00:00:00:00	00:03:16:00	0108 IS ADJOURNED AND YOU KNOW
00:03:16:00	00:10:14:00	UH UH UH UH UH UH UH AND NO UH
00:10:14:00	00:11:13:00	UH UH UH UH UH UH THIS MEETING
00:11:13:00	00:11:16:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY
00:11:16:00	00:11:17:00	COUNCIL VIEWERS CAN WATCH A
00:11:17:00	00:11:17:00	COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE
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00:11:21:00	00:11:21:00	DOT GOV.
00:11:21:00	00:11:24:00	FORGE CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AT
00:11:24:00	00:11:25:00	THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES
00:11:25:00	00:11:25:00	AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO
00:11:25:00	00:11:26:00	PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL
00:11:26:00	00:11:28:00	PHONES AND I'LL TRY DEVICES.
00:11:28:00	00:11:30:00	ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I
00:11:30:00	00:11:31:00	REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT
00:11:31:00	00:11:32:00	NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
00:11:32:00	00:11:35:00	DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
00:11:35:00	00:11:35:00	PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
00:11:35:00	00:11:35:00	THANK YOU.
00:11:35:00	00:11:38:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:11:38:00	00:11:39:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:11:39:00	00:11:39:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:11:39:00	00:11:42:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
00:11:42:00	00:11:43:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO
00:11:43:00	00:11:45:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:11:45:00	00:11:46:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON.
00:11:46:00	00:11:49:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YEAH.
00:11:49:00	00:11:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL WHO'S
00:11:50:00	00:11:53:00	IN HERE?
00:11:53:00	00:11:53:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:11:53:00	00:11:56:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:11:56:00	00:11:57:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
00:11:57:00	00:11:57:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:11:57:00	00:12:00:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND
00:12:00:00	00:12:04:00	COUNCIL WERE A QUORUM.
00:12:04:00	00:12:04:00	I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
00:12:04:00	00:12:08:00	CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT
00:12:08:00	00:12:08:00	.
00:12:08:00	00:12:09:00	WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO
00:12:09:00	00:12:09:00	INVOCATION BUT BEFORE WE DO SO
00:12:09:00	00:12:12:00	AND I KNOW THIS IS AHEAD OF THE
00:12:12:00	00:12:12:00	ANNOUNCEMENT SECTIONS BUT I
00:12:12:00	00:12:13:00	WANT TO JUST CONGRATULATE OUR
00:12:13:00	00:12:16:00	MAYOR ON THE BIRTH OF HER THIRD
00:12:16:00	00:12:16:00	CHILD AND HER DAUGHTER.
00:12:16:00	00:12:19:00	SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MAYOR
00:12:19:00	00:12:19:00	MICHELLE WU.
00:12:19:00	00:12:20:00	NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:12:20:00	00:12:23:00	INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY
00:12:23:00	00:12:23:00	FATHER PAOLO COMING FROM SACRED
00:12:23:00	00:12:27:00	HEART PARISH INVITED BY
00:12:27:00	00:12:27:00	COUNCILOR ZAPATA.
00:12:27:00	00:12:28:00	COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTY YOU
00:12:28:00	00:12:30:00	HAVE THE FLOOR AND AFTER THAT
00:12:30:00	00:12:31:00	WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:12:31:00	00:12:37:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:12:37:00	00:12:38:00	GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
00:12:38:00	00:12:41:00	AGAIN, JUST WANT TO ECHO OUR
00:12:41:00	00:12:42:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND GIVING A
00:12:42:00	00:12:45:00	WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
00:12:45:00	00:12:46:00	MAYOR ON THE BIRTH OF OUR
00:12:46:00	00:12:46:00	DAUGHTER MIRA.
00:12:46:00	00:12:48:00	IT IS AN HONOR TO WELCOME A
00:12:48:00	00:12:49:00	FATHER PAOLO COMING HERE FROM
00:12:49:00	00:12:52:00	SACRED HEART PARISH IN EAST
00:12:52:00	00:12:52:00	BOSTON.
00:12:52:00	00:12:53:00	HE WAS BORN IN ITALY AND AFTER
00:12:53:00	00:12:56:00	SCHOOL HE JOINED THE CEMETERY
00:12:56:00	00:12:56:00	OF THE FRATERNITY OF SAINT
00:12:56:00	00:12:57:00	CHARLES BORROMEO.
00:12:57:00	00:13:00:00	I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT IN
00:13:00:00	00:13:01:00	ROME IN 2001 HE WAS AN ORDAINED
00:13:01:00	00:13:05:00	DEACON AND ASSIGNED TO THE
00:13:05:00	00:13:05:00	MISSION OF THE FRATERNITY IN
00:13:05:00	00:13:05:00	TAIWAN.
00:13:05:00	00:13:08:00	AFTER TEN YEARS IN TAIWAN HE
00:13:08:00	00:13:09:00	HAD A SHORT VISIT BACK TO ITALY
00:13:09:00	00:13:12:00	AND HE ARRIVED IN BOSTON AT THE
00:13:12:00	00:13:12:00	BEGINNING OF 2012 AND TAUGHT
00:13:12:00	00:13:15:00	MATH AT CRYSTAL REY HIGH SCHOOL
00:13:15:00	00:13:18:00	IN DORCHESTER IN JUNE OF 2013.
00:13:18:00	00:13:19:00	CARDINAL THEN CARDINAL SEAN
00:13:19:00	00:13:19:00	O'MALLEY ENTRUSTED THE PASTORAL
00:13:19:00	00:13:22:00	CARE OF SAINT CLEMENT PARISH IN
00:13:22:00	00:13:25:00	MEDFORD IN SOMERVILLE WHERE HE
00:13:25:00	00:13:26:00	TAUGHT MATH AND RELIGION AT
00:13:26:00	00:13:27:00	SAINT CLEMENT HIGH SCHOOL FOR
00:13:27:00	00:13:27:00	FOUR YEARS.
00:13:27:00	00:13:29:00	AFTER THE PARISH CLOSED IN
00:13:29:00	00:13:33:00	2017, HE SERVED AS A VICAR AT
00:13:33:00	00:13:33:00	THE BEVERLY AND LATER APPOINTED
00:13:33:00	00:13:34:00	CHAPLAIN AT THE SHRINE OF OUR
00:13:34:00	00:13:37:00	LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE IN THE
00:13:37:00	00:13:38:00	SEAPORT DISTRICT IN BOSTON.
00:13:38:00	00:13:41:00	WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A
00:13:41:00	00:13:43:00	FATHER JOIN US ON AUGUST 1ST,
00:13:43:00	00:13:44:00	2020 INCHES BOSTON AT THE
00:13:44:00	00:13:47:00	SACRED HEART PARISH CHURCH
00:13:47:00	00:13:47:00	CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE AND
00:13:47:00	00:13:51:00	SACRED HEART IS MY FAMILY
00:13:51:00	00:13:51:00	CHURCH.
00:13:51:00	00:13:51:00	IT'S WHERE I WAS BAPTIZED.
00:13:51:00	00:13:52:00	IT'S WHERE I RECEIVE FIRST
00:13:52:00	00:13:52:00	COMMUNION.
00:13:52:00	00:13:54:00	IT'S WHERE I WAS CONFIRMED AND
00:13:54:00	00:13:55:00	I'M THRILLED TO SEE HOW THIS
00:13:55:00	00:13:57:00	CHURCH COMMUNITY HAS THRIVED
00:13:57:00	00:13:58:00	SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN
00:13:58:00	00:13:59:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY
00:13:59:00	00:14:01:00	HE'S CREATED A HOT MEAL SOUP
00:14:01:00	00:14:02:00	KITCHEN AT THE CHURCH ONCE A
00:14:02:00	00:14:05:00	MONTH AND THAT IS STILL
00:14:05:00	00:14:05:00	ONGOING.
00:14:05:00	00:14:06:00	IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS.
00:14:06:00	00:14:09:00	FATHER PAUL IT RIGHT AND I JUST
00:14:09:00	00:14:12:00	REALLY ADMIRE FATHER PAOLO.
00:14:12:00	00:14:13:00	HE HAS BEEN A GREAT FRIEND TO
00:14:13:00	00:14:16:00	ME AND SPIRITUAL MENTOR AND SO
00:14:16:00	00:14:16:00	PLEASE WELCOME ME AND GIVING
00:14:16:00	00:14:17:00	HIM A WARM WELCOME TO THE
00:14:17:00	00:14:18:00	COUNCIL FOR THE INVOCATION.
00:14:18:00	00:14:22:00	THANK YOU.
00:14:22:00	00:14:22:00	THANK YOU.
00:14:22:00	00:14:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:14:26:00	00:14:27:00	THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR
00:14:27:00	00:14:27:00	INVITING MEJIA AGAIN.
00:14:27:00	00:14:31:00	I CAME A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO
00:14:31:00	00:14:34:00	GIVE THIS OPENING LOCATION TO
00:14:34:00	00:14:34:00	YOU.
00:14:34:00	00:14:35:00	A THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA
00:14:35:00	00:14:40:00	ONCE AGAIN TODAY 2025 JUST
00:14:40:00	00:14:40:00	STARTED.
00:14:40:00	00:14:41:00	THE NEW YEAR IS USUALLY
00:14:41:00	00:14:44:00	CHARACTERIZED BY LOTS
00:14:44:00	00:14:45:00	OF EXPECTATIONS AND NEW PLANS.
00:14:45:00	00:14:46:00	I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT NEW
00:14:46:00	00:14:48:00	PLANS.
00:14:48:00	00:14:48:00	YOUR AGENDA IS FULL.
00:14:48:00	00:14:51:00	IF YOU COULD ATTACH A WORD TO A
00:14:51:00	00:14:53:00	NEW YEAR I THINK THAT WOULD BE
00:14:53:00	00:14:56:00	HOPE NO MATTER WHAT DIFFERENT
00:14:56:00	00:14:56:00	CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS
00:14:56:00	00:14:59:00	TRADITIONS WE CAN ALL RELATE TO
00:14:59:00	00:15:02:00	THE HOPEFUL FEELINGS OF A NEW
00:15:02:00	00:15:03:00	BEGINNING 2035 FOR US CATHOLICS
00:15:03:00	00:15:06:00	IS A HOLY YEAR A JUBILEE
00:15:06:00	00:15:06:00	ESPECIALLY A YEAR
00:15:06:00	00:15:09:00	OF FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND ALSO
00:15:09:00	00:15:10:00	A PUNISHMENT DUE TO SIN SO YEAR
00:15:10:00	00:15:13:00	RECONCILIATION BETWEEN
00:15:13:00	00:15:13:00	ADVERSARIES A CONVERSION AND
00:15:13:00	00:15:16:00	CONSENT WOULD BE A SOLIDARITY
00:15:16:00	00:15:17:00	HOPE, JUSTICE COMMITMENT TO
00:15:17:00	00:15:21:00	SERVE GOD WITH JOY AND IN PEACE
00:15:21:00	00:15:21:00	OR BRIGHTER.
00:15:21:00	00:15:24:00	SO SISTERS THE JUBILEE YEARS
00:15:24:00	00:15:25:00	FOR US ABOVE ALL IN THE YEAR
00:15:25:00	00:15:28:00	OF CHRIST BRINGS LIFE AND GRACE
00:15:28:00	00:15:28:00	TO HUMANITY.
00:15:28:00	00:15:32:00	POPE FRANCIS THE CHOSEN PILGRIM
00:15:32:00	00:15:33:00	OF HOPE AS THE MOTTO FOR THIS
00:15:33:00	00:15:36:00	WHOLE YEAR IS DOCUMENT
00:15:36:00	00:15:36:00	PROCLAIMING THE UPCOMING
00:15:36:00	00:15:38:00	JUBILEE OF 2025.
00:15:38:00	00:15:42:00	POPE FRANCIS WRITES EVERYONE
00:15:42:00	00:15:43:00	KNOWS WHAT THESE TWO HOPE
00:15:43:00	00:15:46:00	OF EACH PERSON HOPE DWELLS AS
00:15:46:00	00:15:47:00	WITH DESIRE AND EXPECTATION
00:15:47:00	00:15:50:00	OF GOOD THINGS TO COME DESPITE
00:15:50:00	00:15:53:00	OUR NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUTURE
00:15:53:00	00:15:53:00	MAY BRING.
00:15:53:00	00:15:54:00	EVEN SO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE
00:15:54:00	00:15:58:00	FUTURE MAY TIME AT TIMES GIVE
00:15:58:00	00:16:02:00	RISE TO CONFLICTING FEELINGS
00:16:02:00	00:16:03:00	RANGING FROM COMMON TRIES TO
00:16:03:00	00:16:05:00	APPREHEND SINFULNESS FROM
00:16:05:00	00:16:06:00	SERENITY TO ANXIETY, FROM FIRM
00:16:06:00	00:16:09:00	CONVICTION TO AGITATION AND
00:16:09:00	00:16:10:00	DOUBT.
00:16:10:00	00:16:10:00	OFTEN WE COME ACROSS PEOPLE WHO
00:16:10:00	00:16:13:00	ARE DISCOURAGED, PESSIMISTIC
00:16:13:00	00:16:14:00	AND CYNICAL ABOUT THE FUTURE AS
00:16:14:00	00:16:18:00	IF NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY BRING
00:16:18:00	00:16:18:00	THEM HAPPINESS FOR US ALL.
00:16:18:00	00:16:21:00	MAY THE JUBILEE BE AN
00:16:21:00	00:16:22:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BE RENEWED HOPE
00:16:22:00	00:16:25:00	GOD'S WORD I HOPE SAYS FIND
00:16:25:00	00:16:29:00	REASONS FOR HOPE AS OFFICIALS
00:16:29:00	00:16:30:00	OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO HAD
00:16:30:00	00:16:33:00	BEEN ELECTED HAVE COME HERE TO
00:16:33:00	00:16:33:00	SHOW THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY
00:16:33:00	00:16:36:00	FOR YOUR WORDS ADDICTION THAT
00:16:36:00	00:16:40:00	THEIR HOPE IS NOT IN VAIN.
00:16:40:00	00:16:41:00	THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO MAKE
00:16:41:00	00:16:44:00	HOPING FOR A BETTER FUTURE
00:16:44:00	00:16:47:00	BECOME A REALITY HOPE FOR FOR
00:16:47:00	00:16:48:00	US FOR EACH ONE OF US, FOR OUR
00:16:48:00	00:16:51:00	CHILDREN, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR
00:16:51:00	00:16:52:00	OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR OUR
00:16:52:00	00:16:52:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:16:52:00	00:16:53:00	WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THIS
00:16:53:00	00:16:55:00	HOPE TO BECOME A REALITY.
00:16:55:00	00:16:59:00	PLEASE RISE AND SIT AND PRAY
00:16:59:00	00:17:00:00	AND I INVITE YOU TO JOIN IN
00:17:00:00	00:17:01:00	ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN TRADITION
00:17:01:00	00:17:06:00	OR SIMPLY LISTEN RESPECTFULLY
00:17:06:00	00:17:10:00	YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN MAY A
00:17:10:00	00:17:11:00	WITNESS OF THIS MEN AND WOMEN
00:17:11:00	00:17:14:00	IN THIS ESTEEMED COUNCIL BEFORE
00:17:14:00	00:17:15:00	A CITY 11 OUT OF 20 HOPE A
00:17:15:00	00:17:19:00	HARBINGER OF NEW HEAVENS AND A
00:17:19:00	00:17:19:00	NEW EARTH WHERE CITIZENS WILL
00:17:19:00	00:17:22:00	DWELL IN JUSTICE AND HARMONY IN
00:17:22:00	00:17:22:00	JOYFUL EXPECTATION
00:17:22:00	00:17:25:00	OF FULFILLMENT OF THEIR
00:17:25:00	00:17:25:00	PROMISES.
00:17:25:00	00:17:26:00	MAYBE WE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:17:26:00	00:17:30:00	REVEL LIVES SAY TO ALL OUR
00:17:30:00	00:17:33:00	CITIZENS IN SO MANY WORDS
00:17:33:00	00:17:34:00	HOPING THE LORD HOLD FIRM, TAKE
00:17:34:00	00:17:37:00	HEART AND HOPE IN THE LORD MAY
00:17:37:00	00:17:38:00	THE POWER OF HOPE FILL OUR DAYS
00:17:38:00	00:17:41:00	AS WE WORK TOGETHER WITH
00:17:41:00	00:17:42:00	CONFIDENCE TO DO YOUR GRACIOUS
00:17:42:00	00:17:44:00	WILL WE AS WE ASK FOR CHRIST
00:17:44:00	00:17:48:00	OUR LORD AND NOW RECITE THE
00:17:48:00	00:17:48:00	PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
00:17:48:00	00:17:52:00	I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:17:52:00	00:17:55:00	OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:17:55:00	00:17:56:00	TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
00:17:56:00	00:17:58:00	SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:17:58:00	00:18:01:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:18:01:00	00:18:06:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:18:06:00	00:18:06:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
00:18:06:00	00:18:09:00	AS ZAPATA.
00:18:09:00	00:18:09:00	AND THANK YOU, FATHER SCHUMANN
00:18:09:00	00:18:13:00	FOR REMINDING US THAT THIS IS
00:18:13:00	00:18:13:00	THE YEAR OF JUBILEE.
00:18:13:00	00:18:16:00	SO APPRECIATE YOUR INVOCATION,
00:18:16:00	00:18:16:00	MR. CLERK.
00:18:16:00	00:18:20:00	DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE RECORD
00:18:20:00	00:18:20:00	?
00:18:20:00	00:18:20:00	NO.
00:18:20:00	00:18:20:00	OKAY.
00:18:20:00	00:18:21:00	THANK YOU.
00:18:21:00	00:18:24:00	MR. CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE AMEND
00:18:24:00	00:18:24:00	THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT
00:18:24:00	00:18:25:00	COUNCIL ORAL IS A PRESENT AND
00:18:25:00	00:18:27:00	NOW WITH US?
00:18:27:00	00:18:32:00	NO CONSULTATION AND
00:18:32:00	00:18:33:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN IS NOT PRESENT
00:18:33:00	00:18:37:00	AND WITH US ARE OKAY.
00:18:37:00	00:18:41:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:18:41:00	00:18:41:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:18:41:00	00:18:43:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:18:43:00	00:18:44:00	THE MEETING OF JANUARY EIGHT,
00:18:44:00	00:18:44:00	2025.
00:18:44:00	00:18:48:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE
00:18:48:00	00:18:49:00	ANY THE AYES HAVE IT THE
00:18:49:00	00:18:51:00	MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 8TH
00:18:51:00	00:18:52:00	MEETING OUR APPROVED WE ARE NOW
00:18:52:00	00:18:52:00	ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR
00:18:52:00	00:18:55:00	HONOR THE MAYOR MR. CLERK WOULD
00:18:55:00	00:18:56:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER
00:18:56:00	00:18:57:00	0236 DUNCAN NUMBER 0236 MESSAGE
00:18:57:00	00:19:00:00	UNITED FOR YOUR APPROVAL A NEW
00:19:00:00	00:19:01:00	HOME RULE PETITION TO THE
00:19:01:00	00:19:02:00	GENERAL COURT PETITION FOR A
00:19:02:00	00:19:05:00	SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO AN ACT
00:19:05:00	00:19:09:00	TO RELATIVE TO RESIDENTIAL TAX
00:19:09:00	00:19:13:00	RELIEF IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:19:13:00	00:19:13:00	THANK YOU.
00:19:13:00	00:19:14:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0236 WILL BE
00:19:14:00	00:19:15:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:19:15:00	00:19:17:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
00:19:17:00	00:19:18:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
00:19:18:00	00:19:22:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0237 AND 02380237
00:19:22:00	00:19:23:00	MESSAGE UNITED FOR APPROVAL IN
00:19:23:00	00:19:26:00	ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25
00:19:26:00	00:19:27:00	APPROPRIATION FROM THE RESERVE
00:19:27:00	00:19:33:00	FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
00:19:33:00	00:19:33:00	$128,700 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
00:19:33:00	00:19:34:00	THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
00:19:34:00	00:19:37:00	FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25
00:19:37:00	00:19:37:00	INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE
00:19:37:00	00:19:41:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
00:19:41:00	00:19:41:00	BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
00:19:41:00	00:19:42:00	THE BOSTON POLICE.
00:19:42:00	00:19:45:00	DETECTIVE BANON BUILDING
00:19:45:00	00:19:46:00	SOCIETY FORENSIC GROUP DOCTOR
00:19:46:00	00:19:49:00	NUMBER 0238 MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:19:49:00	00:19:49:00	FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL
00:19:49:00	00:19:53:00	APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL
00:19:53:00	00:19:55:00	YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
00:19:55:00	00:19:55:00	RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
00:19:55:00	00:19:59:00	BARGAINING BY $128,700 TO
00:19:59:00	00:20:03:00	COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COSTS
00:20:03:00	00:20:03:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:20:03:00	00:20:06:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
00:20:06:00	00:20:07:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE
00:20:07:00	00:20:07:00	BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE
00:20:07:00	00:20:10:00	BENEVOLENCE SOCIETY FORENSIC
00:20:10:00	00:20:11:00	GROUP THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT
00:20:11:00	00:20:17:00	ARE OCTOBER FIRST 2023 THROUGH
00:20:17:00	00:20:18:00	SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027.
00:20:18:00	00:20:18:00	THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
00:20:18:00	00:20:21:00	CONTRACT INCLUDE A MARKET
00:20:21:00	00:20:24:00	ADJUSTMENT TO BE BASE WAGES IN
00:20:24:00	00:20:25:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 AS WELL AS BASE
00:20:25:00	00:20:28:00	WAGE INCREASE OF 2% TO BE GIVEN
00:20:28:00	00:20:31:00	IN JANUARY OF 2026 AND 2027 AND
00:20:31:00	00:20:34:00	FLAT AMOUNTS OF $900 AND $800
00:20:34:00	00:20:39:00	TO BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES
00:20:39:00	00:20:41:00	IN JANUARY 2026 AND 2027 AFTER
00:20:41:00	00:20:45:00	THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES FILED
00:20:45:00	00:20:46:00	IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
00:20:46:00	00:20:48:00	ON JANUARY 13, 2025.
00:20:48:00	00:20:49:00	THANK YOU.
00:20:49:00	00:20:54:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0237 AND 0238
00:20:54:00	00:20:55:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:20:55:00	00:20:55:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
00:20:55:00	00:20:57:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:20:57:00	00:21:01:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0239 AND
00:21:01:00	00:21:01:00	0240.0239 MESSAGE IN HONOR
00:21:01:00	00:21:04:00	OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:21:04:00	00:21:05:00	OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE
00:21:05:00	00:21:07:00	AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE FORM
00:21:07:00	00:21:10:00	OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25
00:21:10:00	00:21:11:00	TRAINING ACADEMY EARMARK
00:21:11:00	00:21:14:00	AWARDED BY THE MASTER CHOOSE
00:21:14:00	00:21:15:00	THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES
00:21:15:00	00:21:18:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE
00:21:18:00	00:21:18:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:21:18:00	00:21:19:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:21:19:00	00:21:19:00	PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND
00:21:19:00	00:21:22:00	SUPPLIES AND TO FUND TRAINING
00:21:22:00	00:21:22:00	INITIATIVES FOR THE BOSTON FIRE
00:21:22:00	00:21:26:00	TRAINING ACADEMY TO ENSURE THE
00:21:26:00	00:21:27:00	DEPARTMENT REMAINS CURRENT IN
00:21:27:00	00:21:30:00	THE FIREFIGHTING SERVICES.
00:21:30:00	00:21:32:00	DUNCAN EMBER 0240 MESSAGE YOU
00:21:32:00	00:21:33:00	KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:21:33:00	00:21:36:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:21:36:00	00:21:37:00	FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY
00:21:37:00	00:21:40:00	OF BOSTON A DONATION FROM THE
00:21:40:00	00:21:41:00	NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY
00:21:41:00	00:21:44:00	ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE
00:21:44:00	00:21:45:00	OF RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY
00:21:45:00	00:21:49:00	OF 2020 FOR A GMC SIERRA FOUR
00:21:49:00	00:21:49:00	WHEEL DRIVE CREW CAB PICKUP
00:21:49:00	00:21:53:00	VALUED AT $60,233.
00:21:53:00	00:21:57:00	THE TRUCK WILL BE USED AS A
00:21:57:00	00:22:00:00	RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY AWARENESS
00:22:00:00	00:22:01:00	AND RESPONSE SUPPORT TRUCK AND
00:22:01:00	00:22:04:00	WILL ALLOW THE BOSTON POLICE
00:22:04:00	00:22:05:00	DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THE
00:22:05:00	00:22:08:00	SUSTAINMENT OF OUR AIR TRAINING
00:22:08:00	00:22:09:00	PROGRAMS.
00:22:09:00	00:22:09:00	THANK YOU, DOUGLAS.
00:22:09:00	00:22:12:00	NUMBER 202390240.
00:22:12:00	00:22:13:00	IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:22:13:00	00:22:16:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
00:22:16:00	00:22:16:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
00:22:16:00	00:22:17:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:22:17:00	00:22:19:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0241 DUNCAN
00:22:19:00	00:22:21:00	EMMA 0241 MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:22:21:00	00:22:22:00	TEMPORARILY EXTENDING URBAN
00:22:22:00	00:22:25:00	RENEWAL PLANS IN THE CITY
00:22:25:00	00:22:27:00	OF BOSTON UNTIL MARCH 31ST,
00:22:27:00	00:22:28:00	2027 OR PASSAGE OF A PROPOSED
00:22:28:00	00:22:31:00	RELEVANT HOME LAW PETITION
00:22:31:00	00:22:32:00	THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 0241
00:22:32:00	00:22:33:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:22:33:00	00:22:35:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
00:22:35:00	00:22:36:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.
00:22:36:00	00:22:36:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:22:36:00	00:22:40:00	OF OFFICERS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
00:22:40:00	00:22:40:00	AND OTHERS.
00:22:40:00	00:22:42:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:22:42:00	00:22:45:00	THIS NUMBER 024220248 DUNCAN
00:22:45:00	00:22:45:00	EMS 0242 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED
00:22:45:00	00:22:48:00	FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
00:22:48:00	00:22:49:00	APPOINTMENT OF MIDORI MORIKAWA
00:22:49:00	00:22:52:00	AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
00:22:52:00	00:22:52:00	SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINATING
00:22:52:00	00:22:56:00	PANEL EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
00:22:56:00	00:22:56:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 0243
00:22:56:00	00:23:00:00	COMMUNICATION WAS FREE FROM
00:23:00:00	00:23:00:00	COUNCIL OFFLINE REGARDING
00:23:00:00	00:23:03:00	DISCREPANCIES IN THE 2024
00:23:03:00	00:23:04:00	BOSTON RETAINER REQUEST.
00:23:04:00	00:23:06:00	DUNCAN EMMA 0244 COMMUNICATION
00:23:06:00	00:23:10:00	WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:23:10:00	00:23:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING THE
00:23:10:00	00:23:13:00	BOSTON CRIME LAB DIRECTOR
00:23:13:00	00:23:16:00	DUNCAN 0245 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:23:16:00	00:23:17:00	RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR BRADING
00:23:17:00	00:23:18:00	REGARDING HER ABSENCE FROM THE
00:23:18:00	00:23:21:00	CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY
00:23:21:00	00:23:24:00	15, 2025 TALKING OF A0246
00:23:24:00	00:23:27:00	COMMUNICATION WAS FROM
00:23:27:00	00:23:28:00	COUNCILOR BREEN REGARDING THE
00:23:28:00	00:23:30:00	PASSAGE OF CHAPTER 360 OF THE
00:23:30:00	00:23:34:00	ACTS OF 2020 FOR AN ACT
00:23:34:00	00:23:34:00	INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
00:23:34:00	00:23:35:00	OF PENALTIES WHICH MAY BE
00:23:35:00	00:23:38:00	IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS
00:23:38:00	00:23:38:00	OF ORDINANCES IN THE CITY
00:23:38:00	00:23:39:00	OF BOSTON.
00:23:39:00	00:23:41:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER
00:23:41:00	00:23:42:00	2024220248 WILL BE PLACED ON
00:23:42:00	00:23:46:00	FILE.
00:23:46:00	00:23:46:00	WE'RE NOW ON TWO MATTERS
00:23:46:00	00:23:47:00	RECENTLY.
00:23:47:00	00:23:49:00	OH SEVEN OKAY APOLOGIES THERE
00:23:49:00	00:23:51:00	ARE 24790248 APOLOGIES MR QUICK
00:23:51:00	00:23:55:00	TALKING NUMBER 0247
00:23:55:00	00:23:55:00	COMMUNICATIONS WAS FROM KENSI
00:23:55:00	00:23:57:00	BOOK ADMINISTRATOR THE BOSS AND
00:23:57:00	00:23:58:00	HOUSING AUTHORITY REGARDING AN
00:23:58:00	00:24:01:00	UPDATE ON THE ELEVATOR
00:24:01:00	00:24:02:00	SITUATION AT SEVERAL BOSTON
00:24:02:00	00:24:06:00	HOUSING SITES IN DARK ZERO TWO
00:24:06:00	00:24:07:00	FOR A NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE
00:24:07:00	00:24:10:00	CITY CLERK AND OF CORNERS
00:24:10:00	00:24:11:00	OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE
00:24:11:00	00:24:12:00	ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING
00:24:12:00	00:24:15:00	ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND
00:24:15:00	00:24:16:00	PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY
00:24:16:00	00:24:19:00	COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
00:24:19:00	00:24:19:00	OF DECEMBER 4TH, 2024.
00:24:19:00	00:24:20:00	THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:24:20:00	00:24:26:00	THESE DOCKETS NOW DOCKET NUMBER
00:24:26:00	00:24:27:00	024220248 WILL BE PLACED ON
00:24:27:00	00:24:27:00	FILE.
00:24:27:00	00:24:27:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS
00:24:27:00	00:24:30:00	RECENTLY HEARD MR CLERK WHEN
00:24:30:00	00:24:32:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER
00:24:32:00	00:24:35:00	0112 AND 0113 DOCKET NUMBER
00:24:35:00	00:24:36:00	0112 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR
00:24:36:00	00:24:38:00	APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE
00:24:38:00	00:24:39:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION
00:24:39:00	00:24:42:00	FROM THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
00:24:42:00	00:24:46:00	BARGAINING BY $6,637,486 TO
00:24:46:00	00:24:50:00	PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
00:24:50:00	00:24:53:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:24:53:00	00:24:53:00	25 IMPACT OF INCREASES
00:24:53:00	00:24:56:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:24:56:00	00:24:57:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:24:57:00	00:25:01:00	TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS DRIVERS
00:25:01:00	00:25:04:00	TALKING OF A0113 MESSAGE IN
00:25:04:00	00:25:04:00	ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL
00:25:04:00	00:25:07:00	APPROPRIATION IN FISCAL YEAR 25
00:25:07:00	00:25:10:00	FROM THE RESERVE COLLECTIVE
00:25:10:00	00:25:13:00	BARGAINING BY $6,637,486 TO
00:25:13:00	00:25:16:00	COVER THE IMPACT OF FISCAL YEAR
00:25:16:00	00:25:20:00	25 COSTS CONTAINED COST ITEMS
00:25:20:00	00:25:21:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:25:21:00	00:25:21:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:25:21:00	00:25:25:00	TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS DRIVERS ON
00:25:25:00	00:25:25:00	THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION
00:25:25:00	00:25:28:00	CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR
00:25:28:00	00:25:28:00	TRANSDEV.
00:25:28:00	00:25:29:00	THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT IS
00:25:29:00	00:25:32:00	JULY FIRST 2024 THROUGH JULY
00:25:32:00	00:25:35:00	THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028.
00:25:35:00	00:25:36:00	THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
00:25:36:00	00:25:39:00	CONTRACT INCLUDE A MARKET RATE
00:25:39:00	00:25:40:00	ADJUSTMENT AN INCREASE FOR
00:25:40:00	00:25:43:00	REGULAR WAGES AND AN INCREASE
00:25:43:00	00:25:46:00	IN MINIMUM WEEKLY HOURS FROM 31
00:25:46:00	00:25:46:00	TO 35.
00:25:46:00	00:25:49:00	FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
00:25:49:00	00:25:52:00	CLERK ON JANUARY SIX, 2025.
00:25:52:00	00:25:52:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:52:00	00:25:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
00:25:53:00	00:25:56:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
00:25:56:00	00:25:56:00	MEANS COUNCIL.
00:25:56:00	00:25:57:00	RL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:25:57:00	00:26:00:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:26:00:00	00:26:00:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
00:26:00:00	00:26:01:00	HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY,
00:26:01:00	00:26:03:00	JANUARY 13TH AT 10 A.M..
00:26:03:00	00:26:04:00	THE FIRST HEARING OF THE YEAR
00:26:04:00	00:26:07:00	PANELISTS INCLUDED DIRECTOR
00:26:07:00	00:26:08:00	OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT JAMES
00:26:08:00	00:26:12:00	WILLIAMSON.
00:26:12:00	00:26:13:00	LEWIS MAIN TRAINING SENIOR
00:26:13:00	00:26:15:00	ADVISOR AND LABOR OFFICE.
00:26:15:00	00:26:15:00	OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS.
00:26:15:00	00:26:16:00	AND DANIEL ROSENGARD EXECUTIVE
00:26:16:00	00:26:19:00	DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
00:26:19:00	00:26:20:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
00:26:20:00	00:26:23:00	THIS WAS IN REGARD TO DOCKETS
00:26:23:00	00:26:26:00	NUMBER 011212 AND 0113 AND
00:26:26:00	00:26:29:00	DIRECTOR WILLIAMSON AND RENE
00:26:29:00	00:26:30:00	RENE BUCCI, DIRECTOR OF LABOR
00:26:30:00	00:26:33:00	RELATIONS FOR DOCKETS NUMBER
00:26:33:00	00:26:37:00	0114 AND 0115 WE WERE JOINED BY
00:26:37:00	00:26:38:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE ZAPATA,
00:26:38:00	00:26:38:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
00:26:38:00	00:26:41:00	COUNCILOR WEBER CLASSICAL AND
00:26:41:00	00:26:42:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AND
00:26:42:00	00:26:42:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIS
00:26:42:00	00:26:45:00	LOUIJEUNE VICE CHAIR COUNSELOR
00:26:45:00	00:26:45:00	PEPEN AND COUNCILOR BREADON
00:26:45:00	00:26:48:00	EACH SUBMITTED LETTERS
00:26:48:00	00:26:51:00	OF ABSENCE DOCKET NUMBER
00:26:51:00	00:26:51:00	01120113 FOCUSED ON THE SCHOOL
00:26:51:00	00:26:55:00	BUS DRIVERS CONTRACT DIRECT
00:26:55:00	00:26:56:00	DIRECTOR WILLIAMS HAS STATED
00:26:56:00	00:26:56:00	THAT THE FIRST SET OF DOCKETS
00:26:56:00	00:26:59:00	INCREASES BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:26:59:00	00:27:02:00	BUDGET BY $6.6 MILLION AND
00:27:02:00	00:27:02:00	REDUCES THE RESERVE FOR
00:27:02:00	00:27:03:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY EQUAL
00:27:03:00	00:27:06:00	AMOUNT TO SUPPORT THE BUS
00:27:06:00	00:27:07:00	DRIVERS CONTRACT DIRECTOR
00:27:07:00	00:27:10:00	ROSENGARD STATED UAW US LOCAL
00:27:10:00	00:27:11:00	EIGHT 7051 REPRESENT
00:27:11:00	00:27:14:00	APPROXIMATELY 888 SCHOOL BUS
00:27:14:00	00:27:18:00	DRIVERS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:27:18:00	00:27:18:00	PROVIDING YELLOW BUS
00:27:18:00	00:27:21:00	TRANSPORTATION TO 22,000 BOSTON
00:27:21:00	00:27:22:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ON A
00:27:22:00	00:27:24:00	REGULAR BASIS UNDER THE
00:27:24:00	00:27:25:00	CONTRACT BETWEEN BPC AND
00:27:25:00	00:27:28:00	TRANSDEV TRANSDEV IS REIMBURSED
00:27:28:00	00:27:31:00	FOR ALL UNIONIZED WAGE WAGES
00:27:31:00	00:27:32:00	AND FRINGE BENEFIT COSTS
00:27:32:00	00:27:35:00	ALONGSIDE PAYROLL TAXES AS
00:27:35:00	00:27:36:00	APPROVED BY THE CITY, HE STATED
00:27:36:00	00:27:37:00	HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONTRACT
00:27:37:00	00:27:40:00	INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF THE
00:27:40:00	00:27:40:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
00:27:40:00	00:27:40:00	AGREEMENT, WAGE MARKET
00:27:40:00	00:27:43:00	ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY WAGES
00:27:43:00	00:27:47:00	FROM $29.13 AN HOUR TO $33 AN
00:27:47:00	00:27:49:00	HOUR WHICH IS RETROACTIVE TO
00:27:49:00	00:27:50:00	JULY 20 JULY 1ST, 2024 WITH
00:27:50:00	00:27:54:00	INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN THE
00:27:54:00	00:27:55:00	FOLLOWING YEARS OF THE CONTRACT
00:27:55:00	00:27:59:00	A REDUCTION IN THE YEARS
00:27:59:00	00:27:59:00	OF SERVICE OF ELIGIBILITY
00:27:59:00	00:27:59:00	REQUIREMENTS FOR RETIREMENT
00:27:59:00	00:28:02:00	BENEFITS THAT BENEFITS FROM 30
00:28:02:00	00:28:04:00	YEARS OF SERVICE TO 25 YEARS
00:28:04:00	00:28:07:00	OF SERVICE A RETIREMENT
00:28:07:00	00:28:08:00	SEVERANCE INCREASE OF $100 PER
00:28:08:00	00:28:08:00	YEAR OF SERVICE DURING EACH
00:28:08:00	00:28:11:00	YEAR OF THE CONTRACT AND AN
00:28:11:00	00:28:12:00	INCREASE IN THE GUARANTEED
00:28:12:00	00:28:15:00	WEEKLY HOURS BUS DRIVERS
00:28:15:00	00:28:16:00	RECEIVE FROM 31 HOURS PER WEEK
00:28:16:00	00:28:19:00	TO 35 HOURS PER WEEK EFFECTIVE
00:28:19:00	00:28:21:00	JULY 1ST, 2025.
00:28:21:00	00:28:21:00	THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO
00:28:21:00	00:28:25:00	THE PERCENT INCREASE THE BUS
00:28:25:00	00:28:25:00	DRIVE BASED WAGE WILL GO UP AND
00:28:25:00	00:28:29:00	HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT IT IS A
00:28:29:00	00:28:33:00	13% BASE BASED WAGE INCREASE
00:28:33:00	00:28:33:00	THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM HOURS
00:28:33:00	00:28:37:00	PART OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE
00:28:37:00	00:28:37:00	EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION
00:28:37:00	00:28:40:00	OF BODIES OF LANGUAGE AROUND
00:28:40:00	00:28:41:00	WORK AS DIRECTED BUT WORKER
00:28:41:00	00:28:42:00	PROTECTIONS WHICH WAS A KEY
00:28:42:00	00:28:45:00	OPERATION REFORM BE SOUGHT
00:28:45:00	00:28:45:00	THROUGH THIS CONTRACT DIRECTOR
00:28:45:00	00:28:48:00	ROSENGARD STATED WORKING IN
00:28:48:00	00:28:49:00	CONJUNCTION WITH EXECUTIVE
00:28:49:00	00:28:49:00	ASSISTANT PROVISIONS OF THE
00:28:49:00	00:28:52:00	DRIVERS CBA THE ADDITION
00:28:52:00	00:28:53:00	OF WORK AS DIRECTED LANGUAGE IS
00:28:53:00	00:28:56:00	ANTICIPATED TO IMPROVE BHP'S
00:28:56:00	00:28:59:00	INTEREST AND ABILITY TO
00:28:59:00	00:29:00:00	COVER ATHLETICS, FIELD TRIPS
00:29:00:00	00:29:00:00	AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION
00:29:00:00	00:29:03:00	ACTIVITIES IN CASE WHEN THEY
00:29:03:00	00:29:04:00	ARE NOT ABLE TO BE
00:29:04:00	00:29:08:00	COVERED THROUGH EXISTING DRIVER
00:29:08:00	00:29:08:00	BID AND ASSIGNMENT PROCESSES.
00:29:08:00	00:29:11:00	THE WORK AS DIRECTED LANGUAGE
00:29:11:00	00:29:12:00	IS NOT YET FINALIZED AND WE'RE
00:29:12:00	00:29:14:00	GOING TO BE KEEPING THESE TWO
00:29:14:00	00:29:15:00	DOCKETS IN COMMITTEE AS WE PUSH
00:29:15:00	00:29:18:00	FOR BOTH PARTIES TO RESOLVE
00:29:18:00	00:29:18:00	THAT LANGUAGE SOONER RATHER
00:29:18:00	00:29:19:00	THAN LATER.
00:29:19:00	00:29:22:00	SO CAUCUS NUMBER 0114 AND 0115
00:29:22:00	00:29:26:00	WILL REDUCE THE RESERVE FOR
00:29:26:00	00:29:28:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY £400.
00:29:28:00	00:29:29:00	OVERALL WE ONLY READ DOCKETS
00:29:29:00	00:29:31:00	0112 AND 0113 INTO THE OKAY SO
00:29:31:00	00:29:35:00	LET'S JUST STOP THERE AND SAY I
00:29:35:00	00:29:37:00	MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT
00:29:37:00	00:29:40:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0112 AND 0113
00:29:40:00	00:29:41:00	STAY IN COMMITTEE OKAY THANK
00:29:41:00	00:29:43:00	YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 20112 AND
00:29:43:00	00:29:44:00	0113 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
00:29:44:00	00:29:47:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:29:47:00	00:29:50:00	READ THIS NUMBER 0114 AND 0115
00:29:50:00	00:29:50:00	TALKING OF A0114 MESSAGE IN
00:29:50:00	00:29:53:00	ORDER FOR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO
00:29:53:00	00:29:54:00	REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25
00:29:54:00	00:29:57:00	APPROPRIATION FROM THE RESERVE
00:29:57:00	00:30:00:00	FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
00:30:00:00	00:30:04:00	$421,318 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
00:30:04:00	00:30:05:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
00:30:05:00	00:30:07:00	FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25
00:30:07:00	00:30:08:00	INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE
00:30:08:00	00:30:08:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
00:30:08:00	00:30:12:00	BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
00:30:12:00	00:30:14:00	SEIU LOCAL 888 MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:30:14:00	00:30:18:00	OF HOUSING DUNCAN NUMBER 0115
00:30:18:00	00:30:18:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A
00:30:18:00	00:30:22:00	SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM
00:30:22:00	00:30:22:00	THE FLOOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:30:22:00	00:30:26:00	OF HOUSING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25
00:30:26:00	00:30:28:00	IN THE AMOUNT OF $421,318 TO
00:30:28:00	00:30:32:00	COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CAUSE
00:30:32:00	00:30:32:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:30:32:00	00:30:35:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:30:35:00	00:30:38:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SEIU
00:30:38:00	00:30:39:00	LOCAL 888 MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:30:39:00	00:30:42:00	OF HOUSING THE TERMS OF THE
00:30:42:00	00:30:45:00	CONTRACT OCTOBER 1ST, 2023
00:30:45:00	00:30:47:00	THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027 THE
00:30:47:00	00:30:48:00	MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
00:30:48:00	00:30:51:00	CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE
00:30:51:00	00:30:52:00	INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN
00:30:52:00	00:30:56:00	JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR
00:30:56:00	00:30:58:00	OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND FLAT
00:30:58:00	00:31:01:00	AMOUNTS OF $250 $500, $900 AND
00:31:01:00	00:31:02:00	$800 BE ADDED TO ANNUAL
00:31:02:00	00:31:05:00	SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH
00:31:05:00	00:31:08:00	FISCAL YEAR FILED IN THE OFFICE
00:31:08:00	00:31:09:00	OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY
00:31:09:00	00:31:11:00	SIX, 2025.
00:31:11:00	00:31:11:00	THANK YOU.
00:31:11:00	00:31:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
00:31:12:00	00:31:15:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
00:31:15:00	00:31:15:00	MEANS COUNCIL.
00:31:15:00	00:31:16:00	RL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, THE
00:31:16:00	00:31:18:00	COMMITTEE'S WAYS AND MEANS HOW
00:31:18:00	00:31:19:00	TO HEAR IT ON MONDAY JANUARY
00:31:19:00	00:31:22:00	13TH AT 10 A.M. WE WERE JOINED
00:31:22:00	00:31:25:00	BY THE ADMINISTRATION DANIEL
00:31:25:00	00:31:26:00	ROSENGARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:31:26:00	00:31:29:00	OF TRANSPORTATION FOR BOSTON
00:31:29:00	00:31:30:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A POLICY
00:31:30:00	00:31:33:00	DIRECTOR LABOR RELATIONS WE
00:31:33:00	00:31:34:00	WERE JOINED BY
00:31:34:00	00:31:34:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA
00:31:34:00	00:31:35:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
00:31:35:00	00:31:37:00	COUNCILOR WEBER,
00:31:37:00	00:31:37:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN,
00:31:37:00	00:31:38:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AND
00:31:38:00	00:31:40:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
00:31:40:00	00:31:41:00	VICE-CHAIR PEPEN AND
00:31:41:00	00:31:41:00	COUNCILOR BREADON EACH
00:31:41:00	00:31:43:00	SUBMITTED LETTERS OF ABSENCE
00:31:43:00	00:31:47:00	DOCKETS NUMBERS 0114 AND 0115
00:31:47:00	00:31:48:00	WILL REDUCE TO RESERVE FOR
00:31:48:00	00:31:53:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
00:31:53:00	00:31:54:00	$421,318 TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO
00:31:54:00	00:31:57:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
00:31:57:00	00:31:57:00	FUND THE FY 25 INCREASES
00:31:57:00	00:31:58:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:31:58:00	00:32:01:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:32:01:00	00:32:01:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE
00:32:01:00	00:32:05:00	SERVICES EMPLOYEES
00:32:05:00	00:32:05:00	INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 88
00:32:05:00	00:32:08:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.
00:32:08:00	00:32:09:00	THE EXPECTED TERM OF THE
00:32:09:00	00:32:11:00	CONTRACT IS OCTOBER 1ST, 2023
00:32:11:00	00:32:12:00	THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027.
00:32:12:00	00:32:15:00	THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
00:32:15:00	00:32:16:00	CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE
00:32:16:00	00:32:19:00	INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN
00:32:19:00	00:32:19:00	JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR.
00:32:19:00	00:32:23:00	THE CONTRACTOR AND FLAT AMOUNTS
00:32:23:00	00:32:26:00	OF 250 500 900 AND $800 TO BE
00:32:26:00	00:32:29:00	ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES IN
00:32:29:00	00:32:30:00	JANUARY JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL
00:32:30:00	00:32:33:00	YEAR AFTER THE PRESENT
00:32:33:00	00:32:33:00	INCREASE.
00:32:33:00	00:32:34:00	OTHER PROVISIONS INCLUDE AN
00:32:34:00	00:32:37:00	INCREASE TO ALL CALL PAY FROM
00:32:37:00	00:32:38:00	$150 TO $300 AN INCREASE THAT A
00:32:38:00	00:32:43:00	UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FROM $250 TO
00:32:43:00	00:32:44:00	$375 AND UPDATES TO THE
00:32:44:00	00:32:45:00	COMPENSATION GRADE APPEALS
00:32:45:00	00:32:48:00	PROCESS AND UPDATES TO THE SICK
00:32:48:00	00:32:48:00	LEAVE POLICY ALLOWING NEW
00:32:48:00	00:32:52:00	EMPLOYEES TO USE THE CITY SICK
00:32:52:00	00:32:52:00	LEAVE BENEFIT DURING THIS ROUND
00:32:52:00	00:32:55:00	OF BARGAINING THE PARTIES
00:32:55:00	00:32:55:00	REACHED TWO AGREEMENTS THAT
00:32:55:00	00:32:56:00	COVERED THE FORM AFOREMENTIONED
00:32:56:00	00:33:01:00	TERM WITH THE ESTIMATED COST
00:33:01:00	00:33:01:00	OF $2.6 MILLION OVER FOUR
00:33:01:00	00:33:02:00	YEARS.
00:33:02:00	00:33:04:00	IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT
00:33:04:00	00:33:07:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 0114 AND 01155
00:33:07:00	00:33:11:00	THE PAST THANK YOU MR CHAIR.
00:33:11:00	00:33:12:00	IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
00:33:12:00	00:33:18:00	ON THESE MATTERS OKAY.
00:33:18:00	00:33:18:00	THE COUNCIL ARE THE CHAIR
00:33:18:00	00:33:19:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
00:33:19:00	00:33:21:00	MEANS SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET
00:33:21:00	00:33:22:00	NUMBER 0114.
00:33:22:00	00:33:26:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
00:33:26:00	00:33:26:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:33:26:00	00:33:32:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE WILL
00:33:32:00	00:33:33:00	COVER AND DOCUMENT 011 FOR
00:33:33:00	00:33:33:00	COUNCILOR A BRAIN CANCER KILLER
00:33:33:00	00:33:38:00	AS OPPOSED TO A KILLER AS A
00:33:38:00	00:33:38:00	FATHER.
00:33:38:00	00:33:38:00	YES.
00:33:38:00	00:33:39:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN?
00:33:39:00	00:33:40:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN YES.
00:33:40:00	00:33:40:00	COUNCILOR FOR NANCY SANDERSON.
00:33:40:00	00:33:44:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:33:44:00	00:33:44:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
00:33:44:00	00:33:48:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:33:48:00	00:33:48:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR WHO'S IN
00:33:48:00	00:33:49:00	YES COUNCILOR WHO'S IN YES
00:33:49:00	00:33:50:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
00:33:50:00	00:33:51:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE YES
00:33:51:00	00:33:52:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
00:33:52:00	00:33:54:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
00:33:54:00	00:33:55:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN
00:33:55:00	00:33:55:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
00:33:55:00	00:33:58:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
00:33:58:00	00:33:58:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
00:33:58:00	00:33:59:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
00:33:59:00	00:34:02:00	COUNCILOR WORLD YES.
00:34:02:00	00:34:05:00	COUNCILOR WORLD YES I CAN HAVE
00:34:05:00	00:34:08:00	A0114 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN
00:34:08:00	00:34:08:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE.
00:34:08:00	00:34:10:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0114
00:34:10:00	00:34:11:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
00:34:11:00	00:34:11:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
00:34:11:00	00:34:14:00	IT IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
00:34:14:00	00:34:15:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
00:34:15:00	00:34:18:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0115 ALL THOSE
00:34:18:00	00:34:20:00	IN FAVOR SAY ADD I MR QUOTE
00:34:20:00	00:34:21:00	WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
00:34:21:00	00:34:24:00	CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON
00:34:24:00	00:34:24:00	MEMBER 0115 COUNCILOR BREADON
00:34:24:00	00:34:28:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA
00:34:28:00	00:34:28:00	COUNCILOR ELISABETTA YES
00:34:28:00	00:34:31:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN
00:34:31:00	00:34:31:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN YES.
00:34:31:00	00:34:32:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND
00:34:32:00	00:34:35:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:34:35:00	00:34:35:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
00:34:35:00	00:34:38:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:34:38:00	00:34:39:00	YES.
00:34:39:00	00:34:39:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
00:34:39:00	00:34:40:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
00:34:40:00	00:34:43:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
00:34:43:00	00:34:44:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE YES.
00:34:44:00	00:34:44:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNSELOR
00:34:44:00	00:34:46:00	MURPHY YES.
00:34:46:00	00:34:47:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR S.A.
00:34:47:00	00:34:47:00	YES.
00:34:47:00	00:34:50:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
00:34:50:00	00:34:51:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
00:34:51:00	00:34:54:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
00:34:54:00	00:34:54:00	COUNCILOR ZERO COUNCILOR WORLD
00:34:54:00	00:34:55:00	YES.
00:34:55:00	00:34:57:00	TALKING OF 0115 HAS RECEIVED
00:34:57:00	00:35:01:00	TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AS
00:35:01:00	00:35:02:00	DID GIVE NUMBER 0114 THANK YOU.
00:35:02:00	00:35:07:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0115 HAS HAS
00:35:07:00	00:35:10:00	PASSED MR CLERK WOULD YOU
00:35:10:00	00:35:11:00	PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER ZERO
00:35:11:00	00:35:14:00	WHAT SO APOLOGIES.
00:35:14:00	00:35:15:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:15:00	00:35:15:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
00:35:15:00	00:35:17:00	ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0115
00:35:17:00	00:35:17:00	HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
00:35:17:00	00:35:18:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:35:18:00	00:35:24:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0116 DUGAN MEMBER
00:35:24:00	00:35:24:00	0116 MESSAGE IN HONOR
00:35:24:00	00:35:24:00	OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:35:24:00	00:35:27:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:35:27:00	00:35:32:00	THE AMOUNT OF $860,169.70 IN
00:35:32:00	00:35:33:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:35:33:00	00:35:36:00	ONE-STOP CAREER CENTER GRANT
00:35:36:00	00:35:37:00	AWARDED BY THE MASS HIGHER
00:35:37:00	00:35:40:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:35:40:00	00:35:41:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:35:41:00	00:35:41:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:35:41:00	00:35:41:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:35:41:00	00:35:44:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND
00:35:44:00	00:35:44:00	COMPREHENSIVE CAREER SERVICES
00:35:44:00	00:35:48:00	AND RESOURCES TO UNDEREMPLOYED
00:35:48:00	00:35:49:00	JOB SEEKERS SUCH AS REVIEWING
00:35:49:00	00:35:52:00	JOB POSTINGS, CAREER COUNSELING
00:35:52:00	00:35:55:00	AND JOB COACHING EDUCATION
00:35:55:00	00:35:56:00	SKILLS TRAINING AND JOB
00:35:56:00	00:35:56:00	PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
00:35:56:00	00:35:59:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:59:00	00:36:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
00:36:00:00	00:36:01:00	WEBER, THE CHAIR OF THE
00:36:01:00	00:36:03:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE
00:36:03:00	00:36:04:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
00:36:04:00	00:36:04:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:36:04:00	00:36:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:36:07:00	00:36:08:00	YESTERDAY THE COMMITTEE ON
00:36:08:00	00:36:11:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:36:11:00	00:36:11:00	DEVELOPMENT HELD A VIRTUAL
00:36:11:00	00:36:15:00	HEARING ON THIS GRANT.
00:36:15:00	00:36:16:00	IN ATTENDANCE WERE COUNCILORS
00:36:16:00	00:36:17:00	AARON MURPHY ET FLYNN MADAM
00:36:17:00	00:36:19:00	PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND
00:36:19:00	00:36:20:00	COUNCILOR BRYANT WERE ALL AT
00:36:20:00	00:36:20:00	THE HEARING.
00:36:20:00	00:36:23:00	WE WERE JOINED BY JOSEPH LEAHY,
00:36:23:00	00:36:23:00	CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE WORKER
00:36:23:00	00:36:26:00	EMPOWERMENT CABINET.
00:36:26:00	00:36:27:00	KATIE GALL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND
00:36:27:00	00:36:30:00	DIRECTOR OF GRANTS FOR
00:36:30:00	00:36:30:00	WORKFORCE AND POLICY
00:36:30:00	00:36:33:00	DEVELOPMENT AND NEAL SULLIVAN,
00:36:33:00	00:36:34:00	A MEMBER OF THE MASS HIGHER
00:36:34:00	00:36:35:00	BOSTON WORKFORCE BOARD AND
00:36:35:00	00:36:38:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOSTON
00:36:38:00	00:36:41:00	PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL OR
00:36:41:00	00:36:42:00	BOSTON PICK.
00:36:42:00	00:36:45:00	WE LEARNED THAT THE ONE-STOP
00:36:45:00	00:36:46:00	CAREER GRANT CAREER CENTER
00:36:46:00	00:36:52:00	GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $860,169
00:36:52:00	00:36:53:00	IS $0.70 IS FROM A STATE LINE
00:36:53:00	00:36:56:00	ITEM GIVEN TO THE CITIES OFFICE
00:36:56:00	00:36:56:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO
00:36:56:00	00:37:00:00	SUPPLEMENT FEDERAL FUNDING
00:37:00:00	00:37:00:00	PROVIDED TO CAREER CENTERS AS
00:37:00:00	00:37:01:00	OUTLINED IN THE COMMITTEE
00:37:01:00	00:37:04:00	REPORT THAT'S BEFORE ALL OF YOU
00:37:04:00	00:37:04:00	TODAY.
00:37:04:00	00:37:07:00	THIS WILL PRIMARILY FUND TO
00:37:07:00	00:37:08:00	CAREER CENTERS WHICH WILL
00:37:08:00	00:37:11:00	PROVIDE RECRUITMENT, CAREER
00:37:11:00	00:37:12:00	COUNSELING, FUNDING FOR
00:37:12:00	00:37:15:00	TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT
00:37:15:00	00:37:19:00	ASSISTANCE THAT THAT WILL BE
00:37:19:00	00:37:19:00	PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY TO THE
00:37:19:00	00:37:20:00	MASS HIRED DOWNTOWN BOSTON ON
00:37:20:00	00:37:23:00	FEDERAL STREET THAT CENTER
00:37:23:00	00:37:23:00	WHICH IS MANAGED BY JEWISH
00:37:23:00	00:37:26:00	VOCATIONAL SERVICES AND THE
00:37:26:00	00:37:27:00	MASS HIRE BOSTON CAREER CENTER
00:37:27:00	00:37:28:00	WHICH IS SLATED TO OPEN ON
00:37:28:00	00:37:30:00	MALCOLM X BOULEVARD IN ROXBURY.
00:37:30:00	00:37:34:00	IT WILL BE MANAGED BY ABCD OR
00:37:34:00	00:37:34:00	ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY
00:37:34:00	00:37:37:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:37:37:00	00:37:38:00	WE LEARNED IN THE HEARING THAT
00:37:38:00	00:37:41:00	IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 THE ARC
00:37:41:00	00:37:42:00	CAREER CENTER SERVED OVER
00:37:42:00	00:37:45:00	15,000 JOB SEEKERS HELPING OVER
00:37:45:00	00:37:46:00	13,000 PEOPLE FIND JOBS.
00:37:46:00	00:37:50:00	THIS INCLUDED OVER A THOUSAND
00:37:50:00	00:37:52:00	INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES,
00:37:52:00	00:37:53:00	OVER 9000 PEOPLE RECEIVING
00:37:53:00	00:37:56:00	UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND
00:37:56:00	00:37:59:00	OVER APPROXIMATELY 270 VETERANS
00:37:59:00	00:38:03:00	WITH THIS FUNDING OVER THE NEXT
00:38:03:00	00:38:06:00	YEAR OR A FISCAL YEAR 25 WERE
00:38:06:00	00:38:08:00	ANTICIPATE THAT WILL HELP OVER
00:38:08:00	00:38:12:00	14,000 JOBSEEKERS IN BOSTON AND
00:38:12:00	00:38:13:00	PLACE OVER 12,000 PEOPLE INTO
00:38:13:00	00:38:16:00	JOBS CLOSE TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE
00:38:16:00	00:38:19:00	WITH DISABILITIES, ABOUT 9000
00:38:19:00	00:38:19:00	PEOPLE RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT
00:38:19:00	00:38:22:00	BENEFITS AND OVER AND OVER 260
00:38:22:00	00:38:27:00	VETERANS IN BOSTON WITH JOBS.
00:38:27:00	00:38:27:00	SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:38:27:00	00:38:30:00	OF LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:38:30:00	00:38:31:00	DEVELOPMENT I SEEK ACCEPTANCE
00:38:31:00	00:38:31:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
00:38:31:00	00:38:34:00	PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET.
00:38:34:00	00:38:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:38:35:00	00:38:35:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR WEBER, THE
00:38:35:00	00:38:38:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE YOU
00:38:38:00	00:38:39:00	WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
00:38:39:00	00:38:39:00	MATTER?
00:38:39:00	00:38:42:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
00:38:42:00	00:38:42:00	FROM FINANCIAL PLANNING AT THE
00:38:42:00	00:38:42:00	FLOOR.
00:38:42:00	00:38:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:38:45:00	00:38:45:00	THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR OF THE
00:38:45:00	00:38:48:00	COMMITTEE AS WELL FOR THE
00:38:48:00	00:38:52:00	IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
00:38:52:00	00:38:53:00	IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE HEARING
00:38:53:00	00:38:56:00	AND I WAS GLAD TO KNOW ABOUT
00:38:56:00	00:38:57:00	ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
00:38:57:00	00:38:59:00	AVAILABLE TO VETERANS
00:38:59:00	00:39:00:00	ESPECIALLY HELPING VETERANS
00:39:00:00	00:39:03:00	WITH TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL
00:39:03:00	00:39:04:00	PROGRAMS THAT ARE CRITICAL IN
00:39:04:00	00:39:07:00	THIS CITY AND IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:39:07:00	00:39:11:00	AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT I WANT
00:39:11:00	00:39:11:00	TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
00:39:11:00	00:39:14:00	COUNCIL ENGAGED AND ENSURING
00:39:14:00	00:39:15:00	THAT VETERANS ARE TREATED WITH
00:39:15:00	00:39:18:00	RESPECT AND DIGNITY.
00:39:18:00	00:39:19:00	WE SEE A HIGH RATE NOW
00:39:19:00	00:39:22:00	OF HOMELESSNESS FOR VETERANS
00:39:22:00	00:39:26:00	ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY WOMEN
00:39:26:00	00:39:26:00	VETERANS AS WELL.
00:39:26:00	00:39:27:00	BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE
00:39:27:00	00:39:29:00	TO WORK BUT RETURNING VETERANS
00:39:29:00	00:39:30:00	WITH EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL
00:39:30:00	00:39:33:00	OPPORTUNITIES THAT'S SOMETHING
00:39:33:00	00:39:34:00	I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND
00:39:34:00	00:39:38:00	HAVE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO
00:39:38:00	00:39:38:00	DOING.
00:39:38:00	00:39:39:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:39:39:00	00:39:41:00	THANK YOU.
00:39:41:00	00:39:42:00	THE CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE ON
00:39:42:00	00:39:42:00	LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:39:42:00	00:39:45:00	DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
00:39:45:00	00:39:45:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
00:39:45:00	00:39:46:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0116.
00:39:46:00	00:39:49:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
00:39:49:00	00:39:50:00	OPPOSING NAY THANK YOU.
00:39:50:00	00:39:52:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
00:39:52:00	00:39:52:00	ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET AND
00:39:52:00	00:39:55:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0116 HAS PASSED.
00:39:55:00	00:39:56:00	OH, DOUBT THE VOTE.
00:39:56:00	00:39:56:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
00:39:56:00	00:39:59:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
00:39:59:00	00:40:04:00	CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 0116
00:40:04:00	00:40:06:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
00:40:06:00	00:40:07:00	COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA.
00:40:07:00	00:40:07:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
00:40:07:00	00:40:08:00	YES.
00:40:08:00	00:40:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
00:40:11:00	00:40:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
00:40:11:00	00:40:15:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND
00:40:15:00	00:40:15:00	COUNCIL FITZGERALD
00:40:15:00	00:40:15:00	COUNCILOR SHOW YES.
00:40:15:00	00:40:16:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:40:16:00	00:40:18:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
00:40:18:00	00:40:19:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
00:40:19:00	00:40:19:00	THE REASON YES.
00:40:19:00	00:40:22:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:40:22:00	00:40:22:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:40:22:00	00:40:22:00	YES.
00:40:22:00	00:40:23:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:40:23:00	00:40:25:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
00:40:25:00	00:40:26:00	COUNCILOR PREVENT
00:40:26:00	00:40:29:00	COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCILOR S.A.
00:40:29:00	00:40:30:00	US COUNCILOR WEBER.
00:40:30:00	00:40:32:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
00:40:32:00	00:40:33:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
00:40:33:00	00:40:33:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
00:40:33:00	00:40:36:00	TALKING NUMBERS 0116 HAS
00:40:36:00	00:40:37:00	RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE
00:40:37:00	00:40:39:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
00:40:39:00	00:40:39:00	THANK YOU.
00:40:39:00	00:40:42:00	DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE THE
00:40:42:00	00:40:43:00	COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
00:40:43:00	00:40:44:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0116
00:40:44:00	00:40:45:00	IS PASSED.
00:40:45:00	00:40:46:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:40:46:00	00:40:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0108 DUCK NUMBER
00:40:50:00	00:40:50:00	0108 MESSAGE UNITED FOR YOUR
00:40:50:00	00:40:54:00	APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:40:54:00	00:40:54:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO
00:40:54:00	00:40:57:00	APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $110
00:40:57:00	00:40:57:00	MILLION FOR PURPOSES OF FUNDING
00:40:57:00	00:41:01:00	THE HOUSING ACCELERATOR
00:41:01:00	00:41:01:00	PROGRAM.
00:41:01:00	00:41:05:00	THE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO
00:41:05:00	00:41:06:00	PROGRAM AT ONE TIME IN NATURE
00:41:06:00	00:41:06:00	AND ARE ASSUMED TO BE A
00:41:06:00	00:41:10:00	NON-RECURRING COSTS OF THE CITY
00:41:10:00	00:41:14:00	THEREFORE ARE APPROPRIATED TO
00:41:14:00	00:41:14:00	BE FUNDED WITH THE
00:41:14:00	00:41:14:00	NON-RECURRING REVENUE FILED IN
00:41:14:00	00:41:17:00	THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON
00:41:17:00	00:41:18:00	DECEMBER 2ND, 2024.
00:41:18:00	00:41:21:00	THANK YOU.
00:41:21:00	00:41:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:41:22:00	00:41:22:00	COUNCILOR BRIAN MORRELL, THE
00:41:22:00	00:41:23:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
00:41:23:00	00:41:23:00	AND MEANS.
00:41:23:00	00:41:25:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:41:25:00	00:41:25:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:41:25:00	00:41:26:00	BEFORE I READ THE COMMITTEE
00:41:26:00	00:41:29:00	REPORT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:41:29:00	00:41:30:00	ALL THE WORK THE COUNCIL HAS
00:41:30:00	00:41:33:00	DONE IN THE PAST YEAR ON THIS.
00:41:33:00	00:41:34:00	I INTRODUCED THIS IDEA ALONG
00:41:34:00	00:41:37:00	WITH MY CO-SPONSOR OF THIS FUND
00:41:37:00	00:41:41:00	IN JUNE AND HERE IN ORDER AND
00:41:41:00	00:41:41:00	WE HOLD HEARINGS ON THAT WHERE
00:41:41:00	00:41:44:00	WE HEARD FROM HOUSING ADVOCATES
00:41:44:00	00:41:44:00	.
00:41:44:00	00:41:45:00	ADDITIONALLY, COUNCILOR SANTANA
00:41:45:00	00:41:49:00	MADE HIS MAIDEN SPEECH ON THIS
00:41:49:00	00:41:50:00	AND HAD A HEARING AND A WORKING
00:41:50:00	00:41:52:00	SESSION ON THE MONTGOMERY MODEL
00:41:52:00	00:41:52:00	.
00:41:52:00	00:41:53:00	WE KNOW HOUSING IS A BASIC
00:41:53:00	00:41:56:00	RIGHT AND WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE
00:41:56:00	00:41:57:00	ENOUGH OF IT IN BOSTON.
00:41:57:00	00:42:00:00	THE CITY'S CONSERVATIVE BUDGET
00:42:00:00	00:42:01:00	BUDGET IN AND FISCAL STRENGTH
00:42:01:00	00:42:03:00	NOT ONLY FROM THIS BUT ALSO
00:42:03:00	00:42:04:00	PAST ADMINISTRATION GIVES US
00:42:04:00	00:42:04:00	THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE
00:42:04:00	00:42:08:00	UNRESTRICTED FUNDS FOR THIS
00:42:08:00	00:42:08:00	INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR HOUSING
00:42:08:00	00:42:11:00	PRODUCTION.
00:42:11:00	00:42:12:00	WE WERE JOINED BY AN ARRAY
00:42:12:00	00:42:14:00	OF HOUSING ADVOCATES RISE
00:42:14:00	00:42:15:00	CO-FOUNDER JIM GROSSMAN.
00:42:15:00	00:42:17:00	MICHAEL CAINE GREATER BOSTON
00:42:17:00	00:42:23:00	REAL ESTATE BOARD DB DVM
00:42:23:00	00:42:25:00	RECLAIM ROXBURY LOU FENCE DIAZ
00:42:25:00	00:42:26:00	AND I, CARLOS CASTILLO MAHER
00:42:26:00	00:42:29:00	AND MANY MORE WHO HAVE JOINED
00:42:29:00	00:42:29:00	US IN THIS CONVERSATION.
00:42:29:00	00:42:30:00	WE KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE
00:42:30:00	00:42:33:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP SAVES OUR
00:42:33:00	00:42:33:00	RESIDENTS MONEY OVER THE LIFE
00:42:33:00	00:42:36:00	OF THE MORTGAGE COMPARED TO
00:42:36:00	00:42:37:00	RENTING AND OFFERS THEM HOUSING
00:42:37:00	00:42:40:00	STABILITY THAT IS ENORMOUS.
00:42:40:00	00:42:41:00	I'M HAPPY THAT WITHIN THIS PLAN
00:42:41:00	00:42:44:00	WE HAVE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR
00:42:44:00	00:42:44:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP.
00:42:44:00	00:42:48:00	THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON
00:42:48:00	00:42:52:00	TUESDAY, JANUARY FOUR, 14, 2025
00:42:52:00	00:42:54:00	TO DISCUSS DOCKET NUMBER ZERO
00:42:54:00	00:42:58:00	ONE OMB ASHLEY DROP AND BERGER
00:42:58:00	00:42:58:00	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE
00:42:58:00	00:42:59:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
00:42:59:00	00:43:02:00	SHEILA DILLON CHIEF OFFICE
00:43:02:00	00:43:02:00	OF HOUSING FOR THE CITY
00:43:02:00	00:43:05:00	OF BOSTON.
00:43:05:00	00:43:06:00	KENZIE BOURQUE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:43:06:00	00:43:06:00	FOR BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
00:43:06:00	00:43:09:00	DEVIN CORK DEPUTY CHIEF
00:43:09:00	00:43:10:00	OF PLANNING FOR THE PLANNING
00:43:10:00	00:43:13:00	DEPARTMENT AND REUBEN CANTOR,
00:43:13:00	00:43:14:00	SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR FOR THE
00:43:14:00	00:43:16:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT, TESTIFIED
00:43:16:00	00:43:21:00	ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION
00:43:21:00	00:43:21:00	ON A SECOND P.A. DANIELLA
00:43:21:00	00:43:23:00	MALONE MARGOT FOUNDER OF DB
00:43:23:00	00:43:24:00	PARTNERS, TESTIFIED ON THE
00:43:24:00	00:43:27:00	BENEFITS OF AFFORDABLE
00:43:27:00	00:43:28:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELORS IN
00:43:28:00	00:43:28:00	ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNSELOR
00:43:28:00	00:43:31:00	COLLETTE ZAPATA, COUNSELOR
00:43:31:00	00:43:34:00	MURPHY, COUNCILOR WEBER, CASA
00:43:34:00	00:43:35:00	SANTANA COUNSELOR DURKIN CASTLE
00:43:35:00	00:43:38:00	FITZGERALD COUNSELOR FLYNN
00:43:38:00	00:43:39:00	CASIMIR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:43:39:00	00:43:42:00	LOUIJEUNE.
00:43:42:00	00:43:43:00	WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE
00:43:43:00	00:43:43:00	FROM VICE CHAIR PAPPIN AND A
00:43:43:00	00:43:45:00	LETTER OF ABSENCE AS WELL AS
00:43:45:00	00:43:46:00	QUESTIONS FROM
00:43:46:00	00:43:49:00	COUNCILOR BREADON DEPUTY CHIEF
00:43:49:00	00:43:50:00	KIRK EXPLAINED THAT THE HOUSING
00:43:50:00	00:43:51:00	ACCELERATOR FUND IS AN
00:43:51:00	00:43:54:00	INVESTMENT TOOL WHERE THE CITY
00:43:54:00	00:43:54:00	TAKES IN INVEST EQUITY
00:43:54:00	00:43:57:00	OWNERSHIP AND HOUSING PROJECTS
00:43:57:00	00:43:58:00	AIMING FOR A LOWER RETURN THAN
00:43:58:00	00:44:01:00	PRIVATE INVESTORS TO MAKE
00:44:01:00	00:44:01:00	HOUSING CONSTRUCTION MORE
00:44:01:00	00:44:01:00	FEASIBLE.
00:44:01:00	00:44:05:00	THIS INITIATIVE POSSIBLE DUE TO
00:44:05:00	00:44:06:00	THE CITY'S STRONG FINANCIAL
00:44:06:00	00:44:08:00	POSITION ADDRESSES HIGH
00:44:08:00	00:44:09:00	INTEREST RATES AND CONSTRUCTION
00:44:09:00	00:44:13:00	COSTS WHILE REQUIRING 20%
00:44:13:00	00:44:14:00	OF UNITS IN FUNDED PROJECTS TO
00:44:14:00	00:44:17:00	BE INCOME RESTRICTED.
00:44:17:00	00:44:18:00	PROJECTS MUST BE SHOVEL READY
00:44:18:00	00:44:21:00	AND ALIGN WITH THE CITY VALUES
00:44:21:00	00:44:21:00	LIKE CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND
00:44:21:00	00:44:24:00	DIVERSE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS.
00:44:24:00	00:44:25:00	DEPUTY CHIEF QUIRK HIGHLIGHTED
00:44:25:00	00:44:28:00	THE NATIONAL HOUSING MARKET
00:44:28:00	00:44:29:00	CRISIS WITH MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
00:44:29:00	00:44:32:00	STARTS AT HISTORIC LOWS AND
00:44:32:00	00:44:33:00	RENTS RISING DUE TO LIMITED
00:44:33:00	00:44:33:00	HOUSING PRODUCTION.
00:44:33:00	00:44:36:00	THE FUND AIMS TO LOWER
00:44:36:00	00:44:37:00	FINANCING COSTS AND STABILIZE
00:44:37:00	00:44:40:00	RENTS TO INCREASE HOUSING
00:44:40:00	00:44:40:00	SUPPLY.
00:44:40:00	00:44:43:00	ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK OUTLINED
00:44:43:00	00:44:44:00	THREE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
00:44:44:00	00:44:44:00	STARTING WITH THE BUNKER HILL
00:44:44:00	00:44:48:00	DEVELOPMENT WHICH INCLUDES 265
00:44:48:00	00:44:52:00	MIXED INCOME UNITS 58 OF WHICH
00:44:52:00	00:44:52:00	ARE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE.
00:44:52:00	00:44:56:00	SENIOR BUYS A COUNTER DETAIL
00:44:56:00	00:44:57:00	THE SECOND STRATEGY USING THE
00:44:57:00	00:44:59:00	FUND ALONGSIDE THE STATE'S
00:44:59:00	00:45:00:00	MOMENTUM FUND TO SUPPORT LARGE
00:45:00:00	00:45:04:00	SCALE RENTAL PROJECTS.
00:45:04:00	00:45:04:00	PRIORITIES INCLUDE PROJECTS
00:45:04:00	00:45:07:00	WITH OVER 50 UNITS 20 20%
00:45:07:00	00:45:11:00	AFFORDABILITY DIVERSE TEAMS AND
00:45:11:00	00:45:11:00	CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
00:45:11:00	00:45:14:00	PROPOSED TIMELINE SHOWS
00:45:14:00	00:45:15:00	PROJECTS BEING EVALUATED AND
00:45:15:00	00:45:18:00	FUNDS BEING DISPERSED THROUGH
00:45:18:00	00:45:18:00	MASS HOUSING AS NEEDED.
00:45:18:00	00:45:22:00	CHIEF DILLON INTRODUCED A
00:45:22:00	00:45:22:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP PILOT FUNDED BY
00:45:22:00	00:45:23:00	THE ACCELERATOR FOR LOW
00:45:23:00	00:45:26:00	INTEREST CONSTRUCTION LOANS
00:45:26:00	00:45:26:00	MANAGED BY A PRIVATE PARTNER.
00:45:26:00	00:45:29:00	THESE LOANS WOULD BE PAID UPON
00:45:29:00	00:45:30:00	UNIT SALES ALLOWING FUNDS TO
00:45:30:00	00:45:33:00	RECYCLE QUICKLY AND ALSO SPOKE
00:45:33:00	00:45:34:00	ABOUT THE RFP WHICH WILL BE
00:45:34:00	00:45:38:00	INTRODUCED I BELIEVE AT THE END
00:45:38:00	00:45:41:00	OF THE MONTH OR SOON.
00:45:41:00	00:45:41:00	OVERALL CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED
00:45:41:00	00:45:45:00	TO START WITHIN A YEAR WITH NEW
00:45:45:00	00:45:48:00	UNITS AVAILABLE BY 2027 TO
00:45:48:00	00:45:48:00	2028.
00:45:48:00	00:45:51:00	DANIELA THE OMEGA FOUNDER
00:45:51:00	00:45:52:00	OF DBM PARTNERS, EMPHASIZED THE
00:45:52:00	00:45:56:00	IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE
00:45:56:00	00:45:57:00	HOUSING AND SHE SHARED DATA ON
00:45:57:00	00:46:00:00	ITS POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR
00:46:00:00	00:46:00:00	FAMILIES.
00:46:00:00	00:46:01:00	I'VE ADDED A SECTION INTO THE
00:46:01:00	00:46:03:00	REPORT FOR COUNCIL RECOMMENDING
00:46:03:00	00:46:04:00	AND IT READS AS FOLLOWS.
00:46:04:00	00:46:07:00	AS PART OF THE SERIES
00:46:07:00	00:46:07:00	OF HEARINGS THAT HAD BEEN HELD
00:46:07:00	00:46:10:00	ON THE DEVELOPMENT FUND IN 2018
00:46:10:00	00:46:10:00	BOTH 2024 AND 2025
00:46:10:00	00:46:14:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HOUSING THE
00:46:14:00	00:46:15:00	CHAIRS RECOMMENDED THAT THE
00:46:15:00	00:46:18:00	COUNCIL ADOPT THE VALUES AROUND
00:46:18:00	00:46:18:00	THE TYPE OF HOUSING
00:46:18:00	00:46:19:00	DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD BE
00:46:19:00	00:46:22:00	FUND FUNDED AS PART OF THIS
00:46:22:00	00:46:22:00	ACCELERATOR FUND.
00:46:22:00	00:46:23:00	THOSE VALUES WHICH SHOULD BE
00:46:23:00	00:46:26:00	REVISITED TO STAY WITHIN THE
00:46:26:00	00:46:26:00	COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION'S
00:46:26:00	00:46:29:00	PRIORITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
00:46:29:00	00:46:32:00	PROJECTS FEATURING ONSITE
00:46:32:00	00:46:33:00	AFFORDABILITY SHOULD BE
00:46:33:00	00:46:33:00	PRIORITIZED.
00:46:33:00	00:46:34:00	PROJECTS PROPOSED BY
00:46:34:00	00:46:37:00	DEVELOPMENT THAT MATCH
00:46:37:00	00:46:37:00	DIVERSITY OF BOSTON SHOULD BE
00:46:37:00	00:46:41:00	PRIORITIZED.
00:46:41:00	00:46:42:00	DEVELOPMENT TEAMS WITH A TRACK
00:46:42:00	00:46:42:00	RECORD OF COMPLYING WITH THE
00:46:42:00	00:46:45:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY
00:46:45:00	00:46:48:00	POLICY SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.
00:46:48:00	00:46:49:00	PROJECTS THAT MEET THE GOALS
00:46:49:00	00:46:51:00	OUTLINED IN THE BOSTON
00:46:51:00	00:46:52:00	RESIDENTS POLICY SHOULD BE
00:46:52:00	00:46:52:00	PRIORITIZED.
00:46:52:00	00:46:55:00	CLIMATE RESILIENT PROJECTS
00:46:55:00	00:46:56:00	SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.
00:46:56:00	00:46:59:00	PROJECTS WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT
00:46:59:00	00:47:00:00	SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED IN
00:47:00:00	00:47:01:00	PROJECTS WITH GROUND FOR USE
00:47:01:00	00:47:03:00	THAT MEETS COMMUNITY NEEDS SUCH
00:47:03:00	00:47:06:00	AS DAYCARES PHARMACIES AND
00:47:06:00	00:47:07:00	GROCERY STORES SHOULD BE
00:47:07:00	00:47:07:00	PRIORITY PRIORITIZED.
00:47:07:00	00:47:12:00	ADDITIONALLY, THE
00:47:12:00	00:47:12:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS AGREED TO
00:47:12:00	00:47:13:00	FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE
00:47:13:00	00:47:15:00	ACCELERATED FUND SPECIFICALLY
00:47:15:00	00:47:19:00	ON HOW IT IS MEETING EACH
00:47:19:00	00:47:20:00	OF THE ABOVE STANDARDS STARTING
00:47:20:00	00:47:22:00	IN 2026 TO BE FILED NO LATER
00:47:22:00	00:47:23:00	THAN JANUARY 31ST OF EACH YEAR
00:47:23:00	00:47:26:00	AND TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
00:47:26:00	00:47:27:00	PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE OF THE
00:47:27:00	00:47:30:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MAYOR'S
00:47:30:00	00:47:31:00	OFFICE OF HOUSING.
00:47:31:00	00:47:31:00	AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
00:47:31:00	00:47:34:00	A PAGE ON EACH OF THE ABOVE
00:47:34:00	00:47:34:00	DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE SHOULD
00:47:34:00	00:47:35:00	INCLUDE THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE
00:47:35:00	00:47:38:00	BEEN INVESTED IN AND A LINK TO
00:47:38:00	00:47:38:00	THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
00:47:38:00	00:47:39:00	DEPARTMENT'S PROJECT PAGE FOR
00:47:39:00	00:47:42:00	EACH DEVELOPMENT AND AS CHAIR
00:47:42:00	00:47:43:00	THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
00:47:43:00	00:47:43:00	MEANS.
00:47:43:00	00:47:46:00	AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION
00:47:46:00	00:47:46:00	THAT THIS AUDIT OUGHT TO PASS.
00:47:46:00	00:47:49:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:49:00	00:47:53:00	THANK YOU MR CHAIR.
00:47:53:00	00:47:54:00	THE CHAIR I CAN ASSIST CARLOS
00:47:54:00	00:47:54:00	SANTANA AND WE'LL GO AROUND THE
00:47:54:00	00:47:54:00	HORSESHOE.
00:47:54:00	00:47:55:00	CARLOS SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE
00:47:55:00	00:47:56:00	FLOOR.
00:47:56:00	00:48:00:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:48:00:00	00:48:01:00	AND THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, FOR
00:48:01:00	00:48:04:00	HOSTING SUCH AN IMPORTANT
00:48:04:00	00:48:04:00	HEARING.
00:48:04:00	00:48:05:00	AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, YOU
00:48:05:00	00:48:08:00	KNOW, MIXED INCOME SOCIAL
00:48:08:00	00:48:09:00	HOUSING WAS PART OF MY
00:48:09:00	00:48:11:00	INAUGURAL SPEECH OF MY FIRST
00:48:11:00	00:48:12:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE ON THE
00:48:12:00	00:48:12:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
00:48:12:00	00:48:16:00	AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN AND
00:48:16:00	00:48:19:00	VHA APARTMENTS, I OFTEN SAY
00:48:19:00	00:48:20:00	THAT VHA APARTMENTS GAVE MY
00:48:20:00	00:48:23:00	FAMILY AND I THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:48:23:00	00:48:24:00	NOT JUST STAY HERE IN THE CITY
00:48:24:00	00:48:24:00	OF BOSTON BUT WE THRIVE HERE IN
00:48:24:00	00:48:25:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:48:25:00	00:48:27:00	BUT SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT
00:48:27:00	00:48:28:00	WE'RE SEEING IN OUR VHA
00:48:28:00	00:48:30:00	APARTMENTS AS WE'RE ACROSS THE
00:48:30:00	00:48:31:00	CITY ARE INHUMANE.
00:48:31:00	00:48:31:00	RIGHT.
00:48:31:00	00:48:35:00	AND THIS MODEL FOCUSES ON MANY
00:48:35:00	00:48:38:00	DIFFERENT THINGS.
