THAT'S A AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL . YOU CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT UP AT BOSTON DOT GOV. LAST CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS SHE SHE IN HERE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A VERY BIG WELCOME BACK TO OUR ESSENTIAL STAFF DIRECTOR MICHELLE GOLDBERG.  AND WELCOME TO HER SON LEVITT COME UP HERE, MICHEL JUST SO THAT PEOPLE AT HOME CAN SEE YOU . WELCOME BACK, MICHELLE. WE MISSED YOU.  CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A MOM. AWESOME.  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM COUNCIL THREE OH, JUST IN TIME. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA.  COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON,  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YEAH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. COUNCIL ME HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN.  COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL QUORUM.  THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY FATHER JOSEPH JONG FROM ST JAMES THE GREATER CHURCH IN CHINATOWN INVITED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM WITH YOUR GUEST?  REMINDER TO ALL I WOULD ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS TO RISE AT THE TIME OF INVOCATION AND AFTER THE INVOCATION PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M HONORED TO HAVE FATHER JOSEPH ZONG FROM ST JAMES THE GREATER CHURCH IN CHINATOWN TO PRAY WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.  FATHER JOSEPH WAS BORN IN CHINA ,ORDAINED IN THE PRIESTHOOD IN 2004.  HE SERVED IN MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WAS HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 2013 IN STURBRIDGE IN 2018. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO SAINT JAMES THE GREATER CHURCH IN BOSTON'S CHINATOWN WHICH HAS A LARGE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY. IN 2019 THE CARDINAL APPOINTED HIM AS ADMINISTRATOR OF ST JAMES CHURCH. FATHER JOSEPH IS THE FIRST PRIEST OF CHINESE DESCENT APPOINTED AS A PARISH ADMINISTRATOR IN THE ARCHDIOCESE. HE IS A GREAT ASSET AND A GREAT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.  IT IS GREAT TO HAVE HIM HERE AND TO PRAY WITH HIM AND HE'S GOING TO PRAY IN MANDARIN AND IN ENGLISH IN MY ASSISTANT VANESSA WO WILL TRANSLATE SOME OF THAT INTO A SMALL PRAYER VERY BRIEF PRAYER IN CANTONESE AS WELL. FATHER JOSEPH WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HIM WHICH IS SUCH A WONDERFUL OWNER TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU WITH ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WHERE I LIVE AND TO PRAY TOGETHER.  LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE A HEART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND WE BEGIN IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.  AND THEN LORD, AS WE GATHER TOGETHER WE RECOGNIZE OUR DIFFERENCES IN BELIEFS AND VALUES AND THE FAITH TRADITIONS . BUT ARE WE ALL IN THERE OF A UNITY HERE?  AT THE MEETING TODAY WITH THE GRATITUDE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE ABILITY, LOVE AND TO BE LOVED FOR HELPING US RECOGNIZE THOSE LITTLE GOD MOMENTS IN THE BEAUTY OF CREATION AND THE FULL WORK IN THE LIFE ITSELF OF THE PEOPLE.  BOSTON LORD ALSO GRATEFUL FOR CHOOSING OLD VALUE TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE USE OF PRAYER AND THEN TO MAKE A VALUABLE AND EXCELLENT DECISIONS FOR YOUR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY PAY THEM TO BE MEN AND WOMEN FOR AND WITH OTHERS ALL THE TIME. LET US BE UNIFIED IN OUR FIGHT TO BE FOR AND WITH THE MARGINALIZED THE POOR AND THE OPPRESSED AS THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE CALLED US TO DO.  THANK YOU FOR OPENING OUR HEARTS AS WE LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF ALL IN THIS LOVING CITY.  LORD BLESS THE WORK WE HAVE DONE AND THE ENSUING WORK WE WILL DO THROUGH THIS COUNCIL MEETING AS WE DO AVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LORD.  FILL US WITH IF YOU SEE US WITH ENTHUSIASM AND A WONDER AS WE RECEIVE GIFTS WITH OPEN MINDS GENEROUS HEARTS AND A WILLING SPIRIT TO TRAINING YOU FROM THE CHIN TO GETTING THROUGH SOME YOUNG HOURS TO RPA NEED YELLOW STAR LINSEED OIL PHILIPPI YOU HAVE A MUCH NEEDED OWN VOICE YOUNG I MEAN YOU NEED TO TELL YOU AND NEED YOU AND YOU AND SAY NEED A BODY TO YOU ENTER IN THE ENTIRE WHEN THEY MAY SOUND TO EAT SEE WAITING GOOD BUSH TO DO IS TO SOUND SEE DON'T YOU HAVE WHAT MILITANCY SEE YOU NEED FOR THE PEACE AND YOU AND HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOU A GUIDANCE WISDOM, COURAGE AND STRENGTH AS WE BECAME THIS MIGHTY BE WITH US YOU OUR DELIBERATIONS AND TO HELP US MAKE A WISE DECISION CHOOSE SO THAT TO EVERYTHING WE DO MADE TO BEGIN WITH YOU A LOVE AND IT BE CARRIED OUT THROUGH YOUR GRACE IN THE NAME OF OUR RAISING LORD JESUS CHRIST AMEN AND TO YOU CHINESE TO TO FREE THE GLORY BE SEE YOU QUALUNQUE YOU FOOL YOU TO YOU SHOULD SEE TO LOOK FOR DANGER YOU DIED DURING OUR YOUNG YOU AS AN YOU IN GROWING ARE YOU FOR KEPT SEE CUP SING SON HEY HOW YOU SICK COME YET YOUNG YOU SICK THOUGH AND YOU'RE AMONG YOU MAY WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRAYER, SHISHIR THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS. I'M EXCITED TO INVITE UP THE DENVER SCHOOL BAND INVITED BY CANTOR FITZGERALD. CANTOR FITZGERALD WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM WITH YOUR GUESTS?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'VE LONG SAID THAT THE THREE PILLARS TO ANY SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY IS ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS AND THE ARTS RIGHT.  A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRIPLE-A BOND RATING. AND TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.  TODAY I HAVE WITH ME CHRISTOPHER SCHROEDER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT ALONG WITH ANDREW AND ALEX AND THE DEVON SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL AT THE SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM THE BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT HAS BEEN A PROUD PARTNER OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR OVER 12 YEARS. EACH YEAR THEY PROVIDE 2100 YOUTH WITH WEEKLY BEFORE OR AFTER AND IN-SCHOOL MUSIC EDUCATION ACROSS 23 SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS WITH A TEAM OF 56 TALENTED TEACHING ARTISTS.  THE DENVER AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM HAS BEEN GROWING OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS PROVIDING ESSENTIAL AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES.  CHRIS I'M GOING TO INVITE UP RIGHT NOW YOU COULD SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.  IT MAY BE RATHER SOME ACTUALLY UNFORTUNATE WORDS AND THAT WE WILL HAVE THE BAND DO A LITTLE A NUMBER FOR US AFTERWARDS. CHRIS, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU EVERYONE.  WE'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE TIMES NOW PERFORMING AND SHARING THE WORK THAT WE DO DO ACROSS THE CITY. SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I JOINED THE ORGANIZATION WE WERE AT ONE SCHOOL AT THE QUINCY SCHOOL WE HAD 150 STUDENTS. WE HAD 17 TEACHING ARTISTS AND OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY AND WE'VE EXPANDED THE WORK TO NOW 23 SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND NOW SERVING OVER 2100 STUDENTS. SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE HIRING STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER WE HAVE THROUGH THE SUCCESS THING PROGRAM HIRING 15 STUDENTS NOT TO FOLD PAPERS AND LEARN HOW TO COPY AND COLLATE AND THAT SORT OF THING. THEIR JOB IS TO RECORD A MUSIC ALBUM AT THE RECORD CO TO PRODUCE LIVE CONCERTS AROUND THE CITY.  THE DOWNTOWN CROSSING THE BOSTON BID HAS SIGNED ON TO SPONSOR US TO BRING ABOUT BOSTON'S FIRST YOUTH MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL TO DOWNTOWN CROSSING AND WE'RE ALSO DOING MAKE MUSIC BOSTON WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY MAYOR WHO HAS SIGNED OFF TO ALLOW US TO ACTIVATE IN EIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS BRINGING MUSIC TO ALL PARTS OF BOSTON NOT JUST THE DOWNTOWN AREA BUT ENSURING THAT ALL COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE REPRESENTED.  SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK AND EXPAND AND ADDRESS THESE IMPORTANT NEEDS. WE'VE SEEN IMPACTS IN A POSITIVE WAY TO ACADEMICS THE ATTENDANCE IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW IS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CUTS BOTH AT THE CITY AND THE STATE LEVEL AND THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS IS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE NO LONGER NEXT YEAR DUE TO SOME OF THOSE THOSE JUST THOSE BUDGET CUTS AND I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ALL FACE AS CITY LEADERS AND STATE LEADERS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENTS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM AND WE ARE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT EVERY CHILD IN BOSTON HAS ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION AND A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN OUR BOSTON SCHOOLS. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME THE BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT STUDENTS AT THE DENVER SCHOOL. THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR STUDENTS THAT ARE ALL IN GRADES TWO, THREE AND FOUR, RIGHT? THESE ARE VERY YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE'VE BEEN. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY.  AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AS WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THIS PROGRAM. SO I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO HEAR THEM AND SEE THEM AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY HERE TODAY. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. THANKS TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE TO THE  FANS INSIDE.  SO I WANT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE I'M GOING TO PLAY MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM ARE THEY PLAYING ANOTHER SONG? YEAH, ONE MORE. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO HAVE THEM DO IT FROM THE PODIUM SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR BUT IT'S OKAY . WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WE CAN'T HEAR HOW WE ACTUALLY CAN. WE HAVE EACH ONE AS WE INTRODUCE HAVE COME UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM YOU CAN ACTUALLY PLAY THE LAST SONG AND THEN DO THE INTRODUCTION OKAY YEAH PLAY THE LAST SONG AND THEN YOU'LL COME UP HERE AND DO YOUR TWO  AND YOU  WILL AWESOME. NOW IF THEY EACH WANT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ON THIS MIKE IF YOU COME HERE WE'LL START WITH YOU DAY TO SAY YOUR NAME WHAT THEY HI MY NAME IS TODAY AND I FOURTH GRADE AND AND I PLAY THE VIOLIN TEACHER HI MY NAME IS AMINA I'M EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I PLAY THE VIOLIN . OH MY THEY NICHOLAI AND I'M EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I PLAY THE VIOLIN.  HI, MY NAME IS CAITLIN.  I'M NINE YEARS OLD AND I PLAY THE VIOLIN.  MY NAME IS CARLA. I'M EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I PLAY VIOLIN.  HI. MY NAME IS EVAN. I'M TEN YEARS OLD AND I PLAY THE VIOLA.  HI. MY NAME IS I.  YOU WANT TO TURN SO THAT THEY CAN SEE YOU? OKAY. HI. MY NAME DESIGNER AND I HAVE SEVEN YEARS. THEN I PLAY THE CELLO SO.  HI. MY NAME IS EMMA AND I AM 11 YEARS OLD AND I PLAY THE CELLO . HI, MY NAME IS NICO. I'M TEN YEARS OLD AND I PLAY THE CELLO.  AND YOU ALL WERE INCREDIBLE. THIS COUPLE THAT ALSO HAVE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES JOIN US FOR A PHOTO. CAN WE TAKE A PHOTO WITH ALL OF YOU? YES.  OH, YEAH, YEAH.  SHE GAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT ON THIS IDEA TOTALLY ABOUT ALL WHO NEW BABY I'M HERE WITH YOU. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.  HI, NIKOLAS. YOU GOT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW . I WAS JUST MAYBE EATING EVELYN AND DANCING AND SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, AND I SAID WHY?  OH, SURE, SURE.  CAUSE FITZGERALD THAT I FEEL DISASTER. YES, I KNOW THEIR TEACHER IS EITHER LIKE COME ON, COME ONE. HERE'S HERE'S THE I I TO TURN EVERYONE I'M WATCHING TV YOU WANT TO SAY THIS IS SUCH A GREAT JOB TO BE.  THANK YOU. YEAH, I KNOW THEY'RE GREAT. YOU CAN COME BACK HERE WHEN YOU'RE A CITY COUNSELOR YOURSELF. AWESOME. CHRIS THE BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT COUNSELOR FITZGERALD THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL THE STUDENTS OF THE DENVER I KNOW THAT ACADEMY JOE STATED ALL OF THE SCHOOL IS WATCHING THIS. IDA TOLD ME A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, A TEACHER THERE I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING THERE TOLD ME THAT THAT EVERYONE IS WATCHING AN E DAY EVELYN EVERYONE'S JUST SO GREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT JOY INTO OUR CHAMBERS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU?  YES. OKAY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELORS MORALE AND COUNSELOR THAT COUNSELOR MORALE IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US.  THANK YOU.  I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM THE LISA OR GOOGE IN GOING OVER TO FRANCE PARTICIPATING IN A BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM SALUBRITA ABC BOSTON THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH THIS MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE MESSY WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MARCH 27, 2024 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO SENIOR THE AYES HAVE IT THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR YES.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR COLETTA IS NOW WITH US AND IS PRESENT. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 206310632 TOGETHER TALKING NUMBER 0631 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $4,909,838 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASE IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNIT AND DOCKET NUMBER 0632 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,909,838 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COSTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENCE SOCIETY SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNION THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SET JULY 1ST, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2023 AND JULY 1ST 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BETWEEN EACH BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% 1.5%, 2% 1% AND 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF THE TRANSITIONAL CAREER AWARD PROGRAM IN JULY 2023.  THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS REFORMS RELATING TO DISCIPLINE OFFICER RETURN TO DUTY PAY DETAIL SYSTEM AND UNION RELEASE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 1ST, 2024. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 20631 IN NUMBER 0632 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. I WANT TO ALSO SAY AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE ADDITIONAL GUESTS WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE PART OF THE LISA BUSH EXCHANGE PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THE VIA BOSTON SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. AND YOU YOU SEE ABEL STONE HOPE YOU ARE DOING IT. AND SO ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST WE HAVE MS.. ETTA WHO IS HERE WITH US. SO HI IRA. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.  I WAS JUST REMINDED THAT YES, WE WANT TO SHOUT OUT SHE'S THE BEST IN OUR OFFICE.  OKAY. WE ARE. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RECORD NUMBER 0633 TALKING NUMBERS 0633 MESSAGE YOU KNOW FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING THROUGH ITS MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND PAYMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $40 MILLION GIVEN TO THE CITY OF BOSTON'S INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT POLICY FUND THE CITY OF BOSTON'S INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER IN FEBRUARY 2000 TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NEW MARKET RATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0633 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0634 AND 0635 TOGETHER DUCKIE NUMBER 0634 MESSAGE NO ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $346,835 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM AWARDED BY AMERICORPS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM INCLUDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND MEALS PLUS STIPEND FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP TO HOMEBOUND AND FRAIL SENIORS. DOCKET NUMBER 0635 MRS. IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $140,253 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND ADMINISTRATION FOR SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEALS AND TRAVEL EXPENSES THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBERS ZERO 64 AND ZERO 65 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0636 AND 0637 DUNCANNON MS. 0636 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PAUL RABER ON FENNER THE SECOND AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 19TH 2027 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0637 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS SON FAROOQUI AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD ALSO KNOWN AS BERDAHL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 19, 2027 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER ZERO SIX. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SORRY THIS IS 40638 OKAY NOT 40636 OR 0637 OKAY THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 0636 AND 0637 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE I'M PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 06380639 DUNCAN MEMBER 0638 MESSAGE UNITED FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF AND KILGORE'S AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRED APRIL 1ST 2026 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0639 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SONAM KUMAR HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2025.  THANK YOU MR CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WENT 40638 AND 0639 WE WENT THROUGH AT LAST MEETING THE MARATHON OF APPOINTMENTS.  THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND THEY BOTH APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND GUESS IS THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION. SHE'S INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED AND APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND THEN SENT HIM KAMIYA IS INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED . A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN HAS LIVED IN BOSTON HIS ENTIRE LIFE, LIVES IN DORCHESTER, HAS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY AND HE'S APPOINTED BOTH TO THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND TO THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION.  