] SCHOOLS AND PLACES THAT THEY'RE
[3:35:22] NEEDED.
[3:35:23] AND I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT, YOU
[3:35:24] KNOW, AS TEACHERS THAT ARE, UH
[3:35:28] ,THEIR SCHOOLS CLOSED THAT
[3:35:29] THEY HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED.
[3:35:31] SO I THINK IT'S A WORK IN
[3:35:32] PROGRESS.
[3:35:33] AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T FEEL THAT
[3:35:34] I CAN IN ALL HONESTY VOTE IN
[3:35:37] SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION
[3:35:38] BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THAT I'M
[3:35:39] WORKING WITH A FULL DATA SET.
[3:35:42] I APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY.
[3:35:44] I ALSO APPRECIATE THE STRESS
[3:35:46] AND THE TRAUMA OF UH,
[3:35:48] PARAPROFESSIONALS GETTING A
[3:35:49] PINK SLIP SAYING THAT THEY'RE
[3:35:50] NOT NOT NOT GOING TO BE
[3:35:52] REHIRED.
[3:35:53] BUT I THINK THE IS IN THE
[3:35:55] PROCESS OF REHIRING AS MANY
[3:35:56] PEOPLE AS THEY CAN AT THIS
[3:35:58] MOMENT.
[3:35:59] SO UM, THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE
[3:36:01] FOR ME BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO
[3:36:03] PROBABLY VOTE PRESENT ON THIS
[3:36:04] BECAUSE I FEEL WE NEED MORE
[3:36:06] INFORMATION BEFORE.
[3:36:06] WE.
[3:36:06] CAN MAKE.
[3:36:07] THIS VOTE ON.
[3:36:08] THIS RESOLUTION.
[3:36:08] THANK YOU.
[3:36:10] THANK YOU SIR.
[3:36:14] COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR
[3:36:15] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:36:16] COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
[3:36:18] FLOOR.
[3:36:22] THANK YOU I WANTED OKAY, OKAY.
[3:36:27] CANCER COUNCIL MURPHY, YOU HAVE
[3:36:28] THE FLOOR.
[3:36:28] THANK YOU.
[3:36:29] CHAIR I JUST WANTED TO
[3:36:31] FOLLOW UP AND I OFTEN FEEL LIKE
[3:36:34] I'M A BROKEN RECORD.
[3:36:35] BUT MANY OF THESE ISSUES I
[3:36:37] STAND UP AND REITERATE THAT
[3:36:39] THESE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE
[3:36:41] RIGHT, COUNCILOR BREADON.
[3:36:43] WE NEED THESE ANSWERS.
[3:36:44] BUT THEY'RE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE
[3:36:45] BEEN BEING ASKED TIME AND TIME
[3:36:46] AGAIN NOT JUST WEEKS AGO MONTHS
[3:36:49] AGO AND WE STILL WENT FORWARD
[3:36:50] AND VOTING VOTED ON A BUDGET
[3:36:52] WITH THESE QUESTIONS THAT WERE
[3:36:54] ON THE RECORD EITHER IN 17 FORM
[3:36:57] OR RFIS THAT REMAINED
[3:36:59] UNANSWERED THAT THE DATA IS
[3:37:01] THERE AND IT IS TRUE IF YOU'RE
[3:37:03] A PERMANENT TEACHER AND IF YOUR
[3:37:04] POSITION IS CUT YOU STILL DO
[3:37:06] HAVE A JOB, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE
[3:37:08] A JOB.
[3:37:08] THIS DISTRICT DOES HAVE TO FIND
[3:37:10] SOMEPLACE FOR YOU.
[3:37:11] IT'S NOT.
[3:37:12] WHERE YOU WERE AND THAT'S HARD
[3:37:13] BUT YOU WILL HAVE A JOB.
[3:37:15] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER 500
[3:37:16] POSITIONS OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T
[3:37:18] GUARANTEED JOBS IN JUST A FEW
[3:37:21] MONTHS.
[3:37:22] A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD COLLEEN
[3:37:24] WHO WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE
[3:37:25] OF THE UNION OF OUR
[3:37:27] PARAPROFESSIONALS COME IN AND
[3:37:30] ENCOURAGED US TO VOTE DOWN THIS
[3:37:31] BUDGET KNOWING THAT MANY
[3:37:32] OF THOSE PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT
[3:37:34] SHE SUPPORTS EVERY DAY WE'RE
[3:37:36] GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
[3:37:38] SO THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND
[3:37:41] THE CITY OF BOSTON WE DESERVE
[3:37:43] THESE ANSWERS JUST LIKE WE
[3:37:45] DESERVE ANSWERS ABOUT PUBLIC
[3:37:46] SAFETY IN SUMMER SAFETY PLAN.
[3:37:48] WE DO DESERVE THESE ANSWERS.
[3:37:49] BUT THIS RESOLUTION I MEAN
[3:37:52] OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE CAN VOTE ANY
[3:37:53] WAY THEY WANT BUT THE REASON
[3:37:54] WHY I PUT IT FORWARD AND THE
[3:37:56] REASON WHY I'M VOTING IN FAVOR
[3:37:58] OF IT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE
[3:37:59] ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF THE OTHER
[3:38:01] CITY JOBS WHICH I DO AND WILL
[3:38:03] CONTINUE TO DO OUR MANY OF US
[3:38:05] THIS MORNING AT 530 THIS
[3:38:07] MORNING I WAS IN FRONT
[3:38:08] OF BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
[3:38:09] ADVOCATING FOR THE NURSES WHO
[3:38:10] HAVE JUST BEEN LOCKED OUT FOR
[3:38:12] THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
[3:38:13] SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
[3:38:16] SUPPORT OUR LOWEST PAID AND IN
[3:38:18] MANY CASES I KNOW
[3:38:20] COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
[3:38:21] COUNCIL CULPEPPER ELOQUENTLY
[3:38:22] STAND UP AND SAY IT IS THAT,
[3:38:25] YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING WITH
[3:38:25] OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS
[3:38:27] AND IN A DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE
[3:38:28] FORCING IN MANY WAYS NOT
[3:38:32] EFFECTIVELY INCLUSION ACROSS
[3:38:33] THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND WE'RE
[3:38:34] TAKING AWAY THE SUPPORTS NEEDED
[3:38:36] THAT IT'S JUST UNFAIR.
[3:38:38] SO I HOPE THAT MANY.
[3:38:40] OF OUR.
[3:38:40] COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE IN
[3:38:41] SUPPORT.
[3:38:41] THANK YOU.
[3:38:42] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:38:45] WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
[3:38:47] THEIR NAME?
[3:38:51] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[3:38:52] COUNCILOR UH, FITZGERALD.
[3:38:57] UM COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[3:38:59] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[3:39:00] COUNCIL WORRELL THANK YOU.
[3:39:04] COUNCILOR FLYNN AND MURPHY SIX
[3:39:05] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
[3:39:06] ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1348.
[3:39:08] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:39:10] ALL OPPOSED.
[3:39:11] SAY NAY.
[3:39:13] AND MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[3:39:14] PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[3:39:15] VOTE ON 134.
[3:39:17] IT DOES.
[3:39:17] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1348
[3:39:20] COUNCIL BE BRITTANY.
[3:39:22] PRESENT ON SEPARATE AND PRESENT
[3:39:24] COMES A LOT OF SEPARATE
[3:39:26] COUNCIL CULPEPER.
[3:39:28] YES I'M SCOTT BECKER YES
[3:39:31] COUNCILOR DURKAN CONCEPT OKAY
[3:39:34] NO COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES IT'S
[3:39:37] A FITZGERALD YES
[3:39:37] COUNCILOR FLYNN YES I'M JUST
[3:39:39] LEARNING AS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
[3:39:41] ONCE A LOUIJEUNE PRESENT
[3:39:43] COUNCIL.
[3:39:43] MAYOR.
[3:39:44] COUNCIL.
[3:39:44] MURPHY.
[3:39:46] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:39:47] YES.
[3:39:48] COUNCIL.
[3:39:48] UH PAT BROWN.
[3:39:51] UM.
[3:39:51] I'M SO PREPARED.
[3:39:52] NO ANSWER.
[3:39:53] SO DONNA.
[3:39:55] UM AND COUNCIL SANTANA NO
[3:39:57] COUNCIL WEBER.
[3:39:58] YES WHATSOEVER.
[3:39:59] YES.
[3:40:01] COUNCIL RULE YES.
[3:40:02] COUNCIL ALLOWED YES TO FIVE SIX
[3:40:07] YES ONE PRESENT AND THREE NO
[3:40:11] TWO PRESENT.
[3:40:13] SO LET ME GO OVER IT AGAIN
[3:40:19] 6123456 YES TWO PRESENT AND
[3:40:22] THREE NO DON'T.
[3:40:25] THANK YOU DOCKET 1348 IT'S BEEN
[3:40:28] ADOPTED.
[3:40:30] I DON'T.
[3:40:30] NEED SEVEN.
[3:40:31] WANTS TO BECOME.
[3:40:33] MAJORITY OF THEM OKAY THANK YOU
[3:40:35] .
[3:40:37] DOCKET DOCKET 1348 HAS NOT BEEN
[3:40:40] ADOPTED.
[3:40:41] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:40:43] READ 13.1350.
[3:40:47] DOCKET 1350 COUNCIL FLYNN
[3:40:50] OFFERED THE FOLLOWING
[3:40:51] RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT
[3:40:53] MAINTAINING AND HEARING THE
[3:40:55] PROPOSITION TWO AND A HALF IN
[3:40:56] THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:40:57] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:40:59] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:41:00] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:41:05] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:41:09] PROPOSITION TWO AND A HALF IS A
[3:41:11] LAW PASSED BY VOTERS IN 1980
[3:41:13] THAT LIMITS HOW MUCH CITIES AND
[3:41:15] TOWNS CAN RAISE PROPERTY TAXES.
[3:41:19] THE LAW HAS TWO LIMITS WITHIN
[3:41:22] IT THE LEVY CEILING AND THE
[3:41:23] LEVY LIMIT.
[3:41:24] THE LEVY LIMIT DETERMINES HOW
[3:41:26] MUCH A CITY MUNICIPALITY CAN
[3:41:28] INCREASE PROPERTY TAX
[3:41:29] COLLECTION FOR ONE YEAR TO THE
[3:41:31] NEXT.
[3:41:32] IT'S DETERMINED BY TAXES
[3:41:33] GENERATED FROM NEW GROWTH SUCH
[3:41:37] AS NEW RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL
[3:41:38] DEVELOPMENT OR RENOVATIONS TO
[3:41:40] EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT
[3:41:43] INCREASE ASSESSED VALUE.
[3:41:44] THE LEVY CEILING IS THE
[3:41:46] ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
[3:41:47] OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT CAN BE
[3:41:49] COLLECTED BY A CITY
[3:41:51] MUNICIPALITY, A CITY A TOWN
[3:41:53] CAN'T COLLECT MORE THAN 22. 5%
[3:41:56] OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL
[3:41:58] TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN ITS
[3:41:59] BORDERS.
[3:42:03] BECAUSE MASSACHUSETTS
[3:42:05] MUNICIPALITIES RELY HEAVILY ON
[3:42:06] PROPERTY TAXES TO FUND LOCAL
[3:42:08] GOVERNMENT, PROPOSITION TWO AND
[3:42:10] A HALF HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
[3:42:11] ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, POLICE, FIRE
[3:42:13] DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS,
[3:42:16] LIBRARIES, PARKS, RECREATION,
[3:42:18] MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES SALARIES
[3:42:20] BENEFITS THAT WE WERE JUST
[3:42:21] DISCUSSING.
[3:42:24] WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN
[3:42:25] ONGOING DISCUSSION.
[3:42:27] HERE AT.
[3:42:28] THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT MANY
[3:42:29] CITIES AND TOWNS AND AT THE
[3:42:30] STATE HOUSE ABOUT POTENTIALLY
[3:42:33] LIFTING PROPOSITION TWO AND A
[3:42:35] HALF.
[3:42:38] IN OCTOBER 2025 WHEN THEY WERE
[3:42:40] CALLS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS
[3:42:43] LEGISLATURE TO REPEAL
[3:42:44] PROPOSITION TWO AND A HALF.
