00:00:00:00	00:09:09:00	THANK YOU AND YOU KNOW TO ORDER
00:09:09:00	00:09:10:00	TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON
00:09:10:00	00:09:10:00	CITY COUNCIL.
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00:09:14:00	00:09:15:00	AT BOSTON'S ARGYLE FOR ITS
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00:09:17:00	00:09:18:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
00:09:18:00	00:09:21:00	COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE
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00:09:22:00	00:09:25:00	ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I
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00:09:26:00	00:09:29:00	NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
00:09:29:00	00:09:29:00	DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
00:09:29:00	00:09:30:00	PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
00:09:30:00	00:09:32:00	THANK YOU.
00:09:32:00	00:09:33:00	MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:09:33:00	00:09:34:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:09:34:00	00:09:34:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:09:34:00	00:09:37:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
00:09:37:00	00:09:37:00	YES.
00:09:37:00	00:09:40:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A POWDER.
00:09:40:00	00:09:40:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
00:09:40:00	00:09:43:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON.
00:09:43:00	00:09:44:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:09:44:00	00:09:44:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:09:44:00	00:09:48:00	YEAH.
00:09:48:00	00:09:48:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
00:09:48:00	00:09:51:00	COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR
00:09:51:00	00:09:51:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:09:51:00	00:09:55:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
00:09:55:00	00:09:55:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:09:55:00	00:09:55:00	YES.
00:09:55:00	00:09:59:00	COUNCILOR WEBER HERE AND
00:09:59:00	00:10:00:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL HERE.
00:10:00:00	00:10:00:00	A QUORUM IS BROKEN.
00:10:00:00	00:10:01:00	THANK YOU.
00:10:01:00	00:10:03:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT
00:10:03:00	00:10:03:00	THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
00:10:03:00	00:10:06:00	NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:10:06:00	00:10:07:00	INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY.
00:10:07:00	00:10:10:00	REVEREND GEORGE ZEBROWSKI
00:10:10:00	00:10:10:00	OF OUR LADY OF CHESTER HORVATH
00:10:10:00	00:10:14:00	OF DORCHESTER INVITED BY
00:10:14:00	00:10:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CASSEL
00:10:14:00	00:10:15:00	FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:10:15:00	00:10:18:00	AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL
00:10:18:00	00:10:24:00	RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
00:10:24:00	00:10:25:00	.
00:10:25:00	00:10:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:10:31:00	00:10:31:00	FATHER GEORGE DABROWSKI IS A
00:10:31:00	00:10:32:00	PASTOR AT OUR LADY OF CHESTER
00:10:32:00	00:10:35:00	HALL, THE PARISH IN THE POLISH
00:10:35:00	00:10:37:00	TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
00:10:37:00	00:10:37:00	DISTRICT THREE.
00:10:37:00	00:10:38:00	OUR LADY CHESTER OF CHESTER
00:10:38:00	00:10:41:00	HOVA PARISH WAS DESIGNATED FOR
00:10:41:00	00:10:42:00	POLISH IMMIGRANTS AND WAS
00:10:42:00	00:10:44:00	FOUNDED IN 1893.
00:10:44:00	00:10:48:00	BORN IN POLAND, FATHERS
00:10:48:00	00:10:49:00	OF BREWSKI GREW UP IN A LOVING
00:10:49:00	00:10:49:00	FAMILY AND WAS INSPIRED BY HIS
00:10:49:00	00:10:52:00	UNCLE XENOS A BREWSKI A
00:10:52:00	00:10:53:00	MISSIONARY WHO DEDICATED HIS
00:10:53:00	00:10:55:00	LIFE TO CHARITABLE WORK IN
00:10:55:00	00:10:55:00	JAPAN.
00:10:55:00	00:10:56:00	INITIALLY PURSUING ENGINEERING
00:10:56:00	00:10:59:00	FATHER ZEBROWSKI FELT CALLED TO
00:10:59:00	00:11:00:00	THE PRIESTHOOD AND JOINED THE
00:11:00:00	00:11:01:00	FRANCISCANS EARNING HIS DEGREE
00:11:01:00	00:11:03:00	IN POLAND AND WRITING HIS
00:11:03:00	00:11:04:00	MASTER'S THESIS ON HIS UNCLE'S
00:11:04:00	00:11:07:00	MISSIONARY WORK.
00:11:07:00	00:11:07:00	AFTER HIS ORDINATION HE PLANNED
00:11:07:00	00:11:10:00	TO SERVE IN JAPAN BUT WAS SENT
00:11:10:00	00:11:11:00	INSTEAD TO KENYA WHERE HE SPENT
00:11:11:00	00:11:12:00	SEVEN YEARS BUILDING WATERLINES
00:11:12:00	00:11:15:00	SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES FOR THOSE
00:11:15:00	00:11:16:00	IN NEED AFTER HEALTH CHALLENGES
00:11:16:00	00:11:18:00	FORCED HIM TO LEAVE AFRICA.
00:11:18:00	00:11:19:00	HE CONTINUED HIS MINISTRY IN
00:11:19:00	00:11:22:00	CANADA SERVING IN MONTREAL,
00:11:22:00	00:11:23:00	THUNDER BAY AND PETERBOROUGH.
00:11:23:00	00:11:26:00	IN SEPTEMBER 2015 HE BECAME THE
00:11:26:00	00:11:26:00	PASTOR OF OUR LADY OF CHESTER
00:11:26:00	00:11:29:00	HALL THE PARISH WHERE HE HAS
00:11:29:00	00:11:30:00	WORKED TO PRESERVE AND SHARE
00:11:30:00	00:11:30:00	THE POLISH CULTURE AND
00:11:30:00	00:11:33:00	FRANCISCAN TRADITIONS.
00:11:33:00	00:11:34:00	UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THE PARISH
00:11:34:00	00:11:36:00	CELEBRATED ITS 125TH
00:11:36:00	00:11:36:00	ANNIVERSARY BACK IN 2018.
00:11:36:00	00:11:40:00	EACH YEAR FATHER ZEBROWSKI AND
00:11:40:00	00:11:41:00	HIS CHURCH HOSTED THE POPULAR
00:11:41:00	00:11:43:00	POLISH FEST A NEIGHBORHOOD
00:11:43:00	00:11:44:00	CELEBRATION OF THE RICH CULTURE
00:11:44:00	00:11:48:00	TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
00:11:48:00	00:11:48:00	OF BOSTON'S POLISH AMERICAN
00:11:48:00	00:11:48:00	COMMUNITY.
00:11:48:00	00:11:51:00	IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
00:11:51:00	00:11:59:00	FATHER GEORGE ZEBROWSKI FATHER
00:11:59:00	00:11:59:00	.
00:11:59:00	00:12:03:00	GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
00:12:03:00	00:12:03:00	MY DEAR FRIENDS SAY IT'S MY
00:12:03:00	00:12:07:00	GREAT PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU
00:12:07:00	00:12:11:00	AND TO EXPERIENCE THIS
00:12:11:00	00:12:14:00	WONDERFUL EVENT.
00:12:14:00	00:12:17:00	YOU KNOW MY HISTORY.
00:12:17:00	00:12:21:00	I AM A PRIEST OF PEOPLE.
00:12:21:00	00:12:22:00	I LOVE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
00:12:22:00	00:12:26:00	CULTURES AND I FEEL THAT THE
00:12:26:00	00:12:30:00	STORY ABOUT ME I WAS IN JAPAN
00:12:30:00	00:12:34:00	AND AFRICA KENYA, CANADA AND SO
00:12:34:00	00:12:34:00	ON.
00:12:34:00	00:12:38:00	SO NOW I AM TRYING TO BUILD UP
00:12:38:00	00:12:41:00	OUR COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON.
00:12:41:00	00:12:45:00	I AM PROUD OF MY POLISH CULTURE
00:12:45:00	00:12:49:00	BUT ALSO I HAVE AMERICAN ROOTS
00:12:49:00	00:12:49:00	HERE.
00:12:49:00	00:12:52:00	MY GRANDFATHER WAS COMING HERE
00:12:52:00	00:12:56:00	TO THIS GREAT LAND
00:12:56:00	00:12:59:00	OF OPPORTUNITY AND HE WANTED TO
00:12:59:00	00:13:00:00	BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
00:13:00:00	00:13:03:00	BUT MY GRANDMOTHER DIDN'T LIKE
00:13:03:00	00:13:08:00	IT BECAUSE SHE WAS SO DEEPLY
00:13:08:00	00:13:11:00	ROOTED IN POLAND SO SHE
00:13:11:00	00:13:15:00	COULDN'T COME BUT OTHER MEMBERS
00:13:15:00	00:13:19:00	OF MY FAMILY ARE HERE AND ONE
00:13:19:00	00:13:19:00	YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
00:13:19:00	00:13:23:00	STARTED I BURIED IN CALIFORNIA.
00:13:23:00	00:13:27:00	MY COUSIN WHO WAS A PILOT IN
00:13:27:00	00:13:30:00	AMERICAN ARMY AND HE SURVIVED
00:13:30:00	00:13:33:00	MIDAIR COLLISION 1957.
00:13:33:00	00:13:37:00	SO I HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF MY
00:13:37:00	00:13:41:00	FAMILY A RELATIVE HERE IN
00:13:41:00	00:13:41:00	CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA, NEW
00:13:41:00	00:13:45:00	YORK, CHICAGO AND FRANCE.
00:13:45:00	00:13:49:00	I AM A PILOT CALL WHEN THEY
00:13:49:00	00:13:50:00	CAME FROM CANADA TO BOSTON.
00:13:50:00	00:13:53:00	SO I LOVE IT.
00:13:53:00	00:13:56:00	I LOVE THE THIRD AND WAY AND I
00:13:56:00	00:13:56:00	CELEBRATE THE MASSES.
00:13:56:00	00:14:00:00	I PRAY FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW
00:14:00:00	00:14:04:00	THAT YOU ARE DOING A WONDERFUL
00:14:04:00	00:14:04:00	JOB.
00:14:04:00	00:14:08:00	YOU ARE TRYING TO TO PASS THE
00:14:08:00	00:14:09:00	LAW WHICH WILL BE GOOD FOR ALL
00:14:09:00	00:14:12:00	THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
00:14:12:00	00:14:16:00	AND IF I AM A MENTION THAT I
00:14:16:00	00:14:19:00	CAME FROM A BIG FAMILY AND FOR
00:14:19:00	00:14:24:00	ME A COUNTRY A CITY, A PARISH
00:14:24:00	00:14:24:00	IT'S LIKE MY FAMILY.
00:14:24:00	00:14:28:00	SO I PUT MY HEART AND I TRY ALL
00:14:28:00	00:14:31:00	THE BEST TO BRING PEOPLE
00:14:31:00	00:14:32:00	OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES,
00:14:32:00	00:14:35:00	PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITH
00:14:35:00	00:14:35:00	TOGETHER.
00:14:35:00	00:14:36:00	SO WHENEVER YOU ARE IN SOUTH
00:14:36:00	00:14:40:00	BOSTON DROP FOR A CUP OF COFFEE
00:14:40:00	00:14:43:00	AT OUR PLACE AND YOU ARE THE
00:14:43:00	00:14:47:00	MOST WELCOME.
00:14:47:00	00:14:48:00	WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AND
00:14:48:00	00:14:49:00	YOU HAVE THE PARISHIONERS WHO
00:14:49:00	00:14:51:00	CAME FROM DIFFERENT CORNERS
00:14:51:00	00:14:51:00	OF THE WORLD FROM THE
00:14:51:00	00:14:55:00	PHILIPPINES, HAITI, IRELAND,
00:14:55:00	00:14:59:00	ITALY, GERMANY AND SUN AND
00:14:59:00	00:15:02:00	OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGER GROUP IS
00:15:02:00	00:15:03:00	POLISH THE POLISH TRIANGLE.
00:15:03:00	00:15:06:00	YOU KNOW.
00:15:06:00	00:15:07:00	SO I AM HERE TO SAY A PRAYER
00:15:07:00	00:15:10:00	FOR YOU TODAY AND MAY GOD BLESS
00:15:10:00	00:15:10:00	YOU.
00:15:10:00	00:15:14:00	BLESS ALL YOU'RE DOING AND
00:15:14:00	00:15:17:00	SUPPORTING THE POOR PEOPLE AND
00:15:17:00	00:15:21:00	TRYING TO BRING JOY, LOVE AND
00:15:21:00	00:15:22:00	COMMUNITY.
00:15:22:00	00:15:25:00	MAY SAN FRANCISCO THE
00:15:25:00	00:15:29:00	PEACEMAKER WHO WANTED TO
00:15:29:00	00:15:33:00	REBUILD THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY
00:15:33:00	00:15:37:00	AT HIS AGE INTERCEDE FOR ALL
00:15:37:00	00:15:38:00	OF YOU ALL GIVE YOU THE JOY
00:15:38:00	00:15:41:00	OF LIFE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
00:15:41:00	00:15:46:00	SITUATION SITUATIONS ALL
00:15:46:00	00:15:50:00	OF THIS CHANGING BUT WERE HERE
00:15:50:00	00:15:53:00	TO HELP WHILE HERE TOO TO LEAD
00:15:53:00	00:15:53:00	THE PEOPLE AND YOU ARE THE
00:15:53:00	00:15:56:00	PEOPLE WHO NEED THE GUIDANCE
00:15:56:00	00:16:01:00	FROM ABOVE AND YOU NEED THE
00:16:01:00	00:16:01:00	GRACES FROM GOD.
00:16:01:00	00:16:04:00	FOR MY FRIEND FRANCIS HELP YOU
00:16:04:00	00:16:05:00	TO BRING JOY, PEACE, LOVE AND
00:16:05:00	00:16:09:00	UNITY AND BE THIS WONDERFUL A
00:16:09:00	00:16:12:00	COMMUNITY OF OUR GREAT CITY
00:16:12:00	00:16:12:00	OF BOSTON.
00:16:12:00	00:16:19:00	SO ENDING I WOULD TO SAY
00:16:19:00	00:16:23:00	ALONGSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL PRAYER
00:16:23:00	00:16:23:00	OF FRANCIS AND FRANCIS USED TO
00:16:23:00	00:16:28:00	SAY LORD MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT
00:16:28:00	00:16:28:00	OF YOUR PEACE.
00:16:28:00	00:16:32:00	WHILE THERE IS HATRED LED TO
00:16:32:00	00:16:35:00	ME SO LOVE WHILE THERE'S ANGER
00:16:35:00	00:16:39:00	A PARDON WHILE THERE IS DOUBT
00:16:39:00	00:16:39:00	FAITH WHILE THERE IS DESPAIR
00:16:39:00	00:16:42:00	HOPE WHILE THERE IS DARKNESS
00:16:42:00	00:16:43:00	LIGHT WHILE THERE IS SADNESS
00:16:43:00	00:16:47:00	JOEY FROM MY GOD BLESS YOU ALL
00:16:47:00	00:16:51:00	AND THE I MY HEART AND WE ARE
00:16:51:00	00:16:54:00	SAILING THE SAME BOAT ARE
00:16:54:00	00:16:54:00	WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
00:16:54:00	00:16:57:00	MAY GOD BLESS US ALL.
00:16:57:00	00:16:58:00	MAY GOD BLESS ALL YOUR FAMILIES
00:16:58:00	00:17:01:00	AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND
00:17:01:00	00:17:02:00	THE ENTIRE WORLD IN THE NAME
00:17:02:00	00:17:05:00	OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON
00:17:05:00	00:17:09:00	AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND A
00:17:09:00	00:17:10:00	THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
00:17:10:00	00:17:10:00	HERE.
00:17:10:00	00:17:10:00	THANK YOU.
00:17:10:00	00:17:14:00	THANK PLEASURE.
00:17:14:00	00:17:14:00	THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
00:17:14:00	00:17:17:00	RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:17:17:00	00:17:17:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:17:17:00	00:17:21:00	I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:17:21:00	00:17:24:00	AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
00:17:24:00	00:17:25:00	STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:17:25:00	00:17:28:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:17:28:00	00:17:39:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:17:39:00	00:17:42:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR
00:17:42:00	00:17:43:00	ZEBROWSKI FOR YOUR WORK IN OUR
00:17:43:00	00:17:46:00	CITY FOR THE WARM INVITATION TO
00:17:46:00	00:17:47:00	YOUR CONGREGATION AND FOR YOUR
00:17:47:00	00:17:50:00	POWERFUL PERSONAL STORY.
00:17:50:00	00:17:51:00	WE ARE WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
00:17:51:00	00:17:54:00	PRESENTATIONS.
00:17:54:00	00:17:54:00	WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION
00:17:54:00	00:17:58:00	OFFERED BY COUNCILOR WEBER ON
00:17:58:00	00:17:58:00	BEHALF OF MRS. AUSMAN.
00:17:58:00	00:17:59:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
00:17:59:00	00:18:08:00	FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.
00:18:08:00	00:18:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:18:12:00	00:18:12:00	GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
00:18:12:00	00:18:13:00	AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK
00:18:13:00	00:18:16:00	OUR HONOREE DIANE AUSMAN TO
00:18:16:00	00:18:20:00	COME TO THE PODIUM AND ALSO
00:18:20:00	00:18:20:00	INVITE HER SON ROBB TO COME
00:18:20:00	00:18:28:00	DOWN AS WELL AND HER HUSBAND
00:18:28:00	00:18:29:00	ALL THE ORPHANS EVERYONE NAMED
00:18:29:00	00:18:32:00	AUSMAN.
00:18:32:00	00:18:32:00	ANYONE ELSE?
00:18:32:00	00:18:32:00	OKAY.
00:18:32:00	00:18:43:00	UH, KNOW YOU CAN COME UP HERE.
00:18:43:00	00:18:43:00	DIANA IS A CONSTITUENT OF MINE
00:18:43:00	00:18:47:00	AND I'M HONORED TO BE
00:18:47:00	00:18:48:00	RECOGNIZING HER TODAY WITH THIS
00:18:48:00	00:18:48:00	RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING HER
00:18:48:00	00:18:51:00	RETIREMENT AFTER WORKING FOR
00:18:51:00	00:18:52:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON IN VARIOUS
00:18:52:00	00:18:56:00	CAPACITIES OVER THE PAST 29
00:18:56:00	00:18:56:00	YEARS.
00:18:56:00	00:19:00:00	DIANA HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY
00:19:00:00	00:19:03:00	UNDER MAYOR WU, MAYOR WALSH AND
00:19:03:00	00:19:04:00	MAYOR MENINO AND LIKE RED SOX
00:19:04:00	00:19:07:00	GREAT BROCK HOLT.
00:19:07:00	00:19:08:00	SHE WAS THE CITY'S OWN UTILITY
00:19:08:00	00:19:10:00	INFIELDER.
00:19:10:00	00:19:11:00	DIANA SPENT 20 YEARS WORKING
00:19:11:00	00:19:14:00	FOR THE DEPARTMENT
00:19:14:00	00:19:15:00	OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
00:19:15:00	00:19:18:00	SHE ALSO WORKED IN THE OFFICE
00:19:18:00	00:19:18:00	OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR BOSTON
00:19:18:00	00:19:21:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THE MATTAPAN
00:19:21:00	00:19:22:00	EARLY EDUCATION CENTER AND
00:19:22:00	00:19:23:00	WORKED IN THE AUDITING
00:19:23:00	00:19:26:00	DEPARTMENT AND AT BOSTON CITY
00:19:26:00	00:19:27:00	HOSPITAL, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS
00:19:27:00	00:19:29:00	BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER.
00:19:29:00	00:19:30:00	PRIOR TO WORKING FOR THE CITY
00:19:30:00	00:19:33:00	AND WHILE RAISING THREE
00:19:33:00	00:19:34:00	CHILDREN, SHE WORKED AT A
00:19:34:00	00:19:36:00	FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANT IN HYDE
00:19:36:00	00:19:37:00	PARK AND IN EARLY EDUCATION.
00:19:37:00	00:19:40:00	I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DIANA
00:19:40:00	00:19:44:00	AND HER FAMILY ON HER
00:19:44:00	00:19:44:00	WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT AND
00:19:44:00	00:19:48:00	NOW INVITE MY COLLEAGUE MADAM
00:19:48:00	00:19:51:00	PRESIDENT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS
00:19:51:00	00:19:52:00	WELL AS HER SON ROB.
00:19:52:00	00:19:59:00	THANK YOU.
00:19:59:00	00:19:59:00	I'LL BE BRIEF.
00:19:59:00	00:20:02:00	MR DAWSON DANA, I'M GOING TO
00:20:02:00	00:20:03:00	MISS SEEING YOU AROUND CITY
00:20:03:00	00:20:03:00	HALL.
00:20:03:00	00:20:05:00	YOU ARE WITH YOUR DEPARTURE
00:20:05:00	00:20:06:00	OF OVER 29 YEARS HERE IN THE
00:20:06:00	00:20:06:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
00:20:06:00	00:20:09:00	WE ARE GOING TO LOSE YOUR
00:20:09:00	00:20:10:00	KNOWLEDGE AND EVERYTHING THAT
00:20:10:00	00:20:13:00	YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CITY.
00:20:13:00	00:20:14:00	YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE BODIES
00:20:14:00	00:20:14:00	ARE BURIED.
00:20:14:00	00:20:14:00	YOU KNOW EVERYTHING HERE.
00:20:14:00	00:20:17:00	AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR FOR
00:20:17:00	00:20:18:00	YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
00:20:18:00	00:20:21:00	I KNOW THAT THE ENTIRE DO IT
00:20:21:00	00:20:21:00	TEAM CARRY EVERYONE IS GREAT
00:20:21:00	00:20:22:00	FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE
00:20:22:00	00:20:24:00	GIVEN TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:20:24:00	00:20:28:00	I KNOW YOU KNOW I LOVE THE
00:20:28:00	00:20:29:00	ALLMANS AND I THINK YOU KNOW I
00:20:29:00	00:20:30:00	KNOW JENNY KRISTEN WOULD BE
00:20:30:00	00:20:30:00	HERE IF THEY COULD.
00:20:30:00	00:20:32:00	GOOD TO HAVE ROB HERE.
00:20:32:00	00:20:33:00	BUT YOU HAVE JUST BEEN JUST A
00:20:33:00	00:20:34:00	STEADY FORCE AND A PRESENCE
00:20:34:00	00:20:36:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT
00:20:36:00	00:20:37:00	ALSO IN OUR GREATER BOSTON
00:20:37:00	00:20:39:00	COMMUNITY.
00:20:39:00	00:20:39:00	SO CONGRATULATIONS.
00:20:39:00	00:20:40:00	I HOPE RETIREMENT ACTUALLY
00:20:40:00	00:20:40:00	MEANS RETIREMENT.
00:20:40:00	00:20:43:00	SOME PEOPLE THINK OF JOBS THE
00:20:43:00	00:20:44:00	HOPE THAT YOU GET TO REST AND
00:20:44:00	00:20:45:00	RELAX AND GO ON NIGHTS
00:20:45:00	00:20:46:00	VACATIONS BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
00:20:46:00	00:20:50:00	THANK YOU.
00:20:50:00	00:20:54:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:20:54:00	00:20:54:00	JUST I'LL BE BRIEF.
00:20:54:00	00:20:54:00	THANK YOU.
00:20:54:00	00:20:55:00	COUNCILORS WEBER AND
00:20:55:00	00:20:57:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
00:20:57:00	00:20:58:00	JUST ON BEHALF OF MY SISTER
00:20:58:00	00:20:59:00	JENNIFER, MY SISTER KRISTEN AND
00:20:59:00	00:21:01:00	MY MOTHER'S FOUR GRANDCHILDREN
00:21:01:00	00:21:02:00	JACK, CORA, MICHAEL AND
00:21:02:00	00:21:02:00	WILLIAM.
00:21:02:00	00:21:05:00	JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
00:21:05:00	00:21:06:00	THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING TIME OUT
00:21:06:00	00:21:07:00	OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE JUST TO
00:21:07:00	00:21:09:00	HONOR MY MOTHER AS I THINK IT'S
00:21:09:00	00:21:12:00	PROBABLY NOT A SURPRISE THAT
00:21:12:00	00:21:13:00	HER THREE CHILDREN ALL WORK IN
00:21:13:00	00:21:13:00	PUBLIC SERVICE WHETHER FOR THE
00:21:13:00	00:21:16:00	STATE AS A SCHOOLTEACHER OR
00:21:16:00	00:21:17:00	RECENTLY IN THE BIDEN
00:21:17:00	00:21:17:00	ADMINISTRATION.
00:21:17:00	00:21:20:00	AND I THINK AT A TIME
00:21:20:00	00:21:21:00	PARTICULARLY WHERE WE'RE SEEING
00:21:21:00	00:21:21:00	PUBLIC SERVANTS AND EMPLOYEES
00:21:21:00	00:21:22:00	MALIGNED IN CERTAIN QUARTERS IT
00:21:22:00	00:21:25:00	MEANS A LOT THAT THE
00:21:25:00	00:21:25:00	COUNCIL WOULD TAKE THE
00:21:25:00	00:21:25:00	OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR SOMEONE
00:21:25:00	00:21:28:00	LIKE MY MOTHER, THE MEMBERS
00:21:28:00	00:21:29:00	OF THE DO A TEAM AND EVERYONE
00:21:29:00	00:21:29:00	ELSE.
00:21:29:00	00:21:30:00	SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M
00:21:30:00	00:21:33:00	GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
00:21:33:00	00:21:33:00	GUEST OF HONOR MY MOTHER DIANA
00:21:33:00	00:21:39:00	WORTHAM AND THANK YOU.
00:21:39:00	00:21:40:00	THANKS SO MUCH.
00:21:40:00	00:21:41:00	THIS IS THIS IS A REAL HONOR
00:21:41:00	00:21:43:00	AND A PRIVILEGE.
00:21:43:00	00:21:44:00	I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT MY
00:21:44:00	00:21:50:00	FAMILY SUPPORT MY FRIENDS AND
00:21:50:00	00:21:50:00	MY COLLEAGUES.
00:21:50:00	00:21:51:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:21:51:00	00:21:54:00	THIS IS THIS IS WONDERFUL AND
00:21:54:00	00:21:55:00	I'M GOING TO MISS WORKING IN
00:21:55:00	00:21:55:00	THE CITY.
00:21:55:00	00:21:56:00	BUT I WILL BE AROUND AND I WILL
00:21:56:00	00:21:58:00	BE STILL DOING SOMETHING IN THE
00:21:58:00	00:21:59:00	PUBLIC SECTOR.
00:21:59:00	00:22:01:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:22:01:00	00:22:05:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE.
00:22:05:00	00:22:06:00	I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL MY
00:22:06:00	00:22:08:00	COLLEAGUES UP HERE FOR A PHOTO
00:22:08:00	00:22:08:00	.
00:22:08:00	00:22:12:00	THANK YOU.
00:22:12:00	00:22:27:00	THANKS SO OH, THIS IS PRETTY
00:22:27:00	00:22:30:00	COOL, RIGHT?
00:22:30:00	00:22:45:00	OH, WE WOULDN'T MIND YOU.
00:22:45:00	00:22:47:00	THANK YOU AGAIN.
00:22:47:00	00:22:50:00	IT'S GREAT TO BE.
00:22:50:00	00:22:54:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR.
00:22:54:00	00:22:54:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:22:54:00	00:23:01:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:23:01:00	00:23:01:00	THANK YOU.
00:23:01:00	00:23:19:00	THANK YOU SO.
00:23:19:00	00:23:19:00	YES.
00:23:19:00	00:23:20:00	YEP.
00:23:20:00	00:23:29:00	OKAY.
00:23:29:00	00:23:34:00	CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO DIANA
00:23:34:00	00:23:35:00	.
00:23:35:00	00:23:35:00	TO THE ENTIRE ALLMAN FAMILY.
00:23:35:00	00:23:36:00	LIKE A GOOD HUSBAND.
00:23:36:00	00:23:38:00	TAKE IT FOR A BAG, DENNIS.
00:23:38:00	00:23:42:00	WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND, DIANA.
00:23:42:00	00:23:45:00	OKAY.
00:23:45:00	00:23:46:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE A
00:23:46:00	00:23:46:00	MEMBER ATTENDANCE REFLECT THAT
00:23:46:00	00:23:48:00	CASA CARLOTTA ZAPATA IS NOW IN
00:23:48:00	00:23:51:00	WITH US.
00:23:51:00	00:23:52:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:23:52:00	00:23:52:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:23:52:00	00:23:55:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:23:55:00	00:23:55:00	THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12,
00:23:55:00	00:23:56:00	2025.
00:23:56:00	00:23:59:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
00:23:59:00	00:24:00:00	I ALL OPPOSE ANY AYES HAVE IT.
00:24:00:00	00:24:03:00	THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY
00:24:03:00	00:24:03:00	12TH MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:24:03:00	00:24:04:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATION
00:24:04:00	00:24:06:00	FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR.
00:24:06:00	00:24:07:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:24:07:00	00:24:08:00	REPORT THAT NUMBER ZERO 5 TO 6
00:24:08:00	00:24:09:00	SO I CAN NAME A ZERO 5 TO 6
00:24:09:00	00:24:12:00	MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:24:12:00	00:24:13:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:24:13:00	00:24:18:00	THE AMOUNT OF $1,190,071.64 IN
00:24:18:00	00:24:22:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:24:22:00	00:24:23:00	CARRIER AND WIPO AS A GO
00:24:23:00	00:24:26:00	PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED
00:24:26:00	00:24:26:00	STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
00:24:26:00	00:24:29:00	THROUGH THE MASAI DEPARTMENT
00:24:29:00	00:24:29:00	OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE
00:24:29:00	00:24:30:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:24:30:00	00:24:33:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:24:33:00	00:24:33:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES TO
00:24:33:00	00:24:36:00	HELP JOB SEEKERS ACCESS
00:24:36:00	00:24:37:00	EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, SKILLS
00:24:37:00	00:24:42:00	TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIP JOBS
00:24:42:00	00:24:42:00	AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
00:24:42:00	00:24:43:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR.
00:24:43:00	00:24:45:00	NUMBER 0526 WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:24:45:00	00:24:46:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
00:24:46:00	00:24:46:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:24:46:00	00:24:49:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:24:49:00	00:24:49:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:24:49:00	00:24:51:00	REPORT TO NUMBER 0527.0527
00:24:51:00	00:24:52:00	MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED
00:24:52:00	00:24:56:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:24:56:00	00:24:58:00	AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:24:58:00	00:24:59:00	OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:24:59:00	00:25:02:00	GRANT FOR THE THESE FEES TO
00:25:02:00	00:25:03:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE PILOT
00:25:03:00	00:25:03:00	HOUSE PHILANTHROPY TO BE
00:25:03:00	00:25:06:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:25:06:00	00:25:06:00	OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
00:25:06:00	00:25:09:00	THE PROGRAM WILL FUND THE FUND
00:25:09:00	00:25:10:00	THE LEARNING AND EVALUATION
00:25:10:00	00:25:13:00	COMPONENTS OF THE BPP'S
00:25:13:00	00:25:13:00	SUNDAY'S PILOT PROGRAM.
00:25:13:00	00:25:16:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0527
00:25:16:00	00:25:16:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:25:16:00	00:25:17:00	COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE,
00:25:17:00	00:25:20:00	ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND
00:25:20:00	00:25:20:00	SPECIAL EVENTS.
00:25:20:00	00:25:21:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
00:25:21:00	00:25:23:00	BACK AT NUMBER 0528 LUCKY
00:25:23:00	00:25:25:00	NUMBER 0528 MESSAGE YOU KNOW
00:25:25:00	00:25:25:00	AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:25:25:00	00:25:28:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:25:28:00	00:25:29:00	THE AMOUNT OF $125,000 IN THE
00:25:29:00	00:25:33:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S
00:25:33:00	00:25:33:00	OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES
00:25:33:00	00:25:36:00	CONNECT LEARN AND EXPLORE
00:25:36:00	00:25:37:00	INITIATIVE AWARDED BY BOSTON
00:25:37:00	00:25:40:00	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO BE
00:25:40:00	00:25:40:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:25:40:00	00:25:43:00	OF HUMAN SERVICES.
00:25:43:00	00:25:44:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND AN ANNUAL
00:25:44:00	00:25:47:00	CITYWIDE ACTIVATION SUMMIT FOR
00:25:47:00	00:25:47:00	YOUTH HOSTING RECURRING
00:25:47:00	00:25:48:00	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
00:25:48:00	00:25:51:00	SESSIONS AND NETWORK CONVENING
00:25:51:00	00:25:54:00	FOR YOUTH WORKERS AND CONDUCT A
00:25:54:00	00:25:54:00	YOUTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
00:25:54:00	00:25:55:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR.
00:25:55:00	00:25:58:00	NUMBER ZERO 5 TO 8 WILL BE
00:25:58:00	00:25:58:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:25:58:00	00:25:59:00	STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
00:25:59:00	00:25:59:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:25:59:00	00:26:02:00	MS. OH THE JARGON AS COUNSELOR
00:26:02:00	00:26:03:00	MURPHY COMES TO MURPHY ON THE
00:26:03:00	00:26:04:00	FLOOR.
00:26:04:00	00:26:05:00	YES, THANK YOU.
00:26:05:00	00:26:08:00	I KNOW MANY ATTENDED THE YOUTH
00:26:08:00	00:26:08:00	SUMMIT THIS PAST WEEKEND.
00:26:08:00	00:26:09:00	THIS MONEY WILL HELP FUND THAT
00:26:09:00	00:26:12:00	AND OTHER SERVICES THAT GO
00:26:12:00	00:26:12:00	DIRECTLY TO OUR YOUTH.
00:26:12:00	00:26:13:00	SO I AM ASKING THAT MY
00:26:13:00	00:26:16:00	COLLEAGUES SUSPEND AND PASS
00:26:16:00	00:26:16:00	THIS LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT SO THAT
00:26:16:00	00:26:20:00	WE CAN GET THAT TO THAT
00:26:20:00	00:26:20:00	DEPARTMENT AS QUICKLY AS WE
00:26:20:00	00:26:21:00	CAN.
00:26:21:00	00:26:24:00	THANK YOU.
00:26:24:00	00:26:24:00	THANK YOU.
00:26:24:00	00:26:24:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY'S EXPANSION
00:26:24:00	00:26:27:00	OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE
00:26:27:00	00:26:27:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0528 ALL THOSE
00:26:27:00	00:26:28:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL CLOSE IN
00:26:28:00	00:26:32:00	A GUY'S HABIT.
00:26:32:00	00:26:32:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:26:32:00	00:26:33:00	IT'S A QUOTE.
00:26:33:00	00:26:34:00	COULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET
00:26:34:00	00:26:34:00	NUMBER 0529052 NAME MESSAGE
00:26:34:00	00:26:37:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE
00:26:37:00	00:26:37:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
00:26:37:00	00:26:39:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $95,000 IN
00:26:39:00	00:26:40:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:26:40:00	00:26:44:00	WORK FORCE TRAINING FUND GRANT
00:26:44:00	00:26:46:00	AWARDED BY MASAYA DEPARTMENT
00:26:46:00	00:26:47:00	OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE A
00:26:47:00	00:26:48:00	MINISTER BY THE OFFICE
00:26:48:00	00:26:51:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:26:51:00	00:26:51:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND PROGRAMING
00:26:51:00	00:26:54:00	TO HELP ADDRESS THE BUSINESS
00:26:54:00	00:26:55:00	PRODUCTIVITY AND
00:26:55:00	00:26:55:00	COMPETITIVENESS BY PROVIDING
00:26:55:00	00:26:59:00	RESOURCES TO MASSACHUSETTS
00:26:59:00	00:27:00:00	BUSINESSES FOR TRAINING CURRENT
00:27:00:00	00:27:03:00	AND NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES.
00:27:03:00	00:27:03:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR.
00:27:03:00	00:27:06:00	NUMBER 20529 WILL BE REFERRED
00:27:06:00	00:27:06:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR,
00:27:06:00	00:27:09:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:27:09:00	00:27:10:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:27:10:00	00:27:11:00	MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:27:11:00	00:27:12:00	REPORT TO NUMBER 0530.0530
00:27:12:00	00:27:13:00	MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED
00:27:13:00	00:27:16:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON EXCEPT
00:27:16:00	00:27:18:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $58,000
00:27:18:00	00:27:21:00	AND FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL
00:27:21:00	00:27:22:00	YEAR 19 FIRE PREVENTION AND
00:27:22:00	00:27:25:00	SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY
00:27:25:00	00:27:25:00	THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
00:27:25:00	00:27:26:00	MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE
00:27:26:00	00:27:29:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE
00:27:29:00	00:27:29:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:27:29:00	00:27:30:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND FIRE
00:27:30:00	00:27:32:00	PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND
00:27:32:00	00:27:33:00	TRAINING FOR YOUR
00:27:33:00	00:27:36:00	CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRE ARSON
00:27:36:00	00:27:36:00	INVESTIGATION, FIREFIGHTER
00:27:36:00	00:27:39:00	SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMING
00:27:39:00	00:27:40:00	PREVENTION EFFORTS AND RESEARCH
00:27:40:00	00:27:40:00	AND DEVELOPMENT.
00:27:40:00	00:27:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:27:43:00	00:27:44:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0530
00:27:44:00	00:27:44:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:27:44:00	00:27:48:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
00:27:48:00	00:27:48:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
00:27:48:00	00:27:49:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:27:49:00	00:27:50:00	ME DOCKET NUMBER ZERO 541
00:27:50:00	00:27:51:00	ANIMAL 0531 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
00:27:51:00	00:27:54:00	AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY
00:27:54:00	00:27:55:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:27:55:00	00:28:00:00	THE AMOUNT OF $41,828.60 IN THE
00:28:00:00	00:28:01:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:28:01:00	00:28:03:00	SHELTER'S SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING
00:28:03:00	00:28:04:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE STATE
00:28:04:00	00:28:07:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:28:07:00	00:28:07:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:28:07:00	00:28:11:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
00:28:11:00	00:28:11:00	.
00:28:11:00	00:28:12:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND MASS HIRE
00:28:12:00	00:28:12:00	CAREER CENTERS WITH
00:28:12:00	00:28:15:00	SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT
00:28:15:00	00:28:18:00	EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SHELTERS,
00:28:18:00	00:28:19:00	RESIDENTS WITH TRAINING AND
00:28:19:00	00:28:22:00	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
00:28:22:00	00:28:22:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR.
00:28:22:00	00:28:23:00	NUMBER 0531 WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:28:23:00	00:28:25:00	THE COMMITTEE TO THE COMMITTEE
00:28:25:00	00:28:26:00	ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND
00:28:26:00	00:28:26:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
00:28:26:00	00:28:30:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:28:30:00	00:28:31:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICES IN OTHERS.
00:28:31:00	00:28:31:00	MR. CLERK OH ALSO MR. CLERK
00:28:31:00	00:28:34:00	COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE
00:28:34:00	00:28:35:00	RECORD TO REFLECT THAT
00:28:35:00	00:28:35:00	COUNTERFEIT ENGINEERS AND IS
00:28:35:00	00:28:37:00	NOW PRESENT IN WITH US?
00:28:37:00	00:28:37:00	THANK YOU.
00:28:37:00	00:28:38:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:28:38:00	00:28:44:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 053220547 SO I
00:28:44:00	00:28:47:00	CAN NAME A0532 COMMUNICATION
00:28:47:00	00:28:48:00	WAS RECEIVED FROM NICHOLAS COLE
00:28:48:00	00:28:50:00	REGARDING THE NEW CITY
00:28:50:00	00:28:51:00	OF BOSTON TRAFFIC RULES AND
00:28:51:00	00:28:55:00	REGULATIONS STUCK IN NUMBER
00:28:55:00	00:28:55:00	0533 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
00:28:55:00	00:28:58:00	FROM THE COMMEMORATION
00:28:58:00	00:28:59:00	COMMISSION OF THE REPORT
00:28:59:00	00:29:00:00	ENTITLED COMMEMORATION
00:29:00:00	00:29:03:00	COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT
00:29:03:00	00:29:06:00	JANUARY 2025 STUCK IN NUMBERS
00:29:06:00	00:29:07:00	0534 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED
00:29:07:00	00:29:10:00	FROM SCOTT FINN, CITY AUDITOR
00:29:10:00	00:29:12:00	REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S
00:29:12:00	00:29:13:00	FISCAL 20/24 ANNUAL
00:29:13:00	00:29:17:00	COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT
00:29:17:00	00:29:20:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0535
00:29:20:00	00:29:20:00	COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:29:20:00	00:29:21:00	LAWRENCE DECARO, CHAIRMAN
00:29:21:00	00:29:24:00	OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE UPDATING
00:29:24:00	00:29:24:00	THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
00:29:24:00	00:29:27:00	MEETINGS HELD WITH INDEPENDENT
00:29:27:00	00:29:32:00	AUDITOR KPMG LLP FOR THE YEAR
00:29:32:00	00:29:34:00	ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
00:29:34:00	00:29:37:00	CAN WE TALK IN THEM 0536
00:29:37:00	00:29:38:00	COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE
00:29:38:00	00:29:41:00	CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE
00:29:41:00	00:29:44:00	BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
00:29:44:00	00:29:46:00	AGENCY REGARDING PROPOSED MINOR
00:29:46:00	00:29:47:00	MODIFICATIONS TO 12 OF BOSTON'S
00:29:47:00	00:29:51:00	URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AREAS DOCKET
00:29:51:00	00:29:54:00	NUMBER 0537 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:29:54:00	00:29:55:00	RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:29:55:00	00:29:56:00	REGARDING THE BOSTON POLICE
00:29:56:00	00:29:58:00	DEPARTMENT CRIME LAB TOKEN
00:29:58:00	00:30:01:00	NUMBER 0538 NOTICE RECEIVED
00:30:01:00	00:30:03:00	FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
00:30:03:00	00:30:04:00	ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
00:30:04:00	00:30:06:00	OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979
00:30:06:00	00:30:10:00	REGARDING AN ACTION TAKEN BY
00:30:10:00	00:30:11:00	THE MIRROR AND PAPERS ACTED
00:30:11:00	00:30:14:00	UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS
00:30:14:00	00:30:15:00	MEETING OF DECEMBER 11TH, 2024
00:30:15:00	00:30:18:00	I CAN NUMBER 0539 NOTICES FROM
00:30:18:00	00:30:21:00	THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE
00:30:21:00	00:30:23:00	WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE
00:30:23:00	00:30:24:00	ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO
00:30:24:00	00:30:28:00	ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND
00:30:28:00	00:30:29:00	PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY
00:30:29:00	00:30:29:00	COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
00:30:29:00	00:30:34:00	OF JANUARY 29TH 2025 TOKEN
00:30:34:00	00:30:35:00	NUMBER 0540 NOTICE RECEIVED
00:30:35:00	00:30:36:00	FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
00:30:36:00	00:30:39:00	ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
00:30:39:00	00:30:42:00	OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979
00:30:42:00	00:30:42:00	RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE
00:30:42:00	00:30:46:00	MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
00:30:46:00	00:30:47:00	THE CITY COUNCIL ITS MEETING
00:30:47:00	00:30:52:00	OF FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 TOKEN
00:30:52:00	00:30:52:00	NUMBER 0541 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED
00:30:52:00	00:30:53:00	FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
00:30:53:00	00:30:55:00	ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
00:30:55:00	00:30:58:00	OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979
00:30:58:00	00:30:59:00	RELATED TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE
00:30:59:00	00:31:02:00	MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
00:31:02:00	00:31:05:00	THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
00:31:05:00	00:31:09:00	OF FEBRUARY 12, 2025 SO I CAN
00:31:09:00	00:31:09:00	A0542 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:31:09:00	00:31:12:00	THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT
00:31:12:00	00:31:13:00	OF ELIZABETH LIZZIE TORRES AS A
00:31:13:00	00:31:16:00	TRUSTEE OF THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON
00:31:16:00	00:31:21:00	COMMUNITY FUND DOCKET NUMBER
00:31:21:00	00:31:24:00	0543 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE
00:31:24:00	00:31:24:00	MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AUDREY
00:31:24:00	00:31:25:00	SERAFIN AS A MEMBER OF THE
00:31:25:00	00:31:28:00	BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A
00:31:28:00	00:31:34:00	TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25, 2028
00:31:34:00	00:31:34:00	NUMBER 05449 AS WE RECEIVE FROM
00:31:34:00	00:31:35:00	THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT
00:31:35:00	00:31:38:00	OF ALISON CUMING AT Q AS A
00:31:38:00	00:31:41:00	MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CULTURAL
00:31:41:00	00:31:41:00	COUNCIL FOR A TERM EXPIRING
00:31:41:00	00:31:48:00	FEBRUARY 25TH, 2028 TALKING
00:31:48:00	00:31:49:00	NUMBERS 0545 NOTICE OF SEE FROM
00:31:49:00	00:31:50:00	THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT
00:31:50:00	00:31:51:00	OF THIRD LAND THE AS A MEMBER
00:31:51:00	00:31:54:00	OF THE BOSTON CULTURAL
00:31:54:00	00:31:54:00	COUNCIL FOR A TERM EXPIRING
00:31:54:00	00:32:00:00	FEBRUARY 25, 2028 NUMBERS 0546
00:32:00:00	00:32:01:00	NOTICE TO RECEIVE FROM ME THE
00:32:01:00	00:32:03:00	APPOINTMENT OF NICOLE TOUCHE TO
00:32:03:00	00:32:04:00	FUDGE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
00:32:04:00	00:32:07:00	CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A TERM
00:32:07:00	00:32:11:00	EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25, 2028 AND
00:32:11:00	00:32:13:00	DOG NUMBER 0547 NOTICE WAS
00:32:13:00	00:32:14:00	RECEIVED FROM ME TO THE
00:32:14:00	00:32:17:00	APPOINTMENT OF TWO ON THE FLOOR
00:32:17:00	00:32:18:00	AS AND AS A MEMBER OF THE
00:32:18:00	00:32:21:00	BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A
00:32:21:00	00:32:23:00	TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25, 2028
00:32:23:00	00:32:23:00	.
00:32:23:00	00:32:23:00	OKAY.
00:32:23:00	00:32:28:00	THANK YOU MR CLERK KIZER I
00:32:28:00	00:32:29:00	WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A MATTER
00:32:29:00	00:32:30:00	BECAUSE WE WERE OUT AS IT'S A
00:32:30:00	00:32:32:00	COMMUNICATION OF 2 MINUTES BUT
00:32:32:00	00:32:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:32:32:00	00:32:35:00	COUNCIL EARLIER ON THE FLOOR.
00:32:35:00	00:32:36:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:32:36:00	00:32:37:00	I JUST WANT TO JUST DRIVE
00:32:37:00	00:32:39:00	EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO DOCKET
00:32:39:00	00:32:40:00	NUMBER 0532 WHICH IS BASICALLY
00:32:40:00	00:32:43:00	A COMMISSION COMMUNICATION FROM
00:32:43:00	00:32:44:00	COMMISSION COMMISSIONER GO
00:32:44:00	00:32:47:00	AROUND NEW CITY OF BOSTON
00:32:47:00	00:32:47:00	TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS
00:32:47:00	00:32:51:00	JUST WANTED TO STAY SAY THANK
00:32:51:00	00:32:51:00	YOU TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
00:32:51:00	00:32:52:00	WHOLE TEAM FOR WORKING WITH OUR
00:32:52:00	00:32:54:00	OFFICE ON CREATING MORE
00:32:54:00	00:32:55:00	DAYLIGHTING AROUND DRY
00:32:55:00	00:32:58:00	DRIVEWAYS GIVING PEOPLE MORE
00:32:58:00	00:33:02:00	EASE OF ACCESS TO GET IN AND
00:33:02:00	00:33:02:00	OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS ON
00:33:02:00	00:33:03:00	TIGHTER STREETS.
00:33:03:00	00:33:06:00	IT'S ALSO WHY I JUST ENCOURAGE
00:33:06:00	00:33:09:00	THE ADMINISTRATION TO TO PUSH
00:33:09:00	00:33:10:00	OUT COMMUNICATION AROUND ALL
00:33:10:00	00:33:13:00	THE NEW REGULATIONS.
00:33:13:00	00:33:16:00	AS YOU KNOW, NEW TICKETS MIGHT
00:33:16:00	00:33:17:00	BE POPPING UP IN SOME OF OUR
00:33:17:00	00:33:18:00	DISTRICTS AROUND PARKING
00:33:18:00	00:33:18:00	ENFORCEMENT.
00:33:18:00	00:33:21:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:33:21:00	00:33:21:00	THERE'S EITHER SOCIAL MEDIA
00:33:21:00	00:33:22:00	CAMPAIGN DIRECT OUTREACH
00:33:22:00	00:33:25:00	MAILERS OR POINTS IS EQUIPPED
00:33:25:00	00:33:26:00	WITH ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE
00:33:26:00	00:33:29:00	IN THE NEW PARKING REGULATIONS
00:33:29:00	00:33:33:00	TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF ANY NEW
00:33:33:00	00:33:33:00	PARKING ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES.
00:33:33:00	00:33:36:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
00:33:36:00	00:33:37:00	AND JUST ENCOURAGE THE
00:33:37:00	00:33:37:00	ADMINISTRATION TO DO A PUBLIC
00:33:37:00	00:33:40:00	AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON THE NEW
00:33:40:00	00:33:41:00	LAW AND THE NEW REGULATIONS.
00:33:41:00	00:33:41:00	THANK YOU.
00:33:41:00	00:33:44:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
00:33:44:00	00:33:45:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE PLACE
00:33:45:00	00:33:50:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 053220547 ON
00:33:50:00	00:33:50:00	FILE.
00:33:50:00	00:33:51:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:33:51:00	00:33:51:00	OF COMMITTEES.
00:33:51:00	00:33:53:00	MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:33:53:00	00:33:59:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0396 AND 0448
00:33:59:00	00:33:59:00	DOCUMENT 0396 THE COMMITTEE ON
00:33:59:00	00:34:00:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
00:34:00:00	00:34:03:00	TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS
00:34:03:00	00:34:04:00	REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025.
00:34:04:00	00:34:08:00	DR. NUMBERS 0396 MESSAGE IN
00:34:08:00	00:34:10:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:34:10:00	00:34:11:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:34:11:00	00:34:17:00	THE AMOUNT OF $775,855 IN THE
00:34:17:00	00:34:19:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE 2025
00:34:19:00	00:34:20:00	COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM
00:34:20:00	00:34:21:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:34:21:00	00:34:24:00	MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
00:34:24:00	00:34:24:00	OF TRANSPORTATION PASS THROUGH
00:34:24:00	00:34:25:00	THE BOSTON REGIONAL
00:34:25:00	00:34:28:00	METROPOLITAN PLANNING
00:34:28:00	00:34:28:00	ORGANIZATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
00:34:28:00	00:34:29:00	BY THE TRANSPORTATION
00:34:29:00	00:34:32:00	DEPARTMENT SUBMITS A REPORT
00:34:32:00	00:34:33:00	RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER
00:34:33:00	00:34:36:00	OUGHT TO PASS AND DOCK NUMBER
00:34:36:00	00:34:37:00	0448 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
00:34:37:00	00:34:39:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
00:34:39:00	00:34:40:00	TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON
00:34:40:00	00:34:43:00	FEBRUARY 12, 2025.
00:34:43:00	00:34:46:00	NUMBER 044A MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:34:46:00	00:34:47:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:34:47:00	00:34:52:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:34:52:00	00:34:53:00	OF $14,400,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:34:53:00	00:34:54:00	GRANT FOR THE SAFE STREET AND
00:34:54:00	00:34:56:00	ROADS FOR ALL AWARDED BY THE
00:34:56:00	00:34:57:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:34:57:00	00:35:00:00	OF TRANSPORTATION.
00:35:00:00	00:35:00:00	NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
00:35:00:00	00:35:04:00	ADMINISTRATION PASS THROUGH THE
00:35:04:00	00:35:04:00	MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
00:35:04:00	00:35:05:00	OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE
00:35:05:00	00:35:07:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:35:07:00	00:35:08:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
00:35:08:00	00:35:08:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:35:08:00	00:35:12:00	THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.
00:35:12:00	00:35:13:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:13:00	00:35:15:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DEREK IN
00:35:15:00	00:35:15:00	THE CHAIR PLANNING DEPARTMENT
00:35:15:00	00:35:16:00	OF TRANSPORTATION.
00:35:16:00	00:35:16:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:35:16:00	00:35:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
00:35:19:00	00:35:20:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:20:00	00:35:22:00	CLERK DOCKET 0396 AS STATED BY
00:35:22:00	00:35:25:00	THE CLERK IS A GRANT FOR
00:35:25:00	00:35:27:00	775,000 A LITTLE OVER 70
00:35:27:00	00:35:28:00	$775,000 THAT WILL FUND THE
00:35:28:00	00:35:31:00	REPLACEMENT AND ELECTRIFICATION
00:35:31:00	00:35:31:00	OF BLUE BIKE STATIONS AND
00:35:31:00	00:35:32:00	REPURPOSE 1600 SINGLE SPACE
00:35:32:00	00:35:35:00	PARK PARKING MEETING CALLS WITH
00:35:35:00	00:35:35:00	BIKE RACKS.
00:35:35:00	00:35:36:00	IT WAS REFERRED TO THE
00:35:36:00	00:35:39:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
00:35:39:00	00:35:39:00	DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
00:35:39:00	00:35:39:00	ON FEBRUARY 5TH.
00:35:39:00	00:35:42:00	ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 THE
00:35:42:00	00:35:43:00	COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO
00:35:43:00	00:35:43:00	DISCUSS THE DOCKET.
00:35:43:00	00:35:46:00	WE WERE JOINED MY COLLEAGUES
00:35:46:00	00:35:47:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND PEPEN
00:35:47:00	00:35:50:00	COUNCILORS BRAEDON MURPHY AND
00:35:50:00	00:35:50:00	LOUIJEUNE PROVIDED ABSENTEE
00:35:50:00	00:35:50:00	LETTERS.
00:35:50:00	00:35:53:00	WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM AN
00:35:53:00	00:35:54:00	ADMINISTRATION PANEL
00:35:54:00	00:35:54:00	REPRESENTED BY KEN FOLTZ,
00:35:54:00	00:35:57:00	DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON BLUE
00:35:57:00	00:35:58:00	BIKES STREETS CABINET AND LOUIS
00:35:58:00	00:36:01:00	AGAG.
00:36:01:00	00:36:01:00	BIKE SHARE AN ACTIVE
00:36:01:00	00:36:02:00	TRANSPORTATION PLANNER FROM THE
00:36:02:00	00:36:05:00	STREETS CABINET.
00:36:05:00	00:36:05:00	THIS GRANT WILL FUND THREE
00:36:05:00	00:36:06:00	PROJECTS TO MAINTAIN MANAGED BY
00:36:06:00	00:36:08:00	THE BLUE BIKES TEAM.
00:36:08:00	00:36:09:00	WE BIKE STATION REPLACEMENTS TO
00:36:09:00	00:36:12:00	MAINTAIN RELIABILITY AND
00:36:12:00	00:36:13:00	UPKEEP.
00:36:13:00	00:36:13:00	THE CITY TRIES TO REPLACE AGING
00:36:13:00	00:36:16:00	BLUE BIKE STATIONS
00:36:16:00	00:36:16:00	APPROXIMATELY EVERY TEN YEARS
00:36:16:00	00:36:20:00	AND THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:36:20:00	00:36:20:00	REPLACEMENT OF ABOUT 12
00:36:20:00	00:36:20:00	STATIONS WITH ADDITIONAL
00:36:20:00	00:36:21:00	FUNDING FROM DEVELOPER
00:36:21:00	00:36:24:00	MITIGATION USED TO REPLACE MORE
00:36:24:00	00:36:24:00	STATIONS.
00:36:24:00	00:36:28:00	POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT LOCATIONS
00:36:28:00	00:36:29:00	INCLUDE KEY SITES IN EAST
00:36:29:00	00:36:29:00	BOSTON, ROXBURY, BRIGHTON IN
00:36:29:00	00:36:30:00	THE SOUTH AND ANOTHER
00:36:30:00	00:36:32:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:36:32:00	00:36:33:00	BUT I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THESE
00:36:33:00	00:36:34:00	ARE NO NEW LOCATIONS.
00:36:34:00	00:36:36:00	THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT
00:36:36:00	00:36:37:00	ALREADY EXIST AND ARE USED
00:36:37:00	00:36:37:00	FREQUENTLY.
00:36:37:00	00:36:41:00	THIS WILL ALSO FIND THE
00:36:41:00	00:36:41:00	ELECTRIFICATION OF BLUE BIKE
00:36:41:00	00:36:44:00	STATIONS A PILOT PROGRAM
00:36:44:00	00:36:45:00	ELECTRIFIED TO HIGH TRAFFIC
00:36:45:00	00:36:46:00	BLUE BIKE STATIONS TO ENABLE ON
00:36:46:00	00:36:48:00	SITE E-BIKE CHARGING REDUCE
00:36:48:00	00:36:52:00	RELIANCE ON BATTERY SWAPPING.
00:36:52:00	00:36:53:00	THE PILOT WILL HELP US ASSESS
00:36:53:00	00:36:56:00	COST AND THEN BIKE PARKING
00:36:56:00	00:36:56:00	CONVERSION.
00:36:56:00	00:36:59:00	THE CITY WILL CONVERT EXISTING
00:36:59:00	00:36:59:00	METER POLES INTO BIKE PARKING
00:36:59:00	00:37:00:00	RACKS AS PART OF A BROADER
00:37:00:00	00:37:03:00	MONETIZATION OF PARKING
00:37:03:00	00:37:03:00	INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:37:03:00	00:37:03:00	THIS COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH
00:37:03:00	00:37:06:00	WILL EXPAND BIKE PARKING AND
00:37:06:00	00:37:07:00	AVAILABLE HIGH DEMAND
00:37:07:00	00:37:07:00	COMMERCIAL AREAS.
00:37:07:00	00:37:10:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:37:10:00	00:37:11:00	ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
00:37:11:00	00:37:11:00	TRANSPORTATION, I RECOMMEND
00:37:11:00	00:37:15:00	MOVING THIS LISTED DOCKET FROM
00:37:15:00	00:37:16:00	THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL
00:37:16:00	00:37:16:00	COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND
00:37:16:00	00:37:18:00	FORMAL ACTION.
00:37:18:00	00:37:19:00	MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
00:37:19:00	00:37:20:00	COUNCIL IS THAT IT OUGHT TO
00:37:20:00	00:37:20:00	PASS.
00:37:20:00	00:37:23:00	WOULD LIKE ME TO JUST READ THIS
00:37:23:00	00:37:23:00	DOCKET AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE
00:37:23:00	00:37:24:00	NEXT ONE.
00:37:24:00	00:37:26:00	YOU CAN GET ME AGAIN.
00:37:26:00	00:37:26:00	OKAY.
00:37:26:00	00:37:26:00	OKAY.
00:37:26:00	00:37:31:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN,
00:37:31:00	00:37:32:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
00:37:32:00	00:37:32:00	PLANNING.
00:37:32:00	00:37:33:00	THE CHAIR AND THIS COUNCIL PLAN
00:37:33:00	00:37:36:00	COMPANY ON THE FLOOR.
00:37:36:00	00:37:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:37:37:00	00:37:43:00	I'M OPPOSED TO THIS GRANT.
00:37:43:00	00:37:44:00	I HAVE A HEARING ORDER THAT
00:37:44:00	00:37:46:00	CALLS FOR LICENSE REGISTRATION
00:37:46:00	00:37:47:00	AND INSURANCE FOR ALL ROAD
00:37:47:00	00:37:51:00	USERS INCLUDING ELECTRIC BIKES
00:37:51:00	00:37:54:00	AS THEY CAN GO 20 TO 30 MILES
00:37:54:00	00:37:55:00	AN HOUR.
00:37:55:00	00:37:55:00	AS WE ALL KNOW, THE
00:37:55:00	00:37:58:00	ADMINISTRATION JUST ANNOUNCED
00:37:58:00	00:37:58:00	REGULATIONS ON THIRD PARTY
00:37:58:00	00:37:58:00	DELIVERY.
00:37:58:00	00:38:01:00	BUT I FEEL WE'RE BEING
00:38:01:00	00:38:01:00	INCONSISTENT HERE.
00:38:01:00	00:38:05:00	IF WE SUPPORT THIS, IT IS MY
00:38:05:00	00:38:05:00	POSITION THAT ELECTRIFYING OUR
00:38:05:00	00:38:09:00	BLUE BIKES COULD CAUSE THE
00:38:09:00	00:38:12:00	EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW
00:38:12:00	00:38:13:00	WITH DEVICES OVER 20 MILES PER
00:38:13:00	00:38:16:00	HOUR GOING THROUGH STOP SIGNS
00:38:16:00	00:38:18:00	RED LIGHTS IN THE WRONG WAY ON
00:38:18:00	00:38:19:00	ONE WAY STREETS.
00:38:19:00	00:38:20:00	HARDLY A DAY GOES BY WHERE A
00:38:20:00	00:38:23:00	CONSTITUENT DOESN'T TELL
00:38:23:00	00:38:26:00	ME ABOUT A MOPED OR A BIKE
00:38:26:00	00:38:27:00	GOING FOR A STOP SIGN OR RED
00:38:27:00	00:38:30:00	LIGHT BUT DOWN THE WRONG WAY A
00:38:30:00	00:38:31:00	ONE WAY STREET WITH ALL
00:38:31:00	00:38:35:00	OF THESE DEVICES TRAVELING 20
00:38:35:00	00:38:36:00	TO 30 MILES PER HOUR ON OUR
00:38:36:00	00:38:38:00	ROADS AND MANY NOT FOLLOWING
00:38:38:00	00:38:39:00	THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
00:38:39:00	00:38:42:00	WE HAVE ONLY INCREASING THE
00:38:42:00	00:38:42:00	RISK OF SOMEONE GETTING
00:38:42:00	00:38:45:00	SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED.
00:38:45:00	00:38:48:00	THE CITY WOULD NOW BE PROVIDING
00:38:48:00	00:38:49:00	A DEVICE TO DO THAT.
00:38:49:00	00:38:53:00	BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, DO WE
00:38:53:00	00:38:54:00	ALL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS IN THE
00:38:54:00	00:38:57:00	LANGUAGE TO REPURPOSE SINGLE
00:38:57:00	00:39:00:00	SPACED PARKING METER POLLS FOR
00:39:00:00	00:39:00:00	1600 WITH BICYCLE RACKS?
00:39:00:00	00:39:04:00	WHAT IS THE LIABILITY FOR THE
00:39:04:00	00:39:06:00	CITY WITH ELECTRIC BIKES GOING
00:39:06:00	00:39:10:00	20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR?
00:39:10:00	00:39:11:00	ARE WE REQUIRING BULL BIKES
00:39:11:00	00:39:12:00	ESPECIALLY ELECTRIC BULL BIKES
00:39:12:00	00:39:20:00	TO WEAR A HELMET?
00:39:20:00	00:39:21:00	LASTLY IN SOUTH BOSTON
00:39:21:00	00:39:25:00	CHINATOWN BAY VILLAGE PARTS
00:39:25:00	00:39:25:00	OF THE SOUTH AND I HEAR
00:39:25:00	00:39:28:00	CONSISTENTLY FROM CONSTITUENTS
00:39:28:00	00:39:32:00	THAT WE ARE IN A PARKING CRISIS
00:39:32:00	00:39:32:00	.
00:39:32:00	00:39:33:00	WE CAN'T TELL PARENTS THAT ARE
00:39:33:00	00:39:36:00	SHUTTLING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL
00:39:36:00	00:39:39:00	OR ACTIVITIES TO ABANDON HAVING
00:39:39:00	00:39:40:00	A CAR AS OUR CITY GROWS.
00:39:40:00	00:39:43:00	IT IS IMPORTANT THAT FAMILIES
00:39:43:00	00:39:44:00	WITH CHILDREN OUR SENIORS,
00:39:44:00	00:39:47:00	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THOSE
00:39:47:00	00:39:48:00	WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO RIDE A BIKE
00:39:48:00	00:39:51:00	AS WELL CAN STILL LIVE HERE
00:39:51:00	00:39:52:00	WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO
00:39:52:00	00:39:55:00	THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO
00:39:55:00	00:39:58:00	SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY AS WELL.
00:39:58:00	00:39:59:00	I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
00:39:59:00	00:40:01:00	I AM AGAINST ANY CHANGES THAT
00:40:01:00	00:40:02:00	RESULT IN A NET LOSS OF PARKING
00:40:02:00	00:40:02:00	SPACES.
00:40:02:00	00:40:06:00	I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.
00:40:06:00	00:40:06:00	AS I MENTIONED BEFORE
00:40:06:00	00:40:09:00	OF RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH IN
00:40:09:00	00:40:09:00	SOUTH BOSTON, CHINATOWN, BAY
00:40:09:00	00:40:12:00	VILLAGE AND INCREASINGLY THE
00:40:12:00	00:40:13:00	SOUTH END ARE WRITING TO MY
00:40:13:00	00:40:16:00	OFFICE ABOUT HOW SCARCE PARKING
00:40:16:00	00:40:17:00	IS IN BOSTON.
00:40:17:00	00:40:18:00	WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE
00:40:18:00	00:40:21:00	PARKING SPOTS IN MY DISTRICT.
00:40:21:00	00:40:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:40:22:00	00:40:22:00	THANK YOU.
00:40:22:00	00:40:25:00	IS ANYONE I WAS LOOKING TO
00:40:25:00	00:40:26:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
00:40:26:00	00:40:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:40:26:00	00:40:27:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE
00:40:27:00	00:40:28:00	THE FLOOR.
00:40:28:00	00:40:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:40:28:00	00:40:31:00	I STAND TO SUPPORT THIS ACCEPT
00:40:31:00	00:40:32:00	VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS GRANT.
00:40:32:00	00:40:36:00	ONE OF THE AREAS IN WHICH THE
00:40:36:00	00:40:39:00	BLUE BANK REPLACEMENT STATIONS
00:40:39:00	00:40:40:00	WILL BE INSTALLED IS BRIGHTON.
00:40:40:00	00:40:42:00	WE'VE HAD STATIONS IN PLACE FOR
00:40:42:00	00:40:43:00	TEN YEARS AND THEY DO NEED
00:40:43:00	00:40:46:00	REPLACING AND UPDATING AND IN A
00:40:46:00	00:40:49:00	NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS IN THE
00:40:49:00	00:40:52:00	MORE THAN MORE THAN 50% OF THE
00:40:52:00	00:40:53:00	FOLKS DON'T HAVE CARS AND MANY
00:40:53:00	00:40:56:00	OF OUR RESIDENTS DO RELY ON THE
00:40:56:00	00:40:57:00	BLUE BACKS, BLUE BANK, BLUE
00:40:57:00	00:41:00:00	BIKE STATIONS FOR THAT LAST
00:41:00:00	00:41:01:00	MILE CONNECTION TO TTY STATIONS
00:41:01:00	00:41:03:00	AND TO GET TO WORK.
00:41:03:00	00:41:07:00	SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES
00:41:07:00	00:41:07:00	CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF THE
00:41:07:00	00:41:11:00	NEED FOR HELMETS FOR BLUE BIKE
00:41:11:00	00:41:14:00	USERS AND THEY ALSO WONDER
00:41:14:00	00:41:15:00	ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
00:41:15:00	00:41:15:00	OF ACTUALLY LIMITING THE
00:41:15:00	00:41:18:00	CAPACITY OF THE BICYCLES TO GO
00:41:18:00	00:41:19:00	FASTER GO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
00:41:19:00	00:41:22:00	THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN I
00:41:22:00	00:41:22:00	THINK FROM HEARING FOLKS WHO
00:41:22:00	00:41:26:00	USE AN ELECTRIC BLUE BIKE.
00:41:26:00	00:41:27:00	I THINK THEY GET A SHOCK TO
00:41:27:00	00:41:28:00	REALIZE JUST HOW FAST IT
00:41:28:00	00:41:30:00	TRAVELS.
00:41:30:00	00:41:30:00	SO I THINK THERE ARE LEGITIMATE
00:41:30:00	00:41:31:00	CONCERNS BUT IN THIS CASE I
00:41:31:00	00:41:34:00	THINK WILL REPLACING EXISTING
00:41:34:00	00:41:34:00	BLUE BIKE STATIONS IN BRIGHTON
00:41:34:00	00:41:37:00	ARE THEY REALLY WELCOME THIS
00:41:37:00	00:41:37:00	FUNDING?
00:41:37:00	00:41:38:00	THANK YOU.
00:41:38:00	00:41:38:00	THANK YOU.
00:41:38:00	00:41:39:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
00:41:39:00	00:41:42:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:41:42:00	00:41:42:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
00:41:42:00	00:41:43:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
00:41:43:00	00:41:43:00	TRANSPORTATION SEE WHAT'S
00:41:43:00	00:41:46:00	HAPPENING TO THE COMMITTEE
00:41:46:00	00:41:46:00	REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET
00:41:46:00	00:41:47:00	NUMBER 0396 MR CONDUCTOR ROLL
00:41:47:00	00:41:51:00	CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON
00:41:51:00	00:41:55:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0396.
00:41:55:00	00:41:55:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
00:41:55:00	00:42:00:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
00:42:00:00	00:42:01:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
00:42:01:00	00:42:01:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY,
00:42:01:00	00:42:01:00	YES.
00:42:01:00	00:42:02:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
00:42:02:00	00:42:02:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
00:42:02:00	00:42:05:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
00:42:05:00	00:42:05:00	YES.
00:42:05:00	00:42:06:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE STANCE AND
00:42:06:00	00:42:09:00	YES COUNCILOR YES.
00:42:09:00	00:42:10:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
00:42:10:00	00:42:13:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN
00:42:13:00	00:42:13:00	NO.
00:42:13:00	00:42:14:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
00:42:14:00	00:42:14:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
00:42:14:00	00:42:17:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:42:17:00	00:42:17:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:42:17:00	00:42:17:00	YES.
00:42:17:00	00:42:18:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:42:18:00	00:42:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
00:42:21:00	00:42:21:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR CAN
00:42:21:00	00:42:24:00	YES COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:42:24:00	00:42:25:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
00:42:25:00	00:42:28:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
00:42:28:00	00:42:29:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
00:42:29:00	00:42:29:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL?
00:42:29:00	00:42:29:00	YES.
00:42:29:00	00:42:32:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
00:42:32:00	00:42:36:00	TALKING NUMBER 0396 HAS WE SEE
00:42:36:00	00:42:36:00	12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND
00:42:36:00	00:42:37:00	ONE IN THE NEGATIVE.
00:42:37:00	00:42:37:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:37:00	00:42:39:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
00:42:39:00	00:42:40:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0396
00:42:40:00	00:42:40:00	IS PASSED.
00:42:40:00	00:42:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:42:44:00	00:42:44:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:42:44:00	00:42:45:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE
00:42:45:00	00:42:45:00	FLOOR.
00:42:45:00	00:42:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:42:47:00	00:42:47:00	DOCKET 0448 AS STATED BY THE
00:42:47:00	00:42:51:00	CLERK IS AN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:42:51:00	00:42:51:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:42:51:00	00:42:54:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:42:54:00	00:42:55:00	OF 14,400,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:42:55:00	00:42:56:00	GRANT FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND
00:42:56:00	00:42:59:00	ROADS FOR ALL AWARDED BY THE US
00:42:59:00	00:42:59:00	DOT NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
00:42:59:00	00:43:02:00	SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PASS
00:43:02:00	00:43:03:00	THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS
00:43:03:00	00:43:03:00	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
00:43:03:00	00:43:06:00	BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON
00:43:06:00	00:43:06:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
00:43:06:00	00:43:07:00	IT WAS REFERRED TO THE
00:43:07:00	00:43:07:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
00:43:07:00	00:43:10:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
00:43:10:00	00:43:11:00	ACTION ON FEBRUARY 12, 2025.
00:43:11:00	00:43:15:00	ON THURSDAY 28 THE COMMITTEE
00:43:15:00	00:43:15:00	HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS
00:43:15:00	00:43:15:00	DOCKET.
00:43:15:00	00:43:18:00	WE WERE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES
00:43:18:00	00:43:18:00	COUNCILOR FINN AND PEPEN
00:43:18:00	00:43:21:00	COUNCILORS BRAYDEN MURPHY AND
00:43:21:00	00:43:22:00	LOUIJEUNE PROVIDED ABSENTEE
00:43:22:00	00:43:22:00	LETTERS.
00:43:22:00	00:43:25:00	WE HEARD THE TESTIMONY FROM THE
00:43:25:00	00:43:25:00	ADMINISTRATION PANEL
00:43:25:00	00:43:26:00	REPRESENTED BY AMY KWARTENG,
00:43:26:00	00:43:29:00	DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING OF THE
00:43:29:00	00:43:30:00	BOSTON TRANSPORTATION
00:43:30:00	00:43:30:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:43:30:00	00:43:31:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SYSTEMIC
00:43:31:00	00:43:33:00	SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC
00:43:33:00	00:43:34:00	SIGNALS AT 50 LOCATIONS ACROSS
00:43:34:00	00:43:37:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:43:37:00	00:43:37:00	UPGRADES WILL COMPLY WITH THE
00:43:37:00	00:43:38:00	CITY'S UPDATED SIGNAL
00:43:38:00	00:43:41:00	OPERATIONS DESIGN POLICY, WHICH
00:43:41:00	00:43:41:00	PLACES A STRONGER EMPHASIS ON
00:43:41:00	00:43:45:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY ALLOCATING
00:43:45:00	00:43:45:00	MORE TIME FOR CROSSING
00:43:45:00	00:43:49:00	PEDESTRIANS AND MINIMIZING HIGH
00:43:49:00	00:43:49:00	RISK TURNS.
00:43:49:00	00:43:50:00	SIGNAL UPGRADES WILL AIM TO
00:43:50:00	00:43:52:00	ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING MINIMIZE
00:43:52:00	00:43:53:00	DANGEROUS CONFLICTS BETWEEN
00:43:53:00	00:43:53:00	PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND
00:43:53:00	00:43:56:00	DRIVERS.
00:43:56:00	00:43:56:00	IMPLEMENT FOCUS IMPROVEMENTS IN
00:43:56:00	00:44:00:00	AREAS OF VULNERABLE SOCIAL
00:44:00:00	00:44:00:00	GROUPS INCLUDING THOSE
00:44:00:00	00:44:01:00	IDENTIFIED BY AGE AND CURRENT
00:44:01:00	00:44:03:00	ABILITY.
00:44:03:00	00:44:04:00	ENHANCE OVERALL PEDESTRIAN
00:44:04:00	00:44:04:00	COMFORT PROMOTING HEALTHIER
00:44:04:00	00:44:08:00	BEHAVIORS AND IMPROVED HEALTH
00:44:08:00	00:44:08:00	OUTCOMES.
00:44:08:00	00:44:10:00	SUPPORT THE CITY'S VISION ZERO
00:44:10:00	00:44:11:00	COMMITMENT BY FOCUSING
00:44:11:00	00:44:14:00	RESOURCES ON PROVEN STRATEGIES
00:44:14:00	00:44:15:00	TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SERIOUS
00:44:15:00	00:44:15:00	TRAFFIC CRASHES.
00:44:15:00	00:44:18:00	THE PROJECT WILL SPECIFICALLY
00:44:18:00	00:44:19:00	TARGET HEIGHT UPGRADES IN KEY
00:44:19:00	00:44:23:00	LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY THOSE IN
00:44:23:00	00:44:23:00	BOSTON'S HIGH CRASH NETWORK
00:44:23:00	00:44:26:00	WHERE DATA SHOWS THE GREATEST
00:44:26:00	00:44:26:00	NEED FOR INTERVENTION THERE
00:44:26:00	00:44:27:00	WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH
00:44:27:00	00:44:30:00	RIGOROUS DATA AND ANALYSIS
00:44:30:00	00:44:31:00	OF ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITHIN
00:44:31:00	00:44:34:00	THE CITY RATED BY SAFETY
00:44:34:00	00:44:35:00	FACTORS HERE BY VULNERABLE ROAD
00:44:35:00	00:44:38:00	USERS AND PROXIMITY TO
00:44:38:00	00:44:38:00	IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION,
00:44:38:00	00:44:39:00	HEALTH CARE AND CIVIC TOURISM
00:44:39:00	00:44:42:00	DESTINATIONS.
00:44:42:00	00:44:42:00	SPECIFICALLY THE AREA THAT
00:44:42:00	00:44:46:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA AND I SHARE A
00:44:46:00	00:44:46:00	NORTH WASHINGTON STREET WHERE
00:44:46:00	00:44:47:00	IT MEANS CAUSEWAY STREET IS
00:44:47:00	00:44:50:00	INCLUDED AS JUST ONE ANECDOTE
00:44:50:00	00:44:54:00	OF AN AREA THAT NEEDS FURTHER
00:44:54:00	00:44:54:00	STUDY AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE
00:44:54:00	00:44:55:00	SOME INVESTMENT THERE.
00:44:55:00	00:44:58:00	THE CITY HAS BEEN INVESTING IN
00:44:58:00	00:44:59:00	ITS TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND HAS
00:44:59:00	00:45:01:00	CREATED ROBUST TRAFFIC
00:45:01:00	00:45:01:00	MANAGEMENT CENTER THAT
00:45:01:00	00:45:02:00	LEVERAGES THE NEED FOR
00:45:02:00	00:45:05:00	INVESTMENTS PROPOSED AND
00:45:05:00	00:45:06:00	INSURERS FOCUS ON SIGNALS AND
00:45:06:00	00:45:09:00	INTERSECTIONS.
00:45:09:00	00:45:12:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:45:12:00	00:45:13:00	ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
00:45:13:00	00:45:13:00	TRANSPORTATION I RECOMMEND
00:45:13:00	00:45:17:00	MOVING MELISSA DOCKET FROM THE
00:45:17:00	00:45:17:00	COMMITTEE TO A FULL COUNCIL FOR
00:45:17:00	00:45:20:00	A FORMAL DISCUSSION AND ACTION
00:45:20:00	00:45:20:00	.
00:45:20:00	00:45:21:00	GIVEN THAT THIS IS A FEDERAL
00:45:21:00	00:45:21:00	GRANT THE TIME IS NOW.
00:45:21:00	00:45:24:00	LET'S APPROVE THIS GRANT TODAY
00:45:24:00	00:45:25:00	AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT
00:45:25:00	00:45:28:00	THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS AND
00:45:28:00	00:45:29:00	THAT IT BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE
00:45:29:00	00:45:29:00	FULL COUNCIL.
00:45:29:00	00:45:32:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN THE
00:45:32:00	00:45:33:00	CHAIR CANNOT HAVE ANY OTHER
00:45:33:00	00:45:33:00	FLOOR.
00:45:33:00	00:45:37:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:45:37:00	00:45:41:00	I WAS AT THE COMMITTEE HEARING
00:45:41:00	00:45:45:00	THE ENTIRE TIME AND
00:45:45:00	00:45:49:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN THERE AS WELL.
00:45:49:00	00:45:52:00	I FOCUSED A LOT ON ASKING
00:45:52:00	00:45:56:00	QUESTIONS RELATING TO HOW THESE
00:45:56:00	00:45:57:00	TRAFFIC SIGNALS WOULD IMPACT
00:45:57:00	00:46:00:00	PEDESTRIANS IN MY DISTRICT AND
00:46:00:00	00:46:03:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
00:46:03:00	00:46:08:00	IN JANUARY A FEW AGO LAST MONTH
00:46:08:00	00:46:11:00	WE PASSED A UNANIMOUS
00:46:11:00	00:46:12:00	RESOLUTION HERE IN THE BODY IN
00:46:12:00	00:46:15:00	SUPPORT OF REPLACING THE
00:46:15:00	00:46:16:00	PRACTICE OF THE CURRENT PHASING
00:46:16:00	00:46:18:00	TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
00:46:18:00	00:46:22:00	WE ALL REMEMBER THAT.
00:46:22:00	00:46:23:00	I SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED MY
00:46:23:00	00:46:26:00	ATTENTION DURING THE CITY
00:46:26:00	00:46:27:00	COUNCIL HEARING ON THAT ISSUE.
00:46:27:00	00:46:30:00	WE ALL AGREED DURING THAT
00:46:30:00	00:46:33:00	RESOLUTION THAT THIS PRACTICE
00:46:33:00	00:46:40:00	IS WRONG, IT'S UNSAFE.
00:46:40:00	00:46:41:00	I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE TAKING
00:46:41:00	00:46:43:00	THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY.
00:46:43:00	00:46:44:00	I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT
00:46:44:00	00:46:48:00	PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TO REPLACE
00:46:48:00	00:46:49:00	CONCURRENT PHASING TRAFFIC
00:46:49:00	00:46:52:00	SIGNALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:46:52:00	00:46:55:00	IN 2019 TO PEDESTRIANS WAS
00:46:55:00	00:46:56:00	STRUCK BY A VAN AT THE
00:46:56:00	00:46:57:00	INTERSECTION OF MELCHOR AND
00:46:57:00	00:47:00:00	SUMMER STREET IN THE FORT POINT
00:47:00:00	00:47:00:00	NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SITE OF A
00:47:00:00	00:47:03:00	CONCURRENT PEDESTRIAN FACING
00:47:03:00	00:47:07:00	TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ONE OF THEM
00:47:07:00	00:47:10:00	PASSED AWAY DUE TO HER INJURIES
00:47:10:00	00:47:10:00	.
00:47:10:00	00:47:11:00	I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT IS A
00:47:11:00	00:47:14:00	RECIPE FOR DISASTER TO HAVE
00:47:14:00	00:47:15:00	CARS AND PEDESTRIANS HAVE A
00:47:15:00	00:47:18:00	RIGHT TURN GREEN ARROW AND A
00:47:18:00	00:47:22:00	PEDESTRIAN WALK SIGN AT THE
00:47:22:00	00:47:22:00	SAME TIME.
00:47:22:00	00:47:23:00	THAT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE
00:47:23:00	00:47:25:00	CITY.
00:47:25:00	00:47:26:00	HOW ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON
00:47:26:00	00:47:27:00	THIS KNOWING THAT THAT WILL
00:47:27:00	00:47:32:00	CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE?
00:47:32:00	00:47:33:00	I ASKED THE CITY REPEATEDLY,
00:47:33:00	00:47:37:00	REPEATEDLY IF THEY WOULD MAKE A
00:47:37:00	00:47:41:00	CHANGE AND GIVE ME A COMMITMENT
00:47:41:00	00:47:42:00	THAT THAT WOULD END THAT
00:47:42:00	00:47:47:00	COMMITMENT AND COME.
00:47:47:00	00:47:48:00	IT'S ALSO HAPPENING NOT JUST IN
00:47:48:00	00:47:51:00	MY DISTRICT BUT ACROSS THE
00:47:51:00	00:47:52:00	ACROSS THE CITY COUNCIL.
00:47:52:00	00:47:55:00	WHETHER YOU MENTIONED A
00:47:55:00	00:47:59:00	PARTICULAR CASE AS WELL ABOUT
00:47:59:00	00:47:59:00	THIS ISSUE.
00:47:59:00	00:48:02:00	LET ME BE CLEAR WHAT WHEN IT
00:48:02:00	00:48:03:00	COMES TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, I
00:48:03:00	00:48:05:00	TAKE A BACKSEAT TO NO ONE ON
00:48:05:00	00:48:06:00	THIS ISSUE.
00:48:06:00	00:48:06:00	I RECOMMENDED A 12 POINT
00:48:06:00	00:48:09:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PLAN IN 2018
00:48:09:00	00:48:12:00	AND HELD MANY HEARINGS ON THIS
00:48:12:00	00:48:13:00	ISSUE.
00:48:13:00	00:48:13:00	WHEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
00:48:13:00	00:48:14:00	PASSED THE BIPARTISAN
00:48:14:00	00:48:18:00	INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION LAW IN
00:48:18:00	00:48:20:00	2021, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR
00:48:20:00	00:48:21:00	BOSTON TO DEDICATE A PORTION
00:48:21:00	00:48:25:00	OF ANY FEDERAL FUNDS SPECIFIC
00:48:25:00	00:48:26:00	TO TRAFFIC CALMING
00:48:26:00	00:48:26:00	INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:48:26:00	00:48:30:00	IN FACT, I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING
00:48:30:00	00:48:31:00	THAT THE CITY DOES NOT GO FAR
00:48:31:00	00:48:33:00	ENOUGH.
00:48:33:00	00:48:33:00	FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS I WANT
00:48:33:00	00:48:37:00	TO PUT RACE CROSSWALK SPEED
00:48:37:00	00:48:37:00	HUMPS AND PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS
00:48:37:00	00:48:41:00	WITH RAPID FLASH BEACONS AT
00:48:41:00	00:48:41:00	STRATEGIC LOCATIONS OF HIGH
00:48:41:00	00:48:44:00	FOOT TRAFFIC ON MAIN STREETS,
00:48:44:00	00:48:48:00	COMMERCIAL ROADS AND TRAFFIC,
00:48:48:00	00:48:52:00	HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS.
00:48:52:00	00:48:53:00	THE CITY AND CHIEF FRANKLIN
00:48:53:00	00:48:53:00	HODGE REFUSED TO DO THAT.
00:48:53:00	00:48:55:00	HE WASN'T PRESENT AT THIS
00:48:55:00	00:48:59:00	MEETING.
00:48:59:00	00:49:00:00	WE SEE OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
00:49:00:00	00:49:01:00	ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DOING
00:49:01:00	00:49:03:00	OTHERWISE.
00:49:03:00	00:49:04:00	AGAIN, JUST DRIVE THROUGH
00:49:04:00	00:49:04:00	QUINCY CENTER AND YOU'LL SEE
00:49:04:00	00:49:07:00	RAISED CROSSWALK CROSSWALKS
00:49:07:00	00:49:08:00	THAT PRIORITIZED PEDESTRIANS IN
00:49:08:00	00:49:11:00	A COMMERCIAL SHOPPING DISTRICT.
00:49:11:00	00:49:18:00	IT'S COMMON SENSE $14 MILLION
00:49:18:00	00:49:18:00	IS A LOT OF MONEY.
00:49:18:00	00:49:21:00	I BELIEVE IT FURTHER ENGAGEMENT
00:49:21:00	00:49:22:00	WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND
00:49:22:00	00:49:25:00	RESIDENTS AND WITH MY
00:49:25:00	00:49:28:00	COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
00:49:28:00	00:49:32:00	I WAS PRESENT THE ENTIRE TIME
00:49:32:00	00:49:32:00	ASKING QUESTIONS.
00:49:32:00	00:49:33:00	I WANTED THAT COMMITMENT THAT
00:49:33:00	00:49:36:00	THIS THIS PRACTICE WOULD END.
00:49:36:00	00:49:37:00	THAT COMMITMENT COMMITMENT
00:49:37:00	00:49:40:00	DIDN'T COME.
00:49:40:00	00:49:41:00	I DO WISH MY COLLEAGUES WOULD
00:49:41:00	00:49:44:00	HAVE BEEN HERE TO SUPPORT THAT
00:49:44:00	00:49:44:00	BECAUSE WE SUPPORTED THAT
00:49:44:00	00:49:47:00	RESOLUTION.
00:49:47:00	00:49:48:00	YOUR LEADERSHIP WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:49:48:00	00:49:51:00	CRUCIAL.
00:49:51:00	00:49:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:49:52:00	00:49:52:00	THANK YOU.
00:49:52:00	00:49:56:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:49:56:00	00:49:56:00	COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTY HAD
00:49:56:00	00:49:57:00	THE FLOOR.
00:49:57:00	00:49:57:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:49:57:00	00:49:59:00	I AM PLEASED TO STAND UP AND
00:49:59:00	00:49:59:00	SUPPORT THIS VERY NECESSARY
00:49:59:00	00:50:02:00	FEDERAL GRANT ENTITLED SAFE
00:50:02:00	00:50:03:00	STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.
00:50:03:00	00:50:04:00	THIS GRANT WILL FUND SYSTEMIC
00:50:04:00	00:50:06:00	SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC
00:50:06:00	00:50:07:00	SIGNALS AT 50 LOCATIONS
00:50:07:00	00:50:07:00	INCLUDING THE STILL VERY
00:50:07:00	00:50:11:00	DANGEROUS SQUARE OF KEENEY
00:50:11:00	00:50:11:00	SQUARE WHICH IS NORTH
00:50:11:00	00:50:14:00	WASHINGTON STREET AND CAUSEWAY.
00:50:14:00	00:50:15:00	MANY OF MY RESIDENTS INCLUDING
00:50:15:00	00:50:18:00	HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND
00:50:18:00	00:50:18:00	FAMILIES THAT ATTEND THE
00:50:18:00	00:50:19:00	ELLIOTT SCHOOL UTILIZE THIS
00:50:19:00	00:50:22:00	TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
00:50:22:00	00:50:23:00	THEY HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR
00:50:23:00	00:50:26:00	MEANINGFUL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
00:50:26:00	00:50:27:00	IMPROVEMENTS AND THERE HAVE
00:50:27:00	00:50:27:00	BEEN SHORT TERM FIXES.
00:50:27:00	00:50:30:00	I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR
00:50:30:00	00:50:30:00	THERE HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT
00:50:30:00	00:50:31:00	SHORT TERM FIXES BUT THIS WILL
00:50:31:00	00:50:32:00	PROVIDE FOR THE LONGER TERM
00:50:32:00	00:50:34:00	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT
00:50:34:00	00:50:34:00	WILL PROTECT THESE FAMILIES.
00:50:34:00	00:50:37:00	SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE
00:50:37:00	00:50:38:00	VOTING YES FOR THIS BECAUSE I
00:50:38:00	00:50:39:00	CAN THEN TURN AROUND AND SAY
00:50:39:00	00:50:41:00	THAT I SUPPORTED IT WHEN THEY
00:50:41:00	00:50:42:00	NEEDED THE SUPPORT AND THIS
00:50:42:00	00:50:45:00	MONEY IS IN FRONT OF US NOW.
00:50:45:00	00:50:46:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK
00:50:46:00	00:50:46:00	FORWARD TO VOTING YES.
00:50:46:00	00:50:47:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:47:00	00:50:51:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:51:00	00:50:51:00	COUNCILOR CUT AS A PART OF THE
00:50:51:00	00:50:52:00	CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH A BAN
00:50:52:00	00:50:52:00	BECAUSE OF A PENNY ON THE
00:50:52:00	00:50:52:00	FLOOR.
00:50:52:00	00:50:53:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:50:53:00	00:50:53:00	I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE IN
00:50:53:00	00:50:54:00	ATTENDANCE AT THIS HEARING TO
00:50:54:00	00:50:56:00	LEARN ABOUT THE $14.4 MILLION
00:50:56:00	00:50:57:00	IS GOING TO BE USED BY THE
00:50:57:00	00:51:01:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
00:51:01:00	00:51:01:00	AND WHAT I GOT OUT OF THAT IS
00:51:01:00	00:51:04:00	THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
00:51:04:00	00:51:05:00	US TO TRULY STAND IN REGARDS TO
00:51:05:00	00:51:05:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WHERE WE'RE
00:51:05:00	00:51:08:00	GOING TO LOOK AT 50 DIFFERENT
00:51:08:00	00:51:09:00	INTERSECTIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
00:51:09:00	00:51:10:00	CITY AND SAY THESE
00:51:10:00	00:51:13:00	INTERSECTIONS NEED HELP.
00:51:13:00	00:51:15:00	THERE'S PEDESTRIANS BETWEEN THE
00:51:15:00	00:51:16:00	AGES OF ZERO TWO.
00:51:16:00	00:51:19:00	GOD KNOWS HOW LONG THAT FEEL
00:51:19:00	00:51:20:00	UNSAFE AND MANY OF OUR
00:51:20:00	00:51:20:00	CROSSWALKS CROSS IN THE STREET
00:51:20:00	00:51:23:00	AND I WAS ABLE TO UP SOME
00:51:23:00	00:51:25:00	OF THE INTERSECTIONS IN MY
00:51:25:00	00:51:25:00	DISTRICT.
00:51:25:00	00:51:26:00	ONE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS
00:51:26:00	00:51:27:00	ALWAYS RIVER STREET AND HYDE
00:51:27:00	00:51:27:00	PARK WHERE THERE'S CONSTANT
00:51:27:00	00:51:30:00	TRAFFIC GOING UP AND RIGHT AND
00:51:30:00	00:51:30:00	NOT PEDESTRIANS ARE NOT GIVEN
00:51:30:00	00:51:33:00	ENOUGH TIME TO CROSS STREET AND
00:51:33:00	00:51:34:00	I WAS ABLE TO ALSO ASK ON THE
00:51:34:00	00:51:37:00	FLOOR I'M ON RECORD ASKING DOES
00:51:37:00	00:51:40:00	THIS PREVENT US FROM HAVING
00:51:40:00	00:51:40:00	FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT
00:51:40:00	00:51:41:00	CONCURRENT PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL
00:51:41:00	00:51:45:00	AND THEY SAID NO, IT DOES NOT
00:51:45:00	00:51:45:00	PREVENT US AND WE CAN HAVE
00:51:45:00	00:51:46:00	WORKSHOPS IN THE FUTURE.
00:51:46:00	00:51:48:00	WE CAN HAVE MORE HEARINGS IN
00:51:48:00	00:51:48:00	ORDER FOR US TO COME UP WITH
00:51:48:00	00:51:52:00	WAYS TO MAKE CONCURRENT SINGLE
00:51:52:00	00:51:52:00	PEDESTRIAN SIGNALING SAFER
00:51:52:00	00:51:56:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
00:51:56:00	00:51:56:00	SO THAT'S WHY I DO FEEL
00:51:56:00	00:51:57:00	COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS
00:51:57:00	00:51:59:00	TODAY AND ASKING COLLEAGUES TO
00:51:59:00	00:52:00:00	ALSO STAND WITH US TO MAKE SURE
00:52:00:00	00:52:01:00	THIS GETS PASSED BEFORE IT'S
00:52:01:00	00:52:01:00	TOO LATE.
00:52:01:00	00:52:04:00	IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT AND WE
00:52:04:00	00:52:04:00	DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO
00:52:04:00	00:52:05:00	BE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE NEXT
00:52:05:00	00:52:07:00	WEEK OR SO.
00:52:07:00	00:52:07:00	THANK YOU.
00:52:07:00	00:52:08:00	THANK YOU.
00:52:08:00	00:52:08:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
00:52:08:00	00:52:10:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:52:10:00	00:52:14:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS A SEEKS
00:52:14:00	00:52:14:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THIS COMMITTEE
00:52:14:00	00:52:18:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
00:52:18:00	00:52:18:00	NUMBER 0448.
00:52:18:00	00:52:19:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
00:52:19:00	00:52:23:00	CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE
00:52:23:00	00:52:23:00	NUMBERS 0448.
00:52:23:00	00:52:26:00	COUNCILOR BREEN.
00:52:26:00	00:52:27:00	YES.
00:52:27:00	00:52:27:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
00:52:27:00	00:52:27:00	YES.
00:52:27:00	00:52:30:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED
00:52:30:00	00:52:30:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER?
00:52:30:00	00:52:30:00	YES.
00:52:30:00	00:52:33:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:52:33:00	00:52:34:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
00:52:34:00	00:52:34:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON.
00:52:34:00	00:52:37:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HANSON YES.
00:52:37:00	00:52:38:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
00:52:38:00	00:52:41:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
00:52:41:00	00:52:41:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:52:41:00	00:52:42:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
00:52:42:00	00:52:44:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
00:52:44:00	00:52:45:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
00:52:45:00	00:52:45:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:52:45:00	00:52:48:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:52:48:00	00:52:48:00	YES.
00:52:48:00	00:52:49:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:52:49:00	00:52:49:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
00:52:49:00	00:52:52:00	COUNCILOR BURR TEN COUNTS OF A
00:52:52:00	00:52:52:00	PIN.
00:52:52:00	00:52:52:00	YES.
00:52:52:00	00:52:53:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:52:53:00	00:52:56:00	YES.
00:52:56:00	00:52:56:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
00:52:56:00	00:52:57:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
00:52:57:00	00:52:58:00	COUNCILOR FOUR YES.
00:52:58:00	00:52:59:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YEAH.
00:52:59:00	00:53:02:00	COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE
00:53:02:00	00:53:06:00	A0448 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS
00:53:06:00	00:53:06:00	VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
00:53:06:00	00:53:06:00	THANK YOU.
00:53:06:00	00:53:07:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
00:53:07:00	00:53:07:00	ACCEPTED.
00:53:07:00	00:53:09:00	ADOPTED NUMBER 0448 IS PASSED.
00:53:09:00	00:53:10:00	WE ARE NOW I WANT TO MATT HAVE
00:53:10:00	00:53:12:00	RECENTLY HEARD MR. CLERK WOULD
00:53:12:00	00:53:13:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKER NUMBER
00:53:13:00	00:53:15:00	0148 DOCKING NUMBER 0148 ORDER
00:53:15:00	00:53:19:00	FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON
00:53:19:00	00:53:19:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 26
00:53:19:00	00:53:22:00	BUDGET THANK YOU THE CHAIR
00:53:22:00	00:53:22:00	RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE
00:53:22:00	00:53:23:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
00:53:23:00	00:53:23:00	COMMITTEE.
00:53:23:00	00:53:25:00	RL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:53:25:00	00:53:26:00	THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE
00:53:26:00	00:53:30:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
00:53:30:00	00:53:33:00	RECENTLY HOLT HELD A HOSTED A
00:53:33:00	00:53:33:00	WORKING SESSION ON MONDAY
00:53:33:00	00:53:37:00	FEBRUARY 24TH TO OUTLINE KEY
00:53:37:00	00:53:37:00	PRIORITIES FOR THE BOSTON
00:53:37:00	00:53:38:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET AT THIS
00:53:38:00	00:53:41:00	SESSION WE HAD COUNCILOR PEPEN
00:53:41:00	00:53:42:00	WHO IS ALSO THE VICE CHAIR
00:53:42:00	00:53:42:00	OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:53:42:00	00:53:45:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, BRAYDEN WEBER
00:53:45:00	00:53:46:00	SANTANA AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:53:46:00	00:53:48:00	LOUIJEUNE WERE ALL PRESENT.
00:53:48:00	00:53:49:00	WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER
00:53:49:00	00:53:52:00	OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:53:52:00	00:53:52:00	.
00:53:52:00	00:53:53:00	DURING THIS WORKING SESSION
00:53:53:00	00:53:54:00	COUNCILORS SHARE THE TOP
00:53:54:00	00:53:57:00	PRIORITIES WHICH WILL BE
00:53:57:00	00:53:57:00	COMPILED INTO A LETTER TO THE
00:53:57:00	00:54:00:00	ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL
00:54:00:00	00:54:00:00	COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY.
00:54:00:00	00:54:01:00	SOME OF THE PRIORITIES
00:54:01:00	00:54:04:00	DISCUSSED INCLUDE MORE SUPPORTS
00:54:04:00	00:54:04:00	TO STABILIZE AND HOUSE STUDENTS
00:54:04:00	00:54:08:00	MORE FUNDING FOR INCLUSION DONE
00:54:08:00	00:54:08:00	RIGHT, MORE FUNDING FOR
00:54:08:00	00:54:11:00	LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL POOLS AND
00:54:11:00	00:54:11:00	SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS
00:54:11:00	00:54:15:00	THE ST STEPHEN'S MENTAL AND
00:54:15:00	00:54:15:00	KATIE'S CLOSET.
00:54:15:00	00:54:19:00	AS PART OF THIS PROCESS WE'VE
00:54:19:00	00:54:20:00	ALSO HOSTED ADDITIONAL WORKING
00:54:20:00	00:54:23:00	SESSIONS TO REFINE AND CLARIFY
00:54:23:00	00:54:24:00	THESE PRIORITIES ENSURING THAT
00:54:24:00	00:54:27:00	WE ARE ADVOCATING EFFECTIVELY
00:54:27:00	00:54:27:00	FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS,
00:54:27:00	00:54:31:00	EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES.
00:54:31:00	00:54:31:00	WE HAVE UPDATED AND SUBMITTED
00:54:31:00	00:54:35:00	REVISE AND WE HAVE ADDED RFI
00:54:35:00	00:54:35:00	ADDENDUM TO STRENGTHEN OUR
00:54:35:00	00:54:39:00	REQUESTS ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY
00:54:39:00	00:54:39:00	25TH.
00:54:39:00	00:54:42:00	WE HELD THE BUDGET STAFF CLINIC
00:54:42:00	00:54:43:00	AND THIS IS SOLELY FOR
00:54:43:00	00:54:46:00	COUNCILORS STAFF OR TEAM
00:54:46:00	00:54:46:00	MEMBERS AT THIS SESSION.
00:54:46:00	00:54:49:00	COUNCIL STAFF HAD THE
00:54:49:00	00:54:50:00	OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW DRAFT
00:54:50:00	00:54:53:00	BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND RECEIVED
00:54:53:00	00:54:54:00	DIRECT RESPONSES FROM CFO BLOOM
00:54:54:00	00:54:57:00	ON HONEST ON OUTSTANDING
00:54:57:00	00:54:57:00	QUESTIONS.
00:54:57:00	00:54:57:00	THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:54:57:00	00:55:01:00	REFINE OUR APPROACH AND ENSURE
00:55:01:00	00:55:01:00	THAT OUR BUDGET ADVOCACY IS
00:55:01:00	00:55:04:00	BOTH INFORMED AND STRATEGIC.
00:55:04:00	00:55:05:00	LOOKING AHEAD ON THE BUDGET
00:55:05:00	00:55:08:00	PROCESS CONTINUES WITH ON
00:55:08:00	00:55:09:00	THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27TH WE WILL
00:55:09:00	00:55:12:00	BE ON THE COMMITTEE WILL BE
00:55:12:00	00:55:13:00	HOSTING A HEARING ON CITY
00:55:13:00	00:55:15:00	REVENUE AND CURRENT FY 25
00:55:15:00	00:55:15:00	SPENDING WHICH WILL PROVIDE A
00:55:15:00	00:55:16:00	CLEARER PICTURE.
00:55:16:00	00:55:19:00	BOSTON FINANCIAL STANDARD ON
00:55:19:00	00:55:21:00	MONDAY MARCH 3RD THE COMMITTEE
00:55:21:00	00:55:22:00	WILL HOST A WORKING SESSION
00:55:22:00	00:55:25:00	WITH SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER,
00:55:25:00	00:55:26:00	CFO, CFO BLOOM AND OTHER BPC
00:55:26:00	00:55:29:00	OFFICIALS WHERE WE WILL
00:55:29:00	00:55:29:00	CONTINUE PUSHING FOR
00:55:29:00	00:55:30:00	COUNCIL PRIORITIES AHEAD AHEAD
00:55:30:00	00:55:32:00	OF THE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE BUDGET
00:55:32:00	00:55:33:00	RESUBMISSION ON MARCH 16TH.
00:55:33:00	00:55:36:00	ON FRIDAY MARCH 7TH WE ARE
00:55:36:00	00:55:37:00	HOSTING ANOTHER WORKING SESSION
00:55:37:00	00:55:40:00	FOCUSED ON THE CITY'S ENTIRE
00:55:40:00	00:55:41:00	OPERATING BUDGET ENSURING THAT
00:55:41:00	00:55:44:00	WE ALIGN PRIORITIES ACROSS ALL
00:55:44:00	00:55:47:00	CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FY 26
00:55:47:00	00:55:48:00	BUDGET AND TO THE PARENTS
00:55:48:00	00:55:51:00	EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
00:55:51:00	00:55:51:00	PLAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS
00:55:51:00	00:55:51:00	PROCESS.
00:55:51:00	00:55:54:00	MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MARCH
00:55:54:00	00:55:55:00	24TH WE WILL HOLD PUBLIC
00:55:55:00	00:55:58:00	TESTIMONY ON THE BUDGET AND
00:55:58:00	00:55:59:00	OPERATING BUDGET.
00:55:59:00	00:56:02:00	THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS AND
00:56:02:00	00:56:03:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE
00:56:03:00	00:56:06:00	ENGAGEMENT FROM THE PUBLIC TO
00:56:06:00	00:56:06:00	ENSURE WE BUILD A BUDGET THAT
00:56:06:00	00:56:07:00	IS INFORMED BY THE VOICES
00:56:07:00	00:56:07:00	OF THE COMMUNITY.
00:56:07:00	00:56:11:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:11:00	00:56:11:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:11:00	00:56:13:00	COUNCIL AROUND DOCKET NUMBER
00:56:13:00	00:56:14:00	0148 SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
00:56:14:00	00:56:17:00	MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:56:17:00	00:56:23:00	DOCKET NUMBER 023720 DOCKETS
00:56:23:00	00:56:23:00	NUMBERS ARE AS YOUR DOT IS
00:56:23:00	00:56:27:00	RELIED ON FOR DOCKET 0148.
00:56:27:00	00:56:28:00	OKAY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:56:28:00	00:56:28:00	CONTROL NEAR THE FLOOR.
00:56:28:00	00:56:30:00	THANK.
00:56:30:00	00:56:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:56:31:00	00:56:31:00	JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
00:56:31:00	00:56:32:00	CHAIR.
00:56:32:00	00:56:34:00	WE'RE ALL FOR THAT
00:56:34:00	00:56:34:00	PRESENTATION.
00:56:34:00	00:56:37:00	11. I WANT TO I WANT TO FOCUS
00:56:37:00	00:56:40:00	ON AND I'M GLAD COUNCILOR WERE
00:56:40:00	00:56:41:00	ALL BROUGHT IT UP IS THANK YOU
00:56:41:00	00:56:44:00	FOR WORKING WITH CITY
00:56:44:00	00:56:47:00	COUNCIL STAFF AS WELL ENSURING
00:56:47:00	00:56:48:00	THAT THEY ARE AWARE AND KNOW
00:56:48:00	00:56:48:00	ABOUT THE BUDGET.
00:56:48:00	00:56:51:00	HOW IMPORTANT THE BUDGET IS BUT
00:56:51:00	00:56:54:00	THE THE TRAINING AND BRIEF YOU
00:56:54:00	00:56:55:00	PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL STAFF WAS
00:56:55:00	00:56:59:00	VERY HELPFUL AND IT'S IMPORTANT
00:56:59:00	00:57:02:00	THAT OUR STAFF ARE FULLY
00:57:02:00	00:57:02:00	INVOLVED.
00:57:02:00	00:57:03:00	SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:57:03:00	00:57:06:00	THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR CITY
00:57:06:00	00:57:06:00	COUNCIL TEAM CITY
00:57:06:00	00:57:10:00	COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF BUT ALSO
00:57:10:00	00:57:10:00	WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL.
00:57:10:00	00:57:11:00	WE'RE ALL FOR BRINGING PEOPLE
00:57:11:00	00:57:14:00	TOGETHER SO EVERYBODY
00:57:14:00	00:57:15:00	UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT THE
00:57:15:00	00:57:19:00	BUDGET PROCESS IS THAT CAN
00:57:19:00	00:57:19:00	CAPTURE.
00:57:19:00	00:57:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:57:19:00	00:57:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KACZMAREK
00:57:20:00	00:57:25:00	AS ME AGAIN FOR MY COLLEAGUE
00:57:25:00	00:57:28:00	COUNCIL WORRELL FOR HOSTING THE
00:57:28:00	00:57:28:00	WORK IN SESSION.
00:57:28:00	00:57:29:00	UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO
00:57:29:00	00:57:32:00	ATTEND BUT I DO WANT TO JUST
00:57:32:00	00:57:33:00	RISE AND SUPPORT THE ST
00:57:33:00	00:57:36:00	STEPHEN'S WHO ARE HERE TODAY AS
00:57:36:00	00:57:37:00	A AS A AS A PARENT WHO
00:57:37:00	00:57:40:00	GRADUATED FROM THE MENTORING
00:57:40:00	00:57:40:00	PROGRAM.
00:57:40:00	00:57:43:00	I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
00:57:43:00	00:57:44:00	OF ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN
00:57:44:00	00:57:47:00	HELPING TO ENGAGE OUR FAMILIES
00:57:47:00	00:57:48:00	.
00:57:48:00	00:57:48:00	A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE ALWAYS
00:57:48:00	00:57:49:00	TALKING ABOUT VIPS IS DOING
00:57:49:00	00:57:51:00	THINGS TO US WITHOUT US AND THE
00:57:51:00	00:57:52:00	WORK THAT ST STEPHEN'S GROUP
00:57:52:00	00:57:55:00	DOES REALLY BRINGS IN PARENTS
00:57:55:00	00:57:55:00	TO THIS FOLD AND SO I'M LOOKING
00:57:55:00	00:57:59:00	FORWARD TO FIGHTING ALONGSIDE
00:57:59:00	00:58:00:00	YOU TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY
00:58:00:00	00:58:00:00	GET THE SERVICES AND THE
00:58:00:00	00:58:01:00	RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED SO
00:58:01:00	00:58:04:00	THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT FIGHT.
00:58:04:00	00:58:04:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA.
00:58:04:00	00:58:04:00	YES.
00:58:04:00	00:58:05:00	AND THAT'S COUNCIL WHERE I
00:58:05:00	00:58:07:00	STATED WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO
00:58:07:00	00:58:09:00	HAVE ST STEPHEN'S IN THE HOUSE
00:58:09:00	00:58:10:00	FOR THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE
00:58:10:00	00:58:10:00	WE'RE HERE.
00:58:10:00	00:58:11:00	I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU ARE HERE
00:58:11:00	00:58:14:00	RECENTLY SO WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO
00:58:14:00	00:58:17:00	HAVE YOU HERE AND TO
00:58:17:00	00:58:17:00	COLLECTIVELY THANK YOU
00:58:17:00	00:58:18:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING
00:58:18:00	00:58:19:00	THEM HERE TODAY AND WE ARE JUST
00:58:19:00	00:58:21:00	VERY HAPPY COLLECTIVELY TO
00:58:21:00	00:58:22:00	CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON YOUR
00:58:22:00	00:58:25:00	BEHALF IN THE BUDGET AND IN ALL
00:58:25:00	00:58:26:00	WAYS.
00:58:26:00	00:58:26:00	SO THANK YOU.
00:58:26:00	00:58:27:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:58:27:00	00:58:32:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0237 AND 02380237
00:58:32:00	00:58:32:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR
00:58:32:00	00:58:35:00	APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE
00:58:35:00	00:58:35:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION
00:58:35:00	00:58:39:00	FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
00:58:39:00	00:58:42:00	BARGAINING BY $128,700 TO
00:58:42:00	00:58:43:00	PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
00:58:43:00	00:58:45:00	SCHOOL FOR THE BOSTON POLICE
00:58:45:00	00:58:48:00	DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25
00:58:48:00	00:58:49:00	INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE
00:58:49:00	00:58:49:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
00:58:49:00	00:58:53:00	BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
00:58:53:00	00:58:53:00	THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE
00:58:53:00	00:58:56:00	BILL OVERLAND SOCIETY FORENSIC
00:58:56:00	00:58:59:00	GROUP DOCTOR NUMBER 0238
00:58:59:00	00:58:59:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A
00:58:59:00	00:59:02:00	SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR
00:59:02:00	00:59:05:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION
00:59:05:00	00:59:06:00	FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
00:59:06:00	00:59:08:00	BARGAINING BY $128,700 TO
00:59:08:00	00:59:12:00	COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COSTS
00:59:12:00	00:59:13:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:59:13:00	00:59:16:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
00:59:16:00	00:59:17:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE
00:59:17:00	00:59:19:00	BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE
00:59:19:00	00:59:20:00	BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FORENSIC
00:59:20:00	00:59:20:00	CREW.
00:59:20:00	00:59:24:00	THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE
00:59:24:00	00:59:27:00	OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH
00:59:27:00	00:59:27:00	SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.
00:59:27:00	00:59:31:00	THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
00:59:31:00	00:59:31:00	CONTRACT INCLUDE A MARKET
00:59:31:00	00:59:32:00	ADJUSTMENT TO BASE WAGES IN
00:59:32:00	00:59:35:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 AS WELL AS BASE
00:59:35:00	00:59:40:00	WAGE INCREASE OF 2% TO BE GIVEN
00:59:40:00	00:59:41:00	IN JANUARY 2026 AND 2027 AND
00:59:41:00	00:59:44:00	FLAT AMOUNTS OF $900 AND $800
00:59:44:00	00:59:48:00	TO BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES
00:59:48:00	00:59:51:00	IN JANUARY 2026 AND 2027.
00:59:51:00	00:59:54:00	AFTER THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES
00:59:54:00	00:59:55:00	FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
00:59:55:00	00:59:59:00	CLERK ON JANUARY 13, 2025 THANK
00:59:59:00	00:59:59:00	YOU.
00:59:59:00	01:00:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER
01:00:00:00	01:00:01:00	OUTCOMES FOR THE FLOOR.
01:00:01:00	01:00:01:00	THANK YOU.
01:00:01:00	01:00:02:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE COMMITTEE
01:00:02:00	01:00:05:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS CONVENED ON
01:00:05:00	01:00:06:00	MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 TO
01:00:06:00	01:00:09:00	DISCUSS DOCKETS NUMBER
01:00:09:00	01:00:09:00	02370238.
01:00:09:00	01:00:12:00	REPRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATION
01:00:12:00	01:00:13:00	WERE JAMES WILLIAMSON, DIRECTOR
01:00:13:00	01:00:17:00	OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT RENÉ
01:00:17:00	01:00:17:00	BUCCI, DIRECTOR OF LABOR
01:00:17:00	01:00:20:00	RELATIONS JOHN WALTON ASSISTANT
01:00:20:00	01:00:21:00	CORPORATION COUNCILOR FOR THE
01:00:21:00	01:00:25:00	BPD OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS.
01:00:25:00	01:00:25:00	RICHARD DEYO, DEPUTY
01:00:25:00	01:00:26:00	SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE BPD
01:00:26:00	01:00:29:00	OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS.
01:00:29:00	01:00:30:00	CASSIUS MURPHY LOUIJEUNE CARTER
01:00:30:00	01:00:32:00	PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THE VICE
01:00:32:00	01:00:33:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:00:33:00	01:00:36:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN AND WEBER WERE
01:00:36:00	01:00:37:00	PRESENT FOR THE HEARING AND WE
01:00:37:00	01:00:37:00	RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE
01:00:37:00	01:00:40:00	FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:00:40:00	01:00:40:00	DIRECTOR WILLIAMSON PROVIDES AN
01:00:40:00	01:00:41:00	OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRACTS
01:00:41:00	01:00:44:00	IMPACT ON THE CITY'S BUDGET.
01:00:44:00	01:00:46:00	THIS AGREEMENT MOVES
01:00:46:00	01:00:50:00	APPROXIMATELY $128,700 FROM THE
01:00:50:00	01:00:50:00	RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
01:00:50:00	01:00:51:00	BARGAINING TO THE BOSTON POLICE
01:00:51:00	01:00:54:00	DEPARTMENT WHEN THE FBI 25
01:00:54:00	01:00:56:00	BUDGET WAS PASSED IN JUNE 2020
01:00:56:00	01:00:57:00	FOR THE RESERVE FOR THE
01:00:57:00	01:00:59:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STOOD AT
01:00:59:00	01:01:02:00	NINE POINTS 96 $96.8 MILLION.
01:01:02:00	01:01:03:00	SINCE THEN 5015 COLLECTIVE
01:01:03:00	01:01:06:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN
01:01:06:00	01:01:08:00	PRESENTED TO THE
01:01:08:00	01:01:08:00	COUNCIL TOTALING $13.7 MILLION.
01:01:08:00	01:01:09:00	WITH THIS REDUCTION THE NEW
01:01:09:00	01:01:12:00	BALANCE IN THE RESERVE FOR
01:01:12:00	01:01:13:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS NOW
01:01:13:00	01:01:13:00	$83 MILLION.
01:01:13:00	01:01:17:00	DIRECTOR BUCCI OUTLINED KEY
01:01:17:00	01:01:20:00	ASPECTS OF THE CONTRACT WHICH
01:01:20:00	01:01:21:00	WILL COVER APPROXIMATELY 33
01:01:21:00	01:01:24:00	POSITIONS IN A NEW SALARY
01:01:24:00	01:01:24:00	SCALES THAT TAKE EFFECT 30 DAYS
01:01:24:00	01:01:28:00	AFTER FUNDING IS APPROVED.
01:01:28:00	01:01:28:00	THESE SCALES REFLECT
01:01:28:00	01:01:29:00	BENCHMARKING EFFORTS AND ARE
01:01:29:00	01:01:31:00	INTENDED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN
01:01:31:00	01:01:32:00	HIGHLY SKILLED EMPLOYEES WITH
01:01:32:00	01:01:35:00	SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDS ON
01:01:35:00	01:01:36:00	AVERAGE.
01:01:36:00	01:01:36:00	STEP REPLACEMENT INCREASES WILL
01:01:36:00	01:01:39:00	AMOUNT TO $4,700 WITH
01:01:39:00	01:01:43:00	ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS GRADES AND
01:01:43:00	01:01:43:00	STEPS.
01:01:43:00	01:01:47:00	THESE CONTRACTS ALSO EXTEND
01:01:47:00	01:01:47:00	SICK LEAVE TO PROBATIONARY
01:01:47:00	01:01:51:00	EMPLOYEES WHOSE PROBATIONARY
01:01:51:00	01:01:51:00	PERIOD HAS LENGTHENED TO 12
01:01:51:00	01:01:55:00	MONTHS TO ALIGN TO ALIGN WITH
01:01:55:00	01:01:55:00	SPECIALIZED NATURE OF THEIR
01:01:55:00	01:01:56:00	WORK.
01:01:56:00	01:02:00:00	ADDITIONALLY, THE CHANGES
01:02:00:00	01:02:00:00	INCLUDE UPDATES TO MANAGEMENT
01:02:00:00	01:02:03:00	RIGHTS CLAUSE AND A MORE
01:02:03:00	01:02:03:00	FLEXIBLE ON CALL SYSTEM.
01:02:03:00	01:02:06:00	ASSISTANT CORPORATION
01:02:06:00	01:02:07:00	COUNCILOR WILL TEND EMPHASIZE
01:02:07:00	01:02:07:00	THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE
01:02:07:00	01:02:11:00	EMPLOYEES TO THE DEPARTMENT
01:02:11:00	01:02:11:00	EXPRESSING THE ADMINISTRATION
01:02:11:00	01:02:12:00	SATISFACTION SATISFACTION WITH
01:02:12:00	01:02:15:00	THE AGREEMENT COUNCILS AND
01:02:15:00	01:02:16:00	REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS THE
01:02:16:00	01:02:18:00	TECHNOLOGY OUTLINED IN THE
01:02:18:00	01:02:18:00	CONTRACT WHICH AIM TO
01:02:18:00	01:02:22:00	STREAMLINE MINOR UPDATES
01:02:22:00	01:02:22:00	WITHOUT REQUIRING
01:02:22:00	01:02:22:00	RENEGOTIATION.
01:02:22:00	01:02:25:00	THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ON
01:02:25:00	01:02:26:00	WAGE INCREASES WITH LOWER WAGE
01:02:26:00	01:02:27:00	EMPLOYEES SET TO SET TO RECEIVE
01:02:27:00	01:02:29:00	A HIGHER PERCENTAGE INCREASE
01:02:29:00	01:02:30:00	THAN THE HIGHER HIGHER WAGE
01:02:30:00	01:02:30:00	COUNTERPARTS.
01:02:30:00	01:02:33:00	REPRESENTATIVE EXPLAINED THAT
01:02:33:00	01:02:34:00	ALL EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER
01:02:34:00	01:02:38:00	THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
01:02:38:00	01:02:38:00	BELONG TO THE FORENSIC UNIT
01:02:38:00	01:02:41:00	WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR
01:02:41:00	01:02:42:00	SPECIALIZED GROUPS.
01:02:42:00	01:02:42:00	THE PRINT DIVISION WHICH
01:02:42:00	01:02:45:00	ANALYZES UNSEEN EVIDENCE SUCH
01:02:45:00	01:02:45:00	AS FINGERPRINTS.
01:02:45:00	01:02:48:00	THE CRIME LAB UNIT WHICH CAN
01:02:48:00	01:02:52:00	WHICH CONDUCTS TESTS AROUND DNA
01:02:52:00	01:02:52:00	AND OTHER TESTS.
01:02:52:00	01:02:53:00	THE FIREARMS ANALYSIS UNIT
01:02:53:00	01:02:56:00	WHICH HANDLES FIREARMS AND
01:02:56:00	01:02:56:00	BALLISTIC TESTING.
01:02:56:00	01:02:59:00	AND THE QUALITY ASSURANCE UNIT
01:02:59:00	01:03:00:00	WHICH ENSURE THAT FORENSIC
01:03:00:00	01:03:00:00	METHODOLOGIES ADHERE TO
01:03:00:00	01:03:03:00	SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS.
01:03:03:00	01:03:04:00	DURING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS
01:03:04:00	01:03:04:00	NOTED THAT THE PROCESS FOR THE
01:03:04:00	01:03:07:00	CRIME LAB UNIT HAS BECOME MORE
01:03:07:00	01:03:07:00	RIGOROUS DUE TO INCREASED
01:03:07:00	01:03:11:00	REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BUT THAT
01:03:11:00	01:03:11:00	THESE RAISES IN PAY WILL HELP
01:03:11:00	01:03:12:00	IMPROVE RETENTION AT THE
01:03:12:00	01:03:14:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:03:14:00	01:03:15:00	IT WAS ALSO CLARIFIED THAT THIS
01:03:15:00	01:03:17:00	TEAM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
01:03:17:00	01:03:18:00	RETRIEVING DATA FROM CELL
01:03:18:00	01:03:19:00	PHONES NOR ARE THEY SWORN
01:03:19:00	01:03:22:00	OFFICERS.
01:03:22:00	01:03:22:00	THEY ARE CIVILIANS WHO DO NOT
01:03:22:00	01:03:23:00	CARRY FIREARMS.
01:03:23:00	01:03:23:00	AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:03:23:00	01:03:26:00	WAYS AND MEANS MY
01:03:26:00	01:03:26:00	RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS
01:03:26:00	01:03:27:00	MATTER OUGHT TO PASS.
01:03:27:00	01:03:29:00	THANK YOU.
01:03:29:00	01:03:30:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR RL WOULD
01:03:30:00	01:03:31:00	ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
01:03:31:00	01:03:33:00	MATTER?
01:03:33:00	01:03:33:00	CATTRALL SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
01:03:33:00	01:03:36:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:03:36:00	01:03:39:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0237
01:03:39:00	01:03:39:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
01:03:39:00	01:03:43:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
01:03:43:00	01:03:46:00	CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A 0 TO
01:03:46:00	01:03:47:00	3 SEVEN COUNCILOR BREADON.
01:03:47:00	01:03:50:00	YES, COUNCILOR BREADON?
01:03:50:00	01:03:50:00	YES.
01:03:50:00	01:03:51:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER?
01:03:51:00	01:03:51:00	YES.
01:03:51:00	01:03:51:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE.
01:03:51:00	01:03:53:00	YES.
01:03:53:00	01:03:54:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:03:54:00	01:03:54:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:03:54:00	01:03:54:00	YES.
01:03:54:00	01:03:57:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
01:03:57:00	01:03:58:00	AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS
01:03:58:00	01:04:01:00	AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
01:04:01:00	01:04:01:00	YES.
01:04:01:00	01:04:02:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:04:02:00	01:04:02:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:04:02:00	01:04:06:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:04:06:00	01:04:06:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:04:06:00	01:04:07:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:04:07:00	01:04:09:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:04:09:00	01:04:09:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:04:09:00	01:04:10:00	YES.
01:04:10:00	01:04:10:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:04:10:00	01:04:13:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:04:13:00	01:04:13:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
01:04:13:00	01:04:14:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES.
01:04:14:00	01:04:17:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:04:17:00	01:04:17:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA?
01:04:17:00	01:04:18:00	YES.
01:04:18:00	01:04:18:00	AND COUNCILOR WEBER?
01:04:18:00	01:04:18:00	YES.
01:04:18:00	01:04:22:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:04:22:00	01:04:22:00	AND COUNCILOR WU YES
01:04:22:00	01:04:24:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL YES TALKING
01:04:24:00	01:04:25:00	NUMBERS 0237 HAS RECEIVED A
01:04:25:00	01:04:26:00	UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
01:04:26:00	01:04:28:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
01:04:28:00	01:04:29:00	THANK YOU.
01:04:29:00	01:04:29:00	THE COMMITTEE BOARD HAS BEEN
01:04:29:00	01:04:31:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0237
01:04:31:00	01:04:32:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:04:32:00	01:04:34:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND
01:04:34:00	01:04:35:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:04:35:00	01:04:37:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:04:37:00	01:04:37:00	NUMBER 0238.
01:04:37:00	01:04:38:00	MR KIRBY PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
01:04:38:00	01:04:41:00	CALL VOTE.
01:04:41:00	01:04:41:00	COUNCILOR BREEN YES.
01:04:41:00	01:04:46:00	COUNCILOR BREEN YES.
01:04:46:00	01:04:46:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER
01:04:46:00	01:04:47:00	COUNCILOR COLORS PARTY YES.
01:04:47:00	01:04:49:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:04:49:00	01:04:49:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:04:49:00	01:04:52:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA STAND AS
01:04:52:00	01:04:53:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE STANCE AND
01:04:53:00	01:04:53:00	YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
01:04:53:00	01:04:57:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:04:57:00	01:04:57:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:04:57:00	01:04:57:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:04:57:00	01:05:00:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:05:00:00	01:05:00:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:05:00:00	01:05:04:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:05:04:00	01:05:04:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:05:04:00	01:05:04:00	YES.
01:05:04:00	01:05:05:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:05:05:00	01:05:07:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:05:07:00	01:05:08:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN NONSTOP
01:05:08:00	01:05:11:00	OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:05:11:00	01:05:11:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:05:11:00	01:05:14:00	YES.
01:05:14:00	01:05:15:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:05:15:00	01:05:15:00	IS COUNCIL HOWEVER.
01:05:15:00	01:05:19:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:05:19:00	01:05:20:00	IN COUNCILOR WORRELL.
01:05:20:00	01:05:20:00	YEAH.
01:05:20:00	01:05:23:00	COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK IN NUMBER
01:05:23:00	01:05:23:00	0238 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS
01:05:23:00	01:05:26:00	VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
01:05:26:00	01:05:27:00	THANK YOU.
01:05:27:00	01:05:27:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:05:27:00	01:05:29:00	ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0238
01:05:29:00	01:05:30:00	IS PASSED I THINK YOU MENTION
01:05:30:00	01:05:31:00	THIS COUNCIL ARE OUT THE VOTE
01:05:31:00	01:05:32:00	THEY BOTH SAW STEP INCREASES
01:05:32:00	01:05:33:00	AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE
01:05:33:00	01:05:34:00	THAT BECAUSE THAT'S AN INCREASE
01:05:34:00	01:05:36:00	ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THESE
01:05:36:00	01:05:36:00	AMOUNTS ARE.
01:05:36:00	01:05:39:00	SO THANK YOU TO THE ADMIN FOR
01:05:39:00	01:05:40:00	WORKING ON THAT.
01:05:40:00	01:05:41:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:05:41:00	01:05:46:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0407 ECONOMY 0407
01:05:46:00	01:05:47:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR
01:05:47:00	01:05:49:00	APPROVAL IN ORDINANCE FOR ROAD
01:05:49:00	01:05:50:00	SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
01:05:50:00	01:05:54:00	DELIVERY PROVIDERS.
01:05:54:00	01:05:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:05:54:00	01:05:54:00	THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAIR THE
01:05:54:00	01:05:55:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:05:55:00	01:05:57:00	OPERATIONS COUNCIL AS A PARTNER
01:05:57:00	01:05:58:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:05:58:00	01:05:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:05:58:00	01:06:02:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:06:02:00	01:06:04:00	OPERATIONS CONVENED ON MONDAY
01:06:04:00	01:06:05:00	FEBRUARY 24TH TO DISCUSS THE
01:06:05:00	01:06:06:00	DOCKET 0407 AN ORDINANCE
01:06:06:00	01:06:08:00	PROPOSING REGULATIONS FOR THIRD
01:06:08:00	01:06:09:00	PARTY DELIVERY PLATFORMS
01:06:09:00	01:06:13:00	OPERATING IN BOSTON SPONSORED
01:06:13:00	01:06:13:00	BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU.
01:06:13:00	01:06:16:00	COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR COUNCILORS
01:06:16:00	01:06:16:00	PRESENT INCLUDED
01:06:16:00	01:06:17:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY,
01:06:17:00	01:06:20:00	COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PAN MYSELF
01:06:20:00	01:06:21:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE DURKAN WITH A
01:06:21:00	01:06:23:00	LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM
01:06:23:00	01:06:24:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:06:24:00	01:06:27:00	THE PRIMARY CONCERNS RAISED
01:06:27:00	01:06:28:00	DURING THE HEARING INCLUDED
01:06:28:00	01:06:28:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC
01:06:28:00	01:06:31:00	CONGESTION.
01:06:31:00	01:06:32:00	THE RAPID GROWTH OF FOOD
01:06:32:00	01:06:32:00	DELIVERY SERVICES HAS
01:06:32:00	01:06:35:00	CREATED CHALLENGES RELATED TO
01:06:35:00	01:06:35:00	RECKLESS DRIVING CONGESTION AND
01:06:35:00	01:06:35:00	PARKING ISSUES.
01:06:35:00	01:06:39:00	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND
01:06:39:00	01:06:39:00	ENFORCEMENT.
01:06:39:00	01:06:40:00	THE NEED FOR CLEAR GUIDELINES
01:06:40:00	01:06:43:00	REGARDING DRIVER REGISTRATION,
01:06:43:00	01:06:43:00	INSURANCE AND DATA SHARING AS
01:06:43:00	01:06:47:00	WELL AS WORKER PROTECTIONS,
01:06:47:00	01:06:47:00	ENSURING FAIR LABOR PRACTICES
01:06:47:00	01:06:48:00	AND ADEQUATE INSURANCE FOR
01:06:48:00	01:06:50:00	DELIVERY DRIVERS AND
01:06:50:00	01:06:50:00	PEDESTRIANS.
01:06:50:00	01:06:54:00	COUNCILORS EMPHASIZED THE NEED
01:06:54:00	01:06:54:00	FOR COMPREHENSIVE REGULATIONS
01:06:54:00	01:06:58:00	TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS
01:06:58:00	01:06:59:00	CONGESTION, SAFETY RISKS AND
01:06:59:00	01:06:59:00	ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELIVERY
01:06:59:00	01:07:03:00	COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE CITY
01:07:03:00	01:07:03:00	OF BOSTON.
01:07:03:00	01:07:04:00	IN MY OPENING STATEMENTS I
01:07:04:00	01:07:06:00	EXPRESSED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR
01:07:06:00	01:07:07:00	THE ORDINANCE AND APPRECIATION
01:07:07:00	01:07:10:00	FOR THE DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH
01:07:10:00	01:07:10:00	CITY OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY
01:07:10:00	01:07:11:00	REPRESENTATIVES.
01:07:11:00	01:07:14:00	I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE
01:07:14:00	01:07:14:00	OF BALANCING REGULATION WITH
01:07:14:00	01:07:15:00	INDUSTRY CONCERNS AND IMPROVING
01:07:15:00	01:07:18:00	ROAD SAFETY WITHOUT IMPOSING
01:07:18:00	01:07:18:00	EXCESSIVE BURDENS.
01:07:18:00	01:07:22:00	WE HEARD FROM FROM CITY
01:07:22:00	01:07:25:00	OFFICIALS CHIEF FRANK AND HODGE
01:07:25:00	01:07:26:00	, CHIEF OF STREETS NICK GOVE,
01:07:26:00	01:07:29:00	COMMISSIONER OF BTD AND DEPUTY
01:07:29:00	01:07:29:00	SUPERINTENDENT HUMPHREYS FROM
01:07:29:00	01:07:33:00	BOSTON FROM THE BOSTON POLICE
01:07:33:00	01:07:33:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:07:33:00	01:07:34:00	THEIR TESTIMONY INCLUDED THE
01:07:34:00	01:07:37:00	FOLLOWING POINTS THEY ESTABLISH
01:07:37:00	01:07:38:00	THAT THE UNREGULATED GROWTH
01:07:38:00	01:07:40:00	OF DELIVERY SERVICES HAS
01:07:40:00	01:07:41:00	EXACERBATED PARKING SHORTAGES,
01:07:41:00	01:07:44:00	CONGESTION AND AGAIN RECKLESS
01:07:44:00	01:07:45:00	DRIVING FRUSTRATING RESIDENTS
01:07:45:00	01:07:45:00	AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
01:07:45:00	01:07:49:00	THE ORDINANCE ADDRESSES OR
01:07:49:00	01:07:49:00	SEEKS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES
01:07:49:00	01:07:52:00	BY CREATING A FRAMEWORK
01:07:52:00	01:07:53:00	REQUIRING REGISTRATION
01:07:53:00	01:07:56:00	INSURANCE FOR DELIVERY VEHICLES
01:07:56:00	01:07:56:00	, DATA SHARING ON VEHICLE
01:07:56:00	01:07:57:00	TYPES, ORDER VOLUME AND
01:07:57:00	01:08:00:00	DELIVERY TIMES, BUSINESS
01:08:00:00	01:08:00:00	REGISTRATION AND PERMIT
01:08:00:00	01:08:04:00	REQUIREMENTS WITH THE GOAL TO
01:08:04:00	01:08:04:00	ESTABLISH CORPORATE
01:08:04:00	01:08:05:00	ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT IMPOSING
01:08:05:00	01:08:07:00	UNREASONABLE COSTS.
01:08:07:00	01:08:11:00	A FEW KEY QUESTIONS IN
01:08:11:00	01:08:12:00	RESPONSES INCLUDED THE IDEA
01:08:12:00	01:08:15:00	FROM COUNCILOR DURKAN TO
01:08:15:00	01:08:16:00	INTRODUCE FEE AND REVENUE
01:08:16:00	01:08:16:00	GENERATION BY PROPOSING A
01:08:16:00	01:08:20:00	DELIVERY FEE TO FUND
01:08:20:00	01:08:21:00	ENFORCEMENT CITING SIMILAR
01:08:21:00	01:08:23:00	POLICIES IN OTHER STATES.
01:08:23:00	01:08:24:00	SHE FRANKLYN HODGE CONFIRMED
01:08:24:00	01:08:27:00	THAT THE CITY INCURS COSTS DUE
01:08:27:00	01:08:28:00	TO DELIVERY SERVICE OPERATIONS
01:08:28:00	01:08:28:00	INCLUDING ALTERED PARKING
01:08:28:00	01:08:31:00	POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT
01:08:31:00	01:08:31:00	EXPENSES.
01:08:31:00	01:08:35:00	I ASKED ABOUT RELATED
01:08:35:00	01:08:35:00	ENFORCEMENT EXPENSES AS WELL AS
01:08:35:00	01:08:36:00	INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
01:08:36:00	01:08:39:00	THERE WERE QUESTIONS ASKED
01:08:39:00	01:08:42:00	ABOUT EQUITY IN ENFORCEMENT
01:08:42:00	01:08:43:00	ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTS ON
01:08:43:00	01:08:46:00	DRIVER BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS DATA
01:08:46:00	01:08:47:00	COLLECTION AND TRANSPARENCY.
01:08:47:00	01:08:50:00	WE ALSO HEARD FROM
01:08:50:00	01:08:50:00	REPRESENTATIVES FROM MAJOR
01:08:50:00	01:08:53:00	DELIVERY PLATFORMS INCLUDING
01:08:53:00	01:08:53:00	DOORDASH, UBER EATS AND GRUBHUB
01:08:53:00	01:08:57:00	WHO RAISED VARIOUS CONCERNS
01:08:57:00	01:08:57:00	ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.
01:08:57:00	01:08:58:00	AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM GOPUFF
01:08:58:00	01:09:00:00	AS WELL.
01:09:00:00	01:09:00:00	DOORDASH HAD MENTIONED THAT
01:09:00:00	01:09:01:00	THEY ALREADY PROVIDE
01:09:01:00	01:09:05:00	OCCUPATIONAL ACCENT ACCIDENTAL
01:09:05:00	01:09:07:00	INSURANCE FOR TWO AND FOUR
01:09:07:00	01:09:08:00	WHEEL DRIVERS AND THAT THEY'RE
01:09:08:00	01:09:08:00	WILLING TO SUPPORT DRIVER
01:09:08:00	01:09:11:00	EDUCATION EFFORTS AND THEY WERE
01:09:11:00	01:09:12:00	CONCERNED ABOUT DATA SHARING
01:09:12:00	01:09:14:00	PROVISIONS AND THE EXCLUSION
01:09:14:00	01:09:15:00	OF GROCERY DELIVERY PLATFORMS
01:09:15:00	01:09:15:00	FROM REGULATIONS.
01:09:15:00	01:09:18:00	UBER EATS RAISED SIMILAR
01:09:18:00	01:09:19:00	CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED COSTS
01:09:19:00	01:09:23:00	FOR DRIVERS AND THEY NOTED THAT
01:09:23:00	01:09:23:00	MASSACHUSETTS LAW DOES NOT
01:09:23:00	01:09:26:00	REQUIRE COLLISION OR MEDICAL
01:09:26:00	01:09:27:00	INSURANCE BUT THE ORDINANCE
01:09:27:00	01:09:29:00	DOES AND STRESSED THE NEED FOR
01:09:29:00	01:09:30:00	A BALANCED APPROACH THAT DOES
01:09:30:00	01:09:33:00	NOT DISCOURAGE WHO WILL
01:09:33:00	01:09:33:00	DELIVERY DISCOURAGE EXCUSE
01:09:33:00	01:09:37:00	ME TO WILL DELIVERIES.
01:09:37:00	01:09:37:00	GRUBHUB HAD WARNED THAT
01:09:37:00	01:09:37:00	ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS WOULD
01:09:37:00	01:09:40:00	INCREASE COSTS FOR RESTAURANT
01:09:40:00	01:09:41:00	AND DELIVERY WORKERS AND ARGUED
01:09:41:00	01:09:44:00	THAT VAGUE INSURANCE AND DATA
01:09:44:00	01:09:45:00	SHARING REQUIREMENTS CREATE
01:09:45:00	01:09:48:00	COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES.
01:09:48:00	01:09:49:00	OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO STAY
01:09:49:00	01:09:49:00	IN COMMITTEE.
01:09:49:00	01:09:52:00	THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL
01:09:52:00	01:09:52:00	AMENDMENTS AND SO TO HAVE FOR
01:09:52:00	01:09:56:00	THE DISCUSSIONS INCLUDING THE
01:09:56:00	01:09:56:00	FREE THE FEE STRUCTURES AND THE
01:09:56:00	01:09:57:00	SCOPE OF DATA SHARING
01:09:57:00	01:10:00:00	REQUIREMENTS I WILL CONTINUE TO
01:10:00:00	01:10:03:00	DELIBERATIONS AND WILL KEEP
01:10:03:00	01:10:03:00	THIS IN COMMITTEE BEFORE
01:10:03:00	01:10:08:00	ADVANCING TO THE COUNCIL FOR A
01:10:08:00	01:10:08:00	FULL VOTE.
01:10:08:00	01:10:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:08:00	01:10:09:00	THANK YOU GUYS A LOT AS A PART
01:10:09:00	01:10:10:00	OF THE CHAIR CAN I JUST ASK YOU
01:10:10:00	01:10:10:00	PLENTY OF FLOOR.
01:10:10:00	01:10:11:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MADAM
01:10:11:00	01:10:14:00	CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO
01:10:14:00	01:10:18:00	COUNCILOR ZAPATA AS WELL.
01:10:18:00	01:10:21:00	I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE
01:10:21:00	01:10:22:00	AT THAT HEARING THE IMPORTANT
01:10:22:00	01:10:25:00	HEARING I WAS AT A DISABLED
01:10:25:00	01:10:26:00	VETERANS CONFERENCE SO I DO
01:10:26:00	01:10:30:00	APOLOGIZE.
01:10:30:00	01:10:31:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR REQUEST
01:10:31:00	01:10:34:00	OR ASK IS ONE MAJOR CONCERN I
01:10:34:00	01:10:34:00	HAVE.
01:10:34:00	01:10:37:00	MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD
01:10:37:00	01:10:38:00	CONSIDER WE'LL DISCUSS SOMEWHAT
01:10:38:00	01:10:41:00	RELATED RELATED IS HOW IT
01:10:41:00	01:10:45:00	IMPACTS UBER AND LYFT AS WELL.
01:10:45:00	01:10:48:00	TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES I KNOW
01:10:48:00	01:10:49:00	IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY
01:10:49:00	01:10:52:00	THAT IN THIS DOCUMENT BUT THE
01:10:52:00	01:10:56:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND BOSTON
01:10:56:00	01:10:57:00	POLICE SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT
01:10:57:00	01:11:00:00	OVERSEE REGULATE UBER AND LYFT.
01:11:00:00	01:11:04:00	THAT'S DONE THROUGH THE STATE
01:11:04:00	01:11:07:00	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
01:11:07:00	01:11:07:00	.
01:11:07:00	01:11:11:00	THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN I HAVE.
01:11:11:00	01:11:12:00	I BELIEVE UBER AND LYFT SHOULD
01:11:12:00	01:11:15:00	BE REGULATED BY BOSTON POLICE
01:11:15:00	01:11:18:00	DEPARTMENT AND NOT A STATE
01:11:18:00	01:11:19:00	AGENCY SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT
01:11:19:00	01:11:22:00	OF PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR FOR
01:11:22:00	01:11:26:00	MANY REASONS.
01:11:26:00	01:11:26:00	I THINK BOSTON POLICE KNOW HOW
01:11:26:00	01:11:30:00	TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK
01:11:30:00	01:11:33:00	ESPECIALLY THEY'VE DONE IT FOR
01:11:33:00	01:11:34:00	SO MANY YEARS REGULATING THE
01:11:34:00	01:11:39:00	TAXI INDUSTRY AS WELL.
01:11:39:00	01:11:40:00	BUT UBER AND LYFT SHOULD BE
01:11:40:00	01:11:43:00	REGULATED AND SUPERVISED UNDER
01:11:43:00	01:11:47:00	SOME TYPE OF SUPERVISION BY
01:11:47:00	01:11:47:00	BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS.
01:11:47:00	01:11:50:00	WE HAD A TERRIBLE ALLEGED
01:11:50:00	01:11:54:00	HORRIFIC RAPE IN SOUTH BOSTON
01:11:54:00	01:11:57:00	RECENTLY FROM ONE OF THESE
01:11:57:00	01:12:01:00	PLATFORM COMPANIES AND WE NEED
01:12:01:00	01:12:04:00	TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE
01:12:04:00	01:12:05:00	CURRENT LAW.
01:12:05:00	01:12:08:00	WE CAN'T SIT BY AND DO NOTHING.
01:12:08:00	01:12:09:00	WELL, THIS INDUSTRY IS
01:12:09:00	01:12:11:00	BASICALLY UNREGULATED.
01:12:11:00	01:12:15:00	IT'S LIKE THE WILD WEST HERE.
01:12:15:00	01:12:16:00	THESE DRIVERS IN MY OPINION
01:12:16:00	01:12:19:00	SHOULD BE FINGERPRINTED WHICH
01:12:19:00	01:12:23:00	THEY ARE NOT.
01:12:23:00	01:12:23:00	THEY SHOULD GO THROUGH
01:12:23:00	01:12:27:00	EXTENSIVE MASSACHUSETTS
01:12:27:00	01:12:28:00	BACKGROUND CHECKS AND OUT
01:12:28:00	01:12:31:00	OF STATE BACKGROUND CHECKS AS
01:12:31:00	01:12:31:00	WELL.
01:12:31:00	01:12:32:00	THAT SUPERVISION SHOULD BE DONE
01:12:32:00	01:12:35:00	BY BOSTON POLICE.
01:12:35:00	01:12:36:00	I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY
01:12:36:00	01:12:39:00	ASK IF THAT CAN BE PART OF THE
01:12:39:00	01:12:39:00	CONVERSATION.
01:12:39:00	01:12:42:00	I SENT A FORMAL LETTER LAST
01:12:42:00	01:12:43:00	NIGHT TO MAYOR WILL AND
01:12:43:00	01:12:46:00	COMMISSIONER COX SPECIFICALLY
01:12:46:00	01:12:47:00	ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS.
01:12:47:00	01:12:51:00	BUT I CAN'T SIT BY WHILE AN
01:12:51:00	01:12:54:00	UNREGULATED INDUSTRY CONTINUES
01:12:54:00	01:12:57:00	TO HURT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS
01:12:57:00	01:12:58:00	CITY ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY
01:12:58:00	01:13:01:00	WOMEN YOUNG WOMAN IN MY
01:13:01:00	01:13:04:00	DISTRICT ACROSS THE CITY.
01:13:04:00	01:13:08:00	WE NEED TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS
01:13:08:00	01:13:09:00	ON THESE TRANSPORTATION
01:13:09:00	01:13:09:00	COMPANIES.
01:13:09:00	01:13:12:00	IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY
01:13:12:00	01:13:12:00	COUNCIL TO ACT.
01:13:12:00	01:13:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:13:13:00	01:13:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0407 WILL REMAIN
01:13:16:00	01:13:16:00	REMAINING COMMITTEE MR CLERK,
01:13:16:00	01:13:17:00	WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
01:13:17:00	01:13:20:00	NUMBER OH.
01:13:20:00	01:13:21:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN.
01:13:21:00	01:13:22:00	IS THIS ON THE SAME DOCKET?
01:13:22:00	01:13:22:00	OKAY.
01:13:22:00	01:13:23:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONSIDER
01:13:23:00	01:13:24:00	AGAIN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE
01:13:24:00	01:13:24:00	THIS?
01:13:24:00	01:13:24:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:13:24:00	01:13:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:13:27:00	01:13:28:00	I JUST WANTED TO THANK
01:13:28:00	01:13:28:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PART
01:13:28:00	01:13:30:00	OF HER A VERY IMPORTANT HEARING
01:13:30:00	01:13:31:00	AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD A
01:13:31:00	01:13:34:00	HEARING LAST YEAR IN THE
01:13:34:00	01:13:35:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT
01:13:35:00	01:13:38:00	TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND A
01:13:38:00	01:13:38:00	LOT OF THE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS
01:13:38:00	01:13:41:00	AROUND THIS ORDINANCE ARE SORT
01:13:41:00	01:13:42:00	OF COMING FROM THE INFANCY OF A
01:13:42:00	01:13:46:00	LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS LOOKING
01:13:46:00	01:13:46:00	FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, LOOKING FOR
01:13:46:00	01:13:50:00	A FRAMEWORK.
01:13:50:00	01:13:51:00	AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
01:13:51:00	01:13:51:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR OFFERING
01:13:51:00	01:13:51:00	THIS.
01:13:51:00	01:13:54:00	I DO THINK THEY'RE I'M EXCITED
01:13:54:00	01:13:54:00	ABOUT THE WORKING SESSION
01:13:54:00	01:13:57:00	BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE ARE A
01:13:57:00	01:14:00:00	LOT OF IDEAS PERCOLATING AND I
01:14:00:00	01:14:01:00	WAS INTERESTED TO TALK ABOUT
01:14:01:00	01:14:02:00	WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO
01:14:02:00	01:14:05:00	INSTALL A FEE GIVEN ALL OF THE
01:14:05:00	01:14:05:00	IMPACTS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS
01:14:05:00	01:14:09:00	ORDINANCE AND WHAT IT WOULD
01:14:09:00	01:14:09:00	WHAT IT WOULD COST POTENTIALLY
01:14:09:00	01:14:12:00	TO IMPLEMENT THIS ORDINANCE.
01:14:12:00	01:14:13:00	BUT I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE
01:14:13:00	01:14:14:00	CONVERSATION AND JUST WHEN I
01:14:14:00	01:14:16:00	THINK ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR
01:14:16:00	01:14:17:00	BEING INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE
01:14:17:00	01:14:20:00	IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE.
01:14:20:00	01:14:21:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:21:00	01:14:21:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:21:00	01:14:22:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST CAN'T
01:14:22:00	01:14:23:00	RECALL THAT AS A PARTY ON THE
01:14:23:00	01:14:23:00	FLOOR.
01:14:23:00	01:14:24:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:14:24:00	01:14:27:00	I JUST WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO
01:14:27:00	01:14:27:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:14:27:00	01:14:28:00	I GUESS SO THIS THIS PARTICULAR
01:14:28:00	01:14:32:00	PIECE OF LEGISLATION I DON'T
01:14:32:00	01:14:32:00	KNOW IS THE CORRECT VEHICLE FOR
01:14:32:00	01:14:35:00	THAT JUST GIVEN THAT IN 2016
01:14:35:00	01:14:35:00	GOVERNOR BAKER SIGNED THE TNC
01:14:35:00	01:14:39:00	LAW THAT'S IN CURRENT EFFECT
01:14:39:00	01:14:39:00	AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW
01:14:39:00	01:14:42:00	THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ALWAYS
01:14:42:00	01:14:43:00	ENTERTAIN AN AMENDMENT THROUGH
01:14:43:00	01:14:44:00	A FORMAL PETITION TO THAT
01:14:44:00	01:14:47:00	PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION
01:14:47:00	01:14:47:00	THAT WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
01:14:47:00	01:14:48:00	BAKER.
01:14:48:00	01:14:48:00	SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
01:14:48:00	01:14:49:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:49:00	01:14:51:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:51:00	01:14:52:00	AND I WANT TO THANK YOU CHAIR
01:14:52:00	01:14:53:00	CLUB AS A PARTNER FOR HOLDING
01:14:53:00	01:14:54:00	THE HEARING.
01:14:54:00	01:14:55:00	LIKE COUNCILOR DURKIN SAID, I
01:14:55:00	01:14:55:00	THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
01:14:55:00	01:14:55:00	INFORMATIVE.
01:14:55:00	01:14:58:00	LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND
01:14:58:00	01:14:58:00	PRIVACY AND CLAIMS OF PRIVACY
01:14:58:00	01:15:02:00	AND HOW DO WE PREVENT COSTS
01:15:02:00	01:15:02:00	FROM PASSING ON TO THE
01:15:02:00	01:15:03:00	CONSUMER.
01:15:03:00	01:15:05:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
01:15:05:00	01:15:06:00	CONTINUE TO WORK HERE ON THIS
01:15:06:00	01:15:08:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0407 WHICH
01:15:08:00	01:15:09:00	I REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
01:15:09:00	01:15:11:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:15:11:00	01:15:14:00	THE NUMBER 026820268 ORDER FOR
01:15:14:00	01:15:15:00	A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE PLANS
01:15:15:00	01:15:17:00	AND THE WAY TO DO FACILITIES
01:15:17:00	01:15:18:00	WORK THIS SUMMER AT SEVERAL
01:15:18:00	01:15:21:00	OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT MAY
01:15:21:00	01:15:22:00	IMPACT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
01:15:22:00	01:15:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:15:22:00	01:15:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
01:15:23:00	01:15:25:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG
01:15:25:00	01:15:25:00	WOMEN IN FAMILIES AND
01:15:25:00	01:15:26:00	COMMUNITIES, CATHERINE MURPHY
01:15:26:00	01:15:26:00	AND THE FLOOR.
01:15:26:00	01:15:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:15:28:00	01:15:29:00	I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
01:15:29:00	01:15:29:00	ADMINISTRATION WHO ATTENDED
01:15:29:00	01:15:33:00	THIS INFORMAL HEARING EDDIE
01:15:33:00	01:15:33:00	MCGUIRE WHO'S THE DIRECTOR
01:15:33:00	01:15:37:00	OF OPERATIONS FOR DCF.
01:15:37:00	01:15:37:00	BRIAN FORD, THE CHIEF OPERATING
01:15:37:00	01:15:40:00	OFFICER FOR BP'S ENRON MCNULTY,
01:15:40:00	01:15:41:00	THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
01:15:41:00	01:15:45:00	FACILITIES.
01:15:45:00	01:15:46:00	I WAS NOT JOINED BY ANY OF MY
01:15:46:00	01:15:48:00	COLLEAGUES AT THIS HEARING BUT
01:15:48:00	01:15:49:00	THE PAST TWO SUMMERS ALTHOUGH
01:15:49:00	01:15:52:00	MUCH NEEDED FAC WORK IS NEEDED
01:15:52:00	01:15:53:00	IN OUR BUILDINGS IT DID CAUSE
01:15:53:00	01:15:57:00	MAJOR DISRUPTIONS AND THE FACT
01:15:57:00	01:16:00:00	WORK SHUT DOWN MANY SCHOOLS
01:16:00:00	01:16:01:00	THAT WE KNOW HOUSED COMMUNITY
01:16:01:00	01:16:01:00	CENTERS IN MANY SCHOOLS THAT
01:16:01:00	01:16:04:00	OFFER OUR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR
01:16:04:00	01:16:05:00	FOR OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND
01:16:05:00	01:16:08:00	A LOT OF THE OTHER SUMMER
01:16:08:00	01:16:09:00	PROGRAMING FOR EXTENDED
01:16:09:00	01:16:09:00	LEARNING.
01:16:09:00	01:16:12:00	SO IT DID CAUSE MANY
01:16:12:00	01:16:15:00	DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO
01:16:15:00	01:16:15:00	SCRAMBLE TO FIND ALTERNATIVE
01:16:15:00	01:16:18:00	SPACES DURING THIS TIME.
01:16:18:00	01:16:22:00	SO IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT
01:16:22:00	01:16:23:00	OF THE MANY SCHOOLS THAT
01:16:23:00	01:16:23:00	THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THIS
01:16:23:00	01:16:24:00	SUMMER AND NONE ARE ATTACHED TO
01:16:24:00	01:16:27:00	ANY OF OUR CYF CENTERS SO THEY
01:16:27:00	01:16:30:00	DO NOT NEED TO PLAN FOR ANY
01:16:30:00	01:16:31:00	CHANGES IN MANY OF THE PROGRAMS
01:16:31:00	01:16:34:00	LIKE THE LAHEY HALL OR IN WHO
01:16:34:00	01:16:35:00	HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO SUMMERS
01:16:35:00	01:16:35:00	IN SOUTH BOSTON AT THE PERRY
01:16:35:00	01:16:37:00	AND AT THE CURLEY IS ONE
01:16:37:00	01:16:38:00	EXAMPLE WHERE THEY CAN RETURN
01:16:38:00	01:16:42:00	BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER.
01:16:42:00	01:16:45:00	THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS CAMP JOY
01:16:45:00	01:16:46:00	FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
01:16:46:00	01:16:47:00	THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT IN
01:16:47:00	01:16:50:00	WEST ROXBURY AT THE ORANGE
01:16:50:00	01:16:51:00	BERGER HAS SIGNED TO COME BACK
01:16:51:00	01:16:53:00	THERE THIS SUMMER BECAUSE THAT
01:16:53:00	01:16:54:00	BUILDING WILL BE OPEN AND READY
01:16:54:00	01:16:56:00	TO BRING THEM BACK SO THAT'S
01:16:56:00	01:16:57:00	GOOD TO HEAR.
01:16:57:00	01:16:58:00	ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT
01:16:58:00	01:17:01:00	OF THIS BECAUSE WE ALSO TALKED
01:17:01:00	01:17:02:00	ABOUT THE POOLS IN THE OTHER
01:17:02:00	01:17:04:00	PROGRAMING THAT OUR COMMUNITY
01:17:04:00	01:17:04:00	CENTERS OFFER.
01:17:04:00	01:17:08:00	WE ARE ON TRACK AND IN A GOOD
01:17:08:00	01:17:09:00	PLACE, EDDIE SAID WITH OUR
01:17:09:00	01:17:11:00	HIRING OF LIFEGUARDS WE'VE BEEN
01:17:11:00	01:17:12:00	DOING A GOOD JOB THESE LAST FEW
01:17:12:00	01:17:12:00	SUMMERS.
01:17:12:00	01:17:13:00	THERE ARE DEFINITELY STILL
01:17:13:00	01:17:16:00	POOLS THAT DISTRICT COUNSELORS
01:17:16:00	01:17:17:00	I CAN UPDATE YOU ON WHICH ONES
01:17:17:00	01:17:22:00	STILL NEED TO HAVE WORK DONE TO
01:17:22:00	01:17:22:00	ENSURE.
01:17:22:00	01:17:23:00	BUT ONE THING THAT THIS
01:17:23:00	01:17:25:00	ADMINISTRATION IS FOCUSING ON
01:17:25:00	01:17:26:00	AND SINCE IT'S BEEN TAKEN OVER
01:17:26:00	01:17:27:00	BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
01:17:27:00	01:17:31:00	DEPARTMENT, EAMON SHELTON
01:17:31:00	01:17:31:00	REPORTED ALONG WITH EDDIE
01:17:31:00	01:17:34:00	MCGUIRE THAT THEY DO FEEL LIKE
01:17:34:00	01:17:35:00	THEY'RE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
01:17:35:00	01:17:35:00	THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS REALLY
01:17:35:00	01:17:38:00	HELPED THIS AREA BE ABLE TO
01:17:38:00	01:17:41:00	FOCUS ON WHAT THEIR JOB IS
01:17:41:00	01:17:42:00	WHICH IS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMING
01:17:42:00	01:17:45:00	AND NOT HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK
01:17:45:00	01:17:46:00	OF THE MANAGING OF THE
01:17:46:00	01:17:46:00	BUILDINGS WHICH WE KNOW
01:17:46:00	01:17:47:00	PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ALREADY
01:17:47:00	01:17:49:00	KNOWS HOW TO DO WELL.
01:17:49:00	01:17:50:00	BUT THEY ARE TAKING A
01:17:50:00	01:17:53:00	NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC APPROACH
01:17:53:00	01:17:53:00	NOT A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL OR
01:17:53:00	01:17:57:00	BUILDING APPROACH.
01:17:57:00	01:17:57:00	SO YOU MAY HEAR FROM DIFFERENT
01:17:57:00	01:18:00:00	CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY
01:18:00:00	01:18:01:00	THAT THEIR SCHOOL OR THEIR
01:18:01:00	01:18:04:00	BUILDING IS CLOSED BUT THEY ARE
01:18:04:00	01:18:05:00	TRYING TO ENSURE THAT IF A
01:18:05:00	01:18:08:00	SCHOOL OR POOL HAS TO BE CLOSED
01:18:08:00	01:18:11:00	THAT AT LEAST OTHER UP OR
01:18:11:00	01:18:12:00	OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT
01:18:12:00	01:18:12:00	NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AVAILABLE.
01:18:12:00	01:18:15:00	SO NO NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WE DID
01:18:15:00	01:18:16:00	SEE THESE LAST FEW SUMMERS ARE
01:18:16:00	01:18:20:00	LEFT WITHOUT ANY ACCESS TO
01:18:20:00	01:18:20:00	PROGRAMING OR POOLS.
01:18:20:00	01:18:23:00	BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE
01:18:23:00	01:18:23:00	NEIGHBORHOOD SO THIS MIGHT
01:18:23:00	01:18:24:00	AFFECT COUNCIL OF LAND AND
01:18:24:00	01:18:26:00	COUNCIL OF FINANCE ANDERSON
01:18:26:00	01:18:27:00	THAT THE SOUTH END IS ONE
01:18:27:00	01:18:28:00	NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY ARE
01:18:28:00	01:18:30:00	CONCERNED MAY NOT HAVE A POOL
01:18:30:00	01:18:31:00	OR PROGRAMING NOT ENOUGH CLOSE
01:18:31:00	01:18:35:00	BY TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS IN
01:18:35:00	01:18:35:00	THAT COMMUNITY THERE.
01:18:35:00	01:18:38:00	SO CONTINUING TO WANT TO MAKE
01:18:38:00	01:18:39:00	SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR
01:18:39:00	01:18:42:00	SUMMER CAMPS.
01:18:42:00	01:18:42:00	OUR KIDS, OUR FAMILIES REALLY
01:18:42:00	01:18:43:00	RELY ON THIS PROGRAMING AND
01:18:43:00	01:18:46:00	ALSO AT THE SAME TIME MAKING
01:18:46:00	01:18:47:00	SURE THAT THE FUNDING AND THE
01:18:47:00	01:18:50:00	WORK GETS DONE OF THE MUCH
01:18:50:00	01:18:50:00	NEEDED WORK ON OUR OLD SCHOOL
01:18:50:00	01:18:51:00	BUILDINGS.
01:18:51:00	01:18:53:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
01:18:53:00	01:18:54:00	CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH THEM.
01:18:54:00	01:18:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:57:00	01:18:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:57:00	01:18:58:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THIS
01:18:58:00	01:18:59:00	CONTRACT WHEN YOU HAVE THE
01:18:59:00	01:19:00:00	FLOOR.
01:19:00:00	01:19:01:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
01:19:01:00	01:19:03:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR
01:19:03:00	01:19:04:00	THAT HEARING.
01:19:04:00	01:19:07:00	I WAS NOT THERE AND I DO WANT
01:19:07:00	01:19:08:00	TO APOLOGIZE TO
01:19:08:00	01:19:12:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR NOT BEING
01:19:12:00	01:19:12:00	THERE.
01:19:12:00	01:19:16:00	I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
01:19:16:00	01:19:17:00	US AS COLLEAGUES TO BE THERE
01:19:17:00	01:19:19:00	FOR FOR A CHAIR TO SUPPORT A
01:19:19:00	01:19:23:00	CHAIR REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
01:19:23:00	01:19:23:00	ISSUE IS.
01:19:23:00	01:19:24:00	SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:19:24:00	01:19:27:00	IMPORTANT WORK COUNCIL MURPHY
01:19:27:00	01:19:27:00	YOU HAVE DONE BUT I JUST WANT
01:19:27:00	01:19:30:00	TO ENCOURAGE OUR COLLEAGUES
01:19:30:00	01:19:30:00	AGAIN I WAS NOT THERE.
01:19:30:00	01:19:34:00	I WAS AT A DISABLED VETERANS
01:19:34:00	01:19:35:00	CONFERENCE BUT IT IS IMPORTANT
01:19:35:00	01:19:38:00	FOR US TO SHOW UP TO SUPPORT A
01:19:38:00	01:19:38:00	CHAIR REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
01:19:38:00	01:19:42:00	ISSUE IS IN MY OPINION.
01:19:42:00	01:19:43:00	I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
01:19:43:00	01:19:46:00	BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER IN
01:19:46:00	01:19:50:00	THE SOUTH END HAS BEEN WITHOUT
01:19:50:00	01:19:53:00	A SWIMMING POOL FOR AN EXTENDED
01:19:53:00	01:19:54:00	PERIOD OF TIME AND IT'S
01:19:54:00	01:19:58:00	UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL GET FIXED
01:19:58:00	01:20:02:00	AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT WHAT
01:20:02:00	01:20:05:00	WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHAT WOULD
01:20:05:00	01:20:06:00	NEED TO HAPPEN IF WE WOULD TO
01:20:06:00	01:20:06:00	FIX THAT?
01:20:06:00	01:20:09:00	BLACKSTONE IS BASICALLY TEARING
01:20:09:00	01:20:12:00	DOWN THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL AND
01:20:12:00	01:20:13:00	IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AND THAT
01:20:13:00	01:20:16:00	WOULD INCLUDE BUILDING A NEW
01:20:16:00	01:20:16:00	SWIMMING POOL.
01:20:16:00	01:20:17:00	BUT THE CITY JUST IS NOT ABLE
01:20:17:00	01:20:20:00	TO FIX THE POOL WITHOUT WITHOUT
01:20:20:00	01:20:24:00	DOING MAJOR RENOVATION OR A
01:20:24:00	01:20:24:00	TOTALLY NEW SCHOOL AT THE
01:20:24:00	01:20:24:00	BLACKSTONE.
01:20:24:00	01:20:28:00	SO WANT TO ALSO WORK CLOSELY
01:20:28:00	01:20:32:00	WITH COUNCIL AT TRYING TO
01:20:32:00	01:20:32:00	FERNANDEZ ANDERSON IT'S IT'S
01:20:32:00	01:20:35:00	KIND OF RIGHT ON THE BORDER IN
01:20:35:00	01:20:36:00	COUNCIL AND COUNCIL FITZGERALD
01:20:36:00	01:20:37:00	AS WELL BUT WE WANT TO MAKE
01:20:37:00	01:20:39:00	SURE THAT KIDS FROM THE SOUTH
01:20:39:00	01:20:42:00	END AND KIDS FROM ROXBURY ALSO
01:20:42:00	01:20:43:00	HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SWIM
01:20:43:00	01:20:47:00	AND THAT'S THAT SHOULD BE OUR
01:20:47:00	01:20:47:00	PRIORITY AND I KNOW IT'S A
01:20:47:00	01:20:50:00	PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL FERNANDEZ
01:20:50:00	01:20:51:00	AND FITZGERALD BUT GIVING THEM
01:20:51:00	01:20:54:00	THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER
01:20:54:00	01:20:57:00	KIDS INCLUDING SWIMMING LESSONS
01:20:57:00	01:20:58:00	WHILE THE BLACKSTONE IS NOT
01:20:58:00	01:20:58:00	AVAILABLE.