HE NEEDS TO BE APPOINTED TO THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION BEFORE I PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS HIS BAY VILLAGE APPOINTMENT SO I WOULD MOVE MY COLLEAGUES LIKE I ASKED FOR OUR LAST MEETING IF WE CAN SUSPEND AND PASS THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS WHO BOTH APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO GREEN SHEETS I WILL PULL THE OTHER APPOINTMENT FIRST ON THESE WERE JUST DONE IN THE WRONG ORDER AND SO I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND I HOPE THAT WILL SUSPEND AND PASS THESE BOTH TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBER 063890639 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT THESE DOCKETS HAVE PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0640 AND 0641 DUNCAN M0640 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ANGELA WARD HIATT AS A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2025 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0641 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SOUMAYA TURNER AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2026 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 0640 AND 064A1 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0642 DOCKET NUMBER 0642 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL A HOME RULE PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT ENTITLED PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 1ST, 2024.  THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 0642 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS IN OTHERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 064390644.0643 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL WOODALL AS CHAIR OF THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 3RD, 2028 INDUCTED MEMBERS 0644 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SCOTT FINN AS COMPTROLLER CITY AUDITOR EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, 2024 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 06430644 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.  WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0381 DOCKING NUMBER 0381 THE CANADIAN EDUCATION TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 28TH 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 0381 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE OPEN DATA CURRICULUM AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION CARLOS SANTANA CASTRO SANTANA,  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0381 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2024.  THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND BREEDEN WITH COUNCIL READING ALSO EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED CURRICULUM PROGRAM. THE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SANTIAGO GARCIA GARCES, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND KERRY JORDAN, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY OFTEN CALLED TO IT AS MY COLLEAGUES NOTE, CHIEF GARCES DISCUSSED THE CITY'S CURRENT OPEN DATA PORTAL NYC BOSTON, WHICH PROVIDES THAT WHICH PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH NUMEROUS DATA SETS THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS CITIES DEPARTMENTS DO IT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING AN OPEN DATA CURRICULUM WITH CURRENT REQUIRED CIVIC AND MATHEMATICS COURSES BY UTILIZING THIS READILY AVAILABLE DATA THESE CLASSES WILL BE TARGETED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH A POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM TO YOUNGER STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE.  THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ASSIST TO IT TEACHERS IN DESIGNING A CURRICULUM USING ANALYZE BOSTON DEWEY IS ALSO WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION DATA SCIENCE FOR EVERYONE WHICH INTRODUCES DATA SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS TO HELP SHAPE THE OPEN DATA CURRICULUM. THIS GRAB WILL ALSO ASSIST IN FINDING A PROJECT MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM.  THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO SHARED THAT THE CURRICULUM ITSELF WILL ALSO BE OPEN SOURCE FOR USE BY ANY SCHOOLS. AN EDUCATORS THEY'RE OPEN TO THEY'RE OPEN TO GATHERING FEEDBACK AND THEY EXPECT THAT DIFFERENT EDUCATORS BEYOND WILL ADOPT AN EXPERIMENT WITH THE CURRICULUM THAT DEWEY PUBLISHES. CHIEF GARCES DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF USING YOUTH LEARNING DATA SCIENCE AS A WAY TO ENTER THE FIELD OF DATA ANALYTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. HE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMAN IN THESE FIELDS WHICH TYPICALLY LEADS TO HIGH INCOME JOBS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED TRACKING STUDENTS CAREER TRAJECTORIES AND CREATING MORE PATHWAYS TO DATA SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE HIGHER EDUCATION, OTHER PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DO IT AND BEPS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT I'M PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW PROGRAM THAT THIS GRANT WOULD FUND IN ADDITION TO TEACHING PRACTICAL SKILLS FOR A VARIETY OF CAREERS, I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BY OUR STUDENTS.  MY OWN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT JOURNEY HAS SPARKED WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL AND LED ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY SO I'M EXCITED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO IGNITE THAT FOR STUDENTS NOW USING REAL WORLD DATA WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT BOSTON AND INVESTIGATE COMMUNITY ISSUES WHICH IS A GREAT WAY TO GET MORE INVOLVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION I RECOMMEND MOVING THE ELICIT DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AT THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO BE PASSED. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU CASTRO SANTANA CASTRO SANTANA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0381 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OF US SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0381 HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. CLERK PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0509.0509 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW PROGRAMING AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. COUNCILMAN MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'M JUST RISING TO SAY WE HAD A GREAT HEARING AND THE CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR SENIORS HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMING AVAILABLE TO THEM ACROSS THE CITY. SO THIS WILL STAY IN COMMITTEE BUT I DO THINK THE LEAD SPONSORS WOULD LIKE TO SAY MORE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCIL WHEREVER PARTNER WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND MURPHY. IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT HEARING ON MONDAY. I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH CHAIR MURPHY AND MY 11 COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING THE HEARING ON MONDAY WHICH I SPONSORED WITH COUNCILORS PEPEN AND MADAM PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STRONG COMMISSIONER EMILY SHEA CHIEF MASSO THE DIRECTOR OF EVENTS AND PROGRAMS TAYSHIA JONES FOREIGNER AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER ALISON FREEMAN FOR ATTENDING THE HEARING IN PERSON AS WELL AS RAY SANTOS FROM MYTHOS AND BARBA BARBARA CRITCHLOW FOR ATTENDING VIRTUALLY WE HELD A HEARING TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF SENIOR PROGRAMING ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TO DETERMINE IMPACT THE STATE BUDGET NINE SEE CUTS TO PROGRAMING WILL HAVE ON OUR SENIORS WHILE THE CITY IS OPERATING TWO STAND ALONE SENIOR CENTERS IN BRIGHTON AND EAST BOSTON AS COMMISSIONER SHEA TESTIFIED THE NEED IS MUCH GREATER. IN FACT A POP UP SENIOR CENTER AT THE ELKS LODGE IN WEST ROXBURY RUN BY ETHOS HAS SERVED MORE SENIORS THAN EXPECTED AND PROVIDED SENIOR PROGRAMING TO FOLKS FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY. THE FOLKS ATTENDING THE ETHOS PROGRAM AND THE SENIOR PROGRAM RUN BY MS. CRITCHLOW ON MILDRED AVENUE IN MATTAPAN DEMONSTRATES THAT OUR SENIORS NEED MORE PROGRAMING ALL THE WAY FROM CHAIR YOGA TO HELP WITH FUNERAL AND ESTATE PLANNING.  I KNOW THE CITY IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR SENIORS BUT THE HEARING DEMONSTRATED THE NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PUSH TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE KIND OF PROGRAMING THAT WILL ALLOW OUR SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE STAY PART OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY HELPED BUILD AND TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, DR. WEBER. I THINK IT IS OF COURSE MUCH I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER AND THANK YOU FOR LEADING ON THIS ISSUE. I KNOW WHAT MATTERS TO YOUR RESIDENTS IN WEST ROXBURY BUT AND CHAIR YOGA IS AMAZING AND I THINK ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES SHOWED UP BECAUSE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR SENIORS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COSPONSOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR YOUR DISTRICT BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KAISER PERMANENTE ANDERSON KAISER PERMANENTE ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ATTENDED THIS HEARING JUST IN INTEREST IN COLLECTING INFORMATION TO GATHER FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT I FILED SIMILAR BUT SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT SEVEN FROM THE HEARING I LEARNED THAT THERE IS A STUDY GOING ON. I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR LAURA AND MYSELF WORKED ON MAKING AMENDMENTS TO CREATE THE STUDY VERY.  THANKFUL TO EMILY SHEA, OUR COMMISSIONER TO NOW EXECUTING IT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STUDY JUST TO PROPERLY RETURN TO THE CHAMBER AND ASKING MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORT IF THERE IS IN FACT I CAN PROVE THE NEED THROUGH THE STUDY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR AN INJURY AND IS IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN COUNSELOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS IMPORTANT HEARING. I ALSO LISTENED CLOSELY AND WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT SENIORS RELY ON IN BOSTON WHETHER IT'S FOOD ACCESS, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED ISSUES AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT MY DISTRICT ESPECIALLY SENIORS FROM CHINATOWN ALSO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES AS WELL IN POTENTIALLY HAVING A CENTER FOR SENIORS. WE DON'T HAVE ONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND.  IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD PREDOMINANTLY OF IMMIGRANT AND LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS WOULD BE PART OF PROPOSAL SO I HOPE I CAN WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS POTENTIAL STUDY.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 0509 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0136 DARK AND EVER 0136 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $700,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE BAR FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION.  THE GRANT WILL FUND CORE SUPPORT TO ITS OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION TO GROW ITS IMPACT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE LICENSURE CASTRO CASTRO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0136 ON MONDAY, APRIL 1ST. THE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION INCLUDED NITA WU, CHIEF FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION AND DONALD WRIGHT, DEPUTY CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION. I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR HERE AND COUNCILOR DURKIN. I ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR FOR NANCY ANDERSON, CHIEF ITO WHO PRESENTED THE COMMERCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS CAP FORGIVABLE LOAN INITIATIVE AIDING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN ACQUIRING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. CAP AIMS TO MITIGATE RISK FOR LENDERS FACILITATING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL BANK FINANCING AND ENABLED BUSINESSES TO BUILD A CAPITAL STACK FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION. THE PROGRAM TARGETS BOSTON BUSINESSES COMBATING GENTRIFICATION BY ENSURING AFFORDABLE AND FOSTERING WEALTH GENERATION THROUGH OWNERSHIP.  DEPUTY CHIEF BRIGHT DETAILED HOW THE 700,000 GRANT FROM THE BAR FOUNDATION WILL BE USED TO HELP STUDY AND BUILD CAP WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FUND OFFERING FORGIVABLE 15 YEAR LOANS OF UP TO $250,000 TO ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES.  CAP WILL ALLOCATE THIS GRANT AS FOLLOWS $400,000 FOR STAFFING INCLUDING A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR APPLICATION OVERSIGHT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH 1000 100,000 FOR LEGAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND 200,000 FOR A BUSINESS STUDY INFORMANT PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTATION ECONOMIC EQUITY GOALS CAP RECIPIENTS MUST SUBMIT ANNUAL IMPACT REPORTS AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE RENTS FOR 15 YEARS. I'M AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCUMENT OR FIND OUT THE PAST. THANK YOU CASTRO, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE SIX THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0136 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0136 HAS PASSED MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0179 DOCKING NUMBER 0179 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS TRASK TRASH COLLECTION IN BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PET BAND THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL EPIPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY THE CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON THIS DOCKET SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS DURKIN COLETTA AND LOUIJEUNE. WE'RE ALSO MET BY OUR FELLOW COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLYNN MURPHY, FITZGERALD, GRAYDON WEBER ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR SANTANA.  WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH PANELISTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON DIFFERENT RESEARCH THEY ARE DOING FOR TRASH COLLECTION CONTRACTS AND MATERIALS FOR A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS. OUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY BROUGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE CITY EXPLAINING THE NEED FOR FURTHER REVIEW AS A CAPITAL WASTE SERVICE CONTRACT IS EXPIRING IN JUNE 2024. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A MORE TWO MORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND BUDGET HEARINGS. OUR NEW METHODS NOW RECOMMEND THIS DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST FOR THE RECORD I WANT TO STATE THAT I WAS ALSO IN THE HEARING. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0179. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON 0179. THE DOCKET NUMBER 0179 SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0198 DOCUMENTED 0198 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ON CITY INNOVATION CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL PREPARED CASTRO PREPARED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  ALSO YESTERDAY THE CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON THIS DOCKET SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS CLETA FLYNN AND BREADON.  WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY OUR COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR MURPHY LOUIJEUNE ANDERSON, BREADON MARIA FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR DURKIN.  WE HAD CHIEF OF INFORMATION INFORMATION OFFICER SANTIAGO GARCES AND CHIEF OF STAFF KERRY JORDAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR CURRENT WORK MAP IN THE PARKING SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL AS PLANS FOR FUTURE TECH UPDATES. THE COUNCILORS PRESENT ENGAGED IN A GREAT CONVERSATION FOR TECH UPGRADES NOT ONLY IN THE REMOTE ALL SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS BUT ALSO WITHIN CITY HALLS AS WELL.  THIS IS TALK THAT WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND OPEN TO CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT I CAN'T RECALL THAT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR BREADON FOR THEIR WORK AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING. AS MENTIONED BY THE CHAIR WE HEARD FROM OUR CHIEF INFO OFFICER SANDY GARCéS AND KERRY JORDAN WHO WE ALL KNOW WELL.  THIS WAS A CONTINUATION OF A CONVERSATION THAT WE FIRST HAD IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR IN AN AMALGAMATION OF TWO SEPARATE DOCKETS ONE BROADLY SPEAKING ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR CITY BUT THEN ALSO THE DIGITIZATION OF PARKING REGULATIONS IN THE CITY. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE BOSTON BASED ON THE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY BOSTON IS PROGRESSING AND IN TERMS OF ITS TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO CARRY OUT BASIC CITY SERVICES EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ULTIMATELY SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON THAT THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM SOFTWARE AND SYSTEM THAT WE USE AS A CITY AND IN DEPARTMENTS ARE THE BACKBONE OF EVERYTHING WE DO HERE UPDATING EVERYTHING WE USE TO BREAK DOWN COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION SILOS AND BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR RESIDENTS IS A TOP PRIORITY BUT IT DOES REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND STAFF CAPACITY. WE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT DUE TO ADDITIONAL BUDGET RESOURCES THAT WE SECURED IN LAST YEAR'S LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRACT OUT IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT MAKE OUR CITY RUN BETTER AND ADD FOUR NEW POSITIONS TO DO IT SOME OF THE MORE MORE NAMELY OR IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE EMBARKED ON IS AUDITING ALL 300,000 OF OUR ASSETS IN THE PUBLIC REALM. UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PARKING REGULATIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND CATEGORIZING THEM WE HAD NO IDEA AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A FULL AUDIT OF OF WHAT WAS EVEN ON OUR STREETS. WE HAD TO RELY ON GOOGLE MAPS WHICH IS FINE BUT NOT GOOD IF WE WANT TO RUN A CITY EFFECTIVELY ENSURING SYSTEMS KOBACH'S WHICH TRACK STREET PERMITS ARE ACTUALLY WORKING AND SPEAKING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND WITH UTILITY COMPANIES AND SO WE SHOULD BE REVIEWING AN ASSESSMENT FROM DO IT SHORTLY AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT AND SENDING IT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES AND CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CAPITAL FUNDING ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU HONOR TO JOIN MY CO-SPONSORS THIS IMPORTANT HEARING.  