##VIDEO ID:27bbnD-WLAc##  ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALLED TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . WE WERE GOING TO WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM FOR ITS LAST CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.  THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? YOU ALL GIVEN COUNCILOR BRETTON HERE?  COUNCILOR THE LETTER SO THE COUNCIL CAN HEAR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FOR GENERAL COUNCILOR OF FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.  COUNCILOR MAKIYA. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY OUR MADAME CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.  WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO INVOCATION BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AUSTIN CITY COUNCILORS THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH US. COUNCILOR SANTANA WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION AND WE ALSO HAVE WITH US FORMER CITY COUNCILOR JOSH ZAKEN NO STRANGER TO THIS TO THIS CHAMBER. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY THE REVEREND DR. ROBERT ALAN HILL. INVITED BY COUNCILOR DURKIN, COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . HONORED TO BE HERE WITH SOME OF THE GREAT FOLKS FROM YOU. THANK YOU, KENNY RYAN THANK YOU, PAM. BILL WHO'S ON THE TASK FORCE AND OF COURSE YOUR LOVELY WIFE JANET.  SO ROBERT ALAN IS DEAN OF MARSH CHAPEL AND A PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT AND PASTORAL THEOLOGY AT B.U. HE IS AUTHOR OF 17 BOOKS. HIS WEEKLY SERMON CAN BE HEARD LIVE AT MARSH CHAPEL SUNDAYS AT 11 A.M.. DEAN HOWELLS RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP AT BYU ACROSS ALL 17 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES INVOLVES THE LARGER BOSTON COMMUNITY. IT'S ROOTED IN GROUNDED IN A HISTORIC PULPIT OF MARSH CHAPEL ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AND I HEARD IF YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED THERE YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET IN WITH HIM SO AS DEAN OF THE CHAPEL HE PREACHES MOST SUNDAYS LEADS THE MARCH STAFF GIVES OVERSIGHT TO ALL THE UNIVERSITY HIS RELIGIOUS LIFE. HE PROVIDES PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS UNIVERSITY EVENTS AND HE'S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. HIM AND HIS WIFE THEY ARE INCREDIBLE MEMBERS OF THE BLUE COMMUNITY AND AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS MOST OF BU'S CAMPUS, I, I GET TO WORK WITH THEM IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND GET TO SEE THEM IN SO MANY DIFFERENT CONTACTS THAT IT'S INCREDIBLE TO INVITE HIM HERE TO DO THE IMPORTANT OF CENTERING US BEFORE OUR COUNCIL MEETING SO.  REVEREND I HOPE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE DIET COUNSELOR.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND GREETINGS TO ONE AND ALL I PARTICULARLY WANT TO HONOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD KENMORE SQUARE AND WITH WITHIN THAT SETTING PAM BEIL WHO'S HERE TODAY DEAR FRIEND FROM DECADES PAST WHO'S NEPHEW JAMES AH MOORE AND WE ARE HONORED PAST WEEK MOURNING HIS LOSS AND CELEBRATING HIS LIFE TOGETHER AND WITH YOU I WANTED TO REMEMBER HIM TODAY.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY. I HAVE A BRIEF POEM AND THEN A BRIEF PRAYER AND THE POEM IS AN AMENDED VERSION OF SOMETHING FROM E.B. WHITE ABOUT BOSTON WHEN I AM OUT OF FUNDS AND THOUGHTS AND LIFE IS IN ALL AND SNARLS I QUIT NEW YORK AND TRAVEL EAST TO BOSTON ON THE CHARLES IN BOSTON LIFE IS SMOOTHER FAR IT'S EASIER AND FREER WHERE EVERYONE TO BE YOU GRAD AND EVERYONE'S A SKIER THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BOSTON SCENE SO INNOCENT SO TRANQUIL IT TAKES AND HOLDS MY INTEREST THE SAME AS ANY BANK WILL FOR BOSTON'S NOT A CAPITAL BOSTON'S NOT A PLACE. RATHER I THINK THAT BOSTON IS A SORT OF STATE OF GRACE IN THIS STATE OF GRACE WILL PAUSE FOR JUST A WORD OF PRAYER GRACIOUS GOD HOLY AND JUST THAT WHOSE GREATNESS IS FORMED AND GOODNESS AND WHOSE GOODNESS IS THE PATHWAY TO GREAT GREATNESS. WE PAUSE AT THE OUTSET OF THIS PART OF OUR SHARED JOURNEY HERE THIS IMPORTANT GATHERING AND MEETING TO LIFT A WORD OF THANKS AND TO ASK FOR A MEASURE OF BLESSING.  TODAY WE PAUSE TO GIVE THANKS FOR THIS GOOD PLACE GREAT CITY OF BOSTON FOR ITS LONG HISTORY AND LEARNING AND VIRTUE AND PIETY FOR THE GRATITUDE THAT INSPIRED BIRTH AND SUSTAINS ITS LIFE FOR THE GOODNESS ITS PEOPLE AND LEADERS AND LABORERS IN THIS CURRENT SEASON WHERE ALL THE GOOD HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE DEVOTED PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO TO GET TO TO WHO TOGETHER ARE TRYING TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE THROUGH THIS GOOD CITY. SO TODAY WE PAUSE TO ASK FOR TO SEEK A BLESSING WE SHALL NEED A BLESSING IF WE ARE TO CHOOSE TO BE GREAT WE SHALL NEED SOME BLESSING IF WE ARE TO TO JUST DO SOMETHING NEW AND BIG AND NOBLE WE SHALL NEED A BLESSING IF WE ARE TO STRUGGLE TOWARD ANY IMPRESSIVE GREAT GOALS ON THE COURSE OF AN OPEN FUTURE IN THIS QUIET MOMENT WE OPEN OURSELVES TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF BLESSING BOTH DIVINE AND HUMAN.  TOGETHER IN LABOR HERE BLESS AND GUIDE US. WE PRAY IN CHRIST. AMEN.  WHO NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAYS WHY WE SHOULD UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNSELOR.  AND THANK YOU, REVEREND DR. HILL AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR BEING WITH US HERE AND FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL POEM AND INVOCATION.  OKAY.  JUST MADAM KIRK, DO I NEED TO AMEND THE RECORD? I DON'T BELIEVE I DO, BUT. NO, NO. OKAY, GREAT. WE ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS. TODAY WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS. ONE FROM COUNCILOR SANTANA AND MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL AND ONE FROM MYSELF. COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PARTNER AND CUSTOMER HERE HONORING MASSACHUSETTS TPS COMMITTEE CASA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES AND AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO MY COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OUR HONORED GUESTS. TODAY WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND OUR FRIENDS FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS. JOINING TODAY ARE AUSTIN, TEXAS COUNCIL MEMBERS LED BY MAYOR PRO TOM LESLIE POOLE, COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER ZO QUADRI AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHITO VELLA AND THEIR DEDICATED STAFF AT THIS TIME I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME JOIN US UP HERE.  THEIR VISIT HAS BEEN INSPIRED AND AN INSPIRING EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. WE ARE THRILLED TO HONOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN POLICY.  OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS WE'VE SHARED MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS AND TOWARDS HAVE BEEN FLAG BOSTON'S APPROACH TO ADDRESSING COMPLEX CHALLENGES INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE'RE CAPPING. YESTERDAY WE GOT TO VISIT A TOUR AND TOUR OF THE PRIDE IN HYDE PARK AN INNOVATIVE HOUSING INITIATIVE PASO 12 AND THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW A HIGHWAY CAPPING AND URBAN PARKS AND LIVES IN DISTRICT EIGHT. THIS COLLABORATION HAS BEEN MONTHS IN THE MAKING MARKED BY SHARED DEDICATION TO LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER.  WE FOCUS ON TOPICS CRITICAL TO OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES SUCH AS DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSIT AND EXPANDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. THESE EFFORTS UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CITIES LEVERAGING OUR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE TO CREATE MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURES.  I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ABUNDANT HOUSING AND IF THEY'RE HERE I DON'T THINK WELL THEY'RE ALREADY HERE. OKAY. I LOVE IT. I WANT TO COME UP, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THEIR COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES HAS EMBRACED OUR DIALOG AND PROVIDED VITAL CONTEXT TO THE WORK THAT WE DO. AT THIS TIME I INVITE OF THE AUSTIN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFF. ARE ALREADY HERE AND PROUD TO STAND HERE ALONGSIDE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND RECAP ABED AND SHARON DUNCAN WHO HAVE CO-SPONSORED THIS RECOGNITION MAYOR PRO TEMPORE. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU SPEAK TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REFLECTIONS ON THIS COLLABORATION.  THANK YOU TO OUR AUSTIN COLLEAGUES FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP AND FOR SHARING YOUR VISION AND EXPERTISE WITH US. WE ARE BUILDING BRIDGES LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITIES THRIVE. LET'S CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND CARRY THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS COLLABORATION INTO OUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY.  WELL AND THANK YOU BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR INVITING THIS DELEGATION FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO COME AND JOIN YOU AND TO SHARE OUR CHALLENGES, OUR SOLUTIONS AND TO LISTEN TO YOUR CHALLENGES AND LEARN FROM YOUR SOLUTIONS. YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING SITTING IN THIS ROOM AND SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS CAME TO SPEAK, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS I THINK WHEN MY COLLEAGUES AND I AND OUR TEAM WHO IS HERE FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN FELT LIKE WE REALLY HADN'T TRAVELED MORE THAN 1500 MILES TO COME UP TO THIS GORGEOUS CITY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMENTARY AND THE CONCERNS AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU WERE HEARING FROM YOUR RESIDENTS ECHO THE EXACT SAME THINGS THAT WE ARE HEARING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION AT THIS BIG POINT OF INFLECTION FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AS YOU ARE TAKING ON CHANGES TO YOUR ZONING CODES AND REALLY HAVING A DEEP LOOK AT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IN THE FUTURE. IT'S HARD WORK. I CAN TELL EVEN JUST FROM MY SHORT TWO DAYS HERE AND I THINK THIS TEAM BEHIND ME AGREE. YOU'VE GOT A STELLAR CREW OF PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH YOU AND IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PATH THAT YOU ARE CRAFTING FORWARD IS REALLY THE RIGHT ONE. SO AS WE LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AS WE WALK AROUND YOUR CITY AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO IS IN SOMERVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE.  SO AFTER THIS MEETING WE WILL BE HEARING FROM SOME MORE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TALKING WITH ABOUT MORE CIVIC AND URBAN ISSUES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.  SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS WHERE YOU ALL WOULD BE WELCOME IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME AND VISIT US. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A DELEGATION COME VISIT US IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. THANK YOU ALL.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR PRO TEM POOL. IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO GET TO KNOW THIS CREW OF FOLKS BEHIND US. WE TOURED PARCEL 12 YESTERDAY, THE LYRIC BUILDING WHICH WAS FIRST AIR RATE PROJECT IN 20 YEARS TO BE BUILT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  SO WHILE WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM AUSTIN, THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM US ABOUT HIGHWAY CAPPING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.  SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.  I APPRECIATED THE HEARING YESTERDAY. I THINK FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL WATCH. IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO HEAR ABOUT HOW SIMILAR THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE ARE AND AS I AND I WILL BE GIVING A FULL REPORT LATER IN THIS MEETING SO I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO IT TOO MUCH BUT GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUE HENRY SANTANA FOR INVITING US TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.  ABUNDANT HOUSING. WE'RE ANSWERING ONE QUESTION HERE WHAT KIND OF CITY DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN? DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT'S AFFORDABLE? DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE STUDENTS AT B.U. CAN AFFORD TO STAY HERE? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE VIDEO CHAPEL AND HERE THIS MORNING WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHO GETS TO HERE AND ARE THEY GOING TO BE SO SQUEEZED BY THEIR RENT BURDENED NESS THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD A DRINK AT CORNWALL? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING. SO SO I HOPE THAT I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.  SO THANK YOU.  GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. FOR ME IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO PARTNER UP WITH MY COLLEAGUES GONZALES, DURKAN AND SANTANA BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS IN THE PAST TWO DAYS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO COLLABORATE AND TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER FROM A CITY THAT MAY NOT BE CLOSE IN GEOGRAPHY BUT REALLY SIMILAR IN BELIEFS AND WHAT THEY ARE STRIVING TO DO. WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN YESTERDAY THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND DECREASE IN THEIR RENT MAKING SURE THAT THEIR BUILDING IS EASIER, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE MAKING AUSTIN A HOME FOR EVERYONE. AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE SOME VALUES THAT WE SHOULD BE LEARNING HERE OBVIOUSLY TO DIFFERENT CITIES BUT OUR SAME BELIEFS OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITIES ARE WELCOMING. SO TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCILORS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THEIR MAYOR AND TO THE HOUSE OF MASSACHUSETTS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A COLLABORATOR ON THIS. THANK YOU.  AT THIS TIME I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFICIALLY READ INTO THE RECORD AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WHEN WE GET PREPARED AND COUNCILOR SHARON DURKAN MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE VALUABLE INSIGHTS AND STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING ONE OF BOSTON'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE. YOUR WORK IN AUSTIN DEMONSTRATES HOW FORWARD THINKING EFFORTS IN PLANNING, ZONING AND LAND USE POLICY COULD EFFECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF OF OF A GROWING TECH SECTOR EXPANDING STUDENT POPULATION AND RAPID URBAN GROWTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE WITH HERE TODAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO CAN I JUST INVITE ALL MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE FOR A QUICK PICTURE OF WHAT WE DO AS WE DO WE DON'T EVEN IT'S SO NICE AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE HISTORY.  HI, NICE TO MEET YOU. THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.  SO THERE WE GO. MAKE SURE WE GET THE MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH, WE GET TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. YEAH.  WILL ALSO OF THEM? YES.  AND LET'S GO TO YOUTUBE.  YEAH YEAH WE DON'T DO THAT.  YOU DON'T HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER.  OH THANK YOU.  THANK Y'ALL.  WE ARE PLEASED. OH THAT'S GREAT.  HEY, TONIGHT GREAT. YEAH, WE HAVE.  YEAH, REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.  THAT'S VERY NICE.  YES, I GREAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I WAS REMEMBERING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH. THEY JUST WRITE I TO TALK FOR YOU WHAT YOU WANT OUT SO I DIDN'T I KNEW MORE THAN JUST THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL THAT YOU BROUGHT US WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION I NEXT LIKE TO MADAM CLERK OKAY STUFF. YES, MADAM QUICK CAN WE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA IS NOW WITH US. SURE.  THANK YOU. I'D NOW LIKE TO CALL UP THE MASSACHUSETTS TTPS COMMITTEE ALONG WITH CASA'S CLETA ZAPATA AND CATCH MEJIA AND COUNCILOR ZIKA FOR THIS PRESENTATION FOR OUR YOU COME EVERYONE'S COMING UP.  YEP. SO IT IS MY HONOR TO INVITE THE MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TPS COMMITTEE TO THE DIAS THAT STANDS FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. IMMIGRANTS INCLUDING THOSE WITH TPS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CITY AND OUR STRENGTH. THEY ENRICH OUR CULTURE AND DRIVE OUR ECONOMY AND EMBODY THE DIVERSITY THAT MAKES OUR CITY SO VIBRANT THAT MADE TPS COMMUNITIES UNWAVERING. ADVOCACY HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL IN UPLIFTING THE CAUSE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR IMMIGRANTS AND TPS HOLDERS AS WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE TRUST ACT WHICH PREVENTED INVOLVEMENT OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CIVIL IMMIGRATION DETAINMENT AND WILL BE DISCUSSING WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER TODAY. IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOU THE ENTIRE TPS COMMITTEE, THE LEADERS IN THIS CRITICAL EFFORT FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR IMPACT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK TOGETHER WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE BOSTON IN THE FACE OF MASS DEPORTATION THREATS.  A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS YOUR WORK ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR JULIAN MEJIA AND COUNCILOR GABRIELA COLETTA ZAPATA I HAVE A FORMER CITY COUNCILOR JOSH ZAKEN HERE BECAUSE HE IS NOT IT WAS NOT ONLY THE AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINAL TRUST ACT HE WAS THE ONE WHO ALSO INTRODUCED THE RESOLUTION IN 2019 TO STRENGTHEN THE TRUST. SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILOR ZIKODE I'M TO SAY A FEW WORDS. IT'S WELL THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE BACK HERE WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND ALLIES IN THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU KNOW THE ORIGINAL TRUST ACT NOW TEN YEARS AGO AND THE AMENDMENTS AND UPDATES AND RESOLUTIONS AFTER WERE SOME OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS AS CHAIR OF THIS BODY'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS. AND IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IN A TIME OF POLARIZATION AND HATE AND NASTINESS GOING BACK AND FORTH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS LAW DOES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT'S SIMPLY REMOVES OUR RESOURCES, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ,OUR FUNDS FROM BEING USED TO ENFORCE CIVIL NOT CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION RULES. IT'S NOT THE JOB OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY CITY OF BOSTON AGENCY TO SPEND OUR MUNICIPAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY ON DOING SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO MAKE US UNSAFE.  THE FIRST TRUST ACTS AROUND THIS COUNTRY WERE ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED IN MANY CASES CREATED BY PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE PEOPLE IN OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING CRIMES SERVING AS WITNESSES, BEING ENGAGED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THAT'S JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF MAKING FOLKS FEEL SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SPENDING OUR RESOURCES, OUR EMPLOYEES TIME OUR COMMUNITY TIME IN WAYS THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON FEELS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT AT THE WHIMS OF APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILORS, FOR BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN. IT'S OBVIOUSLY STILL NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS SO HARD ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR , TAKE A COUNCILORS HERE OR AS YOU LIKE TO SAY DON'T THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE COUNCILORS. THEY CAME HERE AS WELL BACK IN THE CHAMBER. I WANT TO THANK FRIENDS AND CHOSEN FAMILY OF THE TPS COMMITTEE MOTHER OF ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS AND ALONZO WHO THEY THEY'VE JUST BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK AND DURING THE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THEY REALLY WERE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR IS GOING DOWN TO D.C. GOING ON A NATIONWIDE BUS TOUR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT FOLKS WHO HAVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IN BOSTON. WE'RE ALWAYS A HOME TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY AND THAT INCLUDES OUR TPS HOLDERS. NOT ONLY DO THEY CONTRIBUTE ECONOMICALLY TO OUR ECONOMY BUT CULTURALLY TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS ORGANIZATION AND AS WE BRACE FOR IMPACT DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER MORE THAN EVER TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS HERE.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR WORK THAT'S MEJIA.  THANK YOU COUNCILORS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THIS SPACE WITH YOU ALL AND REALLY FEEL THAT IT'S A LITTLE BETTER TO MAKE IT ON ENGLISH.  I THINK FOR ME WHY I'M SO INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL ESPECIALLY HERE IN THIS DAY ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WAS BECAUSE MY MAIDEN SPEECH WHEN I FIRST ENTERED THIS CHAMBER FOUR YEARS AGO WAS ON SAFE SANCTUARY SPACES AND I REMEMBER HER FIGHTING FOR AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR UNDOCUMENTED LOVED ONES FELT SAFE IN ANY SPACE THAT THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN AND THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AS A RESULT OF THAT ACT I HAD THE AUDACITY TO SPEAK UP WHEN I GOT A HATEFUL VOICEMAIL OF SOMEONE SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEND TRUMP TO COME GET ME THAT MY MOM WAS A CRIMINAL BECAUSE SHE WAS UNDOCUMENTED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND I WAS TOLD BY EVERYONE DON'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU ONLY WON BY ONE VOTE AND YOU DO NOT NEED ANY MORE ATTENTION ON YOU. AND I SAID IF I DON'T SPEAK UP THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE PERMISSION TO CONTINUE TO BULLY OTHERS WHO HAVE NO VOICE.  AND EVEN WHEN MY VOICE QUIVERED I SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THESE MOMENTS ARE CALLING FOR IS FOR PEOPLE TO BE COURAGEOUS AND FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY RIGHT NOW WHO ARE LIVING IN THE SHADOWS WHO ARE AFRAID AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS DEMONSTRATE THAT TO NOT ONLY THROUGH RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS AND TO AND THROUGH UPLIFTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK BUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR POLICIES MATCH THE RHETORIC THAT WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT FOR OTHERS AND THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT SAFE SANCTUARY SPACES THAT THE TRUST ACT IS HONORED AND THAT ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW THAT BIPS NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB AT TIGHTENING UP THE INFORMATION THAT THEY SHARE. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO ON AND ON AND ON BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND I'M HAPPY THAT I GET TO BE HERE AND DOING THAT WORK ALONGSIDE YOU ALL. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHUT OUT THE I MENTIONED IT BUT BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES A REALLY GREAT WORK IN HONORING THE TRUST ACT AND SENDING US REPORT SO I JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I HAVE THIS RESOLUTION ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE TPS COMMITTEE AND IT READS THE MASSACHUSETTS SWEEP.  THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION PRESENTED BY BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS ROUTINELY JEN JULIAN HERE AND GABRIELLE ZAPATA BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TPS COMMITTEE IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS RECIPIENTS AND AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. SO THANK YOU SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND ALL THE CITY COUNCILS. MY NAME L.Z. ODIOUS I'M TPS HOLDER AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND A SPECIAL TPS COMMUNITY.  OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE HARD TIMES IS GOING TO COME ON THE FORECAST BUT DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE GOING TO GIVE UP. WE'RE GOING TO STILL FIGHTING. WE'RE GOING TO STILL DEFEND OURSELVES.  IF WE STICK ALL TOGETHER WE WILL PREVAIL. THE CHALLENGE WE WILL BECOME A GOOD NEWS AND THE END OBVIOUSLY IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY AND AS A TPS HOLDER WE IF YOU HAVE TPS THAT MEAN YOU HAVE CLEAN RECORD BECAUSE THEY DO THE BACKGROUND CHECK CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK EVERY 18 MONTHS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE CLEAN RECORD DOES MEAN YOU NOT GET A TPS SO THAT IS BEEN ON THE NEWS THE TPS HOLDERS WE NOW ARE PART OF THIS SOCIETY AS MYSELF AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND TPS HOLDER I PAY FEDERAL TAXES AND ESTATE TAXES AND WE EMPLOY A LOT OF PEOPLE SO WE ARE PART OF THE FABRIC TO THIS COUNTRY, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IF WE STAY TOGETHER WE WILL GET FAR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR THE RESOLUTION AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY WE DEFINITELY WE WILL WIN. THANK YOU.  I USED TO COME UP FOR A PHOTO BOOK AND I COME FORWARD .  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING.  WHAT IS THE REST? I THINK I USE I'M A MATURE MAN WATCHING NIGERIANS FROM ALL COMMENTS TO TO MEN. YES, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TPS COMMITTEE TO COUNCILOR FORMER CITY COUNCILOR ZEKE. I LIKE COUNCILOR BECAUSE IT IS A PATTERN MENTIONED. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THOSE. YOU GOT TO TAKE THOSE BUS TRIPS DOWN TO D.C. AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. I'LL BE BACK AT IT WITH ALL OF YOU. SO THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON IS PRESENT? YES. OKAY.  MADAM CLERK, DO WE NOW HAVE EVERYONE ON THE RECORD? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING MEETING OF NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALSO SAY NAY. I HAVE IT THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 20TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 1763 AND 1764 TOGETHER DOCKET 1763.  MESSAGE ON ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER TO REDUCE THE FBI 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESOLVE OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $149,552 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE FBI 25 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REMAIN BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON CADETS ASSOCIATION.  DOCKET 176 FORM MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE FBI 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESOLVE OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $149,552 TO COVER THE FBI 25 CAUSE ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE CADETS ASSOCIATION.  THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 OR 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISION OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND FLAT AMOUNT OF 500 250 900 AND $800 TO BE ADDED TO THE ANNUAL SALARY IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR AFTER THE PERCENT INCREASE.  MEMBERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN INCREASE IN UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FOR ALL IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OR OTHER CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND WITH THE YEAR COMING TO AN END I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THIS CONTRACT PASSED FOR OUR POLICE CADETS. SO I WANTED HIS OFFER A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON WHAT THESE CONTRACTS DO. THE BOSTON POLICE CADETS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 27 CADETS SERVING AS SERVING AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE NEGOTIATING PARTIES REACHED AN AGREEMENT COVERING A THREE YEAR TERM FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026 AND A ONE YEAR TERM FROM OCTOBER FOUR, 2026 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. THE TOTAL COST OF THESE AGREEMENTS IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT EIGHT $859,000 OVER FOUR YEARS. KEY PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENTS IN THESE TARGETS INCLUDE A 2% BASE WAGE INCREASE IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THE CONTRACT. FLAT INCREASES TO BASE WAGES IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR. $500 IN 2024 $250 IN 2025 AND $900 IN 2026 AND $800 IN 2027 AND $885 INCREASE TO AN ANNUAL UNIFORM ALLOWANCE BRINGING IT TO $485. LASTLY, THESE UPDATES WILL ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S BEREAVEMENT POLICY AND ADJUSTMENT TO USE SICK AND PERSONAL LEAVE DOCKET NUMBER 176366 TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $149,525 TO FUND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCREASES OUTLINED IN THIS AGREEMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE NUMBER 1764 REPRESENTS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF THE SAME AMOUNT TO COVER THOSE COST ITEMS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE END OF THE YEAR COME IN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS THESE CONTRACTS SO THAT OUR POLICE CADETS SOME OF OUR LOWEST PAID IN PUBLIC SAFETY ARE ABLE TO ENJOY THESE PAID PAY INCREASES. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. I WILL TAKE IT AS ANYONE HAS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON EITHER THESE MATTERS. WE'LL TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE. COUNSELOR WHERE I'LL CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1763 MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1763 COUNCILOR BREADON YES, COUNCILOR CALERO ZAPATA COUNCILOR DUNCAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR MAY HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WERE WE HAVE 12345, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT AND 13 VOTE AND UNLIMITED THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1763 HAS PASSED CASTRO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTED SIX HAS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1764 MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1764 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES I A YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL OF THE PAN COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT EFFECTING VOTES AND I FORMALLY THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 1764 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1765 DOCKET NUMBER 1765 MESSAGE AN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF $110 MILLION FOR PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE HOUSING ACCELERATOR PROGRAM TO EXPENDITURE RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM A ONE TIME IN NATURE AND ASSUMED TO BE NON-RECOURSE EVENT RENT COST OF THE CITY THEREFOR AND APPROPRIATE TO BE FUND WITH THE NON-RECURRING REVENUE FILING TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON DECEMBER 2ND 2024. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1765 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 1766 DOCKET NUMBER 1766 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. PASS THROUGH TO MY EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND REPAIRS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FUNCTIONALITY AND PROGRAMING OF THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER . THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1766 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1767. DOCKET NUMBER 1767 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE PARKLAND ACQUISITION MAY HAVE SHOWN RESERVATION AND COMMUNITIES RC AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT OFFICERS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO GRANT WHICH FUND THE PROSPECT OF CITIES AND TOWNS ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING LAND FOR PARK AND OUTDOOR RECREATION PURPOSES. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1767 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,  RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1768. DOCKET NUMBER 1768 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT OF $195,690.30 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE W IQ E ADULT ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION AND GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.  PASS THROUGH THE MASAYA DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO GRANT WOULD FUND CREATION OF SEAMLESS SYSTEMS OF ADULT EDUCATION WORKFORCE PREPARATION AND TRAINING SERVICES.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 17687 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 17703177269. 26 763 I HAVE TO READ 176900 OKAY OKAY. MADAM CLERK IS IT ON READING DOCKET NUMBER ONE. OKAY.  WHAT'S YOUR POINT OF ORDER AS WELL AS I JUST I'M LOOKING AT 1768. UH, AND AGAIN AS FOR BEING FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING, UM, YOU SAID COMMITTEE AND STRONG WOMEN WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO I JUST WASN'T SURE IF IF YOU WERE READING FROM 1769 BUT I BELIEVE THE DOCKET BEFORE US WAS 1768. OKAY THANK YOU. SO MADAM CLERK, WHICH DOCKET DO YOU JUST READ? 176. OKAY. SORRY . I THINK YOU'RE TALKING NUMBER 1768 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY.  APOLOGIES TO THE NEXT DOCKET. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1769. DOCKET NUMBER 1769 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE EIGHT STRONG UNIVERSAL FUND AWARDED BY THE DONOR GROUP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THIS GRANT WILL FUND SENIOR CENTERS, PROGRAM AND SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1769 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.  MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 177031772.1770 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT OF $80,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL BRIAN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BASED TO THE EMMY EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GRANT FUND ANNUAL BOSTON ADDRESS VERIFICATION PROCEDURES MANDATED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. DOCKET NUMBER 1771 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACT, ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $74,266.77 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 2020 FIRE PREVENTION SAFETY ,RFP AND SE GRANT AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GRANT WOOD FUND. CRITICALLY NEED RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT FIRE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND TRAINING. FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRE ARSON INVESTIGATION FIREFIGHTERS SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMING PREVENTION EFFORTS. THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR MY READING 77772 AS WELL. THANK YOU.  DOCKET 1772 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $71,335 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FBI 24 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ENHANCED GRANT OF OPERATIONAL CAPACITY AT THE BOSTON EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER EOC AND PROMOTE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU. DOCKETS NUMBER 177031772 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1773 DOCKET NUMBER 1773. MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF 20 HEPA AIR SCRUBBER WITH A FAIR MARKET VALUE OF $28,000 AND $50 DONATED BY THE DISTRIBUTOR CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT DISTRIBUTOR CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND AND A LOCAL H VAC WHOLESALE COMPANY WHO IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION SEEK TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY INTO OFFICE ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING INTERIOR.  THOUGH NO NATION WILL SUPPORT THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT MISSION TO ENSURE THAT ALL CITY BUILDINGS PROVIDED SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEES AND CONSTITUENTS.  THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. THE CHAIR MOVES TO SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1773. THESE ARE OF FILTERS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SO GREAT FOR THIS DONATION AND WE'D LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I ALL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 177431782 DOCKET 1774 NO, THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF THE APPOINT MEMBER JAKE IODINE AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OF BLACK BOYS AND MEN FOR THE TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST 2020 FOR DOCKET 1775A NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF BISHOP WILLIAMS DICKERSON SECOND AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON BLACK BOYS AND MEN FOR TWO MONTHS PRIOR AND MAY 4TH 2020 FOR DOCKET 1776 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM FOR THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPER ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF NOVEMBER SIX, 2020 FOR DOCKET 1777 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY CLERK AT ITS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 28, 2020 FOR DOCKET 1778 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM TIMOTHY SMITH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD REGARDING BOSTON RETIREMENT SYSTEM C Y 25 OPERATING BUDGET DOCKET 1779 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF OUR ABSENCE FROM THE CITY ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2024 AT 8 P.M. WE TURN IT ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 25TH 2024 AT 3:16 P.M. DOCKET 1780 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE ABSENT FROM THE CITY ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2024 AT 12:10 P.M. RETURNING ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21ST 2024 AT 9:12 P.M.. DOCKET 1781. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM FROM COUNCILOR PRESIDENT RUTH SECLUSION ON HER ABSENCE FROM THE CITY ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024 RETURNING ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD, 2024.  DOCKET 1782 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR BREADON REGARDING ON INTENTION TO CALL DOCKET SEE DOCKET NUMBER 0488A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FURTHER MEASURES TO SUPPLEMENT INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND ADVANCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM THE COMMITTEE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 177431782 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.  MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 1760 AND 1761 TOGETHER DOCKET 1760. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON NOVEMBER 28, 2020 FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1760. AN ORDER THE FBI 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $170,180. SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS. DOCKET 1761. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON NOVEMBER 28, 2020 FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1761 AN ORDER APPROPRIATED $170,118 TO COVER THE FBI 24 CLASS ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND LP AND EP EIGHT PATROL OFFICERS SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT ORDER ARE TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTRELL, THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL EARLIER HAD THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. ME MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY . THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HOW TO HEAR IN ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024.  TO DISCUSS DOCKET NUMBER 1760 AND DOCKET NUMBER 1761. FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HEARD FROM JAMES WILLIAMSON,  BUDGET DIRECTOR AND BRIDGET CONLEY, LABOR COUNCIL OF OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WE HAD COUNCILOR FLYNN ,COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR MURPHY JOIN US FOR THE HEARING. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL DURKAN REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THEY WERE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 56 OFFICES FOR 67 POSITIONS. THEY EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BASE WAGE INCREASE AND THE FLAT AMOUNT INCREASE STATING OVER THE FOUR YEAR COURSE OF THE CONTRACT OFFICERS WILL SEE A 13% INCREASE IN THEIR SALARIES. THEY STATED WHAT THE CONTRACT HAS IMPLEMENTED. OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE RETROACTIVE COMPENSATION UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND WE WILL SEE THE FIRST LUMP SUM IN JANUARY. OFFICERS WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A RESOURCE FOR SOME OF THE ELEMENT OF DETAIL WORK AT BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY RECEIVE A DETAIL RATE WHICH IS IN THIS CONTRACT HAS INCREASED $3 FROM 37 $37 AN HOUR TO $40.40 AN HOUR. THE WEEKEND DIFFERENTIAL HAS INCREASED FROM A ONE POINT A DOLLAR 25 AN HOUR TO A DOLLAR 50 AN HOUR. THEY STATED THAT THIS CONTRACT IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR CONTRACT ATTACHED.  THEY ALSO STATED CONTRACTS ARE CAPPED AT THREE YEARS AND THE TYPICAL LENGTH OF A CONTRACT IS THREE YEARS BUT 2 TO 3 YEAR PLUS ONE YEAR DEPENDS ON THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. BUT YES, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCIL ORAL COUNCIL ORAL SIX.  WE'LL TAKE IT ONE BY ONE. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1760. MADAM QUOTE CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE OR CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1760? CONSTABLE RAYNER? YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTE ISABELLA COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY YEAH.  COUNCIL PREPARED COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL ZERO YES. 13 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1760 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1761. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1761. COUNCILOR BURTON. YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE THE MURPHY COUNCIL PET BAN. COUNCILOR SANTANA IS.  COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR . YES.  13 VOTES IN YOUR. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. DOCKET NUMBER 1761 HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0998 DOCKET 0998. ORDER FOR YOU HERE AND REGARDING OWLS YOU LG BE TAKE YOUR PLACE YOUR COMMUNITY SPACE AND THEIR PUBLIC BENEFITS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY COUNCILORS. GERALD DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAD A GREAT HEARING A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ABOUT SAFE COMMUNITY SPACES WHERE WE BROUGHT IN DCF IN THE LIBRARY AND WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION BY OUR YOUTH ACTUALLY FROM MILTON HIGH TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY SET UP, HOW THOSE PLACES LOOK, WHAT IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE AND THEN TALKED WITH ESPECIALLY THE SPECIALIZED DEPARTMENTS ON IF THERE'S ROOM AND AVAILABLE TO DO THAT. THE GREAT NEWS THERE IS THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON BEING STRUCTURED AS SAFE SPACES AND GOING THROUGH A PROTOCOL WHETHER THEY ARE DEEMED AS SAFE SPACES AND HAVE PUT SOME PROGRAMING IN PLACE THAT'S ALREADY ADDRESSING WHAT SOME OF THE YOUTH HAD BROUGHT UP. SO IT OUGHT TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE BUT WE HAD A GREAT HEARING ON IT. LEARNED A LOT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA. SANTANA, YOU ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD FOR HOSTING FOR CHAIRING SUCH AN IMPORTANT HEARING.  THIS HEARING UNDERSCORED THE URGENT NEED FOR ACCESSIBLE SAFE SPACES FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL WHERE THEY OFTEN FACE BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION. ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BAGLEY ARE ALREADY OFFERING INVALUABLE SERVICES INCLUDING GENDER AFFIRMING SUPPLIES AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. BUT DEMAND BUT THE DEMAND CARRYING CAPACITY. WE HEARD FROM YOUTH AND ADVOCATES ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THESE SPACES PROVIDING NOT ONLY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT BUT ALSO ALSO CRITICAL SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.  THE HEARING ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE DEFICIT HIGHLIGHTED THE NECESSITY OF HAVING THESE RESOURCES SPREAD THROUGHOUT BOSTON, ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH CAN FIND BELONGING AND SUPPORT.  THE FEEDBACK WAS CLEAR WE MUST CONTINUE INVESTING IN THESE SPACES TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL CONNECTION AND OVERALL WELL-BEING FOR OUR LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH. THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. CARLOS SANTANA.  DOCKET NUMBER 0998 REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER REDUCTION NUMBER 1 TO 0 ZERO DOCKET NUMBER 1200 ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH RAISE SHIPPING AND EQUITY THROUGH SYSTEMATIC EMPOWERMENT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CONNECTS WITH THE CHAIR. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CLASSIFIED AS A PARTNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND AND HEARD FROM EXCUSE ME BEFORE WE EVEN GO INTO THAT. I WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR ROME'S LEAD SPONSOR COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON WHO IS A CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR ME HERE ANOTHER CO-SPONSOR COUNSELOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE FITZGERALD MURPHY AND WEBER. WE HEARD FROM CHIEF OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION MARY ANGELE SOLIS RIVERA, DIRECTOR OF BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONS OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TRAINEES POC AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER SANTIAGO GARCéS. CHIEF SOLIS US SAVANNAH WALKED THROUGH A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND SHOWCASED THE ONGOING WORK OF THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION CABINET INCLUDING THE CABINETS MISSION TO IMPROVE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FOR BOSTONIANS THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMING AND COALITION BUILDING ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS.  ADDITIONALLY, DIRECTOR POLK SHARED THAT HIS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES THROUGH A PUBLIC HEALTH LENS INCLUDING BY LOOKING AT HOW STRUCTURAL RACISM IMPACTS HEALTH AND THEN CHIEF GARCES DISCUSSED THE NEED TO LEVERAGE BOTH QUANTITATE AND QUALITATIVE DATA TO GET A FULL PICTURE OF SERVICE GAPS THAT THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD FROM KATHY ALPIZAR, PACE MCCONKEY JR WHO WE KNOW WELL AT THE LOUIS DE BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE AND PROFESSOR TED LANDMARK FROM NORTHEASTERN PROFESSOR LANDMARK KICKED OFF THE ADVOCATES PANEL BY STATING THE TIMELY NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION DUE TO POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON SOCIAL, RACIAL AND ECONOMIC ECONOMIC EQUITY.  GIVEN THE NUMBER OF EXTERNAL FACTORS INCLUDING A NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION CAN HELP THE CITY REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT TO THE EXPRESSED GOALS OF ANY POLICIES CREATED WITHIN WITH THE INTENT TO ADDRESS EQUITY. CATHY THEN AMPLIFIED THE NEED FOR ACCURATE DATA AND FEEDBACK FROM OUR MOST IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO EXECUTE THIS IMMENSE BUT IMPORTANT EFFORT SO THAT THE CITY CAN ENACT ACTIONABLE POLICIES RATHER THAN SYMBOLIC GESTURES. SHE ADDED THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE TYPES OF LEGISLATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WASHINGTON D.C.. PACE MCCONCHIE ADDRESSED THE NEED TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE RESPONSES TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY THOSE IMPACTED BY HOMICIDE AND FOR THE CITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.  COUNCILORS THEN RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION MAY BE EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED ENSURING BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ENACT THIS WORK AND POTENTIAL CHANGES OR IMPACTS TO THE EXISTING BUDGET PROCESS AND FINANCES. FINALLY, FEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PROVIDED PUBLIC TESTIMONY SETTING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH INEQUITABLE DELIVERY OF SERVICES. WRITTEN TESTIMONY WAS ALSO PROVIDED BY THE BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF MASSACHUSETTS. SO WITH ALL OF THIS AT THIS TIME I RECOMMEND THAT THIS ORDINANCE REMAIN IN COMMITTEE SO THAT THIS COUNCIL BODY CAN REVIEW THE LANGUAGE AT A WORKING SESSION THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED PROMPTLY IN THE NEW YEAR. I'D LIKE TO PASS THE MIC NOW TO THE LEAD SPONSOR WHO CAN SHARE MORE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL . THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR CASA COLETTE ZAPATA FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING.  I JUST WANTED TO RISE CASA COLETTE AS A PART TO GAVE A GOOD OVERVIEW BUT JUST I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO SHOWED AND ALSO THE ADVOCATES CATHY BAEZA FROM RAISED FORWARD PACE AND MCCONKEY JUNIOR FROM THE PEACE INSTITUTE AND ALSO THE LEGENDARY PROFESSOR LAMBERT HAS LANDMARK.  I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONVERSATION.  OUR OFFICE WILL BE LOOKING TO REFILE THIS IN THE NEW YEAR AND DEEP DIVING DEEPER INTO THE LANGUAGE AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S CONCERNS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR , YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO RISE FOR RISE BUT THERE YOU GO.  THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1200 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 12110999 AND 1715 TOGETHER, PLEASE. DOCKET 1211 ORDER FOR HEARING FOR THIS QUESTIONS RE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE NEXT STEP AFTER THE FAILED PROPERTY TAX RETURNS APPLICATION FORM WILL PETITION TO AUDIT DOCKET 0999 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WAYS TO DIVERSIFY THE CITY OF BOSTON REVENUE DOCKET 1715 ORDER RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF TAX CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND FBI 2025 THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. COUNCILOR RL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING YESTERDAY DECEMBER 3RD ON TAX NUMBER 0999. DUNCAN NUMBER 1211 AND DUNCAN NUMBER 1715. WE WERE JOINED FROM THE ADMINISTRATION BY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER NICK MARINELLO AND I WENT TO ONE ONE AND 1715 AND BY INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU MARTY WALSH ON TALKING ABOUT 0999. WE WERE JOINED BY SPONSORS KANSAS FITZGERALD AND CARSON MURPHY AS WELL AS COUNCILOR FOR LANCASTER BREADON COUNCILOR WEBER COUNTY COLETTE ,A PARTNER COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND DISCUSSING THE NUMBER 0999 WE WE CHATTED ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF DIVERSIFIED REVENUE, ITS EFFECT ON STABLE BUDGETING AS WELL AS THE CITY'S TRIPLE-A BOND RATING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A TASK FORCE BEING CREATED TO DISCUSS THE MATTER AND BECAUSE NUMBER 1211 AND 1715 COMMISSIONER MARINELLO OUTLINED THE INTERNAL PROCESS FOR SETTING THE TAX IT AND A HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION AND DISCUSSED HOW THE CITY HAS CONSISTENTLY SET THE MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL RATE AND THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION OF 35% SINCE IT WAS ALLOWED STARTING IN 2017. HE SPOKE TO HYPOTHETICALS BASED ON WHETHER THE SENATE PASSES THE FORMAL PETITION OR NOT AND THE TIMING OF WHEN TAX BILLS GO OUT TO RESIDENTS. HE ALSO ADVISED THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON TO TAKE A VOTE ON TAX ACTIVATION ON DECEMBER 11 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SENATE PASSES THE HOMEWOOD PETITION OR NOT. WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STATE SENATE TOMORROW AND WE DECIDED TO GO. WE WILL DECIDE WHERE TO GO FROM THERE. FOR NOW THESE DOGS WILL STAY IN THE COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO SEE IF ANY OF THE SPONSORS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THEIR DOCKET. NO, NO, I'M OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 12110999 AND 1715 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MADAM, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1561. DOCKET 1561. ALL OF RIGHT HERE WENT TO EXPLORE HOW CHANGES TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT ZONING AND LAND USE POLICIES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS HAVE INCREASED HOUSING PRODUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY AND THE POTENTIAL TO APPLY SIMILAR POLICIES IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY WE HOSTED THE DELEGATION AND TODAY FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS INCLUDING MAYOR PRO TEM LESLIE POOLE, COUNCIL MEMBER SO QUADRI COUNCILMEMBER JOSE CHITO VELA, ALEX GARCIA POLICY ADVISER. SAM GERVAIS'S POLICY ADVISER AND ALSO ABUNDANT HOUSING MASSACHUSETTS. WE WERE JOINED BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL SANTANA PEPEN, BREADON WEBER, LOUIJEUNE AND FLYNN. WE HAD A FRUITFUL DISCUSSION AROUND STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT AUSTIN HAS EMBARKED ON AROUND THE TOPIC OF LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING INCLUDING AN ILLUMINATING TO PARCEL 12 THE LYRIC BUILDING IN MY DISTRICT. EARLIER IN THE DAY WHERE WE SHOWED THE VISITING DELEGATION EXAMPLE OF INNOVATIVE AND INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON WE LEARNED FROM AUSTIN'S DELEGATION THAT BY RIGHT DENSIFICATION REDUCTION IN LOT SIZES CITYWIDE REFORMS,  ELIMINATING PARKING MANDATES CITYWIDE AND OTHER MEASURES HAVE HELPED BRING ONLINE HOUSING SUPPLY WHICH IS AMELIORATING HOUSING INFLATION. WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY REMAINS ONE OF IF NOT THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGE FACING OUR CITY.  AUSTIN, LIKE BOSTON, HAS FACED SIMILAR CHALLENGES. THE HEARING YESTERDAY WAS A FIRST STEP ON WHAT IS HOPEFULLY A FRUITFUL COLLABORATION IN ORDER TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO MEET AUSTIN'S UNIQUE NEEDS AND DELIVER FRUITFUL SOLUTIONS THAT MATCH THE URGENCY OF THE CRISIS. THE TESTIMONY WAS WAS JUST AS INTERESTING AND I APPRECIATED RESIDENTS OF BOSTON COMING OUT TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AUSTIN AND BOSTON. I THINK IT WAS A VERY HELPFUL DISCUSSION AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO THEM THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME TO TESTIFY FOR THEIR CIVIC LEADERSHIP BUT IT ALSO ILLUMINATED THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN GETTING FOLKS ON BOARD WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT MAY BE NEEDED TO ALLOW FOR HOUSING PRODUCTION IN THE CITY. SO I'D LIKE TO REFER TO THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR HENRY SANTANA AND THE SECOND SPONSOR IF YOU'D LIKE. COUNCILOR PEPPER I'D SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND AS HIS COUNCILOR SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILORS PAPAD AND DUNCAN FOR JOINING ME AS A VERSION OF CO-SPONSORS AND TO COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS HEARING TO EXPLORE THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH AUSTIN, TEXAS HAS TAKEN TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING AND LAND USE POLICIES. THIS UNDERSCORED THE VALUE OF LOOKING BEYOND OUR BORDERS FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT COULD ADDRESS BOSTON'S HOUSING AND HOUSING CHALLENGES AND AUSTIN STRATEGIC REFORMS SUCH AS REDUCING MINIMUM LOT SIZES, ELIMINATING PARKING MANDATES AND IMPLEMENTING EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICIES HAVE SPURRED HOUSING PRODUCTION WHILE ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY. THESE CHANGES WEREN'T WITHOUT PRECISION BUT THEY PRIORITIZED INCLUSIVITY, EQUITY AND AS A CASE OF EDUCATION PROVING THAT COMPREHENSIVE CITY WIDE APPROACHES CAN CAN DRIVE PROGRESS WITHOUT SACRIFICING NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THE HEARING HIGHLIGHTED KEY LESSONS FOR BOSTON THE NEED FOR STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS THOUGHTFUL CITYWIDE ZONING CHANGES AND PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIKE RENTERS AND OUR ELDERS. AS WE ADOPT THESE STRATEGIES WE MUST HONOR BOSTON'S UNIQUE IDENTITY WHILE EMBRACING BOLD DATA DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL. I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AMBASSADOR US TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE, VIBRANT AND AFFORDABLE BOSTON.  THANK YOU. CARLOS SANTANA. THE JARGON AS IT COMES WITHIN YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  YEAH. WE HAD AN AMAZING DAY YESTERDAY. THE FIRST OF TWO. AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO BRING THEM OVER TO HYDE PARK TO BEGIN THE DAY AND SHOW THEM THE PRIDE BUILDING WHERE THEY WERE FASCINATED WITH HOW WE TRANSFORM THE NORTH SCHOOL BUILDING INTO A LGBTQ PLUS FRIENDLY SENIOR BUILDING IN THE HEART OF HYDE PARK. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ALSO TEACH US WHAT WE POTENTIALLY BRING HERE TO BOSTON AND TO KNOW WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PANEL DISCUSSION OVER AT THE COPLEY LIBRARY WITH CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS WELL. SO I LOOK I INVITE YOU ALL TO THAT TO COME OVER AT 6 P.M. AND JUST THANKFUL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE TRIP. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1561 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.  WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.  WE WILL BE TAKING ONE OUT OF ORDER.  SO MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1788 . DOCKET 1788. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND MAY HERE ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WE HAVE MANDATORY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ADD COUNCIL WEBRE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL MEMBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEE NO OBJECTION COUNCIL MEMBERS ADDED THANK YOU. AND AS YOU HEARD BEFORE WHEN WE DID OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE TPS COMMITTEE WHO ARE STILL HERE BEHIND US THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M COUNCILOR JACOB.  THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS LONG BEEN A BEACON OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR IMMIGRANTS. AS A CITY BUILT ON THE STRENGTH OF ITS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES,  BOSTON REMAINS STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS DIGNITY OF ALL ITS RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF STATUS. THE TRUST ACT FIRST ENACTED AS WE HEARD IN 2014 AND LATER STRENGTHENED THROUGH AMENDMENTS IS NOW A CORNERSTONE OF OUR POLICIES. EVERY YEAR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES US WITH THE REPORT PURSUANT THE TRUST ACT ON HOW THEY'VE BEEN HONORING THE TRUST ACT AND NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN ANY CIVIL IMMIGRATION DETAINMENT. THE TRUST ACT FOSTERS TRUST BETWEEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS ENSURING THAT ALL RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE REPORTING CRIMES AND SEEKING ASSISTANCE BY PREVENTING COLLABORATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES ON CIVIL IMMIGRATION MATTERS. AND THEY HAVE SAID AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION AS IT STILL ALLOWS THE BPD TO DO ITS JOB WITH RESPECT TO VIOLENT AND SERIOUS CRIMES AS A NATIONAL CRIME IT GROWS INCREASINGLY HOSTILE TOWARDS IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS. WE MUST REAFFIRM WHO WE ARE AS A CITY. OUR LEADERSHIP ROLE IN MAINTAINING A POSITIVE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT HERE WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST ENFORCING WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AND WHAT IS ALREADY ENFORCED. BUT I THINK OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES NEED TO HEAR THAT WE AS A BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY TOGETHER SUPPORT THEM VIA THE TRUST ACT JUST AS THIS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN 2014 AND AGAIN IN 2019 BY STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. BOSTON NOT ONLY STRENGTHENS ITS NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO SETS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE FOR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE THROUGH CONTINUED COLLABORATION, TRANSPARENCY AND DEDICATION TO JUSTICE. BOSTON REMAINS UNWAVERING IN ITS SUPPORT FOR THE TRUST ACT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE ADVOCACY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE WORK OF PROTECTING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO AS JOSE SO ELOQUENTLY STATED, ARE TAXPAYING RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU AND I AM SEEKING SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. SPEAKER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA.  COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. WE ARE HERE TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING BOSTON'S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE TRUST ACT. BOSTON IS A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS TO OUR CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS.  OUR CITY THRIVES BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. THE BOSTON TRUST ACT FIRST ENACTED IN 2014 AND STRENGTHENED IN 2019 WAS A STEP FORWARD IN ENSURING THAT ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS FELT SAFE AND ENGAGING WITH LOCAL ENFORCEMENT BY CLEARING BY CLEARLY DELINEATE THE ROLES OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.  WE ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK THAT PRIORITIZES TRUST, SAFETY AND DIGNITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. WE KNOW THAT WHEN IMMIGRANTS FEAR DEPORTATION THEY HESITATE TO REPORT CRIMES, SEEK HELP OR PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY LIFE EVENTS.  BY REAFFIRMING THE TRUST ACT. WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT BOSTON WILL NOT STAND FOR POLICIES THAT DIVIDE FAMILIES TEAR COMMUNITIES APART OR PERPETUATE FEAR. WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE ICE EACH DAY AT EACH AS I AM OFFICE FOR INTELLIGENCE ON ISSUES SUCH AS COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WHILE DRAWING A CLEAR LINE AGAINST LOCAL INVOLVEMENT IN CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THIS BALANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE TRUST OF OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS AS FEDERAL POLICIES CONTINUE TO EVOLVE. BOSTON MUST REMAIN VIGILANT. WE MUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR CHANGES, RESIST ACTIONS THAT UNDERMINE THE RIGHTS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND HOLD FIRM IN OUR COMMITMENT TO BRING A SAFE AND WELCOMING CITY. THE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES OF BOSTON WE SEE YOU. WE STAND WITH YOU AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS AND TO LIVE AND THRIVE WITHOUT FEAR.  AND THIS REALLY QUICK OFF THE CUFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IS THAT BEFORE I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER I USED TO DO PARENT ORGANIZING AND IT WAS THEN I WORKED WITH A GROUP OF PARENTS IN EAST BOSTON I THINK IT WAS 2015 OR 2016 BUT I REMEMBER A CASE OF A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS HARASSED IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HE WAS DEPORTED AND ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS SITUATION FIRST CAME TO TO MY ACKNOWLEDGMENT I WAS JUST AN APPARENT ORGANIZER I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LAW OR WHAT WAS AT PLAY BUT WE HAD REACHED OUT TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE HAD TALKED TO SOME OF HIS BAND OR SOMEBODY WHATEVER IT WAS CALLED THE OMBUDSMAN AND WE WERE TRYING WE EVEN TALKED TO MS.. SCHUSTER FROM THE BOSTON EQUITY DEPARTMENT AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND AS PARENTS WHO HAD VERY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THINGS WORKED WE LATER FOUND OUT AND WE WERE HAPPY THAT THE LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS GOT INVOLVED AND WE REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A REALLY A CASE THAT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REALLY BREACHED TRUST AND SO THAT WAS ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO AND HERE WE ARE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE, IT STILL GOES TO SHOW THAT THERE IS STILL MORE WORK THAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE SAFE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THEIR BEST INTEREST.  AND WHEN IT COMES TO TRUST WE ALREADY KNOW THAT IT IS HARD TO TRUST A GOVERNMENT AND IT'S HARD TO JUST TRUST THE CONSTRUCTS THAT WE HAPPEN TO FIND OURSELVES IN. BUT I HOPE THAT THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING CAN TRUST THAT THE FOLKS HERE IN THIS BODY WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF AND PROTECTED BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY NO MORE ALIVE TODAY LA LA LA LA LA LA. MCKEE LITTLE PHILADELPHIA JAMAR PORTAL THEORY YOU KNOW SOME LOOK AT THE NAME OF JACKIE UNLESS THERE WAS THE MEMO FROM THE HEAD AND THE TRIANGLE THAT WOULD BLOW THE WHISTLE IN AMOUNT ONE GRAND SHOW SO THERE YOU GO.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR COUNCILOR WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU FOR SAYING I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSORS.  MADAM PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNSELOR HERE FOR ADDING ME TO THIS.  YOU KNOW, I THINK OF COUNSELORS THEY COME SAID IT VERY WELL, YOU KNOW, BEFORE OUR MEETING THAT THE TRUST ACT IS DESIGNED TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE BY PROMOTING PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON THEMSELVES THEIR JOBS, THEIR FAMILIES.  JUST BY SPEAKING OUT, YOU KNOW THE IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT THE TRUST ACT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF GIVE TOO MUCH BREATH TO NARRATIVES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING OUR CITY UNSAFE AND THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE IN ONE OF THE SANCTUARY CITY CASES BEFORE THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, YOU KNOW, IN IN THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THE COURT SAID THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER THAT THAT SANCTUARY CITIES DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S LAWFUL PURSUIT OF SOME CIVIL IMMIGRATION AND THE PRESENCE IN SUCH LOCALITIES WILL NOT IMMUNIZE ANYONE FROM THE REACH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WILL STILL COOPERATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE NECESSARY AND WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ACTUALLY IMPACTED.  BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE 10TH AMENDMENT WHICH RESERVES THE RIGHTS OF LOCAL STATES AND AND MUNICIPALITIES AND BASICALLY THE 10TH AMENDMENT SAYS IS THAT ANYTHING NOT EXPRESSLY NO POWERS THAT ARE EXPRESSLY I'M SORRY FOR POWERS THAT ARE NOT EXPRESSLY GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THOSE POWERS REST WITH STATES AND LOCALITIES AND UNDER THE 10TH AMENDMENT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE COMMANDEERING DOCTRINE AND ONE COURT DESCRIBED THAT DESCRIBE THAT AS THE ANTI COMMANDEERING DOCTRINE STATES THAT ANY FEDERAL LAW THAT COMMANDEERS THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND AGENCIES OF STATES BY DIRECTLY COMPELLING THEM TO ENACT AND ENFORCE A FEDERAL PROGRAM IS BEYOND THE INHERENT LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL POWER WITHIN OUR DUAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. SO BY PROCLAIMING BOSTON AS A AS A AS AS A SANCTUARY CITY AND BY ENFORCING THE TRUST ACT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ENFORCING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. AND SO I PUSH BACK ON ANY NARRATIVE THAT SUGGESTS THAT WE ARE NOT DOING OUR DUTY BY GIVING LIFE TO THE TRUST ACT AND FORCING IT TO ITS FULLEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON. COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AS YOUR COLLEAGUE WITH REAL EXPERIENCE YOU ARE SPEAKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AS A FORMERLY UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT . I REMEMBER AT THE AGE OF TEN MY UNCLE PUTTING ME ON A PLANE LITERALLY IN CAPE VERDE IT'S A SMALL LITTLE PLANE SO THEY PUT YOU ON A PLANE AT LIKE AT THE STAIRS AND AND HIM TELLING ME WHEN YOU GET TO AMERICA AT THE AGE OF TEN MIND YOU WHEN YOU GET TO AMERICA, MAKE SURE AS SOON AS YOU CAN YOU GET A JOB. YOU HELP YOUR MOTHER TO SAVE MONEY TO SEND BACK.  DO NOT FORGET ABOUT YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER WAS STANDING THERE JUST AT THE AGE OF SIX AND I THINK FOUR AND SO I DID JUST THAT. I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS A GREEN CARD OR WHAT THESE PAPERS ARE AND AS SOON AS I COULD I GOT A JOB AT THE AGE OF 13 AND THEN BY 15 I WAS WORKING TWO JOBS WHILE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.  BY THE AGE OF 18 OR 20 I WOULD HAVE A CHILD AND BE WORKING THREE JOBS IN EVERY SINGLE TIME AS IMMIGRANTS AND AS IMMIGRANTS WITH EXPERIENCE OF BEING AN UNDOCUMENTED OR PREVIOUSLY UNDOCUMENTED.  YOU TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN HARD EARNED WORK AND YOU WORK AND YOU MAKE DO AND YOU SAVE AND YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN AND YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY.  SO HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT AND THEN YOU FAST FORWARD YOU ARE YOU MAY EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS AND THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE AND YOU MAY EXPERIENCE HAVING TO WORK MULTIPLE JOBS AT A LOWER WAGE BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BENEFIT FROM SSI OR ANY OF THE BENEFITS YOU CAN APPLY FOR WELFARE, YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR HOUSING, YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP. SO WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL YOU CAN'T GO TO COLLEGE . THEN I WOULD GO ON TO SAVING MONEY AND I WOULD PAY PER SEMESTER SO I WOULD SAVE MONEY. THEN I WOULD GO TO COLLEGE AND I WOULD DO THAT LITTLE BY LITTLE ONE STEP AT A TIME, ONE DAY AT A TIME. THESE EXPERIENCES ALL LEAD ME TODAY TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AND SAY I JOINED THE MILITARY AND SO THEY LOVE ME . GRANT THEY CONNECTED IN THE COMMUNITY. E AND TO PERFORM DAMAGE TO ME CORAZON AND JOSE'S STORY AQUI COMO SU ROMANA THEY SAID THAT THEY GET THEIR LOVED OBAMA PUT THE HEAD ARMOR WHICH UPHOLSTERY IS E MULTI AGGRESSIVE SPORT ALTHOUGH I KICK SOME GENERAL THAT'S ALL I CAN HEAR THE WHOLE NOT SOLAMENTE DE LA PALABRA CORAZON E CONTROL ARTURO IN TULSA ESTAMOS PUNTOS USING A SOLUTION WHICH IS DEMOCRACIA TODO SAKI IS DONE SO HOW DO WE VOLUNTEER ONE MORE LUCHA? SO THANK YOU TO THE FILERS AGAIN AS YOUR COLLEAGUE WITH THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE I THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AND CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED MAKING THIS A SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL IN THIS COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASA TO LET US ABOUT THE COUNCIL HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU VICE CHAIR. AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION. BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT JUST WORDS ON A PAPER AND I KNOW OUR COUNCIL HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH HIS COLLEAGUES TO GET THIS DONE AND HAVE IT BE CODIFIED IN LAW. BUT IT GOES BEYOND JUST A PIECE OF PAPER AND REALLY ENSHRINE PROTECTION IN ACTION AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN REAL TIME IN BOSTON. IT'S NOT JUST A POLICY BUT IT IS A PROMISE TO OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS THAT THEY ARE WELCOMED HERE AND THIS IS A SAFE HAVEN AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF BEING UNJUSTLY SCRUTINIZED OR EVEN RIPPED AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. AND THAT IS JUST SO, SO IMPORTANT. AND I DO WANT TO BE SURE TO THANK THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY A SEVEN AND CAPTAIN DEAN BICKERTON WHO TIME AND TIME AGAIN CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST SAYING WORDS THAT OH DON'T WORRY THEY YOU KNOW, IF THEY COME TO THE POLICE, IF THEY REPORT A CRIME, YOU KNOW, WE WILL WE WILL BE SURE TO PROTECT THEM. HE SHOWS UP AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS.  HE SHOWED UP AT OUR KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TOWN HALLS DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DEMONSTRATE THAT TRUST THAT IS IN THE NAMESAKE OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS AGAIN AND JUST PLEASE KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND AGAIN, AS WE BRACE FOR IMPACT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CO-SPONSORS. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WE STEP FORWARD. WHAT IS OUR JOB AS A CITY IF IT IS NOT TO BUILD TRUST DURING THIS TIME?  YOU KNOW I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE FAMILY EXPERIENCES AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO THEM THAT THAT WE STAND UP, THAT WE FIGHT BACK AND IN THIS MOMENT I CAN'T THINK OF SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN BE DOING. WE ARE THE REFLECTION OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE ARE THE REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE ARE THE REFLECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE CITY OF BOSTON WON'T LET DOWN.  WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT BACK.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCIL ME HERE AND WEBER FOR REAFFIRMING THE CHOICE ACT. I BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION IS CRUCIAL TO MAINTAIN THE TRUST BETWEEN OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENSURING THAT ALL RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE TO ENGAGE WITH CITY SERVICES WITHOUT FEAR. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS.  THIS RESOLUTION EMBODIES COMMITMENT TO BEING A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE CITY, PRIORITIZES SAFETY AND TRUST BY CLEAR DEFINING THE ROLES A BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.  I THINK WE HAD THE SCOPE FOR EXPLORING HOW WE CAN FURTHER STRENGTHEN THESE PROTECTIONS AND BUILD ON SUCCESSFUL MODELS TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MADAM MADAM CLAIR CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BRADING CASA COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR DURKAN CASA FINANCE INNOCENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA CASTLE WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA IN COUNCIL WEBER SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PATCHES OF DOCKING NUMBER 1788 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ALL THOSE ARE OUR POSTS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 178 CELEBRATE TOWN COUNCIL COLETTE IS THE BOROUGH COUNCIL DOPING? YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FRIEND? YES.  COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL PEOPLE COUNCILORS SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL AROUND YES.  13 VOTES IN THE 40 DOCKET NUMBER 1788 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1783 CHOCOLATE 1783 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING AN ORDINANCE CODIFYING THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZEN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR CHAIR. AND THIS IS YOU KNOW A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN CODIFYING OFFICES.  THIS IS AN OFFICE THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH ESPECIALLY DURING MY FIRST TERM TO MAKE SURE THIS OFFICE HAS THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. RETURNING CITIZENS OFTEN ENCOUNTER SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO SECURING STABLE HOUSING, MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT AND ACCESS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.  SO THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZEN TO THAT IS CODIFIED AND THIS ORDINANCE AIMS TO FORMALIZE THAT THEY ARE A PART OF CITIES OF OUR CITY'S GOVERNMENT FOSTERING THE RIGHTS OF OUR RETURNING CITIZENS THAT THEY DESERVE IT MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES NO MATTER WHO IS IN OFFICE LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY. AND SO WE'LL BE REFILING THIS BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PUT IT ON RECORD SOME OF THE ONE OF THE DOCKETS AMERICA HAS BEEN WORKING ON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW FOLKS KNOW AND I TALKED TO CHIEF MASSO AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MONTGOMERY THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY OF OURS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THAT OFFICE IS CODIFIED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE WORKED ON FOR MANY YEARS AS A PROBATION OFFICER AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT ACTUALLY FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WORKING IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. I SUPERVISE THOSE RETURNING CITIZENS THAT WERE ON PROBATION, MANY OF THEM HOMELESS AND HAD CERTAIN AREAS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED AS A AS A PROBATION OFFICER WORKING WITH RETURNING CITIZENS IS MANY OF THE RETURNING CITIZENS COME BACK INTO SOCIETY WITHOUT THE BASIC NECESSITIES TO TO BE EFFECTIVE, TO BE FUNCTIONING SUCH AS A BIRTH CERTIFICATE SO THAT THEY CAN GET A LICENSE OR HOUSING OR JOB TRAINING OR EMPLOYMENT OR ENGAGED IN COUNSELING WHETHER WHETHER THEY'RE IN PROBATION OR PAROLE OR NOT.  BUT A LOT OF THE SERVICES ARE CRITICAL TO RECEIVE THEM WHILE IN JAIL WHILE IN PRISON BUT ALSO CERTAINLY WHEN THEY COME OUT OF WHEN THEY RETURN HOME THAT THERE ARE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 95% OF PEOPLE IN PRISON IN JAIL COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE IN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES WITH THE SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT INCLUDES JOB TRAINING, ACCESS TO COUNSELING, EMPLOYMENT, CERTAINLY HOUSING BUT COMING BACK WITHOUT ANY ESTABLISHED SUPPORTS SYSTEM IS A RECIPE FOR FOR FAILURE. SO THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? I JUST WANT TO JUST QUICKLY SAY THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY ADVOCATING FOR OUR RETURN TO CITIZENS. ALSO THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THIS SPACE AND ALSO JUST SHOUT OUT TO THE OFFICE ITSELF AND ALL THE NONPROFIT AND ADVOCATES THAT CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MADAM CLARE CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON BRADING COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY CASA PEPE AND COUNCIL S.A. COUNCIL MEMBER.  AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1784. DOCKET NUMBER 1784. COUNCILOR PEPEN AND S.A. OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR YOU HERE AND TO PROHIBIT RENT PAID BROKER FEE WHEN HIRED BY YOUR LANDLORD.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BEDPAN CUSTOMER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'D LIKE TO ACCESS SUSPEND THE RULES IN COUNCIL BRADING AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR PEDANTIC SUSPEND THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR BRADING AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR BRAIDED AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL CENTER ON COUNCIL BRADING THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH ME ON THIS INITIATIVE AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT FOR STANDING UP TO CORRECT THIS POLICY AFTER ALL. BOSS IS NOT THE ONLY MATE. BOSTON IS NOT THE ONLY MAJOR AMERICAN CITY WHERE TENANTS CAN BE FORCED TO PAY BROKER'S FEE.  THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY REASONS WHY WE SHOULD PROHIBIT LANDLORDS FROM REQUIRING PROSPECTIVE TENANTS TO PAY BROKER FEES. THE FIRST IS AFFORDABILITY. IT'S NO SECRET THAT WORKING PEOPLE IN BOSTON ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD RENT AS IT IS. BROKER FEES ARE JUST A SECOND SLAP TO THE FACE BY REQUIRING PROSPECTIVE TENANTS TO PAY MONTHS RENT TO A BROKER IN ADDITION TO OTHER CHARGES. MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS END UP HAVING TO PAY BETWEEN $3000 TO $10000 JUST TO PUT A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND BEGIN A LEASE. 65% OF BOSTON RESIDENTS ARE RENTERS.  NOW OBVIOUSLY MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY LAYING AROUND SO THE STRESS IS OVERWHELMING. THEY TAKE OUT LOANS.  THEY GO INTO DEBT. THEY EAT LESS. THEY FEED THEIR KIDS LESS.  THAT IN ITSELF IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE SECOND IS MARKET FLEXIBILITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO STAY IN AN UNHEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT OR ENJOY MASSIVE RENT INCREASES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIT WITH A BROKER'S FEE. THAT ARTIFICIAL BARRIER PUTS UPWARD PRESSURE ON RENTS ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY MAY NOT REALIZE IT. THIS LIKELY HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOME LANDLORDS AS WELL IF THEY REQUIRE RENT OR PAID BROKERS FEES.  THEY MAY BE GETTING FEWER QUALITY APPLICANTS THAT ARTIFICIALLY CONSTRAINS THEIR CHOICE IN WHO TO RENTER. MANY RESPONSIBLE RENTERS WHO CAN PAY THEIR RENT ON TIME AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY CAN ALSO STRUGGLE WITH HIGH UPFRONT COST. LANDLORDS AND RENTERS ARE ALSO LOSING MONEY ON THIS POLICY. THEY'RE BOTH LOSING MONEY TO THE MIDDLEMEN.  IF YOU ARE A RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TUNING IN YOU SHOULD CONSIDER A NEW APPROACH INSTEAD OF WAITING ON THE STATE LEGISLATOR TO LET OUR CITY FIX THESE ISSUES. UNDER THE POLICY WE ARE SUGGESTING LANDLORDS CAN STILL CHOOSE TO HIRE A BROKER BUT THEY WILL BE THE ONES PAYING FOR IT. A PROSPECTIVE RENTER COULD STILL PAY A FEE FOR A WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES IF THEY CHOOSE TO. WE WILL SEE BROKERAGE SERVICES INNOVATIVE AND ADAPT. WHY?  WHILE I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST IN DIFFERENT FORUMS, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ROOMS.  I WAS ABLE TO HEAR A LOT OF TESTIMONIES AND I WAS ABLE TO GET ONE SPECIFIC PLEA FROM A RESIDENT OF ROSLINDALE WHERE THEY SAID THAT WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AN APARTMENT THEY WERE CHARGED FOR A BROKER FEE BY A LANDLORD THAT LIVED IN THE SAME UNIT AND THE SAME APARTMENT. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IN THAT SPECIFIC SITUATION THE BROKER FEE WASN'T NEEDED AND THAT PERSON HAD TO PAY ALMOST $10,000 TO MOVE INTO THAT UNIT. WHEN I THINK ABOUT $10,000 I COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE A FEW THOUSAND MORE AND PUT PUT DOWN A DOWN PAYMENT ON A MORTGAGE AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE FACING. AND WHAT I'M REALIZING IS THAT THIS IS ALSO NOT JUST AN ISSUE VERY UNIQUE TO BOSTON. COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FROM CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS YVONNE SABRINA WHEELER,  COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM SOMERVILLE WILLIE BROADDRICK AND NOW COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FROM SALEM ALSO ARE REACHING OUT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS THEIR RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING NOT ONLY WITH MY BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN BUT COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME . I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR LEGISLATIVE TERM THIS YEAR SO I'LL BE FILING THIS IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNSELOR SANTANA, CARLOS SANTANA OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER BEN FOR FILING THIS CRITICAL HEARING ORDER AND INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. BOSTON'S AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IS A REALITY THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS FACE DAILY AND ADDRESSING UNFAIR FINANCIAL BURDENS IN THE HOUSING MARKET IS ONE WAY WE CAN MAKE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE.  WITH 65% OF OUR RESIDENTS RENTING THEIR HOMES, WE MUST TAKE ACTION TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM LIVING AND THRIVING IN OUR CITY. REQUIRING RENTERS TO PAY BROKER FEES FOR SERVICES HIRED BY LANDLORDS BY LANDLORDS ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF FINANCIAL STRAIN ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR CITY ALREADY FACES SOME OF THE HIGHEST TRENDS IN THE NATION. THIS PRACTICE REALLY IMPACTS OUR WORKING FAMILIES, OUR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND OUR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO AFFORD BASIC HOUSING COSTS. BY EXPLORING THE THE PROVISION OF RENT OR PAY BROKER FEES WHEN LANDLORDS ARE THE ONES HIRING THESE SERVICES WE TAKE A STEP TOWARDS EQUITY AND FAIRNESS IN OUR HOUSING MARKET. THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT ADDRESSING THE IMMEDIATE BURDEN BUT ALSO ABOUT SIGNALING OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING BOSTON A CITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO A STABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCIL PREP FOR FILING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOVERNOR S.A. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYDEN CONSTABLE. ANY OTHER FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS RESOLUTION. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING STAFF FROM THE CITIES OF NORTHAMPTON AND BROCKTON TO SHARE A LANGUAGE ON A HOME RULE PETITIONS SUBMITTED BY THEIR MUNICIPALITIES SEEKING TO REGULATE THE REQUIREMENT OF TENANT PAY AND BROKER FEES FOR LANDLORD SOLICITED SERVICES. WE'VE ALSO RAISED THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE LEGISLATURE WHO HAVE PROPOSED IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS SINCE AS EARLY AS 2022 A REPRESENTATIVE RETIREMENT MENDEZ OF BROCKTON REPRESENTED LYNDSEY SABA DOSA AND SENATOR JILL COMERFORD IN NORTHAMPTON.  REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CONNOLLY, WHOSE LOCAL OPTIONS FOR TENANT PROTECTIONS ACT INCLUDED LANGUAGE AUTHORIZING CITIES TO REGULATE BY ORDINANCE. AND SENATOR LINDA EDWARDS, A FORMER COLLEAGUE WHO IS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE WHOSE AMENDMENT FOR BANNING TENANT PAIRED BROKER FEES FOR LANDLORD SOLICIT SERVICES PASSED THE SENATE IN JUNE BUT DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE HOUSING BOND BILL SIGNED INTO AUGUST.  SO WE CHOSE THIS THIS THIS THIS IS AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME IN MY OPINION. ACCORDING TO TWO ACCORDING TO A MAY 2023 OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES REPORT FROM THE US BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT ESTIMATE FOR REAL ESTATE BROKERS IS 15 51,350 WITH 1310 OF THOSE EMPLOYED IN MASSACHUSETTS.  AND MASSACHUSETTS RANKS THIRD AMONG TOP PAYING STATES AFTER RHODE ISLAND AND NEW YORK.  YOU KNOW AND AND BASICALLY IN BOSTON.  BOSTON RANKS SIXTH NATIONALLY FOR THE HIGHEST EMPLOYMENT LEVEL OF REAL ESTATE BROKERS. AND BOSTON RANKS FOURTH FOR TOP PAYING METROPOLITAN AREAS. I REPRESENT A DISTRICT WITH A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE CITIES AND THE REGIONS RESIDENTIAL RENTALS, LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND OFF CAMPUS STUDENT HOUSING RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WORKING FAMILIES, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS WHETHER THEY'RE HERE TEMPORARILY OR INTENDING TO SETTLE IN BOSTON LONG TERM AND HOPING TO CALL BOSTON HOME ARE SEVERELY COST BURDENED. THE UNREGULATED PRACTICE OF TENANT PAID BROKER FEES FOR LANDLORD SERVICES IN THE RENTAL PROCESS PLACES UNDUE BURDENS ON PROSPECTIVE OF TENANTS.  I HAD AN EXPERIENCE RECENTLY IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO OF A SOMEONE WHO IS RELOCATING BACK TO THE CITY AN ELDER SENIOR WHO'S REALLY RELOCATING BACK TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SHE FOUND THE APARTMENT ON HER OWN . SHE SENT PAID A DEPOSIT, SENT ALL HER FINANCIAL INFORMATION,  NEVER MET THE BROKER AND THE BROKER DIDN'T EVEN TURN UP TO HAND OVER THE KEYS.  SO SHE HAD TO FORK OUT A MONTH'S RENT AS A BROKER FEE FOR A SERVICE IN WHICH SHE DID ALL THE WORK AND THE BROKER GOT PAID TOTALLY ON TOTALLY ON UNREASONABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE. MY OFFICE HAS DRAFTED LANGUAGE FOR A HOME RULE PETITION MODELED ON THOSE PREVIOUSLY FILED IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT WE INTEND TO INTRODUCE SHORTLY . I THINK THIS IS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS TO TRY AND IT'S ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE TO ADDRESS THE INCREDIBLE COST BURDEN FOR HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND ADVANCING THIS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON IN THE CHAIR AGAIN I JUST CAME TO CALL IT AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILORS KREPON AND S.A. FOR INTRODUCING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING AND THIS CONVERSATION. IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EAST BOSTON WHERE MANY LOW INCOME FAMILIES ALREADY STRUGGLE TO MEET THE RISING COST OF HOUSING BROKER FEES CAN AMOUNT TO AN INSURMOUNTABLE FINANCIAL BARRIER OFTEN EQUAL TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS UPFRONT. THE POSSIBILITY OF PROHIBITING RENTER PAID BROKER BROKERS FEES WHEN HIRED BY LANDLORDS COULD ADDRESS THIS BARRIER AND BE ONE STRATEGY TO AMELIORATE BOSTON'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. BOSTON'S RENTERS MAKE UP TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY, MYSELF INCLUDED, AND EVEN MORE SO IN EAST BOSTON. OVER THE YEARS THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TENANTS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET HAS REACHED UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS REQUIRING TENANTS TO PAY BROKERS FEES FOR SERVICES HIRED BY LANDLORDS. EXACERBATES THIS CHALLENGE.  THIS PROPOSAL IS PROMISING BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW WE NEED TO INTEGRATE THE VOICES OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS. AND BELIEVE ME , I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF THEM ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL HOW THEY CAN BRING THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR CRITICAL INSIGHT ON HOW WE CAN CREATE EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS WITHOUT STIFLING THEIR LIVELIHOOD OR HOUSING AVAILABILITY.  SO AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHERING OUR GOAL OF MAKING BOSTON AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE.  AS A PART OF THE CHALLENGES COME FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR FILING THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY JOINING COUNCILOR BRAYTON WHEN SHE FILES THAT ORDINANCE NEXT YEAR. HELLO. PUT ME ON IT OR NOT?  YOU KNOW I'LL STILL BE A CHEERLEADER REGARDLESS BUT YEAH ,I JUST WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY SAY THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE I THINK ABOUT ALSO WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US WHO ARE MOVED WHO ARE LOW INCOME OR IN SUBSIDIZED SITUATIONS THAT ALSO NEED HELP.  SO I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO A SUBSIDIZED APARTMENT BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH FIRST LAST MONTH AND SECURITY THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME . I DON'T KNOW HOW IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING PEOPLE THEN I THINK WE SHOULD HELP PEOPLE NOT HAVE TO MAKE THEM FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET FIRST. LAST MONTH AND SECURITY JUST TO MOVE INTO A SUBSIDIZED UNIT. SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S SOME WORK THAT WE COULD BE DOING IN THAT SPACE AND WHILE I'M UP, I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SUBSIDY SITUATION BUT WITH SECTION EIGHT THE SAME THING, RIGHT? I KNOW THAT A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD THE AUDACITY TO INTRODUCE A HEARING ORDER ON ADJUSTED INCOME PRICING FOR FOLKS WHO FOR PARKING TICKETS AND THE WHOLE WORLD JUST WENT CRAZY BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING HOW MUCH PEOPLE SHOULD PAY BASED ON THEIR INCOME IF THEY GET A PARKING TICKET AND HELLO EVERYBODY WENT BANANAS BUT I THINK AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL IN HOW WE GO ABOUT ADDRESSING THE SITUATION BECAUSE AS A HOMEOWNER I ALSO BELIEVE AND I'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT FIRST LAST MILE AND SECURITY OFTENTIMES HELPS SUPPORT IF THERE'S A BOILER THAT BREAKS THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING THERE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE SOME OF THOSE COSTS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE DON'T DO THINGS THAT WILL HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THAT WE'RE REALLY SUPER MINDFUL OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY GETS HARMED IN OUR POLICY MAKING PROCESS. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS. ONE I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR BREADON FOR THE WORK THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS DONE ON THIS ISSUE IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY OFFICE I THINK LAST TERM COUNCILOR FOR AN ENERGY ANDERSON FILED A HEARING ORDER ON BROKER BROKERS FEES THAT I JOINED AND THAT COUNCILOR BRAID ENJOYED AND SO SO A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. IT'S REALLY BURDENSOME AS EVERYONE HAS STATED FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO RENT. AND SO IF WE CAN CHIP AWAY AT THAT WE SHOULD.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CUT AS A PART DURKAN MAHILA WEBER WAHL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.  DOCKET NUMBER 1784 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1785 DOCKET NUMBER 1785. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS EFFORTS TO CANCEL MEDICAL DEBT.  THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS ABOUT HERE IN THE CITY AT DIFFERENT BANKS, NON-PROFITS AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S I THINK ONE OF OUR BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITIES AS ELECTEDS IS TO REDUCE THE STRESS THAT PEOPLE FACE. AND WHEN A LOT OF CITIES RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON OFFER, THERE ARE CITIES THAT EXPLORED HOW TO USE THEIR OWN FINANCIAL COFFERS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF MEDICAL DEBT THAT ALSO PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM SEEKING MEDICAL HELP. I KNOW IN SOMERVILLE THEY EXPLORED THAT IN CONNECTICUT THE ACTUAL STATE ITSELF HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO CANCEL SOME OF THAT SOME OF THAT DEBT. AND SO I OFFER THIS AS A PIECE OF A HEARING ORDER THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THIS MATTER. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T SEEK MEDICAL CARE AS A RESULT OF MEDICAL DEBT IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LEADING CAUSE OF A PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY IN THE UNITED STATES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS FAMILIES AND BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THEREBY PERPETUATING CYCLES OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND HEALTH INEQUALITY FOR MANY EVEN DESPITE HAVING HEALTH INSURANCE. FAMILIES ACROSS OUR CITY FACE SUBSTANTIAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES DUE TO HIGH DEDUCTIBLES AND UNCOVERED MEDICAL PROCEDURES WHERE, ACCORDING TO BANKRATE'S ANNUAL EMERGENCY FUND REPORT, THE MAJORITY 57% OF U.S. ADULTS ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO AFFORD A $1,000 EMERGENCY EXPENSE THAT IS UNJUSTIFIABLE AND A LOT OF THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE MEDICAL DEBT FOR NICKELS ON NICKELS ON THE DOLLAR. AND SO I THINK IT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE. I JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY FILE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IN THE NEW YEAR.  AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND YOU KNOW, AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL THE PROPOSALS FOR NEW WAY TO REDUCE MEDICAL DEBT AND ADDRESS ILLEGAL MEDICAL DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES INCLUDING LEGISLATION TO BAN MEDICAL BILLS FROM BEING INCLUDED IN CREDIT REPORTS AND SO MUCH MORE. SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE HAVING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AND WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCIL . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR FILING THIS. HAVING THE LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA AND A LOT OF OUR HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS IN DISTRICT EIGHT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS WITH HOSPITAL LEADERSHIP AROUND COST TRANSPARENCY. WE'VE ALL HAD THIS SITUATION WHERE WE WALK INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND DON'T REALIZE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND $900 FOR AN X-RAY OR YOU KNOW, AN ANKLE THAT YOU TURNED. THAT HAPPENED TO ME LAST YEAR SO I APPRECIATE IT.  BOTH THE IMPACT THAT MEDICAL DEBT HAS ON FAMILIES BUT ALSO HOW WE CAN BE PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO PUSH FOR COST TRANSPARENCY WHICH HAS BEEN A PART OF A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH OUR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION COUNCIL . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR OFFERING THIS HEARING ORDER AND THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST BY PROFESSION I USED TO WORK IN A NATIONALIZED PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT HEALTH CARE WAS FREE FROM THE POINT OF AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY FROM BIRTH TO DEATH AND THAT WAS REALLY I THINK IT WAS UNDERVALUED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED BY THE PEOPLE WHO USED TO GRIPE ABOUT THINGS. BUT I REALLY DO FEEL THAT HEALTH CARE IS AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND THAT SO OFTEN I KNOW THE SYSTEM.  I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT ARE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND LOOKED AT AND I AM A STRONG PROPONENT FOR A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM THAT WOULD CUT OUT A LOT OF THAT EXTRA COST. I DO RECOGNIZE THAT ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WE HAVE IN OUR COURT AND OUR COST OF OUR HEALTH CARE IS THE ISSUE OF OUT-OF-NETWORK. YOU KNOW, FEES FOR YOU GO IN AND GET HAVE A PROCEDURE DONE YOUR DOCTOR, YOUR CHECK, YOUR INSURANCE, YOUR SURGEON IS DEFINITELY OKAY THEN YOUR NETWORK AND THEN YOU GET A BILL AFTER THE FACT TO SAY OH BY THE WAY, THE ANESTHETIST WAS OUTSIDE THE NETWORK THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO PAY A LARGE SUM TO PAY FOR A NODE OF NETWORK AND A NODE OF NETWORK ANESTHETIST OR SOMETHING. THIS IS COMMONPLACE AND IT'S VERY UNFAIR AND TO CONSIDER DOCKETS POINT IS VERY, VERY OPAQUE AND THERE'S A VERY SEVERE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICTABILITY IN WHAT COSTS MIGHT BE INCURRED. SO I REALLY WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS DEEP DIVE INTO THIS VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.  AND AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE MOMENT LIKE TRYING TO IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE UPSTREAM THE UPSTREAM APPROACHES THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT AS WELL. BUT I THINK THAT'S SLIGHTLY ABOVE OUR OUR PAY GRADE A CITY COUNCILORS BUT IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ADVOCATES FOR MORE EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU THANK YOU. BECAUSE ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS MATTER HERE TO THE FLOOR.  I'M ALSO JUST I KNOW NEW YORK HAS DONE AN INITIATIVE SO EAGER TO TAKE A LOOK AND DEEPER DIVE INTO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN NEW YORK AND ALSO JUST SHOUT OUT TO OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL I KNOW HER OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING SOME WORK IN THIS SPACE.  WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCIL BRADING COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA CARTER DURKIN CASA FITZGERALD COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR PEPE ENCOUNTER SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND ALSO PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1785 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COMPLETED WITH DOCKET NUMBER 1786 DOCKET NUMBER 1786. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF CRUISE INDUSTRY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CATHERINE FLYNN ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I AM CALLING FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW ENGLAND. ACCORDING ACCORDING TO THE FLYNN CRUISE PORT 2024 ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT, BOSTON'S CRUISE INDUSTRY GREW SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS WITH A PASSENGER COUNT OF OVER 480,000 PASSENGERS THIS YEAR ON THE CRUISE INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED $256 MILLION TO THE ECONOMY A 90% INCREASE SINCE 2018 AND SUPPORTED 3000 JOBS. IN NOVEMBER, MASSPORT ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE CRUISE PORT 660 MILLION OF WHICH WOULD GO TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENTS INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF SHIP TO SHORE POWER THAT WILL ENABLE CRUISE SHIPS TO PLUG IN TO ELECTRIC POWER ASHORE WHILE AT BERTH IN THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT.  THIS WILL REDUCE THE DIESEL EMISSIONS AND MINIMIZE POLLUTION TO THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON.  I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND MASSPORT FOR THEIR SUPPORT ESPECIALLY THE STATE SENATOR NICK COLLINS. THESE INVESTMENTS ARE CRITICAL AND WILL ALLOW OUR PORT OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE.  BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY WITH A RICH MARITIME HISTORY AND OUR PORTS INCLUDING THE KLONDIKE TERMINAL HAVE BEEN VITAL TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. QUOTING THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF LONGSHOREMEN AS WELL AS BOSTON'S CRUISE INDUSTRY LOGS,  RECORD BREAKING PASSENGER VISITS WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK IN OPERATIONS DUE TO THEIR SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY. JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS. WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE OUR ROLE AS A PORT CITY AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ECONOMY. I'M ALSO PROUD THAT THE FLYNN CRUISE PORT IS NAMED IN HONOR OF MY FATHER FORMER MAYOR FLYNN AS WELL AS MY FAMILY'S HISTORY WITH THE MARITIME COMMUNITY IN BOSTON INCLUDING BOTH OF MY GRANDFATHERS WHO WORKED AT THE PORT OF BOSTON AS A PROUD UNION LONGSHOREMEN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON CLARA ZAPATA. FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR OH AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU GET EVERYONE BUT I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY, GREAT. DOCKET NUMBER 1786 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1787 DOCKET NUMBER 1787. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY FITNESS ACT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL TO GET THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR CHAIR, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK BUT I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT. THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSES THE UNFAIR PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION AND GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVISIONS THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INCLUDING BOSSES, TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL WORKERS. THESE INDIVIDUALS DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING,  EDUCATING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES. OFTEN AT GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE YET THEY ARE THERE ARE PENALIZED WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR RETIREMENT SECURITY. THE WFP AND THE GPO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ALSO EARNED PENSIONS THROUGH NON-COVERED EMPLOYMENT . THIS MEANS THAT WORKERS WHO HAVE PAID INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM OFTEN IN SECOND CAREERS OR PART TIME JOBS MAY SEE THEIR BENEFITS CUT AND WIDOWS RELY ON SURVIVOR BENEFITS FACE EVEN HARSHER REDUCTIONS WITH MANY LOSING THEIR BENEFITS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET. THESE PROVISIONS WERE INTENDED TO PREVENT FINANCIAL WINDFALLS BUT IN PRACTICE THEY HARM MIDDLE CLASS AND LOWER INCOME RETIREES THE MOST CREATING UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THOSE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD IT. THIS RESOLUTION IS MORE THAN A CALL TO ACTION. IT'S A STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH BOSTON'S PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO DESERVE FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY IN THEIR RETIREMENT. THE SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO REPEAL THESE HARMFUL PROVISIONS ,RESTORE FAIRNESS AND ENSURE THAT OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THE BENEFITS THEY HAVE EARNED THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK. AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO LORRAINE FOR BRINGING THIS AND IN OUR OFFICE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.  IT'S TIME TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE WITH THE RETIREMENT THEY DESERVE.  THIS IS A BILL THAT IS CO-SPONSORED BY SENATOR EDWARD MARKEY AND SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.  OUR DELEGATION IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT.  FROM MAJORITY WHIP CLERK, MINORITY WITH CLERK.  CONGRESSMAN LYNCH. MCGOVERN. MOULTON PRESSLEY TRAN. AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN PASS THE SENATE DOWN IN D.C. HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS PASSED BEFORE THE YEAR'S END AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY CAN DO THAT. I ALSO KNOW THAT LAST WEEK THERE WAS SOMEONE RAISED AN ISSUE OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST BUT AS I STATED ALSO LAST WEEK THAT NGL CHAPTER 268 A SECTION 19 ALLOWS EXEMPTIONS FOR LEGISLATION THAT IS OF WHERE EVEN IF THERE MAY BE A FINANCIAL INTEREST THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THIS AFFECTS AND IS A GENERAL APPLICABILITY WHICH IS WHY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND MEMBERS OF SENATE ARE VOTING ON IT OR SPONSORING IT OR UPLIFTING IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN BE IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO MADAM PRESIDENT FOR FOR ADDING ME TO THIS. YOU KNOW, I IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THE THE WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION SERVES TO PENALIZE PEOPLE WHO'VE WORKED FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES OR FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WHO LATER WORK FOR STATE OR CITY GOVERNMENTS.  IT ALSO SERVES AS A DISINCENTIVE FOR ANYONE WHO'S WORKED OUTSIDE THE CITY OR STATE FROM COMING TO WORK HERE BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO WAIVE THE THE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS THAT YOU'VE EARNED AND IT ENDS UP PENALIZING OUR YOU KNOW,  FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, TEACHERS AND OTHER CIVIL.  AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE GOT RID OF IT AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO COLLECT SOCIAL SECURITY WHEN THEY EARN IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.  WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, I LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCIL WEBER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.  ALSO SAW A BOSTON DELEGATION FOR FIGHTING FOR THIS TOWN IN D.C.. ALSO JUST IN HERE IN BOSTON. JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE BOSTON RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES TO HELP PUBLIC EMPLOYEES NAVIGATE THESE CHALLENGES. WHEN ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OUR COUNCIL BREADON AND CATHOLIC LADIES ARE PART OF THE COUNCIL DURKAN COUNTY FINANCE ANDERSON CANTOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL MURPHY CASTLE PEPEN CASA SANTANA.  PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL WEBCAST CASA LOUIJEUNE AND WEBER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION THE DOCKET NUMBER 1787 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.  THANK YOU GUYS HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKING NUMBER 177 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR . MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 1789 DOCKET NUMBER 1789 COUNCIL UPGRADE AND OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES PILOT PROGRAM INVOLVING INVOLVEMENT TAX EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE TO ASK TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR HERE AND COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN HERE IS SO ADDED COUNTERBALANCES AND SUSPEND THE RULES ADD CONTRACT SO THAT A ZAPATA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONSTRUCTIVE ZAPATA IS SO ADDED COUNCILOR CLUB AS COUNCILOR BRAEDEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO AFFIRM ITS SUPPORT FOR CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES PILOT PROGRAM INVOLVING TAX EXEMPT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.  PILOT IS AN IMPORTANT VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR EXEMPT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING HIGHER EDUCATION, MEDICAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HELP OFFSET THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS BY MAKING VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS AND IN-KIND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS BENEFITING ALL BOSTON RESIDENTS VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS HELP FUND OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO OWNERS OF BOTH TAXABLE AND NONTAXABLE PROFIT PROPERTIES SUCH AS POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION, STREET CLEANING AND SNOW REMOVAL. OUR PROGRAM HAS OFTEN BEEN TOUTED AS A NATIONAL MODEL NOW WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF ABOUT 45 INSTITUTIONS OWNING TAX EXEMPT PROPERTY VALUED IN EXCESS OF $15 MILLION. BUT THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE TO UPDATE THE CURRENT PROGRAM LET ALONE TO MAKE THE CURRENT PROGRAM FUNCTION AS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED. THIS RESOLUTION RESOLUTION AFFIRMS THE CITY OF CITY OF BOSTON'S CITY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES NUMBER ONE ASSIGNED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE FOR THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM ANNUALLY SUPPORT REPORT EACH INSTITUTION VALUATION FOR ALL EXEMPT PROPERTIES REQUESTED CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD REMAIN 25% OF THE TAX WOULD BE PAID HALF OF THE REQUESTED CONTRIBUTION 12 AND A HALF OF THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE TAXED AS CASH.  THEY ARE UP TO HALF 12 AND A HALF PERCENT OF WOULD BE TAXED AS CREDITS FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS.  COMMUNITY BENEFITS SHOULD ALIGN WITH CITY DESIGNATED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES STRONG STANDARDIZATION TO TRANSPORT TRANSIT IN PARDON ME CHARLESTOWN TODAY IS A TRANSPARENT FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING COMMUNITY BENEFITS NO DOUBLE DIPPING COMMUNITY BENEFITS BEING SEPARATE FROM MITIGATION AND INSTITUTIONAL MASTERPLANS AND COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT ENGAGES THE STAKEHOLDERS AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK TO SEEK SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AND REQUEST A ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAEDEN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE OF ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRENNAN FOR FILING THIS AND ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.  BOSTON IS HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS ENRICH ENRICH OUR CITY IN COUNTLESS WAYS. BUT THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS OFTEN SHIFTS THE COST OF THE ESSENTIAL CITY THIS MUCH FORTUNATELY ON TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS. THE PILOT PROGRAM PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM IS A TOOL FOR EQUITY ENSURING THAT INSTITUTIONS BENEFITING FROM BOSTON SERVICES CONTRIBUTE THEIR FAIR SHARE. EACH YEAR I RAISE CONCERNS AND OFTEN WATCH THOSE RERUNS EVERY YEAR AND I HAVE BEEN A CONSTANT VOICE ASKING AT US AS A COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE PERSISTENT GAP BETWEEN THE CITY'S REQUEST FROM PILOT PARTICIPANTS AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY RECEIVED.  FOR INSTANCE, IN FY 23 THE CITY REQUESTED 1.28 ONE 128.6 MILLION BUT ONLY RECEIVED 35.7 MILLION IN CASH. JUST 54% OF THE ASK. THIS ONGOING SHORTFALL DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO FIND CRITICAL TO FUND CRITICAL SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, SNOW REMOVAL, FIRE PROTECTION AND IT ALSO LIMITS US FROM CLOSING THESE GAPS AND STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY TO ESTABLISH A MORE EQUITABLE PROCESS. THERE'S WORK TO DO IN THIS SPACE. THESE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE TANGIBLE IMPACTS ON BOSTON RESIDENTS SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES, PUBLIC HEALTH AND EDUCATION OR INVESTMENTS THAT BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES. TRANSPARENCY AND INCLUDE AND INCLUSIVITY MUST BE CENTERED IN THE PILOT PROGRAM. FORMALIZED AGREEMENTS CLEAR EVALUATION FRAMEWORKS AND ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORTING WILL ENSURE THAT EVERYONE FROM INSTITUTIONS TO RESIDENTS HAS A VOICE IN SHAPING THE PROGRAM. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRAPPLES WITH THESE CHALLENGES IN THESE INSTITUTIONS WHEN THEY EXPAND INCLUDING DISPLACEMENT AND WE MUST PRIORITIZE THE VOICES WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED TO THE INSTITUTIONS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM. WE SEE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. THEY ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED BUT WE MUST DO MORE TOGETHER. THIS EFFORT IS NOT ABOUT ASSIGNING BUT DEVELOPING POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT REFLECT OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES TO BOSTON AND ITS RESIDENTS AND ALWAYS THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPLIFT THAT. WE HAVE B.U. NORTHEASTERN HARVARD AND WE HAVE ALL OF THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO WALK BY AND CAN'T AFFORD TO GET INTO. AND YES, THEY GIVE US THE OCCASIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT.  BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE DISPLACING THE FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE AND OFTENTIMES THERE'S REALLY NO ACCOUNTABILITY.  SO IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO REALLY CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GIVE THE PILOT ACTION COMMITTEE A REAL VOICE IN THE WORK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOUNTABILITY WE CAN HAVE AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS VOLUNTARY BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE WILL TO HOLD THESE INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE AND SAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? THAT IS THE TYPE OF ENERGY THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2025. SO Y'ALL BE GETTING READY FOR IT AS WE BRING IN IT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLAUDE AS A PARTNER.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR BREADON AS WELL FOR ADDING ME AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT ED DEMANDS BUT WHAT GETS LOST IS THE FACT THAT IN MY DISTRICT AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR FLYNN'S DISTRICT WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST TAX EXEMPT ENTITIES MASSPORT THAT'S VALUED AT $1.5 BILLION WITH A B AND THERE I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT THEIR PAYMENT IS BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT UP TO STANDARD I THINK FOR WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND THIS COUNCIL HAS DEBATED THIS PILOT PROGRAM IN VARIOUS FORMS OVER THE YEARS. BUT THE URGENCY OF THIS DISCUSSION HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER WITH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON HAPPENING IN REAL TIME. NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTION FROM THESE TAX EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT OUR CITY'S CRITICAL SERVICES. THE PILOT PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING THAT BOSTON'S TAX EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS CONTRIBUTE THEIR FAIR SHARE TO OUR CITY'S VITAL SERVICES LIKE POLICE FIRE PROTECTION AND SNOW REMOVAL THINGS THAT BENEFIT US ALL AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM'S CORE PRINCIPLES INCLUDING TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN COMPLIANCE AND ALIGN COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS WITH BOSTON'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES LIKE HOUSING, EDUCATION, HEALTH, CLIMATE AND MOBILITY.  WE CAN ENSURE THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS EFFECTIVELY WHILE FOSTERING COLLABORATION WHICH IS NECESSARY WITH THESE INSTITUTIONS. SO AGAIN, I THINK THE MAKERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF THE CHAIRMAN'S CONTRE FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS FOR FOR ONE REASON. I DO BELIEVE THAT BEFORE WE MAKE A MAJOR VOTE ON THIS I BELIEVE THE INSTITUTION SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINION SO WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO BOSTON. I'D ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM. I CALLED FOR A HEARING ON THE PILOT PROGRAM BUT BEFORE WE DO MAKE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PILOT PROGRAM, I DO THINK IT IS FAIR TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM THE COURTESY OF COMING TO CITY HALL EXPLAINING WHAT THEIR POSITION, HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT THEM, HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THEIR INSTITUTION, WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IN MY OPINION I THINK IT'S FAIR TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. WITH THIS RESOLUTION WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS FILING FROM COUNCILOR BRAEDEN.  I JUST WANT TO JUST SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS AS THE COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT D, WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PILOT ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY AND AS VICE CHAIR OF THE PILOT COMMITTEE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE OVER HALF OF THE CITY'S PILOT ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS EITHER TOUCH OR IN DISTRICT D I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR GREAT INSTITUTIONS TO FORMULATE A WIN WIN PLAN THAT FOSTERS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT AND COLLABORATION. ONE THING I'VE HEARD FROM THE INSTITUTIONS IN OUR DISTRICT I'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO TOUR ALL THE 26 OF THE 45 PILOT ENTREPRENEURS SITUATIONS THAT TOUCH TO DATE AND ONE THING I'VE HEARD FREQUENTLY IS THAT SHAMING DOES NOT WORK. WHAT WORKS IS SAYING THANK YOU AND AS A FORMER FUNDRAISER WHAT I'VE REALIZED THAT THANK YOU GOES A REALLY LONG WAY THAT BOSTON'S PILOT INSTITUTIONS ARE GOING TO BE UNDER THREAT FROM A LOT OF OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WILL BE UNDER THREAT FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THAT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL FOR PILOT IS NOT RIGHT NOW BASED ON A REAL REAL ESTATE VALUATION ARE ASSESSING IF THERE'S A MISMATCH WITH OUR ASSESSING AND WHAT THESE INSTITUTIONS ACTUALLY OWN. AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE CORE PRIORITIES THAT I HAVE IS UPDATING ASSESSING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT INSTITUTIONS OWN.  BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK IT'S BEEN QUOTED IN THIS BODY THAT INSTITUTION OWNS INSTITUTIONS OWN 50% OF THE REAL ESTATE IN BOSTON.  THAT'S NOT TRUE. MAYBE THEY OWN 50% IN DISTRICT EIGHT BUT THEY OWN 5% OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS BE ROOTED IN REALITY AND I THINK VOLUNTARY PILOT PAYMENTS ARE ONE TOOL CASH CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ONE TOOL. BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT INSTITUTIONS ESPECIALLY INSTITUTIONS CAN OFFER THAT'S SPECIAL TO THEM OFTENTIMES.  THE OTHER THING IS I THINK I DON'T THINK VOLUNTARY PILOT PAYMENTS CAN BE HIGHER THAN OPERATING EXPENSES AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.  I WANT TO THANK STEVEN CHAN WHO DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK AT THE CITY AND UNDERSTANDS THIS IN PARTNERSHIP AND I REALLY WANT I THINK IN THE NEW YEAR TO HAVE HIM COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING PROPOSED AND I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION BUT I MEET WITH ALL OF THESE INSTITUTIONS LIKE ALL OF THE TIME AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ROOTED REALITY ROOTED IN THE TEETH THAT WE CAN PUT ON THINGS IN THE TEETH THAT WE CAN'T PUT BUT SEE WE ARE IN A SEASON OF GRATITUDE AND WE NEED TO THINK INSTITUTIONS FOR WHAT THEY OFFER AND WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GENTLY COAX PEOPLE INTO GETTING TO THE TABLE AND HAVING A GOOD CONVERSATION. AND I'M EXCITED TO BE A LEADER IN THIS AND I'M EXCITED TO TO BRING ALL THESE FOLKS TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUCHSURFING ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FERNANDO ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR DURKAN BOTH COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILOR FLYNN. I THINK I SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING INSTITUTIONS TO TALK TO THEM. WE DID HAVE A POLICY IT WAS IN A POLICY BRIEF OF SOME SORT, RIGHT? A MEETING THAT WE HAD WHERE THEY CAME SOME OF THEM CAME TO THE TABLE WERE FOLKS THAT WERE WORKING ON THIS AND ON A GENERAL CONVERSATION BUT WE GOT IN DEPTH ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IT IS AND SINCE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY LAW IN HOW TO HOLD INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE BUT I DO HEAR CASA DURKIN'S POINT IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENT IT'S NOT ACCURATE . IN FACT I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE OTHER TYPES OF NONPROFITS SUCH AS ART INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT REDLINING OR WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS OR POLICIES THAT HAVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU SEE THAT YOU KNOW, BANKS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN IT RIGHT?  LIKE THERE ARE OTHER PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AS WELL THAT I THINK AS A WHOLE WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, HOW HAVE WE HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHIZED ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WE COMMODITIZE OUR YOU KNOW, THE LAND OR LAND THAT PREDOMINANTLY IS AROUND IN URBAN AREAS AND THEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. SO MEANWHILE THESE INSTITUTIONS THEY ARE REGISTERING FOLKS MOSTLY FOLKS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF BOSTON OR NOT NECESSARILY BLACK, BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN AND I'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SOMETIMES OVER REGISTERING STUDENTS AND THEN SAYING OH, WE DON'T HAVE BUILDINGS BUT THEN THEY'VE RENTED SOME OF THEIR BUILDINGS TO WENTWORTH AND THEN FIGURING OUT LATER LIKE OH WAIT, WHAT YOU NOW ARE TAKING BACK YOUR BUILDING BUT THEN YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BUILDING BUT THEN YOU OVER REGISTER. SO ALL OF THAT MESS AND CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION AND BEYOND ASSESSING LOOKING AT THE OTHER PRIVATE THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR LIVES IN OUR CITY AND HOW WE CAN ALSO LOOKING LOOKING TO THEM TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE OR FIGURE LIKE OTHER PILOT SOLUTIONS FOR THIS. SO YES CONVERSATION YES YOU KNOW GIVING THEM I GUESS A SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH CHANCE FOR CONVERSATIONS BUT IT DOES ALSO LIKE THIS IS A RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR FRIEND FOR NOW BLOCKING IT AND SENDING IT TO COMMITTEE AND ALLOWING EVERYONE TO JUST YOU KNOW, VOTE TODAY I BE VOTING IN SUPPORT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A RESOLUTION SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET'S RISE UP AND MAKE A STATEMENT AND SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD ENFORCE FURTHER THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO ASSESSING AN INVENTORY AND FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE FILERS TO RECLAIM ROXBURY OR MONIE WHITE AND ALL THE ADVOCATES AND FOLKS THAT WORKED REALLY HARD IN PIECING THIS WITH COUNCILOR BRADEN'S OFFICE. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD DOING MORE WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PIPPEN COMES WITH A PENNY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR IN THIS COUNCIL BRAYTON FOR BRINGING TO THE FLOOR TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WE SHOULD BE HAVING MORE OFTEN AND AS SOMEONE THAT REPRESENTS A HIGH HOMEOWNERSHIP DISTRICT OF MATTAPAN HIGH PARK AND ROSLINDALE AND WE'RE HAVING WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT TAXES AND HOW IN JANUARY THEIR TAXES MIGHT POTENTIALLY INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OR BY LESS.  AND I STRUGGLE WITH THE ESSENCE OF WHY IS IT THAT OUR FAMILIES THAT HOLD THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS CONTINUOUSLY STRUGGLE WITH THESE TAX INCREASES BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T HOLD THESE INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE TO PAY THEIR ENDS MEET AND THAT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.  I THINK THAT BY PASSING A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS WHICH I'M IN SUPPORT OF AND HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS, WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW EACH US CAN EACH PAY OUR FAIR SHARE AND I HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE INSTITUTIONS THE UNIVERSITY TO HAVE ENDOWMENTS LARGER THAN COUNTRIES COUNTRIES BUDGETS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TO DO SOME GOOD WITH AND I JUST THINK THAT WE AS CITY COUNCILORS I THINK THAT WE NEED TO STAND FOR MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BRENNAN, FOR PUTTING US ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. RISING IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.  YOU KNOW I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT A CONSTITUENT OF MINE IN IDEX AND WHO I HAVE FOUND IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND PROVIDED ME WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION AS A VERY GOOD ADVOCATE FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE POINTED OUT TO ME WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NEW ASSESSMENTS AND AS A RESULT ARE THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE PAYING EVEN LESS THAN THEY USED TO. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A RENEWED FOCUS ON THIS PROGRAM GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. FOR ONE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE BEING PROVIDED.  YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE NUMBERS ARE JUST KIND OF MADE UP AND PUT INTO THE FORMULA. BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A LOT MORE PUBLICLY FACING INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH CREDIT THEY'RE CLAIMING THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE CLAIMING FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WORRY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BY NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO BE WALKING AWAY FROM IT IN THE FUTURE AND RECEIVING EVEN LESS AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSIFYING OUR OUR REVENUE BASE. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IT'S PERFECTLY FAIR TO, YOU KNOW, REQUEST THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CASTLE WEBER THE CHALLENGES TIMES ARE GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A RESOLUTION AND IT LAYS OUT A FRAMEWORK AND AS A BASIS FOR AN IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE CONVERSATION FURTHER WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE ENGAGED BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE PILOT PROGRAM.  THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM CURRENT PILOT PROGRAM WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE LAST HORIZON IN THE RESOLUTION.  THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE CURRENT PILOT PROGRAM WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH PARTICIPATORY PROCESS BUILT ON CONSENSUS AMONG INSTITUTIONAL LEADERS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND THE PUBLIC.  AND ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM'S FORMULA WOULD LIKEWISE RESULT FROM AN INFORMED TASK FORCE.  THE BOTTOM ITEM ON THE ON THE RESOLUTION WAS THE SUCCESS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL BE ENHANCED BY A ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT FOSTERS MEANINGFUL AND INTRUSIVE INPUT TRANSPARENCY OVERSIGHT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICULARLY IMPACTED BY INSTITUTIONAL EXPANSION. AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE FOLKS FROM TEXAS AND AUSTIN, WE HAVE 160,000 STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THAT PUTS AN INCREDIBLE STRAIN ON OUR HOUSING STOCK. EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS THE IMPACT OF THIS. WE ARE ASKING THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS BE PARTNERS WITH US TO TRY AND ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT WE MEET IN THE CITY AND TO WORK WITH US AS A COMMUNITY, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WITH OUR BROADER COMMUNITIES TO TRY AND COME TO A REASONABLE, EQUITABLE AND FAIR OUTCOME WITH REGARD TO A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WOULD WORK FOR ALL OF US IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I ASK ALL OF MY MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST A FRAMEWORK FOR A CONVERSATION.  IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE THAT I'M ASKING PEOPLE TO VOTE ON RIGHT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRATTON, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO TAKE THE MAKERS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. I'LL BE VOTING AND SUPPORT. IT'S DURING THE PANDEMIC SO MANY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS SAW THEIR ENDOWMENTS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEREAS THAT WASN'T THE CASE FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON HERE IN THE CITY.  THEY DID NOT SEE THEIR WEALTH INCREASE TO THAT EXTENT AND SO I THINK YOU CELEBRATED FOR FRAMING THIS AS LIKE A FRAMEWORK FOR A CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND WE DO RECOGNIZE SO MANY OF US WENT TO THESE INSTITUTIONS OR LOVED THEM OR PARTICIPATED IN THEM AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM BUT WHAT DO WE DO WHEN SO MANY OF OUR SO MANY OF OUR PLACES, SO MANY OF THE LAND IN OUR CITY IS OWNED BY THESE INSTITUTIONS AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED WORK. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER TRIED IT OUT ALREADY BUT IN IT OF THE TASK FORCE MAKING SURE MORE OF THE TASK FORCE AND I'VE GOTTEN OFFERS TO OTHER FOLKS WHO REACHED OUT TO ME TO JUST UNDERSCORE HOW IMPORTANT PILOT IS AS PART OF THE SOLUTION TO THE NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE FACE HERE AS A CITY. SO THANK YOU TO THEM AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MADAM CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS DURKIN FERNANDES , ANDERSON FITZGERALD PITT, BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS BREADON MEJIA AND COLLETTE ZAPATA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1789 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING A MISS MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1789 COUNCILOR BREADON YES COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR PEPEN. YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER BECAUSE OUR DOCKET COULD 1789 GOD 11. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1789 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1790. TOPIC 1790.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND CLLR ZAPATA OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FULL FUNDING FOR THE HEALTHY INCENTIVE PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION FOR SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES. THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTHY INCENTIVE PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS PIP HAS BEEN A VITAL RESOURCES RESOURCE FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO ENABLE THEM TO PURCHASE FRESH LOCALLY GROWN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORTING THE STATE'S LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.  SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2017, HIP HAS SHOWN SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FUNDING THE FARMERS MARKETS THAT WE ALL LOVE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD AND HEALTHY FOODS. WITH PARTICIPANTS PURCHASING ON AVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL 1.23 SERVINGS OF FRUIT AND VEGGIES PER DAY AND EACH DOLLAR INVESTED IN THAT PROGRAM GENERATES $2 IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. DESPITE ITS SUCCESSES, THE PROGRAM FACES RECURRING STATE FUNDING CHALLENGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. HIP WAS ALLOCATED ONLY $15 MILLION. IT'S IN IT NEEDS AT LEAST TEN MORE MILLION DOLLARS IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN YEAR ROUND OPERATIONS. THIS SHORTFALL HAS LED TO REDUCTION IN BENEFITS WITH MONTHLY REIMBURSEMENT SET TO DECREASE TO ONLY $20 PER HOUSEHOLD REGARDLESS OF SIZE WHICH WOULD BASICALLY MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO USE THIS VERY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM WHICH HAS A LOT OF NO PUN INTENDED CARROTS IN IT FOR PEOPLE TO EAT HEALTHILY.  THESE CUTS WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT THE 180,000 HOUSEHOLDS WHO RELY ON HIP, MANY OF WHICH INCLUDE SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES BUT ALSO THE NEARLY 300 FARMERS AND CHILDREN AND 72 VENDORS ACROSS THE STATE WHO DEPEND ON THE PROGRAM FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS.  IN SEPTEMBER 2024 ALONE, APPROXIMATELY 10% OF SNAP HOUSEHOLDS JUST UNDER 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS UTILIZED HIT BENEFITS. THIS RESOLUTION IS A CALL FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HIP TO A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ALLOCATION AND ENSURING THAT THIS ESSENTIAL PROGRAM CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS. I WANT TO UPLIFT SIENNA WEAVER OF THE FRESH FOOD TRUCK LIZ MILLER AT SPOONFULS, LIZA WASSERMAN HERE AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE, THE MASSACHUSETTS FOOD SYSTEMS COLLABORATIVE. OLIVER ALL OF THEM REACH OUT TO US TO AMPLIFY THE NEED FOR US TO SUPPORT THIS AND THE CRITICAL WHAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE THIS FUNDING. THIS IS OUR RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDING SOMERVILLE. SO I'M HOPING THAT JUST WE COULD GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS HEALTHY INCENTIVES PROGRAM IS A GOOD PROGRAM THAT IS WORTHY OF OUR SUPPORT AND SO I'M ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR COLETTE ZAPATA. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR AND I WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS RESOLUTION.  I'M PROUD TO HAVE WORKED ON MANY ISSUES RELATED TO IMPROVING BOSTON'S FOOD SYSTEM AND TO ADVANCE FOOD ACCESS AND HEALTHY FOODS IN THE CITY. AND THE TOP STRATEGY IN THIS WORK IS UNDOUBTEDLY EXPANDING PROGRAMS LIKE HERE WHICH SUBSIDIZES HEALTHY FOOD PURCHASES ENSURING ALL RESIDENTS CAN AFFORD FRESH AND LOCALLY SOURCED OPTIONS. IN 2024 ALONE, BOSTON HOUSEHOLDS UTILIZE NEARLY $3 MILLION IN HIT BENEFITS, UNDERSCORING THE PROGRAM'S PROFOUND IMPACT ON BOTH INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY IMPROVES THE WELL-BEING OF SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS BUT THEY SUPPORT OUR FARMERS AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.  UNFORTUNATELY THESE BENEFITS HAVE BEEN CUT AS IT'S BEEN MENTIONED AND THREATENED TO UNDO PROGRESS LEAVING FAMILIES WITH FEWER RESOURCES TO ACCESS HEALTHY WHOLE NUTRITIOUS FOODS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN HIP WE GENERATE $2 IN THE LOCAL ECONOMIC ECONOMY AND SO FULLY FUNDING THIS PROGRAM IS NOT JUST A MORAL IMPERATIVE IT IS A SMART INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY'S WELL-BEING AND ECONOMY. SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION IN ALLOCATION NEEDED TO SUSTAIN THIS VITAL PROGRAM THROUGH THIS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DAILY TABLE. I KNOW THAT THEY ALSO FACED SOME LOSS OF FUNDING SO THAT'S WHY IT'S WHAT MAKES THIS RESOLUTION AND FUNDING FOR HIP SO IMPORTANT. ALSO THESE WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ED GASKIN IN THE HARBOR HARBOR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER FOR DAP AND CASI AND THEIR WORK IN PROVIDING HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS ALSO. CYNTHIA LETTUCE COMMENTS EYE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND THEIR WORK IN THIS SPACE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS RESOLUTION? MADAM COOKIE PLEASE. COUNCILOR BRADING COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN CASA FINANCE A.S. COUNCILOR MEJIA CAFé PEPPER AND CAFé SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ENCOUNTER COLETTE AS A PARK SUPPORTER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PATCH OF THE DOCKET NUMBER 1790 . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.  THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKING NUMBER 1790 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1791 DOCKET NUMBER 1791 COUNCIL OFFLINE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZE AND ENCOURAGING OF THE USE OF BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION REPLACEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO FLYNN CASTRO PLENTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION PROVIDES CRITICAL WATER AND SEWER SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR WATER MEETS THE FEDERAL AND STATE DRINKING WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS. EARMARKS IS THE QUALITY OF OUR DRINKING WATER FOR SAFE CONSUMPTION AS WELL.  AS YOU KNOW, RED CAN ENTER OUR DRINKING WATER AS A RESULT OF CORROSION OF LEAD PIPES AS WELL AS FROM WEARING A WAY OF MATERIALS CONTAINING LEAD IN THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THE BOSTON WATER SALT COMMISSION DEVELOPED A LEAD REPLACEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO REMOVE AND REPLACE LEAD PIPES AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. THE PROGRAM ENCOURAGES PROPERTY OWNERS TO REPLACE PRIVATE WATER SERVICE WHICH IS THE SECTION OF THE WATER PIPE RUNNING FROM THE PROPERTY LINE INTO THE BUILDING AS THE PIPE MAY BE MADE OF LEAD PROPERTY OWNERS IN BOSTON ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATE AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY IS SERVED BY A TWO INCH OR SMALLER WATER SERVICE LEAD PIPE THE WATER IN THE SEWER ACCOUNT OF THE PROPERTY IS ACTIVE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AGREES TO HAVE THE WORK DONE BY THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION. THE LEAD REPLACEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT BWC OFFERS AND I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SERVICES TO REPLACE LEAD PIPES AND PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THEIR CHILDREN. RESIDENTS CAN ALSO CALL THE BOSTON WATER AND SOIL COMMISSION FOR AN INSPECTION IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT LEAD PIPES CONNECTING ONTO THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS BREADON AND COLETTE ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD. MARIA MURPHY HEPBURN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR CASUAL FLUENCY EXPANSION OF THE ROLES AND PASSAGE OF AN ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1791 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THE POLICY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED OC BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR OR ANYTHING ELSE TO A DOCKET WHEN THEY WERE NOT HERE NO UP CONSEQUENT AND ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT BY MAY REMAIN SEATED. I THINK I MISSED DOCKET 17841785.  I WAS HERE 41786I BELIEVE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THOSE PLEASE.  OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM. QUICK, CAN YOU CAN YOU ADD COUNSELOR FRIEND ENGINEERS INTO DOCKET NUMBER 178411785 YES. OKAY.  THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? BUT I WAS REMISS AND I SHOULD HAVE THANKED MEGHAN AND MICHELLE FOR THE RESEARCH AND WORK THAT THEY DID ON DOCKET FOR THE THE RESEARCH ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT. THEY WILL BE WORKING ON SOMETHING JUST SO THAT FOLKS FEEL COMFORTABLE AND FIND.  THANK YOU MEGHAN VOTING ON ISSUES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO OUR WORK AND CONTINUE ADVOCACY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT MEGHAN AND THANK YOU TO MICHELLE. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE LET THE CENTRAL STAFF KNOW IN ADVANCE OF YOUR CHICOS. THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL. I HAVE FOUR PEARLS HERE. YES. THE FIRST ONE STARTING WITH THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 1791 DOCKET 1791 MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ OH, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE JUST YEAH. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE GET COUNCILOR EARL TO DOCKET 17918. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. OKAY, WELL, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMFORTABLE WAITING TIMES ARE WAITING. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO CALL DOCKET ZERO 488 FROM THE HOUSE IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE ON PAGE PAGE NINE OF THE GREEN SHEETS.  OKAY. I WILL WAIT. SO MADAM CLERK HAS THAT BEFORE HER SO PATIENT TO TAKE PAGE NINE BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS IN THE IT'S IT'S THAT'S WHAT I FIND IN 048 THAT'S WHAT I FIND IT ON THE IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT ON YOUR HARD COPY DO YOU HAVE IT I'M YES OKAY MADAM CLERK IF YOU COULD READ IT INTO THE RECORD DOCKET 0488. COUNSELOR BRIGHTON, LOUISIANA MAY HEAR A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FURTHER MEASURES TO SUPPLEMENT INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND ADVANCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT I INTRODUCED IN MARCH WITH COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR COUNCIL WILL BE HERE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO FORMALLY EXPRESS ITS INTENTION ON TWO IMPORTANT MATTERS INVOLVING INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FIRST, THAT WE COLLECTIVELY ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S VOUCHER PROGRAM TO MAKE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING UNITS THAT TRULY AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS AT LOWER INCOMES.  AND SECOND THAT WE SEEK PERIODIC REVIEW NO LATER THAN 22 2026 ON THE FEASIBILITY OF PHASING IN FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AND INCLUSIONARY ZONING INFORMED BY MARKET CONDITIONS AND ALL THE AVAILABLE DATA. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COALITION.  I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COALITION FOR A TRULY AFFORDABLE BOSTON C TAB WHO HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN ADVANCING BOSTON'S INCLUSIONARY ZONING REFORM AND ENSURING HOUSING POLICY SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. C TAB REPRESENTS A DIVERSE NETWORK OF HOUSING JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO ENSURING AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL BOSTONIANS. LAST YEAR'S CODIFICATION OF INCLUSIONARY HOUSING HOUSING INTO THE ZONE BOSTON'S ZONING CODE WAS A MONUMENTAL STEP FORWARD WHICH TOOK EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST.  HOWEVER, WE NEED TO BUILD ON THIS SUCCESS TO FULLY ADDRESS BOSTON'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.  THE CURRENT INCLUSIONARY ZONING THRESHOLDS ARE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT BUT DO NOT GO FAR ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS.  FOR MANY FAMILIES FAMILIES PARTICULARLY RENTERS OF COLOR,  THE AFFORDABILITY GAP PERSISTS. DISPLACEMENT CONTINUES TO DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT BOSTON'S COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.  BUT BY EXPANDING AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND UTILIZING TOOLS LIKE THE CITY OF BOSTON VOUCHER PROGRAM, WE CAN HELP STEM THE TIDE. THE CITY OF BOSTON VOUCHER PROGRAM IS A VITAL TOOL TO MAKE UNITS AFFORDABLE TO EXTREMELY LOW INCOME RENTERS ENSURING THEY PAY NO MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME AND COVERING AND INCORPORATING.  THIS IS A WIN WIN FOR RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS. THE PERIODIC REVIEW OF INCLUSIONARY ZONING WILL ALLOW US TO ADOPT AND ADOPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND ENSURE THAT AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS REMAIN FEASIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO CHANGING NEEDS WHILE ENCOURAGING LONG TERM PLANNING. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ALIGNS WITH COMMUNITY LED STANDARDS THAT PRIORITIZE HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT. TOGETHER WE CAN WE CAN CONTINUE BUILDING A CITY WHERE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO A HOME THAT THEY CAN AFFORD AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE BREAK FREE FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR BREADON.  AND AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD SINCE WE'VE CODIFIED IT INTO CITY LAW. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE PERIODIC REVIEWS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE GOALS SET OUT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS US TO HAVE REGARDING WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS PLACED IN OUR CITY. AND SO I THINK THE COALITION AND I THINK THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE COUNCIL TO REALLY TRY TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK THE VOUCHER ADDITION TO THIS INCLUSIONARY POLICY IS REALLY SMART BECAUSE IT MAKES SURE THAT OUR BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY RESIDENTS THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO HOLD VOUCHERS ARE ALSO ABLE TO ACCESS THESE PROPERTIES AND OFTENTIMES THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT FOLKS THAT DEVELOPERS AND FOLKS RECEIVE FROM THESE VOUCHERS, IT IT'S IT'S IT ENDS UP BEING MORE THAN MARKET. AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE THIS WITHIN OUR WHEELHOUSE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW PERIODICALLY AND TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE FEASIBILITY OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE DEPENDING ON MARKET CONDITIONS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN WE HAVE DONE ALREADY. I THINK I SPOKE ABOUT THIS AT THE HEARING THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY THE ONE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON, AUSTIN BUT IT WAS MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER YESTERDAY WHO SAID THE KEY TO UNLOCKING A LOT MORE AFFORDABILITY IS ABOUT MORE DENSITY AND ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE 20% IF ZONING ZONING LAWS AND RULES CHANGE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND TO SEE IF THAT HAPPENS AND IF THAT DOES HAPPEN I THINK IT IS FEASIBLE FOR US TO LOOK AT DEPENDING AGAIN ON MARKET CONDITIONS, INTEREST RATES AND AND SO FORTH FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT MORE WE CAN BE DOING. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND THANK YOU TO CASSIM HERE AND THE CO-SPONSOR FOR FOR BRINGING THIS MATTER FORWARD. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COUNCILOR ME? NO. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HINES REGIONAL COUNCIL MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR. YEAH. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. JUST BECAUSE THE EXPLANATION FROM THE GREEN SHEETS BUT TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT IT FULLY MEANS AND I THINK I THINK IT WAS FILED BACK IN MARCH OR IS THAT RIGHT?  SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLARIFY HERE BUT IS THIS ABOUT WHAT WE TALK ABOUT INCREASES IN ADP AND BEING ABLE TO REVIEW THAT BEFORE THE YEAR 2026? AND IF WE SHOULD GO UP ON THE ADP INCREASE THE FEASIBLE FEASIBILITY OF THAT ALTHOUGH COUNCILOR BRAEDEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY CALIBRATE INTO THE CHAIR.  YOU MAY. YEAH I THINK PERIODIC REVIEW TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE WE'RE IN A BATTLE TO INCREASE THE AFFORDABILITY OF OUR HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY. SO PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND ENSURE THAT THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIRING REQUIREMENTS REMAIN FEASIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE CITY. SO IT'S JUST REALLY JUST TO JUST TO DO A PERIODIC REVIEW AND CHECK IN WHERE WE'RE AT. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME NEW TOOLS IN THE KIDS ESPECIALLY THE AVAILABILITY OF MORE VOUCHERS IS REALLY HELPFUL. THE CITY OF BOSTON VOUCHERS IS REALLY HELPING PEOPLE TO ACCESS YOU KNOW, ACCESS HOMES AND ALL ACROSS THE CITY THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THEM IN THE PAST.  UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU GUYS. IF YOU'D LIKE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU MAY RESPOND TO THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE. IS THIS WOULD WE THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE FULL DEBATE HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE AS YOU JUST POINT FROM THE GREEN SHEET. BUT WOULD THAT BE EVERY PERIODIC REVIEW WOULD ALLOW US TO? WOULD WE THEN BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND ENACTED IT EVERY TWO YEARS OR IS THE THOUGHT OF LIKE AS THE MARKET CHANGES WE CAN CHANGE THE ADP REQUIREMENT ALMOST YEAR TO YEAR OR EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT THE THE I THINK THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD BEGIN IT THROUGH THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR BRENNAN YOU MAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I SEE WHERE IT IS HERE.  YEAH, IT'S IN BY 2026 SO AS WE WOULD SEEK PERIODIC REVIEW NO LATER THAN 2026 SO IT GIVES US TWO YEARS YOU KNOW THE NEXT TWO YEARS THAT WE WOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION, SEE WHAT WE'LL SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND THEN SEE IF WE NEED TO TWEAK IT OR RECOMMEND TWEAKING TWEAKING THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING APPROACH APPROPRIATELY JUST TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE HAVE. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S JUST A STUDY THAT WE CAN THEN EITHER RECOMMENDATION BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENT THAT COMES FROM THAT. YES.  AND IT IS A IT IS A RESOLUTION AGAIN, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS ONE AS A HOST AND COUNCILMAN , HE IS ALSO A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT WAS FILED WAY BACK IN MARCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BRAYTON COUNCILOR , HIS JOB IS ARE YOU ARE YOU GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND IT JUST SORT OF POINTED OUT TO ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR ME TO SORT OF BREAK THIS DOWN FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. SO BASICALLY A RESOLUTION FOR US IS SUPPORT TO COMING BACK AND REEVALUATING EH MY CALCULATIONS BASED ON MARKET CHANGES BUT AS WELL AS FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTION FEASIBILITY OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE INCORPORATE IN TERMS OF COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST OF LIVING WHILE WE ARE SORT OF AVERAGING OUT OUR AM EYES AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT IT DOESN'T APPLY SPECIFICALLY TO THE AREAS. SO FOR EXAMPLE IN ROXBURY BEING THAT THE AVERAGE INCOME IS $34,000 BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AMA IT'S SORT OF A CALCULATION THAT IS MORE OF METRO BOSTON AND OTHER AREAS AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO ROXBURY. SO SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US TO COME BACK AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SAY ALTHOUGH IT SAYS THAT YOUR AVERAGE MRI MAY BE 50 AROUND 54 THAT IS AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT ACCURATE AND DOES THAT AND WHEN WE ARE TAKING IN CONSIDERATION AND INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPERS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD AND YOU KNOW AS A CITY IN ORDER FOR US TO THRIVE WE NEED MORE DEVELOPMENT. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. SO HOW DO WE DO THAT WHILE WE BALANCE OUT BEING FAIR AS WELL AS EQUITABLE TO COST OF AFFORDABLE OR AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS? SO TO CONSTITUENTS AT HOME IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE COME TOGETHER AS IT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT IS WHAT ARE THE CALCULATIONS AND ARE WE INCORPORATING ARE WE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OTHER FACTORS THAT IMPACT THESE NUMBERS? SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MADAM CLERK PLEASE ADD CASTRO'S CLUTTER. ZAPATA FERNANDO ANDERSON PEPEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA AS EXPANSION SEEKS A PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 048 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSED SAY NAY.  MISS MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 048 IT COMES UP READING YES COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA CAN.  COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL WERE OUR TERM VOTING YES. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0488 HAS BEEN ADOPTED ADDITIONAL GREEN SHOOTS POLLS I HAVE HERE DOCKET NUMBER 1619 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT I LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER 1619 FROM PAGE 25 ROW SEVEN ON THE GREEN SHEET. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DO YOU HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU? YES.  IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD DOCKET 1619 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF $1,000,500 $515,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO SOMATIC DESIGN FOR THE ROUGH WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THE CHADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  THE EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO GARDINER PIRATE ACADEMY TO LEIDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE MURPHY KK8 SCHOOL. THANK YOU MADAM CLINIC THANK YOU COUNCILOR AND PRESENTER RULE 24 AND ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THINK IT MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU MADAM CLERK FOR READING THAT HAVING TAKEN A VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THE REVISED DRAFT LAST MINUTE I'M JUST ASKING FOR A SECOND VOTE ON THE REVISED DRAFT TODAY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY, COUNCILOR SIR WORRELL, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS A SECOND READING SUPPORT FOR A SECOND READING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1619. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I MIGHT. MADAM, QUICKLY PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1619 COUNCILOR BREADON YES, COUNCILOR ZAPATA YES, SIR. DUNCAN YES. I WANT TO FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD JUST.  COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES,  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. ALISON MURPHY COUNCILOR PREPARE HOUSING SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1619 HAS RECEIVED ITS SECOND READING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU NEXT FOR A GREEN CHEESE BUT WE HAVE COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER 1672 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 12. THIS IS THE THIRD ITEM DOWN ON PAGE 12. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT? YES.  CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD DOCKET 167 TO MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $15,940,976.50 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE E.D. A GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO GROUND WOULD FUND TECHNICAL TRAINING, PROJECT PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE IN REGIONS EXPERIENCING ADVERSE ECONOMIC CHANGES. THANK YOU.  A PURSUANT TO RULE 24 AND ABSENT OBJECTION THIS DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY ART COUNCIL WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I REALIZE THIS IS A LARGE GRANT OF $15,904,000 BUT YOU KNOW AS IS COMING TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE SCHEDULE IS VERY TIGHT, WE DO HAVE A HEARING ON HOLD FOR NEXT WEEK BUT I THINK WE CAN VOTE ON THIS NOW. IT'S SHOULD BE RELATIVELY UNCONTROVERSIAL AND I THINK I'LL TRY TO SAVE THE RESOURCES OF BOTH THIS BODY AND CENTRAL STAFF BY JUST EXPLAINING WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND BRINGING IT FOR A VOTE. SO THERE'S AN ARPA PROGRAM FROM 2021 CALLED THE GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE WHICH FOCUSES ON TRAINING AND POLICING FOR QUALITY JOBS THROUGH THE CREATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN TARGETED INDUSTRIES. THE THE THE APPLE KENT FOR THIS GRANT WAS THE IT'S REFERRED TO AS THE GOOD JOBS METRO BOSTON COALITION WHICH IS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND IT FOCUSES ON THREE INDUSTRIES HEALTH CARE, CLEAN ENERGY AND CHILD CARE THAT CREATES JOB TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE SUCH AS JOBS FOR PARAMEDICS, CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, CERTIFIED PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND CLEAN ENERGY TRAINING FOR ELECTRICIANS, CARPENTERS AND WEATHERIZATION TECHNICIANS AND TRAINING FOR CHILD CARE SUCH AS PRESCHOOL TEACHERS AND LICENSED FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.  THE EACH OR TARGET INDUSTRY IS LED BY A BACKBONE ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES AS A LEADER AND CONVENER WITHIN ITS RESPECTIVE INDUSTRY.  THE BACKBONE ORGANIZATION FOR HEALTH CARE HERE IS MASS HIRE BOSTON WORKFORCE BOARD FOR CLEAN ENERGY. IT'S THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND FOR CHILD CARE. IT'S THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES OF YOUNG LEARNERS INSTITUTE THE GOOD JOBS METRO BOSTON COALITION PRIMARILY SERVES UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED BIPOC INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE METRO BOSTON AREA WHICH INCLUDES OUTSIDE OF BOSTON SUCH AS IN BOSTON IN BOSTON METRO NORTH METRO SOUTHWEST GREATER BOSTON, BROCKTON AND THE SOUTH SHORE MAJOR PARTNERS HERE INCLUDE MASS BRIGHAM BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, THE ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, THE YMCA AND EMPLOYER PARTNERS OF OF MAD KA UMASS GLOBAL AND JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES.  NOW THIS GRANT WAS ORIGINALLY FOR $24 MILLION AND WAS ACCEPTED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT THE BDA IN 2022 AND IN 2024 WE ARE TRYING TO WIND DOWN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BPD TO AND BRING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AUSPICES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE. I'M SORRY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TRANSITION THE GRANT FROM THE BPD OR THE FDIC TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THIS REQUEST WAS APPROVED IN THE FALL. THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN INITIATED UNDER THE EDC WILL NOW PENDING THIS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL CONTINUE UNDER THE CITY OF BOSTON. A PORTION OF THE GRANT FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPENT DURING THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN THE GRANT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 TO THE PRESENT. THEREFORE THE REMAINING AMOUNT TO BE ACCEPTED AND EXPENDED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON AT $15,904,976.56 TO DATE WE HAVE TRAINED AND PLACED OVER 1000 INDIVIDUALS IN GOOD JOBS AS DETAILED BY THE SUMMARY I JUST GAVE YOU. SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT HERE.  WE'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED THIS MONEY AND WE'RE JUST LIKE CONTINUE BRINGING IT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CITY. SPEND $15 MILLION MORE TO CREATE GOOD JOBS HERE IN BOSTON, THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THAT'S WHY WE COULD HAVE A SHORT HEARING ON THIS. I THINK I'VE JUST SUMMARIZED WHAT EVERYONE WOULD FIND OUT IN THAT HEARING. THAT'S WHY I BRING IT UP HERE FOR A VOTE NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . WHOEVER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTEROFFER ANY OTHER FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR AND THE QUESTION IS I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE DIDN'T HAVE A HEARING ON THIS IS IT TOO LATE TO HAVE A HEARING AND I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT IF WE IF WE DON'T HAVE A HEARING, I'M GOING TO STILL VOTE FOR IT. BUT I THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO ALLOCATE WITHOUT ANY COUNCILORS REALLY BEING ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS TO THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND COUNCIL MEMBER YOU MAY YEAH. MY OFFICE RESERVED A SPOT FOR A HEARING NEXT WEEK. I THINK WE CAN MOVE AHEAD AND AND VOTE ON THIS. YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET THESE GRANTS IN AND THE MONEY SPENT YOU KNOW HONESTLY BEFORE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TAKES OVER.  AND SO THAT'S I WAS TRYING TO AVOID A DELAY WHERE WE LEAVE MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE AND THAT'S I DETERMINED IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF YOU KNOW THIS GRANT THAT TO BRING IT FORWARD WITHOUT A HEARING.  THANK YOU. CAROLYN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO THE CHAIR WOULD YOU MAY RESPOND YEAH. AGAIN I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE GRANT.  I THINK WE'RE NOT DOING A DUE DILIGENCE BY JUST RUBBER STAMPING MONEY COMING OUT INTO THE BODY AND NOT HAVING A HEARING. WE'RE VOTING ON A LARGE GRANT WITHOUT KNOWING REALLY THE DETAILS OTHER THAN WHAT YOU YOU HIGHLIGHTED AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HEARING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ASK QUESTIONS TO LEARN ABOUT IT. THAT'S OUR JOB AS AS AS A CITY COUNCIL AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO IT BUT GOING FORWARD WE NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO THE JOB, MAYBE COME IN SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK AND HAVE HEARINGS SO WE CAN BE ENGAGED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE IS ALL ABOUT. BUT JUST TO BE A RUBBER STAMP I THINK WE'RE DOING OUR CONSTITUENTS A DISSERVICE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND HIS COUNTRYMAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  COUNT ME OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT IT. OKAY TO THE CHAIR IF YOU COULD . SORRY . FROM HERE THROUGH THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND BRIEFLY AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILOR MEJIA. YEAH, NO, I COMPLETELY RESPECT COUNCILOR FLYNN'S OPINION HERE AND GENERALLY I AGREE. I DO THINK THAT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE US TO ACT HERE IN LIGHT OF THE FACTS THAT THIS MONEY WAS ALREADY ACCEPTED INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE'RE JUST MOVING IT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND THE FACT THAT I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TO BRING NOW AND BUT YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING HEARINGS ON THESE THINGS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONDUCTING THOSE HEARINGS ON OTHER MATTERS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU COMES ROBERT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AND APOLOGIES FOR THAT CONFUSION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO JUST THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR HIS PERSISTENT RALLY CALL AROUND HEARINGS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILIZING THOSE SPACES AND PLACES FOR US TO AND LEARN. I DO THINK AS WE END OUR YEAR WE REALLY SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO START SHOWING UP NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF OUR TIME MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF LIKE HOSTING AND SCHEDULING HEARINGS IN A TIMELY FASHION SO THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING ALL OF THESE GREEN SHEETS LATE TOWARDS THE END. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU KNOW LIKE I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BUT THIS TO ME FEELS LIKE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE YEAR AND I FEEL LIKE I KEEP HEARING A CONSISTENT PATTERN HERE ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO A DELIBERATE AND TO HAVE SPACES IN PLACES WHERE WE CAN YOU KNOW ,EXPLORE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH CERTAIN THINGS THAT COME INTO OUR COMMITTEES OR OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES.  IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESET AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUNCTION IN 2025. LUCKILY, YOU KNOW NOTHING GETS PLACED IN MY COMMITTEE SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HOSTING ANY HEARINGS AT THIS POINT. BUT THE GOOD THING IS IS THAT I DON'T NEED A COMMITTEE TO DO MY JOB BECAUSE I STILL FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT PUT MEJIA. SO COMMITTEE OR NOT I STILL THINK THAT IF YOU WANT I CAN SIT IN YOUR COMMITTEES AND HOST SOME OF THE HEARINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER MY TIME TO STEP UP AND SHOW UP.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR OR IS THIS FAIR? THIS IS ON THIS OR A DIFFERENT QUEEN?  IT'S ON THIS. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKIN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU IS SECONDED AND CHAIR I'M STILL I IT WAS SHE SHE ASKED FOR A MOVE TO VOTE IS IT SECONDED I HAVE I'M OKAY OKAY COUNT BECAUSE FOR FLYNN I WILL ALLOW YOU TO RESPOND BUT SHE HAD HER SHE MOVED FOR A VOTE SO PROCEDURALLY SHE MOVED FOR A VOTE IF IT'S SECONDED BUT YOU MAY YOU MAY RESPOND DO YOU HAVE A FLOOR?  I MEAN ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. RECOGNIZE WHEN ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION NOW IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE HEARING LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO AND NOW WE WANT TO CUT OFF DEBATE FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF COUNCIL A DURKAN IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE HEARING AT LEAST GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ABOUT THE GRANT INSTEAD OF JUST CUTTING OFF DEBATE AND HAVING HAVING A VOTE. I THINK I THINK THE RESIDENTS WANT US TO LEARN MORE AND THE RESIDENTS WATCH THIS ON ON TELEVISION AND THEY WANT US TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS AND LEARN ABOUT THESE GRANTS. THEY THEY FIND THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'RE CONDUCTING. THEY WANT TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT GRANTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.  THEY JUST DON'T WANT A RUBBER STAMP AND THE CONVERSATION AND I WAS ON A CALL LAST NIGHT WITH COUNCIL I'M HERE TALKING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND IT WAS A THREE HOUR CONVERSATION THAT COULD HAVE WENT ON FOR 5 HOURS. RESIDENTS WANT TO ASK US QUESTIONS AND THEY LEARNED FROM US AND WE LEARNED FROM THEM.  BUT TO CUT OFF DEBATE AND NOT HAVE A HEARING LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW AND THEN AND THEN ENDING THIS WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS TO THE CHAIR, WE'RE REALLY DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR OUR CONSTITUENT ONES ESPECIALLY DISTRICT COUNCILORS.  AND THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, MADAM CHAIR, IS I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF COUNCIL COLLEAGUES DON'T WANT TO COME IN HERE. THE ATTENDANTS RACKET FOR A LOT OF CITY COUNCILORS AS WELL IS VERY POOR AND I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THAT IS THE LONGEST SERVING CITY COUNCILOR . I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CITY COUNCIL STOP COMING TO THE BUILDING AND SHOWING UP IN IT AND GOING TO THESE MEETINGS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU, CAROLYN. I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT AS A PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YOU DO YOUR JOBS AND YOUR WORK. SOME OF THAT IS COMING TO HEARINGS.  SOME OF THAT IS SHOWING UP. SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS BODY AND HOW EVERYONE CONDUCTS THEMSELVES. ALSO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND A FORUM FOR FOLKS WHO IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO HAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANT, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR LIGHT AND PLEASE ASK THOSE FOR THE QUESTIONS.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUST FOR THE RECORD I DID NOT SEE COUNCILOR FLYNN'S LIGHT ON. I JUST I DO SUPPORT THE PULLING OF THIS GRANT TODAY AND I DO PLAN TO VOTE IN SUPPORT.  I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU. IS THAT SECONDED?  SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING FOR A VOTE THANK YOU AND JUST WE'RE MOVING TO A VOTE BUT I ALSO THINK THAT'S WHAT NATURALLY WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON WITH PEOPLE WITH WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS GRANT SO COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1672 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT.  APOLOGIES. COUNCILOR DURKAN, DID YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A PENDING YES VOTE OKAY OC COVER DURKAN WOULD YOU HAVE A GREEN SHOOTS BILL BUT COUNCILOR GREEN AGENDAS AND YOU MAY YOU CAN YOU CAN GO YEAH I ALSO ONLY SAW YOUR LIGHT ON FIRST AND BUT I, I DO HAVE A RECORD OF COUNCILOR DURKIN'S GREEN SHEETS BOTH AS WELL SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU CONSIDERATION. MADAM PRESIDENT I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T SUBMIT THIS BEFOREHAND TO PULL IT. I LIKE TO PULL A DOCKET 1434 FROM PAGE ONE OF THE GREEN SHEETS.  THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DO YOU HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU DOCKET NUMBER 1434. YES. CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD DOCKET 1434 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE CPS SUNDAY'S PILOT SUPPORT GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.  THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE PBS SUNDAY CULTURAL MUSEUM ACCESS PILOT PROGRAM. THANK YOU.  ABSENT A PURSUANT TO RULE 24 AND ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY BECAUSE OF BRAIN INJURY. ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  YOU MADAM CLERK, THIS THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 25TH 2020 FOR DOCKET 14343 AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SUNDAY'S CULTURAL OR MUSEUM ACCESS PILOT PROGRAM. THE GRANT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY HELD A HEARING ON DOCKETS 0903 DOCKET 0905 AND DOCKET 0906 REGARDING GRANTS TO FUND THE SUNDAYS PROGRAM ON JULY 30, 2024. AT THE HEARING THE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE PROGRAM WHICH IS IN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND CITY CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE FREE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS AND UP TO THREE FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE FIRST TWO SUNDAYS OF EACH MONTH. THE SIX INSTITUTIONS ARE THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM,  THE FRANKLIN PARK ZOO. THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY A COMBINATION OF CITY FUNDING RAISED FUNDS AND IN-KIND SUBSIDIES FROM INSTITUTIONS. DOCKET 0903 AND DOCKET 0905 PARDON AND DOCKET 0906 WERE PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON JULY TEN TWO, 2024. THE 2024 PILOT PROGRAM WHICH BEGAN IN FEBRUARY, IS INITIALLY DUE TO CONCLUDE IN AUGUST BUT WAS EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 2024. THE DOCKET 1434 SUPPORTS TWO EXTENSION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM SINCE FEBRUARY FOR 44,000 STUDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PILOT INCLUDING MANY FIRST TIME VISITORS TO BOSTON'S CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. THE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER FOUR, 2024 THAT THE PILOT WOULD BE EXPANDED TO ALL SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN BOSTON IN JANUARY 2025. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK THANK YOU AND COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE DOCKET NUMBER IS OH SORRY IS IT 1434? OKAY. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  OKAY. COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANDERSON SIX PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1434 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GREEN PASS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO PULL DOCKET 1762 FROM PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.  IT'S ON PAGE 16. THANK YOU MADAM COOK DO YOU HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU? THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD DOCKET 1762 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMIT IN A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARK COMMISSION FOR THE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF PETITION NUMBER 163.18. PASSED FROM PENN STATION 435 MOUNT VERNON STREET DORCHESTER, MASS. IN EFFECT AFTER DECEMBER 20, 2024 IS NOT ACTED UPON.  THANK YOU. PURSUANT TO RULE 24 AND ABSENT OBJECTION FROM THE BODY THE CHAIR'S MOTION IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY YOU CONSIDER DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. ON NOVEMBER 12, 2024 THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DESIGNATE THE CALF PASTURE PUMPING STATION IN DORCHESTER AS A LANDMARK UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 772 AND THE ACTS OF 1975 AS AMENDED. LOCATED ON COLUMBIA POINT IN DORCHESTER SECTION OF BOSTON,  THE CALF PASTURE PUMPING STATION COMPLEX EXISTS OF THREE CONSISTS OF THREE BUILDINGS THE PUMPING STATION, THE GATE HOUSE FIELD FILTH HOIST AND WEST SHAFT ENTRANCE ALL ROMANESQUE REVIVAL AND STYLE AND CONSTRUCTED AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1883. THE THREE BUILDINGS SERVED THEN INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SEWAGE SEWER SYSTEM THAT WERE AND REMAINED CONTINUED IN CONTINUOUS USE FOR 85 YEARS. THE CALF PASTURE PUMPING STATION COMPLEX'S ACTIVE OPERATIONS AND HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THE DEER ISLAND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1968. IT WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 1990. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH UMASS BOSTON WHO OWNS THE PARCEL AND BUILDING AND IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY AGENCIES AND IN MY PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR I HAVE AFFIRMED THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS REQUEST TO DESIGNATE THE BUILDING AS A LANDMARK THE CALF PASTURE PUMPING STATION COMPLEX AS HISTORICALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL LEVEL FOR ITS ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN ,INNOVATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE SEWER SYSTEM IN BOSTON. AND AS A MODEL FOR CITIES NATIONWIDE. AND I KNOW I'M CALLING IT A SEWAGE STATION BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A CASTLE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND I HAVE SPOKEN THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR AND HE SUPPORTS THIS DESIGNATION. SO TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR DIRK, ANY ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER ? COUNCILOR DURKAN CHAIR THE COMMITTEE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKS TO VOTE ON A NUMBER 0924 MADAM CLERK 176201762.  SORRY ABOUT THAT 1762. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THOSE OPPOSED NAY GUYS HAVE IT JUST LIKE IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. I HAVE ONE MORE CALL. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DICKIE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THIS IS 1705. THIS IS PAGE 16. AND CHAIR WHERE ALL OF THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.  BUT I. I'D LIKE TO. OBVIOUSLY IT NEEDS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.  DOCKET NUMBER 1705 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON ORDER TO DECLARE SO FAR AS PARCEL OF LAND CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON LOCATED AT SQUARE PARK ON TALBOT AND DORCHESTER DISTRICT WARD 17 PAST A1704781300 AND SHOWN ON THE PLAN RECORDED AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY REGISTRY OF THE ON THE BOOK 2016 PAGE 513 AND TITLE FOR CONSOLIDATION PLAN CODMAN SQUARE COMMERCIAL COMMONS BOSTON DORCHESTER MASS SEPTEMBER 2016 AND TO TRANSMIT A PARCEL TO THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE CARE, CUSTODY AND MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF SAID BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THAT DOCKET IS READ INTO THE RECORD ABSENT A IS THERE AN OBJECTION?  SURE. SURE. OKAY. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. 176217017051705 APOLOGIES. OKAY, SO COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR BUT CONCILOR MEJIA HERE ALSO AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION SO SHE CAN GO FIRST. COUNCILOR MAY HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I JUST HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.  SO THIS IS A PIECE OF LAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON AND IT'S IT'S LIKE I FEEL LIKE FINE MONEY DOT COM YOU KNOW THAT WEBSITE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF LAND COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. YEAH I BETTER GO GET THAT BEFORE THE TIME RUNS OUT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEFORE ME RIGHT NOW.  DID WE DO WE WERE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HEARING AND WE DIDN'T AND OR IS THIS SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO THAT I UNDERSTAND LIKE AM I GOING TO BE VOTING TO GIVE AWAY A PROPERTY TO WHO AND HOW MUCH IN LIKE ONE MOMENT BECAUSE IT COMES IN HERE. DO YOU WANT TO TRANSLATE FOR ME ? NO, NO, NO. BUT ARE YOU DONE? NO, I'M NOT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM VOTING ON BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS SPACE LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF COMES DOWN THAT YOU I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE VOTING ON A PIECE OF LAND. WHO IS THE OWNER? WHO GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT? LIKE I JUST IT WAS UNCLEAR.  SO I JUST NEED SOME FLAHERTY SO THAT IF I'M GOING TO VOTE I KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON.  THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR ALSO I KNOW THAT YOU HAD YOU MIKE ON BEFORE SO I'D LIKE TO JUST READ THE EXPLANATION BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE AS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TO READ WHY I WAS POLLING THIS. SO I THINK SORT OF IN PROPER ORDER I THINK I SHOULD READ AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW.  THANK YOU SO MUCH CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MAINTAINING AND PERMITTING CODMAN SQUARE PARK LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON STREET, TALBOT AVENUE AND CENTER STREET IN DORCHESTER SINCE REALIGNMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF CENTER STREET WAS COMPLETED. THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO PERMANENTLY ACQUIRE THIS PARCEL AND PROTECT IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 97 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.  BASICALLY THIS IS A PARCEL TRANSFER BETWEEN BETWEEN TWO CITY ENTITIES.  THIS PARCEL TRANSFER WILL FORMALIZE THE EXISTING PRACTICE MAINTENANCE AND PERMITTING THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE CITY.  THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WITH THE FRIENDS OF CODMAN SQUARE PARK HAVE DEVELOPED A SITE PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK.  THE SITE PLAN INCLUDES IMPROVED PATHWAYS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR IMPROVED FLOW FOR THE WEEKLY FARMER'S MARKET A STAGING AREA FOR EVENTS SCULPTURED SEATING, RAIN GARDENS, COOL MISTING STATIONS, SITE FURNISHING AND PLANTING.  THE CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER 2024 AND IS FUNDED IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL BUDGET PARKS OFFICE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE MAYOR'S GREEN NEW DEAL OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT. SO I'LL MAKE THIS REALLY SIMPLE. BASICALLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY ACTING LIKE THEY OWN THIS PARCEL BECAUSE IT IS A PARK AND OUR PARKS SHOULD BE UNDER THE CARE AND CUSTODIAL OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A PARCEL THAT IS OWNED BY PUBLIC WORKS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE MOVING IT TO BE PART OF A PARKS DEPARTMENT WHICH IS THE MOST SIMPLE AND AND ALSO WILL MAKE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS AREA WHICH ARE IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET EASIER.  SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS TRANSFERRING A PARK TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST AND THE MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THIS VERY SPECIAL PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO CONSIDER IT'S AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT TRANSFER CITY OF BOSTON TO CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR PULLING THIS FROM GREEN SHEET AND WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS IN COMMUNITY. CYNTHIA, LAST COMMENT. GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL HAS BEEN PART OF THIS ONGOING CONVERSATION ON MAKING SURE THAT THE PARK THAT WE WANT INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IS IS BEING RENOVATED TO WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THIS IS PART OF THAT PROCESS SO COMMUNITY IS WELL AWARE OF IT. THEY'RE ON BOARD ALSO THE CHURCH THAT'S ABOUT IN THE PARK THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THIS TRANSFER AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1705. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. THIS REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE. SO MADAM QUICK, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1705. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR CLLR ZAPATA. COUNCILOR DUNCAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCILOR THIS COUNCIL FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. I WAS THE MAYOR. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN.  COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT OF 13 VOTES AND UP FROM. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1705 HAS PASSED. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GREEN SHEETS POLLS? OC MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 1762 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD MY VOTE TO DOCKET NUMBER 1762 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE . IS THAT TICKETED? OKAY, I'LL WIN FAVOR SAY I I THANK YOU. SO DARCY COULD YOU PLEASE ADD MY VOTE TO DOCKET NUMBER 1705171762 APOLOGIES AND OKAY THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO LATE FILES.  I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE 11 LATE FILES MOSTLY MOSTLY ALL PERSONNEL ORDERS ONE RESOLUTION AND ONE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO LET'S FIRST TAKE A VOTE ON ADDING THE NINE PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO ONTO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THESE LATE VOTE MATTERS SAY I I OPPOSING NAY THANK YOU. THESE NINE PERSONNEL ORDERLY FILES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE BE THE FIRST LADY OF THE FIRST OF THOSE NINE INTO THE RECORD.  PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.  YEAH, THAT'S VERY SECOND PERSONAL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING SECOND, THIRD PERSONAL ORDER COMES LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR PERSONAL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FIVE PERSONAL ORDER CONCLUSION FOR COUNCILOR WEBER.  PERSONAL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. PERSONAL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. PERSONAL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF AND PERSONAL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR BREADON BATE. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK AT THE CHAIRMAN'S CAPACITY OF THESE MATTERS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SAY I OF OPPOSING THESE PERSONAL ORDERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF MAYORAL DESIGNATION IN THE.  COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD THAT COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNIQUE FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY COUNCILOR ACTING ON THE DESIGNATION OF PETITION NUMBER 110.86 VIRTUAL AS BOLDEN 370 1-3 79 WASHINGTON STREET BOSTON MASS. IN EFFECT AFTER JANUARY TWO, 2025 IF NOT ACTED UPON THANK YOU. WE WILL VOTE TO ADD THIS MATTER ONTO THE AGENDA.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND MADAM KIRK HAS READ IT INTO THE RECORD. SO NOW WE'LL JUST MOVE A PASSAGE OF OF ONE THAT OKAY WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO IT. YEAH. OKAY. CAN WE PLEASE REFER THAT DOCKET TO A PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION?  OKAY, SO THAT MATTER HAS BEEN THAT THE MATTER HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE FILE MATTERS THERE. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL LATE FILE MATTER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK 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 THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I'D LIKE TO GIVE BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO ANGELIQUE BRUTUS AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON' OFFICE. HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO A DEAR FRIEND ERIN WALDRON AND A HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TO REVEREND WITH DANYA TOOKES AT MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH WHO IS SUCH A DEAR MENTOR AND FRIEND TO ME AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY.  WE ALSO HAD THE FENWAY TREE LIGHTING WHICH IS HAPPENING TONIGHT AT 6 P.M. THE BOSTON COMMON TREE LIGHTING TOMORROW FROM 6 TO 8 THE COMM AV MALL TREE LIGHTING TOMORROW AT 8 P.M.. BEACON HILL HOLIDAYS ROLE TOMORROW FROM 6 TO 9 P.M. THE SOUTH BOSTON HOLIDAY STROLL TOMORROW FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. AND OUR HOLIDAY TROLLEY TOUR THE MAYOR PUTS ON EVERY YEAR THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE I'M DOING A LUNCHEON LEARNED WITH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND MORE. I WOULD LOVE TO GET EVERYONE IN AND GET EVERYONE IN THE COUNCIL TO HEAR THEIR PRESENTATION. PRESERVATION IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW THE DISTRICT GETS ALL THE PRESERVATION CROWD BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PRESERVE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT ONES LIKE THE ONES WE APPROVED TODAY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MY COLLEAGUES AND FLOORING PIZZA.  ONE OF MY FAVORITES WILL BE IS THERE SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU IS THAT TODAY COUNCILOR DURKAN IT'S RIGHT NOW IN THE CROWLEY ROOM. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND AS COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND SORRY THE LIGHTS BUT I SEE THEM BECAUSE OF AN INTERESTED AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SHOUT OUT FOR MY CHIEF OF STAFF ANGELIQUE BRUTUS. SHE IS AMAZING AND JUST ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT,  HARDWORKING AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. YOU DESERVE ALL THE BEST.  ALSO ANOTHER BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO MY BABY MY SON LAST FRIDAY SHAQ WE HAD A CELEBRATION. IT WAS AMAZING YESTERDAY WAS MY UNCLE LOUIS'S BIRTHDAY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY AND AS I SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE UNCLE LUIS AT THE AGE OF 15 SACRIFICED HIMSELF HIS LIFE AS A GAY BLACK MAN IN KEEPER TO RAISE HIS FIVE SIBLINGS PLUS HIS NIECES AND NEPHEW INCLUDING MYSELF WE LOVE YOU AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T NECESSARILY CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS BUT AGAIN I PEOPLE'S FOOD AND TOOK THE DAY TO REFLECT ON MY UNCLE'S LIFE AND HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR HIM AND THIS SATURDAY THE ISP CC AT 100 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD WILL BE HOLDING OUR ANNUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL SO PLEASE JOIN US THERE AT ABOUT I'LL BE THERE ON 230 BUT I THINK IT'S GOING ON ALL THE WAY TO ABOUT SIX AND ALSO WE HAVE THE OUR TASTE OF SOUL MAGAZINE FOOD DESERT HOLIDAY GIFT AT THE BOWLING BUILDING IN ROXBURY ALSO TREE LIGHTING, ROXBURY TREE LIGHTING, FENWAY TREE LIGHTING. AS MY COLLEAGUES SAID, WE SHARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL TONIGHT BUT ALSO SATURDAY THE SOUTH END TREE LIGHTING AND WORCESTER SQUARE TREE LIGHTING ALL HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY. SO IT WILL BE HOPPING ON TROLLEYS AND WALKING AND RUNNING AROUND MAKING SURE WE'RE CATCHING ALL THE TREE LIGHTINGS IN ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR AN INVITATION AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHACK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR UNCLE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY DAUGHTER. SHE MADE THE BASKETBALL TEAM AGAIN. JV YES, GO ON ELISE YOU DESERVE IT. SHE TRIED OUT YESTERDAY AND SHE MADE THE TEAM SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT BUT WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY THANK BOBO BOBO SPLIT HERITAGE MARKET AND DIASPORA MASS. THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HOSTED A MULTICULTURAL FAIR WHICH WAS FILLED WITH PERFORMANCES VENDORS FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD IF YOU WILL ALL IN ONE PLACE REALLY CELEBRATING THE RICHNESS OF OUR DIVERSITY.  SO IT'S WANT TO GIVE THEM AN A YOU KNOW, A SHOUT OUT FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN THAT WORK. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD IN CASE COUNCIL FLEA WANTS TO KNOW MY ATTENDANCE RECORD I WON'T BE HERE FOR THE HEARING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE AROUND THE ELECTION SITUATION BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE GOING OUT OF THE CITY. I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE A LETTER BECAUSE I'M A BIG BOSS OVER HERE BUT I'LL BE GOING TO ATLANTA FOR A CONFERENCE AROUND POLICY AND ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITY IN THE STATE THAT WE HAPPEN TO BE IN. SO I WILL BE WORKING BUT I WON'T BE HERE AT THE HEARING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHY I DID NOT SHOW UP.  THANK YOU. AND LIKE I STATED THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO DO THIS WORK AND HEARINGS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE DO THIS WORK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHEREBY BECAUSE YOU ON THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT IS JUST ANNOUNCING THAT THE MILDRED HAILEY TREE LIGHTING IS TONIGHT AT FIVE AT 33 BICKFORD STREET AND I WILL BE THERE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO MANY TREES SO LIGHT.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST I JUST WANT TO ASK US TO REMEMBER IT'S THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF SIX FIREFIGHTERS IN WORCESTER DECEMBER 3RD, 1999. I REMEMBER THIS INCIDENT AND ACTUALLY IN THE IRISH COMMUNITY IN BOSTON SOME PEOPLE WERE RELATED TO THE SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT DIED AT THAT TIME.  THEY WENT INTO THE COLD STORAGE UNIT AND WERE SEARCHING FOR POSSIBLE HOMELESS FOLKS THAT WERE LIVING IN THERE. THEY GOT LOST IN THE BUILDING AND THERE WAS A COLLAPSE AND SIX AND THEN OTHER FIREFIGHTERS WENT IN TO FIND THEM AND THAT WAS VERY, VERY INCREDIBLE LOSS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN WORCESTER AND AND ALL OF THE FIREFIGHTING COMMUNITY ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS.  LIEUTENANT THOMAS SPENCER,  LIEUTENANT TIMOTHY JACKSON, LIEUTENANT JAMES LYONS,  FIREFIGHTERS PAUL BROTHERTON, JEREMIAH LUCEY AND JOSEPH MCCORMICK. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SACRIFICE AND REMEMBER THEIR FAMILIES AT THIS TIME THEY ALSO ON A MORE CHEERY NOTE THE SQUARE THE MAGICAL TROLLEY TOURISTS COMING TO A SQUARE. IT'S THE LAST STOP ON SATURDAY EVENING IN OAK SQUARE. SO THE TREE LIGHTING FOR THE TREE LIGHTING. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE CAPTIVE ON THE TROLLEY AND YOU END UP IN 12 SQUARE, YOU KNOW, COME AND JOIN THE FESTIVITIES IN THE SQUARE, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG TURNOUT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JOIN US SQUARE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN CELEBRATE IN OAK SQUARE ALWAYS TURNS OUT FOR THE JOLLY TORSO YOU KNOW THAT WILL BE THE CASE ON SATURDAY. ANYONE ELSE WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS ? NOPE. OKAY, WE'RE NOW ON TO MEMORIALS . IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED NOW IS THE MOMENT I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE WIFE OF LATE THE LATE CHUCK TURNER, A FORMER CITY COUNCILOR TERRY SMALL TURNER WHO WAS AT ALL MOMENTS BY HIS SIDE.  I WANT TO UPLIFT HER AND WANT TO UPLIFT THE FATHER OF DARREN HOWELL WHO WE RECENTLY HONORED HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . HIS FATHER CLEMSON HOWELL DARREN HOWELL OF COURSE WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIS FATHER AND HE WAS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO TERRY SMALL TURNER SO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT BOTH OF THEM AND ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT JACK CANTWELL, THE FATHER OF JIM CANTWELL WHO WORKS ALONGSIDE SENATOR MARKEY. SO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF JACK CANTWELL IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO WAS PASSED, NOW'S THE TIME.  OKAY. TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR COLETTE, I'M HAVE A COUNCILOR GABRIELA COLETTE ZAPATA, DAVID POWERS, JUAN GARCIA ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SHEILA LYNCH, SISTER OF CONGRESSMAN LYNCH ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN, MICHAEL MCNALLY, MARY KAY FONTANA,  BAILEY LESLIE NEALON I'M BACK WITH CATHERINE GERALD PATRICK HARTIGAN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.  THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN DIANELLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11, 2024 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TWO CENTRAL STAFF TO MADAM CLERK TO CHERISH THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR COMING DOWN HERE AND ASSISTING YOU ALL DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND TO OUR BELOVED COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY HI. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURN