##VIDEO ID:3f4sOVukipE## .  GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.  I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM FOR LAST CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA.  YOUR COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOUR COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. IF COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YEAH. COUNCILOR WHO'S IN HERE? CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOUR COUNCIL . WEBER AND COUNCILOR . YEAH. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AS A FORMER CITY COUNCILOR AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO IS HERE WITH US FORMER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LARRY TEIXEIRA. LARRY OKAY. WELL, I KNOW HE WAS INSIDE. SO WELCOME BACK TO CHAMBERS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TEIXEIRA.  AND WE ALSO HAVE WITH US GEEZER FRANCO FROM THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANA IN BRAZIL. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. COUNCILOR REED AND TECHNOLOGY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. REVEREND JD MANGRUM OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHARLESTOWN INVITED BY COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THE INVOCATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA. WE'RE RECOGNIZING A TON OF PEOPLE BUT I AM SO HONORED TO WELCOME UP JIM MANGRUM UP TO THE DAIS IF YOU CAN. HE IS THE LEAD PASTOR AT CHRIST CHURCH AT TEN GREEN STREET IN CHARLESTOWN.  CHRIST CHURCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WELCOMING PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING MYSELF IN SOME MEETINGS AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.  BUT THEY TEACH THEIR CORE VALUES OF AUTHENTICITY HUMILITY LOYALTY TO GOD AND TO COMMUNITY. IN EARLY 2022 THEY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF MERGING THE FIRST CHURCH IN CHARLESTOWN, ONE OF THE OLDEST CHURCHES IN AMERICA.  THEY HAVE BECOME A MULTI-GENERATIONAL MULTI-ETHNIC GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND RELIGIOUS UPBRINGINGS BUT ARE UNITED AND COMPELLED BY THEIR SHARED CONVICTION TO LOVE OF CHRIST,  LOVE OF THE CHURCH AND LOVE OF CHARLESTOWN. I LOVE THAT LAST.  JD AND HIS WIFE NATALIE MOVED TO CHARLESTOWN AT THE END OF 2016 ALONG WITH THEIR TWO SONS NOAH AND OWEN. THEY ARE PROUD TO BE RESIDENTS OF 02129 AND HAVE FULLY INGRATIATED THEMSELVES IN A NUMBER OF CAUSES. THEY ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN YOUTH SPORTS AND MENTORSHIP, CHARITABLE GIVING IN A NUMBER OF SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. JD HAS BEEN GENEROUS WITH ALLOWING THE CHARLESTOWN COALITION AND TURN IT AROUND YOUTH GROUP TO UTILIZE THEIR SPACE IN THE WINTER TO HOLD RACE AND EQUITY DIALOGS. THIS IS A MONTHLY CONVERSATION TO BRIDGE THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER FOLLOWING GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER IN 2020. IT'S STILL RUNNING ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AND I WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES THERE AND THANK GOD FOR HIS GENEROSITY. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WHENEVER I SEE JD HE OFFERS AFFIRMATIONS AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND HE ASK ME HOW I'M DOING. AND HE LISTENS. HE PROVIDES OF WISDOM AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP GOING IN THIS WORK. HE REMINDS ME TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AS I TRY TO DO FOR OTHERS TO.  I APPRECIATE HIS GUIDANCE, HIS FRIENDSHIP AND I'M SO HONORED HE ACCEPTED THIS INVITATION TO PROVIDE THE INVITATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH JD IF I CAN LET ME PRAY FOR US AS WE GET GOING AND I'M GOING TO READ BECAUSE THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOWN IF I GET OFF SCRIPT. SO THANK YOU LORD FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE TODAY BEFORE THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE OUR CITY. LORD KEEP MY HEART TODAY THIS BRIEF MOMENT FROM GRANDSTANDING OR PREACHING IN ANY WAY. THANK YOU THAT WE GET TO LIVE IN A CITY AND A COUNTRY THAT INVITES YOU INTO THESE SPACES NOT THE STRONG ARM OTHERS INTO BELIEF BUT TO REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE IN CONTROL AND THAT ALL HEALTHY AND GOOD EXPRESSIONS OF GOVERNMENT ARE JUST A SHADOW OF THE GOOD GOVERNING THAT WE EXPERIENCE LIVING UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY. THANK YOU FOR THESE PARTICULAR LEADERS THIS CITY COUNCIL OF BOSTON I THINK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR MY FRIEND AND CITY COUNCILOR COUNCILORS COLLETTE ZAPATA. I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS GIGI.  SHE HAS BEEN A GIFT TO ME AND TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS COUNCIL . THANK YOU FOR THEIR SIMILARITIES, THEIR LOVE FOR OUR CITY, THEIR DESIRE FOR A CITY THAT WOULD ASPIRE TO BOTH GREATNESS AND GOODNESS A CITY WHERE ALL ARE LOVED AND WELCOMED AS YOUR IMAGE BEARS A CITY WHERE AS THE JEWISH SCRIPTURE SAID, JUSTICE WILL ROLL DOWN LIKE WATERS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE AN EVER FLOWING STREAM. THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THEIR DIFFERENCES THAT COME FROM THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR STORIES AND BACKGROUNDS AND CONVICTIONS AND BELIEFS. I PRAY TODAY BUT THEIR DIFFERENCES WILL MAKE THEM BETTER AS HUMAN BEINGS AND CITIZENS AND LEADERS OF OUR CITY. GOD THEIR DISCUSSION AND DECISIONS TODAY PROTECT THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR MINDS AND THEIR SOULS GIVE THEM ABIDING PEACE, RIDICULOUS JOY,  CONFIDENT HOPE SELF FORGETFUL HUMILITY DEEP LAUGHTER AND UNCOMPROMISING INTEGRITY PROTECT AND BLESS THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR FRIENDS CIRCLES AS WELL. WE ASK FOR THE BEST FOR THOSE THAT THEY LOVE, PROTECT AND BLESS THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEIR STREETS, THEIR SCHOOLS, THE BUSINESSES, THE PLACES OF WORSHIP AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY REPRESENT AND SERVE. MAY IT BE IN THEIR HEARTS AND LIVES AS IT IS IN HEAVEN AND LORD MAY IT COME TO BE IN BOSTON AS IT IS IN HEAVEN WITH LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO MAY PRAY IN THE NAME OTHER THAN THE ONE I PRAY IN BUT WITH DEEP DEPENDANCE AND CONFIDENCE IN YOU LORD I PRAY IN JESUS NAME AMEN. THANK YOU.  WHO WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO A PROBLEM FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, REVEREND MANGRUM. I REALLY LOVE THAT RIDICULOUS JOY.  MAY WE WISH THAT UPON EVERYONE WE ARE AND I WANT TO PRESENTATION'S TODAY WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS AND A PHOTO AFTER THAT. YES.  OKAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR PAT BEN HAS NOW JOINED US AND IS PRESENT THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE CITY WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE SHATTUCK AWARD WINNERS THEN COUNCILOR SANTANA WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF ESTHER LEAD OFF AND THE MCKAY ORGANIZATION AND THEN CASTLE WEBER HAS A SOMBER RECOGNITION FOR THE PASSING OF GLENN INGRAM WHO DIED IN A BUS ACCIDENT IN JAMAICA PLAIN.  AND THEN LASTLY WE HAVE SOME TERRIFIC STUDENTS WITH US HERE FROM BINKER.  WE'LL JUST TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP WITH ME CARA BUCKLEY FROM THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU.  SHE IS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE SHATTUCK AWARDS COMMITTEE AND THEY LIKE ALL OF THE SHATTUCK AWARD RECIPIENTS TO JOIN US UP HERE AND THEY CAN ALL BE SEEN HERE AS WELL. SO AWESOME FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE SHATTUCK AWARDS, OUR ANNUAL HONORS PRESENTED BY THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEDICATION OF CITY EMPLOYEES IN BOSTON AND CITY CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THESE AWARDS HIGHLIGHT EMPLOYEES WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR JOB DUTIES DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT,  INNOVATION AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THEIR ROLES WITHIN VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS.  THE SHATTUCK AWARDS HELP PROMOTE PUBLIC SERVICE BY CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE WORKING IN GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF BOSTON RESIDENTS. WE THANK MARTHA WALZ, THE INTERIM PRESIDENT FOR BEING HERE WITH US. WE THINK AARON MCGINLEY HER THE MEMBERSHIP AND OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU FOR ALL THEIR WORK. WE ARE SO HONORED TO HONOR ALL OF THE RECIPIENTS. PRIOR TO THIS MEETING IN WITH A LUNCHEON BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE SO DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. I KNOW A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE WITH YOU LAST WEEK WHEN THERE WAS A FORMAL RECOGNITION AND SO WE JUST THANK YOU. YOU ARE ON THE FRONT LINES. YOU ARE A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP FOR THE CITY. YOU ARE WHAT MAKES A CITY GREAT. YOU DO THIS WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND ARE OFTEN UNSUNG HEROES. SO WE ARE HERE TO SING YOUR PRAISES TODAY AND TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SHATTUCK AWARDEES. SO I'M NOW GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO KYRA. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS SHE MENTIONED, I AM UP HERE REPRESENTING THE RESEARCH BUREAU. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE BUREAU FOR OVER A DECADE. I'VE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF CO-CHAIRING THIS SHATTUCK AWARDS COMMITTEE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW. AND I WILL TELL YOU IT IS ABSOLUTELY A HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR BECAUSE WE GET TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE LIKE THE ONES STANDING BEHIND ME NOW.  I AM ONE OF MANY THAT SERVES ON A SHATTUCK AWARDS COMMITTEE AND IT IS A COVETED COMMITTEE.  NO ONE EVER WANTS TO RESIGN WHICH IS GREAT AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL HONOR TO BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW INDIVIDUALS LIKE THOSE THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME TODAY.  IT IS A DAUNTING JOB TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS I SHARED WITH SOME OF THE HONOREES BECAUSE WE RECEIVE SO MANY DESERVING NOMINATIONS AND EACH ONE CAN COME WITH ANYWHERE UP TO 20 DIFFERENT LETTERS OF SUPPORT. RIGHT. SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLE VOLUME OF SUBMISSIONS THAT WE READ. BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLY REWARDING MOMENT FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE THE WORDS THAT PEOPLE PUT ON THE PAGE ABOUT OUR HONOREES ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THEY TALK ABOUT WORK ETHIC. THEY TALK ABOUT INTEGRITY. THEY TALK ABOUT WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND HELP OTHERS. SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN BEING POSITIONED AS LIFESAVING IN TERMS OF STEPPING UP THAT PINNACLE MOMENTS IN A CHILD'S LIFE AND INSTILLING THEM WITH CONFIDENCE OR YOU KNOW, BEING A LIFELINE DURING SOME OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO THEY TOUCHED EVERY ASPECT OF THIS CITY THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE AND THEY TOUCH LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO ON BEHALF OF THE RESEARCH BUREAU AND ON BEHALF OF THE AWARDS COMMITTEE, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AGAIN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS CITY THE WONDERFUL CITY THAT IT IS. THANK YOU.  AND I'D JUST LIKE TO READ THE THE NAMES OF THE RECIPIENTS, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE WITH US FIVE OF THEM SIX OF WHOM ARE HERE WITH US AND FIVE WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT. BUT WE HAVE WITH US CHIP HOOLEY, THE CITY'S EMS CHIEF WHO IS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 SHATTUCK CHAIR AWARD.  WE HAVE MICHAEL CURRY WHO IS NOT THE PRESIDENT BUT IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE MASS LEAGUE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS JANE KELLY, A TEACHER AND RESIDING AND READING SPECIALIST AND BP'S FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT OVERSEEING PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL CITY OWNED BUILDINGS. GARY MARINO, WHO HAS SERVED AS A BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER IN EAST BOSTON SINCE 2011. TIMOTHY BREADON, SENIOR TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS EMPLOYING WHAT THE BUREAU CALLED HIS EXTENSIVE FAMILIARITY WITH THE CITY GEOGRAPHY, STREETS AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS. MICHAEL KERR, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE WORKED HARD TO MAKE STAFF FEEL HEARD VALUED AND PART OF THE PROCESS. ROBERT LOMBARDO, THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF FIELD OPERATIONS FOR BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 36 YEARS. HE WORKS IN KNEE DEEP WATERS TO ENSURE DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE FIXED. I LIKE THAT PUN.  OUR FIX AND THE ROADS ARE PASSABLE, THE BUREAU NOTED. GOOD. GOOD JOB ON THAT POINT. OUR VERY OWN LORRAINE, OUR BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR MORE THAN 22 YEARS. HER DUTIES SPAN HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROCUREMENT, TO CUSTOMER SERVICE, TO FIRE DRILLS, EVERYTHING WE THROW AT YOU.  SO THANK YOU. TRACI WIGGINS, A SPECIAL ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN AND CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR AT THE ROXBURY BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. AN EMPLOYEE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HER WARM DEMEANOR HAS EARNED HER THE NICKNAME SPARKLE LOVE BACK IN THE BUREAU'S OPINION SHE SERVED AS A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FINALLY TO PAMELA DE EVERHART, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF REGIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS INCLUSION AND IMPACT AT FIDELITY INVESTMENTS. SHE JOINS MICHAEL CURRY AS A SHATTUCK CITY CHAMPION. SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WE HAVE THESE RESOLUTIONS FOR YOU. OUR VERY FIRST ONE IS FOR LORRAINE AND LORRAINE. I'D LOVE YOU TO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN THE MIKE. THANK YOU.  I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE BOSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH BUREAU FOR THIS AWARD. IT'S REALLY HUMBLING AND I LOVE MY JOB SO I GUESS I NEVER REALLY WORK A DAY IN MY LIFE.  I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF EVERYBODY ON STAFF HERE AT CITY COUNCIL IN PIEDMONT TO TAKE MY FAMILY PUTTING UP WITH ME AND ALL THE HOURS THAT I MIGHT WORK AT TIMES AND THANK YOU AGAIN SO VERY MUCH IF WE COULD HAVE YOU UP.  OKAY. CHIEF COOLEY AND THE CITATION SAY IN RECOGNITION OF BEING AWARDED THE HENRY AL SHATTERED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD, WE COMMEND YOUR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON CHIEF.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. REAL QUICK, THERE'S ONE THING I REALLY GET OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE. I'VE FOLLOWED THIS FOR YEARS BUT JUST IT MAKES ME THINK IN EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT, EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT, EVERY.  ALL THE CRISES, ALL OF OUR AGENCIES WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY WORTHY OF RECOGNITION THAT WE COULD HAVE WE COULD HAVE MANY SHOCK AWARDS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. BUT BUT IT'S GOOD TO DO IT ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY AND SOME PEOPLE SEE I'M FORTUNATE I GET TO WORK WITH THEM ALL AND SO THE REASON WHY I'M HERE. SO BUT THANK YOU THANK YOU PEOPLE IS NEXT WE HAVE TRACI A.K.A SPARKLE WE HAVE MIKE VEGA . I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU MADAM PRESIDENT FOR HONOR IS GOING TO WIN THE LUNCH WAS GREAT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL MY FELLOW WINNERS AND THANK YOU TO THE BUREAU.  THE WORK THAT WE DO IS IMPORTANT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THE LIVES THAT WE TOUCH IT IT MAKES EVERYTHING WE DO WORTHWHILE. I APPRECIATE THIS HONOR AND I THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.  THANK YOU. TRACY, EVEN YOUR EARRINGS ARE SPARKLING. IT'S REAL. OKAY.  NEXT WE HAVE OFFICER GARY MARINO.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY HONORED TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. IT'S IT'S IT'S AN HONOR A PLEASURE.  JUST REAL QUICK, I I STARTED I STARTED THIS JOB IN 1995 WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICE IN 2011. I STARTED THE HOCKEY SKILLS PROGRAM YEARS AGO. I PLAYED HOCKEY MY WHOLE LIFE. AND TO ME IT'S IT'S REALLY NOT WORK. I MEAN THE DEPARTMENTS ALLOW ME TO RUN THIS PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW, TOUCH ON KIDS LIVES AND IN HELPING THEM WITH WITH SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND WE HAVE A FREE PROGRAM WE CAN OFFER AND I DID THIS ALL WITH MY SON AND TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE YOUTH OF BOSTON, IT BRINGS ME WAY BACK TO YOU KNOW, WHEN MY SON WAS WAS YOUNG AND IT'S JUST IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM. I'M FORTUNATE TO RUN IT AND LIKE I SAID, IF WE CAN JUST CHANGE, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO LIVES IT'S WORTH DOING.  THEY LOOK UP TO US AND WE YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE ONLY HUMAN. YOU KNOW WHAT POLICE OFFICERS BUT IT'S A JOB YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOR DADS WITH THE FAMILY MAN. WE GO AND WE COOK, WE CLEAN. WE'RE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE . AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL THAT I HAVE WITH YOU WITH THE YOUNG YOUTH. I JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE ONLY HUMAN AND YOU KNOW, WE DO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S A PAYCHECK AT THE END OF THE DAY AND IT'S IT'S WORKED OUT GREAT. WE'VE BUILT SO MANY FRIENDSHIPS WITH THEM SO I'M VERY FORTUNATE AND HUMBLED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU.  NEXT WE HAVE ROBERT LOMBARDO, ROBERT.  I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.  THE CITY OF BOSTON IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 36 YEARS. I'VE WORKED WITH MANY OTHER CITY AGENCIES AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY AS A TEAM THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON WORKS TOGETHER AND KEEPS THINGS MOVING THE WAY IT SHOULD.  I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH BOSTON FIRE BOSTON POLICE, EMT, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY AND WE ARE A TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE CITY WORK. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.  AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WITH US HERE TODAY, BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN,  THE THINK THIS IS A BETTER MIKE, RIGHT? YEAH.  MR B ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT YOU CULTURE PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL THAT YOU DO THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU I WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT THAT OVERSEES CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR CITY OWNED BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS.  SO MYSELF MY DEPARTMENT'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY BOSTON PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE TO THE ALL THE COMMUNITIES. SO I'M THE LUCKY ONE. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING.  THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL.  THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND THAT WAS MY COLLEAGUES WHO COULD COME UP. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE RECEPTION. NOW WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WITH EVERYONE AND ALSO THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH BUREAU.  SO I SEE MARTY. I SEE PIERCE I SEE. FOLKS, IF YOU COULD ALSO COME UP FOR THE PHOTO, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU.  COME ON.  COME ON. SHOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE THAT PROPERTY.  CAN WE SEE THE.  YEAH. DOES EVERYONE HAVE A WINDOW? LORRAINE, DO YOU HAVE. CAN YOU CAN YOU SEE LORRAINE? OKAY.  IF I BIGGER AND I'M HERE. OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU AGAIN, OFFICER. THANK YOU. SPONSOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  PEOPLE TO HEAR THE BOND OUT AND I'M SURE YOU CAN THINK ABOUT SO MUCH OF THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE HERE. YES.  YES. RIGHT. YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET THERE. YOU GO TO THE THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU TO VICE PRESIDENT PIERCE.  OKAY. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN I NOW WANT TO CALL TO THE FLOOR COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS PRESENTATION.  CASA SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WANT TO INVITE UP AFTER LAID OFF. IF I GO RIGHT OFF. SORRY . AND YOU COME UP COME OVER HERE . THANK YOU. IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ADVOCATE FOR THE INTERSEX COMMUNITY AFTER LIGHT OFF, ESTHER FOR DECADES HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PEOPLE WITH INTERSEX TRAITS AND HAS CONFRONTED THE STIGMAS AND CHALLENGES THAT MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY FACE AS THE FORMER AS THE FOUNDER OF THE MARKER ORGANIZATION BASED RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON, ESTHER HAS HELPED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS FIND THE SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING THEY DESERVE AS THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS GO BEYOND ADVOCACY HAVING SERVED AS A UNION CARPENTER AND WITH AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH WORKING WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION, FENWAY HEALTH AND OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AS A MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY JUST AS THERE HAS INFLUENCED THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION ON INTERSEX ISSUES. ESTHER IS ALSO THE AUTHOR AUTHOR OF THE BOOK NOT UNCOMMON JUST UNHEARD OF A COURAGEOUS AND GROUNDBREAKING NARRATIVE THAT BREAKS THE SILENCE ON ONE OF OUR SOCIETY'S BEST KEPT MEDICAL SECRETS.  BEFORE I HANDED OVER TO ESTHER TO SHARE SOME REMARKS, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 IS INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY.  LATER TODAY I WILL BE ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING A LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT DAY AS WE CONTINUE TO FOSTER A GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE INTERSEX COMMUNITY. NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE ESTHER TO SPEAK.  OH, THERE'S A CAMERA THERE. OKAY.  HI. I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR MAKING TIME FOR INTERSEX AWARENESS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MOLA FOR WELCOMING THE CHALLENGE TO BE INTERSEX INCLUSIVE AWARE AS INTERSEX ADVOCATES AN ORGAN IS AN INTERSEX ORGANIZATION.  MATTHEW BROAD AND CATHOLIC COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR COLLABORATING ON THIS RESOLUTION. MY NAME IS ESTHER LIGHT OFF. AS YOU JUST HEARD I AM THE FOUNDER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE MRK H ORGANIZATION WHICH IS THE OLDEST OPERATING INTERSEX ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.  I AM ALSO AN INTERSEX SURVIVOR. MY PRONOUNS ARE NON-EXISTENT BECAUSE MY GENDER IDENTITY WAS NEUTERED BY NONCONSENSUAL SURGERIES THAT STARTED IN MY YOUTH. I WAS A TYPICAL COUNTRY GIRL UNTIL SUDDENLY I WASN'T. MY CHILDHOOD BECAME FOCUSED ON SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION BEFORE I KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT.  MY BODY WAS ALTERED TO MEET SOCIAL VALUES BUT MY VALUES WERE NEVER DISCUSSED. I WAS NEVER TOLD OF THE FREQUENCY OF INTERSEX OR IN THE MANY WAYS THAT INTERSEX CAN PRESENT.  I WAS TOLD WHAT IS NORMAL AND HOW I SHOULD BE.  QUALITY OF LIFE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT WERE NEVER PART OF MY CARE. I WENT FROM SELLING GIRL SCOUT COOKIES TO CORRECTING MY SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN ONE AFTERNOON. BUT FOR ME ANATOMY WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. LOSING MY AUTONOMY AND GENDER IDENTITY TO MEDICALIZATION WAS THE PROBLEM. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO CONSIDER INTERVENTIONS SO I SIMPLY HAD TO HAVE THEM. TREATMENT BECAME WHITE VIOLENCE THE MOMENT I LOST MY CHOICE. ONCE DEEMED A MEDICAL SUCCESS I WAS LEFT TO FEEL THAT I HAD DRASTIC LEAVE FAILED BECAUSE MY NEW AND NORMAL GENITALS DID NOT MAKE ME FEEL NORMAL. MY FEELINGS BECAME IRRELEVANT AND I HAVE AVOIDED SUCCESS. FROM THAT MOMENT ON IT REMAINS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR ME TO FEEL SAFE IN A CULTURE THAT VALUES DIVERSITY AND EVERY LIFE FORM.  BUT OUR OWN INTERSEX ERASURE IS BASED IN A BELIEF THAT INTERSEX IS A DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT AND THAT PEOPLE NEED TYPICAL ANATOMY TO HAVE HEALTHY AND HAPPY LIVES.  FOR TOO MANY INTERSEX PEOPLE NONCONSENSUAL INTERVENTIONS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM BEGINS. HOW CAN ANYONE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR A CHILD BEFORE THEY ARE TOO YOUNG TO SPEAK OR WHO HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO KNOW OR DISCOVER WHO THEY TRULY ARE? INTERSEX INTERVENTIONS WILL NEVER CURE INTERSEX. IT ONLY PREVENTS OTHERS FROM SEEING US.  WE NEED TO NORMALIZE THE PREVALENCE OF INTERSEX EXPERIENCES NOT INTERSEX BODY PARTS.  INTERSEX AWARENESS WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR NORMALIZING OUR EXISTENCE.  INTERSEX VARIATIONS ARE SO QUICKLY DISAPPEARED THAT WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THEM OR HOW THEY MAY MATURE. THE PANIC OF DISCOVERY IS VERY REAL AND THAT PANIC IS REINFORCED BY AN ONGOING CYCLE OF IGNORANCE INTEGRATION FAMILIES PANIC BECAUSE INTERSEX IS STILL UNHEARD OF . PANIC HASTENS UNNECESSARY INTERVENTIONS TO MAKE INTERSEX TRAITS GO AWAY.  INTERVENTION ASSUMES A CONCLUSION THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED FOR EVERYONE BUT THE CHILD.  I AM STILL AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN INTERSEX PERSON BUT NOW I AM AN INTERSEX PERSON WITH SCAR TISSUE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA THAT I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.  WITH EACH ALTERED CHILD ANOTHER WILL BE BORN INTO THE SAME CYCLE OF IGNORANCE AND ERASURE . INTERSEX AWARENESS WILL ALLEVIATE THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.  INTERSEX AWARENESS WHAT IF THE PANIC TO MAKE UNNECESSARY AND IRREVERSIBLE DECISIONS? INTERSEX AWARENESS WILL SUPPORT 2 TO 5% OF BOSTON RESIDENTS WHO ONE DAY HOPE TO BE SEEN. INTERSEX PEOPLE.  INTERSEX AWARENESS GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO BE WHO THEY ARE IN A CULTURE BENT TO HIDE US.  WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT INTERSEX THEY ARE STUNNED BY WHAT THEY DO NOT KNOW. THEIR IGNORANCE IS GENUINE AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE SO HOPEFUL THEY SEE HOW INTERSEX AWARENESS FREES EVERYONE FROM RIGID STANDARDS. HISTORY REMINDS US THAT SOCIAL VALUES CAN CHANGE WITH AWARENESS.  SOME CULTURES REGARD THEIR GENDER EXPANSIVE PEOPLE AS LEADERS ELDERS TO SPIRITS OR GIFTS FROM GOD. IN OUR WESTERN MEDICALISED CULTURE WE HAVE TO GO PUBLIC WITH OUR PRIVATE AND PLEAD FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.  IT'S INCREDIBLY HARD TO DO THAT BUT IT'S EVEN HARDER TO OUTLIVE THE THEFT OF YOUR SOUL. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A QUOTE FROM SENATOR AYANNA PRESSLEY.  I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN NO ONE HAS TO WEAPONIZE AND RELIVE THEIR TRAUMA TO ADVANCE JUSTICE. INTERSEX AWARENESS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.  MADAM PRESIDENT, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A CITATION TO ESTHER AND THE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION A RECOGNITION OF THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS WHICH HAS MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON SO MANY LIVES IN BOSTON AND BEYOND. SO ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AFTER RECOGNITION OF DECADES OF ADVOCACY FOR THE INTERSEX COMMUNITY AND FOUNDING MRK ORGANIZATION IN BOSTON TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF PEOPLE WITH INTERSEX TREES AND THE STIGMA AND CHALLENGES THEY FACE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS BOTH A UNION CARPENTER AND A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING WITH PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS IN BOSTON INCLUDING THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE FENWAY HEALTH.  WE CELEBRATE YOUR WORK AS A MEDICAL SOCIOLOGIST WITH A BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS WRITING AND CONSULTING ON INTERSEX ISSUES NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. WE HONOR YOUR COURAGE IN BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT ONE OF OUR BEST KEPT MEDICAL SECRETS BY AUTHOR IN THE BOOK NOT UNCOMMON JUST UNHEARD OF TO TELL YOUR OWN STORY AS A PERSON WITH INTERSEX TRAITS.  THANK YOU SO MUCH ESTHER CAN MY COLLEAGUES JOIN FOR A QUICK PICTURE?  I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING MORE VALUABLE.  YOU CAN SUBMIT A SOMETHING CONVERSATION.  I WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH YOU GUYS.  YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.  IT'S MY FAMILY. DOES ANYONE HAVE A WINDOW?  OH, JACK, YOU SCARE ME . YEAH, I ALWAYS.  DO YOU WANT TO GET IN FRONT? NO.  NO. YOU GOING ALONG OKAY.  BUT THANK YOU FOR PRESENT.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA AND THANK YOU, ESTHER FOR THOSE MOVING REMARKS AND MAKING EACH ORGANIZATION. NEXT I'D LIKE TO CALL UP COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  YOU KNOW, I STAND HERE TODAY TO SPEAK FOR A CONSTITUENT GLEN INGRAM WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED BY AN MBTA BUS ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 12TH WHILE HE WAS CROSSING WASHINGTON STREET IN FRONT OF THE FOREST HILLS T STATION.  ON MONDAY NIGHT THE COMMUNITY HELD A VIGIL AT THAT INTERSECTION WHERE FOUR OVER 100 RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO MOURN GLEN'S LOSS AND CALL FOR CHANGES TO THAT STRETCH OF ROAD TO MAKE IT SAFER. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS GLEN'S BROTHER WHO'S HERE TODAY.  GLEN'S BUSINESS PARTNER SAM,  WHO'S ALSO HERE TODAY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND FRIENDS OF GLEN WHO HAVE ORGANIZED TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN AND AROUND THE AREA.  I WANT THE COMMUNITY AND GLEN'S FAMILY TO KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL IS IN CONVERSATION WITH THE BOSTON POLICE AND THE CHIEF OF STREETS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STREET IN FRONT OF FOREST HILLS STATION TO ENSURE THAT A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.  AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHIEF OF STREETS THE USHER FRANKLIN HODGE WHO HAS ALREADY ISSUED A DETAILED WRITTEN RESPONSE WITH ACTIONS THAT THE CITY'S PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATELY AT THAT INTERSECTION.  GLEN WAS AN UNCLE BROTHER, A HISTORY TEACHER, A BASEBALL FAN ,BELOVED FRIEND OF TWO BEAGLES AND AS ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS TOLD ME HE FOUND HIS LIFE'S CALLING AS A GARDENER.  I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE WITH THE AGREEMENT OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND ASK THAT THOSE HERE IN SUPPORT OF GLEN TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF HIM, HIS FAMILY AND FOR MAKING CHANGES IN WASHINGTON STREET AND TOWER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKE RIDERS IN THE FUTURE.  AND JUST TO REMEMBER SOMEBODY WHO MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO JAMAICA PLAIN AND IS GONE TOO SOON. THANK YOU .  OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STANDING AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE FUTURE.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER AND THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY OF FRIENDS OF GLEN WHO ARE HERE. MAY WE DO THE WORK AND IN YOUR HONOR. LASTLY, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS HERE FROM BIANCA WHO ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE CIVIC PROCESS AND WHO ARE INTERVIEWING SOME CITY COUNCILORS AND WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE IT TO SO WE'D LOVE IT IF YOU COULD COME DOWN AND WE CAN TAKE A QUICK PHOTO WITH YOU AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.  OH YES, SURE WE CAN DO IT IN. LET'S DO IT IN FRONT.  WELL, GOOD.  WE PROBABLY HAVE TO GO RIGHT OVER TO HAVE A GO.  OKAY, GREAT. HERE IS YOUR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, BIANCA FOR THE BOSTON INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS ACADEMY. WE LOVE YOU. YOU ARE THE BEST OF OUR CITY, BIANCA. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. SO GET NOW GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND WE WILL SEE YOU LATER. OKAY?  THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE. TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR PATIENCE WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO THE SHATTUCK AWARD WINNERS TO ASTOR, TO MRK AND TO THE MEMORY OF GLEN INGRAM.  WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEANING OF OCTOBER 9TH 2020 24. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I THE SAY NAY THERE'S. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE IS ONE DAY. IS THERE A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE RECOMMENDED WITH THAT NAME OR IS THAT JUST A DISAPPROVAL OF THE MINUTES?  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I'M STILL WAITING ON MY 17 F REQUEST FROM THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY RELATING TO ELEVATOR INSPECTION MAINTENANCE RELATED ISSUES. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE I WANT TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING HAVE SAFE RELIABLE ELEVATORS THROUGHOUT THE BAY SYSTEM. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. MR QUICK NOTE THAT THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED FOR THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 9TH AND THAT THAT IS A JUST ENABLE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE FIRST DOCKET DOCK NUMBER 154 TO MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,349,531.24 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 SHELTER AND SERVICE PROGRAM COMPETITIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASS THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE INCREASE OF CAPACITY TO SHELTER NON-CITIZEN MIGRANTS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM DHS CUSTODY INCLUDING RENOVATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING FACILITIES.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 141542 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 15431543 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1,202,560 IN $0.90 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND CRITICALLY NEEDED RESOURCES THAT EQUIP AND TRAIN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO RECOGNIZE STANDARDS, ENHANCE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES,  FOSTER INTEROPERABILITY AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1543 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1544 LUCKY NUMBER 1544A MESSAGE IN HONOR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN AMOUNT OF $999,896 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 SHELTER AND SERVICES PROGRAM ALLOCATED GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASSED THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE INCREASE OF CAPACITY TO SHELTER NONCITIZEN MIGRANTS RECENTLY RECEIVED RELEASE FROM DHS CUSTODY INCLUDING RENOVATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING FACILITIES.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE FOR FOUR WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 1545. DUCK NUMBER 1545 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $307,304 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 TEAM HKT ATC GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 40 HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING FOR OFFICERS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE VPD STREET OUTREACH UNIT. MR GRANT COULD YOU ALSO READ 1546 TALKING ABOUT 1546 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $280,065 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2040 IN A CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT AND BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TWO CRIMINALS POSITIONS OVER TIME LAPSE SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPENSES.  THANK YOU. DOCKETS NUMBER 154, FIVE AND 1546 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1547. NUMBER 1547 MESSAGE IN NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $166,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE VB SENIOR CENTER GRANT AWARDED BY THE DONOR TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE SUPPORT OF THE SENIOR SERVICE CENTER EXPENDITURES.  THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 1547 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 1548? DUNCAN HAVE A1548 MESSAGE YOU NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $29,496 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 PORT SECURITY GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PURCHASE OF A NEW COLLAR FOR THE 38 FOOT SAFETY SAFE BOAT DUTY VESSEL. THANK YOU, JACK.  NUMBER 1548 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1549? DUNCAN OVER 151549 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE LGBTQ MENTAL HEALTH PLAN AWARDED BY UNITEDHEALTHCARE COMMUNITY PLAN IN MASSACHUSETTS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBT CUE PLUS ADVANCEMENT. THE GRANT WILL COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO COMBAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MELT THE MENTAL ILLNESS DISPARITIES AMONG THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1549 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY . MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 15501550 MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF PERTAINING TO SCHOOL BUS DATA DUNCAN NUMBER 1446 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 25TH 2024.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER OR IS IT A POINT OF ORDER? A POINT OF ORDER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST PURSUANT TO RULE 21 THAT YOU AS THE PRESIDENT REMAND THIS RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR AS IT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST. THE RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR THE TIME THE LAST STUDENT IS DROPPED OFF FROM EACH BUS ROUTE WAS RESPONDED WITH. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DOES NOT COLLECT THIS DATA. I CALLED DAN ROSENGARD BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS NOT TRUE. HE DID SAY THEY COLLECT IT BUT IT'S A LOT OF DATA. SOMETHING I TOLD THEM I'M OKAY WITH AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT DOCKET 0476 IN ORDER FOR A HEARING ON TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGICAL IN BOSTON SCHOOL BUS WHICH WAS A HEARING SHARED BY COUNCILOR AT PEPEN SEVERAL MONTHS BACK DISCUSSED THE ZOOM APP WHICH WE HAVE INVESTED IN WHICH IS AN IMPROVED PLATFORM FOR PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND SCHOOL TO TRACK THE STUDENTS SCHOOL BUSSES.  THIS NEW APP VIEWS YOUR STUDENTS SCHOOL BUS ASSIGNMENT TRACKS YOUR STUDENT RIDES IN REAL TIME AND RECEIVES ALERTS WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS IS ARRIVING. AND SOMETHING I DID TALK TO THE AND IT'S SOMETHING WE ALWAYS COLLECTED BEFORE BUT I DO KNOW WITH THIS NEW APP IT'S EASIER TO COMPILE THAT DATA. SO I AM ASKING THROUGH YOU THAT WE REMAND THIS TO GET THE CORRECT ANSWER PLEASE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY AT THIS TIME I WILL NOT REMAND IT. I WILL REVIEW THE RESPONSES AND I WILL WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE TO GET THE ANSWERS AND IF AT ANOTHER POINT THAT'S REQUIRED WE WILL LOOK AT THAT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. SO THE RESPONSE WAS WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY SENT SOMETHING. THE ANSWER WAS WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND SO I WILL WORK WITH THEM AND TALK WITH THEM ALSO BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT CONVERSATION AND SO I WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND IN THE FUTURE SHOULD REMAND SOMETHING THAT IN MY DISCRETION THAT WILL I WANT US TO DO WE WILL DO THAT. BUT AT THIS POINT I WILL NOT BE REMANDING IT. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER DOCKET NUMBERS 1551215575500. DOCKET NUMBER 1550 IS PLACED ON FILE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 155121557 DUNCAN NUMBER 1551 NOTICE WE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR REGARDING THE HOME RULE PETITION ON PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION PASSED THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 5TH 2024 TALKING NUMBER 1552 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR FOR ABSENCE FROM THE CITY ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2024 FROM 11:28 A.M. RETURNING ON 9:17 P.M. DUNCAN NUMBER 1553 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM SCOTT FINN.  CITY ORDER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF TIMOTHY MATHIS AS DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 26, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 155 FOR NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 FOR TALKING OF A155 FINE NOTICE OF RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK ACCORDANCE OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF OCTOBER 2ND, 2020 FOR DUCK NUMBER 1556 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE WASHINGTON PARK URBAN RENEWAL PLAN. PROJECT NUMBER MASS R DASH 24 WITH RESPECT TO PARCELS S YES DASH 12 V AND HAS DASH 12 C DOCKET NUMBER 1557 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING DOCKET NUMBER 1303 PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS THANK YOU. THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.  WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1165 DUCK NUMBER 1165 THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED AUGUST SEVEN, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 1165 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $75 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH BUILDING PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS AND A NEW DRAFT THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING A COMMITTEE IN DEVELOPMENT HELD A VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE STOCK AND VIA ZOOM ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.  IN ATTENDANCE WERE COUNCILORS ZAPATA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CONTROVERSIAL ADMINISTRATION PANELISTS REPRESENTING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING INCLUDED MR RICK WILSON, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATE AND FINANCE AND MS.. CHRISTINA KEEFE, DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING.  MR WILSON AND MS. O'KEEFE DISCUSSED THE COMMONWEALTH BUILDING FUND AND PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING ANTICIPATED USE OF THE FUNDS. THE COMMONWEALTH BUILDER PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY MASS HOUSING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERATE INCOME HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND FORGIVABLE SUBORDINATE CONSTRUCTION LOANS . ELIGIBLE PROJECTS IN BOSTON MUST OFFER DEED RESTRICTED AFFORDABILITY OWNERSHIP UNITS FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING UP TO 100% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AWARDS FUNDS TWO PROJECTS AND TAKES THE LEAD ON CONSTRUCTION MONITORING AND ONGOING COMPLIANCE. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021 THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF 25 MILLION AND COMMONWEALTH BUILDER FUNDS AND THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. A TOTAL OF $50 MILLION IN COMMONWEALTH BUILDING FUNDS HAVE BEEN HAVE SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF 299 HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS ACROSS BOSTON TO DATE INCLUDING IN DORCHESTER, EAST BOSTON, JAMAICA PLAIN, MATTAPAN AND ROXBURY.  THE ADMINISTRATION INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THAT DUE TO A CLERICAL ERROR THE DOCKET WAS FILED WITH AN INCORRECT AMOUNT OF 75 MILLION. A NEW DRAFT PRESENTED TODAY FOR ACCEPTANCE REFLECTS THE CORRECTED AMOUNT TO 50 MILLION. WITH ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GRANT, THE COMMUNITY FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING MASS HOUSING'S COMMONWEALTH BUILDER FUND WILL TOTAL $100 MILLION. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING ANTICIPATES THAT THIS 50 MILLION WILL SUPPORT THE CREATION OF AT LEAST 300 ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I RECOMMEND THAT DOCKET 116502 PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT. CORRECTING THE AMOUNT FROM 75 MILLION TO 50 MILLION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1165 IN A NEW DRAFT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSING A THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND A NUMBER 1165 HAS PASSED IN THE NEW DRAFT WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 1 TO 1 ZERO? I CAN NEVER WANT TO ONE ZERO ORDER FOR A HEARING TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF LENDING LIBRARIES TO BENEFIT RESIDENTS AND REDUCE WASTEFUL PURCHASES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON MONDAY WE HELD A HEARING ON CREATING A NEW RESOURCE FOR BOSTONIANS LENDING LIBRARIES.  BUT ONE OF OUR PANELISTS CALLED AN AMENITY OF THE FUTURE. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM A PANEL OF ADVOCATES AND A PANEL OF CITY AND LIBRARY EMPLOYEES TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY INTEREST THE PUBLIC BENEFITS IN THE CITY PRESIDENT'S LENDING SERVICES. OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM ROSENTHAL, ROSLINDALE GROUP OF NEIGHBORS COMMITTED TO SHARING TOOLS AND APPLIANCES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND A ROXBURY HOME IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS THAT EMPOWERS RESIDENTS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH TOOLS. AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT OF THE CHICAGO TOOL LIBRARY, ONE OF THE LARGEST TOOL LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD.  WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF NEW URBAN MECHANICS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, DIFFICULTIES AND SUCCESSES WITH THEIR OWN LENDING PROGRAMS. THE PANELISTS SHARED THEIR STORIES AND COMMUNICATED TO US ABOUT THE GREAT PERSONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF ESTABLISHING AND INVESTING IN A LENDING LIBRARY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THEIR INPUT IN THE HEARING ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTIES OF SUCH A PROGRAM AND WHAT EXACTLY CITY'S ROLE SHOULD BE AND STEWARD IN THE FUTURE GROWTH OF LENDING SERVICES IN BOSTON. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE INFORMED HOW WE CAN PLAN TO GO ABOUT CREATING THIS SERVICE POSSIBLY A PILOT THAT MY TEAM IS RESEARCHING THE FEASIBILITY OF . AND I'M EXCITED TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS EFFORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR BEN DUCAT NUMBER 1210 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ A NUMBER 1035 CAN NUMBER 1035 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CAUSES OF INCREASES IN BOSTON POLICE OVERTIME SPENDING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL . EARL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST HOW TO WORK IN SESSION ON DOCKET NUMBER 1035 TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR BOSTON POLICE OVERTIME THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND MYSELF AT THE WORK SESSION. WE HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM SEVERAL COUNCILORS INCLUDING COUNCILORS FLYNN COUNCILORS, MURPHY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, CASSEL WEBER, COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL S.N DURING THE SESSION WE DISCUSSED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGING OVERTIME INCLUDING REEVALUATING POLICE PRESENT AT POLICE PRESENCE AT SPECIAL EVENTS, ENSURING MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS ARE DATA DRIVEN AND CONSIDER A POLICE OVERTIME DASHBOARD FOR GREATER TRANSPORT TRANSPARENCY. THE CONVERSATION ALSO FOCUS ON QUOTE OVER TIME RECRUITING AND THE NEED FOR MORE FLEXIBLE STAFFING SCHEDULES.  THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON GATHERING THE NECESSARY DATA FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WILL AIM TO DEVELOP POLICY RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AS AS CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ACTION AND I ALSO LIKE TO GIVE COUNCILOR WEBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO ADDRESS THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I THINK. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR, COUNCILOR EARL, I THOUGHT WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO LOOK AT OVERTIME SPENDING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE GEAR UP FOR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER REVIEW OF THE BUDGET AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH AREAS ARE COULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH FUTURE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND WHICH CAN ADDRESSED BY MANAGEMENT AND THE CHANGING OF POLICIES TO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE BOTH ENSURING SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO CUTTING DOWN ON YOU KNOW, ON ON NEEDLESS SPENDING ON OVERTIME THAT IS NOT BENEFITING OUR COMMUNITY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 12050 DOCKET NUMBER 1035 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE BE DUNCAN NUMBER 1205 DOCK NUMBER 1205 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WAYS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT AND ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES RELATING TO THE CRISIS AT MASS AND CASS, THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HOW TO HEAR A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1205 YESTERDAY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2024 TO DISCUSS WAYS TO PROVIDE A CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT AND ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES RELATED TO THE CRISIS IN CASS.  THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS ED FLYNN,  TANYA FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND MYSELF HENRY SANTANA WE WERE ABLE TO WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR JULIAN MARIA COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY AND COUNCIL COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE LOUIJEUNE. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS ABSENCE COUNCILOR REBECCA BEN AND COUNCILOR BRIAN AROUND THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM A PANEL OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DAN HUMPHRIES. KELLIE JONG WHO'S DIRECTOR OF COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM DR. BRUCE ALL OF WHICH INCLUDE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND LIKE A CALDERA I WAS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE BUREAU OF RECOVERY SERVICES AS A VARIETY OF RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, EXPERIENCE IMPACTS RELATED TO THIS MATTER. TO HEAR MORE VOICES, THE COMMITTEE INVITED A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AND COMMITTEE PROVIDED EXTENDED TIME FOR EACH OF THEM TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE. I EXTEND OUR THANKS TO LINDA SO LUCKY WHO'S THE ONE WITH THE ANDREW SQUARE CIVIC ASSOCIATION? PETER BARBUTO WHO'S THE PRESIDENT CEO OF THE GARDEN HOUSE. KAREN LOU FRAZIER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ST FRANCIS HOUSE AND CAMERON WAS A SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AT THE PINE STREET INN AND JONATHAN ALVES WITH THE BLACKSTONE FRANKLIN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE SOUTH END BUSINESS ALLIANCE AND DAVID STONE WITH THE BLACKSTONE FRANKLIN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE COMMITTEE FURTHER HEARD TESTIMONY FROM A SECOND PANEL ABOUT THE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS. OUR SECOND PANEL INCLUDED SUSAN SULLIVAN, WHO'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MARKET BID. SHERYL SANDBERG, WHO'S THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK. BRIAN LEMING WAS A VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION EDENS, WHICH MANAGES THE SOUTH BAY CENTER. CASSIE HEARD WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MATERIAL AID AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM. AND STEVE FOX WITH THE SOUTH END FORUM. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD ADDITIONAL PUBLIC TESTIMONY FROM SEVERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS. ONE THING THE PANELISTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN YESTERDAY'S HEARING AND AGAIN MANY THANKS TO COUNCILORS FLYNN AND FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR SPONSORING THIS HEARING AND INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION AS CHAIR THAT THIS DOCKET SHOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  DR. NUMBER 1205 ALL REMAINING COMMITTEE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 1303 DARK NUMBER 1303 OR TO INCREASE VETERANS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WAHL, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND HOW TO WORK IN SESSION ON DOCKING NUMBER 130321 TO INCREASE VETERANS TAX PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND MYSELF. WE'RE JOINED BY COMMISSIONER ROB SANTIAGO OF THE CITY'S VETERANS DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER NICK MARINELLO OF THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCIL WEBER AND RECEIVE LETTERS ABSENCE FROM CARSON MURPHY, SANTANA AND PATTON AS WELL AS WELL AS A LETTER OF RECUSAL FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN WHICH WAS INTRODUCED EARLIER AT THIS MEETING AND READ INTO THE RECORD YESTERDAY.  THE ORIGINAL HEARING ORDER INCLUDED LANGUAGE TO OPT INTO CHAPTER 59 SECTION FIVE, CLAUSE 22 I IN CLAUSE 22 J WHICH ARE BOTH ADDED AS OPTIONS TO THE HERO ACT. HOWEVER 22 J IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY ALREADY DOES. SO THE MANNER OF THE ORDER TO ONLY INCLUDE CLAUSE 22 II WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE THE EXEMPTION FOR A OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SET BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THIS WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 WHICH WHICH BEGINS JULY 1ST. DURING THE HEARING COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO DETAILED ALL THE NUMEROUS EVENTS THAT THE CITY IS PLANNING TO HONOR THE UPCOMING VETERANS DAY.  COMMISSIONER ANELLO SAID THE EXEMPTION EFFORT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEY ARE HOPEFUL SIMILAR TOOLS WILL BE PASSED AT THE STATEHOUSE TO GIVE SENIORS A SIMILAR INCREASE. HE ALSO DETAILED HOW VETERANS NEED TO REAPPLY FOR THE EXEMPTION EVERY YEAR. UNLIKE THE HOMEOWNER EXEMPTION. HE ALSO SHARED STATISTICS ON THE VETERANS EXEMPTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 THAT INCLUDED EXEMPTIONS FOR 1156 VETERANS THAT TOTAL 1,000,123 $23,969.68. WE DISCUSSED OUTREACH CLAIMS FOR COORDINATORS AS WELL AS CAMPAIGNS TO ENSURE VETERANS HOME OWNERS COLLECT A COLLECTED CLAIM ANNUALLY AT YEAR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS ORDER PASS AND A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU COUNSELOR AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THAT HEARING YESTERDAY. AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONERS SANTIAGO AND ERIN MULLER FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ON BEHALF OF OUR VETERANS. IF NO ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.  CASTRO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WITH THE SECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1303 IN A NEW DRAFT ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALSO SAY NAY.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1303 HAS PASSED IN THE NEW DRAFT. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.  WE WILL BE TAKING TWO DOCKETS OUT OF ORDER.  MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE FIRST DOCKET WHICH IS DOCKET NUMBER 1571 INTO THE RECORD DOCKET NUMBER 1571 COUNCIL IS COLORED AS A PATTERN AND FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 BOSTON HOTEL WORKERS THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONNECTICUT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS THIRD SPONSOR SUSPEND RULE 12.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES, COUNCILOR THAT IS A PATHETIC SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AT COUNCIL WEBER AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED COUNCIL THAT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WANT TO BE SURE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR SANTANA AND DURKAN FOR THEIR WORK ON AN ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE THIS BODY AND COMMITTEE THAT IS CODIFYING CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND PROTECTIONS FOR HOTEL WORKERS. I AM JUST SO HONORED TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN IN SUPPORT OF THE COURAGEOUS MEMBERS OF UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 WHO REPRESENT THE STRENGTH,  DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCE OF BOSTON'S HOTEL WORKERS. THANK YOU ALL MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND LEAVING THE PICKET LINE TO JOIN US HERE AND YOU ALL SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT. IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THESE WORKERS ARE OUR FRONTLINE AMBASSADORS FOR OUR CITIES.  THEY ARE AMONG THE FIRST TO WELCOME TRAVELERS ENSURE OUR VISITORS HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE IN BOSTON AND YET BOSTON HOTELS CONTINUE TO THRIVE WITH ROOM RATES AND REVENUES FAR SURPASSING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. MANY OF THESE WORKERS ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.  THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE MOON. THEY'RE ASKING FOR DIGNITY,  FAIR PAY AND BASIC BENEFITS.  IN A UNION CITY LIKE BOSTON, ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH.  THE WORKERS OF UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO SECURE FAIR WAGES AND SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS.  AFTER MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND HISTORIC CONTRACT WINS THEY STILL FIND THEMSELVES ON AN INDEFINITE STRIKE AT THE BOSTON HILTON LOGAN AIRPORT IN MY DISTRICT AND AT THE PARK PLAZA . THESE WORKERS ARE FIGHTING NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES BEFORE THEIR FAMILIES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS THEY WANT TO LIVE IN THE SAME CITY THEY WORK IN, RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE AND RETIRE WITH DIGNITY.  IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST BUT IT'S A POWERFUL ONE. THEY DESERVE WAGES THAT REFLECT THE COST OF LIVING IN BOSTON AND THEY DESERVE BENEFITS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE IN 2020 FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE SICK TIME AND VACATION. THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT WORDS IT'S ABOUT ACTION. WE COMMIT TO HONORING THE STRIKE AND SO THEREFORE I WILL NOT BE CROSSING ANY PICKET LINES AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF BOSTON TO REFLECT OUR BEHAVIOR TODAY WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO HOTEL MANAGEMENT YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO PROFIT OFF OF THE HARD WORK OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WHILE DENYING THEM THE BASIC STANDARDS OF RESPECT.  BOSTON HOTEL WORKERS ARE THE HEART OF THIS CITY AND IT'S TIME THEY'RE TREATED THAT WAY. LET US REMEMBER THAT WHEN WORKERS STAND TOGETHER THEY WIN AND WHEN THEY WIN WE ALL WIN BECAUSE THEIR FIGHT IS A FIGHT FOR DIGNITY, FAIRNESS AND A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARA FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL OF KOLKATA FOR WORKING AND PARTNERING WITH ME AND COUNCILOR WEBER AND I KNOW OTHERS AS WELL INCLUDING CONCILOR MEJIA HERE HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN SUPPORT OF WORKING MEN AND WOMEN AS WELL.  I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH THE UNITE 26 AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CULINARY OF THIS CULINARY UNION AS COUNCILOR COLLADO MENTIONED I'M SORRY IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE SILENCE OUR CELL PHONES. APOLOGIES. CARA FLYNN COUNCILMAN , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AS COUNCIL COLETTE I MENTIONED THE FIRST VISITORS THAT COME TO BOSTON. THE FIRST PEOPLE THEY SEE ARE THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 26. THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT DO EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN OUR HOTELS AND OUR RESTAURANTS.  THEY TREAT OUR TOURISTS WITH RESPECT, WITH PROFESSIONALISM. THEY WELCOME THEM TO BOSTON. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ENJOY HAVE A GOOD TRIP HERE SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY OR PARTICIPATING IN A CONFERENCE.  BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS IS THE THE WAGES HAVE NOT KEPT UP AND WE HAVE SEEN ATTACKS ON WORKING MEN AND WOMEN HERE IN THIS CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND LOCAL 26 AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LOCAL 26 HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH AND IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH BUT IT ISN'T IN THIS CITY YOU'RE BARELY MAKING IT TO PAY MORTGAGE TO PUT MILK AND BREAD ON THE TABLE FOR YOUR FAMILY OR TO PAY FOR A PRESCRIPTION DRUG.  BUT WHAT YOU HAVE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL UNION THAT ADVOCATES FOR YOU THAT FIGHTS FOR YOUR FAMILY, THAT FIGHTS FOR DIGNITY AND RESPECT OF WORKERS AND NO ONE'S GIVING YOU ANYTHING YOU HAVE EARNED THESE RIGHTS BY SPENDING TIME ON THE PICKET LINE BY YOUR PROFESSIONAL WORK IN THE HOTELS ,BY TREATING VISITORS WITH RESPECT.  YOU ARE OUR NEIGHBORS FAMILY MEMBERS. YOU WERE ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.  YOU ARE COACHES IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM. YOU MENTOR KIDS. YOU'RE PART OF THE CITY.  YOU GIVE BACK.  YOU'RE ALWAYS GIVING BACK TO MAKE BOSTON THE WONDERFUL CITY AND COMPASSIONATE CITY IT IS YOU ARE NOT ASKING FOR A LOT. YOU'RE NOT ASKING TO BE WEALTHY. YOU'RE NOT TO BE RICH BUT YOU ARE ASKING TO PAY YOUR BILLS SO YOU CAN SUPPORT YOUR FAMILIES AND THAT'S WHAT EVERY FAMILY WANTS IS THE ABILITY TO PAY THEIR BILLS AND SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. BUT I ALSO SEE A LOT OF WORKERS IN THIS CITY GOING INTO A STORE AND THEY LOOK AT A CAN OF A CAN OF SOUP.  THE SOUP MAY SAY A DOLLAR 99 ON IT AND THEY'LL PUT THE SOUP BACK DOWN AND THEY WOULD SAY I'M NOT BUYING THIS CAN OF SOUP BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR 99 OVER DOLLAR 40. BUT THAT'S WHAT UNION DOES FOR YOU FOR DIGNITY. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG UNION IN BOSTON, WE WOULD HAVE WORKERS MAKING LOW WAGES WITHOUT SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE. BUT I'M HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LOCAL 26 UNITE HERE AND YOU ARE PART OF THIS CITY.  YOU MAKE BOSTON THE WONDERFUL CITY IT IS AND WE'LL SUPPORT YOU ON THE PICKET LINE TODAY. TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR UNTIL YOU GET JUSTICE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILORS COLETTE ZAPATA AND COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE WORKERS AT THE OMNI HOTEL AND UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 AND THEIR RECENT VICTORY IN SECURING A CONTRACT.  AND I HOPE THAT THIS ACTS AS A MOTIVATION FOR THOSE STILL STRIKING AND AS A SIGNAL TO THOSE CONTINUING NOT TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH THAT THEY NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE. YOU KNOW, AS AN ATTORNEY I REPRESENTED TOO MANY WORKERS WHO STRUGGLED UNDER TERRIBLE WORKING CONDITIONS AND DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A UNION TO SECURE ANY GAINS. THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WORKERS GO ON STRIKE JUST TO BE PAID A LIVING WAGE IN THIS CITY IS IS NOT HOW THIS SHOULD WORK . WE SHOULD HAVE LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS THAT REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO COME TO THE TABLE AND NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH. YOU KNOW, I STAND IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 MEMBERS WHO ARE ASSERTING THEIR RIGHTS FOR A HIGHER WAGE. I THINK I READ THIS MORNING IT WAS AN MIT STUDY DONE RECENTLY THAT SAID THAT IN MASSACHUSETTS A LIVING WAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 27 $28 AN HOUR. YOU KNOW, IT IS A FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN THAT AND STILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE A LIVING HERE IS NOT RIGHT.  AND I JUST I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ADDING ME TO THIS AND AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE UNION MEMBERS HERE IN THEIR RIGHT TO STRIKE AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY CAN GET THE GAINS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE ALONGSIDE ME AND MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA, KAISER SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I RISE.  I WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSORS OF THE COUNSELOR ED FLYNN AND COUNSELOR WEBER FOR INTRODUCING THIS.  AND I WANT TO THANK THE WORKERS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT ANYTHING THAT'S BEING SAID. I JUST WANT TO STAND WITH WITH OUR WORKERS TODAY.  AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF, I KNOW THERE'S MANY, MANY OF OUR IMMIGRANTS I REPRESENTED IN THIS ROOM. THAT MEANS THEY GET I MEAN I WISH I HAD A LATINA.  I WANT TO BE ABLE TO STAND STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF OUR WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS HOUSE FOR WHOEVER SAID THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT I THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR TAKING UP THIS FIGHT AND AS COUNSELOR FLYNN SAID, WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TODAY, TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IF WE HAVE TO. SO I STAND WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.  AND I WANT TO BE CLAPPING ALONG WITH EVERYONE. I JUST DO WANT TO I NEED TO STATE THAT TECHNICALLY WE SHOULDN'T BE CLAPPING IN CHAMBERS ALTHOUGH I WANT TO CLAP WITH ALL OF YOU. SO OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT CONCEPT BUT THEN COMES WITH AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I STAND IN SUPPORT HERE BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE ROOM AND LOOK AT THOSE RED T-SHIRTS I SEE FAMILY I SEE THE BACKBONE OF THE CITY, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK YOUR TAILS OFF DAY AND NIGHT AND THE FACT THAT YOU MAKE THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WELCOMING PLACE BY REALLY ADDING VALUE TO THE WORKPLACE THAT YOU ARE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WHEN THERE'S TOURISTS COMING IN, WHEN THESE PEOPLE STAY IN THE HOTELS AND YOU GUYS WORK AND PEOPLE LOVE IT, RIGHT. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE WORKERS THAT ARE DOING THE JOB GET WHAT THEY DESERVE SO YOU CAN ALSO CALL BOSTON A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE AND THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING IN SUPPORT BECAUSE WHEN I SEE YOU GUYS I SEE PEOPLE THAT TRULY MAINTAIN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING AN ALLY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR KEVIN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE SPONSORS FOR SPONSORING THIS. LOCAL 26 I'VE JOINED YOU ON THE PICKET LINE AT THE NEWBURY HOTEL AT THE OMNI PARKER HOUSE AND IT'S BEEN WHEN I TALK DIRECTLY WITH YOU AND YOUR MEMBERS IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU LOVE YOUR JOBS, THAT YOU LOVE YOUR CITY AND THAT YOU YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT JOB BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT WHEN YOU CAN'T PAY YOUR BILLS AND YOU CAN'T DO IT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE AND YOU CAN'T DO IT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE CORE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO SURVIVE AND LIVE AND THRIVE. OUR HOSPITALITY WORKERS DO MORE FOR THIS CITY AND MORE FOR TOURISM THAN ANY OTHER INDUSTRY. THAT'S YOU. YOU BRING FOLKS TO THE CITY,  YOU SERVE THEM A DRINK. YOU CLEAN THEIR ROOM. YOU DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE A GREAT TRIP. YOU'RE THE FACE OF THIS CITY AND I WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO WORK. BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE RIGHT TERMS. SO I URGE MY CONSTITUENTS NOT TO CROSS THE PICKET LINE, NOT TO PATRONIZE A HOTEL THAT IS ON STRIKE AND DOESN'T HAVE A FINALIZED AGREEMENT AND I URGE THE HOTELS TO COME TO THE TABLE AND GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR NANCY ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO BE REALLY QUICK AND THANK YOU ALL.  I KNOW THAT IT'S SORT OF STRANGE THAT WE'RE TAKING OUR TIME IN SPEAKING BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS YOU WAIT THERE AS YOU AS AS WE'VE SAID WE JOIN A PICKET LINE MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT YOU GO THROUGH THE VERY SMALL CHANGE IN THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TO OFFER YOU A DIGNITY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE. BUT FOR US TO STAND HERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO WE HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT AND YOU HAVE TO PICK IT. THEN YOU HAVE FAMILIES AND RESPONSIBILITY ALL TO ASK FOR SOME DIGNITY. AND I WONDER LIKE WHAT? WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?  RIGHT. MAKE THEM PAY. THAT'S RIGHT. MAKE THEM PAY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO STRIKE.  WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU. WE KNOW THE TYPE WHAT YOU STAND FOR AND I THINK JANEY AND ALL OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNION WHO STAND WITH YOU EVERY SINGLE TIME TO FIGHT MY GRANDMOTHER FOR I WORK 33 YEARS IN A HOTEL AND AS I SAID, I LEARNED HOW TO FIX BEDS AND DO THINGS BY JUST VISITING ON THE WEEKEND AND UNDERSTANDING THE PAIN AND THE BODILY THINGS THAT YOU GO THROUGH NOT ONLY WITH THE SYSTEMIC RACISM AND THE DIFFERENT DISCRIMINATION THAT YOU GO THROUGH, HOW YOU ARE TREATED AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT TO GO TO YOUR BOSSES AND TO BE ABLE TO ASK CAN I JUST HAVE THIS ONE LITTLE CHANGE JUST SO THAT I CAN RESPECTFULLY WITH DIGNITY TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY ? MESSAGE BOARD OF MOORE OH, MERCY PUBERTY. OH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL BE GOD BETTER LOOKING TO SILICON VALLEY DOWN TO THE GRASS YES PORTILLO BALUCHI UP WITH THE WARRIORS ON THE I LOVE YOU MY GRASS SAYS CONTINUE. I'M ON THE SEAT OF ALABASTER. THEY SEE MORE BUT THEY ARE MORE THEY I THEY SEE MORE THAT OR MORE AT THE CONTINENT MYSELF. JACK THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ADMITTED THIS COUNCIL MAJORITY HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I STAND IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL 26 AS WELL MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAD THE SHATTUCK AWARD WINNERS IN HERE EARLIER AND WE JUST SPOKEN IN THE OTHER ROOM WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEY PROVIDE US AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY OF BOSTON. SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE REALLY A LOT OF POLITICS AND WHAT WE DO WITH THE CITY IS THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.  BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WHERE WE ARE OUR REPUTATION AS A CITY ON A GLOBAL SCALE, ON THE NATIONAL SCALE AND THE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO COME TO THE CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WELCOMED HERE THINK IT'S CLEAN AND THINK IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE CONFERENCES AND THINGS THAT BRING US ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  YOU FOLKS ARE THE FOLKS THAT WELCOME ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN AND WHEN THEY GO HOME WHERE THEY GO, WHEREVER THEY CAME FROM THEY COME BACK AND SAY HEY WE DID IT. WE WENT TO BOSTON. GREAT TIME, GREAT CITY. WE WILL WELCOME, WE WILL RESPECT. WE ARE GREAT SERVICE ALL THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO MAKE US AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE REST OF THE STATE AND NEW ENGLAND AND YOU GUYS LITERALLY DO THE GROUND WORK OF MAKING THEM FEEL THAT WAY SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO MAKE SO MANY GREAT DECISIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FROM YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA.  COUNCILWOMAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS ON TO THE FLOOR. I ALWAYS OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY MOM IS 75 YEARS OLD AND STILL TOO POOR TO RETIRE BECAUSE SHE'S NEVER HAD UNION REPRESENTATION AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DIGNITY. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEING AN IMMIGRANT AND COMING HERE TO THIS COUNTRY WITH A SUITCASE FULL OF DREAMS AND OFTENTIMES IT FEELS LIKE A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE YOUR LABOR RIGHT IS NEVER RECOGNIZED AND VALUED AND THAT'S WHAT THIS STRIKE IS ALL ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING THOSE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHO ARE MAKING MILLIONS OFF OF YOUR BACKS, WHO ARE DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT NOT RESPECTING BOSTONIANS.  RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS.  I GOT A CALL FROM JANEY A FEW WEEKS AGO.  I WAS GOING TO BE HONORED AT A HOTEL THAT WAS ON THE DO NOT BUY TRUE PATRON LIST I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW RIGHT.  AND THIS PARTICULAR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WAS CELEBRATING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY AND I WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF AN AWARD.  I DECIDED NOT TO GO BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY.  AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT JUST SAY THAT WE STAND WITH YOU BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT DO IT.  AND SO THAT IS MY COMMITMENT TO YOU ALL IS TO UTILIZE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND OUR MICROPHONES BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY I AM NOT YOUR VOICE, I AM YOUR MICROPHONE AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FOR US TO AMPLIFY YOU KNOW I'M HERE FOR IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON FIGHTING WHICH IS A SHAME THAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF WE DON'T THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMEONE ELSE.  SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND TALL SPAN IN THAT POWER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT NO WE WON'T GO COMPARE YOU.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPONSORS AND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR THEIR WORK AS WE STAND UNITED WITH LOCAL 26 AND WITH ALL OF YOU SO MANY OF US WE RECOGNIZE YOUR FACES FROM THE PICKET LINES LIKE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES STATED YOU'RE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE STAND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY FROM DAY ONE. KNOW THIS MORNING MY OFFICE WAS READY TO GO TO A BREAKFAST AT ONE OF THE HOTELS IN EAST BOSTON. BUT THAT BREAKFAST WAS CANCELED AS IT RIGHTFULLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CANCELED UNTIL ALL OF YOU HAVE A CONTRACT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOTELS ARE LISTENING, THAT THE HILTON IS LISTENING, THAT THE LONGER THIS STRIKE GOES, THE MORE BUSINESS YOU LOSE. IT IS TO THEIR DETRIMENT TO NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT SO THAT YOU WHO HOLD UP OUR HOTELS EVERY SINGLE DAY CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN LIVE IN THE CITY THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF AND THAT YOU NURTURE. SO I WANT TO THANK LOCAL 26 COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY ANDERSON ALREADY SHUT IT OUT IN CROWD BUT WE'VE LET YOU KNOW CAN YOU COMPARE IT AND WE'LL COMPARE SOME OF IT TODAY SAME WAY YOU WILL WITH A BAD VENUE NEW COMPARE JUMP JUMP WE STAND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY. SO MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE PART OF LOCAL 26. SO THIS IS A PERSONAL MATTER WE STAND WITH YOU TODAY, TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU GET THE CONTRACT THAT YOU DESERVE. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD. MARIA MURPHY IT DEPENDS SANTANA WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS COLETTE ZAPATA FLYNN AND WEBER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1571 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM MR. CLERK.  WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE OF ALL ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 1571 COUNCIL THE BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PILOT. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES.  15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 1571 AS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1571 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. I KNOW THAT THE CO-SPONSORS WOULD LIKE TO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO SO IF WE COULD HAVE EVERYONE COME PROBABLY RIGHT HERE. I KNOW YOU ALL ROLL REALLY DEEP SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY INTENSE PHOTO.  OH, NO, NO.  OH OH , IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MUCH OF US.  OH, YOU'RE YOU'RE TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THIS BLOCK BASED ON THE COUNT ON ME . I WANT YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER. WELL, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? I WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? RIGHT. I SAY WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? I  WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THANK YOU SO MUCH TO GET ME RIGHT OH OH NOW THANK YOU AGAIN TO LOCAL 26 AND TO MY TO THE CO-SPONSORS OF THAT RESOLUTION AND TO MY COLLEAGUES WE HAVE ONE MORE DOCKET TO TAKE OUT OF ORDER AND THAT IS DOCKET NUMBER 1570.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK TO NUMBER ONE? WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1570 DOCKET NUMBER 1570 COUNCILOR SAID TANNER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 26, 2024 IS INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA CARLOS SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY A DAY THAT ORIGINATED RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON IN 1996. THIS DAY MARKS THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION BY INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES HELD AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS IN BOSTON TODAY WE HONOR THEIR COURAGE AND THEIR ADVOCACY. IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE SAY THE WORD INTERSEX OUT LOUD AND UNDERSTAND ITS MEANING AND USE IT PROPERLY.  INTERSEX REFERS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MANY VARIATIONS IN THE PHYSICAL SEX CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING EXTERNAL ANATOMY,  REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, HORMONAL FUNCTION AND OR FROM ALSO PATTERNS.  INTERSEX TRAITS ARE MORE COMMON THAN MANY REALIZE AFFECTING AT LEAST 1.7% OF THE PEOPLE AND BASED ON MORE RECENT STUDIES LIKELY CLOSER TO 5% OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S ROUGHLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE IN 59 AND ONE IN 59 PEOPLE AND ONE IN EVERY 20 PEOPLE. SO IF YOU KNOW 50 PEOPLE ODDS ARE YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S INTERSEX. YEAH DUE TO THE LACK OF AWARENESS AND EDUCATION MANY INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS FACE SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL STIGMA,  HEALTH INEQUITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. SOME PEOPLE WITH INNATE VARIATIONS OF SEX CHARACTERISTICS CHOOSE TO OPENLY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS INTERSEX WHILE SOME DO NOT, DO NOT OR ARE UNABLE TO SAFELY DO SO PARTICULARLY IF FEARS OF STIGMA DEFEND BEST FOR THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OR LOSING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.  WE MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INTERSEX PEOPLE LIKE ANYONE ELSE CAN HAVE ANY GENDER IDENTITY. IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE RESPECT THEM WITHOUT MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL TRAITS OR IDENTITIES IS A CRUCIAL TO WORK TOWARDS IMPROVED AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ABOUT INTERSEX SO THAT MORE PEOPLE WITH INTERSEX CHARACTERISTICS REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE OR UNUSUAL AND HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE OPENLY AND AUTHENTICALLY AS WELL AS MORE ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES BABIES AND CHILDREN WITH VARIATIONS IN THEIR SEX CHARACTERISTICS ARE OFTEN SUBJECTED WITHOUT THEIR OWN INFORMATION SAID TO TO PARLIAMENT SURGERIES AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS TO MAKE THEIR BODIES CONFORM TO STEREOTYPICAL EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LOOK LIKE BEHAVIORS OR BE MALE OR FEMALE. THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE THAT PERFORMING THESE SURGERIES WITHOUT CONSENT CAUSES LASTING PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM. SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR MEDICALLY UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES TO BE DELAYED UNTIL CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BODIES THEMSELVES. IN BOSTON WE HAVE ALREADY MADE STRIDES THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, FENWAY HEALTH AND THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY AND THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION ON LGBTQ YOUTH WEEK. WE CAN AND MUST DO MORE AND I AM COMMITTED TO THAT AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COMMIT NOT ONLY TO RECOGNIZING INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY BUT ALSO TAKING PROACTIVE ACTIONS TO CREATE A HEALTHIER, SAFER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR BOSTON INTERSEX COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ALL BOSTONIANS BENEFIT FROM CREATING A SOCIETY THAT RESPECTS AND ACCOMMODATES PEOPLE BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL BINARY AND TODAY WE HAVE A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS THAT VISION. I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO ALL TO ALL THE FOLKS AT THE MRK ORGANIZATION INTERACT AND THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH WHO HAVE ALL BEEN PARTNERS IN THIS WORK.  I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN ME IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO SUSPEND SUSPEND THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN VOTE AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CARLOS SANTANA, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING YOUR VOICE AND BRINGING YOUR STORIES INTO THE CHAMBER SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE OURSELVES AND ALSO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON INTERSEX ISSUES AND INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY COUNCILOR SANTANA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK PLEASE THAT COUNCILORS BRAYDEN ZAPATA DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN, MARIA MURPHY, PAT BEN WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CASTOR SANTANA TO JUST MENTION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1570 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 1570 COUNCILOR BRAID YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN.  COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE AND AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PER PEN COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YEAH. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCIL HOWEVER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING NUMBER 1570 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 1570 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NO WE ARE NOW GOING BACK TO OUR REGULAR ORDER UNDER MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK, FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND TO CENTRAL STAFF AND EVERYONE EVERYONE ELSE.  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1558 DOC NUMBER 1558 COUNCIL COLORS AS TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANK IN BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE'VE HELD NUMEROUS HEARINGS ON THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE CITY OF BOSTON INCLUDING INCREASED FLOODING, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND RISK TO OUR CRITICAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. ACCORDING TO THE FIRST TREE FOUNDATION, 45% OF BOSTON'S CRITICAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AIRPORTS,  EMS STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS WILL BE UNDERWATER IF WE DO NOT MOVE QUICKLY FROM ANALYSIS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN CLIMATE READY BOSTON IT IS ESTIMATED TO COST BOSTON IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FORTIFY OUR 47 MILE COASTLINE FROM SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE. MANY HAVE ALREADY CATEGORY CATEGORIZED THIS AS BOSTON'S NEXT BIG DIG HOW WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING IT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW WE WORK TOGETHER IS THE NEXT BIG PIECE IN SOLVING THIS COMPLEX AND LOOMING CRISIS. WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND WE ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE ONE POTENTIAL SOLUTION THAT WOULD MAKE BOSTON A MODEL MUNICIPALITY FOR OTHERS ALONG THE COAST MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANKS ARE ABLE PUBLIC AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION BY FUNDING CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS, CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER GREEN INITIATIVES CREATING A CLIMATE BANK AT THE CITY LEVEL TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IS A FORWARD THINKING APPROACH TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING URBAN RESILIENCE. THESE BANKS OFTEN PROVIDE LOW INTEREST LOANS OR GRANTS TO BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND MUNICIPAL ENTITIES TO HELP ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY AND FORTIFY COASTLINES WHILE MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANKS ARE STILL RELATIVELY NEW, A FEW CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO ESTABLISH THEM OR IMPLEMENT SIMILAR PROGRAMS.  NEW YORK CITY HAS THEIR CLIMATE ACTION LOAN FUND TO FINANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS. WASHINGTON, DC LAUNCHED ITS GREEN BANK IN 2021 OF THE FEW OPERATIONAL CLIMATE BANKS TO SUPPORT LOCAL EFFORTS IN SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.  THESE CITIES ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF USING PUBLIC FINANCIAL MECHANISMS TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO GREEN ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE . HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS WE HAVE THE STATE RUN COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK HOUSED IN MASS HOUSING AND CREATED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HEALEY DRISCOLL ADMINISTRATION. THIS FUND ACCELERATES INVESTMENTS TO DECARBONIZE THE BUILDING SECTOR IN MASSACHUSETTS WITH AN INITIAL FOCUS ON AN EQUITABLE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY AND DECARBONIZATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  THE DETAILS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE BANK WILL LIKELY EVOLVE OVER TIME BUT IT IS POISED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER IN THE STATE'S CLIMATE STRATEGY AT THE CITY LEVEL WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR WORK BY PRIORITIZING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ESTABLISH THE FOLLOWING WE SHOULD NEED WE SHOULD DEFINE THE MISSION IN SCOPE DEFINING WHICH PROJECTS AT THE BANK THE BANK WILL FUND ESTABLISH THE LEGAL ENTITY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL FINANCIAL REGULATIONS, SECURE CAPITAL AND INITIAL FUNDING COMBINING PUBLIC FUNDS, PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS AND POTENTIALLY GREEN BONDS AND LASTLY DEVELOP A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL SECTORS INCLUDING EXPERTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. THERE ARE MANY MORE STEPS AND CREATING A CLIMATE BANK IS A COMPLEX BUT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL ENDEAVOR BY MOBILIZING RESOURCES, ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS AND FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES. A CITY LEVEL CLIMATE BANK CAN PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN ADVANCING CLIMATE GOALS AND BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES . THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CASA DE ZAPATA I KNOW HOW HARD YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COMES JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CARLOS PRESIDENT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL CLIENTS ABOUT IT FOR BRINGING THIS UP, DEUTCH SAYS OVER SEVEN PLUS MILES OF COASTLINE AND IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FOREMOST CONCERNS FOR OUR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL BEING. AND SO I COMMEND COUNCILOR ZAPATA FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BELIEVES THAT COUNCIL IS GREAT AND IS PLEASED THAT COUNCILORS BRAEDON DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN BAHIR MURPHY, FABIEN SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1558 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT,  JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 1559 DOCKING NUMBER 1559 COUNCIL TO FEND OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON WINTER WEATHER PREPARATION AND SAFETY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF A BAN COUNCIL BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MORRELL IS A CO-SPONSOR.  COUNCILOR ALSO ADDED HAS WITHIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  WINTER IS COMING. IT'S A CLASSIC BOSTON PHRASE THE GAME OF THRONES TOOK INSPIRATION FROM YET.  OUR WINTERS HAVE BEEN LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE STREETS TEAM HAS BEEN DEPLOYING NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW PRACTICES AND NEW CONTRACTORS FOR SALTING ROADS.  THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES TO HOW WE MANAGE ROSELLE. THEY'RE ALSO UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS FOR SNOW REMOVAL THIS UPCOMING SEASON. THAT IS WHY I LIKE.  I WILL I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING TO REVIEW OUR PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ULTIMATELY KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE AND SERVED THIS WINTER. AGAIN, WINTER IS COMING SO LET'S BE READY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUTCOMES. WHERE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR HAVE BEEN FOR HAVING ME AS A REGIONAL CO-SPONSOR AND I LOVE THE GAME OF THRONES REFERENCE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW SEASON AND I CAN'T WAIT TO THEY DO THE SEASON ON THE STARKS.  AS FORMER CHAIR OF THE CITY SERVICES I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN ANNUAL HEARING ON SNOW REMOVAL. ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF FORMER COUNCILOR KENZIE BOK AND ALSO COUNCILOR TITO JACKSON WHO ALSO EXPLORED HOW TO EXPAND OUR SNOW REMOVAL OPERATION TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY DURING THE WINTER. FOR TOO LONG THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON CLEANING ROLES FOR VEHICLES WHILE PEDESTRIANS ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES SENIORS AND PARENTS WITH STROLLERS HAVE BEEN LEFT STRUGGLING TO NAVIGATE UNCLEAR SIDEWALKS. BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THIS SNOW OPERATION AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE HOW WE CAN BUILD ON AND FURTHER EXPAND THE CLEARANCE FOR HIGH TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN AREAS.  IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HEARD WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AROUND STAFFING ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SECURING CDL DRIVERS.  ADDITIONALLY, AS WE MOVE TOWARD CLIMBING CONSCIOUS APPROACHES I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATE ALTERNATIVES TO TO TRADITIONAL SALTING WHICH CAN BE DAMAGING IN THE LONG TERM.  I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND AGAIN I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF OUR CITY TEAM DOING THE AMAZING WORK AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT BRO CLAIMS PARKING PARKS DAILY NEED THE WHOLE TEAM AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION OF HOW WE CAN EXPAND OUR SNOW OPERATIONS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR EARLE, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL IS GREAT IN THAT AS ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY PIPPEN NUMBER TEN COUNCILOR MCINNES SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1559 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 1560 DUCK NUMBER 1560 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. PATRICK FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR THAT I'M CHAIR MAY I INCLUDE COUNCILOR MURPHY IN INVOKE 12 AND OUR COUNCIL MEET HERE AS WELL COUNCILOR MURPHY ADDED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE EXPANSION OF THE RULES HAD COME FROM ME . HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES FROM HERE SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. WE ARE FILING THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS PROVIDING FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FINANCIAL LITERACY IS A CRITICAL SKILL THAT HELPS US MANAGE DAY TO DAY FINANCES LEARN HOW TO BUDGET AND REACH FINANCIAL GOALS.  BEFORE I CONTINUE I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME IN THIS FIELD FOR MANY YEARS IN EDUCATION INCLUDING COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON OF COUNCIL COUNCIL MURPHY AS WELL ULTIMATELY HEAR A 2021 REPORT BY THE STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOUND THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS DO NOT REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO TEACH ANY PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY OR OFFER ANY ELECTIVES. AND WHILE MOST SCHOOLS DO OFFER MULTIPLE COURSES WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY CONTENT, THEY ARE CONTENT AND SCOPE A HIGHLY INCONSISTENT.  THE BOSTON GLOBE REPORT FOUND THAT ALTHOUGH 70% OF MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLS OFFER SOME ELECTIVES AND FINANCIAL LITERACY, MOST STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH LITTLE TO NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BUDGETING SAVINGS, INVESTING IN MAINTAINING GOOD CREDIT, BASIC FINANCIAL CONCEPTS AT A YOUNG AGE CAN HELP PREPARE OUR STUDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD EQUIP THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE BETTER PERSONAL FINANCIAL DECISIONS AS THEY ENTER THE REAL WORLD.  IT CAN ALSO HELP THEM PROTECT THEM FROM BECOMING VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL FRAUD AS WELL. TIME AND AGAIN I CAN NEIGHBORS SAY THAT OUR KIDS ARE NOT ARMED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SOUND FINANCIAL DECISIONS AS THEY ENTER THE REAL WORLD.  WHILE SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY ALREADY WORK PART TIME JOBS AND HAVE CREDIT CARDS OR DEBIT CARDS AT A YOUNG AGE IT IS EYE OPENING FOR MANY WHEN CONFRONTED WITH MONTHLY BILLS, THE COST OF LIVING AND A LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY TO EXPLAIN SAVINGS FOR RETIREMENT IN THE POWER OF COMPOUNDING OVER TIME . ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE STATE TREASURER DEB GOLDBERG AS WELL.  IN 2015 SHE ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND CREATED THE MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL LITERACY TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL EDUCATION AMONG K-THROUGH-12 STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ADULTS.  THEY OFFER A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS WEBINARS, FAIRS, GRANTS TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE WOMEN FAMILIES, VETERANS AND OLDER ADULTS ABOUT FINANCIAL FINANCIAL LITERACY. AS OUR STUDENTS PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S CRITICAL WE PROVIDE THEM WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEMANDS OF BEING AN ADULT AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC FINANCIAL TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES WAS COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR LETTING ME SPONSOR THIS WITH YOU.  SO OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO SUCCEED IN THIS MODERN DAY ECONOMY. OUR STUDENTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS WHICH IS LEAVING THEM ILL EQUIPPED TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE THAT THEY WILL ALL FACE IN THEIR FUTURE. AND LIKE COUNSELOR FLYNN JUST HIGHLIGHTED, SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY LIVING IT. IF THIS HIGH SCHOOL AGE PAYING FOR BILLS AND HAVING JOBS THIS DEFICIT HAS FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES INCLUDING A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY AND A VAULT IN VULNERABILITY TO PREDATORY FINANCIAL PRACTICES, I'LL HIGHLIGHT ONE NONPROFIT CITY KIDS THAT HAS A FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THEIR MANTRA HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT FINANCIAL EDUCATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALGEBRA. IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH OUR EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT AIMS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH ESSENTIAL FINANCIAL SKILLS AND EQUIP THEM WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO MAKE INFORMED FINANCIAL DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE.  THIS PROGRAM I HIGHLIGHTED IT WHEN WE HAD OUR HEARING ON THE $6 MILLION IN MONEY WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING TOWARDS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THEY DID HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT PROGRAM IS GOING WELL AND I THINK ALL OF OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION SO I'M HOPING THAT FROM THIS HEARING AND CONTINUE ADVOCACY ON COUNCIL THAT WE WILL GET THE FINANCIAL LITERACY THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE IN SCHOOL.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, SHOW ME THE MONEY Y'ALL WITH THAT MONEY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE YOU ALSO HEAR OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR ADDING ME . AS YOU KNOW, I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT ALL THINGS THAT DEAL WITH OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ESPECIALLY AROUND FINANCIAL LITERACY. I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I HAD 2 TO 3 JOBS WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL AND OFTENTIMES IT WAS TO HELP SUPPORT MY FAMILY. BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO DRESS UP NICELY AND I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE HERE DOING THIS WORK BECAUSE WHATEVER DECISIONS GET MADE HERE TODAY OFTENTIMES IMPACT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.  SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN BIANCA FOR BEING HERE AND AND JUST FOR ALWAYS SHOWING UP.  I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS. BUT GOING BACK TO TEACHING FINANCIAL LITERACY AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT, I THINK IT'S ALSO CRITICAL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CREDIT REPAIR CREDIT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO ON TO COLLEGE THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS THEY WANT TO OFFER YOU CREDIT AND OFTENTIMES YOU END UP WITH A LOW CREDIT SCORE.  YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE YOUR FUNDS.  AND SO I THINK THAT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WELL POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO THIS SERVICE. I ALSO KNOW THAT COUNCILOR LAUREL HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT, YOU GOT FUNDS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN REAL ESTATE I THINK ABOUT ALEX EDWARDS. HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE PURCHASED HIS FIRST HOUSE. I MEAN HE ENDED UP IN A FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT CAUSED HIM A LOT OF HARDSHIP. BUT THAT HARDSHIP REALLY HELPED PUT HIM ON THE PATH TOWARDS WEALTH CREATION AND.  I THINK THAT HE'S ALSO SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY FINANCIAL LITERACY IS SO IMPORTANT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK THOSE FOLKS INTO THE SPACE AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR ALWAYS RECOGNIZING HIS COLLEAGUES.  I OFTEN SMIRK AND SOMETIMES I'M LOOKING AT COUNSELOR ANDERSON WHEN YOU WHEN YOU INVOKE OUR NAMES AND SO THE CHAMBER BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT THAT YOU SEE US AND YOU SEE OUR OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT JUST INCLUDING ME IN THIS BUT FOR UPLIFTING MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE DOING WORK IN DIFFERENT SPACES . IT MEANS A LOT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SPEAK OUR NAMES INTO THE SPACE SO THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE HEARING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY DOING THE WORK.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DID WANT TO RISE AND THANK COUNSELOR FLYNN. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A BRILLIANT JUST A BRILLIANT FILING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION TO SPEAK TO WHAT CUSTOMER HERE WAS SAYING IN TERMS OF YOU NOT BEING DISMISSIVE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, ALWAYS BEING RESPECTFUL IN TERMS OF RECOGNIZING US AND ACKNOWLEDGING US THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL BUT IT DOES SPEAK TO LIKE THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY COME BEFORE THIS FILING COMES FROM HERE, HAS MET WITH UPS AND TALKED ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY AND WORKING WITH THEM AND IT HASN'T TAKEN PLACE. SO NOW WE ARE FILING IT AND HOPEFULLY WE TALK ABOUT IT. COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CURRICULUMS NOT MEETING THE MOMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS NEEDED AND AS WELL OF COURSE COUNSELOR ROLE PUTTING THIS WORK SO OBVIOUSLY SUPER NEEDED FOR MY EXPERIENCES IN TERMS OF BEING PREVIOUSLY UNDOCUMENTED FOR 17 YEARS HAVING FILED TAXES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2000 I THINK 2002 2009 OR 2010 WAS A VERY FIRST TIME FILING TAX BUT BEING HERE SINCE 1989 OF COURSE YOU YOU DON'T HAVE CREDIT, YOU DON'T BUILD ANYTHING. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILE TAXES. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO FINANCIAL LITERACY BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION SO YOU DON'T EXIST AND SO YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING AND THEN SO THE TECHNICALITIES IN THE BUREAUCRACIES THAT OFTEN IMPEDES US OR CAUSES DETRIMENTAL SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY FILE THING OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO ALIGN THEIR PAPERWORK AND THEN GET INTO TROUBLE. COUNCIL PLANNING DOES SPEAK VOLUMES TO YOU ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECOGNIZING THE MOST VULNERABLE THE PEOPLE PEOPLE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANTS THAT COME IN AND HAVING TO FACE THOSE ISSUES ARE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS ALTHOUGH VERY EDUCATED WHO DON'T HAVE LIFE INSURANCE, WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND A FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO, WHO'S NEVER HAD A ROTH IRA.  I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M THERE YET. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO LEARN BUT SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THE FILE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR COUNSELOR PIPPEN COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND THANK COUNSELOR FLYNN AND THE CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS TO THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE JUST THIS MORNING I WAS ABLE TO BE INTERVIEWED BY TWO STUDENTS FROM BIANCA. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT THEY BOTH WORK AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE STORY OF MANY STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEY WORK FOR MANY REASONS BUT WHAT I GOT FROM THEM IS THAT THEY'RE TAXPAYING CITIZENS. PART OF OUR SOCIETY AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS I WAS AWAY WITH MY WIFE AND I. WE WENT INTO A BOOKSTORE AND I SAW A FINANCIAL LITERACY BOOK AND I REALIZED THAT I HAD TO PICK IT UP BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO MANAGE MY MONEY CORRECTLY AND I AM JUST BEING HONEST ABOUT THAT.  AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE QUOTES I HAVE HERE I ACTUALLY WROTE DOWN THIS SAYS A BUDGET IS TELLING YOUR MONEY WHERE TO GO INSTEAD OF WONDERING WHERE IT WENT AND IN ORDER TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH, IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF POVERTY, IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF WHATEVER SITUATION WE ARE IN IN REGARDS TO MONEY, IT STARTS WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND WE SHOULD START VERY EARLY IN OUR YOUNG AGE. I WISH, I HAD A FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL SO I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MY 41K WORKS. I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO PUT HOW IT WORKS AND PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ON A HOUSE WHICH IS WHY I STILL RENT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF BOSTONIANS ARE IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WE ARE AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS FILING AND I HOPE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR ALCANTARA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR INTRODUCING US HERE IN ORDER ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS THAT GOT ME STARTED TO THINK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND EVERYONE WATCHING IS THE BOOK RICH DAD POOR DAD . SO IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD BOOK FOR EVERYONE TO GET EASY READ AND IT GIVES SOME GREAT INSIGHT . MY OFFICE HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVING FINANCIAL LITERACY ESPECIALLY AMONG BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH IN BOSTON STUDIES SHOW THAT YOUNG ADULTS AND PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TEND TO HAVE LOWER CREDIT SCORES OFTEN BELOW THE SUBPRIME THRESHOLD WHICH CAN HAVE LONG LASTING FINANCIAL IMPACTS IS WHY MY OFFICE HAS MADE FINANCIAL LITERACY A PRIORITY IN OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS AND I JUST WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT MY TEAM FOR DOING SOME AMAZING WORK THIS YEAR MY OFFICE HOSTED THE CREDIT CAMP AT THE MATTAPAN TEEN CENTER WHERE OVER 50 STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO BUILD AND MANAGE CREDIT RESPONSIBLY RESPONSIBLY. CHARLOTTE ABDULLAH BECKETT, MY DIRECTOR, CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT FOR LEADING THE CHARGE AND OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERS WITH BUILT BOSTON AND ALSO DELANEY LYNCH AND ALSO FOR THE DEPAUW YOUTH COUNCIL WHO HELP INSPIRE THE START. WE ALSO HOSTED THE FIRST BOSTON POWERED PITCH COMPETITION COMPETITION WITH TALENTED YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PITCHING BUSINESS IDEAS A SHOUT OUT TO JARON CARTER, OUR WINNER WHO HAS WOWED US WITH HIS INNOVATIVE A.I. DRIVEN MENTAL HEALTH SOLUTION. AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ROYCE BEAL FOR BRINGING IN MANY YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS WHO ALSO DOES MANY WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND PARTNERS WITH COUNCILOR JULIE MEJIA ON THE THREE WS SUMMIT WORKFORCE WELL IN IT AND WEALTH SUMMIT THAT YOU DO IS A FREE EVENT SO I LOVE THOSE THREE EVENTS THAT THAT ARE PROMOTING FINANCIAL LITERACY AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT CITIZENS BANK WHO PARTNER WITH US AT THE BANK TO TEACH PEOPLE TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS ABOUT SAVINGS AND CHECKING ACCOUNTS AND WE WHERE WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO OPEN CHECKING ACCOUNTS FOR OUR FOR OUR STUDENTS OVER AT THE BANK. THE IMPACT OF THESE PROGRAMS IS LONG LASTING TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY NOT ONLY QUESTION WITH TOOLS FOR FUTURE SUCCESS BUT ALSO HOW TO CLOSE THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM WE CREATED AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING THOSE SYSTEMS AND THOSE PROGRAMS IN COURSES INSIDE OF VP'S.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR AROUND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR THAT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. QUICKLY I JUST WANT TO STAND UP AND TAKE THE MAKER'S AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. IT IS CLEARLY SO IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FINANCES AND BE ABLE TO LIVE HEALTHY,  VIBRANT, AMAZING LIVES. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GET UP AND THANK MR HUNT FROM BILA WHO IS MY MACROECONOMICS TEACHER WHO TOOK TIME AWAY FROM HIS CURRICULUM THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM TO TEACH US ABOUT ROTH IRAS. SO SHOUT OUT TO MR HUNT YOUR INCREDIBLE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WANT TO THANK ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE ON FINANCIAL LITERACY. JUST CONCUR THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FINANCES WORK BECAUSE REAL LIFE COMES HARD AND FAST AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNTS AS BRAYDEN CLARA ZAPATA.  FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD DURKIN PIPPIN SANTANA.  WEBER WAHL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1560 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1561 DOG NUMBER 1561 COUNCIL IS INTENDED FOR PAYING OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING 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 COUNSELOR SANTANA CARLOS SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND OUT OF CONFLICT WORKING AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR, SANTANA SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULE TO ADD COMP RULES, TO ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONSIDER AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS HEARING ORDER ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR PAPAD AND COUNCILOR DUNCAN TO EXPLORE HOW CHANGES TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, ZONING AND LAND USE POLICIES AND AUSTIN, TEXAS HAVE INCREASED HOUSING PRODUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY AND HOW SIMILAR STRATEGIES COULD BE APPLIED RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON.  BOSTON CONTINUES TO FACE A CRITICAL HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND WHILE WHILE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE LOOK BEYOND OUR OWN CITY FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. AUSTIN HAS UNDERGONE SUBSTANTIAL REFORMS IN ITS ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN HOUSING PRODUCTION, STABILIZING HOME PRICES AND EVEN REDUCED RENTS DESPITE A GROWING POPULATION AND STRONG LOCAL JOB MARKET. BUT SUCCESS ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE DEMONSTRATED THE POTENTIAL FOR ZONING, LAND USE AND PLANNING REFORMS TO CREATE LASTING IMPACTS ON HOUSING, AVAILABLE AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY . WE BELIEVE THERE IS A GREAT VALUE IN EXPLORING HOW THESE POLICIES WHICH FOCUSES ON FLEXIBILITY, STREAMLINING AND INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT CAN HELP US ADDRESS BOSTON'S OWN HOUSING CHALLENGES.  WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AUSTIN'S MAYOR PRO AUSTIN'S AUSTIN'S MAYOR PRO LESLEY POOLE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CHITO VELA AND ZOZO QUADRI WHO HAVE PLAYED KEY ROLES IN THESE POLICY CHALLENGES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS DISCUSSION. I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING HOW BOSTON CAN BENEFIT FROM THESE SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES AND.  I HOPE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO TACKLE THE HOUSING CRISIS HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN AND HIS COUNTERPART PAN COMES WITH A PENNY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND BACK IN AUGUST I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WHERE THEY HAD A HOUSING PANEL AND TWO AND THE MAYOR OF AUSTIN, TEXAS AND TWO CITY COUNCILORS WERE THERE AND THEY WERE CHATTING ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY OF HOUSING PRICES AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND IN THEIR CITY. AND WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS THAT THEY HAD SAID THAT THEIR RENT PRICES STABILIZED AND ACTUALLY DECREASED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THAT IMMEDIATELY CLICKED TO ME IT'S LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN BOSTON WRONG IN ORDER TO FLIP THE NARRATIVE HERE SO THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING OUR RENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE ,HOW DO WE STABILIZE? AND THAT TRIGGERED THE CONVERSATION OF HOW WE CAN HEAR FROM THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCILORS TO LEARN WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE TO LEARN WHAT IS IT THAT THEY NEED TO LEARN? WHAT HOW IS IT THAT THEY CHANGED THEIR ZONING WORDING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD MORE AND IN THAT SAME TRIP PRESIDENT OBAMA IN HIS SPEECH SAID ONE OF THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MAJOR CITIES IS TO BUILD AND TO BE ABLE TO BUILD MORE HOUSING AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE THE WAY WHERE WE'RE GOING NOW IS A LOT OF BOSTONIANS CONTINUE TO BE PRICED OUT SO WHAT I'M LOOKING TO GAIN FROM THIS IS TO LEARN WHAT IS THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING. WE'RE USING THE CITY OF BOSTON AS AN EXAMPLE WHO HAS DONE CORRECTLY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT EVEN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SO IT ISN'T TO BUILD A TRIPLE DECKER. IT IS AN IT HAS A RIGHT AND THAT'S CONSIDERED A CHARACTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD IT. SO LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG.  LET'S LEARN FROM THEM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AS THEY'RE HERE REPRESENTING THEIR CITY IN COLLABORATION WITH OURS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONSTABLE.  AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR SANTANA AND PIPPEN FOR ADDING ME AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES. I THINK WE ARE IN A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT IN BOSTON. WE KNOW HOW MUCH MORE DENSE BOSTON IS THAN AUSTIN BUT WE KNOW THEY'VE TAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT. WE'VE FOR I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW HOUSING AND COST OF LIVING IS THEIR GREATEST CONCERN LIVING IN BOSTON AND AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUOUSLY WORK TO EXPLORE EVERY SOLUTION AND LEARN BEST PRACTICES WE CAN TO ALLEVIATE OUR HOUSING CRISIS. TO THAT END, THERE IS PROMISING DATA COMING OUT OF AUSTIN THROUGH PROACTIVE POLICY THAT TOUCH PUTTING DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE BUILDING CODES AND ZONING.  WE'RE TACKLING A LOT OF THOSE IN BOSTON BUT IT'S WORTH THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE APPROACHING IT AND THAT'S NOT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK FROM SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.  CHANGE IS DIFFICULT ZONING CHANGES ARE HARD. I WAS ON A TOUR OF THE WOLF IN TRIANGLE THIS MORNING AND I SAW HOW MUCH HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND HOW PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.  BUT I ALSO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH EMPTY PARKING LOTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR CREATING AND I ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S RESTRICTION AS YOU KNOW IN THE BOSTON TRIANGLE HOUSING IS JUST A CONDITIONAL USE IT'S NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO USE. SO PER OUR ZONING CODE WE'RE TELLING FOLKS THE EVOLVING TRIANGLE EVERY OTHER USE IS ALLOWED AND HOUSING IS CONDITIONAL. THAT'S ONE OF THE SMALL WAYS WITHIN OUR ZONING CODE THAT WE'VE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HOUSING IS HARDER TO BUILD THAN OTHER THINGS.  SO I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK HEARING FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND BUILDING UPON THE GREAT WORK THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON IS ALREADY DOING STUFF LIKE 80 USE SQUARES AND STREETS AND OTHER INITIATIVES IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CAMERON AND JENISON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR LEADING ON THIS AND YOUR CO-SPONSORS. REASON BEING IS BECAUSE IT DOES FEEL LIKE LIKE MOST OF WHAT THE AUSTIN TEXANS HAVE DONE IS VERY, VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT EITHER THE MAYOR OR ADMINISTRATION WILL BE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF ARTICLE 80 OFFICE USE OF INCREASING AFFORDABILITY CODE NEXT WHICH IS ONE OF THEIR POLICIES.  YOU KNOW ALL THE WAY HALTED IN REZONING OR RECODING IN HOW WE BUILD IT IT DOES FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING VERY SIMILAR POLICIES BUT I THINK THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I MAYBE IS HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IN TERMS OF THEIR THEY'RE ALSO DOING SQUARES AND TREES IN THEIR OWN WAY BUT THEN LOOKING AT HOW YOU KNOW OUR TRANSIT OR HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVES IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLEMENT THAT SO INCENTIVIZING FOLKS NOT TO HAVE CARS OR TO BE MORE TRANSIT LIKE CORRIDORS AND STREETS LIKE OR OR WHAT I'M SORRY I'M NOT QUOTING IT CORRECTLY.  SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING LIKE IS A CONVERSATION FOR US OR WHAT THEY DID TOO IS THEY DID A STUDY TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY OFFER SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THE GOAL IS TO TO HAVE EQUITY IN ORDER TO HAVE THE AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR LIKE IMPROVING OR EXPANDING AFFORDABILITY WAS TO INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPERS WHO DO MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS BY ZONING UP WHICH IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING AS WELL. BUT THEN THE QUESTION THEN IS LIKE SHOULD WE DO A STUDY SO THAT WE CAN DO A MORE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IN CYCLES? RIGHT. SO WHAT IF IMPACTS DOWNTOWN SHOULD IMPACT SOUTH BOSTON SHOULD IMPACT ROXBURY AND WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SO FAR LIKE THAT. I KNOW THAT EPA HIRED A PLANNING DEVELOPER AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT. SHEILA DILLON IS LOOKING AT ANTI DISPLACEMENT POLICIES IN ORDER TO COMPLEMENT THIS AND BE ABLE TO FIGHT AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS WAIT, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THESE POLICIES IN THESE POLICIES SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THIS STUDY AND BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND AHEAD OF TIME AND HOW TO ACTUALLY CREATE THAT EQUITY WHILE WE ARE DEVELOPING, I THINK THAT THE CITY HAS NOT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THAT THERE'S A POLICY OR HEARING ORDER THAT MYSELF AND COUNCIL JEN FILED AND HELD A HEARING ON IN TERMS OF EXPLORING BONDS TO DO DEVELOPMENT. AND SO IF WE HAVE THAT STUDY AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE QUOTE AND WHERE EXACTLY THOSE IMMEDIATE HOLISTIC AMENITIES SHOULD GO, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE AND AFFLUENT AREAS THEY SHOULD GO IN CHARLESTOWN, THEY SHOULD GO IN EAST BOSTON AND THEN ROXBURY, MASS. WE SHOULD GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP.  THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY ASSESS WHAT IS HOLISTIC, WHAT MAKES SENSE, HOW DO WE DO WALKABLE STREETS, HOW DO WE MAKE SENSE OF ALL OF THIS AND FIGHT DISPLACEMENT NOT JUST IN A HOUSING LEVEL BUT ALSO COMMERCIAL CLIMATE AND HOUSING DISPLACEMENT ALL TOGETHER. SO VERY, VERY EXCITED.  BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. YOU COULD TELL THAT I'M LIKE SUPER THRILLED THAT YOU FILED AND I THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA AND PEPEN AND WORKING FOR THE OFFERING.  THIS IS HEARING ORDER YOU KNOW, AS THE AS A CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW WE HAVE 30,000 UNITS OF HOUSING THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED AND IN THE PIPELINE AND NOT MOVING ANYWHERE AND THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR US. WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WHAT WE'VE BUILT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. WE HAVE DEVELOPED MORE LUXURY AND MARKET RATE HOUSING THAN MIDDLE INCOME AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN FACT THE RATIOS ARE INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING AND I THINK WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THERE'S TWO HOUSING MARKETS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THERE'S THAT LUXURY MARKET THAT MARKET RATE MARKET THAT'S ALWAYS NEW.  DEVELOPERS WILL GO THERE BUT IT'S VERY, VERY MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE THEM BUILD MIDDLE INCOME AND WORKFORCE WORKFORCE HOUSING. WE HAD A DISCUSSION LAST WEEK IN A HEARING AND IT WAS APPARENT THAT YOU KNOW, THERE IS LOTS OF TAX INCENTIVES AND SUBSIDIES FOR BUILDING LOW INCOME HOUSING AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY AN INCENTIVE TO BUILD LUXURY HOUSING BECAUSE IT DEMANDS A HIGHER IT HAS A HIGHER RETURN BUT THE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE FOR MIDDLE INCOME AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IS WHERE WE REALLY IN A DEFICIT AND WE FIND THAT BECAUSE OUR WORKFORCE WORKERS ARE NOT ABLE TO STAY IN THE CITY. UM AND THE OTHER THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AND LOOK AT IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 160,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS LIVING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT ARE PUTTING AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON OUR HOUSING STOCK BECAUSE OUR UNIVERSITY AND INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH ON CAMPUS HOUSING FOR STUDENTS AND WE SEE THIS CREEP INTO WE'VE WE'VE SEEN ALLSTON WE'VE SEEN ALLSTON HAS BEEN DECIMATED WEST MISSION HILL HAS BEEN DECIMATED BY INSTITUTIONAL EXPANSION AND WE SEE A CREEP INTO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EAST BOSTON WHERE INVESTORS ARE BUYING UP SPECULATIVE INVESTORS ARE BUYING UP FAMILY HOMES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THIS WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS WE DO NOT ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE WE WE WANT OUR UNIVERSITIES TO BUILD MORE. SO IT'S A COMPLEX TERRAIN CONFLICT, COMPLEX LANDSCAPE. BUT I REALLY DO WELCOME THIS HEARING ORDER.  I'M VERY KEEN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. BUT AUSTIN, TEXAS I'VE HEARD ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM FOR MANY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION PLEASE OUT OF MY NAME.  THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR BREADON AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I WANT TO ECHO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THERE AND THEIR COMMENTS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BUILD MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, THAT WE BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  I I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE I THINK IT WAS COUNCILOR DURKAN WHO IS SPEAKING TO THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND HIGH COSTS OF HOUSING. WE HAVE WITH US THE MASS INTERACTION COUNCIL WHO YOU ALL ADVOCATE DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO LIVE IN THIS CITY, THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND SO WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, EVERY SINGLE APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING MORE HOUSING AND BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF HOUSING AND THE COST OF EVERYDAY LIVING SO THAT EVERYONE INCLUDING OUR SENIORS DON'T FEEL SO STRETCHED EVERY DAY WITHOUT WITHOUT WITH A LIMITED BUDGET. SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES COUNCIL OF OPEN YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THIS ISSUE AND FOR BEING AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT ON A NATIONAL SCALE. AND SO I WANT TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME.  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON ZAPATA FERNANDES , ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN MURPHY MEJIA WEBER WORLD AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1561 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1562 DOCKET NUMBER 1562 COUNCIL SIGN OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN DOWNTOWN AND BOSTON COMMON THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I URGE COUNCILOR TO BE HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? COUNCILOR ME HE IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  CASPER FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I'M CALLING FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES IN THE AREA OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON.  THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT, BOSTON COMMON TREMONT STREET AS WELL AS THE CRITICAL NEED TO ENHANCE CITY RESPONSE AND SERVICES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES AND OFFICE WORKERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING THE RISING VISIBILITY OF OPEN DRUG DEALING AND DRUG USE, VIOLENT CRIME.  BUT THE NUMBER OF STABBINGS AND ASSAULTS IS AT AN OVERALL DECLINE IN SENSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AROUND THE BOSTON COMMON AREA DOWNTOWN CROSSING IN AUGUST FOLLOWING A STABBING IN DOWNTOWN CROSSING I PARTNERED WITH THE DOWNTOWN BID THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WALK THROUGH WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS OR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS SUCH AS SUFFOLK AND EMERSON AND BOSTON POLICE. MANY EXPRESSED UNEASE AND CONCERNS OF PERSONAL SAFETY DUE TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, BEHAVIOR, DRUG DEALING, CONSUMPTION, THE INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN THAT AREA ALONG WENT TO STREET TREMONT STREET, PARK STREET AS WELL AS ACROSS THE STREET AND THROUGH A FOUNTAIN IN SEPTEMBER THE BOSTON POLICE HELD A COMPSTAT MEETING WITH THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS WHICH I ATTENDED. THEY REPORTED THAT CRIME STATS IN THE AREA ARE TRENDING UPWARD . THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM TOUR OPERATORS WHO HAVE EITHER NOW REROUTED OR EVEN DECIDED TO SKIP THAT AREA IN AND AROUND TREMONT STREET, BOSTON COMMON ALTOGETHER DUE TO THESE ASSAULTS, TOUR OPERATORS AND VISITORS WERE PUNCHED.  I RECENTLY MET WITH PARENTS FROM DOWNTOWN BOSTON ABOUT A BEACON HILL SCHOOL THAT THEY ATTEND THAT THEIR CHILDREN ATTEND AFTER A FOUR YEAR OLD HIM CAREGIVER WERE ASSAULTED BY A WOMAN WITH MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.  TO MY KNOWLEDGE BOTH THE CHILD AND THE CAREGIVER SAFE SAFELY RECOVERED.  IN OCTOBER THERE WAS ANOTHER STABBING NEAR THE BROAD FOUNTAIN CROSS ON TREMONT STREET WITH MANY PARENTS REPORTEDLY WITNESSING THE AFTERMATH WHILE TAKING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET.  MORE RECENTLY I MET WITH A SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. I MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS CONCERNED PARENTS, THE BOSTON POLICE AND CITY OFFICIALS REGARDING FRUSTRATIONS ON THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN AND THE UNHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY WALK THROUGH IN AND AROUND THAT PARTICULAR AREA.  I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE WALKING IN CERTAIN AREAS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON DOWNTOWN CROSSING OR LEAVING OR COMING BACK TO THEIR HOME AFTER 5 P.M. AFTER 6 P.M.. SOME CONSTITUENTS HAVE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING MOVING OUT AND SELLING THEIR PROPERTY AT A LOSS TO BE AWAY FROM THE NEGATIVE AND DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES.  I'VE HAD MEDICAL DOCTORS WRITE TO ME RECENTLY ABOUT HARASSMENT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED JUST WALKING THROUGH DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND BOSTON COMMON. THEIR ECONOMIC ENGINES FOR OUR CITY AND HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIC SITES IN OUR COUNTRY. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW VIOLENT CRIME OPEN DRUG DEALING, DRUG USE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO TAKE OVER THE AREA AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR RESIDENTS BUSINESSES, VISITORS. THESE PARKS BELONG TO EVERYBODY . IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS LIKE WE SAID AT YESTERDAY'S HEARING, WE NEED TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. I WORKED ON THESE ISSUES AS A PROBATION OFFICER AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT FOR EIGHT YEARS. GETTING PEOPLE INTO DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS.  BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO ADDRESS CRIME IN OUR CITY AND CRIME IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND IN MY OPINION ARREST PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. IN MY OPINION I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.  THOSE WHO COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES SHOULD RECEIVE A STATE SENTENCE AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT I RESPECT MAY DISAGREE WITH ME ON THAT AND THAT'S I UNDERSTAND THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO WORK PROACTIVELY WITH CITY OFFICIALS ,OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN PARKS ADVOCATES TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN THIS AREA IN THIS AREA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN HIM. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING MY CAREER ON THE CITY COUNCIL , COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I ARE USUALLY ON THE OPPOSITE ENDS WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WHICH IS WHY HE ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR PIPPIN AND MYSELF ARE CREATING A CITYWIDE TASK FORCE SO THAT WE CAN FIND SOME COMMON GROUND AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THE ISSUES OF PUBLIC SAFETY. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE IN THIS SPACE WITH YOU IN THIS CAPACITY. I ALSO JUST WANT TO RISE AND UPLIFT TORCH LIGHT RECOVERY WHO HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE NUBIAN SQUARE AREA AROUND DEALING WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS JUST MENTIONED BUT MORE TARGETED IN THE NUBIAN SQUARE AREA. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT COUNCIL MORALE AND I RECENTLY MET WITH SOME FOLKS FROM BOLTON STREET WHO ARE ALSO DEALING WITH SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS RAISED HERE ALONGSIDE WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WHO PARTICIPATED IN A COMMUNITY MEETING. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT THESE ISSUES ARE IMPACTING US ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON, EVEN IN EGGLESTON SQUARE. SO NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. AND MY HOPE IS IS AS WE HAVE THESE HEARINGS WE CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO JOIN THIS ONE IS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT'S DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, MATTAPAN THAT ARE DEALING WITH ISSUES LIKE THIS.  AND NOT TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT HAPPENING IN BEACON HILL OR BACK BAY, BUT I AM GOING TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK WHAT IT DOES IS CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR DECADES AND NOW THAT IT'S SPILLING OVER ALL ACROSS THE CITY.  MY HOPE IS THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO START RECOGNIZING THE ROLE THAT WE ALL PLAY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IN WAYS THAT MAKE SENSE.  SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YOU'VE BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNER WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH AROUND THE MOPEDS ALONGSIDE COUNCIL PREPARING.  SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANKS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS REPRESENTING THE BOSTON COMMON.  AND GETTING A CHANCE TO BE ON THE BOSTON COMMON MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND WHICH WE JUST DID. OUR ANNUAL WALK HAS REALLY GIVEN ME A LOT OF PERSPECTIVE ABOUT BOTH THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED BUT ALSO THE PERSONNEL THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOSTON COMMON REMAINS A SAFE PLACE.  AND IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE MET WITH COMMISSIONER COX . I'VE WORKED WITH MET WITH MAYOR MICHELLE WU. I HAVE MET WITH THE A1 POLICE CAPTAIN. I'VE MET WITH SEAN MARTIN AND MANY OTHERS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WHO HAVE REALLY ADVOCATED FOR POLICE PRESENCE TAKING ON THEIR CONCERNS. I HAVE REALLY CHAMPIONED MORE FOOT PATROLS AND A ONE POLICE DETAIL'S TO BE STATIONED NEAR OR ON THE COMMON.  AND WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT A1 JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE. SO UPON A LOT OF ADVOCACY OF THE COMMUNITY AND FROM MY OFFICE THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING IN SOME OTHER UNITS TO SUPPORT OUR WORK ON THE BOSTON COMMON. AND I'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM NEIGHBORS AND SO I WANT TO READ SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS. THE ADDITIONAL POLICE PRESENCE WAS A DREAM. WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. I WAS EVEN ABLE TO WALK BY THE BREWER FOUNTAIN WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I WASN'T AFRAID AND WE ALL APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW. AND WE'RE HOPING IT WILL BE LIKE THIS MOVING FORWARD. THIS MORNING REMINDED ME OF WHY WE LOVE BOSTON AND WHY WE HAVE CHOSEN TO RAISE OUR FAMILY HERE. I MOVED HERE OVER TEN YEARS AGO FROM NEW YORK AND ONLY EXPECTED TO STAY HERE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. NEVER LEFT BECAUSE IT IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL AND THE PEOPLE ARE KIND AND WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  I THINK THAT REALLY GETS AT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AFTER THE ADDITIONAL POLICE FORCE AND THE ADDITIONAL PATROLS AND I ACTUALLY CAME HOME FROM A CONCERT LATE ONE NIGHT THE OTHER WEEKEND AND WITNESSED SOME PATROLS MYSELF AND I APPRECIATE HOW THIS IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BOSTON BUT ALSO WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FOLKS THAT THE WAY THAT THIS ISSUE IS BEING DISCUSSED PARTICULARLY IN THE MEDIA IS IMPACTING BUSINESSES WILLINGNESS TO MOVE DOWNTOWN AND THAT REALLY GETS AT A I BELIEVE IN CREATING AN ECONOMY DOWNTOWN AND IN OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT WE CAN REALLY BELIEVE IN. I BELIEVE IN BRINGING NEW BUSINESSES TO MY DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO PROVIDE THAT ACTIVITY THAT'S NEEDED FOR SAFETY.  AND WHEN I TALK TO NEIGHBORS THOSE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES ARE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. THOSE ARE MISSED JOBS THAT THEY COULD WALK TO. THOSE ARE INTERNSHIPS FOR THEIR KIDS AND I, I JUST I WANT TO CAUTION US TO BE POSITIVE TO BE LIKE THIS ANONYMOUS CONSTITUENT THAT I QUOTED. SEE THE HOPE IN BOSTON. SEE WHAT WE CAN BRING AND IT'S NOT REALLY US VERSUS YOU KNOW, HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS WE CAN GET IN THIS AREA. THAT POLICE PRESENCE IS FELT AND IT'S APPRECIATED.  BUT THE WAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT BOSTON AND THE CANDOR THAT WE TAKE HAS AN IMPACT ON BUSINESSES AND IT HAS AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE WILLING BEING WILLING TO MOVE HERE. I WAS RECENTLY AT THE CAR GURU'S RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR AND SAW A BUSINESS CHOOSE BOSTON AND WHEN THEY CHOSE BOSTON THEY SAID WE LOVE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET HERE. WE LOVE HOW CLOSE IT IS TO EVERYTHING ELSE.  WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO SAY ABOUT DOWNTOWN BOSTON. THAT'S WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO SAY ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO SAY ABOUT DISTRICT EIGHT. SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO STAY POSITIVE BECAUSE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IS POSITIVE AND I WILL COME TO THIS HEARING. BUT I JUST CAUTION US TO NOT HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO MOVE HERE.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR THOSE WORDS AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN.  I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS HAPPENS IN BOSTON COMMON WHICH I BELIEVE IS YOU KNOW, A SHARED SPACE FOR ALL OF US TO ENJOY. AND SO AS MUCH AS IT'S A DISTRICT COUNCIL ISSUE AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, CONSIDER AGAIN WE ALL CARE ABOUT THE COMMON BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE OUR STORIES THERE. I WANT TO ALSO SHOUT OUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE DOWNTOWN BID. THEY ARE INCREDIBLE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE UPLIFTING THAT POSITIVITY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT THE REALLY GREAT AND AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING COLLECTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY IN THE SPIRIT OF UPLIFTING OUR CITY TO MAKE IT BETTER AND TO IMPROVE THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE HAPPENING THERE. AND THEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK CUSICK COUNCILORS BREADON FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD MURPHY WORL THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 156 TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 15631563 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH DOSAGE, TRUE TUTORING AND OTHER ACADEMIC RECOVERY STRATEGIES.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR . THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I OFFER THIS HEARING ORDER TO EXPLORE MORE ABOUT HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING AND TUTORING IN GENERAL. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MATTERS A LOT TO A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE STILL IN THE POST-COVID ERA OF THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE PROVIDING RESOURCES TO OUR STUDENTS.  THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIES INCLUDING ATLANTA, INCLUDING CHICAGO THAT HAVE REALLY GONE ALL IN ON HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING. MY OFFICE WORKED WITH AN OFFICE IN COUNCIL WITH A SCHOOL AND COUNCIL TO CUT AS A PART OF THE DISTRICT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL ON HIGH ON A HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING PILOT THERE. THERE ARE SOME STUDIES WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE BEST MECHANISM IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEARNING TO OUR STUDENTS AND WHETHER HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING CAN BE A MECHANISM TO HELP US ALL THAT. THERE ARE ADVOCATES ADVOCATES OF HIGH DOSE SHOOTING POINT TO ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT WHICH SOME STUDIES SUGGEST CAN RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL LEARNING GAINS PARTICULARLY WHEN STUDENTS RECEIVE AT LEAST THREE SESSIONS PER WEEK. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCALABILITY, THE SUSTAINABILITY, THE COST AND THE FEASIBILITY.  BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A HEARING ORDER ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE SHOULD BE INVESTING MORE MONEY IN NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING OF COURSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FOCUS BUT ALSO TUTORING IN GENERAL. THERE ARE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT DO THIS WORK LIKE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION LIKE IN ADDITION TO PARTNERS IN EDUCATION CITY HERE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THAT WE ARE REALLY ANALYZING THE EFFICACY OF HIGH DOSES TUTORING AND TO CONSIDER A RANGE OF EVIDENCE REGARDING SUCCESS IN CHALLENGES OF HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT A CONSTITUENT IN HYDE PARK, JESS HAMILTON, WHO I WILL HAVE TO THIS WHO CONTINUES TO ELEVATE THIS ISSUE WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I PUT THIS HEARING ORDER FORWARD. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION ALONGSIDE THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  MR CHAIR, I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS AT THE BEGINNING BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND IF I MAY I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL REP HAS ADDED AS A ORIGINAL OF CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOOK LOOKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU AND THEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILOR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDING THIS HEARING WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK THANKS TO THE MADAM PRESIDENT FOR FOR HAVING ME AS A AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS. AS A PARENT OF TWO KIDS AND BEEPS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW THE SYSTEM STRUGGLES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT.  WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT EVERY POSSIBLE METHOD AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IN BOSTON GETS A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.  THE RESEARCH INTO HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING PROGRAMS IN CHICAGO AND ATLANTA HAVE SHOWN PROMISING RESULTS. AND YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN FIND A TOOL THAT WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH. MADAM PRESIDENT, MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE ON THIS ISSUE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. I CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ADDING ME . I AM PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS HERE IN ORDER TO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR SCALED UP UTILIZATION OF HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM PARENTS, EDUCATORS ABOUT THE LEARNING LOSS GAPS THAT OUR CHILDREN EXPERIENCE POST-COVID.  THESE GAPS ESPECIALLY HAVE MANIFESTED IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND THAT IMPACTS ALL OF US IN THE CITY AND ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEY ARE MOST VALUABLE GIFT AND RESOURCE. I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE EXPLORE EVERY EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTION THAT CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE. THE RESEARCH ON HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING IS PARTICULARLY COMPELLING. HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING OUTPERFORMS JUST EVERY POPULAR STRATEGY.  JUST ABOUT EVERY POPULAR STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IT HAS SHOWN TO INCREASE STUDENTS LEARNING BY AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 15 MONTHS ABOVE GRADE LEVELS AND MOVES AN AVERAGE STUDENT FROM THE 50TH PERCENTILE TO THE 66TH PERCENTILE WITH EVEN MORE EFFICACY FOR OUR STUDENTS.  THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO GATHER CRUCIAL INPUT FROM EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.  SO THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU. CONSIDER CAME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CALIFORNIA AS ANDERSON COUNTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU HAS A REASON FOR FILING THIS. I THINK THAT IN THE CONVERSATION I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING HOW THIS COULD BE A COMPLEMENT HOMEWORK HEROES A PROGRAM INITIATED BY WAY OF THE HEARING THAT I FILED TO CREATE MORE TUTORING OPPORTUNITIES AND PAY STUDENTS FOR THEIR TIME. I DO APPRECIATE THE RESEARCH THAT IT SHOWS LIKE THE CONSISTENCY YOU KNOW, 3 TO 5 DAYS BUT AS A JOB ALSO HOW IT ALSO SUPPORTS IMPROVEMENT IN ACADEMICS FOR STUDENTS. I THINK THAT MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING IS THAT THEY DO OFFER A SORT OF ASSESSMENT COMPONENT WHERE THEY MONITOR STUDENTS OVER TIME AND THEN REASSESS AND THEN ACTUALLY CREATE LIKE MODIFICATIONS BASED ON ASSESSMENTS AS THEY GO WHICH FEELS LIKE A TREATMENT PLAN SO THAT IF YOU ARE MONITORING THE KIDS AND THEN YOU REASSESSING AND YOU'RE DOING ALL THAT IT FEELS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND THEREFORE MORE EFFICIENT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.  I'M VERY THANKFUL TO Y.O. AND OUR PARTNERS. WE HAD OVER 40 APPLICANTS THIS TIME. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT HOMEWORK HERE ALSO WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH OUR OFFICE THROUGH SUCCESS LINK AND WE HAVE A TOTAL ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS OF 22 STUDENTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WILL BE TUTORED AS A JOB IN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE WAS WITH RCC SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND THE CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENTING HIGH PERFORMANCE.  THE OTHER THING TO TO MENTION IS THAT WHEN FOR EXAMPLE STUDENTS GET INTO TROUBLE OR THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING AS WELL AND THEY NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS THERE IS THERE ARE ACTUALLY LAWS IN WITHIN THE IEP THAT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING PAID AND THEY CAN COME TO YOUR LOCATION.  MOST PARENTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE TREATMENT PLANS IN AN IEP PLAN OR IN A FINAL FOUR SO THEY DON'T KNOW TO TAKE UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS BENEFIT. SO SOMETHING ELSE TO EXPLORE AS FAR AS TUTORING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA COUNSELOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS. I WAS I WAS ACTUALLY INITIALLY GOING TO RISE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP EARLY ON IN THE SPACE REALLY UNDERSTANDING ESPECIALLY DURING COVID TWO. THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE GAP THAT WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES IN IN TERMS OF CLOSING THE EDUCATIONAL GAP.  SOME OF OUR KIDS AREN'T EVEN BACK IN SCHOOL LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR YOUNGER ONES WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE RECENTLY ARRIVED, I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SOME OF THIS HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING ALL THIS NEW WORDS I'M LEARNING UP IN HERE IN THIS FANCY CHAMBER THAT I HAPPEN TO BE IN THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW THIS WILL HELP SUPPORT RECENT ARRIVALS AND STUDENTS WHOSE ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT HAVE HAD INTERRUPTED EDUCATION. I, I THINK THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU KNOW THE REPORTS LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE KIDS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK? I LIKE TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT AND THE CO-SPONSORS FOR INTRODUCING THIS ORDER.  I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER OF CREATE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS OR ANY PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THESE TYPE OF INITIATIVES THAT I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO CORY MCCARTHY OF OUR VEEPS WHO'S PARTNERED WITH US TO CREATE A DEVELOPMENT HUB PROGRAM WHICH RECENTLY KICKED OFF AT THE HENDERSON INCLUSION SCHOOL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ACADEMY. I WANT TO SHUT OUT OLIVIA'S PREP AND BE HEARD FOR PARTNERING AND BEING SERVICE PROVIDERS OVER AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES TUTORING,  HOMEWORK, HOMEWORK SUPPORT AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TO ALL STUDENTS ALL AIMED AT CLOSING THE WIDENING GAP IN EDUCATION.  LEARNING I BELIEVE SHOULDN'T BE JUST COMBINED TO CONFINE TO THE 6.5 HOURS SIX AND A HALF HOURS THAT OUR KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL.  IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, WEEKENDS AND ALSO SUMMERS.  THIS IS HOW I TRULY BELIEVE WE MOVE THE NEEDLE AND HELP STUDENTS RECOVER ACADEMICALLY.  I'M ALSO A BIG SPECIAL SHOUT. I KNOW A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE WILL BE PARTAKING IN THE 826 BOSTON EVENT SO JUST WANT TO SHOUT THEM OUT AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S TOMORROW.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR QUICK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON CASA COLETTE AS A PARTNER I CAN'T FINISH ANDERSON CASA FITZGERALD CASA FLYNN CAST MEJIA CASA MURPHY CASA PéPIN CASA SANTANA AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1563 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR QUICKLY PLEASE READ DUNCAN NUMBER 1564 DUNCAN NUMBER 156 FOR COUNCILOR S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING OR ORDER REGARDING NOMINATIONS FOR THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA CASTILLO SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY I RISE TO SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD CRB IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL I A OPI WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENT THE OPEN THESE TWO BODIES ARE ESSENTIAL IN FOSTERING FOSTERING TRUST BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT THE CRB REVIEWS AND INVESTIGATES COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE PPD. THEY COME BEFORE ALL PARTIES WHILE AT THE I A OPI REVIEW IS COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENTS INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION THESE ROLES ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INSTITUTIONS PRESENT THERE ARE THREE VACANCIES ON THE CRB AND TWO VACANCIES ON THE I A OPI DUE TO TERM EXPIRATIONS AND RESIGNATIONS THE OPI ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND NOMINEES FOR THESE OPENINGS BY NOMINATING AND CONFIRMING THESE APPOINTMENTS WE ARE ENSURING THAT BOTH THE CRB AND I A OPI HAVE FULL MEMBERSHIP TO CONTINUE THE CRITICAL WORK. THE COUNCIL'S ROLE HERE IS TO IS MORE INVOLVED THAN FOR MANY OTHER BOARDS AND PANELS. PER STATUTE WE NOMINATE THREE CANDIDATES FOR EACH VACANCY AND THE MAYOR SELECTS ONE. NOTABLY THE CRB REQUIRES AT LEAST ONE YOUTH DELEGATE AGED 18 TO 21 SO IT'S ESSENTIAL WE PROVIDE STRONG DIVERSE AND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. THE CITY COUNCIL CHOSE CHOSE NOMINEES FOR THE CRB IN 2021 USING A ROBUST AND TRANSPARENT APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS COORDINATED BY CENTRAL STAFF. I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S A BIT OF A FORMALITY THAT I'M SPONSORING THIS ORDER.  THIS PROCESS WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COORDINATED BY THE CENTRAL STAFF AS IT WAS IN 21 IN MY OFFICE AND I WILL JUST BE SERVING JUST TO HELP SUPPORT AND WAS ALSO DONE BY THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN 2021. I WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR DIRECTOR, OUR STAFF DIRECTOR MICHELLE GOLDBERG FOR HER DILIGENT WORK IN PREPARING THIS PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER CANDICE MORALES FOR CREATING THE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIAL THAT WILL HELP PROMOTE THESE VACANCIES AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS. THE COMMITMENT TO ENSURES THAT WE BOTH HAVE A SMOOTH ACCESSIBLE PROCESS TO SELECT THE BEST CANDIDATES FOR THESE ESSENTIAL BOARDS. MICHELLE AND CANDACE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PREPARE THE APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS NEW WEBSITE PAGE THAT EXPLAINS THE POSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS TO GO LIVE SHORTLY AFTER OUR MEETING TODAY.  ALL OF THE WEBSITE APPLICATION MATERIALS ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE NOTICES SO APPLICANTS WILL READ OR SPEAK ANY LANGUAGE CAN BE ACCOMMODATED. CANDACE IS ALSO WORKING ON GRAPHICS AND FLIERS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL COUNSELORS SO THAT YOU CAN HELP PROMOTE THIS APPLICATION PROCESS AND ALSO PERSONALLY INVITE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO APPLY THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THESE POSITIONS. CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL WITH FULL DETAILS TO ALL COUNSELORS AND STAFF BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND A COUPLE OF MAIN POINTS. THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL OPEN ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY THIS WEEK AND WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH. ALL COUNSELORS WILL BE PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS BY CENTRAL STAFF AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM IN DETAIL. AND AGAIN COUNSELORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO INVITE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO APPLY TO ENSURE THE APPLICANT POOL INCLUDES FOLKS YOU LIKE TO SEE CONSIDERED. THEREAFTER THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD A WORKING SESSION TO CHOOSE NOMINEES AGAIN.  THIS WILL BE THE SAME PROCESS AS THE COUNCIL USE IN 2021. COUNCILORS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO COME TO THE WORKING SESSION WITH AT LEAST WITH A LIST OF THREE NOMINEES FOR THE CRB INCLUDING ONE YOUTH AGED 18 TO 21 AND THEN TWO NOMINEES FOR THE IAP. COUNCILORS CAN ALSO SUBMIT A LETTER OF ABSENCE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. IF THEY ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE WORKING SESSION AND WAS ALSO DONE DURING THIS PROCESS IN 2021 THE COUNCIL WILL WORK TO SELECT NOMINEES DURING THAT WORKING SESSION. OUR CENTRAL STAFF WILL COORDINATE TO TRACK THE SUPPORT FOR APPLICANTS WITH THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CENTRAL STAFF. THE COMMITTEE WILL PREPARE A COMMITTEE REPORT WITH THE COUNCIL SELECTION OF NOMINEES CHOSEN DURING THE WORKING SESSION INCLUDING NINE NOMINEES FOR THE THREE OPEN SEATS ON THE CRB AND SIX NOMINEES FOR THE TWO OPEN SEATS ON THE AOP.  AS WITH EVERY COMMITTEE REPORT AND AS WAS DONE IN 2021, THE COUNCIL WILL THEN VOTE ON THE REPORT DURING THE REGULAR WEDNESDAY COUNCIL MEETING. ONCE ACCEPTED BY THE COUNCIL THE LIST OF NOMINEES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CLERK TO THE MAYOR TO SELECT THREE MEMBERS FOR THE CRB AND TWO MEMBERS FOR THE OPI. FROM THE COUNCIL'S LIST OF NOMINEES AGAIN MY TREMENDOUS THANKS TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS THROUGH WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS THROUGH AND TRANSPARENT APPLICATION PROCESS AND CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH MORE INFORMATION VIA EMAIL. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATE IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING THIS HERE TO THE CHAMBER. I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT. COUNCILOR ARROYO, COUNCILOR CAMPBELL AND MYSELF ESTABLISHED THIS PARTICULAR OFFICE SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE WORK THAT ESSENTIAL STAFF IS DOING IN PARTICULAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE AND SHOUT OUT TO CANDACE BECAUSE HER INFOGRAPHICS ARE ALWAYS ON FLEEK.  I WANTED TO JUST REALLY POINT OUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS.  I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE REPORT THAT RECENTLY WAS IN THE NEWS WITH THE BROKEN LINKS AND HOW THE WEBSITE IS JUST IN SHAMBLES AND SO PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US TO GET THIS RIGHT AND I THINK PART OF THE NOMINATION PROCESS NEEDS TO ALSO LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HOLD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT AS THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SPREADING THE WORD AND I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE FOUGHT FOR WAS TO HAVE A YOUTH DELEGATE IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THINK THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A VOICE OR A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND WE ALSO FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALSO PAID FOR THEIR TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS THAT'S ALSO TARGETING AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A SEAT AT THIS TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK.  WHO'S THAT? COUNCILORS GRAYDON CARTER. ZAPATA FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD MEJIA MURPHY SABINE WEBER WORLD PLEASE OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1564 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 1565? DUNCAN NUMBER 1565. COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING ALL NEWLY CREATED JOB POSITIONS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I CAN ASSIST COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR. YES, I'M REQUESTING THAT INFORMATION. HOPE FOR IT TO PASS TODAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE ROAD AND PASSION DOCKET NUMBER 1565. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 1565 IS PASSED. MR COURT, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 1566 TALKING NUMBER 1566 COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A HERO SQUARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLUE HILL AVENUE AND QUINCY STREET IN RECOGNITION OF RINALDO SAYS TITO. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CUT AS A SORRY THE CHAIR AND IT IS COUNCILOR FERNANDA ADDISON COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON,  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  REINALDO SAYS TITO WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ON MAY 29TH, 1923 AND WAS A RESIDENT OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. I.  238 GOOGLE AVENUE UP UNTIL MARCH OF 1943 WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY.  RINALDO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR TWO AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN COMPANY G 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION 330TH INFANTRY REGIMENT SECOND BATTALION ON AUGUST FIRST OF 1944. ON DECEMBER 14TH, 1944 SERGEANT SAUCEDO WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHILE FIGHTING IN THE PERSIAN FOREST IN GERMANY BEING A POST HUMOROUSLY AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, SERGEANT SITO IS REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY AND BY THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS.  MAY HIS POSITIVE EXAMPLE INSPIRE US TO WORK TOWARDS PEACE, MUTUAL RESPECT AND EQUALITY FOR ALL IN RESPECT FOR HIS SERVICE IN HIS COUNTRY AND FOR MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. WE HOPE TO HONOR SERGEANT ZITO BY REMAINING RENAMING THE INTERSECTION OF BLUE HILL AVENUE AND QUINCY STREET AND IN HIS HONOR I MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADOPT HIS THIS RESOLUTION AND MAKE PEACE BE UPON SERGEANT TITO AND THANK HIM THROUGH OUR FOR HIS SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN IN UNISON AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING HIS HIS HIS SERVICE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS GRAYDON CARTER. ZAPATA FITZGERALD. FLYNN MURPHY THE BAND'S SANTANA WEBER WORLD IS AT THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FERNANDO INNOCENT SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1566 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL POSE IN A GUY'S HABIT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1567 DUCKING NUMBER 11567 COUNCILORS CARLOTTA ZAPATA AND DURKIN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH PREGNANT PATIENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN TEXAS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND AGREE WITH A REGIONAL COUNCIL THAT AS A POLICY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD MYSELF COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED COUNCIL COLLETTE ZAPATA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I OFFER THIS RESOLUTION STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH PATIENT PREGNANT PATIENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN TEXAS. AMBER THURMAN, A 28 YEAR OLD MOTHER WHO DIED BEING UNABLE TO ACCESS LEGAL CARE DURING PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS IN GEORGIA, THE STATE MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOUND THAT HER DEATH WAS PREVENTABLE.  DEBORAH DAUBERT, A WOMAN IN FLORIDA WHO WAS FORCED TO CARRY HER PREGNANCY TO TERM AND GO INTO LABOR EVEN THOUGH DOCTORS SAID IT WAS NOT VIABLE. AMANDA ZBOROWSKI, WHO AT 18 WEEKS PREGNANT FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAD A CONDITION THAT THREATENED HER LIFE BUT WAS DENIED NECESSARY CARE.  SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE ICU FOR SEPSIS. HER HUSBAND FEARFUL HE MIGHT LOSE HER. SHE SURVIVED BUT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EVER CONCEIVE AGAIN. AMANDA IS THE NAMED PLAINTIFF IN THE CASE REFERENCED IN THIS RESOLUTION BROUGHT BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT WHICH ALLOWED TEXAS HOSPITALS TO DENY EMERGENCY CARE TO PREGNANT PATIENTS IF THERE ARE EVEN IF THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS. THIS DECISION LEFT INTACT TEXAS NEAR-TOTAL BAN EVEN IN CASES WHERE FEDERAL EMERGENCY CARE LAWS ARE THERE TO SAVE A WOMAN'S LIFE OR HEALTH. THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO UPHOLD TEXAS'S BAN EVEN IN THESE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS HAS DEVASTATING IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS. THE RULING WILL FORCE THEM TO CARRY DANGEROUS PREGNANCY PREGNANCIES TO TERM AND INCREASES THE RISK OF SEVERE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING DEATH ESPECIALLY IN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES WHERE ABORTION IS A STANDARD TREATMENT.  MAKE NO MISTAKE THE ATTEMPT TO CONTROL OUR ABOUT OUR OUR BODIES OUR LIVES OUR FATE HAS DIRECTLY RESULTED IN DRACONIAN PRACTICES THAT WILL RESULT IN PEOPLE DYING AS IT ALREADY HAS. THIS IS SHAMEFUL.  WE ARE LUCKY HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND OF COURSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ENSHRINE OUR RIGHTS. BUT MY HEART BREAKS FOR EVERYONE IN TEXAS AND OTHER STATES WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING AND I PROMISED MYSELF THAT I WILL ALWAYS USE MY VOICE IN THIS CHAMBER TO STAND FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS WHEN THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK. SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH PREGNANT PATIENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN TEXAS AND ANY OTHER STATE UNDER RESTRICTIVE LAWS THAT LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS DEEPLY PERSONAL AND NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR CLARA ZAPATA FOR FILING THIS AND FOR UPLIFTING THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AND HAVE BEEN INJURED AS A RESULT OF THESE DRACONIAN ABHORRENT POLICIES THAT THE SUPREME HAS LET STAND AND HAS REALLY ERODED EVERYTHING THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD IN TERMS OF ABORTION RIGHTS AND IN TERMS OF PROTECTIONS. IT'S REALLY JUST A REMINDER THAT PROGRESS AND CHANGE ISN'T LINEAR, THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE GAS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WOMAN PARTICULARLY THE WOMAN THAT YOU HAVE LEFT BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE OFTEN FOUND THAT FIND THEMSELVES IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF SUBPAR MEDICAL CARE NOW FIND THEMSELVES UNABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR MEDICAL CARE. SO I SECOND YOUR DESIRE TO SEE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ENSHRINE THESE RIGHTS THAT ARE HAVING WITHOUT WITHOUT THAT AMENDMENT WE'RE SEEING TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES AROUND AROUND THE COUNTRY.  SO IT REALLY IS. THESE ARE JUST NOT ABSTRACT ISSUES. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE AND IT'S IT'S SADDENING AND I JOIN A LOT AS A PARTNER IN ASKING OUR COLLEAGUES TO TO STAND WITH US ON THIS ISSUE.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAEDEN CUSTER BUT ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO CONSTANT COLLECTIVE AND CONSIDER YOURSELF FOR THIS RESOLUTION.  IT IS INCREDIBLY SAD AND THAT'S THE CLIMATE IN THESE STATES HAS A SUCH A CHILLING EFFECT ON MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO PRESERVE LIFE AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR PATIENTS TO THE BEST OF ABILITY BUT THAT THEIR ABILITY TO DO SO IS BEEN INTERFERED WITH BY POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE AND MEDICAL CARE. I THINK ONE AS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL MYSELF, ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT MANY BRIGHT AND DEDICATED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO WOULD NORMALLY HAVE CHOSEN A PATHWAY INTO OBGYN PROFESSIONS TO TAKE CARE OF WOMEN AND PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ARE MAKING OTHER CHOICES AT THIS POINT AND ULTIMATELY THERE ARE GOING TO BE STATES IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THERE WILL BE A HUGE DEFICIT OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE TO TAKE CARE OF WOMEN AND NEWBORN CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THIS POLICY . WE ALREADY SEE A HUGE DEFICIT AND IT'S A MATERNAL MORTALITY AND INFANT MORTALITY AMONG OUR BLACK POPULATION, BLACK COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IS THIS AN ISSUE ABOUT RIGHT HERE IN THE MOMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE A GENERATIONAL IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE GOING FORWARD FOR IN THE SPACE OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND PLEASE JOIN ME ON INCARCERATING AS ANYONE.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON FITZGERALD.  MURPHY PIPPEN. SANTANA, WEBER WORRELL COUNCILORS CARLOTTA ZAPATA DURKIN AND LOUIJEUNE TO EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1567 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DUNCAN NUMBER 1567. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS ABOUT IT. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR HOW COUNCILOR HAVE BEEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR ANTHONY YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL?  COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE A15672 TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU DUGAN NUMBER 1567 IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1568 DOCKER NUMBER 1568. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE DECLARATION OF REPUBLIC OF TURKEY AND THE 29TH ANNUAL BOSTON TURKISH ARTS AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IN ORDER TO CO-SPONSOR I AM SO ADDED CANSECO'S A PARTY AT THE FLOOR I WANT TO BE SURE TO THANK GREAT GUMSHOE WHO IS HERE. HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE TURKISH AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND. HE'S ALSO THE FOUNDER DIRECTOR OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL THAT I'LL SPEAK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT I AM VERY PROUD TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE DECLARATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY AND THE 29TH ANNUAL TURKISH ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY FOUNDED IN OCTOBER 1923 MARKS ITS 101ST ANNIVERSARY ON OCTOBER 29TH 2024 CELEBRATING OVER A CENTURY OF PROGRESS DEMOCRACY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THE BOSTON TURKISH ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL NOW IN ITS 29TH YEAR HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PROMOTING TURKISH HERITAGE AND FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE BOSTON AREA AND BEYOND.  THE TURKISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN BOSTON AND THE NEW ENGLAND REGION HAS OVER THE YEARS MADE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIO ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FABRIC OF OUR GREAT CITY ENHANCING THE DIVERSITY AND VIBRANCY OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS A CELEBRATION OF THIS SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY AND THE 29TH ANNUAL BOSTON TURKISH ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE TURKISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE DEEP ROOTED FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TURKEY. PERSONALLY I HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARY OF A FRIENDSHIP WITH MY NEIGHBOR WHO ESSENTIALLY RAISED ME AND BECAME BEST FRIENDS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER WHO TOOK HER TO TURKEY AND SHE HAD THE TIME OF HER LIFE. THEY BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR FAMILY. FEGAN AND GENGHIS I WILL ALWAYS SEND MY LOVE TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FEEDING ME DELICIOUS TREATS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE. I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO ASSIST US IN RAISING THE FLAG ON BOSTON CITY HALL PLAZA ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH.  AND AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK OUR GOOD FOR ALL OF HIS WORK. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO AIR COULD AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AT THE TURKISH-AMERICAN CULTURE SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND AND AS A FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE TURKISH ARTS AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL YESTERDAY AND LAST YEAR WHEN WE RAISED THE FLAG IT WAS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE 100 YEARS OF TURKEY. IT WAS REALLY IT WAS INCREDIBLE . IT WILL STAY WITH ME AS ONE OF ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE FLAG RAISINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO SEE THE JOY AND THE CELEBRATION ON THE FACE OF THE TURKISH COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT PEOPLE CAME FROM FAR AND NEAR TO CELEBRATE AND BE TOGETHER AND REALLY LIFT UP AT A TERM OF TURKEY AND THE 100 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE. SO I LOOK I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FLAG RAISING.  TURKEY IS ALSO VERY SPECIAL TO ME AS I HAVE COUSINS WHO ARE WHO ARE TURKISH AND I HAD THE ABILITY TO GO TO TURKEY WITH THEM AND TO REALLY JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL CULTURE. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FLAG RAISING AND I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE TREATS THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE LEARN MORE ABOUT TURKISH CULTURE AS WELL.  BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE. I'D COUNCILORS BREADON FITZGERALD, MURPHY, PIPPINS SANTANA, WEBER, WORLE COUNCILORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA AND LUISA ANTI SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 11568 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I SUPPOSE THEY MAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1569 DOCK NUMBER 1569 COUNCIL FLEEING OFF OF THE FILING RESOLU IN SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I AM FILING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY TO STAND WITH OUR RESTAURANTS TO OPPOSE BALLOT MEASURE. QUESTION FIVE THIS IS A BALLOT QUESTION PROPOSED BOTH BY OUTSIDE INTEREST GROUPS TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE OF SERVICE IN OTHER TIPPED WORKERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. IF PASSED THE PROPOSAL WOULD RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES TO $15 OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS BY 2029. IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR TIP CALLS IN WHICH TIPS WOULD BE SHARED WITH NON SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN 2022, VOTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. APPROVED A SIMILAR BALLOT MEASURE TO ELIMINATE THE TIP.  REPORTS INDICATED THAT THIS RESULTED RESTAURANTS LAYING OFF WORKERS AND OPERATING ON STAFF. THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REPORTED THAT 3200 JOBS WERE CUT WHICH IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE PEAK WORKFORCE RESTAURANTS HAD TO RAISE PRICES ON THEIR MENU.  RESEARCH FOUND THAT MASSACHUSETTS RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE TO INCREASE THE PRICES ON THEIR MEALS ON THEIR MENUS BY ABOUT 2% TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE IN STAFF PAY WHICH COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON RESTAURANT OPERATIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO STAFF LAYOFFS OR EVEN RESTAURANTS TO SHUT DOWN.  IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS.  AS OUR RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT BOSTON CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM THE POST-PANDEMIC INFLATION REMOTE WORK POLICIES CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY IN THE ECONOMY IN THE NEW PROPOSAL TO ADD SEVERAL HUNDRED LIQUOR LICENSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, MANY OF THEM WILL GO TO RESTAURANTS.  WE SHOULD NOT BE ADDING ADDITIONAL COSTS TO OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES IN THEIR CUSTOMERS.  WE SHOULD NOT REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE OTHER CITIES HAVE AND POTENTIALLY PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.  AFTER SPEAKING WITH MY SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORS CONSTITUENTS IN THE SOUTH END YOU CONSTITUENTS IN THE INDUSTRY, I BELIEVE THAT THIS BALLOT QUESTION PROPOSED BY OUTSIDE INTEREST GROUPS COULD ONCE AGAIN PUT UNNECESSARY PRESSURE ON LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS TO LAY OFF STAFF AND POTENTIALLY THREATEN THEIR SURVIVAL RESTAURANTS ARE PUTTING PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY AS WELL. MADAM MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE I CONTINUE I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT THIS BE PLACED IN COMMITTEE. I DO KNOW SOME SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES COLLEAGUES REACHED OUT TO ME ASKING ME IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT WOULD BE PLACED IN COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE PROPOSAL AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M VOTING I DO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THEY ASKED THAT THIS BE SENT TO A COMMITTEE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE NOT SEEKING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLAIR HE'S HAD COUNCILORS DURKIN FITZGERALD MURPHY THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  WE ARE NOW ON TO A MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR A VOTE TO A MATTER WHEN THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. CAN I ADD MY NAME TO 1567? MR. CLERK CAN WE ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN TO 1567? YEP.  THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE A SPONSOR?  FIVE. SIX. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR ADD A VOTE TO SOMETHING THAT THEY MISSED WHILE THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS ? NO. OKAY.  WE ARE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. THANK YOU AGAIN BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS BEEN RESPONDING TO MICHELLE WITH THEIR GREEN SHEETS POLLS. IT REALLY HELPS OUT. IT REALLY HELPS OUT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND CENTRAL STAFF. SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT US ON NOTICE OF THE GREEN SHEET POLL THAT THEY HAVE AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE POLLS FROM.  I SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY'S LIGHT ON. WE HAVE A POLL FROM STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES. SO COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. SO CLERK ON A FULL DOCKET.  01164 ON PAGE 18 OF THE GREEN SHEETS PLEASE.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD PLEASE?  FROM THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES . DR. NUMBERS 0116. MESSAGE IN ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE B HCC A CONNECT LEARN AND EXPLORE GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BOSTON HEALTHY CHILD CARE INITIATIVE AND THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECT LEARN AND EXPLORE INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TO PLACE THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS IT DOCKET NUMBER 0116. IS THAT RIGHT? IS AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I'LL BE ASKING FOR A VOTE TO PASS. SO I DO HAVE A DESCRIPTION SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS. THIS IS THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRANT, THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. ITS MISSION IS TO MAKE BOSTON THE MOST FAMILY FRIENDLY CITY BY SUPPORTING THE WELL-BEING AND FLOURISHING OF ALL INFANTS, TODDLERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER.  EIGHT GROWING UP IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FAMILIES, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO INCREASE THE PROGRAMS THAT PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND INCREASE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN FOCUSING ON NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF CHRONIC DISEASES.  A MULTI YEAR GRANT FROM THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ALLOWS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD TO PARTNER WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION, THE STREETS CABINET AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMING DESIGNED TO DECREASE CHILDHOOD OBESITY. THE PROGRAM HAS A HEALTH EQUITY FOCUS AND TARGETS NEIGHBORHOODS WITH DISPROPORTIONATE OBESITY LEVELS IN LOWER HEALTH OUTCOMES. THE PROGRAMING ENGAGES FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND TRAINING ON NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.  THE STREETS IN PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES BIKING PROGRAMING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH THE YOUTH CYCLING PROGRAM AND SUMMER PROGRAMING AT SEVEN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WITH $200,000 WE WILL GIVE OVER 2000 CHILDREN THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO LEARN HOW TO RIDE A BIKE AND PROVIDE 70 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WITH TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WELL-BEING.  ADDITIONALLY, THIS FUNDING DELIVERS ON REDUCING CHILDHOOD OBESITY, INCREASING HEALTH AND WELLNESS AWARENESS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND IMPROVING THEIR FAMILIES. SO I'M ASKING THAT WE PASS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS MONEY TO USE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0116 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED THE NEXT GREEN SHEETS POLL I BELIEVE IS COUNCILOR COLETTA FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. CONTACT COLETTE ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS DOCKET 1475. THIS IS THE $2 MILLION FOR THE FLAHERTY POOL FROM THE STATE.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1475 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS TALK NUMBER 1475 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION IN A FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FLAHERTY POOL PROJECT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE QUARRY POOL REPLACEMENT AND BATHHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT.  THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECORD OF ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR COUNCILOR GABRIELA COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AT LARGE AND ALSO DISTRICT WHO HAVE REALLY HELPED TO GET THE FLAHERTY POOL PROJECT UP AND RUNNING FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THIS WAS A POOL THAT HAD YEARS OF NEGLECT AND JUST BANDAIDS OF AD HOC FIXES AND FINALLY WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MOMS WHO LARGELY IN ALWAYS LEAD THE CONVERSATION AND FIGHT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. BUT A GROUP OF CHARLESTOWN MOTHERS WHO ASKED FOR FOR WHAT THE THEIR KIDS DESERVE AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CLARDY POOL UP AND RUNNING THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT INVESTMENT AND NOW LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE CHARLESTOWN COUNTRY CLUB AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. EVERYBODY WENT THERE THIS SUMMER THERE IS A A LAST PHASE OF THE PROJECT THAT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BATHHOUSE AND SHOUT OUT TO STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN RYAN WHO WAS ABLE TO SECURE THESE FUNDS. AND SO HAVING THIS MONEY GO THROUGH TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ALLOWS THEM TO START PLANNING AND GETTING THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SAY YES WHEN I ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA SEEKS FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1475 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE IN THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTERPART PENN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER 1386 OUT OF THE CITY SERVICES TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMITTEE ON PAGE THREE OF THE GREEN SHEETS THAT'S DOCKET NUMBER 1386 PAGE THREE THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORD 131386 IS THAT THE RIGHT 1386 PAGE FOUR SORRY PAGE FOUR FROM THIS COMMITTEE IS CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DOC NUMBER 1386 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY BUS TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION IN A FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MBI DIGITAL EQUITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.  AS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHO CANNOT AFFORD BROADBAND SERVICE AND OR INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES OR LACK THE DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS NEEDED TO UTILIZE THE INTERNET.  THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 41386 WAS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY CAMERA PREPARED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS GRANT WILL GIVE A $1 MILLION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BROADBAND INSTITUTE DIGITAL EQUITY PROGRAM, A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT AFFORD WHAT MANY CONSIDER A UTILITY IN TODAY'S DIGITAL WORLD THE INTERNET. THIS WILL BUILD ON THE POPULAR SERVICES LIKE THE WICKED FREE WI FI, THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, DIGITAL LITERACY,  IMPROVED INTERNET ACCESS AT THE B.C. CENTERS AND HELP CREATE MORE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES TO NONPROFITS, BEACHES AND THE LIBRARIES TO COMMUNITIES OF RESIDENTS IN NEED. SO TODAY I'M ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASS.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND SEEKS FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1386 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THAT THE AYES HAVE IT THIS BILL IS PASSED HAVE IT THE START OF THIS PASSED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTRELL THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL RL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  I LIKE THE PRODUCT NUMBER 1430 ON PAGE 24 THE GREEN SHEETS. THANK YOU, MR COURT COULD YOU PLEASE REDACT THE NUMBER 1430 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET NUMBER 1430 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $2,225,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECT FOR THE PAULINE Z SHAW CHARLES H. TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN MAY ALSO 2126 THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS CITY SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1430 IS PROPERLY IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNCILOR ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, AS A REMINDER, THIS DOCKET IS FOR AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,225,000 TO COVER THE FEASIBILITY STUDY SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT FOR THE PAULINE AGASSI SHAH AND CHARLES H. TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN. WE TOOK OUR FIRST VOTE ON THIS DOCKET ON OCTOBER 2ND. THAT'S NOW FOR A SECOND VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ORAL SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1430. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON I NUMBER 1430 OR COUNCIL OF READ YES COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCIL FINANCE SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN AND SO FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE WE HEAR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR GRIFFIN YES. COUNCILOR PER YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR S.A. AS COUNCILOR WEBER?  YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING OVER 1430 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RECEIVING AT SECOND READING. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1430 HAS RECEIVED ITS SECOND READING AND IT HAS PASSED.  NOW IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? AWESOME.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE. WE HAD ALL OF THOSE ON RECORD AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE TWO LATE FILE MATTERS. ONE PERSONNEL ORDER AND ONE LATE FILE HOME RULE PETITION FROM THE MAYOR. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON EACH OF THESE TO ADD THE MATTER TO THE TODAY AGENDA. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE PERSONNEL ORDER INTO THE AGENDA SAY I ALL OPPOSE THEY NAY THANK YOU. THAT LATE FILE MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD IT READ FIRST. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BE THE FIRST TO FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD? FIRSTLY FILE MADAM PERSONAL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL AND MEJIA THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS FILE MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ THE PLEASE READ THE NEXT LATE FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD THE MAYOR'S HOME RULE PETITION SECOND LIFE LEE FILE MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR DEAR COUNCIL AS THEY TRANSMIT HERE IN FOR YOUR APPROVAL A NEW HOME RULE PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO AN ACT AN ACT RELATIVE TO PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS LATE FILING MATTER WILL PETITION INTO ONTO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THERE HAS BEEN AN OBJECTION TO THE LATE FILE MATTER AND THEREFORE THIS LEGAL MATTER IS NOT ADDED TO THE RECORD.  SHAME ON YOU. YES THERE IS NO THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN CHAMBERS.  APOLOGIES WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.  I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT HAVE BEEN TO SAY I I BEG YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.  I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OUR 14 COUNCILOR MIKE LAROCCA AND HE IS CURRENTLY IN REHAB IN CHELSEA AND WE JUST WANT TO SEND HIM OUR BEST REGARDS. EARLY VOTING IS HAPPENING NOW AND IT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS OUR CITY. THERE ARE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.  AS I SAID ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY UNTIL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EARLY VOTING IN EARLY VOTE HERE IN CITY HALL YOU CAN EARLY VOTE AROUND THE CITY. CHECK OUT BOSTON DOT GOV FORWARD SLASH EARLY DASH VOTING. SO HAPPY VOTING EVERYONE. THIS WEEKEND THERE'S MATTAPAN THRIVES IN COUNCIL BUT BEN'S DISTRICT.  THIS SATURDAY 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AT THE MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER . ALSO NEXT THURSDAY WE'LL BE CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN IN CHAMBERS AND WITH OUR YOUNG KIDS HERE AND WE ASK EVERYONE TO COME TO HELP US DECORATE CHAMBERS AND TO GIVE OUT CANDY. WE'LL BE DECORATING CHAMBERS AT 9:30 A.M. AND WE'LL BE GIVING OUT CANDY AROUND 1030 AS A REMINDER NO NUTS BECAUSE KIDS MAY HAVE ALLERGIES. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO BIRTHDAYS THAT WE'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR BIRTHDAYS AND SOME OF OUR COUNCILORS OFFICES.  A DOSA AWESOME WIGGY. OCTOBER 28 AND IRENE KNUCKLEBALL NJ LEGREE OCTOBER 27TH IF I MESSED UP IF I PRONOUNCE IT INCORRECTLY I PROMISE YOU I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE. OKAY. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYTON CALIBRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO JUST FOR THOSE WATCHING WE ARE HAVING A I AM A CITY COUNCIL HEARING NEXT TUESDAY EVENING AT THE JACKSON MANN COMMUNITY CENTER AT 6 P.M.. SO ANY FOLKS FROM ALLSTON BRIGHTON WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROGRAMING AND ALSO THE PLANS FOR REBUILDING A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER IN AUSTIN BRIGHTON. PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND JOIN THE CONVERSATION. SO IT'S AT THE JACKSON MANN COMMUNITY CENTER AT 6 P.M. ON OCTOBER 29TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CAN CELEBRATE IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR. HERE COMES I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. SO ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER, OCTOBER 28TH OUR OFFICE IS HOSTING A SCHOOL VIBES CHECK IN. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FOLKS THE CITY Y PARENT COUNCIL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO FAMILIES ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE BUBBLING UP TO THE TOP WHETHER IT BE IEPS OR JUST REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME ACCLIMATING INTO YOUR SCHOOL CULTURE. SO WE WANTED TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO GET WHAT THEY NEED. OFTENTIMES WE DO BACK TO SCHOOL AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THOSE CRACKS AND SO WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AFTER SCHOOL HAS STARTED JUST SO THAT WE CAN CHECK IN ON OUR KIDDOS AND CREATE SPACE FOR COMMUNITY AND EVENT.  WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A ARTS HEALING COMPONENT OF IT SO KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO PAINT AND ONE SIDE AND THEN AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING A CLOSED DRIVE.  I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOUR ALMA MATER PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN OUR CLOTHES DRIVE. I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT BECAUSE OF THEM WE HAVE 250 PIECES OF DONATED ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FEATURED AT THIS EVENT WHICH WE'RE CALLING BACK TO SCHOOL BOUTIQUE IS GOING TO BE SET UP LIKE A LITTLE THRIFT SHOP. SO FOR THOSE YOU KNOW, LOVE GIVING ME SOME OF YOUR HANDS DOWN AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING PEOPLE'S HANDS DOWN SO YOU KNOW I'M HERE FOR ALL OF IT. SO WE'RE CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SHOP WITH DIGNITY. BECAUSE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO KNOW WHEN KIDS, YOU KNOW, ARE STRUGGLING TO JUST EVEN MAKE THEIR ENDS MEET AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINEST CLOTHES THEY SHOW UP AND SHOW UP SOMETIMES IN SCHOOLS AND SO WE WANTED TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP PIECES FOR FREE. THANK YOU TO OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE DONATED TO THIS AMAZING CAUSE. SO ON OCTOBER 28TH IT'LL BE LIKE A LITTLE THRIFT SHOP AT THE BRUCE SWOLLEN BUILDING SO PEOPLE CAN PICK UP DONATED GOODS AND SO WANTED TO JUST THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN. AND MY DAUGHTER I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HOOPS COLLABORATIVE I SAW PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THERE SUPPORTING OUR BALLERS AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE HOOPS COLLABORATIVE FOR CREATING SPACE FOR OUR ATHLETES TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME TIME INTO THEIR CRAFT SO THEY ARE DOING THAT EVERY MONDAY AT THE EDWARD BROOKE CHARTER SCHOOL. SO IF YOU WANT TO STOP BY EVERY MONDAY THE HOOPS COLLABORATIVE IS THERE AT 6:00 SO YOU CAN COME IN AND SAY HELLO AND THESE KIDS COME FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO NO MATTER WHAT DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT, CHANCES ARE SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE COURT AND YOU REPRESENT THEM SO I'M SURE IF YOU SHOW UP THEY'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.  AND THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MAYOR'S SENIOR COUNCIL WHO IS HERE. LIKE FOR REAL SHOWING UP AS YOU SHOULD ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE SEE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE ADVOCATING ON YOUR BEHALF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST LIKE TO CORRECT THE RECORD IN THAT I YOU KNOW, I DID GO TO BOSTON SCHOOL. THERE'S ANOTHER ALUM HERE IN THE HOUSE SO THERE ARE THE TWO THERE TO BE A LOVES IN THIS BUILDING AND IT'S APPRECIATE BECAUSE AH MR C MR CONDO PROCESS WAS IN THE HOUSE HERE IN CITY HALL TODAY AND IT WAS REALLY A JOY TO SEE HIM.  HE WAS THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AT BOSTON LAND SCHOOL AND ALSO THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT HERE FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WANT TO UPLIFT THE INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE WORK OF MITCH OVER AT HOOPS COLLABORATIVE OVER AT THE BROOK SCHOOL ONE AMERICAN LEGION. THEY JUST IT WAS JUST REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO GIVE OUR YOUNG FEMALE HOOPERS MORE GAME TIME AND WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. SO SHOUT OUT TO MITCH AND ALL THE WORK AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO WITH THE HOOPS COLLABORATIVE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN COMES WITH PEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT ON TWO EXCITING HALLOWEEN EVENTS HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT. THE THREE POLICE DISTRICT IS HAVING THEIRS ON THURSDAY. IT'S A 24 THAT'S TOMORROW FROM 5 P.M. TO 8 P.M.. A REALLY COOL HAUNTED HOUSE OVER THERE SO THEY REPRESENT MY DISTRICT IN COUNCIL MORO'S DISTRICT SO WE'LL BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEN ON FRIDAY FROM 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M. THE E-5 POLICE DISTRICT IS DOING THEIR HALLOWEEN PARTY SO THEY WANT ME TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GOT THE LIMITATION AND LET YOU KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING. AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED ALREADY BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN THE MATTAPAN THRIVES EVENT IT'S A PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING EVENT AT THE MARATHON. IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL EVENT IN THE MORNING A MATTER OF PARENTS WANT YOU ALL TO COME BY.  IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER CASSOWARY EMPLOYEE THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO INVITE PEOPLE TO THE DEDICATION OF FLORA WAY WHICH WAS FORMERLY BUSSEY STREET AT THE ARBORETUM ON SATURDAY AT 2 P.M.. IT'S ON THE GROUNDS OF THE ARBORETUM BETWEEN WALTER THE WALTER STREET GATE AND THE CURRENT POSITION. OKAY THIS FOLLOWS YEARS OF ADVOCACY BY THE COMMUNITY BY FORMER COUNCILORS ARROYO AND LAURA AND COUNCILOR PEPEN AND SO UH, YOU KNOW, I HOPE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THE THE DEDICATION OF FLORA WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  I WILL BE THERE AND I WILL BE I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED ON THIS. IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PAY HOMAGE TO THOSE WHO WERE FORMERLY ENSLAVED AND RECOGNIZE THEM AND CONTRIBUTIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW. OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO A MOMENT TO MOMENT TO MEMORIALS.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED, NOW IS THE TIME I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT SOMEONE WHO WE ALL WORK WITH HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. DANIEL JOHNSON WHOSE FATHER BILL MATHENY PASSED AWAY. SO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT DANIEL JOHNSON AND THE OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME FOR HER AND HER FAMILY AND ALSO UPLIFT DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE MEMBER WALTER MCDONOUGH ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER KATHLEEN MCDONOUGH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME TO OUR WELCOME TO YOU THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I LIKE TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO OFFER MY PRAISE AND CONDOLENCES TO THE QUSTODIO FAMILY WHO'S HERE AND WHO'S HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND ALSO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF AMY AND GLORIA CASTILLO, AILEEN GOYA CASTILLO ,AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MAMA WAS A RESILIENT AND ASPIRING PILLAR OF THE DISTRICT FOR COMMUNITY. BORN IN HONDURAS, SHE CAME TO BOSTON AT AGE 37 QUICKLY ESTABLISHING A LEGACY OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. MAMA WORKED AT MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PURSUED A NURSING AND ASSOCIATE NURSING DEGREE.  SHE WAS A HOMEOWNER, A PROUD ADVOCATE FOR SENIOR RIGHTS, A REGULAR SUPPORTER OF THE LUCY BROWN PIECES TOO AND A RECIPIENT OF THE JUNIOR PARISH LAY LEADERSHIP AWARD.  HER WARMTH AND WISDOM TEST MANY LIVES LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT ON ALL WHO KNEW HER MAMA LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH HER FAMILY AND THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE SHE HELPED IN HER COMMUNITY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SIX CHILDREN, 22 GRANDCHILDREN AND 41 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.  VERY BLESSED. MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HER FAMILY AND LOVED ONES DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WHAT A LEGACY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . ANYONE AT ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES. TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF CANCER NICOLETTA ZAPATA.  LINA CAPO GRECO. MICHELLE MORGAN.  KATHLEEN ELLIOTT ON BEHALF OF CASTRO FLYNN, SISTER EVELYN HURLEY. JEAN MARIE WHELAN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ROBERT BOB JULIANNA FATHER OF CRITCHLEY JULIA I'M ASKING MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL KATHLEEN MCDONOUGH, MOTHER OF DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE MEMBER WALTER MCDONOUGH BILL MATHENY FATHER OF DANIEL JOHNSTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE FOR HOUSING STABILITY.  BUT ON BEHALF OF ME HERE ALEX OLMEDO SOTO FREDDY MENDEZ ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER BEN RICHARD SHELTON ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL ORO DANTE WEBB. ALMA SMITH, EILEEN GLORIA CASTILLO.  THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY DOES SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE FOUR AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  THANKS EVERYONE. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH,  2024 AT NOON. REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE IS SNOW TONIGHT THIS EVENING SO IF YOU PLEASE SHOW UP JUST KNOW WITH OUR ESSENTIALS WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF. I ALSO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES RIGHT AFTER ADJOURNMENT WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ERIC BUT ALSO ERIC COULD IF YOU COULD COME UP AND WE COULD TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO TAKE A PICTURE WITH MASKING YOUR ACTION COUNCIL . THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. OH, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. SAY I. I THINK THAT MANY OF THE DURING PHOTO