I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY DURING THIS HEARING TO ASK AND DO IT IF THEY WOULD INCLUDE ENSURING THAT OUR SCHOOL BUSSES ESPECIALLY OUR BUSSES THAT TRANSPORT EPA STUDENT ATHLETES TO THEIR PRACTICE TO THEIR GAME OR TO THEIR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ARRIVE ON TIME AND PICK UP OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PICKED UP ON. THIS IS AN ISSUE I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT WHAT THE GREAT TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE ACROSS BOSTON THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T ENSURE EVERY STUDENT ATHLETE GETS TO THE GAME GETS TO BE A PRACTICE KNOWING WHERE THE BUSSES AND THERE SHOULD BE ZERO MISTAKES GOING FORWARD KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ISSUE I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON. BUT AGAIN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS AND HONORED TO JOIN WITH YOU TODAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 0198 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND CATCH UP AND I KNOW YOU HAD A DOUBLEHEADER YESTERDAY WITH TWO HEARINGS AND AS A NEW COUNCILOR YOU REALLY HANDLED IT WELL.  SO THANK YOU FOR FOR FOR HOLDING THOSE HEARINGS YESTERDAY. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 064 OR FIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0645 COUNCIL AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING AN AUDIENCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME . HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, COUNCILMAN , THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE HEARINGS THAT I WAS IN THAT I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR THE RECORD. YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE IS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE HERE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET CREDIT FOR WHEN I SHOW UP FOR THOSE TO YOU. YEAH, I DO. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I AM FIRST BEFORE I EVEN START OFF I WANTED TO ADD COUNCILOR OVERALL AND COUNCILOR ANDERSON AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR MORALES ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILMAN HE HAS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AT COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY ANDERSON AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONSEQUENT INTO ANDERSON IS SO ADDED COUNCILOR MEDIA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO LET ME JUST SET THE STAGE. I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY RESTORE TRUST IN CITY GOVERNMENT. WE WHEN WE LOOK AROUND THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE AND WE LOOK AROUND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING EVEN IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THEME IS THAT DO NOT TRUST GOVERNMENT TO FUNCTION IN THE WAYS THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO AND GIVEN THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD TO SHOW UP AS A BODY AND REALLY FIGHT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS,  THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PATHWAY TOWARDS THAT.  BOSTON'S BOSTONIANS DESERVE A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT IS GROUNDED IN TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY HERE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.  ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ESTABLISHED THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WAS BECAUSE HAVING BEEN ON THE OUTSIDE FIGHTING AND TRYING TO HAVE A VOICE AND A ROLE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS, I'VE SEEN THAT TIME AND TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE TO THEM WITHOUT THEM AND I WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS REALLY SHEPHERDING THE WORK THAT OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CAMPBELL BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IN 2019 IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BUBBLED UP INTO THE TOP WITH SOME CORRUPTION AND SOME BRIBES THAT WERE HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT THAT WASN'T THE REASON WHY SHE FILED IT. SHE FILED IT BECAUSE WHAT SHE REALLY WANTED TO DO IS CREATE A MECHANISM IN WHICH PEOPLE REALLY FELT LIKE GOVERNMENT WAS LISTENING TO THEM AND RESPONDING TO THEIR NEEDS. THERE ISN'T NO REAL FORMAL PROCESS IN PLACE THAT GIVES PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A COMPLAINT NOT JUST AROUND CITY SERVICES BUT ALSO CITY COUNCILORS. WE'RE ALL ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND WE'RE ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT AND THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD OURSELVES TO A STANDARD IN WHICH PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THEM. WE'VE COME INTO THIS CHAMBER TO HOST HEARINGS AND OFTENTIMES NO ONE SHOWS UP TO THOSE HEARINGS AND WE HAVE SUBPOENA POWERS TO DO SO BUT WE NEVER REALLY EXERCISE THAT POWER. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WASTE, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OVERSEEING DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY THIS THIS PARTICULAR OFFICE WILL GIVE US SOME MORE INSIGHT RIGHT NOW IN MY OFFICE I'VE DECIDED TO AUDIT FOUR PIECES OF LEGISLATION THE RESIDENTIAL RETAIL RESIDENTIAL KITCHENS ORDINANCE, THE BLACK MENS COMMISSION, THE FAIR CHANCE ACT AND THE LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED. WHAT GOOD IS POLICY IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO AUDIT HOW EFFICIENT IT IS? AND SO MY HOPE IS IS THAT WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE IN WHICH PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO DIFFERENTLY, TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET FROM FOLKS.  WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EPA PROCESS, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOLKS THAT TO OUR OFFICE WHO HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH ZONING COUNCIL , THE DISTRICT COUNCIL FROM DISTRICT FIVE AND I HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO WAS HAVING A HARD TIME NAVIGATING THE PERMITTING PROCESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THERE WAS REALLY NO OTHER VEHICLE FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL TO COME TO BUT TO COME TO US. BUT IF THERE WAS A FORMAL PROCESS IN PLACE THEY WOULD HAVE A A DIRECT CONTACT WITH WITH A DEPARTMENT THAT CAN HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE SERVING THE PEOPLE. SO MY HOPE IS AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THIS IS A CONVERSATION THIS IS THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT I HOPE WOULD BE A GOOD PROCESS IN WHICH WE CAN DEVELOP FOR OURSELVES AS A COUNCIL A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT REALLY GIVES PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY AND AND ANY VOICE AND A PLATFORM TO REALLY HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.  NOW I KNOW THAT WHEN THIS WAS FILED, COUNCILOR CAMPBELL I'M NOT SURE WHAT HER APPARITION OR ASPIRATIONS WERE FOR RUNNING FOR FOR A HIGHER OFFICE BUT I WAS INCREDIBLY IN ALL THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT SHE WAS GOING TO BE MAYOR ONE DAY SHE DECIDED TO PUT FORTH A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HOLD EVEN HER ACCOUNTABLE. SO THAT PEOPLE AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. WE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WE TURN THE EYE AND I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL SEE THAT OUR OUR RESIDENTS WANT US TO DO BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO BEING TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THEM BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PAY OUR SALARY AND THEY SHOULD HAVE A VEHICLE IN WHICH THEY CAN HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS IS REALLY ABOUT RESTORING TRUST AND I THINK THAT THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PROCUREMENT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK WHETHER OR NOT FOLKS ARE GETTING A PIECE OF THAT PIE AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SO LONG HERE ON THE COUNCIL . THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO DIVE DEEPER INTO IT. THERE'S ALSO THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION INCLUDES HAVING AN OVERSIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL UNPACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THROUGHOUT THE WORKING SESSIONS.  BUT MY HOPE IS IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE AND ANY STRUCTURE FOR US TO REALLY BE ABLE TO MOVE THINGS THROUGH. NOW WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT POLITICS HAVE A WAY OF CREEPING INTO POLICYMAKING AND SO MY HOPE IS IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HEARING IN A TIMELY FASHION AND WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY UNPACK THE CREDIBILITY OF OF ESTABLISHING THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HOST THE WORKING SESSIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATION WILL SHOW UP AND THAT WILL BE ABLE TO AS A BODY FOR ONCE YOU KNOW, HERE BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT WE CAN WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE'RE ALL ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND WE'RE ALL GIVING THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHERE OUTCOMES ARE ALL YOU HAVE FOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN INTRODUCING THIS ORDINANCE AND FROM ADAMA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  THIS INITIATIVE MIRRORS SUCCESSFUL MODELS IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES CHICAGO, NEW YORK, PHILLY, ATLANTA SEVERAL OF WHICH WORK HIGHLY EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION WITH THEIR STATE LEVEL COUNTERPARTS. AND IT ALSO BUILDS OFF THE WORK STARTED BY MY PREDECESSOR DISTRICT FOUR CITY COUNCILOR AND NOW ATTORNEY GENERAL JEREMY CAMPBELL UNDERSCORING THIS POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS AND ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT PROCESSES. THIS OFFICE WILL HAVE ROBUST INVESTIGATIVE POWERS INCLUDING SUBPOENA AUTHORITY AND THE DUTY TO REPORT ILLEGAL ACTS.  THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IN THIS ORDINANCE IS EMPOWERED TO ROOT OUT WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE AND UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT. THIS ORDINANCE AS COUNCILMAN HE HAS ALLUDED TO AND SPOKE ABOUT BUILDS OFF THE WORK FIVE YEARS AGO TO ENSURE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING HONESTY ,INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN BOSTON CITY GOVERNMENT AND WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC TRUST. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING AN INDEPENDENT AND WELL-FUNDED OFFICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON CONFERENCE AND UNISON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR ADDING ME I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ALREADY IN COMMUNITY AS WELL MAYBE WITH COUNCILORS I HAD BEEN WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE TO PUT TOGETHER A CITIZEN'S ASSEMBLY.  THERE IS AN ADVISORY COUNCIL IN MY DISTRICT. WE TALKED ABOUT CAB.  WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS OF CREATING STRUCTURE MECHANISMS OR ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES TO ACTION TO TO HOLD US AND CITY DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE.  I THINK THAT I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO LOOK THIS CONVERSATION THROUGH A HEARING AND TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE. THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY THOROUGH SO VERY INTERESTED IN GIVING YOU MY AS WELL AS HEARING FROM COMMUNITY I THINK SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE SPIRIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMING FROM COMMUNITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY THEN LET'S START TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THEN LET'S ALLOW COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT HOW THIS SHOULD BE STRUCTURED RIGHT SO THAT IT'S SO SO SO THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY EXEMPLIFYING WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR COLLECTIVE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I TYPICALLY WITHHOLD COMMENTS ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS DOCKETS BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS GENERAL SUPPORT FOR I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE RESURRECTION AND REFILE THIS DOCKET FROM 2019 ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDRE CAMPBELL THAT WAS BORNE OUT OF AS YOU MENTIONED, MULTIPLE SCANDALS THAT PLAGUED THE BBA AND THE ZBA AND HAVING A MUNICIPAL LEVEL INSPECTOR GENERAL IN ADDITION TO THE STATE LEVEL IS A GOOD THING DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE STATE LEVEL IG NEVER INVESTIGATED DID THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN CITY HALL AND HOW WE FUNDED THOSE INVESTIGATIONS WAS THAT WE HAD TO OUTSOURCE PRIVATE AND EXPENSIVE LAWYERS TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE INVESTIGATIONS AND SO IT WAS NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE OF US TO TO OUTSOURCE THESE SERVICES WHEN WE COULD HAVE THEM IN-HOUSE AND THOSE REPORTS WERE NEVER INDEPENDENT AND THEY WERE NEVER PUBLIC.  AND SO GENERALLY I SUPPORT THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THE BEST MODEL IS AND I'M ALWAYS WANTING TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE TO MY FRIEND AND OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDRE CAMPBELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR HER THOUGHTFUL WORDING AND THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT SHE'S RELAYING HERE TODAY AND ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT COUNCILOR WORRALL HAS MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO HAVE IT, INCLUDING NEW YORK, INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA AND LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. I BELIEVE MAYBE WE ALSO CAN LEARN FROM THEM ON HOW THEY WENT ABOUT DOING IT AND MAYBE GET SOME LESSONS LEARNED WHAT WELL AND WHAT WAS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. BUT I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND PLEASE AT MY NAME THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES BENJAMIN HERE.  YEP FOR THAT AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND I REALLY WANT TO BRING IN THE SPIRIT OF COUNCILOR FORMER COUNCILOR CAMPBELL.  SHE AND I HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AND I WATCHED THE TAPE THE DAY THAT SHE INTRODUCED THIS AND I GOT TO HEAR FROM MY COUNCILOR JANEY AND COUNCILOR EDWARDS WHO STOOD UP IN SUPPORT AND I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY THE LEVEL OF OF JUST LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT JUST WORKMANSHIP AND THAT AND EVEN WHEN COUNCILOR BAKER HAD ROSE UP HE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HE HAD AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH NOT EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD BUT THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO REALLY LEAN INTO SOMETHING AND REALLY MAKE IT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND REALLY MAKE IT ABOUT WHAT THIS MOMENT MEANS TO THOSE THAT THEY WERE REPRESENTING AT THE TIME. AND SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND ULTIMATELY I THINK THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO LEAD IN THIS WAY, I THINK THAT THOSE WHO PUT US IN THESE SEATS ARE GOING TO REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WORKING ALL IN COLLABORATION AND IN TRUE PARTNERSHIP AND IN TRUE SPIRIT OF HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CAMPBELL FOR WRITING SUCH A STRONG PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RESUSCITATE THE SAME WAY THAT WE DID WITH THE BLACK MENS COMMISSION MENS COMMISSION THAT WAS UNDER FORMER TITLE JACKSON'S LEADERSHIP.  AND SO THIS IF WE CAN GET THIS TO THE FINISH LINE IT'LL BE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT OUR OFFICE WAS ABLE TO CHAMPION BECAUSE MY PREDECESSORS HAD HAD THE AUDACITY TO BRING THOSE THINGS TO THE TABLE.  SO THANK YOU. SO ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN FITZGERALD, FLYNN, MURPHY, PIP AND SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 064 OR FIVE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0646 DUNCAN EMMA 0646 COUNCILOR PEPEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING THE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN AGE WAIVER FOR THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR MAX ANDERSON TO JOIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PREPARE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CAN I ALSO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR BUT THEN EXPANSION OF THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS ADDED CATCH BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO IN HAND IS HIS NAME IS MAX HENDERSON AND HE HANDED ME A LETTER THAT HE WANTED ME TO READ ON BEHALF OF HIM.  HE SAYS HE ARRIVED TOO. HE'S THAT HE'S OF AGE 44 LIVING IN HIGH PARK WHERE HE HAS BEEN LIVING FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. HE'S CURRENTLY A MANAGER AT ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY, A GROUP HOME SETTING WHERE HE TAKES CARE OF RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.  