##VIDEO ID:HQzPeQOg8rU##  CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM FORD'S CITY COUNCIL DASH TV.  AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK WILL PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM BREAK. YES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A TO COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIPPIN.  COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL SEVEN PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A POOR MAN'S PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY REVEREND IRENE MUNRO INVITED BY COSMO SANTANA CASUALLY ATTEND IF YOU CAN COME UP. I'M IN. AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. CARLOS SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY AND GOOD AFTERNOON,  EVERYONE. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.  GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HONORED TO I'M HONORED TODAY TO INTRODUCE REVEREND IRENE MONROE. REVEREND, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN US US?  THE REVEREND IRENE MONROE IS A PUBLIC THEOLOGIAN OR ORDAINED MINISTER. ALL RIGHT. THANK SYNDICATED COLUMNIST AND A NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ACTIVIST. SHE CO-HOSTS THE PODCAST AR AND THE PODCAST AND BOSTON PUBLIC RADIO SEGMENT ALL WRAPPED UP ON GBH 89.7 FM. REVEREND MONROE IS ALSO THE BOSTON VOICE FOR D'ETATS AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE, THE HERITAGE TRAIL.  ROBERT MONROE GRADUATED FROM WELLESLEY COLLEGE AND UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND SERVED AS AT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH IN NEW JERSEY BEFORE COMING TO HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL TO EARN HER DOCTORATE AS A FORD FELLOW. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN A UNION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, A PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH IN BOSTON'S SOUTH END BECOMING A RECONCILING CONGREGATION THE FIRST IN NEW ENGLAND. SHE WAS ALSO THE CHILDREN'S MINISTER AT OLD CAMBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE.  REVEREND MONROE HAS TAUGHT AT HARVARD, ANDOVER, NEW AND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL AND UNCAGED TO NAME A FEW. REVEREND MONROE IS A FOUNDER AND HONORED MEMBER OF SEVERAL NATIONAL LGBTQ PLUS BLACK AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AS AN ACTIVIST. HER PAPERS ARE AT THE ATLAS SLOANE CHURCH OR AT A LIBRARY AT RADCLIFFE COLLEGE RESEARCH LIBRARY ON THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA. AS WE APPROACH NATIONAL COMING OUT DATE THIS FRIDAY AND CELEBRATE LGBTQ PLUS HISTORY MONTH IN OCTOBER , I WANT TO INVITE REVEREND MONROE TO SHARE HER UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AS A BLACK MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.  HER VOICE IS CRUCIAL IN HIGHLIGHTING THE INTERSECTIONAL OF THESE IDENTITIES AND SHE PLANS TO ADDRESS THESE THEMES IN HER REMARKS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THEM ALL FOR BEING HERE WITH TODAY.  GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. COME ON NOW I COME OUT OF BLACK CHURCH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.  IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY WITH YOU ALL. A NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY PROMOTES A SAFER BOSTON FOR ALL THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. IT AFFIRMS OUR LIVES, OUR WORTH AND OUR DIGNITY.  NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL IDEAS AND FEARS BY SHOWING THAT THE LGBTIQ NEW BOSTON COMMUNITY IS VERY MUCH A PART OF EVERY DAY LIFE. IT NORMALIZES OUR EXISTENCE AND IT SEEKS TO REINFORCE THE IDEA THAT A HETERONORMATIVE VIEW IS NORMAL AND NATURAL. THAT HAS LONG PROVED TO BE THE BASIS OF PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION AND HATE. NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY MAKES CLEAR THAT SEXUALITY IS NO WAY TO ORGANIZE OUR JUDGMENT ABOUT PEOPLE AND THAT NO PARTICULAR SEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION SHOULD CONSIDERED THE NORM. NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY AS A BEACON OF SUPPORT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THOSE WHO BRAVELY SHARE AND BRAVELY NOT ONLY SHARE BUT AUTHENTICALLY SHARE WHO WE ARE IN THIS WORLD. THE DAY INVITES US TO OPENLY EMBRACE OUR SEXUALITIES, OUR GENDER EXPRESSIONS AND OUR IDENTITIES SHARING OUR AUTHENTIC SELVES WITH OTHERS. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT ALWAYS SAFE OR EASY AND IT IS NOT A ONE DAY EVENT BUT WHEN POSSIBLE.  IT CAN BE AN EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL KEY TO BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS WE FACE AS LGBTQ PEOPLE. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF COMING OUT. IT MAKES IT EASIER TO DEVELOP A POSITIVE IMAGE. IT FREEZES FROM THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND OUT AND LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE. IT ALLOWS US TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY WITH OTHERS WITH HOME. WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE ROLE MODELS FOR OTHERS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE RISKS IN COMING OUT AND THE ONGOING CHALLENGES IN THE JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-EXPRESSION.  THESE ARE JUST A FEW BEING THROWN OUT OF OUR FAMILY AS NOT BEING ACCEPTED IN OUR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES. BEING AS SICK, IMMORAL OR PERVERTED. LOSING OUR JOBS. HAVING OUR PROFESSIONAL CREDIBILITY QUESTIONED AND UNDERMINED. AND WE CAN NEVER NEVER NEVER FORGET THIS BECAUSE THIS IS ALWAYS ONGOING THAT WE ARE ALWAYS FACING DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, ABUSE AND EVEN SOMETIMES PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. HOWEVER, WE AS LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE HAVE SHOWCASED WHAT COMING OUT OF THE PROVERBIAL CLOSET MEANS IN TERMS OF SELF-ACCEPTANCE. WE HAVE RACKED UP AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF CIVIL RIGHTS VICTORIES THAT HAVE OVERTURNED DISCRIMINATION LAWS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND BY EXTENSION THE NATION. DEMOCRACY CAN ONLY BEGIN TO WORK WHEN THOSE RELEGATED TO THE FRINGES OF SOCIETY CAN BEGIN TO SAMPLE WITH THOSE INSIDE IT TAKE FOR GRANTED AS THE INALIENABLE RIGHT.  BECAUSE BOSTON HAS MANY PROTECTIONS FOR US LGBTQ CITIZENS. IF CHOOSE TO COME OUT WE CAN STAY OUT.  MANY LGBTQ AMERICANS RESIDE IN CITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHERE NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED. I GIVE THANKS FOR A CITY LIKE BOSTON THAT ACKNOWLEDGES ITS LGBTQ CITIZENS BECAUSE BOSTON ENCOURAGES US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS FOR OUR CIVIL RIGHTS LETTING US KNOW THAT OUR LIVES MATTER.  THIS COMING ELECTION IS CONSEQUENTIAL.  WE MUST GO TO THE BALLOT BOX IN NOVEMBER.  EVERYONE'S RIGHTS EVERYONE'S RIGHTS ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. WE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER BELIEVE IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND A PARTICIPATORY GOVERNMENT.  AMERICA STANDS AT A CROSSROADS . BUT BOSTON WILL MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.  BOSTON WILL MEET THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE'RE BOSTON STRONG AND BECAUSE WE ARE BOSTON STRONG WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOCRACY AND PROTECTING ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. BOSTON WILL FIGHT UNTIL FREEZES OVER AND THEN BOSTON WILL FIGHT ON THE ICE KNOWING THAT THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IS FAR GREATER THAN THOSE LYING PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE POWER.  THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF LEADERSHIP. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE THERMOMETERS WHO MEASURE THE TEMPERATURE IN A ROOM AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE THERMOSTATS WHO CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM. AS BOSTON STRONG YOU HEAR IN THIS CHAMBER A THERMOSTAT.  YOU HEAR A SERVING ALL THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON CALLING FOR A NEW WAY FORWARD AND IN CALLING FOR A NEW WAY FORWARD PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGN CATCHPHRASE IS WE'RE GOING BACK. AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN OUT OF THE CLOSET FOR DECADES, I AIN'T GOING BACK AND I'M NOT GOING IN IT AND I CAN'T FIT IN IT AND I DON'T HAVE TO REALLY. BECAUSE BOSTON CELEBRATES NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY. IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE TOO AS LGBT CITIZENS ARE ALSO PART OF BOSTON'S ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME . THE NIGHT OF ALLEGIANCE. SO I THINK IT IS THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO TURN TO PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD ,INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU, REVEREND MONROE, FOR THAT INVOCATION AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA.  WE ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS. OH, YES. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT? COUNSELORS KLETT, ZAPATA DURKIN PEP BEN WEBER AND WORL ARE NOW WITH US.  GREAT. WE ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS . TODAY WE HAD TWO PRESENTATIONS ONE FROM CANTOR FITZGERALD HONORING RYAN WOODS AND ONE FROM MYSELF HONORING DARREN HOWELL. COUNCILMAN GERALD.  YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.  THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT RYAN. JOINING ME UP HERE MY FRIEND.  FOLKS TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR HENRY COME ON UP TO HENRY COSPONSORING WITH THIS LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.  YOU KNOW THIS JOB IS FANTASTIC IN THE WAYS THAT SOMETIMES YOU GET TO HAVE THESE MOMENTS WHERE YOU GET TO PRESENT CITATIONS LIKE THIS TO A FRIEND. AND TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE RYAN WOODS, A COMMISSIONER OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DORCHESTER HERE WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, TWO BOYS AND A GIRL. GREAT MAKEUP BY THE WAY.  TWO BOYS AND A GIRL. AND YOU KNOW, EARLIER LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS RUNNING, I SAT DOWN WITH A FORMER GUY WHO RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND HE SHOWED ME HIS PAMPHLET OF ALL THE THINGS IT WAS IN THE 1970S HE RAN AL QAEDA RALLY WAS HIS NAME MAYBE SOMETHING FAMILIAR RIGHT AT NEWARK. AND HE SHOWED ME THE PAMPHLET OF ALL THE ISSUES THAT HE WAS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THEM ARE THE SAME ONES TODAY. BUT THE LAST ONE ON IT WAS BETTER PARKS FOR OUR CITY OF BOSTON, RIGHT? AND I SAID WELL, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING ALL RIGHT WITH THAT ONE IN THE LAST 24 YEARS AND I SAID 24 RANDOMLY JUST BECAUSE IT WAS PACKED. BUT THEN I WHEN I GOT YOUR STATS TODAY COMMISSIONER WOODS HAS DEDICATED THE LAST 24 YEARS OF HIS LIFE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND STARTING WITH THE SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. HE THEN WENT ON TO BE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMING DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS IN 18 COMMISSIONER WOODS HE BECAME THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WHERE YOU EXECUTED 721 PARK EVENTS INCLUDING THE MOBILE PROCESS FROM MOBILE VENDING SWAN BOATS AND FROG POND OPERATIONS AND IN 2019 UNDER MAYOR WALSH RIGHT YOU BECAME THE COMMISSIONER AND HAVE SINCE DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAMING DURING THE PANDEMIC INVESTED INTO MAKING ALL PARKS CLEANER, SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE AND LED THE ROADMAP AND FUNDING FOR THE FRANKLIN PARK MASTER PLAN. SO I THINK THERE'S NO COINCIDENCE WHEN WE LOOK BACK AND WE SEE THAT OUR PARKS HAVE BEEN BETTER IN THE LAST 24 YEARS AND SORT OF THE MAN THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE STEADFAST IN THOSE 24 YEARS IS RYAN WOODS. AND YOU KNOW, THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, I'LL ACTUALLY I'LL LET HENRY SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS BUT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU CONTINUED LUCK WITH YOUR FAMILY AND THE NEXT CHAPTER. THE CITY OF BOSTON IS A MORE BEAUTIFUL, THRIVING AND OPEN SPACE BECAUSE OF YOU AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . AND CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER. I'LL KEEP THIS MY REMARKS SHORT AND YOU KNOW I WON'T READ BUT YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE COMMISSIONER WOODS AS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF CIVIC ORGANIZING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE DID A LOT OF CLEANUPS. WE DID WE DID A LOT OF CLEANUPS ACROSS THE CITY AND PART OF THOSE CLEANUPS HAPPENED IN PARKS SO I GOT TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH BOTH COMMISSIONER WOODS AND HIS TEAM AND HIS PASSION TO THE CITY, TO OUR PARKS, TO OUR YOUTH, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO USE AND UTILIZE THESE PARKS IS UNMATCHED.  AND I'M JUST VERY HONORED THAT I GOT TO WORK WITH YOU AND GOT TO WORK WITH YOU IN THIS ROLE AND YOU'RE JUST AN INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVANT AND YOU KNOW THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AND THE CITY COUNCIL THANKS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU.  SO COMMISSIONER WOODS, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY EXTEND THEIR GRATITUDE TO COMMISSIONER WOODS AND DECLARE OCTOBER 18TH, 2024 YOUR FINAL DE RYAN WOODS DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FROM LEARNING HOW TO TEACHING KIDS HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL IN OUR PARKS. WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND WORKING MY WAY THROUGH I'LL ALWAYS BLEED GREEN.  I'M NOT GOING FAR. I'M GOING TO MEET BOSTON THE GREATER BOSTON CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU TO MAKE BOSTON A YEAR ROUND CITY AND TRY TO ACTIVATE OUR PUBLIC SPACES TO BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR HOTELS AND INTO OUR CITY AND TO GET RESIDENTS TO COME OUT. SO I'M KEEPING THE TRADITION I'M KEEPING WITH TRYING TO ACTIVATE OUR SPACES. IT'S SOMETHING I'VE LOVED AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. I THINK PARKS HAVE COME A LONG WAY WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL BUDGETS IN 2013 OR $11.8 MILLION AND THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD $72 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDING COMING IN AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET MORE FTES EVERY YEAR AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND ALL THE HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOSTON PARKS DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU. I WON'T BE GOING FAR. LIKE I SAID, I WILL STILL BE AROUND STILL ANSWERING QUESTIONS. I'M COMING BACK TO HELP RUN THE TREE LIGHTING ON DECEMBER 5TH ON BOSTON COMMON SO I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GIVE IT BACK UP YET BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND AGAIN YOU ALL HAVE MY NUMBER AND I WILL ALWAYS ANSWER SO THANK YOU WITH WITH WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES COULD PLEASE JOIN FOR PHOTO AND OTHER FAMILY.  YEAH ABSOLUTELY YEAH PLEASE LAUREN FAMILY MOM EVERYONE COME DOWN FROM THE PAPERS. WELL, ASSISTANT LUCY YEP, THAT'S LUCY. YOU TOO.  THANK YOU. I DO LIKE THIS MICHAEL I NEED TO KEEP AN EYE TO GET.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY.  NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.  LAUREN. LAUREN, YOU'RE UP HERE. GUYS, COME ON.  YEAH. YEP. MY MOM COME HERE. YOU COME HERE TOO. YEAH. OKAY.  NANCY YOU LOSE ME , BRO.  LUCY WE DO.  THIS WILL GIVE YOU SPACE. YEAH, I LIKE THAT BETTER.  ONE, TWO, THREE CARS RIGHT ON THAT. YOU KNOW THOSE ARE RIGHT.  AND SAME HERE.  YEAH. YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY JUST SO LITTLE TIME. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.  I WASN'T EXPECTING EXTRA MY SPEECH.  ALL RIGHT, SO I TO YOU GUYS ARE LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO LITTLE LAUGHS. CONGRATULATIONS SO SO SAD. CONGRATS, LAUREN. NO DIRECTOR YEAH, YEAH. AT THE TOP OF YOUR SHOW AT THE TOP CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK OUT SHE DIDN'T THINK YOU CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, COMMISSIONER WOODS. WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU BUT YOUR CELL PHONE WILL STILL BE RINGING SO THIS IS FOR YOU NEXT I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING A RESOLUTION TO SOMEONE WHO WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. DARREN HOWELL, 20 YEARS AGO DARREN WAS WALKING OUT OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMITTED TO BEING A ROLE MODEL IN COMMUNITY AND AN UPSTANDING MEMBER HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND YOU'VE DONE THAT MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES OVER. HE IS NO STRANGER TO THIS CHAMBERS HAVING BEEN THE CONSTITUENT DIRECTOR FOR THE LATE CHUCK TURNER AND WE KNOW AS CITY COUNCILORS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CENTERED IN THE WORK OF RESPONDING HELPING US TO RESPOND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS . AND DARREN DID JUST THAT. WE KNOW HIM AS AN ORGANIZER WITH 1199 WITH 1199 AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WE HELPED TO EMPOWER AS BEING PART OF A UNION AND FINDING THEIR COLLECTIVE VOICE NURSING ASSISTANCE PCAS ALL AROUND THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HE DIDN'T STOP HIS ORGANIZING WORK WASN'T JUST LIMITED TO THE 9 TO 5, IT WAS THE 5 TO 9 TO THERE WAS WITH TOYS FOR TOTS. SO THE WORK THAT YOU DO WOULD DRIVE BOSTON EVERYONE BEGGING YOU TO DO TOYS FOR TOTS AGAIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE DARREN AND COME ON UP HERE HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF BOSTON, NOT ONLY TO WORKING PEOPLE AND BUILDING WORKING POWER BUT REALLY HOW COMMITTED YOU'VE BEEN TO THE CITY WHERE YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED. YOU CAN COME ON UP HERE WHETHER IT'S SPEAKING TO YOU AT A UNION RALLY OR WHETHER AT A COMMUNITY EVENT AT KS OASIS YOU HAVE REALLY BEEN CENTERED IN THE WORK AND I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE ALL YOU'VE DONE. WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE LEFT 1199 NOW AND YOU ARE THE ORGANIZING DIRECTOR FOR THE AFL-CIO BUT YOU HAVE JUST SHOWN WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WE INVEST IN PEOPLE WHEN WE DON'T GIVE UP ON OUR BLACK MEN AND BOYS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE DOING THIS WORK ALONGSIDE YOU WHETHER IN YOUR CAPACITY AGAIN AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR AS A UNION LEADER OR AS A BELOVED FATHER TO OUR BELOVED JASON IN THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT, WE HONOR YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN OUR CITY. IT'S ALSO EMPOWERING YOU A STORY BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE GIVING UP ON ANYBODY REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE WALKING OUT OF SCHOOL OR WALKING OUT OF JAIL OR WORKING OUT OF PRISON. EVERY PERSON HAS VALUE AND EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ART TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY. I WASN'T ABLE LAST MINUTE TO MAKE IT TO YOUR 20 YEAR BASH THAT YOU HAD AT ONE ON D BUT KNOW THAT I WAS WITH YOU IN SPIRIT AND SO MANY OF US HERE ON THE COUNCIL ARE GRATEFUL EVERY DAY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND SO I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT OF FANCY RESOLUTIONS HONORING THIS 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BUT I JUST LIKE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL THAT WE ARE RESOLVED THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO DARREN HOWELL IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR 20 YEARS COMMEMORATING YOUR TRANSFORMATION WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM AND WHERE YOU ARE NOW, YOU ARE A VITAL MEMBER OF THE BOSTON COMMUNITY AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS MILESTONE.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS DEFINITELY AN HONOR. I KIND OF WROTE SOMETHING DOWN BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BUSY THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT I FIRST WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS TO YOU MADAM PRESIDENT RUSI LOUIJEUNE AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.  I AM TRULY HUMBLED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF PUBLIC SERVICE A JOURNEY THAT HAS BEEN BOTH CHALLENGING AND REWARDING.  JUST THIS MORNING I REACHED OUT TO HUMAN RESOURCES AND WAS REMINDED THAT MY JOURNEY BEGAN EXACTLY 18 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK ON OCTOBER SEVEN, 2006 WHEN THE LATE HONORABLE CHUCK TURNER HIRED ME TO BE AS DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES.  HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD I NEVER IMAGINED OR ENVISIONED STANDING HERE TODAY IN THIS CAPACITY. MY PAST IS SINCERELY A PART OF MY JOURNEY BUT IT DOESN'T DEFINE WHO I AM OR WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK AND ACCOMPLISH TOO HARD WORK RESILIENCE IN THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ME . I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEDICATE MY LIFE TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE,  EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY. THIS RECOGNITION IS NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS FACED OBSTACLES, MADE MISTAKES AND STILL FOUND A WAY TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE BELIEF THAT WE CAN ALL CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY NO MATTER OUR PAST. I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILIES, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR. AND I REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS WORK IN THE CAUSE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THANK YOU.  IF MY COLLEAGUES COULD PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A PHOTO, CAN MY FRIENDS AT AFL JOIN ME FOR VOTING? KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AND YOU WANT JUST. YEAH. JASON. JASON. SOMEONE ELSE CAN TAKE THE VIDEO PUT IN OR SO. YEAH.  CAN TAKE THE RECORDING FOR A CHANGE.  I WANNA THANK YOU HAVE TO THANK YOU. COME ON UP.  ALL RIGHT, SON. THIS OVER THERE.  OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SMILE. CHECKING YOU OUT. ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT TO HOLD THIS UP FOR YOU TO BE A LIFE.  YEAH.  IS THIS BUSINESS THAT I HAVE TO THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO DARREN HOWELL FOR ALL YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED IN YOUR STORY OF SUCCESS AND AGAIN TO COMMISSIONER WOODS FOR ALL YOU'VE GIVEN THIS CITY. IT WAS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE BOTH OF YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 2ND, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.  I ALSO SAY NAY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M OBJECTING BECAUSE I DIDN'T RECEIVE A RESPONSE AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE ON MAY 17 F AS IT RELATED TO THE VHA ELEVATOR RELATED ISSUE. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IMPACTING VHA RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND I WANT I WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE ELEVATOR ELEVATORS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. YOUR OBJECTION IS NOTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 1506 DOCKING NUMBER 1506 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNDER THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MARY ELLEN WELCH GREENWAY AND EAST BOSTON. THE GRANT WILL FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GREENWAY INCLUDING NEWLY PAVED PATHWAYS, ENHANCED ENTRANCES NEW SITE FURNISHINGS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS CHRONIC SITE FLOODING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN ME IN IN VOTING TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS IMPORTANT DOCKET THAT WILL PROVIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MARY ELLEN WALSH GREENWAY. THIS MONEY WILL HELP BEAUTIFY AND FORTIFY A VULNERABLE AREA IN THE GREENWAY AND MAKE RESILIENT AN IMPORTANT STRETCH THAT WILL ULTIMATELY ACT AS A STOPGAP AGAINST COASTAL FLOODING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF URGENCY AROUND THIS DOCKET AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY LUCKY TO HAVE KNOWN MARY ELLEN WALSH AND CONSIDER HER A MENTOR AND WE ARE THE REASON WHY INSTEAD OF HAVING ACRES OF PARK AND FLIES IN THE MIDDLE OF EAST BOSTON, WE NOW HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN RIBBON THAT RUNS THROUGH EAST. AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HER AT EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THAT SHE WOULD HONESTLY BE UPSET WITH THE WAY IN WHICH THINGS ARE ON THE GREENWAY AND SOME OF THE CONDITIONS. SO THIS MONEY WILL HELP TO FIX THAT. AND SO RESPECTFULLY AGAIN I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES IN HER MEMORY TO JOIN ME IN SUSPENDING AND PASSING THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA SEEM SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1506 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 15071508 DOC ANOTHER 1507 MESSAGE IN ORDER REQUESTING AND RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY HOLD IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING FOR BOTH THE SEPTEMBER 9TH 2025 PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRESUMING THIS BODY ACTS FAIRLY ON MY SEPARATE SUBMISSION RELATED TO THE DATE OF THE PRELIMINARY AND THE NOVEMBER 4TH 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION I MAKE THIS REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 54 SECTION 25 BC1 UPON THE REQUEST OF THE REGISTRARS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT STATUTE PROVIDES A LOCAL OPTION TO ALLOW FOR IN PERSON EARLY VOTING FOR ANY PRELIMINARY OR MUNICIPAL ELECTION DOCKET NUMBER 1508 MESSAGE IN ORDER AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS I HEREBY TRANSMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL YOUR TWO OF YOUR HONORABLE BODY AN ORDER FIXING THE DATE OF THE 2025 PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION AS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 15071508 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE,  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1509 DUCKY NUMBER 1509 MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF PERTAIN TO WHITE STADIUM DOCUMENTS DOCKET NUMBER 1447 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 AND NUMBER 1358 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 11TH 2024. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1509 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1510 DUCK NUMBER 1510 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR ED FLYNN REGARDING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F PERTAINING TO THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY ELEVATORS TOKEN NUMBER 1357 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 11TH 2024 THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO A MATTER RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1130 DUCAT NUMBER 1130 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY SAFE RODENT BIRTH CONTROL TO PROTECT CLASS AND FAMILIES COMPANION ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL PET THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  YESTERDAY'S HEARING WAS INCREDIBLE AND I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO WATCH THE PANELISTS PRESENTATION AND IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO THANK THE EXPERTS AT THE MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON, THE SPCA AND THE NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER, ALSO THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE, HARVARD LAW, BOSTON ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE NONPROFIT WISDOM GOOD WORKS . THEY SHOWED US CLEAR COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT POISONS ARE GRUESOMELY KILLING THE BIRDS WHO EAT RODENTS AS WELL AS OUR FAMILIES, DOGS AND CATS. I'M ALSO EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE BOSTON RESIDENTS WHO TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO BUILD THEIR OWN PROGRAM AND WHO HAVE PROVEN THAT GOOD BY THROWING BIRTH CONTROL REDUCES RODENT POPULATION BY 50 TO 60%. WE THINK ADMINISTRATION FOR JOINING US. WELL, THEY COMMITTED TO ENDING THE USE OF ONE TYPE OF THIS POISONING KNOWLEDGE THAT THE BOSTON PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL. UNFORTUNATELY, IF THE CITY CONTINUES POISONING SEWER RATS ,WE DON'T STAY IN THE SOUP. WE DON'T YOU DON'T STAY IN THE SEWERS. IT WILL STILL KILL OFF BIRDS AND THAT'S LETHAL STRATEGIES ONLY REDUCE ROAD IN POPULATION FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS BEFORE TOTAL REBOUND. THEY OFTEN MAKE RODENTS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SPREADING DISEASES AS WELL AND TRUST CONTAINERIZATION IS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE RODENTS CAN CHEW THROUGH ANYTHING THAT IS LITERALLY MADE OF STEEL.  DOZENS OF MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDING NEWTON IN ARLINGTON HAVE FILED FORMAL PETITIONS TO ALLOW THEM TO RESTRICT THE COMMERCIAL USE OF THESE POISONS. I WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO PARTNER WITH ME ON A FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AND REALLOCATE FUNDING IN OUR RODENT OPERATIONS TO EXPAND THIS SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AT THIS TIME I RECOMMEND THAT THIS HEARING ORDER REMAINS IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN AND GLAD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE PILOT THAT WE'RE DOING IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE WORK THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO AS A CITY ON THIS DOCKET NUMBER 1130 OR REMAIN OH CASTRO FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU CONSUL PEPEN FOR THIS HEARING. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AND THIS IS A REAL QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. WE DON'T HAVE A CERTIFIED PEST CONTROL SPECIALISTS THAT WORK ON THE WEEKENDS FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TILL MONDAY MORNING BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DO MORE WORK ON A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN EDUCATING PEOPLE ON HOW TO TAKE OUT THEIR GARBAGE. THE PROPER WAY TO TAKE OUT YOUR GARBAGE HAS A BIG IMPACT AS WELL. COMPOSTING NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. THE RECOMMENDATIONS I MADE TO THE CITY WERE INCLUDED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RATS WHICH HOPEFULLY WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON IT AT SOME TIME. BUT THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR AN INFORMATIVE HEARING. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE DOCKET NUMBER 1130 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.  WE ARE NOW ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 1385. MR QUICK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 138513 IT'S JUST ONE 3 TO 5 TALKING ABOUT 1385 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $7 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER COLLECTOR TREASURER THIS GRANT PAYMENT IS MADE FROM THE CURRENT CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES. ESTABLISH BY SECTION 9901 OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOSTON'S COVID 19 RECOVERY COUNCIL. DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR . PRESIDENT ON OCTOBER 7TH THE BOSTON COVID 19 RECOVERY COMMITTEE HEARD DOCKET 1385 WHICH SEEKS YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT $7 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING. I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCIL PRESIDENT RUDY LOUIJEUNE COUNCILORS ED FLYNN, AARON MURPHY, HENRY SANTANA, ELIZABETH BREADON, BEN WEBER.  ENRIQUE PEPEN. GABRIELA COLETTA ZAPATA, BRIAN ROE AND JOHN FITZGERALD. I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES ATTENDANCE AS WE HEARD THIS WOULD FUND $3 MILLION FOR THE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM TO BED DISPLACED MEN BY FUNDING THE PURCHASE OF MARKET RATE RENTAL BUILDINGS CONVERTING THEM INTO PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING $3 MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND PURCHASING HOMES WITH A FOCUS ON THE BOSTON BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY RESIDENTS $1 MILLION FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM AIMED AT SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC BY FUNDING STOREFRONT OPENINGS PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN AND AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. THIS FUNDING REFLECTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE RECOVERY RECOVERY BY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. THE CITY ALSO REALLY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS FUNDING IS ALIGNED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES.  WE WERE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEY HELPED PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO THE $7 MILLION TRANCHE AS WELL AS THE STATUS OF OTHER ARPA FUNDS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS. WE HEARD FROM AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS THAT IS A FINALIST OF THE SPACE GRANTS WHICH WILL NOT BE FUNDED UNLESS WE MOVE THIS ORDER BY THE END OF OCTOBER. THE MEMBERS THAT WE HEARD FROM WERE ASHLEY GRIFFINS FOR GREGOR THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER KENZIE BOK ADMINISTRATOR OF BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY. RICK WILSON DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LAND SUGAR AND IDAHO CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION.  CHIEF GRIFFIN'S BURGER PROVIDED AN UPDATE THAT THE 119 MILLION IS STILL LEFT TO BE OBLIGATED BY THE FEDERAL DEADLINE AND DECEMBER 20, 24 WE WILL WORK TO HOST FUTURE WORKING SESSIONS IN MY COMMITTEE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR TIMELY UPDATES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE BOSTON OBLIGATES ALL FUNDS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE CITY FROM THE ARPA PROGRAM BEFORE THE FEDERAL DEADLINES.  AS MY COLLEAGUES AND I URGED AT THE HEARING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERY BIT OF FEDERAL FUNDING IS UTILIZED BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE $7 MILLION TO KEEP PUSHING AS WE GET AS MUCH OBLIGATED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. I RECOMMEND THIS MATTER SHOULD PASS TODAY AND I KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND I'VE COMMITTED TO AT LEAST ONE WORKING SESSION WHERE WE CAN HEAR ESPECIALLY AFTER THE OCTOBER 31ST DEADLINE THE FEDERAL FILING DEADLINE WHERE WE CAN HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON WHERE THEY ARE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT MONEY THAT IS NOT YET OBLIGATED ESPECIALLY THE $119 MILLION PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME AND WE WILL CREATE CONVERSATIONS AND SPACES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.  BUT AS THE CHAIR OF THE COVID 19 RECOVERY COMMITTEE I MOVE THAT THIS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR. I HAD A APPOINTMENT WITH MY DAUGHTER YESTERDAY SO I COULD NOT BE HERE TO TAKE PART IN THE DISCUSSION AND HAD I BEEN HERE I GUESS ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD ASK BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS SO JUST IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ENDED UP HERE SO QUICKLY AFTER THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD LIKE NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS ON BOARD WITH AND I JUST FELT LIKE THERE WAS A SOMETHING I MUST HAVE MISSED THE BEAT I MUST HAVE MISSED SOMETHING BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS ALREADY A PRESS CONFERENCE, A CELEBRATION AROUND THE ALLOCATION OF THESE DOLLARS.  AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE TO ME . BUT I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WORKING SESSION SO IS IT A DONE DEAL OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAVE A VOICE JUST BECAUSE AND YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT YOU ARE HOPING THAT THIS OUGHT TO PASS? SO IT'S I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED SO JUST BE HELPFUL TO KNOW IF YOU'RE IF YOU ARE NOW GOING TO I GUESS SEAL THE DEAL TODAY AFTER THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ALREADY MADE ON THE NEWS THAT WE WERE LIKE CELEBRATING THE ALLOCATIONS BEFORE WE TOOK A VOTE. SO WE DIDN'T TAKE THE VOTE BUT WE CELEBRATED THE WIN BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY FORMALIZE THE THE VOTE AND THE WIN JUST SO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE ME BUT YOU AND YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER BECAUSE YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT FOR ME IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEN I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS THAT PLAY OUT IN THIS COUNCIL . COUNCILOR TO THE CHAIR COUNCILOR DURKAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH CONCILOR MEJIA HERE WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING TODAY IS MOVING ON THE $7 MILLION THAT WE KNOW IS LEFT AND THEN IS OBLIGATED.  WHAT WE HEARD DURING THE HEARING WAS THAT THERE'S $119 MILLION ALSO THAT IS NOT OBLIGATED BUT THAT THE CITY HAS PLANS FOR SO THE WORKING SESSION WOULD BE REALLY TO DISCUSS CONTENT CONTINUING TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT A SINGLE DOLLAR IS WASTED IN THIS PROCESS. SO WHAT I'M LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON TODAY IS THE $3 MILLION FOR THE AOP, THE $3 MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS AND $1,000,000 FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM. BUT WE THE CITY WORK ON ARPA IS NOT DONE UNTIL JUST AT LEAST THE CITY'S WORK ON ARPA IS NOT DONE UNTIL DECEMBER 2024 OR THE END OF THE END OF THE YEAR WHERE EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WE'RE LOOKING TO GET OBLIGATED.  SO WHAT I'M PROVIDING AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE $119 MILLION THAT IS YET TO BE OBLIGATED BUT IS ALREADY SPOKEN FOR AND IF THE CITY DOES NEED TO COME BACK WITH FUTURE AUTHORIZATIONS I WE I JUST URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO MOVE QUICKLY ON THIS $7 MILLION BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO GET THIS MONEY OBLIGATED AND GET THIS MONEY SPENT WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE A SINGLE DOLLAR OF COVID 19 RECOVERY DOLLARS BUT I AM COMMITTED TO MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T WASTE ANY FEDERAL RESOURCES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY FLYNN CASPER FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS DOCKET FOR SEVERAL REASONS . I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A TRANS PARENT PROCESS IN RESIDENCE AND CITY COUNCIL HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM.  I'M STILL TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ON WHO THE RECIPIENTS ARE FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM WHO RECEIVED AWARDS FOR HOW MUCH THEIR LOCATION, THE ADDRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC TO ME COUNCILOR MEJIA MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE WE HAD WE EVEN HAD THE FORMAL VOTE SO I COULDN'T BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION ON.  THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY.  YES, IT'S FEDERAL TAX TAXPAYER MONEY BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S SPENT APPROPRIATELY. I THINK WE I THINK THE GOAL FOR THE CITY RIGHT NOW IS TO RUSH AND GET THIS OUT OF HERE BY THE DEADLINE DECEMBER 31ST. I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH THE DEADLINE. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT SPENDING THE MONEY APPROPRIATELY. THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FREE MONEY. I'M VOTING NO AGAINST VOTING NO ON THIS PROPOSAL.  THANK YOU. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I AM GOING TO BE ENTHUSIASTICALLY VOTING YES ON THIS DOCKET.  IT'S $7 MILLION AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW HOW THIS COUNCIL HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR ON ARPA FUNDS HAS BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGING. WE PUT MY FIRST TERM TWO YEARS AGO WE PUT $27 MILLION INTO THE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT IN A NUMBER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS HARDER TO BUILD A UNIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PRESERVE IT. THAT'S WHY THE MORE MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT INTO THE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM THE BETTER IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. I HAVE RESIDENTS CALLING ME FROM MATTAPAN ASKING ME TO CALL THEIR LANDLORD BECAUSE THEY ARE FACING DISPLACEMENT IF A PERSON WHO BUYS THEIR BUILDING BUYS IT ON THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS.  WE ALSO HEARD FROM ROSIE BOUND BOOKS AT THE HEARING ON MONDAY A BLACK BOOKSTORE OWNER IN ROSLINDALE WHO NEEDS THIS SPACE GRANT AND A LOT OF OUR BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS AROUND THE CITY WHO ABUSED AND MAKE USE OF THE SPACE GRANT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT $7 MILLION IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS IS NOT A TON OF MONEY BUT FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, FOR OUR RESIDENTS FACING DISPLACEMENT UNDER AOP FELT AOP WOULD BE A GOOD MECHANISM TO HELP THEM FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP A REALITY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM THAT COUNTS OVERALL.  SO MANY OTHERS HERE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE CHAMPIONED I CAN THINK OF VERY FEW BETTER USES THAN SUPPORTING OUR SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORTING OUR RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS VIA AOP BEING ABLE TO BE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS AND THEY ALL REFLECT WHAT WORKED ON HERE ON THE COUNCIL DURING ARBOR WHERE WE AS ONE OF THE FEW CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY PUT MORE THAN OF OUR INVESTMENT INTO HOUSING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE AN ISSUE THAT MATTERS MOST TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I WILL BE VOTING YES AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR I THINK THERE IS MORE WORK FOR US TO BE DOING ON THE MONEY THAT HASN'T YET BEEN OBLIGATED TO MAKE SURE TO SEE MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL VOICE AS WE VOTED ON WHEN YOU VOTED ON ARBOR TWO YEARS AGO CONTINUES TO BE REFLECTED HOW THAT MONEY IS COMMITTED TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS FOR US TO ELEVATE OUR NEEDS EITHER BOTH THROUGH ARPA AND THROUGH BUDGET. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE HEARING. THERE WERE MANY QUESTIONS SO IF I COULD ASK THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR DURKAN DID YOU SAY THAT THE HARD DEADLINE IS THE END OF THIS MONTH TO ALLOCATE THE 7 MILLION? I KNOW WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO SPEND ALL OF IT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND. SO THE THIRD ROUND OF THE SPACE PROGRAM THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD BE TOLD IF IF THEY APPLIED THAT THEY WOULD BE TOLD BY THE END OF THE MONTH.  SO YES ROUND THREE OF THE SPACE GRANT IS IN PERIL IF WE DON'T GET THIS WHICH I'M VERY SORRY IF YOU COULD JUST LET ME FINISH UP THERE WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SO IT ACTUALLY IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE ON THIS TODAY.  THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE WAITING TO KNOW IF THEY GOT THE SPACE GRANT AND SO WE NEED TO MOVE ON THAT TODAY I DID WANT TO JUST CONFIRM FOR COUNCILOR QUINN THAT MY TEAM SENT YOU DURING THE HEARING THE LIST OF D2 RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES THAT HAD GOTTEN ACCESS TO SPACE GRANT FUNDING AND YOUR TEAM CONFIRMED THAT DURING THE HEARING. SO I MY TEAM HAS BEEN DOING WE CAN TO GET BACK TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCILOR ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS SO SO MAYBE I CAN FORWARD YOU THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OH WE WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE CHAIR YOU MAY RESPOND, YES.  BUT BEFORE WE DO HAVE A MEETING ON THE 30TH BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK AND I DO WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THE SPACE GRANT HAVE LOOKED HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALLING HOPING THAT THEY'LL GET THIS ROUND WAS HOPING THAT THIS 7 MILLION THOUGH COULD HAVE BEEN BROKEN DOWN INTO 1 MILLION AND WE COULD HAVE VOTED SEPARATELY ON THE SPACE GRANT ALONE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING ARE ON THE FIRST TWO I NOTICE ARE THEY AT THE HEARING BROKEN INTO THREE DIFFERENT BREAKDOWN SO THROUGH THE CHAIR IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO JUST VOTE ON THE SPACE GRANT OR WAIT UNTIL THE 30TH BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BUT THAT WOULD BE CUTTING IT CLOSE AND I AGREE BUT I DON'T WANT TO STOP IT KNOWING THAT THAT MILLION IS ATTACHED TO A LOT OF QUESTIONS HAVE FOR THE OTHER 6 MILLION COUNCILMEN IF WE'RE DONE WITH YOUR QUESTION COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THE THEORY WITH ARPA FUNDING WAS TO FUND UP TO FUND PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW WORK AND TO TOP UP PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW ARE EFFECTIVE. THE GOAL REALLY IS NOT TO CREATE ANY NEW PROGRAMS. SO OUT OF THE OUT OF OUR OPTIONS FOR HOW THIS MONEY COULD BE SPENT I WHOLLY STAND BEHIND THE $7 MILLION AND I AM AS A COMMITTEE CHAIR PUSHING FOR THIS TO PASS TODAY.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON KAISER. BRANDON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS GRANT AS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE I THINK THAT THE AOP MONEY AND THE MONEY FOR TO SUPPORT BEHAVIOR CHANGE RESIDENTS TO ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR OWN HOME BECAUSE OF INCREASED THEIR INCOME. I THINK BOTH OF THESE BOTH OF THESE GRANTS ARE REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS THE CHAIR'S ALREADY MENTIONED THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL.  THE AOP PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR IS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL IN REMOVING HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR FROM THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. SO THAT IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE PROVIDE STABLE HOUSING IN PERPETUITY GOING FORWARD. SO I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HESITATION IN VOTING FOR ALL OF THESE. THE TRENDS I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE THE ARPA MONEY IS RUNNING OUT AND WE HAVE FAILED SO FAR TO PASS THE TRANSFER FEE AT THE STATE HOUSE. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A MODEST AMOUNT OF MONEY LIKE $3 MILLION DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP US TO TAKE SOME MORE HOUSING OFF THE SPECULATIVE MARKET AND KEEP IT KEEP IT AFFORDABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN BOSTON. SO I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HESITATION IN SUPPORTING THESE GRANTS AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME THING. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAINARD COULDN'T AGREE MORE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS OF THE STREET GRANTS. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN BOSTON PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY AND GETTING TO SEE AND SPEAK TO RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT HOW THEY'VE UTILIZED THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER HOMEBUYER PAYMENT SUPPORT AND TO SEE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES GO FROM BOSTON PUBLIC HOUSING TO TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS.  THAT'S A STORY THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN. THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT WE WANT TO SEE ACROSS THE CITY. AND COUNCILOR BREEDEN JUST MENTIONED THE AOP AND THEN YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO I WILL BE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTING THESE THREE GRANTS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR HOSTING THE HEARING AND FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE RESPONSIVE TO OUR OFFICE WITH WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES BEN COUSINS BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I ALSO WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THESE OF THE ACQUISITIONS OF THIS MONEY JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL BE IRRESPONSIBLE IF WE DON'T.  CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID THAT THE SPACE PROGRAM IS SHOULD BE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS CREATED USING COVID ARPA MONEY AND THAT IS WHAT THE SMALL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AND YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT BUT THERE'S A BOOKSTORE IN ROSLINDALE. ITS SUCCESS CANNOT CONTINUE IF THESE IF THAT $1 MILLION OF THE $7 MILLION NOT PASSED AND NOT ONLY THAT I HAVE MET A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE A HOME IN HYDE PARK IN MATTAPAN, THEY WENT FROM VOUCHER UNITS TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A HOME BECAUSE OF THOSE ARE BOTH GRANTS. SO FOR ME THIS IS PERSONAL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE LIVES OF THE DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS ARE IMPACTED BY THIS AND THAT'S WHY I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF IT AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS TODAY AND NOT DELAY IT ANY FURTHER.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY PEN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR TO GERALD CONSTABLE JODY ON THE FLOOR I BELIEVE CUTS MEJIA AND YET YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET AND SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU AND I'M NOT GOING TO DENY THAT. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT SO LOOK, I'M NOT I'M NOT I'M NOT AGAINST THE THIS IS HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS SOMETHING THAT THE MONEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE GOING TOWARDS. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS WHEN BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE INVITED TO THE THE BACKYARD TO SORT OF ANNOUNCE THIS I WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS MONEY THAT HAD NOT YET COME BEFORE US FOR A VOTE. SO I'M HERE MORE TO JUST SORT OF TALK ABOUT THE PROCESSES IN WHICH THIS WAS ROLLED OUT BECAUSE THERE YOU KNOW YOU INVITE US TO WE'RE INVITED TO THE EVENT WE SPEAK AT THE EVENT AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER NO MATTER I AM FOR THIS. BUT WHAT IF I YOU KNOW WHAT IF I HAD LEARNED SOMETHING IN BETWEEN WHERE I WASN'T OH NO, I ALREADY WENT OUT THERE AND SPOKE AT THE EVENT SUPPORT SO YOU KIND OF PAINT INTO A CORNER SO IT'S MORE THE WAY I FELT THAT IT WAS COMMUNICATED TO US A LITTLE BIT BUT AGAIN SUPPORT OF THE MONEY AND WHAT IT GOES TO ABSOLUTELY BUT JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT IS I THINK THAT SOME OF THE CONCERN FROM OTHER FOLKS HERE AS WELL OF SORT OF THE WAY IT WAS COMMUNICATED TO US IN THAT EVENT AS TO THE VOTE HAPPENING AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION TO ME IT WAS CLEARLY COMMUNICATED AND SO I UNDERSTOOD IT BUT I UNDERSTAND IF OTHERS IT'S I THINK DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL THAT OCCURS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MCGEE, A CUSTOMER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND WHAT I REALIZE IS THAT I WAS THE OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR MY COMMUNITY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP SO I HAD TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING SAID AND I FELT LIKE IN MANY WAYS IN MY LITTLE TIME HERE ON THE COUNCIL I'VE BECOME THE OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR THE THE CITY SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE BACK AND FORTH THAT HAPPENS HERE IN THIS CHAMBER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD RIGHT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE THE CONCEPT OF THINGS POINT I WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST MOUTHS ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL VACANCIES AND TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE DOLLARS. SO I HAVE BEEN LEADING ON THAT FRONT. SO FOR THE RECORD FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN, TRUST THAT I WILL BE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THOSE DOLLARS FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE SPACE PROGRAM.  THE OTHER PIECE IN TERMS OF HOUSING AGAIN I'M GOING BACK TO THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT IF I DON'T STAND UP AND CALL THINGS OUT WHEN THINGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING TO US WITHOUT US REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU GET THE INFORMATION, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO BETTER AS A BODY AND HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE HERE WE ARE ONE HEARING LATER A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT BRINGING THIS RIGHT BACK INTO THE CHAMBER AND ASKING US TO GO FOR A VOTE. AND I THINK THAT THE PROCESS IS FLAWED AND AND IT IS AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE. IT'S EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH THIS COUNCIL IS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAD WITH SOME AND NOT ALL AND I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN OUTSIDER AND I WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO BE I FEEL BETTER THAT WAY BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY START RECOGNIZING RIGHT THAT WHEN PEOPLE STAND UP, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT PUT YOU IN THIS OFFICE IS NOT ABOUT YOU BEING DIFFICULT OR BEING AGGRESSIVE OR EVEN BEING A BULLY. IT IS ABOUT YOU UTILIZING YOUR PLATFORM AND YOUR VOICE TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.  RIGHT? AND SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING AND BRINGING THINGS TO THE COUNCIL AND JUST PASSING THINGS ALONG AND VOTING YAY OR NAY. HOWEVER WE FEEL THE WIND BLOWS OR WE CAN START REALLY DOING OUR JOBS AND THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO $7 MILLION OR $2 MILLION OR WHATEVER MILLION THAT WE REALLY DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT VOICE IS HEARD AND THAT A PLATFORM IS CREATED FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD. THAT'S ALL I ASK AT RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS. ALL I ASK IS FOR US TO REALLY START PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW WE ARE BEHAVING AS A BODY EVERY SINGLE TIME WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE A VOTE. AND I THINK THAT'S FOR ME THIS IS THE ONLY TIME USUALLY ON WEDNESDAYS BECAUSE WE'RE LUCKY WE EVEN HAVE HEARINGS ON WEDNESDAYS IS REALLY THE ONLY TIME THAT I HAVE TO BE FULLY EXPRESSED BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT WE DEEPLY CARE ABOUT SOMETIMES DON'T EVEN GET HEARD AND WHEN YOU ARE IN A HEARING YOU GET CENSORED. YOU DO AND WE HAVE TO START FIGURING OUT HOW WE FUNCTION AS A BODY BECAUSE HAVING HEARING AND THEN A PRESS CONFERENCE CELEBRATING A WIND THAT NOT EVERYBODY WAS SIGNED UP FOR FEELS LIKE IT IS A REOCCURRING PATTERN HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND I JUST WANT TO CALL IT LIKE I SEE IT.  THANK YOU. I JUST DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ON MONDAY THERE WAS A HEARING ON THIS AND THERE WAS PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILORS TO VOICE OR TALK TO THE CHAIR ABOUT WHAT THEY DISAGREED ON OR IF THEY WANTED TO SEE A DIFFERENT ITERATION.  THERE WAS THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THE COUNCILOR AGAIN THIS IS $7 MILLION IN THE OVERALL ARPA PACKAGE THERE IS MORE WORK THAT WE CAN DO HERE THROUGH WORKING SESSIONS BUT I JUST DO WANT TO STATE AND I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN FEELING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB THE NUMBER OF HEARINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, THE QUALITY OF THE HEARINGS, THAT PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT HAS BEEN SHOWING UP SO I UNDERSTAND AND I HEAR THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE COMMUNICATED TO IN THE SAME WAY OR THEY FEEL A CERTAIN WAY. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN OPPORTUNITY HERE OUTSIDE OF THIS WEDNESDAY MEETING ALL OF THE TIME TO ATTEND HEARINGS ON GRANTS TO ATTEND HEARINGS ON WHATEVER IT IS THE ISSUE IS AND TO AND TO VOICE YOUR OPINION HERE THIS IS NOT THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S ALSO WHILE THERE ARE HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS WE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO CAN ALSO JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER, RIGHT? WE ARE ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. WE RECOMMEND THAT DOORS STAY OPEN, TRY TO HAVE BOTH OF MY DOORS OPEN SO THAT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK MORE YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE AND YOU CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.  SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTY OF FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I KNOW THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THIS I WASN'T INVITED TO THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER THE FACT SO I HAD TO PLAY CATCH UP TO TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE THE INFORMATION I WHEN I COME TO THIS WEDNESDAY MEETING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM FULLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING SPENT. I CAN'T VOTE YES ON A ON A DOCKET WHEN I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME. I CAN'T BE A RUBBER STAMP FOR ANYBODY. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M VOTING NO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMMUNICATED TO DIFFERENTLY BUT I DO WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD THAT I WAS NOT COMMUNICATED AT ALL THAT NOBODY CALLED, TEXTED OR INVITED ME TO THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. IT WAS IN A BACKYARD SO I ONLY SAW PEOPLE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SEEING THAT MOST OF OUR COLLEAGUES WERE THERE AND FOUND OUT THAT I WAS NEVER INCLUDED IN THAT.  SO THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF NOT JUST BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY, BEING COMPLETELY IGNORED AND THEN HOW IN QUESTIONS WERE ASKED WHICH I APPRECIATE BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER THE QUESTIONS WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR TO COME BACK I WAS AT THAT HEARING AND I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS SO I'M STILL WAITING FOR THOSE ANSWERS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. AND IF THE QUESTION IS AGAIN THAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT EVERYONE WAS CALLED AND I DID NOT DO ANY OF THE CALLING IF IT'S A COMMUNICATION WITH REGARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS A PHONE CALL WHETHER THE PERSON DECIDES TO ANSWER THE PHONE CALL OR NOT, I WILL ENSURE THAT IDR IS AT LEAST CALLING PEOPLE AND SO IF IT'S IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WE NEED TO WORK ON THEIR COMMUNICATIONS.  SO AT LEAST YOU ARE GETTING A PHONE CALL SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING AND UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYONE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL PERHAPS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.  I WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT TO IMPROVE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? WELL IT DOES SOUND LIKE THE FOLKS THAT WEREN'T INVITED WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THESE THREE PROGRAMS. NO, BECAUSE TODAY THAT IS WHO IS SPEAKING AGAINST THESE THREE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS.  SO I AM PUSHING FOR THIS TO PASS TODAY AND THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS.  SO LET'S BE CLEAR I PROACTIVELY FILED SOMETHING ABOUT ARPA MONEY. WE HAD A HEARING ON THAT THE MAYOR FILED AN ORDER. WE HAD A HEARING ON THAT. WE'VE HAD TWO CONVERSATIONS AND I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES I CAN LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM. THEY'VE ASKED ME ABOUT THE ARPA MONEY WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AND AS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE SO I'M TAKING AN ISSUE WITH THE QUESTION OF PROCESS HERE BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS NEEDED TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS AND IT WE HAD A HEARING AND WHEN I LOOKED AROUND FOR A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS NOBODY WAS THERE FOR A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS. SO I'M ACTUALLY I ASKED THE SECOND ROUND YES YOU DID ACTUALLY BUT YES BUT I THINK THE IDEA THAT LIKE THIS IS SO CONTROVERSIAL WHEN PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN STAY FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN TOO CONTROVERSIAL HEARINGS WHERE THEY'RE SECOND AND THIRD ROUND QUESTIONS SO LET ME JUST BE VERY CLEAR THESE THREE PROGRAMS ARE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE AND I AM TAKING ISSUE WITH THE QUESTION OF PROCESS AND I'M TAKING ISSUE WITH THE NO VOTE ON THREE THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO BOSTON RESIDENTS.  THESE ARE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW WORK A TRANCHE OF MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON THEM AND I AM PASSING I AM AGAIN AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE SAYING IT OUGHT TO PASS AND MY PHONE HAS NOT BEEN RINGING WITH THE VOICES THAT ARE THAT ARE PIPING UP TODAY. HAVE YOU CALLED ME ABOUT THIS MONEY? NO. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ASKED AT THE HEARING WERE ANSWERED. SO I JUST I'M TAKING ISSUE WITH THIS WHOLE THING AND I IT'S IT'S REALLY LIKE I SEE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER. I SEE THIS COUNCIL AS A STRONG, EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AND I KNOW WHY IT'S NOT THE PLACES WHERE WE ARE EFFECTIVE. IT'S VERY CLEAR WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.  SO I'M PUSHING FOR THIS TO PASS TODAY.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOSTON'S COVID 19 RECOVERY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1385. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DARK NUMBER 1385 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN YES.  COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR NO. FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO.  COUNCILOR PER PERSON YES. COUNCIL PER PERSON YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  CASTLE SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES DUCK NUMBER 1385 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1385 IS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 2091111661168117011751177128 AND 1432 THEY TAKE A SIP OF WATER. MR. CLERK BEFORE YOU START I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF READING. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK FOR FOR DOING THAT. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THOSE DOCKETS INTO THE RECORD TALKING ABOUT 0911 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 EARMARKED FOR FAIR AMOUNT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE SUPPORT OF POLICE OVERTIME FOR VISIBLE PATROLS IN A FAIR AMOUNT DEVELOPMENT TALK NUMBER 1166 MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $4,125,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PUBLIC SAFETY ENTERING POINT SUPPORT IN AN INCENTIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ENHANCED 911 SERVICES TARGET NUMBER 1168 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $850,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER EARMARKED AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND UPGRADING, EXPANDING AND INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY AND PROTOCOLS RELATED TO ANTI-TERRORISM ANTI-CRIME, ANTI-GANG AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TALK NUMBER 1170 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $445,865.77 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 STATE 911 TRAINING GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF ENHANCED 911 TELECOMMUNICATIONS STAFF NUMBER 1175 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $87,427 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PASS THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PURCHASE OF NEEDED EQUIPMENT,  SOFTWARE AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY ITEMS CONSIDERED VITAL PREVENTING AND REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME NUMBER 1177 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND DATA COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT TALKING NUMBER 1286 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $11,200 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 SIF AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TO SUPPORT ENROLLMENT IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INTENSIVE TRAINING AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEW FOR THE SS Y BOSTON CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM KEY NUMBER 1432 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 POLICE REFORM EQUITABLE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE TARGET TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE YOUTH AND POLICE INITIATIVE WHICH PROVIDES POLICE THE SKILLS AND TOOLS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND AND DEAL WITH TROUBLED YOUTH AND GIVES TROUBLED YOUTH NEW WAYS TO UNDERSTAND, PERCEIVE AND DEAL WITH POLICE AUTHORITY . THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU, MR. CLERK FOR READING ALL OF THIS. I WILL SAY I MUST HAVE OUT I MESSED UP ABOUT 12 TIMES WHAT I TRIED TO DO. OKAY SO I APPRECIATE YOU.  THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2020 FOR TO DISCUSS EIGHT PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS.  THESE MATTERS WERE ALL SPONSORED BY MAYOR MITCHELL AND INCLUDED TALKING TO NUMBER 0911 WHICH WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUNE FIFTH DOCKET NUMBER 11661168117011751177 ALL REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 28 AND DOCKET NUMBER 1432 REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 25TH THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM ANITA CULLEN.  TULANE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. JANE PEREZ, FOUNDER OF THE YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE, A NORTH AMERICAN FAMILY IN ANSWER TO BRIAN WALSH, DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE HAD A BREAK FOR.  THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SHAWN ROMANOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT,  SERGEANT DETECTIVE PHILIP BISSONNETTE, FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT FRANK DELUCA PROGRAM COORDINATOR SAFE SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE. CARMEN CURRIE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.  CHRISTOPHER MARKUS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DIVISION . LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE DANIEL DUFF COMMANDER HOMICIDE UNIT, BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON WHO'S THE CAPTAIN FOR EACH TEAM. WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR AT FLYNN, COUNSELOR ERIN MURPHY COUNCIL ROSIE LOUIJEUNE AND COUNSELOR BRIAN MORRELL.  TARGET NUMBER 1168 IS A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $850,000 FOR THE FBI 24 BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER EARMARK AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH DIRECTOR WALSH DISCUSSED DOCKET NUMBER 1168 STATED THAT THIS GRANT WOULD BE USED TOWARDS PERSONNEL COSTS AND FUNDS OF FUNDS AROUND EIGHT POSITIONS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR AS CHAIR OF AS CHAIR FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC THAT THE TITLE OF THE GRANT STATES ITS PURPOSE IS RELATED TO QUOTE TECHNOLOGY AND AND PROTOCOLS UNQUOTE. BUT DIRECTOR WAS TESTIFIED THAT THESE PARTICULAR GRANTS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY USED TOWARDS PERSONNEL COSTS AND THAT THE COMMONWEALTH SUPPORTS THE USE OF THESE FUNDS FOR PERSONNEL DESPITE THE TITLE OF THE GRANT. THE DIRECTOR STATED THAT THIS GRANT IS A CONTINUATION OF FUNDING THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR AND THE BREAK AND BREAK HAS BEEN RECEIVED THIS GRANT SINCE AROUND 2017. DOCKET NUMBER 1432 IS A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF 175,000 FOR THE FBI 24 POLICE REFORM AND EQUITABLE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE TARGET CORPORATION SUPERINTENDENT TO LEARN AND MR PEREZ DISCUSSED DOCKETS NUMBER 1143 TO SAY STATED THAT THIS GRANT WOULD FUND THE YOUTH AND POLICE INITIATIVE A PROGRAM THAT ASSISTS IN WORKING WITH YOUTH TO BREAK DOWN STEREOTYPES AND GO INTO DEEPER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE KIND OF CHALLENGES YOUTH AND POLICE ARE FACING THROUGH THE YOUTH AND POLICE INITIATIVE, VPD COLLABORATES WITH ABOUT 150 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH A TWO WEEK INTERACTIVE SCENARIO BASED AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND ABOUT 75 POLICE OFFICERS WHO ALSO RECEIVE TRAINING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. THE YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE TARGETS YOUTH WHO ARE IMPACTED BY GANG VIOLENCE, FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSING INSTABILITY AND OTHER RISK FACTORS. DOCKET NUMBER 1286 IS A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF 11,200 FOR THE FY 23 SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH.  MR DELUCA DISCUSSED DOCKETS NUMBER 1286 STATED THAT THIS GRANT WILL HELP FUND THE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE, A PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH 17 TO 24 YEAR OLDS YOUNG ADULTS AT RISK. TYPICALLY PERPETRATORS WERE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE OR STREET VIOLENCE. THE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE COLLABORATES WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO PROVIDE A COMBINED PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY APPROACH AND INTRODUCES PARTICIPANTS TO HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1175 IS A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,427 FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY OFFICE VIA THE COMMONWEALTH SUPERINTENDENT WHO THEN DISCUSSED DOCKET NUMBER 1175 STATED THAT THIS GRANT WILL HELP FUND THE PURCHASE OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO OPERATE WITH NYPD'S EXISTING CAMERA NETWORK. THESE CAMERAS WILL BE PLACED IN THE TOP THREE HIGHEST VIOLENT CRIME POLICE DISTRICTS WHICH ARE AREAS B TO B THREE AND C 11. SHE STATED THAT THESE CAMERAS WILL HELP PREVENT PROPERTY AND VIOLENT CRIMES AND INVESTIGATE CRIMES THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.  THIS GRANT WILL ALSO FUND TACTICAL PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR POLICE DISTRICTS TO ASSIST WITH DE-ESCALATION SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES.  LASTLY, THIS CRIME WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT WHICH IS IN NEED OF SOFTWARE DATABASE SUBSCRIPTIONS, NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT LIKE IPADS AND BODY ARMOR UPGRADES DOCKETS NUMBER 1166 IT'S A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF 4,125,000 FOR THE FBI 25 PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS SUPPORT AND INCENTIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH AND DOCKET NUMBER 1170 IS A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT EXCUSE ME $445,865.77 FOR THE FBI 25 DATE 911 TRAINING GRANT ALSO AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH DIRECTOR MARK NURSES AND DEPUTIES.  DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CURRY DISCUSSED THESE TWO DOCKETS DOCKETS 1166 AND 1170 WHICH ARE BOTH GRANTS THAT WILL HELP FUND ALL ASPECTS OF THE 911 CALL CENTER AND OPERATIONS.  THESE GRANTS WILL ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE ALARM DIVISION AND DISPATCH CENTER AND BOSTON'S EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE CALL CENTER DOCKET NUMBER 1166 IS A SO SUPPORT INCENTIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DOCKETS NUMBER 1170 WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR NINE OVER ONE CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS IN ALL THREE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DOCKET NUMBER 1177 IS A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR THE FBI 23 NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH.  LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE DUFF DISCUSSED DOCKET NUMBER 1177 AND STATED THAT BPD MEETS WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCY ONCE A YEAR TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE VIOLENT CRIME STATISTICS.  THIS DATA IS THEN USED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL TO BE COMPILED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL . AND LASTLY, DOCKET NUMBER 0911 IS A GRANT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR THE TOTAL FBI 24 EARMARKED FOR FAIR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH. CAPT HAMILTON DISCUSS DOCKET NUMBER 0911 AND STATED THAT THESE FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL POLICE PATROLS OF THE FAIRMONT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO MONITOR, INTERVENE AND SUPPRESS VIOLENT CRIME.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING ALL OF THESE DOCKETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND INFORMAL FORMAL ACTION AT THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT ALL EIGHT DOCKETS DOCKET NUMBER 0911116611681170117511771286 AND 1432 ALL TO PASS THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA AND THANK YOU FOR THAT READING THANK YOU AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR HOLDING REALLY INFORMATIVE HEARING YESTERDAY I LEARNED A LOT AND IT WAS A GREAT HEARING.  JUST WANT TO SEE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE GRANT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE ARE SPENDING OUR ASSETS WHY I PROGRAM THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LEARN THAT IN WORKING WITH AT RESCUES BETWEEN THE AGES 17 AND 24 THEY GET A CARETAKER A CASE MANAGER FROM B C WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GREAT MODEL. WE LEARNED ABOUT THE FAIRMONT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GETTING EXTRA POLICE SUPPORT THERE AND OF COURSE SO MANY OF US ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE CHAMPIONED 911 CALL TAKERS. WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE BRICK AND IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE HEARING YOU KNOW LAST YEAR WE ALSO HAD A HEARING WHERE WE HEARD FROM THE BRICK MY STAFF AND I WENT OUT TO THE BRICK A FEW WEEKS AGO AND MET WITH THE TEAM FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND TO GO OVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. LAST YEAR I WAS UNDERWHELMED BY MY RESPONSES AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS BEING MADE AT AND OUT OF THE BRICK AROUND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY . BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR ON THE ROLLOUT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS AROUND THE DATABASE. WE ARE IN THE GAME DATABASE WHERE WE'RE WAITING FOR A NAME CHANGE. WE'RE WAITING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DISCRIMINATING AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO ENSURE THAT IN ITS TOTALITY. BUT THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THE BRICK BY NUMBER OF COURT, BY OUR FEDERAL COURT AND BY OUR STATE COURT REGARDING DISCRIMINATION WHILE I DO SEE SOME PROGRESS, I AM STILL WAITING TO SEE MORE IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ALSO DIVERSITY IN THE BRICK DEPARTMENT IF WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT IS CHARGED WITH DOING THE WORK OF IDENTIFYING PEOPLE BOTH QUANTITATIVELY AND QUALITY QUALITATIVELY AS MEMBERS OF GANGS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT REFLECTIVE THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY AND WE'RE NOT YET THERE AND SO I WILL BE VOTING YES ON ALL OF THESE GRANTS EXCEPT FOR 1168 THE BRICK GRANT I AM ENCOURAGED BY SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT MY TEAM AND I SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT WE REMAIN WANTING IN SOME OF THE PROGRESS AND CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO SEE OUT OF THE BRICK AND I KNOW DIRECTOR WALSH WAS HERE AND OTHER HERE TALKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY THAT WE NEED ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT A YOUNG MAN OF COLOR WHO WAS TAGGED AS GANG AFFILIATED WHO WAS REALLY JUST GOING THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND WHOSE COUSIN WAS GANG AFFILIATED AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT OVER IDENTIFYING PEOPLE JUST AS A RESULT OF WHERE THEY LIVE AND WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE. SO I'LL BE VOTING NO ON 1168 AND I'LL BE VOTING YES ON THE OTHER DOCKETS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHETHER THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  YEAH. I ALSO RISE JUST TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BRICK I MEAN AND I AGREE WITH MADAM PRESIDENT THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT YOU KNOW IT'S CALLED THE GANG DATABASE AND HOW THAT'S UTILIZED I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE BEING PUT ON THE DATABASE JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE SEEN SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WHO'S A KNOWN GANG MEMBER THAT PEOPLE CAN BE PULLED OVER OR THERE COULD BE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A SEARCH JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE DATABASE WITHOUT THEIR KNOWING IT. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO PRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S CIVIL LIBERTIES AREN'T BEING TRAMPLED, YOU KNOW, ON THE GANG DATABASE ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR WHAT THE BRICK IS DOING TO PREPARE FOR A POSSIBLE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND HOW THAT CAN BE ABUSED EVEN MORE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. YOU KNOW WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT'S LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION NO MATTER HOW IT'S ACQUIRED.  ALSO I'M CONCERNED WITH BRICKS SHARING INFORMATION WITH STATES THAT CRIMINALIZE ABORTION AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. AND I LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROTECTING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND BRICK ISN'T BEING USED AS A FORCE FOR FOR FOR FOR EVIL IN THOSE PLACES. BUT LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, I DID ATTEND A FUNERAL OF KWAME CLARKE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE MILDRED HALEY APARTMENTS WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A GANG RELATED SHOOTING AND SO AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, I, I, I AND I SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS PEOPLE WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.  THEY WANT TO BE MADE TO FEEL SAFE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE BALANCE OF THINGS I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. BUT YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO GIVE SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT TO HOW THE BRICK IS USED AND ADMINISTERED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR RESIDENTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE UPHELD. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT UP AND ONE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING UP A FORM OF REDRESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE DATABASE AND WANT TO BE REMOVED OR THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE A LOT MORE CLEAR THAN IT IS HOW PEOPLE CAN GET THE CAN ONE DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE DATABASE AND CAN GET THEMSELVES REMOVED. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK ON COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AND MAKING THAT MORE OF A TRANSPARENT PROCESS FROM THE BRICK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OF LAND COUNCIL AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DURING THIS DEBATE THE BOSTON POLICE THE WORK THEY ARE DOING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.  WE RELY ON THEM FOR SO MUCH TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AND HEALTHY.  RESIDENTS ARE ASKING LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED RESIDENTS ARE ASKING US FOR MORE POLICE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE CITY AND AGAIN OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE WORKING CONSISTENTLY WORKING 16 HOURS PER DAY. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOSTON POLICE PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN BOSTON AREA IN THE BOSTON COMMON. WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN THE BOSTON COMMON BUT THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE.  I'VE MET WITH PARENTS IN BACK BAY AND DOWNTOWN BOSTON ABOUT VARIOUS SCHOOLS WHERE DROP OFF FOR PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING VIOLENCE AND THE ONGOING DRUG DEALING TAKING PLACE RIGHT NEAR THESE SCHOOLS . BUT AGAIN, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOSTON POLICE. THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS BUT IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, SUPPORTING THEM.  IT'S NOT ABOUT REIMAGINING POLICE. IT'S NOT ABOUT DEFUNDING POLICE. IT'S ABOUT SUPPORTING POLICE,  SUPPORTING RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE POLICE NEEDED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY CAN TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. WE NEED TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT AT TIMES FOR THE POLICE IN THEIR FAMILIES AND WE AS A SOCIETY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB DOING THAT . AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBERS OF POLICE ARE DOWN AND WE CAN'T RECRUIT PEOPLE LIKE WE WE SHOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK THAT THE PUBLIC CONSTANTLY GIVES POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CUT AS A BATTER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO STAND UP JUST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE WORK THAT MY OFFICE HAS DONE RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEX HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRICK THE INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN SPEEDY BRICK AND ICE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ULTIMATELY LED TO THE DEPORTATION OF AN EAST BOSTON RESIDENT AND THAT WAS ABHORRENT.  AND SO WHAT COUNCILOR WEBER IS TALKING ABOUT IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE WORRIED ABOUT AND THE BRICK HAS HAD FAIR CRITICISMS IN THE PAST THAT IT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS BLACK AND BROWN MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS HAS BEEN BACKED UP BY LAWSUITS AND COURT CASES THAT HAVE FOUND THAT OLD POINT SYSTEM WITHIN THE BRICK HAS PLACED INDIVIDUALS ON A GANG DATABASE THAT WAS FAULTY AT BEST. IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE REAL CONCERNS EXIST WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THE BRICK HAS STOPPED HATE CRIMES, MURDERS, SEXUAL ASSAULTS KIDNAPINGS AND ATTACKS ON OUR LGBTQ NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS OUR JEWISH NEIGHBORS AND HELPED TO INFORM POLICE TO MAKE DATA INFORMED AND CORRECT ARRESTS THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SO IN FULL TRANSPARENCY AS I MENTIONED I APOLOGIZE THAT I COULDN'T MAKE THIS HEARING. I HAD MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP CHAIR AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS A HEARING AND FULL TRANSPARENCY. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS COALITION IN TRYING TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP SOME SORT OF EMBEDDED OVERSIGHT MECHANISM WHICH WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE HOLD AND I WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT THE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNCILOR SERVICE KPIX, THEY HAD ASKED WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS AND WHAT SORT OF EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT DO WE HAVE? COULD WE GET AN AUDIT? AND SO AT THIS TIME THERE IS NOT A CLEAR CONSENSUS EVEN AMONG THE ADVOCATES AND NO CLEAR LEGISLATIVE ROADMAP TO ACHIEVE WHAT SOME ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COALITION ARE CALLING FOR. AND SO ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT THE WORK CONTINUES. I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO NEW REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO GOVERNING ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE DATABASE . SO I WILL BE VOTING YES BUT ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING ON THIS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF HIS CONCERNS GO TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. NOT JUST THE POLICE DOING A GREAT JOB BUT IN MY SHORT TIME HERE I'VE ALSO TALKED TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE GANG INTERVENTION WORK AND ESPECIALLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GANG ACTIVITY IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL AND THEY THINK THAT BRICK IS A VITAL INTEGRAL POINT AND THAT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THESE FOLKS ON THE RIGHT TRACK.  AND SO NOT ONLY THAT BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE READ THE POLICE BLOG AFTERWARDS AND THEY SAY WITH THESE PEOPLE FROM THIS IS A REGIONAL RIGHT THEY ARE IN BRIC STANDS FOR REGIONAL AND A LOT OF THE TIMES YOU'LL SEE IT'LL BE YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S NAME FROM RANDOLPH OR SOMEBODY COMING INTO DORCHESTER AND SHOOTING SOMEBODY RIGHT OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO WITH THAT I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE OTHER COUNTIES AROUND US THAT ARE RELYING ON THIS AND BY DOING THAT IT DOES MAKE THE CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT SAFER BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING TABS ON THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN AND CAUSING TROUBLE IN THE DISTRICT BEFORE THEY HEAD BACK HOME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CURT IS ABOUT TO HAD A REALLY GOOD POINT AS WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR BODY DOES THAT AND SO I WANT TO JUST REAFFIRM MY NO VOTE AND STATE THAT IT IS OUR JOB TO DO THE WORK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE WILL GO BACK TO THE BRICK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE FEEL LIKE THERE IS A ROLL OUT OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THAT GOVERN THE USE OF THE DATABASE IN A WAY THAT MAKES US FEEL COMFORTABLE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERNED AND I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST PUT IT ON SO THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'LL BE VOTING YES ON ALL OF THESE PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS TODAY.  I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO MEET WITH COMMISSIONER COX FOR HE WAS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME FOR OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HE PARTICULARLY BRINGS TO THE CITY COUNCIL . I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CONVERSATIONS WENT INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CULTURE CHANGE, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE POLICE BUT ALSO HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT I THINK OUR BOSTON POLICE. WE WANT TO BE THE BEST WE WANT TO BE THE MOST ACCOUNTABLE.  WE AND I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS I HAVE THIS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. MY SISTER IS A POLICE OFFICER AND I'VE SEEN DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL. I'VE SEEN DEPARTMENTS THAT PUT THE SAFETY OF OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC AT RISK AND I THINK THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB. BUT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER, IT'S CLEAR THAT HE KNOWS THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO AS WELL AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT I ALSO SEE A LOT OF HOPE IN HIS LEADERSHIP AND I'LL BE VOTING YES ON THESE GRANTS BUT I WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS. WE SHOULD BE BRINGING IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MORE TO DISCUSS A LOT OF THESE ISSUES BECAUSE I WOULD SURMISE TO SAY THAT THE COMMISSIONER IS ALIGNED WITH THE COUNCIL'S OPINION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. IT WAS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE AND IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THE BPT HERE TO ANSWER A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU ON THAT COUNCILOR COSMO SANTANA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE BY ONE TO SUSPENSION OF SIX. LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE MY SPOT THE OC THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0911 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0911 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1166 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO SAY NAY.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1166 IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1168 MR QUOTE WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1168 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A FATHER YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO.  COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR THE PIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR GIRL YOU KNOW COUNCILOR I'LL KNOW.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1168 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 1170 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1170 . COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THAT'S 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 PIPPIN COUNCILOR PIN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR AURELIA I CAN HAVE A1170 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1170 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1175 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1175 IS PASSED CASHMAN HERE YOU HAVE FLOOR FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION I JUST HEARD OKAY 11 I BELIEVE THERE SERVICE OR THAT IS TRUE I DID PICK THAT UP I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IMPORTANT BUT I FIGURED I'D SAY YES AND 1000 RIGHT YEAH SO IT'S IT'S 12 1211 YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO THE RECORD THANK YOU THANK YOU TELLS ME I'LL SORT OF DOWN SO I HEARD THAT THAT OKAY SO WE'RE 1177 IS THAT RIGHT. YEAH RIGHT OKAY THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 11277 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1177 IS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1286. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING NAY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INDUCTED NUMBER 1286 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1432 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THOSE OPPOSING A MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1432 THE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1432 COUNCIL BRAIN YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR FRAME YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU TALKING NUMBER 1432 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE DOCKET NUMBER 1432 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1425 DUCK NUMBER ONE 4 TO 5 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS INADEQUATE DELIVERY SERVICES BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITHIN MISSION HILL AND OTHER BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PILOT AGREEMENT INSTITUTIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YOU MADAM PRESIDENT DOCKET 1425 ON THE US AS BEST DELIVERY SERVICE DELIVERY THE COMMITTEE ON PILOT AGREEMENTS INSTITUTION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS HELD A HEARING YESTERDAY TUESDAY OCTOBER TWO OVER IT'S TO DISCUSS INADEQUATE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY IN MISSION HILL AND OTHER BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS MATTER WAS CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS DURKAN, SANTANA AND WEBER AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH IN ATTENDANCE IN ADDITION TO THE CHAIR, THE SPONSORS AND THE SPONSORS WERE COUNCILORS COLETTA ZAPATA FITZGERALD,  FLYNN LOUIJEUNE AND MORRELL.  CONGRESSWOMAN PRESLEY ALSO ADDRESSED THE COMMITTEE REMOTELY TO DISCUSS THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS EFFORTS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE MAIL SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS AS A MATTER OF EQUITY. THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED RECENT EFFORTS BY SENATOR MARKEY TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SUCH AS IN MISSION HILL INVITED PANELISTS TO ATTEND ALSO INCLUDED RAY BELL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION BOSTON METRO LOCAL 100. TOM ROONEY, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS. BRANCH 34 AND SCOTT HOFFMAN,  NATIONAL BUSINESS AGENT OF THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION.  FCO INVITATIONS WERE ALSO SENT TO THE USPS REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE INVITATION WAS DECLINED. COUNCILORS DISCUSSED PERSISTENT ISSUES RELATING TO MAIL SERVICE DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE ACROSS BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. STAFFING LEVELS IN PARTICULAR ON PARTICULAR MAIL ROUTES WITHIN MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT AND THE CONTEXT OF HOW POSTAL SERVICE WAS PREVIOUSLY MANAGED AND INVESTED IN AND COMPARISON TO A CULTURAL SHIFT IN RECENT YEARS. AS A GOOD AS A PUBLIC GOOD RATHER THAN AS A FOR PROFIT SERVICE PROVIDER WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POSTAL WORKERS POSTAL UNIONS.  WE ALSO HAD VERY WELL REPRESENTED A ATTENDANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERRUPTION OR DELAYS IN THEIR POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY. THIS ISSUE IS OF PARTICULAR NOTE THAT IT SEEMS TO BE AFFECTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR ELDERS AND FOLKS WHO RELY ON DELIVERY OF USE. USE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE. DELIVERY OF MEDICATIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS ADDED BILLS AT THIS TIME. THE CHAIR AS A CHAIR I RECOMMEND THAT THE MATTER REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE DOCKET NUMBER 1425 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. WE WILL BE TAKING A DOCKET OUT OF ORDER.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1518 DOCK NUMBER 1518 COUNCIL IS MEJIA AND COLETTE AS A PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOLDERS OF TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE COMES FROM ME . HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING IT OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ON TO WORK.  SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE. SO TODAY I RISE TO FIGHT THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS TPS HOLDERS. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILOR ADDIS ABABA AND COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE AND FOR STANDING ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE ON THIS QUEST.  TOGETHER WE REPRESENT THE VOICES OF THE THOUSANDS OF TPS HOLDERS WHO ARE A VITAL PART OF BOTH OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY. BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS A COMMUNITY THAT PROUDLY OPENS ITS DOORS TO THOSE FLEEING WAR, PERSECUTION, NATURAL DISASTERS AND UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIPS. TODAY AND EVERY DAY I HOPE WE HONOR TPS HOLDERS WHO MADE THE DIFFICULT JOURNEY TO THE UNITED STATES AND HAVE BECOME A PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR DAILY LIVES.  FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS TPS HAS BEEN A LIFELINE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK AND BUILD THEIR LIVES SAFELY AND FREE FROM THE FEAR OF DEPORTATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE REAL FAMILIES WHO HAVE MADE A REAL CONTRIBUTION HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. TPS HOLDERS ARE HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, EMPLOYERS, PARENTS AND NEIGHBORS. THEY PLAY KEY ROLES IN ESSENTIAL SECTORS LIKE HEALTH CARE, CONSTRUCTION, EDUCATION AND SERVICES AND THE VERY SECTORS THAT KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING. TODAY WE CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND HOMELAND SECURITY,  THE US CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND I JUST EXTEND TPS.  BUT TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR ALL TPS HOLDERS WE RECOGNIZE A REALITY THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT TEMPORARY. THEY ARE IN PART A PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY AND A PART OF BOSTON'S HISTORY AND STORY. OUR COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT ITS BEST WHEN WE OPEN OUR ARMS TO THOSE IN NEED AND RECOGNIZE THAT OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH. LET US STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH TPS HOLDERS AND DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN THE CITY THEY CALL HOME. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 610 610 630 INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HOLD TPS REPRESENTING 16 DESIGNATED COUNTRIES WITH EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS AND HAITI ACCOUNTING FOR 92% OF ALL THE TPS HOLDERS ,MANY OF WHICH LIVE IN EAST BOSTON HYDE PARK AND MATTAPAN. BUT TPS HOLDERS CONTRIBUTE APPROXIMATE NIGHTLY GET THIS YEAR $12.8 BILLION ANNUALLY TO THE U.S. ECONOMY WITH ITS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOSTON'S LOCAL ECONOMY.  MANY TPS HOLDERS IN BOSTON AND IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR OVER 20 YEARS. IT IS TIME FOR US TO DO MORE.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE HOLDING IT DOWN AND WHO ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. SO WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE WORLD IS COMING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT'S GOING TO SEE A YEAR EBOLA OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT ROUGHLY FEEL BETTER BUT ON POLITICAL LEVELS AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE SAYING DELIBERATELY LIKE YOU ALL NEED TO LOOK AT LAST YEAR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR MEJIA AND COMES FROM HERE. I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADD A THIRD. OH MY LORD.  I THOUGHT I CALLED YOU OUT IN THIS THING AND I DID.  I DID SAY YOUR NAME BUT I KNOW I FORGOT THE OFFICIAL PROCESS.  PLEASE FORGIVE ME . I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A LEADER IN THIS SPACE AND THIS RESOLUTION WOULD NOT BE RIGHT WITHOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU AND I'M SORRY FOR I HAD YOU IN THIS. I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DID. I KNOW YOU DID. I KNOW YOU DID. OKAY. COUNCILMAN , HE HAS MENTIONED THE RULES TO ADD COUNCIL TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS TO PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE IS SO ADDED COUNCIL AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.  I WANT TO THANK MY PARTNERS IN THE COALITION. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. I HAVE GONE TO YOUR MEETINGS AND LISTENED AND BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU SINCE I STARTED WORKING IN CITY GOVERNMENT IN 2018. SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK IN A CITY WHERE NEARLY 30 30% OF RESIDENTS ARE FOREIGN BORN. WE MUST BE A WELCOMING CITY THAT SUPPORTS IMMIGRANTS WITH INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE AND MEANINGFUL CITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES.  EAST BOSTON IN PARTICULAR IS A COMMUNITY WITH A RICH IMMIGRANT HISTORY WHERE MANY FAMILIES HAVE ARRIVED IN STATE IN PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THIS INCLUDES MANY TPS HOLDERS THAT LIVE IN MY DISTRICT FROM EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS AND HAITI. AND IF J.D. VANCE IS LISTENING IN, I THINK HE COULD LEARN SOMETHING. RIGHT NOW INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER TPS HAVE FLED ARMED CONFLICT RISK OF VIOLENT PERSECUTION, NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN CRISES. THESE INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.  THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN OUR WORKFORCE AND AS ACTIVE RESIDENTS IN BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS THERE ARE OVER 450,000 TPS HOLDERS THAT ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ACTIVISTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT PROVIDE THEIR FAMILIES WITH THE DECENCY AND INTEGRITY. THESE FOLKS ARE MY NEIGHBORS,  MY FRIENDS AND PART OF MY CHOSEN FAMILY. MANY COUNTRIES WHOSE IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED TPS HAVE NOT RESOLVED INTERNAL CONFLICTS,  MAKING THE PREMATURE RETURN OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER TPS DANGEROUS AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. ANY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES THAT REJECTS TPS HOLDERS REJECTS BASIC HUMAN DECENCY, HURTS MASSACHUSETTS AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY AND ENDANGERS THE LIVES AND WELL-BEING OF HARDWORKING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.  TPS HOLDERS ARE LONG TERM INTEGRATED MEMBERS OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. MOREOVER, TPS HOLDERS ROOTS EXTEND BEYOND THEMSELVES TO THEIR FAMILIES. SALVADORIAN HONDURAN AND HAITIAN TPS HOLDERS HAVE OVER 250,000 US BORN CITIZEN CHILDREN. THESE U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN WOULD FACE SERIOUS RISKS. THEY WOULD EITHER FACE SEPARATION FROM THEIR PARENTS OR BE FORCED TO RELOCATE TO A COUNTRY FOREIGN TO THEM.  AND TO ME THIS IS WRONG AND IT'S IMMORAL. AND SO WE STAND HERE TODAY ASKING HOMELAND SECURITY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND GRANT THEM A PATHWAY TOWARDS PERMANENT STATUS AS VALUED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR ZAPATA AND COUNSELOR MEJIA FOR ADDING ME . THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND WE'VE JUST GOT TO PARAPHRASE THAT IS FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO TO TRY TO TAP OUT AND SEE THE PROBLEM. TPS IS SO SO VITALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU WHEN MY DAD GOT ON THE BUS IN 2019 TO WASHINGTON D.C. IN THE RAIN AND WE WALKED AND MARCHED WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY TO ADVOCATE FOR TPS AND SO I THANK YOU FOR BEING MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY FOR ALL THE ADVOCACY WORK THAT YOU DO FOR ALL THE TAXES THAT YOU PAY INTO OUR COUNTRY AND ALL THE WAY THAT YOU MAKE THE CITY OF BOSTON WHAT IT IS IS AN IMPORTANT WAY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE AND WORK HERE AND NOT FEAR PERSECUTION AND NOT FEAR GOING BACK.  AND SO I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FROM THE ADVOCACY LIKE DOWN IN D.C. OR TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE ON CITY HALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RE DESIGNATING AND EXTENDING TPS HOLDERS FROM EL SALVADOR, FROM HAITI, FROM EVERYWHERE WHERE THEY COME FROM. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR STANDING IN THE GAP ON BEHALF OF SO MANY AND FOR BEING A VOICE AND NOT BEING INTIMIDATED AND NOT BEING SCARED AND FREE JUST STANDING IN YOUR POWER. I KNOW THAT IN CASA ZAPATA'S OFFICE GABRIELLA'S MOM ANNA HAS BEEN A VIBRANT SUPPORTER OF THE TPS COMMITTEE AND SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALLIES AND SUPPORTERS HERE ON THIS COUNCIL AND THOUGH AS LOCAL ELECTEDS WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER TPS, WE WILL BE STANDING WITH YOU SIDE BY SIDE TO ADVOCATE FOR RE DESIGNATION TO PROTECT TPS LIKE COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA STATED AND YOU KNOW I HOPE THERE ARE PEOPLE LISTENING TO SEE HOW MUCH WE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON STAND WITH YOU AND STAND WITH ALL OF OUR TPS HOLDERS.  SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE BODY BECAUSE I SAW IT I WAS LIKE YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HERE ON THE COUNCIL SUPPORT YOU SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN US IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASA SANTANA. COSENTINO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I RISE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND FOR ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  I ALSO WANT THE CITY YOU KNOW, I REALLY SUPPORT IS AS A DOMINICAN IMMIGRANT MYSELF WHO GREW UP HERE AND WHO GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS ISSUE IS AS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME AS WELL. BOSTON AS A CITY BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND WE HAVE THE PROUD HISTORY OF WELCOMING THOSE SEEKING SAFETY FROM VIOLENCE AND DISASTER TPS WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE A LIFELINE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT RETURN TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES DUE TO THE ONGOING CRISIS.  AND I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAID BUT I DO WANT TO REPEAT WHATEVER COMES TO MY HEAD TO SAY WHICH WAS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS AND NOT JUST AS DISTRICTS. THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIENDS AND OUR COWORKERS.  AND THEY CONTRIBUTE APPROXIMATELY $12.8 BILLION ANNUALLY TO THE U.S. ECONOMY AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE LIGHTLY LIGHTLY . I ALSO KNOW THAT WE SEE THESE PEOPLE IN HEALTH CARE, CONSTRUCTION, EDUCATION AND ALL ALL OVER YOU KNOW, NOT JUST YOU KNOW, BUT OVER OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY. SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE. I STAND WITH YOU ALL AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS, ESPECIALLY A CUSTOMER HERE FOR YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE TOWNSHIP AND COMES WITH A PENNY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR TODAY.  THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC BACK IN 2018 WHEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THEY ACTUALLY ORDERED THE TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTION STATUS FOR THE SALVADORAN IMMIGRANTS.  I REMEMBER I WAS AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY AT THAT TIME AND I WAS I WAS DUG REALLY DEEP INTO THIS TOPIC AND I GOT SOME STATISTICS ABOUT IN SALVADOR SPECIFICALLY AND I WANT TO READ THEM REALLY QUICKLY SO IF TRUMP WAS SUCCESSFUL IN TAKING AWAY TPS PROTECTION FROM EL SALVADOR RECIPIENTS THAT THAT WOULD COST THE U.S. TAXPAYERS $3.1 BILLION. SECONDLY, THERE WOULD BE A $6.8 BILLION REDUCTION TO SORT OF SECURITY AND MEDICARE CONTRIBUTIONS OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS. THIRDLY, THERE WOULD BE A $45.2 BILLION REDUCTION IN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS. SALVADORANS HOLD A VERY HIGH EMPLOYEE PERCENTAGE NUMBER AT 88% AND THAT WAS THAT WAS SIX YEARS AGO. IMAGINE HOW MUCH HIGHER IT IS TODAY. MANY OCCUPY POSITIONS OF LANDSCAPING, HOUSEKEEPING, CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS OWNERS PEOPLE HAVE BECOME PROFESSIONALS. AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOW PART OF OUR SOCIETY. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAY IN THIS OUR SOLIDARITY WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY MUCH PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THEM. WE SHALL PROTECT THEM. THAT'S WHY I STAND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS GRAYDON DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN DEFENSE AND TANYA WEBER WORLD COUNCILORS AND MEJIA. COLETTE ZAPATA AND LOUIJEUNE TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1518. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 1518. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR 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 PEN.  COUNCILOR PEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 1518 AS WE SEE 1211 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.  YES, THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 1511 DUCK NUMBER 1511.  COUNCILOR WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR DO ME PREMIER OF JAMAICA PLAIN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER.  COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK WE SEEM TO HAVE A STEADY STREAM OF THESE. BUT BEFORE YOU THE HOME RULE PETITION AN AGE WAIVER FOR FOR DO ME PALMEIRO OF JAMAICA PLAIN. WE'D LIKE TO BE A LIGHT TO SERVE AS A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. DO ME IS 39 BUT WILL BE 40 WHEN HE'S SCHEDULED TO TAKE THE POLICE EXAM IN APRIL. DO ME COMPARE THE VISIT TO OUR OFFICE IS CERTAINLY IN AN ABLE BODIED BOSTON RESIDENT. HE IS AN IMMIGRANT FROM HAITI. HE SPEAKS ENGLISH, HAITIAN CREOLE AND FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS HE SERVES AS A COURT OFFICER AT THE EDWARD COURTHOUSE. THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT.  BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY MORE AND EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY POLICING MODEL WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.  YOU KNOW, I WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT VACANCIES. YOU KNOW, AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PART OF THAT ARE FEWER PEOPLE APPLYING AND FEWER PEOPLE WANTING TO DO A VERY DIFFICULT JOB. YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO STEP UP AND SERVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, I HAVE I ASKED THAT WE I'VE ASKED THE GOVERNMENT OPS CHAIR TO SUSPEND AND PASS AND SCHNAUZER HEAD IS BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PROPER PROCEDURE HERE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS TODAY AND I ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS AGE WAIVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK THAT WAS GRAYDON CARTER. ZAPATA DURKAN FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY BUT BEN WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL WEBSITE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1511. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DIAL NUMBER 1511. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON?  YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTY COUNCILOR IT ZAPATA A PARTY? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR 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.  COUNCILOR FLIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR THE FRIEND YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR WEBER.  YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING ABOUT 1511 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 1511 HAS PASSED. MR QUIRKE, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 1512 DUCK AND ANOTHER 151 TO COUNCILOR FLYNN NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE UTILIZING SURCHARGES TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CAPITAL PLAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR MAY I ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS A CO-SPONSOR PLEASE FROM HERE SO ADDED COUNCILOR PLENTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AS THE CITY OF BOSTON FACES PROJECTED BUDGET SHORTFALLS IN THE COMING YEARS, RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO NOTED THEIR CONCERNS FOR AN INCREASE IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX IN THE NEXT YEAR PROPERTY TAXES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ANYWHERE FROM 4% TO 9% OR EVEN HIGHER TO FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THIS TAX BURDEN. I AM FILING THIS HEARING TO EXPLORE UTILIZING SURCHARGES TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF . STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS CURRENTLY HAS A NUMBER OF SURCHARGES INCLUDING A NINE ON ONE SEARCH OUT SURCHARGE A POLICE TRAINING SURCHARGE, A CONVENTION CENTER FINANCING SURCHARGE AMONG OTHERS.  THESE SURCHARGES HELP SUPPORT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONVENTION CENTER FINANCING ACT AUTHORIZES SURCHARGES TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF CONVENTION CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE.  UNDER THIS THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF SURCHARGES THE BOSTON SIGHTSEEING TOUR SURCHARGE WHICH 5% OF THE SALES PRICE OF ANY TICKET FOR ANY WATER OR LAND BASED SIGHTSEEING TOURIST VENUE ENTERTAINMENT, CRUISE TROLLEY TOURS BOSTON VEHICLE RENTAL TRANSACTION SURCHARGE $10 FOR EACH VEHICLE RENTAL CAR CONTRACT THAT IS SIGNED OR EXECUTED IN BOSTON FOR A PASSENGER CAR TRUCK VAN AND TRAILER PARKING FACILITY SURCHARGES IN THE CITIES OF BOSTON, SPRINGFIELD AND WORCESTER $2 PER DAY ON ANY VEHICLE WHICH PACKS IN ANY PUBLIC FACILITY IN RECENT YEARS THESE FUND THESE FUND SURCHARGE TESTS HAVE BEEN USED TO BALANCE THE STATEWIDE BUDGET WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF TOURISM THAT BOSTON RECEIVES EACH YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL CAN EXPLORE WHETHER IT CAN DIRECT THESE SURCHARGE REVENUES TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AS WE BRACE FOR ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGING TIMES, WE SHOULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO HELP WITH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF INCLUDING EXPLORING HOW WE CAN UTILIZE SURCHARGES JUST LIKE THE STATE GIVEN A GREAT AMOUNT OF TOURISM THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY WE CAN EXPLORE WHETHER THIS IS POSSIBLE TO REDIRECT THESE FUNDS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON OR TO LOOK AT OTHER TYPES OF SURCHARGE CHARGES TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I USUALLY LIKE TO INSERT MYSELF INTO CONVERSATIONS THAT I THINK ARE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER. SO REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARING TO EXPLORE NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR MOM AND POP SHOPS MANY WHO ARE ALREADY FEELING THE PRESSURE OF THE RISING PROPERTY TAXES AND THIS HEARING IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT OUR SMALL MOM AND POP LANDLORDS AND ALSO PROPERTY OWNERS. I THINK THAT THIS IS A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING. IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TOURISM RELATED SURCHARGES LIKE THOSE FROM SIGHTSEEING OR VEHICLE RENTALS COULD BE USED FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND NOW AND EVEN IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO EASE THAT BURDEN WHILE SUPPORTING RESIDENTS I THINK EVERYBODY WILL WIN. I ALSO THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPLORE EVERY OPTION THAT WILL PROVIDE REAL RELIEF WITHOUT PUTTING ADDITIONAL STRESSES ON THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING AND I'D LIKE TO JUST UPLIFT THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN LOUD ABOUT LOOKING AT NOT JUST SURCHARGES BUT I THINK LOOKING AT OUR HIGHER AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE OCCUPYING SO MUCH SPACE HERE AND WE CAN'T TAP INTO THOSE DOLLARS. I THINK THAT WE ARE WELL POSITIONED NOW THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE SITUATION TO GET A LITTLE BIT CREATIVE.  AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD STEP UP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND INVITING THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WITH ANYONE? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK. PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON AND MURPHY WEBER AND WHIRL DOCKET NUMBER 1512 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DUNCAN NUMBER 1513 TALK NUMBER 1513 COUNCILOR BREADON AND PEPEN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE USE OF BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  DOCKET 1513 BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ARE BEST.  I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND CONSIDER WHAT ELSE THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR BRIDENSTINE WAS MENTIONED THE RULES AT COUNCILOR WORRELL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING THE OBJECTIONS COUNCIL ARE ALSO COUNCILOR BREADON NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ARE BEST ARE A LARGE SCALE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES AND ARE A RAPIDLY GROWING TECHNOLOGY WITH HUGE POTENTIAL FOR STRENGTHENING OUR ELECTRICAL GRID AND ACHIEVING A CARBON FREE FUTURE. THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT ADVANTAGES OF BASS FIRST, THEY PROVIDE CRUCIAL BATTERY BACKUP TO QUICKLY PROVIDE POWER IN CASES OF GRID VOLATILITY OR FAILURE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT GIVEN THE VULNERABILITY OF OUR CURRENT ELECTRIC GRID AND NOTABLE INSTANCES OF OUTAGES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  SECOND, THEY ALLOW POWER GENERATED THROUGH RENEWABLE RESOURCES OF WIND SUCH AS WIND AND SOLAR ETC. TO BE STORED LONG TERM AND THEN RELEASED TO CUSTOMERS WHEN IT'S NOT WINDY OR SUNNY WHEN DEMAND AND WHEN DEMAND PEAKS AS SUCH, BASS PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND THE TRANSITION TO A CARBON FREE CARBON ZERO BOSTON HOWEVER, THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS CHALLENGES POSED BY BEST TECHNOLOGY DUE TO THEIR RELIANCE ON LARGE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES LITHIUM ION BATTERIES PRESENT A UNIQUE CHALLENGE TO FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SINCE FIRES CAUSED BY LITHIUM BATTERIES AND BATTERIES CAN QUICKLY ESCALATE AND PROVE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH.  ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO QUICKLY PROVIDE BACKUP POWER TO CUSTOMERS, BEST FACILITIES ARE TYPICALLY PLACED IN HIGH DENSITY URBAN AREAS WHICH OBVIOUSLY CREATES RISK.  CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED BESS FACILITIES FACILITY PROJECTS IN BOSTON BUT THIS NUMBER WILL SURELY INCREASE.  THE US ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION PREDICTS THAT BESS USAGE WILL DOUBLE IN 2024 ALONE GIVEN AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS AND THE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY.  IT WOULD BE WISE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A HEARING AND INVITE EXPERTS ON BATTERY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY. THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT, ETC. TO EDUCATE US ON THIS AND THIS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PET BANK OF JAPAN HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR BRAYTON INVITING ME TO BE AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF THIS IMPORTANT HEARING ORDER.  AS OUR CITY TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO GROW WE MUST PREPARE AND UPGRADE OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO EFFECTIVELY POWER OUR DAILY LIVES.  AS STATED IN THE DOCKET THERE IS A PROPOSED BESS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE HIGH PARK MATTAPAN BORDER OF CUMMINS HIGHWAY THAT IS BEHIND THE AND SHOP ON THE AMERICAN LEGION PLAZA NEXT TO CRANACH WOODS AND NEXT TO AN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. I'M GRATEFUL TO THE MT. HOPE CANTERBURY AND AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHICH I SHARE WITH COUNCIL THE WORLD FOR ENGAGING WITH THE EVERSOURCE TEAM LAST YEAR TO PRESENT ABOUT AND DISCUSS PSA TO THE COMMUNITY AT MULTIPLE MEETINGS THEIR LEADERSHIP IN ADVOCATING FOR EFFECTIVE CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT BATTERIES ARE THE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AROUND THEM, THE TEMPORARY WALLS RESIDENTS WILL FACE DURING CONSTRUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS EARLY DISCUSSION ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS SHOULD BE REPLICATED AND EXPANDED UPON FOR FUTURE INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE NECESSARY. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AS OUR WORLD CONTINUES TO GROW, PUT IN MORE DEMAND IN OUR POWER GRIDS THAT CAN LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC OUTCOMES IN THE EVENT OF A GRID FAILURE, OUR CITY DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT CONSTRUCTING THEM COULD ENTAIL AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY AROUND THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR COUNCILOR ALCANTARA,  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRADING AND COUNCILOR PEPPER AND FATEMI AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND INTRODUCING THIS HERE IN ORDER I'M I'M ESPECIALLY INVESTED IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE ONE OF THE PROPOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS PROJECTS MAY BE COMING TO MY DISTRICT. BESS IS A BIG PART OF OUR GOAL TO MAKE BOSTON CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050 HAPPY TO STORE RENEWABLE ENERGY SO WE CAN USE IT WHEN WE NEED IT MOST. BUT AS WE EXPLORE THESE PROJECTS WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THE CHALLENGES AROUND SAFETY AND LAND USE. MOST OF THE SYSTEMS USE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND WE KNOW THEY CAN PRESENT RISKS.  I THINK THIS IS A CLEAR REMINDER OF WHY WE NEED CLEAR GUIDELINES AND PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THESE SYSTEMS IN THESE STORAGE SYSTEMS THAT WE EXPAND BEST WE SHOULD MAKE SURE IT'S DONE THOUGHTFULLY ALIGN WITH OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE.  I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION TO HEARING FROM EVERYONE INVOLVED AND HOW WE CAN FIND A BALANCED, SUSTAINABLE WAY FORWARD. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WISH I COULD BE FOURTH FLOOR SPONSOR BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND PRESUMABLY THIS WILL BE GOING TO MY COMMITTEE SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING.  CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG MADAM CHAIR MAYBE AFTER BUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS DOES REQUIRE US TO BE BOLD TO ACTUALLY MEET OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS FOR 2050. I ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND FULLY WHAT BATTERY STORAGE IS AFTER LOOKING INTO MICRO-GRIDS, A MICROGRID ALLOWS FOR THE GENERATION OF POWER CLOSEST TO THOSE WHERE IT WILL BE DISPERSED. DELIVERING POWER OVER A CENTRAL GRID IS INEFFICIENT AND IT LOSES UP TO 50% OF ITS POWER DURING TRANSIT. AND SO I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CONVERSATION FITS INTO THIS IF THE MAKERS ARE WILLING AND THEN ALSO LOOPING IN FOLKS FROM THE HEALEY DRISCOLL ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS A RECENT OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED AS THEY AS WE TRANSITION OFF OF BURNING FOSSIL FUELS INTO ELECTRIFICATION AND OTHER FORMS OF CLEAN ENERGY BUT THEY JUST RECENTLY CREATED THE OFFICE OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION WHICH IS HEADED BY MELISSA LEVINSON. SO I THINK THAT SHE COULD BE A WONDERFUL EXPERT INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION.  SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKER FOR BRINGING FORWARD THANKS. THANK YOU AS ANYONE ELSE IN THIS WEEK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS ZAPATA FITZGERALD, FLYNN AND MURPHY SANTANA, WEBER PLEASE.  OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1513 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY IN PARKS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 151 FOR LIKE NUMBER 151 FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING INFORMATION ON RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR REQUESTING DOCUMENTS RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF PROPOSAL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK COUNCILOR FANCY DISCUSSION OF THE RULES AND PASSING DOC NUMBER 15151514 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I OPPOSING A THANK YOU THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1515 DUCK NUMBER 1515 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING INFORMATION ON BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  17 F REQUEST RELATING FOR DOCUMENTS ON THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FELL INTO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES IN PASSING DOCKET NUMBER 1515. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING IT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 1515 IS PASSED MR CORBETT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1516 TALKING OVER 1516 COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU MR CHAIR. TODAY I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. THIS RESOLUTION HONORS THE RICH HISTORY CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THIS COMMONWEALTH PARTICULARLY MASSACHUSETTS PEOPLE ON THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY. THE CITY OF BOSTON IS SITUATED INCLUDING THE THE PONCA POET TRIBE WHO LIVED AROUND THE BLUE HILLS AREA.  WE MUST CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIFFICULT LEGACY OF COLONIZATION AND THE DISPOSSESSION OF THESE LANDS AND DISPLACING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS. WE ATTEMPTED TO ERASE THEIR CULTURES LANGUAGE, LANGUAGES AND WAYS OF LIFE. THIS LEGACY IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH BROKEN TREATIES, FORCED REMOVALS, ACTS OF VIOLENCE ALL OF WHICH HAVE HAD LASTING EFFECTS ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INCLUDING THE MASSACHUSETTS AND THE PONCA BOAG PEOPLE. BY ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PAINFUL HISTORY WE ARE COMMITTING TO A MORE HONEST UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PAST AND TO ADVANCING JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS PROPOSED PEOPLE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONNECTIONS TO OTHER INDIGENOUS NATIONS INCLUDING THE WAMPANOAG, THE NIPMUC, THE PENICUIK AND THE PAWTUCKET TRIBES WHO HAVE SHAPED THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THIS REGION. THIS RESOLUTION ENCOURAGES ALL BOSTONIANS TO REFLECT ON THESE HISTORIES, HONOR THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT CONTINUE TO REACH OUR CITY AND TO CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY ON MONDAY WITH RESPECT AND RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE. SO I WANT TO THANK FORMER MAYOR KIM JANEY FOR DECLARING IT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AND FOR MAYOR WU FOR CONTINUING THAT AND FOR THIS COUNCIL FOR PASSING THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR CONTINUING TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON WHOSE LAND WE STAND AND WORK EVERY DAY I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON LOCATED IN COUNCILOR WEBBER'S DISTRICT FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO EDUCATE US AND TO CONTINUE TO CLAIM THEIR PLACE IN THEIR LAND. SO THANK YOU MR CHAIR. I THINK MY CO-SPONSOR AND I WILL BE SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I JUST WANT TO RISE TO JUST SHARE THAT. YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'RE RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. WE HONOR THE DEEP HISTORY AND PRESENCE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THE AMERICAS FOR FAR TOO LONG INDIGENOUS CULTURES, TRADITIONS AND VOICES HAVE BEEN SILENCED AND TRACED OR MINIMIZED IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS . UM BUT TODAY WE ARE HERE MAKING SPACE TO REFLECT ON THOSE STORIES, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR RESILIENCE.  THIS DAY REMINDS US OF THE SURVIVAL, THE STRENGTH AND THE ONGOING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO RECLAIM THEIR HERITAGE, LANGUAGES AND WAYS OF LIFE.  BOSTON IS HOME TO OVER 11,000 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND IT IS NOT LOST ON US THAT AS WE CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY THAT WE ALSO ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY THAT WE'VE INHERITED AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE ANY OF US. THAT THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST A HOLIDAY BUT IT'S ABOUT JUSTICE, HEALING AND UNDERSTANDING. LET US HONOR THE INDIGENOUS CARETAKERS OF THIS LAND, REFLECT ON OUR SHARED HISTORY AND COMMIT TO A FUTURE WHERE INDIGENOUS VOICES ARE HEARD, PROTECTED AND CELEBRATED AT EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK? I JUST WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL ME HERE FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION. AS WE CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY IT'S A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON BIASES AND INDIGENOUS ROOTS AND HONOR THE TRIBE THAT CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT AND APPLAUD THE WORK OF THE EQUITY EQUITY CABINET AS DEDICATED PROGRAM MANAGER FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES PROVIDING A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ANYONE SEEKING TO LEARN MORE AND SUPPORT INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES HERE IN BOSTON. LET US USE TODAY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT, CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT INDIGENOUS VOICES IN OUR CITY COUNCIL . MEET LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCIL ME HERE. SHE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES? OH YES. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE. COUNCILOR BRADING COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HAVE MEJIA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1516. MR CLEGG, CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1516. COUNCILOR THREE YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR CLOSE VOTING YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD JUST.  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 PIPKIN. COUNCILOR PIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR S.A. AS COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER.  YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. DUCK NUMBER 1516 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1516 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. WE ARE NOW ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 1517.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCTOR NUMBER 1517. I CAN HAVE A1517 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DECLARING OCTOBER 18, 2024 AS RYAN WOULD STAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN JOE COUNCIL MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  GOT A PRESENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF KAZAKHSTAN TEN AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR FOR YOUR JOURNEY ON THE FLOOR I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEND THE RULES OF THAT COUNCIL PLATE IS ABOUT AS A THIRD ORIGINAL COUNCIL OFFICE JUST AN INSPECTION OF THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA SO ADDED COUNCILORS JODY ON THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE RESOLUTION TO DECLARE OCTOBER 18TH AS RYAN'S WOULD STAY RYAN WOULD STAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE DID THE PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY SO I WOULD NOW LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION IF NO ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE START. THANK YOU.  BUT OKAY. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY COUNCILORS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COMES TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK WHEN YOU DID THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED COMMISSIONER WOODS TO HEAR THIS. SO MAYBE IT'S RECORDED AFTERWARDS BUT I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHENEVER WE GET A CALL PARTICULARLY FROM A LOT OF THE SOFTBALL PLAYERS MAINLY WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AROUND AN ISSUE WITH THEIR PART, COMMISSIONER WOODS HAS ALWAYS ANSWERED THE CALL AND HAS ALWAYS SHOWN UP FOR FOLKS AND I THINK THAT IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I GOT TO KNOW HIM AND WORK ALONGSIDE HIM HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A THOUGHT PARTNER IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN ADDRESS A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BUBBLING UP TO THE TOP ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND CONGRATULATE HIM AS HE MOVES ON. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY DOING HARD WORK FOR THE CITY AND IT'S A IT'S A LOSS FOR US. BUT I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT HE'S STILL GOING TO BE WITH US IN OTHER WAYS. SO CONGRATULATIONS,  COMMISSIONER WOODS. WE SEE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH COMMISSIONER WOODS FOR SEVEN YEARS HE'S BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL, HARD WORKING,  DEDICATED RETURNS, PHONE CALLS, COMES INTO THE OFFICE VISITS PARKS AND TREATS PEOPLE FAIRLY . AND THAT'S WHAT A CITY WORKER IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I REALLY WANTED TO DO RIGHT BY RYAN AND JUST STAND UP AND THIS IS REALLY FOR HIM BUT JUST THANK HIM FOR THE MANY YEARS OF HIS SERVICE IT'S BEEN IN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE WORKING WITH HIM AND MANY OF YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CALL OR TEXT OR EMAIL HIM EVEN IF IT'S ON A SATURDAY WHEN HE'S AT THE WATER PARK WITH HIS KIDS AS RECENTLY HAPPENED HE ANSWERS THE CALL AND HE GETS IT DONE AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR HIS RESPONSIVENESS. HE'S AN EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVANT.  HE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S BEST OF US. HE'S THE EXACT TYPE OF PERSON THAT YOU WANT WORKING IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIS EXPERTISE, HIS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HIS EFFECTIVENESS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FROM BACK IN 2010 WHEN WE PUT UP ALLERGY AWARENESS LINES TO HIS WORK ON RYAN PLAYGROUND, OUR CENTER LINCOLN PARK NOISE PARK CITY YARDS I STARTED TO NAME THEM AND I'M GOING TO MISS A BUNCH BUT EVEN AS SOMETHING AS LITTLE AS MAKING SURE THE TRASH BARRELS ARE CHANGED IN THE IN THE NAZARIO CENTER AREA IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO STREETS, IT JUST REALLY HAS BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH HIM AND I THINK HIM THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUTCOMES. WHERE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR.  YEAH. I JUST WANT TO RISE AND ECHO WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN SAYING.  YOU SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER WOODS FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE, HIS DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ALSO THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT HE'S THAT HE HAS AND THEN JUST ALWAYS JUST BEING RESPONSIVE YOU KNOW IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICT COUNCILS WE KNOW LIKE OUR PARKS ARE A BIG PART OF OUR CONSTITUENCY AND OUR RESIDENTS AND JUST TO SAY LIKE WE COULD BE PROUD OF ALL OF OUR PARKS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR , ARE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERNED THEIR CONCERN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCILORS FITZ-GERALD AND SANTANA FOUR AND CLARA ZAPATA FOR HONORING RYAN WOODS. HE HAVING A LOT OF PARK LAND IN MY DISTRICT AND GETTING TO WORK WITH HIM SO CLOSELY.  I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES I'VE CALLED HIM LATE AT NIGHT WORRIED THAT THE SNOW IS GOING TO BE PLOWED THROUGH THE BOSTON COMMON I'M SORRY AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK LOREN WOODS, HIS WONDERFUL WIFE WHO HAS HAD TO SIT BY WHILE HE GETS THE CALLS FROM COUNSELORS ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES.  HE IS JUST ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT TYPE OF PUBLIC SERVANT COME THROUGH THE CITY OF BOSTON EVERY DAY AND 24 YEARS IS A REALLY LONG TIME AND I'M HOPING HOPING TO SEE HIS LEADERSHIP IN OTHER WAYS AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE A COMMISSIONER TOO THAT HE CAN BE A PART OF HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND IT'S JUST BEEN A REAL JOY TO WORK WITH HIM AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM IN HIS NEXT ROLE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAEDEN KIZER BERATING YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO RISE AND THANK RYAN COMMISSIONER RYAN WOODS FOR HIS INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. I KNOW AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON WE'VE HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS WITH OUR PARK SITUATION BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN TAKING MY CALLS AND LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AND HE'S BEEN A VERY GREAT PARTNER AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM VERY MUCH. I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN THE NEXT CHAPTER AND GO GO RYAN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN COMES WITH AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE RYAN. I HAVE NOTHING BUT GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH HIM IN THIS ROLE AND PREVIOUS ROLES EVER SINCE I WAS AN INTERN IN CITY COUNCIL ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AGO NOW SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. THANK YOU.  I'M GOING TO CALL HIM LATER ON TO ALSO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID I MEAN TAKING CARE OF PLACES LIKE ORMOND PARK, ADAMS PARK ROSS PLAYGROUNDS THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF MANY THAT HE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR. AND I KNOW THAT NOT ONLY I APPRECIATE HIM BUT THE RESIDENTS THAT ALSO HAVE REACHED OUT TO HIM. HE'S VERY RESPONSIVE TO EVERYONE AND SHOUT OUT TO HIS WIFE ALSO SERGEANT WOODS. SO WE GET TO HAVE NOT ONE BUT TWO WOODS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID FOR THAT HE DID AND SHE CONTINUES TO DO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  I JUST WANNA SAY I THINK IT'S REMARKABLE THAT HE'S DEVOTED 24 YEARS TO THE CITY AND IS STILL RELATIVELY YOUNG TO GO OFF AND LIKE LIVE A WHOLE OTHER CAREER AND THAT JUST JUST SHOWS HOW DEDICATED HE'S BEEN TO THE CITY FROM A VERY, VERY YOUNG AGE.  AND SO CONGRATULATIONS. I JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS TO HIM ON THIS NEXT STEP AND I'M SURE WE'LL STILL INTERACT WITH HIM WHEN HE'S AT NEW BOSTON.  SO WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS OR BRAEDON DURKIN FLYNN, MCKEE MURPHY BUT BEN WEBER WE'RE ALL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL LIZ FITZGERALD SANTANA AND COLETTE ZAPATA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1517 AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1517 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I WILL GO SAY NAY. THANK YOU.  DOCKET NUMBER 1517 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR KARP, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 15191519 COUNCILOR IS SIGNED IN MURPHY OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN. COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING I TRIED TO FILE THE SLATE FILE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN THE MIDST OF THEIR ONGOING STRIKE AT THAT TIME THE LATE FILE WAS OBJECTED TO EVEN BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON IT AND NOW I AM PUTTING THE MATTER BEFORE THE BODY. THIS UNION IS THE LARGEST UNION OF MARITIME WORKERS IN NORTH AMERICA. IT REPRESENTS 45,000 MEMBERS LAST WEEK DOCKWORKERS AT 36 PORTS ON THE EAST AND GULF COAST WENT ON STRIKE AGAINST THE U.S. MARINE ALLIANCE, AN ALLIANCE OF CONTAINER SHIPPING LINES AND PORT OPERATORS AFTER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE ALA AND US AMEX REACHED AN IMPASSE . THE LABOR DISPUTE WAS REGARDING WAGES INCREASE ON PAR WITH U.S. WEST COAST WORKERS AS WELL AS PROTECTION AGAINST AUTOMATION IN THE PORT OF BOSTON, LONGSHOREMEN WENT ON STRIKE AT THE CONNOLLY TERMINAL LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, JOINED MY FATHER WHO WAS STILL A LONGSHOREMAN ON THE PICKET LINE IN SUPPORT OF DOCKWORKERS IN WORKING FAMILIES.  THANKFULLY LAST THURSDAY THE ALA SUSPENDED THEIR STRIKE AFTER A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED. HOWEVER, OUTSTANDING ISSUES REMAIN. MIKE AUTOMATE AUTOMATION NEGOTIATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL JANUARY NEXT YEAR.  DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON REAFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR WORKING FAMILIES THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN AND TO STAND WITH LONGSHOREMEN SEEKING FAIR WAGES AND PROTECTION. THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS YOUTH SPORTS COACHES AND VOLUNTEERS.  THEY'RE RECOGNIZED FOR DEDICATION IN OUR CITY IN A NUMBER OF AREAS INCLUDING IN THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY.  THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SOUTH BOSTON, IN CHARLESTOWN AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN GETTING MEN AND WOMEN INTO RECOVERY . I KNOW HUNDREDS OF LONGSHOREMEN HAVE HELPED.  I HOPE MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME TODAY IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT AND RESPECT REALLY FOR LONGSHOREMEN OUR HARDWORKING DOCK DOCKWORKERS AND THEIR DEMANDS OF FAIR WAGES AND PROTECTION AGAINST AUTOMATION.  IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE ALLOWED EMERGENCY RESOLUTIONS IN RECENT WEEKS TO MOVE FORWARD THAT IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED DURING MY TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL THIS PARTY BLOCKED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF WORKING FAMILIES ON STRIKE EVEN BEFORE AN ARGUMENT WAS MADE.  IN MY OPINION IN THE VIEW OF MANY IN THE LABOR LABOR MOVEMENT INDEFENSIBLE, UNCONSCIONABLE.  SO LET PROCEDURAL POLITICS GET IN THE WAY OF OUR SUPPORT FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.  OVER THE WEEKEND I WAS AT ONE OF THE HOTELS IN MY DISTRICT STANDING WITH THE LOCAL 26 UNITE WORKERS MEN AND WOMAN FIGHTING FOR A FAIR CONTRACT.  MY ENTIRE LIFE I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THIS PARTY IN THIS CITY TO STAND FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. AFTER LAST MEETING I CAN NO LONGER SAY THAT I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR WORKING PEOPLE TODAY NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT BUT ACROSS THE STATE.  IT'S EASY FOR US TO SAY WE ALL SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES TODAY. A WEEK AFTER GOOD NEWS THAT A LOT OF KEY AREAS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. BUT IT WAS A LIGHT HEARTED DO IT LAST WEEK AND WE FAILED.  PRESSURE WAS PUT ON US.  PRESSURE WAS PUT ON THIS PARTY TO BLOCK A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF WORKING MEN AND WOMEN.  WE FAILED THAT TEST. THIS PARTY NEEDS TO GET BACK TO SUPPORTING WORKING MEN AND WOMEN AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS WELL AS RESPECTING THIS INSTITUTION.  AND MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU. SHE'S OUT. SHE'S ON IT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS RESOLUTION WHICH I FEEL IS EXTREMELY UNCONTROVERSIAL AND WAS BLOCKED LAST WEEK WHILE THE MEMBERS WERE STILL ON STRIKE.  I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE UNION WAS ABLE TO END THE STRIKE SWIFTLY IN ABOUT TWO DAYS AND DID GET THEIR MEMBERS A 62% PAY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS. THERE IS STILL MORE WORK TO DO. I WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH THEM AS THEY WORK ON OTHER KEY ISSUES IN THEIR CONTRACT BUT I DO WANT TO STAND. I CONGRATULATE THE LONGSHORE MEN AND WOMEN AND MANY WHO COUNCILOR A FLYNN MENTIONED LIVE IN CHARLESTOWN LIVE IN SOUTH BOSTON. I KNOW PERSONALLY FROM MY WORK WITH THEM IN THE RECOVERY WORLD SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS. YOU KNOW, GOOD GOOD NEWS THAT THEY GOT RECENTLY BUT WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO STAND BY THEM AND WORK AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR ISSUES. SO THANK YOU AND I HOPE THAT THIS BODY WILL PASS THIS TODAY. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AS DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR I STRONG I AM IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ITALY'S WAGE DEMANDS WITH U.S. MAX AND I'M HEARTENED TO SEE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON RECORD WAGES BEING REACHED AND AN EXTENSION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS. WHEN I SAW THE FILE ON OUR DESK I HAD QUESTIONS AND I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.  THE HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ILA DESERVE FAIR WAGES AND REFLECT THEIR ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOSTON'S ECONOMY AND THE VITALITY OF OUR PORTS.  LOOKING AHEAD, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOSTON'S PORT PERFORMANCE NEEDS IMPROVEMENT TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE GLOBAL MARITIME ECONOMY.  AT RANK 75 OUT OF 405 GLOBAL PORTS ANALYZED OUR CURRENT STANDING AND THE WORLD BANK'S LATEST CONTAINER PORT PERFORMANCE INDEX INDICATES ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.  BUT I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT BECAUSE I'M THE CITY COUNCILOR FOR A DISTRICT THAT HAS FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I NEEDED TO LOOK INTO WHAT WAS FILED. I NEEDED TO DO MY OWN DUE DILIGENCE AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL RESPECT THAT I NEEDED TO DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY NAME BEHIND SOMETHING.  THIS PARTY CONSISTENTLY LISTENS TO BOSTON RESIDENTS ON WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN LIVING IN BOSTON AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. COST OF LIVING HAS HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME THE COST OF GROCERIES, THE COST OF IMPORTED GOODS A BOSTON WITH OUR MOST MOST EFFICIENT PORTS IN THE WORLD WOULD HELP GROW THE ECONOMIC PILE OF OUR CITY WHILE LOWERING THE COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR ALL WHO LIVE HERE. AND AS DISTRICT DATA COUNCILOR I AM ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT. SO WHEN I READ THE TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE I HAD SOME QUESTIONS. I DO PLAN TO VOTE YES TODAY BUT I THINK WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US A CHALLENGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY ONE THAT I WON'T BE INVOLVED IN AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR BUT AS A NATION WE DO TO ENHANCE OUR PORT EFFICIENCY AND ENHANCE OUR GLOBAL STANDING WHILE ENSURING THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS CAN CREATE BETTER CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITY'S WORKFORCE. THE PATH FORWARD MUST BALANCE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT WITH STRONG LABOR PROTECTIONS, FAIR COMPENSATION AND ENSURING THAT INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY RELATES TO SHARED PROSPERITY FOR OUR PORT WORKERS AND FURTHER BROUGHT IT BROADER BOSTON COMMUNITY. BUT I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES RESPECT THAT WHEN SOMETHING ARRIVES ON OUR DESK WE HAVE TO EVALUATE IT. I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY NAME BEHIND SOMETHING THAT I'M VOTING ON AND I NEEDED TIME TO VOTE ON IT. I NEED A TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND I HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR A LONG TIME BUT I DO STAND WITH WORKERS.  I DO PLAN TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE BUT I WISH AGAIN THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD PICK UP THE PHONE BEFORE CALLING A NEWSPAPER. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT'S PART OF COLLEGIALITY AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF BEING A LEADER IS REALLY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS PRIOR TO COMING TO THE COUNCIL FLOOR. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. CONSIDER GIVING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON ANY OTHER FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THIS IS JUST MORE OF A PERSONAL NOTE FROM MY FAMILY. THE LONGSHOREMAN OF BOSTON HAVE A LONG AND STORIED HISTORY IN THE PORT AND IN MARY'S GRANDFATHER. MY MY SPOUSE'S GRANDFATHER HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS A UNION LONGSHOREMAN IN CHARLESTOWN AND HE WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT WHO WAS SIX FOOT FOUR AT THE TIME.  AT THE TIME WHEN MOST THE AVERAGE MAN WAS FIVE FOOT SIX SO HE WAS A GIANT AND WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH ON THE WALL OF AS AN OLDER MAN WHERE HE LOST FINGERS IN DOING HIS WORK AS A LONGSHOREMAN AND WE STILL HAVE HIS HOOKS THAT HE USED TO LIFT BILLS OFF OF COTTON AND GOD KNOWS WHAT AND BARRELS THE LONGSHOREMEN.  THE LIFE AND THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF LONGSHOREMEN AND PROVED IMMENSELY IN THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS SINCE JOHN MCCARTHY WAS A LONG TERM LONGSHOREMAN IN CHARLESTOWN.  SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY HAS IMPROVED GREATLY. I REMEMBER WHEN SO MUCH MORE AUTOMATION WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1970S AND EIGHTIES. THERE WAS THERE WERE STRIKES IN ENGLAND AS WERE STRIKES IN BRITAIN AND STRIKES HERE ABOUT RESISTANCE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF MECHANIZATION AND MECHANICAL MOVING OF OF CARGO THAT INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY.  THERE'S ALWAYS A BALANCE BETWEEN IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND ENSURING THAT OUR WORKERS HAVE SECURE LIVELIHOODS AND ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. SO I APPLAUD OUR COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLYNN AND CULTURE MURPHY FOR THIS RESOLUTION.  I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE HERITAGE OF LONGSHOREMEN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I WILL HAPPILY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT IN THE CHAIR AND I JUST COME FROM HERE AND FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE ENDED UP HERE BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE NOW AND IT IS JUST FOR MY OWN EXERCISE AND FOR FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS. THERE WAS A AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE COLLEAGUES HERE WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD FILED AND THEN IT GOT SHUT DOWN. SO I DON'T REMEMBER THAT IT WAS IN MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT SITUATION. IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE WE WEREN'T SUPPORTIVE OF WORKERS AND I NEVER WANT THAT TO BE THE NARRATIVE THAT GETS OUT INTO THE STREETS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION OF THIS BODY.  IF ANYTHING, I'VE SEEN THIS BODY STAND LOUD AND PROUD ON BEHALF OF WORKERS AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT IN THIS SPACE I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS WITHDRAWN OR WHAT HAPPENED OR HOW WE ENDED UP HERE AND NOT LAST WEEK AND HERE WE ARE. BUT IT DOES MAKE ME WONDER AROUND OUR PROCESS AND I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS COUNCILOR DURKIN MENTIONED EARLIER, IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND OUR NORMS AROUND BRINGING THINGS INTO THE COUNCIL . WHAT FEELS LIKE A FAIR PROCESS HAVE WE'VE GIVEN IT ENOUGH TIME? LIKE I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL CONSIDERING THAT WE STILL HAVE ,YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YEAR OR SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATIVE TERM TO GO TO REALLY THINK THROUGH KIND OF LIKE HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO SOME NORMS AND SOME PRACTICES CONSIDER AND OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED YOU NEVER CALLED ME YOU KNOW, MAYBE PICKING UP THE PHONE THAT EVERYBODY DOES THOSE THINGS. EVERYBODY FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF HOW THEY PASS LEGISLATION. WHEN I FIRST CAME ONTO THE COUNCIL I WAS NEVER ONE FOR WHIPPING UP VOTES.  THAT'S JUST NOT HOW I WORK. I FEEL LIKE I'M ALWAYS GOING TO FIND OUT WHETHER PEOPLE ARE WITH ME OR NOT HERE IN THE CHAMBER AND LET THAT BE A PUBLIC DISCOURSE. THAT'S JUST WHAT GOOD GOVERNANCE LOOKS LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT TRANSPARENCY IS ALL ABOUT. SO WHIPPING UP VOTES WAS JUST NEVER THE THING.  NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE YOU WALK IN SO THAT THERE ARE NO SURPRISES EVERY DAY.  I AM ALWAYS SURPRISED BY SOMETHING ELSE SO I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF JUST NORMING, STORMING AND CONFORMING AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN TERMS OF HOW WE FUNCTION, I THINK THAT WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CULTURE SANTANA SENDS OUT AN AMAZING EMAIL FROM HIS TEAM AROUND WHAT YOU DO.  YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO SET UP COMMITTEE HEARINGS. WHAT ARE THE STEPS AND PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES THAT WORK FOR YOUR OFFICE? RIGHT. EVERY OFFICE FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTLY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, YOU DID. IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING. SO YOU STOP DOING THAT. NO, BUT YOU DID IT AND IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD PRACTICE. YOU SHOWED PEOPLE WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN AND I THINK IF EVERY COMMITTEE CHAIR DOES AA1 PAGER OVER HERE, THE NORMS HERE, THE PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURES THAT WORK, HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. HERE'S HOW MANY HEARINGS I'M WILLING TO HAVE. HERE'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE BEFORE WE TAKE IT UP FOR A VOTE. I THINK INFRASTRUCTURE WILL REALLY HELP US AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE NEXT EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY . RIGHT. BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR THINGS PASSED AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR ISSUES HEARD, I THINK IT IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO CONSIDER PEOPLE CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY.  WE CAN CREATE A NORM I DON'T KNOW BUT I JUST THINK THAT IN THE INTERESTS OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND SO THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING ISOLATED OR LEFT OUT OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF STANDARD THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON AND AND WORK WITH. I THINK THAT THAT WILL HELP FAN OUT SO MUCH OF THE CHAOS THAT COMES IN THIS CHAMBER WHEN PEOPLE FEEL ISOLATED. I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ME HERE FOR HER COMMENTS AND THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL AND I AND I RESPECT THEM ONE 1 TO 2 POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE WAS MY MY HEARING ORDER RESOLUTION WAS BLOCKED AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER HEARING ORDER EMERGENCY RESOLUTION THAT WENT FORWARD ALSO A LABOR RELATED ISSUE I BELIEVE WAS ON THE POST OFFICE.  SO TO ME IT WASN'T IT WASN'T CONSISTENT. THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAD. I WISH THERE WAS A PROCESS WHERE WE CAN STAND UP AND SUPPORT A PIECE OF LEGISLATION OR A HEARING ORDER BASED ON WHAT IT WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND NOT WHO IT'S FROM.  THE SECOND POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS I DID TAKE THIS ISSUE PERSONAL AFTER AFTER WEDNESDAY'S VOTE BECAUSE BOTH MY GRANDFATHERS A LONGSHOREMAN AND ONE OF MY GRANDFATHERS ENDED UP WITH TUBERCULOSIS FROM WORKING ON THE DOCKS. SO WHEN I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND IT WAS BLOCKED ON ME I DID TAKE THAT PERSONAL BECAUSE I DO KNOW THE INCREDIBLE ROLE LONGSHOREMEN PLAY IN OUR CITY AND DURING THE PANDEMIC ESPECIALLY THEY HELPED UNLOAD THESE SHIPS CARGO SHIPS SO SUPPLIES COULD REACH PEOPLE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ACROSS THE COUNTRY REALLY BOSTON BOSTON IS THE CLOSEST PORT COMING IN FROM FROM EUROPE AND IT'S A STRONG AND VIBRANT PORT.  BUT I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THE LONGSHOREMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND NOT ONLY IN THEIR JOB THAT THEY DO BUT IN THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY THAT THEY PLAY OF REAL CRITICAL ROLE IN THIS CITY IN RECOVERY ISSUES.  AND IF IT WASN'T FOR LONGSHOREMEN FAMILY, A LOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO RECOVERY SERVICES.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  OH, UH, YEAH, I WILL.  OKAY, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME IS A CLARKE PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR IS GREAT IN ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD PIPPEN, SANTANA WEBER WHILE I'M HERE PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASS ARE DOCKET NUMBER 1519 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE AYE ALL OPPOSING THEY THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 1519 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. IT WAS A QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCTOR NUMBER 1520 DOC NUMBER 1520 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZED THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND LEGACY OF ALBERTO VASSALLO JUNIOR.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME . HERE COMES ME . HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  TODAY IT IS AN HONOR TO STAND HERE AND RECOGNIZE MR ALBERTO BASILIO JR A TRUE VISIONARY AND A FORCE FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY NOT ONLY IN BOSTON BUT ACROSS NEW ENGLAND.  FOR DECADES MR BASILIO HAS GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY A VOICE, A PLATFORM AND A SENSE OF PRIDE THROUGH HIS WORK.  WHEN YOU THINK OF EL MUNDO BOSTON YOU DON'T JUST THINK OF A NEWSPAPER. YOU THINK OF A MOVEMENT A MOVEMENT THAT HAS INSPIRED IT, THAT HAS EMPOWERED COUNTLESS LATINOS CONNECTED GENERATIONS AND BRIDGED GAPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. MR BRAZILE'S LEADERSHIP HAS MADE THAT POSSIBLE. HE DIDN'T JUST CREATE A SPACE FOR OUR STORIES TO BE TOLD. HE MADE SURE OUR STORIES WERE HEARD, UNDERSTOOD AND VALUED.  MR BASILE HAS SPENT HIS LIFE LIFTING OTHERS UP CELEBRATING OUR YOUTH WITH THE LATINO YOUTH RECOGNITION DAY.  ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS AND GIVING A PLATFORM TO SO MANY.  HE BELIEVED THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO BE SEEN, RESPECTED AND GIVEN THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED. HIS JOURNEY FROM HAVANA, CUBA TO BOSTON IS ONE THAT REFLECTS RESILIENCY AND DETERMINATION THE SAME QUALITIES HE'S PASSED ON TO SO MANY OF US THROUGH HIS WORK HE'S SHOWN US WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE BELIEVE IN OUR POTENTIAL AND OUR RIGHT TO BE AT THE TABLE. MR ASK HOW YOUR JUNIOR IS MORE THAN A MEDIA FIGURE HE'S A COMMUNITY LEADER, A ROLE MODEL AND AN INSPIRATION. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE HIS LEGACY AND THE LASTING IMPACT HE HAS HAD ON THIS CITY AND WE THANK HIM FOR MAKING BOSTON A BETTER AND MORE INCLUSIVE PLACE FOR ALL OF US. THIS FRIDAY WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING MR BASILIO AS OUR ELDER OF THE YEAR. WE'RE DOING A LUNCHEON FOR HISPANIC ELDERS AND WE WANTED TO UPLIFT HIS WORK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED IN HIS INTERVIEW WAS THAT IF HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BORN AGAIN AND HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BORN RICH OR POOR THAT HE WOULD CHOOSE TO BE BORN POOR AGAIN AND THAT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES TO HIS HIS WORK HERE AND HIS LEGACY, IF YOU WILL, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STILL LIVING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COMING TO THIS COUNTRY AND MANY OF YOU KNOW IMMIGRANTS COME HERE IN SEARCH OF AN AMERICAN DREAM AND MR ROSARIO WORKED AT A FACTORY, WORKED HIS WAY UP AND ESTABLISHED THE BRAND THAT TODAY HIS YOUNGER IS ONE OF HIS SONS ALBERTO BASILIO CONTINUES TO CARRY ON AND I THINK THAT GOES TO SAY A LOT NOT JUST ABOUT A DREAM BUT ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN FULFILLED.  SO MR BASILIO, WE SEE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO CELEBRATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR PEN COMES WITH ANY OF THE FLOOR EXAM. WE THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU MEJIA FOR RECOGNIZING MR ALBERTO MACHADO JR BECAUSE THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE IN THE WORK IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS IS THANKLESS AND HE JUST CONTINUES TO BE SOMEONE I ADMIRE LOOK UP TO BECAUSE THE BUSINESS THAT HE MADE THE COMMUNITY THAT HE CONTINUES TO BUILD IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT YOU CANNOT IMAGINE THAT IS THAT IT'S EASY WORK AND EL MUNDO NEWSPAPER IS A FREE NEWSPAPER FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION RESOURCE IS NEWS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY IN MASSACHUSETTS IT'S NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE THAT I ACTUALLY LOOK FOR INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. AND I'M VERY GLAD AND I RESPECT ALSO HIS SON ALBERTO WAS ARE YOU ON THE THIRD BECAUSE HE'S CONTINUING THAT LEGACY. SO I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY YOUR FAMILY IS A PROUD LATINO FAMILY AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM HERE FOR FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION AND WANT TO ALSO JUST CONGRATULATE ALBERTO BASILE JUNIOR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO RISE TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT ALBERTO THE INCREDIBLE ROLE HE PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO OUR GREATER BOSTON BRINGING BRINGING NEWS TO PEOPLE BUT ALSO BRINGING AND ENSURING THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS TREATED FAIRLY, TREATED WITH RESPECT. HE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON AND HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMONWEALTH.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASTRO MAY HE HAS HIS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. WELL FIRST WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE?  I CASAS BRAYDEN CLETA ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN,  MURPHY, PATTON, SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COMES FROM HE HAS EXPANDED THE RULES AND PASSED YOU'VE GOT THE NUMBER 1520 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY NAME THANK YOU . THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED HAS BEEN ADOPTED MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DUNCAN NUMBER 1521 DUNCAN AMBER 1521 COUNCIL OF FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND IN SUPPORT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMITTEE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN KINDS OF FLYNN YOU GOT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AT LAST WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING WE RECOGNIZED OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT MANY ARE DOING TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. I THINK THE MAKERS IN ALL THE REMARKS OFFERED BY ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE AND RESPECTFULLY ASKING US TO CONSIDER A STAND ALONE COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WHICH I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR SINCE JOINING THE COUNCIL IN NEARLY SEVEN YEARS ON THE COUNCIL I'VE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT HOLDING A NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS ON THIS ISSUE GOING BACK TO 2018, 2019, 2021 AND THEN WITH CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND NOW ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREA CAMPBELL AS WELL AS RESOLUTIONS WITH COUNCIL OF FLORIDA IN RECOGNIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, I WORKED CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZED INCLUDING THE ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASSIE ENOUGH TO TRY TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF MY MOTHER KATHY FLYNN WHO SOUGHT TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING HER TIME AS FIRST LADY OF BOSTON. AT OUR LAST MEETING I MENTIONED SOME OF THE DATA COMPILED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL AND ELSEWHERE 34% OF MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN 31% MASSACHUSETTS MEN EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR STALKING BY THE INTIMATE PARTNER 11% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 6% OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE ALSO REPORTED THIS TYPE OF ASSAULTS.  SO I'M ASKING REQUESTING RESPECTFULLY IF WE'RE ABLE TO CONSIDER HAVING A STANDALONE COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH THIS ISSUE.  WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH IS DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK NOW ON THIS AND THEY ACTUALLY RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A NEW OFFICE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH TO TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT IMPACTS GREATLY MY DISTRICT . IT IMPACTS THE AAPI COMMUNITY WHICH I AM THE LARGE WHICH I REPRESENT A LARGE POPULATION OF AAPI. IT HAS A LARGE IT IMPACTS A LARGE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IMPACTS IMPACTS EVERY WALKS OF LIFE REALLY INCLUDING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WHICH I HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO AGAIN I'M ASKING IF MY COLLEAGUES WILL STAND WITH ME ESTABLISHED THIS COMMITTEE GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME RESEARCH, TALK TO SURVIVORS, SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE CITY. BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH I THINK IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN ENSURING THAT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE HEARD, RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED AND ENFORCEMENT IS IS ADDRESSED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER AS WELL. SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND WITH ME ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. LAST WEEK I FILED A HEARING ORDER ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT MYSELF I FILED THE HEARING ORDER THE RESOLUTION TWO YEARS IN A ROW ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH AND THIS WEEK I AM OBJECTING TO THIS RESOLUTION AND I'M REFERRING IT TO THE RULES COMMITTEE. SO MR. CLERK THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE RULES COMMITTEE.  WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS TALK NUMBER 152 COUNCILOR ALLUSION FOR COUNCILOR WORLD PERSONNEL ORDER NUMBER ONE 5 TO 3 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN PERSONNEL ORDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBER 1522 AND 1523 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING NAY THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS ALSO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO'S PULLING FROM GREEN SHEETS THAT I KNOW OF TODAY FOR LETTING CENTRAL STAFF KNOW IN ADVANCE IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL FOR THEIR INTERNAL PROCESS.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA AND THEN COUNSELOR DURKIN AND THEN COUNSELOR SANTANA COUNSELOR CLARA ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M SEEKING TO PULL DOCKET 1167 FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, SUSTAINABILITY AND PARKS.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY IN PARKS TALK NUMBER 1167 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT THANK SPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE STOVE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON ELECTRIC COOKING AND IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR NICOLETTA ZAPATA ABSENT OBJECTION DOCKET NUMBER 1167 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNSELOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND TO THE CLERK THE CITY OF BOSTON RECEIVED THIS $1 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE EPA FOR A GAS STOVES REPLACEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.  THE CITY WILL PARTNER WITH THE CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY TO REPLACE 85 GAS STOVES WITH ELECTRIC INDUCTION STOVES IN DORCHESTER. THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE REPLACEMENT OF GAS STOVES, MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN INDIVIDUAL UNITS AND AND OR ENTIRE BUILDINGS AND TRAINING FOR RESIDENTS ON HOW TO USE INDUCTION EQUIPMENT. EACH RESIDENT PARTICIPATING THE PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE A FREE COOKING DEMONSTRATION STIPEND AND A NEW SET OF COOKWARE. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON ELECTRIC COOKING AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH BENEFITS, IMPROVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY CATALYZING GREEN JOBS AND ENCOURAGE OUR PARTNERS TO SCALE UP THEIR DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THEIR FIRST DECARBONIZATION PROJECT IN THEIR BUILDING. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO ADDRESS PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS INCLUDING ASTHMA IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE IS A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH NUMBER OF ASTHMA INCIDENTS.  TO MEASURE THE OUTCOMES AND IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM, THE CITY INTENDS TO PARTNER WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY TO CONDUCT AIR QUALITY MONITORING,  EVALUATE USER EXPERIENCE AND MODEL THE HEALTH AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. MORE BROADLY, IT WILL SERVE AS A PILOT FOR FUTURE ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS AS PART OF THE CITY'S MISSION TO BE A CARBON NEUTRAL CITY BY 2050. A RECENT SIMILAR PROGRAM HAPPENED IN THE BRONX WHICH FOUND THAT HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAD REPLACED GAS STOVES WITH INDUCTION STOVES SHOWCASED A 35% DECREASE IN NITROGEN DIOXIDE AND NEARLY A 43 DIFFERENCE IN CARBON MONOXIDE WHICH IS CRAZY. AND SO THIS THIS DOCKET IS IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AND TRYING TO PASS THIS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE THERE ARE LIGHTS ON FOR GREEN SHEET POLES AND I'M LOOKING AT KINDS OF DARK AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS. RIGHT. AND NEITHER DOES KAISER SANTANA BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO CASTRO WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR PULLING THIS OUT OF GREEN SHEETS.  THIS $1 MILLION IS GOING TO COME IN THE DORCHESTER AND SOME PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE GREAT PARTNERS ME SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THE BOSTON HOUSING HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT DO GREAT WORK. SO I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS MILLION DOLLARS IN INVESTMENTS THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON ALL THE RESIDENTS INSIDE OF OUR PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC HOUSING AND KIND OF PUSH BOSTON TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050. SO THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THESE DOLLARS AND THESE THESE INVESTMENTS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CASTRO. CASA DE ZAPATA SEEKS ACCEPT OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COME TO FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR GUERRERO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL AS WELL. I THINK THIS WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTS A HEALTHIER A HEALTHIER HOME. IT'S ABOUT ENVIRONMENT,  ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCILOR CLETA FOR HER WORK ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MICHELE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. OKAY. NO ONE ELSE IS LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. OH, OKAY. YEAH.  OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY , COUNSELOR. COLETTE AS A PARTNER IS A SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF DOCKET NUMBER SO CLOSELY REMINDER OF WHAT A DOCKET NUMBER 1167 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I I'LL CLOSE IN A THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR DURKIN. COUNSELOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I'D LIKE TO PULL DOCKET 1287 WHICH IS ON PAGE 14. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCKET NUMBER 1287 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO DECLARE A SURPLUS CITY OWNED EASEMENT CURRENTLY UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND TRANSFER THE CARE CUSTODY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF SAID PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION. THE LAND EASEMENT IS LOCATED AT 847 849 AND 851 ALBANY STREET IN ROXBURY WARD EIGHT PARCELS 0802014000080201600080201700 AND 080218000. THIS WILL TRANSFER INTEREST BACK TO THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RESOLVING AN ONGOING LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU.  IF MY COLLEAGUE OBJECTS I CAN WAIT FOR COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDES ANDERSON TO BE HERE. I HAVE TALKED TO HER AND SHE IS COMFORTABLE WITH ME PULLING THIS AND WAS COMFORTABLE WITH ME PULLING IT LAST WEEK.  OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE AN OBJECTION?  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE PAUL?  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I LISTENED TO THE CLERK CLOSELY BUT THERE WAS AN ONGOING LEGAL MATTER. MR CLERK, THAT THE WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION I THOUGHT YOU REFERENCED IT SAYS THE THIS WILL TRANSFER INTEREST BACK TO THE BOSTON WATER SEWER COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RESOLVING AN ONGOING LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF BOSTON.  MR. CLERK I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT BEFORE BEFORE I SUPPORT IT. SO I I'M SORRY . I'M SORRY . NO, JOHN. ARE YOU OBJECTING? YES, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL MATTER OF WATER AND SOIL COMMISSION. OKAY.  IF WE COULD DO A ROLL CALL OF THE COMMITTEE IF YOU'D LIKE COUNCILOR DURKAN OR WE CAN HOLD ITS NOW THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ? OH, SORRY I TURNED ON THERE ANYWAY. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'LL WITHDRAW MY PULL OF 1287. OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKAN IS WITHDRAWING THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA GIVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL UP TARGET NUMBER 1476 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET NUMBER 14766 ON PAGE 19. OTHER BRANCHES.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TALK A NUMBER 1476 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $62,149 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 PORT SECURITY GRANT AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND STRENGTHENED PORT WIDE RISK MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF CRITICAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FROM ACTS OF TERRORISM. MAJOR DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR.  ABSENT OBJECTION THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 11, 2024. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM THREE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS KEVIN QUINN, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JULIE DEVIN WITH THE PROCUREMENT AND GRANTS MANAGER AND SHANNON LYNCH WHO'S THE GRANTS MANAGER. WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY COUNSELORS MURPHY FLYNN, FITZGERALD DURKIN WEBER AND COLLETTE AS A FATHER. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR WITH EVENT. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY ON EACH BFD GRANT AS WELL AS COMPARATIVE COMPARISONS OF FINDINGS TO PAST YEARS AND THE DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH TO GRANT APPLICATIONS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HAS ALSO RECEIVED DETAILED WRITTEN INFORMATION ON THIS GRANT WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THIS GRANT OF $62,149 WILL FUND COMMAND AND CONTROL TRAINING ON MARINE FIREFIGHTING FOR LAND BASED FIREFIGHTERS.  THIS TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO CHIEF OFFICERS AND FUNDING SPECIFICALLY IT COVERS OVERTIME EXPENSES FOR 16 DEPUTY CHIEF OFFICERS AND FOUR ADDITIONAL DISTRICT CHIEF OFFICERS TO A TOTAL OF 16 HOURS OF TRAINING. AN INSTRUCTOR TO TRAVEL INSTRUCTOR TO TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TWO EXTERNAL INSTRUCTORS. I'M DELIVERING THE TRAINING AND THEN THIRDLY TRADING FEES, MATERIALS AND CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE 20 ATTENDEES. THE GRANT FUNDS 75% OF THE PROGRAM WITH A 25% IN-KIND COST SHARE FROM CITY RESOURCES. THIS GRANT IS ONE OF FOUR GRANT PROGRAMS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PROVIDE WITH FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AGAINST RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL TERRORIST ATTACKS, MAJOR DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.  BUT OUR FY 24 PRIORITIES ARE PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING SOPHISTICATED CYBERSECURITY RISK AND THE PROTECTION OF CROWDED PLACES. THE TRAINING ADDRESSES A VARIETY OF CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF POOR INCIDENTS INCLUDING SHIPBOARD FIREFIGHTING MANAGING THE RISK OF BATTERIES ABROAD ABOARD SHIPS AND COORDINATING BETWEEN AGENCIES WHICH CAN BE ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING FOR LONGER DURATION INCIDENTS.  BFD HAS 35 OF THEM BASED FIRE COMPANIES WHO HAVE RECEIVED INCREASED TRAININGS ON PORT AND SHIPBOARD RESPONSES DUE TO THE EMERGING THREATS SUCH AS ACTIVE SHOOTERS AND FIRE CONCERNS WITH OF SHIP SIZE AND CARGO CARRIERS. THE TRAINING ALSO ADDRESSES THE COMPLEX AND UNIQUE BOSTON PORT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT AND RISK INCLUDING ADDRESSING THE MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE CRAFT AS WELL AS THE PROXIMITY TO CONVENTION CENTER AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES, LARGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.  AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS TARGET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND INFORMAL ACTION. AT THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 147602 PASS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA COUNSELOR SANTANA THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY MILITARY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1476 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I L OPPOSING.  THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HIS PAST. THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR LETTING CENTRAL STAFF KNOW ABOUT YOUR GREEN SHEET POLLS IN ADVANCE OF THE IT REALLY HELPS THE PROCESS. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES.  I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE PWC THAT THERE ARE FOUR LATE FILE MATTERS WE WILL TAKE THE LATE FILE MATTERS INDIVIDUALLY TWO OF THEM OUR ONE IS AN ABSENCE LETTER, ONE IS A PERSONNEL ORDER. SO IF WE COULD DO THE ABSENCE LETTER AND A PERSONNEL ORDER TOGETHER WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE TWO MATTERS TO THE AGENDA.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THESE TWO MATTER TO THE END AND SAY I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. BAKER DELAYED BY ALL MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA MR QUIET PLEASE READ THE FIRST FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD FIRSTLY FOLLOWING THAT A LETTER FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.  MEMBER OF MY STAFF WILL LISTEN IN AND TAKE NOTES ACCORDINGLY.  SINCERELY COUNCILOR TANYA FINANCE SANDERSON MR QUICK PLEASE READ THE SECOND VOTE MATTER INTO THE RECORD. SECONDLY FARMER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL SANTANA PERSONNEL ORDER THANK YOU THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PASSAGE OF THESE TWO LATE FILE MATTERS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I AM OPPOSING THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN THE THE LEAVE THE ACTIONS LETTER IS PLACED ON FILE AND THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ THE THIRD FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD.  WHAT YOU GOING TO HEAR JUST YET? PLEASE READ IT AND THEN WE'LL WILL TAKE A VOTE ON ADDING A THIRD LATE FILE MATTER FROM THE OFFICE OF MAYOR WILL I HEREBY DELEGATE TO THE JOHN IRISH CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME PURSUANT TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 87 SECTION FOUR THIS DELEGATION IS AS OF THE DATE OF THIS LETTER OCTOBER SEVEN, 2024 AND SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT SO LONG AS CHIEF IRISH REMAINS IN THIS POSITION OR UNTIL I FILE A NEW LETTER WITH YOUR OFFICE. SINCERELY, MAYOR WOLF. THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS MATTER TO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADAMS MATTER I I OF COURSE THEY MAY TAKE THIS LITTLE MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK, YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD AND THIS MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ THE FOURTH LATE FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD FOR SO FAR MY OFFER BY COUNCILOR IS DURKIN AND BREADON ORDER FOR SUMMONS WHEREAS OCTOBER EIGHT, 2020 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PILOT AGREEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1425 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS INADEQUATE DELIVERY SERVICES BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITHIN MISSION HILL AND OTHER BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS AND BE IN ORDER THAT PURSUANT TO MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 233 SECTION EIGHT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SUMMONS JOSHUA BELL COOLNESS UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 25 DORCHESTER OUR ROOM FOR THOUSAND AND FIVE BOSTON MASS O2 205-9998 TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON PILOT AGREEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS LIGHT BROWN MATTER TO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADAMS SAVE OUR MATTERS I I ALSO SAY NAY THANK YOU THIS LIGHT BROWN MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE PURSUANT TO RULE 46 I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND RULE 49 AND 33 TO BRING THIS UP MATTER BEFORE THE BODY.  WE WILL ABSENT A I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET THIS RIGHT.  YEAH ABSENT OBJECT IN THIS MATTER IS PROPERLY AS OF LATE FILE MATTERS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY AND YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS AND WE'LL TAKE A WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ONCE YOU ARE DONE SPEAKING ON THE SUMMONS.  THANK YOU. TODAY COUNCILOR BREADON AND I ARE FILING A SUMMONS FOR MR JOSHUA BELL COONAN'S BOSTON POSTMASTER TO APPEAR BEFORE THE RELEVANT COMMITTEE OF THIS BODY TO TESTIFY BEFORE DOCKET 1425 ON OCTOBER EIGHT DURING A HEARING ON THE AND ADEQUATE DELIVERIES BY THE US POSTAL SERVICE AND MISSION HILL AND OTHER BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. MR BELL KUNIS AND MR DERMOTT TOOHEY, USPS ACTING DISTRICT MANAGER MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND WERE INVITED TO TESTIFY BUT DECLINED AS I STATED YESTERDAY DURING DOCKET 1425 HEARING WE AND THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON UNDERSTAND THAT THE USPS IS A FEDERAL AGENCY. HOWEVER, AS WE SEEN WITH THEIR WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL USPS CONTINUES TO FAIL TO ANSWER OUR CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS MAIL AND AND OUR ELECTED FEDERAL STATE AND MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES USPS SITES PERFORMANCE INFORMATION THAT ENCAPSULATES A REGION OR DISTRICT IN THEIR PARLANCE INCLUDING TWO STATES MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AND THAT IS SMALLEST GEOGRAPHY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SHARE OUR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DATA FOR WE ARE WE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ARE CONCERNED THE SERVICE QUALITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING AND MORE ACCURATELY NOT RECEIVING THEIR MAIL. TO THIS END WE SEEK TO ORDER THE BOSTON POSTMASTER TO APPEAR IN ORDER TO ONE OBTAIN MORE ACCURATE AND RELEVANT INFORMATION REGARDING USPS PERFORMANCE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. TWO WHAT SPECIFIC MEASURES ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN TO ADDRESS DELIVERY DELAYS AND SUBPAR SERVICE ISSUES THAT BOSTONIANS ACROSS OUR CITY ARE SUFFERING FROM THE BOSTON POSTMASTER AS A SENIOR USPS OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE MAIL OPERATIONS IN BOSTON MUST PROVIDE ANSWERS ON SERVICE QUALITY AND PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS CITY AND NOT HIDE BEHIND METRICS AND COPYING ENCOMPASSING MULTI-STATE REGION OR BOILERPLATE HAND-WAVING BY THE USPS. COUNCILOR BREADON AND I ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVES THE RELIABLE POSTAL SERVICE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER FEDERAL LAW. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR SANTANA AND WEBER FOR JOINING ME IN IN SPONSORING THE INITIAL FILING GIVEN THE CONTINUED DISREGARD FROM USPS, IT IS NECESSARY THAT MR BELL COMPANIES EXPLAIN THESE FAILURES AND PROPOSE IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS.  THEREFORE I URGE THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SUMMONS ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY.  WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING FOR TWO WEEKS SO THAT'S WHY I AM DOING THIS AS A LATE FILE. HE DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T APPEAR YESTERDAY SO IN MY EYES THIS IS REALLY PRESSING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING FOR TWO WEEKS AND THE ELECTION IS COMING UP. WE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM UNION REPRESENTATIVES NOT TO WORRY ABOUT ELECTION MAIL BUT IN MY OPINION THE FACT THAT ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS MITCH HELTON DIDN'T RECEIVE MAIL FOR 44 DAYS THIS YEAR WHICH IS REPORTED BY THE GLOBE YESTERDAY THAT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY BOSTON AND THAT'S OF UTMOST CONCERN TO MY CONSTITUENTS. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS SUMMONS AND I HOPE TO SEE THE USPS REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CITY COUNCIL AT A DATE TO BE DETERMINED.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILORS DURKAN AND OH COUNCILOR BREADON WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER? I SHOULD BE SURE BECAUSE YOU ARE OF COURSE ONE SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE I APOLOGIZE. YES I JUST ALSO WANT STAND TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE CONSTANT DURKAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS MATTER BEFORE US FOR YESTERDAY'S HEARING AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED NOT TO HAVE A COMPLETE CONVERSATION. IT WOULD BE SO SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF MANAGEMENT FROM POSTAL SERVICE HAD BEEN AVAILABLE TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY.  SO I DO SUPPORT THIS THIS SUMMONS TO ASK THE APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND SO THAT WE CAN GET TO SEE ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOME WAYS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION.  IT IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE, TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE THAT ONE INSTANCE THAT I HAD WHEN WE PUBLICIZED THIS HEARING I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PRESENTATION SCHOOL FOUNDATION AND NOT IN OAK SQUARE HAS SIX OR SEVEN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN HER BUILDING AND THEY AND THEY GET MAIL EVERY 7 TO 10 DAYS AND SO THEIR MAIL ISN'T BEING DELIVERED IN A TIMELY WAY. AND WE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN YESTERDAY IN TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC. SO THIS IS A THIS IS NOT A TRIVIAL ISSUE.  THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND I WOULD I WOULD HOPE THAT THE THE POSTAL SERVICE WOULD RESPOND TO OUR CONCERNS IN A TIMELY WAY AND ACTUALLY TURN UP SO THAT WE COULD TALK TO THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO THE SPONSOR YOU MET THROUGH THE CHAIR. YOU MAY ASK A QUESTION. THANK YOU, MANAGER TO THE TO THE TO THE CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE THE SENATORS HOLD THE HEARING ON THIS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND IF SO, WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THAT HEARING?  COUNCILOR DURKAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND WITH THE CHAIR YOU MAY GO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN THANK YOU AT YESTERDAY'S HEARING I READ A STATEMENT FROM SENATOR MARKEY AND CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY APPEARED BEFORE THE PILOT COMMITTEE AND I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BUT OUR JOB AT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO CENTER THE EXPERIENCE OF RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THE CITY OF BOSTON. I THINK SENATOR BOTH SENATOR MARKEY AND CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME DIRECTLY TO APPLAUD OUR EFFORTS TO GET ANSWERS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHAKE HANDS?  JOE FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T THINK THEY HAD THEY HELD A HEARING THOUGH BEFORE BEFORE US.  THAT'S THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS I WAS TRYING TO GET AT ALSO.  MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO SEE IF IF THIS SETS A PRECEDENT WHERE WE INVITE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY TO A MEETING AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP IF WE INVITE THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TO A MEETING AND SHE DOESN'T SHOW UP SOMEONE IN REPLACED SHOWS UP OR NO ONE SHOWS UP TO THEN WE TAKE THE INITIATIVE OF DOING A SUBPOENA. DOES THAT SET A PRECEDENT THAT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO USE THIS POWER THAT WE DO HAVE UNILATERALLY AND TO ENSURE THAT IF PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP THAT ARE INVITED THAT WE USE THE SUBPOENA TO GET THEM THERE AND AND IF A MEMBER HAS IS FILING A HEARING ORDER AND THE MEMBER WANTS A CERTAIN PERSON TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY BUT IS NOT INVITED BY THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN THE MEMBER ALSO TAKES INITIATIVE TO INVITE THAT PERSON MAYBE THROUGH THE CHAIR OR NOT TO THE CHAIR BUT THEN DOES THAT ALSO GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBPOENA A CITY A CITY OFFICIAL IN THAT REGARD ? SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO. I DIDN'T WANT TO OBJECT TO IT. I WANTED I WANTED TO HAVE A VOTE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. I DON'T BELIEVE IN JUST NOT NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION ON IT. BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO RESOLVE BEFORE WE DO TAKE A VOTE ON IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS HAPPENING ARE YOU VOTING NO TO BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT'S INTRODUCED ON THE SAME DAY IT REQUIRES SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ARE YOU OBJECTING? ARE YOU OBJECTING TO THIS MENTION OF RULES?  ARE YOU VOTING NO ON THE MATTER ? I THINK IT SHOULD GO FORWARD FOR A FORMAL VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  YEAH, I GUESS SO. I I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN BEFORE I COMMENT AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TO TO ISSUE THE SUBPOENA THIS IS A FAIRLY RARE OCCURRENCE WHERE THE COUNCIL USES ITS AUTHORITY TO DO THIS.  WE HAVE TO VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO ISSUE THE SUBPOENA. IT'S NOT A MAJORITY VOTE. NO, I CAN SWING. OKAY. AND CAN YOU. YEAH. SO IT'S MAJORITY SO WE HAVE THE POWER TO SUMMONS PURSUANT TO CITY COUNCIL RULES PURSUANT TO RULE 49 IT REQUIRES USUALLY IT'S INTRODUCED AND THEN AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL CALL FOR A VOTE IN ORDER TO SUSPEND AND THAT THAT WHAT HOW IT'S LAID OUT IN RULE 49 IT REQUIRES LIKE LIKE EVERYTHING IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE IT ON THE SAME DAY IT REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE UNDER RULE 33 AND THEN IN ORDER TO SERVE SUPERSEDE WHAT'S STATED IN RULE 49 PURSUANT TO RULE 46 REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE. SO SUBSTANTIVELY IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE IN ORDER FOR US. BUT FIRST, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IT REQUIRES UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO WE'LL DIVIDE THE QUESTION AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH COUNCILOR FLYNN IS OBJECTING TO IT AS A NO VOTE ON THE SUBSTANTIVE MATTER THAT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE BUT NOT OBJECTING TO VOTING ON THE MATTER WHICH REQUIRES UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE BODY. OKAY. YES, CONSIDER CAN YOU SO IS THIS A TWO THIRDS VOTE ON TO ISSUE THE SUBPOENA ONCE WE GET ONCE IT WAS OFFICIALLY GETS TO US? YEAH. TO ISSUE THE SUMMONS PURSUANT TO RULE 49. OKAY. DID DID YOU WANT IT ON THAT POINT DID YOU. I'M HAPPY TO SEE TO CONSIDER IF SHE HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY I ASKED TO SUSPEND RULE 49 AND 33 SO I THINK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.  YES, BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY AS A AS A LATE FILE MATTER SO WE DID THAT BUT WE STILL NEED TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION ON VOTING ON IT UM JUST ON SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE ON SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.  OKAY I MOVED WHEN I MOVED TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND RULE 49 AND 33 TO BRING IT BEFORE THE BODY. OH SO SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE. YEAH I MEAN IT WAS A WE WILL ASK IF EVERYONE IS IF ALL IN FAVOR AND PEOPLE SAY I IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. YEP.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR I'M HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR.  SORRY . I'LL KICK IT BACK TO COUNCILOR WEBER JUST COUNCILOR WEBER, IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY DO SO NOW.  YEAH, I THINK YOU CAN ANSWER ME . YOU JUST I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.  I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS.  I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN BOSTON HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVING THEIR MAIL. WE ASKED THE RESPONSE OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERY OF THE MAIL TO SHOW UP AND TESTIFY AND I THINK AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG COUNCILOR DURKAN BUT THE RESPONSE WAS BASICALLY A DARE WE WON'T SHOW UP WITHOUT A SUBPOENA. SO HERE WE ARE GOING TO ISSUE A SUBPOENA. I JUST I DON'T WANT TO MUDDY THE WATERS WITH OTHER HEARINGS AND IF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DOESN'T SHOW UP JUST BECAUSE HERE WE ARE WE CAN'T GET ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO SHOW UP WITHOUT A SUBPOENA WHEREAS AND YOU KNOW OTHER WE HAVE PEEPS IN HERE WE MIGHT NOT GET THE SUPERINTENDENT WE OFTEN WILL GET SOMEONE ELSE IN VP'S OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO CAN ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE WON'T GET ANY ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS WITHOUT A SUBPOENA. SO HERE YOU KNOW I SUPPORT THAT AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I WILL IF OTHER EVENTS COME UP AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE FACTS AS PRESENTED TO US. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR QUESTION OF PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR MAIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T GETTING THEIR WATER OR ELECTRICITY IN BOSTON. WE WANT ANSWERS ON WHY NOT? AND HERE WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET ANSWERS IS TO USE THIS POWER TO ISSUE A SUBPOENA AND I SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR UNLESS THERE'S A RESPONSE I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FIRST COME TO MEJIA ON THE FLOOR.  I'LL BE QUICK. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SO I WANT TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF SUMMONS AND UTILIZING EVERY SINGLE TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOL KIT TO GET PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK UP AROUND THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS. SO I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD THAT WHATEVER WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THEM HERE I'M ALL FOR IT. SO JUST WANT TO RISE IN AND SAY THAT AND I ALSO THINK A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN OBSERVING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN OBSERVATION MODE LATELY IS THAT I THINK THAT WHATEVER DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE WE JUST NEED TO BE CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF HOW WE MOVE.  SO IF WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT, I JUST FEEL LIKE THE BEST WAY I GUESS FOR ME TO SHOW UP IS TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR DIRECT STANDARD THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO ABIDE BY REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS. I THINK WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE WEIRD OFTENTIMES IS THAT I WE'VE STOPPED SOME THINGS FROM COMING ON. WE'VE SUPPORTED OTHER THINGS AND IT JUST FEELS INCONSISTENT AND I FEEL LIKE THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T POLITICAL HACKS AND ALL UP IN THE MIX OF THE EVERYDAY INNER WORKINGS OF GOVERNMENT AND I INCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT AND I AM OKAY WITH SAYING THAT I AM STILL LEARNING AND I AM PROUD OF THAT . BECAUSE OF THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND JUST ASK FOR CONSISTENCY AND A STANDARD SO THAT I KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE AND GET UP ENGAGEMENT ARE FOR MY INDIVIDUAL COLLEAGUES AND THEIR OFFICES AND THEIR STANDARDS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF STANDARD PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ALWAYS SWITCH UP. AND I THINK I THINK THAT IS DANGEROUS AND I'VE SEEN THAT HERE SOMETIMES TO MY BENEFIT AND SOMETIMES TO MY DETRIMENT LIKE SO I'VE BEEN ON BOTH RECEIVING ENDS OF THE SITUATION AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET IT RIGHT AND THAT I'M SHOWING UP IN WAYS THAT YOU KNOW, ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THE NORMS ARE IN THIS CHAMBER. AND SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE POWER IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY. BUT I AM GOING TO ASK FOR SOME CONSISTENCY AND SOME FLAHERTY AROUND OUR DECISION MAKING MODEL. THANK YOU.  I'LL JUST STATE THAT IT REQUIRES EVERYTHING JUST REQUIRES VOTES AND SO RULE 49 TO SUSPEND RULE 49 REQUIRES TWO THIRDS OF A VOTE OF THE COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE SOMETHING ON THE SAME DAY AND HAVE IT BE VOTED ON THE SAME DAY REQUIRES UNANIMOUS CONSENT. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE RULES. THAT'S THE POWER OF RULE 49, RULE 46. I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT I READ UP ON IT. BUT THE RULES ARE WHAT THE RULES ARE TO BE USED AND THEN TO BE VOTED ON BY THE BODY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. SO IT COMES FROM HERE. YOU MAY THINK YOU SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS BEING HEARD.  I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE RULES IN TERMS OF LIKE THE NUMBERS AND WHAT IT FALLS. I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR PROCESS AS A BODY IN TERMS OF OBJECTIONS OR THINGS THAT HAPPEN.  SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING FOR AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH READING THE RULE BOOK. I COULD READ THAT AND I CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND I CAN ABIDE BY IT. WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE NORMS IN TERMS OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS HERE AS A BODY IT MAY JUST BE TO THE DISCRETION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL MAYBE THAT THAT'S TRUE AND THEN THAT'S WHERE IT MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE AS I CAN CONTROL WHETHER SOMEONE'S OBJECTING YOU CAN CONTROL WHETHER SOMEONE'S A JOE. I HEAR THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT AT SOME POINT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS POP UP. THANK YOU.  OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FIRST AND UNLESS YOU HAVE A DIRECT REPLY I JUST LET ME CALL ON COUNCILOR FLYNN THEN I'LL CALL ON THEN I'LL CALL ON YOU. THE CHAIRMAN IS COMFORTABLE AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR, IF THIS IS APPROVED IS IT LEGAL FOR THIS BODY TO SUBPOENA A FEDERAL OFFICIAL TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO TESTIFY IN UNDER WHAT? UNDER WHAT DOCUMENT DOES IT SAY IT IS LEGAL FOR US TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.  THAT IS PURSUANT TO THE RULES WE HAVE THE POWER AS A BODY TO SUMMONS FOLKS TO SUMMONS PEOPLE BEFORE THIS BODY.  HOW THEY RESPOND TO THAT SUMMONS, WHETHER THEY APPEAR IT IS A RULE THAT HAS BEEN INVOKED BY PRIOR COUNCILS. THEY HAVE SUMMONED PEOPLE. IT'S NOT A NOVEL THING THAT COUNCILOR MAYBE FOR THIS ITERATION OF THE COUNCIL BUT IT IS NOT A NOVEL RULE BUT MADAM CHAIR, I WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR A FEDERAL OFFICIAL IS THE CITY COUNCIL ABLE TO SUBPOENA A FEDERAL OFFICIAL INTO THIS BODY TO OFFER A TESTIMONY ON A PARTICULAR MATTER? THE COUNCIL CAN SEEK TO ISSUE A SUMMONS TO WHOEVER IT WANTS TO CALL BEFORE THE BODY.  HOW THAT INDIVIDUAL RESPONDS TO THAT SUMMONS IS A SEPARATE QUESTION THAT I DO NOT I'M NOT THAT PERSON AND THEREFORE I CAN'T SAY HOW THEY WILL OR WILL NOT RESPOND. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT COUNCILOR FLYNN I REALLY WANTED TO.  I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE WHEN WE WERE AT THE HEARING YESTERDAY ONE OF THE CORE TOPICS THAT CAME UP IS POST OFFICE CLOSURES AND I CALLED THIS HEARING INITIALLY BECAUSE MY CONSTITUENTS WEREN'T RECEIVING THEIR MAIL IN MISSION HILL BUT WHAT CAME UP AT THIS HEARING WAS THAT POTENTIALLY THE SOUTH BOSTON POST OFFICE IS POTENTIALLY ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. THEY'RE ALWAYS DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES. YOU CAN WATCH YOU CAN WATCH THE HEARING. FOR ME THIS IS SO PERSONAL. IT CAME UP THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM COUNCILOR COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA FROM DISTRICT ONE IT CAME UP THAT THERE WERE ISSUES BECAUSE IN CHELSEA HER BOTH ARE TWO OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SERVED BY THE CHELSEA POST OFFICE. THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP SPEAKING WITH THESE UNION OFFICIALS THAT I REALLY WANT TO LIKE URGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUE FROM SOUTH BOSTON TO REALLY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE USPS ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE EMERGING. AND I AND I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU AREN'T GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. YOU'LL SUPPORT IT GOING THROUGH BUT NOT BUT NOT SUPPORT IT. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY MEANINGFUL FOR US TO HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. SO RESPECTFULLY, I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS.  THERE ARE ISSUES THAT CAME UP IN YOUR PARTICULAR DISTRICT THAT I THINK THAT YOU WOULD REALLY BENEFIT AS WELL FROM BEING AT THIS HEARING AND HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE APPEAR. I DIDN'T WANT ANY FEDERAL ISSUE TO BECOME MY ISSUE. IT JUST LANDED IN MY EMAIL INBOX.  IT LANDED AT MY DESK. PEOPLE WERE CALLING ME AND I THINK AS A COUNCILOR I HAVE TO RESPOND TO THOSE CONCERNS AND SO I KNOW WE CAN GET IN BACK AND FORTH ABOUT SO MANY THINGS BUT I WOULD JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES 100% ON THIS ISSUE. WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ISPS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WILL ALLOW CASTRO FLYNN TO RESPOND AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILOR BREADON. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS ANY CITY COUNCILOR . I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IN JAMAICA PLAIN IN WEST ROXBURY.  I KNOW WELL THAT MEDICINE IS MAILED ALMOST TO OVER HALF OF VETERANS THAT SEEK MEDICATION FROM THE VA MEDICAL CENTER. I KNOW THE INCREDIBLE ROLE THE POST OFFICE PLAYS IN PROVIDING MEAL AND PACKAGES AND MEDICINE TO DISABLED VETERANS.  THAT'S NOT MY POINT. MY POINT IS ARE WE SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR US TO SUBPOENA CITY OFFICIALS NOW? AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MEJIA.  I THINK IF WE DO IT FOR ONE WE SHOULD WE SHOULD DO IT FOR ALL. AND IF WE DO IT FOR ALL IF WE ALL AGREE ON IT, I'LL AGREE ON A TWO BUT BUT THEN WE CAN'T GO BACK AND SAY NO, I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO BLOCK THIS ONE. I DON'T WANT TO SUBPOENA A CITY OFFICIAL.  WE JUST WANT TO SUBPOENA FEDERAL OFFICIALS OR STATE OFFICIALS.  BUT THAT'S THE INCONSISTENCY THAT I DO WANT FLAHERTY ON.  I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS AS LONG AS WE ALL AGREE THAT GOING FORWARD WE HAVE WILL ALL SUPPORT SUBPOENA ING CITY OFFICIALS IF IT'S APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. A FEW THINGS I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS A SUMMONS. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING PRECEDENT BECAUSE PRIOR ITERATIONS OF THIS BODY HAVE ISSUED A SUMMONS FORMER CITY THEY GO JUST IN RECENT MEMORY. AND THEN THIRD IS THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT LIKE EVERY EVERY COUNCILOR CAN MAKE A DECISION ON HOW THEY VOTE AND I THINK I DO FIND IT A BIT ODD TO REQUEST THAT WE ALL SAY THAT PEOPLE AGREE IN THE FUTURE TO SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY BEFORE THE BODY. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE THE BODY IS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE THE BODY TO VOTE ON A SUMMONS AND IN FUTURE IF THE MATTER COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON A DIFFERENT SUMMONS THIS BODY INDIVIDUALLY COLLECTIVELY HOW WE DO EVERYTHING CAN DECIDE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE AND HOW THEY'LL HOW THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THE MATTER. COUNCILOR BRAYDON DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AND THEN WE'LL THEN WE'LL MOVE TO VERY, VERY BRIEFLY YOU KNOW I THINK IS ISSUING A SUMMONS IS JUST A REQUEST FOR SOMEONE IN A IN A DECISION MAKING ROLE AT THE BP USPS TO COME AND ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS. WE GOT SOME INSIGHT INTO SOME OF THEIR THINKING BECAUSE IT WAS I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MANAGED TO DO THIS BUT WE GOT AN EMAIL CHAIN WITHIN THEM FROM WITHIN THEIR POST AND THEY SAID THAT THIS COUNCILOR HAS A POLITICAL AGENDA AND IS NOT AND THIS IS NOT AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT CUSTOMERS.  THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ABOUT OUR CUSTOMERS. WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT IN SOME PARTICULAR AREAS LIKE ROXBURY AND CHARLES TIME THAT ARE VERY, VERY PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY THIS AND WE'D LIKE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT SO A LITTLE RESPECT FROM THE USPS WOULD BE VERY MUCH WELCOMED.  AND IN THE IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DECLINED TO ACTUALLY COME AND APPEAR BEFORE US, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WOULD GET ANSWERS IN WRITING AND SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATION.  WE CAN ELEVATE THIS FURTHER UP THE UP TO THE CHAIN AND ASK OUR COLLEAGUES AT THIS AT THE CONGRESS TO TAKE THIS UP AND PURSUE IT FURTHER. BUT WE ARE HEARING FIRSTHAND FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. SO IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO US AS A COUNCIL . BUT IT'S ALSO THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST DOING OUR JOBS HERE AND TRYING TO GET THE ANSWERS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A GREAT AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND ECHO RIGHT IT IT'S IT'S PURSUANT TO RULE 49 AND IN THE CHARTER I BELIEVE 79 WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A SUMMONS NOW IT'S ON THEIR BURDEN WHETHER THEY WANT TO PROVIDE REASONS FOR WHY THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY WILL OR WILL NOT RESPOND.  BUT WE HAVE THIS ABILITY PURSUANT TO OUR COUNCIL RULES AND EVEN MORE SO PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER. AND SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR I'M GOING TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO FIRST ASK THAT WE TAKE A VOTE ON SUSPENDING THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THIS MATTER TODAY BECAUSE I WAS INTRODUCED TODAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF SUSPENDING THE RULES SAY I, I ALL OPPOSED NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS MATTER CAN BE VOTED ON TODAY WE DO ALSO HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER VOTE AND THAT'S A VOTE THAT REQUIRES TWO THIRDS IS TO SUSPEND RULE 46 BECAUSE PURSUANT TO RULE 49 IT'S USUALLY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO ASKED FOR A VOTE DURING THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. BUT WE CAN SUSPEND THAT PURSUANT TO RULE 46. OKAY. WE DON'T NEED TO DO OKAY SINCE WE JUST GOT THE UNANIMOUS VOTE ONE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE THIS VOTE ON RULE 46 THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TWO THIRDS VOTE BECAUSE OF THAT UNANIMOUS VOTE . SO NOW WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON ACTUALLY ISSUING THIS ISSUING THE ORDER TO SUMMONS AND THAT REQUIRES JUST A SIMPLE MAJORITY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILOR BRAEDEN WHO WE'VE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES NOW WE'RE SEEKING TO PASS THIS ORDER FOR SUMMONS ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON AN ISSUING ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS THE COUNCIL AGREED YES. COUNCILOR BREADON?  YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES, COUNCILOR AS A PARTY? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR PIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR OH YES. THE SUMMONS ORDER FOR A SUMMONS HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. THIS ORDER HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT JUST WANTED TO.  OH, RIGHT. OKAY. IF ANYBODY WANTED TO ADD THEIR NAMES TO ANY OR THING WHILE THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS YOU MAY DO SO NOW COUNCILOR SANTANA ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. CLERK, CAN I JUST BE I JUST WANT I'M LOOKING AT 1511 AND I JUST WANT TO ADD MY NAME AND I ALSO WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT I WILL BE VOTING AND IN SUPPORT OF THAT.  THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  YES, THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO ANYTHING OR ADD TO A VOTE? THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  CAN I PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO 1513?  OKAY.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO OR VOTE ON A DOCKET WHILE THEY WERE ABSENT FROM CHAMBERS?  OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.  I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. WE HAVE SOME BIRTHDAYS TO CELEBRATE IN COUNCILOR BRADEN'S OFFICE WE HAVE DEBBIE GLENNON AND IN COUNCILOR WORRELL AFFAIRS WE HAVE ABDULLAH BECKETT.  SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THESE OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS IF ANYONE HAS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS NO OAK OH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL WEBSITE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE FLOOR.  OKAY, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE ON OCTOBER 12TH SATURDAY AT THE SOUTH STREET COURTS THE SOUTH STREET YOUTH CENTER IS HOLDING A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE ON THE DISTRICT SIX CITY COUNCILOR IN A GAME OF BASKETBALL.  THERE IS ALSO ON SATURDAY 330 IN MOZART PARK THERE IS A CHARTER CONCERT WITH YOU KNOW THERE'S GOOD BUT BACHATA TRADITIONAL DOMINICAN MUSIC DANCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS BY AN ALL YOUTH ENSEMBLE UH YEAH.  DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? I, I THINK THAT'S OKAY.  WELL, I STAND CORRECTED.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I APOLOGIZE TO TRANSITION TO A MORE DARK TOPIC BUT THIS WAS A DEVASTATING WEEK FOR WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN REGARDS TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IN GEORGIA, I'M SURE PEOPLE SAW THAT INSTITUTED A SIX WEEK ABORTION BAN. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE 1950S AND IN TEXAS ON MONDAY,  OCTOBER 7TH, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT UPHELD A TEXAS SUPREME COURT RULING WITH A CASE THAT INVOLVES TWO DOCTORS IN 20 WOMEN WHO WERE DENIED MEDICALLY LIFESAVING CARE DURING PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS. THE SPECIFIC CARE STANDARD FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS AS A WAY TO PREVENT SEPSIS, ORGAN FAILURE AND OTHER MAJOR PROBLEMS AND IN SOME CASES DEATH OF THE PREGNANT PATIENT. THE RECENT DECISION OF THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT SETS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AND A POST ROW AMERICA WHERE WOMEN SUFFER SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL SHORT TERM AND IN SOME CASES LIFELONG IMPAIRMENT OR WORSE THEIR LIVES ARE THREATENED DUE TO A DENIAL OF CARE.  THE NAME PLAINTIFF AMANDA ZARETSKY WAS 18 WEEKS PREGNANT WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE HAD A PRETERM PRE LABOR RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES DESPITE THE CONDITION POSING A THREAT TO HER LIFE, DOCTORS REFUSED TO PROVIDE NECESSARY CARE. AMANDA WAS ADMITTED TO THE ICU FOR THREE DAYS DUE TO SEPSIS. SHE SURVIVED.  HOWEVER THE INFECTION HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT NOW FOR HER AND HER HUSBAND TO CONCEIVE AGAIN AND SO I WAS GOING TO FILE A LATE TERM RESOLUTION STANDING WITH THE WOMEN OF TEXAS AND GEORGIA.  I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEK FROM NOW HEARING TO STAND WITH THOSE WOMEN AND PERSONS WHO BE WHO CAN BECOME PREGNANT. JUST SEEING THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO STAND UP IN THIS MOMENT AND FIGHT FOR OUR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND RIGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNTRY CLAUDIA ZAPATA ANYONE ELSE JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE OUR REFERENDUM AND TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING BUT THIS FRIDAY IS NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY SO LOTS OF LOVE TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE. THE CITY COUNCIL IS CLOSED ON MONDAY IN RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AND AS SUCH THERE'S ALSO NO COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY BUT WE WILL BE HAVING OUR LOT THAT'S AN HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OUR PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY. JUAN WAS IN HERE EARLIER WE ALL KNOW ONE A FORMER FOREVER CENTRAL STAFF STAFFER HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU TO HIM FOR HELPING US PLAN. THANK YOU TO AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT NEXT WEDNESDAY AT NOON AND CHAMBERS ALL ARE WELCOME AND ALL ARE INVITED AND MAYBE WE'LL SEE COUNCILOR WEBER, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT DOING THE JOB BUT DOING THAT BY DOING SOME BETTER JOB THAN WE ARE NOW. MOVING ON. OH COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. COUNCILOR DURKAN THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. BATH ROSS OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE.  HER INVESTITURE IS ON FRIDAY SHE WAS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE AND NOW IS MOVING FIRMLY INTO THE PRESIDENT'S ROLE. I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO MEET WITH HER. SHE'S INCREDIBLE AND THEY REALLY ARE A LEADER IN THE CITY AND IN THE THE THE COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE THERE. SO I HOPE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN FOR HER INVESTITURE ON FRIDAY.  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED NOW IS THE MOMENT TO DO SO.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRADING HAS REPORTED ANY OF THE FLOOR.  YES. I ASK THAT WE STAND IN MEMORY OF ROBERT O'CONNELL, A VERY CLOSE NEIGHBOR OF OURS ON THE ADJOINING STREET, A BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARNI O'CONNELL AND A DEVOTED FAMILY LARGE FAMILY WHO ARE IN THE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OF OF BRIGHTON. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AND WE SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON. TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WIFE OF COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON MATTEO MARTIN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BREADON ROBERT BOB O'CONNELL ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL RED SOX LEGEND LUIS TIANT A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.  THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23RD AT NOON. AGAIN, THERE'S NO MEETING NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO CENTRAL STAFF, TO THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND TO AMY FOR FILLING IN FOR OUR LOVELY STENOGRAPHER ELLEN THANK YOU AMY, FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY HI. HI, MICHAEL. WE SEE YOU THERE. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED