##VIDEO ID:RGPfzQHrORo## . GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.  I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON GLOBE. FORD'S CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM COUNCILOR BREED? YES. COUNCIL A OF COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SANDERSON OF COUNCILOR DURKAN HERE. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. IF COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR WEBER HERE IN COUNCILOR WORRELL OF QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT OF COURSE IS PRESENT.  IT'S ALSO ALSO GREAT TO HAVE OUR 14 COUNCILOR MAKE YEAR WITH US. SO WELCOME BACK, MIKE. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY MATTHEW THOMPSON JUNIOR FROM JUBILEE CHRISTIAN CHURCH INVITED BY COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YOU HAD THE FLOOR AND AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE AND GOOD.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M HONORED TODAY TO INTRODUCE AND YOU CAN COMMENT ABOUT UP HERE MINISTER MATTHEW KEITH THOMPSON JUNIOR FROM JUBILEE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN MATTAPAN MR CATH MATTHEW KEITH GEORGE THOMPSON JUNIOR A YOUTH PASTOR FOR JUBILEE CHRISTIANS CHURCH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS MINISTRIES CALLED CITYWIDE AND INFLUENCE CITY WIDE FOCUSES ON EMPOWERING YOUTH THROUGH A MENTORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WHILE INFLUENCE INFLUENCE WORKS TO INSPIRE YOUNG ADULTS TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. BOTH MINISTRIES EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND ENGAGE CIVICALLY.  MINISTER THOMPSON IS A 24 YEAR OLD BASKETBALL PLAYER. SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE AND HUSBAND TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE OF ONE YEAR BRIANNA THOMPSON. HIS YOUTH MINISTRY HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF YOUTH. AS HE DOES HIS BEST TO NOT ONLY PRESENT THE GOSPEL TO YOUNG PEOPLE BUT ALSO GIVE IT A SAFE SPACE TO HEAL, HAVE FUN AND BE THEMSELVES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MINISTER THOMPSON OVER A MONTH AGO WHERE WE SPENT MUCH OF OUR TIME DISCUSSING THE VITAL NEED TO EQUIP OUR YOUTH WITH RESOURCES AND SAFE SPACES AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY ON THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN OUR YOUTH. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT BY INVESTING IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WE INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU MINISTER, FOR JOINING US TODAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR WORDS OF INSPIRATION.  GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I'M SUPER HONORED TO BE HERE. I KNOW HENRY JUST SAID THAT I'M 23. I'M ACTUALLY 24 BUT STILL AT 24 YEARS OLD TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AS A MINISTER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT I LOVE WHICH IS YOUNG PEOPLE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY. TODAY IS ACTUALLY THE DAY THAT MY CHURCH CELEBRATES 42 YEARS OF MINISTRY ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS. WE'VE BEEN DOING MINISTRY IN MATTAPAN. MY GRANDFATHER STARTED THE CHURCH 42 YEARS AGO AND THIS IS THE EXACT DAY THAT WE CELEBRATE IT AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONFERENCE THIS ENTIRE WEEK THAT WILL JUST BE CELEBRATING 42 YEARS OF MINISTRY IN JUST IT JUST REMINDED ME THAT NOTHING HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT, THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS ON PURPOSE THAT THE DAY THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE THE GENERATIONAL BLESSING THAT GOD GIVES TO ALL OF US IS ALSO THE DAY THAT I GET TO COME HERE AT 24 YEARS OLD. I'M THE YOUNGEST OF FOURTH FIFTH GENERATION PASTOR ACTUALLY AND BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND SPEAK WITH YOU ALL WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW WE LOOK IN THE BIBLE WE SEE FATHER ABRAHAM. NORMALLY WHEN YOU SEE IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS THAT IT IS THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM WHERE GOD IS THE GOD OF ABRAHAM. WHENEVER YOU SEE THAT IT ACTUALLY IS TALKING ABOUT GOD IS THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB BECAUSE GOD IS A GOD OF GENERATIONS, NOT JUST ONE GENERATION. AND ONE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT CITY COUNCILOR HENRY IS THAT HE CAME TO ME SAYING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY CHURCH HAS ALWAYS DONE THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD A VISION THAT IT WOULDN'T JUST BE HIS GENERATION THAT WOULD BE TOUCHED BUT IT WOULD BE EVERY GENERATION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE BLESSED. AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE AND KNOW THAT OUR CITY DOESN'T JUST CARE ABOUT ONE GENERATION BUT EVERY GENERATION. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET'S PRAY DIFFERENTLY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU BEFORE WE ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING. WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. WE THANK YOU THAT THE SUN ROSE UP THIS MORNING. WE THANK YOU THAT THERE'S BREATH INSIDE OF OUR LUNGS. WE THANK YOU THAT WE GET STAND HERE TODAY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THIS CITY, IN ORDER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO GO DOWN IN ORDER TO STAND HERE SAYING THAT WE LOVE THE CITY OF BOSTON GOD IT SAYS IN YOUR WORD THAT WE LOVE BECAUSE YOU FIRST LOVED US AND SO BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE WE GET TO DEMONSTRATE LOVE IN OTHER PLACES AND NOT JUST LOVE FOR OUR OWN GENERATION BUT LOVE FOR EVERY SINGLE GENERATION. LORD, WILL YOU HELP US TODAY AS WE TALK? WILL YOU HELP US TODAY AS WE LISTEN TO NOT JUST BE A MULTIGENERATIONAL CITY BUT AN INTERGENERATIONAL CITY? LORD WE DON'T WANT JUST POCKETS OF GENERATIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE WANT EVERY GENERATION TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WE CAN LEARN AND WE CAN GROW TOGETHER. AND SO GOD, WILL YOU JUST DO WHAT ONLY YOU CAN DO AND WE PRAY ALL OF THIS IN YOUR SON'S NAME IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU. WELL, NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA AND THANK YOU, MINISTER MATT. YOUR CHURCH INDEED HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT BEACON FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF GROWING UP AND WE THANK YOU AND YOUR CHURCH FOR THE GENERATIONS OF LEADERSHIP YOUR FAMILY HAS PROVIDED.  MR. CLERK, IF WE COULD PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELOR GABRIELA COLETTA ZAPATA IS NOW WITH US.  THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TWO PRESENTATIONS. TODAY WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FOR MYSELF AND COUNCILWOMAN HERE RECOGNIZING THE FOUNDERS OF SHAKIRA STORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CONSULTING.  SO IF COUNCILWOMAN HERE WILL JOIN ME UP AND SHAKIRA AND TEAM IF YOU'LL JOIN ME UP AS WELL.  I'LL START READING YOUR INCREDIBLE BIO SHAKIRA ROBINSON ,A MOTHER OF THREE, GRADUATED SUMMA LAUDE FROM RAP RASMUSSEN UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 21 WITH A B.S. IN CRIMINOLOGY JUSTICE WITH A FOCUS ON MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. SHAKIRA HAS SINCE RETURNED WHERE SHE'S RECEIVED RECENTLY HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH IN 2004. SHAKIRA GRADUATE AS A PRESIDENT OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM AT BAY STATE COLLEGE WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.  ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY RUNS IN HER BLOOD. SHE IS HERSELF A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IT'S TWO OF THE MANY HATS SHE WEARS BOTH AS A VICTIM AND A SURVIVOR. SHE'S KNOWN FOR OPTIMISM AND CHARISMA AND CHARISMA THAT SHE IS.  FRIENDS WOULD SAY THAT DESPITE HER LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT AND TV, SHE IS A BEACON OF HOPE AND POSITIVITY TO THOSE SURVIVING THESE TRAUMATIC EVENTS.  THESE LIVED EXPERIENCES QUALIFY HER AS AN EXPERT IN DV THE DV PANDEMIC THAT PLAGUES COMMUNITIES ACROSS ALL SECTORS. TODAY WE'RE RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS WE DID LAST YEAR AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. I COULD THINK OF NO ONE BETTER THAN SHAKIRA TO HAVE HERE THIS MONTH. THIS YEAR I HAD THE HONOR OF JOINING HER AT HER MOTHER'S DAY FOR SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WE ON THE COUNCIL HAD DECLARED MAY 11TH MAY 13TH, MAY DAY WHERE WE RECOGNIZE DANGER.  NICOLE JENKINS, SOMEONE WHO HAD PASSED FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WE RECOGNIZED MIMI AND HER FAMILY FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE AN ADVOCACY TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TO ALSO BRING HEALING AND LOVE TO THEIR FAMILIES. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO THIS BIO BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SHAKIRA, FOR ALL OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU DO FROM YOUR HEART FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. I REMEMBER THAT I I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD AND LEARNED OF WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR NAME AND THE POWER WHICH YOU BRING TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. SO AS WE RAISE AWARENESS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I AM HONORED TO HAVE SHAKIRA WITH US HERE AND THE INCREDIBLE FOUNDERS OF SHAKIRA'S STORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSULTING.  I'M NOW GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO A COUNCILOR MEJIA TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND LITERALLY I GOT ONE MINUTE SO PUT THE CLOCK ON. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. SHAKIRA I ACTUALLY MET HER OVER I BELIEVE TEN YEARS AGO AND SOMEONE HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AROUND DOING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKSHOP AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT STEPPING TO THE SIDE AND GIVING THE MICROPHONE TO OTHER PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN AMPLIFY THEIR STORIES.  AND I VOLUNTEERED SHAKIRA WITHOUT TELLING HER BUT I RECOMMENDED THAT SHE BE THE ONE TO DO THE WORKSHOP AND IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY FELT DEEP IN MY HEART THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS PROFOUND HEART THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS PROFOUND LIVED EXPERIENCE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE BEST SUITED TO REALLY ADVOCATE AND CREATE SPACE AND SINCE THEN I HAVE SEEN SHAKIRA GO FROM A WORKSHOP LEADER TO A CONFERENCE A GO GETTER TO NOW HAVING HER OWN BUSINESS AND REALLY UPLIFTING THE STORIES AND CHAMPIONING THIS WORK NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT STATEWIDE AND REALLY MOVING POLICY IN WAYS THAT MEETS THE MOMENT.  SO SHAKIRA, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HONOR YOU TODAY.  GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL ROOTSY AND COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HONORING OUR TEAM WITH THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION TODAY. WE ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE ADVOCATES, ALLIES, VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR TEAM IS GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR SISTER ORGANIZATIONS.  TRACK EMPHATIC EMAIL MRI RESPONDING.  THE LOWER ROXBURY COALITION OF WELLNESS INITIATIVE SEVEN HILLS FOUNDATION COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS COALITION THE MASSACHUSETTS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. JANE DOE. JANE DOE AS WELL STOXX 617 FOLLOW SUIT THE MIMI MOVEMENT DAY THE STAR WITNESS BEYOND THE TABLE AND COUNTLESS OTHERS AS WE CELEBRATE THIS FORMAL THE CITY'S FORMAL RECOGNITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. WE WANT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS WHO EITHER FEEL AND FEEL SILENCE UNSEEN, UNHEARD, UNSUPPORTED. AND TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR VOICE WHILE NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF MULTIPLE SYSTEMS, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU. WE UPLIFT YOU, WE ARE WITH YOU. WE WILL ALWAYS AMPLIFY YOUR VOICES IN EVERY ROOM.  YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCES DO NOT DEFINE YOU AND THAT THEY ARE NOT THE FINAL CHAPTERS OF YOUR STORY. YOUR VOICES AND IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN REIMAGINE A WORLD FREE FROM ABUSE ARE INVALUABLE AND THAT WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN THIS MOVEMENT TO BE THE CHANGES THAT WE SEEK. DOMESTIC ABUSE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE LIVES OF THOSE IT AFFECTS. IT EXASPERATES THE SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC POLICIES DESIGNED TO PROTECT VICTIMS AND IS A MULTIFACETED BARRIER FOR MANY WHO ARE MEETING THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH MUST INCLUDE THE VOICES OF SURVIVORS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INTERVENTION, PREVENTION AND SUSTAINABILITY AS IT RELATES TO ADDRESSING THE HARMS CAUSED BY INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT CULTURAL HUMILITY IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THE HARMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE. IT IS OUR MISSION TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, SUBGROUPS WHILE FOSTERING INDIVIDUALITY IN OUR EFFORTS TO DISRUPT THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL TRAUMA. AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR TAKING A STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH SURVIVORS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. TODAY WE STAND TOGETHER AS WE CLOSE THE GAPS ON HOW VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS ARE SEEN ON A MUNICIPAL LEVEL. THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY COUNCILS. TOMORROW WE WILL REMEMBER THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US AS WE EXERCISE OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MUSCLES THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS. WITH A COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT APPROACH AS WE HARNESS THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE THROUGH ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTO THE FUTURE TO THE FUTURE ABUSE PREVENTION ADVOCATES AND ALLIES.  MAY WE UNITE AND ALWAYS LEAVE THE LIGHT ON SUCH THAT THE UPCOMING TRAILBLAZERS TRAILBLAZERS MAY SEE IT AND CONTINUE TO RESTORE HOPE AND JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS IN DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH OF ALL SECTORS TO BOSTON TO THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. ALL RISE IN RECOGNITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU AND SHARE IF YOU COULD STAY HERE WE HAVE THIS CITATION. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT MOTHER'S DAY EVENT THE WAY THAT YOU MADE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS FEEL SEEN AND APPRECIATED AND LOVED YOU ARE A FORCE OF NATURE IN THIS CITY.  ON USING YOUR PAIN AND YOUR EXPANSION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND REALLY TEACHING US HOW WE NEED TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES. SO THIS IS A CITATION IN OCTOBER DURING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION PRESENTED BY ME AND COUNTRY AT LARGE JULIA MEJIA. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR TIRELESS ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOUNDING OF SECURITY STORY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSULTING AND COACHING AND OFFERING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO THOSE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THE NAMES OF THE CO-FOUNDERS KAYLEE, ADRIANA, VLADIMIR AND DONALD OSGOOD WHO WE ALL KNOW AND DANIEL DANIEL DRUMMOND AND ALSO SHOUT OUT TO TASHA THE SECRETARY. WE HAVE CITATIONS FOR YOU AS WELL AND FOR DONALD. HERE YOU GO. ALL OF YOUR WORK IN CO-FOUNDING SHAKIRA STORY TO YOU. KAYLEE THANK YOU. AND THEN IT COMES TO MEJIA THESE ARE FOR THE OTHERS. AND SO IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE MY COLLEAGUES JOIN US FOR A PHOTO.  COME ON.  YEAH, MY FACEBOOK WIRE SELLERS AND FRIENDS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHEN?  EXCUSE ME . THERE IS NO THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN FROM THE AUDIENCE.  THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN THE AUDIENCE. THERE IS THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN THE AUDIENCE. I WANT TO THANK YOU SHOULD HEAR A STORY. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSULTING AND COACHING. THERE IS NO THIS IS MY THIS IS A WARNING THAT THERE IS NO SPEAKING IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.  THERE IS NO SPEECH. THERE IS NO SPEAKING DURING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THERE IS NO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN CHAMBERS THERE IS NO SPEAKING. THIS IS THE SECOND WARNING YOU ARE. WE WILL HAVE TO REMOVE YOU FROM CHAMBERS IF YOU CONTINUE TO SPEAK. THERE IS NO SPEAKING FROM THE AUDIENCE.  THERE IS NO SPEAKING FROM MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. WE ARE IN RECESS.  THAN A WHILE THERE IS NO SPEAKING OR DISRUPTING CITY COUNCIL MEETING.  WE ARE IN RECESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MORALE IS NOW PRESENTED WITH US? YES.  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2024.  ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL ALL OPPOSE ANY COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SO I OBJECT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING ARE INCORRECT BECAUSE OF A TROUBLING PATTERN OF NON RESPONSIVENESS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REGARDING OUR REQUEST FOR ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. DESPITE MY INITIAL REQUEST THREE WEEKS AGO FOR DOCUMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S MEMO RELATED TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AT WHITE STADIUM IN A FOLLOW UP LAST WEEK MY OFFICE IN THIS BODY HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR IGR AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 17 F OF CHAPTER FOUR OR 52 OF THE ACT OF 1948. THE MAYOR IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO RESPOND TO OUR INQUIRIES IN A TIMELY MANNER BY ALLOWING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IGNORE THE CITY CHARTER THE LAWS THAT ARE NOT MERE GUIDELINES AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE WHIMS OF ANY ADMINISTRATION WE UNDERMINE THE VERY FOUNDATION OF OUR GOVERNANCE. THE CHARTER GRANTS US AS COUNCILORS THE LIMITED POWER WE POSSESS AND THE MAYOR'S ONGOING INACTION IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THESE LAWS. THIS LACK OF ADHERENCE TO ESTABLISHED PROTOCOL IS NOT ONLY FRUSTRATING BUT FUNDAMENTALLY UNDERMINES OUR EFFECTIVENESS AS A COUNCIL AND OUR DUTY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY INFORMATION. I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ALSO FILE A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST.  IT IS DISHEARTENING THAT AS A COUNCILOR I SHOULD HAVE TO RESORT TO SUCH MEASURES TO RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT IS RIGHTFULLY OURS AND CLEARLY OUTLINED IN THE CITY CHARTER IN AN ARTICLE ON JUNE 11TH 2020. THEN COUNCIL A MAYOR WHO WAS QUOTED AFTER SHE HAD FILED THE 17 F AT YESTERDAY'S BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE COUNCIL VOTED TO ADVANCE AN INTERNAL 17 F ORDER AS IT IS TECHNICALLY CALLED THAT I FILED. THIS IS A REQUEST THAT THE CITY CHARTER GIVES TO THE CITY COUNCIL A POWER THAT CHARGES MR QUINN TO REQUEST INFORMATION SO SURROUNDING THE DEADLINE BY 700 I'LL KEEP GOING.  I'LL SPEAK LAW. MOREOVER, THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED TO DISREGARD MY REQUESTS COUPLED WITH THEIR FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE THE REASONS FOR THESE DELAYS REFLECTS A BROADER DISREGARD FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS BEHAVIOR ERODES PUBLIC TRUST AND SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. I URGE THE MAYOR TO PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE EXPLANATION FOR THIS UNACCEPTABLE DELAY AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR REQUESTS ARE MET WITH THE URGENCY THEY DESERVE MOVING FORWARD. GIVEN THE CONTINUED SILENCE AND LACK OF COMPLIANCE, I FEEL COMPELLED TO INVOKE OUR SUMMONS POWER UNDER CHAPTER 233 SECTION EIGHT TO COMPEL A RESPONSE. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE UPHOLD THE LAWS THAT GOVERN OUR CITY AND RESTORE THE PUBLIC'S FAITH IN THEIR GOVERNMENT SO JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR, COUNCILOR MURPHY, ARE YOU SEEKING A CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES? YES. AND ALSO INVOKING CHAPTER 233,  SECTION EIGHT REQUESTING THAT WE GET THIS INFORMATION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH COUNCIL BUSINESS.  YOU CAN TAKE A RECESS IF WE NEED TO TO DISCUSS. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE IN A BRIEF RECESS .  WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.  THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO DID NOT AGREE TO THE MINUTES BUT THERE IS NO CORRECTION BEING OFFERED AND SO THERE'S AN ONGOING 17 APP ISSUE WHICH I WILL THAT I LEARNED OF TODAY. I WILL IN MY ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE BODY WILL TRY MY BEST TO GET ANSWERS FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY. I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE AND I WILL DO MY JOB AS I CAN TO GET ANSWERS FOR YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN A COUNCILOR FILES A 17 F RESPECTFULLY WAITS MORE THAN THE TIME THAT SEVEN DAYS TO WEEKS AND THEN ON THE THIRD WEEK FILES A SECOND REFILE. I THINK IT WAS CLEAR TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND IT'S LIKE I SAID I THINK THIS IS MY THIRD TIME FILING A SECOND REQUEST FOR THE SAME INFORMATION THREE OR FOUR WEEKS LATER. SO I THINK IT WAS VERY CLEAR FROM MY PAST FILINGS THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THIS AND WHEN WE ALL SIGN ON IT'S INFORMATION WE SHOULD ALL ONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.  THANK YOU. YOU ARE AWARE SO THANK YOU. I WISH I KNEW THAT IT WAS ON THE DOCKET BUT THAT IT WAS COMING TO THE POINT THAT YOU WANTED TO DISAPPROVE OF THE MINUTES AS A RESULT OF THEM NOT RESPONDING. NOW I'M WILLING AND HAPPY TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AS LONG AS ANY COUNCILOR TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE HAVING AN ISSUE. MY OFFICE IS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO COME AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO. BACK IN JUST TO END SAYING I WISH I NEVER. LIKE I'VE SAID ON THIS FLOOR I NEVER THOUGHT I'D FAIL SO MANY 17 APPS BUT WITH THE LACK OF COMMISSIONERS HEADS OF DEPARTMENT, THE MAYOR HERSELF PICKING UP PHONE CALLS OR ANSWERING TEXTS IT IS A FORCED THING. SO TODAY I FELT FORCED BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL NOT EVEN LETTING ME KNOW IT'S COMING OR THAT IT'S ON THE WAY OR THAT THEY EVEN CARE IF I GET IT. SO IT'S INFORMATION THE PUBLIC'S BEEN ASKING FOR. IT'S INFORMATION THAT WE DESERVE. JUST LIKE THEN COUNCILOR WU HAD STATED IT'S IN THE CHARTER. IT'S A LAW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SEVEN DAYS. WE'RE ON DAY 21. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WILL DO MY BEST NOW THAT I AM MORE AWARE OF THE SITUATION OF GETTING THOSE ANSWERS. THANK YOU.  SO WE HAVE THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED 12 TO 1. MR. CLERK THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DUNCAN NUMBER ONE FOR SEVEN FOUR DUNCAN NUMBER 1474 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND RAISE GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. THE CITY OF BOSTON'S AWARD WILL NOT EXCEED $20 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE RAISE GRANT FOR THE ROXBURY RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS PROJECT LED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE CITY WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSULTANTS WHO APPLY FOR FUNDS TOWARDS PLANNING, DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS ON WARREN STREET, MALCOLM X BOULEVARD AND MALIA KATZ BOULEVARD IN ROXBURY. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1474 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1475 DARK AND OVER 1475 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE QUARRY POOL PROJECT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE QUARRY POOL REPLACEMENT AND BATH HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 1475 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 1476 DOC NUMBER 1476 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF 62,000 $149,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 PORT SECURITY GRANT AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND STRENGTHEN PORT WIDE RISK MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF CRITICAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FROM ACTS OF TERRORISM, MAJOR DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1476 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1477 DOCKET NUMBER 1477 KNOWN AS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2024. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 1477 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1162 DOCKET NUMBER 116 TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS OF WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST SEVEN, 2024. DOCKET NUMBER 116 TO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15 SECTION 15 DASH ONE ALERT DASH 11.1 REGARDING BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT FOR EQUITY AND WELFARE SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 2021 THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION HAS SOUGHT TO STUDY THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE CITY'S BLACK MEN AND BOYS DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO REMEDY OR ASSIST IN REMEDYING SERIOUS ADVERSITIES AND RECOMMEND COURSES OF ACTION TO CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR GENERATIONS OF BLACK MEN AND BOYS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDINANCE OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR GABRIELLA COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCILOR BUT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  DOCKET 116 TO AMEND CHAPTER 15 SECTION 11 OF THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES BY REVISING CURRENT LANGUAGE RELEVANT TO THE COMMISSION ON BLACK MEN AND BOYS AND ADDING LANGUAGE TO CODIFY THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT.  THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDS THE COMMISSION'S DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO COLLABORATION MATTERS OF THE COMMISSION'S CONCERN AND MONTHLY MEETINGS. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE INCLUDES LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION'S WORK WILL BE IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES REVISE AS MATTERS OF THE COMMISSION'S CONCERN TO INCLUDE EQUITY IN RACIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND WORKER EMPOWERMENT, EDUCATION AND YOUTH ADVANCEMENT. AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP, PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS FATHERHOOD AND FAMILIES. COMMUNITY SAFETY AND RETURNING CITIZENS FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND MORE INCLUDES PROVISIONS TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS FOLLOWING THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS EXISTENCE. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ALSO ADDS A NEW SECTION ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT AND DESCRIBING THE OFFICE OFFICE'S PURPOSE POWERS AND DUTIES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.  THE OFFICE UNDER THE CHARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL HAVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF THE COMMISSION. THE OFFICE WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH, COLLECT DATA AND REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF INITIATIVES AIMED AT ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES FACED BY BLACK MEN IN THE CITY. SOME OF THE MATTERS DISCUSSED AT THE WORKING SESSION INCLUDE WELL FIRST LET ME TALK ABOUT WHO WAS THERE. THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMISSION ARE BLACK MEN AND BOYS AND THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT ATTENDED THE WORKING SESSION. IT WAS FRANK FARROW WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. TITO JACKSON CHAIR OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION. MARJORIE GOODE CHIEF OF STAFF AND BRANDON MILES WHO IS THE POLICY AND RESEARCH MANAGER OF THE OFFICE.  DURING THE WORKING SESSION THE CHAIR REVIEWED LEGISLATIVE PROGRESSION OF THE LANGUAGE OF DOCKET 1162 AS FILED COUNCILORS EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR PASSING THIS ORDINANCE AND OFFICIALLY CODIFYING THE OFFICE COUNCILORS AND THE INVITED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OFFICE DISCUSSED THE ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS CLARIFYING THAT THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL RECEIVED FROM THE COMMISSION WILL ENCOMPASS A REPORT FROM THE OFFICE AS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE.  COUNCILORS ALSO DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING COMPENSATION FOR THE LABOR AND TIME COMMISSION MEMBERS GAVE TO THE COMMISSION'S WORK WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. COUNCILORS DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL FOR STRIKING THE CURRENT COMPENSATION PROVISION AND INCLUDING ONE THAT WOULD COMPENSATE COMMISSION MEMBERS. COUNCILORS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR REVIEWING COMPENSATION LANGUAGE RELEVANT TO THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO POTENTIALLY USE AS A MODEL FOR COMPENSATION LANGUAGE TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE.  AND SO THERE IS AN AMENDMENT TO WHAT WAS FILED BY THE MAYOR AND I WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR RYAN WELL FOR HIS WORD COUNCILOR SANTANA I BELIEVE COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PEPEN WAS THERE, COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS THERE AND OF COURSE COUNCILOR JULIAN HERE WHO WAS INTEGRAL TO THE ORIGINAL PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THEN ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TITO JACKSON WHO WAS THE CHAIR WHO WAS INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS UP UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. AND SO THE AMENDMENT WELL LET ME JUST READ HERE THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE AS FILED WAS AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROVISION IN A NEW DRAFT UNDER 15 DASH 11.2 ORGANIZATION CLAUSE E THE FOLLOWING PROVISION PROVIDES POTENTIAL COMPENSATION FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS IN THE FORM OF A STIPEND TO BE DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR BY STRIKING THE CURRENT LANGUAGE AND INSERTING THE FOLLOWING THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WILL RECEIVE STIPENDS AS DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR DUTIES AND OR EXPENSES.  AND SO AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCILOR COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS UP TO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INJURY. LISTEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE IN THE MISSION OF THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT AND THE COMMISSION ON BLACK MEN AND BOYS SINCE COUNCIL LED MEJIA SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE COMMISSION THEY GOT TO WORK ON UNPACKING SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES IMPACTING BLACK MEN AND BOYS IN OUR CITY A DEMOGRAPHIC AS WE KNOW THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET THE SHORTER END OF THE TOTEM POLE. THEIR MISSION IS ROOTED IN ACCOUNTABILITY AND SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER AND SO IN TURN I MUST DO THE SAME WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMENDED ORDINANCE HERE NOT RISING TO STAND IN THE WAY BUT RATHER TO JUST POINT SOMETHING OUT THAT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK ON.  THE EXISTING ORDINANCE STATES THAT THE COMMISSION ON BLACK MEN AND BOYS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO COORDINATE DIALOGS ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT RELEVANT ISSUES INCLUDING CONCERNS RELATED TO NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY, MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL HEALTH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, EMPLOYMENT AND MORE . THE NEW ORDINANCE USES THE SAME LANGUAGE AROUND COORDINATING DIALOGS AND ACTIONS BUT INSTEAD LISTS TWO TOPICS TO INCLUDE EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND WORKERS EMPOWERMENT, EDUCATION AND YOUTH ADVANCEMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP, PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS, FATHERHOOD AND FAMILY COMMUNITY SAFETY AND RETURNING CITIZENS FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND MORE.  WHILE THIS NEW LIST IS EXHAUSTIVE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE IT CONTINUOUSLY BE IT CONSPICUOUSLY LEAVES OUT THE TOPICS OF RELATING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND AS I SAID, YOU KNOW OF COURSE I AM STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE OFFICE. BUT GAY AND TRANS MEN BOYS, MEN AND BOYS DO EXIST.  AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT THIS CHANGE, THE PROPONENTS OF THE ORDINANCE STATED THAT THE NEW DRAFT CODIFIES EXISTING SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN THE COMMISSION AND THAT GAY AND TRANS ISSUES ARE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUBCOMMITTEE. YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS SO LGBTQ PLUS BLACK MEN AND BOYS ALSO EXPERIENCE INEQUITIES IN HOUSING, EDUCATION, WORKFORCE AND IDENTITY SUPER IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO ADVOCACY AND ALL TOPICS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE ROOM SPECIFICALLY TO WANT TO STIGMATIZE THE STEREOTYPES AND ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AMONGST THE BLACK MEN AND ONE I THINK A POPULATION THAT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR BUT AS A MOTHER OF BLACK SONS I CAN IMAGINE THAT SUPER DIFFICULT JUST TO COME OUT TO FAMILY AND WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT AND SUPPORT OUR BLACK MEN AND BOYS THAT ARE COMING OUT OR STRUGGLING TOO. SO OF COURSE AGAIN I WILL NOT BE STANDING IN THE WAY OF THIS ORDINANCE MOVING FORWARD ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE UNDER. BUT NOW ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PORTION OF THE CODE DETAILING THE NEED TO UPLIFT BLACK MEN LGBTQ PLUS BLACK MEN AND BOYS, I WILL BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION AND HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION IN THE OFFICE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR AN ENERGY ANDERSON.  THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COUNTER CLEANING UP THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CORETTA FOR CHAIRING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNSELOR MARIA.  IF IT WASN'T FOR COUNCILOR HERE, IT WOULD NOT BE A COMMISSION.  SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR HERE AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR ROLE IN REPRESENTATIVE WHERE I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SOME OF THE MEETINGS MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH BOTH THE COUNCILOR AND WITH REPRESENTATIVE.  AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILOR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AS WELL. MADAM CHAIR, I LISTENED CLOSELY TO COUNCILOR AND TO COUNCILOR FOR MEMBERS ANDERSON, BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE AMENDMENT AND WHAT WAS PROPOSED. ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE A CAN WE KIND OF GO OVER THAT AGAIN BEFORE WE DO TAKE A VOTE ON IT JUST SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT THE DIFFERENT DIFFERENCES ARE AND WHAT THE AND WHAT IMPACT IT MIGHT HAVE. YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNSELOR THAT AS A PARTNER IF YOU'D LIKE TO ELABORATE MORE ON THOSE AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES YOU MAKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.  I WANT TO ALSO THANK COUNCILOR FOR ANOTHER STATEMENT FOR RISING. I CAN GET TO THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AFTER I ADDRESS COUNSELOR FLYNN'S QUESTION.  SO IT IS IT'S ONE SENTENCE. IS THE AMENDMENT TO WHAT WAS FILED BY THE MAYOR WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE A PROVISION OR STIPULATION THAT MEMBERS WOULD BE PAID FOR THEIR WORK? AND WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE WORKING SESSION AS YOU MAY RECALL, IS THAT FOLKS WHO ARE GIVING THEIR TIME AND THEIR ENERGY AND THEIR RESOURCES ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND MAKING THIS A HEALTHY AND DIVERSE CITY FOR EVERYBODY IS THAT WHEN FOLKS ARE ASKED TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY AND ESPECIALLY FOR A COMMISSION LIKE THIS WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK IN THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR TREATMENT ACTION HAD MENTIONED I WORKED WITH HIM OVER OR ON MONDAY MORNING AND AND BEFORE THEN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD WE INCLUDE IN THE LANGUAGE AND SO WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT ARE PRECEDENT SETTING LANGUAGE THAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN FILED. SO REPARATIONS TASK FORCE HAD A GOOD FRAMEWORK OF MAYBE MIRRORING THAT LANGUAGE INTO THIS AND THEN ALSO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. AND SO ULTIMATELY IN THE BACK AND FORTH AND SPEAKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CHAIR AND WITH, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THIS BODY, THE ONE AMENDMENT IS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND THIS IS ALL IN YOUR COMMITTEE REPORT TOO THAT'S BEEN FILED ON THE AGENDA. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WILL RECEIVE STIPENDS AS DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR DUTIES AND OR EXPENSES AND THAT'S TYPICAL LANGUAGE. WE DON'T HAVE EXECUTIVE POWER TO SAY EXACTLY HOW MUCH BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION SIGNALED HIS HIS OKAY FOR. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED. AND THEN JUST TO COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON'S POINT, THERE WAS WE HAD BEEN MADE AWARE OF A DISCREPANCY IN THE LANGUAGE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFICALLY STATED A SUBCOMMITTEE OR ANY SUBCOMMITTEE REALLY ON GAY AND TRANS BOYS AND HOW WE'RE HELPING THEM AND GIVING THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED AND THE RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND SO IT WILL BE A NEW SUBCOMMITTEE. AND SO WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THE CHAIR IS THAT THEY'RE CASTING A WIDER NET AND IT WILL BE A SUBCOMMITTEE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH LENS. AND SO FOR THEY THINK THAT THAT WILL ASSIST THEM AND ASSIST THEM IN THEIR WORK AND BE MORE INCLUSIVE BUT THEY'RE CASTING A BRIGHTER A BROADER NET AND BUT WE'LL INTEND TO FOCUS IN ON THAT WORK. IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER SUB TOPICS THAT I HAD MENTIONED IN MY COMMITTEE REPORT.  SO I HOPE THAT'S HELPFUL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD YOU LIKE TO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL . QUITE A.  SO ARE YOU SAYING OR IS THE AMENDMENT SAYING THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD NOT BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION AND BE PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH?  SO WOULD IT STILL BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION?  YES, THAT IS WHAT THAT COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT IS SIGNALING. YES, IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S PART OF THERE'S A SUB THERE'S A COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE COMMISSION AND THE ISSUES THAT CONCERN FOR AN INDIAN IS AND RAISED WITH RESPECT TO LGBTQ PLUS AND TRANS BLACK MEN AND BOYS WILL BE UNDER THAT PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE. OKAY.  AND IN THE FINAL THE FINAL ISSUE ON STIPEND SO ARE YOU PROPOSING A STIPEND COUNCIL CURRENT OR IS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE PROPOSING A STATEMENT THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNCIL COLORS ABOUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER YOU MAY THE SPIRIT OF THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION THE IDEA OF A STIPEND CAME FROM THIS BODY AND THAT WAS IN THE WORKING SESSION AND THAT WAS UNDER THE DISCUSSION OF MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE USING THEIR TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES FOR THIS COMMISSION SHOULD BE COMPENSATED AS A MATTER OF EQUITY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 2021 THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION HAS BEEN A PIVOTAL IN ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY BLACK MEN AND BOYS IN OUR CITY THE COMMITMENT TO STUDYING SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND RECOMMENDING ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.  THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPENSATING COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS.  THIS AMENDMENT ENSURES THAT MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE STIPENDS AS DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR REFLECTING THE SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITIES THEY UNDERTAKE . I BELIEVE THIS IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THOSE WHO ARE INVESTED IN ADVANCING EQUITY, WELFARE AND COMMUNITY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE EFFORTS TO UPLIFT AND EMPOWER BLACK MEN AND BOYS REQUIRE NOT ONLY COMMITMENT BUT ALSO RESOURCES. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OVERALL GOALS OF THE COMMISSION AS WE STRIVE TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE BOSTON FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND CHAIR COLETTA FOR HOSTING THIS WORKING SESSION.  I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THIS AUDIT THAT MEJIA PASS ON THIS BODY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR WORK ALONGSIDE THIS THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION IN THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK IN BEGINNING TO ADDRESS THE REAL CHALLENGES THAT BLACK MEN AND BOYS FACE IN OUR CITY. MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW TO CONTINUE ADVANCING THAT WORK IN THE CITY.  AND AS A MEMBER I SEE FIRSTHAND THE VALUE OF COMPENSATION AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY ON KEY ISSUES LIKE EDUCATION, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION. THIS ORDINANCE IS A CRITICAL STEP IN REINFORCING OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND CODIFYING DEPARTMENTS LIKE THIS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A LASTING IMPACT BY STUDYING SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS ADVERSITIES THE COMMISSION IS SHAPING POLICIES THAT WILL BENEFIT FUTURE GENERATIONS. THEIR WORK MATTERS AND THIS STEP WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ARE HERE TO STAY. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND ALL MY COLLEAGUES OF THE COMMISSION MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING ACTUALLY TONIGHT AT BOND STREET AT 6 P.M. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE STOPPED IN TO THE COMMISSION LEADERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN BUT I WILL KINDLY LET YOU SPEAK AGAIN. THANK MANAGER SO I DO SUPPORT A STIPEND FOR THE MEMBERS AND I DO SEE THE WORK THEY DO AND I THINK THE WORK THEY DO IS INVALUABLE BUT JUST GET JUST GETTING TO COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON'S POINT I AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME LANGUAGE EXPLICIT EXPLICIT LANGUAGE ON LGBTQ RELATED SUPPORT SO IF IF COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON MADE A GOOD REQUEST A WORTHWHILE REQUEST IS HER REQUEST ABLE TO BE PART OF THE PART OF THE LANGUAGE?  THANK YOU.  I WILL PASS IT TO COUNCILOR THAT IS ABOUT OUR CONCERN FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND TO COMMENT I UNDERSTOOD COUNCILOR FERNANDO INNOCENT IS MAKING A COMMENT BUT NOT ACTUALLY OFFERING AN AMENDMENT OR A CHANGE TO THE TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE.  IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY I'LL I'LL ALLOW COUNTRY CLUB IS ABOUT TO SPEAK AND THEN IF COMES WITH AN AGENDA AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THIS IMPORTANT POINT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AND OUR OFFICE SPOKE TO I SAW TITO AND AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS AND HE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LANGUAGE EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T IN HERE WOULD NOT PRECLUDE THAT THIS WAS A FOCUS OF THE PUBLIC. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT. THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUBCOMMITTEE AND SO IT DOES NOT LIKE I SAID, HE CAST A WIDER NET EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SAY IT SPECIFICALLY THE LANGUAGE BUT THEY DID MENTION THAT IT WAS A PRIORITY AND THIS IS COMING DIRECTLY FROM TIO JACKSON WHO WAS THE CHAIR. SO BUT I AM NOT AGAINST PUTTING MORE LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO IT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.  WE CAN DO A RECESS. I CAN GET A REFILE OF OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT I'M SEEING HEADS SHAKING NODS. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO AND AGAIN THIS IS THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF THIS BODY. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AND I THINK MADAM PRESIDENT, IF IT MAKES SENSE WE CAN DO A QUICK RECESS. WE CAN EDIT THIS COMMITTEE REPORT AND GO FROM THERE. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK PRIOR TO THERE BEING A RECESS? IS THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IS FOR US TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS TO INCLUDE COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON HER IMPORTANT POINTS THAT SHE MADE AND TO ENSURE THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS PART OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE VOTING ON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I RISE TO JUST THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT? I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK AS A COLLECTIVE AND AS A BODY AND SOMETIMES THESE ARE THE SITUATIONS THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS AND WHEN PASSING LAWS WE HAVE TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE PASSING BECAUSE EVERYTHING CAN BE LEFT UP TO INTERPRETATION. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THE BACK AND FORTH AND AS THE PERSON WHO ESTABLISHED THIS AS AN ORDINANCE I FIND MYSELF IN A SPACE OF MAKING SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AS A BODY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RECESS AND FIGURING IT OUT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IF I CAN YET.  YEP. OF RECORD AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. OKAY SO JUST AS AS A SUMMARY SO WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD BE COMING BEFORE YOU NOW A BODY IS AN AMENDED COMMITTEE REPORT FOR SECTION H THAT INCLUDING AND ALL OF THE THE TOPIC FOCUS AREAS EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WORKER EMPOWERMENT EDUCATION AND YOUTH INVESTMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS INCLUDING FOCUSING IN ON LGBT ISSUE AND TRANS RIGHTS, FATHERHOOD AND FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND RETURNING CITIZENS FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND MORE. AND THAT'S IN SUBSECTION H.  THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNSELOR WORRELL IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A CASSEROLE HAS A QUESTION JUST A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE PART OF THE PROCESS JUST GIVE EVERYBODY LIKE A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND OF HOW THE THE COMMITTEES WERE SHAPED AS THE 21 COMMISSION MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER, DECIDED ON WHAT SUBCOMMITTEES OR COMMITTEES THAT THE COMMISSION WANTED TO FOCUS ON. SO FOR EACH COMMITTEE THERE'S ONE COMMISSION MEMBER LEADING THAT THAT COMMITTEE. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING YOU KNOW, TO YOU KNOW COUNCIL COLLIDE ACCOUNTS OF FINANCES ANYTHING ARE WE CREATING A NEW COMMITTEE OR ARE WE PUTTING THE COMMITTEE UNDERNEATH THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE? I LOOK THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNTRY CLUB AS A PARTY IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. IN THAT CONTEXT THAT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S THE WHY. SO IT WOULD BE VERY HYPER SPECIFIC RIGHT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE AND THEN WHAT WE WERE TOLD IS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD LEAD THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LGBTQ RIGHTS AND SO THAT'S WHY IN ORDER TO AVOID THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED IN THE COMMISSION THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT CHAIR HAS RELAYED TO US I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE BODY IS THAT THEY WANT TO GET REALLY SPECIFIC TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE LGBTQ AND TRANS RIGHTS DOES THAT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE AND THAT WOULD BE THE AMENDED COMMITTEE REPORT THAT I'M I WOULD PUT IN FRONT OF MY MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONSIDERATION.  THANK YOU COUNSELOR ZAPATA ABOUT OH OKAY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FOR AN ENGINEER SITTING ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I THINK I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IF WE ARE NOT ADDING UP SOMEONE TO LEAD A COMMITTEE IN THE COMMISSION THEN HOW DOES THAT GET HANDLED?  SO MAKING A SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T COMPROMISE THE ALREADY EXISTING STRUCTURE. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE RESPONSE AND I WAS OKAY WITH IT . I WAS JUST MAKING A COMMENT SAYING THAT I WAS OKAY WITH IT AND THEN WORKING WITH THEM FURTHER TO SEE IN THE FUTURE IF A SUBCOMMITTEE IS SUFFICE OR DO WE NEED TO THEN EVOLVE IT TO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT YES THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S OKAY WITH ME . OKAY SO THERE'S A DESIRE TO AMEND.  YES, IT'S THE CHAIR AND AS A CONCEPT ART AS A POWDER. YES. OKAY. IS SOMEONE PUTTING FORWARD A MOTION TO AMEND REGULATION?  OKAY SO THIS IS A MOTION TO AMEND. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. WE WILL AMEND THE REPORT COUNCILOR OF ZAPATA ZAPATA ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED TO AMEND THE REPORT IN 5 MINUTES? OKAY. WE'RE IN A BRIEF RECESS UNTIL 105. THANK YOU  WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. AND JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD, WE WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO AMEND BUT ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT'S THE CHAIR IT'S JUST A SUBSTITUTION AND SO SUBSTITUTED REPORTS SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK. MADAM CHAIR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR DO SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE SO YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A NEW COPY OF THE ORDINANCE AND IN ITS ENTIRETY A CLEAN VERSION. I'M GOING TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECOND PAGE. SECTION EIGHT CLAUSE FIVE WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SO BEFORE IT JUST SAID PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND SO WHAT WAS TRANSPIRING FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME WE WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WHAT INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE WE COULD INCLUDE IN THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FULLY ENCOMPASSING AND GETS TO THE HEART AND SPIRIT OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY MY COLLEAGUES.  AND SO WE DECIDED TO TO UTILIZE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE 2021 ORDINANCE BUT ALSO INCLUDING LGBTQ I.E. PLUS GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, MENTAL PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL HEALTH AND SO THAT IS THE CHANGE I AGAIN WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR THEIR WORK ON THIS. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA AS WELL WHO HAD ALERTED OUR OFFICE TO THIS AND YOU KNOW, HAD WORKED WITH US ON THIS. AND JUST THINK EVERYBODY FOR BEING SO INTENTIONAL IN THEIR INCLUSIVITY. SO THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES AND AGAIN, I'M JUST ASKING FOR SUBSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE IN A NEW DRAFT. THANKS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ZAPATA ZAPATA FOR MAKING THESE CHANGES . THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR NOTES AND EDITS AND I KNOW THAT YOU HELD A WORKING SESSION ON THIS AND HAVE BEEN WORKING A LOT ON THIS SO I WANT TO JUST UPLIFT YOU IN THE WORK THAT YOU DID EVEN BEFORE WE GOT HERE TODAY. COUNTER ZAPATA SO COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS COMMITTEE REPORT IN A NEW DRAFT.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I WILL SAY NAY.  THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1162 HAS PASSED IN AN AMENDED DRAFT AS A SUBSTITUTE. THE SUBSTITUTE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN A IN A NEW DRAFT THERE'S BEEN A DOUBT OF THE VOTE. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 116 TO COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE SENSE AND YES. COUNCIL OFFICE GERALD YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR HAVE BEEN COUNCILOR FOR TEN YEARS. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR OH WELL YES.  TALK NUMBER 1162 AS WE SEE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1162 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1335 DUNCAN NUMBER 1335 THE COMMITTEE AND WAYS AND MEANS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH 2020 FOR DUNCAN NUMBER 1335 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $2,322,200 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE COMMUNITY MITIGATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY BUDGET MANAGEMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND OFF SIX OFFSET COSTS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE GRANT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCILOR EARLE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS DOCKET NUMBER 1335. REGARDING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF THE ART COURT CASINO ON THE SURROUNDING SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL WE HAD COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA AND COUNCILOR MURPHY IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE HEARING. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. THE PANEL INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDED RENE GUPTA, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING FROM THE CITY'S CABINET. YUKI WANG DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING AT THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES. MARIA MARIA CHEEVERS DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. DEPUTY KEITH WEBB OF THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE AND DEEPLY SADDENED DETECTIVE MARK SULLIVAN OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT AT VPD AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JOE GILLETTE HAPPY BPA THEORY A DIRECTIVE GUPTA EXPLAINED AT THE STREET'S CABINET WE RECEIVED $1.6 MILLION FOR STREET RELATED PROJECTS IN CHARLESTOWN. OF THIS 6620 55,000 WILL BE USED FOR ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS NEAR THE ARCORE CASINO INCLUDING QUAY STREETS LAKE CAMBRIDGE, PARKER AND MEDFORD. ANOTHER HALF A MILLION WILL GO TOWARDS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ON MEDFORD MAIN AND BUNKER HILL STREETS WHERE WHILE 450,000 WILL FIND EARLY STAGE DESIGNS FOR THE SULLIVAN BY THIRD AVENUE REDESIGN TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND REDUCE CONGESTION. YUKI WANG FROM THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES SAID THAT 177,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATE ALLOCATED FOR PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF CASINO GAMBLING ON CHARLESTOWN YOUTH.  THIS RESEARCH WILL EXPLORE GAMBLING EXPOSURE TRENDS BY RACE, AGE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND YOUTH PERCEPTIONS OF CORE BOSTON HARBOR. THE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS WITH SIX PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH PARTNERS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. REPRESENTATIVES FROM CPD DISCUSS THAT AROUND $540,000 IN FUNDS ALLOCATED TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS RELATED TO OUR CONCORD CASINO. THIS INCLUDES $71,900 FOR FULL TIME PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM COORDINATED TO TRACK CASINO RELATED CRIME AND $40,700 FOR OVERTIME COSTS AND TRAINING FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT ATTACHED TO THE BPD HOMICIDE UNIT.  FATAL COLLISION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM WILL RECEIVE 45,904 FOR FORENSIC MAPPING SOLUTIONS AND SOFTWARE. ADDITIONALLY 375,000 WILL SUPPORT OVERTIME EQUIPMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES IN BPD AREA EIGHT WHICH HAS BEEN WHICH HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY INCREASED TRAFFIC IN MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS AROUND THE CASINO. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS NOW LIKE A PASS IT OFF TO CARTER COLETTA ZAPATA FOR SOME REMARKS. THANK YOU COUNCIL THAT AS A PARTY HAD THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND BRIEFLY I WAS REALLY PROUD TO ATTEND THIS HEARING AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM.  AT THAT HEARING I ADVOCATED FOR THE ACCELERATION OF THIS CRUCIAL PART OF THESE CRUCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND I SUPPORTED THE PREVENTATIVE GAMBLING EDUCATION FOR YOUTH IN CHARLESTOWN. THIS FUND AND THIS MITIGATION MONEY FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO CHARLESTON'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN YOUR SULLIVAN SQUARE BEDFORD STREET AND THE LOST VILLAGE AND ANY OF YOU HAVE THAT HAVE WALKED ALONG SULLIVAN SQUARE. I KNOW THAT YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS SO DANGEROUS THERE AND THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND THIS MONEY WILL HELP SUPPLEMENT THE ONGOING WORK IN SULLIVAN SQUARE AND HELP ADDRESS RESIDENTS GROWING CONCERNS WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND VEHICULAR COLLISIONS. IN ADDITION, I WAS ALSO REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE A STUDY THAT ENSURES THAT OUR YOUTH WHO LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A CASINO UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF GAMBLING AND RECEIVE THIS PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL RISKS AND THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GAMBLING ADDICTION. SO JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THIS MONEY IS COMING IN AND WILL BE APPROPRIATED TO THIS COMMITTEE AND ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER VOTING YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FELLINI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR RAUL. COUNCILOR ZAPATA. I DID NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE WAS THE FIRST MEETING I MISSED BUT I DO WANT TO RISE AND MY COLLEAGUES KNOW I AM SUPPORTING THIS DOCKET. I DO WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT FOR MANY YEARS ONCOR HAS CONSISTENTLY TRANSPORTED A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS FROM CHARLESTON FROM CHINATOWN TO THE TO THE CASINO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHINATOWN HAS A HIGH RATE OF GAMBLING RELATED ISSUES. AT TIMES I FEEL LIKE MY CONSTITUENTS ARE EXPLOITED BY ONCOR.  I ALSO KNOW ONCOR HAS BUS TRANSPORTATION ON SURFACE SURFACE PARKWAY HIGHWAY AND SOMETIMES MOST OF THE TIME BRING RESIDENTS FOR FREE TO THE CASINO. EXPLOITING RESIDENTS MANY OF THEM LOW WAGE WORKERS AT RESTAURANTS.  I WOULD LIKE TO FOR THE RECORD ASK THE CITY OF BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IF ONCOR DOES HAVE AN OFFICIAL LICENSE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE IN CHINATOWN. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY PICKING PEOPLE UP, DROPPING PEOPLE OFF AND WHAT PAYMENT ARE THEY PAYING BOSTON FOR THAT FOR THE RIGHT TO PARK THEIR BUS ON ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.  ADDITIONALLY THAT BUS THAT ONCOR BUS IS ALSO PUTTING FUMES IN THE AIR CONTINUING TO CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES FOR THE CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. AS YOU PROBABLY CAN SEE I'M FRUSTRATED WITH ONCOR AND I AM LOOKING FOR ANSWERS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON IN ONCOR ON WHAT EXACTLY THEY ARE DOING IN CHINATOWN AND IF THIS ACTION THAT THEY'VE TAKEN FOR MANY YEARS IS EXPLOITING WORKERS AND IF THEY ARE EXPLOITING WORKERS . I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND HAVE A HEARING ON IT.  IN FACT I AM CALLING FOR A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE FOR NEXT WEEK.  SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD BUT EXPLOITING PEOPLE IN NEED SUCH AS LOW, LOW WAGE IMMIGRANT WORKERS, BRINGING THEM BRINGING THEM TO ENCORE FOR FREE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I COULD IMAGINE DOING TO SOMEBODY. BUT THIS IS WHAT ONCOR IS DOING . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND IT IS CUSTOMARY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING AND I DO JUST WANT TO RISE.  I DID UPLIFT CONCERNS THAT I ALSO SEE IN CHINATOWN THAT MOST OF THIS MITIGATION MONEY IS GOING TO CHARLESTOWN AND NEEDED TRAFFIC CONCERNS BUT IT DID LIST CHARLESTOWN IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. BUT THEY ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD BE ALL OF A-1 SO CHINATOWN IS INCLUDED IN A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC SUPPORTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS GRANT AND THEY ALSO SPOKE TO WHICH WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE CASINO RELATED CRIMES ARE NOT JUST RELATED TO THE AREA RIGHT THERE THEY'RE CITYWIDE SO THAT A LOT OF THOSE SUPPORTS ALL THE DISTRICT COUNCILORS SO YOU KNOW THAT THOSE SUPPORTS WILL GO CITYWIDE NOT JUST BE IN THE AREA NEAR THERE AND THE EDUCATION PIECE IS VERY IMPORTANT WHICH I SPOKE TO AT THE HEARING MAKING SURE THAT JUST LIKE WE HAD A HEARING LAST WEEK ADVOCATING FOR MORE FINANCIAL LITERACY, THE EDUCATION AROUND GAMBLING AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSEST WHERE YOUNG KIDS CAN WALK TO IT THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.  BUT THEY DID SAY THAT CHINATOWN WAS INCLUDED IN A LOT OF THIS SUPPORT.  BUT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE I DO SEE THOSE BIG BUSSES AND I DO SEE THEM PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK AND I SEE MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN CHINATOWN BEING PASSED OVER THERE. SO IT'S A CONCERN OF MINE ALSO. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AGAIN STEPPED INTO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1335. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WAS OPPOSING A BIG THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1335 IS PASSED. WE'RE NOW ON THE MATTER RECENTLY HEARD MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBERS 07640764 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO UTILIZE FORMER SCHOOL AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. COUNCILOR BRAID AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ORDER TO UTILIZE FORMER SCHOOL OF MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  THE ADMINISTRATION WAS REPRESENTED BY A CHIEF OF CHIEF SHEILA DILLON AND CHIEF DION IRISH.  THEY ALSO HAD A PANEL OF FOLKS WHO WORK IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPACE A NONPROFIT DEVELOP WHICH IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ADVOCATES AND THEY HAD A SURVEY OF POTENTIALLY DEVELOPABLE LAND AROUND SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS OF SURPLUS SEEING CITY OWNED PROPERTY. IT IS QUITE A LONG PROCESS WITH A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE SO THAT PROPERTY IS DISPOSED OF RESPONSIBLY. THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK LOOK AT AND WORK ON THE.  AT THE PRESENT TIME THE PIECE IS IN A PROCESS OF PROBABLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.  SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT TO REALLY HAVE A THOROUGHGOING DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER.  I THINK GIVEN THE UNFOLDING PLANS OF THE CITY OF THE PEACE WITH REGARD TO THEIR SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THIS THIS ISSUE THIS DOCKET IN COMMITTEE IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNT CELEBRATE FOR FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING AND TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JUST THE PANELISTS FOR GIORDANO FROM RICHIE O'DONNELL FROM FENWAY CDC THE PROFESSOR WHO WAS HERE DANIELLA ROGER BROWN FROM PAULA. REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR INSIGHT AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO USE FROM OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. SO THANK YOU, COUNSELOR BREADON FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR HER BEING PRESENT ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 1201100 OKAY. THIS DOCKET SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 1201 DARK NUMBER 1201 ORDINANCE PREVENTING WAGE THEFT IN THE CITY OF BUST. OKAY. OKAY, MR COURT, CAN WE ADD.  CAN YOU READ WE'LL COME BACK TO DOCKET NUMBER 1201. CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 100 TO DOCK NUMBER 100 TO ORDER FOR A HEARING TO CREATE A BOSTON DEVELOPMENT FUND IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL ORAL COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF A BOSTON DEVELOPMENT FUND WITH THE PLANNING WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AT THIS HEARING WE HEARD FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING DESMOND COURT INTERIM CHIEF OF PLANNING KENZIE BOK, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.  RUBEN CANTOR SENIOR POLICY ANALYST A VP OF THE BPA AND JIM GROSSMAN, FOUNDER AND CEO OF RISE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WE HAD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR PEPEN, CASSELL BREADON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR MEJIA,  COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND CASA MURPHY PRESENT FOR THIS HEARING. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE HEARING FOCUSED ON BOSTON STALLED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH NEARLY 30,000 APPROVED BUT UNBUILT HOUSING UNITS IN ONLY 3000 OF THOSE UNITS SLATED FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. THE PROPOSAL FOR THE BOSTON DEVELOPMENT PLANS AIM TO UTILIZE $150 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S FREE CASH BALANCE TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING FUND THAT WOULD STIMULATE HOUSING PRODUCTION.  THE FINAL DESIGN DESIGNED TO SUPPORT APPROVED PROJECTS AND OFFER FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL MODELS TO DEVELOPERS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INCREASING HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND REDUCING FINITE FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO CONSTRUCTION. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE HEARING FOCUS ON HOMEOWNERSHIP AS A TOOL FOR WEALTH BUILDING AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT.  COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THE ADULT UNITS ARE DESIGNATED FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP. THE PROPOSED FUND WOULD INCENTIVIZE CONDO DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TARGETING INVESTMENTS FROM THE CITY IN TAX BREAKS FOR UNSOLD UNITS. THUS HELPING TO ADDRESS THE IMBALANCE BETWEEN RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY.  MOVING FORWARD I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL ON A DOCUMENT THAT EXPRESSES ITS VALUES FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT FUND WHETHER IT BE THIS OR THE MAYORS. IT'S A LARGE APPROPRIATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE PUTTING FORWARD AND VOTING ON SO THIS EFFORT WOULD PRIORITIZE WHAT I WHAT I HOPE IS HOMEOWNERSHIP AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS. THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO ENGAGE WITH DEVELOPERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THE FUND MEETS BOSTON HOUSING NEEDS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND RECOMMEND THAT TO STOCK IT WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 1002 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU READ DOCKET NUMBER 1201?  DUNCAN NUMBER 120 ON ORDINANCE PREVENTING WAGE THEFT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLUB AS THE PARTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES. I WAS I WAS OUT JUST FOR A QUICK SECOND BUT THIS DOCKET ZERO ONE EXCUSE ME 1 TO 0 ONE WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR WEBER MCKEE AND PEPEN. WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE PIPPIN, FLYNN, MCKEE AND MURPHY AND. WE HAD AN ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL THAT INCLUDED TRAINED WOMEN FROM THE OFFICE OF WORKER EMPOWERMENT JODY SUGARMAN ROSEN WHO'S THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF WORKER EMPOWERMENT OFFICE OF LABOR COMPLIANCE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS AND ALSO LOU MANDARINA WHO A SENIOR ADVISOR FOR LABOR WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.  WE ALSO HAD AN EXPERT AND UNION PANEL THAT INCLUDED TERRY GERSTEIN, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF NYU WAGNER LABOR INITIATIVE DURING THE LAW BOTH FROM THE GREATER BOSTON LABOR COUNCIL , NOEL XAVIER FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS FRANK MURRAY FROM LOCAL SEVEN UNION IRONWORKERS. SHE WAS THE PRESIDENT AND SHE TOM GREEN FROM THE GREATER BOSTON BUILDING TRADES UNION. THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS THAT WE NEED TO PREVENT CITY CONTRACTS AND LICENSES FROM BEING AWARDED TO VIOLATORS OF WAGE LAWS. WE HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPACT OF WAGE THEFT ON IMMIGRANTS AND UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING EMPLOYERS ACCOUNTABLE ENSURING WORKERS ARE PAID FAIRLY. WE ALSO FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF WAGE THEFT ON WESTERN RESTAURANT WORKERS AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.  WE EMPHASIZED THE DUTY TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM PREDATORY PRACTICES AND THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE TOOLS AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS. WE HIGHLIGHTED THE POWER DISPARITY AND THE VULNERABILITY OF UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS TO EXPLOITATION.  THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF WAGE THEFT ISSUES IN BOSTON, CITING DATA FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.  WE DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF UNIONS IN PROTECTING WORKERS RIGHTS. WE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR CLEAR LEGAL AUTHORITY AND EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AND WE REVIEWED THE EXISTING ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS INCLUDING WAGE THEFT PREVENTION ,STANDARD CONTRACT TERMS AND THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR COMPLIANCE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS. WE DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE AND JUST HOW IMPORTANT TO DO IT IS AND TO CREATING SOME OF THE DATABASES THAT WE INTEND TO USE TO TRACK WAGE THEFT VIOLATIONS AND ENSURE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.  WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE RESOURCES SUCH AS THE DATABASE OF VIOLATORS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ESPECIALLY DURING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED ENFORCEMENT RETALIATION.  IT WAS A REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION AND I THINK NEXT STEPS BEFORE I PASS IT OVER POTENTIALLY TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR ANY REMARKS HE MAY HAVE. THE NEXT STEPS IS CERTAINLY A WORKING SESSION THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED TO FURTHER DISCUSS AND REFINE THE ORDINANCE AND APPROPRIATE FEEDBACK FROM THE MEETING. AGAIN, WE INTEND TO FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING CLEAR LEGAL AUTHORITY AND DIRECTIVES FOR GOVERNMENT ACTORS, CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE AND ENSURING EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND JUST MY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR GABRIELLE COLLETT, A SUPPORTER FOR FOR RUNNING A GREAT HEARING AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO SHOWED UP I THINK AS DARLENE LAMBERT'S POINTED OUT, THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT BEGAN MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO WHICH LED TO MAYOR MARTY WALSH ENTERING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO STOP, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY CONTRACTS AND LICENSES GOING OUT TO BUSINESSES THAT DON'T PAY THEIR WORKERS PROPERLY. AND I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE HEARING HIGHLIGHTED HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN IN HOW THE CITY OF BOSTON DOES BUSINESS AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY AND ALLOW HONEST BUSINESSES TO THRIVE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON GETTING THE ORDINANCE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR ANY OTHER THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR CONDUCTING A AN INFORMATIVE HEARING. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE MY COMMUNITY IN CHINATOWN FOR THE WORK THEY ARE DOING ON THIS ISSUE INCLUDING IN CHINATOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AND CPA AS WELL. BUT THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN WORKING WITH RESIDENTS WHO FEEL EXPLOITED ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS LIVING LIVING IN CHINATOWN THAT ARE WORKING IN THE RESTAURANTS OFTENTIMES LOW WAGE WORKERS. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT HAPPENS IN BOSTON BOSTON RESIDENT RESTAURANTS, WHAT HAPPENS IN CHELSEA RESTAURANTS OR CAMBRIDGE RESTAURANTS ALSO HAS AN IMPACT ON BOSTON. MANY OF THE RESTAURANTS ARE ALSO OWNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE OR THE SAME COMPANIES.  SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN A WORKER DOES WORK THAT THEY ARE GETTING THEIR FEAR FAIR PAY FOR A FAIR DAY'S WORK . THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AS THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR AND CLOSING IN ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM CALLED KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND I'VE BEEN TO A FEW OF THESE WORKSHOPS. THEY INVITE A LOT OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND LOW WAGE WORKERS OFTEN OFTENTIMES HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. THE ONES I WENT TO INCLUDED SPANISH IN CANTONESE.  BUT IT'S IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW WAGE WORKERS AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS TO COME TO SOME OF THESE WORKSHOPS AND TALK TO A LAWYER, TALK TO SOME CITY OFFICIAL OR TALK TO COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED FOR EXAMPLE. SO THESE WORKERS KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A MATTER OF LAW I THINK THIS COMMENT IS FOR AFTER COUNCILMAN HE IS I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I RECOMMEND THIS DOCKET REMAINING COMMITTEE.  OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 0 ONE TWO REMAINING COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS USUALLY HARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 1430 DOCKET NUMBER 1430 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $2,225,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECT FOR THE PAULINE EGGSY SHAW AND CHARLES H.  TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN, MASS 2126. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HAROLD PINTER WHILE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER FIRST, 2024 TO DISCUSS THE MBA GRANT FOR THE CHARLOTTE TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN. AND WE ALL KNOW BY NOW THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE WENT TO THE TAYLOR WHERE I GO TO TAYLOR FOR THIS HEARING.  TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE BRIAN MCGLOTHLIN SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER CARLTON JONES HAD A RIGHT TO A PUBLIC FACILITIES AND DALE STANISLAUS, CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLAN I BOUGHT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL . WE HAD KANSAS FITZGERALD,  FLYNN, MURPHY AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE PRESENT FOR THIS.  MR MCLAUGHLIN PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY WHICH FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS.  HE HIGHLIGHTED THAT BOSTON HAS COLLABORATED ON 35 ACCELERATOR REPAIR PROGRAM PROJECTS AND IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING EIGHT MORE. THE SHAW TAYLOR SCHOOL ENTERED THE CORPS PROGRAM IN DECEMBER 2023 AND AFTER A 270 DAY ELIGIBILITY PERIOD ENDING IN MARCH 2025, THE PROJECT WOULD MOVE INTO A CAPITAL PIPELINE WITH CONSULTING SELECTED BY SUMMER 2025 AND IF BID FEASIBILITY STUDY STARTING IN FALL 2025, CHIEF DENIS LAW EXPLAINED THE SHORTLIST MERGER WHICH BEGAN THE SCHOOL YEAR COMBINING GRADES PRE-K PRE-K ONE AT THE SHAW BUILDING IN GRADES 2 TO 6 AT THE TAYLOR BUILDING EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TAKING PLACE WITHIN TEN COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SEVEN MERGER PLANNING SESSIONS OVER THE SUMMER THE FACILITIES TEAM PERFORMED LIGHT RENOVATIONS AND MERGED. THE SCHOOL NOW SERVES AS A COMMUNITY HUB WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT HOLISTIC WRAPAROUND SERVICES. AS CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, I RECOMMEND MOVING THE DOCKET TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND FURTHER ACTION WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT OUGHT TO BE READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ORA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS RECOMMENDS DOCKET NUMBER 1430B READ FOR THE OH.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, COUNCILOR FLYNN? YES, MADAM CHAIR.  I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND THANK THE COUNCILOR FOR CHAIRING THIS IMPORTANT MEETING. NOW SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY IS CRITICAL PLAYER IN PROVIDING NEEDED FINANCIAL SERVICES.  TO BHP'S JUST THE JUST RECENTLY JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL OPENED FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY. SO WE WANT TO THANK STATE TREASURER DEB GOLDBERG AND HER TEAM AT MSP ALSO THE COURT A SCHOOL IN IN ROXBURY WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE CITY THAT HELPS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING A THERAPEUTIC POOL SO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE ABLE TO GET THE CRITICAL EXERCISE THEY NEED AND DESERVE AND THAT'S THAT'S THROUGH THE MBA PROGRAM AS WELL.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND I TOO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MSB. THE WAY THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED AND UPLIFTED COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR ERROL MENTIONED HOW MUCH. RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT I WENT TO THE TAYLOR.  I SPENT SEVEN YEARS THERE. I'VE SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN OUR HOUSE AND SO THE TAYLOR HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. IT'S WHERE MY FATHER REALLY GOT ENGAGED IN HIS OWN CIVIC ACTIVISM. ALL OF MY SIBLINGS WENT TO SCHOOL WHERE MY NIECE GRADUATED FROM TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S JUST IT'S LITERALLY ANOTHER HOME FOR SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND BEFORE THIS BODY AND I'M ELATED. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE AT THE DESIRE QUINCY, A NUMBER OF US WERE THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING A FEW WEEKS AGO TO SEE MSB USING FUNDS LIKE THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GETTING BUILDINGS THAT AFFIRM THEIR DIGNITY AT THE TAYLOR AND MATTAPAN. I HAVE A DESIRE QUINCY IN CHINATOWN AND IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS CITY AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE TAYLOR WILL BE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SHARE THAT TAYLOR AND THE SHAW I BELIEVE THAT'S A COUNT BOTH YOU YOUR OR MOTHER THEY ARE BOTH IN YOUR DISTRICT. I THINK THAT WELL ANYWAYS THAT IT'S THAT THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ASSETS AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AROUND MERGER SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR ARE OUT FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING. WE ARE GOING TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WAYS AND MEANS RECOMMENDS DOCKET NUMBER 1430B READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND BE ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE DOCKING NUMBER 1430. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON.  YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON COUNCIL FIRST FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR PIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE A1430 HAS RECEIVED ITS FIRST READING AND IS A SIGN FOR FURTHER ACTION. THANK YOU. HAVING RECEIVED ITS FIRST READING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE DOCKET NUMBER 1430 WILL BE ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 139 TO DUCK NUMBER 1392 TO ORDER FOR A HEARING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF BUSSES NEW 225 LIQUOR LICENSES.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR RAO, THE CHAIR ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER FIRST,  2024, THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON'S HISTORIC ALLOCATION OF 225 NEW LIQUOR LICENSES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAD CHIEF YOU TO CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON KATHLEEN JOYCE, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOSTON LICENSING BOARD. EMILY PATRICK FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND NICK HORN, MANAGING PARTNER AT OFFSITE. REPRESENTING THE COUNCIL WE HAD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL BRAIDING COUNCILOR COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. DURING THE HEARING WE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS ESPECIALLY FOR RESTAURANT OWNERS FACING LANGUAGE BARRIERS. THOSE LACKING ACCESS TO DIGITAL CHANNELS LIKE EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA.  MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS MAY NOT BE FULLY AWARE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THEY ARE INFORMED AND SUPPORTED. THE ADMINISTRATION OFFERED A DESIRE FOR A DOOR KNOCKING CAMPAIGN GAVE INSIGHT INTO WHY THESE USE A ABC'S STANDARD APPLICATION FOR LICENSES OUTLINED A STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR ISSUING LICENSES EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO MEET WITH CIVIC GROUPS AND ATTEND DISTRICT LEVEL MEETINGS WITH COUNCILORS . IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF LICENSES. YOU MUST APPLY BY DECEMBER SIX. I KNOW THE APPLICATION CAN BE DRAWN OUT PROCESS SO THAT'S A DATE THAT NEEDS TO BE WIDELY CIRCULATED.  SO BASICALLY WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING IN THIS HEARING WAS TRYING TO CREATE A COCKTAIL OF SUCCESS.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OUR SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSEE I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN A COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR EARL, WITH THAT COCKTAIL SUCCESS LINE IT'S A GOOD LINE, ISN'T IT? I WANT TO SHOUT OUT MY DIRECTOR OF POLICY JESSE PURVIS FOR THAT LINE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1392 REMAINING COMMITTEE WE'RE IN. I WANT TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1478. I CAN NUMBER 1478 COUNCILORS WEBER AND ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND INJURY.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ASKING THAT WE SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD SPONSOR. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS ORDINANCE IS A FOLLOW UP FROM A HEARING. COUNCILOR PIPPEN AND I HELD IN MY COMMITTEE IN JULY ON HOW TO PROTECT WORKERS IN BOSTON FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. I AND SINCE THEN MY OFFICE AND COUNCILOR PIPPEN'S OFFICE HAVE HAVE WORKED ON THE LANGUAGE OF AN ORDINANCE.  WE SPOKE TO SENATOR REBECCA ROUSH WHO HAS PUT FORWARD A SIMILAR ORDINANCE ON A STATE LEVEL AND I THINK HER OFFICE FOR HELPING US YOU KNOW, REFINE OUR PROPOSAL. THE PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE TRAININGS TO IDENTIFY SIGNS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS FOR EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE CITY CONTRACTS AND AFFORD WORKERS PROTECTIONS. WHEN THERE IS HEAT ADVISORIES AND HEAT EMERGENCIES IT ALSO IMPOSES FINES FOR EMPLOYERS WHO DENY WORKERS SHADE, REST AND WATER AND THAT MIRRORS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN FORCE IN PHENIX.  I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS ORDINANCE AND THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND IN WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED COUNCILOR BUT CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST LIKE TO START OUT BY THANKING COUNCILOR WEBER AND HIS TEAM FOR WORKING WITH MY TEAM ON THIS ORDINANCE AFTER WE HAD THE HEARING. COUNCILOR WEBER AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ONE OF THE DISTRICT YARDS IN HIS DISTRICT AND BE ABLE TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF OUR PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES ON A VERY HOT DAY. AND THIS IS THOUGH THIS IS WHAT MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES FACE NOT JUST THOSE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY BUT THAT WORK IN THE CITY IN GENERAL.  AND WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN IN THE HEARING THAT BOSTON BY 2050 IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE 40 MORE DAYS 40 MORE DAYS OF TEMPERATURE THAT'S ABOVE 80 DEGREES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THAT'S I KNOW THAT WE MAY NOT BE KNOWN AS THE WARMEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY BUT IT JUST SHOWS THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL AND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WORKERS HAVE THE PROTECTION THAT THEY REQUIRE WHEN THEY ARE OUT IN EXTREME HEAT WORKING CONDITIONS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND HOPEFULLY GET THE SUPPORT FROM OUR FROM OUR FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCILORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA,  COUNCILOR SANTONI ON THE FLOOR. BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU TO MY TWO COUNCILOR WEBER AND THE BATON FOR FIGHTING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING ORDER AND FOR INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  THIS ORDINANCE IS AIMED AT PROTECTING WORKERS FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND INJURY OF AS WE'VE HEARD FROM MICHAEL COLLEAGUES, THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST ABOUT SAFETY, IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY AND THE RIGHT TO WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PRIORITIZES HEALTH.  THE RISING TEMPERATURES WE EXPERIENCED DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENT AN URGENT CHALLENGE PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE IN OUTDOOR AND LABOR INTENSIVE JOBS.  THIS ORDER UNDERSCORES OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING OUR WORKFORCE ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US BY ESTABLISHING CLEAR GUIDELINES AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST HEAT RELATED RISK, WE ARE TAKING A PROACTIVE STEP TO ENSURE THAT NO WORKERS HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND THEIR HEALTH. I AM PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AS WE PUSH FOR MEASURES THAT REFLECT OUR VALUES OF EQUITY IN CARE. THIS ORDINANCE IS ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR US FOSTERING A SAFER WORK ENVIRONMENT AND DEMONSTRATING THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS GRAYDON CARTER, ZAPATA, DIRK AND FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY WORLD AND MYSELF. DOCKET NUMBER 1478 SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 1479 DUCK NUMBER 1479 COUNCILORS DURKIN AND S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO INVESTIGATE THE USE IMPACT AND POTENTIAL BAN OF ALGORITHMIC PRICE SERVING IN THE BOSTON RENTAL HOUSING MARKET. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN.  COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR LUIS BRAID INTO THIS FILING.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR BRADING AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, BRADING IS SO ADDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I RISE TODAY TO INTRODUCE A HEARING ON A MATTER THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE AFFORDABILITY AND FAIRNESS OF OUR CITY'S HOUSING MARKET. ALONG WITH COUNCILOR SANTANA AND BREADON, I'M CALLING FOR A HEARING TO INVESTIGATE THE USE AND IMPACTS OF ALGORITHMIC SOFTWARE PRICE SETTING IN THE BOSTON RENTAL MARKET. AS WE KNOW, BOSTON GRAPPLES WITH A HOUSING HOUSING SHORTAGE. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS THE TOP IF NOT MOST SALIENT ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. RENTS HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY OVER THE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THE SHARE OF RENT BURDENED HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR CITY FAR EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. WHILE THERE ARE MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRISIS, WE MUST SCRUTINIZE EVERY PRACTICE THAT COULD ARTIFICIALLY INFLATE RENTS AND EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM. RECENTLY THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ALONG WITH EIGHT STATE AGS, FILED AN ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST REALPAGE, A LEADING MAKER OF RENTAL ALGORITHMS ALGORITHMIC PRICE SETTING SOFTWARE. THIS LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT REALPAGE PRACTICES VIOLATE ANTITRUST LAWS BY FOSTERING COLLUSION AMONG LANDLORDS AND REPLACING FAIR COMPETITION WITH COLLECTIVE PRICING STRATEGIES THAT LEAD TO INFLATED RENTS.  5.3% OF THE TOTAL RENTAL UNITS IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE PRICED USING TWO SOFTWARE PRODUCTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS.  AND LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS. THESE ALGORITHMS USE NONPUBLIC DATA FROM COMPETING LANDLORDS TO GENERATE RENT RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY GUIDE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ARTIFICIALLY INFLATE RENTS BY LIMITING COMPETITION. IN SOME CASES THEY EVEN SUGGEST MAINTAINING VACANCIES RATHER THAN REDUCING RENT PRICES.  THIS IS NOT THE FREE MARKET AT WORK. IT'S A COORDINATED EFFORT TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF BOSTON RESIDENTS.  REAL PAGE EXECUTIVES HAVE REFERRED TO THEIR PRODUCTS AS DRIVING EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PRICE AND AVOIDING THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM IN DOWN MARKETS.  ONE EXECUTIVE EVEN ADMITTED THAT THEIR SYSTEM HELPS LANDLORDS AVOID COMPETING ON MERIT. JUST THIS PAST SUMMER SAN FRANCISCO PASSED A CITY ORDINANCE BANNING THE USE OF ALGORITHMIC PRICING SOFTWARE THAT USES PRIVILEGE NONPUBLIC INFORMATION TO SET RENTS. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM PREDATORY PRACTICES THAT MAKE HOUSING LESS AFFORDABLE AND LESS ACCESSIBLE.  THAT'S WHY WE'RE CALLING FOR A HEARING TO ASSESS THE USE AND IMPACT OF THESE ALGORITHMIC TOOLS IN BOSTON'S RENTAL MARKET AND TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ORDINANCE BANNING THEIR USE. THIS IS SERIOUS.  WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WIDESPREAD THESE PRACTICES ARE IN OUR CITY. WE NEED TO HEAR FROM RENTERS HOW THEY MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED . AND WE NEED TO EXPLORE EVERY OPTION TO ENSURE THAT OUR HOUSING MARKET OPERATES FAIRLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN MAINTAINING AFFORDABLE AND STABLE HOUSING FOR ITS RESIDENTS. LANDLORDS USING SOFTWARE THAT RELIES UPON AND AGGREGATES NONPUBLIC INFORMATION TO COLLUDE RUNS COUNTER TO THIS INTEREST AND THREATENS THE WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS.  I URGE MY FELLOW COUNCILORS TO SUPPORT THIS HEARING AND JOIN US IN TAKING A STAND AGAINST PRACTICES THAT UNDERMINE FAIR COMPETITION AND AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA, CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH,  COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR LEADING ON THIS EMPLOYER'S IMPORTANT INITIATIVE AND LEADING ON HOUSING AS WELL.  TODAY WE ARE ADDRESSING A CRITICAL ISSUE FACING OUR CITY THE IMPACT OF ALGORITHMIC PRICE SETTING IN BOSTON RENTAL HOUSING MARKET EXCUSE ME . AS WE KNOW BOSTON IS GRAPPLING WITH A TIGHT HOUSING MARKET AND THE RATE OF RENT BURDEN HOUSEHOLD IS ALARMINGLY HIGH. THE EMERGENCE OF REVENUE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ALGORITHMIC DEVICES HAS TRANSFORMED HOW RENTAL PRICES ARE SET. WHILE THESE TOOLS MAY SEEM EFFICIENT ON THE SURFACE, THEY CAN REDUCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO SKYROCKETING EVENTS THAT ARE ALREADY PUSHING MANY FAMILIES TO THE BRINK. THE RECENT LAWSUIT FILED THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGAINST REAL PAGE HIGHLIGHTS THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ALGORITHMS. THESE ALLEGATIONS POINT TO PRACTICES THAT FACILITATE COLLUSION AMONG LANDLORDS UNDERMINING THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR FAIR PRICING. INSTEAD OF ALLOWING MARKET FORCES TO DICTATE RENTAL RATES, THESE LEVERAGE NONPUBLIC DATA TO MANIPULATE PRICES OFTEN LEADING TO INFLATED RENTS STUFF FURTHER AS THE FURTHER PUSHES ON HOUSING PRICES. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THESE TOOLS OPERATE AND THEIR EFFECTS.  OUR COMMUNITY BY INVESTIGATING THE USE AND POTENTIAL BAN OF ALGORITHMIC PRICING PRICE SETTING. WE ARE PROUD TIES IN THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND STABLE HOUSING. TODAY I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS HEARING ORDER AND TO COMMIT TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND EXPLORING ALL THE AVENUES TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM UNFAIR PRICING PRACTICES. WE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOSTER A RENTAL MARKET THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST A SELECT FEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND THIS COMES OPERATING COSTS ARE GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO CONSIDER COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS HEARING ORDER.  I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT ALL THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY SAID ABOUT THIS THIS MATTER. THIS IS NOT HOW THE MARKET IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. THIS IS PREDATORY MANIPULATION OF RENTS AND IT IS UNETHICAL AND UNFAIR IN A HOUSING MARKET WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE COUNTRY. THE FACT THAT THIS THIS ALGORITHMIC INSTRUMENT IS USED TO ENCOURAGE LANDLORDS TO ACTUALLY WITHHOLD APARTMENTS ON THE MARKET AND CREATING AN ARTIFICIAL SHORTAGE OF OF APARTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUSTIFY INCREASING RENTS IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY VERY BAD. VERY HIGHLY UNETHICAL.  ALSO IN BRIGHTON AS SUCH HIGH RATES OF RENTERS WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 80% OF OUR POPULATION IN BRIGHTON ARE RENTERS AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THESE PREDATORY AND ILLEGAL BEHAVIORS. THE RENTAL MARKET IS REALLY TOUGH ENOUGH AT THIS POINT AND WE CANNOT HAVE COMPANIES USING ILLEGAL PRICE FIXING TO MAKE THINGS EVEN HARDER FOR OUR RESIDENTS THE CITY BUT AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON. SO I AM REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW WHAT THIS AT THE STATE LEVEL LAST MONTH SENATORS WARREN AND MARKEY AND CONGRESSMAN MOULTON SENT A LETTER TO 13 OF THE STATE'S LARGEST APARTMENT OWNERS QUESTIONING THEIR PURPORTED USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE TO GET SEE IF WE CAN DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS AND REALLY SEND A CLEAR SIGNAL THAT WE WILL NOT THAT WE DON'T APPROVE OF THIS PREDATORY PRACTICE AND THAT WE WILL TRY AND ELIMINATE IT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON.  I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS OF FILING THIS. IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AHEAD OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S DISCRIMINATION AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK INTO THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO REGULATE THEM. MY OFFICE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE ACLU ABOUT THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY AND HOW THEY DISCRIMINATE PARTICULARLY AGAINST BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING ORDER AND TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ON THIS MATTER. WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS COLETTE ZAPATA FITZGERALD,  PIPPINS AND WEBER WHILE PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.  DOCKET NUMBER 1479 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, PLEASE BE DUNCAN NUMBER 1480 DUCK NUMBER 1480 COUNCIL IS LOUIJEUNE AND COLETTE HAS APPLIED FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT,  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RELATED RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . MR CHAIR, CAN I ASK REQUEST AS HAS BEEN THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE LOOKS TO SUSPEND THE RULE TO ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  I SEE NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO THOSE WATCHING THIS HEARING ORDER COVERS TOPICS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RELATED TOPICS THAT MAY BE DISTRESSING SO PLEASE CARE IF THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE. WHILE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE DISTINCT, THEY ARE OFTEN INTERWOVEN IN THEIR IMPACT ON SURVIVORS.  SEXUAL ASSAULT REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTS. WHILE DOMESTIC ENCOMPASSES A BROADER RANGE OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIORS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE SEXUAL VIOLENCE, A LARGE NUMBER OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE VIOLENCE. WHAT BINDS THESE ISSUES TOGETHER IS THE EXERTION OF POWER AND CONTROL OVER THE VICTIM. BOTH CRIMES ARE ABOUT DOMINATION AND BOTH LEAVE LASTING EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE MOST TROUBLING ASPECTS OF BOTH SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THAT THESE CRIMES ARE MOST OFTEN COMMITTED BY SOMEONE THE VICTIM KNOWS. I WANT TO AGAIN SHOUT OUT SHAKIRA FROM SHAKIRA'S STORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND COACHING AND CONSULTING FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DOES USING HER PERSONAL PAIN TO REALLY LEAD ON THESE ISSUES. THE COMMON MISCONCEPTION IS THAT RAPE IS FREQUENTLY CARRIED OUT BY A STRANGER LURKING IN THE SHADOWS IN REALITY. EIGHT OUT OF TEN RAPES ARE PERPETRATED BY AN ACQUAINTANCE, INTIMATE PARTNER OR FAMILY MEMBER. SIMILARLY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OCCURS IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN WITH THOSE WHO ARE MEANT TO PROTECT AND LOVE THE VICTIM. BOTH CRIMES ARE VASTLY UNDER-REPORTED AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL WHO HAVE DONE WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE. WHETHER IT'S CONTAMINATE DRINKS OR RAPE KITS WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES . SURVIVORS OFTEN FEAR RETALIATION FOR SHAME OR WORRY THAT THEY WILL NOT BE BELIEVED. THESE FEARS ARE MAGNIFIED WHEN THE PERPETRATOR SOMEONE THEY KNOW, LOVE OR RELY ON. IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE THE CITY DEVELOP AND SUPPORT POLICIES THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO THE VICTIMS. SHOUT OUT TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE BEGINNING RAMP UP THEIR WORK ON THIS ISSUE. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A HEARING AND TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT MORE WE CAN BE DOING AS A CITY. WE HAVE TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO REPORTING THESE CRIMES AND ENSURE THAT SURVIVORS HAVE ACCESS TO THE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE THEY NEED TO BEGIN HEALING WITH THEIR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR BOTH. WE HAVE TO STAND IN OFFERING THEM JUSTICE, SUPPORT AND HOPE AND I HAVE SOME RESOURCES THAT I'D LOVE TO SHARE BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I'D LOVE TO JUST TURN IT OVER TO MY MY CO-SPONSORS AND ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER.  THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA, COUNTY CLERK AS THE PARTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT.  SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KNOWS NO BOUNDS. IT DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE ON GENDER, RACE OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ONE WE HONORED HERE TODAY AND OTHERS LIKE THE BOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER THAT SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND WORK TOWARDS A FUTURE THAT IS FREE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.  THIS ISSUE IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME AND MANY THAT YOU KNOW.  RECENTLY I'VE WORKED WITH BOK AND BPD TO ELIMINATE CONDITIONS THAT PROLIFERATE THE THREAT OF CONTAMINATED DRINKS AND SUBSEQUENT APPORTE INSTANCES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. WE WERE ABLE TO ENSURE DETECTIVE WAS ALLOCATED TO EVERY CASE RECORDED.  BUT MORE WORK HAS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE A KIT AND A PROFESSIONAL IS PRESENT IN ALL EMERGENCY ROOMS. I RECENTLY TESTIFIED AT THE STATE HOUSE IN SUPPORT OF SENATOR PAUL. PLEASE BILL THAT HELPS ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. THIS HEARING IS A WAY TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND SURVIVORS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.  GENERALLY IF FOLKS ARE LISTENING IN AND YOU ARE A SURVIVOR, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND IN YOUR JOURNEY AS YOU RECLAIM YOUR POWER AGAINST YOUR ABUSE ABUSERS. JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE WORTHY OF DIGNITY, PEACE AND JOY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  SO I SEE COUNCILOR DARK AND THIS IS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA FOR WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. I REMEMBER WHEN I HEARD THAT COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA WAS WORKING ON REDUCING AND PREVENTING DRUGGING AND SPIKING OF DRINKS WHEN I WAS NOT YET A COUNCILOR AND I REMEMBER THINKING WOW, THERE'S WHO'S SPEAKING FOR ME AND MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR ME . I REMEMBER IN 2011 AYANNA PRESSLEY BRAVELY SPOKE ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE TELLING BOSTONIANS THAT SHE WAS A SURVIVOR AND I REMEMBER THE RIPPLE EFFECT THAT HAD FOR FOLKS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR TRUE EXPERIENCE AS A CITY COUNCILOR . THAT TOUCHES 14 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN DISTRICT EIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS PERSONAL FOR MY CONSTITUENTS TOO.  AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED DRUGGING AND THINGS OF THE LIKE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE CENTERING SURVIVORS HERE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T FEEL OPEN SPEAKING ABOUT UNTIL THIS MORNING AND I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT HOW POWERFUL WAS WHEN I SAW SOMEONE WORKING ON AN ISSUE THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED AND WHEN I SAW FOLKS WHO TRULY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I HAD BEEN THROUGH SPEAKING ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR AND NOW I HAVE THAT POWER TOO AS A COUNSELOR AND I'M GRATEFUL TO NOW CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY FOR HER OPENNESS AND AND I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL THE WOMEN THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND THE WOMEN WHO STAND ON THIS COUNCIL WHO HAVE SPOKEN TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES . BOSTON PRIDES ITSELF AS BEING A PROGRESSIVE, COMPASSIONATE CITY . BUT WHEN I WOKE UP ON THE FLOOR OF MY ENTRYWAY NOT REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T FEEL THAT I DIDN'T FEEL THAT ANYONE REPRESENTED ME AND I REMEMBER I DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE. I DIDN'T FILE A REPORT.  I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING SO AND I REMEMBER TELLING A POLICE OFFICER A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER AND EVEN A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER GETTING 1215 QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE IT WAS, HOW IT HAPPENED, WHO I WAS, WHERE WHO I THOUGHT DID IT. IT WAS TRAUMATIZING AND IT'S HONESTLY TRAUMATIZING TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW.  SO TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND OUR SURVIVORS TO CENTER SURVIVORS. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CENTER THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND I'M ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO THAT. AS SOMEONE WHO'S EXPERIENCED IT, AS SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED IT, AS SOMEONE WHO AS A COUNSELOR, PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME AND SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE POURED INTO THIS AND WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNSELOR FLYNN.  COUNSELOR FITZGERALD. WE NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. BASICALLY WE'RE ALL COUNCILOR DURKIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY AND I'M SO SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT. AS A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER MYSELF, I HOPE TO HAVE THESE SERVICES IN PLACE SO THAT ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS THING NEVER OCCURS TO ANYBODY. BUT FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH IT THEMSELVES TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES IN PLACE AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SUPPORTED IN THE FUTURE.  IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THOSE FOLKS IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM TO EXPRESS AND GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.  SO JUST REALLY COMING FROM A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS OKAY IS I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR DURKIN'S FATHER PROBABLY FEELS THE SAME AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO WISH THAT ON ANYBODY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN . THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK TO THIS COUNSELOR HERE? EXCUSE ME ? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.  JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK THE MAKERS AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY LOVE TO YOU AS A MOTHER WHO IS RAISING A LITTLE GIRL HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO GET THIS RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AND ESPECIALLY FOR TEENS.  I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK OF CHOLERA AROUND BARS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT IS ALSO HAPPENING IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN THAT SPACE AS WELL. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND RAISE MY HAND UP AND SAY THAT WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK OF LOUIJEUNE I'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT AND SO THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR FILING THIS SO MOST OF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT TO BE A BEHAVIOR HEALTH IN-HOME THERAPIST AND I HAD A CLIENT IN PARTICULAR AND I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT HER BECAUSE SHE SO SHE WAS ON THE SPECTRUM AND HER FAMILY HAD ALREADY BEEN THROUGH LIKE SO MUCH TRAUMA.  I THINK SHE WAS ONE OF THE FOUR CHILDREN BUT THE ONLY SURVIVOR FROM A FIRE AND SO SHE WAS WELL LOVED AND PROTECTED AND SUPPORTED BUT COULDN'T PROPERLY COMMUNICATE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER IN A IN A SCHOOL BROAD DAYLIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOU KNOW, SCHOOL TIME.  AND SO I JUST REMEMBER US NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE AND ME WORKING WITH HER THROUGH JUST, YOU KNOW, LIFE SKILLS YOU COULD BE COOKING WITH HER OR IT COULD BE JUST WASHING THE DISHES WITH HER AND OUT OF NOWHERE SHE DISCLOSED.  SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS GOING THROUGH THESE THESE HORRIBLE TRAUMAS AND HOW ANYTHING CAN TRIGGER IT AT ANY MOMENT.  SO I THINK THE MAKERS AND COUNCILOR DURKIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BRAVERY TODAY.  I I HAD NO IDEA AND JUST LISTENING TO YOU HERE TODAY AND FOR US TO BE A BODY WHERE WE CAN ALL HEAR YOU AND BE SUPPORTIVE TO YOU, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS IN THE COUNCIL WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS HORRIBLE THING AND AGREEING WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR BECAUSE THIS WAS LIKE A SPECIALTY OF MINE. THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION IN AND OUT OF THAT PEOPLE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET ABOUT THIS.  SO PSYCHOLOGICALLY RAPE IS 95% MOSTLY BASED ON POWER AND CONTROL AND THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, SADISM AND ALL OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF ISSUES BUT NOT SEXUAL STARVATION. AND I THINK THE MISCONCEPTION IS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE VICTIMS WHAT DID THE VICTIM DO? AND TYPICALLY THE MAJOR THING THAT VICTIMS LIVE WITH IS THE GUILT OF FEELING LIKE THEY COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO NOT BE VICTIMIZED IN THAT MOMENT.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FILING COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND YOUR CO-SPONSORS AND COUNCIL AND WE ARE HERE NEXT AND MYSELF AS A FRIEND IF YOU IF YOU SHOULD MEET ME . THANK YOU. THANK ASPEN IN JAMISON CASTLEDERG THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE.  UM ALSO JUST THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE POSITION TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO OTHERS AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASA COLETTE AS A PART OF ALL YOUR WORK IN THIS SPACE TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE GETTING THE RESOURCES OR DRAFTING POLICY OR BRINGING TO ATTENTION AREAS ON HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE ON PREVENTING SEXUAL ASSAULT MAKES OF VIOLENCE FROM HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? ANYONE LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCIL BRAIDING CAS FINISHES ANDERSON CASA FITZGERALD CASA FLYNN CASIMIR HERE CASA MURPHY CASA PEPE AND CASA SANTANA CASA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR TALK CAN NUMBER 1480 REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBERS DOCKET NUMBER 1481 DARK AND OVER 1481 CONSOLE LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2024 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNSELING.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. MR CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR MEJIA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE LOOKS TO ADD COUNCIL ME HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN WE HONORED SHAKIRA ROBINSON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COACHING AND CONSULTING TODAY BECAUSE TODAY'S OCTOBER SECOND AND OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH AND IT IS IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE RECOGNIZE LAST MONTH AS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT. RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF SOCIETAL SHAME AROUND THESE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO REALLY WORK OUT WORK AGAINST AND SO WE NEED TO CREATE SPACE HERE. AS COUNSELOR DURKAN SAID WHEN WE SHARE OUR OWN PERSONAL STORIES BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT IN THESE HALLS OF POWER THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN LEFT WITHOUT VOICE AND WITHOUT HELP. I FELT IN OTHER SETTINGS ABOUT HOW THIS ISSUE AFFECTED ME AS A YOUNG PERSON INTERVENING IN THE LIVES OF LOVED ONES AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS. IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME AND SPACE HERE TO HONOR THOSE WHO FEEL TRAPPED IN REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S HELP OUT THERE. ONE IN THREE WOMEN AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFETIME EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ONE IN FOUR EXPERIENCED SEVERE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. 44% OF LESBIAN WOMEN EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THEIR LIFETIME.  ONE IN FOUR GAY MEN AND ONE IN THREE BISEXUAL MEN EXPERIENCE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.  IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND SO I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME RESOURCES. SAFE LINK IS MASSACHUSETTS STATEWIDE 24 SEVEN TOLL FREE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE AND A RESOURCE FOR ANYONE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC, INTIMATE OR OR DATING VIOLENCE. THEIR TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 8777852020.  PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CAN REACH SAFELY THROUGH MASS RELAY SERVICE BY DIALING 711 THERE'S A 24 HOUR MULTILINGUAL HOTLINE THAT'S 6173382355 AND I BELIEVE COUNSELOR CLARA ZAPATA MENTIONED SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY BUT THERE'S AN ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THERE'S CARSON MANOR, MYRNA THERE'S ELIZABETH STONEHOUSE. THERE'S A BOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER. THERE ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE TO HELP FOLKS AND I'LL JUST GIVE THE NUMBER FOR THE BOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER THAT NUMBER IS ONE 800 8418371. SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE LIKE I DID LAST YEAR. WE RECOGNIZE THIS AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS YEAR THAT WE WORKED ALSO ON HOW ARE WE HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS SITUATION.  BUT I HAD TO DO IT IN THE IN MY OWN TWENTIES I ACTUALLY WAS OVERWHELMED AND HAD NO IDEA WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO HELP AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT. AND SO I WANT TO SAY FOR PEOPLE EVEN IF IT'S ONE VICTIM OR TWO VICTIMS OR JUST A FEW PEOPLE WHO HEAR US HAVING A HEARING TALKING ABOUT THE RESOURCES, TALKING ALONGSIDE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP FOLKS WHO ARE IN THESE SITUATIONS, I THINK THAT'S WELL WORTH IT. SO THANK YOU FOR AGAIN RECOGNIZING THIS AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT WE CAN DO AS A BODY ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA.  COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR INVITING ME TO JOIN YOU ON THIS RESOLUTION. I JUST WANT TO JUST UPLIFT A FEW THINGS. ONE IS THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HEAR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THE NOTION IS IS THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN THE HOME.  AND SO I WANT FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARTNER TO BE A VICTIM OF OF VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL. IT'S EMOTIONAL OR FINANCIAL. IT'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT SHOWS UP VERY DIFFERENT. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE SIGNS. I THINK WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT IT IS REALLY HARD TO GET OUT OF A BAD RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES YOU DON'T YOU DON'T YOU CAN'T DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S REALLY LOVE OR IS THAT'S JUST POWER AND CONTROL. AND I THINK THAT AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPLIFT THAT VIOLENCE IN ANY KIND OF FORM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, FINANCIAL VIOLENCE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WHAT THIS WE'RE HERE TO DO TODAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST UPLIFT AGAIN SHAKIRA WHO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT ESPECIALLY DURING COVID WE SAW AN UPTICK ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES THAT WERE HAPPENING BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BE WITH EACH OTHER.  YOU KNOW, WE SPENT ALL OF OUR TIME AT WORK BUT BECAUSE OF COVID WE WERE FORCED TO BE WITH EACH OTHER AND WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE LEARNED DURING THAT PROCESS OR AT LEAST WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT THE UPTICK IN VIOLENCE WAS SEEN AT A HEIGHT DURING COVID AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING TO UPLIFT AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE.  AND I REMEMBER SHAKIRA AND I WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE RAPID HOUSING OR GETTING THEM OUT OF A BAD SITUATION AND SO THAT BOTH THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND URGENCY AND ENERGY THAT IT TAKES EVEN WHEN YOU GET A CALL AT 11:00 AT NIGHT IS IS THE WORK THAT SHE DOES. AND SO IT'S HARD TO UPLIFT HER AGAIN FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THE SPACE AND HER VULNERABILITY OF SHARING OUR OWN STORY AND JOURNEY AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HOSTED AN EVENT FOR MEN IN PARTICULAR TO REALLY LOOK AT ANGER MANAGEMENT. I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO AN ISSUE WELL NOT JUST FOR MEN. I THINK EVERYBODY GOT ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE ESPECIALLY IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY THE ISSUES OF MACHISMO AND HOW IT SHOWS UP IN CERTAIN SPACES AND PLACES THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR WOMEN IN CHECK. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY AROUND SOME OF THESE MACHISMO ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BUBBLING UP TO THE TOP AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ADDRESS IT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE NOW LIVING IN AMERICA AND WE ARE FREE AND I THINK SOME MEN HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THEY COME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE FROM A CULTURAL COMPETENCY SPACE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN COUNSELOR TO THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR AND I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. THIS IS AN ISSUE I HAVE WORKED ON FOR MANY YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL . IT'S AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT.  I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE HAD A NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS THAT I WORKED ON GOING BACK TO 2018, 2019, 20 ,2021 BUT THEN CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOW ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREA CAMPBELL WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR ANNUAL RECEPTION COMING UP AS WELL AS CASA MURDER TO TRY TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND SUPPORT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK MY MOTHER HAS DONE ON THIS ISSUE AS THE FIRST LADY IN BOSTON ON OCTOBER 28, 2019 MYSELF AND CITY COUNCILOR CAMPBELL WE HELD A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INSTITUTE. WE LOOKED AT DATA COMPILED BY JANE DOE MASS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE 2010 NATIONAL INTIMATE PARTNER SURVEY THAT INDICATES MASSACHUSETTS WAS ON PAR WITH NATIONAL AVERAGES AS IT RELATES TO THIS CRITICAL ISSUE THAT CONTINUES TO RISE.  WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION NOW HAS A STANDALONE GROUP THAT IS DESIGNATED TO SPECIFICALLY WORK ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED ISSUES. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR. OJO COUTU FOR WORKING TO ESTABLISH THAT AT THAT HEARING I HAD WITH WITH COUNSELOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAMPBELL AT THE TIME WE DISCUSSED WAYS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS SOLUTIONS FOR INCREASING REPORTING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS OUR IMMIGRANT AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS OTHER WAYS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN BOSTON.  I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW LAST YEAR I TRIED TO WORK TO ESTABLISH A STANDALONE COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.  LAST YEAR I HIGHLIGHTED DATA COMPILED COMPILED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 34% OF MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN AND 31% OF MASSACHUSETTS MEN EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE,  SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND STOP STALKING BY THEIR INTIMATE PARTNERS. IT'S ALSO A MAJOR PROBLEM IN HIGH SCHOOL AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE, THE PRESENCE OF A GUN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION INCREASE AND INCREASES THE RISK OF HOMICIDE FOR WOMEN BY 500%. MORE THAN HALF OF WOMEN KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE ARE KILLED BY FAMILY MEMBERS OR INTIMATE PARTNERS IN MY DISTRICT DISTRICT 12 THIS IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.  IT'S A DIFFICULT ISSUE FOR MANY FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT, INCLUDING MANY LGBTQ MEMBERS IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. IT'S A PROBLEM IN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY ALSO RECORDING CHALLENGES DEALING WITH LANGUAGE ACCESS, TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE AS WELL . IMMIGRATION CONCERNS ARE ALSO FACTORED IN WHETHER OR NOT A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GOES FORWARD.  I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND I WOULD ASK THAT MY NAME BE ADDED TO THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORLD THANK YOU GUYS. FLYNN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE LAST POINT COUNSELOR FLYNN MADE JUST ONE CATEGORY HERE JUST THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE WOULD NOT COME FORWARD FOR HELP BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS WOULD WOULD IMPACT RECEIVING SERVICES IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ANY FEARS THAT THEY CAN COME FORWARD WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSION.  I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE A U VISA PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL STATUS FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EVEN IF THEY'RE UNDOCUMENTED AND THAT YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY IS TO NOT SHARE INFORMATION WITH ICE BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S STILL POSSIBLE THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE, WE SHOULD WORK AS A BODY TO MAKE SURE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN COME FORWARD REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.  THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR BREADON COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU MADAM. SORRY YOU'RE NOT MADAM MISTER MR CHAIR.  UM, THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL BUT A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ONE NONETHELESS. THIS ISSUE IS REALLY ABOUT ABUSE OF POWER AND OCCURS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN AND AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO SPENT A LARGE PART OF MY CAREER WORKING WITH ELDERS I'D ALSO LIKE TO ELEVATE THE ISSUE OF ELDER ABUSE IN THIS CONTEXT OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE . ELDER ELDERLY MISTREATMENT TAKES MANY FORMS THERE'S PHYSICAL ABUSE WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED OR BEATEN. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE, FINANCIAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND IT GOES THE WHOLE GAMUT OF AND MANY OF THESE THESE EVENTS HAPPENED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DOMESTIC SITUATION WHERE ELDERS ARE LIVING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, SOME OF WHOM MAY HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIP PERHAPS WHEN THE AND THERE'S A REVERSAL OF ROLES THAT THE THE PERSON THAT WAS THE CHILD BECOMES THE CARETAKER FOR AND AN ELDER WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSIVE TO THAT CHILD WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG SO IT'S A VERY COMPLEX AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO SORT OF FLAG THAT UP AS AS AN AREA WHERE IT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE PREVALENT THAN WE APPRECIATE AND ALSO TO FLAG UP AND YOU KNOW, CALL IT THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT OUR STRONG DOES IN THIS SPACE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO IDENTIFY ELDER ABUSE AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT ASSAULT OR ABUSE OF AN ELDER IS AS A AS A CRIME AS ANY OF ANY OTHER ABUSES AND VERY OFTEN IT GOES ON SEEN AND UNADDRESSED.  SO I JUST WANT TO ELEVATE THAT CONCERN. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND ALSO COUNCILOR ME HERE AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE NONPROFITS AND ALL THE CITY AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT DO WORK AROUND THIS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW OF THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT THAT'S OUT THERE BUT ALSO JUST EXPLORING HOW WE COULD MAKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, A DEEPER INVESTMENT BECAUSE HERE IN COUNCIL ME HERE SOMETIMES IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR THEY HAVE THE ASSISTANCE OR NEED CLOTHES. SO IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THESE NONPROFITS WITH AN INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON IS SO IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE WHERE ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME.  MR CLARE PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA CARTER DURKIN CASPER FINANCE ANDERSON CARTER FITZGERALD CASSEL FLYNN CARTER MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN CASA SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR MEJIA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSES OF DOCKET NUMBER 1481 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1481 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLAY, PLEASE READ DUNCAN NUMBER 1482.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THAT DOCKET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. OKAY, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS SO I CAN HAVE A ONE FOR EIGHT FOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR AND MEJIA PERSONNEL OR DOCKET NUMBER 1485 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF FLYNN PERSONNEL OR INCOME AND DUNCAN NUMBER 1486 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PERSONNEL THANK YOU CHAMBERS OF PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBERS 148421486I WOULD ALSO FIRST JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO COUNSELOR WORRELL AND COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR BEING PRESENT FOR INTERVIEWS. WE WILL HAVE A NEW STAFFER ON CENTRAL STAFF AND WE WERE ABLE TO INTERVIEW HER AND SO JUST INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS NEW ADDITION AND FOR THE WORK OF OUR CENTRAL STAFF. SO THE CHAMBERS OF PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBER 148421486 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE PERSONAL ORDERS HAVE PASSED THAT DO IS IT ON THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?  NO, NO, THAT'S PERSONNEL.  WHAT IS IS THAT I BEG PERMISSION TO SPEAK.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN, BUT IF IT'S NOT ON PERSONNEL ORDERS IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON.  SO IS IT DO YOU HAVE ARE YOU IS IT A POINT OF ORDER? IS IT A YEAR?  I THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR RECOGNIZE ME . I KNOW WE SKIPPED OVER 1483. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN REVISIT 1483I KNOW WHO WAS WITHDRAWN BUT I DID WANT TO RESPECTFULLY MAKE AN ARGUMENT ON WHY IT IS RELEVANT.  THE MATTER HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON IT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS.  IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? THANK YOU.  I WILL JUST STATE THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL SOMETHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS.  IS THERE A POINT? YEAH. THANK YOU. COULD WE JUST CLARIFY IF 1483 WHICH IS WITHDRAWN IS THE SAME AS 1482 WHICH WAS COUNCILOR PIPPEN'S RESOLUTION THERE WERE 1482 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND 1483 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BUT THAT WAS COUNCILOR FLYNN REFERENCE 14834I WAS IN IT WAS 1483 IF DIFFERENT FILING OR WAS IT THE SAME ONE.  NO I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. I'M JUST ASKING THERE WERE TWO ORDERS 1482 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN THAT WAS COUNCILOR BOTH ENDS FILING AND DOCKET NUMBER 1483 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BECAUSE I HAVE WITHDRAWN ON IN THE PAST ALSO BUT IT WAS STILL ON THE FLOOR SO THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF WE WERE SAYING BECAUSE IT WAS WITHDRAWN IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CLERK WITHDREW 1483 BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WHO WITHDREW 148 TO CONSULT WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.  THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL ARE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A GREEN SHEETS? BOTH OKAY. COUNCILOR FLYNN I WILL ALLOW YOU THERE'S ANOTHER SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY BRIEFLY BUT THE MATTER HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. YES, THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I.  I KNOW I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED IT WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE CLERK AND THE CLERK MENTIONED IT WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I'M ABLE TO RESPECTFULLY GET ANY CLARIFICATION ON THAT. PLEASE ON ON WHO WHO ACTUALLY WITHDREW IT PURSUANT TO RULE 15 THE CLERK WITHDRAWS MATTERS FROM THE DOCKET.  NO, THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR GREEN SHEETS BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL 1433 WHICH IS ON PAGE 14.  WHAT'S THE NUMBER 1433 AND THAT'S ON PAGE 14 PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION AND I NUMBER 1433 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $167,104 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCENTIVE PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF FOUR DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE STATIONS AT FOUR BOSTON MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THIS DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS DOCKET I TRIED TO POLL LAST WEEK AND I GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR MY COLLEAGUES.  SO THE FOUR LOCATIONS WHERE THESE MASS E VIP GRANTS SORRY THE FOUR LOCATIONS WHERE THESE ELECTRIC CHARGERS WILL GO FROM THIS GRANT ARE MUNICIPAL LOT NUMBER THREE WHICH IS 115 HARVARD OF ALLSTON MUNICIPAL LOT NUMBER 810 TAFT HILL TERRACE, ROSLINDALE MUNICIPAL LOT NUMBER 1237 WINTHROP STREET HYDE PARK AND MUNICIPAL LOT NUMBER 19 WHICH IS 16 HAMLET STREET, DORCHESTER.  SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO PASS THIS GRANT FOR $167,000. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF TRANSPORTATION SEATS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1433 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? NO. NO. OKAY. I'LL JUST LIKE TO JUST MAKE ONE REQUEST AND NOT THIS IS NOT POINTED TO THE COUNCILOR DURKIN OR AT ALL BUT JUST IN TALKING TO CENTRAL STAFF EARLIER COUNCILOR MICHELLE CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR SHE SENDS EMAILS OUT ABOUT GREEN SHEETS, POLLS THE DAY BEFORE WE HAVE A MEETING. SO IF YOU ARE PULLING SOMETHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS PLEASE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN LET HER KNOW ABOUT THE DOCKET NUMBER BEFOREHAND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SOME WORK THAT HAPPENS ON THE BACK END THAT THEY CAN PREPARE FOR IF THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A GREEN SHEETS PULL DOCKET NUMBER. SO THIS IS JUST A REQUEST NOT AT ALL RELATED TO YOUR POLL TODAY BUT JUST IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT YOU MAKE CENTRAL STAFF AWARE OF THE GREEN SHEETS? WELL, I SHOULD BE HONEST I DON'T SEE THOSE EMAILS DIDN'T SEE THAT SHE SAID THOSE EMAILS THAT SHE DOES SHE SENDS THEM EVERY TUESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING AND IF WE CAN LET HER KNOW THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. SO IF NO ONE ELSE HAD ANYTHING TO PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LATE FILES.  I'M INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE TWO LATE FILE MATTERS ONE IS A OC COUNCILOR . OKAY WE'LL TAKE THE LATE FILE MATTERS ONE BY ONE. WE'LL FIRST DO THE LATE FILE MATTER FROM THE MAYOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LATE FILE APPOINTMENT MATTER TO THE RECORD SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU THAT LATE FILE MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ ABOUT THE THAT LATE FILE MATTER INTO THE RECORD FIRSTLY FILE A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR AWU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-5.10 OF THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL CODE I HEREBY APPOINT TANIA DEL RIO OF 26 TELEGRAM STREET, BOSTON MACEO TO 1 TO 8 COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON INSPECTION AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 26, 2024 THANK YOU THIS MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.  MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ THUS THE NEXT LATE FILING LATER AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON ADDING IT.  SECONDLY FILE OFFERED BY COUNCILOR AT FLYNN RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE ASSOCIATION AND THEIR LABOR DISPUTE WITH THE UNITED STATES MARITIME ALLIANCE.  WHEREAS THE DEFERRED ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION WOULD TEND TO DEFEAT ITS PURPOSE WHICH IS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN THEIR LABOR DISPUTE WITH THE U.S. MARITIME ALLIANCE, IT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN EMERGENCY.  WE CALL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION PURSUANT TO RULE 46 THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL STANDS IN SUPPORT OF THE DOCK WORKERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN THEIR DEMANDS FOR FAIR WAGES, SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS AND THEN PROTECTION AGAINST AUTOMATION.  THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS PHONE MATTER INTO THE RECORD.  ALL THOSE IN OC ALL THOSE IN OC THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO THE LATE FILE MATTER AND SO THIS LATE FILE MATTER WILL NOT BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO REALLY NO DISCUSSION USUALLY ONCE THERE'S A LATE FILED MATTER THERE'S AN OBJECTION, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. I'LL ALLOW YOU 30 SECONDS TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. BUT IT'S IT'S JUST NOT ADDED TO THE AGENDA. THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO RULE 46 REQUIRES UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND THERE'S NO UNANIMOUS CONSENT.  OKAY. I WON'T SPEAK ON IT SINCE COUNCIL OBJECTED TO IT. THIS WAS THIS WAS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF BOSTON COUNCIL DURKAN FEELS DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE THREE THREE ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I'D FIRST LIKE TO WELL HE'S NOT HERE SO I FEEL EVEN BETTER ABOUT SAYING IT.  THERE ARE THREE EVENTS HAPPENING TWO EVENTS HAPPENING IN CARLSBAD AND THE DISTRICT THE MATTAPAN TEEN CENTER, THE DISTRICT Y'S BLOCK PARTY THIS SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 5 P.M. AND THERE'S ALSO THE ROSLINDALE DAY PARADE ON SUNDAY.  ALSO WE KNOW THAT OUR UPCOMING HISPANIC ALLIANCE HERITAGE MONTH EVENT IS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S GETTING READY. YOU HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS LINED UP. IT SHOULD BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT ONCE AGAIN, THANK COUNSELOR SANTANA UP AT BEN AND MARIA FOR THEIR HELP IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER. ALSO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS MEETING WE'LL HAVE A LUNCH AND LEARN IN THE KERLEY ROOM WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SHOUT OUT TO LESLIE FOLEY WHO'S IN THE HOUSE AND ROBERT LOUIS JUNIOR WHO WILL ALSO BE HERE. WE HAVE SOME GREAT FOOD FROM SPINELLIS.  IT'S ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH THAT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL BUT THEIR FOOD IS REALLY GOOD AND SO I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN US IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER BECAUSE WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I BELIEVE COUNSELOR FITZGERALD HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT YOU CAN PROCEED ME OKAY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN JODY ON THE FLOOR. I APPRECIATE THAT ATHLETICS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHO WE ARE AND THIS PAST AT THE MISSION HILL ROAD RACE I'D FIRST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATHLETES ON THIS BODY SPECIFICALLY AND PEOPLE WHO RISE ABOVE AND REALLY SHOW I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE OUR COLLEAGUE BENJAMIN J.  WEBER AS THE WINNER IN HIS DIVISION I'LL JUST SAY HIS AGE DIVISION WE WON'T SAY THE AGE BUT IN HIS AGE DIVISION IT WAS GREAT TO PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD PRESENTING COUNSELOR DURKIN'S CITATION TO COUNCILOR WEBER AT THE THING. SO I THINK THAT WAS A FIRST THAT HAPPENED BUT WHAT AN ATHLETE THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES.  COUNSELOR WEBER CONGRATULATIONS. ALTHOUGH I'M STILL YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CALL OUT ALL THE COUNSELORS WHO WEREN'T RUNNING ON SATURDAY. THAT WAS NOT VERY NICE BUT YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU.  I JUST I AM I'VE RUN THREE FIVE KS SINCE I WAS ELECTED AND I'M UNDEFEATED AGAINST MY FELLOW CITY COUNCILORS. I CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU TO DO.  WOW. I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU, COUNSELOR PIVEN HAS RAN ONE. YES. WELL, SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE CLASH OF THE TITANS IN THE NEXT AND THEN IN THE NEXT FIVE K AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD YOU KNOW FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, SO I JUST I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS. YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING OUR MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE WE DEBATED HOW TO REMEMBER OCTOBER SEVENTH I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH RABBIS JEWISH ADVOCATES, OTHER JEWISH PEOPLE IN BOSTON THERE'S.  A THERE'S A OLD PROVERB THAT IF YOU ASK TWO JEWS A QUESTION YOU'LL GET THREE OPINIONS AND YOU KNOW SO WHAT'S THERE?  THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT HOW WE CAN REMEMBER VICTIMS ON OCTOBER 7TH.  WHILE THERE'S DIFFERENCES WHAT STUCK OUT IS IS EVERYONE WANTS A SAFE SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER VICTIMS, HONOR THEM IN A SOLEMN WAY AND THERE AND TO REMEMBER BOTH THE VICTIMS ON OCTOBER 7TH AND MAKE SPACE FOR VICTIMS IN THE AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER 7TH. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP AND WHICH I HOPE TO ATTEND AND I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO ATTEND WITH ME ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 7TH THERE'LL BE AN EVENING OF REMEMBRANCE AND HOPE AT THE WANG THEATER ALSO ON OCTOBER 7TH AND MY OFFICE HAS INFORMATION THERE'S A VIRTUAL GATHERING OF US FROM NOON TO ONE TO DISCUSS FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND REFLECT. THERE IS ALSO IN BOSTON IN THE EVENING THERE'S A TOBER SEVENTH MEMORIAL GATHERING FOR ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LIFE THAT'S SPONSORED BY IFNOTNOW AND I ALSO LIKE TO CALL OUT THAT TEMPLE BERNARD TORAH WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT IN WEST ROXBURY WHICH ON YOM KIPPUR AND OCTOBER 12TH IS IS HOLDING A SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE SPACE FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS AND I HOPE TO ATTEND THAT.  IT'S ALSO TONIGHT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR ROSH HASHANAH. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO WISH THEIR JEWISH FRIENDS AND CONSTITUENTS SHANA TOVA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GATHERING WITH PEOPLE IN BOSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO TRY TO COME TOGETHER AND FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO OCTOBER IS A SPECIAL MONTH IN MY HOUSE. THREE BIRTHDAYS MY SON BRIAN WHO IS PROUDLY SERVING HIS COUNTRY. SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST BIRTHDAY IN 35 YEARS THAT I WON'T SEE HIM ON A SPECIAL DAY. SO I WANT TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. MY SON COLIN WOULD BE CELEBRATING HIS 28TH BIRTHDAY AND MY SON MICHAEL HAS A BIRTHDAY FRIDAY AND HE STOPPED BY EARLIER WHEN WE WERE ON OUR BREAK I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND TALK TO HIM AND HIS FIANCEE. THEY WERE HERE IN THE BUILDING PICKING UP THEIR MARRIAGE LICENSE.  SO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL OCCASION COMING NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH. SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE IN WISH MY THREE BOYS A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCIL . THEY MENTIONED THE START OF ROSH HASHANAH AND TO WISH MY FRIENDS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR.  MADAM CHAIR, I ALSO WANTED TO INFORM MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT AN ONGOING STRIKE THAT'S TAKING PLACE MY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON AND COUNCIL A CONSULATE IT AS DISTRICT AS WELL BUT IN MY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS FROM THE LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION INCLUDING MY GRANDFATHER'S THE LONG TIME MEMBERS OF THE LONGSHORE AS WELL AS MY FATHER A WHO'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION AND STILL IS AT AGE 85 THEY ARE ON STRIKE . I HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN MY DISTRICT COUNCIL . DO YOU HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL?  THESE WORKERS ARE FIGHTING FOR RESPECT.  THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR DIGNITY. THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.  AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE WITH MY FATHER, THE FORMER MAYOR TO VISIT LAST NIGHT TO THE SITE IN SOUTH BOSTON. THE PORT OF BOSTON NAMED AFTER HIM FOR HIS WORK ON THE ON THE PORT OF BOSTON AND HIS AND HIS GRANDFATHER. BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR SHIPS ARE THE SUPPLIES IN THE SHIPS FROM THE SHIPS ARE TAKEN OFF IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER SENT OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN IN OUR ECONOMY AND THEY ARE ON STRIKE LOOKING FOR JUSTICE, SEEKING JUSTICE, SEEKING RESPECT. I STAND I STAND WITH THEM AND I'LL ALWAYS STAND WITH THE LONGSHOREMEN IN WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS CITY THEY'VE ALWAYS STOOD WITH US ACTUALLY THE LONGSHOREMEN LONGSHOREMEN DURING THE PANDEMIC THEY WORKED EVERY DAY.  MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE ABLE WORK FROM HOME AND NOT CRITICIZING ANYBODY FROM WORKING FROM HOME BUT THE LONGSHOREMEN WERE UNLOADING SHIPS WERE LOADING SHIPS SO WE AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY COULD GET NEEDED SUPPLIES COMING IN FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES THE CLOSEST PORT OBVIOUSLY TO EUROPE IN THE UNITED STATES IS BOSTON. BOSTON'S ECONOMY IS ALSO BASED ON MARITIME OPERATIONS.  SO I JUST I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PASS WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LONGSHOREMEN. SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU.  NO OTHER NUMBERS I SKIPPED OVER BIRTHDAYS. HOW COULD I? I REMEMBERED OR MISS TO NOT MENTION THAT WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY AMONG US THIS COMING FRIDAY.  HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY COUNSELOR SANTANA WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST. AND WE ALSO HAVE JULISSA SANDOVAL OUR KNOWLEDGE ALSO IN OCTOBER BABY COMES FROM HIS OFFICE.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF A FEW PEOPLE. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED, NOW IS THE MOMENT TO JUST TURN YOUR LIGHT ON.  YEAH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS ANY YOU THE FLOOR SORRY BEFORE MEMORIALS I HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT OKAY SO THIS NEXT MONDAY THE ROXBURY STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN WILL BE MEETING FOR THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.  I'M ENCOURAGING ALL MY COLLEAGUES AT LARGE COUNSELORS TO ATTEND ROXBURY STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN AS YOU KNOW IS A ZONING AGREEMENT WITH THE BOSTON WITH BOSTON AND ORIGINALLY FILED TO PASS BY OUR MAYOR AND THE LATE MAYOR MENINO. PEACE BE UPON HIM AND SO THIS MONDAY MY OFFICE IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME ACTION RESEARCH ON SPATIAL MAPPING ANTI DISPLACEMENT STUDIO ACTION RESEARCH AND WE'VE PUT THIS TOGETHER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING A PRESENTATION ON WHAT ANTI DISPLACEMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ACADEMIC PARTNERS SUCH AS JAMES JENNINGS AND MANY MORE WHO WILL BE MOVING TOWARD LOOKING AT 15 MINUTE STREETS AND HOW TO CREATE THAT IN ROXBURY AND D SEVEN AS A WHOLE. BUT THIS PRESENTATION IS VERY EXCITING. IT INCLUDES ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THE ART CORRIDOR RESILIENCY CORRIDORS IN ROXBURY AND SO MANY OTHER BUT FIGHTING THIS PLACEMENT ON OUR COMMERCIAL HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEVEL. SO I WILL BE LEADING IN YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL AS SATURDAYS FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL . THE ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ASKING FOR AT LARGE COUNCILORS YOU ARE ALL WELCOMED. I KNOW THAT I'VE INVITED YOU IN THE PAST BUT MAYBE CREATING A MORE COORDINATED EFFORT FOR YOU GUYS TO ACTUALLY MEET AND HOPEFULLY COLLABORATING TO WORKING TOGETHER.  A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF HAPPENING IN ROXBURY AND SEVEN WE DID THE STATE OF SOUTH END THE STATE OF ROXBURY WHERE WE TAKE A FULL INVENTORY OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD INSIDE OF THE DISTRICT AND THEN WE DELIVER IN COMBINATION WITH MY WORK THAT WE DELIVER TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND I AGAIN ENCOURAGING MY TO SHOW UP TO THESE TOWN HALLS AND ALL OF THIS EXCITING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, WE'LL BE NEEDING YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND APOLOGIES IF I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT EARLIER.  OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYONE WE'RE JOINING ON BEHALF OF TODAY.  TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL FOR BEN CESAR SANCHEZ, MARY B THOMAS JOSEPH BLOMQUIST ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WEBER KWAMI JAY CLARK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF FRANCIS JAY LANE BRIAN COLLINS THE KEMBA MUTOMBO A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN DIANELLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER NINE, 2024 AT NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND OUR COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY II THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK Y