[3:42:46] UM, MANY CITY OFFICIALS SAID IT
[3:42:50] SHOULD BE REPEALED.
[3:42:53] LIMITING PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
[3:42:55] GROWTH MEANS THAT THE LOCAL
[3:42:57] GOVERNMENT MUST EXERCISE FISCAL
[3:42:59] RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY
[3:43:01] ,TRANSPARENCY THIS PROPOSITION
[3:43:05] MAKES TAXES MORE PREDICTABLE
[3:43:07] FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ENDURED
[3:43:10] CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES IN
[3:43:11] BOSTON DUE TO SEVERAL YEARS
[3:43:13] OF STEEP INCREASES IN THE
[3:43:15] PROPERTY TAXES FOR MANY
[3:43:17] RESIDENTS OVER THE LAST OVER
[3:43:18] THE LAST TWO YEARS THEY'VE SEEN
[3:43:22] A DOUBLE DIGIT PROPERTY TAX
[3:43:23] INCREASE.
[3:43:28] THIS RESOLUTION, I BELIEVE IS
[3:43:31] IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES
[3:43:33] BOSTON.
[3:43:35] IT PROVIDES CITIES AND TOWNS
[3:43:37] WITH STRUCTURE OF HOW MUCH THEY
[3:43:40] CAN RAISE TAXES BUT ALSO.
[3:43:45] LIVE WITHIN THEIR MEANS TO BE
[3:43:47] FISCALLY DISCIPLINE, FISCALLY
[3:43:48] RESPONSIBLE, TRANSPARENT AND
[3:43:50] ACCOUNTABLE.
[3:43:53] I BELIEVE WE NEED TO REAFFIRM
[3:43:54] OUR COMMITMENT TO THESE
[3:43:57] PRINCIPLES AND ENSURE THAT WE
[3:44:00] PRACTICE FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND
[3:44:03] RESPONSIBILITY AS MUCH AS WE
[3:44:05] CAN, KNOWING THAT RESIDENTS ARE
[3:44:09] SEEING STEEP PROPERTY TAXES
[3:44:13] CONSISTENTLY, IS THERE AN
[3:44:16] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A
[3:44:19] IMPORTANT DISCUSSION DOWN THE
[3:44:20] ROAD ABOUT PROPOSITION TWO AND
[3:44:23] A HALF IN TAXES GENERALLY?
[3:44:25] I THINK THAT'S ALSO AN
[3:44:26] IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT WE SHOULD
[3:44:28] CONSIDER AS WE CUT SERVICES UM,
[3:44:32] LIKE JOBS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
[3:44:35] TEACHERS.
[3:44:36] UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
[3:44:38] PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL
[3:44:40] .
[3:44:40] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:44:42] THANK YOU.
[3:44:43] COUNCILOR FLINTSHIRE
[3:44:43] RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WEBER
[3:44:44] COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:44:46] UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3:44:47] UH.
[3:44:48] I AGREE WITH THE FILER THAT
[3:44:49] THIS, UH, DOES SET THE TABLE
[3:44:52] FOR AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
[3:44:53] WE JUST.
[3:44:54] SPENT TWO MONTHS OR THREE
[3:44:55] MONTHS, UH UH, FIGHTING TO
[3:44:57] RESTORE VITAL PROGRAMS.
[3:44:59] UH, WE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT
[3:45:01] THE FACT THAT REVENUES, UH, ARE
[3:45:03] NOT INCREASING ENOUGH TO KEEP
[3:45:05] PACE WITH INCREASED EXPENSES.
[3:45:06] THE MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL
[3:45:08] ASSOCIATION HAS ISSUED A REPORT
[3:45:09] CALLED THE PERFECT STORM.
[3:45:11] .
[3:45:11] THAT HOW, UH, THIS IS CAUSING
[3:45:13] HAVOC WITH CITY BUDGETS ALL
[3:45:15] ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH?
[3:45:16] UH, THE REPORT POINTS OUT,
[3:45:18] NUMBER ONE, THAT SINCE 2005
[3:45:20] STATE AID HAS GONE DOWN FROM
[3:45:22] 23% OF CITY BUDGETS TO NOW IT'S
[3:45:24] CLOSER TO 11%.
[3:45:26] IT'S ALSO POINTED OUT THAT
[3:45:27] PROP.
[3:45:28] TWO AND A.
[3:45:28] HALF UM DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH
[3:45:31] INCREASED COSTS FOR HEALTH
[3:45:32] CARE, ENERGY INFLATION.
[3:45:34] CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
[3:45:35] AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY
[3:45:36] INVESTMENTS.
[3:45:37] THE MAYOR RECOMMENDED THAT, UH,
[3:45:40] WE WE REWORK PROP TWO AND A
[3:45:42] HALF TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY
[3:45:43] IN THE CAP AND FLEXIBILITY IN
[3:45:45] HOW WE ALLOCATE, UH, TAXES
[3:45:48] BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL
[3:45:49] PROPERTIES.
[3:45:50] UH, WE, UH, JUST SPENT WEEKS
[3:45:53] LOOKING THROUGH THE MINUTIA
[3:45:55] OF OUR CITY BUDGET.
[3:45:56] UH, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING, UH,
[3:45:58] THINGS LIKE REVENUE GENERATING
[3:46:00] ASPECTS LIKE THE PARKING METER
[3:46:01] FUND AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE
[3:46:03] TALKING ABOUT SPENDING
[3:46:05] INCREASES, ADDING 300 TO 600
[3:46:07] MORE POLICE OFFICERS, UH,
[3:46:09] CREATING FUNDS TO TO, UH, MAKE
[3:46:11] SURE WE HIRE 400 MORE EMPLOYEES
[3:46:14] .
[3:46:15] UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE TO
[3:46:17] HAVE AN INFORMED DISCUSSION
[3:46:19] ABOUT, UH, THE NUMBER ONE
[3:46:20] SOURCE OF THIS CITY'S REVENUE
[3:46:22] TO DO THAT.
[3:46:23] WE SHOULD HAVE A HEARING.
[3:46:24] UH, I AM GOING TO OBJECT TO
[3:46:26] THIS.
[3:46:27] ASK THE TO BE SENT FOR A
[3:46:28] HEARING.
[3:46:28] I HOPE THAT IT GOES TO THE WAYS
[3:46:30] AND MEANS COMMITTEE WHERE I
[3:46:31] WILL I WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
[3:46:33] HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
[3:46:34] WE CAN HAVE INFORMED
[3:46:35] DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT THIS
[3:46:37] ISSUE WHICH I AGREE IS
[3:46:38] IMPORTANT.
[3:46:39] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER.
[3:46:41] UM, I THINK, UH, THERE'S BEEN
[3:46:43] AN OBJECTION TO THIS UM THIS
[3:46:45] DOCKET UH, 1350 WILL BE, UH,
[3:46:49] SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
[3:46:51] AND MEANS.
[3:46:52] THANK YOU.
[3:46:52] I THINK THAT MERITS A MORE
[3:46:54] IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION.
[3:46:55] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[3:46:58] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:46:59] READ DOCKET 1351?
[3:47:01] OH, BEG YOUR PARDON?
[3:47:02] SORRY, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
[3:47:03] HOLD A SECOND?
[3:47:04] UM, I SEE COUNCILOR PIPPINS.
[3:47:06] UH, LIGHT IS ON.
[3:47:07] DID YOU HAVE.
[3:47:09] I KNOW UH, WHEN IT WAS IT'S
[3:47:11] GONE TO COMMITTEE SO YEAH.
[3:47:14] NO THANK YOU.
[3:47:14] THIS IS ACTUALLY IN REGARDS TO
[3:47:16] A PREVIOUS MATTER.
[3:47:18] UM.
[3:47:19] THANK YOU.
[3:47:20] UH.
[3:47:22] I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, WHEN
[3:47:24] IS IT APPROPRIATE TO MOTION TO
[3:47:25] RECONSIDER A VOTE?
[3:47:26] UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT
[3:47:28] THE END BEFORE WE WHEN WE GET
[3:47:29] DOWN TO PAST GREEN SHEETS WE'RE
[3:47:30] GOING TO BEFORE WE DO.
[3:47:31] YES.
[3:47:31] I'LL DO THAT FOR EVERYONE
[3:47:32] LATER.
[3:47:33] THANK YOU.
[3:47:33] I'LL DO THAT LATER.
[3:47:34] THANK YOU.
[3:47:34] I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
[3:47:35] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:47:37] READ DOCKET 13511351?
[3:47:42] COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE
[3:47:43] FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
[3:47:46] OF UNEQUIVOCAL DENOUNCEMENT
[3:47:48] AGAINST ANY VIOLENT ASSAULT AND
[3:47:50] HARASSMENT TOWARDS BOSTON
[3:47:52] POLICE OFFICERS, OUR DEDICATED
[3:47:53] FIRST RESPONDERS AND.
[3:47:55] CITY OFFICIALS.
[3:47:57] THANK YOU.
[3:47:57] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:47:58] COUNCILOR FLYNN CASTRO.
[3:47:59] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:48:00] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:48:01] MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
[3:48:03] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN
[3:48:04] ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR?
[3:48:05] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SO ADDED.
[3:48:07] MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES THAT
[3:48:08] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:48:09] UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO
[3:48:10] OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR MURPHY'S
[3:48:12] ADDED AS A THIRD A THIRD
[3:48:14] CO-SPONSOR.
[3:48:15] THANK YOU.
[3:48:16] AND AS THE RESOLUTION NOTED,
[3:48:18] IT'S ALSO ABOUT RESPECTING
[3:48:20] OTHER CITY WORKERS THAT PROVIDE
[3:48:23] FIRST RESPONDER TYPE SERVICES
[3:48:27] OR UM, SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC
[3:48:28] SAFETY SUPPORT OR INTERACTING
[3:48:30] WITH THE WITH RESIDENTS AS WELL
[3:48:33] SUCH AS CODE ENFORCEMENT
[3:48:34] OFFICERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE
[3:48:36] IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BOSTON
[3:48:39] TRANSPORTATION UM TRAFFIC
[3:48:41] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS UM AS WELL
[3:48:45] I SEE THEM FREQUENTLY.
[3:48:47] THEY DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB BUT
[3:48:49] THEY'RE OFTEN SOMETIMES THEY'RE
[3:48:51] HARASSED AND EVEN PHYSICALLY
[3:48:53] ASSAULTED BY THE PUBLIC.
[3:48:55] UM WE KNOW AND I MENTIONED
[3:48:57] BOSTON POLICE HAS LONG STANDING
[3:48:59] ISSUES OF UNDERSTAFFING,
[3:49:01] OVERSTRETCHED RESOURCES, FORCED
[3:49:03] OVERTIME, LOOMING RETIREMENTS,
[3:49:06] BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS WORK 16
[3:49:08] HOURS A DAY.
[3:49:10] BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN
[3:49:11] ASSOCIATION RECENTLY NOTED THAT
[3:49:12] THE DEPARTMENT IS DOWN ROUGHLY
[3:49:15] 600 OFFICERS OPERATING ROUGHLY
[3:49:18] ONE THIRD OF THE WORKFORCE.
[3:49:21] THIS AND SIMILAR INCIDENTS
[3:49:23] CONTRIBUTE TO LOW MORALE
[3:49:25] RETENTION RECRUITMENT.
[3:49:28] THE LACK OF SUPPORT OR
[3:49:30] INDIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO
[3:49:31] SUPPORTING THE POLICE, THE FIRE
[3:49:33] EMS HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT, YOU
[3:49:38] KNOW AND ULTIMATELY OUR CITY IS
[3:49:40] LESS SAFE BECAUSE OF THAT.
[3:49:42] PUBLIC SAFETY BEGINS WITH
[3:49:43] SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES OF THE
[3:49:45] MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT
[3:49:46] THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY EVERY
[3:49:47] DAY TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR
[3:49:50] COMMUNITIES.
[3:49:51] IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE UH,
[3:49:54] ESPECIALLY THE CITY
[3:49:55] COUNCIL DENOUNCE ANY VIOLENCE,
[3:49:57] ASSAULTS, HARASSMENT AGAINST
[3:49:59] THE POLICE CODE ENFORCEMENT
[3:50:01] OFFICERS, OFFICIALS AND
[3:50:03] TRANSPORTATION OUR DEDICATED
[3:50:04] FIRST RESPONDERS AND WE SUPPORT
[3:50:07] THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
[3:50:10] WE ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
[3:50:12] THOSE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON
[3:50:13] THE LINE TO PROTECT OUR
[3:50:15] COMMUNITIES DESERVE OUR
[3:50:16] SUPPORT.
[3:50:18] WE RESOURCES TO EFFECTIVELY
[3:50:19] SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
[3:50:24] TO PARAPHRASE MY GOOD FRIEND
[3:50:27] COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY, HE
[3:50:27] USED TO SAY THAT YES WE HAVE
[3:50:29] THE BEST HOSPITALS, COLLEGES,
[3:50:31] UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY
[3:50:32] RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON.
[3:50:35] WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE CROWN
[3:50:37] JEWELS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:50:38] BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE PEOPLE WHO
[3:50:40] WANT TO COME HERE AND
[3:50:41] EXPERIENCE THEM BECAUSE THEY
[3:50:43] BELIEVE IT IS SAFE TO BE HERE
[3:50:45] AND THAT IS DUE TO THE WORK
[3:50:47] OF OUR DEDICATED FIRST
[3:50:48] RESPONDERS.
[3:50:51] THEY DON'T GET THE APPRECIATION
[3:50:54] OR RESPECT IN MY OPINION FROM
[3:50:57] ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT THEY
[3:50:59] CERTAINLY HAVE EARNED IT.
[3:51:01] I THINK THIS IS A SMALL STEP TO
[3:51:03] ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR
[3:51:05] PROFESSIONALISM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[3:51:07] THE DANGEROUS POSITION THAT
[3:51:09] THEY'RE OFTEN PLACED IN AND TO
[3:51:12] LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY
[3:51:16] COUNCIL HAS THEIR BACK.
[3:51:17] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[3:51:18] THANK YOU COUNCILOR UH, FLYNN
[3:51:20] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:51:21] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[3:51:22] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:51:26] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:51:27] UH, AND THANK YOU TO
[3:51:29] COUNCIL FLYNN FOR ADDING ME AS
[3:51:30] A CO-SPONSOR.
[3:51:31] UM.
[3:51:32] YOU KNOW, WE SAW SOME OF WHAT.
[3:51:33] OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS HAVE
[3:51:35] GONE THROUGH OVER THIS PAST
[3:51:37] WEEKEND IN A VERY DIFFICULT
[3:51:38] TIME AND WE KNOW SOME OF THAT
[3:51:39] WAS DUE TO UNDERSTAFFING.
[3:51:42] UM, AND SO, UH, WE JUST REALLY
[3:51:44] WANT TO SUPPORT THEM IN THIS
[3:51:45] TIME OF NEED.
[3:51:45] THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
[3:51:47] THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BACK TO
[3:51:48] THEIR FAMILIES SAFELY AS WELL.
[3:51:50] AND UH, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE
[3:51:51] SURE UH THAT THE FOLKS OUT
[3:51:53] THERE KNOW UM, THAT THEY'RE NOT
[3:51:55] JUST UH THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO,
[3:51:58] UH, AND WE SUPPORT THEM AND WE
[3:51:59] WANT THEM TO GET BACK TO THEIR
[3:52:01] FAMILY.
[3:52:01] UH, AND WE PLEASE ASK EVERYONE
[3:52:03] TO JUST MAINTAIN COMMON
[3:52:04] COURTESY OUT THERE WHILE HAVING
[3:52:05] FUN.
[3:52:06] BE RESPECTFUL AND UNDERSTAND
[3:52:07] THAT FOLKS ARE JUST TRYING TO
[3:52:09] DO THEIR JOB AND PLEASE DON'T
[3:52:10] TREAT THEM AS AN OBJECT UH AS
[3:52:12] THERE ARE PEOPLE TOO AND WE ASK
[3:52:13] THAT WE ALWAYS AS WE ALWAYS ASK
[3:52:15] OUR POLICE TO DO THE SAME UH,
[3:52:16] FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE
[3:52:18] OUT THERE, UM, CAUSING THE
[3:52:19] TROUBLE AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW,
[3:52:21] REALLY JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN DO
[3:52:23] AND I THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR
[3:52:24] ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR HERE.
[3:52:25] UH, AND WE AS ALWAYS WE STAND
[3:52:27] UP WITH THAT BOSTON POLICE
[3:52:28] OFFICERS AND ALL PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:52:29] THAT HAVE TO TAKE THE HEAT OUT
[3:52:30] THERE.
[3:52:31] THANK YOU.
[3:52:32] COUNCILOR, UM,
[3:52:33] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, THE CHAIR
[3:52:33] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:52:34] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:52:37] THANK YOU.
[3:52:38] PRESIDENT.
[3:52:40] THE RECENT ATTACKS ON BOSTON
[3:52:43] POLICE OFFICERS MUST BE.
[3:52:44] CONDEMNED CLEARLY AND.
[3:52:45] WITHOUT HESITATION.
[3:52:46] BY EVERY.
[3:52:47] ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OUR CITY.
[3:52:49] OUR OFFICERS PUT THEMSELVES IN
[3:52:51] HARM'S.
[3:52:51] WAY EVERY DAY TO PROTECT.
[3:52:53] NOT JUST.
[3:52:54] OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALL OF.
[3:52:55] OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
[3:52:56] TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:52:57] THEY DESERVE RESPECT, SUPPORT
[3:52:59] AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT CITY
[3:53:01] LEADERS WILL.
[3:53:02] STAND WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE
[3:53:03] ATTACKED.
[3:53:05] MANY OF.
[3:53:05] OUR OFFICERS WHO WERE WORKING.
[3:53:08] OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN
[3:53:09] EXTREME HEAT THERE.
[3:53:10] WAS A.
[3:53:11] HEAT WAVE GOING ON, HAD FIRE
[3:53:13] WORKERS FIRECRACKERS.
[3:53:16] FIREWORKS SHOT AT THEM WHILE
[3:53:17] THEY WERE OUT JUST.
[3:53:18] TRYING TO KEEP OUR.
[3:53:20] CITY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
[3:53:21] THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE
[3:53:23] .
[3:53:24] BOSTON NEEDS MORE POLICE
[3:53:26] OFFICERS.
[3:53:26] THE DEPARTMENT.
[3:53:27] HAS BEEN UNDERSTAFFED.
[3:53:28] FOR TOO LONG, LEAVING.
[3:53:30] OFFICES STRETCHED.
[3:53:31] THIN, WORKING FORCED OVERTIME
[3:53:33] IN RESPONDING TO.
[3:53:34] DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WITHOUT
[3:53:36] ENOUGH SUPPORT.
[3:53:38] WE NEED TO CONDEMN ATTACKS.
[3:53:40] ON POLICE OFFICERS.
[3:53:41] EVERY TIME THEY HAPPEN AND LIKE
[3:53:43] COUNCILOR.
[3:53:43] FITZGERALD SAID.
[3:53:44] IN FLYNN, UNFORTUNATELY.
[3:53:46] IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THERE
[3:53:48] HAVE BEEN ATTACKS.
[3:53:50] THAT ARE JUST UNACCEPTABLE
[3:53:50] AND.
[3:53:51] I KNOW THAT OUR.
[3:53:52] OFFICERS FEEL IT OFTEN.
[3:53:53] SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
[3:53:54] WE.
[3:53:55] STAND WITH THEM KNOWING THAT
[3:53:56] WE.
[3:53:57] SUPPORT THEIR THE WORK THEY DO
[3:53:59] AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT WE KNOW
[3:54:00] WHEN.
[3:54:01] AN OFFICER WHEN ANY.
[3:54:02] FIRST RESPONDER SERVES THEIR
[3:54:03] FAMILY SERVES ALONGSIDE THEM.
[3:54:04] THANK YOU THANK YOU
[3:54:06] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:54:07] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[3:54:08] NAME?
[3:54:10] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER
[3:54:12] COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR.
[3:54:14] UH, COUNCILOR PET COUNCIL WHAT
[3:54:17] ?
[3:54:18] PEPPA.
[3:54:18] PEPPA AND COUNCILOR WEBER UM,
[3:54:21] OKAY.
[3:54:23] UM, PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR.
[3:54:26] COUNCILOR FRANCIS AND
[3:54:27] COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FITZGERALD
[3:54:28] SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
[3:54:29] AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1351.
[3:54:32] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:54:33] ALL OPPOSED.
[3:54:34] SAY NAY.
[3:54:35] MISS MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[3:54:38] PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[3:54:39] VOTE ON DOCKET 1351 WILL CALL
[3:54:41] VOTE ON DOCKET 135 ON
[3:54:44] COUNCIL READING YES ON.
[3:54:45] SEPARATE ON THIS
[3:54:46] COUNCIL CALENDAR.
[3:54:47] ZAPATA ON SO CALLED PEPPER ON
[3:54:49] SO CALLED THAT BY YES
[3:54:50] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[3:54:51] WANTS TO DO A THING IS
[3:54:53] COUNCIL FEATURING.
[3:54:54] YES.
[3:54:54] WANT TO FITZGERALD.
[3:54:55] YES.
[3:54:56] COUNCIL FLYNN INTO FLYNN YES
[3:54:58] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
[3:54:59] YES ON SOLUTION.
[3:55:00] YES.
[3:55:01] COUNCILMAN MEJIA.
[3:55:02] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:55:04] YES.
[3:55:04] BRIAN.
[3:55:07] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[3:55:08] COUNCILOR.
[3:55:09] WEBER.
[3:55:09] YES.
[3:55:10] IT'S A WEB.
[3:55:11] YES.
[3:55:11] CONSOLE.
[3:55:12] YES I SAW I MEAN 123456 TEN AND
[3:55:17] AFFIRMATIVE.
[3:55:18] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[3:55:19] UH, DOCKET 1351 HAS BEEN
[3:55:21] ADOPTED.
[3:55:22] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:55:24] READ DOCKET 1352.
[3:55:26] DOCKET 1352 COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[3:55:29] OFFERED THE FOLLOWING
[3:55:30] RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
[3:55:32] OF DECLARING JULY 11TH AS MAD
[3:55:34] MOMS DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
[3:55:37] .
[3:55:37] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:55:39] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:55:39] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:55:40] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:55:42] MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
[3:55:44] TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE
[3:55:45] RULES ON THE PASSAGE OF THIS
[3:55:47] DOCKET BEHIND EVERY STATISTIC
[3:55:50] ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE USE
[3:55:54] OVERDOSE OR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
[3:55:58] IS A FAMILY WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN
[3:56:00] PERMANENTLY CHANGED.
[3:56:03] ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MAD MOMS
[3:56:05] REMIND US THAT RECOVERY AND
[3:56:07] HEALING ARE NOT ONLY INDIVIDUAL
[3:56:09] JOURNEYS BUT THEY ARE COMMUNITY
[3:56:13] RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH
[3:56:15] ADVOCACY, PEER SUPPORT,
[3:56:17] EDUCATION AND CREATING SPACES
[3:56:19] WHERE FAMILIES CAN GRIEVE, HEAL
[3:56:22] AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
[3:56:24] MAD MOMS HAS BECOME AN
[3:56:26] IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR
[3:56:28] INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
[3:56:30] NAVIGATING SOME OF LIFE'S MOST
[3:56:32] DIFFICULT CHALLENGES.
[3:56:34] THIS RESOLUTION ALSO RECOGNIZES
[3:56:37] THE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP
[3:56:39] OF JANICE V JOHNSON, WHOSE
[3:56:41] DECADES OF SERVICE TO BOSTON
[3:56:43] HAVE TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES
[3:56:45] RATHER THAN ALLOWING PERSONAL
[3:56:47] TRAGEDY TO DEFINE HER, SHE
[3:56:49] TRANSFORMED IT INTO A MISSION
[3:56:51] OF COMPASSION, ENSURING THAT
[3:56:53] OTHER FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO
[3:56:55] THE SUPPORT AND SENSE
[3:56:57] OF COMMUNITY THAT EVERY PERSON
[3:56:59] DESERVES.
[3:56:59] THE OPENING OF THE FIVE STAR
[3:57:02] STUDIO CAFE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
[3:57:04] OF THAT COMMITMENT, CREATING A
[3:57:07] SPACE WHERE HEALING, CREATIVITY
[3:57:09] AND RECOVERY CAN COME TOGETHER.
[3:57:12] I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
[3:57:14] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JULY
[3:57:17] 11TH AS MADD MOMS DAY AND
[3:57:19] THANKING JANICE JOHNSON AND
[3:57:21] EVERYONE AT MADD MOMS FOR THE
[3:57:23] WORK THEY CONTINUE TO DO TO
[3:57:25] STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND
[3:57:28] TO BRING HOPE TO FAMILIES
[3:57:29] ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:57:31] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:57:33] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER
[3:57:34] .
[3:57:34] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[3:57:35] COUNCIL WORRELL COUNTRY.
[3:57:36] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[3:57:37] UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[3:57:38] THANK YOU.
[3:57:39] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[3:57:39] I JUST WANT TO.
[3:57:40] STAND UP AND.
[3:57:42] JUST, UM, EXPRESS MY DEEP
[3:57:44] GRATITUDE FOR JANICE JOHNSON
[3:57:45] AND HER TEAM, UH, FOR SUCH
[3:57:48] SELFLESSNESS AND AN UNDENIABLE
[3:57:50] IMPACT ON THE WELL-BEING OF OUR
[3:57:52] COMMUNITIES AND ALL THAT THEY
[3:57:53] WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN
[3:57:55] TURNING PAIN INTO POWER.
[3:57:56] SO, UH, SHOUT OUT TO JANICE,
[3:57:58] UH, THE WHOLE TEAM OVER THERE.
[3:58:01] UM, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[3:58:02] SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[3:58:04] THANK YOU.
[3:58:05] COUNCILOR BROWN.
[3:58:06] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[3:58:07] NAME?
[3:58:10] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[3:58:12] COUNCILOR UM FITZGERALD
[3:58:14] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR UH,
[3:58:17] WEBER CONSTABLE BROWN UM,
[3:58:19] PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[3:58:24] COUNCILORS.
[3:58:25] UH CULPEPER SEEKS SUSPENSION
[3:58:26] THROUGH HIS ADOPTION OF DOCKET
[3:58:28] 1352.
[3:58:28] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:58:30] ALL OPPOSED.
[3:58:31] SAY NAY.
[3:58:32] UH, MADAM.
[3:58:33] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:58:35] READ?
[3:58:36] UH, NO.
[3:58:36] COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL
[3:58:37] CALL?
[3:58:37] VOTE ON DOCKET 1352 ROLL CALL
[3:58:40] VOTE.
[3:58:41] ON DOCKET 1352.
[3:58:42] COUNCILOR BREATHING.
[3:58:43] YES.
[3:58:44] WHICH I BRITTANY I SPONSOR
[3:58:45] COLLETTE IS A BOROUGH
[3:58:47] COUNCIL CULPEPER.
[3:58:48] YES.
[3:58:50] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[3:58:52] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[3:58:53] YES.
[3:58:53] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[3:58:54] YES.
[3:58:54] COUNCILOR.
[3:58:55] FLYNN.
[3:58:55] YES.
[3:58:56] COUNCIL FOR ANY SOLUTION THAT'S
[3:58:58] ILLUSION.
[3:58:59] YES.
[3:58:59] COMES FROM MY HERE,
[3:59:01] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:59:02] COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS GONE UP
[3:59:03] ON.
[3:59:03] YES.
[3:59:04] IT'S A PEPPERONI AS
[3:59:06] COUNCIL SANTANA WHOMSOEVER.
[3:59:09] YES WHATSOEVER.
[3:59:10] COUNCIL RA.
[3:59:11] YES.
[3:59:12] COUNCIL MONTH.
[3:59:14] EIGHT NINE AND AFFIRMATIVE.
[3:59:16] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[3:59:18] DOCKET 1352 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[3:59:20] WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL
[3:59:22] ORDERS.
[3:59:22] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[3:59:24] READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?
[3:59:25] UH, DOCKETS 135331357.
[3:59:31] PERSONNEL ORDER DOCKET 1353
[3:59:33] COUNCILOR BREADON FOR
[3:59:35] COUNCIL MEJIA DOCKET 135 FOR
[3:59:38] COUNCIL.
[3:59:38] BREDON FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[3:59:40] DOCKET 1355 COUNCIL BREDON FOR
[3:59:43] COUNCIL SANTANA DOCKET 1356
[3:59:48] COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCIL.
[3:59:48] WEBER.
[3:59:51] DOCKET 1357 COUNCIL BREADON FOR
[3:59:54] COUNCIL DOCKET.
[3:59:56] THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE
[3:59:58] OF THE PERSONNEL ORDERS.
[3:59:59] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
[4:00:02] THE AYES HAVE IT.
[4:00:02] THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE
[4:00:04] PASSED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
[4:00:05] GREEN SHEETS.
[4:00:06] IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE
[4:00:07] TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET
[4:00:08] THAT THEY MAY HAVE MISSED?
[4:00:11] I THINK, UH, COUNCILOR WORRELL
[4:00:13] AND THEN WE'LL GO TO
[4:00:15] COUNCILOR PEPPER AND OVER THERE
[4:00:17] COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[4:00:17] I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO
[4:00:19] DOCKET NUMBER 1351.
[4:00:30] THAT IT.
[4:00:31] THAT'S ALL.
[4:00:32] OKAY.
[4:00:33] UM, COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU
[4:00:34] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:00:35] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:00:36] YOU ALL SET?
[4:00:37] UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[4:00:39] I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY NAME TO
[4:00:42] 1339.
[4:00:45] ANYONE ELSE WANT TO AMEND THE
[4:00:46] RECORD OF THEIR VOTES?
[4:00:48] THANK YOU.
[4:00:50] UM, WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN
[4:00:52] SHEETS.
[4:00:52] IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL
[4:00:54] ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS
[4:00:55] ?
[4:00:56] UH, COUNCILOR AT THE CHAIR
[4:00:57] RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA,
[4:00:58] THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
[4:01:00] PUBLIC SAFETY.
[4:01:01] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:01:03] THANK YOU.
[4:01:04] MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:01:05] I WOULD.
[4:01:05] LIKE TO PULL UP DOCKET
[4:01:06] NUMBER 1035 FOR FURTHER ACTION.
[4:01:10] UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU, UH,
[4:01:14] 11035 AND WHAT.
[4:01:15] WAS IT?
[4:01:16] THERE'S TWO.
[4:01:17] OKAY.
[4:01:17] UM.
[4:01:18] THEY'RE PROBABLY SEPARATE,
[4:01:19] RIGHT?
[4:01:21] YEAH.
[4:01:22] I WANT YOUR SECOND ONE.
[4:01:23] WE'LL DO THAT 131035.
[4:01:26] OKAY.
[4:01:27] GO AHEAD.
[4:01:29] MADAM CLERK I COULD 1035
[4:01:30] MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING
[4:01:32] THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
[4:01:33] AND EXPEND AMOUNT OF $24,095 IN
[4:01:38] THE FORM OF A GRANT FY 24 POINT
[4:01:41] COMBAT FOR SEPTIC SCIENCE
[4:01:43] IMPROVEMENT AWARDED BY THE
[4:01:44] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
[4:01:46] OF JUSTICE PASSED THROUGH THE
[4:01:47] MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE
[4:01:49] CRIME LABORATORY TO BE
[4:01:51] ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
[4:01:52] DEPARTMENT.
[4:01:52] THE GRANT WOULD FUND TRAINING
[4:01:54] AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR
[4:01:56] FACILITY EXAMINERS, CRIMINALIST
[4:01:58] AND LABORATORY PERSONNEL.
[4:02:03] UM, SO DID YOU HAVE A SECOND
[4:02:06] DOCKET?
[4:02:07] SECOND.
[4:02:08] JUST JUST.
[4:02:09] JUST ONE.
[4:02:11] I LIKE A DOCKET, BUT THERE'S A
[4:02:12] OKAY.
[4:02:13] STEP 111035 OKAY.
[4:02:16] ABSENT OBJECTION.
[4:02:17] THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE
[4:02:18] CHAIR CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND
[4:02:21] DOCKET 1035 IS PROPERLY BEFORE
[4:02:23] THE BODY COUNCIL AND THE FLOOR
[4:02:24] IS YOURS.
[4:02:25] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:02:26] UM, THE PAUL VALLEY FORENSIC
[4:02:28] SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANT
[4:02:30] PROGRAM AWARDS FUNDING STATES
[4:02:31] AND UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[4:02:33] TO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY
[4:02:35] OF HOMELESSNESS UH, FORENSIC
[4:02:36] SCIENCE AND MEDICAL EXAMINER
[4:02:38] SERVICES PROVIDED THE BOSTON
[4:02:40] POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL UTILIZE
[4:02:41] THE FUNDS REQUESTED THROUGH THE
[4:02:44] FY 24 COVER DOE TO OFFSET
[4:02:46] TRAINING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
[4:02:47] THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE,
[4:02:49] SKILLS AND ABILITIES FOR NEWLY
[4:02:51] HIRED AND EXISTING STAFF
[4:02:52] MEMBERS.
[4:02:53] TRAINING COSTS WILL ALSO BE
[4:02:55] OFFERED FOR THOSE UNDERGOING
[4:02:56] CHANGES IN JOB FUNCTIONALITY
[4:02:58] DUE TO CHANGES IN WORK
[4:03:00] REQUIREMENTS OR THE DEVELOPMENT
[4:03:02] OF ADDITIONAL UM EXPERTISE.
[4:03:03] MEMBERS OF THE FORENSICS GROUPS
[4:03:06] UM FIREARMS ANALYSIS UNIT,
[4:03:08] IMPRINT UNIT AND CRIME SCENE
[4:03:11] RESPONSE UNIT WILL ATTEND
[4:03:13] VARIOUS TRAININGS THROUGHOUT
[4:03:14] THE YEAR TO IMPROVE THEIR
[4:03:16] ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCES AS A
[4:03:18] PROGRAM.
[4:03:18] THIS PROGRAM IS NEEDED TO
[4:03:20] MAINTAIN UM AND KEEP PERSONNEL
[4:03:22] UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST
[4:03:24] FORENSIC LABORATORY TYPE
[4:03:26] TECHNIQUES UM AND RESEARCH.
[4:03:28] IT IS CRITICAL DUE TO THE
[4:03:29] EVOLVING SCIENCE AND NEW
[4:03:31] TECHNOLOGY USED TO TO PROCESS
[4:03:32] EVIDENCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO
[4:03:35] INVESTIGATIONS OF CRIMES.
[4:03:36] AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
[4:03:37] ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
[4:03:38] JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND THAT
[4:03:41] THERE'S TALK IT OUT WITH US.
[4:03:45] THANK YOU.
[4:03:46] COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR
[4:03:47] OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
[4:03:49] SAFETY MOVES TO PASSAGE
[4:03:51] OF DOCKET 1035.
[4:03:55] SINCE WE HAVE YOU KNOW.
[4:03:57] AM I ABLE TO SPEAK ON IT?
[4:03:58] UM, CERTAINLY.
[4:03:59] COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE DONE
[4:04:01] TWO MINUTES.
[4:04:01] THANK YOU.
[4:04:03] I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
[4:04:05] COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING
[4:04:06] THIS FORWARD.
[4:04:07] IT'S AN IMPORTANT GRANT THIS
[4:04:09] GIVES US GIVES THE BOSTON
[4:04:11] POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS AN
[4:04:14] OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE TRAINING
[4:04:16] AND EXPERIENCE THEY NEED AND
[4:04:19] WORK WITH COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT
[4:04:20] THE COUNTRY ON FORENSIC RELATED
[4:04:23] ISSUES.
[4:04:24] THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON
[4:04:26] FOR EIGHT YEARS AS IT RELATES
[4:04:28] ESPECIALLY TO THE BOSTON POLICE
[4:04:30] CRIME LAB.
[4:04:31] IT IS MY GOAL TO HAVE THE BEST
[4:04:34] CRIME LAB IN THE COUNTRY.
[4:04:36] WE ARE NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
[4:04:39] WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES
[4:04:40] WITH THE BOSTON POLICE CRIME
[4:04:41] LAB AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE
[4:04:45] TEST SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS.
[4:04:47] WE NEED TO BE USING THE MOST
[4:04:49] ADVANCED EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY
[4:04:52] WHICH IS WHY SCREENING BUT ALSO
[4:04:55] THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THESE
[4:04:58] LABS TECHNICIANS, CRIME LAB
[4:05:00] SPECIALISTS.
[4:05:01] THEY ALSO NEED THE TRAINING.
[4:05:03] AS COUNCILOR SANTANA
[4:05:04] HIGHLIGHTED THE TRAINING TO
[4:05:06] UNDERSTAND AND LEARN FROM THEIR
[4:05:08] COLLEAGUES ACROSS ACROSS THE
[4:05:09] COUNTRY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT
[4:05:11] IS TO CONTINUE TO STUDY UM AND
[4:05:15] LEARN ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW
[4:05:19] WAYS TO TEST FIREARMS, NEW WAY
[4:05:23] TO TEST SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS AND
[4:05:26] THAT'S WHY SCREENING WE NEED TO
[4:05:29] HAVE THE BEST FIRE WE NEED TO
[4:05:31] AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE BEST
[4:05:33] CRIME LAB IN THE COUNTRY.
[4:05:35] NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
[4:05:37] HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL CRIME LAB.
[4:05:39] BOSTON NEEDS TO BE ON PACE WITH
[4:05:41] THE NEW YORK WE'RE WE'RE A
[4:05:44] FIRST CLASS CITY.
[4:05:45] WE NEED A FIRST CLASS CRIME LAB
[4:05:47] .
[4:05:48] I'VE I'VE VISITED THERE MANY
[4:05:50] TIMES.
[4:05:50] IT'S SMALL.
[4:05:51] IT'S IT'S NOT DOING THE WORK
[4:05:54] THAT IT SHOULD BE DOING.
[4:05:57] WE NEED TO WE NEED TO ENSURE WE
[4:05:59] HAVE THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP, THE
[4:06:00] RIGHT PERSONNEL, THE RIGHT
[4:06:02] TRAINING, THE RIGHT EXPERIENCE.
[4:06:03] AND RIGHT NOW THE CRIME LAB IS
[4:06:05] STRUGGLING.
[4:06:06] I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS
[4:06:07] ON THIS ISSUE AS LONG AS I'M A
[4:06:09] CITY COUNCILOR.
[4:06:11] SURVIVORS OF JUSTICE DEMANDED.
[4:06:13] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[4:06:13] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[4:06:15] THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
[4:06:16] ADVOCACY FOR THE CRIME LAB.
[4:06:19] COUNCILOR SANTANA MOVES FOR
[4:06:20] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1035.
[4:06:23] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4:06:25] ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[4:06:27] UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
[4:06:28] PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[4:06:29] VOTE ON DOCKET 1035.
[4:06:32] ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 135.
[4:06:34] DOC COUNCIL.
[4:06:35] BREADON.
[4:06:37] YES, IT'S A BREADON.
[4:06:38] YES.
[4:06:38] LET US THE POWDER COUNCIL.
[4:06:40] CULPEPER.
[4:06:40] YES.
[4:06:41] COUNCIL.
[4:06:41] CULPEPER.
[4:06:42] YES.
[4:06:42] COUNCIL.
[4:06:42] DURKAN ONCE A SPONSOR
[4:06:45] FITZGERALD.
[4:06:45] YES.
[4:06:46] ONCE A FITZGERALD.
[4:06:47] YES.
[4:06:48] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[4:06:49] YES I JUST READ YES.
[4:06:51] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE LOUIJEUNE.
[4:06:53] YES.
[4:06:53] COUNCIL.
[4:06:54] MAYOR.
[4:06:55] COUNCIL MURPHY.
[4:06:55] AND MURPHY.
[4:06:56] YES.
[4:06:57] CONCERT PREP N YES YES.
[4:06:59] CONCERT.
[4:07:00] SANTANA.
[4:07:00] YES.
[4:07:01] CONSCIOUS ACT ON COUNCIL.
[4:07:03] WEBER.
[4:07:04] COUNCIL MEMBER ASSISTANCE
[4:07:05] OVERALL.
[4:07:05] YES.
[4:07:06] COUNCILOR.
[4:07:07] OH YES 11 INTERFEROMETER.
[4:07:09] THANK YOU.
[4:07:10] UH, DOCKET 1035 HAS PASSED.
[4:07:15] UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU
[4:07:18] PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE UH 1122
[4:07:22] .
[4:07:23] YES.
[4:07:23] THANK YOU.
[4:07:25] COUNCILOR COUNCIL I'M GETTING
[4:07:26] EVERYTHING BACK.
[4:07:26] WE CAN DO.
[4:07:27] IT FOR ME.
[4:07:28] COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE
[4:07:29] FLOOR.
[4:07:30] UM.
[4:07:30] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:07:31] I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKET 1
[4:07:33] TO 2 FIVE FOR FURTHER ACTION.
[4:07:35] MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[4:07:37] READ A DOCKET 1225 INTO THE
[4:07:38] RECORD DOCKET.
[4:07:40] 1225 MESSAGE ON ORDER
[4:07:42] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
[4:07:43] TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND $100,000
[4:07:47] UM OF CREDITS FROM THE UNTIED
[4:07:49] TROPIC TO THE STRENGTHENING
[4:07:50] OF THE CITY'S CYBER DEFENSE.
[4:07:52] THESE CREDITS ARE GRANTED TO
[4:07:53] AND THROUGH THE STATE, LOCAL
[4:07:56] TRIBAL AND TERRIBLE CYBER
[4:07:58] DEFENSE PROGRAM.
[4:07:59] THE CREDITS WERE UTILIZED TO
[4:08:02] AUTOMATE THIS THE CAMERAMAN AND
[4:08:04] TRIGGERING THE PATCHING OF OUR
[4:08:05] CITY TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
[4:08:08] USING CLAUDE O PLUS 4.8 THE
[4:08:11] LATEST MODEL OF ACTOR TROPIC
[4:08:14] GENERATIVE AI TOOL.
[4:08:15] THE INITIATIVE WOULD HELP TO
[4:08:18] SIGNIFICANTLY IF I EVER
[4:08:20] EVALUATE OUR CYBER SECURITY
[4:08:22] POSTURE AGAINST INCREASINGLY
[4:08:24] SOPHISTICATED AI DRIVEN THREATS
[4:08:28] THREATS.
[4:08:28] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[4:08:30] ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION
[4:08:31] OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
[4:08:32] ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1225 IS
[4:08:35] PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY
[4:08:36] COUNSELOR.
[4:08:37] SO IS YOURS.
[4:08:37] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:08:38] THE EVOLVING THREAT LANDSCAPE
[4:08:40] AND ADVERSARIAL AI THE CYBER
[4:08:42] THREAT LANDSCAPE FACING LOCAL
[4:08:44] GOVERNMENTS HAS FUNDAMENTALLY
[4:08:45] SHIFTED.
[4:08:46] MUNICIPALITIES ARE NO LONGER
[4:08:48] JUST DEALING WITH COORDINATED
[4:08:49] HUMAN HACKERS.
[4:08:50] WE ARE NOW DEFENDING AGAINST
[4:08:51] ADVERSARIAL ARTIFICIAL
[4:08:53] INTELLIGENCE.
[4:08:55] THREAT ACTORS ARE ACTIVELY
[4:08:57] LEVERAGING AI TO EXPLOIT
[4:08:59] GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN SEVERAL
[4:09:01] UNPRECEDENTED WAYS.
[4:09:04] UM AUTOMATED VULNERABLE
[4:09:06] VULNERABILITY PROBING UM
[4:09:09] CYBERCRIMINALS USE AUTOMATED AI
[4:09:10] BOARDS TO SCAM MUNICIPAL
[4:09:12] NETWORKS 24 SEVEN IDENTIFYING
[4:09:14] AND EXPLOITING SOFTWARE
[4:09:16] VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITIES
[4:09:18] WITHIN MINUTES OF THEM BEING
[4:09:19] DISCOVERED UM THE AI ENHANCED
[4:09:23] UM SOPHISTICATED MALWARE UH
[4:09:26] MUTED UM BY THE AI CAN BYPASS
[4:09:29] TRADITIONAL FIREWALLS DEFENSES
[4:09:31] BY ADOPTING ITS CODE IN REAL
[4:09:32] TIME TO AVOID DETECTION AND
[4:09:35] THEN FINALLY THE UM HYPER
[4:09:37] REALISTIC.
[4:09:37] PHISHING THREATS ACTORS USE
[4:09:40] GENERATIVE AI TO DRAFT HIGHLY
[4:09:42] CONVINCING LOCALIZED UM
[4:09:44] PHISHING EMAILS TARGETING CITY
[4:09:45] EMPLOYEES, MAKING HUMAN
[4:09:47] DETECTION INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
[4:09:49] TO DEFEND CITY IN THIS NEW
[4:09:51] LANDSCAPE, HUMAN INTERVENTION
[4:09:52] ALONE IS NO LONGER FAST ENOUGH
[4:09:55] .
[4:09:55] WE MUST FIGHT AI WITH AI UM AND
[4:10:01] UH SORRY UM THE CREDITS WILL
[4:10:04] UTILIZE TO AUTOMATE THE UM
[4:10:06] SCANNING UM AND PATCHING OF OUR
[4:10:09] CITY'S TECHNOLOGY
[4:10:10] INFRASTRUCTURE USING CLAUDE
[4:10:12] OPUS 4.8 THE LATEST MODEL
[4:10:15] OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC GENERATIVE
[4:10:17] AI TOOL, THIS INITIATIVE WILL
[4:10:18] HELP TO SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATE
[4:10:20] THE CITY'S CYBERSECURITY
[4:10:21] POSTURE AGAINST INCREASED,
[4:10:23] INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AI
[4:10:25] DRIVEN RESULTS.
[4:10:27] UM THANK YOU.
[4:10:28] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[4:10:30] UH, SOMETIME OFTEN YOU HAVE THE
[4:10:32] SHORT.
[4:10:33] MADAM CHAIR.
[4:10:34] UM, FOR THE CHAIR.
[4:10:35] MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO, UM,
[4:10:37] COUNCIL SANTANA?
[4:10:37] CERTAINLY.
[4:10:37] YEAH.
[4:10:39] UM, DID WE HAVE A HEARING ON
[4:10:41] THIS COUNCIL?
[4:10:41] SANTANA WE DID HAVE A HEARING
[4:10:44] THAT WAS COVERED WITH MULTIPLE
[4:10:46] OF THESE UM, GRANTS.
[4:10:49] UM.
[4:10:49] AND THIS GRANT WAS ONE
[4:10:50] OF THEM THAT, UM.
[4:10:51] THAT WAS COVERED.
[4:10:52] I DON'T KNOW IF WE ANYTHING I
[4:10:53] DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THE.
[4:10:54] COUNCILORS GOING.
[4:10:55] INTO DETAIL.
[4:10:56] SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS ONE.
[4:10:58] UM.
[4:10:58] BUT I DID RECEIVE UM,
[4:11:00] COMMUNICATION.
[4:11:00] UM.
[4:11:01] FROM THE.
[4:11:02] POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[4:11:03] ABOUT, YOU.
[4:11:03] KNOW.
[4:11:04] BEING ABLE TO PASS THIS
[4:11:05] BECAUSE.
[4:11:05] OF.
[4:11:05] THE.
[4:11:06] UM THE THREAT THAT WE'RE
[4:11:08] DEALING.
[4:11:08] WITH.
[4:11:08] RIGHT NOW.
[4:11:09] OKAY.
[4:11:09] UM, MADAM CHAIR, MAY I JUST
[4:11:12] ASK ONE MORE QUESTION?
[4:11:13] UM, COULD I JUST I'M GOING TO
[4:11:15] VOTE YES ON THIS.
[4:11:16] WHAT COULD THE CHAIR TELL
[4:11:19] ME ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION
[4:11:20] BETWEEN BOSTON POLICE AND OTHER
[4:11:24] FIRST RESPONDERS IN IN DO WHAT
[4:11:26] IS DO WHAT PART OF THIS
[4:11:27] CONVERSATION AS WELL?
[4:11:29] YEP.
[4:11:29] DO IT AS ALWAYS PART OF ALL
[4:11:31] OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
[4:11:32] UM I.
[4:11:33] HAVEN'T HAD DIRECT
[4:11:34] CONVERSATIONS WOULD DO IT
[4:11:35] MYSELF.
[4:11:36] UM BUT THEY ARE THEY ARE.
[4:11:38] THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE
[4:11:39] OVERSEERS.
[4:11:40] OF ALL OF THIS.
[4:11:42] UM THANK YOU, UH,
[4:11:44] COUNCIL SANTANA FOR ANSWER MY
[4:11:45] QUESTIONS.
[4:11:45] THANK YOU.
[4:11:46] THANK YOU,
[4:11:47] COUNCILOR SANTANA.
[4:11:49] UM, COUNCILOR SANTANA MOVES FOR
[4:11:53] PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1225.
[4:11:55] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4:11:57] ALL OPPOSED.
[4:11:58] SAY NAY.
[4:11:59] MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
[4:12:01] TAKE A ROLL CALL?
[4:12:01] VOTE ON DOCKET 1225 ROLL.
[4:12:04] CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1225
[4:12:06] COUNCILOR BRITAIN YES
[4:12:08] CONTEMPLATING ASK CIRCLE ADDIS
[4:12:10] ABABA COUNCIL CULPEPER.
[4:12:11] YES.
[4:12:12] CONCEPT CALLED PROPER.
[4:12:13] YES.
[4:12:13] CONCEPT.
[4:12:14] JOKING.
[4:12:14] CONSENT VOTING YES.
[4:12:16] COUNCIL FITZGERALD.
[4:12:18] FITZGERALD.
[4:12:18] YES.
[4:12:18] COUNCIL.
[4:12:19] FLYNN I'M JUST SAYING YES.
[4:12:21] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE WANTS
[4:12:22] INCLUSION.
[4:12:23] COUNCIL.
[4:12:25] MAYOR.
[4:12:25] COUNCIL MURPHY.
[4:12:26] YES.
[4:12:26] SOME OF THE YES TOWNSHIP OPEN
[4:12:27] CONCEPT UP AND
[4:12:29] COUNCILOR SANTANA WANTS A
[4:12:31] SANTANA WEBER COUNCIL WHEREBY
[4:12:34] CONTROVERSIAL YES THAT'S RIGHT
[4:12:36] YES 11 AND AFFIRMATIVE.
[4:12:38] THANK YOU DOCKET 1225 HAS
[4:12:41] PASSED.
[4:12:44] WE ARE NOW UH MOVING ON TO LIT
[4:12:47] FILES.
[4:12:48] UM.
[4:12:51] MADAM CLERK TO HAVE ANY.
[4:12:56] WE'VE I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED
[4:12:58] WE HAVE ONE ONE LEAD FILE WHICH
[4:13:00] IS A HEARING ORDER.
[4:13:02] UM, AND THEN ABSENT OBJECTION
[4:13:06] THESE LEAD FILE MATTERS WILL BE
[4:13:08] ADDED.
[4:13:08] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
[4:13:10] READ THE LEAD FILE MATTER INTO
[4:13:11] THE RECORD.
[4:13:12] OFFERED BY COUNCIL?
[4:13:14] UM, CALLED PEPPER ORDER FOR A
[4:13:15] HEARING REGARDING A COMMUNITY
[4:13:18] BASED SUMMER PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN
[4:13:19] FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[4:13:21] THANK YOU, CHAIR BRACKEN.
[4:13:23] UH.
[4:13:25] THANK YOU.
[4:13:25] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:13:27] COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
[4:13:27] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:13:30] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:13:31] I'D LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION
[4:13:33] OF THE RULES INTRODUCED THE
[4:13:35] LATE FALL AND I WOULD LIKE TO
[4:13:36] ADD COUNCIL.
[4:13:37] WELL, AS A SECOND ORIGINAL
[4:13:39] CO-SPONSOR AND REQUEST
[4:13:41] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD
[4:13:43] COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD
[4:13:45] CO-SPONSOR.
[4:13:46] AND IF I COULD, I WOULD REQUEST
[4:13:49] SUSPENSION OF THE RULE THAT I
[4:13:51] THE LOUIJEUNE AS A FOURTH.
[4:13:54] CO-SPONSOR.
[4:13:55] BUT SINCE I CAN'T.
[4:14:00] UH SO.
[4:14:04] COUNCILOR I NEED TO BACK UP
[4:14:05] A LITTLE COUNCILOR.
[4:14:06] AS WELL AS THE SECOND ORIGINAL
[4:14:09] CO-SPONSOR AND REQUEST
[4:14:11] SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO
[4:14:13] COUNCILOR SANTANA AS THE THIRD
[4:14:15] ORIGINAL COSPONSORED.
[4:14:17] COUNCILOR ELLIS ADDED A SECOND
[4:14:19] AND COUNCILOR SANTANA IS SEEING
[4:14:20] AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
[4:14:22] COUNCILOR SANTANA'S ADDED AS A
[4:14:23] THIRD UM THE CHAIR MOVES AT
[4:14:28] PASSAGE OF THESE UH FOR PASSAGE
[4:14:29] OF THESE LATE FILE MATTERS.
[4:14:31] ALL IN FAVOR THIS IS TO GET
[4:14:32] THEM INTO THE TO HAVE THEM
[4:14:34] BEFORE THE BODIES.
[4:14:35] I BEG YOUR PARDON?
[4:14:35] I'M SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER.
[4:14:37] HERE YOU ARE.
[4:14:40] UM.
[4:14:41] THE CHAIR MOVES THE PASSAGE
[4:14:42] OF ALL IS THERE ALL IN FAVOR
[4:14:43] SAY AYE.
[4:14:44] ALL OPPOSED?
[4:14:44] NAY.
[4:14:45] YEAH, I HAVE IT.
[4:14:46] UM.
[4:14:48] WELL, THAT'S A.
[4:14:49] PERSONNEL COUNCILOR.
[4:14:51] PLEASE CONTINUE WITH YOUR VIEW
[4:14:53] TIME.
[4:14:53] MADAM PRESIDENT, THE RECENT, UH
[4:14:55] ,ACTS OF VIOLENCE ACROSS OUR
[4:14:57] CITY OVER THE 4TH OF JULY
[4:14:59] WEEKEND HAVE BEEN HEARTBREAKING
[4:15:01] AND DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION.
[4:15:02] AFTER SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY
[4:15:04] LEADERS MONDAY, IT WAS CLEAR
[4:15:06] THEIR VOICES MUST BE AT THE
[4:15:08] TABLE NOW.
[4:15:09] WHICH IS WHY I'M PUTTING
[4:15:10] FORWARD THIS LATE FILE.
[4:15:12] THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
[4:15:14] THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE
[4:15:16] RESPONSE FROM THE COUNCIL AS WE
[4:15:18] DISCUSS WHAT A COMMUNITY BASED
[4:15:20] SUMMER SAFETY PLAN SHOULD LOOK
[4:15:22] LIKE, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
[4:15:25] WE DO NOT HAVE TO START FROM
[4:15:27] SCRATCH.
[4:15:28] ORGANIZATION LIKE THE GREATEST
[4:15:30] MINDS TOWARDS LIFE MUST 11 HAVE
[4:15:33] MENTORED YOUNG PEOPLE AND
[4:15:34] INVESTED IN NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY
[4:15:36] TOO OFTEN CARRIED A
[4:15:38] DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE SHARE
[4:15:39] OF THE BURDEN OF GUN VIOLENCE.
[4:15:42] THEIR WORK HAS SAVED LIVES AND
[4:15:45] ANY COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY
[4:15:47] STRATEGY SHOULD BUILD UPON.
[4:15:49] I DUPLICATE OR OVERLOOK THE
[4:15:50] WORK THE THEY'VE ALREADY DONE
[4:15:53] AND ARE STILL DOING WHEN THE
[4:15:55] CITY CUTS FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
[4:15:56] FACING PROGRAMING, THE
[4:15:59] COMMUNITY WORK CONTINUES WHEN
[4:16:01] THE CITY DOES NOT ADEQUATELY
[4:16:02] PLAN FOR SUMMER SAFETY ACROSS
[4:16:04] OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE
[4:16:06] COMMUNITY STEPS IN.
[4:16:07] THIS IS THE WORK THAT THE
[4:16:09] SERVICES THAT THE CITY SHOULD
[4:16:11] BE LEADING AND RESOURCING ALL
[4:16:12] ALONG.
[4:16:13] THE COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS BE
[4:16:14] THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER BUT THEY
[4:16:16] SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE.
[4:16:18] THIS IS WHY I'M READY TO FORM
[4:16:20] ANOTHER COALITION COALITION FOR
[4:16:23] PEACE OF BOSTON.
[4:16:24] THE ORGANIZATION AND RESIDENTS
[4:16:25] HAVE SPENT YEARS DOING THIS
[4:16:27] WORK ON THE GROUND AND THEY
[4:16:28] SHOULD NOT SIMPLY BE CONSULTED
[4:16:30] AFTER THE PLAN IS DRAFTED.
[4:16:32] THEY SHOULD BE ACTIVE PARTNERS
[4:16:34] IN DEVELOPING IT FROM THE VERY
[4:16:35] BEGINNING.
[4:16:36] THIS IS HOW WE BUILD A STRATEGY
[4:16:39] THAT IS BOTH EFFECTIVE AND
[4:16:41] ROOTED IN COMMUNITIES IT IS
[4:16:43] MEANT TO SERVE.
[4:16:44] THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:16:46] THANK YOU.
[4:16:47] COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
[4:16:48] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:16:49] COUNCILOR RAIL COUNCILOR YOU
[4:16:50] HAVE THE FLOOR THE.
[4:16:53] UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:16:55] THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER
[4:16:56] FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[4:16:58] AND I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY
[4:17:00] PRAYERS AND MY THOUGHTS TO ALL
[4:17:03] THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE
[4:17:04] RECENT GUN VIOLENCE.
[4:17:06] UM, OVER THE WEEKEND I ALSO
[4:17:07] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS
[4:17:11] THAT SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
[4:17:14] HAVE STEPPED UP WANTING TO
[4:17:16] ASSIST THE CITY AND ALL CITY
[4:17:18] DEPARTMENTS ON CREATING A
[4:17:20] SUMMER OF PEACE AND A MORE, UH,
[4:17:23] WAY TO COLLABORATE ON
[4:17:26] ESTABLISHING NEW INITIATIVES OR
[4:17:28] REESTABLISHING OLD INITIATIVES
[4:17:30] HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT
[4:17:31] HAVE BEEN PROVEN, UH, TO BE
[4:17:33] EFFECTIVE.
[4:17:34] SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
[4:17:35] CONVERSATION, WORKING WITH ALL
[4:17:37] STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AND
[4:17:38] SEEING IF WE CAN BRING
[4:17:40] COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CITY
[4:17:42] DEPARTMENTS, UH, STATE AGENCIES
[4:17:44] TO THE TABLE TO REINSTATE OR
[4:17:47] RESTART UH, SOME PAST PROGRAMS
[4:17:49] BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT
[4:17:51] EVERYONE HAS A VOICE AND MAKING
[4:17:52] SURE THAT WE HAVE UH, A SUMMER
[4:17:55] AND WHEN WE CONTINUE TO
[4:17:57] DECREASE THE VIOLENCE IN OUR
[4:17:58] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[4:17:58] THANK YOU.
[4:18:00] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:18:01] COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL YOU
[4:18:03] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:18:03] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:18:04] AND ONE THING
[4:18:06] COUNCILOR CULPEPER UM, AND
[4:18:08] COUNCIL ARE WELL FOR YOUR, UH,
[4:18:10] LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
[4:18:11] UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEKEND
[4:18:12] THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE HIT
[4:18:14] DEVASTATINGLY CLOSE TO HOME
[4:18:16] RIGHT ON OUR OWN DOORSTEPS, UM,
[4:18:18] WHERE 13 PEOPLE SHOT AND TWO
[4:18:21] LIVES TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT.
[4:18:22] UM, YOU KNOW, MY HEART GOES TO
[4:18:25] THE FAMILIES, UM, OF THOSE WHO
[4:18:28] ARE, UM, AFFECTED.
[4:18:30] UM, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WHO
[4:18:32] WHO DID TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY
[4:18:34] UM, OR SOMEONE THAT I USED TO
[4:18:36] PLAY BASEBALL WITH UM, IN
[4:18:37] LITTLE LEAGUE UM, AND YOU KNOW,
[4:18:39] JUST WANT TO READ HIS NAME INTO
[4:18:40] THE BACKGROUND OF IT ALL CHRIS
[4:18:42] CONWAY UM, SOMEONE WHO, UM, WAS
[4:18:45] VERY LOVED AND IN OUR
[4:18:47] COMMUNITIES, UM.
[4:18:51] I'M CARRYING A HEAVY HEART A
[4:18:53] GRIEF THAT I KNOW IS SHARED BY
[4:18:55] FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS ALL
[4:18:57] ACROSS BOSTON AND I REFUSE AS
[4:19:00] WE AS A CITY MUST REFUSE TO
[4:19:02] EVEN NORMALIZE A REALITY WHERE
[4:19:04] OUR STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS
[4:19:06] CELEBRATIONS TURNED INTO SCENES
[4:19:07] OF CHAOS AND HEARTBREAK.
[4:19:09] VIOLENCE WAS NEVER ACCEPTABLE
[4:19:12] OR WE CAN LOOK ACROSS THE STATE
[4:19:13] AND THE COUNTRY AND SEE SIMILAR
[4:19:15] STRUGGLES.
[4:19:16] MY FOCUS TODAY IS ENTIRELY ON
[4:19:18] OUR HOME.
[4:19:19] TO TRULY PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY
[4:19:20] WE HAVE TO CONFRONT A DIFFICULT
[4:19:22] TRUTH WE CANNOT SIMPLY POLICE
[4:19:24] OR REACT OUR WAY OUT OF THIS
[4:19:26] CYCLE.
[4:19:27] I BELIEVE IT IS A FAILURE
[4:19:28] OF LEADERSHIP IF WE ONLY THROW
[4:19:29] RESOURCES INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD
[4:19:31] AFTER A TRAGEDY HAS ALREADY
[4:19:33] OCCURRED, WE NEED TO BRACE
[4:19:34] OURSELVES FOR THE MARATHON
[4:19:36] OF THE WORK AHEAD.
[4:19:38] THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS HERE.
[4:19:40] I AM URGING AN IMMEDIATE
[4:19:41] EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF CITY
[4:19:43] RESOURCES, SHIFTING OUR
[4:19:45] STRATEGY ENTIRELY FROM REACTIVE
[4:19:46] DAMAGE CONTROL TO ROOT CAUSES
[4:19:49] SOLUTIONS.
[4:19:51] TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING
[4:19:52] AGAIN, WE MUST ENSURE THAT
[4:19:53] EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN BOSTON
[4:19:55] HAS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO
[4:19:56] MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC
[4:19:57] OPPORTUNITIES, ROBUST
[4:19:59] MENTORSHIP AND LOCALIZED
[4:20:00] SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
[4:20:01] THIS MEANS CREATING YEAR ROUND
[4:20:04] YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PIPELINES,
[4:20:06] SECURING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING
[4:20:07] FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
[4:20:09] BUILDING LOCALIZED NETWORKS
[4:20:11] WHERE YOUTH AND ADULTS ALIKE
[4:20:13] CAN EASILY FIND CAREER GUIDANCE
[4:20:15] OR MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT
[4:20:16] RIGHT IN THEIR BLOCK THROUGH
[4:20:19] SAFETY IS BUILT WHEN WE EMPOWER
[4:20:21] OUR COMMUNITIES FROM WITHIN
[4:20:22] GIVEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
[4:20:23] STRUCTURAL SUPPORT UM AND
[4:20:26] RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO
[4:20:27] UPLIFT THEMSELVES, OUR
[4:20:28] NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE NOTHING
[4:20:29] LESS THAN OUR TOTAL COMMITMENT.
[4:20:32] I AM READY TO BEGIN THAT
[4:20:33] STRUCTURAL WORK WITH YOU TODAY
[4:20:35] .
[4:20:35] ENSURING SAFETY AND OPPORTUNITY
[4:20:37] BELONGS TO EVERY SINGLE
[4:20:38] RESIDENT.
[4:20:39] I REALLY WANT TO AGAIN THANK
[4:20:41] COUNCILOR CULPEPER UM FOR FOR
[4:20:43] THIS FILING.
[4:20:44] UM AND WE MUST GET TO WORK.
[4:20:45] THANK YOU.
[4:20:48] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
[4:20:49] NAME?
[4:20:51] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[4:20:52] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
[4:20:52] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[4:20:53] COUNCIL DIVISION COUNCILOR.
[4:20:54] MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN
[4:20:57] COUNCILOR UH WEBER.
[4:20:58] AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
[4:21:01] UH, THIS DOCKET WILL BE
[4:21:03] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[4:21:05] PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
[4:21:06] JUSTICE.
[4:21:11] WE ARE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT
[4:21:13] AGENDA.
[4:21:14] I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
[4:21:15] CHURCH THAT THERE ARE NO
[4:21:16] ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
[4:21:18] .
[4:21:18] THE QUESTION QUESTION NOW COMES
[4:21:20] TO AN APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS
[4:21:21] MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
[4:21:22] CONSENT AGENDA.
[4:21:24] ALL IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU.
[4:21:27] THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
[4:21:28] ADOPTED.
[4:21:29] WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[4:21:31] PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
[4:21:32] FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.
[4:21:35] DOES ANYONE HAVE AN
[4:21:37] ANNOUNCEMENT?
[4:21:37] IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR LIGHT
[4:21:38] ON I'LL CALL ON YOU.
[4:21:42] UH WE WANT TO BE WE ARE WISHING
[4:21:44] A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DIANA
[4:21:47] BRANCH.
[4:21:48] UH, COUNSELOR AND COUNSELOR
[4:21:50] PEPEHANDS OFFICE.
[4:21:52] HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANA.
[4:21:54] UM, ANYONE ELSE?
[4:21:55] AND YOUR BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP.
[4:21:57] UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
[4:21:59] MEMORIALS.
[4:22:02] OH, YOU CANCEL LOUIJEUNE
[4:22:04] WITHDRAW.
[4:22:04] THANK YOU.
[4:22:05] HE WOULD.
[4:22:06] ABSOLUTELY HATE TO KNOW THAT
[4:22:07] I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE HE DOES
[4:22:09] NOT LIKE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS
[4:22:10] BIRTHDAY.
[4:22:10] BUT I JUST LOVE MY DAD SO MUCH
[4:22:12] AND HIS BIRTHDAY IS NEXT WEEK,
[4:22:14] SO I'M I'M JUST SO LUCKY TO, UM
[4:22:17] ,HAVE HIM IN MY LIFE AND I
[4:22:19] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS
[4:22:20] BIRTHDAY AND SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
[4:22:22] TO MY DAD.
[4:22:22] RIGHTLY SO.
[4:22:23] YOUR DAD IS A REMARKABLE MAN
[4:22:25] AND HE'S A GREAT DAD TO BECAUSE
[4:22:27] UH, COUNSELOR COUNCIL FRIEND
[4:22:29] YOU HAVE THE FOR.
[4:22:31] .
[4:22:32] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[4:22:33] UM, I WANTED TO MAKE AN
[4:22:34] ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, ABOUT THE
[4:22:38] NURSES STRIKE THAT IS TAKING
[4:22:40] PLACE RIGHT NOW AT BRIGHAM AND
[4:22:42] WOMEN'S HOSPITAL.
[4:22:42] I WAS OVER THERE THIS MORNING.
[4:22:45] UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S
[4:22:47] STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM,
[4:22:49] OTHERS TO JOIN THAT MAY WANT TO
[4:22:51] GO.
[4:22:51] I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[4:22:53] COUNCILOR DURKAN AND MYSELF
[4:22:54] SPONSORED A CITY
[4:22:56] COUNCIL RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
[4:22:57] OF THE NURSES.
[4:22:59] UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
[4:23:01] UM, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
[4:23:05] FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
[4:23:07] OUR SUPPORT NURSES AT BRIGHAM
[4:23:10] AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL LIKE WE
[4:23:12] HAVE AT MANY OTHER HOSPITALS
[4:23:13] ACROSS BOSTON AND GREATER
[4:23:15] BOSTON.
[4:23:15] THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN
[4:23:16] OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, BUT
[4:23:18] THEY PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CARE
[4:23:21] AND DESERVE DIGNITY AND
[4:23:23] RESPECT.
[4:23:23] BUT I I DO WANT TO SAY THANK
[4:23:25] YOU ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
[4:23:27] THEIR LONG TIME SUPPORT OF UM
[4:23:30] NURSES THROUGHOUT GREATER
[4:23:32] BOSTON, THROUGHOUT
[4:23:33] MASSACHUSETTS BUT ALSO TO LET
[4:23:35] PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL
[4:23:36] TIME IF THEY DO WANT TO GET
[4:23:38] OVER TO, UH, THE STRIKE THIS
[4:23:39] AFTERNOON.
[4:23:40] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[4:23:41] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[4:23:42] THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:23:44] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[4:23:44] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:23:45] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
[4:23:46] AND THANK YOU TO
[4:23:47] COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS
[4:23:48] LEADERSHIP ON THAT ISSUE.
[4:23:48] I WILL BE HEADED THERE SHORTLY.
[4:23:50] UM, BUT JUST
[4:23:52] COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE REMINDED
[4:23:53] ME MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY IS JULY
[4:23:55] 19TH.
[4:23:55] I NEED EVERY READ.
[4:23:56] SHE IS COMING TO TOWN TO
[4:23:58] CELEBRATE WITH US AND I KNOW
[4:23:59] SHE'S READY FOR TALL SHIPS AND
[4:24:01] EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN
[4:24:02] BOSTON RIGHT NOW.
[4:24:03] SO, UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE
[4:24:05] DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING, SO THANK
[4:24:06] YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND
[4:24:07] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAD.
[4:24:10] THANK YOU.
[4:24:13] UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
[4:24:14] MEMORIALS.
[4:24:15] WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO LIFT UP A
[4:24:17] NAME?
[4:24:20] COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE
[4:24:20] THE FLOOR.
[4:24:21] MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
[4:24:24] TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF RICHARD
[4:24:26] WESTON OF THE SOUTH IN 40 YEAR
[4:24:31] PARTNER OF BOB BARNEY.
[4:24:35] WE ASKED THE KEEP.
[4:24:37] ABOUT BARNEY AND HIS FAMILY AND
[4:24:40] THE FAMILY OF RICHARD WESTON IN
[4:24:43] PRAYER.
[4:24:43] THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:24:45] THANK YOU.
[4:24:46] I'M JUST GOING TO GO AND RUN
[4:24:47] THE ROOM.
[4:24:48] SO, UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, UH,
[4:24:50] YOU'RE NEXT.
[4:24:51] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[4:24:52] I'M WANTED TO READ INTO THE
[4:24:53] RECORD MANUEL DE SOUSA CASTILLO
[4:24:56] FLORES UM, WHO PASSED AWAY?
[4:24:58] UM, HE WAS A GREEN LINE WORKER
[4:25:00] ,UH, TRAIN DRIVER AND WAS
[4:25:01] KNOWN FOR HIS DEDICATION AND
[4:25:03] KINDNESS.
[4:25:03] UM, I KNOW THE UNION IS REALLY
[4:25:05] THE CARBON'S UNION IS REALLY,
[4:25:06] UM, REALLY SAD, UM, ABOUT HIS
[4:25:09] PASSING.
[4:25:10] UM, I KNOW THAT HIS BODY WILL
[4:25:12] TRAVEL TO EL SALVADOR WHERE HIS
[4:25:13] MOTHER WAITS FOR HIM, UH, TO
[4:25:15] LAY HIM TO REST.
[4:25:16] UM, AND THIS JOURNEY IS REALLY
[4:25:18] IMPORTANT TO HIS FAMILY.
[4:25:19] UH, BUT JUST WANTED TO WRAP MY
[4:25:20] ARMS AROUND THE CARMEN'S UNION
[4:25:22] AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR THE
[4:25:23] TI UM, AS I KNOW THEY LOST HIM
[4:25:25] EARLY, SO THANK YOU.
[4:25:27] THANK YOU.
[4:25:28] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:25:29] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[4:25:29] COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:25:31] AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[4:25:32] AND, UM, REVEREND COLE PEPPER
[4:25:34] MENTIONED, UM, BOB BARNEY'S
[4:25:37] PARTNER, UH, MR WEST.
[4:25:38] AND SO I ALSO WANT TO OFFER MY
[4:25:40] CONDOLENCES AS WELL AND TO LET
[4:25:43] THEM LET BOB AND THE FAMILY
[4:25:46] KNOW THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
[4:25:48] THEM DURING THIS CHALLENGING
[4:25:49] TIME.
[4:25:49] OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM.
[4:25:51] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[4:25:52] THANK YOU.
[4:25:53] CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM THE
[4:25:54] REGION.
[4:25:55] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:25:56] THANK YOU.
[4:25:56] I SIMPLY WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
[4:25:57] PASSING OF, UH.
[4:25:58] CHRIS CONWAY.
[4:25:59] UM, AS COUNCILOR SANTANA
[4:26:02] MENTIONED, UM, AND JUST HIS
[4:26:04] ENTIRE FAMILY IS JUST MOURNING
[4:26:06] .
[4:26:06] SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
[4:26:07] MEMORY OF CHRIS CONWAY.
[4:26:09] UM, ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
[4:26:11] MEMORY OF, UM AT MORNINGSTAR
[4:26:13] BAPTIST CHURCH THERE IS A BUNCH
[4:26:16] OF NURSE NURSES AND, UH,
[4:26:19] ROSEMARY NICHOLAS AS SOMEONE
[4:26:20] WHO PASSED AWAY AND WHO WAS A
[4:26:22] BELOVED MEMBER OF THE
[4:26:23] MORNINGSTAR COMMUNITY SO JUST
[4:26:24] WANTED TO LIFT HER UP AND LAST
[4:26:26] BUT NOT LEAST SOMEONE WHO HAD
[4:26:27] AN OUTSIZED IMPACT, UM, IN
[4:26:29] ROXBURY AND IN THE ENTIRE CITY
[4:26:31] OF BOSTON, PASTOR CHRIS ABNER
[4:26:33] JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
[4:26:34] WE, UM, RECOGNIZE HIM AND ALL
[4:26:37] HE HAS MEANT TO SO MANY WHETHER
[4:26:38] IT BE IN THE JUBILEE COMMUNITY
[4:26:40] OR IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ALL
[4:26:41] THAT HE HAS DONE UM, JUST
[4:26:43] WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND
[4:26:44] GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS
[4:26:45] FAMILY AS WELL.
[4:26:46] THANK YOU.
[4:26:47] UM, CONSOLE LOUIJEUNE WOULD YOU
[4:26:49] REMAIN MIND REPEATING YOUR YOUR
[4:26:52] FIRST ONE I WAS CHRIS CONNELLY
[4:26:53] BUT YOU HAD ANOTHER CONWAY.
[4:26:56] YES.
[4:26:57] UM.
[4:26:58] I'M SORRY.
[4:26:58] I WANT.
[4:26:59] TO THANK YOU, PASTOR UH,
[4:27:00] CHRIS.
[4:27:01] SUMNER YEAH.
[4:27:02] UM, AND THEN, UH, ROSEMARY.
[4:27:05] ROSEMARY.
[4:27:07] ROSEMARY NICOLE NICHOLS.
[4:27:10] NICHOLAS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[4:27:13] PATIENCE.
[4:27:15] UM, NEXT, UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY
[4:27:18] ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:27:19] THANK YOU.
[4:27:20] I WANTED TO UPLIFT.
[4:27:22] ALONG WITH.
[4:27:23] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[4:27:23] PAULA RYAN FROM.
[4:27:25] SOUTH BOSTON.
[4:27:26] THE WEST NINTH FRIENDS ARE
[4:27:28] MOURNING HER.
[4:27:29] WE WERE AT ONE OF THE UNITY
[4:27:30] DAYS.
[4:27:31] JUST THINK IT WAS.
[4:27:32] JUST YESTERDAY AND IT WAS.
[4:27:34] IT WAS SAD TO NOT SEE HER
[4:27:36] THERE.
[4:27:36] SHE ALWAYS HAD SUCH A BIG
[4:27:37] PRESENCE AND WAS AT ALL.
[4:27:38] THE EVENTS AROUND THE
[4:27:41] NEIGHBORHOOD AND.
[4:27:42] ALSO ENJOYED ALWAYS.
[4:27:44] GOING TO THE SPECIAL KIDS SOUTH
[4:27:46] BOSTON SPECIAL KIDS EVENTS SO
[4:27:48] YOU WOULD.
[4:27:49] SEE HER SMILING FACE AND THE.
[4:27:51] NEIGHBORHOOD IS MISSING HER SO
[4:27:52] I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT HER
[4:27:53] NAME.
[4:27:53] THANK YOU.
[4:27:55] THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[4:27:58] UM THANK YOU.
[4:27:59] I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT THE
[4:28:00] MEMORY OF JOHN RAYMOND.
[4:28:02] HE IS WAS A RESIDENT OF HYDE
[4:28:04] PARK SPECIFICALLY THE PRIDE ONE
[4:28:05] OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS TO MOVE
[4:28:07] INTO THE PRIDE.
[4:28:08] UM.
[4:28:09] JUST WITH HIM A COUPLE
[4:28:10] MONTHS AGO FOR COFFEE HOUR AND
[4:28:12] ,UM, HE WAS ALSO ONCE THE HEAD
[4:28:14] OF THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
[4:28:16] ASSOCIATION, VERY PROMINENT
[4:28:17] LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY.
[4:28:18] SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
[4:28:19] SPIRITS AND SEND MY MY LOVE AND
[4:28:21] PRAYERS TO ALSO THE RESIDENTS
[4:28:22] OF THE PRIDE THAT I KNOW TIGHT
[4:28:24] KNIT COMMUNITY.
[4:28:25] IS JOHN RAYMOND.
[4:28:27] THANK YOU.
[4:28:30] UM CONSCIOUS COUNTRY SANTANA.
[4:28:33] UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[4:28:34] I JUST WANT TO AGAIN JUST UH
[4:28:36] UM, UPLIFT THE NAME OF CHRIS
[4:28:38] CONWAY, UM, WHO WE JUST LOST
[4:28:40] OVER THE WEEKEND AND UPLIFT UM,
[4:28:42] AND UH, THE THOUGHTS AND
[4:28:43] PRAYERS TO, UM, HIS ENTIRE
[4:28:45] FAMILY.
[4:28:46] UH, I KNOW UM, SO MANY
[4:28:48] RESIDENTS.
[4:28:49] UM, OUR MOURNING IS MOURNING
[4:28:51] HIS LOSS.
[4:28:51] AND FOR ANYONE WHO KNEW CHRIS,
[4:28:53] UM, HE WAS JUST A BEACON
[4:28:54] OF LIGHT.
[4:28:54] SOMEONE WHO, UM, WAS WAS VERY
[4:28:57] POSITIVE.
[4:28:58] UM, SUCH A GREAT, UM, YOUNG
[4:29:00] MAN, UM, AND SOMEONE THAT WE'D
[4:29:02] ACTUALLY LOST, UM, TOO QUICKLY
[4:29:03] .
[4:29:03] SO I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO
[4:29:05] UPLIFT HIS NAME.
[4:29:06] THANK YOU.
[4:29:07] CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[4:29:08] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[4:29:09] YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:29:10] UH, YEAH.
[4:29:11] I'D LIKE TO, UM, UH, SPEAK IN
[4:29:13] HONOR OF, UH, JIM GALVIN.
[4:29:16] UH, WHO, UH, RESIDENT
[4:29:18] OF ROSLINDALE WAS A.
[4:29:19] STAPLE OF PARKWAY LITTLE
[4:29:20] LEAGUE.
[4:29:20] HE COACHED UH, LITTLE LEAGUE
[4:29:22] FOR 33 YEARS.
[4:29:23] UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE
[4:29:26] DRIVING TEAMS TO MAKE THE
[4:29:27] LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
[4:29:29] HE COMPILED.
[4:29:29] TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND
[4:29:31] MULTIPLE DISTRICT AND SECTIONAL
[4:29:33] TITLES.
[4:29:35] UM, HIS, UH, FUNERAL'S UH
[4:29:37] TOMORROW TOMORROW MORNING AT 9
[4:29:39] A.M. AT THE UH GORMLEY FUNERAL
[4:29:41] HOME IN WEST ROXBURY WITH A
[4:29:42] MASS SAINT THERESA AT UH, 10
[4:29:45] A.M..
[4:29:45] THANK YOU.
[4:29:46] THANK YOU TO RECOGNIZE
[4:29:48] CONSTABLE.
[4:29:48] WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
[4:29:50] UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, REMEMBER
[4:29:51] THE NAME OF CHRIS CONWAY.
[4:29:53] UM, ALSO PASTOR SUMMER AND
[4:29:55] THEN, UH, CHURCH FAMILY LOST,
[4:29:57] UM, OUR LEAD DEACON OUR HEAD
[4:29:58] DEACON, UM, MICHAEL YOUNG.
[4:30:00] SO, UH, PLEASE KEEP ALL THESE
[4:30:02] FAMILIES IN THESE NAMES.
[4:30:04] UM, IN YOUR PRAYERS.
[4:30:06] MICHAEL YOUNG.
[4:30:07] OKAY.
[4:30:11] THANK YOU.
[4:30:15] ON BEHALF OF COUNSELORS.
[4:30:16] WELL, UM, AND, UH LOUIJEUNE
[4:30:20] PASTOR CHRIS SUMNER ON BEHALF
[4:30:23] OF COUNCIL DURKAN MANUEL MANNY
[4:30:26] ,THE OFFICERS CASTELO FLORES
[4:30:30] ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR WEBER
[4:30:32] JIM GALVIN AND BEHALF
[4:30:34] OF COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART
[4:30:36] OF JEAN.
[4:30:37] A TOUGH.
[4:30:38] TOUGH AND.
[4:30:42] UH ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR
[4:30:44] LOUIJEUNE ROSEMARY NICHOLAS ON
[4:30:47] BEHALF OF COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE
[4:30:49] CONSCIOUS INTERNAL AND CULTURAL
[4:30:51] REL CHRIS CONWAY ON BEHALF
[4:30:54] OF COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND
[4:30:55] FLYNN RICHARD WESTON ON BEHALF
[4:30:59] OF COUNCILMAN MURPHY PAUL RYAN
[4:31:02] BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPPER JOHN
[4:31:04] RAYMOND AND ON BEHALF
[4:31:07] OF CANTRELL MICHAEL YOUNG A
[4:31:11] MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.
[4:31:23] THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE
[4:31:24] COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY WE DO SO
[4:31:26] IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
[4:31:27] INDIVIDUALS.
[4:31:29] THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
[4:31:30] MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER
[4:31:33] ON JULY 22ND TWO, 2026 AT 12
[4:31:36] P.M. THANK YOU TO MY
[4:31:38] COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE
[4:31:39] CHURCH, THE CHURCH OFFICE AND
[4:31:42] UH THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER AS
[4:31:44] ALWAYS, ELLEN, THANK YOU.
[4:31:45] ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT,
[4:31:47] PLEASE SAY I THIS CONFERENCE
[4:31:49] ADJOURNED.
[4:31:50] THANK YOU.