00:48:38:00	00:48:39:00	BUT ONE AREA THAT I'M REALLY
00:48:39:00	00:48:39:00	EXCITED ABOUT IS THE
00:48:39:00	00:48:43:00	PARTNERSHIP THAT THIS WILL HAVE
00:48:43:00	00:48:46:00	WITH OUR VHA RESIDENTS ACROSS
00:48:46:00	00:48:46:00	THE CITY.
00:48:46:00	00:48:47:00	I THINK I WANT TO REALLY
00:48:47:00	00:48:48:00	HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS
00:48:48:00	00:48:52:00	THAT JOE MORROW SAID.
00:48:52:00	00:48:53:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AN
00:48:53:00	00:48:55:00	INVESTMENT.
00:48:55:00	00:48:56:00	THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR IN
00:48:56:00	00:48:59:00	OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS
00:48:59:00	00:48:59:00	BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IN OUR
00:48:59:00	00:49:03:00	HOUSING AND AS YOU KNOW, AS OUR
00:49:03:00	00:49:04:00	YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, AS OUR
00:49:04:00	00:49:06:00	FAMILIES WATCH AS SENIORS ARE
00:49:06:00	00:49:07:00	BEING PUSHED OUT HERE OUT
00:49:07:00	00:49:10:00	OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THIS WILL
00:49:10:00	00:49:10:00	BE THE IDEA OF MIXED INCOME
00:49:10:00	00:49:14:00	SOCIAL HOUSING WILL BE A GREAT
00:49:14:00	00:49:15:00	TOOL TO ADD TO THE TOOLBOX HERE
00:49:15:00	00:49:18:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR US TO
00:49:18:00	00:49:21:00	BE ABLE TO USE AND WE EARN
00:49:21:00	00:49:22:00	INTEREST ON THIS.
00:49:22:00	00:49:25:00	SO AGAIN, THIS WILL BE I KNOW
00:49:25:00	00:49:28:00	THIS IS A $110 MILLION ONE TIME
00:49:28:00	00:49:29:00	PAYMENT BUT WE WILL ACCUMULATE
00:49:29:00	00:49:32:00	INTEREST OVER TIME WHICH MAKES
00:49:32:00	00:49:33:00	IT FOR A GREAT INVESTMENT AND
00:49:33:00	00:49:37:00	IT SUPPORTS MIXED INCOME
00:49:37:00	00:49:37:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:49:37:00	00:49:40:00	AGAIN, AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP
00:49:40:00	00:49:40:00	IN VHA APARTMENTS I THINK IT'S
00:49:40:00	00:49:41:00	VERY IDENTIFIABLE WHEN YOU CAN
00:49:41:00	00:49:44:00	SEE YOU KNOW THESE ARE THE
00:49:44:00	00:49:45:00	PROJECTS AND THESE ARE OTHER
00:49:45:00	00:49:47:00	HOUSING IN THIS THIS IDEA
00:49:47:00	00:49:48:00	OF THE MIXED INCOME SOCIAL
00:49:48:00	00:49:51:00	HOUSING WILL ALLOW FOR ALL
00:49:51:00	00:49:54:00	RESIDENTS DESPITE INCOME
00:49:54:00	00:49:55:00	LEVELS, RACE, GENDER AND SO
00:49:55:00	00:49:58:00	FORTH TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A
00:49:58:00	00:49:59:00	COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN ALL
00:49:59:00	00:50:03:00	THRIVE AND RESPECT EACH OTHER
00:50:03:00	00:50:03:00	AND LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND
00:50:03:00	00:50:06:00	RESPECT SO I MEAN IT'S REALLY
00:50:06:00	00:50:07:00	REALLY AND ALL SUPPORT OF THIS
00:50:07:00	00:50:10:00	I REALLY COMMEND COUNCIL AROUND
00:50:10:00	00:50:14:00	THE MAKERS OF THIS FOR PUSHING
00:50:14:00	00:50:18:00	THIS FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD
00:50:18:00	00:50:18:00	TO BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.
00:50:18:00	00:50:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:50:19:00	00:50:22:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:22:00	00:50:22:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:22:00	00:50:23:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:23:00	00:50:23:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR
00:50:23:00	00:50:23:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCIL.
00:50:23:00	00:50:24:00	I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE
00:50:24:00	00:50:25:00	GENSLER.
00:50:25:00	00:50:25:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:50:25:00	00:50:26:00	AND I JUST WANT TO THANK CARL
00:50:26:00	00:50:28:00	SEVERAL FOR INVITING ME TO BE A
00:50:28:00	00:50:29:00	CO-SPONSOR.
00:50:29:00	00:50:32:00	ACTUALLY MANY OF THE COMMUNITY
00:50:32:00	00:50:33:00	ORGANIZERS THAT YOU MENTIONED
00:50:33:00	00:50:35:00	WERE AT MY REQUEST SO I WAS
00:50:35:00	00:50:36:00	HAPPY TO SEE THAT PEOPLE WHO
00:50:36:00	00:50:39:00	WERE OUT IN THESE STREETS IN
00:50:39:00	00:50:40:00	THE TRENCHES DOING THE WORK
00:50:40:00	00:50:43:00	AROUND HOUSING ADVOCACY HAD AN
00:50:43:00	00:50:44:00	OPPORTUNITY TO HELP COSIGN THE
00:50:44:00	00:50:45:00	WORK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO
00:50:45:00	00:50:47:00	HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
00:50:47:00	00:50:48:00	SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
00:50:48:00	00:50:51:00	ALLOWING THEM TO OCCUPY SPACE.
00:50:51:00	00:50:54:00	AND IN REGARDS TO THIS I JUST
00:50:54:00	00:50:55:00	WANT TO LIKE BECAUSE I'M A
00:50:55:00	00:50:56:00	PROCESS PERSON I JUST WANT TO
00:50:56:00	00:50:58:00	BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THE
00:50:58:00	00:50:58:00	DYNAMICS.
00:50:58:00	00:50:59:00	WHEN I INITIALLY JOINED YOU AS
00:50:59:00	00:51:02:00	A CO-SPONSOR IT WAS UNDER A
00:51:02:00	00:51:03:00	VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE.
00:51:03:00	00:51:07:00	I BELIEVE YOU HAD A VERY
00:51:07:00	00:51:07:00	SPECIFIC VISION AND IT WAS A
00:51:07:00	00:51:11:00	VERY TARGETED AND THAT I THINK
00:51:11:00	00:51:12:00	THAT THE ADMINISTRATION TACKED
00:51:12:00	00:51:15:00	ON OR THEY TOOK YOUR IDEA AND
00:51:15:00	00:51:15:00	THEY MORPHED INTO SOMETHING I
00:51:15:00	00:51:16:00	DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT
00:51:16:00	00:51:18:00	ANYWAYS I ENDED UP STILL BEING
00:51:18:00	00:51:22:00	THE CO-SPONSOR ALONGSIDE YOU
00:51:22:00	00:51:22:00	THROUGHOUT THE JOURNEY.
00:51:22:00	00:51:26:00	SO BECAUSE FOR ME IT'S REALLY
00:51:26:00	00:51:30:00	IMPORTANT ABOUT HOW WE UTILIZE
00:51:30:00	00:51:31:00	OUR MICROPHONE AND HOW WE
00:51:31:00	00:51:34:00	UTILIZE OUR VOICE.
00:51:34:00	00:51:38:00	I AM A LITTLE BIT HESITANT IN
00:51:38:00	00:51:38:00	TERMS OF JUST KIND OF THIS
00:51:38:00	00:51:41:00	FEELS LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY ALL
00:51:41:00	00:51:42:00	OVER AGAIN.
00:51:42:00	00:51:43:00	I FEEL LIKE I WAS ALREADY HERE
00:51:43:00	00:51:45:00	LAST YEAR TRYING TO SLOW THINGS
00:51:45:00	00:51:49:00	DOWN AND ASKING FOR US TO DO
00:51:49:00	00:51:50:00	OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
00:51:50:00	00:51:51:00	I DON'T WANT US TO GET INTO THE
00:51:51:00	00:51:53:00	HABIT OF JUST WRITING OUT BLANK
00:51:53:00	00:51:57:00	CHECKS FOR MILLIONS AND
00:51:57:00	00:51:57:00	MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
00:51:57:00	00:51:58:00	OF DOLLARS WHEN WE STILL HAVE
00:51:58:00	00:52:01:00	YET TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
00:52:01:00	00:52:02:00	I DON'T KNOW THERE'S A BANK IN
00:52:02:00	00:52:04:00	THIS WORLD THAT WILL JUST
00:52:04:00	00:52:07:00	AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE A LOAN
00:52:07:00	00:52:08:00	FOR $110 MILLION WITHOUT REALLY
00:52:08:00	00:52:11:00	UNDERSTANDING THE DOCUMENTATION
00:52:11:00	00:52:12:00	THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT
00:52:12:00	00:52:13:00	WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY IS
00:52:13:00	00:52:16:00	QUALIFIED, WHO ARE THE
00:52:16:00	00:52:16:00	DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
00:52:16:00	00:52:19:00	BENEFITING THERE'S SOME ABOUT
00:52:19:00	00:52:20:00	EQUITY THAT I HAVE ASKED ABOUT
00:52:20:00	00:52:23:00	AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND WE'RE
00:52:23:00	00:52:23:00	GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
00:52:23:00	00:52:24:00	TO DEVELOP THE RFP, I JUST
00:52:24:00	00:52:27:00	DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN
00:52:27:00	00:52:30:00	THOSE ANSWERS AT THIS POINT AND
00:52:30:00	00:52:31:00	I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT UNSURE
00:52:31:00	00:52:34:00	ABOUT THE TRANSPARENT KPIS
00:52:34:00	00:52:35:00	AROUND THAT.
00:52:35:00	00:52:38:00	I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S
00:52:38:00	00:52:38:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
00:52:38:00	00:52:42:00	WHAT THIS MOMENT IS ASKING US
00:52:42:00	00:52:43:00	TO DO AND THAT IS TO BE A
00:52:43:00	00:52:45:00	LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHTFUL AND
00:52:45:00	00:52:49:00	MINDFUL OF HOW FOLKS ARE
00:52:49:00	00:52:53:00	ALREADY WORRIED ABOUT OUR TAX
00:52:53:00	00:52:57:00	DOLLARS AND AND SO I'VE ASKED
00:52:57:00	00:53:00:00	YOU RESPECTFULLY I'VE I FILED A
00:53:00:00	00:53:05:00	HEARING ORDER FOR TUESDAY TO
00:53:05:00	00:53:05:00	TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
00:53:05:00	00:53:08:00	ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SO THAT WE
00:53:08:00	00:53:09:00	HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE
00:53:09:00	00:53:12:00	COMMUNITY A MICROPHONE.
00:53:12:00	00:53:16:00	AND WHILE I RESPECT THE
00:53:16:00	00:53:17:00	URGENCY, I ALSO JUST WANT TO
00:53:17:00	00:53:17:00	NAME THAT THIS PARTICULAR
00:53:17:00	00:53:20:00	HEARING, THIS PARTICULAR
00:53:20:00	00:53:21:00	APPROPRIATION WE'RE STILL
00:53:21:00	00:53:24:00	WITHIN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE
00:53:24:00	00:53:27:00	COULD ACTUALLY HOST THE HEARING
00:53:27:00	00:53:28:00	THAT I HAVE LINED UP ON THE
00:53:28:00	00:53:31:00	21ST AND HONOR COMMUNITY VOICE
00:53:31:00	00:53:32:00	AND GIVE PEOPLE A PLATFORM TO
00:53:32:00	00:53:35:00	BE ABLE TO THOROUGHLY ASSESS
00:53:35:00	00:53:38:00	AND HOLD OUR HOLD US
00:53:38:00	00:53:39:00	ACCOUNTABLE TO SOME OF THE
00:53:39:00	00:53:42:00	CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD.
00:53:42:00	00:53:43:00	BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING
00:53:43:00	00:53:46:00	WELL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
00:53:46:00	00:53:47:00	I FEEL LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IN
00:53:47:00	00:53:50:00	THIS CHAMBER IS THAT WE GET
00:53:50:00	00:53:50:00	PITTED AND THERE'S A SENSE
00:53:50:00	00:53:54:00	OF URGENCY AND THAT IT MAKES IT
00:53:54:00	00:53:55:00	FEEL LIKE IF WE DON'T VOTE
00:53:55:00	00:53:58:00	AFFIRMATIVE EARLY ON BEHALF
00:53:58:00	00:53:58:00	OF SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WILL
00:53:58:00	00:54:01:00	IMPACT OUR CONSTITUENTS, THEN
00:54:01:00	00:54:02:00	WE THEN BECOME THE BAD PERSON
00:54:02:00	00:54:05:00	IN THE CHAMBER.
00:54:05:00	00:54:06:00	AND AND IF ANYONE KNOWS
00:54:06:00	00:54:09:00	ANYTHING ABOUT ME AND MY LIFE
00:54:09:00	00:54:13:00	AND MY EXPERIENCE, I KNOW HOW
00:54:13:00	00:54:14:00	IMPORTANT THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
00:54:14:00	00:54:14:00	BECAUSE I WAS THE FIRST PERSON
00:54:14:00	00:54:17:00	IN MY FAMILY TO PURCHASE A
00:54:17:00	00:54:17:00	WHOLE OC.
00:54:17:00	00:54:18:00	I BOUNCED FROM PLACE TO PLACE
00:54:18:00	00:54:21:00	BECAUSE WE WERE TOO POOR TO
00:54:21:00	00:54:22:00	STAY IN ONE PLACE LONG ENOUGH
00:54:22:00	00:54:24:00	TO EVEN MAKE FRIENDS.
00:54:24:00	00:54:25:00	SO I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY AND
00:54:25:00	00:54:28:00	I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE MOMENT.
00:54:28:00	00:54:29:00	WHAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH IS
00:54:29:00	00:54:32:00	THE PROCESS.
00:54:32:00	00:54:33:00	WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IS HOW
00:54:33:00	00:54:36:00	WE ARE SHOWING UP IN THIS
00:54:36:00	00:54:37:00	CHAMBER AND HOW WE ARE
00:54:37:00	00:54:40:00	UTILIZING AND AND CHOOSING WHAT
00:54:40:00	00:54:41:00	WE BRING UP FOR A VOTE WHEN
00:54:41:00	00:54:43:00	THERE'S STILL SO MANY THINGS
00:54:43:00	00:54:44:00	THAT FEEL UNHEARD.
00:54:44:00	00:54:47:00	I GOT A CALL FROM YOU ON MONDAY
00:54:47:00	00:54:48:00	ADVISING ME ABOUT THIS
00:54:48:00	00:54:50:00	PARTICULAR HEARING AND YOU
00:54:50:00	00:54:51:00	ASKED ME ABOUT COMMUNITY
00:54:51:00	00:54:51:00	VOICES.
00:54:51:00	00:54:54:00	IT WAS ON MONDAY.
00:54:54:00	00:54:55:00	THE HEARING WAS HAPPENING ON
00:54:55:00	00:54:55:00	TUESDAY.
00:54:55:00	00:54:58:00	IT DIDN'T GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME
00:54:58:00	00:54:59:00	TO ORGANIZE AND I MENTIONED TO
00:54:59:00	00:55:02:00	YOU THAT I HAVE A HEARING ON
00:55:02:00	00:55:05:00	THE 21ST SLATED SPECIFICALLY
00:55:05:00	00:55:06:00	AROUND THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
00:55:06:00	00:55:10:00	THE TRANSPARENCY ASPECTS
00:55:10:00	00:55:10:00	OF THIS PARTICULAR FUND.
00:55:10:00	00:55:11:00	AND I ASKED RESPECTFULLY IF WE
00:55:11:00	00:55:14:00	COULD HOLD OFF TAKING A VOTE ON
00:55:14:00	00:55:18:00	THIS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN DO
00:55:18:00	00:55:19:00	OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND
00:55:19:00	00:55:22:00	UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT THE
00:55:22:00	00:55:22:00	CASE.
00:55:22:00	00:55:25:00	AND SO I'M JUST I'M ASKING FOR
00:55:25:00	00:55:30:00	US TO I'M PUTTING A MOTION ON
00:55:30:00	00:55:30:00	THE FLOOR FOR US TO CONSIDER
00:55:30:00	00:55:33:00	THAT WE POSTPONE CONSIDERATION
00:55:33:00	00:55:34:00	FOR THIS MATTER UNTIL THE NEXT
00:55:34:00	00:55:37:00	HEARING AND THE NEXT
00:55:37:00	00:55:38:00	COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY 29
00:55:38:00	00:55:39:00	SO THAT WE CAN HOLD THE
00:55:39:00	00:55:41:00	PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED HEARING ON
00:55:41:00	00:55:44:00	THE 21ST ON DOCKET 0176 THERE
00:55:44:00	00:55:45:00	IS STILL TIME TO VOTE ON THIS
00:55:45:00	00:55:48:00	MATTER ON THE 29TH AND I THINK
00:55:48:00	00:55:51:00	THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF REALLY
00:55:51:00	00:55:55:00	CREATING SPACE FOR NOT JUST
00:55:55:00	00:55:56:00	COMMUNITY VOICE BUT FOR US AS A
00:55:56:00	00:55:59:00	COUNCIL TO REALLY FEEL HEARD
00:55:59:00	00:56:00:00	THEN I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO DO
00:56:00:00	00:56:03:00	OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
00:56:03:00	00:56:04:00	I DON'T WANT TO BLOCK THIS FOR
00:56:04:00	00:56:07:00	THE SAKE OF BLOCKING IT.
00:56:07:00	00:56:07:00	I WANT US TO CONSIDER THE
00:56:07:00	00:56:11:00	PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE SHOWING
00:56:11:00	00:56:12:00	UP AND THE AND THE MESSAGE THAT
00:56:12:00	00:56:13:00	WE'RE SENDING WHEN WE'RE NOT
00:56:13:00	00:56:17:00	ALLOWING US WE'RE NOT ALLOWING
00:56:17:00	00:56:21:00	COLLEAGUES TO DO OUR DUE
00:56:21:00	00:56:21:00	DILIGENCE.
00:56:21:00	00:56:24:00	YOU KNOW, I AM IN FULL SUPPORT
00:56:24:00	00:56:24:00	BUT I'M ALSO STRUGGLING WITH
00:56:24:00	00:56:28:00	THE DYNAMICS AND THE WAYS WE'RE
00:56:28:00	00:56:29:00	GOING ABOUT GETTING THERE.
00:56:29:00	00:56:32:00	I THINK I STILL FEEL LIKE
00:56:32:00	00:56:32:00	THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
00:56:32:00	00:56:38:00	ARE ON IMPACT SO I'M LOOKING
00:56:38:00	00:56:39:00	FOR SOMEONE TO SECOND MY
00:56:39:00	00:56:39:00	MOTION.
00:56:39:00	00:56:42:00	OKAY, THANK YOU.
00:56:42:00	00:56:44:00	CASM HERE IS THAT YES AT ALL
00:56:44:00	00:56:46:00	OKAY.
00:56:46:00	00:56:46:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:46:00	00:56:47:00	SO COUNCILMAN, HE HAS PUT A
00:56:47:00	00:56:48:00	MOTION TO POSTPONE TO A DATE
00:56:48:00	00:56:50:00	CERTAIN ON THE FLOOR.
00:56:50:00	00:56:51:00	THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED
00:56:51:00	00:56:54:00	JUST FOR FULL FLAHERTY SAKE
00:56:54:00	00:56:57:00	UNDER OUR RULES UNDER RULE 20
00:56:57:00	00:56:58:00	AND UNDER RULE 48 MOTION TO LAY
00:56:58:00	00:57:00:00	ON THE TABLE MOTIONS TO
00:57:00:00	00:57:01:00	POSTPONE TO A DATE CERTAIN ARE
00:57:01:00	00:57:01:00	NOT DEBATABLE.
00:57:01:00	00:57:04:00	OKAY, BUT LET THIS BE THE LAST
00:57:04:00	00:57:08:00	MOMENT THAT WE WILL ALLOW FOR
00:57:08:00	00:57:11:00	FOLKS TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION
00:57:11:00	00:57:12:00	JUST FOR FLAHERTY SAKE IN THE
00:57:12:00	00:57:15:00	FUTURE THERE WILL BE NO DEBATE
00:57:15:00	00:57:19:00	OR DISCUSSION ON ANY MOTION TO
00:57:19:00	00:57:20:00	LAY ON THE TABLE ON ANY MOTION
00:57:20:00	00:57:23:00	TO POSTPONE TO A DATE CERTAIN.
00:57:23:00	00:57:24:00	SO IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WOULD
00:57:24:00	00:57:27:00	LIKE TO SPEAK ON THOSE MOTIONS
00:57:27:00	00:57:28:00	I AM ALLOWING IT AT THIS MOMENT
00:57:28:00	00:57:31:00	BRIEFLY AND THEN WE ARE GOING
00:57:31:00	00:57:32:00	TO GO TO A VOTE ON THE MOTION
00:57:32:00	00:57:34:00	THAT REQUIRES A MAJORITY A
00:57:34:00	00:57:38:00	MAJORITY VOTE IF NOT WE'LL JUST
00:57:38:00	00:57:39:00	GO TO VOTING ON THE MOTION
00:57:39:00	00:57:40:00	WHICH WAS WHAT I WOULD PREFER
00:57:40:00	00:57:41:00	WAS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING
00:57:41:00	00:57:45:00	STRICTLY IN THE FUTURE.
00:57:45:00	00:57:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZE CASUALTIES
00:57:48:00	00:57:49:00	PART OF OUR POINT OF ORDER SO
00:57:49:00	00:57:50:00	OUR COMMENTS NOW ARE STRICTLY
00:57:50:00	00:57:52:00	ON THE MOTION RATHER THAN THE
00:57:52:00	00:57:56:00	CONTENTS OF THE REPORT.
00:57:56:00	00:57:56:00	YES.
00:57:56:00	00:57:57:00	AND I'M ALLOWING ANY ANY
00:57:57:00	00:58:00:00	DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW ON THIS
00:58:00:00	00:58:01:00	MOTION BUT WILL NOT ALLOW IT IN
00:58:01:00	00:58:01:00	THE FUTURE JUST FOR FLAHERTY
00:58:01:00	00:58:04:00	SAKE SO THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT
00:58:04:00	00:58:04:00	MOTIONS TO DEBATE TO A DATE
00:58:04:00	00:58:08:00	CERTAIN TO POSTPONE TO A DATE
00:58:08:00	00:58:09:00	CERTAIN AND MOTION TO BE ON THE
00:58:09:00	00:58:12:00	TABLE THOSE ARE NOT DEBATABLE.
00:58:12:00	00:58:12:00	SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME
00:58:12:00	00:58:13:00	THAT THIS COUNCIL UNDER MY
00:58:13:00	00:58:16:00	LEADERSHIP WILL HAVE A
00:58:16:00	00:58:16:00	DISCUSSION OR BE OPEN FOR
00:58:16:00	00:58:17:00	DEBATE ON EITHER MOTION BECAUSE
00:58:17:00	00:58:21:00	I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME
00:58:21:00	00:58:21:00	CONFUSION IN THE PAST.
00:58:21:00	00:58:22:00	I'M JUST SAYING IT PUBLICLY SO
00:58:22:00	00:58:23:00	THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT
00:58:23:00	00:58:23:00	RIGHT NOW.
00:58:23:00	00:58:24:00	SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO
00:58:24:00	00:58:27:00	SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE
00:58:27:00	00:58:28:00	YOU MAY DO SO NOW YOU WILL NOT
00:58:28:00	00:58:29:00	BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON A MOTION TO
00:58:29:00	00:58:32:00	POSTPONE IN THE FUTURE.
00:58:32:00	00:58:32:00	SO CASUALTIES MATTER.
00:58:32:00	00:58:33:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:58:33:00	00:58:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:58:35:00	00:58:36:00	AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
00:58:36:00	00:58:36:00	COLLEAGUES.
00:58:36:00	00:58:37:00	I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR AS
00:58:37:00	00:58:38:00	WELL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
00:58:38:00	00:58:39:00	HE AND I HAVE HAD MANY
00:58:39:00	00:58:42:00	CONVERSATIONS ROBUST, HEALTHY
00:58:42:00	00:58:43:00	DIALOG AND WE HAVEN'T AGREED
00:58:43:00	00:58:43:00	100% ON THIS BUT WE'VE GOTTEN
00:58:43:00	00:58:46:00	TO A PLACE WHERE I'VE GOTTEN TO
00:58:46:00	00:58:49:00	A PLACE ON IT WHERE I FEEL LIKE
00:58:49:00	00:58:50:00	IT'S NECESSARY TO MOVE
00:58:50:00	00:58:50:00	YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THE
00:58:50:00	00:58:54:00	URGENCY IN AND ABOUT THIS FUND
00:58:54:00	00:58:57:00	YESTERDAY WE HEARD FROM MANY
00:58:57:00	00:58:58:00	RESIDENTS FROM THE CHARLESTOWN
00:58:58:00	00:58:58:00	RESIDENTS ALLIANCE AND IF YOU
00:58:58:00	00:59:01:00	WERE HERE AND YOU HEARD THEIR
00:59:01:00	00:59:01:00	TESTIMONY, YOU KNOW THAT THEY
00:59:01:00	00:59:04:00	ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS THAT
00:59:04:00	00:59:04:00	ARE ABHORRENT.
00:59:04:00	00:59:09:00	AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
00:59:09:00	00:59:09:00	SENSE OF URGENCY HERE.
00:59:09:00	00:59:10:00	WHY DO WE NEED TO PASS THIS
00:59:10:00	00:59:10:00	ASAP?
00:59:10:00	00:59:13:00	WE GET CALLS I DON'T KNOW IF
00:59:13:00	00:59:14:00	ANY OF MY AT-LARGE COLLEAGUES
00:59:14:00	00:59:14:00	DO BUT WE GET CALLS FROM
00:59:14:00	00:59:17:00	RESIDENTS LIVING IN THESE
00:59:17:00	00:59:17:00	HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT IN THE
00:59:17:00	00:59:20:00	1940S FOR WORLD WAR TWO
00:59:20:00	00:59:20:00	VETERANS.
00:59:20:00	00:59:21:00	I THINK I DON'T WANT TO DO THE
00:59:21:00	00:59:21:00	WRONG THING.
00:59:21:00	00:59:24:00	THEY ARE THEY HAVE OUTLIVED
00:59:24:00	00:59:24:00	THEIR PURPOSE.
00:59:24:00	00:59:27:00	WE HAVE HAD GENERATIONS
00:59:27:00	00:59:28:00	OF CHARLESTOWN FAMILIES LIVE
00:59:28:00	00:59:28:00	THERE.
00:59:28:00	00:59:31:00	MY CHARLESTOWN LIAISON ELAINE
00:59:31:00	00:59:31:00	GREW UP THERE.
00:59:31:00	00:59:32:00	I THINK HER PARENTS GREW UP
00:59:32:00	00:59:32:00	THERE.
00:59:32:00	00:59:35:00	IF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE YOU KNOW
00:59:35:00	00:59:35:00	THAT THEY ARE INFESTED WITH
00:59:35:00	00:59:35:00	COCKROACHES.
00:59:35:00	00:59:38:00	THERE ARE AGE BACK ISSUES,
00:59:38:00	00:59:39:00	THERE ARE SINKHOLES, THERE ARE
00:59:39:00	00:59:42:00	BROKEN STOVES AND SO RIGHT NOW
00:59:42:00	00:59:45:00	BECAUSE THERE ARE RISING
00:59:45:00	00:59:46:00	INTEREST RATES, THERE IS
00:59:46:00	00:59:49:00	CONSTRUCTION COSTS WE'RE SEEING
00:59:49:00	00:59:50:00	THIS NOT JUST IN BOSTON BUT
00:59:50:00	00:59:50:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:59:50:00	00:59:53:00	THE PROJECT STALLED AND SO
00:59:53:00	00:59:54:00	FOLKS HAVE LEFT THIS
00:59:54:00	00:59:54:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:59:54:00	00:59:57:00	THEY DON'T LIVE IN CHARLESTOWN
00:59:57:00	00:59:57:00	ANYMORE.
00:59:57:00	00:59:57:00	THEY'VE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR
00:59:57:00	00:59:58:00	COMMUNITIES AND THEY'RE WAITING
00:59:58:00	01:00:01:00	TO COME BACK SO THAT THE NEXT
01:00:01:00	01:00:04:00	BUILDING WILL BE BUILT.
01:00:04:00	01:00:04:00	AND UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE
01:00:04:00	01:00:05:00	OF THESE MARKET FORCES, THESE
01:00:05:00	01:00:08:00	LONG TERM MARKET FORCES PROJECT
01:00:08:00	01:00:09:00	HAS OR PROGRESS HAS BEEN
01:00:09:00	01:00:12:00	STALLED AND SO IT HAS BEEN
01:00:12:00	01:00:15:00	NEARLY TEN YEARS OF DISCUSSION
01:00:15:00	01:00:16:00	WITH THIS PROJECT.
01:00:16:00	01:00:16:00	I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY AND
01:00:16:00	01:00:20:00	HONORED TO WORK WITH THOSE
01:00:20:00	01:00:20:00	RESIDENTS OF THE CHARLESTON
01:00:20:00	01:00:23:00	RESIDENTS ALLIANCE TIARA
01:00:23:00	01:00:27:00	BERNARD, MIMI, BETTY, PHIL,
01:00:27:00	01:00:28:00	TINA, JENNY, MONIQUE, CARLA,
01:00:28:00	01:00:28:00	MANDY.
01:00:28:00	01:00:32:00	KATHY, NOEMI AND THE THOUSANDS
01:00:32:00	01:00:33:00	OF OTHER RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN
01:00:33:00	01:00:35:00	NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST HOUSING
01:00:35:00	01:00:35:00	DEVELOPMENT TO PUSH THIS
01:00:35:00	01:00:38:00	FORWARD BECAUSE THEY DESERVE
01:00:38:00	01:00:39:00	DIGNIFIED HOUSING AND WHAT THEY
01:00:39:00	01:00:42:00	ARE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW IS NOT
01:00:42:00	01:00:43:00	DIGNIFIED.
01:00:43:00	01:00:43:00	AND SO I KINDLY ASKED MY
01:00:43:00	01:00:47:00	COLLEAGUES PLEASE CENTER THEIR
01:00:47:00	01:00:51:00	LIVED EXPERIENCES AND MOVE THIS
01:00:51:00	01:00:51:00	FORWARD.
01:00:51:00	01:00:54:00	THEY DESERVE THAT THEY HAVE
01:00:54:00	01:00:55:00	BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THESE
01:00:55:00	01:00:55:00	CONVERSATIONS FROM THE VERY
01:00:55:00	01:00:56:00	BEGINNING.
01:00:56:00	01:00:58:00	THERE'S THIS MODEL
01:00:58:00	01:00:58:00	OF GOVERNANCE THAT LEGGETT
01:00:58:00	01:01:02:00	MCCALL, THE DEVELOPER HAS
01:01:02:00	01:01:03:00	IMPLEMENTED THAT IS A MODEL FOR
01:01:03:00	01:01:03:00	THIS SORT OF DEVELOPMENT MOVING
01:01:03:00	01:01:06:00	FORWARD AND WE JUST NEED TO
01:01:06:00	01:01:07:00	MOVE IT FORWARD AND EVERY DAY,
01:01:07:00	01:01:10:00	WEEK, MONTH THAT PASSES BY WE
01:01:10:00	01:01:11:00	DON'T PUSH THIS FORWARD IS AN
01:01:11:00	01:01:14:00	ACT OF CHOICE NEGLECT THEIR
01:01:14:00	01:01:15:00	NEEDS AND THEIR NEED FOR
01:01:15:00	01:01:15:00	DIGNIFIED HOUSING.
01:01:15:00	01:01:18:00	SO PLEASE REJECT THIS MOTION
01:01:18:00	01:01:19:00	AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND
01:01:19:00	01:01:23:00	BUILD THEM THIS HOUSING THAT
01:01:23:00	01:01:24:00	THEY DESERVE.
01:01:24:00	01:01:24:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:24:00	01:01:24:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:24:00	01:01:27:00	COUNCIL CUT AS A TO THE CHAIR
01:01:27:00	01:01:27:00	RECOGNIZES CONTRE FLYNN BECAUSE
01:01:27:00	01:01:28:00	THE PLAN IS IT ON THE MOTION
01:01:28:00	01:01:29:00	YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK OKAY YOU
01:01:29:00	01:01:32:00	HAVE THE FLOOR MADAME CHAIR.
01:01:32:00	01:01:36:00	I KNOW OF THE FOCUS OF OUR
01:01:36:00	01:01:37:00	DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WAS ON
01:01:37:00	01:01:42:00	BUNKER HILL DEVELOPMENT OF OF
01:01:42:00	01:01:43:00	THE $110 MILLION I WASN'T ABLE
01:01:43:00	01:01:47:00	TO GET A COMPLETE ANSWER ON HOW
01:01:47:00	01:01:50:00	MUCH WAS GOING TO BUNKER HILL.
01:01:50:00	01:01:51:00	I WANT TO ASK THE CHAIR IF YOU
01:01:51:00	01:01:54:00	CAN GIVE ME AN EXACT NUMBER.
01:01:54:00	01:01:58:00	I DID ASK THAT SEVERAL TIMES.
01:01:58:00	01:01:58:00	I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER.
01:01:58:00	01:02:02:00	DO THE CHAIR COUNT OVERALL IF
01:02:02:00	01:02:06:00	YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.
01:02:06:00	01:02:06:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:02:06:00	01:02:09:00	AND TO THE CHAIR TO
01:02:09:00	01:02:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AS STATED AT
01:02:10:00	01:02:13:00	THE HEARING ADMINISTRATIVE
01:02:13:00	01:02:14:00	BLOCK LET US KNOW THERE'S A
01:02:14:00	01:02:17:00	NEGOTIATION PROCESS, RIGHT?
01:02:17:00	01:02:18:00	THAT THERE'S NO SET AMOUNT IS
01:02:18:00	01:02:21:00	NO SET DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT IS
01:02:21:00	01:02:21:00	SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE
01:02:21:00	01:02:24:00	NEGOTIATED BY PROJECT ON WHAT
01:02:24:00	01:02:25:00	THE CITY WOULD BE INVESTING
01:02:25:00	01:02:28:00	INTO THIS PROJECTS.
01:02:28:00	01:02:31:00	SO THERE'S NO RIGHT THERE'S NO
01:02:31:00	01:02:32:00	SET DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S GOING
01:02:32:00	01:02:35:00	TO EACH PROJECT EVERY PROJECT
01:02:35:00	01:02:36:00	WILL BE NEGOTIATED CASE BY CASE
01:02:36:00	01:02:39:00	AND I THINK THAT WAS ON THE
01:02:39:00	01:02:42:00	RECORD AND COMMUNICATED AND
01:02:42:00	01:02:43:00	GIVEN TO YOU FOR AN ANSWER AT
01:02:43:00	01:02:44:00	THE HEARING YESTERDAY.
01:02:44:00	01:02:48:00	THANK THANK YOU COUNSELOR.
01:02:48:00	01:02:49:00	I'LL LEAVE YOU FOR PROVIDING A
01:02:49:00	01:02:49:00	QUESTION.
01:02:49:00	01:02:49:00	I KNOW THAT YOUR LIGHT WAS ON.
01:02:49:00	01:02:51:00	I'M GOING TO TURN LIGHT BACK ON
01:02:51:00	01:02:52:00	AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
01:02:52:00	01:02:52:00	CONTINUE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
01:02:52:00	01:02:55:00	COME TO EARLE AND CATCH MEJIA.
01:02:55:00	01:02:56:00	THEN WE MOVE FOR A VOTE ON THIS
01:02:56:00	01:02:58:00	MOTION AND I A COUPLE OTHER
01:02:58:00	01:03:02:00	QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TO
01:03:02:00	01:03:02:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL
01:03:02:00	01:03:05:00	WE TALK FREQUENTLY IN THIS
01:03:05:00	01:03:06:00	PARTY ABOUT SUPPORTING WOMEN
01:03:06:00	01:03:10:00	OWNED BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES
01:03:10:00	01:03:10:00	OF COLOR AND DURING THE BOSTON
01:03:10:00	01:03:13:00	JOBS POLICY IS RESPECTED.
01:03:13:00	01:03:17:00	ARE WE ADVOCATING OR IS THERE
01:03:17:00	01:03:18:00	ANY DISCUSSION OF A PROJECT
01:03:18:00	01:03:21:00	LABOR AGREEMENT AS IT RELATES
01:03:21:00	01:03:22:00	TO THIS $110 MILLION TO THE
01:03:22:00	01:03:25:00	CHAIR COUNCIL ARE ALL IF YOU'D
01:03:25:00	01:03:25:00	LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY GO TO
01:03:25:00	01:03:31:00	THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:03:31:00	01:03:31:00	INSIDE OF THE REPORT THERE'S A
01:03:31:00	01:03:36:00	LIST OF COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS
01:03:36:00	01:03:43:00	AND WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT
01:03:43:00	01:03:44:00	TEAMS WITH A TRACK RECORD
01:03:44:00	01:03:44:00	OF COMPLYING WITH THE BOSTON
01:03:44:00	01:03:47:00	RESIDENTS JOB POLICY SHOULD BE
01:03:47:00	01:03:48:00	PRIORITIZED AND THEN WE ALSO
01:03:48:00	01:03:53:00	HAVE IN HERE PROJECTS PROPOSED
01:03:53:00	01:03:54:00	BY DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT
01:03:54:00	01:03:57:00	MATCHED THE DIVERSITY OF BOSTON
01:03:57:00	01:03:58:00	SHIPPING SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED
01:03:58:00	01:04:01:00	SO IT COMES TO THE BOSTON
01:04:01:00	01:04:02:00	RESIDENTS JOB POLICY AND THE
01:04:02:00	01:04:05:00	DIVERSITY WOMEN ON MWB IS WE
01:04:05:00	01:04:05:00	HAVE INCLUDED THAT INSIDE
01:04:05:00	01:04:08:00	OF OUR RECOMMENDING ACTION ON
01:04:08:00	01:04:09:00	WHAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR
01:04:09:00	01:04:13:00	DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE ARE
01:04:13:00	01:04:13:00	INVESTED IN AS A CITY.
01:04:13:00	01:04:14:00	BUT THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS
01:04:14:00	01:04:16:00	OF A PLAY SUCH AS WAGES FOR
01:04:16:00	01:04:17:00	WORKERS, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
01:04:17:00	01:04:21:00	FOR WORKERS OR SUPPORT FOR
01:04:21:00	01:04:23:00	COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
01:04:23:00	01:04:24:00	WOMEN OWNED WOMEN OWNED
01:04:24:00	01:04:28:00	BUSINESSES SOME OF THOSE WHO
01:04:28:00	01:04:32:00	ARE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ARE
01:04:32:00	01:04:33:00	THEY PART ARE THEY PART OF THE
01:04:33:00	01:04:36:00	DISCUSSION AND SPECIFICALLY
01:04:36:00	01:04:42:00	WILL PLAYS BE INCLUDED IN THIS
01:04:42:00	01:04:43:00	$110 MILLION TO THE CHAIR
01:04:43:00	01:04:43:00	COUNCIL?
01:04:43:00	01:04:44:00	WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
01:04:44:00	01:04:48:00	YOU MAY I IT'S CASE BY CASE
01:04:48:00	01:04:52:00	PROJECT BY PROJECT.
01:04:52:00	01:04:53:00	I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE ANSWER
01:04:53:00	01:04:53:00	FOR COUNCIL FULLY AT THE
01:04:53:00	01:04:54:00	MOMENT.
01:04:54:00	01:04:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:04:57:00	01:04:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:04:57:00	01:04:57:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR.
01:04:57:00	01:04:58:00	I'LL CATCH OFFLINE IF YOU HAVE
01:04:58:00	01:04:59:00	ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
01:04:59:00	01:04:59:00	QUESTIONS.
01:04:59:00	01:05:00:00	I DON'T I DON'T FROM WHAT I
01:05:00:00	01:05:03:00	GATHERED YESTERDAY THERE'D BE
01:05:03:00	01:05:06:00	ABOUT $30 MILLION GOING TO
01:05:06:00	01:05:10:00	BUNKER HILL DEVELOPMENT AND I
01:05:10:00	01:05:10:00	THINK WE ALL SUPPORT THAT.
01:05:10:00	01:05:13:00	I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT.
01:05:13:00	01:05:16:00	BUT THE REMAINING $80 MILLION
01:05:16:00	01:05:17:00	IT'S PRETTY UNCLEAR WHERE THAT
01:05:17:00	01:05:20:00	IS GOING.
01:05:20:00	01:05:21:00	I DID ADVOCATE AND I DO WANT TO
01:05:21:00	01:05:24:00	ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WOULD
01:05:24:00	01:05:24:00	SUPPORT ME IN SUPPORTING
01:05:24:00	01:05:28:00	RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING
01:05:28:00	01:05:29:00	THAT HAVE TERRIBLE ELEVATOR
01:05:29:00	01:05:32:00	SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE RUTH
01:05:32:00	01:05:35:00	BARCLAY IN THE SOUTH END.
01:05:35:00	01:05:36:00	I WAS PUSHING FOR THAT
01:05:36:00	01:05:39:00	YESTERDAY AND THERE WAS A LOT
01:05:39:00	01:05:39:00	OF PUSHBACK FROM ADMINISTRATOR
01:05:39:00	01:05:43:00	BOK AND FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS
01:05:43:00	01:05:44:00	WELL THAT WE WOULD NOT USE THAT
01:05:44:00	01:05:47:00	MONEY FOR SUPPORTING
01:05:47:00	01:05:51:00	MAINTENANCE FOR ELEVATOR
01:05:51:00	01:05:51:00	REPAIRS IN PUBLIC HOUSING
01:05:51:00	01:05:54:00	DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE CITY
01:05:54:00	01:05:55:00	NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT, ACROSS
01:05:55:00	01:05:59:00	ACROSS THE CITY AND THERE WAS
01:05:59:00	01:05:59:00	NO COMMITMENT FROM COUNCIL A
01:05:59:00	01:06:03:00	FORMER COUNCILOR BOK OR MY
01:06:03:00	01:06:03:00	COLLEAGUES WHICH IS
01:06:03:00	01:06:06:00	DISAPPOINTING.
01:06:06:00	01:06:06:00	I REPRESENT THE LARGEST NUMBER
01:06:06:00	01:06:07:00	OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC
01:06:07:00	01:06:10:00	HOUSING AND I WANT TO BE
01:06:10:00	01:06:11:00	CONSISTENT.
01:06:11:00	01:06:14:00	I WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERY
01:06:14:00	01:06:14:00	RESIDENT LIVING IN PUBLIC
01:06:14:00	01:06:14:00	HOUSING.
01:06:14:00	01:06:18:00	I THINK I SUPPORT THE MONEY
01:06:18:00	01:06:21:00	GOING TO THE BUNKER HILL
01:06:21:00	01:06:22:00	PROJECT BUT I ALSO WANT TO
01:06:22:00	01:06:25:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE
01:06:25:00	01:06:25:00	OF COUNCILMAN HERE.
01:06:25:00	01:06:26:00	I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A
01:06:26:00	01:06:29:00	PERSON THAT ADVOCATED FOR MORE
01:06:29:00	01:06:29:00	FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS
01:06:29:00	01:06:31:00	ACROSS THE CITY ACROSS THE CITY
01:06:31:00	01:06:32:00	THAN COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
01:06:32:00	01:06:36:00	I THINK WHAT SHE'S ASKED IN IS
01:06:36:00	01:06:36:00	RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS BUT
01:06:36:00	01:06:39:00	I'VE RESPECT ALSO FOR ALL
01:06:39:00	01:06:43:00	PEOPLE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING
01:06:43:00	01:06:44:00	AND JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
01:06:44:00	01:06:45:00	THE WORK SHE'S DONE.
01:06:45:00	01:06:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:06:45:00	01:06:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:45:00	01:06:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:06:48:00	01:06:49:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA.
01:06:49:00	01:06:49:00	COUNCILMAN JORDACHE, YOU'RE A
01:06:49:00	01:06:50:00	LIGHT ON IS IT ON THIS MOTION
01:06:50:00	01:06:53:00	AND THE TECHNICAL WORK HAS COME
01:06:53:00	01:06:53:00	HERE.
01:06:53:00	01:06:54:00	WE'LL WORK AS WE GO THEN WE'RE
01:06:54:00	01:06:55:00	GOING TO MOVE FOR A VOTE ON
01:06:55:00	01:06:56:00	THIS MOTION AND THEN WE WILL NO
01:06:56:00	01:06:59:00	LONGER HAVE DEBATE ON MOTIONS.
01:06:59:00	01:06:59:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COME FROM
01:06:59:00	01:07:00:00	HERE?
01:07:00:00	01:07:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT ON
01:07:02:00	01:07:03:00	SORRY ON THESE SPECIFIC MOTIONS
01:07:03:00	01:07:05:00	AS OUTLINED IN RULE 20 AND 48.
01:07:05:00	01:07:05:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:07:05:00	01:07:08:00	I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR
01:07:08:00	01:07:12:00	BECAUSE I THIS PAST YEAR I
01:07:12:00	01:07:16:00	ORGANIZED A TOUR DIANE TO LIVE
01:07:16:00	01:07:17:00	TOUR AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME
01:07:17:00	01:07:19:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES JOINED ME ON
01:07:19:00	01:07:20:00	THAT TOUR LOOKING AT THE
01:07:20:00	01:07:24:00	QUALITY OF LIFE FOR VHA
01:07:24:00	01:07:25:00	RESIDENTS THAT WERE LIVING IN
01:07:25:00	01:07:27:00	HORRIBLE CONDITIONS AND I HAVE
01:07:27:00	01:07:30:00	BEEN ONE OF THE LOUDEST VOICES
01:07:30:00	01:07:31:00	ON THIS COUNCIL.
01:07:31:00	01:07:35:00	SO IN SUPPORT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE
01:07:35:00	01:07:38:00	BEEN NEGLECTED BY THE CITY IN
01:07:38:00	01:07:39:00	TERMS OF THE CONDITIONS THAT
01:07:39:00	01:07:39:00	THEY LIVE IN.
01:07:39:00	01:07:42:00	SO WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR
01:07:42:00	01:07:43:00	THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME
01:07:43:00	01:07:46:00	TO THINK THAT MY LITTLE DELAY
01:07:46:00	01:07:50:00	TACTIC HERE IS AT THE COST
01:07:50:00	01:07:51:00	OF THOSE FOLKS THAT I REPRESENT
01:07:51:00	01:07:54:00	BECAUSE CHARLES TOWN KNOWS THAT
01:07:54:00	01:07:54:00	I GO HARD FOR THEM AND THEY
01:07:54:00	01:07:55:00	KNOW THAT IF I'M UP HERE
01:07:55:00	01:07:58:00	TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE IT IS
01:07:58:00	01:08:01:00	AN ISSUE OF PROCESS NOT WHETHER
01:08:01:00	01:08:02:00	OR NOT THEY DESERVE A QUALITY
01:08:02:00	01:08:02:00	OF LIFE.
01:08:02:00	01:08:05:00	AND SO I DON'T WANT TO BE
01:08:05:00	01:08:06:00	GASLIT AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE
01:08:06:00	01:08:09:00	TO MISINTERPRET WHY I'M
01:08:09:00	01:08:09:00	STANDING UP IN OPPOSITION.
01:08:09:00	01:08:12:00	I AM STANDING UP IN OPPOSITION
01:08:12:00	01:08:13:00	NOT IN THE MERIT OF THE
01:08:13:00	01:08:13:00	SITUATION.
01:08:13:00	01:08:16:00	I AM STANDING UP IN OPPOSITION
01:08:16:00	01:08:17:00	OF THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE
01:08:17:00	01:08:20:00	CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS A BODY.
01:08:20:00	01:08:23:00	IF THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS
01:08:23:00	01:08:24:00	THAT PEOPLE HAVE I AM NOT
01:08:24:00	01:08:28:00	ASKING FOR A SIX MONTH DELAY.
01:08:28:00	01:08:32:00	I AM ASKING FOR A WEEK FOR US
01:08:32:00	01:08:35:00	TO HAVE A HEARING IN WHICH WE
01:08:35:00	01:08:36:00	CAN THEN IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
01:08:36:00	01:08:39:00	COME BACK AND SAY WE'VE DONE
01:08:39:00	01:08:40:00	EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GET
01:08:40:00	01:08:42:00	ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED
01:08:42:00	01:08:46:00	BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
01:08:46:00	01:08:50:00	WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO HERE
01:08:50:00	01:08:51:00	IS TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE
01:08:51:00	01:08:54:00	THEY ARE AND TY SUPPORTING
01:08:54:00	01:08:57:00	RESIDENTS WHO NEED THIS WHAT WE
01:08:57:00	01:08:58:00	NEED TO START DOING IS MAKING
01:08:58:00	01:08:59:00	SURE THAT WE HAVE ANSWERS TO
01:08:59:00	01:09:02:00	QUESTIONS LIKE THE ONES THAT
01:09:02:00	01:09:02:00	YOU'VE JUST HEARD.
01:09:02:00	01:09:05:00	ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS
01:09:05:00	01:09:05:00	AND YOU CAN GO WATCH THE TAPE
01:09:05:00	01:09:09:00	BECAUSE I PARTICIPATE IN THE
01:09:09:00	01:09:09:00	HEARINGS I ASK THE
01:09:09:00	01:09:12:00	ADMINISTRATION ARE ABOUT
01:09:12:00	01:09:13:00	METRICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
01:09:13:00	01:09:16:00	HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
01:09:16:00	01:09:16:00	THAT BLACK AND BROWN MINORITY
01:09:16:00	01:09:19:00	OWNED BUSINESSES HAVE A SEAT AT
01:09:19:00	01:09:20:00	THE TABLE.
01:09:20:00	01:09:20:00	AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE
01:09:20:00	01:09:23:00	LANGUAGE OF SHOULD THERE'S NO
01:09:23:00	01:09:27:00	LANGUAGE OF MUST HOW ARE WE
01:09:27:00	01:09:28:00	GOING TO BE HOLDING ANYONE
01:09:28:00	01:09:28:00	ACCOUNTABLE WITH LANGUAGE THAT
01:09:28:00	01:09:31:00	IS SO SOFT SHOULD EVERYONE
01:09:31:00	01:09:35:00	SHOULD BE CORDIAL, EVERYONE
01:09:35:00	01:09:35:00	SHOULD DEMONSTRATE POSITIVE
01:09:35:00	01:09:39:00	LEADERSHIP BUT DOES IT MANDATE
01:09:39:00	01:09:43:00	US TO KNOW SO IF WE'RE REALLY
01:09:43:00	01:09:43:00	SERIOUS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY
01:09:43:00	01:09:46:00	THEN WILL THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS
01:09:46:00	01:09:47:00	TO REFLECT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY
01:09:47:00	01:09:50:00	AND IT NEEDS TO BE STRONGER.
01:09:50:00	01:09:54:00	THE CITY WILL NOT SHOULD PEOPLE
01:09:54:00	01:09:57:00	CAN INTERPRET THINGS AS EVER
01:09:57:00	01:09:58:00	THEY WANT.
01:09:58:00	01:10:01:00	SO FOR THE SAKE OF THE EXERCISE
01:10:01:00	01:10:05:00	THE HEARING WAS YESTERDAY.
01:10:05:00	01:10:08:00	THE REPORT WAS PRESENTED TODAY
01:10:08:00	01:10:09:00	OUT OF THE FAIRNESS OF THE
01:10:09:00	01:10:12:00	PROCESS WHICH IS WHAT I'M ALL
01:10:12:00	01:10:13:00	ABOUT.
01:10:13:00	01:10:16:00	I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN
01:10:16:00	01:10:20:00	OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS IN THE
01:10:20:00	01:10:20:00	MATTER OF WHICH PEOPLE CAN
01:10:20:00	01:10:24:00	RESTORE TRUST IN THIS BODY
01:10:24:00	01:10:24:00	BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T TRUST US
01:10:24:00	01:10:28:00	BECAUSE THE WAY WE SHOW UP IN
01:10:28:00	01:10:32:00	THIS CHAMBER IS QUESTIONABLE.
01:10:32:00	01:10:35:00	I AM ASKING FOR A HEARING THAT
01:10:35:00	01:10:39:00	IS ALREADY SCHEDULED THAT WILL
01:10:39:00	01:10:40:00	ALREADY HAPPENED BEFORE WE'RE
01:10:40:00	01:10:43:00	SLATED TO TAKE A VOTE.
01:10:43:00	01:10:44:00	I AM NOT ASKING US TO MAKE
01:10:44:00	01:10:50:00	CHARLES TOWER WAIT AN ETERNITY
01:10:50:00	01:10:51:00	.
01:10:51:00	01:10:52:00	I'M ASKING FOR US TO
01:10:52:00	01:10:55:00	DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP IN THIS
01:10:55:00	01:10:58:00	BODY THAT SIGNALS TO THE
01:10:58:00	01:10:59:00	ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYONE
01:10:59:00	01:11:02:00	ELSE WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION TO
01:11:02:00	01:11:04:00	US THAT WE ARE HERE TO DO THE
01:11:04:00	01:11:06:00	PEOPLE'S WORK.
01:11:06:00	01:11:07:00	AND SO AGAIN, OUT OF RESPECT
01:11:07:00	01:11:11:00	FOR THE PROCESS, I AM ASKING MY
01:11:11:00	01:11:12:00	COLLEAGUES TO GIVE US AN
01:11:12:00	01:11:14:00	OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE HEARING
01:11:14:00	01:11:18:00	THAT IS ALREADY SLATED AND PUT
01:11:18:00	01:11:18:00	AND PEOPLE ARE LINED UP TO
01:11:18:00	01:11:21:00	SPEAK BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING
01:11:21:00	01:11:22:00	IS DENYING THOSE FOLKS AN
01:11:22:00	01:11:25:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND I
01:11:25:00	01:11:26:00	CAN'T SIT COMFORTABLY WITH
01:11:26:00	01:11:26:00	THAT.
01:11:26:00	01:11:29:00	I CAN'T.
01:11:29:00	01:11:30:00	SO THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING US TO
01:11:30:00	01:11:34:00	CONSIDER ALLOWING THE HEARING
01:11:34:00	01:11:36:00	THAT IS ALREADY SLATED ON THE
01:11:36:00	01:11:36:00	21ST.
01:11:36:00	01:11:37:00	IT'S ALREADY BOOKED.
01:11:37:00	01:11:40:00	PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SET UP TO
01:11:40:00	01:11:41:00	SPEAK ALLOW DEMOCRACY TO TAKE
01:11:41:00	01:11:44:00	PLACE NOW I WILL RESPECT THE
01:11:44:00	01:11:47:00	PROCESS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
01:11:47:00	01:11:48:00	AT THE END OF THE DAY THE VOTES
01:11:48:00	01:11:49:00	THAT I TAKE IN THIS CHAMBER
01:11:49:00	01:11:51:00	IMPACT THE CONSTITUENTS THAT I
01:11:51:00	01:11:52:00	REPRESENT BUT I REPRESENT THE
01:11:52:00	01:11:55:00	CITY AS A WHOLE AND NOT MY OWN
01:11:55:00	01:11:55:00	INTERESTS.
01:11:55:00	01:12:00:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:00:00	01:12:01:00	I SEE THERE ARE MULTIPLE LIGHTS
01:12:01:00	01:12:01:00	ON.
01:12:01:00	01:12:01:00	I AM ONLY GOING TO COUNT
01:12:01:00	01:12:01:00	FITZGERALD.
01:12:01:00	01:12:03:00	HE'S NOT SPOKEN ON THIS MOTION.
01:12:03:00	01:12:04:00	WE'RE VOTING ON THIS MOTION AND
01:12:04:00	01:12:07:00	THEN THAT WILL WELL IT WILL
01:12:07:00	01:12:11:00	REMAIN OPEN FOR DEBATE.
01:12:11:00	01:12:12:00	SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:12:12:00	01:12:12:00	COUNCILMAN GERALD AND I'M
01:12:12:00	01:12:14:00	MOVING TO A VOTE ON THIS MOTION
01:12:14:00	01:12:14:00	.
01:12:14:00	01:12:14:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:14:00	01:12:15:00	COUNCILOR PRESENTED A POINT
01:12:15:00	01:12:18:00	OF CLARIFICATION AS WELL BUT
01:12:18:00	01:12:18:00	OKAY IT MAYBE IT'S TO THE SAME
01:12:18:00	01:12:19:00	QUESTIONS ALL PLAY IT TAKES
01:12:19:00	01:12:22:00	CARE OF IT BUT HEARING THE SAME
01:12:22:00	01:12:24:00	TOPIC IN TWO DIFFERENT
01:12:24:00	01:12:25:00	COMMITTEES I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
01:12:25:00	01:12:28:00	WAS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT
01:12:28:00	01:12:28:00	THAT WAS AGAINST COUNCIL MAYBE
01:12:28:00	01:12:29:00	SO TO THROW YOU TO THE CLERK IS
01:12:29:00	01:12:32:00	THIS SOMETHING THIS HEARING
01:12:32:00	01:12:32:00	THAT THE COUNCIL ME HAS
01:12:32:00	01:12:33:00	SCHEDULED WITH THIS TOPIC ON IT
01:12:33:00	01:12:35:00	THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IT
01:12:35:00	01:12:36:00	ALREADY HAD A HEARING ON IN A
01:12:36:00	01:12:36:00	DIFFERENT TOPIC IS THAT STILL
01:12:36:00	01:12:39:00	ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH AND CAN
01:12:39:00	01:12:43:00	THAT HEARING ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF
01:12:43:00	01:12:44:00	IF IT WERE IF THIS MOTION WERE
01:12:44:00	01:12:47:00	TO PASS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE
01:12:47:00	01:12:47:00	THE SAME TOPIC IN TWO DIFFERENT
01:12:47:00	01:12:51:00	COMMITTEES I IN A I DIDN'T EVEN
01:12:51:00	01:12:55:00	KNOW ABOUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS
01:12:55:00	01:12:55:00	ONE HEARING AND I THOUGHT THERE
01:12:55:00	01:12:56:00	WAS ONE HEARING IN
01:12:56:00	01:12:56:00	COUNCIL RULES COMMITTEE.
01:12:56:00	01:12:57:00	THAT'S THE ONLY HEARING THAT I
01:12:57:00	01:12:58:00	KNOW OF IF YOU LOOK AT IT FOR
01:12:58:00	01:13:01:00	NEXT WEEK IT IS LISTED ON THE
01:13:01:00	01:13:02:00	COUNCILMAN.
01:13:02:00	01:13:02:00	HE HAS POSTED IT AS WELL.
01:13:02:00	01:13:03:00	THIS WOULD BE A SUBJECT THAT
01:13:03:00	01:13:06:00	WOULD BE DISCUSSED AND I JUST
01:13:06:00	01:13:06:00	WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
01:13:06:00	01:13:07:00	ABIDING BY ALL RULES.
01:13:07:00	01:13:07:00	AND COUNCILOR MEJIA IF THIS
01:13:07:00	01:13:09:00	DOES WORK AGAINST YOU, I
01:13:09:00	01:13:09:00	APOLOGIZE.
01:13:09:00	01:13:10:00	IT IS ONLY BECAUSE LIKE YOU
01:13:10:00	01:13:11:00	ALWAYS SAY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
01:13:11:00	01:13:13:00	WE GET THE PROCESS RIGHT.
01:13:13:00	01:13:13:00	YEAH.
01:13:13:00	01:13:14:00	SO I WAS UNDER THE UNDERTAKING
01:13:14:00	01:13:17:00	THAT THIS IS THIS THE ALSO YOUR
01:13:17:00	01:13:18:00	POINT OF CLARIFICATION YEAH
01:13:18:00	01:13:21:00	THAT THERE WAS ONE DOCKET ON
01:13:21:00	01:13:21:00	THIS AND THAT'S THIS
01:13:21:00	01:13:22:00	ACCELERATOR THAT'S THE
01:13:22:00	01:13:22:00	CELEBRATED FUN THAT WE HAVE
01:13:22:00	01:13:24:00	THAT THAT WE HAVE A
01:13:24:00	01:13:24:00	CONVERSATION AND THAT'S THE
01:13:24:00	01:13:25:00	ONLY DOCKET THAT I'M AWARE
01:13:25:00	01:13:27:00	OF THAT'S BEEN FILED ON THIS.
01:13:27:00	01:13:28:00	THERE IS A THERE IS A HEARING
01:13:28:00	01:13:28:00	SCHEDULED TO NEXT WEEK THAT
01:13:28:00	01:13:34:00	PRESENTS THIS AS A TOPIC.
01:13:34:00	01:13:34:00	ALL RIGHT.
01:13:34:00	01:13:35:00	IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD
01:13:35:00	01:13:37:00	CONTINUE TO TEXT.
01:13:37:00	01:13:37:00	OKAY.
01:13:37:00	01:13:41:00	WELL, WE'LL CLARIFY RIGHT NOW
01:13:41:00	01:13:42:00	WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO FORWARD
01:13:42:00	01:13:46:00	AND MOVE IN VOTE TAKE A VOTE ON
01:13:46:00	01:13:47:00	THE MOTION OF CLARIFICATION
01:13:47:00	01:13:47:00	WHAT KIND OF WHAT IF CLARIFY
01:13:47:00	01:13:49:00	POINT OF POINT OF CLARIFICATION
01:13:49:00	01:13:49:00	YET.
01:13:49:00	01:13:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM FLYNN.
01:13:52:00	01:13:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:13:53:00	01:13:56:00	TO THE TO THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND
01:13:56:00	01:14:00:00	MEANS WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS
01:14:00:00	01:14:03:00	HAVE IF THERE IS A DELAY OF ONE
01:14:03:00	01:14:06:00	WEEK SO WE'RE ABLE TO LISTEN TO
01:14:06:00	01:14:07:00	COUNCIL MEMBER HIS CONSTITUENTS
01:14:07:00	01:14:09:00	MANY OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING
01:14:09:00	01:14:10:00	ADVOCATES.
01:14:10:00	01:14:11:00	IS THERE ANY IMPACT AT ALL AS
01:14:11:00	01:14:14:00	IT RELATES TO CONSTRUCTION
01:14:14:00	01:14:22:00	OF THE OF THE PROJECT?
01:14:22:00	01:14:22:00	WE CHAIR COUNCIL, OUR OWN
01:14:22:00	01:14:24:00	MAYORS AND THANK YOU AND I
01:14:24:00	01:14:28:00	THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET AN
01:14:28:00	01:14:29:00	UNDERSTANDING OF COUNCIL
01:14:29:00	01:14:32:00	FITZGERALD'S QUESTION ON YOU
01:14:32:00	01:14:36:00	KNOW, CAN WE EVEN HAVE ANOTHER
01:14:36:00	01:14:36:00	HEARING RIGHT ON THE
01:14:36:00	01:14:37:00	ACCELERATOR FINE AND ANOTHER
01:14:37:00	01:14:41:00	COMMITTEE WHEN IT WAS SUBMITTED
01:14:41:00	01:14:41:00	WHEN THIS DOCK WAS SUBMITTED
01:14:41:00	01:14:45:00	AND WAYS AND MEANS SO JUST SO
01:14:45:00	01:14:48:00	THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE
01:14:48:00	01:14:48:00	AND HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
01:14:48:00	01:14:52:00	OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT CAN BE
01:14:52:00	01:14:53:00	DONE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DON'T
01:14:53:00	01:14:56:00	AND I HAVE THE DOCKET IN MY
01:14:56:00	01:14:56:00	COMMITTEE I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER
01:14:56:00	01:14:59:00	HEARING SCHEDULED.
01:14:59:00	01:15:00:00	SO I THINK BEFORE I ANSWER YOUR
01:15:00:00	01:15:04:00	QUESTION, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF
01:15:04:00	01:15:04:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA IS ABLE TO HAVE
01:15:04:00	01:15:07:00	A HEARING ON A DOCKET THAT'S IN
01:15:07:00	01:15:10:00	MY COMMITTEE.
01:15:10:00	01:15:14:00	I'M SURE I WILL CLARIFY.
01:15:14:00	01:15:15:00	SO I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS
01:15:15:00	01:15:17:00	THAT THERE WAS A DOCKET THAT
01:15:17:00	01:15:18:00	WAS FILED THAT WAS AMENDED THAT
01:15:18:00	01:15:20:00	PERHAPS PRESENTED RULE 15
01:15:20:00	01:15:24:00	ISSUES THAT WAS NOT WAS NOT
01:15:24:00	01:15:24:00	CAUGHT.
01:15:24:00	01:15:25:00	SO THERE PROBABLY IN ANOTHER
01:15:25:00	01:15:26:00	COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT MY
01:15:26:00	01:15:28:00	ASSESSMENT IS THAT THERE SHOULD
01:15:28:00	01:15:29:00	NOT BE ANOTHER HEARING AND
01:15:29:00	01:15:32:00	ANOTHER COMMITTEE ON THE SAME
01:15:32:00	01:15:34:00	TOPIC WHEREAS PERHAPS A RULE 15
01:15:34:00	01:15:35:00	ISSUE THE AN AMENDMENT OF A
01:15:35:00	01:15:38:00	DOCKET THAT WAS NOT COURT AND
01:15:38:00	01:15:42:00	THEREFORE THERE IS THERE IS A
01:15:42:00	01:15:42:00	HEARING ORDER THAT STATES THAT
01:15:42:00	01:15:46:00	IT WILL DISCUSS ANOTHER TOPIC
01:15:46:00	01:15:47:00	THAT IS ALREADY PART OF ANOTHER
01:15:47:00	01:15:49:00	COMMITTEE.
01:15:49:00	01:15:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:15:53:00	01:15:53:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR A POINT
01:15:53:00	01:15:53:00	OF ORDER.
01:15:53:00	01:15:56:00	SO LAST WEEK THERE WAS A DOCKET
01:15:56:00	01:15:57:00	THAT I BELIEVE COUNCIL WORL AND
01:15:57:00	01:16:01:00	COUNCIL OPINION IT'S ANDERSON
01:16:01:00	01:16:01:00	SPONSORED WHICH WENT INTO POST
01:16:01:00	01:16:04:00	AUDIT AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
01:16:04:00	01:16:05:00	MEETINGS SCHEDULED THANK YOU
01:16:05:00	01:16:08:00	FOR DOING THAT QUICKLY.
01:16:08:00	01:16:09:00	MANY TOPICS ARE IN THERE SO I
01:16:09:00	01:16:09:00	THINK WE NEED TO CALL FOR A
01:16:09:00	01:16:11:00	RECESS BECAUSE I KNOW WHITE
01:16:11:00	01:16:12:00	STADIUM CONVERSATION IS IN
01:16:12:00	01:16:12:00	THERE.
01:16:12:00	01:16:15:00	IT ALSO WENT TO EDUCATION.
01:16:15:00	01:16:15:00	THERE'S BLUE HILL AVENUE.
01:16:15:00	01:16:19:00	THERE IS MANY QUESTIONS IT'S
01:16:19:00	01:16:20:00	MADISON PARK HIGH SO THERE MAY
01:16:20:00	01:16:23:00	BE MANY DOCKETS THAT NOW NEED
01:16:23:00	01:16:24:00	TO BE QUESTIONED IF THEY SHOULD
01:16:24:00	01:16:24:00	NOT HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO THAT
01:16:24:00	01:16:26:00	COMMITTEE LAST WEEK BECAUSE
01:16:26:00	01:16:27:00	THERE'S ALREADY HEARING
01:16:27:00	01:16:30:00	SCHEDULED PEOPLE READY TO TALK
01:16:30:00	01:16:31:00	AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
01:16:31:00	01:16:32:00	THE TRANSPARENCY ON THESE
01:16:32:00	01:16:35:00	CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO
01:16:35:00	01:16:35:00	HAPPEN.
01:16:35:00	01:16:36:00	SO I'M ASKING FOR A RECESS.
01:16:36:00	01:16:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:16:38:00	01:16:39:00	THE CLERK IS ASKING FOR A
01:16:39:00	01:16:39:00	RECESS AS WELL BECAUSE I DON'T
01:16:39:00	01:16:42:00	THINK THAT HE SAW THE DOCKET.
01:16:42:00	01:16:45:00	AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY MORE 15
01:16:45:00	01:16:46:00	ISSUES THE CLERK WILL SETTLE
01:16:46:00	01:16:49:00	DOWN AND THEREFORE WE WILL BE
01:16:49:00	01:16:50:00	IN A BRIEF RECESS.
01:16:50:00	01:16:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:16:50:00	01:22:38:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE ON YOUR BACK
01:22:38:00	01:22:42:00	AND THE CLERK AS WE ARE AND WE
01:22:42:00	01:22:45:00	DISCUSSED WITH THE CLERK AND
01:22:45:00	01:22:46:00	OUR COUNCILOR THE HEARING CAN
01:22:46:00	01:22:49:00	STILL HAPPEN ON THE SEPARATE
01:22:49:00	01:22:54:00	DOCKET AND IT WILL HAPPEN ON
01:22:54:00	01:22:54:00	THE SEPARATE DOCKET WE HAVE
01:22:54:00	01:22:54:00	BEFORE.
01:22:54:00	01:22:57:00	SO THE MOTION AND SO
01:22:57:00	01:22:58:00	COUNCILMAN, HE HAS PUT FORWARD
01:22:58:00	01:23:01:00	A MOTION TO POSTPONE AND WE ARE
01:23:01:00	01:23:02:00	GOING TO GO FOR A VOTE ON THAT
01:23:02:00	01:23:05:00	MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS DOCKET.
01:23:05:00	01:23:08:00	WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT A ROLL
01:23:08:00	01:23:09:00	CALL VOTE ON THAT DOCKET.
01:23:09:00	01:23:12:00	IT REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE FOR
01:23:12:00	01:23:13:00	IT TO FOR IT TO FOR US TO
01:23:13:00	01:23:15:00	POSTPONE TO A DATE CERTAIN
01:23:15:00	01:23:16:00	MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
01:23:16:00	01:23:19:00	CALL VOTE THAT POINT
01:23:19:00	01:23:23:00	OF CLARIFICATION TO DO DO WE
01:23:23:00	01:23:25:00	HAVE TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR
01:23:25:00	01:23:26:00	COUNCILOR STANTON?
01:23:26:00	01:23:29:00	IT'S JUST MY QUESTION.
01:23:29:00	01:23:30:00	YEAH.
01:23:30:00	01:23:34:00	UM, WE WILL SEE IF WE IF HE
01:23:34:00	01:23:38:00	RETURNS IT IS RUN AVAILABLE.
01:23:38:00	01:23:41:00	AH, BUT HE'S QUITE HARD AS LONG
01:23:41:00	01:23:42:00	AS LONG AS THERE'S SEVEN PEOPLE
01:23:42:00	01:23:45:00	WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN VOTE BUT
01:23:45:00	01:23:45:00	WE DID JUST COME BACK FROM
01:23:45:00	01:23:48:00	RECESS SO I DO WANT TO GIVE HIM
01:23:48:00	01:23:48:00	THE COURTESY.
01:23:48:00	01:23:49:00	HE MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE
01:23:49:00	01:23:50:00	RETURNED FROM RECESS SO I'D
01:23:50:00	01:23:52:00	LIKE TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUE THE
01:23:52:00	01:23:52:00	COURTESY OF RETURNING.
01:23:52:00	01:23:53:00	HE IS BACK.
01:23:53:00	01:23:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:23:55:00	01:23:56:00	MADAM CLERK I.
01:23:56:00	01:23:59:00	I DID ASK COUNCILOR I DID ASK
01:23:59:00	01:24:00:00	THE CHAIR A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
01:24:00:00	01:24:03:00	WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE A
01:24:03:00	01:24:06:00	MEETING NEXT WEEK AND WE VOTE
01:24:06:00	01:24:07:00	ON THIS NEXT WEEK?
01:24:07:00	01:24:10:00	DOES THIS IMPACT THE CONSTRUCT
01:24:10:00	01:24:11:00	SCHEDULE AT ALL?
01:24:11:00	01:24:11:00	I DO.
01:24:11:00	01:24:14:00	I DO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO
01:24:14:00	01:24:15:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA IN HER
01:24:15:00	01:24:18:00	CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE THAT
01:24:18:00	01:24:19:00	SHE'S ENGAGED FOR A PERIOD
01:24:19:00	01:24:22:00	OF TIME TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO
01:24:22:00	01:24:22:00	ATTEND THIS MEETING.
01:24:22:00	01:24:25:00	I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
01:24:25:00	01:24:26:00	RESPECT HER CONSTITUENTS IN HER
01:24:26:00	01:24:29:00	MANY OF THEM A PUBLIC HOUSING
01:24:29:00	01:24:29:00	RESIDENT.
01:24:29:00	01:24:30:00	SO I WANT TO ASK WHAT IMPACT IT
01:24:30:00	01:24:33:00	WILL HAVE ON ON SCHEDULING.
01:24:33:00	01:24:33:00	THANK YOU MR CASTRO.
01:24:33:00	01:24:37:00	YOU CAN ANSWER RESPOND TO THAT
01:24:37:00	01:24:38:00	QUESTION AND THEN WE ARE MOVING
01:24:38:00	01:24:38:00	THAT WAS NOT A POINT
01:24:38:00	01:24:41:00	OF CLARIFICATION BUT CASTRO YOU
01:24:41:00	01:24:44:00	MAY YOU MAY RESPOND TO THE
01:24:44:00	01:24:48:00	CHAIR TO COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:24:48:00	01:24:50:00	WE WE HAVE HOSTED FIVE
01:24:50:00	01:24:51:00	HEARINGS.
01:24:51:00	01:24:54:00	THEY ALL PUBLICLY NOTICED THAT
01:24:54:00	01:24:58:00	GAVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
01:24:58:00	01:24:58:00	COME AND TESTIFY.
01:24:58:00	01:25:02:00	SO ALL OF OUR HEARINGS THIS
01:25:02:00	01:25:06:00	YEAR IN LAST YEAR HAD HAD AN
01:25:06:00	01:25:10:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR ORCHESTRA
01:25:10:00	01:25:10:00	TALENT IN THE PUBLIC TO COME
01:25:10:00	01:25:11:00	AND TESTIFY AND JUST LIKE ANY
01:25:11:00	01:25:14:00	OTHER COUNCIL HEARING, YOU
01:25:14:00	01:25:17:00	KNOW, WE HAVE PUBLICLY NOTICED
01:25:17:00	01:25:21:00	IT AND GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:25:21:00	01:25:22:00	PEOPLE TO COME AND TESTIFY.
01:25:22:00	01:25:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:22:00	01:25:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:22:00	01:25:23:00	WE ARE MOVING TO A ROLL CALL
01:25:23:00	01:25:26:00	VOTE, MR CLERK, THAT THE
01:25:26:00	01:25:27:00	COUNCILWOMAN HE HAS MOTION TO
01:25:27:00	01:25:28:00	POSTPONE TO A DATE CERTAIN
01:25:28:00	01:25:29:00	WHICH WOULD BE JANUARY 29TH.
01:25:29:00	01:25:30:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
01:25:30:00	01:25:30:00	VOTE.
01:25:30:00	01:25:32:00	THIS REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE
01:25:32:00	01:25:33:00	ON THIS MOTION.
01:25:33:00	01:25:34:00	THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THE WE
01:25:34:00	01:25:37:00	DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME
01:25:37:00	01:25:38:00	OF THIS WE WILL MOVE TO THAT TO
01:25:38:00	01:25:38:00	A DOCKET.
01:25:38:00	01:25:38:00	MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
01:25:38:00	01:25:43:00	CALL VOTE COUNCILOR BERRY OH OH
01:25:43:00	01:25:43:00	YEAH.
01:25:43:00	01:25:44:00	I JUST WANT TO EXPLAINED
01:25:44:00	01:25:47:00	APOLOGIES THAT A NO VOTE WILL
01:25:47:00	01:25:47:00	NOT POSTPONE AND MEANS THAT WE
01:25:47:00	01:25:51:00	WILL VOTE ON THIS DOCKET TODAY
01:25:51:00	01:25:51:00	.
01:25:51:00	01:25:52:00	A YES VOTE MEANS POSTPONE IT
01:25:52:00	01:25:52:00	MR CLERK TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
01:25:52:00	01:25:55:00	VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON
01:25:55:00	01:25:56:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER
01:25:56:00	01:25:58:00	ABSOLUTELY NOT.
01:25:58:00	01:25:59:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART
01:25:59:00	01:25:59:00	NO.
01:25:59:00	01:26:01:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:26:01:00	01:26:02:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN NO
01:26:02:00	01:26:03:00	COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SENATOR
01:26:03:00	01:26:05:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.
01:26:05:00	01:26:06:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO
01:26:06:00	01:26:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES
01:26:09:00	01:26:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:26:10:00	01:26:10:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO
01:26:10:00	01:26:12:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO
01:26:12:00	01:26:17:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE I DON'T KNOW
01:26:17:00	01:26:23:00	WITH YOU KNOW YOU SO SO WHICH
01:26:23:00	01:26:30:00	WHICH ONE PRESENT DOUG
01:26:30:00	01:26:34:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:26:34:00	01:26:34:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:26:34:00	01:26:38:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
01:26:38:00	01:26:38:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA NO.
01:26:38:00	01:26:42:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA NO.
01:26:42:00	01:26:43:00	COUNCILOR WEBER NO
01:26:43:00	01:26:43:00	COUNCIL WEBER NO
01:26:43:00	01:26:45:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL NO
01:26:45:00	01:26:49:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL NO SEVEN
01:26:49:00	01:26:50:00	VOTES IN A NEGATIVE TO IN THE
01:26:50:00	01:26:53:00	AFFIRMATIVE AT ONE PRESENT.
01:26:53:00	01:26:53:00	OKAY.
01:26:53:00	01:26:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:26:54:00	01:26:56:00	THIS MOTION HAS NOT SUCCEEDED.
01:26:56:00	01:26:57:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
01:26:57:00	01:27:00:00	ACTUALLY A VOTE ON THE DOCKET
01:27:00:00	01:27:01:00	FROM HERE ON OUT IF THERE'S NO
01:27:01:00	01:27:04:00	DEBATE ON MOTIONS JUST WANT TO
01:27:04:00	01:27:04:00	MAKE THAT CLEAR.
01:27:04:00	01:27:07:00	NO DEBATE ON MOTIONS HERE ON
01:27:07:00	01:27:08:00	OUT RELATED TO MOTIONS SOLELY
01:27:08:00	01:27:10:00	ON THE TABLE AND TO POSTPONE TO
01:27:10:00	01:27:11:00	A DATE CERTAIN.
01:27:11:00	01:27:11:00	SO IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION
01:27:11:00	01:27:15:00	ON THE DOCKET OR IF ANYBODY
01:27:15:00	01:27:15:00	WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD A
01:27:15:00	01:27:18:00	MOTION, YOU MAY DO THAT.
01:27:18:00	01:27:19:00	BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE RIGHT
01:27:19:00	01:27:22:00	BEFORE US IS COUNCILOR ROUSE
01:27:22:00	01:27:23:00	MOTION TO PASS THE THE CHAIR
01:27:23:00	01:27:26:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:27:26:00	01:27:26:00	RECORD I'M SORRY THE CHAIR'S
01:27:26:00	01:27:27:00	RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS
01:27:27:00	01:27:30:00	COMMITTEE REPORT OUGHT TO PASS
01:27:30:00	01:27:31:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:27:31:00	01:27:31:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THANK YOU SO
01:27:31:00	01:27:33:00	MUCH.
01:27:33:00	01:27:34:00	I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
01:27:34:00	01:27:37:00	I THINK ANY ANY PROPOSAL THAT
01:27:37:00	01:27:38:00	GETS PROJECTS ON STOCK IN OUR
01:27:38:00	01:27:41:00	CITY IS A USEFUL THING AND I
01:27:41:00	01:27:42:00	WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE FOR A
01:27:42:00	01:27:45:00	VOTE ON THIS MATTER.
01:27:45:00	01:27:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:45:00	01:27:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:27:49:00	01:27:49:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:27:49:00	01:27:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
01:27:50:00	01:27:50:00	FLOOR.
01:27:50:00	01:27:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:50:00	01:27:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:27:52:00	01:27:53:00	I'M GOING TO BE VOTING YES ON
01:27:53:00	01:27:53:00	THIS.
01:27:53:00	01:27:56:00	I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF
01:27:56:00	01:28:00:00	THEY WOULD AGREE TO INCLUDE IT
01:28:00:00	01:28:00:00	AS PART OF THIS $110 MILLION
01:28:00:00	01:28:03:00	MONEY FOR UPGRADES TO ELEVATORS
01:28:03:00	01:28:04:00	IN THE VHA SYSTEM.
01:28:04:00	01:28:08:00	AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S PUSHBACK
01:28:08:00	01:28:08:00	FROM ADMINISTRATOR KENZIE BOK
01:28:08:00	01:28:11:00	AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME
01:28:11:00	01:28:11:00	PUSHBACK HERE FROM CITY
01:28:11:00	01:28:15:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT DON'T
01:28:15:00	01:28:15:00	BELIEVE THE MONEY SHOULD GO
01:28:15:00	01:28:16:00	INTO NEW ELEVATORS FOR VHA
01:28:16:00	01:28:19:00	RESIDENTS FOR WHATEVER REASON
01:28:19:00	01:28:19:00	IT MAY BE.
01:28:19:00	01:28:23:00	BUT THEY DESERVE RESPECT.
01:28:23:00	01:28:27:00	THEY DESERVE DIGNITY.
01:28:27:00	01:28:27:00	MANY OF THE RESIDENTS MANY
01:28:27:00	01:28:32:00	OF THEM ARE IN MY DISTRICT.
01:28:32:00	01:28:33:00	THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BREAK
01:28:33:00	01:28:36:00	DOWN THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM
01:28:36:00	01:28:37:00	CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN.
01:28:37:00	01:28:40:00	WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT IT WILL
01:28:40:00	01:28:41:00	ALWAYS BE LIKE THAT UNLESS WE
01:28:41:00	01:28:44:00	INVEST MONEY THROUGHOUT VHA FOR
01:28:44:00	01:28:48:00	ELEVATOR SYSTEMS THE
01:28:48:00	01:28:48:00	DEVELOPMENT IN CHUCK JOHNSTONE
01:28:48:00	01:28:51:00	DESPERATELY NEEDS MONEY BUT SO
01:28:51:00	01:28:52:00	DOES OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
01:28:52:00	01:28:56:00	THROUGHOUT BOSTON FOR THE
01:28:56:00	01:28:56:00	ELEVATORS SYSTEM.
01:28:56:00	01:28:57:00	THESE THESE BUILDINGS ARE OLD
01:28:57:00	01:29:00:00	THESE ELEVATOR SYSTEMS ARE
01:29:00:00	01:29:03:00	ALMOST OBSOLETE AND IT'S GOING
01:29:03:00	01:29:04:00	TO TAKE A COUPLE HUNDRED
01:29:04:00	01:29:07:00	MILLION DOLLARS TO FIX UP OUR
01:29:07:00	01:29:08:00	ELEVATORS IN VHA.
01:29:08:00	01:29:12:00	BUT IN THE MEANTIME RESIDENTS
01:29:12:00	01:29:15:00	IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE
01:29:15:00	01:29:15:00	SOMETIMES STUCK IN THEIR
01:29:15:00	01:29:16:00	BUILDING.
01:29:16:00	01:29:20:00	THERE'S ONE WOMAN IN THE SALT
01:29:20:00	01:29:23:00	IN IT BOOTH BERKELEY THAT HAS
01:29:23:00	01:29:26:00	CANCER AND SHE'S NOT ABLE TO
01:29:26:00	01:29:27:00	GET TO HER CHEMOTHERAPY
01:29:27:00	01:29:30:00	APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE SHE CAN'T
01:29:30:00	01:29:31:00	GET DOWN THE ELEVATOR.
01:29:31:00	01:29:33:00	SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN'T GET BACK
01:29:33:00	01:29:34:00	UP WITH THEIR GROCERIES.
01:29:34:00	01:29:37:00	SO I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES
01:29:37:00	01:29:41:00	MANY ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT
01:29:41:00	01:29:41:00	REPRESENT PUBLIC HOUSING
01:29:41:00	01:29:42:00	DEVELOPMENTS IF YOU'LL MAKE A
01:29:42:00	01:29:45:00	COMMITMENT THAT PUBLIC HOUSING
01:29:45:00	01:29:48:00	RESIDENTS ARE IMPORTANT, THEY
01:29:48:00	01:29:49:00	DESERVE SOME RESPECT.
01:29:49:00	01:29:50:00	THEY DESERVE SOME DIGNITY AND
01:29:50:00	01:29:53:00	LET'S NOT TURN OUR BACK ON THEM
01:29:53:00	01:29:53:00	AGAIN.
