00:00:00:00 00:01:04:00 AND. 00:01:04:00 00:01:48:00 >> I'M. 00:01:48:00 00:08:01:00 I'M. 00:08:01:00 00:08:53:00 NOT. 00:08:53:00 00:11:04:00 A GOOD IDEA. 00:11:04:00 00:11:07:00 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 00:11:07:00 00:11:10:00 I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING 00:11:10:00 00:11:11:00 OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. 00:11:11:00 00:11:14:00 VIEWERS MAY WATCH THE 00:11:14:00 00:11:17:00 COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON 00:11:17:00 00:11:18:00 YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH 00:11:18:00 00:11:21:00 CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. 00:11:21:00 00:11:24:00 AT THIS TIME I ASK MY 00:11:24:00 00:11:25:00 COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE 00:11:25:00 00:11:26:00 AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE 00:11:26:00 00:11:28:00 THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC 00:11:28:00 00:11:28:00 DEVICES. 00:11:28:00 00:11:33:00 ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 AND 00:11:33:00 00:11:35:00 REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT 00:11:35:00 00:11:37:00 NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR 00:11:37:00 00:11:39:00 DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE 00:11:39:00 00:11:40:00 PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. 00:11:40:00 00:11:41:00 THANK YOU. 00:11:41:00 00:11:42:00 SO NO CLAPPING. 00:11:42:00 00:11:45:00 UH, MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE 00:11:45:00 00:11:46:00 CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE 00:11:46:00 00:11:47:00 PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? 00:11:47:00 00:11:49:00 COUNCILOR BREEN. 00:11:49:00 00:11:51:00 HERE. 00:11:51:00 00:11:52:00 >> COUNCILOR. 00:11:52:00 00:11:52:00 >> COLLETTA. 00:11:52:00 00:11:53:00 ZAPATA. 00:11:53:00 00:11:54:00 COUNCILOR. 00:11:54:00 00:11:55:00 CULPEPER. 00:11:55:00 00:11:56:00 COUNCILOR. 00:11:56:00 00:11:56:00 DURKAN. 00:11:56:00 00:11:57:00 COUNCILOR. 00:11:57:00 00:11:58:00 FITZGERALD. 00:11:58:00 00:11:59:00 COUNCILOR. 00:11:59:00 00:11:59:00 FLYNN. 00:11:59:00 00:12:01:00 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. 00:12:01:00 00:12:02:00 COUNCILOR. 00:12:02:00 00:12:02:00 MEJIA. 00:12:02:00 00:12:03:00 COUNCILOR. 00:12:03:00 00:12:04:00 MURPHY. 00:12:04:00 00:12:05:00 COUNCILOR. 00:12:05:00 00:12:05:00 PIPPIN. 00:12:05:00 00:12:07:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE. 00:12:07:00 00:12:08:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 00:12:08:00 00:12:10:00 AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. 00:12:10:00 00:12:12:00 A QUORUM IS PRESENT. 00:12:12:00 00:12:13:00 THANK YOU. 00:12:13:00 00:12:15:00 I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE 00:12:15:00 00:12:16:00 CHURCH THAT A QUORUM IS 00:12:16:00 00:12:16:00 PRESENT. 00:12:16:00 00:12:18:00 NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO 00:12:18:00 00:12:20:00 INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. 00:12:20:00 00:12:23:00 THE REVEREND MIRIAM WHITE 00:12:23:00 00:12:24:00 HAMMOND FROM NEW ROOTS AME 00:12:24:00 00:12:26:00 CHURCH WHO WILL BE PROVIDING 00:12:26:00 00:12:27:00 OUR INVOCATION. 00:12:27:00 00:12:30:00 I DON'T FEEL, UH, REVEREND, UH, 00:12:30:00 00:12:32:00 WHITE HAMMOND NEEDS MUCH 00:12:32:00 00:12:32:00 INTRODUCTION. 00:12:32:00 00:12:35:00 SHE'S BEEN A CHIEF 00:12:35:00 00:12:36:00 OF ENVIRONMENT HERE AT THE CITY 00:12:36:00 00:12:37:00 AND A FEW YEARS AGO. 00:12:37:00 00:12:39:00 AND WE WELCOME YOU BACK AND, 00:12:39:00 00:12:40:00 UH, PLEASE JOIN US IN. 00:12:40:00 00:12:47:00 I INVITE US. 00:12:47:00 00:12:49:00 >> TO TAKE A POSTURE OF PRAYER 00:12:49:00 00:12:49:00 . 00:12:49:00 00:12:58:00 OH, GOD, CREATOR OF ALL THINGS 00:12:58:00 00:13:03:00 AND ALL PEOPLE, THE GREAT I AM 00:13:03:00 00:13:04:00 SPIRIT OF LIFE. 00:13:04:00 00:13:08:00 WE CALL YOU BY MANY NAMES 00:13:08:00 00:13:11:00 BECAUSE NO ONE NAME IS BIG 00:13:11:00 00:13:11:00 ENOUGH. 00:13:11:00 00:13:13:00 TO HOLD. 00:13:13:00 00:13:14:00 YOUR GREATNESS. 00:13:14:00 00:13:20:00 AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS FIRST 00:13:20:00 00:13:23:00 GATHERING OF THIS COUNCIL IN 00:13:23:00 00:13:23:00 THE NEW YEAR. 00:13:23:00 00:13:27:00 WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US IN 00:13:27:00 00:13:31:00 TO THE NEW YEAR BECAUSE OFTEN 00:13:31:00 00:13:34:00 WE IMAGINE THAT THAT IS JUST A 00:13:34:00 00:13:35:00 FOREGONE CONCLUSION. 00:13:35:00 00:13:38:00 BUT THEY ARE THOSE WHO DID NOT 00:13:38:00 00:13:38:00 MAKE IT TO THIS YEAR. 00:13:38:00 00:13:39:00 SO WE THANK YOU. 00:13:39:00 00:13:43:00 WE THANK YOU FOR THE MAKE UP 00:13:43:00 00:13:45:00 OF THIS COUNCIL FOR BOTH NEW 00:13:45:00 00:13:47:00 AND RETURNING FACES. 00:13:47:00 00:13:50:00 WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF 00:13:50:00 00:13:50:00 . 00:13:50:00 00:13:53:00 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE THANK 00:13:53:00 00:13:55:00 YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY 00:13:55:00 00:13:58:00 REPRESENT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR 00:13:58:00 00:14:02:00 TEACHERS, THE RESIDENTS 00:14:02:00 00:14:04:00 OF DOWNTOWN AND TOWERING HIGH 00:14:04:00 00:14:05:00 RISES AND THOSE UNSHELTERED 00:14:05:00 00:14:06:00 RIGHT ON THESE STREETS. 00:14:06:00 00:14:09:00 THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ROOTED IN 00:14:09:00 00:14:09:00 OUR COMMONWEALTH. 00:14:09:00 00:14:11:00 >> FOR CENTURIES AND THOSE WHO 00:14:11:00 00:14:13:00 ARE RECENT ARRIVALS. 00:14:13:00 00:14:17:00 OUR ELDERS AND OUR COLLEGE 00:14:17:00 00:14:17:00 STUDENTS. 00:14:17:00 00:14:20:00 THOSE WHO WORSHIP. 00:14:20:00 00:14:21:00 YOU BY DIFFERENT NAMES AND 00:14:21:00 00:14:23:00 THOSE WHO QUESTION YOUR 00:14:23:00 00:14:23:00 EXISTENCE. 00:14:23:00 00:14:27:00 MAY THIS ROOM BE A HALLOWED 00:14:27:00 00:14:29:00 SPACE WHERE ALL OF THE 00:14:29:00 00:14:31:00 RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY ARE 00:14:31:00 00:14:32:00 REPRESENTED. 00:14:32:00 00:14:35:00 ON THIS FIRST GATHERING WE ASK 00:14:35:00 00:14:39:00 THAT YOU HELP EACH COUNCILOR TO 00:14:39:00 00:14:41:00 TRANSITION FROM A CAMPAIGNING 00:14:41:00 00:14:43:00 MENTALITY TO A GOVERNING 00:14:43:00 00:14:43:00 MINDSET. 00:14:43:00 00:14:47:00 WE ASK THAT THEIR FOCUS WILL BE 00:14:47:00 00:14:49:00 ON THE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE IN 00:14:49:00 00:14:51:00 THESE PERILOUS TIMES. 00:14:51:00 00:14:55:00 FILL THEM WITH WISDOM. 00:14:55:00 00:14:57:00 TO KNOW. 00:14:57:00 00:15:02:00 >> HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS MOMENT 00:15:02:00 00:15:02:00 AND COURAGE. 00:15:02:00 00:15:06:00 TO BE BOLD. 00:15:06:00 00:15:08:00 IN THE FACE OF THOSE WHO MIGHT 00:15:08:00 00:15:10:00 ASK THEM TO JUST SIMPLY 00:15:10:00 00:15:12:00 MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. 00:15:12:00 00:15:16:00 BECAUSE EVEN AS THIS IS A NEW 00:15:16:00 00:15:20:00 YEAR, WE ARE FACING SOME VERY 00:15:20:00 00:15:22:00 OLD DEMONS. 00:15:22:00 00:15:25:00 WE HAVE BEGUN A NEW YEAR WITH 00:15:25:00 00:15:29:00 TERROR RAINING TO MANY THE 00:15:29:00 00:15:30:00 CITIES IN THIS NATION. 00:15:30:00 00:15:33:00 AND SO WE OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE 00:15:33:00 00:15:34:00 CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 00:15:34:00 00:15:36:00 WHERE THE. 00:15:36:00 00:15:37:00 >> BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR 00:15:37:00 00:15:40:00 NATION IS ON FULL DISPLAY 00:15:40:00 00:15:40:00 DISPLAY. 00:15:40:00 00:15:45:00 WE PRAY FOR THEM EVEN AS WE 00:15:45:00 00:15:47:00 KNOW WE MAY NEED TO BE PRAYING 00:15:47:00 00:15:50:00 FOR OURSELVES IN THE DAYS AND 00:15:50:00 00:15:50:00 WEEKS TO COME. 00:15:50:00 00:15:56:00 250 YEARS AGO WE LED THE NATION 00:15:56:00 00:15:59:00 AND STANDING UP TO TYRANNY AND 00:15:59:00 00:15:59:00 INJUSTICE. 00:15:59:00 00:16:02:00 AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE 00:16:02:00 00:16:05:00 OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THAT 00:16:05:00 00:16:06:00 TIME. 00:16:06:00 00:16:10:00 BUT WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE 00:16:10:00 00:16:15:00 OPPORTUNITY TO GO DEEPER IN OUR 00:16:15:00 00:16:18:00 EXPLORATION OF WHO WE THE 00:16:18:00 00:16:19:00 PEOPLE. 00:16:19:00 00:16:27:00 YES, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US 00:16:27:00 00:16:29:00 THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE US 00:16:29:00 00:16:31:00 ALL THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE 00:16:31:00 00:16:33:00 TO LEAN INTO THIS MOMENT. 00:16:33:00 00:16:38:00 AND GOD, WE THANK YOU BECAUSE 00:16:38:00 00:16:39:00 EVEN AS WE RECOGNIZE A STORM 00:16:39:00 00:16:41:00 MAY BE COMING IN THIS YEAR, YOU 00:16:41:00 00:16:42:00 GAVE US A PRACTICE RUN FROM 00:16:42:00 00:16:43:00 THAT STORM. 00:16:43:00 00:16:44:00 EARLIER THIS WEEK. 00:16:44:00 00:16:49:00 AND EVEN AS THAT STORM SEEKED 00:16:49:00 00:16:52:00 SOUGHT TO COVER US AND SNOW US 00:16:52:00 00:16:54:00 AND IN THAT STORM YOU REMINDED 00:16:54:00 00:16:55:00 US. 00:16:55:00 00:17:00:00 THAT THE ONLY THING THAT MELTS 00:17:00:00 00:17:02:00 THICK ICE IS THE LIGHT OF THE 00:17:02:00 00:17:05:00 SUN AND THE SALT OF THE EARTH. 00:17:05:00 00:17:11:00 SO TEACH US TO BE LIGHT AND 00:17:11:00 00:17:12:00 SALT. 00:17:12:00 00:17:15:00 TEACH US TO SHINE YOUR LIGHT IN 00:17:15:00 00:17:18:00 PLACES WHERE WE HAVE NOT WANTED 00:17:18:00 00:17:19:00 TO BE HONEST. 00:17:19:00 00:17:26:00 AND TEACH US TO MELT ICE TO THE 00:17:26:00 00:17:28:00 DEEP LOVE THAT. 00:17:28:00 00:17:29:00 >> WE SHOW. 00:17:29:00 00:17:30:00 TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 00:17:30:00 00:17:35:00 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL MAKE US 00:17:35:00 00:17:38:00 SALT FROM MINNESOTA TO MAINE TO 00:17:38:00 00:17:40:00 MASSACHUSETTS AND WE PRAY THAT 00:17:40:00 00:17:42:00 YOU WILL MAKE US LIGHT FROM 00:17:42:00 00:17:43:00 GROVE HALL TO GAZA. 00:17:43:00 00:17:46:00 HELP US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT 00:17:46:00 00:17:48:00 WE DO HERE SETS THE TONE NOT 00:17:48:00 00:17:51:00 JUST FOR OUR CITY BUT FOR OUR 00:17:51:00 00:17:53:00 NATION AND OUR WORLD. 00:17:53:00 00:17:57:00 WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH 00:17:57:00 00:18:01:00 EACH AND EVERY COUNSELOR, THAT 00:18:01:00 00:18:03:00 THEY WOULD SPEAK FORTH THE 00:18:03:00 00:18:04:00 UNIQUE GIFT THAT YOU HAVE 00:18:04:00 00:18:06:00 PLACED INSIDE OF THEM AND THAT 00:18:06:00 00:18:10:00 TOGETHER THEY WILL WEAVE A 00:18:10:00 00:18:14:00 TAPESTRY NOT OF INDEPENDENCE 00:18:14:00 00:18:16:00 BUT OF INTERDEPENDENCE. 00:18:16:00 00:18:21:00 THAT WAY THAT WE SO THAT WE THE 00:18:21:00 00:18:24:00 PEOPLE CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY 00:18:24:00 00:18:24:00 FOR OUR NEIGHBOR. 00:18:24:00 00:18:26:00 WE CAN LOVE EACH OTHER. 00:18:26:00 00:18:30:00 WE DO BELIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH 00:18:30:00 00:18:31:00 FOR US ALL. 00:18:31:00 00:18:32:00 TO BE WHOLE. 00:18:32:00 00:18:34:00 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL. 00:18:34:00 00:18:35:00 HELP THEM. 00:18:35:00 00:18:37:00 IN THIS WORK. 00:18:37:00 00:18:40:00 WE ASK ALL THIS IN WHATEVER 00:18:40:00 00:18:42:00 NAME I WHICH WE KNOW YOU. 00:18:42:00 00:18:44:00 FOR ME IT IS JESUS THE CHRIST. 00:18:44:00 00:18:46:00 AMEN. 00:18:46:00 00:18:47:00 AMEN. 00:18:47:00 00:18:47:00 >> AMEN. 00:18:47:00 00:18:53:00 THANK YOU, REVEREND MARIAMA 00:18:53:00 00:18:54:00 WHITE HAMMOND FOR YOUR WORDS 00:18:54:00 00:18:54:00 OF WISDOM. 00:18:54:00 00:18:57:00 WE'LL NOW PLEDGE, UH, SAY THE 00:18:57:00 00:19:00:00 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO TWO 00:19:00:00 00:19:01:00 HANDS. 00:19:01:00 00:19:05:00 TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 00:19:05:00 00:19:09:00 STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 00:19:09:00 00:19:11:00 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 00:19:11:00 00:19:12:00 JUSTICE FOR ALL. 00:19:12:00 00:19:22:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU, UH. 00:19:22:00 00:19:23:00 , UM. 00:19:23:00 00:19:27:00 >> RECORD THAT FITZGERALD AND, 00:19:27:00 00:19:29:00 UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HERE HAVE 00:19:29:00 00:19:29:00 JOINED US. 00:19:29:00 00:19:30:00 THANK YOU. 00:19:30:00 00:19:37:00 UM, COUNCILOR COLLETTA, THANK 00:19:37:00 00:19:37:00 YOU. 00:19:37:00 00:19:41:00 UH, WE ORDINARILY HAVE 00:19:41:00 00:19:43:00 PRESENTATIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT 00:19:43:00 00:19:45:00 THIS WEEK WE, UH, HAVE NO 00:19:45:00 00:19:45:00 PRESENTATIONS. 00:19:45:00 00:19:47:00 COUNCILOR WEBER HAD INVITED THE 00:19:47:00 00:19:50:00 , UH, CROSS-COUNTRY THE BPP'S 00:19:50:00 00:19:51:00 CROSS-COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS 00:19:51:00 00:19:51:00 HERE TODAY. 00:19:51:00 00:19:54:00 BUT THEY WERE, UM, HAD TO 00:19:54:00 00:19:55:00 RESCHEDULE THIS WEEK BECAUSE 00:19:55:00 00:19:55:00 OF SNOW DAYS. 00:19:55:00 00:20:00:00 SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, 00:20:00:00 00:20:00:00 MEETING THEM AT ANOTHER TIME. 00:20:00:00 00:20:05:00 TODAY, UH, OUR STENOGRAPHER IS 00:20:05:00 00:20:07:00 UNABLE TO, UH, IS UNDER THE 00:20:07:00 00:20:08:00 WEATHER BUT WILL BE WORKING 00:20:08:00 00:20:10:00 REMOTELY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE 00:20:10:00 00:20:12:00 A STENOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THIS 00:20:12:00 00:20:14:00 MEETING AND WE ALL SEND HER 00:20:14:00 00:20:15:00 WISHES FOR BEST WISHES FOR A 00:20:15:00 00:20:16:00 SPEEDY RECOVERY. 00:20:16:00 00:20:19:00 NOW ON TO THE MINUTES. 00:20:19:00 00:20:21:00 UH, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS 00:20:21:00 00:20:22:00 WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES 00:20:22:00 00:20:24:00 FROM THE MEETING OF JANUARY 00:20:24:00 00:20:25:00 5TH, 2026. 00:20:25:00 00:20:27:00 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. 00:20:27:00 00:20:29:00 UH. 00:20:29:00 00:20:30:00 ALL OPPOSED. 00:20:30:00 00:20:30:00 SAY NAY. 00:20:30:00 00:20:32:00 THE AYES HAVE IT. 00:20:32:00 00:20:35:00 THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 5TH 00:20:35:00 00:20:36:00 MEETING ARE APPROVED. 00:20:36:00 00:20:40:00 UH, MR COOK, WOULD YOU PLEASE 00:20:40:00 00:20:43:00 TAKE DOCKET 0157 OUT OF ORDER? 00:20:43:00 00:20:54:00 SO DOCKET NUMBER 0157 COUNSELOR 00:20:54:00 00:20:56:00 BRAY NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING 00:20:56:00 00:20:58:00 ORDER TO ADOPT RULES FOR THE 00:20:58:00 00:20:59:00 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR 00:20:59:00 00:21:03:00 MUNICIPAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027. 00:21:03:00 00:21:07:00 AS IS DONE AT THE START 00:21:07:00 00:21:09:00 OF EVERY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY. 00:21:09:00 00:21:10:00 UPDATED COUNCIL RULES ARE FILED 00:21:10:00 00:21:12:00 AS PART OF THIS WEEK'S REGULAR 00:21:12:00 00:21:13:00 COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 00:21:13:00 00:21:15:00 THIS DOCKET WAS AVAILABLE FOR 00:21:15:00 00:21:17:00 REVIEW BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. 00:21:17:00 00:21:20:00 ADDITIONALLY, CENTRAL STAFF 00:21:20:00 00:21:22:00 SENT OUT A MEMO OUTLINING THE 00:21:22:00 00:21:23:00 CHANGES INCLUDING IN THESE 00:21:23:00 00:21:24:00 RULES. 00:21:24:00 00:21:26:00 PROVISION OF SUCH A MEMO BY 00:21:26:00 00:21:27:00 GENERAL STAFF IS NOT TYPICAL, 00:21:27:00 00:21:29:00 BUT THIS WAS DONE TO INCREASE 00:21:29:00 00:21:31:00 TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THE 00:21:31:00 00:21:32:00 PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT ALL 00:21:32:00 00:21:35:00 COUNCILORS WERE AS INFORMED AS 00:21:35:00 00:21:35:00 POSSIBLE. 00:21:35:00 00:21:38:00 ALTHOUGH ALL MEMBERS HAVE HAD 00:21:38:00 00:21:40:00 THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW 00:21:40:00 00:21:41:00 PROPOSED CHANGES, I WOULD LIKE 00:21:41:00 00:21:43:00 TO SUMMARIZE THESE CHANGES 00:21:43:00 00:21:44:00 BRIEFLY FOR MY COLLEAGUES. 00:21:44:00 00:21:47:00 FIRST AND FOREMOST I WOULD LIKE 00:21:47:00 00:21:50:00 TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE MAJORITY 00:21:50:00 00:21:52:00 OF SUGGESTED EDITS TO THE RULES 00:21:52:00 00:21:54:00 WERE MINOR AND WERE MADE TO 00:21:54:00 00:21:56:00 CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES, REMOVE 00:21:56:00 00:21:58:00 OUTDATED LANGUAGE AND TO FIX 00:21:58:00 00:21:58:00 TYPOS. 00:21:58:00 00:22:00:00 FOR EXAMPLE, THE CURRENT RULES 00:22:00:00 00:22:02:00 REFER TO CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT 00:22:02:00 00:22:03:00 NO LONGER EXIST. 00:22:03:00 00:22:06:00 THIS LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE 00:22:06:00 00:22:06:00 UPDATED. 00:22:06:00 00:22:08:00 THESE MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE 00:22:08:00 00:22:09:00 AT THE AT THE SUGGESTION 00:22:09:00 00:22:11:00 OF CENTRAL STAFF TO ENSURE THAT 00:22:11:00 00:22:13:00 OUR RULES ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH 00:22:13:00 00:22:14:00 CURRENT COUNCIL PRACTICES. 00:22:14:00 00:22:17:00 BEYOND THESE MINOR EDITS THERE 00:22:17:00 00:22:18:00 WERE FOUR SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES 00:22:18:00 00:22:19:00 TO THE RULES. 00:22:19:00 00:22:21:00 THE FIRST WAS TO CHANGE RULES 00:22:21:00 00:22:21:00 34. 00:22:21:00 00:22:24:00 THIS CHANGE WOULD ENSURE THAT 00:22:24:00 00:22:25:00 WAYS AND MEANS AND THE 00:22:25:00 00:22:26:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CANNOT 00:22:26:00 00:22:28:00 HAVE HEARINGS AT THE SAME DATE 00:22:28:00 00:22:30:00 AND TIME AS OTHER HEARINGS. 00:22:30:00 00:22:32:00 THIS CHANGE WILL ENSURE THAT 00:22:32:00 00:22:34:00 ALL COUNCILORS ARE ABLE TO 00:22:34:00 00:22:36:00 ATTEND HEARINGS FOR THESE 00:22:36:00 00:22:37:00 IMPORTANT COMMITTEES. 00:22:37:00 00:22:39:00 THE SECOND IS TO CHANGE THE 00:22:39:00 00:22:41:00 RULES 34 AND 35. 00:22:41:00 00:22:44:00 THIS CHANGE WILL ADD A SPECIFIC 00:22:44:00 00:22:47:00 COMMITTEE EVENT TYPE FOR PUBLIC 00:22:47:00 00:22:48:00 TESTIMONY SESSIONS. 00:22:48:00 00:22:51:00 THIS IS ALREADY DONE IN 00:22:51:00 00:22:52:00 PRACTICE BY THE COUNCIL. 00:22:52:00 00:22:54:00 FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILORS HAVE 00:22:54:00 00:22:56:00 HELD OFFSITE HEARINGS WHERE THE 00:22:56:00 00:22:58:00 PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON PUBLIC 00:22:58:00 00:22:59:00 TESTIMONY. 00:22:59:00 00:23:01:00 THIS CHANGE IS INTENDED TO 00:23:01:00 00:23:03:00 FORMALIZE THIS PRACTICE AND 00:23:03:00 00:23:05:00 ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS A 00:23:05:00 00:23:07:00 WAY TO HIGHLIGHT PUBLIC 00:23:07:00 00:23:09:00 TESTIMONY AND THE VOICES 00:23:09:00 00:23:10:00 OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 00:23:10:00 00:23:13:00 THE THIRD CHANGE IS TO CLARIFY 00:23:13:00 00:23:14:00 RULE 15. 00:23:14:00 00:23:16:00 RULE 15 HAS BEEN REPHRASED TO 00:23:16:00 00:23:19:00 SPECIFY THAT THE CLERK, NOT THE 00:23:19:00 00:23:21:00 CHAIR IS THE DECISION MAKER 00:23:21:00 00:23:22:00 WHEN IT COMES TO RULE 15. 00:23:22:00 00:23:24:00 IT ALSO ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY 00:23:24:00 00:23:26:00 WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE 00:23:26:00 00:23:27:00 CONSIDERED DUPLICATIVE TO 00:23:27:00 00:23:29:00 REMOVE CONFUSION. 00:23:29:00 00:23:32:00 THE FOURTH IS A CHANGE TO RULE 00:23:32:00 00:23:32:00 39. 00:23:32:00 00:23:34:00 THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW ONLY 00:23:34:00 00:23:36:00 THE LEAD AND CO-SPONSORS TO 00:23:36:00 00:23:37:00 SPEAK ON NEW MATTERS TO BE 00:23:37:00 00:23:40:00 REFERRED TO TO A COMMITTEE WHEN 00:23:40:00 00:23:41:00 THE MATTER IS FIRST INTRODUCED 00:23:41:00 00:23:43:00 , THE MATTER LEADING TO A 00:23:43:00 00:23:45:00 MATTER LEADING TO A VOTE 00:23:45:00 00:23:47:00 INCLUDING WHEN SPONSORS REQUEST 00:23:47:00 00:23:49:00 SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE WILL 00:23:49:00 00:23:50:00 STILL ALLOW FOR TEN MINUTES 00:23:50:00 00:23:52:00 OF SPEAKING TIME FOR ALL 00:23:52:00 00:23:52:00 COUNCILORS. 00:23:52:00 00:23:55:00 THIS AMENDMENT ALSO CLARIFIES 00:23:55:00 00:23:58:00 THAT COMMUNICATIONS, PETITIONS, 00:23:58:00 00:24:00:00 MEMORIALS AND REMONSTRANCES, 00:24:00:00 00:24:02:00 REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND 00:24:02:00 00:24:05:00 OTHERS AND PERSONNEL PERSONNEL 00:24:05:00 00:24:06:00 ORDERS ARE NOT OPEN FOR 00:24:06:00 00:24:08:00 DISCUSSION OR DEBATE EXCEPT AT 00:24:08:00 00:24:09:00 THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR. 00:24:09:00 00:24:12:00 THE EXISTING RULES STATES THAT 00:24:12:00 00:24:14:00 THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR 00:24:14:00 00:24:15:00 QUESTIONING AND DEBATE IS A 00:24:15:00 00:24:17:00 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKING 00:24:17:00 00:24:17:00 SESSIONS. 00:24:17:00 00:24:20:00 THESE CHANGES AIM TO ENSURE 00:24:20:00 00:24:22:00 THAT COUNCIL PRACTICE REFLECTS 00:24:22:00 00:24:22:00 THIS. 00:24:22:00 00:24:25:00 THE INTENT OF THESE CHANGES IS 00:24:25:00 00:24:27:00 TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE 00:24:27:00 00:24:28:00 COUNCIL MEETINGS RUN IN A 00:24:28:00 00:24:28:00 TIMELY MANNER. 00:24:28:00 00:24:31:00 I UNDERSTAND THAT MY MY 00:24:31:00 00:24:33:00 COLLEAGUES LIKELY HAVE 00:24:33:00 00:24:34:00 QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE RULES. 00:24:34:00 00:24:36:00 I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO 00:24:36:00 00:24:38:00 DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS AND ANY 00:24:38:00 00:24:40:00 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY MY 00:24:40:00 00:24:40:00 COLLEAGUES. 00:24:40:00 00:24:42:00 I BELIEVE THAT THE TIME FOR A 00:24:42:00 00:24:44:00 DISCUSSION ON THE RULES IS HERE 00:24:44:00 00:24:47:00 AND NOW ON THE FLOOR OF THE 00:24:47:00 00:24:48:00 COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR A GREATER 00:24:48:00 00:24:50:00 TRANSPARENCY OF DEBATE AND FULL 00:24:50:00 00:24:51:00 VIEW OF THE PUBLIC. 00:24:51:00 00:24:54:00 THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IT HAS 00:24:54:00 00:24:56:00 BEEN MY INTENTION TO BE AS 00:24:56:00 00:24:57:00 TRANSPARENT AND AS 00:24:57:00 00:24:59:00 COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE AND I 00:24:59:00 00:25:01:00 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS 00:25:01:00 00:25:02:00 COLLABORATION HERE AND KNOW. 00:25:02:00 00:25:05:00 HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THE 00:25:05:00 00:25:07:00 DISCUSSION I DO INTEND TO ASK 00:25:07:00 00:25:08:00 FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE 00:25:08:00 00:25:09:00 OF THE RULES. 00:25:09:00 00:25:11:00 THE RULES OFTEN HAVE 00:25:11:00 00:25:12:00 SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES AND 00:25:12:00 00:25:13:00 AMENDMENTS. 00:25:13:00 00:25:16:00 AT THE RULES OFTEN OFTEN WITH 00:25:16:00 00:25:17:00 SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES AND 00:25:17:00 00:25:19:00 AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED 00:25:19:00 00:25:21:00 AND PASSED IN AT THE START 00:25:21:00 00:25:21:00 OF EVERY COUNCIL TERM. 00:25:21:00 00:25:24:00 GOING BACK OVER TWO DECADES, 00:25:24:00 00:25:26:00 THERE IS A CLEAR PRECEDENT FROM 00:25:26:00 00:25:28:00 THIS FOR THIS ACTION AND IT IS 00:25:28:00 00:25:29:00 THE STANDARD PROCEDURE USED TO 00:25:29:00 00:25:32:00 ADVANCE THE COUNCIL RULES WITH 00:25:32:00 00:25:34:00 OVER 70 DOCKETS FILED THIS WEEK 00:25:34:00 00:25:34:00 . 00:25:34:00 00:25:36:00 I BELIEVE THE FOCUS SHOULD BE 00:25:36:00 00:25:37:00 ON THE WORK BEFORE US AND THE 00:25:37:00 00:25:37:00 BODY. 00:25:37:00 00:25:40:00 WE MUST ENSURE THE DOCKETS CAN 00:25:40:00 00:25:41:00 BE SENT TO COMMITTEES AND 00:25:41:00 00:25:42:00 HEARINGS HELD IN A TIMELY 00:25:42:00 00:25:43:00 MANNER. 00:25:43:00 00:25:46:00 OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY ARE 00:25:46:00 00:25:48:00 FACING UNPRECEDENTED 00:25:48:00 00:25:48:00 CHALLENGES. 00:25:48:00 00:25:51:00 THE COUNCIL'S WORK HAS MORE 00:25:51:00 00:25:52:00 GRAVITY NOW THAN EVER. 00:25:52:00 00:25:55:00 AND FOR THAT REASON I AM ASKING 00:25:55:00 00:25:56:00 MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND 00:25:56:00 00:25:57:00 PASS THE RULES TODAY. 00:25:57:00 00:26:01:00 THANK YOU. 00:26:01:00 00:26:02:00 IS ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON 00:26:02:00 00:26:02:00 THIS MATTER? 00:26:02:00 00:26:06:00 CHAIR RECOGNIZES 00:26:06:00 00:26:07:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 00:26:07:00 00:26:09:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND 00:26:09:00 00:26:11:00 WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 00:26:11:00 00:26:12:00 YOUR FIRST MEETING. 00:26:12:00 00:26:15:00 UM, SO WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THE 00:26:15:00 00:26:17:00 RULES, I THINK YOU HAD MADE 00:26:17:00 00:26:18:00 CALLS TO INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WHAT 00:26:18:00 00:26:19:00 THE CHANGES ARE. 00:26:19:00 00:26:21:00 AND I KNOW WHEN YOU CALLED ME I 00:26:21:00 00:26:22:00 CAN ONLY SPEAK PERSONALLY AND 00:26:22:00 00:26:23:00 THIS IS NOT FOR ANY OTHER 00:26:23:00 00:26:25:00 REASON THAN MY PERSONAL UH, UH 00:26:25:00 00:26:28:00 , INITIATIVE IN THIS IS THAT, 00:26:28:00 00:26:29:00 UH I ASKED IF WE WOULD SEE 00:26:29:00 00:26:30:00 ANYTHING IN WRITING SO THAT WE 00:26:30:00 00:26:31:00 COULD REVIEW THE RULE CHANGES 00:26:31:00 00:26:33:00 WHEN WE SPOKE LAST WEEK. 00:26:33:00 00:26:35:00 UH, THAT EMAIL THAT WENT OUT BY 00:26:35:00 00:26:37:00 CENTRAL STAFF WAS THAT I THINK 00:26:37:00 00:26:40:00 442 YESTERDAY, UH, AT 4:42 P.M. 00:26:40:00 00:26:40:00 YESTERDAY. 00:26:40:00 00:26:43:00 UM, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO 00:26:43:00 00:26:44:00 PERSONALLY REVIEW THE RULES 00:26:44:00 00:26:45:00 HAVING THREE CHILDREN SNOW DAY 00:26:45:00 00:26:47:00 AND MIND YOU FOR THIS BEING THE 00:26:47:00 00:26:48:00 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THE WEEK. 00:26:48:00 00:26:50:00 UM I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE 00:26:50:00 00:26:51:00 KNOWING AND I UNDERSTAND I WANT 00:26:51:00 00:26:54:00 TO MAKE CLEAR PROBABLY 95% 00:26:54:00 00:26:55:00 OF THE PROPOSALS NOBODY HERE 00:26:55:00 00:26:56:00 HAS AN ISSUE WITH. 00:26:56:00 00:26:58:00 BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES 00:26:58:00 00:26:59:00 IN COMMITTEES THAT ARE THINGS 00:26:59:00 00:27:00:00 ARE BEING CHANGED. 00:27:00:00 00:27:02:00 UH IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN 00:27:02:00 00:27:03:00 ABOUT FOUR YEARS THAT YOU AS 00:27:03:00 00:27:04:00 YOU SAID TO ME, UH, THAT THE 00:27:04:00 00:27:06:00 RULES ARE GOING TO BE SORT 00:27:06:00 00:27:07:00 OF AMENDED AND CHANGED. 00:27:07:00 00:27:09:00 UM, I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH IF 00:27:09:00 00:27:11:00 IT IS FULL TRANSPARENCY THERE 00:27:11:00 00:27:12:00 ARE FOLKS ON THIS BODY THAT 00:27:12:00 00:27:13:00 HAVE QUESTIONS. 00:27:13:00 00:27:14:00 I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE START 00:27:14:00 00:27:15:00 OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT. 00:27:15:00 00:27:17:00 EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE 00:27:17:00 00:27:18:00 ROLES ARE, WHAT THEIR 00:27:18:00 00:27:19:00 COMMITTEES ARE, WHAT THE 00:27:19:00 00:27:21:00 OVERSIGHT OF THOSE COMMITTEES 00:27:21:00 00:27:21:00 DO. 00:27:21:00 00:27:24:00 UM AND I KNOW THAT I JUST DON'T 00:27:24:00 00:27:26:00 FEEL THAT THIS MOMENT NOW. 00:27:26:00 00:27:26:00 >> IS THE TIME. 00:27:26:00 00:27:27:00 >> TO. 00:27:27:00 00:27:28:00 DISCUSS THAT GIVEN WE HAVE A 15 00:27:28:00 00:27:29:00 PAGE AGENDA. 00:27:29:00 00:27:30:00 UH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY AN 00:27:30:00 00:27:32:00 HOUR MEETING TOGETHER. 00:27:32:00 00:27:33:00 WE CAN PROBABLY RUN THROUGH ALL 00:27:33:00 00:27:35:00 OF IT LINE BY LINE AND 00:27:35:00 00:27:37:00 LITERALLY AGREE ON 95% AND THE 00:27:37:00 00:27:38:00 OTHER 5% I THINK SOME FOLKS 00:27:38:00 00:27:39:00 HAVE QUESTIONS ON. 00:27:39:00 00:27:41:00 UM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO 00:27:41:00 00:27:43:00 UNDERSTAND KNOWING THAT THAT 00:27:43:00 00:27:44:00 MIGHT CHANGE WHERE WHERE THINGS 00:27:44:00 00:27:46:00 GO FROM TODAY'S AGENDA AND TO 00:27:46:00 00:27:47:00 COMMITTEES. 00:27:47:00 00:27:48:00 UH, IF COMMITTEES ARE NOT VOTED 00:27:48:00 00:27:50:00 ON UM THERE ARE SOME CONTRACTS 00:27:50:00 00:27:52:00 I KNOW THE FIRE CONTRACT 00:27:52:00 00:27:54:00 SPECIFICALLY UH, THAT IS 00:27:54:00 00:27:55:00 LOOKING TO BE PASSED NEXT WEEK. 00:27:55:00 00:27:57:00 UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME 00:27:57:00 00:27:59:00 TIME SCHEDULED AT 10:00 MONDAY 00:27:59:00 00:28:00:00 MORNING FOR THAT HEARING. 00:28:00:00 00:28:02:00 CAN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 00:28:02:00 00:28:04:00 HOLD A HEARING ON THAT CONTRACT 00:28:04:00 00:28:05:00 AND THAT IT BE VOTED ON NEXT 00:28:05:00 00:28:06:00 WEEK? 00:28:06:00 00:28:08:00 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 00:28:08:00 00:28:09:00 YES, WE CAN. 00:28:09:00 00:28:11:00 >> IT CAN UH WELL THEN WITH 00:28:11:00 00:28:12:00 THAT KNOWLEDGE I WOULD LIKE TO 00:28:12:00 00:28:13:00 FORMALLY OBJECT TO THIS RULES 00:28:13:00 00:28:14:00 THAT YOU TODAY. 00:28:14:00 00:28:15:00 THAT MEANS MR. 00:28:15:00 00:28:21:00 DOES ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK 00:28:21:00 00:28:21:00 TO THE. 00:28:21:00 00:28:25:00 COUNCIL? 00:28:25:00 00:28:27:00 COUNCIL MEMBER HERE YOU HAVE 00:28:27:00 00:28:27:00 THE FLOOR. 00:28:27:00 00:28:29:00 OH, SORRY. 00:28:29:00 00:28:30:00 IS THAT A MOTION? 00:28:30:00 00:28:32:00 I WAS OKAY. 00:28:32:00 00:28:33:00 THANK YOU. 00:28:33:00 00:28:34:00 SO, UM. 00:28:34:00 00:28:39:00 MR CLERK, IF THERE'S AN 00:28:39:00 00:28:40:00 OBJECTION TO WE SHOULD MOVE TO 00:28:40:00 00:28:41:00 . 00:28:41:00 00:28:44:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 00:28:44:00 00:28:46:00 OKAY. 00:28:46:00 00:28:47:00 THANK YOU, 00:28:47:00 00:28:48:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, FOR YOUR, 00:28:48:00 00:28:49:00 UM, WORDS. 00:28:49:00 00:28:51:00 UH, AND YOU REQUESTED THIS GO 00:28:51:00 00:28:52:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 00:28:52:00 00:28:54:00 WE WILL, UM, SCHEDULE A 00:28:54:00 00:28:55:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF THE 00:28:55:00 00:28:57:00 EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME. 00:28:57:00 00:28:59:00 MOVING ON. 00:28:59:00 00:29:05:00 UH, COUNCILOR. 00:29:05:00 00:29:07:00 COUNCILOR. 00:29:07:00 00:29:07:00 UM. 00:29:07:00 00:29:10:00 WEBER, YOU HAD A QUESTION? 00:29:10:00 00:29:11:00 YEAH. 00:29:11:00 00:29:13:00 >> I'M JUST IN LIGHT OF THAT, I 00:29:13:00 00:29:14:00 JUST ASK THAT. 00:29:14:00 00:29:17:00 UH, I THINK I THINK WE'VE, UH 00:29:17:00 00:29:20:00 WE HELD THE 2:00 MONDAY FOR 00:29:20:00 00:29:21:00 WHAT WE ANTICIPATED WAS A WAYS 00:29:21:00 00:29:25:00 AND MEANS HEARING ON THE FIRE 00:29:25:00 00:29:25:00 CONTRACT. 00:29:25:00 00:29:27:00 THERE'S ALSO A, UH, BOSTON 00:29:27:00 00:29:28:00 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACT 00:29:28:00 00:29:31:00 THAT WE HAD, UH, SCHEDULED, I 00:29:31:00 00:29:33:00 THINK A HEARING FOR MAYBE 10 00:29:33:00 00:29:34:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY. 00:29:34:00 00:29:36:00 UH, THOSE, UH AND WE WANTED TO 00:29:36:00 00:29:37:00 BRING THOSE UP FOR A VOTE. 00:29:37:00 00:29:39:00 SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT I 00:29:39:00 00:29:41:00 THINK SPEAK BECAUSE YOU'RE THE 00:29:41:00 00:29:42:00 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE 00:29:42:00 00:29:44:00 WHOLE I BELIEVE THAT, UH, JUST 00:29:44:00 00:29:45:00 HIGHLIGHTING FOR YOU HOPEFULLY 00:29:45:00 00:29:47:00 YOU CAN HAVE THOSE HEARINGS, 00:29:47:00 00:29:49:00 UH, SO WE CAN VOTE ON THOSE, 00:29:49:00 00:29:50:00 UH, CONTRACTS. 00:29:50:00 00:29:51:00 THAT IS MY THAT IS MY 00:29:51:00 00:29:51:00 COMMITMENT. 00:29:51:00 00:29:53:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. 00:29:53:00 00:29:56:00 UM, AND THANK YOU, CHAIR 00:29:56:00 00:29:56:00 OF WAYS AND MEANS. 00:29:56:00 00:29:59:00 UM, WE WE CERTAINLY, UH, INTEND 00:29:59:00 00:30:02:00 TO HAVE THE HEARING ON THE FIRE 00:30:02:00 00:30:02:00 DEPARTMENT. 00:30:02:00 00:30:05:00 UM, UM, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 00:30:05:00 00:30:07:00 AGREEMENT AT EARLY AT THE IS 00:30:07:00 00:30:09:00 SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY SO WE WILL 00:30:09:00 00:30:10:00 CONTINUE WITH THAT PLAN. 00:30:10:00 00:30:11:00 UM. 00:30:11:00 00:30:15:00 SO UH, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 00:30:15:00 00:30:16:00 WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. 00:30:16:00 00:30:20:00 SHE CAN. 00:30:20:00 00:30:23:00 >> SEE YOU TAKING ACTION. 00:30:23:00 00:30:27:00 FOR MEJIA. 00:30:27:00 00:30:27:00 UM. 00:30:27:00 00:30:31:00 I GO ON YOU. 00:30:31:00 00:30:32:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:30:32:00 00:30:34:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 00:30:34:00 00:30:34:00 YOU. 00:30:34:00 00:30:34:00 UM. 00:30:34:00 00:30:36:00 >> I JUST WOULD LIKE TO. 00:30:36:00 00:30:38:00 OFFER UM. 00:30:38:00 00:30:41:00 UH, JUST A SUGGESTION AS WE 00:30:41:00 00:30:43:00 PREPARE FOR A WORKING SESSION 00:30:43:00 00:30:45:00 IS THAT I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD 00:30:45:00 00:30:46:00 COLLECT LIKE I DID. 00:30:46:00 00:30:49:00 I WROTE A MEMO AND YOUR TEAM 00:30:49:00 00:30:50:00 AND MY TEAM MET. 00:30:50:00 00:30:52:00 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU 00:30:52:00 00:30:54:00 FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE 00:30:54:00 00:30:55:00 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MADE. 00:30:55:00 00:30:57:00 UM, AND MODELING THAT TYPE 00:30:57:00 00:30:57:00 OF BEHAVIOR. 00:30:57:00 00:30:59:00 I THINK THAT ALL COLLEAGUES WHO 00:30:59:00 00:31:00:00 HAVE ANY CONCERNS SHOULD PUT 00:31:00:00 00:31:03:00 ALL THEIR CONCERNS AND OUR 00:31:03:00 00:31:04:00 RECOMMENDATIONS IN A WRITTEN 00:31:04:00 00:31:06:00 FORMAT SO THAT WHEN WE MEET 00:31:06:00 00:31:07:00 WE'RE MOVING THINGS ALONG AND 00:31:07:00 00:31:09:00 WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE 00:31:09:00 00:31:10:00 EXPEDITING THE PROCESS. 00:31:10:00 00:31:13:00 SO I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT AS A 00:31:13:00 00:31:15:00 AS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE 00:31:15:00 00:31:17:00 DOING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO. 00:31:17:00 00:31:18:00 >> THE DISCUSSION. 00:31:18:00 00:31:18:00 THANK YOU. 00:31:18:00 00:31:19:00 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 00:31:19:00 00:31:20:00 CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTION. 00:31:20:00 00:31:23:00 OKAY. 00:31:23:00 00:31:26:00 UH, COUNCIL UM COUNCILOR DURKIN 00:31:26:00 00:31:27:00 , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:31:27:00 00:31:28:00 WELL, SINCE SOME OF MY 00:31:28:00 00:31:29:00 COLLEAGUES DECIDED TO NOT SHOW 00:31:29:00 00:31:31:00 UP FOR WORK READY FOR WORK, I'M 00:31:31:00 00:31:34:00 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION 00:31:34:00 00:31:34:00 TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 00:31:34:00 00:31:38:00 MEETING ADJOURNED. 00:31:38:00 00:31:42:00 FOR THE SECOND. 00:31:42:00 00:31:43:00 OH, BEG YOUR PARDON? 00:31:43:00 00:31:44:00 I'M SORRY. 00:31:44:00 00:31:45:00 IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? 00:31:45:00 00:31:47:00 TO THE FLOOR. 00:31:47:00 00:31:48:00 OKAY. 00:31:48:00 00:31:50:00 >> I BEG YOUR PARDON, COUNSELOR 00:31:50:00 00:31:50:00 ? 00:31:50:00 00:31:52:00 UH, DURKIN HAS A MOTION ON THE 00:31:52:00 00:31:53:00 FLOOR TO, UH. 00:31:53:00 00:31:55:00 ADJOURN THE MEETING. 00:31:55:00 00:31:56:00 ADJOURN THE MEETING? 00:31:56:00 00:31:57:00 IS THERE A SECONDER? 00:31:57:00 00:32:00:00 NO. 00:32:00:00 00:32:00:00 >> OKAY. 00:32:00:00 00:32:01:00 >> MEETING IS STILL ON. 00:32:01:00 00:32:02:00 I THINK IT IS. 00:32:02:00 00:32:03:00 >> SO CONTINUE. 00:32:03:00 00:32:08:00 BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY I CAME 00:32:08:00 00:32:08:00 IN FIRST CONCERT. 00:32:08:00 00:32:13:00 UM, CONCERNS THAT LED US TO. 00:32:13:00 00:32:15:00 THEN JUST A POINT 00:32:15:00 00:32:15:00 OF CLARIFICATION. 00:32:15:00 00:32:16:00 SO FOR THE. 00:32:16:00 00:32:17:00 RULES PRESIDING OVER THIS 00:32:17:00 00:32:18:00 MEETING THEN REVERT BACK TO THE 00:32:18:00 00:32:18:00 RULES. 00:32:18:00 00:32:19:00 >> THAT WE. 00:32:19:00 00:32:22:00 ADOPTED 2024 2025 YEAH CORRECT 00:32:22:00 00:32:22:00 OKAY. 00:32:22:00 00:32:22:00 THANK YOU. 00:32:22:00 00:32:30:00 SO UH. 00:32:30:00 00:32:33:00 YES. 00:32:33:00 00:32:34:00 UH, COUNCILOR. 00:32:34:00 00:32:35:00 DURKAN. 00:32:35:00 00:32:37:00 >> DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU CAN 00:32:37:00 00:32:42:00 PLACE UM DOCKETS IN THE IN THE 00:32:42:00 00:32:44:00 PRIOR COMMITTEES COMMITTEE? 00:32:44:00 00:32:45:00 NO THERE. 00:32:45:00 00:32:47:00 EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO THAT 00:32:47:00 00:32:48:00 THE PARLIAMENTARY I. 00:32:48:00 00:32:51:00 >> GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF 00:32:51:00 00:32:51:00 ESSENTIALLY WE'VE ALREADY 00:32:51:00 00:32:55:00 ADOPTED THE 2024 OR 2025 00:32:55:00 00:32:56:00 MEETING RULES, DID THAT INCLUDE 00:32:56:00 00:32:57:00 THE COMMITTEES OKAY. 00:32:57:00 00:33:01:00 COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE 00:33:01:00 00:33:01:00 FLOOR. 00:33:01:00 00:33:05:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:33:05:00 00:33:07:00 MY MY RECOMMENDATION. 00:33:07:00 00:33:07:00 >> IS. 00:33:07:00 00:33:08:00 WE HAVE. 00:33:08:00 00:33:09:00 A LONG MEETING COMING UP. 00:33:09:00 00:33:12:00 UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 00:33:12:00 00:33:14:00 WE CONDUCT THE MEETING AND 00:33:14:00 00:33:15:00 TREAT EACH OTHER. 00:33:15:00 00:33:17:00 ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT. 00:33:17:00 00:33:19:00 UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A 00:33:19:00 00:33:21:00 CONTROVERSIAL MEETING, BUT 00:33:21:00 00:33:22:00 RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING US. 00:33:22:00 00:33:23:00 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 00:33:23:00 00:33:24:00 FOR US TO BE. 00:33:24:00 00:33:25:00 >> COURTEOUS. 00:33:25:00 00:33:25:00 TO EACH OTHER. 00:33:25:00 00:33:29:00 AND TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH 00:33:29:00 00:33:29:00 OTHER. 00:33:29:00 00:33:33:00 UM, THIS MEETING HASN'T STARTED 00:33:33:00 00:33:34:00 OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT. 00:33:34:00 00:33:35:00 BUT WE STILL. 00:33:35:00 00:33:36:00 >> HAVE A COUPLE MORE HOURS TO 00:33:36:00 00:33:37:00 GO. 00:33:37:00 00:33:39:00 LET'S LET'S ENSURE THAT WE 00:33:39:00 00:33:41:00 RESPECT EACH OTHER AND LISTEN 00:33:41:00 00:33:44:00 TO EACH OTHER AND EVEN IF WE 00:33:44:00 00:33:45:00 DISAGREE. 00:33:45:00 00:33:46:00 BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER. 00:33:46:00 00:33:46:00 THANK YOU. 00:33:46:00 00:33:47:00 >> MADAM CHAIR. 00:33:47:00 00:33:48:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 00:33:48:00 00:33:54:00 OKAY, SO. 00:33:54:00 00:33:56:00 WE MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS 00:33:56:00 00:33:57:00 FOR HONOR THE MAYOR. 00:33:57:00 00:34:00:00 UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 00:34:00:00 00:34:04:00 READ DOCKET 0124 UM, 0127. 00:34:04:00 00:34:07:00 TALKING ABOUT ONE TWO FLOOR 00:34:07:00 00:34:08:00 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR 00:34:08:00 00:34:10:00 APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE 00:34:10:00 00:34:13:00 FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION 00:34:13:00 00:34:14:00 FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE 00:34:14:00 00:34:20:00 BARGAINING BY $18,118,488 TO 00:34:20:00 00:34:21:00 PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FIRE 00:34:21:00 00:34:24:00 DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 00:34:24:00 00:34:26:00 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE 00:34:26:00 00:34:26:00 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 00:34:26:00 00:34:29:00 BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND 00:34:29:00 00:34:31:00 THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS UH A F 00:34:31:00 00:34:34:00 LOCAL 718 FILED IN THE OFFICE 00:34:34:00 00:34:36:00 OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY 00:34:36:00 00:34:41:00 26TH, 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 0125 00:34:41:00 00:34:42:00 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A 00:34:42:00 00:34:43:00 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION 00:34:43:00 00:34:44:00 ORDER. 00:34:44:00 00:34:44:00 FOR THE. 00:34:44:00 00:34:46:00 >> BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 00:34:46:00 00:34:50:00 FISCAL YEAR 26, IN THE AMOUNT 00:34:50:00 00:34:54:00 OF $18,000,118 THOUSAND $488 TO 00:34:54:00 00:34:56:00 COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST 00:34:56:00 00:34:57:00 ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE 00:34:57:00 00:34:58:00 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 00:34:58:00 00:35:01:00 BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND 00:35:01:00 00:35:05:00 I F LOCAL 718 THE TERMS OF THE 00:35:05:00 00:35:07:00 CONTRACTS ARE JULY 1ST, 2024 00:35:07:00 00:35:11:00 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025 AND 00:35:11:00 00:35:14:00 JULY 1ST 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 00:35:14:00 00:35:14:00 2028. 00:35:14:00 00:35:16:00 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE 00:35:16:00 00:35:17:00 CONTRACTS INCLUDE A BASE WAGE 00:35:17:00 00:35:21:00 INCREASE OF 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN 00:35:21:00 00:35:24:00 JULY OF 2024 AND A BASE WAGE 00:35:24:00 00:35:28:00 INCREASE OF 22% IN JULY OF EACH 00:35:28:00 00:35:31:00 SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR ON THE 00:35:31:00 00:35:31:00 CONTRACT TERM. 00:35:31:00 00:35:34:00 THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES 00:35:34:00 00:35:36:00 SALARY ADJUSTMENTS IN JANUARY 00:35:36:00 00:35:39:00 OF 2025 STARTING AT FIVE, TEN, 00:35:39:00 00:35:42:00 15, 20 AND 25 YEARS OF SERVICE 00:35:42:00 00:35:45:00 SO I CAN HAVE A0126 MESSAGE IN 00:35:45:00 00:35:46:00 ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL. 00:35:46:00 00:35:49:00 NOW TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 26 00:35:49:00 00:35:51:00 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE 00:35:51:00 00:35:56:00 FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY 00:35:56:00 00:35:57:00 $1,307,901 TO PROVIDE FUNDING 00:35:57:00 00:35:59:00 FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 00:35:59:00 00:36:02:00 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 00:36:02:00 00:36:03:00 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE 00:36:03:00 00:36:04:00 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 00:36:04:00 00:36:05:00 AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL 00:36:05:00 00:36:07:00 COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON 00:36:07:00 00:36:09:00 AND THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION 00:36:09:00 00:36:11:00 OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND 00:36:11:00 00:36:13:00 SUPERVISORS FILED IN THE OFFICE 00:36:13:00 00:36:16:00 OF THE CITY CLERK JANUARY 26TH, 00:36:16:00 00:36:20:00 2026 NUMBER 0127 MESSAGE IN 00:36:20:00 00:36:21:00 ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL 00:36:21:00 00:36:23:00 APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE 00:36:23:00 00:36:23:00 BOSTON PUBLIC. 00:36:23:00 00:36:25:00 SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, IN 00:36:25:00 00:36:30:00 THE AMOUNT OF $1,307,901 TO 00:36:30:00 00:36:33:00 COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST 00:36:33:00 00:36:35:00 THE ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE 00:36:35:00 00:36:36:00 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 00:36:36:00 00:36:37:00 AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL 00:36:37:00 00:36:39:00 COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON 00:36:39:00 00:36:41:00 AND THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION 00:36:41:00 00:36:43:00 OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND 00:36:43:00 00:36:44:00 SUPERVISORS. 00:36:44:00 00:36:46:00 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE 00:36:46:00 00:36:48:00 SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH 00:36:48:00 00:36:50:00 AUGUST 31ST, 2027. 00:36:50:00 00:36:52:00 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE 00:36:52:00 00:36:54:00 CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE 00:36:54:00 00:36:56:00 INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN 00:36:56:00 00:36:57:00 SEPTEMBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR 00:36:57:00 00:36:59:00 OF THE CONTRACT TERM. 00:36:59:00 00:37:01:00 THE CONTRACT ALSO HAS A NEW 00:37:01:00 00:37:04:00 STEP IN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND A 00:37:04:00 00:37:06:00 NEW DEGREE TO THE EDUCATION 00:37:06:00 00:37:07:00 DIFFERENTIAL. 00:37:07:00 00:37:10:00 THANK YOU, MR CLERK. 00:37:10:00 00:37:17:00 DOCKET 0124200127 WILL BE 00:37:17:00 00:37:18:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 00:37:18:00 00:37:22:00 OF THE WHOLE MR CLERK UM SEE IF 00:37:22:00 00:37:23:00 YOU READ THROUGH. 00:37:23:00 00:37:24:00 DID YOU READ. 00:37:24:00 00:37:29:00 >> UM AND THEN DOCKET 0128 AND 00:37:29:00 00:37:31:00 0129 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 00:37:31:00 00:37:31:00 CURRICULUM. 00:37:31:00 00:37:32:00 OH YOU HAVEN'T READ THOSE. 00:37:32:00 00:37:33:00 BEG YOUR PARDON? 00:37:33:00 00:37:34:00 DOCKET ZERO. 00:37:34:00 00:37:35:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 00:37:35:00 00:37:39:00 READ DOCKET 0128 AND 10129. 00:37:39:00 00:37:42:00 DARK NUMBER 0128 MESSAGE IN 00:37:42:00 00:37:44:00 ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN 00:37:44:00 00:37:45:00 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY 00:37:45:00 00:37:48:00 OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE 00:37:48:00 00:37:50:00 $6,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE 00:37:50:00 00:37:51:00 OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOW 00:37:51:00 00:37:53:00 AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS 00:37:53:00 00:37:55:00 AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THE 00:37:55:00 00:37:58:00 WOOD EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 00:37:58:00 00:37:58:00 AND THE RICHARD J. 00:37:58:00 00:38:00:00 MURPHY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL. 00:38:00:00 00:38:02:00 THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT 00:38:02:00 00:38:04:00 OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED 00:38:04:00 00:38:06:00 THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY 00:38:06:00 00:38:08:00 OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 00:38:08:00 00:38:09:00 GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS 00:38:09:00 00:38:12:00 SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET 00:38:12:00 00:38:14:00 AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE 00:38:14:00 00:38:15:00 DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC 00:38:15:00 00:38:17:00 FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF 00:38:17:00 00:38:19:00 OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 00:38:19:00 00:38:22:00 TALKING NUMBER 0129 MESSAGE IN 00:38:22:00 00:38:23:00 ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND 00:38:23:00 00:38:24:00 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY 00:38:24:00 00:38:26:00 OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE 00:38:26:00 00:38:28:00 AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION FOR THE 00:38:28:00 00:38:30:00 PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE 00:38:30:00 00:38:31:00 ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT 00:38:31:00 00:38:33:00 THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THE 00:38:33:00 00:38:34:00 THOMAS J. 00:38:34:00 00:38:36:00 KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE 00:38:36:00 00:38:38:00 HUGH ROAD O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY. 00:38:38:00 00:38:39:00 SCHOOL THIS INCLUDES THE 00:38:39:00 00:38:42:00 PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL 00:38:42:00 00:38:44:00 OR RELATED THERETO AND FOR 00:38:44:00 00:38:46:00 WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE 00:38:46:00 00:38:47:00 ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE 00:38:47:00 00:38:49:00 MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING 00:38:49:00 00:38:51:00 AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE 00:38:51:00 00:38:52:00 EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION 00:38:52:00 00:38:54:00 OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES 00:38:54:00 00:38:55:00 DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE 00:38:55:00 00:38:55:00 BOSTON. 00:38:55:00 00:38:56:00 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 00:38:56:00 00:38:58:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 00:38:58:00 00:39:03:00 UH DOCKETS 0128 AND 0129 WILL 00:39:03:00 00:39:05:00 BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 00:39:05:00 00:39:05:00 OF THE WHOLE. 00:39:05:00 00:39:09:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 00:39:09:00 00:39:09:00 DOCKETS? 00:39:09:00 00:39:15:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE 00:39:15:00 00:39:15:00 FLOOR. 00:39:15:00 00:39:17:00 YES, I WOULD LIKE TO READ RULE 00:39:17:00 00:39:17:00 38. 00:39:17:00 00:39:18:00 BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO. 00:39:18:00 00:39:19:00 INVOKE RULE 38. 00:39:19:00 00:39:21:00 EVERY MEMBER ABOUT TO SPEAK 00:39:21:00 00:39:22:00 SHALL SIGNAL THE CHAIR BY. 00:39:22:00 00:39:23:00 ELECTRONIC MEANS. 00:39:23:00 00:39:24:00 PROVIDED THAT. 00:39:24:00 00:39:28:00 WHEN AND THEN WAIT UNTIL. 00:39:28:00 00:39:29:00 RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, NO 00:39:29:00 00:39:31:00 MEMBER SHALL BE RECOGNIZED OR 00:39:31:00 00:39:32:00 AWAY FROM HIS OR HER DESK. 00:39:32:00 00:39:35:00 IN SPEAKING, MEMBERS SHALL 00:39:35:00 00:39:37:00 ADDRESS OTHER MEMBERS IN ONE 00:39:37:00 00:39:39:00 OF THE MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS BY 00:39:39:00 00:39:41:00 TITLE COUNCILOR IN THE MEMBER'S 00:39:41:00 00:39:42:00 SURNAME AS THE COUNCILOR FROM 00:39:42:00 00:39:44:00 THE DISTRICT OF OR AS THE CHAIR 00:39:44:00 00:39:46:00 OF A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE AND 00:39:46:00 00:39:48:00 SHALL CONVENE THEMSELVES TO THE 00:39:48:00 00:39:49:00 QUESTION SHALL NOT BE 00:39:49:00 00:39:52:00 UNBECOMING, ABUSIVE OR NON 00:39:52:00 00:39:53:00 PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE AND 00:39:53:00 00:39:56:00 SHALL AVOID PERSONALITIES ANY 00:39:56:00 00:39:58:00 MEMBER WHO IN DEBATE OR 00:39:58:00 00:39:59:00 OTHERWISE INDULGES IN 00:39:59:00 00:40:02:00 PERSONALITIES OR MAKES CHARGES 00:40:02:00 00:40:02:00 REFLECTING. 00:40:02:00 00:40:04:00 UPON THE CHARACTER OF ANOTHER 00:40:04:00 00:40:06:00 MEMBER SHALL MAKE AN APOLOGY 00:40:06:00 00:40:08:00 AND OPEN SESSION AT THE MEETING 00:40:08:00 00:40:10:00 AT WHICH THE OFFENSE WAS 00:40:10:00 00:40:11:00 COMMITTED OR AT THE NEXT 00:40:11:00 00:40:12:00 SUCCEEDING REGULAR MEETING. 00:40:12:00 00:40:14:00 IF THE MEMBER FAILS TO 00:40:14:00 00:40:16:00 APOLOGIZE, THE PRESIDENT SHALL 00:40:16:00 00:40:19:00 HOLD THE MEMBER IN CONTEMPT AND 00:40:19:00 00:40:20:00 SUSPEND THE MEMBER FROM FURTHER 00:40:20:00 00:40:22:00 PARTICIPATION IN DEBATE AND THE 00:40:22:00 00:40:24:00 STATEMENT UNTIL AN APOLOGY IS 00:40:24:00 00:40:24:00 MADE. 00:40:24:00 00:40:26:00 I CAME TO WORK PREPARED. 00:40:26:00 00:40:28:00 THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR. 00:40:28:00 00:40:30:00 I HAVE NEVER MISSED A 00:40:30:00 00:40:30:00 COUNCIL MEETING. 00:40:30:00 00:40:31:00 I FEEL FORTUNATE BECAUSE I'VE 00:40:31:00 00:40:32:00 NEVER NEEDED A REASON. 00:40:32:00 00:40:34:00 SO THOSE WHO HAVE TO I 00:40:34:00 00:40:35:00 APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING THAT IF 00:40:35:00 00:40:36:00 YOU'VE HAD GOOD REASONS. 00:40:36:00 00:40:39:00 I COME ON TIME I COME EARLY I 00:40:39:00 00:40:40:00 WAS UP TIL 2 A.M.. 00:40:40:00 00:40:43:00 WORKING ON AND PREPARING 00:40:43:00 00:40:44:00 QUESTIONS. 00:40:44:00 00:40:45:00 I NEVER GOT. 00:40:45:00 00:40:46:00 A CALL. 00:40:46:00 00:40:47:00 FROM YOU. 00:40:47:00 00:40:49:00 >> TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND 00:40:49:00 00:40:49:00 TALK THROUGH THIS. 00:40:49:00 00:40:51:00 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TRIES TO 00:40:51:00 00:40:53:00 TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES TO MY 00:40:53:00 00:40:54:00 COMMITTEE AND I APPRECIATE THAT 00:40:54:00 00:40:56:00 YOU DID TRY AND WE HAD 00:40:56:00 00:40:58:00 CONFLICTS, BUT I THINK THAT A 00:40:58:00 00:41:00:00 MEMBER SAYING THAT NONE OF US 00:41:00:00 00:41:03:00 CAME TO WORK PREPARED DESERVES 00:41:03:00 00:41:05:00 AN APOLOGY BECAUSE THAT TO 00:41:05:00 00:41:07:00 ME IS AN INSULT AND REFLECTING 00:41:07:00 00:41:09:00 UPON MY CHARACTER I CAN ONLY 00:41:09:00 00:41:10:00 SPEAK FOR MYSELF. 00:41:10:00 00:41:12:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. 00:41:12:00 00:41:19:00 MR CLERK. 00:41:19:00 00:41:22:00 WHAT ARE WE GOT TO. 00:41:22:00 00:41:26:00 COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 00:41:26:00 00:41:26:00 0130? 00:41:26:00 00:41:33:00 SO I CAN HAVE A0130 MESSAGE? 00:41:33:00 00:41:34:00 YOU NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY 00:41:34:00 00:41:35:00 OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND 00:41:35:00 00:41:38:00 THE AMOUNT OF $1,700,000 IN THE 00:41:38:00 00:41:41:00 FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 00:41:41:00 00:41:42:00 26 TRAINING ACADEMY HERE MY 00:41:42:00 00:41:45:00 GRANT AWARDED BY MASSACHUSETTS 00:41:45:00 00:41:46:00 DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES TO 00:41:46:00 00:41:48:00 BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE 00:41:48:00 00:41:48:00 DEPARTMENT. 00:41:48:00 00:41:50:00 THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON 00:41:50:00 00:41:52:00 FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING 00:41:52:00 00:41:54:00 ACADEMY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND 00:41:54:00 00:41:56:00 INSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 00:41:56:00 00:41:57:00 AGENCIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON 00:41:57:00 00:42:00:00 AND MUNICIPAL AND POLITICAL 00:42:00:00 00:42:01:00 SUBDIVISIONS ACROSS THE 00:42:01:00 00:42:04:00 COMMONWEALTH FOR A LINE ITEM 00:42:04:00 00:42:08:00 8320 4-0000 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 00:42:08:00 00:42:11:00 26 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. 00:42:11:00 00:42:12:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 00:42:12:00 00:42:14:00 ORDINARILY THIS WOULD BE SENT 00:42:14:00 00:42:16:00 TO THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE ON 00:42:16:00 00:42:17:00 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL 00:42:17:00 00:42:17:00 JUSTICE. 00:42:17:00 00:42:21:00 UH, BUT IT WILL BE SENT TO THE 00:42:21:00 00:42:22:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 00:42:22:00 00:42:25:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 00:42:25:00 00:42:29:00 READ DOCKET 0131. 00:42:29:00 00:42:32:00 DUCKING NUMBER 0131 MESSAGE NOT 00:42:32:00 00:42:34:00 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON 00:42:34:00 00:42:36:00 TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT IN 00:42:36:00 00:42:40:00 THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION 00:42:40:00 00:42:41:00 $501,150,000 FROM THE FEDERAL 00:42:41:00 00:42:43:00 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 00:42:43:00 00:42:45:00 BUILDING RESILIENT 00:42:45:00 00:42:46:00 INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES 00:42:46:00 00:42:47:00 PROGRAM. 00:42:47:00 00:42:48:00 THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO THE 00:42:48:00 00:42:49:00 CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH THE 00:42:49:00 00:42:51:00 PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 00:42:51:00 00:42:53:00 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CHRISTOPHER 00:42:53:00 00:42:55:00 COLUMBUS PARK IN LONG WHARF 00:42:55:00 00:42:57:00 LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN 00:42:57:00 00:42:58:00 NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON. 00:42:58:00 00:43:01:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 00:43:01:00 00:43:03:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 00:43:03:00 00:43:04:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART 00:43:04:00 00:43:06:00 OF THE, UH COUNCILOR FOR 00:43:06:00 00:43:06:00 DISTRICT ONE. 00:43:06:00 00:43:09:00 THANK YOU. 00:43:09:00 00:43:10:00 UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND. 00:43:10:00 00:43:11:00 CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 00:43:11:00 00:43:12:00 >> REALLY LOOKING. 00:43:12:00 00:43:13:00 FORWARD TO THESE NEXT COUPLE 00:43:13:00 00:43:13:00 OF YEARS. 00:43:13:00 00:43:14:00 UM, I'M RISING TO URGE MY 00:43:14:00 00:43:15:00 COLLEAGUES TO MOVE WITH URGENCY 00:43:15:00 00:43:17:00 AND PAST THIS ORDER SO THESE 00:43:17:00 00:43:18:00 FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE ACCEPTED 00:43:18:00 00:43:20:00 INTO OUR CITY COFFERS BEFORE 00:43:20:00 00:43:21:00 THEY'RE AT RISK OF BEING CLAWED 00:43:21:00 00:43:22:00 BACK. 00:43:22:00 00:43:23:00 WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE 00:43:23:00 00:43:25:00 WITH THIS VERY GRANT, THE CITY 00:43:25:00 00:43:27:00 OF BOSTON LOST $35 MILLION. 00:43:27:00 00:43:28:00 I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR MAYBE 00:43:28:00 00:43:30:00 TWO YEARS AGO IN FEDERAL 00:43:30:00 00:43:31:00 RESILIENCE FUNDING FOR MACLEAY 00:43:31:00 00:43:32:00 PARK. 00:43:32:00 00:43:33:00 THESE BRICK UH AND THIS IS NOT 00:43:33:00 00:43:35:00 TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE BRICK 00:43:35:00 00:43:36:00 THAT WE THINK ON THE PUBLIC 00:43:36:00 00:43:37:00 SAFETY SIDE THIS IS THE 00:43:37:00 00:43:39:00 BUILDING RESILIENT 00:43:39:00 00:43:39:00 INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES 00:43:39:00 00:43:42:00 PROGRAM AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO 00:43:42:00 00:43:43:00 PROVIDE CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR 00:43:43:00 00:43:44:00 SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE 00:43:44:00 00:43:46:00 VULNERABLE PATHWAYS IN MY 00:43:46:00 00:43:48:00 DISTRICT, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 00:43:48:00 00:43:49:00 PARK AND LONG WHARF ARE 00:43:49:00 00:43:52:00 LITERALLY GROUND ZERO FOR UH 00:43:52:00 00:43:53:00 MAJOR FLOODING IN THE ENTIRE 00:43:53:00 00:43:53:00 CITY. 00:43:53:00 00:43:55:00 AND SO WHAT THIS GRANT WILL DO 00:43:55:00 00:43:58:00 WILL HELP TO BUILD A RESILIENT 00:43:58:00 00:43:58:00 INFRASTRUCTURE. 00:43:58:00 00:43:59:00 IF YOU GO TO CHRISTOPHER 00:43:59:00 00:44:00:00 COLUMBUS PARK YOU CAN LITERALLY 00:44:00:00 00:44:01:00 SEE THAT IT DIPS LIKE THIS. 00:44:01:00 00:44:04:00 UM AND THERE IS URGENCY BEHIND 00:44:04:00 00:44:04:00 THIS. 00:44:04:00 00:44:06:00 WE'VE ALREADY SEEN TWO ONCE IN 00:44:06:00 00:44:08:00 A GENERATION STORMS UH SINCE 00:44:08:00 00:44:10:00 2018 WE WILL SEE ANOTHER BOMBO 00:44:10:00 00:44:11:00 GENESIS POTENTIALLY THIS 00:44:11:00 00:44:11:00 SATURDAY. 00:44:11:00 00:44:13:00 AND SO THE URGENCY IS HERE I 00:44:13:00 00:44:15:00 UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS YOU 00:44:15:00 00:44:16:00 KNOW, $1.1 MILLION BUT THIS IS 00:44:16:00 00:44:17:00 SOMETHING THAT WE DESPERATELY 00:44:17:00 00:44:19:00 NEED AND WE NEED TO ALLOW FOR 00:44:19:00 00:44:20:00 OUR OFFICE OF CLIMATE 00:44:20:00 00:44:22:00 RESILIENCE TO DO THEIR JOB AND 00:44:22:00 00:44:24:00 UH, PROTECT OUR WATERFRONT, OUR 00:44:24:00 00:44:25:00 ECONOMY AND OUR RESIDENTS FROM 00:44:25:00 00:44:25:00 URGING PASSAGE. 00:44:25:00 00:44:26:00 THANK YOU. 00:44:26:00 00:44:28:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE 00:44:28:00 00:44:30:00 AS A POWDER UH, THE 00:44:30:00 00:44:32:00 COUNCILOR FROM DISTRICT ONE, 00:44:32:00 00:44:33:00 UM, SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE 00:44:33:00 00:44:35:00 RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS 00:44:35:00 00:44:36:00 0131. 00:44:36:00 00:44:38:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. 00:44:38:00 00:44:39:00 UH ALL. 00:44:39:00 00:44:45:00 THOSE AGAINST, UH, THIS DOCKET 00:44:45:00 00:44:45:00 HAS PASSED. 00:44:45:00 00:44:46:00 THANK YOU. 00:44:46:00 00:44:49:00 BUT, UM. 00:44:49:00 00:44:52:00 THAT'S DONE. 00:44:52:00 00:44:54:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 00:44:54:00 00:44:56:00 READ DOCKET 0132? 00:44:56:00 00:44:59:00 TALKING OF THE 0132 MESSAGE, ON 00:44:59:00 00:45:01:00 AUTHORIZING THE CITY BUS AND 00:45:01:00 00:45:03:00 ACCEPT AND EXPEND TECHNOLOGY 00:45:03:00 00:45:05:00 EQUIPMENT VALUED AT 00:45:05:00 00:45:09:00 APPROXIMATELY $430,340 FROM THE 00:45:09:00 00:45:10:00 CONNECTED AND ONLINE PROGRAM 00:45:10:00 00:45:12:00 GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED 00:45:12:00 00:45:13:00 STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE 00:45:13:00 00:45:15:00 TREASURY PASS THROUGH THE 00:45:15:00 00:45:16:00 MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY 00:45:16:00 00:45:18:00 COLLABORATIVE TO BE 00:45:18:00 00:45:19:00 ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT 00:45:19:00 00:45:20:00 OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. 00:45:20:00 00:45:22:00 THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDES LAPTOPS 00:45:22:00 00:45:24:00 , DESKTOP BUNDLES AND RELATED 00:45:24:00 00:45:25:00 EQUIPMENT. 00:45:25:00 00:45:27:00 THE EQUIPMENT WILL SUPPORT 00:45:27:00 00:45:29:00 PUBLIC ACCESS TO EDUCATION, 00:45:29:00 00:45:30:00 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL 00:45:30:00 00:45:32:00 LITERACY AND TELEHEALTH 00:45:32:00 00:45:34:00 SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY 00:45:34:00 00:45:35:00 DEPARTMENTS. 00:45:35:00 00:45:36:00 WITH THE APPOINTMENT CENTER, 00:45:36:00 00:45:39:00 THE BCF CENTERS AND SITES 00:45:39:00 00:45:40:00 OPERATED BY THE OFFICE 00:45:40:00 00:45:41:00 OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 00:45:41:00 00:45:43:00 OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS. 00:45:43:00 00:45:46:00 THIS AWARD REFLECTS STRONG 00:45:46:00 00:45:47:00 CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL 00:45:47:00 00:45:49:00 COLLABORATION AND ADVANCES THE 00:45:49:00 00:45:52:00 CITY'S BROADER DIGITAL EQUITY 00:45:52:00 00:45:52:00 GOALS. 00:45:52:00 00:45:55:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 00:45:55:00 00:45:57:00 THIS, UH, DOCKET WILL BE SENT 00:45:57:00 00:46:00:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 00:46:00:00 00:46:02:00 MR CHAIR, PLEASE READ DOCKET 00:46:02:00 00:46:05:00 0133 AND 0134. 00:46:05:00 00:46:09:00 COUNCILOR. 00:46:09:00 00:46:10:00 UH, MURPHY. 00:46:10:00 00:46:11:00 THERE HAS BEEN A COLLEAGUE 00:46:11:00 00:46:12:00 WHO'S LIGHTS BUT ON. 00:46:12:00 00:46:14:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE A. 00:46:14:00 00:46:16:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:46:16:00 00:46:17:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:46:17:00 00:46:20:00 MADAM CHAIR, UM, I HAD MY LIGHT 00:46:20:00 00:46:20:00 ON AS. 00:46:20:00 00:46:23:00 IT RELATED TO 0131. 00:46:23:00 00:46:25:00 I ALSO WANTED TO INFORM. 00:46:25:00 00:46:25:00 >> THE CHAIR. 00:46:25:00 00:46:26:00 >> THAT. 00:46:26:00 00:46:27:00 I ALSO REPRESENT THE WHARF 00:46:27:00 00:46:28:00 DISTRICT COUNCIL. 00:46:28:00 00:46:29:00 >> I'VE REPRESENTED. 00:46:29:00 00:46:30:00 PART OF THE WHARF. 00:46:30:00 00:46:31:00 DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR EIGHT 00:46:31:00 00:46:32:00 YEARS. 00:46:32:00 00:46:33:00 I HAVE. 00:46:33:00 00:46:33:00 >> A. 00:46:33:00 00:46:34:00 WONDERFUL WORKING RELATIONSHIP 00:46:34:00 00:46:35:00 WITH THE COMMUNITY. 00:46:35:00 00:46:39:00 I ALSO SUPPORT UM SUPPORT THIS 00:46:39:00 00:46:39:00 DOCKET. 00:46:39:00 00:46:40:00 TO GET THE. 00:46:40:00 00:46:42:00 CRITICAL FUNDING THAT. 00:46:42:00 00:46:44:00 IT'S NEEDED FOR CLIMATE 00:46:44:00 00:46:46:00 RESILIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE 00:46:46:00 00:46:47:00 IMPROVEMENTS. 00:46:47:00 00:46:48:00 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE. 00:46:48:00 00:46:50:00 WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL IN. 00:46:50:00 00:46:51:00 >> THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION 00:46:51:00 00:46:52:00 UH. 00:46:52:00 00:46:54:00 >> FOR MANY YEARS ON THIS, BUT 00:46:54:00 00:46:55:00 I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 00:46:55:00 00:46:55:00 THAT. 00:46:55:00 00:46:57:00 THIS IS ALSO. 00:46:57:00 00:46:59:00 PART OF DISTRICT TWO. 00:46:59:00 00:46:59:00 IT'S A. 00:46:59:00 00:47:01:00 >> CRITICAL PART OF DISTRICT. 00:47:01:00 00:47:02:00 SO I'M PROUD. 00:47:02:00 00:47:04:00 TO REPRESENT THESE CONSTITUENT 00:47:04:00 00:47:05:00 CONSTITUENTS. 00:47:05:00 00:47:08:00 I ATTEND THE WHARF DISTRICT 00:47:08:00 00:47:09:00 COUNCIL MEETING FREQUENTLY AND 00:47:09:00 00:47:11:00 AGAIN I HAVE WORKED WITH THEM 00:47:11:00 00:47:13:00 FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW. 00:47:13:00 00:47:14:00 SO I JUST WANTED TO GO ON 00:47:14:00 00:47:15:00 RECORD. 00:47:15:00 00:47:16:00 THAT PART OF THE WHARF. 00:47:16:00 00:47:18:00 DISTRICT IS IN DISTRICT UH 00:47:18:00 00:47:18:00 DISTRICT. 00:47:18:00 00:47:20:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 00:47:20:00 00:47:20:00 THANK YOU. 00:47:20:00 00:47:21:00 >> MADAM CHAIR. 00:47:21:00 00:47:21:00 THANK YOU. 00:47:21:00 00:47:25:00 LET'S SEE. 00:47:25:00 00:47:27:00 >> UM, WHAT ARE WE HAVE NINE. 00:47:27:00 00:47:35:00 WHICH WE READ 011133133. 00:47:35:00 00:47:37:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 00:47:37:00 00:47:40:00 READ DOCKET 0133 AND 0134. 00:47:40:00 00:47:42:00 DOCK NUMBER 0133 MESSAGE IN 00:47:42:00 00:47:44:00 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY 00:47:44:00 00:47:45:00 OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND 00:47:45:00 00:47:51:00 THE AMOUNT OF $219,178.03 IN 00:47:51:00 00:47:53:00 THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR 00:47:53:00 00:47:55:00 VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE 00:47:55:00 00:47:56:00 ASSISTANCE FUNDING AWARDED BY 00:47:56:00 00:47:58:00 THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE 00:47:58:00 00:47:59:00 OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 00:47:59:00 00:48:01:00 TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE 00:48:01:00 00:48:02:00 OFFICE OF WORKFORCE 00:48:02:00 00:48:02:00 DEVELOPMENT. 00:48:02:00 00:48:04:00 THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CENTER 00:48:04:00 00:48:06:00 FOR WORKING FAMILIES BOSTON TAX 00:48:06:00 00:48:08:00 HELP COALITION IN ASSISTING LOW 00:48:08:00 00:48:11:00 INCOME TAXPAYERS WITH PERSONAL 00:48:11:00 00:48:14:00 INCOME TAX FUNDS FOR THE 2026 00:48:14:00 00:48:14:00 TAX SEASON. 00:48:14:00 00:48:18:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0134 MESSAGE IN 00:48:18:00 00:48:19:00 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY 00:48:19:00 00:48:20:00 OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND 00:48:20:00 00:48:23:00 THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 IN THE 00:48:23:00 00:48:25:00 FORM OF A GRANT FINANCIAL 00:48:25:00 00:48:27:00 EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AWARDED BY 00:48:27:00 00:48:29:00 THE UNITED WAY AS TO THE BOSTON 00:48:29:00 00:48:31:00 LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 00:48:31:00 00:48:33:00 TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE 00:48:33:00 00:48:34:00 OFFICE OF WORKFORCE 00:48:34:00 00:48:36:00 DEVELOPMENT, THE GRANT WILL 00:48:36:00 00:48:38:00 FUND FINANCIAL EDUCATION, 00:48:38:00 00:48:40:00 CREDIT, ASSET BUILDING AND 00:48:40:00 00:48:41:00 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR 00:48:41:00 00:48:43:00 RESIDENTS AT THE CENTER FOR 00:48:43:00 00:48:44:00 WORKING FAMILIES. 00:48:44:00 00:48:46:00 THANK YOU, MR COOK. 00:48:46:00 00:48:50:00 DOCKET 0133 AND 0134 WILL BE 00:48:50:00 00:48:51:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 00:48:51:00 00:48:51:00 OF THE WHOLE. 00:48:51:00 00:48:53:00 ORDINARILY THEY WOULD HAVE GONE 00:48:53:00 00:48:54:00 TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC 00:48:54:00 00:48:54:00 DEVELOPMENT. 00:48:54:00 00:48:57:00 UM MOVING ON MR CHAIR, COULD 00:48:57:00 00:48:58:00 YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0135. 00:48:58:00 00:49:01:00 AND NUMBER 0135 MESSAGE IN 00:49:01:00 00:49:02:00 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY 00:49:02:00 00:49:04:00 OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND 00:49:04:00 00:49:06:00 THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE 00:49:06:00 00:49:09:00 FORM OF A GRANT MASSACHUSETTS 00:49:09:00 00:49:11:00 TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE MASTEC 00:49:11:00 00:49:12:00 AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES 00:49:12:00 00:49:14:00 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PASS 00:49:14:00 00:49:16:00 THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS 00:49:16:00 00:49:17:00 TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TO BE 00:49:17:00 00:49:19:00 ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT 00:49:19:00 00:49:20:00 OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. 00:49:20:00 00:49:23:00 THE GRANT WILL FUND A MULTI 00:49:23:00 00:49:25:00 SESSION DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOP 00:49:25:00 00:49:28:00 SERIES AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS 00:49:28:00 00:49:29:00 AND DISTRIBUTE DEVICES TO 00:49:29:00 00:49:30:00 LEARNERS. 00:49:30:00 00:49:33:00 THANK YOU MR CLERK. 00:49:33:00 00:49:35:00 DOCKET 0135 WILL BE REFERRED UM 00:49:35:00 00:49:36:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 00:49:36:00 00:49:41:00 MR DIRECTED PLEASE READ DOCKET 00:49:41:00 00:49:42:00 0136. 00:49:42:00 00:49:44:00 DUNCAN NUMBER 0136 MESSAGE IN 00:49:44:00 00:49:46:00 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY 00:49:46:00 00:49:48:00 OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND 00:49:48:00 00:49:50:00 THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE 00:49:50:00 00:49:52:00 FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 00:49:52:00 00:49:54:00 26 DELTA UNIT HERE MY GRANT 00:49:54:00 00:49:56:00 AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE 00:49:56:00 00:49:58:00 OFFICE OF PUBLIC SECURE SAFETY 00:49:58:00 00:50:00:00 AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED 00:50:00:00 00:50:01:00 BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 00:50:01:00 00:50:03:00 THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BOSTON 00:50:03:00 00:50:05:00 FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT 00:50:05:00 00:50:07:00 DEDICATED EMERGENCY SERVICES 00:50:07:00 00:50:09:00 THROUGH ITS DELTA UNITS 00:50:09:00 00:50:10:00 CONSISTING OF THREE DELTA UNIT 00:50:10:00 00:50:12:00 VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO CASTLE 00:50:12:00 00:50:14:00 ISLAND, PLEASURE BAY AND CARSON 00:50:14:00 00:50:17:00 BEACH RESPECTFULLY WITHIN THE 00:50:17:00 00:50:18:00 OLD HARBOR RESERVATION IN THE 00:50:18:00 00:50:19:00 SOUTH BOSTON SECTION OF THE 00:50:19:00 00:50:22:00 CITY OF BOSTON SEASONALLY FROM 00:50:22:00 00:50:24:00 MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY 00:50:24:00 00:50:29:00 INCLUSIVE PER LINE ITEM 8320 00:50:29:00 00:50:32:00 4-0050 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 00:50:32:00 00:50:33:00 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. 00:50:33:00 00:50:36:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 00:50:36:00 00:50:39:00 DOCKET 0136 WE REFER TO THE THE 00:50:39:00 00:50:42:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 00:50:42:00 00:50:43:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 00:50:43:00 00:50:46:00 DOCKET UM 0137. 00:50:46:00 00:50:49:00 DOC NUMBER 0137 MESSAGING ON 00:50:49:00 00:50:50:00 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON 00:50:50:00 00:50:52:00 TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT 00:50:52:00 00:50:54:00 OF $100,000 IN A FORM OF A 00:50:54:00 00:50:56:00 GRANT MUNICIPAL ADA IMPROVEMENT 00:50:56:00 00:50:58:00 GRANT AWARDED BY THE 00:50:58:00 00:50:59:00 MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE ON 00:50:59:00 00:51:00:00 DISABILITY TO BE ADMINISTERED 00:51:00:00 00:51:02:00 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION 00:51:02:00 00:51:03:00 AND TECHNOLOGY. 00:51:03:00 00:51:05:00 THE GRANT WILL FUND UPDATING 00:51:05:00 00:51:08:00 THE MUNICIPAL ADA SELF 00:51:08:00 00:51:09:00 EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN 00:51:09:00 00:51:11:00 TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO 00:51:11:00 00:51:13:00 ACCESSIBILITY AND WEB DAY 00:51:13:00 00:51:14:00 SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS. 00:51:14:00 00:51:16:00 THANK YOU MR CLERK. 00:51:16:00 00:51:19:00 DOCKET 0137 WILL BE REFERRED TO 00:51:19:00 00:51:21:00 THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE 00:51:21:00 00:51:23:00 MR CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKET 00:51:23:00 00:51:27:00 0138 THROUGH 01330139. 00:51:27:00 00:51:30:00 DOC NUMBER 0138 MESSAGING ON 00:51:30:00 00:51:31:00 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON 00:51:31:00 00:51:34:00 TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT 00:51:34:00 00:51:35:00 OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A 00:51:35:00 00:51:37:00 GRANT ME AS OFFICE OF HUMAN 00:51:37:00 00:51:39:00 SERVICES CONNECT, LEARN AND 00:51:39:00 00:51:41:00 EXPLORE INITIATIVE AWARDED BY 00:51:41:00 00:51:43:00 BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO 00:51:43:00 00:51:44:00 BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE 00:51:44:00 00:51:46:00 OF HUMAN SERVICES. 00:51:46:00 00:51:48:00 THE GRANT WOULD FUND TRAINING 00:51:48:00 00:51:49:00 AN ADDITIONAL TEN LIFEGUARDS TO 00:51:49:00 00:51:53:00 SUPPORT THE SWIM SAFE AUTISM 00:51:53:00 00:51:55:00 SWIM PROGRAM, HOLD AN AUTISM 00:51:55:00 00:51:57:00 AWARENESS WATER SAFETY EVENT, 00:51:57:00 00:52:00:00 PURCHASE AUTISM SWIM EQUIPMENT 00:52:00:00 00:52:02:00 TO SUPPORT SENSORY SWIM 00:52:02:00 00:52:04:00 PROGRAMS AND BOUQUET OF POOLS. 00:52:04:00 00:52:06:00 PROVIDE ALL YOUTH PARTICIPATING 00:52:06:00 00:52:09:00 IN THE SAFE SAME SAFE LESSONS 00:52:09:00 00:52:11:00 GEAR PROGRAM WITH GOGGLES AND 00:52:11:00 00:52:12:00 SWIM CAPS. 00:52:12:00 00:52:13:00 HOSTED A WEEK LONG. 00:52:13:00 00:52:14:00 >> ALL. 00:52:14:00 00:52:16:00 GIRLS SPORTS FESTIVAL CAMP 00:52:16:00 00:52:18:00 LAUNCH GET INTO THE GAME AD 00:52:18:00 00:52:20:00 CAMPAIGN AS PART OF THE WOMEN'S 00:52:20:00 00:52:23:00 COACHING INITIATIVE AND DOC 00:52:23:00 00:52:26:00 NUMBER 0139 MESSAGE AUTHORIZING 00:52:26:00 00:52:28:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT 00:52:28:00 00:52:29:00 AND EXPEND THROUGH THE OFFICE 00:52:29:00 00:52:32:00 OF HUMAN SERVICES AN IN-KIND 00:52:32:00 00:52:34:00 DONATION OF ATHLETIC SHOES AND 00:52:34:00 00:52:40:00 APPAREL VALUED AT $3,276 00:52:40:00 00:52:42:00 DONATED BY REEBOK CORPORATION. 00:52:42:00 00:52:44:00 THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS 00:52:44:00 00:52:46:00 TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S LET'S 00:52:46:00 00:52:47:00 PLAY BOSTON YOUTH SPORTS 00:52:47:00 00:52:47:00 INITIATIVE. 00:52:47:00 00:52:50:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 00:52:50:00 00:52:54:00 DOCKET 013830139 WILL BE 00:52:54:00 00:52:56:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON 00:52:56:00 00:52:56:00 THE WHOLE. 00:52:56:00 00:53:02:00 MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU. 00:53:02:00 00:53:02:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:53:02:00 00:53:04:00 I'VE HAD MY LIGHT ON TO RISE 00:53:04:00 00:53:06:00 AND ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO 00:53:06:00 00:53:07:00 SUSPEND AND PASS BOTH OF THESE 00:53:07:00 00:53:08:00 GRANTS. 00:53:08:00 00:53:09:00 YOU READ BOTH OF THEM? 00:53:09:00 00:53:10:00 I HAD MY LEAD ON TO SPEAK ON 00:53:10:00 00:53:11:00 THE SWIM ONE FIRST. 00:53:11:00 00:53:13:00 BUT AS SOMEONE WHO LEARNED HOW 00:53:13:00 00:53:13:00 TO SWIM. 00:53:13:00 00:53:16:00 OVER 50 YEARS AGO AT ABC LIFE 00:53:16:00 00:53:18:00 AND HAVE UM ATTENDED THE ALL 00:53:18:00 00:53:19:00 GIRLS SPORTS. 00:53:19:00 00:53:20:00 FESTIVAL WHICH IS A. 00:53:20:00 00:53:23:00 GREAT WEEK FOR GIRLS DURING THE 00:53:23:00 00:53:23:00 SUMMER. 00:53:23:00 00:53:25:00 UM I WOULD LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES 00:53:25:00 00:53:26:00 TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS LOW 00:53:26:00 00:53:29:00 DOLLAR GRANT AND ALSO THE ONE 00:53:29:00 00:53:29:00 FOR THE. 00:53:29:00 00:53:34:00 UM $3,276 TO SUPPORT THE LET'S 00:53:34:00 00:53:34:00 PLAY BOSTON. 00:53:34:00 00:53:35:00 >> NEWS SPORTS. 00:53:35:00 00:53:36:00 THANK YOU. 00:53:36:00 00:53:37:00 UM. 00:53:37:00 00:53:39:00 >> COUNCILOR MURPHY. 00:53:39:00 00:53:42:00 COULD I SUSPEND BOTH. 00:53:42:00 00:53:43:00 ? 00:53:43:00 00:53:44:00 >> SUSPEND AND PULL BOTH? 00:53:44:00 00:53:45:00 YEAH. 00:53:45:00 00:53:45:00 >> YEP. 00:53:45:00 00:53:46:00 SEPARATELY. 00:53:46:00 00:53:46:00 >> YEP. 00:53:46:00 00:53:47:00 >> YOU. 00:53:47:00 00:53:50:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. 00:53:50:00 00:53:53:00 UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY WISHES TO 00:53:53:00 00:53:53:00 COUNCIL. 00:53:53:00 00:53:57:00 THANK YOU. 00:53:57:00 00:53:58:00 KEEP LIKE A LIGHT ON THE 00:53:58:00 00:53:59:00 LIGHTS, COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU 00:53:59:00 00:54:00:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 00:54:00:00 00:54:02:00 SINCE THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE 00:54:02:00 00:54:03:00 CHAIRS, I'D LIKE TO JOIN MY 00:54:03:00 00:54:04:00 COLLEAGUE AND ASKING FOR A 00:54:04:00 00:54:05:00 SUSPEND AND PASS ON THOSE TWO 00:54:05:00 00:54:06:00 DOCKETS. 00:54:06:00 00:54:07:00 THANK YOU. 00:54:07:00 00:54:08:00 >> THANK YOU FOR SECONDING 00:54:08:00 00:54:08:00 THAT. 00:54:08:00 00:54:13:00 UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY WISHES TO 00:54:13:00 00:54:16:00 SUSPEND THE RULES AND, UH, PASS 00:54:16:00 00:54:17:00 DOCKET 013. 00:54:17:00 00:54:19:00 IT UH THROUGH. 00:54:19:00 00:54:21:00 INDIVIDUAL THE INDIVIDUALLY 00:54:21:00 00:54:22:00 HANGING ON WHICH TO. 00:54:22:00 00:54:29:00 UM TALK OF 0137 AND 3838. 00:54:29:00 00:54:30:00 >> AND THREE AND. 00:54:30:00 00:54:34:00 3839. 00:54:34:00 00:54:37:00 SO UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 00:54:37:00 00:54:42:00 OF UM OF OF QUESTION. 00:54:42:00 00:54:44:00 ON THREE AND HANG ON. 00:54:44:00 00:54:45:00 I'LL JUST GET IN FRONT OF ME 00:54:45:00 00:54:45:00 HERE. 00:54:45:00 00:54:52:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY ASKED TO 00:54:52:00 00:54:54:00 SUSPEND AND PASS THE, UH, 00:54:54:00 00:54:55:00 DOCKET 0138. 00:54:55:00 00:54:56:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 00:54:56:00 00:54:56:00 UH. 00:54:56:00 00:55:01:00 >> ALL THOSE AGAINST DOCKET 00:55:01:00 00:55:01:00 01138 IS PASSED. 00:55:01:00 00:55:03:00 UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX 00:55:03:00 00:55:04:00 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND 00:55:04:00 00:55:06:00 PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0139. 00:55:06:00 00:55:07:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 00:55:07:00 00:55:10:00 SAY I THANK YOU. 00:55:10:00 00:55:13:00 DOCKET 0139 HAS PASSED. 00:55:13:00 00:55:16:00 BUT THAT WOULD TAKE THAT 00:55:16:00 00:55:16:00 DOESN'T. 00:55:16:00 00:55:21:00 UH, WE MOVE ON TO REPORTS 00:55:21:00 00:55:21:00 OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS. 00:55:21:00 00:55:25:00 UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 00:55:25:00 00:55:30:00 READ DOCKET 0140 THROUGH 0155? 00:55:30:00 00:55:36:00 TALKING EV 0140 COMMUNICATION 00:55:36:00 00:55:37:00 WAS RECEIVED FROM CITY 00:55:37:00 00:55:39:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIZ BRAIN 00:55:39:00 00:55:41:00 DETAILING THE NAMED CHAIRS, 00:55:41:00 00:55:42:00 VICE CHAIRS AND VOTING MEMBERS 00:55:42:00 00:55:44:00 OF THE BOSTON CITY 00:55:44:00 00:55:45:00 COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 00:55:45:00 00:55:49:00 THE 2026 2027 TERM TALKING 00:55:49:00 00:55:51:00 NUMBERS 0141 NOTICE RECEIVED 00:55:51:00 00:55:52:00 FROM THE MAYOR OF THE 00:55:52:00 00:55:54:00 REAPPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN ELKINS 00:55:54:00 00:55:55:00 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON 00:55:55:00 00:55:57:00 SCHOOL COMMITTEE EFFECTIVE 00:55:57:00 00:55:59:00 JANUARY 5TH, 2026, DOCKET 00:55:59:00 00:56:02:00 NUMBER 0142 NOTICE WE RECEIVED 00:56:02:00 00:56:03:00 FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT 00:56:03:00 00:56:05:00 OF LYDIA TORRES AS A MEMBER 00:56:05:00 00:56:07:00 OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE 00:56:07:00 00:56:11:00 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 5TH, 2026, 00:56:11:00 00:56:13:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0143 NOTICES 00:56:13:00 00:56:14:00 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE 00:56:14:00 00:56:17:00 APPOINTMENT OF FRANKLIN PERALTA 00:56:17:00 00:56:18:00 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON 00:56:18:00 00:56:19:00 SCHOOL COMMITTEE EFFECTIVE 00:56:19:00 00:56:21:00 JANUARY 5TH, 2026. 00:56:21:00 00:56:24:00 TALKING NUMBER 0144 NOTICE WAS 00:56:24:00 00:56:26:00 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE 00:56:26:00 00:56:27:00 APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL 00:56:27:00 00:56:29:00 FIRESTONE AS A AS CORPORATION 00:56:29:00 00:56:31:00 COUNCILOR EFFECTIVE JANUARY 00:56:31:00 00:56:32:00 12TH, 2026. 00:56:32:00 00:56:35:00 TUCKER NUMBER 0145 NOTICE WAS 00:56:35:00 00:56:37:00 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE 00:56:37:00 00:56:39:00 APPOINTMENT OF DANIELLE CHOI AS 00:56:39:00 00:56:40:00 A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CIVIC 00:56:40:00 00:56:42:00 DESIGN COMMISSION FOR A TERM 00:56:42:00 00:56:45:00 EXPIRING OCTOBER 31ST, 2029. 00:56:45:00 00:56:48:00 TUCKER NUMBER 0146 NOTICE WAS 00:56:48:00 00:56:49:00 RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE 00:56:49:00 00:56:50:00 APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY HOLLAND 00:56:50:00 00:56:53:00 BURKE, M.D. AS AN EX-OFFICIO 00:56:53:00 00:56:55:00 MEMBER OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC 00:56:55:00 00:56:56:00 HEALTH COMMISSIONS BOARD 00:56:56:00 00:56:59:00 OF HEALTH TALKING NUMBER 0147 00:56:59:00 00:57:00:00 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM 00:57:00:00 00:57:02:00 SCOTT FINN, CITY AUDITOR 00:57:02:00 00:57:04:00 REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S 00:57:04:00 00:57:07:00 FISCAL 2025 ANNUAL 00:57:07:00 00:57:09:00 COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT 00:57:09:00 00:57:11:00 TALKING NUMBERS 0148 00:57:11:00 00:57:13:00 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE 00:57:13:00 00:57:15:00 BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION 00:57:15:00 00:57:16:00 COMMISSION REGARDING A VOTE TO 00:57:16:00 00:57:19:00 APPROVE KATHY BAKER ECLIPSE TO 00:57:19:00 00:57:21:00 SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY 00:57:21:00 00:57:23:00 PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AS THE 00:57:23:00 00:57:24:00 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOSTON 00:57:24:00 00:57:26:00 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 00:57:26:00 00:57:30:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0149 00:57:30:00 00:57:30:00 COMMUNICATION FROM 00:57:30:00 00:57:31:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING 00:57:31:00 00:57:34:00 RECENT SEXUAL ASSAULT AT BOSTON 00:57:34:00 00:57:35:00 MEDICAL. 00:57:35:00 00:57:38:00 CENTER DOCKET NUMBER 0150 00:57:38:00 00:57:39:00 COMMUNICATION FROM 00:57:39:00 00:57:41:00 COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING BOSTON 00:57:41:00 00:57:42:00 PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION 00:57:42:00 00:57:45:00 OVERSIGHT AND SECURITY AT 00:57:45:00 00:57:46:00 HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON 00:57:46:00 00:57:50:00 , DOCKET NUMBER 0151 00:57:50:00 00:57:51:00 COMMUNICATION FROM 00:57:51:00 00:57:52:00 COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING 00:57:52:00 00:57:54:00 OUTGOING ARPA FUNDS TO 00:57:54:00 00:57:55:00 NONPROFITS IN BOSTON. 00:57:55:00 00:57:58:00 TALKING NUMBERS 0152 00:57:58:00 00:57:59:00 COMMUNICATION FROM 00:57:59:00 00:58:01:00 COUNCIL REGARDING THE DEMOTION 00:58:01:00 00:58:04:00 OF BOSTON POLICE DEPUTY 00:58:04:00 00:58:05:00 SUPERINTENDENT MARCUS EDDINGS 00:58:05:00 00:58:08:00 DUGGAN NUMBER 0153 00:58:08:00 00:58:09:00 COMMUNICATION FROM 00:58:09:00 00:58:10:00 COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING THE 00:58:10:00 00:58:12:00 COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR THE 00:58:12:00 00:58:14:00 PARCEL P3 DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 00:58:14:00 00:58:18:00 NUMBER 015 FOR COMMUNICATION 00:58:18:00 00:58:19:00 FROM COUNCILOR MEJIA REGARDING 00:58:19:00 00:58:21:00 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BOSTON 00:58:21:00 00:58:24:00 CITY COUNCIL RULES 2026 2027 00:58:24:00 00:58:28:00 AND NUMBER 0155 COMMUNICATION 00:58:28:00 00:58:29:00 RECEIVED FROM POLICE 00:58:29:00 00:58:31:00 COMMISSIONER MICHAEL COX IN 00:58:31:00 00:58:32:00 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE 00:58:32:00 00:58:34:00 OF THE BOSTON TRUST ACT 00:58:34:00 00:58:37:00 REGARDING CIVIL IMMIGRATION 00:58:37:00 00:58:38:00 DETAINER RESULTS FOR CALENDAR 00:58:38:00 00:58:39:00 YEAR 2025. 00:58:39:00 00:58:42:00 THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. 00:58:42:00 00:58:46:00 UH, DOCKET 0140 BEFORE WE PUT 00:58:46:00 00:58:47:00 THEM ON FILE, I REQUEST AFTER, 00:58:47:00 00:58:49:00 UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU'D LIKE 00:58:49:00 00:58:50:00 TO SPEAK TO SPEAK TO YOUR 00:58:50:00 00:58:52:00 CORRESPONDENTS FOR, UH, TWO 00:58:52:00 00:58:53:00 MINUTES, UH, FOR EACH. 00:58:53:00 00:58:54:00 THANK YOU. 00:58:54:00 00:58:55:00 >> YEAH. 00:58:55:00 00:58:56:00 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:58:56:00 00:58:56:00 I'M ONLY GOING TO. 00:58:56:00 00:58:59:00 SPEAK ON DOCKET 0152. 00:58:59:00 00:59:01:00 AND THAT WAS THE COMMUNICATION 00:59:01:00 00:59:01:00 REGARDING THE. 00:59:01:00 00:59:02:00 THE MOTION OF. 00:59:02:00 00:59:03:00 BOSTON POLICE. 00:59:03:00 00:59:05:00 DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARCUS 00:59:05:00 00:59:05:00 ADAMS. 00:59:05:00 00:59:07:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:59:07:00 00:59:10:00 UM, I SENT A LETTER TO BOSTON 00:59:10:00 00:59:11:00 POLICE COMMISSIONER COX 00:59:11:00 00:59:12:00 REGARDING THE DEMOTION 00:59:12:00 00:59:14:00 OF BOSTON PLACE DEPUTY 00:59:14:00 00:59:15:00 SUPERINTENDENT MARCUS EDDINGS. 00:59:15:00 00:59:17:00 THIS FOLLOWED THE. 00:59:17:00 00:59:19:00 TROUBLING DEMOTION OF ANOTHER 00:59:19:00 00:59:20:00 WELL-RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE 00:59:20:00 00:59:22:00 COMMAND STAFF, EDDIE CRISPIN. 00:59:22:00 00:59:26:00 WHEN EDDINGS WAS DEMOTED, MANY 00:59:26:00 00:59:27:00 EXPRESSED CONFUSION AND 00:59:27:00 00:59:29:00 DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT THE 00:59:29:00 00:59:29:00 DECISION. 00:59:29:00 00:59:33:00 IN MY OPINION, DEPUTY 00:59:33:00 00:59:35:00 SUPERINTENDENT EDDINGS IS A 00:59:35:00 00:59:36:00 SEASONED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE 00:59:36:00 00:59:38:00 LEADER WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED A 00:59:38:00 00:59:41:00 DEEP DEDICATION TO SERVING THE 00:59:41:00 00:59:43:00 BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR 00:59:43:00 00:59:43:00 COMMUNITY. 00:59:43:00 00:59:46:00 IN MY OPINION, HIS DEMOTION IS 00:59:46:00 00:59:47:00 A HUGE LOSS TO THE IMPORTANT 00:59:47:00 00:59:50:00 WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE 00:59:50:00 00:59:51:00 COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. 00:59:51:00 00:59:55:00 I ALSO TALKED WITH THE 00:59:55:00 00:59:56:00 ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING. 00:59:56:00 01:00:00:00 THE UM LAW ENFORCEMENT 01:00:00:00 01:00:01:00 OFFICIALS AND THE MINORITY 01:00:01:00 01:00:04:00 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH UM THEY 01:00:04:00 01:00:06:00 ARE ALSO DISAPPOINTED IN THIS 01:00:06:00 01:00:07:00 DEVELOPMENT. 01:00:07:00 01:00:10:00 IT IS DISCOURAGING AND IT'S 01:00:10:00 01:00:11:00 DISAPPOINTMENT DISAPPOINTING 01:00:11:00 01:00:15:00 WHEN WE SEE WELL QUALIFIED MEN 01:00:15:00 01:00:17:00 OF COLOR ON THE BOSTON POLICE 01:00:17:00 01:00:20:00 DEPARTMENT GETTING DEMOTED UM, 01:00:20:00 01:00:21:00 WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION. 01:00:21:00 01:00:25:00 UM, I'M HERE TO STAND UP FOR 01:00:25:00 01:00:26:00 THOSE POLICE OFFICERS WHO I 01:00:26:00 01:00:27:00 THINK HAVE CONTRIBUTED. 01:00:27:00 01:00:29:00 GREATLY TO OUR CITY. 01:00:29:00 01:00:33:00 MANY OF THEM ARE ROLE MODELS 01:00:33:00 01:00:35:00 AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY 01:00:35:00 01:00:36:00 THEY MAY WANT TO JOIN THE 01:00:36:00 01:00:38:00 POLICE FORCE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO 01:00:38:00 01:00:40:00 BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG PERIOD 01:00:40:00 01:00:42:00 OF TIME AND CONTRIBUTED GREATLY 01:00:42:00 01:00:44:00 TO COMMUNITY POLICING IN OUR 01:00:44:00 01:00:44:00 CITY. 01:00:44:00 01:00:47:00 IT'S DEPUTY 01:00:47:00 01:00:48:00 SUPERINTENDENT CRISPIN OR DEP. 01:00:48:00 01:00:50:00 DEPUTY EDDINGS UM OUR 01:00:50:00 01:00:53:00 OUTSTANDING POLICE OFFICERS AND 01:00:53:00 01:00:55:00 I DO THINK THIS HURTS OUR 01:00:55:00 01:00:58:00 DEPARTMENT AND I DO THINK THIS 01:00:58:00 01:01:00:00 HURTS OUR CITY AND I'M HERE TO 01:01:00:00 01:01:01:00 STAND UP FOR THEM BECAUSE I 01:01:01:00 01:01:04:00 DON'T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE 01:01:04:00 01:01:04:00 OF COLOR. 01:01:04:00 01:01:07:00 ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT 01:01:07:00 01:01:08:00 GET DEMOTED FOR NO REASON. 01:01:08:00 01:01:09:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 01:01:09:00 01:01:10:00 THANK YOU MR. 01:01:10:00 01:01:12:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 01:01:12:00 01:01:16:00 UH, COUNSELOR HERE YOU HAVE THE 01:01:16:00 01:01:16:00 FLOOR. 01:01:16:00 01:01:18:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:01:18:00 01:01:19:00 UM. 01:01:19:00 01:01:20:00 >> AND I. 01:01:20:00 01:01:23:00 THIS IS MORE SO FOR A POINT 01:01:23:00 01:01:24:00 OF CLARIFICATION, I KNOW I DID 01:01:24:00 01:01:25:00 FILE A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION 01:01:25:00 01:01:26:00 REGARDING THE RULES. 01:01:26:00 01:01:33:00 UM, AND UH, IN MY IN MY REQUEST 01:01:33:00 01:01:34:00 I ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME 01:01:34:00 01:01:35:00 CHANGES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO 01:01:35:00 01:01:36:00 SEE TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 01:01:36:00 01:01:38:00 UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS 01:01:38:00 01:01:39:00 WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE. 01:01:39:00 01:01:40:00 TIME TO. 01:01:40:00 01:01:42:00 ADDRESS THAT OR IF YOU'RE GOING 01:01:42:00 01:01:45:00 TO BE, UH, EXPLORING THOSE ARE 01:01:45:00 01:01:46:00 IN THE WORK IN SESSION JUST SO 01:01:46:00 01:01:47:00 THAT I'M CLEAR. 01:01:47:00 01:01:49:00 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 01:01:49:00 01:01:50:00 YOUR CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS 01:01:50:00 01:01:50:00 MATTER. 01:01:50:00 01:01:52:00 UH, WE WILL BRING THESE ISSUES 01:01:52:00 01:01:53:00 TO THE WORKING SESSION AND 01:01:53:00 01:01:55:00 WHICH WILL BE NOTICED AS SOON 01:01:55:00 01:01:56:00 AS WE GET FINISHED HERE TODAY. 01:01:56:00 01:01:56:00 OKAY. 01:01:56:00 01:01:57:00 >> THANK YOU. 01:01:57:00 01:01:59:00 UM. 01:01:59:00 01:02:02:00 >> MADAM CHAIR, I ARE. 01:02:02:00 01:02:04:00 YOU YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:02:04:00 01:02:06:00 >> I LIKE TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF 01:02:06:00 01:02:07:00 THE REMARKS AND THE 01:02:07:00 01:02:09:00 COMMUNICATION FROM 01:02:09:00 01:02:10:00 COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN REGARDING 01:02:10:00 01:02:10:00 MARCUS. 01:02:10:00 01:02:13:00 AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT 01:02:13:00 01:02:15:00 WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE A 01:02:15:00 01:02:17:00 COMMENTARY ONCE THE THE PERSON 01:02:17:00 01:02:17:00 WHO. 01:02:17:00 01:02:18:00 IT'S A COURTESY TO THE FOLKS 01:02:18:00 01:02:20:00 WHO SEND THE THE CORRESPONDENCE 01:02:20:00 01:02:22:00 TO LET THEM SPEAK TO IT BUT WE 01:02:22:00 01:02:23:00 DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 01:02:23:00 01:02:24:00 FROM THE FLOOR. 01:02:24:00 01:02:25:00 >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, 01:02:25:00 01:02:26:00 I STAND CORRECTED. 01:02:26:00 01:02:27:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:02:27:00 01:02:33:00 THANK YOU. 01:02:33:00 01:02:39:00 DOCKET 014030155 WILL BE PLACED 01:02:39:00 01:02:41:00 ON SCI FI WILL BE PLACED ON 01:02:41:00 01:02:41:00 FILE. 01:02:41:00 01:02:42:00 MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 01:02:42:00 01:02:44:00 DOCKET 0139? 01:02:44:00 01:02:48:00 OH WHO? 01:02:48:00 01:02:50:00 DOCKET 0156. 01:02:50:00 01:02:52:00 DOC AND HAVE A0156 THAT 01:02:52:00 01:02:53:00 CONSTABLE. 01:02:53:00 01:02:55:00 BOND UP TO ME COULD. 01:02:55:00 01:02:58:00 UH J DASH HAVEN'T BEEN DULY 01:02:58:00 01:02:58:00 APPROVED. 01:02:58:00 01:03:01:00 BY THE COLLECTOR TREASURER WAS 01:03:01:00 01:03:01:00 RECEIVED. 01:03:01:00 01:03:07:00 UM, WHAT AM I GOT? 01:03:07:00 01:03:10:00 1567. 01:03:10:00 01:03:19:00 UH, DOCKET 0156 IS APPROVED 01:03:19:00 01:03:21:00 UNDER THE USUAL TERMS AND 01:03:21:00 01:03:21:00 CONDITIONS. 01:03:21:00 01:03:25:00 THANK YOU, MR TURK. 01:03:25:00 01:03:28:00 REMIND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON 01:03:28:00 01:03:30:00 TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND 01:03:30:00 01:03:32:00 RESOLUTIONS JUST AS A REMINDER 01:03:32:00 01:03:35:00 PURSUANT TO RULE 39, REMARKS BY 01:03:35:00 01:03:36:00 COUNCILORS AT THIS TIME SHALL 01:03:36:00 01:03:38:00 BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR 01:03:38:00 01:03:40:00 THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO 01:03:40:00 01:03:43:00 MINUTES FOR THE CO-SPONSORS FOR 01:03:43:00 01:03:43:00 RESOLUTIONS. 01:03:43:00 01:03:45:00 REMARKS WILL BE LIMITED TO 01:03:45:00 01:03:46:00 THREE MINUTES FOR THE DOCKET 01:03:46:00 01:03:48:00 SPONSORS AND TWO MINUTES FOR 01:03:48:00 01:03:50:00 ANY OTHER COUNCILOR AS THE AS 01:03:50:00 01:03:51:00 THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR 01:03:51:00 01:03:52:00 QUESTIONS AND DEBATE. 01:03:52:00 01:03:54:00 IS THAT A PUBLIC HEARING OR 01:03:54:00 01:03:56:00 WORKING SESSION GIVEN THE 01:03:56:00 01:03:58:00 EXTENSIVE NUMBER OF FILINGS UH 01:03:58:00 01:04:01:00 AND AS A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY 01:04:01:00 01:04:03:00 BY REFILE FOR REFILED MATTERS, 01:04:03:00 01:04:05:00 I KINDLY ASKED COUNCILORS TO 01:04:05:00 01:04:06:00 LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO NO MORE 01:04:06:00 01:04:08:00 THAN ONE MINUTE AND CO-SPONSORS 01:04:08:00 01:04:10:00 TO DEFER TO THE LEAD SPONSORS 01:04:10:00 01:04:11:00 FOR REMARKS. 01:04:11:00 01:04:12:00 THESE ARE REFILED DOCKETS FROM 01:04:12:00 01:04:14:00 LAST LAST YEAR. 01:04:14:00 01:04:17:00 UM WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS. 01:04:17:00 01:04:18:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 01:04:18:00 01:04:20:00 READ DOCKET 0158? 01:04:20:00 01:04:21:00 THIS IS A REFUND. 01:04:21:00 01:04:24:00 DUKKHA NUMBER 0158 01:04:24:00 01:04:25:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART 01:04:25:00 01:04:27:00 OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE 01:04:27:00 01:04:27:00 ESTABLISHING. 01:04:27:00 01:04:30:00 STREET FOOD CUTS IN THE CITY 01:04:30:00 01:04:32:00 OF BOSTON RE FILE FROM 2025. 01:04:32:00 01:04:35:00 CONSTITUENTS OF COLOR TO 01:04:35:00 01:04:36:00 SEATTLE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:04:36:00 01:04:37:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:04:37:00 01:04:38:00 I'M PROUD TO FILE THIS 01:04:38:00 01:04:39:00 ORDINANCE AND EVEN PROUDER 01:04:39:00 01:04:41:00 OF THE SUCCESSFUL PILOT PROGRAM 01:04:41:00 01:04:42:00 THAT WE LAUNCHED IN 01:04:42:00 01:04:43:00 PARTNERSHIP. 01:04:43:00 01:04:44:00 >> WITH OIE LAST YEAR THAT 01:04:44:00 01:04:46:00 DEMONSTRATED A REAL PROOF 01:04:46:00 01:04:46:00 OF CONCEPT. 01:04:46:00 01:04:49:00 NOW IT IS TIME TO UH PUT IT UM 01:04:49:00 01:04:51:00 FROM ACTION INTO WORDS AND GET 01:04:51:00 01:04:52:00 IT INTO THE CODE. 01:04:52:00 01:04:54:00 THAT PILOT SHOWED US THAT WHAT 01:04:54:00 01:04:55:00 WE ALREADY KNEW TO BE TRUE WHEN 01:04:55:00 01:04:57:00 WE LOWER BARRIERS AND SIMPLIFY 01:04:57:00 01:04:59:00 SYSTEMS, PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND 01:04:59:00 01:05:00:00 SMALL BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE. 01:05:00:00 01:05:02:00 THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT 01:05:02:00 01:05:03:00 FORMALIZING WHAT ALREADY EXISTS 01:05:03:00 01:05:06:00 AND TURNING AN INFORMAL ECONOMY 01:05:06:00 01:05:07:00 INTO A LEGITIMATE, ACCESSIBLE 01:05:07:00 01:05:09:00 PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY. 01:05:09:00 01:05:11:00 IT CREATES A STREAMLINED 01:05:11:00 01:05:13:00 MULTILINGUAL PROCESS, LOWERS 01:05:13:00 01:05:15:00 PERMIT COSTS AND ESTABLISHES 01:05:15:00 01:05:16:00 CLEAR RULES AND DESIGNATED 01:05:16:00 01:05:19:00 ZONES WITH PROPER OVERSIGHT SO 01:05:19:00 01:05:20:00 VENDORS LARGELY THOSE FROM THE 01:05:20:00 01:05:21:00 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND THOSE 01:05:21:00 01:05:22:00 WHO SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE 01:05:22:00 01:05:24:00 AREN'T NAVIGATING A MAZE 01:05:24:00 01:05:26:00 OF BUREAUCRACY JUST TO EARN A 01:05:26:00 01:05:27:00 LIVING AT A TIME WHEN BRICK AND 01:05:27:00 01:05:28:00 MORTAR COSTS REMAIN OUT 01:05:28:00 01:05:30:00 OF REACH FOR MANY, 01:05:30:00 01:05:31:00 NON-MOTORIZED VENDING OFFERS A 01:05:31:00 01:05:33:00 LOW COST ONRAMP TO 01:05:33:00 01:05:34:00 ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 01:05:34:00 01:05:35:00 THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE AND 01:05:35:00 01:05:37:00 REGULATORY REFORM WORKING HAND 01:05:37:00 01:05:39:00 IN HAND, TAKING A TESTED PILOT 01:05:39:00 01:05:41:00 AND PUTTING A REAL VISION INTO 01:05:41:00 01:05:41:00 ACTION. 01:05:41:00 01:05:42:00 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 01:05:42:00 01:05:43:00 MY COLLEAGUES, DEPARTMENT AND 01:05:43:00 01:05:45:00 THE COMMUNITY TO GET THIS RIGHT 01:05:45:00 01:05:46:00 AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES IN 01:05:46:00 01:05:46:00 BOSTON. 01:05:46:00 01:05:47:00 THANK YOU. 01:05:47:00 01:05:49:00 >> UH, CONCEPTS AND IDEAS ABOUT 01:05:49:00 01:05:50:00 IT. 01:05:50:00 01:05:50:00 UH. 01:05:50:00 01:05:51:00 WITH ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE. 01:05:51:00 01:05:52:00 >> TO MAKE IT. 01:05:52:00 01:06:00:00 GOT IT. 01:06:00:00 01:06:02:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE 01:06:02:00 01:06:03:00 AS A POWDER. 01:06:03:00 01:06:05:00 UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO 01:06:05:00 01:06:06:00 ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET? 01:06:06:00 01:06:09:00 UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, 01:06:09:00 01:06:12:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, 01:06:12:00 01:06:12:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 01:06:12:00 01:06:13:00 COUNCILWOMAN. 01:06:13:00 01:06:16:00 HERE COMES COUNCILOR PEPEN. 01:06:16:00 01:06:18:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA, 01:06:18:00 01:06:19:00 COUNCILOR WEBER AND CONSTABLE 01:06:19:00 01:06:21:00 WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR 01:06:21:00 01:06:23:00 AND, UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. 01:06:23:00 01:06:26:00 THANK YOU. 01:06:26:00 01:06:28:00 DOCKET 015 IT WILL BE REFERRED 01:06:28:00 01:06:29:00 TO THE COMMITTEE. 01:06:29:00 01:06:29:00 UM. 01:06:29:00 01:06:32:00 THE OVERHAUL. 01:06:32:00 01:06:32:00 >> OF THE WHOLE. 01:06:32:00 01:06:37:00 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ 01:06:37:00 01:06:38:00 DOCKET 0159? 01:06:38:00 01:06:41:00 OH, SO I UNDERSTAND THIS DOCKET 01:06:41:00 01:06:41:00 IS BEING WITHDRAWN. 01:06:41:00 01:06:44:00 FROM DOCKET NUMBER 059 HAS BEEN 01:06:44:00 01:06:44:00 WITHDRAWN. 01:06:44:00 01:06:45:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 01:06:45:00 01:06:48:00 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ 01:06:48:00 01:06:50:00 DOCKET 0160? 01:06:50:00 01:06:51:00 THIS IS ANOTHER REFILE. 01:06:51:00 01:06:54:00 DUCKY NUMBER 0160 COUNCIL. 01:06:54:00 01:06:55:00 LET ME HEAR. 01:06:55:00 01:06:55:00 >> OF THE. 01:06:55:00 01:06:57:00 FOLLOWING ORDINANCE CREATING A 01:06:57:00 01:06:58:00 MUNICIPAL IDENTITY. 01:06:58:00 01:07:01:00 IDENTIFICATION CARD IN THE. 01:07:01:00 01:07:02:00 CITY OF BOSTON. 01:07:02:00 01:07:03:00 A REFILE FROM 2025. 01:07:03:00 01:07:06:00 THANK YOU. 01:07:06:00 01:07:07:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 01:07:07:00 01:07:09:00 COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE 01:07:09:00 01:07:09:00 FLOOR. 01:07:09:00 01:07:11:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:07:11:00 01:07:13:00 UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S THIS IS 01:07:13:00 01:07:13:00 JUST A REFILE. 01:07:13:00 01:07:15:00 UM, SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP 01:07:15:00 01:07:16:00 TOO MUCH SPACE AND LOOKING 01:07:16:00 01:07:17:00 FORWARD TO HAVING THE 01:07:17:00 01:07:17:00 CONVERSATION. 01:07:17:00 01:07:18:00 THANK YOU. 01:07:18:00 01:07:19:00 THANK YOU. 01:07:19:00 01:07:22:00 >> DOCKET 0160 WILL BE REFERRED 01:07:22:00 01:07:24:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 01:07:24:00 01:07:26:00 OH YES. 01:07:26:00 01:07:27:00 BEG YOUR PARDON? 01:07:27:00 01:07:29:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 01:07:29:00 01:07:32:00 NAME TO DOCKET 0160? 01:07:32:00 01:07:36:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN 01:07:36:00 01:07:37:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA 01:07:37:00 01:07:39:00 COUNCILOR WEBER 01:07:39:00 01:07:40:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE 01:07:40:00 01:07:41:00 OUT THE CHAIR. 01:07:41:00 01:07:48:00 DOCKET 0160 WILL BE REFERRED TO 01:07:48:00 01:07:49:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 01:07:49:00 01:07:53:00 UH, MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE, 01:07:53:00 01:07:55:00 UH, READ DOCKET 0161. 01:07:55:00 01:07:59:00 DUCKING INTO 0161 COUNCIL AS 01:07:59:00 01:08:00:00 WELL AND BE HERE FOR THE 01:08:00:00 01:08:02:00 FOLLOWING ORDINANCE PREVENTING 01:08:02:00 01:08:03:00 WAGE THEFT IN THE CITY 01:08:03:00 01:08:06:00 OF BOSTON FILE FROM 2025. 01:08:06:00 01:08:08:00 THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. 01:08:08:00 01:08:12:00 MR. CLERK, UH, THE CHAIR 01:08:12:00 01:08:13:00 RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. 01:08:13:00 01:08:13:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:08:13:00 01:08:15:00 I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:08:15:00 01:08:16:00 THIS IS A REFILE. 01:08:16:00 01:08:18:00 UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, 01:08:18:00 01:08:19:00 THIS ORDINANCE WOULD STOP THE 01:08:19:00 01:08:21:00 CITY OF BOSTON FROM ISSUING 01:08:21:00 01:08:23:00 CONTRACTS AND LICENSES TO 01:08:23:00 01:08:25:00 BUSINESSES THAT HABITUALLY FAIL 01:08:25:00 01:08:26:00 TO PAY THEIR WORKERS ACCORDING 01:08:26:00 01:08:28:00 TO, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL WAGE 01:08:28:00 01:08:29:00 LAW. 01:08:29:00 01:08:31:00 UM, WE HAVE UH, 01:08:31:00 01:08:32:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I HAVE 01:08:32:00 01:08:34:00 WORKED WITH ADVOCATES OVER THE 01:08:34:00 01:08:35:00 LAST TWO YEARS. 01:08:35:00 01:08:38:00 UH, AND WE THOUGHT, UH, THIS 01:08:38:00 01:08:39:00 THIS ORDINANCE IS BASICALLY 01:08:39:00 01:08:40:00 READY FOR PASSAGE. 01:08:40:00 01:08:42:00 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 01:08:42:00 01:08:43:00 THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNANCE 01:08:43:00 01:08:45:00 COMMITTEE TO, UH, GET THIS 01:08:45:00 01:08:45:00 BEFORE. 01:08:45:00 01:08:46:00 >> THE COUNCIL. 01:08:46:00 01:08:48:00 UH, SOON, UH, SO WE CAN PROTECT 01:08:48:00 01:08:49:00 WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY 01:08:49:00 01:08:50:00 OF BOSTON. 01:08:50:00 01:08:50:00 THANK YOU. 01:08:50:00 01:08:51:00 THANK YOU. 01:08:51:00 01:08:52:00 >> COUNCILOR WEBER. 01:08:52:00 01:08:53:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 01:08:53:00 01:08:53:00 NAME? 01:08:53:00 01:08:57:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER. 01:08:57:00 01:08:58:00 COUNCILOR. 01:08:58:00 01:08:58:00 DURKAN. 01:08:58:00 01:08:59:00 COUNCILOR. 01:08:59:00 01:09:00:00 FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR. 01:09:00:00 01:09:02:00 UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 01:09:02:00 01:09:03:00 UH. 01:09:03:00 01:09:03:00 MURPHY. 01:09:03:00 01:09:04:00 COUNSELOR. 01:09:04:00 01:09:05:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR. 01:09:05:00 01:09:08:00 SANTANA, HUNTER WEBER AND 01:09:08:00 01:09:09:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE 01:09:09:00 01:09:10:00 ADD THE CHAIR. 01:09:10:00 01:09:13:00 YOU'RE THE LEAD. 01:09:13:00 01:09:13:00 GOOD. 01:09:13:00 01:09:18:00 OH, UM, CONSTABLE WEBER YOU 01:09:18:00 01:09:18:00 HAD. 01:09:18:00 01:09:19:00 >> SORRY, MADAM PRESIDENT, I 01:09:19:00 01:09:21:00 NEGLECTED TO ADD, UH, 01:09:21:00 01:09:22:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN, AS IT WERE. 01:09:22:00 01:09:24:00 CAN WE ADD PEPEN AS A THIRD ON 01:09:24:00 01:09:27:00 THIS NOW OR YOU KNOW, TO DO IT 01:09:27:00 01:09:28:00 LATER, CAN I WE SUSPENDED THAT. 01:09:28:00 01:09:30:00 YES YOU CAN. 01:09:30:00 01:09:30:00 YES. 01:09:30:00 01:09:31:00 THANK YOU. 01:09:31:00 01:09:34:00 UH, COUNCIL WEBER UH SIX 01:09:34:00 01:09:36:00 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO, UH, 01:09:36:00 01:09:38:00 CONTRA PEPEN AND ALL THOSE IN 01:09:38:00 01:09:40:00 FAVOR SAY SEEING NO OBJECTION 01:09:40:00 01:09:41:00 CONTRA PEMBINA. 01:09:41:00 01:09:49:00 SO, UH SO ADDED UM, DOCKET 01:09:49:00 01:09:50:00 010161 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 01:09:50:00 01:09:51:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 01:09:51:00 01:09:55:00 MR TROUT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 01:09:55:00 01:09:56:00 DOCKET 0162. 01:09:56:00 01:10:00:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0162 COUNCIL IS 01:10:00:00 01:10:01:00 MEJIA AND WELL OFF OF THE 01:10:01:00 01:10:03:00 FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A 01:10:03:00 01:10:05:00 SPECIAL LAW AND ACT RELATIVE TO 01:10:05:00 01:10:06:00 REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON 01:10:06:00 01:10:07:00 SCHOOL COMMITTEE RE. 01:10:07:00 01:10:09:00 FILE 2025. 01:10:09:00 01:10:10:00 THANK YOU. 01:10:10:00 01:10:13:00 UH, MR TRUCK, THE CHAIR 01:10:13:00 01:10:13:00 RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE 01:10:13:00 01:10:14:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:10:14:00 01:10:16:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:10:16:00 01:10:18:00 UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK 01:10:18:00 01:10:20:00 COUNCIL OVERALL FOR JOINING 01:10:20:00 01:10:21:00 ME ON THIS QUEST. 01:10:21:00 01:10:24:00 THIS IS NOT A NEW VENTURE IN 01:10:24:00 01:10:25:00 2023. 01:10:25:00 01:10:27:00 UM, THIS, UH, DIFFERENT 01:10:27:00 01:10:29:00 ITERATION OF THIS BODY, UM, 01:10:29:00 01:10:30:00 PASSED A HOME RULE PETITION 01:10:30:00 01:10:33:00 THAT WAS SENT OVER TO UM THEN 01:10:33:00 01:10:35:00 UH, AS WELL STILL UH, CITY 01:10:35:00 01:10:39:00 COUNCIL UH, NO MAYOR MOVE UM TO 01:10:39:00 01:10:41:00 UH MOVE FORWARD AN OPPORTUNITY 01:10:41:00 01:10:43:00 FOR US TO FINALLY HAVE AN 01:10:43:00 01:10:44:00 ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 01:10:44:00 01:10:47:00 WE KNOW GIVEN THE STATE 01:10:47:00 01:10:50:00 OF AFFAIRS HERE, UM, ON THE 01:10:50:00 01:10:51:00 NATIONAL LANDSCAPE AND ALSO 01:10:51:00 01:10:52:00 HERE LOCALLY ABOUT MORE THAN 01:10:52:00 01:10:55:00 EVER PEOPLE WANT TO BE ACTIVE 01:10:55:00 01:10:56:00 PARTICIPANTS, UM, IN THE 01:10:56:00 01:10:57:00 DECISIONS THAT GET MADE ABOUT 01:10:57:00 01:10:59:00 THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR 01:10:59:00 01:11:00:00 THEIR CHILDREN. 01:11:00:00 01:11:02:00 BOSTON IS THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY 01:11:02:00 01:11:04:00 IN THE ENTIRE STATE 01:11:04:00 01:11:06:00 OF MASSACHUSETTS THAT HAS AN 01:11:06:00 01:11:07:00 APPOINTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE 01:11:07:00 01:11:08:00 STRUCTURE. 01:11:08:00 01:11:10:00 IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT 01:11:10:00 01:11:11:00 DEMOCRACY AND IF WE'RE SERIOUS 01:11:11:00 01:11:12:00 ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE AN 01:11:12:00 01:11:14:00 OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT THEIR 01:11:14:00 01:11:15:00 REPRESENTATIVES, THIS IS AN 01:11:15:00 01:11:18:00 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THE 01:11:18:00 01:11:20:00 CALL ON THE MANDATE, UM, THAT 01:11:20:00 01:11:23:00 VOTERS HAD IN 2022 WHEN WE 01:11:23:00 01:11:26:00 FIRST PASSED UM THAT NONBINDING 01:11:26:00 01:11:27:00 RULE I THOUGHT I HAD THREE 01:11:27:00 01:11:27:00 MINUTES. 01:11:27:00 01:11:28:00 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 01:11:28:00 01:11:29:00 TWO. 01:11:29:00 01:11:30:00 >> OH, JESUS. 01:11:30:00 01:11:31:00 >> WELL THANK YOU. 01:11:31:00 01:11:33:00 WHAT WAS THAT? 01:11:33:00 01:11:34:00 COMES FROM A HAND. 01:11:34:00 01:11:35:00 >> LORD. 01:11:35:00 01:11:36:00 IT'S A REFILE. 01:11:36:00 01:11:37:00 UH. 01:11:37:00 01:11:38:00 >> THANK YOU. 01:11:38:00 01:11:41:00 UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 01:11:41:00 01:11:42:00 THEIR NAME? 01:11:42:00 01:11:45:00 COUNCILOR? 01:11:45:00 01:11:46:00 UH, CULPEPER. 01:11:46:00 01:11:48:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN. 01:11:48:00 01:11:48:00 COUNCILOR. 01:11:48:00 01:11:49:00 FLYNN. 01:11:49:00 01:11:49:00 COUNCILOR. 01:11:49:00 01:11:51:00 UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 01:11:51:00 01:11:52:00 MURPHY, COUNCILOR. 01:11:52:00 01:11:53:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR. 01:11:53:00 01:11:55:00 SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER. 01:11:55:00 01:11:57:00 AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. 01:11:57:00 01:12:01:00 COUNCIL. 01:12:01:00 01:12:03:00 >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE 01:12:03:00 01:12:04:00 THE FLOOR. 01:12:04:00 01:12:06:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 01:12:06:00 01:12:08:00 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SPEAK ON 01:12:08:00 01:12:09:00 THAT DOCKET? 01:12:09:00 01:12:10:00 THIS IS A REFILE. 01:12:10:00 01:12:12:00 SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HOLD 01:12:12:00 01:12:14:00 THE, UH, DEBATE TO, UH, THE 01:12:14:00 01:12:15:00 HEARING. 01:12:15:00 01:12:16:00 IT'LL BE IT'LL BE SENT TO 01:12:16:00 01:12:17:00 COMMITTEE AND WHEN WE HAVE 01:12:17:00 01:12:19:00 WORKING SESSION IF THAT'S JUST 01:12:19:00 01:12:22:00 AN INTEREST OF THANK YOU. 01:12:22:00 01:12:22:00 THANK YOU. 01:12:22:00 01:12:25:00 MR. 01:12:25:00 01:12:26:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 01:12:26:00 01:12:29:00 THANK YOU. 01:12:29:00 01:12:31:00 UH, WE WE DID THE ADDING THE 01:12:31:00 01:12:36:00 NAMES, UH, DOCKET UH, 0162 WILL 01:12:36:00 01:12:37:00 BE REFERRED TO THE TO THE 01:12:37:00 01:12:37:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 01:12:37:00 01:12:41:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 01:12:41:00 01:12:44:00 READ DOCKET 0163? 01:12:44:00 01:12:45:00 THIS IS A NEW. 01:12:45:00 01:12:49:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0163 01:12:49:00 01:12:50:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE 01:12:50:00 01:12:52:00 FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A 01:12:52:00 01:12:53:00 SPECIAL LAW AN ACT RELATIVE TO 01:12:53:00 01:12:56:00 REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES AND 01:12:56:00 01:12:57:00 SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 01:12:57:00 01:12:59:00 THANK YOU, MR BURKE. 01:12:59:00 01:13:00:00 UH. 01:13:00:00 01:13:02:00 >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 01:13:02:00 01:13:02:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 01:13:02:00 01:13:03:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:13:03:00 01:13:05:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:13:05:00 01:13:05:00 UM, AND. 01:13:05:00 01:13:07:00 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST 01:13:07:00 01:13:07:00 MEETING. 01:13:07:00 01:13:10:00 UM, I HAVE A SUBSTITUTION FOR. 01:13:10:00 01:13:11:00 THIS DOCKET THAT I BELIEVE. 01:13:11:00 01:13:12:00 HAS BEEN PLACED. 01:13:12:00 01:13:13:00 ON ALL OF OUR COUNCILORS 01:13:13:00 01:13:14:00 BASKETS. 01:13:14:00 01:13:14:00 UM. 01:13:14:00 01:13:16:00 >> AS EVERYONE GOT THE 01:13:16:00 01:13:17:00 SUBSTITUTE DOCUMENT. 01:13:17:00 01:13:19:00 ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. 01:13:19:00 01:13:21:00 THERE WAS JUST, UM, THERE'S A 01:13:21:00 01:13:23:00 TYPO AND THEN THERE WAS, UH 01:13:23:00 01:13:24:00 WHEREAS THAT WAS ADDED TO 01:13:24:00 01:13:26:00 REFLECT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE 01:13:26:00 01:13:26:00 STATE LEGISLATURE. 01:13:26:00 01:13:27:00 >> A. 01:13:27:00 01:13:29:00 SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTE FOR, 01:13:29:00 01:13:29:00 UH. 01:13:29:00 01:13:31:00 JUST BEG YOUR PARDON, 01:13:31:00 01:13:32:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 01:13:32:00 01:13:33:00 IS THERE A SECONDER FOR THE 01:13:33:00 01:13:34:00 SUBSTITUTION OF THE LANGUAGE 01:13:34:00 01:13:34:00 COUNCIL? 01:13:34:00 01:13:36:00 DURKAN JUST A SECOND. 01:13:36:00 01:13:36:00 THANK YOU. 01:13:36:00 01:13:37:00 GO AHEAD. 01:13:37:00 01:13:39:00 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:13:39:00 01:13:41:00 UH. 01:13:41:00 01:13:42:00 >> THANK YOU. 01:13:42:00 01:13:42:00 ALL RIGHT. 01:13:42:00 01:13:43:00 GO AHEAD. 01:13:43:00 01:13:44:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:13:44:00 01:13:46:00 UM, BOSTON IS IN THE MIDDLE 01:13:46:00 01:13:48:00 OF A HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE 01:13:48:00 01:13:50:00 HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS WITHIN 01:13:50:00 01:13:51:00 OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE COULD USE 01:13:51:00 01:13:52:00 TO ADDRESS IT. 01:13:52:00 01:13:53:00 ONE OF THESE TOOLS IS A REAL 01:13:53:00 01:13:55:00 ESTATE TRANSFER FEE WHICH WOULD 01:13:55:00 01:13:56:00 ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO FIND 01:13:56:00 01:13:58:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS 01:13:58:00 01:13:59:00 FOLLOWING THE TRANSFER OF HIGH 01:13:59:00 01:14:01:00 VALUE PROPERTIES WHEN 01:14:01:00 01:14:02:00 PROPERTIES ARE TRANSFERRED 01:14:02:00 01:14:04:00 TRANSFERRED INSTEAD OF SOLD, 01:14:04:00 01:14:06:00 THE CITY LOSES OUT ON VALUABLE 01:14:06:00 01:14:07:00 SOURCE OF REVENUE. 01:14:07:00 01:14:08:00 A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE 01:14:08:00 01:14:09:00 WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO 01:14:09:00 01:14:12:00 COLLECT A FEE UP TO 2% OF THE 01:14:12:00 01:14:14:00 PURCHASE PRICE OF A TRANSFERRED 01:14:14:00 01:14:14:00 PROPERTY. 01:14:14:00 01:14:17:00 THIS FEES PACIFICALLY TARGETS 01:14:17:00 01:14:18:00 HIGH VALUE TRANSFERS. 01:14:18:00 01:14:21:00 IT WOULD EXEMPT THE FIRST $2 01:14:21:00 01:14:22:00 MILLION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, 01:14:22:00 01:14:24:00 MAKING ALL PROPERTY TRANSFERS 01:14:24:00 01:14:26:00 LESS THAN THAT AMOUNT ENTIRELY 01:14:26:00 01:14:26:00 EXEMPT. 01:14:26:00 01:14:28:00 THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT THIS FEE 01:14:28:00 01:14:29:00 WOULDN'T IMPACT MIDDLE AND 01:14:29:00 01:14:30:00 LOWER INCOME FAMILIES. 01:14:30:00 01:14:33:00 THE FUND WILL BE DIVERTED TO 01:14:33:00 01:14:34:00 PROGRAMS WHICH WILL HELP OUR 01:14:34:00 01:14:37:00 NEIGHBORS FIND AFFORDABLE, LONG 01:14:37:00 01:14:37:00 TERM AND STABLE HOUSING. 01:14:37:00 01:14:39:00 THESE PROGRAMS ARE TAILORED TO 01:14:39:00 01:14:40:00 ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF OUR 01:14:40:00 01:14:43:00 HOUSING CRISIS HAS ON OUR MOST 01:14:43:00 01:14:44:00 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, 01:14:44:00 01:14:45:00 ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME FAMILIES 01:14:45:00 01:14:46:00 AND SENIORS. 01:14:46:00 01:14:48:00 THEY WOULD HELP WITH SENIOR 01:14:48:00 01:14:49:00 PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, HOUSING 01:14:49:00 01:14:51:00 ACQUISITION, HOUSING CREATION 01:14:51:00 01:14:53:00 PROJECTS, LOW INCOME RENTER 01:14:53:00 01:14:55:00 STABILITY AND SENIOR HOMEOWNER 01:14:55:00 01:14:56:00 HOMEOWNER STABILITY. 01:14:56:00 01:14:59:00 THIS WAY THOSE BENEFITING FROM 01:14:59:00 01:15:02:00 THE MOST HIGH VALUE PROPERTY 01:15:02:00 01:15:03:00 TRANSFERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO 01:15:03:00 01:15:05:00 HOUSING JUSTICE FOR OUR MOST 01:15:05:00 01:15:06:00 VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. 01:15:06:00 01:15:08:00 THROUGH THIS FEE, WE CAN BETTER 01:15:08:00 01:15:09:00 ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT 01:15:09:00 01:15:12:00 IMPACTS MOST BOSTON A CITY IN 01:15:12:00 01:15:13:00 WHICH OVER 50% OF RENTERS 01:15:13:00 01:15:16:00 ACROSS BURDENED BY IMPOSING A 01:15:16:00 01:15:17:00 MODEST TAX ON THE MOST 01:15:17:00 01:15:18:00 LUCRATIVE HIGH VALUE REAL 01:15:18:00 01:15:19:00 ESTATE TRANSFERS. 01:15:19:00 01:15:21:00 I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN 01:15:21:00 01:15:22:00 ME IN SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE. 01:15:22:00 01:15:23:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:15:23:00 01:15:23:00 THANK YOU. 01:15:23:00 01:15:25:00 >> COUNCILOR SANTANA. 01:15:25:00 01:15:26:00 UH. 01:15:26:00 01:15:28:00 >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO 01:15:28:00 01:15:29:00 SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? 01:15:29:00 01:15:34:00 COUNCILOR UM, DURKIN, YOU HAVE 01:15:34:00 01:15:35:00 THE FLOOR. 01:15:35:00 01:15:37:00 I JUST WANT TO THANK MY 01:15:37:00 01:15:38:00 COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR 01:15:38:00 01:15:40:00 HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. 01:15:40:00 01:15:41:00 I THINK THIS IS REALLY 01:15:41:00 01:15:43:00 IMPORTANT AND I WOULD LIKE TO 01:15:43:00 01:15:43:00 ADD MY NAME. 01:15:43:00 01:15:46:00 UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE 01:15:46:00 01:15:46:00 THE FLOOR. 01:15:46:00 01:15:50:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 01:15:50:00 01:15:52:00 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK 01:15:52:00 01:15:53:00 COUNCIL SANTANA A QUESTION? 01:15:53:00 01:15:57:00 UM, YES, CERTAINLY. 01:15:57:00 01:15:59:00 THAT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 01:15:59:00 01:16:01:00 UM, COUNCIL SANTANA, COULD YOU 01:16:01:00 01:16:02:00 TELL ME AGAIN THE. 01:16:02:00 01:16:06:00 THE MINIMUM NUMBER IT WOULD BE 01:16:06:00 01:16:08:00 FOR UM THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE 01:16:08:00 01:16:11:00 EXEMPT IN TERMS OF THE COST. 01:16:11:00 01:16:12:00 I DIDN'T CATCH THAT FIGURE. 01:16:12:00 01:16:15:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE 01:16:15:00 01:16:15:00 FLOOR. 01:16:15:00 01:16:16:00 YOU MAY ANSWER YES. 01:16:16:00 01:16:17:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:16:17:00 01:16:18:00 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN 01:16:18:00 01:16:18:00 . 01:16:18:00 01:16:21:00 I'M A $2 MILLION SO EVERYTHING 01:16:21:00 01:16:23:00 BELOW $2 MILLION WILL BE EXEMPT 01:16:23:00 01:16:23:00 THEN. 01:16:23:00 01:16:25:00 SO I THINK HIGHER THAN 2 01:16:25:00 01:16:25:00 MILLION WILL QUALIFY. 01:16:25:00 01:16:26:00 >> FOR SO. 01:16:26:00 01:16:27:00 THANK YOU. 01:16:27:00 01:16:29:00 >> OKAY UM SO FURTHER QUESTIONS 01:16:29:00 01:16:31:00 I THINK WILL BE THAT'S THE 01:16:31:00 01:16:32:00 PURPOSE OF HAVING A HEARING AND 01:16:32:00 01:16:34:00 A WORKING SESSION GOING FORWARD 01:16:34:00 01:16:34:00 . 01:16:34:00 01:16:35:00 SO UM. 01:16:35:00 01:16:35:00 MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:16:35:00 01:16:37:00 THANK YOU. 01:16:37:00 01:16:38:00 SO I WILL SAY SOMETHING. 01:16:38:00 01:16:38:00 YES. 01:16:38:00 01:16:39:00 >> NOT TO YOU BUT. 01:16:39:00 01:16:42:00 UH ARE YOU ARE YOU DONE, 01:16:42:00 01:16:42:00 COUNCILOR. 01:16:42:00 01:16:43:00 FLYNN I'M SORRY I DIDN'T. 01:16:43:00 01:16:46:00 YES. 01:16:46:00 01:16:49:00 >> UH, MADAM CHAIR, THE, UH 01:16:49:00 01:16:50:00 COUNCIL SANTANA ANSWERED MY 01:16:50:00 01:16:50:00 QUESTION. 01:16:50:00 01:16:53:00 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO UM 01:16:53:00 01:16:54:00 COUNCIL SANTANA I ALTHOUGH I 01:16:54:00 01:16:57:00 WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING IT I I 01:16:57:00 01:16:59:00 DO THINK THIS IS ANOTHER TAX 01:16:59:00 01:17:01:00 AND DURING, UM, ECONOMIC 01:17:01:00 01:17:04:00 CHALLENGING TIMES I DON'T THINK 01:17:04:00 01:17:06:00 UM, TAXING RESIDENTS THAT WANT 01:17:06:00 01:17:09:00 TO SELL A CONDO OR A HOUSE UM 01:17:09:00 01:17:10:00 ABOVE $2 MILLION. 01:17:10:00 01:17:12:00 IS IS THE RIGHT MOVE. 01:17:12:00 01:17:16:00 UM MANY PEOPLE MANY PEOPLE HAVE 01:17:16:00 01:17:17:00 HOMES THAT. 01:17:17:00 01:17:18:00 >> ARE. 01:17:18:00 01:17:19:00 THAT ARE $1 MILLION HOMES AND 01:17:19:00 01:17:21:00 THEY'RE NOT WEALTHY AND THEY 01:17:21:00 01:17:24:00 HAVE TO SELL THEIR HOME FOR 01:17:24:00 01:17:24:00 VARIOUS REASONS. 01:17:24:00 01:17:27:00 UM, BUT I DO THINK THIS IS ALSO 01:17:27:00 01:17:31:00 ANOTHER TAX AND IT WILL NOT BE 01:17:31:00 01:17:33:00 WELCOMED BY THE DEVELOPMENT 01:17:33:00 01:17:34:00 COMMUNITY OR INVESTORS IN OUR 01:17:34:00 01:17:34:00 CITY. 01:17:34:00 01:17:36:00 BUT I THANK YOU SO MUCH 01:17:36:00 01:17:36:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 01:17:36:00 01:17:37:00 THANK YOU MA'AM. 01:17:37:00 01:17:37:00 THANK YOU. 01:17:37:00 01:17:41:00 >> UM, DO I HAVE THE FLOOR, 01:17:41:00 01:17:41:00 MADAM PRESIDENT? 01:17:41:00 01:17:43:00 UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE 01:17:43:00 01:17:43:00 THE FLOOR. 01:17:43:00 01:17:44:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:17:44:00 01:17:45:00 UM, AND. 01:17:45:00 01:17:47:00 >> ALTHOUGH I DISAGREE WITH 01:17:47:00 01:17:48:00 YOUR COMMENTS, I APPRECIATE 01:17:48:00 01:17:49:00 THAT, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 01:17:49:00 01:17:50:00 UM. 01:17:50:00 01:17:52:00 >> I DO WANT TO CLARIFY IS OVER 01:17:52:00 01:17:52:00 $2 MILLION THAT YOU MENTIONED 01:17:52:00 01:17:53:00 THE WOMEN IN THAT. 01:17:53:00 01:17:54:00 SO SOME YOU ABSOLUTELY. 01:17:54:00 01:17:55:00 WOULDN'T QUALIFY. 01:17:55:00 01:17:57:00 UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I ADD 01:17:57:00 01:17:59:00 , UM, UM, COUNCILOR REGINA'S A 01:17:59:00 01:17:59:00 SECOND. 01:17:59:00 01:18:01:00 UM, AND CAN I ALSO ADD 01:18:01:00 01:18:01:00 COUNCILOR. 01:18:01:00 01:18:02:00 DURKAN AS AN. 01:18:02:00 01:18:04:00 ALTERNATIVE CO-SPONSOR OF THIS 01:18:04:00 01:18:04:00 COUNCIL? 01:18:04:00 01:18:05:00 UH, I. 01:18:05:00 01:18:06:00 >> WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE 01:18:06:00 01:18:06:00 RULES TO. 01:18:06:00 01:18:07:00 ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN. 01:18:07:00 01:18:09:00 SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTION. 01:18:09:00 01:18:11:00 CONSTANT DURKAN SO ADDED. 01:18:11:00 01:18:13:00 THANK YOU. 01:18:13:00 01:18:14:00 >> AND THEN COUNSELOR AND. 01:18:14:00 01:18:16:00 COUNCILOR CULTURE RESOLUTION. 01:18:16:00 01:18:19:00 UM THANK YOU. 01:18:19:00 01:18:21:00 ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 01:18:21:00 01:18:22:00 NAME? 01:18:22:00 01:18:26:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER 01:18:26:00 01:18:30:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN PUT HER NAME A 01:18:30:00 01:18:32:00 COUNSELOR HAPPEN COMES. 01:18:32:00 01:18:34:00 OR WEBER CONTROVERSIAL AND 01:18:34:00 01:18:35:00 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 01:18:35:00 01:18:44:00 DOCKET NUMBER 013163 WILL BE 01:18:44:00 01:18:46:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 01:18:46:00 01:18:46:00 OF THE WHOLE. 01:18:46:00 01:18:52:00 UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 01:18:52:00 01:18:56:00 READ DOCKET 016 FOR. 01:18:56:00 01:18:59:00 TALKING OF A016 FOR 01:18:59:00 01:19:00:00 COUNCIL ZERO LAW FOR THE 01:19:00:00 01:19:01:00 FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A 01:19:01:00 01:19:04:00 SPECIAL ENACT RELATIVE TO 01:19:04:00 01:19:06:00 VARIOUS TAX CLASSIFICATION 01:19:06:00 01:19:08:00 DEFINITIONS, EXEMPTIONS AND 01:19:08:00 01:19:08:00 CREDITS. 01:19:08:00 01:19:11:00 THANK YOU. 01:19:11:00 01:19:12:00 >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 01:19:12:00 01:19:13:00 COUNCIL RURAL COUNCILOR. 01:19:13:00 01:19:14:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:19:14:00 01:19:16:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND 01:19:16:00 01:19:17:00 CONGRATULATIONS. 01:19:17:00 01:19:17:00 >> ON YOUR. 01:19:17:00 01:19:18:00 FIRST UH, MEETING. 01:19:18:00 01:19:20:00 UM THIS IS JUST A REFERRAL JUST 01:19:20:00 01:19:21:00 LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE 01:19:21:00 01:19:22:00 CONVERSATION AROUND TAXES. 01:19:22:00 01:19:23:00 THANK YOU. 01:19:23:00 01:19:24:00 THANK YOU. 01:19:24:00 01:19:29:00 UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO, UM, 01:19:29:00 01:19:30:00 LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? 01:19:30:00 01:19:34:00 COUNSELOR FITZGERALD A 01:19:34:00 01:19:36:00 COUNSELOR CULPEPER 01:19:36:00 01:19:36:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, 01:19:36:00 01:19:37:00 COUNCILOR. 01:19:37:00 01:19:39:00 UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 01:19:39:00 01:19:40:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR. 01:19:40:00 01:19:44:00 UH SANTANA AND COUNCILOR WEBER. 01:19:44:00 01:19:46:00 AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. 01:19:46:00 01:19:48:00 AND COUNCILOR MURPHY. 01:19:48:00 01:19:49:00 OH, AND COUNCILMAN MURPHY. 01:19:49:00 01:19:53:00 THANK YOU. 01:19:53:00 01:19:55:00 DOCKET 0164 IT WILL BE REFERRED 01:19:55:00 01:19:56:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 01:19:56:00 01:20:00:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH 01:20:00:00 01:20:03:00 , READ DOCKET 0165. 01:20:03:00 01:20:05:00 TALKING NUMBERS 0165 01:20:05:00 01:20:06:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART 01:20:06:00 01:20:08:00 OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 01:20:08:00 01:20:09:00 HEARING REGARDING THE 01:20:09:00 01:20:11:00 ESTABLISHMENT AND 01:20:11:00 01:20:12:00 IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING 01:20:12:00 01:20:14:00 MECHANISMS FOR BOSTON'S COASTAL 01:20:14:00 01:20:15:00 PROTECTION. 01:20:15:00 01:20:16:00 THANK YOU. 01:20:16:00 01:20:17:00 >> COUNCIL. 01:20:17:00 01:20:19:00 UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 01:20:19:00 01:20:20:00 COUNCILOR UM. 01:20:20:00 01:20:23:00 COLLETTE AS A PATTERN. 01:20:23:00 01:20:24:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:20:24:00 01:20:25:00 THIS IS A RE FILE SO I WILL BE 01:20:25:00 01:20:25:00 BRIEF. 01:20:25:00 01:20:27:00 UM, THIS IS A DIFFERENT VERSION 01:20:27:00 01:20:29:00 OF WHAT I HAVE FILED IN PAST 01:20:29:00 01:20:31:00 YEARS UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, 01:20:31:00 01:20:32:00 WHAT IS CURRENTLY MISSING IS A 01:20:32:00 01:20:34:00 CLEAR SCALABLE FINANCING 01:20:34:00 01:20:35:00 STRATEGY FOR SOME OF OUR 01:20:35:00 01:20:37:00 CLIMATE RESILIENCE WORK I DO 01:20:37:00 01:20:38:00 WANT TO CALL UPON AND GIVE 01:20:38:00 01:20:39:00 KUDOS TO THE GREEN RIBBON 01:20:39:00 01:20:40:00 COMMISSION, WHO HAS 01:20:40:00 01:20:41:00 COMMISSIONED A STUDY THROUGH 01:20:41:00 01:20:42:00 PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS TO GET 01:20:42:00 01:20:43:00 THIS WORK DONE. 01:20:43:00 01:20:44:00 AND SO THEIR WORK IS SO 01:20:44:00 01:20:46:00 CRITICAL AND SO FINDING A GREEN 01:20:46:00 01:20:48:00 RESILIENCE FINANCING BLUEPRINT 01:20:48:00 01:20:50:00 IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR LONG TERM 01:20:50:00 01:20:51:00 PROTECTION OF OUR COASTLINE. 01:20:51:00 01:20:52:00 AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 01:20:52:00 01:20:53:00 CONTINUES JUST CONTINUING THIS 01:20:53:00 01:20:54:00 CONVERSATION IN THE COUNCIL AND 01:20:54:00 01:20:55:00 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY 01:20:55:00 01:20:56:00 COLLEAGUES IN THE 01:20:56:00 01:20:57:00 ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. 01:20:57:00 01:20:57:00 THANK YOU. 01:20:57:00 01:20:58:00 >> THANK YOU. 01:20:58:00 01:21:01:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD 01:21:01:00 01:21:02:00 THEIR NAME? 01:21:02:00 01:21:05:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN 01:21:05:00 01:21:06:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER 01:21:06:00 01:21:08:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 01:21:08:00 01:21:08:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 01:21:08:00 01:21:11:00 MEJIA PEPEN COUNCILOR. 01:21:11:00 01:21:12:00 SANTANA COUNCILOR. 01:21:12:00 01:21:14:00 MURPHY, COUNCILOR WEBER AND 01:21:14:00 01:21:14:00 COUNCILOR. 01:21:14:00 01:21:16:00 UH WHAT LAUREL AND PLEASE OUT 01:21:16:00 01:21:17:00 THE CHAIR. 01:21:17:00 01:21:20:00 DOCKET 0165 WILL BE REFERRED TO 01:21:20:00 01:21:21:00 THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. 01:21:21:00 01:21:28:00 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ 01:21:28:00 01:21:30:00 DOCKET 0166. 01:21:30:00 01:21:33:00 SO I CAN NUMBER 0166 01:21:33:00 01:21:34:00 COUNCIL OF COLOR AS A MATTER 01:21:34:00 01:21:36:00 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HIM 01:21:36:00 01:21:37:00 REGARDING BOSTON PUBLIC. 01:21:37:00 01:21:39:00 SCHOOLS STUDENT ATHLETE 01:21:39:00 01:21:41:00 TRANSFER AND ELIGIBILITY 01:21:41:00 01:21:41:00 POLICIES. 01:21:41:00 01:21:44:00 THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. 01:21:44:00 01:21:45:00 THE CHAIR UH, THE CHAIR 01:21:45:00 01:21:46:00 RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE 01:21:46:00 01:21:48:00 AS A PART A COUNSELOR AS A 01:21:48:00 01:21:49:00 COLOR. 01:21:49:00 01:21:49:00 THAT'S ABOUT IT. 01:21:49:00 01:21:50:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:21:50:00 01:21:51:00 THANK YOU. 01:21:51:00 01:21:52:00 UM, THIS IS NOT A REFILE. 01:21:52:00 01:21:53:00 THIS IS A NEW HEARING ORDER. 01:21:53:00 01:21:55:00 UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE A 01:21:55:00 01:21:56:00 HARD, THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT THE 01:21:56:00 01:21:58:00 STUDENT ATHLETE TRANSFER AND 01:21:58:00 01:22:00:00 ELIGIBILITY POLICIES AND MORE 01:22:00:00 01:22:01:00 IMPORTANTLY, HOW THEY ARE 01:22:01:00 01:22:02:00 APPLIED IN PRACTICE. 01:22:02:00 01:22:03:00 OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TRANSFER 01:22:03:00 01:22:05:00 SCHOOLS FOR MANY VALID 01:22:05:00 01:22:06:00 NON-ATHLETIC REASONS ACADEMIC 01:22:06:00 01:22:07:00 NEEDS, SPECIAL EDUCATION 01:22:07:00 01:22:09:00 SUPPORT, HEALTH CONCERNS OR 01:22:09:00 01:22:10:00 FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES. 01:22:10:00 01:22:12:00 YET TOO OFTEN THOSE TRANSFERS 01:22:12:00 01:22:14:00 TRIGGER ELIGIBILITY REVIEWS 01:22:14:00 01:22:16:00 THAT ARE CONFUSING, OPAQUE AND 01:22:16:00 01:22:17:00 UNFORGIVING WHERE A MISSED 01:22:17:00 01:22:19:00 DEADLINES, MISCOMMUNICATION OR 01:22:19:00 01:22:21:00 ADULT DECISION MAKING CAN COST 01:22:21:00 01:22:22:00 A CHILD AN ENTIRE SEASON. 01:22:22:00 01:22:24:00 WE'VE HAD CONCERNS FROM ONE 01:22:24:00 01:22:26:00 OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS UM, ABOUT 01:22:26:00 01:22:27:00 INCONSISTENT STANDARDS, LIMITED 01:22:27:00 01:22:29:00 NOTICE ON CLEAR APPEALS AND 01:22:29:00 01:22:30:00 REVIEW PROCESSES THAT DON'T 01:22:30:00 01:22:32:00 ALWAYS GUARANTEE STUDENTS A 01:22:32:00 01:22:33:00 MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE 01:22:33:00 01:22:34:00 HEARD. 01:22:34:00 01:22:36:00 WHEN SYSTEMS LACK TRANSPARENCY 01:22:36:00 01:22:38:00 AND DUE PROCESS, STUDENTS NOT 01:22:38:00 01:22:40:00 INSTITUTIONS END UP PAYING THE 01:22:40:00 01:22:40:00 PRICE. 01:22:40:00 01:22:42:00 THIS HEARING IS ABOUT FAIRNESS, 01:22:42:00 01:22:43:00 FLAHERTY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 01:22:43:00 01:22:44:00 IT'S ABOUT ENSURING POLICIES 01:22:44:00 01:22:46:00 ARE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED, 01:22:46:00 01:22:47:00 CONSISTENTLY APPLIED AND 01:22:47:00 01:22:49:00 CENTERED ON STUDENT WELL-BEING 01:22:49:00 01:22:51:00 WHILE REMAINING COMPLIANT WITH 01:22:51:00 01:22:51:00 GOVERNING RULES. 01:22:51:00 01:22:52:00 OUR STUDENTS DESERVE NOTHING 01:22:52:00 01:22:53:00 LESS. 01:22:53:00 01:22:53:00 THANK YOU. 01:22:53:00 01:22:54:00 THANK YOU. 01:22:54:00 01:22:56:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 01:22:56:00 01:22:56:00 NAME? 01:22:56:00 01:22:59:00 COUNSELOR? 01:22:59:00 01:23:00:00 UH OH. 01:23:00:00 01:23:00:00 HOLD ON. 01:23:00:00 01:23:02:00 I JUST GOT THE LIGHT ON AND 01:23:02:00 01:23:03:00 JOHN MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE 01:23:03:00 01:23:04:00 FLOOR. 01:23:04:00 01:23:05:00 THANK YOU. 01:23:05:00 01:23:06:00 UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. 01:23:06:00 01:23:08:00 >> COLLETTA ZAPATA I KNOW I 01:23:08:00 01:23:10:00 HAVE HEARD FROM MANY STAFF 01:23:10:00 01:23:10:00 FAMILY. 01:23:10:00 01:23:13:00 MEMBERS AND STUDENTS AND THERE 01:23:13:00 01:23:15:00 IS A BIG CONCERN THAT POLICIES 01:23:15:00 01:23:16:00 THAT ARE IN PLACE AND WE HAVE 01:23:16:00 01:23:19:00 TO FOLLOW STATE RULES ALSO ARE 01:23:19:00 01:23:22:00 NOT FAIRLY OR UH, APPLIED ALL 01:23:22:00 01:23:23:00 THE TIME. 01:23:23:00 01:23:24:00 SO WHEN INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHO 01:23:24:00 01:23:27:00 JUST WANT TO PLAY A SPORT 01:23:27:00 01:23:29:00 SOMETHING THAT THEY LOVE AND WE 01:23:29:00 01:23:31:00 KNOW AND I BELIEVE THAT MOST IF 01:23:31:00 01:23:33:00 NOT ALL OF THE COLLEAGUES HERE 01:23:33:00 01:23:34:00 WANT TO ALWAYS ADVOCATE AND 01:23:34:00 01:23:36:00 MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE 01:23:36:00 01:23:39:00 ACCESS TO ARTS AND 01:23:39:00 01:23:41:00 EXTRACURRICULAR AND FOR MANY A 01:23:41:00 01:23:43:00 SPORT IS WHAT GETS OUR KIDS TO 01:23:43:00 01:23:43:00 SCHOOL. 01:23:43:00 01:23:45:00 SO I THINK THIS HEARING IS 01:23:45:00 01:23:45:00 IMPORTANT. 01:23:45:00 01:23:47:00 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK SOME 01:23:47:00 01:23:47:00 TOUGH QUESTIONS. 01:23:47:00 01:23:50:00 I AM PREPARED TO FILE A 17 F TO 01:23:50:00 01:23:52:00 GET SOME INFORMATION ON STUDENT 01:23:52:00 01:23:54:00 TRANSFERS AND POLICIES THAT 01:23:54:00 01:23:57:00 COACHES HAVE BEEN DOING OVER 01:23:57:00 01:23:58:00 THESE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT I'M 01:23:58:00 01:24:00:00 LOOKING FORWARD AND 01:24:00:00 01:24:01:00 UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE THE 01:24:01:00 01:24:02:00 STUDENT THAT. 01:24:02:00 01:24:03:00 I AM AWARE OF I'M NOT SURE IF 01:24:03:00 01:24:06:00 IT'S THE SAME ONE BUT PROBABLY 01:24:06:00 01:24:08:00 WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY 01:24:08:00 01:24:09:00 BASKETBALL THIS TERM BUT HOPING 01:24:09:00 01:24:12:00 THAT OUR ADVOCACY CAN MAKE SURE 01:24:12:00 01:24:13:00 THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. 01:24:13:00 01:24:15:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY 01:24:15:00 01:24:15:00 COUNSELOR. 01:24:15:00 01:24:16:00 THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:24:16:00 01:24:18:00 YEAH THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 01:24:18:00 01:24:20:00 AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME AS WELL. 01:24:20:00 01:24:21:00 I THINK THIS IS A. 01:24:21:00 01:24:22:00 CRITICAL ISSUE. 01:24:22:00 01:24:24:00 I THINK IF THERE IS A RULE IN 01:24:24:00 01:24:26:00 PLACE IT HAS TO BE FOLLOWED AND 01:24:26:00 01:24:29:00 THE STANDARD HAS TO BE SET AND 01:24:29:00 01:24:30:00 APPLY TO ALL EQUALLY. 01:24:30:00 01:24:33:00 I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS AS WELL 01:24:33:00 01:24:33:00 FROM THIS. 01:24:33:00 01:24:34:00 I WAS A FORMER. 01:24:34:00 01:24:36:00 SUBSTITUTE SCHOOL TEACHER 01:24:36:00 01:24:38:00 CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL UM AND 01:24:38:00 01:24:42:00 I KNOW I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS 01:24:42:00 01:24:44:00 AND EMAILS ABOUT PARTICULAR 01:24:44:00 01:24:46:00 ISSUES IMPACTING STUDENT 01:24:46:00 01:24:49:00 ATHLETES IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT I I 01:24:49:00 01:24:51:00 JOINED MY COLLEAGUES IN 01:24:51:00 01:24:52:00 ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A SERIOUS 01:24:52:00 01:24:53:00 ISSUE. 01:24:53:00 01:24:53:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 01:24:53:00 01:24:54:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 01:24:54:00 01:24:58:00 UM UM DUNCAN, YOU HAVE THE 01:24:58:00 01:24:58:00 FLOOR. 01:24:58:00 01:25:00:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH, 01:25:00:00 01:25:01:00 COUNCILOR BREADON. 01:25:01:00 01:25:02:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUTON, UM, 01:25:02:00 01:25:03:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 01:25:03:00 01:25:05:00 COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA. 01:25:05:00 01:25:06:00 OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING 01:25:06:00 01:25:07:00 ABOUT KIDS WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING 01:25:07:00 01:25:10:00 ABOUT YOU KNOW, ALSO WANTING TO 01:25:10:00 01:25:12:00 SORT OF MASK IDENTITIES BECAUSE 01:25:12:00 01:25:14:00 IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT KIDS 01:25:14:00 01:25:15:00 GET THE ANONYMITY THAT THEY 01:25:15:00 01:25:17:00 DESERVE WHEN CONVERSATIONS ARE 01:25:17:00 01:25:18:00 HAPPENING AT THE CITY COUNCIL. 01:25:18:00 01:25:20:00 UH, BUT I THINK THIS ISSUE IS 01:25:20:00 01:25:21:00 REALLY IMPORTANT AND I KNOW A 01:25:21:00 01:25:22:00 LOT OF YOU I'VE TOLD A LOT 01:25:22:00 01:25:24:00 OF YOU ABOUT, UM, GETTING INTO 01:25:24:00 01:25:26:00 MY OWN HIGH SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC 01:25:26:00 01:25:28:00 HALL OF FAME LIKE ATHLETICS 01:25:28:00 01:25:30:00 WERE EVERYTHING TO ME AS A KID. 01:25:30:00 01:25:32:00 AND SO I REALLY WANT TO UH, 01:25:32:00 01:25:35:00 SECOND UM, AND AND ADD MY NAME 01:25:35:00 01:25:37:00 TO THIS BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT 01:25:37:00 01:25:39:00 WE'RE UM YOU KNOW, THESE ARE 01:25:39:00 01:25:39:00 CHILDREN. 01:25:39:00 01:25:41:00 THEY DESERVE LIKE ANONYMITY AS 01:25:41:00 01:25:43:00 MUCH AS POSSIBLE SOMETIMES LIKE 01:25:43:00 01:25:44:00 GRADES, YOU KNOW, COME INTO 01:25:44:00 01:25:46:00 THESE REVIEWS AND OTHER THINGS 01:25:46:00 01:25:46:00 . 01:25:46:00 01:25:48:00 SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 01:25:48:00 01:25:50:00 INDIVIDUAL INCIDENCES ARE 01:25:50:00 01:25:52:00 DRIVING THIS PARTICULAR THING 01:25:52:00 01:25:53:00 BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S REALLY 01:25:53:00 01:25:55:00 IMPORTANT THAT WE ANONYMIZE ALL 01:25:55:00 01:25:55:00 THE ISSUES. 01:25:55:00 01:25:56:00 SO THANK YOU. 01:25:56:00 01:25:58:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKIN 01:25:58:00 01:25:59:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD 01:25:59:00 01:26:00:00 THEIR NAME? 01:26:00:00 01:26:04:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER COUNCILOR. 01:26:04:00 01:26:04:00 DURKIN. 01:26:04:00 01:26:05:00 COUNCILOR. 01:26:05:00 01:26:05:00 FITZGERALD. 01:26:05:00 01:26:06:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 01:26:06:00 01:26:07:00 COUNSELOR. 01:26:07:00 01:26:08:00 NEW LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR MEJIA 01:26:08:00 01:26:09:00 CULTURE. 01:26:09:00 01:26:09:00 MERCY. 01:26:09:00 01:26:10:00 HUNTER. 01:26:10:00 01:26:11:00 PEPEN. 01:26:11:00 01:26:11:00 COUNCILOR. 01:26:11:00 01:26:11:00 SANTANA. 01:26:11:00 01:26:14:00 COUNCILOR WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE 01:26:14:00 01:26:14:00 CHAIR. 01:26:14:00 01:26:17:00 THANK YOU. 01:26:17:00 01:26:20:00 DOCKET ZERO UH, 166 WOULD BE 01:26:20:00 01:26:22:00 REFERRED TO, UM, THE COMMITTEE 01:26:22:00 01:26:24:00 ON THE 67167. 01:26:24:00 01:26:28:00 THE NUMBERS ARE NOT QUITE 01:26:28:00 01:26:28:00 RIGHT. 01:26:28:00 01:26:30:00 WE'LL BE REFERRING TO THE 01:26:30:00 01:26:30:00 COMMITTEE IN THE WHOLE. 01:26:30:00 01:26:32:00 IT'S JUST 166. 01:26:32:00 01:26:35:00 I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE. 01:26:35:00 01:26:36:00 I'M GETTING MY MY DIGITS MIXED 01:26:36:00 01:26:37:00 UP TODAY. 01:26:37:00 01:26:41:00 UH DOCKET THERE UH, DOCKET 0166 01:26:41:00 01:26:42:00 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 01:26:42:00 01:26:43:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 01:26:43:00 01:26:45:00 THANK YOU. 01:26:45:00 01:26:47:00 WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. 01:26:47:00 01:26:48:00 THANK YOU. 01:26:48:00 01:52:05:00 VERY NICE. 01:52:05:00 01:52:09:00 >> UH, THANKS. 01:52:09:00 01:52:14:00 FOR. 01:52:14:00 01:52:18:00 THE. 01:52:18:00 01:52:22:00 MR TRUCK. 01:52:22:00 01:52:26:00 WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM PRESENT 01:52:26:00 01:52:26:00 AGAIN NINE. 01:52:26:00 01:52:30:00 YES, YES, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 01:52:30:00 01:52:32:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 01:52:32:00 01:52:33:00 WE HAVE A QUORUM. 01:52:33:00 01:52:34:00 WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. 01:52:34:00 01:52:37:00 HEADED AGAIN. 01:52:37:00 01:52:42:00 THANK YOU EVERYONE. 01:52:42:00 01:52:47:00 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE 01:52:47:00 01:52:49:00 INVOCATION OF RULE 38 BY A 01:52:49:00 01:52:49:00 COLLEAGUE. 01:52:49:00 01:52:52:00 UM, AND IT'S MY INTENTION TO 01:52:52:00 01:52:54:00 ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PURSUANT TO 01:52:54:00 01:52:54:00 THE RULE. 01:52:54:00 01:52:57:00 I WILL, UH, ADDRESS THIS BEFORE 01:52:57:00 01:53:00:00 THE NEXT MEETING AND, UH, MOVE 01:53:00:00 01:53:00:00 ON WITH THE AGENDA. 01:53:00:00 01:53:02:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 01:53:02:00 01:53:07:00 READ DOCKET NUMBER 0167? 01:53:07:00 01:53:10:00 DOC NUMBER 0167 01:53:10:00 01:53:11:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER 01:53:11:00 01:53:13:00 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 01:53:13:00 01:53:16:00 HEARING TO DISCUSS PROGRESS AND 01:53:16:00 01:53:16:00 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDRESSING. 01:53:16:00 01:53:18:00 DRINK SPIKING. 01:53:18:00 01:53:20:00 >> AND DRUG FACILITATED SEXUAL 01:53:20:00 01:53:20:00 ASSAULT. 01:53:20:00 01:53:23:00 THANK YOU, MR TRACK COUNSELOR 01:53:23:00 01:53:25:00 COLLETTE AS A PART OF YOU HAVE 01:53:25:00 01:53:25:00 THE FLOOR. 01:53:25:00 01:53:26:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:53:26:00 01:53:28:00 I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND 01:53:28:00 01:53:28:00 ADD. 01:53:28:00 01:53:28:00 >> COUNCIL. 01:53:28:00 01:53:29:00 DIRECTION AS UH, SECOND 01:53:29:00 01:53:29:00 CO-SPONSOR. 01:53:29:00 01:53:31:00 SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTION 01:53:31:00 01:53:33:00 UH CONSIDER GOING TO SO OTHER. 01:53:33:00 01:53:33:00 THANK YOU. 01:53:33:00 01:53:35:00 >> THIS IS A REFILE SO I WON'T 01:53:35:00 01:53:37:00 TAKE TOO MUCH TIME UM BUT WE DO 01:53:37:00 01:53:38:00 HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO 01:53:38:00 01:53:38:00 ALIGN OUR MUNICIPAL EFFORTS 01:53:38:00 01:53:40:00 WITH SENATOR SWEENEY'S BILL UP 01:53:40:00 01:53:42:00 AT THE STATE HOUSE WHICH WOULD 01:53:42:00 01:53:43:00 ESTABLISH STANDARDIZED 01:53:43:00 01:53:45:00 TOXICOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY TESTING 01:53:45:00 01:53:47:00 AND STRONGER SURVIVOR CENTER, 01:53:47:00 01:53:49:00 UH, RESPONSE PROTOCOLS. 01:53:49:00 01:53:50:00 BUT I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE 01:53:50:00 01:53:51:00 WORK THAT BPD HAS BEEN DOING 01:53:51:00 01:53:53:00 AND ASSIGNING A LIEUTENANT 01:53:53:00 01:53:54:00 DETECTIVE TO EACH CASE 01:53:54:00 01:53:55:00 REGARDLESS IF THERE WAS A 01:53:55:00 01:53:56:00 SEXUAL ASSAULT OR NOT. 01:53:56:00 01:53:58:00 UM, THE REPORTING SYSTEM, ALL 01:53:58:00 01:53:58:00 OF THAT. 01:53:58:00 01:54:00:00 SO JUST TRYING TO BUILD ON THE 01:54:00:00 01:54:01:00 WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED 01:54:01:00 01:54:01:00 AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. 01:54:01:00 01:54:02:00 THANK YOU. 01:54:02:00 01:54:03:00 >> THANK YOU. 01:54:03:00 01:54:05:00 >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 01:54:05:00 01:54:05:00 THEIR NAME? 01:54:05:00 01:54:10:00 OH IS THIS A NEW THIS IS A THIS 01:54:10:00 01:54:12:00 REFILE SO IT'S JUST THE PRIMARY 01:54:12:00 01:54:14:00 UH COSPONSOR WILL BE YEAH. 01:54:14:00 01:54:16:00 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? 01:54:16:00 01:54:18:00 COUNSELOR CULPEPER 01:54:18:00 01:54:19:00 COUNCIL DURKIN COUNTRY. 01:54:19:00 01:54:20:00 FITZGERALD COUNTRY FLYNN 01:54:20:00 01:54:20:00 COUNCIL. 01:54:20:00 01:54:22:00 UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 01:54:22:00 01:54:22:00 MEJIA. 01:54:22:00 01:54:23:00 COUNCILOR. 01:54:23:00 01:54:23:00 MURPHY. 01:54:23:00 01:54:25:00 SANTANA COUNCIL. 01:54:25:00 01:54:27:00 WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND 01:54:27:00 01:54:28:00 PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. 01:54:28:00 01:54:34:00 DOCKET UH 0167 WILL BE REFERRED 01:54:34:00 01:54:35:00 TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE 01:54:35:00 01:54:36:00 OF THE WHOLE. 01:54:36:00 01:54:36:00 THANK YOU. 01:54:36:00 01:54:38:00 MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 01:54:38:00 01:54:40:00 DOCKET 0168. 01:54:40:00 01:54:43:00 .0168 01:54:43:00 01:54:45:00 >> COUNCIL AS A FOLLOW UP FOR 01:54:45:00 01:54:47:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING 01:54:47:00 01:54:48:00 REGARDING REVIVING THE 01:54:48:00 01:54:50:00 REDSHIRTS PROGRAM THREE FILE 01:54:50:00 01:54:51:00 FROM. 01:54:51:00 01:54:51:00 >> 2025. 01:54:51:00 01:54:54:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PANEL 01:54:54:00 01:54:54:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 01:54:54:00 01:54:56:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:54:56:00 01:54:57:00 THIS IS A REFILE I'M TRYING TO 01:54:57:00 01:54:58:00 GET, UH, THIS CONVERSATION 01:54:58:00 01:54:59:00 GOING FOR BUDGET SEASON. 01:54:59:00 01:55:00:00 THIS WILL BE A PRIORITY OF MINE 01:55:00:00 01:55:01:00 AS WE START THIS CONVERSATION. 01:55:01:00 01:55:02:00 THANK YOU. 01:55:02:00 01:55:02:00 THANK YOU. 01:55:02:00 01:55:04:00 >> AND ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD 01:55:04:00 01:55:06:00 THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET? 01:55:06:00 01:55:08:00 CONTRA CULPEPER 01:55:08:00 01:55:09:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONSTRUCT 01:55:09:00 01:55:10:00 DURKAN CONSTRUCT FLYNN. 01:55:10:00 01:55:12:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSIDER 01:55:12:00 01:55:13:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY 01:55:13:00 01:55:15:00 CONSTRUCT PEPEN SANTANA 01:55:15:00 01:55:17:00 COUNCILOR WEBER AND 01:55:17:00 01:55:17:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE 01:55:17:00 01:55:18:00 OUT THE CHAIR. 01:55:18:00 01:55:24:00 DOCKET 016 IT WILL BE REFERRED 01:55:24:00 01:55:25:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 01:55:25:00 01:55:28:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 01:55:28:00 01:55:34:00 READ DOCKET 0169 DOCKETS 01:55:34:00 01:55:34:00 016930171. 01:55:34:00 01:55:39:00 COUNCIL DOCKET NUMBER 0169 01:55:39:00 01:55:40:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR THE 01:55:40:00 01:55:41:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 01:55:41:00 01:55:43:00 TO DEVELOP A REPORT ON THE 01:55:43:00 01:55:44:00 STATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN 01:55:44:00 01:55:45:00 BOSTON. 01:55:45:00 01:55:49:00 DUKKHA NUMBER 0170 01:55:49:00 01:55:50:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE 01:55:50:00 01:55:51:00 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT 01:55:51:00 01:55:53:00 OF MORE TRANSPARENCY AND 01:55:53:00 01:55:55:00 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH 01:55:55:00 01:55:56:00 RESPECT TO EXTENDING THE 01:55:56:00 01:55:58:00 TEMPORARY DESIGNATION STATUS 01:55:58:00 01:56:01:00 OF AND INVESTMENTS IN THE 01:56:01:00 01:56:03:00 PARCEL P3 AND MADISON PARK 01:56:03:00 01:56:07:00 PROJECT AND DUKKHA NUMBER 0171 01:56:07:00 01:56:08:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE 01:56:08:00 01:56:10:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 01:56:10:00 01:56:12:00 TO EXPLORE DESIGNATING 01:56:12:00 01:56:13:00 ECONOMICALLY DISENFRANCHIZED 01:56:13:00 01:56:15:00 AREAS OF DISTRICT SEVEN AS 01:56:15:00 01:56:17:00 EMPOWERMENT ZONES TO SPUR 01:56:17:00 01:56:19:00 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 01:56:19:00 01:56:20:00 IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 01:56:20:00 01:56:21:00 RESIDENTS. 01:56:21:00 01:56:23:00 THANK YOU MR. CLERK. 01:56:23:00 01:56:25:00 IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT 01:56:25:00 01:56:27:00 WE WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBER 01:56:27:00 01:56:29:00 COUNSELOR REVEREND CULPEPER FOR 01:56:29:00 01:56:31:00 HIS MAIDEN SPEECH. 01:56:31:00 01:56:33:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE 01:56:33:00 01:56:33:00 THE FLOOR. 01:56:33:00 01:56:36:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 01:56:36:00 01:56:42:00 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST 01:56:42:00 01:56:43:00 MEETING. 01:56:43:00 01:56:46:00 CONGRATULATIONS. 01:56:46:00 01:56:50:00 I AM HONORED TO STAND BEFORE. 01:56:50:00 01:56:59:00 ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I 01:56:59:00 01:57:00:00 STAND TODAY AS A CITY 01:57:00:00 01:57:00:00 COUNCILOR DISTRICT SEVEN. 01:57:00:00 01:57:04:00 I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR. 01:57:04:00 01:57:08:00 WELL, I TURNED OFF THE WRONG 01:57:08:00 01:57:08:00 BIKE. 01:57:08:00 01:57:08:00 SORRY. 01:57:08:00 01:57:11:00 I BEG YOUR PARDON. 01:57:11:00 01:57:13:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE 01:57:13:00 01:57:13:00 THE FLOOR. 01:57:13:00 01:57:14:00 PLEASE START OVER. 01:57:14:00 01:57:15:00 >> LET ME START OVER. 01:57:15:00 01:57:16:00 PLEASE DO. 01:57:16:00 01:57:18:00 >> YOU GIVE ME MY TIME BACK? 01:57:18:00 01:57:19:00 >> YOU GOT YOUR TIME BACK. 01:57:19:00 01:57:20:00 THANK YOU. 01:57:20:00 01:57:23:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND 01:57:23:00 01:57:24:00 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST 01:57:24:00 01:57:24:00 MEETING. 01:57:24:00 01:57:27:00 UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES 01:57:27:00 01:57:27:00 . 01:57:27:00 01:57:31:00 UM, I AM HONORED TO STAND 01:57:31:00 01:57:34:00 BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A CITY 01:57:34:00 01:57:36:00 COUNCILOR FOR BOSTON DISTRICT 01:57:36:00 01:57:36:00 SEVEN. 01:57:36:00 01:57:40:00 I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE 01:57:40:00 01:57:42:00 CONSTITUENTS OF ROXBURY, 01:57:42:00 01:57:44:00 DORCHESTER, THE SOUTH AND AND 01:57:44:00 01:57:46:00 THE FENWAY FOR PLACING THEIR 01:57:46:00 01:57:48:00 TRUST IN ME AT THIS DEFINING 01:57:48:00 01:57:51:00 MOMENT FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND 01:57:51:00 01:57:53:00 FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON ACROSS 01:57:53:00 01:57:56:00 OUR COMMUNITIES PEOPLE FEEL THE 01:57:56:00 01:57:57:00 WEIGHT OF THIS MOMENT. 01:57:57:00 01:58:01:00 RESIDENTS FEEL SCARED, 01:58:01:00 01:58:03:00 UNCERTAIN AND UNSEEN. 01:58:03:00 01:58:06:00 TOO MANY NEIGHBORS ARE ASKING 01:58:06:00 01:58:08:00 WILL THE SYSTEM MEANT TO 01:58:08:00 01:58:10:00 SUPPORT THEM SHOW UP WHEN THEY 01:58:10:00 01:58:12:00 NEED THEM THE MOST? 01:58:12:00 01:58:15:00 OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS MY 01:58:15:00 01:58:17:00 OFFICE HAS BEEN INUNDATED NOT 01:58:17:00 01:58:19:00 WITH POLITICS BUT WITH 01:58:19:00 01:58:22:00 QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS 01:58:22:00 01:58:23:00 TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR 01:58:23:00 01:58:25:00 PLACE IN A CITY THAT FEELS LIKE 01:58:25:00 01:58:28:00 IS CHANGING AROUND THEM EVERY 01:58:28:00 01:58:28:00 SINGLE DAY. 01:58:28:00 01:58:31:00 AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 01:58:31:00 01:58:33:00 SEVEN THOSE QUESTIONS COME DOWN 01:58:33:00 01:58:34:00 TO SOMETHING SOMETHING SIMPLE 01:58:34:00 01:58:36:00 BUT NOT PROFOUND. 01:58:36:00 01:58:38:00 DO WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE 01:58:38:00 01:58:38:00 ? 01:58:38:00 01:58:40:00 DO YOU HEAR ME? 01:58:40:00 01:58:44:00 DO YOU SEE ME WELL ANYTHING 01:58:44:00 01:58:45:00 REALLY CHANGE? 01:58:45:00 01:58:47:00 ARE WE PARTNERS IN GOVERNANCE 01:58:47:00 01:58:50:00 OR ARE DECISIONS BEING MADE FOR 01:58:50:00 01:58:51:00 US WITHOUT US? 01:58:51:00 01:58:55:00 MY CONSTITUENTS WANT TO KNOW 01:58:55:00 01:58:56:00 WHETHER THE CITY CARES ABOUT 01:58:56:00 01:58:59:00 THEM AND THEIR ABILITY TO AGE 01:58:59:00 01:59:00:00 IN PLACE WITH DIGNITY. 01:59:00:00 01:59:03:00 WELL, THE POLICY WILL BE 01:59:03:00 01:59:05:00 CO-CREATED WITH THEM RATHER 01:59:05:00 01:59:07:00 THAN DIRECTED AT THEM. 01:59:07:00 01:59:09:00 WHETHER GROWTH WILL INCLUDE 01:59:09:00 01:59:11:00 THEM OR PASS THEM BY. 01:59:11:00 01:59:14:00 AND YET DESPITE THESE REAL 01:59:14:00 01:59:16:00 CONCERNS, WE HAVE A GOOD 01:59:16:00 01:59:19:00 PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS PEOPLE 01:59:19:00 01:59:20:00 STILL BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT. 01:59:20:00 01:59:23:00 THEY STILL BELIEVE THIS BODY. 01:59:23:00 01:59:25:00 THEY STILL BELIEVE THAT THEIR 01:59:25:00 01:59:27:00 ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN DO 01:59:27:00 01:59:29:00 MEANINGFUL, SUBSTANTIAL WORK ON 01:59:29:00 01:59:30:00 THEIR BEHALF. 01:59:30:00 01:59:31:00 THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS 01:59:31:00 01:59:34:00 INDEPENDENT COUNCIL CAN PARTNER 01:59:34:00 01:59:35:00 WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION 01:59:35:00 01:59:38:00 TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE 01:59:38:00 01:59:40:00 FROM SHORT TERM FRUSTRATIONS 01:59:40:00 01:59:45:00 LIKE POTHOLES, SNOW REMOVAL. 01:59:45:00 01:59:49:00 AND STRENGTHS TO LONG TERM 01:59:49:00 01:59:51:00 CHALLENGES LIKE ECONOMIC 01:59:51:00 01:59:54:00 MOBILITY, OWNERSHIP, ACCESS TO 01:59:54:00 01:59:56:00 QUALITY EDUCATION, SAFE AND 01:59:56:00 01:59:58:00 RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND THE 01:59:58:00 02:00:00:00 RIGHT TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN 02:00:00:00 02:00:02:00 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. 02:00:02:00 02:00:06:00 MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY BELIEVE 02:00:06:00 02:00:08:00 THAT THEIR RIGHTS NO MATTER WHO 02:00:08:00 02:00:09:00 THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY LIVE 02:00:09:00 02:00:11:00 THAT THEIR RIGHTS MATTER AND 02:00:11:00 02:00:13:00 DESERVE THIS COUNCIL TO PROTECT 02:00:13:00 02:00:14:00 THEIR RIGHTS. 02:00:14:00 02:00:17:00 AND IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS WE 02:00:17:00 02:00:19:00 HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW 02:00:19:00 02:00:21:00 PEOPLE WHAT EQUITY AND ACTION 02:00:21:00 02:00:23:00 REALLY LOOKS LIKE LIKE HAVING 02:00:23:00 02:00:25:00 THE CHANCE TO APPOINT IN 02:00:25:00 02:00:27:00 SEVERAL MONTHS A FIRST BLACK 02:00:27:00 02:00:29:00 FIRE CHIEF IN THE HISTORY 02:00:29:00 02:00:31:00 OF THE CITY OF BOSTON OVER THE 02:00:31:00 02:00:33:00 LAST SEVERAL WAYS DISTRICT 02:00:33:00 02:00:35:00 SEVEN IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN 02:00:35:00 02:00:36:00 WATCHING CLOSELY. 02:00:36:00 02:00:39:00 THEY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT 02:00:39:00 02:00:40:00 DESERVE REAL ANSWERS. 02:00:40:00 02:00:42:00 THEY WATCHED AS A NEIGHBORING 02:00:42:00 02:00:44:00 CITY WORKED OUT A DEAL FOR A 02:00:44:00 02:00:46:00 PROFESSIONAL SOCCER STADIUM, 02:00:46:00 02:00:48:00 ONE THAT ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE 02:00:48:00 02:00:50:00 IMPACTS, FINANCIAL 02:00:50:00 02:00:51:00 CONTRIBUTIONS, COMMUNITY 02:00:51:00 02:00:53:00 BENEFITS AND THEY ASK WILL 02:00:53:00 02:00:54:00 BOSTON DO THE SAME FOR US? 02:00:54:00 02:00:57:00 THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN THE 02:00:57:00 02:00:59:00 DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN IN AND NEAR 02:00:59:00 02:01:01:00 THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEIR 02:01:01:00 02:01:03:00 CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC NOISE 02:01:03:00 02:01:05:00 AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WILL BE 02:01:05:00 02:01:07:00 TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THEY WANT 02:01:07:00 02:01:09:00 TO KNOW THAT THEY TOO WILL 02:01:09:00 02:01:12:00 SHARE IN THE ECONOMIC UPSIDE 02:01:12:00 02:01:15:00 THROUGH CONTRACT JOBS OWNERSHIP 02:01:15:00 02:01:17:00 AND NOT JUST BEAR THE BURDEN. 02:01:17:00 02:01:19:00 THEY WATCHED THE ADMINISTRATION 02:01:19:00 02:01:21:00 ANNOUNCE A DECISION TO BUILD A 02:01:21:00 02:01:23:00 NEW MADISON PARK ON PARCEL 02:01:23:00 02:01:25:00 THREE ON THE EVE OF MARTIN 02:01:25:00 02:01:26:00 LUTHER KING WEEKEND, JUST DAYS 02:01:26:00 02:01:29:00 BEFORE A DESIGNATION WAS SET TO 02:01:29:00 02:01:31:00 EXPIRE WITHOUT WHAT FELT LIKE 02:01:31:00 02:01:32:00 MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY 02:01:32:00 02:01:32:00 ENGAGEMENT. 02:01:32:00 02:01:36:00 AND LET ME BE CLEAR WE MUST 02:01:36:00 02:01:38:00 BUILD MADISON PARK A NEW 02:01:38:00 02:01:40:00 MADISON PARK A STATE OF THE ART 02:01:40:00 02:01:41:00 MADISON PARK. 02:01:41:00 02:01:43:00 OUR STUDENTS, OUR EDUCATORS, 02:01:43:00 02:01:45:00 OUR FAMILIES DESERVE A STATE 02:01:45:00 02:01:47:00 OF THE ART SCHOOL FOR A STATE 02:01:47:00 02:01:48:00 OF THE ART FUTURE. 02:01:48:00 02:01:52:00 BUT HOW WE BUILD IT WHERE WE 02:01:52:00 02:01:54:00 BUILD IT MUST BE A 02:01:54:00 02:01:56:00 COLLABORATIVE PROCESS A PROCESS 02:01:56:00 02:01:59:00 THAT HONORS DECADES 02:01:59:00 02:01:59:00 OF COMMUNITY PLANNING. 02:01:59:00 02:02:02:00 RESPECT THE VOICES OF ROXBURY 02:02:02:00 02:02:04:00 RESIDENTS AND ALIGNS 02:02:04:00 02:02:05:00 EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE WITH 02:02:05:00 02:02:08:00 WITH LONG TERM ECONOMIC 02:02:08:00 02:02:09:00 OPPORTUNITY. 02:02:09:00 02:02:12:00 THEY ALSO WATCH AS THE CHIEF 02:02:12:00 02:02:13:00 OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION ANNOUNCED 02:02:13:00 02:02:15:00 THAT HE WOULD STEP DOWN FROM 02:02:15:00 02:02:18:00 HIS ROLE AND THEY ASK A FAIR 02:02:18:00 02:02:20:00 AND URGENT QUESTION WHO WILL 02:02:20:00 02:02:24:00 NOW WHO WILL NOW ENSURE THAT 02:02:24:00 02:02:26:00 SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY 02:02:26:00 02:02:28:00 BUSINESSES OF COLOR HAVE A REAL 02:02:28:00 02:02:30:00 SHOT AT SHARING AND BOSTON'S 02:02:30:00 02:02:30:00 PROSPERITY? 02:02:30:00 02:02:34:00 THIS QUESTION IS ESPECIALLY 02:02:34:00 02:02:35:00 PRESSING IN DISTRICT SEVEN, 02:02:35:00 02:02:38:00 WHERE NONPROFIT SERVICE 02:02:38:00 02:02:39:00 PROVIDERS SEEM TO OUTNUMBER 02:02:39:00 02:02:42:00 SMALL BUSINESSES WITH A MEDIAN 02:02:42:00 02:02:44:00 HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF A 02:02:44:00 02:02:47:00 WRITER FAMILY IS ROUGHLY HALF 02:02:47:00 02:02:49:00 OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE WHO WILL 02:02:49:00 02:02:51:00 ENSURE THAT FAMILIES CAN NOT 02:02:51:00 02:02:52:00 JUST SURVIVE. 02:02:52:00 02:02:55:00 BUT FAMILIES IN ROXBURY WILL 02:02:55:00 02:02:58:00 ALSO THRIVE AND SURVIVE. 02:02:58:00 02:03:01:00 LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN WHO WILL 02:03:01:00 02:03:04:00 ENSURE THAT FAMILIES WHO MAY 02:03:04:00 02:03:06:00 NOT BE ALL RICH AND MEAN BUT 02:03:06:00 02:03:08:00 ARE RICH IN PROMISE ARE SET UP 02:03:08:00 02:03:10:00 TO ACHIEVE ALL THAT THEY 02:03:10:00 02:03:13:00 IMAGINED FOR THEMSELVES AND 02:03:13:00 02:03:13:00 THEIR CHILDREN? 02:03:13:00 02:03:17:00 WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY 02:03:17:00 02:03:18:00 INCLUDING EACH ONE OF US ON 02:03:18:00 02:03:19:00 THIS COUNCIL. 02:03:19:00 02:03:23:00 I VOW TO BE A RELENTLESS 02:03:23:00 02:03:23:00 ADVOCATE. 02:03:23:00 02:03:26:00 I VOW TO SEEK STRATEGIC 02:03:26:00 02:03:28:00 PARTNERSHIPS AND I VOW TO HAVE 02:03:28:00 02:03:31:00 AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO 02:03:31:00 02:03:32:00 SECURE WHAT DISTRICT SEVEN 02:03:32:00 02:03:34:00 DESERVES FROM THE CITY, FROM 02:03:34:00 02:03:37:00 THE STATE AND FROM THE FEDERAL 02:03:37:00 02:03:37:00 GOVERNMENT. 02:03:37:00 02:03:40:00 AND SO IN MY FIRST SET 02:03:40:00 02:03:42:00 OF FILINGS AS THE NEWEST MEMBER 02:03:42:00 02:03:44:00 OF THIS BODY PROUDLY 02:03:44:00 02:03:46:00 REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN, I 02:03:46:00 02:03:48:00 RISE TODAY WITH THE SIMPLE 02:03:48:00 02:03:51:00 INTENTION TO DELIVER ANSWERS TO 02:03:51:00 02:03:54:00 PUSH THIS COUNCIL TO BE 02:03:54:00 02:03:56:00 INDEPENDENT AND JUDGMENT AND TO 02:03:56:00 02:03:59:00 BE BOLD IN POLICY PRACTICE TO 02:03:59:00 02:04:00:00 ENSURE THAT WE SERVE AS A 02:04:00:00 02:04:02:00 BRIDGE BETWEEN THE 02:04:02:00 02:04:04:00 ADMINISTRATION AND PEOPLE NOT A 02:04:04:00 02:04:06:00 BARRIER NOT JUST FOR THE 02:04:06:00 02:04:08:00 LOUDEST VOICES OR THE MOST 02:04:08:00 02:04:10:00 CONNECTED CONSTITUENTS BUT FOR 02:04:10:00 02:04:13:00 THOSE WHO ARE HARDER TO REACH 02:04:13:00 02:04:16:00 OUR SENIORS OR SHUT INS THE 02:04:16:00 02:04:18:00 POOR, THE VULNERABLE, THE 02:04:18:00 02:04:20:00 OVERWORKED AND IN SOME CASES 02:04:20:00 02:04:21:00 THE FORGOTTEN. 02:04:21:00 02:04:24:00 TODAY I RISE TO SPEAK ABOUT 02:04:24:00 02:04:27:00 WHAT WE ARE PASSING BUT ABOUT 02:04:27:00 02:04:29:00 WHAT KIND OF COUNCIL WE INTEND 02:04:29:00 02:04:29:00 TO BE. 02:04:29:00 02:04:33:00 AND SO MADAM PRESIDENT AND 02:04:33:00 02:04:35:00 MR. CLERK, MY FIRST SET OF FIVE 02:04:35:00 02:04:38:00 WAS REFLECT THREE CORE 02:04:38:00 02:04:41:00 COMMITMENTS TRANSPARENCY, 02:04:41:00 02:04:43:00 ACCOUNTABILITY AND A VISION 02:04:43:00 02:04:45:00 TOWARDS SHARED PROSPERITY. 02:04:45:00 02:04:48:00 FIRST I HAVE FILED A RESOLUTION 02:04:48:00 02:04:50:00 IN SUPPORT OF GREATER 02:04:50:00 02:04:53:00 TRANSPARENCY AND MEANINGFUL 02:04:53:00 02:04:56:00 CONSULTATION ABOUT THE FUTURE 02:04:56:00 02:04:58:00 OF PARCEL P-3 AND THE MADISON 02:04:58:00 02:04:58:00 PROJECT. 02:04:58:00 02:05:02:00 THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS OUR 02:05:02:00 02:05:04:00 STRONG SUPPORT FOR REBUILDING 02:05:04:00 02:05:05:00 MADISON PARK WHILE INSISTING 02:05:05:00 02:05:07:00 THAT THIS INVESTMENT BE ALIGNED 02:05:07:00 02:05:10:00 WITH LONGSTANDING COMMUNITY 02:05:10:00 02:05:13:00 PLANS, CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT 02:05:13:00 02:05:15:00 COSTS AND PHASING AND A PROCESS 02:05:15:00 02:05:17:00 GROUNDED IN TRUST AND 02:05:17:00 02:05:19:00 PARTNERSHIP NOT SURPRISE OR 02:05:19:00 02:05:19:00 EXCLUSION. 02:05:19:00 02:05:24:00 MY SECOND FILING IS AN ORDER 02:05:24:00 02:05:25:00 FOR HEARING. 02:05:25:00 02:05:30:00 TO COMMISSION MADAM PRESIDENT, 02:05:30:00 02:05:34:00 A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY AND 02:05:34:00 02:05:35:00 REPORT ON THE STATE OF CIVIL 02:05:35:00 02:05:38:00 RIGHTS IN BOSTON AND 02:05:38:00 02:05:40:00 MASSACHUSETTS AT A TIME WHEN 02:05:40:00 02:05:41:00 MANY RESIDENTS QUESTION WHETHER 02:05:41:00 02:05:44:00 EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW 02:05:44:00 02:05:46:00 IS TRULY EQUAL A TIME WHEN 02:05:46:00 02:05:48:00 NEIGHBORS STEP OUT OF THEIR 02:05:48:00 02:05:50:00 HOMES UNSURE IF THEY WILL 02:05:50:00 02:05:50:00 RETURN. 02:05:50:00 02:05:53:00 THIS BODY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY 02:05:53:00 02:05:55:00 TO EXAMINE WHERE CIVIL RIGHTS 02:05:55:00 02:05:58:00 ARE BEING UPHELD AND WHERE THEY 02:05:58:00 02:06:00:00 HAVE BEEN INFRINGED AND TO ACT 02:06:00:00 02:06:00:00 ACCORDINGLY. 02:06:00:00 02:06:04:00 MY THIRD FILING A RESOLUTION TO 02:06:04:00 02:06:05:00 DESIGNATE EMPOWERMENT ZONES 02:06:05:00 02:06:08:00 WITHIN DISTRICT THREE PLAY 02:06:08:00 02:06:10:00 SPACE COORDINATED AREAS 02:06:10:00 02:06:12:00 OF INVESTMENT DESIGNED TO SPUR 02:06:12:00 02:06:15:00 SMALL BUSINESS AND GROWTH 02:06:15:00 02:06:17:00 SUPPORT LOCAL OWNERSHIP AND 02:06:17:00 02:06:20:00 ALIGN HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, 02:06:20:00 02:06:21:00 EDUCATION, HEALTH AND PUBLIC 02:06:21:00 02:06:24:00 SAFETY STRATEGIES AROUND 02:06:24:00 02:06:25:00 MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. 02:06:25:00 02:06:27:00 THIS IS ABOUT TURNING. 02:06:27:00 02:06:32:00 MADAM PRESIDENT, MY FELLOW 02:06:32:00 02:06:34:00 COUNCILORS, ABOUT TURNING 02:06:34:00 02:06:36:00 PLANNING INTO PROGRESS AND 02:06:36:00 02:06:38:00 PROMISES INTO ACCOUNTABILITY. 02:06:38:00 02:06:40:00 TOGETHER THE FILINGS SEND A 02:06:40:00 02:06:41:00 CLEAR MESSAGE. 02:06:41:00 02:06:44:00 GROWTH MUST BE EQUITABLE. 02:06:44:00 02:06:47:00 GOVERNMENT MUST BE TRANSPARENT 02:06:47:00 02:06:50:00 AND OPPORTUNITY MUST BE SHARED 02:06:50:00 02:06:50:00 . 02:06:50:00 02:06:55:00 COLLEAGUES, I MAY BE NEW TO 02:06:55:00 02:06:57:00 THIS BODY BUT I AM NOT NEW TO 02:06:57:00 02:07:00:00 THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND I 02:07:00:00 02:07:02:00 BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT OUR 02:07:02:00 02:07:04:00 CREDIBILITY IS NOT BUILT IN 02:07:04:00 02:07:07:00 MOMENTS OF COMFORT, BUT OUR 02:07:07:00 02:07:08:00 CREDIBILITY IS BUILT IN MOMENTS 02:07:08:00 02:07:12:00 WHEN WE CHOOSE INCLUSION OVER 02:07:12:00 02:07:12:00 EXPEDIENCY. 02:07:12:00 02:07:14:00 PARTNERSHIP OVER SILENCE. 02:07:14:00 02:07:16:00 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. 02:07:16:00 02:07:18:00 AND I SAID THROUGHOUT THIS 02:07:18:00 02:07:20:00 CAMPAIGN IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. 02:07:20:00 02:07:21:00 IT'S ABOUT. 02:07:21:00 02:07:25:00 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. 02:07:25:00 02:07:26:00 IT'S ABOUT ME. 02:07:26:00 02:07:28:00 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. 02:07:28:00 02:07:33:00 IT'S ABOUT WE AND ALL OF US 02:07:33:00 02:07:35:00 CONSIDERING ALL OF US TOGETHER 02:07:35:00 02:07:37:00 BUILDING A BOSTON THAT SHOWS 02:07:37:00 02:07:40:00 WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN 02:07:40:00 02:07:42:00 TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY AND 02:07:42:00 02:07:45:00 OPPORTUNITY GUIDE POLICYMAKING. 02:07:45:00 02:07:46:00 THANK YOU. 02:07:46:00 02:07:59:00 THANK YOU. 02:07:59:00 02:08:01:00 >> THANK YOU. 02:08:01:00 02:08:03:00 THANK YOU. 02:08:03:00 02:08:08:00 MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:08:08:00 02:08:10:00 I'M ASKING FOR SUSPENSION 02:08:10:00 02:08:13:00 OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION 02:08:13:00 02:08:17:00 OF DOCKET NUMBER 017. 02:08:17:00 02:08:26:00 0017900170070. 02:08:26:00 02:08:31:00 >> I'M NOT HERE. 02:08:31:00 02:08:36:00 YEAH. 02:08:36:00 02:08:38:00 >> SO, UM, MR TURK, UH, WE'LL 02:08:38:00 02:08:41:00 GO THROUGH THE, UM, DOCKETS IN 02:08:41:00 02:08:41:00 ORDER. 02:08:41:00 02:08:44:00 UH, COULD YOU COULD YOU READ, 02:08:44:00 02:08:45:00 UM, DO WE HAVE A READ THE 02:08:45:00 02:08:45:00 DOCKET? 