01:20:58:00	01:21:02:00	SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
01:21:02:00	01:21:02:00	IMPORTANT ISSUE.
01:21:02:00	01:21:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:21:03:00	01:21:06:00	OKAY, DOCKET NUMBER 0268 WILL
01:21:06:00	01:21:06:00	REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MR. CLERK,
01:21:06:00	01:21:10:00	PLEASE RECORD NUMBER 01440144
01:21:10:00	01:21:10:00	PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW
01:21:10:00	01:21:15:00	RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN BOSTON.
01:21:15:00	01:21:15:00	THANK YOU.
01:21:15:00	01:21:16:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZES CONNECTICUT
01:21:16:00	01:21:16:00	AS A PART OF THE CHAIR.
01:21:16:00	01:21:18:00	THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
01:21:18:00	01:21:18:00	COMMITTEE.
01:21:18:00	01:21:18:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:21:18:00	01:21:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:21:19:00	01:21:21:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:21:21:00	01:21:22:00	OPERATIONS HELD A WORKING
01:21:22:00	01:21:22:00	SESSION.
01:21:22:00	01:21:25:00	YES, YES, YES.
01:21:25:00	01:21:26:00	YESTERDAY YESTERDAY THE HOURS
01:21:26:00	01:21:29:00	ALONG WITH THE SHORT YESTERDAY
01:21:29:00	01:21:30:00	FEBRUARY 25TH IN THE PARTY ROOM
01:21:30:00	01:21:33:00	I WAS JOINED BY COUNCILORS
01:21:33:00	01:21:34:00	LOUIJEUNE MURPHY, BREADON,
01:21:34:00	01:21:34:00	MARIA FITZGERALD, SANTANA AND
01:21:34:00	01:21:37:00	WORL AND WE RECEIVED AN ABSENCE
01:21:37:00	01:21:40:00	LETTER FROM COUNCILOR WEBER THE
01:21:40:00	01:21:41:00	ADMINISTRATION WAS INVITED.
01:21:41:00	01:21:44:00	THEY DID NOT COME ALTHOUGH THEY
01:21:44:00	01:21:48:00	SENT A LETTER FROM ANITA
01:21:48:00	01:21:48:00	TAVARES WHO'S THE ELECTION
01:21:48:00	01:21:49:00	COMMISSIONER DISCUSSING THE
01:21:49:00	01:21:52:00	RECENT DIRECTIVES FROM THE
01:21:52:00	01:21:53:00	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
01:21:53:00	01:21:56:00	OF STATE.
01:21:56:00	01:21:57:00	WE WENT LINE BY LINE IN THE
01:21:57:00	01:21:57:00	LANGUAGE AND WE DISCUSSED
01:21:57:00	01:22:00:00	VARIOUS LANGUAGE CHANGES
01:22:00:00	01:22:04:00	INCLUDING CITATIONS AND UPDATE
01:22:04:00	01:22:04:00	OF CITATION TYPE THE CITATIONS
01:22:04:00	01:22:07:00	TO REFLECT CURRENT STATUTES WE
01:22:07:00	01:22:11:00	ORDERED IN IN ONE OF THE FIRST
01:22:11:00	01:22:12:00	SECTIONS POTENTIALLY
01:22:12:00	01:22:14:00	RESTRICTING THE LEGISLATURE
01:22:14:00	01:22:15:00	FROM MAKING CHANGES TO THIS
01:22:15:00	01:22:16:00	PETITION OTHER THAN
01:22:16:00	01:22:19:00	TYPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES WE WILL
01:22:19:00	01:22:19:00	CONTINUE REVIEWING OTHERS
01:22:19:00	01:22:22:00	COMPETITIONS PETITIONS TO SEE
01:22:22:00	01:22:23:00	AND REFLECT WHAT OTHER LANGUAGE
01:22:23:00	01:22:23:00	THEY USE.
01:22:23:00	01:22:27:00	WE ALSO ARE SEEKING TO CHANGE
01:22:27:00	01:22:30:00	VARIOUS DEFINITIONS OR EXCUSE
01:22:30:00	01:22:30:00	ME REFERENCE DEFINITIONS
01:22:30:00	01:22:34:00	OF GENERAL ELECTION,
01:22:34:00	01:22:35:00	PRELIMINARY ELECTION AND
01:22:35:00	01:22:35:00	SPECIAL ELECTION AS DEFINED BY
01:22:35:00	01:22:38:00	STATUTE IN SECTION FOUR WE NEED
01:22:38:00	01:22:39:00	TO WORK WITH THE ELECTIONS
01:22:39:00	01:22:42:00	DEPARTMENT TO POTENTIALLY
01:22:42:00	01:22:42:00	ESTABLISH AN EXACT MECHANISM
01:22:42:00	01:22:45:00	FOR BREAKING A TIE WITHIN THE
01:22:45:00	01:22:49:00	LEGISLATION AND THEN THERE IN
01:22:49:00	01:22:50:00	SECTION FIVE WE STILL NEED TO
01:22:50:00	01:22:52:00	REVIEW THE TERM REASONABLE
01:22:52:00	01:22:53:00	BASED ON THE ELECTIONS
01:22:53:00	01:22:57:00	COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE
01:22:57:00	01:23:00:00	UNOFFICIAL RESULTS AFTER THE
01:23:00:00	01:23:01:00	POLLS CLOSED.
01:23:01:00	01:23:01:00	SO WITH ALL OF THIS WORK STILL
01:23:01:00	01:23:02:00	NEEDING TO BE DONE, MY
01:23:02:00	01:23:05:00	RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS
01:23:05:00	01:23:06:00	DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE FOR
01:23:06:00	01:23:06:00	AN ADDITIONAL WORKING SESSION.
01:23:06:00	01:23:09:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:09:00	01:23:10:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO OUR
01:23:10:00	01:23:11:00	CLOUD AS A PARTNER FOR HOSTING
01:23:11:00	01:23:14:00	YESTERDAY'S WORKING SESSION ON
01:23:14:00	01:23:14:00	OUR RANKED CHOICE VOTING
01:23:14:00	01:23:17:00	COMPETITION AN IMPORTANT VOICE
01:23:17:00	01:23:18:00	OF VOTING RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
01:23:18:00	01:23:19:00	REFORM THAT LEADS TO A FAIRER
01:23:19:00	01:23:21:00	AND BETTER ELECTION OUTCOMES.
01:23:21:00	01:23:21:00	WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE WORKING
01:23:21:00	01:23:22:00	SESSION SO I WANT TO THANK ALL
01:23:22:00	01:23:25:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE THERE
01:23:25:00	01:23:25:00	AND WHO HAD REALLY THOUGHTFUL
01:23:25:00	01:23:28:00	IDEAS ON HOW TO CLARIFY AND
01:23:28:00	01:23:28:00	EDIT THE LEGISLATION.
01:23:28:00	01:23:32:00	I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS
01:23:32:00	01:23:32:00	TO A LOT OF STAFF CENTRAL STAFF
01:23:32:00	01:23:37:00	JESSIE MY STAFF ELLIE AND
01:23:37:00	01:23:37:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
01:23:37:00	01:23:38:00	POTTER'S OFFICE AND I'D ALSO
01:23:38:00	01:23:40:00	LIKE TO THANK ED SHOEMAKER FROM
01:23:40:00	01:23:41:00	RETRACE BOSTON, GREG DENNIS
01:23:41:00	01:23:41:00	FROM VOTER CHOICE MASSACHUSETTS
01:23:41:00	01:23:44:00	WE HAD SOME FOLKS HERE TODAY
01:23:44:00	01:23:44:00	RALPH FROM JAMAICA PLAIN FOR
01:23:44:00	01:23:47:00	SHARING THEIR EXPERTISE IN
01:23:47:00	01:23:48:00	HELPING US MOVE CLOSER TO A
01:23:48:00	01:23:49:00	STRONGER, MORE REPRESENTATIVE
01:23:49:00	01:23:49:00	ELECTION PROCESS.
01:23:49:00	01:23:52:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT
01:23:52:00	01:23:53:00	WORKING SESSION SO THAT WE CAN
01:23:53:00	01:23:55:00	REALLY FINALIZE THE LANGUAGE.
01:23:55:00	01:23:56:00	AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK
01:23:56:00	01:23:59:00	THE BROAD COALITION OF PEOPLE
01:23:59:00	01:24:00:00	AGAIN WHO ARE SUPPORTING I
01:24:00:00	01:24:03:00	THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
01:24:03:00	01:24:04:00	BRAINTREE IS VOTING IS ALL
01:24:04:00	01:24:04:00	ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE
01:24:04:00	01:24:07:00	CANDIDATE WHO IS ELECTED HAS A
01:24:07:00	01:24:10:00	MAJORITY SUPPORT OF THOSE
01:24:10:00	01:24:11:00	VOTERS.
01:24:11:00	01:24:11:00	SO FROM THE URBAN LEAGUE
01:24:11:00	01:24:14:00	OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE NAACP
01:24:14:00	01:24:15:00	TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
01:24:15:00	01:24:18:00	RELATIONS COUNCIL TO A MASS
01:24:18:00	01:24:19:00	VOTER TABLE TO EVERYONE WHO WAS
01:24:19:00	01:24:22:00	IN SUPPORT AND TO BOSTONIANS
01:24:22:00	01:24:24:00	62% OF WHOM VOTED IN FAVOR
01:24:24:00	01:24:25:00	OF CHANGE WITH VOTING IN 2020.
01:24:25:00	01:24:26:00	WE SEE YOU AND WE ARE HERE TO
01:24:26:00	01:24:29:00	DO WORK ON YOUR BEHALF AND SO I
01:24:29:00	01:24:30:00	LOOK FORWARD TO THE NETWORKING
01:24:30:00	01:24:30:00	SESSION.
01:24:30:00	01:24:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:24:30:00	01:24:31:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:24:31:00	01:24:32:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:24:32:00	01:24:32:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:32:00	01:24:36:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:24:36:00	01:24:36:00	I THINK IT WAS REFERENCED BY
01:24:36:00	01:24:39:00	COUNCIL A LETTER THAT LAST
01:24:39:00	01:24:40:00	NOVEMBER WE HAD A CITYWIDE
01:24:40:00	01:24:43:00	BALLOT SHORTAGES HERE IN THE
01:24:43:00	01:24:46:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:24:46:00	01:24:47:00	POLL WORKERS COULD NOT REACH
01:24:47:00	01:24:50:00	THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT LONG
01:24:50:00	01:24:51:00	PERIODS OF WAITING TIME FOR
01:24:51:00	01:24:53:00	ADDITIONAL BALLOTS WRONG
01:24:53:00	01:24:54:00	BALLOTS, ENGLISH SPEAKERS
01:24:54:00	01:24:58:00	NEEDING TO VOTE USING CHINESE
01:24:58:00	01:25:01:00	BALLOTS AT THE CATHEDRAL PUBLIC
01:25:01:00	01:25:02:00	AT THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL IN THE
01:25:02:00	01:25:02:00	SOUTH END WHERE I VISITED WITH
01:25:02:00	01:25:05:00	MY WIFE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS
01:25:05:00	01:25:09:00	VOTING BY FLASHLIGHT FROM THEIR
01:25:09:00	01:25:12:00	CELL PHONE BECAUSE THERE WERE
01:25:12:00	01:25:13:00	NO LIGHTS THERE.
01:25:13:00	01:25:14:00	LET ME REPEAT THAT AGAIN THE
01:25:14:00	01:25:17:00	LIGHTS WERE NOT ON IN THE
01:25:17:00	01:25:19:00	SCHOOL IN RESIDENCE AFTER 6:00
01:25:19:00	01:25:20:00	WERE USING THEIR CELL PHONES AS
01:25:20:00	01:25:23:00	FLASHLIGHTS.
01:25:23:00	01:25:27:00	JUST THIS WEEK MASSACHUSETTS
01:25:27:00	01:25:28:00	SECRETARY OF STATE BILL GALVIN
01:25:28:00	01:25:29:00	ORDERED THE BOSTON ELECTION
01:25:29:00	01:25:31:00	DEPARTMENT TO OVERHAUL
01:25:31:00	01:25:31:00	PRACTICES.
01:25:31:00	01:25:35:00	HE APPOINTED A STATE RECEIVER
01:25:35:00	01:25:39:00	TO MAKE CHANGES AFTER SERIOUS
01:25:39:00	01:25:39:00	MISTAKES WITH BALLOT SHORTAGES,
01:25:39:00	01:25:40:00	POLL WORKER TRAINING,
01:25:40:00	01:25:43:00	COMMUNICATION IN ELECTION AND
01:25:43:00	01:25:50:00	PLANNING, LACK OF PREPARING
01:25:50:00	01:25:50:00	WITH ALL OF THESE SERIOUS
01:25:50:00	01:25:51:00	ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS
01:25:51:00	01:25:54:00	IN BOSTON ELECTION.
01:25:54:00	01:25:55:00	I DON'T THINK WE'RE ABLE TO ADD
01:25:55:00	01:25:58:00	RANKED CHOICE VOTING.
01:25:58:00	01:25:59:00	I THINK IT WOULD BE TOO
01:25:59:00	01:25:59:00	COMPLICATED.
01:25:59:00	01:26:03:00	I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR ALSO TO
01:26:03:00	01:26:03:00	THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO TRY
01:26:03:00	01:26:08:00	TO NAVIGATE THIS NEW SYSTEM
01:26:08:00	01:26:12:00	THAT FOMENTING THIS NEW SYSTEM
01:26:12:00	01:26:13:00	IS CONFUSING.
01:26:13:00	01:26:13:00	HE'LL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO
01:26:13:00	01:26:16:00	MISTAKES IN VOTING FOR OUR
01:26:16:00	01:26:17:00	RESIDENTS INCLUDING OUR SENIORS
01:26:17:00	01:26:20:00	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,
01:26:20:00	01:26:20:00	IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND ENGLISH
01:26:20:00	01:26:24:00	LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT A TIME
01:26:24:00	01:26:25:00	WHEN RESIDENTS ACROSS THE
01:26:25:00	01:26:28:00	POLITICAL SPECTRUM ARE
01:26:28:00	01:26:28:00	CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ELECTION
01:26:28:00	01:26:29:00	PROCESS.
01:26:29:00	01:26:34:00	THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS
01:26:34:00	01:26:34:00	RESTORE FAITH.
01:26:34:00	01:26:38:00	THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS
01:26:38:00	01:26:38:00	TO UNDERMINE OUR ELECTION
01:26:38:00	01:26:38:00	PROCESS.
01:26:38:00	01:26:42:00	WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE MORE
01:26:42:00	01:26:45:00	CONFUSION.
01:26:45:00	01:26:46:00	THE OPTION TO RANK CANDIDATES
01:26:46:00	01:26:48:00	WOULD REPLACE OUR
01:26:48:00	01:26:49:00	STRAIGHTFORWARD VOTING PROCESS
01:26:49:00	01:26:52:00	IN PRACTICE THE ADDED
01:26:52:00	01:26:52:00	COMPLEXITY CAN POTENTIALLY
01:26:52:00	01:26:56:00	CONFUSE RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY
01:26:56:00	01:26:57:00	THOSE WHO ARE LESS INFORMED
01:26:57:00	01:27:00:00	ABOUT THE ELECTION SYSTEM AND
01:27:00:00	01:27:00:00	MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
01:27:00:00	01:27:03:00	THEIR CHOICES AND HOW IT
01:27:03:00	01:27:04:00	IMPACTS AN ELECTION OUTCOME.
01:27:04:00	01:27:08:00	AND THE OTHER CONCERN IS THE
01:27:08:00	01:27:08:00	FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT
01:27:08:00	01:27:11:00	CONVERTING OUR ELECTIONS TO
01:27:11:00	01:27:12:00	RANKED CHOICE VOTING WOULD
01:27:12:00	01:27:15:00	IMPOSE ON THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:27:15:00	01:27:15:00	WHILE THE CITY OF BOSTON FACES
01:27:15:00	01:27:19:00	SIGNIFICANT FISCAL ISSUES IN
01:27:19:00	01:27:20:00	THE YEARS AHEAD.
01:27:20:00	01:27:23:00	WE SHOULD NOT BE ASKING THE
01:27:23:00	01:27:23:00	RESIDENTS OF BOSTON TO INCUR
01:27:23:00	01:27:27:00	ADDITIONAL COSTS OF THIS
01:27:27:00	01:27:30:00	UNNECESSARY CHANGE IN THE FINAL
01:27:30:00	01:27:30:00	ANALYSIS.
01:27:30:00	01:27:31:00	IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE DO ALL
01:27:31:00	01:27:34:00	WE CAN TO MAINTAIN THE FAITH
01:27:34:00	01:27:34:00	OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR
01:27:34:00	01:27:37:00	ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND DEMOCRACY
01:27:37:00	01:27:38:00	.
01:27:38:00	01:27:39:00	I BELIEVE A CHANGE TO A SYSTEM
01:27:39:00	01:27:39:00	WHERE THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED
01:27:39:00	01:27:41:00	THE MOST VOTES MAY NOT BE
01:27:41:00	01:27:45:00	DECLARED THE WINNER.
01:27:45:00	01:27:46:00	VOTING IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.
01:27:46:00	01:27:49:00	IT IS CRITICAL TO MAINTAIN THE
01:27:49:00	01:27:49:00	ELECTORAL PROCESS THAT ENHANCES
01:27:49:00	01:27:53:00	PARTICIPATION AND UNDERSTANDING
01:27:53:00	01:27:53:00	RATHER THAN ONE THAT
01:27:53:00	01:27:57:00	COMPLICATES VOTING AND SPREADS
01:27:57:00	01:27:57:00	OUR RESOURCES.
01:27:57:00	01:28:00:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD BUT
01:28:00:00	01:28:01:00	SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING AND
01:28:01:00	01:28:04:00	ADDRESSING CRITICAL COMMUNITY
01:28:04:00	01:28:04:00	NEEDS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES,
01:28:04:00	01:28:12:00	NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND IN A
01:28:12:00	01:28:13:00	WAY WE ARE WE ALMOST HAVE THAT
01:28:13:00	01:28:16:00	TYPE OF SYSTEM HERE ON THE CITY
01:28:16:00	01:28:16:00	COUNCIL IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT
01:28:16:00	01:28:20:00	AT LARGE.
01:28:20:00	01:28:20:00	THE PRELIMINARY IS KIND
01:28:20:00	01:28:24:00	OF NARROWED DOWN AND SAME THING
01:28:24:00	01:28:24:00	WITH THE DISTRICT.
01:28:24:00	01:28:27:00	THE TOP TWO PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD
01:28:27:00	01:28:30:00	FROM THE PRELIMINARY INTO THE
01:28:30:00	01:28:31:00	NOVEMBER ELECTION.
01:28:31:00	01:28:35:00	LET'S NOT ADD MORE CONFUSION TO
01:28:35:00	01:28:35:00	THE PROCESS.
01:28:35:00	01:28:38:00	LET'S MAKE IT SIMPLE.
01:28:38:00	01:28:39:00	THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT NEEDS
01:28:39:00	01:28:42:00	OUR SUPPORT.
01:28:42:00	01:28:43:00	THEY DON'T NEED US TO ADD
01:28:43:00	01:28:45:00	FURTHER BURDEN AND CHALLENGES
01:28:45:00	01:28:46:00	TO THEM.
01:28:46:00	01:28:47:00	THE SYSTEM WE ALL KNOW THE
01:28:47:00	01:28:50:00	SYSTEM LAST NOVEMBER FIELD HOW
01:28:50:00	01:28:53:00	COULD WE POSSIBLY ADD MORE
01:28:53:00	01:28:54:00	DUTIES TO THE ELECTION
01:28:54:00	01:28:57:00	DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME?
01:28:57:00	01:28:58:00	GIVE THIS RECEIVER GIVE HIM OR
01:28:58:00	01:29:02:00	HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
01:29:02:00	01:29:02:00	NECESSARY CHANGES.
01:29:02:00	01:29:04:00	WE CAN HAVE A RECEIVER FOR TWO
01:29:04:00	01:29:05:00	YEARS.
01:29:05:00	01:29:05:00	THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
01:29:05:00	01:29:08:00	A RECEIVER AND THEN MAYBE AFTER
01:29:08:00	01:29:12:00	THAT MAYBE IT'S WORTH HAVING
01:29:12:00	01:29:12:00	ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
01:29:12:00	01:29:13:00	BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME.
01:29:13:00	01:29:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:29:16:00	01:29:17:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS.
01:29:17:00	01:29:17:00	I THINK A LOT OF THEM.
01:29:17:00	01:29:20:00	WE ADDRESSED YESTERDAY IN THE
01:29:20:00	01:29:20:00	WORKING SESSION REGARDING IN
01:29:20:00	01:29:23:00	THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT LAST
01:29:23:00	01:29:24:00	TERM WHEN WE HAD THE HEARING IN
01:29:24:00	01:29:27:00	OCTOBER ABOUT HOW THE COSTS
01:29:27:00	01:29:27:00	WOULD BE MINIMAL.
01:29:27:00	01:29:28:00	WE'RE UP FOR THE NEED FOR NEW
01:29:28:00	01:29:31:00	MACHINES PRETTY SOON THE
01:29:31:00	01:29:31:00	SOFTWARE CAPABILITY IS ALREADY
01:29:31:00	01:29:31:00	THERE.
01:29:31:00	01:29:32:00	SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK
01:29:32:00	01:29:35:00	THE COALITION AND I ALSO WANT
01:29:35:00	01:29:36:00	TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE STRONGLY
01:29:36:00	01:29:39:00	IN OUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND
01:29:39:00	01:29:43:00	I BELIEVE THAT THEY ALSO WHEN
01:29:43:00	01:29:46:00	WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TABULATION
01:29:46:00	01:29:47:00	OF VOTES, IT'S NOT AS DRASTIC
01:29:47:00	01:29:51:00	CHANGE.
01:29:51:00	01:29:51:00	AND ALSO JUST FOR FLAHERTY JUST
01:29:51:00	01:29:54:00	TO CORRECT SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON
01:29:54:00	01:29:55:00	THE SAME PAGE, THE STATE THE
01:29:55:00	01:29:58:00	SECRETARY OF STATE APPOINTED A
01:29:58:00	01:29:59:00	DESIGNEE NOWHERE DID HE CALL IT
01:29:59:00	01:29:59:00	A RECEIVER.
01:29:59:00	01:30:00:00	AND SO I JUST WANT US TO BE
01:30:00:00	01:30:02:00	VERY CLEAR THAT THE SECRETARY
01:30:02:00	01:30:05:00	OF STATE IS THERE'S A DESIGNEE
01:30:05:00	01:30:06:00	THAT IS GOING TO WORK WITH OUR
01:30:06:00	01:30:07:00	OFFICE BUT IT IS NOT
01:30:07:00	01:30:09:00	RECEIVERSHIP.
01:30:09:00	01:30:09:00	CASTOR FLYNN.
01:30:09:00	01:30:10:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:30:10:00	01:30:10:00	YEAH.
01:30:10:00	01:30:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:30:13:00	01:30:13:00	THAT'S INACCURATE, MADAM CHAIR.
01:30:13:00	01:30:16:00	THIS THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS
01:30:16:00	01:30:17:00	IMPOSING IS ENSURING US
01:30:17:00	01:30:21:00	OF STATE RECEIVER ON THE CITY
01:30:21:00	01:30:21:00	OF BOSTON.
01:30:21:00	01:30:23:00	WE FAILED GOT THE ELECTION
01:30:23:00	01:30:24:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:30:24:00	01:30:25:00	I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THEM BUT
01:30:25:00	01:30:27:00	TO DOWNPLAY THE DOWNPLAY WHAT
01:30:27:00	01:30:31:00	HAPPENED LAST NOVEMBER IS IS
01:30:31:00	01:30:32:00	DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE
01:30:32:00	01:30:35:00	RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND IT'S
01:30:35:00	01:30:38:00	OBVIOUS THAT WAS 1600 CALLS
01:30:38:00	01:30:39:00	MADE BY POLL WORKERS INTO THE
01:30:39:00	01:30:42:00	ELECTION DEPARTMENT ON ELECTION
01:30:42:00	01:30:43:00	DAY THEY WENT UNANSWERED.
01:30:43:00	01:30:49:00	NO ONE HE ANSWER THOSE CALLS.
01:30:49:00	01:30:50:00	WE CAN'T DOWNPLAY WHAT HAPPENED
01:30:50:00	01:30:53:00	BUT LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND TRY
01:30:53:00	01:30:53:00	TO FIX IT.
01:30:53:00	01:30:54:00	THAT'S WHAT THIS STATE RECEIVER
01:30:54:00	01:30:57:00	WILL DO TO SUPPORT THE ELECTION
01:30:57:00	01:30:57:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:30:57:00	01:31:00:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:31:00:00	01:31:04:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:31:04:00	01:31:09:00	OKAY, THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS,
01:31:09:00	01:31:09:00	COUNTER MEDIA, CONSUMER
01:31:09:00	01:31:09:00	REPORTS.
01:31:09:00	01:31:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:31:10:00	01:31:11:00	I JUST WANT TO KNOW AND BE
01:31:11:00	01:31:12:00	CLEAR FOR THE RECORD I BELIEVE
01:31:12:00	01:31:15:00	THAT THE CHAIR IS KEEPING THE
01:31:15:00	01:31:16:00	REPORT IN HER COMMITTEE AND
01:31:16:00	01:31:20:00	THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO
01:31:20:00	01:31:20:00	DELIBERATE AND WE'RE NOT TAKING
01:31:20:00	01:31:20:00	A VOTE.
01:31:20:00	01:31:21:00	RIGHT.
01:31:21:00	01:31:23:00	SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
01:31:23:00	01:31:24:00	AND I AM NOT GOING TO BE
01:31:24:00	01:31:27:00	REBUTTING THEM AT THIS MOMENT.
01:31:27:00	01:31:28:00	I'M GOING TO UTILIZE THE
01:31:28:00	01:31:28:00	WORKING SESSION FOR US TO
01:31:28:00	01:31:30:00	REALLY MAP THROUGH SOME OF THE
01:31:30:00	01:31:31:00	CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUE HAS
01:31:31:00	01:31:34:00	RAISED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
01:31:34:00	01:31:35:00	THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
01:31:35:00	01:31:37:00	HELP SUPPORT DISENFRANCHIZED
01:31:37:00	01:31:38:00	VOTERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
01:31:38:00	01:31:42:00	HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IN THE
01:31:42:00	01:31:42:00	APPROPRIATE PLACE.
01:31:42:00	01:31:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:31:42:00	01:31:42:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
01:31:42:00	01:31:45:00	I'M HERE AND I AGREE.
01:31:45:00	01:31:46:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT
01:31:46:00	01:31:46:00	CONVERSATION.
01:31:46:00	01:31:49:00	THE CHAIR IS KIND OF AN
01:31:49:00	01:31:50:00	ENGINEER SITTING ON THE FLOOR.
01:31:50:00	01:31:50:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:31:50:00	01:31:53:00	I DISAGREE WITH RANK CHOICE
01:31:53:00	01:31:55:00	BOSTON FOR OTHER REASONS THERE
01:31:55:00	01:31:56:00	ARE ON DISTRICT LEVEL I THINK
01:31:56:00	01:31:57:00	FOR DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES
01:31:57:00	01:32:00:00	IT POSES CONCERN.
01:32:00:00	01:32:00:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK IN
01:32:00:00	01:32:03:00	SESSION TO DISCUSS THEM.
01:32:03:00	01:32:05:00	I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME
01:32:05:00	01:32:06:00	TO ALSO SECOND YOUR SENTIMENT
01:32:06:00	01:32:10:00	TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO AT
01:32:10:00	01:32:14:00	SHOEMAKER WHO HAS BEEN A REALLY
01:32:14:00	01:32:14:00	STRONG LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZER
01:32:14:00	01:32:15:00	ON THIS.
01:32:15:00	01:32:18:00	I DO BELIEVE THAT IT COULD WORK
01:32:18:00	01:32:19:00	FOR THE AT-LARGE RACE AND FOR
01:32:19:00	01:32:21:00	THE MAYORAL RACE BUT I THINK
01:32:21:00	01:32:22:00	THAT IN THE SMALL DISTRICT
01:32:22:00	01:32:25:00	LEVEL MAYBE I'M IGNORANT TO
01:32:25:00	01:32:26:00	SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S
01:32:26:00	01:32:29:00	GOING TO ENCOURAGE ME TO
01:32:29:00	01:32:29:00	SUPPORT IT.
01:32:29:00	01:32:33:00	BUT FOR NOW I THINK I NEED TO
01:32:33:00	01:32:34:00	PROBABLY ATTEND HIS WORK IN
01:32:34:00	01:32:37:00	SESSION, LEARN MORE AND SEE IF
01:32:37:00	01:32:38:00	I CAN BE CONVINCED THAT IT
01:32:38:00	01:32:38:00	COULD WORK FOR DISTRICTS.
01:32:38:00	01:32:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:32:39:00	01:32:41:00	THANK YOU FOR AN INGENIOUS AND
01:32:41:00	01:32:42:00	LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORKING
01:32:42:00	01:32:42:00	SESSION TO FURTHER
01:32:42:00	01:32:45:00	CONVERSATIONS AS WELL WITH MY
01:32:45:00	01:32:45:00	COLLEAGUES.
01:32:45:00	01:32:50:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 00144
01:32:50:00	01:32:51:00	SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
01:32:51:00	01:32:54:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS
01:32:54:00	01:32:55:00	AND RESOLUTIONS.
01:32:55:00	01:32:58:00	WE WILL BE TAKING ONE DOCKET
01:32:58:00	01:32:58:00	OUT OF ORDER.
01:32:58:00	01:32:59:00	I DO WANT TO REMIND MY
01:32:59:00	01:33:02:00	COLLEAGUES PER RULE 39 A LEAD
01:33:02:00	01:33:03:00	SPONSOR MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR
01:33:03:00	01:33:04:00	3 MINUTES WHEN A NEW FILE
01:33:04:00	01:33:06:00	DOCKET IS INTRODUCED.
01:33:06:00	01:33:08:00	CO-SPONSORS MAY HAVE THE FLOOR
01:33:08:00	01:33:09:00	FOR 2 MINUTES GIVEN THE
01:33:09:00	01:33:09:00	FILINGS.
01:33:09:00	01:33:13:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
01:33:13:00	01:33:13:00	STICK THAT WE STICK TO THAT.
01:33:13:00	01:33:14:00	WE'RE TAKING OUT OF ORDER
01:33:14:00	01:33:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0556 MR. CLERK,
01:33:16:00	01:33:19:00	IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET
01:33:19:00	01:33:19:00	NUMBER 05560556
01:33:19:00	01:33:23:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND FLYNN
01:33:23:00	01:33:24:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
01:33:24:00	01:33:27:00	IN SUPPORT OF PRIORITIZING
01:33:27:00	01:33:28:00	FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
01:33:28:00	01:33:31:00	SCHOOLS PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM
01:33:31:00	01:33:31:00	OPERATED BY ST STEPHEN'S YOUTH
01:33:31:00	01:33:32:00	PROGRAMS.
01:33:32:00	01:33:36:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:36:00	01:33:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:33:36:00	01:33:37:00	SANTANA.
01:33:37:00	01:33:37:00	CASA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE
01:33:37:00	01:33:37:00	FLOOR.
01:33:37:00	01:33:39:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:33:39:00	01:33:41:00	IT'S NICE TO SPEND ABOUT 12 AND
01:33:41:00	01:33:45:00	YOURSELF AS AS AN ORIGINAL
01:33:45:00	01:33:45:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:33:45:00	01:33:46:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:46:00	01:33:46:00	COUNSELOR SANTANA SEATS HAS
01:33:46:00	01:33:49:00	BEEN THE RULES.
01:33:49:00	01:33:49:00	ADD MYSELF AS THE THIRD
01:33:49:00	01:33:49:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
01:33:49:00	01:33:50:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
01:33:50:00	01:33:51:00	OBJECTIONS AND SO ADDED
01:33:51:00	01:33:53:00	COUNSELORS INTO ANY OTHER
01:33:53:00	01:33:54:00	FLOOR.
01:33:54:00	01:33:54:00	YEAH.
01:33:54:00	01:33:58:00	I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE
01:33:58:00	01:33:58:00	ST STEPHEN'S PROGRAM.
01:33:58:00	01:33:59:00	I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
01:33:59:00	01:33:59:00	THEM.
01:33:59:00	01:34:01:00	I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING ALL
01:34:01:00	01:34:01:00	THESE EARLIER.
01:34:01:00	01:34:02:00	THEY'RE HERE AND PRESENT.
01:34:02:00	01:34:06:00	YOU KNOW THIS UH THIS PROGRAM
01:34:06:00	01:34:07:00	IS CRITICAL.
01:34:07:00	01:34:10:00	IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW,
01:34:10:00	01:34:14:00	PARENTS ARE ABLE TO COME AND
01:34:14:00	01:34:15:00	WORK AND BE IN SCHOOLS AND
01:34:15:00	01:34:18:00	BEING ABLE TO HELP OUR MOST
01:34:18:00	01:34:19:00	VULNERABLE OUR MOST VULNERABLE
01:34:19:00	01:34:22:00	STUDENTS.
01:34:22:00	01:34:25:00	I AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE MY MY
01:34:25:00	01:34:26:00	COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU
01:34:26:00	01:34:26:00	KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE
01:34:26:00	01:34:30:00	BLACKSTONE EARLIER.
01:34:30:00	01:34:30:00	I'M A GRADUATE FROM THE
01:34:30:00	01:34:30:00	BLACKSTONE.
01:34:30:00	01:34:31:00	I ALSO WENT TO THE WINSHIP
01:34:31:00	01:34:34:00	SCHOOL IN BRIGHTON AND I HAD A
01:34:34:00	01:34:37:00	ONE ON ONE HEALTH PROBLEM FROM
01:34:37:00	01:34:41:00	BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I
01:34:41:00	01:34:41:00	WAS AN IMMIGRANT FOR THE
01:34:41:00	01:34:42:00	AMERICAN PUBLIC WHO DID NOT
01:34:42:00	01:34:45:00	KNOW NEITHER ENGLISH NOR
01:34:45:00	01:34:45:00	SPANISH.
01:34:45:00	01:34:46:00	AND I HAD IN THOSE IN BOTH
01:34:46:00	01:34:49:00	THOSE SCHOOLS I HAD LOVING
01:34:49:00	01:34:52:00	ADULTS WHO BOTH KNOW BOTH MY
01:34:52:00	01:34:52:00	NATIVE LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH
01:34:52:00	01:34:56:00	LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN
01:34:56:00	01:34:57:00	WITH ME, TO BE ABLE TO MENTOR
01:34:57:00	01:35:00:00	ME AND TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE
01:35:00:00	01:35:00:00	ME AND I'VE I'VE BENEFITED
01:35:00:00	01:35:04:00	GREATLY, YOU KNOW, NOW BEING
01:35:04:00	01:35:05:00	ABLE TO SPEAK BOTH LANGUAGES
01:35:05:00	01:35:07:00	FLUENTLY EVEN THOUGH I'VE LOST
01:35:07:00	01:35:08:00	A LITTLE BIT OF MY SPANISH OVER
01:35:08:00	01:35:11:00	THE YEARS BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS
01:35:11:00	01:35:12:00	PROGRAM ALSO DOES, RIGHT?
01:35:12:00	01:35:15:00	I THINK IT PROVIDES FIRST FOR
01:35:15:00	01:35:16:00	PARENTS TO BE AS BE MORE
01:35:16:00	01:35:19:00	INVOLVED AND TO BECOME MORE
01:35:19:00	01:35:19:00	CIVICALLY ENGAGED, TO BE
01:35:19:00	01:35:23:00	INVOLVED IN SCHOOLS AND ALSO
01:35:23:00	01:35:23:00	GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR
01:35:23:00	01:35:26:00	OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY NOW
01:35:26:00	01:35:27:00	WITH AN INFLUX OF OUR IMMIGRANT
01:35:27:00	01:35:30:00	STUDENTS WE LOVING ADULTS IN
01:35:30:00	01:35:34:00	OUR SCHOOLS WE NEED ADULTS WHO
01:35:34:00	01:35:35:00	ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
01:35:35:00	01:35:36:00	WE NEED ADULTS WHO KNOW OUR
01:35:36:00	01:35:38:00	KIDS AND THIS PROGRAM DOES JUST
01:35:38:00	01:35:38:00	THAT.
01:35:38:00	01:35:39:00	I KNOW WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN A
01:35:39:00	01:35:41:00	VERY CRITICAL TIME WHERE YOU
01:35:41:00	01:35:42:00	KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE FINANCIALLY
01:35:42:00	01:35:46:00	RESPONSIBLE AND WE'RE GOING TO
01:35:46:00	01:35:46:00	I THINK RIGHT.
01:35:46:00	01:35:47:00	THERE'S GOING TO BE CUTS
01:35:47:00	01:35:49:00	THROUGHOUT MANY DIFFERENT
01:35:49:00	01:35:49:00	DEPARTMENTS.
01:35:49:00	01:35:50:00	THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE
01:35:50:00	01:35:53:00	PROGRAMS THAT WE SHOULD BE
01:35:53:00	01:35:53:00	CUTTING.
01:35:53:00	01:35:54:00	THESE ARE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS
01:35:54:00	01:35:55:00	THAT WE SHOULD BE CONTINUING TO
01:35:55:00	01:35:57:00	INVEST IN.
01:35:57:00	01:35:57:00	AND YOU KNOW, I I'M PROUDLY
01:35:57:00	01:36:00:00	STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THE TEEN
01:36:00:00	01:36:01:00	STEPHEN'S PROGRAM AS A
01:36:01:00	01:36:03:00	DOMINICAN IMMIGRANT, AS A
01:36:03:00	01:36:04:00	STUDENT AND AS SOMEONE WHO
01:36:04:00	01:36:08:00	REALLY CARES ABOUT OUR PARENTS
01:36:08:00	01:36:08:00	AND FAMILIES HERE IN THE CITY
01:36:08:00	01:36:08:00	OF BOSTON.
01:36:08:00	01:36:14:00	SO YOU KNOW, I'VE MET WITH
01:36:14:00	01:36:14:00	SUPERINTENDENT RECENTLY.
01:36:14:00	01:36:15:00	I'VE EXPRESSED MY SUPPORT FOR
01:36:15:00	01:36:18:00	THIS PROGRAM.
01:36:18:00	01:36:19:00	I KNOW THAT MANY OF MY
01:36:19:00	01:36:21:00	COLLEAGUES TWO DIFFERENT
01:36:21:00	01:36:21:00	CHANNELS HAVE EXPRESSED AND MET
01:36:21:00	01:36:22:00	WITH ST STEPHEN'S.
01:36:22:00	01:36:26:00	I KNOW THAT SUPPORT RIGHT HERE
01:36:26:00	01:36:26:00	ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
01:36:26:00	01:36:29:00	I'M VERY PROUD AGAIN TO BE PART
01:36:29:00	01:36:30:00	RIGHT HERE WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:36:30:00	01:36:30:00	AND CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
01:36:30:00	01:36:33:00	LOUIJEUNE BUT I KNOW THAT MANY
01:36:33:00	01:36:34:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS
01:36:34:00	01:36:37:00	AND I JUST WANT TO STAND WITH
01:36:37:00	01:36:37:00	YOU ALL AND MAKING SURE THAT
01:36:37:00	01:36:38:00	YOU GET THE FUNDING THAT YOU
01:36:38:00	01:36:40:00	DESERVE.
01:36:40:00	01:36:41:00	SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
01:36:41:00	01:36:42:00	AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR
01:36:42:00	01:36:45:00	FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
01:36:45:00	01:36:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:36:45:00	01:36:46:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA THE CHAIR
01:36:46:00	01:36:49:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:36:49:00	01:36:49:00	CONSTABLE THEN YOU HAVE THE
01:36:49:00	01:36:49:00	FLOOR.
01:36:49:00	01:36:51:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA
01:36:51:00	01:36:52:00	AND THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT
01:36:52:00	01:36:56:00	WORK AND ADVOCACY YOU HAVE
01:36:56:00	01:36:56:00	PROVIDED ON THIS ISSUE.
01:36:56:00	01:36:59:00	I ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:36:59:00	01:37:00:00	IMPORTANT WORK OF COUNCILOR
01:37:00:00	01:37:03:00	MEJIA AS WELL AND HER A LONG
01:37:03:00	01:37:04:00	TIME SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO
01:37:04:00	01:37:07:00	THE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE AT ST
01:37:07:00	01:37:10:00	STEPHEN'S BUT ALSO TO THE TO
01:37:10:00	01:37:11:00	THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM AS WELL.
01:37:11:00	01:37:17:00	UM I'M PROUD TO HAVE ST
01:37:17:00	01:37:17:00	STEPHEN'S LOCATED KIND OF IN
01:37:17:00	01:37:21:00	THE HEART OF MY DISTRICT RIGHT
01:37:21:00	01:37:25:00	IN RIGHT IN VILLA VICTORIA AND
01:37:25:00	01:37:29:00	I WAS PROUD TO WELCOME THEM TO
01:37:29:00	01:37:32:00	THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK WE
01:37:32:00	01:37:33:00	HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO
01:37:33:00	01:37:36:00	THE MOSTLY MOSTLY MOTHERS TALK
01:37:36:00	01:37:37:00	ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY
01:37:37:00	01:37:41:00	DO ACROSS THE BOSTON PUBLIC
01:37:41:00	01:37:44:00	SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPPORTING
01:37:44:00	01:37:45:00	ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS,
01:37:45:00	01:37:48:00	SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN NEED BUT
01:37:48:00	01:37:51:00	PROVIDING REALLY EXCEPTIONAL
01:37:51:00	01:37:52:00	LEADERSHIP, EXCEPTIONAL WORK,
01:37:52:00	01:37:55:00	ACADEMIC SUPPORT SO TWO
01:37:55:00	01:37:58:00	CHILDREN, TWO STUDENTS THAT
01:37:58:00	01:37:59:00	THAT REALLY NEED IT AND MANY
01:37:59:00	01:38:02:00	OF THEM ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
01:38:02:00	01:38:05:00	LEARNERS BUT THIS PROGRAM IS
01:38:05:00	01:38:09:00	EXCEPTIONAL AND IT PUTS THESE
01:38:09:00	01:38:13:00	MOSTLY MOTHERS ON A PATHWAY
01:38:13:00	01:38:17:00	REALLY TO GET A FULL TIME JOB
01:38:17:00	01:38:18:00	BUT ALSO THEY'RE PROVIDING SO
01:38:18:00	01:38:21:00	MUCH SUPPORT TO STUDENTS THESE
01:38:21:00	01:38:24:00	THESE WORKERS, THESE DEDICATED
01:38:24:00	01:38:25:00	PARENTS THEY DON'T MAKE MUCH
01:38:25:00	01:38:28:00	MONEY.
01:38:28:00	01:38:32:00	THEY ONLY WORK THE MAXIMUM
01:38:32:00	01:38:32:00	NUMBER OF HOURS A WEEK.
01:38:32:00	01:38:36:00	YOU CAN WORK IN IS EXTREMELY
01:38:36:00	01:38:36:00	LIMITED.
01:38:36:00	01:38:43:00	THESE THESE PARENTS ASSISTANCE
01:38:43:00	01:38:43:00	ARE NOT WEALTHY.
01:38:43:00	01:38:46:00	THEY'RE WORKING HARD AND DOING
01:38:46:00	01:38:47:00	THE BEST THEY CAN TO SUPPORT
01:38:47:00	01:38:48:00	THEIR CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT
01:38:48:00	01:38:51:00	THEIR COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT
01:38:51:00	01:38:54:00	WE REALLY WANT OUR TAX MONEY TO
01:38:54:00	01:38:55:00	GO TOWARDS WHEN WE SEE A
01:38:55:00	01:38:58:00	PROGRAM THAT WORKS WE SHOULD
01:38:58:00	01:38:59:00	SUPPORT IT AND I'VE LISTENED
01:38:59:00	01:39:02:00	CLOSELY TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN
01:39:02:00	01:39:05:00	THIS PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY
01:39:05:00	01:39:06:00	COUNCIL LAST WEEK BUT ALSO
01:39:06:00	01:39:09:00	OF OVER THE YEARS AND I'VE AND
01:39:09:00	01:39:10:00	I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT
01:39:10:00	01:39:13:00	VERTICAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT THESE
01:39:13:00	01:39:14:00	MOTHERS ARE PROVIDING STUDENTS
01:39:14:00	01:39:17:00	ACROSS US IS DESPERATELY,
01:39:17:00	01:39:21:00	DESPERATELY NEEDED AND WE NEED
01:39:21:00	01:39:22:00	TO ENSURE THAT THAT FUNDING IS
01:39:22:00	01:39:25:00	IN THE BUDGET WANTED TO PARTNER
01:39:25:00	01:39:28:00	WITH WITH COUNCIL OF COUNCIL
01:39:28:00	01:39:29:00	SANTANA AND WITH AND TO
01:39:29:00	01:39:32:00	ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR HERE AND
01:39:32:00	01:39:35:00	MADAM CHAIR AS WELL THANK YOU
01:39:35:00	01:39:36:00	THANK YOU I WANT TO SAY THANK
01:39:36:00	01:39:40:00	YOU TO CONGRESSMAN DINNER FOR
01:39:40:00	01:39:43:00	ADDING ME ON THIS AND I WANT TO
01:39:43:00	01:39:43:00	SAY WELCOME AGAIN TO YOU CAN
01:39:43:00	01:39:47:00	COME BACK NEXT WEEK TO ST
01:39:47:00	01:39:47:00	STEPHEN'S THIS IS YOUR HOME
01:39:47:00	01:39:50:00	THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL AND WE
01:39:50:00	01:39:51:00	ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
01:39:51:00	01:39:54:00	YOU KNOW MY STAFF WHEN THEY
01:39:54:00	01:39:55:00	CAME BACK FROM VISITING THE
01:39:55:00	01:39:58:00	PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM THEY WERE
01:39:58:00	01:39:59:00	JUST SO MOVED BY HOW IMPORTANT
01:39:59:00	01:40:02:00	IT IS THE WORK THAT YOU'RE
01:40:02:00	01:40:02:00	DOING AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
01:40:02:00	01:40:05:00	TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING SO MANY
01:40:05:00	01:40:06:00	OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN THE
01:40:06:00	01:40:07:00	UNITED STATES ALONE WHO ARE
01:40:07:00	01:40:10:00	LATINO KORNEGAY, SENOR KILLA
01:40:10:00	01:40:11:00	I'VE BEEN UP NOT NOT NAVIGATED
01:40:11:00	01:40:11:00	BUT I HOPE TO CONTINUE.
01:40:11:00	01:40:16:00	I'VE BEEN BUSY WORKING ON NEW
01:40:16:00	01:40:19:00	CAR, NEW CAR ALL NEW OF EQUITY
01:40:19:00	01:40:20:00	NOT ONLY FOR THEM IMPORTER FOR
01:40:20:00	01:40:20:00	NEW BIKE TO MUNICIPAL AND
01:40:20:00	01:40:21:00	LOCAL.
01:40:21:00	01:40:21:00	MY FATHER CAME HERE TO THIS
01:40:21:00	01:40:24:00	COUNTRY NOT SPEAKING ANY
01:40:24:00	01:40:28:00	ENGLISH AND GETTING INVOLVED IN
01:40:28:00	01:40:29:00	OUR SCHOOLS AND BEING AN
01:40:29:00	01:40:32:00	ADVOCATE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:40:32:00	01:40:32:00	POSSIBLE WITHOUT PROGRAMS LIKE
01:40:32:00	01:40:33:00	ST STEPHEN'S.
01:40:33:00	01:40:36:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND
01:40:36:00	01:40:39:00	ENCOURAGE YOU ALL BE DOING YOUR
01:40:39:00	01:40:39:00	BEST TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND
01:40:39:00	01:40:43:00	BUILDING COMMUNITIES.
01:40:43:00	01:40:44:00	I KNOW WHEN MY STAFF WAS THERE
01:40:44:00	01:40:45:00	YOU WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION
01:40:45:00	01:40:47:00	ABOUT KIDS AND LGBTQ ISSUES AND
01:40:47:00	01:40:50:00	HOW DO YOU TO A NEW LAND AND A
01:40:50:00	01:40:51:00	NEW CULTURE IN NEW WAYS AND SO
01:40:51:00	01:40:54:00	I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WAYS IN
01:40:54:00	01:40:55:00	WHICH YOU ALL ARE CHALLENGING
01:40:55:00	01:40:57:00	YOURSELVES AND LEARNING SO MUCH
01:40:57:00	01:40:57:00	.
01:40:57:00	01:40:58:00	AND THIS MORNING I WAS AT THE
01:40:58:00	01:41:00:00	MASS MENTORSHIP PART MASS
01:41:00:00	01:41:01:00	MENTOR PARTNERSHIP AND IT'S SO
01:41:01:00	01:41:05:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY
01:41:05:00	01:41:06:00	MENTOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE
01:41:06:00	01:41:09:00	MENTORING SOMEONE GIVES THEM
01:41:09:00	01:41:09:00	HOPE AND THE BELIEF IN
01:41:09:00	01:41:10:00	THEMSELVES AND SO MAY YOU ALL
01:41:10:00	01:41:13:00	BELIEVE IN YOUR AND YOUR
01:41:13:00	01:41:13:00	INDIVIDUAL POWER AND WE ALL
01:41:13:00	01:41:16:00	WORK TOGETHER FOR THAT
01:41:16:00	01:41:16:00	COLLECTIVE POWER TO BRING ABOUT
01:41:16:00	01:41:17:00	THE CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO
01:41:17:00	01:41:20:00	SEE IN OUR CITY.
01:41:20:00	01:41:21:00	SO I JUST I'M VERY HAPPY TO
01:41:21:00	01:41:22:00	HAVE YOU HERE AND AGAIN WE ARE
01:41:22:00	01:41:24:00	HERE ALL OF US TO BE YOUR
01:41:24:00	01:41:25:00	ADVOCATES BUT YOU ALL ARE YOUR
01:41:25:00	01:41:28:00	OWN BEST ADVOCATES SO THANK
01:41:28:00	01:41:28:00	YOU.
01:41:28:00	01:41:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:41:28:00	01:41:29:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON.
01:41:29:00	01:41:31:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:41:31:00	01:41:32:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:41:32:00	01:41:35:00	CONSISTENT AND I KNOW YOU LOOK
01:41:35:00	01:41:36:00	FAMILIAR 19 YEARS I WORK THERE
01:41:36:00	01:41:39:00	AND I YEAH IN THE PROGRAM 19
01:41:39:00	01:41:39:00	YEARS AGO.
01:41:39:00	01:41:43:00	SO WITH YOU ARE I DON'T KNOW
01:41:43:00	01:41:46:00	WERE YOU LIKE SEVEN AND SO I
01:41:46:00	01:41:47:00	THINK I THE CHAIR CARLOS
01:41:47:00	01:41:48:00	SANTANA IF YOU'D LIKE TO
01:41:48:00	01:41:52:00	RESPOND YOU KNOW I, I JUST I
01:41:52:00	01:41:55:00	WANTED TO AGAIN SECOND MY
01:41:55:00	01:41:55:00	COLLEAGUES THOUGHTS HERE.
01:41:55:00	01:41:59:00	IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND I
01:41:59:00	01:42:00:00	KNOW BECAUSE I WORK THERE AND
01:42:00:00	01:42:03:00	19 YEARS AGO I WAS EXPECTING MY
01:42:03:00	01:42:04:00	SECOND CHILD AND I JUST WANTED
01:42:04:00	01:42:07:00	TO SHOUT OUT TO LIZ, YOUR CEO.
01:42:07:00	01:42:07:00	LIZ, I LOVE YOU.
01:42:07:00	01:42:11:00	I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
01:42:11:00	01:42:11:00	I AM FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOU
01:42:11:00	01:42:14:00	WHO TOOK ME IN JUST ABOUT FIVE
01:42:14:00	01:42:15:00	MONTHS PREGNANT TO WORK IN THE
01:42:15:00	01:42:19:00	PROGRAM AND ESSAYS EVEN SO AND
01:42:19:00	01:42:19:00	THEN WE WOULD GO TO BLACKSTONE
01:42:19:00	01:42:23:00	AND BACK AND FORTH TO YES EVEN
01:42:23:00	01:42:24:00	TO WORK FOR THE TUTORING
01:42:24:00	01:42:25:00	PROGRAM AND THE AFTER SCHOOL
01:42:25:00	01:42:26:00	PROGRAM AND ALSO THE SUMMER
01:42:26:00	01:42:26:00	PROGRAM.
01:42:26:00	01:42:29:00	THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THEY ALSO
01:42:29:00	01:42:33:00	ALSO APOLOGIZE.
01:42:33:00	01:42:33:00	OKAY.
01:42:33:00	01:42:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:42:34:00	01:42:34:00	THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY
01:42:34:00	01:42:37:00	ACTUALLY COOK THERE.
01:42:37:00	01:42:38:00	SO EVERY DAY YOU GET LIKE THIS
01:42:38:00	01:42:40:00	AMAZING COOK FOOD AND EVERYONE
01:42:40:00	01:42:44:00	CONTRIBUTES AND ACTUALLY CLEANS
01:42:44:00	01:42:45:00	UP THE WHOLE PLACE SO IT REALLY
01:42:45:00	01:42:46:00	FEELS LIKE HOME AWAY FROM HOME
01:42:46:00	01:42:49:00	IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND
01:42:49:00	01:42:50:00	THE SUMMER PROGRAM AS WELL AS
01:42:50:00	01:42:53:00	UNDERSTANDING THAT WE TALK A
01:42:53:00	01:42:53:00	LOT ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR
01:42:53:00	01:42:53:00	SCHOOLS RIGHT?
01:42:53:00	01:42:56:00	LIKE INVESTING IN OUR PARENTS
01:42:56:00	01:42:57:00	THAT HOME SCHOOL CONNECTION E
01:42:57:00	01:42:57:00	CONDOLENCES.
01:42:57:00	01:43:00:00	SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
01:43:00:00	01:43:01:00	MY MOM'S LEFT LOS PADRES AND LA
01:43:01:00	01:43:06:00	CASA PRESCHOOL.
01:43:06:00	01:43:07:00	I MEAN I DO THAT A LOT MINO
01:43:07:00	01:43:09:00	CONSUELO CASUAL ALMOST KISSED
01:43:09:00	01:43:10:00	ME STILL ALMOST CASI I'M
01:43:10:00	01:43:12:00	SORRY GAP THOSE ARE FOR YOUNG
01:43:12:00	01:43:12:00	COM LOSS PROGRAMS BUT I
01:43:12:00	01:43:13:00	CERTAINLY SEE THAT I MEAN
01:43:13:00	01:43:17:00	CONNECT BACK SAY LA CASA DE LA
01:43:17:00	01:43:19:00	QUINTA BETTER E PEDRO NO I KNOW
01:43:19:00	01:43:23:00	E SAME WAS LOCATED ALMOST
01:43:23:00	01:43:24:00	SIEMPRE THE ALMOST NOISE OF THE
01:43:24:00	01:43:27:00	SAME THING IT'LL SEE GRANDMA
01:43:27:00	01:43:27:00	SINCE INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM PUT
01:43:27:00	01:43:28:00	DOWN THE INVESTMENT THE
01:43:28:00	01:43:33:00	IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOUNG IS
01:43:33:00	01:43:33:00	IMPORTANT AND ALSO ABOUT MUSIC
01:43:33:00	01:43:37:00	BEING SPOKESWOMAN FOR IT IS
01:43:37:00	01:43:37:00	BECAUSE THE ONLY PERSON ON
01:43:37:00	01:43:38:00	THOSE BOTHERS AND THOSE IS WHEN
01:43:38:00	01:43:40:00	SHE'S MY GRASS IS BORING IN
01:43:40:00	01:43:40:00	BUSINESS SO CORAZON E ARE MORE
01:43:40:00	01:43:43:00	E CASUALNESS OR SEAHORSE
01:43:43:00	01:43:44:00	EVERMORE SELF CHARITY ANNUAL
01:43:44:00	01:43:46:00	BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
01:43:46:00	01:43:47:00	TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN'S
01:43:47:00	01:43:50:00	EDUCATION COMMUNITIES.
01:43:50:00	01:43:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:43:50:00	01:43:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:43:54:00	01:43:54:00	MAYBE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:43:54:00	01:43:58:00	COUNSELOR BUT AS WITH ANY OTHER
01:43:58:00	01:43:59:00	FORM THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:43:59:00	01:44:02:00	I HAD THE HONOR OF GOING TO GO
01:44:02:00	01:44:03:00	VISIT THE ST STEPHEN'S PROGRAM
01:44:03:00	01:44:05:00	ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I WAS
01:44:05:00	01:44:06:00	ABLE TO REALLY GET A SENSE
01:44:06:00	01:44:07:00	OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT YOU
01:44:07:00	01:44:09:00	ALL DO AND I WAS LEFT REALLY
01:44:09:00	01:44:10:00	IMPRESSED BECAUSE WHAT I WAS
01:44:10:00	01:44:13:00	ABLE TO SEE IS THAT YOU BECOME
01:44:13:00	01:44:13:00	PART OF A CLASSROOM.
01:44:13:00	01:44:17:00	YOU MAKE IT FEEL SAFER FOR KIDS
01:44:17:00	01:44:20:00	THAT ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST
01:44:20:00	01:44:21:00	LANGUAGE WHEN THEY GOT HERE AND
01:44:21:00	01:44:24:00	YOU ALLOW THEM TO FEEL LIKE
01:44:24:00	01:44:25:00	THEY'RE PART OF THAT SYSTEM AND
01:44:25:00	01:44:29:00	I ACTUALLY ARE THERE TO SPEAK
01:44:29:00	01:44:31:00	TO ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT ONE
01:44:31:00	01:44:31:00	OF YOU WORKS WITH IN HER
01:44:31:00	01:44:35:00	TESTIMONY THAT THEY WOULD THE
01:44:35:00	01:44:36:00	TEACHER WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO
01:44:36:00	01:44:38:00	THE JOB WITHOUT THE PARENT
01:44:38:00	01:44:42:00	MENTOR IN THE CLASSROOM AND I
01:44:42:00	01:44:42:00	THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM GOES
01:44:42:00	01:44:43:00	HAND IN HAND WITH BEPS, WHICH
01:44:43:00	01:44:46:00	IS WHY I URGE BPC AND THE
01:44:46:00	01:44:49:00	ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE TO
01:44:49:00	01:44:50:00	FUND THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS
01:44:50:00	01:44:53:00	ALSO ALLOWS NOT ONLY OUR
01:44:53:00	01:44:54:00	STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
01:44:54:00	01:44:57:00	FORWARD BUT ALSO THE PARENTS TO
01:44:57:00	01:44:57:00	MOVE FORWARD.
01:44:57:00	01:44:58:00	I HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH
01:44:58:00	01:45:01:00	PRESIDENT OF URBAN COLLEGE DR.
01:45:01:00	01:45:05:00	SOLOMON FERNANDEZ AND SHE
01:45:05:00	01:45:05:00	MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE ST
01:45:05:00	01:45:06:00	STEPHEN'S PARENTS ARE AT HER
01:45:06:00	01:45:09:00	RECALL EDGE AND WHAT'S COOL
01:45:09:00	01:45:13:00	ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS THAT
01:45:13:00	01:45:13:00	THIS MENTOR THIS PARENT
01:45:13:00	01:45:14:00	MENTORING PROGRAM IS KIND
01:45:14:00	01:45:17:00	OF LIKE A PIPELINE FOR PARENTS
01:45:17:00	01:45:18:00	TO BECOME FUTURE TEACHERS AND
01:45:18:00	01:45:21:00	BHP'S SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
01:45:21:00	01:45:22:00	FOLKS THAT SPEAK A NATIVE
01:45:22:00	01:45:25:00	ANOTHER LANGUAGE OTHER THAN
01:45:25:00	01:45:25:00	ENGLISH ARE LEARNING HOW TO
01:45:25:00	01:45:26:00	SPEAK PROFESSIONALLY AND WHO
01:45:26:00	01:45:27:00	ARE LEARNING HOW TO BECOME
01:45:27:00	01:45:28:00	TEACHERS AND COULD POTENTIALLY
01:45:28:00	01:45:29:00	EVEN BECOME TEACHERS IN OUR
01:45:29:00	01:45:29:00	SYSTEM.
01:45:29:00	01:45:34:00	SO KIND OF THIS JUST TO STAY
01:45:34:00	01:45:37:00	THIS SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION HERE
01:45:37:00	01:45:42:00	ALLOWS ME TO CONNECT WELL UP
01:45:42:00	01:45:42:00	FOR YOUR DAILY POLITICAL HOURS.
01:45:42:00	01:45:46:00	I CAN OBVIOUSLY PROGRAMMA AS I
01:45:46:00	01:45:47:00	GO OKAY THEY WANT SAY TO US WE
01:45:47:00	01:45:48:00	DON'T THEY'RE SO CAN I US OUT
01:45:48:00	01:45:48:00	OKAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
01:45:48:00	01:45:51:00	AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORT
01:45:51:00	01:45:52:00	ON THIS NO MATTER HOW I CAN TO
01:45:52:00	01:45:52:00	MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS PASSED
01:45:52:00	01:45:53:00	IN THE BUDGET.
01:45:53:00	01:45:56:00	SO THANK YOU THANK YOU THEY
01:45:56:00	01:45:56:00	CHEERING AND AS THIS
01:45:56:00	01:45:59:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA TO MEJIA YOU
01:45:59:00	01:46:00:00	HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM
01:46:00:00	01:46:01:00	PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY
01:46:01:00	01:46:03:00	COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS A
01:46:03:00	01:46:06:00	YOUNG NICHOLAS MILLER YOU
01:46:06:00	01:46:10:00	ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM BUT I
01:46:10:00	01:46:10:00	WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS
01:46:10:00	01:46:14:00	TRAINED IN THIS PROGRAM WHEN I
01:46:14:00	01:46:15:00	STARTED DOING MY WORK BEFORE I
01:46:15:00	01:46:17:00	WAS DOING STUDENT AND PARENT
01:46:17:00	01:46:18:00	ADVOCACY WORK, I STARTED MY OWN
01:46:18:00	01:46:21:00	NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WAS
01:46:21:00	01:46:21:00	REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THE
01:46:21:00	01:46:25:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BE TRAINED IN
01:46:25:00	01:46:27:00	THIS PROGRAM.
01:46:27:00	01:46:28:00	AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
01:46:28:00	01:46:31:00	THAT I DID AFTER I JOINED THIS
01:46:31:00	01:46:32:00	COUNCIL AND AT THE HEIGHT
01:46:32:00	01:46:35:00	OF COVID WAS MY OFFICE
01:46:35:00	01:46:36:00	CHAMPIONED THE FUNDING THAT WAS
01:46:36:00	01:46:39:00	RECEIVED SO THAT WE COULD KEEP
01:46:39:00	01:46:43:00	THIS PROGRAM MOVING IN THE CITY
01:46:43:00	01:46:43:00	OF BOSTON.
01:46:43:00	01:46:44:00	SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THIS WAS
01:46:44:00	01:46:47:00	WHEN BRENDA CASILLAS WAS THE
01:46:47:00	01:46:49:00	SUPERINTENDENT SO I FEEL LIKE
01:46:49:00	01:46:50:00	IT WAS THREE SUPERINTENDENTS
01:46:50:00	01:46:51:00	AGO OR MAYBE NOT BUT
01:46:51:00	01:46:53:00	NONETHELESS IT FEELS LIKE 100
01:46:53:00	01:46:56:00	YEARS AGO WE FOUGHT FOR AND
01:46:56:00	01:46:57:00	CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF
01:46:57:00	01:47:00:00	OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
01:47:00:00	01:47:01:00	SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE
01:47:01:00	01:47:01:00	STANDING HERE IN SUPPORT
01:47:01:00	01:47:04:00	OF THIS RESOLUTION.
01:47:04:00	01:47:05:00	IF YOU ALL HAD FOUGHT SPONSORS,
01:47:05:00	01:47:07:00	YOU KNOW I WOULD BE HERE BUT
01:47:07:00	01:47:08:00	I'M NOT.
01:47:08:00	01:47:09:00	BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU
01:47:09:00	01:47:11:00	HAVE ME AS LIKE THEY SAY I'M
01:47:11:00	01:47:12:00	NOT JUST THE CLIENT OR THE
01:47:12:00	01:47:15:00	PRESIDENT.
01:47:15:00	01:47:15:00	I'M ALSO A CLIENT.
01:47:15:00	01:47:16:00	I FEEL LIKE THAT I FEEL LIKE I
01:47:16:00	01:47:19:00	AM PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND
01:47:19:00	01:47:19:00	I'VE BEEN TO EVERY GRADUATION
01:47:19:00	01:47:23:00	THAT YOU HAVE HOSTED SINCE AND
01:47:23:00	01:47:24:00	I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER AND
01:47:24:00	01:47:27:00	KNOW THAT I ALWAYS UTILIZE MY
01:47:27:00	01:47:27:00	MICROPHONE TO FIGHT FOR THE
01:47:27:00	01:47:28:00	THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE
01:47:28:00	01:47:31:00	DEEPLY IMPORTANT SO THAT YOU
01:47:31:00	01:47:32:00	KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MY
01:47:32:00	01:47:34:00	COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT
01:47:34:00	01:47:35:00	FOR YOU ARE I'M GLAD TO SEE
01:47:35:00	01:47:36:00	THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE
01:47:36:00	01:47:39:00	CHAIR OF EDUCATION IS REALLY
01:47:39:00	01:47:39:00	STEPPING UP IN SUPPORT OF THIS
01:47:39:00	01:47:40:00	PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
01:47:40:00	01:47:43:00	GOING TO SIGNAL TO THE
01:47:43:00	01:47:43:00	ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ARE
01:47:43:00	01:47:46:00	TAKING THIS REALLY SERIOUS AND
01:47:46:00	01:47:46:00	I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
01:47:46:00	01:47:47:00	SUPPORTING HIS LEADERSHIP AS WE
01:47:47:00	01:47:50:00	CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THIS
01:47:50:00	01:47:50:00	SPACE.
01:47:50:00	01:47:54:00	SO I'M GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS
01:47:54:00	01:47:55:00	LITTLE MEAL YOU SUPERWEAPON THE
01:47:55:00	01:48:02:00	IDEAL CHAD BUT I SAID LOOK A
01:48:02:00	01:48:03:00	LOT BETTER THAN WE'RE ABOUT BUT
01:48:03:00	01:48:05:00	I WOULD ADVOCATE TO HOME IN THE
01:48:05:00	01:48:07:00	SUMMER TO SORT OF GET SOMEONE
01:48:07:00	01:48:08:00	TO SEE MINIMIZED THAT DEMOCRACY
01:48:08:00	01:48:08:00	IS SOMEONE WAS SORT OF BECAUSE
01:48:08:00	01:48:13:00	I'M REPRESENTATIVE FIL-AM I
01:48:13:00	01:48:16:00	DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT
01:48:16:00	01:48:17:00	THERE WAS ALSO THE BENEFIT
01:48:17:00	01:48:19:00	OF THE MEDAL GOING AT TV STUFF
01:48:19:00	01:48:20:00	SO THEY LOOK ABLE TO DRAW A LOT
01:48:20:00	01:48:22:00	OF SYMPATHY AND RICARDO UP IN
01:48:22:00	01:48:23:00	THE ECHO THINGS TO EVEN SEE A
01:48:23:00	01:48:27:00	DIFFERENT LEVEL OF THESE THINGS
01:48:27:00	01:48:28:00	YOU WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
01:48:28:00	01:48:30:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WOULD
01:48:30:00	01:48:31:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
01:48:31:00	01:48:31:00	NAME?
01:48:31:00	01:48:34:00	MR. CLERK HE'S HAD COUNSELORS
01:48:34:00	01:48:35:00	GREAT IN CALATA DURKIN,
01:48:35:00	01:48:35:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD
01:48:35:00	01:48:38:00	AND MEJIA BUT WEBER WORLD
01:48:38:00	01:48:42:00	COUNSELORS, MURPHY COUNSELORS,
01:48:42:00	01:48:45:00	SANTANA, FLYNN AND LOUIJEUNE
01:48:45:00	01:48:46:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
01:48:46:00	01:48:49:00	ADOPTION OF THIS DOCKET NUMBER
01:48:49:00	01:48:53:00	0556 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
01:48:53:00	01:48:53:00	ALL OPPOSE.
01:48:53:00	01:48:54:00	OH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:48:54:00	01:48:56:00	CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
01:48:56:00	01:48:57:00	CALL VOTE.
01:48:57:00	01:49:00:00	I CAN NUMBER 0556
01:49:00:00	01:49:00:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
01:49:00:00	01:49:05:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
01:49:05:00	01:49:06:00	COUNT CIRCLE AS A PARTY
01:49:06:00	01:49:06:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY
01:49:06:00	01:49:07:00	YES.
01:49:07:00	01:49:08:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:49:08:00	01:49:08:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:49:08:00	01:49:11:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON
01:49:11:00	01:49:12:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON
01:49:12:00	01:49:12:00	YES.
01:49:12:00	01:49:15:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
01:49:15:00	01:49:16:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:49:16:00	01:49:16:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN
01:49:16:00	01:49:16:00	YES.
01:49:16:00	01:49:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:49:20:00	01:49:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES
01:49:20:00	01:49:21:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
01:49:21:00	01:49:23:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE
01:49:23:00	01:49:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:49:24:00	01:49:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES
01:49:24:00	01:49:27:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES.
01:49:27:00	01:49:28:00	COUNCIL OF OPINIONS
01:49:28:00	01:49:28:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:49:28:00	01:49:31:00	COUNCILOR YES.
01:49:31:00	01:49:31:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:49:31:00	01:49:35:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
01:49:35:00	01:49:36:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES
01:49:36:00	01:49:38:00	COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK IN
01:49:38:00	01:49:38:00	NUMBERS 0556 HAS RECEIVED A
01:49:38:00	01:49:41:00	UNANIMOUS VOTE.
01:49:41:00	01:49:42:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU.
01:49:42:00	01:49:44:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0556 HAS BEEN
01:49:44:00	01:49:44:00	ADOPTED.
01:49:44:00	01:49:46:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
01:49:46:00	01:49:50:00	READ DOCKER NUMBER 0548 DOCKER
01:49:50:00	01:49:54:00	NUMBER 0548 COUNCILOR COLORS
01:49:54:00	01:49:56:00	APPLY FOR THE FOLLOWING IN
01:49:56:00	01:49:57:00	ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY
01:49:57:00	01:50:00:00	OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER SEVEN
01:50:00:00	01:50:00:00	SECTION 7-5 THANK YOU.
01:50:00:00	01:50:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:50:04:00	01:50:05:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY ON
01:50:05:00	01:50:05:00	THE FLOOR.
01:50:05:00	01:50:06:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:50:06:00	01:50:08:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE I'D
01:50:08:00	01:50:09:00	LIKE TO ADD YOU AS SECOND
01:50:09:00	01:50:10:00	CO-SPONSOR I AM SO ADDED
01:50:10:00	01:50:10:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
01:50:10:00	01:50:11:00	YOU THE FLOOR.
01:50:11:00	01:50:12:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:50:12:00	01:50:12:00	SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS
01:50:12:00	01:50:15:00	ORDINANCE, THIS AMENDMENT TO TO
01:50:15:00	01:50:16:00	AN EXISTING ORDINANCE IS TO
01:50:16:00	01:50:19:00	ENABLE THE COMMEMORATION
01:50:19:00	01:50:22:00	COMMISSIONS RESTRUCTURING
01:50:22:00	01:50:23:00	THEREBY ENSURING THEIR WORK HAS
01:50:23:00	01:50:26:00	A BETTER PATHWAY FOR SUCCESS.
01:50:26:00	01:50:26:00	THE BOSTON COMMEMORATION
01:50:26:00	01:50:27:00	COMMISSION'S CHIEF PURPOSE IS
01:50:27:00	01:50:30:00	TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY THE
01:50:30:00	01:50:31:00	BEST WAYS TO MARK UPCOMING
01:50:31:00	01:50:33:00	HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES
01:50:33:00	01:50:34:00	INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES
01:50:34:00	01:50:37:00	250TH IN 2026 AND THE 400TH
01:50:37:00	01:50:37:00	ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
01:50:37:00	01:50:40:00	OF THE CITY OF BOSTON IN 2030.
01:50:40:00	01:50:44:00	IN OTHER SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL
01:50:44:00	01:50:44:00	ANNIVERSARIES IN WHICH WE ALL
01:50:44:00	01:50:45:00	CAN CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL
01:50:45:00	01:50:48:00	COMMUNITIES AND TELL THE FULL
01:50:48:00	01:50:48:00	RANGE OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY
01:50:48:00	01:50:51:00	INCLUDING THE STRUGGLES AND
01:50:51:00	01:50:51:00	ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BOSTON'S
01:50:51:00	01:50:52:00	COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TOO OFTEN
01:50:52:00	01:50:55:00	LEFT OUT THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVE
01:50:55:00	01:50:59:00	ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024, THE
01:50:59:00	01:50:59:00	COMMEMORATION COMMISSION
01:50:59:00	01:51:02:00	UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN FAVOR
01:51:02:00	01:51:03:00	OF RESTRUCTURING ITS MEMBERSHIP
01:51:03:00	01:51:03:00	AND STRUCTURE IN COMPLIANCE
01:51:03:00	01:51:06:00	WITH ORDINANCE.
01:51:06:00	01:51:09:00	THE COMMISSION, WHICH INCLUDES
01:51:09:00	01:51:10:00	44 MEMBERS AND SEVERAL
01:51:10:00	01:51:10:00	SUBCOMMITTEES MUST ADHERE TO
01:51:10:00	01:51:13:00	OPEN MEETING LAW.
01:51:13:00	01:51:14:00	OPEN MEETING LAW PROHIBITS
01:51:14:00	01:51:17:00	SERIAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH
01:51:17:00	01:51:18:00	INCLUDING THROUGH EMAIL.
01:51:18:00	01:51:21:00	SO WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
01:51:21:00	01:51:22:00	WITH THE COMMEMORATION
01:51:22:00	01:51:22:00	COMMISSION.
01:51:22:00	01:51:25:00	WE HAVE PROPOSED AMENDING THE
01:51:25:00	01:51:25:00	ORDINANCE THAT RESTRUCTURES THE
01:51:25:00	01:51:28:00	COMMISSION'S MEMBERSHIP TO 37
01:51:28:00	01:51:28:00	MEMBERS.
01:51:28:00	01:51:29:00	THIS REVISED COMPOSITION
01:51:29:00	01:51:32:00	REFLECTS A DIVERSE AND HIGHLY
01:51:32:00	01:51:35:00	ENGAGED GROUP OF CIVIC LEADERS
01:51:35:00	01:51:35:00	.
01:51:35:00	01:51:36:00	THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO FACED
01:51:36:00	01:51:38:00	CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING QUORUM
01:51:38:00	01:51:39:00	DUE TO ITS LARGE SIZE WHICH HAS
01:51:39:00	01:51:42:00	HINDERED PROGRESS ON KEY
01:51:42:00	01:51:43:00	INITIATIVES INCLUDING ADOPTION
01:51:43:00	01:51:43:00	OF PLANS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
01:51:43:00	01:51:46:00	FOR COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES
01:51:46:00	01:51:47:00	AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
01:51:47:00	01:51:47:00	OF HISTORIC OF IMPORTANT
01:51:47:00	01:51:50:00	MILESTONES.
01:51:50:00	01:51:51:00	GENESIS PIMENTEL, THE
01:51:51:00	01:51:54:00	COMMEMORATION COMMISSIONER,
01:51:54:00	01:51:55:00	COMMISSION MANAGER AND CHIEF
01:51:55:00	01:51:57:00	SWETT MET WITH THE CHAIRS
01:51:57:00	01:51:58:00	OF THE COMMISSION AND ITS
01:51:58:00	01:51:59:00	SUBCOMMITTEES AS WELL AS WITH
01:51:59:00	01:52:01:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT RICHARD
01:52:01:00	01:52:02:00	LOUIJEUNE WHO IS A COMMISSION
01:52:02:00	01:52:02:00	MEMBER.
01:52:02:00	01:52:06:00	THE MEMBERS EXPRESSED
01:52:06:00	01:52:06:00	OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE
01:52:06:00	01:52:09:00	PROPOSED STRUCTURAL CHANGE
01:52:09:00	01:52:09:00	RECOGNIZING THAT IT WOULD LEAD
01:52:09:00	01:52:10:00	TO A MORE EFFICIENT AND
01:52:10:00	01:52:14:00	EFFECTIVE PROCESS.
01:52:14:00	01:52:14:00	SO SOME OF THE RELEVANT CHANGES
01:52:14:00	01:52:15:00	INCLUDE AND WE WILL HAVE A
01:52:15:00	01:52:18:00	HEARING ON THIS TOPIC THROUGH
01:52:18:00	01:52:22:00	THE ADDITION OF KATHY AS
01:52:22:00	01:52:22:00	DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
01:52:22:00	01:52:26:00	OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WE ARE
01:52:26:00	01:52:26:00	ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER
01:52:26:00	01:52:27:00	OF CITY STAFF REQUIRED BY
01:52:27:00	01:52:30:00	ORDINANCE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE
01:52:30:00	01:52:30:00	COMMISSION AND ADDING THE
01:52:30:00	01:52:31:00	PERSON WHOSE DEPARTMENT IS
01:52:31:00	01:52:34:00	DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
01:52:34:00	01:52:34:00	MANAGING THE COMMISSION.
01:52:34:00	01:52:35:00	THE ORDINANCE FORMALLY ADDS
01:52:35:00	01:52:38:00	EMBRACED BOSTON AS A PERMANENT
01:52:38:00	01:52:39:00	COMMISSION MEMBER AND ALL
01:52:39:00	01:52:42:00	ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CHANGE TO
01:52:42:00	01:52:42:00	THE ORDINANCE.
01:52:42:00	01:52:43:00	CHARLES TOWN REPRESENTATIVE DAN
01:52:43:00	01:52:45:00	RYAN FILL A VACANT ROLE AS A
01:52:45:00	01:52:46:00	MEMBER REPRESENTING A HISTORIC
01:52:46:00	01:52:49:00	NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON.
01:52:49:00	01:52:49:00	CHARLESTOWN IS A NATIONAL
01:52:49:00	01:52:52:00	REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT.
01:52:52:00	01:52:53:00	THERE'S ALSO SOME RESTRUCTURING
01:52:53:00	01:52:56:00	OF SUBCOMMITTEES ALTHOUGH
01:52:56:00	01:52:57:00	MEETINGS WILL BE STILL OPEN AND
01:52:57:00	01:53:00:00	ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SO I
01:53:00:00	01:53:01:00	LOOK FORWARD TO THESE ONGOING
01:53:01:00	01:53:01:00	CONVERSATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD
01:53:01:00	01:53:04:00	TO ROBUST DISCUSSIONS WITH MY
01:53:04:00	01:53:04:00	COLLEAGUES.
01:53:04:00	01:53:07:00	THANK YOU.
01:53:07:00	01:53:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:53:08:00	01:53:08:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER
01:53:08:00	01:53:12:00	AND AS A AS YOU NOTED AS A
01:53:12:00	01:53:12:00	MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
01:53:12:00	01:53:13:00	COMMEMORATION COMMISSION, I'M
01:53:13:00	01:53:13:00	PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS UPDATED
01:53:13:00	01:53:15:00	ORDINANCE WHICH REFINES THE
01:53:15:00	01:53:16:00	COMMISSION STRUCTURE TO BE MORE
01:53:16:00	01:53:16:00	INCLUSIVE AND FLEXIBLE BY
01:53:16:00	01:53:19:00	STREAMLINING MEMBERSHIP AND
01:53:19:00	01:53:20:00	ADDING A SEAT FOR EMBRACE
01:53:20:00	01:53:20:00	BOSTON.
01:53:20:00	01:53:23:00	THE ORDINANCE ENSURES THAT OUR
01:53:23:00	01:53:23:00	WORK REFLECTS AND BENEFITS
01:53:23:00	01:53:24:00	BOSTON'S MANY DIVERSE VOICES
01:53:24:00	01:53:26:00	REPLACING FORMAL SUBCOMMITTEES
01:53:26:00	01:53:27:00	WITH MORE FLEXIBLE STAKEHOLDER
01:53:27:00	01:53:27:00	GROUPS ENCOURAGES WIDER
01:53:27:00	01:53:30:00	PARTICIPATION AND MORE CREATIVE
01:53:30:00	01:53:30:00	COLLABORATION.
01:53:30:00	01:53:31:00	THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL HELP
01:53:31:00	01:53:33:00	IMPROVE OUR MISSION
01:53:33:00	01:53:34:00	OF COMMEMORATING BOSTON'S RICH
01:53:34:00	01:53:34:00	AND MULTIFACETED HISTORY.
01:53:34:00	01:53:35:00	SO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
01:53:35:00	01:53:38:00	ORDINANCE AND I KNOW THAT THE
01:53:38:00	01:53:38:00	MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WILL
01:53:38:00	01:53:39:00	ALSO WELCOME THIS AS WELL.
01:53:39:00	01:53:41:00	WOULD ANYONE ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK
01:53:41:00	01:53:42:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:53:42:00	01:53:43:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:53:43:00	01:53:43:00	THEIR NAME?
01:53:43:00	01:53:45:00	MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS
01:53:45:00	01:53:45:00	BRAYDEN FERNANDES ANDERSON
01:53:45:00	01:53:50:00	FITZGERALD FLYNN, BEN DURKIN
01:53:50:00	01:53:52:00	WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET WILL BE
01:53:52:00	01:53:53:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
01:53:53:00	01:53:56:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
01:53:56:00	01:53:57:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:53:57:00	01:54:01:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0549 SO I CAN
01:54:01:00	01:54:04:00	MEMBER 0549 COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:54:04:00	01:54:04:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING PETITION
01:54:04:00	01:54:07:00	FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACT
01:54:07:00	01:54:08:00	RELATIVE TO PENSION BENEFITS
01:54:08:00	01:54:13:00	FOR FIREFIGHTER LEO G.
01:54:13:00	01:54:14:00	BRACKEN VEGA THE CHAIR CAN I
01:54:14:00	01:54:14:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
01:54:14:00	01:54:15:00	FLOOR.
01:54:15:00	01:54:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:54:18:00	01:54:18:00	BOSTON FIRE LIEUTENANT LEO
01:54:18:00	01:54:19:00	BRACKEN.
01:54:19:00	01:54:22:00	SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES
01:54:22:00	01:54:22:00	WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS
01:54:22:00	01:54:28:00	DUTIES ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2019 IS
01:54:28:00	01:54:31:00	TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY INJURED
01:54:31:00	01:54:31:00	.
01:54:31:00	01:54:35:00	LIEUTENANT BRACKEN BEGAN HIS
01:54:35:00	01:54:35:00	CAREER WITH THE BOSTON FIRE
01:54:35:00	01:54:39:00	DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 22ND,
01:54:39:00	01:54:39:00	1986.
01:54:39:00	01:54:43:00	HE WAS MARRIED TO FIRE
01:54:43:00	01:54:44:00	LIEUTENANT IN JANUARY 1993 AND
01:54:44:00	01:54:47:00	SERVED ON LADDER 26 OF MISSION
01:54:47:00	01:54:51:00	HILL UNTIL THIS UNFORTUNATE
01:54:51:00	01:54:54:00	ACCIDENT IN EARLY RETIREMENT.
01:54:54:00	01:54:55:00	LADDER 29 IN MATTAPAN,
01:54:55:00	01:54:58:00	LIEUTENANT BRACKEN SERVED THE
01:54:58:00	01:54:58:00	CITY OF BOSTON THE BOSTON FIRE
01:54:58:00	01:55:01:00	DEPARTMENT, THE RESIDENTS
01:55:01:00	01:55:01:00	OF BOSTON WITH HONOR AND
01:55:01:00	01:55:04:00	DISTINCTION FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
01:55:04:00	01:55:07:00	ON OCTOBER 17, 2019, LIEUTENANT
01:55:07:00	01:55:11:00	BRACKEN WAS RESPONDING AN
01:55:11:00	01:55:12:00	INCIDENT AT THE FIREHOUSE AND
01:55:12:00	01:55:15:00	WAS REACHING FOR THE APPARATUS
01:55:15:00	01:55:16:00	FLOOR VIA THE FIRE POLE.
01:55:16:00	01:55:19:00	BUT DUE TO AN EXISTING FLOODING
01:55:19:00	01:55:19:00	SITUATION WHERE HE ATTEMPTED TO
01:55:19:00	01:55:23:00	GRAB THE POLE AND WRAP HIS LEGS
01:55:23:00	01:55:24:00	AROUND IT TO REGULATE HIS
01:55:24:00	01:55:26:00	DESCENT, THE WATER PREVENTED
01:55:26:00	01:55:27:00	HIM FROM BEING ABLE TO
01:55:27:00	01:55:30:00	EFFECTIVELY SLOW HIS DESCENT
01:55:30:00	01:55:30:00	FROM THE POLE.
01:55:30:00	01:55:34:00	LIEUTENANT BRACKEN FELL 20 PLUS
01:55:34:00	01:55:37:00	FEET DOWN TO THE CONCRETE FOR
01:55:37:00	01:55:38:00	BUCKLING HIS AND HIS LEGS
01:55:38:00	01:55:42:00	CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS
01:55:42:00	01:55:45:00	AND HITTING HIS HEAD.
01:55:45:00	01:55:46:00	AS A RESULT OF THESE SERIOUS
01:55:46:00	01:55:49:00	INJURIES, LIEUTENANT BRACKEN IS
01:55:49:00	01:55:49:00	PERMANENTLY DISABLED AND WAS
01:55:49:00	01:55:53:00	FORCED TO CUT HIS CAREER THAT
01:55:53:00	01:55:53:00	HE LOVED SERVING THE RESIDENTS
01:55:53:00	01:55:56:00	OF BOSTON AS A FIREFIGHTER.
01:55:56:00	01:56:00:00	LIEUTENANT BRACKEN IS ALSO A
01:56:00:00	01:56:01:00	VERY SKILLED AND TALENTED
01:56:01:00	01:56:05:00	LICENSE MASTER ELECTRICIAN AND
01:56:05:00	01:56:05:00	HIS INJURIES UNFORTUNATELY
01:56:05:00	01:56:08:00	ELIMINATED ANY CHANCE
01:56:08:00	01:56:09:00	OF POTENTIAL FUTURE EARNINGS AS
01:56:09:00	01:56:12:00	A LICENSED MASTER ELECTRICIAN.
01:56:12:00	01:56:13:00	LIEUTENANT BRACKEN IS CURRENTLY
01:56:13:00	01:56:16:00	RETIRED RECEIVING AN ACCIDENTAL
01:56:16:00	01:56:20:00	DISABILITY RETIREMENT PURSUANT
01:56:20:00	01:56:21:00	TO CHAPTER 3232 SECTION SEVEN.
01:56:21:00	01:56:24:00	HE IS SEEKING FURTHER BENEFITS
01:56:24:00	01:56:28:00	FROM BEING TOTALLY AND
01:56:28:00	01:56:29:00	PERMANENTLY INJURED AND
01:56:29:00	01:56:29:00	INCAPACITATED FROM ANY SERVICE
01:56:29:00	01:56:32:00	AS A FIREFIGHTER.
01:56:32:00	01:56:32:00	I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY
01:56:32:00	01:56:36:00	ASK MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
01:56:36:00	01:56:39:00	TO SUPPORT ME SO WE CAN GIVE
01:56:39:00	01:56:40:00	DIGNITY TO THIS WONDERFUL FIRE
01:56:40:00	01:56:40:00	LIEUTENANT.
01:56:40:00	01:56:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:56:44:00	01:56:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:56:44:00	01:56:45:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
01:56:45:00	01:56:45:00	THIS MATTER?
01:56:45:00	01:56:48:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:56:48:00	01:56:48:00	THEIR NAME?
01:56:48:00	01:56:49:00	MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT CONCERNS
01:56:49:00	01:56:50:00	BRAYDEN DURKIN FOR THE
01:56:50:00	01:56:51:00	ENGINEERS AND FITZGERALD MURPHY
01:56:51:00	01:56:52:00	BY BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ON
01:56:52:00	01:56:54:00	THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
01:56:54:00	01:56:57:00	NUMBER 0550 WILL BE REFERRED TO
01:56:57:00	01:56:57:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:56:57:00	01:56:57:00	OPERATIONS.
01:56:57:00	01:57:00:00	MR. CLERK WHAT WERE YOU SEEKING
01:57:00:00	01:57:01:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE?
01:57:01:00	01:57:01:00	NO.
01:57:01:00	01:57:04:00	OKAY.
01:57:04:00	01:57:05:00	MADAM CHAIR, COULD I ADD
01:57:05:00	01:57:05:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY I FAILED TO
01:57:05:00	01:57:08:00	MENTION THAT AT THE BEGINNING.
01:57:08:00	01:57:08:00	OKAY.
01:57:08:00	01:57:09:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY'S ACT AS ADDED
01:57:09:00	01:57:14:00	AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
01:57:14:00	01:57:14:00	OKAY.
01:57:14:00	01:57:16:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
01:57:16:00	01:57:17:00	05500550 WILL BE REFERRED TO
01:57:17:00	01:57:21:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:57:21:00	01:57:21:00	OPERATIONS.
01:57:21:00	01:57:21:00	OH, OKAY.
01:57:21:00	01:57:22:00	SORRY.
01:57:22:00	01:57:24:00	0549 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
01:57:24:00	01:57:24:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:57:24:00	01:57:25:00	OPERATIONS.
01:57:25:00	01:57:27:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE
01:57:27:00	01:57:31:00	REPORT THE NUMBER 05500550
01:57:31:00	01:57:31:00	COUNCIL OF FLYNN FOR THE
01:57:31:00	01:57:34:00	FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
01:57:34:00	01:57:35:00	SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO
01:57:35:00	01:57:39:00	THE PENSION OF MICHAEL SULLIVAN
01:57:39:00	01:57:39:00	.
01:57:39:00	01:57:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:39:00	01:57:40:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:57:40:00	01:57:41:00	FLYNN CATCH PLENTY ON THE FLOOR
01:57:41:00	01:57:41:00	.
01:57:41:00	01:57:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:57:42:00	01:57:46:00	MICHAEL SULLIVAN SERVED AS A
01:57:46:00	01:57:46:00	POLICE OFFICER WITH THE CITY
01:57:46:00	01:57:48:00	OF WALWORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
01:57:48:00	01:57:52:00	FROM DECEMBER 2000 TO
01:57:52:00	01:57:53:00	OCTOBER 25 DURING WHICH TIME HE
01:57:53:00	01:57:56:00	PAID TO THE CITY OF WOLCOTT
01:57:56:00	01:57:57:00	ISLAND RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
01:57:57:00	01:58:00:00	MICHAEL SULLIVAN TRANSFERRED TO
01:58:00:00	01:58:02:00	THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ON
01:58:02:00	01:58:03:00	OCTOBER 31ST.
01:58:03:00	01:58:06:00	25 2005 AND HAS SERVED
01:58:06:00	01:58:09:00	HONORABLY SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT
01:58:09:00	01:58:10:00	TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
01:58:10:00	01:58:13:00	EARNING TWO MEDALS OF HONOR IN
01:58:13:00	01:58:14:00	THE PRESTIGIOUS WILLIAM J.
01:58:14:00	01:58:17:00	TAYLOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE
01:58:17:00	01:58:17:00	AWARD AND HAS SERVED IN THE
01:58:17:00	01:58:20:00	CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT
01:58:20:00	01:58:21:00	FOR EIGHT YEARS PROTECTING
01:58:21:00	01:58:24:00	RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN IN OUR
01:58:24:00	01:58:24:00	CITY.
01:58:24:00	01:58:25:00	MICHAEL SULLIVAN IS LOOKING TO
01:58:25:00	01:58:29:00	TRANSFER HIS INCREDIBLE SERVICE
01:58:29:00	01:58:30:00	FROM THE CITY OF WALLACH TO THE
01:58:30:00	01:58:32:00	CITY OF BOSTON RETIREMENT
01:58:32:00	01:58:32:00	SYSTEM.
01:58:32:00	01:58:33:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:58:33:00	01:58:33:00	THANK YOU.
01:58:33:00	01:58:36:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:58:36:00	01:58:36:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:58:36:00	01:58:40:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:58:40:00	01:58:41:00	THEIR NAME?
01:58:41:00	01:58:41:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE.
01:58:41:00	01:58:42:00	THAT COMES FROM BREADON DURKIN
01:58:42:00	01:58:43:00	FOR ENGINEERS IN FITZGERALD
01:58:43:00	01:58:43:00	MURPHY WEBER.
01:58:43:00	01:58:44:00	OH, SORRY.
01:58:44:00	01:58:44:00	PIPPIN SANTANA.
01:58:44:00	01:58:47:00	WEBER, PLEASE LET THE CHAIR
01:58:47:00	01:58:47:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0550 WILL BE
01:58:47:00	01:58:48:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
01:58:48:00	01:58:51:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON TWO
01:58:51:00	01:58:51:00	THIRDS.
01:58:51:00	01:58:52:00	OH, OKAY.
01:58:52:00	01:58:52:00	OKAY.
01:58:52:00	01:58:54:00	I GOT SOME.
01:58:54:00	01:58:59:00	SO DID YOU GET ALL OF THE
01:58:59:00	01:58:59:00	COLLEAGUES?
01:58:59:00	01:59:01:00	OKAY, SO DOCKET NUMBER 20550
01:59:01:00	01:59:02:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
01:59:02:00	01:59:02:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:59:02:00	01:59:02:00	OPERATIONS.
01:59:02:00	01:59:06:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:59:06:00	01:59:08:00	DOCKET NUMBER 05510551
01:59:08:00	01:59:09:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE
01:59:09:00	01:59:12:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
01:59:12:00	01:59:12:00	REGARDING EXPANDING AN
01:59:12:00	01:59:15:00	INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:59:15:00	01:59:16:00	STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN
01:59:16:00	01:59:16:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
01:59:16:00	01:59:20:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:20:00	01:59:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:59:20:00	01:59:21:00	MURPHY.
01:59:21:00	01:59:21:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR.
01:59:21:00	01:59:21:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:21:00	01:59:24:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR
01:59:24:00	01:59:24:00	MEJIA ACADEMY SO ADDED
01:59:24:00	01:59:25:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE
01:59:25:00	01:59:26:00	FLOOR.
01:59:26:00	01:59:27:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:27:00	01:59:27:00	SO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
01:59:27:00	01:59:30:00	SERVES APPROXIMATELY 5000
01:59:30:00	01:59:33:00	STUDENTS ACROSS 125 SCHOOLS
01:59:33:00	01:59:36:00	WITH ABOUT 21% ENROLLED IN
01:59:36:00	01:59:37:00	SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
01:59:37:00	01:59:40:00	WHILE INITIATIVES LIKE SUMMER
01:59:40:00	01:59:44:00	JOBS PROGRAM AND SUCCESS LINK
01:59:44:00	01:59:44:00	CONNECT MANY STUDENTS TO PAID
01:59:44:00	01:59:48:00	JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS.
01:59:48:00	01:59:49:00	THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED TO
01:59:49:00	01:59:51:00	TAILOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO
01:59:51:00	01:59:52:00	MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS
01:59:52:00	01:59:52:00	OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
01:59:52:00	01:59:56:00	INCLUSIVE INTERNSHIPS ARE
01:59:56:00	01:59:56:00	ESSENTIAL FOR EQUIPPING THESE
01:59:56:00	02:00:00:00	STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS
02:00:00:00	02:00:00:00	CONFIDENCE AND PROFESSIONAL
02:00:00:00	02:00:01:00	NETWORKS NECESSARY FOR
02:00:01:00	02:00:04:00	POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS.
02:00:04:00	02:00:05:00	THIS HEARING ORDER SEEKS TO
02:00:05:00	02:00:08:00	ADDRESS THIS GAP BY FOSTERING
02:00:08:00	02:00:08:00	COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
02:00:08:00	02:00:12:00	OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
02:00:12:00	02:00:12:00	DEPARTMENTS OVERSEEING
02:00:12:00	02:00:16:00	INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THE OFFICE
02:00:16:00	02:00:16:00	OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND
02:00:16:00	02:00:19:00	OPPORTUNITY IN LOCAL EMPLOYERS
02:00:19:00	02:00:20:00	AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
02:00:20:00	02:00:24:00	THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AND
02:00:24:00	02:00:24:00	IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE INTERNSHIP
02:00:24:00	02:00:27:00	OPPORTUNITIES THAT ACCOMMODATE
02:00:27:00	02:00:28:00	AND SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH
02:00:28:00	02:00:31:00	VARYING ABILITIES.
02:00:31:00	02:00:31:00	THIS INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH THE
02:00:31:00	02:00:34:00	CITY OF BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO
02:00:34:00	02:00:35:00	DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND
02:00:35:00	02:00:38:00	ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR ALL
02:00:38:00	02:00:38:00	OF OUR STUDENTS.
02:00:38:00	02:00:39:00	I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND EXTEND
02:00:39:00	02:00:42:00	MY GRATITUDE TO JORDAN, THE
02:00:42:00	02:00:43:00	DEDICATED SPECIAL EDUCATION
02:00:43:00	02:00:46:00	TEACHER AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH WHO
02:00:46:00	02:00:47:00	REACHED OUT ADVOCATING
02:00:47:00	02:00:50:00	PASSIONATELY FOR HER STUDENTS
02:00:50:00	02:00:50:00	AND HIGHLIGHTING THE PRESSING
02:00:50:00	02:00:51:00	NEED FOR EXPANDED INTERNSHIP
02:00:51:00	02:00:54:00	OPPORTUNITY IS TAILORED TO
02:00:54:00	02:00:55:00	THEIR ABILITIES.
02:00:55:00	02:00:58:00	SHE HAS BEEN TRYING HARD AND I
02:00:58:00	02:00:58:00	KNOW MANY OTHER SPECIAL
02:00:58:00	02:01:02:00	EDUCATION TEACHERS TAKE THIS ON
02:01:02:00	02:01:03:00	THEMSELVES TO TRY TO FIND GOOD
02:01:03:00	02:01:06:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR
02:01:06:00	02:01:06:00	STUDENTS.
02:01:06:00	02:01:07:00	SO THIS HEARING WILL HELP
02:01:07:00	02:01:10:00	SUPPORT HER AND THE STUDENTS
02:01:10:00	02:01:11:00	THAT I THINK REALLY DESERVE THE
02:01:11:00	02:01:13:00	SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEIR
02:01:13:00	02:01:17:00	ABELS COLLEAGUES ARE ABLE TO
02:01:17:00	02:01:17:00	RECEIVE.
02:01:17:00	02:01:21:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR
02:01:21:00	02:01:21:00	.
02:01:21:00	02:01:21:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:21:00	02:01:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:01:22:00	02:01:22:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM
02:01:22:00	02:01:24:00	MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:01:24:00	02:01:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:01:24:00	02:01:25:00	AND I WANT TO THANK MY
02:01:25:00	02:01:28:00	COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME AS AN
02:01:28:00	02:01:28:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:01:28:00	02:01:29:00	SEEMS LIKE TODAY'S DAY
02:01:29:00	02:01:32:00	OF EDUCATION ALL THINGS THAT
02:01:32:00	02:01:33:00	DEAL WITH OUR STUDENTS AND SO
02:01:33:00	02:01:35:00	REALLY HAPPY TO JOIN YOU ON
02:01:35:00	02:01:40:00	ADVOCATING AND I LOOK FORWARD
02:01:40:00	02:01:40:00	TO THE HEARING.
02:01:40:00	02:01:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:41:00	02:01:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:41:00	02:01:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:01:41:00	02:01:42:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:01:42:00	02:01:43:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:01:43:00	02:01:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:01:43:00	02:01:46:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A
02:01:46:00	02:01:47:00	QUESTION TO, UM TO THE MAKEUP?
02:01:47:00	02:01:50:00	PLEASE DO THE CHAIR YOU MAY
02:01:50:00	02:01:50:00	COME.
02:01:50:00	02:01:51:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:51:00	02:01:54:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:01:54:00	02:01:54:00	FIRST I JUST WANT TO
02:01:54:00	02:01:55:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT, UM,
02:01:55:00	02:01:58:00	HEARING AND MY QUESTION TO TO
02:01:58:00	02:02:02:00	THE MAKEUP WOULD BE THERE'S AN
02:02:02:00	02:02:06:00	EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM THAT BOSTON
02:02:06:00	02:02:07:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL WORKS WITH THE
02:02:07:00	02:02:10:00	WENTWORTH INSTITUTE AND JUST
02:02:10:00	02:02:11:00	WANT TO RESPECTFULLY ASK IF
02:02:11:00	02:02:14:00	MAYBE WE COULD ASK THE TEAM
02:02:14:00	02:02:14:00	FROM OR AN ASSISTANT FROM
02:02:14:00	02:02:18:00	WENTWORTH IF THEY COULD ALSO
02:02:18:00	02:02:22:00	ATTEND THE HEARING AS WELL TO
02:02:22:00	02:02:22:00	THE CHAIR.
02:02:22:00	02:02:23:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY IF YOU'D LIKE
02:02:23:00	02:02:28:00	TO RESPOND YOU MAY THINK I'M
02:02:28:00	02:02:29:00	HEAR THESE OR ANYONE LISTENING
02:02:29:00	02:02:32:00	WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT WITH
02:02:32:00	02:02:33:00	OTHER GREAT PARTNERSHIPS THAT
02:02:33:00	02:02:33:00	ARE OUT THERE THAT COULD HELP
02:02:33:00	02:02:36:00	SUPPORT US.
02:02:36:00	02:02:36:00	THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
02:02:36:00	02:02:37:00	I KNOW I'VE ALREADY CONNECTED
02:02:37:00	02:02:40:00	JORDAN WITH ANDREA WHO MANY
02:02:40:00	02:02:41:00	OF US KNOW WHO WORK AT WORK INC
02:02:41:00	02:02:43:00	BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:02:43:00	02:02:44:00	THIS IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE
02:02:44:00	02:02:48:00	OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE OFFERING.
02:02:48:00	02:02:48:00	YOU KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATION WE
02:02:48:00	02:02:49:00	ARE SAYING THAT WE WANT EVERY
02:02:49:00	02:02:52:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT TO
02:02:52:00	02:02:53:00	HAVE A PAID SUMMER JOB SO
02:02:53:00	02:02:55:00	HOPING THAT BEEPS AND OTHERS
02:02:55:00	02:02:56:00	SHOW UP TOO TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:02:56:00	02:02:57:00	WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE
02:02:57:00	02:02:59:00	SURE THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE
02:02:59:00	02:03:00:00	WHAT THEY DESERVE.
02:03:00:00	02:03:00:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:03:00:00	02:03:00:00	THANK YOU.
02:03:00:00	02:03:01:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D LIKE
02:03:01:00	02:03:03:00	TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU
02:03:03:00	02:03:03:00	MAY.
02:03:03:00	02:03:04:00	YEAH.
02:03:04:00	02:03:04:00	THANK YOU.
02:03:04:00	02:03:04:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:03:04:00	02:03:06:00	AND THANK YOU TO
02:03:06:00	02:03:07:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL.
02:03:07:00	02:03:10:00	I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS
02:03:10:00	02:03:14:00	MORNING I STARTED THE DAY WITH
02:03:14:00	02:03:14:00	THE WONDERFUL STUDENTS AND
02:03:14:00	02:03:18:00	TEACHERS AT THE TYNAN TYNAN
02:03:18:00	02:03:18:00	SCHOOL IN SOUTH BOSTON BUT I
02:03:18:00	02:03:22:00	SAW THE REMARKABLE WORK THAT
02:03:22:00	02:03:23:00	OUR TEACHERS AND THERAPISTS
02:03:23:00	02:03:26:00	WERE DOING WITH STUDENTS WITH
02:03:26:00	02:03:26:00	DISABILITIES AT THE TIME IN
02:03:26:00	02:03:26:00	SCHOOL.
02:03:26:00	02:03:29:00	BUT I ALSO KNOW THEY DO THAT
02:03:29:00	02:03:30:00	THROUGHOUT OBVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT
02:03:30:00	02:03:33:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
02:03:33:00	02:03:34:00	ONE WEEK NOW I WANT TO
02:03:34:00	02:03:37:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK
02:03:37:00	02:03:37:00	THAT COMPASSION THE WORK THE
02:03:37:00	02:03:41:00	TEACHERS PLAY IN SUPPORTING OUR
02:03:41:00	02:03:41:00	STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
02:03:41:00	02:03:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:03:44:00	02:03:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:03:44:00	02:03:45:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:03:45:00	02:03:45:00	COUNCILOR BERATING YOU HAVE THE
02:03:45:00	02:03:45:00	FLOOR.
02:03:45:00	02:03:48:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:03:48:00	02:03:49:00	AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:03:49:00	02:03:52:00	FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER.
02:03:52:00	02:03:53:00	YOU MAY AS YOU KNOW I SPENT 16
02:03:53:00	02:03:55:00	YEARS WORKING AT PERKINS SCHOOL
02:03:55:00	02:03:56:00	FOR THE BLIND.
02:03:56:00	02:03:57:00	I REALLY GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND
02:03:57:00	02:03:59:00	THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSITION
02:03:59:00	02:04:03:00	PLANNING AND BUILDING A SKILLS
02:04:03:00	02:04:04:00	PORTFOLIO FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL
02:04:04:00	02:04:07:00	WHO GRADUATED LEAVES, LEAVE
02:04:07:00	02:04:08:00	SCHOOL TO ENTER INTO THE
02:04:08:00	02:04:11:00	WORKFORCE AND BECOME PART WORK
02:04:11:00	02:04:11:00	AND COMMUNITY.
02:04:11:00	02:04:12:00	AND SO I THINK THIS IS
02:04:12:00	02:04:15:00	CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
02:04:15:00	02:04:16:00	IT'S ALSO AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO
02:04:16:00	02:04:16:00	TALK ABOUT INCLUSION IT'S A
02:04:16:00	02:04:19:00	IT'S AN OBVIOUS EXTENSION
02:04:19:00	02:04:20:00	OF OUR INCLUSION POLICY AND OUR
02:04:20:00	02:04:22:00	COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION THAT
02:04:22:00	02:04:23:00	OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY
02:04:23:00	02:04:24:00	GET EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
02:04:24:00	02:04:27:00	PARTICIPATE IN IN INTERNSHIP
02:04:27:00	02:04:31:00	PROGRAMS AND JOB OF SIGHT OUT
02:04:31:00	02:04:34:00	OF SCHOOL JOBSITE EXPERIENCE
02:04:34:00	02:04:34:00	AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP
02:04:34:00	02:04:38:00	THEIR SKILLS AND FOR THE
02:04:38:00	02:04:38:00	WORKPLACE.
02:04:38:00	02:04:39:00	SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REFILING
02:04:39:00	02:04:42:00	THIS OUT TO NOT REFILING FOR
02:04:42:00	02:04:42:00	FILING THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD
02:04:42:00	02:04:45:00	TO THE CONVERSATION.
02:04:45:00	02:04:45:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:45:00	02:04:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:46:00	02:04:47:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:04:47:00	02:04:49:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:04:49:00	02:04:50:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:04:50:00	02:04:50:00	THEIR NAME?
02:04:50:00	02:04:50:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE HEAD
02:04:50:00	02:04:53:00	COUNSELORS BRAEDEN DURKIN,
02:04:53:00	02:04:55:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON UH FITZGERALD
02:04:55:00	02:05:00:00	WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
02:05:00:00	02:05:03:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0551 WILL BE
02:05:03:00	02:05:04:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:05:04:00	02:05:04:00	EDUCATION.
02:05:04:00	02:05:05:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:05:05:00	02:05:09:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 05520552
02:05:09:00	02:05:09:00	COUNCILOR BREADON OFF THE FILE
02:05:09:00	02:05:12:00	IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO
02:05:12:00	02:05:12:00	DISCUSS CURRENT POPULATION
02:05:12:00	02:05:16:00	PROJECTIONS IN PREPARATION FOR
02:05:16:00	02:05:16:00	THE 2030 DECENNIAL CENSUS.
02:05:16:00	02:05:17:00	THANK YOU.
02:05:17:00	02:05:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:05:21:00	02:05:21:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
02:05:21:00	02:05:22:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE
02:05:22:00	02:05:23:00	FLOOR.
02:05:23:00	02:05:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:05:24:00	02:05:25:00	THIS MAY SEEM A LITTLE
02:05:25:00	02:05:28:00	PREMATURE.
02:05:28:00	02:05:29:00	WE ARE AS WE ARE AT 2025 RIGHT
02:05:29:00	02:05:31:00	NOW THAT THE NEXT CENSUS
02:05:31:00	02:05:32:00	NATIONAL CENSUS WILL BE FEDERAL
02:05:32:00	02:05:34:00	CENSUS WILL BE IN 2035 YEARS
02:05:34:00	02:05:35:00	FROM NOW WHEN THE ENUMERATED
02:05:35:00	02:05:39:00	RESULTS OF THE 2020 CENSUS WERE
02:05:39:00	02:05:42:00	FINALIZED, THE BPA REPORTED
02:05:42:00	02:05:45:00	THAT AUSTIN POPULATION FELL BY
02:05:45:00	02:05:48:00	5.9% WITH A 40% DECLINE IN THE
02:05:48:00	02:05:48:00	GROUP QUARTERS POPULATION
02:05:48:00	02:05:51:00	SUGGESTING THAT THE COLLEGE
02:05:51:00	02:05:52:00	DORM POPULATION OF ALSTON MAY
02:05:52:00	02:05:55:00	HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTLY COUNTED
02:05:55:00	02:05:56:00	IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC
02:05:56:00	02:05:59:00	EVACUATION, THE CITY
02:05:59:00	02:05:59:00	SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED THE
02:05:59:00	02:06:00:00	GROUP QUARTERS POPULATION TO
02:06:00:00	02:06:05:00	SHOW A NET UNDERCOUNT OF 6290
02:06:05:00	02:06:06:00	RESIDENTS IN DORMS AND
02:06:06:00	02:06:09:00	CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
02:06:09:00	02:06:10:00	HOWEVER, THE CENSUS BUREAU DID
02:06:10:00	02:06:12:00	NOT HAVE A FORMAL AVENUE TO
02:06:12:00	02:06:13:00	CHALLENGE UNDERCOUNT IN THE
02:06:13:00	02:06:14:00	HOUSEHOLD POPULATION, WHICH
02:06:14:00	02:06:17:00	INCLUDES OFF CAMPUS STUDENTS
02:06:17:00	02:06:18:00	AND RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY
02:06:18:00	02:06:21:00	IN HARD TO COUNT CENSUS TRACTS,
02:06:21:00	02:06:25:00	WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE
02:06:25:00	02:06:26:00	LAST CENSUS OCCURRED DURING THE
02:06:26:00	02:06:29:00	FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND
02:06:29:00	02:06:29:00	AS WE ARE FACING THE SAME
02:06:29:00	02:06:32:00	SCENARIO NOW, MANY RESIDENTS
02:06:32:00	02:06:33:00	OF BOSTON WHO LIVED IN MIXED
02:06:33:00	02:06:37:00	STATUS FAMILIES WERE RELUCTANT
02:06:37:00	02:06:37:00	TO OPEN THE DOOR AND INTERACT
02:06:37:00	02:06:41:00	WITH CENSUS WORKERS.
02:06:41:00	02:06:42:00	SO WE HAD A PROBLEM BACK THEN
02:06:42:00	02:06:42:00	AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE
02:06:42:00	02:06:44:00	MAY HAVE A PROBLEM GOING
02:06:44:00	02:06:44:00	FORWARD.
02:06:44:00	02:06:48:00	THE RESEARCH DIVISION OF THE
02:06:48:00	02:06:48:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS AN
02:06:48:00	02:06:49:00	INCREDIBLE TEAM DOING
02:06:49:00	02:06:52:00	TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT
02:06:52:00	02:06:52:00	DEMOGRAPHIC WORK THAT HAS THE
02:06:52:00	02:06:56:00	POTENTIAL TO BE LEVERAGED IN
02:06:56:00	02:06:56:00	TANDEM WITH ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT
02:06:56:00	02:07:00:00	WE DO ACROSS BOSTON BOTH IN AND
02:07:00:00	02:07:04:00	OUT OF CITY HALL POPULATION AND
02:07:04:00	02:07:04:00	PROJECTIONS ARE A VITAL ASPECT
02:07:04:00	02:07:08:00	OF DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHY AND
02:07:08:00	02:07:09:00	PLANNING PROJECTIONS INFORM
02:07:09:00	02:07:12:00	HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS,
02:07:12:00	02:07:13:00	PLANNING FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES,
02:07:13:00	02:07:16:00	PROGRAMING FOR CITY SERVICES
02:07:16:00	02:07:16:00	LIKE LIBRARIES AND CITIES,
02:07:16:00	02:07:17:00	OTHER CITY SERVICES, HEALTH
02:07:17:00	02:07:20:00	CARE PROVISION, TRANSPORTATION
02:07:20:00	02:07:20:00	PLANNING ELECTION
02:07:20:00	02:07:23:00	ADMINISTRATION AND MUCH MORE.
02:07:23:00	02:07:26:00	THE NEXT FEDERAL DECENNIAL
02:07:26:00	02:07:28:00	CENSUS WILL BE IN 2030 AND
02:07:28:00	02:07:31:00	PREPARATION OF THE CENSUS
02:07:31:00	02:07:31:00	BUREAU IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
02:07:31:00	02:07:35:00	WE HOPE TO ENSURE A COMPLETE
02:07:35:00	02:07:35:00	COUNT PROVIDING CRUCIAL
02:07:35:00	02:07:39:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATE AND
02:07:39:00	02:07:39:00	LOCAL INPUT ON PLANNING AND
02:07:39:00	02:07:45:00	PROGRAM DESIGN IN 2020
02:07:45:00	02:07:46:00	DEDICATED TEAMS OF IN BOSTON
02:07:46:00	02:07:49:00	CITY HALL DID THE VERY MOST
02:07:49:00	02:07:50:00	THAT THEY COULD WITH VERY
02:07:50:00	02:07:51:00	LIMITED RESOURCES TO ENSURE A
02:07:51:00	02:07:53:00	COMPLETE COUNT BUT MORE COULD
02:07:53:00	02:07:54:00	AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTED
02:07:54:00	02:07:56:00	TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
02:07:56:00	02:07:57:00	MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
02:07:57:00	02:08:00:00	CITY OF BOSTON INVESTED
02:08:00:00	02:08:04:00	$100,000 IN OUR CENSUS COUNT.
02:08:04:00	02:08:05:00	THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
02:08:05:00	02:08:07:00	INVESTED 2 MILLION TO ENSURE
02:08:07:00	02:08:07:00	THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE
02:08:07:00	02:08:11:00	A GOOD A GOOD ACCOUNTING
02:08:11:00	02:08:11:00	OF THEIR RESIDENT POPULATION.
02:08:11:00	02:08:14:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
02:08:14:00	02:08:15:00	CONVERSATION AND INVITING THE
02:08:15:00	02:08:15:00	RESEARCH DIVISION AND
02:08:15:00	02:08:19:00	STAKEHOLDERS FOR A BRIEFING AS
02:08:19:00	02:08:20:00	WE ARE AT THE HALFWAY POINT
02:08:20:00	02:08:23:00	BETWEEN THE CENSUS AND I.
02:08:23:00	02:08:26:00	THIS IS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
02:08:26:00	02:08:27:00	ISSUE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT
02:08:27:00	02:08:27:00	OF MONEY WE GET FROM THE
02:08:27:00	02:08:30:00	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DEPENDENT
02:08:30:00	02:08:31:00	ON OUR CENSUS COUNT AND I HOPE
02:08:31:00	02:08:32:00	THAT WE CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE
02:08:32:00	02:08:35:00	HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
02:08:35:00	02:08:35:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:35:00	02:08:36:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:36:00	02:08:36:00	THE CHAIR I CAN I JUST COMES
02:08:36:00	02:08:37:00	FROM HERE COMES FROM HERE.
02:08:37:00	02:08:38:00	YOU AT THE FLOOR.
02:08:38:00	02:08:38:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:08:38:00	02:08:42:00	AND THANK YOU TO OUR
02:08:42:00	02:08:42:00	COUNCIL BRITAIN FOR BRINGING
02:08:42:00	02:08:42:00	THIS VERY IMPORTANT
02:08:42:00	02:08:45:00	CONVERSATION TO THE CHAMBER.
02:08:45:00	02:08:47:00	I AM NO STRANGER TO THE CENSUS
02:08:47:00	02:08:49:00	AND IN 2000 I WORKED AT MTV AND
02:08:49:00	02:08:52:00	MY WHOLE GOAL WAS TO HELP
02:08:52:00	02:08:55:00	PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT
02:08:55:00	02:08:56:00	THE CENSUS WAS THEN AND EVEN
02:08:56:00	02:08:57:00	EDUCATING PEOPLE ACROSS THE
02:08:57:00	02:09:00:00	COUNTRY WAS A HARD LIFT AND
02:09:00:00	02:09:02:00	THEN 20 YEARS LATER I'M GOING
02:09:02:00	02:09:03:00	THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE IN THE
02:09:03:00	02:09:06:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND ALL OF THE
02:09:06:00	02:09:07:00	ADVOCACY THAT WAS DONE TO GET
02:09:07:00	02:09:10:00	EVERYONE TO BE COUNTED.
02:09:10:00	02:09:11:00	I SAW HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS AND
02:09:11:00	02:09:14:00	I THINK MORE SO AS WE'RE
02:09:14:00	02:09:15:00	TALKING ABOUT JUST THE
02:09:15:00	02:09:18:00	RESOURCES THAT COME TO OUR
02:09:18:00	02:09:19:00	NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALSO BASED ON
02:09:19:00	02:09:20:00	THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE
02:09:20:00	02:09:22:00	THERE.
02:09:22:00	02:09:23:00	SO WE HAVE A LOT AT STAKE TO
02:09:23:00	02:09:25:00	GET THIS RIGHT AND I KNOW I
02:09:25:00	02:09:26:00	REMEMBER COUNCIL BRITAIN AND
02:09:26:00	02:09:29:00	OUR LEADERSHIP ADVOCATING FOR
02:09:29:00	02:09:29:00	ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE GOING
02:09:29:00	02:09:32:00	THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING HOW
02:09:32:00	02:09:33:00	IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR US TO
02:09:33:00	02:09:34:00	EDUCATE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE
02:09:34:00	02:09:37:00	THEM EARLIER ON SO TO HAVE THIS
02:09:37:00	02:09:38:00	HEARING SO THAT WE COULD START
02:09:38:00	02:09:41:00	BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE NOW
02:09:41:00	02:09:43:00	SETS FOX UP FOR SUCCESS IN
02:09:43:00	02:09:43:00	2030.
02:09:43:00	02:09:44:00	I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS
02:09:44:00	02:09:46:00	THIS LEVEL OF INTENTIONALITY
02:09:46:00	02:09:47:00	AROUND THE PREP AND THE
02:09:47:00	02:09:47:00	UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S
02:09:47:00	02:09:49:00	GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:09:49:00	02:09:51:00	EVERYBODY GETS COUNTED AND I
02:09:51:00	02:09:56:00	HOPE TO BE ALIVE TO SEE THAT
02:09:56:00	02:09:57:00	YOU KNOW, 2030 IS LIKE WELL NOT
02:09:57:00	02:09:59:00	EVEN SO LONG AGO.
02:09:59:00	02:09:59:00	BUT ANYWAYS I JUST HOPED TO BE
02:09:59:00	02:10:02:00	AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT WHETHER
02:10:02:00	02:10:03:00	I'M IN THIS CHAMBER OR NOT AND
02:10:03:00	02:10:04:00	MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS
02:10:04:00	02:10:06:00	COUNTED BECAUSE I KNOW HOW
02:10:06:00	02:10:06:00	CRUCIAL THAT WORK IS.
02:10:06:00	02:10:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:10:07:00	02:10:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:10:07:00	02:10:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:10:10:00	02:10:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:10:10:00	02:10:11:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:10:11:00	02:10:11:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:10:11:00	02:10:14:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKER FOR
02:10:14:00	02:10:15:00	BRINGING THIS FORWARD IMPORTANT
02:10:15:00	02:10:17:00	DISCUSSION.
02:10:17:00	02:10:18:00	I WAS ON THE COUNCIL DURING THE
02:10:18:00	02:10:19:00	LAST CENSUS AND I WANT TO
02:10:19:00	02:10:22:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
02:10:22:00	02:10:26:00	OF CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT TWO
02:10:26:00	02:10:27:00	BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
02:10:27:00	02:10:29:00	THE CHINATOWN RESIDENTS
02:10:29:00	02:10:30:00	CHINATOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
02:10:30:00	02:10:33:00	AND THE CHINESE PROGRESSIVE
02:10:33:00	02:10:34:00	ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR WORK IN
02:10:34:00	02:10:38:00	ENSURING THAT PEOPLE IN
02:10:38:00	02:10:41:00	DISTRICT TWO WERE ALSO COUNTED
02:10:41:00	02:10:44:00	THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND IN
02:10:44:00	02:10:44:00	CHINATOWN SOUTH BOSTON AREA.
02:10:44:00	02:10:49:00	BUT THEY DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB
02:10:49:00	02:10:52:00	OF HAVING WORKSHOPS OF GOING
02:10:52:00	02:10:52:00	DOOR TO DOOR, MEETING PEOPLE,
02:10:52:00	02:10:56:00	WORKING WITH THE U.S. CENSUS
02:10:56:00	02:10:57:00	BUREAU, WORKING WITH CITIES,
02:10:57:00	02:10:57:00	STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS,
02:10:57:00	02:11:00:00	IMPORTANT WORK THAT MY
02:11:00:00	02:11:01:00	CONSTITUENTS PLAYED IN THE
02:11:01:00	02:11:04:00	CENSUS SO I WANT TO CONTINUE
02:11:04:00	02:11:07:00	DOING THAT WORK WITH THEM AND
02:11:07:00	02:11:11:00	ONE ONE OTHER ASPECT BESIDES
02:11:11:00	02:11:12:00	THE ALLOCATION OF MONEY
02:11:12:00	02:11:16:00	DEPENDING ON YOUR POPULATION
02:11:16:00	02:11:17:00	AND IT ALSO DETERMINES THE
02:11:17:00	02:11:20:00	NUMBER OF ELECTED US
02:11:20:00	02:11:23:00	REPRESENTATIVES EACH STATE HAS
02:11:23:00	02:11:24:00	AND IF YOUR POPULATION
02:11:24:00	02:11:27:00	DECREASES WHICH HAS HAPPENED
02:11:27:00	02:11:30:00	OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF 3040
02:11:30:00	02:11:31:00	YEARS IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE WE
02:11:31:00	02:11:34:00	ACTUALLY LOSE CONGRESSIONAL
02:11:34:00	02:11:35:00	REPRESENTATION IN OUR STATE
02:11:35:00	02:11:38:00	DELEGATION.
02:11:38:00	02:11:39:00	SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
02:11:39:00	02:11:42:00	THAT EVERY PERSON IS IMPORTANT
02:11:42:00	02:11:42:00	.
02:11:42:00	02:11:42:00	EVERY PERSON MATTERS.
02:11:42:00	02:11:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:11:43:00	02:11:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:43:00	02:11:46:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
02:11:46:00	02:11:46:00	THIS MATTER?
02:11:46:00	02:11:47:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
02:11:47:00	02:11:49:00	COUNCILOR BREADON FOR FILING
02:11:49:00	02:11:49:00	THIS.
02:11:49:00	02:11:50:00	IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT
02:11:50:00	02:11:53:00	YOU CONTINUE TO BE A SOUNDING
02:11:53:00	02:11:54:00	BOARD ESPECIALLY IN YOUR
02:11:54:00	02:11:54:00	NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALLSTON.
02:11:54:00	02:11:56:00	BRIGHTON BECAUSE UNDERCOUNTS
02:11:56:00	02:12:00:00	HAVE CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY IN
02:12:00:00	02:12:00:00	DENSELY POPULATED NEIGHBOR
02:12:00:00	02:12:04:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR IMMIGRANT
02:12:04:00	02:12:04:00	COMMUNITIES.
02:12:04:00	02:12:05:00	AND SO GETTING AHEAD OF THIS IS
02:12:05:00	02:12:07:00	CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
02:12:07:00	02:12:08:00	THERE'S A DIRECT ATTACHMENT TO
02:12:08:00	02:12:09:00	CENTERS AND FUNDING AS YOU
02:12:09:00	02:12:11:00	STATED AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO
02:12:11:00	02:12:12:00	THIS HEARING AND TO THIS WORK.
02:12:12:00	02:12:13:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:12:13:00	02:12:15:00	THEIR NAME?
02:12:15:00	02:12:15:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
02:12:15:00	02:12:18:00	COUNCILORS DURKIN FERNANDO
02:12:18:00	02:12:19:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN,
02:12:19:00	02:12:23:00	MARIA MURPHY WEBER WORLD PLEASE
02:12:23:00	02:12:25:00	EITHER CHECK THIS DOCKET DOCTOR
02:12:25:00	02:12:26:00	NUMBER 0552 WILL BE REFERRED TO
02:12:26:00	02:12:29:00	THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES
02:12:29:00	02:12:29:00	AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.
02:12:29:00	02:12:33:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:12:33:00	02:12:36:00	THE NUMBERS 0553 DUCKY NUMBER
02:12:36:00	02:12:36:00	0553 COUNCIL IS BRAIN AND WE'RE
02:12:36:00	02:12:39:00	ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR
02:12:39:00	02:12:40:00	A HEARING TO REVIEW CAPITAL
02:12:40:00	02:12:43:00	PLANNING, BUDGETING AND PROJECT
02:12:43:00	02:12:43:00	MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE
02:12:43:00	02:12:47:00	CAPITAL PROGRAM OF THE CITY
02:12:47:00	02:12:48:00	OF BOSTON.
02:12:48:00	02:12:48:00	THANK YOU.
02:12:48:00	02:12:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:12:48:00	02:12:49:00	COUNCILOR BREADON HAS A GREAT
02:12:49:00	02:12:50:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:12:50:00	02:12:51:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR THIS I'D
02:12:51:00	02:12:54:00	LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULE 12 AND
02:12:54:00	02:12:58:00	ADD COUNCILMEMBER HERE AS A
02:12:58:00	02:12:58:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:12:58:00	02:12:59:00	COUNCILOR BRIDENSTINE JUST BEND
02:12:59:00	02:12:59:00	THE RULES.
02:12:59:00	02:13:01:00	I HAD CONCILOR MEJIA HE HAS A
02:13:01:00	02:13:01:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:13:01:00	02:13:02:00	SAYING HE HAD NO OBJECTIONS
02:13:02:00	02:13:03:00	BECAUSE I'M HERE SO ADDED
02:13:03:00	02:13:04:00	CUSTOM RATE AND YOU HAVE THE
02:13:04:00	02:13:04:00	FLOOR.
02:13:04:00	02:13:05:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:13:05:00	02:13:06:00	THIS HEARING ORDER IS A REFILE
02:13:06:00	02:13:08:00	WE HAD A GREAT HEARING ON THIS
02:13:08:00	02:13:10:00	TOPIC LAST DECEMBER DECEMBER
02:13:10:00	02:13:14:00	5TH WE HEARD FROM KYLE WILBUR,
02:13:14:00	02:13:15:00	HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
02:13:15:00	02:13:15:00	OFFICERS ASSOCIATION WHO
02:13:15:00	02:13:18:00	DISCUSSED MODEL CONCEPTS FOR
02:13:18:00	02:13:19:00	CAPITAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
02:13:19:00	02:13:21:00	BEST PRACTICES USED BY
02:13:21:00	02:13:22:00	MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE
02:13:22:00	02:13:22:00	COUNTRY.
02:13:22:00	02:13:25:00	THE CITY'S FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN
02:13:25:00	02:13:28:00	FOR WAS UNVEILED 40 YEARS AGO
02:13:28:00	02:13:31:00	IN FINANCIAL YEAR 1985 TO
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	ADDRESS DECADES
02:13:32:00	02:13:35:00	OF DISINVESTMENT AND A LACK
02:13:35:00	02:13:35:00	OF FORESIGHT FOR REGULAR REPAIR
02:13:35:00	02:13:38:00	MAINTENANCE AND PLANNING FOR
02:13:38:00	02:13:39:00	FUTURE NEEDS IN OUR CAPITAL
02:13:39:00	02:13:39:00	ASSETS.
02:13:39:00	02:13:42:00	40 YEARS LATER IT IS ONLY
02:13:42:00	02:13:43:00	APPROPRIATE TO DO A
02:13:43:00	02:13:45:00	COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.
02:13:45:00	02:13:46:00	I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE
02:13:46:00	02:13:49:00	FOLLOWING HERE AND TO THE
02:13:49:00	02:13:50:00	FOLLOWING HEARING TO CONTINUE
02:13:50:00	02:13:53:00	DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS WE DIDN'T
02:13:53:00	02:13:54:00	GET TO IN THE DECEMBER HEARING
02:13:54:00	02:13:57:00	INCLUDING ADMINS CURRENT
02:13:57:00	02:13:57:00	EFFORTS UNDERWAY, DATA INFORMED
02:13:57:00	02:14:01:00	AND MAINTENANCE FOCUSED CAPITAL
02:14:01:00	02:14:01:00	BUDGET CITYWIDE FACILITIES
02:14:01:00	02:14:04:00	CONDITION CONDITION CONDITIONS
02:14:04:00	02:14:05:00	ASSESSMENT CITYWIDE NEEDS
02:14:05:00	02:14:09:00	ASSESSMENT AND INTERNAL CAPITAL
02:14:09:00	02:14:10:00	PLANNING WORKING GROUP THANK
02:14:10:00	02:14:13:00	YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:14:13:00	02:14:14:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON THE
02:14:14:00	02:14:18:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OUR
02:14:18:00	02:14:18:00	OUTCOMES ARE AROUND THE END THE
02:14:18:00	02:14:18:00	FLOOR.
02:14:18:00	02:14:20:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:20:00	02:14:21:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
02:14:21:00	02:14:22:00	TO THANK COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND
02:14:22:00	02:14:24:00	HER TEAM FOR CONSTANTLY DRAWING
02:14:24:00	02:14:28:00	MORE ATTENTION AND ASKING AND
02:14:28:00	02:14:28:00	ADVOCATING FOR MORE
02:14:28:00	02:14:31:00	TRANSPARENCY AND DETAIL ON THE
02:14:31:00	02:14:32:00	CAPITAL BUDGET.
02:14:32:00	02:14:36:00	THAT'S I ALSO WANT TO JUST
02:14:36:00	02:14:36:00	THINK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR
02:14:36:00	02:14:39:00	MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
02:14:39:00	02:14:42:00	BUDGET WEBSITE BUT I KNOW WE'RE
02:14:42:00	02:14:43:00	INTERESTED IN ANYTHING TO
02:14:43:00	02:14:43:00	FURTHER INCREASE TRANSPARENCY
02:14:43:00	02:14:46:00	ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND
02:14:46:00	02:14:47:00	CREATED A PHYSICAL CAPITAL
02:14:47:00	02:14:50:00	BUDGET BOOK THAT DETAILS
02:14:50:00	02:14:50:00	PROJECTS MORE CLEARLY.
02:14:50:00	02:14:54:00	OVER THE PAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES
02:14:54:00	02:14:55:00	WE'VE EXTENDED THE CONVERSATION
02:14:55:00	02:14:58:00	ON THE BEEPS BUDGET.
02:14:58:00	02:14:58:00	WE'RE EXTENDING THE
02:14:58:00	02:14:59:00	CONVERSATION ON THE OPERATING
02:14:59:00	02:15:02:00	BUDGET AND I BELIEVE THAT WE IT
02:15:02:00	02:15:03:00	ONLY MAKES SENSE TO EXTEND THE
02:15:03:00	02:15:05:00	CONVERSATION ON THE CAPITAL
02:15:05:00	02:15:05:00	BUDGET.
02:15:05:00	02:15:06:00	SO JUST LOOKING TO EXTEND THE
02:15:06:00	02:15:09:00	CONVERSATION, GET MORE DETAILED
02:15:09:00	02:15:10:00	INFORMATION AND THEN JUST MORE
02:15:10:00	02:15:13:00	TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE CAPITAL
02:15:13:00	02:15:14:00	BUDGET.
02:15:14:00	02:15:14:00	BUT JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD
02:15:14:00	02:15:15:00	AGAIN AND THEN
02:15:15:00	02:15:17:00	COUNCILOR BRADING AND YOUR TEAM
02:15:17:00	02:15:17:00	FOR CONSTANTLY PUSHING FOR MORE
02:15:17:00	02:15:18:00	TRANSPARENCY AND MORE
02:15:18:00	02:15:22:00	INFORMATION ON AROUND THE
02:15:22:00	02:15:22:00	CAPITAL BUDGET.
02:15:22:00	02:15:22:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:22:00	02:15:23:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR THE CHAIR
02:15:23:00	02:15:26:00	RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
02:15:26:00	02:15:26:00	COMES TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
02:15:26:00	02:15:26:00	FLOOR.
02:15:26:00	02:15:27:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
02:15:27:00	02:15:29:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR WORRALL AND
02:15:29:00	02:15:31:00	COUNCILOR BREADON FOR ADDING
02:15:31:00	02:15:32:00	ME AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS
02:15:32:00	02:15:32:00	HEARING ORDER.
02:15:32:00	02:15:35:00	I AFFIRM THAT WE MUST TAKE A
02:15:35:00	02:15:36:00	CLOSER LOOK AT HOW BOSTON PLANS
02:15:36:00	02:15:37:00	FUNDS AND MANAGES ITS CAPITAL
02:15:37:00	02:15:39:00	PROJECTS.
02:15:39:00	02:15:40:00	OUR CITY OVERSEES BILLIONS
02:15:40:00	02:15:40:00	OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
02:15:40:00	02:15:43:00	INVESTMENTS FROM ROADS AND
02:15:43:00	02:15:44:00	BRIDGES TO PARKS AND SCHOOLS
02:15:44:00	02:15:47:00	AND RESIDENTS DESERVE FULL
02:15:47:00	02:15:48:00	TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY AND
02:15:48:00	02:15:51:00	ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW THESE
02:15:51:00	02:15:51:00	PROJECTS ARE EXECUTED.
02:15:51:00	02:15:55:00	FOR YEARS COMMUNITIES HAVE
02:15:55:00	02:15:55:00	RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HOW
02:15:55:00	02:15:56:00	PROJECTS ARE SELECTED AND
02:15:56:00	02:15:59:00	PRIORITIZE WHERE THE MONEY GOES
02:15:59:00	02:15:59:00	AND WHAT SAFEGUARDS EXIST TO
02:15:59:00	02:16:02:00	PREVENT DELAYS MISMANAGED MINT
02:16:02:00	02:16:03:00	AND COST OVERRUNS.
02:16:03:00	02:16:06:00	THE CITY'S MULTI-YEAR CAPITAL
02:16:06:00	02:16:06:00	PLAN, LOAN ORDERS AND DEBIT
02:16:06:00	02:16:10:00	MANAGEMENT POLICIES MUST BE
02:16:10:00	02:16:11:00	EXAMINED WITH A CLEAR FOCUS ON
02:16:11:00	02:16:13:00	TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY.
02:16:13:00	02:16:14:00	WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ISSUES ARISE
02:16:14:00	02:16:15:00	IN PROJECTS LIKE THE WHITE
02:16:15:00	02:16:19:00	STADIUM, MADISON PARK, THE BUSY
02:16:19:00	02:16:19:00	WAY OF CENTRAL ALLSTON AND
02:16:19:00	02:16:21:00	BRIGHTON NOT TOO LONG AGO THE
02:16:21:00	02:16:22:00	QUARRY POOL IN CHARLESTOWN
02:16:22:00	02:16:25:00	WHERE COMMUNITIES HAVE FELT
02:16:25:00	02:16:25:00	HAVE LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS
02:16:25:00	02:16:26:00	THAN ANSWERS.
02:16:26:00	02:16:30:00	THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED A
02:16:30:00	02:16:30:00	STRONGER FRAMEWORK FOR
02:16:30:00	02:16:33:00	OVERSIGHT MEANINGFUL STATEHOOD
02:16:33:00	02:16:33:00	, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND
02:16:33:00	02:16:34:00	REAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN
02:16:34:00	02:16:37:00	EVERY CAPITAL PROJECT.
02:16:37:00	02:16:41:00	I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK
02:16:41:00	02:16:41:00	COUNCILOR BREEDEN FOR HER
02:16:41:00	02:16:44:00	LEADERSHIP WHEN SHE HOSTED THE
02:16:44:00	02:16:47:00	HEARING AROUND THE B CYF
02:16:47:00	02:16:48:00	ALLSTON CENTER AND HER TEAM
02:16:48:00	02:16:51:00	WHEN THEY DID THAT AMAZING
02:16:51:00	02:16:52:00	VIDEO RECAPPING THE NUMBER
02:16:52:00	02:16:53:00	OF TIMES THAT COUNCILOR RATING
02:16:53:00	02:16:56:00	HAS BEEN ADVOCATING ON BEHALF
02:16:56:00	02:16:56:00	OF HER DISTRICT.
02:16:56:00	02:16:59:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
02:16:59:00	02:16:59:00	FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR
02:16:59:00	02:17:00:00	THE CAPITAL BUDGET A LOT
02:17:00:00	02:17:03:00	OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE I'M
02:17:03:00	02:17:04:00	ALWAYS GOING TO SAY LIKE I SEE
02:17:04:00	02:17:07:00	IT A LOT OF THESE SITUATION
02:17:07:00	02:17:08:00	DOES HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES
02:17:08:00	02:17:11:00	AND PEOPLE WHEELING AND DEALING
02:17:11:00	02:17:12:00	AND WE EVERYBODY IS FIGHTING
02:17:12:00	02:17:12:00	FOR THIS DISTRICT AND THAT
02:17:12:00	02:17:15:00	DISTRICT AS AN AT LARGE CITY
02:17:15:00	02:17:15:00	COUNCILOR.
02:17:15:00	02:17:15:00	I SUPPORT EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT
02:17:15:00	02:17:16:00	AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR
02:17:16:00	02:17:19:00	EVERYBODY THAT THE OTHER THINGS
02:17:19:00	02:17:19:00	THAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
02:17:19:00	02:17:22:00	BECAUSE I REPRESENT EVERYBODY
02:17:22:00	02:17:23:00	SO JUST EVERYBODY KNOW THAT
02:17:23:00	02:17:23:00	PICKING ANY DISTRICTS JUST IN
02:17:23:00	02:17:26:00	CASE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
02:17:26:00	02:17:27:00	THAT I'M HERE FOR EVERYBODY.
02:17:27:00	02:17:28:00	BUT ONE THING I WANT TO DO IS
02:17:28:00	02:17:31:00	ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN MY TIME IN
02:17:31:00	02:17:34:00	THIS CHAMBER THE FIRST TIME
02:17:34:00	02:17:38:00	THAT I SAW A REAL EQUITY
02:17:38:00	02:17:42:00	ANALYSIS ABOUT HOW INFORMATION
02:17:42:00	02:17:42:00	IN AND OR HOW DOLLARS GET
02:17:42:00	02:17:45:00	ALLOCATED WAS WHEN
02:17:45:00	02:17:46:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON WAS THE
02:17:46:00	02:17:47:00	CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS AND
02:17:47:00	02:17:49:00	EARLY ON IN HER TENURE SHE DOES
02:17:49:00	02:17:53:00	THAT SHE JUST DESIGNED A OR
02:17:53:00	02:17:54:00	ASKED FOR SOME SORT OF AUDIT
02:17:54:00	02:17:57:00	WHERE WE GOT TO SEE HOW EVERY
02:17:57:00	02:17:58:00	SINGLE DOLLAR WAS SPENT AND
02:17:58:00	02:18:01:00	WHAT DISTRICTS GOT MORE THAN
02:18:01:00	02:18:01:00	OTHERS.
02:18:01:00	02:18:02:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
02:18:02:00	02:18:05:00	YOUR HINDSIGHT BECAUSE I THINK
02:18:05:00	02:18:06:00	THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
02:18:06:00	02:18:08:00	TO SEE THE INEQUITIES THAT
02:18:08:00	02:18:09:00	EXIST ACROSS THE CITY.
02:18:09:00	02:18:12:00	SO HOPING TO UTILIZE A RACIAL
02:18:12:00	02:18:13:00	EQUITY LENS.
02:18:13:00	02:18:17:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO AGAIN UPLIFT
02:18:17:00	02:18:20:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND HILL AND
02:18:20:00	02:18:21:00	COUNCILOR MORROW FOR HIS
02:18:21:00	02:18:24:00	EFFORTS IN THE WAYS AND MEANS
02:18:24:00	02:18:24:00	OPPORTUNITY.
02:18:24:00	02:18:27:00	I KNOW THAT CAPITAL BUDGET WE
02:18:27:00	02:18:28:00	REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A SAY
02:18:28:00	02:18:32:00	BUT WE DO WHEN WE CAN PUSH BACK
02:18:32:00	02:18:33:00	ON THE PROCESS AND I'M HOPING
02:18:33:00	02:18:36:00	THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY
02:18:36:00	02:18:37:00	FOR US TO DO JUST THAT.
02:18:37:00	02:18:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:37:00	02:18:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:37:00	02:18:38:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:18:38:00	02:18:39:00	COUNCILOR FOR AN INGENIOUS AND
02:18:39:00	02:18:40:00	HE HAD THE FLOOR.
02:18:40:00	02:18:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:18:40:00	02:18:44:00	COUNCILOR FOR COUNCIL.
02:18:44:00	02:18:44:00	GREAT.
02:18:44:00	02:18:45:00	AND THROUGH THE CHAIR I APPLAUD
02:18:45:00	02:18:47:00	YOUR EFFORTS AND ALL OF YOUR
02:18:47:00	02:18:48:00	WORK IN ADVOCATING FOR YOUR
02:18:48:00	02:18:51:00	DISTRICT IN TERMS OF FOLLOWING
02:18:51:00	02:18:51:00	THE ALLOCATIONS OR INVESTMENTS
02:18:51:00	02:18:55:00	IN CAPITAL OR LACK THEREOF
02:18:55:00	02:18:56:00	OF INVESTMENTS IN YOUR
02:18:56:00	02:18:56:00	DISTRICT.
02:18:56:00	02:19:00:00	AND I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE
02:19:00:00	02:19:00:00	QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
02:19:00:00	02:19:03:00	WITH FUTILE OR LESS THAN
02:19:03:00	02:19:06:00	ADEQUATE RESPONSES IN TERMS
02:19:06:00	02:19:07:00	OF THE REASONS OR
02:19:07:00	02:19:07:00	JUSTIFICATIONS FOR NOT
02:19:07:00	02:19:08:00	INVESTING ENOUGH IN YOUR
02:19:08:00	02:19:10:00	DISTRICT.
02:19:10:00	02:19:11:00	I WANT TO CONTINUE TO RISE IN
02:19:11:00	02:19:14:00	SUPPORT I HAVE FILED SOMETHING
02:19:14:00	02:19:15:00	IN TERMS OF 17 F AND SOMETHING
02:19:15:00	02:19:15:00	SIMILAR.
02:19:15:00	02:19:18:00	I WOULD LIKE TO BE SOMEHOW
02:19:18:00	02:19:22:00	COORDINATE IN YOUR HEARING IF I
02:19:22:00	02:19:22:00	CAN JOIN YOU IN THE WORK SO
02:19:22:00	02:19:25:00	THAT WE CAN REVIEW THIS.
02:19:25:00	02:19:26:00	I'M VERY INTERESTED IN GOING
02:19:26:00	02:19:26:00	DISTRICT BY DISTRICT.
02:19:26:00	02:19:29:00	I DID WANT TO ADD THAT IT IS
02:19:29:00	02:19:33:00	CHALLENGING TO BALANCE OUT
02:19:33:00	02:19:34:00	MONEYS ACROSS THE BOARD.
02:19:34:00	02:19:37:00	THERE'S BEEN OPINIONS I KNOW
02:19:37:00	02:19:37:00	THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:19:37:00	02:19:38:00	LOUIJEUNE AND MYSELF AS A
02:19:38:00	02:19:42:00	CO-SPONSOR HAD FILED ON
02:19:42:00	02:19:42:00	BORROWING BONDS AND HOW WE CAN
02:19:42:00	02:19:45:00	UTILIZE THAT FOR MORE HOUSING
02:19:45:00	02:19:46:00	OR BUILDING OUR OWN HOUSING
02:19:46:00	02:19:47:00	STOCK OR HOUSING DISTRIBUTION
02:19:47:00	02:19:53:00	AND REALLY SOMETIMES IT'S LEFT
02:19:53:00	02:19:54:00	FOR INTERPRETATION WHETHER OR
02:19:54:00	02:19:54:00	NOT IT'S POLITICAL APPETITE,
02:19:54:00	02:19:57:00	LACK OF POLITICAL APPETITE TO
02:19:57:00	02:19:57:00	ACTUALLY BORROW BONDS TO INVEST
02:19:57:00	02:20:01:00	IN HOUSING OR IS IT SOMETHING
02:20:01:00	02:20:01:00	MAYBE INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T
02:20:01:00	02:20:05:00	HAVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUDGET
02:20:05:00	02:20:08:00	OR HOW WE PROJECT FIVE YEAR
02:20:08:00	02:20:08:00	LONG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND
02:20:08:00	02:20:11:00	THEN NOT KNOWING IF THERE IS
02:20:11:00	02:20:12:00	GOING TO BE A RECESSION, IF
02:20:12:00	02:20:15:00	THERE IS IF THERE'S WAYS THAT
02:20:15:00	02:20:15:00	WE WILL NEED TO COMPENSATE OR
02:20:15:00	02:20:20:00	SUPPLEMENT LATER ON SO I
02:20:20:00	02:20:20:00	CONSIDER THROUGH THE CHAIR
02:20:20:00	02:20:23:00	COUNCIL ME HERE THANK YOU FOR
02:20:23:00	02:20:23:00	THE KIND WORDS.
02:20:23:00	02:20:26:00	I DO HOPE THAT I CAN CONTINUE
02:20:26:00	02:20:27:00	TO DO THAT WITH MY DISTRICT.
02:20:27:00	02:20:30:00	WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SORT
02:20:30:00	02:20:34:00	OF TOOLS IN TERMS OF DIGITAL
02:20:34:00	02:20:34:00	PLATFORMS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
02:20:34:00	02:20:38:00	THIS INFORMATION BUT I THINK
02:20:38:00	02:20:38:00	THE JOB OF ONE ONE OF THE
02:20:38:00	02:20:41:00	RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HOLD
02:20:41:00	02:20:42:00	HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY
02:20:42:00	02:20:45:00	GIVE ACCESS BUT PROVIDE OR
02:20:45:00	02:20:46:00	ADVOCATE FOR THE PLATFORM
02:20:46:00	02:20:49:00	DIGITAL PLATFORMS BUT TO TRULY
02:20:49:00	02:20:50:00	CONNECT FOLKS IN A WAY THAT
02:20:50:00	02:20:53:00	THEY LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE THE
02:20:53:00	02:20:53:00	RESOURCES.
02:20:53:00	02:20:54:00	AS YOU SAID COUNCIL ME HERE
02:20:54:00	02:20:57:00	BEFORE RESOURCE RICH
02:20:57:00	02:21:00:00	COORDINATION POOR AND I HOPE
02:21:00:00	02:21:04:00	THAT IN US EXTENDING THE GRACE
02:21:04:00	02:21:05:00	OF SAYING THAT THERE'S GOOD
02:21:05:00	02:21:08:00	INTENTION BEHIND THIS BALANCING
02:21:08:00	02:21:09:00	ACT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN
02:21:09:00	02:21:12:00	OUR CITY BUT ALSO THAT THERE'S
02:21:12:00	02:21:16:00	A NEED FOR COORDINATION ACROSS
02:21:16:00	02:21:16:00	DEPARTMENT CITY AND STATE,
02:21:16:00	02:21:20:00	PRIVATE AND PUBLIC AND HOW WE
02:21:20:00	02:21:21:00	CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST
02:21:21:00	02:21:24:00	UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES AND
02:21:24:00	02:21:28:00	SPREAD THIS OUR FINANCES ACROSS
02:21:28:00	02:21:28:00	THE CITY.
02:21:28:00	02:21:29:00	SO I THANK YOU AND I LOOK
02:21:29:00	02:21:30:00	FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND
02:21:30:00	02:21:33:00	AGAIN CALIBRATING KNOWING ALL
02:21:33:00	02:21:33:00	OF US I THINK HERE MY
02:21:33:00	02:21:35:00	COLLEAGUES CAN SAY THAT YOU
02:21:35:00	02:21:36:00	HAVE BEEN THE STRONGEST
02:21:36:00	02:21:37:00	ADVOCATE WHEN IT COMES TO
02:21:37:00	02:21:39:00	ADVOCATING FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
02:21:39:00	02:21:42:00	I MEAN $55 MILLION IN THE PAST
02:21:42:00	02:21:42:00	CONSECUTIVE TERMS THAT WE'VE
02:21:42:00	02:21:45:00	BEEN HERE IT'S JUST IT'S
02:21:45:00	02:21:46:00	RIDICULOUS AND WE NEED TO
02:21:46:00	02:21:50:00	SUPPORT YOU IN ENSURING THAT
02:21:50:00	02:21:50:00	YOU GET A BIGGER INVESTMENT FOR
02:21:50:00	02:21:54:00	US IN BRIGHTON.
02:21:54:00	02:21:55:00	THANK YOU.
02:21:55:00	02:21:55:00	THANK YOU.
02:21:55:00	02:21:56:00	COUNCILMAN ANDREW ENITAN SO
02:21:56:00	02:21:57:00	ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON
02:21:57:00	02:21:57:00	THIS MATTER?
02:21:57:00	02:21:58:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO HAVE
02:21:58:00	02:21:58:00	THEIR NAME?
02:21:58:00	02:21:59:00	MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
02:21:59:00	02:22:01:00	COUNCILORS THAT AS OPPOSED TO
02:22:01:00	02:22:02:00	DURKAN FERNANDES ANDERSON
02:22:02:00	02:22:05:00	FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY, PATTON
02:22:05:00	02:22:06:00	SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OTHER
02:22:06:00	02:22:14:00	CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
02:22:14:00	02:22:15:00	050553 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO
02:22:15:00	02:22:15:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
02:22:15:00	02:22:15:00	MEANS.
02:22:15:00	02:22:17:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
02:22:17:00	02:22:18:00	TALKING NUMBER 0554 SO I CAN
02:22:18:00	02:22:20:00	NUMBER 055 FOR
02:22:20:00	02:22:21:00	COUNCIL AGREEMENT FOR THE
02:22:21:00	02:22:22:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
02:22:22:00	02:22:24:00	TO DISCUSS PUBLIC AUTHORITY
02:22:24:00	02:22:25:00	ORDERED TOLLING PRACTICES IN
02:22:25:00	02:22:28:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:22:28:00	02:22:29:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR I CANNOT
02:22:29:00	02:22:29:00	JUST CONCENTRATE ANY ON THE
02:22:29:00	02:22:29:00	FLOOR.
02:22:29:00	02:22:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:22:31:00	02:22:34:00	THIS HEARING ORDER IS A
02:22:34:00	02:22:35:00	REFILED.
02:22:35:00	02:22:36:00	SEVERAL YEARS AGO I PROPOSED AN
02:22:36:00	02:22:39:00	ORDINANCE FOR A TOLLING BILL
02:22:39:00	02:22:39:00	OF RIGHTS WITHIN
02:22:39:00	02:22:42:00	COUNCILOR LYDIA EDWARDS.
02:22:42:00	02:22:43:00	AT THE TIME OUR INITIAL
02:22:43:00	02:22:46:00	PROPOSAL WAS AMBITIOUS AND
02:22:46:00	02:22:46:00	SOUGHT TO ADD FURTHER
02:22:46:00	02:22:47:00	RESPONSIBILITIES TO CITY
02:22:47:00	02:22:50:00	DEPARTMENTS TO REGULATE TOLLING
02:22:50:00	02:22:50:00	PRACTICES.
02:22:50:00	02:22:51:00	AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
02:22:51:00	02:22:54:00	REGULATORY LANDSCAPE AND
02:22:54:00	02:22:54:00	TOLLING WE REALIZED HOW COMPLEX
02:22:54:00	02:22:58:00	OF AN ISSUE IT IS AND NEEDED TO
02:22:58:00	02:22:59:00	DIVE DEEPER INTO THE PARAMETERS
02:22:59:00	02:23:01:00	OF STATE AND LOCAL
02:23:01:00	02:23:02:00	JURISDICTIONS ON THIS ISSUE
02:23:02:00	02:23:05:00	WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE
02:23:05:00	02:23:05:00	TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT
02:23:05:00	02:23:06:00	DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT
02:23:06:00	02:23:09:00	OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DPU WHICH
02:23:09:00	02:23:13:00	REGULATES INVOLUNTARY TOLLS.
02:23:13:00	02:23:13:00	OUR CONTACT AT DPU HAS
02:23:13:00	02:23:17:00	INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO
02:23:17:00	02:23:17:00	TOUCH BASE WITH CITY
02:23:17:00	02:23:17:00	REPRESENTATIVES ON CURRENT
02:23:17:00	02:23:20:00	PRACTICES THAT COULD BE
02:23:20:00	02:23:21:00	IMPROVED AS IT RELATES TO
02:23:21:00	02:23:24:00	PUBLIC AUTHORITY TOLLING TO IT
02:23:24:00	02:23:24:00	ORDERED TRESPASS TOLLING OR
02:23:24:00	02:23:28:00	INVOLUNTARY TOLLING.
02:23:28:00	02:23:29:00	AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
02:23:29:00	02:23:32:00	CONVERSATION AND FOCUSING ON
02:23:32:00	02:23:33:00	BTU BTD CONTRACTS WHICH ARE
02:23:33:00	02:23:36:00	BEING NEGOTIATED TOLLING
02:23:36:00	02:23:37:00	CONTRACTS WHICH ARE BEING
02:23:37:00	02:23:41:00	NEGOTIATED AT THIS TIME.
02:23:41:00	02:23:41:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:23:41:00	02:23:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:23:41:00	02:23:44:00	COUNCILOR BREADON DOES ANYONE
02:23:44:00	02:23:45:00	ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
02:23:45:00	02:23:45:00	MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
02:23:45:00	02:23:46:00	ADD THEIR NAME?
02:23:46:00	02:23:48:00	MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
02:23:48:00	02:23:49:00	COUNSEL'S AS A PARTNER?
02:23:49:00	02:23:52:00	VONAGE ANDERSON FITZGERALD.
02:23:52:00	02:23:52:00	FLYNN MAKIYA.
02:23:52:00	02:23:53:00	MURPHY PIPPEN.
02:23:53:00	02:23:56:00	SANTANA WEBER WHIRL PLEASE ADD
02:23:56:00	02:23:58:00	THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
02:23:58:00	02:23:58:00	NUMBER 0554 IT WILL BE REFERRED
02:23:58:00	02:23:59:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY
02:23:59:00	02:23:59:00	SERVICES AND INNOVATION
02:23:59:00	02:24:02:00	TECHNOLOGY.
02:24:02:00	02:24:05:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE REDACT
02:24:05:00	02:24:07:00	NUMBER 05550555 COUNCILOR AS
02:24:07:00	02:24:08:00	MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFER THE
02:24:08:00	02:24:11:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
02:24:11:00	02:24:12:00	RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING
02:24:12:00	02:24:15:00	IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
02:24:15:00	02:24:16:00	THANK YOU.
02:24:16:00	02:24:16:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:24:16:00	02:24:16:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:24:16:00	02:24:17:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
02:24:17:00	02:24:18:00	THANK YOU.
02:24:18:00	02:24:19:00	I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12
02:24:19:00	02:24:23:00	AND ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:24:23:00	02:24:24:00	CATHERINE MURPHY THIS HAS BEEN
02:24:24:00	02:24:25:00	THE RULES AT COUNCIL WAS AS A
02:24:25:00	02:24:25:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:24:25:00	02:24:27:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
02:24:27:00	02:24:28:00	OBJECTIONS CONCERNS DRUGS SO
02:24:28:00	02:24:28:00	ADDED CUSTOMER MURPHY HAD THE
02:24:28:00	02:24:29:00	FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:24:29:00	02:24:32:00	AS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF FOUR
02:24:32:00	02:24:33:00	GRANDPARENTS WHO CAME HERE TO
02:24:33:00	02:24:35:00	AMERICA OVER 100 YEARS AGO, I
02:24:35:00	02:24:36:00	AM PROUD TO STAND TO PRESENT
02:24:36:00	02:24:40:00	THIS RESOLUTION AND IN A FEW
02:24:40:00	02:24:40:00	DAYS BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING
02:24:40:00	02:24:44:00	NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE MARCH AND
02:24:44:00	02:24:47:00	IN MARCH WE WANT TO UPLIFT AND
02:24:47:00	02:24:47:00	CELEBRATE IRISH AMERICAN
02:24:47:00	02:24:50:00	HERITAGE MONTH OVER THE PAST
02:24:50:00	02:24:51:00	TWO CENTURIES IRISH IMMIGRANTS
02:24:51:00	02:24:51:00	AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE
02:24:51:00	02:24:55:00	PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE
02:24:55:00	02:24:55:00	GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
02:24:55:00	02:24:55:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
02:24:55:00	02:24:58:00	THE IRISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY
02:24:58:00	02:24:59:00	HAS ENRICHED BOSTON'S CULTURE,
02:24:59:00	02:25:02:00	SOCIAL AND ECONOMICALLY FABRIC
02:25:02:00	02:25:02:00	MAKING SIGNIFICANT
02:25:02:00	02:25:06:00	CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED
02:25:06:00	02:25:07:00	THE CITY INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY
02:25:07:00	02:25:09:00	DURING THE GREAT FAMINE
02:25:09:00	02:25:10:00	OF 1840S, THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS
02:25:10:00	02:25:13:00	ARRIVED IN BOSTON SEEKING
02:25:13:00	02:25:14:00	REFUGE FROM HARDSHIP ONLY TO
02:25:14:00	02:25:17:00	FACE PREJUDICE, POVERTY AND
02:25:17:00	02:25:17:00	DISCRIMINATION.
02:25:17:00	02:25:20:00	DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES THEY
02:25:20:00	02:25:21:00	WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION
02:25:21:00	02:25:21:00	OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE
02:25:21:00	02:25:24:00	AND LABOR INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES
02:25:24:00	02:25:25:00	AND IN VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE
02:25:25:00	02:25:28:00	ROLES LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR
02:25:28:00	02:25:29:00	BOSTON'S RISE AS A MAJOR
02:25:29:00	02:25:32:00	AMERICAN CITY AS THE
02:25:32:00	02:25:32:00	IRISH-AMERICAN POPULATION IN
02:25:32:00	02:25:36:00	BOSTON GREW, SO DID THEIR
02:25:36:00	02:25:36:00	INFLUENCE IN KEY SECTORS
02:25:36:00	02:25:40:00	IRISHMEN RICANS HAVE BEEN
02:25:40:00	02:25:40:00	CENTRAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT
02:25:40:00	02:25:41:00	OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY
02:25:41:00	02:25:44:00	WORKFORCE, CONTRIBUTING
02:25:44:00	02:25:44:00	SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE POLICE AND
02:25:44:00	02:25:47:00	FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
02:25:47:00	02:25:48:00	THEY ALSO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE
02:25:48:00	02:25:49:00	IN THE CITY'S POLITICAL
02:25:49:00	02:25:51:00	LANDSCAPE WITH SEVERAL
02:25:51:00	02:25:52:00	PROMINENT IRISH-AMERICAN
02:25:52:00	02:25:55:00	POLITICIANS SERVING IN LOCAL
02:25:55:00	02:25:58:00	GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC OFFICE AS
02:25:58:00	02:25:58:00	YOUR FATHER, COUNCILOR FLYNN,
02:25:58:00	02:26:02:00	MAYOR FLYNN AND THEN AMBASSADOR
02:26:02:00	02:26:02:00	FLYNN.
02:26:02:00	02:26:05:00	BOSTON'S IRISH-AMERICAN
02:26:05:00	02:26:06:00	COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A
02:26:06:00	02:26:07:00	CORNERSTONE IN THE CITY'S RICH
02:26:07:00	02:26:09:00	LABOR MOVEMENT ADVOCATING FOR
02:26:09:00	02:26:10:00	THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS IN THE
02:26:10:00	02:26:13:00	MARGINALIZED.
02:26:13:00	02:26:13:00	TODAY IRISH AMERICANS CONTINUE
02:26:13:00	02:26:14:00	TO BE A DRIVING FORCE IN
02:26:14:00	02:26:17:00	BOSTON'S THRIVING CULTURAL
02:26:17:00	02:26:18:00	SCENE CONTRIBUTING TO ITS
02:26:18:00	02:26:21:00	VIBRANT ART, MUSIC AND LITERARY
02:26:21:00	02:26:21:00	TRADITIONS.
02:26:21:00	02:26:24:00	THEY ARE ALSO INFLUENTIAL IN
02:26:24:00	02:26:25:00	BOSTON'S UNIVERSITIES,
02:26:25:00	02:26:25:00	BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY
02:26:25:00	02:26:29:00	ORGANIZATIONS WITH A LEGACY
02:26:29:00	02:26:29:00	OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT THAT
02:26:29:00	02:26:32:00	REFLECTS THE ENDURING SPIRIT
02:26:32:00	02:26:33:00	OF RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY
02:26:33:00	02:26:37:00	PRIDE AS WE CELEBRATE
02:26:37:00	02:26:37:00	IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH,
02:26:37:00	02:26:38:00	WE HONOR NOT ONLY THE NATIONAL
02:26:38:00	02:26:41:00	CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE
02:26:41:00	02:26:42:00	IRISH-AMERICAN COMMUNITY BUT
02:26:42:00	02:26:45:00	ALSO THE PROFOUND IMPACT THEY
02:26:45:00	02:26:46:00	HAVE HAD SPECIFICALLY ON
02:26:46:00	02:26:49:00	BOSTON'S IDENTITY FOSTERING A
02:26:49:00	02:26:49:00	SPIRIT OF UNITY, PERSEVERANCE
02:26:49:00	02:26:52:00	AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT
02:26:52:00	02:26:53:00	DEFINES THE CHARACTER OF OUR
02:26:53:00	02:26:53:00	CITY.
02:26:53:00	02:26:57:00	THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HEREBY
02:26:57:00	02:26:57:00	PROCLAIMS MARCH AS
02:26:57:00	02:27:00:00	IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
02:27:00:00	02:27:01:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, PAYING
02:27:01:00	02:27:04:00	TRIBUTE TO THE REMARKABLE
02:27:04:00	02:27:04:00	CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH
02:27:04:00	02:27:05:00	AMERICANS TO THE CITY'S HISTORY
02:27:05:00	02:27:08:00	AND CONTINUED PROGRESS AND IN
02:27:08:00	02:27:09:00	RECOGNITION OF IRISH-AMERICAN
02:27:09:00	02:27:12:00	HERITAGE MONTH, THE BOSTON CITY
02:27:12:00	02:27:13:00	COUNCIL DIRECTS THE PROPERTY
02:27:13:00	02:27:16:00	MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO RAISE
02:27:16:00	02:27:22:00	THE IRISH FLAG ON MARCH 12, 20
02:27:22:00	02:27:22:00	MARCH 12, 2025 IN HONOR OF THE
02:27:22:00	02:27:26:00	RICH HERITAGE AND LASTING
02:27:26:00	02:27:26:00	LEGACY OF THE IRISH-AMERICAN
02:27:26:00	02:27:26:00	COMMUNITY IN BOSTON.
02:27:26:00	02:27:30:00	SO ON MARCH 12TH BEFORE OUR
02:27:30:00	02:27:30:00	COUNCIL HEARING WILL BE RAISING
02:27:30:00	02:27:33:00	THE FLAG AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN
02:27:33:00	02:27:33:00	US.
02:27:33:00	02:27:37:00	WE HAVE LOTS OF TREATS IN
02:27:37:00	02:27:37:00	STORE.
02:27:37:00	02:27:38:00	WE WILL HAVE SOBEYS A NEW IRISH
02:27:38:00	02:27:42:00	RESTAURANT IN ADAMS CORNER AND
02:27:42:00	02:27:42:00	DISTRICT THREE CATERING AND
02:27:42:00	02:27:46:00	WE'LL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
02:27:46:00	02:27:46:00	SPECIAL DAY.
02:27:46:00	02:27:46:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:27:46:00	02:27:47:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:47:00	02:27:48:00	THE CHAIR OF CANADA'S
02:27:48:00	02:27:49:00	COUNCIL OF PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.
02:27:49:00	02:27:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:49:00	02:27:52:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
02:27:52:00	02:27:53:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR
02:27:53:00	02:27:56:00	ADDING ME AND
02:27:56:00	02:27:56:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS WELL.
02:27:56:00	02:28:00:00	I KNOW COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:28:00:00	02:28:01:00	HIGHLIGHTED THE INCREDIBLE
02:28:01:00	02:28:01:00	CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES
02:28:01:00	02:28:05:00	IRISH IRISH-AMERICANS HAVE MADE
02:28:05:00	02:28:05:00	TO OUR CITY AND COUNTRY.
02:28:05:00	02:28:09:00	I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE UM
02:28:09:00	02:28:12:00	AS COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED
02:28:12:00	02:28:12:00	THE GREAT THE GREAT FAMINE THAT
02:28:12:00	02:28:16:00	TOOK PLACE IN 18 1814 IN
02:28:16:00	02:28:16:00	IRELAND.
02:28:16:00	02:28:20:00	BUT WE LEARN FROM THAT THAT
02:28:20:00	02:28:23:00	WHEN THE IRISH CAME TO THE
02:28:23:00	02:28:23:00	GREAT CITIES LIKE BOSTON, NEW
02:28:23:00	02:28:27:00	YORK OR CHICAGO THEY NEVER
02:28:27:00	02:28:27:00	FORGOT THEIR IMMIGRANT ROOTS IN
02:28:27:00	02:28:31:00	THEIR COMPASSION AND DEDICATION
02:28:31:00	02:28:31:00	TO PEOPLE IN NEED REGARDLESS
02:28:31:00	02:28:34:00	OF THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUND.
02:28:34:00	02:28:35:00	AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK ABOUT
02:28:35:00	02:28:38:00	WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THE IRISH
02:28:38:00	02:28:39:00	CONTRIBUTIONS IS THEIR
02:28:39:00	02:28:42:00	COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL AND
02:28:42:00	02:28:43:00	ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR ALL.
02:28:43:00	02:28:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:28:43:00	02:28:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:28:44:00	02:28:46:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN IS IS
02:28:46:00	02:28:46:00	COUNCILMAN JODY ON THE FLOOR?
02:28:46:00	02:28:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:28:47:00	02:28:50:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
02:28:50:00	02:28:50:00	MURPHY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A
02:28:50:00	02:28:51:00	CO-SPONSOR ON THIS THIS NOT
02:28:51:00	02:28:54:00	MANY MONTHS THAT GET ME MORE
02:28:54:00	02:28:54:00	EXCITED THAN MARCH WHERE WE'VE
02:28:54:00	02:28:58:00	GOT ROASTS AND TOASTS AND WITH
02:28:58:00	02:29:00:00	HUMOR ALL COMBINED INTO ONE
02:29:00:00	02:29:01:00	POLITICS AND HARD WORK AND
02:29:01:00	02:29:04:00	THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT THE IRISH
02:29:04:00	02:29:04:00	PEOPLE ARE ABOUT.
02:29:04:00	02:29:07:00	WE'RE 13% OF US IN THE CITY ARE
02:29:07:00	02:29:08:00	EITHER FROM IRELAND OR IDENTIFY
02:29:08:00	02:29:11:00	AS IRISH DESCENT AND SO YOU
02:29:11:00	02:29:12:00	KNOW, I THINK COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:29:12:00	02:29:14:00	GOING THROUGH THE LONG LIST
02:29:14:00	02:29:15:00	OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE
02:29:15:00	02:29:18:00	IRISH COMMUNITY AND I CERTAINLY
02:29:18:00	02:29:19:00	WELCOME EVERYBODY TO COME TO
02:29:19:00	02:29:22:00	THE FLAG RAISING AS WELL AND
02:29:22:00	02:29:22:00	ENJOY REALLY THE TWO WEEKS THAT
02:29:22:00	02:29:26:00	ST PATRICK'S DAY HAS BECOME AT
02:29:26:00	02:29:26:00	LEAST ON THE POLITICAL SCHEDULE
02:29:26:00	02:29:27:00	FOR A LOT OF US.
02:29:27:00	02:29:27:00	RIGHT.
02:29:27:00	02:29:30:00	BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A FUN TWO
02:29:30:00	02:29:30:00	WEEKS.
02:29:30:00	02:29:30:00	I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
02:29:30:00	02:29:30:00	ALL AROUND.
02:29:30:00	02:29:31:00	THANK YOU.
02:29:31:00	02:29:34:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:29:34:00	02:29:34:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:29:34:00	02:29:35:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS
02:29:35:00	02:29:35:00	COUNCILOR BREADON NEAR THE
02:29:35:00	02:29:35:00	FLOOR.
02:29:35:00	02:29:37:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
02:29:37:00	02:29:41:00	THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR
02:29:41:00	02:29:42:00	FORMALLY ASKING TO COMMEMORATE
02:29:42:00	02:29:45:00	IRISH AMERICAN HISTORY.
02:29:45:00	02:29:46:00	I JUST ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT
02:29:46:00	02:29:49:00	THE GREAT WORK THAT RYAN DOES,
02:29:49:00	02:29:49:00	WHICH IS FORMERLY THE IRISH
02:29:49:00	02:29:50:00	INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION
02:29:50:00	02:29:53:00	CENTER.
02:29:53:00	02:29:55:00	IT WAS FORMED IN THE IN THE
02:29:55:00	02:29:56:00	1980S IN RESPONSE TO THE
02:29:56:00	02:29:59:00	INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF YOUNG
02:29:59:00	02:30:00:00	IRISH PEOPLE WHO WERE LEAVING
02:30:00:00	02:30:03:00	IRELAND AT THE TIME TO SEEK
02:30:03:00	02:30:04:00	EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITE IN THE
02:30:04:00	02:30:07:00	UNITED STATES.
02:30:07:00	02:30:08:00	THERE WAS A GLOBAL RECESSION
02:30:08:00	02:30:11:00	AND THEY CAME TO TRY THEIR LUCK
02:30:11:00	02:30:12:00	IN BOSTON AND ALL OVER THE
02:30:12:00	02:30:15:00	UNITED STATES AND MANY OF THOSE
02:30:15:00	02:30:18:00	PEOPLE BECAME A MANAGED TO GET
02:30:18:00	02:30:19:00	THEIR GREEN CARD THROUGH THE
02:30:19:00	02:30:22:00	MORRISON VISA PROGRAM AND THEY
02:30:22:00	02:30:23:00	WERE ABLE TO MAKE A LIFE FOR
02:30:23:00	02:30:26:00	THEMSELVES HERE IN THE UNITED
02:30:26:00	02:30:27:00	STATES WE FIND OURSELVES IN A
02:30:27:00	02:30:31:00	SIMILAR MOMENT RIGHT NOW IN OUR
02:30:31:00	02:30:34:00	IN OUR HISTORY AS A COUNTRY
02:30:34:00	02:30:34:00	PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN DIRE
02:30:34:00	02:30:38:00	SITUATIONS ALL UP FROM ALL OVER
02:30:38:00	02:30:41:00	THE WORLD ARE FORCED TO LEAVE
02:30:41:00	02:30:42:00	THEIR HOMELANDS AND TO SEEK A
02:30:42:00	02:30:43:00	BETTER LIFE HERE IN THE UNITED
02:30:43:00	02:30:45:00	STATES.
02:30:45:00	02:30:45:00	WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
02:30:45:00	02:30:49:00	FOLKS FROM MIRA THIS MORNING
02:30:49:00	02:30:49:00	TALKING ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE
02:30:49:00	02:30:52:00	CHALLENGES THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE
02:30:52:00	02:30:53:00	FACING IN THIS MOMENT.
02:30:53:00	02:30:56:00	NO ONE WILLINGLY PACKS UP THEIR
02:30:56:00	02:30:59:00	BAGS AND LEAVES THEIR HOMELAND
02:30:59:00	02:31:00:00	AND LEAVES HER FAMILY AND LOVED
02:31:00:00	02:31:00:00	ONES BEHIND TO MAKE AN OFTEN
02:31:00:00	02:31:04:00	PERILOUS JOURNEY TO COME HERE
02:31:04:00	02:31:04:00	TO TO TO THE UNITED STATES.
02:31:04:00	02:31:07:00	SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
02:31:07:00	02:31:11:00	THAT IS INCREDIBLE AMOUNT
02:31:11:00	02:31:11:00	OF EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING
02:31:11:00	02:31:14:00	FROM THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR IRISH
02:31:14:00	02:31:15:00	HISTORY THE PARALLELS ARE
02:31:15:00	02:31:19:00	SIGNIFICANT AND WE HAVE TO
02:31:19:00	02:31:19:00	RECOGNIZE THAT THESE THESE
02:31:19:00	02:31:22:00	FOLKS WHO COME HERE TO MAKE A
02:31:22:00	02:31:23:00	BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES DO
02:31:23:00	02:31:26:00	SO WITH GOOD FAITH AND THAT WE
02:31:26:00	02:31:29:00	AS A COMMUNITY ARE PROUD OF OUR
02:31:29:00	02:31:33:00	STATUS AS A SANCTUARY CITY THAT
02:31:33:00	02:31:34:00	WELCOMES THEM HERE AND SUPPORTS
02:31:34:00	02:31:38:00	THEM AND HELPS THEM TRY AND GET
02:31:38:00	02:31:38:00	SETTLED AND MAKE A LIFE FOR
02:31:38:00	02:31:41:00	THEMSELVES HERE THE TRAGEDY
02:31:41:00	02:31:42:00	OF THE IRISH EMIGRATION A WAVE
02:31:42:00	02:31:45:00	OF MIGRANTS THAT CAME IN THE
02:31:45:00	02:31:48:00	1940 1840S WAS THAT THE THE
02:31:48:00	02:31:49:00	SHIPS THAT THEY CAME IN WERE
02:31:49:00	02:31:49:00	CALLED COFFIN SHIPS.
02:31:49:00	02:31:52:00	MANY PEOPLE MANY OF THOSE SHIPS
02:31:52:00	02:31:53:00	ACTUALLY SANK PEOPLE DIED
02:31:53:00	02:31:56:00	OF CHOLERA AND TYPHUS ON BOARD
02:31:56:00	02:31:57:00	THOSE SHIPS AND WHEN THEY GOT
02:31:57:00	02:32:00:00	INTO BOSTON IF THEY WERE FOUND
02:32:00:00	02:32:01:00	TO BE ILL THEY WERE SENT OUT TO
02:32:01:00	02:32:03:00	THE ISLAND TO A QUARANTINE
02:32:03:00	02:32:04:00	STATION AND THERE'S HUNDREDS
02:32:04:00	02:32:05:00	OF IRISH MIGRANTS WHO ARE
02:32:05:00	02:32:07:00	BURIED OUT THERE.
02:32:07:00	02:32:08:00	SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
02:32:08:00	02:32:11:00	REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES IT'S
02:32:11:00	02:32:11:00	IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE
02:32:11:00	02:32:14:00	WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION OF THE
02:32:14:00	02:32:15:00	IRISH COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON.
02:32:15:00	02:32:16:00	BUT THERE'S A WHOLE WAVE
02:32:16:00	02:32:18:00	OF OTHER IMMIGRANTS COMING TO
02:32:18:00	02:32:19:00	THESE SHORES WHO WANT TO MAKE A
02:32:19:00	02:32:19:00	CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITIES
02:32:19:00	02:32:22:00	AND OUR SOCIETY AND WE SHOULD
02:32:22:00	02:32:22:00	WELCOME THEM.
02:32:22:00	02:32:26:00	THE STRANGER TO BOSTON THANK
02:32:26:00	02:32:26:00	YOU.
02:32:26:00	02:32:27:00	THANK YOU THEM DOES ANYONE ELSE
02:32:27:00	02:32:30:00	LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER
02:32:30:00	02:32:30:00	?
02:32:30:00	02:32:31:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
02:32:31:00	02:32:33:00	MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING AND
02:32:33:00	02:32:34:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON FOR
02:32:34:00	02:32:35:00	THE THREADS OF THE IMMIGRANT
02:32:35:00	02:32:38:00	STORY.
02:32:38:00	02:32:39:00	YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE WERE
02:32:39:00	02:32:39:00	TIMES HERE WHERE THERE WERE
02:32:39:00	02:32:42:00	SIGNS THAT SAID IRISH NEED NOT
02:32:42:00	02:32:42:00	APPLY AND I THINK IT'S
02:32:42:00	02:32:43:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE
02:32:43:00	02:32:46:00	CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALSO THE
02:32:46:00	02:32:46:00	CHALLENGES OF SO MANY OF OUR
02:32:46:00	02:32:47:00	DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT
02:32:47:00	02:32:47:00	COMMUNITIES.
02:32:47:00	02:32:50:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO A JOVIAL
02:32:50:00	02:32:50:00	MONTH AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD
02:32:50:00	02:32:54:00	TO UNDERLINING THE WORK THAT SO
02:32:54:00	02:32:54:00	MANY PEOPLE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY
02:32:54:00	02:32:57:00	LIKE RIAN THAT YOU MENTIONED.
02:32:57:00	02:32:58:00	UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
02:32:58:00	02:32:58:00	ADD THEIR NAME?
02:32:58:00	02:33:01:00	MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT
02:33:01:00	02:33:01:00	COUNCILORS BREADON AND COLLETTE
02:33:01:00	02:33:02:00	ZAPATA, FERNANDO ANDERSON HERE
02:33:02:00	02:33:05:00	PAT BARNES AND TANA WEBER WORLD
02:33:05:00	02:33:08:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS
02:33:08:00	02:33:09:00	JUST COUNCILORS MURPHY FLYNN
02:33:09:00	02:33:12:00	AND FITZGERALD SIX SUSPENSION
02:33:12:00	02:33:13:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
02:33:13:00	02:33:15:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0555 ALL THOSE
02:33:15:00	02:33:18:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I I THEY ANY THE
02:33:18:00	02:33:19:00	AYES HAVE IT.
02:33:19:00	02:33:22:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED
02:33:22:00	02:33:23:00	WITH JOHNNY.
02:33:23:00	02:33:23:00	YES.
02:33:23:00	02:33:26:00	VERY VERY HAPPY MOMENT, JOHNNY.
02:33:26:00	02:33:30:00	OKAY, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
02:33:30:00	02:33:33:00	WE THE DOCKET NUMBER 0556
02:33:33:00	02:33:34:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:33:34:00	02:33:34:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0557 DOCKING
02:33:34:00	02:33:37:00	NUMBER 20557 COUNCIL IS MEJIA
02:33:37:00	02:33:40:00	AND THEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING
02:33:40:00	02:33:43:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY
02:33:43:00	02:33:43:00	27TH, 2025 AS DOMINICAN
02:33:43:00	02:33:47:00	INDEPENDENCE DAY.
02:33:47:00	02:33:47:00	THANK YOU.
02:33:47:00	02:33:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:33:48:00	02:33:48:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE TO MEJIA
02:33:48:00	02:33:49:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:33:49:00	02:33:51:00	MADAM PRESIDENT AND I JOKINGLY
02:33:51:00	02:33:51:00	TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUE OVER
02:33:51:00	02:33:54:00	HERE SO I CAN FEBRUARY BE
02:33:54:00	02:33:54:00	DOMINICAN.
02:33:54:00	02:33:55:00	I'M JUST JOKING.
02:33:55:00	02:33:57:00	WE'RE SHARING SPACE.
02:33:57:00	02:33:58:00	OKAY.
02:33:58:00	02:33:58:00	I KNOW, I KNOW.
02:33:58:00	02:34:01:00	I'M TEASING.
02:34:01:00	02:34:02:00	SO I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
02:34:02:00	02:34:05:00	RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR SANTANA
02:34:05:00	02:34:06:00	AS AN ORIGINAL CALL SPONSOR
02:34:06:00	02:34:09:00	CASM HE HAS TO SUSPEND THE
02:34:09:00	02:34:10:00	RULES, ADD COUNSELOR SANTANA AS
02:34:10:00	02:34:10:00	THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:34:10:00	02:34:11:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
02:34:11:00	02:34:13:00	OBJECTIONS BECAUSE OF SANTANA
02:34:13:00	02:34:13:00	SO ADDED CASM.
02:34:13:00	02:34:14:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:34:14:00	02:34:16:00	THANK YOU.
02:34:16:00	02:34:17:00	IT IS AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE
02:34:17:00	02:34:18:00	DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
02:34:18:00	02:34:20:00	RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
02:34:20:00	02:34:21:00	OF THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY HERE
02:34:21:00	02:34:23:00	IN BOSTON WITH OVER 550
02:34:23:00	02:34:23:00	DOMINICAN OWNED BUSINESSES
02:34:23:00	02:34:27:00	ALONE JUST IN THE CITY
02:34:27:00	02:34:27:00	OF BOSTON.
02:34:27:00	02:34:28:00	THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST
02:34:28:00	02:34:30:00	THRIVING.
02:34:30:00	02:34:31:00	IT IS BE HONORED THAT IT IS
02:34:31:00	02:34:34:00	SHAPING BOSTON'S ECONOMIC AND
02:34:34:00	02:34:35:00	CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IN POWERFUL
02:34:35:00	02:34:35:00	WAYS.
02:34:35:00	02:34:38:00	I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO BE
02:34:38:00	02:34:38:00	CO-HOSTING THE SECOND ANNUAL
02:34:38:00	02:34:39:00	DOMINICAN BREAKFAST TOMORROW
02:34:39:00	02:34:43:00	ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS IN
02:34:43:00	02:34:43:00	LAWRENCE THIS YEAR AND EVERY
02:34:43:00	02:34:46:00	YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS
02:34:46:00	02:34:46:00	DIFFERENTLY.
02:34:46:00	02:34:47:00	THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO PARTNER
02:34:47:00	02:34:50:00	WITH LAWRENCE LAWRENCE IS THE
02:34:50:00	02:34:50:00	LARGEST CITY THAT HAS THE
02:34:50:00	02:34:54:00	LARGEST AMOUNT OF DOMINICANS
02:34:54:00	02:34:55:00	THAT OCCUPY THE CITY
02:34:55:00	02:34:58:00	OF LAWRENCE AND THEY ALSO HAVE
02:34:58:00	02:34:58:00	THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ELECTEDS
02:34:58:00	02:35:02:00	REPRESENTING IN A NUMBER
02:35:02:00	02:35:03:00	OF DIFFERENT LEVELS
02:35:03:00	02:35:03:00	OF GOVERNMENT.
02:35:03:00	02:35:06:00	AND WHILE WE WERE THE MAIN
02:35:06:00	02:35:09:00	ATTRACTION LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE
02:35:09:00	02:35:10:00	WERE THE FIRST THE FIRST ANNUAL
02:35:10:00	02:35:13:00	WE FELT THAT THIS YEAR WE
02:35:13:00	02:35:14:00	REALLY WANTED TO AND WE WILL
02:35:14:00	02:35:15:00	CONTINUE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR
02:35:15:00	02:35:17:00	IS UPLIFT OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD
02:35:17:00	02:35:20:00	OTHER CITIES SO NEXT YEAR WE'RE
02:35:20:00	02:35:20:00	LOOKING AT PROVIDENCE.
02:35:20:00	02:35:21:00	WE MIGHT EVEN BE LEADING THE
02:35:21:00	02:35:24:00	STATE BECAUSE DOMINICANS ARE
02:35:24:00	02:35:24:00	EVERYWHERE.
02:35:24:00	02:35:28:00	BUT ANYWAYS BACK TO WHAT I'M
02:35:28:00	02:35:28:00	HERE TO DO TODAY THIS IS REALLY
02:35:28:00	02:35:31:00	AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
02:35:31:00	02:35:32:00	CONTINUE TO BUILD CONNECTIONS
02:35:32:00	02:35:32:00	WITH DOMINICANS ACROSS THE
02:35:32:00	02:35:35:00	STATE AND TO STRENGTHEN
02:35:35:00	02:35:36:00	RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR BORDER
02:35:36:00	02:35:39:00	COMMUNITIES AS WE RAISE THE
02:35:39:00	02:35:42:00	DOMINICAN FLAG TOMORROW WE
02:35:42:00	02:35:43:00	HONOR A HISTORY OF RESILIENCE
02:35:43:00	02:35:46:00	AND SELF-DETERMINATION.
02:35:46:00	02:35:47:00	WE ALSO REAFFIRMED BOSTON'S
02:35:47:00	02:35:47:00	COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING THE
02:35:47:00	02:35:50:00	DOMINICAN COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING
02:35:50:00	02:35:50:00	IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES AND
02:35:50:00	02:35:51:00	ENSURING THAT DOMINICANS IN
02:35:51:00	02:35:54:00	BOSTON HAVE THE RESOURCES AND
02:35:54:00	02:35:58:00	RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE.
02:35:58:00	02:35:58:00	THIS IS PART OF THE PROTOCOL AS
02:35:58:00	02:36:01:00	MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:36:01:00	02:36:02:00	MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE GO
02:36:02:00	02:36:03:00	THROUGH THIS FORMAL PROCESS SO
02:36:03:00	02:36:05:00	THAT WE CAN RAISE THE FLAG.
02:36:05:00	02:36:06:00	SO IN RECOGNITION OF THE
02:36:06:00	02:36:09:00	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE
02:36:09:00	02:36:09:00	DAY THE BOSTON CITY
02:36:09:00	02:36:09:00	COUNCIL ORDERS THE PROPERTY
02:36:09:00	02:36:13:00	MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO RAISE
02:36:13:00	02:36:14:00	THE FLAG OF THE DOMINICAN
02:36:14:00	02:36:19:00	REPUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025
02:36:19:00	02:36:19:00	, WHICH IS TOMORROW.
02:36:19:00	02:36:23:00	I ALSO JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY A
02:36:23:00	02:36:23:00	FEW THINGS IN SPANISH.
02:36:23:00	02:36:26:00	I HAVE 24 SECONDS LEFT AND I
02:36:26:00	02:36:30:00	KEEP GETTING IT ALL.
02:36:30:00	02:36:31:00	THEY ALL KNOW IT.
02:36:31:00	02:36:33:00	THERE'S A RESOLUTION AT THE
02:36:33:00	02:36:34:00	MOMENT CONCILIATION BRAMBILLA
02:36:34:00	02:36:34:00	INDEPENDENCIA DE LA REPUBLICA
02:36:34:00	02:36:38:00	DOMINICANA SAID THAT IF HERERO
02:36:38:00	02:36:39:00	CANNOT BE WHAT WE ARE THEY
02:36:39:00	02:36:41:00	COMPLETELY OR COMPLETELY
02:36:41:00	02:36:42:00	TERRITORIALLY OR WE WILL COME
02:36:42:00	02:36:48:00	INTO A LAND TRAVERSES DOMINICA
02:36:48:00	02:36:49:00	TAMAKI WHAT THEY YOU ALMOST
02:36:49:00	02:36:51:00	FEEL THEY WILL COME BACK HERE.
02:36:51:00	02:36:52:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA THE
02:36:52:00	02:36:54:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BENN
02:36:54:00	02:36:55:00	COUNCILOR PREPARED YOU HAVE THE
02:36:55:00	02:36:55:00	FLOOR.
02:36:55:00	02:36:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:36:58:00	02:36:59:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HERE
02:36:59:00	02:37:00:00	FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE
02:37:00:00	02:37:03:00	AS A PROUD SON OF DOMINICAN
02:37:03:00	02:37:03:00	IMMIGRANTS FOR ME THIS THIS DAY
02:37:03:00	02:37:06:00	IS ALWAYS VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE
02:37:06:00	02:37:07:00	WE GET TO HONOR OUR PEOPLE, OUR
02:37:07:00	02:37:10:00	CULTURE, THE WORK THAT WE DO IN
02:37:10:00	02:37:10:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE
02:37:10:00	02:37:14:00	SACRIFICE ALSO THAT OUR THAT
02:37:14:00	02:37:15:00	ARE PEOPLE TOOK TO IN ORDER TO
02:37:15:00	02:37:15:00	LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY AND COME
02:37:15:00	02:37:18:00	HERE TO THE TO THE CITY
02:37:18:00	02:37:18:00	OF BOSTON TO START A NEW LIFE
02:37:18:00	02:37:21:00	TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A WHOLE
02:37:21:00	02:37:22:00	NEW CULTURE HERE AND THE FACT
02:37:22:00	02:37:24:00	THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO GROW
02:37:24:00	02:37:25:00	AS A COMMUNITY HERE AS
02:37:25:00	02:37:28:00	COUNCILMAN SAID SO THRIVING
02:37:28:00	02:37:29:00	BUSINESSES THERE'S NOW WE HAVE
02:37:29:00	02:37:29:00	PROFESSIONAL WE ARE
02:37:29:00	02:37:32:00	FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS,
02:37:32:00	02:37:33:00	TEACHERS, YOU NAME IT AND EVERY
02:37:33:00	02:37:36:00	SINGLE SECTOR OF THE CITY
02:37:36:00	02:37:36:00	OF BOSTON THERE'S A PROUD
02:37:36:00	02:37:37:00	DOMINICAN WORKING THERE AND I'M
02:37:37:00	02:37:40:00	JUST VERY GLAD THAT I GET TO
02:37:40:00	02:37:41:00	CELEBRATE AS ONE OF THE THREE
02:37:41:00	02:37:43:00	DOMINICAN COUNCILORS AND FOR
02:37:43:00	02:37:44:00	ME I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FLAG
02:37:44:00	02:37:45:00	RAISING TOMORROW AND I INVITE
02:37:45:00	02:37:47:00	ALL THE ALL MY
02:37:47:00	02:37:48:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO TO
02:37:48:00	02:37:48:00	PARTICIPATE AND CELEBRATE
02:37:48:00	02:37:51:00	DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.
02:37:51:00	02:37:52:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:52:00	02:37:52:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:52:00	02:37:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:37:53:00	02:37:54:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA COVERS ANY
02:37:54:00	02:37:57:00	OF THE FOUR.
02:37:57:00	02:37:58:00	OH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:37:58:00	02:37:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:37:58:00	02:38:02:00	AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERE
02:38:02:00	02:38:03:00	AND COUNCIL PREPARED FOR
02:38:03:00	02:38:05:00	INCLUDING ME IN THIS.
02:38:05:00	02:38:06:00	I'M VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO
02:38:06:00	02:38:09:00	BE A DOMINICAN.
02:38:09:00	02:38:10:00	I WAS BORN IN DOMINICAN
02:38:10:00	02:38:12:00	REPUBLIC AND CAME TO BOSTON AT
02:38:12:00	02:38:13:00	A YOUNG AGE AND JUST I THINK
02:38:13:00	02:38:16:00	THESE WANT TO ECHO MY
02:38:16:00	02:38:17:00	SENTIMENTS OF JUST HOW MUCH
02:38:17:00	02:38:20:00	DOMINICAN COMMUNITY CONTINUES
02:38:20:00	02:38:21:00	TO GROW HERE IN THE CITY
02:38:21:00	02:38:22:00	OF BOSTON AND ACROSS THE STATE
02:38:22:00	02:38:25:00	AND HOW WE'RE INVOLVED IN ALL
02:38:25:00	02:38:25:00	PARTS OF THE SECTORS HERE IN
02:38:25:00	02:38:28:00	THE CITY AND RIGHT NOW
02:38:28:00	02:38:32:00	ESPECIALLY AS YOU ALL KNOW MY
02:38:32:00	02:38:32:00	NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS ALWAYS
02:38:32:00	02:38:33:00	YOUTH, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO
02:38:33:00	02:38:35:00	CONNECT OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH
02:38:35:00	02:38:36:00	SO MANY DOMINICAN YOUTH
02:38:36:00	02:38:39:00	PARTICULARLY AND JUST BEING
02:38:39:00	02:38:39:00	ABLE TO GET THEM THEY GOT TO
02:38:39:00	02:38:40:00	GET CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND
02:38:40:00	02:38:43:00	PLUGGED INTO IT AND INTO
02:38:43:00	02:38:44:00	DIFFERENT AREAS TO CONTINUE
02:38:44:00	02:38:46:00	BUILDING ON THE NEXT GENERATION
02:38:46:00	02:38:46:00	.
02:38:46:00	02:38:47:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
02:38:47:00	02:38:50:00	BREAKFAST TOMORROW THAT
02:38:50:00	02:38:51:00	COUNCILMEMBER HERE IS IS
02:38:51:00	02:38:54:00	HOSTING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD
02:38:54:00	02:38:55:00	TO GIVING OUR YOUTH AWARD AT
02:38:55:00	02:38:58:00	THAT BREAKFAST AS WELL AND I'M
02:38:58:00	02:38:58:00	JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING
02:38:58:00	02:38:59:00	ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS AND
02:38:59:00	02:39:02:00	COMMUNITY WITH MY OWN PERSONAL
02:39:02:00	02:39:03:00	FAMILY AS WELL BUT ALSO WITH
02:39:03:00	02:39:05:00	THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY
02:39:05:00	02:39:06:00	BOSTON.
02:39:06:00	02:39:07:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
02:39:07:00	02:39:07:00	MAKERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
02:39:07:00	02:39:09:00	CELEBRATING.
02:39:09:00	02:39:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:10:00	02:39:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:10:00	02:39:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:39:10:00	02:39:11:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:39:11:00	02:39:13:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:39:13:00	02:39:13:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
02:39:13:00	02:39:14:00	PRESIDENT.
02:39:14:00	02:39:17:00	I JUST YOU KNOW, I I IF THERE
02:39:17:00	02:39:20:00	WAS A FOURTH CO-SPONSOR MAYBE
02:39:20:00	02:39:23:00	BUT I JUST I WANTED TO THANK,
02:39:23:00	02:39:24:00	YOU KNOW, COUNCILORS IN HERE
02:39:24:00	02:39:24:00	PEPEN AND SANTANA.
02:39:24:00	02:39:27:00	YOU KNOW I AM PROUD TO
02:39:27:00	02:39:27:00	REPRESENT A LARGE DOMINICAN
02:39:27:00	02:39:29:00	COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT SIX.
02:39:29:00	02:39:30:00	IT'S IT'S REALLY BEEN MY
02:39:30:00	02:39:33:00	PLEASURE TO FIGHT THEM IN CITY
02:39:33:00	02:39:34:00	HALL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
02:39:34:00	02:39:36:00	ATTENDING THE BREAKFAST
02:39:36:00	02:39:37:00	TOMORROW AND CONTINUING TO TO
02:39:37:00	02:39:41:00	ADVOCATE YOU KNOW FOR FOR A
02:39:41:00	02:39:44:00	COMMUNITY THAT IS A REAL ASSET
02:39:44:00	02:39:47:00	NOT ONLY TO DISTRICT SIX BUT
02:39:47:00	02:39:48:00	THE WHOLE CITY.
02:39:48:00	02:39:48:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:48:00	02:39:49:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER AND
02:39:49:00	02:39:52:00	MAYBE OH MAYBE WE WILL SEE THAT
02:39:52:00	02:39:55:00	DANCING SKILLS THAT
02:39:55:00	02:39:56:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA WAS SUPPOSED TO
02:39:56:00	02:39:56:00	TEACH THE BACHATA.
02:39:56:00	02:40:00:00	I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE IT'S
02:40:00:00	02:40:01:00	IT'S HAPPENED BUT HOPEFULLY THE
02:40:01:00	02:40:02:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
02:40:02:00	02:40:02:00	COUNCIL THERE AGAIN BECAUSE
02:40:02:00	02:40:03:00	OF AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK
02:40:03:00	02:40:04:00	YOU SO MUCH ONLY BECAUSE THESE
02:40:04:00	02:40:06:00	DOCKETS WERE SO CLOSE TOGETHER
02:40:06:00	02:40:10:00	COULD WE REALIZE THAT THE
02:40:10:00	02:40:10:00	DOMINICANS AND THE IRISH HAVE A
02:40:10:00	02:40:13:00	QUORUM ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S SO
02:40:13:00	02:40:14:00	OUR OUR PARTNERSHIP COULD
02:40:14:00	02:40:17:00	ABSOLUTELY BE DYNAMIC.
02:40:17:00	02:40:18:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
02:40:18:00	02:40:22:00	COLLEAGUES WHO ARE DOMINICAN
02:40:22:00	02:40:22:00	WHO REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY
02:40:22:00	02:40:25:00	WITH SUCH DISTINCTION, SUCH
02:40:25:00	02:40:26:00	HONOR AND SUCH CIVIC PRIDE.
02:40:26:00	02:40:28:00	IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
02:40:28:00	02:40:29:00	YOU KNOW, BEING ON BOTH SIDES
02:40:29:00	02:40:32:00	OF MY FAMILY WERE IMMIGRANTS
02:40:32:00	02:40:33:00	BUT MY GRANDFATHER WAS A
02:40:33:00	02:40:34:00	SPANISH IMMIGRANT WHO NEVER
02:40:34:00	02:40:37:00	PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR AND NEVER
02:40:37:00	02:40:38:00	LEARNED HOW TO READ ENGLISH.
02:40:38:00	02:40:41:00	SO I JUST FEEL A LOT
02:40:41:00	02:40:41:00	OF CAMARADERIE AND THANK YOU
02:40:41:00	02:40:44:00	ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO
02:40:44:00	02:40:45:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY
02:40:45:00	02:40:47:00	REPRESENTS YOUR PEOPLE AND I
02:40:47:00	02:40:48:00	THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE INTO
02:40:48:00	02:40:52:00	THIS TIME EVERY IMMIGRANT,
02:40:52:00	02:40:56:00	EVERY STORY MATTERS AND SO I'M
02:40:56:00	02:40:57:00	EXCITED TO BE THERE TOMORROW.
02:40:57:00	02:40:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:40:57:00	02:40:58:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR DIRK IN THE
02:40:58:00	02:41:01:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR IF
02:41:01:00	02:41:02:00	AN INDIAN IS IN YOU HAVE THE
02:41:02:00	02:41:02:00	FLOOR.
02:41:02:00	02:41:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:41:02:00	02:41:04:00	I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND JUST
02:41:04:00	02:41:08:00	APPLAUD CONSOLE ME HIS EFFORT
02:41:08:00	02:41:09:00	TO DOING THE BREAKFAST I WAS
02:41:09:00	02:41:12:00	THERE LAST YEAR AND I WAS
02:41:12:00	02:41:15:00	COMPLETELY AMAZED.
02:41:15:00	02:41:16:00	SPEAKING OF THE IRISH COMMUNITY
02:41:16:00	02:41:16:00	I WANTED TO DO THIS
02:41:16:00	02:41:19:00	COLLECTIVELY WANTED TO RISE AND
02:41:19:00	02:41:20:00	SAY YOU KNOW THE IRISH ARE MY
02:41:20:00	02:41:20:00	PEOPLE.
02:41:20:00	02:41:23:00	I GOT LIKE NOT IN MY DISTRICT
02:41:23:00	02:41:26:00	NOT SO MUCH BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT
02:41:26:00	02:41:27:00	LIKE I JUST GREW UP WITH A LOT
02:41:27:00	02:41:30:00	OF LIKE FRIENDS FROM THE IRISH
02:41:30:00	02:41:31:00	COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT ONE
02:41:31:00	02:41:33:00	OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS LIKE OH
02:41:33:00	02:41:34:00	I GOT THAT ONE FRIEND WHO'S
02:41:34:00	02:41:34:00	IRISH.
02:41:34:00	02:41:36:00	I AM SAYING THAT THE IRISH
02:41:36:00	02:41:37:00	IMMIGRANTS AND PARTICULARLY
02:41:37:00	02:41:40:00	THAT I CAN RELATE TO
02:41:40:00	02:41:41:00	CASTLEBERRY AND I THOUGHT YOUR
02:41:41:00	02:41:44:00	COMMENTS, YOUR STATEMENTS WERE
02:41:44:00	02:41:48:00	SO MASTERFULLY PUT TOGETHER AND
02:41:48:00	02:41:49:00	I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR
02:41:49:00	02:41:52:00	THAT BUT TO THE TO MY IRISH
02:41:52:00	02:41:55:00	COMMUNITY I JUST I THINK YOU
02:41:55:00	02:41:56:00	GUYS ARE AMAZING STRONG AND
02:41:56:00	02:41:59:00	HAVE REALLY BEEN EXEMPLARY IN
02:41:59:00	02:42:00:00	TERMS OF COMING IN TO OUR
02:42:00:00	02:42:05:00	COUNTRY AND NOW THE YOUR YOUR
02:42:05:00	02:42:05:00	IRISH-AMERICAN FIRST SECOND
02:42:05:00	02:42:06:00	THIRD GENERATION WHO ARE NOW
02:42:06:00	02:42:09:00	HERE MY COLLEAGUES THIS CHAMBER
02:42:09:00	02:42:10:00	I THINK THERE'S FIVE OF YOU
02:42:10:00	02:42:13:00	RIGHT COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:42:13:00	02:42:14:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN,
02:42:14:00	02:42:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
02:42:14:00	02:42:15:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN AND
02:42:15:00	02:42:17:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND ALL IRISH
02:42:17:00	02:42:17:00	AND I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
02:42:17:00	02:42:21:00	THING THEN YOU SEE THE
02:42:21:00	02:42:21:00	DOMINICAN TRIO WHO ARE HERE
02:42:21:00	02:42:22:00	COUNCIL ME HERE
02:42:22:00	02:42:24:00	COUNCIL PREPARED
02:42:24:00	02:42:25:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA WHO AND THEN
02:42:25:00	02:42:28:00	HERE COMES COUNCIL ME HERE WHO
02:42:28:00	02:42:29:00	IS YOU KNOW VIVACIOUS AND
02:42:29:00	02:42:32:00	STRONG AND PUTS OUT HER HEART
02:42:32:00	02:42:35:00	INTO THIS WORK AND I THINK
02:42:35:00	02:42:36:00	OFTEN IS SEEN AS BEING COLORFUL
02:42:36:00	02:42:40:00	AND BOLD AND THE WORK SOMETIMES
02:42:40:00	02:42:40:00	I THINK IS NOT AS HIGHLIGHTED
02:42:40:00	02:42:43:00	AS IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE OF ME
02:42:43:00	02:42:44:00	HERE YOU ARE THROUGH THE CHAIR.
02:42:44:00	02:42:47:00	YOU ARE AN EXCEPTIONAL CITY
02:42:47:00	02:42:47:00	COUNCILOR.
02:42:47:00	02:42:51:00	YOU SHOULD GIVE YOURSELF MORE
02:42:51:00	02:42:51:00	CREDIT.
02:42:51:00	02:42:51:00	YOU SHOULD PAT YOURSELF MORE ON
02:42:51:00	02:42:52:00	THE BACK.
02:42:52:00	02:42:54:00	YOU ARE A QUEEN WITHIN YOUR OWN
02:42:54:00	02:42:54:00	RIGHT.
02:42:54:00	02:42:55:00	YOU ARE PROBABLY IF NOT THE
02:42:55:00	02:42:58:00	MOST EFFECTIVE ONE OF THE MOST
02:42:58:00	02:42:59:00	EFFECTIVE COUNCILORS IN THIS IN
02:42:59:00	02:43:05:00	THIS BODY YOU HAVE WORKED
02:43:05:00	02:43:06:00	REALLY HARD AND YOU ARE AN
02:43:06:00	02:43:09:00	AMAZING GRASSROOT ORGANIZER.
02:43:09:00	02:43:10:00	YOU ARE KEEN IN ON THE ISSUES
02:43:10:00	02:43:13:00	YOU CARE YOU POUR YOUR HEART
02:43:13:00	02:43:14:00	OUT, YOU SHOW UP YOU ARE
02:43:14:00	02:43:17:00	BRILLIANT IDEA IS HAVE PROVEN
02:43:17:00	02:43:18:00	TO BE IMPACTFUL AND EFFECTIVE
02:43:18:00	02:43:21:00	AND YOU PROBABLY PASSED THE
02:43:21:00	02:43:22:00	MOST LEGISLATOR LEGISLATIVE
02:43:22:00	02:43:25:00	LEGISLATURE IN IN THIS BODY
02:43:25:00	02:43:32:00	PASSED PASS SORRY YEARS AND
02:43:32:00	02:43:37:00	TODAY SO I THINK WHEN WE TALK
02:43:37:00	02:43:37:00	ABOUT CELEBRATING A COMMUNITY
02:43:37:00	02:43:41:00	WE AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUR
02:43:41:00	02:43:44:00	BREAKFAST TOMORROW WE REALLY
02:43:44:00	02:43:45:00	NEED TO AND IT'S NOT TOMORROW
02:43:45:00	02:43:48:00	THE BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW WE
02:43:48:00	02:43:49:00	REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW
02:43:49:00	02:43:52:00	WHETHER OR NOT YOU LOOKED AT
02:43:52:00	02:43:52:00	YOUR IRISH BROTHERS OR SISTERS
02:43:52:00	02:43:53:00	IN THE EXAMPLES AND YOU SAID
02:43:53:00	02:43:56:00	THIS COULD BE IT BUT OF ME HERE
02:43:56:00	02:43:59:00	YOU HAD THE INTELLIGENCE AND
02:43:59:00	02:44:00:00	THE CREATIVITY IN THE HEART TO
02:44:00:00	02:44:01:00	PUSH YOU FORWARD BUT YOU DID IT
02:44:01:00	02:44:04:00	IN MASSIVE FULLY AND IT WAS
02:44:04:00	02:44:04:00	EXTRAORDINARY.
02:44:04:00	02:44:07:00	PEOPLE CAME AND IT WAS A PACKED
02:44:07:00	02:44:07:00	HOUSE.
02:44:07:00	02:44:08:00	IT WAS BRILLIANT.
02:44:08:00	02:44:11:00	IT WAS EXECUTED BEAUTIFULLY AND
02:44:11:00	02:44:11:00	I APPLAUD YOU.
02:44:11:00	02:44:12:00	I CONGRATULATE YOU AND I
02:44:12:00	02:44:15:00	SUPPORT YOU EVEN MORE SOMETIMES
02:44:15:00	02:44:15:00	WE AGREE.
02:44:15:00	02:44:16:00	RIGHT.
02:44:16:00	02:44:18:00	90 95% WE AGREE.
02:44:18:00	02:44:22:00	BUT WHEN WE DON'T IT'S LIKE
02:44:22:00	02:44:23:00	BECAUSE MEJIA LET PEOPLE KNOW
02:44:23:00	02:44:25:00	THAT YOU ARE BRILLIANT AND I
02:44:25:00	02:44:26:00	LOVE YOU FOR IT SO I'M HERE TO
02:44:26:00	02:44:30:00	SUPPORT YOU AND THANK YOU.
02:44:30:00	02:44:30:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:30:00	02:44:31:00	COUNCILOR GREEN ENGINE IS IN
02:44:31:00	02:44:33:00	THE RECOGNIZES
02:44:33:00	02:44:34:00	COUNCILOR ALCANTARA YOU HAVE
02:44:34:00	02:44:35:00	THE FLOOR THANK YOU
02:44:35:00	02:44:37:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HOW DO I
02:44:37:00	02:44:38:00	FOLLOW THAT?
02:44:38:00	02:44:41:00	I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK
02:44:41:00	02:44:42:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU KNOW
02:44:42:00	02:44:45:00	PEPEN AND SANTANA AND I AGREE
02:44:45:00	02:44:48:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE PUT ON
02:44:48:00	02:44:49:00	FOR YOUR COMMUNITY YOU PUT ON
02:44:49:00	02:44:49:00	FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
02:44:49:00	02:44:52:00	EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IT SHOWS
02:44:52:00	02:44:53:00	AND WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE
02:44:53:00	02:44:58:00	DOORS OF THAT FIRST BREAKFAST
02:44:58:00	02:44:59:00	IT WAS TRULY JUST ALL YOUR HARD
02:44:59:00	02:45:03:00	WORK RIGHT THEN AND THERE AND
02:45:03:00	02:45:03:00	IT JUST KIND OF SHOWED YOU HOW
02:45:03:00	02:45:06:00	STRONG, HOW MUCH YOU FIGHT FOR
02:45:06:00	02:45:07:00	YOUR COMMUNITY.
02:45:07:00	02:45:07:00	SO IT'S AN HONOR TO NOT ONLY
02:45:07:00	02:45:10:00	SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU BUT TO
02:45:10:00	02:45:11:00	LEARN FROM YOU BUT ALSO TO MY
02:45:11:00	02:45:14:00	COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO ARE FROM
02:45:14:00	02:45:18:00	FROM D.R. CASA SANTANA PEPEN SO
02:45:18:00	02:45:18:00	HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU
02:45:18:00	02:45:21:00	GUYS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:45:21:00	02:45:21:00	DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY AT
02:45:21:00	02:45:22:00	THE BREAKFAST AND AT THE FLAG
02:45:22:00	02:45:25:00	RAISING YOU.
02:45:25:00	02:45:26:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:26:00	02:45:26:00	THANK YOU GUYS.
02:45:26:00	02:45:27:00	WHERE ELSE IS ANYONE ELSE
02:45:27:00	02:45:29:00	LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER
02:45:29:00	02:45:29:00	THAT YOU'RE RECOGNIZES
02:45:29:00	02:45:31:00	CONCENTRATE ANY OTHER FLOOR.
02:45:31:00	02:45:35:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:35:00	02:45:36:00	AS AN IMMIGRANT I THINK IT'S
02:45:36:00	02:45:39:00	REALLY IMPORTANT NOT TO FORGET
02:45:39:00	02:45:39:00	WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE
02:45:39:00	02:45:43:00	OUR ANCESTORS CAME FROM AND TO
02:45:43:00	02:45:44:00	LEARN FROM THE HISTORY THAT
02:45:44:00	02:45:47:00	BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE SHORE.
02:45:47:00	02:45:47:00	AND I REALLY YOU KNOW, ONE
02:45:47:00	02:45:48:00	OF THE REASONS I LOVE BOSTON SO
02:45:48:00	02:45:50:00	MUCH IS THE DIVERSITY
02:45:50:00	02:45:50:00	OF BOSTON.
02:45:50:00	02:45:54:00	WE'RE A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND
02:45:54:00	02:45:55:00	THAT GIVES ME YOU KNOW, I'M
02:45:55:00	02:45:58:00	REALLY SORRY TO SEE THE CUBAN
02:45:58:00	02:46:01:00	RESTAURANT IN HYDE SQUARE GONE
02:46:01:00	02:46:04:00	ORIENTAL AND AND YOU KNOW, ONE
02:46:04:00	02:46:05:00	OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO EAT
02:46:05:00	02:46:08:00	WAS THE MAJESTIC ON BRIGHTON
02:46:08:00	02:46:08:00	FIVE YEARS AGO IT WAS LITTLE
02:46:08:00	02:46:09:00	MOM AND POP VIETNAMESE
02:46:09:00	02:46:12:00	RESTAURANT.
02:46:12:00	02:46:12:00	WE ARE AN INCREDIBLY RICH
02:46:12:00	02:46:13:00	COMMUNITY AND WE'RE SO MUCH
02:46:13:00	02:46:15:00	STRONGER BECAUSE OF THE
02:46:15:00	02:46:16:00	CONTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANTS FROM
02:46:16:00	02:46:16:00	ALL OVER THE WORLD INCLUDING
02:46:16:00	02:46:19:00	THE DOMINICANS, THE IRISH AND
02:46:19:00	02:46:22:00	THE CUBANS AND EVERYONE
02:46:22:00	02:46:23:00	JAMAICANS, EVERYONE HAITIANS
02:46:23:00	02:46:23:00	THE WHOLE LOT.
02:46:23:00	02:46:27:00	SO EVERY TIME WE RUN THE FLAG
02:46:27:00	02:46:28:00	UP IT IS A GREAT REMINDER THAT
02:46:28:00	02:46:31:00	WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY
02:46:31:00	02:46:32:00	IN BOSTON AND WE'RE RICHER FOR
02:46:32:00	02:46:32:00	IT.
02:46:32:00	02:46:33:00	SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU
02:46:33:00	02:46:36:00	FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THANK
02:46:36:00	02:46:36:00	YOU.
02:46:36:00	02:46:36:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:36:00	02:46:37:00	TIMES ARE GREAT AND AS ANYONE
02:46:37:00	02:46:38:00	ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
02:46:38:00	02:46:40:00	MATTER AS WE JUST WANT TO ECHO
02:46:40:00	02:46:40:00	COUNCILMAN HE HAD BREAKFAST
02:46:40:00	02:46:43:00	LAST YEAR WAS JUST A GREAT SHOW
02:46:43:00	02:46:46:00	OF COMMUNITY AND OF SUPPORT AND
02:46:46:00	02:46:47:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
02:46:47:00	02:46:47:00	YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WORK
02:46:47:00	02:46:50:00	ON THAT AND WANT TO UNDERLINE
02:46:50:00	02:46:52:00	JUST I JUST I MEAN WITH THESE
02:46:52:00	02:46:53:00	TWO RESOLUTIONS JUST HOW
02:46:53:00	02:46:57:00	IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HONOR
02:46:57:00	02:46:57:00	AND CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR
02:46:57:00	02:47:00:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
02:47:00:00	02:47:00:00	RIGHT.
02:47:00:00	02:47:04:00	AND HOW WE CAN PULL I MEAN ALL
02:47:04:00	02:47:05:00	EXPERIENCE ARE NOT EXACTLY THE
02:47:05:00	02:47:08:00	SAME ALL THE SAME TIME BUT THAT
02:47:08:00	02:47:08:00	THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE
02:47:08:00	02:47:09:00	HAVE IN COMMON AND ESPECIALLY
02:47:09:00	02:47:11:00	IN THIS MOMENT WHERE IT'S
02:47:11:00	02:47:12:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW
02:47:12:00	02:47:12:00	SOLIDARITY AND TO WORK
02:47:12:00	02:47:12:00	TOGETHER.
02:47:12:00	02:47:15:00	SO JUST WANT TO JUST THANK ALL
02:47:15:00	02:47:16:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE FOR
02:47:16:00	02:47:17:00	FOR THEIR WORDS AND AND FOR THE
02:47:17:00	02:47:19:00	WORK THAT WE'RE DOING EVERY DAY
02:47:19:00	02:47:20:00	TO NOT ONLY LOVE ON OURSELVES
02:47:20:00	02:47:22:00	AND LOVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT
02:47:22:00	02:47:23:00	TO DO THE WORK OF PROTECTING
02:47:23:00	02:47:23:00	THEM AS WELL.
02:47:23:00	02:47:26:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:47:26:00	02:47:27:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:47:27:00	02:47:27:00	THEIR NAME?
02:47:27:00	02:47:27:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:47:27:00	02:47:30:00	THAT COUNCILOR IS BREADON
02:47:30:00	02:47:31:00	GLOVER, ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDO
02:47:31:00	02:47:34:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN
02:47:34:00	02:47:35:00	MURPHY WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER
02:47:35:00	02:47:38:00	CHAIR COUNT WITH MEJIA BUT
02:47:38:00	02:47:38:00	BRANDON SANTANA SUSPENSION
02:47:38:00	02:47:40:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
02:47:40:00	02:47:40:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0557 ALL THOSE
02:47:40:00	02:47:44:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING THE
02:47:44:00	02:47:44:00	AYES HAVE IT.
02:47:44:00	02:47:45:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
02:47:45:00	02:47:48:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
02:47:48:00	02:47:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 05582I CAN NUMBER
02:47:50:00	02:47:51:00	0558 COUNCIL OF FLYNN OFF
02:47:51:00	02:47:54:00	OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
02:47:54:00	02:47:55:00	SUPPORT OF EVE GRIFFIN THE
02:47:55:00	02:47:56:00	CHAIR ORGANIZERS COME TO FLYNN
02:47:56:00	02:47:57:00	KIND OF WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
02:47:57:00	02:47:58:00	.
02:47:58:00	02:47:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:47:58:00	02:47:59:00	MADAM CHAIR MAY I SUSPEND THE
02:47:59:00	02:48:01:00	RULES AND?
02:48:01:00	02:48:02:00	ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AND
02:48:02:00	02:48:05:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE AS WELL.
02:48:05:00	02:48:06:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY IS ADDED AS AN
02:48:06:00	02:48:09:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:48:09:00	02:48:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN SEAT HAS BEEN
02:48:09:00	02:48:10:00	THE RULES ADD CUSTOM HERE AS A
02:48:10:00	02:48:11:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:48:11:00	02:48:14:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
02:48:14:00	02:48:14:00	OBJECTIONS COME FROM HERE SO
02:48:14:00	02:48:15:00	OUT OF CONTROL FLYNN YOU HAVE
02:48:15:00	02:48:16:00	THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU MADAM
02:48:16:00	02:48:16:00	CHAIR.
02:48:16:00	02:48:17:00	I AM FILING THIS RESOLUTION
02:48:17:00	02:48:19:00	TODAY IN SUPPORT OF BOSTON
02:48:19:00	02:48:23:00	PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF ASSISTANT
02:48:23:00	02:48:23:00	EVE GRIFFIN.
02:48:23:00	02:48:27:00	EVE IS A LIBRARIAN AT THE
02:48:27:00	02:48:28:00	BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HAS
02:48:28:00	02:48:32:00	SERVED AS A CURATOR FINE ARTS
02:48:32:00	02:48:32:00	AT THE SPECIAL COLLECTION
02:48:32:00	02:48:33:00	DEPARTMENT IN THE CENTRAL
02:48:33:00	02:48:38:00	BRANCH DOWNTOWN COPLEY AREA FOR
02:48:38:00	02:48:42:00	OVER 12 YEARS I MET HER ON ZOOM
02:48:42:00	02:48:43:00	AND ARE WONDERFUL LEARN SO MUCH
02:48:43:00	02:48:46:00	ABOUT HER SHE IS A HARD WORKING
02:48:46:00	02:48:49:00	AND WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBER
02:48:49:00	02:48:49:00	WONDERFUL PERSON DEDICATED TO
02:48:49:00	02:48:50:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
02:48:50:00	02:48:53:00	MISSION AND EDUCATING THE
02:48:53:00	02:48:56:00	PUBLIC ABOUT SPECIAL COLLECTION
02:48:56:00	02:49:00:00	AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.
02:49:00:00	02:49:03:00	IN 2019 EVE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH 
02:49:03:00	02:49:04:00	CANCER AND UNFORTUNATELY OVER
02:49:04:00	02:49:07:00	THE PAST FEW YEARS HER
02:49:07:00	02:49:10:00	DIAGNOSIS HAS PROGRESSED TO
02:49:10:00	02:49:11:00	STAGE FOUR WHICH IS A TERMINAL
02:49:11:00	02:49:17:00	CONDITION TO RECEIVE TREATMENT
02:49:17:00	02:49:18:00	.
02:49:18:00	02:49:19:00	THIS HAS MEANT THAT I'VE HAD TO
02:49:19:00	02:49:21:00	USE UP ALL HER SICK DAYS AND
02:49:21:00	02:49:22:00	PAID LEAVE AND TO TAKE UNPAID
02:49:22:00	02:49:28:00	TIME OFF IN NOVEMBER 2020 FOR
02:49:28:00	02:49:29:00	WE'VE SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO
02:49:29:00	02:49:31:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
02:49:31:00	02:49:31:00	PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION
02:49:31:00	02:49:35:00	EXTENDED SICK LEAVE FUND
02:49:35:00	02:49:36:00	COMMITTEE WHO ARE SICK BACK IN
02:49:36:00	02:49:36:00	ORDER TO CONTINUE TREATMENT
02:49:36:00	02:49:41:00	WITHOUT OF PAY WHILE THE
02:49:41:00	02:49:42:00	PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION
02:49:42:00	02:49:45:00	GRANTED EVEN THE REQUEST
02:49:45:00	02:49:45:00	REQUEST.
02:49:45:00	02:49:46:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
02:49:46:00	02:49:49:00	DENIED IT WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY
02:49:49:00	02:49:52:00	REASON.
02:49:52:00	02:49:53:00	CURRENTLY BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
02:49:53:00	02:49:56:00	EMPLOYEES DO NOT RECEIVE LONG
02:49:56:00	02:50:00:00	TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS AND A
02:50:00:00	02:50:01:00	DONATED SICK BACK HAS BEEN A
02:50:01:00	02:50:03:00	USEFUL TOOL FOR THOSE WHO NEED
02:50:03:00	02:50:07:00	THIS TIME I MET WITH
02:50:07:00	02:50:10:00	PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION
02:50:10:00	02:50:14:00	AND HE RECENTLY AS I MENTIONED
02:50:14:00	02:50:14:00	AND EVE HAS TOLD ME THAT SHE
02:50:14:00	02:50:18:00	LOVES HER JOB, SHE LOVES THE
02:50:18:00	02:50:21:00	STAFF THERE THAT SHE WORKS WITH
02:50:21:00	02:50:22:00	SHE LOVES THE RESIDENTS
02:50:22:00	02:50:25:00	OF BOSTON THAT COME IN.
02:50:25:00	02:50:26:00	SHE'S A HARD WORKING, STRONG,
02:50:26:00	02:50:29:00	RESILIENT PERSON.
02:50:29:00	02:50:32:00	AS LEADERS OF THIS CITY, I
02:50:32:00	02:50:33:00	BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW
02:50:33:00	02:50:37:00	COMPASSION AND UNDERSTAND IT
02:50:37:00	02:50:38:00	ESPECIALLY TO THE NEEDS OF OUR
02:50:38:00	02:50:40:00	CITY WORKERS WHO ARE BATTLING
02:50:40:00	02:50:44:00	TERMINAL ILLNESSES.
02:50:44:00	02:50:48:00	YOU HAVE TO BE BOLD PHYSICALLY
02:50:48:00	02:50:48:00	AND MENTALLY TOUGH TO FIGHT
02:50:48:00	02:50:51:00	TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND WORKERS
02:50:51:00	02:50:55:00	SHOULD NOT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL
02:50:55:00	02:50:58:00	WORRY ABOUT FINANCIAL BURDEN
02:50:58:00	02:50:59:00	AND THE IMPACT IT HAS THAT IT
02:50:59:00	02:51:03:00	HAS ON THEM AND THEIR.
02:51:03:00	02:51:03:00	EVE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
02:51:03:00	02:51:07:00	UTILIZE THE SICK BANK HOURS TO
02:51:07:00	02:51:07:00	ATTEND HER DOCTOR'S
02:51:07:00	02:51:10:00	APPOINTMENTS AND PURSUE
02:51:10:00	02:51:14:00	TREATMENT WITHOUT LOSING PAY.
02:51:14:00	02:51:15:00	I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN
02:51:15:00	02:51:16:00	ME TODAY IN SUPPORT OF EVEN TO
02:51:16:00	02:51:18:00	ASK BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
02:51:18:00	02:51:22:00	SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO WORK WITH
02:51:22:00	02:51:23:00	THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF
02:51:23:00	02:51:26:00	ASSOCIATION TO GRANT OUR SICK
02:51:26:00	02:51:26:00	TIME IN.
02:51:26:00	02:51:29:00	LET HER BE PART OF THE SICK
02:51:29:00	02:51:30:00	BANK SO THAT SHE CAN CONTINUE
02:51:30:00	02:51:33:00	TREATMENT WITHOUT THIS
02:51:33:00	02:51:36:00	FINANCIAL IMPACT.
02:51:36:00	02:51:37:00	IT'S ABOUT RESPECT.
02:51:37:00	02:51:37:00	IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY FOR THIS
02:51:37:00	02:51:41:00	WONDERFUL PERSON, A TREMENDOUS
02:51:41:00	02:51:41:00	CITY EMPLOYEE AND COLLEAGUE.
02:51:41:00	02:51:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:51:45:00	02:51:45:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:45:00	02:51:46:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:51:46:00	02:51:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:51:46:00	02:51:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
02:51:48:00	02:51:48:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:48:00	02:51:49:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, FOR
02:51:49:00	02:51:52:00	LETTING ME JOIN ON THIS
02:51:52:00	02:51:52:00	IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
02:51:52:00	02:51:55:00	I WANT TO EXPRESS MY UNWAVERING
02:51:55:00	02:51:56:00	SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION
02:51:56:00	02:51:59:00	ADVOCATING FOR EVE GRIFFIN WHO
02:51:59:00	02:52:00:00	IS A DEDICATED LIBRARIAN AT THE
02:52:00:00	02:52:03:00	BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SHE
02:52:03:00	02:52:03:00	SERVED AS A CURATOR OF FINE
02:52:03:00	02:52:07:00	ARTS IN THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
02:52:07:00	02:52:08:00	DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 12 YEARS.
02:52:08:00	02:52:10:00	IN 2019, AS COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:52:10:00	02:52:13:00	MENTIONED, EVE WAS DIAGNOSED
02:52:13:00	02:52:14:00	WITH  CANCER WHICH HAS SINCE
02:52:14:00	02:52:16:00	PROGRESSED TO STAGE FOUR
02:52:16:00	02:52:17:00	METASTATIC AND IS TERMINAL
02:52:17:00	02:52:20:00	CONDITION THROUGHOUT HER BATTLE
02:52:20:00	02:52:20:00	.
02:52:20:00	02:52:21:00	EVE HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO
02:52:21:00	02:52:21:00	HER ROLE EXEMPLIFYING THE
02:52:21:00	02:52:25:00	SPIRIT AND MISSION OF THE
02:52:25:00	02:52:25:00	BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
02:52:25:00	02:52:28:00	SHE HAS EXHAUSTED HER PERSONAL
02:52:28:00	02:52:29:00	SICK LEAVE AND HAS RELIED ON
02:52:29:00	02:52:30:00	THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF
02:52:30:00	02:52:32:00	ASSOCIATES EXTENDED LEAVE FUND
02:52:32:00	02:52:33:00	A PROGRAM WHERE COLLEAGUES
02:52:33:00	02:52:36:00	DONATE THEIR SICK TIME TO
02:52:36:00	02:52:37:00	SUPPORT PEERS IN NEED JUST LIKE
02:52:37:00	02:52:37:00	EVE.
02:52:37:00	02:52:40:00	WHILE PSA APPROVED A REQUEST
02:52:40:00	02:52:41:00	FOR ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE, THE
02:52:41:00	02:52:43:00	ADMINISTRATION DENIED IT.
02:52:43:00	02:52:44:00	I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK
02:52:44:00	02:52:44:00	YOU.
02:52:44:00	02:52:48:00	YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING DIRECTLY
02:52:48:00	02:52:49:00	WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
02:52:49:00	02:52:52:00	LIBRARY TO TRY TO GET THEM TO
02:52:52:00	02:52:53:00	DO THE RIGHT THING BUT I DO
02:52:53:00	02:52:56:00	HOPE THAT WE PASSED A
02:52:56:00	02:52:56:00	RESOLUTION AND IT WILL IT CAME
02:52:56:00	02:52:59:00	UP IN A COMMUNICATION AT THE
02:52:59:00	02:53:00:00	LAST HEARING AND I HOPE THAT
02:53:00:00	02:53:03:00	THE POWER OF OUR BODY SENDING A
02:53:03:00	02:53:04:00	STRONG MESSAGE THAT IT'S NOT
02:53:04:00	02:53:06:00	JUST YOU OUT THERE ADVOCATING
02:53:06:00	02:53:07:00	THAT THEY KNOW THAT ALL OF US
02:53:07:00	02:53:08:00	SUPPORT THIS STRUGGLING
02:53:08:00	02:53:11:00	COLLEAGUE OF OURS.
02:53:11:00	02:53:12:00	SO THIS DECISION NOT ONLY
02:53:12:00	02:53:14:00	UNDERMINES THE COMPASSIONATE
02:53:14:00	02:53:15:00	INTENT OF THE SICK LEAVE FUND
02:53:15:00	02:53:18:00	BUT ALSO PLACES AN UNDUE
02:53:18:00	02:53:19:00	FINANCIAL AND AN EMOTIONAL
02:53:19:00	02:53:22:00	BURDEN ON AN EMPLOYEE FACING A
02:53:22:00	02:53:22:00	LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS.
02:53:22:00	02:53:23:00	SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION IS
02:53:23:00	02:53:26:00	IMPERATIVE TO UPLOAD THE UPHOLD
02:53:26:00	02:53:27:00	THE VALUES OF EMPATHY AND
02:53:27:00	02:53:30:00	SOLIDARITY ALREADY WITHIN OUR
02:53:30:00	02:53:30:00	COMMUNITY.
02:53:30:00	02:53:34:00	IT CALLS UPON THE BOSTON PUBLIC
02:53:34:00	02:53:34:00	LIBRARY LEADERSHIP TO
02:53:34:00	02:53:35:00	COLLABORATE WITH THE PSA
02:53:35:00	02:53:38:00	EXECUTIVE BOARD TO GRANT EAVE
02:53:38:00	02:53:38:00	THE NECESSARY SICK LEAVE
02:53:38:00	02:53:41:00	ALLOWING HER TO CONTINUE HER
02:53:41:00	02:53:42:00	TREATMENT WITHOUT FINANCIAL
02:53:42:00	02:53:45:00	HARDSHIP BY THIS RESOLUTION WE
02:53:45:00	02:53:46:00	WILL AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
02:53:46:00	02:53:49:00	THE WELL-BEING OF OUR
02:53:49:00	02:53:49:00	COLLEAGUES AND SET A PRECEDENT
02:53:49:00	02:53:52:00	FOR A COMPASSIONATE WORKPLACE
02:53:52:00	02:53:52:00	PRACTICES.
02:53:52:00	02:53:53:00	AND I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
02:53:53:00	02:53:57:00	THAT ELISE, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT
02:53:57:00	02:54:00:00	OF ASK ME 1526 AND ALL OF HER
02:54:00:00	02:54:00:00	OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ASKED
02:54:00:00	02:54:03:00	ME TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS AND
02:54:03:00	02:54:04:00	I KNOW THAT WE WILL ALL DO THE
02:54:04:00	02:54:07:00	RIGHT THING AND PASS THIS
02:54:07:00	02:54:08:00	RESOLUTION AND CONTINUE TO MAKE
02:54:08:00	02:54:11:00	SURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS
02:54:11:00	02:54:11:00	ABLE TO CONTINUE HER PAY.
02:54:11:00	02:54:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:54:15:00	02:54:16:00	THANK YOU, THE CHAIR.
02:54:16:00	02:54:17:00	AND AS THIS COMES TO MEJIA
02:54:17:00	02:54:17:00	COMES ME AGAIN THE FLOOR.
02:54:17:00	02:54:19:00	YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK
02:54:19:00	02:54:19:00	YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.
02:54:19:00	02:54:21:00	YOU KNOW, INITIALLY I FIRST
02:54:21:00	02:54:22:00	LEARNED ABOUT THIS ON THE
02:54:22:00	02:54:25:00	NEWS ACTUALLY I GOT WIND OF THE
02:54:25:00	02:54:29:00	SITUATION AND THEN MY WE'VE
02:54:29:00	02:54:29:00	GOTTEN TONS OF EMAILS IN
02:54:29:00	02:54:33:00	SUPPORT OF EVE IN THIS
02:54:33:00	02:54:37:00	RESOLUTION AND SO I WITHOUT
02:54:37:00	02:54:37:00	UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE
02:54:37:00	02:54:40:00	REASONS WHY IT WAS NOT
02:54:40:00	02:54:41:00	APPROVED, I THINK THERE IS AN
02:54:41:00	02:54:44:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN
02:54:44:00	02:54:45:00	WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.
02:54:45:00	02:54:48:00	BUT I THINK IN THE INTEREST
02:54:48:00	02:54:49:00	OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
02:54:49:00	02:54:52:00	LEADING WITH COMPASSION, I
02:54:52:00	02:54:52:00	THINK AT THE VERY LEAST IT'S
02:54:52:00	02:54:53:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAND IN
02:54:53:00	02:54:56:00	SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND
02:54:56:00	02:55:01:00	SUPPORTING ONE OF OUR PUBLIC
02:55:01:00	02:55:01:00	SERVANTS.
02:55:01:00	02:55:01:00	THANK YOU.
02:55:01:00	02:55:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:55:02:00	02:55:02:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:55:02:00	02:55:03:00	CELEBRATING TIMES ARE GREAT AND
02:55:03:00	02:55:03:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:55:03:00	02:55:06:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:55:06:00	02:55:10:00	THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE
02:55:10:00	02:55:11:00	AND WE'VE READ ABOUT IT AND
02:55:11:00	02:55:14:00	WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IN THE
02:55:14:00	02:55:15:00	NEWS AND WE HAVE HAD DOZENS
02:55:15:00	02:55:18:00	OF CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT THIS
02:55:18:00	02:55:19:00	ISSUE ASKING US TO SUPPORT EVEN
02:55:19:00	02:55:23:00	A REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO USE
02:55:23:00	02:55:23:00	SOME OF THE SICK TIME FROM THE
02:55:23:00	02:55:27:00	SICK BANK SICK THE BANK AT THE
02:55:27:00	02:55:29:00	BPO PROFESSIONAL STAFF
02:55:29:00	02:55:33:00	ASSOCIATION.
02:55:33:00	02:55:36:00	I HAVE AN EMAIL HERE THAT FROM
02:55:36:00	02:55:36:00	ONE OF THE UNION
02:55:36:00	02:55:39:00	REPRESENTATIVES THAT I'M
02:55:39:00	02:55:40:00	FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE SHE WORKS
02:55:40:00	02:55:40:00	IN BRIGHTON.
02:55:40:00	02:55:44:00	SHE SAYS THAT THIS IS A VERY
02:55:44:00	02:55:44:00	STRAIGHTFORWARD ISSUE LIKE
02:55:44:00	02:55:47:00	MANY, MANY EMPLOYERS THE
02:55:47:00	02:55:48:00	LIBRARY HAS A SICK BANK MADE UP
02:55:48:00	02:55:48:00	ENTIRELY OF SICK DAYS
02:55:48:00	02:55:51:00	CONTRIBUTED BY OTHER LIBRARIANS
02:55:51:00	02:55:52:00	FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR SICK
02:55:52:00	02:55:52:00	MEMBERS.
02:55:52:00	02:55:55:00	YOU MUST BE VERY SICK TO USE
02:55:55:00	02:55:55:00	THIS BANK.
02:55:55:00	02:55:56:00	YOU MUST HAVE ALREADY USED UP
02:55:56:00	02:55:58:00	ALL YOUR OWN SICK TIME,
02:55:58:00	02:55:58:00	VACATION TIME, PERSONAL TIME
02:55:58:00	02:56:02:00	ALL OF YOUR DISCRETIONARY MUST
02:56:02:00	02:56:02:00	BE GONE.
02:56:02:00	02:56:03:00	A SICK A SICK MEMBER THEN
02:56:03:00	02:56:06:00	APPLIES TO THE UNION SICK BANK.
02:56:06:00	02:56:09:00	THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE
02:56:09:00	02:56:10:00	REQUEST AS LONG AS THE DETAILS
02:56:10:00	02:56:14:00	AS LONG AS THE DETAILS
02:56:14:00	02:56:14:00	REGARDING TIME AND ILLNESS ARE
02:56:14:00	02:56:17:00	MET THE MEMBER IS GRANTED TIME.
02:56:17:00	02:56:18:00	THE PSA SICK BANK COMMITTEE
02:56:18:00	02:56:21:00	ALREADY DID THIS FOR EVE
02:56:21:00	02:56:21:00	GRIFFIN.
02:56:21:00	02:56:22:00	I WAS A VOTING MEMBER OF THIS
02:56:22:00	02:56:25:00	COMMITTEE BUT THE BPO HAS
02:56:25:00	02:56:25:00	STEPPED IN AND REFUSED TO
02:56:25:00	02:56:28:00	RELEASE THE FUNDS EVEN THOUGH
02:56:28:00	02:56:32:00	IT MEETS EVERY REQUIREMENT.
02:56:32:00	02:56:33:00	IT'S REALLY AND THEN ANOTHER
02:56:33:00	02:56:35:00	UNION MEMBER WHO'S ON THE ON
02:56:35:00	02:56:36:00	THE COMMITTEE THAT MANAGES THE
02:56:36:00	02:56:40:00	SICK TIME BANK THE SICK TIME IS
02:56:40:00	02:56:41:00	PART OF OUR CONTRACTUAL MANDATE
02:56:41:00	02:56:43:00	THIS SICK TIME AS PART OF OUR
02:56:43:00	02:56:44:00	CONTRACTUALLY MANDATED
02:56:44:00	02:56:44:00	COMPENSATION.
02:56:44:00	02:56:47:00	IT IS VOLUNTARILY DONATED BY US
02:56:47:00	02:56:51:00	UNION MEMBERS FOR THE USE
02:56:51:00	02:56:51:00	OF OUR COLLEAGUE.
02:56:51:00	02:56:54:00	AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK
02:56:54:00	02:56:55:00	WE ALL NEED TO JUST CONSIDER
02:56:55:00	02:56:55:00	HOW WE WOULD FEEL IF THIS WAS
02:56:55:00	02:56:58:00	OURSELVES OR A MEMBER OF OUR
02:56:58:00	02:56:59:00	FAMILY WHO IS SEEKING THIS SORT
02:56:59:00	02:57:02:00	OF RELIEF AND I HOPE THAT WE
02:57:02:00	02:57:06:00	CAN THE THE THE SICK TIME
02:57:06:00	02:57:09:00	COMMITTEE WHAT'S IT CALLED AND
02:57:09:00	02:57:13:00	THE BPO CAN GET TOGETHER AND
02:57:13:00	02:57:13:00	SORT THIS OUT IN A
02:57:13:00	02:57:14:00	COMPASSIONATE AND SUPPORTIVE
02:57:14:00	02:57:14:00	WAY.
02:57:14:00	02:57:16:00	THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT
02:57:16:00	02:57:16:00	SITUATION.
02:57:16:00	02:57:17:00	I UNDERSTAND.
02:57:17:00	02:57:17:00	THANK YOU.
02:57:17:00	02:57:21:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON,
02:57:21:00	02:57:22:00	IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK
02:57:22:00	02:57:22:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:57:22:00	02:57:24:00	I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS A
02:57:24:00	02:57:28:00	VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE AND
02:57:28:00	02:57:31:00	MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVE.
02:57:31:00	02:57:32:00	I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SHE'S
02:57:32:00	02:57:35:00	EXPERIENCING AND I LIKE
02:57:35:00	02:57:36:00	COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I DON'T
02:57:36:00	02:57:39:00	FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REASONS
02:57:39:00	02:57:39:00	WHY THIS HAS BEEN DENIED.
02:57:39:00	02:57:43:00	AT THE SAME TIME I DO WANT TO I
02:57:43:00	02:57:46:00	DON'T WANT THIS COUNCIL TO BE
02:57:46:00	02:57:47:00	ENGAGED OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON
02:57:47:00	02:57:50:00	PERSONAL PERSONAL DISPUTES THAT
02:57:50:00	02:57:54:00	ARE IN THE PURVIEW OF OF OF THE
02:57:54:00	02:57:54:00	ADMINISTRATION.
02:57:54:00	02:57:55:00	I THINK THERE ARE WAYS FOR US
02:57:55:00	02:57:55:00	TO WEIGH IN AND I'VE DONE IT
02:57:55:00	02:57:57:00	AND I DO IT ALL OF THE TIME ON
02:57:57:00	02:57:58:00	BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE AN
02:57:58:00	02:58:01:00	ISSUE OR HAVE A GRIEVANCE AND
02:58:01:00	02:58:02:00	MAKE PHONE CALLS, TALK TO YOU
02:58:02:00	02:58:02:00	AND MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.
02:58:02:00	02:58:05:00	BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS
02:58:05:00	02:58:06:00	IS THE RIGHT FORUM AND SO I'LL
02:58:06:00	02:58:09:00	BE VOTING PRESENT ON THIS
02:58:09:00	02:58:09:00	RESOLUTION.
02:58:09:00	02:58:13:00	BUT I DO HOPE THAT EVE IS ABLE
02:58:13:00	02:58:14:00	TO GET THE SICK TIME THAT SHE
02:58:14:00	02:58:15:00	NEEDS AND THAT SHE IS ABLE TO
02:58:15:00	02:58:17:00	GET AS YOU AS YOU READ
02:58:17:00	02:58:18:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, IT DOES SEEM
02:58:18:00	02:58:19:00	LIKE IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD
02:58:19:00	02:58:20:00	ISSUE.
02:58:20:00	02:58:23:00	SO I PERPLEXED AS TO WHY THIS
02:58:23:00	02:58:24:00	HASN'T BEEN GRANTED.
02:58:24:00	02:58:25:00	BUT AS A MATTER OF PROCESS FOR
02:58:25:00	02:58:28:00	THIS BODY I DO NOT WANT US
02:58:28:00	02:58:29:00	WEIGHING IN ON PERSONAL
02:58:29:00	02:58:29:00	DECISIONS AND SO I'M GOING TO
02:58:29:00	02:58:32:00	BE A PRESENT ON THIS ONE BUT I
02:58:32:00	02:58:34:00	RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES IN THEIR
02:58:34:00	02:58:35:00	ADVOCACY AND WILL CONTINUE TO
02:58:35:00	02:58:39:00	ADVOCATE ON HER BEHALF AND THE
02:58:39:00	02:58:39:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:58:39:00	02:58:40:00	COUNCIL ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE
02:58:40:00	02:58:40:00	THE FLOOR.
02:58:40:00	02:58:42:00	THANK YOU.
02:58:42:00	02:58:46:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK I HEAR
02:58:46:00	02:58:46:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S POSITION
02:58:46:00	02:58:46:00	LOUD AND CLEAR.
02:58:46:00	02:58:50:00	HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT YOU
02:58:50:00	02:58:50:00	KNOW, IN TERMS OF RESOLUTION
02:58:50:00	02:58:51:00	WE'VE YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE
02:58:51:00	02:58:53:00	OF PERSONNEL ISSUES WE'VE TAKEN
02:58:53:00	02:58:54:00	POSITIONS WHERE WE'VE JUST
02:58:54:00	02:58:55:00	SUPPORTED THINGS TO MAKE
02:58:55:00	02:58:55:00	STATEMENTS.
02:58:55:00	02:58:58:00	FOR EXAMPLE, OR THINGS THAT
02:58:58:00	02:58:59:00	PERTAIN TO THE STATE LIKE
02:58:59:00	02:59:01:00	KEEPING A HOSPITAL OPEN OR
02:59:01:00	02:59:02:00	THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ISSUES
02:59:02:00	02:59:03:00	THAT WE VOTED ON THAT WE KNOW
02:59:03:00	02:59:06:00	WE SHOULDN'T REALLY BE WE OR WE
02:59:06:00	02:59:07:00	HAVE LESS POWER OR THAT WE
02:59:07:00	02:59:09:00	DON'T TO ENCOURAGE TO CONTINUE
02:59:09:00	02:59:10:00	TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS HERE IN
02:59:10:00	02:59:13:00	TERMS OF DECISION MAKING AND
02:59:13:00	02:59:17:00	THEY SHOULD BE UNION ISSUES.
02:59:17:00	02:59:18:00	HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE'VE SET THAT
02:59:18:00	02:59:21:00	PRECEDENCE I THINK IT'S TOTALLY
02:59:21:00	02:59:22:00	OKAY FOR ME AND I'M SPEAKING
02:59:22:00	02:59:22:00	JUST FOR MYSELF.
02:59:22:00	02:59:25:00	AGAIN, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND
02:59:25:00	02:59:26:00	CLEAR AND I THINK YOU ARE
02:59:26:00	02:59:26:00	CORRECT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW
02:59:26:00	02:59:28:00	HOW WE WEIGH IN ON ISSUES LIKE
02:59:28:00	02:59:28:00	THIS.
02:59:28:00	02:59:29:00	HOWEVER, LIKE WE'VE SET A
02:59:29:00	02:59:32:00	PRECEDENT HERE A PRECEDENT HERE
02:59:32:00	02:59:35:00	WHERE WE HAVE DONE THIS YOU
02:59:35:00	02:59:36:00	KNOW, WHERE WE MAKE A STATEMENT
02:59:36:00	02:59:37:00	ON SOMETHING WHICH WOULD BE A
02:59:37:00	02:59:39:00	RESOLUTION NOT WE'RE NOT
02:59:39:00	02:59:39:00	CHANGING LAWS.
02:59:39:00	02:59:42:00	WE'RE NOT TRYING TO YOU KNOW,
02:59:42:00	02:59:43:00	TELL THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT TO
02:59:43:00	02:59:43:00	DO.
02:59:43:00	02:59:47:00	WE ARE GOING ON RECORD IN
02:59:47:00	02:59:47:00	SUPPORT OF SOMETHING AND SAYING
02:59:47:00	02:59:50:00	THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD
02:59:50:00	02:59:51:00	SHOULD TAKE PLACE.
02:59:51:00	02:59:51:00	SO I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
02:59:51:00	02:59:55:00	AND TO EVEN YOUR FAMILY ARE
02:59:55:00	02:59:55:00	DEEPLY SORRY THAT YOU'RE GOING
02:59:55:00	02:59:58:00	THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
02:59:58:00	02:59:59:00	THANK YOU.
02:59:59:00	02:59:59:00	THANK YOU.
02:59:59:00	03:00:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:00:00:00	03:00:03:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
03:00:03:00	03:00:04:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
03:00:04:00	03:00:04:00	FLOOR.
03:00:04:00	03:00:04:00	YEAH.
03:00:04:00	03:00:05:00	HI.
03:00:05:00	03:00:05:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:05:00	03:00:07:00	YEAH, I DO THINK MADAM
03:00:07:00	03:00:08:00	PRESIDENT RAISES A GOOD POINT
03:00:08:00	03:00:10:00	THAT I.
03:00:10:00	03:00:11:00	I THINK WE CAN HAVE A BETTER
03:00:11:00	03:00:14:00	PROCESS ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS
03:00:14:00	03:00:15:00	IF ONE PERSON IS COMING TO US
03:00:15:00	03:00:18:00	AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, TO
03:00:18:00	03:00:22:00	QUESTION TO THE TO THE FILER
03:00:22:00	03:00:22:00	I'M ASSUMING AT THIS POINT WE
03:00:22:00	03:00:25:00	DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR WHY
03:00:25:00	03:00:29:00	THEY TOOK THIS ACTION.
03:00:29:00	03:00:30:00	UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHILE I
03:00:30:00	03:00:33:00	SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION I DO I
03:00:33:00	03:00:33:00	WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER
03:00:33:00	03:00:36:00	WHEN VOTING ON THIS.
03:00:36:00	03:00:37:00	YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A
03:00:37:00	03:00:40:00	GOOD REASON BUT I AND WHETHER
03:00:40:00	03:00:43:00	YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HEARING
03:00:43:00	03:00:44:00	GENERAL POLICIES LIKE THIS IN
03:00:44:00	03:00:48:00	THE IN THE COMMITTEE THAT I
03:00:48:00	03:00:49:00	CHAIR YOU KNOW I WOULD SUPPORT
03:00:49:00	03:00:52:00	THAT BUT YOU KNOW I I DO HOPE
03:00:52:00	03:00:52:00	THAT IT'S JUST NOT YOU KNOW
03:00:52:00	03:00:55:00	WE'RE NOT JUST DOING TAKING
03:00:55:00	03:00:55:00	THESE ACTIONS FOR SINGULAR
03:00:55:00	03:00:56:00	PEOPLE UNLIKE WITH I THINK
03:00:56:00	03:00:59:00	STEWART HEALTH CARE WE WERE WE
03:00:59:00	03:01:00:00	UNDERSTOOD THE REASONS WHY THEY
03:01:00:00	03:01:03:00	WERE CLOSING HOSPITAL OR
03:01:03:00	03:01:03:00	SOMETHING OR SOMETHING LIKE
03:01:03:00	03:01:04:00	THAT.
03:01:04:00	03:01:04:00	I THINK THE CRITICAL QUESTION
03:01:04:00	03:01:07:00	HERE IS IS WHY I STILL THINK WE
03:01:07:00	03:01:11:00	CAN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, IN A
03:01:11:00	03:01:11:00	SITUATION LIKE THIS WE HAVE
03:01:11:00	03:01:14:00	CERTAINLY FACTS WHERE WE COULD
03:01:14:00	03:01:17:00	SUPPORT IN CALLING FOR HELP FOR
03:01:17:00	03:01:22:00	FOR FOR MS. GRIFFIN YOU KNOW
03:01:22:00	03:01:22:00	AND I SUPPORT THAT.
03:01:22:00	03:01:25:00	I JUST I DO THINK THAT, YOU
03:01:25:00	03:01:28:00	KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS
03:01:28:00	03:01:29:00	COUNCIL TURN INTO LIKE AN H.R.
03:01:29:00	03:01:31:00	DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FIRST
03:01:31:00	03:01:32:00	SINGLE ISSUES AND AT LEAST TO
03:01:32:00	03:01:35:00	KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHY THE THE
03:01:35:00	03:01:35:00	LIBRARY HAS TAKEN THIS ACTION.
03:01:35:00	03:01:39:00	I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THAT AT
03:01:39:00	03:01:39:00	THIS THIS TIME.
03:01:39:00	03:01:43:00	BUT I STILL SUPPORT THE
03:01:43:00	03:01:43:00	RESOLUTION.
03:01:43:00	03:01:46:00	THANK YOU.
03:01:46:00	03:01:47:00	THANK YOU.
03:01:47:00	03:01:47:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:01:47:00	03:01:47:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
03:01:47:00	03:01:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAD THE
03:01:48:00	03:01:50:00	FLOOR.
03:01:50:00	03:01:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:01:50:00	03:01:54:00	AND I DO JUST WANT ARISE MY
03:01:54:00	03:01:55:00	FOURTH YEAR ON THE COUNCIL AND
03:01:55:00	03:01:58:00	WE DO VOTE ON RESOLUTIONS AND
03:01:58:00	03:01:59:00	IF WE WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE I
03:01:59:00	03:02:01:00	THINK THAT HAS TO BE A HEARING
03:02:01:00	03:02:02:00	IN THE RULES COMMITTEE TO
03:02:02:00	03:02:02:00	REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT DO THESE
03:02:02:00	03:02:05:00	RESOLUTION MEAN?
03:02:05:00	03:02:06:00	RIGHT?
03:02:06:00	03:02:06:00	MY FIRST YEAR WE PASSED A
03:02:06:00	03:02:09:00	RESOLUTION TO BAN YOU KNOW, THE
03:02:09:00	03:02:10:00	EMBARGO TO CUBA LIKE CUBA WAS
03:02:10:00	03:02:13:00	NOT LISTENING TO US.
03:02:13:00	03:02:13:00	THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR
03:02:13:00	03:02:13:00	PRACTICES.
03:02:13:00	03:02:16:00	IT WAS LIKE SENDING A STATEMENT
03:02:16:00	03:02:17:00	WHERE WE FEEL AND IF WE ARE
03:02:17:00	03:02:20:00	WEIGHING IN LIKE MANY OF US
03:02:20:00	03:02:20:00	VOTED MYSELF DID IN SUPPORT
03:02:20:00	03:02:23:00	OF EDDIE CRISPIN KNOWING THAT
03:02:23:00	03:02:24:00	COMMISSIONER CAN DO WHAT HE
03:02:24:00	03:02:25:00	WANTS AND THE MAYOR AND HER
03:02:25:00	03:02:28:00	DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL
03:02:28:00	03:02:28:00	DEPARTMENT WILL DECIDE IF IT'S
03:02:28:00	03:02:29:00	LEGAL OR NOT IF THEY'RE NOT
03:02:29:00	03:02:32:00	FORCED TO DO ANYTHING WITH OUR
03:02:32:00	03:02:32:00	RESOLUTIONS IT'S SENDING A
03:02:32:00	03:02:35:00	STATEMENT AND SO I DON'T WANT
03:02:35:00	03:02:40:00	TO WATER DOWN THE SUPPORT I
03:02:40:00	03:02:44:00	HAVE FOR HER AND SURE THAT SHE
03:02:44:00	03:02:44:00	KNOWS.
03:02:44:00	03:02:45:00	SO EVEN IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T
03:02:45:00	03:02:48:00	WANT TO WHICH IS FINE EVERYONE
03:02:48:00	03:02:48:00	HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE ON
03:02:48:00	03:02:49:00	EVERYTHING THE WAY THEY WANT
03:02:49:00	03:02:51:00	BUT IT'S HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES
03:02:51:00	03:02:54:00	ON THIS COUNCIL SO.
03:02:54:00	03:02:55:00	WE DEFINITELY THEN SHOULD
03:02:55:00	03:02:55:00	PROBABLY COME TOGETHER TO
03:02:55:00	03:02:59:00	DECIDE WHAT RESOLUTION IS DO
03:02:59:00	03:03:00:00	COME FORWARD AND HOW WE'RE
03:03:00:00	03:03:00:00	VOTING ON THEM.
03:03:00:00	03:03:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:03:03:00	03:03:05:00	FLYNN FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
03:03:05:00	03:03:05:00	.
03:03:05:00	03:03:06:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:03:06:00	03:03:10:00	AND YOU KNOW, I.
03:03:10:00	03:03:13:00	I THINK WHAT THIS RESOLUTION
03:03:13:00	03:03:17:00	MEANS IS THAT OUR COLLEAGUE
03:03:17:00	03:03:17:00	THAT WORKS WITH THE BOSTON
03:03:17:00	03:03:20:00	PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM DESERVES
03:03:20:00	03:03:25:00	RESPECT AND AND DESERVES
03:03:25:00	03:03:26:00	DIGNITY AT HER TIME OF NEED.
03:03:26:00	03:03:29:00	ONE OF MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES
03:03:29:00	03:03:29:00	MENTIONED COULD YOU IMAGINE IF
03:03:29:00	03:03:33:00	THIS WAS YOUR YOUR FAMILY
03:03:33:00	03:03:36:00	MEMBER, YOUR SPOUSE OR YOUR
03:03:36:00	03:03:36:00	YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR CHILD OR
03:03:36:00	03:03:39:00	YOUR SISTER, YOUR BROTHER IN
03:03:39:00	03:03:40:00	THAT SITUATION WHAT WOULD YOU
03:03:40:00	03:03:43:00	DO?
03:03:43:00	03:03:47:00	YOU'D WANT ADVOCATES FIGHTING
03:03:47:00	03:03:47:00	FOR YOU.
03:03:47:00	03:03:48:00	THAT'S WHAT YOU'D WANT.
03:03:48:00	03:03:50:00	AND I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE
03:03:50:00	03:03:51:00	COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO
03:03:51:00	03:03:52:00	LOOK FOR A LITTLE BIT
03:03:52:00	03:03:54:00	OF JUSTICE IF THEY DON'T FEEL
03:03:54:00	03:03:55:00	LIKE THEY'RE GETTING IT
03:03:55:00	03:03:58:00	SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU CAN COME
03:03:58:00	03:03:59:00	HERE AND PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO
03:03:59:00	03:04:02:00	YOU AND PEOPLE WILL TAKE A
03:04:02:00	03:04:02:00	VOTE.
03:04:02:00	03:04:05:00	MAYBE IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL
03:04:05:00	03:04:06:00	VOTE, MAYBE IT'S A DIFFICULT
03:04:06:00	03:04:09:00	VOTE BUT YOU CAN COME HERE AND
03:04:09:00	03:04:14:00	SEEK SOME JUSTICE BECAUSE CITY
03:04:14:00	03:04:14:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I'VE
03:04:14:00	03:04:17:00	REPRESENTED ARE ELECTED BY THE
03:04:17:00	03:04:17:00	PEOPLE.
03:04:17:00	03:04:21:00	THAT'S WHY WE TAKE AND VOTE ON
03:04:21:00	03:04:25:00	DIFFICULT ISSUES THE NEXT THE
03:04:25:00	03:04:25:00	NEXT RESOLUTION I'M GOING TO BE
03:04:25:00	03:04:28:00	TALKING ABOUT CUTS TO VETERANS.
03:04:28:00	03:04:29:00	THAT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE.
03:04:29:00	03:04:30:00	SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE
03:04:30:00	03:04:33:00	TALKING ABOUT CUTS TO THE
03:04:33:00	03:04:33:00	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
03:04:33:00	03:04:36:00	FEDERAL SO SOMEONE'S GOING TO
03:04:36:00	03:04:37:00	BE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION
03:04:37:00	03:04:40:00	ISSUES ARE APPROPRIATE.
03:04:40:00	03:04:43:00	WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE YES.
03:04:43:00	03:04:44:00	WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE NO.
03:04:44:00	03:04:45:00	IT'S ABOUT IT'S ABOUT OUR
03:04:45:00	03:04:48:00	VALUES.
03:04:48:00	03:04:48:00	THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
03:04:48:00	03:04:49:00	DO WE STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR
03:04:49:00	03:04:51:00	SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A
03:04:51:00	03:04:55:00	VOICE, THAT SOMEONE IS SICK
03:04:55:00	03:04:56:00	THAT THEY CAN'T FIGHT FOR
03:04:56:00	03:04:56:00	THEMSELVES?
03:04:56:00	03:04:59:00	DO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
03:04:59:00	03:05:00:00	ADVOCATE FOR THEM?
03:05:00:00	03:05:03:00	AND THAT'S THE QUESTION.
03:05:03:00	03:05:03:00	MAYBE MAYBE THE QUESTION IS
03:05:03:00	03:05:04:00	YES.
03:05:04:00	03:05:04:00	MAYBE THE QUESTION IS NO.
03:05:04:00	03:05:07:00	THAT'S WHAT MY COLLEAGUES DO
03:05:07:00	03:05:07:00	DECIDE.
03:05:07:00	03:05:10:00	BUT THIS IS THE PLACE THIS IS
03:05:10:00	03:05:14:00	THE RIGHT PLACE FOR PEOPLE
03:05:14:00	03:05:15:00	LOOKING FOR RESPECT AND DIGNITY
03:05:15:00	03:05:18:00	AND IT'S OUR JOB TO PROVIDE
03:05:18:00	03:05:18:00	THAT.
03:05:18:00	03:05:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:05:19:00	03:05:19:00	THANK YOU.
03:05:19:00	03:05:20:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:05:20:00	03:05:22:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:05:22:00	03:05:23:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:05:23:00	03:05:23:00	THEIR NAME?
03:05:23:00	03:05:25:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD
03:05:25:00	03:05:26:00	COUNCILOR BREADON FERNANDA
03:05:26:00	03:05:29:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD WE HEAR
03:05:29:00	03:05:33:00	THAT BEN WEBER MR. CLERK
03:05:33:00	03:05:37:00	COUNCILORS GLEN MACCHIA AND
03:05:37:00	03:05:38:00	MURPHY'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES
03:05:38:00	03:05:44:00	AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER
03:05:44:00	03:05:44:00	0558.
03:05:44:00	03:05:45:00	CAN YOU PLEASE MR. CLERK, COULD
03:05:45:00	03:05:46:00	YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
03:05:46:00	03:05:48:00	VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN
03:05:48:00	03:05:50:00	NUMBER 0558 COUNCILOR BREADON
03:05:50:00	03:05:50:00	YES.
03:05:50:00	03:05:51:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:05:51:00	03:05:55:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
03:05:55:00	03:05:58:00	COUNCILOR CLOSE TO THE PRESENT
03:05:58:00	03:05:58:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:05:58:00	03:05:59:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN PRESIDENT
03:05:59:00	03:06:02:00	COUNCIL FINANCE AND
03:06:02:00	03:06:03:00	COUNCIL FINANCES AND YES
03:06:03:00	03:06:06:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:06:06:00	03:06:07:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:06:07:00	03:06:07:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:06:07:00	03:06:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:06:10:00	03:06:11:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT
03:06:11:00	03:06:13:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT
03:06:13:00	03:06:14:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:06:14:00	03:06:15:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES
03:06:15:00	03:06:17:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:06:17:00	03:06:18:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:06:18:00	03:06:19:00	COUNCILOR THE PEN COUNCILOR FOR
03:06:19:00	03:06:21:00	PEN YES.
03:06:21:00	03:06:21:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:06:21:00	03:06:25:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA PRESIDENT
03:06:25:00	03:06:25:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:06:25:00	03:06:29:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
03:06:29:00	03:06:29:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL THE PRESENT
03:06:29:00	03:06:32:00	COUNCIL WILL PRESENT EIGHT
03:06:32:00	03:06:35:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND
03:06:35:00	03:06:36:00	FIVE VOTES PRESENT.
03:06:36:00	03:06:36:00	THANK YOU.
03:06:36:00	03:06:40:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
03:06:40:00	03:06:41:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:06:41:00	03:06:46:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0559 TALKING
03:06:46:00	03:06:48:00	NUMBERS 0559 COUNCIL FLYNN NOW
03:06:48:00	03:06:49:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:06:49:00	03:06:52:00	DENOUNCING CUTS TO PERSONNEL
03:06:52:00	03:06:53:00	AND SERVICE AT THE DEPARTMENT
03:06:53:00	03:06:56:00	OF VETERANS OR VETERANS
03:06:56:00	03:06:56:00	AFFAIRS.
03:06:56:00	03:06:57:00	THANK YOU.
03:06:57:00	03:07:00:00	THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:07:00:00	03:07:01:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTER FLYNN
03:07:01:00	03:07:01:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:07:01:00	03:07:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:07:03:00	03:07:04:00	THIS WEEK I ATTENDED THE
03:07:04:00	03:07:07:00	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
03:07:07:00	03:07:07:00	LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE IN
03:07:07:00	03:07:10:00	WASHINGTON DC.
03:07:10:00	03:07:11:00	I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT I
03:07:11:00	03:07:15:00	WOULD BE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE
03:07:15:00	03:07:15:00	VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES,
03:07:15:00	03:07:18:00	DISABLED VETERANS AGAINST THE
03:07:18:00	03:07:22:00	LAYOFFS OF 1000 PERSONNEL FROM
03:07:22:00	03:07:22:00	THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
03:07:22:00	03:07:26:00	AFFAIRS LAST WEEK I WAS PROUD
03:07:26:00	03:07:26:00	TO JOIN CONGRESSMAN LYNCH,
03:07:26:00	03:07:29:00	STATE SENATOR MICHAEL RUSH,
03:07:29:00	03:07:29:00	FELLOW VETERANS, WORKING
03:07:29:00	03:07:33:00	FAMILIES AT THE WEST ROXBURY
03:07:33:00	03:07:36:00	VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER
03:07:36:00	03:07:37:00	TO SUPPORT VETERANS AND FEDERAL
03:07:37:00	03:07:38:00	WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
03:07:38:00	03:07:41:00	BY LAYOFFS TO THE VA SYSTEM AND
03:07:41:00	03:07:41:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WOULD ALSO
03:07:41:00	03:07:44:00	LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
03:07:44:00	03:07:45:00	AMANDA WAS ALSO THERE FIGHTING
03:07:45:00	03:07:48:00	FOR FIGHTING FOR VETERANS AND
03:07:48:00	03:07:55:00	WORKING FAMILIES AS WELL OUT IN
03:07:55:00	03:07:59:00	FRONT OF THE VETERANS AFFAIRS
03:07:59:00	03:07:59:00	BUILDING IN WASHINGTON DC
03:07:59:00	03:08:03:00	THERE'S A SMALL LITTLE PLACARD
03:08:03:00	03:08:06:00	IN BRONZE AND IT'S A QUOTE FROM
03:08:06:00	03:08:09:00	PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND IT SAYS
03:08:09:00	03:08:10:00	WE MUST CARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
03:08:10:00	03:08:13:00	SERVED IN OUR NATION'S MILITARY
03:08:13:00	03:08:14:00	AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES,
03:08:14:00	03:08:17:00	CAREGIVERS AND SURVIVORS.
03:08:17:00	03:08:18:00	THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE
03:08:18:00	03:08:21:00	LARGEST EMPLOYER OF VETERANS IN
03:08:21:00	03:08:24:00	THE UNITED STATES.
03:08:24:00	03:08:27:00	VETERANS MAKE UP ABOUT 30%
03:08:27:00	03:08:27:00	OF THE 2 MILLION OVER 1 MILLION
03:08:27:00	03:08:28:00	FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
03:08:28:00	03:08:32:00	MANY OF WHOM ARE LIKE MYSELF,
03:08:32:00	03:08:35:00	DISABLED VETERANS OUR FEDERAL
03:08:35:00	03:08:39:00	WORKFORCE MAKE UP APPROX SIMPLY
03:08:39:00	03:08:39:00	6% OF THE OVERALL FEDERAL
03:08:39:00	03:08:43:00	BUDGET THE CUTS TO SERVICES AND
03:08:43:00	03:08:46:00	BENEFITS FOR VETERANS WILL DO
03:08:46:00	03:08:47:00	NOTHING TOWARDS BALANCING THE
03:08:47:00	03:08:50:00	FEDERAL BUDGET UNCONSCIONABLE.
03:08:50:00	03:08:53:00	THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WOULD
03:08:53:00	03:08:54:00	CUT SERVICES PROGRAMS
03:08:54:00	03:09:03:00	SUPPORTING VETERANS SINCE
03:09:03:00	03:09:03:00	PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE
03:09:03:00	03:09:10:00	BYPASS IMPACT ACT AND 2022 I
03:09:10:00	03:09:11:00	WOULD VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO
03:09:11:00	03:09:13:00	SUPPORT VETERANS AND MILITARY
03:09:13:00	03:09:14:00	FAMILIES EXPOSED TO TOXINS AND
03:09:14:00	03:09:17:00	ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OVER 1
03:09:17:00	03:09:18:00	MILLION VETERANS AND THEIR
03:09:18:00	03:09:21:00	SURVIVORS HAVE RECEIVED
03:09:21:00	03:09:21:00	SUPPORT.
03:09:21:00	03:09:25:00	IN ADDITION, OVER 5 MILLION
03:09:25:00	03:09:26:00	VETERANS HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR
03:09:26:00	03:09:29:00	TOXIC EXPOSURES IN RECENT
03:09:29:00	03:09:29:00	MONTHS.
03:09:29:00	03:09:33:00	THE VA REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL
03:09:33:00	03:09:34:00	6 BILLION TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH
03:09:34:00	03:09:37:00	CARE SHORTFALL.
03:09:37:00	03:09:41:00	THE RECKLESS CUTS THAT HAVE
03:09:41:00	03:09:44:00	BEEN MADE ARE GOING TO IMPACT
03:09:44:00	03:09:45:00	OVER 9 MILLION PEOPLE THAT THE
03:09:45:00	03:09:47:00	VA SERVES.
03:09:47:00	03:09:48:00	THESE ARE VETERANS WHO STRUGGLE
03:09:48:00	03:09:51:00	WITH A HOST OF MEDICAL ISSUES
03:09:51:00	03:09:52:00	INCLUDING UNIQUE SERVICE
03:09:52:00	03:09:55:00	RELATED AND MENTAL HEALTH
03:09:55:00	03:09:55:00	CHALLENGES INCLUDING THOSE WHO
03:09:55:00	03:09:59:00	SUFFER FROM PTSD, PTSD THERE
03:09:59:00	03:09:59:00	ARE MANY UNOCCUPIED POSITIONS
03:09:59:00	03:10:06:00	IN THE VA ESPECIALLY COUNSELORS
03:10:06:00	03:10:07:00	.
03:10:07:00	03:10:07:00	WOMEN VETERANS ARE THE FASTEST
03:10:07:00	03:10:10:00	GROWING GROUP OF VETERANS IN
03:10:10:00	03:10:11:00	THE VA SYSTEM AND IN THE
03:10:11:00	03:10:14:00	MILITARY.
03:10:14:00	03:10:15:00	THEY NEED GENDER SPECIFIC
03:10:15:00	03:10:18:00	SUPPORT AT THE VA MEDICAL
03:10:18:00	03:10:21:00	FACILITIES.
03:10:21:00	03:10:25:00	WE CAN'T WATER THAT DOWN.
03:10:25:00	03:10:29:00	AS A RETIRED U.S. NAVY VETERAN,
03:10:29:00	03:10:29:00	I WON'T STOP FIGHTING FOR OUR
03:10:29:00	03:10:32:00	VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES
03:10:32:00	03:10:33:00	FOR EXPANDED MENTAL HEALTH
03:10:33:00	03:10:33:00	SERVICES.
03:10:33:00	03:10:36:00	AS I MENTIONED SUPPORT FOR
03:10:36:00	03:10:37:00	WOMEN VETERANS, MORE RESOURCES
03:10:37:00	03:10:40:00	DEDICATED TO VETERANS SUICIDE.
03:10:40:00	03:10:41:00	CAN YOU IMAGINE?
03:10:41:00	03:10:43:00	WE HAVE WE LOSE 21 VETERANS A
03:10:43:00	03:10:47:00	DAY FROM SUICIDE AND WE'RE
03:10:47:00	03:10:47:00	CUTTING THE BUDGET.
03:10:47:00	03:10:48:00	WE'RE CUTTING THE FEDERAL
03:10:48:00	03:10:57:00	BUDGET REGARDLESS OF THIS
03:10:57:00	03:11:02:00	PAINFUL AND TRAUMATIC CUT THAT
03:11:02:00	03:11:03:00	WE'VE SEEN HERE IN WASHINGTON
03:11:03:00	03:11:06:00	OVER ALL WE SEE IN OTHER
03:11:06:00	03:11:06:00	LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
03:11:06:00	03:11:13:00	IT'S ALMOST EASY NOW TO ENSURE
03:11:13:00	03:11:14:00	VETERANS ARE NO LONGER PART
03:11:14:00	03:11:17:00	OF SOCIETY WHEN YOU SYSTEM
03:11:17:00	03:11:18:00	RADICALLY TRY TO CUT THEIR
03:11:18:00	03:11:18:00	BENEFITS, CUT THEIR SERVICES,
03:11:18:00	03:11:22:00	WHAT IT SAYS IS YOU DON'T
03:11:22:00	03:11:22:00	RESPECT THEM, YOU DON'T YOU
03:11:22:00	03:11:25:00	DON'T SUPPORT THEM.
03:11:25:00	03:11:26:00	YOU'RE WILLING TO SEND THEM OFF
03:11:26:00	03:11:29:00	TO TO A WAR.
03:11:29:00	03:11:29:00	BUT WHEN THEY COME HOME YOU
03:11:29:00	03:11:30:00	BASICALLY TELL THEM YOU'RE ON
03:11:30:00	03:11:32:00	YOUR OWN AND YOU'RE TELLING
03:11:32:00	03:11:33:00	THEIR SPOUSE THAT SAME MESSAGE
03:11:33:00	03:11:36:00	IN THEIR FAMILIES.
03:11:36:00	03:11:37:00	WHAT VETERANS WANT AND WHAT
03:11:37:00	03:11:40:00	THEY NEED IS SUPPORT FROM
03:11:40:00	03:11:41:00	CITIZENS HERE IN BOSTON AND
03:11:41:00	03:11:44:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
03:11:44:00	03:11:45:00	BUT IT IS OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT
03:11:45:00	03:11:48:00	OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
03:11:48:00	03:11:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:11:49:00	03:11:49:00	THANK YOU.
03:11:49:00	03:11:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:11:50:00	03:11:52:00	COUNCILMAN MURPHY.
03:11:52:00	03:11:53:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
03:11:53:00	03:11:53:00	FLOOR.
03:11:53:00	03:11:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:11:53:00	03:11:56:00	I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO THANK
03:11:56:00	03:11:56:00	YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BEING
03:11:56:00	03:12:00:00	SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE.
03:12:00:00	03:12:00:00	THE VETERANS HERE IN THE CITY
03:12:00:00	03:12:03:00	OF BOSTON IN THE STATE AND
03:12:03:00	03:12:04:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LUCKY TO
03:12:04:00	03:12:05:00	HAVE YOU AS SUCH A STRONG
03:12:05:00	03:12:07:00	ADVOCATE.
03:12:07:00	03:12:08:00	YOU GO TO BAT AND YOU FIGHT FOR
03:12:08:00	03:12:11:00	OUR VETERANS AS HARD AS YOU DO
03:12:11:00	03:12:12:00	THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT
03:12:12:00	03:12:15:00	EVERY DAY AND AS A MOM OF A
03:12:15:00	03:12:16:00	VETERAN NOW IT HITS DIFFERENTLY
03:12:16:00	03:12:19:00	AND IT FEELS DIFFERENTLY.
03:12:19:00	03:12:20:00	SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:12:20:00	03:12:20:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:20:00	03:12:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:12:23:00	03:12:24:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA ON THE
03:12:24:00	03:12:24:00	FLOOR.
03:12:24:00	03:12:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:12:24:00	03:12:26:00	AND I RISE TO THANK
03:12:26:00	03:12:27:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS STRONG
03:12:27:00	03:12:30:00	ADVOCACY ALWAYS FOR THE
03:12:30:00	03:12:30:00	VETERANS COMMUNITY.
03:12:30:00	03:12:31:00	I HAVE VETERANS IN MY FAMILY IN
03:12:31:00	03:12:34:00	MY DISTRICT HAS MANY VETERANS
03:12:34:00	03:12:38:00	WHO ARE OUR STRONG AND PROUD
03:12:38:00	03:12:42:00	AND SO MY MY EDUCATION LARGELY
03:12:42:00	03:12:42:00	COMES FROM THEM.
03:12:42:00	03:12:46:00	WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN IN D.C.
03:12:46:00	03:12:46:00	RIGHT NOW IS DEPLORABLE AND
03:12:46:00	03:12:48:00	SHOULD QUITE FRANKLY DISGUST
03:12:48:00	03:12:49:00	EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF YOUR
03:12:49:00	03:12:52:00	POLITICAL PARTY.
03:12:52:00	03:12:53:00	THESE JOB CUTS BASICALLY PUT
03:12:53:00	03:12:56:00	VETERANS LAST AND JUST
03:12:56:00	03:12:57:00	YESTERDAY WE FOUND OUT THAT
03:12:57:00	03:12:59:00	THERE ARE OVER 1400 NEW CUTS IN
03:12:59:00	03:13:03:00	THE SECOND ROUND AND THAT HAS
03:13:03:00	03:13:07:00	BROAD RAMIFICATIONS TO NOT JUST
03:13:07:00	03:13:08:00	IN D.C. BUT IN OUR COMMUNITIES
03:13:08:00	03:13:11:00	AT THE VA HOSPITAL AND IN
03:13:11:00	03:13:11:00	JAMAICA PLAIN.
03:13:11:00	03:13:15:00	AND SO WHILE THIS IS BEING DONE
03:13:15:00	03:13:15:00	IN THE NAME OF EFFICIENCY AND
03:13:15:00	03:13:18:00	SAVINGS, MEMBERS OF THE
03:13:18:00	03:13:23:00	MAJORITY PARTY WORKED IN THE
03:13:23:00	03:13:23:00	MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE FOLKS
03:13:23:00	03:13:27:00	WERE SLEEPING TO RAISE TAXES ON
03:13:27:00	03:13:27:00	MOST AMERICANS EXCEPT FOR THOSE
03:13:27:00	03:13:30:00	AT THE TOP 5% OR THE RICHEST
03:13:30:00	03:13:30:00	5%.
03:13:30:00	03:13:34:00	AND THIS IS BASED ON THE
03:13:34:00	03:13:34:00	INSTITUTE OF TAXATION AND
03:13:34:00	03:13:37:00	ECONOMICS, WHICH IS NONPARTISAN
03:13:37:00	03:13:38:00	.
03:13:38:00	03:13:38:00	AND SO ACCORDING TO LOGIC TO
03:13:38:00	03:13:41:00	THIS LOGIC, BILLIONAIRES SHOULD
03:13:41:00	03:13:42:00	RECEIVE RELIEF WHILE VETERANS
03:13:42:00	03:13:44:00	ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND
03:13:44:00	03:13:45:00	WE SHOULD NOT BE CONDITIONED TO
03:13:45:00	03:13:45:00	ACCEPT THIS.
03:13:45:00	03:13:49:00	AND SO THIS PUBLIC DECEPTION
03:13:49:00	03:13:52:00	THAT HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY
03:13:52:00	03:13:53:00	SHAPED TO JUSTIFY BILLIONAIRE
03:13:53:00	03:13:57:00	EXPLOITATION AND VILIFY THE
03:13:57:00	03:13:57:00	WORKING CLASS FOR THEIR
03:13:57:00	03:13:58:00	STRUGGLES NOW INCLUDES VETERANS
03:13:58:00	03:14:00:00	AND AGAIN THAT SHOULD DISGUST
03:14:00:00	03:14:01:00	EVERYBODY.
03:14:01:00	03:14:01:00	THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE
03:14:01:00	03:14:02:00	EVERYTHING PUT THEIR LIFE ON
03:14:02:00	03:14:04:00	THE LINE, THE ULTIMATE
03:14:04:00	03:14:04:00	SACRIFICE.
03:14:04:00	03:14:05:00	AND SO I'M PROUD TO STAND UP
03:14:05:00	03:14:09:00	AND SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE AND
03:14:09:00	03:14:09:00	ALL VETERANS IN MY DISTRICT.
03:14:09:00	03:14:09:00	THANK YOU.
03:14:09:00	03:14:10:00	THANK YOU.
03:14:10:00	03:14:12:00	THE CHAIR I CAN JUST CONSECRATE
03:14:12:00	03:14:12:00	ANY OF THE FLOOR.
03:14:12:00	03:14:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:14:13:00	03:14:16:00	AND THANK YOU MR FLYNN FOR YOUR
03:14:16:00	03:14:19:00	AND AN INCREDIBLE CONTINUED
03:14:19:00	03:14:23:00	ADVOCACY FOR VETERANS AND AND
03:14:23:00	03:14:24:00	ALSO FOR YOUR SERVICE.
03:14:24:00	03:14:27:00	I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
03:14:27:00	03:14:28:00	TO SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY WHO'S
03:14:28:00	03:14:29:00	A SOCIAL WORKER AND HER SISTERS
03:14:29:00	03:14:31:00	A SOCIAL WORKER WHO WORKS FOR
03:14:31:00	03:14:35:00	THE VA AND SHE SAID THAT HER
03:14:35:00	03:14:35:00	SISTER HAD BEEN OFFERED THE
03:14:35:00	03:14:36:00	THEY CAME TO CALL IT THE FORK
03:14:36:00	03:14:39:00	IN THE ROAD WHERE YOU SAY OKAY,
03:14:39:00	03:14:40:00	GIVE UP YOUR JOB TOMORROW YOU
03:14:40:00	03:14:42:00	CAN YOU WILL PAY IT THROUGH
03:14:42:00	03:14:43:00	SEPTEMBER SO THAT SHE DIDN'T
03:14:43:00	03:14:46:00	TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THEN
03:14:46:00	03:14:49:00	THE NEXT THIS WEEK IT IS RIGHT
03:14:49:00	03:14:50:00	DOWN FIVE THINGS THAT YOU
03:14:50:00	03:14:53:00	ACHIEVED LAST WEEK IN YOUR JOB
03:14:53:00	03:14:53:00	.
03:14:53:00	03:14:54:00	VA SOCIAL WORKERS ARE
03:14:54:00	03:14:56:00	OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID AND HAVE
03:14:56:00	03:14:57:00	CASELOADS WAY BEYOND THEIR
03:14:57:00	03:15:00:00	CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY GET TO
03:15:00:00	03:15:04:00	GIVE OPTIMAL SERVICE TO THE THE
03:15:04:00	03:15:04:00	VETERANS THAT THEY SERVE AND
03:15:04:00	03:15:07:00	THIS IS NONSENSE THIS IS
03:15:07:00	03:15:08:00	NONSENSE ASKING THEM TO DO THIS
03:15:08:00	03:15:11:00	THE EMERGENCY HOTLINE FOR
03:15:11:00	03:15:12:00	VETERANS TO TRY AND PREVENT
03:15:12:00	03:15:14:00	VETERAN SUICIDES IS ONE OF THE
03:15:14:00	03:15:15:00	FIRST THINGS TO TAKE IT TO BE
03:15:15:00	03:15:16:00	CUT.
03:15:16:00	03:15:21:00	A FEW SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
03:15:21:00	03:15:21:00	THIS IS NONSENSICAL, RECKLESS,
03:15:21:00	03:15:25:00	DANGEROUS.
03:15:25:00	03:15:26:00	IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL CONGRESS AND
03:15:26:00	03:15:29:00	CONGRESS ALONE HAS THE POWER TO
03:15:29:00	03:15:29:00	CUT FUNDING FOR FEDERAL
03:15:29:00	03:15:32:00	PROGRAMS AND YET WE HAVE AN
03:15:32:00	03:15:36:00	UNELECTED AN UNELECTED UNVETTED
03:15:36:00	03:15:37:00	, A VERY RICH MAN MAKING THESE
03:15:37:00	03:15:40:00	DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPACTING
03:15:40:00	03:15:41:00	PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
03:15:41:00	03:15:44:00	VETERANS LIVE IN EVERY
03:15:44:00	03:15:45:00	COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE, ALL
03:15:45:00	03:15:47:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY 30%
03:15:47:00	03:15:47:00	OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE
03:15:47:00	03:15:47:00	VETERANS.
03:15:47:00	03:15:48:00	THEY WORK IN STATE PARKS.
03:15:48:00	03:15:51:00	THEY WORK AND THEY WORK FOR THE
03:15:51:00	03:15:51:00	POST OFFICE.
03:15:51:00	03:15:54:00	THEY WORK ALL ACROSS THE NATION
03:15:54:00	03:15:55:00	AND THEY ARE BEING FACED WITH
03:15:55:00	03:15:58:00	AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FUTURE.
03:15:58:00	03:15:59:00	IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CUTTING THE
03:15:59:00	03:16:02:00	BUDGET.
03:16:02:00	03:16:03:00	WE ARE EXPERIENCING A COUP
03:16:03:00	03:16:06:00	DESIGNED TO DISMANTLE THE
03:16:06:00	03:16:06:00	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GIVE
03:16:06:00	03:16:09:00	MORE MONEY TO THE RICHEST 5%
03:16:09:00	03:16:12:00	OF OF AMERICANS.
03:16:12:00	03:16:13:00	AND IT'S IT'S REALLY TIME FOR
03:16:13:00	03:16:14:00	ORDINARY PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND
03:16:14:00	03:16:17:00	SAY WE SUPPORT OUR VETERANS.
03:16:17:00	03:16:20:00	WE SUPPORT A MEDICARE MEDICAID.
03:16:20:00	03:16:21:00	WE WANT OUR SOCIAL SECURITY TO
03:16:21:00	03:16:24:00	BE LEFT ALONE AND WE DON'T
03:16:24:00	03:16:28:00	AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE TAXED
03:16:28:00	03:16:28:00	MORE SO THAT THE RICHEST PEOPLE
03:16:28:00	03:16:29:00	IN OUR COUNTRY GET BE GIVEN A
03:16:29:00	03:16:32:00	BIG TAX BREAK.
03:16:32:00	03:16:33:00	THIS IS NOT JUST IT'S HIGHLY,
03:16:33:00	03:16:36:00	HIGHLY ILLEGAL AND
03:16:36:00	03:16:36:00	UNPRECEDENTED.
03:16:36:00	03:16:39:00	SO IT'S TIME FOR EVERYONE TO
03:16:39:00	03:16:40:00	STAND UP AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO
03:16:40:00	03:16:44:00	SUPPORT CONSTANTLY FRIENDS
03:16:44:00	03:16:44:00	RESOLUTION TODAY.
03:16:44:00	03:16:45:00	THANK YOU THANK YOU THAT YOU
03:16:45:00	03:16:47:00	ORGANIZED THIS CONFERENCE
03:16:47:00	03:16:50:00	INDIANA'S IN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
03:16:50:00	03:16:50:00	.
03:16:50:00	03:16:51:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:16:51:00	03:16:51:00	MY LIGHT WENT OFF.
03:16:51:00	03:16:55:00	I WAS TRYING TO SAY IT WAS TIME
03:16:55:00	03:16:55:00	BUT JUST ECHOING MY COLLEAGUES.
03:16:55:00	03:16:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK YOU SO
03:16:56:00	03:16:58:00	MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING SUCH A
03:16:58:00	03:16:59:00	STRONG NOT JUST ADVOCATE BUT
03:16:59:00	03:17:02:00	FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TO OUR OWN
03:17:02:00	03:17:05:00	VERY OWN MAKE SURE YOUR STAFF.
03:17:05:00	03:17:06:00	SHANE PACK, THANK YOU SO MUCH
03:17:06:00	03:17:08:00	FOR YOUR SERVICE.
03:17:08:00	03:17:09:00	I JUST IT DOES HIT HOME HARD.
03:17:09:00	03:17:12:00	THERE ARE I HAVE TO ADMIT I
03:17:12:00	03:17:13:00	MUST ADMIT THOUGH THERE ARE
03:17:13:00	03:17:16:00	SOME CUTS THAT I AGREE WITH AND
03:17:16:00	03:17:17:00	THIS ONE JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE
03:17:17:00	03:17:20:00	THAT I THINK ABSOLUTELY NOT AND
03:17:20:00	03:17:21:00	HURTS DEEPLY NOT JUST BEING A
03:17:21:00	03:17:25:00	MILITARY MOM BUT ALSO JUST
03:17:25:00	03:17:28:00	UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU DEDICATE
03:17:28:00	03:17:29:00	YOURSELF TO SERVICE SOME I
03:17:29:00	03:17:31:00	THINK FOLKS I HAVE THIS
03:17:31:00	03:17:32:00	UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S SO
03:17:32:00	03:17:33:00	MANY PERKS AND BENEFITS TO
03:17:33:00	03:17:36:00	BECOMING A VETERAN AND SORT
03:17:36:00	03:17:40:00	OF BYPASS OR DISMISS VETERANS
03:17:40:00	03:17:43:00	IN THAT WAY.
03:17:43:00	03:17:44:00	BUT THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE.
03:17:44:00	03:17:48:00	THE CONS DEFINITELY ALWAYS DO
03:17:48:00	03:17:51:00	THE PROS AND WHEN YOU ARE A
03:17:51:00	03:17:52:00	FAMILY MEMBER OF A VETERAN OR A
03:17:52:00	03:17:52:00	VETERAN YOURSELF THEN YOU KNOW
03:17:52:00	03:17:55:00	THAT IT'S NOT JUST YOU GOING
03:17:55:00	03:17:56:00	AND POSSIBLY GOING TO WAR BUT
03:17:56:00	03:17:58:00	THESE TRAININGS SOMETIMES YOU
03:17:58:00	03:18:02:00	INCUR INJURY SO CONCUSSION IS
03:18:02:00	03:18:03:00	PTSD ALL TYPES OF PHYSICAL AND
03:18:03:00	03:18:07:00	MENTAL ILLNESSES THAT CAN COME
03:18:07:00	03:18:08:00	WITH IT.
03:18:08:00	03:18:11:00	YOUR BODY DETERIORATES FROM ALL
03:18:11:00	03:18:11:00	OF THAT HARD TRAINING AND EVEN
03:18:11:00	03:18:15:00	IF YOU DON'T GO TO WAR YOU
03:18:15:00	03:18:15:00	GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS THEN
03:18:15:00	03:18:19:00	YOU YOU KNOW IN FINDING HOUSING
03:18:19:00	03:18:19:00	OR GOING THROUGH SCHOOL AND
03:18:19:00	03:18:23:00	THEN BEING ABLE TO RETURN HOME
03:18:23:00	03:18:23:00	INTO SOCIETY THEY ARE TREATED
03:18:23:00	03:18:25:00	LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS AND
03:18:25:00	03:18:26:00	IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.
03:18:26:00	03:18:29:00	I WANT TO SPEAK TO ALL OF OUR
03:18:29:00	03:18:33:00	VETERANS IN IN OUR COUNTRY AND
03:18:33:00	03:18:36:00	SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR
03:18:36:00	03:18:37:00	YOUR HEART, FOR YOUR
03:18:37:00	03:18:37:00	DEDICATION, FOR BELIEVING IN
03:18:37:00	03:18:40:00	THIS COUNTRY AND FOR DEDICATING
03:18:40:00	03:18:40:00	YOUR LIVES TO SERVICE.
03:18:40:00	03:18:43:00	IT IS NOT AN EASY TASK AND YOU
03:18:43:00	03:18:47:00	ARE A TREMENDOUS HUMAN BEING TO
03:18:47:00	03:18:48:00	BE ABLE TO THINK OF OTHERS
03:18:48:00	03:18:48:00	OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF, TO BE ABLE
03:18:48:00	03:18:51:00	TO SAY I GIVE MY LIFE TO
03:18:51:00	03:18:54:00	PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY SO I
03:18:54:00	03:18:55:00	THANK YOU AND I PRAY FOR YOUR
03:18:55:00	03:18:58:00	PROTECTION, FOR YOUR BENEFIT
03:18:58:00	03:18:59:00	AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
03:18:59:00	03:19:02:00	SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT
03:19:02:00	03:19:03:00	AND SUPPORT OUR VETERANS.
03:19:03:00	03:19:03:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:03:00	03:19:06:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:06:00	03:19:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY
03:19:07:00	03:19:10:00	HAS PLENTY BEEN THE FLOOR.
03:19:10:00	03:19:10:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
03:19:10:00	03:19:11:00	I WILL BE VERY BRIEF.
03:19:11:00	03:19:13:00	AS I MENTIONED I MET WITH
03:19:13:00	03:19:14:00	CONGRESSMAN LYNCH WITH A GROUP
03:19:14:00	03:19:17:00	OF DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.
03:19:17:00	03:19:18:00	I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I
03:19:18:00	03:19:21:00	AND THANK AS WELL I HAD THE
03:19:21:00	03:19:21:00	OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH
03:19:21:00	03:19:25:00	CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AND I
03:19:25:00	03:19:25:00	WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
03:19:25:00	03:19:26:00	CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AS WELL
03:19:26:00	03:19:29:00	FOR HER WORK IN LEADERSHIP IN
03:19:29:00	03:19:29:00	SUPPORTING VETERANS AND
03:19:29:00	03:19:32:00	MILITARY FAMILIES.
03:19:32:00	03:19:33:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:19:33:00	03:19:33:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:33:00	03:19:35:00	I THINK IT'S EVIDENT THAT NO
03:19:35:00	03:19:36:00	ONE IS SAFE FROM THE HARM
03:19:36:00	03:19:39:00	OF THIS ADMINISTRATION NOT EVEN
03:19:39:00	03:19:39:00	THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY
03:19:39:00	03:19:40:00	HARD TO KEEP US IN THIS COUNTRY
03:19:40:00	03:19:40:00	OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
03:19:40:00	03:19:43:00	AND THAT'S IT'S SHAMEFUL AND
03:19:43:00	03:19:46:00	IT'S DISGUSTING AND NO ONE IS
03:19:46:00	03:19:50:00	SAFE AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE OFTEN
03:19:50:00	03:19:51:00	IN THE CAR MYSELF AND EMILY WAS
03:19:51:00	03:19:52:00	OFTEN ON THE PHONE WITH HER
03:19:52:00	03:19:54:00	FATHER AND HER GRANDFATHER
03:19:54:00	03:19:55:00	THEIR COORDINATING THEIR ALL
03:19:55:00	03:19:59:00	THEIR CARE FROM THE VA AND SO
03:19:59:00	03:19:59:00	THIS IS REPREHENSIBLE BUT THERE
03:19:59:00	03:20:02:00	IS NO BOTTOM IT HAS BEEN MADE
03:20:02:00	03:20:03:00	VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO
03:20:03:00	03:20:04:00	BOTTOM AS TO WHAT THEY WON'T DO
03:20:04:00	03:20:09:00	AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
03:20:09:00	03:20:09:00	THERE HERE TO REPRESENT ARE
03:20:09:00	03:20:11:00	THOSE WHO ARE WHO ARE RICH AND
03:20:11:00	03:20:16:00	SO YEAH, THIS IS IT'S A
03:20:16:00	03:20:19:00	NIGHTMARE AND I MEAN WE WORK
03:20:19:00	03:20:20:00	TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR
03:20:20:00	03:20:23:00	VETERANS AND ALL COMMUNITIES
03:20:23:00	03:20:23:00	THAT ARE SEEING CUTS TO THEIR
03:20:23:00	03:20:26:00	SERVICES.
03:20:26:00	03:20:30:00	IT'S IT'S REPREHENSIBLE WHAT
03:20:30:00	03:20:31:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
03:20:31:00	03:20:31:00	THIS MATTER?
03:20:31:00	03:20:32:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:20:32:00	03:20:32:00	THEIR NAME?
03:20:32:00	03:20:35:00	MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCILORS
03:20:35:00	03:20:36:00	BREADON CLAIRE ZAPATA, DURKIN
03:20:36:00	03:20:38:00	FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD
03:20:38:00	03:20:39:00	HERE, MURPHY, PAT AND SANTANA
03:20:39:00	03:20:41:00	WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OF THE
03:20:41:00	03:20:42:00	CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
03:20:42:00	03:20:45:00	OH COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS
03:20:45:00	03:20:50:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
03:20:50:00	03:20:50:00	ADOPTION COUNCIL FLYNN WAS
03:20:50:00	03:20:51:00	ANYONE ELSE ON THIS DOCKET WITH
03:20:51:00	03:20:51:00	YOU?
03:20:51:00	03:20:53:00	IS IT JUST COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:20:53:00	03:20:53:00	OKAY, COUNCILOR, IT WAS JUST
03:20:53:00	03:20:54:00	YOU OKAY?
03:20:54:00	03:20:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS
03:20:56:00	03:20:57:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
03:20:57:00	03:20:59:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0559.
03:20:59:00	03:21:00:00	ALL THOSE ARE HEARSAY.
03:21:00:00	03:21:02:00	I I WILL SAY NAY.
03:21:02:00	03:21:03:00	MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
03:21:03:00	03:21:07:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
03:21:07:00	03:21:10:00	CALL VOTE AND I CAN NAME A05
03:21:10:00	03:21:16:00	NAME COUNCIL BRIEF
03:21:16:00	03:21:16:00	COUNCIL READING.
03:21:16:00	03:21:16:00	YES.
03:21:16:00	03:21:17:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
03:21:17:00	03:21:17:00	COUNCILOR AS A PARTY, YES.
03:21:17:00	03:21:18:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
03:21:18:00	03:21:18:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
03:21:18:00	03:21:21:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON
03:21:21:00	03:21:22:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND
03:21:22:00	03:21:25:00	YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
03:21:25:00	03:21:25:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:21:25:00	03:21:29:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:21:29:00	03:21:29:00	YES.
03:21:29:00	03:21:29:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:21:29:00	03:21:30:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:21:30:00	03:21:32:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:21:32:00	03:21:33:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES
03:21:33:00	03:21:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:21:33:00	03:21:36:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:21:36:00	03:21:37:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES COUNCIL 15
03:21:37:00	03:21:40:00	YEARS COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:21:40:00	03:21:40:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:21:40:00	03:21:41:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:21:41:00	03:21:44:00	COUNCIL OVER YES AND
03:21:44:00	03:21:45:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
03:21:45:00	03:21:47:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES I CAN
03:21:47:00	03:21:47:00	MEMBER 0559 HAS RECEIVED OF A
03:21:47:00	03:21:48:00	UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
03:21:48:00	03:21:51:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
03:21:51:00	03:21:52:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:52:00	03:21:52:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0559 HAS BEEN
03:21:52:00	03:21:53:00	ADOPTED.
03:21:53:00	03:21:53:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:21:53:00	03:21:57:00	REPORT TO NUMBER 0560 EMBER
03:21:57:00	03:21:58:00	0560 COUNCILORS DURKAN AND
03:21:58:00	03:22:00:00	BRAYDON OFF OF THE FOLLOWING
03:22:00:00	03:22:01:00	RESOLUTION CONDEMNING FEDERAL
03:22:01:00	03:22:05:00	CUTS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTES
03:22:05:00	03:22:05:00	OF HEALTH FUNDING FOR BOSTON
03:22:05:00	03:22:06:00	AND MASSACHUSETTS.
03:22:06:00	03:22:10:00	THANK YOU FOR TERMINATING
03:22:10:00	03:22:10:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN TIMES ORDER
03:22:10:00	03:22:11:00	CAN YOU GIVE THE FLOOR?
03:22:11:00	03:22:12:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
03:22:12:00	03:22:13:00	PRESIDENT AND I'D LIKE TO
03:22:13:00	03:22:16:00	SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD
03:22:16:00	03:22:16:00	COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD AS A
03:22:16:00	03:22:17:00	THIRD CO-SPONSOR.
03:22:17:00	03:22:17:00	COUNCILOR DAWKINS'S HAS BEEN
03:22:17:00	03:22:20:00	THE ROADSIDE CASUALTY CHART
03:22:20:00	03:22:20:00	OF THE THIRD ORIGINAL
03:22:20:00	03:22:21:00	CO-SPONSOR.
03:22:21:00	03:22:21:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
03:22:21:00	03:22:22:00	OBJECTIONS COMES WITH YOUR ALSO
03:22:22:00	03:22:23:00	ADDED COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE
03:22:23:00	03:22:23:00	THE FLOOR.
03:22:23:00	03:22:23:00	THANK YOU.
03:22:23:00	03:22:24:00	TODAY I RISE TO OFFER A
03:22:24:00	03:22:27:00	RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE
03:22:27:00	03:22:27:00	PROPOSED FEDERAL CUTS TO THE
03:22:27:00	03:22:28:00	NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
03:22:28:00	03:22:31:00	I AM HONORED TO HAVE
03:22:31:00	03:22:31:00	COUNCILOR BREADON CO-SPONSOR
03:22:31:00	03:22:32:00	THIS RESOLUTION ALONGSIDE
03:22:32:00	03:22:35:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND CITY
03:22:35:00	03:22:35:00	COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT
03:22:35:00	03:22:36:00	HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST
03:22:36:00	03:22:39:00	PRESTIGIOUS HOSPITALS AND
03:22:39:00	03:22:39:00	UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD.
03:22:39:00	03:22:40:00	I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
03:22:40:00	03:22:43:00	TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION'S
03:22:43:00	03:22:44:00	RECKLESS DECISION TO SLASH
03:22:44:00	03:22:44:00	FUNDING TO THE NATIONAL
03:22:44:00	03:22:47:00	INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND I URGE
03:22:47:00	03:22:48:00	THESE CUTS ARE NOT JUST FIGURES
03:22:48:00	03:22:50:00	ON A BALANCE SHEET.
03:22:50:00	03:22:51:00	THEY THREATEN BOSTON'S STANDING
03:22:51:00	03:22:52:00	AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN SCIENCE
03:22:52:00	03:22:55:00	AND MEDICINE AND THIS ENDANGERS
03:22:55:00	03:22:55:00	THOUSANDS OF JOBS CRITICAL
03:22:55:00	03:22:58:00	RESEARCH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
03:22:58:00	03:22:58:00	LIVES.
03:22:58:00	03:22:59:00	THIS ISSUE IS DEEPLY PERSONAL
03:22:59:00	03:23:02:00	TO ME WITH A GENETIC
03:23:02:00	03:23:02:00	PREDISPOSITION TO ALZHEIMER'S
03:23:02:00	03:23:06:00	AND MACULAR DEGENERATION.
03:23:06:00	03:23:07:00	I HAVE LONG TIME PLACED MY HOPE
03:23:07:00	03:23:07:00	IN THE POWER OF MEDICAL
03:23:07:00	03:23:10:00	RESEARCH.
03:23:10:00	03:23:10:00	I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT
03:23:10:00	03:23:11:00	SCIENTISTS SCIENTIFIC
03:23:11:00	03:23:13:00	ADVANCEMENTS WOULD LEAD TO
03:23:13:00	03:23:14:00	BREAKTHROUGHS THAT COULD CHANGE
03:23:14:00	03:23:15:00	MY FUTURE AND FAMILIES ACROSS
03:23:15:00	03:23:17:00	THE WORLD.
03:23:17:00	03:23:17:00	SENATOR ED MARKEY HAS CALLED
03:23:17:00	03:23:21:00	THE NIH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES
03:23:21:00	03:23:21:00	OF HOPE YET WITH THESE FUNDING
03:23:21:00	03:23:22:00	CUTS THAT HOPE IS BEING
03:23:22:00	03:23:25:00	UNDERMINED.
03:23:25:00	03:23:25:00	THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFESAVING
03:23:25:00	03:23:26:00	DISCOVERIES IS BEING PLACED AT
03:23:26:00	03:23:29:00	RISK AND FOR WHAT?
03:23:29:00	03:23:32:00	NIH FUELS OVER $2 BILLION IN
03:23:32:00	03:23:33:00	RESEARCH IN DISTRICT EIGHT
03:23:33:00	03:23:34:00	SUPPORTING MORE THAN 3500
03:23:34:00	03:23:35:00	PROJECTS ACROSS 19 INSTITUTIONS
03:23:35:00	03:23:38:00	INCLUDING MASS GENERAL
03:23:38:00	03:23:39:00	HOSPITAL, BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND
03:23:39:00	03:23:42:00	THE LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA.
03:23:42:00	03:23:43:00	MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVES MORE NIH
03:23:43:00	03:23:46:00	FUNDING PER CAPITAL THAN PER
03:23:46:00	03:23:46:00	CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER STATE,
03:23:46:00	03:23:48:00	BRINGING IN APPROXIMATELY 3.5
03:23:48:00	03:23:51:00	BILLION ANNUALLY AND SUSTAINING
03:23:51:00	03:23:52:00	NEARLY 30,000 JOBS.
03:23:52:00	03:23:55:00	THAT'S EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT
03:23:55:00	03:23:55:00	WILL BE IMPACTED.
03:23:55:00	03:23:59:00	THE ACADEMIC SECTOR SUPPORTS
03:23:59:00	03:23:59:00	OVER 136,000 JOBS AND
03:23:59:00	03:24:03:00	CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN 71
03:24:03:00	03:24:03:00	BILLION ANNUALLY TO
03:24:03:00	03:24:06:00	MASSACHUSETTS.
03:24:06:00	03:24:07:00	THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR
03:24:07:00	03:24:07:00	THEMSELVES.
03:24:07:00	03:24:10:00	NIH FUNDING INDUCES SIGNIFICANT
03:24:10:00	03:24:11:00	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN LOCAL
03:24:11:00	03:24:11:00	ECONOMIES WITH EVERY DOLLAR
03:24:11:00	03:24:14:00	INVESTED WE'RE RETURNING OVER
03:24:14:00	03:24:15:00	TO IN BOSTON ALONE THE
03:24:15:00	03:24:18:00	ELEMENTARY MATH CANCELS OUT TO
03:24:18:00	03:24:18:00	$5 BILLION.
03:24:18:00	03:24:21:00	THAT'S NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC
03:24:21:00	03:24:22:00	DRIVER IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN
03:24:22:00	03:24:23:00	THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE.
03:24:23:00	03:24:26:00	IT'S JOBS FOR FAMILIES IN
03:24:26:00	03:24:29:00	BOSTON AND BOSTON'S VITALITY IS
03:24:29:00	03:24:30:00	BUILT ON THESE INSTITUTIONS AT
03:24:30:00	03:24:34:00	A TIME WHEN ALL OF THESE
03:24:34:00	03:24:34:00	INSTITUTIONS WE'RE GOING TO
03:24:34:00	03:24:37:00	LEAVE ARE AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE
03:24:37:00	03:24:38:00	WERE FLEEING BOSTON.
03:24:38:00	03:24:41:00	THESE INSTITUTIONS CAME IN
03:24:41:00	03:24:45:00	PORTLAND CREATED COLLEGES,
03:24:45:00	03:24:45:00	CREATED UNIVERSITIES,
03:24:45:00	03:24:46:00	CREATED MEDICAL DISCOVERIES AND
03:24:46:00	03:24:49:00	I KNOW SOMETIMES WE LAMENT WHAT
03:24:49:00	03:24:49:00	SOME OF THESE INSTITUTIONS
03:24:49:00	03:24:53:00	BRING TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO OUR
03:24:53:00	03:24:54:00	YOU KNOW, INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL
03:24:54:00	03:24:56:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
03:24:56:00	03:24:57:00	SOMETIMES I TALK ABOUT STUDENT
03:24:57:00	03:24:57:00	ISSUES.
03:24:57:00	03:24:58:00	SOMETIMES I TALK ABOUT, YOU
03:24:58:00	03:25:01:00	KNOW, PEOPLE LIVING OFF CAMPUS.
03:25:01:00	03:25:04:00	BUT TODAY I'M BRINGING THIS
03:25:04:00	03:25:07:00	BECAUSE I WANT TO LET EVERYONE
03:25:07:00	03:25:08:00	KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE
03:25:08:00	03:25:11:00	A DEEP FINANCIAL IMPACT ON OUR
03:25:11:00	03:25:12:00	CITY AND THE RISK ISN'T
03:25:12:00	03:25:15:00	THEORETICAL.
03:25:15:00	03:25:15:00	THIS COULD RESULT IN THOUSANDS
03:25:15:00	03:25:19:00	OF JOBS LOST ACROSS BOSTON.
03:25:19:00	03:25:20:00	IT COULD RESULTS IN YOUR LOCAL
03:25:20:00	03:25:23:00	RESTAURANT NO LONGER GETTING
03:25:23:00	03:25:26:00	ANY INSTITUTIONAL EVENTS
03:25:26:00	03:25:26:00	SUPPORT.
03:25:26:00	03:25:30:00	RECENTLY ANDREA CAMPBELL
03:25:30:00	03:25:30:00	RECENTLY SECURED AN IMPORTANT
03:25:30:00	03:25:31:00	VICTORY AGAINST THESE CUTS.
03:25:31:00	03:25:34:00	A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A
03:25:34:00	03:25:34:00	TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
03:25:34:00	03:25:35:00	AGAINST THE TRUMP'S
03:25:35:00	03:25:38:00	ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO
03:25:38:00	03:25:38:00	SLASH ON AGE FUNDING BLOCKING
03:25:38:00	03:25:39:00	THE CUTS WHILE LEGAL
03:25:39:00	03:25:41:00	PROCEEDINGS CONTINUE.
03:25:41:00	03:25:42:00	AND MAYOR MICHELLE WU HAS
03:25:42:00	03:25:43:00	JOINED THE FIGHT LEADING A
03:25:43:00	03:25:46:00	COALITION OF OVER 40 MAYORS
03:25:46:00	03:25:46:00	ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IN FILING
03:25:46:00	03:25:49:00	AN AMICUS BRIEF TO STOP THESE
03:25:49:00	03:25:49:00	CUTS.
03:25:49:00	03:25:53:00	THE LONG TERM COSTS BOTH IN
03:25:53:00	03:25:54:00	LIVES LOST AND ECONOMIC
03:25:54:00	03:25:57:00	CONSEQUENCES ARE NOT JUSTIFIED
03:25:57:00	03:25:58:00	BY ANY SHORT TERM SAVINGS.
03:25:58:00	03:26:01:00	IF THIS STANDS, WE'LL SEE FEWER
03:26:01:00	03:26:01:00	MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS A LOSS
03:26:01:00	03:26:02:00	OF CRITICAL JOBS AND A WEAKENED
03:26:02:00	03:26:05:00	ABILITY TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC
03:26:05:00	03:26:05:00	HEALTH CRISIS.
03:26:05:00	03:26:06:00	IT'S ALL RISK NO REWARD.
03:26:06:00	03:26:08:00	IT'S BAD FOR DISTRICT EIGHT,
03:26:08:00	03:26:09:00	BAD FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND BAD
03:26:09:00	03:26:09:00	FOR OUR NATION.
03:26:09:00	03:26:14:00	THANK YOU RADIO FACT THANK YOU
03:26:14:00	03:26:18:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR
03:26:18:00	03:26:18:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON.
03:26:18:00	03:26:19:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:26:19:00	03:26:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
03:26:20:00	03:26:21:00	THANK YOU COUNCIL DURKAN FOR
03:26:21:00	03:26:24:00	INCLUDING ME IN THIS.
03:26:24:00	03:26:25:00	EVERYBODY MENTIONED SOME OF THE
03:26:25:00	03:26:27:00	KEY POINTS THE IMPACTS
03:26:27:00	03:26:28:00	OF PLANNED AND THREATENED NIH
03:26:28:00	03:26:31:00	COSTS CUTS ARE ALREADY BEING
03:26:31:00	03:26:32:00	FELT ACROSS THE COUNTRY MOST
03:26:32:00	03:26:35:00	CERTAINLY HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS
03:26:35:00	03:26:39:00	AND IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
03:26:39:00	03:26:40:00	RECEIVES THE MOST PER CAPITA
03:26:40:00	03:26:43:00	OF ANY STATE AND IS A PIVOTAL
03:26:43:00	03:26:43:00	HUB TO OVER 5000 RESEARCH
03:26:43:00	03:26:47:00	PROJECTS STATEWIDE AND ALMOST
03:26:47:00	03:26:47:00	30,000 JOBS.
03:26:47:00	03:26:51:00	THE PROCESS IS PLAYING OUT
03:26:51:00	03:26:51:00	RIGHT HERE IN FEDERAL IN
03:26:51:00	03:26:52:00	FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN
03:26:52:00	03:26:54:00	BOSTON TO CHALLENGE THE TRUMP
03:26:54:00	03:26:55:00	ADMINISTRATION ATTACK ON THIS
03:26:55:00	03:26:58:00	CRUCIAL FEDERAL RESEARCH
03:26:58:00	03:26:59:00	SPENDING WHICH INCLUDES
03:26:59:00	03:26:59:00	REIMBURSEMENT AND INDIRECT
03:26:59:00	03:27:03:00	COSTS SUCH AS RENT AND
03:27:03:00	03:27:03:00	UTILITIES, HOSPITALS,
03:27:03:00	03:27:07:00	UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH
03:27:07:00	03:27:07:00	INSTITUTIONS HAVE SLOWED THEIR
03:27:07:00	03:27:10:00	SPENDING HIRING HAS BEEN PAUSED
03:27:10:00	03:27:11:00	FOR NON-ESSENTIAL POSITIONS
03:27:11:00	03:27:14:00	OFFERS OF ADMISSION TO GRADUATE
03:27:14:00	03:27:14:00	STUDENTS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN
03:27:14:00	03:27:14:00	RESCINDED.
03:27:14:00	03:27:18:00	INSTITUTIONS ARE TAKING
03:27:18:00	03:27:19:00	PREEMPTIVE STEPS TO CUSHION THE
03:27:19:00	03:27:22:00	BLOW BUT THE DAMAGE AS SURELY
03:27:22:00	03:27:22:00	BEING DONE AND A CHILLING
03:27:22:00	03:27:26:00	EFFECT IS REVERSING REVERBERATE
03:27:26:00	03:27:26:00	ACROSS THE INDUSTRY.
03:27:26:00	03:27:30:00	IT IS UNCERTAIN THAT THIS COULD
03:27:30:00	03:27:31:00	IT IS UNCERTAIN WHAT THIS COULD
03:27:31:00	03:27:32:00	MEAN FOR LIFE SCIENCES.
03:27:32:00	03:27:35:00	IT LAB INDUSTRY THAT HAS
03:27:35:00	03:27:35:00	INVESTED IN REAL ESTATE
03:27:35:00	03:27:38:00	DEVELOPMENT WITH MANY PROJECTS
03:27:38:00	03:27:42:00	IN THE PIPELINE WE ALL KNOW
03:27:42:00	03:27:43:00	THAT OUR LAB DEVELOPMENT HAS
03:27:43:00	03:27:46:00	HAS STALLED FOR ECONOMIC
03:27:46:00	03:27:50:00	REASONS BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE
03:27:50:00	03:27:53:00	ANOTHER A FURTHER ASSAULT ON
03:27:53:00	03:27:53:00	THE ON THE LAB INDUSTRY IN
03:27:53:00	03:27:54:00	BOSTON.
03:27:54:00	03:27:57:00	BOSTON I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN
03:27:57:00	03:27:58:00	CONDEMNING PROPOSED CUTS TO
03:27:58:00	03:28:01:00	NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
03:28:01:00	03:28:01:00	FUNDING IN THE STRONGEST
03:28:01:00	03:28:05:00	POSSIBLE TERMS AND EXTEND MY
03:28:05:00	03:28:05:00	DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL ACROSS
03:28:05:00	03:28:08:00	THE CITY AND OUR COMMONWEALTH
03:28:08:00	03:28:08:00	WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
03:28:08:00	03:28:12:00	BY THE UNCERTAINTY OF THESE
03:28:12:00	03:28:12:00	CUTS.
03:28:12:00	03:28:13:00	THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE
03:28:13:00	03:28:13:00	COUNTRY.
03:28:13:00	03:28:16:00	IRONIC AT LEAST SOME OF THE
03:28:16:00	03:28:17:00	OTHER US RESEARCH CENTERS
03:28:17:00	03:28:21:00	OF EXCELLENCE THAT ARE ALSO
03:28:21:00	03:28:24:00	RECIPIENTS OF CUTS ARE IN RED
03:28:24:00	03:28:25:00	STATES MANY OF WHOM DO NOT
03:28:25:00	03:28:29:00	SUPPORT IT.
03:28:29:00	03:28:32:00	THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS
03:28:32:00	03:28:36:00	REELECTION AND IT'S IT'S REALLY
03:28:36:00	03:28:40:00	DISTURBING THAT THIS RECKLESS
03:28:40:00	03:28:40:00	ATTITUDE TO JUST CUTTING
03:28:40:00	03:28:44:00	EVERYTHING WITHOUT ANY ANY SORT
03:28:44:00	03:28:45:00	OF RECONSIDERATION OR
03:28:45:00	03:28:48:00	EVALUATION OR AUDIT IS SO
03:28:48:00	03:28:52:00	ARBITRARY THIS WILL HAVE AN
03:28:52:00	03:28:52:00	IMPACT ON BOSTON.
03:28:52:00	03:28:55:00	IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR
03:28:55:00	03:28:56:00	DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
03:28:56:00	03:28:56:00	INSTITUTIONS IN BOSTON
03:28:56:00	03:28:59:00	REGARDING PILOT.
03:28:59:00	03:29:00:00	IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON
03:29:00:00	03:29:01:00	BOSTON WITH REGARD TO
03:29:01:00	03:29:04:00	EMPLOYMENT AND IT WILL HAVE AN
03:29:04:00	03:29:07:00	IMPACT ON BOSTON IN TERMS
03:29:07:00	03:29:07:00	OF THE PIPELINE FOR RESEARCH
03:29:07:00	03:29:12:00	RIGHT NOW AS AS I MENTIONED
03:29:12:00	03:29:16:00	RESEARCHERS AND GRADUATES ARE
03:29:16:00	03:29:16:00	NOT THERE.
03:29:16:00	03:29:17:00	OFFERS ARE BEING RESCINDED.
03:29:17:00	03:29:20:00	THIS IS AN INTERRUPTION OF THE
03:29:20:00	03:29:20:00	PIPELINE THAT PRODUCES RESEARCH
03:29:20:00	03:29:23:00	AND PROGRESS ON YEAR ON YEAR
03:29:23:00	03:29:24:00	GOING FORWARD.
03:29:24:00	03:29:27:00	SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY
03:29:27:00	03:29:27:00	DETRIMENTAL TO THE ECONOMY AND
03:29:27:00	03:29:32:00	THE LIFE OF BOSTON.
03:29:32:00	03:29:32:00	THANK YOU.
03:29:32:00	03:29:33:00	THANK YOU, DR. FRIEDEN.
03:29:33:00	03:29:33:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:29:33:00	03:29:35:00	FOR JOB POVERTY GUARANTEE
03:29:35:00	03:29:35:00	EMPLOYEE.
03:29:35:00	03:29:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:29:35:00	03:29:38:00	ED'S IN MAJOR OUR CITY'S BREAD
03:29:38:00	03:29:39:00	AND BUTTER AND SO A CUT IN THIS
03:29:39:00	03:29:42:00	FUNDING IS CERTAINLY A BLOW IN
03:29:42:00	03:29:42:00	DISTRICT THREE WITH THE BOSTON
03:29:42:00	03:29:45:00	MEDICAL CENTER AND OF COURSE
03:29:45:00	03:29:46:00	THE LOSS OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL
03:29:46:00	03:29:49:00	RECENTLY AS WELL, WE'VE SEEN
03:29:49:00	03:29:49:00	THE IMPACTS OF WHAT LOSING
03:29:49:00	03:29:53:00	HEALTH CARE AND FUNDING FOR
03:29:53:00	03:29:53:00	HEALTH INITIATIVES CAN DO AND
03:29:53:00	03:29:57:00	WE'RE DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT
03:29:57:00	03:29:57:00	OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
03:29:57:00	03:30:00:00	YOU KNOW, YOU ADD TO THAT
03:30:00:00	03:30:01:00	ISSUES SUCH AS THE FOLKS WHO
03:30:01:00	03:30:04:00	YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T FIND A PCP
03:30:04:00	03:30:05:00	FOR TWO YEARS ON A WAITING LIST
03:30:05:00	03:30:07:00	YOU HAVE DOCTORS HAVING BURNOUT
03:30:07:00	03:30:08:00	, YOU'VE GOT HOSPITALS LAYING
03:30:08:00	03:30:11:00	OFF STAFF AND I REALLY DO
03:30:11:00	03:30:12:00	BELIEVE THAT THE CITY AND THE
03:30:12:00	03:30:13:00	STATE IS IN A HEALTH CARE
03:30:13:00	03:30:16:00	CRISIS AS IT IS AND YOU REALLY
03:30:16:00	03:30:17:00	DON'T KNOW TILL YOU OR A LOVED
03:30:17:00	03:30:18:00	ONE GET SICK AND FIND YOURSELF
03:30:18:00	03:30:19:00	IN THAT SITUATION OR HOW MESSED
03:30:19:00	03:30:22:00	UP SOME OF THE HEALTH CARE
03:30:22:00	03:30:22:00	STUFF IS.
03:30:22:00	03:30:26:00	AND SO TO ADD THAT TO TO TO ADD
03:30:26:00	03:30:26:00	THIS CUTS ADD THESE CUTS TO
03:30:26:00	03:30:29:00	TAKE AWAY THE FUNDING FROM THE
03:30:29:00	03:30:30:00	ONGOING STRUGGLES THAT OUR
03:30:30:00	03:30:30:00	UNIVERSITIES AND HEALTH CARE
03:30:30:00	03:30:33:00	SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY FEELING AND
03:30:33:00	03:30:33:00	THE EFFECT THAT THAT'S HAVING
03:30:33:00	03:30:36:00	ON OUR COMMUNITY, THIS WILL
03:30:36:00	03:30:37:00	ONLY FURTHER EXACERBATE THOSE
03:30:37:00	03:30:41:00	AND SEEING THE FALLOUT NOW I
03:30:41:00	03:30:42:00	WORRY ABOUT WHAT MORE FALLOUT
03:30:42:00	03:30:45:00	WOULD DO AS WE GO FORWARD.
03:30:45:00	03:30:46:00	SO I'D LIKE TO THANK
03:30:46:00	03:30:48:00	COUNCIL DURKAN FOR ADDING ME TO
03:30:48:00	03:30:49:00	THIS AND FOR ALL THE HEADS
03:30:49:00	03:30:50:00	OF MEDS IN THE HOSPITAL.
03:30:50:00	03:30:52:00	PLEASE GUYS STAY STRONG AND
03:30:52:00	03:30:52:00	WE'LL GET THIS BACK.
03:30:52:00	03:30:53:00	THANK YOU.
03:30:53:00	03:30:53:00	THANK YOU.
03:30:53:00	03:30:56:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:30:56:00	03:30:56:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:30:56:00	03:30:57:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:30:57:00	03:30:58:00	THEIR NAME?
03:30:58:00	03:31:01:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COLLETTE
03:31:01:00	03:31:04:00	ZAPATA FERNANDO ANDERSON FLYNN
03:31:04:00	03:31:05:00	MEJIA MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA
03:31:05:00	03:31:13:00	WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR
03:31:13:00	03:31:13:00	COUNCILORS DURKIN BREADON AND
03:31:13:00	03:31:14:00	FITZGERALD FITZGERALD'S
03:31:14:00	03:31:14:00	EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND
03:31:14:00	03:31:15:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0560.
03:31:15:00	03:31:16:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
03:31:16:00	03:31:17:00	OPPOSE ANY MR COURT WILL YOU
03:31:17:00	03:31:19:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
03:31:19:00	03:31:22:00	WILL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER
03:31:22:00	03:31:22:00	0560.
03:31:22:00	03:31:26:00	COUNCILOR BREEN
03:31:26:00	03:31:27:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:31:27:00	03:31:27:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER.
03:31:27:00	03:31:30:00	COUNCILOR CLOSE UP YES.
03:31:30:00	03:31:30:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:31:30:00	03:31:31:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
03:31:31:00	03:31:34:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
03:31:34:00	03:31:35:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND
03:31:35:00	03:31:38:00	YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
03:31:38:00	03:31:39:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:31:39:00	03:31:39:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:31:39:00	03:31:42:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:31:42:00	03:31:42:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:31:42:00	03:31:43:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES
03:31:43:00	03:31:45:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:31:45:00	03:31:46:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:31:46:00	03:31:46:00	YES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
03:31:46:00	03:31:49:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AS
03:31:49:00	03:31:50:00	COUNCIL HAVE OPINIONS COUNTS
03:31:50:00	03:31:52:00	FOR PIN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:31:52:00	03:31:52:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA IS
03:31:52:00	03:31:56:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER
03:31:56:00	03:31:57:00	YES.
03:31:57:00	03:31:57:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL
03:31:57:00	03:31:59:00	COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE
03:31:59:00	03:32:00:00	A0560 AS WE SEE THE UNANIMOUS
03:32:00:00	03:32:03:00	VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
03:32:03:00	03:32:04:00	THANK YOU.
03:32:04:00	03:32:07:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0560 HAS BEEN
03:32:07:00	03:32:07:00	ADOPTED.
03:32:07:00	03:32:08:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:32:08:00	03:32:10:00	READ THAT NUMBER 0561 DUCK GANG
03:32:10:00	03:32:13:00	MEMBER 0561 COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:32:13:00	03:32:14:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:32:14:00	03:32:18:00	RECOGNIZING MARCHES WOMEN'S
03:32:18:00	03:32:19:00	HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY
03:32:19:00	03:32:19:00	OF BOSTON THANK THE CHAIR
03:32:19:00	03:32:20:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:32:20:00	03:32:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
03:32:21:00	03:32:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:32:22:00	03:32:25:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL I'M
03:32:25:00	03:32:26:00	HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO
03:32:26:00	03:32:26:00	SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD
03:32:26:00	03:32:29:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON
03:32:29:00	03:32:30:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:32:30:00	03:32:34:00	SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS
03:32:34:00	03:32:34:00	BEEN THE RIVERSIDE
03:32:34:00	03:32:35:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON AS
03:32:35:00	03:32:35:00	A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
03:32:35:00	03:32:38:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
03:32:38:00	03:32:38:00	OBJECTIONS COMES FROM AN
03:32:38:00	03:32:39:00	INDIGENOUS AND SO ADDED
03:32:39:00	03:32:40:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR
03:32:40:00	03:32:41:00	AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW
03:32:41:00	03:32:41:00	MOTHER COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING
03:32:41:00	03:32:44:00	ME ON THIS RESOLUTION.
03:32:44:00	03:32:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:32:45:00	03:32:47:00	WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS A TIME
03:32:47:00	03:32:48:00	TO HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS,
03:32:48:00	03:32:48:00	RESILIENCE AND LEADERSHIP
03:32:48:00	03:32:52:00	OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND
03:32:52:00	03:32:53:00	TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL
03:32:53:00	03:32:53:00	CONTRIBUTIONS WOMEN HAVE MADE
03:32:53:00	03:32:56:00	TO SOCIETY, CULTURE AND
03:32:56:00	03:32:59:00	PROGRESS IN EVERY FIELD WOMEN
03:32:59:00	03:33:00:00	OF ALL BACKGROUNDS HAVE BEEN AT
03:33:00:00	03:33:01:00	THE FOREFRONT OF TRANSFORMATIVE
03:33:01:00	03:33:04:00	SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
03:33:04:00	03:33:04:00	MOVEMENTS ADVOCATING FOR
03:33:04:00	03:33:08:00	JUSTICE EQUITY IN THE
03:33:08:00	03:33:08:00	ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
03:33:08:00	03:33:12:00	OFTEN WITHOUT DUE RECOGNITION.
03:33:12:00	03:33:12:00	WOMEN OF BOSTON HAVE PLAYED A
03:33:12:00	03:33:15:00	PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE
03:33:15:00	03:33:16:00	CITY'S HISTORY AND FUTURE FROM
03:33:16:00	03:33:19:00	TRAILBLAZING LEADERS IN
03:33:19:00	03:33:20:00	POLITICS, LABOR, EDUCATION,
03:33:20:00	03:33:23:00	MEDICINE AND THE ARTS TO THE
03:33:23:00	03:33:24:00	COUNTLESS WOMEN WHO HAVE
03:33:24:00	03:33:24:00	STRENGTHENED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
03:33:24:00	03:33:25:00	AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THEIR
03:33:25:00	03:33:28:00	PERSEVERANCE AND DEDICATION,
03:33:28:00	03:33:31:00	WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE SYSTEMIC
03:33:31:00	03:33:31:00	BARRIERS TO EQUITY INCLUDING
03:33:31:00	03:33:34:00	DISPARITIES IN WAGES, HEALTH
03:33:34:00	03:33:35:00	CARE ACCESS, POLITICAL
03:33:35:00	03:33:35:00	REPRESENTATION, WORKPLACE
03:33:35:00	03:33:39:00	PROTECTION AND PROTECTIONS FROM
03:33:39:00	03:33:39:00	GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
03:33:39:00	03:33:42:00	UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR
03:33:42:00	03:33:43:00	CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND POLICY
03:33:43:00	03:33:47:00	REFORMS, THE CITY OF BOSTON IS
03:33:47:00	03:33:47:00	COMMITTED TO ADVANCING GENDER
03:33:47:00	03:33:50:00	EQUITY, ENSURING EQUAL
03:33:50:00	03:33:51:00	OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTERING AN
03:33:51:00	03:33:54:00	INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL
03:33:54:00	03:33:55:00	WOMEN AND GIRLS CAN THRIVE.
03:33:55:00	03:33:55:00	THE CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S
03:33:55:00	03:33:58:00	HISTORY MONTH SERVES AS A
03:33:58:00	03:33:59:00	REMINDER OF THE ONGOING WORK
03:33:59:00	03:34:02:00	NECESSARY TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC
03:34:02:00	03:34:02:00	INEQUITIES, UPLIFT WOMEN'S
03:34:02:00	03:34:06:00	VOICES AND CHAMPION POLICIES
03:34:06:00	03:34:06:00	THAT SUPPORT THE EMPOWERMENT
03:34:06:00	03:34:09:00	OF ALL WOMEN INCLUDING
03:34:09:00	03:34:10:00	TRANSGENDER WOMEN, NONBINARY
03:34:10:00	03:34:13:00	INDIVIDUALS AND GENDER
03:34:13:00	03:34:14:00	MINORITIES WHO CONTINUE TO FACE
03:34:14:00	03:34:17:00	DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE.
03:34:17:00	03:34:18:00	THE MONTH OF MARCH PROVIDES AN
03:34:18:00	03:34:18:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY
03:34:18:00	03:34:21:00	OF BOSTON TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S
03:34:21:00	03:34:22:00	ACHIEVEMENTS EDUCATE FUTURE
03:34:22:00	03:34:25:00	GENERATIONS ABOUT THE
03:34:25:00	03:34:28:00	HISTORICAL IMPACT AND REAFFIRM
03:34:28:00	03:34:29:00	THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO GENDER
03:34:29:00	03:34:30:00	EQUITY, REPRESENTATION AND
03:34:30:00	03:34:33:00	JUSTICE.
03:34:33:00	03:34:33:00	SO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL I
03:34:33:00	03:34:37:00	HOPE IF WE SUSPEND AND PASS
03:34:37:00	03:34:37:00	THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE
03:34:37:00	03:34:38:00	RECOGNIZE MARCH AS WOMEN'S
03:34:38:00	03:34:40:00	HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY
03:34:40:00	03:34:41:00	OF BOSTON AND URGE ALL
03:34:41:00	03:34:44:00	RESIDENTS TO REFLECT ON THE
03:34:44:00	03:34:44:00	PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN
03:34:44:00	03:34:48:00	PAST AND PRESENT TO SUPPORT
03:34:48:00	03:34:48:00	EFFORTS TOWARD TOWARD FULL
03:34:48:00	03:34:51:00	GENDER EQUITY AND TO CONTINUE
03:34:51:00	03:34:52:00	WORKING TOWARD A FUTURE WHERE
03:34:52:00	03:34:52:00	ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE THE
03:34:52:00	03:34:55:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED AND LEAD
03:34:55:00	03:34:56:00	IN EVERY ASPECT OF SOCIETY.
03:34:56:00	03:34:59:00	THANK YOU.
03:34:59:00	03:34:59:00	THANK YOU.
03:34:59:00	03:35:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:35:03:00	03:35:03:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:35:03:00	03:35:03:00	YES.
03:35:03:00	03:35:04:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:35:04:00	03:35:07:00	THANK YOU OUR COUNCIL MURPHY
03:35:07:00	03:35:09:00	FOR ADDING.
03:35:09:00	03:35:11:00	I AM JUST GOING TO THINK REALLY
03:35:11:00	03:35:14:00	QUICK AND REFLECT AS A LATINA.
03:35:14:00	03:35:21:00	I THINK YOU KNOW, BEING RAISED
03:35:21:00	03:35:22:00	IN A VERY DIFFICULT CULTURAL
03:35:22:00	03:35:25:00	ENVIRONMENT THERE'S SO MANY
03:35:25:00	03:35:26:00	STEREOTYPES ABOUT WOMEN AND HOW
03:35:26:00	03:35:27:00	WE SHOULD BE AND HOW WE SHOULD
03:35:27:00	03:35:29:00	SHOW UP AND.
03:35:29:00	03:35:30:00	OUR JOB IS TO STAY HOME AND
03:35:30:00	03:35:31:00	COOK AND CLEAN AND TAKE CARE
03:35:31:00	03:35:33:00	OF THE MEN.
03:35:33:00	03:35:33:00	AND SO I REJECTED ALL OF THOSE
03:35:33:00	03:35:37:00	THINGS WHILE GROWING UP AND
03:35:37:00	03:35:40:00	BROKE A LOT OF BARRIERS IN MY
03:35:40:00	03:35:41:00	OWN CULTURE AND I'M JUST REALLY
03:35:41:00	03:35:44:00	HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING THIS
03:35:44:00	03:35:47:00	MONTH BUT RECOGNIZING THAT AS
03:35:47:00	03:35:48:00	WOMEN WE HAVE HAD TO
03:35:48:00	03:35:51:00	DEMONSTRATE OUR LEADERSHIP IN
03:35:51:00	03:35:52:00	SO MANY SPACES AND PLACES AND
03:35:52:00	03:35:55:00	OFTENTIMES WE HAVE TO FIGHT
03:35:55:00	03:35:56:00	JUST BE HEARD OR HAVE TO FIGHT
03:35:56:00	03:35:59:00	TO JUST BE AFFIRMED AS WE ARE
03:35:59:00	03:36:00:00	AND WE HAVE TO MANAGE OUR
03:36:00:00	03:36:00:00	EMOTIONS.
03:36:00:00	03:36:03:00	I'M A VULNERABLE INDIVIDUAL AND
03:36:03:00	03:36:03:00	I THINK THAT THERE IS STRENGTH
03:36:03:00	03:36:04:00	IN OUR VULNERABILITY BUT
03:36:04:00	03:36:08:00	OFTENTIMES TIMES OUR PASSION OR
03:36:08:00	03:36:11:00	OUR TONE AND ALL OF THESE
03:36:11:00	03:36:12:00	THINGS ARE ALWAYS JUST KIND
03:36:12:00	03:36:12:00	OF UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
03:36:12:00	03:36:16:00	AND AS WOMEN WE JUST HAVE TO
03:36:16:00	03:36:16:00	ALWAYS WATCH WHAT WE SAY, HOW
03:36:16:00	03:36:17:00	WE SAY IT IF WE EVEN SAY IT AT
03:36:17:00	03:36:19:00	ALL.
03:36:19:00	03:36:19:00	AND I THINK THAT IT'S VERY
03:36:19:00	03:36:22:00	LIBERATING TO TO STAND UP AND
03:36:22:00	03:36:23:00	BE MYSELF AS DIFFICULT AS IT
03:36:23:00	03:36:26:00	COULD BE AT TIMES.
03:36:26:00	03:36:27:00	BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
03:36:27:00	03:36:30:00	FOR ME AS A SINGLE MOTHER TO
03:36:30:00	03:36:34:00	SHOW UP AS MYSELF SO I CAN
03:36:34:00	03:36:37:00	TEACH MY DAUGHTER WHO WHO IS
03:36:37:00	03:36:38:00	BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM
03:36:38:00	03:36:39:00	AND I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE
03:36:39:00	03:36:42:00	MOM THAT MOMS AND WOMEN THAT WE
03:36:42:00	03:36:46:00	ARE POWERFUL AND THAT TO SAY
03:36:46:00	03:36:46:00	THAT WE DON'T NEED MEN BECAUSE
03:36:46:00	03:36:49:00	WE DO I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN SAY
03:36:49:00	03:36:50:00	THAT BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL GO ON
03:36:50:00	03:36:50:00	TWITTER AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
03:36:50:00	03:36:53:00	I'M NOT BEING EQUITABLE TOWARDS
03:36:53:00	03:36:54:00	BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS
03:36:54:00	03:36:56:00	WOMEN WE ARE HOLDING IT DOWN AT
03:36:56:00	03:37:01:00	HOME AND AT WORK AND AS MOTHERS
03:37:01:00	03:37:02:00	AND SISTERS AND AS COUSINS AND
03:37:02:00	03:37:05:00	AS AUNTIES AND JUST AS
03:37:05:00	03:37:08:00	EVERYTHING YOU KNOW WE ARE THE
03:37:08:00	03:37:12:00	CREATORS AND WE BRING SO MUCH
03:37:12:00	03:37:13:00	TO THE TABLE AND I THINK THAT
03:37:13:00	03:37:15:00	OFTENTIMES THOSE THINGS GET
03:37:15:00	03:37:16:00	MINIMIZED ESPECIALLY WHAT'S
03:37:16:00	03:37:19:00	HAPPENING ON THE NATIONALS
03:37:19:00	03:37:20:00	SCALE.
03:37:20:00	03:37:20:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
03:37:20:00	03:37:24:00	FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY
03:37:24:00	03:37:27:00	SINGLE GROUP IS UNDER ATTACK
03:37:27:00	03:37:28:00	AND WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS,
03:37:28:00	03:37:31:00	WOMEN'S ABILITY TO EVEN
03:37:31:00	03:37:32:00	DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE
03:37:32:00	03:37:32:00	GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IS
03:37:32:00	03:37:35:00	GOING TO BE UP FOR DISCUSSION
03:37:35:00	03:37:35:00	AT SOME POINT.
03:37:35:00	03:37:39:00	I MEAN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE
03:37:39:00	03:37:43:00	FOUGHT FOR IS RIGHT NOW UNDER
03:37:43:00	03:37:43:00	ATTACK.
03:37:43:00	03:37:47:00	SO JUST WANTED TO RISE UP AND
03:37:47:00	03:37:50:00	CELEBRATE OUR POWER SO TO ALL
03:37:50:00	03:37:51:00	THE WOMEN OUT THERE PUT ON YOUR
03:37:51:00	03:37:55:00	CAPES WITH YOUR HIGH HEELS OR
03:37:55:00	03:37:55:00	YOUR SNEAKERS, WHATEVER YOU
03:37:55:00	03:37:56:00	FEEL COMFORTABLE IN AND MAKE
03:37:56:00	03:37:59:00	SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THESE
03:37:59:00	03:37:59:00	LITTLE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR
03:37:59:00	03:38:00:00	WALKING AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK
03:38:00:00	03:38:02:00	ALL OVER YOU.
03:38:02:00	03:38:03:00	THANK YOU.
03:38:03:00	03:38:03:00	THANK YOU.
03:38:03:00	03:38:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:38:07:00	03:38:08:00	COUNCILOR VERNON JENISON KIND
03:38:08:00	03:38:08:00	OF AN INTERVENTION HERE.
03:38:08:00	03:38:09:00	THE FLOOR.
03:38:09:00	03:38:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:38:10:00	03:38:14:00	SOMETIMES MY IS NOT ON AND I
03:38:14:00	03:38:15:00	WAIT FOR YOU TO GO TO SOMEONE
03:38:15:00	03:38:17:00	ELSE BECAUSE MY WHEEL STILL
03:38:17:00	03:38:18:00	NEEDS OILING.
03:38:18:00	03:38:18:00	AND SO IT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE
03:38:18:00	03:38:19:00	AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SO I
03:38:19:00	03:38:21:00	KNOW AND I APPRECIATE THAT I'M
03:38:21:00	03:38:24:00	WAITING FOR ME TO COLLECT MY
03:38:24:00	03:38:25:00	THOUGHTS AND I APPRECIATE IT.
03:38:25:00	03:38:26:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, THANK YOU SO
03:38:26:00	03:38:29:00	MUCH FOR ADDING ME IN CUSTOM
03:38:29:00	03:38:30:00	HERE YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS
03:38:30:00	03:38:33:00	REALLY MOTIVATE US ALL.
03:38:33:00	03:38:34:00	I'M SURE HERE IN THE COUNCIL I
03:38:34:00	03:38:37:00	THINK WE SURROUNDED BY
03:38:37:00	03:38:40:00	FEMINISTS AND I APPRECIATE THE
03:38:40:00	03:38:41:00	MEN WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW,
03:38:41:00	03:38:44:00	UPLIFTED WOMEN IN MANY WAYS
03:38:44:00	03:38:44:00	YESTERDAY A BIT CONTROVERSIAL
03:38:44:00	03:38:47:00	AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR
03:38:47:00	03:38:48:00	THAT AGAIN, WE SUPPORT A
03:38:48:00	03:38:51:00	BIRTHING CENTER IN ROXBURY AND
03:38:51:00	03:38:52:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT
03:38:52:00	03:38:55:00	SPACES THAT COULD BE BETTER
03:38:55:00	03:38:55:00	ACCOMMODATE NOT IN A HISTORICAL
03:38:55:00	03:38:59:00	NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CONSTITUENTS
03:38:59:00	03:39:00:00	ARE ENCROACHED UPON IN TERMS
03:39:00:00	03:39:03:00	OF THEIR WAY, IN TERMS OF THEIR
03:39:03:00	03:39:03:00	QUALITY OF LIFE.
03:39:03:00	03:39:07:00	BUT IN OTHER PARCELS AVAILABLE
03:39:07:00	03:39:08:00	IN ROXBURY AND I APPRECIATE ALL
03:39:08:00	03:39:11:00	THE WORK COMING FROM THAT TEAM
03:39:11:00	03:39:11:00	AS WELL.
03:39:11:00	03:39:12:00	I DID WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
03:39:12:00	03:39:14:00	IT'S INTERESTING SOCIETY PUTS
03:39:14:00	03:39:15:00	US LIKE GOING BACK AND FORTH.
03:39:15:00	03:39:18:00	WE THINK WE'RE EVOLVED AND
03:39:18:00	03:39:19:00	LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF YOU
03:39:19:00	03:39:22:00	KNOW, IN TERMS OF HOW WE SPEAK
03:39:22:00	03:39:22:00	WOMEN AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND
03:39:22:00	03:39:26:00	IT FEELS IT FEELS TOKENIZING OR
03:39:26:00	03:39:27:00	YOU KNOW, PROPAGATED IN WAYS
03:39:27:00	03:39:31:00	LIKE OH, WOMEN WE CAN DO THIS
03:39:31:00	03:39:31:00	AND WE CAN DO THAT AND WE'RE
03:39:31:00	03:39:32:00	REDUCED TO OUR ANATOMY OR WE'RE
03:39:32:00	03:39:35:00	REDUCED TO BEING MOTHERS OR
03:39:35:00	03:39:35:00	REDUCED TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY
03:39:35:00	03:39:38:00	EVERYTHING GIVING BIRTH LIKE
03:39:38:00	03:39:39:00	HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE TAMPONS IN
03:39:39:00	03:39:40:00	PLACES WHERE WE HAVE A RIGHT TO
03:39:40:00	03:39:43:00	YOU KNOW, HAVING BIRTH CENTERS,
03:39:43:00	03:39:43:00	SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BROOKLYN
03:39:43:00	03:39:43:00	CENTERS.
03:39:43:00	03:39:47:00	AND SO WHEN LOOK AT YOU KNOW,
03:39:47:00	03:39:47:00	IN CONTEXT OF LIKE HISTORICAL
03:39:47:00	03:39:50:00	CONTEXT IN TERMS OF LIKE AFRICA
03:39:50:00	03:39:51:00	AND HOW WOMEN THERE WERE
03:39:51:00	03:39:54:00	LEADERS FROM THE BEGINNING
03:39:54:00	03:39:54:00	OF TIME THEN YOU SAY OH WELL
03:39:54:00	03:39:58:00	WHAT HAPPENED SOMEHOW IN OUR
03:39:58:00	03:39:59:00	EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY THAT WE
03:39:59:00	03:40:02:00	WENT BACKWARDS AND SO YOU KNOW
03:40:02:00	03:40:03:00	THEN CAME EUROPE AND WITH ALL
03:40:03:00	03:40:05:00	OF LIKE THE OPPRESSIVE LIKE
03:40:05:00	03:40:06:00	IDEOLOGIES ABOUT WOMEN CAN LEAD
03:40:06:00	03:40:09:00	AND THEN CAME LIKE ALL OF THAT
03:40:09:00	03:40:13:00	AND THEN IN EAST AND ASIA AREAS
03:40:13:00	03:40:14:00	THAT WOMEN LED AS WELL.
03:40:14:00	03:40:14:00	RIGHT?
03:40:14:00	03:40:17:00	SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT TODAY
03:40:17:00	03:40:18:00	EVERYBODY ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT
03:40:18:00	03:40:18:00	LIKE ABORTION RIGHTS AND YOU
03:40:18:00	03:40:22:00	KNOW, PREGNANCY AND WOMEN CAN
03:40:22:00	03:40:22:00	DO AND WE'RE STRONG IN OUR
03:40:22:00	03:40:23:00	HEELS AND BLAH BLAH IT'S LIKE
03:40:23:00	03:40:25:00	LOOK IT'S ALL RELATIVE SO DON'T
03:40:25:00	03:40:26:00	SPEAK FOR ME.
03:40:26:00	03:40:30:00	I THINK WOMEN MEN ARE LIKE WE
03:40:30:00	03:40:30:00	TALK ABOUT MEN BEING SENSITIVE
03:40:30:00	03:40:31:00	AND NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH, TALK
03:40:31:00	03:40:33:00	ABOUT MEN CAN CRY.
03:40:33:00	03:40:34:00	WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS
03:40:34:00	03:40:35:00	AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO WOMEN'S
03:40:35:00	03:40:37:00	TOPICS WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING
03:40:37:00	03:40:38:00	ABOUT LIKE US AS LIKE MOTHERS
03:40:38:00	03:40:39:00	OR ABORTION RIGHTS STUFF LIKE
03:40:39:00	03:40:41:00	THAT.
03:40:41:00	03:40:42:00	SO I I'M LOOKING FOR THE
03:40:42:00	03:40:42:00	PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY TO START
03:40:42:00	03:40:45:00	TALKING ABOUT WOMEN IN MORE
03:40:45:00	03:40:49:00	OF JUST A HUMAN BEING AND WE
03:40:49:00	03:40:52:00	NOT JUST WHAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE
03:40:52:00	03:40:53:00	AS MOTHERS OR AS AGAIN REDUCE
03:40:53:00	03:40:57:00	TO OUR ANATOMY.
03:40:57:00	03:40:58:00	SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO
03:40:58:00	03:40:59:00	SAY IS YES, I'M PROUD OF BEING
03:40:59:00	03:41:01:00	A MOTHER BUT THERE ARE MOTHERS
03:41:01:00	03:41:01:00	THAT ARE HAVING BIRTH CHILDREN
03:41:01:00	03:41:04:00	AND THERE ARE MOTHERS THAT
03:41:04:00	03:41:05:00	WOMEN WHO ASPIRE TO BE MOTHERS
03:41:05:00	03:41:05:00	AND THEN THERE ARE WOMEN THAT
03:41:05:00	03:41:08:00	DON'T WANT TO BE MOTHERS.
03:41:08:00	03:41:09:00	SO I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST
03:41:09:00	03:41:12:00	RECOGNIZED FOR BEING A MOTHER.
03:41:12:00	03:41:13:00	I WANT TO JUST BE RECOGNIZED
03:41:13:00	03:41:16:00	FOR OUR EQUAL PARTNER HUMAN
03:41:16:00	03:41:19:00	PARTNER IN THIS THING WE CALL
03:41:19:00	03:41:19:00	HUMAN EVOLUTION.
03:41:19:00	03:41:19:00	THANK YOU.
03:41:19:00	03:41:20:00	THANK YOU.
03:41:20:00	03:41:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:41:24:00	03:41:25:00	COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTY OF THE
03:41:25:00	03:41:27:00	FLOOR.
03:41:27:00	03:41:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:41:28:00	03:41:31:00	I'M JUST RISING TO TAKE MY
03:41:31:00	03:41:31:00	COLLEAGUES FOR PUSHING THIS
03:41:31:00	03:41:32:00	FORWARD.
03:41:32:00	03:41:35:00	I AM LUCKY THAT EVEN BEFORE A
03:41:35:00	03:41:38:00	CITY COUNCILOR MY MY LIFE'S
03:41:38:00	03:41:39:00	WORK AND MY PASSION IS REALLY
03:41:39:00	03:41:43:00	ADVANCING WOMEN IN ALL SECTORS.
03:41:43:00	03:41:44:00	I WORKED IN MASSACHUSETTS ONE
03:41:44:00	03:41:45:00	POLITICAL CAUCUS TRYING TO
03:41:45:00	03:41:48:00	ELECT MORE WOMEN TO LOCAL
03:41:48:00	03:41:49:00	OFFICE AND I THINK REGARDLESS
03:41:49:00	03:41:50:00	OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS LIFE
03:41:50:00	03:41:53:00	THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT I
03:41:53:00	03:41:53:00	CONTINUE TO DO BECAUSE I
03:41:53:00	03:41:54:00	UNDERSTAND THAT OUR VARIOUS
03:41:54:00	03:41:56:00	LIVED EXPERIENCES AND
03:41:56:00	03:41:57:00	PERSPECTIVE ONLY MAKES
03:41:57:00	03:42:00:00	DECISIONS THAT MUCH BETTER
03:42:00:00	03:42:01:00	WHETHER THAT BE IN POLICY OR IN
03:42:01:00	03:42:04:00	THE BOARDROOM OR OR WHEREVER
03:42:04:00	03:42:05:00	AND THE NONPROFIT AND THE
03:42:05:00	03:42:08:00	NONPROFIT WORLD.
03:42:08:00	03:42:09:00	I DO HAVE TO SAY THANKS AS WELL
03:42:09:00	03:42:09:00	TO COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:42:09:00	03:42:12:00	FOR ALWAYS JUST ARTICULATING I
03:42:12:00	03:42:15:00	THINK WHAT I'M THINKING AND YOU
03:42:15:00	03:42:16:00	ME THINK BETTER ON MANY THINGS
03:42:16:00	03:42:19:00	BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AND
03:42:19:00	03:42:20:00	JUST ECHO WHAT YOU HAD SAID IS
03:42:20:00	03:42:23:00	THAT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS
03:42:23:00	03:42:24:00	NOT ABOUT APPLAUDING WOMEN FOR
03:42:24:00	03:42:24:00	BEING GOOD MOTHERS, SISTERS,
03:42:24:00	03:42:27:00	WIVES, DAUGHTERS BEING GOOD
03:42:27:00	03:42:27:00	LITTLE GIRLS AND WORKING HARD
03:42:27:00	03:42:30:00	AND ALL OF THAT.
03:42:30:00	03:42:31:00	IT IS REALLY THE STRICTLY THE
03:42:31:00	03:42:34:00	ADVANCEMENT OF WHO WE ARE AS
03:42:34:00	03:42:35:00	HUMAN BEINGS IN SOCIETY AND
03:42:35:00	03:42:37:00	THERE HAS BEEN LOT
03:42:37:00	03:42:38:00	OF MISINFORMATION PUT OUT THERE
03:42:38:00	03:42:41:00	BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT
03:42:41:00	03:42:42:00	FEMINISM AND FEMINISM AND I'M
03:42:42:00	03:42:43:00	SO GLAD THAT YOU SAID THE WORD
03:42:43:00	03:42:45:00	FEMINISM BECAUSE A LOT
03:42:45:00	03:42:46:00	OF PEOPLE DON'T AND WE ARE VERY
03:42:46:00	03:42:47:00	LUCKY HERE ON THE COUNCIL THAT
03:42:47:00	03:42:50:00	WE HAVE MANY FEMINISTS HERE AND
03:42:50:00	03:42:53:00	I WOULD SAY SO FOR FOR THE MEN
03:42:53:00	03:42:54:00	I'M VERY LUCKY TO WORK WITH ALL
03:42:54:00	03:42:55:00	OF YOU AND I SEE YOUR WORK AND
03:42:55:00	03:42:57:00	I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK ON
03:42:57:00	03:42:58:00	BEHALF OF WOMEN IN THE CITY
03:42:58:00	03:42:58:00	OF BOSTON.
03:42:58:00	03:43:01:00	ONE OF MY HUSBAND AS WELL FOR
03:43:01:00	03:43:03:00	BEING AN UNAPOLOGETIC FEMINIST
03:43:03:00	03:43:04:00	BUT WE ARE REALLY HERE TO FIGHT
03:43:04:00	03:43:08:00	FOR THE THE ADVANCEMENT IN OUR
03:43:08:00	03:43:09:00	SOCIAL LIVES POLITICAL THE
03:43:09:00	03:43:12:00	ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF FOLKS
03:43:12:00	03:43:15:00	AROUND THE WORLD AND YOU KNOW,
03:43:15:00	03:43:16:00	RIGHT NOW QUITE FRANKLY I'M
03:43:16:00	03:43:19:00	GRIEVING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT
03:43:19:00	03:43:19:00	.
03:43:19:00	03:43:23:00	I GRIEVE ALMOST EVERY DAY ABOUT
03:43:23:00	03:43:24:00	THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A
03:43:24:00	03:43:27:00	WOMAN AT THE HELM OF THIS
03:43:27:00	03:43:28:00	COUNTRY AND WHAT COULD HAVE
03:43:28:00	03:43:31:00	BEEN I'M GRIEVING ABOUT THE
03:43:31:00	03:43:34:00	REGRESSION OF RIGHTS THAT I SEE
03:43:34:00	03:43:35:00	BASIC THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY
03:43:35:00	03:43:38:00	BEEN LITIGATED IN SOCIETY LIKE
03:43:38:00	03:43:42:00	BODILY AUTONOMY, OUR ABILITY TO
03:43:42:00	03:43:43:00	NAVIGATE IN THE WORLD FREELY
03:43:43:00	03:43:44:00	WITHOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR FEAR
03:43:44:00	03:43:46:00	OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
03:43:46:00	03:43:47:00	AND SO THESE THINGS ARE ONGOING
03:43:47:00	03:43:50:00	AND THIS IS WHAT THIS MONTH
03:43:50:00	03:43:51:00	REALLY IS ABOUT.
03:43:51:00	03:43:52:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
03:43:52:00	03:43:54:00	YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR
03:43:54:00	03:43:54:00	THEIR SUPPORT.
03:43:54:00	03:43:57:00	I KNOW OF THIS RESOLUTION BUT
03:43:57:00	03:43:58:00	ALSO THE WORK THEY DO IN THEIR
03:43:58:00	03:43:59:00	COMMUNITIES AND IN THE CITY
03:43:59:00	03:43:59:00	OF BOSTON.
03:43:59:00	03:44:02:00	THANK YOU.
03:44:02:00	03:44:02:00	THANK YOU.
03:44:02:00	03:44:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:44:03:00	03:44:03:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND HAS A
03:44:03:00	03:44:06:00	GREAT ANY OTHER FLOOR.
03:44:06:00	03:44:06:00	THANK YOU.
03:44:06:00	03:44:07:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, A LOT
03:44:07:00	03:44:09:00	OF EXERCISES ACTUALLY.
03:44:09:00	03:44:09:00	YES.
03:44:09:00	03:44:12:00	WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
03:44:12:00	03:44:16:00	YES, WE DO NEED TO STAND UP AND
03:44:16:00	03:44:16:00	CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
03:44:16:00	03:44:19:00	EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR NOT
03:44:19:00	03:44:20:00	JUST MARCH.
03:44:20:00	03:44:24:00	AND WE SHOULD ALSO RESTATE THAT
03:44:24:00	03:44:25:00	WE ARE NOT GOING BACK.
03:44:25:00	03:44:27:00	WE ARE NOT GOING BACK.
03:44:27:00	03:44:31:00	MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS A BOSTON
03:44:31:00	03:44:35:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AND IN
03:44:35:00	03:44:36:00	THE FIFTIES WHEN SHE WAS THE
03:44:36:00	03:44:38:00	FIFTIES WAS THE FORTIES
03:44:38:00	03:44:39:00	ACTUALLY.
03:44:39:00	03:44:42:00	AND WHEN SHE GOT SHE FIRST
03:44:42:00	03:44:43:00	OF ALL SHE DIDN'T GET MARRIED
03:44:43:00	03:44:45:00	UNTIL SHE WAS 39 YEARS OLD, 37
03:44:45:00	03:44:48:00	YEARS OLD AND HAD HER FIRST
03:44:48:00	03:44:48:00	CHILD.
03:44:48:00	03:44:50:00	THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED AT
03:44:50:00	03:44:51:00	37 YEARS OLD SHE HAD TO GIVE UP
03:44:51:00	03:44:51:00	HER JOB.
03:44:51:00	03:44:55:00	HER HUSBAND WAS A LABORER AND
03:44:55:00	03:44:55:00	SHE WAS THE PRIMARY BREADWINNER
03:44:55:00	03:44:58:00	FOR THE FAMILY AND SHE EARNED
03:44:58:00	03:44:59:00	MORE THAN HE DID.
03:44:59:00	03:45:00:00	SHE HAD TO GIVE UP A JOB
03:45:00:00	03:45:02:00	BECAUSE SHE WAS MARRIED LATER
03:45:02:00	03:45:03:00	WOMEN HAD TO GIVE UP THEIR JOBS
03:45:03:00	03:45:05:00	BECAUSE THEY WERE PREGNANT.
03:45:05:00	03:45:06:00	THANKFULLY WE ARE NOT THERE
03:45:06:00	03:45:09:00	ANYMORE BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG,
03:45:09:00	03:45:09:00	HARD STRUGGLE.
03:45:09:00	03:45:10:00	IT TOOK US 70 YEARS TO GET THE
03:45:10:00	03:45:13:00	VOTE.
03:45:13:00	03:45:13:00	I'M NOT I'M SPEAKING TO THE
03:45:13:00	03:45:14:00	CHOIR HERE.
03:45:14:00	03:45:16:00	YOU ALL KNOW THIS STUFF.
03:45:16:00	03:45:17:00	SADLY I SHARE I'M SURE WE ALL
03:45:17:00	03:45:21:00	SHARE THIS SORT OF GRIEF THAT
03:45:21:00	03:45:21:00	WE HAVE AND THE SHOCK THAT
03:45:21:00	03:45:24:00	WE'RE EXPERIENCING AT THAT THE
03:45:24:00	03:45:27:00	LEVEL OF VINDICTIVENESS AND
03:45:27:00	03:45:31:00	ATTACKS ON WOMEN'S INTEGRITY
03:45:31:00	03:45:32:00	THE REGIME AND I WILL CALL IT A
03:45:32:00	03:45:33:00	REGIME IN D.C. IS TRYING TO
03:45:33:00	03:45:35:00	PUSH US BACKWARDS AS WOMEN.
03:45:35:00	03:45:39:00	LOOKING AT THE LEADERSHIP
03:45:39:00	03:45:39:00	WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP THAT THEY
03:45:39:00	03:45:42:00	HAVE DISMANTLED LIKE THE JOINT
03:45:42:00	03:45:43:00	CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL LISA
03:45:43:00	03:45:47:00	FRANCHETTI, THE FIRST WOMAN TO
03:45:47:00	03:45:50:00	BE ON THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
03:45:50:00	03:45:50:00	AS AN ADMIRAL AN ADMIRAL, CAN
03:45:50:00	03:45:54:00	YOU IMAGINE HOW HARD SHE HAD TO
03:45:54:00	03:45:55:00	WORK TO BE A MODERN ADMIRAL?
03:45:55:00	03:45:55:00	SHE'S GONE.
03:45:55:00	03:45:58:00	THE ADMIRAL LINDA FAGAN OF THE
03:45:58:00	03:45:58:00	COAST GUARD, ANOTHER ADMIRAL, A
03:45:58:00	03:46:01:00	WOMAN WHO WORKED VERY HARD TO
03:46:01:00	03:46:02:00	GET BECOME IN LEADERSHIP THE IN
03:46:02:00	03:46:05:00	THE IN THE SERVICES BOND AND
03:46:05:00	03:46:06:00	OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL OUR
03:46:06:00	03:46:09:00	BODIES A FULL SCALE ATTACK ON
03:46:09:00	03:46:12:00	OUR ABILITY TO HAVE AUTONOMY
03:46:12:00	03:46:16:00	OVER OUR BODIES.
03:46:16:00	03:46:17:00	WHEN WE LOOK AT WOMEN IN
03:46:17:00	03:46:17:00	LEADERSHIP.
03:46:17:00	03:46:20:00	THERE'S THIS INSINUATION THAT
03:46:20:00	03:46:24:00	THEY GOT THERE BY THE DIVERSITY
03:46:24:00	03:46:27:00	EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND THAT'S
03:46:27:00	03:46:28:00	A WONDERFUL THING.
03:46:28:00	03:46:28:00	IT'S NOT A BAD WORD.
03:46:28:00	03:46:31:00	WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE.
03:46:31:00	03:46:35:00	IT'S A WAY TO ABSOLUTELY
03:46:35:00	03:46:35:00	CAPITALIZE ON ALL OF OUR HUMAN
03:46:35:00	03:46:39:00	POTENTIAL FROM EVERYBODY IN OUR
03:46:39:00	03:46:39:00	COUNTRY AND THE WORLD
03:46:39:00	03:46:40:00	REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME
03:46:40:00	03:46:43:00	FROM TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL
03:46:43:00	03:46:43:00	HUMAN POTENTIAL AND BE ABLE TO
03:46:43:00	03:46:46:00	CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAXIMUM WHAT
03:46:46:00	03:46:46:00	THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
03:46:46:00	03:46:51:00	AND AND WOMEN HAVE SO MUCH TO
03:46:51:00	03:46:54:00	OFFER AS WE KNOW AND IT'S TIME
03:46:54:00	03:46:55:00	TO TAKE THE HIGH HEELS OFF AND
03:46:55:00	03:46:57:00	GET A RUNNING SHOES ON AND
03:46:57:00	03:46:58:00	MAYBE THE BOXING GLOVES ON AND
03:46:58:00	03:47:01:00	FIGHT LIKE  BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
03:47:01:00	03:47:01:00	GOING BACK.
03:47:01:00	03:47:05:00	AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO
03:47:05:00	03:47:06:00	CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
03:47:06:00	03:47:09:00	AND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MY
03:47:09:00	03:47:09:00	MOTHER IN LAWS THE WOMAN I JUST
03:47:09:00	03:47:10:00	SPOKE ABOUT WHO'S HAD TO GIVE
03:47:10:00	03:47:13:00	UP HER JOB WHEN SHE GOT
03:47:13:00	03:47:13:00	MARRIED.
03:47:13:00	03:47:13:00	IT'S HER BIRTHDAY.
03:47:13:00	03:47:16:00	INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IS
03:47:16:00	03:47:17:00	ALWAYS HONORS BIRTHDAYS SO
03:47:17:00	03:47:20:00	THANK YOU THANK YOU ARE BURIED
03:47:20:00	03:47:21:00	IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:47:21:00	03:47:21:00	COMMANDER CAN YOU GET THE
03:47:21:00	03:47:21:00	FLOOR.
03:47:21:00	03:47:23:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND
03:47:23:00	03:47:24:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
03:47:24:00	03:47:27:00	LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PRESIDENT I
03:47:27:00	03:47:28:00	THINK ABOUT ALL THE WOMEN THAT
03:47:28:00	03:47:31:00	ARE LEADING OUR CITY ALL OF US
03:47:31:00	03:47:32:00	WE HAVE SEVEN FEMALE CITY
03:47:32:00	03:47:32:00	COUNCILORS.
03:47:32:00	03:47:34:00	WE HAVE FOUR WE SHOULD SAY
03:47:34:00	03:47:35:00	WOMEN CITY COUNCILORS.
03:47:35:00	03:47:38:00	WE HAVE A MAYOR THAT'S A WOMAN.
03:47:38:00	03:47:38:00	WE HAVE YOU.
03:47:38:00	03:47:41:00	THAT'S LEADS THIS BODY EVERY
03:47:41:00	03:47:44:00	MEETING.
03:47:44:00	03:47:45:00	SO IN BOSTON I FEEL LIKE WE
03:47:45:00	03:47:48:00	HAVE THAT PROGRESS.
03:47:48:00	03:47:49:00	WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE BEEN
03:47:49:00	03:47:52:00	DREAMING OF.
03:47:52:00	03:47:56:00	BUT MY ACTUAL EXPERIENCE BEING
03:47:56:00	03:47:57:00	A WOMAN IN OFFICE IS VERY
03:47:57:00	03:48:00:00	DIFFERENT THAN THE STRIDES THAT
03:48:00:00	03:48:03:00	WE'VE SEEN OBVIOUSLY THE PAST
03:48:03:00	03:48:04:00	THREE DAYS I HAVE BEEN ATTACKED
03:48:04:00	03:48:07:00	BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE
03:48:07:00	03:48:08:00	WHO HAVE CALLED ME FAT WHO HAVE
03:48:08:00	03:48:11:00	JUST ATTACKED ME TO MY CORE
03:48:11:00	03:48:12:00	LOOKED UP WHERE I WENT TO HIGH
03:48:12:00	03:48:15:00	SCHOOL, DID SORT OF HORRIBLE
03:48:15:00	03:48:16:00	THINGS AND I JUST HAVE TO ASK
03:48:16:00	03:48:19:00	MYSELF IF THOSE COMMENTS WOULD
03:48:19:00	03:48:23:00	HAPPEN IF I WAS THE MAN I TO BE
03:48:23:00	03:48:24:00	YOU KNOW, I HATE TO BE, YOU
03:48:24:00	03:48:27:00	KNOW, A DEBBIE DOWNER BUT THE
03:48:27:00	03:48:31:00	REALITY IS BEING A WOMAN, YOU
03:48:31:00	03:48:31:00	KNOW, IN THIS ROLE AND BEING A
03:48:31:00	03:48:35:00	WOMAN ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND
03:48:35:00	03:48:36:00	BEING A WOMAN ELECTED OFFICIAL
03:48:36:00	03:48:39:00	IS VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFERENT
03:48:39:00	03:48:39:00	FROM BEING A MALE ELECTED
03:48:39:00	03:48:40:00	OFFICIAL.
03:48:40:00	03:48:43:00	AND EVEN IF YOU CAN RISE TO THE
03:48:43:00	03:48:44:00	TOP, PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU
03:48:44:00	03:48:47:00	TO FALL AND THEY'RE WAITING AND
03:48:47:00	03:48:47:00	THEY'RE CRITICAL.
03:48:47:00	03:48:48:00	AND YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD MEN COME
03:48:48:00	03:48:51:00	UP TO ME AT EVENTS THAT SAID
03:48:51:00	03:48:52:00	YOU SHOULD REALLY WEAR BLACK
03:48:52:00	03:48:55:00	MORE BECAUSE YOU YOU JUST DON'T
03:48:55:00	03:48:58:00	HAVE THE BODY TYPE TO WEAR PINK
03:48:58:00	03:48:58:00	.
03:48:58:00	03:49:02:00	IT'S DISGUSTING AND JUST HAVING
03:49:02:00	03:49:03:00	BEEN THROUGH THIS THE PAST FEW
03:49:03:00	03:49:03:00	DAYS, I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO
03:49:03:00	03:49:06:00	PRETEND SOMETIMES THAT
03:49:06:00	03:49:07:00	EVERYTHING'S DANDY BECAUSE I'M
03:49:07:00	03:49:10:00	A REALLY POSITIVE PERSON BUT
03:49:10:00	03:49:11:00	THE REALITY IS IT'S VERY, VERY
03:49:11:00	03:49:14:00	DIFFERENT BEING A WOMAN ELECTED
03:49:14:00	03:49:17:00	OFFICIAL AND BUT OUR CITY NEEDS
03:49:17:00	03:49:21:00	US.
03:49:21:00	03:49:21:00	THE AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
03:49:21:00	03:49:25:00	I COME ACROSS IN MY JOB WHO SAY
03:49:25:00	03:49:28:00	I MOVED HERE FROM ANOTHER PLACE
03:49:28:00	03:49:29:00	THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ON THE
03:49:29:00	03:49:32:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MEANS A LOT
03:49:32:00	03:49:33:00	TO ME.
03:49:33:00	03:49:36:00	SO I FEEL UPLIFTED BY SO MANY
03:49:36:00	03:49:39:00	PEOPLE BUT I JUST LOOK AROUND
03:49:39:00	03:49:40:00	AND EVERY SINGLE WOMAN ON THE
03:49:40:00	03:49:41:00	CITY COUNCIL HAS EXPERIENCED
03:49:41:00	03:49:44:00	OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DON'T
03:49:44:00	03:49:48:00	TALK ABOUT AND I JUST WANT TO
03:49:48:00	03:49:48:00	SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
03:49:48:00	03:49:48:00	LEADERSHIP.
03:49:48:00	03:49:51:00	IF YOU'RE A FEMALE ELECTED
03:49:51:00	03:49:52:00	OFFICIAL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
03:49:52:00	03:49:52:00	LEADERSHIP.
03:49:52:00	03:49:55:00	THANK YOU FOR I MEAN WE HAVE
03:49:55:00	03:49:55:00	MULTIPLE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO
03:49:55:00	03:49:56:00	HAVE HAD TO FILE RESTRAINING
03:49:56:00	03:49:59:00	ORDERS ON PEOPLE WHO BECOME
03:49:59:00	03:49:59:00	OBSESSED WITH THEM.
03:49:59:00	03:50:03:00	IT'S CRAZY AND I JUST NEED TO
03:50:03:00	03:50:06:00	BE TOTALLY REAL ABOUT THIS THAT
03:50:06:00	03:50:07:00	AS WE CELEBRATE ALL THE GOOD
03:50:07:00	03:50:08:00	THINGS THAT COME WITH WOMEN'S
03:50:08:00	03:50:11:00	HISTORY, ALL THE TRAILBLAZERS,
03:50:11:00	03:50:14:00	ALL THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO
03:50:14:00	03:50:15:00	LEAD OUR CITY NOW AND HAVE LED
03:50:15:00	03:50:16:00	OUR CITY IN THE PAST, WE ALSO
03:50:16:00	03:50:18:00	NEED TO SHARE WHAT IT MEANS.
03:50:18:00	03:50:19:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:50:19:00	03:50:24:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND I JUST
03:50:24:00	03:50:24:00	KIND OF WENT INDIGENOUS AND YOU
03:50:24:00	03:50:25:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:50:25:00	03:50:26:00	THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
03:50:26:00	03:50:26:00	SPEAK AGAIN.
03:50:26:00	03:50:29:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT
03:50:29:00	03:50:30:00	COUNCIL DURKAN WE MAY DISAGREE
03:50:30:00	03:50:33:00	AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE TIMES
03:50:33:00	03:50:37:00	WHERE I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW,
03:50:37:00	03:50:37:00	MAYBE YOU KNOW YOU'RE A PERSON
03:50:37:00	03:50:40:00	IN YOUR POSITION MAY NOT YOU
03:50:40:00	03:50:44:00	KNOW, HAVE TO TAKE CERTAIN
03:50:44:00	03:50:48:00	DECISION MAKING STEPS OR
03:50:48:00	03:50:48:00	POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO
03:50:48:00	03:50:49:00	ISSUES AROUND ME.
03:50:49:00	03:50:52:00	BUT WHEN RIGHT IS RIGHT, WRONG
03:50:52:00	03:50:52:00	IS WRONG.
03:50:52:00	03:50:56:00	I ABSOLUTELY THINK YOU ARE A
03:50:56:00	03:51:00:00	VERY ATTRACTIVE IF I SAY IF I
03:51:00:00	03:51:01:00	COULD SAY PLUMPY AND I LIKE IT
03:51:01:00	03:51:03:00	I THINK YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL AND I
03:51:03:00	03:51:04:00	THINK YOU ARE ATTRACTIVE AND
03:51:04:00	03:51:08:00	THICK AND SO WHAT AND THOSE
03:51:08:00	03:51:08:00	PEOPLE ARE CALLING YOU THOSE
03:51:08:00	03:51:09:00	NAMES AND SAYING THOSE THINGS
03:51:09:00	03:51:12:00	YOU ARE STUPID AND I'M JUST
03:51:12:00	03:51:12:00	GOING TO SAY OR OKAY FINALLY
03:51:12:00	03:51:16:00	FOUND IT IT WAS A IT WAS A IT
03:51:16:00	03:51:16:00	WAS A MOMENT OF IGNORANCE
03:51:16:00	03:51:19:00	WHATEVER IT IS.
03:51:19:00	03:51:19:00	IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY.
03:51:19:00	03:51:23:00	IT'S HURTFUL AND I CAN I CAN
03:51:23:00	03:51:23:00	SEE HOW MUCH IT HURTS YOU
03:51:23:00	03:51:26:00	IMAGINE YOU WERE IN THAT EVENT
03:51:26:00	03:51:27:00	AND YOU ARE HAPPY GO LUCKY
03:51:27:00	03:51:30:00	TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB EVEN IF
03:51:30:00	03:51:30:00	YOU DON'T DO IT PERFECTLY
03:51:30:00	03:51:33:00	BECAUSE YOU ARE LEARNING LIKE
03:51:33:00	03:51:34:00	WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO COME TO
03:51:34:00	03:51:37:00	YOU AND YOU KNOW WEIGH IN ON
03:51:37:00	03:51:38:00	YOUR PERSONAL PHYSICAL
03:51:38:00	03:51:38:00	APPEARANCE.
03:51:38:00	03:51:41:00	THAT'S SO SHORTSIGHTED.
03:51:41:00	03:51:44:00	YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
03:51:44:00	03:51:45:00	LIKE AND IT'S PROJECTING THEIR
03:51:45:00	03:51:49:00	OWN INSECURITIES.
03:51:49:00	03:51:49:00	IT'S PROJECTING THEIR OWN EVILS
03:51:49:00	03:51:52:00	AND THAT'S NOT OKAY.
03:51:52:00	03:51:53:00	I MAY DISAGREE WITH YOU BUT I'M
03:51:53:00	03:51:54:00	NOT GOING TO ATTACK THAT.
03:51:54:00	03:51:54:00	YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
03:51:54:00	03:51:56:00	AND I'VE SAID TO PEOPLE BEFORE
03:51:56:00	03:51:57:00	IF CONSIDER AND SAY CERTAIN
03:51:57:00	03:52:00:00	THINGS WE ALL HAVE OUR
03:52:00:00	03:52:00:00	IGNORANCE IS IGNORANCE IS NOT
03:52:00:00	03:52:03:00	EVIL RIGHT.
03:52:03:00	03:52:04:00	IT'S A THING THAT WE HAVE TO
03:52:04:00	03:52:07:00	OVERCOME AND WE HAVE TO LEARN
03:52:07:00	03:52:07:00	AND YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT WITH
03:52:07:00	03:52:08:00	ONE'S DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THEY
03:52:08:00	03:52:10:00	GET THERE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE
03:52:10:00	03:52:11:00	THOSE MOMENTS.
03:52:11:00	03:52:11:00	SO I'M SORRY THAT YOU WENT
03:52:11:00	03:52:15:00	THROUGH THAT AND YOU'RE NOT
03:52:15:00	03:52:15:00	BEING YOU'RE NOT DAMPENING THE
03:52:15:00	03:52:18:00	MOOD YOU ARE MAKING IT DYNAMIC.
03:52:18:00	03:52:22:00	THIS SHOULD BE A TOPIC WHERE WE
03:52:22:00	03:52:23:00	CAN INCLUDE THOSE ISSUES AND WE
03:52:23:00	03:52:26:00	CAN SAY YEAH, WE'VE COME A LONG
03:52:26:00	03:52:29:00	WAY BUT ALSO LET'S MAKE ROOM TO
03:52:29:00	03:52:30:00	ACKNOWLEDGE AND ALSO ALWAYS
03:52:30:00	03:52:33:00	CALL IT OUT WHEN IT'S WRONG.
03:52:33:00	03:52:34:00	I FEEL FOR YOU IN TERMS
03:52:34:00	03:52:34:00	OF THAT.
03:52:34:00	03:52:38:00	YES ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED
03:52:38:00	03:52:38:00	IT AND I ALWAYS YOU KNOW, GET
03:52:38:00	03:52:42:00	UP AND BE LIKE OH, STRONG,
03:52:42:00	03:52:42:00	STRONG, STRONG BLACK WOMAN NO,
03:52:42:00	03:52:42:00	NO, NO.
03:52:42:00	03:52:45:00	TRUST ME.
03:52:45:00	03:52:48:00	CONCLUSION IS A DARK SKINNED
03:52:48:00	03:52:49:00	BLACK WOMAN I AM A LIGHT
03:52:49:00	03:52:52:00	SKINNED BLACK WOMAN.
03:52:52:00	03:52:53:00	BELIEVE YOU ME THAT COMES WITH
03:52:53:00	03:52:53:00	PRIVILEGES SO I KNOW THAT COMES
03:52:53:00	03:52:56:00	LOUIJEUNE EXPERIENCE IS A
03:52:56:00	03:52:57:00	DIFFERENT THAN MINE AND THE
03:52:57:00	03:53:00:00	STUFF THAT THE  THAT SHE HAS TO
03:53:00:00	03:53:01:00	ENDURE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT
03:53:01:00	03:53:04:00	HARDER THAN ME AND I KEEP THAT
03:53:04:00	03:53:05:00	IN MIND EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN
03:53:05:00	03:53:07:00	I'M FACING THE PUBLIC SO I
03:53:07:00	03:53:11:00	UNDERSTAND OUR DIFFERENCES AND
03:53:11:00	03:53:12:00	TRY TO BE VERY PATIENT WITH
03:53:12:00	03:53:15:00	YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND I TRY TO
03:53:15:00	03:53:18:00	BE VERY NON-JUDGMENTAL AND I
03:53:18:00	03:53:19:00	IT'S NOT MY PLACE.
03:53:19:00	03:53:20:00	I'M SIMPLY NOT QUALIFIED TO
03:53:20:00	03:53:22:00	EVER WEIGH ON PEOPLE'S
03:53:22:00	03:53:23:00	APPEARANCE SO I APOLOGIZE FOR
03:53:23:00	03:53:23:00	THAT.
03:53:23:00	03:53:26:00	BUT ANYWAY, GIRL POWER AND
03:53:26:00	03:53:27:00	HAPPY WOMEN HISTORY MONTH
03:53:27:00	03:53:30:00	THANKS COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK
03:53:30:00	03:53:30:00	YOU.
03:53:30:00	03:53:31:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:53:31:00	03:53:32:00	COUNCILMAN ME HERE YOU HAVE THE
03:53:32:00	03:53:33:00	FLOOR.
03:53:33:00	03:53:33:00	THANK YOU.
03:53:33:00	03:53:34:00	AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
03:53:34:00	03:53:35:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING
03:53:35:00	03:53:37:00	US TO CONTINUE TO RISE AND TO
03:53:37:00	03:53:38:00	SPEAK.
03:53:38:00	03:53:41:00	BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
03:53:41:00	03:53:41:00	US TO MODEL BEHAVIOR AND WHAT
03:53:41:00	03:53:44:00	IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE STAND UP
03:53:44:00	03:53:45:00	FOR OUR SISTERS.
03:53:45:00	03:53:45:00	RIGHT.
03:53:45:00	03:53:46:00	BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
03:53:46:00	03:53:49:00	WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON A
03:53:49:00	03:53:49:00	LOT OF THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S
03:53:49:00	03:53:50:00	REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
03:53:50:00	03:53:53:00	DEMONSTRATE EMOTIONAL
03:53:53:00	03:53:53:00	INTELLIGENCE FOR EACH OTHER AND
03:53:53:00	03:53:56:00	I JUST WANT TO ALSO RISE AND
03:53:56:00	03:53:56:00	APOLOGIZE.
03:53:56:00	03:53:57:00	I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD
03:53:57:00	03:54:01:00	ENDURED ALL OF THAT THIS PAST
03:54:01:00	03:54:01:00	WEEKEND.
03:54:01:00	03:54:02:00	THAT'S THE FIRST THAT I'M
03:54:02:00	03:54:04:00	HEARING ABOUT IT.
03:54:04:00	03:54:05:00	AND AS SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH
03:54:05:00	03:54:08:00	THAT, I KNOW IT'S REALLY
03:54:08:00	03:54:12:00	HURTFUL AND I WAS ONCE UPON A
03:54:12:00	03:54:13:00	TIME POMPEY I DON'T KNOW WHAT
03:54:13:00	03:54:15:00	YOU CALLED IT BUT I, I WAS
03:54:15:00	03:54:15:00	OBESE.
03:54:15:00	03:54:19:00	I HAD TO HAVE SURGERY SO THAT I
03:54:19:00	03:54:22:00	CAN LIVE LONGER FOR MY DAUGHTER
03:54:22:00	03:54:23:00	AND IT IS NOT EASY WHEN YOU ARE
03:54:23:00	03:54:26:00	STRUGGLING WITH YOUR WEIGHT AND
03:54:26:00	03:54:27:00	I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
03:54:27:00	03:54:30:00	US AS WOMEN AND WOMEN IN
03:54:30:00	03:54:30:00	POSITIONS LIKE THIS TO BE ABLE
03:54:30:00	03:54:34:00	TO GET UP AND AND SPEAK OUR
03:54:34:00	03:54:34:00	TRUTH BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER
03:54:34:00	03:54:35:00	KNOW WHO IS LISTENING AND
03:54:35:00	03:54:38:00	LOOKING TO YOU TO UPLIFT THEM
03:54:38:00	03:54:42:00	RIGHT.
03:54:42:00	03:54:42:00	SO I DON'T EVER APOLOGIZE FOR
03:54:42:00	03:54:43:00	BRINGING YOUR FULL SELF INTO
03:54:43:00	03:54:46:00	THIS.
03:54:46:00	03:54:46:00	I KNOW THIS IS NOT WHERE PEOPLE
03:54:46:00	03:54:47:00	THINK THIS IS THE SORT
03:54:47:00	03:54:50:00	OF DELIBERATION THAT WE SHOULD
03:54:50:00	03:54:50:00	BE HAVING ON THE COUNCIL.
03:54:50:00	03:54:51:00	I REJECT THAT.
03:54:51:00	03:54:54:00	I THAT THESE ARE THE SORT
03:54:54:00	03:54:54:00	OF THINGS THAT MAKE US HUMAN
03:54:54:00	03:54:57:00	AND THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE US
03:54:57:00	03:54:57:00	AS WE ARE.
03:54:57:00	03:54:58:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
03:54:58:00	03:55:01:00	YOUR VULNERABILITY FOR SHOWING
03:55:01:00	03:55:04:00	US YOUR VULNERABLE SIDE AND
03:55:04:00	03:55:07:00	KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR IT
03:55:07:00	03:55:08:00	.
03:55:08:00	03:55:08:00	THANK YOU.
03:55:08:00	03:55:08:00	THANK YOU.
03:55:08:00	03:55:12:00	I JUST I WANT TO SAY HAPPY
03:55:12:00	03:55:12:00	WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
03:55:12:00	03:55:15:00	I WANT TO AFFIRM A LOT OF THE
03:55:15:00	03:55:16:00	COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.
03:55:16:00	03:55:19:00	I WANT TO JUST THINK I OFTEN
03:55:19:00	03:55:23:00	TALK A LOT ABOUT THOSE WHO
03:55:23:00	03:55:23:00	ATTEMPTED AND I THERE'S SO MANY
03:55:23:00	03:55:26:00	WOMEN WHO TRIED AND WHO DIDN'T
03:55:26:00	03:55:27:00	MAKE IT AND THEY WE STAND ON
03:55:27:00	03:55:30:00	THEIR SHOULDERS.
03:55:30:00	03:55:31:00	IT'S NOT EASY BEING THE FIRST
03:55:31:00	03:55:31:00	STUDIES BEING THE SECOND.
03:55:31:00	03:55:33:00	IT'S NOT EASY BEING THE THIRD
03:55:33:00	03:55:34:00	SO EASY BEING THE FOURTH,
03:55:34:00	03:55:36:00	FIFTH, SIXTH AND WE'RE ALL
03:55:36:00	03:55:37:00	BUILDING OFF OF EACH OTHER, YOU
03:55:37:00	03:55:40:00	KNOW PEOPLE ONE OF THE BEST DR.
03:55:40:00	03:55:44:00	KING EVENTS THAT I EVER WENT TO
03:55:44:00	03:55:47:00	WAS BY POET NIKKI GIOVANNI WHO
03:55:47:00	03:55:48:00	SPENT AND WHO RECENTLY PASSED
03:55:48:00	03:55:51:00	AWAY WHO SPENT ALMOST THE
03:55:51:00	03:55:51:00	ENTIRE EVENT TALKING ABOUT THE
03:55:51:00	03:55:55:00	BLACK WOMAN WHO MADE THE CIVIL
03:55:55:00	03:55:55:00	RIGHTS MOVEMENT POSSIBLE
03:55:55:00	03:55:58:00	WITHOUT WHOM WE WOULDN'T BE
03:55:58:00	03:56:02:00	WHERE WE ARE WITHOUT WHOM DR.
03:56:02:00	03:56:03:00	KING WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
03:56:03:00	03:56:03:00	DO THE WORK THAT HE DID.
03:56:03:00	03:56:04:00	AND I THINK ABOUT DOROTHY
03:56:04:00	03:56:06:00	HEIGHT WHO TALKS ABOUT AS THE
03:56:06:00	03:56:06:00	HEAD OF THE NATIONAL
03:56:06:00	03:56:07:00	COUNCIL OF  WOMEN WHO HAD TO
03:56:07:00	03:56:10:00	DEAL WITH SEXISM AND RACISM AT
03:56:10:00	03:56:13:00	THE SAME TIME AND WHAT THAT HOW
03:56:13:00	03:56:14:00	HARD THAT IS AND WHAT THAT
03:56:14:00	03:56:15:00	FEELS LIKE VERY HARD TO
03:56:15:00	03:56:17:00	DESCRIBE, VERY HARD TO
03:56:17:00	03:56:20:00	ARTICULATE WHAT IT MEANS TO
03:56:20:00	03:56:21:00	OFTEN BE A WOMAN AND TO IF YOU
03:56:21:00	03:56:23:00	COME FROM ANOTHER MARGINALIZED
03:56:23:00	03:56:24:00	BACKGROUND.
03:56:24:00	03:56:25:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I HEAR
03:56:25:00	03:56:31:00	YOU AND COUNSELOR DURKAN I'M
03:56:31:00	03:56:32:00	SORRY THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
03:56:32:00	03:56:32:00	EXPERIENCING.
03:56:32:00	03:56:33:00	I THINK LIKE ALL OF MY
03:56:33:00	03:56:36:00	COLLEAGUES HAD WE'VE ALL
03:56:36:00	03:56:36:00	EXPERIENCED CAN EXPERIENCE
03:56:36:00	03:56:37:00	SOMETHING LIKE IT AND EVERY DAY
03:56:37:00	03:56:39:00	AND I THERE IS SOMETHING YOU
03:56:39:00	03:56:40:00	KNOW I SAID YESTERDAY THAT
03:56:40:00	03:56:42:00	WE'RE RESILIENT IS BECOMING
03:56:42:00	03:56:43:00	CLICHE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
03:56:43:00	03:56:46:00	WHO ARE CALLED TO BE RESILIENT
03:56:46:00	03:56:50:00	LIKE WOMEN WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE
03:56:50:00	03:56:53:00	TO AND SO I JUST WANT TO JUST
03:56:53:00	03:56:57:00	GIVE A BIG HUG OF LOVE TO MY
03:56:57:00	03:56:58:00	FELLOW WOMEN COLLEAGUES HERE
03:56:58:00	03:57:01:00	BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT
03:57:01:00	03:57:05:00	EASY BUT MAY WE SUPPORT EACH
03:57:05:00	03:57:06:00	OTHER AND LIFT EACH OTHER UP?
03:57:06:00	03:57:06:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR
03:57:06:00	03:57:09:00	LEADERSHIP EVEN IN THE MOST
03:57:09:00	03:57:09:00	DIFFICULT MOMENTS ARE COMMUNITY
03:57:09:00	03:57:12:00	MINDED AND FAMILY MINDED AND
03:57:12:00	03:57:16:00	CARING ABOUT THE OTHER AND SO
03:57:16:00	03:57:16:00	THAT WHAT'S THAT RUTH BADER
03:57:16:00	03:57:19:00	GINSBURG QUOTE ABOUT HOW MANY
03:57:19:00	03:57:20:00	HOW MANY WOMEN ON THE SUPREME
03:57:20:00	03:57:21:00	COURT WILL BE ENOUGH AND SHE
03:57:21:00	03:57:23:00	SAYS UNTIL THERE ARE NINE.
03:57:23:00	03:57:24:00	AND SO I THINK THERE'S STILL SO
03:57:24:00	03:57:27:00	MUCH MORE WORK TO DO IN
03:57:27:00	03:57:27:00	ELEVATING WOMEN.
03:57:27:00	03:57:30:00	LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST
03:57:30:00	03:57:31:00	WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENT
03:57:31:00	03:57:34:00	HERE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO
03:57:34:00	03:57:35:00	HONOR WOMEN IN OUR LIVES AND
03:57:35:00	03:57:36:00	WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN IN
03:57:36:00	03:57:38:00	THE MONTH OF MARCH AND WE'LL BE
03:57:38:00	03:57:39:00	SENDING OUT A DATE FOR US TO
03:57:39:00	03:57:39:00	HONOR WOMEN WHO ARE
03:57:39:00	03:57:42:00	TRAILBLAZERS IN OUR LIVES, IN
03:57:42:00	03:57:42:00	OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR
03:57:42:00	03:57:43:00	DISTRICT.
03:57:43:00	03:57:45:00	SO I'M HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY
03:57:45:00	03:57:46:00	MONTH TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND TO
03:57:46:00	03:57:47:00	EVERYONE AND TO THE CITY
03:57:47:00	03:57:48:00	OF BOSTON AND THE WORK
03:57:48:00	03:57:52:00	CONTINUES.
03:57:52:00	03:57:53:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:57:53:00	03:57:53:00	THEIR NAME?
03:57:53:00	03:57:54:00	MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
03:57:54:00	03:57:56:00	COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTE
03:57:56:00	03:58:00:00	ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN
03:58:00:00	03:58:01:00	BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL
03:58:01:00	03:58:03:00	PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR
03:58:03:00	03:58:04:00	COUNCILORS MURPHY, MARIA
03:58:04:00	03:58:07:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON'S EXPANSION
03:58:07:00	03:58:10:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
03:58:10:00	03:58:11:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0561 ALL THOSE
03:58:11:00	03:58:14:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE
03:58:14:00	03:58:15:00	ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:58:15:00	03:58:18:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED RIGHT NOW
03:58:18:00	03:58:19:00	MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.
03:58:19:00	03:58:19:00	OH, WOULD ANYONE NOW BEFORE WE
03:58:19:00	03:58:22:00	MOVE ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS AND
03:58:22:00	03:58:22:00	ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME
03:58:22:00	03:58:23:00	TO A DOCKET OR MATTER WHEN THEY
03:58:23:00	03:58:26:00	WERE NOT IN CHAMBERS THE CHAIR
03:58:26:00	03:58:27:00	RECOGNIZES CONTROL PLANE.
03:58:27:00	03:58:29:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:58:29:00	03:58:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:58:30:00	03:58:34:00	MADAM, I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND
03:58:34:00	03:58:36:00	ON 0551 I'D LIKE TO BE LISTED
03:58:36:00	03:58:38:00	AS A IN SUPPORT OF THAT
03:58:38:00	03:58:42:00	THINKING THAT YOU THANK YOU
03:58:42:00	03:58:43:00	MR. CLERK.
03:58:43:00	03:58:45:00	DID YOU GET THAT FOR DOCKET
03:58:45:00	03:58:45:00	0551?
03:58:45:00	03:58:46:00	OKAY.
03:58:46:00	03:58:49:00	ANYONE ELSE OKAY, WE ARE NOW
03:58:49:00	03:58:49:00	MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.
03:58:49:00	03:58:50:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:58:50:00	03:58:52:00	READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?
03:58:52:00	03:58:55:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS, DUNCAN
03:58:55:00	03:58:55:00	NUMBERS 056 TO
03:58:55:00	03:58:56:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
03:58:56:00	03:58:57:00	APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY
03:58:57:00	03:59:02:00	EMPLOYEE.
03:59:02:00	03:59:03:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
03:59:03:00	03:59:05:00	SAY NAY BEG THE PERSONNEL ORDER
03:59:05:00	03:59:08:00	HAS PASSED AND DUNCAN NUMBER
03:59:08:00	03:59:08:00	0563 COUNCILOR REASON FOR
03:59:08:00	03:59:09:00	APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY
03:59:09:00	03:59:13:00	EMPLOYEE THANK YOU ALL THOSE IN
03:59:13:00	03:59:14:00	FAVOR SAY AYE I I OPPOSED ANY
03:59:14:00	03:59:14:00	THANK YOU.
03:59:14:00	03:59:15:00	THE PERSONNEL ORDERS ARE
03:59:15:00	03:59:15:00	PASSED.
03:59:15:00	03:59:16:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
03:59:16:00	03:59:16:00	SHEETS.
03:59:16:00	03:59:19:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:59:19:00	03:59:20:00	WHERE OUTCOMES ARE UNIFORM.
03:59:20:00	03:59:21:00	WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM
03:59:21:00	03:59:23:00	PRESIDENT.
03:59:23:00	03:59:24:00	I LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER
03:59:24:00	03:59:26:00	0112 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0113
03:59:26:00	03:59:32:00	FROM PAGE 20, NUMBER 20 AND 21
03:59:32:00	03:59:32:00	ON THE GREEN SHEETS.
03:59:32:00	03:59:33:00	THANK YOU.
03:59:33:00	03:59:39:00	DOCKET 0112 AND 01122.
03:59:39:00	03:59:42:00	OKAY, WE'LL TAKE EACH.
03:59:42:00	03:59:46:00	ARE THEY OKAY?
03:59:46:00	03:59:49:00	SO WELL OKAY.
03:59:49:00	03:59:50:00	SO COUNCILOR MR. COURT COULD
03:59:50:00	03:59:53:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER
03:59:53:00	03:59:54:00	0112 INTO THE RECORD
03:59:54:00	03:59:54:00	COUNCILOR WORLD YOU'D LIKE TO
03:59:54:00	03:59:57:00	SPEAK ON BOTH OF THE DOCKET THE
03:59:57:00	03:59:57:00	SAME TIME PLEASE.
03:59:57:00	03:59:59:00	MR CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE READ
03:59:59:00	04:00:00:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0112 INTO THE
04:00:00:00	04:00:06:00	RECORD AND 1130112.
04:00:06:00	04:00:07:00	FIRST IT LOOKED IT WAS DELAYED.
04:00:07:00	04:00:09:00	YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
04:00:09:00	04:00:09:00	SO WE'LL DO WE'LL DO JUST JUST
04:00:09:00	04:00:10:00	BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE
04:00:10:00	04:00:13:00	THAT WE BOTH HAVE THEY WILL
04:00:13:00	04:00:13:00	HAVE SUPPORT BEFORE THE
04:00:13:00	04:00:16:00	COMMITTEE AND WAYS AND MEANS
04:00:16:00	04:00:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0112 MESSAGE IN
04:00:16:00	04:00:20:00	ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN
04:00:20:00	04:00:21:00	ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25
04:00:21:00	04:00:23:00	APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE
04:00:23:00	04:00:29:00	FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY 6
04:00:29:00	04:00:29:00	MILLION $637,000,486 TO PROVIDE
04:00:29:00	04:00:32:00	FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
04:00:32:00	04:00:33:00	SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
04:00:33:00	04:00:36:00	THE IMPACT OF INCREASES
04:00:36:00	04:00:37:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
04:00:37:00	04:00:40:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
04:00:40:00	04:00:40:00	TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS TOUR BUS
04:00:40:00	04:00:44:00	DRIVERS THANK YOU.
04:00:44:00	04:00:44:00	ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION
04:00:44:00	04:00:48:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS IN THE
04:00:48:00	04:00:49:00	DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE
04:00:49:00	04:00:49:00	BODY.
04:00:49:00	04:00:50:00	MR QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE
04:00:50:00	04:00:52:00	REDACT NUMBER 0113 INTO THE
04:00:52:00	04:00:54:00	RECORD DOCKET NUMBER 0113
04:00:54:00	04:00:55:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A
04:00:55:00	04:00:59:00	SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR
04:00:59:00	04:00:59:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION
04:00:59:00	04:01:00:00	BILL, THE RESERVE FOR
04:01:00:00	04:01:05:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
04:01:05:00	04:01:09:00	$6,637,486 TO COVER THE IMPACT
04:01:09:00	04:01:10:00	OF FISCAL YEAR 25 COST IT IS
04:01:10:00	04:01:13:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
04:01:13:00	04:01:13:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
04:01:13:00	04:01:17:00	TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS DRIVERS ON
04:01:17:00	04:01:17:00	THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION
04:01:17:00	04:01:21:00	CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR
04:01:21:00	04:01:21:00	OF TRANSIT TO THE TERM OF THE
04:01:21:00	04:01:27:00	CONTRACT IS JULY 1ST 2024
04:01:27:00	04:01:27:00	THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2028.
04:01:27:00	04:01:28:00	THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
04:01:28:00	04:01:31:00	CONTRACT INCLUDE A MARKET RATE
04:01:31:00	04:01:32:00	ADJUSTMENT AND AN INCREASE FOR
04:01:32:00	04:01:35:00	REGULAR WAGES AN INCREASE IN
04:01:35:00	04:01:38:00	MINIMUM WEEKLY HOURS FROM 31 TO
04:01:38:00	04:01:38:00	35 THAN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
04:01:38:00	04:01:41:00	CLERK ON JANUARY SIX, 2025.
04:01:41:00	04:01:41:00	THANK YOU.
04:01:41:00	04:01:46:00	ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION
04:01:46:00	04:01:46:00	OF THE COMMITTEE TO ADD EXCEPT
04:01:46:00	04:01:47:00	IN THE DOCKET IS PROBABLY
04:01:47:00	04:01:49:00	BEFORE THE BODY CAMERA YOU HAVE
04:01:49:00	04:01:49:00	THE FLOOR.
04:01:49:00	04:01:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:01:50:00	04:01:53:00	AND THIS IS A HEARING THAT WE
04:01:53:00	04:01:53:00	HAD BACK IN JANUARY.
04:01:53:00	04:01:57:00	WE WERE WAITING ON SOME ANSWERS
04:01:57:00	04:01:57:00	.
04:01:57:00	04:01:58:00	IDR I BELIEVE HAS OR IT'S JUST
04:01:58:00	04:02:00:00	GENERAL STAFF HAS SUBMITTED OR
04:02:00:00	04:02:01:00	PASSED OUT THOSE EMAILS AND
04:02:01:00	04:02:04:00	QUESTIONS FOR ANSWERS TO THE
04:02:04:00	04:02:05:00	QUESTIONS THAT WERE OUTSTANDING
04:02:05:00	04:02:09:00	BUT JUST FOR A BRIEF SUMMARY WE
04:02:09:00	04:02:12:00	HELD A HEARING BACK IN JANUARY
04:02:12:00	04:02:14:00	ON DOCKETS NUMBER 0112 TO FOCUS
04:02:14:00	04:02:15:00	ON THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
04:02:15:00	04:02:19:00	CONTRACT.
04:02:19:00	04:02:19:00	THIS AGREEMENT INCREASES THE
04:02:19:00	04:02:22:00	BP'S BUDGET BY $6.6 MILLION
04:02:22:00	04:02:23:00	WHILE REDUCING THE RESERVE FOR
04:02:23:00	04:02:26:00	COLLECTIVE BY THE SAME AMOUNT
04:02:26:00	04:02:27:00	TO SUPPORT WAGE AND BENEFIT
04:02:27:00	04:02:30:00	INCREASES.
04:02:30:00	04:02:31:00	KEY CONTRACT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
04:02:31:00	04:02:36:00	A WAY IN WAGE INCREASE FROM
04:02:36:00	04:02:37:00	$29.13 TO $33 AN HOUR
04:02:37:00	04:02:41:00	RETROACTIVE TO JULY FIRST 2024
04:02:41:00	04:02:41:00	WITH INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN
04:02:41:00	04:02:45:00	FOLLOWING YEARS REDUCTION IN
04:02:45:00	04:02:48:00	RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY FROM 30
04:02:48:00	04:02:49:00	YEARS TO 25 YEARS OF SERVICE
04:02:49:00	04:02:52:00	INCREASE RETIREMENT SEVERANCE
04:02:52:00	04:02:53:00	BY $100 PER YEAR OF SERVICE FOR
04:02:53:00	04:02:56:00	EACH YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT AND
04:02:56:00	04:02:56:00	THEN GUARANTEED WEEKLY HOURS
04:02:56:00	04:03:00:00	INCREASING FROM 31 TO 30 1 TO
04:03:00:00	04:03:02:00	35 HOURS EFFECTIVE JULY 1 TO 35
04:03:02:00	04:03:04:00	HOURS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025.
04:03:04:00	04:03:05:00	THERE WAS SOME INITIAL
04:03:05:00	04:03:05:00	CONFUSION ABOUT THE WAGE
04:03:05:00	04:03:08:00	INCREASE PERCENTAGE WHICH HAS
04:03:08:00	04:03:11:00	BEEN CONFIRMED AS A 30% BASE
04:03:11:00	04:03:14:00	WAGE INCREASE AND THEN ONE KEY
04:03:14:00	04:03:14:00	OUTSTANDING ISSUE IS THE WORK
04:03:14:00	04:03:17:00	AS DIRECTED LANGUAGE WHICH
04:03:17:00	04:03:18:00	SOUGHT TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL
04:03:18:00	04:03:21:00	OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR
04:03:21:00	04:03:21:00	COVERING ATHLETICS FIELD TRIPS
04:03:21:00	04:03:26:00	AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION IN
04:03:26:00	04:03:26:00	NEED.
04:03:26:00	04:03:27:00	THAT LANGUAGE HAS UNTIL JULY
04:03:27:00	04:03:29:00	1ST TO BE NEGOTIATED AND THE
04:03:29:00	04:03:30:00	UNION HAS SIGNALED IT WILL WAIT
04:03:30:00	04:03:33:00	UNTIL THEN TO BEGIN NEGOTIATE
04:03:33:00	04:03:34:00	ON THAT LANGUAGE.
04:03:34:00	04:03:37:00	SO LOOKING TO ACT FOR PASSAGE
04:03:37:00	04:03:38:00	OF THESE TWO DOCKETS.
04:03:38:00	04:03:41:00	THANK YOU.
04:03:41:00	04:03:42:00	THANK YOU.
04:03:42:00	04:03:42:00	COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:03:42:00	04:03:45:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT THIS
04:03:45:00	04:03:46:00	IS ON ANOTHER BENCHES BUT RIGHT
04:03:46:00	04:03:46:00	OKAY.
04:03:46:00	04:03:47:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:03:47:00	04:03:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
04:03:48:00	04:03:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:03:49:00	04:03:51:00	AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ORAL
04:03:51:00	04:03:52:00	FOR GETTING THOSE ANSWERS EVEN
04:03:52:00	04:03:55:00	THOUGH THE ANSWER ISN'T QUITE
04:03:55:00	04:03:56:00	THERE YET I DO TRUST IT.
04:03:56:00	04:03:59:00	THEY STILL HAVEN'T DEFINED WHAT
04:03:59:00	04:04:00:00	WORK AS DIRECTED IS AND KNOWING
04:04:00:00	04:04:03:00	THAT MANY OF OUR BUS DRIVERS
04:04:03:00	04:04:07:00	WILL GO FROM 31 HOURS TO 35 AND
04:04:07:00	04:04:07:00	THAT 4 HOURS THEY'LL BE GETTING
04:04:07:00	04:04:10:00	PAID BUT WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY
04:04:10:00	04:04:10:00	WHAT THEY'RE DOING HOPING THAT
04:04:10:00	04:04:14:00	IT IS GOING TO BE DIRECTED
04:04:14:00	04:04:15:00	TOWARDS THE MUCH NEEDED FIELD
04:04:15:00	04:04:19:00	TRIPS OR ATHLETIC BUS RUNS.
04:04:19:00	04:04:20:00	AND I KNOW WE HAVE A HEARING
04:04:20:00	04:04:22:00	WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE
04:04:22:00	04:04:22:00	ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT COMING
04:04:22:00	04:04:23:00	TOMORROW SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
04:04:23:00	04:04:26:00	ASKING THEM DIRECTLY.
04:04:26:00	04:04:28:00	BUT DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT
04:04:28:00	04:04:29:00	JULY 1ST WILL BE THE BEGINNING
04:04:29:00	04:04:30:00	OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND OUR
04:04:30:00	04:04:33:00	BUS DRIVERS ARE CURRENTLY IN
04:04:33:00	04:04:33:00	THE MIDDLE OF CONTRACTS THAT
04:04:33:00	04:04:36:00	THEY'VE ALREADY BID ON SO JUST
04:04:36:00	04:04:37:00	WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
04:04:37:00	04:04:39:00	CONTINUE AS A BODY TO ADVOCATE
04:04:39:00	04:04:40:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE
04:04:40:00	04:04:42:00	GETTING PAID FOR 4 HOURS THAT
04:04:42:00	04:04:43:00	ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO WORK THAT
04:04:43:00	04:04:46:00	WE DO ADVOCATE THAT THOSE HOURS
04:04:46:00	04:04:47:00	DO GO TO THE MUCH NEEDED
04:04:47:00	04:04:50:00	ATHLETICS BUS RUNS.
04:04:50:00	04:04:51:00	THANK YOU.
04:04:51:00	04:04:51:00	THANK YOU.
04:04:51:00	04:04:52:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:04:52:00	04:04:54:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:04:54:00	04:04:55:00	OKAY.
04:04:55:00	04:04:57:00	COUNCILOR EARL SEEKS PASSAGE
04:04:57:00	04:05:00:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0112 ALL THOSE
04:05:00:00	04:05:01:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I.
04:05:01:00	04:05:04:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES
04:05:04:00	04:05:04:00	HAVE IT.
04:05:04:00	04:05:04:00	THIS DOCKET.
04:05:04:00	04:05:08:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
04:05:08:00	04:05:08:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL?
04:05:08:00	04:05:12:00	I'M NOT GOING TO BE 0112.
04:05:12:00	04:05:12:00	ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING
04:05:12:00	04:05:12:00	NUMBER 0112.
04:05:12:00	04:05:16:00	COUNCILOR BREEN.
04:05:16:00	04:05:16:00	YES.
04:05:16:00	04:05:16:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
04:05:16:00	04:05:17:00	YES.
04:05:17:00	04:05:20:00	COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA.
04:05:20:00	04:05:21:00	YES.
04:05:21:00	04:05:21:00	COUNCILOR AS A PARTY?
04:05:21:00	04:05:21:00	YES.
04:05:21:00	04:05:22:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
04:05:22:00	04:05:24:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
04:05:24:00	04:05:24:00	YES.
04:05:24:00	04:05:25:00	COUNCIL FINANCE STANDS.
04:05:25:00	04:05:26:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HAS SAID
04:05:26:00	04:05:27:00	YES.
04:05:27:00	04:05:28:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SAYS.
04:05:28:00	04:05:28:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:05:28:00	04:05:31:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
04:05:31:00	04:05:32:00	YES.
04:05:32:00	04:05:32:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:05:32:00	04:05:35:00	COUNCILORS AND YES
04:05:35:00	04:05:35:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:05:35:00	04:05:36:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:05:36:00	04:05:36:00	YES.
04:05:36:00	04:05:36:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:05:36:00	04:05:39:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES
04:05:39:00	04:05:39:00	COUNCILOR THE PIN COUNTS 15
04:05:39:00	04:05:43:00	YEARS COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNTS
04:05:43:00	04:05:44:00	20 AND HE IS COUNCILOR WEBER
04:05:44:00	04:05:47:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
04:05:47:00	04:05:47:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL.
04:05:47:00	04:05:50:00	COUNCILOR OH YES I CAN.
04:05:50:00	04:05:50:00	THE 0112 HAS RECEIVED A
04:05:50:00	04:05:51:00	UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
04:05:51:00	04:05:54:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:05:54:00	04:05:55:00	THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
04:05:55:00	04:05:55:00	NUMBER 0112 HAS PASSED
04:05:55:00	04:05:57:00	MR CORRECT COULD YOU PLEASE
04:05:57:00	04:05:58:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON
04:05:58:00	04:06:00:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0113.
04:06:00:00	04:06:01:00	COUNCILOR BERRY YES.
04:06:01:00	04:06:05:00	COUNCILOR BREEN YES.
04:06:05:00	04:06:06:00	COUNCILOR CALLS UPON THE COLOR
04:06:06:00	04:06:06:00	OF THE FILE.
04:06:06:00	04:06:06:00	YES.
04:06:06:00	04:06:08:00	CONSIDER.
04:06:08:00	04:06:09:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:06:09:00	04:06:12:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES ENERSON.
04:06:12:00	04:06:12:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON
04:06:12:00	04:06:12:00	YES.
04:06:12:00	04:06:16:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
04:06:16:00	04:06:16:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:06:16:00	04:06:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:06:17:00	04:06:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:06:17:00	04:06:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:06:20:00	04:06:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:06:20:00	04:06:21:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:06:21:00	04:06:24:00	CONCILOR MEJIA YES.
04:06:24:00	04:06:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:06:24:00	04:06:25:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:06:25:00	04:06:27:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL 15
04:06:27:00	04:06:28:00	YEARS.
04:06:28:00	04:06:28:00	COUNCIL SANTANA.
04:06:28:00	04:06:31:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
04:06:31:00	04:06:31:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
04:06:31:00	04:06:32:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
04:06:32:00	04:06:35:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.
04:06:35:00	04:06:35:00	YEAH.
04:06:35:00	04:06:35:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
04:06:35:00	04:06:38:00	TOKEN NUMBER 0113 HAS RECEIVED
04:06:38:00	04:06:39:00	A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
04:06:39:00	04:06:41:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:06:41:00	04:06:42:00	THANK YOU.
04:06:42:00	04:06:42:00	ARE THERE ANY OTHER GREEN
04:06:42:00	04:06:43:00	SHEETS?
04:06:43:00	04:06:45:00	POLLS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:06:45:00	04:06:46:00	COUNCILOR CLUB AS A PARTY ON
04:06:46:00	04:06:46:00	THE FLOOR.
04:06:46:00	04:06:47:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
04:06:47:00	04:06:49:00	PRESIDENT.
04:06:49:00	04:06:51:00	I AM SEEKING TO PULL DOCKET
04:06:51:00	04:06:52:00	0296 ON PAGE SIX FROM THE
04:06:52:00	04:06:55:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
04:06:55:00	04:06:56:00	OPERATIONS 0296 MR CLERK, DO
04:06:56:00	04:06:59:00	YOU HAVE IT?
04:06:59:00	04:07:00:00	COULD YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO
04:07:00:00	04:07:00:00	THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE
04:07:00:00	04:07:03:00	AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
04:07:03:00	04:07:04:00	NUMBER 0296 MESSAGE IN ORDER
04:07:04:00	04:07:07:00	FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER
04:07:07:00	04:07:07:00	EXTENDING THE CITY'S ACCEPTANCE
04:07:07:00	04:07:11:00	OF MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 32
04:07:11:00	04:07:12:00	B SECTION 19 TO BE EFFECTIVE
04:07:12:00	04:07:15:00	UNTIL JUNE 30TH 2027 UPON MY
04:07:15:00	04:07:18:00	APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A
04:07:18:00	04:07:19:00	WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE
04:07:19:00	04:07:22:00	PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC
04:07:22:00	04:07:22:00	EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE THANK YOU.
04:07:22:00	04:07:26:00	ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION
04:07:26:00	04:07:26:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS EXCEPT
04:07:26:00	04:07:27:00	IN THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY
04:07:27:00	04:07:30:00	BEFORE THE BODY.
04:07:30:00	04:07:30:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU
04:07:30:00	04:07:31:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:07:31:00	04:07:31:00	THANK YOU.
04:07:31:00	04:07:33:00	THIS IS SIMPLY AN EXTENSION
04:07:33:00	04:07:34:00	WITH NO MATERIAL CHANGES
04:07:34:00	04:07:34:00	OF CURRENT HEALTH BENEFITS
04:07:34:00	04:07:37:00	OF THE CURRENT HEALTH BENEFITS
04:07:37:00	04:07:40:00	CONTRACT THAT THE CITY HAS HAD
04:07:40:00	04:07:41:00	FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND HAS
04:07:41:00	04:07:42:00	ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED AND
04:07:42:00	04:07:44:00	VOTED ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
04:07:44:00	04:07:45:00	THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BACK
04:07:45:00	04:07:48:00	IN THE FALL AND WE'D LIKE TO
04:07:48:00	04:07:49:00	ENSURE THAT THIS IS VOTED ON
04:07:49:00	04:07:52:00	AHEAD OF BUDGET SEASON SO THE
04:07:52:00	04:07:53:00	MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED.
04:07:53:00	04:07:54:00	I ALSO SPOKE TO THE CHAIR OF A
04:07:54:00	04:07:56:00	WAYS AND MEANS AHEAD OF THIS
04:07:56:00	04:08:00:00	ACTION HERE AND WE AGREED THAT
04:08:00:00	04:08:00:00	IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE THIS
04:08:00:00	04:08:01:00	FORWARD.
04:08:01:00	04:08:03:00	THE CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES
04:08:03:00	04:08:04:00	ON JUNE 30TH OF 2025 AND THIS
04:08:04:00	04:08:07:00	WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO
04:08:07:00	04:08:08:00	NEGOTIATE AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHEN
04:08:08:00	04:08:11:00	THERE ARE MORE TIME TO REVISIT
04:08:11:00	04:08:11:00	BENEFITS.
04:08:11:00	04:08:12:00	WHAT WAS PROVIDED VIA EMAIL WAS
04:08:12:00	04:08:15:00	THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
04:08:15:00	04:08:16:00	BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON
04:08:16:00	04:08:18:00	INCLUDING THE PARTIES INCLUDING
04:08:18:00	04:08:19:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE
04:08:19:00	04:08:19:00	BOSTON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
04:08:19:00	04:08:23:00	COMMITTEE EXTENDING THE
04:08:23:00	04:08:24:00	EXISTING 2020 TO 2025 PSC
04:08:24:00	04:08:26:00	AGREEMENT REGARDING HEALTH
04:08:26:00	04:08:27:00	INSURANCE BENEFITS THROUGH JUNE
04:08:27:00	04:08:27:00	30TH 2027.
04:08:27:00	04:08:31:00	SO AGAIN THIS JUST ENSURES
04:08:31:00	04:08:31:00	CONTINUED HEALTH INSURANCE
04:08:31:00	04:08:34:00	COVERAGE UNDER THE CURRENT PSC
04:08:34:00	04:08:35:00	TERMS UNTIL 2027.
04:08:35:00	04:08:39:00	THANK YOU.
04:08:39:00	04:08:39:00	THANK YOU.
04:08:39:00	04:08:40:00	I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
04:08:40:00	04:08:40:00	MATTER.
04:08:40:00	04:08:42:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE ZAPATA'S.
04:08:42:00	04:08:43:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
04:08:43:00	04:08:43:00	THIS MATTER?
04:08:43:00	04:08:47:00	OKAY.
04:08:47:00	04:08:47:00	COSMIC LETTER ZAPATA SEEKS
04:08:47:00	04:08:54:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 020296
04:08:54:00	04:08:55:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
04:08:55:00	04:08:56:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A
04:08:56:00	04:09:03:00	ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE
04:09:03:00	04:09:04:00	ON THE NUMBERS 0296
04:09:04:00	04:09:04:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
04:09:04:00	04:09:08:00	COUNCIL BREADON YES.
04:09:08:00	04:09:09:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPONENT
04:09:09:00	04:09:09:00	YES.
04:09:09:00	04:09:10:00	COUNCILOR KELLY'S OPPONENT YES.
04:09:10:00	04:09:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:09:11:00	04:09:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:09:11:00	04:09:15:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON.
04:09:15:00	04:09:15:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND
04:09:15:00	04:09:16:00	YES.
04:09:16:00	04:09:18:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
04:09:18:00	04:09:19:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:09:19:00	04:09:22:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
04:09:22:00	04:09:22:00	YES.
04:09:22:00	04:09:23:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:09:23:00	04:09:23:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:09:23:00	04:09:25:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:09:25:00	04:09:26:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:09:26:00	04:09:26:00	YES.
04:09:26:00	04:09:27:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:09:27:00	04:09:29:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:09:29:00	04:09:30:00	COUNCILOR 15 COUNTS 15 YES.
04:09:30:00	04:09:33:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
04:09:33:00	04:09:33:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
04:09:33:00	04:09:33:00	YES.
04:09:33:00	04:09:34:00	COUNCIL WHOEVER COUNCILOR WILL
04:09:34:00	04:09:37:00	BE YES IN COUNCILOR WORRELL.
04:09:37:00	04:09:40:00	COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE
04:09:40:00	04:09:41:00	A0296 AS WE SEE OF THE
04:09:41:00	04:09:41:00	UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
04:09:41:00	04:09:41:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:09:41:00	04:09:44:00	THANK YOU.
04:09:44:00	04:09:44:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
04:09:44:00	04:09:45:00	ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GREEN
04:09:45:00	04:09:48:00	SHEETS POS NO.
04:09:48:00	04:09:48:00	OKAY.
04:09:48:00	04:09:53:00	OH THERE IS OC THE CHAIR AND AS
04:09:53:00	04:09:54:00	IT COMES TO CLOUD AS A BATTERY
04:09:54:00	04:09:55:00	AND FLEUR YES.
04:09:55:00	04:09:55:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
04:09:55:00	04:09:56:00	EVERYONE.
04:09:56:00	04:09:59:00	I'M HOPING TO PULL ON PAGE FIVE
04:09:59:00	04:10:01:00	OF THE GREEN SHEETS DOCKET 0518
04:10:01:00	04:10:02:00	FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
04:10:02:00	04:10:08:00	SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 0519
04:10:08:00	04:10:11:00	AND 0461 IT'S LISTED AS 0519
04:10:11:00	04:10:15:00	AND 0520 IN ERROR BUT BASED ON
04:10:15:00	04:10:18:00	THE DOCKET THAT'S SORRY THEY'RE
04:10:18:00	04:10:19:00	LISTED AS WHAT THEY'RE LISTED
04:10:19:00	04:10:21:00	AS 0519 AND 0520 ALTHOUGH I
04:10:21:00	04:10:22:00	THINK THAT THEY WERE PUT ON THE
04:10:22:00	04:10:25:00	AGENDA AS 0518 AND 0519.
04:10:25:00	04:10:25:00	TRUE.
04:10:25:00	04:10:29:00	OKAY SO DOCKET NUMBER 0518
04:10:29:00	04:10:32:00	YOU'RE PULLING 0518 AND 0519
04:10:32:00	04:10:34:00	AND WHAT THEY'RE LISTED AS 0519
04:10:34:00	04:10:39:00	AND 0520 YES OKAY AND THEN ALSO
04:10:39:00	04:10:39:00	PULLING 0461 YES THANK YOU AND
04:10:39:00	04:10:42:00	ADD THESE DOCKETS RELATED SO
04:10:42:00	04:10:43:00	YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THEM
04:10:43:00	04:10:43:00	TOGETHER.
04:10:43:00	04:10:43:00	YES.
04:10:43:00	04:10:44:00	MOUNT PLEASANT.
04:10:44:00	04:10:44:00	OKAY.
04:10:44:00	04:10:46:00	SO WE WILL.
04:10:46:00	04:10:47:00	MR CLERK IF YOU COULD I DIDN'T
04:10:47:00	04:10:53:00	GET DOCKET 04610 THE ORIGINAL
04:10:53:00	04:10:53:00	ONE JESSICA RIGHT?
04:10:53:00	04:10:56:00	YEAH, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT HERE.
04:10:56:00	04:10:56:00	OKAY.
04:10:56:00	04:10:57:00	CAN WE START ON ZERO FIVE?
04:10:57:00	04:11:01:00	WE NEED TO THE RECORD.
04:11:01:00	04:11:01:00	YEAH.
04:11:01:00	04:11:01:00	OKAY.
04:11:01:00	04:11:02:00	MR QUIET, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
04:11:02:00	04:11:03:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0518 INTO THE
04:11:03:00	04:11:04:00	RECORD.
04:11:04:00	04:11:07:00	WELL THERE ALL FOUR GIRLS.
04:11:07:00	04:11:07:00	OKAY.
04:11:07:00	04:11:10:00	OKAY.
04:11:10:00	04:11:11:00	IT'S FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
04:11:11:00	04:11:11:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
04:11:11:00	04:11:15:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS DOCKET
04:11:15:00	04:11:18:00	NUMBER 0461 MESSAGE YOU KNOW
04:11:18:00	04:11:18:00	FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE
04:11:18:00	04:11:20:00	APPOINTMENT OF JUST A COUPLE
04:11:20:00	04:11:21:00	RIGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE
04:11:21:00	04:11:25:00	BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION
04:11:25:00	04:11:26:00	AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE BIRD
04:11:26:00	04:11:29:00	OR REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM
04:11:29:00	04:11:32:00	EXPIRING APRIL 24, 2026 DOCKET
04:11:32:00	04:11:34:00	NUMBER 0518 AS GENERAL FOR THE
04:11:34:00	04:11:35:00	CONFIRMATION AND THE
04:11:35:00	04:11:38:00	APPOINTMENT OF REGIONAL STOVALL
04:11:38:00	04:11:39:00	AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING
04:11:39:00	04:11:39:00	EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND
04:11:39:00	04:11:42:00	DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE PUERTO
04:11:42:00	04:11:44:00	REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM
04:11:44:00	04:11:47:00	EXPIRING MAY 26, 2026 AND I CAN
04:11:47:00	04:11:48:00	0519 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
04:11:48:00	04:11:51:00	CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
04:11:51:00	04:11:52:00	OF LORI FERRIS AS A MEMBER
04:11:52:00	04:11:54:00	OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS
04:11:54:00	04:11:55:00	REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE
04:11:55:00	04:11:56:00	ORDINANCE RURAL REVIEW BOARD
04:11:56:00	04:12:01:00	FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY 13,
04:12:01:00	04:12:02:00	2026 THANK YOU MR CLERK.
04:12:02:00	04:12:05:00	ABSENT OBJECTION THE CHAIR
04:12:05:00	04:12:09:00	MEASURES COMFORT FLYNN COULD
04:12:09:00	04:12:10:00	COULD I JUST ASK A QUESTION TO
04:12:10:00	04:12:14:00	COUNCILOR QUITE A HAVE WE HAD A
04:12:14:00	04:12:17:00	HEARING?
04:12:17:00	04:12:18:00	I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON
04:12:18:00	04:12:20:00	THE BOURDEAUX BOARD BUT HAVE WE
04:12:20:00	04:12:21:00	HAD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE
04:12:21:00	04:12:25:00	THEIR BACKGROUND TO THE CHAIR
04:12:25:00	04:12:26:00	COUNTRY CLUB AS A PARTY IF
04:12:26:00	04:12:27:00	YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER YOU MAY
04:12:27:00	04:12:28:00	KNOW WE HAVE NOT HAD A HEARING
04:12:28:00	04:12:32:00	ALTHOUGH THERE IS A NECESSITY
04:12:32:00	04:12:32:00	TO MOVE THESE QUICKLY BECAUSE
04:12:32:00	04:12:33:00	THE BOARD OF REVIEW BOARD
04:12:33:00	04:12:36:00	RARELY HAS QUORUM AND WE NEED
04:12:36:00	04:12:36:00	TO REALLY MOVE THIS ALONG.
04:12:36:00	04:12:39:00	SO YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR
04:12:39:00	04:12:40:00	EXTENSIVE RESUMES AS WELL AS
04:12:40:00	04:12:43:00	LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.
04:12:43:00	04:12:44:00	THEY REQUIRE A NOMINATING
04:12:44:00	04:12:48:00	ORGANIZATION WITH A LETTER
04:12:48:00	04:12:48:00	OF SUPPORT AND I WAS ABOUT TO
04:12:48:00	04:12:49:00	GET INTO THAT AND EXPLAIN WHO
04:12:49:00	04:12:53:00	THESE FOLKS ARE.
04:12:53:00	04:12:58:00	MADAM CHAIR, I, I WOULD LIKE TO
04:12:58:00	04:12:58:00	LEARN ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND
04:12:58:00	04:13:04:00	AND HOW IT IMPACTS PUERTO.
04:13:04:00	04:13:05:00	I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WOULD NEED
04:13:05:00	04:13:07:00	TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO TALK
04:13:07:00	04:13:08:00	TO THEM.
04:13:08:00	04:13:12:00	COUNCILOR IS THAT AN OBJECTION
04:13:12:00	04:13:12:00	TO THE DOCKETS CONTROL PLAN IS
04:13:12:00	04:13:15:00	OBJECTING TO THE GREEN SHEETS
04:13:15:00	04:13:16:00	POLLS WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO
04:13:16:00	04:13:19:00	HOLD THE COMMITTEE THE
04:13:19:00	04:13:23:00	COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
04:13:23:00	04:13:24:00	JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS
04:13:24:00	04:13:24:00	COUNCILORS COLETTE WEBER
04:13:24:00	04:13:27:00	BREADON AND DURKIN FITZGERALD
04:13:27:00	04:13:27:00	PEPPERED MEJIA.
04:13:27:00	04:13:30:00	SO THOSE ARE COUNCILOR MR.
04:13:30:00	04:13:31:00	CLARKE SINCE THERE ARE THREE
04:13:31:00	04:13:34:00	DOCKETS THEY ARE THEY ARE ALL
04:13:34:00	04:13:34:00	RELATED.
04:13:34:00	04:13:35:00	WE WILL DO THOSE AT THE SAME
04:13:35:00	04:13:38:00	TIME.
04:13:38:00	04:13:38:00	YES.
04:13:38:00	04:13:38:00	OKAY.
04:13:38:00	04:13:38:00	MR.
04:13:38:00	04:13:38:00	MR.
04:13:38:00	04:13:39:00	QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE POLL THE
04:13:39:00	04:13:41:00	COMMITTEE?
04:13:41:00	04:13:42:00	A YES VOTE WILL PUT A LOT
04:13:42:00	04:13:43:00	OF COMMITTEE IN A NO VOTE KEEPS
04:13:43:00	04:13:44:00	IT IN COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE
04:13:44:00	04:13:45:00	ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
04:13:45:00	04:13:50:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS
04:13:50:00	04:13:53:00	COUNCIL OF COLOR TO FAR YES
04:13:53:00	04:13:53:00	COUNCIL THE WEATHER YES.
04:13:53:00	04:13:56:00	COUNCIL BRAIN YES.
04:13:56:00	04:13:57:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:13:57:00	04:14:00:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL ON
04:14:00:00	04:14:01:00	MEJIA AND COUNCIL OF OPINION
04:14:01:00	04:14:01:00	YES.
04:14:01:00	04:14:04:00	THANK THANK YOU.
04:14:04:00	04:14:05:00	THESE DOCKETS ARE PROPERLY
04:14:05:00	04:14:05:00	BEFORE THE BODY.
04:14:05:00	04:14:07:00	I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO
04:14:07:00	04:14:08:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA TO
04:14:08:00	04:14:12:00	SPEAK ON THE MATTERS AND THEN
04:14:12:00	04:14:13:00	I'LL GO TO YOU CONCILOR MEJIA
04:14:13:00	04:14:13:00	HERE THE CASA COLETTE AS A
04:14:13:00	04:14:14:00	PARTY ON THE FLOOR.
04:14:14:00	04:14:15:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
04:14:15:00	04:14:15:00	PRESIDENT.
04:14:15:00	04:14:16:00	THIS WAS JUST BROUGHT TO MY
04:14:16:00	04:14:16:00	ATTENTION.
04:14:16:00	04:14:19:00	OF COURSE I ALWAYS WANT TO
04:14:19:00	04:14:22:00	ABIDE BY THE INFORMAL RULES.
04:14:22:00	04:14:23:00	I GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO GREEN
04:14:23:00	04:14:25:00	SHEETS I.
04:14:25:00	04:14:26:00	I DO KNOW THAT THE BERTO BOARD
04:14:26:00	04:14:30:00	HAS MANY ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA
04:14:30:00	04:14:34:00	AND WHILE EVERYBODY HOPES TO
04:14:34:00	04:14:35:00	GET THERE, I MYSELF AM ON THE
04:14:35:00	04:14:37:00	BERTO BOARD AS PART OF THE
04:14:37:00	04:14:41:00	ORDINANCE THAT WAS JUST PASSED
04:14:41:00	04:14:41:00	BY THIS BODY A COUPLE OF YEARS
04:14:41:00	04:14:45:00	AGO WE ARE NINE MEMBER BOARD
04:14:45:00	04:14:45:00	OF VOLUNTEERS OVERSEEING THE
04:14:45:00	04:14:49:00	IMPLEMENTATION OF BERTO WHICH
04:14:49:00	04:14:49:00	SEEKS TO AIM TO REDUCE AIR
04:14:49:00	04:14:52:00	POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS
04:14:52:00	04:14:53:00	EMISSIONS BY BY LARGE BUILDINGS
04:14:53:00	04:14:56:00	THERE ARE THREE NOMINEES BEFORE
04:14:56:00	04:15:00:00	US TODAY ONE YOU MIGHT KNOW
04:15:00:00	04:15:00:00	THEIR NAME JESSICA BOLT, RIGHT?
04:15:00:00	04:15:02:00	SHE USED TO BE THE CHIEF
04:15:02:00	04:15:03:00	OF STAFF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
04:15:03:00	04:15:03:00	OF HOUSING.
04:15:03:00	04:15:06:00	SHE WAS NOMINATED BASED ON HER
04:15:06:00	04:15:06:00	EXPERTISE IN AFFORDABLE
04:15:06:00	04:15:07:00	HOUSING, ENERGY, REAL ESTATE
04:15:07:00	04:15:10:00	DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
04:15:10:00	04:15:11:00	WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HER
04:15:11:00	04:15:14:00	NOMINATING ORGANIZATION WAS
04:15:14:00	04:15:14:00	JAMAICA PLAIN NDC THE SECOND
04:15:14:00	04:15:18:00	INDIVIDUALS LORI FERRIS SHE WAS
04:15:18:00	04:15:18:00	CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE
04:15:18:00	04:15:19:00	DIRECTOR OF THE BUILT BUILDINGS
04:15:19:00	04:15:22:00	LAB WHERE HER EXPERTISE IS IN
04:15:22:00	04:15:22:00	ARCHITECTURE BUILDING
04:15:22:00	04:15:25:00	ENGINEERING HISTORY.
04:15:25:00	04:15:26:00	SHE'S ME ENERGY AND HISTORIC
04:15:26:00	04:15:26:00	PRESERVATION.
04:15:26:00	04:15:30:00	SHE WAS NOMINATED BY THE
04:15:30:00	04:15:30:00	NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD
04:15:30:00	04:15:33:00	ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY AND
04:15:33:00	04:15:33:00	LAST BUT NOT LEAST REGINALD
04:15:33:00	04:15:37:00	STOVALL JR WHO'S A BOARD MEMBER
04:15:37:00	04:15:37:00	OF NEW ENGLAND UNITED FOR
04:15:37:00	04:15:38:00	JUSTICE.
04:15:38:00	04:15:42:00	HIS EXPERTISE IS IN AFFORDABLE
04:15:42:00	04:15:42:00	HOUSING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
04:15:42:00	04:15:45:00	AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
04:15:45:00	04:15:46:00	HE WAS NOMINATED BY NEW ENGLAND
04:15:46:00	04:15:46:00	UNITED FOR JUSTICE AND
04:15:46:00	04:15:49:00	COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED.
04:15:49:00	04:15:50:00	THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALL
04:15:50:00	04:15:53:00	DEDICATED AND PROVEN LEADERS IN
04:15:53:00	04:15:54:00	THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS AND I
04:15:54:00	04:15:57:00	BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD MAKE AN
04:15:57:00	04:15:58:00	EXCEPTIONAL ADDITION TO THE
04:15:58:00	04:16:01:00	OF REVIEW BOARD AND SO I AM
04:16:01:00	04:16:01:00	KINDLY ASKING THAT MY
04:16:01:00	04:16:02:00	COLLEAGUES MOVE FORWARD AND
04:16:02:00	04:16:06:00	VOTE YES ON ALL OF THEIR
04:16:06:00	04:16:06:00	DOCKETS.
04:16:06:00	04:16:06:00	THANK YOU.
04:16:06:00	04:16:07:00	THANK YOU.
04:16:07:00	04:16:07:00	COUNTY CLERK ZAPATA THE CHAIR
04:16:07:00	04:16:09:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU
04:16:09:00	04:16:09:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:16:09:00	04:16:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
04:16:12:00	04:16:13:00	I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER IS A
04:16:13:00	04:16:16:00	FRIENDLY SUGGESTION A
04:16:16:00	04:16:20:00	RECOMMENDATION IF
04:16:20:00	04:16:21:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN IS VEHEMENTLY
04:16:21:00	04:16:24:00	OPPOSED I AM HOLDING A HEARING
04:16:24:00	04:16:25:00	ON THE 13TH FOR SOME OF MY
04:16:25:00	04:16:28:00	COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF THE CHAIR
04:16:28:00	04:16:31:00	AND THE CHAIR TO THE OTHER TWO
04:16:31:00	04:16:32:00	COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA I'M MORE
04:16:32:00	04:16:34:00	THAN HAPPY TO IF IT IS FORCED
04:16:34:00	04:16:38:00	INTO A HEARING MORE THAN HAPPY
04:16:38:00	04:16:39:00	TO SHARE THAT TIME WITH YOU SO
04:16:39:00	04:16:42:00	THAT YOU CAN MOVE YOUR WORK
04:16:42:00	04:16:45:00	ALONG TO IN THE EVENT THE
04:16:45:00	04:16:45:00	SITUATION DOES NOT UNFOLD AS
04:16:45:00	04:16:46:00	YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO.
04:16:46:00	04:16:50:00	JUST GIVING YOU A BACKUP PLAN
04:16:50:00	04:16:50:00	AND THE NEED IN CASE YOU NEED
04:16:50:00	04:16:51:00	IT.
04:16:51:00	04:16:53:00	OKAY.
04:16:53:00	04:16:54:00	THANK YOU.
04:16:54:00	04:16:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO
04:16:54:00	04:16:55:00	FLYNN KINDS OF FLYNN YOU HAVE
04:16:55:00	04:16:56:00	THE FLOOR YET?
04:16:56:00	04:16:57:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:16:57:00	04:16:58:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE I
04:16:58:00	04:17:00:00	THINK WELL, COULD I JUST ASK
04:17:00:00	04:17:04:00	THE THE MAKER FOR NOT HAVING A
04:17:04:00	04:17:04:00	HEARING?
04:17:04:00	04:17:07:00	COULD COULD SHE EXPLAIN THE
04:17:07:00	04:17:08:00	COULD SHE TALK ABOUT THE THREE
04:17:08:00	04:17:11:00	CANDIDATES, THEIR BACKGROUNDS,
04:17:11:00	04:17:12:00	THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WHY
04:17:12:00	04:17:15:00	THEY MAKE A GOOD A GOOD
04:17:15:00	04:17:16:00	ADDITION TO THE BOURDEAUX BOARD
04:17:16:00	04:17:19:00	AND WHAT THEIR PHILOSOPHY AS WE
04:17:19:00	04:17:23:00	GET INTO SORT OF I THINK THE
04:17:23:00	04:17:23:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A
04:17:23:00	04:17:24:00	PARTY ON THE FLOOR.
04:17:24:00	04:17:24:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH,
04:17:24:00	04:17:26:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:17:26:00	04:17:27:00	JESSICA BOATRIGHT IS A LEADER
04:17:27:00	04:17:27:00	IN BOSTON'S COMMUNITY
04:17:27:00	04:17:30:00	DEVELOPMENT FIELD AND A
04:17:30:00	04:17:30:00	DEDICATED SUPPORTER OF A BETTER
04:17:30:00	04:17:33:00	BOSTON THROUGHOUT HER 17 YEARS
04:17:33:00	04:17:33:00	IN BOSTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
04:17:33:00	04:17:34:00	SECTOR, JESSICA HAS REPEATEDLY
04:17:34:00	04:17:37:00	DEMONSTRATED HER INTEREST IN
04:17:37:00	04:17:38:00	APPROACHING REAL ESTATE
04:17:38:00	04:17:38:00	PROJECTS AS OPPORTUNITIES TO
04:17:38:00	04:17:41:00	IMPROVE COMMUNITIES.
04:17:41:00	04:17:42:00	JESSICA BRINGS A UNIQUE BREADTH
04:17:42:00	04:17:42:00	OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE
04:17:42:00	04:17:46:00	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND
04:17:46:00	04:17:46:00	ENERGY POLICY, AFFORDABLE
04:17:46:00	04:17:47:00	HOUSING AND WORKFORCE
04:17:47:00	04:17:49:00	DEVELOPMENT ALL FUELED BY A
04:17:49:00	04:17:50:00	PASSION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
04:17:50:00	04:17:53:00	HER CAREER AS A DEVELOPER WAS
04:17:53:00	04:17:54:00	COMPLEMENTED BY HER PUBLIC
04:17:54:00	04:17:56:00	SERVICE ROLES FIRST IN THE
04:17:56:00	04:17:57:00	DIVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND
04:17:57:00	04:17:57:00	RENTAL ASSISTANCE AT THE STATE
04:17:57:00	04:18:00:00	LEVEL AND MOST RECENTLY AS
04:18:00:00	04:18:00:00	DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD
04:18:00:00	04:18:03:00	HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE
04:18:03:00	04:18:04:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.
04:18:04:00	04:18:07:00	HER RESUME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO
04:18:07:00	04:18:08:00	FOLKS FOR FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
04:18:08:00	04:18:10:00	SECOND FOR DOCKET 0518 LAURIE
04:18:10:00	04:18:13:00	FERRIS AGAIN SHE WAS NOMINATED
04:18:13:00	04:18:14:00	BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
04:18:14:00	04:18:17:00	OF THE BACK BAY AND APPOINTED
04:18:17:00	04:18:18:00	TO SERVE A TERM TO SET TO
04:18:18:00	04:18:20:00	EXPIRE ON JULY 13TH 2026.
04:18:20:00	04:18:21:00	AND I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T SAY
04:18:21:00	04:18:24:00	THIS FOR JESSICA FOR FOR
04:18:24:00	04:18:24:00	JESSICA.
04:18:24:00	04:18:24:00	SHE WAS NOMINATED BY THE
04:18:24:00	04:18:25:00	JAMAICA PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD
04:18:25:00	04:18:27:00	DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND
04:18:27:00	04:18:28:00	APPOINTED TO SERVE A TERM SET
04:18:28:00	04:18:31:00	TO EXPIRE ON APRIL 24TH, 2026.
04:18:31:00	04:18:32:00	BUT FOR LORI, SHE IS CURRENTLY
04:18:32:00	04:18:35:00	THE CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE
04:18:35:00	04:18:35:00	DIRECTOR OF BUILT BUILDINGS
04:18:35:00	04:18:39:00	LAB, A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO
04:18:39:00	04:18:39:00	ELEVATING THE CRITICAL ROLE
04:18:39:00	04:18:40:00	OF BUILT BUILDINGS IN CLIMATE
04:18:40:00	04:18:43:00	ACTION AND CLIMATE JUSTICE.
04:18:43:00	04:18:43:00	PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE
04:18:43:00	04:18:44:00	PRINCIPAL AT BOSTON BASED
04:18:44:00	04:18:47:00	DESIGN FIRM GOODIE CLANCY WHERE
04:18:47:00	04:18:50:00	SHE FOUNDED THE REGENERATIVE
04:18:50:00	04:18:51:00	RENEWAL PRACTICE THAT
04:18:51:00	04:18:51:00	RE-ENVISIONED ARCHITECTURE AT
04:18:51:00	04:18:51:00	THE INTERSECTION
04:18:51:00	04:18:55:00	OF DECARBONIZED FASHION AND
04:18:55:00	04:18:55:00	HERITAGE.
04:18:55:00	04:18:56:00	SHE NOTABLY CO-DEVELOPED A
04:18:56:00	04:18:58:00	PLANNING TOOL TO MEASURE
04:18:58:00	04:18:59:00	EMBODIED CARBON AND KNOWS A LOT
04:18:59:00	04:19:02:00	ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
04:19:02:00	04:19:03:00	ISSUES AROUND RETROFITTING
04:19:03:00	04:19:06:00	EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH ENERGY
04:19:06:00	04:19:07:00	EFFICIENT HVAC SYSTEMS.
04:19:07:00	04:19:09:00	AND THEN THE THIRD 0519
04:19:09:00	04:19:13:00	REGINALD STOVALL JR WAS
04:19:13:00	04:19:14:00	NOMINATED ON AUGUST 27TH 2020
04:19:14:00	04:19:17:00	SPONSORED BY NEW ENGLAND UNITED
04:19:17:00	04:19:18:00	FOR JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY LABOR
04:19:18:00	04:19:22:00	UNITED HE IS APPOINTED TO SERVE
04:19:22:00	04:19:24:00	A TERM SET TO EXPIRE ON MAY
04:19:24:00	04:19:24:00	26TH, 2026.
04:19:24:00	04:19:27:00	REGINALD IS A MEMBER OF AND
04:19:27:00	04:19:28:00	SERVES ON THE BOARD OF NEW
04:19:28:00	04:19:28:00	ENGLAND UNITED FOR JUSTICE
04:19:28:00	04:19:32:00	WHERE HE HELPS GUIDE THEIR WORK
04:19:32:00	04:19:33:00	THROUGH ORGANIZING AT THE
04:19:33:00	04:19:36:00	GRASSROOTS LEVEL FOR HELPING
04:19:36:00	04:19:36:00	NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT
04:19:36:00	04:19:37:00	WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT EFFECTIVE
04:19:37:00	04:19:40:00	AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION
04:19:40:00	04:19:41:00	CHILDCARE THAT MEETS THE NEEDS
04:19:41:00	04:19:43:00	OF PARENTS AND PROVIDERS AND
04:19:43:00	04:19:44:00	GOOD JOBS.
04:19:44:00	04:19:45:00	AS A MEMBER OF THE DORCHESTER
04:19:45:00	04:19:48:00	COMMUNITY, MR STOVALL HAS LIVED
04:19:48:00	04:19:48:00	HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE
04:19:48:00	04:19:52:00	OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES
04:19:52:00	04:19:52:00	.
04:19:52:00	04:19:53:00	HE HAS WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE
04:19:53:00	04:19:53:00	DISPROPORTIONATE TOLL
04:19:53:00	04:19:56:00	OF ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESSES LIKE
04:19:56:00	04:19:56:00	ASTHMA IN THE COMMUNITIES
04:19:56:00	04:20:00:00	OF ROXBURY, DORCHESTER AND
04:20:00:00	04:20:01:00	MATTAPAN AS WELL AS THE
04:20:01:00	04:20:01:00	DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO GOOD
04:20:01:00	04:20:04:00	TRANSIT, GREEN SPACE, HEALTHY
04:20:04:00	04:20:08:00	AND ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSING
04:20:08:00	04:20:08:00	AND MORE.
04:20:08:00	04:20:09:00	SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR
04:20:09:00	04:20:09:00	QUESTION.
04:20:09:00	04:20:11:00	SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR CLAUDIA
04:20:11:00	04:20:12:00	ZAPATA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:20:12:00	04:20:15:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
04:20:15:00	04:20:15:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
04:20:15:00	04:20:18:00	YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
04:20:18:00	04:20:19:00	COUNCILOR ZAPATA, DO YOU KNOW
04:20:19:00	04:20:20:00	YOU'RE ON THE BOARD?
04:20:20:00	04:20:22:00	ARE THERE ANY UPCOMING
04:20:22:00	04:20:23:00	IMPORTANT VOTES THAT THE BOARD
04:20:23:00	04:20:26:00	WILL BE MAKING THAT YOU'RE
04:20:26:00	04:20:26:00	AWARE OF THAT YOU NEED TO SHARE
04:20:26:00	04:20:27:00	WITH US?
04:20:27:00	04:20:27:00	I DO.
04:20:27:00	04:20:30:00	THE CHAIR COUNTS BECAUSE IT IS
04:20:30:00	04:20:30:00	A PARTY.
04:20:30:00	04:20:31:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU
04:20:31:00	04:20:33:00	MAKE THEIR SO WE ARE NOW
04:20:33:00	04:20:34:00	REVIEWING FOLKS THAT ARE
04:20:34:00	04:20:37:00	SEEKING BASICALLY AN EXEMPTION
04:20:37:00	04:20:39:00	FROM BOURDEAUX SO THAT THAT'S
04:20:39:00	04:20:40:00	JUST ONE BUT IT'S AN UMBRELLA
04:20:40:00	04:20:43:00	AS WELL AS SEEKING TO RECEIVE
04:20:43:00	04:20:44:00	FUNDS FROM THE EQUITABLE
04:20:44:00	04:20:47:00	EMISSIONS FUND BASED ON THOSE
04:20:47:00	04:20:48:00	EXEMPTIONS.
04:20:48:00	04:20:48:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:48:00	04:20:48:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:48:00	04:20:49:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:49:00	04:20:51:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:51:00	04:20:52:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE DOES ANYONE
04:20:52:00	04:20:52:00	ELSE HAVE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
04:20:52:00	04:20:55:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:20:55:00	04:20:55:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:20:55:00	04:20:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
04:20:55:00	04:20:56:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?
04:20:56:00	04:20:59:00	YEAH, I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY
04:20:59:00	04:21:02:00	I KNOW JESSICA BOATWRIGHT FROM
04:21:02:00	04:21:02:00	LIVING IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND
04:21:02:00	04:21:03:00	COACHING HER DAUGHTER IN SOCCER
04:21:03:00	04:21:06:00	AND SHE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON
04:21:06:00	04:21:10:00	AND HER QUALIFICATIONS STAND
04:21:10:00	04:21:10:00	OUT.
04:21:10:00	04:21:11:00	YOU KNOW, JUST FOR ANYONE WHO'S
04:21:11:00	04:21:13:00	CURIOUS, SHE'D BE A WONDERFUL
04:21:13:00	04:21:14:00	ADDITION TO THE BOARD.
04:21:14:00	04:21:14:00	THANKS.
04:21:14:00	04:21:17:00	THEN YOU GUYS.
04:21:17:00	04:21:17:00	WEBER THEY ALL SOUND FANTASTIC.
04:21:17:00	04:21:18:00	BUT I ALSO AGREE.
04:21:18:00	04:21:20:00	I KNOW JESSICA WE WORKED
04:21:20:00	04:21:21:00	TOGETHER WHEN SHE WAS HERE IN
04:21:21:00	04:21:22:00	THE CITY AND SHE DOES
04:21:22:00	04:21:24:00	PHENOMENAL WORK AND I'M REALLY
04:21:24:00	04:21:25:00	EXCITED ABOUT HER BEING ON
04:21:25:00	04:21:28:00	BERTO.
04:21:28:00	04:21:29:00	SO COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA,
04:21:29:00	04:21:32:00	CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
04:21:32:00	04:21:32:00	JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS
04:21:32:00	04:21:35:00	COMMITTEE, SEEKS PASSAGE
04:21:35:00	04:21:36:00	OF DOCKETS NUMBERS ONE FIVE
04:21:36:00	04:21:45:00	THANK YOU, MR. CLERK
04:21:45:00	04:21:46:00	046105180519 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
04:21:46:00	04:21:49:00	SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE NAY THE
04:21:49:00	04:21:49:00	AYES HAVE IT.
04:21:49:00	04:21:52:00	THESE DOCKETS HAVE PASSED.
04:21:52:00	04:21:53:00	OKAY.
04:21:53:00	04:21:54:00	ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GREEN
04:21:54:00	04:21:57:00	POLLS?
04:21:57:00	04:21:57:00	OKAY.
04:21:57:00	04:22:00:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO LEAD FILES.
04:22:00:00	04:22:01:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
04:22:01:00	04:22:03:00	THAT THERE ARE TWO LATE FILED
04:22:03:00	04:22:07:00	MATTERS AND CONVERGENCE
04:22:07:00	04:22:07:00	EVIDENCE FOR TRANSFER.
04:22:07:00	04:22:10:00	OKAY WE WILL TAKE EACH LATE
04:22:10:00	04:22:14:00	FILE MATTER INDIVIDUALLY.
04:22:14:00	04:22:15:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
04:22:15:00	04:22:16:00	THAT COMMUNICATION FROM THE
04:22:16:00	04:22:18:00	MAYOR INTO THE RECORD THAT FILE
04:22:18:00	04:22:19:00	COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR
04:22:19:00	04:22:22:00	REGARDING TRANSFER OR FOR THE
04:22:22:00	04:22:25:00	PURPOSE OF CLOSING ACCOUNTS IN
04:22:25:00	04:22:27:00	ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 701
04:22:27:00	04:22:28:00	SECTION THREE B OF THE ACTS
04:22:28:00	04:22:29:00	OF 1986 THE CITY ORDER SHALL
04:22:29:00	04:22:32:00	TRANSMIT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO
04:22:32:00	04:22:33:00	THE CLERK A REPORT LISTING
04:22:33:00	04:22:36:00	TRANSFERS THAT WERE MADE FOR
04:22:36:00	04:22:36:00	THE PURPOSE OF CLOSING ACCOUNTS
04:22:36:00	04:22:40:00	EACH FISCAL YEAR SUBMITTED BY
04:22:40:00	04:22:40:00	THE CITY ORDINANCE.
04:22:40:00	04:22:44:00	SCOTT FINN THANK YOU.
04:22:44:00	04:22:45:00	WE WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE TO THIS
04:22:45:00	04:22:46:00	ADD THIS LIGHT BROWN MATTER TO
04:22:46:00	04:22:48:00	THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
04:22:48:00	04:22:49:00	SAY I.
04:22:49:00	04:22:49:00	I AM OPPOSING IT.
04:22:49:00	04:22:51:00	THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO
04:22:51:00	04:22:52:00	THE AGENDA IT WILL BE PLACED ON
04:22:52:00	04:22:52:00	FILE.
04:22:52:00	04:22:55:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
04:22:55:00	04:22:56:00	THE NEXT FILE MATTER INTO THE
04:22:56:00	04:22:58:00	AGENDA OFFERED BY COUNCILORS
04:22:58:00	04:22:59:00	AARON MURPHY AND ED FLYNN ORDER
04:22:59:00	04:23:02:00	FOR A EMERGENCY HEARING TO
04:23:02:00	04:23:03:00	DISCUSS THE STATE RECEIVERSHIP
04:23:03:00	04:23:05:00	OF BOSTON'S ELECTIONS
04:23:05:00	04:23:06:00	COMMISSION.
04:23:06:00	04:23:10:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS
04:23:10:00	04:23:10:00	LITTLE MATTER ONTO THE AGENDA.
04:23:10:00	04:23:13:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL
04:23:13:00	04:23:14:00	OPPOSE ANY.
04:23:14:00	04:23:14:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:23:14:00	04:23:17:00	THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED INTO
04:23:17:00	04:23:18:00	THE AGENDA.
04:23:18:00	04:23:18:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU FURTHER
04:23:18:00	04:23:24:00	READ IT INTO THE RECORD OR READ
04:23:24:00	04:23:24:00	THE FIRST DAY?
04:23:24:00	04:23:26:00	WHEREAS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY
04:23:26:00	04:23:27:00	24TH, 2025 SECRETARY OF STATE
04:23:27:00	04:23:31:00	WILLIAM GALVIN ANNOUNCED THE
04:23:31:00	04:23:31:00	APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO
04:23:31:00	04:23:34:00	OVERSEE THE CITY OF BOSTON'S
04:23:34:00	04:23:37:00	ELECTION COMMISSION THROUGH
04:23:37:00	04:23:37:00	2026 FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION
04:23:37:00	04:23:40:00	INTO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES DURING
04:23:40:00	04:23:41:00	THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION
04:23:41:00	04:23:44:00	INCLUDING WIDESPREAD BALLOT
04:23:44:00	04:23:44:00	SHORTAGES AND COMMUNICATION
04:23:44:00	04:23:47:00	FAILURES.
04:23:47:00	04:23:48:00	WHEREAS THE URGENCY OF THIS
04:23:48:00	04:23:51:00	MATTER NECESSITATES IMMEDIATE
04:23:51:00	04:23:52:00	ACTION TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY,
04:23:52:00	04:23:56:00	MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR
04:23:56:00	04:23:56:00	ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND TO
04:23:56:00	04:23:59:00	UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES REQUIRED
04:23:59:00	04:24:00:00	WITHIN THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION
04:24:00:00	04:24:01:00	TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S
04:24:01:00	04:24:04:00	DIRECTIVES.
04:24:04:00	04:24:05:00	THANK YOU, THE CHAIR AGONIZES
04:24:05:00	04:24:08:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:24:08:00	04:24:08:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
04:24:08:00	04:24:09:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:24:09:00	04:24:11:00	THANK YOU, CLERK FOR
04:24:11:00	04:24:11:00	SUMMARIZING BUT I'LL JUST GO
04:24:11:00	04:24:14:00	INTO A LITTLE MORE SO FILING
04:24:14:00	04:24:18:00	THIS HEARING ORDER ON LIKE YOU
04:24:18:00	04:24:19:00	SAID ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 24TH
04:24:19:00	04:24:20:00	SECRETARY GALVIN ANNOUNCED THE
04:24:20:00	04:24:23:00	APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO
04:24:23:00	04:24:25:00	OVERSEE THE ELECTIONS
04:24:25:00	04:24:26:00	COMMISSION THROUGH 2026 AS
04:24:26:00	04:24:29:00	OF NOW FOLLOWING HIS INVESTOR
04:24:29:00	04:24:29:00	GATION INTO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
04:24:29:00	04:24:33:00	DURING THE ELECTION LAST FALL
04:24:33:00	04:24:33:00	WHICH INCLUDED WIDESPREAD
04:24:33:00	04:24:34:00	BALLOT SHORTAGES IN
04:24:34:00	04:24:37:00	COMMUNICATION FAILURES.
04:24:37:00	04:24:38:00	THE SECRETARY'S INVESTIGATION
04:24:38:00	04:24:41:00	REVEALS SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
04:24:41:00	04:24:41:00	WITHIN THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION
04:24:41:00	04:24:45:00	SUCH AS INADEQUATE BALLOT
04:24:45:00	04:24:45:00	DISTRIBUTION LEADING TO
04:24:45:00	04:24:46:00	PRECINCTS RUNNING OUT
04:24:46:00	04:24:49:00	OF BALLOTS INSUFFICIENT
04:24:49:00	04:24:49:00	TRAINING OF ELECTION WORKERS
04:24:49:00	04:24:53:00	AND THE FAILURE TO EFFECTIVELY
04:24:53:00	04:24:53:00	MANAGE COMMUNICATIONS RESULTING
04:24:53:00	04:24:56:00	IN OVER 1200 UNANSWERED CALLS
04:24:56:00	04:24:57:00	FROM POLLING LOCATIONS ON
04:24:57:00	04:25:00:00	ELECTION DAY.
04:25:00:00	04:25:01:00	THE DECISION TO PLACE THE
04:25:01:00	04:25:04:00	ELECTION ELECTIONS COMMISSION
04:25:04:00	04:25:04:00	UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP IS
04:25:04:00	04:25:08:00	UNPRECEDENTED IN RECENT HISTORY
04:25:08:00	04:25:08:00	.
04:25:08:00	04:25:09:00	THE LAST TIME WAS 2006 SO THAT
04:25:09:00	04:25:12:00	WAS A LONG TIME AGO AND RAISES
04:25:12:00	04:25:13:00	CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
04:25:13:00	04:25:15:00	AUTONOMY OF THE CITY'S
04:25:15:00	04:25:16:00	ELECTORAL PROCESS, THE SPECIFIC
04:25:16:00	04:25:19:00	RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY
04:25:19:00	04:25:20:00	OF THE APPOINTED RECEIVER IN
04:25:20:00	04:25:21:00	THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM
04:25:21:00	04:25:24:00	IMPLICATE OPTIONS FOR UPCOMING
04:25:24:00	04:25:25:00	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN NEXT
04:25:25:00	04:25:28:00	YEAR'S STATE ELECTION INCLUDING
04:25:28:00	04:25:28:00	THE MAYORAL AND CITY
04:25:28:00	04:25:31:00	COUNCIL RACES THAT WILL BEGIN
04:25:31:00	04:25:32:00	DUE TO THE TIMING OF THIS
04:25:32:00	04:25:35:00	ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH OCCURRED
04:25:35:00	04:25:36:00	AFTER 10 A.M. FILING DEADLINE
04:25:36:00	04:25:39:00	ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH FOR
04:25:39:00	04:25:39:00	THE MATTER TO BE INCLUDED IN
04:25:39:00	04:25:42:00	THE AGENDA OF THIS
04:25:42:00	04:25:43:00	COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS NOT
04:25:43:00	04:25:46:00	POSSIBLE FOR MYSELF AND
04:25:46:00	04:25:47:00	COUNCILOR OF FLYNN TO SUBMIT
04:25:47:00	04:25:47:00	THIS HEARING ORDER THROUGH THE
04:25:47:00	04:25:47:00	STANDARD PROCESS.
04:25:47:00	04:25:50:00	SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
04:25:50:00	04:25:51:00	THE URGENCY OF THIS MATTER
04:25:51:00	04:25:53:00	NECESSITATES IMMEDIATE
04:25:53:00	04:25:53:00	ATTENTION TO ENSURE
04:25:53:00	04:25:57:00	TRANSPARENCY, MAINTAIN PUBLIC
04:25:57:00	04:25:58:00	TRUST IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM
04:25:58:00	04:26:01:00	AND TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES
04:26:01:00	04:26:01:00	REQUIRED WITHIN THE ELECTIONS
04:26:01:00	04:26:05:00	COMMISSION TO COMPLY WITH THE
04:26:05:00	04:26:05:00	STATE'S DIRECTIVE.
04:26:05:00	04:26:06:00	THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE
04:26:06:00	04:26:09:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WILL
04:26:09:00	04:26:10:00	HOLD THIS EMERGENCY HEARING TO
04:26:10:00	04:26:13:00	DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS
04:26:13:00	04:26:13:00	OF STATE RECEIVERSHIP
04:26:13:00	04:26:16:00	OF BOSTON'S ELECTION COMMISSION
04:26:16:00	04:26:17:00	.
04:26:17:00	04:26:18:00	THIS HEARING I HOPE WILL GET
04:26:18:00	04:26:20:00	OUT OF THIS HEARING
04:26:20:00	04:26:21:00	CLARIFICATION OF THE
04:26:21:00	04:26:21:00	RECEIVERSHIP, UNDERSTANDING THE
04:26:21:00	04:26:25:00	SCOPE, AUTHORITY AND DURATION
04:26:25:00	04:26:25:00	OF THE RECEIVER'S ROLE IN
04:26:25:00	04:26:29:00	OVERSEEING BOSTON'S ELECTIONS
04:26:29:00	04:26:29:00	COMMISSION IDENTIFIED
04:26:29:00	04:26:33:00	DEFICIENCIES AND REQUIRED
04:26:33:00	04:26:33:00	REFORMS A DETAILED REVIEW
04:26:33:00	04:26:37:00	OF THE ISSUES LEADING TO THE
04:26:37:00	04:26:37:00	BALLOT SHORTAGES AND
04:26:37:00	04:26:38:00	COMMUNICATION FAILURES IN THE
04:26:38:00	04:26:40:00	SPECIFIC CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
04:26:40:00	04:26:41:00	MANDATED BY THE SECRETARY
04:26:41:00	04:26:44:00	OF STATE'S OFFICE
04:26:44:00	04:26:44:00	IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
04:26:44:00	04:26:48:00	THE DISCUSSION OF A TIMELINE,
04:26:48:00	04:26:48:00	RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES FOR
04:26:48:00	04:26:51:00	IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIRED
04:26:51:00	04:26:52:00	REFORMS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
04:26:52:00	04:26:55:00	WITH THE STATE ELECTION LAWS
04:26:55:00	04:26:56:00	AND TO PREVENT FUTURE
04:26:56:00	04:26:56:00	OPERATIONAL ISSUES.
04:26:56:00	04:27:00:00	THE IMPACT ON ANY UPCOMING
04:27:00:00	04:27:00:00	ELECTIONS ASSESSING HOW THE
04:27:00:00	04:27:01:00	RECEIVERSHIP AND THE PLANNED
04:27:01:00	04:27:03:00	REFORMS WILL AFFECT THE
04:27:03:00	04:27:06:00	ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS IN
04:27:06:00	04:27:07:00	2025 AND BEYOND INCLUDING
04:27:07:00	04:27:07:00	MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST
04:27:07:00	04:27:10:00	SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE
04:27:10:00	04:27:11:00	IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND
04:27:11:00	04:27:14:00	TRANSPARENCY, I HOPE TO HAVE
04:27:14:00	04:27:15:00	STRATEGIES FOR KEEPING THE
04:27:15:00	04:27:17:00	PUBLIC INFORMED ABOUT THE
04:27:17:00	04:27:17:00	CHANGES ENSURING TRANSPARENCY
04:27:17:00	04:27:21:00	IN THE PROCESS, IN REBUILDING
04:27:21:00	04:27:22:00	TRUST IN THE CITY'S ELECTORAL
04:27:22:00	04:27:22:00	SYSTEM.
04:27:22:00	04:27:25:00	EARLIER IN THIS HEARING WHEN
04:27:25:00	04:27:26:00	THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING WAS
04:27:26:00	04:27:27:00	DISCUSSED, THERE WAS A
04:27:27:00	04:27:29:00	DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
04:27:29:00	04:27:30:00	THIS WAS OVERSIGHT OR
04:27:30:00	04:27:33:00	RECEIVERSHIP.
04:27:33:00	04:27:34:00	WE CAN CALL IT WHAT IT'S A
04:27:34:00	04:27:35:00	DIFFERENT THING.
04:27:35:00	04:27:38:00	YES, THE GALVIN IS NAMING A
04:27:38:00	04:27:42:00	RECEIVER TO TO CONDUCT
04:27:42:00	04:27:42:00	OVERSIGHT.
04:27:42:00	04:27:42:00	HE APPOINTED A RECEIVER TO
04:27:42:00	04:27:46:00	OVERSEE THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT
04:27:46:00	04:27:47:00	AND LIKE HIS QUOTE WAS IT'S A
04:27:47:00	04:27:47:00	BASIC MANAGEMENT PROBLEM AND HE
04:27:47:00	04:27:50:00	ORDERED BOSTON TO OVERHAUL
04:27:50:00	04:27:51:00	THEIR ELECTION AND MISSION WHEN
04:27:51:00	04:27:54:00	I AM AWARE THAT RECEIVERSHIP IS
04:27:54:00	04:27:55:00	A LEGAL PROCESS IN WHICH A
04:27:55:00	04:27:58:00	REGULATORY BODY APPOINTS A
04:27:58:00	04:27:59:00	RECEIVER TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT,
04:27:59:00	04:28:01:00	THE RECEIVER HAS DECISION
04:28:01:00	04:28:02:00	MAKING DECISION AUTHORITY AND
04:28:02:00	04:28:05:00	CAN OVERRIDE THE MANAGEMENT
04:28:05:00	04:28:06:00	OF THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT AND
04:28:06:00	04:28:09:00	OVERSIGHT MONITOR AND ADD
04:28:09:00	04:28:09:00	GUIDANCE TO THE ELECTION
04:28:09:00	04:28:10:00	DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
04:28:10:00	04:28:13:00	AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROPER
04:28:13:00	04:28:14:00	MANAGEMENT.
04:28:14:00	04:28:17:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CLARIFY
04:28:17:00	04:28:18:00	EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ROLE WILL BE
04:28:18:00	04:28:21:00	IF IT'S OVERSIGHT, IF IT'S FULL
04:28:21:00	04:28:22:00	RECEIVERSHIP WHAT THAT MEANS
04:28:22:00	04:28:22:00	I'VE ALREADY BEEN GETTING CALLS
04:28:22:00	04:28:25:00	FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD REACHED OUT
04:28:25:00	04:28:29:00	ON ELECTION DAY READING THE
04:28:29:00	04:28:30:00	STORY AND FELT LIKE YES, THANK
04:28:30:00	04:28:32:00	YOU.
04:28:32:00	04:28:33:00	THEY WERE GLAD THAT THEY SPOKE
04:28:33:00	04:28:33:00	UP.
04:28:33:00	04:28:36:00	POLL WORKERS WHO I'VE SPOKEN TO
04:28:36:00	04:28:37:00	SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY
04:28:37:00	04:28:37:00	THAT THEY TOOK THIS SERIOUSLY
04:28:37:00	04:28:40:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
04:28:40:00	04:28:41:00	HEARING AND I DO KNOW THAT
04:28:41:00	04:28:44:00	MYSELF YOU AND COUNCILOR PEPEN
04:28:44:00	04:28:47:00	DID REFILE THE HEARING ORDER
04:28:47:00	04:28:48:00	FROM LAST YEAR THAT IS IN THE
04:28:48:00	04:28:48:00	RULES COMMITTEE.
04:28:48:00	04:28:52:00	SO IF THIS THIS I DO BELIEVE IS
04:28:52:00	04:28:56:00	SPECIFIC TO WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN
04:28:56:00	04:28:56:00	RECEIVERSHIP THAT WAS THAT IS
04:28:56:00	04:28:59:00	IS STILL STANDING ORDER THAT'S
04:28:59:00	04:29:00:00	OPEN SO WE CAN IF WE NEED TO
04:29:00:00	04:29:03:00	DISCUSS THAT TOO.
04:29:03:00	04:29:03:00	THANK YOU.
04:29:03:00	04:29:04:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:29:04:00	04:29:05:00	CONTROL FLYNN NEAR THE FLOOR
04:29:05:00	04:29:07:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
04:29:07:00	04:29:07:00	I WILL BE BRIEF.
04:29:07:00	04:29:10:00	I THINK WE WANT TO LEARN WHAT
04:29:10:00	04:29:14:00	HAPPENED AT THE LAST ELECTION
04:29:14:00	04:29:15:00	AND LEARN FROM IT.
04:29:15:00	04:29:17:00	WE WILL HAVE A STATE
04:29:17:00	04:29:18:00	RECEIVERSHIP RECEIVER FOR THE
04:29:18:00	04:29:20:00	NEXT TWO YEARS BUT IT'S ABOUT
04:29:20:00	04:29:21:00	WORKING TOGETHER.
04:29:21:00	04:29:22:00	IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING THE BEST
04:29:22:00	04:29:25:00	CITY SERVICES WE CAN TO
04:29:25:00	04:29:25:00	RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
04:29:25:00	04:29:29:00	IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING THE BEST
04:29:29:00	04:29:29:00	POSITIVE LEADERSHIP TO THE
04:29:29:00	04:29:30:00	RESIDENTS WE CAN.
04:29:30:00	04:29:32:00	WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
04:29:32:00	04:29:33:00	SECRETARY GALVIN FOR PROVIDING
04:29:33:00	04:29:37:00	THAT GUIDANCE AND THAT
04:29:37:00	04:29:37:00	LEADERSHIP.
04:29:37:00	04:29:38:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:29:38:00	04:29:38:00	THANK YOU.
04:29:38:00	04:29:39:00	I LOOK FORWARD AS
04:29:39:00	04:29:40:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID WE
04:29:40:00	04:29:44:00	AFTERWARDS WE FILED HEARING
04:29:44:00	04:29:44:00	ORDERS ON ELECTION MISHAPS AND
04:29:44:00	04:29:47:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
04:29:47:00	04:29:48:00	CONVERSATION.
04:29:48:00	04:29:48:00	THE REASON WHY I STATED IT
04:29:48:00	04:29:51:00	WASN'T A RECEIVER BECAUSE IT'S
04:29:51:00	04:29:52:00	NOWHERE IN THE LETTER THAT
04:29:52:00	04:29:55:00	COMMISSION THAT SECRETARY
04:29:55:00	04:29:55:00	OF STATE GALVIN WROTE IT
04:29:55:00	04:29:56:00	DOESN'T SAY RECEIVERSHIP AND
04:29:56:00	04:29:59:00	HE'S BEEN IN THE OFFICE SINCE
04:29:59:00	04:30:01:00	1996 WHEN WE DID HAVE
04:30:01:00	04:30:02:00	RECEIVERSHIP IN 26 HE WAS VERY
04:30:02:00	04:30:03:00	CLEAR THAT IT WAS A
04:30:03:00	04:30:05:00	RECEIVERSHIP AND SO I THINK
04:30:05:00	04:30:06:00	IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US JUST TO
04:30:06:00	04:30:07:00	BE CLEAR ABOUT THE LANGUAGE IN
04:30:07:00	04:30:09:00	THE LETTER HE TALKS ABOUT A
04:30:09:00	04:30:10:00	DESIGNEE HAVING A DESIGNEE AND
04:30:10:00	04:30:11:00	THAT HAS DIFFERENT LEGAL
04:30:11:00	04:30:13:00	AUTHORITY AND SO I JUST WANTED
04:30:13:00	04:30:13:00	TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.
04:30:13:00	04:30:14:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:30:14:00	04:30:17:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:30:17:00	04:30:18:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
04:30:18:00	04:30:18:00	THEIR NAME?
04:30:18:00	04:30:21:00	MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS
04:30:21:00	04:30:22:00	BRAYDEN ZAPATA FERNANDES,
04:30:22:00	04:30:24:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MAHELA
04:30:24:00	04:30:28:00	TIPENE SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL
04:30:28:00	04:30:29:00	PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR.
04:30:29:00	04:30:30:00	THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO
04:30:30:00	04:30:32:00	THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE.
04:30:32:00	04:30:35:00	MR. CLERK WE ARE NOW ON TO THE
04:30:35:00	04:30:36:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
04:30:36:00	04:30:37:00	I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
04:30:37:00	04:30:39:00	COURT THAT THERE ARE THREE
04:30:39:00	04:30:39:00	ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT
04:30:39:00	04:30:39:00	AGENDA.
04:30:39:00	04:30:43:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
04:30:43:00	04:30:44:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
04:30:44:00	04:30:44:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
04:30:44:00	04:30:44:00	AGENDA.
04:30:44:00	04:30:47:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING
04:30:47:00	04:30:50:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA SAY I, I
04:30:50:00	04:30:51:00	THINK THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS
04:30:51:00	04:30:51:00	BEEN ADOPTED.
04:30:51:00	04:30:54:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENT
04:30:54:00	04:30:55:00	SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE
04:30:55:00	04:30:55:00	ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND
04:30:55:00	04:30:55:00	EVENTS.
04:30:55:00	04:30:58:00	WE DO HAVE AS I THINK I WAS
04:30:58:00	04:30:59:00	PREVIOUSLY STATED THE DOMINICAN
04:30:59:00	04:31:01:00	FLAG RAISING TOMORROW HERE AT
04:31:01:00	04:31:01:00	NOON NOON.
04:31:01:00	04:31:05:00	BUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAS
04:31:05:00	04:31:05:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME.
04:31:05:00	04:31:09:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:31:09:00	04:31:10:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:31:10:00	04:31:10:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
04:31:10:00	04:31:11:00	I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RISE TO
04:31:11:00	04:31:13:00	WISH MY DAUGHTER A HAPPY
04:31:13:00	04:31:13:00	BIRTHDAY.
04:31:13:00	04:31:16:00	SHE CELEBRATED HER 27TH
04:31:16:00	04:31:16:00	BIRTHDAY THIS PAST WEEK.
04:31:16:00	04:31:17:00	SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
04:31:17:00	04:31:20:00	THANK YOU.
04:31:20:00	04:31:21:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAUGHTER
04:31:21:00	04:31:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:31:21:00	04:31:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:31:21:00	04:31:23:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL AND
04:31:23:00	04:31:24:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:31:24:00	04:31:24:00	THANK YOU.
04:31:24:00	04:31:25:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO
04:31:25:00	04:31:28:00	RISE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
04:31:28:00	04:31:28:00	SUPPORT AND WORKING ALONGSIDE
04:31:28:00	04:31:32:00	OUR OFFICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
04:31:32:00	04:31:33:00	MIRA COALITION, ACLU AND A HOST
04:31:33:00	04:31:35:00	OF OTHER ADVOCATES.
04:31:35:00	04:31:39:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE RALLYING
04:31:39:00	04:31:39:00	AROUND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS NEXT
04:31:39:00	04:31:40:00	WEDNESDAY.
04:31:40:00	04:31:43:00	AS YOU KNOW, OUR MAYOR IS GOING
04:31:43:00	04:31:44:00	TO BE HEADING TO CONGRESS TO
04:31:44:00	04:31:46:00	FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND
04:31:46:00	04:31:47:00	WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT HERE
04:31:47:00	04:31:47:00	IN BOSTON AND I JUST WANT TO
04:31:47:00	04:31:50:00	THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO
04:31:50:00	04:31:50:00	APPROVED AND SUPPORTED THE
04:31:50:00	04:31:54:00	RESOLUTION THAT WE FILED NOT SO
04:31:54:00	04:31:54:00	LONG AGO.
04:31:54:00	04:31:55:00	SO JUST WANTED TO INVITE OUR
04:31:55:00	04:31:57:00	COLLEAGUES TO SHOW UP AND STAND
04:31:57:00	04:31:58:00	IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR
04:31:58:00	04:31:58:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
04:31:58:00	04:32:01:00	WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
04:32:01:00	04:32:05:00	OPPORTUNITIES AND IN
04:32:05:00	04:32:05:00	REPRESENTING IMMIGRANTS.
04:32:05:00	04:32:06:00	SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN
04:32:06:00	04:32:09:00	AMAZING SHOW OF SOLIDARITY TO
04:32:09:00	04:32:12:00	REALLY STAND UP AND AND AND
04:32:12:00	04:32:17:00	RALLY AROUND THOSE FOLKS WHO
04:32:17:00	04:32:17:00	ARE RIGHT NOW LIVING IN FEAR
04:32:17:00	04:32:21:00	AND THIS NOT JUST FOLKS WHO I
04:32:21:00	04:32:21:00	HAVE WHO HAVE A DOCUMENTED
04:32:21:00	04:32:22:00	STATUS THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE WHO
04:32:22:00	04:32:24:00	ARE RESIDENT WHO HAVE RESIDENT
04:32:24:00	04:32:27:00	LEGAL STATUS BUT ARE AFRAID TO
04:32:27:00	04:32:28:00	TRAVEL BECAUSE THEY ARE HEARING
04:32:28:00	04:32:31:00	SO MUCH.
04:32:31:00	04:32:32:00	I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW
04:32:32:00	04:32:33:00	THAT THIS RALLY IS REALLY IN
04:32:33:00	04:32:35:00	SUPPORT OF THE IMMIGRANT
04:32:35:00	04:32:35:00	COMMUNITY.
04:32:35:00	04:32:36:00	WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE ON
04:32:36:00	04:32:39:00	THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEMONSTRATE
04:32:39:00	04:32:39:00	TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THOSE
04:32:39:00	04:32:40:00	THAT WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'RE
04:32:40:00	04:32:43:00	FIGHTING FOR BY SHOWING UP IT'S
04:32:43:00	04:32:46:00	GOING TO BE RIGHT BEFORE THE
04:32:46:00	04:32:49:00	CITY COUNCIL MEETING DOWNSTAIRS
04:32:49:00	04:32:50:00	AT 11 A.M. AND WE ARE ASKING
04:32:50:00	04:32:54:00	ALL OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE TO JUST
04:32:54:00	04:32:54:00	SHOW UP IN SOLIDARITY.
04:32:54:00	04:32:58:00	IT'S NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS
04:32:58:00	04:32:58:00	THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
04:32:58:00	04:33:01:00	WE HAVE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND
04:33:01:00	04:33:02:00	HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
04:33:02:00	04:33:05:00	ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO SEND A
04:33:05:00	04:33:06:00	POWERFUL A POWERFUL MESSAGE
04:33:06:00	04:33:09:00	THAT WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE
04:33:09:00	04:33:09:00	ARE STANDING TOGETHER IN
04:33:09:00	04:33:12:00	SOLIDARITY.
04:33:12:00	04:33:13:00	THANK YOU.
04:33:13:00	04:33:13:00	THANK YOU.
04:33:13:00	04:33:14:00	AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA
04:33:14:00	04:33:14:00	FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
04:33:14:00	04:33:17:00	I DO HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN
04:33:17:00	04:33:17:00	CONTINUE ITS WORK AFTER WE
04:33:17:00	04:33:20:00	UNANIMOUSLY REAFFIRMED OUR
04:33:20:00	04:33:23:00	SUPPORT AS A BODY OF THE TRUST
04:33:23:00	04:33:24:00	ACT THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAND
04:33:24:00	04:33:25:00	WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
04:33:25:00	04:33:25:00	OUTSIDE.
04:33:25:00	04:33:28:00	NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 11 A.M. FOR A
04:33:28:00	04:33:32:00	RALLY AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
04:33:32:00	04:33:32:00	OUR IMMIGRANT SIBLINGS.
04:33:32:00	04:33:32:00	THANK YOU.
04:33:32:00	04:33:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER
04:33:36:00	04:33:36:00	CAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE
04:33:36:00	04:33:37:00	FLOOR?
04:33:37:00	04:33:39:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
04:33:39:00	04:33:40:00	I JUST WANTED TO WISH A VERY
04:33:40:00	04:33:44:00	WARM HOLIDAY OR SORRY A VERY,
04:33:44:00	04:33:45:00	VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
04:33:45:00	04:33:45:00	I'M SORRY.
04:33:45:00	04:33:48:00	IT'S A LONG MEETING TOO.
04:33:48:00	04:33:48:00	KENNY RYAN FROM B.U..
04:33:48:00	04:33:49:00	I THINK HE'S PROBABLY NOT HERE
04:33:49:00	04:33:51:00	RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S HIS
04:33:51:00	04:33:52:00	BIRTHDAY BUT I KNOW HE'S
04:33:52:00	04:33:52:00	PROBABLY WATCHING THE STREAM SO
04:33:52:00	04:33:55:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KENNY RYAN,
04:33:55:00	04:33:55:00	THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR YOU
04:33:55:00	04:33:59:00	AND THEN MY CONSTITUENT PARKER
04:33:59:00	04:33:59:00	JAMES WHO IS JUST ONE OF MY
04:33:59:00	04:34:02:00	FAVORITE PEOPLE.
04:34:02:00	04:34:03:00	HIS BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW AND
04:34:03:00	04:34:04:00	THEY'RE IN GOOD COMPANY BECAUSE
04:34:04:00	04:34:06:00	MY BIRTHDAY WAS MONDAY.
04:34:06:00	04:34:07:00	SO TO ALL THE PEOPLE BORN THIS
04:34:07:00	04:34:10:00	WEEK CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING
04:34:10:00	04:34:11:00	BORN AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
04:34:11:00	04:34:13:00	HERE.
04:34:13:00	04:34:14:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR DURKIN AND
04:34:14:00	04:34:14:00	I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T HAVE
04:34:14:00	04:34:17:00	BIRTHDAYS BUT HAPPY BELATED
04:34:17:00	04:34:17:00	BIRTHDAY.
04:34:17:00	04:34:18:00	I HOPE YOU ENJOYED AND IF THERE
04:34:18:00	04:34:21:00	ARE ANY OTHER BIRTHDAYS THAT I
04:34:21:00	04:34:21:00	BET I MISSED HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
04:34:21:00	04:34:22:00	I DON'T KNOW WHAT SEASON WE'RE
04:34:22:00	04:34:25:00	IN BECAUSE WITH SEASON CAP
04:34:25:00	04:34:28:00	PISCES LET PISCES SEASON HAPPY
04:34:28:00	04:34:29:00	PIPE TO ALL THE PISCES OUT
04:34:29:00	04:34:33:00	THERE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE
04:34:33:00	04:34:33:00	PISCES ON THE COUNCIL AND
04:34:33:00	04:34:37:00	ESSENTIAL STAFF AND OUR STAFF
04:34:37:00	04:34:37:00	WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY
04:34:37:00	04:34:37:00	BIRTHDAY.
04:34:37:00	04:34:40:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:34:40:00	04:34:41:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE
04:34:41:00	04:34:41:00	FLOOR.
04:34:41:00	04:34:42:00	THANK YOU.
04:34:42:00	04:34:44:00	A STRONG COMMISSION AND
04:34:44:00	04:34:44:00	SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS IN
04:34:44:00	04:34:48:00	HAVE PARTNERED AND STARTING
04:34:48:00	04:34:48:00	NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAYS AND
04:34:48:00	04:34:54:00	THURSDAYS FROM 9:15 A.M. TO
04:34:54:00	04:34:55:00	ABOUT 1 P.M. THERE'S GOING TO
04:34:55:00	04:34:55:00	BE SENIOR WELLNESS CLASSES.
04:34:55:00	04:34:58:00	I URGE EVERYONE THEY CAN COME
04:34:58:00	04:35:03:00	FROM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND
04:35:03:00	04:35:03:00	USE THAT GREAT RESOURCE.
04:35:03:00	04:35:06:00	IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A PILOT
04:35:06:00	04:35:07:00	FOR 8 TO 10 WEEKS TUESDAYS AND
04:35:07:00	04:35:10:00	THURSDAYS AT SPONTANEOUS
04:35:10:00	04:35:11:00	CELEBRATIONS ON DANFORTH ST
04:35:11:00	04:35:14:00	PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.
04:35:14:00	04:35:14:00	THANKS.
04:35:14:00	04:35:14:00	THANK YOU.
04:35:14:00	04:35:15:00	DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY
04:35:15:00	04:35:18:00	ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS?
04:35:18:00	04:35:18:00	OKAY.
04:35:18:00	04:35:19:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
04:35:19:00	04:35:22:00	MEMORIALS.
04:35:22:00	04:35:23:00	IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN
04:35:23:00	04:35:23:00	TODAY'S MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE
04:35:23:00	04:35:26:00	TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE
04:35:26:00	04:35:26:00	WHO HAS PASSED.
04:35:26:00	04:35:27:00	NOW IS THE TIME.
04:35:27:00	04:35:30:00	I'D JUST LIKE TO QUICKLY UPLIFT
04:35:30:00	04:35:33:00	MICHAEL JOSEPH O'BRIEN WHO'S
04:35:33:00	04:35:36:00	THE BROTHER OF OFFICE MAYOR'S
04:35:36:00	04:35:37:00	OFFICE OF HOUSING STAFFER KERRY
04:35:37:00	04:35:41:00	O'BRIEN WHO IS AFFECTIONATELY
04:35:41:00	04:35:42:00	KNOWN AS BIG MIKE AND WHO DIED
04:35:42:00	04:35:44:00	AWAY WHO DIED RECENTLY FROM
04:35:44:00	04:35:48:00	FROM ALS BUT HE WAS A JOY AND
04:35:48:00	04:35:49:00	THE LIFE OF A PART OF THE PARTY
04:35:49:00	04:35:52:00	AND JUST LOVED BY SO SO MANY
04:35:52:00	04:35:53:00	AND JUST HAS KERRY HAS
04:35:53:00	04:35:56:00	REMARKABLE MEMORIES OF HER
04:35:56:00	04:35:57:00	BROTHER SO I JUST WANTED TO
04:35:57:00	04:35:57:00	UPLIFT.
04:35:57:00	04:36:00:00	I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
04:36:00:00	04:36:01:00	MEMORY OF MICHAEL O'BRIEN AND I
04:36:01:00	04:36:03:00	BELIEVE LAST WEEK AT OUR BLACK
04:36:03:00	04:36:04:00	HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.
04:36:04:00	04:36:05:00	THAT WAS A WONDERFUL
04:36:05:00	04:36:08:00	CELEBRATION THAT COMES
04:36:08:00	04:36:09:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL PUT TOGETHER.
04:36:09:00	04:36:11:00	I THINK HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE
04:36:11:00	04:36:12:00	PASSING OF LEROY PEEPLES AND I
04:36:12:00	04:36:15:00	JUST WANTED TO AGAIN UPLIFT THE
04:36:15:00	04:36:16:00	LOSS OF SUCH A COMMUNITY GIANT
04:36:16:00	04:36:17:00	WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
04:36:17:00	04:36:19:00	UPLIFTING YOUNG PEOPLE,
04:36:19:00	04:36:20:00	FOSTERING UNITY AND WORKING
04:36:20:00	04:36:20:00	TOWARD A SAFER CITY AS A
04:36:20:00	04:36:24:00	DIRECTOR OF STORE BOSTON AND SO
04:36:24:00	04:36:24:00	MUCH MORE.
04:36:24:00	04:36:27:00	SO I WANT TO GIVE MY LOVE TO
04:36:27:00	04:36:27:00	HIS WIFE HIS HIS HIS DEAR
04:36:27:00	04:36:31:00	FRIENDS, HIS SON DANTE PEOPLE
04:36:31:00	04:36:31:00	WHO WE ALL KNOW AS PART OF THE
04:36:31:00	04:36:32:00	OFFICE OF BLACK MALE
04:36:32:00	04:36:34:00	ADVANCEMENT AND JUST WANT TO,
04:36:34:00	04:36:35:00	YOU KNOW, GIVE SEND MY
04:36:35:00	04:36:38:00	CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
04:36:38:00	04:36:39:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:36:39:00	04:36:39:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE
04:36:39:00	04:36:40:00	OF ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:36:40:00	04:36:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:36:42:00	04:36:45:00	SO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A
04:36:45:00	04:36:46:00	WEIRD ONE BUT THIS PAST
04:36:46:00	04:36:49:00	SATURDAY OUR LITTLE DOG WAS
04:36:49:00	04:36:52:00	VICIOUSLY ATTACKED AND WAS
04:36:52:00	04:36:56:00	KILLED AND YOU MIGHT THINK WHY
04:36:56:00	04:37:00:00	IS SHE ALL UPSET ABOUT A PET?
04:37:00:00	04:37:03:00	BUT PETS ARE LIKE FAMILY AND
04:37:03:00	04:37:03:00	ME.
04:37:03:00	04:37:04:00	I WAS MY MOM'S COMPANION AND
04:37:04:00	04:37:08:00	SHE WAS WITH US SHE WAS
04:37:08:00	04:37:17:00	ACTUALLY MY OTHER DOGS AND SO I
04:37:17:00	04:37:21:00	WANT TO JUST SAY MY NAME AND I
04:37:21:00	04:37:24:00	WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP MY MOM
04:37:24:00	04:37:25:00	IN YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE SHE WAS
04:37:25:00	04:37:32:00	INCREDIBLY DISTRAUGHT AND IT'S
04:37:32:00	04:37:36:00	NOT EASY TO LOSE ANYONE.
04:37:36:00	04:37:40:00	AND I THINK THAT MY MOTHER THIS
04:37:40:00	04:37:40:00	LOSS WAS HARD FOR HER.
04:37:40:00	04:37:44:00	IT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
04:37:44:00	04:37:47:00	GET OLDER, THEY GET LONELIER
04:37:47:00	04:37:51:00	AND ME I PROVIDED MY MOTHER
04:37:51:00	04:37:53:00	WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND
04:37:53:00	04:37:57:00	COMFORT THAT SOME OF US DON'T
04:37:57:00	04:38:01:00	GET TOO MUCH SO I JUST WANT TO
04:38:01:00	04:38:05:00	THANK ME FOR BRINGING SO MUCH
04:38:05:00	04:38:08:00	LOVE AND JOY TO MY THANK YOU
04:38:08:00	04:38:09:00	COME TO ME THERE'S NOTHING AT
04:38:09:00	04:38:12:00	ALL WEIRD ABOUT THAT AND SO WE
04:38:12:00	04:38:15:00	WE WE WILL REMEMBER ME AND THE
04:38:15:00	04:38:16:00	COMFORT THAT SHE BROUGHT TO
04:38:16:00	04:38:18:00	YOUR MOM ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S
04:38:18:00	04:38:19:00	BOOKSTORE IN JAMAICA PLAIN
04:38:19:00	04:38:20:00	PAPER CUTS THAT IS MOURNING THE
04:38:20:00	04:38:23:00	LOSS OF THEIR DOG SAMMY AND
04:38:23:00	04:38:23:00	THERE'S BEEN A GREAT OUTPOURING
04:38:23:00	04:38:27:00	OF SADNESS FROM THAT COMMUNITY
04:38:27:00	04:38:28:00	SO PETS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
04:38:28:00	04:38:30:00	LIKE FAMILY AND SO MY
04:38:30:00	04:38:31:00	CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR
04:38:31:00	04:38:31:00	FAMILY.
04:38:31:00	04:38:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:38:34:00	04:38:34:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY,
04:38:34:00	04:38:35:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
04:38:35:00	04:38:35:00	THANK YOU.
04:38:35:00	04:38:38:00	AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
04:38:38:00	04:38:39:00	SOMETHING HERE AND ALSO THE
04:38:39:00	04:38:41:00	TRAGIC WAY SHE DIED JUST MAKES
04:38:41:00	04:38:48:00	IT HARDER SO SO AND TO CONTINUE
04:38:48:00	04:38:49:00	MYSELF, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
04:38:49:00	04:38:52:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SPONSOR A
04:38:52:00	04:38:56:00	TRIBUTE WHICH I'LL BE BRINGING
04:38:56:00	04:38:56:00	TO THE WAKE TONIGHT.
04:38:56:00	04:38:59:00	BUT I WANT TO JOIN WITH THE
04:38:59:00	04:39:00:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IN
04:39:00:00	04:39:00:00	OUR COMMUNITY IN MOURNING THE
04:39:00:00	04:39:04:00	PASSING OF DETECTIVE MARK G.
04:39:04:00	04:39:04:00	WALSH, A DEDICATED POLICE
04:39:04:00	04:39:08:00	OFFICER, A LOVING FAMILY MAN
04:39:08:00	04:39:10:00	AND A PROUD SON OF BOSTON JUST
04:39:10:00	04:39:11:00	51 YEARS OLD FOR NEARLY TWO
04:39:11:00	04:39:11:00	DECADES.
04:39:11:00	04:39:14:00	DETECTIVE WALSH SERVED WITH
04:39:14:00	04:39:14:00	UNWAVERING COMMITMENT
04:39:14:00	04:39:15:00	PROTECTING OUR CITY WITH
04:39:15:00	04:39:19:00	COURAGE AND INTEGRITY FROM HIS
04:39:19:00	04:39:21:00	EARLY DAYS IN DISTRICT D FOUR
04:39:21:00	04:39:22:00	AND THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE
04:39:22:00	04:39:25:00	FORCE TO HIS DISTINGUISHED AS A
04:39:25:00	04:39:26:00	DETECTIVE IN EACH ONE HIS WORK
04:39:26:00	04:39:29:00	WAS MARKED BY A DEEP SENSE
04:39:29:00	04:39:30:00	OF DUTY AND A DRIVE TO KEEP OUR
04:39:30:00	04:39:30:00	NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE.
04:39:30:00	04:39:33:00	HIS BRAVERY AND QUICK ACTION AS
04:39:33:00	04:39:36:00	A FIRST RESPONDER AT THE BOSTON
04:39:36:00	04:39:37:00	MARATHON BOMBING EXEMPLIFIED
04:39:37:00	04:39:40:00	HIS STEADFAST DEVOTION TO THE
04:39:40:00	04:39:41:00	PEOPLE OF BOSTON BEYOND HIS
04:39:41:00	04:39:44:00	BADGE, MARK WAS A DEVOTED
04:39:44:00	04:39:44:00	HUSBAND, FATHER, SON AND
04:39:44:00	04:39:47:00	BROTHER WHOSE LOVE FOR HIS
04:39:47:00	04:39:48:00	FAMILY AND IRISH HERITAGE WAS
04:39:48:00	04:39:51:00	AT THE HEART OF ALL HE DID.
04:39:51:00	04:39:51:00	HE BROUGHT LAUGHTER, WARMTH AND
04:39:51:00	04:39:55:00	LOYALTY TO EVERY GATHERING
04:39:55:00	04:39:56:00	WHETHER CHEERING ON HIS BELOVED
04:39:56:00	04:39:59:00	PATRIOTS, SHARING HIS CULINARY
04:39:59:00	04:39:59:00	TALENTS OR TRAVELING TO
04:39:59:00	04:40:03:00	CELEBRATE HIS ROOTS, HIS IS
04:40:03:00	04:40:04:00	DEEPLY FELT BY ALL WHO HAD THE
04:40:04:00	04:40:07:00	PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM AND I
04:40:07:00	04:40:08:00	EXTEND MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES
04:40:08:00	04:40:11:00	TO HIS WIFE CHRISTINE, HIS SONS
04:40:11:00	04:40:12:00	JOHN AND CONNOR, HIS MOTHER AND
04:40:12:00	04:40:15:00	AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.
04:40:15:00	04:40:16:00	HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE AND LOVE
04:40:16:00	04:40:19:00	CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL.
04:40:19:00	04:40:19:00	REST IN PEACE, DETECTIVE WALSH.
04:40:19:00	04:40:23:00	YOUR WATCH HAS ENDED BUT YOUR
04:40:23:00	04:40:23:00	IMPACT WILL ENDURE.
04:40:23:00	04:40:26:00	THANK YOU.
04:40:26:00	04:40:30:00	OKAY, SO WE AT TODAY WE WILL
04:40:30:00	04:40:31:00	ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY
04:40:31:00	04:40:31:00	OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS
04:40:31:00	04:40:34:00	FOR COUNCILOR BRAEDEN JOSEPHINE
04:40:34:00	04:40:37:00	BIANCHE FOR COUNCILOR GABRIELLA
04:40:37:00	04:40:38:00	COLETTE ZAPATA, STEPHEN POWERS,
04:40:38:00	04:40:41:00	LAUREN D'AMATO.
04:40:41:00	04:40:42:00	STEPHEN SHEA FOR
04:40:42:00	04:40:45:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
04:40:45:00	04:40:46:00	SINGER ROBERTA FLACK.
04:40:46:00	04:40:49:00	DIANA DESIR MOTHER OF ANDRE
04:40:49:00	04:40:50:00	LORD JEAN-JACQUES SHIRLEY
04:40:50:00	04:40:53:00	CHAIRWOMAN MICHAEL JOSEPH
04:40:53:00	04:40:57:00	O'BRIEN BROTHER OF KERRY
04:40:57:00	04:40:57:00	O'BRIEN.
04:40:57:00	04:40:58:00	ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE
04:40:58:00	04:41:01:00	ENTIRE BOSTON CITY
04:41:01:00	04:41:05:00	COUNCIL LEROY PEEPLES JUNIOR ON
04:41:05:00	04:41:05:00	BEHALF OF THE COUNCILORS
04:41:05:00	04:41:06:00	FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE MURPHY,
04:41:06:00	04:41:09:00	FLYNN AND THE BOSTON CITY
04:41:09:00	04:41:09:00	COUNCIL.
04:41:09:00	04:41:12:00	MARK WALSH ACTIVE BOSTON POLICE
04:41:12:00	04:41:13:00	DEPARTMENT THE CHAMBERS THAT
04:41:13:00	04:41:13:00	WON THE CONSTITUTION TODAY DO
04:41:13:00	04:41:16:00	SO IN MEMORY OF THE
04:41:16:00	04:41:16:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
04:41:16:00	04:41:19:00	A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
04:41:19:00	04:41:20:00	OH AND SORRY ON BEHALF
04:41:20:00	04:41:23:00	OF COUNCILOR MEJIA HER FAMILY
04:41:23:00	04:41:23:00	DOG.
04:41:23:00	04:41:24:00	HER MOM FAMILY DOG MIA AND ON
04:41:24:00	04:41:28:00	BEHALF OF PAPERCUT US THEIR DOG
04:41:28:00	04:41:29:00	SAMMY.
04:41:29:00	04:41:37:00	A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
04:41:37:00	04:41:38:00	WE ARE JOINING TODAY'S MEETING
04:41:38:00	04:41:41:00	IN OF THESE AFOREMENTIONED
04:41:41:00	04:41:41:00	INDIVIDUALS.
04:41:41:00	04:41:42:00	THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
04:41:42:00	04:41:45:00	MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON
04:41:45:00	04:41:45:00	WEDNESDAY MARCH 5TH, 2025 AT 12
04:41:45:00	04:41:46:00	NOON.
04:41:46:00	04:41:48:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE
04:41:48:00	04:41:49:00	CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE
04:41:49:00	04:41:50:00	CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE
04:41:50:00	04:41:52:00	COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN
04:41:52:00	04:41:52:00	FAVOR OF A GERMAN.
04:41:52:00	04:41:53:00	PLEASE SAY I I.