##VIDEO ID:-MJx84QnuNE## .  WHEN I CALLED TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL YOU CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM.  FORGE CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO JUST A REMINDER PURSUANT TO RULE 42 THAT IN THIS CHAMBER THERE IS NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE PERMITTED. THAT MEANS NO CLAPPING, NO SPEECH AND NO TALKING. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON HERE.  COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A FATHER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLIPPIN COUNCILOR S.A..  COUNCILOR WEBER HERE. AND COUNCILOR A FORMER.  THANK YOU. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY.  RABBI ELAYNE ZECLER FROM TEMPLE ISRAEL INVITED BY COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION WITH RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE YOU CAN,  YEAH. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT TEMPLE ISRAEL IS IN BROOKLINE. IT IS NOT IS THE BORDER OF MY DISTRICT. SO I'M REALLY TO BE HERE WITH RABBI ZAKA. RABBI LEADS THE LARGEST LARGEST CONGREGATION IN NEW ENGLAND FORGING CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CONGREGATION AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY. THE RABBI IS A GRADUATE OF BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY AND WAS ORDAINED FROM THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION IN 1988. THE INVOCATION IS A RITUAL AND PRAYER, A PROFOUND ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL ACTION LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP AND A PALPABLE LOVE OF JEWISH LIFE ARE HALLMARK HALLMARKS OF HER LIFE. RABBI SPEAKS PASSIONATELY ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE SHE'S A TIRELESS WORKER AND INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIPS AND AN ADVOCATE FOR PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION AND POLICY. SHE IS ALSO NOTED FOR HER PERSONAL WARMTH, DEEP HUMANITY, QUICK WIT AND HUMOR.  SHE'S AN ENGAGING TEACHER AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER HERE TODAY.  I THINK THERE ARE TIMES IN CITY COUNCIL WHERE WE ALL NEED TO GROUND OURSELVES AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. SO I'M SO HONORED THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US FOR OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.  I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR THE GRACIOUS INVITATION TO OFFER WORDS OF BLESSING AS INVOCATION FOR THIS GATHERING.  THERE ARE MANY WORDS THAT HORSE THROUGH AROUND AND OFF THESE WALLS THERE ARE MANY INTERACTIONS DISCUSS TIONS A DISAGREEMENTS THAT ANIMATE YOUR DISCOURSE.  AND PERHAPS EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE, EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE HAS ENGAGED IN STRUGGLE WRESTLING WITH IDEAS POTENT WITH HOPE AND POSSIBILITY BUT ALSO IDEAS THREATENING TO DERAIL, DISTRACT AND DISTURB THE ABILITY TO BRING BALANCE AND MAYBE EVEN CALM.  AND YET AT THE VERY SAME TIME STRUGGLE CAN HELP TO SYNTHESIZE TO CREATE THE DIALECTIC THAT PUSHES US OUT OF COMFORT TO BE EVEN BETTER THAN WE IMAGINED AND LEAD US BEYOND OURSELVES TOWARD OTHERS.  IT IS THIS VERY ACT OF STRUGGLING AND WRESTLING THAT I WANT TO LIFT UP AT THIS NOON HOUR WHERE WE STAND OR SIT IN BETWEEN BEFORE NOON AND AFTERNOON A LIMINAL MOMENT THAT CALLS UPON US TO CONSIDER HOW TO GO FORWARD. IN MY TRADITION IN JUDAISM STRUGGLE IS A WORTHY VALUE AND ENDEAVOR. IT DESCRIBES OUR VERY EXISTENCE AND TAKES US TO THE STORY OF IN GENESIS. WE READ AND STUDY THIS VERY WEEK.  THE PATRIARCH JACOB HAD HAD HIGH HOPES OF HIMSELF SO MUCH HE MANAGED TO REST NOT WRESTLE. THE BIRTHRIGHT AND BLESSING FROM HIS BROTHER ESAU. AS A RESULT JACOB HAD TO LEAVE ESCAPE HIS BROTHER'S RAGE YEARS PASS AND LIFE HAPPENED TO HIM. MARRIAGE COMPLICATED AND CHILDREN IMMENSELY COMPLEX AND TROUBLE WITH THE IN-LAWS ALL SERVE TO PUT LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE AND DEMAND DEEPER CONSIDERATION OF HIS PATH. JACOB PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HIS BROTHER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. HE SENT HIS FAMILY THE RIVER IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT. HE WAS LEFT ALONE. YET THE GENESIS TEXT IN INFORMS US THAT JACOB WRESTLED UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN.  BUT WITH WHOM? WITH AN ANGEL.  WAS IT HIS BROTHER OR PERHAPS WITH HIMSELF?  THE TEXT TELLS US THAT HE WRESTLED WITH BOTH. WHAT IS DIVINE AND HUMAN AND PREVAILED. AMBIGUITY IN BIBLICAL TEXTS SUMMONS US TO DRAW OUT INTO ROTATION EVEN AS IT FOCUSES OUR ATTENTION ON THE VERY ACT OF WRESTLING. HERE'S WHAT I THINK JACOB WRESTLED WITH HIMSELF.  HE HAD THE ABILITY TO REDISCOVER HIS OWN ABILITY TO STRUGGLE AS A SACRED AND HUMAN ACTION IN ORDER TO PREVAIL. HE RECEIVED A NEW NAME OF YISRAEL THE ONE WHO PREVAILED IN HIS STRUGGLE. NOTICE IT DOES SAY HE SUCCEEDED OR WON AS IF IT WAS A COMPETITION. THE STRUGGLE ITSELF IS WHAT STRENGTHENED HIM AND WOULD LEAD INTO THE FUTURE.  STRUGGLE IS WHAT STRENGTHENS US AS WELL.  THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STRUGGLE. IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO LIVE A LIFE OF STATUS UNPROVOKED,  NEVER FRUSTRATED AND CERTAINLY NOT EMOTIONAL.  YET LIFE AT THE GROWING EDGE CAUSES US TO TEETER TO CONTINUALLY FIND OUR BALANCE AND TO LOSE IT AGAIN. THIS IS AT THE VERY HEART OF WHAT IT MEANS TO STRUGGLE WITH OURSELVES AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. IT IS A SACRED ACT.  JACOB DOES ENCOUNTER HIS BROTHER AND THEY EMBRACE AND SAY. TO SEE YOUR FACE IS TO SEE THE FACE OF THE DIVINE. STRUGGLING.  WRESTLING. ARGUING. DISAGREE.  BEING LEAD US TOWARD A DIVINE ENCOUNTER.  IT HELPS US DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CORE OF THE SACRED WORK WE ALL ENGAGE IN.  TO SEE YOUR FACE, YOUR HUMANITY, YOUR NEEDS AND HOPES AS A FELLOW HUMAN BEING IS TO SEE THE FACE OF THE DIVINE.  YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT GIFT. AS THOSE WHO GOVERN THOSE LEAD WHO ENGAGE IN THE ART OF ARGUMENT TO WRESTLE AND TO STRUGGLE. THAT IS BLESSING.  TODAY AND EVERY DAY.  AND IT IS DIVINE.  THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE HERE DOING. HOLD THAT OPPORTUNITY AS PRECIOUS. YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BEHOLD THE FACE OF THE DIVINE AND IN EVERY HUMAN BEING FOR WHOM YOU TOIL AND WRESTLE TO TURN THIS WORLD AND THIS CITY INTO THAT WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE TO BE AND TO BE BETTER MAY THESE MOMENTS ALLOW YOU TO PREVAIL AS THE DAWN OF AWARENESS BREAKS AND AWAKENS IN EACH OF YOU. POSSIBILITY AND PROMISE US TO BE HEALERS IN THIS UNCERTAIN AND BROKEN WORLD. WAITING TO BE REDEEMED BY EACH OF YOU.  SO MAYBE THINK WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I YOU HAD HERE AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU AGAIN. COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THANK YOU RABBI ZUCKER FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL AND RABBI ZACHARY FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL INVOCATION.  OKAY MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELORS WORRELL AND COUNSELOR BULLPEN ARE NOW WITH US AND PRESENT.  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 4TH 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I THE DAY THE AYES HAVE IT THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 4TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 182721830 DOCKET NUMBER 1827 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTED BY $55,606 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND ACP LOCAL 88 COUNCILOR UNIT DUNCAN NUMBER 828 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE $55,606 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE SEIU 880 COUNCIL UNIT THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS OCTOBER 1ST 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN JANUARY OF 2020 FOR 2025, 2026 AND 2027 AND FLAT ADDITIONS AMOUNT ADDITIONS OF $500 $250 $900 AND $800 BE ADDED IN JANUARY OF 2024, 2025, 2026 AND 2027 AFTER THE PERCENT INCREASES.  THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN LONGEVITY PAY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON DECEMBER NINE, 2024. MR. CLERK APOLOGIES. I KNOW THAT YOU READ 1828 INTO THE RECORD AND WE HAVE TO READ 1829 AND 1830 INTO THE RECORD. I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF WE THERE'S ONE ONE TO MAKE SURE WE DID THIS ONE FINAL PRESENTATION AT OUR LAST DAY AND SO IF WE COULD JUST PAUSE THERE WE HAVE TO READ THE FINAL TWO DOCKETS BUT WE DO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO INVITE COUNCILOR WEBER UP TO DO IT COUNCILOR OUT AS A CHAIR. I DID SEE YOUR LIGHT ONCE.  WE FINISH THIS PRESENTATION. WE'LL GO BACK. APOLOGIES, MR. CLERK COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND YOU WILL BE CELEBRATING THE CROWN ON THEIR LAST DAY HERE AT CITY HALL.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU PRONOUNCE IT WE'RE KRIO, WHICH IS HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PRONOUNCED OR RECREATION YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A PLACE WITH WONDERFUL COFFEE AND SERVICE AND FULL OF FRIENDLY FACES. MOST OF MY IMPORTANT MEETINGS TAKE PLACE AT WERE KRIO IN WEST ROXBURY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A COMFORT TO ME AT LEAST TO COME IN TO CITY HALL AND SEE PEOPLE SERVING THE SAME GREAT COFFEE AND FOOD HERE. UNFORTUNATELY TODAY'S THE LAST DAY FOR CREOLE AT CITY HALL THEY'LL CONTINUE OPERATING WEST ROXBURY WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR BUT KNOW I THINK EVERYONE HERE HAS AS YOU KNOW OVER THE LAST FEW, YOU KNOW, BEEN FUELED BY CREOLE AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND PRESENT THEM WITH A RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN SIGNED BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN RECOGNITION OF THE GREAT SERVICE THEY PERFORMED, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS CITY IN GENERAL BUT BASICALLY FOR US AND FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN TO CITY HALL SO I WANT I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUT UH, I'LL IF YOU COULD COME UP HERE I'LL GIVE YOU THE OH SO I'M SORRY . YES, I JUST IT'S SO THIS IS MR AND MRS. MORALES WHO ARE THE OWNERS AND LAURA WHO HAS BEEN THE FRIENDLY WELCOMING FACE THAT WE'VE SEEN EVERY DAY THAT HAD A CROWD DOWNSTAIRS SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK IT'S A BITTER, BITTER DECISION BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS OWNER NEVER WANTS TO DO. IT'S CLOSED THE DOOR BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE SEVEN YEARS. IT'S GOING TO BE EIGHT YEARS IN MARCH. SO IT'S A LONG TIME.  THE COFFEE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD IS COFFEE THAT IS GROWN BY MY MY DAD IN NICARAGUA. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S THE FAMILY'S NOT JUST ANY COFFEE THAT WE SELL AND WE HAVE A MISSION AND EVERYTHING SO WE OPEN IN CITY HALL WITH THAT IN MIND TO SERVE THE CITY. EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC WE'D NEVER CLOSED EVEN ONE DAY AND LAURA WAS HERE EVERY MORNING EVERY AFTERNOON WITH HER MASK AND IT WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SERVE YOU GUYS THAT SERVE THE CITY. AND SO FOR ME IT'S SAD THAT WE HAVE TO CLOSE. IT'S DEFINITELY CHANGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING OUR RENT WENT UP SO THAT HURT US BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO KEEP OUR CAFE IN WEST ROXBURY.  THAT'S WHERE WE ROAST OUR COFFEE SO AND WE KEEP DOING GREAT WORK IN MY COUNTRY WE SUPPORT MANY PROGRAMS THROUGH REXDALE SO PLEASE COME VISIT US IN WEST ROXBURY. I'M VERY, VERY INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO LOUDER WELL SHE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER, A GREAT EMPLOYEE AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF HER TOO.  BUT IT'S A SAD DECISION. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERY SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. THANK YOU.  IF MY COLLEAGUES COULD JOIN US UP HERE FOR A PHOTO BY THE WAY AND THEN REFER TO IT FOR A PICTURE AND YOU FROM THE OTHER SIDE ETC..  OKAY, GENTLEMEN, IT'S GOOD TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH BEN FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO I CLEO THANK YOU. WE WILL MAKE SURE TO VISIT YOU ADDRESS ROXBURY I'VE HAD COCO HOUR AND EVERYBODY IN WEST ROXBURY AND WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY BOTH HERE IN CITY HALL TODAY'S THE LAST DAY BUT ALSO IN WEST ROXBURY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK TO LAURA. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL FOR YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR ALL YOU DID OKAY, HERE WE ARE. MR. CLERK, I APOLOGIZE AGAIN IF WE COULD CONTINUE ON 1829 AND JUST PLEASE REMINDER FOR EVERYONE WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE WE DO HAVE BUSINESS CONDUCT AS A BODY AND THERE IS NO SPEAKING AMONG THOSE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. SO MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON DOCKET 1829 DOCKING NUMBER ONE 8 TO 9 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $29,378 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 INCREASES IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND SEIU LOCAL 888 CLERICAL TECHNICAL UNION TALKING ABOUT 1830 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,378 TO COVER THE THREE FISCAL YEAR 25 COST YOU CAN OBTAIN WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND SEIU LOCAL 888 CLERICAL TECHNICAL UNIT THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% IN JANUARY 2021ST 2022 2023, 2024, 2025 AND 2026 AND IN 2027 WITH A 1.5% BASE WAGE INCREASES IN JANUARY OF 2022 AND FLAT AMOUNT ADDITIONS OF $500 $250, $500 AND $800 TO BE ADDED IN JANUARY 2024, 2025, 2026 AND 2027 AFTER THE PRESENT INCREASES.  THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES NEW STEPS AND AN INCREASE IN LONGEVITY PAY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON DECEMBER NINTH, 2024. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR RAO, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I CAN PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FOUR DOCKETS 182718281829 AND 1830. PERTAINING TO SMALL FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. THESE AGREEMENTS INCLUDE MODEST WAGE INCREASES, LONGEVITY PAY ENHANCEMENTS AND BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT FOR TWO UNITS THE CLERICAL TECHNICAL UNIT AND THE COUNSELORS UNION. THE ESTIMATED COSTS FOR FY 25 ARE $29,378 AND $55,686. THESE ARE REPRESENTING A REASONABLE INVESTMENT IN THESE CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH ROLES. IN ADDITION TO WAGE INCREASES OF 2% ANNUALLY THROUGH THE CONTRACT PERIODS AND FLAT RATE ADDITIONS TO BASE PAY, THESE AGREEMENTS INTRODUCE NEW SERVICE CAPS FOR VETERAN EMPLOYEES ENHANCED LONGEVITY AWARDS AND EXPAND ACCESS TO BENEFITS FOR NEW HIRES DURING THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD. THEY ALSO SUPPORT IMPROVED PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT THROUGH A DIGITAL EVALUATION SYSTEM, PROVIDE INCREASED PAID LEAVE FOR CANCER SCREENINGS. THESE THOUGHTFUL UPDATES ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE EQUITABLE TREATMENT, RECOGNIZE LONG TERM SERVICE AND SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF EMPLOYEES WHO PLAY CRITICAL ROLES IN OUR CITY'S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. I RECOMMEND THAT THESE DOCKETS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. SEEK SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THESE DOCKETS OPEN IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER BUT IF NOT I COUNT.  MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON EACH DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1827. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DIAL NUMBER 1827.  COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PREPARED COUNCILOR OPINIONS COUNCILOR S.A..  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES.  COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES.  NUMBER 1827 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 1827 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE? KABUL UNDOCKING NUMBER 1828 ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 1828 COUNCILOR GREEN YES. COUNCIL OF TRADE AND YES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PILOT. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY, YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PER PEN COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. COUNCILOR OH YES. SO LIKE NUMBER 1828 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1828 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1829 ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE DOCKET NUMBER 1829. COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL PHYSIO YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR FLIPPING YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK NUMBER ONE 8 TO 9 IS RECEIVING UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1829 IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON EACH ON DOCKET NUMBER 1830 ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1830. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A COUNCILOR . COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR OFFICIAL YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR PREVENTS COUNCILOR OPINIONS. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR . COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL YES TALKING NUMBER 1830 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1830 HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS IN OTHERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1831 DOCKING NUMBER 1831 THE CONSTABLE BOND OF CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS HAVING BEEN DULY APPROVED BY THE COLLECTOR TREASURER THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1831 WAS RECEIVED AND IS APPROVED UNDER THE USUAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 1823 AND 1833 TALK NUMBER 23 TO COMMUNICATION RECEIVED BY THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING THE BOSTON RESIDENCY COMPLAINTS COMMISSION REGARDING THE UPDATED ANNUAL REPORT JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2023 AND NUMBER 1833 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM ASHLEY ROTHENBERG, A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND COLLECTOR TREASURER REGARDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED TO SET TAX RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 183231833. WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1347 TALKING NUMBER 1347 THE COMMITTEE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH 2020 4:00 IN NUMBER 13474 ORDINANCE ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF LABOR COMPLIANCE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDINANCE OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BEFORE READING THE REPORT I MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. THANK YOU. THE MOTION SECONDED. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR? I THANK YOU. THE MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION IS ALLOWED BECAUSE THE CLUB IS OPPOSED TO THE SUBSTITUTION IS BEFORE US. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE COMMITTEE HELD A WORKING SESSION ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 25TH, 2020 FOR ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.  THE COMMITTEE WAS JOINED BY JODY SUGARMAN ROSEN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF WORK EMPOWERMENT AND MONIQUE MITCHELL, SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR LIVING WAGE AND WAGE THEFT WITHIN THE OFFICE OF LABOR COMPLIANCE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS.  THE ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED INSIGHTS AND GUIDANCE ON THE ORDINANCE DETAILING THAT WITHIN THE WORKER EMPOWERMENT CABINET THE 0LC WP WAS CREATED TO UPHOLD AND PROMOTE LABOR STANDARDS AND POLICIES FOR WORKERS. THE OFFICE OVERSEES KEY ORDINANCES SUCH AS THE BOSTON RESIDENTS JOB POLICY, LIVING WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE.  BOSTON WAGE THEFT EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION SAFETY ORDINANCE. THESE POLICIES ENSURE EQUITABLE HIRING PRACTICES LIVABLE WAGES. WAGE THEFT ACCOUNTABILITY AND SAFE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES. THE BOSTON RESIDENT'S JOB POLICY MANDATES THAT ALL PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OVER 50,000 SQUARE FEET AS WELL AS ANY PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ALLOCATE 51% OF WORK HOURS TO BOSTON RESIDENTS, 40% TO WORKERS OF COLOR AND 12% TO WOMEN. THE BOSTON JOBS LIVING WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE A LIVABLE WAGES IN BOSTON.  AS OF JULY 2024 THE LIVING WAGE IS SET AT $18.20 PER HOUR. THE BOSTON WAGE THEFT EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRES CONTRACTORS TO DISCLOSE ANY PREVIOUS WAGE OR LABOR VIOLATIONS DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS.  LASTLY, THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION SAFETY ORDINANCE PRIORITIZES SAFE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES BY COLLABORATING WITH BUILDING INSPECTORS TO DEVELOP ENFORCEMENT TOOLS AND PROCEDURES. WHILE EACH ORDINANCE HAS ADDITIONAL DETAILED PROVISIONS, THE POLICY EP'S OVERARCHING GOALS FOR FY 25 INCLUDE ENSURING COMPLIANCE, CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND ADVANCING THE WORKERS SAFETY RIGHTS AND SAFETY INITIATIVE. COUNCILORS PROPOSE MANDATING AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT FROM THE ENTIRE CABINET NOT LIMITED TO THE OFFICE PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET HEARING. THIS REPORT WOULD DETAIL THE OFFICE'S MONITORING EFFORTS, COMPLIANCE AUDITS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PROVIDING A THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF ITS INITIATIVES AND IMPACT. WE ALSO PROPOSED AN INVITE TO A STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  THE ADMINISTRATION EXPRESSED BEING IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN THE WORK OF THE OLD C WP BY FORMALLY CODIFYING THE OFFICE. I SHOULD HAVE SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS BENJAMIN WEBER. BRIAN WELL AND JOIN MEJIA AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2024. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. SO THE SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS INCLUDE OR THE ORDINANCE AS FILED WAS AMENDED BY STRIKING LANGUAGE UNDER SECTION 21 15.1 PURPOSE IN SECTION 24 DASH 15.2 DUTIES OF THE OFFICE RELATED TO THE DESIGNATED OFFICER OF THE OFFICE AS WELL AS THE OFFICE DIVISIONS.  FURTHER AMENDMENTS WERE MADE TO SECTION 24 DASH 15 POINT TO THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE AND SECONDLY SECTION 24 DASH 15.2. OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES. TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE REGARDING WAGE THEFT THE ENFORCEMENT OF RELATED CITY POLICIES AND OFFICE RESPONSIBILITY FEES.  FINALLY A NEW SECTION 24 DASH 15.4. OFFICE OF LABOR COMPLIANCE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS ADDED TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR COMPLIANCE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENHANCE ITS FUNCTION AND EVERY AMENDMENT IS DETAILED IN THIS COMMITTEE REPORT.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT BUT I WOULD LOVE TO PASS IT TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR HIS WORK. I WANT TO THANK HIM AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COLLABORATING ON THIS TO PRODUCE THE BEST POSSIBLE DOCKET IN MY OPINION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER KAISER OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU CHAIR COLETTE, A SUPPORTER. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO THANK IN ADDITION TO YOU I'D LIKE TO THANK MY STAFF FOR WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS THE FINALIZED VERSION YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILWOMAN HERE AND COUNCILOR WORRELL AS WELL AS MICHELLE GOLDBERG AND MEGAN KAVANAUGH FOR ESSENTIAL STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT.  YOU KNOW, AS THE CHAIR OF THE LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MOST OF MY WORK HAS FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT WORKERS HERE IN BOSTON. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON TWO ORDINANCES. ONE IS TO PREVENT WAGE THEFT AND PREVENT CITY CONTRACTS AND LICENSES FROM GOING TO EMPLOYERS WHO WHO VIOLATE OUR AH WAGE LAWS. AND ANOTHER ORDINANCE FOUR TO PROVIDE HEAT PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS WHO ARE FORCED TO WORK OUTSIDE IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS . BUT IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE MISSIONS OF THOSE ORDINANCES WE NEED A STRONG LABOR COMPLIANCE OFFICE.  AND SO WE LOOKED AS AS A FIRST STEP TO CODIFY THIS OFFICE. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR WORK THERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY'VE STRENGTHENED THE ORDINANCE WITH THEIR SUGGESTIONS. I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT AND I THINK AS A SUGGESTION FROM THIS BODY WE WANTED TO INCLUDE REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE ADMINISTRATION AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO AN ADVISORY COUNCIL . AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THERE WAS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE WHICH IS THE LIVING WAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THAT COMMITTEE HAS NOT MET AND ALL THE MEMBERS TERMS EXPIRED. I THINK IN 2022. SO WE'RE REPEALING THAT COMMITTEE, BRINGING IT UNDER THE OFFICE OF LABOR COMPLIANCE SO THEY CAN HAVE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT WILL PROVIDE REPORTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE THAT THIS OFFICE WILL DO NOT JUST ON THE LIVING WAGE OR SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE THE SORT OF FOUNDATION FOR US TO ESTABLISH ORDINANCES WILL HELP WORKERS ACROSS BOSTON.  JUST YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THE CHANGES THAT ARE PUT BEFORE YOU TODAY AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN PASSING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1347 IN A NEW DRAFT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.  I SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1347 HAS PASSED IN THE NEW DRAFT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 15071508 STALKING NUMBER 1507 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON TOP TOPIC NINTH 2024 NUMBER 1507 MESSAGE IN ORDER REQUESTING AND RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY HOLD IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING FOR BOTH THE SEPTEMBER NINTH 20/25 PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION I PRESUME PRESUMING THIS BODY ACTS FAVORABLY ON MY SEPARATE SUBMISSION RELATED TO THE DATE OF THE PRELIMINARY AND THE NOVEMBER FOURTH 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION I MAKE THIS REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 54 SECTION 20 5BC1 UPON THE REQUEST OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THIS THAT STATUTE PROVIDES A LOCAL OPTION TO ALLOW FOR IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING FOR ANY PRELIMINARY OR MUNICIPAL ELECTION SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT AND I NUMBER 1508A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON OCTOBER NINE, 2020 FOR DOC NUMBER 1508 MESSAGE IN ORDER AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS HEREBY TRANSMIT FOR THE APPROVAL OF YOUR HONORABLE BODY AN ORDER FIXING THE DATE OF THE 2025 PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION AS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL . PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WAS REFERRED THE FOLLOWING DOCKETS FOR CONSIDERATION IN DOCKET NUMBER 1507 MESSAGE IN ORDER REQUESTING AND RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY HOLD IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING FOR BOTH THE SEPTEMBER NINE, 2025 PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THE NOVEMBER FOUR, 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND ON DOCKET NUMBER 1508 MESSAGE IN ORDER AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TRANSMITTING FOR OUR APPROVAL ON FIXING THE DATE OF THE 2025 PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION AS SEPTEMBER 9TH 2025. THESE MATTERS ARE SPONSORED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER NINE, 2024. THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER SIX, 2024 ON DOCKETS NUMBER 1507 AND 1508 AS WELL AS DOCKET NUMBER 1670 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING VOTER ACCESSIBILITY AND ELECTION PREPAREDNESS.  CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION COMMISSIONER ANITA TAVARES AND HEAD ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF VOTERS SABINO PIEMONTE TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE FIRST DOCKET. DOCKET NUMBER 1507 IT PROVIDES A LOCAL OPTION TO ALLOW FOR IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING FOR ANY PRELIMINARY OR MUNICIPAL ELECTION DOCKET NUMBER 1507 TO REQUEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS LOCAL OPTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THIS REGISTRARS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT DESIGNATED EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS ARE MEANT TO BE CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE AND THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTS TO OFFER OPTIONS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD SUBJECT TO LOCATION AVAILABILITY. THE STATUTE REQUIRES A PUBLISHING OF NOTICE OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS, DATES AND HOURS AT LEAST 48 WEEKDAYS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD. I ASKED THEM IF THERE IS A WAY BECAUSE WE OFTEN HEAR IN OUR OFFICE FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EARLY VOTING DATES ARE PUBLISHED PUBLISHED EARLIER. SO I ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE DATES EARLIER AND SO THERE IS AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1507 IN A NEW DRAFT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO PUBLISH THOSE DATES EARLIER.  THE COMMISSION HAS STATED THAT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENTS PRACTICE IS TO PUBLISH NOTICE AS SOON AS THE SITES ARE APPROVED. TYPICALLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN ADVANCE SO THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING IT TO A MINIMUM OF SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BEFORE THE START OF EARLY VOTING. IT WAS THE ADMINISTRATION AIMS TO HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AS LAST YEAR TEN NEIGHBORHOOD SITES EACH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THREE NEIGHBORHOOD SITES EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AND CITY HALL EVERY DAY.  AND THEN REGARDING DOCKET NUMBER 1508. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT PURSUANT TO THE CITY CHARTER THE PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION IS SET TO OCCUR ON THE SIXTH TUESDAY PRECEDING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION WHICH IN 2025 WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 23RD. MOVING UP THE DATE TO SEPTEMBER 9TH ALLOWS ELECTION DEPARTMENT STAFF ADDITIONAL TIME BETWEEN THE PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO DO ADMINISTRATIVE WORK SUCH AS BALLOT PROCESSING, CERTIFICATION, BALLOT POSITION DRAWINGS AND BALLOT AND BALLOT KIT PREPARATIONS AND ALSO AT THE HEARING WE DISCUSSED ANOTHER DOCKET 1670 ON ELECTION PREPAREDNESS AND READINESS AND BECAUSE OF THE HUMAN ERROR THAT LED TO THE SHORTAGE OF BALLOT DISTRIBUTIONS, WE KNOW THAT IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT THEY NEED TO DO.  THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ELECTION COMMISSIONER IS TO MOVE THE DATE OF THE PRELIMINARY ELECTION TWO WEEKS EARLIER TO THE EIGHTH TUESDAY PRECEDING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 9TH. THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS COOPERATING WITH THE STATE AND INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO ISSUES EXPERIENCED IN THE 2024 ELECTION AS WELL AS WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT ON IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL CHECKS AND SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT ELECTIONS IN 2025 AND BEYOND ARE CONDUCTED WITHOUT ISSUE AGAIN. THANK YOU TO COMMISSION ANTIVIRUS INTO SUBPOENA.  LOOKING FORWARD IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION TO REALLY WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE OUR ISSUES AS CHAIR THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION OF FORMAL ACTION. AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FOCUS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS THAT FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1507 IT OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT AND FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1508 THAT OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE SEATS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1507 IN THE NEW DRAFT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I.  ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 1507 HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE HOST SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1508. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. THANK YOU.  AYES HAVE IT. AND THE DOCKET NUMBER 1508 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1564. NUMBER 156 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2020 FOR LIKE A NUMBER 1564. ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING NOMINATIONS FOR THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ENCLOSED NOMINATIONS BE FORWARDED TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR TANNER, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IS A CITY DEPARTMENT CREATED IN 2020 CHARGED WITH ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. CPD OPA HAS THREE BOARDS. I LOOK AT COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE, THE OPA COMMISSION, THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, THE CRB AND THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL. BUT I OPI THERE ARE CURRENTLY VACANCIES ON BOTH THE CRB AND THE AOP DOCKETS NUMBER 1564 WAS FILED TO FULFILL THE CITY'S COUNCIL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISH A CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, THE CRB AND AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CITY COUNCIL IS CHARGED WITH SUBMITTING NINE NOMINATIONS TO THE MAYOR FOR APPOINTMENT WITH THREE OF THE NINE SEATS ON THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD AND SIX NOMINATIONS TO THE MAYOR FOR APPOINTMENT FOR TWO OF THE FIVE SEATS ON THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL.  THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD CONSISTS OF NINE TOTAL MEMBERS . SIX MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR FROM A POOL OF APPLICANTS RECOMMENDED BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUP YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON COMMUNITY WITH KNOWLEDGE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.  THE REMAINING THREE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR FROM A POOL OF NINE NOMINEES SUBMITTED BY THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE ORDINANCE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS MUST BE BOSTON RESIDENTS NOT CURRENT MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD MUST BE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 TO 21. BOARD MEMBERS SHALL EACH SERVE A TERM OF THREE YEARS AND BOARD MEMBERS OF NOT SERVE MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE THREE YEAR TERMS. EACH MEMBER WILL BE PAID $100 PER HOUR FOR THEIR SERVICE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 PER YEAR. THE DUTIES OF THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD INCLUDE CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY OR INVESTIGATION WHERE NECESSARY AND TWO COMPLAINTS MADE AGAINST THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RESOLVING COMPLAINTS OR MATTERS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF REVIEW OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION REVIEWING, INVESTIGATING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO ALLEGATIONS OF DISPARATE TREATMENT BY BPD AND RECRUITING, HIRING PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE AND TERMINATION OF MEMBERS OF CPD PERIODICALLY EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS AND OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION PROCESS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE POLICE COMMISSIONER REGARDING REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS OR OTHER MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD AND CONVENING ALL BOARD MEMBERS AT LEAST ONCE PER QUARTER THEN TURN OFF THEIR OVERSIGHT PANEL CONSISTS OF FIVE TOTAL MEMBERS.  THREE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. TWO MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR FROM A POOL OF SIX NOMINEES SUBMITTED BY THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE ORDINANCE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL MEMBERS MUST BE BOSTON RESIDENTS PREFERABLY LICENSED ATTORNEYS EXPERIENCE IN CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH ADVOCACY AND OR WITH PAST EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.  