01:29:53:00	01:29:57:00	I KNOW THERE'S NOT SUPPORT FROM
01:29:57:00	01:29:57:00	ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK BUT I HOPE
01:29:57:00	01:29:58:00	THERE'S SUPPORT HERE FROM OUR
01:29:58:00	01:29:58:00	COLLEAGUES.
01:29:58:00	01:30:01:00	THANK YOU.
01:30:01:00	01:30:02:00	THANK YOU.
01:30:02:00	01:30:02:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:30:02:00	01:30:02:00	COUNTRYMEN.
01:30:02:00	01:30:03:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:30:03:00	01:30:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:30:05:00	01:30:06:00	AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
01:30:06:00	01:30:08:00	FOR WHAT WE ARE CALLING AN
01:30:08:00	01:30:09:00	EXERCISE IN DISCOURSE.
01:30:09:00	01:30:12:00	THIS IS THE REAL WORK Y'ALL
01:30:12:00	01:30:13:00	CASE YOU DON'T KNOW.
01:30:13:00	01:30:14:00	THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
01:30:14:00	01:30:14:00	DO.
01:30:14:00	01:30:16:00	WE'RE SUPPOSED TO QUESTION
01:30:16:00	01:30:19:00	WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THOUGHTFUL
01:30:19:00	01:30:19:00	.
01:30:19:00	01:30:20:00	WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETIMES
01:30:20:00	01:30:24:00	A LITTLE BIT DISRUPTIVE BECAUSE
01:30:24:00	01:30:27:00	OTHERWISE WHAT GOOD ARE WE IF
01:30:27:00	01:30:28:00	WE'RE NOT REALLY HERE FOR THE
01:30:28:00	01:30:28:00	WORK?
01:30:28:00	01:30:30:00	SO WHILE I.
01:30:30:00	01:30:34:00	I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ALL LOVE
01:30:34:00	01:30:35:00	THAT'S ABOUT ME.
01:30:35:00	01:30:36:00	I WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THAT TO
01:30:36:00	01:30:38:00	YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU
01:30:38:00	01:30:39:00	WANT.
01:30:39:00	01:30:39:00	BUT ANYWAYS I HAVEN'T I'M
01:30:39:00	01:30:42:00	RISING UP TO JUST TO REALLY
01:30:42:00	01:30:48:00	JUST BE REALLY SUPER EXPLICIT
01:30:48:00	01:30:49:00	ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I
01:30:49:00	01:30:50:00	BELIEVE WE NEED TO SEE MOVING
01:30:50:00	01:30:53:00	FORWARD AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS
01:30:53:00	01:30:57:00	PARTICULAR INITIATIVE I WAS
01:30:57:00	01:30:57:00	REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
01:30:57:00	01:30:58:00	POSSIBILITIES AROUND THE
01:30:58:00	01:31:01:00	AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND
01:31:01:00	01:31:01:00	THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WERE
01:31:01:00	01:31:02:00	GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPORT BLACK
01:31:02:00	01:31:05:00	AND BROWN MINORITY OWNED
01:31:05:00	01:31:09:00	BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS.
01:31:09:00	01:31:10:00	SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE'RE
01:31:10:00	01:31:13:00	GOING TO HAVE THE POLITICAL
01:31:13:00	01:31:16:00	COURAGE NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT,
01:31:16:00	01:31:17:00	YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BECOMES
01:31:17:00	01:31:20:00	MUST AND ALL OF THESE THINGS
01:31:20:00	01:31:21:00	THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:31:21:00	01:31:24:00	WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
01:31:24:00	01:31:25:00	YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GOING TO
01:31:25:00	01:31:26:00	LOOK TO THE CHAIR TO MAKE SURE
01:31:26:00	01:31:27:00	THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES
01:31:27:00	01:31:28:00	ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PROMISES
01:31:28:00	01:31:31:00	THAT WE HAVE MADE TO THOSE
01:31:31:00	01:31:32:00	FOLKS WHO WE'VE INVITED TO THIS
01:31:32:00	01:31:35:00	CHAMBER WHO FOUGHT ON BEHALF
01:31:35:00	01:31:35:00	OF AND IN SUPPORT OF OF THIS
01:31:35:00	01:31:39:00	ACCELERATOR FUND AND THAT WE DO
01:31:39:00	01:31:40:00	SO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A
01:31:40:00	01:31:43:00	MANDATE AND THAT MANDATE IS
01:31:43:00	01:31:43:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
01:31:43:00	01:31:44:00	CENTERING EQUITY AND THAT WE'RE
01:31:44:00	01:31:47:00	DOING SO IN WAYS THAT WE'RE
01:31:47:00	01:31:48:00	GOING TO HAVE CHECKS AND
01:31:48:00	01:31:50:00	BALANCES, WE'RE GOING TO I
01:31:50:00	01:31:51:00	APPRECIATE THE REPORT ONCE A
01:31:51:00	01:31:52:00	YEAR BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD
01:31:52:00	01:31:55:00	BE DOING MORE THAN JUST A ONCE
01:31:55:00	01:31:55:00	A YEAR CHECK IN.
01:31:55:00	01:31:58:00	I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A
01:31:58:00	01:31:59:00	PROTOCOL, A PROCEDURE OR
01:31:59:00	01:32:02:00	SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT LOOKS
01:32:02:00	01:32:06:00	AT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS
01:32:06:00	01:32:07:00	FOR HOW YOU GO ABOUT THE RFP
01:32:07:00	01:32:10:00	PROCESS, WHO GETS SELECTED, HOW
01:32:10:00	01:32:10:00	MUCH MONEY THEY GET, WHY THEY
01:32:10:00	01:32:11:00	GOT THAT AMOUNT.
01:32:11:00	01:32:14:00	I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS
01:32:14:00	01:32:17:00	STILL NEED TO BE UNPACKED AND I
01:32:17:00	01:32:18:00	AND I'M LOOKING TO YOU AS THE
01:32:18:00	01:32:18:00	CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS YOU HOLD
01:32:18:00	01:32:20:00	THE MONEY BACK RIGHT?
01:32:20:00	01:32:21:00	SO I'M LOOKING TO YOU TO MAKE
01:32:21:00	01:32:22:00	SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING
01:32:22:00	01:32:25:00	OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT
01:32:25:00	01:32:26:00	THAT WE'RE NOT JUST WRITING
01:32:26:00	01:32:29:00	FREE CHECKS HERE AND THERE.
01:32:29:00	01:32:30:00	AND THEN WHAT I HAVE TO MAKE I
01:32:30:00	01:32:30:00	THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY
01:32:30:00	01:32:32:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
01:32:32:00	01:32:36:00	THAT IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT
01:32:36:00	01:32:37:00	SOMETIMES TO BE THE ONLY VOICE
01:32:37:00	01:32:40:00	AND TO SPEAK UP ESPECIALLY WHEN
01:32:40:00	01:32:44:00	I AM A WOMAN OF COLOR AND I AM
01:32:44:00	01:32:45:00	TRYING TO BE AS SUPPORTIVE AS
01:32:45:00	01:32:48:00	POSSIBLE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND I
01:32:48:00	01:32:49:00	DON'T WANT TO BE LABELED AS
01:32:49:00	01:32:51:00	DIFFICULT BUT THE PROBLEM IS IS
01:32:51:00	01:32:55:00	THAT IF I DON'T SHOW UP AS I AM
01:32:55:00	01:32:56:00	THEN WHAT I'M DOING IS TELLING
01:32:56:00	01:32:56:00	EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S JUST LIKE
01:32:56:00	01:32:59:00	ME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE
01:32:59:00	01:32:59:00	IN THIS CHAMBER AND I KNOW THIS
01:32:59:00	01:33:00:00	THE WAY I SHOW UP MAKES A LOT
01:33:00:00	01:33:03:00	OF PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
01:33:03:00	01:33:03:00	HERE AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
01:33:03:00	01:33:06:00	BUT WHAT I'M NOT GOING TO DO
01:33:06:00	01:33:07:00	AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
01:33:07:00	01:33:08:00	SAY I'M NOT GOING TO WATER
01:33:08:00	01:33:10:00	MYSELF DOWN BUT I'M NOT GOING
01:33:10:00	01:33:11:00	TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DISRESPECT
01:33:11:00	01:33:12:00	ME EITHER OR TO TRY TO MINIMIZE
01:33:12:00	01:33:17:00	OR FLIP THE SCRIPT ON ME.
01:33:17:00	01:33:20:00	SO IF I'M SHOWING UP AND I'M
01:33:20:00	01:33:21:00	HOLDING THE ADMINISTRATION
01:33:21:00	01:33:23:00	ACCOUNTABLE, I'M DOING IT
01:33:23:00	01:33:24:00	BECAUSE THAT IS MY JOB AND I'M
01:33:24:00	01:33:27:00	NOT DOING IT TO BE DIFFICULT.
01:33:27:00	01:33:28:00	I'M DOING IT BECAUSE IF I DON'T
01:33:28:00	01:33:29:00	DO IT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
01:33:29:00	01:33:32:00	CONTINUE TO SAY THAT WE'RE A
01:33:32:00	01:33:32:00	RUBBER STAMP.
01:33:32:00	01:33:34:00	SO IF I'M GOING TO BE THE ONLY
01:33:34:00	01:33:35:00	ONE THAT STANDS UP WHEN WE'RE
01:33:35:00	01:33:38:00	PUSHING THINGS THROUGH, I'M
01:33:38:00	01:33:39:00	GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THE
01:33:39:00	01:33:40:00	ONLY ONE THAT STANDS UP AND
01:33:40:00	01:33:42:00	THAT IS OKAY BECAUSE I CAME
01:33:42:00	01:33:45:00	INTO THIS CHAMBER BY MYSELF
01:33:45:00	01:33:49:00	WITHOUT THE SUPPORT
01:33:49:00	01:33:50:00	OF POLITICAL POWERBROKERS AND
01:33:50:00	01:33:53:00	SO THAT GIVES ME THE
01:33:53:00	01:33:54:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW UP
01:33:54:00	01:33:57:00	UNAPOLOGETIC WITHOUT ANY FEAR
01:33:57:00	01:34:00:00	TO SPEAK UP THE WAY THAT I DO
01:34:00:00	01:34:01:00	WHETHER YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR
01:34:01:00	01:34:03:00	IT OR NOT, WHETHER YOU WANT TO
01:34:03:00	01:34:04:00	HEAR IT OR NOT I AM ONE OF YOUR
01:34:04:00	01:34:05:00	13 COLLEAGUES WHETHER YOU WANT
01:34:05:00	01:34:07:00	TO HEAR IT OR NOT.
01:34:07:00	01:34:07:00	I REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
01:34:07:00	01:34:08:00	HAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE
01:34:08:00	01:34:11:00	SHOWING UP WHETHER YOU WANT TO
01:34:11:00	01:34:12:00	HEAR IT OR NOT I AM GOING TO
01:34:12:00	01:34:14:00	SAY IT.
01:34:14:00	01:34:17:00	I AM GOING TO SAY IT AND I
01:34:17:00	01:34:18:00	DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE IN
01:34:18:00	01:34:22:00	SAYING IT NOT A THING BECAUSE I
01:34:22:00	01:34:25:00	DON'T NEED THE TITLE TO DO THE
01:34:25:00	01:34:28:00	WORK SO I WILL NEVER BE AFRAID
01:34:28:00	01:34:29:00	OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING BUT THE
01:34:29:00	01:34:34:00	MAN UP ABOVE PERIOD THE CHAIR
01:34:34:00	01:34:34:00	RECOGNIZES COMES WELL YOU HAVE
01:34:34:00	01:34:37:00	FOR I THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
01:34:37:00	01:34:40:00	AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO JUST
01:34:40:00	01:34:41:00	THANK THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
01:34:41:00	01:34:44:00	HELPING PUSH THE CREATION
01:34:44:00	01:34:44:00	OF THIS FUND.
01:34:44:00	01:34:48:00	I THINK THIS FUND HAS BEEN
01:34:48:00	01:34:52:00	SHAPED BY THE COUNCIL AS I
01:34:52:00	01:34:52:00	MENTIONED BEFORE COUNCIL, SAID
01:34:52:00	01:34:56:00	TANNER ON THE PUSH ON SOCIAL
01:34:56:00	01:34:56:00	HOUSING OUR FIGHT TO GET IN
01:34:56:00	01:34:59:00	AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND TO
01:34:59:00	01:35:00:00	THAT IT WAS THE ADVOCACY FROM
01:35:00:00	01:35:03:00	THIS COUNCIL AND FROM THE
01:35:03:00	01:35:03:00	COMMUNITY THAT HELPED SHAPE
01:35:03:00	01:35:03:00	THIS FUND.
01:35:03:00	01:35:07:00	AND I'M NOT ONLY EXCITED ABOUT
01:35:07:00	01:35:07:00	GETTING HOUSING PRODUCTION
01:35:07:00	01:35:11:00	GOING BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE YOU
01:35:11:00	01:35:11:00	KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
01:35:11:00	01:35:14:00	POINTED OUT TO GET SOME OF THAT
01:35:14:00	01:35:14:00	HOUSING WHEN WE'RE CREATING
01:35:14:00	01:35:15:00	HOUSING PRODUCTION THAT IS
01:35:15:00	01:35:18:00	EQUITY COMPONENT TO IT SO
01:35:18:00	01:35:19:00	GETTING MORE DIVERSE TEAMS IN
01:35:19:00	01:35:19:00	THERE.
01:35:19:00	01:35:21:00	SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
01:35:21:00	01:35:22:00	FUND AND ALSO THE ECONOMIC
01:35:22:00	01:35:25:00	BENEFITS THAT WE'VE NOT ONLY
01:35:25:00	01:35:26:00	FROM THE OWNERSHIP SIDE BUT
01:35:26:00	01:35:29:00	ALSO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THESE
01:35:29:00	01:35:32:00	HOMES IN TERMS OF THE ELEVATORS
01:35:32:00	01:35:36:00	AT VHA THERE'S $200 MILLION ON
01:35:36:00	01:35:40:00	THE CAPITAL PLAN AND I DO I DO
01:35:40:00	01:35:44:00	TOO HAVE BOSTON HOUSING SITES
01:35:44:00	01:35:44:00	THAT HAVE ELEVATED THAT ARE
01:35:44:00	01:35:44:00	DOWN.
01:35:44:00	01:35:45:00	SO I AM HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO
01:35:45:00	01:35:48:00	PUSH FOR THAT $200 MILLION THAT
01:35:48:00	01:35:51:00	IS ALLOCATED ON THE CAPITAL
01:35:51:00	01:35:52:00	PLAN TO BE USED FOR SOME OF THE
01:35:52:00	01:35:52:00	ELEVATORS.
01:35:52:00	01:35:55:00	BUT WHAT I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT
01:35:55:00	01:35:55:00	IN THIS FUND IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
01:35:55:00	01:35:59:00	SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN
01:35:59:00	01:35:59:00	CHARLESTOWN IS WE'RE ABLE TO
01:35:59:00	01:36:02:00	USE THIS FUND TO CREATE A WHOLE
01:36:02:00	01:36:06:00	NEW BOSTON HOUSING SITE AND
01:36:06:00	01:36:07:00	THIS IS A TOOL THAT POSSIBLY WE
01:36:07:00	01:36:10:00	CAN USE ALL ACROSS THE CITY
01:36:10:00	01:36:11:00	POSSIBLY THAT MARY ELLEN
01:36:11:00	01:36:14:00	MCCORMICK POSSIBLY AT COMMERCE
01:36:14:00	01:36:14:00	SQUARE APARTMENT.
01:36:14:00	01:36:15:00	SO THIS TOOL WILL GIVE US THE
01:36:15:00	01:36:18:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD NEW
01:36:18:00	01:36:18:00	BAYSIDE VHA SITES THAT HAVE
01:36:18:00	01:36:22:00	BROKEN ELEVATORS WHERE PEOPLE
01:36:22:00	01:36:23:00	ARE NOT LIVING AND DIGNIFIED
01:36:23:00	01:36:26:00	PLACES THIS IS A TOOL THAT
01:36:26:00	01:36:27:00	GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
01:36:27:00	01:36:30:00	MOVE OUT A LOT OF PASTA SO
01:36:30:00	01:36:31:00	THANK YOU AND I'M LOOKING
01:36:31:00	01:36:31:00	FORWARD TO TAKING THIS VOTE.
01:36:31:00	01:36:33:00	THANK YOU.
01:36:33:00	01:36:34:00	I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON
01:36:34:00	01:36:35:00	THIS SUBSTANTIVELY BECAUSE I
01:36:35:00	01:36:37:00	HAVE NOT I WAS REALLY
01:36:37:00	01:36:38:00	ENCOURAGED YESTERDAY BY THE
01:36:38:00	01:36:41:00	HEARING THAT WE HAD TO HEAR
01:36:41:00	01:36:41:00	FROM THE CHARLESTOWN RESIDENTS
01:36:41:00	01:36:45:00	ALLIANCE TO LOOK AT THAT MODEL
01:36:45:00	01:36:45:00	OF GOVERNANCE.
01:36:45:00	01:36:45:00	RARELY DO WE SEE THAT.
01:36:45:00	01:36:49:00	RARELY DO WE SEE THAT LEVEL
01:36:49:00	01:36:49:00	OF RESIDENTS LITERALLY SITTING
01:36:49:00	01:36:52:00	AT THE TABLE AND TELLING THE
01:36:52:00	01:36:53:00	CITY WHAT THEY WANT.
01:36:53:00	01:36:54:00	RARELY DO WE HEAR AND SEE
01:36:54:00	01:36:57:00	PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PUBLIC
01:36:57:00	01:36:58:00	HOUSING BE ELEVATED TO BEING
01:36:58:00	01:37:01:00	CO-EQUAL PARTNERS IN THINKING
01:37:01:00	01:37:02:00	ABOUT WHAT THE HOUSING THAT
01:37:02:00	01:37:02:00	THEY DESERVE, WHAT THAT SHOULD
01:37:02:00	01:37:05:00	LOOK LIKE AND SO I AM VERY
01:37:05:00	01:37:05:00	HAPPY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
01:37:05:00	01:37:09:00	WE NOT ONLY WHAT WE BE USING
01:37:09:00	01:37:11:00	THIS MONEY WE'LL GET A RETURN
01:37:11:00	01:37:11:00	OF 4 TO 6%.
01:37:11:00	01:37:12:00	WE ARE BUILDING ALTERNATIVES TO
01:37:12:00	01:37:16:00	WHAT THE MARKET CANNOT DO AND I
01:37:16:00	01:37:16:00	WANT TO SEE MORE OF THIS.
01:37:16:00	01:37:17:00	I WANT TO SEE MORE INNOVATION.
01:37:17:00	01:37:19:00	I WANT TO SEE US LEANING INTO
01:37:19:00	01:37:20:00	OUR FISCAL STRENGTH AS A CITY
01:37:20:00	01:37:23:00	TO DO FOR THE LEAST AMONG US
01:37:23:00	01:37:23:00	AND OUR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN
01:37:23:00	01:37:27:00	PUBLIC HOUSING ARE THE LEAST
01:37:27:00	01:37:27:00	AMONG US.
01:37:27:00	01:37:31:00	AND SO I AM EXCITED TO VOTE YES
01:37:31:00	01:37:31:00	ON THIS.
01:37:31:00	01:37:31:00	MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
01:37:31:00	01:37:34:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
01:37:34:00	01:37:38:00	CALL VOTE AND I CAN MEMBER 0108
01:37:38:00	01:37:39:00	COUNCILOR BREEN
01:37:39:00	01:37:42:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED
01:37:42:00	01:37:43:00	TO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART
01:37:43:00	01:37:43:00	YES.
01:37:43:00	01:37:46:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:37:46:00	01:37:46:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:37:46:00	01:37:49:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
01:37:49:00	01:37:50:00	COUNCIL THE FITZGERALD YES.
01:37:50:00	01:37:50:00	COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES.
01:37:50:00	01:37:53:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:37:53:00	01:37:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:37:54:00	01:37:54:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:37:54:00	01:37:57:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES
01:37:57:00	01:37:57:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:37:57:00	01:37:58:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES
01:37:58:00	01:38:01:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:38:01:00	01:38:02:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:38:02:00	01:38:02:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN
01:38:02:00	01:38:06:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:38:06:00	01:38:06:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:38:06:00	01:38:07:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:38:07:00	01:38:10:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:38:10:00	01:38:10:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
01:38:10:00	01:38:13:00	COUNCILOR OVERALL YES DUCK IN
01:38:13:00	01:38:16:00	NUMBERS 0108 HAS RECEIVED TEN
01:38:16:00	01:38:16:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
01:38:16:00	01:38:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:38:16:00	01:38:19:00	THAT COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:38:19:00	01:38:23:00	ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0108
01:38:23:00	01:38:23:00	HAS PASSED.
01:38:23:00	01:38:24:00	WE'RE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS
01:38:24:00	01:38:25:00	ORDERED AND RESOLUTIONS
01:38:25:00	01:38:27:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
01:38:27:00	01:38:30:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0249 DUCK NUMBER
01:38:30:00	01:38:30:00	0249 COUNCILOR WORRELL LAW FOR
01:38:30:00	01:38:32:00	THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE
01:38:32:00	01:38:33:00	AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON
01:38:33:00	01:38:35:00	CODE CHAPTER 18 DASH ONE POINT
01:38:35:00	01:38:36:00	TO BE TO MAKE CERTIFICATES
01:38:36:00	01:38:40:00	OF BIRTH AND DEATH FREE.
01:38:40:00	01:38:40:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:38:40:00	01:38:41:00	COUNCILOR WHILE YOU HAVE THE
01:38:41:00	01:38:43:00	FLOOR.
01:38:43:00	01:38:47:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:38:47:00	01:38:47:00	I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE
01:38:47:00	01:38:48:00	AS A PARTNER AS AN ORIGINAL
01:38:48:00	01:38:52:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL CLOUD AS A
01:38:52:00	01:38:52:00	PARTY HAS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL
01:38:52:00	01:38:53:00	CO-SPONSOR AND I LIKE TO
01:38:53:00	01:38:55:00	SUSPEND THE RULES IN THAT
01:38:55:00	01:38:55:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS
01:38:55:00	01:38:56:00	A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
01:38:56:00	01:38:58:00	COUNCILOR ALSO SUSPEND THE
01:38:58:00	01:38:59:00	RULES ADD COUNT MYSELF AS A
01:38:59:00	01:38:59:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
01:38:59:00	01:39:00:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
01:39:00:00	01:39:03:00	OBJECTIONS SO ADDED COUNCIL ARE
01:39:03:00	01:39:04:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU.
01:39:04:00	01:39:05:00	RIGHT NOW FAMILIES IN OUR CITY
01:39:05:00	01:39:06:00	ARE BEING CHARGED FOR SOMETHING
01:39:06:00	01:39:09:00	AS BASIC AS A BIRTH OR DEATH
01:39:09:00	01:39:10:00	CERTIFICATE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE
01:39:10:00	01:39:13:00	ESSENTIAL FOR THINGS LIKE A
01:39:13:00	01:39:14:00	ROLE IN A CHILD IN SCHOOL
01:39:14:00	01:39:17:00	STARTING A JOB OR SETTLING
01:39:17:00	01:39:17:00	SETTLING A LOVED ONE'S AFFAIR.
01:39:17:00	01:39:18:00	MY OFFICE HAVE HEARD FROM
01:39:18:00	01:39:21:00	CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE PAID
01:39:21:00	01:39:22:00	THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE
01:39:22:00	01:39:25:00	ORIGINAL COST TO A THIRD PARTY
01:39:25:00	01:39:26:00	SERVICE JUST TO GET THEIR OWN
01:39:26:00	01:39:28:00	RECORDS.
01:39:28:00	01:39:29:00	THOSE THIRD PARTY SERVICES ARE
01:39:29:00	01:39:32:00	PROFITING PROFITING OFF OF THIS
01:39:32:00	01:39:33:00	AND MY HOPE IS THAT BY
01:39:33:00	01:39:36:00	PUBLICIZING THE NO COST OF THIS
01:39:36:00	01:39:37:00	ASPECT WOULD HELP DECREASE THE
01:39:37:00	01:39:40:00	USE OF THESE THIRD PARTY
01:39:40:00	01:39:40:00	SERVICES.
01:39:40:00	01:39:41:00	WAIVING THE FEE WILL ALSO BE
01:39:41:00	01:39:43:00	HELPFUL FOR OUR RETURNING
01:39:43:00	01:39:44:00	CITIZENS WHO MIGHT NEED A BIRTH
01:39:44:00	01:39:47:00	CERTIFICATE AS THEY COME HOME
01:39:47:00	01:39:47:00	AND ENTER THE WORKFORCE AND THE
01:39:47:00	01:39:50:00	BOSTON FINANCE COMMISSION ON
01:39:50:00	01:39:51:00	DECEMBER EIGHT SENT A LETTER
01:39:51:00	01:39:54:00	RECOMMENDING THE ABOLITION
01:39:54:00	01:39:58:00	OF THE FEES USING ONE TO BE
01:39:58:00	01:39:59:00	USING ONE OF BOSTON PUBLIC
01:39:59:00	01:40:02:00	SCHOOL STUDENTS AS A CASE
01:40:02:00	01:40:02:00	STUDY.
01:40:02:00	01:40:02:00	I'M GOING TO READ BRIEFLY FROM
01:40:02:00	01:40:05:00	THAT LETTER THAT WAS SIGNED BY
01:40:05:00	01:40:05:00	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
01:40:05:00	01:40:09:00	BOSTON FINANCE COMMISSION,
01:40:09:00	01:40:10:00	MATTHEW CAHILL AND THE BOARD
01:40:10:00	01:40:10:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION
01:40:10:00	01:40:13:00	CHRISTOPHER ANTONELLO.
01:40:13:00	01:40:14:00	AND BEFORE I READ THAT CASE
01:40:14:00	01:40:17:00	STUDY I JUST WANTED TO THANK
01:40:17:00	01:40:17:00	COUNCILOR BRAEDEN.
01:40:17:00	01:40:18:00	I KNOW SHE'S BEEN CONSTANTLY
01:40:18:00	01:40:22:00	ADVOCATING TO GET MONEY TO THE
01:40:22:00	01:40:22:00	FINANCE COMMISSION AND WERE
01:40:22:00	01:40:25:00	ABLE TO DO SO IN THE LAST
01:40:25:00	01:40:29:00	BUDGET CYCLE, THE LETTER READS
01:40:29:00	01:40:32:00	THE LATEST FIGURES SHOWS THAT
01:40:32:00	01:40:32:00	77% OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
01:40:32:00	01:40:36:00	STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME
01:40:36:00	01:40:37:00	STUDENTS SHOULD NOT MISS OUT ON
01:40:37:00	01:40:40:00	OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY LACK
01:40:40:00	01:40:40:00	FUNDS TO OBTAIN GOVERNMENT
01:40:40:00	01:40:44:00	DOCUMENTS OR ID WHETHER THAT
01:40:44:00	01:40:45:00	JOB BE FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR
01:40:45:00	01:40:47:00	TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS.
01:40:47:00	01:40:50:00	IT GOES ON TO RECOMMEND THAT
01:40:50:00	01:40:51:00	THIS COST BARRIER BE REMOVED
01:40:51:00	01:40:55:00	COMBINED THE FACTOR FOR OUR
01:40:55:00	01:40:56:00	RETURNING CITIZENS AND THE
01:40:56:00	01:40:59:00	HARDSHIP OFTEN ENCOUNTERED BY
01:40:59:00	01:40:59:00	OUR STUDENT AND ALSO OUR
01:40:59:00	01:41:03:00	RELATIVES DEALING WITH THE
01:41:03:00	01:41:03:00	LOVED ONES IN DEBT.
01:41:03:00	01:41:06:00	I BELIEVE THAT THIS FEE SHOULD
01:41:06:00	01:41:06:00	BE REMOVED ENTIRELY.
01:41:06:00	01:41:07:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:07:00	01:41:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:10:00	01:41:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:41:11:00	01:41:12:00	BECAUSE AS A PAPER YOU HAVE THE
01:41:12:00	01:41:12:00	FLOOR.
01:41:12:00	01:41:13:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I
01:41:13:00	01:41:14:00	WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR
01:41:14:00	01:41:17:00	OUTING ME ON I THINK THAT THIS
01:41:17:00	01:41:17:00	IS A NO BRAINER.
01:41:17:00	01:41:18:00	IT PRIORITIZES ACCESSIBILITY
01:41:18:00	01:41:21:00	AND EQUITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
01:41:21:00	01:41:22:00	THESE VITAL RECORDS ARE
01:41:22:00	01:41:22:00	ESSENTIAL FOR ACCESSING
01:41:22:00	01:41:25:00	EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND
01:41:25:00	01:41:26:00	FAMILY BENEFITS AND MORE
01:41:26:00	01:41:29:00	REMOVING FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO
01:41:29:00	01:41:30:00	OBTAIN THEM IS A HUGE STEP
01:41:30:00	01:41:32:00	FORWARD ENSURING THAT NO ONE IS
01:41:32:00	01:41:33:00	LEFT BEHIND DUE TO ECONOMIC
01:41:33:00	01:41:33:00	HARDSHIP.
01:41:33:00	01:41:36:00	I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE LEAD
01:41:36:00	01:41:36:00	SPONSOR ON THIS TOO.
01:41:36:00	01:41:40:00	I THINK THAT THERE AS WE
01:41:40:00	01:41:40:00	PROGRESSED THE CONVERSATION AND
01:41:40:00	01:41:41:00	I THINK IT WILL BE GOING
01:41:41:00	01:41:43:00	THROUGH MY COMMITTEE BUT WE DO
01:41:43:00	01:41:44:00	CAREFULLY CONSIDER SOME OF THE
01:41:44:00	01:41:44:00	FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE
01:41:44:00	01:41:47:00	OTHERS POLICY AND JUST MAKING
01:41:47:00	01:41:48:00	SURE THAT YOU KNOW EITHER
01:41:48:00	01:41:49:00	THROUGH MEANS TESTING OR
01:41:49:00	01:41:51:00	ENSURING YOU CAN'T GET A
01:41:51:00	01:41:52:00	MILLION BIRTH CERTIFICATES OR
01:41:52:00	01:41:55:00	DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR FREE
01:41:55:00	01:41:56:00	MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS SOME
01:41:56:00	01:41:56:00	SORT OF QUALIFICATIONS TO THAT.
01:41:56:00	01:41:59:00	BUT IN GENERAL I DO SUPPORT
01:41:59:00	01:42:00:00	THIS THIS GOING FORWARD AND I
01:42:00:00	01:42:02:00	LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE FUTURE
01:42:02:00	01:42:03:00	CONVERSATIONS.
01:42:03:00	01:42:03:00	AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK THE
01:42:03:00	01:42:04:00	LEADERSHIP OF THE ORIGINAL
01:42:04:00	01:42:08:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:42:08:00	01:42:08:00	THANKS.
01:42:08:00	01:42:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:42:08:00	01:42:09:00	COUNCILOR COLORS IPAD TWO I'M
01:42:09:00	01:42:10:00	ALSO VERY EXCITED FOR THIS
01:42:10:00	01:42:11:00	ORDINANCE MY OFFICE AND A LOT
01:42:11:00	01:42:13:00	OF WORK FOR OUR FOLKS ARE
01:42:13:00	01:42:14:00	RETURNING HOME FOR
01:42:14:00	01:42:16:00	INCARCERATION ABOUT MAKING SURE
01:42:16:00	01:42:17:00	THAT THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS
01:42:17:00	01:42:20:00	ISSUES OF RECIDIVISM IS TO MAKE
01:42:20:00	01:42:21:00	SURE THAT WE ARE HOLISTICALLY
01:42:21:00	01:42:22:00	MEETING SIMPLE BARRIERS THAT
01:42:22:00	01:42:25:00	PEOPLE FACE SUCH AS ACCESS TO
01:42:25:00	01:42:26:00	IDS JUST A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
01:42:26:00	01:42:28:00	SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT
01:42:28:00	01:42:29:00	OF WORK AROUND ACCESS TO OUR
01:42:29:00	01:42:32:00	THE DRIVER'S LICENSE BUT IT'S
01:42:32:00	01:42:33:00	JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE
01:42:33:00	01:42:34:00	TO TRY TO LOWER THE
01:42:34:00	01:42:36:00	ADMINISTRATIVE OBSTACLES FOR
01:42:36:00	01:42:36:00	VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
01:42:36:00	01:42:39:00	AND SO I THINK THIS ONE WAY
01:42:39:00	01:42:40:00	OF US GETTING THERE SO I LOOK
01:42:40:00	01:42:41:00	FORWARD TO A HEARING ON THIS.
01:42:41:00	01:42:43:00	WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR SENIORS
01:42:43:00	01:42:44:00	FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
01:42:44:00	01:42:47:00	INDIGENT WHO WHERE THIS IS A
01:42:47:00	01:42:48:00	BARRIER AND SO I LOOK FORWARD
01:42:48:00	01:42:51:00	TO THE WORK ON THIS.
01:42:51:00	01:42:52:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:42:52:00	01:42:52:00	DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:42:52:00	01:42:54:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:42:54:00	01:42:55:00	I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE LEAD
01:42:55:00	01:42:56:00	SPONSOR AND EVERYONE WHO IS IN
01:42:56:00	01:42:58:00	SUPPORT OF THIS.
01:42:58:00	01:42:59:00	THIS IS GOOD POLICY AND WORLD
01:42:59:00	01:43:02:00	CLASS CITY LIKE BOSTON SHOULD
01:43:02:00	01:43:03:00	NOT BE CHARGING FOR BIRTH OR
01:43:03:00	01:43:06:00	DEATH CERTIFICATES AND WE DO
01:43:06:00	01:43:07:00	HAVE SOME IDEAS THIS YEAR THAT
01:43:07:00	01:43:09:00	MIGHT END UP COVERING THE COST
01:43:09:00	01:43:10:00	AND REVENUE REVENUE GENERATING
01:43:10:00	01:43:13:00	IDEAS AND I THINK WHEN YOU
01:43:13:00	01:43:17:00	REFERENCED HOW MUCH WE RAISE
01:43:17:00	01:43:17:00	HOW MUCH REVENUE GENERATED FROM
01:43:17:00	01:43:21:00	THIS, IT'S FROM IT'S IT'S IT'S
01:43:21:00	01:43:22:00	SMALL AND THIS WOULD MAKE A
01:43:22:00	01:43:22:00	HUGE DIFFERENCE.
01:43:22:00	01:43:23:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH,
01:43:23:00	01:43:26:00	COUNCILWOMAN AND EXCITED TO
01:43:26:00	01:43:27:00	SUPPORT THIS.
01:43:27:00	01:43:27:00	THANK YOU.
01:43:27:00	01:43:28:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CATCH A
01:43:28:00	01:43:29:00	PLANE HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:43:29:00	01:43:29:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:43:29:00	01:43:32:00	ALTHOUGH I'M NOT ORIGINAL
01:43:32:00	01:43:33:00	CO-SPONSOR THIS IS AN ISSUE
01:43:33:00	01:43:36:00	I'VE WORKED ON MY ENTIRE LIFE
01:43:36:00	01:43:37:00	PRACTICALLY AS A PROBATION
01:43:37:00	01:43:40:00	OFFICER AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR
01:43:40:00	01:43:41:00	COURT FOR EIGHT YEARS HELPING
01:43:41:00	01:43:44:00	RETURNING CITIZENS ESPECIALLY
01:43:44:00	01:43:48:00	AND GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY
01:43:48:00	01:43:49:00	NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
01:43:49:00	01:43:52:00	BUT THEY CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL IN
01:43:52:00	01:43:55:00	LIFE WITHOUT A SIMPLE DOCUMENT
01:43:55:00	01:43:56:00	A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
01:43:56:00	01:43:59:00	MANY MEN MOSTLY MEN AND WOMEN
01:43:59:00	01:44:00:00	COMING OUT OF JAIL ARE COMING
01:44:00:00	01:44:03:00	OUT OF PRISON WILL REPORT TO
01:44:03:00	01:44:04:00	THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT
01:44:04:00	01:44:07:00	WITHOUT ANY FORM
01:44:07:00	01:44:07:00	OF IDENTIFICATION, WITHOUT ANY
01:44:07:00	01:44:07:00	DOCUMENTATION.
01:44:07:00	01:44:11:00	OTHER THAN THEIR DISCHARGE
01:44:11:00	01:44:11:00	PAPER.
01:44:11:00	01:44:12:00	I WOULD OFTEN HAVE TO GO TO
01:44:12:00	01:44:15:00	CITY HALL AS A PROBATION
01:44:15:00	01:44:18:00	OFFICER WITH MY PROBATION AND
01:44:18:00	01:44:18:00	WITH MY PROBATIONERS AND I
01:44:18:00	01:44:22:00	WOULD HAVE TO AT TIMES PAY FOR
01:44:22:00	01:44:22:00	THE FEE SO THAT THEY COULD GET
01:44:22:00	01:44:23:00	A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
01:44:23:00	01:44:26:00	MANY MOST OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE
01:44:26:00	01:44:27:00	THE FEE NECESSARY TO EVEN GET
01:44:27:00	01:44:29:00	GET THE DOCUMENT.
01:44:29:00	01:44:30:00	THAT'S ONE OBSTACLE AND IT'S A
01:44:30:00	01:44:33:00	MAJOR OBSTACLE THAT WE PLACE IN
01:44:33:00	01:44:36:00	THE WAY OF RETURNING CITIZENS.
01:44:36:00	01:44:37:00	WE NEED TO GIVE THEM EVERY
01:44:37:00	01:44:41:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
01:44:41:00	01:44:42:00	THEY ARE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
01:44:42:00	01:44:45:00	THEY ARE OUR OUR NEIGHBORS.
01:44:45:00	01:44:48:00	YES, THEY'VE MADE MISTAKES MANY
01:44:48:00	01:44:49:00	TIMES HAVE MADE MISTAKES AND
01:44:49:00	01:44:52:00	THEY I THINK THEY'VE WERE
01:44:52:00	01:44:56:00	COMMITTED TO JAIL OR PRISON AND
01:44:56:00	01:44:56:00	THEY'VE DONE THEIR TIME AND NOW
01:44:56:00	01:44:57:00	THEY'RE TRYING TO COME BACK AND
01:44:57:00	01:44:59:00	RAISE FAMILIES AND BE
01:44:59:00	01:44:59:00	PRODUCTIVE BUT NOT HAVING
01:44:59:00	01:45:03:00	ACCESS TO A PHYSICAL DOCUMENT
01:45:03:00	01:45:03:00	LIKE A PARADE CERTIFICATE CAN
01:45:03:00	01:45:07:00	SET SOMEONE BACK SIGNIFICA
01:45:07:00	01:45:10:00	QUENTLY SO I'M GLAD THAT THE
01:45:10:00	01:45:11:00	SPONSORS HAVE FILED THIS AND
01:45:11:00	01:45:14:00	THIS IS SOMETHING I PROUDLY
01:45:14:00	01:45:15:00	WILL SUPPORT AND IT'S PROBABLY
01:45:15:00	01:45:18:00	SOMETHING I WILL CONTINUE TO
01:45:18:00	01:45:19:00	SUPPORT BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO
01:45:19:00	01:45:22:00	EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THOSE
01:45:22:00	01:45:23:00	PEOPLE COMING OUT OF JAIL IN
01:45:23:00	01:45:23:00	PRISON.
01:45:23:00	01:45:23:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:45:23:00	01:45:26:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON
01:45:26:00	01:45:26:00	THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
01:45:26:00	01:45:27:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
01:45:27:00	01:45:30:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
01:45:30:00	01:45:37:00	DURKIN, FLYNN, MARIA MURPHY,
01:45:37:00	01:45:40:00	SANTANA WEBER THIS DOCKET
01:45:40:00	01:45:40:00	DOCKET NUMBER IS 0249 WILL BE
01:45:40:00	01:45:41:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
01:45:41:00	01:45:44:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
01:45:44:00	01:45:45:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
01:45:45:00	01:45:47:00	TALKING NUMBER 02500250
01:45:47:00	01:45:48:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN ON FOR THE
01:45:48:00	01:45:51:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
01:45:51:00	01:45:51:00	REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY AND
01:45:51:00	01:45:54:00	IMPACT OF A SUGAR SWEETENED
01:45:54:00	01:45:54:00	BEVERAGE TAX IN BOSTON.
01:45:54:00	01:45:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:45:55:00	01:45:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:45:59:00	01:45:59:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
01:45:59:00	01:46:00:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
01:46:00:00	01:46:00:00	FLOOR.
01:46:00:00	01:46:01:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
01:46:01:00	01:46:02:00	PRESIDENT.
01:46:02:00	01:46:02:00	I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES
01:46:02:00	01:46:03:00	AND OUT COUNCILOR CLAUDIA
01:46:03:00	01:46:07:00	ZAPATA AS AN ORIGINAL
01:46:07:00	01:46:07:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:46:07:00	01:46:08:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PARTNER
01:46:08:00	01:46:09:00	SO ADDED THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:46:09:00	01:46:10:00	TODAY I RISE TO INTRODUCE A
01:46:10:00	01:46:10:00	HEARING ORDER TO EXPLORE THE
01:46:10:00	01:46:13:00	IMPLEMENTATION OF A SWEETENED
01:46:13:00	01:46:14:00	SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX OR
01:46:14:00	01:46:17:00	SSP TEA IN BOSTON.
01:46:17:00	01:46:18:00	THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO ADDRESS
01:46:18:00	01:46:20:00	TWO INTERCONNECTED CHALLENGES
01:46:20:00	01:46:21:00	THE RISING BURDEN OF DIET
01:46:21:00	01:46:22:00	RELATED DISEASE IN OUR
01:46:22:00	01:46:24:00	COMMUNITIES AND THE NEED TO
01:46:24:00	01:46:25:00	IDENTIFY SUSTAINABLE REVENUE
01:46:25:00	01:46:25:00	STREAMS TO INVEST IN PUBLIC
01:46:25:00	01:46:28:00	HEALTH AND EQUITY FOCUSED
01:46:28:00	01:46:29:00	PROGRAMS.
01:46:29:00	01:46:32:00	BOSTON IS CELEBRATED FOR ITS
01:46:32:00	01:46:32:00	HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS.
01:46:32:00	01:46:33:00	DISTRICT DATA INCLUDES
01:46:33:00	01:46:35:00	INSTITUTIONS LIKE MASS GENERAL
01:46:35:00	01:46:36:00	BRIGHAM, DANA-FARBER, BETH
01:46:36:00	01:46:39:00	ISRAEL AND BOSTON CHILDREN'S
01:46:39:00	01:46:39:00	HOSPITAL WHO WORK DEEPLY IN OUR
01:46:39:00	01:46:40:00	COMMUNITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
01:46:40:00	01:46:43:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
01:46:43:00	01:46:43:00	COMMISSION TO DELIVER A BOSTON
01:46:43:00	01:46:46:00	WHERE EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL
01:46:46:00	01:46:47:00	OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A HEALTHIER
01:46:47:00	01:46:47:00	LIFE.
01:46:47:00	01:46:51:00	BUT WE KNOW LIFE INSPECTOR SI
01:46:51:00	01:46:51:00	VARIES DRASTICALLY BY AS MUCH
01:46:51:00	01:46:55:00	AS 20 YEARS BETWEEN ROXBURY AND
01:46:55:00	01:46:56:00	BACK BAY DUE IN PART TO CHRONIC
01:46:56:00	01:46:59:00	ILLNESSES LIKE OBESITY,
01:46:59:00	01:46:59:00	DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE AND
01:46:59:00	01:47:00:00	CONDITIONS THAT
01:47:00:00	01:47:02:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY ARE BORNE BY
01:47:02:00	01:47:03:00	COMMUNITIES OF COLOR SUGAR
01:47:03:00	01:47:07:00	SWEETENED BEVERAGES ARE A MAJOR
01:47:07:00	01:47:08:00	CONTRIBUTOR TO THESE HEALTH
01:47:08:00	01:47:11:00	ISSUES AND OFFERING HIGH SUGAR
01:47:11:00	01:47:11:00	CONTENT WITH NO NUTRITIONAL
01:47:11:00	01:47:11:00	BENEFITS.
01:47:11:00	01:47:14:00	WELL BEING AGGRESSIVELY
01:47:14:00	01:47:15:00	MARKETED TO OUR YOUTH IN BOSTON
01:47:15:00	01:47:18:00	OVER 70% OF ADOLESCENTS REPORT
01:47:18:00	01:47:22:00	CONSUMING SODA REGULARLY WITH
01:47:22:00	01:47:22:00	CONSUMPTION RATES HIGHEST AMONG
01:47:22:00	01:47:25:00	COMMUNITIES ALREADY FACING
01:47:25:00	01:47:26:00	HEALTH INEQUITIES A MODEST TAX
01:47:26:00	01:47:29:00	ON SUGARY BEVERAGES MODELED ON
01:47:29:00	01:47:30:00	A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT ARE
01:47:30:00	01:47:33:00	HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN CITIES
01:47:33:00	01:47:33:00	LIKE PHILADELPHIA AND SEATTLE
01:47:33:00	01:47:34:00	HAS BEEN PROVEN TO REDUCE
01:47:34:00	01:47:37:00	CONSUMPTION AND IMPROVE PUBLIC
01:47:37:00	01:47:40:00	HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR EVERY 1%
01:47:40:00	01:47:40:00	INCREASE IN THE PRICE THESE
01:47:40:00	01:47:41:00	CITIES HAVE SEEN CONSUMPTION
01:47:41:00	01:47:44:00	DROP APPROXIMATELY BY THE SAME
01:47:44:00	01:47:44:00	PERCENTAGE THE MEDIAN
01:47:44:00	01:47:47:00	CONSUMPTION DROPS BY VOLUME
01:47:47:00	01:47:48:00	CLOSE TO 30% IN THE YEARS
01:47:48:00	01:47:51:00	FOLLOWING THE INSTITUTION
01:47:51:00	01:47:54:00	OF SUCH TAXES HERE IN BOSTON, 1
01:47:54:00	01:47:57:00	TO 2% PER OUNCE TAX COULD
01:47:57:00	01:47:58:00	PREVENT MORE THAN 6000 CASES
01:47:58:00	01:48:02:00	OF OBESITY REDUCE DIABETES BY
01:48:02:00	01:48:05:00	9% AND SAVE OVER $90 MILLION IN
01:48:05:00	01:48:06:00	HEALTH CARE COSTS IN THE FIRST
01:48:06:00	01:48:06:00	DECADE.
01:48:06:00	01:48:09:00	THIS POTENTIAL REVENUE FOR THIS
01:48:09:00	01:48:12:00	TAX ESTIMATED TO BE 20 TO $30
01:48:12:00	01:48:12:00	MILLION ANNUALLY COULD BE
01:48:12:00	01:48:12:00	TRANSFORMATIONAL.
01:48:12:00	01:48:15:00	THESE FUNDS COULD SUPPORT
01:48:15:00	01:48:16:00	CRITICAL INITIATIVES LIKE FOOD
01:48:16:00	01:48:18:00	LITERACY PROGRAMS AND YOUTH
01:48:18:00	01:48:19:00	RECREATION INFRASTRUCTURE
01:48:19:00	01:48:19:00	PROJECTS.
01:48:19:00	01:48:23:00	WELL, ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY
01:48:23:00	01:48:23:00	IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE AN
01:48:23:00	01:48:27:00	IMPORTANT IMPERATIVE HERE AT
01:48:27:00	01:48:27:00	THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT'S TO
01:48:27:00	01:48:30:00	SUPPORT RESIDENTS.
01:48:30:00	01:48:30:00	CRITICS MAY ARGUE THAT SUCH
01:48:30:00	01:48:34:00	TAXES REGRESSIVE HOWEVER,
01:48:34:00	01:48:34:00	EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT HEALTH CARE
01:48:34:00	01:48:35:00	BENEFITS AND REINVESTMENT AND
01:48:35:00	01:48:38:00	OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR
01:48:38:00	01:48:38:00	COMMUNITIES FAR OUTWEIGH THE
01:48:38:00	01:48:38:00	COST.
01:48:38:00	01:48:42:00	CITIES WITH SPEED CHEESE HAVE
01:48:42:00	01:48:42:00	USED REVENUE TO FUND PRE-K
01:48:42:00	01:48:45:00	EDUCATION, IMPROVE
01:48:45:00	01:48:46:00	INFRASTRUCTURE, PROMOTE HEALTHY
01:48:46:00	01:48:49:00	FOODS AND AND THEY HAVE PROVED
01:48:49:00	01:48:50:00	THESE POLICIES CAN WORK TO
01:48:50:00	01:48:53:00	BENEFIT THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY
01:48:53:00	01:48:53:00	HEALTH INEQUITIES.
01:48:53:00	01:48:56:00	THIS IS NOT JUST A POLICY TO
01:48:56:00	01:48:57:00	REGULATE SUGARY DRINKS.
01:48:57:00	01:48:58:00	IT'S A STEP TOWARDS A
01:48:58:00	01:49:01:00	HEALTHIER, MORE EQUITABLE
01:49:01:00	01:49:01:00	BOSTON.
01:49:01:00	01:49:02:00	I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WE
01:49:02:00	01:49:05:00	BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION AND
01:49:05:00	01:49:06:00	THIS IS JUST A HEARING ORDER TO
01:49:06:00	01:49:06:00	CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH
01:49:06:00	01:49:10:00	STAKEHOLDERS, PUBLIC HEALTH
01:49:10:00	01:49:10:00	EXPERTS AND RESIDENTS TO SHAPE
01:49:10:00	01:49:13:00	A POLICY THAT REFLECTS OUR
01:49:13:00	01:49:13:00	SHARED VALUES.
01:49:13:00	01:49:17:00	I KNOW THERE WILL BE DEBATES
01:49:17:00	01:49:17:00	AND I WELCOME THEM.
01:49:17:00	01:49:20:00	THIS PROCESS REQUIRES TIME TO
01:49:20:00	01:49:21:00	SOCIALIZE THE IDEA WITH THE
01:49:21:00	01:49:21:00	STATE HOUSE, ENGAGE
01:49:21:00	01:49:24:00	STAKEHOLDERS IN A DESIGN, A
01:49:24:00	01:49:25:00	POLICY THAT'S FAIR, EFFECTIVE
01:49:25:00	01:49:28:00	AND SUSTAINABLE.
01:49:28:00	01:49:29:00	BUT IT'S WORTH HAVING THE
01:49:29:00	01:49:29:00	CONVERSATION.
01:49:29:00	01:49:30:00	LET'S THINK ABOUT THE
01:49:30:00	01:49:32:00	OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST IN FOOD
01:49:32:00	01:49:33:00	LITERACY.
01:49:33:00	01:49:33:00	HEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:49:33:00	01:49:36:00	I PUT OUT A SUBSTACK THIS
01:49:36:00	01:49:39:00	WEEKEND AND I'VE HEARD FROM
01:49:39:00	01:49:40:00	MANY BOSTONIANS WHO HAVE
01:49:40:00	01:49:43:00	VARYING OPINIONS BUT ONE ONE
01:49:43:00	01:49:44:00	CRITICAL CRITICAL THING THAT
01:49:44:00	01:49:47:00	I'VE HEARD IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T
01:49:47:00	01:49:51:00	WANT THIS SPENT IN JUST ANY WAY
01:49:51:00	01:49:51:00	THEY WANT.
01:49:51:00	01:49:52:00	IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE
01:49:52:00	01:49:55:00	NEED TO DO IT TO MAKE BOSTON
01:49:55:00	01:49:55:00	HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE.
01:49:55:00	01:49:59:00	AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
01:49:59:00	01:50:00:00	THE CONVERSATION SO I HOPE MY
01:50:00:00	01:50:00:00	COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN IN.
01:50:00:00	01:50:01:00	THANK YOU.
01:50:01:00	01:50:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:50:04:00	01:50:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:50:04:00	01:50:05:00	CONSIDER HERE AND I'M GOING TO
01:50:05:00	01:50:05:00	GO TO YOUR CO-SPONSOR NEXT BUT
01:50:05:00	01:50:07:00	BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY IT AGAIN
01:50:07:00	01:50:08:00	LIKE LAST WEEK AND I JUST HEARD
01:50:08:00	01:50:10:00	THE CLOCK GO OFF FOR NEW
01:50:10:00	01:50:17:00	MATTERS THE RULE OF 3 MINUTES
01:50:17:00	01:50:17:00	CO-SPONSORS 2 MINUTES AND
01:50:17:00	01:50:18:00	ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON
01:50:18:00	01:50:21:00	THE MATTER AND RECOMMENDING FOR
01:50:21:00	01:50:22:00	REFILLS THAT FOLKS STICK TO 30
01:50:22:00	01:50:22:00	SECONDS TO A MINUTE SO THAT
01:50:22:00	01:50:25:00	THEIR REAL WORK CAN HAPPEN IN
01:50:25:00	01:50:26:00	THE WORKING SESSIONS AND IN THE
01:50:26:00	01:50:26:00	HEARINGS.
01:50:26:00	01:50:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A
01:50:30:00	01:50:30:00	PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:50:30:00	01:50:31:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
01:50:31:00	01:50:31:00	PRESIDENT.
01:50:31:00	01:50:32:00	AND I APPRECIATE THE REMINDER.
01:50:32:00	01:50:32:00	I'LL BE BRIEF.
01:50:32:00	01:50:36:00	I AM THIS COMBINES TO TWO OF MY
01:50:36:00	01:50:37:00	FAVORITE TOPICS WHICH IS HEALTH
01:50:37:00	01:50:37:00	AND FOOD POLICY AND TAX
01:50:37:00	01:50:40:00	REVENUES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:50:40:00	01:50:41:00	SO WHEN WHEN I SAW THIS GO
01:50:41:00	01:50:44:00	THROUGH THE AGENDA I REACHED
01:50:44:00	01:50:45:00	OUT TO TO COUNCILOR DURKAN TO
01:50:45:00	01:50:45:00	ADD ME AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR.
01:50:45:00	01:50:47:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:50:47:00	01:50:48:00	I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY HOT
01:50:48:00	01:50:51:00	TOPIC IN THE CITY AND HAS BEEN
01:50:51:00	01:50:52:00	FOR QUITE QUITE A WHILE.
01:50:52:00	01:50:54:00	I REMEMBER WHEN THEN FIRST LADY
01:50:54:00	01:50:55:00	MICHELLE OBAMA HAD PUT THIS
01:50:55:00	01:50:58:00	IDEA OUT THERE AND IF PEOPLE
01:50:58:00	01:50:59:00	FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT AND
01:50:59:00	01:51:02:00	I APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVES
01:51:02:00	01:51:05:00	THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN OR FOLKS
01:51:05:00	01:51:06:00	THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO
01:51:06:00	01:51:06:00	PROVIDE THEIR PERSPECTIVES
01:51:06:00	01:51:07:00	INCLUDING THE TEAMSTERS.
01:51:07:00	01:51:09:00	I SPOKE TO THEM THIS MORNING
01:51:09:00	01:51:10:00	AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
01:51:10:00	01:51:11:00	THEM INVOLVED IN THIS
01:51:11:00	01:51:13:00	CONVERSATION AND IT REALLY IS
01:51:13:00	01:51:14:00	JUST A CONVERSATION.
01:51:14:00	01:51:15:00	THIS IS A HEARING ORDER TO
01:51:15:00	01:51:17:00	DISCUSS A FEASIBILITY IN THE
01:51:17:00	01:51:18:00	IMPACT OF SOME SORT OF TAX LIKE
01:51:18:00	01:51:20:00	THIS.
01:51:20:00	01:51:21:00	WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
01:51:21:00	01:51:22:00	DEVASTATING IMPACTS ALREADY AND
01:51:22:00	01:51:24:00	THERE ANOTHER ECONOMIC ARGUMENT
01:51:24:00	01:51:28:00	TO THIS AS WELL BUT THE IMPACT
01:51:28:00	01:51:28:00	OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES LIKE
01:51:28:00	01:51:31:00	DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND
01:51:31:00	01:51:32:00	OBESITY CONDITIONS THAT
01:51:32:00	01:51:32:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT LOW
01:51:32:00	01:51:36:00	INCOME COMMUNITIES THERE'S ALSO
01:51:36:00	01:51:40:00	BEEN INSTANCES OF THIS
01:51:40:00	01:51:40:00	HAPPENING BEFORE IN CITIES LIKE
01:51:40:00	01:51:41:00	PHILADELPHIA, OAKLAND AND
01:51:41:00	01:51:44:00	SEATTLE THAT WE CAN LOOK TO AS
01:51:44:00	01:51:47:00	MODELS OR OR LESSONS LEARNED.
01:51:47:00	01:51:48:00	SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING
01:51:48:00	01:51:51:00	INTO THE FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT
01:51:51:00	01:51:51:00	OF THIS TAX CAREFULLY
01:51:51:00	01:51:55:00	CONSIDERING CONSIDERING THE
01:51:55:00	01:51:55:00	IMPLICATIONS FOR ALL
01:51:55:00	01:51:55:00	STAKEHOLDERS AND JUST IN
01:51:55:00	01:51:56:00	GENERAL LOOK FORWARD TO THE
01:51:56:00	01:52:00:00	CONVERSATION.
01:52:00:00	01:52:00:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:00:00	01:52:01:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:01:00	01:52:02:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST WANTED TO
01:52:02:00	01:52:03:00	HEAR AGAIN THE FLOOR THANK YOU
01:52:03:00	01:52:03:00	MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO
01:52:03:00	01:52:04:00	THANK THE MAKERS FOR FILING
01:52:04:00	01:52:06:00	THIS AS SOON AS I START I GOT
01:52:06:00	01:52:07:00	REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I AM A
01:52:07:00	01:52:10:00	PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE.
01:52:10:00	01:52:10:00	I ACTUALLY STARTED MY CAREER IN
01:52:10:00	01:52:11:00	THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPACE AND SO
01:52:11:00	01:52:14:00	I HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE
01:52:14:00	01:52:14:00	BEEN DOING SOME ORGANIZING
01:52:14:00	01:52:15:00	AROUND ISSUES LIKE THIS NOT
01:52:15:00	01:52:17:00	JUST LOCALLY BUT NATIONALLY AND
01:52:17:00	01:52:21:00	IN THAT IN AND WHEN I STARTED I
01:52:21:00	01:52:22:00	REACHED OUT TO SOME FOLKS THERE
01:52:22:00	01:52:24:00	WAS SOME THINGS THAT THEY
01:52:24:00	01:52:25:00	ADVISED ME TO BE MINDFUL OF IS
01:52:25:00	01:52:29:00	THAT IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME A
01:52:29:00	01:52:29:00	LOT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR ALREADY
01:52:29:00	01:52:30:00	AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE ALREADY
01:52:30:00	01:52:32:00	FEEL UNDER ATTACK RIGHT LIKE
01:52:32:00	01:52:32:00	AND PEOPLE ARE TELLING THEM
01:52:32:00	01:52:33:00	WHAT THEY CAN EAT, WHAT THEY
01:52:33:00	01:52:37:00	CAN DRINK, HOW THEY GET YOU
01:52:37:00	01:52:37:00	KNOW.
01:52:37:00	01:52:38:00	SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS
01:52:38:00	01:52:38:00	WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE
01:52:38:00	01:52:40:00	CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE BEING
01:52:40:00	01:52:41:00	MINDFUL OF NOT YOU KNOW,
01:52:41:00	01:52:44:00	MINIMIZING HOW PEOPLE FEEL
01:52:44:00	01:52:45:00	ABOUT THE SITUATION AND THEN
01:52:45:00	01:52:48:00	THE OTHER CONCERN THAT WAS THAT
01:52:48:00	01:52:49:00	BUBBLED UP TO THE TOP IS A LOT
01:52:49:00	01:52:52:00	OF THE BUSINESSES, SMALL
01:52:52:00	01:52:52:00	BUSINESS OWNERS, A LOT OF THEM
01:52:52:00	01:52:55:00	ARE LOCAL BODEGAS AND YOU KNOW,
01:52:55:00	01:52:56:00	CORNER STORE FOLKS WHO ARE
01:52:56:00	01:52:56:00	OPERATING BUSINESSES THEY
01:52:56:00	01:52:59:00	ALREADY FEELING THE CRUNCH,
01:52:59:00	01:52:59:00	ALREADY FEELING UNDER ATTACK.
01:52:59:00	01:53:03:00	SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE
01:53:03:00	01:53:03:00	THESE CONVERSATIONS MAKING SURE
01:53:03:00	01:53:07:00	THAT WE ARE MODELING THE
01:53:07:00	01:53:07:00	BEHAVIOR OF BEING BALANCED AND
01:53:07:00	01:53:08:00	MAKING SURE THAT THE HEARING
01:53:08:00	01:53:10:00	ORDER ARE LISTENING TO SOME
01:53:10:00	01:53:11:00	OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND
01:53:11:00	01:53:14:00	HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR
01:53:14:00	01:53:14:00	ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEIR ROLE
01:53:14:00	01:53:15:00	AND AND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
01:53:15:00	01:53:18:00	AND THEN ALSO SURE THAT WE ARE
01:53:18:00	01:53:19:00	HEARING FROM FOLKS WHO ARE LOW
01:53:19:00	01:53:22:00	INCOME WHO FEEL A PERSONAL
01:53:22:00	01:53:23:00	ATTACK ON THEM.
01:53:23:00	01:53:26:00	THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT I'VE
01:53:26:00	01:53:27:00	HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS THAT THEY
01:53:27:00	01:53:31:00	FEEL TARGETED BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
01:53:31:00	01:53:31:00	THEY'RE LOW INCOME.
01:53:31:00	01:53:34:00	YOU'RE GOING TO RISE THERE
01:53:34:00	01:53:35:00	THEIR ABILITY TO DRINK SODA.
01:53:35:00	01:53:36:00	THEY JUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT
01:53:36:00	01:53:38:00	TARGETED AND NOT TO SAY THAT
01:53:38:00	01:53:39:00	THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE DOING BUT
01:53:39:00	01:53:39:00	THAT'S JUST THE FEEDBACK THAT
01:53:39:00	01:53:42:00	I'VE HEARD SO FAR JUST WOULDN'T
01:53:42:00	01:53:43:00	BE WHO I AM IF I DIDN'T BRING
01:53:43:00	01:53:43:00	IT TO THE CHAMBER.
01:53:43:00	01:53:46:00	SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER AS
01:53:46:00	01:53:46:00	WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE
01:53:46:00	01:53:46:00	CONVERSATIONS BUT REALLY
01:53:46:00	01:53:50:00	EXCITED FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH TO
01:53:50:00	01:53:50:00	HAVE AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE
01:53:50:00	01:53:53:00	ABLE TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE
01:53:53:00	01:53:54:00	EVERYONE FEELS HEARD AND WE
01:53:54:00	01:53:54:00	COME UP WITH SOME VIABLE
01:53:54:00	01:53:57:00	SOLUTIONS THAT EVERYBODY WINS.
01:53:57:00	01:53:58:00	THAT'S THE GOAL IS FOR
01:53:58:00	01:53:59:00	EVERYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEY
01:53:59:00	01:54:01:00	HAVE ONE.
01:54:01:00	01:54:01:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING
01:54:01:00	01:54:02:00	YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
01:54:02:00	01:54:02:00	THANK YOU.
01:54:02:00	01:54:05:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME FOR
01:54:05:00	01:54:06:00	PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.
01:54:06:00	01:54:08:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:54:08:00	01:54:11:00	I ALSO HEARD THIS MORNING FROM
01:54:11:00	01:54:12:00	TEAMSTERS 25 AND THEY WERE
01:54:12:00	01:54:15:00	CLEARLY CLEARLY OPPOSED TO THIS
01:54:15:00	01:54:15:00	IDEA.
01:54:15:00	01:54:16:00	THERE'S MANY TEAMSTERS IN MY
01:54:16:00	01:54:19:00	DISTRICT AND ESPECIALLY IN
01:54:19:00	01:54:20:00	SOUTH BOSTON THAT HAVE CALLED
01:54:20:00	01:54:23:00	ME THIS MORNING ABOUT THIS.
01:54:23:00	01:54:24:00	THE OTHER ASPECT I WANTED TO
01:54:24:00	01:54:27:00	MAKE IS DURING DIFFICULT
01:54:27:00	01:54:31:00	ECONOMIC CHALLENGING TIMES IT'S
01:54:31:00	01:54:32:00	NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR ANOTHER
01:54:32:00	01:54:35:00	TAX AND THEN IT WILL IMPACT IN
01:54:35:00	01:54:39:00	MY OPINION IT WILL IMPACT SMALL
01:54:39:00	01:54:42:00	BUSINESSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
01:54:42:00	01:54:42:00	.
01:54:42:00	01:54:42:00	IT WILL ALSO IMPACT BUSINESSES.
01:54:42:00	01:54:49:00	IT IMPACT THE DOWNTOWN AREA TOO
01:54:49:00	01:54:49:00	.
01:54:49:00	01:54:50:00	WE HAD A CONGESTION TAX COMING
01:54:50:00	01:54:53:00	INTO THE DOWNTOWN.
01:54:53:00	01:54:54:00	BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS DURING
01:54:54:00	01:54:56:00	CHALLENGING TIMES IT'S NOT THE
01:54:56:00	01:55:00:00	RIGHT TIME TO ADD MORE TAXES.
01:55:00:00	01:55:03:00	WE NEED TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN
01:55:03:00	01:55:04:00	NOT HIT THEM WITH AS MANY TAXES
01:55:04:00	01:55:08:00	AS WE HAVE BEEN.
01:55:08:00	01:55:09:00	WE NEED TO BE FISCALLY
01:55:09:00	01:55:12:00	DISCIPLINED AND FISCALLY
01:55:12:00	01:55:12:00	RESPONSIBLE.
01:55:12:00	01:55:12:00	THANK YOU, MICHEL.
01:55:12:00	01:55:13:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:13:00	01:55:14:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
01:55:14:00	01:55:15:00	THIS MATTER?
01:55:15:00	01:55:16:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:55:16:00	01:55:19:00	THEIR NAME?
01:55:19:00	01:55:20:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS
01:55:20:00	01:55:24:00	SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE
01:55:24:00	01:55:27:00	OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0250
01:55:27:00	01:55:27:00	WILL BE VALID WILL BE REFERRED
01:55:27:00	01:55:28:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
01:55:28:00	01:55:31:00	MEANS.
01:55:31:00	01:55:31:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE
01:55:31:00	01:55:33:00	REDACT NUMBER 0251 LUCKY NUMBER
01:55:33:00	01:55:34:00	0251 COUNCILOR DURKAN OFFERED
01:55:34:00	01:55:36:00	THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
01:55:36:00	01:55:37:00	HEARING TO INVESTIGATE THE USE
01:55:37:00	01:55:40:00	IMPACT AND POTENTIAL OR BAN
01:55:40:00	01:55:41:00	OF ALGORITHMIC PRICE SETTING IN
01:55:41:00	01:55:44:00	THE BOSTON RENTAL HOUSING
01:55:44:00	01:55:45:00	MARKET.
01:55:45:00	01:55:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:45:00	01:55:46:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:55:46:00	01:55:48:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS REJECTED
01:55:48:00	01:55:48:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:55:48:00	01:55:49:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR.
01:55:49:00	01:55:51:00	I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES
01:55:51:00	01:55:54:00	AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A
01:55:54:00	01:55:54:00	SECOND CO-SPONSOR.
01:55:54:00	01:55:55:00	AND PURSUANT TO RULE 12 ADD
01:55:55:00	01:55:59:00	COUNCILOR ADD YOU AS A THIRD.
01:55:59:00	01:55:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:59:00	01:55:59:00	YOU CAN.
01:55:59:00	01:56:00:00	YOU DON'T HAVE TO CANCEL S.A.
01:56:00:00	01:56:02:00	ADDED AS A SECOND.
01:56:02:00	01:56:03:00	AND COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS TO
01:56:03:00	01:56:06:00	SUSPEND THE RULES ADD ME AS A
01:56:06:00	01:56:06:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
01:56:06:00	01:56:07:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
01:56:07:00	01:56:09:00	OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED
01:56:09:00	01:56:10:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
01:56:10:00	01:56:10:00	FLOOR.
01:56:10:00	01:56:10:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:56:10:00	01:56:11:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
01:56:11:00	01:56:13:00	THIS IS A REFILE BUT I RISE
01:56:13:00	01:56:14:00	TODAY TO RE-INTRODUCE THIS
01:56:14:00	01:56:14:00	URGENT MATTER THAT'S DIRECTLY
01:56:14:00	01:56:17:00	IMPACTING AFFORDABILITY AND
01:56:17:00	01:56:17:00	FAIRNESS OF OUR CITY'S HOUSING
01:56:17:00	01:56:18:00	MARKET.
01:56:18:00	01:56:21:00	BUT SINCE WE LAST I LAST
01:56:21:00	01:56:24:00	INTRODUCED THIS THE
01:56:24:00	01:56:27:00	COMMONWEALTH'S AG HAS JOINED UP
01:56:27:00	01:56:28:00	AS A PARTY WITH THE US
01:56:28:00	01:56:30:00	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND NINE
01:56:30:00	01:56:31:00	OTHER STATES IN A CIVIL
01:56:31:00	01:56:31:00	ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST
01:56:31:00	01:56:34:00	REALPAGE, A LEADING MAKER
01:56:34:00	01:56:35:00	OF RENTAL ALGORITHMIC PRICE
01:56:35:00	01:56:38:00	SETTING SOFTWARE AND SIX OF THE
01:56:38:00	01:56:38:00	NATION'S LARGEST LANDOWNERS.
01:56:38:00	01:56:41:00	AND JUST THIS WEEK I HEARD FROM
01:56:41:00	01:56:42:00	A TENANT THAT LIVES IN DISTRICT
01:56:42:00	01:56:46:00	EIGHT WHO BELIEVES THAT THEY
01:56:46:00	01:56:46:00	WERE TARGETED BY THIS PRICE
01:56:46:00	01:56:49:00	SETTING SOFTWARE WHEN THEY
01:56:49:00	01:56:50:00	LOOKED ONLINE AND THEY SAW
01:56:50:00	01:56:52:00	THEIR SAME APARTMENT FOR $500
01:56:52:00	01:56:56:00	LESS THAN WHAT THEY WERE
01:56:56:00	01:57:00:00	NEGOTIATING AS FAR AS THEIR
01:57:00:00	01:57:00:00	LEASE RENEWAL.
01:57:00:00	01:57:04:00	SO I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT A
01:57:04:00	01:57:04:00	LANDLORD IN MY DISTRICT IS
01:57:04:00	01:57:05:00	USING THIS AND I KNOW FOR A
01:57:05:00	01:57:08:00	FACT THAT THAT THE AG SIGNING
01:57:08:00	01:57:12:00	ON MEANS THAT WE HAVE NEIGHBORS
01:57:12:00	01:57:15:00	WHO AND THIS COULD INVOLVE
01:57:15:00	01:57:15:00	ESSENTIALLY YOUR LANDLORD DOING
01:57:15:00	01:57:18:00	A CREDIT CHECK ON YOU AND
01:57:18:00	01:57:19:00	DECIDING THAT BECAUSE YOUR
01:57:19:00	01:57:20:00	CREDIT IS SO GOOD YOU COULD PAY
01:57:20:00	01:57:23:00	MORE MONEY FOR YOUR RENT.
01:57:23:00	01:57:23:00	THAT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING
01:57:23:00	01:57:27:00	AND THIS NEEDS TO BE BANNED IN
01:57:27:00	01:57:27:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:57:27:00	01:57:30:00	HONESTLY, WHEN WE SAY LET THE
01:57:30:00	01:57:31:00	MARKET TO DECIDE RENTS, THIS IS
01:57:31:00	01:57:34:00	NOT LETTING THE MARKET DECIDE.
01:57:34:00	01:57:35:00	THIS IS LETTING A PROGRAM
01:57:35:00	01:57:35:00	DECIDE HOW MUCH RENT YOU CAN
01:57:35:00	01:57:37:00	PAY.
01:57:37:00	01:57:38:00	ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.
01:57:38:00	01:57:39:00	AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK ON IT
01:57:39:00	01:57:41:00	THIS YEAR.
01:57:41:00	01:57:41:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:41:00	01:57:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:42:00	01:57:43:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:57:43:00	01:57:45:00	THEIR NAME?
01:57:45:00	01:57:46:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
01:57:46:00	01:57:49:00	COUNSELORS COLETTE ZAPATA HERE.
01:57:49:00	01:57:54:00	WEBER PLEASE THE NAME ON IT AND
01:57:54:00	01:57:57:00	CANCEL OUT THIS DOCKET.
01:57:57:00	01:57:58:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0251 WILL BE
01:57:58:00	01:57:58:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
01:57:58:00	01:58:01:00	HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
01:58:01:00	01:58:01:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:58:01:00	01:58:04:00	MR KARP, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:58:04:00	01:58:07:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0252 DUNCAN AMBER
01:58:07:00	01:58:07:00	0252 COUNCIL OFFLINE OFFER THE
01:58:07:00	01:58:10:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
01:58:10:00	01:58:10:00	TO DISCUSS EXPANDING THE URBAN
01:58:10:00	01:58:15:00	TREE CANOPY IN DISTRICT TWO THE
01:58:15:00	01:58:16:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN
01:58:16:00	01:58:16:00	KANSAS OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
01:58:16:00	01:58:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM MADAM CHAIR.
01:58:18:00	01:58:19:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
01:58:19:00	01:58:22:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN AS AN ORIGINAL
01:58:22:00	01:58:23:00	CO-SPONSOR CASPER DURKAN IS
01:58:23:00	01:58:23:00	ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL
01:58:23:00	01:58:23:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:58:23:00	01:58:24:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
01:58:24:00	01:58:25:00	FLOOR.
01:58:25:00	01:58:25:00	I WILL BE BRIEF.
01:58:25:00	01:58:26:00	THIS IS A BRIEF FILE FROM LAST
01:58:26:00	01:58:29:00	YEAR DISCUSSED STRATEGIES
01:58:29:00	01:58:31:00	EXPANDING URBAN TREE CANOPY AND
01:58:31:00	01:58:32:00	DISTRICT TWO WHICH INCLUDES
01:58:32:00	01:58:32:00	SOME OF THE AREAS WITH THE
01:58:32:00	01:58:35:00	LEAST TREE COVERAGE SUCH AS
01:58:35:00	01:58:38:00	SOUTH BOSTON, CHINATOWN VARIOUS
01:58:38:00	01:58:41:00	PLACES IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AS
01:58:41:00	01:58:44:00	OF 2019 SOUTH BOSTON HAD 8%
01:58:44:00	01:58:46:00	TREE COVERAGE CHINATOWN HAD 7%
01:58:46:00	01:58:50:00	COMPARED TO CITYWIDE AVERAGE
01:58:50:00	01:58:53:00	27% HEALTHY URBAN TREE CANOPY
01:58:53:00	01:58:54:00	IS IMPORTANT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT
01:58:54:00	01:58:55:00	QUALITY OF LIFE TREES NOT ONLY
01:58:55:00	01:58:57:00	PROVIDE BEAUTIFICATION THEY
01:58:57:00	01:58:58:00	ABSORB EXCESSIVE STORMWATER
01:58:58:00	01:59:01:00	RUNOFF, FILTER POLLUTION
01:59:01:00	01:59:05:00	PROVIDE SHADE COMBAT TO HEAT
01:59:05:00	01:59:05:00	ISLAND EFFECT.
01:59:05:00	01:59:06:00	WE SPECIALLY SEE THAT IN
01:59:06:00	01:59:07:00	CHINATOWN AND BRING A HOST
01:59:07:00	01:59:09:00	OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC
01:59:09:00	01:59:10:00	HEALTH BENEFITS FOR RESIDENTS
01:59:10:00	01:59:12:00	ACROSS DISTRICT TWO AND
01:59:12:00	01:59:12:00	CHINATOWN.
01:59:12:00	01:59:13:00	DOWNTOWN SOUTH BOSTON CONTINUES
01:59:13:00	01:59:16:00	TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE TREE
01:59:16:00	01:59:20:00	PLANTINGS INCREASING OUR TREE
01:59:20:00	01:59:21:00	CANOPY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR
01:59:21:00	01:59:22:00	OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO
01:59:22:00	01:59:24:00	COMBAT HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS
01:59:24:00	01:59:24:00	ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH LOW
01:59:24:00	01:59:27:00	COVERAGE IN DISTRICT TWO.
01:59:27:00	01:59:28:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:59:28:00	01:59:31:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
01:59:31:00	01:59:32:00	THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEF.
01:59:32:00	01:59:35:00	I ALSO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT
01:59:35:00	01:59:39:00	BRIEF IF YOU'RE IF YOU'D LIKE
01:59:39:00	01:59:39:00	TO SPEAK YOU MAY.
01:59:39:00	01:59:40:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK
01:59:40:00	01:59:43:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING
01:59:43:00	01:59:43:00	ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
01:59:43:00	01:59:46:00	TREES OPEN SPACE AND THE STREET
01:59:46:00	01:59:50:00	TREES AND URBAN CANOPY IS OUR
01:59:50:00	01:59:50:00	THE LUNGS OF OUR CITY.
01:59:50:00	01:59:52:00	SO I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT
01:59:52:00	01:59:54:00	THINGS IN OUR SPECIFIC
01:59:54:00	01:59:55:00	DISTRICTS, I THINK IT'S REALLY
01:59:55:00	01:59:58:00	IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHAT
01:59:58:00	01:59:58:00	HAPPENS IN DISTRICT TWO MATTERS
01:59:58:00	02:00:01:00	TO DISTRICT EIGHT AND WHAT
02:00:01:00	02:00:02:00	HAPPENS AROUND OUR CITY AND HOW
02:00:02:00	02:00:05:00	MANY TREES WE HAVE IT DEEPLY
02:00:05:00	02:00:08:00	IMPACTS OUR HEALTH.
02:00:08:00	02:00:09:00	SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO
02:00:09:00	02:00:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING
02:00:09:00	02:00:10:00	THIS.
02:00:10:00	02:00:12:00	THANK YOU.
02:00:12:00	02:00:13:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:00:13:00	02:00:13:00	THEIR NAME?
02:00:13:00	02:00:14:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD
02:00:14:00	02:00:17:00	COUNTERFEITS JERROLD MEJIA.
02:00:17:00	02:00:17:00	ZAPATA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER
02:00:17:00	02:00:21:00	WORLD PLEASE EITHER CHAIR THIS
02:00:21:00	02:00:23:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0252 WILL
02:00:23:00	02:00:27:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:00:27:00	02:00:27:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
02:00:27:00	02:00:27:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS.
02:00:27:00	02:00:28:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
02:00:28:00	02:00:33:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 025320253
02:00:33:00	02:00:33:00	COUNCIL PLAIN OFF OF THE
02:00:33:00	02:00:34:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:00:34:00	02:00:37:00	TO DISCUSS THE GOALS AND
02:00:37:00	02:00:38:00	PRIORITIES OF THE CITY
02:00:38:00	02:00:42:00	OF BOSTON'S OFFICE OF VETERANS
02:00:42:00	02:00:42:00	SERVICES.
02:00:42:00	02:00:43:00	THE JARGON IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
02:00:43:00	02:00:44:00	FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:00:44:00	02:00:46:00	SORRY NOW JIM I HAD
02:00:46:00	02:00:47:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS AN
02:00:47:00	02:00:49:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CASPER
02:00:49:00	02:00:49:00	MURPHY.
02:00:49:00	02:00:50:00	SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU
02:00:50:00	02:00:50:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:00:50:00	02:00:51:00	MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A REFILE
02:00:51:00	02:00:51:00	FILE.
02:00:51:00	02:00:53:00	THE OF BOSTON OFFICE
02:00:53:00	02:00:53:00	OF VETERANS SERVICES WORKS
02:00:53:00	02:00:56:00	CLOSELY WITH OUR VETERANS
02:00:56:00	02:00:57:00	MILITARY FAMILIES CONNECT THEM
02:00:57:00	02:01:00:00	TO RESOURCES AND SERVICES THAT
02:01:00:00	02:01:01:00	THEY HAVE EARNED AND THEY WORK
02:01:01:00	02:01:04:00	CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE AND
02:01:04:00	02:01:05:00	PARTNERS TO EMPOWER AND SUPPORT
02:01:05:00	02:01:08:00	VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES.
02:01:08:00	02:01:09:00	WE HAVE A DIVERSE VETERANS
02:01:09:00	02:01:12:00	COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON IN
02:01:12:00	02:01:13:00	CRITICAL NEEDS THAT THEY DO
02:01:13:00	02:01:15:00	THAT THEY WANT US TO FOCUS ON.
02:01:15:00	02:01:16:00	IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENSURE
02:01:16:00	02:01:19:00	THAT THE SERVICES AND RESOURCES
02:01:19:00	02:01:20:00	ARE THERE.
02:01:20:00	02:01:23:00	WE SUPPORT ALL VETERANS.
02:01:23:00	02:01:24:00	WE SUPPORT ALL VETERANS
02:01:24:00	02:01:27:00	ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT NEED
02:01:27:00	02:01:28:00	GENDER SPECIFIC HEALTH CARE FOR
02:01:28:00	02:01:31:00	WOMEN VETERANS RESPECT HEALTH
02:01:31:00	02:01:35:00	CARE FOR OUR LGBTQ VETERANS AS
02:01:35:00	02:01:36:00	WELL HOUSING SERVICES FOR OUR
02:01:36:00	02:01:39:00	HOMELESS VETERANS AS WE KNOW
02:01:39:00	02:01:40:00	THAT THE LARGEST POPULATION
02:01:40:00	02:01:43:00	OF HOMELESS VETERANS NOW IS
02:01:43:00	02:01:43:00	WOMEN, VETERANS, VETERANS AND
02:01:43:00	02:01:44:00	MILITARY FAMILIES PROUDLY
02:01:44:00	02:01:47:00	SERVED OUR COUNTRY A FEW YEARS
02:01:47:00	02:01:51:00	AGO THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO
02:01:51:00	02:01:51:00	CUT VETERANS SERVICES.
02:01:51:00	02:01:55:00	THIS WAS THE MOST DISAPPOINTING
02:01:55:00	02:01:58:00	YEAR ON THE COUNCIL WHEN THAT
02:01:58:00	02:01:59:00	WHEN THAT VOTE TOOK PLACE.
02:01:59:00	02:02:02:00	IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ELECTED
02:02:02:00	02:02:02:00	OFFICIALS ALWAYS STAND WITH OUR
02:02:02:00	02:02:03:00	VETERANS.
02:02:03:00	02:02:03:00	I HOPE WE CAN HAVE THIS HEARING
02:02:03:00	02:02:06:00	TO DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT
02:02:06:00	02:02:06:00	ISSUE.
02:02:06:00	02:02:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:02:07:00	02:02:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:02:07:00	02:02:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES WOULD YOU
02:02:10:00	02:02:11:00	LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER
02:02:11:00	02:02:14:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY THE CHAIR
02:02:14:00	02:02:14:00	RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY.
02:02:14:00	02:02:18:00	THIS IS A REFILE SO I WAS GOING
02:02:18:00	02:02:19:00	TO GO TO YOU IF I DIDN'T SEE
02:02:19:00	02:02:19:00	YOUR LIGHT ON.
02:02:19:00	02:02:20:00	BUT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:02:20:00	02:02:21:00	YES, BUT LIKE IT WAS STATED
02:02:21:00	02:02:22:00	LAST WEEK BY OTHER COLLEAGUES
02:02:22:00	02:02:25:00	TO MANY WATCHING IT MAY BE NEW
02:02:25:00	02:02:29:00	AND WAS NOT ON AND I WAS ADDED
02:02:29:00	02:02:29:00	ON THE FLOOR AS AN ORIGINAL
02:02:29:00	02:02:29:00	CO-SPONSOR.
02:02:29:00	02:02:32:00	SO I DO JUST WANT TO SPEAK IT.
02:02:32:00	02:02:33:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR
02:02:33:00	02:02:33:00	FILING THIS.
02:02:33:00	02:02:38:00	ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED I
02:02:38:00	02:02:39:00	KNOW IN MY FIRST BUDGET CYCLE
02:02:39:00	02:02:42:00	FOR BUDGETS AGO WAS HOW SMALL
02:02:42:00	02:02:43:00	OUR BUDGET IS FOR THE VETERAN
02:02:43:00	02:02:43:00	SERVICES.
02:02:43:00	02:02:46:00	SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE
02:02:46:00	02:02:46:00	MAKING SURE THEY HAVE
02:02:46:00	02:02:47:00	EVERYTHING THEY NEED.
02:02:47:00	02:02:47:00	SO I THINK THIS IS VERY TIMELY
02:02:47:00	02:02:49:00	TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING WITH
02:02:49:00	02:02:50:00	COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AND HIS
02:02:50:00	02:02:53:00	TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER
02:02:53:00	02:02:54:00	GOALS AND PRIORITIES IF WE CAN
02:02:54:00	02:02:57:00	EXPAND IN ANY WAY IN SUPPORT
02:02:57:00	02:02:58:00	GOING INTO THE BUDGET SEASON TO
02:02:58:00	02:03:00:00	MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
02:03:00:00	02:03:01:00	RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
02:03:01:00	02:03:01:00	OUR VETERANS.
02:03:01:00	02:03:04:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:03:04:00	02:03:05:00	AS YOU KNOW, AS A DAUGHTER AND
02:03:05:00	02:03:07:00	PROUD MOTHER OF A VETERAN, I'M
02:03:07:00	02:03:08:00	HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
02:03:08:00	02:03:09:00	DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR OUR
02:03:09:00	02:03:12:00	RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:03:12:00	02:03:12:00	WHO ARE VETERANS AND THEIR
02:03:12:00	02:03:12:00	FAMILIES.
02:03:12:00	02:03:13:00	THANK YOU.
02:03:13:00	02:03:16:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:03:16:00	02:03:16:00	THEIR NAME?
02:03:16:00	02:03:16:00	MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL IS
02:03:16:00	02:03:19:00	CLARE ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD
02:03:19:00	02:03:20:00	SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE
02:03:20:00	02:03:23:00	OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
02:03:23:00	02:03:26:00	NUMBER 0253 WILL BE REFERRED TO
02:03:26:00	02:03:27:00	THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS,
02:03:27:00	02:03:27:00	MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY
02:03:27:00	02:03:30:00	AFFAIRS.
02:03:30:00	02:03:31:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:03:31:00	02:03:32:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0254.0254
02:03:32:00	02:03:36:00	COUNCILOR OVERALL FOR THE
02:03:36:00	02:03:36:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:03:36:00	02:03:41:00	TO DISCUSS LONG TERM CITY JOB
02:03:41:00	02:03:41:00	VACANCIES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:03:41:00	02:03:42:00	OR OUTCOMES ARE YOU HAVE THE
02:03:42:00	02:03:43:00	FLOOR.
02:03:43:00	02:03:44:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:03:44:00	02:03:45:00	I LIKE TO ADD
02:03:45:00	02:03:49:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS A
02:03:49:00	02:03:49:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:03:49:00	02:03:50:00	CASA'S JOE ALSO ADDED
02:03:50:00	02:03:52:00	CONTRARIANS AND I LIKE TO
02:03:52:00	02:03:53:00	SUSPEND THE RULE AND RULES AND
02:03:53:00	02:03:56:00	ADD COUNCIL ME HERE AS A THIRD
02:03:56:00	02:03:57:00	DIVISION COUNTER ALSO SUSPEND
02:03:57:00	02:03:57:00	THE RULES WHEN IT COMES TO
02:03:57:00	02:03:58:00	ME HE HAS A THIRD RAIL
02:03:58:00	02:03:58:00	CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING
02:03:58:00	02:04:01:00	NO OBJECTION SHE SO ADDED
02:04:01:00	02:04:02:00	COUNCIL EARLIER THE FLOOR.
02:04:02:00	02:04:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:02:00	02:04:03:00	THIS IS A REFILE AND I JUST
02:04:03:00	02:04:05:00	BELIEVE THAT AS A BODY AND AS A
02:04:05:00	02:04:06:00	CITY WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANNUAL
02:04:06:00	02:04:09:00	CONVERSATION ABOUT THE JOB
02:04:09:00	02:04:09:00	VACANCY JOB VACANCIES HERE IN
02:04:09:00	02:04:16:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AS OF APRIL
02:04:16:00	02:04:17:00	2024 WE HAD 2000 VACANCIES AND
02:04:17:00	02:04:20:00	THAT WAS ACROSS MANY
02:04:20:00	02:04:20:00	DEPARTMENTS PUBLIC SAFETY,
02:04:20:00	02:04:21:00	EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
02:04:21:00	02:04:24:00	I THINK AS A CITY AND AS A BODY
02:04:24:00	02:04:25:00	WE SHOULD BE TAKING A LOOK AT
02:04:25:00	02:04:27:00	HOW WE CAN POSSIBLY REPURPOSE
02:04:27:00	02:04:28:00	MAKE THOSE JOBS BETTER, CARE
02:04:28:00	02:04:31:00	ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT
02:04:31:00	02:04:31:00	STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE THOSE
02:04:31:00	02:04:35:00	JOBS FOR FUTURE YEARS OR EVERY
02:04:35:00	02:04:35:00	YEAR.
02:04:35:00	02:04:38:00	OH SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
02:04:38:00	02:04:39:00	THIS CONVERSATION ON JOB
02:04:39:00	02:04:39:00	VACANCIES.
02:04:39:00	02:04:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:39:00	02:04:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:40:00	02:04:43:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD?
02:04:43:00	02:04:43:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GERALD.
02:04:43:00	02:04:46:00	I SEE YOU TRYING TO MOVE IT
02:04:46:00	02:04:47:00	ALONG LIKE YOU SAID AND LIKE I
02:04:47:00	02:04:49:00	WANTED.
02:04:49:00	02:04:50:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADD
02:04:50:00	02:04:50:00	THEIR NAME?
02:04:50:00	02:04:54:00	THE CHAIR MR QUICK PLEASE.
02:04:54:00	02:04:54:00	THAT COUNCIL'S CLLR ZAPATA
02:04:54:00	02:04:57:00	DURKAN MURPHY WEBER PLEASE.
02:04:57:00	02:05:00:00	A CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
02:05:00:00	02:05:01:00	NUMBER 0254 WILL BE REFERRED TO
02:05:01:00	02:05:04:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR,
02:05:04:00	02:05:04:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
02:05:04:00	02:05:04:00	DEVELOPMENT.
02:05:04:00	02:05:09:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:05:09:00	02:05:11:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0255 DUNCAN EMMA
02:05:11:00	02:05:11:00	0255 COUNCIL OF FLYNN ON THE
02:05:11:00	02:05:13:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:05:13:00	02:05:14:00	TO DISCUSS NEW
02:05:14:00	02:05:18:00	CANCER PRESUMPTIONS ANNOUNCED
02:05:18:00	02:05:19:00	BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
02:05:19:00	02:05:19:00	OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
02:05:19:00	02:05:19:00	THANK YOU.
02:05:19:00	02:05:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FLYNN.
02:05:21:00	02:05:22:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:05:22:00	02:05:23:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:05:23:00	02:05:25:00	LAST WEEK THE US DEPARTMENT
02:05:25:00	02:05:26:00	OF VETERANS AFFAIRS UNDER THE
02:05:26:00	02:05:29:00	LEADERSHIP OBVIOUSLY
02:05:29:00	02:05:30:00	OF PRESIDENT BIDEN VICE
02:05:30:00	02:05:33:00	PRESIDENT HARRIS THEY ANNOUNCED
02:05:33:00	02:05:34:00	AN EXPANSION OF SEVERAL TYPES
02:05:34:00	02:05:37:00	OF CANCERS TO BE PRESUMPTIVE
02:05:37:00	02:05:37:00	FOR SERVICE CONNECTION THAT
02:05:37:00	02:05:40:00	BASICALLY MEANS THAT VETERANS
02:05:40:00	02:05:41:00	THAT WERE DIAGNOSED WITH THESE
02:05:41:00	02:05:44:00	VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCERS.
02:05:44:00	02:05:48:00	IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM
02:05:48:00	02:05:49:00	TO APPLY FOR BENEFITS AT THE VA
02:05:49:00	02:05:52:00	SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE.
02:05:52:00	02:05:53:00	IT MIGHT BE COMPENSATION, IT
02:05:53:00	02:05:55:00	MIGHT BE EXPANDED ACCESS TO
02:05:55:00	02:05:56:00	HEALTH CARE.
02:05:56:00	02:05:59:00	THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
02:05:59:00	02:05:59:00	FOLLOWS THE SIGNING OF THE PACK
02:05:59:00	02:06:03:00	ACT BY PRESIDENT BIDEN IN 2020
02:06:03:00	02:06:06:00	TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
02:06:06:00	02:06:06:00	CLOSELY WITH COMMISSIONER
02:06:06:00	02:06:07:00	SANTIAGO IN THE LOBBYING
02:06:07:00	02:06:10:00	CONGRESS.
02:06:10:00	02:06:11:00	DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT
02:06:11:00	02:06:15:00	EXPANDED BENEFITS TO OVER 3.5
02:06:15:00	02:06:15:00	MILLION U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS
02:06:15:00	02:06:19:00	AND VETERANS EXPOSED TO BURN
02:06:19:00	02:06:19:00	PITS.
02:06:19:00	02:06:22:00	AGENT ORANGE ARE THE TALKS
02:06:22:00	02:06:22:00	TOXIC SUBSTANCE.
02:06:22:00	02:06:23:00	WHILE SERVING OVERSEAS I WAS
02:06:23:00	02:06:26:00	ALWAYS ALSO EXPOSED TO MANY
02:06:26:00	02:06:29:00	OF THESE BURN PITS AND
02:06:29:00	02:06:29:00	ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES PRIOR
02:06:29:00	02:06:33:00	TO THE PACT ACT PASSAGE.
02:06:33:00	02:06:33:00	MANY VETERANS LACK THE PROPER
02:06:33:00	02:06:37:00	DOCUMENTATION EVIDENCE TO PROVE
02:06:37:00	02:06:38:00	THAT THESE TOXIC EXPOSURES TO
02:06:38:00	02:06:40:00	RECEIVE TREATMENT.
02:06:40:00	02:06:41:00	I'M CALLING FOR THIS HEARING TO
02:06:41:00	02:06:42:00	DISCUSS THE NEW VA ANNOUNCEMENT
02:06:42:00	02:06:45:00	HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY'S
02:06:45:00	02:06:45:00	OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES AND
02:06:45:00	02:06:49:00	TO PROVIDE RESOURCE.
02:06:49:00	02:06:50:00	AS FOR OUR GULF WAR AND
02:06:50:00	02:06:50:00	POST-9-11 VETERANS WHO WANT TO
02:06:50:00	02:06:53:00	SEEK CARE THROUGH THE VA.
02:06:53:00	02:06:54:00	ALSO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
02:06:54:00	02:06:57:00	US TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT
02:06:57:00	02:07:00:00	OUR VIETNAM VETERANS TO ENSURE
02:07:00:00	02:07:01:00	THAT IF THERE IS ANY TYPE
02:07:01:00	02:07:05:00	OF CANCERS THAT THEY WERE
02:07:05:00	02:07:05:00	DIAGNOSED WITH THAT WERE
02:07:05:00	02:07:09:00	PREVIOUSLY NOT RECOGNIZED BY
02:07:09:00	02:07:09:00	THE VA THAT THOSE TYPES
02:07:09:00	02:07:12:00	OF CANCER NOW CAN BE FACTORED
02:07:12:00	02:07:16:00	IN IN TERMS OF THEIR
02:07:16:00	02:07:19:00	COMPENSATION AND MEDICAL CARE.
02:07:19:00	02:07:19:00	RETURNING VIETNAM VETERANS WERE
02:07:19:00	02:07:23:00	NOT TREATED WITH RESPECT WHEN
02:07:23:00	02:07:24:00	THEY CAME BACK HOME AND WE NEED
02:07:24:00	02:07:27:00	TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO
02:07:27:00	02:07:30:00	ENSURE THAT WE ALWAYS UPDATE
02:07:30:00	02:07:31:00	AND ENSURE THAT POLICIES THAT
02:07:31:00	02:07:34:00	TAKE PLACE AT THE VA RESPECT
02:07:34:00	02:07:35:00	OUR VIETNAM VETERANS AND THEIR
02:07:35:00	02:07:35:00	FAMILIES TOO.
02:07:35:00	02:07:39:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:07:39:00	02:07:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:07:39:00	02:07:39:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:07:39:00	02:07:40:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
02:07:40:00	02:07:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:07:42:00	02:07:43:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:07:43:00	02:07:46:00	AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE
02:07:46:00	02:07:47:00	OF WHEN LAWS CHANGE AND WE GET
02:07:47:00	02:07:50:00	NEW INFORMATION THAT OUR OFFICE
02:07:50:00	02:07:51:00	OF VETERAN SERVICES MAY NEED TO
02:07:51:00	02:07:53:00	ADJUST THEIR GOALS AND
02:07:53:00	02:07:53:00	PRIORITIES.
02:07:53:00	02:07:54:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
02:07:54:00	02:07:57:00	HEARING AND MAKING SURE THAT
02:07:57:00	02:07:57:00	HIS TEAM OVER AT VETERAN
02:07:57:00	02:08:01:00	SERVICES HAS ALL THE SUPPORT
02:08:01:00	02:08:02:00	THEY NEED.
02:08:02:00	02:08:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:02:00	02:08:03:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:08:03:00	02:08:05:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:08:05:00	02:08:06:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:08:06:00	02:08:06:00	THEIR NAME?
02:08:06:00	02:08:09:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
02:08:09:00	02:08:09:00	DURKIN FITZGERALD.
02:08:09:00	02:08:09:00	MCGWIRE.
02:08:09:00	02:08:13:00	SANTANA WEBER.
02:08:13:00	02:08:13:00	WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE
02:08:13:00	02:08:16:00	CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
02:08:16:00	02:08:17:00	OH OH, I'M SORRY.
02:08:17:00	02:08:18:00	GO TO A CO-SPONSOR ON THE
02:08:18:00	02:08:20:00	DOCKET AND COUNCILOR MURPHY,
02:08:20:00	02:08:24:00	CAN YOU ADD HER TO.
02:08:24:00	02:08:24:00	OKAY.
02:08:24:00	02:08:24:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:24:00	02:08:26:00	DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO.
02:08:26:00	02:08:29:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0255 WILL BE
02:08:29:00	02:08:30:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:08:30:00	02:08:33:00	VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES AND
02:08:33:00	02:08:33:00	MILITARY AFFAIRS.
02:08:33:00	02:08:34:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
02:08:34:00	02:08:39:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 02560256
02:08:39:00	02:08:39:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE
02:08:39:00	02:08:40:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:08:40:00	02:08:43:00	TO DISCUSS DISCREPANCIES IN
02:08:43:00	02:08:46:00	BOSTON'S 2024 DETAINER REQUESTS
02:08:46:00	02:08:47:00	, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
02:08:47:00	02:08:48:00	FOR ANY OTHER FLOOR.
02:08:48:00	02:08:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:08:50:00	02:08:51:00	MADAM CHAIR, I'M CALLING FOR
02:08:51:00	02:08:51:00	THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS THE
02:08:51:00	02:08:54:00	DISCREPANCIES IN THE NUMBER
02:08:54:00	02:08:54:00	OF DETAINER REQUESTS RECEIVED
02:08:54:00	02:08:57:00	FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:08:57:00	02:08:58:00	LAST WEEK THE BOSTON POLICE
02:08:58:00	02:08:59:00	DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATED IN
02:08:59:00	02:09:02:00	NEVADA TO THE CLERK AND TO THE
02:09:02:00	02:09:03:00	CITY COUNCIL THAT IT HAD
02:09:03:00	02:09:06:00	REJECTED 15 DETAINER REQUESTS
02:09:06:00	02:09:06:00	THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION
02:09:06:00	02:09:12:00	CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AND IN 2024
02:09:12:00	02:09:12:00	MEDIA REPORTS LATER INDICATED
02:09:12:00	02:09:16:00	THAT ICE DISPUTED THAT CLAIM
02:09:16:00	02:09:19:00	AND THAT THERE WERE PROBABLY
02:09:19:00	02:09:19:00	198 IMMIGRATION DETAINER
02:09:19:00	02:09:20:00	REQUESTS FAR HIGHER THAN THE
02:09:20:00	02:09:23:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
02:09:23:00	02:09:23:00	REPORTED.
02:09:23:00	02:09:27:00	REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE
02:09:27:00	02:09:27:00	CRIMINAL CHARGES ON THE
02:09:27:00	02:09:28:00	DETAINER REQUEST INCLUDE
02:09:28:00	02:09:31:00	VIOLENT AND SERIOUS CRIMES SUCH
02:09:31:00	02:09:32:00	AS ARMED ROBBERY ASSAULT WITH A
02:09:32:00	02:09:35:00	DANGEROUS WEAPON, ASSAULT AND
02:09:35:00	02:09:36:00	BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER
02:09:36:00	02:09:39:00	ASSAULTS A MURDER POSSESSION
02:09:39:00	02:09:39:00	OF A FIREARM, POSSESSION OF A
02:09:39:00	02:09:40:00	LARGE CAPACITY WEAPON
02:09:40:00	02:09:43:00	POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO
02:09:43:00	02:09:43:00	DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL,
02:09:43:00	02:09:46:00	TRAFFICKING OF HEROIN AND
02:09:46:00	02:09:47:00	INDECENT ASSAULT AND BATTERY IN
02:09:47:00	02:09:50:00	OTHERS.
02:09:50:00	02:09:51:00	THERE WAS A LARGE DISCREPANCY
02:09:51:00	02:09:53:00	IN THE NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY.
02:09:53:00	02:09:57:00	IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS BODY
02:09:57:00	02:09:57:00	IN THE PUBLIC EYE PROVIDED
02:09:57:00	02:10:01:00	CLARIFICATION AND EXPLANATION
02:10:01:00	02:10:01:00	OF THOSE DISCREPANCIES TO
02:10:01:00	02:10:05:00	DISPEL ANY CONCERNS WHETHER WE
02:10:05:00	02:10:05:00	SUPPORT ICE OR WE DON'T SUPPORT
02:10:05:00	02:10:05:00	ICE.
02:10:05:00	02:10:08:00	IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET
02:10:08:00	02:10:12:00	ACCURATE INFORMATION.
02:10:12:00	02:10:12:00	IN MY OPINION WHEN SOMEONE
02:10:12:00	02:10:13:00	COMMITS A CRIME REGARDLESS
02:10:13:00	02:10:16:00	OF IMMIGRATION STATUS WE CAN'T
02:10:16:00	02:10:17:00	STAND IN THE WAY OF JUSTICE FOR
02:10:17:00	02:10:20:00	A VICTIM OR RESPECT FOR THE
02:10:20:00	02:10:23:00	RULE OF LAW AND SOCIETY.
02:10:23:00	02:10:24:00	THERE HAVE BEEN MEDIA REPORTS
02:10:24:00	02:10:28:00	THAT THESE DISCREPANCIES HAVE
02:10:28:00	02:10:28:00	SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE USE
02:10:28:00	02:10:31:00	OF A FAX MACHINE AND OR
02:10:31:00	02:10:31:00	E-MAILS.
02:10:31:00	02:10:34:00	I DON'T KNOW.
02:10:34:00	02:10:35:00	WE CAN'T PUT PUBLIC SAFETY AT
02:10:35:00	02:10:38:00	RISK DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND
02:10:38:00	02:10:38:00	LOGISTICAL ISSUES.
02:10:38:00	02:10:42:00	IT IS CRITICAL WE GET BOSTON
02:10:42:00	02:10:42:00	POLICE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS ON
02:10:42:00	02:10:43:00	THE SAME PAGE WITH THE POSITIVE
02:10:43:00	02:10:46:00	WORKING RELATIONSHIP ESPECIALLY
02:10:46:00	02:10:47:00	WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING
02:10:47:00	02:10:50:00	VIOLENT AND SERIOUS OFFENSES.
02:10:50:00	02:10:54:00	I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT
02:10:54:00	02:10:54:00	SENDING, SENDING AND RECEIVING
02:10:54:00	02:10:57:00	A FAX REGARDING A DETAINER IS
02:10:57:00	02:10:58:00	NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY
02:10:58:00	02:11:01:00	FOR FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE.
02:11:01:00	02:11:04:00	THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE
02:11:04:00	02:11:08:00	OF LOG SYSTEM WHERE WE KNOW
02:11:08:00	02:11:09:00	EXACTLY HOW MANY DETAINERS ARE
02:11:09:00	02:11:13:00	ARE BEING RECEIVED BY BY AND
02:11:13:00	02:11:17:00	FROM THE BOSTON POLICE.
02:11:17:00	02:11:20:00	I ALSO SENT A LETTER TO
02:11:20:00	02:11:24:00	COMMISSIONER COX ASKING IF HE
02:11:24:00	02:11:25:00	WOULD MEET WITH THE ICE
02:11:25:00	02:11:25:00	DIRECTOR HERE IN BOSTON TO
02:11:25:00	02:11:27:00	RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
02:11:27:00	02:11:28:00	I HOPE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE
02:11:28:00	02:11:29:00	BOSTON POLICE WITH REGARD TO
02:11:29:00	02:11:31:00	THESE NUMBERS.
02:11:31:00	02:11:32:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:11:32:00	02:11:32:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:11:32:00	02:11:33:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:11:33:00	02:11:35:00	WHAT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
02:11:35:00	02:11:39:00	ADD THEIR NAME?
02:11:39:00	02:11:39:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD
02:11:39:00	02:11:42:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY THIS DOCKET
02:11:42:00	02:11:43:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
02:11:43:00	02:11:43:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
02:11:43:00	02:11:43:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
02:11:43:00	02:11:46:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
02:11:46:00	02:11:49:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0257 NUMBERS
02:11:49:00	02:11:50:00	0257 COUNCILOR FOR THE
02:11:50:00	02:11:53:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:11:53:00	02:11:54:00	TO DISCUSS ACCESSIBILITY IN
02:11:54:00	02:11:58:00	BOSTON CITY HALL.
02:11:58:00	02:11:59:00	THE CHAIR I CAN I JUST WANT TO
02:11:59:00	02:11:59:00	FILL IN.
02:11:59:00	02:12:00:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:12:00:00	02:12:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:12:01:00	02:12:01:00	THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
02:12:01:00	02:12:05:00	ACT IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST
02:12:05:00	02:12:05:00	IMPORTANT PIECES OF FEDERAL
02:12:05:00	02:12:09:00	LEGISLATION ON THE BOOK.
02:12:09:00	02:12:09:00	I FILED THIS HEARING ON IT
02:12:09:00	02:12:13:00	BECAUSE IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE
02:12:13:00	02:12:13:00	MAKE ACCESSIBILITY A TOP
02:12:13:00	02:12:16:00	PRIORITY FOR ALL IN OUR CITY
02:12:16:00	02:12:17:00	ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS PERSONS
02:12:17:00	02:12:20:00	WITH JUST DISABILITIES.
02:12:20:00	02:12:23:00	JUST LAST WEEK I TALKED AT THE
02:12:23:00	02:12:24:00	COUNCIL ABOUT HOW OUR FRIEND
02:12:24:00	02:12:27:00	MIKE THE 14TH CITY COUNCIL WAS
02:12:27:00	02:12:27:00	UNABLE TO ACCESS THE CHAMBER
02:12:27:00	02:12:31:00	FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO
02:12:31:00	02:12:31:00	THAT DOOR.
02:12:31:00	02:12:34:00	WE KNOW THAT OVER THE YEARS
02:12:34:00	02:12:35:00	BOSTON CITY HALL HAS MADE
02:12:35:00	02:12:38:00	IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE
02:12:38:00	02:12:38:00	COMPLIANCE WITH ADA IMPROVE
02:12:38:00	02:12:39:00	ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH
02:12:39:00	02:12:42:00	DISABILITIES.
02:12:42:00	02:12:43:00	SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES INCLUDE
02:12:43:00	02:12:46:00	A NEW ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE ON
02:12:46:00	02:12:47:00	THE SECOND FLOOR A SLOPING
02:12:47:00	02:12:51:00	PROMENADE AND CITY HALL PLAZA
02:12:51:00	02:12:53:00	RENOVATION IN 2022 WHICH BEGAN
02:12:53:00	02:12:57:00	UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAY
02:12:57:00	02:12:57:00	OF WALSH.
02:12:57:00	02:12:58:00	IT WAS COMPLETED UNDER MAYOR
02:12:58:00	02:12:58:00	WORLD.
02:12:58:00	02:13:01:00	IT WAS ALSO THE INSTALLATION
02:13:01:00	02:13:02:00	OF A VERTICAL LIFT AT THE CITY
02:13:02:00	02:13:05:00	COUNCIL'S THIRD FLOOR ENTRANCE
02:13:05:00	02:13:05:00	AT THE MEZZANINE LEVEL.
02:13:05:00	02:13:08:00	I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE THAT
02:13:08:00	02:13:09:00	LIST.
02:13:09:00	02:13:12:00	I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN
02:13:12:00	02:13:12:00	THAT LIST.
02:13:12:00	02:13:16:00	HOWEVER THERE IS MORE WORK TO
02:13:16:00	02:13:16:00	BE DONE TO IMPROVE
02:13:16:00	02:13:16:00	ACCESSIBILITY INSIDE THE
02:13:16:00	02:13:17:00	BUILDING.
02:13:17:00	02:13:20:00	AGING INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES
02:13:20:00	02:13:20:00	TO LIMIT ACCESSIBILITY IN
02:13:20:00	02:13:24:00	CERTAIN AREAS SUCH AS THE
02:13:24:00	02:13:24:00	BROKEN ESCALATORS CONNECTING
02:13:24:00	02:13:27:00	THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR AS
02:13:27:00	02:13:31:00	WELL AS HALF FLOOR BETWEEN THE
02:13:31:00	02:13:31:00	SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR AND CITY
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	HALL LABEL THE THIRD FLOOR ON
02:13:32:00	02:13:35:00	THE NORTH ELEVATOR.
02:13:35:00	02:13:38:00	AS WE ALL KNOW THESE ESCALATORS
02:13:38:00	02:13:39:00	HAVE BEEN DOWN FOR SOME QUITE
02:13:39:00	02:13:43:00	TIME MAYBE OVER A YEAR.
02:13:43:00	02:13:46:00	IT'S IMPORTANT TO REVIEW ACCESS
02:13:46:00	02:13:46:00	WITHIN OTHER PARTS OF THE
02:13:46:00	02:13:47:00	BUILDING TO ENSURE THOSE WITH
02:13:47:00	02:13:50:00	DISABILITIES CAN FULLY ACCESS
02:13:50:00	02:13:53:00	ALL SPORTS DEPARTMENTS MEETING
02:13:53:00	02:13:54:00	ROOMS WHEN THEY VISIT CITY HALL
02:13:54:00	02:13:57:00	RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS TELL
02:13:57:00	02:13:58:00	ME IT MAY BE DIFFICULT AND
02:13:58:00	02:14:01:00	CONFUSING FOR THEM SOMETIMES TO
02:14:01:00	02:14:01:00	NAVIGATE CITY HALL WHEN THEY
02:14:01:00	02:14:04:00	ARE TRYING TO OBTAIN CITY
02:14:04:00	02:14:05:00	SERVICES ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
02:14:05:00	02:14:06:00	HAVE TO REACH MULTIPLE
02:14:06:00	02:14:09:00	DEPARTMENTS.
02:14:09:00	02:14:09:00	THEY MAY COME IN FROM THE CITY
02:14:09:00	02:14:12:00	HALL PLAZA OR CONGRESS STREET
02:14:12:00	02:14:13:00	FROM THE GARAGE AREA AND USE A
02:14:13:00	02:14:17:00	SOUTH ELEVATOR TO GO PAY A
02:14:17:00	02:14:18:00	TICKET OR GET A BIRTH
02:14:18:00	02:14:19:00	CERTIFICATE ON THE SECOND FLOOR
02:14:19:00	02:14:21:00	OR VISIT ASSESSING ON THE ON
02:14:21:00	02:14:22:00	THE THIRD FLOOR BUT WHAT THE
02:14:22:00	02:14:26:00	ESCALATOR DOWN THEY HAVE TO
02:14:26:00	02:14:29:00	TAKE OFF THE STAIRS OR NAVIGATE
02:14:29:00	02:14:30:00	THEIR WAY TO FIND THE NORTH
02:14:30:00	02:14:33:00	ELEVATOR TO GET THE TAX
02:14:33:00	02:14:33:00	COLLECTION DIVISION OR TAX
02:14:33:00	02:14:37:00	ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR AND OR
02:14:37:00	02:14:39:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON CREDIT UNION
02:14:39:00	02:14:40:00	IN THAT KIND OF HALF FLOOR
02:14:40:00	02:14:43:00	BETWEEN THE MEZZANINE AREA ON
02:14:43:00	02:14:44:00	THE THIRD FLOOR AND THE SECOND
02:14:44:00	02:14:47:00	FLOOR I KNOW I KNOW THIS ISSUE
02:14:47:00	02:14:47:00	VERY WELL BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
02:14:47:00	02:14:49:00	COMING TO CITY HALL MAYBE 40
02:14:49:00	02:14:50:00	YEARS.
02:14:50:00	02:14:53:00	IN NOVEMBER I REACHED OUT TO
02:14:53:00	02:14:54:00	COMMISSIONER SHELTON WHO
02:14:54:00	02:14:54:00	MENTIONED THAT THE EXISTING
02:14:54:00	02:14:58:00	ESCALATE IS HAVE BEEN FULLY
02:14:58:00	02:14:58:00	DECOMMISSIONED AS THEY ARE
02:14:58:00	02:15:01:00	BEYOND REPAIR NOT
02:15:01:00	02:15:02:00	CODE COMPLIANT AND NO LONGER
02:15:02:00	02:15:05:00	CONSIDERED TO MEET
02:15:05:00	02:15:05:00	ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.
02:15:05:00	02:15:08:00	HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE CITY
02:15:08:00	02:15:09:00	IS WORKING TO REPLACE THESE
02:15:09:00	02:15:12:00	ESCALATORS WITH NEW STAIRS IN A
02:15:12:00	02:15:13:00	FULLY ACCESSIBLE FOUR STOP
02:15:13:00	02:15:13:00	ELEVATOR.
02:15:13:00	02:15:16:00	AND WHILE THE DESIGN PHASE IS
02:15:16:00	02:15:20:00	ONGOING BUT THE TIMELINE FOR
02:15:20:00	02:15:20:00	CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION
02:15:20:00	02:15:20:00	REMAINS UNCLEAR.
02:15:20:00	02:15:24:00	I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE SAFETY
02:15:24:00	02:15:27:00	OF THE MAIN STAIRCASE ON THE
02:15:27:00	02:15:30:00	THIRD FLOOR AND THE HEARING ALL
02:15:30:00	02:15:31:00	THE SHORT LENGTH OF THE BRICKS
02:15:31:00	02:15:34:00	AND THE REFLECTIVE SHINE MAKE
02:15:34:00	02:15:34:00	IT DIFFICULT TO SEE ESPECIALLY
02:15:34:00	02:15:37:00	WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN FROM
02:15:37:00	02:15:40:00	THE FIFTH FLOOR TO THE THIRD
02:15:40:00	02:15:40:00	FLOOR.
02:15:40:00	02:15:41:00	AND WHILE THE CURRENT
02:15:41:00	02:15:44:00	GUARDRAILS HELP I BELIEVE THE
02:15:44:00	02:15:45:00	SAFETY OF THESE STAIRS NEED TO
02:15:45:00	02:15:48:00	BE ENHANCED TO PREVENT PEOPLE
02:15:48:00	02:15:49:00	FROM TRIPPING AND GETTING
02:15:49:00	02:15:51:00	SERIOUS SERIOUSLY HURT.
02:15:51:00	02:15:55:00	BASICALLY THE AREA WHERE A LOT
02:15:55:00	02:15:56:00	OF THE FUNCTIONS TAKE PLACE
02:15:56:00	02:15:58:00	RIGHT BELOW THE FIFTH FLOOR
02:15:58:00	02:16:01:00	WHERE WE CELEBRATED THREE KINGS
02:16:01:00	02:16:01:00	DAY TWO WEEKS AGO.
02:16:01:00	02:16:04:00	THAT'S THE AREA I'M
02:16:04:00	02:16:05:00	SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT FOR
02:16:05:00	02:16:09:00	MANY SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH
02:16:09:00	02:16:09:00	DISABILITY.
02:16:09:00	02:16:12:00	IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET
02:16:12:00	02:16:13:00	THERE.
02:16:13:00	02:16:16:00	HAVE WE EVER SEEN A PERSON IN A
02:16:16:00	02:16:16:00	WHEELCHAIR ACTUALLY COME UP
02:16:16:00	02:16:17:00	THAT LIFT?
02:16:17:00	02:16:20:00	I HAVE BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENED
02:16:20:00	02:16:20:00	MANY TIMES.
02:16:20:00	02:16:23:00	THAT'S THE REASON WE NEED TO
02:16:23:00	02:16:24:00	CHANGE THAT.
02:16:24:00	02:16:27:00	I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RESPECTFUL
02:16:27:00	02:16:27:00	TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
02:16:27:00	02:16:31:00	I BELIEVE THOSE STAIRCASE THOSE
02:16:31:00	02:16:31:00	STAIRS ARE UNSAFE.
02:16:31:00	02:16:32:00	WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THOSE
02:16:32:00	02:16:35:00	STAIRS IF YOU EVER FELT YOUR
02:16:35:00	02:16:39:00	LIFE COULD BE OVER I'M NOT I'M
02:16:39:00	02:16:42:00	NOT BEING DRAMATIC HERE BUT I
02:16:42:00	02:16:42:00	DO BELIEVE IT'S THAT SERIOUS.
02:16:42:00	02:16:46:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING
02:16:46:00	02:16:46:00	ORDER TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES
02:16:46:00	02:16:49:00	IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY ON THE
02:16:49:00	02:16:50:00	SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR MUST BE
02:16:50:00	02:16:50:00	A PRIORITY.
02:16:50:00	02:16:53:00	I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
02:16:53:00	02:16:53:00	IMPORTANT WORK THAT CHIEF IRISH
02:16:53:00	02:16:54:00	COMMISSIONER SHELTON
02:16:54:00	02:16:57:00	COMMISSIONER MCCOSH ARE
02:16:57:00	02:16:58:00	CONTINUING TO DO TO MAKE CITY
02:16:58:00	02:16:59:00	HALL MORE ACCESSIBLE.
02:16:59:00	02:17:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:17:02:00	02:17:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:02:00	02:17:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:17:03:00	02:17:03:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
02:17:03:00	02:17:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:17:05:00	02:17:06:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, FOR
02:17:06:00	02:17:08:00	THIS THOUGHTFUL HEARING.
02:17:08:00	02:17:09:00	WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
02:17:09:00	02:17:09:00	CONVERSATION.
02:17:09:00	02:17:12:00	I KNOW WHEN WE HAD A HEARING
02:17:12:00	02:17:13:00	HERE IN THE CHAMBER ABOUT THE
02:17:13:00	02:17:17:00	LIFT I SPOKE ON, MY AUNTIE
02:17:17:00	02:17:18:00	COULD NOT COME TO MY SWEARING
02:17:18:00	02:17:20:00	IN IN 2021 WE WERE OUTSIDE AS
02:17:20:00	02:17:21:00	SOME OF US HERE REMEMBER AND
02:17:21:00	02:17:23:00	THE COLD.
02:17:23:00	02:17:24:00	BEING SWORN IN OUTSIDE THE
02:17:24:00	02:17:27:00	MEZZANINE THERE AND SHE WAS NOT
02:17:27:00	02:17:28:00	ABLE TO ACCESS SO SHE HAD TO
02:17:28:00	02:17:29:00	MISS OUT ON THAT EVENT BECAUSE
02:17:29:00	02:17:31:00	WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET HER TO
02:17:31:00	02:17:32:00	THAT LEVEL IN THE BUILDING.
02:17:32:00	02:17:35:00	AND I'M STILL SHOCKED THAT YOU
02:17:35:00	02:17:36:00	KNOW, FOR YEARS HERE WORKING IN
02:17:36:00	02:17:38:00	CITY HALL AND I KNOW LONG
02:17:38:00	02:17:39:00	BEFORE COMING THAT THOSE
02:17:39:00	02:17:40:00	ESCALATORS ARE STILL NOT
02:17:40:00	02:17:43:00	WORKING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED
02:17:43:00	02:17:44:00	TO BE USING SOME OF OUR RAINY
02:17:44:00	02:17:47:00	DAY FUND TO FIX THAT.
02:17:47:00	02:17:47:00	I KNOW LIKE YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE
02:17:47:00	02:17:50:00	GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT FOR
02:17:50:00	02:17:50:00	YEARS NOW WE'VE HAD BROKEN
02:17:50:00	02:17:54:00	ESCALATORS IN ELEVATORS THAT
02:17:54:00	02:17:55:00	STOP PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING THE
02:17:55:00	02:17:55:00	CITY'S BUILDING.
02:17:55:00	02:17:58:00	IT SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY TALKING
02:17:58:00	02:18:01:00	ABOUT MAKING IT A LANDMARK AND
02:18:01:00	02:18:02:00	IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT BUILDING
02:18:02:00	02:18:05:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT
02:18:05:00	02:18:06:00	WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S
02:18:06:00	02:18:06:00	ACCESSIBLE AT ALL FLOORS FROM
02:18:06:00	02:18:09:00	ALL DOORS, FROM ALL WAYS IN AND
02:18:09:00	02:18:12:00	OUT AND THAT NO ONE FEELS THAT
02:18:12:00	02:18:13:00	THERE ARE CERTAIN ROOMS OR
02:18:13:00	02:18:15:00	SPACES THAT THEY DON'T BELONG
02:18:15:00	02:18:16:00	BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
02:18:16:00	02:18:17:00	TELLING PEOPLE YOU DON'T BELONG
02:18:17:00	02:18:20:00	HERE IF WE'RE NOT MAKING SURE
02:18:20:00	02:18:20:00	THAT YOU CAN EASILY GET THERE
02:18:20:00	02:18:21:00	AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
02:18:21:00	02:18:24:00	REMEMBERING PEOPLE'S DIGNITY.
02:18:24:00	02:18:24:00	PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR WHO
02:18:24:00	02:18:27:00	HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES DO NOT
02:18:27:00	02:18:31:00	WANT TO MAKE A SCENE OR FEEL
02:18:31:00	02:18:32:00	LIKE PEOPLE HAVE TO LIFT THEM
02:18:32:00	02:18:32:00	IN ANY WAY.
02:18:32:00	02:18:33:00	SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
02:18:33:00	02:18:36:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT JUST
02:18:36:00	02:18:36:00	HAVING THIS HEARING BUT MAKING
02:18:36:00	02:18:39:00	SURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE
02:18:39:00	02:18:40:00	AVAILABLE AND THAT THIS WORK
02:18:40:00	02:18:40:00	GETS STARTED AS SOON AS
02:18:40:00	02:18:40:00	POSSIBLE.
02:18:40:00	02:18:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:43:00	02:18:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:43:00	02:18:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:18:44:00	02:18:44:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
02:18:44:00	02:18:45:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:18:45:00	02:18:46:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:18:46:00	02:18:47:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK
02:18:47:00	02:18:48:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THIS
02:18:48:00	02:18:50:00	HEARING ORDER.
02:18:50:00	02:18:53:00	I KNOW THAT LAST WEEK I BROUGHT
02:18:53:00	02:18:54:00	TO THE FLOOR WHICH I'VE
02:18:54:00	02:18:55:00	PROVIDED A COMMUNICATION ABOUT
02:18:55:00	02:18:57:00	BUT I BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR THE
02:18:57:00	02:18:58:00	LANDMARKING OF CITY HALL SO I
02:18:58:00	02:19:02:00	THINK THE COMMUNICATION THAT I
02:19:02:00	02:19:02:00	OFFERED WHICH IS ON ALL OF YOUR
02:19:02:00	02:19:05:00	DESKS SHARE IS THAT CITY HALL
02:19:05:00	02:19:08:00	BECAME A LANDMARK ON MONDAY BUT
02:19:08:00	02:19:09:00	I DID WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE
02:19:09:00	02:19:12:00	SPOKE ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY
02:19:12:00	02:19:13:00	WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY
02:19:13:00	02:19:16:00	COMMISSIONER SHELTON WHICH I
02:19:16:00	02:19:16:00	KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED
02:19:16:00	02:19:19:00	AND COMMISSIONER MCCOSH I THINK
02:19:19:00	02:19:20:00	THEY ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO
02:19:20:00	02:19:24:00	MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUILDING
02:19:24:00	02:19:27:00	DESPITE ITS INTE YOU KNOW,
02:19:27:00	02:19:27:00	DESPITE ITS ARCHITECTURAL
02:19:27:00	02:19:31:00	INTEGRITY AND IMPORTANCE ALSO
02:19:31:00	02:19:31:00	MEETS THOSE NEEDS FOR EVERY
02:19:31:00	02:19:32:00	SINGLE CITY WORKER AND EVERY
02:19:32:00	02:19:34:00	PERSON WHO NEEDS TO ACCESS THIS
02:19:34:00	02:19:35:00	BUILDING.
02:19:35:00	02:19:36:00	AND I KNOW FROM SPEAKING WITH
02:19:36:00	02:19:39:00	COMMISSIONER SHELTON AND CHIEF
02:19:39:00	02:19:43:00	IRISH THAT THEY SHARE THESE
02:19:43:00	02:19:43:00	GOALS AS WELL.
02:19:43:00	02:19:44:00	SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS HEARING
02:19:44:00	02:19:47:00	AND ACTUALLY I LOOK OUT ON TO
02:19:47:00	02:19:47:00	THAT.
02:19:47:00	02:19:50:00	I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN LOOKS
02:19:50:00	02:19:51:00	OUT TO FANEUIL HALL.
02:19:51:00	02:19:54:00	I LOOK OUT TO THE CENTER OF OF
02:19:54:00	02:19:55:00	OUR COURTYARD AND I FEEL LIKE
02:19:55:00	02:19:58:00	THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH WE
02:19:58:00	02:19:58:00	SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT ALL
02:19:58:00	02:20:02:00	OF OUR AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN
02:20:02:00	02:20:04:00	SHUT DOWN SINCE 911 HAVE ACCESS
02:20:04:00	02:20:05:00	AND WE'RE THINKING OF WAYS TO
02:20:05:00	02:20:08:00	MAKE THIS BUILDING MORE
02:20:08:00	02:20:08:00	ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
02:20:08:00	02:20:11:00	SO I APPRECIATE EVEN IN THE
02:20:11:00	02:20:12:00	WAYS THAT WE'VE LANDMARKED THE
02:20:12:00	02:20:13:00	BUILDING MAKING SURE THAT IT
02:20:13:00	02:20:15:00	CAN LIVE UP TO ITS ORIGINAL
02:20:15:00	02:20:15:00	USE.
02:20:15:00	02:20:16:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
02:20:16:00	02:20:19:00	EVERYONE FOR ENGAGING THAT
02:20:19:00	02:20:20:00	CONVERSATION AND EXCITED TO
02:20:20:00	02:20:23:00	CELEBRATE CITY HALL'S A
02:20:23:00	02:20:23:00	LANDMARK THIS SUMMER WHEN THE
02:20:23:00	02:20:26:00	ARCHITECTURAL NATIONAL
02:20:26:00	02:20:26:00	ARCHITECTURAL CONFERENCE COMES
02:20:26:00	02:20:27:00	TO BOSTON.
02:20:27:00	02:20:27:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:20:27:00	02:20:27:00	THANK YOU.
02:20:27:00	02:20:31:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:20:31:00	02:20:31:00	ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
02:20:31:00	02:20:32:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME
02:20:32:00	02:20:35:00	MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL'S
02:20:35:00	02:20:35:00	COURT AS OPPOSED TO DURKIN
02:20:35:00	02:20:38:00	FITZGERALD HERE MURPHY SANTANA
02:20:38:00	02:20:39:00	WEBER WORLD HIS OTHER CHAIR
02:20:39:00	02:20:41:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0257
02:20:41:00	02:20:41:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
02:20:41:00	02:20:42:00	COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND
02:20:42:00	02:20:45:00	INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.
02:20:45:00	02:20:46:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE REDACT NUMBER
02:20:46:00	02:20:46:00	0258 AT THE REQUEST
02:20:46:00	02:20:49:00	OF COUNCILOR AND DOCKET NUMBER
02:20:49:00	02:20:49:00	0258 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
02:20:49:00	02:20:53:00	THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
02:20:53:00	02:20:54:00	QUERY DOCKET NUMBER 0259 DUGAN
02:20:54:00	02:20:57:00	NUMBER 0259 COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:20:57:00	02:21:00:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
02:21:00:00	02:21:01:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS
02:21:01:00	02:21:06:00	OF THE ELEVATORS AT THE VHA
02:21:06:00	02:21:07:00	RUTH BARCLAY APARTMENTS THANK
02:21:07:00	02:21:07:00	YOU.
02:21:07:00	02:21:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS
02:21:07:00	02:21:08:00	OF FUN KIND OF FUN YOU HAVE THE
02:21:08:00	02:21:08:00	FLOOR.
02:21:08:00	02:21:08:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:21:08:00	02:21:11:00	I FILED A HEARING REGARDING
02:21:11:00	02:21:15:00	AGING ELEVATOR SYSTEMS AT VHA
02:21:15:00	02:21:15:00	IN NOVEMBER.
02:21:15:00	02:21:18:00	I HELD A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE
02:21:18:00	02:21:19:00	AND I'M SORRY MANY OF MY
02:21:19:00	02:21:22:00	COLLEAGUES WEREN'T HERE FOR IT
02:21:22:00	02:21:23:00	BECAUSE IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL
02:21:23:00	02:21:26:00	HEARING AND WE HEARD DIRECTLY
02:21:26:00	02:21:27:00	FROM RESIDENTS FROM THE SOUTH
02:21:27:00	02:21:30:00	END ROSA BARCLAY THESE WERE
02:21:30:00	02:21:34:00	HEART WRENCHING STORIES.
02:21:34:00	02:21:34:00	THEY TALKED ABOUT NOT BEING
02:21:34:00	02:21:37:00	ABLE TO GET GROCERIES, PICK UP
02:21:37:00	02:21:37:00	MEDICATION, STAYING ACTIVE,
02:21:37:00	02:21:41:00	GOING TO MEDICAL, FAMILY AND
02:21:41:00	02:21:42:00	SOCIAL APARTMENTS.
02:21:42:00	02:21:45:00	I MENTIONED A WOMAN THAT WAS
02:21:45:00	02:21:46:00	UNABLE TO GET TO HER
02:21:46:00	02:21:46:00	CHEMOTHERAPY APPOINTMENT
02:21:46:00	02:21:49:00	BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WAS BROKE
02:21:49:00	02:21:49:00	.
02:21:49:00	02:21:50:00	THEY TALKED ABOUT NOT BEING
02:21:50:00	02:21:53:00	ABLE TO GET UPSTAIRS AND USE
02:21:53:00	02:21:56:00	THE BATHROOM AT TIME.
02:21:56:00	02:21:57:00	SO WE HAVE TO MAKE
02:21:57:00	02:21:58:00	ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH
02:21:58:00	02:22:01:00	DISABILITY IS NOW SEEN AS A
02:22:01:00	02:22:04:00	PRIORITY.
02:22:04:00	02:22:04:00	IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.
02:22:04:00	02:22:08:00	IT'S AN EQUITY ISSUE AT ROOT
02:22:08:00	02:22:09:00	BERKELEY AND THROUGHOUT VHA
02:22:09:00	02:22:12:00	DEVELOPMENTS IN DECEMBER 2020
02:22:12:00	02:22:12:00	FULL OF RESIDENT RESIDENTS LET
02:22:12:00	02:22:15:00	ME KNOW THAT THE ELEVATOR
02:22:15:00	02:22:18:00	OUTAGES HAVE CONTINUED.
02:22:18:00	02:22:19:00	I VISITED THEM MANY TIMES.
02:22:19:00	02:22:22:00	ONE RESIDENT MISSED AS I
02:22:22:00	02:22:22:00	MENTIONED TO TWO CHEMOTHERAPY
02:22:22:00	02:22:26:00	SESSIONS AS A RESULT OF THESE
02:22:26:00	02:22:30:00	DOWN ELEVATORS.
02:22:30:00	02:22:33:00	CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT WAITING
02:22:33:00	02:22:34:00	GETTING READY FOR YOUR
02:22:34:00	02:22:34:00	CHEMOTHERAPY APPOINTMENT, READY
02:22:34:00	02:22:38:00	TO LEAVE YOUR APARTMENT AND THE
02:22:38:00	02:22:39:00	ELEVATOR DOESN'T WORK AND RUTH
02:22:39:00	02:22:47:00	BARCLAY WENT OUT OUTRAGED
02:22:47:00	02:22:48:00	ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK RECENTLY
02:22:48:00	02:22:51:00	COMMUNICATED THAT VHA IS
02:22:51:00	02:22:52:00	WORKING TOWARDS AN ELEVATOR
02:22:52:00	02:22:54:00	MODERNIZATION PLAN TO INSTALL
02:22:54:00	02:22:55:00	EIGHT NEW ELEVATORS AT RUTH
02:22:55:00	02:22:59:00	BARCLAY AND HAS PUT IT OUT TO A
02:22:59:00	02:22:59:00	BIT.
02:22:59:00	02:22:59:00	THIS WAS JUST RECENT.
02:22:59:00	02:23:02:00	WELL THIS IS A STEP IN THE
02:23:02:00	02:23:02:00	RIGHT DIRECTION.
02:23:02:00	02:23:05:00	IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE VHA
02:23:05:00	02:23:06:00	CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE TO
02:23:06:00	02:23:06:00	COMMUNICATE THESE PLANS AND
02:23:06:00	02:23:11:00	PROTOCOL IN A TIMELY MANNER TO
02:23:11:00	02:23:11:00	RESIDENTS ENSURE THE RESIDENTS
02:23:11:00	02:23:14:00	DO NOT MISS ANY CRITICAL
02:23:14:00	02:23:18:00	MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS,
02:23:18:00	02:23:18:00	SCREENINGS, VISITS WITH THEIR
02:23:18:00	02:23:21:00	FAMILY ELEVATOR ACCESS IS
02:23:21:00	02:23:25:00	ESSENTIAL FOR OUR SENIORS
02:23:25:00	02:23:25:00	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
02:23:25:00	02:23:28:00	THIS HEARING WILL AGAIN WE'LL
02:23:28:00	02:23:29:00	DISCUSS THE LATEST STATUS
02:23:29:00	02:23:32:00	OF THE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION
02:23:32:00	02:23:33:00	AT RUTH BARCLAY APARTMENTS AND
02:23:33:00	02:23:36:00	PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO
02:23:36:00	02:23:37:00	NEED TO GO TO CRITICAL MEDICAL
02:23:37:00	02:23:40:00	APPOINTMENTS DURING THESE
02:23:40:00	02:23:43:00	ELEVATOR OUTAGES.
02:23:43:00	02:23:44:00	IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, WE TALK
02:23:44:00	02:23:47:00	ABOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY
02:23:47:00	02:23:47:00	ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND
02:23:47:00	02:23:47:00	INITIATIVES.
02:23:47:00	02:23:51:00	I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT COULD BE
02:23:51:00	02:23:54:00	A BETTER USE OF OUR TIME EFFORT
02:23:54:00	02:23:58:00	AND MONEY THAN FOCUSING ON ADA
02:23:58:00	02:23:59:00	ACCESSIBILITY, CIVIL RIGHTS,
02:23:59:00	02:24:03:00	EQUITY, RESPECT MOST OF ALL FOR
02:24:03:00	02:24:05:00	OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE BOSTON
02:24:05:00	02:24:06:00	HOUSING AUTHORITY.
02:24:06:00	02:24:10:00	AND FINALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A
02:24:10:00	02:24:13:00	CHOICE IF WE IF WE ARE NOT IN
02:24:13:00	02:24:14:00	COMPLIANT WITH ADA RELATED
02:24:14:00	02:24:17:00	ISSUES IT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE
02:24:17:00	02:24:23:00	WITH SUBJECTED TO FEDERAL LAW.
02:24:23:00	02:24:24:00	I'M ONLY GOING TO ALLOW THIS TO
02:24:24:00	02:24:25:00	CONTINUE FOR A SHORT PERIOD
02:24:25:00	02:24:27:00	OF TIME AND THEN I'M GOING TO
02:24:27:00	02:24:28:00	SEND A LETTER FROM ME TO THE
02:24:28:00	02:24:32:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE
02:24:32:00	02:24:32:00	SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES
02:24:32:00	02:24:35:00	HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
02:24:35:00	02:24:39:00	AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT
02:24:39:00	02:24:39:00	RESIDENTS IN MANY OF OUR VHA
02:24:39:00	02:24:40:00	DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO
02:24:40:00	02:24:43:00	GET TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS
02:24:43:00	02:24:44:00	BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATOR
02:24:44:00	02:24:48:00	SITUATION.
02:24:48:00	02:24:49:00	IT'S THAT SERIOUS OF AN ISSUE.
02:24:49:00	02:24:52:00	IT'S LIFE AND DEATH.
02:24:52:00	02:24:53:00	WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND SAY WELL
02:24:53:00	02:24:56:00	I'M NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN
02:24:56:00	02:24:56:00	THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
02:24:56:00	02:24:57:00	OFFEND A PREVIOUS COLLEAGUE
02:24:57:00	02:24:57:00	OF MINE.
02:24:57:00	02:25:00:00	I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
02:25:00:00	02:25:00:00	I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE
02:25:00:00	02:25:03:00	CONSTITUENTS I'M WORRIED ABOUT
02:25:03:00	02:25:03:00	THE RESIDENTS.
02:25:03:00	02:25:04:00	I'M WORRIED ABOUT THEM GETTING
02:25:04:00	02:25:06:00	TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.
02:25:06:00	02:25:11:00	THAT'S MY ONLY PRIORITY.
02:25:11:00	02:25:12:00	AN ELDERLY PERSON THAT WANTS TO
02:25:12:00	02:25:15:00	VISIT HER FAMILY ON
02:25:15:00	02:25:16:00	THANKSGIVING SHE TOLD ME SHE
02:25:16:00	02:25:18:00	COULDN'T GO DOWN THE ELEVATOR
02:25:18:00	02:25:19:00	SYSTEM TO HER DAUGHTER WAS DOWN
02:25:19:00	02:25:20:00	THERE WAITING FOR HER AND SHE
02:25:20:00	02:25:23:00	COULDN'T VISIT TO GO OUT FOR
02:25:23:00	02:25:26:00	DINNER BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR
02:25:26:00	02:25:26:00	WASN'T BROKEN.
02:25:26:00	02:25:30:00	ANOTHER WOMAN TOLD ME SHE WAS
02:25:30:00	02:25:31:00	WAITING 4 HOURS FOR THE
02:25:31:00	02:25:33:00	ELEVATOR TO TAKE HER TO
02:25:33:00	02:25:34:00	APARTMENT.
02:25:34:00	02:25:37:00	SHE HAD TO USE THE BATHROOM.
02:25:37:00	02:25:41:00	THERE WAS NO BATHROOM THERE.
02:25:41:00	02:25:41:00	IT'S ABOUT RESPECT.
02:25:41:00	02:25:44:00	IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY FOR OUR
02:25:44:00	02:25:48:00	RESIDENTS.
02:25:48:00	02:25:49:00	WE SEE A LOT OF MONEY BEING
02:25:49:00	02:25:52:00	SPENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
02:25:52:00	02:25:53:00	WHY ISN'T IT A PRIORITY FOR
02:25:53:00	02:25:56:00	RESIDENTS OF BOSTON HOUSING
02:25:56:00	02:25:56:00	AUTHORITY?
02:25:56:00	02:25:56:00	WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM?
02:25:56:00	02:26:00:00	THEY MAY NOT HAVE POLITICAL
02:26:00:00	02:26:00:00	SUPPORT.
02:26:00:00	02:26:03:00	THEY MAY NOT SEND CHECKS TO
02:26:03:00	02:26:03:00	ELECTED OFFICIALS.
02:26:03:00	02:26:04:00	THEY MAY NOT BE GOING TO THESE
02:26:04:00	02:26:08:00	FANCY COCKTAIL PARTIES BUT THEY
02:26:08:00	02:26:08:00	DESERVE RESPECT.
02:26:08:00	02:26:11:00	THEY DESERVE DIGNITY AND IT'S
02:26:11:00	02:26:12:00	ABOUT TIME WE START SHOWING IT
02:26:12:00	02:26:12:00	TO THEM.
02:26:12:00	02:26:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:26:15:00	02:26:16:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:26:16:00	02:26:16:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:26:16:00	02:26:19:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:26:19:00	02:26:20:00	THEIR NAME?
02:26:20:00	02:26:20:00	MR CLAIRE, PLEASE.
02:26:20:00	02:26:21:00	I CAN JUST CUT AS A PARTNER
02:26:21:00	02:26:23:00	FITZGERALD MARIA MURPHY SANTANA
02:26:23:00	02:26:24:00	WEBER WORLD PLEASE HAVE THE
02:26:24:00	02:26:26:00	CHAIR.
02:26:26:00	02:26:26:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
02:26:26:00	02:26:29:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 026040, THAT
02:26:29:00	02:26:32:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0259 WILL
02:26:32:00	02:26:33:00	BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON
02:26:33:00	02:26:34:00	HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
02:26:34:00	02:26:37:00	DEVELOPMENT.
02:26:37:00	02:26:40:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TO
02:26:40:00	02:26:41:00	NUMBER 02600260 COUNCILORS WERE
02:26:41:00	02:26:42:00	ON PARADE AND ON FOR THE
02:26:42:00	02:26:44:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:26:44:00	02:26:45:00	TO DISCUSS THE USE OF BATTERY
02:26:45:00	02:26:48:00	ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE
02:26:48:00	02:26:49:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
02:26:49:00	02:26:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:26:49:00	02:26:50:00	THE CHAIRMAN AS HIS
02:26:50:00	02:26:52:00	COUNCILOR ARE OUT.
02:26:52:00	02:26:53:00	I'M SORRY I HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:26:53:00	02:26:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:26:53:00	02:26:56:00	THIS IS A REAL REFILE FROM LAST
02:26:56:00	02:26:56:00	YEAR AND COUNCILOR BREADON AND
02:26:56:00	02:26:57:00	THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN LED THE
02:26:57:00	02:26:59:00	WAY ON THIS IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
02:26:59:00	02:26:59:00	ISSUE.
02:26:59:00	02:27:00:00	SO WE'RE EAGER TO CONTINUE THAT
02:27:00:00	02:27:03:00	MOMENTUM AND WE WERE ASKED BY
02:27:03:00	02:27:04:00	COUNCILOR BREADON TO REFILE
02:27:04:00	02:27:07:00	THIS THE BATTERY BATTERY ENERGY
02:27:07:00	02:27:10:00	STORAGE SYSTEMS HAVE THE
02:27:10:00	02:27:11:00	POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN OUR
02:27:11:00	02:27:11:00	ENERGY GRID AND SUPPORT OUR
02:27:11:00	02:27:14:00	TRANSITION TO A NEW RENEWABLE
02:27:14:00	02:27:14:00	ENERGY.
02:27:14:00	02:27:15:00	BUT THEY ALSO RAISED SAFETY AND
02:27:15:00	02:27:18:00	COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH
02:27:18:00	02:27:18:00	PROPOSED FACILITIES IN BRIGHTON
02:27:18:00	02:27:22:00	AND POTENTIALLY DORCHESTER OR
02:27:22:00	02:27:22:00	ROSLINDALE.
02:27:22:00	02:27:22:00	WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:27:22:00	02:27:25:00	WE HAVE A PUBLIC CONVERSATION
02:27:25:00	02:27:29:00	ON BEST PRACTICES ON SEEING IF
02:27:29:00	02:27:30:00	THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE AS A
02:27:30:00	02:27:33:00	CITY SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTING AS
02:27:33:00	02:27:33:00	WE EXPAND OUR ENERGY GRID.
02:27:33:00	02:27:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:34:00	02:27:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:37:00	02:27:38:00	MR.
02:27:38:00	02:27:38:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:27:38:00	02:27:43:00	THEIR NAME?
02:27:43:00	02:27:44:00	MR. CLERK IS THAT COUNCILORS
02:27:44:00	02:27:45:00	CUT AS A PARTY DURKAN MEJIA
02:27:45:00	02:27:46:00	MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE
02:27:46:00	02:27:48:00	OF THE CHAIR.
02:27:48:00	02:27:51:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0260 WILL BE
02:27:51:00	02:27:52:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:27:52:00	02:27:52:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
02:27:52:00	02:27:52:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS.
02:27:52:00	02:27:57:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE TO
02:27:57:00	02:27:58:00	NUMBER 02610261 COUNCILOR WEBER
02:27:58:00	02:27:59:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
02:27:59:00	02:28:01:00	HEARING TO ADDRESS PROGRAMING
02:28:01:00	02:28:02:00	NEEDS FOR OLDER ADULTS IN THE
02:28:02:00	02:28:06:00	CITY OF BOSTON THANK YOU.
02:28:06:00	02:28:06:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:28:06:00	02:28:06:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:28:06:00	02:28:07:00	WEBER BE ON THE FLOOR.
02:28:07:00	02:28:09:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:28:09:00	02:28:09:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
02:28:09:00	02:28:10:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN
02:28:10:00	02:28:13:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:28:13:00	02:28:14:00	COUNCILOR WAS JO TOO SO ADDED
02:28:14:00	02:28:15:00	AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
02:28:15:00	02:28:17:00	RULES IN A COUNCIL ROLE AS A AS
02:28:17:00	02:28:18:00	A THIRD CO-SPONSOR CASTROL
02:28:18:00	02:28:21:00	COUNCILOR WEBER SAYING SUSPEND
02:28:21:00	02:28:22:00	THE RULES IN AREAS WHERE I WAS
02:28:22:00	02:28:23:00	A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:28:23:00	02:28:23:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
02:28:23:00	02:28:24:00	OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR ALSO ADDED
02:28:24:00	02:28:25:00	BECAUSE WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE
02:28:25:00	02:28:27:00	FLOOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH I
02:28:27:00	02:28:28:00	THINK PROVIDING FOR OUR SENIORS
02:28:28:00	02:28:31:00	IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK
02:28:31:00	02:28:32:00	WE WOULD EVER HAVE A DEBATE ON.
02:28:32:00	02:28:34:00	I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS
02:28:34:00	02:28:35:00	COUNCIL AGREES THAT YOU KNOW,
02:28:35:00	02:28:38:00	IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW HOW
02:28:38:00	02:28:39:00	MANY RESOURCES WE CAN USE TO
02:28:39:00	02:28:42:00	PROVIDE FOR OUR SENIORS, NOT
02:28:42:00	02:28:43:00	WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD.
02:28:43:00	02:28:45:00	AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS
02:28:45:00	02:28:46:00	SUPPORTED BY NEARLY EVERY
02:28:46:00	02:28:46:00	RESIDENT OF BOSTON REGARDLESS
02:28:46:00	02:28:50:00	OF WHERE THEY LAND ON THE
02:28:50:00	02:28:50:00	POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
02:28:50:00	02:28:51:00	LAST APRIL WE HELD A HEARING
02:28:51:00	02:28:53:00	REVIEWING PROGRAMING AVAILABLE
02:28:53:00	02:28:54:00	TO SENIORS IN THE CITY
02:28:54:00	02:28:57:00	OF BOSTON AND SINCE THEN A
02:28:57:00	02:28:58:00	STRONG COMMISSIONER EMILY SHEA
02:28:58:00	02:29:01:00	HAS SHARED A PLANNING REPORT ON
02:29:01:00	02:29:02:00	THE NEED FOR EXPANDING
02:29:02:00	02:29:05:00	PROGRAMING AND SPACES FOR
02:29:05:00	02:29:05:00	ADULTS 60 AND OLDER IN BOSTON
02:29:05:00	02:29:09:00	AS A REPORT STATES BY 2030 OVER
02:29:09:00	02:29:12:00	20% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION
02:29:12:00	02:29:13:00	WILL BE 60 OR OLDER AND
02:29:13:00	02:29:16:00	PROGRAMING AND SPACES TO GATHER
02:29:16:00	02:29:17:00	WILL SUPPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH
02:29:17:00	02:29:18:00	AND THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF OUR
02:29:18:00	02:29:20:00	SENIORS AS THEY AGE.
02:29:20:00	02:29:24:00	YOU KNOW, I AM FILING THIS JUNE
02:29:24:00	02:29:25:00	IN ORDER TO EXPLORE EXPANDING
02:29:25:00	02:29:28:00	PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO OLDER
02:29:28:00	02:29:28:00	ADULTS ESPECIALLY IN WEST
02:29:28:00	02:29:32:00	ROXBURY, REMOVING BARRIERS THAT
02:29:32:00	02:29:32:00	OLDER ADULTS FACE WHEN
02:29:32:00	02:29:33:00	ACCESSING THESE TYPES
02:29:33:00	02:29:36:00	OF PROGRAMS AND TO DISCUSS THE
02:29:36:00	02:29:37:00	FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A
02:29:37:00	02:29:40:00	SENIOR CENTER IN WEST ROXBURY
02:29:40:00	02:29:41:00	TO BEST SERVE THIS GROWING
02:29:41:00	02:29:43:00	POPULATION.
02:29:43:00	02:29:44:00	I THINK ETHOS RUNS A GREAT POP
02:29:44:00	02:29:47:00	UP AT THE ELKS LODGE IN WEST
02:29:47:00	02:29:47:00	ROXBURY.
02:29:47:00	02:29:48:00	I WAS THERE LAST WEEK WHEN I
02:29:48:00	02:29:51:00	HEAR FROM THOSE AT THE ETHOS
02:29:51:00	02:29:55:00	PROGRAM IT'S THEY TELL ME HOW
02:29:55:00	02:29:56:00	BENEFICIAL THIS PROGRAM IS, HOW
02:29:56:00	02:29:58:00	MUCH THEY RELY ON THIS PROGRAM
02:29:58:00	02:30:02:00	TO DO ACTIVITIES LIKE CHAIR
02:30:02:00	02:30:03:00	YOGA, YOU KNOW, AND AND OTHER
02:30:03:00	02:30:03:00	THINGS.
02:30:03:00	02:30:06:00	BUT ALSO JUST TO GATHER HAVE A
02:30:06:00	02:30:07:00	SPACE TO MEET UP WITH PEOPLE
02:30:07:00	02:30:10:00	FROM ALL OVER THE CITY AND
02:30:10:00	02:30:13:00	THEIR FELLOW SENIORS.
02:30:13:00	02:30:14:00	YOU KNOW, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO
02:30:14:00	02:30:18:00	MY PREDECESSOR KENDRA LORA HELD
02:30:18:00	02:30:19:00	A HEARING ON AT THE SENIOR POP
02:30:19:00	02:30:22:00	UP IN WEST ROXBURY THAT WAS
02:30:22:00	02:30:22:00	CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS
02:30:22:00	02:30:25:00	FLAHERTY AND MADAM PRESIDENT
02:30:25:00	02:30:25:00	LOUIJEUNE I WOULD LIKE TO
02:30:25:00	02:30:29:00	CONTINUE THE WORK THAT THEY DID
02:30:29:00	02:30:30:00	HAVE AN ON SITE HEARING IN WEST
02:30:30:00	02:30:33:00	ROXBURY TO EXPLORE THE
02:30:33:00	02:30:33:00	POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING
02:30:33:00	02:30:37:00	PROGRAMING AND SEE WHETHER A
02:30:37:00	02:30:37:00	SENIOR CENTER IN WEST ROXBURY
02:30:37:00	02:30:37:00	WOULD BE FEASIBLE.
02:30:37:00	02:30:40:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
02:30:40:00	02:30:41:00	ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS
02:30:41:00	02:30:41:00	ISSUE.
02:30:41:00	02:30:42:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:30:42:00	02:30:42:00	THANK YOU.
02:30:42:00	02:30:45:00	THE CHAIR AND AS IS CUSTOMARY
02:30:45:00	02:30:46:00	JODY ON THE FLOOR THANK YOU,
02:30:46:00	02:30:47:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:30:47:00	02:30:48:00	COUNCIL MEMBER PUT IT
02:30:48:00	02:30:48:00	ELOQUENTLY BUT JUST IN BRIEF
02:30:48:00	02:30:51:00	THIS IS ALL PART OF TRYING TO
02:30:51:00	02:30:52:00	KEEP FAMILIES IN THE CITY AS
02:30:52:00	02:30:54:00	PARENTS AGE AND AS WE WELCOME
02:30:54:00	02:30:55:00	NEW FAMILIES INTO THE CITY TO
02:30:55:00	02:30:56:00	TRY AND KEEP THEM HERE, IT'S
02:30:56:00	02:30:59:00	IMPORTANT THAT AS THEY AGE THEY
02:30:59:00	02:31:02:00	DO HAVE ACTIVITIES TO DO AND
02:31:02:00	02:31:03:00	THINGS TO KEEP THEM ACTIVE AND
02:31:03:00	02:31:06:00	AND ROOTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
02:31:06:00	02:31:07:00	IN WHICH THEY RAISED THEIR
02:31:07:00	02:31:07:00	FAMILIES.
02:31:07:00	02:31:08:00	SO HAPPY TO TAKE PART IN THIS
02:31:08:00	02:31:09:00	AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER,
02:31:09:00	02:31:10:00	FOR ADDING THANK YOU CHAIRMAN
02:31:10:00	02:31:13:00	ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR?
02:31:13:00	02:31:13:00	YES.
02:31:13:00	02:31:14:00	I'D LIKE TO THANK
02:31:14:00	02:31:17:00	COUNCILOR WEBER FOR BRINGING
02:31:17:00	02:31:18:00	THIS FORWARD AND OUT OF ME AS A
02:31:18:00	02:31:21:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I DO
02:31:21:00	02:31:21:00	AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON
02:31:21:00	02:31:22:00	JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR
02:31:22:00	02:31:25:00	SENIORS HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES TO
02:31:25:00	02:31:29:00	TO NOT ONLY DO BUT ALSO TO GET
02:31:29:00	02:31:29:00	TO I THINK TRANSPORTATION IS
02:31:29:00	02:31:30:00	ALSO A BIG PART OF THIS
02:31:30:00	02:31:30:00	CONVERSATION.
02:31:30:00	02:31:33:00	SO ANY WAY WE COULD PUT MORE
02:31:33:00	02:31:36:00	AND MORE MONEY INTO EXPANDING
02:31:36:00	02:31:37:00	THE HOURS, EXPANDING YOU KNOW,
02:31:37:00	02:31:37:00	WHERE WE CAN YOU KNOW WHERE
02:31:37:00	02:31:40:00	THEY CAN USE THAT
02:31:40:00	02:31:40:00	TRANSPORTATION TO GO TO NOT
02:31:40:00	02:31:44:00	JUST MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS,
02:31:44:00	02:31:44:00	MAYBE IT'S CITY EVENTS, MAYBE
02:31:44:00	02:31:48:00	IT'S YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I HEAR
02:31:48:00	02:31:48:00	THAT OUR SENIORS HAVE FOMO.
02:31:48:00	02:31:49:00	THEY THEY WANT TO COME DOWN
02:31:49:00	02:31:52:00	HERE TO THE FLAG RAISING IT TO
02:31:52:00	02:31:52:00	EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AT
02:31:52:00	02:31:55:00	CITY HALL AND TO CONSCIOUS AS
02:31:55:00	02:31:55:00	WELL.
02:31:55:00	02:31:56:00	BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A
02:31:56:00	02:31:58:00	SHOUT OUT TO ANGELA YARDE WHO
02:31:58:00	02:31:59:00	IS MY STRONG LIAISON WHO HAS
02:31:59:00	02:32:02:00	BEEN WORKING WITH ME JUST DOING
02:32:02:00	02:32:03:00	SENIOR LUNCHEONS AND ENGAGING
02:32:03:00	02:32:05:00	THE SENIORS AND I JUST WANT TO
02:32:05:00	02:32:06:00	JUST SHOUT OUT A FEW PEOPLE
02:32:06:00	02:32:10:00	FROM DORCHESTER AND MATTAPAN
02:32:10:00	02:32:10:00	DOING SENIOR WORK BARBER
02:32:10:00	02:32:13:00	CRITCHLOW, MANLEY FORMAN,
02:32:13:00	02:32:14:00	CHARLIE SHILLINGFORD AND I KNOW
02:32:14:00	02:32:17:00	I MISSED A FEW OTHER PEOPLE BUT
02:32:17:00	02:32:18:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
02:32:18:00	02:32:18:00	IN MY DISTRICT DOING THIS WORK.
02:32:18:00	02:32:19:00	THANK YOU.
02:32:19:00	02:32:21:00	THANK YOU.
02:32:21:00	02:32:22:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:32:22:00	02:32:23:00	ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
02:32:23:00	02:32:25:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME IS
02:32:25:00	02:32:26:00	INCLUDED BECAUSE THAT
02:32:26:00	02:32:26:00	COUNCIL IS CALLED AS OPPOSED TO
02:32:26:00	02:32:29:00	DURKAN FLYNN HERE MURPHY
02:32:29:00	02:32:30:00	SANTANA PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR
02:32:30:00	02:32:32:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0261
02:32:32:00	02:32:32:00	WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:32:32:00	02:32:33:00	STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
02:32:33:00	02:32:36:00	COMMUNITIES.
02:32:36:00	02:32:37:00	MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:32:37:00	02:32:39:00	TALKING NUMBER 02620262
02:32:39:00	02:32:40:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN OFFER THE
02:32:40:00	02:32:42:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:32:42:00	02:32:43:00	TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF A
02:32:43:00	02:32:46:00	PARK TO ADMINISTER AREA FOR
02:32:46:00	02:32:46:00	DOWNTOWN PARKS INCLUDING THE
02:32:46:00	02:32:50:00	BOSTON COMMON PUBLIC GARDEN,
02:32:50:00	02:32:50:00	COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL,
02:32:50:00	02:32:54:00	COPLEY SQUARE AND CHRISTOPHER
02:32:54:00	02:32:54:00	COLUMBUS PARK.
02:32:54:00	02:32:54:00	THANK YOU.
02:32:54:00	02:32:55:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:32:55:00	02:32:58:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
02:32:58:00	02:32:59:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE
02:32:59:00	02:32:59:00	FLOOR.
02:32:59:00	02:32:59:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:32:59:00	02:33:00:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU
02:33:00:00	02:33:01:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS
02:33:01:00	02:33:02:00	A SECOND OR AS A CO-SPONSOR AND
02:33:02:00	02:33:05:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD
02:33:05:00	02:33:06:00	COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA AS A
02:33:06:00	02:33:06:00	THIRD CO-SPONSOR.
02:33:06:00	02:33:12:00	I AM ADDED AS A SECOND
02:33:12:00	02:33:13:00	CO-SPONSOR I'LL ADD
02:33:13:00	02:33:16:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA OH
02:33:16:00	02:33:16:00	SURE.
02:33:16:00	02:33:16:00	OKAY.
02:33:16:00	02:33:17:00	EARLIER THIS WEEK TEMPORARY
02:33:17:00	02:33:20:00	FENCING WAS PLACED ALONG THE
02:33:20:00	02:33:21:00	BEACON STREET MALL IN THE
02:33:21:00	02:33:24:00	BOSTON COMMON DUE TO A WATER
02:33:24:00	02:33:24:00	MAIN REHABILITATION PROJECT BY
02:33:24:00	02:33:27:00	THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER
02:33:27:00	02:33:27:00	COMMISSION.
02:33:27:00	02:33:28:00	WHILE THE PROJECT IS NECESSARY,
02:33:28:00	02:33:31:00	THE LACK OF PRIOR COMMUNITY
02:33:31:00	02:33:31:00	COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS
02:33:31:00	02:33:35:00	HIGHLIGHTS A CRITICAL GAP IN
02:33:35:00	02:33:35:00	OUR PARK MANAGEMENT.
02:33:35:00	02:33:36:00	IF BOSTON HAD A DEDICATED
02:33:36:00	02:33:38:00	DOWNTOWN PARKS ADMINISTRATOR
02:33:38:00	02:33:39:00	THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE LED TO A
02:33:39:00	02:33:43:00	MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AND
02:33:43:00	02:33:43:00	COORDINATED EFFORT A PERSON
02:33:43:00	02:33:44:00	MINISTRY ORDER WOULD HAVE
02:33:44:00	02:33:46:00	ENSURED THAT RELEVANT
02:33:46:00	02:33:46:00	STAKEHOLDERS WERE NOTIFIED
02:33:46:00	02:33:49:00	OF THIS PROJECT WELL IN ADVANCE
02:33:49:00	02:33:50:00	AND THAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND
02:33:50:00	02:33:51:00	DUE TO OUR ROUTES WERE CLEARLY
02:33:51:00	02:33:54:00	MARKED BEFORE A MAIN
02:33:54:00	02:33:54:00	THOROUGHFARE WAS BLOCKED OFF TO
02:33:54:00	02:33:57:00	MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS.
02:33:57:00	02:33:58:00	THANK YOU TO THE FRIENDS OF THE
02:33:58:00	02:33:58:00	PUBLIC GARDEN FOR THEIR
02:33:58:00	02:34:01:00	CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT
02:34:01:00	02:34:01:00	OF THE CREATION OF THIS VITAL
02:34:01:00	02:34:02:00	ROLE WHILE WE WORK IN
02:34:02:00	02:34:05:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO ENSURE
02:34:05:00	02:34:06:00	OUR DOWNTOWN PARKS ARE TREATED
02:34:06:00	02:34:09:00	WITH CARE, THEY HAVE ALSO
02:34:09:00	02:34:09:00	ADVOCATED FOR A DOWNTOWN PARKS
02:34:09:00	02:34:13:00	ADMINISTRATOR THIS ISSUE
02:34:13:00	02:34:13:00	UNDERSCORES WHY THE CREATION
02:34:13:00	02:34:14:00	OF A PARKS ADMINISTRATOR IS
02:34:14:00	02:34:17:00	ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE
02:34:17:00	02:34:19:00	BOSTON COMMON MASTER PLAN WITH
02:34:19:00	02:34:20:00	OVER 150 MILLION AND PROPOSED
02:34:20:00	02:34:23:00	INVESTMENTS WE CANNOT IMPLEMENT
02:34:23:00	02:34:23:00	THIS VISION WITHOUT SOMEONE
02:34:23:00	02:34:24:00	SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO
02:34:24:00	02:34:27:00	OVERSEEING THE OPERATION AND
02:34:27:00	02:34:27:00	PROGRAMING OF OUR DOWNTOWN
02:34:27:00	02:34:27:00	PARKS.
02:34:27:00	02:34:28:00	A PARKS ADMINISTRATOR WOULD
02:34:28:00	02:34:31:00	CENTRALIZE MANAGEMENT, ENSURE
02:34:31:00	02:34:32:00	THAT OUR PARKS REMAIN CLEAN,
02:34:32:00	02:34:35:00	SAFE AND CLIMATE RESILIENT.
02:34:35:00	02:34:36:00	THERE IS CURRENTLY A FRANKLIN
02:34:36:00	02:34:36:00	PARK ADMINISTRATOR SO WE HAVE A
02:34:36:00	02:34:39:00	MODEL ON WHICH THIS ROLE CAN
02:34:39:00	02:34:39:00	FUNCTION.
02:34:39:00	02:34:39:00	LAST YEAR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
02:34:39:00	02:34:42:00	SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF THIS
02:34:42:00	02:34:43:00	NEW POSITION AND I HOPE YOU
02:34:43:00	02:34:44:00	WILL SUPPORT IT AGAIN WITH THIS
02:34:44:00	02:34:46:00	REFILING.
02:34:46:00	02:34:47:00	WE MUST PRIORITIZE THIS ROLE TO
02:34:47:00	02:34:51:00	ENSURE THE FUTURE OF BOSTON'S
02:34:51:00	02:34:52:00	DOWNTOWN PARKS WHICH ARE USED
02:34:52:00	02:34:54:00	BY EVERYONE AND ARE FOR
02:34:54:00	02:34:55:00	EVERYONE.
02:34:55:00	02:34:55:00	IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PRESERVING
02:34:55:00	02:34:58:00	GREENSPACE, IT'S ABOUT
02:34:58:00	02:34:59:00	PROVIDING CLEAR COMMUNICATION,
02:34:59:00	02:35:02:00	THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND
02:35:02:00	02:35:02:00	EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
02:35:02:00	02:35:03:00	OF EVERYONE WHO USES THEM.
02:35:03:00	02:35:03:00	THANK YOU.
02:35:03:00	02:35:07:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE AND I
02:35:07:00	02:35:09:00	WILL ADD COUNCILOR.
02:35:09:00	02:35:12:00	WE WILL ADD COUNCILOR ZAPATA AS
02:35:12:00	02:35:12:00	A THIRD LATER ON BUT ANYONE
02:35:12:00	02:35:13:00	ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
02:35:13:00	02:35:17:00	OH, COUNCILWOMAN, ARE YOU
02:35:17:00	02:35:17:00	LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
02:35:17:00	02:35:17:00	DOCKET?
02:35:17:00	02:35:20:00	THE CHAIRMAN HAS A ON THE FLOOR
02:35:20:00	02:35:20:00	.
02:35:20:00	02:35:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:35:24:00	02:35:25:00	PLEASE ADD MY NAME.
02:35:25:00	02:35:28:00	SOME OF THESE AREAS SOME
02:35:28:00	02:35:30:00	OF THESE PARKS ARE ACTUALLY IN
02:35:30:00	02:35:31:00	DISTRICT TWO, ESPECIALLY THE
02:35:31:00	02:35:34:00	THE COPLEY SQUARE AREA ACROSS
02:35:34:00	02:35:35:00	THE STREET FROM THE BOSTON
02:35:35:00	02:35:36:00	COMMON IS IN THE AREA I
02:35:36:00	02:35:37:00	REPRESENT.
02:35:37:00	02:35:38:00	HOWEVER, I HAVE WORKED ON THESE
02:35:38:00	02:35:41:00	ISSUES FOR SEVEN YEARS AS A
02:35:41:00	02:35:42:00	DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR.
02:35:42:00	02:35:45:00	I KNOW THESE ISSUES VERY WELL.
02:35:45:00	02:35:49:00	I DO SUPPORT AN ADMINISTRATIVE
02:35:49:00	02:35:49:00	FOR THESE AREAS.
02:35:49:00	02:35:50:00	I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
02:35:50:00	02:35:56:00	BUT IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS
02:35:56:00	02:35:57:00	AND I KNOW THERE'S ONE
02:35:57:00	02:35:58:00	OBVIOUSLY AT FRANKLIN PARK
02:35:58:00	02:35:58:00	WHICH WE ALL SUPPORT.
02:35:58:00	02:36:00:00	BUT IN THE INTEREST
02:36:00:00	02:36:01:00	OF FAIRNESS, IS THERE AN
02:36:01:00	02:36:04:00	OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO EXPAND THIS
02:36:04:00	02:36:07:00	TO OTHER PARKS ACROSS THE CITY
02:36:07:00	02:36:08:00	THAT MAY ALSO FEEL LIKE THAT
02:36:08:00	02:36:11:00	THEY NEED AN ADMINISTRATOR AT
02:36:11:00	02:36:14:00	VARIOUS PARKS WHETHER IT'S TO A
02:36:14:00	02:36:15:00	COMBINED JURISDICTION WHERE
02:36:15:00	02:36:19:00	WE'RE ABLE TO COMBINE A COUPLE
02:36:19:00	02:36:19:00	OF NEIGHBORHOODS?
02:36:19:00	02:36:20:00	I'M KIND OF THINKING OUT LOUD
02:36:20:00	02:36:23:00	BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY
02:36:23:00	02:36:23:00	ONLY THE DOWNTOWN AREA COULD
02:36:23:00	02:36:26:00	BENEFIT FROM THIS.
02:36:26:00	02:36:26:00	GOOD PROPOSAL.
02:36:26:00	02:36:30:00	I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S AN
02:36:30:00	02:36:30:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PARKS
02:36:30:00	02:36:30:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
02:36:30:00	02:36:34:00	CAN ALSO BENEFIT AS WELL.
02:36:34:00	02:36:34:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:36:34:00	02:36:35:00	THANK YOU.
02:36:35:00	02:36:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:36:35:00	02:36:37:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
02:36:37:00	02:36:37:00	FLOOR.
02:36:37:00	02:36:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:36:40:00	02:36:41:00	THE GOOD THING IS THAT I'M VERY
02:36:41:00	02:36:41:00	CONSISTENT.
02:36:41:00	02:36:44:00	SO LIKE WHEN I DIDN'T SUPPORT
02:36:44:00	02:36:45:00	OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE
02:36:45:00	02:36:48:00	TRYING TO PASS LIKE I USUALLY I
02:36:48:00	02:36:51:00	SHOW UP CONSISTENTLY IN
02:36:51:00	02:36:52:00	OPPOSITION OF SLOWING THINGS
02:36:52:00	02:36:52:00	DOWN.
02:36:52:00	02:36:56:00	I JUST HAD AN AFTERTHOUGHT SO.
02:36:56:00	02:36:59:00	BUT ANYWAYS, I AM I'M REALLY
02:36:59:00	02:37:00:00	GRATEFUL.
02:37:00:00	02:37:01:00	I THINK I MENTIONED IN SOME
02:37:01:00	02:37:04:00	HEARING OR MAYBE IN ONE
02:37:04:00	02:37:04:00	OF THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT
02:37:04:00	02:37:08:00	IT WASN'T UNTIL I BECAME A
02:37:08:00	02:37:08:00	CITYWIDE COUNCILOR THAT I
02:37:08:00	02:37:11:00	ACTUALLY EVEN WENT TO A PARK
02:37:11:00	02:37:12:00	THAT WAS IN I THINK IN THE
02:37:12:00	02:37:13:00	NORTH END OF COLUMBUS PARK.
02:37:13:00	02:37:16:00	I THINK IT'S CALLED BUT IN ITS
02:37:16:00	02:37:20:00	STARTLING RIGHT THAT CITY KIDS
02:37:20:00	02:37:23:00	NEVER VENTURE OUTSIDE OF THEIR
02:37:23:00	02:37:26:00	BACKYARDS RIGHT SO WE DON'T
02:37:26:00	02:37:27:00	REALLY GO TO THE BOSTON
02:37:27:00	02:37:27:00	COMMONS.
02:37:27:00	02:37:30:00	WE DON'T REALLY GO TO YOU KNOW
02:37:30:00	02:37:31:00	ALL THESE OTHER LITTLE YOU
02:37:31:00	02:37:34:00	KNOW, SPACES AND PLACES AND I
02:37:34:00	02:37:35:00	THINK THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
02:37:35:00	02:37:38:00	THE ADMINISTRATOR IN THAT ROLE
02:37:38:00	02:37:39:00	ALSO LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN
02:37:39:00	02:37:42:00	BRING IN MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR
02:37:42:00	02:37:42:00	INTO SOME OF THESE PARKS
02:37:42:00	02:37:43:00	BECAUSE I THINK IT'S NOT JUST
02:37:43:00	02:37:45:00	ABOUT MAINTAINING THE GROUNDS.
02:37:45:00	02:37:46:00	IT'S ALSO MAKING SURE THAT LOW
02:37:46:00	02:37:49:00	INCOME PEOPLE ALSO KNOW THAT
02:37:49:00	02:37:50:00	THOSE ARE THEIR PARKS TOO,
02:37:50:00	02:37:50:00	RIGHT?
02:37:50:00	02:37:52:00	SO SOUTH BOSTON, CHARLESTOWN,
02:37:52:00	02:37:53:00	DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, MATTAPAN
02:37:53:00	02:37:57:00	THOSE ARE AREAS THAT NORMALLY
02:37:57:00	02:37:58:00	DON'T VENTURE OUT OR I'LL SPEAK
02:37:58:00	02:38:01:00	FOR MYSELF LIKE GROWING UP HERE
02:38:01:00	02:38:02:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON I NEVER
02:38:02:00	02:38:04:00	REALLY WENT DOWNTOWN UNLESS I
02:38:04:00	02:38:09:00	WAS TO TELL THOSE MAYBE YOU
02:38:09:00	02:38:09:00	PROBABLY KNOW TELL US BUT YOU
02:38:09:00	02:38:10:00	PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT
02:38:10:00	02:38:10:00	IS.
02:38:10:00	02:38:12:00	IT'S A STORE.
02:38:12:00	02:38:12:00	BUT ALL OF THIS TO SAY IS THAT
02:38:12:00	02:38:15:00	I THINK THAT WHATEVER WE DO WE
02:38:15:00	02:38:16:00	ALWAYS SHOULD JUST REALLY SUPER
02:38:16:00	02:38:19:00	BE MINDFUL OF MAKING SURE THAT
02:38:19:00	02:38:19:00	WE DON'T HAVE UNINTENDED
02:38:19:00	02:38:20:00	CONSEQUENCES AND THAT WE'RE
02:38:20:00	02:38:23:00	UTILIZING THESE OPPORTUNITIES
02:38:23:00	02:38:23:00	TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
02:38:23:00	02:38:24:00	AND AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING
02:38:24:00	02:38:25:00	BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, I'M
02:38:25:00	02:38:27:00	TALKING ABOUT LOW INCOME
02:38:27:00	02:38:27:00	PEOPLE, I'M TALKING ABOUT
02:38:27:00	02:38:31:00	ROXBURY CHARLESTOWN, WEST
02:38:31:00	02:38:31:00	ROXBURY.
02:38:31:00	02:38:32:00	I'M TALKING ABOUT SPACES AND
02:38:32:00	02:38:32:00	PLACES THAT NORMALLY DON'T GO
02:38:32:00	02:38:34:00	ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE BUT THAT
02:38:34:00	02:38:35:00	THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE ROLE
02:38:35:00	02:38:37:00	OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.
02:38:37:00	02:38:38:00	I WOULD LOVE TO JUST ADD THAT
02:38:38:00	02:38:39:00	AS A CONSIDERATION.
02:38:39:00	02:38:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:38:39:00	02:38:42:00	THANK YOU.
02:38:42:00	02:38:42:00	THIS WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
02:38:42:00	02:38:45:00	ADD THEIR NAME?
02:38:45:00	02:38:46:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
02:38:46:00	02:38:49:00	FLYNN MEJIA.
02:38:49:00	02:38:49:00	MURPHY SANTANA WEBER THIS
02:38:49:00	02:38:55:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0 TO 6 TWO
02:38:55:00	02:38:56:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
02:38:56:00	02:38:56:00	COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
02:38:56:00	02:38:57:00	JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND
02:38:57:00	02:38:57:00	PURPOSE.
02:38:57:00	02:39:02:00	PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0263
02:39:02:00	02:39:02:00	DUNCAN EMMA 0263
02:39:02:00	02:39:03:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN OFFER THE
02:39:03:00	02:39:06:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:39:06:00	02:39:07:00	TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF A
02:39:07:00	02:39:09:00	CITYWIDE MERCHANDISE LICENSING
02:39:09:00	02:39:09:00	PROGRAM.
02:39:09:00	02:39:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:10:00	02:39:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:39:10:00	02:39:13:00	COUNCIL DURKAN CAN YOU HAVE THE
02:39:13:00	02:39:13:00	FLOOR?
02:39:13:00	02:39:14:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH
02:39:14:00	02:39:14:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
02:39:14:00	02:39:17:00	IT'S QUITE AN EXCITING IDEA AND
02:39:17:00	02:39:18:00	I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH
02:39:18:00	02:39:20:00	FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WHO WORK IN
02:39:20:00	02:39:25:00	THIS INDUSTRY BOSTON IS A WORLD
02:39:25:00	02:39:25:00	CLASS CITY CELEBRATED FOR OUR
02:39:25:00	02:39:26:00	RICH HISTORY, VIBRANT
02:39:26:00	02:39:28:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON MATCH
02:39:28:00	02:39:28:00	CULTURAL LEGACY.
02:39:28:00	02:39:29:00	YET MANY OF OUR SYMBOLS AND
02:39:29:00	02:39:32:00	LOGOS THAT EMBODY BOSTON'S
02:39:32:00	02:39:33:00	IDENTITY REMAIN ON LICENSE
02:39:33:00	02:39:36:00	LEAVING ON TAPPED OPPORTUNITIES
02:39:36:00	02:39:37:00	FOR REVENUE AND COMMUNITY
02:39:37:00	02:39:37:00	ENGAGEMENT.
02:39:37:00	02:39:40:00	BUT THERE'S BEEN AN UPDATE
02:39:40:00	02:39:41:00	SINCE I INTRODUCED THIS IDEA WE
02:39:41:00	02:39:44:00	WE FOUND WE DID A LOT
02:39:44:00	02:39:44:00	OF RESEARCH.
02:39:44:00	02:39:45:00	WE FOUND THAT BOSTON OBVIOUSLY
02:39:45:00	02:39:48:00	CAN GENERATE REVENUE.
02:39:48:00	02:39:50:00	NEW YORK CITY BRINGS IN OVER
02:39:50:00	02:39:51:00	$24 MILLION ANNUALLY.
02:39:51:00	02:39:54:00	BEYOND REVENUE INITIAL
02:39:54:00	02:39:55:00	INITIATIVES GOAL IS TO FOSTER
02:39:55:00	02:39:58:00	PRIDE AMONG OUR RESIDENTS AND
02:39:58:00	02:39:59:00	VISITORS AND TO HIGHLIGHT OUR
02:39:59:00	02:40:02:00	CITY OF BOSTON OWNED
02:40:02:00	02:40:03:00	BUSINESSES.
02:40:03:00	02:40:03:00	I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT I'M
02:40:03:00	02:40:06:00	ENGAGING WITH THE BLUE
02:40:06:00	02:40:06:00	CLASSROOM SCHOOL AND MBA
02:40:06:00	02:40:07:00	STUDENTS THERE WHO ARE
02:40:07:00	02:40:10:00	UNDERTAKING A VOLUNTEER
02:40:10:00	02:40:10:00	CONSULTING STUDY THIS SEMESTER
02:40:10:00	02:40:13:00	TO HELP GUIDE THE POTENTIAL
02:40:13:00	02:40:14:00	STRUCTURE OF THIS PROGRAM.
02:40:14:00	02:40:15:00	THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO
02:40:15:00	02:40:17:00	HEAR FROM A BROAD SWATH
02:40:17:00	02:40:18:00	OF STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE CITY
02:40:18:00	02:40:18:00	TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL
02:40:18:00	02:40:22:00	BENEFITS AND COST AND CONSIDER
02:40:22:00	02:40:22:00	HOW WE BEST STRUCTURE THIS.
02:40:22:00	02:40:25:00	I KNOW WE'VE GOT ABUNDANCE
02:40:25:00	02:40:26:00	OF CREATIVITY IN THIS CITY SO
02:40:26:00	02:40:29:00	CREATIVITY ISN'T THE PROBLEM.
02:40:29:00	02:40:30:00	LET'S SET UP THE STRUCTURE.
02:40:30:00	02:40:30:00	LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO
02:40:30:00	02:40:31:00	IT.
02:40:31:00	02:40:33:00	AND I KNOW THERE'S LOT
02:40:33:00	02:40:33:00	OF EXCITEMENT FROM CITY
02:40:33:00	02:40:36:00	DEPARTMENTS AND I'VE BEGUN
02:40:36:00	02:40:37:00	THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO I THINK
02:40:37:00	02:40:38:00	IT'S TIME FOR A HEARING AND
02:40:38:00	02:40:41:00	EXCITED TO HAVE IT THIS YEAR.
02:40:41:00	02:40:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:40:41:00	02:40:42:00	THANK YOU.
02:40:42:00	02:40:42:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN WOULD ANYONE
02:40:42:00	02:40:47:00	ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
02:40:47:00	02:40:47:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD
02:40:47:00	02:40:50:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD MCGUIRE
02:40:50:00	02:40:54:00	SANTANA WEBER THIS.
02:40:54:00	02:40:54:00	DOCKET NUMBER.
02:40:54:00	02:40:57:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0263 WILL BE
02:40:57:00	02:40:58:00	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON SMALL
02:40:58:00	02:41:01:00	BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
02:41:01:00	02:41:01:00	LICENSURE.
02:41:01:00	02:41:05:00	MR. CLERK CAN WE COME BACK TO
02:41:05:00	02:41:05:00	0264?
02:41:05:00	02:41:05:00	OKAY.
02:41:05:00	02:41:08:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:41:08:00	02:41:10:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0265 DUNCAN
02:41:10:00	02:41:11:00	EVA 0265 COUNCILORS MURPHY AND
02:41:11:00	02:41:14:00	FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER
02:41:14:00	02:41:15:00	FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE
02:41:15:00	02:41:18:00	PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL
02:41:18:00	02:41:18:00	ARTIFACTS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC
02:41:18:00	02:41:23:00	SCHOOLS SLATED FOR CLOSURE OR
02:41:23:00	02:41:23:00	MERGER.
02:41:23:00	02:41:24:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:24:00	02:41:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:41:24:00	02:41:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
02:41:24:00	02:41:25:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAD THE
02:41:25:00	02:41:26:00	FLOOR.
02:41:26:00	02:41:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:41:26:00	02:41:30:00	UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M ON
02:41:30:00	02:41:31:00	THE RECORD THAT I UNDERSTAND
02:41:31:00	02:41:31:00	THE NEED AND THE IMPORTANCE TO
02:41:31:00	02:41:34:00	ADDRESS DECLINING ENROLLMENT,
02:41:34:00	02:41:35:00	THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF SCHOOLS
02:41:35:00	02:41:38:00	AND CHALLENGES OF AGING
02:41:38:00	02:41:38:00	BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN
02:41:38:00	02:41:39:00	DEALING WITH FOR DECADES HERE
02:41:39:00	02:41:42:00	IN CITY OF BOSTON BUT ALSO THAT
02:41:42:00	02:41:43:00	WE MUST ENSURE THAT IT'S A
02:41:43:00	02:41:46:00	THOUGHTFUL CLOSURE MERGER AND
02:41:46:00	02:41:46:00	NEW CONSTRUCTION PROCESS GOING
02:41:46:00	02:41:49:00	FORWARD.
02:41:49:00	02:41:50:00	AND AS WE SPEAK, THE COMMUNITY
02:41:50:00	02:41:53:00	AT THE DOVER SCHOOL IS
02:41:53:00	02:41:53:00	PICKETING OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL
02:41:53:00	02:41:54:00	BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL TRYING
02:41:54:00	02:41:56:00	TO GRAPPLE WITH THE
02:41:56:00	02:41:57:00	ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY HEARD A
02:41:57:00	02:42:00:00	COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT THEIR
02:42:00:00	02:42:01:00	SCHOOL BEING CHOSEN TO BE ONE
02:42:01:00	02:42:04:00	THAT'S CLOSED BUT.
02:42:04:00	02:42:05:00	ONE THING THAT MAY NOT HAVE
02:42:05:00	02:42:08:00	BEEN ON THE MIND OF MANY BUT I
02:42:08:00	02:42:09:00	WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:42:09:00	02:42:10:00	AND HAPPY THAT HE SIGNED ON TO
02:42:10:00	02:42:12:00	THIS HEARING ORDER WITH ME.
02:42:12:00	02:42:12:00	HE BROUGHT TO LIGHT SOME
02:42:12:00	02:42:16:00	IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND THIS
02:42:16:00	02:42:16:00	IS THAT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
02:42:16:00	02:42:19:00	THE ONES THAT HAVE RECENTLY
02:42:19:00	02:42:20:00	BEEN PROPOSED THE CLOSURE IN
02:42:20:00	02:42:23:00	MERGER OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS
02:42:23:00	02:42:24:00	INCLUDING EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL,
02:42:24:00	02:42:27:00	DOVER ELEMENTARY AND THE MARY
02:42:27:00	02:42:27:00	LION PILOT SCHOOL AS PART
02:42:27:00	02:42:28:00	OF THE LONG TERM FACILITIES
02:42:28:00	02:42:31:00	PLAN.
02:42:31:00	02:42:31:00	MANY OF THESE SCHOOLS HAVE
02:42:31:00	02:42:32:00	HISTORY SPANNING WELL OVER A
02:42:32:00	02:42:35:00	CENTURY AND CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT
02:42:35:00	02:42:36:00	HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND
02:42:36:00	02:42:39:00	MEMORABILIA SUCH AS PLAQUES,
02:42:39:00	02:42:39:00	PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS AND
02:42:39:00	02:42:43:00	MEMORIALS THAT REFLECT BOSTON'S
02:42:43:00	02:42:43:00	RICH EDUCATIONAL HERITAGE.
02:42:43:00	02:42:46:00	THE CLOSURE OF THESE SCHOOLS
02:42:46:00	02:42:47:00	RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT THE
02:42:47:00	02:42:47:00	PRESERVATION OF THESE
02:42:47:00	02:42:51:00	HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS WHICH ARE
02:42:51:00	02:42:51:00	VITAL TO MAINTAINING THE
02:42:51:00	02:42:54:00	COMMUNITY'S HISTORICAL FABRIC
02:42:54:00	02:42:55:00	AND HONORING THE LEGACY
02:42:55:00	02:42:58:00	OF BOSTON'S EDUCATIONAL
02:42:58:00	02:42:58:00	INSTITUTIONS.
02:42:58:00	02:42:59:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS HIGHLIGHTED
02:42:59:00	02:43:01:00	THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING
02:43:01:00	02:43:05:00	SIGNIFICANT MEMORIALS INCLUDING
02:43:05:00	02:43:05:00	THE WORLD WAR ONE MEMORIAL AT
02:43:05:00	02:43:06:00	EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL WHICH HONORS
02:43:06:00	02:43:08:00	VETERANS WHO SERVED IN BOTH
02:43:08:00	02:43:09:00	WORLD WARS, UNDERSCORING THE
02:43:09:00	02:43:12:00	NEED FOR A COMPREHEND
02:43:12:00	02:43:13:00	OF PRESERVATION PLAN.
02:43:13:00	02:43:16:00	AND I THINK THE CLERK WILL BE
02:43:16:00	02:43:17:00	HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I'VE
02:43:17:00	02:43:18:00	INCLUDED THE ARCHIVIST HERE
02:43:18:00	02:43:20:00	THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS A
02:43:20:00	02:43:21:00	RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
02:43:21:00	02:43:24:00	THE HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS FROM
02:43:24:00	02:43:25:00	SCHOOLS UNDERGOING CLOSURE OR
02:43:25:00	02:43:27:00	MERGER ARE CAREFULLY PRESERVED,
02:43:27:00	02:43:28:00	TRANSPORTED AND STORED IN A
02:43:28:00	02:43:31:00	MANNER THAT PREVENTS
02:43:31:00	02:43:32:00	DETERIORATION AND ALLOWS FOR
02:43:32:00	02:43:33:00	CONTINUED PUBLIC ACCESS AND
02:43:33:00	02:43:36:00	EDUCATION ALL USE.
02:43:36:00	02:43:37:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
02:43:37:00	02:43:40:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS A PLAN AND
02:43:40:00	02:43:40:00	INCLUDING THE CITY ARCHIVIST
02:43:40:00	02:43:44:00	AND OTHERS INVOLVED.
02:43:44:00	02:43:44:00	I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
02:43:44:00	02:43:47:00	SEVERAL PROBABLY OVER A DECADE
02:43:47:00	02:43:48:00	AGO WHEN THERE WERE CHANGES IN
02:43:48:00	02:43:52:00	FIRE CODE LAWS THERE WAS A MASS
02:43:52:00	02:43:55:00	OF REMOVING MANY TEACHERS
02:43:55:00	02:43:56:00	PERSONAL BELONGINGS WHEN THEY
02:43:56:00	02:43:59:00	HAD BROUGHT IN COUCHES OR
02:43:59:00	02:44:00:00	CHAIRS OR FURNITURE TO BRIGHTEN
02:44:00:00	02:44:03:00	UP THEIR CLASSROOMS.
02:44:03:00	02:44:04:00	AND WE SAW THAT MANY BELONGINGS
02:44:04:00	02:44:07:00	TRUCKLOADS OF PEOPLE'S PERSONAL
02:44:07:00	02:44:07:00	BELONGINGS WERE BROUGHT TO THE
02:44:07:00	02:44:10:00	KIMBALL RESOURCE CENTER AND
02:44:10:00	02:44:11:00	THEN NO ONE KNEW WHERE THEY HAD
02:44:11:00	02:44:12:00	GONE AFTER THAT AND MANY PEOPLE
02:44:12:00	02:44:14:00	WERE PULLING UP.
02:44:14:00	02:44:15:00	I WOULD SEE THEM ON DORCHESTER
02:44:15:00	02:44:16:00	AVE IN TRUCKS JUST FILLING
02:44:16:00	02:44:18:00	THEIR TRUCK WITH THESE
02:44:18:00	02:44:19:00	BELONGINGS THAT HAD BELONGED TO
02:44:19:00	02:44:19:00	SOMEONE.
02:44:19:00	02:44:22:00	SO I KNOW FROM PAST SOMETIMES
02:44:22:00	02:44:25:00	WE START TO MOVE THINGS BUT WE
02:44:25:00	02:44:26:00	NEED TO MAKE SURE AND I HOPE
02:44:26:00	02:44:27:00	THAT MY COLLEAGUES AGREE THAT
02:44:27:00	02:44:29:00	WE NEED A PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE
02:44:29:00	02:44:30:00	SURE THAT THE ARTIFACTS THAT
02:44:30:00	02:44:33:00	ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY ARE
02:44:33:00	02:44:34:00	PRESERVED IN A PROPER WAY.
02:44:34:00	02:44:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:34:00	02:44:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:34:00	02:44:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
02:44:37:00	02:44:38:00	AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:44:38:00	02:44:38:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:38:00	02:44:38:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:44:38:00	02:44:41:00	AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:44:41:00	02:44:42:00	FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU AS
02:44:42:00	02:44:45:00	A CO-SPONSOR.
02:44:45:00	02:44:45:00	THE CLOSING OF THE EXCEL HIGH
02:44:45:00	02:44:49:00	SCHOOL FORMERLY SOUTH BOSTON
02:44:49:00	02:44:50:00	HIGH SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT IS A
02:44:50:00	02:44:52:00	HUGE LOSS TO THIS SCHOOL
02:44:52:00	02:44:52:00	COMMUNITY.
02:44:52:00	02:44:53:00	THE LAST REMAINING HIGH SCHOOL
02:44:53:00	02:44:56:00	IN SOUTH.
02:44:56:00	02:44:57:00	A TRAGIC LOSS FOR THE MANY
02:44:57:00	02:45:00:00	FAMILIES WHO ATTENDED AND
02:45:00:00	02:45:00:00	GRADUATED FROM SOUTH BOSTON
02:45:00:00	02:45:03:00	HIGH SCHOOL EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL.
02:45:03:00	02:45:04:00	I ALSO TAUGHT THERE AS A
02:45:04:00	02:45:07:00	SUBSTITUTE SCHOOLTEACHER AS
02:45:07:00	02:45:07:00	WELL.
02:45:07:00	02:45:08:00	THIS IS A SCHOOL WITH A DIVERSE
02:45:08:00	02:45:11:00	POPULATION.
02:45:11:00	02:45:12:00	AND AS IT CLOSES IT IS
02:45:12:00	02:45:15:00	IMPERATIVE FOR PEACE IN THE
02:45:15:00	02:45:15:00	CITY TO PROVIDE CLEAR
02:45:15:00	02:45:16:00	INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL
02:45:16:00	02:45:18:00	COMMUNITY ON THEIR PLANS
02:45:18:00	02:45:19:00	TRANSITIONS WHILE ALSO
02:45:19:00	02:45:23:00	EXERCISING TRANSPARENCY WITH
02:45:23:00	02:45:24:00	THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH BOSTON AND
02:45:24:00	02:45:27:00	THE CITY REGARDING THE FUTURE
02:45:27:00	02:45:27:00	OF THE BUILDING.
02:45:27:00	02:45:28:00	IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
02:45:28:00	02:45:30:00	EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL THE BUILDING
02:45:30:00	02:45:31:00	HAS A LONG HISTORY.
02:45:31:00	02:45:34:00	SOUTH BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL IS
02:45:34:00	02:45:35:00	OVER A CENTURY OLD IN THE
02:45:35:00	02:45:38:00	SCHOOL HAS PRODUCED MANY
02:45:38:00	02:45:41:00	VETERANS SINCE ITS.
02:45:41:00	02:45:44:00	THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD WAR
02:45:44:00	02:45:44:00	ONE MEMORIAL ON SITE AS WELL AS
02:45:44:00	02:45:47:00	VETERANS RELATED IN OTHER
02:45:47:00	02:45:48:00	MEMORABILIA IN THE BUILDING
02:45:48:00	02:45:49:00	THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE
02:45:49:00	02:45:52:00	HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND OUR
02:45:52:00	02:45:52:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:45:52:00	02:45:55:00	MANY SOUTH BOSTON RESIDENTS
02:45:55:00	02:45:59:00	REACHED OUT TO ME ASKING WHAT'S
02:45:59:00	02:46:00:00	GOING TO BE WHAT'S GOING TO
02:46:00:00	02:46:00:00	HAPPEN TO THE MEMORABILIA
02:46:00:00	02:46:03:00	INCLUDING MY FRIEND
02:46:03:00	02:46:03:00	KEVIN CONROY WAS THE UNITED
02:46:03:00	02:46:06:00	STATES MARINE INCLUDING THE
02:46:06:00	02:46:10:00	PERKINS POST VETERANS PAT AND
02:46:10:00	02:46:11:00	TIMMY MURPHY AND ALL OF THOSE
02:46:11:00	02:46:15:00	GUYS PEOPLE DOWN IN MCDONOUGH
02:46:15:00	02:46:15:00	POST REACHED OUT TO ME ASKING
02:46:15:00	02:46:18:00	WHAT'S HAPPENED THE FITZGERALD
02:46:18:00	02:46:19:00	POST THE DISABLED AMERICAN
02:46:19:00	02:46:23:00	VETERANS OF SOUTH BOSTON ALLIED
02:46:23:00	02:46:23:00	WAR VETERANS TOMMY LYONS AND
02:46:23:00	02:46:26:00	THE VIETNAM VETERANS.
02:46:26:00	02:46:30:00	SOUTH BOSTON GRAD SOUTH BOSTON
02:46:30:00	02:46:30:00	HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES INCLUDING
02:46:30:00	02:46:32:00	CONGRESSMAN LYNCH AND MAY HAVE
02:46:32:00	02:46:36:00	ASKED ME AS WELL.
02:46:36:00	02:46:37:00	IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
02:46:37:00	02:46:40:00	IT'S CRITICAL FOR THIS SCHOOL
02:46:40:00	02:46:41:00	AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND
02:46:41:00	02:46:44:00	FOR OUR TEACHERS OUR THE SCHOOL
02:46:44:00	02:46:45:00	BUILDING THAT WE ALSO ARE
02:46:45:00	02:46:48:00	INTENTIONAL AS COUNSELOR MURPHY
02:46:48:00	02:46:48:00	MENTIONED, PRESERVE OUR
02:46:48:00	02:46:51:00	MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
02:46:51:00	02:46:52:00	DEDICATED TO THE REMARKABLE
02:46:52:00	02:46:55:00	SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR
02:46:55:00	02:46:55:00	VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES
02:46:55:00	02:46:59:00	AS WELL AS ANY OTHER
02:46:59:00	02:46:59:00	MEMORABILIA RELATING TO THE
02:46:59:00	02:47:02:00	HISTORY OF SOUTH BOSTON AND ITS
02:47:02:00	02:47:02:00	PEOPLE.
02:47:02:00	02:47:03:00	MAYBE WE GET THE SOUTH BOSTON
02:47:03:00	02:47:06:00	HISTORICAL SOCIETY INVOLVED.
02:47:06:00	02:47:07:00	THE PERKINS POST WANTS TO BE
02:47:07:00	02:47:10:00	ACTIVE THE MAYBE BE CYF MAYBE
02:47:10:00	02:47:13:00	BOB ELLISON AND OTHER PEOPLE
02:47:13:00	02:47:17:00	THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED BUT
02:47:17:00	02:47:18:00	ALSO LIKE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS
02:47:18:00	02:47:21:00	THERE WAS A WONDERFUL THERE IS
02:47:21:00	02:47:22:00	A WONDERFUL JUNIOR RESERVE
02:47:22:00	02:47:25:00	OFFICER TRAINING CORPS JROTC
02:47:25:00	02:47:28:00	LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT EXCEL
02:47:28:00	02:47:31:00	THAT I FIGHT LIKE  TO KEEP OPEN
02:47:31:00	02:47:32:00	FOR SEVEN YEARS EVERY US
02:47:32:00	02:47:35:00	ADMINISTRATOR TRIED TO CLOSE
02:47:35:00	02:47:36:00	THIS AND I KEPT FIGHTING WITH
02:47:36:00	02:47:39:00	EVERYBODY TO KEEP IT OPEN.
02:47:39:00	02:47:40:00	BUT YOU WON'T SEE A MORE
02:47:40:00	02:47:43:00	DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS UP AT
02:47:43:00	02:47:43:00	EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL OR ANYWHERE
02:47:43:00	02:47:46:00	IN THE CITY THAN THE KIDS IN
02:47:46:00	02:47:47:00	THE JROTC PROGRAM AND THAT
02:47:47:00	02:47:50:00	LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND
02:47:50:00	02:47:50:00	THEN LEARNING ABOUT
02:47:50:00	02:47:54:00	ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING
02:47:54:00	02:47:54:00	ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY AND
02:47:54:00	02:47:55:00	LEARNING ABOUT HARD WORK AND
02:47:55:00	02:47:58:00	DETERMINATION.
02:47:58:00	02:47:59:00	WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION ALSO TO
02:47:59:00	02:48:02:00	ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE
02:48:02:00	02:48:03:00	AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE
02:48:03:00	02:48:06:00	THEIR STUDIES AND THE JUNIOR
02:48:06:00	02:48:06:00	ROTC PROGRAM.
02:48:06:00	02:48:10:00	MOST OF THEM ARE NOT SOUTH
02:48:10:00	02:48:10:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS.
02:48:10:00	02:48:11:00	MOST OF THEM ARE KIDS ACROSS
02:48:11:00	02:48:14:00	THE CITY AND THEY COME TO EXCEL
02:48:14:00	02:48:14:00	HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THIS
02:48:14:00	02:48:17:00	JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM.
02:48:17:00	02:48:18:00	THEY'RE NOT WEALTHY KIDS.
02:48:18:00	02:48:21:00	THEY HAVE NO INFLUENCE.
02:48:21:00	02:48:22:00	THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP THE
02:48:22:00	02:48:25:00	PHONE AND CALL AN ELECTED
02:48:25:00	02:48:26:00	OFFICIAL TO ASK FOR THEIR HELP.
02:48:26:00	02:48:29:00	BUT HERE WE ARE WE'RE CLOSING
02:48:29:00	02:48:29:00	THEIR SCHOOL.
02:48:29:00	02:48:32:00	WE'RE CLOSING THEIR SCHOOL AND
02:48:32:00	02:48:33:00	WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING VERY
02:48:33:00	02:48:36:00	MEANINGFUL AWAY FROM THEM AND
02:48:36:00	02:48:39:00	THAT'S THE ROTC PROGRAM.
02:48:39:00	02:48:40:00	AND WHEN WE TURN OUR BACKS ON
02:48:40:00	02:48:44:00	STUDENTS OF LIKE THAT, WE'RE
02:48:44:00	02:48:48:00	HURTING A GENERATION OF BOSTON
02:48:48:00	02:48:48:00	HANDS.
02:48:48:00	02:48:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:48:49:00	02:48:50:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:48:50:00	02:48:50:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:48:50:00	02:48:52:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:48:52:00	02:48:53:00	THEIR NAME?
02:48:53:00	02:48:56:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
02:48:56:00	02:48:57:00	COUNSELORS THE CHILD AND MEJIA
02:48:57:00	02:48:57:00	FOR ALL.
02:48:57:00	02:49:00:00	PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET
02:49:00:00	02:49:02:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0265 WILL BE
02:49:02:00	02:49:03:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:49:03:00	02:49:07:00	EDUCATION.
02:49:07:00	02:49:08:00	MR. CLERK CAN WE PLEASE RETURN
02:49:08:00	02:49:13:00	TO DOCKET 0 TO 6 FOR
02:49:13:00	02:49:13:00	SORRY 0264?
02:49:13:00	02:49:13:00	YEAH, OKAY.
02:49:13:00	02:49:16:00	THAT'S CORRECT.
02:49:16:00	02:49:17:00	DUNCAN EMMA 026 FOR
02:49:17:00	02:49:18:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE
02:49:18:00	02:49:21:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:49:21:00	02:49:24:00	REGARDING STRATEGIES TO EXPAND
02:49:24:00	02:49:24:00	HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN
02:49:24:00	02:49:25:00	BOSTON.
02:49:25:00	02:49:28:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:28:00	02:49:29:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:49:29:00	02:49:29:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:49:29:00	02:49:29:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:49:29:00	02:49:32:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:49:32:00	02:49:36:00	WE'RE FILING THIS THIS HEARING
02:49:36:00	02:49:36:00	ORDER AND I I'D LIKE TO ADD
02:49:36:00	02:49:40:00	YOURSELF AS AN ORIGINAL
02:49:40:00	02:49:40:00	CO-SPONSOR THE CHAIR SO ADDED
02:49:40:00	02:49:44:00	AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:49:44:00	02:49:44:00	COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:49:44:00	02:49:45:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:45:00	02:49:45:00	WE'RE FILING IS HERE IN ORDER
02:49:45:00	02:49:48:00	TO REALLY EXPLORE THE WAYS THAT
02:49:48:00	02:49:51:00	TO IT IT SAYS EXPAND
02:49:51:00	02:49:52:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS BUT IT'S
02:49:52:00	02:49:52:00	REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
02:49:52:00	02:49:56:00	FOLKS WHO OUR WHO OUR
02:49:56:00	02:49:59:00	HOMEOWNERS OUR ARE ABLE TO
02:49:59:00	02:50:00:00	RETAIN THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP.
02:50:00:00	02:50:02:00	MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING A
02:50:02:00	02:50:03:00	LOT WITH PEOPLE FACING
02:50:03:00	02:50:04:00	FORECLOSURE AND YOU KNOW, JUST
02:50:04:00	02:50:07:00	ADDS HAVE HAVE HAD A NUMBER
02:50:07:00	02:50:07:00	OF SUCCESSES RECENTLY IN
02:50:07:00	02:50:08:00	PREVENTING SOME OF THOSE
02:50:08:00	02:50:10:00	FORECLOSURES.
02:50:10:00	02:50:11:00	BUT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
02:50:11:00	02:50:14:00	EVEN LAST TERM WITH COMMUNITY
02:50:14:00	02:50:15:00	LAND TRUST ABOUT WAYS THAT WE
02:50:15:00	02:50:17:00	CAN WORK HOLISTICALLY TO HELP
02:50:17:00	02:50:17:00	PRESERVE HOMEOWNERSHIP
02:50:17:00	02:50:18:00	THROUGHOUT OUR CITY,
02:50:18:00	02:50:22:00	PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT SOME
02:50:22:00	02:50:22:00	NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MATTAPAN
02:50:22:00	02:50:26:00	WHERE THERE'S A LOT
02:50:26:00	02:50:26:00	OF HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THIS
02:50:26:00	02:50:26:00	PARTICULAR LOT OF BLACK
02:50:26:00	02:50:29:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HOW WE'RE
02:50:29:00	02:50:30:00	MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS DON'T
02:50:30:00	02:50:33:00	FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T RETAIN
02:50:33:00	02:50:33:00	THEIR HOMES EITHER BECAUSE
02:50:33:00	02:50:37:00	THEY'RE FACING FORECLOSURE OR
02:50:37:00	02:50:37:00	THAT THEY HAVE OTHER BARRIERS.
02:50:37:00	02:50:38:00	AND SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK
02:50:38:00	02:50:41:00	WITH LAND TRUST TO EXPLORE
02:50:41:00	02:50:41:00	PROGRAMS THAT THAT THAT IDEAS
02:50:41:00	02:50:45:00	THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK THAT
02:50:45:00	02:50:46:00	ARE PRETTY INNOVATIVE AND THAT
02:50:46:00	02:50:47:00	ARE LIKE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE
02:50:47:00	02:50:49:00	TALKING ABOUT THE ACCELERATOR
02:50:49:00	02:50:49:00	FUND BUILDING ALTERNATIVES TO
02:50:49:00	02:50:53:00	THE MARKET I THINK THAT'S WHY I
02:50:53:00	02:50:53:00	THINK IMMEDIATELY AND TRUSTS DO
02:50:53:00	02:50:54:00	INCREDIBLE WORK BECAUSE THEY
02:50:54:00	02:50:57:00	ARE ALL ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO A
02:50:57:00	02:50:58:00	MARKET THAT IS RESPONDING
02:50:58:00	02:51:00:00	PURELY TO, YOU KNOW, PROFIT
02:51:00:00	02:51:04:00	MODEL AND OFTENTIMES OUR OUR
02:51:04:00	02:51:08:00	SENIORS ARE SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO
02:51:08:00	02:51:08:00	EITHER SELLING THEIR HOME
02:51:08:00	02:51:12:00	BECAUSE THEY THEY CAN'T AFFORD
02:51:12:00	02:51:13:00	TO STAY IN THERE AND SO
02:51:13:00	02:51:15:00	COMMUNITY INTERESTS HAVE WE'VE
02:51:15:00	02:51:16:00	BEEN HAVING INTERESTING
02:51:16:00	02:51:16:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT
02:51:16:00	02:51:19:00	PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HELP KEEP
02:51:19:00	02:51:19:00	OUR SENIORS PARTICULARLY IN
02:51:19:00	02:51:23:00	THEIR HOME AND.
02:51:23:00	02:51:24:00	ALSO THINK ABOUT MORE COMMUNITY
02:51:24:00	02:51:27:00	BASED MODELS FOR FOR FOR HOME
02:51:27:00	02:51:27:00	OWNERSHIP.
02:51:27:00	02:51:31:00	SO I'M EXCITED TO EXPLORE THIS
02:51:31:00	02:51:34:00	AND AND TO HAVE FOLKS FROM THE
02:51:34:00	02:51:34:00	NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES INITIATIVE
02:51:34:00	02:51:35:00	AND OTHERS HERE TO TALK ABOUT
02:51:35:00	02:51:38:00	WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THESE
02:51:38:00	02:51:39:00	ISSUES TO REALLY PRESERVE
02:51:39:00	02:51:43:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP.
02:51:43:00	02:51:44:00	AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE PLANS
02:51:44:00	02:51:44:00	THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN PUTTING
02:51:44:00	02:51:46:00	OUT HAS ACTUALLY ENVISIONED
02:51:46:00	02:51:47:00	WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
02:51:47:00	02:51:47:00	COMMUNITY INTEREST ON SOME
02:51:47:00	02:51:48:00	OF THESE IDEAS.
02:51:48:00	02:51:50:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO MEMORIALIZE
02:51:50:00	02:51:51:00	THIS HERE AS WE CONTINUE TO
02:51:51:00	02:51:54:00	HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
02:51:54:00	02:51:54:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:54:00	02:51:54:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:54:00	02:51:58:00	I'M EXCITED FOR THIS HERE IN
02:51:58:00	02:51:58:00	ORDER SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
02:51:58:00	02:51:59:00	IT FORWARD.
02:51:59:00	02:52:01:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I AM A BIG
02:52:01:00	02:52:05:00	ADVOCATE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP.
02:52:05:00	02:52:06:00	I TO HEAR FROM OUR SENIORS
02:52:06:00	02:52:09:00	OFTENTIMES THEY OWN THESE, YOU
02:52:09:00	02:52:11:00	KNOW, BIG OH THREE FAMILIES AND
02:52:11:00	02:52:12:00	TWO FAMILIES IN THEIR OWN HOMES
02:52:12:00	02:52:14:00	AND A LOT OF OUR SENIORS EVEN
02:52:14:00	02:52:18:00	PARENTS HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S
02:52:18:00	02:52:21:00	BUILT IN THE 1900S 1940S.
02:52:21:00	02:52:23:00	SO THE ROOFS AND THE COST TO TO
02:52:23:00	02:52:25:00	FIX ANY OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE
02:52:25:00	02:52:26:00	HAVE GONE UP BUT YET THEIR
02:52:26:00	02:52:30:00	INCOME HAS IT THEY'RE ON A
02:52:30:00	02:52:30:00	FIXED INCOME.
02:52:30:00	02:52:31:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING
02:52:31:00	02:52:33:00	SURE THAT WE CAN FIND WAYS TO
02:52:33:00	02:52:33:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING
02:52:33:00	02:52:34:00	PEOPLE IN A HOME SO THEY'RE NOT
02:52:34:00	02:52:37:00	FACE WITH THAT QUESTION OF DO
02:52:37:00	02:52:41:00	WE SELL OR YOU KNOW, DO WE JUST
02:52:41:00	02:52:43:00	YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE TWO
02:52:43:00	02:52:43:00	IMPORTANT DECISIONS AGAINST
02:52:43:00	02:52:47:00	SELLING OR STAYING IN NOT BEING
02:52:47:00	02:52:48:00	ABLE TO FIX, YOU KNOW, THE ROOF
02:52:48:00	02:52:50:00	OR THE FURNITURE OR YOU KNOW,
02:52:50:00	02:52:51:00	ANY OTHER MAJOR TICKET ITEM IN
02:52:51:00	02:52:51:00	THEIR HOME.
02:52:51:00	02:52:52:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:52:52:00	02:52:55:00	ON THE MATTER FOR ANYONE ELSE
02:52:55:00	02:52:58:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
02:52:58:00	02:52:59:00	MR CLARE CAN YOU PLEASE ADD
02:52:59:00	02:53:01:00	CASA FITZGERALD CASA FLYNN
02:53:01:00	02:53:02:00	CASAMANCE HERE CASA MURPHY CASA
02:53:02:00	02:53:08:00	SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER.
02:53:08:00	02:53:08:00	THANK YOU.
02:53:08:00	02:53:09:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0138 WILL REFER
02:53:09:00	02:53:12:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND
02:53:12:00	02:53:17:00	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 600264
02:53:17:00	02:53:17:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
02:53:17:00	02:53:20:00	COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND
02:53:20:00	02:53:23:00	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
02:53:23:00	02:53:28:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR AND
02:53:28:00	02:53:28:00	APOLOGIES, MR PARKER.
02:53:28:00	02:53:29:00	I HAVE TO TAKE THAT OUT
02:53:29:00	02:53:29:00	OF ORDER.
02:53:29:00	02:53:32:00	I KNOW THAT IT MESSES UP YOUR
02:53:32:00	02:53:32:00	SYSTEM.
02:53:32:00	02:53:33:00	MR QUINN, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:53:33:00	02:53:37:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0266 DUGAN NUMBER
02:53:37:00	02:53:38:00	0266 COUNCIL OF FLYNN OFF
02:53:38:00	02:53:38:00	OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
02:53:38:00	02:53:40:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS PEDESTRIAN
02:53:40:00	02:53:41:00	SAFETY, TRAFFIC CALMING AND
02:53:41:00	02:53:45:00	EXPANDING THE SAFETY SURGE
02:53:45:00	02:53:46:00	PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:53:46:00	02:53:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:53:46:00	02:53:47:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:53:47:00	02:53:50:00	COUNCILOR FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR
02:53:50:00	02:53:51:00	.
02:53:51:00	02:53:51:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:53:51:00	02:53:55:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
02:53:55:00	02:53:55:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN
02:53:55:00	02:53:58:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:53:58:00	02:53:58:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED IN
02:53:58:00	02:54:02:00	MAY I SUSPEND THE RULE AND ADD
02:54:02:00	02:54:02:00	COUNCIL FITZGERALD AS WELL AS
02:54:02:00	02:54:06:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN TO SUSPEND THE
02:54:06:00	02:54:07:00	RULES ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:54:07:00	02:54:07:00	OF THE THIRD ORIGINAL
02:54:07:00	02:54:07:00	CO-SPONSOR.
02:54:07:00	02:54:11:00	SEEING AND NO AND HEARING NO
02:54:11:00	02:54:11:00	OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR JOE SO
02:54:11:00	02:54:12:00	ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE
02:54:12:00	02:54:12:00	THE FLOOR.
02:54:12:00	02:54:13:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR THIS IS A
02:54:13:00	02:54:14:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS MEASURES
02:54:14:00	02:54:17:00	MEASURES THAT WOULD IMPROVE
02:54:17:00	02:54:18:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TRAFFIC
02:54:18:00	02:54:21:00	CALMING IN THE POSSIBILITY
02:54:21:00	02:54:22:00	EXPANDING THE SAFE SURGE
02:54:22:00	02:54:25:00	PROGRAM IN BOSTON.
02:54:25:00	02:54:26:00	I CONTINUE TO CALL FOR THESE
02:54:26:00	02:54:26:00	HEARINGS BECAUSE I BELIEVE
02:54:26:00	02:54:29:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS ONE OF THE
02:54:29:00	02:54:30:00	MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES WE FACE.
02:54:30:00	02:54:33:00	TRAGICALLY ON SUNDAY A
02:54:33:00	02:54:34:00	PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED IN MY
02:54:34:00	02:54:40:00	NEIGHBORHOOD IN ANDREW SQUARE.
02:54:40:00	02:54:41:00	I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS.
02:54:41:00	02:54:44:00	IT'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
02:54:44:00	02:54:48:00	LAST YEAR A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD
02:54:48:00	02:54:51:00	WAS FATALLY STRUCK BY A TRUCK
02:54:51:00	02:54:54:00	AT A STREET IN CONGRESS STREET
02:54:54:00	02:54:58:00	IN THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD
02:54:58:00	02:54:58:00	.
02:54:58:00	02:55:00:00	AS OF OCTOBER 2024 THERE WERE
02:55:00:00	02:55:01:00	137 CRASHES.
02:55:01:00	02:55:04:00	A PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IN
02:55:04:00	02:55:05:00	BOSTON LAST YEAR FOLLOWING THAT
02:55:05:00	02:55:08:00	TRAGIC INCIDENT.
02:55:08:00	02:55:09:00	WE IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS MEASURES
02:55:09:00	02:55:12:00	TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY AND
02:55:12:00	02:55:12:00	SAFETY.
02:55:12:00	02:55:13:00	I ADVOCATED FOR SPEED HUMPS TO
02:55:13:00	02:55:17:00	SLOW SPEEDING CARS DOWN.
02:55:17:00	02:55:20:00	THEY WERE PUT ON SLEEP HISTORY
02:55:20:00	02:55:21:00	BUT I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THEY
02:55:21:00	02:55:24:00	SHOULD BE PUT ON CONGRESS
02:55:24:00	02:55:24:00	STREET AS WELL.
02:55:24:00	02:55:27:00	WERE RAISE CROSSWALK OUTSIDE
02:55:27:00	02:55:28:00	THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AS WELL.
02:55:28:00	02:55:31:00	THESE TRAGEDIES REMIND US
02:55:31:00	02:55:35:00	OF THE WORK THAT WE MUST DO
02:55:35:00	02:55:36:00	THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO DO TO
02:55:36:00	02:55:38:00	REALIZE VISION ZERO IN TERMS
02:55:38:00	02:55:39:00	OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING
02:55:39:00	02:55:41:00	INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS,
02:55:41:00	02:55:42:00	SLOWER SPEEDS, ENHANCED TRAFFIC
02:55:42:00	02:55:45:00	ENFORCEMENT BY THE BOSTON
02:55:45:00	02:55:49:00	POLICE.
02:55:49:00	02:55:49:00	I WAS ACTIVE IN RECOMMENDING
02:55:49:00	02:55:50:00	THE REDUCTION OF THE SPEED
02:55:50:00	02:55:53:00	LIMIT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:55:53:00	02:55:56:00	IN FACT I THINK IT SHOULD BE
02:55:56:00	02:55:57:00	REDUCED AGAIN 25 MILES AN HOUR
02:55:57:00	02:56:00:00	IN MY OPINION IS EXCESSIVE
02:56:00:00	02:56:00:00	DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE CITY
02:56:00:00	02:56:00:00	OF BOSTON.
02:56:00:00	02:56:07:00	IT SHOULD BE 20 MILES AN HOUR.
02:56:07:00	02:56:10:00	IN 2018 I RECOMMENDED A 12
02:56:10:00	02:56:13:00	POINT PEDESTRIAN PLAN FOR SOUTH
02:56:13:00	02:56:14:00	BOSTON INTO THE CITY WHICH
02:56:14:00	02:56:15:00	FEATURED TRAFFIC CALMING
02:56:15:00	02:56:18:00	INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SPEED HUMPS
02:56:18:00	02:56:21:00	RAISED CROSSWALKS, RAPID FLASH
02:56:21:00	02:56:22:00	BEACONS WITH PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS
02:56:22:00	02:56:25:00	IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD CURB
02:56:25:00	02:56:26:00	EXTENSIONS AMONG OTHER THINGS.
02:56:26:00	02:56:29:00	THAT SAME YEAR I ALSO CALLED
02:56:29:00	02:56:29:00	FOR AND HELD A HEARING WHAT
02:56:29:00	02:56:30:00	COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER TO
02:56:30:00	02:56:33:00	ADVOCATE FOR REDUCING THE SPEED
02:56:33:00	02:56:33:00	LIMIT.
02:56:33:00	02:56:37:00	I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
02:56:37:00	02:56:37:00	IMPORTANT WORK COUNCILOR BAKER
02:56:37:00	02:56:40:00	HAS DONE AS WELL.
02:56:40:00	02:56:41:00	IN 2023 WE ALL KNOW THAT THE
02:56:41:00	02:56:42:00	CITY OF BOSTON IMPLEMENTED THE
02:56:42:00	02:56:45:00	SAFETY PROGRAM FOR THE CITY
02:56:45:00	02:56:48:00	INSTALLED ZONES OF SPEED HUMPS
02:56:48:00	02:56:48:00	ON ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD
02:56:48:00	02:56:49:00	STREETS.
02:56:49:00	02:56:52:00	HOWEVER, CURRENTLY THE SPEED
02:56:52:00	02:56:55:00	HUMPS PROGRAM IS ONLY BEING
02:56:55:00	02:56:55:00	INSTALLED ON SIDE STREETS BUT
02:56:55:00	02:56:56:00	NOT TWO MAIN STREETS.
02:56:56:00	02:56:59:00	COMMERCIAL ROADS, HIGH TRAFFIC
02:56:59:00	02:57:00:00	CORRIDORS AND BUS ROUTES.
02:57:00:00	02:57:03:00	I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT THE
02:57:03:00	02:57:04:00	AREAS ARE EXACTLY WHERE OUR
02:57:04:00	02:57:07:00	SPEED HUMPS ARE NEEDED.
02:57:07:00	02:57:07:00	WE HAVE RAISED CROSSWALKS,
02:57:07:00	02:57:10:00	PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS, RAPID FLASH
02:57:10:00	02:57:11:00	BEACONS AND CURB EXTENSIONS
02:57:11:00	02:57:14:00	SHOULD BE GOING AS WELL.
02:57:14:00	02:57:15:00	OUR FOCUS NEEDS ALSO AS I
02:57:15:00	02:57:17:00	MENTIONED TO BE SLOWING DOWN
02:57:17:00	02:57:21:00	VEHICLES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAIN
02:57:21:00	02:57:22:00	STREET COMMERCIAL ROADS, HIGH
02:57:22:00	02:57:26:00	TRAFFIC CORRIDORS, BUS ROUTES
02:57:26:00	02:57:26:00	ARE OFTEN DANGEROUS FOR
02:57:26:00	02:57:27:00	PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS.
02:57:27:00	02:57:29:00	I KNOW MY PARENTS TELL
02:57:29:00	02:57:30:00	ME ALMOST EVERY DAY OF THEM
02:57:30:00	02:57:33:00	WALKING UP TO THE SOUTH BOSTON
02:57:33:00	02:57:34:00	PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM THEIR HOME.
02:57:34:00	02:57:37:00	FIVE OR SIX BLOCKS AND WHEN
02:57:37:00	02:57:38:00	THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
02:57:38:00	02:57:40:00	INTERSECTION WALKING UP ELM
02:57:40:00	02:57:41:00	STREET A CAR A CAR WOULD GO
02:57:41:00	02:57:44:00	RIGHT BY THEM JUST MISSING TWO
02:57:44:00	02:57:44:00	ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE.
02:57:44:00	02:57:51:00	WE ALSO SEE THAT HAPPENING WHEN
02:57:51:00	02:57:51:00	YOUNG YOUNG FAMILIES ARE IN THE
02:57:51:00	02:57:52:00	CROSSWALK.
02:57:52:00	02:57:55:00	LITTLE KIDS PEOPLE ARE JUST SO
02:57:55:00	02:57:58:00	IMPATIENT THAT THEY HAVE TO GO
02:57:58:00	02:58:01:00	30 MILES AN HOUR UP ELM STREET
02:58:01:00	02:58:02:00	AND TAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IN
02:58:02:00	02:58:05:00	JEOPARDY.
02:58:05:00	02:58:08:00	BUT I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS.
02:58:08:00	02:58:09:00	IT CAN'T BE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
02:58:09:00	02:58:13:00	APPROACH ACROSS THE CITY
02:58:13:00	02:58:14:00	ANYMORE AND WITH THE ROAD DIET
02:58:14:00	02:58:17:00	IN A BIKE LANE.
02:58:17:00	02:58:17:00	ELM STREET, AS I MENTIONED, IS
02:58:17:00	02:58:18:00	ONE OF THE MOST NARROW ROADS IN
02:58:18:00	02:58:21:00	THE CITY IN CARS AND COMMUTERS
02:58:21:00	02:58:21:00	CONTINUE TO FLY THERE.
02:58:21:00	02:58:25:00	SO RIGHT SIZING AS THEY CALL IT
02:58:25:00	02:58:25:00	IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER.
02:58:25:00	02:58:28:00	ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL.
02:58:28:00	02:58:32:00	TO BE CLEAR FOR THE WISE GUYS
02:58:32:00	02:58:33:00	ON SOCIAL MEDIA I ADVOCATED FOR
02:58:33:00	02:58:36:00	THE ROAD DIET AND A BIKE LANE
02:58:36:00	02:58:36:00	DOWN DAY BOULEVARD SOUTH
02:58:36:00	02:58:36:00	BOSTON.
02:58:36:00	02:58:40:00	YEARS MY 12 POINT PLAN WE HAD
02:58:40:00	02:58:43:00	CRASHES AND FATALITIES WITH
02:58:43:00	02:58:44:00	PEOPLE SPEEDING IN CARS
02:58:44:00	02:58:47:00	COMMUTING OFF THE HIGHWAY.
02:58:47:00	02:58:48:00	THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE COME OFF 93
02:58:48:00	02:58:50:00	AND USE THAT ROAD.
02:58:50:00	02:58:51:00	BUT IT HAS TO BE A THOUGHTFUL
02:58:51:00	02:58:55:00	APPROACH WITH EACH LOCATION AND
02:58:55:00	02:58:55:00	SITUATION.
02:58:55:00	02:58:57:00	THAT PARTICULAR ONE DOESN'T
02:58:57:00	02:58:58:00	HINDER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS
02:58:58:00	02:59:01:00	GETTING THROUGH A NARROW STREET
02:59:01:00	02:59:02:00	OR HARM OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS
02:59:02:00	02:59:05:00	WELL.
02:59:05:00	02:59:05:00	IN CLOSING LAST YEAR I ALSO
02:59:05:00	02:59:09:00	ASKED THE FIRE COMMISSIONER AND
02:59:09:00	02:59:09:00	CITY COUNCIL HEARING ABOUT
02:59:09:00	02:59:12:00	SPEED HUMPS AND HE SAID IT WAS
02:59:12:00	02:59:13:00	NOT AN ISSUE ON MAIN STREETS.
02:59:13:00	02:59:17:00	AGAIN, I'M ASKING.
02:59:17:00	02:59:18:00	LET'S GET MORE SPEED HUMPS ON
02:59:18:00	02:59:21:00	MANY OF THE MAIN STREETS IN
02:59:21:00	02:59:21:00	BOSTON.
02:59:21:00	02:59:22:00	SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET
02:59:22:00	02:59:25:00	BETTER IN OUR FIRST RESPONDERS
02:59:25:00	02:59:25:00	IN A ROOM.
02:59:25:00	02:59:28:00	LISTEN TO THE BOSTON FIRE
02:59:28:00	02:59:28:00	DEPARTMENT.
02:59:28:00	02:59:29:00	LISTEN TO THE BOSTON POLICE
02:59:29:00	02:59:29:00	DEPARTMENT.
02:59:29:00	02:59:32:00	YOU KNOW, EMS NOT JUST THE
02:59:32:00	02:59:33:00	LEADERSHIP, THE RANK AND FILE
02:59:33:00	02:59:36:00	WORKERS AND TALK AND LISTEN TO
02:59:36:00	02:59:37:00	THEM ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING
02:59:37:00	02:59:40:00	MEASURES RAISED IN
02:59:40:00	02:59:40:00	INFRASTRUCTURE ON MAIN STREETS,
02:59:40:00	02:59:44:00	COMMERCIAL ROADS, HIGH TRAFFIC
02:59:44:00	02:59:45:00	CORRIDORS AND BUS ROUTES.
02:59:45:00	02:59:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:59:45:00	02:59:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:59:46:00	02:59:50:00	I WAS CASTRO SANTANA'S SECOND.
02:59:50:00	02:59:50:00	WERE YOU SECOND OR THIRD?
02:59:50:00	02:59:52:00	ARE YOU OKAY?
02:59:52:00	02:59:52:00	OH, IT'S OKAY.
02:59:52:00	02:59:55:00	I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS FAR.
02:59:55:00	02:59:55:00	OKAY.
02:59:55:00	02:59:56:00	THANK YOU.
02:59:56:00	02:59:56:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:59:56:00	02:59:57:00	THEIR NAME?
02:59:57:00	02:59:59:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
02:59:59:00	03:00:00:00	COUNSELORS MEJIA MURPHY WEBER
03:00:00:00	03:00:04:00	WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
03:00:04:00	03:00:06:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0266 WILL BE
03:00:06:00	03:00:07:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
03:00:07:00	03:00:07:00	PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
03:00:07:00	03:00:07:00	TRANSPORTATION.
03:00:07:00	03:00:11:00	MR A QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:00:11:00	03:00:13:00	REPORT NUMBER 0267 DUNCAN
03:00:13:00	03:00:13:00	NUMBER 0267 COUNCILORS MURPHY
03:00:13:00	03:00:16:00	AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING
03:00:16:00	03:00:17:00	ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS
03:00:17:00	03:00:21:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRANSPORT
03:00:21:00	03:00:21:00	STATION FOR STUDENT ATHLETES.
03:00:21:00	03:00:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:22:00	03:00:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:00:23:00	03:00:25:00	MURPHY CANCER MURPHY, YOU HAVE
03:00:25:00	03:00:25:00	THE FLOOR.
03:00:25:00	03:00:25:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:25:00	03:00:26:00	I GUESS TECHNICALLY IT'S A
03:00:26:00	03:00:29:00	REFILED BUT NOT REALLY HAVE
03:00:29:00	03:00:29:00	UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION
03:00:29:00	03:00:33:00	AND ALSO I DO JUST WANT TO GO
03:00:33:00	03:00:34:00	ON THE RECORD NOT BECAUSE
03:00:34:00	03:00:36:00	OF ANY LACK OF SUPPORT OR HARD
03:00:36:00	03:00:40:00	WORK FROM THE CHAIR
03:00:40:00	03:00:40:00	COUNCIL OF SANT SANTANA.
03:00:40:00	03:00:43:00	WE DID HAVE A VERY HARD TIME
03:00:43:00	03:00:44:00	LAST YEAR TRYING TO GET THIS
03:00:44:00	03:00:48:00	HEARING SCHEDULED AND TO HAVE A
03:00:48:00	03:00:48:00	CONVERSATION WITH THE
03:00:48:00	03:00:51:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND
03:00:51:00	03:00:52:00	ALSO THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT.
03:00:52:00	03:00:55:00	AND SO LATER IN THE YEAR WHEN
03:00:55:00	03:00:56:00	COUNCIL AND FLYNN AND I HAD
03:00:56:00	03:00:56:00	FILED A HEARING ORDER FOR A
03:00:56:00	03:00:58:00	DIFFERENT RELATED
03:00:58:00	03:00:59:00	TRANSPORTATION HEARING, WE DID
03:00:59:00	03:01:03:00	COMBINED THE TWO DOCKETS.
03:01:03:00	03:01:06:00	BUT AT THAT HEARING NO ONE FROM
03:01:06:00	03:01:06:00	THE AQUATICS DEPARTMENT CAME TO
03:01:06:00	03:01:09:00	SPEAK AND WE HAD REACHED OUT TO
03:01:09:00	03:01:10:00	SOME COACHES AND TEACHERS WHO
03:01:10:00	03:01:13:00	THEN WERE ASKED NOT TO SPEAK.
03:01:13:00	03:01:14:00	AND I UNDERSTAND AS MANY OF US
03:01:14:00	03:01:16:00	HAVE ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT
03:01:16:00	03:01:17:00	MANY TIMES THEY'RE ASKED NOT TO
03:01:17:00	03:01:21:00	SPEAK UP BUT THEY DO CALL US
03:01:21:00	03:01:22:00	AND WE DO GET THE INFORMATION
03:01:22:00	03:01:24:00	AND THEY DO HOPE THAT WE USE
03:01:24:00	03:01:25:00	OUR PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE FOR
03:01:25:00	03:01:28:00	OUR STUDENT ATHLETES SO IT'S
03:01:28:00	03:01:28:00	IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE HAVE
03:01:28:00	03:01:32:00	THIS HEARING AND THAT WE SPEAK
03:01:32:00	03:01:32:00	BECAUSE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WE
03:01:32:00	03:01:36:00	GOT A CALL FROM A CONCERNED
03:01:36:00	03:01:39:00	PARENT THAT THEIR JUNIOR DRIVER
03:01:39:00	03:01:40:00	ON AN EVENING WITH A COLD
03:01:40:00	03:01:43:00	WINTER NIGHT BECAUSE THE BUS
03:01:43:00	03:01:43:00	DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR A HOCKEY
03:01:43:00	03:01:46:00	GAME THAT WAS IN LOWELL WAS
03:01:46:00	03:01:47:00	TRYING TO FIT HOCKEY BAGS AND
03:01:47:00	03:01:50:00	CLASSMATES INTO HIS CAR TO
03:01:50:00	03:01:53:00	DRIVE A LONG WAY WHICH WE KNOW
03:01:53:00	03:01:54:00	ONE, IT'S ILLEGAL TO HAVE TO BE
03:01:54:00	03:01:54:00	DRIVING YOUNG KIDS AND THERE'S
03:01:54:00	03:01:57:00	A CERTAIN LIMIT YOU HAVE TO
03:01:57:00	03:01:58:00	HAVE YOUR LICENSE RIGHTFULLY SO
03:01:58:00	03:02:01:00	FOR SAFETY REASONS FOR A LONG
03:02:01:00	03:02:01:00	TIME.
03:02:01:00	03:02:02:00	BUT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE
03:02:02:00	03:02:05:00	PUT IN A BAD SITUATIONS OUR
03:02:05:00	03:02:05:00	COACHES, OUR FAMILIES AND WE
03:02:05:00	03:02:06:00	HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
03:02:06:00	03:02:09:00	ADDRESS IT IN KNOWING THAT OUR
03:02:09:00	03:02:15:00	BUS BUDGET WILL BE AT AROUND
03:02:15:00	03:02:16:00	184 MILLION UP OVER 10 MILLION
03:02:16:00	03:02:16:00	FROM THE CURRENT YEAR AND WE
03:02:16:00	03:02:19:00	HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
03:02:19:00	03:02:19:00	PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT
03:02:19:00	03:02:20:00	THERE'S SOME SORT
03:02:20:00	03:02:23:00	OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT AS
03:02:23:00	03:02:24:00	WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
03:02:24:00	03:02:27:00	OF DOLLARS ON BUSSES THAT,
03:02:27:00	03:02:27:00	WE'RE PRIORITIZING OUR STUDENT
03:02:27:00	03:02:28:00	ATHLETES GETTING TO THEIR GAMES
03:02:28:00	03:02:31:00	SAFELY TO MEET THE PRIORITIES
03:02:31:00	03:02:34:00	ALWAYS SAFETY FIRST BUT IT IS
03:02:34:00	03:02:34:00	IMPORTANT THAT THIS
03:02:34:00	03:02:38:00	CONVERSATION HAPPENS AND I'M
03:02:38:00	03:02:38:00	REALLY HOPING THE
03:02:38:00	03:02:38:00	ADMINISTRATION DOES ALLOW THOSE
03:02:38:00	03:02:41:00	WHO CAN GIVE THE DATA BECAUSE
03:02:41:00	03:02:42:00	WITHOUT THE PROPER DATA WE
03:02:42:00	03:02:45:00	CAN'T EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE AND
03:02:45:00	03:02:48:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE
03:02:48:00	03:02:49:00	CHANGES WE NEED TO TO MAKE SURE
03:02:49:00	03:02:50:00	OUR STUDENTS AREN'T STUCK AT
03:02:50:00	03:02:53:00	SCHOOL TRYING TO GET TO FIELDS
03:02:53:00	03:02:53:00	OR HOCKEY RINKS AND UNABLE TO
03:02:53:00	03:02:56:00	DO WHAT FOR MANY OF THEM IS THE
03:02:56:00	03:02:57:00	REASON THEY SHOWED UP AT SCHOOL
03:02:57:00	03:02:57:00	IN THE FIRST PLACE.
03:02:57:00	03:03:00:00	IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM
03:03:00:00	03:03:01:00	THAT WE DO THIS RIGHT FOR THEM.
03:03:01:00	03:03:01:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:03:01:00	03:03:04:00	THANK YOU IN THIS TO MAKE SURE
03:03:04:00	03:03:07:00	THE REFILE COUNCILOR PHONE WAS
03:03:07:00	03:03:08:00	ORIGINALLY ON IT BUT I'D LIKE
03:03:08:00	03:03:09:00	TO SUSPEND THE RULE AND ADD
03:03:09:00	03:03:15:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ON THEN
03:03:15:00	03:03:16:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY SAID THIS HAS
03:03:16:00	03:03:17:00	BEEN THE ROAD SIDE
03:03:17:00	03:03:17:00	COUNCILOR REGRET AS A THIRD
03:03:17:00	03:03:18:00	OF YOUR CO-SPONSORS IN HEARING
03:03:18:00	03:03:18:00	NO OBJECTIONS BECAUSE OF JOE
03:03:18:00	03:03:19:00	RUSSO AT A TIME WE'RE GOING TO
03:03:19:00	03:03:20:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:03:20:00	03:03:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:03:20:00	03:03:21:00	I THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:03:21:00	03:03:22:00	FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS
03:03:22:00	03:03:22:00	IMPORTANT ISSUE.
03:03:22:00	03:03:25:00	THE ISSUE OF LATE OR MISSING
03:03:25:00	03:03:26:00	BUSSES FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES
03:03:26:00	03:03:28:00	IS NOT NO.
03:03:28:00	03:03:29:00	LAST YEAR SCHOOL BUS FAILED TO
03:03:29:00	03:03:32:00	SHOW UP TO PICK UP ATHLETES ON
03:03:32:00	03:03:36:00	MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IN APRIL THE
03:03:36:00	03:03:36:00	SCHOOL BUS FAILED TO TRANSPORT
03:03:36:00	03:03:40:00	THE BASEBALL TEAM IN SOUTH
03:03:40:00	03:03:40:00	BOSTON'S EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL IN
03:03:40:00	03:03:40:00	BOSTON.
03:03:40:00	03:03:44:00	ABC CLAY AND MCCORMICK TO THE
03:03:44:00	03:03:44:00	GAME.
03:03:44:00	03:03:47:00	BUT HERE WE FAILED IN JAMAICA
03:03:47:00	03:03:47:00	PLAIN IN OCTOBER EAST BOSTON
03:03:47:00	03:03:50:00	HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS
03:03:50:00	03:03:51:00	WAITED FOR AN HOUR FOR BOSTON
03:03:51:00	03:03:52:00	SCHOOL BUS TO TAKE THEM TO PLAY
03:03:52:00	03:03:55:00	AGAINST BRYANT BUT THE BUS
03:03:55:00	03:03:59:00	NEVER CAME AND ACCORDING TO A
03:03:59:00	03:03:59:00	MEDIA REPORT, ANOTHER BUS
03:03:59:00	03:04:02:00	FAILED TO PICK UP EAST BOSTON
03:04:02:00	03:04:03:00	HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES FOR GAME
03:04:03:00	03:04:04:00	IN FALL RIVER RESIDENTS HAVE
03:04:04:00	03:04:07:00	CONTACT TO ME AND OTHER CITY
03:04:07:00	03:04:11:00	COUNCILS ABOUT NO SHOW BUSSES
03:04:11:00	03:04:11:00	FREQUENTLY FOR BOSTON LATIN
03:04:11:00	03:04:12:00	ACADEMY HOCKEY GAMES THEY HAD
03:04:12:00	03:04:15:00	TO PACK ALL KIDS AND BAGS AND A
03:04:15:00	03:04:15:00	NUMBER OF CARS AS
03:04:15:00	03:04:18:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY MEANT MENTION
03:04:18:00	03:04:19:00	IMAGINE WORKING SO HARD IN YOUR
03:04:19:00	03:04:22:00	LIFE TRAINING ALL YEAR AND YOU
03:04:22:00	03:04:25:00	CAN'T COMPETE BECAUSE THE BUS
03:04:25:00	03:04:25:00	DOESN'T SHOW UP.
03:04:25:00	03:04:26:00	THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
03:04:26:00	03:04:29:00	OUR STUDENTS AND ATHLETES OUR
03:04:29:00	03:04:30:00	STUDENTS OUR ATHLETES DESERVE
03:04:30:00	03:04:33:00	RESPECT.
03:04:33:00	03:04:33:00	IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
03:04:33:00	03:04:34:00	PROVIDE THAT TO THEM.
03:04:34:00	03:04:38:00	THE BUDGET, AS COUNSELOR MURPHY
03:04:38:00	03:04:40:00	MENTIONED, GOING TO BE $184
03:04:40:00	03:04:44:00	MILLION SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT WE
03:04:44:00	03:04:44:00	CAN'T CONTINUE TO NORMALIZE
03:04:44:00	03:04:47:00	LATE NO SHOW BUSSES.
03:04:47:00	03:04:48:00	FINALLY SOME OF MY DISTRICT
03:04:48:00	03:04:51:00	COUNCIL IS APPROACHED ME AND
03:04:51:00	03:04:52:00	SAID ED, WE AGREE WITH YOU ON
03:04:52:00	03:04:55:00	THIS BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
03:04:55:00	03:04:56:00	UP BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT BP, US
03:04:56:00	03:04:58:00	OR THE ADMINISTRATION MAD AT
03:04:58:00	03:04:58:00	US.
03:04:58:00	03:04:59:00	BUT WILL YOU ADVOCATE FOR US
03:04:59:00	03:05:02:00	BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A MAJOR
03:05:02:00	03:05:02:00	PROBLEM.
03:05:02:00	03:05:06:00	WE KNOW IT'S A MAJOR CONCERN IN
03:05:06:00	03:05:07:00	OUR DISTRICT AND THEY'RE ALSO
03:05:07:00	03:05:09:00	RECEIVING CALLS FROM CONCERNED
03:05:09:00	03:05:10:00	PARENTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
03:05:10:00	03:05:14:00	SO I DO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR MY
03:05:14:00	03:05:14:00	DISTRICT COUNSELORS THAT DIDN'T
03:05:14:00	03:05:15:00	WANT TO SPEAK UP BUT THEIR
03:05:15:00	03:05:18:00	VOICE THEIR VOICE IS IMPORTANT
03:05:18:00	03:05:18:00	AS WELL.
03:05:18:00	03:05:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:05:18:00	03:05:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:05:18:00	03:05:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:05:22:00	03:05:22:00	WAS GERARDI ON THE FLOOR?
03:05:22:00	03:05:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:05:26:00	03:05:26:00	MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS PROPOSAL
03:05:26:00	03:05:30:00	HAVE REALLY SAID IT ALL BUT I
03:05:30:00	03:05:33:00	JUST WANT TO SORT OF RECOMMEND
03:05:33:00	03:05:33:00	TOO THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
03:05:33:00	03:05:34:00	SUBJECT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
03:05:34:00	03:05:37:00	FROM WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT
03:05:37:00	03:05:37:00	OF CONTACT ABOUT IT AND
03:05:37:00	03:05:38:00	OF COURSE I KNOW WE JUST
03:05:38:00	03:05:41:00	EARLIER VOTED ON RAISING THE
03:05:41:00	03:05:41:00	GUARANTEED HOURS FOR BUSSES AS
03:05:41:00	03:05:45:00	WELL AS THE SALARIES AND SO
03:05:45:00	03:05:45:00	THIS IS AGAIN JUST KEEP IT
03:05:45:00	03:05:48:00	HONEST AND SAY WELL WE HOPE
03:05:48:00	03:05:49:00	THAT WE'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED
03:05:49:00	03:05:52:00	IN IN GETTING KIDS TO THEIR
03:05:52:00	03:05:53:00	GAMES ON TIME.
03:05:53:00	03:05:53:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:05:53:00	03:05:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:05:54:00	03:05:55:00	WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:05:55:00	03:05:56:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:05:56:00	03:05:59:00	WE HAVE A NEW INTERN, OUR
03:05:59:00	03:06:03:00	OFFICE WHO PLAYS FOOTBALL AT
03:06:03:00	03:06:03:00	PLAY AS ONE OF TWO PROUD
03:06:03:00	03:06:07:00	PARENTS OF BALLET STUDENTS HERE
03:06:07:00	03:06:07:00	I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION HE
03:06:07:00	03:06:10:00	PLAYED IN THE FOOTBALL.
03:06:10:00	03:06:11:00	WELL, OKAY, WELL, HERE I AM.
03:06:11:00	03:06:12:00	I'M RIGHT NOW.
03:06:12:00	03:06:14:00	SORRY.
03:06:14:00	03:06:15:00	THREE BE A PROUD PARENTS.
03:06:15:00	03:06:21:00	OKAY FOR ANYONE ELSE I FOR SIX
03:06:21:00	03:06:22:00	OKAY AS PROUD PROUD BOSTON
03:06:22:00	03:06:26:00	RESIDENTS AND PARENTS
03:06:26:00	03:06:27:00	OF STUDENTS THEY KNOW WE ALL
03:06:27:00	03:06:27:00	LOVE BALLET I JUST THOUGHT I'D
03:06:27:00	03:06:29:00	POINT OUT THAT YOU PLAYED IN
03:06:29:00	03:06:30:00	THE FOOTBALL GAME THIS YEAR
03:06:30:00	03:06:30:00	WHERE THEY BEAT BOWLS.
03:06:30:00	03:06:31:00	YOU KNOW.
03:06:31:00	03:06:32:00	I KNOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS
03:06:32:00	03:06:35:00	MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THAT BUT
03:06:35:00	03:06:36:00	WE ASKED HIM HOW I ASKED HIM
03:06:36:00	03:06:39:00	HOW THE FOOTBALL HOW THE BUSSES
03:06:39:00	03:06:39:00	WERE FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON
03:06:39:00	03:06:40:00	AND HE SAID WELL THEY NEVER
03:06:40:00	03:06:41:00	SHOWED UP FOR ANY OF OUR AWAY
03:06:41:00	03:06:42:00	GAMES.
03:06:42:00	03:06:43:00	HE MENTIONED THAT HE THEY HAD
03:06:43:00	03:06:47:00	TO TAKE UBERS FROM PLAY TO EAST
03:06:47:00	03:06:50:00	BOSTON THANKFULLY AS THEY DID
03:06:50:00	03:06:51:00	MAKE IT TO THE GAME AT WEST THE
03:06:51:00	03:06:55:00	WEST ROXBURY HIGH TO DEFEAT 
03:06:55:00	03:06:55:00	SOUNDLY IN THAT GAME.
03:06:55:00	03:06:56:00	BUT YOU KNOW I THINK THIS IS AN
03:06:56:00	03:06:58:00	IMPORTANT ISSUE.
03:06:58:00	03:06:59:00	WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS
03:06:59:00	03:07:00:00	CAN MAKE IT TO THEIR SPORTING
03:07:00:00	03:07:00:00	EVENTS.
03:07:00:00	03:07:03:00	YOU KNOW, WE WHEN THE TRANSDEV
03:07:03:00	03:07:04:00	HEARING WE TOO WE HEARD FROM
03:07:04:00	03:07:07:00	THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY
03:07:07:00	03:07:07:00	ARE WORKING ON IT.
03:07:07:00	03:07:08:00	I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE
03:07:08:00	03:07:10:00	NEED TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS
03:07:10:00	03:07:11:00	ISSUE AND I THINK OUR ATHLETES
03:07:11:00	03:07:12:00	DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO
03:07:12:00	03:07:14:00	THEIR GAMES.
03:07:14:00	03:07:15:00	THANK YOU.
03:07:15:00	03:07:15:00	THANK YOU.
03:07:15:00	03:07:16:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
03:07:16:00	03:07:18:00	RECOGNIZES I BELIEVE
03:07:18:00	03:07:19:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE,
03:07:19:00	03:07:19:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE
03:07:19:00	03:07:19:00	THE FLOOR.
03:07:19:00	03:07:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:07:22:00	03:07:22:00	AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.
03:07:22:00	03:07:25:00	I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR
03:07:25:00	03:07:26:00	HEARING ORDER BUT I JUST WANT
03:07:26:00	03:07:27:00	TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT I
03:07:27:00	03:07:29:00	AM NOT ONE OF THE DISTRICT AND
03:07:29:00	03:07:30:00	THAT YOU YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING
03:07:30:00	03:07:32:00	ON MY BEHALF I BECAUSE YOU LOOK
03:07:32:00	03:07:33:00	OKAY BECAUSE I HAVE NO FEAR
03:07:33:00	03:07:35:00	OF RETALIATION.
03:07:35:00	03:07:36:00	BUT ANYWAYS, I DO THINK THAT
03:07:36:00	03:07:39:00	THERE IS A ISSUE SPECIFICALLY
03:07:39:00	03:07:42:00	BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS ALSO AN
03:07:42:00	03:07:43:00	ATHLETE I BEPS THERE HAVE BEEN
03:07:43:00	03:07:46:00	TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD TO FIGURE
03:07:46:00	03:07:47:00	THINGS OUT AND I THINK IT
03:07:47:00	03:07:50:00	CAUSES A FINANCIAL BURDEN ON A
03:07:50:00	03:07:51:00	LOT A LOT OF PARENTS AND I
03:07:51:00	03:07:54:00	THINK THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY
03:07:54:00	03:07:58:00	LOOK AT THE BUDGET SITUATION IN
03:07:58:00	03:07:59:00	AND REALLY USE IT AS AN
03:07:59:00	03:07:59:00	OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT HOW
03:07:59:00	03:08:02:00	WE'RE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT
03:08:02:00	03:08:02:00	FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE A
03:08:02:00	03:08:05:00	VEHICLE, WHO DON'T HAVE A UBER
03:08:05:00	03:08:06:00	APP BUT THEIR KIDS ARE
03:08:06:00	03:08:06:00	STRANDED.
03:08:06:00	03:08:07:00	SO I THINK THAT THERE IS
03:08:07:00	03:08:10:00	DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE
03:08:10:00	03:08:10:00	CAN THINK OF OUTSIDE THE BOX.
03:08:10:00	03:08:13:00	WHAT OTHER I KNOW THERE'S THIS
03:08:13:00	03:08:14:00	ORGANIZATION CALLED HIDALGO'S
03:08:14:00	03:08:14:00	TRANSPORTATION.
03:08:14:00	03:08:15:00	I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'RE
03:08:15:00	03:08:17:00	STILL AROUND BUT BACK IN THE
03:08:17:00	03:08:18:00	DAY THEY USED TO TRANSPORT
03:08:18:00	03:08:20:00	PEOPLE FROM SPACE TO PLACE AND
03:08:20:00	03:08:21:00	I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START
03:08:21:00	03:08:22:00	THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE
03:08:22:00	03:08:25:00	DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP
03:08:25:00	03:08:25:00	SUPPORT PARENTS WHO HAVE KIDS
03:08:25:00	03:08:29:00	THAT ARE STRANDED.
03:08:29:00	03:08:29:00	THANKS.
03:08:29:00	03:08:29:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY
03:08:29:00	03:08:30:00	CLUB AS A PARTY OF SORTS.
03:08:30:00	03:08:32:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:08:32:00	03:08:32:00	THANKS TO THE MAKERS.
03:08:32:00	03:08:33:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING.
03:08:33:00	03:08:36:00	I SPEAK ON THIS AS A FORMER DPS
03:08:36:00	03:08:39:00	ATHLETE I HAD TO TAKE THE TRAIN
03:08:39:00	03:08:40:00	HOME FROM PLACE, SAID PARK TO
03:08:40:00	03:08:40:00	EAST BOSTON.
03:08:40:00	03:08:43:00	THAT IS ALMOST AN HOUR AND A
03:08:43:00	03:08:47:00	HALF LONG TREK AND I WANT TO
03:08:47:00	03:08:48:00	SHOUT OUT MR SARKOZY SAID IT
03:08:48:00	03:08:48:00	WAS MY SOFTBALL COACH WHO WOULD
03:08:48:00	03:08:50:00	USUALLY DRIVE ME TO AQUARIUMS
03:08:50:00	03:08:51:00	THAT I CAN GET ON THE BLUE LINE
03:08:51:00	03:08:53:00	AND GO HOME TO EAST BOSTON.
03:08:53:00	03:08:54:00	BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE
03:08:54:00	03:08:58:00	INSTANCES OF E-ZPASS IN KIDS
03:08:58:00	03:08:59:00	YOUNG ADULTS THAT HAVE BEEN
03:08:59:00	03:09:02:00	STRANDED UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE
03:09:02:00	03:09:02:00	OF COMMUNICATION ERRORS OR
03:09:02:00	03:09:02:00	SCHEDULING ERRORS.
03:09:02:00	03:09:03:00	WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S
03:09:03:00	03:09:06:00	UNACCEPTABLE.
03:09:06:00	03:09:07:00	I DID SAY THIS PUBLICLY AT THE
03:09:07:00	03:09:07:00	HEARING AND I HAVE PUT OUT A
03:09:07:00	03:09:10:00	STATEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
03:09:10:00	03:09:11:00	MY STATE SENATOR AND MY STATE
03:09:11:00	03:09:11:00	REPRESENTATIVE AND HAVE ALSO
03:09:11:00	03:09:14:00	SENT A LETTER TO BIPS REGARDING
03:09:14:00	03:09:14:00	THIS ISSUE.
03:09:14:00	03:09:15:00	SO I THINK COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:09:15:00	03:09:18:00	AGAIN FOR SPEAK ON BEHALF
03:09:18:00	03:09:18:00	OF DISTRICT COUNCILORS IT'S ALL
03:09:18:00	03:09:19:00	ON MY BEHALF.
03:09:19:00	03:09:22:00	SO I APPRECIATE IT AND I DO
03:09:22:00	03:09:23:00	LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
03:09:23:00	03:09:26:00	BEEPS BASED ON THIS LETTER AND
03:09:26:00	03:09:26:00	BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT
03:09:26:00	03:09:29:00	I'VE HAD WITH THEM.
03:09:29:00	03:09:30:00	I AM A LITTLE WORRIED.
03:09:30:00	03:09:33:00	I'M HOPEFUL THAT SOME OF THE
03:09:33:00	03:09:33:00	DETAILS IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE
03:09:33:00	03:09:37:00	DISCUSSED ON MONDAY GOING FROM
03:09:37:00	03:09:37:00	31 TO 35 MINIMUM AMOUNT
03:09:37:00	03:09:41:00	OF HOURS WILL HELP THIS ISSUE.
03:09:41:00	03:09:42:00	I REMAIN SKEPTICAL.
03:09:42:00	03:09:45:00	I ASKED DAN ROSENGARD WHAT THE
03:09:45:00	03:09:48:00	PLAN IS BETWEEN NOW AND JULY
03:09:48:00	03:09:49:00	WHEN THAT CONTRACT KICKS IN AND
03:09:49:00	03:09:50:00	THERE WASN'T REALLY AN ANSWER
03:09:50:00	03:09:53:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
03:09:53:00	03:09:54:00	BACK FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
03:09:54:00	03:09:54:00	SO I THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK.
03:09:54:00	03:09:56:00	I KNOW IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT
03:09:56:00	03:09:57:00	AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN THE
03:09:57:00	03:10:00:00	MAKER'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
03:10:00:00	03:10:01:00	THANKS.
03:10:01:00	03:10:01:00	THANK YOU CAN TAKE THAT AS A
03:10:01:00	03:10:02:00	PART OF WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE
03:10:02:00	03:10:02:00	TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
03:10:02:00	03:10:05:00	THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT LARGE
03:10:05:00	03:10:05:00	AND DISTRICT COUNCILORS FOR THE
03:10:05:00	03:10:07:00	COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY ON THIS
03:10:07:00	03:10:08:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER OR
03:10:08:00	03:10:09:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:10:09:00	03:10:12:00	THEIR NAME MR EQUIPPED PRESENT
03:10:12:00	03:10:12:00	COUNCILOR ZAPATA HERE SANTANA
03:10:12:00	03:10:16:00	WEBER WORLD IS AT THE CHAIR
03:10:16:00	03:10:18:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0267
03:10:18:00	03:10:18:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
03:10:18:00	03:10:19:00	COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
03:10:19:00	03:10:20:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
03:10:20:00	03:10:24:00	THE NUMBER 0268 DUNCAN NUMBER
03:10:24:00	03:10:25:00	0268 COUNCILOR IS MURPHY AND
03:10:25:00	03:10:25:00	FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER
03:10:25:00	03:10:28:00	FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE
03:10:28:00	03:10:29:00	PLANS ON THE WAY TO DO
03:10:29:00	03:10:32:00	FACILITIES WORK THIS SUMMER.
03:10:32:00	03:10:33:00	IT'S SEVERAL OF OUR BUILDINGS
03:10:33:00	03:10:34:00	THAT MAY IMPACT THE SERVICES WE
03:10:34:00	03:10:36:00	PROVIDE.
03:10:36:00	03:10:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:10:37:00	03:10:37:00	MURPHY.
03:10:37:00	03:10:38:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
03:10:38:00	03:10:38:00	FLOOR.
03:10:38:00	03:10:40:00	THANK YOU.
03:10:40:00	03:10:40:00	THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR FILING
03:10:40:00	03:10:41:00	THIS HEARING ORDER.
03:10:41:00	03:10:44:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
03:10:44:00	03:10:44:00	CONVERSATION.
03:10:44:00	03:10:47:00	THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR
03:10:47:00	03:10:47:00	THOUGH AS MANY OF US I HOPE WE
03:10:47:00	03:10:51:00	ALL KNOW THAT AT THE END
03:10:51:00	03:10:51:00	OF THIS SUMMER ALL OF OUR
03:10:51:00	03:10:54:00	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES ARE
03:10:54:00	03:10:55:00	NOW UNDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
03:10:55:00	03:10:57:00	AND COMMISSIONER SHELTON
03:10:57:00	03:10:58:00	OVERSEES THEM BECAUSE HE DID
03:10:58:00	03:10:59:00	SHOW UP TO A HEARING WE HAD
03:10:59:00	03:11:02:00	LAST MONTH ON THE LOOKING TO
03:11:02:00	03:11:06:00	FIND OUT ANSWERS ON THE
03:11:06:00	03:11:06:00	CONDEMNED POOL WHICH WE'RE
03:11:06:00	03:11:07:00	STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT AND
03:11:07:00	03:11:09:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER FOR
03:11:09:00	03:11:09:00	COMING TO ADVOCATE FOR THE POOL
03:11:09:00	03:11:10:00	IN YOUR DISTRICT ALSO.
03:11:10:00	03:11:13:00	BUT KNOWING GOING FORWARD THAT
03:11:13:00	03:11:14:00	MANY OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS
03:11:14:00	03:11:17:00	NEED NOT JUST REPAIRS IN THE
03:11:17:00	03:11:20:00	WAY OF CENTERS BUT THE FAC AND
03:11:20:00	03:11:21:00	OTHER SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE
03:11:21:00	03:11:21:00	SCHOOLS THAT WHEN THEY HAVE TO
03:11:21:00	03:11:24:00	CLOSE FOR THE SUMMER WHICH IS
03:11:24:00	03:11:25:00	THE PERFECT TIME TO DO THE WORK
03:11:25:00	03:11:27:00	THAT MANY TIMES ADDITIONAL
03:11:27:00	03:11:30:00	KATES OUR SUMMER CAMPS AND OUR
03:11:30:00	03:11:31:00	SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WHO GO
03:11:31:00	03:11:34:00	TO SCHOOL DURING THE SUMMER
03:11:34:00	03:11:35:00	DURING THE EXTENDED YEAR.
03:11:35:00	03:11:35:00	SO I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH
03:11:35:00	03:11:39:00	COMMISSIONER SHELTON THIS WEEK
03:11:39:00	03:11:40:00	TO LET HIM KNOW THAT WE'RE
03:11:40:00	03:11:43:00	HOPING TO HAVE THIS HEARING IN
03:11:43:00	03:11:44:00	THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS SO
03:11:44:00	03:11:46:00	THAT IF THERE ARE ANY SCHOOLS
03:11:46:00	03:11:47:00	OR PROGRAMS THAT WE REALLY HAVE
03:11:47:00	03:11:50:00	TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE
03:11:50:00	03:11:51:00	EARLY OFTEN AND MAKE SURE WE
03:11:51:00	03:11:55:00	HAVE A PLAN B IF NEEDED FOR OUR
03:11:55:00	03:11:55:00	STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND
03:11:55:00	03:11:58:00	THE STAFF THAT NEEDS TO MAKE
03:11:58:00	03:11:58:00	SURE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTED
03:11:58:00	03:11:59:00	ALSO.
03:11:59:00	03:12:02:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
03:12:02:00	03:12:02:00	HEARING.
03:12:02:00	03:12:03:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:03:00	03:12:03:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:03:00	03:12:04:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CATCH YOUR
03:12:04:00	03:12:04:00	FINANCIAL PLAN?
03:12:04:00	03:12:05:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:12:05:00	03:12:05:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:05:00	03:12:09:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:12:09:00	03:12:10:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR
03:12:10:00	03:12:12:00	THE WORK YOU ARE DOING TO MY
03:12:12:00	03:12:13:00	COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY
03:12:13:00	03:12:13:00	COUNCIL AS WELL.
03:12:13:00	03:12:17:00	FREEPORT IS IN MY DISTRICT
03:12:17:00	03:12:17:00	JOSEPH QUINCY SCHOOL, THE
03:12:17:00	03:12:21:00	CONDON COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND THE
03:12:21:00	03:12:22:00	BLACKSTONE SCHOOL AND NOT OPEN
03:12:22:00	03:12:25:00	AND ARE IN NEED OF CRITICAL
03:12:25:00	03:12:25:00	REPAIRS.
03:12:25:00	03:12:28:00	WHAT ARE THESE THREE POOLS HAVE
03:12:28:00	03:12:30:00	IN COMMON?
03:12:30:00	03:12:31:00	JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL IS LOCATED
03:12:31:00	03:12:34:00	IN CHINATOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A
03:12:34:00	03:12:34:00	COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
03:12:34:00	03:12:38:00	NEIGHBORHOOD THE CONDON SCHOOL
03:12:38:00	03:12:38:00	AS WELL LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE
03:12:38:00	03:12:41:00	OF A PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
03:12:41:00	03:12:46:00	THE BLACKSTONE IS BETWEEN VILLA
03:12:46:00	03:12:50:00	VICTORIA AND RUTH BERKELEY THE
03:12:50:00	03:12:50:00	CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING
03:12:50:00	03:12:53:00	DEVELOPMENT.
03:12:53:00	03:12:54:00	WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY
03:12:54:00	03:12:57:00	KID IN THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO A
03:12:57:00	03:12:59:00	SWIMMING POOL AND TWO SWIMMING
03:12:59:00	03:13:03:00	LESSONS ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE
03:13:03:00	03:13:06:00	OF COLOR.
03:13:06:00	03:13:07:00	WHEN I WAS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG
03:13:07:00	03:13:11:00	PARENT I HAD THE I HAD THE
03:13:11:00	03:13:12:00	MONEY AND MY WIFE HAD THE MONEY
03:13:12:00	03:13:14:00	TO SEND OUR KIDS TO PRIVATE
03:13:14:00	03:13:14:00	LESSONS AT THE BOSTON ATHLETIC
03:13:14:00	03:13:15:00	CLUB.
03:13:15:00	03:13:17:00	WE PAID FOR IT.
03:13:17:00	03:13:21:00	WE WERE FORTUNATE A LOT OF A
03:13:21:00	03:13:22:00	LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES DON'T
03:13:22:00	03:13:25:00	HAVE THAT ACCESS.
03:13:25:00	03:13:26:00	MANY FAMILIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING
03:13:26:00	03:13:29:00	DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
03:13:29:00	03:13:29:00	THAT.
03:13:29:00	03:13:30:00	THEY RELY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
03:13:30:00	03:13:33:00	TO PROVIDE SWIMMING LESSONS.
03:13:33:00	03:13:33:00	BUT HOW COULD YOU PROVIDE
03:13:33:00	03:13:34:00	SWIMMING LESSONS WHEN THE
03:13:34:00	03:13:36:00	SWIMMING POOLS ARE CLOSED
03:13:36:00	03:13:37:00	AGAIN?
03:13:37:00	03:13:41:00	JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL YOUNG
03:13:41:00	03:13:45:00	ASIAN STUDENTS THE CONVENT
03:13:45:00	03:13:48:00	SCHOOL MOSTLY KIDS OF COLOR IN
03:13:48:00	03:13:48:00	THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
03:13:48:00	03:13:52:00	THE BLACKSTONE BETWEEN VILLA
03:13:52:00	03:13:55:00	VICTORIA A HIGH CONCENTRATION
03:13:55:00	03:13:59:00	OF LATINO KIDS AND BOTH
03:13:59:00	03:14:00:00	BERKELEY CATHEDRAL MANY
03:14:00:00	03:14:03:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN KIDS GIVE THEM
03:14:03:00	03:14:04:00	AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SWIMMING
03:14:04:00	03:14:07:00	LESSONS OPEN THESE PAWS TODAY.
03:14:07:00	03:14:08:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:14:08:00	03:14:11:00	THANK YOU.
03:14:11:00	03:14:11:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:14:11:00	03:14:12:00	ON THIS MATTER AS REFILE?
03:14:12:00	03:14:12:00	OKAY.
03:14:12:00	03:14:14:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:14:14:00	03:14:15:00	THEIR NAME?
03:14:15:00	03:14:18:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNSELOR
03:14:18:00	03:14:19:00	CLARA ZAPATA FITZGERALD MARIA
03:14:19:00	03:14:22:00	SANTANA WEBER WUERL PLEASE ADD
03:14:22:00	03:14:25:00	THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKING
03:14:25:00	03:14:25:00	NUMBER 0268 WILL BE REFERRED TO
03:14:25:00	03:14:26:00	THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES
03:14:26:00	03:14:29:00	AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.
03:14:29:00	03:14:30:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:14:30:00	03:14:34:00	RECORD NUMBER 02690.
03:14:34:00	03:14:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:14:34:00	03:14:38:00	MURPHY IN THE PAST IT HAS GONE
03:14:38:00	03:14:39:00	TO STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
03:14:39:00	03:14:41:00	COMMUNITIES.
03:14:41:00	03:14:42:00	OKAY.
03:14:42:00	03:14:42:00	THE CLERK'S OFFICE PUT IT IN
03:14:42:00	03:14:45:00	CITY SERVICES BUT I'M HAPPY TO
03:14:45:00	03:14:45:00	PUT IT IN STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES
03:14:45:00	03:14:49:00	AND COMMUNITIES THAT I DIDN'T
03:14:49:00	03:14:49:00	THINK YOU WOULDN'T BE HAPPY.
03:14:49:00	03:14:50:00	I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF IT WAS
03:14:50:00	03:14:50:00	A POSSIBILITY.
03:14:50:00	03:14:53:00	THANK YEAH.
03:14:53:00	03:14:54:00	NO, IT'S A TURN OF PHRASE
03:14:54:00	03:14:54:00	MR. CLERK COULD BE CASE PUT
03:14:54:00	03:14:56:00	THAT DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0268
03:14:56:00	03:14:57:00	IN STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
03:14:57:00	03:14:57:00	COMMUNITIES.
03:14:57:00	03:15:00:00	THANK YOU.
03:15:00:00	03:15:01:00	THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
03:15:01:00	03:15:01:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:15:01:00	03:15:04:00	MURPHY ON DOCKET.
03:15:04:00	03:15:05:00	OH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:15:05:00	03:15:07:00	READ THE NUMBERS ARE 269 IN
03:15:07:00	03:15:10:00	NUMBERS 0269 COUNCIL OF MURPHY
03:15:10:00	03:15:10:00	OVER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
03:15:10:00	03:15:13:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS RESIDENTIAL
03:15:13:00	03:15:14:00	PROPERTY VALUES IN THE
03:15:14:00	03:15:17:00	ASSESSING PROCESS.
03:15:17:00	03:15:17:00	THANK YOU.
03:15:17:00	03:15:18:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:15:18:00	03:15:18:00	MURPHY.
03:15:18:00	03:15:19:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
03:15:19:00	03:15:20:00	FLOOR.
03:15:20:00	03:15:21:00	THANK YOU.
03:15:21:00	03:15:24:00	I'D LIKE TO START JUST CLERICAL
03:15:24:00	03:15:24:00	.
03:15:24:00	03:15:24:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR
03:15:24:00	03:15:25:00	FITZGERALD AS AN ORIGINAL
03:15:25:00	03:15:29:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL 402 SO ADDED
03:15:29:00	03:15:30:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
03:15:30:00	03:15:30:00	FLOOR.
03:15:30:00	03:15:32:00	I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND
03:15:32:00	03:15:33:00	HAD COUNCILOR WEBER COUNSELOR
03:15:33:00	03:15:36:00	MURPHY TO SUSPEND THE RULES ADD
03:15:36:00	03:15:36:00	COUNSELOR WEBER AS A THIRD
03:15:36:00	03:15:37:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND
03:15:37:00	03:15:39:00	HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
03:15:39:00	03:15:40:00	COUNSELOR WEBER SO ADDED
03:15:40:00	03:15:40:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE
03:15:40:00	03:15:41:00	FLOOR AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO
03:15:41:00	03:15:43:00	THANK COUNSELOR FITZGERALD WHO
03:15:43:00	03:15:44:00	REACHED OUT TO ME ON MONDAY
03:15:44:00	03:15:47:00	AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH THE
03:15:47:00	03:15:47:00	CLERK BECAUSE
03:15:47:00	03:15:48:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND WEBER
03:15:48:00	03:15:50:00	HAD FILED A SIMILAR HEARING
03:15:50:00	03:15:50:00	ORDER.
03:15:50:00	03:15:51:00	MINE WAS FIRST SO WE I TALKED
03:15:51:00	03:15:54:00	ABOUT JUST ADDING THEM ON TO
03:15:54:00	03:15:55:00	THE ONE I ALREADY FILED.
03:15:55:00	03:15:58:00	SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME ON.
03:15:58:00	03:15:59:00	THREE OF US WILL WORK ON THIS.
03:15:59:00	03:16:02:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR
03:16:02:00	03:16:05:00	WEBBER'S OFFICE WHO BROUGHT TO
03:16:05:00	03:16:06:00	OUR ATTENTION AFTER YOU WERE AT
03:16:06:00	03:16:06:00	A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THERE
03:16:06:00	03:16:09:00	IS A LOOMING DEADLINE DATE.
03:16:09:00	03:16:10:00	SO THANK YOU TO
03:16:10:00	03:16:12:00	COUNCILOR WARHOL'S OFFICE FOR
03:16:12:00	03:16:13:00	ALREADY GETTING THIS SCHEDULED
03:16:13:00	03:16:14:00	ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN
03:16:14:00	03:16:16:00	HAVE THIS HEARING AND HOPEFULLY
03:16:16:00	03:16:20:00	GET IT VOTED ON SO THAT IT CAN
03:16:20:00	03:16:20:00	MOVE FORWARD IN A TIMELY
03:16:20:00	03:16:21:00	MANNER.
03:16:21:00	03:16:24:00	THAT ALL BEING SAID, THE CITY
03:16:24:00	03:16:25:00	OF BOSTON IS AT A CRITICAL
03:16:25:00	03:16:27:00	JUNCTURE WHERE AFFORDABILITY
03:16:27:00	03:16:28:00	REVENUE GENERATION AND
03:16:28:00	03:16:31:00	EQUITABLE INVESTMENT INTERSECT
03:16:31:00	03:16:32:00	WITH THE FUTURE OF RESIDENTIAL
03:16:32:00	03:16:32:00	AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
03:16:32:00	03:16:35:00	LANDSCAPES.
03:16:35:00	03:16:36:00	THIS HEARING ORDER AIMS TO SHED
03:16:36:00	03:16:37:00	LIGHT ON THE COMPLEXITIES
03:16:37:00	03:16:39:00	SURROUNDING THE ASSESSING
03:16:39:00	03:16:40:00	PROCESS AND ITS DIRECT IMPACT
03:16:40:00	03:16:43:00	ON RESIDENTIAL TAX BILLS.
03:16:43:00	03:16:44:00	I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF
03:16:44:00	03:16:48:00	BEEN GETTING LOTS OF CALLS
03:16:48:00	03:16:48:00	SINCE THIS CONVERSATION STARTED
03:16:48:00	03:16:51:00	LAST YEAR BUT ESPECIALLY AFTER
03:16:51:00	03:16:52:00	TAX BILLS HIT TWO WEEKS AGO TO
03:16:52:00	03:16:55:00	RESIDENTS QUESTIONING THE
03:16:55:00	03:16:55:00	DIFFERENCES.
03:16:55:00	03:16:59:00	SO I'M HOPING FROM THIS HEARING
03:16:59:00	03:17:00:00	THAT WE GET SOME ANSWERS ON
03:17:00:00	03:17:03:00	ASSESSMENT VARIABILITY BY THE
03:17:03:00	03:17:04:00	PROPERTY VALUES DIFFER
03:17:04:00	03:17:06:00	SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN NEARBY
03:17:06:00	03:17:07:00	PARCELS.
03:17:07:00	03:17:07:00	WHAT CAUSES CONSIDERABLE
03:17:07:00	03:17:11:00	FLUCTUATION IN PROPERTY VALUES
03:17:11:00	03:17:11:00	WITHIN SHORT TIME FRAMES?
03:17:11:00	03:17:15:00	WHAT'S SPECIFIC CRITERIA AND
03:17:15:00	03:17:15:00	METHODS ARE USED TO ESTABLISH A
03:17:15:00	03:17:19:00	PROPERTY'S VALUE AND ARE THERE
03:17:19:00	03:17:19:00	ALTERNATIVE METHODS THAT COULD
03:17:19:00	03:17:22:00	PROVIDE MORE ACCURATE OR
03:17:22:00	03:17:23:00	EQUITABLE ASSESSMENTS?
03:17:23:00	03:17:26:00	I'M LOOKING FOR TRANSPARENCY IN
03:17:26:00	03:17:27:00	RELIEF OPTIONS.
03:17:27:00	03:17:27:00	THE CITY OFFERS EXEMPTIONS
03:17:27:00	03:17:30:00	ABATEMENTS AND WE'RE HAVING
03:17:30:00	03:17:31:00	HEARINGS ON THAT POTENTIALLY
03:17:31:00	03:17:33:00	REBATES YET THE CRITERIA
03:17:33:00	03:17:34:00	APPLICATION PROCESS AVAILABLE
03:17:34:00	03:17:38:00	RELIEF IN TIMING NEED TO BE
03:17:38:00	03:17:38:00	CLEARER.
03:17:38:00	03:17:38:00	UNFORTUNATELY ONE THING I FOUND
03:17:38:00	03:17:42:00	OUT WITH MANY SENIOR IS THAT
03:17:42:00	03:17:43:00	THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY
03:17:43:00	03:17:44:00	ARE ABLE TO APPLY OR THEY NEED
03:17:44:00	03:17:46:00	MORE SUPPORT APPLYING FOR SOME
03:17:46:00	03:17:47:00	OF THESE EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY
03:17:47:00	03:17:50:00	WOULD QUALIFY FOR.
03:17:50:00	03:17:51:00	SO ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS
03:17:51:00	03:17:54:00	UNDERSTAND AND CAN ACCESS THESE
03:17:54:00	03:17:54:00	RESOURCES IS CRUCIAL AND ALSO I
03:17:54:00	03:17:57:00	THINK WE NEED AN IN-DEPTH
03:17:57:00	03:17:58:00	EXPLORATION OF THE ASSESSING
03:17:58:00	03:18:01:00	PROCESS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
03:18:01:00	03:18:02:00	OF THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO
03:18:02:00	03:18:05:00	PROPERTY VALUATIONS INCLUDING
03:18:05:00	03:18:05:00	HOME IMPROVEMENT, SALES
03:18:05:00	03:18:06:00	OF NEARBY PROPERTIES AND OTHER
03:18:06:00	03:18:09:00	MARKET DYNAMICS ANALYZING
03:18:09:00	03:18:12:00	EXISTING VALUATION METHODS TO
03:18:12:00	03:18:13:00	IDENTIFY THEIR BENEFITS OR
03:18:13:00	03:18:13:00	LIMITATIONS IN EXPLORING
03:18:13:00	03:18:16:00	CREATIVE COMPREHENSION
03:18:16:00	03:18:16:00	SOLUTIONS TO THE PROCESS.
03:18:16:00	03:18:20:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
03:18:20:00	03:18:20:00	HEARING THANK YOU TO
03:18:20:00	03:18:21:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND WEBER
03:18:21:00	03:18:23:00	FOR JOINING ME AND I HOPE ALL
03:18:23:00	03:18:24:00	OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE AT THE
03:18:24:00	03:18:25:00	HEARING TO ASK IMPORTANT
03:18:25:00	03:18:28:00	QUESTIONS AND THAT THE
03:18:28:00	03:18:28:00	ADMINISTRATION SENDS THE PEOPLE
03:18:28:00	03:18:31:00	WE NEED TO GET THE ANSWERS FOR
03:18:31:00	03:18:31:00	OUR RESIDENTS.
03:18:31:00	03:18:32:00	THANK YOU.
03:18:32:00	03:18:32:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND
03:18:32:00	03:18:35:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
03:18:35:00	03:18:36:00	WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO
03:18:36:00	03:18:38:00	SOLVE THE RULE 15 ISSUE AS
03:18:38:00	03:18:38:00	FLAGGED BY THE CLERK.
03:18:38:00	03:18:39:00	REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
03:18:39:00	03:18:42:00	IT'S A MODEL FOR HOW WE SHOULD
03:18:42:00	03:18:42:00	WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER.
03:18:42:00	03:18:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:18:43:00	03:18:45:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
03:18:45:00	03:18:46:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE
03:18:46:00	03:18:46:00	THE FLOOR.
03:18:46:00	03:18:46:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:18:46:00	03:18:49:00	CERTAINLY A LOT OF ATTENTION
03:18:49:00	03:18:50:00	OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS
03:18:50:00	03:18:53:00	ABOUT THE TAXES AND SO
03:18:53:00	03:18:53:00	CONSTITUENTS WERE RIGHTLY MORE
03:18:53:00	03:18:57:00	TUNED IN TO THEIR BILLS AS THEY
03:18:57:00	03:18:58:00	HIT OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
03:18:58:00	03:19:00:00	AND OF COURSE HAS GENERATED A
03:19:00:00	03:19:01:00	LOT OF CALLS TO US, A LOT
03:19:01:00	03:19:04:00	OF FOCUS WAS GIVEN TO THE TAX
03:19:04:00	03:19:05:00	RATE, RIGHT?
03:19:05:00	03:19:07:00	I MEAN YOUR TAXES ARE MADE UP
03:19:07:00	03:19:08:00	OF TWO VARIABLES THE TAX RATE
03:19:08:00	03:19:11:00	AND WHAT YOUR HOME IS VALUED AT
03:19:11:00	03:19:11:00	AND WELL, A LOT OF THE PRESSING
03:19:11:00	03:19:12:00	CONCERN HAS BEEN ABOUT THE TAX
03:19:12:00	03:19:15:00	RATE.
03:19:15:00	03:19:15:00	I THINK NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE
03:19:15:00	03:19:18:00	FOCUSED ON THE ASSESSED VALUE
03:19:18:00	03:19:18:00	OF THEIR HOME AND HOW THAT
03:19:18:00	03:19:22:00	VALUE IS ACTUALLY ASSESSED.
03:19:22:00	03:19:22:00	WE'VE HAD MANY CALLS COME IN
03:19:22:00	03:19:25:00	WHERE SOME CONSTITUENTS HAD
03:19:25:00	03:19:26:00	SEEN THEIR HOMES INCREASE
03:19:26:00	03:19:29:00	$700,000 OVER ONE YEAR WITHOUT
03:19:29:00	03:19:30:00	HAVING DONE WORK NO SITING, NO
03:19:30:00	03:19:33:00	NEW KITCHEN, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
03:19:33:00	03:19:33:00	THINGS THAT TYPICALLY WOULD
03:19:33:00	03:19:34:00	INCREASE THE VALUE OF ONE'S
03:19:34:00	03:19:36:00	HOME.
03:19:36:00	03:19:37:00	AND SO WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT
03:19:37:00	03:19:40:00	OF CALLS COME IN WHERE A
03:19:40:00	03:19:41:00	SIMILAR HOUSE ON THE SAME
03:19:41:00	03:19:45:00	STREET IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
03:19:45:00	03:19:45:00	WERE VALUED VERY DIFFERENTLY OR
03:19:45:00	03:19:48:00	HAD A DIFFERENT INCREASE OR
03:19:48:00	03:19:49:00	DECREASE IN THE TENS
03:19:49:00	03:19:52:00	OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
03:19:52:00	03:19:52:00	AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN THOSE
03:19:52:00	03:19:53:00	INCREASE SO DO YOUR TAXES AND
03:19:53:00	03:19:56:00	SO PEOPLE IT'S STARTING TO SORT
03:19:56:00	03:19:57:00	OF PIT NEIGHBOR AGAINST
03:19:57:00	03:19:57:00	NEIGHBOR REALLY WHERE FOLKS ARE
03:19:57:00	03:20:00:00	LOOKING AT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE
03:20:00:00	03:20:01:00	DID ON THE STREET AND SEEING
03:20:01:00	03:20:03:00	HOW THEY FARE AND A LOT
03:20:03:00	03:20:04:00	OF DISCREPANCIES HAVE COME UP
03:20:04:00	03:20:07:00	IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SO
03:20:07:00	03:20:07:00	THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ON THE
03:20:07:00	03:20:10:00	CALLS AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE
03:20:10:00	03:20:11:00	A GOOD ANSWER.
03:20:11:00	03:20:11:00	I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER WHEN
03:20:11:00	03:20:12:00	FOLKS CALL AND SAY WHY DID MINE
03:20:12:00	03:20:14:00	GO UP 700,000 AND NEXT DOOR
03:20:14:00	03:20:17:00	SIMILARLY ONLY WENT UP 10,000
03:20:17:00	03:20:18:00	AND THAT'S AFFECTING THE TAXES
03:20:18:00	03:20:21:00	THAT WE HAVE TO PAY.
03:20:21:00	03:20:22:00	AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A
03:20:22:00	03:20:23:00	GREAT IDEA FOR FOLKS TO
03:20:23:00	03:20:25:00	UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER VARIABLE
03:20:25:00	03:20:25:00	IN THE EQUATION THE ASSESSMENT
03:20:25:00	03:20:29:00	OF HOMES, HOW THAT OCCURS AND
03:20:29:00	03:20:30:00	NOT TO MENTION THIS YEAR WAS A
03:20:30:00	03:20:32:00	ONE OF THOSE SET FIVE YEAR
03:20:32:00	03:20:32:00	REEVALUATIONS THAT THE CITY
03:20:32:00	03:20:35:00	DOES THAT.
03:20:35:00	03:20:36:00	I THINK BOTH WE AND THE
03:20:36:00	03:20:36:00	ADMINISTRATION HAVE DONE A POOR
03:20:36:00	03:20:39:00	JOB AND SORT OF EXPLAINING
03:20:39:00	03:20:40:00	WHERE WE LOOK AT A PAST FIVE
03:20:40:00	03:20:43:00	YEAR AGGREGATE AND THAT DATA
03:20:43:00	03:20:43:00	SET THEN SORT OF DETERMINES
03:20:43:00	03:20:46:00	TRENDS AND IN THE VALUE
03:20:46:00	03:20:47:00	OF ONE'S HOME THEN WHICH WAS
03:20:47:00	03:20:48:00	APPLIED THIS YEAR AND COULD BE
03:20:48:00	03:20:50:00	A REASON FOR SOME FOLKS SPIKE
03:20:50:00	03:20:51:00	IN THEIR TAXES AND I THINK THE
03:20:51:00	03:20:54:00	CONSTITUENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO
03:20:54:00	03:20:55:00	UNDERSTAND THAT KNOW THAT AND
03:20:55:00	03:20:56:00	ASK QUESTIONS AND THAT I WHAT I
03:20:56:00	03:20:58:00	HOPE THIS HEARING DOES AND I
03:20:58:00	03:20:58:00	THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MURPHY FOR
03:20:58:00	03:20:59:00	OUTING ME AS WELL AND
03:20:59:00	03:21:01:00	COUNCILMEMBER FOR JOINING US.
03:21:01:00	03:21:01:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:01:00	03:21:02:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:21:02:00	03:21:02:00	COUNCIL WHERE WE HAVE THE
03:21:02:00	03:21:02:00	FLOOR.
03:21:02:00	03:21:04:00	YEAH THANK YOU.
03:21:04:00	03:21:08:00	I JUST TO REITERATE WHAT
03:21:08:00	03:21:08:00	COUNCILORS MURPHY AND
03:21:08:00	03:21:09:00	FITZGERALD HAVE SAID, MY OFFICE
03:21:09:00	03:21:10:00	HAS ALSO RECEIVED CALLS FROM
03:21:10:00	03:21:12:00	RESIDENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED
03:21:12:00	03:21:13:00	ABOUT INCREASES IN THEIR
03:21:13:00	03:21:16:00	PROPERTY TAX BILLS AND WE'VE
03:21:16:00	03:21:16:00	HEARD PARTICULARLY FROM SENIORS
03:21:16:00	03:21:19:00	WHO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU
03:21:19:00	03:21:20:00	KNOW, THE INCREASES IN VALUE
03:21:20:00	03:21:23:00	OF THEIR PROPERTY.
03:21:23:00	03:21:24:00	AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
03:21:24:00	03:21:25:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A
03:21:25:00	03:21:28:00	HEARING BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
03:21:28:00	03:21:28:00	THE PROCESS WHAT WHAT DATA GOES
03:21:28:00	03:21:31:00	IN AND WHAT THEY DO WITH IT
03:21:31:00	03:21:35:00	ALSO HELP US ADVOCATE FOR OUR
03:21:35:00	03:21:36:00	CONSTITUENTS IN TERMS OF YOU
03:21:36:00	03:21:39:00	KNOW, WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT
03:21:39:00	03:21:42:00	ASSESSMENTS, WHAT RESOURCES ARE
03:21:42:00	03:21:46:00	AVAILABLE TO SENIORS TO YOU TO
03:21:46:00	03:21:47:00	LOWER THEIR TAXES AND AND WHAT
03:21:47:00	03:21:47:00	WE CAN DO AS THE COUNCIL TO
03:21:47:00	03:21:50:00	MAKE SURE THAT PROCESS IS FAIR
03:21:50:00	03:21:50:00	AND TRANSPARENT.
03:21:50:00	03:21:51:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:21:51:00	03:21:54:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:54:00	03:21:55:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:21:55:00	03:21:55:00	ON THIS MATTER THE CHAIR
03:21:55:00	03:21:56:00	RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU
03:21:56:00	03:21:57:00	HAVE FLOOR.
03:21:57:00	03:21:58:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:58:00	03:21:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:21:58:00	03:22:01:00	I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION
03:22:01:00	03:22:02:00	AND JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND
03:22:02:00	03:22:05:00	THE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT
03:22:05:00	03:22:08:00	CERTAIN THINGS GET PUT ON IN
03:22:08:00	03:22:09:00	CERTAIN COMMITTEES,
03:22:09:00	03:22:09:00	PARTICULARLY WITH MINES BECAUSE
03:22:09:00	03:22:12:00	IT'S POST RIGHT.
03:22:12:00	03:22:13:00	SO THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT
03:22:13:00	03:22:14:00	HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED.
03:22:14:00	03:22:14:00	RIGHT.
03:22:14:00	03:22:16:00	SO IN THE INTEREST OF JUST THE
03:22:16:00	03:22:17:00	EXERCISE HERE AND JUST SO THAT
03:22:17:00	03:22:20:00	MY OWN EDUCATION MOVING FORWARD
03:22:20:00	03:22:23:00	ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH ANY
03:22:23:00	03:22:24:00	BUDGETARY OR ANY ISSUES THAT
03:22:24:00	03:22:27:00	HAVE HAPPENED AFTER WE'VE
03:22:27:00	03:22:27:00	APPROVED THINGS THEN
03:22:27:00	03:22:30:00	TECHNICALLY THOSE ARE THINGS
03:22:30:00	03:22:31:00	THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE
03:22:31:00	03:22:32:00	CONSIDERED IN MY COMMITTEE JUST
03:22:32:00	03:22:35:00	FOR JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND
03:22:35:00	03:22:36:00	THAT TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO
03:22:36:00	03:22:36:00	LET THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION
03:22:36:00	03:22:39:00	BUT JUST YOU JUST MADE ME THINK
03:22:39:00	03:22:39:00	OF SOMETHING AND THEN I'M JUST
03:22:39:00	03:22:39:00	CURIOUS.
03:22:39:00	03:22:42:00	YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A
03:22:42:00	03:22:43:00	BLANKET STATEMENT SO SO BUT I
03:22:43:00	03:22:45:00	NEED TO KNOW IT WOULD BE
03:22:45:00	03:22:46:00	HELPFUL AT SOME POINT TO BETTER
03:22:46:00	03:22:50:00	UNDERSTAND IN THE DYNAMICS
03:22:50:00	03:22:50:00	BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR
03:22:50:00	03:22:53:00	OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE
03:22:53:00	03:22:54:00	NOW FOR UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP
03:22:54:00	03:22:55:00	FOR A YEAR AND THERE HAVE BEEN
03:22:55:00	03:22:58:00	A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT
03:22:58:00	03:22:58:00	TECHNICALLY UNDER THE EXPRESS
03:22:58:00	03:23:01:00	UNDER THE EXPLANATION THAT YOU
03:23:01:00	03:23:02:00	PROVIDED EARLIER THAT
03:23:02:00	03:23:04:00	POTENTIALLY WOULD GO UNDER MY
03:23:04:00	03:23:05:00	COMMITTEE.
03:23:05:00	03:23:06:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND
03:23:06:00	03:23:09:00	YOU YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT
03:23:09:00	03:23:09:00	WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
03:23:09:00	03:23:10:00	ASSESSMENTS, WE'RE TALKING
03:23:10:00	03:23:13:00	ABOUT THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS
03:23:13:00	03:23:16:00	ALREADY VALUED AND ASSESS
03:23:16:00	03:23:16:00	TECHNICALLY IF THIS IS AN ISSUE
03:23:16:00	03:23:20:00	OF SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY
03:23:20:00	03:23:20:00	HAPPENED, THIS POTENTIALLY
03:23:20:00	03:23:23:00	COULD GO INTO MY COMMITTEE
03:23:23:00	03:23:24:00	BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.
03:23:24:00	03:23:27:00	IF THAT WAS IF THAT IS THE THE
03:23:27:00	03:23:28:00	EXPLANATION YOU TRIED TO GIVE
03:23:28:00	03:23:30:00	ME EARLIER, THEN I WANT TO
03:23:30:00	03:23:31:00	QUESTION THE THIS PARTICULAR
03:23:31:00	03:23:35:00	HEARING ORDER AND THE COMMITTEE
03:23:35:00	03:23:35:00	IN WHICH YOU PLAN TO PUT IT IN
03:23:35:00	03:23:36:00	JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND FOR
03:23:36:00	03:23:38:00	FUTURE.
03:23:38:00	03:23:38:00	YEAH.
03:23:38:00	03:23:39:00	SO I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU
03:23:39:00	03:23:39:00	ABOUT IT.
03:23:39:00	03:23:40:00	I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A BLANKET
03:23:40:00	03:23:42:00	STATEMENT.
03:23:42:00	03:23:43:00	THIS IS DIRECTLY WITHIN THE
03:23:43:00	03:23:43:00	PURVIEW OF WAYS AND MEANS.
03:23:43:00	03:23:44:00	THAT ISN'T TO SAY THAT THERE
03:23:44:00	03:23:47:00	ISN'T OVERLAP BETWEEN THE WORK
03:23:47:00	03:23:47:00	OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES BUT THIS
03:23:47:00	03:23:50:00	ONE TO ME FALLS SQUARELY WITHIN
03:23:50:00	03:23:51:00	THE WORK OF THE WAYS AND MEANS
03:23:51:00	03:23:51:00	COMMITTEE.
03:23:51:00	03:23:51:00	THANK YOU.
03:23:51:00	03:23:55:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:23:55:00	03:23:55:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:23:55:00	03:23:56:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:23:56:00	03:23:56:00	THEIR NAME?
03:23:56:00	03:23:59:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD
03:23:59:00	03:24:01:00	COUNCILORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA FLYNN
03:24:01:00	03:24:01:00	.
03:24:01:00	03:24:02:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS
03:24:02:00	03:24:04:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 026900 AND
03:24:04:00	03:24:08:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
03:24:08:00	03:24:08:00	COUNCILOR ROW AND
03:24:08:00	03:24:11:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE THIS DOCKET
03:24:11:00	03:24:12:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
03:24:12:00	03:24:12:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
03:24:12:00	03:24:13:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:24:13:00	03:24:19:00	REDACT NUMBER 02700270 OF TO
03:24:19:00	03:24:21:00	LET US APART FOR THE FOLLOWING
03:24:21:00	03:24:22:00	ORDER TO ADOPT THE GOOD
03:24:22:00	03:24:26:00	LANDLORD TAX ABATEMENT AS A
03:24:26:00	03:24:26:00	LOCAL OPTION IN THE CITY
03:24:26:00	03:24:26:00	OF BOSTON.
03:24:26:00	03:24:27:00	THANK YOU.
03:24:27:00	03:24:29:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:24:29:00	03:24:29:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA.
03:24:29:00	03:24:29:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:24:29:00	03:24:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:24:30:00	03:24:33:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR ELLIS
03:24:33:00	03:24:33:00	SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND
03:24:33:00	03:24:36:00	RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCIL SANTANA
03:24:36:00	03:24:36:00	AS THIRD COUNCIL ALSO ADDED
03:24:36:00	03:24:39:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
03:24:39:00	03:24:40:00	PARTIZAN SUSPEND THE RULES AT
03:24:40:00	03:24:40:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD
03:24:40:00	03:24:41:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
03:24:41:00	03:24:46:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
03:24:46:00	03:24:46:00	OBJECTIONS BECAUSE WITH SANTANA
03:24:46:00	03:24:46:00	SO ADDED COUNCIL CLETA ZAPATA
03:24:46:00	03:24:47:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:24:47:00	03:24:47:00	THANK YOU.
03:24:47:00	03:24:47:00	TODAY I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE
03:24:47:00	03:24:48:00	IN ORDER TO ADOPT THE GOOD
03:24:48:00	03:24:50:00	LANDLORD TAX ABATEMENT AS A
03:24:50:00	03:24:51:00	LOCAL OPTION HERE IN THE CITY
03:24:51:00	03:24:51:00	OF BOSTON.
03:24:51:00	03:24:54:00	I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
03:24:54:00	03:24:54:00	MY PREDECESSOR SENATOR LYDIA
03:24:54:00	03:24:55:00	EDWARDS AS WELL AS STATE
03:24:55:00	03:24:58:00	REPRESENTATIVE ANDY VARGAS WHO
03:24:58:00	03:24:59:00	HELPED SPONSOR THIS AND GET IT
03:24:59:00	03:24:59:00	A PART OF THE TAX PACKAGE THAT
03:24:59:00	03:25:03:00	WAS PASSED LATE 2023.
03:25:03:00	03:25:04:00	THIS POLICY ALIGNS WITH OUR
03:25:04:00	03:25:06:00	CITY'S ONGOING EFFORTS TO
03:25:06:00	03:25:07:00	TACKLE THE HOUSING CRISIS A
03:25:07:00	03:25:08:00	CRISIS THAT CONTINUES TO
03:25:08:00	03:25:11:00	DISPLACE OUR NEIGHBORS, FORCED
03:25:11:00	03:25:12:00	FAMILIES OUT OF THEIR
03:25:12:00	03:25:12:00	COMMUNITIES AND LEAVE COUNTLESS
03:25:12:00	03:25:15:00	RESIDENTS ON THE BRINK
03:25:15:00	03:25:15:00	OF HOMELESSNESS.
03:25:15:00	03:25:16:00	BOSTON'S HOUSING CHALLENGES ARE
03:25:16:00	03:25:19:00	WELL DOCUMENTED AS OF JANUARY
03:25:19:00	03:25:22:00	2025 THE AVERAGE RENT IN OUR
03:25:22:00	03:25:25:00	CITY HAS SOARED TO $3,393 PER
03:25:25:00	03:25:26:00	MONTH MORE THAN DOUBLE THE
03:25:26:00	03:25:28:00	NATIONAL AVERAGE.
03:25:28:00	03:25:29:00	WHILE RENTAL UNIT AVAILABILITY
03:25:29:00	03:25:30:00	HAS IMPROVED SLIGHTLY SINCE THE
03:25:30:00	03:25:32:00	PANDEMIC.
03:25:32:00	03:25:33:00	IT REMAINS LIMITED AND THE COST
03:25:33:00	03:25:36:00	OF MAINTAINING PROPERTIES
03:25:36:00	03:25:37:00	WORSENED BY INCREASED PROPERTY
03:25:37:00	03:25:38:00	TAXES HAS LEFT MANY LANDLORDS
03:25:38:00	03:25:41:00	WITH NO REASON TO RAISE RENTS
03:25:41:00	03:25:44:00	NO CHOICE BUT TO RAISE RENTS
03:25:44:00	03:25:44:00	OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE
03:25:44:00	03:25:44:00	OF AFFORDABILITY.
03:25:44:00	03:25:45:00	THIS IS WHERE THE GOOD LANDLORD
03:25:45:00	03:25:48:00	TAX ABATEMENT COMES IN A TOOL
03:25:48:00	03:25:50:00	CREATED UNDER AGAIN THE STATE'S
03:25:50:00	03:25:51:00	2023 TAX PACKAGE WHICH CAN
03:25:51:00	03:25:54:00	ULTIMATELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY
03:25:54:00	03:25:54:00	OPTING INTO THE STATUTE.
03:25:54:00	03:25:55:00	BOSTON WILL OFFER A PROPERTY
03:25:55:00	03:25:58:00	TAX EXEMPTION FOR LANDLORDS WHO
03:25:58:00	03:25:58:00	PROVIDE YEAR ROUND RENTAL UNITS
03:25:58:00	03:26:01:00	AT AFFORDABLE RATES TO
03:26:01:00	03:26:02:00	HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 80% OF THE
03:26:02:00	03:26:05:00	AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS.
03:26:05:00	03:26:08:00	ELIGIBLE LANDLORDS WILL CAP
03:26:08:00	03:26:08:00	RENT AT 30% OF A TENANT'S
03:26:08:00	03:26:09:00	INCOME.
03:26:09:00	03:26:09:00	ENSURING TRULY AFFORDABLE
03:26:09:00	03:26:13:00	HOUSING THAT MEETS FEDERAL HUD
03:26:13:00	03:26:13:00	STANDARDS.
03:26:13:00	03:26:16:00	THIS INITIATIVE HAS THREE CLEAR
03:26:16:00	03:26:16:00	BENEFITS.
03:26:16:00	03:26:17:00	IT REWARDS GOOD LANDLORDS
03:26:17:00	03:26:19:00	ALREADY RENTING BELOW MARKET
03:26:19:00	03:26:20:00	RENTS, OFFERING THEM FINANCIAL
03:26:20:00	03:26:23:00	RELIEF TO OFFSET RISING COSTS.
03:26:23:00	03:26:23:00	AND MANY, MANY OF US OR SOME
03:26:23:00	03:26:26:00	OF US MAY HAVE ANECDOTAL
03:26:26:00	03:26:26:00	INSTANCES WHERE YOU HAVE
03:26:26:00	03:26:27:00	SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIVED IN THE
03:26:27:00	03:26:30:00	CITY THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
03:26:30:00	03:26:31:00	THEY OWN THE PROPERTY AND
03:26:31:00	03:26:34:00	THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR RENTS LOW
03:26:34:00	03:26:35:00	SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STAY THERE.
03:26:35:00	03:26:35:00	I IF SOMEBODY I'M NOT GOING TO
03:26:35:00	03:26:37:00	NAME HER BUT SHE HAD SAID THAT
03:26:37:00	03:26:38:00	SHE'S RENTING OUT HER THREE
03:26:38:00	03:26:40:00	BEDROOM FOR ABOUT $1,000 PER
03:26:40:00	03:26:41:00	MONTH AND I THINK IN THIS
03:26:41:00	03:26:43:00	MOMENT WHAT SHE'S DOING
03:26:43:00	03:26:44:00	DESERVES SOME SORT OF REWARD
03:26:44:00	03:26:47:00	BECAUSE SHE'S HOUSING THIS
03:26:47:00	03:26:48:00	FAMILY WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE
03:26:48:00	03:26:48:00	DISPLACED BECAUSE THEY COULD
03:26:48:00	03:26:49:00	NOT AFFORD ANYTHING MORE THAN
03:26:49:00	03:26:51:00	THAT.
03:26:51:00	03:26:52:00	IT ALSO INCENTIVIZES MORE
03:26:52:00	03:26:52:00	LANDLORDS TO OFFER AFFORDABLE
03:26:52:00	03:26:55:00	UNITS EXPANDING HOUSING
03:26:55:00	03:26:55:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW AND
03:26:55:00	03:26:56:00	MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
03:26:56:00	03:26:58:00	BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT
03:26:58:00	03:26:59:00	PRIORITIZES HOUSING STABILITY
03:26:59:00	03:27:02:00	FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
03:27:02:00	03:27:03:00	ADDRESSING AN ISSUE THAT CUTS
03:27:03:00	03:27:04:00	TO THE CORE OF ECONOMIC AND
03:27:04:00	03:27:06:00	RACIAL EQUITY HERE IN BOSTON BY
03:27:06:00	03:27:07:00	ADOPTING THIS LOCAL OPTION
03:27:07:00	03:27:10:00	BOSTON WILL LEAD THE WAY IN
03:27:10:00	03:27:11:00	CREATING A HOUSING MARKET THAT
03:27:11:00	03:27:12:00	WORKS FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST FOR
03:27:12:00	03:27:14:00	THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD THE
03:27:14:00	03:27:14:00	HIGHEST RENTS.
03:27:14:00	03:27:15:00	LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO BRING
03:27:15:00	03:27:17:00	THIS THOUGHTFUL AND INNOVATIVE
03:27:17:00	03:27:18:00	POLICY TO LIFE PROVIDING BOTH
03:27:18:00	03:27:19:00	IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND LONG TERM
03:27:19:00	03:27:22:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOSTON
03:27:22:00	03:27:22:00	RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS
03:27:22:00	03:27:22:00	ALIKE.
03:27:22:00	03:27:23:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:23:00	03:27:27:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:27:00	03:27:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:27:28:00	03:27:28:00	COUNCILOR THE OUTCOMES
03:27:28:00	03:27:28:00	OF RYAN'S LAW.
03:27:28:00	03:27:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
03:27:30:00	03:27:31:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
03:27:31:00	03:27:32:00	FOR ARTEMIS AS THE ORIGINAL
03:27:32:00	03:27:33:00	CO-SPONSOR.
03:27:33:00	03:27:34:00	I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
03:27:34:00	03:27:37:00	OF ADOPTING THE GOOD LANDLORD
03:27:37:00	03:27:37:00	TAX ABATEMENT AS A LOCAL
03:27:37:00	03:27:37:00	OPTION.
03:27:37:00	03:27:40:00	I KNOW OF A FEW LANDLORDS THAT
03:27:40:00	03:27:45:00	OFFER RENT FOR A TWO BEDROOM AT
03:27:45:00	03:27:46:00	1200 DOLLARS WITH UTILITIES
03:27:46:00	03:27:49:00	INCLUDED.
03:27:49:00	03:27:50:00	AND I BELIEVE PROGRAMS LIKE
03:27:50:00	03:27:53:00	THIS CAN HELP CENTRALIZE AND
03:27:53:00	03:27:54:00	STABILIZE AFFORDABLE RENTS
03:27:54:00	03:27:56:00	ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON BY
03:27:56:00	03:27:57:00	INCENTIVIZE SMALL LANDLORDS WHO
03:27:57:00	03:28:01:00	ARE ALREADY OFFERING BELOW
03:28:01:00	03:28:01:00	MARKET RENT.
03:28:01:00	03:28:02:00	THIS NOT ONLY KEEPS RENTS
03:28:02:00	03:28:05:00	MANAGEABLE BUT REDUCES THE
03:28:05:00	03:28:05:00	FINANCIAL PRESSURES PREVENTING
03:28:05:00	03:28:09:00	SMALL LANDLORDS FROM NEEDED TO
03:28:09:00	03:28:09:00	RAISE RENTS TO COVER RISING
03:28:09:00	03:28:09:00	COSTS.
03:28:09:00	03:28:13:00	NOTABLY SMALL LANDLORDS WHO OWN
03:28:13:00	03:28:16:00	68% OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTIAL OR
03:28:16:00	03:28:17:00	RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE LESS
03:28:17:00	03:28:17:00	LIKELY TO EVICT TENANTS
03:28:17:00	03:28:20:00	COMPARED TO LARGER PROPERTY
03:28:20:00	03:28:24:00	OWNERS CONTRIBUTING TO HELP TO
03:28:24:00	03:28:24:00	BOSTON'S HOUSING STABILITY BY
03:28:24:00	03:28:28:00	OFFERING ABATEMENTS OR LIGHTING
03:28:28:00	03:28:29:00	THE BURDEN ON THOSE PROVIDING
03:28:29:00	03:28:29:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
03:28:29:00	03:28:31:00	EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS FOR
03:28:31:00	03:28:32:00	FAMILIES WHO NEED IT MOST.
03:28:32:00	03:28:35:00	SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN OTHER
03:28:35:00	03:28:36:00	CITIES HAVE SHOWN THAT WHEN
03:28:36:00	03:28:37:00	SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
03:28:37:00	03:28:39:00	SUPPORTED THE AVAILABILITY
03:28:39:00	03:28:40:00	OF STABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
03:28:40:00	03:28:43:00	GROWS.
03:28:43:00	03:28:44:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
03:28:44:00	03:28:44:00	CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU.
03:28:44:00	03:28:44:00	THANK YOU.
03:28:44:00	03:28:45:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO
03:28:45:00	03:28:47:00	SANTANA, CARLOS SANTANA, YOU
03:28:47:00	03:28:48:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:28:48:00	03:28:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:28:48:00	03:28:52:00	AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
03:28:52:00	03:28:52:00	COUNCILOR CLARISSA PEDRO FOR
03:28:52:00	03:28:55:00	ADDING ME AS A THIRD
03:28:55:00	03:28:55:00	CO-SPONSOR.
03:28:55:00	03:28:56:00	AND I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE
03:28:56:00	03:28:59:00	MANY OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING
03:28:59:00	03:28:59:00	TO HIGHLIGHT.
03:28:59:00	03:29:00:00	YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY HELPS
03:29:00:00	03:29:02:00	KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
03:29:02:00	03:29:03:00	AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
03:29:03:00	03:29:07:00	ESPECIALLY IN A CITY WHERE WE
03:29:07:00	03:29:10:00	CARE SO MUCH ABOUT OUR
03:29:10:00	03:29:10:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND ITS PEOPLE.
03:29:10:00	03:29:14:00	IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR
03:29:14:00	03:29:14:00	LANDLORDS TO KEEP MORE
03:29:14:00	03:29:17:00	AFFORDABLE RENTS AND ESPECIALLY
03:29:17:00	03:29:18:00	WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
03:29:18:00	03:29:18:00	MAJORITY OF OUR CITY BEING
03:29:18:00	03:29:21:00	RENTERS I THINK THAT REALLY
03:29:21:00	03:29:22:00	ENSURES THAT SAVINGS GO
03:29:22:00	03:29:28:00	STRAIGHT TO RENTERS AND I THINK
03:29:28:00	03:29:29:00	WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT IT.
03:29:29:00	03:29:30:00	SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
03:29:30:00	03:29:33:00	LEADERSHIP OF THE
03:29:33:00	03:29:33:00	COUNCIL REGARDLESS OF PARTY ON
03:29:33:00	03:29:33:00	THIS.
03:29:33:00	03:29:36:00	THINKING ABOUT OUR MOST
03:29:36:00	03:29:37:00	VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND HOW TO
03:29:37:00	03:29:40:00	ALLEVIATE SOME OF OF THAT
03:29:40:00	03:29:40:00	PRESSURE THAT THEY WERE
03:29:40:00	03:29:40:00	RECEIVING.
03:29:40:00	03:29:44:00	SO REALLY THANK YOU AND I LOOK
03:29:44:00	03:29:44:00	FORWARD TO THIS HEARING.
03:29:44:00	03:29:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:29:45:00	03:29:47:00	THANK YOU.
03:29:47:00	03:29:48:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:29:48:00	03:29:50:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:29:50:00	03:29:51:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:29:51:00	03:29:52:00	THEIR NAME?
03:29:52:00	03:29:55:00	MR CASTRO IS DURKIN FITZGERALD
03:29:55:00	03:29:56:00	FLYNN MCGUIRE.
03:29:56:00	03:29:58:00	MURPHY WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE
03:29:58:00	03:30:02:00	CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
03:30:02:00	03:30:03:00	0270 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
03:30:03:00	03:30:07:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
03:30:07:00	03:30:07:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
03:30:07:00	03:30:09:00	THE NUMBERS ARE 271 SO I CAN
03:30:09:00	03:30:10:00	HAVE A20271 COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:30:10:00	03:30:12:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:30:12:00	03:30:13:00	IN SUPPORT OF THE REPLACEMENT
03:30:13:00	03:30:17:00	OF CONCURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS
03:30:17:00	03:30:17:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:30:17:00	03:30:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:30:18:00	03:30:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE FLOOR.
03:30:21:00	03:30:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:30:24:00	03:30:25:00	AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
03:30:25:00	03:30:27:00	PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS
03:30:27:00	03:30:28:00	ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE
03:30:28:00	03:30:31:00	FACE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN A
03:30:31:00	03:30:31:00	CRITICAL COMPONENT OF PUBLIC
03:30:31:00	03:30:34:00	SAFETY IN OVERALL QUALITY
03:30:34:00	03:30:38:00	OF LIFE IN 2019 TWO PEDESTRIANS
03:30:38:00	03:30:39:00	WERE STRUCK BY A VAN AT THE
03:30:39:00	03:30:42:00	INTERSECTION OF BELCHER AND
03:30:42:00	03:30:43:00	SUMMER STREET IN THE FORT POINT
03:30:43:00	03:30:45:00	NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SITE OF A
03:30:45:00	03:30:49:00	CONCURRENT PEDESTRIAN FACING
03:30:49:00	03:30:50:00	TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ONE OF THEM
03:30:50:00	03:30:56:00	PASSED AWAY DUE TO HER INJURIES
03:30:56:00	03:30:56:00	.
03:30:56:00	03:30:57:00	AFTER THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT I
03:30:57:00	03:31:00:00	CALLED FOR AND HELD A CITY
03:31:00:00	03:31:03:00	COUNCIL HEARING ON CONCURRENT
03:31:03:00	03:31:04:00	PHASING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
03:31:04:00	03:31:04:00	SIGNALS.
03:31:04:00	03:31:08:00	AS I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT IS
03:31:08:00	03:31:11:00	A RECIPE FOR DISASTER TO HAVE
03:31:11:00	03:31:12:00	CARS AND PEDESTRIANS BOTH HAVE
03:31:12:00	03:31:18:00	A RIGHT TURN GREEN ARROW AND
03:31:18:00	03:31:19:00	PEDESTRIAN WALK SIGN AT THE
03:31:19:00	03:31:26:00	SAME TIME WITH THE EXPECTATION
03:31:26:00	03:31:27:00	THAT THE VEHICLE WILL YIELD TO
03:31:27:00	03:31:30:00	THE PEDESTRIAN IN THE CROSSWALK
03:31:30:00	03:31:30:00	.
03:31:30:00	03:31:33:00	THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
03:31:33:00	03:31:34:00	LET ME BE MORE CLEAR AT THE
03:31:34:00	03:31:37:00	CORNER OF BELCHER STREET AND
03:31:37:00	03:31:41:00	SUMMER STREET THE PEDESTRIAN
03:31:41:00	03:31:42:00	HAS THE CROSS HAS THE LIGHT
03:31:42:00	03:31:44:00	THAT SAYS THEY CAN CROSS.
03:31:44:00	03:31:45:00	THEY'RE WALKING ACROSS THE
03:31:45:00	03:31:45:00	STREET.
03:31:45:00	03:31:49:00	BUT WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE
03:31:49:00	03:31:50:00	DRIVING DOWN SUMMER STREET, THE
03:31:50:00	03:31:52:00	VEHICLE COMING DOWN SOME
03:31:52:00	03:31:53:00	HISTORY WILL ALSO TAKE THE
03:31:53:00	03:31:59:00	RIGHT TURN LEGALLY.
03:31:59:00	03:31:59:00	IT'S A IT'S UNHEALTHY.
03:31:59:00	03:32:05:00	IT'S UNSAFE AND IT'S IT'S ONE
03:32:05:00	03:32:06:00	OF THE REASONS WE HAVE SEEN SO
03:32:06:00	03:32:09:00	MANY VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN
03:32:09:00	03:32:09:00	BOSTON.
03:32:09:00	03:32:12:00	IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE REVIEW
03:32:12:00	03:32:12:00	THE PRACTICE OF CONCURRENT
03:32:12:00	03:32:13:00	PEDESTRIAN PHASING TRAFFIC
03:32:13:00	03:32:17:00	SIGNALS AT THE INTERSECTIONS
03:32:17:00	03:32:17:00	THROUGHOUT THE CITY MAKE THE
03:32:17:00	03:32:20:00	NECESSARY CHANGES TO FOCUS ON
03:32:20:00	03:32:21:00	IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN
03:32:21:00	03:32:24:00	BOSTON AS OUR CITY BECOMES MORE
03:32:24:00	03:32:25:00	DEVELOPED AND DENSELY
03:32:25:00	03:32:25:00	POPULATED.
03:32:25:00	03:32:28:00	THE INCREASE IN VEHICLE AND
03:32:28:00	03:32:29:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEANS THAT
03:32:29:00	03:32:32:00	MANY AREAS OF OUR STREETSCAPE
03:32:32:00	03:32:36:00	NEED IMPROVEMENT AND CHANGE TO
03:32:36:00	03:32:36:00	ENSURE SAFETY FOR ALL.
03:32:36:00	03:32:40:00	I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
03:32:40:00	03:32:40:00	THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION TODAY
03:32:40:00	03:32:44:00	TO REPLACE THIS UNSAFE
03:32:44:00	03:32:44:00	CONCURRENT PHASING PEDESTRIAN
03:32:44:00	03:32:48:00	TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THE CITY
03:32:48:00	03:32:49:00	OF BOSTON TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN
03:32:49:00	03:32:49:00	SAFETY.
03:32:49:00	03:32:52:00	I ASK YOU NOT TO BLOCK IT.
03:32:52:00	03:32:53:00	IF YOU WANT TO VOTE AGAINST IT
03:32:53:00	03:32:55:00	PLEASE VOTE AGAINST IT.
03:32:55:00	03:32:56:00	BUT I NEED TO DO MY DUE
03:32:56:00	03:32:59:00	DILIGENCE TO BRING THIS FORWARD
03:32:59:00	03:32:59:00	TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON TO
03:32:59:00	03:33:02:00	LET THEM KNOW HOW UNSAFE THIS
03:33:02:00	03:33:03:00	PRACTICE IS.
03:33:03:00	03:33:06:00	I CAN'T ALLOW ONE MORE DAY TO
03:33:06:00	03:33:09:00	GO BY WITHOUT DOING OUR DUE
03:33:09:00	03:33:10:00	DILIGENCE DUE DILIGENCE TO
03:33:10:00	03:33:13:00	PROVIDE THE SAFE THE SAFEST
03:33:13:00	03:33:13:00	CITY POSSIBLE.
03:33:13:00	03:33:17:00	SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY I'M WRONG
03:33:17:00	03:33:18:00	ON THIS BUT I KNOW TRAFFIC
03:33:18:00	03:33:21:00	SIGNALS PROBABLY BETTER THAN
03:33:21:00	03:33:21:00	ANYONE IN THIS BUILDING AND
03:33:21:00	03:33:24:00	IT'S UNSAFE TO HAVE THIS TYPE
03:33:24:00	03:33:28:00	OF SCENARIO TAKING PLACE IN THE
03:33:28:00	03:33:28:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
03:33:28:00	03:33:28:00	VOTE AGAINST THIS.
03:33:28:00	03:33:32:00	IF YOU IF YOU BELIEVE I'M WRONG
03:33:32:00	03:33:32:00	BUT GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
03:33:32:00	03:33:36:00	THE RESIDENT OF BOSTON TO BE
03:33:36:00	03:33:39:00	SAFE LET THE VOTE GO FORWARD.
03:33:39:00	03:33:40:00	THANK YOU.
03:33:40:00	03:33:40:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:33:40:00	03:33:40:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
03:33:40:00	03:33:43:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:33:43:00	03:33:44:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:33:44:00	03:33:48:00	THIS FALL GLEN INGRAM WAS A
03:33:48:00	03:33:51:00	RESIDENT OF JAMAICA PLAIN WAS
03:33:51:00	03:33:51:00	KILLED IN FRONT OF THE FOREST
03:33:51:00	03:33:55:00	HILL STATION CROSSING IN A
03:33:55:00	03:33:56:00	CROSSWALK THAT WAS CONCURRENTLY
03:33:56:00	03:33:58:00	WITH A GREEN LIGHT FOR A VTA
03:33:58:00	03:33:59:00	BUS.
03:33:59:00	03:34:02:00	YOU KNOW, WE HELD A VIGIL AND
03:34:02:00	03:34:06:00	YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO THAT,
03:34:06:00	03:34:07:00	YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN
03:34:07:00	03:34:09:00	SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AROUND
03:34:09:00	03:34:10:00	FOREST HILLS BUT YOU KNOW,
03:34:10:00	03:34:13:00	SEEING THE HARM THAT THIS
03:34:13:00	03:34:17:00	PRACTICE CAN HAVE YOU KNOW, I
03:34:17:00	03:34:17:00	SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION THAT
03:34:17:00	03:34:21:00	WILL BE VOTED FOR IT TODAY.
03:34:21:00	03:34:21:00	BUT SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW,
03:34:21:00	03:34:24:00	LAYING THAT OUT.
03:34:24:00	03:34:25:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:34:25:00	03:34:25:00	THANK YOU.
03:34:25:00	03:34:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES I THINK
03:34:26:00	03:34:29:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN,
03:34:29:00	03:34:29:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA,
03:34:29:00	03:34:30:00	COUNCILOR GERALD THE CHAIR AND
03:34:30:00	03:34:33:00	I COUNCIL DURKAN.
03:34:33:00	03:34:33:00	ONE MOMENT SORRY THE CHAIR
03:34:33:00	03:34:34:00	CONSIDER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
03:34:34:00	03:34:35:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:34:35:00	03:34:36:00	I JUST WANTED TO ASK THROUGH
03:34:36:00	03:34:39:00	THE CHAIR WHAT WAS YOUR THE
03:34:39:00	03:34:40:00	START OF THIS THINKING FOR YOU
03:34:40:00	03:34:44:00	AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO GET
03:34:44:00	03:34:45:00	AN IDEA OF OF LIKE HOW I SHOULD
03:34:45:00	03:34:47:00	APPROACH THIS ISSUE AND I DO
03:34:47:00	03:34:48:00	APPRECIATE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
03:34:48:00	03:34:51:00	TRAFFIC SAFETY.
03:34:51:00	03:34:52:00	I JUST AND REALLY IT'S JUST MY
03:34:52:00	03:34:55:00	LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THIS IS IS
03:34:55:00	03:34:56:00	ASKING SORT OF WHAT MOVED HIM
03:34:56:00	03:34:59:00	TO MOVE ON THIS ISSUE THROUGH
03:34:59:00	03:35:00:00	THE CHAIR TO THE POINT IF YOU'D
03:35:00:00	03:35:03:00	LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.
03:35:03:00	03:35:03:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DEREK
03:35:03:00	03:35:06:00	AND IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
03:35:06:00	03:35:07:00	IT'S IT'S AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED
03:35:07:00	03:35:13:00	ON FOR SINCE 2017 2018 AND I'VE
03:35:13:00	03:35:16:00	WRITTEN ABOUT THIS I'VE HELD A
03:35:16:00	03:35:16:00	HEARING ON THIS.
03:35:16:00	03:35:19:00	BUT THE REAL ONE OF THE MAIN
03:35:19:00	03:35:23:00	REASONS IS WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN
03:35:23:00	03:35:26:00	WAS KILLED DIRECTLY OR BECAUSE
03:35:26:00	03:35:27:00	OF THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO AND I
03:35:27:00	03:35:30:00	VOWED THAT I WOULD DO
03:35:30:00	03:35:33:00	EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN TO
03:35:33:00	03:35:34:00	EDUCATE RESIDENTS, TO EDUCATE
03:35:34:00	03:35:38:00	CITY OFFICIALS OF HOW UNSAFE
03:35:38:00	03:35:38:00	THIS PRACTICE IS.
03:35:38:00	03:35:39:00	AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT
03:35:39:00	03:35:43:00	DISAGREE WITH ME AND I I
03:35:43:00	03:35:46:00	RESPECT THAT BUT I, I WANT TO
03:35:46:00	03:35:47:00	DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN AS
03:35:47:00	03:35:50:00	A CITY COUNCILOR TO PROVIDE THE
03:35:50:00	03:35:50:00	SAFEST STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
03:35:50:00	03:35:54:00	FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
03:35:54:00	03:35:57:00	I'M AFRAID MADAM MADAM CHAIR,
03:35:57:00	03:35:58:00	THAT IF WE DON'T IF WE DON'T
03:35:58:00	03:36:01:00	IMPLEMENT THIS IN THE CITY
03:36:01:00	03:36:02:00	OF BOSTON THAT THERE WILL BE
03:36:02:00	03:36:05:00	OTHER PEOPLE KILLED CROSSING
03:36:05:00	03:36:06:00	THE STREET UNDER THE SAME
03:36:06:00	03:36:09:00	SCENARIO AS THAT CONCURRENT
03:36:09:00	03:36:13:00	JURISDICTION OF OF OF A VEHICLE
03:36:13:00	03:36:13:00	IN A PEDESTRIAN.
03:36:13:00	03:36:14:00	I THINK IT'S ONLY A MATTER
03:36:14:00	03:36:17:00	OF TIME IN MY OPINION.
03:36:17:00	03:36:18:00	BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE IF WE
03:36:18:00	03:36:21:00	SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE AND LET
03:36:21:00	03:36:24:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON KNOW THAT AS
03:36:24:00	03:36:25:00	DISTRICT COUNCIL IS AS ADELAIDE
03:36:25:00	03:36:29:00	CITY COUNCIL IS WE'RE IN THESE
03:36:29:00	03:36:29:00	NEIGHBORHOODS TOO EVERY DAY AND
03:36:29:00	03:36:32:00	EVERY NIGHT AND RESIDENTS ARE
03:36:32:00	03:36:35:00	ASKING US WE WANT SAFER
03:36:35:00	03:36:36:00	COMMUNITIES, WE WANT SAFER
03:36:36:00	03:36:39:00	STREETS AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO
03:36:39:00	03:36:39:00	PROVIDE IT.
03:36:39:00	03:36:43:00	YES, THE VEHICLE MIGHT HAVE TO
03:36:43:00	03:36:47:00	WAIT AN EXTRA 1520 SECONDS OR
03:36:47:00	03:36:48:00	30 SECONDS BUT I'M WILLING TO
03:36:48:00	03:36:49:00	TAKE THAT RISK.
03:36:49:00	03:36:52:00	I'M WILLING TO INCONVENIENCE
03:36:52:00	03:36:52:00	THE VEHICLE IF IT MEANS
03:36:52:00	03:36:56:00	IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF THOSE
03:36:56:00	03:36:57:00	CROSSING THE STREET AND WHEN
03:36:57:00	03:37:00:00	THOSE THOSE THAT ARE CROSSING
03:37:00:00	03:37:00:00	THE STREET.
03:37:00:00	03:37:01:00	THOSE ARE OUR ELDERLY
03:37:01:00	03:37:01:00	NEIGHBORS.
03:37:01:00	03:37:03:00	THOSE ARE PERSONS WITH
03:37:03:00	03:37:03:00	DISABILITIES.
03:37:03:00	03:37:04:00	I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY PARENTS
03:37:04:00	03:37:05:00	EARLIER IN THE CROSSWALK.
03:37:05:00	03:37:08:00	I SEE DOWN TO THE FLOODPLAIN
03:37:08:00	03:37:10:00	AREA SO I SEE YOUNG FAMILIES
03:37:10:00	03:37:11:00	CROSSING CROSSING IN THE
03:37:11:00	03:37:14:00	CROSSWALK GOING TO GOING TO
03:37:14:00	03:37:15:00	SCHOOL, TAKING THEIR KIDS TO
03:37:15:00	03:37:15:00	SCHOOL.
03:37:15:00	03:37:19:00	YOU ALL SEE IT ALL AND THE CARS
03:37:19:00	03:37:19:00	WILL ZIP BY THEM TAKING A RIGHT
03:37:19:00	03:37:20:00	TURN WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO
03:37:20:00	03:37:23:00	CROSS THE CROSS THE CROSSWALK.
03:37:23:00	03:37:23:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, DIRECTLY
03:37:23:00	03:37:26:00	FOR THAT QUESTION.
03:37:26:00	03:37:27:00	THANK YOU.
03:37:27:00	03:37:28:00	COUNCILOR, CAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO
03:37:28:00	03:37:30:00	RESPOND, YOU MAY.
03:37:30:00	03:37:30:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH THROUGH THE
03:37:30:00	03:37:34:00	CHAIR JUST WANTED TO THANK
03:37:34:00	03:37:34:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
03:37:34:00	03:37:37:00	I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFER I
03:37:37:00	03:37:38:00	WILL BE VOTING YES.
03:37:38:00	03:37:38:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSIONATE
03:37:38:00	03:37:41:00	ADVOCACY FOR THIS.
03:37:41:00	03:37:42:00	OBVIOUSLY I THINK I NEED TO
03:37:42:00	03:37:42:00	LEARN MORE AS THE CHAIR
03:37:42:00	03:37:45:00	OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
03:37:45:00	03:37:45:00	TRANSPORTATION.
03:37:45:00	03:37:46:00	SO THROUGH THE CHAIR I WOULD
03:37:46:00	03:37:49:00	JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE DO
03:37:49:00	03:37:49:00	EITHER WORKING SESSION OR A
03:37:49:00	03:37:52:00	POLICY BRIEFING ON THIS
03:37:52:00	03:37:53:00	PARTICULAR TOPIC AND IN MY
03:37:53:00	03:37:56:00	COMMITTEE AND AND THAT WE CAN
03:37:56:00	03:37:57:00	ALL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
03:37:57:00	03:38:00:00	ADVOCACY THAT'S TAKING PLACE
03:38:00:00	03:38:00:00	HERE.
03:38:00:00	03:38:00:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:38:00:00	03:38:01:00	THANK YOU.
03:38:01:00	03:38:02:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR
03:38:02:00	03:38:04:00	RECOGNIZES I BELIEVE THE ORDER
03:38:04:00	03:38:05:00	WAS WAS IT COUNCILOR SANTANA?
03:38:05:00	03:38:09:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA COVERS ANY
03:38:09:00	03:38:09:00	OF THE FLOOR.
03:38:09:00	03:38:11:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I
03:38:11:00	03:38:11:00	RISE.
03:38:11:00	03:38:15:00	I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:38:15:00	03:38:16:00	FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND
03:38:16:00	03:38:19:00	AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
03:38:19:00	03:38:20:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE HERE ON THE
03:38:20:00	03:38:23:00	CITY COUNCIL I, I PLAN TO VOTE
03:38:23:00	03:38:24:00	IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.
03:38:24:00	03:38:27:00	I, I KNOW THIS I KNOW THAT YOU
03:38:27:00	03:38:28:00	TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
03:38:28:00	03:38:30:00	INCIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT
03:38:30:00	03:38:31:00	COUNCILOR I KNOW
03:38:31:00	03:38:34:00	COUNCILOR WEBER JUST MENTIONED
03:38:34:00	03:38:35:00	, YOU KNOW, GLEN INGRAM AND HIS
03:38:35:00	03:38:35:00	DISTRICT.
03:38:35:00	03:38:38:00	THIS IS A CITY WIDE ISSUE AND
03:38:38:00	03:38:42:00	THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT
03:38:42:00	03:38:42:00	THIS.
03:38:42:00	03:38:43:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SHOULDN'T
03:38:43:00	03:38:45:00	BE NECESSARY TO KEEP HAVING
03:38:45:00	03:38:49:00	SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS IN
03:38:49:00	03:38:49:00	ORDER FOR US TO PARTICULARLY
03:38:49:00	03:38:53:00	WHEN SOMEONE IS DYING RIGHT AND
03:38:53:00	03:38:54:00	IN ORDER FOR US TO FIX THIS
03:38:54:00	03:38:57:00	POLICY FAILURE SO I THINK WE
03:38:57:00	03:38:57:00	NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.
03:38:57:00	03:39:00:00	I THINK THIS IS A TIME TO BE TO
03:39:00:00	03:39:01:00	ACT WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY IN
03:39:01:00	03:39:04:00	ORDER TO REALLY PROTECT OUR
03:39:04:00	03:39:04:00	RESIDENTS.
03:39:04:00	03:39:08:00	SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK
03:39:08:00	03:39:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I PLAN TO
03:39:09:00	03:39:10:00	VOTE WAS A PART OF THIS
03:39:10:00	03:39:10:00	RESOLUTION TODAY.
03:39:10:00	03:39:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:39:12:00	03:39:13:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:13:00	03:39:13:00	THE CHAIR.
03:39:13:00	03:39:14:00	AND IT IS CONSTRUCTED AS A
03:39:14:00	03:39:16:00	PARTY ON THE FLOOR.
03:39:16:00	03:39:17:00	OH, IT WAS IT WAS A
03:39:17:00	03:39:17:00	CONTROVERSIAL CONCEPT.
03:39:17:00	03:39:19:00	GERALD, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?
03:39:19:00	03:39:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:39:19:00	03:39:23:00	I IN SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
03:39:23:00	03:39:23:00	I THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR
03:39:23:00	03:39:26:00	BEING SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
03:39:26:00	03:39:27:00	THERE'S PLENTY OF INSTANCES
03:39:27:00	03:39:27:00	FROM DOWNTOWN TO OUR
03:39:27:00	03:39:27:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
03:39:27:00	03:39:28:00	IF YOU LOOK AT STATE AND
03:39:28:00	03:39:31:00	CONGRESS OR EVEN BACK IN
03:39:31:00	03:39:31:00	DORCHESTER WE HAVE AN
03:39:31:00	03:39:34:00	APPOINTMENT IN GALVIN BOULEVARD
03:39:34:00	03:39:34:00	.
03:39:34:00	03:39:35:00	THE SAME CAN COME IN LIGHTS AND
03:39:35:00	03:39:37:00	SO WE'RE HAPPY TO THINK I'M
03:39:37:00	03:39:38:00	GLAD TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT
03:39:38:00	03:39:39:00	BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT.
03:39:39:00	03:39:42:00	I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH
03:39:42:00	03:39:42:00	HERE AS A BODY.
03:39:42:00	03:39:45:00	I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY IN THIS
03:39:45:00	03:39:45:00	SPECIFIC RESOLUTION
03:39:45:00	03:39:46:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN CALLS OUT THE
03:39:46:00	03:39:49:00	TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT DORCHESTER
03:39:49:00	03:39:49:00	AVENUE IN DORCHESTER STREET
03:39:49:00	03:39:53:00	BOTH NAMED AFTER DORCHESTER AND
03:39:53:00	03:39:54:00	I'LL BE  IF I HAVE AN
03:39:54:00	03:39:54:00	INTERSECTION BESMIRCH MY
03:39:54:00	03:39:56:00	NEIGHBORHOOD'S GOOD NAME AND SO
03:39:56:00	03:39:57:00	I'D LIKE TO GET THIS ONE FIXED
03:39:57:00	03:39:57:00	AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
03:39:57:00	03:39:58:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:58:00	03:39:58:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:58:00	03:40:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:40:00:00	03:40:01:00	COUNCILOR MAGUIRE.
03:40:01:00	03:40:01:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:40:01:00	03:40:04:00	I'M SORRY.
03:40:04:00	03:40:05:00	I JUST I THINK THIS IS THE
03:40:05:00	03:40:05:00	ORDER, SO I'M GOING TO JUST GO
03:40:05:00	03:40:08:00	WITH THAT FROM HERE, OKAY?
03:40:08:00	03:40:09:00	SINCE YOU GAVE IT UP I WAS
03:40:09:00	03:40:09:00	LIKE, YEAH.
03:40:09:00	03:40:09:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
03:40:09:00	03:40:10:00	FLOOR.
03:40:10:00	03:40:11:00	THANK MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:40:11:00	03:40:12:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK
03:40:12:00	03:40:12:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
03:40:12:00	03:40:15:00	I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS AS TO WHEN
03:40:15:00	03:40:16:00	YOU START SAYING I KNOW PEOPLE
03:40:16:00	03:40:19:00	DON'T SUPPORT I ALWAYS I'M LIKE
03:40:19:00	03:40:20:00	HOW DO YA KNOW WHO SUPPORTS AND
03:40:20:00	03:40:22:00	WHO DOESN'T BECAUSE I WALKED IN
03:40:22:00	03:40:26:00	HERE THINKING EVERYTHING I KNEW
03:40:26:00	03:40:27:00	EVEN TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.
03:40:27:00	03:40:27:00	BUT ANYWAYS BUT I'M GLAD TO
03:40:27:00	03:40:30:00	HEAR THAT YOU'RE SUSPICION
03:40:30:00	03:40:30:00	OF PEOPLE NOT SUPPORTING IT IS
03:40:30:00	03:40:34:00	CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE
03:40:34:00	03:40:35:00	BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE ALL
03:40:35:00	03:40:35:00	OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE IN
03:40:35:00	03:40:38:00	SUPPORT OF THIS SO I JUST
03:40:38:00	03:40:39:00	WANTED TO JUST NAME THAT BUT I
03:40:39:00	03:40:42:00	ALSO TO JUST SAY THAT LAST
03:40:42:00	03:40:43:00	NIGHT I WAS AT A CIVIC
03:40:43:00	03:40:43:00	ASSOCIATION MEETING IN WEST
03:40:43:00	03:40:46:00	ROXBURY WITH COUNCILOR WEBER
03:40:46:00	03:40:47:00	WHO ACTUALLY UPLIFTED YOUR
03:40:47:00	03:40:49:00	LEADERSHIP IN THIS PARTICULAR
03:40:49:00	03:40:53:00	SPACE AND TALKED ABOUT YOUR
03:40:53:00	03:40:53:00	WORK.
03:40:53:00	03:40:54:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO I DON'T
03:40:54:00	03:40:57:00	KNOW IF I VIOLATED THE RULES BY
03:40:57:00	03:40:57:00	NAMING SOMEBODY SORRY BUT I
03:40:57:00	03:41:00:00	JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, YOU
03:41:00:00	03:41:01:00	KNOW, YOU MAY NOT BE IN ALL
03:41:01:00	03:41:02:00	SPACES AND PLACES AND YOU KNOW,
03:41:02:00	03:41:04:00	YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOUR
03:41:04:00	03:41:07:00	COLLEAGUES CONTRARY TO WHAT WE
03:41:07:00	03:41:08:00	ALL MAY BELIEVE HERE THAT THAT
03:41:08:00	03:41:12:00	YOUR YOUR LEADERSHIP EXTEND TO
03:41:12:00	03:41:15:00	WEST ROXBURY IN TERMS OF YOUR
03:41:15:00	03:41:16:00	ADVOCACY AROUND PEDESTRIAN
03:41:16:00	03:41:18:00	SAFETY AND COUNCIL RUBBER WAS
03:41:18:00	03:41:19:00	QUICK TO NAME YOUR WORK IN THE
03:41:19:00	03:41:23:00	SPACE THE HEARING ORDER THAT
03:41:23:00	03:41:23:00	YOU WERE GOING TO BE
03:41:23:00	03:41:24:00	INTRODUCING TODAY.
03:41:24:00	03:41:26:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND
03:41:26:00	03:41:27:00	ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR GIVING HIM
03:41:27:00	03:41:30:00	HIS KUDOS BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE
03:41:30:00	03:41:30:00	THAT OFTEN.
03:41:30:00	03:41:31:00	THANK YOU.
03:41:31:00	03:41:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MURPHY
03:41:35:00	03:41:35:00	COMES FROM WHERE WE HAVE THE
03:41:35:00	03:41:36:00	FLOOR.
03:41:36:00	03:41:38:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
03:41:38:00	03:41:38:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
03:41:38:00	03:41:41:00	I DID JUST WANT TO RISE TO SAY
03:41:41:00	03:41:42:00	MY FOURTH YEAR HERE ON THE
03:41:42:00	03:41:44:00	COUNCIL THAT ANY TIME WE'VE HAD
03:41:44:00	03:41:45:00	A TRANSPORTATION HEARING AND
03:41:45:00	03:41:48:00	YOU'VE ALWAYS BROUGHT THIS UP
03:41:48:00	03:41:49:00	AND YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE
03:41:49:00	03:41:52:00	NEED TO CHANGE THAT AND IT HAS
03:41:52:00	03:41:53:00	FALLEN ON DEAF EARS AND IT'S
03:41:53:00	03:41:53:00	NEVER BEEN CHANGED.
03:41:53:00	03:41:56:00	SO I DO THINK AND I'M HAPPY TO
03:41:56:00	03:41:57:00	HEAR THAT WE HOPEFULLY WHEN WE
03:41:57:00	03:42:00:00	VOTE HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
03:42:00:00	03:42:01:00	SUPPORT OF THIS TO SEND A
03:42:01:00	03:42:01:00	MESSAGE TO THE TRANSPORTATION
03:42:01:00	03:42:04:00	DEPARTMENT AND JUST WANTED TO
03:42:04:00	03:42:04:00	MAKE SURE EVERYONE OUT THERE
03:42:04:00	03:42:07:00	KNOWS IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME
03:42:07:00	03:42:08:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS TALKED
03:42:08:00	03:42:08:00	ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC
03:42:08:00	03:42:11:00	TRANSPORTATION CONCERN AND
03:42:11:00	03:42:12:00	THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED YET.
03:42:12:00	03:42:15:00	SO WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO
03:42:15:00	03:42:15:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL CHANGE
03:42:15:00	03:42:16:00	IT.
03:42:16:00	03:42:16:00	AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN
03:42:16:00	03:42:19:00	FOR WANTING TO HAVE SOME SORT
03:42:19:00	03:42:22:00	OF HEARING AFTER THIS TO TALK
03:42:22:00	03:42:23:00	MORE ABOUT IT AND I THINK THAT
03:42:23:00	03:42:24:00	WILL HELP US ADVOCATE TO MAKE
03:42:24:00	03:42:26:00	SURE THAT THIS GETS PASSED
03:42:26:00	03:42:27:00	BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION AS WE
03:42:27:00	03:42:27:00	KNOW SOMETIMES IS NOT EVEN
03:42:27:00	03:42:30:00	WORTH THE PAPER IT'S PRINTED
03:42:30:00	03:42:30:00	ON.
03:42:30:00	03:42:31:00	BUT IF WE ADVOCATE AFTER WE
03:42:31:00	03:42:34:00	LEAVE THE CHAMBERS TODAY AND
03:42:34:00	03:42:35:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER
03:42:35:00	03:42:35:00	TO GET THIS DONE, THEN OUR
03:42:35:00	03:42:40:00	RESIDENTS WILL BE SAFER.
03:42:40:00	03:42:40:00	SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN.
03:42:40:00	03:42:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:42:41:00	03:42:42:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER.
03:42:42:00	03:42:43:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:42:43:00	03:42:43:00	THANKS, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
03:42:43:00	03:42:44:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, FOR
03:42:44:00	03:42:46:00	FLYING, FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
03:42:46:00	03:42:47:00	I DON'T DRIVE, I DON'T BIKE.
03:42:47:00	03:42:49:00	I WALK EVERYWHERE AND SO AM A
03:42:49:00	03:42:50:00	HUGE ADVOCATE FOR PEDESTRIAN
03:42:50:00	03:42:50:00	SAFETY.
03:42:50:00	03:42:51:00	SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
03:42:51:00	03:42:53:00	LEADERSHIP.
03:42:53:00	03:42:54:00	I WILL JUST SAY THOUGH THAT I
03:42:54:00	03:42:57:00	SUPPORT THIS OBVIOUSLY THE
03:42:57:00	03:42:58:00	SENIOR TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN THE
03:42:58:00	03:43:01:00	CITY OF BOSTON THAT WORKS THIS
03:43:01:00	03:43:02:00	IS A NORTHERN RESIDENT AND I
03:43:02:00	03:43:02:00	KNOW THAT HE IS VERY MUCH OPEN
03:43:02:00	03:43:03:00	TO THIS IDEA.
03:43:03:00	03:43:05:00	HE'S ACTUALLY HELPED ME IN THE
03:43:05:00	03:43:06:00	PAST WITH KEENEY SQUARE IN THE
03:43:06:00	03:43:06:00	NORTH END.
03:43:06:00	03:43:07:00	SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE
03:43:07:00	03:43:09:00	RESISTANCE IS ON THIS BUT
03:43:09:00	03:43:09:00	WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH
03:43:09:00	03:43:13:00	THE GREAT CITY WORKERS IN THIS
03:43:13:00	03:43:16:00	IN THIS CITY IS IS ALSO
03:43:16:00	03:43:16:00	IMPORTANT.
03:43:16:00	03:43:17:00	I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONVERSATIONS
03:43:17:00	03:43:19:00	HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE BUT I
03:43:19:00	03:43:20:00	THINK THAT THAT WORKING WITH
03:43:20:00	03:43:21:00	FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE GROUND
03:43:21:00	03:43:23:00	DOING THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY IS
03:43:23:00	03:43:24:00	IS IMPORTANT.
03:43:24:00	03:43:24:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING
03:43:24:00	03:43:25:00	THAT PERSON IN.
03:43:25:00	03:43:27:00	I'M NOT GOING NAME HIM BECAUSE
03:43:27:00	03:43:28:00	I DIDN'T GET PERMISSION BUT I
03:43:28:00	03:43:31:00	KNOW HE WORKS VERY HARD AND I
03:43:31:00	03:43:31:00	APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HE
03:43:31:00	03:43:32:00	DOES AS WELL.
03:43:32:00	03:43:32:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:43:32:00	03:43:36:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN AURÉLIEN FLORA
03:43:36:00	03:43:37:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I
03:43:37:00	03:43:39:00	JUST WANT TO JUST RISE AND SAY
03:43:39:00	03:43:39:00	SAY THANK YOU TO
03:43:39:00	03:43:40:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR
03:43:40:00	03:43:42:00	CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATING
03:43:42:00	03:43:42:00	ADVOCATING FOR PEDESTRIAN
03:43:42:00	03:43:46:00	SAFETY AND AS A DISTRICT
03:43:46:00	03:43:46:00	COUNCILOR ANY TIME YOU KNOW ANY
03:43:46:00	03:43:50:00	OF THESE ISSUES GET BROUGHT UP
03:43:50:00	03:43:50:00	IT'S ALWAYS FEELS GOOD TO GET
03:43:50:00	03:43:51:00	THE SUPPORT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
03:43:51:00	03:43:53:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE
03:43:53:00	03:43:54:00	SOLVING SOMETHING FOR A
03:43:54:00	03:43:58:00	RESIDENT AND INCREASE IN THE
03:43:58:00	03:43:58:00	QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE
03:43:58:00	03:43:59:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:43:59:00	03:44:01:00	SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY
03:44:01:00	03:44:02:00	AND AS A DISTRICT CITY
03:44:02:00	03:44:03:00	COUNCILOR I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD
03:44:03:00	03:44:05:00	IT IS SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
03:44:05:00	03:44:06:00	PUSH TO GET THINGS DONE SO
03:44:06:00	03:44:08:00	THANK YOU.
03:44:08:00	03:44:09:00	THANK YOU.
03:44:09:00	03:44:10:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:44:10:00	03:44:10:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:44:10:00	03:44:13:00	OKAY, I'LL BE BRIEF.
03:44:13:00	03:44:14:00	THANK YOU, DR. FLYNN FOR
03:44:14:00	03:44:14:00	ELEVATING THIS ISSUE.
03:44:14:00	03:44:17:00	EVERYONE WHO DIES IN ANY
03:44:17:00	03:44:17:00	OF REPRODUCTION WHO DIES THAT'S
03:44:17:00	03:44:17:00	A PREVENTABLE DEATH.
03:44:17:00	03:44:20:00	THAT'S A DEATH THAT CAN JUST BE
03:44:20:00	03:44:20:00	PREVENTED.
03:44:20:00	03:44:21:00	AND SO WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO
03:44:21:00	03:44:24:00	MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
03:44:24:00	03:44:24:00	MADE THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
03:44:24:00	03:44:27:00	PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR IN
03:44:27:00	03:44:31:00	JAMAICA PLAIN AND INSTEAD
03:44:31:00	03:44:34:00	OF BOSTON MAY WE DO THIS ON
03:44:34:00	03:44:34:00	THEIR BEHALF.
03:44:34:00	03:44:38:00	SO THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
03:44:38:00	03:44:39:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS A
03:44:39:00	03:44:39:00	SUSPENSION ADOPTION.
03:44:39:00	03:44:44:00	OH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
03:44:44:00	03:44:44:00	ADD THEIR NAME?
03:44:44:00	03:44:44:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE SAID
03:44:44:00	03:44:46:00	COUNCILORS AS A PARTY DURKAN
03:44:46:00	03:44:46:00	FITZGERALD FLYNN O.
03:44:46:00	03:44:46:00	FITZGERALD.
03:44:46:00	03:44:51:00	MARIA MURPHY SANTANA.
03:44:51:00	03:44:51:00	WEBER WUERL PLEASE ADD THE
03:44:51:00	03:44:52:00	CHAIR CATCH OF FLYNN SEEKS
03:44:52:00	03:44:53:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
03:44:53:00	03:44:55:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKING NUMBER 0271
03:44:55:00	03:44:55:00	MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
03:44:55:00	03:44:58:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
03:44:58:00	03:45:02:00	CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER
03:45:02:00	03:45:02:00	0271 COUNCILOR BREADON
03:45:02:00	03:45:05:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA
03:45:05:00	03:45:05:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
03:45:05:00	03:45:06:00	YES.
03:45:06:00	03:45:06:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:45:06:00	03:45:08:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
03:45:08:00	03:45:09:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON
03:45:09:00	03:45:12:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:45:12:00	03:45:13:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:45:13:00	03:45:14:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:45:14:00	03:45:16:00	YES.
03:45:16:00	03:45:16:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:45:16:00	03:45:17:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:45:17:00	03:45:19:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:45:19:00	03:45:20:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES
03:45:20:00	03:45:20:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:45:20:00	03:45:23:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:45:23:00	03:45:23:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN
03:45:23:00	03:45:24:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:45:24:00	03:45:27:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:45:27:00	03:45:28:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:45:28:00	03:45:28:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:45:28:00	03:45:31:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES
03:45:31:00	03:45:33:00	COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK IN NUMBER
03:45:33:00	03:45:34:00	0271 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN
03:45:34:00	03:45:34:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE.
03:45:34:00	03:45:38:00	THANK YOU.
03:45:38:00	03:45:38:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0271 HAS BEEN
03:45:38:00	03:45:42:00	ADOPTED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO A
03:45:42:00	03:45:45:00	GREEN SHEETS IF ANYBODY WOULD
03:45:45:00	03:45:46:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR FOR
03:45:46:00	03:45:49:00	ANYTHING ON THEIR MOTIONS,
03:45:49:00	03:45:50:00	ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
03:45:50:00	03:45:50:00	MR. CLERK I KNOW THAT WE WANTED
03:45:50:00	03:45:53:00	TO ADD COUNCILOR THAT
03:45:53:00	03:45:54:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN SOUGHT TO
03:45:54:00	03:45:54:00	SUSPEND THE RULES AT
03:45:54:00	03:45:57:00	COUNCILOR ZAPATA AS THE THIRD
03:45:57:00	03:46:00:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET
03:46:00:00	03:46:00:00	NUMBER 026 TO JUST ONE.
03:46:00:00	03:46:01:00	MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT NUMBER
03:46:01:00	03:46:03:00	CORRECTLY.
03:46:03:00	03:46:07:00	YES.
03:46:07:00	03:46:08:00	SO COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT
03:46:08:00	03:46:11:00	TO BE ADDED ON THAT DOCKET AS
03:46:11:00	03:46:12:00	THIRD.
03:46:12:00	03:46:12:00	OKAY, THANK YOU.
03:46:12:00	03:46:13:00	THE CHAIR AND THIS IS
03:46:13:00	03:46:14:00	COUNCILOR ALCANTARA.
03:46:14:00	03:46:15:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:46:15:00	03:46:15:00	THANK YOU.
03:46:15:00	03:46:16:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE
03:46:16:00	03:46:18:00	PROCEED, I LIKE TO FORMALLY
03:46:18:00	03:46:21:00	OBJECT TO DOCKET NUMBER 02882
03:46:21:00	03:46:21:00	WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE
03:46:21:00	03:46:25:00	PERCENTAGE TO REQUEST THAT IT
03:46:25:00	03:46:26:00	BE PLACED BEFORE THE FULL
03:46:26:00	03:46:29:00	COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
03:46:29:00	03:46:29:00	OKAY.
03:46:29:00	03:46:29:00	THANK YOU.
03:46:29:00	03:46:30:00	THAT DOCKET ON THE CONSENT
03:46:30:00	03:46:33:00	AGENDA HAS BEEN OBJECTED TO AND
03:46:33:00	03:46:35:00	IS NOW ON MOTIONS ORDERS AND
03:46:35:00	03:46:35:00	RESOLUTIONS.
03:46:35:00	03:46:40:00	SO.
03:46:40:00	03:46:40:00	OKAY.
03:46:40:00	03:46:43:00	OKAY.
03:46:43:00	03:46:44:00	THAT DOCKET ON THE CONSENT
03:46:44:00	03:46:44:00	AGENDA IS TRANSFERRED TO
03:46:44:00	03:46:47:00	MOTIONS ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS.
03:46:47:00	03:46:48:00	WHAT'S THE DOCKET NUMBER?
03:46:48:00	03:46:51:00	CAN YOU READ THE DOCKET NUMBER
03:46:51:00	03:46:51:00	02820282.
03:46:51:00	03:46:51:00	OKAY.
03:46:51:00	03:46:56:00	THANK THAT IS TRANSFERRED TO
03:46:56:00	03:46:56:00	MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
03:46:56:00	03:46:59:00	COUNCILOR AROUND YOU HAVE THE
03:46:59:00	03:46:59:00	FLOOR.
03:46:59:00	03:47:00:00	I GUESS THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
03:47:00:00	03:47:02:00	MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
03:47:02:00	03:47:03:00	IT INTO THE RECORD TALKING
03:47:03:00	03:47:05:00	NUMBER ZERO TO A TWO COUNCILOR.
03:47:05:00	03:47:05:00	COUNCILORS WERE ALL ON THE SAME
03:47:05:00	03:47:08:00	PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING
03:47:08:00	03:47:08:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JANUARY
03:47:08:00	03:47:12:00	20TH AS THE REVEREND DR. LUTHER
03:47:12:00	03:47:13:00	KING JUNIOR DAY IN THE CITY
03:47:13:00	03:47:13:00	OF BOSTON.
03:47:13:00	03:47:13:00	THANK YOU.
03:47:13:00	03:47:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OUR
03:47:17:00	03:47:17:00	OUTCOMES ARE ON THE FLOOR.
03:47:17:00	03:47:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:47:19:00	03:47:20:00	INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
03:47:20:00	03:47:20:00	TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
03:47:20:00	03:47:24:00	THESE WORDS ARE FROM REVEREND
03:47:24:00	03:47:27:00	DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
03:47:27:00	03:47:27:00	RESONATES DEEPLY WITH US HERE
03:47:27:00	03:47:28:00	IN BOSTON, A CITY THAT
03:47:28:00	03:47:31:00	CONTINUES TO STRIVE FOR EQUITY
03:47:31:00	03:47:31:00	AND JUSTICE.
03:47:31:00	03:47:34:00	REVEREND DR. KING UNWAVERING
03:47:34:00	03:47:35:00	COMMITMENT TO NONVIOLENT
03:47:35:00	03:47:38:00	ACTIVISM LED TO MONUMENTAL
03:47:38:00	03:47:39:00	ACHIEVEMENTS SUCH AS THE CIVIL
03:47:39:00	03:47:42:00	RIGHTS ACTS OF 1964 AND THE
03:47:42:00	03:47:44:00	VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965
03:47:44:00	03:47:48:00	TRANSFORMING AMERICA'S SOCIETY
03:47:48:00	03:47:49:00	AND EXPANDING CIVIL LIBERTIES
03:47:49:00	03:47:49:00	FOR MILLIONS.
03:47:49:00	03:47:53:00	BOSTON HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN
03:47:53:00	03:47:53:00	DR. KING'S LEGACY.
03:47:53:00	03:47:56:00	IT WAS HERE THAT HE EARNED HIS
03:47:56:00	03:47:56:00	PH.D. FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY
03:47:56:00	03:48:00:00	AND MET HIS WIFE CORETTA SCOTT
03:48:00:00	03:48:00:00	KING THE EMBRACE STATUE AT
03:48:00:00	03:48:04:00	BOSTON COMMON STANDS AS A
03:48:04:00	03:48:04:00	TESTAMENT TO HIS ENDURING
03:48:04:00	03:48:07:00	IMPACT AND OUR CITY'S
03:48:07:00	03:48:08:00	CONNECTION TO HIS MISSION.
03:48:08:00	03:48:11:00	YET THE CHALLENGES DR. KING
03:48:11:00	03:48:11:00	CONFRONTED STILL PERSIST TODAY.
03:48:11:00	03:48:15:00	RECENT REPORT HIGHLIGHT
03:48:15:00	03:48:16:00	DISPARITIES IN BOSTON,
03:48:16:00	03:48:20:00	UNDERSCORING THE NEED TO
03:48:20:00	03:48:20:00	CONTINUE AND CONTINUE ACTION.
03:48:20:00	03:48:21:00	THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE WE NEED
03:48:21:00	03:48:24:00	INITIATIVES LIKE RIZE THAT
03:48:24:00	03:48:24:00	FOCUS ON ELIMINATING INEQUITIES
03:48:24:00	03:48:27:00	IN OUR CITY BY USING DATA TO
03:48:27:00	03:48:28:00	IDENTIFY THE AREAS WHERE
03:48:28:00	03:48:31:00	REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
03:48:31:00	03:48:32:00	ARE NEEDED THE MOST.
03:48:32:00	03:48:35:00	AS WE RECOGNIZE JANUARY 20TH
03:48:35:00	03:48:36:00	2025 HAS AS REVEREND DR. MARTIN
03:48:36:00	03:48:39:00	LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY IN
03:48:39:00	03:48:40:00	BOSTON, LET US HONOR HIS LEGACY
03:48:40:00	03:48:43:00	BY RECOMMITTING TO THE FIGHT
03:48:43:00	03:48:43:00	FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY.
03:48:43:00	03:48:46:00	AND I'D LIKE TO SPEND THE ROSE
03:48:46:00	03:48:47:00	TO REQUEST PASSAGE OF THIS
03:48:47:00	03:48:47:00	RESOLUTION.
03:48:47:00	03:48:47:00	THANK YOU.
03:48:47:00	03:48:48:00	THANK YOU.
03:48:48:00	03:48:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:48:50:00	03:48:51:00	SANTANA SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE
03:48:51:00	03:48:54:00	FLOOR.
03:48:54:00	03:48:54:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:48:54:00	03:48:58:00	AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORLD
03:48:58:00	03:48:59:00	FOR PUTTING ME IN THIS
03:48:59:00	03:49:03:00	RESOLUTION.
03:49:03:00	03:49:03:00	I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT ANY
03:49:03:00	03:49:04:00	OF THE STUFF THAT YOU JUST
03:49:04:00	03:49:05:00	CITED AND IN THE HISTORY BUT
03:49:05:00	03:49:06:00	YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY
03:49:06:00	03:49:09:00	IMPORTANT DAY FOR ME AND I
03:49:09:00	03:49:10:00	THINK FOR FOR MANY PEOPLE HERE
03:49:10:00	03:49:13:00	IN THE CITY BOSTON, I THINK AS
03:49:13:00	03:49:17:00	WE'RE APPROACHING YOU KNOW, I'M
03:49:17:00	03:49:17:00	OKAY DAY AND I'M OKAY WEEKEND
03:49:17:00	03:49:20:00	THING I REALLY WANT TO REMIND
03:49:20:00	03:49:21:00	MY COLLEAGUES THAT'S WHERE YOU
03:49:21:00	03:49:24:00	KNOW POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO
03:49:24:00	03:49:27:00	JUST ALSO YOU YOU KNOW I THINK
03:49:27:00	03:49:28:00	THINK DEEPER ABOUT SOME OF THE
03:49:28:00	03:49:31:00	POLICIES THAT WE CAN BE PUSHING
03:49:31:00	03:49:31:00	SOME OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW
03:49:31:00	03:49:34:00	ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT WE CAN BE
03:49:34:00	03:49:35:00	DOING THAT WEEK AND THAT THAT
03:49:35:00	03:49:38:00	WEEKEND THAT DAY IS FILLED WITH
03:49:38:00	03:49:38:00	INTENTIONAL SERVICE.
03:49:38:00	03:49:42:00	SO I THINK I THINK MANY OF US
03:49:42:00	03:49:45:00	DO THAT AND JUST WANT TO MAKE
03:49:45:00	03:49:46:00	SURE THAT WE'RE INTENTIONAL
03:49:46:00	03:49:50:00	ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR SO I
03:49:50:00	03:49:50:00	REALLY WANT TO THANK HOUSE
03:49:50:00	03:49:51:00	TOMORROW FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
03:49:51:00	03:49:56:00	THIS AND YOU KNOW ALSO I DO
03:49:56:00	03:49:57:00	WANT TO MENTION I THINK ALSO AS
03:49:57:00	03:50:00:00	WE'RE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
03:50:00:00	03:50:03:00	ALSO LIKE TO QUOTE MANY QUOTES
03:50:03:00	03:50:04:00	FROM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
03:50:04:00	03:50:07:00	I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK BEING
03:50:07:00	03:50:10:00	INTENTIONAL ALSO ABOUT READING
03:50:10:00	03:50:11:00	IN THE FLOOR QUOTES AND TRYING
03:50:11:00	03:50:14:00	TO NOT MISREPRESENT SOME OF THE
03:50:14:00	03:50:15:00	SOME OF THE PHRASES AND WORDS
03:50:15:00	03:50:18:00	THAT ARE BEING USED I THINK IS
03:50:18:00	03:50:18:00	ALSO IMPORTANT.
03:50:18:00	03:50:22:00	BUT YOU KNOW, REALLY ONE THING
03:50:22:00	03:50:23:00	AGAIN COUNCILOR AS WELL I LOOK
03:50:23:00	03:50:25:00	FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS
03:50:25:00	03:50:25:00	RESOLUTION.
03:50:25:00	03:50:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:50:26:00	03:50:26:00	THANK YOU.
03:50:26:00	03:50:28:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ON
03:50:28:00	03:50:29:00	THIS MATTER?
03:50:29:00	03:50:29:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
03:50:29:00	03:50:32:00	WELFARE AND SANTANA FOR
03:50:32:00	03:50:32:00	BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION
03:50:32:00	03:50:36:00	FORWARD.
03:50:36:00	03:50:39:00	THERE ARE SO MANY STRUGGLES IN
03:50:39:00	03:50:39:00	IDENTIFYING AND MAKING, YOU
03:50:39:00	03:50:43:00	KNOW, SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY WHO
03:50:43:00	03:50:47:00	HADN'T MET SO MUCH A HOLIDAY IT
03:50:47:00	03:50:47:00	DIDN'T IT DOESN'T COME EASY.
03:50:47:00	03:50:50:00	THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS AT THE
03:50:50:00	03:50:51:00	12TH STREET BAPTIST 12TH
03:50:51:00	03:50:51:00	BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THEIR ANNUAL
03:50:51:00	03:50:54:00	INVOCATION OF DR. KING BECAUSE
03:50:54:00	03:50:58:00	THAT WAS DR. KING'S CHURCH AND
03:50:58:00	03:50:59:00	JUST THE SANITIZED MESSAGE THAT
03:50:59:00	03:51:02:00	WE OFTEN GET ABOUT DR. KING
03:51:02:00	03:51:03:00	WHEN HE WAS KILLED FIGHTING FOR
03:51:03:00	03:51:05:00	ASSASSINATED, FIGHTING FOR
03:51:05:00	03:51:06:00	ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR SANITATION
03:51:06:00	03:51:09:00	WORKERS, BLACK SANITATION
03:51:09:00	03:51:09:00	WORKERS DOWN IN MEMPHIS,
03:51:09:00	03:51:10:00	TENNESSEE AND THE FIGHT FOR
03:51:10:00	03:51:13:00	RACIAL JUSTICE AND IS
03:51:13:00	03:51:13:00	INEXTRICABLE WITH THE FIGHT FOR
03:51:13:00	03:51:14:00	ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR VOTING
03:51:14:00	03:51:17:00	RIGHTS.
03:51:17:00	03:51:18:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENDORSE
03:51:18:00	03:51:21:00	THAT MESSAGE THAT WE DON'T
03:51:21:00	03:51:24:00	SANITIZE DR. KING AND WHAT HE
03:51:24:00	03:51:27:00	WAS FIGHTING FOR AND THAT WE DO
03:51:27:00	03:51:28:00	NOT DO IT.
03:51:28:00	03:51:31:00	DR. KING OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AND
03:51:31:00	03:51:32:00	OFTEN DEMONSTRATED WHO DIED AT
03:51:32:00	03:51:34:00	THE YOUNG AGE OF 39 OF CHOOSING
03:51:34:00	03:51:38:00	COURAGE OVER FEAR ESPECIALLY
03:51:38:00	03:51:38:00	AND IN THIS YEAR.
03:51:38:00	03:51:42:00	SO THANK YOU COUNSELS WORRELL
03:51:42:00	03:51:42:00	AND SANTANA.
03:51:42:00	03:51:46:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:51:46:00	03:51:47:00	THEIR NAME?
03:51:47:00	03:51:47:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
03:51:47:00	03:51:48:00	COUNSELORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA
03:51:48:00	03:51:50:00	DURKAN FITZGERALD.
03:51:50:00	03:51:51:00	FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY WEBER PLEASE
03:51:51:00	03:51:54:00	ADD THE CHAIR.
03:51:54:00	03:51:57:00	DOCKET NUMBER COUNSELORS WERE L
03:51:57:00	03:51:58:00	AND SANTANA SEEK SUSPENSION
03:51:58:00	03:52:01:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
03:52:01:00	03:52:04:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER IS 80282028 TO
03:52:04:00	03:52:08:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALSO
03:52:08:00	03:52:08:00	SAY NAY.
03:52:08:00	03:52:09:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:52:09:00	03:52:12:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
03:52:12:00	03:52:13:00	I'LL MR QUICK, WILL YOU PLEASE
03:52:13:00	03:52:15:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
03:52:15:00	03:52:19:00	CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER
03:52:19:00	03:52:19:00	0282.
03:52:19:00	03:52:22:00	COUNSELOR BREADON COUNSELOR
03:52:22:00	03:52:23:00	COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNSELOR
03:52:23:00	03:52:24:00	AS A PARTY YES.
03:52:24:00	03:52:26:00	COUNSELOR DURKIN COUNSELOR
03:52:26:00	03:52:26:00	DURKIN YES.
03:52:26:00	03:52:29:00	COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON.
03:52:29:00	03:52:29:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:52:29:00	03:52:30:00	COUNSELOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:52:30:00	03:52:33:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:52:33:00	03:52:34:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:52:34:00	03:52:34:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:52:34:00	03:52:38:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:52:38:00	03:52:38:00	COUNSELOR MEJIA.
03:52:38:00	03:52:38:00	COUNSELOR MEJIA.
03:52:38:00	03:52:39:00	YES.
03:52:39:00	03:52:41:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNSELOR
03:52:41:00	03:52:41:00	MURPHY YES.
03:52:41:00	03:52:42:00	COUNSELOR PIPPIN COUNSELOR
03:52:42:00	03:52:45:00	SANTANA YES.
03:52:45:00	03:52:45:00	COUNSELOR SANTANA YES.
03:52:45:00	03:52:46:00	COUNSELOR WEBER YES.
03:52:46:00	03:52:49:00	COUNSELOR WEBER YES.
03:52:49:00	03:52:49:00	AND COUNSELOR YES.
03:52:49:00	03:52:50:00	COUNSELOR WELL YES.
03:52:50:00	03:52:52:00	TALKING NUMBER 02A2 HAS
03:52:52:00	03:52:53:00	RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE
03:52:53:00	03:52:55:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
03:52:55:00	03:52:56:00	THANK YOU, DR. NUMBER 0282 HAS
03:52:56:00	03:52:59:00	PASSED.
03:52:59:00	03:53:00:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
03:53:00:00	03:53:02:00	NAME TO A DOCKET UNDER ZERO TWO
03:53:02:00	03:53:03:00	UNDER OUR MOTIONS, ORDERS AND
03:53:03:00	03:53:05:00	RESOLUTIONS.
03:53:05:00	03:53:06:00	OKAY.
03:53:06:00	03:53:07:00	WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
03:53:07:00	03:53:09:00	SHEETS.
03:53:09:00	03:53:10:00	I KNOW THAT THERE WE HAVE THREE
03:53:10:00	03:53:13:00	POLLS THAT I KNOW OF FROM GREEN
03:53:13:00	03:53:13:00	SHEETS.
03:53:13:00	03:53:14:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, COUNSELOR
03:53:14:00	03:53:15:00	THAT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE
03:53:15:00	03:53:16:00	FLOOR.
03:53:16:00	03:53:17:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:53:17:00	03:53:19:00	I'D LIKE TO CALL DOCKET ZERO
03:53:19:00	03:53:20:00	ONE FOR THREE FROM THE GREEN
03:53:20:00	03:53:23:00	SHEETS PLEASE.
03:53:23:00	03:53:23:00	UH, OKAY.
03:53:23:00	03:53:24:00	MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT
03:53:24:00	03:53:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0143.
03:53:25:00	03:53:26:00	OKAY.
03:53:26:00	03:53:27:00	CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE
03:53:27:00	03:53:30:00	RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE AND
03:53:30:00	03:53:31:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS DOCKET
03:53:31:00	03:53:33:00	NUMBER 0143 PETITION FOR A
03:53:33:00	03:53:34:00	SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO
03:53:34:00	03:53:37:00	SENIOR HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAX
03:53:37:00	03:53:37:00	EXEMPTION.
03:53:37:00	03:53:37:00	THANK YOU.
03:53:37:00	03:53:43:00	AND ABSENT OBJECTION.
03:53:43:00	03:53:44:00	THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE
03:53:44:00	03:53:49:00	THOSE BEFORE THE BODY AND FOR
03:53:49:00	03:53:49:00	DISCUSSION.
03:53:49:00	03:53:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:53:49:00	03:53:51:00	COUNCILOR IT IS ABOUT TO.
03:53:51:00	03:53:51:00	THANK YOU.
03:53:51:00	03:53:52:00	I'D ALSO LIKE TO MOTION TO
03:53:52:00	03:53:54:00	SUBSTITUTE A NEW COPY.
03:53:54:00	03:53:55:00	THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED.
03:53:55:00	03:53:59:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY
03:53:59:00	03:53:59:00	NAY.
03:53:59:00	03:54:00:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:54:00:00	03:54:01:00	COUNSELOR CLUB IS A COPY ON THE
03:54:01:00	03:54:01:00	FLOOR.
03:54:01:00	03:54:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:54:02:00	03:54:05:00	THIS IS A HOME RULE PETITION
03:54:05:00	03:54:06:00	ALLOWING FOR A SENIOR TAX
03:54:06:00	03:54:06:00	ABATEMENT.
03:54:06:00	03:54:10:00	THE ONLY SUBSTITUTION IS IN THE
03:54:10:00	03:54:11:00	HEREBY ORDERED SO THAT IT
03:54:11:00	03:54:13:00	ALLOWS THE STATE TO AMEND THIS
03:54:13:00	03:54:14:00	HOME RULE PETITION WHICH MEANS
03:54:14:00	03:54:18:00	THAT THEY CAN OF THE STATE
03:54:18:00	03:54:18:00	HOUSE OUR COLLEAGUES AT THEIR
03:54:18:00	03:54:21:00	OWN CAN AMEND IT SO I'LL PASS
03:54:21:00	03:54:22:00	IT TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR ANY
03:54:22:00	03:54:26:00	REMARKS THAT HE WANTS TO SAY ON
03:54:26:00	03:54:26:00	THIS DOCKET.
03:54:26:00	03:54:26:00	THANK YOU.
03:54:26:00	03:54:27:00	THANK YOU.
03:54:27:00	03:54:27:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:54:27:00	03:54:30:00	WHERE OUTCOMES WHERE I HAVE THE
03:54:30:00	03:54:30:00	FLOOR.
03:54:30:00	03:54:30:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR CARLITO
03:54:30:00	03:54:31:00	ZAPATA FOR PULLING THIS OUT
03:54:31:00	03:54:33:00	OF GREEN SHEETS.
03:54:33:00	03:54:34:00	THIS IS THE HOME RULE PETITION
03:54:34:00	03:54:36:00	THAT I INTRODUCED LAST WEEK
03:54:36:00	03:54:37:00	PROVIDING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
03:54:37:00	03:54:37:00	FOR SENIORS.
03:54:37:00	03:54:40:00	THIS PETITION RAISES THE
03:54:40:00	03:54:41:00	EXEMPTION AMOUNT AND INCREASES
03:54:41:00	03:54:44:00	THE INCOME AND ASSET THRESHOLDS
03:54:44:00	03:54:45:00	SO THAT MANY MORE SENIORS CAN
03:54:45:00	03:54:48:00	QUALIFY FOR RELIEF.
03:54:48:00	03:54:49:00	MANY OF OUR SENIORS HAVE PAID
03:54:49:00	03:54:49:00	OFF THEIR MORTGAGE BUT LIVED
03:54:49:00	03:54:52:00	OFF FIXED INCOMES AND ARE
03:54:52:00	03:54:53:00	STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE
03:54:53:00	03:54:53:00	RISE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND A
03:54:53:00	03:54:55:00	FEW OF OUR HEARING ORDERS HAVE
03:54:55:00	03:54:56:00	SPOKEN TO THAT TODAY.
03:54:56:00	03:54:59:00	THE SUBSTITUTION DOESN'T CHANGE
03:54:59:00	03:55:00:00	ANYTHING FROM THIS WHOLE
03:55:00:00	03:55:03:00	FUNERAL HOME RULE PETITION THAT
03:55:03:00	03:55:04:00	PASSED THIS BODY IN 2022 WHICH
03:55:04:00	03:55:07:00	I BELIEVE A FEW OF US VOTED ON
03:55:07:00	03:55:10:00	HERE IN CHAMBERS.
03:55:10:00	03:55:11:00	IT SIMPLY ALLOWS THIS TO BE
03:55:11:00	03:55:13:00	AMENDED AT THE STATE HOUSE
03:55:13:00	03:55:14:00	RATHER THAN ADOPTED WITH
03:55:14:00	03:55:14:00	PRECISE LANGUAGE.
03:55:14:00	03:55:18:00	AND AGAIN, THIS MAKES IT MORE
03:55:18:00	03:55:18:00	FOR SENIORS TO BE ELIGIBLE MORE
03:55:18:00	03:55:21:00	SENIORS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
03:55:21:00	03:55:22:00	FOR THE SENIOR TAX CREDIT AND
03:55:22:00	03:55:25:00	IT TRIPLES THE AMOUNT OF THE
03:55:25:00	03:55:25:00	CREDIT YOU KNOW, WE HEAR FROM
03:55:25:00	03:55:29:00	SO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THE RISE
03:55:29:00	03:55:30:00	IN PROPERTY TAXES AND I THINK
03:55:30:00	03:55:33:00	IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO GET
03:55:33:00	03:55:34:00	SOMETHING PASSED AS SOON AS
03:55:34:00	03:55:37:00	POSSIBLE TO GET THAT RELIEF TO
03:55:37:00	03:55:37:00	OUR SENIORS.
03:55:37:00	03:55:37:00	THANK YOU.
03:55:37:00	03:55:38:00	THANK YOU.
03:55:38:00	03:55:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THIS.
03:55:41:00	03:55:42:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:55:42:00	03:55:42:00	MURPHY.
03:55:42:00	03:55:44:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
03:55:44:00	03:55:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:55:45:00	03:55:48:00	JUST TO BE CLEAR CONTROL ISN'T
03:55:48:00	03:55:49:00	THIS THE HEARING ORDER THAT I'M
03:55:49:00	03:55:49:00	AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON WITH
03:55:49:00	03:55:52:00	YOU FROM LAST WEEK?
03:55:52:00	03:55:56:00	WHEN DID YOU MAKE THIS DECISION
03:55:56:00	03:55:56:00	TO PULL IT FROM THE GREEN
03:55:56:00	03:55:57:00	SHEETS AND ARE YOU ASKING FOR A
03:55:57:00	03:56:00:00	VOTE OR JUST ASKING FOR A
03:56:00:00	03:56:01:00	SUBSTITUTION SO WHEN THE
03:56:01:00	03:56:04:00	HEARING HAPPENS WE HAVE THE NEW
03:56:04:00	03:56:04:00	LANGUAGE TO THE CHAIR COUNSELOR
03:56:04:00	03:56:05:00	WELL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
03:56:05:00	03:56:07:00	RESPOND YOU MAY WE ARE WE ARE
03:56:07:00	03:56:11:00	MOVING FOR A VOTE JUST TO MAKE
03:56:11:00	03:56:12:00	SURE THAT WE GET IT IN ON TIME
03:56:12:00	03:56:15:00	WITH THROUGH THE HOUSE
03:56:15:00	03:56:15:00	COUNCILOR WHERE I'LL FINISH
03:56:15:00	03:56:16:00	SPEAKING AND THEN WE'RE DONE
03:56:16:00	03:56:19:00	BECAUSE WHILE YOU HAVE THE
03:56:19:00	03:56:19:00	FLOOR.
03:56:19:00	03:56:21:00	SO ON JANUARY 17TH STATE
03:56:21:00	03:56:22:00	REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE
03:56:22:00	03:56:22:00	INTRODUCING ALL THE PIECES
03:56:22:00	03:56:25:00	OF LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO GET
03:56:25:00	03:56:26:00	A PART OF THAT BIG FOLLOWING
03:56:26:00	03:56:26:00	LEGISLATION THAT ARE BEING
03:56:26:00	03:56:29:00	INTRODUCED BY ALL STATE
03:56:29:00	03:56:30:00	REPRESENTATIVES AND GET A
03:56:30:00	03:56:30:00	HEARING DATE.
03:56:30:00	03:56:33:00	WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
03:56:33:00	03:56:36:00	PUT THE SENIOR TAX CREDIT OR
03:56:36:00	03:56:37:00	TAX EXEMPTION UP THERE TO HAVE
03:56:37:00	03:56:40:00	IT HERE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:56:40:00	03:56:41:00	WE GET THIS A HEARING AND THEN
03:56:41:00	03:56:44:00	ALSO PASS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
03:56:44:00	03:56:44:00	TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR OUR
03:56:44:00	03:56:45:00	SENIORS.
03:56:45:00	03:56:45:00	YES.
03:56:45:00	03:56:48:00	SO MY FIRST QUESTION THAT'S WHY
03:56:48:00	03:56:51:00	I INTERRUPTED WAS IS THIS THE
03:56:51:00	03:56:52:00	SAME ONE THAT I'M AN ORIGINAL
03:56:52:00	03:56:55:00	CO-SPONSOR?
03:56:55:00	03:56:56:00	SO IS THERE A REASON WHY WHEN
03:56:56:00	03:56:59:00	YOU SPEAK ABOUT WE I WASN'T
03:56:59:00	03:57:00:00	INCLUDED IN THAT CONVERSATION
03:57:00:00	03:57:03:00	AND THAT I'M JUST HEARING ABOUT
03:57:03:00	03:57:03:00	IT NOW AT THE END OF THE
03:57:03:00	03:57:06:00	COUNCIL MEETING CANTRELL IF YOU
03:57:06:00	03:57:07:00	WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE
03:57:07:00	03:57:11:00	CHAIR YOU MAY COUNTER OR YOU
03:57:11:00	03:57:14:00	HAVE THE FLOOR WHAT COUNTY
03:57:14:00	03:57:15:00	COUNCIL ORAL HAS THE FLOOR AND
03:57:15:00	03:57:15:00	THEN OKAY.
03:57:15:00	03:57:16:00	AND AS AS THE ORIGINAL
03:57:16:00	03:57:19:00	CO-SPONSOR YOU KNOW IN ORDER TO
03:57:19:00	03:57:21:00	YOU KNOW MOVE OUR JUST URGENTLY
03:57:21:00	03:57:22:00	WE DECIDED TO BRING IT UP FOR A
03:57:22:00	03:57:26:00	VOTE TODAY THANK YOU THROUGH
03:57:26:00	03:57:26:00	THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MURPHY IF
03:57:26:00	03:57:29:00	YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU
03:57:29:00	03:57:30:00	MAY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
03:57:30:00	03:57:31:00	ANOTHER STATEMENT JUST TO BE
03:57:31:00	03:57:33:00	CLEAR I HAD FILED A HEARING
03:57:33:00	03:57:34:00	ORDER OF COMMERCIAL PETITION
03:57:34:00	03:57:37:00	LAST WEEK THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR
03:57:37:00	03:57:41:00	TO THE ONE WITH THE SENIOR CAVO
03:57:41:00	03:57:41:00	BUT MINE INCLUDED THE SENIORS
03:57:41:00	03:57:44:00	AND MORE SO COUNCIL WERE ALL
03:57:44:00	03:57:47:00	AND I DID SPEAK ABOUT NOT RULE
03:57:47:00	03:57:48:00	15 AND HIS AND MAKING SURE THAT
03:57:48:00	03:57:51:00	WE HAD BOTH HEARINGS BUT I
03:57:51:00	03:57:52:00	JOINED ON TO HIS HE JOINED ONTO
03:57:52:00	03:57:55:00	MINE AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS
03:57:55:00	03:57:55:00	THAT WE WERE GOING TO WORK
03:57:55:00	03:57:56:00	TOGETHER TO MOVE THIS FORWARD
03:57:56:00	03:57:59:00	SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY
03:57:59:00	03:58:03:00	BUT HOPING THAT MY HEARING ALSO
03:58:03:00	03:58:03:00	WHICH WAS INCLUDING THE
03:58:03:00	03:58:04:00	CONVERSATION AND THE IMPORTANCE
03:58:04:00	03:58:07:00	FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THE END
03:58:07:00	03:58:07:00	OF THIS MEETING I'LL BE WISHING
03:58:07:00	03:58:10:00	MY DAD PAPA JACQUES HIS 91ST
03:58:10:00	03:58:11:00	BIRTHDAY YOU KNOW MY AUNTIE
03:58:11:00	03:58:16:00	PEGGY WILL BE TURNING 85 SOON,
03:58:16:00	03:58:16:00	UNDERSTAND 100%.
03:58:16:00	03:58:17:00	I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN MY
03:58:17:00	03:58:20:00	FAMILY BE SURROUNDED BY STRONG
03:58:20:00	03:58:20:00	SENIORS.
03:58:20:00	03:58:23:00	WE HAVE LONG GENES IN OUR
03:58:23:00	03:58:24:00	FAMILY WHICH THEN COMES WITH
03:58:24:00	03:58:27:00	AGING PARENTS AND ALL OF THE
03:58:27:00	03:58:28:00	THINGS WE KNOW IN THIS
03:58:28:00	03:58:28:00	COUNCIL IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE
03:58:28:00	03:58:31:00	SURE THAT OUR ROLE HERE ON THE
03:58:31:00	03:58:31:00	COUNCIL WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR
03:58:31:00	03:58:34:00	SENIORS ANY WAY WE CAN SO I DO
03:58:34:00	03:58:35:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
03:58:35:00	03:58:38:00	GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT I
03:58:38:00	03:58:38:00	FEEL THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO
03:58:38:00	03:58:42:00	HAVE ORIGINAL ALL SPONSORS THAT
03:58:42:00	03:58:46:00	WE TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE WE PULL
03:58:46:00	03:58:46:00	HEARINGS FROM THE GREEN SHEETS
03:58:46:00	03:58:47:00	TO GO FOR A VOTE.
03:58:47:00	03:58:50:00	BUT I DO THINK AND THANK YOU
03:58:50:00	03:58:50:00	ALWAYS FOR SPEAKING UP ABOUT
03:58:50:00	03:58:54:00	PEOPLE'S VOICES YOU KNOW, I
03:58:54:00	03:58:57:00	KNOW YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO DO IT
03:58:57:00	03:58:58:00	AND I APPRECIATE IT THOUGH
03:58:58:00	03:58:59:00	BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
03:58:59:00	03:59:02:00	EVERYONE'S VOICE IS HEARD AND
03:59:02:00	03:59:03:00	IT'S NOT JUST TO POLITICALLY BE
03:59:03:00	03:59:05:00	ATTACHED TO SOMETHING.
03:59:05:00	03:59:06:00	IT'S IF WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER
03:59:06:00	03:59:07:00	ON THINGS WE HAVE TO WORK
03:59:07:00	03:59:09:00	TOGETHER ON THINGS.
03:59:09:00	03:59:10:00	SO I'M HOPING THAT GOING
03:59:10:00	03:59:13:00	FORWARD WE WILL DO THAT AND I'M
03:59:13:00	03:59:14:00	HOPING THAT MINE BECAUSE MAYBE
03:59:14:00	03:59:15:00	I WOULD HAVE PULLED MINE AND IF
03:59:15:00	03:59:17:00	WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME
03:59:17:00	03:59:18:00	SUPPORT WE WOULD HAVE PUT MINE
03:59:18:00	03:59:18:00	RIGHT UP THERE.
03:59:18:00	03:59:20:00	YOU KNOW THE ONE THAT I
03:59:20:00	03:59:21:00	ORIGINALLY FILED AND THERE CAN
03:59:21:00	03:59:24:00	BE MANY CONVERSATIONS BUT A
03:59:24:00	03:59:24:00	HEARING WOULD HAVE HAD IT SO
03:59:24:00	03:59:28:00	HOPING THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
03:59:28:00	03:59:28:00	AGAIN.
03:59:28:00	03:59:28:00	THANK YOU.
03:59:28:00	03:59:28:00	THANK YOU.
03:59:28:00	03:59:29:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:59:29:00	03:59:31:00	COUNCILOR MCKEE.
03:59:31:00	03:59:32:00	IT COMES FROM A HEARING ON THE
03:59:32:00	03:59:33:00	FLOOR I'M IN DIVORCE COURT AND
03:59:33:00	03:59:35:00	I GOT TO PICK MY PARENTS SO
03:59:35:00	03:59:39:00	TERRIBLE CASE LAW WE NEED TO
03:59:39:00	03:59:42:00	SEE TO THIS HALL BUT I JUST
03:59:42:00	03:59:48:00	THINK THIS IS JUST IT'S IT'S
03:59:48:00	03:59:49:00	2025 AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT
03:59:49:00	03:59:53:00	WE CAN FIND ANOTHER WAY.
03:59:53:00	03:59:53:00	I'M TRYING REALLY HARD.
03:59:53:00	03:59:56:00	I'M REALLY TRYING HARD TO LIKE
03:59:56:00	03:59:57:00	SHOW UP HERE.
03:59:57:00	04:00:00:00	ELLEN, YOU HAVE SEEN IT.
04:00:00:00	04:00:03:00	YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS
04:00:03:00	04:00:07:00	BUT LIKE WE NEED TO DO BETTER
04:00:07:00	04:00:07:00	AS COLLEAGUES.
04:00:07:00	04:00:11:00	LIKE NO ONE LIKES SURPRISES.
04:00:11:00	04:00:12:00	I'VE SEEN THEM HAPPEN EVEN
04:00:12:00	04:00:15:00	TODAY.
04:00:15:00	04:00:16:00	I GOT A CALL THIS MORNING OUT
04:00:16:00	04:00:16:00	OF COURTESY ABOUT A HEARING
04:00:16:00	04:00:18:00	ORDER THAT YOU AND I WERE
04:00:18:00	04:00:19:00	CO-SPONSORING AND I FOUND OUT
04:00:19:00	04:00:22:00	AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT WE WERE
04:00:22:00	04:00:23:00	GOING TO BE BRINGING IT UP FOR
04:00:23:00	04:00:23:00	A VOTE.
04:00:23:00	04:00:27:00	I KNOW AND I AM GLAD THAT I AM
04:00:27:00	04:00:27:00	NOT PART OF THE COOL KIDS CLUB.
04:00:27:00	04:00:29:00	I DON'T WANT TO BE I ACTUALLY
04:00:29:00	04:00:30:00	LIKE THE WAY I ROLL.
04:00:30:00	04:00:33:00	I'M INDEPENDENT.
04:00:33:00	04:00:34:00	I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ANYTHING
04:00:34:00	04:00:37:00	HERE BUT AT A PROFESSIONAL
04:00:37:00	04:00:37:00	COURTESY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
04:00:37:00	04:00:41:00	FOR US TO START DEMONSTRATING A
04:00:41:00	04:00:42:00	LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DIFFERENT
04:00:42:00	04:00:45:00	WAY OF DYNAMICS BECAUSE WE
04:00:45:00	04:00:46:00	SHOULD NOT BE HEARING ABOUT
04:00:46:00	04:00:49:00	VOTES THAT ARE BEING TAKEN OUT
04:00:49:00	04:00:52:00	AND I CAME OUT OF THE CHAIR
04:00:52:00	04:00:53:00	OF GOVERNMENT OPS.
04:00:53:00	04:00:54:00	I'M GOING TO ASSUME THERE WAS A
04:00:54:00	04:00:56:00	CONVERSATION THAT HAD HAPPENED
04:00:56:00	04:00:59:00	OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL
04:00:59:00	04:00:59:00	CO-SPONSORS.
04:00:59:00	04:01:00:00	SO I JUST THINK LIKE OUT
04:01:00:00	04:01:04:00	OF FAIRNESS I THINK THAT WE
04:01:04:00	04:01:04:00	NEED TO START LEARNING HOW TO
04:01:04:00	04:01:08:00	BE MORE, YOU KNOW, COURTESY TO
04:01:08:00	04:01:11:00	EACH OTHER AND I'M NOT HERE TO
04:01:11:00	04:01:11:00	DEFEND COUNSELOR MURPHY BECAUSE
04:01:11:00	04:01:15:00	YOU COULD FIGHT YOUR OWN
04:01:15:00	04:01:15:00	BATTLES.
04:01:15:00	04:01:15:00	OKAY?
04:01:15:00	04:01:16:00	I'M HERE TO FIGHT MY OWN I'VE
04:01:16:00	04:01:18:00	GOT ENOUGH BATTLES TO FIGHT UP
04:01:18:00	04:01:19:00	IN HERE SO I DON'T NEED
04:01:19:00	04:01:20:00	EVERYBODY ELSE'S DRAMA AND
04:01:20:00	04:01:22:00	DRAMA TO CARRY YOU ALONG WITH
04:01:22:00	04:01:22:00	ME.
04:01:22:00	04:01:23:00	BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE NEED TO
04:01:23:00	04:01:26:00	START WE NEED AND I DON'T KNOW
04:01:26:00	04:01:27:00	WHERE THE LEADERSHIP COMES FROM
04:01:27:00	04:01:28:00	AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS
04:01:28:00	04:01:31:00	RESPONSE OF ALL FOR THE WAY WE
04:01:31:00	04:01:32:00	GOVERN HERE AND HOW WE SHOW UP
04:01:32:00	04:01:34:00	FOR EACH OTHER AS COLLEAGUES.
04:01:34:00	04:01:35:00	BUT WHATEVER IT IS I THINK THAT
04:01:35:00	04:01:38:00	I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE
04:01:38:00	04:01:39:00	HAVE SOME SORT OF LIKE A
04:01:39:00	04:01:42:00	MEETING WITH THE COUNCILORS TOO
04:01:42:00	04:01:43:00	SO WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT GROUP
04:01:43:00	04:01:46:00	DYNAMICS COURTESY BECAUSE
04:01:46:00	04:01:50:00	OTHERWISE IF WE DON'T GET AHEAD
04:01:50:00	04:01:51:00	OF THIS WE HAVE A WHOLE YEAR
04:01:51:00	04:01:51:00	AND THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR
04:01:51:00	04:01:54:00	WHERE EVERYBODY REALLY SHOWS
04:01:54:00	04:01:54:00	THEIR FACE HERE.
04:01:54:00	04:01:57:00	JUST SO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVEN'T
04:01:57:00	04:01:57:00	THIS IS WHERE EVERYBODY REALLY
04:01:57:00	04:02:01:00	SHOWS UP AND SO BECAUSE I'VE
04:02:01:00	04:02:02:00	BEEN HERE I DON'T WANT TO SAY
04:02:02:00	04:02:03:00	I'M THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN HERE
04:02:03:00	04:02:05:00	LONGER THAN ME, LORD WE CANNOT
04:02:05:00	04:02:09:00	CONTINUE TO KEEP DOING BUSINESS
04:02:09:00	04:02:09:00	LIKE THIS LESS LIKE FIGURE THIS
04:02:09:00	04:02:13:00	OUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT
04:02:13:00	04:02:13:00	OF STANDARD PUT IN PLACE IF
04:02:13:00	04:02:14:00	SOMETHING'S A GREEN SHEET IS
04:02:14:00	04:02:16:00	GOING TO BE PULLED, THERE'S
04:02:16:00	04:02:17:00	GOING TO BE A VOTE THAT'S GOING
04:02:17:00	04:02:18:00	TO BE TAKEN THEN WE SHOULD KNOW
04:02:18:00	04:02:20:00	ABOUT THOSE THINGS PRIOR TO THE
04:02:20:00	04:02:21:00	START OF THE MEETING SO THAT
04:02:21:00	04:02:24:00	EVERYBODY CAN BE WELL INFORMED
04:02:24:00	04:02:28:00	BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS
04:02:28:00	04:02:29:00	COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY IN THIS
04:02:29:00	04:02:32:00	ITERATION OF THIS PARTICULAR
04:02:32:00	04:02:32:00	BODY IS THAT EVERYTHING COMES
04:02:32:00	04:02:36:00	THROUGH HERE AND EVERYTHING
04:02:36:00	04:02:36:00	GETS RAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS
04:02:36:00	04:02:37:00	AND WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE
04:02:37:00	04:02:40:00	DECISIONS WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE
04:02:40:00	04:02:41:00	HAS ALREADY HAD THEIR
04:02:41:00	04:02:44:00	DELIBERATIONS AND HAVE HAD
04:02:44:00	04:02:44:00	THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND I'VE
04:02:44:00	04:02:48:00	HAD LITTLE NEGOTIATIONS AND
04:02:48:00	04:02:48:00	EVERYBODY HAS A RATHER LITTLE
04:02:48:00	04:02:49:00	BEHIND THE SCENES WHEELING AND
04:02:49:00	04:02:51:00	DEALING AND THEN THE FOLKS WHO
04:02:51:00	04:02:52:00	ARE NOT PART OF THE COOL KIDS
04:02:52:00	04:02:53:00	CLUB WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT
04:02:53:00	04:02:55:00	PUBLICLY.
04:02:55:00	04:02:56:00	THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY FOR US
04:02:56:00	04:02:59:00	TO WORK AND IF PEOPLE DON'T
04:02:59:00	04:03:02:00	TRUST US THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
04:03:02:00	04:03:03:00	CONTINUE TO THEY'RE GOING TO
04:03:03:00	04:03:06:00	CONTINUE TO QUESTION WHAT ARE
04:03:06:00	04:03:06:00	OUR INTENTIONS HERE?
04:03:06:00	04:03:09:00	SO I'M NOT BLOCKING IT.
04:03:09:00	04:03:13:00	I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
04:03:13:00	04:03:13:00	PROCESS.
04:03:13:00	04:03:14:00	I REALLY CARE LESS WHAT IT IS
04:03:14:00	04:03:15:00	THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT
04:03:15:00	04:03:16:00	NOW.
04:03:16:00	04:03:17:00	I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
04:03:17:00	04:03:21:00	I CARE ABOUT THE PROCESS.
04:03:21:00	04:03:22:00	I CARE ABOUT HOW WE SHOW UP.
04:03:22:00	04:03:25:00	I CARE ABOUT HOW WE
04:03:25:00	04:03:25:00	DEMONSTRATE.
04:03:25:00	04:03:26:00	EVERYBODY SAYS COLLABORATIVE
04:03:26:00	04:03:29:00	LEADERSHIP BUT OUT HERE
04:03:29:00	04:03:32:00	LITERALLY TAKING EACH OTHER OUT
04:03:32:00	04:03:36:00	AND IT'S EVIDENT BY THE WAY
04:03:36:00	04:03:40:00	Y'ALL ARE MOVING SO LET'S STOP
04:03:40:00	04:03:40:00	LIKE IT'S JUST JUST STOP.
04:03:40:00	04:03:44:00	WE'RE ALL ADULTS HERE.
04:03:44:00	04:03:48:00	LIKE WE NEED TO JUST STOP AND
04:03:48:00	04:03:48:00	YEAH, YEAH YOU CAN GET SICK
04:03:48:00	04:03:51:00	OF ME ALL YOU WANT BUT I'M
04:03:51:00	04:03:52:00	GOING TO KEEP SHOWING UP
04:03:52:00	04:03:52:00	BECAUSE THAT'S MY JOB.
04:03:52:00	04:03:55:00	SO IF YOU'RE GETTING SICK
04:03:55:00	04:03:56:00	OF ME, TAKE A TYLENOL.
04:03:56:00	04:03:57:00	BUT I'M GOING TO STILL KEEP
04:03:57:00	04:03:59:00	TALKING.
04:03:59:00	04:03:59:00	THANK YOU.
04:03:59:00	04:04:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:04:03:00	04:04:04:00	COUNCILOR I THINK IT WAS A
04:04:04:00	04:04:04:00	COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE WHETHER
04:04:04:00	04:04:04:00	HE HAD THE FLOOR SURE.
04:04:04:00	04:04:07:00	YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE
04:04:07:00	04:04:07:00	FILER.
04:04:07:00	04:04:10:00	I MEAN I THINK THIS IS A IS A
04:04:10:00	04:04:15:00	GOOD IDEA AND THE POLICY IS
04:04:15:00	04:04:15:00	GOOD AND SOLID.
04:04:15:00	04:04:18:00	I JUST FOR FOR FLAHERTY SAKE UM
04:04:18:00	04:04:19:00	I DO THINK THE MAYOR HAS
04:04:19:00	04:04:22:00	INCLUDED SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN
04:04:22:00	04:04:23:00	IN IN HER TAX PROPOSAL AND I
04:04:23:00	04:04:24:00	JUST WONDER TO THE EXTENT THE
04:04:24:00	04:04:26:00	FILER KNOWS AT THE STATE LEVEL
04:04:26:00	04:04:31:00	WHAT IMPACT TO FILINGS ON THE
04:04:31:00	04:04:31:00	SAME SUBJECT WOULD WOULD IT GET
04:04:31:00	04:04:34:00	IN THE WAY OF THE MAYOR'S
04:04:34:00	04:04:34:00	PROPOSAL.
04:04:34:00	04:04:35:00	I'M JUST THAT'S MY QUESTION
04:04:35:00	04:04:37:00	THANK YOU THROUGH CHAIR
04:04:37:00	04:04:38:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL IF YOU WOULD
04:04:38:00	04:04:41:00	LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY AS
04:04:41:00	04:04:44:00	MENTIONED WE'RE TRYING TO GET
04:04:44:00	04:04:46:00	UP GET IT UP THERE AS SOON AS
04:04:46:00	04:04:46:00	POSSIBLE TO BE PASSED NOT
04:04:46:00	04:04:49:00	KNOWING WHEN THE MAYOR'S
04:04:49:00	04:04:49:00	PROPOSAL WILL PASS AND WHAT
04:04:49:00	04:04:52:00	FROM THE MAYORS PROPOSAL WILL
04:04:52:00	04:04:53:00	BE ATTACHED IN A HOME RULE
04:04:53:00	04:04:53:00	PETITION.
04:04:53:00	04:04:56:00	BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT HAVING
04:04:56:00	04:05:00:00	THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION BY
04:05:00:00	04:05:03:00	ITSELF IT WOULD BE IT COULD GET
04:05:03:00	04:05:04:00	THROUGH BOTH HOUSE AND THE
04:05:04:00	04:05:07:00	SENATE.
04:05:07:00	04:05:08:00	THANK YOU.
04:05:08:00	04:05:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:05:11:00	04:05:12:00	COUNCILOR OFTENTIMES FLYNN, YOU
04:05:12:00	04:05:12:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:05:12:00	04:05:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:05:13:00	04:05:15:00	AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING
04:05:15:00	04:05:15:00	ME.
04:05:15:00	04:05:18:00	THIS IS UNRELATED TO THIS
04:05:18:00	04:05:22:00	DOCKET AND UNRELATED TO ANY ANY
04:05:22:00	04:05:23:00	DOCKET BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A
04:05:23:00	04:05:26:00	RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S BEEN
04:05:26:00	04:05:27:00	RECOMMENDED PREVIOUSLY IN THE
04:05:27:00	04:05:31:00	PAST NOT NOT FROM ME BUT FROM
04:05:31:00	04:05:34:00	OTHER COUNCILORS.
04:05:34:00	04:05:34:00	BUT YOUR POLICY, MADAM CHAIR,
04:05:34:00	04:05:37:00	IS WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO BRING
04:05:37:00	04:05:38:00	SOMETHING BEFORE BRING
04:05:38:00	04:05:38:00	SOMETHING OUT FROM A GREEN
04:05:38:00	04:05:41:00	SHEET THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY
04:05:41:00	04:05:44:00	YOU PRIOR TO TO TODAY BUT FOR
04:05:44:00	04:05:47:00	THE FOR THE REST OF THE BODY
04:05:47:00	04:05:48:00	THIS IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
04:05:48:00	04:05:52:00	WE WOULD FIND OUT ABOUT A
04:05:52:00	04:05:52:00	PARTICULAR DOCKET.
04:05:52:00	04:05:55:00	SO WE DON'T WE DON'T EVEN HAVE
04:05:55:00	04:05:56:00	REALLY ACCESS TO LOOK AT THE
04:05:56:00	04:05:59:00	DOCKET TO STUDY THE DOCKET AND
04:05:59:00	04:05:59:00	TO MAKE A SPLIT DECISION ON
04:05:59:00	04:06:03:00	WHETHER OR NOT WE SUPPORT OR
04:06:03:00	04:06:04:00	NOT.
04:06:04:00	04:06:08:00	SO MY MY REQUEST WOULD BE IF
04:06:08:00	04:06:08:00	SOMEONE IS PLANNING TO TAKE
04:06:08:00	04:06:11:00	SOMETHING OUT OF THE GREEN
04:06:11:00	04:06:12:00	SHEET AND OUR POLICY IS TO GO
04:06:12:00	04:06:15:00	TO THE COURT TO THE
04:06:15:00	04:06:16:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FIRST TO GIVE
04:06:16:00	04:06:19:00	THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT A HEADS
04:06:19:00	04:06:19:00	UP FOR US.
04:06:19:00	04:06:20:00	BUT COULD THAT ALSO BE ADDED TO
04:06:20:00	04:06:23:00	THE OFFICIAL AGENDA SO CITY
04:06:23:00	04:06:26:00	COUNCILORS CAN ALSO BE PREPARED
04:06:26:00	04:06:29:00	IN SO WE CAN STUDY THE DOCKET,
04:06:29:00	04:06:30:00	WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS, WE CAN BE
04:06:30:00	04:06:34:00	PREPARED, WE CAN DO OUR INSTEAD
04:06:34:00	04:06:37:00	OF MAKING A SPLIT SECOND
04:06:37:00	04:06:37:00	DECISION ON A PARTICULAR MATTER
04:06:37:00	04:06:40:00	THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND I'M
04:06:40:00	04:06:44:00	GOING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL.
04:06:44:00	04:06:45:00	BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU I
04:06:45:00	04:06:48:00	HAVEN'T READ IT SINCE IT WAS
04:06:48:00	04:06:51:00	JUST JUST ANNOUNCED A FEW
04:06:51:00	04:06:52:00	MINUTES AGO AND THIS IS
04:06:52:00	04:06:53:00	UNRELATED TO THIS DOCKET.
04:06:53:00	04:06:55:00	THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AND IT
04:06:55:00	04:06:56:00	HAPPENED WHEN I WAS THE CITY
04:06:56:00	04:06:59:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT SO AND I
04:06:59:00	04:07:00:00	SHOULD HAVE HAD A POLICY IN
04:07:00:00	04:07:03:00	PLACE WHERE IF SOMEONE BROUGHT
04:07:03:00	04:07:04:00	SOMETHING BEFORE THE
04:07:04:00	04:07:07:00	COUNCIL AND ON A GREEN SHEET
04:07:07:00	04:07:07:00	THAT IT SHOULD BE IN THE
04:07:07:00	04:07:07:00	AGENDA.
04:07:07:00	04:07:10:00	I FAIL TO DO THAT.
04:07:10:00	04:07:11:00	I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BUT IT'S
04:07:11:00	04:07:15:00	NO CRITICISM OF ANYBODY HERE.
04:07:15:00	04:07:15:00	BUT MAYBE IN THE INTEREST
04:07:15:00	04:07:18:00	OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE PUBLIC
04:07:18:00	04:07:19:00	AS WELL MAYBE THE PUBLIC WOULD
04:07:19:00	04:07:22:00	LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING
04:07:22:00	04:07:22:00	TO VOTE ON AS WELL.
04:07:22:00	04:07:23:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:07:23:00	04:07:25:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
04:07:25:00	04:07:25:00	ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS WAS THE
04:07:25:00	04:07:26:00	PRACTICE DURING YOUR
04:07:26:00	04:07:26:00	PRESIDENCY.
04:07:26:00	04:07:29:00	IT'S ALSO THE ONLY OTHER TERM
04:07:29:00	04:07:29:00	THAT I'VE HAD IS MY SECOND
04:07:29:00	04:07:30:00	TERM.
04:07:30:00	04:07:32:00	THE ONLY OTHER TERM WHERE I'VE
04:07:32:00	04:07:33:00	SEEN HOW THINGS GO AND IN THAT
04:07:33:00	04:07:36:00	PROCESS GREEN SHEETS WERE JUST
04:07:36:00	04:07:39:00	AND NO ONE EVER MADE AN ISSUE
04:07:39:00	04:07:39:00	OF IT.
04:07:39:00	04:07:40:00	THINGS WERE PULLED FROM THE
04:07:40:00	04:07:40:00	GREEN SHEETS AND THERE WAS
04:07:40:00	04:07:43:00	NEVER ANY ADVANCE NOTICE.
04:07:43:00	04:07:44:00	NOW I HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT
04:07:44:00	04:07:47:00	SHOULD THERE BE A GREEN SHEETS
04:07:47:00	04:07:48:00	POLL TO LET OUR OFFICE KNOW
04:07:48:00	04:07:52:00	HONESTLY BE PRESENT FOR THAT
04:07:52:00	04:07:52:00	FOR THE SAKE OF THE CLERK
04:07:52:00	04:07:55:00	BECAUSE IT HELPS US IT HELPS TO
04:07:55:00	04:07:59:00	KNOW WHAT'S BEING PULLED SO
04:07:59:00	04:08:00:00	THAT HE'S NOT RATTLING AND
04:08:00:00	04:08:02:00	FINDING DOCKETS.
04:08:02:00	04:08:03:00	AND SO I DO ASK FOLKS AS IN
04:08:03:00	04:08:06:00	SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW THE DAY
04:08:06:00	04:08:07:00	BEFORE THE DAY UNTIL THE DAY
04:08:07:00	04:08:07:00	OF THE MEETING.
04:08:07:00	04:08:08:00	SOMETIMES THERE ARE GREEN SHEET
04:08:08:00	04:08:10:00	POLLS THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT
04:08:10:00	04:08:11:00	ME EVEN KNOWING AND SO I'M NOT
04:08:11:00	04:08:14:00	GOING TO TREAD ON A COMMITTEE
04:08:14:00	04:08:14:00	CHAIRS TOES.
04:08:14:00	04:08:18:00	I DO ASK THAT AS SOON AS PEOPLE
04:08:18:00	04:08:19:00	KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT
04:08:19:00	04:08:20:00	IN THE GREEN SHEETS THAT THEY
04:08:20:00	04:08:22:00	SHARE.
04:08:22:00	04:08:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:08:22:00	04:08:23:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COMES FROM I
04:08:23:00	04:08:23:00	FORGET THE FLOOR.
04:08:23:00	04:08:23:00	THANK YOU.
04:08:23:00	04:08:26:00	I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE OC.
04:08:26:00	04:08:29:00	I'M NOT I APOLOGIZE THAT DURKAN
04:08:29:00	04:08:30:00	HAS SPOKEN ON THE MATTER BUT
04:08:30:00	04:08:30:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOUR LIGHT IS
04:08:30:00	04:08:30:00	ON.
04:08:30:00	04:08:31:00	YOU CAN SPEAK AND THEN I'LL GO
04:08:31:00	04:08:32:00	TO COUNCILOR DURKAN.
04:08:32:00	04:08:32:00	THANK YOU.
04:08:32:00	04:08:33:00	SO THANK YOU.
04:08:33:00	04:08:37:00	CAN YOU SAID YES WE CAN.
04:08:37:00	04:08:37:00	YES.
04:08:37:00	04:08:37:00	I WANT TO GO.
04:08:37:00	04:08:39:00	YES THANK YOU SO AND I'VE
04:08:39:00	04:08:40:00	TALKED TO SHARES ABOUT THIS
04:08:40:00	04:08:44:00	ALSO THAT WHEN THE CHAIR AND
04:08:44:00	04:08:44:00	THE PRESIDENT IS THE CHAIR
04:08:44:00	04:08:47:00	WEDNESDAY MEETING IF THEY CALL
04:08:47:00	04:08:48:00	ON SOMEONE WE'RE ALL GOING TO
04:08:48:00	04:08:48:00	GET A CHANCE TO I DON'T THINK
04:08:48:00	04:08:48:00	I'M BEING RUDE.
04:08:48:00	04:08:50:00	DO YOU FEEL OFFENDED BECAUSE
04:08:50:00	04:08:51:00	YOU KNOW I'D ALREADY BE 32ND
04:08:51:00	04:08:54:00	PRIORITY BE DONE BUT I DO JUST
04:08:54:00	04:08:55:00	WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT
04:08:55:00	04:08:58:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN SAID.
04:08:58:00	04:08:59:00	SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING WHEN
04:08:59:00	04:08:59:00	I SPEAK COUNCILOR FLYNN BECAUSE
04:08:59:00	04:09:02:00	TWICE I HAVE STOOD UP AND I
04:09:02:00	04:09:05:00	HAVE ASKED AND I APPRECIATE THE
04:09:05:00	04:09:05:00	PROCEDURE THAT YOU'VE PUT IN
04:09:05:00	04:09:06:00	PLACE THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE
04:09:06:00	04:09:09:00	THAT MICHELLE AND THE CLERK ARE
04:09:09:00	04:09:10:00	AWARE BEFOREHAND BUT THAT WE ON
04:09:10:00	04:09:13:00	THE COUNCIL AND I HAVE TO SHOUT
04:09:13:00	04:09:14:00	IT OUT.
04:09:14:00	04:09:14:00	ALI YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE A
04:09:14:00	04:09:17:00	WONDERFUL JOB FROM
04:09:17:00	04:09:17:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART
04:09:17:00	04:09:18:00	OF THE OFFICE FOR SENDING
04:09:18:00	04:09:18:00	EMAILS AND GIVING PEOPLE A
04:09:18:00	04:09:21:00	HEADS UP.
04:09:21:00	04:09:21:00	I'VE SPOKEN DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT
04:09:21:00	04:09:24:00	SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED.
04:09:24:00	04:09:25:00	SO JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE I
04:09:25:00	04:09:26:00	WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M ASKING
04:09:26:00	04:09:28:00	YOU NOW FOR A THIRD TIME CAN WE
04:09:28:00	04:09:32:00	MAKE IT A PROCEDURE THAT IF WE
04:09:32:00	04:09:33:00	KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING
04:09:33:00	04:09:36:00	THE CENTRAL STAFF TO BE AWARE
04:09:36:00	04:09:36:00	OF THE CLERK TO BE AWARE THAT
04:09:36:00	04:09:37:00	THERE'S A GREEN SHEET BEING
04:09:37:00	04:09:39:00	PULLED THAT WE'RE NOT I MEAN
04:09:39:00	04:09:42:00	MEGAN HAD JUST WALKED AROUND I
04:09:42:00	04:09:43:00	MEAN THE PUBLIC MIGHT NOT KNOW
04:09:43:00	04:09:44:00	THIS BUT WE WERE GETTING A COPY
04:09:44:00	04:09:47:00	OF THIS AS COUNCILOR ZAPATA WAS
04:09:47:00	04:09:50:00	STANDING UP TO SPEAK ON IT.
04:09:50:00	04:09:51:00	THAT'S WHY I SAID IS THIS EVEN
04:09:51:00	04:09:53:00	THE ONE WE JUST FILED TOGETHER
04:09:53:00	04:09:54:00	LAST WEEK BECAUSE I WAS
04:09:54:00	04:09:56:00	COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT IT WAS
04:09:56:00	04:09:57:00	GOING TO BE PULLED.
04:09:57:00	04:09:57:00	SO I'M HOPING THAT GOING
04:09:57:00	04:10:01:00	FORWARD THAT IT'S NOT JUST A
04:10:01:00	04:10:01:00	COURTESY THAT IT COULD BE A
04:10:01:00	04:10:02:00	POLICY THAT WE DO SO THAT WE'D
04:10:02:00	04:10:05:00	ALSO LIKE COUNCILOR FLYNN SAID
04:10:05:00	04:10:06:00	WE NEED TO BE PREPARED WHEN
04:10:06:00	04:10:08:00	THESE IMPORTANT THINGS ARE
04:10:08:00	04:10:09:00	ASKED TO BE VOTED ON.
04:10:09:00	04:10:10:00	SO HOPING THAT HAPPENS IN THE
04:10:10:00	04:10:12:00	FUTURE.
04:10:12:00	04:10:12:00	THANK YOU.
04:10:12:00	04:10:13:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:10:13:00	04:10:13:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
04:10:13:00	04:10:14:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
04:10:14:00	04:10:15:00	FLOOR.
04:10:15:00	04:10:16:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR.
04:10:16:00	04:10:17:00	I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE
04:10:17:00	04:10:19:00	OF THINGS.
04:10:19:00	04:10:20:00	I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
04:10:20:00	04:10:24:00	LEADERSHIP OF EVERY SINGLE ONE
04:10:24:00	04:10:24:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES.
04:10:24:00	04:10:25:00	I THINK ONE THING THAT HAPPENS
04:10:25:00	04:10:27:00	A LOT OF TIMES IS WE HAVE
04:10:27:00	04:10:27:00	DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS ON
04:10:27:00	04:10:28:00	DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AND THAT
04:10:28:00	04:10:31:00	CREATES A LOT OF TENSENESS
04:10:31:00	04:10:34:00	BETWEEN US.
04:10:34:00	04:10:35:00	BUT I REALLY DO SEE OUR ROLE
04:10:35:00	04:10:38:00	WITH EVERY SINGLE THING THAT'S
04:10:38:00	04:10:38:00	PRESENTED HERE IS TO EVALUATE
04:10:38:00	04:10:39:00	THE MERITS OF THAT INDIVIDUAL
04:10:39:00	04:10:42:00	PROPOSAL OR WHETHER IT IS GIVEN
04:10:42:00	04:10:46:00	TO ME AT GAME TIME, WHETHER I
04:10:46:00	04:10:47:00	WHETHER I HEAD WHETHER IT WAS
04:10:47:00	04:10:51:00	FILED EARLIER AND I DIDN'T HAVE
04:10:51:00	04:10:52:00	A CHANCE TO READ IT.
04:10:52:00	04:10:55:00	I KNOW YOU KNOW EARLY IN MY
04:10:55:00	04:10:56:00	TIME I HAD TO MOVE REALLY FAST
04:10:56:00	04:10:58:00	ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES AND A
04:10:58:00	04:10:59:00	COUPLE OF TIMES I FELT LIKE I
04:10:59:00	04:11:00:00	ACTUALLY MADE THE WRONG CALL SO
04:11:00:00	04:11:02:00	I UNDERSTAND FEELING OFF GUARD
04:11:02:00	04:11:06:00	AND I THINK I APPRECIATE
04:11:06:00	04:11:09:00	COUNCILOR FOR HIS STANCE ON
04:11:09:00	04:11:09:00	JUST FEELING LIKE YOU KNOW, WE
04:11:09:00	04:11:13:00	ALL DO CHOOSE HOW WE SHOW UP
04:11:13:00	04:11:14:00	HERE AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL
04:11:14:00	04:11:15:00	SEE IN THE NEW YEAR I'M ALSO
04:11:15:00	04:11:17:00	TAKING LIKE A DIFFERENT TACT
04:11:17:00	04:11:17:00	BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
04:11:17:00	04:11:21:00	THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR
04:11:21:00	04:11:21:00	CONSTITUENTS SEE US ALL WORKING
04:11:21:00	04:11:25:00	TOGETHER AND I ON THE ISSUES
04:11:25:00	04:11:26:00	THAT WE CAN SHARE, WE SHARE ON
04:11:26:00	04:11:29:00	ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE A
04:11:29:00	04:11:29:00	DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
04:11:29:00	04:11:30:00	WE WERE ALL ELECTED TO HAVE
04:11:30:00	04:11:32:00	THOSE OPINIONS.
04:11:32:00	04:11:33:00	SO I'LL JUST SAY ON THIS
04:11:33:00	04:11:35:00	PARTICULAR ISSUE I HAVE
04:11:35:00	04:11:36:00	ADVOCATED FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY
04:11:36:00	04:11:40:00	TO TO GIVE TO REALLY RELIEVE
04:11:40:00	04:11:44:00	RESIDENTS AND IF SENIORS OR
04:11:44:00	04:11:47:00	YOUNG HOMEOWNERS LIKE I THINK
04:11:47:00	04:11:51:00	OF THOSE CATEGORIES AS THE SAME
04:11:51:00	04:11:52:00	WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO
04:11:52:00	04:11:55:00	CANNOT AFFORD THEIR TAX BILLS
04:11:55:00	04:11:56:00	AND SO I PLAN TO VOTE IN
04:11:56:00	04:11:56:00	SUPPORT OF THIS TODAY.
04:11:56:00	04:11:59:00	I DO HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS AS
04:11:59:00	04:12:00:00	COUNCILOR WEBER JUST IN REGARDS
04:12:00:00	04:12:03:00	TO LIKE HOW DOES IT ALL WORK?
04:12:03:00	04:12:03:00	BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
04:12:03:00	04:12:04:00	TODAY THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE TO
04:12:04:00	04:12:06:00	THE STATE HOUSE THAT WE ARE
04:12:06:00	04:12:07:00	LOOKING FOR WE ARE LOOKING FOR
04:12:07:00	04:12:11:00	THE OPPORTUNITY TO RELIEVE OUR
04:12:11:00	04:12:11:00	RESIDENTS SO I'M GOING TO VOTE
04:12:11:00	04:12:14:00	YES BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE
04:12:14:00	04:12:14:00	WE'VE ALL BEEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD
04:12:14:00	04:12:18:00	AND I EMPATHIZE WITH EVERYONE
04:12:18:00	04:12:18:00	WHO SPEAKS ON ISSUES AND CARES
04:12:18:00	04:12:22:00	ABOUT THEM AND TAKES ON THOSE
04:12:22:00	04:12:22:00	ISSUES OF THEIR OWN AND CAN
04:12:22:00	04:12:23:00	FEEL LEFT OUT WHEN THERE CAN
04:12:23:00	04:12:26:00	ONLY BE THREE SPONSORS.
04:12:26:00	04:12:27:00	BUT I THINK WITH OUR VOTE WE
04:12:27:00	04:12:29:00	CAN SAY WHAT WE THINK AND SO I
04:12:29:00	04:12:30:00	JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
04:12:30:00	04:12:33:00	THEIR POSITIONS AND I'M GOING
04:12:33:00	04:12:34:00	TO VOTE YES.
04:12:34:00	04:12:36:00	I THINK I'M OKAY WITH A VOTE
04:12:36:00	04:12:37:00	TODAY BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE
04:12:37:00	04:12:41:00	TRYING TO BRING THIS BODY INTO
04:12:41:00	04:12:42:00	A POSITIVE SPACE BECAUSE WE ALL
04:12:42:00	04:12:45:00	REALLY DESERVE TO HAVE THAT
04:12:45:00	04:12:46:00	SPACE AND RESIDENTS DESERVE US
04:12:46:00	04:12:49:00	FOR THIS TO BE A POSITIVE
04:12:49:00	04:12:49:00	SPACE.
04:12:49:00	04:12:50:00	THANK YOU.
04:12:50:00	04:12:50:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR
04:12:50:00	04:12:53:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER,
04:12:53:00	04:12:53:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YOU ON THE
04:12:53:00	04:12:53:00	FLOOR?
04:12:53:00	04:12:54:00	YEAH.
04:12:54:00	04:12:56:00	THANK YOU.
04:12:56:00	04:12:57:00	IT'S SO SO MY CONCERN HERE IS
04:12:57:00	04:13:01:00	THAT YOU KNOW WE NEED I AM IN
04:13:01:00	04:13:03:00	FAVOR OF THE MAYOR'S TAX
04:13:03:00	04:13:04:00	PROPOSALS.
04:13:04:00	04:13:04:00	YOU KNOW, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED
04:13:04:00	04:13:08:00	THAT THE STATE SENATE BLOCKED
04:13:08:00	04:13:08:00	THIS PROPOSAL.
04:13:08:00	04:13:11:00	YOU KNOW OUR PROPOSAL TO RAISE
04:13:11:00	04:13:15:00	THE YOU KNOW, TEMPORARILY
04:13:15:00	04:13:18:00	PROPERTY TAXES ON COMMERCIAL
04:13:18:00	04:13:18:00	PROPERTIES.
04:13:18:00	04:13:22:00	AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S
04:13:22:00	04:13:22:00	PART OF THIS GROUP OF THINGS.
04:13:22:00	04:13:25:00	MY CONCERN IS THAT BY PASSING
04:13:25:00	04:13:29:00	THIS BY ITSELF WE WILL ALLOW
04:13:29:00	04:13:30:00	THE STATE HOUSE TO PICK AND
04:13:30:00	04:13:34:00	CHOOSE AND SORT OF OH, PAT WILL
04:13:34:00	04:13:35:00	PASS THIS ONE INDIVIDUALLY AND
04:13:35:00	04:13:37:00	LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE WHICH
04:13:37:00	04:13:38:00	WILL THIS WILL HELP SOME
04:13:38:00	04:13:41:00	SENIORS.
04:13:41:00	04:13:41:00	AND AGAIN, I COMPLETELY I THINK
04:13:41:00	04:13:45:00	THIS IS A THIS IS A GREAT IDEA
04:13:45:00	04:13:45:00	AND WELL-EXECUTED BUT JUST
04:13:45:00	04:13:46:00	WHERE WE'RE SENDING THEM A
04:13:46:00	04:13:48:00	GROUP OF PROPOSALS THAT WILL
04:13:48:00	04:13:52:00	NOT JUST WILL ALLOW US TO SHIFT
04:13:52:00	04:13:55:00	THE BURDEN OR COLLECT OR GIVE
04:13:55:00	04:13:56:00	REBATES THAT BY GIVING THEM
04:13:56:00	04:13:59:00	THIS OPTION OF LIKE WELL WHERE
04:13:59:00	04:14:03:00	YOU CAN TAKE THIS ONE PIECE AND
04:14:03:00	04:14:03:00	PASS IT, WE'RE SORT
04:14:03:00	04:14:04:00	OF DEFEATING EVERYTHING ELSE.
04:14:04:00	04:14:07:00	THAT'S JUST THAT'S MY CONCERN.
04:14:07:00	04:14:11:00	I JUST I SO I, I IF IF THE
04:14:11:00	04:14:11:00	FILER HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT
04:14:11:00	04:14:14:00	THAT MAYBE I'M JUST BEING
04:14:14:00	04:14:18:00	PARANOID AND I WILL SAY ACCEPT
04:14:18:00	04:14:18:00	THAT POSSIBILITY.
04:14:18:00	04:14:19:00	THANK YOU.
04:14:19:00	04:14:19:00	THANKS.
04:14:19:00	04:14:23:00	THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO
04:14:23:00	04:14:23:00	RESPOND COUNCILOR AROUND YOU
04:14:23:00	04:14:26:00	MAY YEAH DO THE CHAIR TO THE
04:14:26:00	04:14:30:00	COUNCILOR WE HAVE PASSED THIS
04:14:30:00	04:14:32:00	BEFORE AS A BODY IN 2022 AND AT
04:14:32:00	04:14:33:00	THAT SAME TIME I THINK THAT THE
04:14:33:00	04:14:36:00	THINKING WAS THE SAME TO ATTACH
04:14:36:00	04:14:37:00	IT TO ANOTHER BILL TO MAKE IT
04:14:37:00	04:14:39:00	MORE ATTRACTIVE.
04:14:39:00	04:14:40:00	HOWEVER THIS SENIOR TAX
04:14:40:00	04:14:44:00	EXEMPTION IS STILL NOT ADOPTED
04:14:44:00	04:14:47:00	BY HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE HOUSE
04:14:47:00	04:14:48:00	RIGHT.
04:14:48:00	04:14:49:00	SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT
04:14:49:00	04:14:51:00	WE ACTUALLY GET IT THROUGH AND
04:14:51:00	04:14:55:00	GET THE RELIEF TO OUR SENIORS,
04:14:55:00	04:14:56:00	I DO FEEL THE BEST WAY TO GET
04:14:56:00	04:14:59:00	GET IT ACROSS AND ADOPTED AND
04:14:59:00	04:14:59:00	THIS RELIEF TO OUR SENIORS IS
04:14:59:00	04:15:02:00	FOR IT TO PASS ALONG BECAUSE WE
04:15:02:00	04:15:05:00	TRIED THAT STRATEGY IN 2022 AND
04:15:05:00	04:15:06:00	THAT IS THAT WE STILL DON'T
04:15:06:00	04:15:10:00	HAVE THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION.
04:15:10:00	04:15:11:00	THANK YOU IS THE CHAIR
04:15:11:00	04:15:15:00	RECOGNIZES MEJIA ON THE FLOOR.
04:15:15:00	04:15:19:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:15:19:00	04:15:23:00	FROM THE CHAIR TO THE FILER
04:15:23:00	04:15:24:00	THERE'S ANOTHER PROCESS
04:15:24:00	04:15:27:00	QUESTION HERE FROM WHAT I
04:15:27:00	04:15:31:00	UNDERSTAND IS SO I'M TRACKING
04:15:31:00	04:15:31:00	THIS CORRECTLY.
04:15:31:00	04:15:34:00	THE GOAL IS TO GET IT OVER TO
04:15:34:00	04:15:35:00	THE STATE HOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S
04:15:35:00	04:15:35:00	A DEADLINE.
04:15:35:00	04:15:39:00	YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I
04:15:39:00	04:15:39:00	HEARD YOU SAY JANUARY 17TH.
04:15:39:00	04:15:40:00	IS THAT RIGHT?
04:15:40:00	04:15:42:00	IS A FILING DATE.
04:15:42:00	04:15:42:00	BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND
04:15:42:00	04:15:45:00	THERE'S A SECOND THERE ARE TWO
04:15:45:00	04:15:46:00	THERE'S SUCH A NAME.
04:15:46:00	04:15:47:00	THERE IS IT'S NOT THE FINAL
04:15:47:00	04:15:47:00	DEADLINE.
04:15:47:00	04:15:52:00	IT OH NO, IT'S NOT OKAY.
04:15:52:00	04:15:53:00	OH, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY.
04:15:53:00	04:15:56:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL, IF YOU WOULD
04:15:56:00	04:15:56:00	LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR,
04:15:56:00	04:15:59:00	YOU MAY THAT IT'S NOT THE FINAL
04:15:59:00	04:15:59:00	DEADLINE.
04:15:59:00	04:15:59:00	OKAY.
04:15:59:00	04:16:00:00	YEAH.
04:16:00:00	04:16:03:00	THE IDEA AROUND THIS IS TO TRY
04:16:03:00	04:16:03:00	TO GET THIS THROUGH THIS
04:16:03:00	04:16:04:00	THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE AS
04:16:04:00	04:16:07:00	QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT OUR
04:16:07:00	04:16:10:00	SENIORS RIGHT COULD GET RELIEF
04:16:10:00	04:16:11:00	AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
04:16:11:00	04:16:14:00	YES, WE CAN WAIT.
04:16:14:00	04:16:14:00	RIGHT.
04:16:14:00	04:16:15:00	AND THAT RELIEF WILL COME A LOT
04:16:15:00	04:16:18:00	LATER OR WE CAN MOVE NOW TO TRY
04:16:18:00	04:16:22:00	TO GET RELIEF TO OUR SENIORS AS
04:16:22:00	04:16:22:00	SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THEN I
04:16:22:00	04:16:26:00	THINK ALSO TO MARK ONE MOMENT
04:16:26:00	04:16:26:00	MOSTLY SOCIALLY SPEAKING.
04:16:26:00	04:16:29:00	YEAH, MOST MOST LEAD SPONSORS
04:16:29:00	04:16:29:00	RIGHT.
04:16:29:00	04:16:33:00	ARE IN CONTROL OF THEIR BILL.
04:16:33:00	04:16:33:00	RIGHT.
04:16:33:00	04:16:37:00	THEY DECIDE WHAT LANGUAGE WHAT
04:16:37:00	04:16:38:00	CHANGES AND THEY WORK ON THE
04:16:38:00	04:16:41:00	LANGUAGE IN THAT THIS IS NO NO
04:16:41:00	04:16:41:00	DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE
04:16:41:00	04:16:44:00	AND MOVING IT FORWARD.
04:16:44:00	04:16:45:00	SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO ADDRESS
04:16:45:00	04:16:48:00	THAT.
04:16:48:00	04:16:48:00	THANK YOU.
04:16:48:00	04:16:49:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
04:16:49:00	04:16:53:00	COUNTER MEJIA TO THE CHAIR I'M
04:16:53:00	04:16:53:00	GOING TO KEEP GOING TO IT'S NOT
04:16:53:00	04:16:56:00	EVEN A MATTER OF RESPONDING
04:16:56:00	04:16:56:00	BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE
04:16:56:00	04:17:00:00	QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TIMELINE
04:17:00:00	04:17:01:00	BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY
04:17:01:00	04:17:04:00	EXCUSE ME WHAT I HEARD YOU BOTH
04:17:04:00	04:17:05:00	WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS IT
04:17:05:00	04:17:10:00	THAT THE WE HAD A DEADLINE
04:17:10:00	04:17:10:00	OF JANUARY 17TH BECAUSE OF THE
04:17:10:00	04:17:11:00	FILING BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR
04:17:11:00	04:17:14:00	THEM TO MOVE ON IT IT HAD TO
04:17:14:00	04:17:17:00	THE DEADLINE IS THE 17TH
04:17:17:00	04:17:17:00	BECAUSE IT WAS JUST CONFUSING.
04:17:17:00	04:17:21:00	I JUST SAW A CHASM.
04:17:21:00	04:17:21:00	HE HAS A FLOOR SO AND THEN IF
04:17:21:00	04:17:22:00	YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU
04:17:22:00	04:17:24:00	MAY BUT I JUST I JUST WANT TO
04:17:24:00	04:17:25:00	MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE
04:17:25:00	04:17:25:00	WATCHING AND TUNING IN
04:17:25:00	04:17:28:00	UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE IS A
04:17:28:00	04:17:31:00	DEADLINE THEN WE HAVE TO DO OUR
04:17:31:00	04:17:32:00	DUE DILIGENCE AND GETTING THIS
04:17:32:00	04:17:35:00	OVER TO THE STATE HOUSE BECAUSE
04:17:35:00	04:17:36:00	THERE IS A DEADLINE FROM WHAT I
04:17:36:00	04:17:39:00	UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A NUMBER
04:17:39:00	04:17:40:00	WHEN IT COMES TO HOME RULE
04:17:40:00	04:17:42:00	PETITIONS WE CAN SEND THEM AT
04:17:42:00	04:17:43:00	ANY MOMENT TO THE STATE HOUSE
04:17:43:00	04:17:46:00	FOR CONSIDERATION SO WHAT'S
04:17:46:00	04:17:47:00	THROWING ME OFF IS THE JANUARY
04:17:47:00	04:17:50:00	17TH DEADLINE AND I WANT TO
04:17:50:00	04:17:51:00	MAKE SURE THAT I DO NOT BECOME
04:17:51:00	04:17:54:00	THE REASON WHY OUR SENIORS
04:17:54:00	04:17:55:00	DON'T HAVE ANY RELIEF.
04:17:55:00	04:17:58:00	SO IF THERE IS A DEADLINE AS
04:17:58:00	04:17:59:00	YOU'VE STATED HERE, THEN WE
04:17:59:00	04:18:02:00	NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO
04:18:02:00	04:18:03:00	CONSIDERATION.
04:18:03:00	04:18:03:00	BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WHEN
04:18:03:00	04:18:06:00	IT COMES TO HOME PETITIONS
04:18:06:00	04:18:06:00	THERE AREN'T ANY DEADLINES
04:18:06:00	04:18:07:00	BECAUSE WE CAN SEND HOME MORE
04:18:07:00	04:18:10:00	PETITIONS AT ANY MOMENT TO THE
04:18:10:00	04:18:12:00	STATE HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION
04:18:12:00	04:18:13:00	AND MOVEMENT.
04:18:13:00	04:18:14:00	SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO
04:18:14:00	04:18:17:00	UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR REASONING
04:18:17:00	04:18:18:00	IS AND SO THAT WE GET IT ON THE
04:18:18:00	04:18:21:00	RECORD AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
04:18:21:00	04:18:21:00	THAT IS IT AN OFFICIAL DEADLINE
04:18:21:00	04:18:24:00	ON THE 17TH OR OR NOT BECAUSE
04:18:24:00	04:18:28:00	THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART
04:18:28:00	04:18:28:00	OF THE PUZZLE HERE.
04:18:28:00	04:18:29:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
04:18:29:00	04:18:32:00	WELL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
04:18:32:00	04:18:32:00	RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY
04:18:32:00	04:18:33:00	WRITE TO THE CHAIR TO
04:18:33:00	04:18:35:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
04:18:35:00	04:18:35:00	AS I STATED, MY UNDERSTANDING
04:18:35:00	04:18:39:00	OF THE PROCESS IS TO ASSURE AND
04:18:39:00	04:18:43:00	HEAR RIGHT THAT IN ORDER IN
04:18:43:00	04:18:45:00	ORDER TO ASSURE HERE IN THE
04:18:45:00	04:18:46:00	JANUARY 17TH ALL THE STATE
04:18:46:00	04:18:49:00	REPRESENTATIVES ARE FILING
04:18:49:00	04:18:49:00	THEIR LEGISLATION TO ASSURE A
04:18:49:00	04:18:53:00	HEARING ON ALL THE LEGISLATION
04:18:53:00	04:18:56:00	THAT THEY ARE FILING.
04:18:56:00	04:18:57:00	THANK YOU.
04:18:57:00	04:18:58:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:18:58:00	04:18:58:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:18:58:00	04:19:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:19:00:00	04:19:01:00	COUNCILOR REFLECTING ON THE
04:19:01:00	04:19:03:00	FLOOR.
04:19:03:00	04:19:04:00	YES.
04:19:04:00	04:19:04:00	THANK YOU.
04:19:04:00	04:19:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:19:07:00	04:19:11:00	I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
04:19:11:00	04:19:11:00	TO THE TWO.
04:19:11:00	04:19:14:00	THE CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS
04:19:14:00	04:19:15:00	AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE
04:19:15:00	04:19:16:00	HAVE TO GET THIS UP HERE BEFORE
04:19:16:00	04:19:20:00	JANUARY 17TH.
04:19:20:00	04:19:21:00	CAN YOU GIVE US A HISTORY OF OF
04:19:21:00	04:19:24:00	OF THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT WAS
04:19:24:00	04:19:31:00	THERE WAS THERE A HEARING ON IT
04:19:31:00	04:19:34:00	AND WHAT CHANGES WITH THE
04:19:34:00	04:19:38:00	AMENDED AMENDED VERSION YOU HAD
04:19:38:00	04:19:38:00	?
04:19:38:00	04:19:39:00	CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE
04:19:39:00	04:19:42:00	CHANGES WERE COUNCILOR WERE
04:19:42:00	04:19:43:00	WELL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
04:19:43:00	04:19:45:00	RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY DO
04:19:45:00	04:19:48:00	THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
04:19:48:00	04:19:53:00	THIS IS THE SAME EXACT SENIOR
04:19:53:00	04:19:54:00	PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION THAT WE
04:19:54:00	04:19:57:00	PASSED AS A BODY IN 2022.
04:19:57:00	04:20:01:00	THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE
04:20:01:00	04:20:04:00	CHANGED IS ALLOWING FOR THE
04:20:04:00	04:20:05:00	STATE HOUSE TO MAKE CHANGES TO
04:20:05:00	04:20:08:00	THIS EXEMPTION.
04:20:08:00	04:20:09:00	THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE
04:20:09:00	04:20:09:00	CHANGED BUT IS THE SAME THING
04:20:09:00	04:20:12:00	THAT WE PASSED AS A BODY IN
04:20:12:00	04:20:12:00	2022.
04:20:12:00	04:20:15:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:15:00	04:20:16:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:16:00	04:20:16:00	CAROL FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE
04:20:16:00	04:20:18:00	WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND?
04:20:18:00	04:20:18:00	ARE YOU GOOD?
04:20:18:00	04:20:22:00	I I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND.
04:20:22:00	04:20:23:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:20:23:00	04:20:29:00	I JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF
04:20:29:00	04:20:30:00	ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE
04:20:30:00	04:20:33:00	ALSO COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
04:20:33:00	04:20:34:00	ARE THEY COMPLETELY FAMILIAR
04:20:34:00	04:20:38:00	WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND HAVE WE
04:20:38:00	04:20:39:00	ASKED THE RELEVANT RIGHT
04:20:39:00	04:20:39:00	QUESTIONS?
04:20:39:00	04:20:42:00	WE ALL SUPPORT TAX RELIEF FOR
04:20:42:00	04:20:46:00	SENIORS BUT ARE WE CERTAIN THAT
04:20:46:00	04:20:47:00	THERE IS IS IS SOMETHING THAT
04:20:47:00	04:20:49:00	WE'RE WE'RE NOT GETTING OR
04:20:49:00	04:20:53:00	WE'RE GOING TO MISS BASED ON
04:20:53:00	04:20:57:00	NOT HAVING A HEARING OR VOTING
04:20:57:00	04:20:57:00	ON IT WITHOUT ANY REALLY
04:20:57:00	04:21:01:00	DISCUSSION OR THE ABILITY TO
04:21:01:00	04:21:01:00	ACTUALLY READ THE DOCUMENT?
04:21:01:00	04:21:04:00	THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN.
04:21:04:00	04:21:05:00	THANK YOU.
04:21:05:00	04:21:05:00	MR FLYNN, WOULD ANYONE ELSE
04:21:05:00	04:21:08:00	LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
04:21:08:00	04:21:09:00	BUT MADAM CHAIR, WHAT WOULD THE
04:21:09:00	04:21:12:00	CHAIR OF WAYS MEANS BE ABLE TO
04:21:12:00	04:21:13:00	RESPOND TO THAT IF HE WOULD
04:21:13:00	04:21:16:00	LIKE TO HE MAY RESPOND WELL, IF
04:21:16:00	04:21:17:00	YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO
04:21:17:00	04:21:20:00	THE CHAIR YOU MAY MOTION TO
04:21:20:00	04:21:21:00	MOVE TO A VOTE ON THAT MOTION
04:21:21:00	04:21:24:00	TO MOVE TO A VOTE POINT A POINT
04:21:24:00	04:21:24:00	OF ORDER.
04:21:24:00	04:21:26:00	IT'S A MOTION TO MOVE THE
04:21:26:00	04:21:27:00	PREVIOUS QUESTION THAT'S BEEN
04:21:27:00	04:21:31:00	SECONDED CAN WE PLEASE DO
04:21:31:00	04:21:31:00	MR QUINN MADAM CHAIR, CONDUCT A
04:21:31:00	04:21:35:00	ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS MATTER?
04:21:35:00	04:21:36:00	IT'S A IT'S A MOVE IT'S A CALL
04:21:36:00	04:21:38:00	TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
04:21:38:00	04:21:43:00	IT IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE.
04:21:43:00	04:21:43:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
04:21:43:00	04:21:44:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
04:21:44:00	04:21:46:00	CALL VOTE ON DOCUMENTS 0143
04:21:46:00	04:21:51:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
04:21:51:00	04:21:51:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A FURTHER
04:21:51:00	04:21:53:00	COUNCILOR ALLOWS A FURTHER YES
04:21:53:00	04:21:53:00	.
04:21:53:00	04:21:54:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN
04:21:54:00	04:21:54:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN YES.
04:21:54:00	04:21:58:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
04:21:58:00	04:21:58:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:21:58:00	04:21:59:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:21:59:00	04:22:02:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:22:02:00	04:22:02:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:22:02:00	04:22:05:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:22:05:00	04:22:05:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:22:05:00	04:22:07:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE WITH MEJIA
04:22:07:00	04:22:12:00	YES COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:22:12:00	04:22:12:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:22:12:00	04:22:16:00	COUNCILOR PEN COUNCILOR S.A.
04:22:16:00	04:22:17:00	COUNCILOR SIR TIERNEY IS
04:22:17:00	04:22:20:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER
04:22:20:00	04:22:20:00	YES AND COUNCILOR YES.
04:22:20:00	04:22:21:00	COUNCILOR YES.
04:22:21:00	04:22:23:00	TALKING NUMBER 0143 HAS
04:22:23:00	04:22:24:00	RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE
04:22:24:00	04:22:27:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:22:27:00	04:22:27:00	THANK YOU.
04:22:27:00	04:22:30:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING.
04:22:30:00	04:22:31:00	ANYONE ELSE HAVE A GREEN SHEETS
04:22:31:00	04:22:34:00	POLL?
04:22:34:00	04:22:34:00	OKAY.
04:22:34:00	04:22:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
04:22:35:00	04:22:37:00	SANTANA COMES INTO ANY OTHER
04:22:37:00	04:22:40:00	FLOOR.
04:22:40:00	04:22:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:22:44:00	04:22:45:00	MR COOK, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT
04:22:45:00	04:22:48:00	OUT THAT NUMBER 0117 FOR THE
04:22:48:00	04:22:48:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
04:22:48:00	04:22:51:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
04:22:51:00	04:22:54:00	OKAY, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PAGE
04:22:54:00	04:22:55:00	13 DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCKET
04:22:55:00	04:22:56:00	BEFORE YOU MR. CLERK COULD YOU
04:22:56:00	04:22:58:00	PLEASE REDACT A NUMBER 0117
04:22:58:00	04:23:01:00	INTO THE RECORD FROM THE
04:23:01:00	04:23:02:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
04:23:02:00	04:23:04:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUCK IN
04:23:04:00	04:23:05:00	NUMBERS 0117 MESSAGE IN ORDER
04:23:05:00	04:23:08:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
04:23:08:00	04:23:10:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
04:23:10:00	04:23:11:00	OF $593,750 IN THE FORM OF A
04:23:11:00	04:23:15:00	GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25
04:23:15:00	04:23:18:00	HAS MET HERE MY GRANT AWARDED
04:23:18:00	04:23:19:00	BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
04:23:19:00	04:23:22:00	OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE
04:23:22:00	04:23:23:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE
04:23:23:00	04:23:23:00	DEPARTMENT.
04:23:23:00	04:23:24:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE NEEDS
04:23:24:00	04:23:26:00	OF THE AS IT IS MATERIALS
04:23:26:00	04:23:29:00	RESPONSE TEAMS AS SPECIFIED THE
04:23:29:00	04:23:35:00	LINE ITEMS A3 20 4-0000 AND A3
04:23:35:00	04:23:39:00	20 4-0050 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25
04:23:39:00	04:23:43:00	GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT THANK
04:23:43:00	04:23:44:00	YOU I WANT TO ABSENT OBJECTION
04:23:44:00	04:23:48:00	AND COUNTERPOINT IS OC NO OKAY
04:23:48:00	04:23:50:00	ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION
04:23:50:00	04:23:51:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
04:23:51:00	04:23:52:00	ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS
04:23:52:00	04:23:54:00	PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.
04:23:54:00	04:23:55:00	CASA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE
04:23:55:00	04:23:55:00	FLOOR.
04:23:55:00	04:23:57:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:23:57:00	04:23:58:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
04:23:58:00	04:23:59:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A
04:23:59:00	04:24:02:00	PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL THE F Y
04:24:02:00	04:24:03:00	25 AT 524 CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS
04:24:03:00	04:24:06:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE
04:24:06:00	04:24:09:00	DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 11, 2020 FOR
04:24:09:00	04:24:11:00	THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY
04:24:11:00	04:24:12:00	FROM THREE BIA F.D. STAFF
04:24:12:00	04:24:15:00	MEMBERS KEVIN COYNE, THE DEPUTY
04:24:15:00	04:24:16:00	COMMISSIONER ADMINISTRATION AND
04:24:16:00	04:24:20:00	FINANCE JULIE BIRD AND DEVIN
04:24:20:00	04:24:20:00	THE PROCUREMENT AND GRANTS
04:24:20:00	04:24:21:00	MANAGER CARLA LYNCH.
04:24:21:00	04:24:23:00	THOSE ARE GRANTS MANAGER WE
04:24:23:00	04:24:24:00	ALSO WERE JOINED BY COUNSELORS
04:24:24:00	04:24:27:00	MURPHY FLYNN AND FITZGERALD
04:24:27:00	04:24:28:00	DURKIN WEBER AND CALLED US A
04:24:28:00	04:24:29:00	PARTNER AND WE RECEIVED A
04:24:29:00	04:24:31:00	LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM
04:24:31:00	04:24:31:00	COUNCILOR PREVENT THE FAMILIES
04:24:31:00	04:24:32:00	HAS A FILE ON EACH GRANT
04:24:32:00	04:24:35:00	ADMINISTERED BY BFD AS WELL AS
04:24:35:00	04:24:38:00	GRANTS TO GRAB TRANS PERSONS
04:24:38:00	04:24:38:00	PREVIOUS YEARS DURING THE
04:24:38:00	04:24:41:00	HEARING JULIE DEVIN PROCUREMENT
04:24:41:00	04:24:42:00	AND GRANTS MANAGER TESTIFIED
04:24:42:00	04:24:46:00	SPECIFICALLY ON THIS GRAND AND
04:24:46:00	04:24:46:00	STATED THAT THIS GRANT WAS
04:24:46:00	04:24:47:00	EARMARKED FROM THE
04:24:47:00	04:24:47:00	MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
04:24:47:00	04:24:50:00	OF FIRE SERVICES AND IS
04:24:50:00	04:24:50:00	REIMBURSABLE.
04:24:50:00	04:24:53:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON RECEIVED
04:24:53:00	04:24:54:00	THIS GRANT LAST YEAR AND
04:24:54:00	04:24:55:00	ACTUALLY 24 AS WELL AND A
04:24:55:00	04:24:57:00	LARGER AMOUNT WHICH IS
04:24:57:00	04:24:58:00	DETERMINED BY THE COMMONWEALTH
04:24:58:00	04:25:01:00	BASED ON THE STATE'S BUDGET.
04:25:01:00	04:25:02:00	MCDEVITT INDICATED THAT IT'S
04:25:02:00	04:25:03:00	ONLY USED FOR THE HAS MORE HAS
04:25:03:00	04:25:05:00	BY RESPONSE TEAM RELATED
04:25:05:00	04:25:08:00	EXPENSES AS ALSO FOR TRAINING
04:25:08:00	04:25:09:00	THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE
04:25:09:00	04:25:09:00	PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN ORDER
04:25:09:00	04:25:12:00	FOR THE TEAM TO DO THEIR JOB
04:25:12:00	04:25:13:00	EFFICIENTLY, SAFELY AND
04:25:13:00	04:25:16:00	SUCCESSFULLY WE OF THE ALSO
04:25:16:00	04:25:17:00	PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH
04:25:17:00	04:25:19:00	APPROPRIATE INFORMATION ON THIS
04:25:19:00	04:25:20:00	GRANT WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED AS
04:25:20:00	04:25:21:00	A AS A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
04:25:21:00	04:25:24:00	ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
04:25:24:00	04:25:24:00	JUSTICE AND WHICH CONFIRMS AND
04:25:24:00	04:25:27:00	ECHOES THE TESTIMONY THE
04:25:27:00	04:25:28:00	COMMITTEE HEARD IN PERSON
04:25:28:00	04:25:28:00	DURING THE HEARING AS CHAIR
04:25:28:00	04:25:31:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
04:25:31:00	04:25:32:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
04:25:32:00	04:25:33:00	I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS TARGET
04:25:33:00	04:25:35:00	FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL
04:25:35:00	04:25:36:00	COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND
04:25:36:00	04:25:36:00	FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AT
04:25:36:00	04:25:40:00	THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO
04:25:40:00	04:25:40:00	THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT
04:25:40:00	04:25:43:00	DOCKET NUMBER 011702 PASS.
04:25:43:00	04:25:44:00	THANK YOU.
04:25:44:00	04:25:47:00	THANK YOU.
04:25:47:00	04:25:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
04:25:48:00	04:25:48:00	FLYNN CONTROLS PLENTY OF THE
04:25:48:00	04:25:51:00	FLOOR AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
04:25:51:00	04:25:54:00	AND THANK YOU THANK YOU TO THE
04:25:54:00	04:25:57:00	CHAIR AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY
04:25:57:00	04:25:58:00	.
04:25:58:00	04:25:59:00	MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW THIS GRANT
04:25:59:00	04:26:02:00	VERY WELL BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE
04:26:02:00	04:26:05:00	A RECOMMENDATION MAYBE IT WON'T
04:26:05:00	04:26:06:00	BE IMPLEMENTED.
04:26:06:00	04:26:06:00	MAYBE IT WON'T.
04:26:06:00	04:26:09:00	BUT AS IT RELATES TO THIS
04:26:09:00	04:26:10:00	PARTICULAR TYPE OF GRANT WE HAD
04:26:10:00	04:26:13:00	PROFESSIONAL OUTSTANDING
04:26:13:00	04:26:13:00	DEDICATED PEOPLE FROM THE
04:26:13:00	04:26:16:00	BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT
04:26:16:00	04:26:17:00	OFFERED TESTIMONY.
04:26:17:00	04:26:20:00	THEY WERE MOSTLY FROM THE LEGAL
04:26:20:00	04:26:21:00	TEAM, THEY WERE FROM THE
04:26:21:00	04:26:21:00	FINANCE TEAM, THEY WERE FROM
04:26:21:00	04:26:24:00	THE BUDGETING TEAM WONDERFUL
04:26:24:00	04:26:24:00	OUTSTANDING PEOPLE.
04:26:24:00	04:26:28:00	BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
04:26:28:00	04:26:28:00	SOMEONE FROM THE THE BOSTON
04:26:28:00	04:26:32:00	FIRE TEAM THAT IS ACTUALLY
04:26:32:00	04:26:32:00	PARTICIPATING IN THIS TYPE
04:26:32:00	04:26:36:00	OF WORK THOSE SO THOSE ARE THE
04:26:36:00	04:26:37:00	DETAILS I'D LIKE TO ASK A
04:26:37:00	04:26:40:00	PARTICULAR PERSON ON THE GROUND
04:26:40:00	04:26:43:00	THAT'S THAT'S DOING THE
04:26:43:00	04:26:44:00	SPECIFIC WORK AND I'D LIKE TO
04:26:44:00	04:26:48:00	MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WHEN WE
04:26:48:00	04:26:49:00	DO HAVE A HEARING GOING FORWARD
04:26:49:00	04:26:51:00	IF WE CAN LEARN FROM NOT THE
04:26:51:00	04:26:52:00	PERSON THAT'S WRITING THE GRANT
04:26:52:00	04:26:55:00	THEY'RE OUTSTANDING NOT THE
04:26:55:00	04:26:56:00	PERSON THAT'S LEGAL OR
04:26:56:00	04:26:56:00	BUDGETING.
04:26:56:00	04:26:59:00	THEY'RE ALSO OUTSTANDING.
04:26:59:00	04:27:00:00	I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE FROM THE
04:27:00:00	04:27:03:00	PERSON THAT IS ON THE GROUND
04:27:03:00	04:27:04:00	DOING THE WORK, LISTENING TO
04:27:04:00	04:27:07:00	THEM, ASKING THEM A SPECIFIC
04:27:07:00	04:27:07:00	QUESTIONS.
04:27:07:00	04:27:10:00	SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED
04:27:10:00	04:27:11:00	WERE UNABLE TO BE ANSWERED AND
04:27:11:00	04:27:14:00	THEY ONLY COULD BE ANSWERED.
04:27:14:00	04:27:15:00	IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT.
04:27:15:00	04:27:16:00	THEY ONLY COULD BE ANSWERED BY
04:27:16:00	04:27:19:00	SOMEONE IN THAT PROGRAM.
04:27:19:00	04:27:19:00	SO THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
04:27:19:00	04:27:20:00	MADAM CHAIR.
04:27:20:00	04:27:20:00	THANK YOU.
04:27:20:00	04:27:22:00	THANK YOU.
04:27:22:00	04:27:23:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:27:23:00	04:27:23:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:27:23:00	04:27:24:00	MADAM CHAIR?
04:27:24:00	04:27:29:00	MIGHT MAKE MY QUESTION IS TO
04:27:29:00	04:27:30:00	THE TO THE CHAIR.
04:27:30:00	04:27:31:00	IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO
04:27:31:00	04:27:33:00	GOING FORWARD?
04:27:33:00	04:27:34:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA TO THE CHAIR
04:27:34:00	04:27:37:00	YOU MAY RESPOND IF YOU'D LIKE.
04:27:37:00	04:27:37:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN AND
04:27:37:00	04:27:38:00	WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON
04:27:38:00	04:27:41:00	SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR HOW WE DID
04:27:41:00	04:27:44:00	THE FIVE GRANTS TOGETHER WE'RE
04:27:44:00	04:27:44:00	CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT.
04:27:44:00	04:27:45:00	I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND
04:27:45:00	04:27:49:00	YOUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT
04:27:49:00	04:27:49:00	YOU KNOW THE RIGHT PERSON NOW
04:27:49:00	04:27:50:00	THAT WE CAN INVITE THE RIGHT
04:27:50:00	04:27:52:00	PERSONNEL FOR THAT THAT'S NEVER
04:27:52:00	04:27:53:00	BEEN A PROBLEM AND I'M HAPPY TO
04:27:53:00	04:27:53:00	DO THAT.
04:27:53:00	04:27:56:00	SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:27:56:00	04:27:56:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA,
04:27:56:00	04:28:00:00	WHAT IS THE DOCKET NUMBER
04:28:00:00	04:28:00:00	AGAIN?
04:28:00:00	04:28:03:00	200117.
04:28:03:00	04:28:03:00	OKAY.
04:28:03:00	04:28:03:00	THANK YOU.
04:28:03:00	04:28:04:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:28:04:00	04:28:05:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:28:05:00	04:28:06:00	HEY, CASTRO SANTANA MOVES FOR
04:28:06:00	04:28:07:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0117.
04:28:07:00	04:28:11:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
04:28:11:00	04:28:11:00	OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:28:11:00	04:28:14:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
04:28:14:00	04:28:14:00	DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER?
04:28:14:00	04:28:14:00	NO.
04:28:14:00	04:28:17:00	OKAY.
04:28:17:00	04:28:18:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER, DO
04:28:18:00	04:28:22:00	YOU HAVE A GREEN SHEETS?
04:28:22:00	04:28:23:00	OKAY.
04:28:23:00	04:28:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:28:23:00	04:28:23:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
04:28:23:00	04:28:25:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:28:25:00	04:28:25:00	I DO.
04:28:25:00	04:28:26:00	I'M SORRY.
04:28:26:00	04:28:29:00	ON BEHALF OF SO I'M THE VICE
04:28:29:00	04:28:30:00	CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
04:28:30:00	04:28:33:00	JUSTICE AND RESILIENCE
04:28:33:00	04:28:33:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS COMMITTEE
04:28:33:00	04:28:34:00	BECAUSE THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE
04:28:34:00	04:28:36:00	CAN I PULL FROM THE GREEN
04:28:36:00	04:28:37:00	SHEETS?
04:28:37:00	04:28:40:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0110.
04:28:40:00	04:28:40:00	THANK YOU.
04:28:40:00	04:28:43:00	WITH OUR CONSENT UPON YEAH WITH
04:28:43:00	04:28:45:00	WITH YOUR CONSENT TO PULL YEAH
04:28:45:00	04:28:45:00	.
04:28:45:00	04:28:46:00	YES.
04:28:46:00	04:28:46:00	YES.
04:28:46:00	04:28:49:00	OKAY.
04:28:49:00	04:28:53:00	COUNSELOR UH OH.
04:28:53:00	04:28:53:00	MR COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ
04:28:53:00	04:28:54:00	IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE
04:28:54:00	04:28:57:00	COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
04:28:57:00	04:28:58:00	JUSTICE RESERVE AND PARKS
04:28:58:00	04:28:59:00	TALKING NUMBER 0110 MESSAGE AN
04:28:59:00	04:29:00:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
04:29:00:00	04:29:04:00	OF BOSTON ACCEPTING SPEND THE
04:29:04:00	04:29:04:00	AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE FORM
04:29:04:00	04:29:07:00	OF A GRANT FOR THE PARKLAND
04:29:07:00	04:29:07:00	ACQUISITIONS AND RENOVATIONS
04:29:07:00	04:29:11:00	FOR COMMUNITIES AWARDED BY THE
04:29:11:00	04:29:11:00	MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY
04:29:11:00	04:29:15:00	AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE
04:29:15:00	04:29:15:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND
04:29:15:00	04:29:18:00	RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
04:29:18:00	04:29:19:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
04:29:19:00	04:29:22:00	PROSPECT OF CITIES AND TOWNS IN
04:29:22:00	04:29:22:00	ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING LAND
04:29:22:00	04:29:25:00	FOR PARK AND OUTDOOR RECREATION
04:29:25:00	04:29:26:00	PURPOSES.
04:29:26:00	04:29:26:00	THANK YOU.
04:29:26:00	04:29:30:00	ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION
04:29:30:00	04:29:31:00	OF THE COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR IS
04:29:31:00	04:29:35:00	ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS
04:29:35:00	04:29:35:00	COUNSELOR FLYNN IS THAT AN
04:29:35:00	04:29:35:00	OBJECTION?
04:29:35:00	04:29:36:00	I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
04:29:36:00	04:29:38:00	OKAY.
04:29:38:00	04:29:39:00	THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE
04:29:39:00	04:29:40:00	THE BODY COUNCILOR WEBER IN THE
04:29:40:00	04:29:40:00	FLOOR.
04:29:40:00	04:29:42:00	YEAH, I JUST I BELIEVE I THINK
04:29:42:00	04:29:45:00	MADAM PRESIDENT CAN CONFIRM
04:29:45:00	04:29:49:00	THAT THE CHAIR HAD GIVEN NOTICE
04:29:49:00	04:29:50:00	.
04:29:50:00	04:29:50:00	YES.
04:29:50:00	04:29:51:00	I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
04:29:51:00	04:29:53:00	I KNOW THAT SHE WANTS TO POSE
04:29:53:00	04:29:54:00	IS NOT JUST ME POLITICS OUT
04:29:54:00	04:29:56:00	OF THIN AIR.
04:29:56:00	04:30:00:00	THIS IS A GRANT FOR RINGER PARK
04:30:00:00	04:30:05:00	RENOVATIONS IN ALLSTON AND UM
04:30:05:00	04:30:08:00	AND IN TERMS OF ANY OTHER
04:30:08:00	04:30:08:00	QUESTIONS HOLD ON.
04:30:08:00	04:30:11:00	GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
04:30:11:00	04:30:15:00	UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO
04:30:15:00	04:30:18:00	APPROVE THE GRANT OF $500,000
04:30:18:00	04:30:21:00	SO WE CAN, UH UM WE CAN
04:30:21:00	04:30:25:00	RENOVATE THE PARK AND BASED ON
04:30:25:00	04:30:25:00	THE CHAIR'S SUGGESTION I
04:30:25:00	04:30:29:00	RECOMMEND THAT THIS PASS AND
04:30:29:00	04:30:29:00	I'M PUTTING UP FOR A VOTE.
04:30:29:00	04:30:33:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:30:33:00	04:30:33:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
04:30:33:00	04:30:34:00	WHEN YOU SAID IT'S FOR BEING A
04:30:34:00	04:30:34:00	PARK.
04:30:34:00	04:30:37:00	YEAH, I YES, YES.
04:30:37:00	04:30:37:00	OKAY.
04:30:37:00	04:30:37:00	THANK YOU.
04:30:37:00	04:30:38:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
04:30:38:00	04:30:40:00	THIS MATTER?
04:30:40:00	04:30:43:00	OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:30:43:00	04:30:44:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COMFORTABLE
04:30:44:00	04:30:47:00	WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:30:47:00	04:30:48:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK THE THE
04:30:48:00	04:30:50:00	VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE A
04:30:50:00	04:30:55:00	QUESTION WAS WHEN WHEN DID THE
04:30:55:00	04:30:58:00	HEARING TAKE PLACE ON THE SOME
04:30:58:00	04:30:59:00	ON THIS GRANT DO THE CHAIR VICE
04:30:59:00	04:31:02:00	CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
04:31:02:00	04:31:02:00	RESPOND YOU MAY.
04:31:02:00	04:31:06:00	I DON'T BELIEVE IT SINCE THE
04:31:06:00	04:31:06:00	GREEN SHEETS POLL I DON'T
04:31:06:00	04:31:07:00	BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A
04:31:07:00	04:31:07:00	HEARING BUT COUNCILOR WEBER,
04:31:07:00	04:31:09:00	YOU MAY RESPOND.
04:31:09:00	04:31:11:00	YEAH, JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
04:31:11:00	04:31:19:00	UM UH SO SO YEAH, I'VE REFERRED
04:31:19:00	04:31:24:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON UM,
04:31:24:00	04:31:25:00	DECEMBER 4TH BUT IF WE CAN HAVE
04:31:25:00	04:31:28:00	A JUST A SHORT ONE MINUTE
04:31:28:00	04:31:29:00	RECESS I COULD ANSWER YOUR
04:31:29:00	04:31:32:00	QUESTION DEFINITIVELY BUT IF
04:31:32:00	04:31:36:00	YOU IF YOU NEED IT WE ARE IN A
04:31:36:00	04:31:36:00	BRIEF ONE MINUTE.
04:31:36:00	04:31:37:00	THANK YOU.
04:31:37:00	04:32:48:00	THANK YOU.
04:32:48:00	04:32:52:00	WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS.
04:32:52:00	04:32:52:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
04:32:52:00	04:32:53:00	FLOOR.
04:32:53:00	04:32:55:00	SURE.
04:32:55:00	04:32:59:00	SO JUST TO ANSWER AS I COUNT
04:32:59:00	04:33:00:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN THERE WAS NOT A
04:33:00:00	04:33:02:00	HEARING.
04:33:02:00	04:33:03:00	UH, I JUST I HAVE SOME
04:33:03:00	04:33:03:00	ADDITIONAL MEMO I THINK
04:33:03:00	04:33:06:00	EVERYONE WAS PROVIDED WITH A
04:33:06:00	04:33:07:00	MEMO ON THIS.
04:33:07:00	04:33:08:00	UH, THE BOSTON PARKS AND
04:33:08:00	04:33:10:00	RECREATION DEPARTMENT APPLY FOR
04:33:10:00	04:33:11:00	A $500,000 GRANT FROM THE
04:33:11:00	04:33:14:00	COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
04:33:14:00	04:33:15:00	AS PARKLAND ACQUISITION
04:33:15:00	04:33:15:00	RENOVATIONS FOR COMMUNITIES
04:33:15:00	04:33:18:00	GRANT FOR PARK GRANT.
04:33:18:00	04:33:19:00	IT'S AN ANNUAL GRANT PROGRAM
04:33:19:00	04:33:22:00	OF UP TO $500,000 FOR WHICH
04:33:22:00	04:33:23:00	HELPS CITIES AND TOWNS BUILD
04:33:23:00	04:33:25:00	AND ACQUIRE PARKS.
04:33:25:00	04:33:26:00	RINGER PARK WAS SELECTED AS A
04:33:26:00	04:33:29:00	RECIPIENT OF THE FULL $500,000
04:33:29:00	04:33:29:00	GRANT.
04:33:29:00	04:33:30:00	THE GRANT WILL ENABLE THE PARK
04:33:30:00	04:33:33:00	RENOVATION TO INCLUDE A NEW
04:33:33:00	04:33:34:00	PLAY AREA, A NEW DOG RECREATION
04:33:34:00	04:33:36:00	SPACE SPACE A FLEXIBLE FIELD
04:33:36:00	04:33:40:00	SPACE, IMPROVED ENTRY AREAS,
04:33:40:00	04:33:40:00	ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS THROUGHOUT
04:33:40:00	04:33:41:00	THE PARK AND WOODLAND
04:33:41:00	04:33:43:00	RESTORATION AND A NEW
04:33:43:00	04:33:44:00	ACCESSIBLE PATH.
04:33:44:00	04:33:45:00	THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BY
04:33:45:00	04:33:47:00	THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
04:33:47:00	04:33:50:00	AND A $900,000 GIFT FROM THE
04:33:50:00	04:33:51:00	HARVARD AUSTIN PUBLIC REALM
04:33:51:00	04:33:53:00	FLEXIBLE FUND.
04:33:53:00	04:33:54:00	THE PARK GRANT REQUIRES THE
04:33:54:00	04:33:58:00	CITY TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND IN
04:33:58:00	04:34:01:00	ORDER.
04:34:01:00	04:34:02:00	I GUESS THAT CAME BEFORE US BUT
04:34:02:00	04:34:05:00	I THINK THERE WAS A DEADLINE
04:34:05:00	04:34:05:00	OF DECEMBER 31ST.
04:34:05:00	04:34:10:00	BUT YOU KNOW, I, I SO I BELIEVE
04:34:10:00	04:34:10:00	ACTION IS REQUIRED NOW THAT'S
04:34:10:00	04:34:11:00	WHY I'M PUTTING THIS FORWARD
04:34:11:00	04:34:13:00	AND HOPEFULLY I'LL APPROVE IT.
04:34:13:00	04:34:14:00	THANK YOU.
04:34:14:00	04:34:14:00	THANK YOU.
04:34:14:00	04:34:17:00	THAT IS OUR RESPONSIVE
04:34:17:00	04:34:17:00	GOVERNMENT.
04:34:17:00	04:34:20:00	YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL NOTE?
04:34:20:00	04:34:21:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
04:34:21:00	04:34:24:00	I APPRECIATE THE VICE CHAIR HIS
04:34:24:00	04:34:24:00	RESPONSE AND I KNOW HE'S
04:34:24:00	04:34:25:00	FILLING FILLING AND I'M NOT
04:34:25:00	04:34:28:00	GOING TO STAND IN THE WAY OF OF
04:34:28:00	04:34:30:00	MONEY GOING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD
04:34:30:00	04:34:31:00	TO FIX UP A PARK ALTHOUGH I
04:34:31:00	04:34:32:00	THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW I WOULD
04:34:32:00	04:34:35:00	LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
04:34:35:00	04:34:39:00	PARTICULAR PROJECTS BEFORE I
04:34:39:00	04:34:39:00	VOTE YES.
04:34:39:00	04:34:40:00	BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS AN
04:34:40:00	04:34:42:00	IMPORTANT FUNDING PROJECT.
04:34:42:00	04:34:43:00	I'M VOTING YES BUT I DO LIKE TO
04:34:43:00	04:34:47:00	KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M VOTING ON
04:34:47:00	04:34:47:00	BEFORE THAT VOTE TAKES PLACE.
04:34:47:00	04:34:47:00	THANK YOU.
04:34:47:00	04:34:50:00	THANK YOU.
04:34:50:00	04:34:51:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, VICE CHAIR
04:34:51:00	04:34:51:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON
04:34:51:00	04:34:51:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
04:34:51:00	04:34:55:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS SEEKS
04:34:55:00	04:34:57:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0110.
04:34:57:00	04:35:01:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THIS
04:35:01:00	04:35:02:00	DOCKET HAS PASSED WE WE'RE NOW
04:35:02:00	04:35:05:00	ON TO LATE FILES I'M INFORMED
04:35:05:00	04:35:05:00	BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE
04:35:05:00	04:35:07:00	FIVE LATE FILE MATTERS ONE SIX
04:35:07:00	04:35:10:00	LATE FILE MATTERS ONE PERSONNEL
04:35:10:00	04:35:13:00	ORDER ONE ABSENCE LETTER TO
04:35:13:00	04:35:17:00	ABSENCE TWO ABSENCE LETTERS
04:35:17:00	04:35:17:00	PERSONNEL ONE COUNCIL A
04:35:17:00	04:35:18:00	COMMUNICATION FROM
04:35:18:00	04:35:23:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN AND TWO THERE
04:35:23:00	04:35:24:00	ARE TWO COMMUNICATIONS.
04:35:24:00	04:35:27:00	OKAY THERE ARE TWO
04:35:27:00	04:35:28:00	COMMUNICATIONS AND ONE REPORT
04:35:28:00	04:35:30:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICER AND OH YES,
04:35:30:00	04:35:31:00	YES.
04:35:31:00	04:35:31:00	OKAY THANK YOU.
04:35:31:00	04:35:32:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
04:35:32:00	04:35:35:00	THESE LATE FILE MATTER TO ADD
04:35:35:00	04:35:38:00	THE PERSONNEL ORDER INTO
04:35:38:00	04:35:38:00	RECORD.
04:35:38:00	04:35:39:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN I DO.
04:35:39:00	04:35:42:00	I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER MADAM
04:35:42:00	04:35:45:00	KIRK FOR MADAM CLERK OR ME I
04:35:45:00	04:35:46:00	MEAN I MADE FOR YOU, MADAM
04:35:46:00	04:35:46:00	CHAIR.
04:35:46:00	04:35:47:00	I'M SORRY.
04:35:47:00	04:35:53:00	YES, I KNOW SOME I KNOW OUR
04:35:53:00	04:35:53:00	COLLEAGUES SOME OF THEM HAVE
04:35:53:00	04:35:57:00	HAVE LEFT BUT ONE ONE OF MY
04:35:57:00	04:35:58:00	COLLEAGUES DID WANT TO SPEAK
04:35:58:00	04:36:01:00	BEFORE THE BEFORE SOMEONE PUT
04:36:01:00	04:36:05:00	IT INTO FOR FOR FOR A VOTE WHEN
04:36:05:00	04:36:06:00	YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING OUT
04:36:06:00	04:36:09:00	OF A GREEN SHEET YOU USUALLY
04:36:09:00	04:36:09:00	GIVE PEOPLE THE HOPEFULLY YOU
04:36:09:00	04:36:12:00	GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
04:36:12:00	04:36:13:00	HAVE A DISCUSSION BECAUSE YOU
04:36:13:00	04:36:14:00	HAVEN'T EVEN READ ABOUT THE
04:36:14:00	04:36:16:00	DOCUMENT.
04:36:16:00	04:36:17:00	AND COUNCILOR MEJIA I THINK
04:36:17:00	04:36:20:00	WANTED TO AND COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:36:20:00	04:36:20:00	AND OTHERS WANTED TO LEARN MORE
04:36:20:00	04:36:21:00	ABOUT IT AND THEN SOMEONE
04:36:21:00	04:36:23:00	WANTED TO GO RIGHT TO A VOTE.
04:36:23:00	04:36:27:00	I THINK I THINK THAT'S A REASON
04:36:27:00	04:36:28:00	WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE
04:36:28:00	04:36:30:00	THOROUGH PROCESS OF OF
04:36:30:00	04:36:34:00	OF HAVING THAT ON THE AGENDA.
04:36:34:00	04:36:35:00	BUT IF PEOPLE TAKE SOMETHING
04:36:35:00	04:36:36:00	OUT OF A GREEN SHEET WE SHOULD
04:36:36:00	04:36:38:00	BE GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA
04:36:38:00	04:36:41:00	CONSIDERATION AND RESPECT THAT
04:36:41:00	04:36:42:00	WE CAN AT LEAST HEAR THEIR
04:36:42:00	04:36:42:00	QUESTIONS OF THOUGHT.
04:36:42:00	04:36:46:00	SO I'M TROUBLED BY THAT AND
04:36:46:00	04:36:50:00	IT'S IT IT SHOWS WITH THE LACK
04:36:50:00	04:36:53:00	OF WITH THE LACK OF ATTENDANCE
04:36:53:00	04:36:54:00	HERE AND IF ONE PERSON LEAVES
04:36:54:00	04:36:56:00	THIS ROOM NOW WE DON'T HAVE A
04:36:56:00	04:37:00:00	QUORUM AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR
04:37:00:00	04:37:00:00	THE BODY.
04:37:00:00	04:37:03:00	I, I DO THINK WE HAVE TO BE A
04:37:03:00	04:37:04:00	LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECTFUL WHEN
04:37:04:00	04:37:05:00	WE'RE TAKING THINGS OUT OF A
04:37:05:00	04:37:07:00	GREEN SHEET, GIVE PEOPLE THE
04:37:07:00	04:37:07:00	OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT IT
04:37:07:00	04:37:10:00	BUT DON'T BUT THEN DON'T GO FOR
04:37:10:00	04:37:11:00	IMMEDIATE VOTE IF PEOPLE STILL
04:37:11:00	04:37:15:00	HAVE A QUESTION I BELIEVE
04:37:15:00	04:37:15:00	COUNCIL ME HERE HAD A LIGHT ON
04:37:15:00	04:37:18:00	BEFORE AND SHE WASN'T
04:37:18:00	04:37:21:00	RECOGNIZED AND SHE SHOULD HAVE
04:37:21:00	04:37:21:00	BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
04:37:21:00	04:37:26:00	GIVE HER OPINION.
04:37:26:00	04:37:26:00	SHE CERTAINLY EARNED THAT AS A
04:37:26:00	04:37:27:00	AS A AS A OUR PART CITY
04:37:27:00	04:37:29:00	COUNCIL THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:37:29:00	04:37:29:00	THANK YOU.
04:37:29:00	04:37:30:00	I WANT TO COME TO AROUND HE WAS
04:37:30:00	04:37:31:00	RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS AND
04:37:31:00	04:37:32:00	THERE WAS A BACK AND FORTH AND
04:37:32:00	04:37:32:00	THEN HE MOVED.
04:37:32:00	04:37:36:00	I CAN'T PREVENT MY COUNT MY
04:37:36:00	04:37:36:00	COLLEAGUES FROM MOVING FOR A
04:37:36:00	04:37:36:00	VOTE.
04:37:36:00	04:37:40:00	I DO THINK IT IS BEST PRACTICE
04:37:40:00	04:37:41:00	AS EARLY AS WHEN KNOWS THAT
04:37:41:00	04:37:41:00	THEY WANT TO PULL SOMETHING
04:37:41:00	04:37:42:00	FROM THE GREEN SHEETS TO SEND
04:37:42:00	04:37:44:00	IT TO ME.
04:37:44:00	04:37:44:00	BUT THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE AND
04:37:44:00	04:37:45:00	SOMETIMES I KNOW CHAIRS ARE
04:37:45:00	04:37:48:00	MAKING DIFFERENT DECISIONS SO I
04:37:48:00	04:37:52:00	JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT BEFORE
04:37:52:00	04:37:53:00	SO WE ARE NOW ON TO LATE FILES.
04:37:53:00	04:37:54:00	I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK
04:37:54:00	04:37:55:00	THERE ARE FIVE FILE MATTERS ONE
04:37:55:00	04:37:58:00	PERSONNEL ORDER TWO ACTIONS
04:37:58:00	04:37:58:00	LETTERS, TWO COMMUNICATIONS AND
04:37:58:00	04:38:01:00	ONE REPORT A PUBLIC OFFICER 65
04:38:01:00	04:38:02:00	SPECIFICALLY FOR ALL MATTERS
04:38:02:00	04:38:02:00	COULD WE PLEASE READ THE
04:38:02:00	04:38:06:00	PERSONNEL ORDER INTO THE RECORD
04:38:06:00	04:38:06:00	BOOK?
04:38:06:00	04:38:14:00	OKAY, COUNCILOR FLYNN, ARE YOU
04:38:14:00	04:38:14:00	ABLE TO STAGE THAT WE HAVE
04:38:14:00	04:38:20:00	QUORUM COUNCILOR FLYNN YES, WE
04:38:20:00	04:38:21:00	ARE IN A BRIEF RECESS AND
04:38:21:00	04:41:00:00	LIKELY DURING RECESS YOU'RE NOW
04:41:00:00	04:41:03:00	BACK IN SESSION.
04:41:03:00	04:41:04:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE BE
04:41:04:00	04:41:05:00	THE FIRST PERSON OF THE LATE
04:41:05:00	04:41:06:00	FILE MATTER OF PERSONNEL ORDER
04:41:06:00	04:41:11:00	INTO THE RECORD?
04:41:11:00	04:41:11:00	FIRSTLY FILE AMOUNT
04:41:11:00	04:41:11:00	OF PERSONNEL ORDER
04:41:11:00	04:41:15:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CAN YOU ALSO
04:41:15:00	04:41:15:00	PLEASE READ THE TWO ABSENCE
04:41:15:00	04:41:18:00	LETTERS INTO THE RECORD FIRST
04:41:18:00	04:41:22:00	ABSENCE LET DEAR MR CLERK I
04:41:22:00	04:41:25:00	REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM
04:41:25:00	04:41:26:00	UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S
04:41:26:00	04:41:26:00	COUNCIL MEETING.
04:41:26:00	04:41:27:00	A MEMBER OF MY STAFF WILL
04:41:27:00	04:41:29:00	LISTEN IN AND TAKE NOTES
04:41:29:00	04:41:30:00	ACCORDINGLY.
04:41:30:00	04:41:33:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR TANYA
04:41:33:00	04:41:36:00	FERNANDES SECOND ABSENCE LETTER
04:41:36:00	04:41:37:00	I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I
04:41:37:00	04:41:41:00	AM UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS WEEK'S
04:41:41:00	04:41:42:00	COUNCIL MEETING AS I AM OUT
04:41:42:00	04:41:42:00	OF THE COUNTRY GRIEVING A
04:41:42:00	04:41:45:00	FAMILY DEATH A MEMBER OF MY
04:41:45:00	04:41:46:00	STAFF WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT
04:41:46:00	04:41:48:00	THE MEETING I REVIEW THE
04:41:48:00	04:41:49:00	RECORDING WHEN I AM ABLE.
04:41:49:00	04:41:49:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR
04:41:49:00	04:41:54:00	UNDERSTANDING COUNCILOR ENRIQUE
04:41:54:00	04:41:54:00	PEPEN THANK YOU.
04:41:54:00	04:41:56:00	TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS MATTER
04:41:56:00	04:41:57:00	TO THE AGENDA.
04:41:57:00	04:41:57:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING
04:41:57:00	04:42:00:00	SAY I ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU.
04:42:00:00	04:42:00:00	THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED
04:42:00:00	04:42:01:00	TO THE AGENDA AND THEY HAVE
04:42:01:00	04:42:03:00	BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD AND
04:42:03:00	04:42:04:00	THEY'VE BEEN PLACED ON FILE.
04:42:04:00	04:42:07:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
04:42:07:00	04:42:08:00	THE FORMAT OUT OF THE REPORT
04:42:08:00	04:42:08:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICERS INTO THE
04:42:08:00	04:42:12:00	RECORD OF THE REPORT OF PUBLIC
04:42:12:00	04:42:17:00	OFFICERS INTO THE RECORDING
04:42:17:00	04:42:21:00	OFFERED BY COUNCIL OF THE
04:42:21:00	04:42:21:00	COUNCIL THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
04:42:21:00	04:42:24:00	WHO IS IN ORDER OF COUNCIL
04:42:24:00	04:42:25:00	PRESIDENT BOOTSIE LOUIJEUNE
04:42:25:00	04:42:29:00	WHEREAS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13,
04:42:29:00	04:42:32:00	2025 THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED
04:42:32:00	04:42:33:00	A COMPLAINT ALLEGING VIOLATIONS
04:42:33:00	04:42:36:00	OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW ON TWO
04:42:36:00	04:42:36:00	OCCASIONS IN WHEREAS PURSUANT
04:42:36:00	04:42:37:00	TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN
04:42:37:00	04:42:40:00	MEETING LAW IN THE ATTORNEY
04:42:40:00	04:42:43:00	GENERAL'S REGULATIONS THE CITY
04:42:43:00	04:42:44:00	COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW
04:42:44:00	04:42:47:00	THE OPEN MEETING COMPLAINT AND
04:42:47:00	04:42:49:00	RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT WITHIN
04:42:49:00	04:42:50:00	14 DAYS.
04:42:50:00	04:42:52:00	GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 38 SECTION
04:42:52:00	04:42:59:00	23 B AND 940 C AND 20 9-5 AND.
04:42:59:00	04:43:00:00	WHEREAS, TO COMPLY WITH THE
04:43:00:00	04:43:03:00	OPEN MEETING LAW AND THE
04:43:03:00	04:43:03:00	ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REGULATIONS
04:43:03:00	04:43:07:00	ATTACHED TO IT IS THE COMPLAINT
04:43:07:00	04:43:08:00	PREFERENCE HEREIN NOW THEREFORE
04:43:08:00	04:43:10:00	BE IN ORDER THAT THE LAW
04:43:10:00	04:43:11:00	DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY
04:43:11:00	04:43:12:00	OF BOSTON ADDRESS THE OPEN
04:43:12:00	04:43:14:00	MEETING LAW COMPLAINT AND
04:43:14:00	04:43:14:00	RESPOND ACCORDINGLY ON BEHALF
04:43:14:00	04:43:18:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY
04:43:18:00	04:43:19:00	COUNCIL THANK YOU.
04:43:19:00	04:43:20:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS
04:43:20:00	04:43:20:00	MATTER TO THE AGENDA.
04:43:20:00	04:43:22:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING
04:43:22:00	04:43:26:00	PLEASE SAY I I WILL SAY NAY
04:43:26:00	04:43:26:00	THANK YOU.
04:43:26:00	04:43:27:00	THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO
04:43:27:00	04:43:27:00	THE AGENDA.
04:43:27:00	04:43:29:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
04:43:29:00	04:43:30:00	REFER THIS DOCKET TO THE LAW
04:43:30:00	04:43:34:00	DEPARTMENT POINT FIVE THE CHAIR
04:43:34:00	04:43:34:00	RECOGNIZES COMFORTABLE AND
04:43:34:00	04:43:36:00	COMFORTABLE ANY OTHER FLOOR?
04:43:36:00	04:43:36:00	YEAH.
04:43:36:00	04:43:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:43:37:00	04:43:47:00	ON THAT ON THAT DOCKET IT'S CAN
04:43:47:00	04:43:47:00	YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND
04:43:47:00	04:43:48:00	ABOUT IT?
04:43:48:00	04:43:50:00	I KNOW WE GOT SOMETHING AT THE
04:43:50:00	04:43:51:00	MIDDLE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE
04:43:51:00	04:43:51:00	MEETING.
04:43:51:00	04:43:53:00	I DIDN'T I DIDN'T READ ANY
04:43:53:00	04:43:54:00	OF IT.
04:43:54:00	04:43:57:00	IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS FIVE OR
04:43:57:00	04:44:00:00	TEN PAGES BUT IS THERE ANYTHING
04:44:00:00	04:44:01:00	ANY HIGHLIGHTS OF IT?
04:44:01:00	04:44:02:00	SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT
04:44:02:00	04:44:04:00	WAS OR IS IS THE CITY
04:44:04:00	04:44:08:00	COUNCIL GOING TO DISCUSS IT AT
04:44:08:00	04:44:09:00	ALL IN A RULES COMMITTEE
04:44:09:00	04:44:09:00	MEETING?
04:44:09:00	04:44:11:00	I DON'T I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
04:44:11:00	04:44:15:00	ABOUT THIS THIS COMPLAINT
04:44:15:00	04:44:18:00	SOMEONE SAID I'M HAPPY TO TALK
04:44:18:00	04:44:19:00	A BIT ABOUT IT.
04:44:19:00	04:44:20:00	IT'S A IT'S A COMPLAINT THAT WE
04:44:20:00	04:44:22:00	RECEIVED ON MONDAY AND THERE
04:44:22:00	04:44:25:00	ARE TWO THERE ARE TWO
04:44:25:00	04:44:25:00	ALLEGATIONS MADE REGARDING OPEN
04:44:25:00	04:44:28:00	MEETING VIOLATIONS, ONE
04:44:28:00	04:44:29:00	REGARDING THE SIGNING OF A
04:44:29:00	04:44:31:00	LETTER AND THE OTHER REGARDING
04:44:31:00	04:44:32:00	THE CONDUCT THE CONDUCT TO HOW
04:44:32:00	04:44:35:00	ROLL CALL VOTES ARE CONDUCTED.
04:44:35:00	04:44:36:00	I LOOK BACK TRADITIONALLY ON
04:44:36:00	04:44:39:00	HOW AND WE DID THIS WE LOOK
04:44:39:00	04:44:40:00	BACK TRADITIONALLY EVEN UNDER
04:44:40:00	04:44:40:00	YOUR PRESIDENCY ON HOW THESE
04:44:40:00	04:44:43:00	MATTERS WERE HANDLED.
04:44:43:00	04:44:44:00	THEY REFERRED TO THE LAW
04:44:44:00	04:44:44:00	DEPARTMENT AND THEY RESPOND I'M
04:44:44:00	04:44:47:00	HALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
04:44:47:00	04:44:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:44:48:00	04:44:50:00	THANK YOU.
04:44:50:00	04:44:51:00	THIS DOCKET IS REFERRED TO THE
04:44:51:00	04:44:54:00	LAW DEPARTMENT.
04:44:54:00	04:44:55:00	WE ARE NOW MR CLERK, WOULD YOU
04:44:55:00	04:44:57:00	PLEASE READ THE NEXT TO LATE
04:44:57:00	04:44:58:00	FILE MATTERS THAT YOU
04:44:58:00	04:44:58:00	COMMUNICATIONS INTO THE RECORD
04:44:58:00	04:45:02:00	FROM COUNCILOR AS CHAIRMAN
04:45:02:00	04:45:05:00	DURKIN COMMUNICATION REGARDING
04:45:05:00	04:45:08:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0127 AND THE
04:45:08:00	04:45:12:00	OTHER COMMUNICATION OKAY THIS
04:45:12:00	04:45:15:00	IS A RESPONSE FROM THE MAYOR ON
04:45:15:00	04:45:20:00	THE 17 FOUR SUBMITTED BY ONSLOW
04:45:20:00	04:45:20:00	MURPHY THANK YOU WE WILL TAKE A
04:45:20:00	04:45:24:00	VOTE TO ADD THESE TWO LATE FILE
04:45:24:00	04:45:24:00	COMMUNICATION INTO THE RECORD
04:45:24:00	04:45:27:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
04:45:27:00	04:45:28:00	OPPOSÉ NAY THE AYES HAVE IT
04:45:28:00	04:45:31:00	THESE LIKE FILE HAVE BEEN ADDED
04:45:31:00	04:45:31:00	INTO THE RECORD.
04:45:31:00	04:45:32:00	I DON'T KNOW IF ANY WOULD LIKE
04:45:32:00	04:45:35:00	TO SPEAK COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU
04:45:35:00	04:45:36:00	WANT TO SPEAK ON YOUR
04:45:36:00	04:45:36:00	COMMUNICATION?
04:45:36:00	04:45:36:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONSIDER
04:45:36:00	04:45:38:00	CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?
04:45:38:00	04:45:38:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
04:45:38:00	04:45:41:00	I JUST WANTED TO FLAG FOR
04:45:41:00	04:45:42:00	EVERYONE THAT IT'S REALLY
04:45:42:00	04:45:45:00	IMPORTANT THAT I NOW KNOW AS
04:45:45:00	04:45:46:00	THE CHAIR OF PLANNING
04:45:46:00	04:45:48:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
04:45:48:00	04:45:52:00	THAT I REVIEW SOME OF THE DATES
04:45:52:00	04:45:53:00	JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT AFTER
04:45:53:00	04:45:56:00	LANDMARK IS SIGNED WE HAVE 30
04:45:56:00	04:45:56:00	DAYS TO VOTE ON IT.
04:45:56:00	04:46:00:00	SO IT SEEMS THAT WITH CITY HALL
04:46:00:00	04:46:04:00	WE ATTEMPTED TO VOTE ON IT LAST
04:46:04:00	04:46:04:00	MEETING AND DIDN'T END UP
04:46:04:00	04:46:07:00	GETTING A VOTE AND ON MONDAY IT
04:46:07:00	04:46:08:00	BECAME A LANDMARK SO WE DIDN'T
04:46:08:00	04:46:11:00	HAVE TIME.
04:46:11:00	04:46:12:00	SO I THINK ON MY END I'LL BE
04:46:12:00	04:46:14:00	MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT JUST
04:46:14:00	04:46:15:00	LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THE DATES
04:46:15:00	04:46:16:00	AND JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THEM
04:46:16:00	04:46:18:00	SEEMS LIKE IT'S REALLY
04:46:18:00	04:46:22:00	IMPORTANT THAT I OBVIOUSLY HAVE
04:46:22:00	04:46:23:00	A HANDLE ON THE LANDMARK
04:46:23:00	04:46:23:00	PROCESS SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL
04:46:23:00	04:46:26:00	FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES.
04:46:26:00	04:46:27:00	I JUST WANTED TO SEND A
04:46:27:00	04:46:27:00	COMMUNICATION THAT THE CHAMBER
04:46:27:00	04:46:30:00	WE'RE STANDING IN IS NOW
04:46:30:00	04:46:30:00	LANDMARKED SO THANK YOU.
04:46:30:00	04:46:33:00	THANK YOU.
04:46:33:00	04:46:34:00	OKAY, WE DO WE HANDLE ALL THE
04:46:34:00	04:46:37:00	FILES MR QUICK GOES TO OH, THEY
04:46:37:00	04:46:38:00	WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
04:46:38:00	04:46:40:00	THOSE TWO COMMUNICATIONS WILL
04:46:40:00	04:46:41:00	BE PLACED ON FILE ALL THE FILES
04:46:41:00	04:46:43:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
04:46:43:00	04:46:44:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
04:46:44:00	04:46:45:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT
04:46:45:00	04:46:46:00	THAT THERE ARE THREE ADDITIONS
04:46:46:00	04:46:46:00	TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
04:46:46:00	04:46:49:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
04:46:49:00	04:46:50:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
04:46:50:00	04:46:50:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
04:46:50:00	04:46:53:00	MIRANDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
04:46:53:00	04:46:53:00	I.
04:46:53:00	04:46:54:00	I THINK YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA
04:46:54:00	04:46:57:00	HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
04:46:57:00	04:46:58:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
04:46:58:00	04:46:58:00	PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
04:46:58:00	04:47:01:00	FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
04:47:01:00	04:47:02:00	WE HAVE SOME CANCELED BIRTHDAYS
04:47:02:00	04:47:05:00	MORE CHIRURGIE UPCOMING I THINK
04:47:05:00	04:47:08:00	IS TODAY THE 15TH BIRTHDAY WAS
04:47:08:00	04:47:09:00	YESTERDAY OUR VERY OWN JOURNEY
04:47:09:00	04:47:12:00	TO FLYNN HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY
04:47:12:00	04:47:13:00	HER BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW LAUREN
04:47:13:00	04:47:17:00	KAMI AND BAILEY NADINE VINE SO
04:47:17:00	04:47:17:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THOSE JANUARY
04:47:17:00	04:47:20:00	BIRTHDAYS THIS IS MLK WEEKEND
04:47:20:00	04:47:24:00	COMING UP I KNOW THAT THE BASS
04:47:24:00	04:47:25:00	PROGRAM IN ROXBURY SOUTH END IS
04:47:25:00	04:47:31:00	HAVING THEIR ANNUAL BASE MLK
04:47:31:00	04:47:31:00	EVENT ON SATURDAY AND EMBRACES
04:47:31:00	04:47:34:00	HAVING THEIR MLK REMEMBRANCE
04:47:34:00	04:47:35:00	THIS WEEKEND AS WELL.
04:47:35:00	04:47:36:00	I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF MY
04:47:36:00	04:47:37:00	COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
04:47:37:00	04:47:38:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD
04:47:38:00	04:47:42:00	LIKE TO MAKE.
04:47:42:00	04:47:42:00	OKAY.
04:47:42:00	04:47:43:00	OH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:47:43:00	04:47:44:00	COUCHSURFING COMES OF YOU HAVE
04:47:44:00	04:47:45:00	THE FLOOR?
04:47:45:00	04:47:45:00	YEAH.
04:47:45:00	04:47:46:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
04:47:46:00	04:47:49:00	AND I WANT TO WANT TO THANK OUR
04:47:49:00	04:47:53:00	COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR RESOLUTION
04:47:53:00	04:47:53:00	AND RECOGNIZE AND DR. MARTIN
04:47:53:00	04:47:57:00	LUTHER KING DAY I ALSO HAVE A
04:47:57:00	04:48:00:00	RESOLUTION AS WELL MUCH AFTER
04:48:00:00	04:48:01:00	THE FACT AND THIS WAS THIS WAS
04:48:01:00	04:48:04:00	BEFORE MINE.
04:48:04:00	04:48:05:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
04:48:05:00	04:48:08:00	THEY ARE EXCEPTIONAL RESOLUTION
04:48:08:00	04:48:09:00	IN THEIR IN THEIR COMMENTS AS
04:48:09:00	04:48:12:00	WELL.
04:48:12:00	04:48:13:00	ONE ISSUE ONE POINT I DO WANT
04:48:13:00	04:48:16:00	TO MAKE, MADAM CHAIR, IS WE
04:48:16:00	04:48:19:00	CELEBRATE THE BIRTH WE
04:48:19:00	04:48:19:00	CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF DR.
04:48:19:00	04:48:20:00	MARTIN LUTHER KING, RECOGNIZED
04:48:20:00	04:48:23:00	HIS EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
04:48:23:00	04:48:27:00	AND HEROIC WORK IN THE COUNTRY
04:48:27:00	04:48:27:00	AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
04:48:27:00	04:48:30:00	I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE I
04:48:30:00	04:48:35:00	ALWAYS RECOGNIZE AS WELL THE
04:48:35:00	04:48:38:00	AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS FOR
04:48:38:00	04:48:42:00	THEIR HEROIC WORK AND SERVICE
04:48:42:00	04:48:45:00	INCLUDING OUR TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
04:48:45:00	04:48:49:00	WHO SERVED OUR NATION IN HARM'S
04:48:49:00	04:48:52:00	WAY AND WHETHER IT'S WORLD WAR
04:48:52:00	04:48:55:00	ONE OR WORLD WAR TWO WILLING TO
04:48:55:00	04:48:58:00	DIE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THEN
04:48:58:00	04:48:59:00	COMING BACK TO THE UNITED
04:48:59:00	04:49:02:00	STATES AND STILL NOT RECEIVING
04:49:02:00	04:49:03:00	THE SAME CIVIL RIGHTS AS
04:49:03:00	04:49:03:00	EVERYONE ELSE.
04:49:03:00	04:49:06:00	SO I I ALSO THINK OF OUR
04:49:06:00	04:49:09:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS ALSO
04:49:09:00	04:49:10:00	BESIDES I CERTAINLY THINK
04:49:10:00	04:49:13:00	OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BUT I
04:49:13:00	04:49:14:00	ALSO THINK OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
04:49:14:00	04:49:14:00	VETERANS FOR THEIR HEROIC
04:49:14:00	04:49:21:00	SERVICE, THEIR SACRIFICE AND
04:49:21:00	04:49:24:00	LEADERSHIP REALLY TOO IN
04:49:24:00	04:49:25:00	BUILDING A BETTER COUNTRY AND A
04:49:25:00	04:49:28:00	BUILDING A BETTER WORLD AS WELL
04:49:28:00	04:49:28:00	.
04:49:28:00	04:49:29:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:49:29:00	04:49:29:00	THANK YOU.
04:49:29:00	04:49:30:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
04:49:30:00	04:49:33:00	MEMORIALS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE
04:49:33:00	04:49:33:00	TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE
04:49:33:00	04:49:36:00	WHO HAS PASSED AWAY, NOW IS THE
04:49:36:00	04:49:36:00	TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:49:36:00	04:49:39:00	COUNSELOR WEBER.
04:49:39:00	04:49:40:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:49:40:00	04:49:43:00	YOU KNOW I RISE TODAY IN HONOR
04:49:43:00	04:49:46:00	OF CRAIG SIMS, THE BROTHER IN
04:49:46:00	04:49:47:00	LAW OF CONSTITUENTS OF MINE IN
04:49:47:00	04:49:50:00	WEST ROXBURY.
04:49:50:00	04:49:54:00	HE GREW UP IN BRIGHTON AND WAS
04:49:54:00	04:49:54:00	A DEDICATED HOCKEY PLAYER.
04:49:54:00	04:49:57:00	HE PLAYED FOR BRIGHTON YOUTH
04:49:57:00	04:49:58:00	HOCKEY BEFORE PLAYING FOR DON
04:49:58:00	04:49:58:00	BOSCO TECH AND LATER PLAYED IN
04:49:58:00	04:50:01:00	COLLEGE AT AMERICAN
04:50:01:00	04:50:05:00	INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE.
04:50:05:00	04:50:05:00	HE WAS A BELOVED MEMBER OF THE
04:50:05:00	04:50:06:00	HOCKEY COMMUNITY HERE AND A
04:50:06:00	04:50:09:00	DEDICATED COACH WITH THE
04:50:09:00	04:50:10:00	ALLSTON BRIGHTON YOUTH HOCKEY
04:50:10:00	04:50:13:00	ASSOCIATION.
04:50:13:00	04:50:17:00	HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AND HIS
04:50:17:00	04:50:20:00	FAMILY WILL BE HIS FAMILY WILL
04:50:20:00	04:50:21:00	BE HAVING A CELEBRATION OF HIS
04:50:21:00	04:50:24:00	LIFE AT THE CORA PUB IN
04:50:24:00	04:50:25:00	BRIGHTON ON FEBRUARY 1ST 3
04:50:25:00	04:50:25:00	P.M..
04:50:25:00	04:50:31:00	THEY ASK THAT ANY DONATIONS
04:50:31:00	04:50:32:00	INSTEAD OF SENDING FLOWERS TO
04:50:32:00	04:50:35:00	SEND DONATIONS TO THE ALLSTON
04:50:35:00	04:50:36:00	BRIGHTON YOUTH HOCKEY
04:50:36:00	04:50:36:00	ASSOCIATION.
04:50:36:00	04:50:39:00	THE 11 MARGOT ROAD IN BRIGHTON,
04:50:39:00	04:50:39:00	MASSACHUSETTS.
04:50:39:00	04:50:43:00	I KNOW HIS FAMILY IS SUFFERING.
04:50:43:00	04:50:46:00	I'M JUST RISING TO SUPPORT
04:50:46:00	04:50:46:00	THEM.
04:50:46:00	04:50:46:00	THANK YOU.
04:50:46:00	04:50:47:00	THANK YOU.
04:50:47:00	04:50:50:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS
04:50:50:00	04:50:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN THEN
04:50:50:00	04:50:51:00	COUNCILOR FOR GERALDTON
04:50:51:00	04:50:53:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
04:50:53:00	04:50:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:50:54:00	04:50:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:50:54:00	04:50:57:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I'D
04:50:57:00	04:51:01:00	LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUNG MAN
04:51:01:00	04:51:04:00	THAT WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT
04:51:04:00	04:51:05:00	IN ANDREW SQUARE OVER THE
04:51:05:00	04:51:05:00	WEEKEND.
04:51:05:00	04:51:09:00	HIS HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO
04:51:09:00	04:51:14:00	ARE NOT THOUGHTS, PRAYERS AND
04:51:14:00	04:51:15:00	I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A
04:51:15:00	04:51:18:00	WONDERFUL WOMAN FROM MY
04:51:18:00	04:51:22:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:51:22:00	04:51:25:00	MRS. ROONEY SHE WAS 92 YEARS
04:51:25:00	04:51:25:00	OLD.
04:51:25:00	04:51:31:00	SHE SHE RAISED 11 SONS.
04:51:31:00	04:51:32:00	SHE WAS A GRANDMOTHER TO 30 AND
04:51:32:00	04:51:38:00	A GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO 13
04:51:38:00	04:51:38:00	CHILDREN AND I KNEW ALL OF HER
04:51:38:00	04:51:41:00	SONS.
04:51:41:00	04:51:42:00	I PLAYED SPORTS WITH THEM.
04:51:42:00	04:51:43:00	I KNOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND
04:51:43:00	04:51:46:00	KNOW HER SONS KNOWS HER SONS AS
04:51:46:00	04:51:46:00	WELL.
04:51:46:00	04:51:47:00	PLAYED SPORTS WITH THEM AS WELL
04:51:47:00	04:51:50:00	AND COUNCILOR MURPHY KNEW THEM
04:51:50:00	04:51:50:00	AND THE FAMILY.
04:51:50:00	04:51:53:00	BUT MRS. ROONEY WAS A WONDERFUL
04:51:53:00	04:51:54:00	WOMAN.
04:51:54:00	04:51:54:00	SHE GAVE BACK TREMENDOUSLY TO
04:51:54:00	04:51:57:00	THE COMMUNITY.
04:51:57:00	04:51:58:00	SHE WAS ACTIVE IN ST
04:51:58:00	04:52:01:00	AUGUSTINE'S ST MONICA'S PARISH
04:52:01:00	04:52:01:00	.
04:52:01:00	04:52:02:00	SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR THE
04:52:02:00	04:52:02:00	COMMUNITY.
04:52:02:00	04:52:06:00	SHE WORKED ON THE FOOD PANTRY.
04:52:06:00	04:52:09:00	SHE WAS THERE FOR THANKSGIVING
04:52:09:00	04:52:09:00	AND CHRISTMAS AND SUPPORTING
04:52:09:00	04:52:12:00	FAMILIES IN NEED.
04:52:12:00	04:52:13:00	SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE YOUTH
04:52:13:00	04:52:16:00	SPORTS PROGRAM WHETHER IT WAS
04:52:16:00	04:52:17:00	THE SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH HOCKEY,
04:52:17:00	04:52:20:00	THE SOUTH BOSTON LITTLE LEAGUE.
04:52:20:00	04:52:23:00	I ALWAYS LOVED GOING WITH MY
04:52:23:00	04:52:24:00	PARENTS TO THE SIMON OF CYRENE
04:52:24:00	04:52:27:00	BREAKFAST OVER IN VENEZIA AND
04:52:27:00	04:52:28:00	DORCHESTER BECAUSE MRS. ROONEY
04:52:28:00	04:52:31:00	WOULD BE THERE AND SIMON
04:52:31:00	04:52:32:00	OF SYRIANS, AN ORGANIZATION
04:52:32:00	04:52:35:00	THAT SUPPORTS CHILDREN CHILDREN
04:52:35:00	04:52:36:00	AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH
04:52:36:00	04:52:36:00	DISABILITIES.
04:52:36:00	04:52:39:00	SHE SHE HELPED THEM FINANCIALLY
04:52:39:00	04:52:40:00	BUT SHE VOLUNTEERED OUR TIME
04:52:40:00	04:52:41:00	AND EFFORT TO SO MANY OTHER
04:52:41:00	04:52:43:00	DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
04:52:43:00	04:52:48:00	HER FUNERAL MASS WAS TODAY.
04:52:48:00	04:52:49:00	I TOOK MY PARENTS TO ST
04:52:49:00	04:52:52:00	CECILIA'S CHURCH THIS MORNING
04:52:52:00	04:52:55:00	FOR THE WEEK BUT MRS. ROONEY IS
04:52:55:00	04:52:59:00	IN OUR PRAYERS.
04:52:59:00	04:52:59:00	SHE'S IN OUR THOUGHTS AND SHE
04:52:59:00	04:53:00:00	REALLY IS A SYMBOL OF SOUTH
04:53:00:00	04:53:03:00	BOSTON IN OUR COMMUNITY OF OF
04:53:03:00	04:53:06:00	HARD WORK.
04:53:06:00	04:53:07:00	WATCHING OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR,
04:53:07:00	04:53:10:00	RESPECTING EACH OTHER AND
04:53:10:00	04:53:10:00	ALWAYS ALWAYS HAVING A KIND
04:53:10:00	04:53:14:00	WORD AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR
04:53:14:00	04:53:15:00	ANYONE ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN
04:53:15:00	04:53:15:00	NEED.
04:53:15:00	04:53:19:00	SO I REMEMBER MRS. MRS. ROONEY
04:53:19:00	04:53:19:00	AND HER FAMILY TODAY.
04:53:19:00	04:53:23:00	THANK YOU.
04:53:23:00	04:53:23:00	THANK YOU.
04:53:23:00	04:53:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:53:24:00	04:53:24:00	COUNCILOR FOR JODIE ON THE
04:53:24:00	04:53:25:00	FLOOR.
04:53:25:00	04:53:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:53:26:00	04:53:29:00	I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEND LOVE
04:53:29:00	04:53:29:00	TO THE BARROWS FAMILY THE
04:53:29:00	04:53:33:00	CONSTITUENTS IN D3 A STALWART
04:53:33:00	04:53:34:00	FAMILY THAT REPRESENTS THE
04:53:34:00	04:53:37:00	ALBUM'S CORNER COMMUNITY SO
04:53:37:00	04:53:41:00	WELL AND HAVING LOST LOVED ONES
04:53:41:00	04:53:42:00	TO CANCER AND BEING A PARENT
04:53:42:00	04:53:45:00	MYSELF I CAN'T OFFER ANY WORDS
04:53:45:00	04:53:49:00	INTO THE LOSS OF THEIR TWO YEAR
04:53:49:00	04:53:52:00	OLD SON CHRISTIAN BARROWS JUST
04:53:52:00	04:53:53:00	THE OTHER DAY AND REALLY JUST
04:53:53:00	04:53:56:00	SENDING MY LOVE TO THAT FAMILY
04:53:56:00	04:53:57:00	HAVING WORKED FOR JOHN FOR TWO
04:53:57:00	04:54:00:00	YEARS AS WELL, I KNOW HOW MUCH
04:54:00:00	04:54:01:00	HIS CHILDREN MEAN AS THEY ALL
04:54:01:00	04:54:06:00	DO TO ALL OF US PARENTS AND SO
04:54:06:00	04:54:07:00	MY THOUGHTS AND LOVE IS WITH
04:54:07:00	04:54:07:00	THEM TODAY.
04:54:07:00	04:54:11:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR TO GERALD.
04:54:11:00	04:54:12:00	I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THE
04:54:12:00	04:54:13:00	BARROWS FAMILY IN THIS
04:54:13:00	04:54:14:00	UNSPEAKABLE AND UNFORTUNATE
04:54:14:00	04:54:18:00	TRAGEDY THAT THEY ARE GOING
04:54:18:00	04:54:18:00	THROUGH AND MAY GOD KEEP THEM
04:54:18:00	04:54:19:00	AND HOLD THEM.
04:54:19:00	04:54:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KASRA
04:54:21:00	04:54:22:00	SANTANA CANCER CENTENNIAL ON
04:54:22:00	04:54:22:00	THE FLOOR.
04:54:22:00	04:54:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:54:24:00	04:54:25:00	I WANT TO UPLIFT ONE OF OUR
04:54:25:00	04:54:29:00	COLLEAGUES OR MY BEST FRIEND OR
04:54:29:00	04:54:32:00	MY BEST FRIEND AND ONE OF MY
04:54:32:00	04:54:33:00	COLLEAGUES WHEN WE GET UP BAD
04:54:33:00	04:54:36:00	WHO'S YOU KNOW, HAD A SORT
04:54:36:00	04:54:38:00	OF DEATH IN THE FAMILY OF HIS
04:54:38:00	04:54:39:00	GRANDMA AND IS NOW TRAVELING
04:54:39:00	04:54:44:00	AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
04:54:44:00	04:54:44:00	KNOW MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES
04:54:44:00	04:54:45:00	HAVE REACHED OUT TO HIM AND I
04:54:45:00	04:54:47:00	KNOW THAT HE'S THROUGH HIM AND
04:54:47:00	04:54:48:00	HIS FAMILY GOING THROUGH A
04:54:48:00	04:54:48:00	DIFFICULT TIME.
04:54:48:00	04:54:51:00	SO I WANT TO NAME THAT AND WISH
04:54:51:00	04:54:52:00	MY CONDOLENCES TO HIM AND THE
04:54:52:00	04:54:55:00	PAPA AND FAMILY DURING THIS
04:54:55:00	04:54:55:00	DIFFICULT TIME.
04:54:55:00	04:54:56:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:54:56:00	04:54:58:00	THANK YOU, SANTANA.
04:54:58:00	04:54:59:00	AND THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING HIS
04:54:59:00	04:55:01:00	GRANDMOTHER AND HER MEMORY.
04:55:01:00	04:55:02:00	OKAY.
04:55:02:00	04:55:06:00	AS EVERYONE TODAY WE WILL
04:55:06:00	04:55:06:00	ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY
04:55:06:00	04:55:07:00	OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON
04:55:07:00	04:55:09:00	BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BREADON
04:55:09:00	04:55:09:00	RAYMOND ARTHUR ON BEHALF
04:55:09:00	04:55:12:00	OF COUNCILOR FLYNN, BARRY AND
04:55:12:00	04:55:13:00	ENDEAVOR ON BEHALF
04:55:13:00	04:55:13:00	OF COUNCILORS FLYNN AND
04:55:13:00	04:55:20:00	FITZGERALD MARGARET C PEGG HON
04:55:20:00	04:55:21:00	ROONEY PAN ROONEY ON BEHALF
04:55:21:00	04:55:25:00	OF COUNCILORS PHILLIP
04:55:25:00	04:55:25:00	FITZGERALD AND LOUIJEUNE
04:55:25:00	04:55:26:00	CHRISTIAN BURROWS ON BEHALF
04:55:26:00	04:55:29:00	OF COUNCILOR EARL MARY JO ON
04:55:29:00	04:55:32:00	BEHALF OF MYSELF KEITH GLOBE
04:55:32:00	04:55:36:00	FATHER OF KATE GLOW FRIEND
04:55:36:00	04:55:39:00	OF EMILY POLSTON ON BEHALF
04:55:39:00	04:55:40:00	OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY
04:55:40:00	04:55:40:00	COUNCIL THE VICTIMS OF THE
04:55:40:00	04:55:43:00	FIRES IN LOS ANGELES A MOMENT
04:55:43:00	04:55:50:00	OF SILENCE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT
04:55:50:00	04:55:51:00	WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY
04:55:51:00	04:55:54:00	IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE
04:55:54:00	04:55:54:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
04:55:54:00	04:55:55:00	THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
04:55:55:00	04:55:55:00	MEET AGAIN IN THE DIANELLA
04:55:55:00	04:55:58:00	CHAMBER IN TWO WEEKS ON
04:55:58:00	04:56:00:00	WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2025 AT
04:56:00:00	04:56:01:00	12 NOON THANK YOU TO MY
04:56:01:00	04:56:02:00	COLLEAGUES TO CENTRAL STAFF THE
04:56:02:00	04:56:04:00	CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND
04:56:04:00	04:56:05:00	THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER.
04:56:05:00	04:56:08:00	HAPPY MLK WEEKEND EVERYONE.
04:56:08:00	04:56:08:00	ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT
04:56:08:00	04:56:09:00	PLEASE SAY I I THE COUNCIL IS