02:08:45:00 02:08:48:00 UM, YEAH. 02:08:48:00 02:08:49:00 I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES. 02:08:49:00 02:08:52:00 WOULD ANYONE DUNCAN 0169. 02:08:52:00 02:08:54:00 UH, THAT'S THE DOCKET. 02:08:54:00 02:08:56:00 UM, THE HEARING TO DEVELOP A 02:08:56:00 02:08:58:00 REPORT ON THE STATE OF CIVIL 02:08:58:00 02:08:59:00 RIGHTS IN BOSTON AND 02:08:59:00 02:08:59:00 MASSACHUSETTS. 02:08:59:00 02:09:02:00 UH, WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES 02:09:02:00 02:09:04:00 LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AS A 02:09:04:00 02:09:06:00 PATTER COUNCILOR DURKAN, 02:09:06:00 02:09:07:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, 02:09:07:00 02:09:08:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, 02:09:08:00 02:09:08:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 02:09:08:00 02:09:10:00 COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNCILOR. 02:09:10:00 02:09:11:00 MURPHY, COUNCILOR. 02:09:11:00 02:09:12:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR. 02:09:12:00 02:09:13:00 SANTANA, COUNCILOR. 02:09:13:00 02:09:15:00 WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND 02:09:15:00 02:09:16:00 PLEASE UM THE CHAIR. 02:09:16:00 02:09:22:00 THANK YOU. 02:09:22:00 02:09:22:00 UH, SO. 02:09:22:00 02:09:28:00 NEXT, UM, THIS DOCKET WILL BE 02:09:28:00 02:09:33:00 SENT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE 02:09:33:00 02:09:35:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THAT'S 02:09:35:00 02:09:37:00 STALKING 069. 02:09:37:00 02:09:38:00 UH. 02:09:38:00 02:09:38:00 THANK YOU. 02:09:38:00 02:09:42:00 DOCKET 0170. 02:09:42:00 02:09:47:00 THAT IS THE RESOLUTION. 02:09:47:00 02:09:51:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER I SEEK 02:09:51:00 02:09:52:00 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND 02:09:52:00 02:09:55:00 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0170. 02:09:55:00 02:09:58:00 UH, WE'LL ASK OUR COLLEAGUES. 02:09:58:00 02:10:00:00 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? 02:10:00:00 02:10:02:00 THAT'S THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION 02:10:02:00 02:10:04:00 ON SUPPORT FOR MORE 02:10:04:00 02:10:05:00 TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY 02:10:05:00 02:10:07:00 ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO 02:10:07:00 02:10:07:00 EXTENDING TEMPORARY DESIGNATE 02:10:07:00 02:10:08:00 ETC.. 02:10:08:00 02:10:11:00 UH COUNCILOR UH COLLETTE AS A 02:10:11:00 02:10:15:00 MATTER UH CULTURE FLYNN. 02:10:15:00 02:10:17:00 COUNCILOR JULIAN COMES FROM 02:10:17:00 02:10:17:00 HERE. 02:10:17:00 02:10:18:00 COUNCILOR. 02:10:18:00 02:10:18:00 DIVISION. 02:10:18:00 02:10:19:00 COUNCIL. 02:10:19:00 02:10:19:00 MURPHY. 02:10:19:00 02:10:20:00 COUNCILOR. 02:10:20:00 02:10:20:00 PEPEN. 02:10:20:00 02:10:21:00 COUNCILOR. 02:10:21:00 02:10:22:00 SANTANA, COUNCILOR. 02:10:22:00 02:10:22:00 WEBER, COUNCILOR. 02:10:22:00 02:10:23:00 WORLD. 02:10:23:00 02:10:24:00 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 02:10:24:00 02:10:34:00 SO COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER SEEKS 02:10:34:00 02:10:35:00 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND 02:10:35:00 02:10:37:00 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0170. 02:10:37:00 02:10:40:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. 02:10:40:00 02:10:41:00 DON'T KNOW. 02:10:41:00 02:10:43:00 UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 02:10:43:00 02:10:44:00 CALL A ROLL CALL? 02:10:44:00 02:10:47:00 VOTE ON DOCKET 0170. 02:10:47:00 02:10:50:00 ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 02:10:50:00 02:10:50:00 0170. 02:10:50:00 02:10:51:00 COUNCILOR BREADON. 02:10:51:00 02:10:52:00 YES. 02:10:52:00 02:10:53:00 >> COUNCILOR BREADON. 02:10:53:00 02:10:53:00 YES. 02:10:53:00 02:10:54:00 COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA. 02:10:54:00 02:10:55:00 YES. 02:10:55:00 02:10:56:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A 02:10:56:00 02:10:56:00 PARTNER. 02:10:56:00 02:10:56:00 YES. 02:10:56:00 02:10:58:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. 02:10:58:00 02:10:58:00 YES. 02:10:58:00 02:11:00:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. 02:11:00:00 02:11:00:00 YES. 02:11:00:00 02:11:01:00 COUNCILOR DURKIN. 02:11:01:00 02:11:01:00 PRESENT. 02:11:01:00 02:11:02:00 COUNCILOR DURKIN. 02:11:02:00 02:11:03:00 PRESENT. 02:11:03:00 02:11:05:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 02:11:05:00 02:11:06:00 YES. 02:11:06:00 02:11:07:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 02:11:07:00 02:11:07:00 YES. 02:11:07:00 02:11:08:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:11:08:00 02:11:08:00 YES. 02:11:08:00 02:11:10:00 COUNCIL OF FLYNN. 02:11:10:00 02:11:10:00 YES. 02:11:10:00 02:11:10:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. 02:11:10:00 02:11:11:00 YES. 02:11:11:00 02:11:12:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. 02:11:12:00 02:11:12:00 YES. 02:11:12:00 02:11:13:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA. 02:11:13:00 02:11:14:00 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. 02:11:14:00 02:11:15:00 YES. 02:11:15:00 02:11:16:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:11:16:00 02:11:17:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:11:17:00 02:11:18:00 YES. 02:11:18:00 02:11:18:00 COUNCILOR. 02:11:18:00 02:11:18:00 BENTON. 02:11:18:00 02:11:19:00 COUNCILOR. 02:11:19:00 02:11:20:00 THE PEN. 02:11:20:00 02:11:20:00 YES. 02:11:20:00 02:11:21:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 02:11:21:00 02:11:21:00 YES. 02:11:21:00 02:11:23:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 02:11:23:00 02:11:23:00 YES. 02:11:23:00 02:11:24:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 02:11:24:00 02:11:24:00 YES. 02:11:24:00 02:11:26:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 02:11:26:00 02:11:26:00 YES. 02:11:26:00 02:11:27:00 IN COUNCIL ZERO. 02:11:27:00 02:11:27:00 YES. 02:11:27:00 02:11:28:00 COUNCIL. 02:11:28:00 02:11:28:00 WELL, YES. 02:11:28:00 02:11:31:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0170 HAS RECEIVED 02:11:31:00 02:11:33:00 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND 02:11:33:00 02:11:34:00 ONE PRESENT. 02:11:34:00 02:11:36:00 THANK YOU, MR CLERK. 02:11:36:00 02:11:40:00 DOCKETS 0170 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. 02:11:40:00 02:11:45:00 THANK YOU. 02:11:45:00 02:11:48:00 NOW WE MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0171. 02:11:48:00 02:11:52:00 UH, UM THE CHAIR. 02:11:52:00 02:11:54:00 DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS 02:11:54:00 02:11:55:00 DOCKET AGAIN? 02:11:55:00 02:11:57:00 UH, WE DID ALREADY. 02:11:57:00 02:12:00:00 THANK PRESIDENT I HAVE ALREADY 02:12:00:00 02:12:03:00 , BUT IF I'LL TALK NOW. 02:12:03:00 02:12:04:00 >> I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT. 02:12:04:00 02:12:08:00 WE HAVEN'T HAD A PREACHER IN 02:12:08:00 02:12:08:00 THE HOUSE. 02:12:08:00 02:12:10:00 >> FOR A WHILE, SO, UM. 02:12:10:00 02:12:11:00 THANK YOU. 02:12:11:00 02:12:12:00 UH, SO. 02:12:12:00 02:12:14:00 THEY WENT AHEAD. 02:12:14:00 02:12:15:00 AND WHICH NUMBER? 02:12:15:00 02:12:16:00 16171. 02:12:16:00 02:12:18:00 YES. 02:12:18:00 02:12:21:00 UH, SO REGARDING DOCKET 0171, 02:12:21:00 02:12:22:00 UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 02:12:22:00 02:12:24:00 THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET, 02:12:24:00 02:12:26:00 COUNCILOR UH COUNCILOR COLLETTA 02:12:26:00 02:12:26:00 ZAPATA. 02:12:26:00 02:12:27:00 COUNCILOR. 02:12:27:00 02:12:28:00 DURKAN. 02:12:28:00 02:12:28:00 COUNCILOR. 02:12:28:00 02:12:29:00 FITZGERALD COUNCIL. 02:12:29:00 02:12:29:00 GRIFFIN. 02:12:29:00 02:12:30:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 02:12:30:00 02:12:32:00 COUNCILMEMBER HERE 02:12:32:00 02:12:32:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSTRUCT. 02:12:32:00 02:12:34:00 PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA AND 02:12:34:00 02:12:37:00 THAT'S WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL 02:12:37:00 02:12:38:00 AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. 02:12:38:00 02:12:41:00 THANK YOU. 02:12:41:00 02:12:43:00 DOCKET 0171 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:12:43:00 02:12:44:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:12:44:00 02:12:47:00 THANK YOU. 02:12:47:00 02:12:49:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:12:49:00 02:12:52:00 THE DOCKET 0172. 02:12:52:00 02:12:55:00 DUKKHA NUMBER 0172 COUNCIL IS 02:12:55:00 02:12:57:00 DURKAN AND BREADON ON FOR THE 02:12:57:00 02:12:58:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 02:12:58:00 02:13:00:00 TO INVESTIGATE THE USE, IMPACT 02:13:00:00 02:13:02:00 AND POTENTIAL BAN 02:13:02:00 02:13:04:00 OF ALGORITHMIC PRICE SETTINGS 02:13:04:00 02:13:06:00 IN THE BOSTON RENTAL MARKET 02:13:06:00 02:13:08:00 REFIRE FROM 2025. 02:13:08:00 02:13:09:00 THANK YOU. 02:13:09:00 02:13:12:00 >> COUNCILOR UM CONCENTRA, CAN 02:13:12:00 02:13:13:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? 02:13:13:00 02:13:14:00 MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE 02:13:14:00 02:13:15:00 TO REQUEST THAT BOTH OF MY 02:13:15:00 02:13:16:00 DOCKETS BE READ INTO THE RECORD 02:13:16:00 02:13:18:00 SO I CAN SPEAK TO THEM BOTH AT 02:13:18:00 02:13:18:00 THE SAME TIME. 02:13:18:00 02:13:19:00 UH. 02:13:19:00 02:13:20:00 >> THANK YOU. 02:13:20:00 02:13:21:00 UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU READ 02:13:21:00 02:13:22:00 ALSO READ DOCKET. 02:13:22:00 02:13:23:00 UM DOCKET. 02:13:23:00 02:13:29:00 DOCKET 0172 INTO THE RECORD. 02:13:29:00 02:13:31:00 I READ THAT ALREADY. 02:13:31:00 02:13:32:00 >> SO SEVEN THREE OOPS. 02:13:32:00 02:13:35:00 OVER THE PAGE. 02:13:35:00 02:13:37:00 YES 0173. 02:13:37:00 02:13:40:00 NUMBER 0173 COUNCIL IS DURKAN 02:13:40:00 02:13:41:00 AND SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING 02:13:41:00 02:13:43:00 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE 02:13:43:00 02:13:45:00 AMENDING THE BOSTON ZONING 02:13:45:00 02:13:47:00 CODE TO REMOVE PARKING MINIMUM 02:13:47:00 02:13:48:00 REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW 02:13:48:00 02:13:51:00 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT REFILE 02:13:51:00 02:13:52:00 FROM 2025. 02:13:52:00 02:13:56:00 THANK YOU. 02:13:56:00 02:13:57:00 >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 02:13:57:00 02:13:57:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN. 02:13:57:00 02:13:58:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:13:58:00 02:13:59:00 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 02:13:59:00 02:14:00:00 BREADON. 02:14:00:00 02:14:01:00 WELL, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK 02:14:01:00 02:14:02:00 WITH MY COLLEAGUES. 02:14:02:00 02:14:03:00 THIS IS A DIFFICULT MOMENT FOR 02:14:03:00 02:14:05:00 US TO BE HAVING THIS FIRST 02:14:05:00 02:14:05:00 MEETING. 02:14:05:00 02:14:07:00 THE WORK OF THIS BODY MATTERS 02:14:07:00 02:14:09:00 DEEPLY, BUT IT'S CHALLENGING TO 02:14:09:00 02:14:10:00 PROCEED WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL 02:14:10:00 02:14:11:00 GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR 02:14:11:00 02:14:12:00 COUNTRY. 02:14:12:00 02:14:13:00 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS 02:14:13:00 02:14:15:00 TERRORIZING CITIES AND PEOPLE 02:14:15:00 02:14:17:00 ARE AFRAID FOR THEIR SAFETY AT 02:14:17:00 02:14:18:00 THE SAME TIME HOUSING, FOOD, 02:14:18:00 02:14:20:00 HEALTH CARE YOU NAME IT COSTS 02:14:20:00 02:14:22:00 ARE HIGHER THAN EVER AND PEOPLE 02:14:22:00 02:14:23:00 ARE LOSING HOPE IN GOVERNMENT 02:14:23:00 02:14:24:00 AND OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS. 02:14:24:00 02:14:26:00 SO FAR THIS YEAR MUCH OF OUR 02:14:26:00 02:14:28:00 ATTENTION IN THIS BODY HAS FELT 02:14:28:00 02:14:29:00 CONSUMED BY POLITICS. 02:14:29:00 02:14:30:00 IN THIS MOMENT IT'S MORE 02:14:30:00 02:14:31:00 IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE 02:14:31:00 02:14:33:00 STAY GROUNDED IN WHAT OUR 02:14:33:00 02:14:34:00 RESIDENTS NEED FROM US. 02:14:34:00 02:14:36:00 WE MUST USE OUR POWER TO 02:14:36:00 02:14:38:00 RESPOND TO CRISIS AND DO 02:14:38:00 02:14:39:00 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TANGIBLY 02:14:39:00 02:14:40:00 IMPROVE RESIDENTS EVERYDAY 02:14:40:00 02:14:40:00 LIVES. 02:14:40:00 02:14:42:00 IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO 02:14:42:00 02:14:43:00 MAKE GOVERNMENT WORK FOR THE 02:14:43:00 02:14:45:00 PEOPLE OF BOSTON AND TO MAKE 02:14:45:00 02:14:46:00 THE CITY A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE 02:14:46:00 02:14:48:00 WANT TO LIVE NOW AND IN THE 02:14:48:00 02:14:48:00 FUTURE. 02:14:48:00 02:14:49:00 FROM THE GOVERNOR'S STATE 02:14:49:00 02:14:50:00 OF THE COMMONWEALTH ADDRESS 02:14:50:00 02:14:52:00 WHICH I WAS PROUD TO BE IN THE 02:14:52:00 02:14:53:00 ROOM FOR, IT'S CLEAR THAT 02:14:53:00 02:14:55:00 LOWERING THE COST OF LIVING IS 02:14:55:00 02:14:56:00 THE NUMBER ONE ELECT AT NUMBER 02:14:56:00 02:14:58:00 ONE PRIORITY FOR ELECTED 02:14:58:00 02:14:59:00 OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW RESIDENTS 02:14:59:00 02:15:01:00 ARE BEING FORCED TO MAKE AN 02:15:01:00 02:15:02:00 IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE BETWEEN 02:15:02:00 02:15:04:00 STRUGGLING TO AFFORD BASIC 02:15:04:00 02:15:05:00 NEEDS AND LEAVING THE CITY 02:15:05:00 02:15:05:00 ALTOGETHER. 02:15:05:00 02:15:07:00 LOOKING BACK AT MY FEELINGS 02:15:07:00 02:15:08:00 OVER THE PAST YEAR, I ASKED 02:15:08:00 02:15:10:00 WHETHER THEY FULLY REFLECTED 02:15:10:00 02:15:12:00 THIS MOMENT AND I CAME TO THE 02:15:12:00 02:15:13:00 CONCLUSION THAT THIS TERM NEEDS 02:15:13:00 02:15:15:00 TO BE ABOUT FOCUS. 02:15:15:00 02:15:17:00 AFFORDABILITY IS MY TOP 02:15:17:00 02:15:18:00 PRIORITY AND IT SHOULD BE THE 02:15:18:00 02:15:19:00 PRIORITY OF EVERYONE IN THIS 02:15:19:00 02:15:20:00 BODY. 02:15:20:00 02:15:22:00 WITH SO MUCH CHAOS AND 02:15:22:00 02:15:22:00 UNCERTAINTY AT THE FEDERAL 02:15:22:00 02:15:25:00 LEVEL, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE 02:15:25:00 02:15:26:00 DO HAVE POWER AND AN AREA WHERE 02:15:26:00 02:15:29:00 WE CAN PROVIDE STABILITY AND 02:15:29:00 02:15:30:00 SECURITY FOR BOSTONIANS. 02:15:30:00 02:15:31:00 THE TWO HEARING ORDERS I FILED 02:15:31:00 02:15:33:00 FOR THIS MEETING ELIMINATING 02:15:33:00 02:15:34:00 PARKING MINIMUMS AND 02:15:34:00 02:15:36:00 INVESTIGATING A BAN ON ALL 02:15:36:00 02:15:37:00 PRICE SETTING IN THE CITY 02:15:37:00 02:15:39:00 OF BOSTON ARE FIRST STEPS AS 02:15:39:00 02:15:40:00 HOUSING COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE. 02:15:40:00 02:15:42:00 WE ALL KNOW THE SINGLE BIGGEST 02:15:42:00 02:15:43:00 ISSUE FACING OUR RESIDENTS. 02:15:43:00 02:15:45:00 THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER WE 02:15:45:00 02:15:46:00 WILL COME TOGETHER AS A BODY 02:15:46:00 02:15:47:00 AND USE OUR POLITICAL CAPITAL 02:15:47:00 02:15:49:00 TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE. 02:15:49:00 02:15:50:00 ARE WE WILLING TO ELIMINATE 02:15:50:00 02:15:52:00 PARKING MINIMUMS SOMETHING THAT 02:15:52:00 02:15:54:00 THROUGH OUR LAST HEARING SHOW 02:15:54:00 02:15:56:00 LOWER HOUSING COSTS AND ENABLE 02:15:56:00 02:15:58:00 HOUSING TYPOLOGIES THAT 02:15:58:00 02:15:59:00 RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD? 02:15:59:00 02:16:00:00 ARE WE WILLING TO PROTECT 02:16:00:00 02:16:02:00 TENANTS FROM ALGORITHMIC PRICE 02:16:02:00 02:16:02:00 SETTING? 02:16:02:00 02:16:03:00 WE'RE SEEING OUR ENTERPRISE 02:16:03:00 02:16:04:00 SETTING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT 02:16:04:00 02:16:05:00 MARKETS BUT INCLUDING THE 02:16:05:00 02:16:07:00 RENTAL MARKET AND AS THE BOSTON 02:16:07:00 02:16:08:00 CITY COUNCIL CHAIR OF PLANNING, 02:16:08:00 02:16:09:00 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION 02:16:09:00 02:16:11:00 IF IT'S EVER CONFIRMED, I 02:16:11:00 02:16:13:00 INTEND TO PRIORITIZE ZONING AND 02:16:13:00 02:16:14:00 PLANNING REFORMS THAT WILL 02:16:14:00 02:16:16:00 REMOVE OUR NECESSARY BARRIERS 02:16:16:00 02:16:17:00 TO HOUSING AND HELP BOSTON 02:16:17:00 02:16:17:00 GROW. 02:16:17:00 02:16:19:00 RECENTLY A LOCAL PAPER 02:16:19:00 02:16:21:00 QUESTIONED MY AUTHORITY TO LEAD 02:16:21:00 02:16:22:00 THIS WORK BECAUSE I'M A RENTER 02:16:22:00 02:16:22:00 . 02:16:22:00 02:16:24:00 IT'S TRUE I'VE NEVER OWNED A 02:16:24:00 02:16:27:00 HOME BUT I SEE THE UNDERS THAT 02:16:27:00 02:16:29:00 THE STRUGGLE OF LIVING HERE AS 02:16:29:00 02:16:31:00 A QUALIFICATION TO DOING THIS 02:16:31:00 02:16:32:00 WORK NOT A HINDRANCE. 02:16:32:00 02:16:33:00 I LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCE 02:16:33:00 02:16:35:00 OF OUR HOUSING POLICIES 02:16:35:00 02:16:36:00 FIRSTHAND AND I CAN RELATE TO 02:16:36:00 02:16:38:00 THE URGENCY OF THIS MOMENT. 02:16:38:00 02:16:40:00 OUR RESIDENTS NEED A CITY 02:16:40:00 02:16:41:00 COUNCIL THAT IS READY TO 02:16:41:00 02:16:43:00 EXERCISE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, 02:16:43:00 02:16:44:00 COLLABORATE AND GET THINGS 02:16:44:00 02:16:44:00 DONE. 02:16:44:00 02:16:45:00 LET'S DO THAT. 02:16:45:00 02:16:47:00 I KNOW EARLIER IN THIS MEETING 02:16:47:00 02:16:49:00 WE HAD A MOMENT OF ME BEING 02:16:49:00 02:16:51:00 UPSET WITH SOME THINGS THAT 02:16:51:00 02:16:52:00 TRANSPIRED BUT THAT'S WHAT 02:16:52:00 02:16:53:00 RESIDENTS WANT THEY WANT US 02:16:53:00 02:16:54:00 WORKING TOGETHER. 02:16:54:00 02:16:56:00 THEY DON'T WANT HINDRANCES TO 02:16:56:00 02:16:56:00 THE WORK. 02:16:56:00 02:16:59:00 AND SO IF THERE WAS EVER A 02:16:59:00 02:17:00:00 FRUSTRATION THAT I HAVE WITH 02:17:00:00 02:17:02:00 THIS BODY WE NEED TO PUT THE 02:17:02:00 02:17:05:00 BODY FIRST AND I'M GRATEFUL TO 02:17:05:00 02:17:06:00 COUNCILOR BREADON. 02:17:06:00 02:17:07:00 SORRY I WENT OVER THESE ARE MY 02:17:07:00 02:17:08:00 ONLY FILINGS FOR THE DAY. 02:17:08:00 02:17:09:00 THANK YOU MY COLLEAGUES. 02:17:09:00 02:17:10:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. 02:17:10:00 02:17:14:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE THE DOCKET 02:17:14:00 02:17:17:00 0172 UM WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO 02:17:17:00 02:17:17:00 ADD THEIR NAME? 02:17:17:00 02:17:22:00 TEAM DOCKET 0172 UH, 02:17:22:00 02:17:26:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PATA UM 02:17:26:00 02:17:28:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 02:17:28:00 02:17:30:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR PEPEN 02:17:30:00 02:17:31:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 02:17:31:00 02:17:33:00 OH, GOD. 02:17:33:00 02:17:35:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 02:17:35:00 02:17:36:00 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 02:17:36:00 02:17:39:00 YOU HAD A. 02:17:39:00 02:17:41:00 SORRY, I JUST FORGOT TO ADD UM 02:17:41:00 02:17:44:00 , UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A 02:17:44:00 02:17:48:00 THIRD ON 0172 AND THEN I FORGOT 02:17:48:00 02:17:50:00 TO ADD YOU AS A THIRD ON 0173. 02:17:50:00 02:17:54:00 SEEING REALLY NO OBJECTIONS UM 02:17:54:00 02:17:56:00 CONSCIOUS AND TANNER'S ADDED 02:17:56:00 02:17:59:00 AND UM THE CHAIRS ADDED TO 02:17:59:00 02:18:03:00 COUNTER A0173 UH SO THAT WE DO 02:18:03:00 02:18:04:00 THE NAMES. 02:18:04:00 02:18:05:00 ON THE SEVEN TWO. 02:18:05:00 02:18:07:00 >> YES 172. 02:18:07:00 02:18:11:00 THANK YOU. 02:18:11:00 02:18:16:00 UH ZERO DOCKET 0172 BE REFERRED 02:18:16:00 02:18:17:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:18:17:00 02:18:21:00 COUNCIL OF LAND USE A QUESTION. 02:18:21:00 02:18:24:00 YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AM I ABLE TO 02:18:24:00 02:18:26:00 SPEAK ON 0173? 02:18:26:00 02:18:27:00 UM, NO. 02:18:27:00 02:18:28:00 THESE ARE CONTRARY TO 02:18:28:00 02:18:28:00 COMMITTEE. 02:18:28:00 02:18:30:00 THE TIME AND PLACE FOR 02:18:30:00 02:18:31:00 DISCUSSION IS IN THE IN 02:18:31:00 02:18:33:00 COMMITTEE SO I APOLOGIZE BUT 02:18:33:00 02:18:34:00 HOLD THAT FOR LATER. 02:18:34:00 02:18:35:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:18:35:00 02:18:38:00 THANK YOU, MR CLERK. 02:18:38:00 02:18:38:00 UM. 02:18:38:00 02:18:39:00 OH YES. 02:18:39:00 02:18:42:00 UM, COUNCILOR DURKIN UH, ASKED 02:18:42:00 02:18:45:00 UH, DOCKET 0173 WILL BE UH. 02:18:45:00 02:18:47:00 HANG ON, START OVER AGAIN. 02:18:47:00 02:18:48:00 DOCKET 0173. 02:18:48:00 02:18:50:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:18:50:00 02:18:50:00 NAME? 02:18:50:00 02:18:54:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 02:18:54:00 02:18:55:00 MEJIA. 02:18:55:00 02:18:56:00 COUNCILOR. 02:18:56:00 02:18:56:00 PEPEN. 02:18:56:00 02:18:57:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 02:18:57:00 02:18:59:00 UM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 02:18:59:00 02:19:03:00 UH, DOCKET 0173 WILL BE 02:19:03:00 02:19:04:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 02:19:04:00 02:19:04:00 OF THE WHOLE. 02:19:04:00 02:19:05:00 THANK YOU. 02:19:05:00 02:19:07:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:19:07:00 02:19:10:00 DOCKET 01740. 02:19:10:00 02:19:12:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0174 02:19:12:00 02:19:13:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, UH, FOR 02:19:13:00 02:19:14:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:19:14:00 02:19:17:00 HEARING TO DISCUSS 2026 LARGE 02:19:17:00 02:19:19:00 EVENTS, SAFETY RESOURCES AND 02:19:19:00 02:19:20:00 INFRASTRUCTURE. 02:19:20:00 02:19:21:00 THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. 02:19:21:00 02:19:24:00 UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU 02:19:24:00 02:19:24:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:19:24:00 02:19:26:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:19:26:00 02:19:28:00 UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S A 02:19:28:00 02:19:29:00 LOT OF BIG EVENTS COMING UP 02:19:29:00 02:19:29:00 THIS SUMMER. 02:19:29:00 02:19:32:00 UH, TALL SHIPS 250 FIFA UH, AND 02:19:32:00 02:19:32:00 OTHERS. 02:19:32:00 02:19:35:00 UH, THIS IS SIMPLY TO GET FOLKS 02:19:35:00 02:19:36:00 IN FRONT OF US, UH, FROM PUBLIC 02:19:36:00 02:19:37:00 SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 02:19:37:00 02:19:39:00 TO TALK ABOUT WHAT 02:19:39:00 02:19:40:00 INFRASTRUCTURE UH, AND PLAN WE 02:19:40:00 02:19:42:00 HAVE FOR SUCH LARGE CROWDS 02:19:42:00 02:19:43:00 ACROSS OUR CITY THROUGHOUT THE 02:19:43:00 02:19:45:00 SUMMER UH, AND UH, POTENTIALLY 02:19:45:00 02:19:47:00 HELP THEM SPOT ANY GAPS, UH, 02:19:47:00 02:19:48:00 WITH OUR GREAT QUESTIONING TO 02:19:48:00 02:19:49:00 THEM AND SEE IF WE CANNOT MAKE 02:19:49:00 02:19:50:00 SURE WE'RE FULLY SAFE THIS 02:19:50:00 02:19:52:00 SUMMER TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN. 02:19:52:00 02:19:52:00 THANK YOU. 02:19:52:00 02:19:53:00 THANK YOU. 02:19:53:00 02:19:55:00 UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 02:19:55:00 02:19:56:00 THEIR NAME? 02:19:56:00 02:19:58:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER 02:19:58:00 02:19:58:00 COUNCILOR. 02:19:58:00 02:20:00:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN, 02:20:00:00 02:20:01:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, 02:20:01:00 02:20:01:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 02:20:01:00 02:20:02:00 COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR. 02:20:02:00 02:20:03:00 MURPHY COUNCILOR. 02:20:03:00 02:20:05:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA 02:20:05:00 02:20:06:00 COUNCIL. 02:20:06:00 02:20:06:00 WEBER COUNCIL. 02:20:06:00 02:20:08:00 WORRELL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 02:20:08:00 02:20:09:00 THANK YOU. 02:20:09:00 02:20:12:00 DOCKET 0174 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:20:12:00 02:20:13:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:20:13:00 02:20:16:00 MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 02:20:16:00 02:20:17:00 0175. 02:20:17:00 02:20:19:00 NUMBER 0175 02:20:19:00 02:20:20:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH, OFF 02:20:20:00 02:20:22:00 OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:20:22:00 02:20:23:00 HEARING TO DISCUSS THE 02:20:23:00 02:20:26:00 REGULATION OF ON AND IN THE 02:20:26:00 02:20:27:00 CITY OF BOSTON. 02:20:27:00 02:20:29:00 CONTRARY TO GENERAL. 02:20:29:00 02:20:29:00 DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? 02:20:29:00 02:20:30:00 THANK YOU. 02:20:30:00 02:20:31:00 >> COULD WE PLEASE ADD 02:20:31:00 02:20:32:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A SECOND 02:20:32:00 02:20:32:00 CO-SPONSOR. 02:20:32:00 02:20:35:00 SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTIONS 02:20:35:00 02:20:36:00 CONTRA FRIEND SO OTHERS. 02:20:36:00 02:20:37:00 THANK YOU. 02:20:37:00 02:20:40:00 >> UH, SO IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER 02:20:40:00 02:20:42:00 UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO UH, SOLD 02:20:42:00 02:20:43:00 IN GAS STATIONS IT WAS 02:20:43:00 02:20:45:00 SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA K2 SPICE 02:20:45:00 02:20:46:00 HAD A LOT OF NAMES LIKE THAT. 02:20:46:00 02:20:48:00 UH, KRATOM IS NOW WHAT IS, UH, 02:20:48:00 02:20:50:00 SORT OF TAKING THAT PLACE AS A 02:20:50:00 02:20:51:00 SYNTHETIC OPIOID? 02:20:51:00 02:20:52:00 UH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH MORE 02:20:52:00 02:20:53:00 DANGER THAN THE SYNTHETIC 02:20:53:00 02:20:56:00 MARIJUANA, UM, AND IS SOLD IN 02:20:56:00 02:20:57:00 THE SAME TYPE OF PLACES. 02:20:57:00 02:20:59:00 SO, UH, THIS IS TO BRING 02:20:59:00 02:21:00:00 ATTENTION TO THAT MATTER, UH, 02:21:00:00 02:21:01:00 AND ACTUALLY KIND OF ON A 02:21:01:00 02:21:03:00 LARGER LEVEL IF YOU'VE NOTICED 02:21:03:00 02:21:04:00 WHERE THESE PLACES WHERE THIS 02:21:04:00 02:21:06:00 IS SOLD THERE ARE OTHER THINGS 02:21:06:00 02:21:09:00 THAT ARE SOLD THAT UH UH 02:21:09:00 02:21:10:00 PROMOTE DRUG USE BUT MIGHT BE 02:21:10:00 02:21:13:00 LEGAL UH, THINGS TO SELL AND DO 02:21:13:00 02:21:14:00 NOT NEED UH, AN ORDINANCE OR 02:21:14:00 02:21:16:00 PERMITS UH, FROM EITHER A 02:21:16:00 02:21:17:00 BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION 02:21:17:00 02:21:19:00 OR THE CITY AND SO UH, I 02:21:19:00 02:21:20:00 ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO IN THE 02:21:20:00 02:21:22:00 HEARING WIDEN THIS OUT TO TALK 02:21:22:00 02:21:22:00 ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS. 02:21:22:00 02:21:24:00 UH, A LOT OF PLACES YOU'LL FIND 02:21:24:00 02:21:26:00 CLEAN URINE SOLD FOR PEOPLE TO 02:21:26:00 02:21:28:00 PASS DRUG TEST, UH, WHIPPETS, 02:21:28:00 02:21:30:00 IF YOU WILL, FOR UH, KIDS TO 02:21:30:00 02:21:33:00 PUT IN UM, UH, TO TO GET HIGH 02:21:33:00 02:21:34:00 OFF OF UH AND ALL THESE THINGS 02:21:34:00 02:21:36:00 ARE NOT REGULATED UH AND SO 02:21:36:00 02:21:38:00 ALONG WITH KRATOM AND EXPANDING 02:21:38:00 02:21:39:00 IT TO THOSE OTHER OPTIONS AS 02:21:39:00 02:21:41:00 WELL, WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT 02:21:41:00 02:21:43:00 WHAT IS ALLOWED TO BE SOLD AT 02:21:43:00 02:21:44:00 THESE CORNER STORES AND GAS 02:21:44:00 02:21:46:00 STATIONS, UH, THAT PROMOTE THIS 02:21:46:00 02:21:47:00 TYPE OF STUFF AND DO NOT HELP 02:21:47:00 02:21:48:00 THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR CITY. 02:21:48:00 02:21:48:00 THANK YOU. 02:21:48:00 02:21:50:00 >> THANK YOU CANCER COUNCIL 02:21:50:00 02:21:51:00 FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:21:51:00 02:21:53:00 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU 02:21:53:00 02:21:55:00 COUNCIL FITZGERALD FOR ADDING 02:21:55:00 02:21:55:00 ME. 02:21:55:00 02:21:57:00 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 02:21:57:00 02:21:59:00 THANK YOU COUNCIL FITZGERALD WE 02:21:59:00 02:22:01:00 HAD AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION UH, 02:22:01:00 02:22:03:00 THIS WEEK WITH SOME SOUTH AND 02:22:03:00 02:22:05:00 RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS 02:22:05:00 02:22:07:00 SUBJECT UH, CONCERNED THAT 02:22:07:00 02:22:09:00 THERE IS AN ESTABLISHMENT 02:22:09:00 02:22:12:00 ALREADY SELLING THESE TYPES 02:22:12:00 02:22:14:00 OF DRUGS AND INCLUDING UM. 02:22:14:00 02:22:18:00 URINE UM, FOR LIKELY FOR DRUG 02:22:18:00 02:22:18:00 TESTING. 02:22:18:00 02:22:19:00 I WAS A PROBATION OFFICER FOR 02:22:19:00 02:22:21:00 EIGHT YEARS AND I KNOW THAT 02:22:21:00 02:22:22:00 THIS IS COMMON. 02:22:22:00 02:22:25:00 UM, THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE 02:22:25:00 02:22:29:00 TO TRY TO SMUGGLE IN, I GUESS 02:22:29:00 02:22:30:00 DIRTY URINE FOR A DRUG SCREEN. 02:22:30:00 02:22:33:00 UM, BUT A LOT OF THESE DRUGS I 02:22:33:00 02:22:35:00 ALSO HAVE SEEN ESPECIALLY IN 02:22:35:00 02:22:37:00 THE BOSTON COMMON UM, WHEN I 02:22:37:00 02:22:39:00 WAS A PROBATION OFFICER, 02:22:39:00 02:22:41:00 SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA, UH, WAS 02:22:41:00 02:22:42:00 UNREGULATED AT THE TIME. 02:22:42:00 02:22:44:00 THERE'S OTHER DRUGS RIGHT NOW 02:22:44:00 02:22:45:00 THAT ARE UNREGULATED. 02:22:45:00 02:22:49:00 WE NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE 02:22:49:00 02:22:50:00 OVERSIGHT REGULATION ON THEM. 02:22:50:00 02:22:52:00 I ALREADY NOTIFIED POLICE 02:22:52:00 02:22:54:00 COMMISSIONER COX ABOUT IT AS 02:22:54:00 02:22:56:00 WELL AS DOCTOR OJUKWU TOO ABOUT 02:22:56:00 02:22:58:00 HOW SERIOUS THIS IS IN TERMS 02:22:58:00 02:23:01:00 OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC 02:23:01:00 02:23:01:00 SAFETY. 02:23:01:00 02:23:04:00 WE WANT TO ENSURE WE PROVIDE 02:23:04:00 02:23:06:00 ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WITH 02:23:06:00 02:23:09:00 POSITIVE UH, THINGS TO DO AND 02:23:09:00 02:23:11:00 NOT MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO. 02:23:11:00 02:23:14:00 USE UM DRUGS THAT ARE NOT 02:23:14:00 02:23:15:00 REGULATED. 02:23:15:00 02:23:16:00 WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE BEST 02:23:16:00 02:23:18:00 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN UH, TO 02:23:18:00 02:23:19:00 SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 02:23:19:00 02:23:22:00 BUT I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT 02:23:22:00 02:23:24:00 THE OVERSIGHT AS I MENTIONED 02:23:24:00 02:23:28:00 BUT ALSO UM, HOW COMPANIES OR 02:23:28:00 02:23:30:00 ORGANIZATIONS ARE ABLE TO SELL 02:23:30:00 02:23:32:00 THESE PRODUCTS LIKE WE HAVE IN 02:23:32:00 02:23:34:00 THE SOUTH AND UM, LEGALLY 02:23:34:00 02:23:36:00 WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT FROM THE 02:23:36:00 02:23:38:00 CITY OF BOSTON OR THE 02:23:38:00 02:23:39:00 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 02:23:39:00 02:23:41:00 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 02:23:41:00 02:23:43:00 COUNCIL FITZGERALD FOR UM, HIS 02:23:43:00 02:23:44:00 LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT 02:23:44:00 02:23:45:00 SUBJECT. 02:23:45:00 02:23:46:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:23:46:00 02:23:46:00 THANK YOU. 02:23:46:00 02:23:47:00 >> MR. 02:23:47:00 02:23:50:00 STOP AND THANK YOU, 02:23:50:00 02:23:50:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:23:50:00 02:23:53:00 UM, I SEE THE LIKES 02:23:53:00 02:23:54:00 OF COLLEAGUES. 02:23:54:00 02:23:56:00 UM UM UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, DO 02:23:56:00 02:23:58:00 YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR. 02:23:58:00 02:23:59:00 DON'T WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK 02:23:59:00 02:24:00:00 QUICKLY ON THIS HEARING ORDER. 02:24:00:00 02:24:03:00 UM, WE'RE LIMITING OF. 02:24:03:00 02:24:05:00 TO ONLY SPONSORS. 02:24:05:00 02:24:08:00 YES TO ONLY SPONSORS. 02:24:08:00 02:24:08:00 YES. 02:24:08:00 02:24:10:00 I WILL GO TO COMMITTEE AND THEN 02:24:10:00 02:24:11:00 IT'LL BE A TIME FOR GREAT. 02:24:11:00 02:24:11:00 NOT FURTHER. 02:24:11:00 02:24:13:00 EVEN THIS ISN'T A REFILE. 02:24:13:00 02:24:14:00 THIS IS AN ORIGINAL. 02:24:14:00 02:24:15:00 IT'S A NEW ONE. 02:24:15:00 02:24:16:00 YEP. 02:24:16:00 02:24:16:00 >> THIS IS NEW. 02:24:16:00 02:24:19:00 I THINK IT'S A TWO MINUTES 02:24:19:00 02:24:19:00 PRESIDENT. 02:24:19:00 02:24:20:00 I'LL BE QUICK. 02:24:20:00 02:24:21:00 I BEG YOUR PARDON? 02:24:21:00 02:24:22:00 TWO MINUTES. 02:24:22:00 02:24:27:00 UM, I WANTED TO THANK 02:24:27:00 02:24:28:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER BECAUSE I 02:24:28:00 02:24:29:00 ATTENDED YOUR LISTENING SESSION 02:24:29:00 02:24:31:00 IN THE SOUTH END AND GOT TO 02:24:31:00 02:24:33:00 MEET THE FATHER OF, YOU KNOW, A 02:24:33:00 02:24:35:00 YOUNG BOY AND MOTHER WHO ARE 02:24:35:00 02:24:36:00 VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE 02:24:36:00 02:24:36:00 ISSUES. 02:24:36:00 02:24:37:00 SO THANK YOU, 02:24:37:00 02:24:38:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND 02:24:38:00 02:24:40:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING IT 02:24:40:00 02:24:40:00 HERE. 02:24:40:00 02:24:43:00 I DO BELIEVE OUR JOB IS TO HEAR 02:24:43:00 02:24:45:00 THE CONCERNS OF THE 02:24:45:00 02:24:46:00 CONSTITUENTS, THE RESIDENTS AND 02:24:46:00 02:24:48:00 BRING IT FORWARD AND ADVOCATE 02:24:48:00 02:24:49:00 AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE 02:24:49:00 02:24:51:00 ALREADY SAID BY MY FORMER 02:24:51:00 02:24:51:00 COLLEAGUES. 02:24:51:00 02:24:52:00 I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO 02:24:52:00 02:24:53:00 THIS HEARING, MAKING SURE THAT 02:24:53:00 02:24:55:00 WE CAN MAKE SURE THE QUALITY 02:24:55:00 02:24:56:00 OF LIFE FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS. 02:24:56:00 02:24:58:00 WE TALK OFTEN ABOUT VETERANS 02:24:58:00 02:24:59:00 AND SENIORS. 02:24:59:00 02:25:01:00 WE HAVE TO ALWAYS ALSO REMEMBER 02:25:01:00 02:25:02:00 ABOUT YOUNG KIDS. 02:25:02:00 02:25:04:00 HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS SON'S 02:25:04:00 02:25:06:00 BEDROOM IS RIGHT ABOVE THIS 02:25:06:00 02:25:07:00 SMOKE SHOP THAT NOW WAS SELLING 02:25:07:00 02:25:09:00 THINGS THAT NEVER WERE ALLOWED 02:25:09:00 02:25:10:00 BEFORE AND IT'S CHANGING THE 02:25:10:00 02:25:11:00 QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY 02:25:11:00 02:25:13:00 IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 02:25:13:00 02:25:15:00 SO STANDING IN SOLIDARITY FOR 02:25:15:00 02:25:16:00 THE ENTIRE SOUTH AND COMMUNITY 02:25:16:00 02:25:18:00 WHICH CONTINUES TO NEED OUR 02:25:18:00 02:25:19:00 SUPPORT EVERY DAY. 02:25:19:00 02:25:19:00 THANK YOU. 02:25:19:00 02:25:21:00 >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:25:21:00 02:25:22:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN. 02:25:22:00 02:25:24:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 02:25:24:00 02:25:25:00 I JUST WANT TO THANK 02:25:25:00 02:25:25:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 02:25:25:00 02:25:27:00 UM, I WENT ON A WALK THROUGH 02:25:27:00 02:25:28:00 WITH MARIANNE PONTI OF THE 02:25:28:00 02:25:31:00 BOSTON COMMON AND UH, HORRIBLY 02:25:31:00 02:25:34:00 UM, MATT A VETERAN WHO UM, 02:25:34:00 02:25:36:00 ACTUALLY UM, REALLY THOUGHT 02:25:36:00 02:25:37:00 THAT CANNABIS WAS THE SAME AS 02:25:37:00 02:25:40:00 K2 AND UM IT WAS HEARTBREAKING 02:25:40:00 02:25:41:00 BECAUSE WHAT I LEARNED FROM 02:25:41:00 02:25:44:00 MARIANNE PONTI IS THAT UM, 02:25:44:00 02:25:45:00 ESSENTIALLY THERE IS NO GOOD 02:25:45:00 02:25:47:00 DETOX FOR K2. 02:25:47:00 02:25:49:00 UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S JUST 02:25:49:00 02:25:49:00 SUFFERING. 02:25:49:00 02:25:51:00 SO I HOPE THAT WE HAVE THAT AS 02:25:51:00 02:25:52:00 PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. 02:25:52:00 02:25:54:00 IT'S SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 02:25:54:00 02:25:55:00 THAT WE HAVE A REALLY NUANCED 02:25:55:00 02:25:56:00 CONVERSATION. 02:25:56:00 02:25:58:00 BUT I HAVE SEEN THIS IN MY OWN 02:25:58:00 02:25:59:00 DISTRICT AND UM, REALLY 02:25:59:00 02:26:01:00 GRATEFUL FOR THIS UH, 02:26:01:00 02:26:02:00 CONVERSATION BEING KICKED OFF 02:26:02:00 02:26:03:00 AND I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME. 02:26:03:00 02:26:04:00 THANK YOU. 02:26:04:00 02:26:05:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. 02:26:05:00 02:26:07:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE TO 02:26:07:00 02:26:07:00 ADD THEIR NAME. 02:26:07:00 02:26:11:00 COLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR 02:26:11:00 02:26:11:00 CULPEPER COUNCIL. 02:26:11:00 02:26:15:00 DURKAN UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 02:26:15:00 02:26:15:00 COUNCIL. 02:26:15:00 02:26:16:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY 02:26:16:00 02:26:18:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA 02:26:18:00 02:26:19:00 AND SO WEBER COUNCIL WORRELL 02:26:19:00 02:26:20:00 AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. 02:26:20:00 02:26:22:00 THANK YOU. 02:26:22:00 02:26:25:00 DOCKET 0175 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:26:25:00 02:26:26:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:26:26:00 02:26:32:00 UM THEN, UM, MR. CLERK, COULD 02:26:32:00 02:26:35:00 YOU COULD YOU PLEASE READ, UH, 02:26:35:00 02:26:36:00 DOCKET 0176. 02:26:36:00 02:26:40:00 DUNCAN NUMBER 0176 02:26:40:00 02:26:40:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH, FOR 02:26:40:00 02:26:42:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:26:42:00 02:26:43:00 HEARING TO DISCUSS INCREASING 02:26:43:00 02:26:46:00 ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL 02:26:46:00 02:26:47:00 OPTIONS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC 02:26:47:00 02:26:49:00 SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ALL 02:26:49:00 02:26:51:00 NEIGHBORHOODS RE FILE FROM 02:26:51:00 02:26:52:00 2025. 02:26:52:00 02:26:53:00 THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. 02:26:53:00 02:26:55:00 UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU 02:26:55:00 02:26:56:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:26:56:00 02:26:57:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:26:57:00 02:26:58:00 THIS IS A REFILE. 02:26:58:00 02:27:00:00 UH, IN SUMMARY I WOULD JUST 02:27:00:00 02:27:01:00 LOVE TO CUT THE BUS BUDGET, 02:27:01:00 02:27:02:00 HAVE FOLKS GO TO MY 02:27:02:00 02:27:03:00 NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND 02:27:03:00 02:27:04:00 REINVEST THAT MONEY BACK INTO 02:27:04:00 02:27:06:00 THE NEEDS SUCH AS AIDS 02:27:06:00 02:27:07:00 BARRIERS, UH, EQUIPMENT AND 02:27:07:00 02:27:09:00 THINGS, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR 02:27:09:00 02:27:09:00 CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS. 02:27:09:00 02:27:10:00 THANK YOU. 02:27:10:00 02:27:10:00 THANK YOU. 02:27:10:00 02:27:12:00 >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE I'D LIKE 02:27:12:00 02:27:14:00 TO ADD THEIR NAME CONTRA COLOR. 02:27:14:00 02:27:14:00 THERE'S A POWDER. 02:27:14:00 02:27:16:00 COUNCILOR DURKIN. 02:27:16:00 02:27:18:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, 02:27:18:00 02:27:19:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN 02:27:19:00 02:27:19:00 HERE. 02:27:19:00 02:27:20:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:27:20:00 02:27:22:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA 02:27:22:00 02:27:22:00 . 02:27:22:00 02:27:23:00 HANSON WEBER, 02:27:23:00 02:27:24:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL. 02:27:24:00 02:27:25:00 UM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 02:27:25:00 02:27:29:00 DOCKET 0176 WILL REFER TO THE 02:27:29:00 02:27:30:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:27:30:00 02:27:33:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:27:33:00 02:27:34:00 DOCKET 0177. 02:27:34:00 02:27:38:00 DOC NUMBER 0177 COUNCIL IS 02:27:38:00 02:27:39:00 FLYNN AND FITZGERALD OFFER THE 02:27:39:00 02:27:41:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 02:27:41:00 02:27:43:00 TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND 02:27:43:00 02:27:45:00 QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AT 02:27:45:00 02:27:47:00 MASS IN CASS AND SURROUNDING 02:27:47:00 02:27:47:00 NEIGHBORHOODS. 02:27:47:00 02:27:49:00 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. 02:27:49:00 02:27:51:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 02:27:51:00 02:27:52:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:27:52:00 02:27:54:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:27:54:00 02:28:01:00 THANK YOU CHAIR. 02:28:01:00 02:28:03:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:28:03:00 02:28:05:00 UM, MADAM CHAIR, UM, MAY I ADD 02:28:05:00 02:28:08:00 , UM, CITY COUNCIL COLE PEPPER 02:28:08:00 02:28:10:00 AS AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR ON THIS 02:28:10:00 02:28:10:00 PLEASE. 02:28:10:00 02:28:10:00 ? 02:28:10:00 02:28:12:00 >> SEEING HEARING NO 02:28:12:00 02:28:12:00 OBJECTIONS. 02:28:12:00 02:28:14:00 UH, COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER SO 02:28:14:00 02:28:14:00 ADAM. 02:28:14:00 02:28:16:00 THAT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:28:16:00 02:28:16:00 UM. 02:28:16:00 02:28:21:00 THIS IS A REFILE FROM FROM LAST 02:28:21:00 02:28:22:00 YEAR. 02:28:22:00 02:28:25:00 UM, IT'S ABOUT ADDRESSING 02:28:25:00 02:28:26:00 QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, PUBLIC 02:28:26:00 02:28:29:00 SAFETY CHALLENGES IN AND AROUND 02:28:29:00 02:28:31:00 THE MASS IN CASS IMPACTED 02:28:31:00 02:28:31:00 NEIGHBORHOODS. 02:28:31:00 02:28:33:00 AND OF COURSE THEY ARE. 02:28:33:00 02:28:35:00 IT'S THE SOUTH END. 02:28:35:00 02:28:36:00 , ROXBURY. 02:28:36:00 02:28:38:00 >> PARTS OF DORCHESTER, SOUTH 02:28:38:00 02:28:39:00 BOSTON. 02:28:39:00 02:28:40:00 UH, IT'S ABOUT WORKING 02:28:40:00 02:28:42:00 TOGETHER, COORDINATING SERVICES 02:28:42:00 02:28:43:00 . 02:28:43:00 02:28:45:00 WE HAD A INFORMATIVE MEETING 02:28:45:00 02:28:47:00 LAST NIGHT UM, WITH WORCESTER 02:28:47:00 02:28:50:00 SQUARE UM AND SEVERAL OTHER 02:28:50:00 02:28:51:00 MEETINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE 02:28:51:00 02:28:53:00 DAYS IN THE SOUTH END AND 02:28:53:00 02:28:56:00 RESIDENTS WANT US TO REALLY 02:28:56:00 02:28:58:00 COORDINATE SERVICES PUBLIC 02:28:58:00 02:29:02:00 HEALTH SERVICES WITH WITH UM 02:29:02:00 02:29:02:00 PUBLIC. 02:29:02:00 02:29:03:00 SAFETY SUPPORT. 02:29:03:00 02:29:05:00 UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M 02:29:05:00 02:29:07:00 CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON 02:29:07:00 02:29:08:00 PROVIDING THE BEST POSITIVE 02:29:08:00 02:29:09:00 LEADERSHIP I CAN TO MY 02:29:09:00 02:29:11:00 CONSTITUENTS IMPROVING THEIR 02:29:11:00 02:29:12:00 QUALITY OF LIFE. 02:29:12:00 02:29:14:00 BUT GOING FORWARD WE NEED TO 02:29:14:00 02:29:16:00 ENSURE THAT UH, THESE IMPACTED 02:29:16:00 02:29:18:00 NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, HAVE THE 02:29:18:00 02:29:21:00 NECESSARY RESOURCES AND BASIC. 02:29:21:00 02:29:22:00 CITY SERVICES. 02:29:22:00 02:29:23:00 I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 02:29:23:00 02:29:25:00 KELLY YOUNG THAT HAS DONE A 02:29:25:00 02:29:27:00 VERY GOOD JOB WORKING FOR THE 02:29:27:00 02:29:29:00 UH FOR THE CITY AND 02:29:29:00 02:29:30:00 COORDINATING RESOURCES AND 02:29:30:00 02:29:32:00 SERVICES IN THAT AREA ALONG 02:29:32:00 02:29:34:00 WITH THE BOSTON POLICE AND 02:29:34:00 02:29:35:00 BOSTON WORKS BEST WHEN WE WORK 02:29:35:00 02:29:36:00 TOGETHER. 02:29:36:00 02:29:37:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:29:37:00 02:29:39:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN 02:29:39:00 02:29:40:00 FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:29:40:00 02:29:41:00 THANK YOU. 02:29:41:00 02:29:42:00 >> JUST WANT TO ADD, UH, THANK 02:29:42:00 02:29:43:00 YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:29:43:00 02:29:44:00 UH, THAT WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT 02:29:44:00 02:29:46:00 IMPROVEMENT UH, SINCE SEPTEMBER 02:29:46:00 02:29:48:00 , UH, WHEN KELLY YOUNG, UH, THE 02:29:48:00 02:29:50:00 CITY TEAM IN NEST UH, BEGAN 02:29:50:00 02:29:52:00 TAKING PART IN SORT OF A 02:29:52:00 02:29:53:00 DIFFERENT TACTIC, UH, TOWARDS 02:29:53:00 02:29:54:00 CLEANING UP. 02:29:54:00 02:29:55:00 AND SO WE ARE SEEING 02:29:55:00 02:29:55:00 IMPROVEMENT. 02:29:55:00 02:29:57:00 OF COURSE THE REAL TEST WILL 02:29:57:00 02:29:58:00 BE, UH, WHEN THINGS WARM UP. 02:29:58:00 02:29:59:00 IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT THAT 02:29:59:00 02:30:01:00 RIGHT NOW IN THIS WEATHER, BUT, 02:30:01:00 02:30:02:00 UH, HOPEFULLY WHEN THE WARM 02:30:02:00 02:30:03:00 WEATHER COMES WE'LL CONTINUE 02:30:03:00 02:30:05:00 THAT SAME SUSTAINED, UH, 02:30:05:00 02:30:06:00 SUPPRESSION, UH, FOLKS OUT IN 02:30:06:00 02:30:07:00 THE STREETS. 02:30:07:00 02:30:07:00 THANK YOU. 02:30:07:00 02:30:08:00 >> THANK YOU, 02:30:08:00 02:30:08:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 02:30:08:00 02:30:10:00 THE CLERK IS ALERTED TO ME THAT 02:30:10:00 02:30:12:00 THIS IS A, UH, A REFILE. 02:30:12:00 02:30:16:00 UM, SO, UH, DOCKET 0177 WILL BE 02:30:16:00 02:30:17:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON 02:30:17:00 02:30:17:00 THE. 02:30:17:00 02:30:18:00 OH. 02:30:18:00 02:30:19:00 ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:30:19:00 02:30:21:00 NAME COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PAD? 02:30:21:00 02:30:24:00 UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER 02:30:24:00 02:30:26:00 SOMEBODY ADDED, UM, 02:30:26:00 02:30:27:00 COUNCILOR JULIA MEJIA 02:30:27:00 02:30:27:00 COUNCILOR. 02:30:27:00 02:30:29:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 02:30:29:00 02:30:29:00 MURPHY. 02:30:29:00 02:30:30:00 COUNCILOR. 02:30:30:00 02:30:31:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR. 02:30:31:00 02:30:31:00 SANTANA COUNCILOR. 02:30:31:00 02:30:32:00 WEBER. 02:30:32:00 02:30:32:00 COUNCIL. 02:30:32:00 02:30:34:00 WELL, AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. 02:30:34:00 02:30:38:00 DOCKET 0177 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:30:38:00 02:30:38:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:30:38:00 02:30:41:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:30:41:00 02:30:43:00 DOCKET 0178. 02:30:43:00 02:30:45:00 , DOCKET NUMBER 0178. 02:30:45:00 02:30:47:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE 02:30:47:00 02:30:48:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 02:30:48:00 02:30:51:00 TO DISCUSS DEDICATING THE NEW 02:30:51:00 02:30:54:00 OPEN SPACE AT PHILLIP SQUARE TO 02:30:54:00 02:30:56:00 TONY LEE PLAZA CONSULTING. 02:30:56:00 02:30:57:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:30:57:00 02:30:59:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:30:59:00 02:31:01:00 OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS I 02:31:01:00 02:31:02:00 HAVE CALLED ATTENTION TO 02:31:02:00 02:31:05:00 CHINATOWN'S URBAN TREE CANOPY 02:31:05:00 02:31:07:00 ONLY AT 7% THE LEAST OPEN SPACE 02:31:07:00 02:31:09:00 PER CAPITA AMONG BOSTON 02:31:09:00 02:31:10:00 NEIGHBORHOODS. 02:31:10:00 02:31:12:00 A PROJECT HAS BEEN INITIATED BY 02:31:12:00 02:31:14:00 THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION 02:31:14:00 02:31:17:00 DEPARTMENT TO REDESIGN THE 02:31:17:00 02:31:17:00 BARRICADED. 02:31:17:00 02:31:18:00 AREA OF HARRISON AVENUE, KNOWN 02:31:18:00 02:31:21:00 AS PHILIP SQUARE, INTO A MORE 02:31:21:00 02:31:23:00 WELCOMING AND COOLING OPEN 02:31:23:00 02:31:24:00 SPACE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD 02:31:24:00 02:31:26:00 IMPACTED BY THE HEAT ISLAND 02:31:26:00 02:31:26:00 EFFECT. 02:31:26:00 02:31:28:00 THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A 02:31:28:00 02:31:29:00 PLAZA THAT INTERSECTS WITH 02:31:29:00 02:31:32:00 OXFORD PLACE, THE CHILDHOOD 02:31:32:00 02:31:33:00 HOME OF TONY LEE. 02:31:33:00 02:31:35:00 TONY LEE WAS A WIDELY RESPECTED 02:31:35:00 02:31:38:00 AND WELL-LOVED COMMUNITY LEADER 02:31:38:00 02:31:39:00 RAISED IN OXFORD PLACE IN 02:31:39:00 02:31:41:00 BOSTON'S CHINATOWN, TONY LEE 02:31:41:00 02:31:43:00 HAD A LONG AND INFLUENTIAL 02:31:43:00 02:31:44:00 CAREER AS AN ARCHITECT URBAN 02:31:44:00 02:31:47:00 PLANNER BOTH AS THE CHIEF 02:31:47:00 02:31:49:00 OF PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR THE 02:31:49:00 02:31:50:00 BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 02:31:50:00 02:31:53:00 AND MIT IN THE DEPARTMENT 02:31:53:00 02:31:53:00 OF URBAN STUDIES. 02:31:53:00 02:31:56:00 TONY LEE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO 02:31:56:00 02:31:58:00 SAVE WORKING CLASS 02:31:58:00 02:31:59:00 NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES 02:31:59:00 02:32:00:00 OF COLOR FROM DESTRUCTION. 02:32:00:00 02:32:03:00 DEMOLITION HAS MEMORIALIZED IN 02:32:03:00 02:32:06:00 THE BOOK PEOPLE BEFORE HIGHWAYS 02:32:06:00 02:32:06:00 . 02:32:06:00 02:32:07:00 TONY LEE MENTORED MULTIPLE 02:32:07:00 02:32:09:00 GENERATIONS OF URBAN PLANNERS 02:32:09:00 02:32:11:00 AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ACROSS 02:32:11:00 02:32:12:00 THE GLOBE. 02:32:12:00 02:32:15:00 TONY LEE WAS AN AVID HISTORIAN 02:32:15:00 02:32:16:00 OF BOSTON CHINATOWN WHO LED 02:32:16:00 02:32:17:00 PROJECTS TO EXPLORE THE 02:32:17:00 02:32:19:00 COMMUNITY'S HISTORY AND 02:32:19:00 02:32:20:00 HISTORIC STREETSCAPES. 02:32:20:00 02:32:23:00 THIS HEARING WILL BE AN 02:32:23:00 02:32:24:00 OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS 02:32:24:00 02:32:26:00 DEDICATING THIS NEW OPEN SPACE 02:32:26:00 02:32:29:00 , PHILLIPS SQUARE TO TONY LEE 02:32:29:00 02:32:32:00 AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 02:32:32:00 02:32:33:00 THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN. 02:32:33:00 02:32:35:00 THEY ASKED ME TO HOST THIS 02:32:35:00 02:32:37:00 HEARING BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO 02:32:37:00 02:32:39:00 TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR 02:32:39:00 02:32:41:00 CONTRIBUTIONS TONY LEE MADE TO 02:32:41:00 02:32:43:00 THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY BUT 02:32:43:00 02:32:44:00 ALSO TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. 02:32:44:00 02:32:46:00 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 02:32:46:00 02:32:48:00 THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOR 02:32:48:00 02:32:50:00 BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO ME AND 02:32:50:00 02:32:52:00 HONORED TO REPRESENT, UM, THE 02:32:52:00 02:32:55:00 PEOPLE OF CHINATOWN AND RIGHT 02:32:55:00 02:32:56:00 ACROSS FROM IT OBVIOUSLY IS THE 02:32:56:00 02:32:57:00 OF THE DISTRICT THAT HAS ALSO 02:32:57:00 02:33:00:00 HAS A HIGH UH, CONCENTRATION 02:33:00:00 02:33:02:00 OF UH CHINESE BUT ALSO ON THE 02:33:02:00 02:33:04:00 SOUTH END WHICH IS JUST OVER 02:33:04:00 02:33:05:00 THE BORDER FROM CHINATOWN. 02:33:05:00 02:33:07:00 OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS ALWAYS A 02:33:07:00 02:33:09:00 HISTORICALLY A LARGE CHINESE 02:33:09:00 02:33:11:00 COMMUNITY STILL HAS A LARGE 02:33:11:00 02:33:12:00 CHINESE COMMUNITY THERE. 02:33:12:00 02:33:15:00 BUT TONY LEE'S CONTRIBUTIONS 02:33:15:00 02:33:16:00 AND THESE THREE AREAS INCLUDING 02:33:16:00 02:33:19:00 THE BAY VILLAGE UM ARE WELL 02:33:19:00 02:33:21:00 KNOWN AND WE WANT TO HONOR TONY 02:33:21:00 02:33:21:00 LEE. 02:33:21:00 02:33:22:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:33:22:00 02:33:23:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:33:23:00 02:33:24:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE 02:33:24:00 02:33:25:00 FLOOR. 02:33:25:00 02:33:26:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:33:26:00 02:33:28:00 UM, AND THANK YOU, 02:33:28:00 02:33:28:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:33:28:00 02:33:30:00 OVER THE SUMMER WE BOTH 02:33:30:00 02:33:32:00 ATTENDED AN EVENT IN THIS AREA 02:33:32:00 02:33:35:00 AND THE CHINATOWN LEADERS MAIN 02:33:35:00 02:33:36:00 STREET AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 02:33:36:00 02:33:39:00 , TUFTS MEDICAL WERE THERE TO 02:33:39:00 02:33:40:00 ADDRESS THE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT 02:33:40:00 02:33:42:00 THE HEAT WAVE IN THE CHINATOWN 02:33:42:00 02:33:44:00 RESIDENTS MAKING SURE THAT THEY 02:33:44:00 02:33:45:00 HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES 02:33:45:00 02:33:46:00 ADDRESSED AND THE LEATHER 02:33:46:00 02:33:48:00 DISTRICT WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT 02:33:48:00 02:33:48:00 DOOR. 02:33:48:00 02:33:50:00 SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO 02:33:50:00 02:33:51:00 SUPPORTING THIS WITH 02:33:51:00 02:33:52:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THE HEARING 02:33:52:00 02:33:53:00 THAT'S COMING UP. 02:33:53:00 02:33:53:00 THANK YOU. 02:33:53:00 02:33:54:00 >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:33:54:00 02:33:56:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO WOULD 02:33:56:00 02:33:59:00 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME 02:33:59:00 02:34:01:00 COUNCILOR COLITIS COUNCILOR. 02:34:01:00 02:34:01:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR. 02:34:01:00 02:34:02:00 DURKAN COUNCILOR. 02:34:02:00 02:34:04:00 FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 02:34:04:00 02:34:05:00 COUNTRYMAN HERE COUNCIL. 02:34:05:00 02:34:05:00 MURPHY. 02:34:05:00 02:34:06:00 COUNTRY. 02:34:06:00 02:34:07:00 PEPEN COUNCILOR. 02:34:07:00 02:34:08:00 SANTANA, CONSTABLE. 02:34:08:00 02:34:10:00 WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND 02:34:10:00 02:34:13:00 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 017 02:34:13:00 02:34:14:00 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 02:34:14:00 02:34:15:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:34:15:00 02:34:17:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 02:34:17:00 02:34:19:00 READ DOCKET 0179. 02:34:19:00 02:34:22:00 HAVE A0179 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR 02:34:22:00 02:34:23:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:34:23:00 02:34:25:00 HEARING TO DISCUSS FOOD 02:34:25:00 02:34:27:00 INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION IN 02:34:27:00 02:34:28:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON. 02:34:28:00 02:34:30:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE 02:34:30:00 02:34:30:00 FLOOR. 02:34:30:00 02:34:32:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:34:32:00 02:34:34:00 IN 2019, THE CITY OF BOSTON 02:34:34:00 02:34:37:00 RELEASED THE STATE OF FOOD 02:34:37:00 02:34:38:00 SECURITY IN THE CITY. 02:34:38:00 02:34:40:00 WHAT DATA PRESENTED FROM THE 02:34:40:00 02:34:42:00 BOSTON OFFICE OF FOOD ACCESS 02:34:42:00 02:34:44:00 AND CONDUCTED BY THE MAYOR'S 02:34:44:00 02:34:45:00 OFFICE OF FOOD ACCESS. 02:34:45:00 02:34:48:00 THE REPORT FOUND THAT THE 02:34:48:00 02:34:49:00 ESTIMATED FOOD INSECURITY RATE 02:34:49:00 02:34:51:00 FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON WAS AT 02:34:51:00 02:34:53:00 80% AS OF 2016. 02:34:53:00 02:34:57:00 AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS HAD AS 02:34:57:00 02:35:00:00 HIGH AS 27% AT THE SAME TIME, 02:35:00:00 02:35:02:00 IT WAS FOUND THAT 1 IN 5 PEOPLE 02:35:02:00 02:35:05:00 IN BOSTON EXPERIENCED FOOD 02:35:05:00 02:35:07:00 INSECURITY COMPARED TO 1 IN 10 02:35:07:00 02:35:08:00 IN MASSACHUSETTS. 02:35:08:00 02:35:11:00 THE EFFECTS OF COVID 19 02:35:11:00 02:35:12:00 PANDEMIC WERE FELT AROUND THE 02:35:12:00 02:35:14:00 WORLD BUT ESPECIALLY FOR LOW 02:35:14:00 02:35:16:00 INCOME FAMILIES AND OUR SENIORS 02:35:16:00 02:35:18:00 WHO ARE LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES 02:35:18:00 02:35:18:00 . 02:35:18:00 02:35:20:00 THIS WAS EVIDENT WHEN WE 02:35:20:00 02:35:22:00 WITNESSED HIGH LEVELS OF FOOD 02:35:22:00 02:35:24:00 INSECURITY AMONG OUR IMMIGRANT 02:35:24:00 02:35:25:00 NEIGHBORS AND THE LATINO, BLACK 02:35:25:00 02:35:26:00 AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES. 02:35:26:00 02:35:29:00 WE MUST RECOGNIZE HOW FOOD 02:35:29:00 02:35:30:00 ACCESS CONTINUES TO BE. 02:35:30:00 02:35:32:00 A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR SO MANY 02:35:32:00 02:35:34:00 FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS IN NEED. 02:35:34:00 02:35:36:00 COMMIT OURSELVES TO SUPPORTING 02:35:36:00 02:35:38:00 THESE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE 02:35:38:00 02:35:40:00 STRUGGLING WITH HUNGER AND FOOD 02:35:40:00 02:35:40:00 SECURITY. 02:35:40:00 02:35:42:00 WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR CHILDREN 02:35:42:00 02:35:44:00 , FAMILIES, SENIORS, PERSONS 02:35:44:00 02:35:47:00 WITH DISABILITIES, OTHERS IN 02:35:47:00 02:35:49:00 NEED HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS 02:35:49:00 02:35:49:00 FOOD. 02:35:49:00 02:35:51:00 IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE DISCUSS 02:35:51:00 02:35:53:00 THE STATE OF MALNUTRITION, 02:35:53:00 02:35:54:00 ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIORS AND 02:35:54:00 02:35:56:00 WORKING FAMILIES TO BETTER 02:35:56:00 02:35:58:00 INFORM POLICY RELATED TO FOOD 02:35:58:00 02:36:00:00 ACCESS IN MOVING FORWARD. 02:36:00:00 02:36:02:00 I REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST 02:36:02:00 02:36:04:00 DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS 02:36:04:00 02:36:06:00 IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I 02:36:06:00 02:36:07:00 ALSO REPRESENT THE MOST 02:36:07:00 02:36:09:00 RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC 02:36:09:00 02:36:11:00 HOUSING AND I SEE THE FOOD 02:36:11:00 02:36:14:00 INSECURITY THROUGHOUT UM VHA 02:36:14:00 02:36:15:00 DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER AREAS 02:36:15:00 02:36:16:00 THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TWO. 02:36:16:00 02:36:20:00 UM HARD HIT HARD IS THE 02:36:20:00 02:36:23:00 CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND MANY 02:36:23:00 02:36:25:00 OF OUR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY 02:36:25:00 02:36:28:00 RELY ON SO MANY NONPROFITS THAT 02:36:28:00 02:36:30:00 PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT AND 02:36:30:00 02:36:32:00 SERVICES TO THEM, INCLUDING THE 02:36:32:00 02:36:35:00 WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE THAT I DO 02:36:35:00 02:36:36:00 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO 02:36:36:00 02:36:38:00 SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR WITH MY 02:36:38:00 02:36:39:00 WIFE AND TO SUPPORT THE 02:36:39:00 02:36:41:00 WONDERFUL WORK THEY DO. 02:36:41:00 02:36:44:00 BUT THAT ORGANIZATION AND MANY 02:36:44:00 02:36:46:00 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING 02:36:46:00 02:36:48:00 THE SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD 02:36:48:00 02:36:49:00 AS WELL SOUTH BOSTON 02:36:49:00 02:36:52:00 NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE AS WELL UM 02:36:52:00 02:36:53:00 SUPPORTS SO MANY FAMILIES IN 02:36:53:00 02:36:53:00 NEED. 02:36:53:00 02:36:56:00 IT'S ABOUT ENSURING EVERYBODY 02:36:56:00 02:36:57:00 IS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND 02:36:57:00 02:37:00:00 DIGNITY AND FOOD ACCESS IS A 02:37:00:00 02:37:01:00 CRITICAL PART OF THAT. 02:37:01:00 02:37:03:00 I THINK FOOD ACCESS IS A CIVIL 02:37:03:00 02:37:04:00 RIGHTS ISSUE. 02:37:04:00 02:37:05:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:37:05:00 02:37:06:00 THANK YOU. 02:37:06:00 02:37:07:00 >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:37:07:00 02:37:08:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:37:08:00 02:37:09:00 NAME? 02:37:09:00 02:37:11:00 CONSIDER THIS A POWDER 02:37:11:00 02:37:11:00 COUNCILOR COBURN. 02:37:11:00 02:37:14:00 CONTRACTOR FITZGERALD 02:37:14:00 02:37:15:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COME FROM 02:37:15:00 02:37:17:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY 02:37:17:00 02:37:18:00 CANCER KEVIN COUNCIL SANTANA 02:37:18:00 02:37:19:00 COUNCILOR WEBER CONSTABLE 02:37:19:00 02:37:21:00 MORRELL AND PLEASE I HAVE THE 02:37:21:00 02:37:21:00 CHAIR. 02:37:21:00 02:37:26:00 DOCKET 0179 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:37:26:00 02:37:27:00 THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. 02:37:27:00 02:37:30:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 02:37:30:00 02:37:32:00 READ DOCKET 0180. 02:37:32:00 02:37:35:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0180. 02:37:35:00 02:37:36:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE 02:37:36:00 02:37:37:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 02:37:37:00 02:37:39:00 TO DISCUSS RESOURCES FOR THE 02:37:39:00 02:37:41:00 BOSTON POLICE CRIME LABORATORY 02:37:41:00 02:37:41:00 . 02:37:41:00 02:37:43:00 WE FROM 2025. 02:37:43:00 02:37:46:00 COUNCIL. 02:37:46:00 02:37:47:00 >> FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:37:47:00 02:37:48:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:37:48:00 02:37:50:00 I WILL FILE THIS HEARING ORDER 02:37:50:00 02:37:51:00 TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM LAST 02:37:51:00 02:37:52:00 YEAR'S HEARING. 02:37:52:00 02:37:54:00 ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE 02:37:54:00 02:37:55:00 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC 02:37:55:00 02:37:58:00 SAFETY AND SECURITY, THE LAB 02:37:58:00 02:38:00:00 RECEIVED 186 SEXUAL ASSAULT 02:38:00:00 02:38:04:00 KITS IN FY 23 BETWEEN JUNE 2022 02:38:04:00 02:38:08:00 AND JUNE 2023 AND 93 OF WHICH 02:38:08:00 02:38:10:00 DID NOT MANAGE TO TEST WITHIN 02:38:10:00 02:38:11:00 30 DAYS. 02:38:11:00 02:38:14:00 THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE 02:38:14:00 02:38:16:00 BY COMPARISON, THE STATE POLICE 02:38:16:00 02:38:20:00 CRIME LAB TESTED 96% OF THE 700 02:38:20:00 02:38:22:00 PLUS KITS IT RECEIVED WITHIN 30 02:38:22:00 02:38:23:00 DAYS. 02:38:23:00 02:38:25:00 THAT'S THE STATE LAW THEY HAVE 02:38:25:00 02:38:28:00 TO BE TESTED WITHIN 30 DAYS. 02:38:28:00 02:38:30:00 AT THE HEARING IN 2024, POLICE 02:38:30:00 02:38:31:00 EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE 02:38:31:00 02:38:32:00 STAFFING SHORTAGES AT THE CRIME 02:38:32:00 02:38:34:00 LAB AND THAT WHILE THERE WERE 02:38:34:00 02:38:36:00 ONLY 22 EMPLOYEES IN THE LAB, 02:38:36:00 02:38:37:00 THEY WERE OPEN POSITIONS THAT 02:38:37:00 02:38:38:00 NEEDED TO BE FILLED. 02:38:38:00 02:38:40:00 THIS IS AN ISSUE I HAVE 02:38:40:00 02:38:41:00 REPEATEDLY FOCUSED ON OVER THE 02:38:41:00 02:38:42:00 LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 02:38:42:00 02:38:47:00 THERE'S A LOT OF KITS THAT WE 02:38:47:00 02:38:49:00 NEED TO TEST WITH THE MOST 02:38:49:00 02:38:51:00 ADVANCED TESTING POSSIBLE AND 02:38:51:00 02:38:53:00 THAT'S WHY SCREENING AND I'M 02:38:53:00 02:38:55:00 GOING TO ENSURE I DO EVERYTHING 02:38:55:00 02:38:58:00 TO ENSURE THAT SURVIVORS 02:38:58:00 02:39:00:00 OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ARE TREATED 02:39:00:00 02:39:01:00 WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. 02:39:01:00 02:39:02:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:39:02:00 02:39:03:00 >> THANK YOU. 02:39:03:00 02:39:03:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:39:03:00 02:39:05:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:39:05:00 02:39:05:00 NAME? 02:39:05:00 02:39:09:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONSTANT 02:39:09:00 02:39:11:00 DURKAN, COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE 02:39:11:00 02:39:11:00 CONTRA MEJIA. 02:39:11:00 02:39:14:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN 02:39:14:00 02:39:15:00 CANCER WEBER AND CULTURAL. 02:39:15:00 02:39:18:00 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR AND 02:39:18:00 02:39:21:00 COUNCIL CULPEPER UH DOCKETS 02:39:21:00 02:39:23:00 0180 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 02:39:23:00 02:39:23:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:39:23:00 02:39:25:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:39:25:00 02:39:27:00 DOCKET 0181. 02:39:27:00 02:39:30:00 DOC NUMBER 0181 COUNCIL SIGN ON 02:39:30:00 02:39:32:00 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HIM 02:39:32:00 02:39:34:00 TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND 02:39:34:00 02:39:36:00 QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN 02:39:36:00 02:39:37:00 DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND THE BOSTON 02:39:37:00 02:39:37:00 COMMON. 02:39:37:00 02:39:42:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE 02:39:42:00 02:39:42:00 FLOOR. 02:39:42:00 02:39:44:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:39:44:00 02:39:48:00 THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE 02:39:48:00 02:39:50:00 WORKED ON FOR EIGHT YEARS 02:39:50:00 02:39:52:00 ENSURING THAT DOWNTOWN BOSTON 02:39:52:00 02:39:53:00 IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 02:39:53:00 02:39:56:00 UM, YEARS AGO MAYBE FOUR YEARS 02:39:56:00 02:39:59:00 AGO I HIGHLIGHTED THIS ISSUE 02:39:59:00 02:40:01:00 ABOUT THE ONGOING DRUG 02:40:01:00 02:40:03:00 TRAFFICKING IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON 02:40:03:00 02:40:05:00 AND THROUGHOUT BOSTON COMMON AS 02:40:05:00 02:40:05:00 WELL. 02:40:05:00 02:40:08:00 I DID RECEIVE SOME PUSHBACK AT 02:40:08:00 02:40:11:00 THAT TIME FROM CITY OFFICIALS 02:40:11:00 02:40:12:00 KIND OF DISCOURAGING ME FROM 02:40:12:00 02:40:14:00 UH, FOCUSING ON THIS ISSUE. 02:40:14:00 02:40:17:00 BUT I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE 02:40:17:00 02:40:18:00 BUSINESSES AND TO MY 02:40:18:00 02:40:20:00 CONSTITUENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN 02:40:20:00 02:40:21:00 AREA TO PROVIDE A SAFE 02:40:21:00 02:40:22:00 ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM. 02:40:22:00 02:40:23:00 AND THAT'S ABOUT ADDRESSING 02:40:23:00 02:40:25:00 PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES. 02:40:25:00 02:40:27:00 IT'S ALSO ABOUT ADDRESSING 02:40:27:00 02:40:29:00 QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WHEN 02:40:29:00 02:40:31:00 VISITORS COME TO BOSTON AND 02:40:31:00 02:40:33:00 SPEND TIME IN OUR CITY, I WANT 02:40:33:00 02:40:34:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE 02:40:34:00 02:40:34:00 SAFE. 02:40:34:00 02:40:37:00 I TALKED ABOUT A ZERO TOLERANCE 02:40:37:00 02:40:40:00 POLICY FOR DRUG DEALING 02:40:40:00 02:40:42:00 ACTIVITY IN BOSTON COMMON AND 02:40:42:00 02:40:44:00 UH, ON TREMONT STREET 02:40:44:00 02:40:45:00 THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN BOSTON. 02:40:45:00 02:40:49:00 UM THE BOSTON POLICE DID 02:40:49:00 02:40:52:00 FINALLY AGREE WITH ME AND WE WE 02:40:52:00 02:40:53:00 ARE WORKING NOW ON ENSURING 02:40:53:00 02:40:55:00 THAT ANYONE THAT IS SELLING 02:40:55:00 02:40:57:00 DRUGS OR INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE 02:40:57:00 02:40:59:00 OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY UM, OUR 02:40:59:00 02:41:00:00 ARREST AND THAT'S THAT'S 02:41:00:00 02:41:00:00 IMPORTANT. 02:41:00:00 02:41:02:00 I DO WANT TO THANK THE DOWNTOWN 02:41:02:00 02:41:05:00 RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR 02:41:05:00 02:41:07:00 INCREDIBLE WORK IN ORGANIZING 02:41:07:00 02:41:08:00 THIS RACE. 02:41:08:00 02:41:10:00 SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND 02:41:10:00 02:41:12:00 KAREN, MICHAEL AND MANY OTHER 02:41:12:00 02:41:13:00 PEOPLE AS WELL. 02:41:13:00 02:41:17:00 BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE 02:41:17:00 02:41:19:00 POLICE RESOURCES IN THIS CITY, 02:41:19:00 02:41:23:00 UM ARE ALSO SPENT AND 02:41:23:00 02:41:25:00 APPROPRIATED IN THE DOWNTOWN 02:41:25:00 02:41:25:00 AREA. 02:41:25:00 02:41:27:00 WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE 02:41:27:00 02:41:27:00 MBTA POLICE. 02:41:27:00 02:41:29:00 THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN 02:41:29:00 02:41:31:00 DOWNTOWN BOSTON, BUT WE'VE HAD 02:41:31:00 02:41:33:00 A LOT OF DRUG TRAFFICKING THAT 02:41:33:00 02:41:35:00 WAS TAKING PLACE IN AND AROUND 02:41:35:00 02:41:37:00 THE BOSTON COMMON AREA, 02:41:37:00 02:41:39:00 INCLUDING ACROSS THE STREET 02:41:39:00 02:41:40:00 FROM THE SCHOOL THAT I VISITED. 02:41:40:00 02:41:42:00 UM AND RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY 02:41:42:00 02:41:45:00 FROM BEACON HILL, BACK BAY AND 02:41:45:00 02:41:46:00 DOWNTOWN BOSTON WANTED WANT A 02:41:46:00 02:41:49:00 SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR FOR THEIR 02:41:49:00 02:41:50:00 CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL. 02:41:50:00 02:41:52:00 I MADE THAT A PRIORITY TO 02:41:52:00 02:41:54:00 ADDRESS THESE PUBLIC SAFETY 02:41:54:00 02:41:54:00 ISSUES. 02:41:54:00 02:41:57:00 WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS BUT I'M 02:41:57:00 02:41:58:00 NOT GOING TO REST ON PROGRESS. 02:41:58:00 02:42:00:00 I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS 02:42:00:00 02:42:02:00 ON THIS ISSUE AS WE GO INTO THE 02:42:02:00 02:42:05:00 BUDGET PROCESS AND FIGHT FOR MY 02:42:05:00 02:42:06:00 CONSTITUENTS WHETHER THEY'RE IN 02:42:06:00 02:42:07:00 BEACON HILL, BACK BAY OR 02:42:07:00 02:42:08:00 DOWNTOWN BOSTON. 02:42:08:00 02:42:09:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:42:09:00 02:42:10:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:42:10:00 02:42:12:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:42:12:00 02:42:12:00 NAME? 02:42:12:00 02:42:16:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONSTANT 02:42:16:00 02:42:17:00 DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 02:42:17:00 02:42:18:00 CULTURAL LOUIJEUNE 02:42:18:00 02:42:18:00 COUNCILMEMBER HERE 02:42:18:00 02:42:20:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR. 02:42:20:00 02:42:22:00 PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER AND 02:42:22:00 02:42:23:00 CONSTABLE ROWLAND PLEASE. 02:42:23:00 02:42:24:00 I HAVE THE CHAIR. 02:42:24:00 02:42:30:00 DOCKET 0181 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:42:30:00 02:42:33:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 02:42:33:00 02:42:35:00 MR TRACK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 02:42:35:00 02:42:35:00 0182. 02:42:35:00 02:42:39:00 DUCK NUMBER 0182 COUNCIL AS 02:42:39:00 02:42:41:00 LOUIJEUNE AND COLORED AS A PART 02:42:41:00 02:42:41:00 OF THE FOLLOWING. 02:42:41:00 02:42:43:00 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING 02:42:43:00 02:42:44:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON'S RESPONSE 02:42:44:00 02:42:46:00 TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC 02:42:46:00 02:42:48:00 VIOLENCE AND RELATED RESOURCES 02:42:48:00 02:42:51:00 FOR SURVIVORS REFERRED FROM 02:42:51:00 02:42:51:00 2025. 02:42:51:00 02:42:54:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR UM 02:42:54:00 02:42:56:00 LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:42:56:00 02:42:56:00 THANK YOU. 02:42:56:00 02:42:57:00 UH, CONGRATULATIONS. 02:42:57:00 02:42:58:00 >> ON YOUR FIRST READING, UH, 02:42:58:00 02:43:00:00 MADAM CHAIR AND CONGRATULATIONS 02:43:00:00 02:43:02:00 TO CULPEPER ON YOUR FIRST ON 02:43:02:00 02:43:03:00 YOUR MAIDEN SPEECH. 02:43:03:00 02:43:04:00 JOB WELL DONE FOR YOU AND FOR 02:43:04:00 02:43:05:00 YOUR RESIDENTS. 02:43:05:00 02:43:06:00 THIS IS A REFILE I WANT TO 02:43:06:00 02:43:07:00 THANK KIMBERLY AT THE PUBLIC 02:43:07:00 02:43:08:00 HEALTH COMMISSION FOR ALL THE 02:43:08:00 02:43:09:00 WORK THAT SHE'S DOING. 02:43:09:00 02:43:10:00 YOU KNOW, THE ADVOCATES FOR THE 02:43:10:00 02:43:11:00 WORK THAT THEY DO ARE LOOKING 02:43:11:00 02:43:12:00 FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK. 02:43:12:00 02:43:13:00 THANK YOU. 02:43:13:00 02:43:14:00 THANK YOU. 02:43:14:00 02:43:16:00 UH, DOCKET 0182 WILL BE 02:43:16:00 02:43:17:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 02:43:17:00 02:43:18:00 OF THE WHOLE. 02:43:18:00 02:43:21:00 OH, PARDON? 02:43:21:00 02:43:22:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:43:22:00 02:43:23:00 NAMES? 02:43:23:00 02:43:24:00 DOCTOR. 02:43:24:00 02:43:25:00 COUNSELOR. 02:43:25:00 02:43:26:00 CULPEPER. 02:43:26:00 02:43:27:00 COUNCILOR DURKIN CONTRA 02:43:27:00 02:43:28:00 FITZGERALD. 02:43:28:00 02:43:28:00 COUNCILOR. 02:43:28:00 02:43:29:00 FLYNN. 02:43:29:00 02:43:29:00 CULTURE. 02:43:29:00 02:43:31:00 MEDIA COUNSELOR. 02:43:31:00 02:43:32:00 PEPEN COUNSELOR WEBER AND 02:43:32:00 02:43:33:00 CULTURAL REALM. 02:43:33:00 02:43:34:00 PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. 02:43:34:00 02:43:37:00 UH, DOCKET 0182 WILL BE 02:43:37:00 02:43:38:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 02:43:38:00 02:43:38:00 OF THE WHOLE. 02:43:38:00 02:43:40:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 02:43:40:00 02:43:43:00 READ DOCKET 0183. 02:43:43:00 02:43:43:00 ? 02:43:43:00 02:43:46:00 >> TALKING OF A0183 COUNSELORS 02:43:46:00 02:43:47:00 LOUIJEUNE AND PREPARE AND OFFER 02:43:47:00 02:43:48:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:43:48:00 02:43:50:00 HEARING REGARDING VOTER 02:43:50:00 02:43:51:00 ACCESSIBILITY AND ELECTION. 02:43:51:00 02:43:54:00 PREPAREDNESS THREE FILE FROM 02:43:54:00 02:43:54:00 2025. 02:43:54:00 02:43:57:00 UNTIL LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE 02:43:57:00 02:43:57:00 FLOOR. 02:43:57:00 02:43:57:00 THANK YOU. 02:43:57:00 02:43:59:00 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RE FILE ON 02:43:59:00 02:44:00:00 PREPAREDNESS OF ELECTIONS. 02:44:00:00 02:44:00:00 THANK YOU. 02:44:00:00 02:44:00:00 THANK YOU. 02:44:00:00 02:44:03:00 >> ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:44:03:00 02:44:06:00 NAME COUNCILOR DURKIN CANTOR 02:44:06:00 02:44:08:00 FITZGERALD CONTRA FLYNN, 02:44:08:00 02:44:11:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR WEBER 02:44:11:00 02:44:13:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE 02:44:13:00 02:44:14:00 HAVE THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR UH 02:44:14:00 02:44:18:00 CULPEPER DOCKET 0183 WILL BE 02:44:18:00 02:44:19:00 REFERRED TO THE UH THE 02:44:19:00 02:44:20:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:44:20:00 02:44:23:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:44:23:00 02:44:24:00 DOCKET 018 FOR. 02:44:24:00 02:44:26:00 DUCKING NUMBER 018 FOR 02:44:26:00 02:44:27:00 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND WEBER 02:44:27:00 02:44:29:00 OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:44:29:00 02:44:31:00 HEARING ON BUILDING A STRONGER 02:44:31:00 02:44:33:00 FAIR HOUSING FUTURE FOR BOSTON 02:44:33:00 02:44:35:00 A REFERRAL FROM 2025. 02:44:35:00 02:44:37:00 THANK YOU, MR TRUCK 02:44:37:00 02:44:38:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE 02:44:38:00 02:44:38:00 THE FLOOR. 02:44:38:00 02:44:39:00 THANK YOU. 02:44:39:00 02:44:40:00 >> THIS IS A RE AND A MORE 02:44:40:00 02:44:42:00 IMPORTANT RE FILE GIVEN UH, A 02:44:42:00 02:44:43:00 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ATTACK ON 02:44:43:00 02:44:44:00 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN 02:44:44:00 02:44:45:00 THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THEIR 02:44:45:00 02:44:45:00 RECENT LETTER. 02:44:45:00 02:44:46:00 THANK YOU. 02:44:46:00 02:44:46:00 THANK YOU. 02:44:46:00 02:44:48:00 >> UH, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:44:48:00 02:44:49:00 NAME? 02:44:49:00 02:44:52:00 CONTRA DURKAN CONTRA CULPEPER 02:44:52:00 02:44:54:00 CONTRA FITZGERALD 02:44:54:00 02:44:55:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, 02:44:55:00 02:44:58:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA CONSTANT PEPEN 02:44:58:00 02:45:00:00 MORRELL AND COUNCILOR UH UH 02:45:00:00 02:45:02:00 CHAIR UH THANK YOU. 02:45:02:00 02:45:06:00 DOCKET 0184 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:45:06:00 02:45:06:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:45:06:00 02:45:11:00 UH UH, COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER 02:45:11:00 02:45:12:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:45:12:00 02:45:17:00 MAN GO BACK TO NUMBER 173 I 02:45:17:00 02:45:18:00 WASN'T ADDED AT AS A CO-SPONSOR 02:45:18:00 02:45:19:00 AT THE TIME. 02:45:19:00 02:45:22:00 I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A 02:45:22:00 02:45:23:00 CO-SPONSOR 173. 02:45:23:00 02:45:29:00 REGARDING PARKING MINIMUM 02:45:29:00 02:45:29:00 REQUIREMENTS. 02:45:29:00 02:45:32:00 YEAH, I COUNCILOR DURKAN AND 02:45:32:00 02:45:32:00 SANTANA. 02:45:32:00 02:45:33:00 YES. 02:45:33:00 02:45:34:00 >> UM, YOU'D LIKE TO BE ADDED 02:45:34:00 02:45:35:00 AS A YES. 02:45:35:00 02:45:36:00 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS ARE 02:45:36:00 02:45:37:00 CORRECT. 02:45:37:00 02:45:38:00 YES. 02:45:38:00 02:45:41:00 >> UM COUNCILOR UM UH, 02:45:41:00 02:45:43:00 MR CHAIR, COULD YOU HAVE THAT 02:45:43:00 02:45:44:00 CONSTABLE PEPPER? 02:45:44:00 02:45:45:00 YOU'RE SO WELL THANK YOU. 02:45:45:00 02:45:47:00 WE'LL DO ANY MOTIONS TO 02:45:47:00 02:45:49:00 RECONSIDER IT, BUT IT'S NOT A 02:45:49:00 02:45:51:00 DO YOU WANT TO ADD COUNCILOR? 02:45:51:00 02:45:53:00 UM, SORRY. 02:45:53:00 02:45:54:00 >> I WANTED TO REMOVE MY NAME 02:45:54:00 02:45:55:00 FROM 0162. 02:45:55:00 02:45:57:00 I GOT CONFUSED ON WHAT FILING 02:45:57:00 02:45:57:00 THAT WAS. 02:45:57:00 02:46:00:00 OH ONE YEAH. 02:46:00:00 02:46:04:00 UM, 162. 02:46:04:00 02:46:08:00 UM YES. 02:46:08:00 02:46:12:00 DOCKET ZERO ONE UH SIX TWO UH, 02:46:12:00 02:46:13:00 COUNCILOR UH DURKAN WOULD LIKE 02:46:13:00 02:46:16:00 TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT AS A 02:46:16:00 02:46:16:00 CO-SPONSOR. 02:46:16:00 02:46:17:00 THANK YOU. 02:46:17:00 02:46:18:00 LET'S MOVE ALONG. 02:46:18:00 02:46:20:00 UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 02:46:20:00 02:46:22:00 READ, UM, MY PAGE? 02:46:22:00 02:46:25:00 COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02:46:25:00 02:46:25:00 0185. 02:46:25:00 02:46:29:00 DOCKET NUMBER 018 FOR 02:46:29:00 02:46:30:00 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND WORRELL 02:46:30:00 02:46:30:00 OF THE. 02:46:30:00 02:46:32:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 02:46:32:00 02:46:33:00 ON CROSS-SECTOR. 02:46:33:00 02:46:35:00 COLLABORATIVE CITYWIDE STRATEGY 02:46:35:00 02:46:35:00 . 02:46:35:00 02:46:38:00 FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND 02:46:38:00 02:46:39:00 VIOLENCE PREVENTION REFERRAL 02:46:39:00 02:46:40:00 FROM 2025. 02:46:40:00 02:46:43:00 COUNCILOR RESOLUTION. 02:46:43:00 02:46:44:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:46:44:00 02:46:44:00 THIS IS A REFILE. 02:46:44:00 02:46:45:00 THANK YOU. 02:46:45:00 02:46:45:00 THANK YOU. 02:46:45:00 02:46:48:00 >> UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, I SEE 02:46:48:00 02:46:49:00 YOUR LIGHT WAS ON. 02:46:49:00 02:46:49:00 YEAH. 02:46:49:00 02:46:50:00 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 02:46:50:00 02:46:52:00 UH, MADAM CHAIR, I I NEGLECTED 02:46:52:00 02:46:55:00 TO ADD COUNCILOR UM, 02:46:55:00 02:46:56:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU AS AN 02:46:56:00 02:46:57:00 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET 02:46:57:00 02:47:01:00 UM, 179017 9TH MAY I HAD HER 02:47:01:00 02:47:02:00 PLEASE. 02:47:02:00 02:47:06:00 UM, AND SEE HEARING NO HEARING 02:47:06:00 02:47:06:00 YOU SECONDED. 02:47:06:00 02:47:08:00 THANK YOU. 02:47:08:00 02:47:10:00 UH, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, 02:47:10:00 02:47:10:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:47:10:00 02:47:11:00 SO I THANK YOU THANK YOU. 02:47:11:00 02:47:13:00 MOTION. 02:47:13:00 02:47:13:00 UH. 02:47:13:00 02:47:19:00 ONTO THE CLERK. 02:47:19:00 02:47:22:00 COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02:47:22:00 02:47:23:00 0186? 02:47:23:00 02:47:24:00 >> UM, IT TO SEE IF ANYBODY 02:47:24:00 02:47:24:00 WANTS TO. 02:47:24:00 02:47:28:00 FLAG UH, OKAY. 02:47:28:00 02:47:30:00 UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 02:47:30:00 02:47:32:00 THEIR NAME TO DOCKETS 0185 IT'S 02:47:32:00 02:47:33:00 A REFERRAL. 02:47:33:00 02:47:34:00 YES. 02:47:34:00 02:47:36:00 >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER 02:47:36:00 02:47:39:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN, 02:47:39:00 02:47:39:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 02:47:39:00 02:47:40:00 COUNCILOR. 02:47:40:00 02:47:40:00 FLYNN, COUNCILOR. 02:47:40:00 02:47:41:00 MEJIA, COUNCILOR. 02:47:41:00 02:47:42:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR. 02:47:42:00 02:47:45:00 SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND 02:47:45:00 02:47:45:00 PLEASE. 02:47:45:00 02:47:46:00 AH THE CHAIR. 02:47:46:00 02:47:54:00 MR BROOKS, WE ARE ON TO THANK 02:47:54:00 02:47:54:00 YOU. 02:47:54:00 02:47:57:00 DOCKET 0186 WILL BE SENT TO THE 02:47:57:00 02:47:57:00 COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. 02:47:57:00 02:48:00:00 MR ONE FIVE. 02:48:00:00 02:48:01:00 THANK YOU. 02:48:01:00 02:48:01:00 PARDON? 02:48:01:00 02:48:04:00 185 UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU 02:48:04:00 02:48:07:00 PLEASE READ DOCKET 0186. 02:48:07:00 02:48:10:00 NUMBER 0186 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 02:48:10:00 02:48:11:00 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:48:11:00 02:48:13:00 HEARING ON EQUITABLE 02:48:13:00 02:48:15:00 CONTRACTING AND BUSINESS 02:48:15:00 02:48:16:00 OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAJOR CIVIC 02:48:16:00 02:48:19:00 SPORTING EVENTS IN BOSTON TO 02:48:19:00 02:48:21:00 FILE FROM 2025. 02:48:21:00 02:48:23:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE 02:48:23:00 02:48:23:00 THE FLOOR. 02:48:23:00 02:48:23:00 THANK YOU. 02:48:23:00 02:48:24:00 THIS IS A REFILE. 02:48:24:00 02:48:26:00 WE HAD A HEARING ON THIS AT THE 02:48:26:00 02:48:27:00 END OF LAST YEAR AND WE'LL BE 02:48:27:00 02:48:28:00 DOING MORE WORK ON THIS. 02:48:28:00 02:48:29:00 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 02:48:29:00 02:48:31:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:48:31:00 02:48:34:00 NAME TO DOCKET 0186 02:48:34:00 02:48:35:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER 02:48:35:00 02:48:35:00 COUNCILOR DURKIN. 02:48:35:00 02:48:36:00 COUNCILOR. 02:48:36:00 02:48:36:00 FITZGERALD. 02:48:36:00 02:48:36:00 CANCER. 02:48:36:00 02:48:37:00 FLYNN, COUNCILOR. 02:48:37:00 02:48:38:00 MEJIA COUNCIL. 02:48:38:00 02:48:40:00 PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA 02:48:40:00 02:48:42:00 COUNCIL WEBER AND SEVERAL AND 02:48:42:00 02:48:45:00 PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR DOCKET 02:48:45:00 02:48:47:00 0186 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 02:48:47:00 02:48:47:00 COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. 02:48:47:00 02:48:50:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 02:48:50:00 02:48:51:00 READ DOCKET 0187. 02:48:51:00 02:48:54:00 DUNCAN NUMBER 0187. 02:48:54:00 02:48:56:00 COUNCILOR I'M HERE FOR THE 02:48:56:00 02:48:57:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 02:48:57:00 02:48:59:00 TO EXAMINE INCOME ADJUSTED 02:48:59:00 02:49:01:00 PARKING FINES AND INTEREST FREE 02:49:01:00 02:49:02:00 PAYMENT PLANS. 02:49:02:00 02:49:05:00 COUNCILOR UM MAGGIO, YOU HAVE 02:49:05:00 02:49:06:00 THE FLOOR. 02:49:06:00 02:49:08:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:49:08:00 02:49:08:00 AND LOOK. 02:49:08:00 02:49:10:00 IT'S 3:00 AND WE'RE STILL 02:49:10:00 02:49:10:00 STANDING. 02:49:10:00 02:49:11:00 FOR SOME STANDARD. 02:49:11:00 02:49:12:00 THE JOB. 02:49:12:00 02:49:13:00 UM. 02:49:13:00 02:49:13:00 >> ALL RIGHT. 02:49:13:00 02:49:16:00 >> SO I WANT TO DO A POINT. 02:49:16:00 02:49:17:00 OF CLARIFICATION HERE FOR THE 02:49:17:00 02:49:18:00 CLERK. 02:49:18:00 02:49:19:00 THIS IS TECHNICALLY A. 02:49:19:00 02:49:20:00 REFILE NO. 02:49:20:00 02:49:22:00 2020 BUT IT WAS LIKE. 02:49:22:00 02:49:25:00 A DECADE AGO AND COVID 02:49:25:00 02:49:26:00 HAPPENED. 02:49:26:00 02:49:27:00 SO COULD I GET LIKE A FULL 02:49:27:00 02:49:27:00 COULD I GET A I JUST. 02:49:27:00 02:49:29:00 >> HAVE A NEW FILING RIGHT. 02:49:29:00 02:49:29:00 >> I JUST. 02:49:29:00 02:49:30:00 >> WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T 02:49:30:00 02:49:31:00 GET. 02:49:31:00 02:49:33:00 ZAPPED LIKE I DID EARLIER TODAY 02:49:33:00 02:49:33:00 OKAY. 02:49:33:00 02:49:34:00 ALL RIGHT. 02:49:34:00 02:49:35:00 SO GOOD AFTERNOON I'M FILING 02:49:35:00 02:49:37:00 THIS HEARING ORDER TO EXAMINE 02:49:37:00 02:49:38:00 INCOME ADJUSTED PARKING FINES 02:49:38:00 02:49:41:00 AND THE OPTION UM FOR INTEREST 02:49:41:00 02:49:42:00 FREE PAYMENT PLANS. 02:49:42:00 02:49:44:00 THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT OUR 02:49:44:00 02:49:47:00 OFFICE FIRST RAISED IN 2020 AT 02:49:47:00 02:49:49:00 THE HEIGHT OF COVID AND AT THE 02:49:49:00 02:49:52:00 TIME THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT 02:49:52:00 02:49:53:00 FAIRNESS AND ENFORCEMENT. 02:49:53:00 02:49:55:00 AND THAT FEEDBACK IS EXACTLY 02:49:55:00 02:49:58:00 WHY THIS ISSUE MERITS A HEARING 02:49:58:00 02:50:00:00 UM AND NOT A UM RELEGATED 02:50:00:00 02:50:02:00 POSITIONS BUT TO LOOK CAREFULLY 02:50:02:00 02:50:04:00 AT HOW SYSTEMS ARE WORKING 02:50:04:00 02:50:04:00 TODAY. 02:50:04:00 02:50:08:00 BOSTON CURRENTLY USES A FLAT 02:50:08:00 02:50:09:00 RATE PARKING FINES THAT APPLY 02:50:09:00 02:50:11:00 THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT TO 02:50:11:00 02:50:12:00 EVERYONE. 02:50:12:00 02:50:14:00 FOR SOME RESIDENTS A TICKET IS 02:50:14:00 02:50:17:00 A MINOR INCONVENIENCE FOR 02:50:17:00 02:50:19:00 OTHERS, PARTICULARLY ELDERS ON 02:50:19:00 02:50:20:00 FIXED INCOMES WORKERS. 02:50:20:00 02:50:22:00 WHO RELY ON THEIR CARS. 02:50:22:00 02:50:26:00 UM UH WHO TO WHO ARE VISITING 02:50:26:00 02:50:28:00 OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE UM UNDER 02:50:28:00 02:50:28:00 CARE. 02:50:28:00 02:50:31:00 IT COULD CREATE A REAL 02:50:31:00 02:50:33:00 FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WHEN TICKETS 02:50:33:00 02:50:35:00 GO UNPAID LATE FEES AND 02:50:35:00 02:50:37:00 PENALTIES CAN QUICKLY ADD UP 02:50:37:00 02:50:38:00 AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE 02:50:38:00 02:50:40:00 TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. 02:50:40:00 02:50:42:00 THIS HEARING IS ABOUT EXAMINING 02:50:42:00 02:50:43:00 WHETHER THERE ARE PRACTICAL 02:50:43:00 02:50:45:00 TOOLS THAT IMPROVE COMPLIANCE 02:50:45:00 02:50:47:00 WITHOUT CHANGING THE RULES 02:50:47:00 02:50:48:00 THEMSELVES. 02:50:48:00 02:50:49:00 INTEREST RATE PAYMENTS PLANS 02:50:49:00 02:50:51:00 ARE ONE EXAMPLE. 02:50:51:00 02:50:52:00 OTHER CITIES HAVE LOOKED AT 02:50:52:00 02:50:53:00 SIMILAR APPROACHES. 02:50:53:00 02:50:55:00 TO REDUCE UNPAID FINES WHILE 02:50:55:00 02:50:57:00 MAINTAINING ENFORCEMENT. 02:50:57:00 02:50:58:00 AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT 02:50:58:00 02:50:59:00 AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE 02:50:59:00 02:51:01:00 CONVERSATIONS AROUND MEETING 02:51:01:00 02:51:02:00 THE MOMENT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT 02:51:02:00 02:51:04:00 IS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT ALL 02:51:04:00 02:51:05:00 OF THE INEQUITIES IN THE 02:51:05:00 02:51:07:00 HOUSING CRUNCH AND ALL OF THIS 02:51:07:00 02:51:08:00 . 02:51:08:00 02:51:08:00 THESE ARE THE. 02:51:08:00 02:51:09:00 LITTLE THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY 02:51:09:00 02:51:11:00 THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT 02:51:11:00 02:51:12:00 THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN 02:51:12:00 02:51:15:00 EXTREME POVERTY WHO HAPPEN TO 02:51:15:00 02:51:17:00 HAVE A VEHICLE BUT NEED TO GET 02:51:17:00 02:51:18:00 FROM POINT A TO POINT B TO TAKE 02:51:18:00 02:51:20:00 CARE OF ELDERS OR FOLKS WHO ARE 02:51:20:00 02:51:22:00 SICK AS PART OF THEIR JOBS OR 02:51:22:00 02:51:24:00 JUST ELDERS WHO ARE IN FIXED 02:51:24:00 02:51:26:00 INCOMES AND SOMETIMES THEY 02:51:26:00 02:51:29:00 FORGET THAT THE THE UM 02:51:29:00 02:51:31:00 ALTERNATE STREET PARKING AND 02:51:31:00 02:51:32:00 THEY GET A TICKET AND THIS 02:51:32:00 02:51:33:00 COULD REALLY IMPACT. 02:51:33:00 02:51:36:00 UM THEIR POCKETS. 02:51:36:00 02:51:38:00 SO I GOT A LOT OF RESISTANCE 02:51:38:00 02:51:39:00 THE FIRST TIME I FILED IT. 02:51:39:00 02:51:41:00 BUT YOU KNOW I HAVE THICK SKIN 02:51:41:00 02:51:44:00 AND I AM USED TO RESISTANCE SO 02:51:44:00 02:51:45:00 I'M GOING AT IT ONE MORE TIME 02:51:45:00 02:51:46:00 GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S 02:51:46:00 02:51:47:00 HAPPENING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL 02:51:47:00 02:51:49:00 AND THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS 02:51:49:00 02:51:51:00 THAT SO MANY OF OUR 02:51:51:00 02:51:52:00 CONSTITUENTS FACE, I BELIEVE WE 02:51:52:00 02:51:54:00 ARE WELL-POSITIONED, UM, IN 02:51:54:00 02:51:56:00 THIS BODY TO REALLY TAKE A DEEP 02:51:56:00 02:51:58:00 LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ALLEVIATE 02:51:58:00 02:51:59:00 EVEN IF IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT 02:51:59:00 02:52:01:00 UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE 02:52:01:00 02:52:02:00 EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL 02:52:02:00 02:52:02:00 HARDSHIPS. 02:52:02:00 02:52:03:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:52:03:00 02:52:05:00 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. 02:52:05:00 02:52:06:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:52:06:00 02:52:07:00 NAME? 02:52:07:00 02:52:10:00 COUNCILOR UM CANCER. 02:52:10:00 02:52:10:00 CULPEPER. 02:52:10:00 02:52:11:00 CANCER. 02:52:11:00 02:52:14:00 DURKAN CANCER LOUIJEUNE 02:52:14:00 02:52:14:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN. 02:52:14:00 02:52:18:00 CANCER. 02:52:18:00 02:52:19:00 WEBER CULTURAL PLEASE ADD THE 02:52:19:00 02:52:22:00 CHAIR DOCKET 0187 WILL BE 02:52:22:00 02:52:23:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 02:52:23:00 02:52:23:00 OF THE WHOLE. 02:52:23:00 02:52:30:00 MR CROW, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:52:30:00 02:52:30:00 DOCKET. 02:52:30:00 02:52:32:00 01880188 COUNCIL AND HERE FOR 02:52:32:00 02:52:34:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:52:34:00 02:52:35:00 HEARING ON BOSTON. 02:52:35:00 02:52:37:00 PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. 02:52:37:00 02:52:38:00 PUBLIC ASSETS AND WHITE. 02:52:38:00 02:52:41:00 STADIUM FUNDS FROM THE HERE YOU 02:52:41:00 02:52:42:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:52:42:00 02:52:44:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:52:44:00 02:52:47:00 AND I WANT, UH, TO TAKE A 02:52:47:00 02:52:49:00 MOMENT, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND 02:52:49:00 02:52:51:00 THANK COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER FOR 02:52:51:00 02:52:52:00 HIS SPEECH. 02:52:52:00 02:52:53:00 YOU HIT IT ON THE. 02:52:53:00 02:52:55:00 MARK WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS 02:52:55:00 02:52:57:00 BEING DONE TO US WITHOUT US. 02:52:57:00 02:52:59:00 AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE 02:52:59:00 02:53:01:00 THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT YOU 02:53:01:00 02:53:01:00 BROUGHT. 02:53:01:00 02:53:04:00 UM, AND AS I FILED THIS HEARING 02:53:04:00 02:53:06:00 ORDER, UH, I THINK OF YOU 02:53:06:00 02:53:08:00 ACROSS WE'RE DEALING WITH AGING 02:53:08:00 02:53:10:00 SCHOOL BUILDINGS, YEARS 02:53:10:00 02:53:11:00 OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, 02:53:11:00 02:53:12:00 ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES THAT 02:53:12:00 02:53:14:00 HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY ADDRESSED 02:53:14:00 02:53:15:00 AND UNEQUAL ACCESS TO 02:53:15:00 02:53:16:00 ATHLETICS. 02:53:16:00 02:53:17:00 UM. 02:53:17:00 02:53:18:00 >> EXTRACURRICULAR SPACES 02:53:18:00 02:53:19:00 DEPENDING ON WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD 02:53:19:00 02:53:21:00 A STUDENT LIVES IN. 02:53:21:00 02:53:23:00 AT THE SAME TIME THE DISTRICT 02:53:23:00 02:53:25:00 IS FACING DECLINING ENROLLMENTS 02:53:25:00 02:53:27:00 , STAFFING CHALLENGES AND A 02:53:27:00 02:53:28:00 SIGNIFICANT PROJECTED BUDGET 02:53:28:00 02:53:28:00 SHORTFALL. 02:53:28:00 02:53:31:00 ALL OF THAT MAKES FACILITY 02:53:31:00 02:53:33:00 DECISIONS EVEN MORE CONSEQUENCE 02:53:33:00 02:53:33:00 CONSEQUENTIAL. 02:53:33:00 02:53:35:00 THIS HEARING IS ABOUT STEPPING 02:53:35:00 02:53:37:00 BACK AND ASKING WHETHER OUR 02:53:37:00 02:53:39:00 FACILITIES PLAN IS TRULY 02:53:39:00 02:53:41:00 ALIGNED WITH STUDENT NEEDS. 02:53:41:00 02:53:43:00 WHITE STADIUM COMES INTO THIS 02:53:43:00 02:53:45:00 CONVERSATION AS ONE EXAMPLE IT 02:53:45:00 02:53:47:00 IS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 02:53:47:00 02:53:49:00 ATHLETIC FACILITY THAT HAS LONG 02:53:49:00 02:53:51:00 BEEN USED FOR STUDENT ATHLETES 02:53:51:00 02:53:52:00 AND SCHOOL PROGRAMING. 02:53:52:00 02:53:54:00 ANY CHANGE TO HOW THAT SPACE IS 02:53:54:00 02:53:57:00 GOVERNED, SCHEDULED OR ACCESS 02:53:57:00 02:53:59:00 HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE 02:53:59:00 02:54:00:00 STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE 02:54:00:00 02:54:01:00 SCHOOLS THAT RELY ON IT. 02:54:01:00 02:54:04:00 WHEN PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE BEING 02:54:04:00 02:54:05:00 COMMITTED, ESPECIALLY DOLLARS 02:54:05:00 02:54:07:00 THAT COULD OTHERWISE BE USED TO 02:54:07:00 02:54:09:00 ADDRESS THE UNMET NEEDS IN 02:54:09:00 02:54:10:00 SCHOOL BUILDINGS ACROSS THE 02:54:10:00 02:54:10:00 DISTRICT. 02:54:10:00 02:54:14:00 THERE HAS TO BE FLAHERTY AND 02:54:14:00 02:54:15:00 ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT THIS 02:54:15:00 02:54:16:00 HEARING IS ABOUT. 02:54:16:00 02:54:20:00 ACCESS UM AND PRESIDENTS AND WE 02:54:20:00 02:54:22:00 AND UM AND WHEN WE INVEST TENS 02:54:22:00 02:54:24:00 OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO A 02:54:24:00 02:54:25:00 SINGLE ATHLETICS SITE WITH MANY 02:54:25:00 02:54:27:00 SCHOOLS WHO ARE STILL 02:54:27:00 02:54:28:00 STRUGGLING WITH BASIC FACILITY 02:54:28:00 02:54:29:00 NEEDS, WE OWE IT TO THE 02:54:29:00 02:54:32:00 FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS TO 02:54:32:00 02:54:34:00 EXPLAIN HOW THOSE DECISIONS FIT 02:54:34:00 02:54:34:00 INTO THE. 02:54:34:00 02:54:36:00 BROADER FACILITY STRATEGY. 02:54:36:00 02:54:38:00 THIS HEARING IS ABOUT MAKING 02:54:38:00 02:54:40:00 SURE A WHITE STADIUM DOESN'T 02:54:40:00 02:54:42:00 CROWD OUT THE LARGER 02:54:42:00 02:54:42:00 CONVERSATION. 02:54:42:00 02:54:46:00 THERE ARE MANY OTHER FACILITIES 02:54:46:00 02:54:48:00 CLASSROOMS, GYMS, FIELDS AND 02:54:48:00 02:54:49:00 SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT DON'T GET 02:54:49:00 02:54:51:00 THIS LEVEL OF ATTENTION BUT 02:54:51:00 02:54:53:00 MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS TO THE 02:54:53:00 02:54:55:00 STUDENTS UM DAILY EXPERIENCE 02:54:55:00 02:54:56:00 THIS ORDER CREATE SPACE TO LOOK 02:54:56:00 02:54:58:00 AT WHITE STADIUM IN THE CONTEXT 02:54:58:00 02:55:01:00 ALONG WITH THE FULL LANDSCAPE 02:55:01:00 02:55:02:00 OF FACILITIES WITH STUDENT 02:55:02:00 02:55:04:00 ACCESS, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND 02:55:04:00 02:55:06:00 PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE 02:55:06:00 02:55:06:00 CENTER. 02:55:06:00 02:55:08:00 I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 02:55:08:00 02:55:10:00 CONVERSATION AND I ALSO AM 02:55:10:00 02:55:12:00 GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING AND 02:55:12:00 02:55:14:00 BEING ALL IN ON THE 02:55:14:00 02:55:16:00 CONVERSATION THAT 02:55:16:00 02:55:17:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS RAISED 02:55:17:00 02:55:18:00 REGARDING. 02:55:18:00 02:55:19:00 MADISON PARK, WHICH IS ALSO 02:55:19:00 02:55:22:00 ANOTHER BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN 02:55:22:00 02:55:23:00 UM, PUT ON THE SIDELINES. 02:55:23:00 02:55:25:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. 02:55:25:00 02:55:27:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD 02:55:27:00 02:55:31:00 THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER 02:55:31:00 02:55:33:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN 02:55:33:00 02:55:35:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 02:55:35:00 02:55:36:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HENRY 02:55:36:00 02:55:38:00 MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA 02:55:38:00 02:55:40:00 SANTANA AND TO WEBER COUNTRY 02:55:40:00 02:55:41:00 AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. 02:55:41:00 02:55:45:00 DOCKET 018 IT WILL BE REFERRED 02:55:45:00 02:55:46:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:55:46:00 02:55:50:00 MR CRAB, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:55:50:00 02:55:50:00 DOCKET. 02:55:50:00 02:55:54:00 01890189 COUNCILMEMBER HILL FOR 02:55:54:00 02:55:56:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 02:55:56:00 02:55:58:00 HEARING TO AUDIT CHILDCARE 02:55:58:00 02:55:59:00 INVESTMENTS IN THE FINANCIAL 02:55:59:00 02:56:01:00 STABILITY OF FAMILY CHILDCARE 02:56:01:00 02:56:03:00 PROVIDERS RE FILE FROM 2025. 02:56:03:00 02:56:04:00 . 02:56:04:00 02:56:05:00 >> THANK YOU. 02:56:05:00 02:56:06:00 HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:56:06:00 02:56:08:00 THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT IS 02:56:08:00 02:56:09:00 EVERY FILE I LOOK FORWARD TO 02:56:09:00 02:56:09:00 HAVING THE CONVERSATION. 02:56:09:00 02:56:11:00 THANK YOU. 02:56:11:00 02:56:13:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:56:13:00 02:56:14:00 NAME? 02:56:14:00 02:56:19:00 COUNCILOR UM FITZGERALD 02:56:19:00 02:56:21:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY IF IT'S UH 02:56:21:00 02:56:22:00 LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR PEPEN. 02:56:22:00 02:56:25:00 HUNTER SANTANA, COUNSELOR WEBER 02:56:25:00 02:56:26:00 WHEREVER AND PLEASE OUT THE 02:56:26:00 02:56:30:00 CHAIR AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER 02:56:30:00 02:56:32:00 UH, DOCKET 0189 WILL BE 02:56:32:00 02:56:33:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 02:56:33:00 02:56:33:00 OF THE WHOLE. 02:56:33:00 02:56:37:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:56:37:00 02:56:39:00 DOCKET 0190. 02:56:39:00 02:56:42:00 DUCK NUMBER 0190 02:56:42:00 02:56:43:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA OF THE 02:56:43:00 02:56:45:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 02:56:45:00 02:56:46:00 ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 02:56:46:00 02:56:48:00 HOUSING FOR A CITY OF BOSTON 02:56:48:00 02:56:51:00 EMPLOYEES WE FILE FROM 2025. 02:56:51:00 02:56:53:00 THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. 02:56:53:00 02:56:54:00 UH, COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE 02:56:54:00 02:56:55:00 THE FLOOR. 02:56:55:00 02:56:55:00 UH. 02:56:55:00 02:56:56:00 >> THANK YOU. 02:56:56:00 02:56:59:00 UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD 02:56:59:00 02:57:01:00 COUNCILOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL 02:57:01:00 02:57:02:00 CO-SPONSOR AND THIS IS A REFILE 02:57:02:00 02:57:03:00 HEARING ORDER THAT EXAMINES 02:57:03:00 02:57:05:00 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING 02:57:05:00 02:57:07:00 FOR OUR CITY, UH, BOSTON 02:57:07:00 02:57:07:00 EMPLOYEES. 02:57:07:00 02:57:09:00 UM, IN 2023, OUR OFFICE 02:57:09:00 02:57:12:00 ADVOCATED AND SECURED OVER 02:57:12:00 02:57:13:00 $750,000 IN EMERGENCY HOUSING 02:57:13:00 02:57:15:00 RELIEF FOR CITY EMPLOYEES 02:57:15:00 02:57:17:00 EXPERIENCING HOUSING 02:57:17:00 02:57:17:00 INSTABILITY. 02:57:17:00 02:57:19:00 EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT FUNDING 02:57:19:00 02:57:20:00 WAS USED. 02:57:20:00 02:57:21:00 THAT TOLD US TWO THINGS FIRST, 02:57:21:00 02:57:24:00 THE NEED IS REAL AND SECOND ONE 02:57:24:00 02:57:26:00 TIME EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IS 02:57:26:00 02:57:26:00 NOT ENOUGH. 02:57:26:00 02:57:28:00 TODAY THE PRESSURE IS EVEN 02:57:28:00 02:57:30:00 GREATER AS HOUSING COSTS 02:57:30:00 02:57:32:00 CONTINUES TO RISE AND IF WE 02:57:32:00 02:57:33:00 WANT TO RETAIN A STRONG AND 02:57:33:00 02:57:36:00 STABLE MUNICIPAL WORKFORCE, WE 02:57:36:00 02:57:37:00 NEED TO THINK BEYOND SHORT TERM 02:57:37:00 02:57:39:00 RELIEF AND BEGIN EXAMINING 02:57:39:00 02:57:40:00 SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM HOUSING 02:57:40:00 02:57:40:00 SOLUTIONS. 02:57:40:00 02:57:42:00 OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES 02:57:42:00 02:57:44:00 ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DOING 02:57:44:00 02:57:45:00 EXACTLY THAT DEVELOPING 02:57:45:00 02:57:47:00 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING 02:57:47:00 02:57:48:00 , PARTNERING WITH UNIONS AND 02:57:48:00 02:57:50:00 USING PUBLIC LAND AND OR 02:57:50:00 02:57:53:00 PENSION FUNDS TO CREATE HOUSING 02:57:53:00 02:57:55:00 OPTIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY SERVE 02:57:55:00 02:57:55:00 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. 02:57:55:00 02:57:57:00 THIS HEARING IS ABOUT LEARNING 02:57:57:00 02:57:59:00 FROM THOSE MODELS AND ASKING 02:57:59:00 02:58:00:00 WHAT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE RIGHT 02:58:00:00 02:58:01:00 HERE IN BOSTON. 02:58:01:00 02:58:03:00 IT'S ABOUT COORDINATION ACROSS 02:58:03:00 02:58:04:00 HOUSING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 02:58:04:00 02:58:05:00 AND LABOR AND ABOUT ENSURING 02:58:05:00 02:58:07:00 THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE THE 02:58:07:00 02:58:09:00 CITY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO 02:58:09:00 02:58:09:00 LIVE HERE. 02:58:09:00 02:58:10:00 THANK YOU. 02:58:10:00 02:58:12:00 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. 02:58:12:00 02:58:13:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 02:58:13:00 02:58:16:00 NAME COUNCILOR FLYNN? 02:58:16:00 02:58:18:00 COUNCILOR. 02:58:18:00 02:58:20:00 UH LOUIJEUNE 02:58:20:00 02:58:22:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH 02:58:22:00 02:58:22:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:58:22:00 02:58:23:00 COUNCILOR. 02:58:23:00 02:58:25:00 CULPEPER COUNTRY. 02:58:25:00 02:58:25:00 PEPEN. 02:58:25:00 02:58:25:00 COUNTRY. 02:58:25:00 02:58:27:00 UH CONTROL. 02:58:27:00 02:58:27:00 ALLEN. 02:58:27:00 02:58:28:00 PIECE OF THE CHAIR. 02:58:28:00 02:58:30:00 UM. 02:58:30:00 02:58:32:00 THANK YOU. 02:58:32:00 02:58:35:00 UM, DOCKET 0191 WILL BE 02:58:35:00 02:58:36:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 02:58:36:00 02:58:41:00 OF THE WHOLE A19190 JUMPING. 02:58:41:00 02:58:42:00 AHEAD OF MYSELF THERE. 02:58:42:00 02:58:44:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:58:44:00 02:58:45:00 DOCKET 0191? 02:58:45:00 02:58:48:00 TALKING OF A0191 COUNCIL, I'M 02:58:48:00 02:58:50:00 HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER 02:58:50:00 02:58:51:00 FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS 02:58:51:00 02:58:53:00 CRITICAL ISSUES IN JAIL BASED 02:58:53:00 02:58:55:00 VOTING AND EMPOWER INCARCERATED 02:58:55:00 02:58:57:00 COMMUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN. 02:58:57:00 02:58:59:00 TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY BE FIVE 02:58:59:00 02:59:00:00 FROM 2025. 02:59:00:00 02:59:02:00 CONSUMER HEAR. 02:59:02:00 02:59:03:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 02:59:03:00 02:59:04:00 THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:59:04:00 02:59:05:00 THIS IS A REFILE. 02:59:05:00 02:59:07:00 OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN IN DEEP 02:59:07:00 02:59:08:00 PARTNERSHIP WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE 02:59:08:00 02:59:10:00 BEEN DOING THIS WORK AND 02:59:10:00 02:59:11:00 SUPPORTING OUR INCARCERATED 02:59:11:00 02:59:12:00 LOVED ONES WHO ARE BEHIND THE 02:59:12:00 02:59:14:00 WALL AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY 02:59:14:00 02:59:15:00 HAVE ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX. 02:59:15:00 02:59:16:00 I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING 02:59:16:00 02:59:18:00 THIS CONVERSATION ON BEHALF 02:59:18:00 02:59:18:00 OF THOSE WE SERVE. 02:59:18:00 02:59:19:00 THANK YOU. 02:59:19:00 02:59:19:00 THANK YOU. 02:59:19:00 02:59:20:00 >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 02:59:20:00 02:59:21:00 THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPPER? 02:59:21:00 02:59:23:00 COUNCILOR. 02:59:23:00 02:59:25:00 UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. 02:59:25:00 02:59:26:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 02:59:26:00 02:59:29:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA 02:59:29:00 02:59:29:00 CONTRA WEBER. 02:59:29:00 02:59:31:00 COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, PLEASE ADD 02:59:31:00 02:59:31:00 THE CHAIR. 02:59:31:00 02:59:34:00 DOCKET 0191 WILL BE REFERRED TO 02:59:34:00 02:59:35:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 02:59:35:00 02:59:36:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 02:59:36:00 02:59:38:00 DOCKET 0192. 02:59:38:00 02:59:40:00 DUCKING NUMBER 0192 COUNCIL I'M 02:59:40:00 02:59:42:00 HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER 02:59:42:00 02:59:44:00 FOR A HUMAN TO AUDIT GOVERNMENT 02:59:44:00 02:59:46:00 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 02:59:46:00 02:59:48:00 TOWARDS SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT 02:59:48:00 02:59:50:00 A REFILE FROM 2020 FIND. 02:59:50:00 02:59:53:00 A COUNCILOR MCHUGH, YOU HAVE 02:59:53:00 02:59:53:00 THE FLOOR. 02:59:53:00 02:59:54:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 02:59:54:00 02:59:56:00 IT'S A REFILE I THINK NOW MORE 02:59:56:00 02:59:57:00 THAN EVER GIVEN EVERYTHING 02:59:57:00 02:59:59:00 THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE 02:59:59:00 03:00:00:00 NATIONAL LANDSCAPE, WE HAVE TO 03:00:00:00 03:00:03:00 BE, UH, HERE DOING OUR PART AND 03:00:03:00 03:00:04:00 MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT 03:00:04:00 03:00:06:00 UTILIZING TOOLS THAT FURTHER UH 03:00:06:00 03:00:10:00 , PROFILE UH, FOLKS AND 03:00:10:00 03:00:12:00 CONTINUE TO PUT FOLKS OF COLOR 03:00:12:00 03:00:13:00 IN PARTICULAR. 03:00:13:00 03:00:14:00 >> AT HARM. 03:00:14:00 03:00:15:00 UM, THIS INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY 03:00:15:00 03:00:17:00 LIKE SHOTSPOTTER AS WELL AS THE 03:00:17:00 03:00:18:00 NEWER SYSTEMS SUCH AS BLOCK 03:00:18:00 03:00:20:00 TANGLES AND CHORUS UM WHICH 03:00:20:00 03:00:21:00 COLLECT AND ANALYZE AND SHARE 03:00:21:00 03:00:24:00 LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA OFTEN IN 03:00:24:00 03:00:25:00 WAYS THAT ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY 03:00:25:00 03:00:27:00 VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC OR TO 03:00:27:00 03:00:27:00 THIS BODY. 03:00:27:00 03:00:29:00 WHAT CONCERNS ME IS NOT JUST 03:00:29:00 03:00:31:00 THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, BUT THE 03:00:31:00 03:00:32:00 PROCESS IN WHICH THESE. 03:00:32:00 03:00:33:00 TOOLS ARE INTRODUCED. 03:00:33:00 03:00:34:00 IN THE PAST, THE BOSTON POLICE 03:00:34:00 03:00:37:00 DEPARTMENT HAS USED AND OR 03:00:37:00 03:00:38:00 PILOTED SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY 03:00:38:00 03:00:40:00 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS 03:00:40:00 03:00:42:00 FULLY BEEN INFORMED AND BEFORE 03:00:42:00 03:00:43:00 COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD A CHANCE 03:00:43:00 03:00:45:00 TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TOOLS. 03:00:45:00 03:00:46:00 WILL AFFECT THEM. 03:00:46:00 03:00:48:00 I THINK GIVEN THE FACT THAT 03:00:48:00 03:00:50:00 EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING WE 03:00:50:00 03:00:51:00 HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, 03:00:51:00 03:00:53:00 UM, AND UH SERVE AS AN 03:00:53:00 03:00:54:00 OVERSIGHT. 03:00:54:00 03:00:54:00 THANK YOU. 03:00:54:00 03:00:55:00 THANK YOU. 03:00:55:00 03:00:56:00 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE WOULD 03:00:56:00 03:00:57:00 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? 03:00:57:00 03:01:00:00 AND MAKE THE BELL? 03:01:00:00 03:01:03:00 UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 03:01:03:00 03:01:04:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER 03:01:04:00 03:01:04:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 03:01:04:00 03:01:06:00 COUNCILMEMBER HE UH WE'VE DONE 03:01:06:00 03:01:06:00 IT. 03:01:06:00 03:01:08:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN 03:01:08:00 03:01:09:00 CONTRA SANTANA PUNCH OF WEBER 03:01:09:00 03:01:10:00 CULTURE WARRIOR AND PLEASE ADD 03:01:10:00 03:01:11:00 THE CHAIR. 03:01:11:00 03:01:14:00 DOCKET 0192 WILL BE REFERRED TO 03:01:14:00 03:01:14:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:01:14:00 03:01:17:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:01:17:00 03:01:18:00 READ DOCKET 0193. 03:01:18:00 03:01:21:00 SO I CAN NUMBER 0193 03:01:21:00 03:01:22:00 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE 03:01:22:00 03:01:23:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:01:23:00 03:01:25:00 TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S 03:01:25:00 03:01:26:00 HIRING, FIRING AND PROMOTION 03:01:26:00 03:01:29:00 POLICIES, PRACTICES AND 03:01:29:00 03:01:29:00 PROCEDURES WE. 03:01:29:00 03:01:31:00 FILE FROM 2025. 03:01:31:00 03:01:33:00 CONSUMER HERE YOU HAVE THE 03:01:33:00 03:01:33:00 FLOOR. 03:01:33:00 03:01:34:00 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:01:34:00 03:01:36:00 THIS IS A REFILE I THINK AS WE 03:01:36:00 03:01:37:00 CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS 03:01:37:00 03:01:40:00 , I THINK AT THE CENTER OF THIS 03:01:40:00 03:01:41:00 IS A LOT OF THE RETALIATION 03:01:41:00 03:01:43:00 THAT HAPPENS WHEN OFTENTIMES 03:01:43:00 03:01:46:00 FOLKS UH YOU WE PICK AND CHOOSE 03:01:46:00 03:01:49:00 UM AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN 03:01:49:00 03:01:51:00 OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY DIVE 03:01:51:00 03:01:53:00 DEEPER AND HAVE A BETTER 03:01:53:00 03:01:54:00 UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PROTOCOLS, 03:01:54:00 03:01:55:00 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND 03:01:55:00 03:01:57:00 MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FAIR 03:01:57:00 03:01:57:00 ACROSS. 03:01:57:00 03:01:58:00 >> THE BOARD. 03:01:58:00 03:02:00:00 UM, AND THAT WE'RE WE'RE 03:02:00:00 03:02:01:00 LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE 03:02:01:00 03:02:02:00 OF ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT WE'RE 03:02:02:00 03:02:03:00 ENFORCING IT WITH THE SAME 03:02:03:00 03:02:04:00 RULES THAT APPLY. 03:02:04:00 03:02:04:00 TO EVERYONE. 03:02:04:00 03:02:06:00 UM, AND WE'VE WE'VE ALSO HEARD 03:02:06:00 03:02:07:00 FROM CITY WORKERS WHO ARE 03:02:07:00 03:02:09:00 AFRAID TO COME FORWARD, YOU 03:02:09:00 03:02:11:00 KNOW, UH, RETALIATION IS REAL 03:02:11:00 03:02:12:00 FOR YOU THAT RAISING THEIR 03:02:12:00 03:02:13:00 CONCERNS ABOUT MISCONDUCT, 03:02:13:00 03:02:15:00 FAVORITISM OR BROKEN PROCESSES 03:02:15:00 03:02:17:00 WILL HARM THEIR CAREERS AND 03:02:17:00 03:02:18:00 THAT ALONE SHOULD GIVE US 03:02:18:00 03:02:18:00 PAUSE. 03:02:18:00 03:02:20:00 AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE 03:02:20:00 03:02:21:00 THESE CONVERSATIONS I HELP 03:02:21:00 03:02:23:00 THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID, UM, HAVE 03:02:23:00 03:02:24:00 THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP. 03:02:24:00 03:02:24:00 THANK YOU. 03:02:24:00 03:02:25:00 THANK YOU. 03:02:25:00 03:02:26:00 COUNCILWOMAN HERE. 03:02:26:00 03:02:27:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:02:27:00 03:02:27:00 NAME? 03:02:27:00 03:02:28:00 COUNCILOR. 03:02:28:00 03:02:28:00 CULPEPER. 03:02:28:00 03:02:29:00 COUNCILOR. 03:02:29:00 03:02:30:00 FLYNN. 03:02:30:00 03:02:30:00 COUNCILOR. 03:02:30:00 03:02:31:00 FITZGERALD. 03:02:31:00 03:02:32:00 COUNCILOR. 03:02:32:00 03:02:33:00 UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 03:02:33:00 03:02:35:00 MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN. 03:02:35:00 03:02:36:00 HUNTER. 03:02:36:00 03:02:36:00 SANTANA. 03:02:36:00 03:02:37:00 COUNCILOR. 03:02:37:00 03:02:37:00 WEBER. 03:02:37:00 03:02:38:00 COUNCIL. 03:02:38:00 03:02:38:00 WARREN. 03:02:38:00 03:02:40:00 PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND 03:02:40:00 03:02:41:00 CONTRITION I THINK I GOT YOU. 03:02:41:00 03:02:42:00 OH. 03:02:42:00 03:02:43:00 DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS? 03:02:43:00 03:02:46:00 UM, WE'RE TRYING TO JUST, UM. 03:02:46:00 03:02:47:00 THIS IS A REFILE. 03:02:47:00 03:02:50:00 SO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A BRIEF 03:02:50:00 03:02:50:00 REMARKS OR YOU KNOW. 03:02:50:00 03:02:51:00 >> THAT'S OKAY. 03:02:51:00 03:02:52:00 THANK YOU. 03:02:52:00 03:02:52:00 VERY GOOD. 03:02:52:00 03:02:53:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:02:53:00 03:02:56:00 UH, DOCKET 0930193 WILL BE 03:02:56:00 03:02:57:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 03:02:57:00 03:02:58:00 OF THE WHOLE. 03:02:58:00 03:02:58:00 THANK YOU. 03:02:58:00 03:02:59:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:02:59:00 03:03:00:00 READ DOCKET. 03:03:00:00 03:03:03:00 0194A019 FOR CONCILOR MEJIA 03:03:03:00 03:03:04:00 HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING. 03:03:04:00 03:03:06:00 BUT FOR A HUMAN TO AUDIT THE 03:03:06:00 03:03:08:00 CITY OF BOSTON PROCUREMENT 03:03:08:00 03:03:10:00 PROCESSES PROCEDURES IN 03:03:10:00 03:03:12:00 PROGRESS REFERRAL FROM 2025. 03:03:12:00 03:03:14:00 THANK YOU COUNCIL MR. CLARK UH 03:03:14:00 03:03:16:00 , COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE 03:03:16:00 03:03:16:00 THE FLOOR. 03:03:16:00 03:03:17:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:03:17:00 03:03:19:00 I MAY FILE IN THIS ORDER 03:03:19:00 03:03:20:00 BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO SEE HIGH 03:03:20:00 03:03:22:00 IMPACT DECISIONS MOVE FORWARD 03:03:22:00 03:03:24:00 WITHOUT A CLEAR VISION AND 03:03:24:00 03:03:25:00 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 03:03:25:00 03:03:27:00 INFORMATION GETS TRICKLED DOWN. 03:03:27:00 03:03:30:00 SO OFTENTIMES PROCESS STANDARDS 03:03:30:00 03:03:32:00 UM, AND LACK OF OVERSIGHT ARE 03:03:32:00 03:03:34:00 THE THINGS THAT MOST FOLKS ARE 03:03:34:00 03:03:36:00 SCREAMING ABOUT PARTICULARLY UM 03:03:36:00 03:03:37:00 THE MOST RECENT CASES PARCEL 03:03:37:00 03:03:40:00 THREE IS ONE EXAMPLE WITH A 03:03:40:00 03:03:41:00 DESIGNATION SET TO EXPIRE AT 03:03:41:00 03:03:42:00 THE END OF JANUARY FOLLOWING A 03:03:42:00 03:03:43:00 PROCESS THAT HAS RAISED 03:03:43:00 03:03:46:00 QUESTIONS ABOUT LOTUS FLAHERTY 03:03:46:00 03:03:47:00 AND COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT. 03:03:47:00 03:03:48:00 WHITE STADIUM IS ANOTHER. 03:03:48:00 03:03:50:00 WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CITY 03:03:50:00 03:03:51:00 OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON LEGACY 03:03:51:00 03:03:53:00 FOOTBALL CLUB HAVE COMMITTED TO 03:03:53:00 03:03:55:00 AWARDING 50% OF ALL CONTRACTING 03:03:55:00 03:03:57:00 DOLLARS ACROSS ALL THREE PHASES 03:03:57:00 03:04:00:00 OF THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT TO 03:04:00:00 03:04:01:00 CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN 03:04:01:00 03:04:02:00 OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. 03:04:02:00 03:04:04:00 THAT COMMITMENT MATTERS. 03:04:04:00 03:04:05:00 BUT WHAT'S STILL MISSING IS 03:04:05:00 03:04:07:00 BASIC FLAHERTY. 03:04:07:00 03:04:08:00 WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH DOLLARS 03:04:08:00 03:04:09:00 ARE. 03:04:09:00 03:04:09:00 INCLUDED. 03:04:09:00 03:04:10:00 >> WHETHER THESE DOLLARS APPLY 03:04:10:00 03:04:12:00 TO THE FULL BUILD, HOW PRIORITY 03:04:12:00 03:04:13:00 IS DEFINED. 03:04:13:00 03:04:14:00 >> AND WHETHER OR. 03:04:14:00 03:04:15:00 >> NOT THIS COMMITMENT APPLIES 03:04:15:00 03:04:17:00 EQUALLY TO THE PORTIONS OF THE 03:04:17:00 03:04:19:00 PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS 03:04:19:00 03:04:20:00 RESPONSIBLE FOR AND OR THE 03:04:20:00 03:04:22:00 PORTIONS CONTROLLED BY THE 03:04:22:00 03:04:22:00 PRIVATE PARTNERS. 03:04:22:00 03:04:24:00 WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION IT IS 03:04:24:00 03:04:26:00 IMPOSSIBLE TO EVALUATE WHETHER 03:04:26:00 03:04:28:00 OR NOT PROCUREMENT GOALS ARE 03:04:28:00 03:04:30:00 BEING MET AND OR SIMPLY STATED. 03:04:30:00 03:04:33:00 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE UH 03:04:33:00 03:04:34:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:04:34:00 03:04:34:00 NAME? 03:04:34:00 03:04:38:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, 03:04:38:00 03:04:40:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 03:04:40:00 03:04:41:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN 03:04:41:00 03:04:42:00 CONTRA SANTANA CANCER. 03:04:42:00 03:04:44:00 WEBER COUNCILOR, CANCER. 03:04:44:00 03:04:46:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 03:04:46:00 03:04:48:00 PLEASE ADD MY NAME THE DECLARE 03:04:48:00 03:04:49:00 THE CHAIR. 03:04:49:00 03:04:51:00 UM THANK YOU. 03:04:51:00 03:04:53:00 DOCKET 0194 WILL BE REFERRED TO 03:04:53:00 03:04:54:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:04:54:00 03:04:56:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:04:56:00 03:04:58:00 READ DOCKET 0195. 03:04:58:00 03:05:00:00 SECOND NUMBER 0195 03:05:00:00 03:05:01:00 COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR THE 03:05:01:00 03:05:03:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:05:03:00 03:05:04:00 TO AUDIT THE DISTRIBUTION 03:05:04:00 03:05:06:00 OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL 03:05:06:00 03:05:08:00 GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES WE 03:05:08:00 03:05:09:00 FILE FROM 2025. 03:05:09:00 03:05:11:00 COME TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE 03:05:11:00 03:05:11:00 FLOOR. 03:05:11:00 03:05:12:00 I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:05:12:00 03:05:14:00 THIS IS A REFILE I THINK UH, 03:05:14:00 03:05:15:00 GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S 03:05:15:00 03:05:18:00 HAPPENING ACROSS THE WORLD, UH 03:05:18:00 03:05:19:00 , THIS UH, HEARING WILL ALLOW 03:05:19:00 03:05:21:00 US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE 03:05:21:00 03:05:22:00 HERE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, UH, 03:05:22:00 03:05:24:00 HOW OUR FUNDS ARE BEING 03:05:24:00 03:05:25:00 ALLOCATED, WHO IS BEING REACHED 03:05:25:00 03:05:27:00 AND WHERE THE GAPS EXIST, 03:05:27:00 03:05:28:00 PARTICULARLY FOR BUSINESSES 03:05:28:00 03:05:29:00 THAT HAVE HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN 03:05:29:00 03:05:31:00 FACED WITH BARRIERS TO ACCESS. 03:05:31:00 03:05:32:00 THE GOAL IS TRANSPARENCY, 03:05:32:00 03:05:35:00 EQUITY AND EFFECTIVE USE 03:05:35:00 03:05:35:00 OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. 03:05:35:00 03:05:37:00 THANK YOU. 03:05:37:00 03:05:37:00 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE. 03:05:37:00 03:05:39:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD 03:05:39:00 03:05:41:00 THEIR NAME? 03:05:41:00 03:05:41:00 COUNCILOR. 03:05:41:00 03:05:42:00 UM COUNCILOR. 03:05:42:00 03:05:43:00 CULPEPER. 03:05:43:00 03:05:43:00 COUNCILOR. 03:05:43:00 03:05:43:00 FITZGERALD. 03:05:43:00 03:05:44:00 COUNCILOR. 03:05:44:00 03:05:44:00 FLYNN. 03:05:44:00 03:05:45:00 COUNCILOR. 03:05:45:00 03:05:46:00 ME UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 03:05:46:00 03:05:48:00 MURPHY, COUNCILOR. 03:05:48:00 03:05:49:00 SANTANA, COUNCILOR. 03:05:49:00 03:05:50:00 PEPEN. 03:05:50:00 03:05:50:00 COUNCIL. 03:05:50:00 03:05:50:00 WEBER. 03:05:50:00 03:05:51:00 CONSTABLE. 03:05:51:00 03:05:52:00 REALM PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. 03:05:52:00 03:05:56:00 UH DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0195 03:05:56:00 03:05:57:00 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 03:05:57:00 03:05:58:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:05:58:00 03:06:00:00 UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:06:00:00 03:06:02:00 READ DOCKET 0196. 03:06:02:00 03:06:05:00 NUMBER 0196 COUNCIL I'M HERE 03:06:05:00 03:06:07:00 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 03:06:07:00 03:06:08:00 HEARING TO REVIEW THE CITY 03:06:08:00 03:06:10:00 OF BOSTON'S USE OF FEDERAL AND 03:06:10:00 03:06:13:00 STATE FUNDS RE FILE FROM 2025. 03:06:13:00 03:06:15:00 FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 03:06:15:00 03:06:16:00 >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:06:16:00 03:06:17:00 THIS IS THE RE FILE. 03:06:17:00 03:06:18:00 LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING 03:06:18:00 03:06:18:00 THE CONVERSATION. 03:06:18:00 03:06:20:00 THANK YOU. 03:06:20:00 03:06:21:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:06:21:00 03:06:21:00 NAME? 03:06:21:00 03:06:24:00 COUNTRY. 03:06:24:00 03:06:25:00 UH COUNTRY. 03:06:25:00 03:06:26:00 FLYNN. 03:06:26:00 03:06:27:00 COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE COUNTRY 03:06:27:00 03:06:28:00 MURPHY. 03:06:28:00 03:06:28:00 COUNTRY. 03:06:28:00 03:06:28:00 PEPEN. 03:06:28:00 03:06:29:00 COUNTRIES AND TOWN OF COUNTRY 03:06:29:00 03:06:30:00 WEBER. 03:06:30:00 03:06:32:00 COUNTRY WHERE L A COUNTRY 03:06:32:00 03:06:32:00 CULPEPER. 03:06:32:00 03:06:34:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD APPRECIATE 03:06:34:00 03:06:34:00 THE CHAIR. 03:06:34:00 03:06:37:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0196 WILL BE 03:06:37:00 03:06:37:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 03:06:37:00 03:06:38:00 OF THE WHOLE. 03:06:38:00 03:06:40:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:06:40:00 03:06:42:00 READ DOCKET 0197. 03:06:42:00 03:06:44:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0197? 03:06:44:00 03:06:45:00 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE 03:06:45:00 03:06:47:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:06:47:00 03:06:49:00 TO REVIEW PAST EXPENDITURES 03:06:49:00 03:06:50:00 THROUGH QUARTERLY UPDATES ON 03:06:50:00 03:06:53:00 THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 OPERATING 03:06:53:00 03:06:55:00 BUDGET WE FILED FROM 2025. 03:06:55:00 03:06:58:00 HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 03:06:58:00 03:06:59:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:06:59:00 03:07:00:00 THIS IS A REFINED LOOKING 03:07:00:00 03:07:01:00 FORWARD TO DIVING DEEPER. 03:07:01:00 03:07:03:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:07:03:00 03:07:06:00 NAME COUNCILOR UH FITZGERALD. 03:07:06:00 03:07:08:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:07:08:00 03:07:09:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONTRA 03:07:09:00 03:07:12:00 MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN 03:07:12:00 03:07:13:00 COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL REALM 03:07:13:00 03:07:15:00 PLEASE ADD THE 03:07:15:00 03:07:16:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND PLEASE 03:07:16:00 03:07:17:00 OUT THE CHAIR. 03:07:17:00 03:07:20:00 DOCKET 0197 WILL BE REFERRED TO 03:07:20:00 03:07:21:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:07:21:00 03:07:24:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:07:24:00 03:07:25:00 READ DOCKET 0198. 03:07:25:00 03:07:27:00 DUCKING NUMBER 0198 03:07:27:00 03:07:29:00 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE 03:07:29:00 03:07:30:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:07:30:00 03:07:32:00 TO AUDIT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND 03:07:32:00 03:07:35:00 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 2014 03:07:35:00 03:07:37:00 BOSTON TRUST THERE BE FILE FROM 03:07:37:00 03:07:37:00 2025. 03:07:37:00 03:07:40:00 COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE 03:07:40:00 03:07:40:00 FLOOR. 03:07:40:00 03:07:41:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:07:41:00 03:07:43:00 UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE TRUST 03:07:43:00 03:07:45:00 ACT WAS PASSED TO PROTECT 03:07:45:00 03:07:47:00 IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES UM, 03:07:47:00 03:07:48:00 TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL LAW 03:07:48:00 03:07:50:00 ENFORCEMENT IS NOT ACTING AS AN 03:07:50:00 03:07:51:00 ARM OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 03:07:51:00 03:07:51:00 ENFORCEMENT. 03:07:51:00 03:07:53:00 AND TO BE CLEAR, BOSTON POLICE 03:07:53:00 03:07:56:00 HAVE COMPILED WITH THE LAW IN 03:07:56:00 03:07:56:00 2025. 03:07:56:00 03:07:58:00 WE NOW KNOW THAT THE BPD DID 03:07:58:00 03:08:00:00 NOT HONOR ANY OF THE 57 ICE 03:08:00:00 03:08:02:00 DETAINER REQUESTS, BUT 03:08:02:00 03:08:03:00 COMPLIANCE ALONE IS NOT THE 03:08:03:00 03:08:04:00 SAME AS CONFIDENCE. 03:08:04:00 03:08:06:00 WE'VE HEARD GROWING. 03:08:06:00 03:08:07:00 CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS AND 03:08:07:00 03:08:08:00 ADVOCATES ABOUT HOW INFORMATION 03:08:08:00 03:08:10:00 CAN STILL FLOW IN PRACTICE, 03:08:10:00 03:08:12:00 PARTICULARLY WHEN OFFICERS ARE 03:08:12:00 03:08:14:00 OPERATING IN DIFFERENT ROLES. 03:08:14:00 03:08:16:00 SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS WEARING 03:08:16:00 03:08:19:00 A BRICK HAT QUOTE UNQUOTE AND 03:08:19:00 03:08:19:00 SOMETIMES NOT. 03:08:19:00 03:08:22:00 THE CONCERN, UM, IS THAT EVEN 03:08:22:00 03:08:23:00 WITHOUT FORMAL COOPERATION, 03:08:23:00 03:08:25:00 INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED 03:08:25:00 03:08:27:00 UNINTENTIONALLY, INFORMALLY OR 03:08:27:00 03:08:29:00 WITHOUT CLEAR GUARDRAILS 03:08:29:00 03:08:30:00 CREATING FEAR AND CONFUSION IN 03:08:30:00 03:08:31:00 COMMUNITIES. 03:08:31:00 03:08:32:00 THE TRUST ACT IS MEANT TO 03:08:32:00 03:08:33:00 PROTECT US. 03:08:33:00 03:08:35:00 AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE SEEING 03:08:35:00 03:08:36:00 AGGRESSIVE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 03:08:36:00 03:08:38:00 ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY 03:08:38:00 03:08:39:00 INCLUDING ACTIONS THAT HAVE LED 03:08:39:00 03:08:41:00 TO TRAGIC DEATHS LIKE WE'VE 03:08:41:00 03:08:43:00 SEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS. 03:08:43:00 03:08:45:00 THESE REALITIES MAKE IT EVEN 03:08:45:00 03:08:46:00 MORE IMPORTANT FOR BOSTON TO 03:08:46:00 03:08:48:00 TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHETHER OR 03:08:48:00 03:08:50:00 NOT OUR LOCAL PROTECTIONS ARE 03:08:50:00 03:08:51:00 STRONG ENOUGH IN TODAY'S 03:08:51:00 03:08:51:00 ENVIRONMENT. 03:08:51:00 03:08:54:00 OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN CLEAR SINCE 03:08:54:00 03:08:55:00 WE'VE STEPPED FOOT INTO THIS 03:08:55:00 03:08:56:00 CHAMBER THAT WE WILL CONTINUE 03:08:56:00 03:08:59:00 TO VOTE NO ON BRICK FUNDING 03:08:59:00 03:09:01:00 WHEN IT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT 03:09:01:00 03:09:04:00 SURVEILLANCE, DATA SHARING OR A 03:09:04:00 03:09:05:00 ROAD EROSION. 03:09:05:00 03:09:06:00 OUR TRUST THIS HEARING IS PART 03:09:06:00 03:09:08:00 OF THAT SAME COMMITMENT TO 03:09:08:00 03:09:10:00 EVALUATE HOW FEDERAL ACTIONS 03:09:10:00 03:09:12:00 INTERSECT WITH LOCAL POLICIES 03:09:12:00 03:09:14:00 AND WHETHER SAFEGUARDS ARE 03:09:14:00 03:09:15:00 KEEPING PACE. 03:09:15:00 03:09:15:00 THANK YOU. 03:09:15:00 03:09:17:00 THANK YOU COUNCIL ME HERE. 03:09:17:00 03:09:19:00 UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 03:09:19:00 03:09:20:00 THEIR NAME? 03:09:20:00 03:09:23:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER 03:09:23:00 03:09:24:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 03:09:24:00 03:09:25:00 PEPEN. 03:09:25:00 03:09:25:00 COUNCILOR. 03:09:25:00 03:09:26:00 SANTANA. 03:09:26:00 03:09:26:00 COUNSELOR. 03:09:26:00 03:09:27:00 WEBER. 03:09:27:00 03:09:27:00 COUNCIL. 03:09:27:00 03:09:28:00 ROLL PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. 03:09:28:00 03:09:32:00 UH, THANK DOCKET 019. 03:09:32:00 03:09:34:00 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE 03:09:34:00 03:09:35:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:09:35:00 03:09:36:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:09:36:00 03:09:38:00 READ DOCKET 0199. 03:09:38:00 03:09:41:00 TALKING OF A0199 03:09:41:00 03:09:42:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA WITH THE 03:09:42:00 03:09:43:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HAVING A 03:09:43:00 03:09:45:00 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, 03:09:45:00 03:09:47:00 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY 03:09:47:00 03:09:49:00 OF DECISION MAKING PROTOCOLS IN 03:09:49:00 03:09:51:00 CITY GOVERNMENT WE FILE FROM 03:09:51:00 03:09:52:00 2025. 03:09:52:00 03:09:53:00 COUNCIL FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE 03:09:53:00 03:09:54:00 FLOOR. 03:09:54:00 03:09:57:00 UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT 03:09:57:00 03:09:58:00 AND I'M REFILING THIS ORDER 03:09:58:00 03:09:59:00 BECAUSE TOO MANY MAJOR 03:09:59:00 03:10:01:00 DECISIONS CONTINUE TO BE MADE 03:10:01:00 03:10:03:00 BY THE CITY UH, WITH MANY FOLKS 03:10:03:00 03:10:05:00 FEELING CLOSED OFF, 03:10:05:00 03:10:06:00 INCONSISTENT AND DISCONNECTED 03:10:06:00 03:10:08:00 FROM WHAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING 03:10:08:00 03:10:10:00 AND EXPERIENCING AND MOST 03:10:10:00 03:10:13:00 OF THEM ARE ALWAYS SAYING THAT 03:10:13:00 03:10:14:00 THEY'RE DOING THINGS TO US 03:10:14:00 03:10:14:00 WITHOUT US. 03:10:14:00 03:10:17:00 AND BOSTON MAKES HIGH STAKES 03:10:17:00 03:10:18:00 DECISIONS EVERY DAY ABOUT 03:10:18:00 03:10:21:00 HOUSING, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC LANDS, 03:10:21:00 03:10:22:00 INFRASTRUCTURE. 03:10:22:00 03:10:23:00 BUT TOO OFTEN RESIDENTS 03:10:23:00 03:10:24:00 EXPERIENCE THESE DECISIONS AS 03:10:24:00 03:10:26:00 SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO THEM, 03:10:26:00 03:10:27:00 NOT WITH THEM. 03:10:27:00 03:10:29:00 INFORMATION IS HARD TO ACCESS 03:10:29:00 03:10:30:00 TIMES LINE SHIFT WITHOUT 03:10:30:00 03:10:33:00 EXPLANATION AND COMMUNITY COMES 03:10:33:00 03:10:35:00 IN LATE IF AT ALL. 03:10:35:00 03:10:36:00 I MEAN WE'VE SEEN THIS TENSION 03:10:36:00 03:10:38:00 PLAY OUT REPEATEDLY AT WHITE 03:10:38:00 03:10:40:00 STADIUM COSTS NEARLY DOUBLED 03:10:40:00 03:10:43:00 FROM 50 MILLION TO 91 MILLION, 03:10:43:00 03:10:44:00 RAISING QUESTIONS NOT JUST 03:10:44:00 03:10:45:00 ABOUT MONEY BUT HOW DECISIONS 03:10:45:00 03:10:47:00 WERE MADE AND HOW COMMUNITIES 03:10:47:00 03:10:49:00 IN ROXBURY AND MATTAPAN AND 03:10:49:00 03:10:50:00 ACROSS THE CITY WERE 03:10:50:00 03:10:53:00 MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED. 03:10:53:00 03:10:54:00 UM, NOW AT PARCEL THREE, 03:10:54:00 03:10:56:00 ROXBURY RESIDENTS SPENT YEARS 03:10:56:00 03:10:57:00 ENGAGING AROUND A LIFE SCIENCES 03:10:57:00 03:10:58:00 AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN. 03:10:58:00 03:11:00:00 ONLY TO LEARN AFTER THE FACT 03:11:00:00 03:11:02:00 THAT THE CITY INTENDED TO 03:11:02:00 03:11:03:00 ABANDON THE DESTINATION IN 03:11:03:00 03:11:04:00 FAVOR OF A DIFFERENT USE 03:11:04:00 03:11:06:00 WITHOUT A CLEARLY DEFINED 03:11:06:00 03:11:07:00 DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 03:11:07:00 03:11:09:00 WE'RE SEEING SIMILAR CONCERNS 03:11:09:00 03:11:11:00 WITH SQUARES AND STREETS 03:11:11:00 03:11:12:00 REZONING WITH PARTICIPATION 03:11:12:00 03:11:15:00 DATA SHOWS UNDERREPRESENTATION 03:11:15:00 03:11:17:00 OF KEY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. 03:11:17:00 03:11:20:00 LISTEN, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK 03:11:20:00 03:11:20:00 TO DO. 03:11:20:00 03:11:22:00 THIS HEARING IS ABOUT STEPPING 03:11:22:00 03:11:24:00 BACK AND EXAMINING THE RULES, 03:11:24:00 03:11:26:00 THE NORMS, THE PROTOCOLS THAT 03:11:26:00 03:11:28:00 GUIDE CITY DECISION MAKING 03:11:28:00 03:11:29:00 PROCESSES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS 03:11:29:00 03:11:31:00 AND AGENCIES WHETHER THEY 03:11:31:00 03:11:33:00 ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH OUR STATED 03:11:33:00 03:11:33:00 COMMITMENTS TO EQUITY AND 03:11:33:00 03:11:35:00 ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC TRUST 03:11:35:00 03:11:37:00 IF WE WANT IF WE WANT RESIDENTS 03:11:37:00 03:11:38:00 TO BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT, THEN 03:11:38:00 03:11:39:00 WE HAVE TO START SHOWING THEM 03:11:39:00 03:11:41:00 THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE AND 03:11:41:00 03:11:43:00 INVITE THEM EARLY AND BE HONEST 03:11:43:00 03:11:44:00 WITH THE TRADE OFFS WHEN THEY 03:11:44:00 03:11:45:00 EXIST. 03:11:45:00 03:11:46:00 THANK YOU COMES FROM HERE. 03:11:46:00 03:11:48:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:11:48:00 03:11:48:00 NAME? 03:11:48:00 03:11:51:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER, 03:11:51:00 03:11:53:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN UH 03:11:53:00 03:11:55:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH 03:11:55:00 03:11:58:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY 03:11:58:00 03:12:01:00 COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR ORAL 03:12:01:00 03:12:03:00 AND UH COUNCIL PLEASED THE 03:12:03:00 03:12:06:00 CHAIR DOCKET 0199 WILL BE UH 03:12:06:00 03:12:09:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 03:12:09:00 03:12:10:00 OF THE WHOLE. 03:12:10:00 03:12:10:00 THANK YOU. 03:12:10:00 03:12:13:00 UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:12:13:00 03:12:16:00 READ DOCKET 0200. 03:12:16:00 03:12:19:00 NUMBER 0200 COUNCILOR MURPHY 03:12:19:00 03:12:21:00 OH, FOR THE FINE ORDER FOR A 03:12:21:00 03:12:23:00 HEARING ON BPA STAFFING PROGRAM 03:12:23:00 03:12:24:00 IMPACTS. 03:12:24:00 03:12:25:00 THANK YOU. 03:12:25:00 03:12:27:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 03:12:27:00 03:12:27:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE 03:12:27:00 03:12:28:00 FLOOR. 03:12:28:00 03:12:29:00 THANK YOU. 03:12:29:00 03:12:29:00 >> MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:12:29:00 03:12:32:00 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD 03:12:32:00 03:12:35:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WOULD 03:12:35:00 03:12:36:00 LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND 03:12:36:00 03:12:37:00 ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS A 03:12:37:00 03:12:39:00 THIRD ORIGINAL CLOSED HEARING. 03:12:39:00 03:12:40:00 AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. 03:12:40:00 03:12:43:00 COUNCILOR UH, FITZGERALD IS SO 03:12:43:00 03:12:43:00 AT IT. 03:12:43:00 03:12:44:00 OKAY. 03:12:44:00 03:12:45:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:12:45:00 03:12:47:00 UM, I HAVE FILED THREE HEARING 03:12:47:00 03:12:50:00 ORDERS THIS TERM SO FAR TO HOLD 03:12:50:00 03:12:51:00 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 03:12:51:00 03:12:53:00 ACCOUNTABLE AND TO ENSURE 03:12:53:00 03:12:55:00 TRANSPARENCY IN DECISIONS THAT 03:12:55:00 03:12:57:00 DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENTS, 03:12:57:00 03:12:59:00 FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS AND ALSO 03:12:59:00 03:13:00:00 COMMUNITIES. 03:13:00:00 03:13:02:00 THESE HEARINGS FOCUS ON SCHOOL 03:13:02:00 03:13:04:00 CLOSURES AND MERGERS, PARKING 03:13:04:00 03:13:05:00 ACCESS FOR TRAVELING DPS 03:13:05:00 03:13:06:00 EMPLOYEES. 03:13:06:00 03:13:08:00 TODAY I'M FILING THIS HEARING 03:13:08:00 03:13:10:00 IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BOTTOM 03:13:10:00 03:13:12:00 OF THE REAL IMPACTS OF THE 03:13:12:00 03:13:13:00 BUDGET SHORTFALL ON OUR SCHOOL 03:13:13:00 03:13:14:00 COMMUNITIES. 03:13:14:00 03:13:17:00 MANY OF US HAVE ALREADY FIELDED 03:13:17:00 03:13:19:00 FRANTIC CALLS FROM PARENTS, 03:13:19:00 03:13:21:00 TEACHERS, FAMILIES WHO ARE 03:13:21:00 03:13:24:00 HEARING DIRECTLY AS SCHOOL SITE 03:13:24:00 03:13:25:00 COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS ARE 03:13:25:00 03:13:27:00 MAKING DECISIONS ON NEXT YEAR'S 03:13:27:00 03:13:27:00 BUDGET. 03:13:27:00 03:13:31:00 HAVE PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED THE 03:13:31:00 03:13:33:00 PROJECTED BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR 03:13:33:00 03:13:35:00 NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO BE 03:13:35:00 03:13:37:00 APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION AND 03:13:37:00 03:13:39:00 MANY OF US HAVE HEARD RUMORS 03:13:39:00 03:13:41:00 THAT IT'S EVEN HIGHER 03:13:41:00 03:13:42:00 COMMUNICATIONS TO SCHOOL 03:13:42:00 03:13:44:00 PRINCIPALS AND LEADERS INDICATE 03:13:44:00 03:13:45:00 THAT THIS FREEZE APPLIES TO 03:13:45:00 03:13:47:00 HIRING FOR VACANT POSITIONS, 03:13:47:00 03:13:49:00 DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES, 03:13:49:00 03:13:51:00 STIPENDS, CONTRACTS, TRAVEL AND 03:13:51:00 03:13:51:00 OTHER EXPENDITURES. 03:13:51:00 03:13:54:00 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 03:13:54:00 03:13:56:00 WORRIES ME THE MOST BESIDES 03:13:56:00 03:13:58:00 OBVIOUSLY LAYING OFF TEACHERS 03:13:58:00 03:14:00:00 IS THE STIPENDS. 03:14:00:00 03:14:02:00 MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS PROVIDE 03:14:02:00 03:14:03:00 TUTORING AFTER SCHOOL BEFORE 03:14:03:00 03:14:05:00 SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND THEY PAY 03:14:05:00 03:14:06:00 OUR TEACHERS WHO ALL NEED TO BE 03:14:06:00 03:14:07:00 PAID WITH STIPENDS. 03:14:07:00 03:14:09:00 SO IF THERE'S A FREEZE ON THAT 03:14:09:00 03:14:10:00 MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS EXTRA 03:14:10:00 03:14:12:00 ACTIVITIES THAT MANY STUDENTS 03:14:12:00 03:14:13:00 AND FAMILIES DEPEND ON WILL BE 03:14:13:00 03:14:14:00 GONE. 03:14:14:00 03:14:16:00 EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND SCHOOL 03:14:16:00 03:14:17:00 COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPRESSED 03:14:17:00 03:14:19:00 SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT HOW THESE 03:14:19:00 03:14:22:00 STAFFING MEASURES WILL AFFECT 03:14:22:00 03:14:24:00 THEIR STABILITY, THEIR STUDENT 03:14:24:00 03:14:27:00 SUPPORT SERVICES AND ENRICHMENT 03:14:27:00 03:14:27:00 OPPORTUNITIES. 03:14:27:00 03:14:29:00 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 03:14:29:00 03:14:32:00 CONTINUING, UM, ADVOCATING THAT 03:14:32:00 03:14:34:00 WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS SO 03:14:34:00 03:14:35:00 THAT WE HAVE REAL ANSWERS AND 03:14:35:00 03:14:37:00 THAT WE CAN CLEARLY COMMUNICATE 03:14:37:00 03:14:39:00 THESE CONCERNS TO OUR SCHOOL 03:14:39:00 03:14:40:00 COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR PARENTS 03:14:40:00 03:14:41:00 AND FAMILIES. 03:14:41:00 03:14:44:00 I BELIEVE THAT THE EDUCATION 03:14:44:00 03:14:45:00 COMMITTEE OF THE BOSTON CITY 03:14:45:00 03:14:46:00 COUNCIL SHOULD HOLD THIS 03:14:46:00 03:14:48:00 HEARING TO TALK ABOUT THE 03:14:48:00 03:14:49:00 IMPACTS BECAUSE THIS TO ME IS 03:14:49:00 03:14:51:00 NOT JUST A CONVERSATION ABOUT 03:14:51:00 03:14:51:00 MONEY. 03:14:51:00 03:14:53:00 WE WILL HAVE MANY CONVERSATIONS 03:14:53:00 03:14:54:00 DURING WAYS AND MEANS AND 03:14:54:00 03:14:56:00 BUDGET HEARINGS WHEN WE'RE 03:14:56:00 03:14:58:00 ADDRESSING THE BUDGET FOR TO 03:14:58:00 03:15:00:00 ME THIS IS STAFFING ISSUES. 03:15:00:00 03:15:02:00 THIS IS AFTER SCHOOL BEFORE 03:15:02:00 03:15:04:00 SCHOOL PROGRAMING CONCERNS THAT 03:15:04:00 03:15:05:00 I KNOW THAT THE EDUCATION 03:15:05:00 03:15:06:00 COMMITTEE SHOULD BE BRINGING UP 03:15:06:00 03:15:08:00 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING 03:15:08:00 03:15:09:00 FROM MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO 03:15:09:00 03:15:11:00 ARE ORIGINAL SPONSORS, ONE WHO 03:15:11:00 03:15:13:00 IS A PARENT OF STUDENTS AND WHO 03:15:13:00 03:15:15:00 I KNOW CAN SHARE A VERY 03:15:15:00 03:15:17:00 PERSONAL UM STORY AND SIDE TO 03:15:17:00 03:15:18:00 THIS THANK YOU. 03:15:18:00 03:15:20:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. 03:15:20:00 03:15:21:00 UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE 03:15:21:00 03:15:22:00 THE FLOOR. 03:15:22:00 03:15:23:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:15:23:00 03:15:25:00 AND I AGREE WITH 03:15:25:00 03:15:26:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL. 03:15:26:00 03:15:27:00 THIS SHOULD. 03:15:27:00 03:15:28:00 GO INTO THE. 03:15:28:00 03:15:30:00 EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 03:15:30:00 03:15:32:00 WE HAD SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE 03:15:32:00 03:15:32:00 EITHER CLOSED. 03:15:32:00 03:15:34:00 ON MERGED LAST YEAR. 03:15:34:00 03:15:37:00 AND PARENTS, CONCERNED PARENTS. 03:15:37:00 03:15:39:00 AND TEACHERS WERE CALLING US AT 03:15:39:00 03:15:41:00 THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT 03:15:41:00 03:15:43:00 HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED, WHAT 03:15:43:00 03:15:44:00 THE PLAN IS. 03:15:44:00 03:15:46:00 BUT THE BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY 03:15:46:00 03:15:47:00 ANSWERS BECAUSE THE CITY 03:15:47:00 03:15:49:00 COUNCIL DID NOT WANT TO HOLD A 03:15:49:00 03:15:50:00 HEARING ON IT. 03:15:50:00 03:15:52:00 UM, BUT I DO THINK THESE ISSUES 03:15:52:00 03:15:54:00 ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO 03:15:54:00 03:15:55:00 DISCUSS. 03:15:55:00 03:15:56:00 THEY MIGHT BE CONTROVERSIAL, 03:15:56:00 03:15:58:00 YES, BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO 03:15:58:00 03:15:59:00 PARENTS. 03:15:59:00 03:16:01:00 THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES, 03:16:01:00 03:16:04:00 TO STUDENTS, TO TEACHERS AND 03:16:04:00 03:16:05:00 THEY WANT TO HAVE AN HONEST 03:16:05:00 03:16:07:00 CONVERSATION ABOUT US ABOUT 03:16:07:00 03:16:09:00 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR BOSTON 03:16:09:00 03:16:10:00 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 03:16:10:00 03:16:13:00 BUT THE BUT THE SCHOOL 03:16:13:00 03:16:14:00 COMMUNITIES WANT TO BE ENGAGED. 03:16:14:00 03:16:17:00 THEY WANT TO COME AND TESTIFY. 03:16:17:00 03:16:20:00 THEY WANT TO THEY WANT US TO 03:16:20:00 03:16:22:00 HEAR THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW 03:16:22:00 03:16:24:00 CLOSING A SCHOOL MIGHT IMPACT 03:16:24:00 03:16:26:00 THEIR CHILD OR ABOUT A MERGER 03:16:26:00 03:16:27:00 OF A SCHOOL. 03:16:27:00 03:16:28:00 WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON 03:16:28:00 03:16:31:00 A CHILD'S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS 03:16:31:00 03:16:33:00 OR THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 03:16:33:00 03:16:34:00 THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING OR THE 03:16:34:00 03:16:34:00 SPORTS PROGRAM? 03:16:34:00 03:16:36:00 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOSTON 03:16:36:00 03:16:39:00 CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE A ROLE AND 03:16:39:00 03:16:41:00 ACTIVE ROLE IN MY OPINION IN 03:16:41:00 03:16:43:00 THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 03:16:43:00 03:16:46:00 WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF 03:16:46:00 03:16:49:00 OF PARENTS AND FOR TEACHERS AS 03:16:49:00 03:16:49:00 WELL. 03:16:49:00 03:16:50:00 I DON'T THINK WE'RE JUST ABLE 03:16:50:00 03:16:53:00 TO BE A RUBBER STAMP AND ACCEPT 03:16:53:00 03:16:56:00 THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE WITHOUT 03:16:56:00 03:16:58:00 ASKING QUESTIONS, HAVING 03:16:58:00 03:17:00:00 DISCUSSIONS, HOLDING BP 03:17:00:00 03:17:02:00 ACCOUNTABLE MORE IMPORTANTLY 03:17:02:00 03:17:04:00 FIGHTING FOR TEACHERS, FIGHTING 03:17:04:00 03:17:05:00 FOR PARENTS AND FIGHTING FOR 03:17:05:00 03:17:07:00 STUDENTS THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS 03:17:07:00 03:17:07:00 ABOUT. 03:17:07:00 03:17:08:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:17:08:00 03:17:09:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 03:17:09:00 03:17:10:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE 03:17:10:00 03:17:11:00 THE FLOOR. 03:17:11:00 03:17:13:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:17:13:00 03:17:14:00 YEAH, VERY SIMPLY A COUPLE 03:17:14:00 03:17:15:00 WEEKS AGO MY WIFE AND I SAT ON 03:17:15:00 03:17:17:00 A SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING, 03:17:17:00 03:17:18:00 UH, WHERE WE LISTENED TO, UH, 03:17:18:00 03:17:19:00 OUR CHILDREN'S PRINCIPAL TALKED 03:17:19:00 03:17:21:00 TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE CUTS 03:17:21:00 03:17:22:00 YOU'D NEED TO MAKE. 03:17:22:00 03:17:23:00 UH, AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO 03:17:23:00 03:17:24:00 SPECIFICS, IT CERTAINLY MAKES 03:17:24:00 03:17:25:00 YOU QUESTION WHETHER YOU WERE 03:17:25:00 03:17:27:00 PROVIDING YOUR CHILD WITH THE 03:17:27:00 03:17:28:00 BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE. 03:17:28:00 03:17:30:00 AND SO, UH, THAT'S A SCARY 03:17:30:00 03:17:31:00 THING FOR PARENTS TO CONSIDER. 03:17:31:00 03:17:33:00 UH, I KNOW TALKING TO SOME 03:17:33:00 03:17:34:00 OF THE OTHER PARENTS AFTER THE 03:17:34:00 03:17:35:00 MEETING WAS OVER, UH, THEY HAD 03:17:35:00 03:17:36:00 REACHED OUT AND EXPRESSED SOME 03:17:36:00 03:17:37:00 SAME CONCERNS. 03:17:37:00 03:17:38:00 IF IT'S HAPPENING AT ONE 03:17:38:00 03:17:40:00 SCHOOL, I'M SURE IT'S HAPPENING 03:17:40:00 03:17:41:00 AT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 03:17:41:00 03:17:42:00 UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 03:17:42:00 03:17:43:00 THIS HEARING. 03:17:43:00 03:17:43:00 THANK YOU. 03:17:43:00 03:17:44:00 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 03:17:44:00 03:17:45:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, WOULD 03:17:45:00 03:17:48:00 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME 03:17:48:00 03:17:51:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER OR 03:17:51:00 03:17:51:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. 03:17:51:00 03:17:54:00 CONCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR UH 03:17:54:00 03:17:55:00 HEPBURN COUNCILOR SANTANA 03:17:55:00 03:17:57:00 COUNCIL WEBER CONTROVERSIAL AND 03:17:57:00 03:17:58:00 PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. 03:17:58:00 03:17:59:00 THANK YOU. 03:17:59:00 03:18:03:00 DOCKET 00200 WILL BE REFERRED 03:18:03:00 03:18:04:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:18:04:00 03:18:08:00 MR COOK, YOU PLEASE PLEASE READ 03:18:08:00 03:18:09:00 DOCKET 0201. 03:18:09:00 03:18:18:00 MHM MHM 0102 TOGETHER OKAY 03:18:18:00 03:18:19:00 EXCELLENT. 03:18:19:00 03:18:20:00 MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ 03:18:20:00 03:18:26:00 DOCKET ZERO UH TO UH 201 AND UM 03:18:26:00 03:18:27:00 202 TOGETHER. 03:18:27:00 03:18:30:00 SO I CAN HAVE A0201 COUNCIL AS 03:18:30:00 03:18:31:00 WEBER AND FITZGERALD OFFER THE 03:18:31:00 03:18:33:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:18:33:00 03:18:35:00 TO DISCUSS BOSTON'S FISCAL YEAR 03:18:35:00 03:18:39:00 27 OPERATING BUDGET AND NUMBER 03:18:39:00 03:18:41:00 0202 COUNCIL AS WEBER AND 03:18:41:00 03:18:42:00 FITZGERALD OFFER THE FOLLOWING 03:18:42:00 03:18:44:00 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS 03:18:44:00 03:18:46:00 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL 03:18:46:00 03:18:48:00 YEAR 27 OPERATING BUDGET. 03:18:48:00 03:18:50:00 THANK YOU, MR BURKE. 03:18:50:00 03:18:53:00 UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE 03:18:53:00 03:18:53:00 THE FLOOR. 03:18:53:00 03:18:55:00 UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 03:18:55:00 03:18:56:00 UH, THESE TWO DOCKETS WILL 03:18:56:00 03:18:58:00 ALLOW US TO START OUR OVERSIGHT 03:18:58:00 03:19:00:00 OF THE, UH, CITY'S FY 27 03:19:00:00 03:19:02:00 OPERATING BUDGET, UH, WITH THE. 03:19:02:00 03:19:03:00 SEPARATE DOCKET FOCUSED. 03:19:03:00 03:19:04:00 ON THE BUDGET. 03:19:04:00 03:19:06:00 UH, SINCE WE'VE HAD. 03:19:06:00 03:19:06:00 >> LITTLE. 03:19:06:00 03:19:07:00 TURNOVER FROM LAST YEAR. 03:19:07:00 03:19:09:00 UH, WELCOME AGAIN, 03:19:09:00 03:19:10:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER. 03:19:10:00 03:19:11:00 UH, WE HAVE HAD TWO BUDGET 03:19:11:00 03:19:13:00 CYCLES WORKING TOGETHER, 03:19:13:00 03:19:14:00 IMPROVING HOW WE DELIBERATE 03:19:14:00 03:19:17:00 DEBATE AND DECIDE THE BETTER WE 03:19:17:00 03:19:19:00 DO IN THIS PROCESS, THE MORE 03:19:19:00 03:19:21:00 IMPACT WE CAN HAVE ON WHAT WILL 03:19:21:00 03:19:22:00 BECOME THE CITY'S FINAL BUDGET 03:19:22:00 03:19:24:00 AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE 03:19:24:00 03:19:26:00 RESIDENTS THAT WE ALL REPRESENT 03:19:26:00 03:19:26:00 . 03:19:26:00 03:19:27:00 THE BUDGET IS THE. 03:19:27:00 03:19:28:00 MOST IMPORTANT POLICY DOCUMENT 03:19:28:00 03:19:30:00 WE HELPED PRODUCE. 03:19:30:00 03:19:31:00 IT SHOWS WHERE WE WANT TO 03:19:31:00 03:19:33:00 INVEST OUR RESOURCES AND WHAT 03:19:33:00 03:19:35:00 WE THINK WILL BE THE BEST WAY 03:19:35:00 03:19:37:00 TO SERVE BOSTON RESIDENTS. 03:19:37:00 03:19:38:00 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THIS 03:19:38:00 03:19:40:00 HAS INVOLVED SUPPORTING 03:19:40:00 03:19:42:00 SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN 03:19:42:00 03:19:43:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUR PUBLIC 03:19:43:00 03:19:45:00 SCHOOLS, OUR SENIORS, OUR YOUTH 03:19:45:00 03:19:47:00 , OUR VETERANS AND IN PUBLIC 03:19:47:00 03:19:47:00 SAFETY. 03:19:47:00 03:19:50:00 WE ALL HAVE ISSUES WE WANT TO 03:19:50:00 03:19:52:00 ADDRESS NOW HOW CAN THE CITY 03:19:52:00 03:19:53:00 BUDGET LESSEN THE IMPACTS 03:19:53:00 03:19:55:00 OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 03:19:55:00 03:19:56:00 INTENT TO GO TO WAR WITH 03:19:56:00 03:19:58:00 COMMUNITIES LIKE BOSTON THAT 03:19:58:00 03:20:00:00 WELCOMES IMMIGRANTS SO THEY CAN 03:20:00:00 03:20:02:00 MURDER DETAINEES AND ANYONE WHO 03:20:02:00 03:20:03:00 STANDS IN THEIR WAY? 03:20:03:00 03:20:07:00 IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT 5000 03:20:07:00 03:20:09:00 STUDENTS EXPERIENCE 03:20:09:00 03:20:11:00 HOMELESSNESS EACH YEAR, THAT 03:20:11:00 03:20:12:00 EVEN THIS IS MOST. 03:20:12:00 03:20:13:00 LIKELY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 03:20:13:00 03:20:15:00 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO 03:20:15:00 03:20:17:00 ADDRESS THAT ISSUE TO TACKLE 03:20:17:00 03:20:18:00 URGENT ISSUES LIKE THESE, TO 03:20:18:00 03:20:20:00 CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE GOOD 03:20:20:00 03:20:22:00 WORK WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST 03:20:22:00 03:20:23:00 TWO YEARS UNDER WAYS AND MEANS 03:20:23:00 03:20:25:00 CHAIR BRIAN WORRELL AND OUR 03:20:25:00 03:20:26:00 AMAZING BUDGET ANALYST KARISHMA 03:20:26:00 03:20:29:00 CHOHAN AND HER NEW SIDEKICK 03:20:29:00 03:20:29:00 RYAN PRATT. 03:20:29:00 03:20:31:00 WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO 03:20:31:00 03:20:32:00 WORK TOGETHER. 03:20:32:00 03:20:35:00 GONE ARE ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS 03:20:35:00 03:20:37:00 WE USED TO LAUNCH INITIATIVES 03:20:37:00 03:20:39:00 LIKE THE SPACE PROGRAM AND THE. 03:20:39:00 03:20:40:00 HOUSING ACCELERATOR. 03:20:40:00 03:20:42:00 WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND 03:20:42:00 03:20:43:00 INNOVATIVE TO DELIVER WHAT OUR 03:20:43:00 03:20:46:00 RESIDENTS NEED ON A TIGHTER 03:20:46:00 03:20:47:00 BUDGET AND TO DO THAT TO MAKE 03:20:47:00 03:20:50:00 OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS, UH, TO 03:20:50:00 03:20:51:00 HELP OUR RESIDENTS MEET THEIR 03:20:51:00 03:20:51:00 NEEDS. 03:20:51:00 03:20:52:00 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND 03:20:52:00 03:20:53:00 BY EACH OTHER. 03:20:53:00 03:20:55:00 THEY SAY A GOOD BUDGET IS A 03:20:55:00 03:20:56:00 STORYBOOK THAT TRANSLATES THE 03:20:56:00 03:20:58:00 CITY'S VALUES INTO NUMBERS. 03:20:58:00 03:21:00:00 MY GOAL AS CHAIR WOULD BE MAKE 03:21:00:00 03:21:01:00 SURE EVERYONE HERE HAS AN 03:21:01:00 03:21:03:00 OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE A CHAPTER 03:21:03:00 03:21:04:00 OF THE STORY AND SUPPORT THE 03:21:04:00 03:21:07:00 NEEDS OF BOSTON RESIDENTS AT A 03:21:07:00 03:21:08:00 TIME WHEN THE CITY IS GOING TO 03:21:08:00 03:21:09:00 NEED US MORE THAN EVER. 03:21:09:00 03:21:10:00 THANK YOU. 03:21:10:00 03:21:12:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER 03:21:12:00 03:21:13:00 CONTRA FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE 03:21:13:00 03:21:13:00 FLOOR. 03:21:13:00 03:21:14:00 THANK YOU. 03:21:14:00 03:21:16:00 YES, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE 03:21:16:00 03:21:17:00 HAVE A LONG ROAD AND SOME TOUGH 03:21:17:00 03:21:18:00 DECISIONS AHEAD OF US. 03:21:18:00 03:21:19:00 I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING 03:21:19:00 03:21:20:00 THE CHAIR. 03:21:20:00 03:21:22:00 UH, AND ALL THIS NEEDS TO ACT 03:21:22:00 03:21:23:00 AS A SOUNDING BOARD IN ANY 03:21:23:00 03:21:23:00 OTHER WAY. 03:21:23:00 03:21:24:00 HE MIGHT NEED MY SUPPORT AND 03:21:24:00 03:21:26:00 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 03:21:26:00 03:21:27:00 ALL OF YOU AND TO SUCCESSFULLY 03:21:27:00 03:21:28:00 DELIVERING A BUDGET. 03:21:28:00 03:21:29:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:21:29:00 03:21:29:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 03:21:29:00 03:21:31:00 UH, COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE 03:21:31:00 03:21:31:00 FLOOR. 03:21:31:00 03:21:33:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:21:33:00 03:21:35:00 AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME. 03:21:35:00 03:21:36:00 I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS 03:21:36:00 03:21:36:00 DISCUSSION. 03:21:36:00 03:21:39:00 I ALSO KNOW AS COUNCILOR WEBER 03:21:39:00 03:21:41:00 MENTIONED THE OUTSTANDING WORK 03:21:41:00 03:21:42:00 THAT COUNCILOR WORRELL. 03:21:42:00 03:21:45:00 DID OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AS 03:21:45:00 03:21:48:00 BUDGET CHAIR, UM, OF THIS 03:21:48:00 03:21:48:00 IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. 03:21:48:00 03:21:50:00 BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH 03:21:50:00 03:21:53:00 THAT COUNCIL WE'RE ALL REMAIN 03:21:53:00 03:21:53:00 INVOLVED. 03:21:53:00 03:21:56:00 ENGAGED UH BECAUSE HE PROVIDED 03:21:56:00 03:21:57:00 EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP. 03:21:57:00 03:22:00:00 DURING CRITICAL TIMES AND AS WE 03:22:00:00 03:22:03:00 FOCUS ON THE BUDGET, IN MY 03:22:03:00 03:22:05:00 OPINION WE NEED THAT STRONG 03:22:05:00 03:22:06:00 LEADERSHIP WITH COUNCIL. 03:22:06:00 03:22:08:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCIL WEBER 03:22:08:00 03:22:10:00 BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR A 03:22:10:00 03:22:13:00 PERSON OF COLOR TO PLAY A KEY 03:22:13:00 03:22:14:00 ROLE ON THE WAYS AND MEANS 03:22:14:00 03:22:16:00 COMMITTEE EVEN THOUGH HE MAY 03:22:16:00 03:22:19:00 NOT BE NECESSARILY THE CHAIR IT 03:22:19:00 03:22:20:00 IS IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL. 03:22:20:00 03:22:22:00 WE'RE ALL IN MY OPINION TO HAVE 03:22:22:00 03:22:24:00 A KEY ROLE ON THAT COMMITTEE AS 03:22:24:00 03:22:24:00 WELL. 03:22:24:00 03:22:25:00 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 03:22:25:00 03:22:25:00 THANK YOU. 03:22:25:00 03:22:26:00 >> COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:22:26:00 03:22:27:00 COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 03:22:27:00 03:22:30:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:22:30:00 03:22:31:00 UM, AND I JUST WANT TO RISE UH, 03:22:31:00 03:22:34:00 TO THINK UM, CONGRATULATE 03:22:34:00 03:22:35:00 COUNCILOR WEBER IN HIS NEW 03:22:35:00 03:22:36:00 ROLE, UH, SHEPHERDING US 03:22:36:00 03:22:38:00 THROUGH WHAT I KNOW WILL BE A 03:22:38:00 03:22:41:00 VERY EXCITING PROCESS. 03:22:41:00 03:22:42:00 SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 03:22:42:00 03:22:44:00 UM, BUT I WHILE I'M. 03:22:44:00 03:22:46:00 UP, I JUST WANT TO ALSO 03:22:46:00 03:22:47:00 ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, 03:22:47:00 03:22:48:00 COUNCIL WHEREAS. 03:22:48:00 03:22:49:00 LEADERSHIP I MEAN, YOU REALLY 03:22:49:00 03:22:52:00 CENTERED RACIAL EQUITY AND EVEN 03:22:52:00 03:22:54:00 AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY OF US 03:22:54:00 03:22:56:00 WERE GOING IN OPPOSITE 03:22:56:00 03:22:57:00 DIRECTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE 03:22:57:00 03:23:00:00 WERE FIGHTING FOR, YOUR ABILITY 03:23:00:00 03:23:02:00 TO REALLY BRING US IN, UM, AND 03:23:02:00 03:23:05:00 REALLY CENTERING FAIRNESS, UM, 03:23:05:00 03:23:06:00 AND NOT FAVORITISM WAS REALLY 03:23:06:00 03:23:08:00 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ALWAYS 03:23:08:00 03:23:10:00 SHOWED UP UM, AND ACTIVELY 03:23:10:00 03:23:12:00 PARTICIPATED, UH, BECAUSE YOU 03:23:12:00 03:23:13:00 DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 03:23:13:00 03:23:16:00 TO REALLY PUT THE BODY FIRST. 03:23:16:00 03:23:17:00 UM, AND OUR PRIORITY. 03:23:17:00 03:23:19:00 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 03:23:19:00 03:23:20:00 YOUR LEADERSHIP. 03:23:20:00 03:23:22:00 AS YOU STEP AWAY FROM THAT ROLE 03:23:22:00 03:23:24:00 AND LOOKING FORWARD. 03:23:24:00 03:23:25:00 SO HEARING YOUR VOICE IN THIS 03:23:25:00 03:23:27:00 SPACE AND JUST BECAUSE YOU MAY 03:23:27:00 03:23:28:00 NOT HAVE THE FORMAL ROLE 03:23:28:00 03:23:30:00 DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT 03:23:30:00 03:23:31:00 YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE. 03:23:31:00 03:23:32:00 SO WE LOOK TO YOU TO CONTINUE 03:23:32:00 03:23:34:00 TO KEEP US ON TRACK. 03:23:34:00 03:23:35:00 THANK YOU. 03:23:35:00 03:23:35:00 THANK YOU. 03:23:35:00 03:23:37:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA UH, WOULD TAKE 03:23:37:00 03:23:40:00 DOCKET 0201 FIRST. 03:23:40:00 03:23:41:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:23:41:00 03:23:41:00 NAME? 03:23:41:00 03:23:42:00 COUNCILOR? 03:23:42:00 03:23:44:00 UH, COLOR AS A POWDER 03:23:44:00 03:23:46:00 COUNCIL CULPEPER 03:23:46:00 03:23:47:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN CULTURAL 03:23:47:00 03:23:49:00 DIVISION COUNCILOR. 03:23:49:00 03:23:50:00 MURPHY COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL. 03:23:50:00 03:23:54:00 PEPEN SANTANA COUNCILOR WORRELL 03:23:54:00 03:23:55:00 UM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 03:23:55:00 03:23:57:00 DOCKET 0201 WILL BE REFERRED TO 03:23:57:00 03:24:01:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE UM 03:24:01:00 03:24:02:00 AND THEN DOCKET 0202. 03:24:02:00 03:24:04:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:24:04:00 03:24:04:00 NAME? 03:24:04:00 03:24:06:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER 03:24:06:00 03:24:06:00 COUNCILOR. 03:24:06:00 03:24:08:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR FLYNN. 03:24:08:00 03:24:10:00 COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 03:24:10:00 03:24:11:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR. 03:24:11:00 03:24:13:00 MURPHY COUNCILOR. 03:24:13:00 03:24:15:00 PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA. 03:24:15:00 03:24:15:00 COUNSELOR. 03:24:15:00 03:24:17:00 WARREN PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. 03:24:17:00 03:24:25:00 UM DOCKET ZERO TWO UM TO DOCKET 03:24:25:00 03:24:26:00 0202 WILL BE SENT TO THE 03:24:26:00 03:24:28:00 COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, 03:24:28:00 03:24:29:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:24:29:00 03:24:31:00 READ DOCKET 0203? 03:24:31:00 03:24:34:00 DUCKY NUMBER 0203 COUNCILORS 03:24:34:00 03:24:35:00 WEBER AND FITZGERALD OFFERED 03:24:35:00 03:24:37:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 03:24:37:00 03:24:39:00 HEARING TO DISCUSS PRIOR 03:24:39:00 03:24:40:00 OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENTS 03:24:40:00 03:24:42:00 FROM FISCAL YEAR 23 TO FISCAL 03:24:42:00 03:24:43:00 YEAR 25. 03:24:43:00 03:24:46:00 COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE 03:24:46:00 03:24:46:00 FLOOR. 03:24:46:00 03:24:47:00 UH. 03:24:47:00 03:24:48:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:24:48:00 03:24:50:00 UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE ALL 03:24:50:00 03:24:52:00 WORKED REALLY HARD UH, ON THE 03:24:52:00 03:24:53:00 BUDGET AMENDMENTS LAST TWO 03:24:53:00 03:24:54:00 YEARS. 03:24:54:00 03:24:56:00 UH, AND THANKS TO COUNCILOR UH 03:24:56:00 03:24:57:00 , BRIAN. 03:24:57:00 03:24:58:00 WELL, THE CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND 03:24:58:00 03:24:59:00 MEANS COMMITTEE WE MANAGED TO 03:24:59:00 03:25:03:00 GET THROUGH I BELIEVE I LIKE 03:25:03:00 03:25:04:00 $15 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS OVER 03:25:04:00 03:25:06:00 THE LAST TWO YEARS, I THINK TO 03:25:06:00 03:25:08:00 INFORM HOW WE APPROACH THAT, UH 03:25:08:00 03:25:09:00 , ISSUE THIS YEAR. 03:25:09:00 03:25:10:00 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 03:25:10:00 03:25:11:00 UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR 03:25:11:00 03:25:12:00 BUDGET AMENDMENTS. 03:25:12:00 03:25:14:00 UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE MONEY 03:25:14:00 03:25:17:00 WAS ALLOCATED IN THE WAY WE B 03:25:17:00 03:25:18:00 WE AMENDED THE BUDGET TO TO 03:25:18:00 03:25:20:00 HAVE ALLOCATED WHETHER THOSE 03:25:20:00 03:25:22:00 PROGRAMS, UH, WERE INSTITUTED, 03:25:22:00 03:25:24:00 WHETHER THEY DELIVERED UH ON 03:25:24:00 03:25:27:00 THE PROMISE THAT WE UH, HAD 03:25:27:00 03:25:27:00 HOPED THEY WOULD. 03:25:27:00 03:25:29:00 HELP UH, YOU KNOW, OUR 03:25:29:00 03:25:29:00 CONSTITUENTS. 03:25:29:00 03:25:32:00 SO UH THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, I'D 03:25:32:00 03:25:33:00 LIKE TO HAVE A SEPARATE HEARING 03:25:33:00 03:25:34:00 ON. 03:25:34:00 03:25:35:00 UH, WHAT HAS. 03:25:35:00 03:25:37:00 REVIEWING THOSE BUDGET 03:25:37:00 03:25:38:00 AMENDMENTS AND WHAT. 03:25:38:00 03:25:38:00 >> HAS. 03:25:38:00 03:25:39:00 HAPPENED TO THEM. 03:25:39:00 03:25:41:00 I KNOW SOME OF US HAD ISSUES 03:25:41:00 03:25:42:00 ABOUT GETTING THE MONEY TO 03:25:42:00 03:25:43:00 WHERE WE. 03:25:43:00 03:25:43:00 WANTED IT TO. 03:25:43:00 03:25:46:00 TO BE UH, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, 03:25:46:00 03:25:47:00 MAYBE NOT SO MUCH LAST YEAR 03:25:47:00 03:25:49:00 BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOOK 03:25:49:00 03:25:50:00 FORWARD TO FIGURING THAT OUT SO 03:25:50:00 03:25:50:00 WE CAN MAKE SURE. 03:25:50:00 03:25:52:00 OUR AMENDMENTS ARE AS EFFECTIVE 03:25:52:00 03:25:53:00 AS THEY. 03:25:53:00 03:25:53:00 CAN BE. 03:25:53:00 03:25:54:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:25:54:00 03:25:54:00 THANK YOU. 03:25:54:00 03:25:55:00 COUNCILOR. 03:25:55:00 03:25:57:00 UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU 03:25:57:00 03:25:57:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 03:25:57:00 03:25:58:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:25:58:00 03:25:59:00 CAN'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING 03:25:59:00 03:26:00:00 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WE'VE BEEN 03:26:00:00 03:26:01:00 LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT. 03:26:01:00 03:26:01:00 KEEP GOING. 03:26:01:00 03:26:03:00 >> THANK YOU, 03:26:03:00 03:26:03:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 03:26:03:00 03:26:05:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE THE OTHER 03:26:05:00 03:26:05:00 NAME? 03:26:05:00 03:26:07:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A POWDER 03:26:07:00 03:26:07:00 COUNCILOR. 03:26:07:00 03:26:09:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:26:09:00 03:26:10:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 03:26:10:00 03:26:11:00 MEJIA COUNCIL. 03:26:11:00 03:26:13:00 MURPHY COUNCILOR. 03:26:13:00 03:26:14:00 PEPPER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA 03:26:14:00 03:26:15:00 CONSTABLE REALM PLEASE OUT THE 03:26:15:00 03:26:16:00 CHAIR. 03:26:16:00 03:26:20:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0203 WILL BE 03:26:20:00 03:26:21:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 03:26:21:00 03:26:21:00 OF THE WHOLE. 03:26:21:00 03:26:24:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:26:24:00 03:26:26:00 READ DOCKET 0204. 03:26:26:00 03:26:28:00 COUNCIL IS WEBER IN? 03:26:28:00 03:26:29:00 UH, JUST EXCUSE ME, DUCKY 03:26:29:00 03:26:31:00 NUMBER 0204 COUNCILORS WEBER 03:26:31:00 03:26:33:00 AND PIPPIN OFFERED THE 03:26:33:00 03:26:35:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:26:35:00 03:26:36:00 TO DISCUSS MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD 03:26:36:00 03:26:38:00 STREETS SAFER FOLLOWING THE 30 03:26:38:00 03:26:40:00 DAY REVIEW OF STREET PROJECTS 03:26:40:00 03:26:42:00 IN BOSTON, A REFERRAL FROM. 03:26:42:00 03:26:44:00 2025. 03:26:44:00 03:26:46:00 UM, COUNCILOR WHETHER YOU HAVE 03:26:46:00 03:26:46:00 THE FLOOR. 03:26:46:00 03:26:47:00 YEAH. 03:26:47:00 03:26:48:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 03:26:48:00 03:26:50:00 THIS IS A REFILE UH, JUST UH I 03:26:50:00 03:26:52:00 THINK FOR COUNCILOR COLE 03:26:52:00 03:26:54:00 PEPPERS UH, INFORMATION. 03:26:54:00 03:26:56:00 YOU KNOW, WE UH IT DOES DEALS 03:26:56:00 03:26:58:00 WITH, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, 03:26:58:00 03:26:59:00 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SPEED 03:26:59:00 03:27:01:00 BUMPS, STOP SIGNS, BIKE LANES. 03:27:01:00 03:27:04:00 UH, AND THERE WAS A 30 DAY 03:27:04:00 03:27:05:00 REVIEW INSTITUTED BY THE 03:27:05:00 03:27:06:00 MAYOR'S OFFICE WHICH AT LEAST 03:27:06:00 03:27:08:00 IN MY DISTRICT RESULTED IN A 03:27:08:00 03:27:10:00 STOP TO MOST OF THOSE THINGS 03:27:10:00 03:27:10:00 GOING IN PLACE. 03:27:10:00 03:27:12:00 WE'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 03:27:12:00 03:27:13:00 GET BEYOND THE 30 DAY REVIEW 03:27:13:00 03:27:16:00 AND TO, UH, TO ALLOW US TO 03:27:16:00 03:27:18:00 DELIVER THOSE, YOU KNOW, MUCH 03:27:18:00 03:27:20:00 NEEDED UH, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 03:27:20:00 03:27:20:00 TO OUR STREETS. 03:27:20:00 03:27:21:00 TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 03:27:21:00 03:27:22:00 UH, THANK YOU. 03:27:22:00 03:27:23:00 THANK YOU. 03:27:23:00 03:27:25:00 >> UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 03:27:25:00 03:27:29:00 THEIR NAME, COUNCILOR UM, 03:27:29:00 03:27:29:00 COLLETTE IS A PARTNER. 03:27:29:00 03:27:32:00 COUNCILOR COLE. 03:27:32:00 03:27:35:00 CULPEPER, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, 03:27:35:00 03:27:37:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, 03:27:37:00 03:27:40:00 COUNCILOR UH, HERE 03:27:40:00 03:27:40:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 03:27:40:00 03:27:43:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 03:27:43:00 03:27:45:00 CONSTABLE RAEL. 03:27:45:00 03:27:45:00 AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. 03:27:45:00 03:27:51:00 DOCKET 0 TO 0 FOUR WILL BE GO 03:27:51:00 03:27:52:00 TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. 03:27:52:00 03:27:53:00 THANK YOU. 03:27:53:00 03:27:56:00 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 03:27:56:00 03:27:57:00 DOCKET. 03:27:57:00 03:28:00:00 02050205 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR 03:28:00:00 03:28:01:00 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 03:28:01:00 03:28:03:00 HEARING TO REVIEW CONSTRUCTION 03:28:03:00 03:28:05:00 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHITE 03:28:05:00 03:28:06:00 STADIUM PROJECT. 03:28:06:00 03:28:09:00 COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE 03:28:09:00 03:28:09:00 FLOOR. 03:28:09:00 03:28:11:00 OKAY. 03:28:11:00 03:28:12:00 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 03:28:12:00 03:28:13:00 UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALKED 03:28:13:00 03:28:15:00 ABOUT THIS AS A COUNCIL LAST 03:28:15:00 03:28:15:00 YEAR. 03:28:15:00 03:28:18:00 UH, WE I THINK WE PASSED A 03:28:18:00 03:28:21:00 RESOLUTION ASKING FOR, UH, THE 03:28:21:00 03:28:22:00 UPDATED NUMBERS ON CONSTRUCTION 03:28:22:00 03:28:24:00 FOR WHITE STADIUM. 03:28:24:00 03:28:26:00 THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE 03:28:26:00 03:28:28:00 GET THOSE NUMBERS AND WE CAN 03:28:28:00 03:28:29:00 DISCUSS IT AS A BODY. 03:28:29:00 03:28:29:00 I THINK. 03:28:29:00 03:28:31:00 REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND 03:28:31:00 03:28:32:00 ON WHETHER THE STADIUM SHOULD 03:28:32:00 03:28:34:00 BE RENOVATED IN THE WAY IT'S 03:28:34:00 03:28:36:00 PLANNED OR NOT, YOU KNOW WE ALL 03:28:36:00 03:28:38:00 HAVE AN INTEREST IN OVERSIGHT 03:28:38:00 03:28:40:00 AND UH, OF THAT PROJECT AND 03:28:40:00 03:28:43:00 MAKING SURE THAT UH, YOU KNOW, 03:28:43:00 03:28:45:00 WE'RE PROVIDING THE UH, YOU 03:28:45:00 03:28:46:00 KNOW, ACCURATE INFORMATION TO 03:28:46:00 03:28:48:00 OUR CONSTITUENTS. 03:28:48:00 03:28:49:00 ABOUT THE PROJECT. 03:28:49:00 03:28:49:00 SO THANK YOU. 03:28:49:00 03:28:51:00 THANK YOU. 03:28:51:00 03:28:54:00 UM, CONTROVERSY DO YOU HAVE THE 03:28:54:00 03:28:54:00 FLOOR? 03:28:54:00 03:28:56:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:28:56:00 03:29:00:00 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR 03:29:00:00 03:29:02:00 CLARIFICATION ON IF THIS IS 03:29:02:00 03:29:04:00 SIMILAR TO COUNCILMEMBER. 03:29:04:00 03:29:06:00 HE IS HEARING ORDER THAT 03:29:06:00 03:29:07:00 INCLUDES AN ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:29:07:00 03:29:11:00 , UM, TO DISCUSS WHITE STADIUM 03:29:11:00 03:29:11:00 . 03:29:11:00 03:29:14:00 MR CHAIR. 03:29:14:00 03:29:18:00 THAT WOULD BE DOCKET 01880188. 03:29:18:00 03:29:21:00 JUST TO COUNCILOR WEBER IS MORE 03:29:21:00 03:29:23:00 DIRECT JUST ADDRESSING WHITE 03:29:23:00 03:29:25:00 STADIUM BUT HERS DID INCLUDE UM 03:29:25:00 03:29:26:00 BOSTON PUBLIC. 03:29:26:00 03:29:26:00 >> SCHOOL. 03:29:26:00 03:29:29:00 FACILITIES ASSETS AND WHITE 03:29:29:00 03:29:29:00 STADIUM. 03:29:29:00 03:29:36:00 SISTER TRACK. 03:29:36:00 03:29:37:00 >> UH I HAVE TO. 03:29:37:00 03:29:37:00 LOOK IT UP. 03:29:37:00 03:29:37:00 YEAH. 03:29:37:00 03:29:39:00 >> 1218 IT. 03:29:39:00 03:29:52:00 BECAUSE I ALSO. 03:29:52:00 03:29:52:00 HAVE TO. 03:29:52:00 03:29:53:00 FIND IT. 03:29:53:00 03:29:54:00 >> NO THAT'S FINE. 03:29:54:00 03:29:56:00 WE CAN HELP. 03:29:56:00 03:30:01:00 AND ALTHOUGH, UM, A COLLEAGUE 03:30:01:00 03:30:03:00 STATED THAT MANY OF US MAYBE 03:30:03:00 03:30:04:00 DIDN'T READ YOUR RULES OR ALL, 03:30:04:00 03:30:06:00 BUT I DID SEE, UM, 03:30:06:00 03:30:07:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT YOU DO 03:30:07:00 03:30:07:00 WANT. 03:30:07:00 03:30:08:00 >> TO WORK ON. 03:30:08:00 03:30:10:00 RULE 15 MAKING SURE THAT WE 03:30:10:00 03:30:10:00 TIGHTEN MAKING SURE THERE 03:30:10:00 03:30:12:00 AREN'T DUPLICATIVE HEARING 03:30:12:00 03:30:13:00 ORDERS OR RESOLUTIONS. 03:30:13:00 03:30:18:00 SO THAT'S WHY THIS I WANTED TO 03:30:18:00 03:30:18:00 FLAG THIS. 03:30:18:00 03:30:31:00 WE CAN GO IN THE COMMITTEE 03:30:31:00 03:30:34:00 OF THE WHOLE AND THEN IT WOULD 03:30:34:00 03:30:35:00 BE PLACED IN RULES BEFORE IT 03:30:35:00 03:30:35:00 HAPPENED. 03:30:35:00 03:30:41:00 THIS IS COUNCIL ONE. 03:30:41:00 03:30:49:00 STILL LOOKING TO GET. 03:30:49:00 03:31:01:00 >> YOUR YOUR THAT WAS HEARD BUT 03:31:01:00 03:31:01:00 WE NEED. 03:31:01:00 03:31:05:00 EXHIBIT EIGHT. 03:31:05:00 03:31:09:00 THANK YOU THANK YOU. 03:31:09:00 03:31:33:00 THE COUNCIL ON ME IS IS ON THE 03:31:33:00 03:31:35:00 REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL OF WHITE 03:31:35:00 03:31:37:00 STADIUM AND INCLUDING ITS 03:31:37:00 03:31:38:00 IMPLICATIONS TO BOSTON. 03:31:38:00 03:31:40:00 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. 03:31:40:00 03:31:43:00 AND THIS COUNSELOR WEBB IS IS 03:31:43:00 03:31:45:00 PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE 03:31:45:00 03:31:46:00 CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 03:31:46:00 03:31:49:00 SPECIFIC TO THE COST. 03:31:49:00 03:31:49:00 >> IS OKAY. 03:31:49:00 03:31:53:00 COULD I, UM REASSURE THAT WE'RE 03:31:53:00 03:31:55:00 ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE COST 03:31:55:00 03:31:56:00 OF IN THE OTHER HEARING ORDER 03:31:56:00 03:31:58:00 BECAUSE WE HAD THE LAST TERM 03:31:58:00 03:31:59:00 FILED MANY HEARING ORDERS THAT 03:31:59:00 03:32:01:00 WENT INTO GOVERNMENT OPS AND 03:32:01:00 03:32:02:00 OTHER HEARINGS, UM. 03:32:02:00 03:32:05:00 COMMITTEES THIS ISSUE COMES UP 03:32:05:00 03:32:06:00 A LOT. 03:32:06:00 03:32:06:00 IT SHOULD. 03:32:06:00 03:32:07:00 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BIG 03:32:07:00 03:32:07:00 CONCERN. 03:32:07:00 03:32:09:00 >> JUST THANK YOU, 03:32:09:00 03:32:09:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 03:32:09:00 03:32:11:00 UH, COUNCIL WEBER, IF YOU'D 03:32:11:00 03:32:12:00 LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE. 03:32:12:00 03:32:16:00 YEAH. 03:32:16:00 03:32:16:00 >> I MEAN. 03:32:16:00 03:32:18:00 >> I THINK AS THE CLERK SAID, 03:32:18:00 03:32:19:00 IT'S A DIFFERENT HEARING ORDER. 03:32:19:00 03:32:20:00 UH, AND. 03:32:20:00 03:32:21:00 WE'LL BE. 03:32:21:00 03:32:23:00 HAVING A HEARING ON THAT ISSUE 03:32:23:00 03:32:23:00 OR AT. 03:32:23:00 03:32:25:00 >> LEAST THAT THAT. 03:32:25:00 03:32:25:00 I'M SPONSORING. 03:32:25:00 03:32:26:00 I'M SURE WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT 03:32:26:00 03:32:27:00 A LOT. 03:32:27:00 03:32:27:00 >> OF DIFFERENT ISSUES WITH. 03:32:27:00 03:32:28:00 >> WHITE. 03:32:28:00 03:32:29:00 STADIUM, UH. 03:32:29:00 03:32:30:00 >> IN THE COMING YEAR. 03:32:30:00 03:32:31:00 THANKS, COUNSELOR. 03:32:31:00 03:32:33:00 JULIE HERE. 03:32:33:00 03:32:37:00 YES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND SO 03:32:37:00 03:32:38:00 IT BEGINS. 03:32:38:00 03:32:39:00 ALL RIGHT. 03:32:39:00 03:32:41:00 >> SO I WANT TO BE REALLY 03:32:41:00 03:32:41:00 CLEAR. 03:32:41:00 03:32:45:00 I DON'T WANT TO, UM, START OFF 03:32:45:00 03:32:46:00 THE YEAR WITH. 03:32:46:00 03:32:50:00 UM, CHAOS, HOWEVER. 03:32:50:00 03:32:55:00 UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY 03:32:55:00 03:32:57:00 INCIDENCES HERE ON THIS 03:32:57:00 03:32:57:00 COUNCIL. 03:32:57:00 03:33:01:00 THAT RULES HAVE BEEN USED TO 03:33:01:00 03:33:03:00 BLOCK AND PREVENT CONVERSATIONS 03:33:03:00 03:33:04:00 FROM HAPPENING. 03:33:04:00 03:33:09:00 AND MY QUESTION IS MY HEARING 03:33:09:00 03:33:15:00 ORDER WAS FILED BEFORE 03:33:15:00 03:33:16:00 COUNCILOR WEBERS AND MINE 03:33:16:00 03:33:17:00 HEARING ORDER. 03:33:17:00 03:33:19:00 I'LL TAKE MY EXHIBIT BACK. 03:33:19:00 03:33:22:00 SO I CAN HAVE FIVE. 03:33:22:00 03:33:25:00 TRYING TO. 03:33:25:00 03:33:27:00 ALEX THAT POINT BACK. 03:33:27:00 03:33:31:00 SO JUST FOR THE RECORD TUNING 03:33:31:00 03:33:33:00 IN THIS IS HOW THESE. 03:33:33:00 03:33:36:00 IS HOW I ENDED UP IN SITUATIONS 03:33:36:00 03:33:38:00 THAT I KNOW DO NOT WANT TO BE 03:33:38:00 03:33:38:00 IN. 03:33:38:00 03:33:42:00 BUT I AM ASKING SPECIFICALLY 03:33:42:00 03:33:46:00 AROUND COST AS IT RELATES TO 03:33:46:00 03:33:51:00 WHITE STADIUM AND SO I NEED A 03:33:51:00 03:33:52:00 BETTER. 03:33:52:00 03:33:54:00 I NEED A BETTER ANSWER. 03:33:54:00 03:33:57:00 TO SATISFY. 03:33:57:00 03:34:00:00 THE RULING. 03:34:00:00 03:34:01:00 OF THE. 03:34:01:00 03:34:03:00 >> CLERK IN ORDER FOR ME TO 03:34:03:00 03:34:04:00 UNDERSTAND IT OR I NEED A 03:34:04:00 03:34:06:00 TRANSLATOR I NEED SOMETHING. 03:34:06:00 03:34:08:00 BECAUSE ALEX I STILL. 03:34:08:00 03:34:09:00 AM A LITTLE BIT UM. 03:34:09:00 03:34:13:00 UNCLEAR AS TO IF MY HEARING 03:34:13:00 03:34:13:00 ORDER. 03:34:13:00 03:34:15:00 LOOKS AT. 03:34:15:00 03:34:17:00 THE FACILITIES, THE. 03:34:17:00 03:34:19:00 CHALLENGES, THE BUDGET, THE 03:34:19:00 03:34:20:00 MONEY. 03:34:20:00 03:34:25:00 THE REDEVELOPMENT, THE PRIVATE 03:34:25:00 03:34:26:00 PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. 03:34:26:00 03:34:29:00 THE COST. 03:34:29:00 03:34:32:00 91 MILLION OF MUNICIPAL CAPITAL 03:34:32:00 03:34:33:00 FUNDING TOWARDS THE STADIUM. 03:34:33:00 03:34:35:00 ALL OF THAT IS IN MY HEARING 03:34:35:00 03:34:35:00 ORDER. 03:34:35:00 03:34:38:00 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, 03:34:38:00 03:34:42:00 COUNSELOR UM HERE THAT YOU ARE 03:34:42:00 03:34:44:00 ALSO LOOKING MORE BROADLY AT 03:34:44:00 03:34:46:00 SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOL 03:34:46:00 03:34:47:00 FACILITIES GENERALLY AND PUBLIC 03:34:47:00 03:34:50:00 ASSETS LIKE THIS ONE HEARING 03:34:50:00 03:34:52:00 SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE 03:34:52:00 03:34:53:00 FOCUSED ON WHITE STADIUM AND 03:34:53:00 03:34:55:00 THEN AN ALL WHITE STADIUMS AND 03:34:55:00 03:34:56:00 THE BOTTOM OF THE BASKET WITH 03:34:56:00 03:34:57:00 THE OTHER WITH THE OTHER. 03:34:57:00 03:35:00:00 UH I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR THE 03:35:00:00 03:35:01:00 RECORD THAT THIS IS A NEW AREA. 03:35:01:00 03:35:02:00 OKAY. 03:35:02:00 03:35:02:00 >> A NEW DAWN. 03:35:02:00 03:35:05:00 AND COUNCIL. 03:35:05:00 03:35:09:00 COUNSELOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU 03:35:09:00 03:35:10:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 03:35:10:00 03:35:10:00 YEAH. 03:35:10:00 03:35:11:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:35:11:00 03:35:11:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:35:11:00 03:35:13:00 UM, I WANT TO MAKE TWO TWO 03:35:13:00 03:35:15:00 POINTS OR ONE POINTS. 03:35:15:00 03:35:16:00 MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO 03:35:16:00 03:35:17:00 COUNCIL WHETHER. 03:35:17:00 03:35:21:00 UH, YES, YOU MAY ASK A QUESTION 03:35:21:00 03:35:21:00 TO COUNCIL. 03:35:21:00 03:35:21:00 YOU. 03:35:21:00 03:35:24:00 >> UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, DO YOU 03:35:24:00 03:35:25:00 KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET 03:35:25:00 03:35:27:00 THE MOST UPDATED NUMBERS ON THE 03:35:27:00 03:35:28:00 COST OF WHITE STADIUM? 03:35:28:00 03:35:32:00 LET'S SEE. 03:35:32:00 03:35:36:00 >> UM. 03:35:36:00 03:35:37:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:35:37:00 03:35:38:00 I GOT YOU COVERED IN THERE. 03:35:38:00 03:35:38:00 YEAH. 03:35:38:00 03:35:39:00 >> ALL RIGHT. 03:35:39:00 03:35:43:00 I DON'T I CAN I'VE BEEN ASKING. 03:35:43:00 03:35:44:00 I'M SURE. 03:35:44:00 03:35:45:00 MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING. 03:35:45:00 03:35:46:00 I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW. 03:35:46:00 03:35:47:00 OKAY. 03:35:47:00 03:35:48:00 I'M HOPING SOON. 03:35:48:00 03:35:51:00 UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:35:51:00 03:35:54:00 I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 03:35:54:00 03:35:56:00 COMMENTS COUNCILOR MICKEY YOU 03:35:56:00 03:35:58:00 MADE I I DO AGREE WITH 03:35:58:00 03:36:00:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA, BUT I THINK 03:36:00:00 03:36:02:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA EFFECTIVELY 03:36:02:00 03:36:03:00 MADE HER POINT. 03:36:03:00 03:36:04:00 I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH THAT. 03:36:04:00 03:36:06:00 BUT I DO STAND WITH 03:36:06:00 03:36:06:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA. 03:36:06:00 03:36:07:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:36:07:00 03:36:08:00 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. 03:36:08:00 03:36:10:00 YOU, UH YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 03:36:10:00 03:36:11:00 THANK YOU. 03:36:11:00 03:36:14:00 >> UM, I WAS GOING TO ASK THIS 03:36:14:00 03:36:15:00 AS A POINT OF ORDER LATER, BUT 03:36:15:00 03:36:16:00 COUNCIL ME HERE BROUGHT IT UP 03:36:16:00 03:36:18:00 IN THIS DISCUSSION I NOTICED 03:36:18:00 03:36:21:00 THAT THIS AGENDA UM, IF I COULD 03:36:21:00 03:36:23:00 ADDRESS THE CLERK IS 03:36:23:00 03:36:24:00 ALPHABETICAL NOT IN ORDER 03:36:24:00 03:36:25:00 OF WHEN WE FILED. 03:36:25:00 03:36:27:00 AND THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHEN 03:36:27:00 03:36:29:00 BECAUSE RULE 15 IS INVOKED. 03:36:29:00 03:36:31:00 UH, IF SOMEONE FILED IT 03:36:31:00 03:36:33:00 BEFOREHAND, IS THAT BECAUSE 03:36:33:00 03:36:34:00 THERE WERE JUST SO MANY ITEMS 03:36:34:00 03:36:35:00 AND WE WERE ASKING BECAUSE 03:36:35:00 03:36:39:00 OF THE SNOW DAY ON FRIDAY TO 03:36:39:00 03:36:40:00 MAKE SURE WE FILED BEFORE 03:36:40:00 03:36:41:00 MONDAY AT TEN? 03:36:41:00 03:36:43:00 WELL, IT'S DIFFICULT TO. 03:36:43:00 03:36:45:00 TO READ ALL THESE ORDERS. 03:36:45:00 03:36:47:00 >> IT IS IT'S THE BEGINNING 03:36:47:00 03:36:48:00 OF THE YEAR SO THERE ARE 03:36:48:00 03:36:51:00 TECHNICALLY ANY GREEN SHEETS TO 03:36:51:00 03:36:51:00 COMPARE. 03:36:51:00 03:36:54:00 FILINGS AND LOOK AT OUR PACKET 03:36:54:00 03:36:55:00 FROM THIS FROM TODAY. 03:36:55:00 03:36:57:00 THIS IS TODAY A LOT SO THERE'S 03:36:57:00 03:36:57:00 A LOT. 03:36:57:00 03:36:58:00 BUT GOING FORWARD. 03:36:58:00 03:37:00:00 >> WE WILL DO THEM WHEN THEY'RE 03:37:00:00 03:37:00:00 FILED. 03:37:00:00 03:37:03:00 THEY USUALLY REVIEW THEM BEFORE 03:37:03:00 03:37:04:00 THEY GET ON THE AGENDA. 03:37:04:00 03:37:07:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY UM 03:37:07:00 03:37:08:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 03:37:08:00 03:37:13:00 WELL NO I JUST I I I MY GUESS 03:37:13:00 03:37:16:00 IS THAT THE COUNCILOR MURPHY'S 03:37:16:00 03:37:18:00 UH, STATEMENT IS NOT ACCURATE 03:37:18:00 03:37:19:00 THAT WE'VE LISTED ALPHABETICAL 03:37:19:00 03:37:21:00 I THINK AS OFFICES WE OFTEN 03:37:21:00 03:37:22:00 PREPARE ALL. 03:37:22:00 03:37:23:00 >> OF OUR THINGS AND FILE. 03:37:23:00 03:37:24:00 THEM AT ONCE. 03:37:24:00 03:37:26:00 UH, AND THEN SO, YOU KNOW, ONE 03:37:26:00 03:37:28:00 LIKE JORDAN FOR MY OFFICE FILED 03:37:28:00 03:37:29:00 FIVE THINGS. 03:37:29:00 03:37:31:00 THAT'S WHY YOU SEE WEBER WEBER 03:37:31:00 03:37:31:00 WEBER. 03:37:31:00 03:37:31:00 UM. 03:37:31:00 03:37:33:00 >> BUT, UH. 03:37:33:00 03:37:36:00 AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS 03:37:36:00 03:37:37:00 EVEN AN ISSUE MAYBE MAYBE WE 03:37:37:00 03:37:39:00 DID AT WHO KNOWS? 03:37:39:00 03:37:39:00 BUT UH. 03:37:39:00 03:37:42:00 UM YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S WHY 03:37:42:00 03:37:44:00 MY THINGS ARE TOGETHER. 03:37:44:00 03:37:44:00 UM. 03:37:44:00 03:37:46:00 >> THANK YOU ANYWAY. 03:37:46:00 03:37:48:00 AND I, I WILL SAY IF WE ADOPT 03:37:48:00 03:37:49:00 THE RULES, I BELIEVE THIS 03:37:49:00 03:37:51:00 HEARING WOULD BE UM. 03:37:51:00 03:37:52:00 >> IN THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE. 03:37:52:00 03:37:53:00 UH. 03:37:53:00 03:37:54:00 >> SO FOR THAT. 03:37:54:00 03:37:54:00 THANK YOU. 03:37:54:00 03:37:57:00 YOU KNOW, UM THANK YOU EVERYONE 03:37:57:00 03:37:57:00 . 03:37:57:00 03:37:59:00 WOULD ANYONE UH SO WE'VE HAVE 03:37:59:00 03:38:01:00 WE HAD FOLKS ADDED THEIR NAME 03:38:01:00 03:38:04:00 TO DOCKET 0205. 03:38:04:00 03:38:05:00 HAVE WE ASKED THAT? 03:38:05:00 03:38:09:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:38:09:00 03:38:11:00 NAME TO DOCTOR 0 TO 0 FIVE? 03:38:11:00 03:38:14:00 COUNSELOR COLOR DOES IT MATTER, 03:38:14:00 03:38:15:00 COUNSELOR. 03:38:15:00 03:38:15:00 COUNCILOR. 03:38:15:00 03:38:16:00 CULPEPER. 03:38:16:00 03:38:16:00 COUNCILOR. 03:38:16:00 03:38:17:00 FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR. 03:38:17:00 03:38:19:00 FLYNN, COUNSELOR. 03:38:19:00 03:38:19:00 PEPEN. 03:38:19:00 03:38:20:00 CONSCIOUS. 03:38:20:00 03:38:20:00 SANTANA. 03:38:20:00 03:38:21:00 COUNSELOR. 03:38:21:00 03:38:22:00 WELL, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 03:38:22:00 03:38:26:00 UH, DOCKET 0205 WILL BE 03:38:26:00 03:38:27:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 03:38:27:00 03:38:29:00 OF THE WHOLE AND I THINK AT 03:38:29:00 03:38:32:00 THAT STAGE WE WILL, UH, 03:38:32:00 03:38:34:00 ADJUDICATE THE WHETHER THIS 03:38:34:00 03:38:36:00 WILL BE A COMBINED HEARING OR 03:38:36:00 03:38:38:00 WHATEVER, BUT WE'LL DEAL WITH 03:38:38:00 03:38:39:00 THIS AT A LATER TIME. 03:38:39:00 03:38:42:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, DRAWING 03:38:42:00 03:38:42:00 THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. 03:38:42:00 03:38:45:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 03:38:45:00 03:38:47:00 READ A DOCKET 0206. 03:38:47:00 03:38:51:00 DUCKING MA0206 COUNSELORS WERE 03:38:51:00 03:38:53:00 L MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER 03:38:53:00 03:38:54:00 FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE WAYS 03:38:54:00 03:38:56:00 OF USING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS TO 03:38:56:00 03:38:58:00 HOST CHILDCARE CENTERS. 03:38:58:00 03:39:00:00 THANK YOU. 03:39:00:00 03:39:02:00 >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 03:39:02:00 03:39:03:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL. 03:39:03:00 03:39:04:00 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:39:04:00 03:39:04:00 UH. 03:39:04:00 03:39:06:00 >> CAN I REQUEST THAT WE'RE 03:39:06:00 03:39:12:00 DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO 620220? 03:39:12:00 03:39:14:00 UH, ALL TOGETHER PLEASE. 03:39:14:00 03:39:23:00 06202260220010 REFERENCE. 03:39:23:00 03:39:25:00 TO THREE. 03:39:25:00 03:39:30:00 THESE ARE UH OH THESE ARE ALL 03:39:30:00 03:39:31:00 YOUR REFERENCE. 03:39:31:00 03:39:31:00 OKAY. 03:39:31:00 03:39:34:00 UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU, UH, 03:39:34:00 03:39:44:00 READ DOCKET 0206 THROUGH ZERO 03:39:44:00 03:39:44:00 22020? 03:39:44:00 03:39:47:00 SO THE FIRST. 03:39:47:00 03:39:48:00 >> ONE. 03:39:48:00 03:39:49:00 IN THE LAST ONE NOT REVISED. 03:39:49:00 03:39:50:00 YEAH. 03:39:50:00 03:39:54:00 >> UH, THE FIRST ONE IS FIRST 03:39:54:00 03:39:54:00 ONE IS. 03:39:54:00 03:39:58:00 LAST TWO. 03:39:58:00 03:39:59:00 OKAY. 03:39:59:00 03:40:03:00 WE DIDN'T. 03:40:03:00 03:40:04:00 ALL RIGHT. 03:40:04:00 03:40:07:00 >> NUMBER 0206 COUNCIL. 03:40:07:00 03:40:09:00 COUNCIL IS WHERE I'LL BE HERE 03:40:09:00 03:40:10:00 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 03:40:10:00 03:40:11:00 HEARING TO EXPLORE WAYS 03:40:11:00 03:40:13:00 OF USING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS TO 03:40:13:00 03:40:15:00 HOST CHILDCARE CENTERS. 03:40:15:00 03:40:18:00 DOCKING NUMBER 0207 03:40:18:00 03:40:19:00 COUNCIL WHERE L ARE FOR THE. 03:40:19:00 03:40:21:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:40:21:00 03:40:22:00 TO REVIEW AND ESTABLISH. 03:40:22:00 03:40:23:00 >> A BUSINESS. 03:40:23:00 03:40:25:00 OWNER 101 PROGRAM FOR GRANT 03:40:25:00 03:40:28:00 RECIPIENTS TALKING NUMBER 0208 03:40:28:00 03:40:30:00 COUNCIL WE'RE L OFF WITH THE 03:40:30:00 03:40:31:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:40:31:00 03:40:33:00 TO ADDRESS PROBLEM PROPERTIES 03:40:33:00 03:40:36:00 IN BOSTON SO I CAN NUMBER 0209 03:40:36:00 03:40:37:00 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF FOR THE 03:40:37:00 03:40:39:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:40:39:00 03:40:41:00 ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND 03:40:41:00 03:40:43:00 BEST PRACTICES FOR CIVIC 03:40:43:00 03:40:44:00 ASSOCIATIONS. 03:40:44:00 03:40:47:00 TALKING NUMBER 0210 03:40:47:00 03:40:48:00 COUNCIL WORRELL OFF THE 03:40:48:00 03:40:50:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:40:50:00 03:40:52:00 TO DISCUSS THE CREATION 03:40:52:00 03:40:52:00 OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN 03:40:52:00 03:40:53:00 BOSTON. 03:40:53:00 03:40:56:00 TALKING NUMBER 0211 03:40:56:00 03:40:57:00 COUNCIL WE'RE L FOR THE 03:40:57:00 03:40:59:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:40:59:00 03:41:01:00 TO DISCUSS THE CREATION 03:41:01:00 03:41:02:00 OF INDOOR PLAYGROUNDS IN 03:41:02:00 03:41:03:00 BOSTON. 03:41:03:00 03:41:05:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0212 03:41:05:00 03:41:07:00 COUNCIL WE'RE FOR THE FOLLOWING 03:41:07:00 03:41:09:00 ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE 03:41:09:00 03:41:11:00 PROPOSAL FOR A CHRISTMAS ATTIC. 03:41:11:00 03:41:14:00 STATUE TALKING MA0213 03:41:14:00 03:41:16:00 COUNCIL WILL OFFER THE PHONE 03:41:16:00 03:41:18:00 ORDER FOR A CARRYING TO ALLOW 03:41:18:00 03:41:20:00 FOR MONTHLY PROPERTY TAX 03:41:20:00 03:41:21:00 PAYMENTS FOR RESIDENTS. 03:41:21:00 03:41:24:00 TOKEN NUMBER 021 FOR 03:41:24:00 03:41:25:00 COUNCILOR RELLA FOR THE 03:41:25:00 03:41:27:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:41:27:00 03:41:28:00 TO REVIEW THE. 03:41:28:00 03:41:30:00 DISTRIBUTION OF BOSTON'S 225 03:41:30:00 03:41:32:00 NEW LIQUOR LICENSES AND 03:41:32:00 03:41:34:00 PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT 03:41:34:00 03:41:36:00 RESTAURANT TOURS SO I CAN 03:41:36:00 03:41:39:00 NUMBER 0215 COUNCILOR MORELLO 03:41:39:00 03:41:41:00 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 03:41:41:00 03:41:43:00 HEARING TO EXPLORE SCHOLARSHIPS 03:41:43:00 03:41:45:00 FOR BOSTON STUDENTS TO INCREASE 03:41:45:00 03:41:46:00 ACCESS TO ALL FORMS. 03:41:46:00 03:41:48:00 OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 03:41:48:00 03:41:51:00 TOKEN NUMBER 0216 COUNCILOR L 03:41:51:00 03:41:53:00 OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A 03:41:53:00 03:41:55:00 HEARING TO BRING HISTORICALLY 03:41:55:00 03:41:58:00 BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 03:41:58:00 03:41:59:00 SATELLITE. 03:41:59:00 03:41:59:00 CAMPUS TO. 03:41:59:00 03:42:03:00 >> BOSTON DOC NUMBER 0217 03:42:03:00 03:42:04:00 COUNCILOR URL FOR THE. 03:42:04:00 03:42:06:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:42:06:00 03:42:08:00 REGARDING THE HOMEOWNERSHIP 03:42:08:00 03:42:11:00 VOUCHER PROGRAM TOKEN NUMBER 03:42:11:00 03:42:13:00 0218 COUNCILOR L OFFER THE 03:42:13:00 03:42:14:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:42:14:00 03:42:16:00 TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS 03:42:16:00 03:42:18:00 OF THE BOSTON RESIDENT'S JOB. 03:42:18:00 03:42:20:00 POLICY AND IMPROVING EQUITY AND 03:42:20:00 03:42:22:00 EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ON 03:42:22:00 03:42:23:00 PROJECTS THROUGHOUT. 03:42:23:00 03:42:23:00 >> THE CITY. 03:42:23:00 03:42:26:00 TOKEN NUMBER 0219 03:42:26:00 03:42:27:00 COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE 03:42:27:00 03:42:29:00 FOLLOWING FOR A FOR A HEARING 03:42:29:00 03:42:31:00 TO DISCUSS LONG TERM CITY. 03:42:31:00 03:42:31:00 JOB VACANCIES. 03:42:31:00 03:42:35:00 SO I CAN HAVE 0220 03:42:35:00 03:42:36:00 COUNCILOR WORRELL UH FOR THE 03:42:36:00 03:42:38:00 FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 03:42:38:00 03:42:40:00 TO BRING MORE SIGNATURE SPORTS. 03:42:40:00 03:42:42:00 EVENTS TO BOSTON SO I CAN 03:42:42:00 03:42:47:00 NUMBER 02110221 COUNCIL OKAY. 03:42:47:00 03:42:47:00 SO I. 03:42:47:00 03:42:48:00 >> WOULD COME TO THE. 03:42:48:00 03:42:49:00 END TO TWO ZERO. 03:42:49:00 03:42:51:00 THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. 03:42:51:00 03:42:54:00 UH WE START WITH DOCKET. 03:42:54:00 03:42:58:00 UM WE START WITH TALKING 0206 03:42:58:00 03:42:58:00 COUNCILOR. 03:42:58:00 03:43:00:00 UH WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 03:43:00:00 03:43:02:00 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, 03:43:02:00 03:43:06:00 I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ADD 03:43:06:00 03:43:06:00 COUNCILOR. 03:43:06:00 03:43:11:00 FLYNN TO, UH, DOCKET NUMBER 03:43:11:00 03:43:13:00 0212 AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR 03:43:13:00 03:43:13:00 . 03:43:13:00 03:43:17:00 OKAY. 03:43:17:00 03:43:22:00 >> 020212. 03:43:22:00 03:43:30:00 >> SO. 03:43:30:00 03:43:35:00 >> ANYONE ELSE? 03:43:35:00 03:43:37:00 OH, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO. 03:43:37:00 03:43:37:00 SORRY. 03:43:37:00 03:43:39:00 UH, I'D LIKE TO ADD 03:43:39:00 03:43:41:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA TO DOCKET 03:43:41:00 03:43:42:00 NUMBER 0211. 03:43:42:00 03:43:49:00 PURSUANT TO, UM, MAYOR. 03:43:49:00 03:43:55:00 OKAY, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. 03:43:55:00 03:43:57:00 AND THEN ALSO CONCILOR MEJIA 03:43:57:00 03:43:59:00 HERE TO DOCKET NUMBER. 03:43:59:00 03:44:03:00 02162216. 03:44:03:00 03:44:06:00 >> AND THEN. 03:44:06:00 03:44:10:00 UH COUNCILOR HERE TO 0 TO 1. 03:44:10:00 03:44:13:00 00210 OKAY. 03:44:13:00 03:44:14:00 I LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR WEBER 03:44:14:00 03:44:17:00 TO UH 0219. 03:44:17:00 03:44:25:00 22129 WEBER OKAY. 03:44:25:00 03:44:28:00 AND I HAD TO FILL INTO A CASTLE 03:44:28:00 03:44:29:00 TO DOCKET 0212 ALREADY. 03:44:29:00 03:44:30:00 RIGHT. 03:44:30:00 03:44:31:00 UM YES. 03:44:31:00 03:44:32:00 ALL RIGHT. 03:44:32:00 03:44:32:00 YES. 03:44:32:00 03:44:38:00 >> UM TWICE SORRY 210 OH, AND I 03:44:38:00 03:44:38:00 LIKE TO ADD CONCILOR MEJIA 03:44:38:00 03:44:39:00 HERE. 03:44:39:00 03:44:39:00 YEAH. 03:44:39:00 03:44:41:00 TO DOCKET NUMBER 0210. 03:44:41:00 03:44:42:00 YEAH I HAVE THAT. 03:44:42:00 03:44:42:00 YES. 03:44:42:00 03:44:42:00 ALL RIGHT. 03:44:42:00 03:44:43:00 >> AWESOME. 03:44:43:00 03:44:46:00 UM, THESE ALL REFERRALS FROM 03:44:46:00 03:44:48:00 CHRISTMAS ADDING STATUES TO, 03:44:48:00 03:44:51:00 UM, INVESTING INTO OUR LITTLEST 03:44:51:00 03:44:53:00 RESIDENTS, OUR LITTLE BABIES 03:44:53:00 03:44:55:00 AND TODDLERS UM, AND ALSO TO 03:44:55:00 03:44:57:00 TRYING TO FIND WAYS ON MAKING 03:44:57:00 03:45:00:00 OR STREAMLINING OUR BUSINESS, 03:45:00:00 03:45:02:00 UM, TO GET UP AND RUNNING HERE 03:45:02:00 03:45:02:00 IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. 03:45:02:00 03:45:04:00 SO JUST LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE 03:45:04:00 03:45:05:00 WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE ON THE 03:45:05:00 03:45:07:00 LAST TWO TERMS UM, THIS TERM 03:45:07:00 03:45:07:00 THANK YOU. 03:45:07:00 03:45:09:00 THANK YOU. 03:45:09:00 03:45:11:00 >> I WAS GOING TO ZERO UM 03:45:11:00 03:45:14:00 DOCKET 0206. 03:45:14:00 03:45:15:00 UH, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:45:15:00 03:45:17:00 NAME? 03:45:17:00 03:45:19:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PLATEAU 03:45:19:00 03:45:21:00 UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER 03:45:21:00 03:45:21:00 FITZGERALD. 03:45:21:00 03:45:22:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:45:22:00 03:45:23:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COST TO 03:45:23:00 03:45:24:00 ME UH PENSION MURPHY CONTRACT. 03:45:24:00 03:45:26:00 PEPEN CANCER. 03:45:26:00 03:45:28:00 SANTANA CARTER WEBER AND PLEASE 03:45:28:00 03:45:31:00 ARE THE CHAIR. 03:45:31:00 03:45:33:00 DOCKET 0206 WILL BE REFERRED TO 03:45:33:00 03:45:35:00 THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. 03:45:35:00 03:45:37:00 UM. 03:45:37:00 03:45:43:00 >> WE MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0207 03:45:43:00 03:45:45:00 AND WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO 03:45:45:00 03:45:46:00 ADD THEIR NAME? 03:45:46:00 03:45:48:00 UH, DOCTOR? 03:45:48:00 03:45:51:00 UH COUNCILOR UH CLEDUS, 03:45:51:00 03:45:52:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONTRA 03:45:52:00 03:45:53:00 FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR. 03:45:53:00 03:45:54:00 FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 03:45:54:00 03:45:55:00 COUNCILOR. 03:45:55:00 03:45:57:00 MEJIA, COUNCILOR. 03:45:57:00 03:45:58:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA 03:45:58:00 03:45:59:00 CASTRO. 03:45:59:00 03:46:00:00 MURPHY, COUNCILOR WEBER AND 03:46:00:00 03:46:01:00 THESE ARE. 03:46:01:00 03:46:01:00 THE CHAIR. 03:46:01:00 03:46:05:00 DOCKET 0207 WILL BE REFERRED TO 03:46:05:00 03:46:06:00 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:46:06:00 03:46:08:00 THANK YOU. 03:46:08:00 03:46:11:00 MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0208. 03:46:11:00 03:46:14:00 WOULD ANYONE, UH, LIKE TO ADD 03:46:14:00 03:46:15:00 THEIR NAME? 03:46:15:00 03:46:17:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER 03:46:17:00 03:46:17:00 COUNCILOR. 03:46:17:00 03:46:19:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR. 03:46:19:00 03:46:20:00 FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. 03:46:20:00 03:46:21:00 FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 03:46:21:00 03:46:21:00 COUNCIL. 03:46:21:00 03:46:23:00 MEJIA. 03:46:23:00 03:46:23:00 COUNCILORS. 03:46:23:00 03:46:25:00 UH MURPHY COUNCILOR. 03:46:25:00 03:46:26:00 PEPEN CONSCIOUS SANTANA 03:46:26:00 03:46:27:00 COUNCIL. 03:46:27:00 03:46:30:00 WEBER AND PLEASE UP THE CHAIR 03:46:30:00 03:46:33:00 UH DOCKET 020 IT WILL BE 03:46:33:00 03:46:34:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 03:46:34:00 03:46:36:00 OF THE WHOLE UH DOCKET. 03:46:36:00 03:46:39:00 WE'LL MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0209. 03:46:39:00 03:46:40:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:46:40:00 03:46:40:00 NAME? 03:46:40:00 03:46:45:00 UM, DOCTOR, KEEP CALLING A 03:46:45:00 03:46:47:00 DOCTOR GIVING YOU, UH, 03:46:47:00 03:46:48:00 COUNCILOR COLLECTORS A PADDOCK. 03:46:48:00 03:46:50:00 UM, COUNCIL COUNCILOR 03:46:50:00 03:46:51:00 FITZGERALD. 03:46:51:00 03:46:52:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, 03:46:52:00 03:46:53:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 03:46:53:00 03:46:54:00 COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 03:46:54:00 03:46:54:00 COUNCILOR. 03:46:54:00 03:46:55:00 MURPHY. 03:46:55:00 03:46:56:00 COUNCILOR. 03:46:56:00 03:46:57:00 PEPEN, COUNCILOR. 03:46:57:00 03:46:59:00 SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND 03:46:59:00 03:47:00:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER. 03:47:00:00 03:47:01:00 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 03:47:01:00 03:47:05:00 UM DOCKET 020 IT WILL GO TO THE 03:47:05:00 03:47:05:00 COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. 03:47:05:00 03:47:06:00 THANK YOU. 03:47:06:00 03:47:09:00 UH, DOCKET 0210. 03:47:09:00 03:47:11:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:47:11:00 03:47:12:00 NAME, COUNCILOR? 03:47:12:00 03:47:13:00 UH LOUIJEUNE. 03:47:13:00 03:47:14:00 CUT NO. 03:47:14:00 03:47:16:00 WELL, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS A 03:47:16:00 03:47:16:00 POWDER COUNCILOR. 03:47:16:00 03:47:17:00 CULPEPER. 03:47:17:00 03:47:19:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 03:47:19:00 03:47:19:00 COUNCILOR. 03:47:19:00 03:47:20:00 FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE 03:47:20:00 03:47:21:00 COUNCIL. 03:47:21:00 03:47:21:00 MEJIA CANCER. 03:47:21:00 03:47:22:00 MURPHY, COUNCILOR. 03:47:22:00 03:47:23:00 PEPEN CANCER. 03:47:23:00 03:47:25:00 SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND 03:47:25:00 03:47:30:00 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 03:47:30:00 03:47:31:00 0200210 UH WILL BE REFERRED TO 03:47:31:00 03:47:34:00 THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE 03:47:34:00 03:47:37:00 DOCKET 0211 BUT ANYONE LIKE TO 03:47:37:00 03:47:38:00 ADD THEIR NAME? 03:47:38:00 03:47:40:00 COUNCILOR UH, COLLECTORS 03:47:40:00 03:47:41:00 OF POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER 03:47:41:00 03:47:42:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA 03:47:42:00 03:47:44:00 FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE 03:47:44:00 03:47:48:00 COUNCILOR MEJIA CONTRA PEPEN UH 03:47:48:00 03:47:50:00 MURPHY COUNCILOR SANTANA 03:47:50:00 03:47:50:00 COUNCILOR WEBER UM. 03:47:50:00 03:47:51:00 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 03:47:51:00 03:47:54:00 DOCKET 0211 WILL GO TO THE 03:47:54:00 03:47:56:00 COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, UH, 03:47:56:00 03:47:59:00 DOCKET UH 0212. 03:47:59:00 03:48:01:00 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? 03:48:01:00 03:48:04:00 COUNCILORS COLLETTE AS A POWDER 03:48:04:00 03:48:05:00 CONTRA CULPEPER 03:48:05:00 03:48:06:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. 03:48:06:00 03:48:12:00 UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR UM MEJIA 03:48:12:00 03:48:12:00 COUNCILOR. 03:48:12:00 03:48:14:00 PEPPER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA, 03:48:14:00 03:48:14:00 COUNCILOR. 03:48:14:00 03:48:16:00 WEBER, COUNCILOR MURPHY UH AND 03:48:16:00 03:48:19:00 PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCTOR 03:48:19:00 03:48:23:00 DOCKET 0212 WILL GO TO THE 03:48:23:00 03:48:24:00 COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, UH, 03:48:24:00 03:48:26:00 DOCKET 0213. 03:48:26:00 03:48:28:00 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? 03:48:28:00 03:48:32:00 UH, COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PART 03:48:32:00 03:48:33:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER 03:48:33:00 03:48:34:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA 03:48:34:00 03:48:35:00 FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 03:48:35:00 03:48:36:00 COUNCILOR. 03:48:36:00 03:48:37:00 MEJIA, COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA 03:48:37:00 03:48:40:00 PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA 03:48:40:00 03:48:41:00 COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD 03:48:41:00 03:48:43:00 THE CHAIR DOCKET 0213 WHEN WE 03:48:43:00 03:48:45:00 GO TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE 03:48:45:00 03:48:45:00 WHOLE. 03:48:45:00 03:48:49:00 THERE'S UH, STILL GOING UH 03:48:49:00 03:48:52:00 DUNCAN 0214 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD 03:48:52:00 03:48:54:00 THEIR NAME? 03:48:54:00 03:48:56:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PATTER 03:48:56:00 03:48:57:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. 03:48:57:00 03:48:59:00 UH, FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:48:59:00 03:49:00:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CULTURE 03:49:00:00 03:49:02:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR. 03:49:02:00 03:49:05:00 PEPEN UH COUNCILOR SANTANA, 03:49:05:00 03:49:06:00 COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD 03:49:06:00 03:49:07:00 THE CHAIR. 03:49:07:00 03:49:11:00 UM DOCKET 0214 WILL BE REFERRED 03:49:11:00 03:49:13:00 TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE 03:49:13:00 03:49:15:00 DOCKET 0215. 03:49:15:00 03:49:18:00 ANYONE WISH TO ADD THEIR NAME? 03:49:18:00 03:49:20:00 COUNTRY COLOR AS A PANDA 03:49:20:00 03:49:20:00 COUNCILOR. 03:49:20:00 03:49:21:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR. 03:49:21:00 03:49:22:00 FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. 03:49:22:00 03:49:22:00 FLYNN. 03:49:22:00 03:49:24:00 COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN 03:49:24:00 03:49:25:00 HERE COUNCILOR. 03:49:25:00 03:49:25:00 MURPHY, COUNCILOR. 03:49:25:00 03:49:28:00 PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA CANCER. 03:49:28:00 03:49:30:00 WEBER AND THE CHAIR PLEASE OUT 03:49:30:00 03:49:31:00 THE CHAIR. 03:49:31:00 03:49:35:00 DOCKET 0215 WILL GO TO THE 03:49:35:00 03:49:37:00 COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, UH, 03:49:37:00 03:49:40:00 DOCKET 0216. 03:49:40:00 03:49:42:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:49:42:00 03:49:42:00 NAME? 03:49:42:00 03:49:44:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART 03:49:44:00 03:49:46:00 OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER 03:49:46:00 03:49:48:00 COUNCILOR UH, FLYNN 03:49:48:00 03:49:48:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 03:49:48:00 03:49:49:00 COUNCILMEMBER HERE 03:49:49:00 03:49:50:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN 03:49:50:00 03:49:52:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA, 03:49:52:00 03:49:53:00 COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE 03:49:53:00 03:49:56:00 OF THE CHAIR DOCKET UH 0161 GO 03:49:56:00 03:49:58:00 TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE 03:49:58:00 03:50:00:00 UH DOCKET 0217. 03:50:00:00 03:50:02:00 BUT THEN WOULD LIKE TO OTHER 03:50:02:00 03:50:04:00 NAME CONSIDER THIS A POWDER 03:50:04:00 03:50:05:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER 03:50:05:00 03:50:06:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 03:50:06:00 03:50:07:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:50:07:00 03:50:08:00 COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE 03:50:08:00 03:50:10:00 COUNCILWOMAN HERE UH, 03:50:10:00 03:50:11:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN 03:50:11:00 03:50:12:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA 03:50:12:00 03:50:13:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 03:50:13:00 03:50:15:00 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 03:50:15:00 03:50:16:00 017. 03:50:16:00 03:50:17:00 WE'LL GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON 03:50:17:00 03:50:19:00 THE WHOLE, UH, WHAT. 03:50:19:00 03:50:20:00 >> ARE WE GETTING. 03:50:20:00 03:50:21:00 >> ON DOCKET 021 IT. 03:50:21:00 03:50:25:00 AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:50:25:00 03:50:25:00 NAME? 03:50:25:00 03:50:28:00 COUNTRY UH, CONTRA ADDIS ABABA 03:50:28:00 03:50:30:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, 03:50:30:00 03:50:32:00 COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER 03:50:32:00 03:50:33:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:50:33:00 03:50:34:00 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. 03:50:34:00 03:50:35:00 MEJIA COUNCILOR. 03:50:35:00 03:50:38:00 PEPEN COUNCILORS SANTANA MURPHY 03:50:38:00 03:50:39:00 COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD 03:50:39:00 03:50:42:00 THE CHAIR DOCKET 0218 WILL GO 03:50:42:00 03:50:44:00 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 03:50:44:00 03:50:50:00 UM AND THEN DOCKET 0219. 03:50:50:00 03:50:53:00 UH, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 03:50:53:00 03:50:53:00 NAME? 03:50:53:00 03:50:56:00 COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE AS A 03:50:56:00 03:50:56:00 PADDLE COUNCILOR. 03:50:56:00 03:50:59:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 03:50:59:00 03:51:00:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN 03:51:00:00 03:51:03:00 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE TO BE HERE 03:51:03:00 03:51:04:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN 03:51:04:00 03:51:04:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 03:51:04:00 03:51:07:00 UH, UM PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 03:51:07:00 03:51:11:00 UH, THAT'S DOCKET 0219 WILL BE 03:51:11:00 03:51:12:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON 03:51:12:00 03:51:15:00 THE WHOLE UH, DOCKET 0220. 03:51:15:00 03:51:18:00 UH, ANYONE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO 03:51:18:00 03:51:18:00 ADD THEIR NAME? 03:51:18:00 03:51:21:00 UH, COLLECTORS. 03:51:21:00 03:51:21:00 COUNCILOR. 03:51:21:00 03:51:22:00 CULPEPER COUNCILOR. 03:51:22:00 03:51:23:00 FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. 03:51:23:00 03:51:24:00 THIN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE 03:51:24:00 03:51:24:00 COUNCILOR. 03:51:24:00 03:51:29:00 MEJIA PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA, 03:51:29:00 03:51:29:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 03:51:29:00 03:51:30:00 AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. 03:51:30:00 03:51:35:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0220 WILL BE 03:51:35:00 03:51:36:00 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE 03:51:36:00 03:51:36:00 OF THE WHOLE. 03:51:36:00 03:51:37:00 YES. 03:51:37:00 03:51:40:00 MR TRUCK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ 03:51:40:00 03:51:41:00 DOCKET 0221? 03:51:41:00 03:51:46:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0221 COUNCIL SENT 03:51:46:00 03:51:49:00 OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER 03:51:49:00 03:51:50:00 REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION 03:51:50:00 03:51:53:00 UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING 03:51:53:00 03:51:55:00 ELEVATOR ACCESS, LIFE SAFETY 03:51:55:00 03:51:57:00 AND DISABILITY COMPLIANCE. 03:51:57:00 03:51:59:00 THANK YOU. 03:51:59:00 03:52:04:00 >> UM, MR PRESIDENT FLYNN SIX 03:52:04:00 03:52:05:00 I'VE GIVEN YOU A PROMOTION. 03:52:05:00 03:52:07:00 PRESIDENT FLYNN OKAY. 03:52:07:00 03:52:10:00 UH, CONSTRUCTION SIX SUSPENSION 03:52:10:00 03:52:12:00 OF THE RULES AND UH OH, SORRY. 03:52:12:00 03:52:13:00 IT SPEAKS TO THE MATTER. 03:52:13:00 03:52:14:00 SORRY I GET THIS. 03:52:14:00 03:52:16:00 THANK YOU. 03:52:16:00 03:52:17:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 03:52:17:00 03:52:18:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 03:52:18:00 03:52:19:00 UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 03:52:19:00 03:52:20:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:52:20:00 03:52:22:00 MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS ABOUT A 17 03:52:22:00 03:52:25:00 F REQUEST THAT I'M MAKING AGAIN 03:52:25:00 03:52:26:00 TO THE BOSTON HOUSING 03:52:26:00 03:52:27:00 AUTHORITY. 03:52:27:00 03:52:29:00 I REPRESENT THE LARGEST AMOUNT 03:52:29:00 03:52:31:00 OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC 03:52:31:00 03:52:31:00 HOUSING. 03:52:31:00 03:52:34:00 UM, I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY 03:52:34:00 03:52:34:00 VERY SERIOUSLY. 03:52:34:00 03:52:37:00 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AM I 03:52:37:00 03:52:41:00 GOING TO NOT ADVOCATE FOR MY 03:52:41:00 03:52:42:00 CONSTITUENTS MOST OF THEM AT 03:52:42:00 03:52:44:00 BOTH BERKELEY AND THE SOUTH 03:52:44:00 03:52:44:00 END. 03:52:44:00 03:52:46:00 UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR. 03:52:46:00 03:52:48:00 THEY DESERVE DIGNITY. 03:52:48:00 03:52:50:00 THEY DESERVE RESPECT. 03:52:50:00 03:52:51:00 THEY DESERVE ANSWERS. 03:52:51:00 03:52:53:00 THEY DESERVE. 03:52:53:00 03:52:55:00 EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS. 03:52:55:00 03:52:57:00 AND WHEN AN ELEVATOR IS BROKEN 03:52:57:00 03:52:59:00 I WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT I WANT 03:52:59:00 03:53:00:00 SOMEONE FIXING THAT ELEVATOR 03:53:00:00 03:53:02:00 IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 03:53:02:00 03:53:03:00 MY CONSTITUENTS DESERVE. 03:53:03:00 03:53:05:00 I THINK EVERYONE ELSE'S 03:53:05:00 03:53:07:00 CONSTITUENTS DESERVE THAT AS 03:53:07:00 03:53:07:00 WELL. 03:53:07:00 03:53:09:00 BUT I'M NOT TURNING MY BACK ON 03:53:09:00 03:53:10:00 MY CONSTITUENTS. 03:53:10:00 03:53:11:00 I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I 03:53:11:00 03:53:13:00 POSSIBLY CAN FOR MY 03:53:13:00 03:53:14:00 CONSTITUENTS AND THE ROUTE. 03:53:14:00 03:53:17:00 BERKELEY DEVELOPMENT APARTMENTS 03:53:17:00 03:53:19:00 IN THE SOUTH END THEY DESERVE 03:53:19:00 03:53:20:00 DIGNITY AND THEY ARE NOT 03:53:20:00 03:53:20:00 GETTING IT. 03:53:20:00 03:53:22:00 THEY ARE NOT GETTING IT AT THE 03:53:22:00 03:53:25:00 BAR WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS 03:53:25:00 03:53:27:00 AND I NEED TO DO MY DUE 03:53:27:00 03:53:29:00 DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT 03:53:29:00 03:53:32:00 PROVIDES ME WITH CLEAR ANSWERS 03:53:32:00 03:53:35:00 BECAUSE THIS THIS ISSUE 03:53:35:00 03:53:37:00 OF BROKEN ELEVATORS HAS BEEN 03:53:37:00 03:53:39:00 ONGOING AND IT'S TAKING PLACE 03:53:39:00 03:53:40:00 FAR TOO LONG. 03:53:40:00 03:53:43:00 DURING THANKSGIVING PEOPLE WERE 03:53:43:00 03:53:45:00 STUCK IN THE ELEVATORS FOR 03:53:45:00 03:53:47:00 SEVERAL DAYS NOT STUCK IN THE 03:53:47:00 03:53:47:00 ELEVATORS. 03:53:47:00 03:53:48:00 THEY WERE STUCK IN THEIR 03:53:48:00 03:53:50:00 APARTMENTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND 03:53:50:00 03:53:52:00 THEY COULDN'T GET DOWN THE 03:53:52:00 03:53:53:00 ELEVATOR TO SEE THE FAMILY. 03:53:53:00 03:53:55:00 ONE PERSON OVER THE LAST 03:53:55:00 03:53:58:00 SEVERAL YEARS COULDN'T GET TO 03:53:58:00 03:54:00:00 HER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT 03:54:00:00 03:54:01:00 BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WAS BROKEN 03:54:01:00 03:54:01:00 . 03:54:01:00 03:54:02:00 SHE WAS GOING THROUGH 03:54:02:00 03:54:05:00 CHEMOTHERAPY, CHEMOTHERAPY. 03:54:05:00 03:54:06:00 THE ELEVATOR WASN'T WORKING. 03:54:06:00 03:54:07:00 SHE COULDN'T GET TO HER MEDICAL 03:54:07:00 03:54:08:00 APPOINTMENT. 03:54:08:00 03:54:11:00 I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT ONE OTHER 03:54:11:00 03:54:12:00 PERSON WAS WAITING FOR THE 03:54:12:00 03:54:13:00 ELEVATOR ON THE GROUND LEVEL TO 03:54:13:00 03:54:15:00 GO TO HER APARTMENT, WAITING 03:54:15:00 03:54:17:00 FOR THE ELEVATOR FOR HOURS AND 03:54:17:00 03:54:19:00 SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE TO THE 03:54:19:00 03:54:20:00 BATHROOM. 03:54:20:00 03:54:24:00 IT'S ABOUT RESPECT. 03:54:24:00 03:54:27:00 IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY FOR PEOPLE 03:54:27:00 03:54:28:00 IN PUBLIC HOUSING. 03:54:28:00 03:54:31:00 MANY OF THEM ARE PERSONS WITH 03:54:31:00 03:54:33:00 DISABILITIES AS WELL. 03:54:33:00 03:54:36:00 BUT THE DAY WE DON'T ADVOCATE 03:54:36:00 03:54:38:00 FOR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING IS 03:54:38:00 03:54:39:00 THE DAY WE SHOULD GET OUT 03:54:39:00 03:54:41:00 OF POLITICS BECAUSE I'M GOING 03:54:41:00 03:54:43:00 TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY 03:54:43:00 03:54:44:00 CONSTITUENTS AND PUBLIC 03:54:44:00 03:54:44:00 HOUSING. 03:54:44:00 03:54:47:00 I KNOW IT MAKES PEOPLE IN THE 03:54:47:00 03:54:50:00 CITY ADMINISTRATION UM, 03:54:50:00 03:54:52:00 UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THEY ARE MY 03:54:52:00 03:54:53:00 CONSTITUENTS AND I'M GOING TO 03:54:53:00 03:54:55:00 DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN TO 03:54:55:00 03:54:57:00 ADVOCATE AND FIGHT FOR THEM 03:54:57:00 03:54:58:00 BECAUSE THAT'S MY JOB. 03:54:58:00 03:54:59:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 03:54:59:00 03:55:02:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 03:55:02:00 03:55:04:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION 03:55:04:00 03:55:04:00 OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE 03:55:04:00 03:55:08:00 OF DOCKETS 0221 17 F ALL THOSE 03:55:08:00 03:55:08:00 IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 03:55:08:00 03:55:11:00 UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. 03:55:11:00 03:55:14:00 PEERS HAVE THAT I HAVE IT. 03:55:14:00 03:55:17:00 DOCKET ZERO UH 221 HAS PASSED. 03:55:17:00 03:55:20:00 YEAH. 03:55:20:00 03:55:24:00 >> COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU, UM YOU 03:55:24:00 03:55:25:00 HAVE THE FLOOR? 03:55:25:00 03:55:25:00 YES. 03:55:25:00 03:55:27:00 >> MADAM PRESIDENT, UM. 03:55:27:00 03:55:29:00 GO AHEAD. 03:55:29:00 03:55:30:00 THANK YOU. 03:55:30:00 03:55:33:00 UM, I REALIZE THAT I DIDN'T 03:55:33:00 03:55:35:00 HEAR THE CLERK, UH, MENTION 03:55:35:00 03:55:37:00 THAT THERE CULTURAL ROLE WAS 03:55:37:00 03:55:39:00 ADDED TO MY DAYCARE HEARING 03:55:39:00 03:55:40:00 ORDER, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE 03:55:40:00 03:55:41:00 SURE THAT HE WAS ADDED. 03:55:41:00 03:55:42:00 UM. 03:55:42:00 03:55:45:00 >> IT'S 0189. 03:55:45:00 03:55:49:00 UH, SO. 03:55:49:00 03:55:51:00 >> THERE WAS A REFILE AND HE 03:55:51:00 03:55:52:00 WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 03:55:52:00 03:55:53:00 CO-SPONSORS THE. 03:55:53:00 03:55:53:00 FIRST TIME AROUND. 03:55:53:00 03:55:54:00 >> SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY 03:55:54:00 03:55:55:00 ASSUMPTIONS. 03:55:55:00 03:55:56:00 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 03:55:56:00 03:55:59:00 HE'S ADDED TO 0189 AND I ALSO 03:55:59:00 03:56:00:00 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT 03:56:00:00 03:56:03:00 COUNCIL WERE ALSO 0190 THE 03:56:03:00 03:56:05:00 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING 03:56:05:00 03:56:06:00 UM FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. 03:56:06:00 03:56:08:00 IS HE'S THERE. 03:56:08:00 03:56:10:00 SO YOU WISH TO OF COUNCILOR 03:56:10:00 03:56:12:00 WERE ABLE TO. 03:56:12:00 03:56:12:00 >> HE. 03:56:12:00 03:56:13:00 WAS AT IT HE WAS HE WAS OF UH 03:56:13:00 03:56:13:00 JUST. 03:56:13:00 03:56:15:00 >> YOU YEAH SO. 03:56:15:00 03:56:16:00 MUCH THAT I SAID TODAY I JUST. 03:56:16:00 03:56:17:00 FORGOT TO. 03:56:17:00 03:56:18:00 THANK YOU. 03:56:18:00 03:56:20:00 HEARING NO OBJECTIONS? 03:56:20:00 03:56:22:00 UH, COUNCIL WHERE I WAS ADDED 03:56:22:00 03:56:27:00 TO DOCKET 0189 AND DOCKET 0190 03:56:27:00 03:56:27:00 . 03:56:27:00 03:56:30:00 OKAY, ON TO THE NEXT. 03:56:30:00 03:56:36:00 MR CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 03:56:36:00 03:56:37:00 0222. 03:56:37:00 03:56:40:00 SO I CAN HAVE A0222 COUNSELOR 03:56:40:00 03:56:41:00 COLOR AS A PARAGRAPH OF THE 03:56:41:00 03:56:44:00 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT 03:56:44:00 03:56:47:00 OF BILL SD 3607 AND ACT 03:56:47:00 03:56:48:00 PROTECTING ACCESS TO. 03:56:48:00 03:56:52:00 JUSTICE COUNSELOR CONSTRUCTION 03:56:52:00 03:56:53:00 THAT IS A PART OF YOU HAVE THE 03:56:53:00 03:56:53:00 FLOOR. 03:56:53:00 03:56:54:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 03:56:54:00 03:56:55:00 I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND. 03:56:55:00 03:56:56:00 >> RULE. 03:56:56:00 03:56:58:00 12 AND AD COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE 03:56:58:00 03:56:59:00 SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTIONS 03:56:59:00 03:56:59:00 COUNSELOR? 03:56:59:00 03:57:00:00 UH, NO. 03:57:00:00 03:57:03:00 SO ADDED THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 03:57:03:00 03:57:03:00 UM. 03:57:03:00 03:57:05:00 >> WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY AT 03:57:05:00 03:57:06:00 COURTHOUSES ACROSS BOSTON AND 03:57:06:00 03:57:08:00 IN PARTICULAR AT THE EAST 03:57:08:00 03:57:10:00 BOSTON DISTRICT COURT IS DEEPLY 03:57:10:00 03:57:12:00 TROUBLING A TROUBLING THERE HAS 03:57:12:00 03:57:14:00 BEEN AN UPTICK IN ABHORRENT 03:57:14:00 03:57:15:00 BEHAVIOR WHERE RESIDENTS ARE 03:57:15:00 03:57:17:00 BEING DETAINED WHILE SIMPLY 03:57:17:00 03:57:18:00 TRYING TO ACCESS THE COURTS. 03:57:18:00 03:57:21:00 EVERYONE'S PUBLIC SAFETY 03:57:21:00 03:57:22:00 SUFFERS WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID 03:57:22:00 03:57:24:00 TO SHOW UP TO SEEK JUSTICE, 03:57:24:00 03:57:26:00 SEEK A RESTRAINING ORDER TO 03:57:26:00 03:57:28:00 TESTIFY AS A WITNESS OR RESOLVE 03:57:28:00 03:57:30:00 A FAMILY MATTER WHEN PEOPLE 03:57:30:00 03:57:31:00 FEAR ARREST JUST FOR WALKING 03:57:31:00 03:57:33:00 INTO A COURTHOUSE, JUSTICE IS 03:57:33:00 03:57:35:00 NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE AND PUBLIC 03:57:35:00 03:57:37:00 SAFETY SUFFERS AS A RESULT. 03:57:37:00 03:57:41:00 SENATE DOCKET 3607 SPONSORED BY 03:57:41:00 03:57:43:00 UH SENATOR EDWARDS AND JALEN IS 03:57:43:00 03:57:44:00 ABOUT RESTORING BASIC FAIRNESS 03:57:44:00 03:57:45:00 AND TRANSPARENCY. 03:57:45:00 03:57:47:00 IT DOES NOT PREVENT LAWFUL. 03:57:47:00 03:57:51:00 ENFORCEMENT IT SIMPLY REQUIRES 03:57:51:00 03:57:52:00 IDENTIFICATION, JUDICIAL 03:57:52:00 03:57:54:00 WARRANTS AND CLEAR RULES SO OUR 03:57:54:00 03:57:56:00 COURTS REMAIN PLACES OF DUE 03:57:56:00 03:57:57:00 PROCESS AND NOT INTIMIDATION. 03:57:57:00 03:58:00:00 ACCESS TO JUSTICE IS A 03:58:00:00 03:58:01:00 CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY. 03:58:01:00 03:58:03:00 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT 03:58:03:00 03:58:05:00 THIS RESOLUTION AND CALL ON THE 03:58:05:00 03:58:07:00 LEGISLATURE TO ACT SWIFTLY TO 03:58:07:00 03:58:08:00 PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR 03:58:08:00 03:58:10:00 COURTS AND THE SAFETY OF OUR 03:58:10:00 03:58:10:00 COMMUNITIES. 03:58:10:00 03:58:11:00 THANK YOU. 03:58:11:00 03:58:12:00 >> THANK YOU. 03:58:12:00 03:58:15:00 UH, COUNSELOR, UM, AS A PARTNER 03:58:15:00 03:58:16:00 COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE 03:58:16:00 03:58:17:00 THE FLOOR. 03:58:17:00 03:58:18:00 THANK YOU. 03:58:18:00 03:58:18:00 >> AND THANK. 03:58:18:00 03:58:19:00 YOU TO. 03:58:19:00 03:58:19:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART, 03:58:19:00 03:58:20:00 UH, FOR ADDING ME. 03:58:20:00 03:58:21:00 UM, I THINK. 03:58:21:00 03:58:23:00 IT IS ABHORRENT WHAT IS 03:58:23:00 03:58:24:00 HAPPENING AT OUR COURTHOUSES 03:58:24:00 03:58:24:00 ACROSS. 03:58:24:00 03:58:25:00 THE COUNTRY. 03:58:25:00 03:58:26:00 AND ESPECIALLY. 03:58:26:00 03:58:26:00 HERE IN. 03:58:26:00 03:58:28:00 IN BOSTON. 03:58:28:00 03:58:28:00 >> IN EAST. 03:58:28:00 03:58:29:00 BOSTON, UM, LIKE 03:58:29:00 03:58:31:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART 03:58:31:00 03:58:31:00 OF SAID. 03:58:31:00 03:58:33:00 PEOPLE GO TO COURT SEEKING 03:58:33:00 03:58:36:00 RESTRAINING ORDERS TO UH UH, 03:58:36:00 03:58:38:00 ESCAPE UH, SITUATIONS 03:58:38:00 03:58:41:00 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO GET 03:58:41:00 03:58:42:00 JUSTICE AND IT SHOULD HAPPEN 03:58:42:00 03:58:44:00 FOR PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THE 03:58:44:00 03:58:45:00 IMMIGRATION STATUS THAT PEOPLE 03:58:45:00 03:58:48:00 ARE NOW LIVING IN FEAR UH, 03:58:48:00 03:58:49:00 DECREASES ACCOUNTABILITY. 03:58:49:00 03:58:50:00 IT DECREASES ACCESS TO JUSTICE 03:58:50:00 03:58:50:00 . 03:58:50:00 03:58:52:00 AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE 03:58:52:00 03:58:53:00 SENATORS, SENATOR JAYLEN AND 03:58:53:00 03:58:54:00 SENATOR EDWARDS FOR PUTTING 03:58:54:00 03:58:56:00 THIS FORWARD BECAUSE OUR 03:58:56:00 03:58:58:00 COURTHOUSES SHOULD BE WHAT THEY 03:58:58:00 03:59:00:00 ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO 03:59:00:00 03:59:02:00 AND UH, ADJUDICATE DISPUTES 03:59:02:00 03:59:04:00 WHERE THEY CAN GO AND UH FIGURE 03:59:04:00 03:59:07:00 OUT HOW THEY CAN GET UH UH, 03:59:07:00 03:59:07:00 CHILDCARE PAYMENTS. 03:59:07:00 03:59:10:00 UH, THERE IS SO MUCH THAT OUR 03:59:10:00 03:59:12:00 JUDGES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND 03:59:12:00 03:59:14:00 YOU HAVE JUDGES SPEAKING UP AND 03:59:14:00 03:59:15:00 SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HOW THEIR 03:59:15:00 03:59:17:00 JOB IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT 03:59:17:00 03:59:18:00 BECAUSE OF FEDERAL INTERFERENCE 03:59:18:00 03:59:18:00 . 03:59:18:00 03:59:19:00 AND SO IT'S CRITICALLY 03:59:19:00 03:59:21:00 IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE OUR 03:59:21:00 03:59:23:00 COURTHOUSES SPACES, UH, WHERE 03:59:23:00 03:59:26:00 PEOPLE CAN GO REGARDLESS 03:59:26:00 03:59:27:00 OF IMMIGRATION STATUS AND FEEL 03:59:27:00 03:59:29:00 SAFE, FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET 03:59:29:00 03:59:30:00 JUSTICE, LIKE THEY CAN ASK 03:59:30:00 03:59:32:00 QUESTIONS OF THE LIKE THEY CAN 03:59:32:00 03:59:33:00 SAVE THEIR HOUSING UM, LIKE 03:59:33:00 03:59:35:00 THEY CAN GO TO SMALL CLAIMS 03:59:35:00 03:59:38:00 COURT LIKE WE CAN SERVE AS A 03:59:38:00 03:59:39:00 WITNESS IN A CRIMINAL MATTER. 03:59:39:00 03:59:41:00 I KNOW THAT IF UH, YOU KNOW, AS 03:59:41:00 03:59:43:00 AN ATTORNEY AS SOMEONE WHO'S 03:59:43:00 03:59:44:00 PRACTICED IN COURT, IF I HAD 03:59:44:00 03:59:45:00 CLIENTS WHO WERE FEARFUL 03:59:45:00 03:59:47:00 OF THEIR IMMIGRANT STATUS, I 03:59:47:00 03:59:49:00 WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO IN 03:59:49:00 03:59:49:00 THIS MOMENT. 03:59:49:00 03:59:50:00 AND THAT IS TERRIFYING. 03:59:50:00 03:59:52:00 IT IS TERRIFYING FOR 03:59:52:00 03:59:54:00 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND IT IS 03:59:54:00 03:59:56:00 TERRIFYING FOR UH, LAWYERS 03:59:56:00 03:59:56:00 REPRESENTING THEM. 03:59:56:00 03:59:58:00 IT IS TERRIFYING FOR JUDGES WHO 03:59:58:00 03:59:59:00 ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT 03:59:59:00 03:59:59:00 THING. 03:59:59:00 04:00:01:00 AND SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO 04:00:01:00 04:00:02:00 STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS 04:00:02:00 04:00:04:00 LEGISLATION BECAUSE I KNOW 04:00:04:00 04:00:05:00 PEOPLE WHETHER FROM EAST BOSTON 04:00:05:00 04:00:07:00 TO ROXBURY DISTRICT COURT HAVE 04:00:07:00 04:00:09:00 BEEN REALLY UM, IN A LOT 04:00:09:00 04:00:10:00 OF FEAR AND WE HAVE TO DO WHAT 04:00:10:00 04:00:12:00 WE CAN AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THE 04:00:12:00 04:00:13:00 LEGISLATURE ACTING HERE. 04:00:13:00 04:00:13:00 THANK YOU. 04:00:13:00 04:00:14:00 THANK YOU. 04:00:14:00 04:00:16:00 >> UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU 04:00:16:00 04:00:16:00 HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:00:16:00 04:00:19:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 04:00:19:00 04:00:20:00 MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A 04:00:20:00 04:00:21:00 QUESTION TO THE SPONSOR, 04:00:21:00 04:00:21:00 PLEASE? 04:00:21:00 04:00:23:00 UH, COUNSELOR? 04:00:23:00 04:00:25:00 FRIEND YOU, UH, MAY I ASK A. 04:00:25:00 04:00:28:00 QUESTION ABOUT THIS APPELLANT? 04:00:28:00 04:00:28:00 YEAH. 04:00:28:00 04:00:29:00 THANK YOU. 04:00:29:00 04:00:32:00 UM, I DO HAVE I WOULD LIKE TO 04:00:32:00 04:00:35:00 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SENATE 04:00:35:00 04:00:35:00 BILL. 04:00:35:00 04:00:38:00 UM, AND MAYBE IF THERE'S A 04:00:38:00 04:00:39:00 HOUSE BILL THAT'S ALSO PART 04:00:39:00 04:00:40:00 OF IT. 04:00:40:00 04:00:42:00 BUT HAS THIS BEEN TAKEN UP YET 04:00:42:00 04:00:42:00 AT THE SENATE? 04:00:42:00 04:00:45:00 HAVE THEY HAD A FORMAL UM, 04:00:45:00 04:00:45:00 HEARING YET? 04:00:45:00 04:00:47:00 BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 04:00:47:00 04:00:49:00 WHAT IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE 04:00:49:00 04:00:51:00 SPECIFICALLY ON COURT 04:00:51:00 04:00:52:00 OPERATIONS. 04:00:52:00 04:00:55:00 BUT ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 04:00:55:00 04:00:57:00 IF THERE WAS A HEARING WHAT WAS 04:00:57:00 04:00:59:00 THE OPINION OF COURT PERSONNEL 04:00:59:00 04:00:59:00 ? 04:00:59:00 04:01:05:00 UM, ON ON THIS BILL AND IF 04:01:05:00 04:01:07:00 THERE ARE ANY PROS AND CONS 04:01:07:00 04:01:10:00 THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT UM IMPACT 04:01:10:00 04:01:10:00 JUSTICE. 04:01:10:00 04:01:13:00 SO I WANT TO KNOW IF THE SENATE 04:01:13:00 04:01:14:00 HAS HAD A FORMAL HEARING ON IT 04:01:14:00 04:01:15:00 BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN 04:01:15:00 04:01:16:00 MORE ABOUT THIS. 04:01:16:00 04:01:17:00 THANK YOU COUNCILOR OFFLINE I 04:01:17:00 04:01:19:00 WOULD COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO 04:01:19:00 04:01:20:00 ADDRESS COUNCILOR FLYNN'S 04:01:20:00 04:01:21:00 QUESTION. 04:01:21:00 04:01:23:00 UH YES MADAM PRESIDENT THE 04:01:23:00 04:01:24:00 SENATE HAS NOT HAD A FORMAL 04:01:24:00 04:01:24:00 HEARING. 04:01:24:00 04:01:25:00 >> ON THIS. 04:01:25:00 04:01:27:00 THANK YOU FOR. 04:01:27:00 04:01:29:00 THAT I'M SORRY. 04:01:29:00 04:01:29:00 OKAY. 04:01:29:00 04:01:30:00 NOW SURE. 04:01:30:00 04:01:38:00 THANK YOU MADAM YOU OH. 04:01:38:00 04:01:39:00 BEG YOUR PARDON? 04:01:39:00 04:01:40:00 GET ON THE BOTTOM. 04:01:40:00 04:01:42:00 I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE 04:01:42:00 04:01:43:00 ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. 04:01:43:00 04:01:46:00 I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE FROM 04:01:46:00 04:01:48:00 THE COURT PERSONNEL ON HOW THIS 04:01:48:00 04:01:49:00 WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, HOW IT 04:01:49:00 04:01:51:00 WOULD IMPACT, UM, OFFICIAL 04:01:51:00 04:01:52:00 BUSINESS. 04:01:52:00 04:01:53:00 I SPENT EIGHT YEARS WORKING IN 04:01:53:00 04:01:54:00 THE COURT SYSTEM. 04:01:54:00 04:01:57:00 UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE 04:01:57:00 04:01:57:00 TESTIMONY. 04:01:57:00 04:02:01:00 UM, I'D LIKE TO OBJECT TO THIS 04:02:01:00 04:02:01:00 AT THIS TIME. 04:02:01:00 04:02:02:00 THANK YOU. 04:02:02:00 04:02:05:00 COUNCILOR UM, FLYNN OBJECTS TO 04:02:05:00 04:02:07:00 THIS THIS RESOLUTION. 04:02:07:00 04:02:10:00 UH, THEREFORE, UM, WE MOVE ON. 04:02:10:00 04:02:14:00 IT WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE 04:02:14:00 04:02:15:00 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 04:02:15:00 04:02:17:00 THANK YOU. 04:02:17:00 04:02:20:00 PUT IT ON HERE. 04:02:20:00 04:02:27:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ 04:02:27:00 04:02:29:00 DOCKET 0223. 04:02:29:00 04:02:32:00 TALKING NUMBER 0223 04:02:32:00 04:02:33:00 COUNCIL SENT OFF WITH THE 04:02:33:00 04:02:34:00 FOLLOWING RESOLUTION 04:02:34:00 04:02:35:00 ACKNOWLEDGING. 04:02:35:00 04:02:36:00 OPEN MEETING LAW VIOLATIONS. 04:02:36:00 04:02:39:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE 04:02:39:00 04:02:39:00 FLOOR. 04:02:39:00 04:02:41:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 04:02:41:00 04:02:45:00 I'M GOING TO AT THIS TIME NOT 04:02:45:00 04:02:46:00 DISCUSS WHAT I'M WHAT I'M 04:02:46:00 04:02:49:00 PREPARED TO DO BECAUSE OUT 04:02:49:00 04:02:51:00 OF RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES, 04:02:51:00 04:02:52:00 MY COLLEAGUES MANY OF THEM 04:02:52:00 04:02:55:00 ASKED ME TO UM, WITHDRAW FOR 04:02:55:00 04:02:56:00 VARIOUS REASONS. 04:02:56:00 04:02:57:00 SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY 04:02:57:00 04:02:59:00 COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME I AM 04:02:59:00 04:03:01:00 GOING TO WITHDRAW THIS. 04:03:01:00 04:03:04:00 THIS UM RESOLUTION. 04:03:04:00 04:03:08:00 BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE 04:03:08:00 04:03:10:00 CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY 04:03:10:00 04:03:11:00 ELECTION INVOLVED. 04:03:11:00 04:03:13:00 BUT MADAM CHAIR, I DID HAVE 04:03:13:00 04:03:15:00 CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU WHEN YOU 04:03:15:00 04:03:16:00 MENTIONED TO ME YOU ARE WILLING 04:03:16:00 04:03:18:00 TO WORK WITH ME AS WE GO 04:03:18:00 04:03:21:00 FORWARD ON HOW WE CAN CONDUCT A 04:03:21:00 04:03:24:00 PROPER ELECTION PER SE FOR CITY 04:03:24:00 04:03:26:00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WITHOUT 04:03:26:00 04:03:27:00 VIOLATING THE OPEN MEETING LAW. 04:03:27:00 04:03:29:00 SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 04:03:29:00 04:03:30:00 FOR THAT COMMITMENT. 04:03:30:00 04:03:32:00 BUT AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO 04:03:32:00 04:03:33:00 WITHDRAW THIS OUT OF RESPECT 04:03:33:00 04:03:34:00 FOR MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 04:03:34:00 04:03:36:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 04:03:36:00 04:03:40:00 UM, DOCKET 0223 HAS BEEN 04:03:40:00 04:03:40:00 WITHDRAWN. 04:03:40:00 04:03:46:00 MOVE ON TO, UH, DOCKET 0224. 04:03:46:00 04:03:49:00 TALKING OF A 0 TO 2 FOR 04:03:49:00 04:03:49:00 COUNCILOR. 04:03:49:00 04:03:50:00 SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING. 04:03:50:00 04:03:51:00 RESOLUTION URGING. 04:03:51:00 04:03:55:00 SUPPORT FOR THE 2026. 04:03:55:00 04:03:57:00 BALLOT QUESTION ON RENT 04:03:57:00 04:03:59:00 STABILIZATION TO PROTECT 04:03:59:00 04:04:00:00 TENANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. 04:04:00:00 04:04:04:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 04:04:04:00 04:04:04:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSISTENTLY. 04:04:04:00 04:04:05:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:04:05:00 04:04:07:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 04:04:07:00 04:04:09:00 I COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE IT 04:04:09:00 04:04:10:00 CLEAR THAT BOSTON NEEDS 04:04:10:00 04:04:11:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 04:04:11:00 04:04:12:00 EXCUSE ME. 04:04:12:00 04:04:13:00 OUR COMMITTEES HAVE MADE IT 04:04:13:00 04:04:15:00 CLEAR THAT BOSTON NEEDS 04:04:15:00 04:04:15:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 04:04:15:00 04:04:18:00 WE CAN DEPEND ON TO STAY 04:04:18:00 04:04:19:00 AFFORDABLE WHEN RENT CONTROL 04:04:19:00 04:04:21:00 WAS ABANDONED IN STATE WIDE, UM 04:04:21:00 04:04:23:00 STATEWIDE IN 1994, BOSTON 04:04:23:00 04:04:25:00 RESIDENTS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY 04:04:25:00 04:04:28:00 AGAINST THE MEASURE WITH THE 04:04:28:00 04:04:29:00 ISSUE RETURNING TO THE BALLOT 04:04:29:00 04:04:30:00 LATER THIS YEAR. 04:04:30:00 04:04:31:00 THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP 04:04:31:00 04:04:33:00 OF MASSACHUSETTS HOME 04:04:33:00 04:04:34:00 COALITION, WE HAVE THE 04:04:34:00 04:04:35:00 OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THIS 04:04:35:00 04:04:37:00 QUESTION OF AFFORDABILITY AND 04:04:37:00 04:04:38:00 STAND WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND 04:04:38:00 04:04:40:00 FIGHT FOR HOUSING JUSTICE. 04:04:40:00 04:04:42:00 OVER 30 YEARS LATER, OUR CITY 04:04:42:00 04:04:44:00 STILL SEES THE NEED FOR RENT 04:04:44:00 04:04:46:00 CONTROL AND FEELS THE NEED NOW 04:04:46:00 04:04:47:00 MORE THAN EVER. 04:04:47:00 04:04:50:00 OVER 50% OF BOSTON RENTERS ARE 04:04:50:00 04:04:51:00 COST BURDENED, MEANING THEY PAY 04:04:51:00 04:04:54:00 MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME 04:04:54:00 04:04:55:00 ON RENT AND UTILITIES AND MORE 04:04:55:00 04:04:58:00 THAN 27% ARE SEVERELY BURDENED, 04:04:58:00 04:05:00:00 PAYING OVER 50% AS AN AT LARGE 04:05:00:00 04:05:01:00 CITY COUNCILOR. 04:05:01:00 04:05:03:00 I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS ACROSS 04:05:03:00 04:05:04:00 BOSTON WHOSE LANDLORDS HAVE 04:05:04:00 04:05:05:00 INCREASED OUR EVENTS, PUSHING 04:05:05:00 04:05:08:00 THEM TO FINANCIAL STRAIN OR 04:05:08:00 04:05:09:00 FORCING THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES 04:05:09:00 04:05:09:00 . 04:05:09:00 04:05:11:00 OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE BETTER. 04:05:11:00 04:05:14:00 THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THAT AFTER 04:05:14:00 04:05:15:00 SIGNING THE LEASE OF AN 04:05:15:00 04:05:16:00 APARTMENT WITHIN THEIR BUDGET 04:05:16:00 04:05:18:00 THAT LOWER THAN THAT THEIR 04:05:18:00 04:05:19:00 LANDLORD WILL DECIDE THE NEXT 04:05:19:00 04:05:21:00 YEAR TO DEMAND MORE THAN THEY 04:05:21:00 04:05:21:00 CAN AFFORD. 04:05:21:00 04:05:23:00 BOSTON SHOULD BE A CITY WHERE 04:05:23:00 04:05:25:00 EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND WHERE 04:05:25:00 04:05:26:00 NO ONE IS DISPLACED BY UNCAPPED 04:05:26:00 04:05:27:00 RENT INCREASES. 04:05:27:00 04:05:30:00 WE MUST TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE 04:05:30:00 04:05:31:00 THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE 04:05:31:00 04:05:33:00 LIVING IN A PLACE THEY CALL 04:05:33:00 04:05:33:00 HOME. 04:05:33:00 04:05:36:00 THE VIBRANCY AND THE 04:05:36:00 04:05:37:00 INCLUSIVITY OF OUR CITY DEPENDS 04:05:37:00 04:05:38:00 ON THESE MEASURES. 04:05:38:00 04:05:39:00 I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS 04:05:39:00 04:05:41:00 MEASURE AND TO STAND WITH OUR 04:05:41:00 04:05:42:00 COMMUNITY TO RESPECT HOUSING AS 04:05:42:00 04:05:43:00 A HUMAN RIGHT. 04:05:43:00 04:05:45:00 THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW 04:05:45:00 04:05:45:00 IT IS. 04:05:45:00 04:05:46:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 04:05:46:00 04:05:48:00 UM THANK YOU. 04:05:48:00 04:05:48:00 UH. 04:05:48:00 04:05:50:00 CLIMATE FIRST IS. 04:05:50:00 04:05:53:00 UM I AM LOOKING FOR SUSPENSION 04:05:53:00 04:05:56:00 AND PASSAGE OF, UH OF THIS 04:05:56:00 04:05:57:00 RESOLUTION. 04:05:57:00 04:05:59:00 UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 04:05:59:00 04:06:02:00 COUNCILOR UH, SANTANA SEEKS 04:06:02:00 04:06:03:00 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND 04:06:03:00 04:06:04:00 ADOPTION OF DOKKAN 0224. 04:06:04:00 04:06:07:00 UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU, UH, 04:06:07:00 04:06:08:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? 04:06:08:00 04:06:09:00 UH, FIVE. 04:06:09:00 04:06:12:00 UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU DO A 04:06:12:00 04:06:15:00 ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0224, 04:06:15:00 04:06:15:00 PLEASE? 04:06:15:00 04:06:20:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 04:06:20:00 04:06:21:00 YOU MADAM CHAIR, ARE WE ABLE 04:06:21:00 04:06:22:00 TO. 04:06:22:00 04:06:23:00 SORRY, I THINK I'VE SKIPPED 04:06:23:00 04:06:24:00 FORWARD A VITAL STEP. 04:06:24:00 04:06:28:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK 04:06:28:00 04:06:28:00 TO THIS MATTER? 04:06:28:00 04:06:30:00 UM. 04:06:30:00 04:06:32:00 I'M ASSUMING COUNCILOR THING TO 04:06:32:00 04:06:33:00 DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. 04:06:33:00 04:06:34:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? 04:06:34:00 04:06:35:00 YES. 04:06:35:00 04:06:36:00 >> I'M SORRY. 04:06:36:00 04:06:37:00 GET THIS LIGHT ON. 04:06:37:00 04:06:38:00 THERE YOU GO. 04:06:38:00 04:06:39:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 04:06:39:00 04:06:42:00 UM, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO 04:06:42:00 04:06:45:00 MY COLLEAGUES THAT I BELIEVE 04:06:45:00 04:06:48:00 THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE IS NOT 04:06:48:00 04:06:50:00 BEING SUPPORTED BY GOVERNOR 04:06:50:00 04:06:51:00 HALEY. 04:06:51:00 04:06:54:00 I ALSO BELIEVE IT'S NOT BEING 04:06:54:00 04:06:56:00 SUPPORTED RIGHT AT THIS TIME BY 04:06:56:00 04:06:57:00 BY MAYOR WOLF. 04:06:57:00 04:07:03:00 I DO THINK HAVING SUPPORTING 04:07:03:00 04:07:05:00 THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE WILL 04:07:05:00 04:07:06:00 NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE BUSINESS 04:07:06:00 04:07:08:00 CLIMATE IN THE ECONOMY 04:07:08:00 04:07:10:00 OF BOSTON DURING THIS DIFFICULT 04:07:10:00 04:07:11:00 PERIOD OF TIME. 04:07:11:00 04:07:14:00 WE WANT INVESTORS COMING INTO 04:07:14:00 04:07:16:00 BOSTON TO INVEST THEIR MONEY TO 04:07:16:00 04:07:17:00 BUILD HOUSING. 04:07:17:00 04:07:21:00 I THINK THIS TYPE OF PROPOSAL 04:07:21:00 04:07:25:00 UM ALTHOUGH WE SUPPORT EVERYONE 04:07:25:00 04:07:26:00 HAVING EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING 04:07:26:00 04:07:28:00 IN BOSTON, I DO THINK IT HAVE 04:07:28:00 04:07:30:00 WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON 04:07:30:00 04:07:32:00 THE BUILDING OF HOUSING THAT WE 04:07:32:00 04:07:33:00 DESPERATELY NEED IN THE CITY. 04:07:33:00 04:07:37:00 I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO VOTE 04:07:37:00 04:07:37:00 AGAINST IT. 04:07:37:00 04:07:39:00 I WOULD I'M NOT GOING TO ASK 04:07:39:00 04:07:40:00 FOR A HEARING. 04:07:40:00 04:07:42:00 UM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN 04:07:42:00 04:07:43:00 MORE ABOUT THE BALLOT 04:07:43:00 04:07:44:00 INITIATIVE. 04:07:44:00 04:07:46:00 BUT UM, OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY 04:07:46:00 04:07:48:00 COLLEAGUES I'M I'M JUST GOING 04:07:48:00 04:07:48:00 TO VOTE NO. 04:07:48:00 04:07:50:00 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 04:07:50:00 04:07:50:00 >> THANK YOU. 04:07:50:00 04:07:53:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK 04:07:53:00 04:07:53:00 ON THIS MATTER? 04:07:53:00 04:07:56:00 WOULD ANY. 04:07:56:00 04:08:07:00 CANDIDATE HAVE THE NAMES? 04:08:07:00 04:08:10:00 YES. 04:08:10:00 04:08:11:00 >> YES. 04:08:11:00 04:08:11:00 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR 04:08:11:00 04:08:12:00 NAMES? 04:08:12:00 04:08:14:00 UH, TO THE UM. 04:08:14:00 04:08:17:00 COUNCILOR? 04:08:17:00 04:08:19:00 UM, COLLETTE IS A POWDER 04:08:19:00 04:08:19:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER. 04:08:19:00 04:08:22:00 UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE 04:08:22:00 04:08:23:00 COUNCIL ME HERE. 04:08:23:00 04:08:26:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN, HUNTER WEBER 04:08:26:00 04:08:27:00 CULTURAL PLEASE. 04:08:27:00 04:08:28:00 OUT OF THE CHAIR. 04:08:28:00 04:08:32:00 UH THE CHAIRS. 04:08:32:00 04:08:34:00 UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA SEEK 04:08:34:00 04:08:35:00 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND 04:08:35:00 04:08:38:00 ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0224. 04:08:38:00 04:08:40:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 04:08:40:00 04:08:43:00 UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. 04:08:43:00 04:08:45:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 04:08:45:00 04:08:47:00 CALL THE ROLL UM, FOR DOCKET 04:08:47:00 04:08:48:00 0224. 04:08:48:00 04:08:52:00 ROLL CALL ON DUKKHA NUMBER 0224 04:08:52:00 04:08:52:00 COUNCILOR BREEN. 04:08:52:00 04:08:54:00 YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. 04:08:54:00 04:08:56:00 YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A. 04:08:56:00 04:08:58:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A 04:08:58:00 04:08:58:00 PARTNER. 04:08:58:00 04:08:58:00 YES. 04:08:58:00 04:08:59:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. 04:08:59:00 04:09:00:00 YES. 04:09:00:00 04:09:01:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. 04:09:01:00 04:09:01:00 YES. 04:09:01:00 04:09:02:00 COUNCILOR. 04:09:02:00 04:09:02:00 DURKIN. 04:09:02:00 04:09:03:00 COUNCILOR. 04:09:03:00 04:09:03:00 FITZGERALD. 04:09:03:00 04:09:04:00 NO. 04:09:04:00 04:09:05:00 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 04:09:05:00 04:09:05:00 NO. 04:09:05:00 04:09:06:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 04:09:06:00 04:09:07:00 COUNCILOR FLYNN. 04:09:07:00 04:09:08:00 NO. 04:09:08:00 04:09:08:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. 04:09:08:00 04:09:09:00 YES. 04:09:09:00 04:09:10:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. 04:09:10:00 04:09:10:00 YES. 04:09:10:00 04:09:11:00 COUNCILOR. 04:09:11:00 04:09:11:00 MEJIA. 04:09:11:00 04:09:12:00 COUNCILOR. 04:09:12:00 04:09:12:00 MEJIA. 04:09:12:00 04:09:13:00 YES. 04:09:13:00 04:09:14:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 04:09:14:00 04:09:14:00 COUNCILOR. 04:09:14:00 04:09:15:00 MURPHY. 04:09:15:00 04:09:15:00 NO. 04:09:15:00 04:09:16:00 COUNCILOR. 04:09:16:00 04:09:16:00 PIPPIN. 04:09:16:00 04:09:17:00 COUNCILOR 15. 04:09:17:00 04:09:18:00 YES. 04:09:18:00 04:09:19:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 04:09:19:00 04:09:20:00 YES. 04:09:20:00 04:09:21:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA IS 04:09:21:00 04:09:22:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 04:09:22:00 04:09:22:00 YES. 04:09:22:00 04:09:23:00 COUNCILOR WEBER? 04:09:23:00 04:09:23:00 YES. 04:09:23:00 04:09:24:00 AND COUNCILOR WHERE ELSE? 04:09:24:00 04:09:25:00 YES. 04:09:25:00 04:09:26:00 COUNCILOR EARLE YES. 04:09:26:00 04:09:31:00 DOCKET NUMBER 0224 HAS RECEIVED 04:09:31:00 04:09:33:00 NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE 04:09:33:00 04:09:34:00 AND THREE VOTES IN THE 04:09:34:00 04:09:34:00 NEGATIVE. 04:09:34:00 04:09:36:00 THANK YOU, MR CLERK. 04:09:36:00 04:09:39:00 CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. 04:09:39:00 04:09:40:00 WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH ALL THE 04:09:40:00 04:09:43:00 THE REFUNDS AND NEW DOCKETS, 04:09:43:00 04:09:45:00 PERSONNEL OR PERSONNEL ORDERS, 04:09:45:00 04:09:46:00 UH, WE KNOW ON TO PERSONNEL OR 04:09:46:00 04:09:47:00 MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE 04:09:47:00 04:09:50:00 READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND 04:09:50:00 04:09:54:00 DOCKET UM 022520227. 04:09:54:00 04:09:58:00 PERSONNEL ORDERS NUMBER 0225 04:09:58:00 04:10:00:00 COUNCILOR BREADON DUMP IT. 04:10:00:00 04:10:02:00 UH, DUNCAN, NUMBER 0226 04:10:02:00 04:10:03:00 COUNCILOR BREEN FOR 04:10:03:00 04:10:05:00 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND DUCKY 04:10:05:00 04:10:08:00 NUMBER 0227 COUNCILOR BREEN FOR 04:10:08:00 04:10:09:00 COUNCILOR DURKIN. 04:10:09:00 04:10:12:00 UH, THE CHAIR SEEKS PASSAGE 04:10:12:00 04:10:15:00 OF DOCKET 022520227. 04:10:15:00 04:10:16:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 04:10:16:00 04:10:21:00 UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. 04:10:21:00 04:10:22:00 THANK YOU. 04:10:22:00 04:10:23:00 THE PERSONNEL ER PERSONNEL 04:10:23:00 04:10:24:00 ORDERS HAVE BEEN PASSED. 04:10:24:00 04:10:26:00 GREEN SHEETS. 04:10:26:00 04:10:28:00 UH, WE, UH, MOVING ON TO GREEN 04:10:28:00 04:10:29:00 SHEETS SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST 04:10:29:00 04:10:31:00 MEETING OF A NEW YEAR, WE DON'T 04:10:31:00 04:10:33:00 HAVE ANY GREEN SHEET DOCKETS TO 04:10:33:00 04:10:34:00 DEAL WITH. 04:10:34:00 04:10:36:00 UM. 04:10:36:00 04:10:42:00 UM, DO WE SPEAK TO THE ISSUE 04:10:42:00 04:10:43:00 ABOUT REASSIGNMENT? 04:10:43:00 04:10:46:00 UH, MR. CLERK WHO'S ALREADY 04:10:46:00 04:10:47:00 REASSIGNED THEM? 04:10:47:00 04:10:50:00 EVERYTHING'S AT THE COMMITTEE. 04:10:50:00 04:10:51:00 EVERYTHING'S AT THE COMMITTEE 04:10:51:00 04:10:51:00 LEVEL. 04:10:51:00 04:10:52:00 THAT'S GOOD. 04:10:52:00 04:10:57:00 UM, NEXT, UH, LEAD FOR 04:10:57:00 04:10:57:00 MR. CLERK. 04:10:57:00 04:11:00:00 DO WE HAVE ANY LEAD TIME WE 04:11:00:00 04:11:01:00 HAVE FOR LATE FILES? 04:11:01:00 04:11:02:00 WHAT HAVE WE GOT? 04:11:02:00 04:11:03:00 WE HAVE, UH. 04:11:03:00 04:11:04:00 TWO ABSENCE LETTERS. 04:11:04:00 04:11:06:00 UH. 04:11:06:00 04:11:08:00 >> A RESOLUTION 04:11:08:00 04:11:08:00 OF COMMUNICATION. 04:11:08:00 04:11:09:00 VERY GOOD. 04:11:09:00 04:11:14:00 >> UM, ABSENT OBJECTION. 04:11:14:00 04:11:15:00 UH. 04:11:15:00 04:11:16:00 WE'LL SEE. 04:11:16:00 04:11:18:00 I'M CONFIRMED BY THE TRUCKS 04:11:18:00 04:11:20:00 THAT THERE ARE FOUR LEFT FILES. 04:11:20:00 04:11:22:00 UH, REMIND ME AGAIN. 04:11:22:00 04:11:24:00 UH, TWO ABSENCE. 04:11:24:00 04:11:26:00 TWO ABSENCE LETTERS. 04:11:26:00 04:11:29:00 UH, RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AND 04:11:29:00 04:11:30:00 A COMMUNICATION. 04:11:30:00 04:11:31:00 UH. 04:11:31:00 04:11:33:00 >> ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE 04:11:33:00 04:11:36:00 MATTERS WILL BE ADDED TO THE 04:11:36:00 04:11:36:00 AGENDA. 04:11:36:00 04:11:38:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 04:11:38:00 04:11:39:00 READ THE FIRST LIT FILE MATTER? 04:11:39:00 04:11:42:00 FIRSTLY, THEY'VE FOUND THAT A 04:11:42:00 04:11:43:00 LETTER FROM THE MAYOR DE CLARK 04:11:43:00 04:11:44:00 CHURCHES. 04:11:44:00 04:11:45:00 PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL OUT 04:11:45:00 04:11:47:00 OF TOWN ON TUESDAY, JULY 20TH. 04:11:47:00 04:11:52:00 UH, JANUARY 27TH, 2026 AT 7:55 04:11:52:00 04:11:55:00 P.M. RETURNING THURSDAY, 04:11:55:00 04:11:57:00 JANUARY 29TH, 2026 AT 10:30 04:11:57:00 04:11:57:00 P.M.. 04:11:57:00 04:11:59:00 SINCERELY, MAYOR VU. 04:11:59:00 04:12:00:00 THANK YOU. 04:12:00:00 04:12:02:00 THIS MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON 04:12:02:00 04:12:02:00 FILE. 04:12:02:00 04:12:04:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE 04:12:04:00 04:12:06:00 READ THE SECOND FILE MATTER? 04:12:06:00 04:12:09:00 SECOND LIFE OFFERED BY 04:12:09:00 04:12:10:00 COUNCIL IS GABRIELA COLLETTE AS 04:12:10:00 04:12:13:00 A PARTNER AND COUNSELOR. 04:12:13:00 04:12:15:00 COUNSELOR RUTHIE'S LOUIJEUNE 04:12:15:00 04:12:17:00 RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE 04:12:17:00 04:12:20:00 UNLAWFUL KILLING OF RENE NICOLE 04:12:20:00 04:12:22:00 GOOD AND ALEX PRIDDY BY FEDERAL 04:12:22:00 04:12:23:00 ICE AGENTS. 04:12:23:00 04:12:26:00 THANK YOU. 04:12:26:00 04:12:28:00 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS 04:12:28:00 04:12:30:00 THE POWER TO COLOR DISSIPATE. 04:12:30:00 04:12:31:00 THANK YOU. 04:12:31:00 04:12:32:00 UM. 04:12:32:00 04:12:35:00 YES. 04:12:35:00 04:12:37:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 04:12:37:00 04:12:39:00 UH, I WANTED TO FILE THIS. 04:12:39:00 04:12:40:00 EMERGENCY RESOLUTION. 04:12:40:00 04:12:41:00 WE TRIED TO GET IT IN ON TIME. 04:12:41:00 04:12:43:00 UM, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE 04:12:43:00 04:12:45:00 CLERK'S GRACE ON THIS AND 04:12:45:00 04:12:46:00 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GRACE TO 04:12:46:00 04:12:47:00 MADAM PRESIDENT TO MAKE SURE 04:12:47:00 04:12:48:00 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 04:12:48:00 04:12:49:00 WE ARE AN INFLECTION POINT, UH, 04:12:49:00 04:12:52:00 IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND IT 04:12:52:00 04:12:53:00 IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND 04:12:53:00 04:12:55:00 UP AND CONDEMN THIS WHEN IT IS 04:12:55:00 04:12:55:00 HAPPENING. 04:12:55:00 04:12:58:00 WHAT WE ARE CONFRONTING, UH, 04:12:58:00 04:12:59:00 HERE IS NOT ABSTRACT AND IT IS 04:12:59:00 04:13:00:00 NOT DISTANT. 04:13:00:00 04:13:01:00 IT IS A QUESTION OF WHO WE ARE 04:13:01:00 04:13:03:00 AS A CITY AND WHETHER WE ARE 04:13:03:00 04:13:05:00 WILLING TO SPEAK PLAINLY WHEN 04:13:05:00 04:13:06:00 CONSTITUTIONAL LINES ARE 04:13:06:00 04:13:06:00 CROSSED. 04:13:06:00 04:13:09:00 RENEE NICOLE GOODE AND ALEX 04:13:09:00 04:13:11:00 PERETTI WERE KILLED BY FEDERAL 04:13:11:00 04:13:12:00 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS 04:13:12:00 04:13:15:00 NOT AFTER TRIAL, NOT AFTER DUE 04:13:15:00 04:13:18:00 PROCESS BUT IN THE STREET 04:13:18:00 04:13:20:00 DURING OPERATIONS THAT WERE 04:13:20:00 04:13:21:00 SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THE LAW, NOT 04:13:21:00 04:13:22:00 REPLACE IT. 04:13:22:00 04:13:24:00 THIS RESOLUTION EXPLICITLY 04:13:24:00 04:13:26:00 NAMES JUST THESE TWO. 04:13:26:00 04:13:28:00 BUT FOLKS HAVE RIGHTLY, UH, 04:13:28:00 04:13:30:00 ASKED ME TO NAME AND REMEMBER 04:13:30:00 04:13:32:00 KEITH PORTER WHO WAS ALSO 04:13:32:00 04:13:34:00 KILLED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND 04:13:34:00 04:13:36:00 COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO HAVE LOST 04:13:36:00 04:13:37:00 THEIR LIVES IN DETENTION 04:13:37:00 04:13:37:00 CENTERS. 04:13:37:00 04:13:41:00 ALEX PRETI WAS AN ICU NURSE, A 04:13:41:00 04:13:44:00 LAWFUL GUN OWNER, A PERSON 04:13:44:00 04:13:45:00 DOCUMENTING FEDERAL ACTIVITY IN 04:13:45:00 04:13:47:00 A PUBLIC SPACE, AN ACT 04:13:47:00 04:13:48:00 PROTECTED BY THE FIRST 04:13:48:00 04:13:48:00 AMENDMENT. 04:13:48:00 04:13:51:00 PUBLIC REPORTING AND VIDEO 04:13:51:00 04:13:52:00 EVIDENCE SHOW HE WAS RESTRAINED 04:13:52:00 04:13:55:00 , DISARMED AND STILL SHOT 04:13:55:00 04:13:57:00 MULTIPLE TIMES AND BEFORE ANY 04:13:57:00 04:13:58:00 INVESTIGATION COULD TAKE PLACE 04:13:58:00 04:13:59:00 . 04:13:59:00 04:14:01:00 SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS 04:14:01:00 04:14:02:00 LABELED HIM AS A DOMESTIC 04:14:02:00 04:14:02:00 TERRORIST. 04:14:02:00 04:14:05:00 THAT IS NOT JUSTICE. 04:14:05:00 04:14:07:00 THAT IS A SMEAR MEANT TO 04:14:07:00 04:14:09:00 JUSTIFY LETHAL FORCE AFTER THE 04:14:09:00 04:14:09:00 FACT. 04:14:09:00 04:14:11:00 NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY. 04:14:11:00 04:14:14:00 NONE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT 04:14:14:00 04:14:16:00 AS THE JUDGE, JURY AND 04:14:16:00 04:14:16:00 EXECUTIONER. 04:14:16:00 04:14:19:00 EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS VIOLATE 04:14:19:00 04:14:19:00 THE CONSTITUTION. 04:14:19:00 04:14:22:00 THEY VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS AND 04:14:22:00 04:14:23:00 VIOLATE THE MOST BASIC 04:14:23:00 04:14:24:00 STANDARDS OF DEMOCRACY. 04:14:24:00 04:14:27:00 BOSTON HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO 04:14:27:00 04:14:30:00 SAY THAT OUT LOUD, AND IT IS A 04:14:30:00 04:14:31:00 DECLARATION THAT BOSTON WILL 04:14:31:00 04:14:32:00 NOT BE SILENT WHEN FEDERAL 04:14:32:00 04:14:33:00 POWER IS ABUSED. 04:14:33:00 04:14:35:00 WE ARE A CITY BUILT ON 04:14:35:00 04:14:37:00 RESISTANCE TO UNCHECKED POWER. 04:14:37:00 04:14:40:00 WE ARE A CITY THAT KNOWS WHEN 04:14:40:00 04:14:41:00 PEOPLE ARE DEHUMANIZED IN THE 04:14:41:00 04:14:43:00 NAME OF ORDER IT IS WRONG. 04:14:43:00 04:14:45:00 A CITY THAT UNDERSTANDS WHEN 04:14:45:00 04:14:47:00 MILITARIZED UNACCOUNTABLE 04:14:47:00 04:14:49:00 AGENTS ARE DEPLOYED INTO 04:14:49:00 04:14:51:00 CIVILIAN NEIGHBORHOODS 04:14:51:00 04:14:52:00 EVERYONE'S RIGHTS ARE AT RISK, 04:14:52:00 04:14:53:00 NOT JUST IMMIGRANTS. 04:14:53:00 04:14:55:00 IF WE CANNOT CONDEMN UNLAWFUL 04:14:55:00 04:14:57:00 KILLINGS, IF WE CANNOT STAND UP 04:14:57:00 04:14:58:00 FOR DUE PROCESS AND THE RULE 04:14:58:00 04:15:00:00 OF LAW, THEN WE FAIL THE PEOPLE 04:15:00:00 04:15:01:00 WE WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT. 04:15:01:00 04:15:02:00 AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO 04:15:02:00 04:15:03:00 SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. 04:15:03:00 04:15:04:00 THANK YOU. 04:15:04:00 04:15:05:00 >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. 04:15:05:00 04:15:06:00 LET US HAVE A 04:15:06:00 04:15:07:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE 04:15:07:00 04:15:08:00 THE FLOOR. 04:15:08:00 04:15:09:00 THANK YOU. 04:15:09:00 04:15:11:00 >> AND THANK YOU TO, UH, 04:15:11:00 04:15:12:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER 04:15:12:00 04:15:13:00 FOR THIS FILING AND FOR THE 04:15:13:00 04:15:14:00 PREVIOUS FILING. 04:15:14:00 04:15:16:00 WE ARE LIVING IN WICKED TIMES 04:15:16:00 04:15:19:00 AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO 04:15:19:00 04:15:20:00 JUST MARK HOW MUCH OF A 04:15:20:00 04:15:23:00 DEPARTURE, UH, FROM DEMOCRATIC 04:15:23:00 04:15:25:00 NORMS THAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE 04:15:25:00 04:15:26:00 TRUE, UH, THAT WE'RE 04:15:26:00 04:15:27:00 EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. 04:15:27:00 04:15:29:00 AND SO TO THE FAMILIES OF RENÉ 04:15:29:00 04:15:31:00 GOOD AND TO ALEX BREADON AND TO 04:15:31:00 04:15:33:00 ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED 04:15:33:00 04:15:35:00 IN ICE DETENTION, A NUMBER 04:15:35:00 04:15:37:00 OF PEOPLE, UM, WHO COULD HAVE 04:15:37:00 04:15:40:00 HAD ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE OR A 04:15:40:00 04:15:41:00 HOSPITAL THAT WOULD HAVE 04:15:41:00 04:15:42:00 CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY. 04:15:42:00 04:15:43:00 UM. 04:15:43:00 04:15:44:00 WE'RE SORRY. 04:15:44:00 04:15:46:00 I'M SORRY THAT OUR COUNTRY IS 04:15:46:00 04:15:47:00 WHERE IT IS. 04:15:47:00 04:15:50:00 UM, AND THAT IT'S PEOPLE'S 04:15:50:00 04:15:51:00 FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE 04:15:51:00 04:15:53:00 BEING VIOLATED PEOPLE'S RIGHTS 04:15:53:00 04:15:54:00 DUE PROCESS. 04:15:54:00 04:15:56:00 AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 04:15:56:00 04:15:57:00 SPEAK UP. 04:15:57:00 04:15:59:00 UM, I WAS THIS MORNING READING 04:15:59:00 04:16:01:00 COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO 04:16:01:00 04:16:03:00 RECEIVED CARE FROM ALEX PRETI 04:16:03:00 04:16:03:00 AT THE VA. 04:16:03:00 04:16:05:00 UM, AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW 04:16:05:00 04:16:07:00 MUCH HE CARED DEEPLY ABOUT THIS 04:16:07:00 04:16:08:00 COUNTRY AND HOW MUCH HE CARED 04:16:08:00 04:16:10:00 DEEPLY AND WAS SO MUCH IN 04:16:10:00 04:16:11:00 SERVICE TO OTHERS. 04:16:11:00 04:16:12:00 AND SO, UM. 04:16:12:00 04:16:15:00 I'M. 04:16:15:00 04:16:19:00 I'M VERY RARELY AT A LOSS FOR 04:16:19:00 04:16:21:00 WORDS AND I'M I'M REALLY 04:16:21:00 04:16:24:00 FEARFUL RIGHT NOW OF WHAT COULD 04:16:24:00 04:16:26:00 AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY 04:16:26:00 04:16:27:00 IT'S ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT FOR 04:16:27:00 04:16:29:00 US TO SPEAK UP AND TO SPEAK OUT 04:16:29:00 04:16:30:00 AND WANT TO THANK THE GREATER 04:16:30:00 04:16:32:00 BOSTON LABOR COUNCIL FOR 04:16:32:00 04:16:35:00 PUTTING ON A RALLY IN 04:16:35:00 04:16:37:00 SOLIDARITY WITH MINNEAPOLIS, UM 04:16:37:00 04:16:38:00 , LAST WEEK. 04:16:38:00 04:16:40:00 UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE 04:16:40:00 04:16:43:00 IN MINNEAPOLIS, UM, IN MAINE 04:16:43:00 04:16:46:00 AROUND THE COUNTRY UH, THAT 04:16:46:00 04:16:47:00 WHAT'S HAPPENING BY MASKED 04:16:47:00 04:16:49:00 AGENTS IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN 04:16:49:00 04:16:51:00 OUR NAME AND THAT WE PUSH BACK 04:16:51:00 04:16:53:00 AGAINST IT AND MAY WE NOT ONLY 04:16:53:00 04:16:54:00 TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY 04:16:54:00 04:16:55:00 BUT TO THE WORLD KNOW THAT THIS 04:16:55:00 04:16:56:00 IS NOT WHO WE ARE. 04:16:56:00 04:16:59:00 UM AND EVEN IF THIS IS WHO 04:16:59:00 04:17:00:00 PEOPLE WANT US TO BE, WE ARE 04:17:00:00 04:17:01:00 GOING TO RESIST AT EVERY LEVEL. 04:17:01:00 04:17:02:00 THANK YOU. 04:17:02:00 04:17:03:00 THANK YOU. 04:17:03:00 04:17:03:00 >> COUNCILOR. 04:17:03:00 04:17:04:00 UH LOUIJEUNE. 04:17:04:00 04:17:06:00 COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE 04:17:06:00 04:17:06:00 FLOOR. 04:17:06:00 04:17:09:00 UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 04:17:09:00 04:17:11:00 UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THROW IN 04:17:11:00 04:17:12:00 THANK COUNCILOR CLAUDIA 04:17:12:00 04:17:13:00 SUPPORTER AND COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE 04:17:13:00 04:17:14:00 FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS 04:17:14:00 04:17:15:00 RESOLUTION. 04:17:15:00 04:17:18:00 I'VE BEEN I THINK WE'VE ALL 04:17:18:00 04:17:19:00 BEEN REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO 04:17:19:00 04:17:20:00 THE NEWS LATELY ABOUT WHAT'S 04:17:20:00 04:17:21:00 BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS THE 04:17:21:00 04:17:23:00 COUNTRY AND OBVIOUSLY THESE TWO 04:17:23:00 04:17:25:00 EXAMPLES, UM, ARE 04:17:25:00 04:17:27:00 REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S GOING 04:17:27:00 04:17:28:00 WRONG IN OUR COUNTRY AT THE 04:17:28:00 04:17:30:00 MOMENT AND I'VE BEEN GOING DOWN 04:17:30:00 04:17:32:00 THE RABBIT HOLE EVER SINCE WE 04:17:32:00 04:17:35:00 GOT INTO 2026 BECAUSE IT IS THE 04:17:35:00 04:17:36:00 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR 04:17:36:00 04:17:39:00 COUNTRY AND 250 YEARS AGO WE 04:17:39:00 04:17:40:00 WERE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM. 04:17:40:00 04:17:42:00 WE WERE FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS 04:17:42:00 04:17:44:00 FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND YET 04:17:44:00 04:17:45:00 HERE WE ARE DOING THE SAME 04:17:45:00 04:17:45:00 EXACT THING. 04:17:45:00 04:17:49:00 UM IT'S VERY JUST THE STARTING 04:17:49:00 04:17:50:00 TO SEE A LOT OF RESIDENTS 04:17:50:00 04:17:51:00 TERRIFIED FOR THEIR LIVES. 04:17:51:00 04:17:54:00 UM, OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 04:17:54:00 04:17:55:00 QUITE A FEW EMAILS FROM 04:17:55:00 04:17:57:00 RESIDENTS THAT JUST WANT TO 04:17:57:00 04:17:58:00 THEY EITHER WANT TO HELP OR 04:17:58:00 04:17:59:00 THEY WANT TO SEEK RESOURCES TO 04:17:59:00 04:18:00:00 SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR OUR 04:18:00:00 04:18:00:00 NEIGHBORS. 04:18:00:00 04:18:03:00 UM, I KNOW FOLKS THAT ARE GOING 04:18:03:00 04:18:05:00 THROUGH THE PROCESS QUOTE 04:18:05:00 04:18:07:00 UNQUOTE LEGALLY TRYING TO GO 04:18:07:00 04:18:08:00 THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BECOME A 04:18:08:00 04:18:10:00 RESIDENT OR GET A GREEN CARD OR 04:18:10:00 04:18:11:00 BECOME A CITIZEN AND YET EVEN 04:18:11:00 04:18:13:00 BY DOING THAT THEY'RE SCARED TO 04:18:13:00 04:18:15:00 SHOW UP TO THE COURTS OR TO 04:18:15:00 04:18:15:00 THEIR CEREMONIES. 04:18:15:00 04:18:18:00 SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK 04:18:18:00 04:18:19:00 MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I THINK 04:18:19:00 04:18:21:00 THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 04:18:21:00 04:18:22:00 ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO 04:18:22:00 04:18:24:00 TACKLE AT ALL LEVELS 04:18:24:00 04:18:24:00 OF GOVERNMENT. 04:18:24:00 04:18:27:00 UH, COMMUNITIES ANYONE HONESTLY 04:18:27:00 04:18:28:00 THAT CARES ABOUT THIS TOPIC. 04:18:28:00 04:18:30:00 SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT 04:18:30:00 04:18:31:00 FORWARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO 04:18:31:00 04:18:31:00 SUPPORT IT. 04:18:31:00 04:18:32:00 THANK YOU. 04:18:32:00 04:18:33:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. 04:18:33:00 04:18:37:00 UH, COUNCILOR UM, CLARISSA PATE 04:18:37:00 04:18:39:00 I SEE YOU AND I DON'T YOU 04:18:39:00 04:18:40:00 WISHING TO SPEAK? 04:18:40:00 04:18:40:00 YES. 04:18:40:00 04:18:42:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:18:42:00 04:18:43:00 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 04:18:43:00 04:18:45:00 I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD, UM, 04:18:45:00 04:18:45:00 COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS AN 04:18:45:00 04:18:46:00 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. 04:18:46:00 04:18:46:00 THANK YOU. 04:18:46:00 04:18:48:00 >> UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO 04:18:48:00 04:18:49:00 OBJECTION, COUNCILOR CULPEPER 04:18:49:00 04:18:50:00 SO ADDED. 04:18:50:00 04:18:53:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK 04:18:53:00 04:18:53:00 TO THIS ISSUE? 04:18:53:00 04:18:57:00 WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD 04:18:57:00 04:18:58:00 THEIR NAME? 04:18:58:00 04:19:01:00 CONSIDERED A COUNSELOR 04:19:01:00 04:19:03:00 FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN, 04:19:03:00 04:19:05:00 COUNCILOR LOUIS, YOU'RE LEAD 04:19:05:00 04:19:06:00 SPONSOR COUNCILOR MEAD HERE 04:19:06:00 04:19:07:00 COUNCIL MURPHY. 04:19:07:00 04:19:08:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:08:00 04:19:08:00 PEPEN. 04:19:08:00 04:19:10:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA, CONSTABLE 04:19:10:00 04:19:12:00 WEBER AND, UH, PLEASE ADD THE 04:19:12:00 04:19:13:00 CHAIR. 04:19:13:00 04:19:15:00 COUNCIL. 04:19:15:00 04:19:18:00 UH, COUNCILOR, LET US A 04:19:18:00 04:19:19:00 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND 04:19:19:00 04:19:20:00 ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. 04:19:20:00 04:19:22:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 04:19:22:00 04:19:25:00 I, UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU 04:19:25:00 04:19:26:00 PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? 04:19:26:00 04:19:28:00 VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION. 04:19:28:00 04:19:32:00 COUNCILOR BREADON. 04:19:32:00 04:19:33:00 YES. 04:19:33:00 04:19:34:00 COUNCILOR BREADON? 04:19:34:00 04:19:34:00 YES. 04:19:34:00 04:19:35:00 COUNCILOR COLLETTE ZAPATA. 04:19:35:00 04:19:36:00 YES. 04:19:36:00 04:19:36:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:36:00 04:19:37:00 CLOSER. 04:19:37:00 04:19:37:00 PURDY. 04:19:37:00 04:19:38:00 YES. 04:19:38:00 04:19:38:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:38:00 04:19:38:00 CULPEPPER. 04:19:38:00 04:19:39:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:39:00 04:19:40:00 CULPEPPER. 04:19:40:00 04:19:40:00 YES. 04:19:40:00 04:19:40:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:40:00 04:19:41:00 DURKIN. 04:19:41:00 04:19:42:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:42:00 04:19:42:00 FITZGERALD. 04:19:42:00 04:19:43:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:43:00 04:19:44:00 FITZGERALD. 04:19:44:00 04:19:44:00 YES. 04:19:44:00 04:19:44:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:44:00 04:19:45:00 FLYNN. 04:19:45:00 04:19:45:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:45:00 04:19:46:00 SENIORS. 04:19:46:00 04:19:47:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:47:00 04:19:47:00 LOUIJEUNE. 04:19:47:00 04:19:47:00 YES. 04:19:47:00 04:19:48:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:48:00 04:19:48:00 HUSSAIN. 04:19:48:00 04:19:48:00 YES. 04:19:48:00 04:19:49:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:49:00 04:19:49:00 MEJIA. 04:19:49:00 04:19:50:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:50:00 04:19:50:00 MEJIA. 04:19:50:00 04:19:51:00 YES. 04:19:51:00 04:19:52:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 04:19:52:00 04:19:52:00 YES. 04:19:52:00 04:19:53:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY. 04:19:53:00 04:19:53:00 YES. 04:19:53:00 04:19:54:00 COUNCIL. 04:19:54:00 04:19:55:00 THE PEN COUNCIL. 04:19:55:00 04:19:55:00 GRIFFIN. 04:19:55:00 04:19:55:00 YES. 04:19:55:00 04:19:56:00 COUNCIL. 04:19:56:00 04:19:57:00 SANTANA. 04:19:57:00 04:19:58:00 COUNCILOR SANTANA. 04:19:58:00 04:19:59:00 YES. 04:19:59:00 04:19:59:00 COUNCILOR. 04:19:59:00 04:20:00:00 WEBER. 04:20:00:00 04:20:00:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 04:20:00:00 04:20:01:00 YES. 04:20:01:00 04:20:02:00 AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. 04:20:02:00 04:20:05:00 RESOLUTION HAS RECEIVED 11 04:20:05:00 04:20:06:00 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 04:20:06:00 04:20:08:00 THANK YOU. 04:20:08:00 04:20:09:00 UH, THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN 04:20:09:00 04:20:09:00 ADOPTED. 04:20:09:00 04:20:12:00 THANK YOU EVERYONE, BUT WE WILL 04:20:12:00 04:20:14:00 NOT ANYMORE WITH ONE MORE LIKE 04:20:14:00 04:20:15:00 5 TO 2 MORE. 04:20:15:00 04:20:17:00 MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE 04:20:17:00 04:20:18:00 NEXT LED FILE? 04:20:18:00 04:20:19:00 MATTER. 04:20:19:00 04:20:19:00 ? 04:20:19:00 04:20:21:00 >> NEXT FIVE FROM 04:20:21:00 04:20:21:00 COUNCILOR SHARON DURKIN. 04:20:21:00 04:20:24:00 DEAR CLERK, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS 04:20:24:00 04:20:25:00 LETTER AS A NOTICE OF MY 04:20:25:00 04:20:26:00 PARTIAL ABSENCE FROM TODAY'S 04:20:26:00 04:20:27:00 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 04:20:27:00 04:20:29:00 I'LL BE REPRESENTING THE CITY 04:20:29:00 04:20:30:00 OF BOSTON AND BOSTON 04:20:30:00 04:20:32:00 UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENTIAL 04:20:32:00 04:20:32:00 ADDRESS. 04:20:32:00 04:20:34:00 BU IS IN A CERTAIN PART OF THE 04:20:34:00 04:20:36:00 CITY AND AS A 04:20:36:00 04:20:37:00 COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE 04:20:37:00 04:20:38:00 CHARLES STREET CAMPUS. 04:20:38:00 04:20:40:00 THANK YOU AND PLEASE LET 04:20:40:00 04:20:42:00 ME KNOW IF ANYTHING FURTHER, 04:20:42:00 04:20:42:00 COUNCILOR DURKAN. 04:20:42:00 04:20:46:00 GOOD PLACE. 04:20:46:00 04:20:47:00 >> AND THAT A 04:20:47:00 04:20:48:00 COUNCILOR DUNCAN'S LETTER WILL 04:20:48:00 04:20:49:00 BE PLACED ON FILE. 04:20:49:00 04:20:50:00 UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER LATE FINE 04:20:50:00 04:20:50:00 MATTER. 04:20:50:00 04:20:52:00 CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT? 04:20:52:00 04:20:53:00 THANK YOU. 04:20:53:00 04:20:54:00 >> MR. 04:20:54:00 04:20:56:00 UH, LAKE FILE MAYOR FROM 04:20:56:00 04:20:58:00 COUNCILOR MURPHY COMMUNICATION 04:20:58:00 04:20:59:00 REGARDING INAPPROPRIATE 04:20:59:00 04:21:01:00 PRESSURE RELATED TO 04:21:01:00 04:21:02:00 COUNCIL GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE 04:21:02:00 04:21:04:00 AND PENDING LEGISLATION. 04:21:04:00 04:21:06:00 THANK YOU. 04:21:06:00 04:21:08:00 UM, MR. CLERK. 04:21:08:00 04:21:11:00 UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, YOU 04:21:11:00 04:21:12:00 KNOW, TO TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK 04:21:12:00 04:21:14:00 TO YOUR ACCOUNT OF YOUR, UH, 04:21:14:00 04:21:15:00 COMMUNICATION. 04:21:15:00 04:21:15:00 SURE. 04:21:15:00 04:21:18:00 >> THERE'S LOTS OF EYE ROLLING 04:21:18:00 04:21:19:00 , BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK. 04:21:19:00 04:21:21:00 WE TALK A LOT ABOUT STICKING UP 04:21:21:00 04:21:22:00 FOR OTHERS. 04:21:22:00 04:21:24:00 AND AS A MOM, A TEACHER FOR ALL 04:21:24:00 04:21:25:00 THOSE YEARS AND SOMEONE I 04:21:25:00 04:21:27:00 BELIEVE I STICK UP FOR MY 04:21:27:00 04:21:27:00 COLLEAGUES. 04:21:27:00 04:21:28:00 WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS AGREE 04:21:28:00 04:21:31:00 ON OUTCOME, BUT I THINK IT'S 04:21:31:00 04:21:33:00 IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF TODAY IT'S 04:21:33:00 04:21:34:00 ME TOMORROW IT WILL BE YOU. 04:21:34:00 04:21:36:00 SO I'M RAISING THIS ISSUE NOT 04:21:36:00 04:21:39:00 TO ESCALATE CONFLICT BUT TO 04:21:39:00 04:21:41:00 MAKE CLEAR THAT 04:21:41:00 04:21:41:00 COUNCIL DELIBERATION MUST 04:21:41:00 04:21:46:00 REMAIN FREE FROM COERCION, 04:21:46:00 04:21:47:00 MISREPRESENTATION OR IMPROPER 04:21:47:00 04:21:47:00 INFLUENCE. 04:21:47:00 04:21:49:00 THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BODY 04:21:49:00 04:21:51:00 DEPENDS ON COUNCILORS BEING 04:21:51:00 04:21:53:00 ABLE TO EXERCISE INDEPENDENT 04:21:53:00 04:21:55:00 JUDGMENT WITHOUT PRESSURE TIED 04:21:55:00 04:21:57:00 TO UNRELATED LEGISLATIVE ITEMS. 04:21:57:00 04:22:00:00 SO I AM FILING THIS TO PLACE IT 04:22:00:00 04:22:01:00 ON RECORD. 04:22:01:00 04:22:01:00 THANK YOU. 04:22:01:00 04:22:02:00 >> THANK YOU. 04:22:02:00 04:22:03:00 YOUR COMMUNICATION WILL BE 04:22:03:00 04:22:04:00 PLACED ON FILE. 04:22:04:00 04:22:05:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. 04:22:05:00 04:22:08:00 UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE 04:22:08:00 04:22:09:00 LEAD FILE MATTERS. 04:22:09:00 04:22:12:00 UH, WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT 04:22:12:00 04:22:12:00 AGENDA. 04:22:12:00 04:22:15:00 UH, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE 04:22:15:00 04:22:17:00 TRC THAT THERE ARE NO NO 04:22:17:00 04:22:18:00 ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA 04:22:18:00 04:22:18:00 . 04:22:18:00 04:22:20:00 THE QUESTION NOW COMES TO ON 04:22:20:00 04:22:22:00 THE APPROVAL OF VARIOUS MATTERS 04:22:22:00 04:22:23:00 CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT 04:22:23:00 04:22:23:00 AGENDA. 04:22:23:00 04:22:27:00 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK 04:22:27:00 04:22:27:00 YOU. 04:22:27:00 04:22:29:00 THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN 04:22:29:00 04:22:29:00 ADOPTED. 04:22:29:00 04:22:32:00 AND WE ALSO MOVE ON AND FOR 04:22:32:00 04:22:33:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS. 04:22:33:00 04:22:33:00 UH. 04:22:33:00 04:22:38:00 UH, COUNCIL COUNCILOR 04:22:38:00 04:22:39:00 FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:22:39:00 04:22:40:00 YES. 04:22:40:00 04:22:41:00 >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 04:22:41:00 04:22:42:00 I JUST WANTED OTHER FOLKS ADDED 04:22:42:00 04:22:44:00 THEIR NAME BUT I JUST WANT A 04:22:44:00 04:22:44:00 CHANCE IF ANYONE. 04:22:44:00 04:22:45:00 OH THAT'S RIGHT. 04:22:45:00 04:22:46:00 ANYTHING ELSE? 04:22:46:00 04:22:47:00 >> WELL, IF WE GIVE THAT 04:22:47:00 04:22:49:00 OPPORTUNITY I WOULD HAVE MISSED 04:22:49:00 04:22:49:00 ADDING ANYTHING. 04:22:49:00 04:22:51:00 UH, SO GO AHEAD. 04:22:51:00 04:22:52:00 YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD. 04:22:52:00 04:22:53:00 >> WOULD NOW BE THE RIGHT TIME? 04:22:53:00 04:22:53:00 YEP. 04:22:53:00 04:22:54:00 >> NOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:22:54:00 04:22:59:00 >> UH, 0170278017270. 04:22:59:00 04:23:02:00 THANK YOU. 04:23:02:00 04:23:02:00 THANK YOU. 04:23:02:00 04:23:03:00 ANYONE ELSE? 04:23:03:00 04:23:04:00 OKAY. 04:23:04:00 04:23:07:00 MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS WE 04:23:07:00 04:23:08:00 KNOW UH, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT 04:23:08:00 04:23:10:00 THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS 04:23:10:00 04:23:11:00 AND DATES. 04:23:11:00 04:23:15:00 UH, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO 04:23:15:00 04:23:17:00 ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE JANUARY 04:23:17:00 04:23:18:00 BABIES, THE JANUARY BIRTHDAYS, 04:23:18:00 04:23:19:00 MYSELF INCLUDED. 04:23:19:00 04:23:21:00 UH, COUNCILOR JULIA MEJIA. 04:23:21:00 04:23:22:00 JANUARY 1ST. 04:23:22:00 04:23:24:00 SHE WON BY ONE VOTE. 04:23:24:00 04:23:25:00 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 04:23:25:00 04:23:26:00 11111. 04:23:26:00 04:23:30:00 UM, I'M EMILY POLSON, JANUARY 04:23:30:00 04:23:30:00 4TH. 04:23:30:00 04:23:33:00 MAURA CARRIGAN JANUARY 14TH OUR 04:23:33:00 04:23:37:00 NATIVE FLYNN LAUREN KAMI BAILEY 04:23:37:00 04:23:37:00 UH, SIGNS. 04:23:37:00 04:23:39:00 AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A 04:23:39:00 04:23:41:00 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO A LITTLE 04:23:41:00 04:23:43:00 ONE THAT ARRIVED, UH, INTO THE 04:23:43:00 04:23:44:00 HOUSEHOLD OF OUR DEAR FRIEND 04:23:44:00 04:23:46:00 AND COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR PEPEN. 04:23:46:00 04:23:49:00 CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTH 04:23:49:00 04:23:49:00 OF YOUR BABY GIRL. 04:23:49:00 04:23:55:00 ANOTHER CAPRICORN. 04:23:55:00 04:23:56:00 WONDERFUL. 04:23:56:00 04:23:57:00 UH. 04:23:57:00 04:23:59:00 >> SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, 04:23:59:00 04:23:59:00 MEMORIALS. 04:23:59:00 04:24:02:00 OH, ANY ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? 04:24:02:00 04:24:03:00 UM. 04:24:03:00 04:24:04:00 COUNCILOR WEBER. 04:24:04:00 04:24:05:00 OH. 04:24:05:00 04:24:08:00 ALL RIGHT. 04:24:08:00 04:24:12:00 UM, MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. 04:24:12:00 04:24:18:00 WOULD, UH, ANYONE LIKE TO LIFT 04:24:18:00 04:24:19:00 UP THE NAME OF SOMEONE WHO'S 04:24:19:00 04:24:20:00 PASSED RECENTLY? 04:24:20:00 04:24:23:00 OKAY. 04:24:23:00 04:24:25:00 TODAY WILL WE WILL ADJOURN OUR 04:24:25:00 04:24:26:00 MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE 04:24:26:00 04:24:28:00 FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS. 04:24:28:00 04:24:30:00 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR SANTANA 04:24:30:00 04:24:32:00 JOHN PAUL SCHRADER. 04:24:32:00 04:24:34:00 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR 04:24:34:00 04:24:36:00 LOUIJEUNE JOHN SULLIVAN. 04:24:36:00 04:24:39:00 GABRIEL GABRIEL GORBY, ELMER 04:24:39:00 04:24:45:00 RAY FREEMAN, VELDA LEWIS YOU 04:24:45:00 04:24:50:00 JUNE UH, BETTY JEAN CHISHOLM 04:24:50:00 04:24:51:00 AND ROBERT FRANKLIN. 04:24:51:00 04:24:53:00 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR COLLETTA 04:24:53:00 04:24:57:00 SUPPORTER JUDY AGGREY BARBARA 04:24:57:00 04:25:01:00 AND SUTRA SUTRA JOSEPHINE JOSE 04:25:01:00 04:25:06:00 SALVA SALVATORE UM SPANGLE 04:25:06:00 04:25:08:00 SPANGLE I'LL GET BETTER AT 04:25:08:00 04:25:08:00 THIS. 04:25:08:00 04:25:10:00 MARIA CONTRATO ON BEHALF 04:25:10:00 04:25:13:00 OF COUNCILOR FLYNN MARIA E 04:25:13:00 04:25:17:00 GIULIANO UH, KATHLEEN KAY RYAN 04:25:17:00 04:25:20:00 KIMBERLY PARKER JOSEPH EUBANKS 04:25:20:00 04:25:20:00 JR. 04:25:20:00 04:25:23:00 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN 04:25:23:00 04:25:26:00 JOHN R SULLIVAN ON BEHALF 04:25:26:00 04:25:28:00 OF COUNCILOR DURKAN. 04:25:28:00 04:25:31:00 SUZANNE, COME TO US AND GABRIEL 04:25:31:00 04:25:35:00 GORBY OR GABRIEL COLBY AND ON 04:25:35:00 04:25:37:00 BEHALF OF THE CHAIR, UH, 04:25:37:00 04:25:39:00 ANTHONY RUSSO JUNIOR AND SISTER 04:25:39:00 04:25:41:00 MARY DUQUE. 04:25:41:00 04:25:41:00 CINDY. 04:25:41:00 04:25:46:00 THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE 04:25:46:00 04:25:47:00 COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES 04:25:47:00 04:25:49:00 SO IN MEMORY OF THE 04:25:49:00 04:25:50:00 AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. 04:25:50:00 04:25:52:00 THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO 04:25:52:00 04:25:55:00 MEET AGAIN AND THE IRON WILL 04:25:55:00 04:25:56:00 BEG YOUR PARDON. 04:25:56:00 04:25:59:00 THANK YOU. 04:25:59:00 04:26:00:00 PARDON? 04:26:00:00 04:26:01:00 GET MY HEAD DONE. 04:26:01:00 04:26:05:00 UH, WHO WAS FIRST 04:26:05:00 04:26:06:00 COUNCILOR DIVISION? 04:26:06:00 04:26:07:00 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:26:07:00 04:26:10:00 UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 04:26:10:00 04:26:12:00 UH, I WANT TO ADJOURN ON BEHALF 04:26:12:00 04:26:14:00 OF MY GREAT AUNT TO, UH, 04:26:14:00 04:26:16:00 LOUIJEUNE WHO WAS THE OLDEST 04:26:16:00 04:26:18:00 WHICH IS THE OLDEST AGE IN MY 04:26:18:00 04:26:19:00 FAMILY AT THE AGE OF 99, THREE 04:26:19:00 04:26:21:00 WEEKS SHY OF OUR HUNDREDTH 04:26:21:00 04:26:21:00 BIRTHDAY. 04:26:21:00 04:26:23:00 UM, AND SHE MEANT A LOT TO 04:26:23:00 04:26:24:00 ME AND I'M REALLY SAD THAT I 04:26:24:00 04:26:27:00 WASN'T ABLE TO SEE HER. 04:26:27:00 04:26:28:00 UM, I DID THIS YEAR LAST YEAR 04:26:28:00 04:26:30:00 AND SO MY FAMILY WILL BE 04:26:30:00 04:26:32:00 GATHERING SOON, UM, TO PAY OUR 04:26:32:00 04:26:33:00 RESPECTS TO HER. 04:26:33:00 04:26:36:00 UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO LIFT 04:26:36:00 04:26:38:00 UP HER NAME AND ALSO MY 04:26:38:00 04:26:39:00 NEIGHBOR, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR 04:26:39:00 04:26:40:00 . 04:26:40:00 04:26:41:00 UM, AND WE SHARE A WALL. 04:26:41:00 04:26:44:00 BETTY JEAN CHISHOLM WHO DIED UM 04:26:44:00 04:26:47:00 , LAST WEEK AND WHOSE FAMILY, 04:26:47:00 04:26:48:00 UH, TWO WEEKS AGO AND WHOSE 04:26:48:00 04:26:49:00 FAMILY IS IN DEEP MOURNING AND 04:26:49:00 04:26:51:00 SO I JUST WANT TO LOOK THOSE 04:26:51:00 04:26:51:00 UP. 04:26:51:00 04:26:52:00 I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP ROBERT 04:26:52:00 04:26:53:00 FRANKLIN. 04:26:53:00 04:26:55:00 UH, BOSTON FIREFIGHTER. 04:26:55:00 04:26:56:00 THEY GATHERED YESTERDAY AT 12TH 04:26:56:00 04:27:00:00 BAPTIST CHURCH TO, UM, PAY 04:27:00:00 04:27:02:00 THEIR RESPECTS AND TO MAKE SURE 04:27:02:00 04:27:04:00 THAT THEY KNEW HOW MUCH SHE WAS 04:27:04:00 04:27:05:00 VALUED HERE IN THIS CITY. 04:27:05:00 04:27:07:00 SO I JUST LIKE TO UPLIFT THOSE 04:27:07:00 04:27:08:00 NAMES AND THE NAMES THAT I'VE 04:27:08:00 04:27:08:00 GIVEN YOU. 04:27:08:00 04:27:10:00 AND MAY THEY ALL REST IN PEACE 04:27:10:00 04:27:10:00 AND IN POWER. 04:27:10:00 04:27:11:00 THANK YOU. 04:27:11:00 04:27:12:00 THANK YOU. 04:27:12:00 04:27:12:00 THANK YOU. 04:27:12:00 04:27:15:00 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSIDER 04:27:15:00 04:27:16:00 WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:27:16:00 04:27:16:00 YEAH. 04:27:16:00 04:27:17:00 >> THANK YOU. 04:27:17:00 04:27:20:00 I JUST LIKE TO REITERATE, UH, 04:27:20:00 04:27:22:00 YOU KNOW, UH, HOW SAD IT IS 04:27:22:00 04:27:23:00 ABOUT THE PASSING 04:27:23:00 04:27:24:00 OF FIREFIGHTER ROBERT FRANKLIN 04:27:24:00 04:27:26:00 AS A MEMBER OF TOWER LADDER TEN 04:27:26:00 04:27:26:00 . 04:27:26:00 04:27:29:00 UH, WAS APPOINTED IN 1995. 04:27:29:00 04:27:33:00 UH, HIS SISTER, UH, JENNIFER 04:27:33:00 04:27:34:00 FRANKLIN ASKED THAT I READ A 04:27:34:00 04:27:35:00 SHORT POEM. 04:27:35:00 04:27:36:00 I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 04:27:36:00 04:27:37:00 DO IT. 04:27:37:00 04:27:39:00 UM, BIG BROTHER, WHEN YOU. 04:27:39:00 04:27:42:00 LEFT US YOU LEFT WITH A LOT 04:27:42:00 04:27:43:00 OF NAMES, SON. 04:27:43:00 04:27:45:00 THE NAME MOM GAVE YOU A BIRTH. 04:27:45:00 04:27:47:00 BIG BROTHER. 04:27:47:00 04:27:48:00 YOUR LITTLE SISTER. 04:27:48:00 04:27:49:00 SCREAMED AT YOU AT FIRST SIGHT. 04:27:49:00 04:27:50:00 GRANDSON. 04:27:50:00 04:27:53:00 THE NAME GRANDMA GRACED YOU 04:27:53:00 04:27:54:00 WITH ROBERT. 04:27:54:00 04:27:55:00 UNCLE YOUR NIECE. 04:27:55:00 04:28:00:00 NEPHEW MADE UP THEIR OWN 04:28:00:00 04:28:01:00 DAD WITH ALL THE JOY AND LOVE. 04:28:01:00 04:28:02:00 NEPHEW. 04:28:02:00 04:28:04:00 OUR AUNTS UNCLES CALLED YOU 04:28:04:00 04:28:05:00 WITH PRIDE. 04:28:05:00 04:28:06:00 STEPSON. 04:28:06:00 04:28:07:00 COLLEAGUE. 04:28:07:00 04:28:11:00 FRIEND BUT MOST OF ALL HERO A 04:28:11:00 04:28:13:00 STRANGER WHO YOU NEVER MET GAVE 04:28:13:00 04:28:14:00 THAT NAME TO YOU. 04:28:14:00 04:28:16:00 REST IN PEACE FROM YOUR LITTLE 04:28:16:00 04:28:16:00 SISTER. 04:28:16:00 04:28:19:00 THANK YOU TO JENNIFER. 04:28:19:00 04:28:21:00 THANK YOU CONSTABLE. 04:28:21:00 04:28:23:00 WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 04:28:23:00 04:28:23:00 YES. 04:28:23:00 04:28:24:00 >> UM. 04:28:24:00 04:28:25:00 I LIKE TO. 04:28:25:00 04:28:27:00 ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MISS 04:28:27:00 04:28:28:00 FRANCIS LAWSON. 04:28:28:00 04:28:28:00 UH, CHIEF. 04:28:28:00 04:28:32:00 IT WAS, UH, GRANDMOTHER WHO, 04:28:32:00 04:28:34:00 UH, HAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED. 04:28:34:00 04:28:36:00 SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT, UH, 04:28:36:00 04:28:38:00 CHIEF TO THE AND GREAT FAMILY, 04:28:38:00 04:28:40:00 UM, AS THEY MOURN AND REMEMBER, 04:28:40:00 04:28:43:00 UH, THE LIFE UH, MISS FRANCIS 04:28:43:00 04:28:44:00 ANITA LAWSON. 04:28:44:00 04:28:45:00 THANK YOU. 04:28:45:00 04:28:49:00 I THINK WE, UM ALL OF US EXTEND 04:28:49:00 04:28:51:00 OUR CONDOLENCES TO CHIEF 04:28:51:00 04:28:51:00 EDWARD. 04:28:51:00 04:28:53:00 UH, COUNSELOR? 04:28:53:00 04:28:54:00 UM. 04:28:54:00 04:28:56:00 OKAY. 04:28:56:00 04:28:57:00 ANYONE ELSE? 04:28:57:00 04:29:03:00 THE CHAIR MOVES THAT THE 04:29:03:00 04:29:05:00 COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY AS IT 04:29:05:00 04:29:07:00 DOES IN IN MEMORY OF THE 04:29:07:00 04:29:08:00 AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. 04:29:08:00 04:29:09:00 THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO 04:29:09:00 04:29:11:00 MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER 04:29:11:00 04:29:14:00 ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 04:29:14:00 04:29:18:00 2000 AND 2026 AT 12 P.M.. 04:29:18:00 04:29:20:00 THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND 04:29:20:00 04:29:21:00 CENTRAL STAFF. 04:29:21:00 04:29:23:00 THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S 04:29:23:00 04:29:25:00 OFFICE AND THE 04:29:25:00 04:29:25:00 COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. 04:29:25:00 04:29:27:00 I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER AT 04:29:27:00 04:29:28:00 HOME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 04:29:28:00 04:29:29:00 SEEING YOU BACK HERE SOON. 04:29:29:00 04:29:31:00 ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, 04:29:31:00 04:29:32:00 PLEASE SAY AYE. 04:29:32:00 04:29:33:00 ALL RIGHT. 04:29:33:00 04:29:33:00 THANK YOU. 04:29:33:00 04:29:35:00 >> THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.