BOARD MEMBERS SHALL EACH SERVE OF TERM OF THREE YEARS AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT SERVED MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE THREE YEAR TERMS. EACH MEMBER WILL BE PAID $100 PER HOUR FOR THEIR SERVICE AND NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 PER YEAR . THE DUTIES OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL INCLUDE PROVIDING EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT OF BOSTON POLICE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS FOR THOROUGHNESS AND FAIRNESS REVIEWING COMPLETED CASES OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION THE IAD MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO FURTHER INVESTIGATION OR CLARIFICATION TO ALL PAST STAFF OR THE CHIEF OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE POLICE COMMISSIONER REGARDING REVIEW CASES PERIODICALLY REVIEWING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMPLAINT AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS PROCESS PRODUCING AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER DOCUMENTING CASES REVIEWED AND THE OUTCOME OF THE I O PS REVIEW FOR EACH CASE THE MEANING OF ALL IOP MEMBERS AT LEAST ONCE PER QUARTER FOLLOWING THE PROCESS USED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2021 CENTRAL STAFF ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE OPEN A PUBLIC APPLICATION PORTAL FOR BOTH THE CRB AND THE AOP.  THE PORTAL ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS FROM OCTOBER 25,  2024 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH 2024. THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED 30 APPLICATIONS FOR THE CRB AND TEN APPLICATIONS FOR THE IAU OPI.  A WORKING SESSION WAS HELD ON THIS DOCKET ON FRIDAY DECEMBER SIX, 2024. WE WERE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR BRIAN MORROW WHO'S THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, ALSO JULIAN MEJIA HERE ALSO AT FLYNN HOUSE WHERE MURPHY COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE REGION COUNCILOR LIZ BREADON, COUNCILOR BENJAMIN WEBER AND COUNCILOR SHARON DURKIN THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL WILL BE KEPT DOWN FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AFTER THOROUGH CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE THOUGHTFUL RECOMMENDATIONS OF COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND FORWARDING THE FOLLOWING NINE NOMINEES TO THE MAYOR FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TO THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. LUIS ENCARNACION D4J4C KELLY MCGRATH BERNARD FITZGERALD.  OMARI PEREZ. MATTHIAS GONZALEZ.  CHRISTIANE ZALMAN TO LISA DE LEON AND ALDO MARSHALL. I RECOMMEND FORWARDING THE FOLLOWING SIX NOMINEES TO THE MAYOR FOR CONSIDERATION OR APPOINTMENT TO THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. STEPHANIE RODRIGUEZ RUIZ ROMEO DE PEREDA IF I WILL MORRELL ANTHONY FUGATE JAMAICA. HOBBS SAMUEL HEROLD AS CHAIR I ASK FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS COMMITTEE REPORT SO THE NOMINEES ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL CAN BE FORWARDED TO THE MAYOR FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE TO PLEASE AND THE AUDIENCE PLEASE SELECT YOURSELF VOTES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE GERALD HAS RETURNED TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I WILL BE EXCUSED MYSELF VOTING PRESENT FOR THE CIVILIAN BOARD AS THERE WAS A RELATIVE THAT WAS IN NOMINATION. OKAY. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1564 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I MR QUICK PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 1564. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD PRESENT COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR 15 YES COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  AND COUNCILOR COUNCILOR OH YES. 11 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE NOT PRESENT AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN NUMBER 1564 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1674 OKAY.  NUMBER 167 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THE WHICH WAS REFERRED ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2020 FOR THE NUMBER 167 FOR MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $4,460,897 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 LEAD PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND ABATEMENT INSPECTION, RISK ASSESSMENT, TEMPORARY LOCATION AND INTERIM CONTROL OF LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN THE ELIGIBLE PRIVATELY OWNED SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE OCCUPIED BY LOW INCOME FAMILIES SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR THE AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF A FEDERAL GRANT AWARDED BY HUD FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2024 LEAD PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION GRANT PROGRAM.  THE DOCKET WAS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 20TH OF 2020 FOR AND THE DOCKET AND COMMITTEE REPORT ARE AVAILABLE ON PAGE 63 TO 66 OF TODAY'S PACKET UPON REQUEST THE COMMITTEE CHAIR RECEIVED A MEMORANDUM DATED DECEMBER FOURTH, 2024 FROM SHEILA DILLON, CHIEF OF HOUSING AND DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING WHICH DETAILS THE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR ABATEMENT INSPECTION RISK ASSESSMENT, TEMPORARY RELOCATE, RELOCATION AND INTERIM CONTROL OF LAND BASED PAINT HAZARDS AND THE GRANT'S PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 24 TO 48 MONTHS FROM DECEMBER 15TH 2024 THIS SUNDAY TO DECEMBER 15TH 2028 FOR 30 YEARS. LET'S SEE IF BOSTON PROGRAM HAS USED A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL AND LOCAL RESOURCES TO ADDRESS LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN MORE THAN 3100 HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THIS DOCKET REPRESENTS THE PROGRAM'S 15TH GRANT FROM HUD FUNDS WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS ELIGIBLE SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING UNITS OCCUPIED BY LOW LOW INCOME FAMILIES. LET'S SEE IF BOSTON HAS A SPECIAL FOCUS ON UNITS THAT RECEIVE AN ORDER TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION IN HOUSEHOLDS WHERE A YOUNG CHILD HAS AN ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVEL AND LABELED ELIGIBLE UNITS CAN RECEIVE UP TO $12,000 TO ADDRESS FLOOD LED HAZARDS AND UP TO $5,000 IN HEALTHY HOMES. FUNDING TO REMEDIATE HOUSING HAZARDS AFFECTING HEALTH AND SAFETY.  THIS IS A NO INTEREST THREE YEAR FORGIVABLE LOAN.  THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY THIS GRANT INCLUDE LAND BASED RISK ASSESSMENT PAINT INSPECTION TESTING IN 100 170 UNITS LED HAZARD ABATEMENT IN 160 UNITS HEALTHY HOMES INSPECTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS IN AID FOR 80 UNITS TEMPORARY,  RELOCATION OF OCCUPANTS DURING ABATEMENT AND EXPANDED COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET UNDERWAY AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT I RECOMMEND A AT 1674 AFTER PAST. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET? OKAY.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 16724. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALEPPO SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT IS AN ACCEPTED NUMBER 1674 HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 08661624 AND 169031704 STALKING NUMBER 0866 MESSAGE NO FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF HAINSEY BUTTER BARRAZA AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST 2027 DUCK IN NUMBER 1624 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JESSICA BOATWRIGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE BOARD OF REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 24TH 2026 TALKING NUMBER 1690 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RYAN WOODS AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 26, 2026 LUCKY NUMBER 1691 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL NICHOLS AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 1ST, 2027 DUCK NUMBER 169 TO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A SMITH THEN AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DOCKET NUMBER 1693 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SINAN KUMAR HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DOCKET NUMBER 1694 MESSAGE NINE FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ADI SAMAHA AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DHAKA NUMBER 1695 MESSAGE FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD HENDERSON AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TURKEY NUMBER 1696 METHOD IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF LINDSAY MAC JANES AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DOCKET NUMBER 1697 IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GEOFFREY GONG YAU AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DUNCAN AMBER 1698 MESSAGE NOT FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF LINDA MUSCHAMP AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE CONSERVATION DISTRICT TALKING OF A1699 MESSAGE NINE FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND APPOINTMENT OF JULIE HALL AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT NUMBER 1700 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND APPOINTMENT OF IAN HART AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DUNCAN EMBER 1701. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF CRYSTAL GALVIN AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DOCKET NUMBER 1702 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NANCY JOHNSON AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TUCKER NUMBER 1703 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INTERIOR AND BRAGI IS EITHER AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO REPAIR TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DOCKET NUMBER 170 FOR MESSAGING AND FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINT ORNAMENT OF DAVID MARK AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 1ST, 2026. THANK YOU MR CLERK AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT READING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON DECEMBER NINE TO DISCUSS FILED APPOINTMENTS BY MAYOR'S OFFICE COUNCILORS MURPHY, FLYNN, WIRRAL AND WEBER JOIN ME TO REVIEW THE APPOINTEES EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND DESIRE TO SERVE ON THEIR RESPECTIVE APPOINTED COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAD THESE LETTERS FROM COUNCILOR GLADYS POTTER AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DOCKETS 16901691 AND 1704 WHERE APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR RYAN WOODS MIKE NICHOLS AND DAVID MA DOCKET 0866 WAS FOR THE REAPPOINT OF HORNSEY BETTER FORENZA FOR THE ZBA DOCKET 180162 FOR WAS THE APPOINTMENT OF JESSICA BOATWRIGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW BOARD DOCKETS 1692 THROUGH 1703 WERE FOR APPOINTMENTS TO WAIT SORRY WERE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE A REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT. THESE APPOINTMENTS WERE AS FOLLOWS AMITA KNAPP SANTA MARIA MIA FARROW, SAMANTHA RICHARD HENDERSON. WENDY MAC JONES. JEFFREY JEFFREY GARNEAU.  LINDA NIZAM KEN JULIE HALL. IAN URQUHART, CRYSTAL GALVIN NANCY JOHNSON AND ANTIA AMBROGIO.  OF THOSE LISTED SO NAME MIA FARROW, LEE SAMAHA, LINDSAY MAC JONES AND JEFFREY GARNIER ARE MEMBERS OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. JOE CORNISH FROM THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION JOINED US TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION AND CONTEXT ABOUT THE AFOREMENTIONED STUDY COMMITTEE TO GET IT TO REITERATE HIS STATEMENT WHICH I BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE FOR CONTEXT ON AND THIS IS FROM JOE CORNISH ON JULY 26, 2022, THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION ACCEPTED A PETITION SUBMITTED BY REGISTERED VOTERS TO DESIGNATE MONUMENT SQUARE, A LANDMARK DISTRICT IN CHARLESTOWN FOR FURTHER STUDY.  PRESENTLY A DIVERSE AND ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS CONSISTING OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND SIX COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COME FORWARD TO SERVE ON A STUDY COMMITTEE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION ON THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION.  THE STUDY COMMITTEE WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESOURCES LOCATED IN PROPOSED DISTRICT AND FINALIZE THE PROPOSED DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WHICH WILL INCLUDE PROPERTIES FACING MONUMENT SQUARE. CURRENT AND FUTURE PLANNING USES WILL BE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED TO FORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUE HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF MONUMENT SQUARE A NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ENCOURAGING CONTEXTUALLY SENSITIVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN APPROPRIATE AREAS. THIS WORK WILL BE CONDUCTED OVER THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR AT PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS WILL ALSO BE HELD TO PUBLICIZE THE WORK OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT UNDER STUDY TO FURTHER INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PURCHASE PARTICIPATION. A WEBPAGE WILL BE SET UP TO POST MEETING AGENDAS AS WELL AS TO POST AND UPDATE WORK OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE.  INTERPRETATION TRANSLATION AND DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT NO COST. THE STUDY COMMITTEE WILL ULTIMATELY PRODUCE A STUDY OUTLINING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE, A LANDMARK DISTRICT THAT WILL BE POSTED FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK. FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK PERIOD AND AMENDMENTS BY STAFF. THE FINAL STUDY REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A VOTE TO DESIGNATE IF THE COMMISSION VOTES TO DESIGNATE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE, DENY OR TAKE NO ACTION ON THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF THE DISTRICT.  IN ADDITION DOCKET 1699 JULIE HALL SENT A STATEMENT OF INTEREST IN ADDITION TO HER BIO AND CONSIDERATION IN LIEU OF ATTENDING THE HEARING I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD AS FOLLOWS. MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT. HAVING BEEN A RESIDENT OF CHARLESTOWN WITH MY HUSBAND HOWARD FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE RAISING OUR TWO SONS IN THIS HISTORIC VIBRANT COMMUNITY. AS A PROUD CIVIC LEADER AND SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHARLESTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ,A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OF CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY, I AM COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE CHARACTER AND LEGACY OF CHARLESTOWN. MY 30 PLUS YEARS AS A BUSINESS LEADER AND COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STRATEGIST BRING A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THIS COMMITTEE. I'VE LED PR MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATION INITIATIVES LIKE LOCAL AGENCIES WORKING WITH ICONIC BRANDS TO CRAFT EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES AND FOSTER IMPACTFUL RELATIONSHIPS. I BELIEVE THIS EXPERTISE COMBINED WITH MY DEEP ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN MEANINGFULLY SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE'S MISSION. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESERVING THE ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF CHARLESTOWN AND I AM EAGER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORKS AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ME FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF MONUMENT SQUARE REFLECTS OUR PRIDE AND ARTISTRY. SINCERELY JULIE HALL. SO I'LL JUST WITH ALL OF THAT.  SO I JUST WANTED TO OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE SUBMITTED RICHARD HENDERSON WAS NO LONGER INTERESTED SO I'M PLANNING TO PLACE THAT DOCKET ON FILE. AND JULIE HALL DID NOT APPEAR BUT I JUST READ A STATEMENT. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE MOVE HER FORWARD TODAY. THE ONE OTHER PERSON THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP WAS FADI SAMAHA WHO I HAVE SEEN IN MY COMMITTEE TWICE THIS YEAR. HE'S A MEMBER OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. SO WHAT WE LEARN THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS THAT THIS STUDY REPORT COMMITTEE IS USUALLY A MIX OF COMMUNITY AND AND LANDMARKS COMMISSION MEMBERS.  SO I'M PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD ALL OF THE NOMINATIONS EXCEPT FOR RICHARD HENDERSON WHO WAS NOT INTERESTED AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT WILL BE PLACED ON FILE IS DOCKET 1624 JESSICA BOATWRIGHT BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT ATTEND AND WE CAN'T DO THAT IN THE NEW YEAR. SO TO THAT END I RECOMMEND THAT DOCKETS 08660690316941696 THROUGH 1699 AND 1700 THROUGH 1704 OUGHT TO PASS AND THEN DOCKETS 1624 AND 1695 ODDS TO BE PLACED ON FILE. AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE TIME TO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY CLEAR RECITATION OF THE DOCKETS BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHICH ONES ARE BEING PLACED ON FILE WHICH NOT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CUT AS A PATA COUNCILOR THAT COLETTE IS PATTING YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR THE PROCESS. I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET DEALING WITH MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION. THE FOLKS HAVE NOT BEEN TO THIS AREA. PLEASE GO VISIT. IT IS A GORGEOUS AREA SURROUNDING OUR BUNKER HILL MONUMENT OVER IN CHARLESTOWN BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN SOME COMMUNICATION THROUGH EMAIL AND THROUGH CALLS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY'S NOMINATIONS ARE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY GROUP THAT WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT THE COMMISSION ITSELF HAS TO REVIEW AND ACT ON. AND THAT'S BEEN A POINT STATED BY THE CHAIR. IT'S COMMON PRACTICE FOR THESE STUDY GROUPS TO HAVE COMMUNITY ADVISORY POSITIONS AND I WENT THROUGH AND THERE'S ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND I WENT JUST PICKED ONE FOR FOUR BAY VILLAGE AND THERE ARE ADVISORY COMMUNITY ADVISORY POSITIONS INCLUDED IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE AND THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC MEETING LAW.  THERE WILL BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO REMAIN INVOLVED AS THE PROCESS PROGRESSES. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE CREATION OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE WAS INITIATED BY DOZENS OF CHARLESTOWN RESIDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE DISTRICT IN QUESTION. BACK IN 2022 SPECIFICALLY THE CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY SUBMITTED A PETITION TO LANDMARKS ASKING FOR ITS CREATION WHICH LANDMARKS ACCEPTED IN THE GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. IT STATES THAT THE PURPOSES ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF BUILDINGS AND PLACES SIGNIFICANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE SETTING OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN PLACES AND TO ENCOURAGE NEW DESIGNS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT. GIVEN THESE GUIDELINES AND UPON FURTHER RESEARCH IT IS CLEAR THAT EACH DISTRICT IS INCREDIBLY UNIQUE WITH BESPOKE LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS BASED ON THE STUDIES COMMITTEE. THE STUDY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.  THE REASONING PROVIDED BY RESIDENTS FROM CHARLESTOWN WAS THAT THE BUILDING INVENTORY HELD NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE GIVEN THE DISTRICT'S HISTORY TO THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL IN 1775. THE RESIDENTS ALSO STATED THAT DUE TO A NOTICEABLE UPTICK IN THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE AND ALTERATIONS OF HISTORIC HOUSES FRONTING MONUMENT SQUARE, THE PETITIONERS FEEL THAT LANDMARKS DESIGNATION WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THESE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS. THE PRESENT NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT AND DEMOLITION DELAY ORDINANCE DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO HISTORIC RESOURCES IN CHARLESTOWN. ONCE THIS PETITION WAS ACCEPTED, THE CITY STARTED THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING RESIDENTS FROM THE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING OR WHO HAS HAD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED INCLUDING NAMES SUBMITTED BY THE CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY. ONCE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SWORN IN, THE MEMBERS OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE ON A CHAIR IN THE MEETING SCHEDULE AND AGAIN DELIBERATE AND PUBLIC. I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT SOME OF THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BECAUSE THEY ARE DEAR FRIENDS OF MINE. I KNOW MANY OF THESE APPLICANTS JULIE AND TIA, NANCY AND CRYSTAL. THEY ARE INGRAINED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND I SUPPORT THEIR REPRESENTATION ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT CITY COMMITTEE. SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE DOCKETS PUT FORTH FOR MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ZAPATA.  BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE DOCKETS?  IF NOT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I'M PLANNING DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SEEKS EXCEPTION TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0866. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING THEY THINK THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0866 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS TO PUT DOCKET NUMBER 1624 ON FILE. SO MR CLERK, CAN WE PUT DOCKET NUMBER 1624 ON FILE? THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1690. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1690 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1691 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OUR POLICY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1691 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1692 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALSO SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1692 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND FOR INVITATIONS IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1693. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THINKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1693 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEE THE SENTENCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1694 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I I'LL OPPOSE NAY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1694 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION WANTS A PLACE DOCKET NUMBER 1695 ON FILE. SO MR CLERK, IF WE COULD PLEASE PLACE DOCKET NUMBER 1695 ON FILE. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEE THE SECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1696 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1696 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1697. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSED NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1697 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1698 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSE ANY THINKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1698 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1699. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSED NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1699 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO TWO CONCEPTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1700. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1700 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1701 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I SAY NAY THINK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN THE DOCKET IN DOCKET NUMBER 1701 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE RECEPTION TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1702 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THINKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1702 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE SENTENCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1703 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 1703 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1704 ALL THE PAPERS I I I ALSO SAY NAY.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1704 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1391 DOCKET NUMBER 1391 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE HOLISTIC VISION FOR DISTRICT SEVEN IN ORDER TO REDRESS HISTORICAL RACIAL HARM AND TO UPHOLD DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS CIVIL RIGHTS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.  COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  ON THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACIAL EQUITY WAS REFERRED TO DOCKETS 101391 FOR CONSIDERATION AND ON DECEMBER NINTH 2024 WE HELD A HEARING FOR THE HEARING ORDER THAT I FILED A HOLISTIC VISION FOR A HOLISTIC VISION FOR DISTRICT SEVEN TO REDRESS HISTORIC RACIAL HARMS AND UPHOLD CIVIL RIGHTS TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES FACED IN DISTRICT SEVEN OR D SEVEN THE FOCUS OF THE HEARING WAS TO ADVANCE HOLISTIC VISION AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND REDRESSES HISTORIC RACIAL HARMS. PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS AND ENSURES EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR SEVEN CONSTITUENTS. THE DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTED A SORRY FIRST PRESENT WAS COUNCILOR MAGUIRE COUNCILOR CR AARON MURPHY, COUNCILOR AT FLYNN AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AS WELL AS BPD AND AS WELL AS BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION.  THE DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTED DISPARITIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSION AND ACCESS TO BASIC AMENITIES. THE HEARING UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR ACTIONABLE STEPS TO DISMANTLE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS AND UPLIFT HISTORIC MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. SPECIFIC AROUND HOUSING THE 23 YEAR IN ROXBURY PARTICULARLY THERE'S A 23 YEAR DIFFERENCE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY BETWEEN BACK BAY 91.6 YEARS AND ROXBURY 68.8 YEARS IS A STARK INDICATOR OF SYSTEMIC HEALTH INEQUITIES. FLOOD RISKS OVER 1500 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN ROXBURY AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE VULNERABLE TO ANNUAL FLOODING EXACERBATING DISPLACEMENT RISK FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, RISING COSTS, HOUSING COSTS AND COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT ARE DESTABILIZING COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON LOCAL BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES. BLACK COMMUTERS SPEND OVER AN AVERAGE OF 66 EXTRA HOURS ANNUALLY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT COMPARED TO WHITE COMMUTERS. LIMITED ACCESS TO SUPERMARKETS AND AMENITIES FURTHER COMPOUNDS THESE CHALLENGES BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES OWNERS FACE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES IN ASSESSING FUNDING AND PURCHASE AND PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES, HINDERING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STABILITY. 50% OF FACILITIES IN ROXBURY ARE DEEMED NON REPAIRABLE OR NON DEVELOPABLE.  GRADUATION RATES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN SCHOOLS WITH PREDOMINANTLY STUDENTS OF COLOR 72% COMPARED TO PREDOMINATELY WHITE SCHOOLS 93%. DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBERS OF BLACK, LATINO AND ENGLISH LEARNERS STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED WITH DISABILITIES AS INDICATING THE NEED FOR MORE INTERSECTIONAL SUPPORT. DISTRICT SEVEN SUFFERS FROM A LACK OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING PHARMACY FEES,  GROCERY STORES AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SPACES WITH OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE MAKING IT THE ROXBURY PARTICULARLY THE SECOND POOREST NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON AND THE MOST DISENFRANCHIZED AND RACIALLY HARMED NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON.  THE HEARING HIGHLIGHTED THE URGENCY OF ADDRESSING THE LONGSTANDING RACIAL DISPARITIES AS MENTIONED AND STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES AND D SEVEN IMPLEMENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HOPEFULLY WILL HOPEFULLY WILL IN COLLABORATION WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS,  COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS BY INVESTING IN HEALTH, HOUSING TRANSITION, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE CAN CREATE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL OF OUR DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS. I AND MY TEAM THE DISTRICT SEVEN OFFICE AND CONSTITUENTS,  THE DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR THESE CHANGES AND WORKING ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT DISTRICT SEVEN THRIVES HEALS AND PROGRESSES TOWARD EQUITABLE AND JUST AND EQUITY AND JUSTICE. THAT IS WHY I DEVELOPED THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN ESSENTIALLY THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN AND SINCE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE YEAR I WILL BE REPORTING TO YOU AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY WILL BE FAILING TO PROPERLY ASSESS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR A PLAN 2025, IF YOU WILL, TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.  THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN IS A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO ADDRESS CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS WHILE FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, INCLUSIVITY AND RESILIENCY. THE FOLLOWING OUTLINES KEY PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES ALONGSIDE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I AM MAKING OR THAT SPECIFICALLY PROJECTS AND POLICIES AND BUDGET INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAVE MADE AND INVESTED IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT I'VE CREATED AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. SUCCESS LINK RD SEVEN PARTNERSHIP THE INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON HIRING YOUTH INTERNS TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORT. LEARN ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACQUIRING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS.  YOUTH GET PAID BASICALLY BY SUCCESS LINK TO PARTNER WITH OUR OFFICE AND GET HOMEWORK HELP AS WELL. THE ART CORRIDOR CALLED THE ARTERY ROXBURY IS THE HEART OF BOSTON AND IT SHOULD BE THRIVING AND ITS ARTERY SHOULD BE HEALTHY. AIMED TO ADD BEAUTIFYING DISTRICT SEVEN COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THIS PROJECT INTEGRATES PUBLIC ART TO ENHANCE THE DISTRICT'S VISUAL APPEAL AND ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.  IT PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN REVITALIZING SPACES FOSTERING PRIDE AND ATTRACTING VISITORS HOPEFULLY CONNECTING TO LARGEST REVENUE MARKET WHICH IS A TOURISM ATTRACTING MORE MORE TOURISTS OR PEOPLE PEOPLE VISITING SO THAT WE CAN BOOST ECONOMIC MOBILITY. ALSO I CREATED THE CONSTITUENT ENGAGEMENT APP WHICH IS THE BOSTON DISTRICT SEVEN APP. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FROM YOUR PHONE AN INTERACTIVE APP THAT ALLOWS CONSTITUENTS TO EXPRESS CONCERNS, STAY INFORMED ABOUT LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND ACCESS IMPORTANT DISTRICT INFORMATION. THIS TOOL ENHANCES TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I ALSO CREATE I ALSO WORKED ON REMOVING RACIST SYMBOLS AND NAMES PASSED A RESOLUTION TO RENAME THE THE LIBRARY THE DUDLEY LIBRARY OR THE ROXBURY LIBRARY AND AS YOU KNOW FANEUIL HALL AS WELL.  NO STREET OR SYMBOLS IN BOSTON SHOULD HAVE A HISTORIC RACIAL OR RACIST NAMES. THIS INITIATIVE BASICALLY ADDRESSES HISTORICAL SYMBOLS. AGAIN, NAMES THAT PERPETUATE HARM IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO BE SORT OF THE SUBLIMINAL PAIN THAT WE FEEL FROM THESE SYMBOLS. PLACEMAKING AND DISTRICT SEVEN TOURISM I CREATED A PROJECT IN COLLABORATION. I THEN COLLABORATED WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION BY ACTIVATING AND PRESERVING VACANT SPACES. THIS INITIATIVE FOSTERS COMMUNITY INTERACTION, SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENCOURAGES TOURISM AND HIGHLIGHTS THE SEVEN UNIQUE CULTURAL AND HISTORIC ASSETS HOPEFULLY MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING CULTURE AND IDENTITY. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY IN DISTRICT SEVEN PARTICULARLY THERE IS NO AFROCENTRIC DISTRICT IN BOSTON AND WE SHOULD WORK TO DO THAT TO PRESERVE CULTURE AND PRESERVATION. THEREFORE HOPEFULLY COMBATING ANTI DISPLACEMENT THIS MEANS THAT I HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH MIT, WITH NORTHEASTERN, WITH B.U. AS WELL AS HARVARD TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON WAYS TO CREATE DATA SCIENCE SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A DASHBOARD AND MEASURE EXACTLY WHAT ARE THE HARM OR THE DEFICITS.  SO SORRY I RATHER SAY GAPS IN THE DISTRICT AND THEN ADDRESSING THEM BY PROVIDING A SPATIAL MAPPING OF HOLISTIC AMENITIES TO ADDRESS THESE RACIAL HARMS ANTI DISPLACEMENT STUDIO IS A STUDIO THAT I CREATED WITH NORTHEASTERN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DR. LOUIS SONG THIS PROGRAM SAFEGUARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES AND RESISTANCE DISPLACEMENT PROMOTING NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY AND ESSENTIALLY HOPEFULLY CREATING THIS ACID MAP THAT WE NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS AND WHAT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE BUT OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OR DESIGN IN DISTRICT SEVEN OR ANYWHERE IN BOSTON SHOULD BE GUIDED BY DATA AND SHOULD BE GUIDED BY COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES REALLY LOOKING AT HOW TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS FROM CROSS NEIGHBORHOODS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE WE ARE PLANNING TO DO MASTERPLANS ON TRANSPORTATION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY TYPE OF MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTAND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR CONSTITUENTS.  I ALSO DEVELOPED THE DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL SERVING AS A PIVOTAL LIAISON BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MYSELF GUIDING OUR POLICIES AND ISSUES IN DISTRICT SEVEN.  I THANK YOU ALL CONSTITUENTS OF THAT AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO'VE INVESTED THE LAST YEAR OR SO PARTICULARLY ON THE POLICIES THAT WE WORKED ON TOGETHER RACIAL EQUITY STUDY HANDBOOK THIS IS A HANDBOOK THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH UMASS BOSTON FOR PARTICULARLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ANALYZE SYSTEMIC RACIAL DISPARITIES. THE STUDY PROVIDES ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND INCLUSIVITY IN THE ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY LIFE AND THEN HOPEFULLY PROVIDING THIS TO MOYA AND EQUITY OFFICE TO GUIDE THEIR WORK THERE IN MY I'M OF THE OPINION THAT IF YOU SEE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT HAPPENING RATHER TO YOU KNOW, RESERVE JUDGMENT AND FIND THE TOOLS IF YOU ARE NOT AIDING SOMEONE WITH THE TOOLS TO DO A BETTER JOB THEN YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE. YOU SHOULD BE QUIET AND YOU SHOULD WAIT AND DO YOUR PART TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE TOOLS SO THAT THEY DO A BETTER JOB. THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVES I PROVIDE BASICALLY A PARTNERSHIP WITH VHA.  THEY ARE LOOKING FOR GRANTS TO FIND WAYS TO DO COMMUNITY ALL TYPES OF ART THERAPY TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OR DESTIGMATIZING MENTAL HEALTH IN BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES THE DIGITAL MARKETPLACE PILOT IN D SEVEN ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A DIGITAL MARKETPLACE WE SHOULD DIGITIZE OUR BUSINESSES.  WE ARE LONG OVERDUE BE LOCAL IS JUST AN APP THAT LISTS A WHOLE BUNCH OF BUSINESSES. IMAGINE IF WE COULD CREATE A SMALL AMAZON AND COMPETE WITH THE GRUBHUB AND UBERS OF THE WORLD.  THEN SMALL BUSINESSES COULD HAVE A DIGITAL MARKETPLACE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ONLINE TO SUPPORT THEM. YOUTH ARE POLITICAL AMBASSADORS SIMILAR TO THE HOMEWORK HEROES. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE TAKE INTERNS AND WE TRAIN THEM IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT NONPROFIT ECOSYSTEM ESSENTIALLY IS AN ECOSYSTEM TO CREATE A DASHBOARD SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE A DIGITAL PLATFORM WHERE ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES ARE IN ONE PLACE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF SERVICES OR WORK IN SILOS BECAUSE IT SHOULD SERVE AS SOFTWARE AND RESOURCES WILL CONSOLIDATION WE BUILT A DATABASE ESSENTIALLY TO DO BETTER CONSTITUENT SERVICE AND COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE PEOPLE CALLING ABOUT, WHAT DO THEY MORE CARE ABOUT AND THEN HOPEFULLY COLLABORATING WITH 311 SO THAT WE COULD DO THIS WORK TOGETHER SHOULDN'T BE SEPARATE AND THE CITY SHOULD INVEST IN CREATING THE COUNCIL'S OWN CONSTITUENT SERVICE DATABASE OR SOFTWARE SO THAT WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB.  DISTRICT SEVEN DOCUMENTARY IS AN EXTENSION OF THE ARTERY. THE ARTERY WAS MY CREATION AND WE I THEN ALLOCATED $1.6 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS TO CREATE IT. IT WILL START IN UNION SQUARE AND ESSENTIALLY WHILE WE'RE RE FACING STOREFRONTS AND DOING THIS PROJECT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO START RE FACING THESE STOREFRONTS AND REPAIRING HARMS BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A STORY THERE NEEDS TO BE A DOCUMENTARY TO CAPTURE THE ALL OF THE WORK, ALL OF THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT SPECIFICALLY BLACK PEOPLE IN ROXBURY HAVE PUT INTO IT. BUT IN ROCK AND SOUTH AND AGAIN THERE'S A NEED FOR STORY TO UNDERSTAND IS TRANSITION AFTER GENTRIFICATION AND NOW DURING GENTRIFICATION HOW ARE WE FIGHTING AGAINST DISPLACEMENT ROXBURY IN PARTICULAR OR BOSTON WE HAVE A BLACK PROBLEM. WE HAVE SYSTEMICALLY RACIALLY HARMED AND WE'VE CREATED A LOT OF ISSUES THAT NOW WE NEED TO WORK ON AND I THINK THE DOCUMENTARY TO STORY WILL HELP FOR US TO HEAL. THERE IS NO TRUTH WITH REQUIEM . THERE IS NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT TRUTH. RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE START WITH THE ACTUAL STORY BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG.  SO BUILDING ALL OF THIS IN TERMS OF POLICY FOCUS AND I'M GOING TO FINALIZE MY REPORT ON THIS PAGE EQUITY FOCUS EDUCATION POLICIES, USE OF POLICIES THAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON IN TERMS AND ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY COLLEAGUES INCLUDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS FOR AS WELL AS ADDRESSING MUSLIM STUDENTS NEEDS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHETHER IT BE PRAYER SPACES OR HALAL AND KOSHER FOODS IN HOW WE ADDRESS THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE NOT CULTURALLY PREPARED OR COMPETENT TO UNDERSTAND AND WE SHOULD ASSIST IN THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES GIVEN THE CHALLENGES OF GENTRIFICATION, IT'S CRUCIAL TO EXPAND ENTIRE DISPLACEMENT STUDIO AND SO THAT IS WHY I CREATED AN RFP WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING THAT ACTUALLY EXPLORES A RENT TO OWN PILOT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO ADDRESS HOMEOWNERSHIP OR AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP IN A MORE PRODUCTIVE WAY.  ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORM IS STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SPECIFICALLY EXPANDING THE CARBON EMISSION PROGRAM AND ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL HELP DISTRICT SEVEN TO LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EFFORTS AND CULTURAL RECOGNITION AND INCLUSION.  AND SO IF WITH THE A CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND POLICIES TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN BOSTON, WE ALSO HAVE SORT OF A CAPE VERDE AND COMMUNITY GAP WHERE WE ARE NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSING THE CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS NEEDS AND CONVERTING COMMUNITY AS AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND I SPEAK FOR THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WHEN I SAY THIS DOMINICANS PUERTO RICANS ARE LIKE HAITIANS. I HAVE NIGERIANS IN MY DISTRICT, SOME ASIAN NOW AFTER REDISTRICTING WE NEED TO LOOK AT BETTER WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING. SO I'VE COLLABORATED WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT SPECIFICALLY TO DO A STUDY SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS WHAT ARE THE IMMIGRANT NEEDS AND HOW DOES SYSTEMIC RACISM IMPACT THEM. SO PUBLIC SPACE AND REVITALIZATION POLICIES AIM TO PRESERVING THE ACTIVATING OF VACANT LOTS AGAIN. BUT WE WE NEED A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN GO FROM PARTIAL TO PARTIAL AND UNDERSTAND AND CONNECT THIS TO WHETHER IT BE LANDMARKS OR TOURISM AND REALLY BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BRING MORE FOOT TRAFFIC TO OUR DISTRICT AND WHY WE ARE CREATING OPEN SPACE WHILE WE ARE FILING CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT, WHILE WE ARE CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACES. THIS MEANS THAT WE FIGHT GENTRIFICATION IN THIS WAY AS WELL.  SO IN CONCLUSION THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN HAS SET THE FOUNDATION FOR A BRIGHTER, MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE HOPEFULLY IN THESE PROJECTS AND POLICIES REFLECT THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH, EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY MOVING FORWARD IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO BUILD THESE SUCCESSES, REFINE EXISTENCE INITIATIVES AND EXPAND POLICIES MEASURES TO ENSURE THE WELL-BEING OF THE DISTRICT RESIDENTS. AS WE CAN SEE AS I CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN, I LOOK FORWARD AND HOPE TO FOCUS ON MY WORK TO REPRESENT MY MY DISTRICT AND ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.  I ASK THAT OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE TO A COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE CAN FOCUS ON THE WORK AND NOT DISTRACT OR DETRACT FROM THE WORK. THEREFORE I RECOMMEND THE DOCKET 1391 IN ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS THE HOLISTIC VISION FOR DISTRICT SEVEN IN ORDER TO REDRESS HISTORIC RACIAL HARMS AND TO UPHOLD DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS, CIVIL RIGHTS OUGHT TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FILING THE 2025 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON POLICY PROJECT AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS IN JANUARY TO CONTINUE TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR HOSTING THE HEARING.  YOU KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS IN D7I ALWAYS SHOW UP TO EVERYTHING ZOOM IN PERSON WHEREVER YOU GUYS ARE I SHOW UP FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE GET PAID TO DO. BUT I'M GOING TO RISE UP BECAUSE I'VE BEEN USING MY MICROPHONE TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR JOBS ARE. AND SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO DO JUST THAT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THIS MOMENT IS REALLY CALLING US TO DO. I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE THING IS TO BE OF COLOR AND THE OTHER IS TO LIVE IN COLOR AND I THINK I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT REALLY QUICK BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE SEEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE USUALLY YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY LACK THE LEAST YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LEAST RESOURCES WE ARE IMPACTED BY LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE DONE TO US OFTENTIMES DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT US. AND SO I THINK IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS AS A CITY WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR POLICY BRIEFING THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN. IF YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP YOU CAN GO WATCH THE TAPE AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME TO REALLY SEE THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND TO UTILIZE A METRICS AND A FORMAT IN WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL RHETORIC THAT WE HEAR WHEN WE'RE OUT CAMPAIGNING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR PEOPLE WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FOR AND TO DO FOR THEM. WE DON'T SHOW UP IN THEY DON'T WANT NONE OF THAT HERE. SO BEFORE YOU GET KICKED OUT SO I JUST WANT TO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO SHOW UP IN OUR TRUE AUTHENTIC SELVES IN THIS CHAMBER AND WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE VOTES THAT WE DO SO UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE ON RACIAL EQUITY SO WE CAN'T SAY WE'RE ABOUT LIFTING PEOPLE OF COLOR UP AND THEN THE MOMENT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT THEM THEN WE DON'T STAND UP FOR THEM. RIGHT? AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT BLUEPRINT AND A TEMPLATE FOR US TO REALLY LEAN INTO. AND I ALSO THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF VOTES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING TODAY THAT I THINK THAT AS A BODY WE ALSO NEED TO START BEING MORE MINDFUL ABOUT HEARINGS AND HEARING ORDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION IN PARTICULAR I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE TODAY BUT I'M SURE THEY'RE MARCHING AND THEY'LL PLAY THE RERUN LATER. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST FOR US TO GET THINGS AT THE LAST MINUTE AND EXPECT US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND SO THAT IS AN ISSUE OF RACIAL EQUITY TOO BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DECISIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING TODAY IMPACT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE HAD ONE HEARING THAT JUST HAPPENS. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT IF WE ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT REPAIRING THE HARM THEN WE NEED TO START LEARNING HOW TO WORK BETTER AS A BODY. AND IN 2025 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF WHAT HEARINGS GET HEARD WHEN THEY GET HEARD BY WHO THEY GET HEARD BY OFTENTIMES AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ALL OF US INCLUDING MYSELF. AND SO WITH THAT I USE MY MICROPHONE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR ANDERSON FOR HOLDING SPACE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND ALL OF THE RACIAL INEQUITIES THAT CONTINUES TO PERSIST IN DC SEVEN AND I'M ASKING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER IN THIS TIME BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT OUR SEATS. WE SHOULD BE LEADING UNAPOLOGETIC AND WITHOUT FEAR. WELL, WE'VE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR.  NUMBER 1391 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 154521772 AS LISTED IN THE AGENDA DOCKET NUMBER 1545 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $307,304 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 D DMA CITY GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 40 HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING FOR OFFICERS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE BPD STREET OUTREACH UNIT STOCKING NUMBER 1546 MESSAGE YOUR NOTE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $280,065 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 DNA CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT AND BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND TWO CRIMINALS POSITIONS OVER TIME LAB SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPENSES.  DOCTOR NUMBER 154A MESSAGE YOU KNOW AN AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $29,496 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PURCHASE OF A NEW COLOR FOR THE 38 INCH 38 FOOT SEAFOOD DUTY VESSEL DOC NUMBER 1622 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $56,890.04 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 MUNICIPAL ROAD SAFETY GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AS TO THE MASK EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE HIGH VISIBILITY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEEDING AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVING DISTRACTED DRIVING IMPAIRED DRIVING AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION AS WELL AS TRAFFIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT.  DOCKET NUMBER 1673 MESSAGE NO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 11,952,986 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 URBAN AREAS SECURITY INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASS THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPARED THIS THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ENHANCEMENT OF REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND CAPABILITIES IN DESIGNATED HIGH THREAT HIGH DENSITY AREAS HAVE NUMBER 1675 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $2,305,847 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASS THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.  THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS TO MANAGE CATASTROPHIC INCIDENTS INCLUDING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND THEIR IMPACT THE NUMBER 1676 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SECURING THE CITY'S CONTINUATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND CONTINUED ENHANCEMENTS FOR REGIONAL CAPABILITIES TO DETECT, IDENTIFY, REPORT AND INTERDICT NUCLEAR AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OUT OF REGULATORY CONTROL AND PROVIDE REGIONAL TRAINING AND EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY TO ENHANCE REGIONAL CAPABILITIES. DOC NUMBER 1680 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $110,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 DAMAGE CALL RESPONSE GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND TWO FULL TIME RECOVERY COACHES THROUGH BEST AND PROVIDING TRAINING TO OFFICERS 1681 MESSAGE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 DAMAGE TRAINING GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASTER PRO AND MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND TO REIMBURSE OVERTIME COSTS TO BACKFILL CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH TRAININGS FOR OFFICERS TUCKER NUMBER 1770 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 FROM THE GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL BURN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PASS THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ANNUAL BOSTON ADDRESS VERIFICATION PROCEDURES PROCEDURES MANDATED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD AND DOC NUMBER 177 TO MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $71,335 AND FORMALLY A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ENHANCEMENT OF OPERATIONAL CAPACITY AT THE BOSTON EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND PROMOTE THE PROFESSION OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MR. CLERK FOR READING ALL OF THOSE IN TONIGHT'S READER THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING YESTERDAY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 20, 24 TO DISCUSS 11 PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS.  THESE MATTERS WERE ALL SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND INCLUDED DOCKETS NUMBER 15451546 AND 1548 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 23 DOCKET NUMBER 162 TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 30TH BY THIS NUMBER 1673167516761680 AND 1681 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 20TH AND DOCKET NUMBER 1770 AND NUMBER 177 TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON A74 DECEMBER 4TH THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM NINE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT PETER MESSINA STREET OUTREACH UNIT CHINA SAVAGE SAVAGE OFFICE OF OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPERINTENDENT AND THE NEW YORK HUMANE BUREAU FIELD SERVICES KEVIN LUSARDI, DIRECTOR OF THE CRIME LAB FOR US US QUALITY CONTROL SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER BAILEY HARBOR PATROL UNIT ANTHONY RIZZO METRO BOSTON SECURING THE CITY'S MARIA CHEEVERS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND CAPTAIN TIMOTHY CONNOLLY AND DIRECTOR RYAN WALSH BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. THE COMMITTEE ADDITIONALLY HEARD TESTIMONY FROM TWO MEMBERS OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MATTHEW KIANI, DEPUTY CHIEF AND ANDREW ICE, ASSOCIATE DEPUTY CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION.  WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY OUR COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR ED FLYNN,  COUNSELOR ERIN MURPHY, COUNSELOR LIZ BRAYTON, COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD COUNSELOR BEN WEBER COUNSELOR PRESIDENT BRUCE LOUIJEUNE AND COUNSELOR GABRIELLA TOLD US ABOUT THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNSELOR COUNCIL BRIAN MORROW AND COUNSELOR SHARON DURKIN. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM LIEUTENANT MESSINA AND MS. SAVAGE. WE DISCUSSED TALKING TO NUMBER ONE FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE AND NUMBER 1680 AND 1681. MS. SAVAGE STATED THAT THESE THREE GRANTS WERE AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT ON MENTAL HEALTH WHICH THE CITY RECEIVES EVERY YEAR.  DOCTOR NUMBER 154 OR FIVE WILL FUND A FULL TIME CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM CITY TRAINING COORDINATOR WHO WILL PROVIDE 40 HOUR MENTAL THREE HOUR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND WOULD INCLUDE LEARNING HOW TO RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH, LOCAL RESOURCES AND DE-ESCALATION TACTICS AND SAVAGE STATED THAT TARGETS NUMBER 1681 WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING TO BACKFILL OFFICE OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WORKSHOPS WHEN THEY ARE ATTENDING THESE TRAININGS, SAVAGE STATED THAT TALKING NUMBER 1680 IS A CALL RESPONSE GRANT THAT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A ONE RECOVERY COACH.  WE WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE STREET OUTREACH UNIT AND ASSIST RESIDENTS IN NEED.  THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM SUPERINTENDENT ELAINE WHO DISCUSSED TARGETS NUMBER 1622 SUPER TEN AND TULANE STATED THAT THIS IS A MUNICIPAL ROAD SAFETY GRANT THAT WILL ASSIST ASSIST BPD TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATORS, PROTESTERS AND CYCLISTS THROUGH HIGH VISIBILITY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEEDING AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVING DISTRACTED DRIVING, IMPAIRED DRIVING AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION AS WELL AS TRAFFIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE USE OF OVERTIME FUNDS, MOUNTED RADAR SPEED SIGNS AND TRAFFIC MOBILIZATIONS. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM DIRECTOR LUSARDI. WE DISCUSSED THE TARGETS NUMBER 1546. HE STATED THAT THIS GRANT FUNDING CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT AND BACKLOG REDUCTION FOR THE BPD CRIME LAB THROUGH DNA ANALYSIS DIRECTOR LO ALREADY STATED THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THIS GRANT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM SERGEANT BAILEY WHO DISCUSSED TARGETS NUMBER 1548. HE STATED THAT THIS IS A GRANT THE CITY RECEIVES ANNUALLY. THIS GRANT WOULD FUND MAINTENANCE UPKEEP TO MAINTAIN THE EFFICIENCY AND OPERATIONAL READINESS OF BPD HARBOR PATROL UNIT. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM MR RIZZO WHO DISCUSSED DOCKETS NUMBER 1676. HE STATED THAT THIS IS BASICALLY SECURING THE CITY'S GRANT WHICH IS FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANT PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN OFFICE. ITS MISSION IS TO PREVENT A SUCCESSFUL POSSESSION MOVEMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF A NUCLEAR OR REALLY LOGICAL WEAPON AND COMPONENT MATERIALS BY AN ADVERSARY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE SUSTAINABLE RADIO OLOGY RADIO, OPTICAL AND NUCLEAR DETECTION CAPABILITIES AMONG OUR PARTICIPATING PARTNERS IN THE REGION. THESE PARTNERS INCLUDE DPD, THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOSTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE,  MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY AND OVER 20 OTHER LOCAL POLICE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND BOMB SQUADS THROUGHOUT THE NEW ENGLAND REGION.  THIS GRANT WOULD FUND THE PURCHASE OF DETECTION EQUIPMENT AND BACKFILL AND AND OVER TIME FOR ALL PERSONNEL WHO RECEIVE TRAINING ON THIS EQUIPMENT. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM DIRECTOR CHEEVERS WHO DISCUSSED BAUCUS NUMBER 1770. SHE SAID THAT THIS IS AN ANNUAL GRANT THE CITY RECEIVES FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. BUT THIS GRANT WOULD FUND THE OVERTIME AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VPD OFFICERS VISITS TO THE ADDRESSES THAT SEX OFFENDERS KNOW AS THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE WITHIN BOSTON. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM DEPUTY CHIEF KIANI ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF WITNESS AND CAPTAIN CARLY WHO DISCUSSED DOCKETS NUMBER 16731675 AND 1772.  ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF BLANEY STATED THAT DOCKETS NUMBER 1673 IS THE URBAN URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT WITH THE CITY RECEIVES ANNUALLY TO FUND REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS ENHANCING CAPABILITIES AND HIGH THREAT AND HIGH DENSITY URBAN AREAS. HE STATED THAT THE PRIORITY AREAS INCLUDE SAFETY AND SECURITY, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION, INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING AND TOLERABLE COMMUNICATIONS.  CB AND E STANDS FOR TITLE GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL OLIVE OIL NUCLEAR AND EXPLOSION RESPONSE AND CYBERSECURITY.  TUTICORIN WOULD ASSIST IN THE FUNDING OF STAFF AND REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLANNERS AND THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. BOSTON'S MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. SPECIALIZED TEAMS INCLUDING HAZMAT UNIT BOMB SQUAD, SWAT AND K-9 TEAM.  DEPUTY CHIEF KIENY DISCUSS DOCKETS NUMBER 1675. HE STATED THAT THIS IS THE FBI 25 REGIONAL CUSTODY ROCKET COST THE TRAFFIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO ELIGIBLE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CLOSE NON PREPAREDNESS CAPABILITY GAPS AND ENCOURAGE INNOVATION REGIONAL SOLUTIONS. THIS FUNDING WOULD ASSIST IN COSTS RELATED TO EXTREME WEATHER OPERATIONS, PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS AND TO PROVIDE LOCAL AID AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL DURING EMERGENCIES. DEPUTY CHIEF CARE TO DISCUSS DOCKETS NUMBER 1772. HE STATED THAT THIS IS A NONCOMPETITIVE ANNUAL GRANT THAT IS AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST COMMAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY. IT WAS AWARDED TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH WITH THE AWARDED AMOUNTS BASED ON POPULATION AND INTENDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO HELP SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY USAGE WITH THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXTREME OTHER PREPAREDNESS ITEMS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING ALL 11 OF THESE DOCKETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION. AT THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WOULD BE THAT ALL 11 DOCKETS NUMBER 1545154615481661622167316751 AND 1772 ALL TO PASS.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE HEARING. I WANT TO THANK THE ADMIN AND EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP WHO ANSWERED MY MANY MANY ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS AND YOU INDULGE ME TO ASK EVEN MORE OF A QUESTION. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME YESTERDAY BEYOND THE TIME THAT I THINK YOU NEEDED TO FOR ME TO ASK MY QUESTION. SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE TO GIVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE CHAIR . I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD FOR THE RECORD CAN YOU GIVE US A TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR ALL OF THESE DOCKETS? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE CHAIR IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU MAY RESPOND.  I DO NOT HAVE A TOTAL DOCKET NUMBER. I WOULD HAVE TO JUST LIKE ADD ON MY PHONE BUT THERE ARE LISTED ON THE TOP OF THE LIST SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH AN EXERCISE HERE TO THE CHAIR SORRY TO THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MEJIA IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME IN SPEAKING ABOUT THAT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAD THE FLOOR. NO, NO, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR ME . I WANT TO STEP OUT OF LINE HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE AS A BODY HAVE BEEN FUNCTIONING IN THIS CHAMBER. OKAY, SO INDULGE ME BECAUSE I WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET INTO THE SCENES AND I'M GOING TO UTILIZE MY LITTLE MICROPHONE TO USE MY TIME.  SO I WOULD LIKE TO FOR THE RECORD HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE ABOUT TO GO ON AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR SET OF DOCKETS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVERYONE'S ASKING US TO BE TRANSPARENT. EVERYONE'S ASKING US TO BE EFFICIENT, EVERYONE'S ASKING US TO DO OUR JOBS AND NOT TO BE RUBBER STAMPS. SO IF THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO, I NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS THAT HAPPENS IN THIS CHAMBER WHEN WE GET VOTES ASKED OF US TO PASS ON THROUGH IN THIS PROCESS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT IF YOU CAN ASK SOMEBODY FROM YOUR TEAM OR SOMEBODY TO JUST PUT THAT AMOUNT ON THE RECORD FOR A TOTAL WHOPPING MILLIONS OF HOW MUCH ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON, I WANT THAT FOR THE RECORD TO BE SHARED PUBLICLY. NUMBER ONE AND I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN NUBIAN SQUARE RIGHT AND LIKE DID I SAY RIGHT THERE THAT WHAT ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT RIGHT OR NOT BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECOVERY AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WERE INVITED TO BE PART OF THE HEARING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK AND THEIR EFFORTS. RIGHT. SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN HOW WE PICK AND CHOOSE THE POSITIONS THAT WE MAKE, THE PEOPLE WHO WE PUT IN AND INVITE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. SO I AM GOING TO ASK AGAIN FOR THE RECORD WHAT IS AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT OR NOT. I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT FOR THE RECORD TELLS ME I JUST DID SOME BACK OF THE NECK IN THAT MATH AND IT'S ABOUT 16.3. I'LL ALLOW COUNCILOR SANTANA IF YOU HAVE IT YOU MAKE TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY GIVE COUNCILWOMAN HERE RESPONSE CORRECT. MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO IT'S ABOUT 16.3 SO THE EXACT NUMBER I THINK IT SHOULD BE SIX $16,293,923.04. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ONE MOMENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA TELLS ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE CHAIR YOU MAY. YES IN AND JUST ALL OF THIS PAUSING TOO FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE NEW TO THE DYNAMICS THIS IS THE CULTURE OF LIFE BEING ASKED TO SPEAK. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S $16 MILLION, RIGHT? THESE ARE GRANTS THEY MAY NOT BE TAX DOLLAR GRANTS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE FEDERAL GRANTS. RIGHT? THESE ARE RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO THINK THAT THOSE ARE YOUR DOLLARS. THESE ARE MONIES THAT WE'RE GETTING. THEY'RE BEING GIFTED TO US FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO PUBLIC SAFETY. SO I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD IN CASE EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT I'M MISINFORMED, I'M NOT I KNOW WHAT THESE ARE THEY'RE GRANTS. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GRANTS I DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO JUST SAY TO THEM BECAUSE SOME OF THESE GRANTS COMPROMISED THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR BRICK IN THE GANG DATABASE THERE IS IN THIS DOCKET IN ITEM 1673 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT, ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 11,000,952. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I CAN'T EVEN SAY ALL THOSE NUMBERS BUT YOU KNOW IT'S ALMOST $12 MILLION Y'ALL JUST FOR THE RECORD IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 20 URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE. WHAT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES NOW I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO GO TO YESTERDAY'S HEARING. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE DEADLINES AND TIMELINES BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO BE IN FULL TRANSPARENCY LIKE THIS WAS AN I THINK IT WAS ORDERED IN LATE OCTOBER AND WE HEARD IT YESTERDAY. RIGHT. I THINK THE SUBMITTED IT TO US A JUST CASUAL SANTANA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY RESPOND TO THE CHAIR. I'LL TURN YOUR MIKE ON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING. WE HAVE SO THE DIFFERENT DOCKETS I READ THAT THE DATES THAT THEY WERE REFERRED TO AS WELL SOMETHING AROUND OCTOBER I THINK SOME OR EARLIER SOMEWHERE AFTER AS WELL.  YEAH OKAY THANK YOU. CATCH ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THE THE CHAIR YOU MAY . YES. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE DEADLINE AND TIMELINES. DO WE RIGHT DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THESE TODAY THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR CASTRO SANTANA IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING YOU MAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I MEAN THEY ARE THIS IS THE LAST SESSION OF THE YEAR WITHOUT KNOWING THE WITHOUT KNOWING THE ACTUAL CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR THE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO PASS SOME OF THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS BETWEEN BEFORE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WAS GOING TO COME IN IN JANUARY.  SO WITHOUT KNOWING THE ACTUAL DATE OF NEXT YEAR YET, UM YOU KNOW THIS IS ABOUT THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO PASS THESE GRANTS FOR THE SESSION BECAUSE MEJIA IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO ME YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IS SLATED FOR JANUARY EIGHTH. IT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL CORRECT.  OKAY. BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION IN TERMS OF DEADLINES BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS OR AT LEAST WHAT I'VE NOTICED THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS PARTICULAR TERM UNDER THIS PARTICULAR CONSTRUCT THAT I'M OPERATING IN IS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT IF WE DON'T ACT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IT ALL AND IT'S HAPPENED A OF TIMES AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAD WITH FEAR AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAD WITH LIKE OH MY GOD IF I DON'T SAY YES NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ALL OF US. NO I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S A HEALTHY WAY TO LEAD. I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE ALL OF THE FACTS AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT TAKES FOR US TO DELIBERATE IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND DEMURE MATTER SO THAT SAID AND JUST FOR CONSIDERATION AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CALL NAMES BECAUSE I THINK I GET IN TROUBLE FOR DOING THAT. BUT MY BUDDY OVER HERE, FLYNN ALREADY POSTED SOMETHING ABOUT US DELAYING THIS PARTICULAR BOAT. AND WHILE I DO RESPECT THAT AND APPRECIATE THE DESIRE FOR US TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD, I PAUSE WITH WHAT TYPE OF SENTIMENT AND PRESIDENT WE ARE SETTING BY ALLOWING OURSELVES TO PUSH THROUGH $16 MILLION WITH JUST ONE HEARING THAT MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS DID NOT PARTAKE IN AND WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE STAND UP FOR WHEN WE STAND UP FOR IT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK RESPECTFULLY IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS RIGHT, THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START ACTING LIKE IT AND NOT CONTINUING TO REPLICATE BAD BEHAVIOR AND THE BEHAVIOR THAT IS BAD IS THAT WE HAVE REALLY LITERALLY BECOME A RUBBER STAMP AND I GET TRIGGERED WHEN COUNCILOR FLYNN SAYS IT BECAUSE I'M AN INDEPENDENT VOICE. I CAME IN HERE BECAUSE WILL OF THE VOTERS BROUGHT MEJIA. NO ONE DID ME ANY FAVORS.  RIGHT. AND SO IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER. BUT WHEN I DO IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO RESPECT THIS BODY IF WE JUST KEEP PASSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED US TO. I'M NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT BEHAVIOR AND IF THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACT MOVING FORWARD, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS JUST BE VOTING PRESENCE BECAUSE AT THE VERY LEAST YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE AND YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY MORE SHENANIGANS.  OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT OUR JOBS ARE. OUR JOB IS TO BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THE ADMINISTRATION . THAT IS OUR JOB THAT IS OUR JOB. AND IF YOU WANT TO FURTHER DETAIL ANALYSIS OF WHAT YOUR JOB IS, YOU CAN LOOK AT MY INSTAGRAM BECAUSE I DO MY JOB EVERY DAY. OKAY?  I EARN EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT I MAKE. OKAY?  AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT I CAN STAND HERE AND SPEAK TO TRUTH TO POWER WITHOUT ANY FEAR OR RAMIFICATION.  SO THAT'S IT.  I ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO RECONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTIONS FOR ANY VOTE THAT FEELS RUSHED AND PUSHED DOWN THROATS. I AM NOT HERE FOR THIS AND THERE ARE SOME THAT I THINK ARE WORTHY AND Y'ALL CAN GO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT Y'ALL SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS I'MA TELL YOU THIS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO VOTE ON THE ONES THAT I BELIEVE DESERVE OUR TIME AND ENERGY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY JOB IS.  SO DON'T BE TAKING VOTES JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET BY BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DO THIS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS LITTLE MOUTH STAND UP AND ASK YOU ALL TO DO YOUR JOBS AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE NICE ANYMORE. I'M TIRED OF BEING NICE. I HELD IT DOWN FOR ONE YEAR. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M ABOUT TO UNLEASH THIS LITTLE DRAGON BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO MINIMIZE ANYMORE OF MY LITTLE WRATH. SO JACO, COME FOR ME ALL YOU LOT BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR IT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DID WANT TO SPEAK ON A SMALLER GRANT $100,000 IN JUST SPEAK TO GINA SAVAGE. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM HER. SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE POSITIVE IMPACT.  THE INQUIRY SAID SOME OF THESE GRANTS HAVE BEEN FUNDING MORE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS EMS AND FIRE AND THE ABILITY TO HIRE A FEW MORE MENTAL HEALTH STAFF. SO I DID WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THOSE GRANTS AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE CAN INVEST MORE MONEY AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A POSITIVE IMPACT AND HAS GIVEN OUR FIRST RESPONDERS MORE TOOLS AND MORE SUPPORT AND THEY HAVE POSITIVELY REACTED TO IT SAYING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB MORE EFFECTIVELY.  SO I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO INTERJECT I WANT TO THANK AGAIN COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HOLDING THE HEARING YESTERDAY. I THINK HEARINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT VENUES FOR US TO ASK THE QUESTION THAT WE HEAR THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ON THE UAC GRANT SPECIFICALLY LAST YEAR WE HELD A HEARING ON IT AND I HAD MORE QUESTIONS AND THAT I VOTED AGAINST THE UAC GRANT LAST YEAR AND WE HELD AND THEN VOTED FOR IT. I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT UAC IS NOT JUST BOSTON IT'S A REGIONAL GRANT FOR NINE OTHER CITIES AND ONLY I BELIEVE 15 LESS THAN 15% OF THAT DEALS WITH BRAC.  WE HAD A VOTE A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE WE VOTED JUST ON A GRANT ON BRIC AND I VOTED AGAINST IT BECAUSE BRIC OVERSEAS IS THE GANG DATABASE AND WE KNOW THAT FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES FOR TOO LONG THE GANG DATABASE HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITIES BY OVER ID AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE NEEDS A LOT OF REFORM FROM THE BRIC AND I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR WALSH BEING HERE YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT THE ONGOING WORK. SO A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS A GRANT JUST ABOUT BRIC. I VOTED AGAINST THAT BUT HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UAC WHICH IS A REGIONAL GRANT AND IT HAS SO MUCH MORE TO DO THAN JUST ABOUT THE BRIC.  AND YES, WE HAVE ONGOING QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY WITH THIS UPCOMING ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE THE TRUST ACT WHICH WE WHICH WE AS A COUNCIL LAST WEEK UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN SUPPORT OF REAFFIRMING THE TRUST ACT AND.  WE HAVE CONTINUED QUESTIONS STILL BECAUSE THE TRUST ACT GOVERNANCE AND JUST CIVIL IMMIGRATION ATTAINMENT. SO JUST WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DETAIN AND DEPORT IMMIGRANTS BUT THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BRIC AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASK. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE I LITERALLY ASKED FIVE ROUND OF QUESTIONS YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE PRESENT AND I CALL THEM DOWN EVERY SINGLE TIME WHEN THEY WERE NOT ON THE PANEL SO THAT THEY COULD ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN TO THE BRIC. WE'VE TOLD THEM THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT WASN'T EAST BOSTON RESIDENT, A LATINO RESIDENT WHO WAS DEPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE BRIC AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BRIC. UAC IS MORE THAN THAT AND I AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK YOU CASTRO SANTANA FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR DILIGENCE AT HOLDING THE HEARING. WE USUALLY HAVE ONE HEARING AND THEN AND THEN WE VOTE ON A GRANT AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE HEARING. I STILL HAVE ONGOING QUESTIONS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF RESPONDING AND GETTING ME THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONGOING QUESTIONS STILL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER CASTRO WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YEAH, JUST TO REITERATE I THINK YESTERDAY WE HEARD THAT OF THE $11.9 MILLION FOR THE U.S. GRANT I THINK IT'S ABOUT 2 MILLION MAYBE A MAYBE 2.5 FOR THE BRIC. SO YOU KNOW THAT IS THE THE STICKING POINT IN THIS GRANT AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT DESERVES YOU KNOW, OUR OUR FULL ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD WHEN WE HAD A HEARING ON THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE HEARD FROM THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HOW THEY THE SO-CALLED GANG DATABASE IS USED AS A MIC BOOTH TO USE TO ACTUALLY PROTECT GANG SOME GANG MEMBERS FROM RETALIATION LIKE AFTER THE SHOOTING AT THE CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL. BUT YOU KNOW, IT DID NOT HELP KWAME CLARKE WHO IS SHOT AND KILLED IN MILDRED HALEE APARTMENTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SOMEBODY WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH GANGS BUT HAD SORT OF CHANGED HIS LIFE PATH, GOTTEN HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AS A 19 YEAR OLD AND WAS WAITING TO RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUPPOSEDLY BY A MEMBER OF A FORMER RIVAL. YOU KNOW, I'M VERY SAD TO SAY THE FIRST TIME I MET KWAME HE WAS AT HIS FUNERAL.  BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SHOWED THAT THE THIS DATABASE CAN BE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR GOOD. IT CERTAINLY FAILED OF , YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO LIVED IN MILDRED HALEY.  BUT YOU KNOW, WE DID HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS DATABASE IS USED NOT JUST FOR GANG MEMBERS, IT'S USED, YOU KNOW, WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND TO TRACK THOSE THREATS AND I THINK UNDER THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FORMER PRACTICES WHICH THEY'VE PROMISED TO CHANGE AND THAT THEY'VE SAID THEY'VE CHANGED AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN YOU KNOW THE MID 2015 1617 ARE NOT HAPPENING TODAY UM BUT I THINK OVERALL WHAT I GOT FROM THE HEARING IS THAT THIS INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRENGTHEN ALL THE RULES GOVERNING HOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS INCLUDING AS MADAM PRESIDENT POINTED OUT TO STRENGTHEN THE BOSTON TRUST ACT.  I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT WE HEARD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW NOT FEDERAL RULES BUT LOCAL RULES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT SHARING INFORMATION. I THINK THAT WE CAN WE CAN STRENGTHEN THAT.  WE SHOULD ALSO WORK WITH OUR SURROUNDING TOWNS THAT ARE PARTICIPATE IN THE REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SHARING INFORMATION WITH THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, I WILL YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT I JOIN CONCILOR MEJIA HE IS CONCERNED THAT THIS YOU KNOW, WE GOT NOTICE OF THIS AND WE HAD A HEARING AND WE HAVE NOT YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE ADVOCATES.  SO I WOULD BE I WOULD SUPPORT HAVING A VOTE ON THIS ON JANUARY 8TH AFTER HAVING SOME MORE TIME TO HEAR FROM THEM.  UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT HAS TO COME TO A VOTE TODAY I WOULD VOTE YES BECAUSE I DO SEE US MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE THIS A BETTER TOOL AND THAT ARE REAL CONTROLS IN THE BOSTON TRUST ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BRICK IS IS BEING USED FOR GOOD AND NOT BEING USED TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TARGET, YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS HERE IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, CASSOWARY. I'M GOING TO GO TO CATCH A FLYNN AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO THE CHAIR COUNSELORS AND HANNAH AND THEN COVER ME AND THEN I SEE SOME NEW LIGHTS THE CHAIR AND AS IS CAPTURED FLYNN COMES WITH YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR YESTERDAY'S HEARING. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR MAY. HE IS ADVOCACY ALSO ON ENSURING EVERY VOICE IS HEARD WHETHER WHETHER WE AGREE WITH A PERSON OR DISAGREE WITH THE PERSON.  I AGREE THAT EVERY VOICE SHOULD BE HEARD AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONCILOR MEJIA HIS COMMENTS ON DOCKET 1673 THAT'S THE $12 MILLION GRANT THE URBAN AREAS SECURITY INITIATIVE TO FUND THE ENHANCED REGIONAL AND CAPABILITIES IN DESIGNATED HIGH THREAT HIGH DENSITY AREAS. I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS GRANT AND I DO HOPE WE ARE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT TODAY WE'RE HEARING YESTERDAY AS I MENTIONED CHAIRED BY COUNCILOR SANTANA THE BOSTON POLICE WERE PRESENT OFFICE EMERGING URGENCY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS WAS ALSO HERE.  THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT ALSO TESTIFIED NOT MANY BUT A HANDFUL GOT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING LAST YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THAT $13.3 MILLION PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY GRANT TO OUR TO BOSTON AND TO OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TUNE OUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND LISTEN AND REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS THE BEST WE CAN.  WE CAN'T PLAY POLITICAL GAMES WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF BOSTON AND GREATER BOSTON RESIDENTS.  THIS GRANT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY NOT HERE NOT JUST IN BOSTON BUT FOR ALL GREATER BOSTON IN THE COMMONWEALTH AS WELL. AGAIN, I'M CALLING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THESE FUNDS TO TO KEEP GREATER BOSTON SAFE AND SECURE. AS SOMEONE WHO SERVED IN THE US NAVY FOR 24 YEARS SERVING IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, LET ME SAY I'M STILL DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS TODAY.  WE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION LAST YEAR.  THIS CURRENT GRANT WILL HANSOL AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND CAPABILITIES AND IS AND DESIGNATING HIGH HIGH DENSITY AREAS IS IT ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR SURROUNDING TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON TO GREATER BOSTON AND TO MASSACHUSETTS, MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON IS THE CAPITAL CITY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP OUR CITIES AND TOWNS THAT SURROUND US AROUND THE CITY. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BOSTON, IT'S ALSO ABOUT CAMBRIDGE. IT'S ABOUT SOMERVILLE.  IT'S ABOUT WINTHROP. IT'S ABOUT CHELSEA.  LET'S SUPPORT THIS GRANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS OF THE GREATER BOSTON AREA.  THEY'RE COUNTING ON US TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS.  THEY DON'T WANT A DELAY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR POSITIVE LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES ALL MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS EARLIER YOU KNOW, I SPOKE AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT MY MANY RESIDENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE WITH CONCERNS ABOUT DOCKETS SPECIFICALLY DOCKETS NUMBER 16734 THE FBI 2024 URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT AND I TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON MY PERSONAL STANCE ON THIS GRANT AS A BLACK MAN AND AN IMMIGRANT THE ISSUES OF HOW WE SURVEIL AND POLICE OUR COMMUNITY ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR ME I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND FEARS SURROUNDING SURVEILLANCE AND THE SENSE OF RISK OUR COMMUNITIES CAN FEEL INTERACTING WITH THE GOVERNMENT. MY FAMILY HAS LIVED THROUGH IT. I HAVE LIVED IT. THESE ARE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES FOR ME AND MANY INDIVIDUALS I CARE ABOUT CONTINUE TO LIVE IN FEAR AND FEAR FOR THE ISSUES WE ARE FACING ARE REAL AND THEY ARE TANGIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE SAME TIME AS I ACKNOWLEDGE THE DANGERS AND POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL HARMS ASSOCIATED WITH SURVEILLANCE AND CENTRALIZED DATA AND INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENCE, I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR CITY MUST BE PREPARED TO CONFRONT A RANGE OF OTHER CHALLENGES FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.  WE MUST BE VERY FAIR TO WEATHER LITTORAL STORMS. WE MUST ENSURE THE SAFETY OF LARGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS LIKE THE BOSTON MARATHON CELTICS PARADE AND COMMUNITY CULTURAL GATHERINGS TO MAKE OUR OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES WHAT THEY ARE. WE MUST PREPARE FOR BIG EVENTS IN BOSTON ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK TOWARDS MAJOR ATTRACTIONS IN 2026 INCLUDING CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY THE FIFTH FIFA WORLD CUP AND THE RETURN OF THE TALL SHIPS TO BOSTON. AND WE ALSO MUST BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND IN TIMES OF CRISIS ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALSO FUNDED THROUGH THE U.S. GRANT AS WELL AND COMPROMISE THE BULK OF HOW THE GRANT FUNDS WILL BE USED. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE A PRACTICAL REALITY WHETHER THE CITY ACCEPTS THIS GRANT OR NOT. THE ADMINISTRATION WILL VERY LIKELY FUND THE PROGRAMS THAT THE U.S. GRANT COVERS AND THAT APPROVING THE GRANT WON'T CHANGE THE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES BUT IT WILL DO. WHAT IT WILL DO IS REDUCE OUR OVERALL RESOURCES WHICH COULD PUT NEGATIVE NEGATIVELY IMPACT OTHER AREAS. WE'D LIKE TO PRIORITIZE AND ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDING ARTS YOUTH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DO NOT TAKE IT AS A TAKE AS A GIVEN THAT WE JUST ACCEPT THE STATUS QUO UNQUESTIONED. I REMAIN FULLY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THROUGH OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY'S APPROACH TO SURVEILLANCE, REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING THE CASES WHERE THE CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD DECLINE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND WILL PUT OTHERS REALLY SAY SORRY , SORRY JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S PHONE SILENCE. THANK YOU. YEAH.  TOWARDS THAT END I HAVE SPONSORED AND LET US CHAIR THREE HEARINGS ON THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND JUST THE PAST SIX MONTHS AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE I HAVE ALSO HELD A NUMBER OF HEARINGS PUTTING A CRITICAL LENS ON THE PRACTICES OF THE BRICK AND BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THEY ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES AND THE TRUE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I CONTINUE TO REGULARLY MEET DIRECTLY WITH LEADERSHIP TO DISCUSS THESE CONCERNS. I WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND LEAD IN THESE CONVERSATIONS ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER PRIVACY PROTECTIONS AND UNDERTAKE NEW EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PARTICULARLY ADDRESSING THE SAFETY OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, THE BODILY AUTONOMY OF PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTIONS, REPRODUCTIVE CARE AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. MEMBERS OF OUR LGBTQ A-PLUS COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY OUR TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE SIBLINGS AND ANYONE WHO MAY BE TARGETED BY LAWS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH OUR LAWS HERE IN BOSTON. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN ME IN THIS WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTINO,  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN . HERE COMES ME . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR ALL HIS WORK IN THIS SPACE AND TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ALREADY SPOKE. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.  JUST FOR THE RECORD, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BE THE OFFICIAL CHAMBER TRANSLATOR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSCORE AND REITERATE RIGHT, THAT WE SHOULD NEVER BE LEADING FROM A PLACE OF FEAR AND I DON'T WANT FOLKS WHO ARE TUNING IN TO BELIEVE THAT I AM OPPOSED TO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. JUST BECAUSE YOU STAND UP AND QUESTION THINGS ISN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN THEM. BUT OUR JOB IS TO REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL AND AND THIS IS WHAT THESE MOMENTS ASK US TO DO, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO FLIP THE SCRIPT ON WHAT MY BEHAVIOR IS WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR HOW I'M SHOWING UP AND WHY.  SO THAT'S WHY NUMBER TWO IS THAT I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO PROPOSE A MOTION TO LAY TO REST THIS PARTICULAR MATTER FOR THIS SESSION AND WE ONLY HAVE A FEW WEEKS. I THINK THAT THE FIRST MEETING IS JANUARY 8TH AND I THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUES I REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE PROCESS THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN FUNCTIONING IS THIS IS DYSFUNCTIONAL. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY WE'RE NOT WE'RE GOING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BODY YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO PLOW RIGHT THROUGH AND GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT.  NO, WE ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND I'M GOING TO PROMOTE SHANNON AND I KNOW THAT CENTRAL STAFF IS GOING TO HELP ME WITH THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY HERE BUT I'M SURE ALEX I AM TRYING TO DO A MOTION TO LATER TO BED. YES. SO THERE'S A WE HAVE A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE THE LAY OF THE TABLE WHERE IT IS BUT IT'S GOING I WANT THIS TO BE PUT ON PAUSE. IS IT SECONDED? OKAY. SECONDED.  SO. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION CAN BE DISRUPTED BUT THERE IS A POINT OF ORDER FROM COUNCILOR ZAPATA BECAUSE OF THE ZAPATA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOUR POINT OF ORDER RESPECT TO A ROLL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. CLARE, CAN YOU DEFINE LAY ON THE TABLE AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT NEEDS TO TO PASS? THANK YOU, Y'ALL. THIS IS HOW IT GOES DOWN.  WATCH. BECAUSE FROM HERE THE CLERK HAS THE FLOOR SO CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE DEFINE MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE? MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE MEANS THAT A PARTICULAR DOCKET WILL BE REMOVED FROM TODAY'S AGENDA AND PUT ON THE TABLE TO BE VOTED AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WHICH WOULD BE JANUARY EIGHTH.  CARLTON COLETTA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE POINT OF ORDER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM TRANSLATING AND DEFINING THIS FOR PEOPLE AS PART OF RULE 18.  HOW MANY HOW MANY FOLKS NEED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS FOR IT TO PASS ETC. SO IT'S A MAJORITY OF MR. CLARK COUNTY BOARD. THANK YOU.  OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION TO LAY THIS GRANT ON THE TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE TO LAY THIS BUT WHICH DOCKET NUMBER ARE YOU TRYING? SO I BELIEVE IT'S TALKING UP. IS IT 73 UP? OKAY.  I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION. HERE IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO JUST FOR THE RECORD IS WE'RE TRYING TO WE ARE TRYING TO AS A BODY UNDERSTAND THAT OUR JOB IS TO BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES SO THE OTHER SIDE AND SO THIS PARTICULAR VOTE IS TWO PART ONE PART IS SOME OF THIS HERE AND THE OTHER PART IS HOW WE GET THOSE DOLLARS FOLLOW THROUGH THIS CHAMBER. AND SO MY ASK MY COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY IS TO DEMONSTRATE SOME POLITICAL WILL AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW UP DIFFERENTLY. SO I'M NOT ASKING YOU ALL TO GIVE THIS MONEY BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I'M JUST ASKING YOU ALL TO ALLOW US TO PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME TIME TO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR BUT EVEN EVEN WHEN I'M ON VACATION I'M STILL WORKING LIKE IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EVEN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY. SO EVEN IF WE HAVE A HEARING WITH COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AROUND SOME OF THESE THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN BE SUPPORTING PROJECTS THAT DON'T BEGIN AND END WITH JUST THIS IS ALL WE HAVE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET? YOU DON'T GET UPSET. I'M JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA AND I'D JUST LIKE TO STATE BECAUSE I WAS PRESENT AT THE HEARING I KNOW YOU WERE NOT PRESENT AND THERE WERE OTHERS WHO WEREN'T PRESENT BUT I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DID STATE THAT A LOT OF THEIR BUDGET AND BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR STAFF IS DEPENDENT ON THIS GRANT AND THAT THEY WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE I JUST THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR FOLKS WHO WERE NOT PRESENT AT THE AT THE HEARING AND THEN I JUST WANT AND THEN IT'S BEEN SECONDED WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE BUT I'LL ALLOW YOU. YES.  THANK YOU. YES, I APPRECIATE THAT. THE INDULGENCE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT I AGREE WITH THAT POINT AND THE BIGGEST POINT OF CONTENTION FOR ME IS 1673 BUT IT'S WITHIN THAT DOCKET. SO BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DIE TODAY.  RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK ON THE EIGHTH AND HANDLE THE BUSINESS AT HAND. RIGHT. WHY CAN'T WE SEIZE THIS MOMENT TO DO OUR JOBS DIFFERENTLY? OKAY. THANK YOU.  CASIMIR HAS A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE TO LEAD THIS DOCKET. DOCKET NUMBER 1673. THAT DOCKET HAS BEEN SECONDED JUST SO THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE CLEAR. A YES VOTE WOULD LAY THIS DOCKET ON THE TABLE AND WE WOULD NOT VOTE ON IT TODAY.  AND A NO AND A NO VOTE MEANS THAT WHERE WE VOTE ON IT THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE AND THAT WE WILL VOTE ON IT. SO A YES, APPOINTIVE BUT OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SO USUALLY AFTER A MOTION IS PUT FORWARD THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IT'S SECONDED. BUT I WILL ALLOW THE TWO FOLKS TO COUNCILOR DURKIN AND COUNCILOR BRAEDEN TO SPEAK AND THEN WE'RE MOVING TO A VOTE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESENT. I THINK THAT ON YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WE DO WHAT EVERY COUNCILOR HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK BEFORE ANOTHER COUNCILOR GETS THREE OR FOUR TIMES TO SPEAK. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FAIR. SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S NEEDED. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT THIS GRANT FOR YEARS WAS NOT A CONTROVERSIAL GRANT AND I FEEL THE NEED TO TO TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS. DISTRICT EIGHT AS YOUR CITY COUNCILOR , MY FIRST PRIORITY IS YOUR SAFETY AND WELLBEING. THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WHICH IS THE WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THIS U.S. GRANT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND PREVENTING VIOLENCE,  ADDRESSING EMERGING THREATS AND ENSURING COMMUNITY SAFETY.  COUNCILOR SANTANA MENTIONED MULTIPLE EVENTS LARGE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN DISTRICT EIGHT EVERY YEAR AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CELLTEX PARADE THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY REGARDING COMING UP NEXT YEAR. BUT THIS GRANT IS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I WAS AT FENWAY PARK WITH THE TEAM THAT LEADS THIS PARTICULAR GRANT FOR A FIREFIGHTER TRAINING FOR THE WHOLE REGION. IT'S THIS WORK IS NOT IN A VACUUM. THIS IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING US TO DO AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE SUPPORTED FUNDING OF THE BRIC AND USA EA SORRY US. I GRANTS IN THE PAST AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THEM TODAY. WE'VE UNDERGONE CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT REFORMS OF THE BRIC TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENT APPEARANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND BUILT BUILD TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING UP ONE INSTANCE THAT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR MY COMMUNITY. ONE MORNING I WOKE UP TO A PHONE CALL THAT THERE WERE SWASTIKAS AROUND MISSION HILL AND AND NEAR FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL AND I ASKED THE BRICK TO INVESTIGATE AND THE COMMUNITY RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE . THIS HATEFUL SYMBOL LEFT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A REMINDER THAT THE THREATS TO SAFETY AND UNITY THAT THE THREATS TO OUR SAFETY ARE STILL PRESENT AND THAT THESE ARE NOT LIKE I THINK WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLEASED RIGHT NOW WHERE NO DISCUSSION AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SORRY , APOLOGIZE, CONSIDER AND THE CULTURE HAS A FLAW. SHE MUST. SHE'S SPEAKING RIGHT NOW.  WE ARE DISCONNECTING OUR OWN SAFETY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE GRANTS. WE'RE LIKE COGNITIVELY THIS IS LIKE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. THE FOLKS WHO TALK ABOUT SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT TABLING AND AND NOT PLEASE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I'VE ALREADY WARNED NOT TO SPEAK WHILE I THINK THAT I JUST AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT LIKE THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT TODAY WE PUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES OVER POLITICS AND I KNOW THAT'S REALLY HARD BUT I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF THESE GRANTS TODAY AND I HOPE THAT WE DO TAKE A VOTE.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON. AND THEN WE'RE MOVING TO A VOTE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST A FURTHER QUESTION FROM THE CHAIR IF YOU DON'T MIND.  YES. YESTERDAY WHEN WE HAD THAT WHEN WE HAD THE HEARING THE WAS WITH REGARD TO 1673 THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT AREAS IN WHICH THIS GRANT WAS TARGETED. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT I'D LOVE TO HAVE COUNCILOR SANT'ANNA JUST GO OVER THOSE AREAS WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE TARGETED. ONE PARTICULAR ONE THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN WAS JUST THE WHOLE CYBERSECURITY AREA. I KNOW THAT OUR DO IT DEPARTMENT HAS A HUGE, HUGE AREA OF ISSUES TO ADDRESS BUT ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL NOW ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE TRANSITIONING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF TRANSITIONING TO A NEW TREND AND A NEW ADMINISTRATION. THERE'S A LOT OF VULNERABILITY AND IN THE CYBER SPACE CYBERSECURITY SPACE. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOU KNOW, TO ME PERSONALLY I THINK WHEN I THINK ABOUT EMERGING THREATS OR WHATEVER THE CYBERSECURITY IS THAT IS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK SO TO SPEAK THAT'S WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF VULNERABILITY THERE ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO OUR HEALTH SERVICE, OUR HEALTH CARE SECTOR AND OUR JUST GENERAL SECURITY. SO TRUE.  YOU MADAM CHAIR, IF THIS IF THE IF THE CHAIR OF THE THE COMMITTEE COULD JUST GO OVER THOSE LIKE SIX OR EIGHT AREAS WHERE THIS GRANT IS TARGETED. I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.  OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR SANTANA IF THROUGH THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA AND THEN WE'RE MOVING TO A VOTE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO BE READ WHAT I READ EARLIER. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM DEPUTY CHIEF KIANI AND ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF WHEN ISE AND CAPTAIN CONNALLY WHO DISCUSSED TARGETS NUMBER 16731675 AND 1772. ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF WHEN I STATED THAT TARGETS NUMBER 1673 IS THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT WHICH THE CITY RECEIVES ANNUALLY TO FUND REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS ENHANCING CAPABILITIES AND HIGH THREAT AND HIGH DENSITY URBAN AREAS. HE STATED THAT PRIORITIES AREAS INCLUDE SAFETY AND SECURITY, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION, INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING AND INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS. CB AH AND WHICH STANDS FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL OPTICAL NUCLEAR AND EXPLOSION RESPONSE AND CYBERSECURITY.  THIS GROUND WOULD ASSIST IN THE FUNDING OF STAFF AND REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLANNERS AND THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BOSTON'S MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS SPECIALIZED TEAMS INCLUDING HAZMAT UNIT, BOMB SQUAD, SWAT AND K-9 TEAM. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR A POINT OF ORDER, COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON,  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK TO THE CHAIR. PRESIDENT. IS THERE NOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? YEAH. YEAH. BUT IS IT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PRESIDENT TO PAUSE THE MOTION?  NO. SO ACCORDING TO THE RULES, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. CAN WE MOVE FORWARD? WE'RE MOVING TO A VOTE AND I STATED THAT WE'LL BE MOVING TO A VOTE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT THE ROLL CALL VOTE? AND JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR A YES VOTE WOULD LAY THIS MOTION ON THE TABLE AND A NO VOTE WOULD NOT LAY THIS MOTION ON WOULD NOT LAY THIS DOCKET ON THE TABLE AND WE COULD PROCEED TO A VOTE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL THAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VOTE IS.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YEAH. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST ARE WE WE'RE JUST LAYING 1673 SCHEDULES JUST FOR DOCKET 1673. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? DO YOU HAVE A IS IT A POINT OF FLOW?  OKAY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY POINT OF ORDER SO I'M SO SORRY . I'M LEARNING HOW TO BE IN THIS CHAMBER JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN?  SO I PUT THE MOTION ON LOOKS THE CLERK WAS. WHAT AM I MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE SO WHEN I WHEN IT'S MY TURN HOW DO I AGREE WITH MYSELF? A YES OR NO TO TWO SO I SAY YES RIGHT?  NO, BECAUSE LISTEN, Y'ALL THINK THAT'S FUNNY BUT LIKE Y'ALL HAVE NO IDEA HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE IN THIS CHAMBER WHICH IS WHY I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT AND I HANDLE YOU EXPLAINED THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT SO I NEED YOU TO TELL ME . CLERK OKAY.  YES. VOTE WILL PUT IT ON. LAY IT ON THE TABLE SO IT WOULD BE AGREEING WITH MYSELF, RIGHT? A YES. OKAY, GOOD. LOOK, Y'ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LEARNER UP IN HERE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON LAYING DOCKET NUMBER 673 ON THE TABLE ROLL CALL VOTE ON A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE. DOCKET NUMBER 1673. COUNCILOR BREADON NO. COUNCILOR BREADON NO. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY NO. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO NO. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.  COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILORS HERE SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  NO COUNCIL THE PEN. COUNCILOR AND NO COUNCILOR SANTANA? NO. COUNCILOR SANTANA NO. COUNCILOR WEBER.  YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR . COUNCILOR EARLE YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. DUCK AND NUMBER. THE MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE HAS FAILED. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX NINE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND FOUR VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. SO THAT MOTION HAS NOT PREVAILED. COUNCILOR SANTANA, ARE YOU STILL SEEKING PASSAGE OF THE DOCKETS? OKAY. UNLESS THERE'S ANYONE WHO HAS ANY COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET. COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES.  THIS TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF OUR LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. I AM SHOWING WHO I REALLY AM. I FORGOT THERE WAS ANOTHER MOTION THAT WE WENT THROUGH. WHAT? I THINK YOU DID NOT SEE MY LIGHT AND EVEN IF THE CAMERA WAS ON ME YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT BUT I WANT TO. THERE WAS A SERIES OF COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ALL OUR COMMUNITY WAS SOME I THINK IT WAS THE CONSERVATION.  WAS IT PUT ON THE APPOINTMENTS? YEAH THE APPOINTMENT WAS REALLY QUICK AND I JUST HAD A POINT OF ORDER AND A QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR. OH. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE IS THIS ON COUNCILOR DURKIN'S DOCKET? YES, I FORGOT TO DO WE HAVE TO WAIT? YES. LET'S JUST WAIT. WE'D HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END BUT WE WILL AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL WE ARE DONE WITH THE DOCKETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF US. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SINCE I'M ON A ROLL HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR SO COUNCILOR SANTANA MOVES FOR A VOTE ON THE DOCKET SO WE'LL FIRST START WITH DOCKET NUMBER THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1545 ARE ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING A THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1545 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXHIBITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1546 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I L OPPOSED NAY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1546 IS PASSED.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON FOR YOUR POINT OF ORDER.  PARDON? CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AND ALL OF THEM WE LIKE TO DOUBT THE VOTE ON ALL OF THEM.  OKAY, SO WE WILL DO OUT OF OKAY SO FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1548 THE NEXT DOCKET THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1548.  MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1548 COUNCIL BREADON COUNCILOR CARLOTA ZAPATA COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANSWER AND NOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL AND YES COUNCILOR SANTANA SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 141548 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1622 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. MR QUICK WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL PUBLIC ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER ONE 6 TO 2 COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLORED AS A PARTY COUNCILOR AS PER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL WHO'S YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY'S COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PEN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WORRELL YES I CAN NUMBER 1622 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1673.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 1673 COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER ,YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PEN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL BE YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING NUMBER 1673 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1673 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1675. MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 1675 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER . COUNCILOR CLOSE PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL VOTE SO YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES DUCK NUMBER 1675 HAS RECEIVED A 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO VOTES PRESENT. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1675 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1676. MR COURT PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1676 COUNCIL GREEN YES. COUNCILOR GREEN YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND PRESENCE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR ALWAYS IN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR OPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL OF THE YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCIL IRL YES. DOG NUMBER 1676 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO PRESENT. THANK YOU.  THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1676 IS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1680 MR COURT PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 1680. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR ZAPATA YES.  COUNCILOR COLORS PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HANSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR GRIFFIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES.  AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING OVER 1680 AS WE SEE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. OH, THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1680 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1681 MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL ON AND I CAN NUMBER 1681 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILORS AND YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES COUNCILOR AND YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN NUMBER 1681 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. DOCKET THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1681 IS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1770. MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 1770. COUNCIL THREE YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER . COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN.  COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES.  COUNCILOR OH YES. DUCK NUMBER 1770 IS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1770 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1772.  ROLL CALL VOTE ON DUGAN NUMBER 177 TO COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTY COUNCILOR CLOSE UP. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANSOM PRESENT. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCIL REGION YES. LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA. YEAH. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WHAT THE YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES.  TOKEN NUMBER 1772 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TO PRESENT OC.  THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE BOARD HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKING NUMBER 1772 HAS PASSED OC COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS NOUVEAU POINT OF CLARIFICATION THANK YOU ON DOCKET 1673 THROUGH TO THE PRESIDENT. MR CHAIR, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT WAS MY VOTE 1673 UH, YOUR VOTE WAS YES. MAY I CHANGE IT TO A PRESENT? SO THERE'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE. SORRY . MOTION TO RECONSIDER. SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED OC THAT MR. CLERK,  COULD YOU PLEASE CHANGE THE RECORDING OF OUR VOTE TO PRESENT THANK YOU TO PRESENT OC PLEASE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OC CASPER MEJIA YOU HAD A THERE'S ANOTHER DOCKET THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS IF WE COULD KEEP IT BRIEF JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCKETS AND WE HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS DOCKET BUT YES UM JUST FOR CLARIFICATION I AM SORRY THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE OTHER CHAIR THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE APPROVED AND I JUST HAVE A POINT OF ORDER AND A QUICK CLARIFICATION IF I MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER MY BUT MY PARTICIPATION IN SUCH BEHAVIOR BUT I'M CURIOUS THERE WAS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND EMAILS THAT HAD BEEN SENT OVER TO US OBJECTING TO SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS.  I JUST WANT. SO HOLD ON A SECOND. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST WITHDRAW MY SUPPORT OF THE NOMINATIONS. I KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH BUT I JUST KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT I'M A NO ON ALL OF THEM AND I WANT TO ALSO KNOW AND ASK FOR RECONSIDERATION.  IT APPEARS TO ME THAT FOR DOCKET 1692 THROUGH 1704 WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS SOME FOLKS HAVE ASKED FOR RECONSIDERATION AND TO POSTPONE AND FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYOR FOR SOME I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT BUT THAT THE MAYOR THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT WERE SELECTED WITHOUT PUBLIC NOTICE AND WITHOUT PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE THE PEOPLE THE POWER AND A VOICE AND ALL THE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE, IF THAT IS TRUE THEN I DON'T THINK IN GOOD FAITH I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH JUST APPROVING ALL OF THOSE NOMINATIONS.  IF THAT IS TRUE AND IF THAT IS NOT TRUE THEN WE CAN PROCEED AS SUCH.  BUT IF THERE IS ANY REASONABLE DOUBT THAT PUBLIC NOTICES WERE NOT DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION IN THAT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WAS NOT INFORMED IN ADVANCE THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD RECONSIDER THOSE APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE TUNING IN.  SO SO JUST FOR A CLARIFICATION THAT WE VOTED ON THE MATTER THERE'S NO POINT OF CLARIFICATION BUT THERE IS A RECONSIDERATION IN THE WAY. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE, WE CAN DO THAT AND HOLD UP HOLD UP. THE CLERK AND I KNOW COUNCILOR ANDERSON, YOU'RE REALLY GOOD WITH THE RULES. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME OUT WITH THE SITUATION HERE. HERE'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO FOR THE RECORD AND EVERYBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION AND FOR THOSE KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS I NEED ALL OF Y'ALL TO HELP ME WORK THIS OUT. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERE AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON SOMETHING AND WE'RE STILL IN SESSION.  AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE'RE STILL IN SESSION WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECONSIDER SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE. I KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT SO THEY'LL TRY TO RUSH ME AND SAY THAT I CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT. SO THAT SAID, I'M ASKING FOR RECONSIDERATION ON PREVIOUS VOTES THAT WE TOOK HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A QUESTION OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS. OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION IT'S BEEN SECONDED, MR CLERK. IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER OUR VOTES ON THE APPOINTMENT DOCKET. MR CLERK, COULD YOU TELL US WHAT IS REQUESTED IT IS IT A SIMPLE MAJORITY FOR I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE MAJORITY. OKAY.  WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE TO RECONSIDER THE APPROVAL THAT TO RECONSIDER THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED.  THERE IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THOSE APPOINTMENTS. IT'S BEEN SECONDED.  MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. THIS IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER WHICH DOCKET THE DOCKETS I CAN I CAN READ THEM 92 TO 17 OVER 6092 TO 1704 CALIFORNIA THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS WOULD THIS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A SECOND VOTE. IT WOULD NOT BE FOR US TO CONFIRM THOSE THOSE APPOINTMENTS. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THIS COUNCIL HAS WE APPROVED THE CONFIRMATION THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN PUT FORWARD THOSE WERE APPROVED COUNCILOR MEJIA IS NOW SEEKING A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THIS COUNCIL'S I BELIEVE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF APPROVAL FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS.  SO THIS IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER WHETHER WE WANT TO RETAKE THOSE VOTES OR NOT.  TAKE THEM OUT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. THAT'S RIGHT.  JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE AND SO THAT WHO ARE FOLLOWING ME . I SAID OKAY, HOLD ON JUST WHO SAID I'M SPEAKING?  OH, THAT WAS MADAM PRESIDENT. SHE NEVER ENDED UP BEING PRESIDENT EVEN THOUGH SHE ALWAYS TRIED TO SPEAK ANYWAYS.  HARRIS ALWAYS USED TO SAY EXCUSE ME UM SPEAKING AT THE BEGINNING ANYWAYS UM, SO WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO HERE TO ANSWER MY COLLEAGUES QUESTION SO THAT NOBODY IS MISINTERPRETING WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE AND I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO HELP ME OR MICHELLE OR ANYBODY WHO IS WILLING TO HELP ME DO THIS RIGHT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO UTILIZE THE MASTER'S TOOLS TO GET THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS DONE. YEAH, SO THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. OKAY? JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, UM, SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE COUNSELOR FLYNN RIGHT? IS THAT THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO WHICH THESE NOMINATIONS WERE PUT FORTH.  AND SO WHAT IS IN QUESTION IS THE PROCESS AND BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS OR AT LEAST THERE IS A QUESTION AND IT IS POTENTIALLY FLAWED, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO RECONSIDER AND I ASKING WHETHER OR NOT THOSE PARTICULAR APPOINTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO DAY IF THERE'S A DEADLINE, IF THERE'S A TIMELINE AND IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THOSE NOMINATIONS BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN'T KEEP DOING IS JUST AGAIN PLOWING THROUGH NOMINATIONS AND PLOWING THROUGH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND APPROVING THINGS WITHOUT REAL PROCESSES IN PLACE. AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BODY AND HOW WE FUNCTION IF COMMUNITY HAS ADDRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR VOICES NOT BEING HEARD, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THEM AND PAUSE THESE NOMINATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION FOR OUR NEXT CYCLE UNLESS THERE'S A THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 8TH AND THEN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. SO IF YOU CAN EDUCATE ME ON THE COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR OF SOME OF THE WORDS THAT YOU USED EARLIER BEFORE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME . HEY, THANK YOU. I WANT TO JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS A MOTION THAT COMES FROM HERE PUT ON THE TABLE THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED. I ALLOWED FOR YOU TO TALK EVEN THOUGH THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE AND THAT SHOULD GO TO A VOTE.  WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSION BUT BECAUSE I ALLOWED YOU COME TO MEJIA TO SPEAK I AM GOING TO ALLOW COUNCILOR DURKAN TO SPEAK. I AM GOING TO ALLOW COUNCILOR BECAUSE THAT IS A PARTY TO SPEAK AND THEN WE ARE MOVING TO A VOTE NO MORE LIGHTS AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR BRADEN'S LIGHT IS ON A DIFFERENT MATTER AND WE ARE VOTING ON EACH OF THESE DOCKETS PURSUANT TO YOUR MOTION TO RECONSIDER EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.  BUT COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR PRESIDENT SO WE DID HAVE A HEARING IT WAS NOTICED WITHIN THERE WAS A 48 HOUR NOTICE PERIOD WE FOLLOWED ALL OF OUR EVERYTHING THAT WE USUALLY FOLLOW WHEN WE DO AN APPOINTMENTS HEARING AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION I TRIED TO DO A QUARTERLY HEARING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING AND SEEING ALL DOCKETS THE COUNCILORS THAT WERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY FLYNN, WORRELL AND WEBER WHAT YOU KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THESE FOLKS WHO WHO WERE PUT FORWARD WE ALL FOUND THEM INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED AND WE ALL FOUND THEM AN INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE BEING PUT FORTH TO DO.  AND I JUST NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT A STUDY COMMITTEE PUTTING TOGETHER A STUDY COMMITTEE TO HAVE TO CREATE A STUDY SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ON THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR FOR ALMOST A DECADE SAID DURING THIS HEARING I'M SURPRISED THAT YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THESE CONFIRMATIONS FOR A STUDY COMMITTEE BECAUSE A STUDY COMMITTEE JUST KICKS OFF A PROCESS THAT IS TWO YEARS OLD. THAT WAS A PETITION FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT I BUT WHAT I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT WE DID WE DO HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT BECAUSE AND IF THERE IS THROUGH THE CHAIR IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC PERSON THAT YOU THINK SHOULD NOT BE NOMINATED OR IS UNQUALIFIED TO SERVE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHO THAT SPECIFIC PERSON IS.  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOT GETTING INTO DISCUSSION. CASTRO CUT ZAPATA IS GOING TO SPEAK AND THEN WE ARE MOVING TO A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO AS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER,  IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE THE IDEA FOR THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO HAPPEN CAME FROM DOZENS OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA. IT DID NOT COME FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. IT DID NOT COME FROM ME . IT CAME FROM RESIDENTS ASKING FOR THIS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THIS DISTRICT. THERE IS COPIES OF IT SENT TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THEY FOLLOWED THE PROCESS. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS SINCE 2022. THIS DOCKET IN PARTICULAR WAS FILED OCTOBER 30TH, 2024 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RULES. RIGHT. THIS WAS PROBABLY NOTICED 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE. WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T COULDN'T MAKE THOSE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT SENT IN A WRITTEN TESTIMONY.  AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT PEOPLE TO THESE STUDY COMMITTEES ACCORDING TO THE ENABLING LEGISLATION OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. AND I'M GOING TO GO THERE BECAUSE WE'RE HERE IN THE CASE OF A LANDMARK WHICH IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGNATION, THE REPORT SHALL BE PREPARED BY THE COMMISSION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ITS STAFF OR CONSULTANTS OR IN THE CASE OF A LANDMARK DISTRICT ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT OR PROTECTION AREA.  THE REPORT SHALL BE PREPARED BY A STUDY COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND SIX PERSONS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED INTEREST IN THE AREA EXCUSE ME INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT OR AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION AND WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE COMMISSION STAFF OR CONSULTANTS. NOW IT'S WELL WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO QUESTION THE FOLKS THAT COME BEFORE US TO TEST OR TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE FIT TO SERVE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS HAPPENED DURING THE HEARING SO I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD. I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO MOVE ON THIS. THERE'S NO NEED TO MOTION FOR MOVING. PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE TO CLARIFICATION THIS IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER OUR VOTES RIGHT.  SO A YES A YES VOTE IS A YES. I AGREE TO RECONSIDERING THE VOTE TO REOPENING VOTING ON THESE ON THESE DOCKET I NO VOTE IS NO. LET'S NOT RECONSIDER OUR AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD SO WHAT I'M TALKING AND WE ACTUALLY GOING TO JUST BECAUSE THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EACH DOCKET INDIVIDUALLY OKAY SO A MOTION TO RECONSIDER OUR COUNCIL'S VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0866316923 SO WHAT IS IT 60 OKAY 1692 TO 17 OH 4 TO 1704 OKAY. MR. CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THESE DOCKETS DOCKET NUMBER 1692 TO 1704 YES AND AGAIN SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS A YES VOTE IS A VOTE TO ALLOW TO RECONSIDER OUR VOTES ON THESE DOCKETS WHERE WE UNANIMOUSLY AGREED VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THESE DOCKETS AND A NO VOTE SAYS NO. WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THESE DOCKETS. WE'RE NOT REOPENING. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE COUNT CELEBRATING NO COUNCIL BREADON NO COUNCILOR AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA NO COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL NO COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE ANSWER NO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.  FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCILOR ME HERE. COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR DEFENSE COUNCILOR 15 NO. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA NO. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER NO AND COUNCILOR WORLD NO COUNCILOR WORLD NO MOTION TO RECONSIDER HAS FAILED 11 VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND TWO VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.  DOCKET NUMBER SIX THE BOTTOM DOCKET NUMBER 1692 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE COUNCIL'S VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER ONE SIX LINE THREE 0004 YOU DID IT FOR ALL OF THE OC AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT ONE'S VOTE IS DIFFERENT FOR ANY OF THE DOCKETS. OKAY. THANK YOU.  WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE MOVING ON.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYDEN CONSTABLE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  Q MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND . I'D LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON DOCKET 1548 OKAY. SHE WOULD LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE SO THAT SECONDED TO SO THAT WE COULD DO IT. OKAY.  ALL IN FAVOR? HI, MR. CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE RECORD HER VOTE? YOU.  OKAY. THANK YOU.  OKAY. WE USUALLY TRY TO DO THIS AT THE END OF MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS IT'S BEEN BUT.  BUT YES, I KNOW, I KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLOOR. CAN I HAVE A CAN I VOTE YES ON 1507 AND 158 AND ADD MY NAME IS THAT SECOND PROMOTION. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. I WANT MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADD THAT GETS US ON.  OKAY, WHATEVER. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILOR , CAN I DO APOLOGIZE?  IT WAS BECAUSE NORMALLY WE DO WAIT UNTIL THE MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS ON THIS AND I DID STATE THAT WE WOULD WE COULD GO BACK TO IT.  I WASN'T TRYING TO I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS I'VE STATED THAT PAST MEETINGS IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH A VOTE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THE END OF MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS SO THAT THIS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR WORK.  OKAY. THE CHAIR. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOULD SAY BECAUSE I THINK OH THEY WERE THE DOCKETS THOSE WERE DOCKETS 1507 CORRECT AND 1508 THOSE TWO DOCKETS YOU LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1715 DOCK NUMBER 1715 ORDER RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF TAX CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL ORAL CONSUMER ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HELD A HEARING THIS MORNING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1715 IN ORDER RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF TAX CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN FY 25. COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY, CASTLE WEBER, COUNCILOR DURKIN, CASTLE COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CASTLE HERE COUNCILOR SANTANA CASTLE PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. AT THE HEARING WE HEARD FROM CFO ASHLEY GRAFTON BERGER WHO PRESENTED NUMBERS FOR THE CITY'S TAXES IN FY 25 BASED UPON THE CURRENT STATE LAW. I'D LIKE TO REITERATE IT FOR THOSE FOLLOWING AT HOME THAT THIS IS WITHOUT THE HOMER PETITION THAT WAS DECLARED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THOSE NUMBERS FROM CFO GOTHAM BERGER FELL WITHIN THE RANGE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONER AARON ELLERBE OF THE 20 TO 30% ACCELERATED TAX RATE FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS AND QUARTERS THREE AND QUARTER FOR BARFLY 25. ALL WE ARE DOING TODAY IS THE SAME THING THIS COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE FOR DECADES TO CLARIFY FOR ANY NEW COUNCILORS. EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE TAKE THE SAME VOTE. WE'RE GIVING OUR HOMEOWNERS THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION ALLOWED BY LAW WHICH IS CURRENTLY 35% OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN PROPERTY VALUE THE 25. IT IS ABOUT A MAXIMUM $3,984 DISCOUNT FOR ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS. WE ARE VOTING TO SHIFT THE RESIDENTIAL TAX TO THE MINIMUM FACTOR ALLOWED BY STATE LAW AND THE COMMERCIAL FACTOR WOULD THUS BE SET AT THE MAXIMUM RATE WHICH IS THE RESULTANT TAX RATE. IF THIS PASSES FOR EACH PROPERTY CLASS WOULD BE $11.58 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND $25.96 FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. AGAIN, THIS ALL FALLS UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW. THE STATE WANTS TO CHANGE THOSE LAWS. THIS BODY ALREADY HAS AN INCOME ELIGIBLE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION PETITION AT THE STATE HOUSE THAT CAN BE TAKEN UP AND THEY ARE SEEKING A WAY TO WORK ON TARGETED TAX RELIEF FOR HOMEOWNERS. WE ALSO HAVE IF IT'S A HOMEOWNER PETITION THAT HAS BEEN THAT WAS JUST DECLARED DEAD I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE TAX EXEMPTION WAS DOUBLED UNDER STATE LAW AND IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED BY OUR BODY AFTER THE STATE PASSED IT. THAT WAS IN AUGUST BUT WHEN THE STATE PASSED THAT IT IS ONLY IN EFFECT STARTED IN FY 26. I SAY THAT TO SIMPLY GET BACKGROUND TIMING THAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM ANY FUTURE LAW CHANGES AND SO I RECOMMEND THAT THIS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1715. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND TALK NUMBER 1715. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON.  YES. COUNCILOR TO ZAPATA. COUNCILOR CLOSE THE PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR FOR NANCY SAMSON.  I KNOW IT'S WORK. THE VOTE IS CONTINUING PRESENT . MR. CLERK PLEASE CONTINUE PRESENT COUNCILOR FERNANDO SANDERSON ARE YOU PRESENT? ARE YOU OKAY?  COUNCILOR FERNANDO SANDS AND PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR ME HERE.  COUNCILOR ME HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR AND MURPHY COUNCILOR FOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN TRANSCRIPTION YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR S.A. IS COUNCILOR WHETHER COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR EARLY YES. COUNCILOR WELL, YES. COUNCILOR TO DURKIN YES.  COUNCILOR TO DURKIN YES. TALK NUMBER 1715 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THAN TO PRESENT THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 1715 HAS PASSED. WE ARE OKAY. COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON,  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. BUT I ONLY NEEDED A COUPLE OF SECONDS MOTION TO RECONSIDER. PLEASE. MY COLLEAGUE SOMEONE CAN GIVE THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. ALL AL OPPOSE NAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY . WE HAVE ONE ON THE FLOOR SO YES . OKAY. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RECORD HER AS A YES VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1715. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO THAT WAS THIS THE ONE THAT THE HEARING THAT WE JUST HAD EARLIER THIS MORNING? OKAY. SO MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON MY YES ON THAT ONE IS THAT MOTION TO RECONSIDER? SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.  OKAY, MR QUICK PLEASE RECORD HER AS A YES. YES.  WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1834. DUNCAN NUMBER 1834 COUNCILORS BREADON AND LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT REQUIRING THE BROKER FEES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BE PAID BY THE PARTY WHO SOLICIT OR SOLICITS A LICENSED BROKER. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRADING HAS A GREAT ENDING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I? COULD I REQUEST TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND COUNCILOR PAN COUNCILOR BRAID AND SEE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES CATCH A PEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CATCH MY PEN. AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCILORS PEPEN AND SANTANA FOR INCLUDING FOR INCLUDING ME ON THE HEARING ORDER FILED LAST WEEK REGARDING BROKER FEES AND THANK TO COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND PEPEN FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS WITH ME TODAY.  AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS MY OFFICE COMMUNICATED WITH STAFF FROM CITIES SUCH AS NORTHAMPTON THAT HAVE SOUGHT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF TENANT PAY BROKER FEES FOR LANDLORDS. SOLICITOR REAL ESTATE SERVICES. WE ALSO RAISED THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS PARTICULARLY WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED TENANT PROTECTION MEASURES SUCH AS RENT STABILIZATION. I REPRESENT A DISTRICT WITH A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE CITY'S AND THE REGION'S RESIDENTIAL RENTAL LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND OFF CAMPUS STUDENT HOUSING RESIDENTS THE CITY OF BOSTON WORKING FAMILIES, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS WHETHER HERE TEMPORARILY OR INTENDING TO SERVE IN LONG TERM ARE SEVERELY COST BURDENED. THE UNREGULATED PRACTICE OF TENANT PAYING BROKER FEES IN THE RENTAL PROCESS PLACES UNDUE BURDENS ON PROSPECTIVE TENANTS . THE HOUSING CRISIS ENABLES PROPERTY OWNERS TO PASS BROKER FEES ONTO TENANTS WHO DID NOT SOLICIT THOSE SERVICES. WORSENING INEQUITIES IN OUR HEART IN THE HOUSING CRUNCH OVER THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATIONS TESTING FAIR HOUSING COMPLIANCE BY THE BOSTON FOUNDATION, SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE AND THE HOUSING RIGHTS INITIATIVE. THEY REPEATEDLY FOUND THAT DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES OF INDIVIDUAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS PERPETUATE INEQUITY INEQUITIES IN THE RENTAL MARKET INCLUDING RACIAL BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING VOUCHER HOLDERS.  THIS HOME RULE PETITION IS MODELED ON LANGUAGE THAT IT ALREADY PASSED IN THE STATE SENATE PROHIBITING RENT OR TENANT PAID BROKER FEES FOR LANDLORD SOLICITED SERVICES.  IT'S ONE MEASURE TO REDUCE UPFRONT COSTS AND ALLEVIATE BURDENS FOR TENANTS FOR RENTERS. IT ALSO PROMOTES RENTER PROTECTIONS BY REQUIRING THAT LICENSED BROKERS CONTRACT WITH A TENANT OR A LANDLORD BUT NOT BOTH AND WOULD ENSURE THAT BROKER FEES ARE PAID SOLELY BY THE PARTY WHO SOLICIT SO SOLICITS THE BROKERS REAL ESTATE SERVICES. I FIND THIS TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING ON THIS COUNCIL AND IN THE PUBLIC AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REFILING IT AGAIN IN THE NEW YEAR AND SENDING IT TO THE LEGISLATURE.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON AND I HAD A WHOLE THING PREPARED BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIA HERE SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY GO INTO IT BUT I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON GETTING THIS FILING THIS FORMAL PETITION. I'M BROKER'S AS WE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THIS TERM IN LAST TERM ABOUT IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES IT COMES FROM A PEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR COLLEAGUES COUNCIL RATE AND COUNTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR OUT OF ME ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT FORMAL PETITION. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR JEAVONS AND BRUNO WHEELER OF CAMBRIDGE WHO ALSO FIGHT FOR COMPETITION IN HIS RESPECT TO CITY COUNCILOR WILLIE BURNLEY, JUNIOR OF SOMERVILLE WHO ALSO FILED THE FORMAL PETITION IN SOMERVILLE AND TO BONNIE JEN A LOCAL RENTER AND ORGANIZER THE JOINT EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. LISTEN, WE ALL KNOW THAT BOSTON'S ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND THE RISING COST OF LIVING IS PLACING AN IMMENSE STRAIN ON RESIDENTS.  PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR, DISPLACING FAMILIES AND PREVENTING MANY FROM BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE TIRELESS EFFORTS FROM BOTH MY COLLEAGUES BOTH WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE STATE LEVEL WHO ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES. I ALSO COMMENDED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BOSTON FOUNDATION AND THE SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO FACILITATING IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AROUND ISSUES THROUGH THEIR SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVES. OUR CITY STANDS AS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND ADVANCED HUBS IN THE WORLD POLITICALLY,  MEDICALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY AND WE OWE MUCH OF THIS TO OUR RESIDENTS.  HOWEVER, BOSTON CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE ONLY MAJOR CITIES THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS FOR PAID BROKER FEES UP UNTIL THIS PAST MONTH. NEW YORK CITY BANNED IN THEIR CITY COUNCIL WHICH LEAVES THE CITY OF BOSTON ALONE.  I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE RAISED THEIR VOICES IN THE FACE OF OUR CHALLENGES. THEIR ADVOCACY IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR EFFORTS AND IT IS ONLY THROUGH THEIR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT THAT WE CAN TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE FUTURE FOR ALL. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A LONG PROCESS. OUR GOAL IS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND SURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD BUT ALSO ENGAGE REALTOR AGENTS BROKERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY NUANCED ISSUE THAT IMPACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.  THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR WHAT IT IS THAT LANDLORD WHO USES THE BROKER TO ILLICIT PROPERTY. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW RENTERS ARE FACING A LOT OF PRESSURE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. LET US CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE STATE LEVEL REFORM AND ENSURE THAT THE SOLUTIONS WE IMPLEMENT ARE COMPREHENSIVE, FAIR AND FREE FROM LOOPHOLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PEN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FRIEND ANDREA LISTEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MAKERS FOR FILING THIS. I WAS THE ORIGINAL COUNCILOR WHO FILED THIS IDEA AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT IF OTHER COUNCILORS BEAT YOU TO IT AND THEY FOLLOW YOUR IDEA THEN YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY FILE IT AGAIN. SO THERE CAN ONLY BE IDEA ON THE FLOOR. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT IT'S HERE . I'M THANKFUL THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND I WAS MOVING IT TO FILE AS A FORMAL PETITION THIS YEAR I'M I'M I'M GETTING UP TO SPEAK BECAUSE THE ADVOCATES THAT SUPPORTED ME IN FILING IT ORIGINALLY IS ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE SO I DID WANT TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT BUT THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS IDEA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. MOVING ON FUTURE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHERE OUTCOMES WERE EARLIER THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BREADON AND LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND ALSO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FINANCE INNOCENT FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR AND I ALSO SHOUT OUT TO STATE SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS WHO I KNOW IS WORKING ON THIS ON A ON A STATE LEVEL AT THE HEART OF THIS ISSUE IS THE URGENT NEED TO CAP THESE COST OVERALL ACTS AND TENANTS TO PAY UP TO FOUR MONTHS RENT UPFRONT. I BELIEVE IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND IS OUT OF STEP WITH REALITIES THAT MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS FACE. YOU KNOW WE X TENANTS TO PAY FIRST MONTH'S LAST MONTH THE KERRY DEPOSIT AND BROKERS FEE AND ONE AREA THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE MUST EXPLORE IS THE RELIANCE ON SECURITY DEPOSITS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RENT IS CHARGED TO PROVIDE A MORE PRACTICAL AND EQUITABLE SOLUTION SECURITY DEPOSIT IMPOSE SIGNIFICANT UPFRONT COSTS ON TENANTS OFTEN REQUIRED PAYMENTS THAT MANY FAMILIES SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD. RENTERS INSURANCE, BY CONTRAST, OFFERS A MORE MODERN SAFEGUARD FOR BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS PROVIDING COVERAGE NOT ONLY DAMAGES BUT ALSO FOR DISPLACED MIX ON UNFORESEEN EVENTS. SO I HOPE AT THIS PETITION SPARKS NOT ONLY A CONVERSATION ABOUT BROKERS FEES BUT ALSO JUST CAP IN MOVING COSTS AND FIND CREATIVE WAYS OF PROTECTING RESIDENTS AND LANDLORDS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASA SANTANA. CASA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNCILORS BREADON, LOUIJEUNE AND PEPEN FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT PETITION. WHAT'S SINCE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS CONTINUES TO WEIGH HEAVILY ON OUR RESIDENTS AND THIS PROPOSAL TO SHIFT BROKER FEES TO THE PARTY THAT SOLICITS THESE SERVICES IS A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS EASING FINANCIAL BURDENS IN OUR HOUSING MARKET.  AS WE KNOW, BOSTON HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST RENTS IN THE COUNTRY WITH 65% OF OUR RESIDENTS VENTING THEIR HOMES. FOR MANY THE OLIGARCHS SPENDS OUR BROKER FEES OFTEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IS NOT JUST A HURDLE IT'S A BARRIER A BARRIER TO OUR HOUSING STABILITY. THIS PRACTICE IMPACTS WORKING FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS EXACERBATING THE INEQUALITIES AND ALREADY EXISTING IN OUR HOUSING SYSTEM. WHILE I'M NOT A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS PETITION, I FULLY RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY OF ADDRESSING THESE INEQUALITIES. POLICIES LIKE THIS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY TO OUR RENTAL PROCESS ENSURING THAT COSTS ARE BORNE BY THOSE SOLICITING THE SERVICES NOT THOSE STRUGGLING TO FIND A HOME. I LOOK FORWARD TO I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING THIS CONVERSATION CLOSELY ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT PRIORITIZE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR ABOUT RENTER BUT BOSTON RENTERS THANK YOU CAN JUST SAY DANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS FOR FILING THIS HOME RULE PETITION REALLY SUPER EXCITED.  AND WHILE I HAVE THE FLOOR AND THE MIC, I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW ON THE COUNCIL LIKE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF EQUITY AND DISPLACEMENT. I'D LOVE TO SEE A DISPLACEMENT TAX BECAUSE WE GET DISPLACED ALL THE TIME AND THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE TO CITIES OUTSIDE OF BOSTON AND THEN WE START A COMMUNITY HERE AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE SHOULD HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO AS WELL BECAUSE WE ARE DISPLACING BOSTON RESIDENTS AT AN ALARMING RATE ALL IN THE NAME OF TRYING TO KEEP US HERE. BUT EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND THEY'RE MAKING IT HARDER FOR US TO STAY HERE. SO I LOOK THAT FOR THE RECORD.  AND THEN SECONDLY, I DO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE AS IT RELATES TO THESE BROKER FEES, THERE ARE SOMETIMES THE BROKERS ARE CHARGING THE LANDLORD AND THEY'RE CHARGING THE THE RENTER. THEY'RE CHARGING EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE SEND THIS OVER TO THE STATE HOUSE, OUR PARENTS TO GIVE US PERMISSION TO DO OUR OWN BUSINESS, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE ALSO DOUBLE DIPPING THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. HAD COUNCILORS CUT ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDO ANDERSON, MARIA SANTANA WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1834 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 1835? NUMBER 1835. COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON INCREASE ITS RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FILED THIS HOME RULE PETITION AIMED AT INCREASING BOSTON'S RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION FROM 35 TO 40 OF THE AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL CLASS ONE RESIDENTIAL PARCELS. THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT MERELY A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT. IT IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE ECONOMIC PRESSURES.  WE ARE ALL HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE KNOW THEY ARE FACING.  THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION HAS LONG BEEN A CORNERSTONE IN ALLEVIATING THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES PARTICULARLY BENEFITING SENIORS, FAMILIES ON FIXED INCOMES AND THOSE STRIVING TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES IN THIS THE RISING HOUSING COSTS AND JUST COST OF LIVING HERE IN THE CITY. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT FAILURE OF THE PROPERTY TAX RECLASSIFICATION PETITION WHICH SOUGHT TO SHIFT A GREATER PORTION OF THE TAX BURDEN FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, MANY HOMEOWNERS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL INCREASES THAT THEY KNOW ARE COMING TO THEIR TAX BILL.  THIS UNCERTAINTY WHICH WE'VE ALL BEEN HEARING FROM RESIDENTS UNDERSCORES THE URGENT NEED TO EXPAND THE RESIDENTIAL EXPAND THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RELIEF TO OUR HOMEOWNERS. BY INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION WE CAN OFFER IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL RELIEF HELPING TO STABILIZE TAX BILLS AND PROTECT THEM FROM SUDDEN INCREASES. THIS MEASURE IS ESPECIALLY CRUCIAL AS WE CONTINUE TO FACE RISING HOUSING COST AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.  I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ALSO THAT ALMOST ALWAYS AN INCREASE IN A TAX BILL OR ON INTEREST RATES ON MORTGAGES ARE PASSED ON TO TENANTS. SO THIS WOULD ALSO PROTECT OUR TENANTS WHO ARE RENTING FROM THESE HOMEOWNERS.  BY INCREASING I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE JUST VOTED TO SET THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION AT 35. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ACT SWIFTLY TO ADVANCE THIS PETITION TO THE STATE HOUSE IN THE NEW YEAR.  MY GOAL IS TO HAVE LEGISLATION PASSED AND TO WORK TOGETHER HERE ON THE COUNCIL AS IT REPRESENTS A PROACTIVE STEP TOWARD ENSURING THAT BOSTON REMAINS A CITY WHERE RESIDENTS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AND THRIVE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS AS SOON AS WE CAN AND WORK TOGETHER TO SEND THIS UP TO THE STATE HOUSE AND AS WE HAVE LEARNED FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS NOT JUST IN RECENT HOME RULE PETITIONS THAT HAVE GONE UP THERE THAT IT IS ON US TO CONTINUE TO LOBBY AND WORK ALONGSIDE OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE HOUSE SO WHEN WE DO PASS IMPORTANT BILLS UP TO THEM THAT WE SEE THEM THROUGH AND HELP TRY TO PASS THEM THERE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK SAID COUNCILOR FLYNN THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1836 LIKE A NUMBER OF 1836 COUNCIL PLAIN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHING AN ETHICS COMMITTEE OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMFORTABLY NEAR THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AM CALLING FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHING AN ETHICS COMMITTEE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . WE HAVE BEEN PLACED IN POSITIONS OF PUBLIC TRUST.  WE SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF POSITIVE LEADERSHIP. I BELIEVE ESTABLISHING AN ETHICS COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE MORE OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY HERE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . THERE IS PRECEDENT WITH ETHICS COMMITTEES AT THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE, THE U.S. CONGRESS AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL.  THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL ALSO HAS A COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS IN ETHICS.  THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON DESERVE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF LEADERSHIP FROM CITY OFFICIALS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.  AND THANK YOU FOR THIS FILING. I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING SESSIONS. I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION WILL HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL TRAININGS FROM THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION. THE DATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET JANUARY 17TH AND JUNE 6TH. THIS IS A WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION AT THE CITY COUNCIL THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE ETHICS COMMITTEES ARE MUCH LARGER LIKE CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. 5050 MEMBER CITY COUNCILS.  THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE OF LIKE THE HANDS WATCHING THE HENHOUSE. I'VE WORKED IN MY PREVIOUS CAPACITY IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AS A LAWYER ON ONE ETHICS INVESTIGATION AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT MAKES ME NICE TO ME TO BE ABLE TO TO INVESTIGATE OR TO HAVE JURISDICTION OVER MY PEERS ON THOSE QUESTIONS. I DO THINK IT'S A WORTHY CONVERSATION BUT I JUST WANT TO TO JUST STATE AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL WHAT MY FEARS ARE. I AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN IMPORTANCE TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE ETHICS REVIEWS WHERE SMALL BODY THERE'S OFTENTIMES POLITICS THAT PEOPLE CAN AND CAN'T SEE HAPPENING.  AND SO I THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT I THINK THAT IT WILL BE A WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION AND WE CAN HAVE ONE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE STATE ETHICS LAWS THEY WILL BE DOING TWO TRAININGS FOR US EARLY IN THE YEAR AND IF WE NEED MORE WE'LL DO MORE.  HISTORICALLY IT'S JUST BEEN ONE A YEAR BUT WE WILL BE DOING MORE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE OF HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR FOR FINALLY LISTENING WHILE I RESPECT THE INTENT BEHIND COUNCILOR FLYNN'S PROPOSAL. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT OUR FOCUS SHOULD REMAIN ON ADVANCING THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL. RIGHT. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST THE CITY COUNCIL THAT NEEDS TO BE OVERSEEN. I THINK EVERY SINGLE CITY DEPARTMENT, EVERY SINGLE THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF . SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE.  AND OUR OFFICE IS ALREADY WORKING ON CREATING THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR BOSTON WHICH REPRESENTS A TRANSFORMATIVE STEP FORWARD FOR TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY NOT JUST FOR THIS COUNCIL BUT ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. THE ETHICS COMMISSIONS MODEL,  THOUGH WELL-MEANING, OFFERS A VERY LIMITED AND INTENTIONAL APPROACH THAT RISKS DUPLICATING EFFORTS ALREADY IN PLACE. COUNCILORS AND STAFF CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL ETHICS TRAININGS AND AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR PRESIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE OF THAT AND WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO ADDRESS CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHAT WE LACK AND WHAT WE NEED URGENTLY IN THIS MOMENT IS A ROBUST IN-DEPTH ATTENDANCE MECHANISM TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE IS TRYING TO DO IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE POLITICAL WILL STAND WITH THAT BUT WE SHALL SEE.  AS ETHICS COMMITTEE IT IS VERY IT'S IT'S IT'S VERY DESIGN FOCUSED TO NARROW JUST ON THE COUNCIL AND IN CONTRAST THE INSPECTOR GENERAL WILL BRING IMPARTIALITY AND BROAD AUTHORITY AND CAPACITY TO INVESTIGATE EFFICIENCIES,  FRAUD, MISCONDUCT WHEREVER THEY MAY OCCUR. THIS OFFICE WILL BE INDEPENDENT OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE ENSURING THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY OFFICIAL OPERATES TRANSPARENTLY AND NOT IN AND IN SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE NOT OF THEMSELVES . OUR WORK ON THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN COLLABORATIVE AS MUCH AS WE WE CAN BE CONSIDERING THE CONSTRUCTS THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER. WE HAVE WORKED WITH FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE SO THAT WE CAN GET SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOME STATE TO GET SUPPORT BECAUSE IN YOUR BACKYARD THERE IS NOT MUCH OF IT. BUT ANYWAYS WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF FOLKS AROUND HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS OFFICE STRONGER. OUR WORK HAS BEEN DEEPLY ROOTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LISTENING TO LEGAL EXPERTS NATIONAL LEADERS AND THAT THIS OFFICE IS BUILT ON A SOLID FOUNDATION.  IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO REFINE THE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT IT'S THOROUGH AND DURABLE.  WE PLAN TO REINTRODUCE THIS PROPOSAL IN 2025.  AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, AS MY COLLEAGUE PREVIOUSLY STATED, SOMETIMES YOU INTRODUCE SOMETHING AND THEN SOMEBODY TAKES YOUR IDEA AND THEN THEY WANT TO WATER IT DOWN. BUT I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALL KNOW I AM CLAIMING IS NO AND AGAIN SO FOR THE RECORD JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW I'M REFILING IT JUST SAYING AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL REPRESENT A STRONGER MORE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO THE CHALLENGES OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR GOVERNMENT. WE URGE OUR COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN SUPPORTING US IN THIS EFFORT NOT AS A QUICK FIX BUT A MEANINGFUL LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN BUILDING TRUST AND TRUE INTEGRITY FOR THE BOSTON RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THAT AND SO WHILE I HAVE THE MIC, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT MY DEMEANOR AND MY POSTURE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OFFENSIVE TO SOME FOLKS BUT I HAVE REALIZED THAT I HAVE LEFT MYSELF AT THE DOOR TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER AND I'M GETTING REALLY TIRED OF THAT. SO NOT TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO BE REALLY ACTING A FOOL AND DON'T WORRY I WILL BE MINDING MY DECORUM. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY AND KNOW FOR THE RECORD IS THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THAT I AM NOT GOING TO MINIMIZE THE POWER OF THIS MIKE AND I'M GOING TO START UTILIZING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I WILL BE VERY BRIEFLY I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. BOSTON RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR THIS PARTY TO PROVIDE HONEST AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP.  LET'S BEGIN TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES IN THERE. CAN YOU GET THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IT'S WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUE WHO FILED THIS THAT I SAY THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S JOB IS TO SET THE COMMITTEES TO PICK THE CHAIRS OF THOSE COMMITTEES TO PICK WHICH DOCKETS GO INTO COMMITTEES TO SET THE DATES OF OUR MEETINGS.  SO FOR THE NEXT TWO DOCKETS I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THESE NEXT TWO DOCKETS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT AS A CHAMBER WE HAVE OUTLINED WHAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S ROLE IS AND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A COUPLE OF FILINGS OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT I DO THINK REALLY ENCROACH ON WHAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S ROLE IS IN THE CHAMBER. SO. SO I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF EITHER OF THESE DOCKETS FOR THOSE REASONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'M SORRY TO DOCKETS I JUST. JUST TO OR MAYBE YOU KNOW THERE WAS ONE DOCKET BEFORE US BECAUSE I JUST. HEY. HELLO. I HEARD SOMETHING AND I HEARD TOO AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL DON'T TRY TO TRICK ME INTO SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF . OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT THE DOCKET BEFORE US RIGHT NOW IS DOCKET NUMBER 1837. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? 1836 APOLOGIES. 186. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND MURPHY THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1836 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 1837 DUGAN NUMBER 1837 COUNCIL FLYNN OFF OF THE FINE RESOLUTION TO SCHEDULE A WEEKLY COUNCIL MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2024. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I'M ASKING FOR ONE FINAL WEEK OF WORK FOR THIS BODY. WE'RE HERE AT 330. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WE ARE RUSHING THE PROCESS IN MY OPINION. LET'S TAKE ONE MORE WEEK. HAVE ANOTHER WEEK ON DECEMBER 18TH AND HAVE MORE HEARINGS.  HAVE A FINAL WEDNESDAY MEETING. BUT IN THE PROCESS LET'S HAVE SOME HEARINGS ON FRIDAY, ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY GET SOME OF THESE HEARINGS DONE AND THEN HAVE A MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING AWAY FOR VACATION AND HOLIDAY BUT WE STILL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO BE HERE TO PROVIDE HONEST AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS. LET'S GIVE IT ONE MORE WEEK TO SEPARATE DATE AND PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY WANT US TO PROVIDE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE A FLOOR SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY, NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCILOR DURKIN WAS TALKING ABOUT. WELL, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT AND THE AGENDA HAS BEEN SET BY OUR PRESIDENT. SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE IS A PROCESS HERE AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HONOR THAT PROCESS AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME , I'M A WORKAHOLIC. I WORK 12 TO 16 HOURS A DAY SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHOWING UP FOR WORK.  SO THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE TO DEBATE RIGHT NOW. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS A CALENDAR THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY PUT IN PLACE AND BASED ON THAT CALENDAR WE HAVE MADE FAMILY ARRANGEMENTS. NOW I DON'T MIND DOING AN EXTRA WEEK ALL I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IF WE DO AN EXTRA WEEK THAT WE COULD DO VIRTUAL BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN PARTICIPATE. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO FORCE OURSELVES TO WORK AN EXTRA WEEK THEN I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE ACCOMMODATION. SO THAT I CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE MOM AND I ALREADY MADE PLANS WITH MY DAUGHTER AND BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER TO TRAVEL BEFORE SCHOOL VACATION AND AFTER SCHOOL VACATION I ALREADY PURCHASED THOSE TICKETS SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR ME . I WILL STILL BE PARTICIPATING BUT I WILL BE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY WITH ALL DUE RESPECT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT I WILL ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL TIME AS LONG AS I CAN DO IT VIRTUALLY I'M ALL IN FOR IT. IF YOU THINK ON THE RECORD THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HAS ALREADY HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. FOR THOSE REASONS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS SAID THE SCHEDULE IN ALL OF US MANY OF US HAVE CREATED PLANS AND HAVE SPENT MONEY ON THOSE PLANS. THE WORK DOES NOT STOP BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THESE CHAMBERS. THE WORK DOES CONTINUE AND THEN PURSUANT TO RULE ONE SPECIAL MEETING IT IS TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO OBJECT TO THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.  THERE'S AN OBJECTION THIS IS SENT TO COMMITTEE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1838 WHICH OH OH SORRY TO THE OKAY BUT I'LL DRAW A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YES, SORRY . MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. THERE WERE OTHER FOLKS WHO LATER ON I AM HAPPY TO WAIT MY TURN AND MY LIGHTS WAS ON.  SO YOU HAD THE YOU MAY SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET. SORRY , I'D LIKE TO BE COURTEOUS TO MY COLLEAGUES. I'LL WAIT FOR MY TURN. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS THEIR LIGHT ON. OKAY.  BUT THIS DOCKET I MEAN, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR THIS DOCKET IS SENT TO COMMITTEE AND ONCE DOCKETS ARE SENT TO COMMITTEE THERE'S USUALLY NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. SO THE DOCKET HAS BEEN SENT TO COMMITTEE.  MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS WHY YOU CAN'T BREAK THE RULES IF YOU ARE GOING TO PAUSE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE COURTEOUS.  I SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT AND WILL NOT OBJECT AND WILL NOT STAND UP AND SAY ANYTHING AND ALLOW YOU TO ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK ALTHOUGH BREAKING THE RULES IT'S NOT TO YOUR DISCRETION TO BREAK THOSE RULES. HOWEVER, HERE YOU'RE NOT SITTING THERE SAYING PRECEDENTS AND YOU I THINK BY MISTAKE DID NOT SEE OUR LIGHTS ON THIS SIDE ON. I'M ASKING COURTEOUSLY THAT YOU ALLOW FOR THE CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE AND THEN GO TO COMMITTEE AND THAT'S WHY I PUT YOUR LIGHT ON. SO IT HASN'T BEEN INDIGENOUS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY AND THIS HAS HAPPENED ACTUALLY SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE A DOCTOR HAS BEEN SENT TO COMMITTEE ISOLATED A DOCKET IS BEING SENT TO COMMITTEE BUT I STILL ALLOW FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY ON THE DOCKET WRITE THAT THEIR LIGHTS WERE ON FIRST. YES COUNCILOR FOR AN AGENCY IF LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET YOU MAY. OKAY I I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COUNCILOR FLYNN IS SAYING AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT DID FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS.  AND SO WITH THAT I GUESS MY QUESTION TO THE CHAIR IS COUNCILOR FLYNN IF YOU HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DATES AND WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE TO THE CHAIR CANCEL FLYNN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY. YEAH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON NO, I DID NOT SPEAK TO THE CHAIR.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET TO COMMITTEE? THERE'S USUALLY NO ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AT COUNCIL . FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO WHEN IT IS SENT TO COMMITTEE THERE IS STILL DEBATE AFTER THAT THERE OR THERE IS NOT STILL DEBATE BUT I AM ALSO TRYING TO BE COURTEOUS TO MY COLLEAGUES SO THAT OTHER COUNCILORS I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND SO I AM ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SPEAK BUT IT IS SENT TO COMMITTEE.  BUT MADAM CHAIR BUT WHAT? BUT IN THE FUTURE WE ARE ABLE TO SPEAK ON ONCE THE MATTER IS SENT TO A COMMITTEE. NO, NO, JUST THIS TIME THERE JUST THIS TIME. JUST THIS TIME. OKAY. I'D ASK THAT WE WE IN DISCUSSION IF THAT'S IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE RULE.  OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD I RESPECT YOUR OPINION?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR CLERK.  WE ARE MOVING ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 1838. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1838 CAN NUMBER 1838 COUNCILORS BREADON AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND SUPPORTING THE FULL DISBURSEMENT OF UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FOR FISCAL YEARS 2023 TO 2025 THANK YOU AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1837 THAT WAS SENT TO COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE.  OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . OH, ACTUALLY COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ON DOCKET NUMBER 1838.  YEP. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  YES DOCKETS 1838A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE FULL DISBURSEMENT OF ALL UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FROM FINANCIAL YEAR 23 THROUGH 20 FINANCIAL YEAR 25. I WISH TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND I'D COUNCILOR WHERE I WAS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR KASSAB AGENCY TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL ORAL IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CAUSE WE'RE ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE ONGOING PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING COMMUNITY PROCESS THE FIRST ROUND OF PROPOSED PROJECTS WILL BE VOTED ON IN EARLY 2025. THE TARGET AREAS FOR PROPOSED PROJECTS RANGE FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY HEALTH, TRANSIT SAFETY AND MOBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES, NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE, YOUTH YOUTH JOBS AND RECREATION AND TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADVOCACY OF THE BETTER BUDGET ALLIANCE A CITYWIDE MULTILINGUAL GRASSROOTS COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING TO ENGAGE ALL RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY LED PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS IN OUR CITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL BUDGET CYCLES THIS BODY HAS ADOPTED APPROPRIATION ORDERS THAT INCLUDED FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECTS THEMSELVES NOT JUST THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF OPERATING THE PROGRAM IN FINANCIAL YEAR 22 ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDED A 1 MILLION NON PERSONAL APPROPRIATION FINANCIAL YEAR 23 BUDGET ADOPTED THE BUDGET INCLUDING 2 MILLION OF PARTICIPATE TREE BUDGETING WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FINANCIAL YEAR 24 ADOPTED A BUDGET INCLUDING 1.75 MILLION SPECIAL APPROPRIATION AND FINANCIAL YEAR 25 ADOPTED A BUDGET INCLUDING 1.4 MILLION IN SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.  STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR UNSPENT DEPARTMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO BE APPROPRIATED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE.  HOWEVER, THE CITY CAN WORK TOWARD ALLOCATING THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED SPECIFICALLY TO SPECIFIC TO SUPPORT PROJECTS. THIS RESOLUTION EXPRESSES EXPRESSES THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FULL DISBURSEMENT OF UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUPPORTING PARTICIPATE RE BUDGETING BUDGETING PROJECTS BY USING FUNDS WE APPROVED FOR FISCAL YEARS 2324 AND 25 MOVING FORWARD WE SUPPORT THE USE OF THE FULL AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR PARTICIPATORY PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING EACH FISCAL YEAR AND I WISH TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS AND REQUEST A ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAD THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT OUR CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS IS JOINING US ON THIS LITTLE JOURNEY WE'RE GOING ABOUT TO GO ON. SO TODAY I'M PROUD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FULLY DISBURSING UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FOR FISCAL YEARS 2023, 2024 AND 2025 Y'ALL PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING REPRESENTS OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, TRANSPARENCY AND EMPOWERING OUR RESIDENTS. IT IS A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON TO HAVE A DIRECT SAY ON HOW A PORTION OF THE CITY'S BUDGET IS SPENT.  EXCUSE ME I'M HEARING A CUSTOMER HERE PLEASE CONTINUE THIS OTHER TALK YOU OFTENTIMES YOU ARE SPEAKING ON THE PEOPLE . WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY YES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE CONTINUE.  THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. I'M SHOWING UP TODAY.  SO PARTICIPATORY BUDGET REPRESENTS OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, TRANSPARENCY AND EMPOWERING OUR RESIDENTS. IT IS A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON TO HAVE A DIRECT SAY IN HOW A PORTION OF THE CITY'S BUDGET IS SPENT ADDRESSING THEIR PRIORITIES AND ENSURING THAT OUR INVESTMENTS REFLECT THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.  LISTEN, THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE 2021 CHARTER AMENDMENT WAS A CLEAR MESSAGE FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND THEY WANT THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD AND TRANSLATED INTO ACTION. SO DON'T INVITE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND THEN GIVE THEM A MENU OF OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM. NO, LET THEM PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE PROCESS BUT THEIR WORDS AND INTENTIONS ARE USUALLY NOT ENOUGH RIGHT OVER THE LAST PAST FEW BUDGET CYCLES WHILE THE FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED THE ACTUAL DOLLARS REACHING COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE FULL AMOUNTS ALLOCATED. THE ACCUMULATIVE UNSPENT FUNDS FROM FY 2324 AND 25 TOTAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT COULD BE AND SHOULD BE TRANSFORMING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.  THOSE FUNDS REPRESENT POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS IN AREAS THAT MATTER MOST TO OUR RESIDENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOUTH JOBS,  TRANSIT SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND MORE. THEY ARE REAL PROJECTS THAT BOSTON RESIDENTS HAVE ENVISIONED AND PRIORITIZED BY CALLING FOR THE FULL IN-PERSON NATURE OF THESE UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS WE ARE REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. LET US REMEMBER WHY WE CHAMPIONED THIS INITIATIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IF YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN IT HAPPENED YOU CAN GO READ THE NEWSPAPER AND READ ALL ABOUT IT AND GET UP TO SPEED WITH IT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR.  OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE CALLING FOR IS FOR FOR FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING TO BE ABOUT REDISTRIBUTING THE POWER. THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET NOT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. IT IS ABOUT ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES AND ENSURING THAT HISTORICAL UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HAVE A DIRECT ROLE IN SHAPING THEIR FUTURES SO I AM EXCITED FOR ALL OF THIS SPICY ENERGY THAT'S HAPPENING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCIL OF OUTCOMES WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND COUNCIL ME HERE FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION ANATOMY AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS A BOLD AND INNOVATIVE PROCESS THAT EMPOWERS RESIDENTS TO DIRECTLY INFLUENCE HOW PUBLIC FUNDS ARE SPENT. THIS RESOLUTION ENSURES THAT WE MAKE THE MOST OF RESOURCES ALLOCATED FOR THESE PROJECTS RESPECTING THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT. THE 15 PROPOSALS FROM THIS YEAR'S PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS SHOW THE CREATIVITY AND PRIORITIES OF OUR COMMUNITIES IDEAS LIKE YOUTH JOBS, COMMUNITY GUARDIANS AND NIGHTTIME SPORTS TACKLED REAL NEED WHILE BUILDING CONNECTIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS WHETHER IT'S INCREASE IN ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR YOUTH SUPPORTING ELDERLY RESIDENTS OR ADDING BENCHES AT OUR BUS STOPS THESE IDEAS REFLECT THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MOVING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD ENSURES PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE ACROSS OUR CITY . THIS RESOLUTION ENSURES THAT INNOVATIVE IDEAS OUR READINESS HAD PUT FORWARD ARE ACTED ON AND FUNDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN AROUND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO OBJECT TO THIS SO AGAIN IN COMMITTEE THESE ARE DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES. WE HAVE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATION TO THE TAXPAYERS OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET IS OBJECTED TO DOCKET NUMBER. SO ACTUALLY I HAVE A NUMBER OF REPORTS ONE 1838 AND THIS DOCKET WILL BE SET TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR CLERK.  SO WE ARE NOW ON TO GREEN CHEESE AND I'D JUST LIKE TO PAUSE AND SAY THAT LIKE THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY DO THE MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT BUT IT IS AS PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY I DO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY COULD HOLD THEM TO THIS POINT BECAUSE OTHERWISE AS WE SAW EARLIER IT CAN BE DISRUPTIVE. SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE IF YOU WERE NOT HERE OR ANYTHING ELSE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE FLOW OF THIS MEETING THIS IS WHEN WE DO IT RIGHT BEFORE GREEN CHEESE I BELIEVE THESE ARE GREEN CHEESE POLLS SO I'M GOING TO OH YEAH.  OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. WE WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT THE CHAIR AND IF YOU HAVE A GREEN CHEESE POLL PLEASE TURN YOUR LIGHT OFF SO THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GREEN SHEETS POLL AND SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO RECONSIDER SOMETHING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTS OR OUTCOMES? WHERE ARE YOU? ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 1835 PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD THAT TO OUR RULES NAME TO THAT DOCKET?  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADD MY VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO DOCKET 1507 AS THE CLERK. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. I'M SORRY . MOTION TO ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I IT'S A MOTION FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1507. IT WASN'T TO RECONSIDER. OH YEAH. TO ADD I WASN'T HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1507. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE ON A MOTION OR ANYTHING? OKAY. THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TO OH, SORRY COUNCILMAN JOE THE CHAIR AGAIN. I JUST COMES FROM EVERYBODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST COULD YOU PLEASE HAVE MY NAME TO DUNCAN NUMBER 1835. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 185. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN CHEESE.  SHOUT OUT TO MY NEPHEW IN HIS COW AND HIS CLASSMATES WERE HERE VISITING A CITY. HOW COULD IT NOT SHOUT YOU OUT? I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY. OKAY.  WE ARE NOW ON TO GREEN CHEESE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE A FLAT.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCK NUMBER 1768 WHICH IS ON PAGE 12 OF THE GREEN SHEETS 1768.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COUNCILORS WHO GAVE CENTRAL STAFF YOUR GREEN SHEETS POLLS BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES HELP AND WE DO HAVE THAT ONE. SO THANK YOU. DOCKING NUMBER 1768 AND YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. MR QUICK COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? NUMBER 1768. MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $195,690 IN $0.30 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WIO A DELTA ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION AND GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED THROUGH THE MASS HIRED DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CREATION OF A SEAMLESS SYSTEM OF ADULT EDUCATION, WORKFORCE PREPARATION AND TRAINING SERVICES. THANK YOU.  ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS $195,000 IS WHERE I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE ACCEPT IN EXPEND IT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . THIS MONEY COMES TO THE CITY THROUGH THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT IN WHICH FEDERAL FUNDS ARE AWARDED TO THE COMMONWEALTH'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THIS THIS MONEY SUPPORTS THE ADMINISTRATION OF BOSTON'S FEDERALLY FUNDED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.  THE SYSTEM INCLUDES TWO MASS HIRE CAREER CENTERS MASS HIRE DOWNTOWN BOSTON WHICH IS OPERATED BY JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES AND THE NEW MASS HIRE BOSTON SITE OPERATED BY ABCD. IT'S SLATED TO OPEN A NUBIAN SQUARE IN JANUARY 2025. THE THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT AS A SERVICES PROVIDE SERVICES FOR LAID OFF AND LOW INCOME WORKERS AS WELL AS YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18 TO 24. THE HUNDRED $95,000 UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS SOLELY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THESE FUNDS AND WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO FULFILL ITS MISSION UNDER THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER OR QUESTION ON THIS MATTER THAT'S BEFORE THE BODY COUNT FROM HERE COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO.  FOR ALL OF THESE GREEN SHEETS JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN TODAY AND THAT IN ALL OF THESE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT TODAY BECAUSE IF WE DON'T BALL TODAY WE LOSE IT.  SO I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION. THAT IS THAT IS NOT THE CASE BUT IT IS IN THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR TO HAVE A COMMITTEE TO PULL SOMETHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ABSENT OBJECTION AND ANYONE CAN OBJECT IF THEY DISAGREE. BUT YES.  OKAY. AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF THOSE LIGHTS POPPING UP TODAY. BUT I I HOPE NOT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IF I'M A PROCESS PERSON HERE SO PLEASE INDULGE ME AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A DEADLINE HERE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE CAN PULL SOMETHING FROM THE GREEN SHEET IF THERE'S A COUNSELOR WHO OBJECTED TO IT, THEY SHOULD NOTE THEIR OBJECTION AND THEN THERE WILL BE A POLL OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEN IT WILL EITHER MOVE FORWARD TO A VOTE OR IT WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS A NEW PROCEDURE THAT YOU ASK US TO LET THE CLERK AND CENTRAL STAFF KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. I KNOW SOME COUNCILORS I KNOW COUNCILOR COLETTA SUPPORT HIS OFFICE HAVE SENT INDIVIDUAL EMAILS. COULD WE MAKE IT PRACTICE GOING FORWARD THAT IF COUNCILORS KNOW THEY'RE POLLING THAT THEY DON'T JUST LET CENTRAL STAFF KNOW BECAUSE MANY TIMES I DON'T KNOW TO OBJECT OR NOT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT THE COUNCILOR AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THEIR REASONING FOR WANTING TO PULL IT. SO SOMETIMES AFTER I'VE HEARD THE REASON I KNOW IT'S TOO LATE TO OBJECT. SO MAYBE GOING FORWARD WE COULD CONSIDER THAT SO WE HAVE TIME TO RESEARCH AND NOT JUST BE I MEAN I DO PRINT OUT THE GREEN SHEETS, I CAN FLIP THE PAGES BUT WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN WHAT IT IS AND WHY WE CAN GUESS WHY THEY'RE PULLING IT FORWARD IT WOULD BE BETTER TO JUST COME PREPARED IF WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE NOTIFICATION OF THE GRANGES WE'LL LOOK INTO WHETHER WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. ANYBODY ON THIS DOCKET.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS A PLAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR TO THE TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. COULD THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE LET US KNOW WHEN THIS HEARING TOOK PLACE THROUGH THE CHAIR?  COUNCILOR WEBER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND AS TO WHEN A HEARING TOOK PLACE ON THIS DOCKET YOU MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO HEARING. THIS WAS REFERRED TO MY COMMITTEE OR THE COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 4TH. JUST TRYING TO GET FEDERAL FUNDS IN BEFORE THE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION AND THIS SEEMED FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THANK YOU.  CATCH UP ON WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. COMES WITH FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE TO THE CHAIR AS WELL FOR THAT ANSWER. I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS BUT THAT'S A REASON WHY I ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL WEEK SO WE COULD ACTUALLY LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THESE GRANTS AND TALK ABOUT THEM AND ASK ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ABOUT THEM. I THINK RESIDENTS WANT US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT INCLUDES BEING HERE IN ASKING QUESTIONS ON PARTICULAR GRANTS THAT ARE BEFORE US. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, KENDRICK. THAT IS THE PACKAGE THAT A GREEN SHEET IS AT THAT SEPARATE AGREE AND. OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS PASSAGE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SEEKS PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1768. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SIR I BELIEVE KAISER COLETTE AS A PARTNER YOU RELAX COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO PULL DOCKET 1677 FROM PAGE SEVEN. IT'S IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY AND PARKS COMMITTEE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1677 INTO THE RECORD?  OH, NO, I'M SORRY . OKAY, WELL, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ONE SIX UNTIL JUSTICE FROM THE COMEDIAN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY IMPACT NUMBER 1677 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR IMPROVING OUR APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $925,000 FOR THE CEMETERY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO BE FROM THE CEMETERY TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 13 OF THE ACTS OF 1961. OKAY. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNT BECAUSE THAT IS ZAPATA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS AN ANNUAL GRANT THAT COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL . THESE ARE ALL CITY OWNED CEMETERIES WHICH PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, WELL MAINTAINED BURIAL SPACES FOR RESIDENTS, ALLOWING COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A DIGNIFIED PLACE TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES.  THEY SERVE AS VITAL PUBLIC ASSETS, PRESERVE LOCAL HISTORY ,SUPPORT CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND OFFER GREEN SPACES FOR REFLECTION.  EACH YEAR THE CEMETERY DIVISION IDENTIFIES PROJECTS AT THE CEMETERIES TO BE FUNDED VIA THE CEMETERY TRUST. THESE PROJECTS ARE TYPICALLY SMALLER SCALE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN SOME CEMETERY INFRASTRUCTURE AS OPPOSED TO MAJOR BUILDING RENOVATIONS. ALTHOUGH THESE PUBLIC SITES ALSO REQUIRE CAPITAL AND OPERATING FUNDS, THE CEMETERY TRUST FUND PROVIDES VALUABLE SUPPORT TO ADDRESS GAPS IN CONDITION TO IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLICLY OWNED CEMETERIES IN 2021. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND THE CEMETERIES DIVISION CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE CONDITIONS AND CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF BOSTON'S THREE ACTIVE CEMETERIES MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IN MATTAPAN, EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN BRIGHTON AND FAIRVIEW CEMETERY IN HYDE PARK. THIS YEAR THE CEMETERY DIVISION HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED A NEW BURIAL SPACE AT MOUNT HOPE IN MATTAPAN. SO THEY CAN PLAN TO REMOVE SOME UNDERUTILIZED ROADWAYS AND PREPARE THAT LAND FOR FUTURE BURIALS. THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO MAKE REPAIRS TO A LONG SECTION OF THE WROUGHT IRON FENCING. DIVISION WILL ALSO USE THIS FUNDING TO MAKE TREE CANOPY INVESTMENTS INCLUDING THE PLANTING OF NEW TREES. MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE PRUNING EXISTING TREES. EXCUSE ME THERE WAS AN ERROR THERE AND REMOVING SOME TREES THAT ARE UNHEALTHY AND AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE IN THE LAST APPROPRIATE AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDS FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF CEMETERY RECORDS AND MAPPING OF THE BURIALS IN MOUNT HOPE, FAIRVIEW AND EVERGREEN CEMETERIES.  THIS WORK IMPROVES PUBLIC ACCESS BY ALLOWING FAMILY MEMBERS, HISTORIANS AND OTHERS TO RESEARCH RECORDS ONLINE. THIS WORK REQUIRES ONGOING FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THIS SYSTEM AND THIS IS THE FIRST ANNUAL REQUEST FOR THAT WORK. LASTLY, THE DIVISION WILL ALSO BE MAKING SOME BUILDING ROOF REPAIRS AT EVERGREEN CEMETERY AND AND REPLACING IMPROVING WAYFINDING SIGNS AT ALL THE ACTIVE CEMETERIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND ESTHETICS. MY CHIEF OF STAFF SHARED EMAIL SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO IMPROVE THESE PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS. LAST WEDNESDAY I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW OF AND I APOLOGIZE IF THAT'S AN ERROR. AT THIS I'M MOVING THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AND MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1677. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRADING HAS A AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AS EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN BRIGHTON IS A CIVIL AND HISTORIC CIVIL WAR ERA CEMETERY AND I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED OVER THERE AND THE MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT CONCERN COLLECTORS HAVE HAD A MENTIONED WITH REGARD TO MAINTENANCE TREE REMOVAL AND TREE PLANTING ARE ALL VERY PERTINENT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME SO I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUTCOMES YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU KARTIKA LATER FOR BRINGING THIS DOCKET FORWARD.  I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE MOUNT HOPE AND CANTERBURY GROUP REGULATORY LISA BATEMAN WHO HAVE CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATED FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS AND MORE INVESTMENTS INSIDE OF MOUNT HOPE SEPARATE CEMETERY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON THIS ON THIS FUNDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO AND THANK MY CANTERBURY NEIGHBORHOOD MOUNT HOPE AND CANTERBURY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. WE IT'S INCREDIBLE THE WORK THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES SPECIFICALLY AROUND CEMETERIES. THERE'S SO MUCH NO AND THEY DO NEED SO MUCH FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.  SO JUST MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT WE HAD A HEARING ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR CEMETERIES THE CITY OWNED CEMETERIES AND THE NEED REALLY IS GREAT. SO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR PUTTING THIS DOCKET FORWARD AND I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO THE CEMETERY DIVISION FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO TO REALLY HELP OUR FAMILIES GRIEVE ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE A LOVED ONE PASSED AWAY AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE MONEY TO BURY ANYONE. THE GREAT OF THE LOWEST GROUND PEACE INSTITUTE AND HELPING OUR FAMILIES BUT THE CITY ALSO SHOULDERS A LOT OF THAT WORK AND OUR PARKS, OUR CEMETERIES,  OUR PARKS NEED ALL OF THE FUNDING AND SUPPORT THAT THEY CAN GET.  SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR MOVING ON THIS ONE. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTNER SIX IS PASSIVE SIX PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1677 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS NOT GET IT PASSED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I'M REALLY SORRY YOU DID NOT GIVE THESE TWO DOCKETS TO CENTRAL STAFF AHEAD OF TIME.  THIS IS DOCKET. THE FIRST ONE IS DOCKET AND I YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE RESUMES ON YOUR DESK.  THE FIRST ONE IS DOCKET 0292. THIS IS CRAIG DOUGLAS FOR THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE SECOND ONE IS 0107 AND THIS IS FOR THE SOUTH END LANDMARKS DISTRICT COMMISSION AND THIS IS PETER SANBORN.  THEY ARE ON DOCK. THEY ARE ON PAGE 149 AND 148 RESPECTIVELY. OKAY, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ PAGE 12 ON PAGE 12? OH SORRY . I HAVE A WEIRD VERSION OF THIS THAT SAYS SORRY I THINK I PULLED THIS OFF LINE OR SOMETHING WEIRD BUT ALL RIGHT, LET'S ALLOW HIM TIME TO LOCATE IT AND WE'LL TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THEM TOGETHER. OKAY, SO MR CLERK, IF YOU CAN LOCATE DOCKET NUMBER 0292. YEP AND 107 YEAH. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0292 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE PLANT FROM THE COMMITTEE IN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I CAN MEMBER 029 TO MESSAGE YOU KNOW FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF CRAIG DOUGLAS AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 1ST 2026 YES PLEASE READ THE OTHER DOCKET AS WELL.  AND THE OTHER DOCKET IS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION DUNCAN EMBER 0107 MESSAGE ON FOR CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF PETER SANBORN AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH AND LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2025 THANK YOU.  ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET THE FIRST DOCKET 0292 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. I'M NOW GOING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0107 ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0107 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY CASADO CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT THESE TWO DOCKETS ARE TWO HIGHLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS ONE THAT'S GOING FOR THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS ONLY BEING NOMINATED AS AN ALTERNATE AND THE OTHER WHO IS ON THE WHO IS GOING FOR THE SOUTHEND LANDMARKS DISTRICT COMMISSION. BOTH OF THESE DOCKETS THERE HAD BEEN A MISCOMMUNICATION AROUND THEM APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND SO JUST WANT TO. IN RESPECT TO FOR THEIR TIME AND IN RESPECT TO ALL OF THEIR CIVIC LEADERSHIP THEIR RESUMES ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THEM BOTH DONE. I DID COMMUNICATE AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF SENT AN EMAIL TO THE DISTRICT COUNCILORS CHIEF OF STAFF THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO PULL THESE TWO DOCKETS AND CRAIG DOUGLAS.  JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING GROUP. HE'S PRACTICED FOR 30 YEARS AND HE'S BEING NOMINATED AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT. I FEEL LIKE HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS RESUMé REALLY HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT HE'LL BE A FULL MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT.  BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET HIM TODAY AS AN ALTERNATE AND THAT'S 0292 AND THEN PETER SANBORN WHICH IS OH 107 IS A RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH END SINCE 1977 SERVED AS AN ALTERNATE OF THE SOUTHEND LANDMARKS COMMISSION FROM 27 TO 2020 AND WAS A PLANNING CONSULTANT FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND WAS PRINCIPAL OF HIS OWN FIRM. BOTH OF THESE ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND GIVEN THAT THEY'VE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO BE PRESENT BUT THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION WOULD LIKE TO GET THESE OFF OF OUR DOCKETS. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE DURING ONE OF MY FIRST HEARINGS THAT I HAD IN THIS COMMITTEE IT WAS MADE KNOWN TO ME THAT ONE OF THESE DISTRICT HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSIONS PERSON HAD TO APPEAR BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD DIED IN THEIR FAMILY AND THE NEXT DAY THEY HAD TO APPEAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM. SO THE DAY AFTER SOMEONE IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIFE PASSED AWAY THEY HAD TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE QUORUM. SO THAT'S I THINK IF ANYONE'S ASKING LIKE WHY IS THERE URGENCY AROUND THESE TWO DOCKETS? THE URGENCY REALLY IS AROUND THESE TWO IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS HAVING HAVING QUORUM AND THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THESE CIVIC LEADERS IN A PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE TO APPEAR OR THERE'S NO QUORUM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THESE TWO TODAY. THANK YOU. CONSIDER CAN THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THINK COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR LAST WEEK'S LUNCHEON LEARN I BELIEVE IT WAS THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THAT IT WAS REALLY VERY IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IN THIS COMMISSION AND OFTENTIMES IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS AN ISSUE OF EQUITY, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A PAID THE POSITION IS NOT PAID AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS LIKE SOME FOLKS DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO UTILIZE THE ROOM, HAVE DIGITAL TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IN THE WORK. SO I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THAT LUNCHEON.  I HAVE A MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING AND MORE RESPECT FOR HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR EVEN DEALING GET NOMINATED. SO DON'T WORRY I'M NOT STANDING UP TO DELAY OR SAY NO DON'T WORRY I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW DIFFICULT THE WORK IS. AND WHILE WE ARE THINKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MATTAPAN AND ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER.  SINCE I GOT THE MICKEY I'M GOING TO JUST NAME IT THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCESSES AND OFTENTIMES WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEEM THINGS HISTORICAL AND LIKE WE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE BENEFITS THAT COME FROM IT. SO I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US ON THIS COUNCIL TO REALLY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE LUNCH AND LEARN AND EVERYONE'S PAYING ATTENTION PAY ATTENTION WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC ON THESE DOCKETS I OC COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 292 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED KASPER DURKIN THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION 66 PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0107 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THOSE OPPOSING A PROCESS THE AYES HAVE IT BOTH BOTH DOCKETS BOTH HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CLERK.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAD THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DOCKET NUMBER 177 DOCKET NUMBER 17714 THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCKET TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THIS POLL?  MR QUICK IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ IT IT READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. DR. NUMBER 1771 MESSAGE IN ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $74,266.67 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND CRITICALLY NEEDED RESOURCES TO, CARRY OUT FIRE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND TRAINING FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRE ARSON INVESTIGATION FIRE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMING PREVENTION EFFORTS AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. CARLOS SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 11, 2024. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM THREE OF THE FDA STAFF MEMBERS KEVIN COYNE, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JULIE BURN DEVON PROCUREMENT AND GRANTS MANAGER MAN AND SHORT ON LYNCH A GRANTS MANAGER WILL ARE ALSO JOINED BY CANDIDATES MURPHY FLYNN, FITZGERALD, DURKIN WEBER AND CALERA SPARTA AND RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR TO PREVENT THE POLICE AS A FILE OF EACH GRANT ADMINISTERED BY BFD AS WELL AS GRANTS GRANT TRENDS VERSUS PREVIOUS YEARS BFD ALSO PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS GRANT WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  THE FBI 2020 FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT PROVIDES $74,266.67 IN FEDERAL FUNDING WITH A $3,713.33 CITY MATCH FOR A TOTAL OF SEVEN 77,900 $0.80 OF $77,000.  $77,980 SORRY ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND TRIPLE DECKER HOMES. THE PROJECT HAS AMENDED TO FOCUS ON THE FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION FOR SENIORS, CHILDREN AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES DUE TO CHALLENGES WITH PARTNERING STAKEHOLDERS. THE GRANT NOW FUNDS SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS. EDUCATIONAL PROPS LIKE HAZARDS, HOUSE AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH SUPPLIES. THE UPDATED SCOREBOARD HAS A POSITIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS WITH A PERFORMANCE PERIOD EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, 2025 AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS TITLE FROM THE COMMITTEE THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND INFORMAL ACTION AT THAT TIME RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 17712 PASS. THANK YOU. AS ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ON THIS DOCKET. COUNSELOR SANTANA SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1771. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING.  THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GREEN SHEETS?  POLLS OC THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONFERENCE IN VENICE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT JUST A QUESTION FLAHERTY OR TO ASK TO THE CLERK OR THROUGH THE PRESIDENT IS IT TOO LATE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO RECONSIDER MY VOTE ON 1548 1548 SO NO, I JUST PREFER WHAT THEY HAPPEN RIGHT AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH MOTIONS AND OR MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AND I'D LIKE BUY IN FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT IS THE RIGHT TIME BUT NO, YOU CAN PUT A MOTION FORWARD SO THERE'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE DOCKET? DOCKET 1548 IS THAT IS THAT MOTION SECONDED?  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSE ANY YOU MAY YOUR VOTE ON THAT DOCKET YES ON DOCKET NUMBER 1548 IS YES THANK YOU THANK YOU. OKAY.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. OKAY I INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE I HAVE SIX FOUR PERSONNEL ORDERS A HEARING ORDER AND THEN A MAYORAL DESIGNATION. NOW I JUST KNOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE QUICK THAT THERE ARE FIVE LATE FILE MATTERS.  WE WILL FIRST TAKE A VOTE ON THE PERSONNEL ORDERS. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE FOUR PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO THE RECORD. BUT MR QUICK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE FIRST READ IT INTO THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE GREAT.  THE PERSONNEL ORDERS WILL GET ONE. THEY WILL VOTE AFTER THE PERSONNEL ORDERS FOR US PERSONNEL BY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR OFFICE STAFF. THE SECOND ONE IS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AGAIN FOR THE PERSONNEL ORDER FOR THE BUDGET AN ANALYST AND DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET ANALYSIS AND THIRD PERSONNEL ORDER IS FOR THE CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR IN THE FOURTH PERSONNEL ORDERS FOR ALL COUNCILOR STAFF OKAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF IDEALLY FILED MATTER SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE THEY NAY THEY COULD EASILY FILE MATTERS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND I MOVE FOR PASSAGE OF THESE LATE FILE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I HOPE THESE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE HEARING ORDER LATE FILE. MR QUICK IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ IT INTO THE AGENDA OFFERED BY COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER REGARDING THE USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE CONFIDENTIALITY IN ANY AND ALL OTHER TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS WHEREAS NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS,  CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND OTHER SIMILAR EMPLOYMENT.  I INTEND TO PROTECT SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT MAY AND CERTAIN CONTEXT PROVED DILATORY AS TO THE PURPOSE IN PURSUIT OF TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT IN A SAFE, WELCOMING AND EQUITABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT.  AND. WHEREAS, RECENT PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WITHIN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT HAVE CREATED AN EMERGENCY NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO PRESERVE PUBLIC TRUST PARTICULARLY AS RESIDENTS FACE ECONOMIC AND GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTION. THE ORDER THAT THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS AND RELATIVE PARTIZAN VEIL TO PARTICIPATE AND TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY AND RECOMMENDATIONS.  THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS MATTER ONTO AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I HOPE THERE'S AN ADDRESS IN THE OBJECTIONS OF THIS MATTER WILL NOT BE WILL NOT BE ON THE AGENDA.  OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.  I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I'M GOING TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY STAFFER CINDY WHO IS EXPECTING VERY VERY SOON AND THEN CONGRATULATE TO MY OTHER DEAR STAFFER. IT'S STILL NOT REAL HOLDEN WHO IS LEAVING ME AFTER BEING ONE OF MY FIRST STAFFERS HERE AFTER EMILY AND JESSE.  I FORGET WHAT THE TIMING WAS EXACTLY JESSE WAS FIRST BUT THEN YOU WERE REALLY RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT AFTER AND SO I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. I STILL DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE LEAVING BUT I JUST AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU'VE GIVEN OUR OFFICE TO ALL YOU'VE GIVEN CITY HALL AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GO ON AND PROSPER AND BE THE AMAZING INCREDIBLE YOUNG BLACK WOMAN THAT YOU ARE AND THRIVE AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TEAM LUCY AND YOU ARE ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS PART OF OUR TEAM FAMILY JOKE NO CLAPPING TOGETHER THANK YOU FOR COMING BIRTHDAYS WE HAVE BIRTHDAYS COMING UP IN DECEMBER SO JULISSA CORRECT. RODRIGUEZ JUDY EVERS, CARMEN TROND LIAM I'LL MISS MELISSA LOWE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THOSE DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS COMING UP HERE AND CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TWO COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE EARLY JANUARY BIRTHDAYS COUNCILWOMAN HERE AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING BEFORE YOUR BIRTHDAYS BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EMILY POST IN MY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR HER BIRTHDAY ON ALSO IN EARLY JANUARY.  THANK YOU. I WOULD. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CATCHER BREADON.  I'M JUST GOING TO GO AROUND THE HORSESHOE COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER DOCKET NUMBER 1838. OKAY.  SECONDED. OKAY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. IT'S BEEN SECONDED JUST FOR ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. MR CLERK, COUNCILOR BREADON IS CALLING FOR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE WEIGHT THAT WOULD UNDOCKING NUMBER 1838. THERE WAS NO ONE ENTRY AND THERE WAS NO VOTE ON THAT DOCKET. IT WAS OBJECTED TO AND SAID LIKE A MOTION TO A FOR AN ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION.  IT WAS WHAT ONE MOMENT WE ARE IN A BRIEF RECESS EXCUSE .  WE ARE WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. COUNCILOR BREADON I UNDERSTAND YOU WANTED TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER BUT WE CAN'T PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER A RESOLUTION THAT IS INTRODUCE ON THE SAME DAY CAN BE OBJECTED, CAN BE OBJECTED TO AND PURSUANT TO RULE 33 SAYS THIS RULE MAY ONLY BE SUSPEND DID WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT THE RULE THAT SAYS THAT NOTHING CAN BE VOTED ON AT THE MEETING AT WHICH IT'S SUBMITTED AND THEREFORE THERE'S NO ABILITY TO RECONSIDER THAT. THE CLERK IS ON THE SAME PAGE AND OUR OUR CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.  POINT OF CLARIFICATION, COUNCILOR FROM HERE. THAT'S RIGHT.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO THROUGH THE CHAIR TO MY COLLEAGUE I WANTED TO ADVOCATE ON YOUR BEHALF AND HELP YOU DO WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO. SO CAN WE HELP YOU? WHAT CAN WE DO? IT'S DONE.  IT'S DONE. IT'S DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE NOW IN ANNOUNCEMENTS.  DOES ANYBODY I'M ASSUMING THE LIGHTS THAT ARE ON ARE STILL ANNOUNCEMENT.  COUNCILOR , DOES ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'M SORRY . I JUST TOOK A BITE. A COOKIE? OH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING. I CAN'T WAIT TILL I CAN TAKE A BITE TO THE BOTHER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING MAKING ME JEALOUS.  IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING. A LONG YEAR. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF ESPECIALLY MEGHAN CAVANAUGH WHERE YOU MAKE CAVANAUGH AND I DON'T WANT TO START LISTING NAMES. MEGHAN HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY INVALUABLE TO ME AS CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF THANK YOU TO MY STAFF. YOU HAD MENTIONED ALSO THAT IT'S MY STAFF MEMBER JUDY EVERSON'S BIRTHDAY. JUDY HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE KEVIN WHITE. SHE IS ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST LADY, THE MAYOR OF CHARLESTOWN. SHE GETS PHONE CALLS TO HER HOUSE ON A DAILY BASIS FROM RESIDENTS WHO KNOW HER PHONE NUMBER BY HEART BECAUSE THAT IS HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN CALLING HER AND SHE IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. SHE RECENTLY LOST HER BROTHER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND HE LIVED WITH HER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SO MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER AND I JUST WANT TO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT DURING MY TENURE AS COUNCILOR AND EVEN BEFORE THAT AS CHIEF OF STAFF. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND YOUR STAFF COTON IS NOT HERE SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND THESE AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE PATIENCE AND IT'S INCREDIBLE.  IT IS. YEAH. I'M SPEAKING OF IT BUT THE BLACK WOMAN I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO YOU KNOW WHAT I GET YOU.  I'VE BEEN HERE. I SEE IT ALL THE TIME AND AS A WOMAN WHO IS LEAST EDUCATED I GET THAT EVEN MORE THAN TIME. SO YES, BUT ANYWAYS, I WANTED TO JUST REALLY JUST THANK EVERYBODY.  THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR HOPEFULLY.  RIGHT. AND WE WILL STAY HERE UNTIL ABOUT 18. OKAY BUT BUT SO YES WE ARE WE'RE ENTERING A DIFFERENT SEASON AND SO I'M HOPING EVERYBODY HAS A A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY. I WANT IT TO RISE UP BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH SANDRA SO THAT I WHO WAS MY PREVIOUS STAFFER SHE'S GOING TO BE GETTING MARRIED SO I WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT. SHE'S GETTING MARRIED ON DECEMBER THE 17TH. I'M ABOUT TO GO HAVE DINNER WITH HER AND ONE OF MY OTHER STAFFERS PREVIOUS STAFFERS TO CELEBRATE HER NUPTIALS THAT ARE UP AND COMING AS WELL AS A MY DEAR WRITER DI WHO I ALWAYS SAY JULISSA CARET IS ALSO GOING TO BE GETTING MARRIED ON JANUARY THE FIFTH. SO I WANT TO GIVE OUR SHOUT OUT TO TWO OF MY STAFFERS WHO BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH LINE AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT YOU AND JUST CONGRATULATE YOU BOTH.  YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE TO BE LOYAL AND WORK ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH AND CONGRATULATE YOU BOTH AS YOU MOVE ON INTO YOUR NEXT JOURNEY IN LIFE SO I WANT TO SAY THAT AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO THANK AND JUST LIKE MEGAN SHE'S NOT HERE AND SHE LEFT. I KNOW YOU ALREADY DID CANCEL A LETTER BUT MEGAN HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO OUR STAFF PARTICULARLY TO DOUCET AND BEATRIX AND OUR TEAM WE SET OUT THIS YEAR WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO A LOT OF POLICY. WE REALLY WANTED TO BUILD PEOPLE POWER AND WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH FOLKS SO WE PIVOTED BUT IT WASN'T SO COUNCILOR MURPHY IN MARCH WE FILED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD WORKED ON THAT I DECIDED TO REFILE ALL OF MY HEARING ORDERS. BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR EXCUSE ME MEGAN FOR STEPPING UP AND HELPING US REALLY PUSH THINGS THROUGH BECAUSE WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR LEARNING PHASE AND SOMETIMES THEY YOU KNOW THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS. SO UNLESS YOU KNOW ALL THE RULES AND AND IF YOU'VE EVER READ THE CHARTER Y'ALL, Y'ALL WOULD BE BROUGHT TO LIFE, OKAY? BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS CREATED SO THAT FOLKS WHO ARE AS EDUCATED CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND SOMETIMES THOSE PROCESSES MAKE IT A LOT HARDER FOR US TO PASS LEGISLATION. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MEGAN FOR BEING SO INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL AND HELPFUL TO OUR TEAM AND MAKING SURE THAT SHE HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO. WHENEVER WE HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT SOMETHING IS NOT LEGAL BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY IS NOT LEGAL IS NOT TRUE.  SO I REALLY WANT TO JUST THANK MEGAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THAT SPACE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR PEPPER AND HAS RED PEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO RISE AND CONGRATULATE MY CHIEF OF STAFF DIANNA WHO IS GETTING MARRIED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. THAT'S A MARRIAGE AND I DON'T THINK CONGRATULATIONS LOOK HAPPY SERIOUSLY. BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY ENTIRE TEAM LAST LAST WEEK FOR HOLDING IT DOWN AS MY FAMILY WAS JUST DEALING WITH A LOT WITH MY SON AND BUT JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT OUR STAFF ARE THE ONES THAT HOLD US DOWN AND WITHOUT THEM I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO MY JOB CORRECTLY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY STAFF. THAT'S A THANK YOU COUNSELOR PEPEN AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT ABOUT YOUR SON EVERY SINGLE THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER BECAUSE WHOEVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SHOULD THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, A SATURDAY FROM 4 TO 6 AND ROBERT LAWSON PARK IN EAGLESON SQUARE IS CHURROS AND CHOCOLATE TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION. CHURROS? YES, CHURROS AND TEA CHOCOLATE. THERE WILL BE AT ATHERTON AND WASHINGTON. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING PEOPLE THERE. ALSO I JUST YOU KNOW, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MY COLLEAGUE TO MY LEFT, WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE SAME INITIALS WE SOMETIMES TWIN EACH OTHER APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, DURING HEARINGS THERE'S A PHOTO WITH US WITH THE SAME TAKING THE SAME POSTURE. HE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE BOSTONIANS OF THE YEAR FOR HIS WORK ON LIQUOR LICENSES TODAY IN THE BOSTON GLOBE. SO IT'S JUST LIKE THIS.  CONGRATULATIONS. NO CLAPPING. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO CLAPPING. YES.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT DID YOU CALL THEM? YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T SAY WHERE DID YOU CALL THEM? I GOTCHA. I CHURROS. OH, CHURROS. OKAY.  THERE YOU GO. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COMMENT? FERNANDO ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY RISE IN A SPIRIT OF THANKING PEOPLE. THANK YOU TO MY STAFF WHO HAS BEEN HOLDING ME DOWN AS ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THEY DO TREMENDOUS WORK. WE WORK VERY HARD.  EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT WE ARE EVERYWHERE AND WE ARE WORKING SUPER HARD TO MAINTAIN THE WORK IN DISTRICT SEVEN. BUT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WORK WITHOUT MY CONSTITUENTS.  THE DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH IS MADE UP OF 44 CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN MEETING EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY AND IF WE DON'T IT'S JUST HOLIDAY OR WE'RE RESCHEDULING AND SHOWING UP TO OUR QUARTERLY TOWN HALLS AND ALWAYS SHOWING UP AND ALWAYS WORKING ON POLICY EVERYTHING PROJECTS AND ADVOCATING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I ACTUALLY WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE I WAS ELECTED WITH JUST ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT AND WITH JUST ONE UNION ENDORSEMENT. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE POWER IS WITH THE PEOPLE AND I KNOW THAT MY CONSTITUENTS I COULDN'T HAVE NOT DONE THIS WORK WITHOUT MY CONSTITUENTS EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I AM OUT THERE WHETHER IT BE A MEETING, WHETHER IT BE ADVOCATING THROUGH A HEARING OR WHETHER IT BE CONTACTING OR EMAIL SORT OF LOBBYING MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ALWAYS THERE. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL IT WAS I CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW OUR 2025 PROJECTS AND POLICY PROJECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE OR ACTION PLAN. BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO FOCUSING ON THE WORK AND YOU KNOW THAT I'LL BE GOOD FOR IT. GOD WILLING WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A PAGE FROM THE BOOKS OF MY COLLEAGUES. OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKIN, I'LL LET YOU GO AND THEN I WILL SAY OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO THANK THE CLERK AND WE NEED TO THANK THE CLERK'S TEAM BECAUSE I REALLY THEY'RE THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.  I WAS HERE LATE. HE WAS HERE LATE. IT'S KIND OF FUNNY HOW WE TAKE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE AROUND US FOR GRANTED. BUT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON I KNOW I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR MY STAFF. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CLERK. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT ARE HOLDING OUR BODY AND AND MAKING IT ALL WORK. SO THANK YOU. CLERK THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CLERK AND THANK YOU OBVIOUSLY TO THE STENOGRAPHER. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BE ME TO THE POINT OF THE THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR THE ALSTON REFERENCE TOY DRIVE IS IS ON SUNDAY WHERE WE'VE WE COLLECT TOYS FOR OUR CHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S AT THE CURB IN BRIGHTON CENTER OF ANYONE WANTS TO DROP BY WITH A TOY WE'RE ALWAYS VERY WELCOME IT'S A GREAT GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENJOY THE SEASON AND SHARE A DRINK AND SOME FOOD WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY STAFF THE DISTRICT NINE TEAM DEBBIE GLENN AND MATT COSTAS.  WHEN YOU'RE MARIAH CAREY AND MALIA HIS THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM. THEY WORK QUIETLY AND AND GET ALONG WITH THE JOB VERY EFFICIENTLY AND VERY EFFECTIVELY AND I COULDN'T DO THE WORK THAT I DO WITHOUT THEM. SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE MY STAFF THIS AFTERNOON.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR BREADON AND THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THAT TOY DRIVE MADE ME THINK OF ALL THE TOY DRIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE BUT WE ALSO JUST WANT TO PARTICULARLY SHUT OUT RENEE DOZIER AT IBEW LOCAL ONE OR THREE. THEY DO AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB WITH TOY DRIVES AND SUPPORT SO MANY PEOPLE THEY JUST WANTED TO SHOUT THEM OUT AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO UPLIFTED THE CLERK'S OFFICE. YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLE, ELLEN. THIS IS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR COOKIES. I HOPE YOU WRITE THAT YOU GET THAT DOWN BUT EVERYONE FROM YOU, MR. CLERK, YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HISTORICALLY AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO HELP ME NAVIGATE MEETINGS ASSISTANT CLARK DARCY YOU DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB LAST WEEK WHEN IN YOUR IN YOUR ABSENCE AND WE KNOW THAT LITTLE THAT SLEIGHT OF HAND MR. CLERK BUT WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO TO KEEP THIS BODY TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES.  YOU MAKE THIS JOB SO EASY THAT THAT'S A JOKE. BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU BECAUSE WE ARE COLLECTIVELY IN OUR OWN WAYS TRYING OUR BEST TO REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND DO THE WORK OF THE CITY AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED YOUR LITTLE HOLIDAY CANDIES TREATS WHICH THEN I WANT TO UPLIFT CENTRAL STAFF ALSO INCREDIBLE EVERYONE MICHELLE, MEGAN, RON SHANE OUR NEW MEGHAN CORE LORRAINE CHARISMA CANDICE OF COURSE CANDICE ALWAYS ETHAN SO OUR NEED TO ALWAYS IN THE FRONT HOLDING US DOWN SO I THINK OUR ENTIRE FRIENDS ARE OUR INTERNS. I SEE YOU ARE RIGHT AIR OKAY WE WE LOVE WE LOVE WE LOVE YOU TOO TIGER BUT REALLY LIKE THIS IS NOT A WELL-OILED MACHINE WITHOUT EVERYONE WHO MAKES IT POSSIBLE. SO LITERALLY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.  MY FIRST YEAR OF MY PRESIDENCY WILL YOU KNOW WE'VE LEARNED AND GROWN A LOT BUT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT MY TEAM. OF COURSE MY NUMBER ONE EMILY JESSIE HOLDEN WHO HAS THE AUDACITY TO LEAVE AND CINDY THERE YOU ARE HOODED AND OUR BONUS TEAM MEMBERS AND TIME'S MAYOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO NOT JUST FOR ME BUT I ALSO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE AND WE MAY BE CHANGING THAT WHEN YOU GUYS COME TO OUR OFFICE FOR STAMPS AND BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE PRESIDENT, ALWAYS TRY TO BE READY AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT TEAM.  SO JUST I LOVE THE ABUNDANCE OF THANK YOU'S THAT ARE GOING AROUND BECAUSE THIS WORK IS INCREDIBLY HARD AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE A BEAT AND TO THANK THOSE WHO SUPPORT OUR WORK AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE. OKAY SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS.  SO IF WOULD YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO UPLIFT ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED ,NOW'S THE TIME. JUST TURN ON YOUR LIGHT.  OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNSELOR MURPHY AT THE FLOOR. I'D JUST LIKE TO UPLIFT MY SON COLIN.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE ANYONE?  THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY WE DO SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED OF AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR FLYNN, MARY CATHERINE FONTANA, BAILEY AND BABO COUNCILOR ORAL MARGARET MARTINELLI A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. OH, AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL POET NIKKI GIOVANNI A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.  OH, WELL, YES. ALSO STATE REPRESENTATIVE GLORIA FOX.  I WAS AT HER FUNERAL YESTERDAY AND A NUMBER OF US WERE WE DID UPLIFT HER AND SPOKE ON HER TWO WEEKS AGO BEFORE THIS COUNCIL . BUT WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE LATE STATE REPRESENTATIVE GLORIA FOX A MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT THE CHAIR NOW MOVES FOR ADJOURNMENT SENIOR DAY TO ADJOURN IN A DAY MEET ALLOWS A LEGISLATIVE BODY TO ADJOURN SIGNALING THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE YEAR. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY EIGHT, 2025 AT 12 NOON. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, THE CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE. MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY HANUKKAH.  HAPPY KWANZAA. HAPPY NEW YEAR. LOVE ON YOUR LOVED ONES.  LOVE ON YOURSELVES. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I I THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. YOU'RE ONE DOWN --------- ##VIDEO ID:D20JQXTqmVQ##  FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BRIAN WORRELL. THIS YEAR FOR CITY COUNCIL AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY IS DECEMBER 11, 2024 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TWO OF THE ACTS OF 2023 MODIFYING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND WHEN LEAVING PUBLIC BODY THE SAME REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC BODIES CONDUCT CONDUCT MEETINGS IN A PUBLIC PLACE THAT IS OPEN AND PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE CONDUCTING THIS HEARING VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED . IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED AT BOSTON DARK BACKSLASH CITY DAS COUNCIL DAS TV AND BROADCAST ON EXTREMITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 IN FILES CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENT MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL ASKING THAT W.M. AB BOSTON THAT IT AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND HAVE NOT DONE SO PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON CHRIS MATT SHOP KARISHMA CHAUHAN AT KKR ICE AGE AND A DOT C H A CH0UH AND BOSTON GLOBE WITH A LINK IN YOUR NAME FOR THE ZOOM LINK IN YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST.  DURING TODAY'S HEARING WE WILL DISCUSS ONE DOCKET WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS. DOCKET NUMBER 1715. ORDER RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF TASK CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND FY 25. TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY CASA COLLEAGUES AND ORDER ARRIVAL CASA FLYNN. SAM MURPHY AND I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP WITH A FEW BRIEF REMARKS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR WEBER BUT I'LL DIVE INTO MY BRIEF OPENING REMARKS AND THEN PASS IT OFF TO MY CASA COLLEAGUES. THIS GUY IS NOT FATHER. THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD THIS WEEK AND THAT HAS BEEN MY CONSISTENT MOJO IN REGARDS TO THIS TAX IT IN AND IN REGARDS TO OUR CITY'S DISCO REVENUES AND THE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS. I CAN SAY WITH ALL HONESTY THAT OUR CITY IS NOT IN A FISCAL CRISIS. THERE'S NO NEED TO CUT THE BUDGET.  WE CAN MEET ALL OF OUR REVENUE GOALS. THAT'S WHY 25 AS WE HAVE HAD YEAR OVER YEAR FOR DECADES I THOUGHT A 200% TAX SHIFT WAS FAR TOO HIGH AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST IT IN JUNE. I VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE MORE REASONABLE 101.5% THIS FALL. I KNOW THE HOME RULE PETITION HAS BEEN DECLARED DEAD . I THINK IT WAS A FAIR DEAL FOR ALL SIDES ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS IN THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS AND I HOPE THE FRAMEWORK AND THE DEAL CAN BE REVIVED IN FUTURE YEARS. IF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO DOES MOVE FORWARD TO THE MATTER, I HEAR THE ORDER IS WRITTEN TO SIMPLY ALLOW FOR THE MAXIMUM HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION AND ATTACH IT TO THE MAXIMUM COMMERCIAL AND MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL RATES ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW. I THOUGHT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I WOULD NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO DISCUSS THE RATES AND WE HAVE HERE THE CFO OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, CFO RATZENBERGER IS NOW YEARS.  THANK YOU MR CHAIR.  GOOD MORNING, COUNCILORS. ASHLEY GREENBERGER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF REMARKS TO PRESENT ON AND THEN WELCOME QUESTIONS OF COURSE SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS DOCKET 1715. IF PASSED, THIS DOCKET WOULD ALLOW FOR THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION UNDER LAW OF 35% AND THE MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL FACTOR ALLOWED UNDER PRESENT STATE LAW. THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY ADOPTED THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION AND THE MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL FACTOR IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE COUNCIL PASS THIS DOCKET TODAY TO ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM RELIEF TO RESIDENTS AND TIMELY PRINTING OF PROPERTY TAX BILLS.  THE DEFAULT TAX RATE IS A FLAT TAX RATE FOR ALL PROPERTY TAX TAX RATE CHANGES. IF A RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION IS IMPLEMENTED AND IF A CLASSIFICATION SHIFT IS IMPLEMENTED TAX RATES ARE THE SAME FOR PROPERTIES THAT OBTAIN RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTIONS AND THOSE THAT DO NOT. IF THIS DOCKET DOES NOT PASS THERE WILL BE A FLAT TAX RATE OF APPROXIMATELY $14.83 FOR ALL PROPERTY TYPES. IF A RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION OF 35% IS ADOPTED AND CLASSIFICATION IS NOT THERE WILL BE A RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE OF APPROXIMATELY $17.88 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TYPES AND $14.83 FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TYPES.  IF A RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION OF 35% IS ADOPTED AND THE MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL FACTOR IS ALSO ADOPTED THERE WILL BE A RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE OF APPROXIMATELY $11.58 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TYPES AND $25.96 FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TYPES.  SINCE FILING OUR HOME RULE IN IN APRIL WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL . AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME ATTENTION AND PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.  LAST WEEK THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CERTIFIED OUR PROPERTY VALUES. I PROVIDED YOU ALL ON MONDAY WITH A LETTER THAT DESCRIBES DIFFERENT TAX RATES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL FACTOR. SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND JUST REALLY URGE TIMELY PASSAGE OF THIS MATTER.  THANK YOU. CFO ONE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT COUNCIL FITZGERALD CASSIM TO HEAR COUNCILOR DURKIN IN CASA SANTANA HAS ALL JOINED US. NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND ORDER ARRIVAL AND ANY QUESTIONS SEEING THAT WE DO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 12. WE WILL TRY TO KEEP QUESTIONS AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. CASA FLYNN THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION LEGISLATION BASED ON OUTDATED AND INACCURATE DATA PROVIDED TO THE BODY. THE TAXPAYERS OF BOSTON EXPECT US AS THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PERFORM OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON ALL LEGISLATIVE MATTERS ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO PROPERTY TAXES WHICH MAKES UP OVER 70% OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S OPERATING REVENUE.  IT IS CRITICAL THAT WHEN WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS THAT WE ARE INFORMED WITH THE MOST ACCURATE DATA TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. IN BOSTON, RESIDENTS BACK IN MR CHAIR THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I WILL GO TO COUNCILOR WEBER.  WEBER.  ALL RIGHT. UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  THANK YOU, CHAIR. NOW YEAH, WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT RIGHT?  WE HAVE TO DEAL IN FRONT. I THINK THE BASED ON COMMISSIONER MARINELLO AND CFO BRADFORD BERGER'S SUGGESTIONS OF RECENT MEETINGS WHERE WHERE WE ASKED HIM WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING SHOULD IT NOT GET THROUGH THE SENATE THIS THIS TAX SHOULD . AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES NOW. SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO FORWARD HOPEFULLY WITH THE THE THE FULL 175 WITH 35% EXEMPTION. BUT I WONDER TOO IF THERE'S A WAY TO CREATE CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT OTHER THINGS WE COULD POSSIBLY GET DONE PRIOR TO THE BILLS GOING OUT. I KNOW IT'S AN EXTREMELY TIGHT TIMELINE AND I KNOW FOLKS ARE WORKING ON SOME OTHER THINGS BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR THE FUTURE BUT I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING BEFORE THIS Q3 AND Q4 BILL COME OUT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT SOME GUARDRAILS UP TO HELP FOLKS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED MOST BASICALLY I SENIORS AND LOWEST INCOME EARNING PEOPLE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR THAT OR WHEN WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LATER AT TODAY'S MEETING BUT I'M INTERESTED IN TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE IN THE VERY NEAR TERM SO THAT PERHAPS THINGS COULD TAKE EFFECT IN Q3 AND Q4. SO SOME OF THE MOST MY GUYS FOLKS THAT WILL BE HIT HARDEST BY THIS DO NOT FEEL IT. BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OUT THERE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME OR OPPORTUNITIES AT THIS WORKING SESSION LATER TODAY OR AFTER TODAY THAT WE SORT OF DIVE INTO THOSE OPTIONS AND SEE IF GOD FORBID IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF TIMELINE STUFF AS WELL AS TO YOU KNOW, WHAT LIMITS WE HAVE LIKE GAUGE ON IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO GET A WHOLE PETITION THROUGH IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX DAYS OR WHATEVER IT IS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT TIME FRAME IS SO HAPPY TO UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER FOLKS WHEN THEY SPEAK THAT HAVE IDEAS ABOUT THIS.  MR CHAIR, DID YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND OR ARE WE STILL GOING THROUGH OPENING STATEMENTS? OH NO. THESE ARE QUESTION SORRY IS THIS IS OH OKAY. QUESTIONS YEAH.  GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANKS COUNSELOR FITZGERALD FOR THAT. THE TRUTH IS WE ARE VERY TIGHT ON TIME.  THE MY CABINET AND MY DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF PRINTING AND MAILING 180,000 PROPERTY TAX BILLS. THAT'S INCREDIBLY TIME CONSUMING PLUS WANTING TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS HAVE TIME OVER THE HOLIDAYS SO WE ARE QUITE TIGHT ON TIME AND SO THE POINT OF THIS IS TO ASK FOR PASSAGE OF THIS TODAY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE LAW THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US SO WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS TO MEET OUR STATUTORY DEADLINES.  IS THERE ANY ABILITY TO IF WE APPROVE THE 175 35% RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION TODAY THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS. I THINK THERE WAS A HOUSE BILL THAT WAS HOUSE BILL 478 FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH REDDING TO ESTABLISH A MEANS TESTED SENIOR CITIZEN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.  I WAS WONDER IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BODY COULD PUT FORWARD BUT I THINK THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO AND PASS THROUGH QUICKLY. I KNOW SENATOR BROWNSBURG IS DRAFTING SOME LEGISLATION. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO REVIEW THAT YET BUT ABOUT HOW TO CREATE LOCAL OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING THAT THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER SPIKE. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW REALISTIC OR UNREALISTIC I SHOULD SAY THIS MIGHT BE AND IF AFTER WE VOTE TODAY IS THERE STILL TIME TO PERHAPS ENACT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT COULD ACT AS GUARDRAILS?  SO I'D REALLY JUST REITERATE MY PREVIOUS POINT AND THAT TIME IS TIME SO CAN YOU DO OF ANNOUNCING THE PASSAGE OF THIS TODAY THIS IS THE FINAL STEP THAT IS NEEDED TO DO THIS. THE CITY HAS EXPLORED OTHER OPTIONS WE FILED A SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BILL PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT THE STATE OUR CLASSIFICATION MEASURE HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AT THE STATE AND SO GIVEN THE TIME WE HAVE AVAILABLE WE NEED TO BEGIN WE NEED TO MEET OUR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS AND THIS IS THE FINAL STEP. THANK YOU CFO GRANT AND IF I COULD JUST ASK DO WE KNOW THE EXACT TIME WHEN YOU SAY TIME IS TIGHT LIKE IF I WOULD TRY AND DIVE INTO MY HOMEWORK AND TRY AND PULL SOMETHING OUT OF THIN AIR HERE I JUST WANTED IT LIKE I HAVE FIVE DAYS, I HAVE THREE DAYS I HAVE A WEEK, YOU KNOW, DO IT DO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHEN? NO, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE AS TO THE TIMING UP AT THE STATE HOUSE AND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THEM TO TO TAKE ACTION. SO I KNOW WITHIN OUR REALM OF CONTROL TIME IS NEARLY EXPIRED.  OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. TIME THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNSELOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE HAS JOINED US.  COUNCILOR ME HERE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YEAH. GOOD MORNING.  I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.  I KNOW, CHIEF, YOU HAD MENTIONED A $17.  IS THAT CAN YOU JUST I REALLY WANT TO BE SUPER MINDFUL AND I KEEP REITERATING THE PRIVILEGE OF INFORMATION. CAN YOU BREAK IT DOWN IN SIMPLE TERMS IT IS $17 AND A QUARTER.  WHAT'S LIKE THE WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? GIVE ME GIVE ME A RANGE OF LIKE WHAT THIS TAX BILL POTENTIALLY WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR FOR THE YEAR FOR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THING.  SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT I REFERENCED IN MY OPENING STATEMENT ARE PER $1,000 OF ASSESSED VALUE AND SO YOU WOULD APPLY THAT RATE FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE $17 FIGURE I CITED IN MY OPENING STATEMENT I WAS GIVING EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE TAX RATES COULD APPROXIMATELY BE IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO TAKE ACTION ON ONLY ONE PART OF THIS DOCKET VERSUS ANOTHER.  SO THE $17.88 PER THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE WOULD BE THE RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE IF THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION IS ADOPTED BUT THE COUNCIL DOES NOT ADOPT THE MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL FACTOR RIGHT.  SO I THINK CLASSIFICATION THEFT. YEAH. SO I THINK FOR THE INTEREST OF THIS EXERCISE AND FOR THE AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO AREN'T SO POLITICALLY SAVVY, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A I IF I IF YOU'RE HOME IF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IF YOU OWN A $100,000 OR $200,000 CONDO RIGHT. CAN YOU JUST BREAK IT DOWN LIKE I KNOW YOU SAID 17,000 ALSO SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE MATH CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A SCENARIO OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT THAT WAY IT WOULD BE REALLY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST THIS INFORMATION. YEAH, MAYBE A HELPFUL COMPARISON POINT IS THE RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FISCAL 24 WAS $10.90 SO IF THAT WERE TO INCREASE BY NEARLY $7 WITHOUT THE ADOPTION OF CLASSIFICATION THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ON RESIDENTS TAXES. NO THAT THAT STILL DOESN'T. SO $17,000 $17 TIMES WHAT PEOPLE WOULD NEED LIKE I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND KIND OF LIKE WHAT THEY'RE BOTTOM LINE FIGURE IS IS THAT I MEAN IS HAVE YOU GUYS DO YOU HAVE A DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER JUST TO PUT IT INTO SOME PERSPECTIVE FOR PEOPLE OR I CAN I CAN ALSO USE MY CALCULATOR AND AND DO $17 TIMES $300,000 AND THEN THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE INCREASE.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE TUNING IN UNDERSTAND THE BOTTOM LINE FIGURE.  YEAH AND SO WE HAVEN'T COME PREPARED WITH MODELS OF POTENTIAL TAX BILLS AT EVERY ONE OF THESE RATES. I THINK FRANKLY $17.80 THAT WOULD BE WITHOUT ADOPTING CLASSIFICATION I THINK WOULD BE WOULD BE REALLY PROBLEMATIC AND WE WOULD IN NO WAY RECOMMEND THAT THAT IS WHAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTS. YEAH NO I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND PAINT A PICTURE FOR WHAT THE THE THE IMPACT COULD LOOK LIKE. THAT'S THAT'S THE EXERCISE THAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERE SO THAT WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT IT OUT IN THE STREET I'M ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHARED. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE HYPOTHETICAL . THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE DON'T DO IT. THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IF WE DO DO IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE IN THIS HEARING. AND SO THAT WE CAN GET CLEARER BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS PUSHED UP AGAINST THE WALL TO THE LAST MINUTE AND WE'RE BEING FORCED TO MAKE VERY BIG DECISIONS OR SOMETIMES NOT THAT BEING THIS CASE IS A NO BRAINER BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING SO THAT I CAN CLEARLY STAND ON IT. SO JUST GIVE US A FIGURE CHART SO I CAN GIVE YOU THE FORMULA. SO THE MATH EXERCISE THAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU WOULD TAKE A TAX RATE PICK A TAX RATE.  BUT I SENT A LIST ON MONDAY THAT HAS MANY, MANY VERSIONS OF THIS AT A VERY DIFFERENT AND ALL SORTS OF ITERATIONS OF THIS WITH DIFFERENT TAX RATES PICK A TAX RATE, MULTIPLY THAT BY YOUR ASSESSED VALUE AND DIVIDE BY 1000 AND THAT WOULD APPROXIMATELY GET YOU WHAT THE TAX BILL WOULD BE.  ALL RIGHT SO THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.  LET'S JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY THE PERSON'S MORTGAGE IS $300,000. WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? IT'S IT'S ABOUT THEIR ASSESSED VALUE. SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY IS.  SO A $300,000 VALUE AT $17.80 WOULD RESULT IN A TAX BILL OF JUST OVER $5,000. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.  SEE THAT WAS SEE THIS IS WHY I'M THINKING IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THAT I HAVE OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO ARE WAITING TO ASK QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS SORT OF DECISION MAKING THAT PEOPLE CAN CONCEPTUALIZE THESE THINGS IN WAYS THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. CAN COME HERE AND HAS MEJIA.  WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL ALSO SHARE THERE WAS A BRIEF THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SENT OVER MY CLASSIFICATION HERE IN BRIEF AND IT DOES HAVE SOME FIGURES TIED TIED TO IT WITH TAX THE AMOUNT WITH CLASSIFICATION AND WITHOUT CLASSIFICATION AND ALSO POINTS TO THE SAVINGS AND IT ALSO GIVES THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THREE DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS. SO WE'LL SEND THAT OVER TO YOUR TEAM COUNSELOR SANTANA FLOORS YOURS RIGHT?  COUNSELOR DURKIN THANK YOU CHAIR I JUST WANTED TO I AM PREPARED TO VOTE YES ON THIS TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO CHIEF CRAWFORD'S BURGER TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU POURED IN TO THE TAX CLASSIFICATION ISSUE.  AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS ROUTINE. BUT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING WITH THE SENATE'S FAILURE TO ACT SHOULD NOT BE ROUTINE AND I DO THINK IT'S A DISSERVICE TO BOSTON'S RESIDENTS AND IT REALLY FLIES IN THE FACE OF THIS ESSENTIALLY THE STATE HOUSE SAYING THEY DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE TO INTO THIS ON THE CITY SIDE. SO I I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. I, I OBVIOUSLY WANT TO TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL SENATORS THAT I KNOW MYSELF ABOUT SORT OF WHAT WENT INTO SOME OF THEIR DECISION MAKING EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MEDIA I THINK IT'S JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR YOUR WORK. I THINK I HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS LAST YEAR WHEN THEIR TAXES WERE RAISED 13% THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD NOT AND ENDED AND WERE NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUSLY HAVE.  AND I THINK THAT THE SOLUTION OF DOING SOMETHING WHERE WHERE THIS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE RIGHT TO TO TO TO DO A TAX SHIFT AND WITH THE SAFEGUARDS OF THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDING TO VOTE ON IT EVERY TIME I THINK WAS A REASONABLE SOLUTION TO WHAT WE MAY BE FACING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND I, I AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR WORK. I KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING THIS IS BECAUSE CONSTITUENTS REACH OUT AND ASK TO ASK FOR ANSWERS ON THIS STUFF AND I BECAUSE IT IMPACTS THEM SO DEEPLY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY'S VOTE IS ROUTINE SO I'M PREPARED TO VOTE YES.  I DO APPRECIATE THE CHANCE FOR A HEARING. SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR FOR HOSTING A HEARING ON THIS GIVEN GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PART OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA THANK YOU, CHAIR.  THANK YOU TO OUR CFO FOR YOUR WORK TODAY TO CALL YOU MIGHT CONSTITUENT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON BOTH TO YOU AND OUR COMMISSIONER.  I APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. YOU ALL PROVIDED REGULAR UPDATES. YOU EMPHASIZED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THE PRELIMINARY NATURE OF EARLIER DATA.  YOU SET THE TIMELINE UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR NUMBERS WOULD COME OUT IN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME AND THERE WERE THERE ARE MANY PUBLIC EXAMPLES AND VERBAL CLARIFICATIONS OF ALL OF THIS WHICH FOLKS CAN GO BACK AND REVIEW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT.  BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE ORIGINAL HOMEOWNER PETITION. THERE WERE THERE WAS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND THERE WERE A LOT OF GUARDRAILS WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS. I THINK MOVING FORWARD GIVEN THAT I'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME IDEAS OUT THERE BEYOND THIS AND I'M STAYING CONSISTENT I VOTED YES ON THIS LAST YEAR AND I INTEND TO AGAIN, I DO WANT ALL OF US OF THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF POLICIES THAT SHIFT THE BURDEN AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS REVENUE NEUTRAL.  AND SO IF WE ARE DEBATING THE MERITS OF ANY PROPOSAL WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT POTENTIAL NET BENEFITS OR HARMS BOTH TO HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS. WE ARE A CITY THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY MADE UP OF RENTERS I THINK ABOUT 65%. AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS CONVERSATION EITHER THROUGH TODAY, THROUGH THIS HEARING OR TODAY'S HEARING, JUST PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I INTEND TO VOTE YES ON THIS AS I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE CFO.  MY QUESTION WOULD BE CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE WITH THE NEW TAX ASSESSMENT IS AROUND OR WILL BE AROUND 10% 10%? IS THAT ACCURATE?  THAT WOULD BE AN APPROXIMATE FIGURE FOR THE AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.  OKAY.  CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DISCREPANCY IN OUR EARLIER ASSESSING PROJECTIONS? THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT IT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 33%. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WHICH ADVICE?  YEAH. SO THERE IS NO DISCREPANCY. COUNCILOR , OUR EARLY FIGURES WERE BASED ON PROJECTIONS THAT WERE PRODUCED BY THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU AND AT THE TIME WE WERE NOT FOR FAR ENOUGH ALONG IN OUR ASSESSING AND VALUATION PROCESS TO AS A CITY PUT OUT ANY INFORMATION.  AND SO IN THE SPRING I BELIEVE IT WAS MAY 2ND THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU PUT OUT A REPORT THAT HAD SOME FIGURES IN IT THAT ALLOWED US TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE TOOL WORKED. WE MADE IT CLEAR ALL ALONG THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY FIGURES TO SUBSTANTIATE WHAT WAS IN THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU REPORT BUT IT HELPED US ILLUSTRATE HOW THE HOME RULE PETITION WORKED. WE WERE VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAD TO GO FURTHER IN OUR PROCESS TO ACTUALLY APPROPRIATELY VALUE ALL OF THE PARCELS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE THAT IS THE MANDATE OF THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER WE HAD PRELIMINARY FIGURES AND WE WERE VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE PRELIMINARY FIGURES AND THAT THERE WERE MONTHS OF WORK TO DO TO ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIATE THOSE FIGURES. AGAIN, THE MANDATE OF THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT IS TO APPROPRIATELY AND ACCURATELY VALUE ALL OF THE PARCELS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND SO WE MADE CHANGES TO OUR MODELS.  WE HAD A DISCLOSURE PERIOD IN WHICH WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO ABOUT 15,000 PARCELS AS WELL AS FURTHER WORK THAT ALL 75 PROFESSIONALS IN THE ASSESSING APARTMENT HAVE TO DO TO ACTUALLY FULFILL THEIR MANDATE OF VALUING PARCELS APPROPRIATELY. AND SO THROUGH THAT WORK THROUGH MONTHS OF AND HARD WORK AND TEDIOUS ACCURATE WORK WE ARRIVED AT THE FINAL FIGURES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WHO HAS A ROLE IN THIS PROCESS CERTIFIED SO THERE WAS NO DISCREPANCY. WE WERE VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE PRELIMINARY AND WE DID OUR WORK TO ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIATE THE FIGURES AND FULFILL OUR MANDATE THANK YOU. NOW THAT CAN THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . WHETHER THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU. I GUESS CHIEF, CAN YOU IS THERE I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S A 10% INCREASE BUT IT IS IS THAT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FIRST TAX BILL THAT WOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE LAST TAX BILL? CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS OR ARE YOUR ON MUTE MAYBE ATTENTION? SORRY , SORRY . THANK NEEDED MYSELF BY ACCIDENT SO I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS WILL THAT 10% BE FELT EVENLY?  THE ANSWER IS NO. SO THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THE YEAR ARE ESTIMATED BILLS BASED ON PRIOR YOUR VALUES AND PRIOR YEAR TAX RATES AND IN QUARTER AND QUARTER FOUR WE THREW THOSE UP TO THE ACCURATE ASSESSED VALUE OR THE UPDATED ASSESSED VALUE AS WELL AS THE FINAL TAX RATE THAT WILL BE SET HOPEFULLY AFTER TODAY AND SO THOSE BILLS GET TRIPPED UP.  SO WE FEEL BASED ON THE FIGURES WE HAVE AND THE EXAMPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING AROUND AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT BILL TO BILL INCREASE WILL FEEL SOMETHING MORE LIKE A 21% INCREASE FOR RESIDENTS.  OKAY YEAH I BECAUSE I JUST I THINK OF IT IN THE NARRATIVE THAT IT'S UNDERSOLD I ALWAYS READ SORT OF INFORMATION AS BEING LIKE THIS FIRST TAX BILL WILL BE A BIGGER SHOCK YOU KNOW AND AND SO THAT IS STILL GOING TO BE THE CASE IT SOUNDS LIKE I GUESS IN MY MIND YOU'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE TIMELINE. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN LIKE WHEN DID WHEN DID THE ADMINISTRATION FIRST START TALKING ABOUT THIS? WAS IT DECEMBER OR YOU KNOW, LAST DECEMBER BEFORE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AS AN ADMINISTRATION FOR ABOUT A YEAR. OKAY. PUBLICLY AND I MEAN SO DO WE HAVE ANY LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT ABOUT EXEMPTIONS AND I MEAN HAS ANYONE PROVIDED ANY LIKE DRAFT LANGUAGE OF ANY OTHER PROPOSAL?  NO.  I MEAN I TO DATE I MEAN WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY FIRM ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED. WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT THAT OUR PROPOSAL WE THINK IS THE BEST ONE.  IT PROVIDED STABILITY FOR ALL TAXPAYERS, ALL RESIDENTS.  AND SO TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD NO OTHER OTHER PROPOSAL. YEAH. AND SO I MEAN WE'RE AND WE'RE HOURS AWAY FROM THE END OF OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. OKAY.  THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. BACK TO YOU, CHAMP AND GOOD COUNSELOR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO AS CFO YOU KNOW A LOT OF MY COUNCILOR SENTIMENTS ON, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT WORK AND ALL THE WORK AND HOURS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS POURED INTO THIS AND THE FLAHERTY ON THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, FROM DAY ONE ON THIS. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING CLEAR AND ALL THE HOURS AND TIME THAT HAS BEEN POURED INTO THIS. BUT CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TAX BURDEN IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND THEN SHOW ME HOW THAT HAS SHIFTED IN FY 25 AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS?  THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. SO WITHOUT HAVING THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME AT THIS MOMENT, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE RELATIVE TAX BURDEN HAS BROKEN DOWN TO BE ABOUT 60% COMMERCIAL ,40% RESIDENTIAL AND WITH THESE VALUE CHANGES THAT WILL ADJUST TO SOMETHING MORE LIKE A 5545 SPLIT, I'M PROBABLY APPROXIMATING A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH BUT THAT WILL THAT WILL SHIFT ALL AT ONCE IN THIS ONE YEAR. SO THE THE RELATIVE BURDEN OF THE OF THE TAX LEVY WILL BE ABOUT 4044 OR 45% RESIDENTIAL NOW THANK YOU AND CAN YOU POINT TO YOU ANY INDICATORS THAT SPEAKS TO THE CITY'S FISCAL STRENGTH?  SURE. HAPPY TO. THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS THAT THE CITY HAS ENJOYED A TRIPLE-A BOND RATING FOR THE LAST DECADE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF AND WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE WERE IT NOT FOR STRONG FISCAL MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY. I THINK THE OTHER SIGN OF FISCAL STRENGTH IS THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY LIVED WITHIN THE REVENUES THAT WE CAN GENERATE LOCALLY. WE HAVE NEVER REQUESTED A TWO AND A HALF OVERRIDE FROM OUR VOTERS. WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED WITHIN THE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AND SECONDLY WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT CONSISTENTLY ABLE TO BALANCE AND MANAGE FROM WHAT I CAN TELL IN THE RECENT PAST THE CITY HAS NEVER ENDED THE YEAR IN A DEFICIT.  WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY MANAGE OUR EXPENSES AND OUR REVENUES WITHIN WHAT WE HAVE HERE LOCALLY.  THANK YOU. AND THEN LAST WEEK WERE AT LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO COMMISSIONER CRANDALL TALKED ABOUT AN ACCELERATED HIT TO THE TAX BILLS OF 20 TO 30% AND WHAT WE SEE NOW IS GOING TO BE 21% WHICH TO BE CLEAR IS 10% TO PAID OVER THE LAST TWO QUARTERS OF APPLY 25 IS TO 21% WITHIN THAT RANGE OF YOUR ESTIMATE ON THE ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATE OF THE 20 TO 30%, YES. THANK YOU.  NOW PASS IT BACK OVER. I SEE COUNCILOR MEJIA HAS HER HAND RAISED COUNCILOR MEJIA. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO CHIEF. YOU KNOW, I JUST STRAIGHT INTO THE QUESTIONS AND I FORGET MY ANALYTICAL DECORUM IN THIS SPACE SO I ALSO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY AND I JUST WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ON OUR END OUR JOB IS TO BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND TO BE THE VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE. SO WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY THINK I SHOULD HAVE THE ANSWERS TO. I DO. I APPRECIATE YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE EXERCISE WITH ME BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT WE SERVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. RIGHT. AND SO IF I CAN BE THE TRANSLATOR I'M GOING TO PLAY THAT ROLE. SO I JUST I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL JOINING ME IN THAT JOURNEY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.  AND A QUICK FOLLOW UP YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ACTUALLY I SAW AS CHIEF SORRY . NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS TO THANK SO JUST AND I THINK I GOT ASK THIS TO THE COMMISSIONER IN PREVIOUS HEARINGS AND AND I'M JUST WHENEVER WE DO THIS I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALSO COMES UP AND IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND OR CLARIFY FOR ME IS THAT THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR HOMES FOR 30 YEARS BUT THEN THERE IS LIKE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT THEIR ASSESSMENT VALUE GOES UP BECAUSE THE MILLION DOLLAR ANNUAL THAT WAS BUILT AND APPROVED BY THE CITY YOU KNOW AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF KIND OF LIKE THEN IMPACTS THESE HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE MORE ON FIXED INCOMES. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS TAX EXEMPTION IN THIS CONVERSATION. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND ME KIND OF LIKE HOW THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS WORKS AND WHAT TYPES OF CONSIDERATIONS ARE TAKEN INTO PLAY WHEN FOLKS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR HOMES FOR 30 AND 40 YEARS ARE NOW UP AGAINST PROPERTY VALUES THAT ARE FAR MORE THAN THEIR HOME?  WELL, HOW ARE WE GRAPPLING WITH THAT? BY PAYING ATTENTION AND AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS YEARLY SITUATION?  IF ANY INSIGHT WOULD BE GREAT.  THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, COUNSELOR. SO I'LL JUST KIND OF ANSWER AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THIS WILL BE A BETTER QUESTION AS A QUESTION THAT'S BETTER SUITED FOR OUR ASSESSING DEPARTMENT. BUT JUST STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL PROPERTY BE ASSESSED AT ITS FULL MARKET VALUE AND SO WE ARE BOUND BY THAT AND THAT IS THE MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT AND TO DO THAT ACCURATELY.  BUT TO YOUR LARGER POINT, I THINK THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTING THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION SO THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HOMES LIVE IN THEIR HOMES HAVE, YOU KNOW, LONG, LONG TERM RESIDENTS WE CAN DELIVER TO THEM THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT AND THE MAXIMUM RELIEF AVAILABLE TO US UNDER STATE LAW. YEAH, NO AND I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER AND I THINK WHAT THAT DOES IS GIVE US AND ALSO THE STATE LEGISLATORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY RETHINK WHAT LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD AND FROM A SPACE OF REALLY EQUITY IF YOU WILL.  I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPLORE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS HERE FOR US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE TOOLS WE CAN HAVE IN OUR TOOLKIT WHEN WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING AND DEVELOPMENT IS CAUSING A LOT OF DISPLACEMENT AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES THEN YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE YOUR RENT AND YOU KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE A DOMINO EFFECT ON RENTERS KNOW.  SO I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LEAN INTO THAT AND I'M SURE THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IN WILL YOU KNOW,  HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE SOME INSPIRED THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DELAY THE PROCESS. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THESE FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A NO BRAINER. I REALLY DO THINK THAT THIS IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD AND I'M HAPPY TO TO TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS HEARING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE PEOPLE'S WORK LATER ON TODAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA I WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED POLICE STATE YOUR NAME ANY AND ANY AFFILIATION IN NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY.  ROSEMARIE MASSARO THE FLOORS VALUE IS GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING FROM ME THIS MORNING THE REASON I'M ON IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE BEING ABUSED IN THIS PROCESS.  THE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO PROTECT THE DOWNTOWN BASE OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO PROTECT IT IS BECAUSE IT'S UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T THINK SHIFTING THE BURDEN OF TAXES FROM THE RESIDENTIAL BASE TO THE COMMERCIAL BASE IS GOING TO IN THE LONG RUN BE A SUCCESS WHERE I DO TAKE ISSUE IS WITH THE EXTREME AMOUNT OF TAX CREDITS IN REBATES THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO NEW PROJECTS IN NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SUCH THAT WE ARE CANNIBALIZING THE OLD BUILDINGS ON THE BACK AND GIVING BENEFITS TO THE NEW BUILDINGS AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH RESIDENTIAL WHERE WE ARE CANNIBALIZING OUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL STOCK FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW BUILDINGS WHERE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TAX BREAKS AND I THINK IT'S CREATING INTO DISTORTION IN THE TAX BASIS AND THEREFORE I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF DOING ANY SHIFTING AND I IN IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO CREATE AN INCREASE FOR RESIDENTIAL OWNERS, I THINK IT'S A BAD HABIT TO GET INTO. I WOULD FURTHER SAY ALONG THAT LINE THAT I THINK THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAS TO REDUCE THE BUDGET.  WE DO NOT HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM. WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM AND IT IS UP TO YOU WILL TO PUT SOME CONTROLS ON THIS.  AND I POINT OUT ONE THING TO YOU RIGHT NOW THAT ON THE GREEN SHEETS THIS MORNING YOU ARE LOOK YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE $110 MILLION MERE WILL GIVE AWAY TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER IN BEHALF WHO IS ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT A BUNKER HILL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND MAYOR WU IS ASKING YOU TO GIVE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WHO SAID THEY WOULD TAKE NO PUBLIC MONEY THE 110 YEAR OLD MILLION DOLLARS OFF OF TAXPAYER MONEY THAT'S THE TYPE OF OVERSPENDING AM I TALKING ABOUT? THANK YOU. I WALK VOTING NO ON NUMBERS. THANK YOU, ROSEMARY.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES ESSENTIAL STAFF KAZMI IS THAT A NEW HENRYS?  CASMIR IS NO, I'M SORRY . IT'S NOT. I'M SORRY . REMI LAURENT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK CENTRAL STAFF, MY COUSIN COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR TODAY AND ACTING FOR THE MAXIMUM IN BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION AND IN THE SHED SO LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS TO BRING IN MAXIMUM RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS . THANK YOU. IN THIS HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1715 IS ADJOURNED