.  . . . ,, ,,.  . . . . . . ,. . ,. . . . ,? . . . ,. . . . . . . . ,. . ,,,.  . . . ,. . . . . ,,. ,,,,,. . . ,,,. ,,. . . . ,. . ? . . . . . . WHAT'S GOING ON?  ACTUALLY THE FLAVOR OF IT ALL YOU KNOW IT'S THE FRUSTRATION OF MANY SITUATION THAT'S JUST  I HAVE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN BOSTON TOO CAN ENTER THE HEALEY THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THAT WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE. I WILL NOW CALL UP COUNCILOR WEBER FOR HIS PRESENTATION.  COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  OH.  JOINED BY COUNCILOR DURKIN READY.  CAN I GO FIRST?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY COUNCILOR DURKIN AND I AM PRESENTING ARE PRESENTING A RESOLUTION TITLED RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 2667 AND SENATE BILL 1586 AN ACT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SAME INTERNAL BENEFITS AS FIRST RESPONDERS TO WE'RE PRESENTING THIS TO MEMBERS OF SEIU 888 WHO I'D LIKE TO CALL UP TO THE DAIS NOW AND YES AT THE END AND IF THERE ARE ANY 911 DISPATCHERS AS WELL. THANK YOU.  OKAY THIS BODY PASSED A RESOLUTION SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND COUNCILOR DURKIN AT OUR LAST MEETING RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT OUR 911 DISPATCHERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF SEIU 888 PLAY AS THE FIRST LINE IN EMERGENCY THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCESS TODAY'S RESOLUTION IS IN SUPPORT OF TWO BILLS THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THESE DISPATCHERS RECEIVE THE SAME BENEFITS AS FIRST RESPONDERS BY DESIGNATING THEM AS PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES RATHER THAN CLERICAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.  TO ANYONE WHO DOUBTS WHETHER THESE HEROIC WORKERS DESERVE TO BE TREATED AS FIRST RESPONDERS, CONSIDER THE SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE IN DANGER THE VERY FIRST THING YOU DO IS CALL 911 AND NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK, THESE WORKERS KEEP BOSTON SAFE.  BOSTON AS A CITY HAS SUPPORTED THESE WORKERS INCLUDING MAYOR WU WHO SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THIS TOPIC WITH STATE PARTNERS SUCH AS MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR MIKE RUSH WHO HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR FOUR THAT ARE TREATMENT FOR 911 DISPATCHERS AT THE STATE HOUSE. I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE. THIS RESOLUTION STATES THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND URGES LEGISLATORS AT THE STATE HOUSE TO PASS THE BILLS. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY CO-SPONSOR OF THIS OF THIS ITEM, COUNCILOR DURKIN. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR WEBER FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE WORKERS IN OUR NINE ON ONE CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.  I WAS PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS AND ALSO IN SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 I FILED A HEARING ORDER TO REVIEW THE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CITY WORKERS AND THAT WAS OUT OF A CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH TONY LANDRY FROM SEIU 888 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC THE AMOUNT OF POINTS OF CONTACT THAT THESE DISPATCHERS HAD NEARLY DOUBLED AND IT'S THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THESE WORKERS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES WERE ABLE TO CARRY ON AND AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE MASSIVE IMPACT THEY'VE HAD ON ON OUR ECONOMIES ABILITY TO COME BACK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE WELL-BEING OF OUR SOCIETY. AND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING TO HIGHLIGHT MENTAL HEALTH GIVEN MY FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND I KNOW BEHIND EVERY SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IS SOMEONE'S WORST NIGHT AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE 911 CALL TAKERS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL BUT ALSO FOR US TO REALLY GET BEHIND THIS CRITICAL LEGISLATION AND TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO I'LL PASS IT BACK TO COUNCILOR WEBER.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF SEIU 88 WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND I'M NOT SURE IF SEIU 88 PRESIDENT TOM MCKEEVER OR TONY LANDRY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF LEADERS AND END AND CITY COUNCILORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE DISPATCHERS THAT WE BROUGHT TODAY FROM SOMERVILLE AS WELL AS BPD,  SUSAN DEROSA, JUSTIN CORNELIA,  CHRISTINE CORNELIUS AND MIKE SHACKELFORD, OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR ANTHONY LANDRY AND OUR POLITICAL ORGANIZER JOHN PEAVY . IF I MAY, I HAVE A QUICK STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF LEGISLATION FILED WITH THE COMMONWEALTH. MY NAME IS TOM MCKEEVER.  I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SEIU LOCAL 88, WHICH REPRESENTS THOUSANDS OF MUNICIPAL STATE EARLY AND HIGHER EDUCATION WORKERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. WE ALSO ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD TO REPRESENT 911. EMERGENCY TELECARD TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN BOSTON WHO FIELD APPROXIMATELY 700,000 EMERGENCY CALLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ANNUALLY.  WE ALSO PROUDLY REPRESENT 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE COMMUNICATORS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH INCLUDING THE STATE POLICE. SOMERVILLE DISPATCH STATE 911 REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTERS IN MIDDLETON AND MILFORD AS WELL AS MANY OTHER 911 CENTERS. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE WORK IS THAT THESE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITIES AS LITERALLY THAT OF FIRST RESPONDERS. LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE THEY UTILIZE ONE COMPUTER AND ONE HANDHELD TELEPHONE TO PERFORM THESE JOBS IN 2024. 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATORS ARE VERY MUCH SPECIALIZED PROFESSION FROM COMMUNICATING ON MULTIPLE COMPUTERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR HEARING IMPAIRED CALLERS TO HELPING UNITS LOCATE BALLISTICS USING TRI TRIANGULATED AUDIO SYSTEMS TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH TEXT TO 911 AS WELL AS TEXT A VIDEO WHERE 911 OPERATORS CAN SEND TEXT LINKS TO CELL LOCATIONS FOR LOST CHILDREN SPECIAL NEEDS MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND EVEN KIDNAPING VICTIMS. THEY PERFORM ALL OF THIS AND MORE WITH A MARGIN OF ERROR WHICH IS ZERO AS LIVES ARE AT STAKE.  25 OTHER STATES HAVE ALREADY RECOGNIZED THE WORK OF THESE EMERGENCY PROFESSIONALS AS THAT OF A PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND THERE IS ALSO FEDERAL LEGISLATION PUT FORTH THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA TORRES OF CALIFORNIA AND 911 SAVES ACTS AND AS WELL AS SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR IN THE ENHANCING FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONSE ACT.  BOTH OF THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION WHICH RECLASSIFY 9911 EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AS PROTECTIVE SERVICE WORKERS INSTEAD OF THEIR CURRENT CLASSIFICATION AS CLERICAL WORKERS. WHY IS THIS CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION OF BENEFITS SO IMPORTANT TO THESE WORKERS? IT WILL FORMALLY PROVIDE RESPECT, DIGNITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK THAT IS TRULY PERFORMED.  BY DOING SO IT WILL HELP OPEN DOORS AND BETTER ACCESS TO GRANT FUNDING WHICH WILL HELP ACROSS THE BOARD AND PERFORMING THEIR JOBS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND HEALTHIEST WAY. CRISIS INTERVENTION AND PEER SUPPORT AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES ARE JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT 911 EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CURRENTLY HAVE LIMITED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BUT WILL FLOURISH THROUGH THIS RECLASSIFICATION. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION 911 HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN A JOB THAT HAS NATIONWIDE STAFFING SHORTAGES AND POST 2020 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50% SHORT STAFFING AND AND SOME ARE EVEN GREATER AND UP TO 70%. THIS IS LEADING TO MULTIPLE MANDATE MANDATES OVERTIME SHIFTS WHICH IS BURNING OUT THE LONGEST TENURED EMPLOYEES RECLASSIFICATION AND RESPECTING THE WORK THEY PERFORM.  RESPECT THE ACTION IS WHAT ENTICES OUR BRIGHTEST YOUNG WORKFORCE INTO THE FIELD. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR MICHELLE WU WHO IN 2020 FOR SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HAVING THE CITY OF BOSTON RECOGNIZE THESE WORKERS IN OPERATIONS AT PPD PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECOGNIZING THEM AS FIRST RESPONDERS. THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR OF THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH IS A MASSIVE STEP PUSH FOR THIS LEGISLATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS AS WELL IN SUPPORTING THIS FIRST RESPONDER LEGISLATION AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN TAKING THE LEAD IN THE COMMONWEALTH IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND ALL THE LEGISLATION THAT WE PUT FORTH.  WE WE ESSENTIALLY ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.  IF I MAY, IF POLITICAL DIRECTOR ANTHONY LANDRY IF HE CAN GIVE A COUPLE FINAL WORDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF HERE ON A BOSTON LEVEL. COMING FROM THERE I WORKED THERE FOR 20 YEARS IN BOSTON NUMBER ONE BEFORE IT TOOK THIS POSITION.  MOST DISPATCHERS 80% OF DISPATCHERS IDENTIFY AS FEMALE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN BOSTON WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE WORKFORCES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION WITH AT LEAST TEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN.  WE THANK MAYOR WU FOR HELPING US CREATE A LANGUAGE STIPEND FOR THEM TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND IN A QUICKER FASHION TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY THROUGH THE DIVERSITY THAT THEY HAVE.  AND ALSO AT THE END OF THE DAY THE WORK THAT THESE PEOPLE DO HAS OFTEN BEEN I ALWAYS CALL IT THE WIZARD OF OZ OR BEHIND THE CURTAIN. YOU NEVER SEE WHAT THEY DO.  BUT NOW WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE AT A BREAKING POINT NOW. WE KNOW THERE'S A STAFFING CRISIS THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THIS IS THE FIRST DOMINO THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY SERVE NOT JUST THE NAME OF ONE DIVISION BUT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I VERY MUCH THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR TIME TODAY AND CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.  YEAH. THANK YOU, TONY. AND PRESIDENT MCIVER, YOU KNOW, IF I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES FOR A PHOTO UP FRONT IF THAT'S OKAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE COULD JUST TAKE IT HERE.  THIS IS I WOULD ASK. YEAH, WE WILL.  AND THEN THEY CALL THIS THE SECOND RESOLUTION. ONCE TOGETHER WITH CHUCK SCHUMER THEN YOU WILL COME TO KNOW THIS AND SAY TO ME MY TOP FIVE POLITICAL CHARACTERS. THANK YOU.  IT'S A HARD THING TO SAY. YEAH.  BOTH I THINK.  THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING ME SO MUCH. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PERSONAL.  WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS OUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF APRIL TEN, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 0740.  DUNCAN NUMBER 074. MR. CLERK APOLOGIES.  WE READ DOCKET NUMBER 2074020743. DOCKET NUMBER 0740 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW CONSTABLES OR AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST 2024 AND ENDING APRIL 30TH 2027. DUNCAN NUMBER 0741 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION OF THE RENEWAL APPOINTMENTS OF CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST 2024 AND ENDING APRIL 30TH 2027. SO I CAN NUMBER 0742 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RENEWAL INSPECTIONAL SERVICES CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST 2024 AND ENDING APRIL 30TH 2027 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0743 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW INSPECTIONAL SERVICES CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST 2024 AND ENDING APRIL 30TH 2027. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA. COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THIS MESSAGE IN ORDER IS FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF A FEW DOZEN CONSTABLES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO SERVE AS CIVIL OFFICERS.  THESE HOSPITALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN VETTED AND THE COUNCIL HAS TYPICALLY TAKEN VOTES ON THEM IN THE PAST COUPLE OF TERMS. IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE SHOULD TECHNICALLY BE TAKING A VOTE BUT I'M ASKING THAT WE SUSPEND AND PASS THESE APPOINTMENTS SO THESE CONSTABLES CAN CONTINUE DOING THE WORK.  IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES OBJECT TO TAKING THIS VOTE TODAY I'D BE HAPPY TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO TAKE A VOTE AND SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THE FEW DOZEN CONSTABLES ON THE LIST.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEATS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND COOPERATION OF DOCKET NUMBER 040740. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 0740 HAVE BEEN HAS BEEN CONCERNED HAS BEEN CONFIRMED MR CLERK WHEN YOU THAT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0741 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE ALL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 0741 APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0742 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL OPPOSE ANY DIES HAVE DOCKET NUMBER 0742 APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0743 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 0743 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0744 AND 0745 DUNCAN NUMBER 0744 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $7,754,649 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS FEDERATION FILED THAN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 29, 2024 TALKING NUMBERS 0745 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,754,649 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COSTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON SUPERIOR OFFICERS FEDERATION. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT JULY 1ST, 2020 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 A TRANSITIONAL CAREER AWARD PROGRAM IN JULY 2023. THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS REFORMS RELATING TO DISCIPLINE OFFICER RETURN TO DUTY PAY DETAILS SYSTEM AND UNION RELEASE THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 0744 AND 0745 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0746 DUNCAN NUMBER 0746 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MULTILINGUAL DIGITAL EXPERIENCE GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASTER EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF DIGITAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES FOR MULTI LINGUAL COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0746 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0747 DUGAN NUMBER 0747. NOTICES FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILOR BENJAMIN WEBER AS THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE RESIDENCY COMPLAINTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST, 2026. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0747 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 074830751 DUGAN NUMBER 0748 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT ON THE REPORT ENTITLED MAYOR'S OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT QUARTERLY REPORT JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2024 DUCKIE NUMBER 0749 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM TIMOTHY J.  SMITH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD. RELEASE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 25 RETIREE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT ALSO KNOWN AS COLA VOTE IS ANOTHER 0750 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM TIMOTHY J. SMITH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 RETIREE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT BASE VOTE DOCKET NUMBER 0751 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM SCOTT QUINN CITY AUDITOR TRANSMITTING A LIST OF THE FISCAL 24 REALLOCATIONS MADE BY THE MAYOR PRIOR TO APRIL 15, 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS.  TALKING OF THE 0752 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL AS BRAIN AS THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING TRUST FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST, 2026. MR. CLERK ONE MOMENT. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 074820752 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 0753 AND 07540753 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK AND 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 APRIL THIRD, 2024. DUCK NUMBER 0754 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 ITS MEETING OF APRIL 10TH, 2024. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 07530754 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0755 TOKEN NUMBER 0755 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY CLERK FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE PUTMAN NEAL FACTORY GEORGE LAWLEY AND SUTTON SHIPYARD 12 DISH 12 HOUR ERICKSON STREET BOSTON MASS AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER JUNE 1ST, 2024 IF NOT ACTED UPON.  THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 0755 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0756 SO I CAN NUMBER 0756 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR BRIAN WORLD CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS REGARDING THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 0756 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0503.0503 THE COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT TWO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 13, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 0503 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR AN APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,277,047 FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND REVENUES FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PROJECTS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS.  THANK YOU MR CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT. COUNCILOR PEPPARD YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON APRIL 11TH, THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT HELD A HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0503. WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.  COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR WEBER,  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SANTANA AND DURKAN DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION OFFICE STATING BROWN LED THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL CONSISTING OF CHIEF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING SHEILA DILLON. COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION. RYAN WOODS AND A SENIOR DEPUTY TREASURER FOR THE BOSTON TREASURY DEPARTMENT. MAUREEN GARCIA.  MS. BROWN STATED THAT OVER $154 MILLION HAS BEEN GRANTED TO 290 PROJECTS IN ALL OF BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE THE ACT ADOPTED.  IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT WITH APPROVAL OF THE CURRENT REQUEST THE TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS WILL SURPASS $193 MILLION ACROSS 347 PROJECTS SINCE 2018. THIS YEAR.  THE CPC HAS RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR REVIEWED OVER 95 APPLICATIONS, HELD TEN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND RECOMMENDED 37 OUT OF THE 57 PROJECTS WERE FULLY FUNDED IN 19 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. THE FUNDING DISTRIBUTION FOR THIS PROJECTS WOULD BE 49% FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 25% FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND 26% FOR OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION.  THESE PROJECTS WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO PUT IF I WANT TO PUT FORTH A MOTION TO VOTE IN PASSAGE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND, THE REVENUES FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PROJECTS. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST CPC OFFERING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL . A LOT OF LAUDABLE PROJECTS FOR US TO BE PUSHING FORWARD.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PENN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACTUALLY TO SPEND SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0503. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I'M ALL OPPOSED NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0503 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0342 NUMBER 0504. AND NUMBER 20577 TOGETHER TALKING NUMBER 034 TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2024 TALKING NUMBER 0342 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNTS OF $1,705,475.12 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24TH SENATOR CHARLES E SHANNON JUNIOR COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO COMBAT GANG VIOLENCE THROUGH COORDINATED PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION LAW ENFORCEMENT PROSECUTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS TOKEN NUMBER 0504 THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 13, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 0504 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $44,100 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE BOSTON VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THROUGH THE BOSTON POLICE EXCUSE ME PASSED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND PD'S ABILITY TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT WITH RELEVANT CRIME DATE DATA REPORTING AND IF AVAILABLE ASSIGN A BPD REPRESENTING MOTIVE TO PARTICIPATE WITH CV IPA PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS AND DOCKET NUMBER 0577. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 27, 2024 . SO I CAN HAVE A0577 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $84,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 CIC AND GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND ACCESS TO CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS MENTAL WELLNESS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR BPD OFFICERS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA. COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL ARRESTED JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING OF THREE PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS. DOCKET NUMBER 20342 NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 0504 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0577. ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024, WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCILORS ERIN MURPHY, ED FLYNN, BENJAMIN WEBER AND SHARON DURKIN. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE LOUIJEUNE. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THESE THREE GROUNDS INCLUDING THE MEMBER WHO IS THE PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR THE SHREDDING GROUND.  BOSTON POLICE LIEUTENANT BRIAN MCMANUS.  TANYA MORALES WAS THE DIRECTOR OF VIOLENT AND INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE WITH BPC AND SERGEANT JOSEPH KING, DIRECTOR OF BPD PEER SUPPORT AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE UNIT.  DOCKET NUMBER 0342 IS A GRANT FUNDING OF 1,705,475 $0.12 FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FBI TOR 24 SEVEN OR SHANNON JUNIOR COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE PROGRAM. THIS GRANT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE SUPPORTS THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY USING REGIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES AND COLLABORATIONS AMONGST VARIOUS STATE AND CITY AGENCIES AND ALSO PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAITH BASED PHILANTHROPISTS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY TARGETING HOTSPOT AREAS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THE GRANT IS USED TO REDUCE GANG VIOLENCE THROUGH COORDINATED PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION LAW ENFORCEMENT PROSECUTION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS AIMED AT REDUCING GUN GANG AND YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. THE BPD PROJECT COORDINATOR DIAMOND BILLS TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING FOR THE FBI. 24 SENATOR CHARLES SHANNON JR. COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE. MR BILL STATED THAT IN 2015 THE BPD BEGAN AN ANNUAL COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS TO APPLY FOR THE SHANNON GRAND OPENING OF THE GRANTS TO ALL NONPROFITS AND ALLOWING FUNDS TO BE GRANTED TO ORGANIZATIONS WITH VESTED COMMUNITY INTEREST IN ADDRESSING AND RESPONDING TO YOUTH VIOLENCE. THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT METHODS, HE EXPLAINED THAT BPD RECEIVES ABOUT 50 APPLICATIONS AND FUNDS 20 ORGANIZATIONS AND DESCRIBED THE RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE FUNDING SUPPORTS.  MR BILLS REPORTED THAT SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 20 AND SEEKS TO THE END OF 2023 BPD HAS SEEN A 16% DECREASE IN HOMICIDES AND 9% DECREASE IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND A 10% DECREASE IN TOTAL VIOLENT CRIME ALL THROUGH THE INVESTMENT OF $350 PER YOUNG PERSON AND THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE GEOGRAPHIC GEOGRAPHIC AREAS COVERED BY PROGRAMS THAT THIS GRANT FUNDS. MR BILLY EXPLAINED THAT THIS GRANT INITIATIVE IS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THAT SERVE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES ABC AAF ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS FUNDING TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AND ITS POSITIVE IMPACT ON BOSTON'S YOUTH.  DOCKET NUMBER 0504 IS A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 44,040 4100 FROM THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. THE GRANT WILL FUND AN INTERN POSITION WITH BPD. OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WHO WILL WORK IN COORDINATION WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION PROJECT COORDINATOR ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CV IPA PROJECT. BPD WILL PROVIDE A RELEVANT CRIME DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS AND REPORTING AND MORE SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON C.V. CV IPA AND ASSIGN A VPD REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TO PARTICIPATE WITH CV IP PLANNING AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE DIRECTOR TANYA MIRELES OF THE BPD VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE TESTIFIED THAT THIS GRANT SUPPORTS A COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE BASED VIOLENCE AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM BASED ON PARTNERSHIPS AMONGST COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RESIDENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AGENCIES, VICTIMS SURVIVORS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOSPITALS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. SHE REPORTED THAT IN FY 23 THE BOSTON POLICE COMMISSION WAS AWARDED 2 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS. SHE INDICATED THAT THIS INITIATIVE SEEKS TO PREVENT AND REDUCE VIOLENT CRIMES IN BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS OF ROXBURY, DORCHESTER AND MATTAPAN BY ENGAGING RETURNING CITIZENS IN PROGRAMING THAT ADDRESSES THEIR NEEDS AND STRENGTHENS THE SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS NECESSARY FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL REENTRY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES. SERGEANT JOSEPH KING TESTIFIED ON DOCKET NUMBER 0577A GRANT OF $84,000 FOR THE WALTHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FY 24 CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT S.I. GRANT PROGRAM.  NOW IN THE SECOND YEAR THIS GRANT PROGRAM ASSISTS MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN DELIVERING CRITICAL SERVICES TO POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER RESPONDERS IN THE EVENT OF TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS. SERGEANT KING REPORTED THAT THE RESOURCES PROVIDED THROUGH THIS BRANCH SUPPORTS CRISIS INTERVENTION, SUICIDE PREVENTION AND VITAL OTHER SERVICES FOR MEMBERS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAUMATIC INCIDENT NOTING THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK OF DYING FROM SUICIDE.  HE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THIS PROGRAM INVESTS IN THE WELL-BEING OF THE OFFICERS AND BY EXTENSION THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. SERGEANT KING HIGHLIGHTED THAT THIS INITIATIVE IS A VETTED AND APPROVED PROGRAM AS CHAIR OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND A FORMAL ACTION. AT THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE DOCKETS NUMBER 0342 NUMBERS 0504 AND NUMBER 0577 ALL TO PASS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0342 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OTHERS OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0342 COUNCILOR BRIEF YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR TO COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSCRIPTION YES.  SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCIL . WORLD COUNCILOR WORRELL YES DUCK NUMBER 0342 HAS RECEIVED THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0504. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING CONDEMN 0504 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE I YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL IT'S FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOSE AND YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL CITY AND I YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING ABOUT 0504 AS WE SEEM TO BE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT UNDOCKING NUMBER 0504 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0577 MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 0577 COUNCILOR BERRY COUNCILOR BREADON.  YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE. COUNCILOR COLETTE AH YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR KEN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FLYNN IS COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCIL ALLUSION YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PERMANENT COUNCIL PERSON YES COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  TALKING NUMBER 0577 AS WE SEE THAT THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0577 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0280 DUCK IN MISERY 0280 THE COMMITTEE IN WAYS AND MEANS WHICH WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY SEVEN, 2020 FOR A DUCK NUMBER NUMBERS 0280 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,260,000 FOR THE CEMETERY DIVISION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO BE FUNDED FROM THE CEMETERY TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 13 OF THE ACTS OF 1961 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ZERO CANTRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ON DOCKET NUMBER 0280.  THANK CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON APRIL 17TH FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0280 FEATURING TED TESTIMONY FROM TOM THOMAS SULLIVAN,  GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERIES AND MARGARET DYSON,  DIRECTOR OF THE TRUST DIVISION. THE REQUEST WAS FOR 1,260,000 FROM THE CEMETERY TRUST FUND FOR MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THREE CITY CEMETERIES MOUNT HOPE, FAIRVIEW AND EVERGREEN. KEY EXPENDITURES INCLUDES 735,000 FOR PATCH REPAIRS AT MT. HOPE 250,000 FOR DIGITIZING CEMETERY RECORDS AND 275,000 FOR TREE MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE SITES CEMETERY TO BETTER MANAGE 19 CEMETERIES TOTALING ABOUT 270 ACRES WITH THREE ACTIVE ONES HOSTING 6 TO 700 BURIALS ANNUALLY. THE FUN PART OF ROUGHLY 350 CITY TRUST SUPPORTS BYTE OPERATIONS WITH ABOUT 900,000 AVAILABLE ANNUALLY. BUT SPENDING DISCUSSIONS ARE ALSO COVERED BETTER IN BURIALS, FUTURE BURIAL CAPACITY AND AS CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE I RECOMMEND THIS NOT GET OUT OF PASS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0280. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE MEMBER ZERO TWO WEEK ZERO COUNCILOR BREADON YES COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SANDERSON COUNCILOR FINANCE SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  SO LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL CORRECTION COUNCILOR S.A. YES. COUNCILOR S.A. AS COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING NUMBER 0280 WAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0280 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 058 TO DUCK IN NUMBER 058 TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH IT WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 27, 2020 FOR TALKING NUMBER 058 TO FORMAL PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CADET PROGRAM IN BOSTON SUBMITS A REPORT THAT THE DUCK IT OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU MR. CLERK.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCKET 05A2 IS A HOME RULE PETITION TO AMEND CHAPTER 242 OF THE ACTS OF 2020 AN ACT CREATING A FIRE DEPARTMENT CADET PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF THIS FORMAL PETITION IS TO INCREASE THE POOL OF CANDIDATES FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REACH NECESSARY STAFFING LEVELS. THE PETITION SEEKS TO DO SO BY AMENDING THE SPECIAL LAW TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF YEARS REQUIRED TO SERVE AS A CADET PRIOR TO BEING TERMINATED FROM THE PROGRAM FOR FOR AGE OR APPOINTMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT. THIS HOME RULE PETITION REDUCES THE NUMBER OF YEARS FROM 2 TO 1 YEARS TO ONE YEAR. CURRENTLY SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER TWO FOUR TO THE ACT OF 2020 STATES NO PERSON SHALL BE TOO OLD FOR APPOINTMENT AS A CADET IF THE PERSON WAS OF QUALIFYING AGE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION TO A CADET PROGRAM AND APPOINTMENT TO A CADET PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE TERMINATED FOR AGE UNLESS THE CADET HAS COMPLETED TWO YEARS OF SERVICE. THE HOLLOW PETITION PROPOSES TO AMEND THIS SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS. NO PERSON SHALL BE TOO OLD FOR APPOINTMENT AS A CADET IF THE PERSON WAS OF QUALIFYING AGE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION TO A CADET PROGRAM AND APPOINTMENT TO A CADET PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE TERMINATED FOR AGE UNLESS THE CADET HAS COMPLETED ONE YEAR OF SERVICE. FURTHER SECTION TWO OF CHAPTER 424 OF THE ACT 20 STATES ANY PERSON WHO HAS COMPLETED NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS OF SERVICE AS A FIRE CADET UNDER THIS ACT MAY SUBJECT TO A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE FIRE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND APPROVED BY THE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE BE APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY IN A POSITION IN THE LOWEST GRADE IN THE FIRE FORCE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WITHOUT CERTIFICATION FROM ELIGIBLE LIST PREPARED UNDER SAID CHAPTER 32 THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW THE HOLLOW PETITION PROPOSES TO AMEND THIS SECTION TO READ I'LL JUST SAY TO CHANGE IT FROM TWO YEARS TO ONE YEAR. WE HELD A HEARING ON APRIL 17TH, 2024. I WAS JOINED BY COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE FLYNN MURPHY FITZGERALD BRODEN LEAD SPONSOR WERE ALL FOUR SENATORS INTERESTED IN MEJIA AND DURKIN PAUL BURKE THE FIRE COMMISSIONER AND CHIEF OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MICHAEL GASKINS, DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT OFFICER FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY FROM ELECTED TAVARES, PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON VULCAN SOCIETY AND SAM DILLON, PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 718 AND LEROY HAYWARD, VICE PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 718 TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE AMENDMENT STATING THAT CADETS ARE READY AND QUALIFIED AFTER ONE YEAR. IT WAS STATED THAT AMENDING THE SPECIAL LAW AND THE PROPOSED MANNER WOULD ADVANCE QUALITY CANDIDATES MORE QUICKLY EASE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH LOW SALARIES FOR CADETS,  PROMOTE A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND STRENGTHEN THE PIPELINE OF BOSTON RESIDENTS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON VULCAN SOCIETY SUPPORTED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF LOCAL 718 CLARIFIED THAT THEY DO NOT OPPOSE THE CADET PROGRAM.  HOWEVER, THEY EXPRESSED HESITANCY IN SUPPORTING AN AMENDMENT OF THIS KIND AND EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT THE PROGRAM IS ACHIEVING ITS INTENDED GOALS AND THAT CADETS ARE RECEIVING ADEQUATE TRAINING AND VETTING BEFORE BECOMING FIREFIGHTERS. IN RESPONSE TO THESE SAFETY CONCERNS, COMMISSIONER BURKE EXPRESSED STRONG CONFIDENCE IN THE READINESS AND SKILLS OF THE CADETS IN THE CADET PROGRAM. IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE CADETS ARE WELL TRAINED, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND RESPECTFUL AUTHORITY.  THE COMMISSIONER EMPHASIZED THAT THE CADETS WOULD BE TOP PERFORMERS IN THE FIRE ACADEMY DUE TO THEIR TRAINING AND INEXPERIENCED AND ARE MORE PREPARED THAN NEW RECRUITS COMING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE LIST BECAUSE OF THEIR EXTENSIVE EXPOSURE TO FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. IT WAS STATED THAT THE CADETS ARE FANTASTIC INDIVIDUALS WHO REFLECT POSITIVELY ON THE CITY WITH THEIR INTELLIGENCE AND AMBITION AND WILL PROVE THE PROGRAMS WORTH COUNCILORS EXPRESS. SOME COUNCILORS EXPRESSED SUPPORT AS WELL AS THEIR INTEREST IN THE PROPOSAL AND SOUGHT CLARIFICATION ON VARIOUS ASPECTS INCLUDING POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE AMENDMENT. THE IMPACT THE AMENDMENT WOULD ON OTHER APPLICANTS AS WELL AS DIVERSITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT . A CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR CADETS WOULD BE FOLLOWING THIS AMENDMENT. COUNCILORS AND PANELISTS DISCUSSED THE HISTORY AND BASIC OPERATIONS OF THE CADET PROGRAM. COUNSELORS AND PANELISTS ALSO DISCUSSED THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ADHERENCE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL SERVICE LAW FOR PRACTICES AND HOW THE CADET PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRE CADET PROGRAM WAS CREATED BY A SPECIAL LAW IN 2019 AIMING TO RECRUIT BOSTON RESIDENTS AGED 18 TO 25, PROVIDING ON THE JOB TRAINING AND CIVILIAN DUTIES AT BFD HEADQUARTERS AND FIREHOUSES ,IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT CADETS MAY RECEIVE PREFERENCE FOR UP TO 33% OF THE UPCOMING FIRE RECRUIT CLASS AFTER COMPLETING THE PROGRAM AND THAT THE CURRENT SALARY FOR CADETS IS $32,000 A YEAR FOR TWO YEARS. TESTIMONY HIGHLIGHTED THE TWO YEAR COMMITMENT AS A POTENTIAL BARRIER TO RETAINING CADETS WHO MIGHT SEEK OTHER OPPORTUNITIES UP TO TWO LOW PAID. AND SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE EXCUSE ME JUST TO SUMMARIZE AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OVER TO THE LEAD CO-SPONSOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS. THESE CADETS ARE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE READY TO SERVE THE CITY AND KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE.  THEIR LOCAL CITY KIDS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A NOBLE PROFESSION.  I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO A COUPLE OF CADETS AT THE CHARLESTOWN COFFEE HOUR, ONE OF WHOM IS THE STEPSON OF A LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WHO RECOUNTED THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE PROGRAM BUT EXPRESSED HARDSHIPS AND THEIR CURRENT ECONOMICS SITUATION. THEY JUST WANT TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER THE ACADEMY AND PROVE THEMSELVES THERE THAT THEY ARE READY FOR THE JOB AND EXISTING.  ARBITRARY GRADUATION DAY PREVENTS QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FROM JOINING THE DEPARTMENT AND LIMITS THEIR EARNING CAPACITY FOR A FULL YEAR. SO I AM PLEASED TO BRING FORTH THIS COMPETITION PETITION THAT WILL ALLOW INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE READY TO SIMPLY BE APPOINTED TO THE ACADEMY FOR THE FINAL STAGES OF TRAINING. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM FOLKS THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS OF HOW THIS MIGHT AFFECT DISABLED VETS. THE LAW STILL STANDS. CHAPTER 31. SECTION 26. THE ORDER IS STILL DISABLED VETS THEN VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF FALLEN VETERANS AND THE 33% WILL ALSO BE GOING TO THE FIRE CADETS.  AND ACTUALLY I JUST LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT THIS CURRENT CLASS IS DOMINATED BY DISABLED VETERANS OF 46.  ALL BUT NINE FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. SO AGAIN, I'M VERY HONORED TO BRING THIS FORTH AND RECOMMEND MY COLLEAGUES VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO THE LEAD SPONSOR. SPONSOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR COLLADO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR OUR CASTRO. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU CHAIR COLETTA FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. THIS WHOLE PETITION IS A PIVOTAL SHIFT TOWARDS MAKING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THESE CADET CLASSES THAT ARE MADE UP OF AS WE HEARD BOSTON RESIDENTS, BHP'S GRADUATES, WOMEN AND VETERANS HAVE A VIABLE PATHWAY TO CITY JOBS AND TO BUILDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT REFLECTS OUR CITY. I KNOW SOME HAVE WONDERED WHY WE ARE MOVING TO A PROCESS THAT ALLOWED SOME CADETS TO MOVE FROM THE PIPE FIRE CADET PROGRAM TO THE ACADEMY AFTER ONE YEAR BEFORE WE EVEN COMPLETED ONE TWO YEAR PROGRAM. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE EXPERTS SAY THE CREAM OF THE CROP IS READY. THERE'S A SIMILAR PROGRAM IN PLACE WITH THE POLICE ACADEMY THAT ALLOWS SOME CADETS TO JOIN THE ACADEMY AFTER SIX MONTHS. WHY MAKE THIS CHANGE? CONSIDER THIS. CADETS CURRENTLY EARN $32,000 A YEAR A SALARY FAR BELOW WHAT ANY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL OR INDEED ANY MANY CITY EMPLOYEES WOULD CONSIDER SUFFICIENT. THIS ISN'T JUST A NUMBER IT'S A BARRIER THAT PREVENTS TALENTED DRIVEN INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS FROM SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. OUR FIRE COMMISSIONER PAUL BURKE HAS VOICED HIS STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT AND BY ADJUSTING THIS TRAINING REQUIREMENT WE WE GIVE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES A MORE APPEALING CAREER TRAJECTORY IN PUBLIC SERVICE. DEPARTMENT HAS MADE EFFORTS TO DIVERSIFY BUT THE TRUTH REMAINS THAT WE HAVE ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. WE NEED TO TO ALLOW US TO BROADEN OUR REACH.  AND THIS AMENDMENT IS ONE TOOL. THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD STEP ONE THAT HELPED CONNECT BP'S GRADUATES AND BOSTON RESIDENTS TO HIGH QUALITY JOBS WHILE ENSURING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS EXCELLED ACCESS TO CAPABLE, CAPABLE, DIVERSE CANDIDATES. WE CANNOT WAIT TO ACT ON THESE COMMITMENTS. THIS IS A PROVEN STRATEGY THAT WILL CREATE REAL PATHWAYS FOR OUR GRADUATES AND BOSTON RESIDENTS AND I URGE PAUL AND OUR COLLEAGUES ON BEACON HILL TO PASS THIS DURING THE CURRENT SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AS WELL AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMISSIONER BURKE AND ELECTED TAVARES HEAD OF THE VULCANS FOR ALL THEIR WORK IN PROMOTING THE CADET PROGRAM.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0582. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN GIVE A05 TO COUNCILOR BREADON. YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA. COUNCILOR COLETTA? YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON . YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR UPTON YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL THE COUNCIL WERE ALL YES DUCK IN NUMBERS ZERO FIVE A2 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0582 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 057330576 DUCK NUMBER 0573 THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 27, 2024 TALKING NUMBERS 0573 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $20 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS DUCK TO NUMBER 057 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 27, 2020 FOR DUCK AND NUMBERS 057 FOR MESSAGING OR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $7 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNER SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS TOKEN NUMBER ZERO FIVE SO IN FACT THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 27, 2024 TOOK A NUMBER 0575 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $4 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS. EACH OPW SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS AND NUMBER 0576 THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 27, 2024 DUCK NUMBER 0576 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 EMERGENCY SOLUTION GRANT SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDED THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AS COUNCILOR BRAYTON CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL BRITAIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCKET 05730574057510576. WHERE WERE WE REVIEWED THESE DOCKETS IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON AN EVICTION HEARING ON THURSDAY APRIL 18TH, 2024. REGARDING THESE FOUR FEDERAL GRANTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 27TH, COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNTRIES COLLECTOR DURKAN FERNANDES ANDERSON,  FRIEND PEPEN AND SANTANA. WE WERE JOINED BY THE CITY PERSONNEL REPRESENTING DEPARTMENTS EXPANDING THE GRANT FUNDS. DANIEL LESSER, THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING, OFFERED A PRESENTATION REVIEWING THE GRANT PROGRAM.  HE WAS JOINED BY KATHY MIRANDA, SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE HOUSING STABILITY AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. SHANI FLETCHER, DIRECTOR OF GROW BOSTON.  KAREN RIBAS DIRECT DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON HOME CENTER. CATHY CAHILL HOLLOWAY SENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. TINA GRIFFIN.  SORRY . ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE.  ANNA CHER SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO TONYA JOYCE, ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AND PROCUREMENT AT THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ABIGAIL FUREY, SENIOR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS MANAGER AT THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION. THE FOUR GRAND TOTAL THROUGH $33 MILLION AND CAME FROM FOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS.  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS SEE CDBG.  HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS PROGRAM PROGRAM. THE GRANTS FUND A VARIETY OF HOUSING RELATED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.  PRODUCTION OF A NEW AFFORDABLE RENTAL AND HOMEOWNERSHIP HOUSING OPERATING SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.  SERVICES FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AIDS STREET OUTBREAK OUTREACH.  EMERGENCY SHELTERS. HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID REHOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SHELTER SERVICES. HOLLOW FIRE REQUIRES A CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING IS CURRENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 25 TO FINANCIAL YEAR 29 PLAN. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I RECOMMEND THAT THESE DOCKETS ARE TO PASS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SINCE INCEPTION TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0573 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU . THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0573 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0574 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0574 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0575 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE IN A BIG YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0575 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SINCE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 05760 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE POSTING A THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0576 HAS PASSED WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION MR CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 06703 NUMBER 20678 DOCKET NUMBER 067030672 ORDERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENTAL OPERATION FUNDS FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ALSO KNOWN AS OPEN DOCKET NUMBERS 0673 THROUGH OVER 675 ORDERS FOR CAPITAL GRANT FUND CREDITED APPROPRIATIONS IN DOCKET NUMBERS ALL 6763678 ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR OUTCOMES ARE ORAL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT AS CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE WE INITIATED THE FBI 25 BUDGET ONE EIGHT APRIL ONE AGAINST SOMEONE PLEASE CHALLENGE YOURSELF ON CATALOGING MY RESUME.  WE STARTED THE FBI 25 BUDGET SEASON ON APRIL 22ND. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A WHAT FEELS LIKE A LONG BUT BRIEF OVERVIEW ON ALL THE BUDGET HEARINGS WE'VE HAD SO FAR.  WE HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND TO GO OVER THE OPERATING BUDGET OVERVIEW THE SEASON KICKED OFF WITH THE OVERVIEW OF THE $4.64 BILLION OPERATING BUDGET FOCUSED ON ENHANCING PUBLIC SERVICES AND IN MAINTAINING ECONOMIC STABILITY AMID INCREASED DECREASE IN STATE AID AND RISING SCHOOL COSTS. DISCUSSIONS ALSO COVERED REVENUE SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY, POST-PANDEMIC RESPONSIBLE CAPITAL PLANNING AND CAUTIOUS NEW GROWTH REVENUE ESTIMATES EMPHASIZING STRATEGIC FISCAL MANAGEMENT. WE HELD A PUBLIC TESTIMONY HEARING ON THE NIGHT OF MONDAY APRIL 27TH, 22ND. WE HEARD FROM ADVOCATES FOR FUNDING ON KATIE'S CLOSET, THE LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT. WE HOLD A HEARING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD TO GO OVER THE CAPITAL BUDGET OVERVIEW THE HEARING ADDRESSED THE PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN TOTALING $4.7 BILLION AN INCREASE OF NEARLY $500 MILLION FROM THE PREVIOUS PLAN. THE PLAN COVERS 427 PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS EMPHASIZING FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION WITH FUNDING MAINLY FROM JAIL BONDS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY'S TRIPLE A BOND RATING DISCUSSIONS INCLUDED THE CAPITAL PLAN FINANCING CITY DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT FROM INITIAL STUDIES TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT, WE HELD A HEARING ON TUESDAY APRIL 23RD TO GO OVER THE FBI 25 BUDGET FOR OFFICE OF EQUITY, BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT, LGBTQ PLUS ADVANCEMENT AND WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT. THIS SESSION FOCUSED ON EQUITY AND INCLUSION SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION INCLUDING BUDGET REALLOCATIONS DUE TO STOP AND CHANGES THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS TOTALING ABOUT $31 MILLION AND PLANS FOR FUTURE EQUITY STUDIES AND DATA COLLECTIONS TO ADDRESS DIVERSE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE THE TOPICS COVERED WHERE STRATEGIES FOR GENERATIONAL WEALTH,  COMBAT AND HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND SUPPORT AND HEALTH RELATED INITIATIVES FOR MARGINAL MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO HELD A HEARING ON THURSDAY APRIL 25TH TO GO OVER THE NY 25 BUDGET FOR BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DISCUSSIONS IN THIS HEARING ADDRESS ENHANCING SERVICE DELIVERY, PROMOTING DIVERSITY WITHIN CITY LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP AND IMPROVING EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN COMMUNITY SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT WERE ALSO REVIEWED.  CHIEF FRANKLIN HODGE NOTED INCREASE INVESTMENT IN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE WAKE OF THE TEN MOTOR VEHICLE RELATED FATALITIES ON BOSTON STREET SINCE MID-DECEMBER ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH WE MET AT 2 P.M. TO GO OVER THE FBI 25 BUDGET FOR DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND FAIR HOUSING. THIS HEARING FOCUSED ON ENHANCING SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANTS, IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY IN CITY FACILITIES, COMBATING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDER STRATEGIES FOR BETTER RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR ESL CLASSES, UPDATES AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT KEY LOCATIONS AND THE PROPER LEGAL SUPPORT FOR FAIR HOUSING. ON MONDAY, APRIL 29TH AT 10 A.M. WE HAD A HEARING TO GO OVER THE INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THE HEARING HIGHLIGHTED ISSUES FROM IMPLEMENTING RECENT COUNCIL ORDINANCES AND CHALLENGES IN PERMITTING PROCESSES.  DISCUSSION ALSO TOUCHED ON THE USE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DATA AND CITY PLANNING AND UPDATES ON ENFORCEMENT OF HOUSING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS.  MOVING ON. ON MONDAY, APRIL 29TH AT 2 P.M. WE HELD A HEARING TO GO WITH THE FBI 25 BUDGET FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS HEARING PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON INCLUSION ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS BETTER EDUCATE, EDUCATING OF SERVICES AND UNIVERSAL PRE-K.  THE DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO ADDRESS EDUCATION DISPARITIES WITH A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON EQUITABLE BUDGETING TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS ON IEPS. CONCERNS WERE RAISED ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S PLANS FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN FY 26 PLANS FOR LEVEL. WHILE THE DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTED THE SUCCESS FOR YOU PRE-K PROGRAM AND EXPLAINED THIS POLICY FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS,  THEY'RE ATTENDING YOU PRE-K PROGRAMS YESTERDAY ON TUESDAY APRIL 30TH AT 10 A.M. WE HOPE TO HEAR WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GO OVER CONTRACTS TRANSPORTATION TWINNING SUPPORTS AND EXPERIENCING EXPERIENCES WITH REVOLVING FUNDS.  WE HEARD FROM TRANSPORTATION ABOUT THIS NEW TRACKING SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE PILOT PILOTED OVER THE SUMMER IMPLEMENTED IN THE FALL.  ADDITIONALLY, THE ADMINISTRATION DISCUSSED IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOL MEALS,  THE PROCESS FOR ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE NEED FOR MORE ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. LASTLY, ON TUESDAY APRIL 30TH AT 2 P.M. WE HELD A HEARING WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GO OVER CURRICULUM CAREER AND COLLEGE PATHWAYS, VOCATIONAL TECH AND SAFETY. WE HEARD ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF AN URBAN INVESTMENT IN HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE VARIOUS UPPER SCHOOLS EFFORTS TO LINK STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE PREP OR CAREER CAREERS UPON GRADUATION. WE ALSO DISCUSSED BETTER WAYS TO TRACK OUR STUDENTS OUTCOMES AND TRACK OUR SCHOOL SUCCESS. EACH HEARING HAS BROUGHT FORTH CRUCIAL INSIGHTS AND DISCUSSIONS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING THE CITY'S GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY ACROSS VARIOUS SECTORS. I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR SHOWING UP TO ALL THE HEARINGS AND MAKING THE BUDGET PROCESS MORE COLLABORATIVE. ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO A CENTRAL STAFF SHANE CHARISMA AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR THEIR GOOD WORK AND THESE ORDERS WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CASTRO FOR SHEPHERDING US THROUGH WHAT I KNOW IS NOT AN EASY WAYS AND MEANS AND BUDGET PROCESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT . DOCKETS NUMBER 2067230678 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR. CLERK WE WILL BE TAKING A DOCKET OUT OF ORDER. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ? DOCKET NUMBER 0770.  DOCKET NUMBER 0770. COUNCIL OF ANANDA SANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE IN GAZA. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HIS COUNTERPART NANDI ANDERSON. COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE THE LANGUAGE TO COPIES OF THE REVISED RESOLUTION ONE WITH RED LINE EDITS AND ONE FINALIZING THE DRAFT SHOULD BE ON YOUR DESKS. I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS WERE VERY CLEAR ON THE SMALL CHANGES AND THE CHANGE REALLY IS JUST TO. THERE WAS A MISTAKE IN TERMS OF INSTEAD OF CITY OF BOSTON IT SHOULD SAY BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE LANGUAGE CHANGE.  IT'S NO SECRET THAT THIS IS NOT THE SMALLER OF AMERICAN THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR CEASE FIRE IN GAZA HAS BEEN FILED IN THE COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED. WE FILED PUT IN GREEN SHEETS PULLED OUT AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A BAD THING. IF ANYTHING, I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES THE DETERMINATION OF THIS BODY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON DIFFICULT ISSUES BY WORKING WITH ADVOCATES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE WORK TO FIND THE WAYS IN WHICH THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CAN BE MOST IMPACTFUL. THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU REFLECTS THAT WORK. OUR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO STAND UP AND CALL FOR AN END TO THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE.  I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HOLD SPACE PERHAPS SEPARATE FROM THE COUNCIL TO FURTHER UNPACK THIS ISSUE AND I TRUST THAT WE WILL DO THAT WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF INTENTIONALITY THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS BECAUSE THAT'S 13 INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT LIVED EXPERIENCES THERE IS GUARANTEED TO BE NUANCES ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS HARM BUT AS A BODY WE HAVE GOT TO STAND UP AND AT LEAST SAY THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AS A BODY WITH AT LEAST SHARED BELIEF BETWEEN ALL OF US THAT THIS VIOLENCE HAS TO END. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE ADVOCATES, THE YOUTH AND INTERFAITH LEADERS. MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ISRAEL WHO HAVE BEEN ALLIES THE LGBTQ ARE PLUS COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN ALLIES. MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MY JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MY MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS AND ALL FAITHS ALL WHO HAVE COME FORTH TO FIGHT AND TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.  I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS TODAY AND PRIOR WHO HAVE HELPED US TO GET HERE AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION.  I WOULD LIKE TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION SO THAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR THE SUSPENDING JUST MEANS THAT WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TODAY AND ANOTHER ON ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR NAJI ANDERSON THE CHAIR. DOES ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTRY FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER, BUT I WAS ORIGINALLY THINKING THAT THE BEST PLACE TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE WOULD BE IN A COMMITTEE HEARING. AFTER TALKING TO COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ENERSON THIS MORNING,  COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ENERSON REQUESTED A VOTE ON THIS AND I ALSO AGREED TO TO A VOTE NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE HEARING.  WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT THE RIGHT BODY TO ADDRESS THIS. WE HAVE CRITICAL ISSUES FACING THE CITY. THE BUDGET, PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES, GETTING OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE UP AN UP OR DOWN ON THIS RESOLUTION AS I AGREED TO THIS MORNING WITH COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ EMERSON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER.  I ALSO WILL NOT BE BLOCKING THE SUSPENDED PASS AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THE FIRST ONE IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO A VOTE OR NOT AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE WHEN THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BODY AND I ALSO WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND WAR IS HORRIBLE. BUT I AM HEARING AND I DO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT PASSOVER JUST ENDED YESTERDAY AND I'M HEARING FROM MANY JEWISH RESIDENTS, FRIENDS, FAMILY THAT THEY WERE OFFLINE AND THIS MORNING AS ARE JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION COMING FORWARD. SO I DO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BUT WILL NOT BE BLOCKING THIS KNOWING THAT YOU WANT IT TO GO TO A VOTE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I THINK. THANK YOU OF MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL . YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY ON RECORD AS SUPPORTING A CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I WORKED ON AS A CITY COUNCILOR ? UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE I TOOK OFFICE I'VE HEARD FROM HUNDREDS OF CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA AND SEE AN END TO THE SUFFERING. I'VE HEARD FROM PALESTINIANS WHO LIVE IN MY DISTRICT WHO ARE NEAR TEARS AND CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND CAN'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, U.S. DOLLARS ARE GOING TOWARDS SUFFERING OF THEIR RELATIVES. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM THE JEWISH CONSTITUENTS WHO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PAIN ON OCTOBER 7TH HASN'T BEEN RECOGNIZED AND SOME OF THEM DON'T FEEL WELCOME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'VE LIVED IN FOR OVER A DECADE.  BUT I THINK THAT JUST HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE NEED TO CREATE A SPACE FOR FOR HEALING IN BOSTON. UM AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I JUST A FAMILY FRIEND WE JUST AS COUNCILOR MURPHY POINTED OUT WE JUST FINISHED PASSOVER LAST NIGHT.  I JUST WANTED TO READ A SHORT PRAYER THAT A FAMILY FRIEND OF MINE READ AT THEIR PASSOVER SEDER.  WE PRAY FOR A CESSATION OF THE VIOLENCE.  WE PRAY FOR OUR ABILITY TO HOLD IN OUR HEARTS AT THE SAME TIME THE SUFFERING AND PAIN OF PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS. WE PRAY FOR THE FUTURE OF BOTH PEOPLES ON THIS LAND. THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BOTH PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO LIVE AND JUSTICE AND DIGNITY. WE PRAY THAT IN ALL OUR TRAUMA OR SORROW OR DESPAIR THAT WE DON'T HARDEN OUR HEARTS OR REFUSE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING BEFORE EYES.  WE PRAY. WE PRESERVE OUR HUMANITY.  WE PRAY THAT IN THE HORROR OF THIS MOMENT THERE WILL BE AN AWAKENING AND A REALIZATION THAT THE ONLY PATH FORWARD IS ONE OF COEXISTENCE. I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER MYSELF. I WILL BE VOTING YES THAT WE SHOULD VOTE ON THIS AND I WILL VOTE YES ON THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN.  COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK AND BUT I AND I WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, I WANTED TO SAY WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON THE STREETS. WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON ALL OF THIS. THE THINGS THE BASIC MECHANICS OF CITY GOVERNMENT.  BUT BEING HERE TODAY I SEE THAT THIS MEANS A LOT TO MY COLLEAGUES SO I'M GOING TO VOTE YES TODAY. BUT STANDING UP FOR MY JEWISH CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE FACED WHO HAVE FACED HARASSMENT WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PAIN AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN MY COLLEAGUES ARE HEARING FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM WHILE I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID THIS IS NOT THE AVENUE FOR THIS, I, I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES AND I PLAN TO VOTE YES TODAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYDON CANTERBURY DIDN'T YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON FOR FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I REALLY I HADN'T PLANNED ON SAYING TOO MUCH BUT COMING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND AND WHEN THE THE TROUBLES, THE WAR, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT STARTED IN 1969. I WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND I WAS HERE IN BOSTON IN 1998 WHEN IT ALL WRAPPED UP.  30 SOMETHING YEARS OF TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE.  I REALLY IT IS MY HOPE AND PRAYER THAT THE CEASEFIRE WOULD BE A BEGINNING OF A PROCESS OF REPAIR AND RECONCILIATION FOR ALL IMPACTED BY THE VIOLENCE IN THIS REGION OF AND INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF ALL ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS.  A CEASEFIRE IN ITSELF IS NOT GOING TO BE THE END.  IT IS THE BEGINNING AND IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING . I REALLY FEEL I APPLAUD ALL THOSE FOLKS I CAN UNDERSTAND THE FEAR AND THE TRAUMA THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HERE IN BOSTON, THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ARE FEELING AND IT IS A DIFFICULT VERY, VERY, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME. THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRAUMA AND I THINK THAT HAVING A CEASEFIRE AND THEN AS COLLEAGUES AND LEADERS IN THIS CITY WE HAVE TO CREATE SPACES TO HOLD HOLD FOLKS AND OFFER SPACES WHERE WE CAN START TO HEAL THE TRAUMA AND SEE EACH OTHER'S HUMANITY. IT'S A VERY, VERY LONG ROAD.  BUT I DO HOPE AND I THINK HOPE IS THE WORD THAT HAVING A CEASEFIRE IS IS OPENING A WINDOW TO HOPE THAT WE CAN SORT OF GO ON A PATH TOWARDS MORE PEACEFUL AND HARMONIOUS FUTURE FOR THE REGION. AND YOU KNOW IN NORTHERN IRELAND WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE IT TOOK 15 MONTHS TO GET TO A PEACE AGREEMENT. THAT'S A VERY, VERY FRAGILE PEACE IN IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND JUST UNDERSTAND HOW HOW FRAGILE A CEASEFIRE ARE.  BUT I ALSO WITH GOOD FAITH WE SHOULD DEMONSTRATE AN INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR FINDING A WAY FORWARD THAT IS AND ISN'T A VIOLENT ONE. SO SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CONSTABLE FERNANDA SANDERSON FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAID IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CARLOTTA COUCH. COLLETTE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TO THANK THE BAKER AND RECOGNIZE HER COURAGE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.  I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO RISE TO ALSO DENOUNCE ANTI-SEMITISM AS IN THE STRONGEST ANTI SEMITISM IN THE STRONGEST TERMS TO DENOUNCE CALLS FOR THE ANNIHILATION OF ISRAEL OR ATTACKS ON JEWISH PEOPLE. ANTI-SEMITISM IS HORRIFIC AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT. BUT JUST LIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR DURKAN SAID, WE COULD ACKNOWLEDGE JEWISH INDIVIDUALS PAIN WHILE ALSO CALLING FOR AN END OF SUFFERING FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND CONDEMNING THE ACTIONS ON OCTOBER 7TH AND CALLING ON A RELEASE OF HOSTAGES WHICH THIS RESOLUTION DOES. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE BUT VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE. WE SHOULD BE STANDING UP AGAINST ANY PAIN AND SUFFERING WHICH IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL COVER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COMES MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ALREADY RISEN TO SPEAK. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK EITHER BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TODAY WE HAD OUR MONTHLY PRAYER HOUR AND WE HAD PEOPLE PRAYING FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER AND IT WAS THEIR THAT WE REALLY HAD A MOMENT OF RECOGNIZING THE POWER OF REALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER DESPITE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENCES. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE WE HAVE TO MOVE BEYOND OURSELVES AND RECOGNIZING THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE.  AND I THINK THAT AS A BODY ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME IN THIS WORLD THAT WE ARE ALL WALKING IN THAT WE RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER'S HUMANITY AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE AND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO LIVE WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION AND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HUMANITY ONLY THEN IS WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY BE ABLE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY.  AND I THINK THIS ACT REALLY GETS US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR HER RELENTLESS COURAGE TO BRING THIS BACK TO US AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO GET IT TO A GOOD PLACE BECAUSE I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE FENCE YOU SIT ON, WE CAN ALL AGREE WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT IS TIME FOR US TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ENOUGH SUFFERING AND COME TOGETHER HERE THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AFFIRM THE NEED FOR A CEASEFIRE AND I WILL END WITH I WILL END WITH RECOGNIZING HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW AND SITTING IN SILENCE AND REFLECTING AND WONDERING AND THINKING ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT THEIR OWN HUMANITY.  YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT AT THE THANKSGIVING YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT POLITICS OR RELIGION BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT DIVIDE US.  SO HERE WE ARE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL EACH OTHER IN AND NOT EACH OTHER OUT AND TAKE A STAND AND TRY TO BE THE CHANGE THAT WE ALL HOPE TO BE ONE DAY OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING AND WE NEED TO LEAD DIFFERENTLY. AND SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOU KNOW, WE ARE A CITY COUNCIL . WE WORK ON POTHOLES IN SCHOOLS AND WE'RE IN THE THICK OF BUDGET SEASON AND SO OUR ISSUES AND OUR MANDATE IS ONE OF LOCAL ISSUES BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE CAN'T TURN AWAY AND I AS A HAITIAN AMERICAN WHO IS HABITUALLY BRINGING UP THE ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN HAITI HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST COMMITTED BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH AND TO NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK AWAY WHEN I SEE VIDEOS OF YOUNG KIDS IN GAZA WHO HAVE LOST THEIR SIBLINGS, WHO HAVE LOST THEIR PARENTS, WHO HAVE LOST EVERYONE, THERE HAS TO BE AN END TO THIS VIOLENCE AS MANY OF YOU HAVE ALLUDED TO VIOLENCE ONLY BEGETS MORE VIOLENCE AND IS NOT THE ROAD TO PEACE.  THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS SHORT EIGHT BY 11 RESOLUTION ON ONE PAGE IS REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS OF A 13 MEMBER BODY. BUT IT IS SAYING THAT WE COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY WANT THIS TO END IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON REQUESTED THAT WE DIVIDE THE QUESTION.  MR. CLERK WE WILL FIRST DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON AGREEMENT TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO MR. CLERK ,YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON MITT COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON'S DESIRE TO DIVIDE THE VOTE AND FIRST QUESTION FOR MY COLLEAGUES IS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES PURSUANT TO RULE 33 ROLL CALL VOTE ON CAN HAVE A0770 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES COUNCIL DELIBERATE.  YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCIL FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCIL PERMANENT COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YEAH.  COUNCILOR WU YES ON THE SUSPENSION OF RULES UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  COUNCILOR FRINGE ANDERSON SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0770 YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE STALKING NUMBER 0770. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR CALERA.  COUNCILOR CALERA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR CAPTAIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES DUNCAN NUMBER 0770 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0770770 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0757.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. CLERK AND HE READ BACK A NUMBER 30 757 DUNCAN NUMBER 0757 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 30TH, 2024 IS INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE CLEAR?  THERE IS I MEAN THERE IS NO THERE IS NO SPEAKING THERE IS NO SPEAKING BY THE COUNCIL FLOOR OTHER THAN MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.  MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE FINISH READING?  THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS EXCEPT FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND COUNCIL STAFF. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DOCKET NUMBER FINISH READING DOCKET NUMBER 0757 DOCKET NUMBER 0757 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 30TH 2024 AS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. I'LL JUST SPEAK ON THIS FROM HERE.  THIS IS THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 30TH AS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY COUNCIL ROUND UP COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SAID SUSPENSION OF THE RULES 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 FLYNN MEJIA.  MURPHY PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER WORLD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE TO EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0757 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 0757 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0758 DUCK NUMBER 0758 COUNCIL IF NOT FOR THE FOLLOWING THE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ON AN AGE WAIVER FOR THE MAXIMUM RANGE REQUIREMENT FOR CHERYL MILLS TO JOIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  CHERYL MILLS IS A 44 YEAR OLD WOMAN BORN IN BOSTON LIVING IN HYDE PARK.  AFTER OVER A DECADE WORKING FOR BOSTON M.S. AND PRIOR AS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, SHE WANTS TO BECOME A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. HAVING WORKED WITH THE FORCE IN MULTIPLE INSTANCES, SHE STUDIED CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY. AFTER BEING MEDICALLY DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. MARINE CORP'S AGAIN JUST ANOTHER RESIDENT OF BOSTON THAT IS LOOKING TO SERVE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IS ASKING FOR AN AGE WAIVER BECAUSE SHE'S PAST THE AGE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE. BUT THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. CATCH UP IN I MISS WEATHER IS IT? ARE YOU SEEKING A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES OR ARE YOU SENDING THIS TO COMMITTEE SENATORS TO COME IN? OKAY. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. THAT COUNSELOR IS BRAEDON DURKIN FLYNN, ARE YOU IS YOUR IS YOUR HAND UP PAT BENT OH, SANTANA YEAH.  MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR AT DOCKET NUMBER 0758 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER? OH, I'M SORRY . WAS YOUR MIKE ON TO SPEAK? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK CASA FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED IS THIS PERSON A VETERAN? OKAY.  OKAY. NO, THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW, MADAME CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNSELOR PEPEN FOR SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE BUT ALSO SUPPORTING A MARINE THAT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0758 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0759 DUGAN NUMBER 0759 COUNCILOR IS SANTANA AND COLETTA OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY HOTELS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO JUST TO ASK TO SUSPEND FOR 12 AND ADD COUNSELOR DURKIN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNSELOR SANTANA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNSELOR DURKIN AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNSELOR DURKIN ALSO ADDED COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT OUR BOSTON HOTELS EVERY YEAR AND WE HAVE ALMOST 100 LICENSED HOTELS HERE IN BOSTON, PARTICULARLY TODAY ON INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HOTEL WORKERS WHO MAKE OUR BOSTON HOTELS TRULY SOME OF OUR BEST IN THE WORLD. WE KNOW OUR HOTEL WORKERS ARE BURDENED WITH A LOT INCLUDING KEEPING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE 20 MILLION BOSTON HOTEL VISITORS EVERY YEAR SAFE AND HEALTHY HOTELS AND HOTEL WORKERS ARE THE FIRST TO ENCOUNTER AND RESPOND TO MANY PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AND OUR HOTEL WORKERS ARE OFTEN FROM LOW INCOME AND IMMIGRANT BACKGROUNDS AND THEY'RE FORCED TO FACE THESE HEAVY SITUATIONS OFTEN WITH MINIMAL GUIDANCE. WE'RE PUTTING AN AT POPULATION FURTHER AT RISK.  OUR HOTELS AND OUR HOTEL WORKERS NEED BETTER SUPPORT AND TRAINING RESOURCES AND THIS AUTUMN WILL PROVIDE JUST THAT.  THE AUDIENCE WOULD ESTABLISH A SAFE AND HEALTHY HOTELS ADVISORY PANEL COMPROMISE OF SEVEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPERTS CHOSEN BY THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION ,THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT, THE INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE LICENSING BOARD ALONG WITH A BOSTON HOTEL LABOR EXPERT CHOSEN BY THE UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 UNION. THE PANEL WILL SUPPORT HOTELS IN IMPLEMENTING AND TRAINING THEIR WORKERS ON PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS KEY PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES INCLUDING IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PREVENTING OVERDOSES, REDUCING INSTANCES OF BEDBUGS, LIGHT MOLD AND OTHER PARASITES AND INFECTIOUS AGENTS, WORKER AND GUEST SAFETY WITH CLEANING CHEMICALS AND CONDUCTING GUEST ROOM SAFETY CHECKS.  WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE MEASURES FROM DATA IN ADDRESSING HUMAN TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOTES AND I QUOTE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS OFTEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRIVACY AND AN ANOMALY OFFERED BY THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND TRAFFICKERS QUOTE CAN OPERATE DISCREETLY BECAUSE STAFF AND GUESTS MAY NOT KNOW THE SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  THIS IS A PROBLEM WE CAN WE CAN AND MUST SOLVE.  WE NEED TO SUPPORT HOTELS AND HOTEL WORKERS WITH TRAINING TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WITH CLEAR PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW FOR HOW TO RESPOND IN A WAY THAT KEEPS HOTEL WORKERS SAFE WHILE IDENTIFYING AND PROTECTING VICTIMS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT SUBSTANCE USE AND THE RISK OF OVERDOSES ARE UNIVERSAL PROBLEMS THAT DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR IN HOTELS IN 2022 AND 2023, THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 241 CALLS AT HOTELS RELATED TO SICK ILLNESSES AND SICK ILLNESSES DRUG RELATED ILLNESS SUPPORTING OUR HOTEL WORKERS WITH TRAINING TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO POTENTIAL SUBSTANCE USE AND OVERDOSES. IT'S NECESSARY TO REDUCE DEATHS AND ILLNESS AND EVERY DAY HOTEL CLEANING STAFF WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN EXCELLENT STANDARDS AND PREVENT PARASITES AND INFECTIOUS AGENTS. TOO OFTEN WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO TOO MUCH. THIS ORDINANCE WILL SUPPORT THEM BY SETTING A MAXIMUM LIMIT ON HOW MANY SQUARE FEET A HOTEL WORKER CAN BE FORCED TO CLEAN IN A DAY. SIMILAR LAWS HAVE BEEN ENACTED IN LOS ANGELES, SEATTLE IRVING AND OTHER LOCATIONS TO ENSURE HEALTHY CLEANING PRACTICES ARE UPHELD IN THOSE CITIES HOTELS.  THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO ENSURE HOTELS AND WORKERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH CLEAR GUIDANCE ON SAFELY AND HANDLING AND USING OF CLEANING CHEMICALS.  A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO SHAPING THIS ORDINANCE AND PRACTICAL APPROACH TO SUPPORTING OUR HOTELS. I WANT TO TAKE THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AS THE AND THE LAST BOARD FOR COLLAB COLLABORATING REPEATEDLY WITH MY OFFICE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO CRAFT THIS ORDINANCE APPROACH AND I WANT TO PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK MEGAN CAVANAUGH FROM CENTRO STAFF FOR YOUR WORK SUPPORTING OUR OFFICE AND RESEARCHING AND DRAFTING THIS ORDINANCE.  IT'S WELL-DESERVED THAT WE GET TO DROP THE INTERIM FROM YOUR TITLE TODAY AND FULLY RECOGNIZE YOU AS A CENTRAL STAFF COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR.  THERE'S NO CLAPPING IN CHAMBERS YET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.  I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND POLICY MATTHEW BRODY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR COLETTA AND COUNCILOR DURKIN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR WEBER FOR BOTH REACHING OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL AND FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ALL THE WORK FOR ALL THE YEARS OF WORK OF YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO SECURE OUR HOTELS ARE SAFE AND HEALTHY. I KNOW THESE ARE IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK ON THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR THE LETTER CONTRA COLLETTI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HAPPY MIDDAY, EVERYBODY. HAPPY HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKER'S DAY AS THE GRANDDAUGHTER AND NIECE OF HOTEL WORKERS, I'M VERY PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS WITH YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM AND YOUR COUNCILOR DURKAN AND TO LOCAL 26 FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THUS FAR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS TO CODIFY THROUGH LAW REGULATIONS THAT HOTELS MUST ABIDE BY IN DOING SO THROUGH A REALLY SAVVY VEHICLE THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY YOU AND YOUR TEAM. BUT THROUGH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE VEHICLE OF THEIR BROAD ENFORCEMENT POWERS WE ARE SEEKING TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PREVENT OVERDOSES, PROTECT INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND ADDRESS HEALTH HAZARDS THROUGH CLEANING STANDARDS IN CHEMICAL SAFETY.  HOTEL WORKERS ARE THE FIRST ON THE SCENE TO ENCOUNTER PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.  THEY'RE OFTEN IMMIGRANTS SPEAK ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ADEQUATE SUPPORT BY THEIR COMPANY DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT MANDATED. IN FACT PROPER PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES ARE INCONSISTENT WITH VARYING DEGREES INVESTMENT AND TRAINING ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  ABUSERS OFTEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOTELS TO VICTIMIZE YOUNG WOMEN.  THEY ESPECIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOTEL STAFF THAT ARE NOT TRAINED TO SEE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TRAFFICKING THUS PERPETUATING THE CYCLE OF . THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO MANDATE AND STANDARDIZE TRAINING AND ESTABLISHES A REPORTING STRUCTURE TO ENSURE IT'S TAKING PLACE. WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM HOTEL WORKERS OF UNATTAINABLE CLEANING STANDARDS.  AND SO WE SET A LIMIT ON MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT A WORKER CAN BE FORCED CLEAN EACH DAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR MORE BOSTON RESIDENTS. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO GET THIS DONE. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CLEANLINESS, WORKPLACE DIGNITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THESE REGULATIONS TAKE A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF BOSTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FORTHCOMING CONVERSATIONS IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU COME OUT OF THE CHAIR AND IT'S KIND OF DARK AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SANTANA AND COUNCILOR COLETTA FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.  I'M SO HONORED TO CO-SPONSOR THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO ENSURE SAFE CONDITIONS WITHIN BOSTON HOTEL STOCK CREATING A REGULATORY MECHANISM FOR OVERSIGHT AND COMPLIANCE OF HOTEL SAFETY CONDITIONS MAKES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US SAFER PARTICULARLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS AND THE UNHOUSED. BY PARTNERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMPOWERING OUR HOTEL WORKFORCE WITH PROPER TRAINING OUR HOTELS CAN PROVIDE SAFETY FOR ALL. THE ADVISORY PANEL IS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AND IT WOULD ESTABLISH CONSISTENT PROTOCOLS FOR CLEANING OF HOTEL ROOMS AND PUBLIC HOTEL FACILITIES TO REDUCE AND ADDRESS INSTANCES OF BEDBUGS, LICE, MOLD AND OTHER PARASITES AND INFECTIOUS AGENTS INCLUDING SETTING A MAXIMUM LIMIT OF HOW MANY SQUARE FEET A HOTEL WORKER CAN BE FORCED TO CLEAN IN A DAY. THE PANEL THE ADVISORY PANEL EXPERTS WOULD ALSO PROVIDE HOTELS WITH GUIDANCE ON THE IMPACTS AND EFFECTS OF COMMONLY MISUSED SUBSTANCES INCLUDING INCLUDING OPIOIDS, IDENTIFYING SIGNS AND RESPONDING TO OVERDOSE AND HOW TO APPROACH HOTEL GUESTS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. THESE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT IMPORTANT PARTS OF THIS ORDINANCE.  I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL TO COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR YOUR WORK. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I WANT TO UPLIFT AND THANK THE WORK OF OUR HOTEL WORKERS AND LOCAL 26 AND EVERYTHING THEY DO EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR HOTEL WORKERS ARE GIVEN A FAIR SHAKE IN ALL IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AND THIS IN THIS ORDINANCE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT OUR HOTEL WORKERS ARE ARE WITHIN SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS AND THAT EVERYONE WHO STAYS AT A HOTEL HAS ACCESS TO THE SAME SAFE CONDITIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR DEREK IN THE CHAIR AND I JUST CAN'T COMPLAIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNCIL ME HERE FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN SUPPORT OF HOTEL WORKERS FOR FOR MANY YEARS WHETHER IT WAS FOR DECENT WAGES, SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS ,DIGNITY AND RETIREMENT. BUT WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WHAT THIS PROPOSAL HERE IS IS IS EXCEPTIONAL WELL WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE JUSTICE, THAT WILL PROVIDE DIGNITY TO OUR HOTEL WORKERS MANY OF THEM I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THEY MAY DISTRICT AND MANY OF THEM A WOMAN AND IMMIGRANTS AND THEY HELP TO BUILD THIS CITY AND THEY CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO BOSTON. THE FIRST PEOPLE USUALLY A TOURIST WILL SEE WHEN THEY COME TO BOSTON IS MANY TIMES PEOPLE FROM THE HOTEL INDUSTRY INCLUDING THE THE CLEANERS AND THEY DESERVE TO WORK IN DIGNITY . AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT THIS THIS PROPOSAL WILL CONTINUE TO DO IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR HOTEL WORKERS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND THAT'S WHAT BOSTON'S ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU KINDS FLYNN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSORS FOR THIS. AND I KNOW ALL MY COLLEAGUES I WILL ASSUME THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS AND OFTENTIMES YOU APPLY AND YOU START TO WORK THE HOTEL INDUSTRY. YOU GO IN TO DO ONE JOB AND YOU ARE FORCED TO DO A VERY DIFFERENT ONE AND YOU'RE PAID TO DO ONE JOB WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS ENOUGH. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE UPLIFTING THOSE NEEDS AND WOULD JUST SUGGEST WE MAY LOOP IN THE DA'S OFFICE. I'VE MET WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND I KNOW COUNCILOR DURKIN MENTIONED ALSO THE OVERDOSES THAT IT'S IT'S NEVER BEEN IN THE BUDGETS WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH LIKE THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OFTENTIMES OUR PARENT LIAISONS ARE HIRED TO DO ONE THING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO DO SO MUCH MORE AND IN THIS CASE OUR HOTEL WORKERS ARE. SO I'M HOPING THAT THROUGH THIS WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND GET THIS RIGHT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE A FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. I'M REALLY SUPER EXCITED TO MOVE THIS WORK ALONG. COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I AND ONE OF THE EARLY THINGS THAT WE HAD FILED HERE AND AND COVID CAME SO THEN WE STARTED FOCUSING ON COVID RELATED ISSUES. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING IS LOOKING AT THIS CONVERSATION NOT JUST IN HOTEL WORKERS BUT ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF MASSAGES AND OTHER SPACES AND PLACES THAT ARE ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED SPECIFICALLY AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  AND I THINK THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO LOOK AT OTHER SPACES AND PLACES THAT SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS WELL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD PROTECTING OUR WHOLE TELEWORKERS IS PARAMOUNT. THEY ARE TOO OFTEN PUT IN DANGEROUS POSITIONS.  SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AS IT WORKS THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK THESE ARE COUNCILORS BREADON FERNANDEZ, ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MURPHY THAT BEN WEBER WHIRL MYSELF COUNCILOR FLYNN AND ASKED TO ADD HIS NAME AS WELL.  DOCKET NUMBER 0759 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WE PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0760.0760 COUNCIL SIGN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PLANS TO ADDRESS DRAG RACING DIRT BIKES, ATVS AND OTHER OFF ROAD VEHICLES UNABLE ROADS STREETS.  IS HE COMING BACK IN? NO. OKAY LET'S READ TALKING NUMBER 0761. MR. CLERK WELL, WE'LL COME BACK TO 0760 ONCE COUNCILOR FLYNN IS BACK IN CHAMBERS 0761 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY REGARDING CONSTRUCTION SITES IMPACTING SMALL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR, JUST SO YOU KNOW FLYNN YOU'RE UP NEXT. UM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO FILE THIS HEARING ORDER AND I'M GOING TO DO IT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. OKAY? JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE UTILIZING OUR MICROPHONES IN WAYS THAT EVERYONE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND. AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE GROUP OF SPECIFIC LATINO OWNED BUSINESSES HAD REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE LOOKING FOR SOME SUPPORT AROUND SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THE BLUE HILL LAB CORRIDOR THAT IS REALLY IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. MANY BUSINESSES HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO LAY OFF EMPLOYEES. SOME HAVE REPORTED BEING MONTHS BEHIND RENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO LITERALLY KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN AS A RESULT OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS HAPPENING. AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO LEARN WITH THIS HEARING ORDER IS TO REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING AROUND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION ONCE A CONSTRUCTION SITE HAS BEEN DEEMED AND YOU HAVE NATIONAL GRID, EVERSOURCE AND ALL OF THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE TO DO THE BUSINESS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE RUNNING PROPERLY BUT SOMETIMES BUSINESSES ARE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY FASHION. THERE'S ALSO SOME CONCERNS AROUND THE TRANSPARENCY WORK AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY. A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR SOME SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT THEY'VE HAD. NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT IF IF ANY RESOURCES EXIST AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO A DEEPER DIVE AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THE CITY IS HOLDING ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE REP GONZALEZ ON THE STATE LEVEL AROUND SUPPORTING MICRO-BUSINESSES AND IN THAT CONVERSATION LEARNED THAT THE CITY OF HOLYOKE HAD FOUND A WAY TO SUPPORT THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES DURING CONSTRUCTION AND I THINK THAT THIS HEARING WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE AS MANY TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOL KIT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, THIS GIVES US A OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THEY HAVE PROVIDED IMPACTED BUSINESSES WITH OVER $650,000 IN A FUND OFFERED AS OPTIONS TO DEFER PAYMENT ON UTILITY BILLS,  BUSINESS PERMITS, SIGNAGE AND SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT IF ANYTHING WE COULD BE DOING HERE IN THE CITY.  I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS THAT THEY NEVER HEARD THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THEIR DOORS AND SO THERE'S SOME ISSUES AROUND HOW THE CITY HAS BEEN RESPONDING. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLEAR, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO HELP SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO IF I KNEW LAURA SOLO AND WHAT OUR TRABALHANDO GOAL I LEARNED THIS IS SPINAL PARTICULARLY THEN NELSON PIQUET BEING ANTONIO PROBLEMA COLA CONTRA CIRCA 10% ENSUES RDF THE NEGOCIO E COMO OPA IN PARTICULAR PARTICULAR BUT LA OPORTUNIDAD BUT AT THE TABLE OR THE INSEPARABLE ALSO THEY CAN ALSO ASK YOU THAT WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PICKING YOUR EAT THEM BEING INVESTIGATED CAN LOOK AT THE ANIMAL YESTERDAY NOT WHAT I MEANT BY THAT I REPEAT A LIMPOPO FINANCIER CAN GET IN WITH A CV IF I'M BEING I MADE A COMMUNICATION GAY ALMOST TO AN ETC. ALSO BUT I'M OPENING AT THE NCA BUT I WON'T COME UP WITH THEM ARE YOU ARE ALONE NEGOCIOS MICRO SCHEME WAS DONE LAST YEAR THANK YOU GOOD I SAY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTS COMES BY PEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO STAND REALLY QUICKLY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO COUNCILOR A HE HAS I'M HEARING ORDER. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE HER GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT FOR ORGANIZING A VERY VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING I THINK IT WAS ON SUNDAY WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS. I KNOW THAT THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I ACTUALLY SENT A BUSINESS OWNER THAT CALLED MY OFFICE TO THAT MEETING SO THANK YOU FOR ALL IN THAT SPACE. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TO LOOK AT HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTION UPDATES THIS IS OWNERS ARE STRUGGLING. THIS IS IT'S OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT BUT I DEALT WITH IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE YOU KNOW THE BOSTON WATER SEWER PROJECT GOING ON IN BLUE AVENUE. IT'S AFFECTING SO MANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE ARE SPANISH SPEAKING OF THEIR DIMINISHED WELL THE ONES I WE GOT RESULTS IN OUR DOMINICAN OWNERS DOMINICAN BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEY JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING JUST AT CITY DEPARTMENTS BUT THOSE QUASI GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS LIKE BOSSA WATER AND SEWER TO ALSO DO THEIR JOB OF REACHING OUT TO THEM SO THEY CAN KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, PROVIDE SCHEDULES AND UPDATES THAT THESE BUSINESS OWNERS CAN CAN COME UP WITH A RIGHT BUSINESS PLAN GOING FORWARD. THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? TAKE ACCOUNTS OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES . I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT YOU DID COUNCILOR PEPEN OVER ON THE BRIDGE AND ADVOCATING FOR THAT GROUP OF BUSINESSES OVER THERE . YOU KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN IT FIRSTHAND HOW ONGOING CONSTRUCTION CAN IMPACT SMALL BUSINESSES.  SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF GETTING CREATIVE ON YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY JUST TO COMMUNICATE YOUR SIDE BUT IF YOU COULD STAND UP A FINE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MITIGATING THE IMPACT, THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE GOING THROUGH WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND LOOKING FORWARD IN THE CONVERSATION AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE A FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO THE MAKER AND TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS YOU BROUGHT UP THESE SEVEN JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION THE FIX REPAIRING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUCIAL AND I SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENTS IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION AND I THINK THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE STREETS CABINET OVERALL HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB. HOWEVER, THERE COULD THERE'S A THERE'S ROOM THERE FOR CREATIVE PLANNING IN TERMS OF CONSOLIDATING CALENDARS OF THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITY WORK THROUGH THE APP WHERE IT WOULD ACTUALLY NOTIFY OUR CONSTITUENTS IMMEDIATELY OF WHERE TO AVOID SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER PLAN FOR THEIR TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES.  SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE IN SUPPORT AND THE CONVERSATION,  THE FILING AND LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING DEEPER INTO IT.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CAVS FROM HERE FOR THIS OFFERING.  I THINK COUNCIL PREPARED MENTIONED IT AS WELL. COUNCIL ORAL THE THE BRIDGE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE THE ONE IN HIGH PARK THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE I WANT TO LIFT UP THE WORK OF REPRESENTATIVE CONSALVO WHO WAS ABLE TO GET MONEY IN THE STATE BUDGET TO HELP MITIGATE A LOT OF WHAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING BUT SHARED AMONG THE I THINK 11 BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW ON THE BRIDGE. IT'S SOME OF THEM HAVE HAD TO CLOSE. IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH AND SO WE FLOATED THAT IDEA AROUND OF WHAT IT WOULD HAVE LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY TO HAVE A MITIGATION AND IMPACT FUND. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST BUDGET CYCLE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO REVIVE AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ,WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE? THAT COMES WAS BRAYDEN COLETTA DURKIN FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MCGWIRE I'M SORRY . I MEAN HE IS A SPONSOR MURPHY BUT BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0761 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER? WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO DOCKET NUMBER 0760 AND PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 07600760 OF COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PLANS TO ADDRESS DRAG RACING DIRT BIKES, ATVS AND OTHER OFF ROAD VEHICLES ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THIS IS A HEARING TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN ADDRESS CARS, DIRT BIKES, ATVS, OTHER OFF ROAD VEHICLES ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN DRAG, RACE AND SPEED AND DOING STUNTS OTHER DANGEROUS GATHERINGS AS WE ALL KNOW THERE WAS A DRAG RACING INCIDENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON A SUNDAY MORNING AND THE BACK BAY AND I REPRESENT PART OF THE BACK BAY . THIS WAS A GROUP OF 41 VEHICLES BLOCKING THE ROADS AROUND MARLBOROUGH SCREEN WHO ARE EFFECTIVELY SHUTTING DOWN THE ROADS USING THEIR CARS TO DO DONUTS ON DARTMOUTH AND MARLBOROUGH STREET DRAG RACING COMMONWEALTH AVENUE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND AS WELL DRIVING THE WRONG WAY ON OUR STREETS. WHAT DO A 39 WHEN ONE CALLS IN BOSTON POLICE IN BASSETT NOW STATE POLICE RESPONDED REPORTS INDICATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE NARROW STREETS IN THE WAY THEY WERE BLOCKED FIRST RESPONDERS COULD NOT GET TO THE SCENE IN THEIR CARS.  THIS ALSO WOULD HAVE BEEN A RECIPE FOR DISASTER FOR FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO GET THERE AND A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHEN OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO REOPEN THE STREETS THEY WERE MET WITH GLASS BOTTLES AND FIREWORKS. BOSTON POLICE SAID PEOPLE WERE FILMING THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES WITH PROFESSIONAL LOOKING CAMERAS. THIS IS NOT AN ANNOYANCE TO RESIDENTS WHO ARE WOKEN UP WAS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGE. IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE DOING THESE STUNTS THEMSELVES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN FILMING THESE STUNTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS WHILE TRYING TO GO VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA THEY WERE MERE INCHES AWAY FROM THE VEHICLES BUT IT WAS ALSO ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR NEARBY PEDESTRIANS, BYSTANDERS ON THEIR WALKS ON SOMEONE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.  COULD YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE AN ELDERLY PERSON SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE IN THE AMBULANCE TO GET DOWN TO THE STREET?  ASIDE FROM THE VERY REAL THREATS TO PHYSICAL INJURY OR HARM TO OTHER PEOPLE, THE SENSELESS ACTS COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AS WELL.  UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.  OUR CITY STREETS ACROSS BOSTON INCLUDING MY DISTRICT, THE DRAG RACING STREETS NOW EVEN HIGHWAYS LAST YEAR FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A LARGE GATHERING OF CARS NEAR THE OXFORD PAPPAS PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT FOR SOME SORT OF GATHERING AT THREE IN THE MORNING. RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT OF LONG ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DIRT BIKES DOING WHEELIES ON MAIN STREETS AND COMMERCIAL ROADS AND INCLUDING STATE PROPERTY AS WELL DOWN TOWARDS CASTLE ISLAND HIGH TRAFFIC CARS, ATVS AND OTHER DANGEROUS VEHICLES.  THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.  A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A FATAL CRASH AT M STREET IN EAST BROADWAY IN SOUTH BOSTON INVOLVING A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS DRIVING A MOTORBIKE BOTH MYSELF AND MAYOR WORLD AND CITY COUNCIL ALTHOUGH WE MET WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE SEVERAL DAYS LATER, I BELIEVE THE BOSTON POLICE SHOULD BE PROACTIVE IN ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.  THIS IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM. IT DEMANDS A REGIONAL SOLUTION . WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF VEHICLES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THESE ILLEGAL RACES AND SEIZE THESE VEHICLES.  I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT STRATEGIES ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT WE CAN ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND ALSO IN MY OPINION THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN CASA DURKEE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIGHLIGHTING WHAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN MY DISTRICT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.  SO I HAVE I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH MARY ELLEN BURNS WHO IS THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR BPD. SHE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO THE WORK THAT BPD IS ALREADY DOING TO ENSURE SAFE STREETS. SO BPD HAS DONE SEVERAL OPERATIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF TO ADDRESS REVELERS AND TO RESTORE QUIET STREETS THIS YEAR SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR. BPD HAS INVESTED IN ITS AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE AND IS LEADING THE WAY WITH MODERATING ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY AND DOING CODE 19 IS WALKING TALKS IN HOTSPOT AREAS FOR ACTIVITY IN TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AND ACTIVE AREAS. WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN OTHER PARTS OF BOSTON THAT WAS CALLED THE STREET TAKEOVER AND BPD HAS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO ADDRESS REVELERS AND RESTORE RESTORING QUIET STREETS. BUT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COVERAGE OF OF WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING IN THIS RESPECT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER BPD DID THE RIGHT THING IN THIS INSTANCE AND IN MY OPINION THEY WERE ON THIS THEY WERE ON THE STREET IN 3 MINUTES OF BEING CALLED THE STREETS ARE BLOCKED SO THEY APPROACHED EVERYONE WHO WAS ON THE STREET ON FOOT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. TO ME THAT'S A SUCCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR FILING THIS . YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN REALLY PROUD OF DOING IS REALLY CREATING SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT ARE CONSIDERED CAUSING THE HARM TO REALLY BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. AND I'M REALLY GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE THAT WHEN WE HOST THE HEARING THAT WE CAN INVITE SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT MY OFFICE HAS WORKED WITH IN YEARS PRIOR AROUND THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS FIRST THE FIREWORKS, THEN IT WAS THE PARTIES THAT WERE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, DOWN CUMMINS HIGHWAY THE AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY. THEN IT WAS ALL OF THESE MOTORBIKES GOING THROUGH FRANKLIN PARK. SO WE HAVE REALLY HAVE FOCUSED A LOT OF OUR ENERGY AND IN EDUCATING PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSING HARM AND EDUCATING THEM ABOUT THE LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE, THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY CREATING SPACE FOR THEM TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.  RIGHT. AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE INVITE SOME OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THIS SPACE SO THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.  AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, COUNCILOR FLYNN, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY WAY WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CHANGE IT IS IF WE BRING THEM ALONG WITH THAT CHANGE BECAUSE WE CAN PASS AS MANY PIECES OF LEGISLATION PEOPLE ARE NOT IF THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE ORDINANCES THAT EXIST THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP AT THEM.  SO I WOULD RECOMMEND AND ASK THAT WE WE INVITE PEOPLE IN AND I JUST CALLED THEM OUT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. WE'VE HOSTED A SERIES OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE DONE THINGS RIGHT ON SITE IN FRANKLIN PARK. WE WORKED WITH FRANKLIN PARK COALITION, WE WORKED WITH YOUTH GROUPS, WE'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US WORKING IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AS A CITY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PARTNER WITH YOU IN DOING JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INDEPENDENT COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEER'S NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY SHOULD COME FIRST. I DO ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCIL ME HERE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS.  I'M NOT SURE HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOTIVATE OR INCENTIVIZE THEM TO DO THAT BUT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE INTERESTED TO COME TO THE TABLE AND POSSIBLY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT SOLUTIONS. I DO THINK THAT THIS SPEAKS TO AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR OPEN SPACE AND SPACES THAT WHERE OUR YOUTH IS DECOMPRESSING THEIR STRESSORS.  WE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY I THINK ISSUE. THEN WE ALSO THIS DIRECTLY CONNECTS TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE SO CONGESTED UNJUSTLY POPULATING AREAS OF POVERTY AND WE DO NOT ACTUALLY AFFORD TO ALLOW SPACE WHERE YOUTH OUR YOUTH CAN GO AND DECOMPRESS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION VERY INTERESTED AND AGAIN CASA FLYNN, THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WITH THE UTMOST ATTENTION WE NEED TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ANDREW ANDERSON IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE. THAT COMES GREAT COLETTA DERRICK AND FERNANDO ANDERSON GERALD, MARIA MURPHY, PIP AND SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ON THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0760 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR COURT, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0762 DUNCAN NUMBER 0762 COUNCILOR ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GREEN NEW DEAL AND LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA COMES TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU CHAIR AND SO BEFORE I READ MY REMARKS I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO BEPS, I FEEL LIKE WE JUST HAVE SO MUCH TO LEARN IN TERMS OF HOW WE REALLY HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,  WHILE WHO KNOWS WHERE THIS IS GOING TO LAND, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO HOLD BEPS BEPS TO SOME SORT OF LEVEL OF STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO DECISION MAKING. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. IT WAS CRAFTED BY ONE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT IS INTERNING IN OUR OFFICE. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL. HER NAME IS KIARA. SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON ISSUES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL IN OTHER FACILITY PLANS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN COUNTLESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AND HAS REALLY SHEPHERDED THIS PIECE OF THIS HEARING, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IT BACK TO THE FOREFRONT. WE FILED IT LAST YEAR AND THIS IS A REFILED BUT WITH A LITTLE TWIST. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING HER VOICE INTO THIS SPACE. I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN US SOON WHERE SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. BUT FOR NOW HERE IS HER WORDS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO THRIVE IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE SAFE, WELL-MAINTAINED AND FULLY EQUIPPED TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.  THIS IS WHY WE ARE FILING A HEARING ORDER TO AUDIT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREEN NEW DEAL AND LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN WHILE THE NEW GREEN DEAL FOR BP MARKS A STEP FORWARD, IT FALLS SHORT OF MEETING THESE EXPECTATIONS. TOO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE DEALING WITH YEARS OF NEGLECT AND DISINVESTMENT LEAVING STUDENTS PARENTS AND FACULTY FEELING OVERLOOKED AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BP AND THE COMMUNITY IS VAGUE, LAUGHS LACKS TRANSPARENCY, IMPORTANT UPDATES AND OFTEN REVEALS THE PUBLIC REVEAL TO THE PUBLIC ONLY THROUGH THE LAST MINUTE PRESS CONFERENCE IS LEAVING LITTLE ROOM FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE SEEN IT AND I CAN ON THAT TO BE THE FACTS ANYWAYS COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS THROUGH THE AVAILABLE ARE NOT WIDELY PUBLICIZED OR ACCESSIBLE AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS OFTEN INSUFFICIENT TO UNDERSTAND THE DECISION MAKING BEHIND SCHOOL CHANGES.  ATTEMPTS TO SEEK CLARIFICATION THROUGH DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY AND BP'S DEPARTMENTS ARE OFTEN MET WITH SILENCE OR SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN RESPONSE AND WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THIS LEAVES MANY FAMILIES FEELING FRUSTRATED AND DISEMPOWERED AS THEY STRUGGLE TO OBTAIN BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION BY HOLDING A THOROUGH AUDIT NOT JUST A HEARING TO HAVE A HEARING BUT TO REALLY DIVE DEEP INTO HOW TRANSPARENT WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.  THE EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREEN NEW DEAL IN THE LONG TERM FACILITY PLAN WE CAN WE CAN IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND ENSURE THE VOICES OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE HEARD AND VALUED AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT REPAIRING THE HARM AND REPAIRING THE TRUST AND REPAIRING THE STATE OF THE OTHER LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BP AND I'M HAPPY THAT I FOUND IT IN AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ORGANIZING PARENTS AND WORKING ALONGSIDE EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE NOW AT A PLACE THAT THINGS CONTINUE TO BE DONE TO US WITHOUT US AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HOLD OURSELVES AND THE CITY AND BP ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE.  AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS HEARING SO THAT WE CAN DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS FILING. IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS BUILDINGS.  INFRASTRUCTURE IS POLICY AND IT AFFIRMS THE DIGNITY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH TWO SCHOOLS HAVING GRADUATE FROM TWO SCHOOLS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING TRANSITIONS TO NEW BUILDINGS TWO UPGRADES AT THE TAYLOR AND AT THE MCCORMICK NOW SOON TO BE MOVED BACK TO THE ACADEMY AND THE TAYLOR MERGER WITH THE SHORE IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD BP'S ACCOUNTABLE AND TO LETTING US KNOW WHAT THE FULL PICTURE IS FOR THE FACILITIES PLANS FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE. THAT COUNCIL WAS BROUGHT IN COLETTA DURKIN AN ANDERSON TO CHAD FLYNN MURPHY BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0762 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 20763 DUNCAN NUMBER 0763 COUNCILORS PEPEN AND DURKIN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WAYS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE WASTE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR THAT BAND COMES UP AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  CAN I ALSO ADD COUNCILOR BRIAN MORRELL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR PREPARED TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCIL ORAL WAS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCIL PET COUNCIL ALSO ADDED CASPER BAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I GOT A LOT OF OUTREACH FROM DIFFERENT COLLEAGUES THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT.  FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW HYDE PARK WAS ACTUALLY THE LAST NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME PART OF THE CITY OF BOSTON BACK IN 1912 BECAUSE OF THAT IT CAME WITH DOZENS UPON DOZENS OF PRIVATE WASTE PRIVATE WAYS WHERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS MORE CONTROL OVER ONE'S PROPERTY WHILE SAVING COSTS ON UTILITIES SOME TIME AGO. NOW AS OUR STREETS IN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BECOME DENSER ONCE A POTENTIALLY COST SAVING OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE OR A FEW NICK HOMEOWNERS HAS BECOME A COSTLY AND DISASTROUS SITUATION FOR NOT ONLY THE MANY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BUILT HOMES ON THE STREET BUT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE THEIRS THAT MAY DRIVE DOWN TO GET TO AND FROM HOMES IN HYDE PARK PARISH STREET AND SUMMER STREET ARE CUT ROUTES FOR AUSTIN TO SUMMER STREETS THAT HAVE CRATERS NOT ORDINARY POTHOLES TRUE CRATERS THAT CAN EASILY WIPE OUT A FRONT BUMPER IN ONE PASS ARE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THIS SHORT PATHWAY.  THESE ROADS AND IN PARTICULAR ARE NEARBY THE BRUCE SCHOOL CAUSING A DEEP SAFETY CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY GUARDIANS DRIVING TO PICK UP THEIR STUDENTS BUT ALSO FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS THAT CAN EASILY TRIP IF NOT WATCHING INTENTLY WHILE PRIVATE WAYS ARE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF PUBLIC WORKS, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE CAN BE PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE THESE GROWING FINANCIAL BURDENS OF RESIDENTS WHO INHERITED A DECISION MADE DECADES AGO WHEN THEIR HOMES MAY NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN CONSTRUCTED. THIS WOULD ONLY THIS WOULD BE ONE OF MANY CONVERSATIONS AS I KNOW PRIVATE ROADWAYS ARE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THE ADMINISTRATION, STATE OFFICIALS PUSHING FOR LARGER LEGISLATION AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JUST THIS MORNING AT THE MATTAPAN COFFEE HOUR I GOT PULLED ASIDE BY A FIREFIGHTER WHO LIVES ON A PRIVATE STREET AND HE GOT A FLAT TIRE BECAUSE HE DROVE BY ONE OF THESE THESE CRATERS ON HISTORY AND HYDE PARK AND JUST TWO WEEKS AGO A MOTHER ON STREET ALSO IN HYDE PARK REACHED OUT TO ME BEGGING US TO PLEASE FIX YOUR PRIVATE WAY BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER COULDN'T WRITE HER BICYCLE DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT HAVING TO SWERVE ALL AROUND THOSE POTHOLES. FOR ME I FEEL HOPELESS WHEN I SAY I'M SORRY . PUBLIC WORKS CANNOT CANNOT PAVE THIS ROAD AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PAPANDREOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR PIPPEN FOR FILING THIS. I'M GLAD TO CO-SPONSOR AND I HOPE AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TO EVENTUALLY SEE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR PRIVATE WAYS SUCH AS BACK STREET IN MY DISTRICT PRIVATE WAYS IN MY DISTRICT ARE UTILIZED BY EVERYONE WHO TRAVELS THROUGH BOSTON WITH WAYS AND MEANS HEARINGS COVERING FISCAL YEAR 25 OPERATING BUDGET AND THE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS HEARING UNDER OUR BELTS.  I THINK WE'RE ALL UNIQUELY AWARE OF THE CONCRETE NO PUN INTENDED COST REQUIRED TO KEEPING OUR ROADS SAFE AND TRANS AND TRAVERSABLE THEREFORE I UNDERSTAND THE HESITANCE TO CONSIDER INCREASING THAT COST BY ADDING ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS TO THE CITY'S PURVIEW.  HOWEVER, ANY ADDITIONAL BUDGET COST IS FAR LOWER THAN THE SAFETY COSTS THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES ALONG ROADS WHICH REMAIN PRIVATE AND ARE FAILING TO MEET BASIC SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.  SO I'M EXCITED BY THE FORWARD THINKING OF COUNCILOR PIPPEN AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WE AREN'T ASKING TO GET INVOLVED IN ANY PRIVATE WAYS THAT AREN'T ASKING FOR IT. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE COMING TOGETHER.  YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES I THINK I THINK OF BACK STREET THOSE RESIDENTS ON THOSE STREETS WOULD HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND OFTENTIMES IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS THERE IS A DEEP INEQUITIES BETWEEN SOME PEOPLE IN THE CONVERSATION AND OTHERS AN ABILITY TO PAY.  SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS REALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE PRIVATE WAYS THAT ARE BEING USED AS PUBLIC WAYS AND YOU KNOW THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CITY AND TO TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IT WON'T BE POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN HELP EVERY SINGLE PRIVATE WAY. BUT GIVING THAT GIVEN THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE SUCH SIGNIFICANCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THAT THEY'RE IN AND GIVEN THAT AND I YOU KNOW, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION WE'RE ALL TRAVELING VIA RIDE SHARING UBER AND LYFT AND OFTENTIMES OUR DRIVERS ARE ASKED TO DRIVE ON STREETS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE'S THEIR CITY OR OUR PRIVATE WAYS. AND SO THE IMPACT THAT CARS AND ARE MAKING ON THESE STREETS,  THE RESIDENTS AREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY THE RESIDENTS AREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY CONTROL THE TYPE OF USE ON THOSE STREETS. SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR PIPPEN FOR LEADING IT AND EXCITED TO TAKE PART.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCILOR DUNCAN FATEMI AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR IN MY DISTRICT. THE ISSUE OF MAINTAINING PRIVATE WAYS IS PRESSING. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WALKING DOWN STREETS AND LIKE COUNCILOR PEPEN SAID IT WAS EASY CRATERS ON STREETS WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WERE ON BOTH OF THE SIDES. I CAN LEARN THAT THOSE HOMEOWNERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST WAS JUST MIND BLOWING TO ME . MANY HOMEOWNERS THAT WE THAT I FOUND WERE UNAWARE THAT THEY CAN ALL THAT THEY OWN A PROPERTY ON A PRIVATE STREET AND WE'RE SHOCKED THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR COSTLY REPAIRS JUST AS LIGHTING, SEWER AND ROAD MAINTENANCE THIS HAS SURFACED MORE MOST RECENTLY WHEN MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD COMMENT DEVELOPMENT ATTEMPTED TO GET THEIR SIDEWALK FIXED AND WE'RE TOLD IT WAS PRIVATE.  FAST FORWARD FIVE YEARS LATER AND THE RESIDENTS IN THIS NEW COMPLEX WHICH WAS BUILT 15 YEARS AGO NOW NEED TO PAY $8,000 EACH TO GET THEIR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS UP TO CODE TO TAKE THEM BACK AND IF THEY DELAY THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE PROCESS CAN'T BEGIN AGAIN UNTIL 2029 AND THE COST WOULD BE HIGHER OR COULD BE HIGHER.  THIS FINANCIAL DECISION HAS TORN THIS DEVELOPMENT APART PITTING NEIGHBORS AGAINST NEIGHBORS WITHIN A FIVE WITHIN WITH NEARLY FIVE FIGURE BILLS COME IN IT'S A SITUATION AND DECISION THAT NO HOMEOWNER SHOULD HAVE TO FACE AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE UPON LAWS WHICH I BELIEVE ARE 100 YEARS OLD THE LAW GOVERNING THIS ISSUE, AS I SAID, IS CENTURY OLD AND SEEMS OUTDATED.  IT LIKE WHO WANTS TO PAY FOR THEIR SIDEWALK? WHO WANTS TO PAY FOR THE PIPES UNDERNEATH THEIR UNDERNEATH THEIR SIDEWALKS? WHO WANTS TO PAY FOR PUBLIC LIGHTING?  AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION ON THE CITY WITH THE CITY ON AN OPT IN OPT OUT WHO WANTS TO BE PRIVATE? WHO WANTS TO BE PUBLIC AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUT IN THE INVESTMENTS THE CONVERTING THOSE STREETS.  SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  PLEASE ADD MY NAME. I I HAVE SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. I LIVED ON A PRIVATE WAY IN BOSTON FOR NINE YEARS. YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT COMES UP IN WITH THESE PRIVATE WAYS IS YOU NEED NEIGHBORS TO AGREE AND WHEN YOU HAVE HOMEOWNERS LIVING ALONGSIDE RENTERS EVEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE ABSENTEE LANDLORD IS. AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, SERVE SEWAGE AND YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN ISSUE BUT SO IS JUST SNOW REMOVAL.  THE CITY PLOWS DON'T COME DOWN THE PRIVATE WAYS OR SOMETIMES THEY DO BUT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.  BUT TO GET HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS TO COME TOGETHER TO SHOVEL IS, YOU KNOW, JUST AN ANNUAL RITUAL THAT WAS A CIRCUS. BUT AND YOU KNOW, IT JUST IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE AN 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO LIVES ON A STREET PRIVATE WAY WITH POTHOLES WHERE AMBULANCES CAN'T GET DOWN AND THERE'S YOU KNOW, YOU NEED SOMEHOW YOU NEED UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT FOR PEOPLE TO PAY FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, ABSENTEE LANDLORDS REALLY HAVE NO WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP IMPROVE OUR CITY WITH. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYTON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR AND COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR BRINGING THIS ONE FORWARD. I THINK EVERY DISTRICT HAS ISSUES WITH PRIVATE WAYS AND ANECDOTALLY WE HAVE WE HAVE A STREET IN BRIGHTON CALLED RUSHMORE STREET AND IT'S A IT'S A PUBLIC IT'S A PUBLIC STREET AND THEN THE PUBLIC STREET PART ENDS AND IT'S A PRIVATE WAY THAT HAS A VERY PRECIPITOUS DROP AND SOMEONE WHO IS DOORKNOCKING FOR ME OUT ON RUSHMOOR STREET A FEW YEARS AGO CAME BACK AND SAID YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS AS A CLIFF IS A CLIFF. THE ROAD JUST GOES OVER A CLIFF . AND I WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT AND THEN NEIGHBORS CAME TO ME AND SAID CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PRIVATE WAY BUSINESS BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT AND IT'S DANGEROUS AND ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF WAZE AND THE GPS SYSTEMS A I THINK IT WAS AN AMAZON BAND TRIED TO NAVIGATE GOING DOWN THIS CLIFF MUCH TO THE CONSTERNATION OF THE NEIGHBORS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE GUY SURVIVED IT BUT I THINK YES, WE HAVE TO COME UP THIS IS AN ANCIENT ARTIFACT OF A PREVIOUS TIME AND I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND ADDRESS THE SITUATION TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE DESPERATE TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ALL TRAVELERS ON OUR STREETS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT. I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS TRYING TO BE THE FOURTH CO-SPONSOR AND SINCE THAT'S NOT A THING I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TO THE MAKERS FOR FILING THIS. THIS DEEPLY IMPACTS MY DISTRICT SOUTH END AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I HAVE WORKED ACTUALLY TOGETHER ON MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS WITH ADMINISTRATION AND BACK AND FORTH.  SO STILL LOOKING LIKE A WORKING SESSION, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT WILL WORK FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THIS IS A ISSUE AS COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON MENTIONED THIS IS AN ISSUE IMPACTING MANY NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING THE SOUTH END INCLUDING THE BACK BAY JUST ON ASSAULT AND RELATED ISSUE MANY OF THE MANY OF THE ALLEYS IN THE SOUTH IN PRIVATE AND THEY ALL SHARE THE SAME WATER AND SEWER PIPES SO THE WATER AND SEWER PIPES ARE IN THE PRIVATE WAY AND WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE IT AS IT RELATES TO FIXING THE PIPE IT'S ON THE IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY BASICALLY OF THE RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR AN ENORMOUS COST OF THESE PIPES.  A LOT OF THESE PIPES ARE OLD THAT HAVE BEEN THERE 100 YEARS AND THEY EVENTUALLY THEY THEY DO NEED REPLACEMENT. BUT I THINK WE DO NEED A LONG TERM STRATEGY AND FINANCIAL PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ON PRIVATE WAYS BUT HAVE PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER ISSUES COME INTO A PROGRAM WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE WATER AND SEWER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THERE GOING TO BE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THESE PUBLIC ALLEYS AND AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE PUBLIC ALLEYS ARE CONDOS NOW. SO THERE COULD BE 7080 PEOPLE UNITS IN THIS PARTICULAR THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN EVERY PERSON HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN SIGNING THE AGREEMENT TO DEAL WITH THE WATER AND SEWER AND TO SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL AGREEMENT. SO IT'S VERY COMPLICATED BUT IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE WATER AND SEWER ARE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS WELL.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  I'LL JUST SAY THAT PRIVATE WASTE WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO A COMPLICATED BUREAUCRACY AND IT'S A TOPIC THAT ME , MY CHIEF OF STAFF EMILY WE'VE WORKED ON QUITE A BIT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SNOWSTORMS. I THINK COUNCILOR WEBER MENTIONED THAT I REMEMBER BEING CALLED OUT TO TO PRESCOTT STREET IN HYDE PARK BY A CONSTITUENT DOESN'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH AND WONDERING WHY WE WEREN'T PLOWING THE STREET AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME STOPGAP TO THAT. THERE COULD BE SOME PLOWING BUT DIFFICULT CONVERSATION LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ANYONE ELSE ALTOGETHER NAMED MR. CLERK?  WHO'S THAT COUNCIL'S GREAT IN CARLOTTA FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0763 THAT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0764.0764 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO UTILIZE FORMER SCHOOL AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR SANTANA IS ADDED AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL WEBER ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . I OFFER THIS HEARING ORDER BECAUSE THE URGENCY TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS NEVER BEEN MORE CRITICAL. THIS WORKING ORDER REPRESENTS A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO REPURPOSING BOSTON'S UNDERUSED MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING FORMER SCHOOL BUILDINGS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CITY'S 2022 LAND AUDIT AND SUPPORTIVE FRAMEWORKS ESTABLISHED BY FEDERAL LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSION ACT OF 2024 ALL POINT IN THE SAME DIRECTION.  YOU MUST USE ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND ASSETS AT THE CITY'S DISPOSAL TO FIGHT FOR AFFORDABILITY. THIS HEARING ORDER ALSO DOVETAILS TO THE RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION INCENTIVE PILOT PROGRAM. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS IN OUR DOWNTOWN BY INCREASING RESIDENTIAL SPACES THEREBY STABILIZING MARKETS AND ENSURING ECONOMIC DIVERSITY.  THIS HEARING WILL SERVE AS A PLATFORM FOR OPEN DIALOG WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,  HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND CITIZENS TO EXPLORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND ENSURE THAT THE TRANSFORMATION OF THESE PROPERTIES MEETS THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. I'M COMMITTED TO A PROCESS THAT UPHOLDS OUR CITY'S HERITAGE AND MAXIMIZES THE IMPACT OF OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS IN MAKING BOSTON A MODEL CITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THIS ALSO CONTINUES THE WORK OF THE LATE MEL KING WHO WAS REALLY A CHAMPION OF LOOKING MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING OUR SCHOOLS OF FORMER POLICE STATIONS, LIBRARIES, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS THAT NO LONGER BEING USED IN THEIR ORIGINAL CAPACITY AND LOOKING AT THEM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO RICHARD GIORDANO OVER AT THE FENWAY'S FENWAY CDC WHO WHEN HE SAW THIS FOLLOWING WAS LIKE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO. SO REALLY TRYING TO WORK IN LOCKSTEP WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS AND SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. THANK YOU, MR VICE PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR SPONSORING THIS HEARING ORDER AND INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.  COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE HAS COVERED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS HEARING IN DETAIL.  I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS.  OUR CITY OWNED LAND AND BUILDINGS ARE PUBLIC ASSETS AND THEY SHOULD BE PUT TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A SEVERE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT IS PUSHING TRULY ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO THE BRINK INCLUDING FAMILIES. RECENT GRADUATES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SENIORS LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS,  NURSES, TEACHERS AND OTHER CITY WORKERS.  EVERY DAY WE ARE LOSING THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR CITY WORK AND MAKE BOSTON THE PLACE THAT WE LOVE. SO I CAN'T THINK OF NO BETTER WAY TO REPURPOSE OUR CITY OWNED BUILDINGS THAT HAVE RETIRED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL PURPOSE THAN TO HELP MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS . THAT KIND OF REUSE IS ALSO ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AND IT CAN PRESERVE SOME OF THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.  AND IN THIS ERA WHEN WE'RE ALL CONSIDERING HOW WE CAN DIVERSIFY BOSTON SOURCES OF REVENUE, IT'S ALSO FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.  REDEVELOPING CITY OWNED LAND CAN BE A REVENUE SOURCE FOR BOSTON AND THEY CAN PROVIDE US ACCESS TO NEW FEDERAL FUNDING MEANT TO ENCOURAGE CITIES TO UNDERTAKE EXACTLY THESE KINDS OF REUSES OF CITY OWNED BUILDINGS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND I HOPE MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US IN THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING THIS. YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT FIRST ROUND OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO CLOSE IN OUR DISTRICT.  AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HEARINGS SINCE I CAME HERE IN JANUARY 1ST ABOUT HOUSING. WE'VE HEARD A CONSISTENT MESSAGE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH HOUSING. THERE ARE PEOPLE GETTING EVICTED FROM THEIR HOUSING. PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THE HOUSING THAT THEY'RE IN. AND WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO TO BUILD MORE HOUSING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK TO CITIES LIKE PARIS WHICH HAVE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR FOUR CITIES PURCHASING PROPERTY AND MAKING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND SO I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS AS IT GOES FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DURKAN.  THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR SANTANA AND WEBER FOR SPONSORING THIS HEARING ORDER. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH ADVOCATES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ABOUT ABOUT PROPOSALS LIKE THESE. THANK YOU AGAIN. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT MENTIONED THE FENWAY CDC HAS BEEN REALLY THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS IN MY DISTRICT AND WHAT WHAT MIGHT EXIST. I BELIEVE THE MCKINLEY SCHOOL IS SORT OF CLOSE TO ME AND COUNCILOR TONY FERNANDES , THE ANDERSONS DISTRICT LINE BUT INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE MCKINLEY SCHOOL HAVING HOUSING ATOP AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ALL BASED ON A MODEL THAT WE ARE SEEING PROVEN AT THE WEST END LIBRARY WHERE THE CITY HAS JUST CHOSEN POHA PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A DEVELOPER OF HOUSING THAT WILL BE ON TOP OF THE WEST END LIBRARY.  THIS IS ALL INCREDIBLY EXCITING I THINK NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT UTILIZING OLD BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT USED BUT THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE RICH WITH PUBLIC SERVICES AND THEN AT TOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS JUST IN AREAS LIKE MY DISTRICT THAT ARE TRANSIT RICH.  THIS IS REALLY THE SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE IN THE CITY AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HAVING A REAL PASSION FOR THIS AND I THINK TOGETHER WE CAN ALL DO SOMETHING AND ENCOURAGE AND AN HONESTLY LET'S THINK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC BUILDINGS IN OUR DISTRICTS AND LET'S START THINKING CREATIVELY AND I JUST THINK OF THIS IF ALL COME TO THE HEARING WITH FIVE LOCATIONS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM, THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT WAY TO TO KIND OF TEST THE PANEL OF WHETHER OF WHETHER THE PANEL AND WHETHER BEEPS AND WHETHER THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS ARE THINKING ABOUT THESE LOCATIONS IN OUR DISTRICTS AND IN THE GREATER CITY BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN I'VE ASKED A QUESTION IT PULLS BACK A LAYER OF WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THIS BUT IT'S BEEN PUT ON THE BACK BURNER. SO JUST ENCOURAGING EVERYONE AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PREP I WANT TO DO FOR THIS HEARING AND REALLY EXCITED TO TAKE PART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.  VICE PRESIDENT MORALES I RISE TO THANK THE MAKER OF PLEASE ADD MY NAME. THIS IS ANOTHER WELCOME STRATEGY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS HERE IN THE CITY AND KEEP HEARING FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY LIVE IN.  HOUSING IS NOT AFFORDABLE ENOUGH AND NOT ENOUGH OF IT IS AFFORDABLE AND SO THIS IS A PROVEN STRATEGY THAT WE COULD TRY TO IMPLEMENT AND THAT'S BEEN UTILIZED ALREADY IN MY DISTRICT IN OLD SCHOOLS LIKE THE LINEMAN, THE CHEVRONS AND THE OLD BARNES HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THOUGH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SURFACE SURPLUS PROPERTIES IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT BY NONPROFITS AND SO THERE IS MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SAYING THAT PUBLIC BUILDINGS SHOULD STILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC GOOD WHICH COULD ARGUABLY BE A INCLUDES BUILDING FOR THE INCLUSION OF NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT OUT AND I HOPE THAT WE COULD BE VERY INTENTIONAL AND SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS I DO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS BUT I ALSO WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORKS MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS HAVING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL THAT ALSO ADDRESSES SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE NEED LIKE GROCERY STORES AND FOOD CO-OPS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS TO THAT MANY THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS FOR NANCY ANDERSON THANK YOU MR CHAIR.  BOSTON HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY OF ADVOCATING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND I REALLY TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING THIS FORTH.  THE CITY HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DEVELOPERS TO BUILD HOUSING ON TOP OF LIBRARIES, CONNECTING FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND SENIORS TO VITAL CIVIC CENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.  IN PRIORITIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS CRUCIAL AS THE HOUSING CRISIS IN BOSTON IS FORCING MANY FAMILIES PARTICULARLY BLACK BROWN FAMILIES TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITY. AS WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOWEVER, WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE IN THE FIRST PLACE AFFORDABILITY IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THIS IS I REMEMBER MY FIRST CONVERSATION EVER WITH THE MAYOR WHEN I FIRST BECAME BECAME ELECTED AND SHE I WOULD SAY TO HER, YOU KNOW, CONGESTING FURTHER POPULATING OR CONGESTING MORE POVERTY IN CERTAIN CONCENTRATED AREAS IN ROXBURY WOULD DAMPEN OR HURT OUR ECONOMY. WE NEED MIXED HOUSING BUT WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP. THEN IN PARTNERSHIP OUR CHIEF OF HOUSING MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING SHEILA DILLON WE CREATED THE FIRST BOSTON'S RENT TO OWN PILOT PROGRAM WHICH THEN WENT INTO AN RFP PROCESS.  HOPEFULLY I THINK FOLKS FROM AWESOME BRIGHTON MAY HAVE APPLIED AND HAD ME TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. I REALLY LIKE COUNCILOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES BOTH IDEAS OF AMENITIES AS WELL AS COUNCILOR DURKIN'S IDEAS AND FIGURING OUT ONE AMENITIES BUT TO THE IDEA OF GOING TO OUR DISTRICTS AND SEEING THE BUILDINGS SO THROUGH A BY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT STUDIO WITH WE ACTUALLY HAVE DONE A STUDY AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THESE BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE ASKED ARCHITECT STUDENTS TO DESIGN THE POSSIBILITIES OF ONE CREATING THESE AMENITIES SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN WITHIN THE DISTRICT DISTRICT SEVEN SPECIFICALLY BUT ALSO WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THESE BUILDINGS. SO THEN WE SURVEY THE COMMUNITY. WE THEN WENT INTO INTERVIEWING ARTISTS WITH IDEAS OF BEAUTIFYING OUTDOOR SPACES AS WELL AND THESE AMENITIES AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE ECOSYSTEMS OR HOUSING ECOSYSTEMS AGAIN TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. SO MIT HAS AGREED TO AND I WON'T MENTION NAMES BUT EXCITING NAMES PROFESSORS AT MIT HAVE AGREED TO ACTUALLY GO INTO NEXT STEP OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT STUDIO FOR DISTRICT SEVEN WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SPATIAL MAPPING ACTUALLY ADDRESSING POCKETS OF ROXBURY AND WHERE EXACTLY TO WHAT AMENITIES DO WE NEED. I MENTIONED THAT WE DID ASSET MAPPING UNDERSTANDING THE THEREFORE WE UNDERSTAND THE DEFICITS IN ROXBURY. SO WITH THE SPECIAL SPATIAL MAPPING WE'LL CREATE WALKABLE STREETS TO BE ABLE TO AS I'VE POINTED OUT BEFORE, I WANT TO DRY CLEAN. I DON'T WANT TO REPAIR MY SHOES, GO TO A GYM, A JUICE BAR ALL WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF WALKABLE DISTANCE. SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ,THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. WE FIND WE WILL GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOW HAVE A CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOLUTIONS AND TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSORS ON THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, SADLY WE'RE SEEING SO MANY FOLKS BEING DISPLACED FROM CITY AND IT'S ANOTHER WAVE OF FOLKS WHO ARE LEAVING AND I'M JUST LOOKING DOWN THE LIST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD OF ALL THIS FORMER SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOW HOUSING ROSLINDALE HIGH SCHOOL.  THERE WAS A STAR SCHOOL IN AALST IN BRIGHTON, THE JACKSON IN UNION SQUARE. THE WESTON FIREHOUSE HAS BEEN MADE INTO HOUSING OR YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY.  AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER WAVE OF OF AN EXODUS OF FAMILIES FROM OUR CITY AND FOLKS WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE.  CITY WORKERS RESIDENCY IS REQUIRED AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY. SO I THINK THIS IS A THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE.  TO LOOK AT MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AS FORMER SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO SEE HOW WE CAN REPURPOSE THEM TO HOUSING. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR LOOKING AT THEM IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE SPACE FOR A NONPROFIT SECTOR. SO MANY OF OUR NONPROFITS ARE ACTUALLY BEING DISPLACED AS WELL BY INCREASING RENTS AND THEY'RE HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY THEY DON'T HAVE LARGE ENDOWMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PAY MARKET RENT FOR OFFICES. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT A MIXED USE POSSIBLE MODEL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FAMILY HOUSING TO TRY AND STABILIZE OUR FAMILIES AND HOUSING FOR CITY WORKERS SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO STAY. SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSORS FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  THANK YOU, MR VICE PRESIDENT.  I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GROWING CONCERN WE HAVE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF HOMELESS VETERANS AND IF DURING THIS CONVERSATION WE ARE ABLE TO INCLUDE THE HOMELESS VETERANS COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION AND SOLUTION THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HELP ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS.  I WORKED CLOSELY WITH GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR HALEY ON RECENT $20 MILLION THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO VARIOUS GROUPS AND CITIES AND TOWNS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS BUT THE HIGHEST THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GROWING PERCENTAGE OF HOMELESS VETERANS RIGHT NOW A WOMAN VETERANS.  SO HERE ARE WOMEN VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT'S THEY'VE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE FOR THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN. THERE'S SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG THAT.  LET'S ALSO INCLUDE THE HOMELESS VETERANS COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS,  GREAT SOLUTIONS. THERE'S GREAT PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE COULD WORK WITH AND JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE HOMELESS VETERANS OR LOW INCOME VETERANS ESPECIALLY WOMEN VETERANS AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'M ACTUALLY WORKING HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH VHA ON A POTENTIAL PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A PLACE IN BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR WOMEN VETERANS THAT'S A PRIORITY OF MINE SO IT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON. THANK YOU, MR VICE PRESIDENT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  SO I THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER COUNCILOR THEN PREVIOUS COUNCILOR TITO JACKSON HAD PLANTED THIS SEED IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW CAN WE UTILIZE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT WITH COVID AND ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW ,WE WERE ABLE TO TO REALLY MOVE THE CONVERSATION FORWARD.  BUT THEN COUNCILOR A LOT DURING HER TIME HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND AS HER ROLE IN IN THE HOUSING SPACE WAS REALLY LOOKING AT WAYS FOR US TO BE CREATIVE AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE CONVERSATION CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IN THE SPACE AND AND I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO ALSO BREEDEN WHO IS REALLY UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOT OF OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A HEARING SOON AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LIKE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HOUSING CRUNCH HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND AND IF WE CAN UTILIZE THAT SPACE TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON'S POINT IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE AND THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING US TO DO. AND WHILE YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SHOULD BE WHAT IS DRIVING THE CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK AS CREATIVELY AS POSSIBLE AND LOOKING AT ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE AND AS SOMEONE WHO STARTED MY OWN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, I KNOW THAT SPACE IS LIMITED FOR NONPROFIT AND A LOT OF OUR FAITH LEADERS ARE ALSO LOSING SPACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONVENE. I'VE HAD FAITH LEADERS WHO HAVE ASKED ME DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO COULD LEND US SOME SPACE SO THAT WE CAN WORSHIP SPACES LIMITED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON?  AND SO I THINK THAT THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO OPEN ITSELF UP FOR US TO REALLY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING JUST THAT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ? JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND HER CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD VERY MUCH FORWARD THINKING. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH BP LATER ON IN THIS MONTH ABOUT THEIR LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN. SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BRING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I'VE ALSO HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME NONPROFIT NOT DAYCARES.  RIGHT. SPEAKING OF AMENITIES SO MAYBE HAVING ONE OF THOSE DAYCARES INSIDE OF ONE OF OUR BPA SCHOOLS IN ON TOP HOUSING.  SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF PARTNERING WITH OTHER AMENITIES TO BRING HOUSING AND THAT SERVICE ON THAT GROUND LEVEL. SO THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING ALL THEIR IDEAS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME CLARE PLEASE. OUR COUNCIL BRAIDING CASA COLETTA COUNCIL FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR MEJIA . COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. AND PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR WORRELL.  THANK YOU, DUNCAN NUMBER 0764 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK CUSTOM HERE FOR UPLIFTING COUNCILOR TITO JACKSON. HE'S ALSO SOME OF THE BEST IDEAS COME FROM FORMER CITY COUNCILORS. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT MY LEGAL LEGAL INTERN IN THE OFFICE WHO DID A LOT OF THE RESEARCH FOR THIS HEARING ORDER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING ALL OF YOU IN.  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0765.0765 COUNCIL OF OFF OF THE PHONE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING BLACK WOMEN VETERANS DURING BLACK MONTH MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  CAPTAIN FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM.  THIS IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING BLACK WOMEN VETERANS ESPECIALLY DURING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK WOMEN VETERANS HAVE AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ACCORDING TO THE VA THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 MILLION WOMAN VETERANS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND BLACK WOMEN COMPRISE 30% OF ALL WOMEN VETERANS WHO RECEIVE HEALTH CARE AT THE VA. THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE AND SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.  THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION RECENTLY REPORTED THAT BLACK WOMEN INCLUDING BOTH VETERANS AND NON-VETERANS ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE DUE TO PREGNANCY CAUSE COMPARED TO WHITE WOMAN. THE VA RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH.  BLACK VETERANS IN PRIDE PROVIDE CULTURALLY COMPETENT TRAINING TO HEALTH CARE STAFF SO THAT BLACK VETERANS AND VETERANS OF COLOR ARE HEARD, UNDERSTOOD AND RESPECTED. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE WORKED ON BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH ME ON THIS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT D.C. MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ADVOCATING ON THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES AS PART OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ORGANIZATION.  DURING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS AND ADVOCATE ON MAKING SURE THERE WAS EQUITY THERE IS EQUITABLE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE FOR BLACK WOMEN IN BLACK VETERANS.  AS THE NUMBER OF WOMAN VETERANS USING VA HEALTH CARE GROWS, WE NEED TO SUPPORT GENDER SPECIFIC HEALTH CARE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE AND WELCOMING TO WOMEN VETERANS. THESE ARE SERVICES EARNED AND ENTITLED TO VETERANS. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANYTHING. THEY'VE EARNED THEM. I KNOW THAT BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK WAS APRIL 11TH, TOOK TO THE 17TH BUT THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST CONFINED TO ONE WEEK. I HOPE WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND CHALLENGES BLACK WOMAN AND BLACK WOMAN VETERANS FACE AND WORK WITH OUR VA AND VETERANS SERVICES TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER CARE.  AND THIS IS AN ISSUE WHEN I HAVE MY HEARING COMING UP ON AT THE VETERANS COMMITTEE. I WILL FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE. I WILL INVITE THE COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS SERVICES AS WELL AND I WILL INVITE THE VETERANS ADVOCATE FOR WOMAN AT THE VA IN JAMAICA PLAIN IN WEST ROXBURY TO BE THERE TO HIGHLIGHT THESE CRITICAL ISSUES. AND I'LL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON BLACK WOMEN VETERANS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRABAND INDIGENOUS WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL FLYNN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING RESOLUTION FORTH RECOGNIZING BLACK WOMEN VETERANS ESPECIALLY DURING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK. I AS A BLACK WOMAN AND THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS A POPULATION THAT IS HUGELY UNDERSERVED AND UNDERRECOGNIZED AND AS A PROUD MOTHER OF A U.S. MARINE.  I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR VETERANS. I ALSO LIVE NEXT TO A HOME FOR VETERANS AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TO DO SO MUCH MORE FOR SERVICES FOR OUR VETERANS.  SO BEFORE THE STORY THAT I HAVEN'T SHARED IS THAT WHILE BEFORE I BEFORE I BEFORE I DISCOVERED A PLAN TO I ACTUALLY PLANNED MY FIRST CHILD BELIEVE IT OR NOT BECAUSE I WAS SO YOUNG BEFORE I PLANNED MY CHILD . HIS FATHER WAS A MARINE AND I WOULD JOIN AND THEN ONCE I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS EXPECTING MY SON TO DECIDED NOT TO JOIN. SO I HAVE A DEEP RESPECT FOR MARINES AND MAYBE I PASS THAT ENERGY DOWN TO MY SON. AND NOW OF COURSE A PROUD MARINE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROGRAMS, THE CONVERSATION, ANY EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH BLACK VETERANS. AGAIN, A HUGE POPULATION THAT'S JUST HUGELY IGNORED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING ANYTHING THAT YOU INVITE US ON.  BLACK WOMEN VETERANS THANK YOU . THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME IS CORRECT PLEASE? THAT COMES WAS BRAYDEN DURKIN FOR AN INDIGENOUS CHAIRMAN MURPHY PIPPEN WEBER WILL PLEASE OTHER CHAIR KIZER FILL IN SEE JUST MENTION OF THE RULES AND PASSWORD DOC AT NUMBER 0765 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0765 HAS BEEN ADOPTED MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCTOR NUMBER 20766 DOCTOR NUMBER 0766 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EXTENSION OF THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM AND ADVANCING DIGITAL EQUITY. THANK YOU.  CHAIR RECOGNIZES TIME TO POINT OUT FOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR BUT ALSO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR AND MEJIA AS WELL COUCH PREPARED SO ADDED COUNSELOR FLYNN'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNSELOR ME HE HAS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES FROM HERE. SO ADDED GENERAL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR PEPEN FOR REACHING OUT AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR I'M HERE BECAUSE DIGITAL EQUITY ISSUES SHE'S BEEN A LEADER ON SINCE SHE'S STARTED ON THE COUNCIL BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET IS NOW AN IN INDISPENSABLE PART OF LIFE EDUCATION WORK HAVING RELIABLE HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL AT SCHOOL EVENTS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES. HOWEVER, INTERNET SERVICE CAN BE EXPENSIVE AND HAVING A LACK OF COMPETITION IN TERMS OF INTERNET SERVICE CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO FIND AFFORDABLE INTERNET SERVICE.  THE AFFORDABILITY CONNECT OF PROGRAM ACP IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT OFFERS A $30 SUBSIDY TO ELIGIBLE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WHICH IS ENOUGH TO COVER SERVICES WITH LESS DATA WORK OR CAN CONSTITUTE A SIZABLE PORTION OF THE INTERNET BILL THAT REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS TO RESIDENTS.  THERE ARE MORE THAN 50,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN BOSTON THAT ARE RELIANT ON ACP TO HELP PAY FOR THEIR INTERNET BILLS WITH 368,000 ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS. HOWEVER, ACP WILL EXPIRE SOON IF FUNDING IS NOT EXTENDED AND RESIDENTS WHO ONLY RECEIVE ABOUT HALF OF THEIR USUAL SUBSIDIES BEGINNING IN MAY UNTIL FUNDING RUNS OUT COMPLETELY LOSING THIS PROGRAM WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR DIGITAL EQUITY ISSUES AND FURTHER DIVIDE FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES, IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, STUDENTS OUR SENIORS WORKING FAMILIES PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES LAST YEAR 32 SENATORS SIGNED A LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP CALLING FOR THE EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR ACP A COALITION OF 271 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SENT A LETTER RECENTLY TO CONGRESS ASKING THEM TO VOTE ON H.R. 6929 THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM EXTENSION ACT OF 2024 FILED BY REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE CLARKE.  WITHOUT ACP, MANY HOUSEHOLDS WILL RISK LOSING THEIR INTERNET SERVICE OR FIND INTERNET SERVICE TO BE A FINANCIAL BURDEN. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN USE THIS RESOLUTION TO SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTOR CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM AND URGE ALL FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES TO WORK TOWARDS CONTINUED FUNDING OF THIS CRITICAL PROGRAM AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT DURING THE PANDEMIC I HAD MANY FAMILIES IN CHINATOWN THAT WHEN ONE CHILD WOULD BE ON THE INTERNET IT WOULD BE OKAY.  THE CHILD WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT BEEPS. BUT WHEN THE SECOND CHILD FROM THE FAMILY TRIED TO ACCESS THE INTERNET THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.  THIS WAS ALSO A MAJOR ISSUE IN MANY AREAS THROUGHOUT VHA AS WELL. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE BUT THERE'S MORE THAT CAN BE DONE AND LET'S CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON DIGITAL EQUITY.  IT IS REALLY A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY BUT THEN COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR OUT OF ME AS THE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  UM, YOU KNOW IN DISTRICT FIVE THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 10,000 RESIDENTS THAT DEPEND ON THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM FOR THEIR ACCESS TO INTERNET JUST A HEARING THAT WE ARE JUST A MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT HERE THEY HAVE TO DEPEND ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER INTERNET SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY WATCH AND PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT ACCESS TO INTERNET IS NO LONGER NECESSITY IS SORRY ACCESS INCIDENT IS A NECESSITY NOT A LUXURY IN THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY DECLARED ACCESS TO WEB A HUMAN RIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT NOW IT'S ABOUT TO COME TO AN END AS COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED WITH THE FUNDS EXPIRING THIS VERY MONTH, I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO U.S. SENATOR ED MARKEY FOR BEING SUCH A STEADFAST ADVOCATE FOR THIS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL HE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS NOT ONLY AT A MUNICIPAL LEVEL BUT STATEWIDE AS WELL.  SO I URGE ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE $6 BILLION THAT THE WHITE HOUSE PUT FORTH.  OUR RESIDENTS CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ACCESS TO INTERNET AND WE AS A CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THIS TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS THAT THEY WILL DESERVE. THANK YOU.  THANK COUNCILOR BEND. COUNCILOR MAY, HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR AND GOD, I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 100 YEARS NOT JUST FOR NOT IN THE CHAMBER BUT JUST I'VE DONE A LOT IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. GOOD LORD I'VE BEEN BUSY EARNING MY KEEP BUT I THINK THAT THE ISSUE OF DIGITAL EQUITY ESPECIALLY DURING COVID WAS WHEN I FIRST REALIZED THE INEQUITIES IN COUNCILOR FLYNN'S POINT IN TERMS OF ESPECIALLY DURING REMOTE LEARNING WE SAW A LOT OF THE ISSUES OF ACCESS AND AND ALSO PARENTS BEING WORKING FROM HOME AND WHILE THEIR STUDENTS WERE TRYING TO LEARN FROM HOME WE SAW THAT GAP AND I WANT TO JUST UPLIFT AND THANK COMCAST AS ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES THAT REALLY STOOD IN THAT GAP AS WELL AS TECH GOES HOME AND A LOT OF OUR DIGITAL PARTNERS WHO WHO REALLY HELP MEET THE MOMENT AND ALSO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO GET AT THEM, I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE THEY THEY WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD CLOSE THE DIGITAL GAP. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ESPECIALLY COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME AND COUNCIL PREPARING FOR A FOR THAT DATA IN REGARDS TO YOUR RESIDENTS. RIGHT. I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR WHEN YOU COME TO THIS CHAMBER AND YOU BRING IN YOUR PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT WAS I THAT DATA POINT THAT YOU JUST SHARED RESONATED AND I'M AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS RIGHT SO SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND I AND I WANT TO JUST GO ON THE RECORD IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND I THINK THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE HERE ON THE COUNCIL NOW THAT WE HAVE BUDGET SEASON CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE COULD BE DOING IN THE DIGITAL EQUITY SPACE.  AND THAT SAID BEFORE I GET MY MIKE TURNED OFF THE CHAIR I THINK YOU AS ANYONE ELSE I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK WHO'S THAT? COUNCIL WAS GREAT IN DURKAN FITZGERALD MURPHY BAY OH NOT THE PEN HE'S ALREADY ON SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE AT THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF AN ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0766 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE UNDOCKING NUMBERS 0766 COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES. 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 PIPPIN YES COMES BACK TEN YEARS. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR AROUND YES.  DOKKEN MEMBER 0766 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0766 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0767 MEMBER 0767 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR GERALD COSMO. GERALD, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILMAN . HE HAS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL. YOU SAID DURKAN FIRST. YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CASTRIES CHARLES EXPANSION OF THE RULES TO ADD CUSTOM HE HAS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONCILOR MEJIA HE SO ADDED COUNCILORS GERALD YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  SINCE 1949 MAYOR HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN ORDER TO SPREAD AWARENESS FIGHT NEGATIVE STIGMAS AS WELL AS ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES EXPANDING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND NOW WITH SOCIAL MEDIA LESS OUTDOOR PLAY COMING OFF THE PANDEMIC AND MAYBE EVEN BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN 2024, MENTAL HEALTH IS ALL THAT MORE IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE.  SO I ALONG WITH MY CO-SPONSORS ARE PROUD TO CONTINUE TO BRING THIS AWARENESS TO THE FOREFRONT IN MAY AND IN EVERY MONTH BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,  NO MATTER WHO WE ARE LET'S BE HONEST WE ALL HAVE A COUPLE SCREWS LOOSE AND THAT'S OKAY. ASK FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.  ROGER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO. OH, YOU DON'T. BUT NOW YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR YOUR FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH BY CELEBRATING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WE CAN HELP SPREAD AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE, REDUCE STIGMA AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT REDUCE THE BURDEN FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS. THIS IS A PROBLEM MUCH BIGGER THAN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT WE CAN START WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE CAN START WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ANY CITY EMPLOYEE WHO SEEKS IT. WE CAN START BY KNOWING THE RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE TO US. WE CAN START BY SHARING RESOURCES. WE CAN START TODAY BY RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT OUR CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WE CAN MEET MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS BY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS AND EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON KNOWS THAT WE SUPPORT THEM ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE SOMETIMES JUST SAYING IT OUT LOUD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART . SO SO I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CARE AWARENESS I THINK I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S BEEN A CONSISTENT FOCUS ON FOLKS ON THIS BODY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ADVOCACY.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COME MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR AND YOU KNOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, I FEEL LIKE IN THESE CHAMBERS I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU AND APPRECIATE SO MUCH OF HOW YOU SHOW UP IN THIS SPACE. SO I EVEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS YOU YOU KNOW HOW TO BRING IT AND SO I THANK YOU. MORE OF THAT PLEASE.  SO THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME TO JOIN YOU ALONGSIDE AS A CO SPONSOR. YOU KNOW I DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 1949 WHICH IS THE YEAR THAT MY MOM WAS BORN AND I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY MOM YOU KNOW MY STORY IS OPEN. YOU KNOW, WHEN I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WHEN I WAS A KID, MY MOM WAS TOO AFRAID TO BRING ME TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE ME AWAY FROM HER. BUT I GREW UP BELIEVING THAT MY MOM DID NOT LOVE ME BECAUSE SHE NEVER GOT THE CARE THAT I NEEDED AND BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH STIGMA AROUND THE FACT THAT I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND MY GRANDFATHER WAS SUCCESSFUL THAT HIS ATTEMPT AND MY COUSIN WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY WAS ALSO SUCCESSFUL IN HIS ATTEMPT. BUT WHAT I WHAT HURTS ME THE MOST IS THAT IN MY FAMILY WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE STIGMA THAT EXISTS AND SO HAVING A MONTH TO REALLY UPLIFTED AND TO OWN IT IS IS IMPORTANT. SO SO THANK YOU HAVE I THINK THAT I THINK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER NOW 14 YEARS OLD AND WHO LITERALLY HAD A HARD TIME DURING COVID AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT SUFFERED IN SILENCE, MANY OF WHICH WERE IN HOMES THAT DID NOT LOVE THEM AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY FELT SEEN WAS IN SCHOOL AND IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR A LOT OF KIDS TO DEAL WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I AM SUCH A BIG CHAMPION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I THINK THAT THAT WHEN WE ARE NOW THE ADULTS THAT WE WERE HOPING WE HAD WHEN WE WERE LITTLE KIDS.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU COUNSELOR FITZGERALD AND COUNSELOR DURKIN BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, COUNSELOR DURKIN IN THIS SPACE AND I THINK THAT VULNERABILITY IS A SUPERPOWER AND OFTENTIMES US BEING STRONG IS IMPORTANT. BUT BEING VULNERABLE I THINK IS A QUALITY THAT SHOULD ALSO BE UPLIFTED BECAUSE IN IN IN YOUR ABILITY TO BE VULNERABLE IS WHEN YOU CAN BE THE STRONGEST. AND SO I THINK MORE OF THAT IS NEEDED AS WELL. THANK YOU. CHAPPELL THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE KINDS OF FINANCIAL YOU UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU CONSUL-GENERAL FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION TO THE FLOOR. ACKNOWLEDGE YOU MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH IS MORE THAN JUST SYMBOLIC GESTURE.  I SEE IT AS A CALL TO ACTION AT ADVOCATING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IS CRUCIAL ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE NEED TO ESPECIALLY LIFT UPLIFT THE WAYS IN WHICH SOCIAL INEQUITIES IMPACT PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH. THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION 2024 MENTAL HEALTH REPORT FOUND THAT BLACK AND LATINX RESIDENTS MORE FREQUENTLY REPORTED EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS. IN ADDITION, BOSTON INDICATORS FOUND THAT NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL LGBTQ PLUS ADULTS HAVE EXPERIENCED DEPRESSION AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME.  IT'S ESPECIALLY CRUCIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MONTH THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE DURING BUDGET SEASON WHERE WE ARE SEEING CUTS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN THE SCHOOLS. I HOPE THAT IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WE CAN PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS IN THE END IS AND FIGHT FOR MORE FUNDING TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MANY OF WHOM HAVE SPENT A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR LIVES. AS CASIMIR POINTED OUT,  LEARNING FROM BEHIND A SCREEN WITH DIFFICULTIES THROUGH COVID . THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK WHOSE ACCOUNT WAS GRAYDON CARTER FOR YOU? ANDERSON FLYNN. MURPHY SANTANA. WEBER. WALSH PLEASE. OTHER CHAIR CANTOR FITZGERALD COUNCILORS DURKIN AND MEJIA SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 07680767 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL POST ANY GUYS HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN A HAS BEEN ADOPTED YES OH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY A LOT OF TIMES WITH A LOT OF YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT, I LIKE TO GO ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF DOCKET 0766. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. AND CAN YOU PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR CORTEZ AND SUPPORT FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0766 AT COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON.  MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I ALSO LIKE MY VOTE TO BE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RECORD IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR DOCKET 0766.  MR. CLERK, CAN WE SEEING NO OBJECTION CAN WE ADD HER? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR DURKAN. HI. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NAME IS ADDED TO 0764 ADDED OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK. CAN YOU MAKE SURE COUNCILOR DURKIN'S NAME IS AT 20764 THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 0768. MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 07680768 COUNCIL'S FITZGERALD AND MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WE THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN GERARD.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . PRESIDENT IN RECOGNIZING THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATE APPRECIATION WEEK I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUE A FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I AM THE HUSBAND OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AS WELL. AND I CAN TELL YOU THROUGH THOSE TIMES ONE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH DEDICATION TEACHERS HAVE TO THEIR CRAFT IN TERMS OF TIME SPENT THE MONEY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET TO FILL UP THEIR CLASSROOM FOR THE THINGS THAT KIDS NEED AND THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES TO BRING THE BEST ACADEMICS SITUATION TO THE CHILDREN THAT THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM. AND I KNOW I SEE IT IN MY OWN HOUSE EVERY DAY. SO MY ADMIRATION HAS ONLY GROWN OVER TIME FOR THIS.  WHAT I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO DO IS MAYBE NOT THIS WEEK BUT IN THIS MONTH IF YOU ALL COULD PICK A SCHOOL IN YOUR DISTRICT AND MAYBE DROP OFF BREAKFAST FOR THE TEACHERS AS A WAY TO APPRECIATE THEM, I PUT THAT CHALLENGE TO ALL OF YOU AND IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU DO THAT I'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT RECOGNIZES ALL OF THAT.  BUT IF YOU ALL TRY TO PICK A SCHOOL IN YOUR DISTRICT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING. I'M GOING TO DROP OFF DONUTS AND COFFEE AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AND AS WELL ALL OF YOU MANY OF YOU DO IT ALREADY. BUT PLEASE FOR THIS MONTH ESPECIALLY.  BUT WITH THAT WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO BRING ABOUT THAT NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT A GOOD TEACHER CAN CHANGE ONE KIDS LIVES LET ALONE MANY AND WE NEED MORE OF THEM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSOR ALSO ANTHONY LANDRY EARLIER MENTIONED HOW THERE IS A DISPROPORTIONATE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN ARE ARE 911 CALL TAKERS AND WE KNOW THAT'S ALSO TRUE IN TEACHING MY MOTHER.  SHE'S WORN MANY DIFFERENT HATS IN HER LIFE. SHE'S AN ATTORNEY, AN ACCOUNTANT, A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER. BUT I ALWAYS THINK OF HER IN HER CAREER AS A TEACHER. MY AUNTIE PEGGY, 84 SIMILAR TO YOUR STORY COUNCILOR ME HERE STILL GETS UP EVERY DAY BECAUSE SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO RETIRE BUT LOVES HER TEACHING JOB AND AS A FORMER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER I AM NOW A PROUD MOTHER. MY DAUGHTER TEACHES IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO ANY OPPORTUNITY I HAVE TO UPLIFT TEACHERS AND RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEIR DEDICATION AND HOW THEY CHANGE THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS IS IMPORTANT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE TEACHERS ACROSS THE CITY AND THIS MONTH AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND KNOW THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOU AND DURING THIS BUDGET SEASON WE'VE HAD A FEW NOT ALL OF OUR BUDGET HEARINGS I KNOW THAT JUST KNOW THAT MYSELF AND OUR COLLEAGUES ARE ADVOCATING TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED SO THAT YOU CAN DO THE JOB THAT YOU NEED. BUT WE KNOW YOU ALWAYS DIG DEEP AND GIVE MORE OF YOURSELF THAN MOST OTHER PROFESSIONS DO WHEN IT'S RECOGNIZED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OH THE CHAIR AGAIN AS COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS MORNING THERE WERE TEACHERS FROM THE SARAH GREENWOOD WHO WERE OUT FIGHTING FOR HIGHER WAGES AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE ESPECIALLY DURING THIS BUDGET SEASON, RIGHT, THAT THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE HARDEST WORK OFTENTIMES WHICH IS PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS BUT OFTENTIMES HAVING TO FIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE LITTLE NOOK AND CRANNY THAT THEY GET. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UTILIZE THIS LITTLE POWER THAT WE HAVE ESPECIALLY DURING THE BUDGET SEASON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PIPPIN BECAUSE WE'RE OPENING UP THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE TO THE CREATORS OF THIS OF THIS RESOLUTION. I AM VERY THANKFUL TO THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIG PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY. SHOUT OUT TO SPECIFICALLY MR DIONNE WHO WAS MY CIVICS TEACHER ALL THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THE HURLY AND TO MR PITTS DELI WHO WAS MY TEACHER TWICE AT THE O'BRYANT BOTH OF THEM JUST I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MY MY CHILDHOOD AND THERE'S ALWAYS A TEACHER THAT COMES TO MY MIND THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN IT AND I THINK THAT BEING PART OF THE WAYS AND MEANS CONVERSATION WITH BP'S COMPETITOR IN THE SCHOOLS OR THE SCHOOLS IN GENERAL I'M JUST SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS DO AND FOR FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE EDUCATED TAKING CARE OF THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FITZGERALD AND MURPHY FOR BRINGING TO THE TABLE TODAY I STAND WITH YOU ON THIS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSEQUENCE AMAZON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE TO SAY THAT TEACHERS ARE LIKE GUARDIAN ANGELS.  THEY'RE BRINGING AMAZING HOUR LONG TIME AGO I WORKED AS A PARA FOR THREE WEEKS. I DIDN'T LAST I RAN TO MY CAR, CRIED AND QUIT SO AND THEN I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW I I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT. IT'S IT'S ISOLATING.  YOU'RE IN A CLASSROOM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THE WHOLE SYSTEM, RIGHT? LIKE HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE INTO OUTDOOR LEARNING AND SPACES.  WHO IT'S A LOT AND THE TYPE OF AS YOU SAID COUNCILOR FITZGERALD JUST WANTED TO SECOND THAT LIKE THE TYPE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND STRATEGIC MANEUVERING AND MANAGING OF EMOTIONS AND ADDRESSING CRISES AND PROBLEM SOLVING IT'S A LOT YOU HAVE TO BE EVERYTHING SOCIAL WORKERS LIKE YOUR TEACHER BUT YOU HAVE TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER. SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SUPPORT THIS AND SAY I DO IN MY DISTRICT I DO SCHOOL TOURS EVERY FRIDAY SO I CIRCULATE FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL BUT ADDING THE BREAKFAST COMPONENT TO IT IS DEFINITELY A PLUS.  THANK YOU FOR THE IDEA. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS. ONE THING COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR OFFERING THIS THIS MORNING I STARTED MY MORNING WITH OUR TEACHERS AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE AT THE TRACK SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HONORING THEM NOT ONLY ORDERING DURING THIS MONTH BUT ALSO IN HOW WE SUPPORT THEIR WORK IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY SHOW UP FOR OUR KIDS IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES. SOMEONE TOLD A STORY THIS MORNING ABOUT A PARENT WHO WAS LIVING OUT OF HER CAR SOME UNACCEPTABLE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME IS A PIECE THAT COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA FERNANDA ANDERSON FLYNN MEJIA, PAYTON SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0768 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I SUPPOSE THEY MAY THINK YOU NUMBER 0768 HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS A QUOTE PLEASE REPORT NUMBER 07690769 COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND MURPHY ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL NURSES WEEK.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS CHARITY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT IT'S GREAT TO BE UP HERE AND OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZE NATIONAL NURSES WEEK . AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I AM THE SON OF A NURSE. MY MOM WAS A NURSE.  YOU CAN SEE THE THEME HERE OF THE FEMALE ROLE ROLE MODELS IN MY LIFE BEING EXCELLENT AND HAVING EXCELLENT APPLICATION. SO IF THERE'S ANY GUY OR ANY PERSON TO DO IT IN ANY MONTH TO HONOR THESE PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE ME . AND SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK THAT PEOPLE COP THE JOKE I CAUGHT. IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU CAN CONTINUE CANCER DOESN'T MATTER WHO CATCHES IT RIGHT? YOU GUYS ALL ACT IT VERY PROFESSIONAL BY THE WAY KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  YES, THANK YOU. WELL, THE WEEKS ARE IN SYNC,  YOU KNOW. OH, CAN YOU PLEASE CONTINUE SO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO ON. I'LL GO ON.  BUT EITHER WAY I SHALL GO TO THE NURSES. THEY DO MAKE THE BEST MOMS AND THEY DO DO THE WORK OF WHEN WE ARE AT OUR WEAKEST MOMENTS THEY ARE THERE TO HELP US FEEL BETTER AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT ESPECIALLY THOSE NURSES OVER AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S TO AN INFORMATIONAL PICKET RIGHT NOW OR IT STARTING AT NOON MAYBE OVER ABOUT THE THE OFFER OF THEIR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AS THE ONES WHO ARE OFFERING HEALTH CARE TO OTHERS MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE. AND SO SHOUT OUT TO THE MASS NURSES ASSOCIATION AND THEIR INFORMATIONAL PICKET GOING ON THAT WE SUPPORT THAT.  BUT AGAIN WHEN WE'RE AT OUR LOWEST THEY'RE THERE TO PICK US UP AND MAKE US FEEL GOOD AND JUST LIKE TEACHING IT'S A NOBLE PROFESSION THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK AND YOU PUT UP WITH A LOT OF FLACK FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WHEN THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT THEIR BEST WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR LOWEST OR THE WEAKEST. AND SO YOU KNOW, THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS GOES TO THE NURSES AS WELL BUT HAPPY TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND RECOGNIZE NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNSELOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  ALWAYS IMPORTANT I ALWAYS AS A TEACHER WE DID ALWAYS SHARE IT WITH THE SCHOOL NURSES OF THIS WEEK WE SHOULD HAVE OUR OWN BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST GIVE THEM LOTS OF LOVE.  JUST LAST WEEK COUNCIL OF FLYNN AND I VISITED THE SOUTH BOSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, HAD A STAFF LUNCHEON AND I KNOW WE WERE AT A RALLY AND MANY OF US HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR STEWARD HEALTH CARE IN THE ALL OF THE YOU KNOW, MASS NURSES BUT SEIU 1199 ALL OF OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS, NURSES SAVE LIVES. MY AUNTIE KAY IS IN THE HOSPITAL THIS WEEK AND JUST GOING OVER TO VISIT HER. IT'S JUST HEARTWARMING JUST TO SEE NURSES LIKE TEACHERS LIKE MOMS LIKE JUST SHOW UP AND GIVE THE CARE AND THAT WE NEED AND TO NEVER FORGET THAT JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE WERE CALLING THEM HEROES AND NOW WE'RE ON PICKET LINES TRYING TO HELP THEM KEEP THEIR JOBS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ON THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR LIFESAVING WORK.  SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING NURSES ALWAYS THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY AND A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO YOUR ON K WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CORBETT BECAUSE THAT COMES WAS GREAT IN A LOT OF FERNANDA ANDERSON FLYNN HERE BUT BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD THESE ARE OTHER CHAIR COUSINS FITZGERALD AND MURPHY TO EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0769 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0769 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCTOR NUMBER 0771 DUNCAN NUMBER 0771 COUNCIL OF CALCUTTA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION FOR A DEDICATION FOR MASTER SERGEANT JAMES B FITZGERALD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOLDEN ROW AND WELLESLEY STREET IN CHARLESTOWN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. JAMES JIMMY FITZGERALD WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 2ND, 1937 AND WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CHARLESTOWN. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY RELATION TO OUR RESIDENT FITZGERALD HERE BUT HE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT. CHARLESTOWN WAS A 30 YEAR VETERAN OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS UNION LOCAL 718.  MASTER SERGEANT FITZGERALD PASSED AWAY DURING SUMMER OF 2017 BUT HIS LEGACY IN CHARLESTOWN LIVES ON THROUGH HIS FAMILY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE US ARMY AND SERVED THIS COUNTRY WITH VALIANTS FOR 32 YEARS. I'M HONORED TO BRING THIS TO THE COUNCIL FOR A REQUEST FOR A DEDICATION IN HIS MEMORY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOLDEN ROW AND WELLESLEY STREET IN CHARLESTOWN. AND I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CORRECTED THAT COUNCILOR IS BRAYDEN FERNANDO ANDERSON FLYNN MARIA MURPHY PIPPEN, S.A. WEBER WORLD PLEASE PLEASE CHAIR CASA CARLOTTA SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0771 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL OPPOSING AA THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 0771 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DR. NUMBER ZERO SEVEN 7 TO 2 A0772 COUNCIL A COLLATERAL FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN ACT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO DISPOSABLE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU AGAIN. MADAM PRESIDENT, THROUGHOUT MY TENURE I'VE BEEN A PROUD CHAMPION OF MENSTRUAL EQUITY AND I'M PROUD TO BRING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION OF THE I AM BILL. HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION REQUIRES MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AND IT IS INTEGRAL THAT A FIRST CLASS CITY LIKE BOSTON BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF REDUCING PERIOD POVERTY OR THE INABILITY TO AFFORD THESE PRODUCTS. UNFORTUNATELY, FOOD STAMPS OR WIK FUNDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR MENTAL PRODUCTS. APPROXIMATELY ONE OUT OF TEN MINT MEN'S TRADERS IN MASSACHUSETTS LIVE LIVES IN POVERTY AND STRUGGLES TO PAY FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. THIS BILL ENSURES THAT ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF DOCUMENTED STATUS, INCOME STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER EXPRESSION AND RACE ARE ABLE TO SECURE THE PRODUCTS THEY NEED WHILE AT SCHOOLS, HOMELESS SHELTERS AND EVEN MASSACHUSETTS PRISONS. AS A CITY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES ON THIS EFFORT BY SECURING ACCESS TO PERIOD PRODUCTS IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS LIKE OUR BUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND EVEN HERE ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR IN CITY HALL. PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WILL BRING OUR CITY AND STATE EVEN CLOSER TO REDUCING SHAME AND STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH THE LACK OF INCOME OR ACCESSIBILITY TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. THE I AM BILL WAS PASSED BY THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY IN OCTOBER 2023, THE SECOND IN OCTOBER 23.  I ENCOURAGE AND URGE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE TO SECURE PASSAGE FOR THIS BILL DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO WE CAN BRING THE LEGISLATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. I WANT TO THANK MASS NOW FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO MENTAL EQUITY AND THANK YOU TO REP LIVINGSTONE BARBER AND SENATOR JALEN FOR SPONSORING THIS BILL. I APOLOGIZE I DID NOT ASK OF THE PRESIDENT THAT SHE COULD BE ADDED FOR A SECOND CO-SPONSOR BUT I'M ASKING THAT NOW AND THEN ALSO ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I'LL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK IN ADVOCACY ON ENDING PERIOD POVERTY AND ON UPLIFTING THIS BILL. JUST HONORED TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU IN DOING THIS WORK. CASA CLARA ENCAPSULATES LOUISIANA'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY ADD THEIR NAME CASSIUS BREADON FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA PEPEN MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD COUNCILORS COLETTA AND LOUIJEUNE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0772 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ARE ALL OPPOSING A MR QUOTE CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE?  ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBERS 0772 COUNCIL BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCIL . COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCIL PIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCIL SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL WORKER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR ROLL YES.  TOKEN MEMBER 0772 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  CAN YOU ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0772 YES. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. 13 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU DOCKET AND COUNCILOR DURKAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 0772 MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE GUIDE COUNCILOR DURKAN TO NAME THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0772 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?  DOCKER NUMBER 0773 COUNCIL APPROVES THE COUNCIL INCLUSION FOR COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SENTENCE AND PERSONNEL ORDER 077 FOR COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEE AND NUMBER 0775 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 07700 THOSE IN FAVOR. THE CHAIRMAN CAPACITY DOCKET NUMBER 077320775 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSED TO ANY THANK YOU.  THESE PERSONAL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. MR CLERK PLEASE READ. PERSONNEL ORDER NUMBER 07760776 COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE MEGAN CAVANAUGH IN CITY COUNCIL EFFECTIVE APRIL 20TH, 2024. THANK YOU. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE OFFERING THIS PERSONAL ORDER. MEGAN, YOU HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN YOUR ROLE AS TEMPORARY LEGAL COUNCILOR FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOW I'M HAPPY TO BE MAKING THIS PERMANENT SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DOCKET NUMBER 0776 SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0776 IS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0777 PERSONNEL ORDER NUMBER 0777 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOOT COUNCIL AND MURPHY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSENGER DOCKING NUMBER 077 SAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  WE'RE IN. I WANT A GREEN CHEESE. WILL ANYONE IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTI ON THE FLOOR . THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM HOPING TO PULL DOCKET 0385 ON PAGE FOUR OF THE GREEN SHEETS. IT'S IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUSTAINABILITY AND PARKS COMMITTEE.  MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0385 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS DOCKET NUMBER 0385 MESSAGE NO ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE RECYCLING DIVIDENDS PROGRAM 23 AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. THE GRANT WILL FUND INVESTMENT IN LOCAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING RECYCLING EQUIPMENT, ORGANICS DIVERSION OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAMS,  SCHOOL RECYCLING, TOXIC REDUCTION AND MORE.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FULL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS RECYCLING DIVIDEND PROGRAM GRANT DESCRIPTION I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAD IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE OF THE MEETING BUT JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW. THIS IS A MASSIVE DEP GRANT THAT FUNDS MUNICIPALITY FEES WITH SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND POLICIES PROVEN TO MAXIMIZE REUSE RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION. BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS WASTE REDUCTION TEAM AND I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THIS ISSUE AND MANY OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO TRASH BUT THEY WILL BE DESIGNATING A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS FOR OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE BOSTON RESIDENTS ON HOW TO RECYCLE RIGHT AND PROMOTE BOSTON'S CURRENT ZERO WASTE PROGRAMS. THIS CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE AN ADVERTISEMENT AROUND THE CITY THE PUBLIC WORKS WASTE REDUCTION TEAM WILL ALSO BE SPENDING A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS ON REPLACING THE CURRENT BINS FOR THE COMMUNITY FOOD WASTE DROP OFF OR PROJECT OSCAR PROGRAM.  THESE NEW BINS WILL BE MORE DURABLE RODENT RESISTANT AND I THINK WE ALL LOVE THAT AND WE'LL INCLUDE A LOCKING MECHANISM TO REDUCE CONTAMINATION RATES AND I AM PUSHING THIS FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND PASSING THESE FUNDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 035 HAS BEEN PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY ABSENT ANY OBJECTION COUNCILOR COLETTA SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0385 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE FOUR LATE FILE MAT MATTERS THAT ARE PERSONNEL ORDERS.  WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THESE MATTERS SAY I I I OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE LETHAL MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR. CLERK PLEASE YOU THE FIRST FILE MATTER INTO THE REPORT FIRSTLY FILED OUT OF PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF THE PEN THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF THIS FILE MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING A THIS DOCKET THIS PERSONNEL ORDER IS PASSED. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT LEGAL MATTER INTO THE RECORD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING A THIS PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED A PLEASE BE DON'T ACTUALLY FORMAT INTO THE RECORD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN THE CHAIRMAN'S DEPARTURE THIS FILE MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THIS PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED MR CLERK BRUCE RIEDEL NEXT LEAP OVER MATTER INTO THE RECORD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THIS PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONTENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE DECISION AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE NOW I WANT TO ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS I KNOW THAT WE HAVE COUNSEL'S FITZGERALD AND AND COUNSELOR MURPHY THE FLAG RAISING IS THIS FRIDAY AT 11 A.M. OR WE HAVE OPEN THREES DORCHESTER ON SUNDAY FROM 1030 AND TO 5 P.M. BETWEEN ASHMONT STREET TO LINDEN STREET TODAY IS AS MANY OF US HAVE ALLUDED TO TODAY'S MAY DAY AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN EVENT IN EAST BOSTON AT 330 WE ARE PAST 334 RIGHT AT THREE I CAN'T TALK AT 216 BORDER STREET IN HONOR OF MAYDAY DO ANY OF MY CAR AND THEN WE HAVE TWO BIRTHDAYS LILIANA TOLEDANO AND WAYNE SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BOTH OF THESE UPCOMING MAY BIRTHDAYS. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS MORNING I WAS PROUD TO HOST A STAFF ASSISTANT FROM WOMAN TO WOMAN. IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR YOUNG WOMEN THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.  REALLY. BUT THEY'RE HAVING A CONFERENCE HERE IN BOSTON THAT EDUCATES YOUNG WOMEN ABOUT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S TAKING PLACE IN BOSTON. I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT PRESENT MOLLY THERE. THEY WERE REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON CITATION. I WANT TO THANK MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR COMING BY AND STAFF AS WELL. WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING CONVERSATION WITH MOLLY. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAM WOMAN TO WOMAN AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME MAYBE VOLUNTEERS THIS SUMMER TO TALK TO SOME OF THE YOUNG WOMEN THAT ARE COMING ACROSS THE WORLD INTO BOSTON FOR THIS CONFERENCE. SO I WILL KEEP MY COLLEAGUES POSTED AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ORGANIZATION AND I WAS PROUD TO WELCOME THEM TO THE CROWLEY ROOM THIS MORNING FOR A COFFEE RECEPTION. THANK YOU, COACH. OH, CAROLYN, ARE YOU DONE? OKAY.  THANK YOU GUYS, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO A FEW OF THEM AS THE RECEPTION WAS WRAPPING UP AND THEY REALLY DO DO INCREDIBLE WORK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CAPTAIN WEBER BECAUSE WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SATURDAY'S THE WEEK THE EARTH FESTIVAL IN JAMAICA PLAIN WHERE WE GATHER AND CELEBRATE DECISION OF GOVERNOR SERGEANT NOT TO PUT A HIGHWAY THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.  AND IT'S A VERY SPECIAL GATHERING. THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE EVERYONE PLEASE COME TO JAMAICA PLAIN AND ENJOY THE FOOD.  THANKS. THANK YOU. DO ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?  OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS.  WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHOSE PAST I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT?  A JUST A FEW INDIVIDUALS A DEAR FAMILY FRIEND FAMILY BASICALLY. SAM I DO.  MADELINE MARONEY PASSED AWAY AND I'D JUST LIKE TO UPLIFT HER MEMORY. EILEEN DOLAN MCDONNELL I DIDN'T KNOW OF HER PASSING UNTIL RECENTLY. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE END OF MARCH. SHE WAS A HOSTESS AT SWEET LIFE AND ALWAYS IN DORCHESTER AND SHE ALWAYS CONFUSED MY SISTER WITH ME AND VICE VERSA AND WE WERE THERE THIS PAST SUNDAY AND KNOWING THAT SHE HAD PASSED AWAY AND SO WANTED TO UPLIFT HER MEMORY BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS A RAY OF SUNSHINE WHENEVER I WAS AT SWEET LIFE AND TO HAVE PASSING REALLY SADDENED ME AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY.  GEORGE DEBO, WHO PASSED AWAY IN MATTAPAN THIS PAST SUNDAY AND TO JOSEPH JR WHO WAS A GIANT IN THE MASS THAT SHE WAS BLACK LAWYERS ASSOCIATION. SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT ALL OF THOSE NAMES.  AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST FRANKLIN BYRD WHO WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE IN MATTAPAN. FOR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE, I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY GRIEVING AND SO IS HIS FAMILY AS IS MY FAMILY WHICH WILL UPLIFT THOSE NAMES.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTA FOR TODAY WILL BE CLOSING IN MEMORY OF SADIE CRANE ACROSS.  I'M DEVASTATED TO INFORM MY COLLEAGUES THAT TED IS THE SECOND PERSON TO TRANSITION AS A RESULT OF THE SIX ALARM FIRE ON APRIL 2ND. SADIE LIVES IN EAST BOSTON WITH HER MOTHER, AN IMMIGRANT FROM HONDURAS AND WAS A FIFTH GRADER AT THE HERO O'DONNELL.  SHE LOVED PINK AND PURPLE THINGS PLAYING WITH MAKEUP AND LOVED EATING PUPUSAS. I SEND MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HER LOVED ONES IN SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS THEY MOURN HER PRECIOUS LIFE OF LOSS OF LIFE IN THIS IN THIS TIME OF UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF. PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KHAN.  THE CHAIR OF THIS COUNTRY FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO MENTION A FRIEND OF MINE FROM SOUTH BOSTON, JOHN COLLINS WHO PLAYED BASKETBALL TO HEAVEN PARISH IN SOUTH BOSTON. A GREAT ATHLETE.  HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY TO HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON. HE WAS WELL-RESPECTED, WELL-LIKED AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS JOHN COLLINS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ? TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILORS ON CASA COLETTE GERRY WELLMAN. SADIE KARINA PUT OUT A MAP OF COUNCILOR FLYNN. LUIS BAXTER, SERGEANT ANN TAYLOR. IAN TAYLOR.  JOHN COLLINS. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF SAM IDOWU, JOSEPH EDWARDS JUNIOR EILEEN DOLAN MACDONNELL GEORGE DIBBLE ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL PAT BENT, JOHN CON MIKE DO IT ON BEHALF OF CONSTABLE PEN AND MYSELF FRANKLIN DANNENBERG. A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.  THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY MAY EIGHT, 2024 AT NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES,  CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK AND THE CLERKS CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY HI. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED SO