HE'S WORKING THERE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS HE'S BEEN A REALTOR . BEFORE THAT HE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 FROM HAITI. IT WAS A TOUGH IMMIGRATION PROCESS FOR HIM BUT LUCKILY HE WAS ABLE TO GAIN ENTRY AND NOW HAS BECOME A US CITIZEN AND AND NOW HE'S ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO BECOME A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. HE BECAME A US CITIZEN IN 2019 BUT YOU DO SOME DIFFICULTIES IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE. HE WAS NOT CONFIDENT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE TRAINING PROCESS AT THE TIME. NOW HE'S IN A BETTER BETTER STATE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EXCELLENT HELP TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER TO PROTECT AND SERVE HIS COMMUNITY. HE TOOK THE WRITTEN EXAM ON MONDAY, MARCH 18TH AND HE STRONGLY BELIEVES AND HE IS CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL PASS BUT HE WAS DEVASTATED WHEN HE HEARD THAT HE HAD TO BE YOUNGER THAN 40 YEARS OLD IN ORDER TO BECOME A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER.  HE'S WRITING THIS LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR A FAVOR TO HAVE A WAIVER THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO BE APPOINTED TO THE BOSTON POLICE OFF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT INCOMING CLASS OF JUNE 2024. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CONSIDERATION IN ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE HELP HIM ACHIEVE BECOME A POLICE OFFICER SO THAT HE CAN SERVE HIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY HE CALLS HOME. NOW MY COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THIS IS MY THIRD HOME. THE PETITION THAT I HAVE CALLED FOR FOR A WAIVERS WHICH IS WHY LATER IN THE AGENDA YOU WILL SEE THAT MYSELF AND COUNCILOR COLETTA AND COUNCILOR SANTANA ARE PUSHING FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT AGE MAX, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CITY THAT ARE HEALTHY THAT WILL EXPERIENCE THE GREAT CITIZENS THAT THEY JUST WANT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS A POLICE OFFICER.  AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS DOCUMENT IN THIS DOCUMENT.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CUT RIBBON AND THE SECOND CO-SPONSORS ARE A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THERE'S NO THIRD CLASS. OKAY, SORRY JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD JUST ADDING MYSELF AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND NO NEED FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RIPPON, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.  THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. WE DO BRING A LOT OF THESE TO THE COUNCIL . MAX HENDERSON IS MORE THAN CAPABLE AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM BE ABLE TO JOIN THE FORCE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS THROUGH AND PUT THIS UP TO BE COULD HELP. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON DURKAN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATION.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0647 DUNCAN MEMBER 0647 COUNCIL WITH MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON DIVERSIFYING CANNABIS BUSINESS MODELS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF FILE. YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IN THE CITY AND WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT CREATING MORE ACCESS AND MORE EQUITY AND MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR CANNABIS AND FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THAT INDUSTRY. BUT WE ALWAYS FALL SHORT AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS HEARING ORDER IS REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING TO ENTER THE INDUSTRY CAN DO SO THAT DOESN'T BEGIN AND END WITH OPENING UP A SHOP. I'M LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE OUR RETAIL RESIDENTIAL KITCHENS ORDINANCE THAT WE FILED. I'M IN THE PAST AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT MAYBE WE CAN USE THIS AS A WAY TO OPEN UP A CANNABIS KIND OF COMMONWEALTH KITCHEN MODEL IN WHICH FOLKS CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST OUT SOME PRODUCTS AND THEN SELL IT TO SOME OF THE LOCAL SHOPS THAT ARE IN AND AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.  SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF REGULATIONS THAT COME AROUND WITH CANNABIS SO I KNOW WE'RE THINKING THAT WITH THIS HEARING WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WARRANTS A CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO GIVE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO ENTER THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY THE TOOLS AND THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED AND THAT WE'RE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND THAT WE'RE PUSHING OURSELVES TO LOOK AT OUR PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THE MOMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR COUNCILOR MEJIA? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.  IT IS SO IMPORTANT I HAVE BEEN WATCHING OVER MANY YEARS THE PROMISES OF EQUITY IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY AND JUST SEEING THAT THEY FALL FLAT. WE'VE LOST THE BALL HERE LOCAL OPERATORS ARE NOT ABLE TO OPERATE IN OUR CITY AND NATIONWIDE CHAINS ARE COMPLETELY TAKING OVER AND I THINK THERE WAS A MOVE AT THE STATE HOUSE THERE WAS A MOVE LOCALLY TO PROMOTE EQUITY IN CANNABIS AND IT COMPLETELY FAILED AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CONVERSATION. I'M SO EXCITED TO TAKE PART AND JUST ADDING A LOT OF CANNABIS DISPENSARIES WHO HAVE GOTTEN THEIR INITIAL APPROVALS IN MY DISTRICT ARE CAUGHT UP IN LITIGATION AFTER LITIGATION AND LOCAL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO START A BUSINESS IN THIS CITY ARE BEING TOLD HERE'S THE YOU KNOW ,BASICALLY HERE'S THIS NATIONAL THING THEY GET THE GO AHEAD HERE IS THIS LOCAL THING YOU'RE GETTING SUED BY ALL YOUR NEARBY ABUTTERS SO WE HAVE A LOT TO WORK ON AND I WILL JUST SIGNAL MY SUPPORT FOR THE END OF THE BUFFER ZONE. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND COUNCILOR , I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KASHMIR.  MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU WANT TO WANT TO BE ADDED AS A REGIONAL CO-SPONSOR. WELL THEN YOU SHALL BE AT IT.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY GIBSON SANTANA WEBER WAHL DOCKET NUMBER 0647 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 06480648 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TRAFFIC CALMING AND EXPANDING THE SAFETY SURGE PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, CONSTABLE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR SANTANA AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS CANTOR FITZGERALD HAS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR A COUNCIL OFFENSE EXPANSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CARLOS SANTANA SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS A HEARING TO DISCUSS MEASURES THAT WOULD IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, TRAFFIC CALMING IN THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING THE SAFE SURGE PROGRAM IN BOSTON LAST WEEK A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD GRACIE WAS FATALLY STRUCK ON SLEEPY STREET IN CONGRESS STREET IN THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD THIS WEEK. ON TUESDAY A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED ON FRONTAGE ROAD.  THERE ARE NOW FOUR PEDESTRIAN DEATHS IN BOSTON SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH SEVEN PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES HOSTILE THESE TRAGEDIES REMIND US OF THE WORK THAT MUST BE DONE TO REALIZE VISION ZERO WHICH IS THE GOAL OF HAVING ZERO SERIOUS IN FATAL TRAFFIC CRASHES AND WE HAVE OTHER WE HAVE HAD OTHER SIMILAR TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS IN THE PAST IN 2018 WE'VE LOST A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG BOY CALVIN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR ON OUR STREET SOUTH BOSTON FOLLOWING THAT TRAGIC CRASH I'VE RECOMMENDED A 12 POINT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PLAN FOR SOUTH BOSTON INTO THE CITY WHICH FEATURED TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SPEED HUMPS, RAISED CROSSWALKS, RAPID FLASH BEACONS WITH PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD CURB EXTENSIONS AMONG OTHERS THAT OUR STREET SAFETY HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL . IN 2018 I CALLED FOR AND HELD A HEARING WITH COUNCILOR BAKER TO ADVOCATE FOR REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 20 MILES PER HOUR IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOW WE SEE MANY OF THOSE 20 MILE PER HOUR SIGNS WITH OUR SPEED ZONES UP NOW IN 2019 I CALLED FOR AND HELD A CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON CONCURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER TO HAVE CARS AND PEDESTRIANS IN CONFLICT DUE TO RIGHT TURN GREEN ARROW IN A PEDESTRIAN WALK SIGN AT THE SAME TIME JUST YARDS JUST OUTSIDE EXAMPLE ON CONCURRENT JURISDICTION FOR THE VEHICLE AND FOR THE RESTAURANT THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE PEDESTRIAN CAN CROSS IN THE CROSSWALK AND AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE CAN MAKE A TURN ON THAT SAME CROSSWALK.  IT'S MANY CASES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I COULD NAME YOU A HALF DOZEN IN AND AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF MELCHER STREET AND SUMMER STREET. IF YOU ARE ON SUMMER STREET HEADING INTO SOUTH BOSTON AND YOU'RE TAKING A RIGHT ONTO MELCHER STREET DRIVING, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A RIGHT DRIVING AND WITH THE GREEN LIGHT AT THE SAME TIME THE PEDESTRIAN WOULD BE ABLE TO CROSS ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AT A PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETING ON FRIDAY DOWN AT THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WITH RESIDENTS OF SOUTH BOSTON AND FORT POINT IN WHAT CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT I HIGHLIGHTED THIS ISSUE AND ASKED THAT WE REVISIT ALLOWING BOTH THE PEDESTRIAN IN THE VEHICLE TO BOTH HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY AT THE SAME TIME.  I'M STILL CALLING FOR THAT AGAIN, WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THAT IMMEDIATELY AND GIVE THE PEDESTRIAN THE RIGHT OF WAY, GIVE THE PEDESTRIAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS THE STREET IN THE CROSSWALK AT A SAFE TIME AND THEN THE AUTOMOBILE CAN DRIVE TAKING TAKING THE TURN.  BUT BOTH OF THEM CAN'T DO ONLY ONE OR THE OTHER AT THE SAME TIME AND IT NEEDS TO BE THE PEDESTRIAN.  NOT SURE WHY WE STILL HAVE THIS IN OUR CITY. I HAVE ASKED MANY TIMES IN WRITING AND IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO CHANGE THIS POLICY AGAIN, I'M ASKING FOR THIS POLICY TO BE CHANGED IN 2020 AFTER A HANDFUL OF CAR CRASHES INTO BUILDINGS OF POLES IN ONE WEEK IN SOUTH BOSTON I CALLED FOR AND HELD A HEARING AGAIN WITH COUNCILOR BAKER ON DECLARING SPEEDING CARS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN 2021 AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE FEDERAL BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, I CALLED FOR A PORTION OF WHATEVER FUNDING THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE TO BE DEDICATED TO ADDRESS LONG STANDING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY NEEDS WITH IMPROVED TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE.  I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES WE FACE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  IN 2023 THE CITY OF BOSTON IMPLEMENTED THE SAFETY SURGE PROGRAM WHERE THE CITY INSTALLED ZONES OF SPEED HUMPS ON ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER FOR ALL PEDESTRIANS. THEY INCLUDE THE 20 MILES PER HOUR ZONE. WE ALSO ADVOCATE ADVOCATED FOR PREVIOUSLY. HOWEVER CURRENTLY THE SPEED HUB PROGRAM IS ONLY BEING INSTALLED ON SMALLER SIDE STREETS BUT NOT ON WIDER STREETS AND BUSIEST STREETS WHERE CARS AND COMMUTERS ARE CONSISTENTLY SPEEDING IN SERIOUS CRASHES. IT'S ALSO OCCURRED AS IT RELATES TO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SPEED MILES PER HOUR BE REDUCED EVEN FURTHER IN BOSTON 25 MILES AN HOUR IS EXCESSIVE DRIVING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD A DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON.  I THINK IT SHOULD BE 20 MILES AN HOUR. I EVEN THINK IT SHOULD BE 15 MILES AN HOUR BUT DRIVING 25 MILES AN HOUR IN RESIDENTIAL STREETS IS UNHEALTHY. IT'S UNSAFE.  OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAIN STREETS, COMMERCIAL ROADS, HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS, BUS ROUTES ARE OFTEN DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS AND SHOULD ALSO HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO FORCE SPEEDING VEHICLES TO SLOW DOWN.  MANY RESIDENTS HAVE ADVOCATED FOR SPEED HUMPS RACE CROSSWALKS IN THESE AREAS AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER THE SAFE SURGE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE UPDATED WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE INSTALLED ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS TO ENSURE ROAD SAFETY FOR ALL. FINALLY A GENTLEMAN RIGHT BEHIND ME , JOHN PROVENZANO IS ADVOCATING FOR THIS NEW TECHNICAL.  OTHER CITIES HAVE WHERE IF A CAR IS SPEEDING SAY 40 MILES AN HOUR THIS ELECTRONIC DEVICE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY REDUCE THAT SPEEDING CAR DOWN TO THE APPROPRIATE SPEED SPEED LIMIT WHETHER IT'S 25 OR 2520 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH IT. MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR BOSTON TO EXPERIMENT TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT AS WELL.  SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN USE THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ENHANCING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, ENSURING SAFER STREETS AND SIDEWALKS,  HOW WE EXPAND OUR EXISTING PLAN FOR TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR CHARITY OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT ON HEARING THIS NEWS AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKER. WANT ME TO BE A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THE NEWS OF THE FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD. I THINK OF MY OWN FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD AND THAT'S THAT'S WORST NIGHTMARE SCENARIO STUFF. IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD CONSTANTLY AS A PARENT AS NOT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE JUST DOWNTOWN BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.  AND THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS THERE'S SO PREVENTABLE, RIGHT? IF THE DRIVER PAYS ATTENTION, GETS OFF HIS CELL PHONE IS IN TEXTING AND DRIVING, IF THERE'S IF THERE'S DAY LIGHTING, THERE IS IS PROPER SIGNAGE AND PROPER ENFORCEMENT. ALL THESE THINGS ARE PREVENTABLE AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE INCIDENT FROM LAST NIGHT AND ONE FROM LAST WEEK THAT MUCH MORE INFURIATING. EVERYWHERE I GO IN THE DISTRICT, THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN THE ENTIRE CITY, EVERYWHERE I GO, NO MATTER WHERE IT IS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THESE SPEED HUMPS AND I AGREE.  BUT I DO THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCILORS IN AT LEAST GIVING A LIST OF THE 15 BIGGEST PERPETRATORS OF SPEEDING IN EACH DISTRICT AND PRIORITIZE THOSE BECAUSE US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOW ON THE GROUND WHAT THE WORST STREETS ARE AND SO I CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THAT AS I HAVE BEEN BECAUSE I THINK EVEN IT WOULD TOUCH EVERY COMMUNITY AND WE'D WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY THEM AND WE TAKE CARE OF THE MAIN PERPETRATORS AND AT LEAST EVERYONE WOULD FEEL TOUCHED TO KNOW THAT AT LEAST OKAY, IT MIGHT BE A WHILE NOW BEFORE THEY COME BACK AROUND AND DO THE REST OF THE STREETS BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN THEY CAN BEGIN.  THE PROBLEM HERE IS ENFORCEMENT. I THINK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY HEARING THAT WE JUST HAD YESTERDAY CHAIRED BY A COUNCIL CAPTAIN AND THINKING ABOUT THAT ROLE AND HOW THIS HAPPENS. I KNOW YOU KNOW I'M NO FAN OF BIG BROTHER BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T RECRUIT AS MANY POLICE AS WE NEED TO DO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. THERE'S GOT TO BE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN TAKE THAT PLACE. I'M LOSING FAITH IN THE DRIVERS OF BOSTON AND THE VISITORS THAT DRIVE INTO BOSTON AND SO THERE'S GOT TO BE A MEASURE TAKEN UNFORTUNATELY TO COUNTERACT THAT.  BUT AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE. WE CAN'T BE REACTIVE HERE. WAIT TILL AN INCIDENT OCCURS TO GO AND MAKE A CHANGE AND THROUGH THE YEARS I KNOW FOLKS ON THIS BODY HAVE MADE THOSE CHANGES SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THOSE CHANGES TILL WE MAKE A A COMPLETELY SAFE TRAFFIC FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA, CARLOS SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO FIRST THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AS COUNCILMAN FLYNN NOTED AND JUST A MATTER AND COUNCIL OFFICER JOE AS WELL IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS WE'VE HAD TWO TRAGIC REMINDERS OF THE DANGER OF DANGEROUS PEDESTRIANS FACE ON OUR STREETS JUST IN DISTRICT TWO ALONE THE DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD AS WELL THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO WAS A WHEELCHAIR USER OUTSIDE OF SENSES REMINDERS THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR STREETS MUST BE OUR PRIORITY AND THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STREET USERS ARE OFTEN THE MOST AT RISK. AND THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT A PROBLEM ONLY FOR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS. A PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED BY DRIVERS IN BOSTON IN 2023 INCLUDING ROSLINDALE HIGH PARK AND DORCHESTER.  THESE DEATHS MAY CALL EXTRA ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE BUT WE ALSO MUST NOT ACCEPT THE DANGEROUS AND OFTEN LIFE ALTERING INJURIES CAUSED BY OUR DRIVERS. BOSTON'S VISION ZERO DATA REPORTS 588 CRASHES INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS LAST YEAR ALONG WITH 391 CRASHES INVOLVING BICYCLISTS AND OVER 2500 CRASHES LAST YEAR IN BOSTON INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.  SOMETIMES ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN AND CERTAINLY RESPONSIBLE DRIVING IS CRITICAL BUT TOO OFTEN CRASHES AND AND THE RESULTING INJURIES ARE THE RESULT OF POLICY DECISIONS. STREET DESIGNS CAN REDUCE CRASHES, EXPANDING SIGHTLINES AND INTERSECTIONS KNOWN AS TREE LIGHTING CAN MAKE PEDESTRIANS MORE VISIBLE SPEED HUMPS RAISE CROSSWALKS AND CHANGES TO STREET LAYOUT CAN SHOW CAN SLOW DOWN DRIVERS FROM SPEEDING OR BLOWING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS.  PROTECTING LANES WITH ACTUAL PHYSICAL BARRIERS CAN CREATE TRULY SAFE SPACE FOR COMMUTERS, FOR COMMUTERS USING BIKES AND OTHER MICROMOBILITY DEVICES TO SAFELY GET WHERE THEY'RE GOING WHILE KEEPING PEDESTRIANS SAFE TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS PHASING CAN ELIMINATE CONFLICTS BETWEEN CARS AND PEDESTRIANS.  BOSTON'S FIRST CENTER RUNNING BUS LANES ON COLUMBUS AVENUE HAVE SHOWN THE STREET DESIGN CAN MAKE MORE DRIVERS OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT, IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WITH SAFER CROSSINGS AND AND MAKE CAR PARK ACCESS TO PARKING EASIER AND SAFER WHILE ALSO REDUCING TRANSIT TIMES FOR BUS RIDERS.  AND IF WE CAN GET THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW IT AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT OF RED LIGHTS STOP SIGNS, BUS LANES AND ILLEGAL TURNS COULD HELP OUR STREETS FUNCTION SAFER AND AS INTENDED THE CITY IS MAKING PROGRESS ON SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES BUT WE CAN DO MORE AND WE MUST FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN TEMPORARY QUICK FIXES AND ENSURING WE PARLIAMENT DURABLE AND SELF-ENFORCING SAFE STREET DESIGNS IN PLACE. NONE OF THIS IS ABOUT FORCING ANYONE TO COMMUTE A CERTAIN WAY. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR ALL OF OUR STREETS AND ALL OF OUR USERS ARE SAFE NO MATTER HOW YOU DECIDE TO GET AROUND. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH MY CO-SPONSOR AND MY COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON LIVES UP TO THE STANDARD THAT TO THE STATED MISSION OF TALKING TO THE STATED MISSION OF VISION ZERO BOSTON TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SERIOUS CRASHES.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CATCH CONSTABLE PEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  UM, JUST WANT TO START BY GIVING MY CONDOLENCES TO BOTH THOSE FAMILIES THAT LOST A LOVED ONE. UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT THOSE ARE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON THAT WE'VE LOST AND AS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD MENTIONED AS A FATHER OF A THREE YEAR OLD, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THOSE PARENTS ARE EXPERIENCING. UM, SO I COMMEND COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE. I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN ADDED AS A FOURTH CO-SPONSOR IF THAT WAS A THING. UM, BUT IT REMINDS ME OF MY OWN HERE IN ORDER CALLING FOR SAFE SCHOOLS ON PLAN BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT WE'RE HOME TO ONE OF THE THOSE FOUR FATALITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THEM BEING IN BEXLEY AND THE INTERSECTION OF BEXLEY ROAD IN WASHINGTON STREET AND ROSLINDALE. UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED BY PERSON BY DRIVER IN THE NIGHTTIME AND JUST A YEAR AGO UNFORTUNATELY ANOTHER FOUR YEAR OLD WAS HIT WAS KILLED BY A DRIVER ON WOOD OFF IN HYDE PARK. UM AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IS LIKE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD MENTIONED THESE ARE PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS UM, BUT AS A CITY WE NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE CITY . EVERYONE HAS MENTIONED THAT IT'S BETTER CROSSWALKS RAISE CROSSWALKS, STOP SIGNS THE BUMP OUTS BETTER ENFORCEMENT. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO TOO FAR TO LOOK AT A CITY THAT I THINK DOES A GOOD JOB AT THIS PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DOES A FINE JOB OF USING THEIR TRAFFIC LIGHTS CAMERAS FOR ENFORCEMENT WHERE THEY TICKET SPEEDERS AND VIOLATORS OF RED LIGHTS. SO I WANT TO PUSH OUR STATE LEGISLATOR TO CONSIDER THAT AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US HERE IN BOSTON TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS IT'S IT'S TOO MUCH FOR THIS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.  UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE ARE CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THAT'S WHAT WE DESERVE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND I DID THINK OF YOUR STOPS IN PIN WHEN YOU DID YOUR MAIDEN SPEECH AND I KNOW THE WILL IS HERE ON THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE CHANGES. I GOT THREE CALLS JUST THIS WEEK ONE ABOUT TWO ABOUT SPEED HUMPS AND AS WE KNOW WITH WAZE AND OTHER APPS WE USE WHAT WERE ONCE QUIET SIDE STREETS ARE NOW CUT CREWS WHERE CARS ARE SPEEDING AND WE'RE KIDS USED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, SAFELY ON THE SIDEWALK ACROSS THE STREET TO A NEIGHBOR.  NOW PARENTS AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT ANYMORE AND THAT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. I ALSO GOT A CALL IN HAVE HAD SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT THE INTERSECTION RIGHT NEAR MY HOUSE AT THE TOP OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD OLD STREET AT OAKTON AVE AND ADAMS STREET WHERE WE HAVE THE LIBRARY WE HAVE THE KENNY SCHOOL TWICE A DAY WITH THAT TRAFFIC WHERE THE NEIGHBORS THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FATALITY OR A BAD ACCIDENT FOR THINGS TO CHANGE? SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE POLICE ALSO BECAUSE THAT COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS THE CITY THERE'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE POLICE HAVING THE ABILITY TO TICKET THE OFFENDERS BUT NOT WANTING TO OVER TICKET AND SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THEM PART OF THE CONVERSATION.  BUT ALSO THE ANSWER THAT I HAVE TO OFTEN GIVE TO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IS FRUSTRATING IS YOU'LL BE PUT ON A LIST MAYBE SOON THEY'LL GET TO IT. SO I DO THINK THAT THIS HEARING HOPEFULLY WILL PUSH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENTS WHO CAN MAKE CHANGE HAVE IT HAPPEN QUICKER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE THE END OF SARCASM HERE. OKAY, PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE TAPE IN PREPARATION FOR FILING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S ORDINANCE IT WAS THE SAME THAT SAME YOU WERE THERE TALKING ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. YOU ACTUALLY INTRODUCED, YOU KNOW, A HEARING AROUND THAT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE CONSISTENCY RIGHT IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT YOU KEEP ON IT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE IN OFFICE THAT ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE THINGS THAT WE ALL DEEPLY CARE ABOUT. BUT IT WAS JUST SUCH A COINCIDENCE THAT THE SAME DAY THAT COUNCILOR CAMPBELL FILED THAT AND I FILED THIS YOU IT'S IT GOES TO SHOW THAT THE WORK STILL NEEDS TO WE WE NEED TO RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW I SEE THE CENTRAL BUSTLING DISCUSSIONS I SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DEAL WITH BIKE LANES AND EVERYTHING AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADD PEDESTRIAN SAFETY LANES TO THE CONVERSATION TO I THINK THAT THIS IS HOW PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY LISTENING TO THEM . SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARING AND LENDING MY VOICE AND MY ADVOCACY TO YOU BOTH TO THE THREE SPONSORS OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO THAT WE GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FOR BRINGING THIS AND THE CO-SPONSORS AND IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK TO RECENT FATALITIES AND THE DEATH OF A FOUR YEAR OLD FOR THIS YOU KNOW, FOR US TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS JUST, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SAFETY SPEED HUMPS THAT I HEAR PROBABLY MORE ABOUT THOSE ISSUES IN DISTRICT SIX THAN ANY OTHER.  BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME DATA. YOU KNOW THESE ACCIDENTS IT'S NOT INEVITABLE AS A RESULT OF THE CARS WE HAVE OR THE CELL PHONES YOU KNOW FROM FROM 1990 TO 2020 IN EUROPE, PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES WENT DOWN BY NEARLY 80% IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IN THE U.S. HAVE GONE UP BY 25% AND OTHER STUDIES SHOWED THAT FOR EVERY MILE THAT YOU KNOW,  SOMEBODY THE UNITED STATES WALKS AS A PEDESTRIAN COMPARED TO SOMEONE IN ENGLAND, THE AMERICAN PEDESTRIAN IS SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY A VEHICLE.  YOU KNOW THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, IT'S A COUNTRYWIDE ISSUE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING A LOT BETTER JOB HERE IN BOSTON AND I THINK IS OUR EUROPEAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SHOWN YOU KNOW, YOU CAN THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN SOLVE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON IT WITH MY FELLOW COUNCILORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SIR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FIRST COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FOLLOWING THIS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL.  BUT I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME AND SAY THAT FOR US TO THANK OUR MAYOR FOR PRIORITIES IN THIS ISSUE. THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE VERY TOP ON HER AGENDAS AND WE'VE SEEN THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WE CONTINUE TRANSPORTATION PLANS IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I KNOW THAT ALSO THINKING CHIEF YASHA FRANKLYN HODGE TO JUST JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY BUT ALSO DOING THE BEST THAT HE CAN WITH THE CAPACITY THAT HE HAS WHILE HE'S TRYING TO INCREASE CAPACITY SO THAT HE CAN DEVELOP OR PUT THESE SPEED HUMPS IN PLACES AND ADDRESS ALL OF OUR SIDEWALK ISSUES.  I KNOW THAT OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT YESTERDAY MENTIONED THIS IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS ONE PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT THAT WILL PRIORITIZE THE WORK AND COME OUT AND DO WALKING TOURS AND SORT OF LIKE STUDIES AND ACTUALLY WORK WITH COUNCILORS TO DO THIS WORK. SO I THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND IT'S GOING TO BE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE ROBUST AND PRODUCTIVE CONSIDERING THAT OUR MAYOR AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DEFINITELY PRIORITIZES SAFETY FOR OUR CITIZENS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASA GRANDE ENGINEERS AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER AND CONSIDER YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR SPONSORING THIS. I THINK I'D BE REMISS IF IN THIS CONVERSATION WE DIDN'T ALSO MENTION THE SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERS IN THE CITY AND ALL OF THE OPEN JOBS IN AND PARTICULARLY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND ALSO ADDING THE THE AMOUNT OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE SPEED HUMPS THERE'S A LIMITED CAPACITY THERE. AND SO JUST ADDING THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION IN MY DISTRICT WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND TERRORIST PARKER AND GURNEY STREETS AND MISSION HILL AND HOW TO RECONFIGURE AND REFORMULATE THOSE STREETS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OF A STREET THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.  AND I THINK I ALSO WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR ROLE AS CITY COUNCILORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE USE THE MITIGATION FROM PROJECTS AND IN OUR DISTRICTS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND WE GET AND WE GET INCREASED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND AND I'M REALLY WANTED TO ALSO BUILD ON COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDEZ ANDERSON POINT ABOUT OUR BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHAT I SEE I HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM REALLY FREQUENTLY AND THAT HAD BEEN SET UP BY MY PREDECESSOR KENZIE BOK WHO CARED A LOT ABOUT THESE ISSUES. AND SO WE HAVE THIS REOCCURRING MEETING AND JUST THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITHIN THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I'M REALLY HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM AND EXCITED FOR THE CONVERSATION AND ALSO EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY DRILL DOWN IN THE FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I HAVE ABOUT WHERE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE AND ALSO INTO THE DATA LIKE COUNCILOR WEBER SAID BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE ENTRANCES ARE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY SO PRIORITIZING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND ALSO EXCITED TO WORK WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN PARTICULARLY ON AN INTERSECTION AT DARTMOUTH STREET WHICH IS IN HIS DISTRICT. BUT A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS USE SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE ADVOCATES AND AND ALL THE COUNCILORS FOR BEING INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COMES READY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR LEADING ON THIS ISSUE YET AGAIN. YOU'VE BEEN VERY, VERY DOGGED IN YOUR ELEVATING THIS ISSUE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ON ON A COMMENT FROM COUNCILOR DURKIN'S COMMENTS IN DISTRICT NINE MANY OF OUR PUBLIC REALM AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE TIED TO DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO PUT IN TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. BUT IF THAT PROJECT STALLS OR IS DELAYED THAT MEANS WE'RE SITTING FOR TEN YEARS WAITING FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO HAPPEN IN PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE.  THE DEVELOPER HASN'T GOT TO IT AND BUILT THIS PROJECT SO YOU KNOW IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT MONEY BUT IF IT'S WAITING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR A ISSUING OF A PERMIT AND THAT PROCESS IS DELAYED THEN THAT DEFINITELY STALLS THE WHOLE PROCESS FOR US . SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS OF NOT BEING SO RELIANT ON DEVELOPMENT MONEY OR HAVING SOME SORT OF A PIPELINE OR SOME SORT OF A MECHANISM WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DELAY THE IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL THE PROJECTS ARE MOVED ON FORWARD. THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND ALSO BRAYTON I'M SURE DORCHESTER HAS THE SAME ISSUE IS CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC.  MAYBE ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE THIS PROBLEM CUT THROUGH PRIVATE FOOT TRAFFIC DUE TO WAYS WE HAVE MANY WE HAVE PROBABLY THOUSANDS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CARS COME THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT A VERY FAST CLIP EVERY DAY TO AVOID GOING ON THE MASSACHUSETTS PIKE WHICH IS USUALLY A PARKING LOT FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 EVERY MORNING AND THEY THEY CUT THROUGH THE CUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE SEE NEAR-MISSES PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME FATALITIES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IT'S JUST SO SAD AND IT IS IT'S A PREVENTABLE EVENT. IT MAY BE SEEN AS AN ACCIDENT BUT I REALLY IN THIS CONTEXT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN ACCIDENT WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE TO PREVENT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON.  I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THE CO-SPONSORS FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN UP TO THE NAMES OF CRAZY RECENTLY PASSED COLIN SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES UPLIFTED THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ADULTS AND CHILDREN.  COUNCILOR PIPPEN TALKED ABOUT WHAT AVENUE?  IT'S A STREET THAT I DRIVE ON EVERY DAY AND EVER SINCE THE FATALITY LAST YEAR I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE ON THE STREET AND PASSED HIS MOM'S HOUSE WITHOUT FEELING TREMENDOUS SADNESS AND I JUST WANT TO LIFT YVONNE PIERRE INTO SPACE AS A FOUR YEAR OLD THAT WAS STRUCK AND KILLED IN HYDE PARK AND I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID IT NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO BURY THEIR CHILD IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT SHOULD DRIVE POLICY CHANGE IS WHEN PARENTS HAVE TO BURY THEIR YOUNG KIDS AND A FEW THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND STRUCK ME AS MUCH AS THE FUNERAL OF YVONNE PIERRE BECAUSE A FOUR YEAR OLD DYING SHOULD NOT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN OUR STREETS. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME MOVEMENT. I KNOW THE MAYOR THE MAYOR WAS ALSO AT THE FUNERAL AND I KNOW HE'S DEEPLY, DEEPLY AFFECTED AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET SOME TRACTION ON THIS ISSUE.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? SO CLARK PLEASED COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN FERNANDO ANDERSON HERE MURPHY AT BEN WEBER WORLD HIS OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0648 WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION MR. CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0649 DUNCAN AMBER 0649 COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH CITY COUNCIL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT METRICS TO HOLD MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEER SAID YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY WITHDRAW THIS FILING. I THINK THAT CUSTOMER HERE IS FILING ON THE DOCKET 064 OR FIVE ACTUALLY ALREADY ENCOMPASS A LOT OF THESE POINTS AND WOULD ACTUALLY DO THE SAME THING.  SO I DON'T WANT US TO BE REDUNDANT. I THINK I WILL FOLLOW HER LEAD IN BEING A CO-SPONSOR IN THE CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GETTING THE SAME OBJECTIVES TAKING CARE OF IN THE HEARING OF UNDER COUNCIL MY HEROES FILING THANK YOU THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0649 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN MR. CLERK PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0650 TOKEN OF A0650 COUNCILORS PEPEN AND COLETTA OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO RAISE THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRANCE TO THE BOSTON POLICE ACADEMY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER PANKHURST AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND FOR THE RECORD, I ALSO HAD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. CUSTOMER BENTEKE'S SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.  COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED CUSTOMER AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY FIRST THREE MONTHS IN OFFICE I'VE ALREADY FILED FOR THREE MORE PETITIONS TO TO HELP SOMEONE WITH THEIR AGE WAIVER TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER INCREASING THE AGE MAXIMUM 39 YEARS OLD 45 AND ADOPTING A MORE INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER IN BOSTON. OH SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN SHAPING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES BY EXPANDING THE AGE LIMIT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN TAP INTO A BROADER POOL OF POTENTIAL RECRUITS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE PURSUED ALTERNATIVE CAREER PATHS OR GAINED VALUABLE LIFE EXPERIENCES BEFORE CONSIDERING LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS CAN LEAD TO A MORE MATURE AND WELL-ROUNDED POLICE FORCE BETTER EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE MULTIFACETED CHALLENGES OF MODERN POLICING WITH EMPATHY, WISDOM AND CULTURAL CAPITAL COMPETENCE.  JUST IN MY FIRST THREE MONTHS IN OFFICE I FOLLOWED THREE PETITIONS TO ASSIST LOCAL RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 39 TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS. MR , WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY PART OF THE EMS MR GUZMAN, WHO WORKED FOR BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR OVER A DECADE AND NOW MR HENDERSON, A PROUD HYDE PARK RESIDENT WHO CURRENTLY WORKS FOR ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY ALL THREE OUTSTANDING CITIZENS WHO ARE VERY QUALIFIED WHO SIMPLY HAD DIFFICULTY APPLYING TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE BY INCREASING THE AGE MAXIMUM TO 45 YEARS OF AGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN ATTRACT A MORE DIVERSE ARRAY OF CANDIDATES ENRICHING THE ORGANIZATION WITH A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL COMPETENCIES A POLICE FORCE THAT REFLECTS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY IT SERVES AND ONLY ENHANCES TRUST AND COOPERATION WITHIN COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO IMPROVES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICING EFFORTS BY PROMOTING GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY AMONG OFFICERS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE.  RAISING THE AGE MAXIMUM IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP TOWARD BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE, RESILIENT AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICE FORCE IN BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTA.  COLETTA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE MY CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.  THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS FILED MULTIPLE MULTIPLE PETITIONS TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT TO BOSTON RESIDENTS STATE LEVEL REGULATIONS SET THE MAX AT 32 YEARS, 32 YEARS OLD AND THEN UNDER COUNCILOR FLAHERTY'S LEADERSHIP IN 2007 HE INCREASED THAT TO TO 40 AND THAT OCCURRED AFTER A HEARING AND THEN A SUBSEQUENT HOME RULE PETITION.  SO THAT IS THE GOAL HERE. BUT WE WANTED TO BRING IN ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO TALK THROUGH IT. BUT OUR POPULATION'S HEALTH IS GENERALLY IMPROVING. WE HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO NUTRITION AND HEALTH CARE AND OTHER FACTORS AND SO THERE'S THIS WHOLE POOL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS SO WE MIGHT AS WELL SIMPLY GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TO EVEN APPLY. WE'RE LOWERING THE STANDARDS AND ALL WE'RE JUST HOPING IS IS TO GIVE THEM A PATHWAY TO TAKE THE TEST, BOTH THE WRITTEN TEST AND THEN THE PHYSICAL TEST. IT IS A CRUCIAL MEASURE TO HELP FILL THE PERSONNEL SHORTAGES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE SPECIAL LAWS THEY NO LONGER BECOME SPECIAL TO PUT IT IN THE MOST SIMPLE TERMS. AND SO WHY NOT JUST CREATE A SIMPLE FIX TO WHAT EXIST AT THE STATE? AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO AMEND THIS SYSTEM WHERE THOSE WITH ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION TO KNOW EVEN KNOW OR OR FILE A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE DOCKET I THINK IS PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.  AND SO WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT OUT TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONVERSATIONS ON THIS AND I'M LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM FROM EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT OUR LIMITATIONS MIGHT BE IF THERE ARE ANY. BUT REALLY JUST THIS IS A WELL-INTENTIONED DOC IT AND I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILORS PAT BANNING AND COLETTA FOR INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.  MY PARTNERS ON THIS MATTER HAVE COVERED MUCH OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY SO I WILL JUST EMPHASIZE ONE POINT BRIEFLY WE ARE CONSTANTLY SURE OUR POLICE OFFICERS IN BOSTON IT'S A DEMANDING AND DIFFICULT JOB AND IT'S ONE THAT OFTEN GOES WITH TOO FEW THINGS FOR A JOB WELL DONE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. AND YET DESPITE OUR NEED FOR MORE POLICE OFFICERS WE OFTEN HEAR CASES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT HARD TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO PURSUE THE DREAM OF SERVING IN BOSTON'S PUBLIC SAFETY AS POLICE OFFICERS ONLY TO BE STOPPED BY AN ARBITRARY AGE LIMIT FOR THE POLICE ACADEMY. WE HEARD AN EXAMPLE THIS JUST TODAY IN THE CASE OF MAX HENDERSON WHO IMMIGRATED FROM HAITI, MOVED TO BOSTON AND WORKED FOR YEARS TO BECOME A CITIZEN AND PURSUE BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER. THE POLICE ACADEMY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS. THERE'S NO REASON TO BLOCK APPLICANTS WHO CAN MEET THOSE CRITERIA JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE CELEBRATED SOME EXTRA BIRTHDAYS. THE WISDOM EARNED THROUGH DIVERSE LIVED EXPERIENCES, FIRST CAREERS AND TIME INVESTED IN COMMUNITY AND FAMILY BEFORE ENTERING THE POLICE ACADEMY CAN ALL BENEFIT OUR POLICE FORCE TO MEET THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS OF OUR CITY. WE SHOULD EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE THESE APPLICANTS NOT SEND THEM . I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ON THIS MATTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING ON THIS MATTER SO WE CAN COLLABORATE TO CREATE A PATH FOR DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE OUR CITY AS POLICE OFFICERS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNSELOR SANTANA IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK. HE'S HAD COUNSELORS BREADON FITZGERALD, FLYNN MURPHY, WEBER WUERL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR PLEASE ALSO ADD COUNSELOR DURKIN THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0650 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, PLEASE O O AND PLEASE ADD COMES FROM ME HIS NAME AS WELL.  OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0650 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0651 DUNCAN EMMA 0651 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE NEED FOR ALL OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN IN THE UNIVERSAL PRE KINDERGARTEN AND PROGRAM ARE RECEIVING THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNSELOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT AS I THINK MANY OF OUR HEARING ORDERS THAT WE FILE COME FROM CALLS WE GET FROM CONCERNED CONSTITUENTS AND I'VE GOTTEN A FEW CALLS FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE PROVIDING THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AS MANY OF US KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN THE YOU PICK THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IT PROMISES TO DELIVER ON HIGH QUALITY CHOICES THAT ARE FREE OF COST TO BOSTON'S THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS. ANYONE WHO HAS ENTERED THE SYSTEM KNOWS THAT WE CALL OUR THREE YEAR OLD PROGRAM K ZERO.  OUR FOUR YEAR OLD PROGRAM IS K ONE AND THEN K TWO IS OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN WHICH IS IN KINDERGARTEN. SO THE BOSTON NEW PRE-K INCREASES THE NUMBER OF SEATS WHICH WE KNOW WE HAVE NEVER HAD ENOUGH SEATS FOR OUR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS IN THE SYSTEM AND IT IS A COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDERS THAT ARE OFFERING UP TO 992 SEATS. THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS IN OTHER PLACES ACROSS THE CITY . THIS ENCOMPASSES AN ADDITIONAL 2550 6K1 SEATS AND BEEPS FOR OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS WITHOUT DISABILITIES AND 880 K ZERO IN K ONE SEATS FOR OUR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT DO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I WAS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, AK1 TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS SO I TAUGHT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.  SO IF YOU ARE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A SPECIAL NEED IN YOUR FAMILY ALREADY HAS YOU ENROLLED IN THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON THE DAY OF YOUR THIRD BIRTHDAY YOU ARE GUARANTEED A SEAT AND BEEPS IN A CASE ZERO CLASSROOM AND FOR MANY STUDENTS THEY WOULD BE TAKING THAT SEAT. SO SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENTERING INTO THESE UP K SEATS ARE MAYBE ALREADY IDENTIFY WHY THAT'S SOMETHING I DO WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING THAT CHILDREN WHO AREN'T IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO THIS ARE IN A SCHOOL SETTING. THE TEACHERS AND OTHERS ARE NOTICING SOME DELAYS AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TESTING AND THEN NEEDING TO FIND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS . SO I DO WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. BUT AT SAME TIME WE HAVE CHRISTA MCSWAIN IN THE UK PROGRAM AT THIS HEARING SO WE CAN MAKE SURE ESPECIALLY AS ALWAYS WE TALK ABOUT HEADING INTO BUDGET SEASON THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY SO THAT NO CHILD IS LEFT WITHOUT SERVICES AND NO PARENT IS TOLD THAT SORRY WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE IN A SCHOOL, WE CAN'T PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUR CHILD. SO HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTION COMING OUT OF THAT SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THAT I SUSPEND. NO, YOU DID NOT HAVE A RIGHT ONE MOMENT. ONE MOMENT. I'LL PUT YOU MY COVER . I MEANT TO SUSPEND ROUTE 12 AT FIRST AND I WANT TO ADD COUNSELOR BREADON AND COUNSELOR WEBER AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS COUNSELOR BREADON AND AS IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNSELOR MURPHY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADDITION OF COUNSELOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNSELOR COUNSELOR WEBER SO ADDED COUNCILOR RIGHT FOR YOU YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW. OKAY AWESOME. COUNSELOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS UP.  YOU KNOW I HAVING RECENTLY VISITED HORIZONS FOR THE HOMELESS AND YEAH YOU KNOW IN JACKSON SQUARE YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE PRE-K SERVICES FOR EVERYONE ACROSS THE CITY AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS WAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED. I HAVE SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TOPIC OF OF OF YOUR FILING WHEN MY MY SON WAS IN FOURTH GRADE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AND HE WAS STRUGGLING IN MATH BUT HE WAS DENIED AN IEP AT HIS SCHOOL AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE NEED FOR SERVICES THAT THERE WERE THESE SORT OF BUREAUCRATIC BUREAUCRATIC HEADWINDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD WOULD BE PUSHING BACK ON US.  AND YOU KNOW, I VOWED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY ANY FAMILY THAT NEEDS SPECIAL SERVICES IN OUR CITY WOULD GET IT. HE HAS DEFINITELY ATONED AND HE'S GETTING THE SERVICES HE NEEDS NOW AND HE'S THRIVING AND I THINK ALL OF HIS TEACHERS PROVIDERS NOW BUT JUST TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE PUSHBACK IS SOMETHING THAT NEED TO YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR YOUNG FAMILIES HERE IN BOSTON ARE SUPPORTED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING ME TO THIS DOCKET. I WORKED FOR 16 YEARS AT PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND YOU KNOW I USED TO SPECIALIZE IN CARE OF THE ELDERLY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS WORKING WITH THEM WITH THE LITTLE KIDS AND DUE TO A QUIRKY CHANGE IN THE MEDICARE OF FUNDING IN 1997. SO I REALLY FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY OUR STUDENT OUR YOUNG LET'S CALL THEM CHILDREN CHILDREN WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS IDENTIFYING IDENTIFICATION EARLY WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE INFANTS AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO TRY AND IDENTIFY THE CHILDREN WHO NEED SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN HIT THEIR MILESTONES OR SUPPORT THEM TO REACH THEIR MILESTONES AND IDENTIFY THEIR IMPAIRMENTS OR THE NEEDS EARLY ON BECAUSE THEIR BRAIN IS EVOLVING. IT'S GROWING AND THAT'S THE MOMENT SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THE 0 TO 3 YEARS OLD SO THEY GET THEIR EARLY INTERVENTION AND THAT THEIR PARENTS ARE SUPPORTED TO A HELP THEM BUT THEN ALSO THEREAFTER IN THE TRANSITION INTO YUP'IK OR INTO SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THOSE STUDENTS IF THEY'RE IDENTIFIED, IF THEY'RE FIRST OF ALL IDENTIFY THEM BUT IF THEY'RE AND ALSO TO SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY DEVELOP THE READINESS SKILLS SO THAT WHEN THEY COME INTO A REGULAR CLASSROOM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUSION ALL ACROSS THE BOARD AND IN OUR SYSTEM AND THOSE READINESS SKILLS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT WHEN THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN COME TO A CLASSROOM WITH THEIR PEERS MANY ,MANY OTHER CHILDREN THAT THEY'VE GOT THE SKILLS AND THE SUPPORT TO SUCCEED AND HAVE THE READINESS SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR CLASS AND THAT THEY THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFULLY INCLUDED IN IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY TIMELY CONVERSATION TO HAVE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ABOUT INCLUSION AS WELL. SO THANK YOU CONSTABLE MURPHY AND CONSTABLE WEBER FOR INCLUDING ME . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CLASSROOM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES.  YES, EDUCATION IS MY THING AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PACK IT BACK IN HERE.  YOU KNOW, AS AS I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I STARTED A ORGANIZATION CALLED SEA PLAN, MANY YEARS AGO TO CREATE SPACE FOR PARENTS TO REALLY HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE. AND WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS THAT OFTENTIMES PARENTS WERE BEING REDIRECTED TO SO MANY DIFFERENT SPACES AND PLACES JUST TO GET SERVICES AND UNLESS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO WEALTH AND KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, YOUR KIDS WERE GOING TO END UP IN SITUATIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED TO BE IN. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS BOTH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY RIGHT.  AND FOR US TO REALLY RECOGNIZE WHERE ARE THE GAPS AND HOW WE CAN STAND IN THOSE GAPS AND WHAT ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT EXIST WHEN WHEN VP'S FORCES PARENTS RIGHT TO PLAY THE GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE TO SEE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING YOU DON'T GET UPSET. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY GET REAL AROUND ISSUES OF EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOST FOUNDATIONAL PART IS THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR CHILDREN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EARLY DETECTION BECAUSE NOTHING HURTS MORE THAN BEING BIG, NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD. SO I REALLY DO APPLAUD THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING TO THE TABLE AND AS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT SO WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE I'M NOT FEELING THIS WHOLE IDEA OF JUST PASSING A BUDGET AND YOU KNOW, JUST PASSING THINGS THROUGH JUST FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING A WIN. I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING DESERVE FOR US TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PARENTS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK HIS HAD COUNSELORS COLETTA DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN HERE FOR BEN SANTANA LAUREL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0651 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT NUMBER 0652 DUNCAN EMMA 065 TO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND SANTANA OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNSELOR WEBER AS AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR I SEE NO OBJECTION.  COUNSELOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR WEBER IS ADDED AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL PRESIDENT. LOUIJEUNE THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.  APRIL IS FAIR FAIR HOUSING MONTH THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 ALSO KNOWN AS THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON ON APRIL 11TH, 1968.  THIS LEGISLATION WAS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WITH THE EXPANSION OF EARLIER CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION IN THE SALE RENTAL AND FINANCING OF HOUSING BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, HANDICAP AND FAMILY STATUS.  TOMORROW WILL BE COMMEMORATING A VERY SOLEMN DAY WHICH WHAT IN WHICH ON TOMORROW APRIL 4TH, 1968 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATED AND THAT WAS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THIS ACT DR. KING HAD BEEN FIGHTING SPECIFICALLY FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IN HOUSING AND AFTER HE WAS KILLED PRESIDENT JOHNSON ENCOURAGED CONGRESS TO PASS A LAW QUICKLY AS A WAY TO HONOR DR. KING'S WORK IN LIFE AND ALSO MAKING HIM A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE LEGISLATION'S HISTORY. I WANT TO HONOR DR. KING IN THE WORK THAT HE DID IN HOUSING AND IN ALL AREAS AND WHAT WAS FOR THE SANITATION WORKERS. AND TOMORROW AS WE COMMEMORATE HIS ASSASSINATION AND WE ALSO MUST RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT HE HAS LEFT UNDONE EVEN AS THOSE TRIED TO PEEL BACK THE WORK OF PROGRESS.  THE ACTUAL ENACTMENT WAS ALSO DRIVEN BY THE BROADER SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE TIME INCLUDING THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM WAR CASUALTY IS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO FAMILIES WHO OFTEN CAME HOME FROM WAR AND FACED HOUSING DISCRIMINATION ADVOCACY BY ORGANIZATIONS AND LEGISLATORS UTILIZE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FROM SENATORS LIKE.  OUR VERY OWN EDWARD BROOKE IN OUR VERY OWN EDWARD KENNEDY WHO PLAYED CRUCIAL ROLES IN OVERCOMING CONGRESSIONAL RESISTANCE TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAW AND FROM THEN ON APRIL WAS NAMED FOR HOUSING MONTH. I FILED THIS RESOLUTION EACH YEAR TO REMIND US ALL THE IDEA THAT EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE TO LIVE WHERE THEY WANT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE FACE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND BARRIERS AND PLACING THEIR VOUCHERS OR IN BARRIERS IN TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY OR BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.  AND WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH PRACTICES OF BLOCKBUSTING, THROUGH PRACTICES OF REDLINING WHERE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE MARKET WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY PREVENT COMMUNITIES FROM LIVING TOGETHER. LOOK AT MATTAPAN, DORCHESTER, ROXBURY AND THE HISTORY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS OF JEWISH COMMUNITY WANT TO LIVE AS A BLACK COMMUNITY BUT PRIVATE COMMIT PRIVATE INTERESTS ALONG WITH GOVERNMENT PRACTICES REALLY PREVENTED THAT SORT OF INCLUSIVE LIVING THAT WE REALLY STRIVE FOR TODAY.  AND SO THOSE SAME ACTORS THE GOVERNMENT TOGETHER WITH BUILDERS, REALTORS AND ADVERTISERS MUST SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF FAIR HOUSING FAR AND WIDE. AND I WANT TO PICK UP BOB TERRELL IN OUR OWN OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING EQUITY FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING AND TRYING TO REALLY EDUCATE THOSE AROUND FAIR HOUSING ISSUES. THE FAIR HOUSING ACT IS A STEP TOWARDS MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS A FAIR CHANCE AT HAVING A HOME WHICH IS CELEBRATED PROMOTED EVERY YEAR SO THAT WE KEEP IMPROVING HOUSING EQUALITY MYSELF AND ONE OF MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR SANTANA ON APRIL EIGHTH ARE GOING TO HAVE A HEARING ON FAIR HOUSING AND IT'S GOING TO SPECIFICALLY ALLOW THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN INVESTING MORE IN THE OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUITY AND THE WORK THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY FOR THAT. I AM SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASS FOR THIS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY CO-SPONSORS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'M LOUIJEUNE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OFFER AND THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR PUTTING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.  I BELIEVE THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.  THE MOST BASIC STEP OF LIVING UP TO THAT VISION IS PREVENTING DIRECTORS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE RENTING OR BUYING A HOME,  GETTING A MORTGAGE OR SEEKING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.  AND AMAZING AND AMAZINGLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL CELEBRATE JUST 56 YEARS SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THIS LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION WHICH ESTABLISHED A LAW THIS MOST BASIC IDEA THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PURSUE A PLACE TO LIVE WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RACE COLOR NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, FAMILY STATUS, RELIGION OR DISABILITY NOT THAT ANYONE SHOULD HAVE ANY SPECIAL RIGHTS OR ACCESS JUST THAT THE PLAYING FIELD SHOULD BE LEVEL THE FAIR HOW THE FAIR HOUSING ACT IS WORTHY OF A CELEBRATION BUT WE CERTAINLY NEED TO DO MORE TO ENSURE THAT ENSURE A FAIR HOUSING FAIR PROTECTION FOR EVERYONE. AND HERE IN BOSTON WE'RE FORTUNATE TO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CITY AND STATE LAWS IN PLACE WHICH EXTEND PROTECTIONS AGAINST HOUSING DISCRIMINATION TO INCLUDE INCOME SOURCE INCLUDING HOUSING VOUCHERS AS WELL AS AGE MARSHALS STATUS VETERAN OR ACTIVE VOLUNTARY STATUS AND GENETIC INFORMATION AND OUR LOCAL LAWS ALSO INCLUDE EXPLICIT PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY WHICH IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL IN THIS ERA WHEN WE SEE INCREASING LEGISLATIVE ATTACKS AGAINST OUR LGBTQ Q PLUS COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY OUR TRANS NONBINARY AND GENDER EXPANSIVE SIBLINGS AND WHEN WE'VE SEEN JUST HOW FRAGILE OUR FEDERAL PROTECTIONS CAN BE. BUT WE KNOW JUST WHAT WE KNOW JUST HAVING A LAW ISN'T ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO ENFORCE IT TOO. AND DURING FAIR HOUSING MONTH WE REMEMBER THAT OUR FIGHT FOR HOUSING, EQUITY AND JUSTICE IS ONGOING DESPITE OUR LAWS. EVIDENCE CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS MADE WORSE BY OUR HOUSING CRISIS. HAVING TOO FEW HOMES AVAILABLE MEANS MORE COMPETITION APPLYING FOR APARTMENTS, MAKING OFFERS TO HOMES OR FINDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT MEANS LANDLORDS BUILDING MANAGERS, BROKERS AND OWNERS CAN DISREGARD APPLICATIONS FOR EVEN THE SLIGHTEST REASON KNOWING SOMEONE ELSE WAS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT BEHIND THEM.  WE'VE SEEN IN THE DATA HOW THIS PLAYS OUT WITH DISCRIMINATION BEING MORE COMMON ESPECIALLY AGAINST OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER HOLDERS IS PARTICULARLY RAMPANT. IN FACT A 2020 SUFFOLK LAW STUDY FOUND DISCRIMINATION IN 86% OF TESTS WITH HOUSING PROVIDERS IN GREATER BOSTON. EVERYONE DESERVES A HOME AND EVERYONE DESERVES A FAIR EVERYONE DESERVES FAIR ACCESS WHEN TRYING TO FIND ONE. IF YOU'VE BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY BY HOUSING PROVIDER YOU CAN GET HELP. CONTACT THE CITY OF BOSTON OR THE CITY OF BOSTON. OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUITY OR THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OR THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. THEY CAN HELP IF YOU'VE BEEN DENIED HOUSING CHARGE A HIGHER AMOUNT OF RENT OR FEES OR BEEN HARASSED BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT PROTECTED BY OUR LAWS.  NEXT MONDAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A HEARING ON ILLEGAL HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER DISCRIMINATION AND IMPROVING FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES IN BOSTON AND A COMBINATION OF A HEARING ORDERED SPONSORED BY MYSELF IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR WEBER AS WELL AS A HEARING ORDER SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL ZERO AND WRITTEN. I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO ENSURING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN BOSTON HAVE A FAIR SHOT WHEN TRYING TO FIND A HOME. I ASK MY COLLEAGUES COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION DECLARING APRIL TO BE FAIR HOUSING MONTH HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FARRELL AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS. YOU KNOW, HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IS JUST IT'S AN INSIDIOUS PRACTICE THAT NEVER GOES AWAY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OUT HERE IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, AS COUNCILOR SANTANA JUST HIGHLIGHTED, EVEN THE LAW WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS IS NOT WORTH MUCH IF THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT. AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ENFORCE OUR RULES AND DO OUR BEST TO COMBAT YOU KNOW, HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, HAVING A HOUSING VOUCHER OR EVEN A SEXUAL ORIENTATION. WE HAD TRANS VISIBILITY DAY HERE LAST WEEK AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TOO OFTEN MEMBERS OR A TRANS COMMUNITY ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN SEEKING HOUSING AND YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO OTHER GROUPS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SECURE HOUSING HERE IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK COUNCIL BRAIDING THE FLOOR JOYCE.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR OFFERING THIS FAIR HOUSING RESOLUTION. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE SEE IN OUR CITY IS NOT JUST ACCESS TO FAIR ACCESS TO THE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE BUT ALSO THE HOUSING WE BUILT. WE DO NOT BUILD ENOUGH HOUSING FOR FAMILIES. WE HAVE I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN AT MEETINGS WHERE THE DEVELOPER WILL ACTUALLY SAY WE SAY WHERE THE AMENITIES FOR FAMILIES WE GOT A PLAYGROUND.  WE'RE NOT GOING TO BET WE'RE NOT BUILDING FOR FAMILIES THAT'S TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL. WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL LIKE WE WONDERING WHY ARE ENROLLMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS IS FALLING, WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE CITY. IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO STAY IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE COST OF HOUSING AND THIS IN THE ACTUAL BUILDING OF HOUSING THERE'S THERE IS DISCRIMINATION IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SO THANKFULLY DUE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR EDWARDS AND THE AFFIRMATIVELY AND AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING IS PART OF OUR ZONING THOUGH. SO DEVELOPERS CANNOT SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD FOR FAMILIES. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO WATCH ALL THE ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING ENOUGH ENOUGH HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AND AND NONTRADITIONAL FAMILIES FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN SAFELY LIVE IN THE CITY AND NOT BE AND NOT BE DISPLACED. THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK?  I'LL SHARE A FEW WORDS. I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO BOB TYRRELL AND ALL HIS WORK. I'M ALSO JUST REMINDED OF THE BOOK THE COLOR OF LAW THAT OUTLINES THE HISTORY OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND ALSO JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MARVIN MARTIN IN THE ACTION FOR EQUITY AND THEIR FIGHT FOR ENTIRE DISPLACEMENT TOOLS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCIL CENTENNIAL OH WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE?  OUR COUNCIL BRADING CASA COLETTA CASA DURKIN CASA FINANCE ANDERSON CASA FITZGERALD CASA FLYNN CASIMIR HERE CASA MURPHY CASA PEPEN CASTLE LAUREL COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASA SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER SEATS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSES WITH DOCKET NUMBER 0652 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU, DUNCAN NUMBER 0652 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0653.0653 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLU ATION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE 3452 FRED HAMILTON VETERANS LOST RECORDS ACT. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTEMPLATED COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR OF VETERANS SERVICE AND MEDICAL RECORDS CRITICAL FOR THAT VETERAN TO RECEIVE VA BENEFITS.  BUT SOME OF OUR VETERANS HAVE HAD THEIR PERSONAL RECORDS LOST THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. IN 1973, A HORRIFIC FIRE AT THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER IN SAINT LOUIS DESTROYED THE RECORDS OF 16 MILLION ARMY AND AIR FORCE VETERANS.  AFTER THE FIRE, THE VA ESTABLISHED A PROCESS FOR THOSE IMPACTED WHICH ALLOWED VETERANS WHOSE RECORDS WERE LOST TO USE THE NEXT CLOSEST MEDICAL RECORD OR A BUDDY STATEMENT TO MEET THE BURDEN OF PROOF.  THIS PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION IS 345 SHOW THE FRED HAMILTON VETERANS LOST RECORD ACT WOULD EXPAND THAT PROCESS TO ALL VETERANS WHOSE RECORDS WERE LOST BY THE VA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.  THIS BILL WOULD ENSURE THAT ALL VETERANS WHOSE RECORDS WERE LOST BY THE VA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN CAN STILL RECEIVE THEIR EARNED VA BENEFITS.  THE BILL'S NAME REFERS TO FRED HAMILTON, AN AIR FORCE VETERAN WHO WAS EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE VIETNAM WAR.  HIS MILITARY TREATMENT RECORD ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS WERE LOST THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS OWN. AFTER BEING TRANSMITTED FROM THE DOD TO THE VA WHEN HE RETIRED FROM MILITARY SERVICE UNFORTUNATELY WITHOUT THESE RECORDS HE CANNOT PROVE HIS HEALTH CONDITIONS.  SERVICE CONNECTED SERVICE CONNECTED MEANS THAT A PARTICULAR VETERAN WOULD RECEIVE COMPENSATION DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY.  OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY HONORABLY AND THEY HAVE EARNED THESE BENEFITS THEY SHOULD NOT BE DENIED SERVICES OR HAVE TO FIGHT TO PROVE THEY ARE DISABILITIES. SERVICE CONNECTED DUE TO MISTAKES MADE BY THE VA AND THE DOD THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.  I HOPE WE CAN SUSPEND AND PASS THIS TODAY.  AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION FROM MASSACHUSETTS. WHY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IN D.C. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO INCLUDING SENATOR WARREN SENATOR MARKEY, CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AND CONGRESSMAN LYNCH. AND WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY DISCUSS THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION BUT WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF VETERANS RELATED ISSUES, ESPECIALLY ISSUES IMPACTING WOMEN, VETERANS AND HOMELESS VETERANS AS WELL. AGAIN, I HOPE WE CAN SUSPEND AND PASS THIS TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE HAD COUNCILORS BREADON AND COLETTA DURKIN AN ENGINEER AND FITZGERALD MEDIA MURPHY PREPARED SANTANA WEBER WORLD. PLEASE ALLOW THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0653. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSING NAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 0653 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBERS ARE 654 IN NUMBER 065 FOR COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ERNESTINE TO TINA SILVA AS IN HER ROLE AS A PIONEERING LEADER IN THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AND GUINEA BISSAU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON WHO HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN YOU ON THE FLOOR.  I THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, MR. CLERK FOR GIVING YOUR BEST EFFORT THERE TO DINNER.  CILLA. HER NAME IS ERNESTINA. URSULA WAS A FEARLESS SPIRIT AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO LIBERATION AND GENDER EQUALITY IN GUINEA-BISSAU IGNITED REALLY FIRE WITHIN ALL OF US.  I BRING HER TODAY TO THE COUNCIL TO HONOR HER BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF THOSE WOMEN WHO WAS A LEADER WITHIN HER OWN RIGHT AND REALLY IN THE NORTH FRONT DURING THE GUINEA-BISSAU WAR AGAINST PORTUGAL FOR INDEPENDENCE ECHOES THROUGHOUT HISTORY EMBODYING THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT FOR BOTH GUINEA-BISSAU AND CABO VERDE.  CATENA'S LEGACY TRANSCENDS HER MILITARY PROWESS.  SHE CHAMPIONED THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN WITHIN THE PAID PERIOD SAY OF PAY I SEE BLAZING IT FOR GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW.  DESPITE THE TRAGIC TRAGEDY OF HER UNTIMELY PASSING TO GINA'S MEMORY OR NOT PASSING BUT BEING ASSASSINATED, LOUISIANA'S MEMORY BURNS BRIGHTLY, IGNITING THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO HEAR HER STORY AND INSPIRING THEM TO FIGHT FOR A BETTER TOMORROW WITH FERVENT ADMIRATION AND DEEP RESPECT FOR ALL THAT SHE DID FOR CAPE VERDE AND GUINEA-BISSAU.  I AM ASKING HERE TODAY THAT WE HONOR HER HER EXTRAORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY AS A BEACON OF HOPE AND COURAGE FOR THE STRUGGLE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY FOR ALL WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD.  SHE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES AS YOU KNOW NEXT TO AUNTY HARRIET BUT IS NOT OFTEN RECOGNIZED AND I DON'T THINK OFTEN GETS THE FLOWERS THAT SHE DESERVES ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION PASS HERE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR ENERGY UNDERSTANDING FOR RECOGNIZING THIS FOR MOTHER FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DID IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND LITERALLY AROUND THE CONTINENT.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS GRAYDON COLETTA DURKIN FITZGERALD.  MEJIA. MURPHY. FABIEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR CALLS FOR AN ENGINEER SINCE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0654 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU TALK NUMBER 0654 HAS BEEN ADOPTED WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL? WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDER DUNCAN A0655 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL OF MURPHY PERSONNEL ORDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0655. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSING I THINK THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO GREEN SHEETS.  IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER. CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? HI I'D LIKE TO PULL 0534 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS. THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER FOR THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION SAID I'M COMING TO COMING HERE. SORRY , WHAT'S THE DOCKET NUMBER ONE MORE TIME 0534 AND THIS IS SOMEONE THAT WE JUST APPOINTED TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. SO NOW THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO FOR THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK, WILL YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION? DUNCAN NUMBER 0534 MESSAGE NO FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SONAM QU MY HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2025 THANK YOU. I HAVE ANOTHER GREEN SHEET ABSENT OBJECTION THAT MATTER IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANOTHER MATTER FROM THE GREEN SHEETS.  YES, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS ONE FIRST. OKAY. YEAH IT'S IT'S BETTER IF WE DO THAT. OKAY. SO COUNCILOR DURKIN, ARE YOU SEEKING FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0630634 YES 05305 OF DOCKET. OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION IS SEEKING PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0534. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I SHALL OPPOSE ANY. THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. IT'S A COURT. OH, THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  OKAY, I'M LOOKING SORRY . IT'S OH OH, I'D LIKE TO PULL 05050505 DOCKET NUMBER 0505 MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER IF YOU NEED A MINUTE TO GET IT.  I UNDERSTAND BUT WHAT YOU HAVE AND IF YOU COULD READ DOCKET NUMBER 0505 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCKET NUMBER 0505 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER APPROVING THE RECEIPT OF A PRESERVATION RESTRICTION ON THE FILE, THE CLERK FARM 47 NORFOLK STREET BOSTON, MASS. 02126 THE FILE CLERK FIRM HAS HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CITY AND THE OWNER FILE A CLERK LLC HAS CONVEYED A HISTORIC PRESERVATION RESTRICTION ON THE EXTERIOR FEATURES OF THE BUILDINGS AND SITE TO HISTORIC BOSTON INC. A LOCAL CHARITABLE CORPORATION.  THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE THEY'RE MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE THEIR LIGHTS ON IF YOU JUST SIGNAL IS IT ON THIS DOCKET OR IS IT ON ANOTHER MATTER? IT'S ON ANOTHER MATTER. THANK YOU. OKAY.  ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED IN THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY CONSIDER. CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THIS DOCKET IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PRESERVATION COMMUNITY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO THAT IT IS NOW PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. I'D LIKE TO YIELD TO THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PEPEN TO SPEAK TO THIS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BEDPAN COMES WITH A PEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THIS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT. IT IS OF GREAT IT'S GREAT IMPORTANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR MATTAPAN BECAUSE TO APPROVE THE DESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT OF PRESERVATION RESTRICTION ON THE FOWLER CLOCK FARM ON NORTH NORFOLK STREET IN MATTAPAN IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY HERE. THIS FARM IS THE EPITOME OF URBAN FARMING TEACHING LOCAL RESIDENTS THE BEAUTY OF FARMING BUT ALSO SERVING AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE EXEMPLIFYING ITS RICH HISTORY.  THE FALLOW CLARK FARM WAS BUILT IN THE YEAR 1786. IT IS OLDER THAN 200 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS VERY RARE PIECE OF LAND THAT YOU CANNOT FIND IN MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.  SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF PRESERVING THIS RICH HISTORY IN THE HEART OF MATTAPAN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PATRICK DURKIN BECAUSE OF DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR PIPPIN AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO APPROVE THIS DOCKET. 0505 TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0505. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 0505 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS PASSED HAS PASSED. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON COUNTRYMAN ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  CAN WE PULL DOCKET 0343 BUT WHAT COMMITTED TO A THREE FOURTH OF A FOR MY COMMITTEE OH SORRY ARTS AND CULTURE FROM ARTS AND CULTURE WE'LL GIVE THE CLERK A MINUTE TO ITS DOCKET. JUROR 303 MADAM CHAIR.  YES, SIR. 303 THANK YOU.  03433432343.  OKAY, YOU HAVE IT ON THE RICKETTS YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0343.  YEP. JUST WANT TO CONFIRM EVERYONE HAS IT BEFORE THEM. DOCKET NUMBER 0343. THANK YOU. MR CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS DOCKET NUMBER 0343 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $325,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE RED SOX ARTS AND PARKS PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE BOSTON RED SOX TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT ART ARTS PROGRAMING, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PARKS OPERATIONS ACROSS BOSTON.  THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AS A CHAIR OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, I'D LIKE TO FOR MY COLLEAGUES TODAY TOO ARE ASKING FOR PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET.  THE COMMUNITY IN FENWAY NEEDS TO GRAB AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, EMPHASIZING THE NEED THROUGH EXAMINATION OF ITS ALLOCATION AND PROPOSING THAT IT IS RECEIVE, SUSPEND AND PASS TODAY AS A AS I MENTIONED, THIS APPROACH ENSURES THAT RESOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY AND THAT CRITICAL FUNDING DECISIONS ARE MADE WITHIN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND IMPASSE TO GET THIS FUNDING ALLOCATED ALLOCATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CONCERT DURKAN CONCERT DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR FOR PUSHING FOR US TO TAKE THIS FORWARD TODAY DESPITE THE GLOBAL RECOGNITION OF THE RED SOX TEAM, OUR HOMETOWN TEAM STILL HAS THE GREATEST IMPACT HERE IN BOSTON AND THIS THIS GRANT MONEY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTS AND CULTURE WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THE BALLPARK SUSTAIN ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY LIKE ACCESS AND THESE SORRY LIKE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND BASEBALL GREAT BASIC QUALITY OF LIFE CONDITIONS WITH THE EXPANSION OF BALLPARK PROGRAMING TO A MINIMUM OF 12 CONCERTS EACH YEAR, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE RED SOX REMAIN A GOOD NEIGHBOR BY AMONG OTHER THINGS, PROVIDING THESE ONGOING GRANTS. I'M SO HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE FENWAY COMMUNITY WITH COUNCILOR TONYA FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO UNDERSTAND THE BEST USES OF THESE FUNDS AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THIS NECESSARY ANNUAL GRANT FROM THE RED SOX. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR THE ENGINEERS IN THE CHAIR OF ARTS COMMITTEE SEEKS SUSPENSION SEATS FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0343. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO S.A. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 040343 HAS PASSED . IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE TWO LATE FILED MATTERS NOT KENTUCKY JENNIFER OAK, TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS AND FOUR CONSENT AGENDAS WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LETHAL MATTER SAY I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY TAKE THE LEAP OUT MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK PLEASE READ THE FIRST LIGHT BROWN MATTER INTO THE RECORD FOR A SLATE FILE AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL ORDER FOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR DERRICK THE CHAMBERS FOR PASSAGE OF THIS LETHAL MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE ALL OPPOSING IT. THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, PLEASE VIEW THE NEXT EXCELLENT FORMAT INTO THE RECORD SECOND LIFE FILED MATTER FOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR DIRK IN PERSONNEL ORDER THE CHAIRMAN IS FOR PASSAGE OF THIS SLAVE MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSING. THANK YOU.  THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS PERSONAL ORDER HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, PLEASE REMAIN ACTUALLY FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD FOR CONSENT THERE ARE FOUR CONSENT AGENDA MATTERS AS LAID BY US ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE ALL OPPOSING NAY THESE LATE FINAL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. OH, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE FOUR ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT WE HAVE JUST ADOPTED.  THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I TAKE YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY EVENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE PLEASE DO SO HERE. IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HONOR WE'LL DO THAT IN THE MEMORIAM SECTION I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR AND SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LARRY POLSON, THE FATHER OF MY CHIEF OF STAFF. ON THIS FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE THE GREEK FLAG RAISING.  WE WILL SEE OUR VERY OWN PLAQUE THERE HELPING US TO RAISE THE FLAG THAT WILL BE AT 1130 AT CITY HALL PLAZA AND THEN THE PARADE THE GREEK PARADE IS ON SUNDAY MR QUICK STARTING AT NOON AT ONE BEGINNING BOYLSTON STREET IN THE PUBLIC AT THE BOYLSTON STREET NEAR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SO WE EVERYONE IS INVITED TO PLEASE ATTEND.  THERE WILL ALSO BE A PARADE THIS SATURDAY BEGINNING AT 230 AT THE BOSTON AT BOSTON COMMON FOR OUR OUR CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS THAT INCLUDES CHARLESTOWN THAT INCLUDES NEW MISSION THAT INCLUDES CATHEDRAL THAT INCLUDES BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL FOR OUR BASKETBALL TEAMS AND OUR HOCKEY TEAM. SO COME ON COME ALL IN. I KNOW NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL ALSO BE HONORING SOME OR ALL OF OUR TEAMS AS WELL IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT.  I AM WORKING WITH CITGO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FIVE LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THE STEPPING STRONG CENTER FOR THE KENMORE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND WE ARE ANNOUNCING TODAY A ONE MILE TO GO BLOCK PARTY WHICH WILL BE HOSTED ON BEACON STREET ON MARATHON MONDAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF CORN WALLS.  THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND THIS FIRST EVER PARTY FOR THE PEOPLE IN AND TO HONOR THE SPIRIT OF THE MARATHON AT A KEY MILESTONE IN THE FINAL MILE ALONG THE MARATHON ROUTE AND KENMORE SQUARE AGAIN THIS IS MARATHON MONDAY APRIL 15TH FROM 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. THE FIRST EVER BLOCK PARTY WILL INCLUDE A POP UP BEER GARDEN, A FAMILY ZONE LAWN GAMES DEEJAY TONY CLARK FROM BIG NIGHT WILL BE THERE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH FROM BLEACHER SEATING.  OTHER THAN THE MARATHON FINISH LINE THERE WILL BE A NEW LOCATION FOR MARATHON MONDAY AND THERE WILL BE A JUMBOTRON OF THE MARATHON FINISH LINE SPECTATORS COMING FROM HOTEL COMMONWEALTH AND THE RED SOX GAME CAN ACCESS THE BLOCK PARTY ON BEACON STREET THROUGH THE TUNNEL GAP WITHIN KENMORE SQUARE, GREEN STREET LINED STATIONS AND VERY SOON ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO REPRESENT THE FENWAY WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM ME , MY OFFICE AND SECO INVITING YOU TO TAKE PART IN A SPECIAL WAY IN THIS HISTORIC AND REALLY EXCITING DAY SO REALLY EXCITED THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.  I'M HOPING TO SEE SOME OF YOU THERE AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A REALLY EXCITING MOMENT FOR THE CITY AND I HOPE WE'LL ALL TAKE PART. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN I'D ALSO LOVE IF YOU SEND THAT INFORMATION AROUND SO THAT WE HAVE IT THAT WOULD BE GREAT OR WE CAN SEND IT. YOU CAN TALK TO MY OFFICE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS IT OUT. GET SET OF COURSE WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST QUICKLY THE SATURDAY IS THE PARKWAY LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY AND PARADE IN WEST ROXBURY.  IT'S A IT'S A BIG EVENT. IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, GO TO PARKWAY LITTLE LEAGUE,  DAWG. I HOPE TO SEE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THERE ALSO ON FRIDAY AT THE DRAWDOWN BREWERY AND EGGLESTON SQUARE 2 TO 2 WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS THAT HAS A FOCUS ON WOMEN'S SPORTS AND FRIDAY NIGHT I THINK IS THE FINAL FOUR OF THE WOMEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW SCHOOL, YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO BE ROOTING FOR CAITLIN CLARK AND THE HAWKEYES AND I WILL BE THERE FOR THE FINAL I THINK IS ON MONDAY ALSO JUST I KNOW IT ALREADY PASSED BUT YESTERDAY I GOT TO SPEND THAT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR SKILLS AT THE GERMAN CENTER. SHE TURNED 106.  SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AMAZING. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WHEREVER WE LOVE DRAW DOWN AND SO WE WILL BE THERE WITH YOU.  DID YOU HAVE A START TIME FOR THE PARKWAY LITTLE LEAGUE? IS THAT AT NOON?  I BELIEVE IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S AT NOON BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S IT'S 11 TO NOON. I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR WEBER.  ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR BREADON INCARCERATED. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE TO REMEMBER JOHN MORAN WHO IS THE FATHER OF MAJORITY LEADER MICHAEL MORAN AND WISH TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO MICHAEL AND ALL OF HIS FAMILY. JOHN MORAN WAS A STALWART AND VERY PROUD FATHER AND AN IMMIGRANT FROM IRELAND AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME TO THE OLD COUNTRY LAST THIS LAST YEAR AND JUST A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME. SO WE WOULD JUST EXTEND OUR SYMPATHIES TO THE MORAN FAMILY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAID IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTA CONSTABLE COLETTI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  TODAY WE ARE ADJOURNING IN MEMORIAM OF SOMEBODY WHO IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED QUITE YET WHO LOST THEIR LIFE IN A SINGLE ARM FIRE YESTERDAY. IN EAST BOSTON.  I JUST WANT TO SEND OUT MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHIES TO THAT FAMILY AND THE FAMILY OF A GIRL WHO IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION RIGHT NOW. I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THERE AND SO I HEARD THE MULTIPLE SIRENS GO PAST AND I WAS THERE AT 530 IN THE MORNING WITNESSING THE HEROISM OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO AND SEEING YESTERDAY THEM LITERALLY SAVING THIS GIRL'S LIFE. I JUST FELT LIKE I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT IN THE FLOOR AND JUST THANK THEM PERSONALLY. OF COURSE, PLEASE KEEP EVERYBODY IN YOUR PRAYERS. THERE WERE 30 PEOPLE THAT WERE ALSO DISPLACED.  AND YOU KNOW, IN MOMENTS OF DARKNESS THERE IS ALWAYS LIGHT. THE EAST BOSTON COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TO TO SUPPORT THESE FAMILIES. WE'VE CREATED A LINK THROUGH THE EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTER WHICH IS A TRUST ORGANIZATION OF 523 TO HELP THESE FAMILIES GET ON THEIR FEET.  AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK BONO WHO HELPED KID HER LUNCH YESTERDAY. IT'S A RESTAURANT IS BOSTON I THINK A LOCAL HOTEL THAT I WON'T NAME FOR THE PRIVACY OF FOLKS FOR GIVING THESE FAMILIES A BLOCK SO THAT THEY COULD STAY IN EAST BOSTON.  MODERATE SENATOR EDWARDS AND THE EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTER IS BOSTON MUTUAL AID AND JUST PLEASE CONSIDER SHARING THIS LINK AND LETTING FOLKS KNOW ABOUT IT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HELP THESE FAMILIES AND PLEASE KEEP THE TWO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE LOSS AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CUT AND THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THE FAMILY AND IN THE LIFE THAT WAS LOST AND FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS . THE CHAIR I CAN I JUST CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LARRY LUCCHINO PASSED AWAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT CEO OF THE BOSTON RED SOX YESTERDAY FROM CANCER AT 78. HE HAD SURVIVED THREE PREVIOUS CANCER SCARES AND WAS THE PRESIDENT AND WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JIMMY FUND, THE CHARITABLE PHILANTHROPY ORG THAT THAT DOES SO MUCH IN OUR CITY FOR DANA-FARBER. HIS COMMITMENT TO PHILANTHROPY WAS UNPARALLELED AND I THOUGHT I WOULD READ THREE QUOTES FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM.  MAY HE REST IN PEACE. THIS IS FROM JOHN HENRY. LARRY'S CAREER UNFOLDED LIKE A PLAYBOOK OF TRIUMPHS MARKED BY TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENTS THAT RESHAPED BASEBALL AND BALLPARK DESIGN ENHANCE AND ENHANCE THE FAN EXPERIENCE ENGINEERED THE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WHEREVER HIS PATH LED HIM AND ESPECIALLY IN BOSTON. YET PERHAPS HIS MOST ENDURING LEGACY LIES IN THE REMARKABLE PEOPLE HE HELPED ASSEMBLE AT THE BOSTON RED SOX ALL OF WHOM ARE A TESTAMENT TO HIS TRAINING ,WISDOM AND MENTORSHIP. AND THIS IS FROM LARRY LUCCHINO, HIS FAMILY. TO US, LARRY WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL PERSON WHO COMBINED A HALL OF FAME LIFE AS A MAJOR AS A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL EXECUTIVE WITH HIS PASSION FOR HELPING THOSE MOST IN NEED. HE BROUGHT THE SAME PASSION TENACITY AND PROBING INTELLIGENCE TO ALL OF HIS ENDEAVORS AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.  AND LASTLY FROM SAM KENNEDY, THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE RED SOX. THERE ARE SO MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A START IN BASEBALL BY LARRY. HE INSTILLED IN US AND SO MANY OTHERS A WORK ETHIC, PASSION, COMPETITIVE FIRE THAT WE WILL FOREVER CARRY.  HIS LEGACY IS ONE THAT ALL OF US WHO ARE TAUGHT BY HIM FEEL A DEEP RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD. NOT ONLY DID HE BRING BOSTON THREE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS EVERY SINGLE CITY HE VISITED HAD THAT SAME SUCCESS AND MAY TO THE RED SOX FAMILY.  MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSIDER KEN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO MY GOOD FRIEND FROM SOUTH BOSTON, BERNIE CALVERT, WHO WAS A MEMBER AND LONGTIME LEADER IN THE COMMONS IN THE METEOR UNION.  HE PASSED AWAY. HE WAS ALSO A PROUD FATHER WHO IS ALSO A PROUD MARINE ACTIVE IN SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SPORTS INCLUDING SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH HOCKEY. HE WAS MY NEIGHBOR SOUTH BOSTON A WONDERFUL MAN. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FATHER.  HE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR COUNTRY AND HE WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. CASTRO FLYNN TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BREADON AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . JOHN MORAN, FATHER OF LEADER AND REPRESENTATIVE MIKE MORAN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR COLETTA EAST BOSTON FIRE VICTIM AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM DELAHUNT ON BEHALF OF COUNCILORS DURKIN AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL LARRY LUCCHINO, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SOX ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR COLETTA CAPTURE LOUIJEUNE AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . JOHN DENIS O'BRIEN, WHO WAS THE DEDICATED AND STEADFAST FATHER AND VOCIFEROUS NEWSPAPER READER HIMSELF THE FATHER OF TOM O'BRIEN.  AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE DR. JEANNE PEREZ.  AND IS THERE A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE?  THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL TEN, 2024 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE COUNCIL SYNAGOGUE STENOGRAPHER IDA ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. PLEASE SAY THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED FOR