YOU KNOW AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES. I CALLED TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BUT YOU CAN WATCH A COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON DOT GOV. FORGE CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AT THIS TIME I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.  THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. ALSO A BIRTHDAY MAN.  MORE ON THAT LATER. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON HERE COUNCIL CALERA COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FERNANDEZ SANDERSON COUNCIL FITZGERALD YEAH. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE HERE COUNCIL ME HERE HAVE COUNCILOR MURPHY OR COUNCILOR PIPPINS HERE COUNCILOR SANTANA YOU'RE COUNCILOR WEBER HERE IN COUNCIL WE'RE ALL HERE.  A QUORUM IS BETTER. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROFESSIONALISM AND QUICK RESPONSE OF OUR BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS AND THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES LAST FRIDAY THEIR ACTIONS DURING THE INCIDENT HERE AT CITY HALL WAS DEMONSTRATED A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM,  BRAVERY AND COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND THEY MANAGED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL PRESENT AND MINIMAL ISED ANY HARM. WE APPLAUD THEM AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DISPLAY OF DUTY AND CARE SO THANK YOU AND THEY DESERVE OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION RESPECT.  I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE AND THOSE CELEBRATING AN EAT MUBARAK AT THE END OF THE RAMADAN SEASON FOR OUR MUSLIM RESIDENTS I FEEL SO MUCH GRATITUDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN COMMUNITY IFTAR HOURS OH THE BREAKING OF THE FAST THROUGHOUT RAMADAN AND LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS TRADITIONS THAT MANY HOLD SO DEARLY.  SHARING MEALS AND EXPERIENCE WITH MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF JOY AND CAMARADERIE AS WE CELEBRATE EID AL FITR HERE, LET'S CHERISH THE MEMORIES OF THESE GATHERINGS AND CONTINUE TO EMBRACE THE DIVERSITY OF RAMADAN AND TRADITIONS AS WELL AS THE VIBRANCY OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE INTENTIONALLY FOSTERING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR ONE ANOTHER'S CULTURE AND COSTUMES CUSTOMS SO EID MUBARAK TO ALL NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY FATHER TOM CONWAY FROM ST ANTHONY'S SHRINE INVITED BY CULTURE FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP WITH YOUR CLERGY ONE.  OH, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD PATRICK COLETTA HERE AS PRESIDENT? FOR THE RECORD?  AND A REMINDER I WOULD ASK ALL COUNCILORS AND COLLEAGUES TO RISE AT THE TIME OF INVOCATION AND AFTER THE INVOCATION PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU NOT HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO INVITE FATHER TOM CONWAY FROM ST ANTHONY'S SHRINE TO DELIVER OUR PRAYER TODAY. FATHER TOM HAS BEEN A FRANCISCAN FRIAR SINCE 1987 IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ST ANTHONY'S SHRINE. WHEN ASKED ON OUR STREET HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF ST FRANCIS HOUSE ON BOYLSTON STREET SINCE 2013. ASIDE FROM BEING IN THE CLERGY HE ALSO HOLDS A PH.D. IN ACCOUNTING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND SERVED AS A PROFESSOR AND DEAN AT SIENA COLLEGE IN NEW YORK. FATHER CONWAY AND ST ANTHONY'S SHRINE HAVE BEEN DOING WONDERFUL, IMPORTANT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.  THE SHRINE HAS VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH MANY ORGANIZED MISSIONS WITH THE BOSTON POLICE. BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS SISTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH HARVARD UNIVERSITY.  MANY LAW FIRMS AS WELL. THEY ALSO THE LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES CONFESSION COUNSELING ,SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, GRIEF SUPPORT.  THEY HELP THE MOST TROUBLED PEOPLE ON THE DOWNTOWN STREETS INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE DOWNTOWN SOCIAL SERVICE NETWORK. AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE THEM, I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY MONTH TO JOIN FATHER CONWAY. THEY HAVE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS VETERANS AND FOR VETERANS AT NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS.  AND THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL LUNCH. BUT ALSO THEY PROVIDE SERVICES THERE FOR THEM. BUT FATHER CONWAY DOESN'T FORGET OUR VETERANS. HE DOESN'T FORGET OUR SENIORS PEOPLE IN NEED, PEOPLE IN RECOVERY . IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY, FATHER.  WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO THE FRANCISCAN THING IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT OUT OR ON THE SIDELINES OF EITHER SOCIETY OF THE CHURCH. SO DIVORCED, REMARRIED PEOPLE, LGBT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE HOMELESS WE HAVE A MEDICAL CLINIC FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND WE TRY TO DEAL WITH THE MOST TROUBLED THE MOST DIFFICULT CASES. AND SO IT'S A COMPLETE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME . SO LET US PRAY GOD OF MANY NAMES. WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS OF OUR LIVES AND THE GIFTS OF YOUR LOVE. WE ASK YOU TO GRANT ALL A VISION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AS YOUR LOVE WOULD HAVE IT. THE CITY WHERE THE WEAK ARE PROTECTOR AND STRENGTHENED. THE CITY WHERE THE RICHES OF YOUR CREATION AND WISDOM ARE SHARED AND ENJOYED BY ALL.  A CITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, CULTURES, CREEDS LIVE IN MUTUAL RESPECT AND REVERENCE.  CITY WHERE PEACE IS BUILT WITH JUSTICE AND JUSTICE IS GUIDED WITH LOVE. GIVE US THE INSPIRATION, THE COURAGE, THE WILL AND THE WISDOM TO BUILD THIS CITY. MAINTAIN IT BE OUR LIGHT IN A WORKED WORLD SOMETIMES DARKENED BY WAR AND CONFLICT. ILLUMINATE THE DARKNESS OF OUR HEARTS AND GRANT US A RIGHT FAITH A CERTAIN HOPE. A PERFECT LOVE. SENSE AND KNOWLEDGE LORD THAT WE MAY DO YOUR HOLY AND TRUE COMMAND. AMEN.  AND I WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC AND NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE ALL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, FATHER CONWAY, FOR THAT PRAYER OVER THIS BODY AND FOR OUR CITY.  WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS. WE ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL FIRST HAVE THE PEACE INSTITUTE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS CITY CHAMPION. SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU IN THE BUILDING AND WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THE WORK OF THE PEACE INSTITUTE IN OUR CITY HELPING TO REALLY HEAL THOSE SUFFERING FROM VIOLENCE AND LIVING WITH TRAUMA. SO I AM GOING TO CALL UP COUNSELOR ARROYO WHO IS GOING TO BRING UP PEACEMAKER MCCONKEY JUNIOR FROM THE LUIS DE BROWNE PEACE INSTITUTE AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THAT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES COUNCIL ALL YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.  OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO INVITE UP COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,  COUNCILOR MEJIA IN COUNCIL SANTANA TO JOIN ME IN ALSO PEACE. I WANTED TO PROPOSE THIS RESOLUTION THAT COMMEMORATES THE LEGACY OF LOUIS DE BROWNE, A YOUNG VISIONARY WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PEACE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. BORN ON APRIL 13TH, WHICH SHOULD BE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY 1978. AND IT'S ALSO MY BIRTHDAY. THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT LOUIS EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF HOPE AND ACTIVISM INSPIRING TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGHOUT HIS SHORT LIFE, LOUIS ADVOCATED TIRELESSLY FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION, BELIEVING THAT TROOPS WERE QUIET, THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. HIS LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH THE LOUIS DE BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE FOUNDED BY HIS PARENTS JOSEPH AND CLEMENTINA TERRY WHICH COMMEMORATES 30 YEARS OF HEALING, TEACHING AND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE THIS YEAR IN HONOR OF LOUIS ENDURING LEGACY, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE APRIL 13, 2024 AS THE SECOND ANNUAL LOUIS DE BROWN DAY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.  LET US HONOR LOUIS MEMORY AND RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE PURSUIT OF PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. WANT TO SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT ME ? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TINA AND I WERE NEIGHBORS WHEN LOUIS WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US AND SO NOT ONLY JUST MAKING THIS ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BUT UNDERSTANDING HIS LEGACY HE WAS WORKING AT TEENS AGAINST GANG VIOLENCE WHEN HE WAS GUNNED DOWN AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHAT THIS WORK IS ALL ABOUT. SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE LOUIS BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND HOW MUCH YOU WORK IN HEALING FAMILIES WHO ARE STILL DEALING WITH UNRESOLVED HOMICIDES. SO LOTS OF LOVE IN HERE FOR ALL OF IT. CONGRATULATIONS. LOUIS FT. BROWN INSTITUTE.  AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ROBERT AND COUNSELOR FITZGERALD FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION AND INCLUDING ME AS A AS A CO-SPONSOR.  IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO LEARN ABOUT LEWIS'S BROWN'S LIFE AND HIS LEGACY. LEWIS'S DEDICATION TO BRINGING PEACE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO OUR WORLD THROUGH A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY, INCLUDING OTHER BLACK MEN AND BOYS LIKE LEWIS WHO SAW THE STRUGGLES AND VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FELT THE CALL TO TAKE ACTION TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. LIKE LEWIS, I'VE LOST FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GUN VIOLENCE YOUNG BOYS AND MEN WHO WERE TAKEN FROM US IN TRAGEDY TRAGEDY. EACH TIME OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES THAT TRAUMA THERE IS BOTH THE PAIN OF THE LOSS AND THE DIFFICULT REMINDER THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF US IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR LIVES ARE ALL CONNECTED TOGETHER AND IT WASN'T A GUN VIOLENCE BUT THE BIGGEST TRAUMA TO MY FAMILY AND TO ME WAS LOSING MY BROTHER IN 2016 TO A CAR CRASH. THAT LOSS WAS SENSELESS AND IT BROUGHT DEEP PAIN AND YET IT ALSO CLARIFIED MY VISION. I SAW A GREATER PURPOSE IN MY LIFE. I SAW THE NEED TO LIVE A LIFE THAT WOULD HONOR MY BROTHER AND MY FAMILY. IT BECAME A PART OF THE PATH THAT LED ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY. IT TRANSFORMED US WHEN IT TRANSFORMS US WHEN SOME LIGHT CAN COME OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF LOSS AND SUFFERING THE DARKNESS OF LOSS JUST 31 YEARS AGO. 31 YEARS AGO. LEWIS'S PARENTS JOSEPH AND CLEMENTE CHERRIE FOUGHT THE LIGHT AND CREATED THE PEACE INSTITUTE TO HELP OTHERS LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH MURDER TRAUMA ,GRIEF AND LOSS. THE WORK OF THE PEACE INSTITUTE TO SUPPORT THE SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS HAS TOUCHED SO MANY FAMILIES OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS AND THE INSTITUTE HAS GROWN TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR SO MANY OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HEAL AND TO RECOVER REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. A LITTLE LIGHT GROWING STRONGER WITH EACH LIFE TOUCHED UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD IS BRIGHTER ALL FROM THE GLOW THAT STARTED WITH ONE. I BELIEVE THE PEACE AS A TOOL HAS TRULY EMBODIED THE LEGACY OF LOUIS C BROWN AND I'M HONORED TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN ASKING THAT WE CELEBRATE AND SHARE THAT INSPIRING LEGACY BY RECOGNIZING APRIL 13TH AS A LOUIS D. BROWN DAY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. SPONSOR COUNCILOR EARL FOR ALLOWING ME A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS. I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE LUCY BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE IN DISTRICT THREE A PLACE I VISITED MANY TIMES AND EACH TIME YOU GO THERE YOU COME BACK INSPIRED YOU COME BACK WANTING TO DO MORE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, FOR OTHERS AND I KNOW WHAT A RESOURCE YOU GUYS ARE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. I DON'T THINK FOLKS UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE LEAN ON THEM FOR THE HEALING AND THE TRAUMA TO TAKE CARE OF THE TRAUMA THAT OCCURS IN OUR CITY AND HOW MUCH WE CALL UPON THEM TO ASSIST US IN HELPING OUR CITIZENS AND OUR CONSTITUENCY HEAL SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT HURT PEOPLE NO LONGER HURT PEOPLE. RIGHT. AND SO IT'S AN HONOR AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE 13TH AND IT BEING THE LUCY BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE DAY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. SO THANK YOU ALL SO OH WOW. THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS THIS MOMENT OF RECOGNITION FOR THE LOUIS D. BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE. IT'S IT'S A PROUD MOMENT KNOW THE PEACE INSTITUTE'S BEEN AROUND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR 30 YEARS NOW BEING INTEGRAL TO THE CITY'S RESPONSE WHEN INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE HAPPEN IN CITY NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE A LOT OF TRADITIONS AT THE PEACE INSTITUTE THAT ARE 30 YEARS LONG, 30 YEARS OLD AND THE LOUIS D. BROWN DAY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS A NEWER TRADITION WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE SECOND ANNUAL THIS YEAR. UM WHEN WE WERE TALKING AS A TEAM AT THE PEACE INSTITUTE ABOUT HOW WE CAN OBSERVE LOUIS BIRTHDAY APRIL 30TH AND HONORING HIS LIFE AND HONORING HIS LEGACY, WE THOUGHT ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BUT ULTIMATELY WE DECIDED THAT APRIL 13TH SHOULDN'T BE A DAY OFF BUT A DAY ON WHERE WE GATHER IN COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN POLITICAL PRACTICE THAT IMPROVES THE LIFE OF THOSE IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. LOUIS BELIEVED THAT PEACE COULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY HIS GENERATION AND IT US WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE TO TO FOSTER PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO SEE HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IN THIS ROOM TODAY. LOUIS LOST HIS LIFE AT 15 WHICH WAS TRAGIC BUT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON AND IT BETTERS HIS COMMUNITY DAY BY DAY. SO WE'RE SO DEEPLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S DAY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE'LL BE GATHERING SURVIVORS THAT HAVE HAD THAT SHARED EXPERIENCE OF LOSING A LOVED ONE TO HOMICIDE GATHERING PROVIDERS OF CARE, FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ADVOCATES IN A DAY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE'LL BE ENGAGING IN ART ACTIVATION IN THE MORNING AND THEN HAVE A WORKSHOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE'LL REALLY FOCUSING THAT WORKSHOP ON HOW WE CAN USE OUR OWN STORIES AND OUR OWN PERSONAL NARRATIVES TO BE A PART OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND BE A PART OF SOLUTION MAKING HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHEN IT COMES TO EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR . WELL, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD AND THOSE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING THIS RESOLUTION POSSIBLE AND FOR THIS MOMENT OF RECOGNITION AND I KNOW THAT TODAY IS A BUSY DAY ON THE DOCKET UM AND WE ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT ADVOCATE FOR THE PEACE INSTITUTE AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING AND WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY AND SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.  CAN ALL MY COLLEAGUES JOIN US FOR A QUICK PICTURE?  YEAH. SO THIS WAS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THANK THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE PEACE INSTITUTE TO PACE TO EVERYONE TO CLEMENTINA SHERRY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WE ARE NOW ON TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETE CHAMPIONS SO WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE FOUR GROUPS THAT WE WANT TO BRING UP AND I'M GOING TO FIRST START WITH THE CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM INVITED BY COUNSELOR COLLETTE TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST GETTING.  YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. SO COACH AND CAPTAIN, YOU CAN JOIN ME UP TOP HERE.  OH, GREAT.  LIKE WE GET COACH YOU UP HERE EMBEDDABLE SO AND THEN THE CAPTAIN IS ABLE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND WHOEVER WANTS FANCY WORK. YEAH, ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, I'M SO THRILLED TO KICK THIS INCREDIBLE DAY OFF HERE.  I'M ECSTATIC TO BE HONORING OUR DIVISION THREE STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPION JOHNSON COACH HUGH COLEMAN ALONG WITH HIS INCREDIBLE COACHING STAFF AND THIS DYNAMIC AND TALENTED TEAM HAVE BROUGHT HOME CHARLESTON'S FIRST TITLE SINCE 2005 25 ON BEHALF OF CHARLESTOWN AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON. WE ARE SO PROUD TO CELEBRATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT WHICH COULD ONLY HAPPEN WITH YOUR HARD WORK DETERMINATION AND TEAMWORK AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT AND LOVE OF COURSE OF YOUR COACHES AND FAMILY AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SUPPORT SYSTEM AROUND THIS TEAM. IT IS TRULY A MARVEL AND A BEAUTIFUL THING TO WITNESS. IT INCLUDES FORMER CHARLESTOWN STUDENTS LIKE THEIR COACH WHO GRADUATED IN THE YEAR. I WON'T SAY MAYBE HE WILL.  FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDING NEPHEWS AND NIECES AND THEY EVEN HAVE A TEAM GRANDMA SHE GOES BY THE NAME MOMMY. CHARLENE I GET THAT RIGHT MOMMY. CHARLENE WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US HERE TODAY DUE TO A RECENT LOSS IN THE FAMILY.  BUT SHE WAS INTEGRAL TO THIS TEAM. SHE WAS THERE EVERY SINGLE GAME CHEERING THEM ON AND I HEARD EVEN WASHING THEIR JERSEYS HELPING OUT IN THAT WAY TOO. AND SO THERE'S JUST BEEN AN IMMENSE OUTPOURING OF LOVE AROUND THIS TEAM. AND SO I CAN SAY BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIASED THAT THERE'S NO MORE DESERVING TEAM COACHING STAFF IN SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAN CHARLESTOWN HIGH TO GET THIS HONOR TO GET THIS TITLE. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO COACH HUGH COLEMAN.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING US CITY COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.  I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD HONESTLY FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THIS DAY FOR US TO BE HERE TOGETHER. IT BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR ME FOR MANY REASONS.  FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT AND I GRADUATED FROM CHARLES HIGH SCHOOL AND IN 1997 I WAS A SENIOR BORN AND RAISED HERE IN BOSTON MY ENTIRE LIFE I WENT TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MY MOM WAS A SINGLE MOM OF NINE KIDS. I WAS THE SECOND OLDEST AND I BECAME A ROLE MODEL AND A BIG RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP MY MOM AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. I ENDED UP I LIVED IN DORCHESTER AT THE TIME BUT I GOT ASSIGNED TO THE PROCESS OF BPP'S TO CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST BLESSINGS OF MY LIFE. I MET MY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH COACH O'BRIEN WHO JUST AT THAT TIME IN MY LIFE I NEEDED A MENTOR. I NEEDED SOMEONE TO SORT OF GUIDE ME AND HE HELPED ME TO FOCUS ON TAKING CONTROL OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN CONTROL IN MY LIFE AND MAKING THE BEST OF IT . I GRADUATED I WAS ABLE TO GO TO BOWDOIN COLLEGE WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE AND THEN I. I CAME BACK TO CHARLESTOWN WHEN I GRADUATED FROM VOTING TO BE A TEACHER AND A COACH BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE AND LOOKING AROUND AND NOT SEEING MANY YOUNG MEN OF COLOR AND NOT MANY YOUNG MEN FROM THE CITY A CITY KIDS AND AND THAT INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO COME BACK AND TO DO THE SAME FOR THOSE FOLKS AND AND 1997 YOU KNOW COACH O'BRIEN'S GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP I REALLY BECAME A STUDENT ATHLETE. I WAS THE FIRST STUDENT FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON TO GET THE MESSAGE UCI'S ATHLETIC STUDENT ATHLETE AWARD IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS I WAS ASKED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL BACK THEN AND 97 TO BE HONORED ON JUNE 27TH AS HUGH COLEMAN DAY FOR MAKING SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND REPRESENTING THE CITY COUNCIL . SO ME I SIT HERE IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS PURE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT YOU MEAN TO OUR CITY AND TO THE YOUTH AND TO YOUNG FOLKS WHO DO GO THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT THINGS THAT ARE UNCONTROLLED GLOBAL BUT TO THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO SOMEONE FINDS THEIR WAY OUT BUT ALSO FIND THEIR WAY BACK AND MY JOURNEY OF REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A STUDENT ATHLETE, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MENTOR AND TO BE A LIGHT AND TO BE AN INFLUENCE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE SAME TYPE OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WE WOULDN'T EXPECT FOR A YOUNG PERSON TO GO THROUGH. BUT WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WE CAN GIVE THAT SUPPORT TO THEM AND WE USE THE GAME OF BASKETBALL JUST LIKE MY COACH USE THE GAME OF BASKETBALL TO TEACH US AND AND SO FOR ME OUR CORE VALUES FOR THESE YOUNG MEN ARE TO BE GOOD PEOPLE I LIKE TO SAY GODLY PEOPLE TO BE GOOD STUDENT ATHLETES. OUR STUDENTS AND IT DOESN'T MEAN JUST GET GOOD GRADES BUT IT MEANS GIVE YOUR BEST EFFORT . WE LOVE THE SPORTS THAT WE PLAY. WE WAKE UP EARLY, WE STAY LATE TO BE CHAMPIONS ON THE COURT,  ON THE ICE, ON THE FIELD AND OUR CORE VALUE IS TO ASK THEM TO GIVE THAT SAME EFFORT IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO OUT OF 15 OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES REPRESENTED HERE, NINE OF THEM HAVE MADE THE HONOR ROLL AT SETON HALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH ROLE MODELS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY OF THEM WE MAY BE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GO TO COLLEGE AND TO REPRESENT THAT. AND ALSO MY LAST PIECE HERE IS TALKING ABOUT FULL CIRCLE COMING BACK TO THE CITY AND BEING A PRODUCT OF YOU KNOW, GO TO COLLEGE. YOU KNOW, I CHOSE TO HAVE MY SON ATTEND CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL. AND HE IS A PHENOMENAL STUDENT ATHLETE.  HE'S A 4.0 STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL, A PHENOMENAL ROLE MODEL . AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS RESPONSIVE. ONE OF THE GUYS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING US TO THE CITY AND HIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. SO ONCE AGAIN, I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILOR CLETA AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGAIN, I'M A LIVING EXAMPLE OF YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION AND YOU ALL IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO POINT TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOSTON AND GRADUATION TO OUR NEW MISSION JOSIAH QUINCY AND I KNOW OUR KIDS YOUR GIRLS ARE NOT HERE BUT OUR STATE CHAMPIONS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON BROTHERS IN THE STATE VERY CITY VERY WELL SO VERY QUICKLY I WILL PRESENT THIS OFFICIAL RESOLUTION AND I HAVE ONE FOR CHARLESTOWN HIGH BUT I HAVE ONE FOR EVERYBODY HERE SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO COME SEE ME AFTERWARDS. I HAVE THEM ON MY DESK OVER THERE BUT THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN RECOGNITION OF WINNING THE DIVISION THREE MASSACHUSETTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE DULY SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. THE CITY COUNCIL AND ATTESTED TO AND A COPY OF THEIR COPY THEREOF TRANSMITTED BY THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. CONGRATULATIONS.  YES. DOES EVERYBODY WANT TO JOIN US FOR A PHOTO?  NEXT UP NEXT TIME, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.  THANK YOU.  AWESOME. THE EXACT DATE WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE GUY TAKE ON.  THANK YOU FOR THAT.  I TRY TO TAKE RIGHT HERE. OKAY, I IT'S GOOD IF I GET CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.  CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THANK YOU TO ALL THE COACHES THE PLAYERS I KNOW SOME OF THE HOURS SHY BUT WE ARE JUST OH SO PROUD OF YOU ALL FOR BEING JUST SUCH EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT ATHLETES. NEXT UP AND YOU ONCE YOU COME UP WE ALSO HAVE THE PIZZA FOR YOU BACK IN YOUR BACK AND IN YOUR ROOM. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND GET PIZZA YOU ALSO WELCOME TO STAY FOR AS LONG AS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP COUNCILOR PEPEN WHO'S HERE TO HONOR OUR BOYS AT NEW MISSION TOWNSHIP AND YOU HAVE A FLOOR SLOGAN ON THIS.  THEY CAME THEY CAME.  OH YEAH, I KNOW THAT YOU'LL FEEL AWESOME IF YOU PULL THAT TROPHY, HUH?  GOOD AFTERNOON, ALL YOU KNOW FOR ME IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO COME INTRODUCE YOU ALL THE VISION FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NEW MISSION TIMES BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM YOU KNOW IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT THAT THEY WON THE DIVISION FIVE AND THAT THEIR DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL GETS TO INTRODUCE THEM BUT FOR ME IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO LOOK AT THIS TEAM BEHIND ME BECAUSE THAT SCHOOL IS THE PRIDE AND JOY OF HIGH PARK.  IT'S LITERALLY RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF MY DISTRICT RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT FIVE AND TO SEE THAT TEAM COME TOGETHER IN JUST BEING A STUDENT ATHLETE MYSELF IN BPC AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS TO COME TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO GO OUT TO UP AND LAW AND BRING PRIDE BACK TO THE CITY THAT MEANS A LOT AND YES THE SCHOOL IS IN HIGH PARK BUT THESE STUDENTS REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY AND THAT TO ME BRINGS JOY BECAUSE BOSTON IS KNOWN AS A CITY OF CHAMPIONS. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE RED SOX OR THE CELTICS, THE BRUINS AND THE PATRIOTS IT'S TO BE PEACE IN THIS NEW MISSION. SO I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE I WANT TO BE SURE I WANT TO I DO WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE COACHES TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND IF THERE'S A CAPTAIN THAT WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS BECAUSE TODAY'S ABOUT YOU. SO COACH CLAYTON, I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU UP TO THE PODIUM.  HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING IT?  MUBARAK TO EVERYBODY I'M COACH CLAYTON.  I'VE BEEN COACH FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. I WAS GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH BUT I THINK THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE BACKBONE OF OUR PROGRAM MALCOLM SMITH TO GIVE THE SPEECH ABOUT OUR TEAM. SO I LET HIM SPEAK AS VERY KIND OF A I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM HERE. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD BEFORE I GO ON, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSIAH QUINCY, CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND CATHEDRAL IN BOSTON LED IT'S IT'S REMARKABLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THIS DONE WITH OUR CITY TEAMS THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT'S EVER BEEN DONE. SO I JUST WANT TO SEE THE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE GREAT JOBS THAT COACH CLAYTON AND I DO IS A FACT IS IS THAT WE LET THESE YOUNG MEN KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S JUST SPORTS NOW. OKAY AND AS HARD AS IT MAY SOUND, NO ONE'S GOING TO THE NBA. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. BUT THIS IS SPORTS BUT WITH THIS IT ENCOMPASSES A LOT. I THIS BASKETBALL WHICH GETS A NEGATIVE WICKED STEREOTYPE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN IS INSTRUMENTAL IN A LOT OF INNER CITY YOUNG BLACK MAN AND BROWN LIVES IT OPENS DOORS FOR THEM SUCH AS MYSELF GOT ME JOBS, IT'S GOT ME COLLEGE IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE.  SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO TO APPRECIATE THIS IS THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS SPORTS YOU GOT TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THIS. YOU GOT TO USE THIS TO YOUR FULL ABILITY IN THIS TEAM HERE. I'M JUST GOING TO BE STRAIGHT ON AND I WANT EVERY TEAM HERE ALL EVERYBODY ELSE WHO IS GOING ON TO PLAY SPORTS. ARE YOU RETURNING THE REASON THAT WE WANT TO HEAR WE HAD A CHARACTER CHANGE AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU ONCE THESE GUYS DECIDE THAT WE TO CHANGE OUR CHARACTER NOTHING HORRIFIC NAME BAD KIDS PAIN IN THE BEHINDS BUT ONCE THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THAT CHARACTER WE WENT ON ROLLING ON A NINE GAME WINNING STREAK AND THAT WAS THAT. SO YOU KNOW, TO TAKE THIS LESSON OUT OF LIFE THE CHARACTER MEANS EVERYTHING. IT MEANS EVERYTHING. AND ONCE THESE YOUNG MEN BEHIND HERE PUT THAT INTO GEAR WE ARE GONE. WE ARE GONE AND I TELL YOU IT'S STILL A PHENOMENAL FEAT TO GET TO STAGE HERE BECAUSE I STILL DRIVE AROUND, SCREAM OUT STATE CHAMPION YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NOW I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU BECAUSE THIS IS SOME I'VE BEEN IN THIS GAME FOR A LONG, LONG TOO LONG, TOO LONG, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY COACH CLAYTON TOOK OVER. HE BROUGHT US TO THE PROMISED LAND. BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT CAN NEVER GET. TAKE IT FROM YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AS BEING A STATE CHAMPION. SO I WE REALLY WANT TO SEE ALL THIS CREW BEHIND US. THEY WORKED FOR IT. THEY EARNED IT AND THAT'S FOR SURE. THEY DEFINITELY HEARD IT SO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS YOUR MISSION HIGH SCHOOL 2023 24 STATE CHAMPIONS.  I JUST READ THIS PROCLAMATION REALLY QUICKLY.  YOU KNOW BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW MISSION TIGERS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK AND DEDICATION IN WINNING THE 2024 DIVISION FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE TEAM CONTINUED TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS AND GOALS AND OFF THE COURT. CONGRATULATIONS AND HEY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS JAMARI TONY SIMMONS AND FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S PUT THIS TEAM THROUGH. HE'S DEVELOPED MANY THINGS A PART OF THIS TEAM, A FAMILY ONE AND A BROTHERHOOD.  WE COME FAR AS A TEAM SINCE FRESHMAN MOST OF THE TEAM WAS IN THE SENIOR GROUP SINCE FRESHMAN SOME OF US NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY VARSITY STILL STICKING WITH IT.  ONE GUY MOVES IN NOT MAKING THE TEAM FIRST YEAR ZACH NOT GETTING THE BEST THE MINUTES BUT STILL PLAYING THE HARDEST. IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE ALL HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISCIPLINE IN AND LOVE FOR THIS GAME.  CAN I BUY MY COLLEAGUES UP FOR A PICTURE RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO GET THE IDEA FOR THE TROPHY . YEAH.  I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS WE GOT TO BE THE CHAMPIONS. THEY GOT TO SEE THE TROPHIES OUT TROPHY ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS GREAT. OH MY LIFE TROPHIES.  YEAH, I WAS LIKE ABOUT FIVE. OKAY, I'M STANDING RIGHT OVER.  YEAH, JUST GOT CONGRATULATIONS . HE'S GOT IT ALL TOGETHER TODAY . ONE.  YEAH, KNOW ONE I WANT TO START EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WITH CHAMPIONS ISN'T THIS GREAT? AWESOME. OKAY, NEXT WE ARE GOING TO CALL UP COUNCIL OFFLINE WHO IS GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR DESIRED QUINCY UPPER SCHOOLS GIRLS WRESTLERS WHO WON THEIR TITLE SO PLEASE COME ON UP AND WITH THE COACH NOW PLEASE COME ON UP I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND PARTICULARLY AS WE SEE THAT WOMAN IT'S A PLACE FOR YOUNG GIRLS IN SPORTS AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT AGAIN COACH AND JOSE VALENZUELA WHO HAVE REALLY BEEN BUILDING BEEPS WRESTLING PROGRAM SO I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR TO WELCOME AND TO RECOGNIZE THE ESSENCE TUCKER AND JOLENE KRISTIN EDMONDS FROM JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL, THE GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM WHICH IS LOCATED IN CHINATOWN AND ON THE BORDER OF THE BAY VILLAGE FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT AT THE AA GIRLS WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING DIVISION STATE TO TITLE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CLASSES.  WE WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR DETERMINATION DRIVE AND COMMEND THE WAY YOU COMPETED AND BELIEVED IN YOURSELF.  WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. WE ARE PROUD OF THESE YOUNG YOUNG WOMEN THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS THEY'RE MAKING TO THEIR SCHOOL TO THEIR COMMUNITY, TO THEIR SPORT, TO DISCIPLINE HARD WORK AND EXCELLENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO.  GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. FIRSTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST FOR GIVING ME THE STRENGTH THAT I NEEDED TO ENDURE THAT WINTER SEASON. IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT AN EASY ONE BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. I'D LIKE TO THANK DPS ATHLETICS FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH THIS SPORT. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY SCHOOL AND OUR HEADS OF SCHOOL FROM JACI KINSEY UPPER SCHOOL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AND COACH BACK IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I ONCE LEARNED IN RUSSELL THEN. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY HIGH SCHOOL COACHES MALCOLM MITCHELL AND TIMOTHY KILLEFER FOR INTRODUCING ME TO THE SPORT AND COACHING ME THROUGH MY HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS. LASTLY, I LIKE TO THINK BEAT THE STREETS IN NEW ENGLAND FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT DURING THE SEASON. AFTER THIS SEASON HELPING US DEVELOP OUR WRESTLERS SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE THESE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON BEHALF OF JUST FREQUENCY OF EVERY SCHOOL. I'D LIKE TO GRANT ANOTHER CONGRATULATE PATIENCE TO OUR TWO WRESTLERS WHO WON OUR FIRST STATE TITLES IN SCHOOL HISTORY. CAN WE JUST HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS AN ALUMNI OF THIS SCHOOL? I TOTALLY AND TRULY AND OF THE WRESTLING TEAM I TRULY DO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SWEAT, TO HAVE TO DO THE GRIND, BALANCE YOUR ACADEMICS ALL OF IT. I REALLY DO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT'S LIKE AND I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE BETTER THAN ME . CAN WE HAVE A QUICK ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR WRESTLING LIKE I SAID?  AND WHILE WE LOVE HAVING OUR HANDS RAISED AT THE END OF MATCHES, WE LOVE GETTING ON THE PODIUMS AT THE TOURNAMENT AND RECEIVING OUR MEDALS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS ATHLETES ,AS COACHES THAT IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT THAT RIGHT.  THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO IT FOR. WE DO IT FOR THE GROWTH AND INTEGRITY.  WE DO IT FOR THE GROWTH AND CONSISTENCY AND CONFIDENCE WHICH THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THIS ENTIRE SEASON AS THE HALL OF FAME COACH ONCE SAID. KELSEY ANDERSON COACH AT PENN STATE. UNLESS YOU CONTINUALLY WORK,  EVOLVE AND INNOVATE YOU'LL LEARN A QUICK AND PAINFUL LESSON FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS THIS SEASON. BOTH OF YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO TEACH ALL OF YOUR OPPONENTS ALMOST ALL OF YOUR OPPONENTS THAT LESSON.  SO CAN WE GIVE THEM ONE MORE QUICK ROUND OF APPLAUSE? OKAY.  SO AS THIS SPORT IT'S A SMALL SPORT. IT'S IT CAN BE TEAM TEAMS CAN WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND INDIVIDUALS CAN WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE SAME TIME. BUT AS THIS SPORT IS GROWING, IT'S ABOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON. I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT A FEW OTHER WRESTLERS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT HAVE NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.  AND AMAYA, FIRSTLY WE LIKE TO SHOUT OUT BOSTON LIGHT AND SCHOOLS FOR THEIR DUAL COUNTY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. CAN WE GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE THEM AS WELL?  WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SHOUT OUT THEIR STAR ERIC POWERS FOR FINISHING SECOND IN DIVISION ONE THIS YEAR. LET'S GET A KICK OUT OF THE OUR FINALS PLEASE. ALSO WE WANT TO SHOUT OUT BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY FOR HAVING THEIR FIRST DIVISION TWO STATE FINALIST YEAR IN ORANGE. JULIANNE CAN WE JUST GET A QUICK ROUND OF APPLAUSE?  AND LASTLY I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT ALL THE CHAMPIONS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. I SEE SOME OF YOU GUYS I TAUGHT SOME OF YOU GUYS AND I WAS OUT OF ACADEMY WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE SOME OF YOU GUYS WINNING THESE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS SHOWING THAT GROWTH AND ALSO WE WANT TO SHOUT OUT ALL THE OTHER ATHLETES THAT ARE IN BOSTON STRIVING FOR GOLD. RIGHT? ALL OF US BEING HERE REALLY DOES SHOW THAT NOT ONLY IS IT POSSIBLE BUT THERE'S SURELY AND CERTAINLY MORE TO COME. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US TODAY. CAN WE HAVE ONE MORE QUICK ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR BOSTON ATHLETES?  COULD OUR COLLEAGUES PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PHOTO?  COME ON UP HERE. SEE ALL THE MEDALS IN THE MIDDLE THERE ALREADY?  ONE, TWO, THREE. AWESOME IDEA.  OH, THAT'S RIGHT.  NEXT I'M INVITED TO INVITE UP COUNCILOR FLYNN AND FITZGERALD AND MYSELF TO HONOR THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL HOCKEY TEAM. MY ALMA MATER. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.  YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO KNOW THIS IS COUNSELOR DURKIN'S DISTRICT. SO YES, IT IS. BUT THEY'VE BEEN BACK TO THE TROPHY COMES UP HERE.  ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE 2024 DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONS BOSTON LATIN WITH HEAD COACH FRANK WOODS, ASSISTANT COACH CHARLIE LEVIN, BRIAN MALLARD,  RYAN DOHERTY, MITCH MOTUL THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. JACK OWENS THE HEADMASTER.  JASON GALLAGHER THE 11TH RANKED WOLF WOLFPACK HAD A THRILLING COME FROM BEHIND FOUR TWO VICTORY ON ST PATRICK'S DAY AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN RIVAL TEWKSBURY IN FRONT OF A PACKED CROWD AT THE BOSTON GARDEN SCORING THREE GOALS IN THE LAST 4 MINUTES TO WIN A FURIOUS GAME. LATIN KIDS SHOWED THEY HAD A MENTAL TOUGHNESS WINNING TEN OUT OF THEIR LAST 11 GAMES.  I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE WOLFPACK ALUMNI WHO ARE ENJOYING THIS CELEBRATION AS WELL.  MANY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.  BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT'S THE PLAYERS THAT CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH WORKING TOGETHER DURING DIFFICULT TIMES, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER, STUDENT ATHLETES FUTURE LEADERS OF BOSTON LIGHT THE KIDS FROM CHARLESTOWN AND THE KIDS FROM JOSIAH QUINCY. BUT WE'RE PROUD OF THESE BOSTON LATIN KIDS LIKE WE'RE PROUD OF ALL OF THESE OTHER CITY KIDS . I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COACH TO PLEASE COME UP AND OFFER GREETINGS AS WELL.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN, I WANT TO JUST THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND RECOGNIZE THE OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS FROM THE CITY.  EXTREMELY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG MEN BEHIND ME AND THE COACHING STAFF WHO SUPPORT THESE YOUNG GUYS. IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE HAD A GREAT RUN AT THE END OF THE YEAR BUT OUR SEASON WAS NOT AN EASY ONE. WE CAME THROUGH A LOT OF ADVERSITY, A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT INJURIES TO OUR PLAYERS BUT THESE PLAYERS BEHIND ME REALLY SCRAPPED, FOUGHT AND CLAW THEIR WAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SEASON INCLUDING THAT FINAL GAME AT THE GARDEN AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE IN OUR DIVISION THEY JUST OUTLASTED THE OLD TOUGH OLD WILL THAT TEAM AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CHAMPIONS.  WE'RE VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT LATIN SCHOOL AND THE ALUMNI WHO SUPPORT WHAT GOES ON IN THAT BUILDING EVERY DAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COACH. AND I DO WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU WOULD JOIN US FOR A PHOTO AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY CHIEF OF STAFF CHARLIE LEVAN, THE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE HOCKEY TEAM, EMILY ,HIS COLLEAGUE. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, JACK. YOU GIVE EMILY AND TOM THIS.  YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. OH, YEAH.  ALL RIGHT. AHEAD.  GO BACK.  SHE'S I TRAINED HER WELL.  I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL RIGHT?  BUT SHE DOES.  BUT I GUESS REGULATION OF THE COUNCIL DOES LEGISLATION REGULATIONS BUT THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TO CHARLESTOWN NEW MISSION DESIRE QUINCY UPPER BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL WE HAD BASKETBALL,  HOCKEY AND WRESTLING REPRESENTED. THAT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU ALL EVERY YEAR. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. PIZZA AWAITS YOU BACK IN YOUR ROOM SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PIZZA WE GOT FOR YOU AND THEN GET BACK TO SCHOOL ACCESS CLASS AND I THAT NO, NO, NO. THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL . YOU ARE ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF APRIL 13, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 20670 THROUGH NUMBER 0680 DOCKET NUMBER 0670 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND TAX ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL EIGHT, 2024 AND EMBER 0671 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL EIGHT, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 0672 MESSAGE IN HONOR OF APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION FOR $40 MILLION OF THE OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ALSO KNOWN AS OPEB LIABILITY TRUST FUND THIS ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 20 OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 30 TO BE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 8TH, 2024 TAKANO 0673 MESSAGE IN ON APPROVING AN APPROPRIATE LIEN OF $4 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S KEPPEL CAPITAL GRANT FUND TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS SERVICES ON MUNICIPAL ROADS, BRIDGES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SERVICES IN THE CITY. SUCH FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED AND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL FUND FROM REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCED ENHANCEMENT TRUST FUND WHILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL EIGHT, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 067 FOR MESSAGE ON APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION OF $29,780,000 FROM THE CITY'S CAPITAL GRANT FUND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS.  THE FUNDS SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL GRANT FUND FROM THE PARKING METER FUND FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL EIGHT, 2020 FOR THE BACKING OF A0675 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OR IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,850,000 FROM THE SURPLUS PROPERTY DISPOSITION FUND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL FUND FOR PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION FOR PROJECTS THE LAFAYETTE GARAGE AND BORDER RESILIENCE PROJECTS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL EIGHT, 2024 DUCKIE NUMBER 0676 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $184,780,000 FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE BOSTON CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES, BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT FIRE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE PARKS AND RECREATION POLICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PUBLIC WORKS AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S DUNCAN NUMBER 0677 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OR IN THE AMOUNT OF $240,375,000 FOR THE VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TALK NUMBERS 0678 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE LEASES LEASE PURCHASE OR INSTALLMENT SALES AGREEMENT AGREEMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40 MILLION. THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED BY VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDES COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS.  AMBULANCES. FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT. OFFICE EQUIPMENT. TELECOMM COMMUNICATIONS COMMITMENT EQUIPMENT. PHOTOCOPYING EQUIPMENT.  MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT.  SCHOOL BUSSES PARKING METERS STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATION TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONALLY RELATED AND COMPONENTS OF THE FOREGOING DOCKET NUMBER 0679 MESSAGE IN NOT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,300,000 FROM THE INCOME OF THE GEORGE FRANCIS PARKMAN FUND.  THE FUNDS ARE TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BOSTON COMMON AND PARKS IN EXISTENCE SINCE JANUARY 12, 1887. DUCKIE NUMBER 0680 MESSAGING ON APPROVING INAPPROPRIATE ATION OF $4,400,000 FROM THE 21ST CENTURY FUND ALSO KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL OR GOVERNMENTAL PEG ACCESS AND CABLE RELATED FUND PURSUANT TO SECTION 53 OF THREE QUARTERS OF CHAPTER 44 OF THE GENERAL LAWS TO THE PEG ACCESS AND CABLE RELATED GRANT FOR CABLE RELATED PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CABLE OPERATOR AND THE CITY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUPPORTING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE TV SERVICES, MONITORING COMPLIANCE OF CABLE OPERATOR WITH THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT OR PREPARATION OF RENEWAL OF THE FRANCHISE LICENSE. THANK YOU. DOCKETS NUMBER 067030680 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 0681 DUCKIE IN NUMBER 0681 MESSAGE IN ORDER TO APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,568,348 FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. ANY FURTHER APPROPRIATION OR IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,773,783 FROM THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ALSO KNOWN AS THE FUND. ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO BE APPROPRIATE IN RESERVE FOR FUTURE APPROPRIATION. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0681 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION.  MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0682 DOCKING NUMBER 0682 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT FROM EVERSOURCE VALUED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION. GRANT INCLUDES THE VALUE OF REBATES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SAVINGS TO VARIOUS PUBLIC PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0682 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 068330694 ONE SIX TALKIN NUMBER 0683. MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE LAW DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES FOR REPAIRS TO CITY PROPERTY. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED FROM RECEIPTS FROM RECOVERIES FOR DAMAGES TO CITY PROPERTY CAUSED BY THIRD PARTIES. THE LAW DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND IN SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $300,000.  DOCKET NUMBER 0684 MRS. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TOURISM REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT EVENTS AND PROGRAMING ON AND AROUND CITY HALL PLAZA TO ADVANCE TOURISM AND PROMOTE PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS, CIVIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM PAYMENTS FOR THE USE OF CITY HALL PLAZA PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCE 11 DEAR 7.1 FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TOURISM WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT 150,000. DUCK NUMBER 0685. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE STRAND THEATER.  THESE THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM RENTAL FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STRAND THEATER. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $150,000.  DOCKET NUMBER 0686. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT PUBLIC TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC REALM THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM EASEMENTS WITHIN THE PUBLIC WAY GRANTED BY THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION. MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE KEPT AT $800,000. DOCKET NUMBER 0687. MESSAGE YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZING AND LIMIT FOR THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO FACILITATE THE PURCHASE OF OFFSETS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WHICH SHALL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTION OF THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY THE CITY ANNUALLY AND TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN, MONITOR AND EXPAND THE CITY'S EXISTING SOLAR ARRAYS. IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMBINED HEAT AND POWER FACILITIES. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY AND ALL RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY CERTIFICATES AND DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. PROGRAM REVENUES PRODUCED BY COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNITS LOCATED IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SITES AND SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES PRODUCED BY THE CITIES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS COULD RECEIPTS AND RESULTANT RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED $175,000 DUC 0688 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING OUTSIDE INCLUDING ENGINEERS WETLANDS SCIENTISTS, WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS AND OTHER EXPERTS IN ORDER TO AID IN THE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS TO THE COMMISSION.  PER THE CITY'S ORDINANCE PROTECTING LOCAL WETLAND AND PROMOTING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, THE REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM FEES IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS . THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE KEPT KEPT CAPPED AT $50,000. ACKERMAN 0689. MESSAGE ARE NOT AUTHORIZING AND LIMITED FOR THE BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO PAY SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEES AND TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE CITY HALL CHILDCARE. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY AND ALL RECEIPTS FROM TUITION PAID BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS FOR CHILDREN ENROLLED AT THE CENTER. RECEIPTS AND RESULTING RESULTING EXPENSES FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED $900,000. TALKING NUMBERS 0690 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO REPAIR AND PURCHASE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING COMPUTERS MOBILE DEVICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY AND ALL RECEIPTS FROM EQUIPMENT SALES AND REPAIR FEES FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGY RECEIPTS AND RESULTING EXPENSES FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED $1,750,000. DOCKET NUMBER 0691 MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZED LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THESE FACILITIES INCLUDING CUSTODIAL AND UTILITY COSTS FOR EXTENDING BUILDING TIME FLOOR REFINISHING LANDSCAPING AND BUILDING REPAIRS.  RECEIPTS FROM LEASE PERMIT FOR USE AND PARKING FEES FOR BPP'S FACILITIES WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE FUND.  DPS WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT EXCEED $2 MILLION.  DUNCAN 0692 MESSAGE IN NOT AUTHORIZING AND LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS INCLUDING BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COSTS THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH REVENUE RECEIVED BY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR THE PROVISIONS OF TRANSPORTATION TO GROUPS AND ENTITIES FOR FIELD TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES. OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL RECEIPTS AND RESULT RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED $150,000.  I CAN NAME A0693 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO SUPPORT THE K-9 UNITS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS AND POLICE DOGS FROM NON CITY OF BOSTON LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THE SPECIAL OPERATING DIVISION WILL CHARGE TUITION AND OTHER FEES TO OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR THE K-9 UNIT, THE TUITION AND OTHER FEES BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE TRAINING EQUIPMENT, CERTIFY INSTRUCTORS, UPDATE FACILITIES AND PROVIDE FUNDS FOR OTHER TRAINING NEEDS NOT OTHERWISE BUDGETED FOR THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $125,000. TALKING ABOUT 069 FOR MESSAGING NOT AUTHORIZING LIMITS FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PAY SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEES AND TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FITNESS CENTER REVENUE FROM THIS FUND IS DERIVED FROM MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP FEES RECEIPTS AND RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED $125,000 IN ITS. THANK YOU MR CLERK FOR THAT MARATHON READING DOCKET NUMBER ZERO AND ONE MAKE SURE I GET THE STARTING DOCKETS NUMBER 068330694 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS . MR CLERK WHEN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 80695 DOCKET M0694I MESSAGE YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO EXPEND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT TO PROVIDE RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES TOGETHER WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH A HISTORY OF HOMELESSNESS AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND STATE EARMARKED MAYORS OFFICE OF HOUSING. THANK YOU.  DOCKET NUMBER 0695 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0696 DOCKET NUMBER 0696 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $184,320 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES FUNDING FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS SUPPORT PROGRAMS STIPENDS AWARDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PASSED THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND INVESTMENT IN SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES STIPENDS FOR TWO FAMILY CAREGIVERS ENROLLED IN AN AGING SERVICE. ACCESS POINTS FAMILY CAREGIVERS SUPPORT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0696 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 0697 DUCKY NUMBER 0697 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE VETERANS HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY CLERK. THE GRANT WILL FUND OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMONWEALTH VETERANS.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0697 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0698 DOCKING NUMBER 0698. IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF KEVIN REIDY AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH AND LAND COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30 OF 2025.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0698 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.  WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REACH DOCKETS NUMBER 069907010699 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH 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 MARCH 20TH 2020 FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0700. NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH 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 MARCH 27TH 2024 AND DOCKET NUMBERS 0701. NOTICE RECEIVE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ELLIOT LEIFER AS A TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL EIGHT, 2026 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 206992 NUMBER 0701 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE BUT COUNCILOR DURKIN I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON 0701. OKAY, IT'S PLACED ON FILE BUT YES, YOU CAN SPEAK ON IT SO I WAS HOPING TO MOVE FOR MY COLLEAGUES SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET FOR OC DOCKET NUMBER 0701 SIX NO. OKAY, THAT'S OKAY. OH, THINK CASA DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, ELLIOT.  LAUGHTER ELLIOT LAFFER SERVED AS THE FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST. THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IN 1986 TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER LEVELS SECTIONS IN THE CITY WHERE THE INTEGRITY OF BUILDING FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTED BY WORD PILINGS IS THREATENED BY LOW GROUNDWATER LEVELS. AND THIS PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN MEASURING AND MAINTAINING PROPER GROUNDWATER LEVELS ACROSS THE CITY TO ENSURE THE STABILITY OF THE CITY'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHILE THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST'S NUMEROUS OBSERVATION WELLS SERVICE PROTECTION OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY THROUGH CAREFUL MEASUREMENTS OF GROUNDWATER AT ALL LEVELS, I AM MINDFUL OF THE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT ROLE THIS WORK PLAYS IN THE BACK BAY A NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT ON LANDFILL OF WHICH ELLIOT HAS BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STEWARD OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS. WE HONORED HIM AT THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF LAST YEAR AND HE SERVED AS A MEMBER . HE IS A MEMBER AND HE FORMERLY SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY VICE CHAIR OF THE PACK ,A CITIZEN MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE COPLEY PLACE PROJECT AND SO MANY OTHER INITIATIVES. HE IS INCREDIBLY SUITED FOR THIS POSITION. HE SERVED AS THE GROUNDWATER TRUST'S FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SERVED FOR MANY YEARS. SO I'D LIKE TO FORGO THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND MOVE TO TO GIVE HIM THIS DESIGNATION TODAY AT THE COUNCIL . THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  YEAH. WE'LL FILE IT AUTOMATICALLY.  IT'S ALREADY IT'S BASICALLY ALREADY APPROVED BUT WE COULD YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT WE COULD TAKE A VOICE VOTE JUST APPROVING IT BUT IT'S OR IT'S ON FILE.  UM, SO THANK YOU, MR CLERK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTANCE OF OF I'M SORRY I SPEAK ON A SIDE COMFORTABLE ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ELIOT WHO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND I THINK HE'D BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL. I WAS PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AND I'M VOLUNTARILY LEFT THE BOARD. SO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR DURKIN COULD COULD SIT ON IT PER HER REQUEST.  BUT I ALSO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY GROUNDWATER RELATED ISSUES THAT SUPPORT ISSUE IN DISTRICT TWO AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.  IT'S SOMETHING I'VE WORKED ON FOR SEVEN YEARS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. OTHERS IN FAVOR OF ITS SUBSTANCE I MEAN IT'S PLACED ON FILE DOCKET NUMBER 071 BUT IF YOU WANT A VOICE VOTE TO APPROVE 1007010.  FINE. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR CLAIR, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0202 AND 0414 TOGETHER DOCKET NUMBER 0202 ORDER FOR A HEARING ON ADDRESSING AND IMPROVING FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND DOCKET NUMBER 0414404A HEARING TO EXPLORE PROGRAMS THE CITY OF BOSTON OFFERS OR COULD ESTABLISH TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION BY LANDLORDS AND REAL ESTATE BROKERS AGAINST PROSPECTIVE TENANTS UTILIZING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.  THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON AND COMFORTABLE RATING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HEARD THESE BOTH THESE DOCKETS THE OTHER DAY. WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND ADVOCATES.  0200202 WAS FOR IMPROVING, ADDRESSING AND IMPROVING FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND ALSO WE HAD THE HEARING ON UM TO ESTABLISH TO EXPLORE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT WERE ESTABLISHED WOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION BY LANDLORDS AND REAL ESTATE BROKERS AGAINST PROSPECTIVE TENANTS UTILIZING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.  IT WAS A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION. THESE ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES IN OUR HOUSING MARKET AT SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME WHEN THERE'S SUCH A HIGH DEMAND. AND VERY OFTEN PROSPECTIVE TENANTS WHO HAVE VOUCHERS ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. AND SO I WOULD MOVE THAT THESE TWO THESE TWO DOCKETS WOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON THE CHEROKEE NISA IS COUNSELOR SANTANA CAMPO SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO ADDRESSING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION HERE IN BOSTON.  I'M HONORED TO SERVE ON THIS BODY ALONGSIDE SO MANY FELLOW ADVOCATES FOR HOUSING JUSTICE. IT WAS TRULY AMAZING TO HAVE EVERY COUNCILOR ATTEND THE HEARING OR REACH OUT ABOUT HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER DISCRIMINATION OR FAIR HOUSING PRACTICE HERE IN BOSTON. AS WE ALL KNOW AND HEARD REPEATED IN THE IN THE HEARING INCLUDING A LIVED EXPERIENCE TESTIMONY FROM NIKITA HAYWOOD AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE HEARING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN BOSTON IS WIDESPREAD. AS ONE OF OUR PANELISTS PUT IT. ATTORNEY JACOB LOVE. THERE'S A RAMPANT AND SHAMELESS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST VOUCHER HOLDERS IN PARTICULAR. I THINK WE ALL WENT INTO THIS HEARING KNOWING THE NEED FOR MORE TESTING PROGRAMS WHICH PROACTIVELY WHICH PROACTIVELY ROOT OUT AND STOP DISCRIMINATION.  LIKE A SECRET SHOPPER PROGRAM INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO BE VICTIMS AND HOPING THEY REPORT IT. BUT I WAS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED TO LEARN ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING A TESTING PROGRAM BACK INTO THE INTO THE BOSTON COMMISSION WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD USE VICTIM COMPLAINTS TO DRIVE TESTING AND FOLLOW UP SO WE CAN CATCH AND ADDRESS MORE OF THE WORST OFFENDERS. MULTIPLE PANELISTS AND COUNCILORS ALSO NOTED THE UNUSUAL BURDEN THAT PROPER FEES IN BOSTON PLACE ON OUR RESIDENTS.  BOSTONIANS OFTEN TAKE ROCKER FEES AS A GIVEN BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY UNCOMMON IN OTHER CITIES.  WE SHOULD DIG MORE INTO WHAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THE HUGE COST BURDEN THAT RESIDENTS HAVE FACED WHEN MOVING INTO A NEW APARTMENT WHICH NOT ONLY HURTS THE ABILITY TO AFFORD AN APARTMENT BUT ALSO PUTS OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AT A GREATER RISK OF FINANCIAL EMERGENCY.  WE ALSO LEARNED THAT NATIONAL DATA INDICATES THAT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION PARTICULARLY FOR OUR TRANS AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING COMMUNITY IS CONTINUING. SUFFOLK LAW CONDUCTED A STUDY HERE IN BOSTON A WHILE BACK BUT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENT DATA GETTING CURRENT DATA BUT LET US TAKE A WIDER ACTION TO IDENTIFY AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OUR TRANS SIBLINGS. WE ALSO LEARNED OF OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE VHA INSPECTORS TO ENSURE RESPONSIVENESS TO RESIDENTS AND ENSURE RESIDENTS DON'T LOSE APARTMENTS AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND MORE ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE BOSTON ORDINANCE THAT LIMITS THE NUMBER OF DAYS A VICTIM OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION HAS TO REPORT AN INCIDENT.  MY THANKS TO THE PANELISTS AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASPER SANTANA AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING AS A SPONSOR FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0414 REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND FAIR HOUSING. WE HAD A HEARING DURING MY FIRST YEAR UNDER MY SECOND YEAR ON FOR HOUSING ISSUES. I THINK COUNCILOR I THINK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOB TYRRELL IS BRINGS SUCH KNOWLEDGE TO THIS ROLE AND AS WE HELP HIM THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS BUILD OUT WHAT AN IDEAL OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUITY LOOKS LIKE. SO I JUST WANT TO ELEVATE HIM. I WANT TO THANK SO MANY WHO CAME INCLUDING WHITNEY DIMITRIUS WHO'S TESTIFIED WITH US BEFORE HERE ON THE COUNCIL , THOSE FROM VHA WHO TALKED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO FIND A PLACE TO CALL HOME IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST THURSDAY WE RECOGNIZED THE ASSASSINATION THAT WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. KING AND A WEEK AFTER HIS DEATH WE GOT THE FAIR HOUSING ACT INTO LAW AND THERE'S STILL SO MUCH RAMPANT DISCRIMINATION IN OUR REAL ESTATE MARKET FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES THAT THEY FACE, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR SHOWING UP AND SHOWING INTEREST AND MAY THAT CONTINUE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. MR QUIRKE WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKETS NUMBER ZERO? THANK YOU. DOCKETS NUMBER 0202 AND 0414 IT WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. CASTRO FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT MEETING AND I KNOW THAT OFFICERS DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK. I DID HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THAT OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE A MEMBER OF THEIR STAFF THAT SPEAKS CANTONESE IS ALSO A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION IN MY DISTRICT RELATING TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE INCLUSIVE IN LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS IS PART OF THAT OUTREACH AS WELL.  COUNCIL ME HERE HAS FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. MANY OF THEM SPEAK CANTONESE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS ALSO HAVE CANTONESE SPEAKING EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THERE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0202 AND NUMBERS 0414 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 0530 THROUGH NUMBER 0533 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0631 AND 0632 TOGETHER DUCKING NUMBER 0530 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $7,767,193 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT GOVERNMENT SOCIETY TALKING NUMBERS 0531 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,767,193 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE'S BELOVED SOCIETY. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SAID JULY 1ST 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023 AND JULY 1ST 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2%, 2%, 1% AND 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF THE TRANSITIONAL CAREER IN JULY 2023. THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS REFORMS RELATING TO DISCIPLINE OFFICER RETURN TO DUTY PAY DETAIL SYSTEM AND UNION RELEASE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON MARCH 18, 2024 TALKING M20532 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $34,294 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 60533 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,284 TO COVER THE FISCAL 24 FISCAL YEAR 20 FORECAST FOUR AND IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION OR LOCAL SIX. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SO JULY FIRST 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE WAGE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN OCTOBER OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND FLAT AMOUNTS OF $500 $250, $900 AND $800 TO BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON MARCH 18, 2024.  THINK OH SORRY THESE ARE ONE MORE. OH SORRY I WAS JUMPING THE GUN. GO AHEAD. DUCKING IN BOWLS 631 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION FURTHER RESERVED FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $4,909,838 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNIT AND DOCKET NUMBERS 0632 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,909,838 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COSTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNION.  THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SAID JULY 1ST, 2022 JUNE 30TH, 2023 AND JULY 1ST 2020 23 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% 1.5%, 2% 1% AND 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF THE TRANSITIONAL CAREER WORK PROGRAM IN JULY 2023. THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS REFORMS RELATING TO DISCIPLINE OFFICER RETURN RETURN TO DUTY PAY DETAIL SYSTEM AND UNION RELEASE FILED BY THE OFFICE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 1ST, 2024. THANK YOU MR. CLERK FOR ANOTHER MARATHON READING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR RAUL CASTRO WHILE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK DONALD CASEY AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE BARGAINING COMMITTEE FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.  THE COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY DISCUSSING ASSEMBLY 053020533 AND 063120632 FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAD JIM WILLIAM WILLIAMSON,  CITY OF BUDGET DIRECTOR AND RENE BUCCI, LABOR DAY LABOR RELATIONS DIRECTOR. I WAS ALSO JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL FLYNN COUNCIL MURPHY AND COUNCIL PLUS JOE. MR WILLIAMSON EXPLAINED THAT CASE NUMBER 05300532 AND 0631 TRANSFER APPROXIMATELY 12.7 MILLION FROM THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS REDUCING THE RESERVE FROM 70 76.2 MILLION TO 16.7 MILLION DUE TO IMPROVED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.  MR BUCCI OUTLINED AGREEMENTS FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING REFORMS TO THE PAID DETAIL SYSTEM AND LIMITS ON COURT TIME FOR DETECTIVES THAT MERIT MANY OF THE AGREEMENTS IN THE PATROLMAN'S CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER. SHE ALSO DISCUSSED CONTRACTS FOR SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES COVERING WAGE INCREASES AND BENEFITS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER LARGE CITYWIDE UNION CONTRACTS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN APPROVED. IT ALSO INCLUDES SICK AND BEREAVEMENT LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES ON PROBATION AND INCREASE IN ON CALL PLAY.  COUNCIL DISCUSSED VARIOUS TOPICS INCLUDING BPD OFFICER SUPPORT SALARY RAISES FOR CRIME LAB EMPLOYEES OFFICER FAMILY COUNSELING HIRING STRATEGIES,  EDUCATION BENEFITS AND PAY FOR NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE OFFICERS SUBMITTED.  THE COMMITTEE ALSO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY REGARDING CITY REVENUES FROM THE PAY DETAIL SYSTEM AND ONCE WE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE THAT INFORMATION. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THESE ARE MATTERS ON THE PASS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AS COUNCILOR HERE HAS COME HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTION. I UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT ATTEND THE HEARING AND I'M THAT CHAIR OF ANYONE ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CENTRAL BOOKING.  AND I'M WONDERING WHICH OF THESE DOCKETS HAVE THAT PARTICULAR HAVE JURISDICTION UNDER THAT ONE. THE CENTRAL BOOKING FACILITY. ARE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION TO THE CHAIR TO COUNCIL ORAL? YES.  OKAY. COUNCILOR , WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION?  I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A HEARING ON FILE THAT I BELIEVE COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT HAS FILED TO DISCUSS CENTRAL BOOKING. SO I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. I GUESS SO.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ORAL.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I GUESS I'D LIKE TO KNOW IN AS IT RELATES TO THESE DOCKETS WHERE WOULD ANY FUNDING GO TOWARDS THAT ALLOCATION?  I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHICH DOCKET I'M NOT GOING TO BE VOTING ON.  THAT'S WHY I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION COMES AROUND BECAUSE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? SO THE ADVOCATE STATE REFERRED TO 0531 AND I BELIEVE IT IS 0530 ON THEIR CONCERNS OF CENTRAL BOOKING.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR BRINGING THIS UP. BUT I DID ASK AND HAD HOPED BEFORE THE VOTE TODAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH MONEY DETAILS DO BRING INTO THE CITY. IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND IT OFFSETS QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES LIKE STREET CLEANING SENIOR PROGRAMING. AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT DETAILS ARE A REVENUE STREAM FOR OUR CITY AND BRINGS A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE GENERAL FUND. I DID TALK TO THE CHAIR BEFORE THE MEETING. SO I DO KNOW THAT I WILL BE VOTING YES TODAY. I'M NOT BLOCKING THE VOTE AT ALL BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS AT HEARINGS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES GET US THESE ANSWERS BEFORE A VOTE SO THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET THE ANSWERS. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THANK YOU. I THINK, MR CHAIR AND I WANT TO THANK THE UNION AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMING TO THIS AGREEMENT ESPECIALLY AROUND A LOT OF THE REFORM AND JUST WANTED TO SEE AROUND THE COURT OVER TIME GIVEN THE UPDATES IN TECHNOLOGY AND AROUND DISCIPLINE THAT WE SAW IN OTHER CONTRACTS.  I WILL PAUSE COMFORTABLY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. NO, YOU CAN FINISH MADAM CHAIR. NO, CAROLYN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ATTENDED THESE HEARINGS AND LISTENED CLOSELY TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM TALK ABOUT THIS CONTRACT AND SOME GOOD QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. I JUST FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCILOR MURPHY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO READ THAT REPORT THAT THE CITY IS NOW WORKING ON TO GET TO US ABOUT THE DETAILS SYSTEM.  I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE THE UNION LEADERSHIP THAT'S HERE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND PROFESSIONALISM IN NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE POLICE ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS.  THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS OR OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.  AND DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES LET'S SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND ONE OF THE ISSUES I FOCUSED ON DURING THIS HEARING IS WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT ARE WE OFFERING POLICE AND THEIR FAMILIES AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING? WE HAVE A HIGH RATE OF POLICE SUICIDES NATIONALLY INCLUDING INCLUDING HERE IN BOSTON AS WELL.  I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE GO INTO THIS BUDGET SEASON THAT WE RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE POLICE ARE TO OUR COMMUNITIES PROVIDING SAFE COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AND THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE TREATING THEM WITH RESPECT. AND WE ALSO HAVE JUST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS A LOT OF THE PUBLIC IS ATTACKING THE POLICE PHYSICALLY ATTACKING POLICE ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL. SO WE NEED TO ENSURE WE SUPPORT THE POLICE. BUT WE'RE ALSO ASKING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE THAT ASSAULT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, GENERAL FLYNN. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MR CHAIR, FOR HOLDING THE HEARING.  I WANT TO KNOW A LOT OF THE REFORMS THAT WE SAW IN THE LAST CONTRACT ARE ALSO HERE. SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE PARTNERSHIP, THE COLLABORATION AND WORKING TOGETHER TO GET US TO THIS POINT.  IF NO ONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE. CASTRO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0530. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSING A MR QUICK WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0530 COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  AH YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL OBSERVER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OVERALL YES. TALKING OF 0530 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE VOTE PRESENT AND ONE ABSENT DEBUT. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0530 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER ZERO 531 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSED NAY.  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DUCK NUMBER 0531. COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR BREADON.  YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPPLER. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. TALKING OF ZERO 531 AS WE SEE THE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE PRESENT AND ONE NOT PRESENT . THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0531 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND GOOD SUBJECT SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0532 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? VOTE FOR DOCKET NUMBER 053 TO DUCK IN A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0532.  COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES IN.  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 PEPEN. YES. COUNCILOR COPELAND. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 0532 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0532 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0533. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  I WAS OPPOSED. NAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING MEMBER 0533. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENDS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPPER YES.  COUNCIL PERSON YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR OH YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. DUCK NUMBERS 0533 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0533 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0631.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY.  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0631 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR QUINN YES. COUNCILOR FOR FERNANDES ANDERSON.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE? YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL YES TALKING OF A0631 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0631 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS INCLUDES THESE SEATS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0632. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL OPPOSE ANY.  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DOCKET NUMBER 0632 DUCK. COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCIL FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MEDIA YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL YES. TALKING 0632 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.  THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0632 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0418 DUGAN NUMBER 0418 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS LONG TERM CITY JOB VACANCIES.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY I CHAIRED MY FIRST COMMITTEE HEARING FOR THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0418. THIS IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS LONG TERM CITY JOB VACANCIES WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS BRIAN WORL AND JOHN FITZGERALD.  THIS MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 28, 2024. I'D LIKE TO THANK CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ASHLEY GRAFTON BURGER CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER ALEX LAWRENCE, BP'S CHIEF OF HUMAN CAPITAL FRANCIS CANTY AND BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER TANISHA PEOPLES FOR PARTICIPATING IN YESTERDAY'S HEARING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING COUNCILORS AT FLYNN. MADAM PRESIDENT RUSSI LOUIJEUNE COUNCILORS ENRIQUE PEPEN, ERINN MURPHY, BRIAN WORRELL, JOHN FITZGERALD, LIZ BREADON,  GABRIELLE COLETTA AND JULIA MCGUIRE DURING YESTERDAY'S HEARING WE LEARNED HOW THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT REVIEWS ALL DEPARTMENT POSITIONS AS IT PUTS TOGETHER THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET. WE ARE TOLD THAT OBM TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION MULTIPLE FACTORS TO MANAGE DEPARTMENT VACANCIES INCLUDING OPERATIONAL NEEDS,  JOB DESCRIPTION CHANGES AND LABOR CONSIDERATIONS WHILE PROVIDING DEPARTMENTS FLEXIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MANAGE STAFFING NEEDS. WE WERE ALSO TOLD HOW OBM ESTIMATED SALARY SAVINGS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIONS THAT THEY PREDICT WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING YEAR.  CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 600 TO 800 VACANCIES IN ITS CITY WORKFORCE. OF AROUND 8000 AND IS MAKING STRIDES TO FILL THEM. WE HEARD FROM CHIEF LAWRENCE THAT THE CITY HAS INDEED ACCELERATED HIRING AND FILLED VACANCIES SINCE SHE BEGAN HER ROLE AND HOW THE CITY HAS CUT RED TAPE BY REDUCING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FOR HIRING POSITIONS BY HALF TO SO THAT ONLY IT ONLY TAKES FOUR BUSINESS DAYS TO GET SOMEONE HIRED. WE LEARNED THAT SEVERAL INITIATIVES ARE IN PLACE NOT ONLY TO HIRE MORE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND EMS EMPLOYEES BUT TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES AND MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN TERMS OF HIRING MORE 911 OPERATORS. THOUGH MUCH AS BEING THAT MUCH IS BEING DONE, 150 VACANCIES STILL EXIST ACROSS THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE VP'S IS MAKING EFFORTS TO HIRE MORE EDUCATORS BY CREATING PATHWAYS FOR PARENTS TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATION AND TO EXPAND THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO GRANT TEACHERS TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION WHILE THEY FINISH THEIR ACCREDITATION.  CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 50 VACANCIES THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF EDUCATORS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE . I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS WHO I THINK YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM SHORTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR RAUL CASTRO. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND YOU COUNCILOR WEBER AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  AS WE ENTER BUDGET SEASON, IT IS CRUCIAL TO ADDRESS THESE VACANCIES AND UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES INVOLVED IN FILLING THEM. FROM THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF VACANCIES TO THE EFFORTS RECRUITMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS, THE DISCUSSION HAS SAID LIGHT ON THE MULTIFACETED APPROACH NEEDED TO ENSURE ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES ARE SUSTAINED. MOVING FORWARD WE MUST CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS HEARING ANNUALLY AND EXPLORE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND POLICIES TO ATTRACT TALENT. I ADDRESS THAT STAFFING NEEDS AND SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF OUR WORKFORCE. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING THOSE AHEAD OF BUDGET SEASON AHEAD OF OUR HEARINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0418 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR QUICK WILL YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 026 TO DOCKING NUMBER 026 TO ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR A LOT OF COMFORT TO LET YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HELD A HEARING YESTERDAY WAS YESTERDAY YESTERDAY APRIL 9TH ON DOCKET 0262 ON AN ORDINANCE CREATING AN OFFICE DEDICATED TO PEST CONTROL WHICH WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 31ST OF THIS YEAR AND WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS ED FLYNN AND LIZ BURDEN. AT THE HEARING WE WERE JOINED BY SPONSORS BY THE SPONSORS AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WEBER, MURPHY WORL AND RECEIVED AN ABSENCE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR HERE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO CREATE AN OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS ORDINANCE ALSO SEEKS TO ENSURE THE CITY HAS ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BY CREATING AN OFFICE DEDICATED TO COORDINATE MULTI DEPARTMENT EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE RAT AND PEST POPULATION.  DEVELOP OVERALL PEST CONTROL STRATEGY AND CONDUCT OUTREACH TO RESIDENTS ON RODENT MITIGATION METHODS. WE HEARD FROM CHIEF OF OPERATIONS IRISH ESD COMMISSIONER DARIO.  ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT DIVISION JOHN ORRICK AND DR. BOBBY CORRIGAN. A RODENT ONTOLOGIES WE REVIEWED . WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS CALLING THE BOSTON ROAD AN ACTION PLAN AND DR. CORGAN'S CONSULTING WORK WITH THE CITY TO CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE REVIEW WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF APRIL IN THE FORM OF A REPORT. WE HIGHLIGHTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION ORG CHART WHICH OUTLINES THE NEAR 20 EMPLOYEES UNDER ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES JOHN O'ROURKE'S LEADERSHIP. WE ALSO REVIEWED THE VARIOUS CENTRAL CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING SANITATION WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS HEALTH, ESD PARKS BUS, PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL, COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND BOTTLED WATER AND SEWER.  WE IDENTIFIED TOP AREAS OF CONCERNS LARGELY IN OUR PARK SYSTEM. COMMERCIAL DUMPSTERS, RESIDENTIAL BINS, SEWERS, COMMERCIAL FOOD SERVICE AREAS, RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ALLEYS. VHA PROPERTIES IN THE NORTH END AN OUTDOOR BOSTON MARKETS. WE DISCUSSED THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL RAT INFESTATIONS LIES PRIMARILY WITH 22 SOURCES OF FOOD.  IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE APPROACH OUR INVESTMENT INTO PEST CONTROL BY LIMITING ACCESS TO THOSE SOURCES. DR. CORRIGAN PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF PILOT PROGRAMS TO TEST VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR RAT MITIGATION THAT MAY WORK BEST FOR OUR CITY'S SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE INCLUDING CONTRACEPTION. TO SUMMARIZE, THE ADMINISTRATION OUTLINED THE MULTIPLE THE MULTI DEPARTMENT COORDINATION EFFORTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE WE ARE LESSENING THE IMPACTS OF RATS ON, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RESIDENTIAL DIGNITY. THERE WERE ALSO COMMITMENTS MADE TO ENSURE DATA LARGELY FROM 311 TICKET REQUESTS BUT ALSO FROM PROACTIVE VISITS TO AREAS WHERE 311 TECHNOLOGY IS NOT CONSISTENTLY USED GUIDES THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THE INCREASE IN RODENT POPULATIONS.  IT WAS ALSO NOTED BY DR. CORRIGAN WHO IS BASED IN NEW YORK CITY THAT WHILE NEW YORK CITY DOES HAVE A SUCCESSFUL RAT CZAR WHO REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR, THERE IS NO STAND ALONE OFFICE WORKING ON PEST CONTROL.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION TO REVIEW BASED ON DR. HORGAN'S WORK WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS WHICH WARRANTS FURTHER DISCUSSION. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE SO THAT THIS BODY CAN REVIEW A FINALIZED BOSTON RODENT ACTION PLAN REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATION . THANK YOU. LEAD SPONSOR IF HE WANTS TO MAKE BIG U COUNCILOR COLETTA CAMERA PHONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PATRICK FLYNN. FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COLETTA, THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS FOR HER PROFESSIONAL WORK ON THIS HEARING.  IT WAS A GOOD DEBATE AND JUST ONE OF THE ISSUES COUPLED WITH A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THIS ISSUE OF PEST CONTROL.  OF THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN RATS ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC IT'S HAPPENING IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD BOSTON IT'S HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON AND CHINATOWN IN THE SOUTH AND CERTAINLY IT'S HAPPENING IN ALLSTON AND BRIGHTON DISTRICT CITY IS KNOW THIS ISSUE ESPECIALLY VERY WELL. IT'S IMPACTING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING A OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL WOOD STREAM AND THE PROCESS COORDINATE ENSURE WE HAVE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.  QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERN. IT'S AN EMERGENCY IN MY OPINION. WE HAVE 14 INSPECTORS THAT WORK ON PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THEY DON'T WORK ON THE WEEKENDS. IT'S NOT A CRITICISM OF ANYBODY OR ANY DEPARTMENT BUT WE NEED PEST CONTROL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE WORKING FRIDAY AFTERNOON,  SATURDAY, SUNDAY. IT'S THAT TYPE OF JOB. IT'S THAT SERIOUSNESS OF A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO THANK DIFFERENTLY AND PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON WITH THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. I KNOW WE STILL HAVE FURTHER MEETINGS TO TAKE PLACE AND WE ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM FROM THE CONSULTANTS HIRED BY THE CITY. BUT I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES WHEN IT IS TIME TO VOTE I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT A OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRENNAN AS WELL. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON CONTRIBUTED. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE CO-SPONSOR THE LEAD CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FLYNN.  I THINK YESTERDAY OR THE OTHER DAY WAS LIKE YESTERDAY WE HAD WE HAD WE'VE HAD AN ANNUAL HEARING ON RODENT CONTROL AND PEST CONTROL ISSUES IN THE CITY. SO THIS IS OUR FIFTH GO AT IT. I WANT TO APPLAUD COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS DOGGED DETERMINATION ON THIS JUST PERSISTENCE. HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THERE IN THE END. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CHAIRING THE MEETING. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING DR. CORRIGAN'S REPORT.  HE HAS DONE A DEEP DIVE INTO ALL THINGS RODENT CONTROL IN BOSTON AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS HIS REPORT. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER TAKEAWAYS LIKE WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM A SERIOUS PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IN ALL ACROSS THE CITY BUT I WILL SHOUT OUT FRANCE AND BRIGHTON ASSISTANCE . AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS RAT CITY SO THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF . ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP REALLY WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF 311 AND REPORT. IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO OUR OUR ABILITY TO MAP WHERE THE PROBLEM IS SO FOLKS ARE HAVE TO FOLKS HAVE TO SORT OF REPORT RODENT ACTIVITY IF IT'S ONLY ONE RAT YOU SEE REPORT IT BECAUSE THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAPPING HOT AREAS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEPLOY RESOURCES AND THEN IDENTIFY THE CAUSE, THE CAUSE OR ISSUES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCREDIBLE EXPLOSION AND RAT ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL WE WILL COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE SITUATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DR. CORRIGAN'S REPORT AS IT ALREADY MENTIONED AND I APPRECIATE THAT IF WE ALL AND I APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT INSPECTIONAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ARE DOING 14 INSPECTORS IT SEEMS NOT A LOT A CITY WITH A 22 WARDS. I ALSO REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS AND RESPONSIVENESS WHEN WE CALL AND REPORT A REPORT AN INFESTATION THAT THEY COME AND DO COMMUNITY WALKS WITH US TO HELP EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THE PROBLEM AND VERY TIMELY IN THEIR RESPONSE.  SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND I FEEL THAT IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER WE CAN IMPROVE THE SITUATION. SO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR NOW THANK YOU COUNCILOR JERRY AND COUNCILOR MURPHY CUSTOMER VM FOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR THE HEARING AND THE LEAD SPONSOR AS I DID JUST WANT TO RISE TO MENTION THAT THE PANEL CHIEF IRISH THAT YOU KNOW MR ULBRICH TRON ORACLE I KNOW ALL OUR OFFICERS WORKS CLOSELY WITH VERY PROFESSIONAL AND ALSO TANYA DEL RIO WHO HAS BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES FOR AS THE STREET OUTREACH BUT WAS HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER NEW ROLE AS YOU KNOW THE HEAD OF ESD AND I WAS VERY PLEASED AND REASSURED THAT WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE BUT WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB WORKING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS PROBLEM THE RAT ISSUE IS NOT JUST AN ESD ISSUE, IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. THE PARTS DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO TO GET THIS ISSUE PROBLEM HEALTH ISSUE UNDER CONTROL.  SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS MORNING MY CHIEF STAFF WAS OUT ON RAT WALK IN ROXBURY AND WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN A PILOT PROGRAM IN FOREST AND VINE AND A LOOK AT KONY AND THE KDKA'S AND THE CITY REALLY WORKING TOGETHER.  SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S REALLY BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT PILOT PROGRAM A SUCCESS. THERE HAS BEEN JUST TURN AROUND AND SORT OF THE QUALITY OF THE PARK IN THE AREA AND OF LANDOWNERS REALLY FEELING LIKE THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR PEST CONTROL COMPANY AND TELL THEM WHAT'S NOT WORKING AND CHANGE PEST CONTROL COMPANIES. SO REALLY HEARTENED THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CITY WIDE ISSUE FOR ALL OF US AND I'M HEARTENED SEE ALL OF THE WORK COMING TOGETHER TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND THE DEDICATION THAT SO MANY IN THE ADMINISTRATION JOHN ORRICK ON DOWN HAVE ON ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. DOCKET NUMBER 0262 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE WE'RE IN I WANT TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0702.0702 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL UP FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ESTABLISH A BUSINESS OWNER ONE ON ONE PROGRAM FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ORAL CONTROL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR,  COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL ARE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'M BRINGING THIS HERE IN ORDER FOR TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPLORING A BUSINESS OWNER ONE ON ONE PROGRAM AS WE NAVIGATE THE LANDSCAPE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, IT'S CLEAR THAT MONEY ALONE CANNOT GUARANTEE BUSINESS SUCCESS. OUR SPACE GRANTS AND OTHER GRANTS ARE INVALUABLE BUT WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR COMPLEMENTARY SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WHILE WE'VE MADE STRIDES IN BRIDGING THIS GAP WITH EXISTING TECH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INITIATIVES, THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE MUST STRIVE FOR BETTER ALIGNMENT BY ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM THAT COORDINATES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ALONG GRANT AWARDS. OUR AIM IS CLEAR TO PROVIDE UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS BUSINESSES ON THEIR JOURNEY TO SUCCESS. ONE STRATEGY WE SHOULD CONSIDER IMPLEMENTED IS A TIERED APPROACH TO ASSISTANCE BY TAILORING SUPPORT ON THE STAGE OF THE BUSINESS TO WHETHER YOU'RE A STARTUP, YOU KNOW A MEDIUM SIZED COMPANY OR A LEGACY BUSINESS WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF OUR EFFORTS PAIRING FUNDING WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AT EVERY LEVEL ENSURE AS A COMPREHENSIVE HOLISTIC HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUPPORT.  PERSONALLY I'M ADVOCATING TO INTEGRATE TRAINING INTO THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLETION OF RELEVANT TRAINING TO ENSURE THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT THEY RECEIVE IS USED IN THE BEST WAY. THE BUSINESS ON A 1 TO 1 PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EDUCATION MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT TO NEW OUTPUT ENTREPRENEURS LEGACY BUSINESSES, MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE WITH ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO ENSURE SUCCESS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR AROUND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FERNANDA ANDERSON CAMERON ANDREA LISTENING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM AND THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING ME THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE EXPERIENCE OR BACKGROUND WITH WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDERSTANDING JUST THE INTRICACIES AND ALL OF THE INTERSECTION ALWAYS IN TERMS OF LIKE THE NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE YOU ARE EVERYTHING WHEN YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. GOOD. EXACTLY. YOU'RE THE BUYER, YOU'RE THE INVENTORY PERSON, YOU ARE THE SALESPERSON, YOU'RE EVEN THE PLUMBER. SO IT'S A VERY VERY HIGH STRESS THREE ONE PERSON THREE JOB KIND OF THING SOMETIMES NOT REALLY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAVIGATE ALL OF THEIR TIME AND NOT HAVING AS YOU SAID, THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE PROPERLY. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS ALSO A WONDERFUL COMPLEMENT OR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL AND THE WHAT WE BOTH SPONSORED AND HOPEFULLY WILL HOLD A HEARING ON MAYBE A COMBINED HEARING TO DISCUSS HOW THIS DIGITAL MARKETPLACE CREATING THIS E COMMERCE OR AN AMAZON IF YOU WILL FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN BOSTON WILL ACTUALLY BE BACKED UP WITH THIS BACK OFFICE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE. SO THESE GRANTS I THINK ALSO GIVING THE BUSINESS OWNERS MORE AUTONOMY TO BE ABLE TO USE FUNDS IN WAYS THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD USE IT IN OR NEED IS IMPORTANT AS WELL ESPECIALLY WITH BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES. OFTEN WHEN THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE PEOPLE ARE LIKE WELL YEAH THEY ALREADY GOT THIS MONEY OR THEY ALREADY GOT THIS ASSISTANCE SO SO MUCH ASSISTANCE WENT TO IT. WELL THAT'S BECAUSE THE NEED IS THAT GREAT.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FILING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK TOGETHER.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA. DURKIN FITZGERALD. FLYNN MEJIA.  MURPHY. BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0702 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0703 DOCKING NUMBER 0703 COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS PROBLEM PROPERTIES IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR OUTCOMES ARE RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND I'D COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR DURKIN AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. THANK YOU. CASTRO LOUIJEUNE IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  COUNCILOR WHERE ELSE YOU SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR DURKIN HAS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR DURKIN IS SO ADDED CASTRO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADDRESS A PRESSING CONCERN AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES PROBLEM PROPERTIES THE PROPOSED PROPERTIES TAX PAYERS HAS DIGITALLY COMPILED A LIST OF PROPERTIES WITHIN BOSTON THAT POSE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD WELL-BEING. HOWEVER, IT'S CLEAR THAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. MANY OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO PROBLEM PROPERTIES FROM IMPROPER TRASH DISPOSAL TO NOISE ARE ISSUES THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING HEARINGS ON. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY HARM THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS. IT'S ALSO A CHANCE FOR US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS BEHIND LISTED BEING LISTED AS A PROBLEM PROPERTY. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS WE CURRENTLY ONLY LIST FOUR PROBLEM PROPERTIES ON OUR CITY WEST ON OUR CITY WEBSITE WHICH ARE ALL ONLY RESIDENTIAL SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THE MATTER . THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE PROBLEM OF PROPERTY TASK FORCE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK AT THE HEARING ON TRASH AND ON OUR ABILITY. THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY ABLE TO PLACE LIENS ON THE PROBLEM PROPERTIES THAT ARE CPD INVOLVED AND WE'RE ALSO MAKING PROGRESS WITH DO IT AND WITH OUR ESD WITH BEING ABLE TO PLACE LIENS ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY PROBLEMS PROPERTY TASK FORCE ON THE TASK LIST AND HOPEFULLY WILL IN THE COMING MONTHS AND IN BUDGET WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE WORK ON THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ADDING ME ON THIS AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY AND THOSE OF MY OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THIS MATTER.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. SENATOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MORRELL FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER ON AN ISSUE THAT SEEMS UNFORTUNATELY TIMELESS. I AM COGNIZANT THAT PROBLEM PROPERTIES ACROSS OUR CITY DO NOT SHARE THE SAME CAUSES AND IMPACTS BUT THEY ARE NONETHELESS PRESENT IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT EIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICULARLY MISSION HILL AND BEACON HILL. YES, EVEN BEACON HILL. MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY ABSENTEE LANDLORDS WHETHER OF LEASE PROPERTIES OR SHORT TERM RENTALS WHO FAIL TIME AFTER TIME TO ABIDE BY BASIC CITY REGULATION AND CODES OR EVEN PAY THE FINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIOLATIONS OF CITY TRASH AND SANITATION REGULATIONS. I WAS COGNIZANT OF ALL OF THIS ON MY CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT ALONG A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.  IN ADDITION TO CONDITIONS CREATED BY NEGLECTFUL LANDLORDS ,THESE PROPERTIES ARE FREQUENT OFFENDERS OF BASIC QUALITY OF LIFE STANDARDS AND ARE SUBJECT TO MANY NINE ON ONE CALLS DUE TO THE PREVALENCE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ABSENT AFFORDABLE OR EVEN AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS HOUSING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENT POPULATIONS IN MY DISTRICT RESPONDING TO THESE CONCERNS MEANS PUTTING CITY DOLLARS TOWARDS CORRECTING THE NEGLIGENCE OF LANDLORDS AND OR OR INADEQUATE OFFERINGS OF UNIVERSITIES.  BUT THIS COST NEEDS TO BE SHIFTED TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND UNIVERSITIES FOR ALL THAT TO SAY, RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT ARE AT A TIPPING POINT AND I AM TOO SO I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT ACKNOWLEDGES ALL THE PROBLEM PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CITY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE COMING TO AN IMPORTANT MOMENT WITH THE COUNCIL'S HOME RULE PETITION FILED BY COUNCILOR BREADON. THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT THAT THIS WEEK WAS REPORTED FAVORABLY OUT OF COMMITTEE AT THE STATE HOUSE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON AND TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING ON THAT ONE EVEN PRIOR TO ME BEING ON THE COUNCIL WORKING TOGETHER I KNOW WE CAN ALL MAKE REAL PROGRESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND PROBLEM PROPERTIES IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE WORKED ON FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S IMPACTING MY DISTRICT ESPECIALLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON WHERE MANY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS IN THE SUMMERTIME IN THE WEEKDAYS ARE CONSTANTLY PARTYING LATE AT NIGHT.  THE NOISE IS VERY LOUD THAT THE TRASH PILES UP AND THE RATS COME OUT.  IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM. IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. I RECEIVED LOTS OF CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS ESPECIALLY YOUNG PARENTS THAT ARE PUTTING THEIR CHILDREN TO BED TRYING TO GET THEM READY FOR SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT MORNING IN THE HOUSE NEXT TO THEM IS FILLED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT ARE PARTYING AND BEING VERY LOUD. I ALSO RECEIVE MANY CALLS FROM FAMILIES AND FROM SENIORS ESPECIALLY THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING BECAUSE OF THESE NONSTOP PARTYING AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. BUT THE PROBLEM PROPERTY TASK FORCE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAS THE RESOURCES AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET SEASON. IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERN. I BELIEVE THAT ONE TIME IF THERE WAS MORE THAN THREE OR 4911 CALLS TO A PARTICULAR RESIDENCE THAT PARTICULAR RESIDENCE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE PROBLEM PROPERTY LIST OFTENTIMES SO WOULD RECEIVE A FOLLOW UP FROM THE POLICE STATION THE NEXT MORNING OR A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. I HAVE ALSO VISITED MANY OF THESE PROBLEM PROPERTY RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT ASKING THEM ENCOURAGING THEM TO BE A BETTER NEIGHBOR.  IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING THE BEST COMMUNITY FOR EVERYBODY IN HAVING THESE OUTRAGEOUS PARTIES AND KEEPING PEOPLE UP AT NIGHT IS UNFAIR TO TO RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY YOUNG CHILDREN. SO I WANT TO SEE THIS PROBLEM PROPERTY TASK FORCE ENHANCED. IT'S A CRITICAL PART OF BASIC CITY SERVICES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF BOSTON RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRATTON CONTRIBUTING. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FORWARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE IN THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE THE HEARING PROBLEM PROPERTIES ALLSTON BRIGHTON WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A SHARE OF PROBLEMS FROM PERSISTENT ADDRESS ADDRESSES PERSISTENT PROBLEMS FROM THE SAME ADDRESS OVER AND OVER AGAIN I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BOSTON COLLEGE AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DISTRICT 14. THEY KNOW THE ADDRESSES, THEY ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS. THEY DO A LOT OF PREVENTATIVE WORK AHEAD OF TIME WHEN A NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS COME COME IN OR ARE MOVING OFF CAMPUS TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY MAY GO AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE TALK ON HOW TO BEHAVE AND IF THERE IS A RIOT NEAR RIOTOUS PARTY GOING ON WITH 150 YOUNG PEOPLE ADDED THEY THEY GO AND THEY TALK WITH THEM, THEY BREAK IT UP AND THE PEOPLE CONCERNED ARE HAVE TO REPORT TO THE DEAN'S OFFICE ON MONDAY MORNING SO AND THEY HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE TO DO TO SORT OF DO SOME REPARATION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISRUPTING ALL WEEKEND.  SO I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SOME WAYS TO EXPLORE THAT SORT OF APPROACH OF AS A STUDENT POPULATION.  BUT I DO LOOK FOR IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND TO YOUR POINT, MADAM CHAIR MADAM PRESIDENT ABOUT YOU KNOW,  HOLDING LANDLORDS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE LIKE ULTIMATELY THEY ARE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR ON THEIR PREMISES. SO I THINK ADDRESSING THE ALIENS ISSUE IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REPORT BAD BEHAVIOR BECAUSE 11A PATTERN THAT EVOLVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BECOMES KNOWN AS A PLACE TO GO PARTY. YOU END UP WITH MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND RESIDENCES AND HOMES BECOME BECOME THE WHOLE STREET BECOMES A PARTY STREET. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF WORK WITH OUR INSTITUTIONS WITH THEIR OFF CAMPUS STUDENT POPULATION AND ALL THOSE OTHERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS. SO THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND PLEASE AND MY NAME THANK YOU COUNSELOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR COLLETTI. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR. I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF BUT I WANTED TO RISE AND THANK THE MAKERS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND FOR THIS HEARING AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME.  WE ALL HAVE PROBLEM PROPERTIES IN OUR DISTRICT. NAMELY I TALK A LOT ABOUT LOFT A HOTEL THAT'S IN THE GOVE STREET SLASH JEFFRIES POINT AREA OF EAST BOSTON THAT OVERSHADOWS THE MARY ELLEN WALSH GREENWAY. IT'S A HUGE PARCEL.  IT'S A HUGE BUILDING THAT WAS IT HAS BASICALLY BEEN USED WITHIN THE SPECULATIVE MARKET AND HAS BEEN SAT ON FOR YEARS AND WENT THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. IN 2016 I WAS RESOLD FOR A HEALTHY PROFIT WITHOUT HAVING ANYTHING DONE TO THE BUILDING AND THEN THE CURRENT OWNERS HAVE REALLY DONE NOTHING TO IT. AND SO BACK IN 2018 WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY OF TRYING TO GET THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL ON THE PROBLEM PROPERTY LIST AND WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND REALLY AN EDUCATION ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS. AND SHOUT OUT TO JEROME SMITH WHO AT THE TIME WAS CHIEF OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WHO HELPED US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THESE CURRENT OWNERS, THEY OWN HOTELS EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE CITY BOSTON $300 PER DAY FOR THEM WAS REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET. IT'S NOT AN INCENTIVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY WHICH STILL SITS VACANT HAS TRASH EVERYWHERE, DOES NOT SHOVEL DURING THE WINTER AND ACTUALLY HAS HAVE HAS HAD THINGS BLOWN OFF THE ROOF AND LUCKILY HAS NOT INJURED ANYBODY. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS DOCKET AND AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND JUST AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN ME HERE COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER IN 2020. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 100 YEARS BUT I REMEMBER THAT DURING COVID THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES AROUND THE FIREWORKS AND OUR OFFICE HOSTED A TOWN HALL. WE HAD OVER 450 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT TOWN HALL AND WHAT I HEARD ACROSS THE CITY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE FACING IS THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A A A WAY IN WHICH COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WERE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION AND THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO PIT PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. AND WHILE THIS MAY NOT BE IN REGARDS TO QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES SPECIFICALLY AROUND FIREWORKS BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PROBLEM PROPERTIES AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK THAT WE DID AND SHOUT OUT TO JEROME SMITH ABSOLUTELY.  THEN MAYOR WALSH ESTABLISHED A A TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND AND I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND WHEN YOU HOST A HEARING TO THE MAKER THAT YOU CONSIDER HAVING SOME COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN HOW WE ADDRESS AND RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES BECAUSE I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE REALITIES USUALLY HAVE THE BEST IDEAS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THAT DOES NOT BEGIN WITH END WITH THE CITATION. SO I JUST REALLY WANT US TO BE SUPER MINDFUL OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SEIZING THESE MOMENTS TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY. AND WHILE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY LET ALONE IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS WORK AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES FROM THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE DEAL OUT PERMITS TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE. I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERN MORE FOR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR AND I'M THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE SPONSOR. I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD INCLUDE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT IT ON THE HOUSING I GET MANY CALLS FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN VHA HOUSING SO IF WE CAN INCLUDE CITY BUILDINGS AND ALSO SEVERAL OF US IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ARE ON EMAILS ABOUT PARKS TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY OWNERS BUT THE FOCUS SEEMS TO BE THAT A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM DISTRICT COUNCILORS ARE PARTIES LATE NIGHT OR RESIDENTS NOT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS SOMETIMES THAT OFTENTIMES I THINK ABOUT TALBERT AV AROUND THAT PARK THERE'S PEOPLE SENIORS WHO LIVE IN SENIOR HOUSING AROUND THERE SO MAYBE CONSIDER HAVING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY THAT ALSO COULD GIVE HERE SOME CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO HAVE SOME POLICY CHANGES FOR THEM TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS COLETTA COUNCILORS BRAEDEN COLETTA FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA MURPHY BETHANN SANTANA WEBER THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0703 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE IN NUMBER 0704 TALKING ABOUT 0704 COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF RESTRICTED DEEDS ON PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER INCLUDING BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE EFFECTS AND STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE GENERATIONAL WEALTH CREATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW AND IT'S INCUMBENT ANDREW ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOR US TO GATHER AND HOPEFULLY DISCUSS HOW RESTRICTED DEEDS IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES.  THESE DEEDS ARE VITAL TO FOSTER ECONOMIC DIVERSITY BUT THEY MUST ACHIEVE THEIR INTENDED GOALS EFFECTIVELY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLICATIONS OF EXTENDED CONTRACT TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRICTED DEEDS.  IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR US TO HOPEFULLY THEREFORE EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERING RESIDENTS.  SO I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM MY CONSTITUENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR CONTRACTS BEING EXTENDED AND SOME I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THIS MAY BE MIS MISUNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF SORTS WHERE AS THEY HAVE A CONTRACT FOR 30 YEARS THEY WOULD HAVE PAID THEIR MORTGAGE AND COMPLETED THAT 30 YEARS AND THEN THE CONTRACT IS EXTENDED ANOTHER 20 YEARS. I'VE CONTACTED THE ADMINISTRATOR IN AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CHIEF DOLAN ON THIS TOPIC TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATOR'S INSIDE AS WELL AS CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE BEING HAD WITH THE MAYOR TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHERE OR HOW WE CAN ALLEVIATE OR MITIGATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES. AND I THINK MY MY POSITION SO FAR IT'S NOT TO WHOLLY SUPPORT WHAT EVERYTHING THAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING BECAUSE AGAIN I THINK CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD IN ORDER FOR EVERY ALL PARTIES IMPACTED CAN COME TO THE TABLE AND DISCUSS EXACTLY HOW WE CAN MITIGATED WITHOUT CAUSING FURTHER HARM AND BY THAT I MEAN THAT IF YOU EXTENDED FOR TOO LONG IT'S HARMFUL BUT IF YOU THEN REDUCE IT TO SAY 510 YEARS THEN YOU ARE PERPETUATING FURTHER GENTRIFICATION AT A MUCH FASTER RATE WHICH CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.  SO A CONVERSATION IS ALL I'M ASKING NOT TAKING ANY POSITIONS PER SE. I THINK THAT OVEREXTENDING IT BEYOND 30 YEARS IS RIDICULOUS BUT I THINK THAT SHORTENING IT TO SUCH A SHORT TIME THERE'S EXAMPLES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO OR KOREATOWN IN CALIFORNIA WHERE RESTRICTIONS WERE REDUCED FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS AND AT THAT POINT FOLKS JUST STARTED SELLING AND TO MAKE A PROFIT AND OF COURSE THAT HAD HARMFUL IMPACTS. THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN HERE ABOUT TRANSFER OF DEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, PASSING DOWN TO GENERATIONS WHICH HOPEFULLY CAN CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH AT LEAST AS IT'S BEEN INTENDED. BUT IT'S NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO BEEN PEOPLE RUNNING INTO HURDLES OR RED TAPES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT AS WELL. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION AND BE OPEN MINDED BOTH ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE BUT AS WELL AS THE IMPACTS THAT IT COULD HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN PRAGMATICALLY DISCUSS THIS TOPIC AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BEST FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR OUTCOMES ARE ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE FORWARD.  THE STAGGERING STATISTICS FROM SMART ASSETS REPORT SALARY NEEDED TO LIVE IN COMFORTABLY 2024 STUDY REVEALED THAT THE AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY NEEDED FOR A SINGLE ADULT TO LIVE COMFORTABLY IN BOSTON IS 100,000 $125,000 THAT IS $60 PER HOUR BY THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES FOR BLACK AND LATIN RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR ARE $48,000 AND TO $28,000 RESPECTIVELY. IT'S I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OTHER DATA POINTS WE NEED TO LOOK LOOK, LOOK INTO COMPARISON WITH THAT 120 4K SALARY DISTRICT ONE HAS THE LOWEST MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR BLACK RESIDENTS AT $22,000 WHILE DISTRICT SEVEN HAS THE LOWEST FOR A NEXT RESIDENCE AT $20,000. DISTRICT FIVE HAD THE HIGHEST INCOME FOR BLACK RESIDENTS AT 63,000 AND DISTRICT ONE HAD THE HIGHEST BLACK NEXT RESIDENCE AT 56,000. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO CLOSE THESE INCOME DISPARITIES AND I SAY THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHAT I BELIEVE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING THE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER PROGRAM INCREASE IN THE ALLOCATION OF IDP FOR ABOUT TWO UNITS. THESE ARE CRITICAL STEPS TOWARDS ENHANCING HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS FACILITATE AND DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE CAN ALSO SERVE AS A VITAL TOOL IN DISMANTLING BARRIERS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE MULTITUDE OF PATHWAYS TO GENERATIONAL WEALTH BEYOND ONE TIME WINDFALLS. WHILE SELLING ASSETS MAY SEEM LIKE A VIABLE OPTION, WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COST SAVING MEASURES PARTICULARLY THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS.  THE CITY HAS A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH BY ASSURING EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND SECURE STABLE HOUSING NOT AS AN INVESTMENT BUT AS A PUBLIC GOOD ONE COMPONENT IN BUILDING SAFE AND RESILIENT COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES.  BEFORE WE MOVE TO PROVIDE RETURNS FOR A FEW WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A HOUSING STOCK. WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR HOUSING STOCK IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY FOR ALL. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERNED DURKAN DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE. YOU KNOW I WOULD BE REMISS I REPRESENT THE WEST END WHICH HAS SOME OF THE BIGGEST BUILDINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE AGREEMENTS AND I, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHEN CERTAIN THINGS EXPIRE AND IN MY DISTRICT AND IT'S SOME OF THE MOST COMPLICATED CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN A PART OF AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS HEARING AND ALSO JUST YOU KNOW, AS WE HAD SORT OF A PARTIAL CONVERSATION TO THIS WHEN WE WERE DOING THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I THINK THIS REALLY WARRANTS A FULL CONVERSATION AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS BREADON CALATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY.  PATTON SANTANA. WEBER WAHL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0704 WILL BE SENT TO THE WE'LL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0705 DUNCAN NUMBER 0705 COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRANSPORTATION AND FOR STUDENT ATHLETES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR. LAST WEEK EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON THEIR BASEBALL TEAM WAS LEFT STRANDED WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION FROM THEIR SCHOOL FOR THEIR FIRST GAME FRUSTRATING STUDENTS AND PARENTS FORCED THEM TO MAKE LAST MINUTE TRANSPORTATION PLANS INCLUDING THE STUDENT ATHLETES JUMPING ON THE METER FOR A GAME IN JAMAICA PLAIN.  MANY OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND ATHLETIC TEAMS PRACTICE AND COMPETE IN FACILITIES THAT ARE FAR AWAY FROM THEIR SCHOOL. THEY RELY ON SCHOOL BUSSES TO TRANSPORT THEM TO THEIR GAMES AND PRACTICES. HOWEVER, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE SCHOOL BUSSES DO NOT SHOW UP AT ALL FOR STUDENT ATHLETES LEAVING THEM STRANDED AT THEIR SCHOOL OR HAVING THEM FIND TRANSPORTATION ON THEIR OWN TO A GAME.  THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT A NEW ISSUE.  THE BOSTON GLOBE REPORTED IN 2022 ON HOW A STUDENT ATHLETES OFTEN HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND WAYS TO GET TO GAMES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BUSSES AVAILABLE. PARENTS OF MAXWELL HIGH SCHOOL HAVE ALSO NOTED THE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION LAST WEEK WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THERE SHOULD BE RELIABLE, RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES SO THEY CAN PREPARE AND MAKE PLANS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THEY CAME IN ARRIVE AT THAT LOCATION ON TIME.  I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING TO LISTEN TO THE CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETES WITH COUNCILOR CARTER IN THE IN THE PIEDMONT TEAM ROOM AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THE STUDENT ATHLETES AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL MENTIONED WAS RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AS WE DISCUSSED THE BUDGET, LET'S ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND VIPS ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILOR OF FLYNN.  I KNOW ADVOCATING FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES IS SOMETHING I'VE DONE MY WHOLE LIFE AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND THE CELEBRATION WE HAD EARLIER, IT JUST SHOWS THAT THERE IS SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE. THERE ARE SO MANY WINS AND WONDERFUL ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS BUT IT IS OUR JOB, OUR I SEE IT AS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE I'M ADVOCATING FOR THOSE KIDS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND GETTING OUR KIDS TO THEIR GAMES IS JUST THE BEGINNING, RIGHT? THAT'S SO BASIC TO ME AND WHEN WE WERE GETTING CALLS LAST WEEK FROM PARENTS TELLING US THAT THE BUS DIDN'T COME TO EXCEL HIGH AND MANY TEAMS LIKE THAT BASEBALL TEAM STUDENTS FROM THE MCCORMICK, THE UCLA WHO AREN'T EVEN IN THE SAME LOCATION PLAY ON THE SAME TEAM. SO HOPING THAT THE KIDS EVEN WERE ABLE TO MEET UP TOGETHER AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHICH BUS TO GET THEM TO THEN FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE IT THERE IN TIME THE GAME WASN'T CANCELED. THEY DID WIN. THAT WAS GREAT BUT THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY TIME I KNOW COUNSELOR FLYNN HIGHLIGHTED SOME. I KNOW THAT THE BLADE HOCKEY TEAM LAST YEAR THE BUS DIDN'T SHOW UP TO GET THEM TO THEIR WORCESTER GAME. YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT QUICKLY HOW TO HOP ON THE T OR HOPE THAT PARENTS CAN DRIVE YOU ALL THE WAY TO WORCESTER AND THE HISTORIC THANKSGIVING GAME BETWEEN EAST BOSTON SOUTH BOSTON HIGH EXCEL HIGH WAS CANCELED LAST YEAR WHEN THE COACHES AND TEAMS WERE WAITING AT MCCORMICK NOT MCCORMICK BUT THE WAITING FOR THE BUSSES TO SHOW UP AT THE MOAKLEY PARK AND THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP SO THEY HAD TO FORFEIT THE GAME. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I FEEL IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND I HOPE AND I DO BELIEVE THAT MY COLLEAGUES AGREE THAT WE NEED TO ADVOCATE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES IN ATHLETICS AS WE KNOW AND WE SAW EARLIER TODAY MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES. SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW WORKING WITH CALLER IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AT BEEPS THAT WE'LL GET ANSWERS THEY ARE WORKING HARD BUT MAKING SURE THAT GOING INTO THE BUDGET SEASON TOO WHEN WE ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS OF BEEPS ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE I'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IS THAT WE SPEND MORE THAN JUST 70 SOMETHING DOLLARS PER STUDENT IF WE'RE WE HAVE A BUDGET OF OVER 30,000 PER KID AND PART OF THAT MONEY IS THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET THEM TO THE PRACTICES.  I KNOW WE HAD THE HEARING BEEPS DIDN'T SHOW UP BUT ABOUT THE REGGIE LEWIS, THE TIME SLOTS THERE FOR OUR KIDS TO PRACTICE BUT FOR MANY THE SCHOOLS ARE SO FAR AWAY AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A BUS TO GET THEM THERE THERE IS NO WAY TO UTILIZE THAT WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND TO GET IT BETTER FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRABAND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS HEARING AUDIO PRESENTED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MURPHY BECAUSE THEY WANT THAT IMPACT ON ME PERSONALLY AS A AS A STUDENT ATHLETE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN UM COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED THIS I THINK IT WAS A WEEK OR TWO AGO MY FORMER FRESHMAN YEAR VOLLEYBALL COACH REACHED OUT YES, I PLAYED VOLLEYBALL AT HIGH SCHOOL.  I MEAN I HAVE THE HEIGHT BUT HE SAID THAT IN THE PAST THREE SEASONS AT THE O'BRYANT FOUR THE VOTE FOR THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM THERE HAS BEEN SIX NO SHOWS FROM BUSSES AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR EACH OF THOSE GAMES THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY WERE IN TOWNS LIKE BARNSTABLE, DEDHAM OR NORWOOD. SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THOSE GAMES LIKE COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED ON THE MTA. WE NEED WE NEED TO DO BETTER.  OUR STUDENT ATHLETES DESERVE BETTER. I AS YOU ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE TO TO FIX OUR OUR BUS SYSTEM ACROSS THE CITY NOT JUST FOR OUR ATHLETES BUT JUST IN GENERAL. SO I JUST WANT TO BE AN ALLY IN THIS CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M IN THOSE HEARINGS WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANT TO SAY I TALKED WITH SEVERAL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND THE LARGEST LINE ITEM THEY HAVE IN THEIR BUDGET IS ACTUALLY SECONDARY TRANSPORTATION TO JUST BACK UP THE FACT THAT THEY ARE RELYING ON BUSSES NOT SHOWING UP. THAT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF OUR MONEY, THEIR MONEY OR TIME. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS BUT KNOWING THAT IT IS A REAL ISSUE AND IT DOES AFFECT FOLKS THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR OPERATIONS. SO HAPPY TO JOIN THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES A LOT OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I'M SORRY I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS MY TIME. I'M SORRY . THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE MAKERS . I RISE IN SUPPORT. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT THE FACT THAT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH EXCISE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE FOR FOR ANY STUDENT TO BE WAITING WHEN THIS IS A SERVICE THAT THAT IS PROVIDED. IT REMINDED ME OF THE DAYS WHERE I HAD TO GO FROM BOSTON TO ROXBURY AT ONE STADIUM PLACE TO PARK TO PLAY SOFTBALL AND THEN THROUGH THE GRACE OF MY SOFTBALL COACH MR RIZZO, HE DROVE ME TO THE NORTH END SO THAT I COULD GET HOME LARGELY DID THAT ON HIS OWN FROM WEST ROXBURY BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION EITHER. THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP OR IT WASN'T BUDGETED. I REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS BUT I DO REMEMBER THERE WERE TIMES WHERE HE WAS UPSET WHEN THE BUSSES WEREN'T THERE AND WE WOULDN'T GET HOME UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 830 AT NIGHT. SO IT IS IT IS IT IS AN ISSUE AND IT AFFECTS OUR KIDS. THEY GET HOME PRETTY LATE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK. SO I JUST WANTED TO STAND UP AND SAY THANK YOU AND TO THAT MY DAD THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PLEASE HAVE MY NAME.  WE SPEND A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION. WHAT IS IT? 140 MILLION. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THIS RIGHT AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE AS A AS A FORMER STUDENT ATHLETE MYSELF WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL THE HAD THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF WORKING HARD,  TRAINING HARD WITH YOUR TEAMMATES AND THEN BEING READY TO GO TO A GAME AND WORCESTER,  BARNSTABLE OR WHEREVER AND AND THE BUS NOT TURNING UP LIKE IT IS SO DISRESPECTFUL AND TOTALLY UNNECESSARY AND I REALLY DO FEEL STRONGLY I DON'T THINK I'M ALONE IN THIS THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT ATHLETICS FOR OUR SCHOOL POPULATION IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.  THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL SPORTS ARE IMMENSE AND THIS REALLY WE HAVE TO FIX THIS SO PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND CUT ME AS AN ALLY TO THE LEAD SPONSORS ON THIS ONE. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TIMES DEBATE IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES.  YOU KNOW MY DAUGHTER PLAYS SOFTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND I DIDN'T KNOW COACH HE HE'S STILL THERE. YEAH. WOW. OKAY.  BUT ANYWAYS, I AM REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RISEN UP TOO TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CONVERSATION. IT GOES TO SHOW THAT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, IF WE ALL CAN RALLY TOGETHER AND IF WE CAN ALL FIGHT TOGETHER THEN WE CAN ALL WIN. AND THIS SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT I THINK HAS THE SAME ENERGY IN TERMS OF REALLY STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN OUR VOICE QUIVERS WE HAVE TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER AND THIS IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO DO JUST THAT AND THE BUDGET SEASON IS UPON US. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT ALL THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING KNOW THAT BP HAS FOLKS WHO ARE HERE HOLDING IT DOWN ARE GOING TO BE ASKING BP'S WHERE'S THE MONEY AT FOR THE ATHLETIC IT'S A TRANSPORTATION LINE ITEM SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE? THAT WAS BREADON CALATA FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD MEJIA THE BAND SANTANA WEBER WHIRLPOOL THESE ARE THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0705 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RECORD NUMBER 0706 NUMBERS 0706 COUNCILOR AS WEBER AND LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO VIEW THE CITY OF BOSTON VOUCHER PROGRAM . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER COUNCILOR WHEREVER YOU HAVE A FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MR COUNSELOR WEBER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AT CARLOS SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CARLOS SANTANA SO ADDED COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UNDER FORMER MAYOR MARTY WALSH ,THE CITY OF BOSTON LAUNCHED ITS OWN VOUCHER PROGRAM WHICH SIMILAR TO SECTION EIGHT PROVIDES VOUCHERS TO MAKE EXISTING INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO LOW AND EXTREMELY LOW INCOME RENTERS, ENSURING THAT THEY PAY NO MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. UNLIKE A SECTION EIGHT, THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.  THESE VOUCHERS ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE VHA AND ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET. THE PROGRAM BEGAN WITH A $2.5 MILLION BUDGET AND THROUGH INCREASES LAST YEAR MAYOR WILL INCREASE FUNDING OF THE CITY VOUCHER PROGRAM TO $11.5 MILLION AND THIS BODY APPROVED AN INVESTMENT OF $200,000 IN ARPA FUNDING TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR.  IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT THE DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAM DURING OUR HOUSING CRISIS OUTSTRIPS ITS FUNDING. AS WE SPEAK, DEVELOPERS IN BOSTON LOOKING TO PROVIDE UNITS FOR VOUCHER HOLDERS ARE BEING TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY COMMITTED.  INVESTING MORE IN THIS PROGRAM WOULD ADDRESS A DIRE NEED AND PROMOTE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ACROSS THE CITY.  I AM HOPING WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM DURING THE HEARING AND DISCUSS WAYS TO EXPAND IT. I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR JOINING ME IN FILINGS HERE IN ORDER AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER I'LL I'LL JUST PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN SAY THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING ORDER THIS COUNCIL THE LAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES INVEST IN THIS VIA AND ESPECIALLY YOUR OFFER AND I WAS HAPPY TO WORK ALONGSIDE MICHAEL CAINE AND THE CORPS AND THE HUD TENANTS FOR IT TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THIS. WE KNOW THAT THESE VOUCHERS THESE CITY VOUCHERS ARE A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE THAN THE FEDERAL VOUCHERS. YESTERDAY I WAS SPEAKING TO OUR CLOSE TO 300 SOCIAL WORKERS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO TALK ABOUT THE NUMEROUS ISSUES THAT THEY FACE PRIMARILY AROUND HOUSING. AND WE DO HAVE A HOUSING NETWORK FOR OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE CITY VOUCHERS ALLOW FOR SO MUCH FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE MIXED MIXED IMMIGRANT STATUS WHO ALL WOULD HAVE ANOTHER WISE DIFFICULT TIME TO GET A VOUCHER. SO I THINK IT'S CRUCIAL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE INVEST IN AND TRY TO FIND WAYS TO INVEST IN EVERY YEAR. AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER AND TO THE PRESIDENT FOR SPONSORING THIS AND INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR HAVING JUST SPONSORED A HEARING ON HOUSING VOUCHER DISCRIMINATION THIS WEEK, I JUST WANTED TO RISE AGAIN IN SUPPORT OF HOW TRANSFER HOW TRANSFORMATIONAL HOUSING VOUCHERS CAN BE PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH AFFORDABLE RENT IN THE LOCATION OF THEIR CHOICE WHILE STILL ENSURING LANDLORDS GET PAID THE MARKET RATE RENT IS A DIRECT AND IMPACTFUL WAY TO INCREASE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WHILE PROVIDING MOBILITY AND BREAKING DOWN ECONOMIC SEGREGATION. OUR CITY VOUCHER PROGRAM HERE IN BOSTON IS PARTICULARLY AIMED AT COMBATING HOMELESSNESS AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. I THINK FAMILY HOMELESSNESS A HUD STUDY FOUND FAMILIES LIVING IN HOMELESS SHELTERS WERE OVER TWICE AS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN A STABLE HOUSING.  ONE PROVIDED A HOUSING VOUCHER BY COMPARISON BY COMPARISON TO OTHER SUPPORTS LIKE CONTINUOUS SHELTER, RAPID REHOUSING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH EXPLORING MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT AND EXPAND BOSTON'S HOUSING HOUSING PROGRAM AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THIS WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FEDERAL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK HIM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AS A DISTRICT TO COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE IMPACTING NOT JUST MY DISTRICT BUT ACROSS THE CITY PUBLIC HOUSING CERTAINLY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING LOW INCOME FAMILIES, WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, OUR SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. BUT SO DOES THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NECESSARY RESOURCES AND FUNDS IN THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WORKING FAMILIES AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN BOSTON A CITY THAT THEY LOVE AND THEY WANT TO STAY HERE.  BUT THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM IS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT ADMINISTERED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH VOUCHERS IN THEIR FAMILIES.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUTCOMES. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR THIS RESOLUTION. I MEAN THAT THIS RESOLUTION BUT THIS HERE IN ORDER AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE CITY VOUCHER PROGRAM IS A POWERFUL TOOL THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND ON IT ONE THAT GETS PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE BUT CAN'T BUY IN THE OPEN MARKET A REAL OPPORTUNITY . AND ONE THING I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AND WE PUSHED FOR WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CITYWIDE VOUCHER PROGRAMS ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERSHIP NEEDS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING TO DISCUSS MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BUT ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE CITYWIDE VOUCHER PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS GREAT NICOLETTA FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY BY BEN WHORL THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0706 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0707 DUGAN NUMBER 0707 COUNCILOR CALERO FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A HERO SQUARE IN THE NORTH END IN RECOGNITION OF SECOND LIEUTENANT ANGELO POLCARI THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLECTIVE. COUNCILOR COLETTI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND I APOLOGIZE I SHOULD ANCILLARY MAY I ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR COLETTI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE HOPING FOR PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION SO THAT WE MAY PLACE A SQUARE IN THE CORNER AT THE CORNER OF SALEM AND SHEAF STREET IN THE NORTH END. ANGELA POLCARI WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE NORTH END IN BOSTON. HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 7TH, 1921 TO MOTHER, MOTHER MARIANNA AND FATHER ANTONIO WHO EMIGRATED TO BOSTON'S NORTH END FROM MULTICULTURAL ITALY.  HE WAS THE YOUNGEST BROTHER OF NICK, MARIO AND ANTHONY ALL BROTHERS ATTENDED ST ANTHONY'S SCHOOL AND MASS AT ST LEONARD'S CHURCH. THE FAMILY LIVED AT THE TOP FLOOR OF A LARGE TENEMENT AT ONE SHEAF STREET ANGELO ATTENDED A YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE HE ENLISTED IN THE US ARMY AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR TWO. HE WAS STATIONED IN ITALY WITH THE ARMED FORCES WITH THE ALLIED FORCES SERVING AS A AS AN ITALIAN TRANSLATOR FOR THE ALLIES.  AMONG OTHER ASSIGNMENTS ANGELO ACHIEVED THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT WITH THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS AT THE BATTLE.  HE WAS AT THE BATTLES OF MONTE CASSINO AND ANZIO. TRAGICALLY, LIEUTENANT BUKARI WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN NORTHERN ITALY ON APRIL 17TH, 1945 AT THE AGE OF 23, JUST DAYS BEFORE THE WAR IN ITALY ENDED. SO IN HONOR OF LIEUTENANT MCCAFFREY'S ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, I AM PROUD TO SUBMIT THIS RESOLUTION AND URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE SO THAT WE CAN DESIGNATE THE CORNER OF SALEM CHEAP STREET ANGELO POLCARI, HEROES SQUARE, THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CARTER FOR ADDING ME AS A AS A SPONSOR. I DO KNOW THE POLCARI FAMILY FROM THE NORTH AND I DO KNOW THEIR HORRIFIC AND THIS EXCEPTIONAL SACRIFICE THIS FAMILY HAS MADE TO OUR NATION MAKING THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.  IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR FALLEN HEROES BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THEIR FAMILIES ARE STILL HERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THIS TYPE OF RECOGNITION ALTHOUGH IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T BRING A PERSON BACK BUT IT REMINDS US OF THE SACRIFICES OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS,  OUR OUR COMMUNITY HAS MADE FOR THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND JUST WANT AGAIN TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL COLETTA BUT ALSO IT'S A RECOGNITION OF THE PROUD ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON. IT'S ALSO A RECOGNITION OF THE PROUD ITALIAN-AMERICAN VETERANS THAT HELPED BUILD THIS CITY AND HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY AS WELL.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE? THAT COUNCIL WAS GREAT.  AND COLETTA DURKIN, FERNANDO ANDERSON HERE MURPHY, SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR COUNCILORS COLETTA AND FLYNN TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0707 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING A THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0707 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0708 AND 0709 TOGETHER DOKKEN NUMBER 0708 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A HERO SQUARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CENTER STREET AND WESTERLEIGH STREET IN RECOGNITION OF EUGENIO LEYDEN AND DR. NUMBER 0709 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A HERO SQUARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WORLD AVENUE AND COLUMBUS AVENUE IN JAMAICA PLAIN IN RECOGNITION OF MONIQUE WHITE'S THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A CO-SPONSOR CASUAL FELLOW SO ADDED COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS RECOGNIZED TO JAMAICA PLAIN RESIDENTS THAT WERE KILLED IN ACTION U.S. ARMY CORPORAL EUGENE LEYDEN WHO LIVED ON BROMLEY STREET IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND PRIVATE. MONIQUE WHITE'S FROM EGGLESTON SQUARE. CORPORAL LEYDEN WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1952 WHILE FIGHTING IN KOREA. CORPORAL ITEM WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED NUMEROUS MEDALS AND BADGES INCLUDING A PURPLE HEART ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND A COMBAT INFANTRY AND MARKSMANSHIP BADGE. HIS SHAWN CASHMAN OF HANOVER FILED THE HERO SQUARE DESIGNATION ON BEHALF OF CORPORAL LIDER PRIVATE WHITES WAS KILLED NEAR QUANG TREE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR ON MAY 25TH, 1969. WITHIN HOURS OF HIS ARRIVAL IN VIETNAM, A PALLET OF AMMUNITION CAUGHT FIRE AT A SUPPLY AND STORAGE AREA AND HE WAS AMONG THE MARINES WHO RUSHED TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE HE AND 12 OTHER MARINES RESPONDING TO THE FLAMES WERE KILLED AND HE WAS AMONG TWO MARINES WHO COULD NOT BE FOUND.  AFTER THE AMMUNITION PALLET EXPLODED, PRIVATE WHITE'S WAS DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION. WHITE'S DEAR FRIEND WHO HE GREW UP WITH AND WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH FILED THE HERO SQUARE DESIGNATION UPON ADOPTING THESE RESOLUTIONS THE INTERSECTION OF WELD AVENUE AND COLUMBUS AVENUE WILL BE DESIGNATED A HERO SQUARE IN RECOGNITION OF MONIQUE WHITE'S AND THE INTERSECTION OF CENTER STREET AND WESTERLEIGH STREET WILL BE DESIGNATED HERO SQUARE IN RECOGNITION OF EUGENE LIGHT AND I SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES ADOPT THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR I'M SORRY CUSTOMER IF YOU HAVE A FLARE THAT'S FINE. JUST THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO RISE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CLUTTER AND WEBER FOR FILING THESE RESOLUTIONS AND COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ALWAYS BEING A GOOD A WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL HERE ON THE COUNCIL HOW WE SHOULD RESPECT OUR VETERANS. BUT I DID JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE VETERANS DEPARTMENT AND ROB SANTIAGO THE WONDERFUL JOB THEY DO WITH THESE HERO SQUARES COMING TOGETHER THIS CODES AND IT HELPS THE NEXT GENERATION WITH THE HISTORY OF WHAT OUR PAST WAS AND HOW WE GOT HERE.  AND THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE LIVES OF THOSE GAVE ALL SO THAT WE COULD HAVE MEETINGS LIKE THIS AND WE COULD HAVE OUR FREEDOM IN AMERICA. SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR FILING THESE. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? LET'S DO DOCKET BY DOCKET SO WE'LL FIRST DO THIS FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0708. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK PLEASE? THAT COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD MCKIM.  MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR WEBER SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0708 OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 0709 MR CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MARIA MURPHY, SANTANA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CASHIER WHOEVER SEEKS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0709 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 0710 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. DOCKET NUMBER 0709 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. EXCUSE ME , MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0710 DUGAN MEMBER 0710 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 27TH AS THE KAREN WEBSTER JAMAICA PLAIN LOVE YOUR BLOCK DAY OF 2024. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER.  COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH IS LOVE YOUR BLACK DAY IN JAMAICA PLAIN THIS YEAR THE JAMAICA POND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THAT DAY MEMORY OF KAREN WEBB SICK WHO PASSED AWAY IN OCTOBER 2022. LIKE ME , KAREN WAS BORN IN NEW YORK AND LATER SETTLED IN JAMAICA PLAIN. KAREN WAS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN JP INCLUDING THE FOOTLIGHT CLUB, THE ARMORY COMMITTEE AND THE JAMAICA POND ASSOCIATION HOLDING SEVERAL MEETINGS AT THE GALWAY HOUSE ON CENTER STREET. SHE LOVED HER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORS AND BOSTON AND HER PRESENCE WAS FELT IN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING JAMAICA PLAIN, MISSION HILL, THE FENWAY, SOUTH BOSTON AND ROXBURY.  KAREN LOVED PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC ORIENTED ACTIVITIES LIKE THE ANNUAL WAKE UP THE EARTH CELEBRATION AND VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE IN SPRING CLEANUP EVENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE LOVE YOUR BLOCK I ASKED THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN JP RESIDENTS IN RECOGNIZING KAREN FOR HER LIFELONG EFFORTS AND DECLARE SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH LOVE YOUR BLOCK AND JP AS THE KAREN WEBSITE JAMAICA PLAIN LOVE YOUR BLOCK DAY OF 2024 I AM SEEKING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION THIS RESOLUTION AND RESOLUTION TO DO JUST THAT.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK PLEASE. THAT CAPTURES BREADON COLETTA DURKIN FOR NANCY ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA MURPHY SANTANA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CASUAL WEBEX TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 00710 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING NAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 0710 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0711 TOKEN OF A0711 COUNCIL OF FERNANDA SAN JACINTO FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HEAT OF THE DAY FEDER IS THE CITY OF BOSTON HOLIDAY ON APRIL 10TH, 2024. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON COUNCIL FOR AN ENGINEERING OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MR CLERK. AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . EITHER THE VICTIM IS CALLED THE MAN SIGNIFICANCE FOR MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE MAKING THE END OF RAMADAN AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF UNITY AND REFLECTION AS WE COME TOGETHER IN DEVOTION TO GOD.  I THINK EVERY YEAR WHEN I DO THIS I USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT MUSLIMS WE BELIEVE THAT THINGS HAPPEN BY THE WE SAY THE COLOR OF A LAW BASICALLY BY GOD'S WILL AND SO WE DON'T FORCE TO EDUCATE, WE DON'T FORCE TO FEED FEED INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AND THAT MAKES US VERY CLOSED IN.  BUT I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE AND SPREAD INFORMATION AND SO A LAW WHEN YOU HEAR A LOT LIKE IT'S NOT A LAW, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ONE WORD, IT'S TWO WORDS. IT'S ALL THE GOD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY I WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO STOP SAYING THIS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY WHATEVER GOD IF YOU CALL IT A LAW BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST SAYING GOD IN ARABIC.  SO WHEN YOU SAY A LAW YOU ARE SAYING THE GOD THAT'S IT THE WORD THE AND THEN GOD. SO I THINK IN A SPIRIT OF , YOU KNOW, EDUCATING AND HOLDING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT AND SO I SPEAK ENGLISH RIGHT? I'M NOT AN ARAB AND I DON'T SPEAK ARABIC FLUENTLY.  SO YOU CAN SAY TO ME PEACE BEYOND TO YOU IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU MISPRONOUNCE A ALAIKUM YOU ARE PRONOUNCING IT SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO IT'S OKAY TO SAY PEACE TO YOU IN THAT SPIRIT AS WELL. SO AS YOU KNOW, RAMADAN IS DONE NOW I CAN STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW I HAVE, YOU KNOW, FASTING BRAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'LL PROBABLY STILL LAST ANYWAY BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE AND TODAY I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY. JAMES BALDWIN ONCE SAID AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A BINDER HERE WITH THIS PICTURE THAT I ALWAYS BRING INTO THE CHAMBER THAT NOT EVERYTHING IS FAKE, THAT SPACE CAN BE CHANGED BUT NOTHING CAN BE CHANGED UNTIL THAT IS FACED . AND IN THE SPIRIT OF EID THIS ENTIRE RAMADAN MUSLIMS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD I'M SURE ARE DEPRESSED AND FEEL HOPELESS AS THOUGH THAT THEY THAT THEY THEY THEMSELVES CAN DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN PRAY OR MAYBE ATTEND A PROTEST. THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THINGS SEVERAL WAYS THAT I WANTED TO APPROACH THIS BUT BECAUSE THIS IS EAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME AS MUSLIM TO SPEAK THE TRUTH AND TO AGAIN BRING EDUCATION TO THIS AND TO THIS ISSUE. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE SEEM VERY CAPABLE OF FACING . FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HAMAS ATTACKED ISRAEL ON OCTOBER SEVEN, OUR LOCAL POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT QUICKLY RALLIED TO ISRAEL'S SIDE. WE SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, A STAND WITH ISRAEL RALLY WAS ATTENDED BY OUR TWO SENATORS AS WELL AS OUR SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE CITY AND OUR OWN GOVERNOR.  WE FACED THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION OF THAT DAY AND WE CONDEMN IT. IT WAS WRONG. IT'S HORRIBLE WHAT HAPPENED AND WE SHOULD SUPPORT ISRAELIS.  SO THEN WHY CAN'T WE HELP OR AT LEAST I CAN'T HELP TO WONDER WHY WE DIDN'T FACE A DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ROUTINELY METED OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA IN THE YEARS PRIOR?  NO ONE STOOD UP TO THAT OR AT LEAST EVEN MYSELF AND I AGAIN, I SPEAK FOR MYSELF FIRST, RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE FROM 2006 TO OCTOBER SEVEN, 2023, 6000 PALESTINIANS HAD BEEN KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES. I RECALL NO LOCAL OFFICIALS I WASN'T IN POLITICS BUT NO ONE BROUGHT ANY LIGHT TO IT. NO ONE ATTENDED RALLIES, NO POLITICAL OFFICIAL COMMENTING ON THIS, ATTENDING ANY RALLIES OR UTTERING PHRASES THAT THEY STOOD WITH GAZA OR WEST BANK FOR THAT FOR THAT MATTER.  BUT LET US GO NOT TOO FAR BACK IN HISTORY. LET US TRY TO FACE RECENT HISTORY SINCE MANY OF US WERE ABLE TO FACE IT AFTER OCTOBER SEVENTH. SINCE THEN ISRAELI FORCES HAS BOMB BEEN BOMBING GAZA ON OCTOBER 3RD. YOU'RE A MAD HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT DETAILING THE KNOWN DESTRUCTION OF THE ISRAELI BOMBING CAMPAIGN AS OF APRIL 3RD. THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED 41,496 KILLED. THEY COMBINED THE NUMBER OF KNOWN DEAD AND MISSING HERE . JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE NUMBER LIKELY IS HIGHER.  IN ADDITION, 455 PALESTINIAN HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND SETTLERS IN THE WEST BANK DESPITE THE WEST BANK NOT BEING GOVERNED BY HAMAS 77,250 INJURED, 136 JOURNALISTS KILLED, 2 MILLION DISPLACED, 122,500 COMPLETELY DESTROYED HOMES 269,700 PARTIALLY DESTROYED HOMES, 443 DAMAGED SCHOOLS. SPEAKING OF WHICH THERE WAS THERE HAS BEEN NO SCHOOLING IN GAZA SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS BOMBING WITH AROUND 620 STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL.  I COULDN'T IMAGINE I HAVE SONS AND ONE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. I COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT FOR MY OWN SON 2217 DESTROYED INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 647 DAMAGED MOSQUES AND THREE DAMAGED CHURCHES 349 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS KILLED AND 520 INJURED 301 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED INCLUDING 29 HOSPITALS, 69 CLINICS AND 203 AMBULANCES. MY COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE YET TO FACE THIS AND SO I STAND HERE WITH YOU TODAY WITH ANY OF 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER SIEGE RIGHT NOW, HAVE WE ACKNOWLEDGE OR MENTIONED IT SO IN THE SPIRIT OF COMING TO CELEBRATE EID AFTER RAMADAN, IT'S HEARING THAT KIDS WERE GETTING JUST ABOUT 250 CALORIES TO BREAK THEIR FAST. IMAGINE NOT EATING OR DRINKING WATER ALL DAY OR IMAGINING YOUR CHILDREN NOT HAVING ANY FOOD ALL DAY AND THEN HAVING TO BREAK FAST WITH GRASS NOT VEGETABLES, NOT RICE, NOT FLOUR GRASS AND THEN IMAGINE THOSE HUMANITARIAN AID BEING DENIED AND THEN IMAGINE IF YOU DO VOLUNTEER TO GO FOR AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AND THEN THOSE YOU'VE HEARD THAT RECENTLY THOSE PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR A TOTAL OF SEVEN JUST IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WE HAVE LEARNED A STARVING PEOPLE TRYING TO OBTAIN FOOD AID BEING SHOT AND KILLED IN DOZENS OF FROM THE FORCES BY THE FORCES.  WE HAVE LEARNED OF THE FOOD AID BEING DROPPED BY US PLANES ACTUALLY FALLING AND KILLING GAZAN CHILDREN.  WE HAVE LEARNED OF AID WORKERS BEING MURDERED BY ISRAELI FORCES. WE HAVE LEARNED OF THE UTTER DESTRUCTION OF AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL BY ISRAELI FORCES AND THE DEATHS OF 400 GAZANS THERE. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DOCUMENTED THE DESTRUCTION OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING CONTAINING ONLY CIVILIANS THAT WAS BOMBED BY ISRAELI FORCES, KILLING AT LEAST 106 GAZANS IN THE H R W CALLS A WAR CRIME.  WE HAVE LEARNED THAT AT LEAST TWO 2032 PEOPLE INCLUDING 28 CHILDREN HAVE LITERALLY STARVED TO DEATH IN GAZA AND YOU'VE SEEN PICTURES OF IT AND OF THEM IN SOCIAL MEDIA. I SAW A LITTLE BABY SHE WAS JUST ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD AND HER ENTIRE FACE WAS BURNT AND THEY WERE TRYING TO CHEER HER UP SO THEY GAVE HER A LITTLE LOLLIPOP AND SHE IT WOULD HURT HER TO PUT THE LOLLIPOP THROUGH HER MOUTH BECAUSE SHE HAD ALL THESE BLISTERS FROM THE BURN AROUND HER MOUTH AND HERE THE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IS STARVING CHILDREN TO DEATH LITERALLY IN GAZA STRIP WITH THIS DELIBERATE AND SYSTEMIC OBSTRUCTION OF FOOD AID. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT ALEX DE WAAL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORLD PEACE ORGANIZATION, HAS SAID THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS IN GAZA THE MOST INTENSE FAMINE SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND SINCE OCTOBER EIGHTH WE HAVE LEARNED ISRAELI STRIKE AIRSTRIKES HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 320 LEBANESE PEOPLE AND HAVE DISPLACED 90,000 PEOPLE WITHIN LEBANON DESPITE LEBANON BEING A SOVEREIGN STATE THAT ISRAEL IS NOT AT A DECLARED WAR WITH. WE HAVE THESE THINGS BUT WE HAVE NOT FACED THEM.  SO I WANT TO RAISE MY VOICE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I CAN'T POSSIBLY GO HOME AND CELEBRATE AND SAY THAT IT'S THE END OF RAMADAN OR THE COMPLETION OF RAMADAN AND EAT WITH MY KIDS. OFTENTIMES YOU GO HOME IN THE PRACTICES THIS YOU FAST YOU HAVE TO PRAY ALL FIVE TIMES A DAY PRAYER SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW IT'S FAJR TO THE FAJR TO HER ASR MAGHREB AND ISHA AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PRAY THE LAST PRAYER WHICH IS THROUGH HERE AND THAT ENDS ABOUT 1030, 11:00 DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU STAY AT THE MOSQUE . BUT WHEN YOU BREAK FAST YOU LITERALLY HAVE NOT EATEN ALL DAY. SO WHEN YOU GO PUT YOUR FOOD IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVEN'T EATEN ALL DAY AND THEN YOU REMEMBER AND THEN YOU REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE IN SUDAN ARE SUFFERING. PEOPLE IN CONGO IS SUFFERING. PEOPLE CHILDREN ARE BEING STARVED LITERALLY ON PURPOSE IN GAZA, IN GAZA BUT ALSO IN WEST BANK NOW SO I WANT MY COLLEAGUE I'M ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASS.  UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME IT'S NOT IT'S A IN SHALLOW IT'S A AID MUBARAK IT'S A BLESSED AID.  IT DOESN'T MEAN HAPPY BY THE WAY IT MEANS BLESSED BUT IT'S NOT A CREAM FOR POOR MUSLIMS THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IMPACTED. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE I KNOW THAT YOU TO OUR SIDE. I KNOW THAT YOU TWO HURT WHEN YOU SEE CHILDREN ALL ACROSS MASSACRES IN CONGO AND ALL ACROSS THE WORLD AND WE SAY OH, THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE BUT WE AS POLITICIANS IN BOSTON HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND I LOOK TO THAT CONVERSATION AND SEPARATE IN THE FUTURE WITH YOU. I LOOK TO YOUR CONVERSATION.  I LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR WEBER FOR HAVING ATTEMPTED AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ORGANIZE BETTER WITH COMMUNITY AND DO THIS WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE I DO THINK IT STILL NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT AND I ASK THAT GOD FORGIVES US ALL FOR EVERY BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE IN THIS.  I'M NOT IN THE POSITION THAT I THINK ANYONE IS A COWARD NO LESS THAN THAN MY OWN COWARDICE BECAUSE WE ALL EXERT IT IN ONE WAY OR FASHION. SO I ASK THAT YOU FORGIVE ME FOR ANY WAY THAT I I'VE OFFENDED YOU.  I ASK FOR PROTECTION FOR ME FOR MY FAMILY. I ASK FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO STOP HARASSING ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR THE NEWS . I ASK THAT WE DEAL WITH EACH OTHER CIVICALLY AND THAT WE SIMPLY IN THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY WE LOOK AT THIS AS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE FUTURE INSHALLAH. AND TODAY I'M ASKING FOR SUSPENSION AND PASS FOR A BLESSED EAD AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK. BUT IT IS NOT JUST A FEAST.  IT'S RECOGNIZING IT'S WORKING ON YOURSELF, IT'S REFLECTION. IT'S MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN NOT EATING AND THEN HAVING A BIG FEAST. SO I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T GET UP AND CHEER AS I USUALLY DO FOR EAT BUT I'M STILL ASKING YOUR SUPPORT TO THANK YOU COUSIN FERNANDA ANDERSON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OF WEBCAMS WHEREBY YOU HAVE I THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR HER COMMENTS TODAY. I MEAN I THINK I AGREE WITH HER IN THAT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY WHAT GOING ON IN GAZA. YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY JEWS AND MUSLIMS IT'S BEEN THAT JUST NEVER ENDS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, IS ON THE FRONT OF EVERYONE'S MINDS AND AND YOU KNOW, I DO HOPE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF MUSLIMS FIND SOME PEACE ON THIS NEED. YOU KNOW I KNOW AS WE JEWS GO INTO PASSOVER IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IT'S THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO BE FEELING THE SAME PAIN AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I JUST YOU KNOW, I WILL REITERATE WHAT I SAID ON THIS TOPIC A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.  YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR THOROUGHLY ELECTED OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BRING AN IMMEDIATE END TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE FOLKS IN GAZA. IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT I YOU KNOW, I KNOW MUSLIMS ARE HAVING AND JEWS ARE HAVING EVERY NIGHT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH AND YOU KNOW, I'M SURE I'M GOING TO MISS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MAKE ME PEACE BE WITH YOU. THAT'S EVEN THE EXPRESSION FOR EED FOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND OTHER MUSLIMS WHO ARE CELEBRATING OR YOU KNOW, REFLECTING THIS EVENING.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE AND CONCENTRATE ANY OF THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, CONSUL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON I THINK SO MANY OF US ARE JUST LOST FOR WORDS WITH THE EVENTS OF THIS TRAUMA, WITH THE IMMENSITY OF THIS CRISIS,  WITH THE IMMENSITY OF THIS HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE THAT FOLKS IN GAZA ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. BUT I JUST REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT WE ALL NEED TO HOLD SPACE SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRAUMA. WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE TO THE GRIEF, THE PROFOUND SORROW AND THE PAIN THAT'S HAPPENING.  AND TO ECHO CONSUL WEBER IS, YOU KNOW, FINDING A WAY FORWARD . THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS GRIEF AND AND AND ALSO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND ENSURE AND ADVOCATE TO HAVE A SAFE PASSAGE FOR HUMANITARIAN NEED TO GET INTO GAZA AND AND AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD AND YOU KNOW I'M JUST FEELING MYSELF LOST FOR WORDS IN TERMS OF AND I'M PERPETUALLY LOST WORDS IN THIS IN THE FACE OF THIS AND THIS CRISIS. SO UM, PEACE BE WITH YOU AND COUNSELOR FERNANDA SANDERSON AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. WE JUST HAVE TO HOLD SPACE TO GRIEVE AND SOOTHE EACH OTHER'S PAIN THIS AT THIS POINT AND ADVOCATE FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR BREADON IS ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER COMES FROM INGENIOUS AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR HEART AND HURT WITH US THE IMAGES OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF BABIES STARVING AND NOT HAVING THE FOOD THEY NEED IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT'S HARD FAMINE IN GAZA, THE FAMINE IN SUDAN, THE FAMINE IN HAITI AS A RESULT OF WAR AND ATROCITIES AND VIOLENCE. SO I JUST ECHO THE NEED FOR AN IMMEDIATE END SO THAT FOLKS CAN CAN HEAL AND NOT SUFFER IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE. SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS BUT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY COLLABORATIVELY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN SAY AND AND REALLY YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT INFLUENCE ON INTERNATIONAL MATTERS.  BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM SPEAKING OUT ON HAITI. IT DOESN'T STOP OTHERS FROM SPEAKING OUT ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO THEM. AND SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT NEED AND MAY PEACE BE ON TO YOU AND MAY PEACE BE ON TO EVERYONE WHO'S CELEBRATING AND OR MARKING THIS DAY INCLUDING MY STAFFER HOLDING WHO HAS A DAY EAT OFF TO BE WITH HER FAMILY AND SO IS IF ANYONE ELSE IS LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN HERE BUT BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR KASPER FOR AN ENTRY ANDERSON SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0711 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALTHOUGH THE POLICY NAME OF MR. CLARKE PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DUCK IN NUMBER 0711 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTI AS COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL OFFICIAL YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NOW COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. NO IT'S NOT MEJIA. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCIL PERSON YES THAT'S CORRECT. YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WHIRL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK IN NUMBERS 0711 AS WE SEE 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE THANK YOU DOCKET 0711 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RECORD NUMBER 0712 DUCK IN NUMBERS 0712 COUNCILORS WERE ALAN FITZGERALD OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 13TH, 2024 AS THE LOUIS DE BROWNE DAY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL I BELIEVE COUNCILOR OH, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS. YES. WHICH OF COURSE SHE DIDN'T PASS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I SHOULD HAVE JUST ALLOW THAT. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON AND CARLOTTA DARK AND FERNANDO ANDERSON, MICKEY MURPHY, THE BAND SANTANA. OH, SO TIM IS ON MR WEBER WEBER . WHAT? AND PLEASE ON THE CHAIR. I DON'T THINK I FORMALLY HAVE ADDED A SENTENCE. I JUST BEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL CITIZEN AS ORIGINALLY SHARED ON THERE AS AN ORIGINAL READY?  YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL WE'RE OUT OF SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.  TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I HAVE MY FIRST ONE SECOND TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR SANTANA ALSO ADDED INCLUDES OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS ON THERE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.  SORRY , I JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME BUT I SEE IT NOW. 0712 CAVANAUGH I WANT TO SHARE ALSO IS ON THERE YOU JUST ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. WE'RE ADDING EVERYONE OUT OF THEIR NAME, ADDING COUNCILOR FLYNN TO IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF OF ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0712 I'LL SAY I ALL OPPOSE NAY.  THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0713 LUCKY NUMBER 0713 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY CODE CAP TELECOM UNIT CARTER'S WEEK. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN AS A CO-SPONSOR.  COUNCILOR DURKIN SO ADDED COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY.  NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUTERS WEEK BEGINS APRIL 14TH THE WEEK IS MEANT TO RECOGNIZE AH 911 OPERATORS FOR THE THANKLESS WORK THEY DO BY ASSISTING OUR RESIDENTS IN TIMES OF NEED AND DIRECTING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT.  OFTENTIMES TELECOM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL ESPECIALLY OUR 911 OPERATORS MUST BE A CALM VOICE DURING WHAT IS LIKELY THE WORST CRISIS IN THE CALLER'S LIFE. THIS REQUIRES THEM TO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS AND CALLS FROM PEOPLE REPORTING THE CRIME THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED.  OVER THE WEEKEND NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED AIRED A PIECE ON 911 OPERATORS OR 9 MILLION CALL CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND FOUND THAT MANY OF THE CALL CENTERS ARE UNDERSTAFFED. LEAVING 911 OPERATORS WHO ARE UNDERPAID EXPERIENCING BURNOUT ANXIETY GIVEN THE NATURE OF THEIR JOB. IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH SEIU 888 WHICH REPRESENTS 911 OPERATORS, I LEARNED THAT MANY 911 OPERATORS WHO WANTED TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES BUT THAT DISABILITIES PREVENTED THEM FROM SERVING AS FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS SO THEY CHOSE TO WORK AS 911 OPERATORS. I ALSO LEARNED THAT MANY OF OUR OPERATORS IN MASSACHUSETTS ITS SUFFER FOR BURNOUT AND LEAVE THE JOB BEFORE REACHING RETIREMENT AGE DUE TO THE HIGH STRESS AND TRAUMA OF THE WORK TELECOMMUTING CREATIONS PERSONNEL OR HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS THAT WE RELY ON. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. I AM SEEKING SUSPENSION AND ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING APRIL 14TH OF THE 20TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK.  I'M HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH SEIU 888 AND I'M LIFTING UPLIFTING NEXT WEEK BY FILING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PATRICK DURKIN. CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR RUBBER FOR RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT THE PERMANENT WORK OF OUR NINE ON ONE CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS . AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2023, I FILED A HEARING ORDER TO REVIEW THE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY'S WORKFORCE IN A POST COVID 19 BOSTON. LATER I HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE WHICH WAS THE FOREFRONT OF MY CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES. THIS WORK UNVEILED THE INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITIES PLACED ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TOWER COMMUNICATORS DURING SUCH A CHALLENGING TIME DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC FROM MARCH 2020 TO MARCH 2021. THE 911 PEER SUPPORT NETWORK A CRISIS INTERVENTION AND PEER SUPPORT NETWORK TEAM WHICH OPERATES WITHIN MASSACHUSETTS STATE PEER SUPPORT NETWORK AND AND IS THE FIRST AND ONLY TEAM COMPRISED OF 911 EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE NETWORK RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 1000 POINTS OF CONTRACT CONTACT WELL OVER A PRE-COVID-19 PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 2018 AND 2020. THE PEER SUPPORT NETWORK TEAM RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 500 POINTS OF CONTACT. THESE EXPERIENCES OUTLINED THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC AND DURING THE AFTERMATH HAS HAD A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE WELL-BEING OF OUR SOCIETY,  NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR ECONOMY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HAVE THE BEST RESOURCES POSSIBLE AND HAVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS ADDRESSED WITHOUT FEAR OF STIGMA. THIS RESOLUTION TODAY IS SO IMPORTANT INTO RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT THEIR WORK IS. SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO CALL OUT SEIU 88 AND TONY LANDRY WHO DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB ADVOCATING FOR FOR A CIVILIAN DYNAMIC ONE DISPATCHERS. ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT STIGMA FREE ACCESS TO CARE BECAUSE OF MY OWN FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND I THINK SEIU EIGHT AND EIGHT FOUR LEADING THE WAY. I KNOW BEHIND EVERY STATISTIC A PERSON, A FAMILY AND A COMMUNITY IS COUNTING ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE AT THE TABLE. AND SO AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A CO-SPONSOR. CHAPEL OF THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, SAFETY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MINUTES ART CONSTABLE WITH THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE PLEASE ADD MY NAME THESE TELECOMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON CALLING 911 OPERATORS THEIR OVERWORKED THEIR UNDERPAID. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM. AND AS WE CELEBRATE THIS RECOGNITION IN RECOGNIZING THEIR WORK THIS WEEK LET US ALSO COMMIT OURSELVES TO ENSURING THAT WE ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE DIGNITY IN THE WORKPLACE AND THAT THEY HAVE TIME OFF AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT JOB STRESSFUL JOB IN BEING FORCED TO WORK 16 HOURS A WEEK AND NOT SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES DOES HAVE AN IMPACT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY RECOGNIZE OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCIL FARRELLY AND THE WORK HE DID ON THIS ISSUE FOR SO MANY YEARS SUPPORTING OUR 911 OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PATRICK BREADON AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK ONE OF THE DOCKETS THAT WE VOTED ON IN TODAY'S WITH REGARD TO CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS YOU GET THE RIGHT GET IT RIGHT. BUT ANYWAY, ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES IS THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS IN THE 911 CALL CENTER AND THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD THAT MANY OF OUR 911 PERSON CALL OPERATORS WERE ADVOCATING FOR. THEY'VE GOT AN INCREASE IN PAY. THEY'VE NOW GOT A CAREER PATH FORWARD BECAUSE IT WILL BE SUPERVISORY POSITIONS OPEN TO THEM. AND SO I THINK WE'VE REALLY WORKING WITH I KNOW I WAS WORKING WITH COUNCILOR SLATTERY LAST YEAR TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE 911 CALL OPERATORS AND WORKING WITH SEIU TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS AND HAVE MORE RECOGNITION FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT OUR 911 OPERATORS DO. THEY ARE TRULY THE FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE THE FIRST PEOPLE YOU CALL YOU CALL 911 THE FIRST PERSON TO RESPOND TO YOUR CALL IS ARE THE 911 CALL OPERATORS AND VERY OFTEN WORK UNDER INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL CONDITIONS AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCIL WEBER FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THAT INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE WORK. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR WEBER FOR FILING ONE OF THE INCARCERATED AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS DOING INCREDIBLE WORK ON THIS ISSUE FOR OUR INCREDIBLE NINE ONE OPERATORS CONCERT. DURKIN SHUT IT OUT. SEIU LOCAL 880 TONY LANDRY ALL OF THEM ALL OF THE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK BUT AREN'T GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED FROM THE CITY TO MAKE IT AT A JOB THAT IS LESS STRESSFUL THAN WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN FORCED TO WORK OVERTIME ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS, ON HOLIDAYS . AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN THEM, INVESTING IN OUR 911 OPERATORS. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN MY COLLEAGUE FOR ELEVATING THIS ISSUE AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THEIR DILIGENCE AND ALL OF THEIR WORK ON THIS ISSUE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE.  THAT CONCERNS GRAYDON COLETTA FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA LAUREL PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNSELORS, WEB COUNSELORS WEBER AND DURKIN SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES COUNCIL'S WEB EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0713 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 0713 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 071 FOR DUNCAN NUMBER 071 FOR COUNCILOR AS MURPHY AND FITZGERALD FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING POLISH CONSTITUTION DAY AND FLAG RAISING ON MAY 30, 2024. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. CHAIR SO I STAND TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION THAT I KNOW THE COUNCIL FITZGERALD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS TODAY THE POLISH CONSTITUTION DAY IS CELEBRATED ON MAY 3RD EACH YEAR AND COMMEMORATES THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION IN 1791 WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN COURTS TO TUTION IN THE WORLD AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THE HISTORY FOR POLAND AFTER GAINING THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN 1918 MAY 3RD BECAME A HOLIDAY IN POLAND IN THIS DAY LIKE MANY OTHER HOLIDAYS WAS NOT CELEBRATED DURING THE TIME OF THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION.  THIS HOLIDAY WAS RESTORED BY POLAND IN 1990. POLISH IMMIGRANTS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CULTURE, POLITICS AND EDUCATION OF BOSTON AND THEIR LEGACY CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN THE CITY TODAY. TODAY POLISH AMERICANS CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY AND COUNTRY IN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, RELIGION, THE US MILITARY BUILDING TRADES AND ORGANIZED LABOR.  THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE IMMENSELY TO OUR ARTS AND CULTURE AS WELL AS SPORTS. SO I DO WANT TO UPLIFT THE POLISH COMMUNITY WHICH IS STRONG HERE IN BOSTON AND ESPECIALLY THE DORCHESTER POLISH TRIANGLE WHERE THE POLISH AMERICAN CLUB IS THAT COUNCIL OF FITZGERALD REPRESENTS ALONG WITH ALL OF US AT LARGE COUNCILORS AND THAT ON MAY 3RD WE ASK THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT RAISE THE FLAG AT 11 A.M. ON MAY 3RD TO CELEBRATE OUR POLISH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNT FROM OUR FEET COUNCILOR FOR CHARITY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THE POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB THAT'S IN THE POLISH TRIANGLE DISTRICT THREE. I KNOW MANY FOLKS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE AND IT'S REALLY ACTUALLY A FANTASTIC PLACE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF HISTORY THERE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE THERE VISITS FROM JFK AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN PICTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY, WE LOVE THE POLISH FOLKS AND I THINK THAT THIS HONORING THEIR POLISH CONSTITUTION DAY AND FLAG RAISING MAY WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THAT. THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RICHARD, I HAD RECENTLY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH YOU AND TOUCH MY PEN AND OTHERS WERE THERE AS WELL AND I HAD BEEN THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES MY FIRST TIME GOING TO SECOND FLOOR AND REALLY SEEING THAT HISTORY AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE JUST YEAH AND I THINK IT'S REALLY NEAT TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT COMMUNITIES AND THAT DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT GROUPS HAVE HAD ON THE CITY AND I THINK THAT SECOND FLOOR MADE IT VERY, VERY PALPABLE. SO I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB I BELIEVE IS THE NAME FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE CITY AND FOR THE WORK THEY DO REALLY RETURNING THEIR HERITAGE IN HISTORY. IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME. I ALSO REPRESENT A LARGE POLISH COMMUNITY RIGHT WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND THE POLISH TRIANGLE AND I WAS I WAS PROUD TO GET THAT AREA ALONG WITH THE LOCAL COUNCIL FITZGERALD IN THE ANDREWS SQUARE AREA.  I KNOW THIS AREA. I KNOW THE POLISH COMMUNITY VERY WELL.  I KNOW THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR COUNTRY AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT POLAND IN THE LATE EIGHTIES WHEN MARTIAL LAW WAS DECLARED. BUT I SAW THE RESILIENCE OF THE POLISH COMMUNITY, THE POLISH PEOPLE WHETHER IT WAS FIGHTING COMMUNISM OR AS FIGHTING NAZIS AND OR FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE BUT WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, THIS ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATING THE ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTION THAT THE POLISH PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR COUNTRY. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A LARGE POLISH COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON AND DORCHESTER BUT WE HAVE A POLISH COMMUNITY IN THE HYDE PARK AREA AS WELL AND AND OUTSIDE OF BOSTON AND CHELSEA AND SPRINGFIELD. BUT WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING THE POLISH AND THE POLISH AMERICAN'S CONTRIBUTION AND MAKING OUR COUNTRY BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH COUNCILOR MURPHY COMMENTED TO MENTION THIS EARLIER THAT MANY OF US SEE WHAT A MAYOR I DON'T KNOW IF I PRONOUNCED HIS NAME CORRECTLY BUT HE IS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CHIEF POWER PLANT ENGINEER AND HE WAS ONE OF THE SHATTUCK AWARD WINNERS LAST TIME AND HE WAS WAS VERY PROUD WHEN WE RAISED THE FLAG LAST YEAR AND WHEN HE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE SHATTUCK AWARD MANY OF THE POLISH COMMUNITY WAS THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM SO I DID JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT BEFORE WE TOOK A VOTE. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, A RESIDENT OF THE WEST END, CAROL MOTUEKA WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO PRESERVE THE POLISH TRADITION IN AND LIVES IN THE WEST END AND AS A GREAT PERSON IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO MEET HER AND AS THE NOW THE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE WEST END CIVIC ASSOCIATION SO REALLY EXCITED FOR HER AND HER LEADERSHIP AND JUST WANTED TO SHOUT HER OUT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN.  FERNANDO ANDERSON. MARIA PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER WORLD PEACE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FITZGERALD'S EXPANSION OF THE ROLLS AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0714 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU JACK NUMBER 0714 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 07150715 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A HIRING FREEZE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.  WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE ENTERING TREACHEROUS WATERS HERE.  WE'RE ALREADY IN THEM AND THEY HAVE RAMIFICATIONS ACROSS CITY GOVERNMENT FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. WELL, IT'S VITAL MOVING FORWARD THAT I BELIEVE IS THAT ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE THAT NONE OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS TOO MANY OF US BESIDES MINE THE WAY THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND THAT WE APPROACH THESE CHOPPY NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH THE BUDGET SEASON WITH AN EYE ON PRESERVING CORE SERVICES AND PROVIDING THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH THE GOVERNMENT THEY DESERVE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH DARLING LONG BOSS ON THE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ON THE COUNCIL ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR CITY WORKERS FROM A MAJOR ASK ME AND SEIU UNIONS I AM WITHDRAWING IT AT THIS TIME BUT LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND I WILL BE PRESENTING SOMETHING WITH SOME DIFFERENT WORDING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THANK YOU FOR IT. STRONG WE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF UNIONS WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW OVERBURDENED OVERWORKED THEY WERE AND THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HIRING FOR THE MANY POSITIONS THAT OUR WORKERS THAT OUR CITY WORKERS FEEL OVERBURDENED AND ESPECIALLY OUR LOWEST PAID WORKERS AND SO MR. CLERK, PLEASE WITHDRAW DOCKET NUMBER 00715 SO QUOTE WHEN YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 07160716 COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND FERNANDA SANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE WEEK OF APRIL 11TH TO THE 17TH AS BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED IS COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MORALES MR CHAIR.  AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. OH, AT STARTING OFF CAN I SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HE HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILMEMBER HERE THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OH NO, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IT'S HARD. OKAY? IT'S HARD IF YOU'RE ON THAT SIDE SO ABSENT OBJECTION. OH, ABSENT OBJECTION, COUNCILOR , I'M HERE.  SO DID AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT TOOK ME SOME TIME TO DO SO TOMORROW. AS I SAID EARLIER THIS MORNING DURING OUR BUDGET BUDGET BREAKFAST TOMORROW IS WHEN BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK STARTS. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DEEP, DEEP HEALTH DISPARITIES. A LOT OF THEM ARE WRITTEN IN IN THIS RESOLUTION BLACK WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES THAT ARE 3 TO 4 TIMES HIGHER THAN THOSE OF WHITE WOMEN A DISPARITY THAT EXISTS REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR EDUCATION LEVEL AND A DISPROPORTIONATE AFFECTED BY LIFE THREATENING MATERNAL HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE PREECLAMPSIA, POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE, BLOOD CLOTS ALONGSIDE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF PREGNANCY RELATED COMPLICATION AND THE BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK WAS FOUNDED BY BLACK MAMAS MATTER ALLIANCE DEDICATED TO AWARENESS ACTIVISM AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AIMING TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES PERSPECTIVE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BLACK MOTHERS AND BIRTHING PEOPLE. AND THIS IS A WAY TO ENGAGE IN DIALOG, SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND TAKE ACTION TO ADDRESS THOSE HEALTH DISPARITIES. THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MATERNAL OUTCOMES MATTER AND OUR STORIES COMING TO BOSTON THIS WEEKEND AND EXEMPLIFIES A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES BY CONNECTING THOUSANDS OF WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK AS A BLACK WOMAN ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY MEMBERS YOU JUST SEE THE DISPARITIES IN OUTCOMES AND THE DIFFICULT TIME.  THE WOMAN THAT I KNOW AND IN MY LIFE HAVE IN THE BIRTHING PROCESS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE ARE INTENTIONAL. I WANT TO THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING IT AND SO IT WAS JUST A IT WAS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES THAT WAS A PERFECT COMING TOGETHER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY TRYING TO UPLIFT THIS ISSUE TO TRY TO CLOSE THIS PERNICIOUS HEALTH GAP. SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE BLACK MENTAL HEALTH WEEK AND WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OF FINANCE ANDERSON THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME TO THIS.  AS A BLACK BLACK MOTHER MYSELF, IT DEEPLY CONCERNS ME OBVIOUSLY FOR IN TERMS OF THE DISPARITIES IN MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FACED BY BLACK WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY WE HAD A WE DID A TRAINING ON JUST VISCERAL TRAUMA IN MY PAST WORK AND IT WAS ALARMING TO ME HOW BLACK WOMEN INTERNALIZE THEIR EXPERIENCES OR VISCERAL TRAUMA FROM WORK OR THEIR ENVIRONMENT OR HOW THEY'RE TREATED AND THAT IN ITSELF THAT IT LIVES IT WITHIN THEIR DNA AND THEREFORE FACE A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES ESPECIALLY DURING LABOR.  THAT IN ITSELF I THINK SPEAKS VOLUMES TO SORT OF LIKE THE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSIVE STRUCTURES BUT ALSO JUST HOW ALREADY OUR BODIES ARE COMPROMISED BECAUSE OF RACISM, SYSTEMIC OR OTHERWISE.  AND SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THIS RESOLUTION UNDERSCORES THE URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ANY POLICIES THAT ADDRESS MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG BLACK WOMEN. AND JUST AS A REMINDER FOR US IN THE ONGOING NEED TO BUILD HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS THAT IS INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF ALL MOTHERS ESPECIALLY BLACK MOTHERS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR . I'M HERE. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ADDING ME . YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL I'VE BEEN FILING THERE SO I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ DECIDED TO ADD ME AS AS A CO-SPONSOR AND BECAUSE IT'S A DEEPLY IMPORTANT TO ME . SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO JUST REALLY QUICK BEFORE I START I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME FOLKS SO IN A SHIRA BURRELL, TIFFANY BOUSSO AND EMILY AND ESTHER AND SENATOR MIRANDA, ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES AS IT RELATES TO ADVOCATING FOR AND FIGHTING ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE AND EVERYONE HERE ON THE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE UPLIFTING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THOSE DOLLARS TO MEET ADVOCACY POSSIBLE.  SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES FOR A LONG TIME DOING THIS WORK. AS WE KNOW AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN PARTICULAR HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY THAN ANY RACIAL ETHNIC GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES AND I'M GOING TO JUST PUT THIS TO SPEAKS FOR MY HEART BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO THE BEST.  SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALONGSIDE BIBLE VILLAGE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS REALLY LOOKING AT AND EVEN THE BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WOMEN NAVIGATE SERVICES AND THERE IS A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES AND A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES DOCTORS BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED. AND YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN I HAD AN ALICE I HAD GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND I WAS FORCED LITERALLY TO HAVE A C-SECTION AND HAD I KNOWN THEY ALWAYS SAY I WISH I KNEW WHAT I IF I KNEW WHAT I KNEW THEN I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT CHOICE HAD I HAD A CHOICE TO BRING MY DAUGHTER INTO THIS WORLD DIFFERENTLY, I WOULD HAVE OPTED TO DO THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REALLY SEES US OR VALUES US AND OFTENTIMES ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR US.  AND SO FOR ME AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PERSONALLY I KNOW THAT IF MY EXPERIENCE AS A AFRO, AS A BLACK LATINA I COULD ONLY IMAGINE AND THIS IS WHY I AM SIGNING ON TO THIS AND ALWAYS CONTINUING TO FIGHT BECAUSE BLACK WOMEN HAVE IT TEN TIMES IF NOT HARDER THAN MOST.  SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THAT THE WORK THAT TIFFANY VASSELL HAS BEEN DOING IN THIS SPACE ALONGSIDE THE SHIRA BURRELL IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, A NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTHING CENTER THAT ALLOWS WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF BIRTHING TO HAVE A SPACE TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN INTO THE WORLD AS THEY SEE FIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE SO MANY OF US HAVE HEARD THE NAMES OF WOMEN POSTPARTUM WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS HAVE SUFFERED FROM SUICIDAL IDEATIONS AFTER PREGNANCY.  BUT TO MANY OF US DON'T TALK ABOUT IT AND YOU KNOW BLACK WOMEN ARE TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SUICIDE SUICIDAL IDEATIONS BUT ARE WAY LESS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED OR TO BE TREATED FOR IT. AND THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THIS TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE BRING THIS TO THE FOREFRONT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE MAKERS FOR THIS. I AM PROUD TO ADD MY NAME AND AND ANYTHING ABOUT BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH IS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND WE ARE AS A SOCIETY AT A CROSSING POINT OR AT A CROSSROADS OF WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE AND WHETHER WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS ABORTION CARE. SO THIS COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE BEING ABLE TO BE A BLACK MOM MEANS BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE TO NOT BE A BLACK MOM AND I THINK REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN ALL SENSES BEING ABLE TO RAISE A HEALTHY BABY, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE CARE YOU NEED AFTER PREGNANCY THIS IS ALL REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND I'M REALLY HONORED THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE ARE BRINGING THIS TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ AND COUNSELOR MEJIA FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU OR ANY OF YOU KNOW THIS BUT I AM THE DAUGHTER OF COMMUNITY MIDWIFE.  MY MOTHER WAS A COMMUNITY MIDWIFE AND DISTRICT NURSE IN NORTHERN IRELAND WAY BACK IF YOU WATCH CALL THE MIDWIFE. THAT WAS MY MOTHER WAY BACK IN THE FIFTIES ON THEIR BICYCLE SO A DOCTOR OR RECRUITER THIS MORNING ANNOUNCED THAT THE BP C WAS DEDICATING SIGNIFICANT FUNDS TO SUPPORT MATERNAL HEALTH AND PRE AND POST-NATAL CARE FOR BASICALLY ME AND SHE REFERENCED BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK. SO I THINK THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM HERE THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHERE THE NEEDS OF BLACK MOTHERS ARE UNRECOGNIZED COMPLICATIONS IN PREGNANCY AND AFTER BIRTH ARE OFTEN MIS UNDERSTOOD, ARE NOT RECOGNIZED OFTEN CAUSING SEVERE MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES AND SOMETIMES DEATH AND THAT THREATENS THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER BUT ALSO THE LIFE OF THE THE CHILD. SO PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND I REALLY APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES FOR RAISING UP THIS ISSUE AND LET US CONTINUE TO WORK. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SIMPLE FIX. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OPINIONS OF THE INNOCENT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR SOME STATISTICS BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT IN THE CONTEXT IN TERMS OF LIKE SUICIDALITY OR BEING MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SUICIDALITY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES AND I THINK IN ITS PROPER CONTEXT IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED MEANING THAT EVEN WHEN THEY DO COMPLAIN, EVEN WHEN THEY DO SEEK HELP, EVEN WHEN THEY DO COME FROM MIDDLE CLASS OR LOWER CLASS OR UPPER THAT THEY ARE RESPONDING TO LAST THAT THEY ARE TREATED SO THERE AND THEN YOU'VE HEARD OF EXPERIMENTATIONS THE STUDY THE RIDICULOUS STUDY THAT CAME OUT SUPPOSEDLY THAT BLACK PEOPLE OR EVEN ESPECIALLY SPECIFICALLY BLACK MOTHERS EXPERIENCE LESS PAIN IN LABOR. SO ALL OF THESE TYPES OF RACIST PRACTICES AND IGNORANT IDEOLOGIES THAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN OUR PAST A HISTORIC AND AND STILL CURRENT MEDICAL PRACTICES DO IMPACT ALL OF THIS SO LEADING TO DEPRESSION IF YOU IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY KIND OF LIKE POST PARTUM DEPRESSION OR JUST MAYBE IT MAYBE IT'S A SIMPLE SORT OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL OR SITUATIONAL DEPRESSIVE IN ILLNESS WHICH IS LIKE TEMPORARY DEPRESSION BUT THEN LEADING OR TRIGGERING PAST POTENTIAL DECOMPENSATION WHICH WHICH JUST MEANS THAT LIKE YOU YOU CAN SORT OF TRIGGER MENTAL HEALTH THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCE OR WITNESSED OR THAT IT'S IN YOUR GENE POOL. SO MAYBE YOU ARE NOT YOU WEREN'T YOU WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, SUICIDALITY OR YOU'RE NOT NOT THAT BLACK WOMEN WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE IT JUST BY BEING BLACK BUT IN ITS CONTEXT THAT ALL OF THIS HAS TO LEAD TO THAT. AND I THINK I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RAISING THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT POINT AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY HESITANT TO STAND UP AND SPEAK ON THIS. I'M UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THE MALE THE PRIVILEGE I HAVE OF BEING A MALE AND BUT I WAS ALWAYS UNDERSTANDING AS A SON OF AS A BLACK OF A BLACK WOMAN AND AS A BROTHER OF AND BEST FRIEND OF A BLACK WOMAN AND MY SISTER I THOUGHT IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US MEN TO YOU YOU KNOW, RISE WITH WITH THE WOMEN ON THIS COUNCIL AND JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT BUSH AND COUNCILOR MAHI AND COUNSELOR FERNANDO SANDERSON AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE AND TO AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT POLICIES WE CAN REALLY IMPLEMENT TO PREVENT WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ? I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I CONSIDER MYSELF AN ALLY IN THIS WORK SO I ALSO WANT TO JUST STAY IN COUNCIL FINANCE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASA FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR MEJIA I JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE FAMILY NURTURANCE CENTER. THE NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTH CENTER, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF WOMEN ADVANCEMENT BPC AND ROOM TO GROW AND ALSO NEEMA THIS WEEK SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE STARK DISPARITIES FACED BY BLACK WOMEN IN MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DESPITE INCOME OR EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, BLACK WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES THAT ARE THREE 3 TO 4 TIMES HIGHER THAN THOSE OF WHITE WOMEN IN BOSTON. BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION RELEASED A STUDY LAST YEAR SAYING THAT INFANT MORTALITY FOR BLACK INFANTS IS THREE TIMES THAT FOR WHITE INFANTS IT IS TIME FOR FUNDING AND ACTION TO ADDRESS THESE HEALTH DISPARITIES.  I'M PROUD TO HAVE COLLABORATED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF WOMEN ADVANCEMENT WHERE WE ARE WHERE WE AWARDED $50,000 TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTH CENTER THROUGH THE HEALTHY PREGNANCY AND BIRTH GRANT. THIS GRANT AIMS TO RESPOND TO THE PRESSING NEED FOR MORE SUPPORT PARTICULARLY AMONG BOSTON'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND THE GRANT WILL ALSO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTH CENTER IN THEIR FINAL PUSH TO OPEN A PHYSICAL CENTER IN ROXBURY NEXT YEAR. I'M ALSO WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF WOMEN ADVANCEMENT TO EXPAND A DUAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOLS SUCH AS THE BURKE.  WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE REGISTRY ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER COLLECT AND TRACK DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AROUND INFANT MORTALITY.  ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR ROOM TO GROW CHARITY DRIVE AND MY DISTRICT OFFICE IN DORCHESTER AHEAD OF THEIR BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK TALK ON FRIDAY AT THAN WORDS AND FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE UNFAMILIAR WITH THEM ROOM TO GROW SEEKS TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO FAMILIES IN NEED CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING FOR THE COMMUNITY SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK TIME BUDGET SEASON AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.  COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASA FERNANDEZ OH YEAH AND MY NAME'S YEAH IF ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR BREADON CASCA LEADER COUNTER DURKIN COUNTY COUNCIL FITZGERALD CASA FLYNN CASA MURPHY CASA CASA SANTANA CASA WEBER AND PLEASE COUNCIL AROUND CASA PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL OPINIONS IN THE CITY COUNCIL HERE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASS OF THE DOCKET NUMBER OH STEP OATH 0716 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.  DOCKET NUMBER 0176 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  OKAY. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR ARE AROUND AND I THINK COUNCILOR BRAYTON MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT BUT I WAS I WAS REMISS I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO DR. OJUKWU TWO OVER AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION IMPORTANT TO HAVE HER IN THAT ROLE AS A BLACK WOMAN WHO WAS I WAS LASER FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE THAT IS A LARGE ONE AND IT REQUIRES ALL OF US TO BE LASER FOCUSED BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT DR. OJUKWU TO MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0717.071 SO AND COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 2600 ENACT ACT ENHANCING SCHOOL BUS SAFETY THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OR CONTROLLER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCILOR DURKAN AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS CATCH OF A PEN IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL WHERE ELSE WAS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING OUR OBJECTIONS DURKAN AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO VISIT THE BPP'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND GET AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT HOW THINGS WORK THERE. I KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS SAFETY IS THE OUTMOST CONCERN IN THIS LEGISLATION WHICH IS UP ON BEACON HILL WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO TICKET DRIVERS WHO GO AROUND A BUS WITH A FLASHING STOP SIGN OUT WITH STUDENTS ENTERING AND EXITING THE BUS. ADDITIONALLY, THE BILL WILL ALLOW CAMERAS TO BE MOUNTED ON EMPTY BUSSES TO ENSURE BUS LANES KEPT CLEAR OF CARS. THIS PART OF THE BILL WOULD SOLVE A FEW FEW THINGS. RIGHT NOW BTD IS HAVING TROUBLE FILLING ALL THOSE POSITIONS AND THIS TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT CAN SOMETIMES LEAD TO ALTERCATIONS MAKING IT EVEN TRICKIER ON OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAMERA ENFORCEMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS ON DUE PROCESS AND PRIVACY IN TERMS OF DUE PROCESS AND ACTUAL PERSON WILL BE REVIEWING EACH INFRACTION BEFORE SENT OUT. AND IN TERMS OF PRIVACY, THIS CAMERA IS LIMITED ENOUGH THAT WHEN I TALKED TO THE ACLU IN MASSACHUSETTS THEY SIGNED OFF ON THIS BILL. I WANT TO THANK SENATOR PAUL MARK FOR BRINGING THIS BILL ON BEACON HILL AND I HOPE THE MESSAGE WE SEND TODAY WILL HELP OUR BOSTON DELEGATES AND MOVE THIS FORWARD. THERE ARE STRONG BENEFITS TO THIS TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASTRO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRABAND.  CONTRABAND. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK COUNSELOR WORRELL FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TO THE FLOOR TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS WELL. I DO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE STATE LEGISLATOR BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN BOSTON AND DURING MY MAIDEN SPEECH I TALKED ABOUT THE USE OF TO INSTALL CAMERAS ON THE STOP SIGNS OF THE SCHOOL BUSSES BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED THE IN PBT THEY DID A PILOT IN THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS OF THAT PILOT PROGRAM THEY FOUND OUT THAT 808 HUNDRED AND 850 VEHICLES VIOLATED THAT STOPS AND THAT'S PRETTY MASSACHUSETTS.  IMAGINE HOW MANY CARS THAT IT STOPS SIGN IN BOSTON ON A DAILY BASIS THAT IS A THAT'S A THAT'S A SAFETY CONCERN PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN TO OUR CITY. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS AS COUNCIL WE'RE ALL MENTIONED THAT OUR BUSSES ARE CLEARED UP BECAUSE WASHINGTON STREET IN ROSWELL IS HAS A BEAUTIFUL BUS LANE BUT ROUTINELY ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE MORNING IT'S IT'S COVERED UP BY THE BY THE CARS PARKED ILLEGALLY AND OUR BUSSES CANNOT GO THROUGH THERE SMOOTHLY SO I'M HAPPY TO STAND HERE IN SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M JUST PART OF THIS PROCESS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . AGAIN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE A FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR RAUL FOR ADDING ME AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR AND COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PEPEN TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE HAVING A HEARING ON HIS MAIDEN SPEECH AT 10 A.M. ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS.  SO WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TOMORROW MORNING BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT BILL. THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK ARE MANY BUT SAFETY CHALLENGES MUST BE OUR TOP PRIORITY. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS SMALL SCALE SAFETY EFFORTS LIKE DAYLIGHTING CROSSWALKS, CROSSWALKS, INSTALLING SPEED HUMPS, RE-ENGINEERING SIGNAL TIMING, RESURFACING INTERSECTION CURB RAMPS ADDING TO MAKING SURE THAT TACTILE PADS AND PAVERS ARE UP TO DATE AND EVEN FRESH COAT OF PAINT COMPLEMENT LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS CENTERING BUS LANES AND AN EVER EXPANDING MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT NOT ONLY ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS BUT ALSO RESILIENCY, EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVEMENTS WE KNOW THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MOBILITY FOR ALL ROAD USERS THAN RELYING ON LAWFUL BEHAVIOR BY ROAD USERS.  CERTAINLY WE KNOW THAT SPEED SPEEDING AND RED LIGHT RUNNING IS NOT THE NORM BUT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PERMITS SUCH VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS BY EVEN ONE PERSON COMPROMISES THE SAFETY OF ALL ROAD USERS AND KIDS ARE SPECIFICALLY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT AS THE MOST VULNERABLE OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERS.  THAT'S WHY IT'S NECESSARY TO INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY THAT ASSIST IN ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AS PART OF AN OVERALL VISION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY. I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS BILL AT THE STATE HOUSE TO ALLOW FOR CAMERAS TO BE PLACED ON SCHOOL BUSSES IN ORDER TO ENSURE SAFETY TRIPS OF ALL RIDERS. WE KNOW THAT BOARDING FROM AN EMPTY BUS THAT CAN NOT PULL UP TO THE CURB DUE TO A PARKED CAR OR KIDS GETTING OFF OF A SCHOOL BUS IN THE WAKE OF A CAR VIOLATING THE OUTSTRETCHED OUTSTRETCHED STOP HANDLE LEAVES ONE IN CREDIBLY DANGEROUS POSITION. I'VE BEEN HEARTENED TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY ENFORCEMENT IS SUCCESSFULLY USED IN OTHER CITIES AS CLOSE TO SOMERVILLE AT THE CURB LEVEL AND I KNOW THAT SOME MAY HAVE CONCERNS AROUND THIS TECHNOLOGY BEING USED BUT I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT IT WOULD BE ONLY AT THE LICENSE PLATE LEVEL WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.  YOU KNOW IT WE NEED THE TOOLS ESPECIALLY WITH AN UNDERSTAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE BIGGEST THING I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT IS THAT WE NEED ENFORCEMENT ON OUR STREETS SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT BILL AND TO GIVE THIS BILL BOOSTS AT THE STATE HOUSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KASPER DURKIN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE TO THANK COUNCILOR MORALES FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION AS A PART OF SENATE BILL 2600 AN ACT ENHANCING SCHOOL BUS SAFETY.  AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE ADD MY NAME AUTOMATED TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING AND THINKING A LOT ABOUT ESPECIALLY AS WE WORK TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR PEDESTRIANS. THIS BILL HAS COMMON SENSE PROVISIONS TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOL BUSSES ARE EQUIPPED WITH SENSORS TO INFORM THE DRIVER OF ANYONE NEAR THE BUS WHO MIGHT BE IN A BLIND SPOT AS WELL AS TO ALLOW USING CAMERAS MOUNTED ON BUSSES TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OF OTHER VEHICLES USING BUS LANES OR BUS STOPS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND TO OUR STATE LEGISLATOR TO CONTINUING THEIR WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT BILL TO PROVIDE GREATER SAFETY FOR ALL OUR STREETS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCIL WAS GREAT IN A LETTER FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY BUT BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR COUNCILORS WORLD PEP N AND DURKIN TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0717 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ALL THOSE OPPOSING A MR. CLERK,  WILL YOU PLEASE DO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DUCK IN NUMBER 0717 COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR A LETTER? YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE SANSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. THAT'S A LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PERMANENT COUNCILOR CAPTAIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE A 717 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 0717 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0718 DUNCAN NUMBER 0718 COUNCIL FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DECLARING SPEEDING CARS AND RECKLESS DRIVING AS PUBLIC AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD, COUNCILOR PEPEN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BUT THEN IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR FLINT'S SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND INJURIES HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ISSUE HERE IN BOSTON. RECENT WEEKS THERE HAVE BEEN ALREADY TWO PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES ONE PEDESTRIAN BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED BY CARS.  WELL. LAST YEAR IN 2023 THERE WERE SEVEN PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.  IN 2022 THERE WERE 12 PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.  THIS IS NOT JUST A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.  IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN.  IN RECENT YEARS THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN DEATHS IN SERIOUS INJURIES CAUSED BY CAR CRASHES HAVE SOARED NOT JUST HERE IN BOSTON BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. PEDESTRIAN DEATHS BEING UP 77% ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY BUREAU.  SOME HAVE NOTED THAT THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ALREADY ALLOWED MANY DRIVERS TO TREAT LESS CONGESTED ROADS AS A LICENSE TO SPEED OR DRIVE RECKLESSLY,  WHICH BECOMES NORMALIZED EVEN NOW AFTER THE PANDEMIC. IN THIS MIX THERE'S ALSO SMARTPHONE USE IN DISTRACTED DRIVING AS WELL. I SEE IT THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT TWO IN SOUTH BOSTON, CHINATOWN, THE SOUTH END BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL. ADVOCATE ITS RESEARCHERS PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DISCUSSED THE LINK BETWEEN ROAD SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTING ROAD SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE DUE TO THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF DEATH AND INJURIES CAUSED BY TRAFFIC.  BACK IN 2004, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IDENTIFIES MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC INJURIES AS A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM AS WELL DECLARING SPEEDING CARS AND UNSAFE ROADS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WILL HELP TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ELEVATE THIS ISSUE, DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE URGENCY IT NEEDS IN ITS REQUIRED OF OUR DEDICATED CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO WORK TOGETHER ALONG WITH THE BOSTON POLICE AND WITH RESIDENTS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CAR CRASHES IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND INJURIES.  I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER HAS DONE ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL.  THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO GET MORE DATA ON THE PROBLEM IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS FOR SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING, DEVELOP PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND ENSURE THAT THESE STRATEGIES ARE ADOPTED.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEP BAND COUNCILOR PAT PENNING OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. I FEEL LIKE MY TALKING POINTS UNFORTUNATELY ARE GETTING REPETITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TOPIC BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.  I THINK ABOUT A YOUNG BOY THE FOUR YEAR OLD GOT KILLED ON WHAT I WAS LAST YEAR AND I PARK I THINK ABOUT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AT THE INTERSECTION OF BEXLEY ROAD IN WASHINGTON STREET IN ROSLINDALE AND I THINK OF THE COUNTLESS EMAILS I RECEIVE PEOPLE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEY FEAR CROSSING THE STREET FROM ONE SIDE OF BLUE HILL OUT TO THE OTHER ONE IN MATTAPAN AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF SPEEDING DRIVERS AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT UNFORTUNATELY CONTINUES TO IMPACT NOT JUST MY DISTRICT BUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST ELEVATE THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SLOWS VEHICLES DOWN LIKE COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONS ABOUT RACE CROSSWALKS AND STOP SIGNS YOU THINK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AS WELL WHICH IS WHY THAT IS WHICH IS GOOD THAT JUST HEARING ORDER BEFORE WAS TALKING ABOUT CAMERA ENFORCEMENT AND.  WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. BUT EVEN AS RESIDENTS AS A DRIVER MYSELF, WE NEED TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. WE NEED TO WHAT?  DRIVING A VEHICLE. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT A VEHICLE IS A WEAPON. YES, IT IS A MAKING OF TRANSPORTATION BUT IT IS ALSO A WEAPON BECAUSE IT CAN KILL SOMEONE. SO WE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES AS DRIVERS WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD JUST BE MINDFUL OF OUR SURROUNDINGS. SO I'M JUST UNFORTUNATELY I FIND MYSELF TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN. BUT I'M PROUD TO STAND ON THIS SIDE OF THE ISSUE AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD AND ASKING OUR COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILMEMBER IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR PéPIN THERE'S CERTAIN TOPICS THAT ARE WORTH TALKING ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I WAS GOING TO RISE AT THE LAST DOCKET ABOUT BUS SAFETY BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS RELATED TO IT ALSO. WHAT I SEE IN IS DISTURBING TO ME IS THAT TOO MANY DRIVERS DON'T STOP AT THE CROSSWALK AND MANY TIMES A WEEK I'LL BE DRIVING AND I SEE A BUS STOP AT THE YOU KNOW, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CHILDREN GET OFF THE BUS NEAR THE CROSSWALK THEY RUN ACROSS THINKING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT. AND TOO OFTEN I'M JUST WORRIED THAT A CAR IS GOING TO DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH THE CROSSWALK AND WE KNOW TRAGICALLY THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ONE IS TOO MANY HERE IN THE CITY. ALSO I LIVE THE CORNER. MY HOUSE IS A CROSSWALK AND I'VE COUNTED OVER 20 CARS WHEN I GO THERE TO WALK MY DOG ACROSS THE STREET AT THE PARK AND SOMETIMES IT'S THREE OR 4 MINUTES AND I'M COUNTING HOW MANY CARS JUST DRIVE RIGHT BY JUST COMPLETELY IGNORING THAT THERE IS A CROSSWALK AND IT IS A BUSY INTERSECTION WHERE MANY CHILDREN COME FROM THE SIDE STREETS TO YOU KNOW, GO OVER AND ENJOY THE PARK. SO WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE LAWS WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS. BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT DRIVERS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN ON THIS BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND SUPPORT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO OBVIOUSLY DOING ALL THEY CAN AND WHATEVER ELSE SUPPORT THEY NEED WHEN THEY'RE DOING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THE SPONSORS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I WAS DEVASTATED TO HEAR OF THE LIVES LOST ONE LIFE IS TOO MANY AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE VISION ZERO TO GET TO ZERO PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.  JUST LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A CRASH IN THE NORTH END ON COMMERCIAL STREET AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING I THINK ANY CALL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR STREETS THAT PROTECT PEDESTRIANS FROM SPEEDING CARS IS WELCOMED. I DO LIKE THE LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT SUPPORTS THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITHIN OUR STREETS CABINET TO TO GET TO TO VISION ZERO. I JUST THROUGH. MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR.  IF I MAY. YOU MAY. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR LEGAL AUTHORITY TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND WHO IS ACTUALLY WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE THEM.  I'M WONDERING IF THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION YOU MEANT THAT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION SHOULD BE THE ONES CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY SEEING OR TO ISSUE A DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AS IS REQUIRED. THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. AS DEFINED BY MASS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER ONE ON ONE SUBJECT 30 AS WELL AS THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH ACT OF 1995. SO IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT STATED HERE IT'S JUST ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. AND IF YOU WERE TO DO THE FIRST, THAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT WOULD UNLOCK INVESTMENT IN RESOURCES THAT WE NEED BEYOND THE THE CITY'S BUDGET OBVIOUSLY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT POINT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, DR. COLLADO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND?  YES. YES, MADAM CHAIR.  I THINK COUNCILOR CARTER IS RIGHT. BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION IS ONLY CITY AGENCY THAT CAN DECLARE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. MAYBE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION, LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION AND MAYBE SEE WHAT OTHER SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO US AND TO RESIDENTS INCLUDING PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ON THE DANGERS OF A SPEEDING COUGH.  SO ONE MOMENT. OKAY.  I'M SORRY . NEWS DAY IS STILL ON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CULTURAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I THINK THAT THAT WARRANTS FURTHER DISCUSSION AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS GO TO COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION COME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO DECLARE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. WE SHOULD DO IT EXPEDITIOUSLY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND WE'RE ALL GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE AND IT IS A WELL INTENTIONED RESOLUTION.  I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT SORT OF RESOURCES THIS WOULD TAP INTO SHOULD WE DECLARE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BUT GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE. I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A LARGER CONVERSATION NEEDED. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY COUNCILOR COLETTA IS ACCURATE. I THINK IT WILL ADD TO THE DISCUSSION. SHE SHE MAKES A GREAT RECOMMENDATION AND IT SHOULD BE STUDIED FURTHER ABOUT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO HELP EDUCATE US ON THE DANGERS OF DRIVING.  SO A COMMITTEE HEARING WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE ENTIRE BODY. SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR CARTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  WAS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THE CHAIR. MR. CLERK, PLEASE. COUNCILORS BRAEDEN COLETTA DURKAN FITZGERALD 1502 PREVENT A SANTANA OR WEBER WORLD AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR BECAUSE OF THIS THERE'S IN IT A DESIRE HERE TO DECLARE THERE'S A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.  I WILL BE SENDING THIS DOCKET TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.  IT'S THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY COMMITTEE.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS? DUNCAN NUMBER 0719 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL AND MEJIA PERSONNEL.  THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0719 AND ZERO SEVEN OF DOCKET NUMBER 0719. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS PASSED SO I CAN NAME A ZERO 7 TO 0 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY PERSONNEL ORDER THE CHAIRMAN FOR PATTERN OF DOCKET NUMBER 0720 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THIS PERSONAL ORDER HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING GREEN CHEESE IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN CHEESE ? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKETS OF 546 AND 0547 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS. THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF TWO DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AT 133 FEDERAL STREET THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BUILDING AND 29 BROMFIELD STREET THE HUTCHINSON BUILDING. BEFORE I BEFORE I GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR SORRY CAN I MAKE SURE THESE ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE MS.. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . COUNCILOR DURKIN MR QUICK WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCKET NUMBER 0546 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BUILDING 133 FEDERAL STREET BOSTON, MASS. AS A LANDMARK AND EFFECTIVE TO APRIL 20TH, 2024 IF NOT ACTED UPON AND DOCKET NUMBER 0547 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNIQUE FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE HUTCHINSON BUILDING AT 29 BROWNFIELD STREET BOSTON, MASS AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER APRIL 20TH, 2024 IF NOT ACTED UPON. THANK YOU MR PARK. THEIR MATTERS ARE PROBABLY BEFORE THE BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT FIRST I WANTED TO OFFER SOME PROCESS RELATED CONTEXT FOR MY COLLEAGUES. OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 1ST, 2024. HOWEVER THESE LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS WILL TAKE EFFECT ON APRIL 28, 2024 IF NOT ACTED UPON. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COUNCIL'S VOICE IN THIS PROCESS I WANTED TO BRING THESE DOCKETS BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR PROPER CONSIDERATION BEFORE I REQUEST TO SUSPEND ROLES AND PASSPORT DOCKETS TODAY. ON FEBRUARY 27TH THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DESIGNATE BOTH THE HUTCHINSON BUILDING AND THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BUILDING AS LANDMARKS. THE HUTCHINSON BUILDING AT 29 BROWNFIELD WAS BUILT IN 1924 AS AN EXAMPLE OF CLASSIC REVIVAL COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT DESIGNATED BY ARCHITECT RALPH HARRINGTON DOAN FOR BOSTON REAL ESTATE INVESTOR AND DEVELOPER JAMES MURRAY HOWE, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF WHAT IS NOW THE BOSTON GREATER BOSTON REAL ESTATE BOARD BUILT ABOUT 50 YEARS AFTER THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1872. THIS BUILDING WAS A RESILIENT EXAMPLE OF REGROWTH FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY OF AFTER THE BLAZE. I FIND ALL THIS HISTORY TO OFFER HELPFUL PERSPECTIVE IN THE MODERN DAY AS WE EVALUATE THE TRANSITION OF DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AND GROWTH IN THE AREA AS WELL AS FOR THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BUILDING LOCATED AT 133 FEDERAL STREET. IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1960S. THE BUILDING WAS INTENDED TO HEADQUARTER BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON DURING A TIME SUBURBAN FLIGHT AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMPANY TO PROMOTE ITSELF AS A PROGRESSIVE AND DEDICATED TO PROVIDE AS PROGRESSIVE AND DEDICATED TO PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. THIS IS ONE OF THREE BUILDINGS IN BOSTON DESIGNATED BY RENOWNED ARCHITECT PAUL RUDOLPH AND WAS THE FIRST NEW BUILDING ERECTED IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SINCE THE 1920S. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE STYLE BUILDING IN BOSTON WHERE IN A BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE BUILDING RIGHT NOW . BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY. I'D LIKE TO YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COUNCILOR CLETA IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON EITHER OF ON ON THE OTHER BUILDING WHICH IS IN HER DISTRICT.  SO FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN WILL YIELD TO HIM ON THE HUTCHINSON BUILDING AT 29 BROMFIELD STREET. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, A QUESTION TO THE SPONSOR OR TO THE TO THE CHAIR . SO IF THIS IS NOT ACTED UPON VERY SOON THEN IT BECOMES IT BECOMES CLEAR. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YES. BECAUSE OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY 1ST. THIS WOULD BECOME A BOSTON LANDMARK BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT YET ACTED ON IT. SO I WANT TO GIVE US THE TO VOTE ON IT. IF WE DON'T VOTE ON IT TODAY IT WILL BECOME A BOSTON LANDMARK WITHOUT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING, WOULD YOU. DO YOU HAVE FURTHER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  SO I AM SOMEWHAT WELL, LET ME START OVER. I WISH WE HAD A HEARING ON THIS. ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING IS IN MY DISTRICT. SO I'M AWARE OF IT. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO IT BECAUSE I KNOW TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.  BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I'VE REPRESENTED IT FOR FOUR SEVEN YEARS NOW.  ARE WE ARE WE CERTAIN WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE A COMMITTEE HEARING ON IT?  MADAM CHAIR, I WILL PASS IT TO COUNCILOR DURKAN TO RESPOND. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVEN IF THERE WAS A HEARING THAT WAS HELD THERE NO MEETING PRIOR TO THIS AUTOMATICALLY BECOMING LAW.  BUT COUNCILOR DURKIN, I WILL SEE THE FLOOR TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL . COUNCILOR FLYNN. SO AT LEAST WITH YOU KNOW I'M A DISTRICT COUNCILOR SO AT LEAST WITH THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED IN MY DISTRICT WITHIN MARKS CONSIDERATIONS I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AT THOSE IN THOSE PROCESSES THROUGH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M ADVOCATING FOR MORE MONEY FOR THE LANDMARKS LANDMARKS COMMISSION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND FINANCES TO BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT OUTREACH TO US AND SO RESPECTFULLY.  ALSO MY PREDECESSOR IN THIS POSITION, COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER, OFTEN TIMES PULLED THESE TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT HAVING A HEARING. I THINK HE WAS A GREAT LEADER IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SO FOLLOWING HIS STEAD AND THE START OF MANY FORMER CHAIRS I'M BRINGING THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT AS A COUNCIL AND THEN RESPECTFULLY AS WE FIND YOU KNOW, IF I WILL STAY ABREAST AS THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION CHAIR OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT ON AS THE PLANNING DEVELOPER AND TRANSPORTATION CHAIR WHEN THINGS ARE ACTED UPON I'M HAPPY TO COMMUNICATE THOSE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE, COUNCILOR FLYNN IF NOT, I WILL YIELD TO COUNCILOR CLETA KAMPS. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. CAROL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO IT BUT AS A DISTRICT'S CITY COUNCIL WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN MY DISTRICT I WANT TO BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING. I WANT TO KNOW EVERY FACT ABOUT THIS DECISION. I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON SOMETHING WHERE I'M NOT PREPARED.  I THINK EVERY DISTRICT COUNCILOR WOULD WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR DISTRICT AS WELL.  WHAT WILL PREVENT US, MADAM CHAIR, FROM THIS HAPPENING AGAIN? WHERE WE DO WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A HEARING. WE ARE ABLE TO FIND OUT AND LEARN ABOUT A LANDMARK. THIS DISCUSSION WOULD WOULD THE PARTICULAR CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE CALL A HEARING OR DO WE JUST GO TO THE GREEN SHEETS AND VOTE ON IT? BUT I DO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HEARING WHEN THINGS ARE IN MY DISTRICT. THAT'S HOW I AM AS A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR . I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN I BELIEVE AS COUNCILOR DURKAN STATED THAT IT'S WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE CHAIR. LAST TERM MY FIRST TERM DEFINITELY SAW A LOT OF PULLS FROM THAT LANDMARKS AND SO IT'S UP TO THE PURVIEW OF THE CHAIR. MR. CLERK WE SO ITS DOCKETS ARE NUMBER 0546 AND 0547 IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CALATA COUNCILOR CALATA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.  SO THIS IS A BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BUILDING. IT IS COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN.  THAT IS WHAT IS COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS IT'S 133 FEDERAL STREET. SO THIS IS A NEW TENANT IN DISTRICT ONE ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. IT IS A LOT MORE NUANCED THAN THIS BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN CURRENTLY BUT IT IS STILL THE CONCRETE THAT WE SEE THROUGH THERE. URBAN RENEWAL OF THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES I DID SEE THIS COME THROUGH THE GREEN SHEETS QUITE SOME TIME AGO AND SO LOOKED INTO IT AND SAW THAT THERE WAS A REPORT ON THIS AND SO BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS A REPORT IT'S IT'S FULLY NOTICED ON BOSCO OF I WILL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND SUPPORT IT THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLETTA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN KUSTER DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANKS SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO BOTH MY COLLEAGUES DISTRICT COLLEAGUES WHO ARE PUSHING FOR THIS. WE OR HAVE HAVE SPOKEN TODAY I WILL BE ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF BOTH OF THESE LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS AND GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN BUDGET SEASON AND WE'VE ONLY HAD 2.5 WEEKS SINCE THIS WAS FILED BY THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION WE HAVE AND THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MANY HEARING DATES OPEN REALLY HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A HEARING AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HOLD THOSE HEARINGS FOR THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER. I'M PUSHING FOR BOTH OF THESE TO BE TO BE PASSED AND APPROVED TODAY AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I DO KNOW WE ARE GOING INTO A BUDGET SEASON BUT WHEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HAVE HEARINGS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAVE THEM.  SOMETIMES HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED AND THEN THEY'RE CANCELED SO FOR VARIOUS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.  BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS BODY AND HAVE HEARINGS AND IF WE HAVE TO HAVE HEARINGS ON FRIDAYS OR OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I, I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HEARING ON IT. I DO UNDERSTAND COUNCILOR BAKER MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT APPROACH BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE A HEARING WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS BUT GOING FORWARD I'M GOING TO OBJECT TO ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS LIKE THAT AGAIN, THAT CONNECTION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEER AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR PULLING THIS OUT.  SUPER IMPORTANT I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT. I RESPECT YOUR LEADERSHIP.  I THINK YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB AS CHAIR.  WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. WE DON'T HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT ONCE YOU'VE EXPLAINED YOURSELF THE FIRST TIME THE SECOND TIME THE THIRD TIME AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD GO TO VOTE SO SUPPORT YOU MY DEAR SISTER AND COLLEAGUE AND LET'S MOVE TO VOTE. THANKS. THANK YOU. WITH THAT SAID THE CHARITY EXPANSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBER 0546 AND 0547 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OKAY LET'S DO A SEPARATE VOTE WITH DO ONE VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0546 THE TRUSTEE SEEKS SUSPENSION PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0546 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING A THE AYES HAVE IT DOCKET NUMBER 0546 HAS PASSED THE CHURCH EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF OF DOCKET NUMBER 0547 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 0547 HAS PASSED AND APOLOGIES. I DIDN'T NEED TO SAY SUSPENSION OF THE ROLLS ON THAT ONE. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? GREAT. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE SIX SIX FILE MATTERS FOR FIVE OF FIVE PERSONNEL AND ONE IS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE'S NAMES ONE IS A LETTER OF ABSENCE.  WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LEGAL MATTER SAY I AM OPPOSED NAY THANK YOU. THE LATE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA MR CLERK, PLEASE READ THE PERSONALLY FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD FIRSTLY FOLLOWING A LETTER FROM AMIR MICHAUD WILL PLEASE NOTE THAT WILL BE OUT OF TOWN ON MONDAY APRIL EIGHT, 2024 FROM 5 A.M. RETURNING SAME DAY BELIEVE AT 10 P.M. THANK YOU MR. CLERK PLEASE BE THE NEXT WEEK FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD THE REMAINING LATE FILE MATTERS WHICH ARE PERSONNEL ORDERS SECONDLY FROM OUR PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR CENTRAL STAFF THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF THIS FILE MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING IT. THIS PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, PLEASE BE THE NEXT FORMAT INTO THE RECORD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR CENTRAL STAFF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PORTION OF THIS FILE MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED, MR CLERK THROUGH THE NEXT FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR OF LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR HAPPENED THE CHAIR LOSER PASSION OF THIS MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING IT. THIS PERSONAL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED MR QUICK BRINGS YOU THE NEXT FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR CAPTAIN THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THIS MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING IT. THIS PERSONAL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR COURT, PLEASE BE THE NEXT FOR A MATTER INTO THE RECORD PERSONAL ORDER COUNCILOR ALLUSION FOR COUNCILOR OF MERCY THE CHAMBERS OF PASSAGE OF THIS MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING THIS PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MR CLERK, ARE WE GONE? DO THEM ALL. YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON. I WANT TO TALK TO COUNCILOR FRIEND FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. WE ARE IN A BRIEF RECESS .  WE ARE BACK IN SESSION THIS COUNSELOR FLYNN ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK ON A MATTER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN FINANCIAL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR, THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT I WAS TOLD BY THE CHORUS THAT IT WAS KIND OF TIME SENSITIVE. I WOULD LIKE US TO REVISIT IT.  IT'S RELATING TO IS A GRANT TO SUPPORT THE VETERANS COMMUNITY AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IT. IT'S DOCKET NUMBER 0697 THAT ONE. OKAY, MR. CLERK, YOU GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DUNCAN NUMBER BILL 697 THAT'S A GRANT THAT IT WAS AWARDED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN PARTICULAR TO THE ARCHIVES AND IT'S $15,000 FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ARCHIVES HAS ALREADY BEGUN ITS WORK WITH THE STATE TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF VETERANS IN MASSACHUSETTS. SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD ASK FOR RECONSIDERATION.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN CAPITAL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK THE CLERK EXPLAINED IT WELL. I'M IN SUPPORT.  I'D LIKE US TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT AND SUPPORT THAT PROPOSAL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO SUSPEND PASS MOTION.  OH, OKAY. MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE SENDING DOCKET NUMBER 06697 TO COMMITTEE AND INSTEAD TAKING A VOTE.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR HAS IN THAT MOTION SECONDED SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I MR CLERK ,PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND THOSE IN FAVOR OF PULLING IT NOT SENDING IT TO COMMITTEE AND TAKING A VOTE SO THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THIS GRANT ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 60697 COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLORED COUNCILOR ARCHULETA YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FOR FERNANDES SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR ALLUSION YES SIR LOUISE AND YES. COUNCILOR ME HERE. COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNSELOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNSELOR TIERNEY YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORLD YES. COUNCILOR ROLE YES. TALKING NUMBERS 0697 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0697 THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR THE VERY VETERANS HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM HAS PASSED I THINK MR. CLERK WE WERE WHERE WE ARE ON CONSENT ORDERS BUT WE HAD JUST FINISHED THE LATE FILES. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ THE LAST LATE FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD. THE PERCENTAGE.  OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL BE ADDING THIS ONE LATE FILE MATTER TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. YES, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THE COURT THAT THERE IS ONE ADDITION 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 THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS SO IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHT ON.  I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT CAME HERE ALL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES. WE DID HAVE A LOOK AT THE CATHEDRAL GIRLS BASKETBALL IN THE HOUSE BUT JUST ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM. WE WANT TO GET THEM THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT BUT AGAIN, THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND TO EVERYONE'S OFFICE FOR ALL THE COORDINATION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FOR ANDERSON BECAUSE FERNANDA ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS SUNDAY AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, MY PATERNAL GRANDMA IS POLISH AND SO CAPE VERDEANS HAVE A LOT OF JEWISH INFLUENCE AND I'M ONE OF THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE CAPE VERDEAN JEWISH SAY THERE AT THE DEL MAR BURNS ON SUNDAY AT 2 P.M.. SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ATTEND THIS IS WHERE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND CAPE VERDEANS GET TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE AND EXCHANGE CULTURE BACKGROUND BUT ALSO THROUGH THE RELIGION OBVIOUSLY PRACTICES SO IT'S IT'S YOU COME FOR REALLY DELICIOUS FOOD I CAN'T DRINK THE WINE PART BUT IT'S SUPER FUN BECAUSE THEN I GET TO BRING LIKE SPARKLING WINE AND PRETEND I'M DRINKING WINE FOR THEM BUT JUST SIT IN THE EXCHANGE AND TELLING THE STORY TELLING ABOUT OUR BACKGROUNDS AND HOW THIS THE JEWISH POPULATION OR OUR JEWISH ANCESTORS GOT TO KEEP HERE. IT'S SUPER INTERESTING AND FUN SO I WOULD LOOK FOR A SHOUT OUT TO MY GOOD FRIEND WHO HAD WELL I TELL HIM ALL THE TIME HE'S AN ADOPTED CAVALLO WHICH IS MY FAMILY NAME JOEL SCHWARTZ, A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, A BELOVED FRIEND OF MINE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IF YOU GUYS HAVE TIME ON AT THE ALMA BURNS TO SUN. THANK YOU.  I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL TRADITION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUSIN MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CLERK. ALEX. I KNOW WE VISITED THE ARCHIVES TOGETHER OVER A YEAR AGO NOW, SO FOR JUST HOW IS YOUR ACTIVISM AND ALL OF THAT? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALSO FOR THE PARADE THAT YOU INVITED US TO IN THE FLAG RAISING THAT WAS WONDERFUL.  BUT I DO WANT TO STAND TO CONGRATULATE AND SHOUT OUT MARTIN WALSH WHO IS THE CURRENT BUSINESS MANAGER OF LABORERS LOCAL 2 TO 2 TWO THREE.  HE IS RETIRING THIS SUNDAY AFTER 52 YEARS AND NINE MONTHS OF HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE UNION.  HE WAS IN ELECTED OFFICE 41 YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF LOCAL 2 TO 3 FOR 32 YEARS AND SUNDAY IS HIS LAST UNION MEETING SO I DID JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK HIM FOR ALL OF HIS WORK AND COMMITMENT HE HAS MADE THE LIVES OF SO MANY FAMILIES BETTER BECAUSE OF HIS ADVOCACY IN THE UNION MY FAMILY DIRECTLY, MY GRANDFATHER, MY UNCLES, MY COUSINS ALL WORK IN LOCAL 2 TO 3 SO IT'S JUST WANTED TO STAND THERE,  RECOGNIZE HIM FOR THAT. THANK YOU. ALSO WISHING HIM A WONDERFUL RETIREMENT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WAS AT THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE. AND MARGARET POKORNY, WHO'S BEEN TAKING CARE OF THE TREES ON THE COMMONWEALTH MALL SINCE THE SEVENTIES VERY INVOLVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING TREE AND PLANT RELATED IN THE CITY INCREDIBLE PARKS ADVOCATE WON THEIR AWARD SO JUST WANTED TO WISH HER CONGRATULATIONS AND YOU KNOW HER LEADERSHIP IS REALLY INSPIRING FOR ME AS SOMEONE WHO MOVED HERE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SOCIETY AND OUR PARKS OVER THE COURSE OF MY TENURE HAVE GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO MEET ALL THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY MADE ALL OF THAT POSSIBLE AND SHE'S ONE OF THEM. SO JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER AND THEN AGAIN FOR MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN KENMORE SQUARE IS GOING TO BE ACTIVATED FOR MARATHON MONDAY AND NEXT MONDAY AT 1:30 P.M.. I'M INVITING ALL OF YOU TO COME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PHOTO SHOOT, SOME CHEERING FROM THE BLEACHERS AND I'LL BE SENDING A MORE OFFICIAL INVITATION TODAY. BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONFIRMED AT 130 ON MARATHON MONDAY IN KENMORE SQUARE IT SHOULD BE QUITE A SCENE WITH A LOT OF FUN . WE AREA NONPROFITS WILL BE CHEERING ON AND AND WITH CISCO ACTIVATING THE AREA SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN AND I WANT TO ALSO ANNOUNCE OUR UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS ONE A FIRST START OFF WITH OUR VERY OWN BIRTHDAY DAY TODAY. CLARKE HAPPY BIRTHDAY.  CRONIN CRONIN POLAR I'M TEACHING ME MORE GREEK WORDS EVERY DAY SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.  IT'S ALSO THE BIRTHDAYS OF ISABELLA ORTEGA AND RUCCI SO HEY, TERESA FITZGERALD, WESLEY WARD, FRANCIS GONZALEZ, CANDICE MORALES AND MELISSA BELTRAN.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU. IT IS ALSO THE UPCOMING BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY OF OUR VERY OWN DISTRICT FOUR CITY COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BRIAN ALL AROUND SO HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN WHO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS TODAY IF ANYONE'S LOOKING TO SPEAK ON ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED I JUST TURN YOUR LIGHT ON. I WANT TO REMEMBER SEEN LEWIS 104 YEAR OLD RESIDENT OF MATTAPAN WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AND MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WANT TO GIVE MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO RUTH AND MARJORIE KAPLAN, THEIR MOTHER ELEANOR FISHER KAPLAN WHO TURNED 103 AND JAN PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY.  I MET ELEANOR TWICE AT THE SPRING HOUSE AND WILL NEVER FORGET HER. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I WAS ELECTED WAS GETTING A RESOLUTION ON THIS FLOOR RECOGNIZING HER BIRTHDAY IN JANUARY AND HER DEDICATION TO EDUCATION. SO I HOPE EVERYONE CAN ENJOY AND JOIN ME IN CLOSING TODAY'S MEETING IN HONOR OF HER, MS. KAPLAN GRADUATED FROM BOSTON GIRLS LATIN SCHOOL IN 1938 AND WELLESLEY COLLEGE IN 1942. MS. KAPLAN WORKED AS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 20 YEARS. HER HUSBAND SUMNER KAPLAN WAS A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FOR BROOKLINE.  AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON MR SUMNER'S CAMPAIGN OR SUMNER'S CAMPAIGN WAS A KID NAMED MICHAEL DUKAKIS. DUKAKIS LATER SAID IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE KAPLAN'S HE NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS. SO I JUST I WANT TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN FAMILY IN MOURNING THE PASSING OF ELEANOR FISHER KAPLAN AND FOR RECOGNIZING HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UPLIFT JOHN O'BRIEN, THE WONDERFUL FAMILY MAN BUT ALSO JOAN COLUCCI WHO IS THE MOTHER IN LAW OF LARRY CALDERON TO BE THE PRESIDENT.  SHE SPENT DECADES AS AN EDUCATOR IN DPS AND WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER IN LAW AND WANTED TO JUST UPLIFT HER HERE AS WE CLOSE TODAY. THANK YOU TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS I'M HALF OF COUNCILOR COLETTA PATTY CARUSO, THOMAS LINNELL ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR MURPHY JOHN DENIS O'BRIEN ON BEHALF OF CASTRO PIPPIN JOANNIE FRANCIS EDMONDS FOR COOGEE ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WEBER ELEANOR FISHER KAPLAN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF FELICITY LEWIS THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS THE CATALYST SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE DIANELLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY MAY FIRST, 2024 AT 12 NOON. THAT MEANS THERE IS NO MEETING NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK THEREAFTER. WE'LL BE HAVING TIME FOR HEARINGS IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE WILL BE IN A TRAINING THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF ,THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT.  PLEASE SAY THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED