##VIDEO ID:Rc47gywVOtE##  AND  ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN WATCH COUNCIL THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM.  FORGE CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL NICOLETTA ZAPATA. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCIL FINANCES SANDERSON COUNCIL FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR WHO'S IN HERE? COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL S.A.. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL QUORUM OPERATOR THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM AS PRESIDENT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FORMER CITY COUNCILOR JOSH ZAKEN WHO IS HERE IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU, JOSH. COUNCILOR FORMER COUNCILOR ZAKEN FOR BEING WITH US AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE SPECIAL GUESTS WHO WILL BE RECOGNIZED HERE OUR GENERAL AND OTHERS. SO IT IS BUT FIRST BEFORE THAT IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY PASTOR AUDIE LYNCH OF THE FAITHFUL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN DORCHESTER INVITED BY COUNCIL AROUND HALF OF THE INVOCATION WE WILL BE RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  COUNCILOR OUT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.  I AM PROUD TO WELCOME BACK PASTOR LYNCH FOR PRAYER THIS YEAR. AUDIE LYNCH IS A CHARISMATIC, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROGRESSIVE THOUGHT LEADER WHO SERVES AT THE SENIOR PASTOR OF THE FAITHFUL CHURCH OF CHRIST MY HOME CHURCH. THOSE THAT KNOW ARTIE PERSONALLY CALL HIM A MAN OF PASSION AND PURPOSE BEYOND THE PULPIT.  AUDIE IS A GRADUATE OF THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC AS A WORLD CLASS MUSICIAN. HE HAS TOURED ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD SPANNING FROM GERMANY, ISRAEL AND THE CARIBBEANS.  ALREADY EARNED HIS MASTER'S ACCOUNTING DEGREE FROM GORDON IN CORNWALL AND SERVES AS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND BEYOND AS A SOCIAL WORKER. AUDIE MARRIED HIS BEST FRIEND JACQUELINE RAY LYNCH IN 2015. THEY ARE THE PROUD PARENTS A BODY THE SECOND AN EIGHT AND AIDEN JOSHUA AND BRANDON ALEXANDER.  I WOULD NOW LIKE TO OPEN THIS CASE TO PASSING LYNCH TO GIVE THE CLERGY FOR THIS COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. SO HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE HERE. TO EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOUR SEPARATE DIGNITARY SEATS AND TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM. WE ARE IN SUCH ENORMOUS TIMES BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS MOMENT AND WE KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL. TO OUR SPECIAL GUESTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR EVERYONE. LET'S FOR THE LORD. WHAT A MOMENT. PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY.  WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO COME INTO THIS ROOM.  AND WE PRAY, LORD GOD, THAT YOU COVER US AND HEAR OUR PRAYER. THIS MORNING WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS LORD. YOU ARE IN CONTROL YOUR SOVEREIGN. YOU ARE THE ONE THAT GIVES US OUR LIFE. AND FOR THAT WE JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR BREATH IN OUR BODY. I PRAY, LORD GOD THAT YOU'LL GIVE GUIDANCE TO OUR COUNCIL MEN IN COUNCIL WOMEN GIVE UNDERSTAND AND GIVE WISDOM IN SUCH HEAVY MOMENTS IN LIFE.  LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU'LL GIVE US UNITY, HARMONY AND TOGETHERNESS. MANY TIMES A HARMONY OF THE LEADERS IN THESE ROOMS REPRESENT THE HARMONY AND THE UNITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THAT'S HAPPENING I PRAY LORD GOD THAT WE STAY UNITED AND UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT OUR VOICE IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. I PRAY LORD GOD FOR THE COMMUNITIES MANY ARE WORRIED, AFRAID, SCARED AND LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE AND I'M PRAYING RIGHT NOW THAT YOUR PEACE WILL BE IN OUR CITY. LORD GOD, I PRAY FOR UNITY.  I PRAY FOR TOGETHERNESS. LORD GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU'LL GIVE STRENGTH TO EVERYONE THAT SERVES AS A CIVIL SERVANT.  NOT ONLY PHYSICAL STRENGTH LORD GOD BUT EVEN PSYCHOLOGICAL STRENGTH IS HEAVY RIGHT NOW AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL RELEASE AND GIVE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT STRENGTH TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THAT ARE SERVING REPRESENTING YOUR PEOPLE. I PRAY LORD GOD THAT YOU'LL GIVE US FLAHERTY OF THOUGHT, GIVE US UNDERSTANDING, SHOW US THE PATH TO STEP INTO OH GOD AND WE WILL CERTAINLY GIVE YOU THE GLORY. I PRAY LORD GOD THAT YOUR SPIRIT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EVEN AMONG US RIGHT NOW THAT WE ALL KNOWLEDGE YOU AS LORD WE TRUST YOU. WE THANK YOU, WE PRAISE YOU. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT DESERVES THE GLORY AND THE PRAISE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WE PRAY AMEN. AND THEY MAN WHO NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE LEGISLATOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNSELS FITZGERALD AND WEBER ARE NOW PRESENT AND WITH US. YES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY ONE FROM COUNCILOR DURKIN HONORING BRIGADIER GENERAL IN OUR COMMITTEE WOODHOUSE AND ONE FROM COUNSELOR MEJIA SHOWCASING YOUTH DANCE GROUPS WHO IN TURN WILL BE HONORING KERRY THE LATE KERRY AMBROSE COUNCILOR. DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND 5 MINUTES.  I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS DOCKET AND OBVIOUSLY GENERAL WOODY WOODHOUSE.  AND WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY THE MISSION HOPE HOST GRATEFUL THEY ARE IN THE BUILDING TODAY. I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING A COUNCIL RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 30/332 FIGHTER GROUP A.K.A. THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AND BRIGADIER GENERAL ENOCH WOODY WOODHOUSE, THE SECOND COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR SANTANA HAVE JOINED ME AND CO-SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION. IMAGINE RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR A COUNTRY THAT DIDN'T TREAT YOU AS AN EQUAL. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN DID DURING WORLD WAR TWO. THEY WEREN'T JUST INCREDIBLE PILOTS FLYING MISSIONS OVER EUROPE. THEY WERE PIONEERS BREAKING RACIAL BARRIERS IN ONE OF THE MOST SEGREGATED, SEGREGATED TIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THEIR LEGACY ISN'T JUST ABOUT WAR PLANES AND DOGFIGHTS IT'S THEIR TALENT AND COURAGE IMPACTS OUR SOCIETY ACROSS GENERATIONS IN WAYS THAT WE COULDN'T MEASURE IN THE MOMENT. LAST WEEK THE AIR FORCE BEGAN TO REMOVE TRAINING MATERIALS FEATURING THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AND THE WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS TO COMPLY WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT ENDING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FEDERAL AGENCIES.  THIS DECISION WAS NOT WAS NOT ONLY SHORT SIGHTED BUT OUTRIGHT ABHORRENT.  DEFENSE SECRETARY HAGEL CAME TO HIS SENSES AND RECENTLY COMMUNICATED THAT HIS VILE ACTION TO ERASE THE MEMORY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REVERSED. HOWEVER, THE VERY FACT THAT THE ERASURE OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WAS EVEN CONSIDERED SHOWS THE NEED FOR ALL OF US TO STAY VIGILANT WHEN ANYONE TRIES TO CHANGE AND MISREPRESENT OUR HISTORY. BOSTON IS A CITY THAT TREASURES PRESERVING AND HIGHLIGHTING HISTORY, NOT PUSHING IT AWAY SO GENERATIONS FORGET IT.  STRIPPING THESE STORIES FROM MILITARY EDUCATION DISHONORS THE SACRIFICES THAT THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY HAVE MADE. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOT SIMPLY DE TALKING POINTS THEY ARE AMERICAN HISTORY.  IGNORING THEM ROBS FUTURE GENERATIONS OF A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR NATION'S EVOLUTION AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE IT STRONGER.  TAKE THE BRIGADIER GENERAL ENOCH WOODY WOODHOUSE THE SECOND WHO STANDS BESIDE ME. BORN IN 1927 RIGHT HERE IN ROXBURY NOW LIVES NOW LIVES IN MY DISTRICT IN MISSION HILL. HE JOINED THE ARMY AIR CORPS ON HIS 17TH BIRTHDAY. FROM THE START HE FACED RACISM WHEN HE BOARDED A TRAIN FOR BASIC TRAINING.  HE WAS TOLD WHITES ONLY WOULDI HAD TO WAIT 6 HOURS FOR ANOTHER TRAIN SHOWING UP LATE TO BOOT CAMP AND CATCHING FLAK FROM HIS DRILL SERGEANT. BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T LET THAT STOP HIM. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP, BECAME AN OFFICER AT JUST 19 AND SERVED AS PAYMASTER FOR THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.  AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, WOODY CONTINUED TO BREAK BARRIERS.  HE EARNED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM YALE UNIVERSITY IN 1952 AND HIS LAW DEGREE FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY IN 1955. HE PRACTICED LAW IN BOSTON FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ESTABLISHING GOOD THINGS THROUGHOUT BOSTON. BUT THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL IN BEACON HILL IN ENSURING THAT OUR RICH HISTORY IS PRESERVED AND PROTECTED. HIS EFFORTS TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PAST TO THE PRESENT REMIND US THAT AMERICAN HISTORY IS SHAPED BY PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE. TODAY GENERAL WOODHOUSE LIVES IN MISSION HILL AND HE CONTINUES TO INSPIRE OTHERS WITH HIS STORY OF SERVICE. JUST RECENTLY HE JOINED ME CELEBRATING AN ASVAB GRADUATION FOR THREE YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE HEADED TO AIR FORCE BOOT CAMP. SEEING HIS PRIDE AND JOY AS HE ENCOURAGED THESE FUTURE SERVICE MEMBERS WAS A REMINDER OF HOW POWERFUL HIS LEGACY TRULY IS. BUT HE MADE IT CLEAR THEY WEREN'T THERE YET BECAUSE. HE'S TOUGH. HE'S TOUGH ON FOLKS WHO WANT TO SERVE BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES. HE'S NOT A HERO OF THE PAST. HE'S SHAPING THE FUTURE.  TODAY I'M PROUD TO BRING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNSELOR ED FLYNN AND COUNSELOR HENRY SANTANA.  THE MISSION HILL POST IS BEHIND ME STANDING BY HIS SIDE DURING THIS PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU HOW SIGNIFICANT HE IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE RESPECT THAT EVERYONE HAS FOR HIM IN BOSTON. BOSTON IS STEEPED IN HISTORY AND ACTIVISM AND HIS STORY FITS RIGHT INTO THAT FABRIC. BUT THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED TO FIGHT TO KEEP THESE STORIES IN OUR SCHOOLS IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS AND YES, IN OUR MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THE STORIES OF AMERICAN HEROES. THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT DEFINE US AS A NATION. SO NOW ALL THAT MY COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR ED FLYNN AND THEN COUNSELOR SANTANA AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM GENERAL WOODHOUSE HIMSELF. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNSELOR DURKAN AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR DURKAN AND COUNSELOR SANTANA AS WELL ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT REALLY STANDING NEXT TO AN AMERICAN HERO RIGHT HERE. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE KNOWN GENERAL WOODHOUSE FOR 40 IS AND WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE'S A REMARKABLE MAN THAT SERVED OUR NATION DURING VERY DIFFICULT TIMES READY TO RISK HIS LIFE FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM ACROSS THE WORLD WITH OTHER MEN AND WOMEN AS WELL. AND WHEN HE CAME BACK TO BOSTON, CAME BACK TO THE UNITED STATES FACED RACISM BUT HE WORKED HARD AND HE WORKED HARD TO BRING THIS CITY TOGETHER,  ESPECIALLY DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR OUR VETERANS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN LEGION POST HERE FROM MISSION HILL. GENERAL WOODHOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE TRYING TO SUPPORT ALL VETERANS TO ENSURE THAT THEY GOT THE RESPECT THAT THEY'VE EARNED WOMEN VETERANS, VETERANS OF COLOR, LGBTQ VETERANS. IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THEIR SERVICE AND THAT THEY SERVED. THEY WERE WILLING TO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE LIKE GENERAL WOODHOUSE AND MANY OF YOU KNOW MY FORMER MY FRIEND WHO WAS WHO WAS DECEASED AS WELL AS SAUNDERS WAS A SUPERINTENDENT OF BOSTON POLICE WHO WAS A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AS WELL. BUT WE HAD SO MANY HEROES IN OUR CITY AMONG US.  THIS IS ONE OF THEM AND WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE WITH THEM TO CELEBRATE HIS REMARKABLE LIFE BUT ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING THAT MANY BLACK VETERANS EXPERIENCED WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT IT'S PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL WOODHOUSE THAT WORKED HARD TO TRY TO BRING THIS CITY TOGETHER. THANK YOU, GENERAL WOODHOUSE. THANK YOU.  GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.  IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE NEXT TO AN AMERICAN HERO, A BOSTON HERO, A MISSION HILL YOUR HERO AND MY HERO AS WELL AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP AT MISSION HILL. GENERAL, WHAT HOUSE HAS BEEN SOMEONE I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS AND REALLY GOT TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM IN 2019 WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR FORMER COUNCILOR KENZIE BOK AND HE SAT DOWN WITH ME AND TOLD ME, YOU KNOW I SEE SOMETHING SPECIAL ON YOU.  AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE TIME THAT HE TOOK TO SIT DOWN WITH ME TO GIVE ME ADVICE TO LEAD ME INTO THIS PATH OF SERVICE I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER MENTOR AND A BETTER HERO FOR MYSELF AND FOR THE REST OF THE CITY. WHAT IS BELOVED MISSION HILL AND I GOT AS A MISSION HILL KID IT'S JUST SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLEMING, COUNCILOR DURKIN TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU YOUR STORY, YOUR STORY AND THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US. SO SUCH AN HONOR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.  AND BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN OF THE HOUR, I WANT TO INVITE COMMANDER GEORGE ROLLINS TO SAY SOMETHING FROM A COMMUNITY.  YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MISSION HILL VERY PROUD TO HAVE IN OUR GOOD HOUSE IS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS THE LEADING ADVISOR TO US.  HE HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THEM BECAUSE HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY FROM YALE AND HE WAS LOVED TOO. SO HE IS PRETTY BRIGHT BUT HE'S NOT A VERY GOOD PILOT THOUGH BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FLY HELICOPTERS BUT ON THE ARMY GUYS CAN DO.  BUT WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE. THANK YOU, GEORGE.  AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO,  GENERAL WOODHOUSE, CHERI.  IT I MEAN COME TO US.  DISTINGUISHED COME TO US CLERGY PRESIDENT OF THE NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER WILL THESE CHILDREN STAND UP? AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. OH, BY THE WAY, WISH ME WELL WITH THE BABY.  OH, WELL SHE'S EXCUSE.  GIVE MY REGARDS COMPLIMENTS I THINK HER SENSE BIRTHDAY IS THE SAME AS MINE JANUARY 14. SO GIVE HER MY COMPLIMENTS BUT SAY I MISSED HER BEING IN NORMANDY WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.  PRINCE WILLIAM OF ENGLAND.  PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE KINGS AND SO FORTH OF THE NATO COUNTRIES TO SHAKE HANDS WITH ALL OF THEM AND TO COME BACK HERE IN BOSTON WHERE I GREW UP. WHAT AN HONOR.  WHAT A PRIVILEGE.  AND WHEN I CAME HERE AS ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNCILOR AROUND 1956 WHEN THE BUILDING WHICH WAS BUILT, I PROBABLY SAW TWO PEOPLE OF COLOR RING THE BUILDING. I WAS ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNCILOR AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON OF COLOR HERE AND OF COURSE WOMEN WERE MOSTLY SEGREGATIONISTS. NOW THINGS HAVE SLIGHTLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING AND IT WILL BE VERY,  VERY BRIEF. BUT I HAVE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. I GREW UP IN ROSWELL WHEN I WAS AT YALE PEOPLE WOULD SAY WHERE DO YOU SAY YOU'RE FROM? ROSEMARY?  BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE FROM BOSTON. I SAID, YEAH, I'M FROM BOSTON. THAT'S THE CITY.  BUT I LIVED IN ROXBURY.  THE ARE PROJECTS ON CHARM AND AVENUE DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LAST STABLE OF HORSES FROM BOSTON MOUNTED POLICE. AND YOU KNOW HOW IT WOULD BE THERE ON JULY OR AUGUST DAY COME FROM GENERATIONS TWO GENERATIONS OF BLACK PREACHERS WERE DECLARED. THERE YOU ARE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU GOT A LOT OF WORK HERE.  I HAD LATIN AND GREEK BOOKS AT HOME. THAT WAS MY FATHER'S PROFESSION APPLIED TO BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL . UH, I DIDN'T GET IT. SO MY FATHER WENT OUT TO THE SCHOOL AND SAID WELL, LOOK, YOU KNOW MY FRIENDS SONS, YOU KNOW WHO WERE WHITE EUROPEAN THEY WERE RECEPTIVE. SO MY FATHER WENT OUT TO THE SCHOOL AND SAID, WELL GEE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE APPLIED WITH CISCO. THIS WAS 1940 BOSTON. THE HEADMASTER SAID TO MY FATHER, REVEREND, WHERE WOULD YOU CHOOSE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OH, WE LIVE IN THE PROJECTS ON CHALMERS AVENUE WE DON'T INTERVIEW I TAKE AN EXAM TO YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS BOSTON. OUR CITY IN 1940. I TOLD EVERY PRINCIPAL OF BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL THAT OF COURSE I WENT TO ENGLISH. MY MOTHER TOLD ME IN FLORIDA. SO IT WAS NOT TO MAKE ME FEEL A VICTIM. OH, DAD, WHAT AM I GOING THE LATIN SCHOOL. BUT WHAT IS IT? SEPTIC. SO MY MOTHER LOOKED AT MY FATHER AND MY FATHER LOOKED BACK AT MY MOTHER. NOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR PARENTS LOOK AT EACH OTHER SOMETHING'S GOING DOWN.  AND WHAT IT WAS MY MOTHER SAID IT WAS.  I WILL SEND THE YOUR FATHER AND I DECIDED THAT BOSTON ENGLISH IS CLOSER. WHICH IS THIS?  AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SCHOOL FOR YOU TO GO TO.  SO I DID. AND THE REST IS HISTORY. HE USED TO TAKE AWAY EVERYBODY HAS BUMPS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE MORE BUMPS THAN OTHERS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BUMPS ON THEIR BUMPS WHICH IS SKIN COLOR. NOW YOU KNOW IT IS WHAT IT IS. NONE OF US CHOSE WHO WE WANTED TO BE.  WHAT I TAKE AWAY IS I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE GOOD PARENTS, GOOD SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME, I CAN LIKE YOU. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL LOVE ME. I WILL LIKE YOU. BUT THE MESSAGE IS JUST DO THE RIGHT THING DO THE RIGHT THING . THE LAST TAKE AWAY IS THIS.  NOW WE'RE ALL AMERICANS. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIFFICULT THINGS HERE WITH OUR COUNTRY. I HAVE TO BE ON THE ONE QUESTION I RECEIVED WHEN I WAS IN NORMANDY. INCIDENTALLY, I SPEAK PARISIAN FRENCH, DUTCH, FRENCH ACTUALLY PARISIAN FIRST BECAUSE I SAID IT IN FRANCE. AND IF YOU GOOGLE BEST FRIENDS FOUNDATION YOU WILL SEE ME KISSING OUI. SAYING EMBRACING MACRON CALL THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE OTHER PEOPLE. NOW I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MYSELF AND YOU KNOW, DON'T THINK I'M TRYING TO IMPRESS YOU BECAUSE LIKE I TOLD GOVERNOR BAKER, I BELIEVE JOB. I'M HERE TO HELP. I'M HERE TO SHARE.  SO MY LAST THING THAT I HAVE TO SAY WHEREVER I SPEAK I, I DO SPEAK AROUND QUITE A BIT. WEST POINT FOR BRAG KIDNAP AND I THEY CALL ME. BUT THE THING THAT I DON'T LIKE IS MOST OF MY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS IN FEBRUARY FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SO I SAY LOOK, THANKS FOR THE INVITE BUT INVITE ME AND SOME OTHER THAN FEBRUARY BECAUSE I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY.  I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT'S YOU'RE HISTORY AND THIS YOU'VE MADE HISTORY.  THIS IS NOT YOUR COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.  SO MY LAST THING IS THIS AND YOU'RE FORTUNATE. NO, YOU'RE FORTUNATE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WHO'S BEEN HERE HAS ANYONE BEEN IN FORT BRAGG ANNAPOLIS YET? NO WAY THAT THE CLIMATE CODE EVERY ACT I ALWAYS CAUSE WAS THIS.  IT'S A LITTLE CORNY BUT I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT GIVES US SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT POINTEDLY GOES LIKE THIS.  YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ME ALL YOU PLEASE.  BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT YOU ON MY KNEES. THANK YOU.  AND IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO JOIN GENERAL WHITE HOUSE FOR A PHOTO RATHER THAN JUST PASSING, PLEASE TELL ME WHO I WILL BE CALLING UPON HER. YES, I'LL LET HER KNOW WHEN SHE GOES ON TO HAVE A GREAT JOB.  THEY ALL LEFT HERE AND YOU.  THANK YOU VERY.  SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO. OH, THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. HERE YOU GO. WHAT I YOU TALKING TO THIS GUY ? HEY, WOODY, DON'T FORGET YOUR WATCH. TIME TO GIVE IT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.  THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.  HAPPY?  YEAH, WELL, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO JUST START DOING SOME.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HONORING OUR BRIGADIER GENERAL ENOCH WOODY WOODHOUSE. THANK YOU, WOODY, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORDS AND FOR THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU SHOW FOR AMERICAN HISTORY WHAT YOU'VE SYMBOLIZED FOR THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU. WE NOW HAVE ONE MORE. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE NATIONAL POST FOR BEING HERE.  ONE MORE PRESENTATION SHOWCASING YOUTH DANCE GROUPS WHO IN TURN WILL BE HONORING THE LATE KYRIE AMBROSE COUNSELOR.  HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I AM HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF AND JOURNALISM.  I THINK THIS IS A GIFT. I'M GOING TO. MY 5 MINUTES HAVE NOT STARTED YET FOR THE COUNCIL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS RIGHT.  ALL RIGHT. TAKE TWO. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I AM HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF OUR BELOVED KARIS AMBROSE, A BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY GRADUATE WHO SHARED WITH THE WORLD 19 YEARS OF LOVE PASSION, DEDICATION TO PEOPLE AND DANCE. HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT HAS TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES AND HAS LEFT AND HAS LEFT LASTING IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. TODAY WE ALSO HONOR HIS PARENTS REENA AMBROSE AND KAREN SMITH WHO DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB RAISING SUCH AN INTELLIGENT, TALENTED, LOVING AND CARING INDIVIDUAL. UNFORTUNATELY, KYRIE'S FATHER COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY DUE TO WORK BUT HIS GRANDMOTHER LAKISHA BROWN WILL BE ACCEPTING THE CITATION ON HIS BEHALF. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING FIRST CLARICE'S VIGIL AT LENA PARK AND I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE COURAGEOUS STUDENTS WHO SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND DID SO WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND COMPASSION. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE OFTENTIMES COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER, THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER AND CELEBRATE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE LIFE OF SOMEONE WHO THEY ALL LOVED AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY INSPIRED A RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FILING HERE ON THE COUNCIL LATER TODAY. IT'S CALLED A DAY OF CARE AND UPLIFTING ALL THE DANCE GROUPS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND WE'RE GOING TO NAME AND DEDICATE THE DAY TO THEM.  SO THAT'S HAPPENING LATER. BUT THAT'S WHAT REALLY INSPIRED THIS PARTICULAR CITATION PRESENTATION. SO DANCES IS AN ART FORM THAT ALLOWS FOR ONE TO BE FULLY EXPRESSED BUT MANY WAYS IT'S ALSO A VERY COMPETITIVE SPORT THAT AT TIMES CAN CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF STRIFE BETWEEN GROUPS. NONETHELESS, THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY TO UPLIFT AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF KYRIE AMBROSE.  I HAVE ALSO FILED A RESOLUTION DECLARING JANUARY 18TH THE DAY OF CARE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CELEBRATING KYRIE'S LEGACY AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO UPLIFT HIS MEMORY. IT IS A CALL TO CONTINUE HIS SPIRIT OF CREATIVITY, KINDNESS AND COMPASSION.  IT REMINDS US TO HOLD SPACE FOR ONE ANOTHER TO SUPPORT YOUNG ARTISTS AND TO ENSURE THAT THE POWER OF DANCE AND EXPRESSION REMAINS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.  THE COUNCIL WILL BE TAKING A VOTE ON THIS LATER IN OUR IN OUR SESSION.  AND SO THIS THIS FIRST PART IS REALLY TO CELEBRATE AND UPLIFT THE DANCE GROUPS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER. REENA AND MR SMITH TO DEDICATE TODAY TO YOU AT THIS TIME I LIKE TO CALL IT THE DANCE GROUP'S SHOUTS OF SAMSON TO JOIN ME TO ACCEPT THE CITATION FOR THE CARE THAT THEY DEMONSTRATED TO CORY AND HIS FAMILY ALONGSIDE WITH HIS PARENTS.  SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU NOW COME OVER TO THE TO THE FLOOR ARENA. MAKE YOUR WAY HERE FOR KISHA WHO IS GOING TO BE MISS BROWN, WHO'S GOING TO BE ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF MR. SMITH AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE DANCE GROUPS WE HAVE THIS THIS RESOLUTION ONCE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO RENA AMBROSE, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE WORLD TO KNOW BE INSPIRED BY AND LOVE YOUR SON DANCER INSTRUCTOR AND IT SHOULD GIVE TO US ALL. CORY AMBROSE HE WILL ALWAYS BE KNOWN FOR ALL HIS ALL THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED HIS LIKE WILL FOREVER SHINE BRIGHT IN THE COUNTLESS LIVES HE HAS TOUCHED THE SAME THIS IS FOR CORY, HIS DAD KYRON SMITH. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE WORLD TO KNOW TO BE INSPIRED AND BE LOVED BY YOUR SON DANCER INSTRUCTOR AND IT SHOULD GIVE TO US ALL CORY'S AMBROSE. HE WILL ALWAYS PLAY.  HE WILL ALWAYS BE KNOWN FOR ALL OF THE GOOD HE ACCOMPLISHED. HIS LIGHT WILL FOREVER SHINE BRIGHT IN THE LIFE THAT HE TOUCHED.  COME ON, COME ON, COME ON COME ON.  THIS IS TRAVIS'S GRANDMOTHER.  THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION IS IN A TRIBUTE TO KYRIE'S.  THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE PASSING OF YOUR LOVED ONE CORY'S AMBROSE AND KYRIE. SORRY, AMBROSE IN WHOSE MEMORY ALL MEMBERS STOOD IN TRIBUTE AND REVERENCE AS THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED THIS MEETING TODAY ON JANUARY 20, 29TH.  NO.  SO STAR J CULTURAL ART CENTER STAGES. YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHY I CANNOT SPEAK TODAY. I'M AN EMOTIONAL WRECK ENSURING THAT CARRIE'S AMBROSE LIGHT CONTINUES TO SHINE THROUGH THE POWER OF DANCE AND UNITY. THANK YOU FOR COMING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THE DANCE GROUPS AROUND BOSTON AND SURROUNDING TOWNS DURING A TIME COMMUNITY MORE IN SUCH A CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. IT'S GOING TO TAKE WE HAVE AREA 51 MAJORETTES. YES.  WE'LL TAKE YOU UNKNOWN HYPE DANCE STUDIO YOU THAT SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE TWO DOOR DANCE COMPANY IN EXCEPT ON THEIR BACK I FEEL LIKE I'M AT THE EMMYS RIGHT NOW FOR STAR DANCE STUDIO TONY WILLIAMS DANCE CENTER OKAY THE HAZEL JENKS COLLECTIVE FOLK PHENOMENON ROXBURY CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SAMPSON AND WE ALSO HAVE THERE'S ORIGINATION IS WHEN AN ORIGINATION AND WE GOT YOU. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.  I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT CRYING.  ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU.  THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND THE DANCE COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE LEGACY OF KYRIE.  NEVER WOULD I HAVE IMAGINED TO WATCH MY SON FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE IN MY ARMS HEARING THOSE HEARTBREAKING WORDS FROM THE DOCTOR I'M SORRY HAVING TO LAY MY SON TO REST OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME AWAY HIS BED HAVING TO SAY GOODBYE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SAY HELLO AGAIN. THIS CANNOT BE THE END OF HIM.  KYRIE WAS AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN FROM THE MOMENT HE WAS BORN. HE SMILED BRIGHT AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LIGHT. HE IS A PERSON WHO DEFIED EXPECTATIONS AS A MALE ARTIST OF COLOR. HE ALWAYS STRIVED TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF HIMSELF. THERE WAS NO TASK PUT IN FRONT OF HIM THAT WAS TOO COMPLICATED FOR HIM TO MASTER. HE BROKE BARRIERS AND STEREOTYPES BEING THE FIRST MALE DANCER OF COLOR TO TAKE ON A PRIMARILY FEMALE ROLE IN THE URBAN NUTCRACKER SHOWING PRIDE AND DONNING THE LEOTARD AND DANCING WITH THE GIRLS.  DANCE WAS A CHANCE FOR KYRIE TO FULLY EXPRESS HIMSELF SAYING WHEN I'M HAPPY AND EXCITED.  I USE UPBEAT HIGH TEMPO STYLES LIKE HIP HOP JAZZ AND VOGUING TO EXPRESS MYSELF AND WHEN I'M SAD I USE LYRICAL OR CONTEMPORARY TO SHOW THOSE EMOTIONS KYRIE'S JOY, HIS EXCITEMENT AND EVEN HIS PAIN WERE ALL WOVEN INTO HIS MOVEMENTS AND HIS VERY BEING. EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HIM,  HIS EXPRESSION OF RAW EMOTION AND PASSION WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE IGNORED WHEN A FRIEND SAW HIM IN A FASHION SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PERFORMING IN A FEW YEARS.  THEY WENT UP TO HIM AFTER THE SHOW TO TELL HIM HE DID A GREAT JOB AND HIS FIRST REACTION WAS YOU REMEMBER ME? THEIR RESPONSE TO HIM WAS KYRIE. WHO COULD FORGET YOU? GOAL FROM CHILD HEARD WAS I WANT TO BE FAMOUS LIKE HEY LIST CELEBRITY I WANT MY NAME TO BE KNOWN FOR GOOD THINGS. SEEING THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT, LOVE AND RECOGNITION HE HAS RECEIVED SINCE HIS PASSING HAS SHOWN ME THAT HE DID ACHIEVE HIS GOAL . I AM TRULY SADDENED THAT HE DIDN'T GET TO SEE THIS FIRSTHAND BUT I KNOW HE IS SMILING BRIGHT AND IN THE WORDS OF HIS COUSIN A SAFE DREAMS UPLIFTING AND SERENE, A MASTERPIECE EMERGING THROUGH THE SLIPSTREAM OF LIFE TO BEHOLD IN WITH THE SPIRIT THAT IS GOLDEN HIS ESSENCE IS PURE AND CAN NEVER BE STOLEN. HE IS A FIERCE HE IS AS FIERCE AS A LION BOLD, MAJESTIC AND FREE.  LONG LIVE THE LEGACY OF KYRIE.  THANK YOU.  AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK LINDA HOUDA PASTOR ACEVEDO WHO LITERALLY STEPPED UP AND CREATED SPACE FOR US TO SHOW UP AND TO HONOR THIS YOUNG VIBRANT YOUNG MAN. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY TO COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTO OF WHAT I.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HONORING REENA AND ALL OF THE DANCE COMMUNITIES AND THAT CAME TOGETHER FOR KYRIE'S BALLOON RELEASE AND FOR HIS FUNERAL. THE LEGACY OF KYRIE LIVES ON.  I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE BALLOON RELEASE AND IT WAS A JOYOUS REPRESENTATION OF SOMEONE WHO BROUGHT SO MUCH LIFE IN THIS WORLD SO THAT HIS MEMORY OF CONTINUE TO LIVE ON.  THANK YOU EVERYONE. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE JEREMIAH PROGRAM THERE RIGHT IN THE BACK THERE ALISON AND ALL THE MOMS DAISY, KENDRA . I PUT ENVELOPES IN EVERY FOLDERS IN EVERYONE'S MAILBOX AND WE WERE IN THE CURLY ROOM EARLIER TODAY. THEY'RE A PROGRAM THAT REALLY IS FOCUSED ON DISRUPTING POVERTY VIA TO GENERATION MODEL BY MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN ARE NOT ABLE TO ONLY INVEST IN THEMSELVES. PARENTS ARE NOT ONLY ABLE TO INVEST THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME THAT MOTHERHOOD DOES NOT MEAN THE END OF THEIR GROWTH AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND YOU ALL ARE JUST AMAZING. AND SO THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US HERE ON THE COUNCIL ALISON. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM HERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE Y'ALL WITH THE VIEW OF EVERYONE WITH A CITATION.  SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU.  OKAY.  OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REMEMBER TENDENCY TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILORS CALLED ZAPATA AND ANDERSON ON OUR PRESENT?  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF JANUARY 15, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 15TH MEETING ARE APPROVED.  WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 02920292 MESSAGE IN HONOR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 AWARDED BY THE DONOR GROUP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ANIMAL SHELTER AND ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICAL MEDICAL CARE FOR SICK OR INJURED ANIMALS WHOSE OWNERS ARE BOSTON RESIDENTS THROUGH DONATIONS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET NUMBER 0292 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,  RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACTED NUMBER 02930293 MESSAGE YOU NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $145,687.72 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMAN'S ACT A STOCK GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PASS THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY. TO ME AND MINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CIVILIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE WHO PROVIDES SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF JAMAICA PLAIN IN JAMAICA PLAIN AS WELL AS FOR SPANISH SPEAKING VICTIMS CITYWIDE AND ALSO SUPPORTING OVERTIME FOR ALL CIVILIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES CITYWIDE.  THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET 0293 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT THE NUMBER 0294029 FOR MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE HARDEST TO REACH AREAS BOTH URBAN AND NON-URBAN IN BASIC TAX RETURN PREPARATION TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0294 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 02950295 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE BOSTON TEXT HEALTH COALITION S.A. OF BANK GRANT AWARDED BY S.A. A BANK IN A TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BOSTON TAX COALITION TO PROVIDE PATHWAYS FROM POVERTY TO FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT BY MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF TAX CREDITS THROUGH FREE TAX PREPARATION, FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0295 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 02960296 MESSAGE UNITED FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER EXTENDING THE CITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 32 B SECTION 19 TO BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH 2027. UPON MY APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0296 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 02972 NUMBER 0303.0297 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT OF THE REPORT ENTITLED MAYOR'S OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT QUARTERLY REPORT OCTOBER FIRST, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 DOCKET 02989 THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JERRICA BRADLEY AS TEMPORARY FIRST ASSISTANT COLLECTOR TREASURER FOR A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10TH, 2025 TUCKER NUMBER 0299 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF TIM MCKENZIE AS A TEMPORARY SECOND ASSISTANT COLLECTOR TREASURER FOR A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS EFFECTIVE JANUARY TEN, 2025 DUNCAN EMMA 0300 NOTICES RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF ANTONIA EDWARDS AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY TUCKER NUMBER 0301 NO WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR BREADON OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE JANUARY 29, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUCKER NUMBER 0302 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF JANUARY EIGHTH 2025 IN DARK NUMBER 0303 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF JANUARY 15, 2025 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 029730303 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE RIGHT NOW ON TWO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0189 DOCKING NUMBER 0189 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY EIGHT, 2025 DOCKET NUMBER 0189 ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE REGARDING THE BULL FINCH TRIANGLE DISTRICT USE REGULATIONS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON JANUARY EIGHT, 2025 DOCKET 00189 ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE FOR THE BOLE FINCH TRIANGLE DISTRICT TO USE REGULATION WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CLAUDIA SPADA ON JANUARY 23RD, 2025 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION HELD A HEARING ON THE INFORMATION DOCKET TO REVIEW THE BENEFITS AND IMPACT OF MY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BOTH MYSELF AND COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA WERE JOINED BY COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND BY AMY CHAMBERS, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND JEFF THOMAS, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF PLANNING BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THE HEARING MY TEXT AMENDMENT IS TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE ARTICLE 46 SECTION NINE, WHICH ESTABLISHES YOUTH USE REGULATIONS FOR THE BULL FINCH TRIANGLE DISTRICT.  THIS AMENDMENT REFLECTS A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH ADDRESSING TWO CRITICAL CHALLENGES FACING OUR CITY OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE AND THE NEED FOR A STREAMLINED ,EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE THE FINCH TRIANGLE IS A HISTORIC JOB AND BOSTON'S WEST END STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR RICH ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. DESIGNED BY THE RENOWNED CHARLES BRO FINCH IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THIS DISTRICT HAS WITNESSED TREMENDOUS TRANSFORMATION AND FROM ITS ORIGINS AS RECLAIMED LAND FROM THE MILLPOND THROUGH THE ERA OF THE ELEVATED JFK EXPRESSWAY AND TO ITS REMARKABLE REVITALIZATION FOLLOWING THE BIG DIG PROJECT MY AMENDMENT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE BULL OFFENSE TRIANGLE STORY.  THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSES A STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE RECLASSIFYING RESIDENTIAL USES FROM CONDITIONAL TO ALLOWED IN THE BOSTON ZONING CODE. WHILE THIS MAY SEEM LIKE JUST A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT, ITS IMPACT ON OUR CITY'S HOUSING LANDSCAPE COULD BE SUBSTANTIAL . LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT WHY THIS CHANGE MATTERS. CURRENTLY DEVELOPERS SEEKING TO BUILD HOUSING IN THE BOLTON TRIANGLE MUST NAVIGATE ADDITIONAL REGULATORY HURDLES BECAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL USE IS CLASSIFIED AS CONDITIONAL. THIS CREATES UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OFTEN OFFERING FAVOR OFTEN FAVORING LARGE DEVELOPERS WHO CAN BETTER OBSERVE THE RISKS AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT VARIANCES OR OTHER FORMS OF RELIEF.  THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS BY DESIGNATED RESIDENTIAL USES AS ALLOWED WITHIN THE DISTRICT REMOVING ONE LAYER OF REGULATORY TAPE. WE KNOW THERE ARE STILL MANY TO GO.  BY DOING SO WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE. BOSTON IS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING CRISIS AND URGENCY AND WITH URGENCY AND INNOVATION. THE BOSTON TRIANGLE IS PRECISELY WHERE WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. IT OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PROXIMITY TO MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AND CONNECTION TO AMENITIES OF THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY. BY REMOVING THESE REGULATORY BARRIERS WE CAN UNLOCK THE DISTRICT'S POTENTIAL AND CONTRIBUTE AND HELP IT CONTRIBUTE TO ADDRESSING OUR CITY'S HOUSING NEEDS.  IMPORTANTLY, THIS CHANGE DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT. THE WOLF AND TRIANGLE CAN AND SHOULD SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN BALANCE GROWTH WITH PRESERVATION ENSURING THAT NEW HOUSING INTEGRATES SEAMLESSLY WITHIN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.  AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I AM VERY AWARE OF HOW CONTENTIOUS THE ZONED TOPIC OF ZONING CAN GET. THERE ARE VERY FEW INSTANCES WHERE ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE IN ALIGNMENT OVER THE CHANGES.  THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE. THE WEST END CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND THE MUSEUM BOTH TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT AT THE HEARING WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS OF THE BULL FINCH TRIANGLE. WE HEARD FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS ALSO IN SUPPORT.  MS. CHAMBERS AND MS. MR THOMAS GAVE STRONG AND DETAILED REASONS WHY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS MY AMENDMENT. THIS CHANGE WOULD BETTER ALIGN BOSTON ZONING CODE WITH BROADER GOALS FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH TO CREATE VIBRANT MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE.  I WAS RECENTLY READING MEETING ALSO WITH IMG AS PRESIDENT AND TALKED ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING POTENTIAL AND THE BOTH AND TRIANGLE. IN PASSING THIS AMENDMENT TODAY WE CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL STEP TOWARDS ALLEVIATING HOUSING SCARCITY WHILE PROMOTING SMART GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN VOTING YES ON THIS MEASURE WHICH THEN WILL BE SENT TO THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER REVIEW. AS YOU KNOW, ONCE WE PASS A ZONING AMENDMENT CHANGE IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE SO THERE WILL STILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO WEIGH IN. BUT I THINK THIS WOULD SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THE TWO CHANGES THAT WERE MADE FROM ME FILING TO THE DOCKET YOU SEE TODAY IS THERE WERE TWO TYPOS AND THOSE TYPOS ARE FIXED. ONE OF THE TYPOS WAS ACTUALLY COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE ZONING CODE SO SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL VOTE YES. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR CHAIRING AN IMPORTANT MEETING AND INFORMATIVE MEETING. I ATTENDED THE WHOLE MEETING AND ASKED QUESTIONS TO THE BPA TEAM THAT WAS HERE.  I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HER PROFESSIONALISM. I ALSO REPRESENTED THIS AREA AS A CITY COUNCILOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS WELL PRIOR TO REDISTRICTING.  I KNOW THE AREA VERY WELL. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO AND IT'S NOT PERSONAL BUT THE REASON I'M VOTING NO IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'LL TAKE AWAY A VOICE FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.  I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS HAVE INPUT AT THE BPA AT THE ZBA.  I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THAT CRITICAL INPUT IN ELECTED OFFICIALS. LISTEN TO THEM CLEARLY AND CAREFULLY. I BELIEVE THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE THAT. IT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS TO BE HEARD AND CHAIR.  BEING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR THE HEARING.  IT WAS INFORMATIVE AND I WAS HAPPY THAT YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE HERE TO SPEAK. BUT THIS AMENDMENT SEEKS TO RECLASSIFY RESIDENTIAL USES FROM CONDITIONAL TO ALLOW THEREBY STREAMLINING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND FACILITATING THE CREATION OF MUCH NEEDED HOUSING IN THE CITY. HOWEVER, WHILE I ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESSING NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING, I HARBOR CONCERNS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL DIMINISHMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR CONDITION OR USE PERMIT SERVES AS A MECHANISM FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE IN SHAPING THE CHARACTER AND FUTURE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. I BELIEVE THAT BY REMOVING THIS REQUIREMENT WE RISK SIDELINING VALUABLE COMMUNITY INPUT AND ALLOWING PROJECTS TO PROCEED WITHOUT ADEQUATE LOCAL OVERSIGHT. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT AS WE ENDEAVOR TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING SHORTAGE WE DO NOT COMPROMISE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES THAT EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVE MEASURES THAT WILL PRESERVE AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITHIN THE BULL FINCH TRIANGLE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THROUGH THE CHAIR. I'M JUST SEEKING A LITTLE BIT OF FLAHERTY. I DO BELIEVE I DON'T KNOW MAYBE IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ABOLISHING THE BPA AND BRINGING IT OVER TO THE PARK, BRINGING THE PLANNING INTO THE CITY AND I THINK I REMEMBER THAT VERY TRAUMATIC MOMENT WHERE I WAS REALLY TRYING TO STOP THE VOTE FROM HAPPENING AND I WAS REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET MORE COMMUNITY VOICE IN TO THE PROCESSES OF HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF ANYONE HERE IN THE BODY CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF OUR VOTE BY ALLOWING PLANNING TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY STILL FEELS LIKE IF I'M HEARING MY COLLEAGUES CORRECTLY THAT COMMUNITY VOICE IS NOT BEING UPLIFTED SO I JUST AM SEEKING SOME FLAHERTY. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FIX THAT PROBLEM WHEN WE ABOLISH THE BPA AND BROUGHT IT INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON? I KNOW AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY FOLKS AREN'T FEELING HEARD. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION TO BUT IT'S A QUESTION THAT I HAVE THINKING THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNCILOR DURKIN WOULD IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DOWNTOWN NORTH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, THE WEST END CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND THE WESTERN MUSEUM ARE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT CHANGE. SO BY LISTENING TO COMMUNITY I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES AND LISTEN TO COMMUNITY IN THIS MOMENT WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT. I ACTUALLY NEED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. THIS ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT BECAUSE COMMUNITY WAS UPSET WITH A LAB DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WEST END. THAT WAS THE TWO TO DO FRIEND PROJECT AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ASKED COULD THIS BE HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSE WAS I'M ACTUALLY A LAB IS ALLOWED IN THE GULF AND TRIANGLE AND HOUSING IS CONDITIONAL. SO BASICALLY OUR CURRENT IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUR ZONING AS OUR VALUES IN FOR A SPECIFIC AREA AS OUR VALUES RIGHT NOW SAY HOUSING IS LESS IMPORTANT THAN LAB AND THE AND TRIANGLE AND THEN I'LL JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY THAT I LEARNED FROM THE WEST END MUSEUM DIRECTOR SEBASTIAN BELAFONTE WHO MANY OF YOU NOW HE ACTUALLY GOT UP DURING THE HEARING AND I HAD HIM COME TO THAT TO TESTIFY ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE REASONING FOR WHY THE ZONING IS THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.  AND SO THE BLUEFIN TRIANGLE'S HISTORY IS THAT IT USED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND BUT IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGN BY CHARLES BULL FINCH AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL SIMILAR TO BEACON HILL AND IT ENDED UP BEING THAT THING AFTER THING ENDED UP BEING INDUSTRIAL YOU KNOW, PARCEL AFTER PROPOSAL ENDED UP BEING INDUSTRIAL. SO IT WAS MADE AN AREA FOR ALL OF THAT INDUSTRY IS GONE NOW AND MOSTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT RESTAURANTS AND AND SORRY AND OTHER USES THAT ARE ALLOWED LIKE HOTELS.  I ALSO HAVE SPOKEN TO LOCAL 26 THERE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT WE DON'T FIX THE ZONING AND THE BOTH TRIANGLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF SMALL NONUNION HOTELS APPEARING BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED AND THEN I'LL JUST ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF COMMUNITY PROCESS RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE DOING A SMALL PROJECT AT THE BPD SO YOU WANT TO CONVERT THROUGH THE OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM OR ANY OTHER WAY CONVERT AN OFFICE BUILDING TO HOUSING, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO FOR A SMALL PROJECT SO THERE WOULD STILL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN THROUGH THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS AND I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I NEEDED TO ENUMERATE BECAUSE DURING THE HEARING IT WAS CLEAR NOT EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THAT SMALL PROJECTS STILL HAVE A MEETING ARE STILL STILL HAVE A MEETING THAT'S REQUIRED ALL THAT WE'RE REMOVING WHICH I'LL QUOTE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THEY SAID JEFF THOMAS SAID THIS ALL THAT WE'RE REMOVING IS A VETO POINT ON WHETHER IT'S HOUSING AND I THINK AS A CITY WE NEED TO MAKE A STAND HERE AND SAY YOU DON'T GET TO VETO WHETHER IT'S HOUSING YOU CAN VETO THE HEIGHT, YOU CAN VETO ANY OTHER MODIFICATION THAT'S NEEDED. YOU CAN VETO SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THAT IT'S BUT FOR ME THIS IS A VALUES STANDPOINT. IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT HERE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY OF SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL ME HERE AND LATER IN THE HEARING COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND I FILED A HEARING ORDER TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITION. BUT WE'RE SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE NEW CITY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU JUST BROUGHT UP I HAVE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0189 IN A NEW DRAFT. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0189 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY KNOW COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR FLIPPIN YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL S.A. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR AH OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 0189 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, TWO VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND ONE ABSENTEE THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0189 HAS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 016342101 60 TWO THEY CHANGE YOUR TALKING OF A0163 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES DURING LARGE EVENTS IN BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0163 YESTERDAY TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025 TO DISCUSS ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES DURING LARGE EVENTS IN BOSTON. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS MURPHY FLYNN AND PREVENT. WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY MY BY OUR COLLEAGUES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR DURKIN AND COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIR CHAIR WORRELL.  THE COMMITTEE INVITED A PANEL OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ADRIAN JORDAN, CHIEF OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. MICHAEL COX COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. RYAN WALSH DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.  JAMES HOOLEY, THE CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. PAUL BURKE THE FIRE COMMISSIONER AND CHIEF FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT JOSHO FRANKLIN HODGE, THE CHIEF OF STREETS AND TODAY BAKER HUGHES, THE MANAGER OF SPECIAL EVENTS CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND LICENSING CHIEF JORDAN JOINED US TO TESTIFY AS A PANELIST AND THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A LETTER OF REQUEST FROM SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER BAKER THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO A FREEZE LIST AND COMMITMENT TO ADDITIONAL PANELISTS JOINED UP TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.  MATTHEW CARNEY, DEPUTY CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND CAPTAIN TIMOTHY CONNOLLY WHO WAS WITH THE HOMELAND SECURITY UNIT FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE COMMITTEE ADDITIONALLY INVITED A SECURITY EXPERT FROM OUTSIDE THE ADMINISTRATION. WE WERE JOINED BY ARKUSH WHO WAS WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF FRONTIER SECURITY STRATEGIES AND HAS JOINED US TO TESTIFY AS A PANELIST AS WELL. I WOULD SAY IT WAS JUST A GREAT CONVERSATION AMONGST MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR FOUR MAJOR EVENTS. IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR YOU.  YOU KNOW, JUST QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT ON THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN YESTERDAY'S HEARING. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY, FLYNN AND PEPEN FOR SPONSORING THIS HEARING.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS DOCKET SHOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN, AS AS COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR CHAIRING THIS HEARING YESTERDAY. I RISE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY DEEP FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S CONTINUED DISREGARD FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S ROLE IN CONDUCTING MEANINGFUL HEARINGS. YESTERDAY AT OUR SCHEDULED HEARING ON DOCKET 0163 AN ESSENTIAL DISCUSSION ON ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AT LARGE EVENTS. MANY OF THE KEY PANELISTS WE REQUESTED WERE IN CITY HALL BUT CHOSE NOT TO ATTEND.  WE INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT,  BOSTON EMS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND ALSO CHIEF OF STREETS. THESE ARE VERY THESE ARE THE VERY AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. AND YET COMMISSIONER COX COMMISSION CHIEF JULIE COMMISSIONER BURKE AND CHIEF FRANKLIN HODGE, ALL OF WHOM WERE IN CITY HALL LIKE I SAID FAILED TO APPEAR BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE EXPERTS AN INSIGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY POLICIES. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND I THINK UNFORTUNATELY COUNCIL SANTANA IT HAS BEEN IN THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY HEARINGS SO YOU HAVE GRACIOUSLY SHARED THEM KNOWING THAT WE'VE OFTENTIMES HAD TO RESCHEDULE OR CUT SHORT THE CONVERSATION. AND SO THIS HAS UNDERMINED AND IT SHOWS THE ADMINISTRATION ITS UNWILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COUNCIL IN GOOD FAITH. THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THOSE WHO DID ATTEND AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION. CAPTAIN TIMOTHY CONNELLY OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION ADRIAN JORDAN, CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. DEPUTY CHIEF MATTHEW CARNEY AND ED CASH, PRESIDENT OF FRONTIER SECURITY STRATEGIES TOOK THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE AND DID PROVIDE VALUABLE EXPERTISE. THEIR INSIGHTS ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, INTELLIGENCE COORDINATION AND BEST PRACTICES FOR SECURING LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS WERE CRITICAL TO THE DISCUSSION. AND I APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHOW UP EVEN THOUGH OTHERS DID NOT. HOWEVER, THE ABSENCE OF OTHER KEY CITY OFFICIALS WE ACROSS REQUESTED SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT WANT TO PRIORITIZE THIS ISSUE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CITY LEADERSHIP.  WHEN WE LOOK AT RECENT TRAGEDIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,  WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF INADEQUATE PLANNING AND SECURITY.  WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS HERE IN BOSTON TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. DESPITE THE ADMINISTRATION'S CONTINUED DISREGARD FOR THIS COUNCIL'S ROLE, WE WILL NOT BE DETERRED. WE HAVE AGREED TO RESCHEDULE THIS HEARING ALONG WITH THE OTHER CO-SPONSOR CHAIRS AND THE CHAIR AND WE FULLY EXPECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW UP NEXT TIME AND ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION. THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON DESERVE.  I CALL ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO STOP DISMISSING OUR ROLE AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL CALLS A HEARING ON PUBLIC SAFETY OR ON ANY ON ANY ISSUE IT SHOULDN'T BE OPTIONAL. IT'S AN ESSENTIAL FORUM FOR DISCUSSION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND WITH ME IN DEMANDING THE RESPECT THIS BODY DESERVES AND ENSURING THAT WHEN WE RECONVENE WE HAVE THE PARTICIPATION NECESSARY TO MAKE THE REAL PROGRESS NEEDED ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTEMPLATING OTHERS LIKE.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR CHAIRING THIS MEETING. I ALSO WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BOSTON POLICE COMMISSIONER ,THE FIRE COMMISSIONER, THE EMS CHIEF AND THIS CHIEF OF STREETS DID NOT SHOW UP OR SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THIS MEETING. I HAD SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATING TO THESE DEPARTMENTS IN PREPARATION OF A MAJOR EVENT COMING UP IN MY DISTRICT THE EVACUATION DAY PARADE. I DID WANT TO ASK THEM SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ABOUT SECURITY AND SAFETY FOR RESIDENTS AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ENGAGE WITH THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY AS WE GO INTO THIS PARADE AND I KNOW OTHER DISTRICT COUNCILORS HAVE OTHER LARGE EVENTS IN THEIR IN THEIR DISTRICTS AS WELL.  I. SINCE MARCH I'VE HAD A MONTHLY MEETING WITH MY COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS THAT I'VE COORDINATED TO DISCUSS THE PARADE FROM LAST YEAR AND SECURITY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AGAIN IN MARCH AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND.  WE'VE MET CONSISTENTLY EACH MONTH AND WE EXCHANGE GOOD IDEAS. WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. WE DISAGREED BUT WE'VE COME TO CONCLUSIONS AND COMPROMISES AND THE PARADE COMMITTEE AND OTHERS WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS. BUT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US CITY COUNCILS TO ASK QUESTIONS ALSO TO THE PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT HEADS ABOUT THESE LARGER EVENTS. AGAIN, THEY DID NOT ATTEND. THEY FAILED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE. IT WAS DISAPPOINTING.  I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE IN THE BUILDING.  BUT HAVING SAID THAT I STILL THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US COUNCIL SANTANA TO RECONVENE TO HAVE THIS MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO MEET IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS SO I CAN ASK SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BEFORE THE EVACUATION DAY PARADE.  AS OTHER COUNCILORS ALSO WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS RELATING TO SPECIFIC EVENTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO MY REQUEST IS CAN WE RECONVENE THIS MEETING IN 30 DAYS FROM NOW AND LET'S ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND ENSURE THAT IF CITY COUNCIL IS WATCHING WE ATTEND THE MEETING AND OUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS OF THESE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE AND THEY TAKE THEY TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCTOR NUMBER 0163 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS 014202700263 AND 0269014 TO PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACTED AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO INCREASE ITS RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION TOKEN OF A02704 TO ADOPT A GOOD LANDLORD TAX ABATEMENT AS A LOCAL OPTION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN IN NUMBERS 0236 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL A NEW HOME WILL PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT PETITION FOR A SPECIAL REGARDING AN ACT RELATIVE TO RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND NUMBER 0269 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES AND THE ASSESSING PROCESS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA.  I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE DOCKETS THAT TWO OF THESE DOCKETS ARE IN COUNCILOR OR ELSE COMMITTEES. I RECOGNIZE BOTH CHAIRS AS THEY RISE TO SPEAK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF AS A ZAPATA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I SPEAK ON BOTH 0142 AND 0236 AS BOTH ARE IN MY COMMITTEE IN THE HEARING THAT WE HELD IN BOTH YOU MAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HELD A JOINT HEARING ON DOCKET 0142 AND DOCKET 0236 ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY CO-CHAIR FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCILOR WORRELL. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED MYSELF, COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY PEPEN, MCGUIRE, FITZGERALD WEBER, DURKIN, SANTANA AND FERNANDEZ SANDERSON.  I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, CITY OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC INCLUDING MASS SENIOR ACTION AND VARIOUS UNION LEADERSHIP FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ON PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION IN BOSTON. GIVEN THE INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF TAX CLASSIFICATION ABATEMENTS AND ASSESSING POLICIES, IT WAS PRUDENT THAT WE EVALUATE THESE ISSUES COLLECTIVELY AT THIS HEARING. WE REVIEWED MULTIPLE DOCKETS AIMED AT PROVIDING TAX RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THESE INCLUDE INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION AND NEW HOME RULE AND NEW HOME RULE PETITIONS TO ADJUST TAX RATES AND OTHER DIRECT REBATES. CHIEF GRAPHIC BURGER OUTLINED THE NEW HOME RULE PETITION WHICH HAS THE SAME ELEMENTS OF THE LAST TWO ITERATIONS PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL. THESE INCLUDE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE AND RESIDENTIAL BURDENS WITHIN THE TAX LEVY. SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AUTHORIZING BOSTON TO PROVIDE $15 MILLION ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY HIGH COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX BURDENS. SENIOR HOMEOWNER TAX RELIEF. AND TRIPLING THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR BUSINESSES. A NEW PROPOSAL INCLUDES REBATES FOR RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION HOLDERS AUTHORIZING REBATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 IF TAX RATES ARE NOT UPDATED BY MARCH 1ST OF THIS YEAR. REBATES WILL BE UNIFORM AND MUST NOT REDUCE AND MUST NOT REDUCE TAXABLE VALUATIONS BELOW 10% OF FULL CASH VALUE. I ASKED FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON HOW THEY WOULD THAT THEY WOULD DETERMINE IN THEIRS AND THE ADMINISTRATION HOW THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE REBATE AND HOW THEY WOULD BE JUST DISPERSED ON THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION DOCKET.  ORIGINALLY SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS MURPHY FLYNN AND WARREN, THE PROPOSAL SEEKS TO INCREASE BOSTON'S RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION FROM 35% TO A MAXIMUM OF 40% OF THE AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE OF CLASS ONE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.  THIS WOULD REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER 59 SECTION FIVE C ALLOWING BOSTON TO ADOPT THE HIGHER EXEMPTION AND DETERMINE THE EXACT PERCENTAGE ANNUALLY UP TO 40%. THE ADMINISTRATION CONVEYED CONCERNS ABOUT THIS INCREASE TO THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION IN INTO INCREASING THIS RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE TAXABLE PROPERTY BASE FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES LEADING TO HIGHER TAX BURDENS FOR LANDLORDS AND RENTERS. HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES ON NON OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES MAY RESULT IN LANDLORDS PASSING ON COSTS TO TENANTS POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING RENTAL AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES. I'LL SEE ANY QUESTIONS REMAIN ON BOTH MARKET DOCKETS REGARDING THE STRUCTURE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REBATES AND THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION. THERE WAS ALSO MANY QUESTIONS ASKED BY MY COLLEAGUES AND SO AN INFORMATION REQUEST HAS BEEN SENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE EXPECT ANSWERS TO BE SENT EXPEDITIOUSLY.  IN SUMMARY, I RECOMMEND KEEPING BOTH DOCKET 0142 AND DOCKET 0236 IN COMMITTEE TO ALLOW FOR THOROUGH EVALUATION AND ENSURE THAT ALL OUTSTANDING CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED BEFORE ANY MEASURES ARE ADOPTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-CHAIR ON MY ONE MOMENT COUNCILOR. YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON DOCKETS 0270026902700269. ON MONDAY, JANUARY JANUARY 27TH THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HELD A JOINT COMMITTEE HEARING WITH GOVERNMENT OPS CHAIRED BY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART AND MYSELF AND THE ADMINISTRATION WE HEARD FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ASHLEY ASHLEY GRAFTON BERGER COMMISSIONER OF ASSESSING NICHOLAS AARON ALO AS WELL AS CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION SEGUN IDOWU AND WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AS WELL. WE WERE JOINED BY MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR DURKIN CASSEL FINANCIAL ANDERSEN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CASSEL FLYNN COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASSIM HERE COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR WEBER. WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL BRADING.  WE HEARD FROM OUR PANELISTS ABOUT DOCKET 0270 SPONSORED BY CASA COLETTE ZAPATA, CASA SANTANA AND MYSELF AND HOLD ON SORRY. THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED HOW THIS ACT RECENTLY PASSED ON BEACON HILL AND PALLANT CITIES TO ENACT THIS EXEMPTION WHICH IS THE GOOD LANDLORD EXEMPTION. THE INTENT IS TO INCENTIVIZE US AND REWARD OUR SMALL LANDLORDS WHO ARE MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICE TO OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE ADMINISTRATION IS PURSUING FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THE LOGISTICS OF THIS BASED ON HOW THIS ABATEMENT WILL BE APPLIED . THE ACTUAL COST TO THE CITY AND WHAT GUIDELINES WHAT THE GUIDELINES WOULD BE AND WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THIS INFORMATION. BUT AS WE WAIT FOR THEM INFORMATION AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I RECOMMEND THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO STAY IN COMMITTEE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0269 WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL OF MURPHY COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND CASSEL WEBER. WE DISCUSSED THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES IN THE CITY. THIS INCLUDED TRENDS OF DISCRETE DISCREPANCIES OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE FINDING AND HOW PROPERTIES IN SOME ZIP CODES ARE BEING ASSESSED A HIGHER OR LOWER VALUES THAN IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. DURING THE HEARING WE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO REPORTED DISCREPANCIES IN PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS WITH SOME CITING DIFFERENCES OF OVER 200,000 AND ASSESSED VALUE FOR ONE SIMILAR PROPERTY TO ANOTHER NEXT DOOR ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED INSIGHT INTO THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS EXPLAINING THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AN ASSESSMENT TO SALE RATIO BETWEEN 90% AND 110% OF MARKET VALUE EACH YEAR MEANING THE ASSESSED VALUE OF A PROPERTY SHOULD CLOSELY REFLECT ITS EVENTUAL SALE PRICE. COMMISSIONER MARINELLO STATED THAT BOSTON'S CURRENT ASSESSMENT TO SALE RATIO STANDS AT 92% AND OUTLINED THE SCOPE OF WORK WHICH INVOLVES A EVALUATED 181,000 REAL ESTATE PARCELS ACROSS THE CITY DIVIDED INTO RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS AND WE REFER TO THEM AS RAT COMMERCIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS AND CONDOMINIUM PROCESS. THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO EMPHASIZED THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING THIS WORKLOAD AND ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS TO DIRECTLY REACH OUT TO THE BOSTON ASSESSING DEPARTMENT IF THEY BELIEVE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN UNFAIRLY VALUED. AS CHAIR AND AT THE REQUEST OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, MY OFFICE HAS SUBMITTED INFORMATION REQUESTS SEEKING A CLEAR BREAKDOWN OF ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT METHODS INCLUDING DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN B&BS, CADS AND CONDOMINIUMS AS WELL AS VARIATIONS IN MARKET VALUE ASSESSMENT RATIOS ACROSS DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND BUILDING TYPES AND AS WELL AS OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO CHALLENGE THEIR PROPERTY VALUATION. THE DEADLINE TO FILE FOR AN ABATEMENT OR EXEMPTION IS FEBRUARY 3RD AT 5 P.M. AND AS CHAIR I RECOMMEND THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO STAY IN COMMITTEE. I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH LEAD SPONSORS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DOCKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIRS. APPRECIATE THOSE REPORTS.  THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON TWO OF THE DOCKETS. THE FIRST ONE WAS I'M CHAIR COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT A DONE TALK AT 0142.  SO ON MONDAY WE HELD THE INITIAL HEARING ON DOCKET ZERO ONE FOR TWO WHICH WAS A HOME RULE PETITION WHICH IS ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO INCREASE ITS RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION. THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS BY INCREASING THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION WHICH PRESENTLY OFFERS QUALIFIED HOMEOWNERS A REDUCTION OF UP TO $3,984.21 ON THEIR TAX BILLS. THE HEARING WAS A PRODUCTIVE FIRST STEP FEATURING INSIGHTFUL TESTIMONIES AND DISCUSSIONS THAT UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INITIATIVE.  HOWEVER, IT IS CLEAR THAT FURTHER COLLABORATION AND DELIBERATION A NECESSARY TO REFINE THE PROPOSAL AND ENSURE ITS SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I URGE ALL STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING MY FELLOW COUNCILORS, MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR CONSTITUENTS TO ENGAGE ACTIVELY IN THIS PROCESS.  BY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN ENACT THIS LEGISLATION AND DELIVER THE MUCH NEEDED TAX RELIEF THAT OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE. LET US REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS CAUSE AND CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE BOSTON A MORE AFFORDABLE PLACE FOR ALL ITS RESIDENTS. I WILL ALSO SPEAK ON DOCKET 0 TO 69 WHICH WAS ON MONDAY. WE HELD OUR MARATHON HEARING AND THIS WAS TO DISCUSS THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES IN THE ASSESSING PROCESS. THIS CONVERSATION WAS LONG OVERDUE AND I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND WEBER AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS AND EXPERTS WHO JOINED US TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE. DURING THE HEARING WE HEARD FROM HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE SEEN DRASTIC INCREASES IN THEIR PROPERTY VALUATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT TAX BILLS OFTEN WITHOUT CLEAR JUSTIFICATION.  MANY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN SIMILAR PROPERTIES AND A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON HOW ASSESSMENTS ARE DETERMINED. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE CITY'S YEAR OF FIVE YEAR REEVALUATION PROCESS WHICH IS DATA SET THAT THEY USE AND HOW RECENT MARKET TRENDS HAVE IMPACTED MANY OF OUR ASSESSMENTS. WHILE I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, IT IS CLEAR THAT MORE MUST BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CHALLENGE UNFAIR ASSESSMENTS . WE MUST CONTINUE WORKING TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, PROVIDE GREATER FLAHERTY ON AVAILABLE TAX RELIEF PROGRAMS TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND HOW PROPERTY VALUES ARE DETERMINED. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS THAT THE REAL ESTATE TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 3RD COMING UP THIS MONDAY. IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR PROPERTY VALUATION IS INCORRECT, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY FOR AN ABATEMENT BEFORE THE DEADLINE. TO ENSURE YOUR CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATION AND I REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR RESIDENTS TO PUSH FOR SOLUTIONS THAT BRING TRANSPARENCY AND RELIEF TO BOSTON HOMEOWNERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONTROL FLYNN COUNTRY? FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIRS OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT CHAIR THESE MEETINGS THESE INFORMATIVE MEETINGS.  SOME OF THEM WERE SIX OR 8 HOURS AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF AND TO RESIDENTS AS WELL. EXCELLENT FEEDBACK AND TESTIMONY FROM FROM RESIDENTS.  I WAS HERE FOR EVERY EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE HERE FOR EVERY MINUTE AND LISTENED CLOSELY TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND LISTENED CLOSELY TO MY COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENTS AS WELL. I WAS UNSURE IF WE WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY BUT WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS WHILE WHILE WE RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPT EXEMPTIONS FOR OUR SENIORS WHICH I SPONSORED WHO NEED IT AND DESERVE IT.  I WILL BE I WILL ALSO MAKE A MOTION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO INCLUDE AN EXEMPTION FOR ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL WORKERS AS WELL. THIS IS FOR THEM. THIS IS TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAYOR'S HOME RULE PETITION. OUR CITY WORKERS WORK HARD EVERY DAY AND THEY KEEP THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD. THEY ALSO DESERVE SOME TAX RELIEF FROM THE CITY'S TAX INCREASES THAT WE RECENTLY SAW . SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS CITY COUNCIL IS TO RECOGNIZE THE JOB OF ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL CITY WORKERS AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S A BOSTON ALSO FOR THEM. THEY SHOULD BE PART OF THIS TAX RELIEF PROPOSAL. THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT CLEAN OUR PARKS, THAT STREET THAT SWEEP OUR STREETS, THAT DRIVE THE ELDERLY TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. THEY MIGHT BE FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY MIGHT BE PEOPLE THAT HELP IN OUR SCHOOLS CAFETERIA WORKERS. THEY'RE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. THEY THEY HELP BUILD THIS CITY. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT. THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED IF THEY COULD BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND I WANT TO REPRESENT THEM THE BEST I CAN AND ENSURE BOSTON IS A PLACE FOR THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IT'S NUMBER 014202700236026. I ALSO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER SPONSORS. GOOD. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THESE DOCKET STOCK IS NUMBER 014202700236 AND 0269 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS PERIOD 39 AND WE'LL HAVE THIS LOVELY TIMER HERE. OUR LEAD SPONSOR MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR 3 MINUTES WHEN A NEW FILE ON A NEW FILE DOCKET IS INTRODUCED. CO-SPONSORS MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR 2 MINUTES. GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE NUMBER OF FILINGS AND AS A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY FOR REFILE MATTERS, I KINDLY ASK KINDLY ASK THAT COUNSELS LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE AND CO-SPONSORS DEFER TO LEAD SPONSORS FOR REMARKS. IF YOU CAN GET IN IN 30 SECONDS EVEN BETTER. OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH DOCKET NUMBER ZERO THREE FOR MR QUICK NOTE YET. NO, WE DON'T HAVE TAKEN THAT ONE. OKAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 030304 NUMBER 0304 COUNCILOR ALERT AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE CLARIFYING THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PATRICK ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE THAT IS BOTH URGENT AND A SESSION AN ESSENTIAL THE CODIFICATION OF THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON GIVEN THE RECENT ACTIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FREEZING FEDERAL FUNDS TO SNAP AND MEALS ON WHEELS. I DON'T HAVE TO BELABOR THE POINT THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL IN THIS MOMENT. FOOD INSECURITY IS NOT A NEW ISSUE BUT IT IS AN ESCALATING CRISIS AS EVIDENCED BY THE ALARMING INCREASE IN FOOD INSECURITY ACROSS THE NATION. WE'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND DURING THE PANDEMIC THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE IN BOSTON WITH CALLS TO PROJECT BRIDGE FOOD SOURCE LINE SKYROCKETING BY 262% AND THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTING OVER 2,000% MORE FOOD IN PREVIOUS YEARS. RECOGNIZING THESE CHALLENGES,  THE MAYOR RENAMED THE OFFICE OF FOOD ACCESS TO THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE IN 2022, REAFFIRMING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT EVERY RESIDENT HAS ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS, AFFORDABLE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD. HOWEVER, A NAME CHANGE IS NOT ENOUGH.  WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THIS OFFICE WITH THE AUTHORITY STRUCTURE AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO STREAMLINE FOOD PROGRAMS, EXPAND COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVES AND DEVELOP LONG TERM STRATEGIES TO ELIMINATE FOOD INSECURITY IN BOSTON, THIS ORDINANCE FORMALLY ESTABLISHES THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE EMPOWERING IT TO IMPLEMENT AND OVERSEE CRITICAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE FOOD BOX FARMER'S MARKETS, COMMUNITY FRIDGES, FOOD FORCE AND URBAN FARMING INITIATIVES. IT ENSURES THAT BOSTON CAN ENTER INTO NECESSARY AGREEMENTS AND ALLOCATE FUNDING TO SUSTAIN, TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS.  MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT CEMENTS OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FOOD JUSTICE AS A PERMANENT INSTITUTIONALIZED PRIORITY. BOSTON HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN COMBATING FOOD INSECURITY BUT WE HAVE TO DO MORE SO THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE IS A NECESSARY STEP IN CREATING A FUTURE WHERE ACCESS TO HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE FOOD IS A RIGHT NOT A PRIVILEGE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING HEARING ON THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR TO THE ZAPATA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS DURKIN FERNANDES, ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN PIPPEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR THIS WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBERS 03050305 COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL IN REGARD TO MEASURING RACIAL EQUITY IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INGENIOUS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THIS IS A REFILE. IT'S ACTUALLY AN ORDINANCE AND IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY SPECIFICALLY TO MEASURING RACIAL EQUITY IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING.  WE HAD A WORKING SESSION SCHEDULED RIGHT AT THE END OF 2020 FOR ANYTHING WITH SCHEDULE CONSTRICTIONS OR REPRIORITIZING OUR SCHEDULES. THE CHAIR OF OPS ASKS THAT I POSTPONE.  SO HERE WE ARE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARINGS SLASH WORKING SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCILORS DURKAN FITZGERALD PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER WORLD MURPHY OF THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0305 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS IN DOCKET NUMBER 03060306 COUNCILORS BULLPEN AND LOUIJEUNE OFF THE PHONE ORDER FOR A HEARING ON HEALTH ACCESS IN HYDE PARK.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUTTON BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A RELIEF. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING LATER IN THE YEAR.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. HAD COUNCILORS CALLED ZAPATA DURKAN, VIRGINIA G. ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN MIA MURPHY BUT THEN NOT BUT THEN SANTANA, WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0306 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 03070307 COUNCIL OF PEN AND DURKIN ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WAYS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE WAYS. THINK OF THE CHAIR AS COMFORTABLE AS ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN OUR COUNCIL WHERE RULES ARE AS ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL PREVENTING SUSPEND THE RULES. I CONSIDER I WAS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES WITH WIRELESS OR ADDED COUNCIL WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR. THIS IS A REFILE SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FOR AN INGENIOUS AND FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0307 WE'LL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER 0308 DUGAN NUMBER 0308 COUNSELS FOR PAN AND SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT OF CIVILIAN CROSSING GUARDS TO SERVE BOSTON FAMILIES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO YOU TO SUSPEND THE RULES ON THAT. COUNCILOR WEBER TO BE AN ORIGINAL CIRCLES VOLUNTEER COUNCILOR PREVENTING SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCILOR WEBER AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCIL WERE BETTER SO COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED CUSTOMER IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. I'D COUNCILORS DEREK FITZGERALD . FLYNN MURPHY WORL. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0308 BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY OH PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS WELL MR. CLERK. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 030309 DUNCAN MEMBER 0309 COUNCIL AT THE PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF SAFE SCHOOL ZONES TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ALL AROUND SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND COSMIC PENTHOUSE FOR BURNING UP THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ASK YOU COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THAT'S AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I ALSO HAVE TO SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULE TWO OUTCOMES FOR FLYNN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL SPONSOR,  COUNCILMAN JOE RUSSO ADDED AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF COUNCIL APPARENTLY SUSPEND THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS BECAUSE OF AND SO IN COUNCIL BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THIS IS ALSO REFILED SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO COUNCILOR FLYNN? YOU HAVE COUNCILOR FOR JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HERE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A TOPIC THAT ME AND HIM HAVE DISCUSSED EVEN PRIOR TO BEING SWORN INTO THIS JOB AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM. I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW I THINK ABOUT MY OLDEST SON WHO RIGHT NOW HE'S HOME SICK AND I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER. HE'S NOT HOME FROM SCHOOL BUT HE'S AT THE AGE WHERE HE CAN START TO WALK TO SCHOOL AND OUR SCHOOL IS ON THE SAME STREET WE LIVE ON.  BUT THE REASON I DON'T SEND HIM UP EVEN 15 HOUSES UP ON HIS OWN IS BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE STREETS AND HIM CROSSING THE ONE STREET HE HAS TO CROSS. AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS COME THROUGH BECAUSE I COULD GET TO WORK A LOT EARLIER IF HE JUST WALKED UP ON HIS OWN . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN. COME TO FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR HAVING ME. THIS IS AN ISSUE FOCUSED ON MY ENTIRE CAREER ON THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAD A TRAGIC ACCIDENT OF A YOUNG BOY MANY YEARS AGO ON OUR STREET AND WE'VE HAD MANY ACCIDENTS SINCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. LET'S ENSURE THAT WE REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT. WE REDUCE THE AND CLOSE SCHOOL ZONES. WE ALSO FILED AND A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT WE VOTED ON LAST WEEK ON CHANGING THE SIGNALING IN BOSTON CONCURRENCE SIGNALING THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN MAKE OUR CITY SAFER FOR FAMILIES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, FOR OUR SENIORS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.  BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SO IN COUNCIL A BAKER I WORKED WITH COUNCILOR BAKER ON REDUCING THE SPEED SPEED LIMIT 25 TO 30 2 TO 25. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE THAT THE SPEED LIMIT IN MY OPINION IS EVEN REDUCED FURTHER. I THINK 20 MILES AN HOUR THROUGHOUT MANY NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON IS EXCESSIVE.  YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU DOCKET AND I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS DURKAN FINCH FERNANDA ANDERSON MCKIM. MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0309 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0310 TO CANADA 0310 COUNCILOR OF THE PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MATTAPAN SQUARE TASK FORCE FOR ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL GROWTH. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WANT TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND ASK TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ALSO OUR COUNCILOR WORRELL AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU I AM SO ADDED COUNCIL RETENTIVE SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCIL WHERE I WAS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING IN HERE NO OBJECTION AND COUNCIL ALSO ADDED COMES WITH PENDING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  I HAVE THE HONOR REPRESENTING MATTAPAN SQUARE. MATTAPAN SQUARE IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF MATTAPAN. ALL OF OUR BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE AT LEAST ONE COMMERCIAL AREA WHERE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS COME TOGETHER PATRON AND FEEL CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY. MATTAPAN IS NO DIFFERENT WITH THE VIBRANT TRANSIT ORIENTED MATTAPAN SQUARE THAT IS HOME TO MANY IMMIGRANT AND BIPOC OWN SMALL BUSINESSES CELEBRATING DIVERSE CARIBBEAN CULTURES AMAZING DEDICATED YOUTH PROGRAMS AND SOME OF THE MOST DEDICATED ACTIVE COMMUNITY LEADERS SUCH AS FATIMA L'ISLAM AND RUTH GEORGES TO NAME A FEW . AND YET MATTAPAN SQUARE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN TREATED DIFFERENTLY.  BEING GIVEN A HARSH NARRATIVE AS IT REBUILDS FROM DECADES OF DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING POLICIES AND INVESTMENT NEGLECT. WHEN I GO TO CIVIC MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR EVENTS ONE ON ONES AT BROTHER'S OR CAFÉ JOOSUB I SEE SO MUCH COMMUNITY STRENGTH THAT DESERVES TO BE CELEBRATED AND SUPPORTED.  THAT'S WHY I'M ADVOCATING FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF MATTAPAN SQUARE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE THE MATTAPAN SQUARE TASK FORCE WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING. THE OBSTACLE STOPPING BUSINESSES OWNERS FROM EXPANDING THEIR STORES RESIDENTS FROM RENOVATING THEIR HOMES AND EXPANDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE THE UPCOMING BLUE HOUSE REDESIGN. THIS TASK FORCE WOULD ALSO THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT PERSIST IN MATTAPAN SQUARE. I CONSTANTLY HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT COMPLAINTS OF DOUBLE PARKING ON BLUE HILL AVENUE.  THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT IN THE MUNICIPAL LOTS. THERE'S A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE TEAM THE TRASH BEHIND THE T-MOBILE STORE IN THE AMERICAN FRUIT BASKET WHERE CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES AN AMAZING JOB EVERY WEEK OF GOING OUT AND TAGGING IT BUT IT JUST CONTINUES TO OVERFILL AND OVERFILL WEEK AFTER WEEK. THE TASK FORCE WOULD ASSIST IN BUILDING AUTOMATIC AND MAIN STREETS OFFICE AS WELL THAT RIGHT NOW IS MISSING AN ACTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS DONE WONDERS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TO BRING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION TO THE SQUARE.  BUT AT THE MOMENT THERE'S A HUGE GAP FOR THAT IN MATTAPAN AND THE TASK FORCE WOULD HELP FACILITATE COMMUNITY EVENTS TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO EXPLORE AND PATRON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS MY COLLEAGUES MY COUNCILOR CALL TO SUPPORT THIS DISCUSSION AND ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SUPPORT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY.  THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW THIS I AM COSPONSORING THIS. I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO JUST ELEVATING WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A MADISON SQUARE TASK FORCE . IT'S BEYOND OVERDUE AND IT'S TIME THAT WE SUPPORT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE VIBRANCY OF MADAGASCAR WHICH IS AND SHOULD BE AND IS AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC CENTER HERE IN OUR CITY. THE CHAIR AND I ALREADY HAVE THE FLOOR.  YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR FOR ADDING ME AND ALSO THANK YOU TO CASSELL LOUIJEUNE I JUST WANTED TO SAY AMPLIFY WHAT COUNCILOR PIPPIN HAS SAID AROUND ALL THE COLLECTIVE ACTION AND ALL THE ORGANIZED CIVIC GROUPS AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID THE TIME IS NOW TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO YOU KNOW, FORMULATE A COLLECTIVE VISION AND TO START TO EXECUTE ON THAT VISION.  SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS TASK FORCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS DURKIN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER.  TO THIS DOCKET THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0310 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. LOOK, BEFORE WE MOVE ON MR QUICK, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0309 WAS PLACED IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. YES.  OKAY. AND THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0308 WAS PLACED IN CITY SERVICES.  OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE WE ARE ON BEHALF OF CANCER FINANCIAL UNIT AND THERE'S A DELEGATION HERE OF STUDENTS FROM JAPAN. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. SO THANK YOU.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0311 TALKING OF A0311 COUNCIL OF THE PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE DISPLACEMENT OF BOSTONIANS AS A RESULT OF NEW AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND ARE YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT ORDER. MADAM CHAIR, I BELIEVE 0311 SHOULD BE IT IS MYSELF WITH COUNCILOR PEPEN IN ORDER TO DISCUSS INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL OPTIONS BY SOME PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YEAH THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE PRINTING SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IS DOCKET NUMBER 0311 YOUNG MAN IS THAT WHAT FOLKS HAVE I THINK THAT OFFICER WE'RE IN A BRIEF RECESS .  WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THAT ISSUE THERE BEEN THERE'S PRINTING IT'S PRINTED DIFFERENTLY AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CONSISTENCY WITH HOW THE CLERK HAS IT WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH 311 BEING THE DOCKET OF COUNCIL OF A PEN AND ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE DISPLACEMENT OF BOSTONIANS AS A RESULT OF NEW AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT THAT ISSUE AS IT COMES UP. SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL IF ANY OF THE FLIGHT.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN OUR COUNCILMAN. HE HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I ALSO SEEK TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO I COUNCIL WILL RULE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CONCILOR MEJIA HE HAS ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL PREPARED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL WHERE I WAS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR MORELLA SO ADDED COUNCIL WITH ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'M CALLING FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT OF BOSTONIANS AS A RESULT OF NEW AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW DISPLACEMENT IS A REAL CONCERN AND IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN OUR CITY. URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY DISPLACEMENT AND CONCERNS AND FEARS ABOUT IT ARE REAL AND VALID.  IT'S SOMETHING I AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU TAKE SERIOUSLY.  OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED.  RENTS HAVE RISEN AND DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED. BOSTON IS EXPERIENCING HOUSING CRISIS AND MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO LIVE HERE INCLUDING LONG TIME RESIDENTS, THEIR CHILDREN WHO WANT TO STAY IN THEIR HOMETOWN. STUDENTS AND WORKERS WHO ARE FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE CITY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING CALL BOSTON THEIR NEW HOME. CURRENTLY THERE ISN'T ENOUGH SUPPLY TO MEET THE HOUSING DEMAND AND SUPPLY THAT DOES EXIST IS OFTEN TOO FAR OUT OF REACH FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. THE AFFORDABILITY AND SUPPLY CONSISTENTLY SHRINKS AS RENTS AND PRICES INCREASE AS CONSUMERS WITH MORE MONEY COME INTO OUR CITY AND IMPACT THEIR HOUSING MARKET. THIS IS WHERE BOSTON CURRENTLY STANDS.  DEMAND FOR HOUSING EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING TO REDUCE DEMAND.  WE NEED A LARGER SUPPLY. ONE OF THE TOOLS WE HAVE IN OUR BELT IS A CITY ZONING CODE. BY MODERNIZING OUR ZONING CODE WE CAN LEGALIZE DEVELOPMENT IN MORE OF THE CITY WHICH ALLOW FOR A LARGE SUPPLY OF DEMAND.  SIMPLY PUT, IF WE MAKE MORE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO CALL BOSTON HOME.  THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF THE CALL DISPLACEMENT IN BOSTON WILL BE WEAKENED AND WE WON'T HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR BELOVED NEIGHBORS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.  THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THE SQUARES IN STREETS IN ARTICLE 81 ORGANIZATION WHO WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IT MORE POSSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS TO CALL BOSTON HOME. BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE I DO HEAR FROM MY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN RACINE THE SQUARE AND CLEARY SQUARE SPECIFICALLY ASK QUESTIONS WHICH IS HAPPENING WHERE THEY SAY WE WANT THIS TO HAPPEN BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. SO THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING FOR THIS HERE TO HAPPEN. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND CALLING ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND I SORT OF THINK MY COLLEAGUE FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN HIM IN THE SAME ORDER I'M SIGNING ON TO THIS BECAUSE DISPLACEMENT IS NOT JUST A HOUSING ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS TO CALL BOSTON HOME. WE KNOW THAT RISING COSTS, NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC PRESSURES HAVE PUSHED OUT LONG TIME RESIDENTS, WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THEY HAVE HOPE TO BUILD. THIS IS A THIS ISN'T A NEW CONVERSATION AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE FIGHTING TO STAY GROUNDED.  BUT THE FIGHT CONTINUES AND WE MUST KNOW THAT WE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IN TERMS OF HOW WE GO ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR INACTION. WE RECENTLY HELD A HEARING ON SQUARES AND STREETS WHERE WE HEARD OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT BUT RESIDENTS MADE IT VERY CLEAR GROWTH CANNOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE.  THE CITY OF BOSTON NEEDS REAL AND TIRED DISPLACEMENT PROTECTIONS AND A FULL FUNDING OF PROTECTIONS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING.  YOU KNOW AND I REALLY LOVE TO JUST GO OFF THE CUFF REALLY QUICK IS THAT MOST OF THE PARENTS THAT I USED TO WORK WITH AS PARENT ORGANIZERS NOW LIVE IN BROCKTON. SO IN RANDOLPH AND WE KEEP HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LEAN INTO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BUILD THE CITY IN WHICH WE REALLY ARE PROTECTING THOSE WHO HAVE OFTEN BEEN THE FIRST FRONT LINE TO MOVE. AND I ALSO THINK THAT KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW BOSTON IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES NOW IN THE COUNTRY AND I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO POINT TO THE RECORD IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT WE ALSO NEED TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH A HOUSING CRISIS THAT IS INTERCONNECTED WITH DECADES OF NEGLECT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR AND AS CONTRARIANS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN AND ALSO CASIMIR HERE FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS HEARING AS WE ALL KNOW IS CRUCIAL. THIS CONTINUES THE CITY CONTINUES TO INVEST IN BLUE LAB AND THE STATE IS INVESTED IN THE FAIRMONT LINE AND WE PUT TENS OF MILLION DOLLARS TO STRENGTHEN THESE COMMUNITIES. BUT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT. THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT DISPLACEMENT IS THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP. WE KNOW THAT OWNING YOUR HOUSE IS THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE YOU CAN STAY THERE FOR FOR THE LONG TERM.  AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BUILDING HOUSING. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THE RIGHT KIND OF HOUSING. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NEED MORE FAMILY SIZE UNITS WITH THREE BEDROOMS AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT SUPPLY.  THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THREE BEDROOM UNITS IN EVERY PROJECT IN MY COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY ALLOWS FOR FAMILIES TO STAY IN THE CITY. I ALSO WANT TO ELEVATE THE WORK THAT MY OFFICE IS DOING ALONGSIDE THE GREAT WORK OF ACTION FOR EQUITY TO CREATE ZONING LANGUAGE, TO PREPARE ZONING LANGUAGE TO INTRODUCE AROUND SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES WHICH I PLAN ON INTRODUCING SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS DISPLACEMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT BUT WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE DISPLACEMENT. I THINK OF COMMUNITIES LIKE THE SOUTHEND AND CHINATOWN AND BEACON HILL WHERE THE LACK OF ANY CONSTRUCTION HAS ALSO CAUSED DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES TO LIVE SO AFFORDABLE UNITS BECOME LUXURY BROWNSTONES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THIS IN DISTRICT EIGHT WHERE MULTIPLE UNITS HAVE BECOME ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOUSING OPTIONS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION AND I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON. YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT ON THE ANTIS PLACEMENT THIS WAS MY IDEA.  NO KIDDING. I ALWAYS SEE YOUR FACE THE CASTLE OF HEAVEN WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT IDEAS THAT I HAD. SO I JUST PUT IT LIKE I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OBVIOUSLY AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS RIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CREATING SPATIAL MAPPING WITH BPA AND MIT AND LOOKING AT SURVEYING OUR D SEVEN SO THAT WE CAN CREATE MORE HOLISTIC HOUSING ECOSYSTEMS AND FIGURING OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE WALKABLE STREETS OUR AMENITIES AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GETTING AHEAD OF THE CONVERSATION ON THE POLICY LEVEL THIS IS THE WORK IS HAPPENING IN MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND I'M SURE YOU ALREADY COLLABORATING WITH THEM AND ALSO I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE HAD FILED SOMETHING ON ANTI DISPLACEMENT WE I THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK WE TRIED EXPLORING BONDS AS A MEANS TO FINANCING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO INCREASE THE HOUSING STOCK AND WE KNOW THAT THE YOU KNOW, THE MORE DEMAND THE MORE WE ARE INFLATING THE MARKET IN THE OPEN MARKET.  SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR MENTIONING SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONING COUNCILOR I'VE ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE ORDINANCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING IT TO YOU IF YOU LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR ON SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONE IT IS LITERALLY I WAS GOING TO FILE IT TODAY BUT I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CO-SPONSORING THEN AND SO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING I THINK IT TIES INTO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS, AT DIFFERENT CREATIVE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS FROM BEING DISPLACED BUT ALSO LIKE ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED AND HOW WE COULD NOT OR IT RESTRICT US FROM ACTUALLY PRIORITIZING PEOPLE BY DEMOGRAPHICS DUE TO VIOLATIONS OF LIKE CIVIL RIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHEMICALS AS A PART. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I BRING THIS FORWARD IN THE WORK OF MANY, MANY FOLKS ON THIS TOPIC. I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING IN FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVE. THIS COUNCIL IT ORIGINATED IN THIS COUNCIL FROM MY PREDECESSOR AND WAS SIGNED THEN BY MAYOR MARTY WALSH WHERE ANY PROJECT UNDER SMALL PROJECT AND LARGE PROJECT REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 80 HAS TO PROVIDE A HISTORICAL DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS FROM MH AND IT THEN IS SENT TO THE DECK AND SO PLEASE CONSIDER BRINGING IN BEFORE DECK TO REVIEW THEIR WORK. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A SLOW START BUT IT IS A VERY COMPLEX TOPIC SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AS AS A WAY TO SUPPLEMENT THE CONVERSATION THAT'S APPOINTED SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES TOM FOR FILING THIS. I DISPLACEMENT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE PRESERVED PEOPLE EVEN AS DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING. SO IT'S A REASON WHY THE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE EASIEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM FACING EVICTION BY PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND THE WORK ON THIS MATTER.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS CALL AS A PARTNER DURKIN FINANCIAL ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0311 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0312 DUNCAN NUMBER 0312 COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ESTABLISH HOMETOWN MILITARY HERO BANNER PROGRAM. THANK YOU AND I'LL ALLOW PEOPLE IF YOU NEED SOME TIME TO GATHER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS OUT OF ORDER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR FITZGERALD BECAUSE FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  WE ALSO LOOK TO BEND THE RULES IN THAT COUNTS AND MURPHY IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR OF ATROCITIES BEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNSELOR MURPHY'S LAW ADVOCATES A MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN THIS ORDER TO ESTABLISH A HOMETOWN MILITARY HERO BAND PROGRAM IF YOU GO TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND EVEN INTO THE I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WEST ROXBURY, IT ALSO DOES IT AS WELL.  YOU LOOK UP TO THE STREET LIGHTING, YOU SEE BANNER OF BOTH PAST AND PRESENT MILITARY MEMBERS THAT ARE HONORED THAT ARE FROM THAT COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE IS TAKE THAT PROGRAM CITYWIDE.  WE THINK IT'S A BENEFIT BECAUSE IN THESE DIVISIVE TIMES I THINK WHAT WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE THAT THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY NO MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE OR WHERE YOU'RE FROM, WE CAN GO ROUND EACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND IDENTIFY THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY. AND I ALSO THINK THAT BRING SOME UNITY INTO TODAY'S DIVISIVE TIME WHETHER WE SEE MY COUNSELOR ED FLYNN UP ON A POST ONE DAY SOON OR PERHAPS TIME SON AND MANY OTHERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US THAT MAKE THAT SACRIFICE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO AND WE BRING THE COMMUNITY THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND THAT IS COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU ARE DOING AND SUPPORTING VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,  COUNCILOR MURPHY AND IN ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON THIS INCLUDING THE CITY'S COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS SERVICES ROBERT SANTIAGO, WHO'S A CLOSE FRIEND HE ALSO DOES AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AS WELL. WE LISTENED CLOSELY TODAY TO GENERAL WOODHOUSE AND HE'S AN ELDERLY ELDERLY GENTLEMAN THAT HE HAD SIGNIFICANT STORIES HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ABOUT HIS SERVICE BUT ABOUT HIS HIS UPBRINGING HERE IN BOSTON.  BUT WHAT HE REALLY CREDITED WAS HIS SERVICE IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE THE FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC AT THE VA HOSPITALS ARE WOMEN VETERANS. WOMEN VETERANS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE NOT ONLY JUST IN THE MILITARY BUT IN OUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THEY ALSO DESERVE TO BE HEARD RESPECT IT AND I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION TO ENSURE EVERY EVERY VETERAN IS INCLUDED IS RESPECTED.  GENERAL WOODHOUSE WE HAVE WOMEN VETERANS.  I HIGHLIGHTED LGBTQ VETERANS AS WELL. I'M ACTIVE IN THE SOUTH BOSTON ALLIED VETERANS COUNCIL. MY FRIEND RANDI IS HERE.  I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO RANDI AND THE ALLIED WAR VETERANS COUNCIL FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES AS WELL.  RANDI'S ALSO A BOSTON FIREFIGHTER AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO RANDI BUT ALSO TO ALL THE VETERANS ADVOCATES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SEAN FITZGERALD MENTIONED WEST ROXBURY.  ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS IS RICHIE GORMLEY IN WEST ROXBURY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT RICHIE GORMLEY AND THE WORK HE DOES ALSO IN SUPPORT OF VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. MY OTHER CLOSE FRIEND IS TOM LYONS AND SO MANY OTHERS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR COUNSELOR MURPHY'S LAW. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M HONORED TO JOIN COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND FLYNN IN SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A HOMETOWN MILITARY HERO BAND PROGRAM IN OUR CITY AS A PROUD MOTHER OF AN ARMY SOLDIER AND THE CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF VETERANS SERVICES, THIS INITIATIVE RESONATES DEEPLY WITH ME AND I BELIEVE IT OFFERS A MEANINGFUL WAY TO HONOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION OR ARE STILL SERVING OUR NATION.  MANY CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED SIMILAR PROGRAMS. FOR INSTANCE, THE HOMETOWN HEROES BANNER PROGRAM WHICH BEGAN IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA IN 2006 HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY NUMEROUS COMMUNITIES TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR LOCAL SERVICE MEMBERS. THESE PROGRAMS TYPICALLY FEATURE BANNERS DISPLAYING THE NAMES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND SERVICE DETAILS OF VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL PROMINENT DISPLAY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN BOSTON WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE HERO SQUARES PROGRAM MANAGED BY THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICES SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1898 WITH THE DEDICATION OF DEWEY SQUARE, THIS PROGRAM HAS HONORED OVER 1200 SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION BY DEDICATING SQUARES AND INTERSECTIONS IN THEIR MEMORY.  EACH HERO SQUARE SERVES AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THE PROPOSED HOMETOWN MILITARY HERO BANNER PROGRAM WOULD COMPLEMENT OUR EXISTING HERO SQUARES BY HONORING NOT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN BUT ALSO ALL VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS FROM BOSTON.  AND UNLIKE THE HEROES SQUARES WHICH ARE PERMANENT FIXTURES DEDICATED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIED IN SERVICE, THE BANNER PROGRAM WOULD PROVIDE TEMPORARY DISPLAYS CELEBRATING THE BROADER SPECTRUM OF OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY. IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW US TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR LOCAL HEROES FOSTERING A DEEPER SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATION FOR THEIR SERVICE . IT OFFERS FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS A VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THOSE AMONG US. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOMETOWN MILITARY HERO BANNER PROGRAM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AND ALL OTHERS TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE LINDSAY CHASE WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WEST ROXBURY MAIN STREET WHO DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN GETTING THOSE BANNERS UP IN WEST ROXBURY.  AND I CERTAINLY ADVISE ALL EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT TO SPEAK TO HER AND ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND WHAT SHE LEARNED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR WEBER THE CHAIR AGAIN HAS COME TO THE BENCH COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS OF THIS OF THIS HEARING ORDER BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ADVOCACY FOR THIS IN HYDE PARK AND ROSLYN AS WELL. I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO HYDE PARK RESIDENT MALIKA WHITLEY WHO WE JUST RECENTLY ACTUALLY JOINED PART OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OVER AT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 78 AND SHE STRUCK TRYING TO REALLY BRING MORE AWARENESS TO THE VETERANS ADVOCACY AND THE END THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.  I REMEMBER ASKING HER WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, YOU KNOW WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE FOR VETERANS AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL SUPPORTED AND RECOGNIZE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT NEXT STEP TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THAT RECOGNITION. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS AS WELL FOR THE OF THIS ORDER AND THIS WORK. I WANT TO ALSO SHOUT OUT SERGEANT CONLEY WHO DOES A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK WITH KILLED IN ACTION AND DOES A LOT OF IT SOLO AND SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING ON THIS MATTER WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE?  THAT CASH WAS CALLED ZAPATA DURKAN AND ANDERSON MEJIA PIPPEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE AND THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 031 TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETERANS AFFAIRS.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET NUMBER 0313.0313 COUNCILOR AS FITZGERALD PREPARED FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL OPTIONS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HIS GENERAL COUNCILOR TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LOOK AT THIS SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR. SANTANA IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CASUALTIES CHARGES THAT SEEK TO SUSPEND THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CASTRO SANTANA SO ADDED COUNSELORS GERARDI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE TO LOOK AT THE MANY POTENTIAL FINANCIAL AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND EFFICIENCIES THAT CAN COME TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ALIKE BY STUDYING THE EFFECT OF EQUITABLE LOCAL SCHOOLS SUCH AS CUTTING THE BUSSING BUDGET INVESTING IN SCHOOL COUNSELORS, REBUILDING OUR SCHOOLS AND ATTRACTING MORE APPLICANTS TO SCHOOL RELATED JOBS SUCH AS TEACHERS AND CROSSING GUARDS AS REFERRED TO IN AN EARLIER MOTION. I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING THESE EFFICIENCIES THAT COULD BE HAD AS WELL AS AND THANK YOU TO MY SPONSORS AS WELL FOR HELPING OUT. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL IS CALLED THE ZAPATA DURKAN FLYNN COUNCIL. FLYNN ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER? LET'S IF WE COULD HOLD WE COULD ADD A WELL OC COUNCILOR BE HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY DID YOU HAD COUNCILOR MURPHY? COUNCILOR WEBER, PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RECENTLY MET WITH THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE CLOSING OF EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WAS FORMERLY SOUTH BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND TAUGHT THERE.  BUT KNOWING THAT MANY SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO FACTOR THAT INTO THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT BOSTON. IN FACTORING IN THAT MANY OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALSO MUST BE PART OF THE PROCESS. THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR REFILING THIS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY. I SAID IT LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS FILED BUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE HIGH QUALITY AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY STUDENT OR FAMILY FINDING OUT LATER OR REALIZING THEY DIDN'T GET A SEAT AT A HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL. SO I KNOW THAT WE PROBABLY ALL AGREE ON THAT AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE BUT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AS WE SPEND MORE AND MORE MONEY $1.8 BILLION IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT JUST NOT MEETING THE MARK AS HIGH QUALITY BUT REALLY FAILING OUR STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDUCTION NUMBER 031434. OH, OKAY. OH, RIGHT. OKAY. SO DOCKET NUMBER 0313 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DUNCAN NUMBER 0314 DUNCAN EMMA 0314 COUNCILOR WILL FILL OUT AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A REGARDING FIRE EMERGENCIES AND THE CREATION OF A FIRE VICTIM FUND. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME DOCKET NUMBERS NOW. EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU AS A CO-SPONSOR INSIST ON RULE 12 AND AD COUNCILOR WORRELL.  THANK YOU. I AM SO ADDED COUNSELOR BECAUSE THAT IS THE POLICY. SUSPEND THE RULES. RULES AT CASPER WHERE I WAS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS THAT'S WHAT ALSO ADDED CASPER AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR FORMER OWN DIRECTOR AND COUNSELOR PEPEN WHO ALSO WANTED TO BE ADDED ON THIS TALK. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND MANY OTHER ISSUES. I APOLOGIZE THAT I CAN'T HAVE MORE CO-SPONSORS. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE WITNESSED DEVASTATING FIRES THAT HAVE UPENDED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.  FAMILIES IN BOSTON HAVE LOST EVERYTHING. JUST LAST YEAR A SIX ALARM FIRE ON MERIDIAN STREET IN EAST BOSTON TOOK THE LIVES OF A CHILD AND AN ADULT LEAVING 30 PEOPLE DISPLACED. AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A PATTERN WE SEE ACROSS OUR CITY THERE WAS ONE FIRE THAT DISPLACED 27 AND RECENTLY TWO WEEKS AGO I THINK IT WAS THERE WAS ABOUT 24 FOLKS THAT WERE DISPLACED FROM ONE FIRE IN EAST . WE KNOW THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL GIVE EVERYTHING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES IN THESE MOMENTS OF CRISIS AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY STABILITY DO INCREDIBLE WORK ON THE GROUND TO ASSIST DISPLACED FAMILIES.  BUT THESE EFFORTS DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, MANY FAMILIES REMAIN IN LIMBO, STRUGGLING TO FIND STABLE HOUSING, REPLACE ESSENTIAL BELONGINGS AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES IN EAST BOSTON, MANY OF THESE FOLKS DO NOT HAVE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN BOSTON AND SO THEY STRUGGLE IN THE DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS AFTER THE FACT WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONTRACTED NONPROFITS LIKE NO ONE EAST BOSTON TO FIND AN APARTMENT THAT IS EVEN AT THE SAME LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAT THEY HAD IN EAST BOSTON.  BECAUSE OF THIS WE'VE WITNESSED A GAPS SERVICE GAPS IN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.  THIS IS WHY I THINK THAT BOSTON MUST HAVE A STANDARDIZED CITYWIDE PROCESS TO SUPPORT FIRE VICTIMS NOT JUST IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A DISASTER BUT IN THE LONG TERM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WE MUST ESTABLISH A DEDICATED FIRE VICTIM FUND TO ENSURE THAT WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES NO FAMILY IS LEFT WITHOUT SHELTER, FOOD OR BASIC NECESSITIES.  OTHER CITIES LIKE REVERE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN STEPS IN THIS DIRECTION.  BOSTON SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE TO RELY SOLELY ON GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING OR MUTUAL AID TO RECOVER FROM DISASTER. THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE.  IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR UNDOCUMENTED NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES THOSE WHO OFTEN HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND. AND IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT MUTUAL AID AND COMMUNITY GENEROSITY SUPPLEMENT CITY RESOURCES RATHER THAN SUBSTITUTING THEM. SO THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO ASSESS THESE IS EXISTING GAPS IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND I APPRECIATE MY CO-SPONSORS AND DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO COME TO THIS WHAT WILL BE AN INFORMATIVE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CARLO ZAPATA AND THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.  DURING MY FIRST TERM WE HELD A HEARING ON THIS MATTER SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES.  SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUE WORK SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS FUND ESTABLISH. THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE ALSO DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR AND SO THERE ARE MODELS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN USE. SO THANK YOU.  CASTRO AS ZAPATA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ARE OUT ON SYRIA THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR ADAMY AND ALL YOUR WORK YOU KNOW YOUR ORGANIZING EFFORTS IN NBC DON'T GO UNNOTICED DURING THESE MOMENTS OF CRISIS. ALSO JUST WANT TO JUST BRING TO THIS CONVERSATION THE IMPORTANCE OF RENTERS INSURANCE. I THINK SOMETIMES HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS MIGHT NOT KNOW BUT THE HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER THE RENT AS ACCOMMODATIONS DURING FIRE DISPLACEMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WHETHER IT'S HERE OR EITHER IN BROKE IS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE PUSHING MORE RENTERS BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY FULL OF RENTERS MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE PROPER PROTECTIONS IN PLACE TO HELP THEM WITH ACCOMMODATIONS DURING FIRE DISPLACEMENT. LOOKING FOR THIS CONVERSATION AND I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE THIS HAPPENING SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO OFFLINE KIND OF LEANING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR QUITE UP FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.  WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY FIRES ACROSS BOSTON BUT WE ALSO HAVE SEEN THE DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE FROM THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. I SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ALSO HAVE SOME ADVOCACY IN OUTREACH AS WELL TO VICTIMS OF OF FIRES. I KNOW RICHIE HARRIS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB ON THAT FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THE CERTAINLY THE FIRE COMMISSIONER BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO INVITE THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL 718 I KNOW THEY KNOW THIS ISSUE VERY WELL AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS I'VE RECENTLY MET WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THE REASON I MET WITH THEM IS THERE WAS A FIRE IN CHINATOWN AND IT WAS A FAMILY THAT DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH.  THAT WAS THE FIRE FIRE VICTIM DISPLACED AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS RESPONDED.  THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD TO ASSIST BUT THEY NEEDED TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT MY ASSISTANT MELISSA WAS WAS AVAILABLE THAT WEEKEND AND WE WENT DOWN AND TALKED WITH THE FAMILY AND THE RED CROSS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO IN WITH SHEILA DILLON'S GROUP AS WELL. WE WERE ABLE TO HELP WITH TEMPORARY HOUSING BUT LANGUAGE ACCESS IS A CRITICAL PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AND I KNOW COUNCILOR KYRA MENTIONED THAT THE SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AS WELL. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR CARTER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO DEPENDING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CARTER FOR FILING A HEARING ORDER AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AS THE PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, I WENT TO FAR TOO MANY FIRE DISPLACEMENT CALLS OVERNIGHT AND WHAT I WITNESSED WAS A LOT OF FAMILIES LEFT WITH NOTHING BUT THEMSELVES AND I ALWAYS QUESTIONED WHY THERE WASN'T A FUND TO HELP THEM. AND I REMEMBER RIGHT BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE I BELIEVE THERE WAS A FIRE IN BOSTON AND I WITNESSED COUNSELOR COLLETTE ORGANIZE A CLOTHING DRIVE AND AND ASKING FOLKS FOR DONATIONS BECAUSE THERE WERE EVEN BABIES THIS PLACE I REMEMBER BRINGING DIAPERS AND TAMPONS. WE'RE JUST IN NEED OF EVERYTHING AND I REMEMBER JANUARY 2021 THERE WAS A HUGE THERE WAS A BREAKING OF A GROUND IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND THERE WAS HUGE FLOODING AND I REMEMBER BEING THERE WITH COUNCIL COUNCILOR MURPHY AND EVERYTHING WAS IT WAS ALL FLOODED AND THE FAMILIES WERE LEFT WITH NOTHING AND WE HAD TO ASK THE RED CROSS TO STEP UP. SO SHOUT OUT TO WOLFIE FROM THE RED CROSS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE DOES. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GARY CULLINAN FROM THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT'S VICTIMS ASSISTANCE UNIT WHO ARE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I'VE LITERALLY WITNESSED HIM TAKE FAMILIES TO THE HOTELS WITHOUT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ANY RIDES AVAILABLE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PARTNERS THAT PLAY A PART OF THIS. THERE'S A LOT OF SOLUTIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT NEED SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT NEXT STEP FOR IT BY HAVING THIS HEARING ORDER. SO THANK YOU, COUNSELOR CLETA AND THEN TO THE CO-SPONSORS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. AND I JUST KIND OF MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN AFTER I WAS ELECTED I WAS AT A FIRE IN EAST BOSTON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER AND IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING TO SEE THAT IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE AND THERE WAS DISPLACEMENT BUT AT THAT TIME THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HAD TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THERE WERE KIDS WHO WERE WAITING TO GET ON THEIR BUS AND THE SCHOOL BUS ROUTES WERE BEING REDIRECTED BECAUSE OF THE CLOSED STREETS. WE ALSO HAD THE MTA SHOWING UP WITH THEIR BUSSES SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SIT ON THE BUSSES AND WAIT. SO IT'S OVERWHELMING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO COME TOGETHER CITY AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE ALSO THAT WE CAN SUPPLEMENT IN ANY WAY BECAUSE AFTER ALL OF THAT SUPPORT IS GONE, THESE FAMILIES ARE LEFT AND OFTENTIMES IT'S PEOPLE LIKE COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A FATHER AND OTHERS WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS LATER THAT THEY'RE STILL GETTING WHAT THEY NEED AND THIS FUND COULD HELP THEM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE? HEAD COUNSELORS DURKIN FITZGERALD PEPEN SANTANA WEBER THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER OH MURPHY AND MEJIA AND FLYNN THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0314 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 03150315 COUNCILOR AS COLETTE AS A PART AND LOUIJEUNE OFF OF THE PHONE ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ASSESS A BAN ON POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTER-CULTURE ZAPATA HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR COLETTE HAS A POLICY WITHIN THE RULES TO ACT AS A WEB BROWSER A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS SO ADDED COUNCIL AS A PARTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM PROUD TODAY TO JOIN MY MY CO-SPONSORS AND A GIRL SCOUT TROOP FROM DORCHESTER I BELIEVE FROM COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S DISTRICT IN CALLING FOR A HEARING TO ASSESS A BAN OR REDUCTION ON POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS IS STYROFOAM.  THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES POLYSTYRENE OR STYROFOAM IS A PRODUCT OF FOSSIL FUELS. IT IS NON-RECYCLABLE NON-BIODEGRADABLE AND A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE WASTE CLOGGING OUR LANDFILLS AND POLLUTING OUR WATERWAYS. IT BREAKS UP INTO MICROPLASTICS, HARMING MARINE LIFE, CONTAMINATING OUR FOOD AND EVEN POSING A POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK TO RESIDENTS.  THE CDC HAS FLAGGED STYRENE THE CHEMICAL IN POLYSTYRENE AS A LIKELY CARCINOGEN AND ITS TOXIC BYPRODUCTS DISPROPORTIONATELY HAVE IMPACTED, AS WE KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES LOW INCOME AND BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES MANY OF WHOM LIVE NEAR LANDFILLS AND INCINERATORS.  BOSTON ON THIS TOPIC IS BEHIND THE CURVE.  OVER 60 MUNICIPALITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION ALONGSIDE 11 STATES AND MAJOR CITIES LIKE NEW YORK AND SEATTLE. THESE BANDS HAVE NOT ONLY REDUCED WASTE BUT HAVE ALSO ENCOURAGED THE USE OF SAFER, MORE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES. MANY OF WHICH ARE COST EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG RUN. WE RECOGNIZE AS WITH THE PLASTIC BAG MAN THAT TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM THESE SORT OF PRODUCTS REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANNING AND INPUT FROM SMALL BUSINESSES, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES AND CITY AGENCIES. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM HOSPITALS WHO USE STYROFOAM TO KEEP CERTAIN MEDICINES COLD SO THIS CONVERSATION WILL BE ALL INCLUSIVE OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS.  BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN THESE FORWARD THINKING POLICIES AND SO THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO STEP UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DR. COLON AS A PARTNER. THANK YOU FOR THIS FILING. CONSTITUENTS I REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE ABOUT THIS ISSUE LIKE COUNCIL CODE. AS A PAPER STATED THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY ENGAGED IN A BAN OR REDUCTION OF POLYSTYRENE. THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE.  AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING COST EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE BOTH BETTER FOR BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS AND REALLY OUR HEALTH YOU KNOW, PUTTING THOSE THINGS IN THE MICROWAVE NOT HEALTHY, NOT GOOD FOR EVERYONE ESPECIALLY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF I WAS ABOUT TO SET AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY'S COMPOSTABLE COMPOSABLE REUSABLE AND RECYCLABLE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS EXIST BUT NOW WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THE SWITCH PAINLESS AND SEAMLESS. YOU KNOW IT ENDS UP IN OUR LANDFILL, IT LITTERS OUR STREETS AND IT REFUSES. IT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN. IT REMAINS THERE FOREVER. SO WE NEED POLICIES THAT PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND NOT JUST THE BOTTOM LINE OF PLASTIC MANUFACTURERS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND BRING EVERYONE INTO INTO THE CONVERSATION. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS THE PILOT FOR ADDING THE YOU KNOW WE WERE ALSO CONTACTED BY GIRL SCOUT TROOP NUMBER 6277 IN DORCHESTER THANK YOU FOR THEIR ADVOCACY. JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO I WAS OUT OF JAMAICA POND WITH ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS IS HERE TODAY PICKING UP STYROFOAM IN LITTLE BEADS ALL OVER ALL AROUND THE POND.  YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ELIMINATE FROM OUR CITY THE WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING IS THAT STYROFOAM USED TO FLOAT DOCKS HAS DETERIORATED AND IS IMPACTING THE PONDS AND WILDLIFE ALL AROUND IT AND IT DOES BREAK UP AND BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK UP AND VERY EASY FOR ANIMALS TO EAT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR JOINING ME AT THE POND OR MY CONSTITUENT FOR JOINING ME AT THE POND. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK THERE WITH HER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YES THE GIRLS TROOP. THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW THE HARMS AND ALSO TO KRISTIAN GARY DELVECCHIO DOG WALKER WHO IS CONSTANTLY PICKING UP STYROFOAM TRASH WHO ALSO REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE ON THIS ISSUE. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT HER WITH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL WAS DURKIN FITZGERALD, MICKEY MURPHY, THE BEN SANTANA WORLD THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS 0315 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PURPOSE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 03160316 COUNCILOR IS DURKIN AND PREPARED FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR WASTE CONTAINING NORMALIZATION.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR DURKIN. COUNSELOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD YOU AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR A COUNSELOR HERE BECAUSE YOU SUSPEND THE RULES, ADD MYSELF AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. I'M SO ADDED.  COUNSELOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TODAY I'M REINTRODUCING THIS HEARING ORDER ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUE COUNSELOR PEPEN AND LOUIJEUNE WHICH SEEKS TO EXPLORE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR WASTE CONTAINERIZATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS IS A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE MOST PERSISTENT AND PRESSING ISSUES FACING OUR CITY IN EFFECTIVELY CONTAIN TRASH LEADING TO LITTER RODENT INFESTATIONS AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. CURRENTLY BOSTON'S WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM RELIES HEAVILY ON THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS FOR CURBSIDE PICKUP PARTICULARLY IN OUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS. WHILE THIS SYSTEM MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT IN THE PAST, IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT IT IS FAILING THE RESIDENTS TODAY. TOO OFTEN WE SEE BAGS LEFT EXPOSED ON OUR SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT BECOMING EASY TARGETS FOR RODENTS OR OTHER PESTS LEADING TO TORN BAGS AND SCATTERED DEBRIS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL CLEANLINESS AND LIVABILITY OF OUR CITY. OTHER CITIES HAVE FACED THE SAME CHALLENGES AND HAVE TAKEN BOLD STEPS TOWARDS INNOVATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS. I KNOW THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS AT THE CITY ARE TALKING TO NEW YORK CITY AND THEY'RE TALKING TO OTHER CITIES ABOUT WHAT HAS WORKED AND WHAT HASN'T. THERE ARE PILOTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD IN CITIES AND THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN BACK BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE PILOTS BECOME DUMPING GROUNDS FOR OTHER TYPES OF TRASH. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS LEARN FROM THE LESSONS OF OTHER CITIES AND THIS CONVERSATION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE NEW YORK SANITATION DEPARTMENT SAID LAST MONTH 70% OF NEW YORK CITY TRASH IS NOW OUT OF BAGS AND INTO CONTAINERS. THESE MEASURES ARE WORKING.  AFTER CONTAINERIZATION RULES WENT INTO EFFECT IN APRIL 20, 23, NEW YORK CITY SAW THE LARGEST YEAR OVER YEAR REDUCTION IN RAT SIGHTING SERVICES REQUESTS SINCE 2010 AND YOU MIGHT BE ASKING I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RATS RECENTLY BUT I DID TALK TO JOHN ORECK FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND THE WEATHER HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE RAT REDUCTION AND NOT REALLY MUCH ELSE. SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD. I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS A BOSTON RODENT ACTION PLAN BUT WE'VE GOT MORE TO DO AND THIS CONVERSATION IS JUST THE START SO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING IT IN THE CITY SERVICES COMMITTEE WHICH I KNOW COUNCILOR PIPPEN WILL PRESIDE REALLY WELL OVER BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THESE ISSUES AS WELL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGONIZES.  COUNCILOR PIPPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR RE FILING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS IN ALL THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY. BUT FOR ME SPECIFICALLY LIKE I MENTIONED MATTAPAN SQUARE HAS HAD A CONSISTENT ISSUE OF DUMPING ILLEGAL DUMPING BEHIND BUSINESSES IN ROSS SQUARE. RESTAURANTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN, HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HAVING A A SHARED COMPOSTING BIN FOR THE RESTAURANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS FOOD IS NOT BEING EASILY ACCESSED BY THE RATS. AND I KNOW THAT THAT ADDS TO THE RAT INFESTATION INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT WE ARE CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION AS PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONVERSATION BUT ALSO JUST THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS HERE. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN AND THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS. THE BEST WAY TO GET AT OUR RODENT ISSUE REALLY IS TO CONTINUE TO AS WASTE CONTAINERIZATION JOHN AS IT EVERYONE SAYS IT AND SO WORKING ON A PILOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ESPECIALLY IN OUR MORE DENSELY POPULATED NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO HAVE TRASH BINS.  IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT METHODS TO ATTACK THIS ISSUE SO THANK YOU FINALLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS MATTER ALONGSIDE MY CO-SPONSORS.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRAFLOW. AND CAROLYN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON FOR GOING ON EIGHT YEARS NOW AND HAVE HAVE HELD I DON'T KNOW SIX SEVEN HEARINGS ON IT WITH REPRESENTATIVE OF SOME CITY DEPARTMENTS PUBLIC WORKS INSPECTIONAL SERVICES OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES I WORKED CLOSELY WITH NEW YORK CITY AS AS WAS MENTIONED I WAS THE ONE THAT INTRODUCED BOSTON REALLY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK CITY ON THEIR VOTING CONTROL PROBLEM AND NEW YORK CITY DEVELOPED A A SYSTEM WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT CITY AGENCY ON RODENT CONTROL PEST CONTROL AND IT'S EFFECTIVE. I ADVOCATED FOR THAT IT WASN'T IMPLEMENTED BUT THE RODENT CONTROL PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTED RECENTLY SEVEN OR EIGHT DIFFERENT POINTS I THINK I RECOMMENDED SIX OR SEVEN OF THOSE TO THEM. THE OTHER ONE I MENTIONED WAS THE STANDALONE COMMITTEE ON PEST CONTROL THAT WASN'T WAS AN IMPLEMENTED MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT TWO INCLUDING CHINATOWN, THE SOUTH IN SOUTH BOSTON BAY VILLAGE WE HAVE PEST CONTROL MAJOR CHALLENGES IN THE AREA AND WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THE RESTAURANTS HAVE A MAJOR ROLE TO PLAY AS WELL IN ENSURING THAT THEY TAKE OUT AND JUST TAKE OUT THEIR GARBAGE APPROPRIATELY.  ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN CHINATOWN IS THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS SUCH THAT RESIDENTS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ACCESS TO PUTTING A GARBAGE BARREL IN IN THEIR APARTMENT OR IN THEIR YARD. THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE IT.  SO IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE RESIDENTS. BUT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN THE COMMUNITY BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICULARLY IS CLEAN AND AND IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER AND ENSURING THAT VOICES OF RESIDENTS ARE HEARD. THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S A PUBLIC IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AS WELL, SOMETHING I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND LEAD ON AND WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL CITY EMPLOYEES IF WE DON'T SOLVE THIS ISSUE, PEOPLE LEAVE BOSTON.  IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T SOLVE THE PEST CONTROL ISSUE, IT'S ALSO A MAJOR PROBLEM IN SOUTH BOSTON AND IT'S IMPACTING SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AND I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH COUNCILOR BREADON ON IT FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL. SOUTH BEND HAS SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES ALSO BUT AGAIN IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, LISTENING TO RESIDENTS, LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT PEST CONTROL HAS ON THEM. IN MY FINAL POINT IS WHEN WE GO INTO THE BUDGET IF IT'S A PRIORITY FOR US THEN WE'LL ADVOCATE FOR MORE RESOURCES IN SERVICES FOR PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IT SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY.  WE SHOULD HAVE A STANDALONE CITY DEPARTMENT ON PEST CONTROL . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HIS COUNTERPART AS A PARTY OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT WORKS ON THIS TOPIC. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT KENZIE BOK WHO INTRODUCED HIS FILING IN 2024. I'M ALSO VERY PROUD TO HAVE SPONSORED THE SUCCESSFUL AMENDMENT THAT WENT THROUGH OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR ABOUT $100,000 TO FUND THE FIRST PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRASH CONTAINERIZATION. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF THAT IN BARCELONA WHEN I WAS ON MY HONEYMOON.  PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT ME CRAZY BECAUSE I WAS TAKING PHOTOS OF THEIR CONTAINERIZATION PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SUPER BLOCKS AND THERE'S HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON ONE BLOCK AND SO THERE ARE CERTAINLY MODELS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO IN THE NORTH END. THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY. THERE ARE NO PLACES THERE'S NO PLACE TO PUT ANY TRASH BARRELS THEY DON'T HAVE ALLEYWAYS AND SO FOLKS PUT TRASH IN PLASTIC BAGS THE RATS GET THROUGH TO GET THROUGH THEM. AND SO THIS IS A TIMELY CONVERSATION.  I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO INTEGRATE WHERE THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE TO PUSH THAT INITIATIVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL IS ABOUT WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAID TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR QUIET PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BECAUSE AS A PARTNER FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0316 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0317 0317 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ELDERLY SCAMMING.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN COMMENTS WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THIS IS A FREE FILE. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR HERE SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR HERE SO ADDED AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR OF FLYNN TO SUSPEND THE RULES COUNCILMAN HE HAS A THIRD CHARGE COUNCILOR MURPHY AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAST YEAR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT BOSTON RESIDENTS HAVE PAID TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT SCAMS AND SOME SENIORS HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED INTO PAYING FOR HOME REPAIR WORK THAT IS UPWARDS OF $20,000 $30,000.  MILLIONS OF OUR SENIORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FALL VICTIM TO FINANCIAL FRAUD EVERY YEAR RACKING UP MORE THAN 3 BILLION IN LOSSES. THIS INCLUDES ROMANCES, LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES SCAMS, HOME REPAIRS, BANKING INSURANCE, UTILITY SCAMS.  WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT EXPLOIT VETERANS THAT ARE TRYING TO APPLY FOR VETERANS BENEFITS.  AND WE HAVE MANY OF THESE ATTORNEYS ARE OTHERS THAT EXPLOIT THEM LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IF THEY GET SERVICES FOR THEM THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE A A A FEE OR A MONTHLY FEE. BASED ON THEIR DISABILITY. BUT FOR VETERANS OUT THERE YOU DON'T NEED TO ADVOCATE HAVE SOMEONE ADVOCATE FOR YOU OTHER THAN A VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION.  AND THAT INCLUDES THE DAV WHICH IS THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. THE VFW WHICH IS THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, THE AMERICAN LEGION AMVETS. SO YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO AN ATTORNEY TO HELP YOU FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK. THE COST OF WORKING WITH THE VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION IS FREE. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE I DO KNOW A LOT OF VETERANS DO WATCH THIS PROGRAM ON TELEVISION. YOU CAN GET FREE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES FOR YOUR VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY'RE ALL THERE.  OFFICE IS LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM BOSTON CITY HALL AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING. IF ANY VETERAN IS IN NEED OF GETTING THESE BENEFITS AND NEEDS SOMEONE TO GO WITH THEM, PLEASE COME TO MY OFFICE. I WILL WALK OVER WITH YOU AND TAKE THE ELEVATOR UP TO THE DAV OR THE VFW.  BUT ANYWAY, OUR SENIORS HAVE THE RIGHT AGE IN PLACE AND FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES WITHOUT THE DISRUPTION OF PEOPLE EXPLOITING . IT IS CRITICAL THAT CRITICAL THAT WE RAISE AWARENESS AND RECOGNIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING. I WAS WALKING UP BROADWAY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THREE MONTHS AGO AND I SAW AN ELDERLY COUPLE AND I PULLED OVER AND I AND I TALKED TO THEM AND I SAID WHERE ARE YOU GOING? AND THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO THE BANK. I SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO THE BANK FOR? AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE BANK $5,000 TO SEND IT TO THIS PERSON THAT JUST GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT. THEY HAD THIS THEY HAD THIS ACCOUNT NUMBER. I SAID THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. AND THEY SAID YES, WE KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT INFORMATION THAT THE PERSON CALLED. THEY KNEW THE VICTIM. WE KNOW THE FAMILY AND THEY WERE BEING EXPLOITED.  AND BEFORE WE WERE ABLE BEFORE WE GOT TO THE BANK WE ACTUALLY CALLED THE IMPACTED FAMILY AND THE FAMILY SAID NO, THEY ARE THEY'RE RELATIVELY SAFE.  THEIR LOVED ONE IS SAFE. THEY DIDN'T NEED ANY ASSISTANCE BUT THAT'S THE TYPE OF SCAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND HAPPENING ACROSS BOSTON WHERE PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY THE PERSONAL INFORMATION. THEY KNOW YOUR MOTHER'S NAME, THEY KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER'S NAME ,THEY KNOW WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT TO AND THEY EXPLOIT THAT INFORMATION AND ESPECIALLY FROM THE ELDERLY SO THAT YOU WILL GO TO THE BANK, TAKE OUT MONEY AND WIRE IT SOMEHOW TO SOMEONE THAT'S TRYING TO EXPLOIT YOU. THIS IS THE ISSUE I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL AND SPEEDY HEARING ON THIS. THANK YOU.  MEMBERSHIP. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNTER MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR OFFLINE. I'M HONORED TO STAND WITH YOU AND COUNCILOR ME HERE IN SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ELDER SCAMMING AS WE'VE SEEN OUR SENIORS ARE INCREASINGLY TARGETED BY SCAMS THAT EXPLOIT THEIR TRUST IN FINANCIAL STABILITY AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO ENSURE THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IN 2023. SENIORS IN MASSACHUSETTS REPORTED LOSING OVER $70 MILLION IN FRAUD WITH AN AVERAGE LOSS OF OVER $40,000 PER VICTIM. THESE SCAMS, WHICH RANGE FROM DECEPTIVE HOME REPAIR OFFERS TO FRAUDULENT BANKING AND INSURANCE SCAMS ARE NOT JUST FINANCIAL SETBACKS. THEY ARE OFTEN DEEPLY EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE VICTIMS.  AS THE CITY'S PROPERTY VALUES RISE, MANY SENIORS,  PARTICULARLY HOMEOWNERS ARE BECOMING PRIME TARGETS FOR THESE FRAUDULENT SCHEMES.  EARLIER THIS MONTH I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY THE AVON COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICES IN CHARLESTOWN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AT&T.  THE INTERNET AND CELL PHONE SAFETY COURSE FOR SENIORS PROVIDED VITAL EDUCATION ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT AGAINST ONLINE SCAMS WHICH ARE INCREASINGLY COMMON IN THE DIGITAL DIGITAL AGE. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK AT&T FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN HELPING OUR SENIORS UNDERSTAND THE RISKS THEY FACE ONLINE. IT IS PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR ELDERS. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES WHEN I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPENING TO SENIORS OR TALKED TO THEM AFTER OR ANY RESIDENTS NOT JUST SENIORS BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS AND THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY FEEL ASHAMED AND EMBARRASSED AND HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME? BUT ADDITIONALLY I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROACTIVE EFFORTS OF OUR BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE CONSISTENTLY WORKING TO SAFEGUARD OUR SENIORS THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND AWARENESS. HOWEVER, AS THE RISE IN SCAMS CONTINUE, WE MUST DO MORE. WE NEED TO HAVE RESOURCES, EDUCATION AND PROTECTION AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT A BROADER SCALE TO EVERY SENIOR IN BOSTON. THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO DIVE DEEPER INTO HOW WE CAN IMPROVE SUPPORT FOR SENIORS AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS THE STRONG COMMISSION AND THE MASSACHUSETTS IDENTITY THEFT COALITION TO PREVENT ELDER FRAUD. IT'S AN IMPERATIVE THAT WE KEEP WORKING TOGETHER TO SAFEGUARD THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO OUR CITY AND COUNTRY AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO EMPOWER OUR SENIORS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO IDENTIFY SCAMS AND AVOID BECOMING VICTIMS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING FROM THE EXPERTS AND DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP SUPPORT OUR SENIORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR ELKINS WHILE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSOR AND THE CO-SPONSORS ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE AG'S OFFICE AND THE DA'S OFFICE THAT DO A LOT OF PROACTIVE WORK EDUCATING OUR SENIORS ON SCAMS SO TAKE IT TO THE SPONSORS AND THANK YOU TO THE AG AND D.A. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK THE AG JUST CREATED AN ELDER JUSTICE UNIT AND SO THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE, PLEASE. THAT COUNSELOR COLLETTE ZAPATA FITZGERALD WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0317 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES A QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0318.0318 COUNCIL OF SELLING OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN KINDS OF MONEY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY AND INVOKE RULE 12 AND ADD COUNSELOR MEJIA COUNSELOR MURPHY SO ADDED COUNSELOR FLINCHES TO SPEND THE ROSE AD COUNSELOR HE HAS A 30 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS SHE ALSO ADDED COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I'M RE REFILING THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS PROVIDING FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FINANCIAL LITERACY LITERACY IS AN IMPORTANT SKILL THAT HELPS US MANAGE DAY TO DAY FINANCES,  LEARN HOW TO BUDGET AND REACH FINANCIAL GOALS BASIC FINANCIAL CONCEPTS AT A YOUNG AGE CAN PREPARE OUR STUDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD FROM HIGH SCHOOL GOING INTO COLLEGE AS WELL EQUIPPED THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE THAT UP PERSONAL DECISIONS AS THEY ENTER THE REAL WORLD. WELL, 70% OF MASSACHUSETTS CITY SCHOOLS OFFER SOME ELECTIVES AND FINANCIAL LITERACY. MOST STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTALS OF BUDGETING SAVINGS, INVESTING MAINTAIN MAINTAINING GOOD CREDIT. WHAT IMPACT GOOD CREDIT HAVE ON HAVE ON YOU TODAY IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HOME IN 2015. STATE TREASURER DEB GOLDBERG ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. SHE ALSO CREATED THE MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL LITERACY TASK FORCE. SHE'S BEEN A LEADER ON THE ON THIS ISSUE FOR THE STATE TO STUDY THE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL EDUCATION AMONG K-THROUGH-12 STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ADULTS THEY OFFER A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS WEBINARS, FAIRS, GRANTS TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE FAMILIES, VETERANS, OLDER ADULTS WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY. ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WE ALSO FIND OUT TOO IS A MARRIED COUPLE AND UNFORTUNATELY IF ONE IF IF SOMEONE PASSES AWAY THE HUSBAND OR THE WIFE DOES THE BILLS THE OTHER THE OTHER THE OTHER SPOUSE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT THE THE BILLS AND HOW TO PAY FOR THEM EVEN AT EVEN AT THAT AGE IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL LITERACY IN MY OPINION TO SENIORS AS OUR STUDENTS PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GOING INTO COLLEGE I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PROVIDE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEMAND AS DEMANDS OF BEING AN ADULT AS WELL AS BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MURPHY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS VITAL ROLES THE VITAL ROLE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOLS IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX FINANCIAL WORLD IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED SKILLS SUCH AS BUDGETING, INVESTING AND MAKING INFORMED FINANCIAL DECISIONS. THESE TOOLS ARE NOT A LUXURY THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR THE LONG TERM SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING OF OUR YOUTH.  BOSTON IS FORTUNATE TO BE HOME TO OUTSTANDING INITIATIVES THAT ARE ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS THOSE LED BY STEVE WHALEN AT EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE BASE ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK IN TEACHING PRACTICAL FINANCIAL SKILLS TO STUDENTS THROUGH CITY KIDS BOSTON STEVE WHALEN HAS CREATED HANDS ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT BUILD BOTH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THE CONFIDENCE TO MANAGE MONEY WISELY.  THE IMPACT OF THESE PROGRAMS IS CLEAR DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE GAP IN OUR SCHOOLS. THESE INITIATIVES ARE NOT JUST PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS BUT ALSO EQUIPPING THEM TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL CHOICES THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.  I'M EAGER TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON HOW WE CAN EXPAND THESE ACROSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE EMPOWERED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THEY NEED TO THRIVE IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. THANK YOU. THANKS. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK DOES THAT COUNT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT DIFFERENT ANDRE ANDERSEN FITZGERALD SANTANA WEBER WORLD HIS OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0318 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 03190319 COUNCILOR OF PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE HALF MILE BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS?  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.  MADAM CHAIRMAN, MAY I MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA IN INVOKE RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCIL ROLE AS A THIRD TERM OF CO-SPONSOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SO ADDED COUNCIL FINANCES BEEN THE RULE SAID COUNCIL WHERE I WAS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SITTING IN HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR ALSO ADDED COUNCIL PLAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.  THIS IS A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE HALF MILE BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS.  CURRENTLY THE BOSTON ZONING CODE REQUIRES A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND DISPENSARIES AS WELL AS A HALF MILE BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH WAS A MEASURE PASSED IN COUNCIL IN 2016. THE BUFFER IS INTENDED TO PREVENT CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS FROM OPENING IN CLUSTERS SO THAT NO PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BECOME THE CENTER FOR CANNABIS SHOPS TO ENSURE DISPENSARIES ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALLOWING ACCESS TO PATIENTS AND CUSTOMERS. THERE IS NOW A PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT THAT SEEKS TO ADJUST THE BUFFER REQUIREMENT BETWEEN CANNABIS DISPENSARIES AND SCHOOL ENTRANCES TO 500 FEET. THAT IS IN LINE WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER IT WOULD ALSO REMOVE THE HALF MILE BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN DISPENSARIES.  OVER THE YEARS RESIDENTS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED TO ENFORCE AND ABIDE BY THE HALF MILE BUFFER ZONE. WITH CANNABIS PROPOSALS MANY NOW ARE WITHIN THAT HALF MILE ZONE. UNFORTUNATELY MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS RESIDE IN DENSELY AREA WITH EXISTING DISPENSARIES . NEARBY DAYCARES, A STUDENT POPULATION NONPROFIT EFFORTS THAT SERVE VULNERABLE RESIDENTS . REMOVING THE HALF MILE BUFFER ZONE CAN ADD TO PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. ONE FREQUENT COMPLAINT WE RECEIVE IS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO ENFORCE THE PUBLIC SMOKING OF MARIJUANA.  I'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS THAT THIS CHANGE WOULD MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE ALLOWING THE HALF MILE BUFFER TO LAPSE COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE THE SAME DYNAMIC AS PACKAGED IN LIQUOR STORES OVERSATURATED THE MARKET HARM EXISTING OPERATORS AND THE DOWNTOWN AND BACK BAY NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT A CLUSTER OF OPERATORS NOW FOUR IN THE BACK BAY THAT RESIDENTS HAVE CONTACTED ME ABOUT.  WE ALSO NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT EQUITY APPLICANTS.  REMOVAL OF A HALF MILE BUFFER ZONE WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO COMPETE. SHOULD A LARGE MULTISTATE OPERATOR AND COMPANY SET UP SHOP IN CLOSE PROXIMITY? PROXIMITY TO THEM THEY WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE VERY SAME DOLLAR IN DEEP POCKETS. THAT SEEMS LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO. THIS DOES NOT FEEL VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT TO ME. I KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT COUNCIL AND COUNCILOR JANEY WORKED ON. MAYOR JANEY AS WELL EQUITY IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.  WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNIQUE AND HAS DIFFERENT SETS OF CHALLENGES. CONSTITUENTS CONTINUE TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE HALF MILE BUFFER AS THEY SEE THIS THREE STEP RESTRICTION AS BOTH A SAFEGUARD FOR THE COMMUNITY VOICE IN AGAINST POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE. REMOVING THIS TAKES THE VOICE AWAY FROM RESIDENTS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A THOROUGH COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR THIS ZONING AMENDMENT BEFORE ANY VOTE SHOULD BE TAKEN.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOK, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR WEBER THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER OF 0319 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER 032020320 COUNCIL SIGN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS LUNG CANCER RATES AMONG BLACK VETERANS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR PLINY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILMAN IN DENISON SO ADDED COUNCILOR PLENTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOUND THAT VETERANS HAVE A 25 TO 75% RISK OF DEVELOPING LUNG CANCER DUE TO AGE SMOKING. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES DURING AND AFTER MILITARY SERVICES.  AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS ALSO EXPERIENCE DISPARITIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND SURVIVAL RATES ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION. THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS VETERANS IS 11% LOWER THAN THAT OF WHITE AMERICANS. VETERANS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS THIS UNIQUE CHALLENGE FACING AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS AS THEY FACE LUNG CANCER AND CRITICAL CARE THAT THEY'VE EARNED.  I AM FILING THIS HEARING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW LUNG CANCER IMPACTS OUR BLACK VETERANS HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OUR BOSTON VA VETERANS NON-PROFITS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR FACILITATE EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT WITH AN APPROACH THAT ADDRESS ADDRESSES RACIAL DISCREPANCY.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, CATHERINE ANDREADIS AND ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK? NO. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS CLETA ZAPATA HERE FITZGERALD MURPHY, PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS 0320 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 03210321 COUNCILOR OF PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF CRUISE INDUSTRY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A BRIEF FAIL TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IN ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY OF BOSTON. BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY WITH A RICH MARITIME HISTORY THAT I'M PROUD OF. IN OUR PORTS INCLUDING THE TOM CONNOLLY TERMINAL HAVE BEEN VITAL TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.  BOSTON'S CRUISE INDUSTRY GREW SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS HAD A PASSENGER COUNT OF OVER 480,000 PASSENGERS LAST YEAR ON THE CRUISE INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED $256 MILLION TO THE ECONOMY IN 90% INCREASE SINCE 2018. SUPPORTED OVER 3000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER. NOW I SUPPORT ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A 100 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE CRUISE PORT INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENTS SUCH AS THE INSTALLATION OF SHIP TO SHORE POWER THAT WILL ENABLE CRUISE SHIPS TO PLUG INTO ELECTRIC POWER ACTUAL WHILE BERTHING IN THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT. I WANT TO THANK STATE SENATOR NICK COLLINS FOR THIS INVESTMENT AND IN STATE LEGISLATORS AS WELL AS.  THESE INVESTMENTS ARE CRITICAL WILL ALLOW OUR PORT OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE AND BE COMPETITIVE. THIS IS ALSO PERSONAL TO ME AS A MEMBER OF THE LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION MY FAMILY'S OF LONGSHOREMEN'S SHERMAN. BUT THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE PORT OF BOSTON. THE FLYNN CRUISE PORT IS NAMED AFTER MY GRANDFATHER AS WELL MY FATHER. WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK AND LEVERAGE OUR ROLE AS A PORT CITY AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ECONOMY. BOSTON BOSTON IS THE CLOSEST PORT TO EUROPE. WE WANT TO ASSIST. WE WANT A STRONG VIBRANT PORT OF BOSTON WHERE PEOPLE CAN WORK ,WHERE THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MASSPORT FOR THE INCREDIBLE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN WORKING IN EAST BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN IN SOUTH BOSTON. MASSPORT PERSONNEL ARE EXCEPTIONAL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN ASSOCIATION AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, THAT COUNCIL IS CALLED AS A PARTNER. DURKIN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD. MARIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PEPEN PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.  DOCKET NUMBER 0321 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE RECORD NUMBER 0322 DOCKING NUMBER 0322 COUNCIL AS FLYNN AND MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WAYS TO ENSURE OPERATIONS OF THE 911 SYSTEM AND CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CASE OF A911 SYSTEM OUTAGE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION DISCUSSION TO ENSURE THAT OUR 911 SYSTEM IS OPERATING EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THERE ARE PLANS IN PLACE IN CASE THAT THERE IS AN OUTAGE IN OUR 911 SYSTEM. AS WE MAY RECALL, THE STATEWIDE 911 SYSTEM FACED AN OUTAGE FOR 2 HOURS IN JUNE LAST YEAR DUE TO A FIREWALL MALFUNCTION PREVENTING RESIDENTS FROM ACTUALLY CALLING 911 WHEN THE OUTAGE HAPPENED.  RESIDENTS WERE TOLD TO CALL THEIR LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS FOR EMERGENCIES OR PULL THE NEAREST FIRE BOX TO NOTIFIED PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR FIRE BOXES ACROSS BOSTON AS WELL.  FIRE ALARM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR CITY AND IN PUBLIC SAFETY.  WE CAN NEVER WATER DOWN THAT WORK IN THE AGE OF HACKING AND CYBER ATTACKS. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE 911 SYSTEM HAS BOTH THE CAPABILITY AND PLANS IN PLACE TO PREVENT A STATEWIDE OUTAGE FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.  EACH DEPARTMENT SHOULD ALSO HAVE BACKUP PLANS IN PLACE AS A PRECAUTION IN THE EVENT OF ISSUES WITH THE 911 SYSTEM. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE EDUCATE INFORM RESIDENTS OF WAYS TO CONTACT THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS IN CASE THEY CANNOT DIAL 911 FOR AN EMERGENCY.  WHEN THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR DID WE HAVE PLAN WHERE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY PROVIDERS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY? MANY RESIDENTS REACHED OUT TO ME AND AFTER THE FACT AND SAID NO, WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND RESIDENTS WERE CONFUSED.  THIS OUTREACH ALSO HAS TO ENSURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE NOT JUST IN ENGLISH BUT WE COMMUNICATE IN OTHER LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN IN BOSTON. THAT'S A CRITICAL OF IT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS HEARING ORDER ALONG WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN TO DISCUSS WAYS ENSURE THE RELIABILITY OF OUR 911 SYSTEM AND TO ADDRESS CONTINGENCY PLANS IN THE CASE OF AN OUTAGE.  AS COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED LAST SUMMER ON JUNE 18TH 2024 STATEWIDE 911 OUTAGES HIGHLIGHTED THE CRITICAL VULNERABILITIES IN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFRASTRUCTURE. FOR A FIREWALL MALFUNCTION CAUSED A SYSTEM WIDE FAILURE. THIS INCIDENT UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR STRONGER REDUNDANCIES AND BACKUP SYSTEMS TO PREVENT SUCH DISRUPTIONS IN THE FUTURE. WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR 911 SYSTEM IS RESILIENT WITH CLEAR BACKUP PLANS IN PLACE AND ALTERNATIVE WAYS FOR RESIDENTS TO CONTACT EMERGENCY SERVICES IF NEEDED. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM AND ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN ALWAYS RELY ON 911 AT ALL TIMES IN A CRISIS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS GLADYS ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDO ANDERSON, MARIA FITZGERALD, BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 030322 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER 20323. TALKING NUMBERS 0323 COUNCIL OF FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF CORRY ON ACCESS TO AN END TO EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR PLENTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AS A CO-SPONSOR AND INVOKE RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCIL ME HERE AS A THIRD SPONSOR AS WELL. COUNCILOR PEPEN ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT CONCERN ME. HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR. HE ALSO ADDED COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS A HEARING TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH QUERIES.  CRIMINAL OFFENDER RECORD CRIMINAL RECORDS OFTEN HARM ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH PRIOR CONVICTIONS DESPITE PROGRESS MADE ON QUARRY REFORM IN RECENT YEARS, THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOVERNOR PATRICK FOR THE WORK HE WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON IMPROVING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH CARYS TO GET JOBS. IT WAS GREAT LEGISLATION. IT NEEDS TO GO FURTHER IN MY OPINION.  AS A FORMER PROBATION OFFICER I WITNESSED THE IMPACT THAT QUARRY CAN HAVE ON A PERSON'S ABILITY TO ACCEPT TO ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD HELP PUT THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH.  AT TIMES YOU CAN BE HIRED FOR A JOB PENDING THE RESULTS OF YOUR QUARRY BACKGROUND CHECK AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTING FOR SOMEONE WITH A QUARRY THAT'S BEEN IN A JOB FOR TWO WEEKS THREE WEEKS AT A WAREHOUSE. THEY'RE WORKING HARD AND AFTER THE THIRD WEEK THE BOSS WILL SAY TO THEM WE KNOW YOU'VE NEVER BEEN LATE FOR WORK. WE KNOW YOU SHOW UP ON TIME. WE KNOW YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET YOU GO BECAUSE YOU HAVE A QUARRY THAT'S OUR POLICY THAT ALMOST FORCES THE PERSON WITH THE QUARRY TO DO DESPERATE THINGS.  THAT PERSON IS DOING THE RIGHT THING, WORKING HARD, TRYING TO GET BACK ON TRACK TO SUPPORT HIS OR HER FAMILY. AND THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS IMPACT THAT PROGRESS. THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION MAGNIFIED FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO DO NOT WHO NOT ONLY FACE HIGHER CONVICTION RATES BUT TEND TO FEEL WORSE ON EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES IN RELATED MEASURES OF WELL-BEING. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE RECENT COURT REFORMS ENACTED BY THE STATE PARTICULARLY ON BANNING THE BOOKS WHICH FIGHT EMPLOYERS FROM ASKING EARLY STAGE APPLICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY. I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THESE REFORMS AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO FURTHER EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH RECORDS.  WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WITH RECORDS ARE GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE OF GETTING JOBS IN OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.  EVERYBODY DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE. EVERYBODY DESERVES A THIRD CHANCE. WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT ARE COMING OUT OF JAIL, THAT ARE COMING OUT OF PRISON TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, TO GET A JOB, TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY.  WE DON'T WANT QUARRIES TO BE AN OBSTACLE FOR THEM TO DO THAT. I'M ALSO ASKING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO EXPAND THEIR JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH CAREERS AND IN PARTICULAR CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT THAT ARE NEEDED FOR EMPLOYMENT WHETHER THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS, WHETHER THAT'S THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. MANY OF THE MEN MOSTLY MEN I THINK MOSTLY THAT ARE COMING OUT OF JAIL THEY THEY WANT TO WORK. THEY DON'T WANT A HANDOUT. THEY DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.  THEY WANT A JOB. THEY WANT TO WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK. THEY WANT TO WORK 50 HOURS A WEEK. THEY WANT TO STAY THEY WANT TO WORK HARD. LET'S NOT STAND IN THEIR WAY. LET THE CITY OF BOSTON ALSO LEAD IN HIRING PEOPLE WITH CAREERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANY OF THE SPONSORS LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLARE ZAPATA DURKAN, FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD MURPHY BUT THEN SORRY SANTANA WEBER WE'RE ALL PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0323 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0324 DUNCAN 0324 COUNCIL OF FLYNN OFF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HIM TO DISCUSS THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS FOR A MEETING IN THE CITY THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN KINDS OF LEANING ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AS A CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FOR ADRIAN SENATOR ADDED IN MAY MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA AS WELL BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO FANTASY TO SPEND THE RULES AT COUNCILMAN. HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS I'M HERE SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS A REFILE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IT. ALL OF DISTRICT COUNCIL IS AND PROBABLY AT-LARGE COUNCILORS HAVE ALL HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT HOW ABUTTERS MEETINGS ARE BEING ARE BEING NOTIFIED HOW RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING THIS NOTIFICATION. THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT WE HEAR AND CODE ABOUT IS NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATION WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE. THERE ARE CONCERNS ON WHETHER RELIANCE ON PROPONENTS TO SEND FLIERS TO ABUTTERS CAUSE AN INHERENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MANY NEIGHBORS ARGUE THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE SENDING THESE OUT WHICH THEY DO AT TIMES AND NOT THE DEVELOPERS TO REMOVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT NOTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A PRO APPROPRIATELY ABOUT COMMUNITY MEETINGS I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE THE DEVELOPERS NOTIFYING RESIDENTS IN MY OPINION OTHER PEOPLE DISAGREE. SOME RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT THE 300 FEET NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR MANY PROJECTS ESPECIALLY FOR BUSINESSES SEEKING A LIQUOR LICENSE OR CANNABIS LICENSE OR CHANGING OPERATING HOURS AS THESE. THESE PROPOSALS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. EXTENDED BEYOND A 300 PLUS FOOT RADIUS.  JUST YESTERDAY MY OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBOR DUE TO KNOW ABOUT OR NOT RECEIVING NOTICE FROM ESD ABOUT A ZONING CASE WHERE THEY WERE A DIRECT A BOROUGH AND WOULD HAVE LIKED TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE PROPOSAL. THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. FURTHERMORE, ABUTTERS MEETINGS ARE NOW BEING POSTED ON THE EVENTS SECTION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ONE OF THE PAST OWNER'S LIAISONS WOULD EMAIL US OUT TO DISTRICT COUNCILS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND LETTING US AND THEM KNOW ABOUT THESE UPCOMING ABOUT HIS MEETINGS.  IT IS UNREASONABLE TO NOW EXPECT CONSTITUENTS IN CITY COUNCIL OFFICES TO SEARCH AND FIND ABOUT HIS MEETINGS ON THE EVENT PAGE. MAYBE CITY COUNCILORS SHOULD DO THAT SHOULD BE DOING THAT BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS TO DO THAT. IN MY OPINION IT SHOULD NOT BE UP TO THEM TO FIND OUT ON THEIR OWN ABOUT UPCOMING MEETINGS THAT IMPACT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S NOT FAIR.  IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO WHO YOUR LIAISON IS. IT SHOULD BE WORKING WITH DISTRICT COUNCILORS OFFICE LIKE WE HAD FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. RESIDENTS EXPECT US TO BE THERE AND WE NEED TO BE THERE IN IF A DISTRICT COUNCILOR IS NOT AT A MEETING OR THEIR STAFF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT A PARTICULAR ABUTTERS MEETING.  IT LOOKS VERY BAD FOR THAT DISTRICT COUNCILOR. IT LOOKS BAD FOR THE CITY IN MY OPINION. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN ADEQUATE NOTICE TO GET NOTIFICATION PROCESS FOR ABUTTERS MEETINGS SO THAT RESIDENTS IN OUR OFFICES CAN ATTEND THE MEETINGS, RECEIVE INFORMATION, GATHER FEEDBACK ON PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION.  I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CITY COUNCIL EXACTLY ON WHAT THE PROCESS IS.  I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IN WRITING SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. EVERYBODY IS CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND THAT THAT CHECKLIST IS RESPECTED EVERY TIME THERE'S A COMMUNITY MEETING AND TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS ARE HEARD ON ABUTTERS MEETINGS . BUT AGAIN I'M ASKING AND I'VE HAD ENOUGH WITH WITH MET ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE BUT WE NEED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTAND FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S OFFICE TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. DISTRICT COUNCIL IS NEED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS AT TIMES THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NOTIFIED. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR TONIGHT IS ENTREPRENEUR ANGIE ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ALLOWING ME TO CO-SPONSOR THIS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SPECIAL ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT WHERE CONSTITUENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ABOUT THE LACK OF NOTIFICATION OR COORDINATION. I DO THINK THAT THE CITY HAS THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME SORT OF STREAMLINED PROCESS THAT ONE NOTIFICATION NOTIFIES FOLKS ON TIME AND THEN WITH ADVANCE NOTICE AS WELL AS DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO MOST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. MAYBE NOT ALL BUT AT LEAST TO DO A BETTER JOB AT MOST. SO I HAVE RECEIVED AGAIN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS. IT MAY SEEM LIKE A VERY MINUSCULE TYPE OF ISSUE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE ABUTTERS COMPLAINING ABOUT?  WHY IS THIS SUCH A BIG DEAL? NO, IT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE YOU LIVE NEXT TO A PROPERTY. I THINK THAT MAY CHANGE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.  SO THEIR INPUT AND THEIR AWARENESS OF THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT OF COURSE IS IMPORTANT AND THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAY AND WE SHOULD LISTEN. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING THROUGH A HEARING WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE OR AT LEAST CO-SPONSOR OR COUNCILMAN FLYNN TO HOPEFULLY MITIGATE SOME SORT OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AGAIN TO STREAMLINE A PROCESS WHERE IT'S TRANSPARENT AND WE CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF THE CONSTITUENTS OR ABUTTERS ON THESE NOTIFICATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  DOCKING NUMBER ZERO THREE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? MALIK KAZIM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEP. I BELIEVE CO-SPONSORS ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING THIS AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME. I ACTUALLY STARTED A CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN 20 2017. I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED DONE TO DORCHESTER UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALONGSIDE DON AND ROBIN FROM DORCHESTER BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL BOARDING HOUSE FOR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS THAT WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT. AND SO DURING IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS CIVIC ASSOCIATION WE HAD TO DO OUR OWN DOOR KNOCKING. WE HAD TO NOTIFY EVERYONE ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK THAT NOTIFICATION PROCESSES USUALLY BEAR THE BRUNT ON THIS CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF A PARTICULAR PROJECT. AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE FAILURES FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ROLE OF THE CITY IN THE RESPONSIBILITY AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PASS IT ON TO THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE MOST IMPACTED WITH THE HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP TO FIGHT FOR OURSELVES. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND MORE IMPORTANTLY COMING TO SOME SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW WE FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS. AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED BECAUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY NEW POSITIONS ADDED OR CHANGES IN JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS AS IN THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BECAUSE IT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING AND WAS REACHING OUT EVEN TO ME AS AN OUT LARGE COUNCILOR I GOT A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE DIRECTLY FROM OWNER SO IF THERE IS A CHANGE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW BECAUSE WHEN RESIDENTS ASK WHY WEREN'T YOU ON SOMETHING, WHY WEREN'T YOU AT A MEETING AND YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF IT, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF STAFF AND VERY CAPABLE PEOPLE AND THAT DEPARTMENT OR IF IT'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO NEED TO SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE OF THESE IMPORTANT MEETINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  SO PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD MURPHY, PIPPIN SANTANA, WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCTOR NUMBER 0324I WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0325 DOCKET NUMBER 0325 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON'S FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WHEREAS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WEBER IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. LAST YEAR WE BEGAN THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH BEEPS FOR THE FBI 25 BUDGET EARLY FOR FY 26 BEGUN EVEN EARLIER FOR BEEPS. WHAT WE'RE AIMING TO DO NOW IS BEGIN THESE FY 26 CONVERSATIONS EARLIER FOR THE ENTIRE OPERATING BUDGET AND THIS MEANS WE'LL BE HAVING PUBLIC TESTIMONY, A HEARING ON REVENUE AND AT LEAST ONE WORKING SESSION ON COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND POSSIBLY MORE ALL BEFORE THE MAYOR FILES HER BUDGET ON APRIL NINE. THE WORK IN SESSION ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 3RD IS TO GO OVER COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AND REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON BP'S BUDGET. I KNOW THE CALENDAR FULLY SHIFTS TO WAYS AND MEANS IN THE SPRING EVEN BUT WITH EVEN DOZENS OF HEARINGS IT CAN FEEL COMPRESSED.  BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS DRAWN OUT THIS PROCESS EVEN FURTHER HOPEFULLY FURTHER EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON ALREADY ON OUR ALREADY TRANSPARENT PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THE COUNCIL'S VOICES IS HEARD IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET BEFORE WE EVEN PROPOSE OUR AMENDMENT PACKAGE ON JUNE 4TH. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES IN ADMINISTRATION ON THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR AND I JUST KINDS OF WHERE IT COMES WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST TIME THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE AND I LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR COUNCIL CASSEROLES PROCESS I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AND THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT THROUGH JUNE UNTIL YOU VOTE ON THE BUDGET. THANKS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE HEARINGS BUT WOULD LIKE TO ASK MANY TIMES THAT DIFFERENT HEARINGS WHEN DEPARTMENTS COME IN WE HAVE LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS THAT GO UNANSWERED. COULD WE ALSO TRY MAYBE THROUGH THE HELP OF BERGEN AND CENTRAL STAFF ANY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO ANY DEPARTMENT THAT THOSE GET ANSWERED BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BUDGET SEASON BECAUSE THEN OFTEN THEY'RE SAYING WELL WE'RE BUSY WITH THE BUDGET NOW WE HAVE TO IGNORE IT BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE HEARINGS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD ON WHAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THEM.  SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. I'M HERE TO HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR FORWARD THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS I'D JUST LIKE TO OFFER. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM FOLKS ON THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET FRONT AND SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET HEARINGS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR VISION OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER AS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT STACKING UP THE FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THESE HEARINGS JUST WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT THE FOLKS FROM THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE US ADVOCATE FOR BOTH OF YOU THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDED MOTION IT OR ASK A QUESTION TO THE MAKER? YOU MAY.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR TO COUNCILOR. WE'RE ALL ONE. WE DO HAVE THE BUDGET HEARINGS HERE IN THE CHAMBER OFTENTIMES THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL SAY THEY HAVE A HARD STOP AND THEY HAVE TO LEAVE IN ONE HOUR FROM THE START OF THE START OF THE MEETING.  IS THERE A WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET A BETTER COMMITMENT FROM A DEPARTMENT HEAD IN ADVANCE IN SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND WE ONLY HAVE 2 MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT HEAD HAS TO LEAVE IN AN HOUR OR SO.  WHAT I'M ASKING IS CAN YOU CAN YOU GET A COMMITMENT FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT THEY SHOULD BE HERE MAYBE 3 HOURS SO THAT THEY CAN THEY CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL AS I THINK CITY COUNCIL DOES WANT TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ASKED DEPARTMENT HEADS SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BUT THEY ALSO WANT THE TIME TO DO THAT AND GIVING GIVING THE CITY COUNCIL ONE HOUR AND LET'S MAKE THIS FAST BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD HAS TO LEAVE HERE.  I DON'T THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND COUNTERARGUMENT YES COUNCILOR FLYNN WE WILL MAKE THAT REQUEST FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN ALSO WE ARE SUBMITTING OUR CALENDAR,  YOU KNOW, EARLY ENOUGH FOR COUNTY CABINET CHIEFS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR APRIL. SO THAT IS OUR INTENTION AND THAT WILL BE OUR REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE JERRY MATHERS ENTREPRENEUR ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE LISTENING THIS YEAR WE'LL BE DOING A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, A BUNCH OF WORKSHOPS AGAIN FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND IF YOU'RE NOT IN DISTRICT SEVEN, THAT'S OKAY TOO PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND PROGRAMS WHO WILL BE TEACHING US ON BUDGET HOPEFULLY TO A ONE IN PERSON WHERE WE CAN DO ACTUAL HANDS ON ACTIVITIES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE HIGH SCHOOL TOURS WHERE WE ALSO TEACH HIGH SCHOOLERS ABOUT MUNICIPAL BUDGET. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR AS THE CHAIR OF ON WAYS AND MEANS FOR LEADING THIS AND I THINK THAT SUBMITTING THE ART BUYS IN ADVANCE IS A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE BECAUSE CALL IT AS A PARTNER FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA FERNANDA ANDERSON MURPHY THE BEN SANTANA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0325 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DUNCAN NUMBER 0326.0326 COUNCILOR AM HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR COMPLYING WITH THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERNED MEDIA ACCOUNTS OF MILLIONS MORE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO THE BOSTON LANDMARK COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT BOSTON'S HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL ASSETS YET CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT HOW THE ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES THESE RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING DELAYS, INCONSISTENCIES AND FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES AND POTENTIAL FAILURES TO COMPLY WITH LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. THESE ISSUES RAISE BROADER CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND HEARINGS TO THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF CITY GOVERNMENT. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS IS THIS HEARING ORDER IS ABOUT SOMETHING IT'S ABOUT A LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AND AUDITING AND EXAMINING IF WHAT WE DECIDED TO FILE AND AND UPHOLD IF WE'RE DOING SUCH SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION IN ITSELF BUT JUST THE FUNCTION OF IT AND HOW IT'S LIVING UP TO ITS LEGISLATIVE INTENT THIS HEARING IS NOT ABOUT THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION ITSELF BUT ABOUT EVALUATING HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IMPLEMENTS AND RESPONDS TO ITS RECOMMENDATIONS . WE WILL EXAMINE WHETHER ITS EXISTING PROCEDURES ALIGN WITH THE INTENT OF PRESERVATION LAWS, IDENTIFY INEFFICIENCIES AND EXPLORE WAYS TO IMPROVE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION TO ENSURE A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS PROCESS IS ESSENTIAL FOR RESIDENTS, ADVOCATES AND PRESERVATION. EXPERTS MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE ABOUT OUR CITY'S HISTORIC RESOURCES ARE MADE FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS. THROUGH THIS HEARING WE AIM TO CLARIFY HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE WHERE BREAKDOWNS MAY OCCUR AND WHAT STEPS CAN BE TAKEN TO STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT WHEN POLICIES ARE SET UP TO PROTECT OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES, WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW THAT PRACTICE. IT IS ABOUT UPHOLDING TRUST IN CITY PROCESSES AND ENSURING RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS HEARING AND REALLY HOPING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN KINDS OF LEANING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS SUBJECT UP. IT'S AN IMPORTANT MATTER. I THINK RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION DOES, THE IMPACT IT HAS ON RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO VOTES TO APPROVE THE MEMBERS OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS WAS HERE LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR SUBJECT AND I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT MEMBER ABOUT THE SUBJECT THAT THE MEMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I WAS TOLD THAT THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT WAS WAS WITHOUT I COULDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION FOR FOR VARIOUS REASONS.  LET'S FAST FORWARD THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHITE STADIUM AND I ASKED A QUESTION RECENTLY I ASKED DOES THE LANDMARK COMMISSION HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANY DECISIONS MADE AT WHITE'S STADIUM? AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ANSWER WAS NO THAT THE LANDMARK COMMISSION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHITE STADIUM AND I ACCEPTED THAT ANSWER. I DON'T I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH IT BUT I ACCEPTED IT AT THAT TIME I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH BUT I DO THINK THERE IS SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND WHITE STADIUM IN MY IN MY OPINION ONLY I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY ELSE BUT RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED ME IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND THE ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT WHITE STADIUM?  I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER BUT I THINK OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING DO HAVE A BETTER ANSWER THAN I DO AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCILOR ME HERE IS ASKING WHAT IS THE PROCESS? WHAT IS HAPPENING? CAN RESIDENTS ACTUALLY GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE BOSTON LAND LANDMARKS COMMISSION? IS THE CITY COUNCIL GOING TO ASK ANY LANDMARKS COMMISSION MEMBERS TO COME DOWN HERE AND TO SPEAK AND TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WORK ON I THINK WOULD BE FASCINATED TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY WORK ON. I THINK THE RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY WORK ON AS WELL . I STILL LEAVE THE QUESTION OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LANDMARK COMMISSION AND WHITE STADIUM IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN OFFER AN EXPLANATION I WOULD WELCOME THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0326 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0327.0327 COUNCILOR A SET OF ITEMS DO YOU HAVE A I'D LIKE TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR IN TERMS OF OF WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS BEING PLACED.  OKAY SO THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0326 WAS PLACED IN THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION AND PURSUANT TO RULE FOUR YOU'D LIKE TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR TO PUT IT INTO ANOTHER COMMITTEE? YES. SO I AM RISING TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR TO MOVE THE DOCKET INTO THE COMMITTEE OF POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY.  I NEED A SECOND SECOND OAK OAK AND AND THE REASON WHY MADAM CHAIR IS BASED ON OUR OUR COMMUNICATION AND YOU KNOW SOME OF THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THAT MY COMMITTEE REALLY LOOKS AT THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF A PARTICULAR EITHER WITH A DEPARTMENT A COMMISSION ,A PIECE OF POLICY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN OUR TRUST BUILDING EXERCISE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AND HOW OUR ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS I'M JUST STARTING HERE I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE FILED WHETHER WE FILED IT IN 1984, 1994 OR 2024 I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER GRASPS OF WHAT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO IT JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF MAKING SURE THAT I FOLLOW THE DIRECTIVE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED ME IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT, I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY THIS WAS WRITTEN AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITHIN MY COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LANDS IN MY COMMITTEE AND I WOULD WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. MEJIA. I HEAR YOU. I PLACED THIS DOCKET IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. THERE IS DIRECT LANGUAGE IN THAT COMMITTEE ABOUT HAVING OVERSIGHT OVER THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION.  I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THOSE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR YOUR SPECIFIC THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE LOOKS LIKE.  HAPPY TO CONTINUE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS TODAY. I DISAGREE BUT I DO HEAR THAT YOU'RE APPEALING UNDER RULE FOUR. RULE FOUR REQUIRES A MAJORITY OF TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNCIL TO AGREE TO THE CONTRARY IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE PLACED INTO HER COMMITTEE. SO BASICALLY SHE'S APPEALING THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR PURSUANT TO RULE FOUR. THE QUESTION IS WHAT WE'RE NOT. NO, I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN CALL A RECESS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CALL A RECESS. WE HAVE I WILL READ WE WILL FORCE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY SPEAK TO POINT OF ORDER INCLUDING ASSIGNMENT OF MATTERS TO COMMITTEE. THE QUESTION SHALL BE PUT FORTH AS FOLLOWS NO OTHER BUSINESS EXCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN RELY ON THE TABLE SHALL BE IN ORDER UNLESS THE QUESTION ON APPEAL HAS BEEN DECIDED. THE QUESTION SHALL BE PUT AS FOLLOWS SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND AS A JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL? SO SHALL MY DECISION STAND AS A JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCILOR IN ANSWER YES KEEPS IT IN THE COMMITTEE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE A NO WOULD PUT IT IN TO THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE AND PURSUANT TO RULE FOR A VOTE SHALL BE TAKEN I WROTE A VOTE SHALL BE BY A ROLL CALL VOTE AND IT SHALL BE DECIDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE UNLESS A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO THE CONTRARY PLAY A ROLE THAT WILL START WITH CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND THEN COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE RECORD AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN, CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT AN AUDIT IS IN I AT THIS MOMENT I WOULD WANT MORE CHARACTER DEFINED BECAUSE MY COMMITTEE IS TITLED POST AUDIT AND SO WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE ARE CONDUCTING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF PLANNING OR DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS AN ISSUE SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS AUDITING AND HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW EFFICIENT WE ARE BEING AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE UPHOLDING THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.  AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THE INTERPRETATION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LEADERSHIP I THINK AND WHAT I STRUGGLE WITH HERE IS THE THE PRESIDENTS THAT WE ARE SETTING IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE CHOOSING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THIS IS A MATTER OF ABOUT ME BEING ABLE TO DO MY WORK AND SO I AM GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES YOU CAN THIS IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED A RECESS TO GOOGLE WHAT AUDITING IS BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS AUDIT THE PROCESS PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT RELATE TO A LEGISLATIVE INTENT. AND SO I FIND IT REALLY CHALLENGING, RIGHT, THAT MY DEMEANOR AND THE WAY THAT I SPEAK AND HOW I SHOW UP IN THIS CHAMBER OFTENTIMES GETS CONFUSED WITH WHAT I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE.  SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS IN THE BEST FORM ASK US TO UNDERSTAND AND TO SEE HOW THESE PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PROMOTE MENTAL PROCESSES PREVENT PEOPLE LIKE ME FROM BEING ABLE TO DO MY JOB. AND SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION TO SEE THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO SHOW UP HERE TRYING TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK AND CONTINUOUSLY BE SHUT DOWN FOR IT.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THROUGH YOU IF YOU COULD GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY NOT JUST THAT YOU DISAGREE IF YOU COULD AND IF YOU ALREADY DID IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON IT. I STATED THAT THE THE COMMITTEE OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION HAS SPECIFIC OVERSIGHT OVER THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND OVERSIGHT IS INCLUSIVE OF WHAT IS IN THIS DOCKET.  OKAY. BUT IF WE KNOW THAT COUNCILOR MEJIA LAST TIME BECAUSE WE HAD A RECESS AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND WE ARE AWARE OF HER INTENT OF THE CONVERSATION AND IT WAS VERY TELLING OR WHO DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO SIGN ON. IT'S LIKE WE'RE AFRAID TO EVEN ASK QUESTIONS HERE. I MEAN THAT'S OUR JOB. IT'S HARD SOMETIMES.  SOMETIMES MY VOICE SHAKES. SOMETIMES I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THINGS WILL HAPPEN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON MY COLLEAGUES THAT MAY NOT BE POLITICALLY FUN BUT AT THE SAME TIME OUR JOB IS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND IF THERE IS A COMMITTEE ON JUST THAT I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE AFRAID TO PUT IT IN THAT COMMITTEE IN A RECESS WOULD ALLOW SO THAT EVERYONE INCLUDING COUNCILOR MEJIA BUT NOT JUST HER HAVE THE TIME BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING MESSAGES OR MEMOS FROM THEIR STAFF AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SPEAKING NEXT JUST TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY FEELS LIKE ONCE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE IT'S TOO LATE TO GO BACK. WHY NOT JUST HONOR A FEW MINUTES OF A RECESS SO THAT NOT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE BUT THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ONCE WE VOTE WE KNOW WHAT WHAT WE JUST DID. THANK YOU CONSENSUALLY BECAUSE SHE'S SAYING THERE'S MORE DEPARTMENTS OR MORE HEARINGS SHE WANTS TO GO FORWARD. SO WE'RE GOING TO SET A PRECEDENT THAT THE NEXT TIME AND I'VE DONE IT BEFORE TOO IT'S LIKE THE TRICK OF HOW DO YOU WRITE YOUR HEARING ORDER? AM I READY WITH MY I WAS READY EARLIER WITH THE GRANT THAT WAS GOING TO GO INTO PUBLIC SAFETY AND I HAD THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IT WAS IT WAS GOING TO GO ON TO START WITH. SO BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE READY TO FIGHT WHICH IS FINE BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE A FAIR CHANCE TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT THING THAT'S ABOUT TO BE A VOTE AND THEN WE CAN'T TURN BACK. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. I MY NAME IS ADDED TO THE DOCKET. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE HEARING. I BELIEVE THAT THE HEARING BELONGS IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHERE THAT HAS OVERSIGHT OVER LANDMARKS. I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCILOR MEJIA ABOUT COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT AN IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A SCIENCE. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND SHE DID WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO WHICH IS APPEAL THE DECISION I WILL HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES WE WILL TAKE HER APPEAL HAPPY TO CLARIFY THE RULE IF ANYBODY NEEDS CLARIFICATION ON THE RULE. BUT COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR WITH ONE OTHER QUESTION I ASKED IF YOU CALL A RECESS WE ARE NOT I'M NOT CALLING A RECESS. WE HAVE A VERY LONG DOCKET BUT I APPRECIATE THAT'S OUR JOB THE RIGHT TO THAT THAT IS AND HAS 32 MEETINGS A YEAR THERE'S 20 WEEKS THAT'S FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. THIS BODY DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THIS CHAMBER FIVE MONTHS A YEAR. WE'RE ONLY HERE 32 TIMES A YEAR AND IT'S IMPORTANT BUSINESS.  I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE 2 MINUTES JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS IN A SPACE THAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD CONFIDENTLY. I WANT TO GIVE THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T FEEL PRESSURED OR THEY'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON SOMETHING OR SAY SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY WANT.  I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE WE'RE PLANNING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I I SUPPORT COUNCIL AND MEJIA IN THAT I BELIEVE IT SHOULD GO INTO THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE REASON I THINK IT SHOULD GO INTO THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE IS I THINK SHE'S LOOKING TO DO SOME RESEARCH INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW EFFECTIVE THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION IS, WHAT THEIR PROTOCOLS ARE AND PAST HISTORY, HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD REVIEWING, REVIEWING PROTOCOLS THAT IS CLEARLY POST AUDIT THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SHE IS CLEARLY ASKING FOR A REVIEW OF OFFICE PROCEDURE OFFICE POLICY COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE OFFICE,  COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS, COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNCIL IS I THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING IT.  I GO BACK TO MY I GO BACK TO MY OPENING. MY STATEMENT IS I ASKED WE HAD A LANDMARKS COMMISSION MEMBER HERE PREVIOUSLY IN THE LANDMARKS COMMISSIONER WAS TALKING ABOUT WHITE STADIUM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT DISCUSSION WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP.  SHE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. I FOLLOWED UP HER STATEMENT WITH A QUESTION AND I WAS TOLD I CANNOT ASK THAT QUESTION.  I GO BACK TO A RECENT MEETING WE JUST HAD ABOUT WHITE STADIUM AND I ASKED THE CITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS IS THERE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION? A PREVIOUS VOTE AND IND IN WHITE STADIUM AND THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION MEMBERS? I STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. I ASKED THE QUESTION THE OTHER DAY AND NO ONE'S NO ONE'S RESPONDED BUT I DO KNOW PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT THE TYPE OF ANSWER OR THE TYPE OF QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER HERE IS GOING TO SEEK AND DO HER DUE DILIGENCE IN THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE? I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO IS ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. THAT'S OUR JOB. IT MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE, IT MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE UPSET AT US GOING INTO AN ELECTION YEAR BUT IT'S OUR JOB WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO LEARN CITY DEPARTMENTS OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT US TO DO OUR BEST EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. THEY WANT US TO BE ON TOP OF OUR GAME 100%. THEY DON'T WANT US TO MAIL IT IN AND OUR SOFTBALL QUESTIONS ANYONE CAN DO THAT. THEY WANT US TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP GOING DURING GOOD TIMES AND TOUGH TIMES. THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES. THIS IS A TOUGH VOTE BUT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE LOOKING AT US TO DO THE RIGHT THING.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THIS COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER CAN YOU GIVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW WE HAVE A LONG MEETING AHEAD AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT THAT THE WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS IT SAYS GROUPS WE OVERSEE AUDITING DEPARTMENT IN BOSTON FINANCE COMMISSION AND UNDER THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION IT SAYS THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXERCISE OVERSIGHT I'M SORRY THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXERCISE ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT WITH RESPECT TO AND THERE'S A LONG LENGTHY LIST BUT THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION IS UNDER THAT. SO I THINK IF WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE ROLES AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS, IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THE AND I THINK THIS IS RULE 36 OF THE RULES SO YOU MAY BE DOING TRYING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROLES BUT THIS IS THE ROLE RULE 36 IS WHAT WE VOTED ON IN RESPECT TO THESE COMMITTEES SO I I RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINION BUT I DID HOST A WORKING GROUP SESSION OR A LUNCH AND LEARN WITH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION.  ONLY A COUPLE OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SHOWED UP. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE BUT I THINK AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHERE IT'S BEST TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK IT'S IT'S THE COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF AN ENGINEER SITTING AT THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OBAMA THANK YOU.  SO I GUESS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I DO RESPECT THAT. I KNOW THE COMMITTEE HAS LANDMARKS. THE COMMITTEE HAS OVERSIGHT OVER LANDMARKS BUT SPECIFICALLY IT'S TALKING ABOUT PLANNING FOR STRUCTURE OPERATIONALLY AND THE WORK THAT IT DOES. SO OF COURSE THAT'S ALSO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND SO NATURALLY WOULD GO UNDER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IF YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE IT CLEARLY DEPICTS EXACTLY YOU KNOW SO FOR EXAMPLE IF I WAS TO DETERMINE A LANDMARK DETERMINATION AND WE WERE TO DISCUSS THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION THEN IT WOULD GO INTO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S A PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT THING UNDER LANDMARKS HOWEVER IN TERMS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR AUDIT I GUESS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION HERE FOR EXAMPLE IF I WAS TO FILE SOMETHING TO AUDIT SMALL BUSINESS IN TERMS OF PROCUREMENT OR ANYTHING THAT GOES ON IN SMALL BUSINESS AND THERE IS A COLLEAGUE THAT HAS THAT OVERSEE THAT OVERSEES THAT COMMITTEE. HOWEVER WHAT IS IT CALLED I'M SORRY I MAY BE MISQUOTING IT IN JUST A SMALL BUSINESS OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE LET'S SAY THAT I WAS DISCUSSING SPECIFICALLY A SMALL BUSINESS IS PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE IN TERMS OF EXECUTION OR IN TERMS OF A SPECIFIC SMALL BUSINESS OR CIVIL RIGHTS TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. I WOULD GO TO THAT COMMITTEE BUT IF I WAS SUPPOSE IF I WAS AUDITING A PROGRAM OR DEPARTMENT TO SAY I WANT TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE SO THEREFORE I WANT TO AUDIT SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF EXECUTION, IN TERMS HOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING YOUR JOB BECAUSE US AS THE COUNCIL A LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE ACCOUNTABILITY BODY TO DO THAT TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS HEARINGS IN THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT TO AUDIT CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS. SO I'M I WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I THINK YOU'RE WRONG. I THINK I DISAGREE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE VOTE AND LET IT BE WHAT IT IS.  THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO THE VOTE RIGHT AFTER COUNCILMAN. HE HAS COMMENTS NO MORE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BECAUSE THERE IS THERE'S AN A NO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO A VOTE. THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT ABOUT DECISION MY DECISION A CHAIR SHE ALREADY ASKED FOR AN APPEAL. I WILL TAKE HER COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THE VOTE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN, YOU GET THE FLOOR SO JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE LATE FILES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET TODAY IS THAT I'VE ASKED THE ORIGINAL COUNCILOR YANCEY TO HELP SUPPORT ME IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE LORD KNOWS I NEED HELP. BUT HERE WE GO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY WHICH ALL CONCERN ITSELF WITH EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCESSIBILITY OF CITY BUDGET OPERATIONS PROGRAMS INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE WITH LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,  AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS. THE COMMITTEE MAY REVIEW ESTABLISHED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA AND REPORT TO THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE AND PROOF AND PROGRAMMATIC CHANGE CHANGES BASED ON ITS REVIEW AND ANALYSIS, THE COMMITTEE SHOULD FURTHER CONCERN ITSELF WITH EXAMINING MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BOND BONDS OR CREDIT REPORTS, INTERNAL FISCAL CONTROL AND RISK MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES THAT DOES ENSURING PUBLIC FUNDS AND ASSETS ARE MANAGED RESPONSIBLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THE COMMITTEE SHOULD EXERCISE OVERSIGHT AT THEIR RESPECTIVE AUDITING AND THE BOSTON FINANCE COMMISSION.  AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS FOR THE RECORD THAT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUDITING THE WORK THAT I'M TRYING TO DO WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE IS AROUND THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND WHETHER OR NOT ADMINISTRATIVELY WE ARE DOING THE WORK AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.  AND SO THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I AM NOT A LAWYER, I AM A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST IN THIS BODY TRYING TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK AND IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING THAT WE'RE UTILIZING PROCEDURAL TACTICS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DOING THEIR JOBS. IT IS CLEARLY WRITTEN HERE WHAT MY COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO DO AND I SPENT ALL OF LAST YEAR TRYING TO DO MY JOB AND I COULDN'T THIS YEAR EVERY SINGLE TIME I RISE UP I AM GOING TO FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE JOB THAT I'VE BEEN HIRED TO DO. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO HERE WE WILL HAVE THIS DISCOURSE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL AND COURAGE TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER AND TRY TO GET THINGS RIGHT. SO FIRST I COME FOR ME THEN I'LL COME FOR YOU ALL. YOU ALL THINK THIS IS ALL GOOD BUT LET YOU FIND OUT YOU ARE SOMETHING IN YOUR COMMITTEE AND YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE IT BELONGS AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP IN SOLIDARITY WITH SOMEBODY BUT YOU CHOOSE NOT TO THEN THEN YOU CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. I'M HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE COMMITTEE. IT IS NOT THERE'S NO SCIENCE TO IT, I PROMISE YOU THERE ISN'T. BUT I'M JUST GOING ON WHAT I BELIEVE MY INTERPRETATION IS WE ARE ALLOWED TO WE ARE ALLOWED TO DISAGREE AND YOU DID WHAT YOU COULD WHAT IS PROPER UNDER THE RULES INVOKING RULE FOUR TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BECAUSE WHAT MEJIA DISAGREES AND BELIEVES THAT IT SHOULD BE IN THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE SHE CAN APPEAL THAT DECISION PURSUANT TO RULE FOUR JUST SO THAT IT'S CLEAR AGAIN A YES IS TO UPHOLD THE THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR AND A NO WOULD BE TO NOT UPHOLD MY DECISION TO CONCUR WITH COUNCILOR ME HERE WE LOOK AT DOES ANYONE NEED EXPLANATION OF THE RULES AND HOW THE VOTE WORKS. SO AGAIN A YES VOTE IS TO UPHOLD WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED. A NO VOTE IS TO PLACE IT INTO ANOTHER COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO RULE FOUR. IF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THAT, MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE COUNT BREADON COUNCILOR OF COLOR AS A COUNCIL COLOR AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR TO SANDERSON COUNCILOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND NO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR ME HERE.  COUNCILOR ME HERE NO COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR NO COUNCILOR PER PEN COUNCILOR OF A PEN YES. COUNCILOR S.A. YES. COUNCILOR S.A. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WORLD NO. COUNCILOR WORLD NO.  SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND FIVE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET 0326 WILL REMAIN IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 03270327 COUNCILOR AS SANTANA AND BREADON NOT FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO CONTINUE EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING MIXED INCOME SOCIAL HOUSING TO INCREASE HOUSING ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY FOR ALMOST IONIANS THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA, CASA SANTANA ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND VOTE 12 AND ADD YOURSELF TO THIS HEARING HONOR I AM SO ADDED COUNSELOR SANTANA WELL, COUNSELOR SANTANA SIX SUSPEND THE RULES ADD MYSELF AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE A FEW REFILE.  I WON'T SPEAK ON ALL OF THEM BUT I WILL SPEAK ON THIS ONE. GIVEN THAT THIS WAS MY FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS MY INAUGURAL SPEECH ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR AND YOU KNOW, I OFTEN SAY I'M SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN MISSION HILL PROUD PRODUCT OF OUR STATE OF THE APARTMENTS BOSTON PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS LAST YEAR AND WAS VERY PROUD TO SEE BOTH COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCILOR BRIAN MORRELL ADVOCATE FOR THIS ACCELERATED FUND THAT NOW THAT WAS APPROVED BY MAYOR WILL.  SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL HOUSING, MIXED INCOME SOCIAL HOUSING AND ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC FUND. YOU KNOW, WE CREATED THIS FUND AND I REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AS A CITYWIDE PIGGY PIGGY BANK. BOSTON HAS ALREADY HAS CASH ON HAND FOR THIS AND WE'RE JUST INVESTING THE MONEY BETTER.  THIS IS A PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN HOUSING INSTEAD OF BORROWING FROM PRIVATE BANKS AT HIGH INTEREST RATES, THE PUBLIC FUND IS USED TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF MIXED INCOME SO MIXED INCOME HOUSING THIS MODEL OF SOCIAL HOUSING ASSURES A RANGE OF HOMES THAT ARE BUILT ACROSS INCOME LEVELS SO PEOPLE AREN'T SEGREGATED BY INCOME AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS I HAD AGAIN PROUD PART OF PUBLIC HOUSING BUT WE'RE NOT SEPARATED BY INCOME AND PUBLIC HOUSING. YOU KNOW ONCE PEOPLE MOVE IN THE FUNDING GETS PAID BACK AS RESIDENTS MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOMES. OUR PUBLIC FUNDS GET REPAID FROM THE RENT OR HOME SALES JUST LIKE ANY PRIVATE INVESTOR WOULD AND BOSTON EARNS INTEREST THIS IS A SMART INVESTING NOT A GIVEAWAY. THE PUBLIC FUND GETS REPAID WITH INTEREST JUST LIKE YOU DEMAND FROM ANY GOOD AND THE POINT OF THIS IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE WILL BUILD MORE HOMES. THE MAGIC IS THAT THIS IS AN EXPENSE I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE INVESTMENT PIECE OF THIS AND RIGHT NOW AS PARTICIPANTS IN THIS HOUSING CRISIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO THIS IS A GREAT TOOL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER TOOLBOX. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND MAYOR WU FOR CREATING THIS FUND AND REALLY WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES PARTICULARLY HOUSE LIBERAL WHO ADVOCATED FOR THIS FUND THE WHOLE YEAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR CLARE BECAUSE THAT CONCERNS CLARE ZAPATA, DEREK INFINITI G ANDERSON FITZGERALD PIPPIN WEBER WORLD CASSEROLES ARE ALREADY ON THE DOCKET THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS 0327 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING.  OH ACTUALLY CAVS ORAL IS NOT ON THE DOCKET OKAY I DIDN'T HAVE TO HASBRO DOCKET NUMBER 0327 TO BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0328.0328 COUNCILOR S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS THE EDUCATIONAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PAST SUCCESSES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES OF YOUTH JOBS OFFERED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA.  COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR MEJIA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND ASK TO SUSPEND OR TO ADD COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AS A THIRD REVISION OR CO-SPONSOR OC WILL ADD COUNSELOR MACIEL WHEN SHE'S BACK I'LL ADD COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON AS THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR WHEN COUNCILWOMAN HERE RETURNS WILL AT HER SO COUNSELOR SANTANA COUNSELOR FOR AN INTERVENTION SO ADDED CARLOS SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR RIGHT? THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT THIS IS A REFILED I WAS PROUD TO HOLD A HEARING ON THIS MATTER LAST YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR QUICK WOULD YOU PLEASE THAT COUNCIL'S CARLA ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN. MURPHY PITT. BEN WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0328 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR QUICK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER OF 03290329 COUNCIL OF SANTANA AND WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE PROGRAMS THE CITY OF BOSTON OFFERS OR COULD TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION BY LANDLORDS AND REAL ESTATE BROKERS AGAINST PROSPECTIVE TENANTS UTILIZING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ALL 12 AND ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD FOR SPONSOR COUNCIL S.A. TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD MYSELF AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS AND SO I ADDED CASA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A BRIEF FILE I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION IS HERE. THANK YOU. THANK WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE? THAT COUNSELOR IS CALLED THE ZAPATA DURKAN. FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN RIGHT. DID I WORK FOR FLYNN PIPPEN WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0329 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.  MR COOPER WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0330 DUCKY NUMBER 0330 COUNCILOR OF SANTANA AND BREADON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING LGBTQ A-PLUS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHERRY RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA COSENTINO TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SUSPEND ALL 12 AND HIGH COUNSELOR CLARISSA POTTER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CARLOS SANTANA SIX SUSPEND THE RULES AT CASTRO CLUB AS A PART AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CLUB AS A PARTY SO ADDED CARLOS SANTANA ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE WITH SOME OTHER DATES. WE HAD A GREAT HEARING ON THIS MATTER LAST YEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE HEAD COUNSELORS DURKAN FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN WEBER ALL PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR THIS DOCKET. DOCKET NUMBER 0330.0330 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR POPE, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 03310331 COUNCIL IS SETTING UP FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING BOSTON LGBTQ A PLUS YOUTH COMMUNITY SPACES AND THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND ASKED TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD OF COUNCIL WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FOR ANDERSON AND SO ADDED COVER S.A. WHO'S BEEN THE RULES AT COUNCIL WEB AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCIL WEBER SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS ALSO REFILED WITH SOME UPDATES. WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND INSIGHTFUL HEARING ON THIS MATTER LAST YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE? THAT COUNCILORS COLETTE ZAPATA, DURKAN FITZGERALD, FLYNN, BEN PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0331 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 0332 DOC ANIMAL 0332 COUNCILOR TO SANTANA AND FITZGERALD OFF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING BOSTON'S LGBTQ A PLUS MENTAL HEALTH DATA COLLECTION PROCESSES EXISTING SERVICES AND FURTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA CASAS AND ANY OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU CAN CALL ME HENRY.  SORRY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF HAS BEEN BROUGHT 12 AND HAD A COUNSELOR SO THAT'S ABOUT AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA SINCE IT'S BEEN THE RULES AT COUNCIL THAT AS A PART OF THAT THAT ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA SO ADDED COUNSELOR SANTANA YOU THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT THIS IS A REFILE WITH SOME UPDATES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK THROUGH THAT COUNCIL WAS DURKIN THE BEN WEBER WORLD PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0332 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 0333. I CAN CONDEMN A0333 COUNCILOR AS SANTANA AND DURKAN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM IN CITY OWNED BUILDINGS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COVERS IN ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND I OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CASTRO S.A. HAS BEEN THE RULES TO ADD MYSELF AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION THEN SO ADDED CAUSE WASN'T ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE WITH SOME UPDATE. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AND I CAN NUMBER 0333. MR. CLERK, PLEASE. I'D COUNSELORS WEBER AND WAR UP THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 03340334 COUNCILOR S.A. FOR THE FILING OR FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS HOW BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN EXPAND THE USE OF EVIDENCE BASED BEST PRACTICES FOR INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR MULTILINGUAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION LEARNERS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I THINK I WANT TO ADD COUNCILWOMAN, HE HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OR SHE'S SHE'S ACTUALLY COMING IN RIGHT NOW THAT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0334033 FOR YOU. OKAY, COUNSELOR, I'M HERE SO ADDED I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND I COUNSELOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL COUNSELOR SANTANA TO SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL WEB AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SO YOU CAN HEAR NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCIL WEBER SO ADDED COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS A REFILE. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES. I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNSELOR MURPHY FOR HER WORK IN THIS SPACE AND I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICES WILL ALSO WORK TOGETHER TO COORDINATE AND WORK ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANY ONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH, THE CHAIR. CAN I JUST TELL CHAPLIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR ON THIS TALK 0334. UM, I REPRESENT AS EVERYONE KNOWS THE LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT OF JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS BUT ALSO MANY OF THEM OR SOME OF THEM I SHOULD SAY WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHALLENGES AS WELL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE EDUCATE THE CHILD WHAT NEEDS AND WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WE ALSO PROVIDE THE NEEDED SUPPORT TO THE PARENT AS WELL OR THE GUARDIAN AND THAT MIGHT BE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OR IT ALSO MIGHT INCLUDE SOCIAL SERVICES AS WELL. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN THIS HEARING ORDER. I'M GLAD I'M GLAD TO WORK WITH THE WITH THE SPONSOR. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD INCLUDE THE FAMILY BECAUSE THE FAMILY IS A CRITICAL PART OF EDUCATING OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS THAT MIGHT INCLUDE FOOD ACCESS, THAT MIGHT INCLUDE MEDICAL CARE OR OTHER ASSISTANCE THAT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS DURKIN FITZGERALD, FLYNN AND ANDREW ANDERSON, BEN WEBER WHIRLPOOL'S OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET.  DOCKET NUMBER 0334 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR COOPER, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 03350335 COUNCIL OF SANTANA WORLD OH FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HERE REGARDING OUR CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SANTANA.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND ROW 12 AND COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CARLOS SANTANA SIX BEEN THE RULES AT CASTRO FLYNN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CASTRO SO ADDED CASTRO SANTANA TO THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A HEARING AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. I A LOT OF THE FIRE GRANTS BOSTON FIRE PROGRAMS AND BOSTON POLICE GRANTS COME TO MY COMMITTEE. WE HAD ONE BIG HEARING ON ALL THE GRANTS LAST YEAR.  THIS IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY THAT MY ALL MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN ME TO BE ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.  I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR MY CO-SPONSORS AND JOINING ME ON THIS.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR FOR ALL COUNCIL FLYNN OKAY. THE GENERAL AND I JUST WANTED TO THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HAVING ME. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REVIEW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ANNUALLY TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS A CITY COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING EFFECTIVELY EFFICIENTLY. IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK I HIGHLIGHTED THE 911 SYSTEM AS WELL AND ANY IMPACT ON THEIR FUNDING SHOULD NOT JEOPARDIZE THEIR WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS THAT THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY ADMINISTERS HOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS USING THEM. WHAT ABOUT BACKUP RESOURCES AS THERE ARE IF THEY DON'T SECURE THE GRANTS THEY NEED?  I ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEY NEED ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR SPECIFIC OPERATION AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ANY LEFTOVER SURPLUS FUNDS AS KNOW I ADVOCATED FOR SEVEN YEARS ON A FIRE HOUSE IN THE SEAPORT OR THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT AND AN EMT STATION WITH THE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY.  I WANT TO LEARN MORE HOW THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF STAFFING SERVICES, EQUIPMENT AND VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN OPERATIONS.  I DO WANT TO ASK WHEN WE DO HAVE A FIRE GRANT THAT THE THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE GRANT ALSO BE PRESENT I RESPECT THE THE LEGAL TEAM AND THE BUDGET TEAM IN THE GRANT WRITING TEAM BUT I MY QUESTION IS MOST OF THE TIME FOR PEOPLE ON ON SCENE THAT DO TO DO THE DAY TO DAY WORK OF A PARTICULAR GRANT I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE HERE WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO THEM ABOUT THEIR WORK.  NOT ONLY IS IT INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING THAT MAKES US A BETTER CITY COUNCIL IS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE GRANT DOES WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER HERE THAT'S REPRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATION THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION I'M LOOKING FOR. SO THAT IS MY REQUEST. I WANT TO KNOW COUNCIL SANTANA RESPECTFULLY COULD I ASK THAT WE DO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL FROM PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK ON THE GRANT THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THE FIELD THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK AND NOT JUST THE GRANT WRITER ITSELF?  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR TO THE CHAIR COUNCILORS AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ABSOLUTELY.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED YOU TO BE PART OF THIS AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE ALONGSIDE WITH MY VICE CHAIR TO COME UP WITH THE PARTS OF THE SUGGESTED PERSONNEL THAT SHOULD BE AT THE HEARING. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE.  I THINK YOU MAY DO THE CHAIR YOU MAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THAT RESPONSE. MY MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS WHEN WE RECEIVE A GRANT CAN WE HAVE A HEARING ON AN INDIVIDUAL GRANT AND DISCUSS THAT GRANT INSTEAD OF COMPILING A BUNCH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME I'D LIKE US TO HAVE ONE ONE GRANT OR TWO GRANTS THAT WE THAT WE TALK ABOUT WE DISCUSS INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, THIS FOUR OR FIVE GRANTS THAT WE'RE KIND OF RUSHING THROUGH I'D RATHER US DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, SPEND THE TIME HERE IN THIS IN THIS CHAMBER ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. I DON'T WANT TO BE RUSHED IN MY TESTIMONY OR IN MY QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF TIME FRAMES. BUT MY QUESTION IS CAN WE SPECIFICALLY DO ONE GRANT AT A TIME AND THEN MAYBE A WEEK LATER WE'LL DO ANOTHER GRANT 2 TO 2 GRANTS. BUT BY BUNDLING THEM ALL TOGETHER WITH A HANDFUL OF GRANTS IS NOT ALL THAT HELPFUL TO THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, CARLOS SANTANA YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. HOWEVER FINE. I THINK THE YOU KNOW THE POINT OF THIS HERE IN ORDER TO TRY TO OF OF TO COMBINE THE GRANTS AND TO HAVE ONE HEARING ORDER ONE HERE WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE HEARINGS WHICH ACTUALLY HAVE THERE'S TOO MANY GRANTS TO YOU DO A ONE BIG HEARING AND WE DID IT WITH FIVE GRANTS I THINK WITH THE POLICE ONCE IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT. BUT AGAIN, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, EXTENDING COUNCILORS TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND FIGURING OUT THOSE DETAILS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF OF OF THIS OF THEIR TITLES TO REALLY WORK WITH BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE THEIR PERSONNEL HERE AND THEN NOT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, HOST A HEARING WITHOUT THE PROPER PERSONNEL. SO I REALLY WANT TO YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE POINT OF THIS IS TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO BE ABLE TO COME IN TO, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW HEARINGS AND BEING ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS WITH THE RIGHT PERSONNEL. THEY'RE HAPPY TO WORK ON THOSE TWO WEEKS WITH YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD. THANK THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, GOVERNOR CINDY AND I THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR ALSO THANK YOU FOR THIS.  I WAS HERE LAST YEAR FOR THE FY ONE AND IF I LOOK AHEAD IN THE SCHEDULE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE OVERALL I KIND OF UNDERSTOOD AND I GOT THE POINT BUT THERE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN SPECIFIC GRANTS SO I JUST ASKING OBVIOUSLY IF THE NEW GRANT COMES OUT OR IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC TOPIC OR A GRANT THAT MAY NEED YOU KNOW, MORE ATTENTION IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING AT LEAST TO MAYBE CALL THEM BACK IN FOR A SPECIFIC GRANT TO GET CLARIFICATION. I HAD ALSO HEARD AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S TRUE BUT FROM A DEPARTMENT HEAD THAT THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE ADJUSTING THE LIMIT SO THAT ALL GRANTS MAY NOT COME THROUGH US ANY MORE DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT SO MAYBE SOME OF THE SMALLER AMOUNT GRANTS. SO IF THAT IS TRUE I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING UP OUR POWER BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT IT MAY MAKE A BIG IMPACT AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, A NECESSARY NEED FOR US TO TALK AND MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN ALSO SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT I'D BE GOOD . THANK YOU THAT THE COUNSELORS ARE GOING TO IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER GRANTS NEW GRANTS THAT YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL OR MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHETHER IT'S CONTROVERSIAL OR NOT, I'M HAPPY TO HOLD A SEPARATE HEARING ON THAT.  I THINK THE POINT OF THIS IS TO TRY TO GET AWAY SOME OF THE I DON'T WANT TO JUST PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEET WITHOUT ANY CONVERSATION NO MATTER THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS WITH THIS THIS HEARING ORDER JUST GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THOSE SMALLER AMOUNTS THAT WE KNOW WE ALL SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEM AND THEN BEING ABLE TO PUT THEM PULL THEM AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. BUT IF THOSE GRANTS TO COME PLEASE I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REACH OUT TO ME AND MY OFFICE ABSOLUTELY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CATCH MEJIA IT COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I SORT OF THANKED COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR FILING THIS HEARING. WHAT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO RISE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE RECEIVING THE SERVICES I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES THOSE VOICES ARE JUST EXTREMELY JUST AS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE REALLY HITTING THE STREETS THE WAY WE HAVE INTENDED THEM TO. SO I WOULD JUST ADVOCATE AN OFFER THAT YOU CONSIDER BRINGING IN SOME OF THE NONPROFIT, PROVIDING SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE FUNDING. SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IT'S NOT A QUESTION IT'S JUST A YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP.  I LIKE TO SEE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES MR IN BECAUSE I CAN JUST KIND OF ZAPATA DURKAN ORANGE ANDERSON FITZGERALD MARIA MURPHY BEN WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0335 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR KARP WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 03360336 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A SERIES OF HEARINGS REGARDING ALL CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGES COUNSELOR SANTANA, CARLOS SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD MYSELF SPEAK SO MUCH OR IN A ROW HERE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCILOR. WELL, AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND ROLL 12 AND OUT OF COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR GOT CROOKED. I'M SORRY, SIR. WELL, OKAY.  COUNCILOR RL IS ADDED AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR S.A.C. TO SPEND THE ROSE AD COUNCIL FLYNN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.  COUNCILOR FLYNN AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SIMILAR TO THE FIVE GRANTS THAT I'M I'M ALSO DOING THE SAME FOR THE FOR THE BOSTON POLICE GRANTS JUST ONE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE GRANTS AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY DO THREE OR FOUR MAYBE FIVE HEARINGS ON THIS.  BUT SIMILAR IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER, BRING THE PERSONNEL FROM THE POLICE. I WILL ALSO TAKE THE SUGGESTION OF BRINGING IN COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND NONPROFITS INTO THE CONVERSATION AND YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS FOR FOR JOINING ME ON THIS. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTRY FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR ADDING ME. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADDRESS A QUESTION TO COUNCILOR SANTANA THROUGH THE CHAIR?  YOU MAY. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE MENTIONED IT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ISSUE BUT AGAIN ON THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT GRANT I GUESS MY QUESTION MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE WOULD ASK THE APPROPRIATE PERSON ON SCENE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY TO BE HERE FOR AND TO DISCUSS THE THE POLICE GRANTS NOT THE GRANT WRITERS THEMSELVES. WE WOULD WANT THE THE HIGHEST RANKING POLICE OFFICER THAT OVERSEES THAT DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE WHETHER THAT'S THE THE CAPTAIN OF A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT OR NOT. BUT IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD MAKE A COMMITMENT TO DO? THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, KEVIN SANTANA YOU MAY THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK I'M HAPPY TO SEND OUT THOSE INVITATIONS. I DEFINITELY WANT I THINK ALSO THE GRAND WRITERS IN THE ROOM HAPPY TO SEND OUT THOSE INVITATIONS TO TO THE CAPTAINS OR WHOEVER OVERSEES THAT DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN SHOW UP AND TESTIFY. I'M THEIR BEHALF AS WELL. THAT IN ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, MADAM JEREMY YES. THANK YOU AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS WELL AS AS AS ALL OF US DO. CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE, WHAT PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS IT RELATES TO THESE TYPES OF GRANTS AND WHAT TYPE OF WHAT TYPE OF ENCOURAGE PAYMENT WILL WE MAKE SO RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE GRANTS OR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN SO RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE ABOUT THE GRANTS, THE HEARING IN HOW TO TESTIFY WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OUTCOMES SENT IN THROUGH THE CHAIR BECAUSE AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALMOST EVERY EVERY HEARING WE HAVE THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THE END OF THE HEARING OR AT THE START DISCRETION I ASSUME BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO AT DIFFERENT TIMES HAPPEN, YOU KNOW SO I THINK WITH THIS MODEL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE GRAMP OR ONE HEARING ORDER FOR EVERY GRANT THAT WE TRY TO PASS HERE, THIS ACTUALLY SHOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WE HAVE ALL AT ONE TIME AND HAPPY TO GET TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE OR WITH MY TEAM ON YOU KNOW I'M PROMOTING THIS HEARING AND MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT IS PRESENT AT THE HEARING. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE I'D COUNCILOR ZAPATA MEJIA.  MURPHY FITZGERALD DURKIN AND ED JUDELSON PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0336 WE REFER IT TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA AND YOU WERE QUICK ON YOUR RE FILES AND ON AND ON EVERYTHING SO I APPRECIATE THAT AS A MODEL WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS SO IT IS 411 AT THAT 421 WE CAN ALL BE BACK HERE SO WE ARE IN A TEN MINUTE RECESS .  YOU'RE BACK FROM RECESS.  SO MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0337.0337 COUNCILOR AS MURPHY AND FITZGERALD OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE TRANSITION AND OPERATIONS OF THE NEW CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CHAIRMAN OF THIS CONCERN MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILWOMAN HERE PLEASE COUNSELOR MURPHY TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR ME HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HERE. NO I DON'T. KALLSTROM HE IS ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER IN RESPONSE TO THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO OUR CITY'S PLANNING STRUCTURE FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE NEW CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON JULY 1ST, 2024. I'VE MET AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS TRANSITION REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR BOSTON RESTORING PLANNING AS A CORE FUNCTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT THE FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS. IN DOING SO WE INTEGRATED THE MAJORITY OF THE BPD STAFF INTO NEW INTO THE NEW DEPARTMENT WITH THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING OUR PLANNING CAPABILITIES AND BETTER SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO THE TRANSITION BOTH STAFF AND RESIDENTS RAISED VALID CONCERNS AROUND THE STRUCTURE,  TRANSPARENCY AND OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNING IN OUR CITY.  IT IS FOR THESE REASONS THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ASSESS HOW THE NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING, ENSURING IT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S GOALS AND THE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE MUST ALSO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CONCERNS RAISED BEFORE THE TRANSITION ARE BEING ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO REVIEW THE TRANSITION AND PROCESS, EVALUATE THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRESS AND HAVE A FRAME DISCUSSION ABOUT ITS CURRENT OPERATIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND ANY CHALLENGES IT MAY BE FACING. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS HEARING WILL PROVIDE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE NEW CHIEF OF PLANNING TO THE COUNCIL EVEN THOUGH NOW I DON'T THINK HE'D CONSIDER HIMSELF THAT NEW INTO THE PUBLIC FOSTERING TRANSPARENCY, COLLABORATION AND A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S VISION AND OBJECTIVES MOVING FORWARD.  I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING THIS DISCUSSION AND A HEARING FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO WORK TOGETHER. I JUST ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT BACK ON NOVEMBER SIX THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON THIS FLOOR AT THAT MEETING AND I HAD ASKED AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING REQUESTED THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND OR THE CHAIR A PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A MEET AND GREET OR A HEARING WITH THE NEW CHIEF OF PLANNING. I WAS TOLD AT THAT MEETING THAT I SHOULD JUST CALL UP TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, DO WHAT MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE DONE I GUESS AND JUST ASK FOR A MEET AND GREET A SIT DOWN I DID ON NOVEMBER 6TH. IT'S NOW JANUARY 29TH. WALKED UP LAST WEEK WHO WASN'T IN TO SAY HEY, I'M STILL WAITING BECAUSE I DID TALK TO SOMEONE ON NOVEMBER SIX SO THAT STILL HASN'T HAPPENED. SO I DO JUST WANT TO SAY EVEN THOUGH IN THEORY IT MAY SEEM LIKE OH WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO WHAT I DO? HOWEVER I'M NOT CALLING ON ANY ONE PERSON BUT NOT ALL OF US ARE TREATED THE SAME WAY AND WHEN WE TALK TO AND REACH OUT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS JUST TO INTRODUCE AND MEET NEW DEPARTMENT AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE HEARING. SO NOW WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE REQUEST ON NOVEMBER SIX IT'S A HEARING NOW AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IT THEN. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR JODY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR OF THE BAKER COUNCIL MURPHY AND ASKED ME TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS.  OBVIOUSLY AS A AS A FORMER COLLEAGUE TO THOSE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF 17 YEARS AND A VERY VOCAL OPPONENT TO THE TRANSITION OCCURRING, I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE GOING DIFFERENTLY OR CORRECTLY AS WE ASSUMED WHEN I SPEAK TO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES UP THERE NOW IT SEEMS THAT EVERYTHING IS THE SAME AS IT WAS. THEY JUST HAVE WORSE INSURANCE IS WHAT I'M TOLD AND SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TRANSITION AND THE OPERATIONS THE NEW CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE IN FACT FULFILLING THE DUTY AT WHICH THEY WERE MADE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES ME. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I THINK THE ONE THING ABOUT ME IS THAT I THINK I'M SORRY IF YOU WANT TO START OVER OH LIKE YOU'RE LIGHT WASN'T ON SO I JUST TURNED YOUR LIGHT ON. SORRY. YOU CAN THANK YOU. I WHAT? I WANT THE WORLD TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU GOT TO SAY. I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU GOT TO SAY TO TRY TO ASSIST YOU. OH LORD, GO AHEAD. IT ALLOWED AM I CAN WE CHANGE THIS? ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME JUST FOCUS REALLY QUICK AND I LIKE THE WITTY BANTER HERE SO NO, I WAS JUST STARTING OFF WITH MY DRAMATIC ENTRANCE JUST REALLY NOTING FOR THE RECORD THAT I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE THE MOMENT I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER REGARDLESS OF WHO IS THE BIG BOSS IN THIS BUILDING, MY VOICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO AND AND LEADING WITH FIDELITY IN TERMS OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE PROPOSE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO JUST KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS WHOLE IDEA WAS ALL ABOUT ABOLISHING THE BPA. IT IS THEN TRANSITIONED INTO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST YOU KNOW I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR THAT I WAS FIGHTING FOR SOME SORT OF A LITTLE AMENDMENT OR CLAUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE PARTICIPATION FROM COMMUNITY. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT DEALS WITH PLANNING STILL FEELS VERY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE. SO I'M REALLY FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE WENT REALLY HARD ON ABOLISHING THE BPA AND NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? IT FALLS UNDER THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW OUR DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS AND YOU ARE NOT BY YOURSELF AND IT'S SO WEIRD THAT THESE TWO HAVE BECOME MY MY LITTLE COALITION MEMBERS HERE FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT WHEN IT COMES TO VOICE. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR I REALLY DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK COUNCILOR MURPHY A QUESTION ABOUT THIS HEARING OR THROUGH THE CHAIR? YOU MAY ASK COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. SO TO COUNCILOR MURPHY, DO YOU PLAN TO HAVE THIS HEARING BEFORE THE START OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IS IT IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO MEET WITH THE WITH THE NEW HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS SO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HIS PRIORITIES INSTEAD OF MEETING HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE BUDGET? DO THE CHAIR COUNCIL CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY OH I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER IF WE AS A BODY COULD BE INTRODUCED BECAUSE IT IS A NEW CITY DEPARTMENT SO PUT IT TOGETHER KNOWING HE WOULD COME AS ONE OF THE PANELISTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME TIME IF WE CAN FIT IN BOTH THAT WOULD BE GREAT.  I MEAN I'M ASSUMING I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS SO I GUESS WHAT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO GO INTO SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE IF THE CHAIR CAN GET BOTH SCHEDULED I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING RECENTLY RESIGNED MAYBE LAST WEEK SHE DID TESTIFY HERE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. I THOUGHT DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB BEING VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND PROVIDING SOME GOOD INFORMATION BUT ALSO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT THAT MAJOR POSITION WOULD HAVE. I GUESS I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION TO ANYONE WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING IN THE NEW DEPARTMENT AND WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA DURKIN, FERNANDO ANDERSON FLYNN PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR OKAY THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0337 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 03380338 COUNCILOR OF THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YEAH I THOUGHT THAT HEARINGS WERE SO IT'S AN ORDINANCE WHAT IS IT NO IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE IT'S A HEARING ORDER.  YES, IT'S A HEARING ORDER. OH YES. AND IT'S GOING TO GO IT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS BECAUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A STRUCTURE OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND THIS DOCKET ACCORDING TO THE RULES OR ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU AND I DISCUSSED WHEN WE MET THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.  AND SO TECHNICALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF IT, IT POTENTIALLY COULD GO INTO MY COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THE LAW HAS BEEN YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED THE WHOLE SITUATION HAS BEEN YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AUDIT HOW IT'S WORKING. RIGHT. SO THAT'S CALLED POST AUDIT. THAT'S I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.  OKAY. I HEAR YOU. I DO NOT AGREE WITH YOU. I BELIEVE IT BELONGS IN THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. BUT I HEAR YOUR POINT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COMFORTABLE IN YOU ON THE FLOOR . THANK YOU. POINT OF ORDER, MADAM CHAIR. MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT IT DOES GO INTO POST AUDIT AND LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE REASON WHY AND WHY NOT? IT SHOULDN'T GO WHERE THEY ARE. IT SHOULD GO INTO THE THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. OKAY.  THANK YOU. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, IT SAYS WHICH SHALL CONCERN ITSELF WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF CITY GOVERNMENT SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  YES. SO I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY BUT THIS HEARING IS NOT WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE CHANGE IN STRUCTURE, THE HEARING IS TO ALLOW US TO CHECK IN ON YOUR CITY DEPARTMENT. HOW WERE THINGS GOING NOW EVALUATE THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRESS AND JUST HOW THE CURRENT OPERATIONS AND ANY CHALLENGES NOT BACK TO THE BEGINNING ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW, EMPLOYMENT STATUS YOU HAVE, WHAT YOUR INSURANCE IS, WHO YOUR BOSS IS, DO YOU WORK FOR THE CITY OR THE AGENCY ANYMORE SO THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE HEARING JUST LIKE PREVIOUSLY IT WASN'T THE INTENT OF COUNCILMAN HE IS HEARING AND IF YOU READ ALL OF THE COMMITTEES I MEAN MY COMMITTEE ALONE YOU COULD SAY ANY OF THEM COULD GO INTO CITY SERVICES IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS IT COULD GO INTO PUBLIC SAFETY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RAPE, YOU COULD GO INTO PUBLIC HEALTH WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNGER AND ALL OF THE OTHER HEALTH ISSUES THAT COMMUNITIES FACE. SO THEN IT MATTERS. I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW TOO THAT IT MATTERS BECAUSE MANY TIMES IF IT GOES INTO A CERTAIN COMMITTEE YOU WOULD HOPE THAT IT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE WE'RE ALL JUST GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO SEND WHAT THEY WANT BUT IT CHANGES THE INTENT OF THE HEARING AND THEN OFTENTIMES IT JUST DIES ON THE COMMITTEE AND IT NOT NOT TO SAY THE CHAIR IS TRYING TO DO IT ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN I FILED THE HEARING ORDER LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO ON WHITE STADIUM, IT GOT PUT INTO EDUCATION. WE WE'RE NOT BLAMING BEEPS DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO US ANYMORE ABOUT THE LEASE THE CONVERSATION WAS GOING TO BE AROUND THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THE GPS DESERVES WAY BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO ATHLETICS SO I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE TO SEE IF OUR COLLEAGUES OR ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE A QUESTION.  OKAY, THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEN I'LL CONSIDER AND MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT I THINK I MENTIONED ? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT IT GOES IN THE POST AUDIT A MOTION SECONDED OC THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO THAT MOTION IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. WHEN I INITIALLY SAW THAT THE HERE OR THE HEARING ORDER I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD GO INTO PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUT I OFTEN HAVE GONE ON THE FLOOR TO SAY THAT I RESPECT OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND GIVEN THAT THIS FEELS LIKE A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR TO HAVE THAT GO INTO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND I THINK THERE IS A DEBATE I THINK THERE YOU KNOW, AS WE CALL INTO QUESTION WHAT COMMITTEE IT SHOULD GO INTO, THERE'S ONE QUESTION OF DID IT GO DO YOU RESPECT THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR? BUT THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION OF WHERE IT WOULD GO AND I, I JUST PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE SHE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. SO THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THESE DECISIONS DON'T COME IN A VACUUM.  IT ACTUALLY CAME DOWN FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND I HAD FIRST INKLING I WAS LIKE OH, DOES THIS BELONG IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS?  AND I READ THE LANGUAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE IT BELONGS. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR UNDER RULE FOUR TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR.  WE WENT THROUGH IT LAST TIME. WE CAN VOTE WE CAN TAKE A VOTE NOW.  A YES VOTE KEEPS IN A GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. A NO VOTE PUTS IT IN ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND IN POST. OKAY. THANK YOU MR CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE COUNCILOR CELEBRATING COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES AND SOME PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN OH COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES COUNCILOR BACK THEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL A YES COUNCIL WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.  SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOUR VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0337 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 03380338 COUNCIL OF THE PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER TO ADOPT LAWS CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF SCHOOLCHILDREN EMBARKING AND DISEMBARKING SCHOOL BUSSES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA.  SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH, SORRY. WELL, I WAS READING THE OTHER NO, NO, NO, I WAS READING IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THAT. IT'S BECAUSE I LOOKED DOWN AND SAID 0339 AND I SAW YOU'RE NEXT, RIGHT? SO MY IT'S MY EYES ON THE PAPER AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. YOU RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ALSO ADDED THANK YOU. TODAY I AM ASKING TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND VOTE ON PASSAGE OF THIS ORDER TO ADOPT THE GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 40 SECTION SEVEN AND CHAPTER 90 SECTION 14 C V A MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE BILL 4940 AN ACT CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF SCHOOLCHILDREN EMBARKING AND DISEMBARKING SCHOOL BUSSES. THIS IS REGARDING THE TOPIC THAT I SPOKE ABOUT DURING MY INAUGURAL SPEECH LAST YEAR ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CAMERAS ON THE ON THE STOP SIGNS OF THE SCHOOL BUSSES KIND OF SAD THAT TODAY IS ALSO THE DAY THAT I GOT NEWS THAT IN A TOWN OUTSIDE OF BOSTON A FOUR YEAR OLD GOT KILLED BECAUSE OF A SPEEDING VEHICLE AND THE MOTHER IS IN THE HOSPITAL THROUGH THIS ADOPTION THE CITY OF BOSTON WOULD ACCEPT THIS NEW LAW, THIS NEW STATE LAW IN ORDER TO FURTHER INSTALL AND OPERATE SCHOOL BUS VIOLATION DETECTION MONITORING SYSTEMS TO ENFORCE VIOLATIONS TO THOSE THAT FAIL TO STOP FOR SCHOOL BUS.  THIS IS A LANDMARK BILL THAT WILL PROVIDE REASSURANCE TO OUR YOUNG STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S A BILL THAT TOOK YEARS AND MANY ADVOCATES TO PASS SUCH AS PARENTS WHO MADE NOISE AND INSPIRED MOVEMENTS ON THIS ISSUE INCLUDING THOSE FROM PEABODY LIKE MARIA SHERRY WHO PUSHED FOR THEIR CITY'S PILOT PROGRAM. WE DISCUSS IT IN A HEARING LAST SUMMER. OUR OWN LOCAL FAMILIES LIKE ON OUR BEALE STREET IN ROSLINDALE WHO WERE THE ONES THAT INVITED ME TO DRIVERS LITERALLY VIOLATE THE STOP SIGNS OF A SCHOOL BUS DURING THE DROP OFF HOURS. I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES PAUL DONATO OF MEDFORD FOR PUTTING THE FOOT PUTTING FORWARD THE LEGISLATION IN THE STATE HOUSE AND FOR OUR OWN BOSTON STATE SENATORS ON THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY SENATOR MIKE RUSH, SENATOR LUIS MIRANDA AND SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS.  THIS IS A FIRST STEP IN INSTALLING THE SAFETY PRECAUTION IN OUR SCHOOL BUSSES. I PLAN TO FILE AN ORDINANCE NEXT WEEK PROPOSING THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF THE ENFORCEMENT PROMPT IN DISCUSSIONS WELCOME AND VP'S BTD AND BPD.  WITHOUT THIS FIRST STEP IN ADOPTING THE LAW WE WILL BE SLOWING THE INSTALLATION DOWN INCREASING THE DAILY RISK OF A YOUNG PERSON GETTING HURT OR WORSE FROM AN INPATIENT DRIVER BYPASSING A STOP SIGN A FEAR I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS AGAIN I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUE, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF PASSING THIS ORDER TODAY TO GET THE WHEELS ON THE VIOLATION DETECTION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE SCHOOL BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND AGAIN. THIS IS ONLY FOR US TO SAY YES WE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS AND THEN NEXT WEEK I'M PROPOSING THE ORDINANCE TO SAY HOW DO WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? I HOPE EVERYONE IS IS ABLE TO VOTE FOR THIS THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN GERALD COUNCILMAN JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD COUNCILOR PEPEN ON HIS STEADFAST ADVOCACY AROUND THE SUBJECT OF AROUND CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY AND THANKING FOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A CO-SPONSOR AGAIN LIVING ON A STREET THAT HAS A SCHOOL ON IT YOU WITNESS A LOT OF THE BUSSES, THE PARENTS AND EVEN THE FOLKS THAT GET FRUSTRATED FINDING THEMSELVES CAUGHT UP IN MAYBE SCHOOL SCHOOL DISMISSAL TIME AND HOW THEY ALL OPERATE UNDER THAT DURING THAT TIME AND HOW THEY DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL PREP AND THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE SUBJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE WAS A THIRD WAS THERE BUT NO. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT IS CALLED ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDO ANDERSON FLYNN MCKIM. MURPHY.  YEAH. YEAH. YEP. YEP. WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL DO THAT. YEAH. YEAH. WE HAVE THE NAMES FIRST COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR EARLE AND MYSELF.  THANK YOU COUNCILORS PEPEN AND GERALD SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0338 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 0338 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR FLIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSTITUENCY YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR L YES COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN NUMBER 0338 HAS RECEIVED TWO VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0338 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0339 DOCKING NUMBER 0339 COUNCILOR S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A SERIES OF POLICY BRIEFINGS WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEADERSHIP THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I FOLLOW THIS HEARING ORDER BECAUSE AS EDUCATION CHAIR I HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES LAST YEAR THAT THEY WANTED MORE ACCESS TO VIPS AND WE I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AGREED TO HAVE THESE POLICY BRIEFINGS QUARTERLY.  THE POINT OF THESE POLICY BRIEFINGS WITHOUT IT WILL BE A MEETING WELL, IT WILL STILL BE PUBLICLY IT WILL STILL BE PUBLICLY NOTIFIED BUT WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM AND WE WILL BE REVIEWING CERTAIN TOPICS. SO THERE WILL BE ONE OR TWO TOPICS CHOSEN BY THE BRIEFING IF ANYONE HAS A ANY IDEAS ON ANY TOPICS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE COVERED, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. BUT THE IDEA IS HERE THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS AND MORE ACCESS TO VIPS. I'M GOING TO GET THIS IN IN RESPONSE TO HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO THE EPA. SO I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN ME AND THAT AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANY PARTICULAR TOPICS BEING ABLE TO COVER, PLEASE EMAIL TAX OR CALL ME AHEAD OF TIME. THANK YOU. THANKS. CAPTAIN SANTANA.  SO ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL WAS CALLED AS A PAPER DURKIN FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MCKIM MURPHY PIPPIN WEBER WERE ALL HAVE A CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0339 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0340 ONE DUNCAN NUMBER 20340 COUNCILOR FOR THE END THE SENTENCING FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING SIDEWALK REPAIR DEPOSITS AND REFUNDS DISAGGREGATED THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE ENTREPRENEUR ADVANCES AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M JUST ASKING FOR LOTS OF INFORMATION HERE. A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL SIDEWALK REPAIR DEPOSITS MADE INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF THE DEPOSIT, THE ADDRESS OR LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR AND THE DATE OF THE DEPOSIT A BREAKDOWN OF WHICH DEPOSITS RECEIVED REFUNDS INCLUDING THE AMOUNT REFUNDED BY THE DATE OF THE REFUND AND THE REASON FOR THE REFUND DISAGGREGATED DATA THAT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DEPOSIT REFUNDS BY RACE INCOME. I KNOW THAT THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE BUT SPECIFICALLY INCOME OR BUDGET TO THE PROJECT ANY OTHER RELEVANT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE A COPY OF ANY POLICIES OR PROCEDURES RELATED TO RETURN OF DEPOSITS INCLUDING HOW THOSE POLICIES ENSURE FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY AND A RETURN TO PROCESS A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTING AND I KNOW THE 17 HAVE SOMETIMES ARE SEEN AS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE WE THE ACCOUNTABILITY BODY ARE ASKING OR DEMANDING INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. TYPICALLY THE ADMINISTRATION IS VERY GOOD ABOUT SENDING INFORMATION TO MY OFFICE SORRY THAT IF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES DO NOT HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE BUT I PERSONALLY HAVE VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY SEND ME THINGS AND SO HAPPY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER FOLKS THAT MAYBE NEED SUPPORT IN MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE BEING FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES.  AND I THINK THIS INFORMATION IN TERMS OF LIKE THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO IN DISTRICT SEVEN WITH THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT STUDIO WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHEASTERN AND NOW WITH BE YOU LOOKING AT DISAGGREGATING THAT DATA TO PROVIDE METRICS ON POLICY PROJECTS AS WELL AS BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD SO YOU'LL BE SEEING ME FILE A LOT OF 17 BUT THAT'S SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I NEED THE DATA COME DIRECTLY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SO THAT THE STUDENTS COULD TAKE THEM AND SEGREGATE THEM AND BE ABLE TO USE IT WITH METRICS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR FOR AN EDGE INNOCENCE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0340 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I WILL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0340 HAS PASSED. MR CARET WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0341 DUNCAN NUMBER 0341 COUNCIL OF FERNANDEZ SAN JACINTO FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING CAPITAL PROJECTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN FROM 2020 TO DATE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU AGAIN HERE ANOTHER REQUEST AGAIN WILL BE ASKING FOR DATA IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS ONE THERE WAS A CONVERSATION WITH A COLLEAGUE OF MINE.  YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN A COLLEAGUE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY YOU SOMETHING INTO A FIVE YEAR PLAN AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES TEN YEAR YOU NEVER SEE IT ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A GRANT. I SPECIFICALLY WHEN I ADVOCATE FOR THING I THINK THE YOU KNOW EVERYONE'S PRIORITY OR EVERYONE'S PREFERENCE IS TO HAVE LIKE DIRECT CITY DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE PROJECTS BEING EXECUTED RIGHT AWAY FOR SOMETIMES YOU KNOW IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT A FIVE YEAR PLAN ESPECIALLY WITH BONDS OR GRANTS AND THEN BE ABLE TO SAY OKAY WELL YOU SAID 100 MILLION FOR EXAMPLE. HOW MUCH OF THAT HAVE YOU SPENT OR HOW FAR ARE YOU IN VISIBILITY? ARE YOU IN DESIGN? ARE YOU NOW IN PUTTING OUT A BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND WE THEN YOU SEE THE BUDGET AGAIN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR AND YOU'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS LEFT OF THAT OR HOW MUCH IN ADDITION TO THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE YOUR DISTRICT HAS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVED OR HAS THAT PROJECT RECEIVED SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO TO SEGREGATE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU LOOK AT THE SPEND EXPENDITURES AND YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AND THEN YOU COMPARE THE NUMBERS COMING IN AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMBERS THAT WERE STEADILY JUST SITTING THERE FOR A FIVE YEAR SPAN. SO HERE A LIST OF REQUESTING A LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS 97 CATEGORIZED BY THEIR CURRENT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN PROJECTS THAT ARE FEASIBILITY STUDY PHASE PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING FOR EACH PROJECT PLEASE PROVIDE FOLLOWING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE MONEY SPENT ON EACH PROJECT TO DATE ITS REMAINING BALANCE AND PROJECTS TIMELINE OR FIVE YEAR WINDOWS SPECIFYING THESE EXPECTED OR ACTUAL START AND END DATE A TOTAL BREAKDOWN OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT FOR EACH YEAR FROM 2020 TO DATE AND ALL PROJECTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND OVERALL TOTAL SPEND ACROSS ALL YEARS DURING THIS PERIOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CASA FOR AN ENGINEERING AND EXPANSION OF THE ROLES AND PASSIONS OF DR. NUMBER 03401 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I SAY THANK YOU GUYS HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR KARP, WOULD YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 0342 SO I CAN HAVE A03 FOR TWO COUNSELORS FOR NANCY IN THE SENATE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN 2020 TO DATE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR THOSE KINDS OF AN INVITATION BECAUSE FOR AN INTERVENTION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT 311 ACTUALLY PUBLICIZE THIS WHERE THEY ARE IN PHASES OF THE OF JOBS OF 311 REQUESTS WHETHER IT BE SIDEWALKS OR STREETS OR LIGHT OR TRASHCANS OR WHATEVER . WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT DATA YOU SEE THE JOBS DONE AND YOU SEE THE JOBS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THAT STILL NEEDS TO EXIST PENDING THE STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.  HOWEVER THEN YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE INVESTMENTS AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW THEY'RE FOCUSING ON MITIGATING IN A FUTURE.  SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND WE SEE OTHER PROJECTS COMING IN OR INCREASING IN PROJECTS BECAUSE COMMUNITY ASK FOR ADDITIONAL THINGS OR WHATEVER THE REASONS ARE, THEN WE ALSO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAX CLASSIFICATION AND ABATEMENTS AND HOW WE GOING TO LOOK AT REBATES OR PROGRAMS, REBATE PROGRAMS AND IF THAT'S THE CASE WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT AND SAY OKAY, OUR CURRENT SITUATION IS THIS AND IF WE CAN FIX THESE THINGS AND IF WE CAN ADDRESS THEM ONE CATEGORY AT A TIME MEANING STREETS OR IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR HOUSING NEED IF WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING AGAIN CREATING METRICS TO UNDERSTAND AND MONITOR HOW MUCH ARE WE, HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING ON DIFFERENT AREAS, THEN WE CAN ASSESS WHAT MONEYS WE NEED, WE CAN REALLOCATE OR CUT. THEN WE CAN SAY OKAY, WE CAN MOVE THIS FROM HERE OR WE CAN CREATE MORE REBATE PROGRAM AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO BEFORE I CAN SPEAK ON YOU KNOW, WHERE MONEY SHOULD COME FROM OR HOW TO REALLOCATE, I THINK I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY IS ADDRESSING THINGS IN THEIR PROJECTED BUDGET EXPENSES OR THE NEED AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT. SO THE CURRENT INVENTORY ASKING FOR CARRYING INVENTORY OF ALL STREET SIDEWALKS WITHIN DISTRICT SEVEN SPECIFICALLY LOCATIONS WHERE REPAIRS ARE NEEDED OR SCHEDULED AND WHAT THE REPAIRS ARE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF POTHOLES AND DISTRICTS SEVEN INCLUDING THE DATES THAT THEY WERE REPORTED AND THE LIST OF REPAIRS MADE AND LOCATIONS REPAIR DETAILED OUTLINE CRITERIA PROCESSES USE PRIORITIZING SCHEDULED STREET AND SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND OF COURSE A SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET AND RESOURCES ALLOCATED FOR STREET SIDEWALK AND POTHOLES REPAIRS AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS TO BE WHETHER CURRENT FUNDING IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET IDENTIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE AND BEYOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THIS IS IN ZERO THREE FOR TWO KINDS OF FRONTAGE, ANDERSON SO EXPANSION OF THE ROADS AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 20342 ALTHOUGH THE PAPERS SAY I I WILL SAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED MR PROPERLY PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 03430343 COUNCIL ON MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING WHITE STADIUM AND MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR AND I JUST THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AGAIN I THINK TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON'S POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, USUALLY 17 YEARS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE HOSTILE. HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST GAIN SOME INSIGHT AND GAIN INFORMATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE DO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD SHOW UP FOR HEARINGS, THEY MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.  AND SO WE ARE HERE TRYING TO GATHER SUCH FOR THOSE WHO ARE INQUIRING MINDS WANTS TO KNOW. SO I'M FILING THIS 17 OFF ORDER AFTER A NINE HOUR HEARING ON WHITE STADIUM AND MADISON PARK BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DESERVES ANSWERS. THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT IS AT A 200 MILLION PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH MAJOR IMPLICATIONS OF HOW OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR PUBLIC ASSETS WILL BE IMPACTED. YET DESPITE REPEATED CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS, EDUCATORS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TOO MANY QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN UNANSWERED. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY ON WHY THE PROJECT COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED BY $41 MILLION IN REGARDS TO MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL WE NEED A FULL ACCOUNTING OF HOW CONSTRUCTION DELAYS ARE AFFECTING STUDENTS ACROSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS COUNCIL HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE SPENT RESPONSIBLY AND EQUITABLE.  WE CANNOT ALLOW MAJOR FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT FULL TRANSPARENCY. THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON DESERVE ANSWERS AND WITH THIS 17 OF ORDER WE ARE DEMANDING JUST THAT. SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WELL WE'D LIKE TO GET ON THE RECORD AS HOW MUCH MONEY IS CURRENTLY BEING SPENT ON MAINTENANCE FOR OUR FACILITIES. PLEASE INCLUDE YEARLY COSTS FOR EACH SITE. PLEASE PROVIDE A LIST OF FACILITIES WHERE STUDENTS HAVE 100% OWNERSHIP OR ACCESS.  ARE THERE ANY POTENTIAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHITE STADIUM? CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHY THE PROJECT COSTS INCREASED BY 41 MILLION? WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT AND INCREASE OF NOISE AND LIGHTING INCLUDING EXTENDED HOURS INTO THE NIGHT AND SURROUNDING RESIDENTS AND ZOO ANIMALS? WHAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IS IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT ADDRESSES THIS? THIS IS IN REGARDS TO WHITE STADIUM.  PLEASE SHARE PLANS, STUDIES AND IMPACT REPORTS RELATED TO WHITE STADIUM CONSTRUCTION PARTICULARLY REGARDING ITS EFFECT ON THE RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL AND GREATER EGGLESTON HIGH SCHOOL. HOW MANY MADISON PARK STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PLANNING PROCESS? HOW MANY MADISON PARK PARENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PLANNING PROCESS? WHAT IS CAUSING THE ONGOING DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION? AND FOR MANY STUDENTS? WHO ARE WE PAYING? HOW MANY EXCUSE ME HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE PAYING TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY DUE TO THE DISRUPTION CAUSED BY THESE RENOVATIONS?  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. HIS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AN ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0343. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING IT. I HAVE AT THIS TIME THIS PASSED IT WAS THE COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0344.0344 COUNCILOR IS CLEAN S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION ON CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTERCLAIM COUNCILOR TO THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR MAY I SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR?  COUNCILOR FUNCTIONS SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL DURKAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONSIDER GOING TO SO ADDED CATCH OF PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. TODAY IS THE START OF A LUNAR NEW LUNAR NEW YEAR THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE.  WE CELEBRATE HERE IN BOSTON ACROSS THE COUNTRY ACROSS THE WORLD. THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS CERTAINLY OF THE AAPI ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY. WE CELEBRATE THEM HERE IN BOSTON FOR MANY REASONS BUT WE HAVE LARGE WE HAVE A LARGE AAPI COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST CHINATOWN THAT I PROUDLY REPRESENT. WE HAVE A VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY IN DORCHESTER MOSTLY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE FLYNN CRUISE PORT OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE VIETNAMESE CIVIC FESTIVAL THAT WE CELEBRATED WITH THEM.  I WAS ON A WEBINAR YESTERDAY WITH WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FROM MIDDLESEX COUNTY TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE KOREAN COMMUNITY HAS PLAYED ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS.  WE CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR.  WE CELEBRATE WITH THE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY FROM THE AAPI COMMUNITY. AND LET ME LET ME JUST ADD THAT THEY'RE WONDERFUL SCHOOLTEACHERS, EXCEPTIONAL NEIGHBORS. THEY WERE ALWAYS GIVING BACK MAKING OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY COUNTRY BETTER REPRESENTING CHINATOWN IN THE SOUTH END AS A LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITY AS WELL. I LOVE TO HEAR THE STORIES FROM THE ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM CHINATOWN TALKING ABOUT THEIR HISTORY THERE, ABOUT THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS . AND I OFTEN HEAR OF THE STORY OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD THAT WAS BUILT BY THE CHINESE BASICALLY CONNECTING THE EAST COAST IN THE WEST COAST AND THEY HAD THAT FAMOUS PHOTO WHEN THEY COMPLETED IT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF SALT LAKE CITY BASICALLY A RIBBON CUTTING BUT THAT THAT RAILROAD WAS BUILT MOSTLY BY THE CHINESE. AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE AT THAT RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS A FAMOUS PHOTO. THERE WASN'T ONE ASIAN PERSON IN THAT PHOTO WHO WENT TO THE UNITED STATES STILL AFTER THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD WAS BUILT. WELL, WE ENACTED THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT TO TRY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CHINESE HERE IN BOSTON FOR US TIME I BELIEVE THAT AN ETHNIC GROUP WAS EXCLUSIVELY SINGLED OUT BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE UNITED STATES LEGALLY.  WE ALSO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WHEN THE JAPANESE WERE IN THE U.S. DURING WORLD WAR II. SO WE BASICALLY ARRESTED AND PUT IN CAMPS MOSTLY ON THE WEST COAST MANY JAPANESE AMERICANS FOR BEING JAPANESE THERE AS AMERICANS AS AS WE ARE.  AND BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN THEY WERE PLACED IN IN CAMPS PRISONS REALLY OUR JAILS I SHOULD SAY.  BUT A LOT OF THE JAPANESE WANTED TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. THEY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THEY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THEY THEY FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY EVEN THOUGH OUR COUNTRY WASN'T RECOGNIZING THEM AND THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUND AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES.  AS YOU PROBABLY CAN TELL, I'M FASCINATED BY THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY . BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RACISM OF THE THAT THE AAPI COMMUNITY HAS EXPERIENCED FOR MANY YEARS. WE REMEMBER THE PANDEMIC WELL AS ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT I ACTUALLY HELD THE FIRST TOWN HALL MEETING IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS DECLARED. I HAD IT AT JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL AND IT WAS AN INFORMAL TOWN HALL MEETING. MANY OF YOU REMEMBER MARTY MARTINEZ WHO WAS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. HE HE CAME WITH ME AND WE WERE EDUCATING PEOPLE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND WE WERE LEARNING ABOUT IT AND THERE WAS A YOUNG STUDENT THAT RAISED HER HAND. SHE WAS EITHER BOSTON LATIN OR BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY STUDENT.  I FORGET WHICH ONE AND SHE WAS TELLING TELLING ME DURING THE Q&A PART THAT WHEN SHE AND SHE WAS IN IT SHE WAS AN ASIAN STUDENT WHEN SHE GOT ON THE TRAIN GOING TO SCHOOL THAT THE TRAIN WAS FILLED AND EVERYBODY GOT UP WHEN SHE CAME IN AND LEFT THE TRAIN BECAUSE THEY ASSOCIATE HATED HER WITH THE WITH THE PANDEMIC WITH THE WITH THE INCOMING PANDEMIC, WITH COVID 19 AND THAT REALLY HURT THIS YOUNG STUDENT. CLEARLY RACISM AND THAT THAT STORY STUCK WITH ME FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE THE IMPACT IT HAD ON THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IS STILL CONTINUING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.  IN MY OPINION WHEN THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME THE CURRENT PRESIDENT LABELED THIS A CHINESE VIRUS OR OTHER OTHER PHRASES WHAT DID WE SEE HAPPEN? WELL, HATE CRIMES WENT UP.  RACISM WENT UP AGAINST THE ASIAN COMMUNITY INCLUDING IN GREAT PROGRESSIVE CITIES LIKE BOSTON OR NEW YORK OR CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO WITH LARGE WITH LARGE ASIAN COMMUNITIES.  AND I I BRING THAT STORY UP BECAUSE I THINK OF THE TIME I SERVED I SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH MANY ASIAN AMERICANS AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND AT THE SAME TIME WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR GRANDPARENTS. THEY'RE BEING BEAT UP BECAUSE THEY'RE ASIAN. SO WE CELEBRATE WHAT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE. BUT LET'S ALSO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO JUSTICE AND THE DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA, KANSAS 1984. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND EXCUSE ME AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS AND FOR YOUR STEADFAST ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF OUR AAPI COMMUNITY.  YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD A LOT OF TIME WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE START OF A LUNAR NEW YEAR RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH THAT GUY GARY YU. AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT EVENT.  THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES OF YEAR AS WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND GO CELEBRATE IN CHINATOWN WITH THE WITH THE WHERE THE ORGANIZATION IS THEY'RE AT THEIR BANQUETS AND GOD KNOWS I DO NOT NEED TO CATER ANY MORE WAIT IN THIS JOB BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST BEING IN COMMUNITY.  I ALSO YOU KNOW JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO TWO OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES AND TO TALK TO TWO OF MY FRIENDS TWO CHILDREN HUANG WHO IS A THE MAYOR'S CHINATOWN LIAISON AND THEN ALSO KEVIN TRAN WHO'S A VIETNAMESE CULTURAL ADVISOR AND THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST TWO INCREDIBLE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO SHOUT THEM OUT AND YOU KNOW, JUST HAPPY NEW YEAR. THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH ALL MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THINK OF THE CHAIR. I CANNOT JUST COUNTER DEREK BECAUSE I CAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT GONG CHOI TO EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATES I KNOW THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE AND IT'S INTERESTING AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD I THINK THE CHINESE ZODIAC IS REALLY INTERESTING BUT ONE OF THE STORIES OF HOW THE CHINESE ZODIAC CAME TO BE WAS THE GREAT RACE HELD BY THE JADE EMPEROR. HE DECLARED THAT THE FIRST 12 ANIMALS TO FINISH THE RACE WOULD BE GIVEN A SPOT TO REPRESENT THE 12 YEARS OF THE ZODIAC.  ONE OF THE FIRST VERSIONS OF THE STORY TELLS THAT THE HORSE WAS IN THE LEAD BUT THE SNAKE CURLED AROUND HIS LEG AND RIGHT BEFORE THE FINISH LINE THE SNAKE UNFURLED AND FINISHED. SO KIND OF SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SNAKE BUT THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE IS A TIME FOR DEEP TRANSFORMATION WISDOM AND SHEDDING OLD LAYERS TO REVEAL YOUR TRUE SELF IN THE CHINESE ASTROLOGY THE SNAKE SYMBOLIZES INTELLECT, INTUITION AND RENEWAL, REMINDING US THAT THE GROWTH COMES AS WE EMBRACE CHANGE AND TRUST OUR INSTINCTS. THIS YEAR INVITES US TO MOVE WITH INTENTION, LISTEN TO OUR INNER VOICE AND RELEASE ANYTHING THAT NO LONGER SERVES US JUST AS THE SNAKE NATURALLY SHEDS ITS SKIN.  IT'S A TIME FOR STRATEGIC ACTION, DEEP REFLECTION AND STEPPING INTO YOUR OWN PERSONAL POWER. SO IF THAT ISN'T ANYTHING THAT WE YOU KNOW IF THAT ISN'T WHAT WE NEED THIS YEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SO HAPPY YEAR OF THE SNAKE TO EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATES THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M PROUD TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE LUNAR NEW YEAR IS SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAY FOR THE AAPI COMMUNITIES AND IN BOSTON IT'S A TIME TO HONOR THE RICH CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR DIVERSE AAPI RESIDENTS FROM CHINATOWN WHICH MANY OF US WILL BE SPENDING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THERE AT WONDERFUL BANQUETS AND CELEBRATIONS TOO LITTLE SAIGON IN DORCHESTER RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM ME TO BRIGHTON AND HAS A LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITY AAPI COMMUNITY.  THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITY'S IDENTITY THEIR TEACHERS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MUCH MORE. AND AS COUNCIL OF FLYNN UPLIFTED AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS AWAY FROM THE PANDEMIC WE GET TO ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW HARD IT WAS FOR OUR AAPI CITIZENS RESIDENTS HERE IN BOSTON. BUT WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISCRIMINATION AND HATE THAT AAPI COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED INCLUDING HISTORICAL INJUSTICE AS IN THE RISE IN HATE CRIMES SERVING DURING COVID 19 AND STILL HAPPENING TODAY CELEBRATING THIS HOLIDAY IS ALSO ABOUT STANDING TOGETHER AGAINST RACISM AND SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORS. I'M PROUD TO JOIN IN THESE EFFORTS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE. I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT KEVIN TRAN A WONDERFUL LIAISON BUT ALSO GEORGE NGUYEN WHO HAD BEEN THE DORCHESTER LIAISON AND NOW WORKS AT VIET AID AND HE IS ALSO A WONDERFUL VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CELEBRATION AND IF YOU CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN CELEBRATING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND IN CELEBRATING OUR VIBRANT AAPI COMMUNITY THAT OFTEN YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD SOMEONE HERE DURING AAPI HISTORY MONTH TALKING ABOUT THE BAMBOO CEILINGS THAT A LOT OF OUR ASIAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS FACE HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.  AND SO AS WE CELEBRATE THEM DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR, WE ALSO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEM AND CONTINUE STRUGGLES.  SO I WANT TO SAY YEAH, LIKE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE TO BE A LOT OF US STARTED OFF AT CITY HALL WITH NNEKA I WANT TO SAY GOOD HEY FAIR CHOI TO OUR CHINESE COMMUNITY AND THERE WERE OTHERS WHO WERE WE WERE AT THE TET CELEBRATION ON THE SEAPORT AND I WANT TO SAY JACK LANG NAMOI TO OUR VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY AND MAY THIS BE A YEAR OF HEALTH AND PROSPERITY FOR EVERYONE COUNCILORS WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS COVER ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD MEJIA MURPHY BUT BEN WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OF THE CHAIR BECAUSE A DURKAN IS ON THE DOCKET SO I SAID HER NAME APOLOGIES COUNCILORS.  FLYNN SANTANA OH AND PLEASED COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON COUNCILORS FLYNN SANTANA AND DURKAN SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0344 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 034 OR 5A0345 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF EDDIE CRISPIN TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMAND STAFF THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR ANY KIND OF CLEANING OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR, I AM REFILING THIS RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF EDDIE CHRISMAN TO THE COMMAND STAFF SERGEANT DETECTIVE CRISPIN IS A WELL-RESPECTED IN SEASONED LEADER IN BOSTON.  HE HAS SERVED THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 25 YEARS WHO IS ALSO A PROBATION OFFICER HELPING RETURNING CITIZENS ACCESS JOBS ACCESS AND HOUSING, GETTING INTO TREATMENT PROGRAMS MANY OF US HERE KNOW HIM WELL. YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE CONTENT OF HIS CHARACTER, HIS DEDICATION AND HIS COMMITMENT TO THE WORK WHEN HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMAND STAFF LAST YEAR, THIS NEWS NEWS CAME AS A SURPRISE TO MANY OF US. MANY OF US SUPPORTED HIM IN HIS CAREER AND WE ADVOCATED FOR HIM . THE MASSACHUSETTS PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSIONS WAS WHAT HE WAS APPOINTED TO AND HE WAS ASKED EITHER TO LEAVE THAT OR THE COMMAND STAFF.  THE BOSTON POLICE HAS SAID THAT THE DECISION FOR SERGEANT DETECTIVE CHRIS SIMMONS REMOVAL FROM THE COMMAND STAFF WAS DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FROM HIS ROLE ON POST.  WE ALSO HEARD FROM POLICE COMMISSIONER IN MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMPBELL WHO APPOINTED CRISPIN TO THE POST WHO QUESTION CRISPIN'S REMOVAL AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN HIM SERVING IN BOTH ROLES.  I SPOKE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LEADERS AT THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION MINORITY LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO RAISED CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY SERGEANT DETECTIVE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WAS REMOVED.  THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.  HIS REMOVAL IS A HUGE LOSS. THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE HAD A HEARING ON THIS THE OTHER DAY. WE DIDN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON WHY HE WAS LEFT, WHY HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE COMMAND STAFF. BUT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO LISTEN TO HIS NEIGHBORS, HIS CONSTITUENTS, HIS COLLEAGUES.  BUT ONE COLLEAGUE REALLY STRUCK ,STRUCK AND STUCK IN MY MIND. THIS IS A WOMAN FROM FROM MATTAPAN OR HYDE PARK I BELIEVE AND SHE HAD TWO SONS AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN AND THE SONS GROWING UP THAT HE WAS REALLY THEIR ROLE MODEL IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLICE OFFICER TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG MEN MOSTLY MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ABOUT SPORTS, ABOUT SCHOOL, ABOUT DISCIPLINE . AND HE WAS A ROLE MODEL TO SO MANY OTHERS NOT JUST BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT THE WAY HE CONDUCTED HIMSELF WITH INTEGRITY, WITH HONESTY, WITH DECENCY. THIS IS A PERSON I'VE KNOWN FOR 40 YEARS I AM CALLING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REINSTATE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT EDDIE CHRISTMAN TO THE COMMAND STAFF AND I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING HIM.  I KNOW IT'LL BE A DIFFICULT VOTE BUT I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO OBJECT TO A VOTE AND TO PUT IT INTO COMMITTEE AND TO VOTE ON IT AND LET DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRISMAN KNOW THAT HE HAS SOME FRIENDS IN THIS BUILDING THAT CAN MAKE A. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIRMAN IS RETURNING BECAUSE I CAN GIVE THE FLOOR I AM HAPPY TO NOT OBJECT TO THIS AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED TO A VOTE BUT I'LL BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS THE ROLE OF CITY COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN GIVEN THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE IT'S A HIERARCHAL ROLE AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LET THE BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HIRING AND FIRING. SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO BUT I AM NOT OBJECTING TO A VOTE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM JOE COMES TO JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAD A LENGTHY CALL WITH SERGEANT DETECTIVE CRISP AND YESTERDAY A GREAT CALL. LET'S BE CLEAR THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT SERGEANT DETECTIVE CRISPIN'S CHARACTER. HE IS A MODEL CITIZEN, AN OFFICER, A COMMUNITY LEADER, A ROLE MODEL IN THIS ASIAN COMMUNITY. AND WHILE I DEEPLY RESPECT THE INDIVIDUAL AND BELIEVE THE COMMAND STAFF IS IMPROVED WITH HIM ON IT, I HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS MATTER JUDICIOUSLY AND BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY THE RIGHT TO PROMOTE OR DEMOTE HIS COMMAND STAFF. SO WHILE I DO NOT THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS VERIFIED BY THE AG'S OFFICE AND STATE ETHICS, I ALSO HAVE TO RESPECT THE AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THE COMMISSIONER AND RESPECT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND NO LAWS, NO ORDINANCES, NO PROTECTIONS ARE BROKEN IN THE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION AND WHILE WE MIGHT DISAGREE WITH IT WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL OF THE PRECEDENT WE SET OF GOING INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE AND TELLING THEM HOW TO ARRANGE THEIR FURNITURE AND SO I'LL BE STANDING ON THOSE VALUES TODAY AS WE VOTE AND RESPECTIVELY BE VOTING NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY COMES IN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I ALSO AGREE AND I SAID AT THE HEARING THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONER COX HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHO SITS ON HIS COMMAND STAFF AND HE CAN ASK THEM TO LEAVE AT ANY TIME. HE CAN ADD NEW PEOPLE WHEN HE WANTS. BUT WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY'RE HIDING BEHIND THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS THE REASON NOT HIM AS A OUTSTANDING OFFICER WHO WAS DOING A GOOD JOB ON THE COMMAND STAFF AND WE OFTEN ALWAYS I WOULD SAY FILE RESOLUTIONS TOO. IT DOESN'T FORCE THE COMMISSIONER TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO FORCE THE MAYOR TO DO ANYTHING BUT IT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE SUPPORT CRISPIN AND ALL THE GOOD WORK HE'S DONE. I'VE BEEN SAYING SINCE I MET HIM SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHAT AN OUTSTANDING NEIGHBOR, A CITIZEN AND POLICE OFFICER HE IS. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS ON THE OPPOSITE REASONS WHY MY COLLEAGUE SAID HE WOULDN'T. JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT I DO AGREE THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS THE RIGHT TO PICK AND CHOOSE BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING HIM TO LEAVE FOR A DIFFERENT REASON THEN THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT WAS SAID BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS IF IT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THAT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER PEOPLE BEING APPOINTED TO THIS IMPORTANT BOARD MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY AND THAT THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IS REPRESENTED BY PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW IN THIS CASE THE AG APPOINTED AND IT'S OFTEN REMINDED OF US THAT MAMMALIA HAS A PERMANENT SEAT ON THIS BOARD AND HE IS A MEMBER OF MAMMALIA AND REPLACED THE RETIRING MEMBER LEAVING. SO TO ME I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OFFICER CRISPIN KNOWS SERGEANT DETECTIVE KNOWS THAT I AM LOOKING OUT FOR HIM.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO I. I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THAT I WE SHOULD NOT BE GETTING INVOLVED IN PERSONNEL DECISIONS ESPECIALLY WHERE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER IS MAKING A JUDGMENT CALL ESSENTIALLY.  BUT I WILL I WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT OF IT. THIS ONE TIME I WORKED WITH MA'AM LEO AS AN ATTORNEY. I KNOW THERE'S A HISTORY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW WITH THIS COMMISSIONER BUT WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING, YOU KNOW, TAKING YOU KNOW, SORT OF PUNITIVE ACTIONS AGAINST HEADS OF MAMMALIA AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS THERE IS A TROUBLING HISTORY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT BEFORE YOU KNOW, THIS BODY YOU KNOW, WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO DELAY THE ISSUANCE OF THE POLICE PROMOTIONAL EXAM TO ALLOW THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TO PROMOTE MORE OFFICERS OF COLOR. YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE BRING THE SAME SPIRIT OF SUPPORT FOR DIVERSITY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE NEXT TIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS BEFORE THIS BODY.  BUT I WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS ALTHOUGH I YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SAID JUST BECAUSE OF MY HISTORY WITH EDDIE CHRISMAN PERSONALLY AND HAVING SEEN HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TREATS THE HEADS OF MAN LEO IN THE PAST UNDER DIFFERENT DIFFERENT POLICE COMMISSIONERS I WILL SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE AGAIN FOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FILER AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR WEBER FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THIS PARTICULAR NOT JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT JUST ALSO LEANING INTO DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. COUNCILOR WEBER COMING ONTO THIS COUNCIL LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET SEASON REALLY WORKING ALONGSIDE, YOU KNOW,  MAMMALIA OUR OFFICE AND OTHERS TO ADVOCATE.  I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU STANDING UP IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION EVEN THOUGH YOUR LAWYER AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE SET A PRESIDENTS AND WE MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE FOR DOING THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IF YOU COULD DO IT THAT I CAN DO IT TOO BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO LEAN ON YOU AND I'M GLAD YOU DID IT. AND IF HE COULD DO IT AND HE'S A LAWYER, I'M GOING TO DO IT TO OKAY SO THAT I'LL BLAME IT ON YOU IF THEY COME FOR ME THEN YOU COULD DEFEND ME. OKAY BUT ANYWAYS WHY I'M STANDING UP HERE IS BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO HELD THIS HEARING ON FRIDAY AND 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT WAS TIME TO HOST THE HEARING I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT I COULDN'T CONDUCT THE HEARING BECAUSE IT WAS A MATTER OF PERSONNEL AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS HERE THAT IT'S LIKE THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE STAYING READY NOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ANYTHING COMES OUT YOU AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OF OF COURTESY FOR THE WORK THAT THE BODY IS TRYING TO DO BUT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS, I MADE SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE DID NOT SPEAK ON THE SPECIFIC OF EDDIE'S CASE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE ADVOCATES WHO CAME THROUGH. WHAT I AM REALLY SCARED ABOUT AND WORRIED ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES LIKE THIS IS THAT THE THE FEAR OF RETALIATION AND HOW PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP IN AND OUT OF THIS SPACE REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHY SO MANY POLICE OFFICERS WHEN WE HOSTED EMPLOYEES WHEN WE'VE HOSTED HEARINGS AROUND THE HIRING FIRING PROMOTIONAL AND EMOTIONAL PRACTICES THAT FOLKS ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE BACKLASH IS COMING. AND I THINK THAT THE TYPE OF CULTURE WE ARE CREATING HERE AND WE ALSO WHEN I SAY WE ALL OF US RIGHT IS THAT PEOPLE WHEN THEY WANT TO SPEAK UP OR WHEN THEY WANT TO BE FULLY EXPRESSED OR THEY WANT TO RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, THERE'S ALWAYS YOU HAVE TO PAY A PRICE FOR THAT AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE UTILIZE THEIR TACTICS AND THEIR PRIVILEGE AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, APPOINTMENT STATUS OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS TO PUNISH PEOPLE. AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH ALL OF THIS UNFOLD HERE IN AND OUTSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER. AND SO I'M RISING AND MODELING MY LAWYER COLLEAGUES BEHAVIOR AND SAYING WHILE WE MAY NOT YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T I AM GOING TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUE HERE AND HIS ADVOCACY AND THE REASON WHY I HELD THAT HEARING IN MY COMMITTEE WAS BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO I THINK YOU GOT PUT INTO SOME OTHER COMMITTEE SO I'M GLAD WE WERE SO ABLE TO GIVE THE PEOPLE A VOICE. SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA KAISER YOU ANY THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES TODAY. I WILL BE VOTING PRESIDENT ON THIS RESOLUTION AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JUST EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I THINK I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT JOHN COUNCILMEMBER FITZGERALD MENTIONED, BUT I'M CONFLICTED HERE BECAUSE I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS OR ON THE SITUATION AND I FEEL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF THE INFORMATION I CAN'T VOTE IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST US. I'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW EDDIE CRISPIN. HE'S A GREAT ROLE MODEL SOMEONE WHO'S DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I'M ONLY HERE GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIM. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUT I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE PRESIDENT OF THIS THAT THIS WILL STAND AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M STAYING CONSISTENT AND THAT IT AND SO I DO SUPPORT EDDIE AND CHRISTINE AND THE AND THE WORK THAT HE DOES BUT I WILL BE VOTING PRESIDENT ON THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.  I ALSO WILL DO WANT TO MENTION I THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE WAS A LETTER THAT WENT OUT ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THE COUNCILORS. I YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKED BY MANY PEOPLE WHY I WASN'T ON THAT LETTER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I HAD NO RECOLLECTION THAT THAT LETTER WAS EVEN BEING WRITTEN. I NEVER GOT ASKED TO BE PART OF THAT LETTER. SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT I WAS NOT ON THAT IT WAS NOT MY CHOICE NOT TO BE ON THAT LETTER AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WHO ARE LISTENING IN, I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING AND AND TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE COMMISSION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOMMENDS THIS COUNCIL LOOK AT BANK AS WITH ANY OTHER THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO STAND UP HERE TO SAY YOU KNOW, I HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH MR CHRISTMANN YESTERDAY AND I MET WITH HIM AND WAS ABLE TO HEAR HIS SIDE OF THE STORY AND GET TO KNOW HIM PERSONALLY AS WELL AND HEAR ABOUT HIS STORY ABOUT WHY HE GOT INTO THE POLICE FORCE AND UNDERSTAND HIS COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN MAKING SURE THAT HE'S MOVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FORWARD AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM HIM AND BEING ABLE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, BEING ABLE TO JUST UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION HERE AND I UNDERSTAND MY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FITZGERALD'S POINT ABOUT MADAM PRESIDENT BUT PEOPLE I GOT AT CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE ON THE POST. HE SHOULD BE SOMEONE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF HIM. SO TODAY I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TIME. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL BE VOTING YES IN SUPPORT OF EDDIE CRISPIN. I GOT THE CHANCE TO WELCOME HIM WITH OPEN ARMS SEEING THAT HE WAS RELOCATED TO CHARLESTOWN AND I IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT TO HIM AND SAID WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU DESPITE THE THE SITUATION THAT WAS UNFOLDING AND THIS IS AGAIN I RESPECT THE THE THE COMMISSIONER GREATLY. I THINK THAT HIS LEADERSHIP HE'S DEMONSTRATED HIS LEADERSHIP AMERICA OUR BOSTON IS THE SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA AND YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT HERE. POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT THREE. THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MEASURE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON AND I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN, THIS COMES WITH FOR AN INGENIOUS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT COUNCILOR DURKIN AND IT MADE ME LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. I'M KIDDING. SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP ME GIVING ME MORE INFORMATION. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF WHERE WE ARE OUR JOBS I WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I TAKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE JOHN FITZGERALD A POINT IN TERMS OF SETTING PRECEDENTS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE SORT OF BEND AND BECOME FLEXIBLE IN WAYS WHERE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE KIND OF HAVE TO OR THINGS THAT WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OR THINGS THAT WE INVESTED IN. AND TO MY COLLEAGUE CARLOS SANTANA REALLY SIMPLE. YOU KNOW, IF THERE HASN'T BEEN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DETERMINED HERE BUT THEN AN INJUSTICE HAS TAKEN PLACE THEN HE'S BEEN NOW DISPLACED OR MOVED TO ANOTHER AREA OR HE HAS WORKED ALL OF HIS LIFE AND I'M NOT SURE HOW OLD IS THAT. I THINK HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE'S 30 BUT HE'S MIGHT BE LIKE 50 I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK HE'S AN ATTORNEY AND YOU KNOW, SERGEANT DETECTIVE THAT IS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF DETERMINATION AND HE IS A VERY DARK AND BLACK HAITIAN-AMERICAN WHO HAS HAD TO REALLY, REALLY WORK HARD AND HE'S EXTREMELY BRIGHT. HE'S AN EXEMPLARY CITIZEN AND HE'S SOMEONE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTFUL PROBABLY MET HIM OVER 25 YEARS AGO IN COMMUNITY AND HAS OBSERVED HIS WORK, HAS OBSERVED HIS INTERACTIONS.  PEOPLE NOT ONCE HAVE ANYONE HAS EVER HAD ANYTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY IN COMMUNITY POLICING AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT SAME EXEMPLARY CITIZEN AN OFFICER. SO I ALTHOUGH I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE BUT WE'VE DONE THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WITH HOSPITALS WHEN WE JUST WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE AND WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER LAWS AND WE CAN'T NECESSARILY MOVE THINGS BUT WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE AND THEN WE WRITE LETTERS AND I THINK THE LETTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFICE. BUT HERE I THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FLYNN IS TRYING TO SEND A STRONGER MESSAGE IN ADDITION TO THIS LETTER. LET'S PUT IT ON RECORD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS TELEVISED. WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS GETS MORE PRESS ATTENTION. NOT SURE THE FULL ANGLES AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUE BUT I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF DO YOU SUPPORT THIS AND YEAH, IT'S NOT A LAW THAT YOU'RE PASSING. DO YOU SUPPORT IT OR NOT FOUL PLAY HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. HE GOT MOVED TO CHARLESTOWN. IS THAT FAIR?  SO I THINK THAT'S IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. WE'RE NOT CREATING A LAW. IT'S A RESOLUTION. WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. WE KNOW WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW TELLING THE COMMISSIONER WHAT TO DO BUT WE ARE RESPECTFULLY SAYING HEY, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE MAJORITY OF US SUPPORTS THIS. THANK YOU. THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES A COUNCILOR ALCANTARA THE BEFORE THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FRAME FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION AND I DO STAND BY EDDIE CRISPIN HE HAS BEEN A LEADER IN POLICE REFORM WELL RESPECTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WE CAN HEAR THAT THROUGHOUT ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND I ATTENDED YOU KNOW WHEN THIS FIRST CAME DOWN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS PROVIDERS STATEMENTS AND REMARKS AND IF WE ARE DEMOTING INDIVIDUALS WHO ADVOCATE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY THEN WHO ARE WE PROMOTING? ALTHOUGH I SUPPORT EDDIE, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAT THEY SET THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL FITZGERALD AND I DO VALUE THE COMMISSIONER'S JUDGMENT AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE DOES BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT. SO I DO I AM GOING TO BE TAKING THE SAME STANCE THAT COUNCILOR WEBER HAS TAKEN AND THIS WILL BE WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONNEL MATTERS.  THE LAST TIME I VOTE IS A VOTE ON ANY RESOLUTION THAT INVOLVED PERSONNEL MATTERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RODNEY THIS COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILMEMBER WE HAVE THE FLOOR WELL THANK YOU AND THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCIL SANTANA YOU HAD MENTIONED A LETTER THAT YOU DIDN'T SIGN ON TO. WAS THAT SOMETHING THE COUNCIL SENT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE LETTER YOU'RE REFERRING TO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND EXPLAINING TO THE CHAIR COUNCIL SANTANA IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOU KNOW SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A LETTER SENT OUT DURING THE FALL THAT I THINK MORE THAN HALF OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SIGNED ON TO. THAT'S NOT WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. I WAS JUST NEVER ASKED PERSONALLY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE LETTER THEN I HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REACHING OUT TO ME. WHY WAS THERE BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT US THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT IT SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE MEETING TO SEE WHAT THIS LETTER WAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. I THINK YOU DID YOU DID SIGN THE LETTER. THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE TALKING. YEAH. YEAH. SO WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  OH, COUNCILMAN ANDRE ANDERSON.  SORRY. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE LETTER WOULD SAY THE SAME THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING SERGEANT DETECTIVE CHRISTMAN AND MOST OF YOU SIGNED IT. MAYBE SOME OF YOU FORGOT MAYBE IT'S IN YOUR EMAIL AND SOMETIMES I GUESS LACK OF COORDINATION OR WE'RE MOVING FAST AND YOU DIDN'T GET THE LETTER. IT WASN'T NOTHING PERSONAL. THE LETTER DIDN'T COME FROM ME BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT I REMEMBER THE LETTER I SIGNED THE LETTER AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT IT WASN'T CHERRY PICKED WHO WAS GOING TO SIGN THIS OR WHO'S NOT. IT WAS SIMPLE LET'S MOVE FAST BECAUSE WE NEED TO GO ON RECORD AND SUPPORT THEM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN AS IS COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTABLE WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERS AND I ALSO SIGNED THE LETTER IN SUPPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRISTMAN AND ATTENDED THE MEETING AT THE HISTORIC 12TH BAPTIST CHURCH AND ADMIN LEO AS WELL WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT BASICALLY WHAT THAT LETTER SAID WAS WE SUPPORT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRISTMAN BASICALLY THE SAME THING AS MY RESOLUTION. THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NOTHING REALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE LETTER THAT SOME OF US SIGNED AND IN IN IN THE LETTER THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT NOW IS THE TIME MAYBE THAT MORE TIME HAS PASSED BUT ALTHOUGH TIME HAS PASSED MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME IN LISTENING AND LISTENING TO RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ASKING I THINK WHAT THEY'RE REALLY ASKING FOR IS RESPECT FOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRISTMAN.  IS IT LIKELY THAT HE'S GOING TO GET HIS JOB BACK IN THE COMMAND STAFF?  PROBABLY NOT. PROBABLY NOT.  I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH EVERYBODY. BUT WHAT BUT WHAT IT DOES SAY IS THAT WE WE RESPECT HIM.  WE RESPECT THE WORK HE DOES. WE RESPECT HIM AS A MAN. WE RESPECT HIM AS A POLICE OFFICER.  WE RESPECT HIM AS A COMMUNITY LEADER. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE RESOLUTION DOES.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST FEEL THE NEED TO CLARIFY MY STATEMENT.  I FOR ME IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND MAKING SURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT OUR MISSION DRIVEN THAT AND THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE MILITARY WHERE WHEN THE PERSON ABOVE YOU ASKS YOU TO DO A SPECIFIC THING AND YOU HAVE A NEW MISSION EACH TIME THAT THAT HONOR OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND BE RESPECTED AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M COMING FROM. IT IS NOT PERSONAL TO THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO SOUNDS LIKE HE'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND HAS A LOT OF ADMIRERS ON THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO JUST I THINK MY POSITION THIS HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR AS SOMEONE AS A PERSON WHO AUTHORED THE LETTER AS A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN PUBLIC IN MEDIA STATEMENTS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TALKING TO THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IT'S SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TALKING TO SERGEANT EDDIE CHRISTMAN ABOUT THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHERE I STAND ON THIS AS COUNCILOR CULVER ZAPATA SAID EXTRAORDINARY MEASURE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON. THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE LIKE SERGEANT CRISPIN WHO IS SO DEDICATED AND SO COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY THAT YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS HAVE DONE YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM OR I KNOW HIM FROM WAY BACK BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  AND I KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN VERY COMMITTED. I'VE HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE COMMAND STAFF, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, MA'AM LEO, SERGEANT CRISPIN ABOUT THE LACK OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND I DO RESPECT THE COMMISSIONER AND I BUT YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO THE COMMISSIONER ALL OF THE TIME AND I RESPECT THAT HE HAS DECISIONS TO MAKE BUT I ALSO RESPECT THE FACT THAT SO MANY BENEFIT FROM SERGEANT CHRIS BENOIT LEADERSHIP ESPECIALLY IN MY COMMUNITY. AND SO I YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PERSONNEL ISSUE, I DON'T LOVE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING A COUNCIL TIME TO DISCUSS AND NOT YOU KNOW, I DO NOT WANT THIS TO BECOME A HABIT OF THE COUNCIL. BUT AGAIN, SERGEANT CHRISTMAN I THINK IS VERY UNIQUE IN WHAT HE MEANS AND WHAT HE REPRESENTS TO THE CITY AND HIS LEADERSHIP AND MA'AM LEO, HIS LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND SO I MEAN FOR ME OF OF COURSE AM VOTING YES BOTH IN THE MEETING THAT THE THE 12TH BAPTIST CHURCH IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A IT'S ACTUALLY AN ASSET TO THIS CITY FOR SERGEANT CRISPIN TO BE ON THE POST AND SO I WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH HIM TODAY IF ANYONE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL PHOTO ZAPATA FERNANDO ANDERSON MARIA MURPHY PEPEN WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CASUAL FLUENCY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 34434 OF DOCKET NUMBER 98 OH AND COUNSELOR SANTANA TO DOCKET NUMBER 0345 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE WELL, CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 0345 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE OF ZAPATA, COUNCILOR AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NOW COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN OUTSPOKEN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA PRESIDENT COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WU YES.  NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. TWO VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0345 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0346 DUCK NUMBERS 0346 COUNCILOR FINANCE SEEING THE SUM OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE MEMORIAL SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TO A MODERN FULLY EQUIPPED FACILITY THAT PROVIDES STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR A WORLD CLASS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES IT'S TIME TO FIND ENGINEERS AND GATHER FOR AN INVENTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MY FRESHMAN YEAR OR RATHER WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I MEAN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL I TOOK THE EXAM TO GO TO EXAM SCHOOL PASSED BUT MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR TO TIME ADVISE MY PARENTS MY MOM THAT I HAD ONLY BEEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME WITH VERY LITTLE ENGLISH SHOULD NOT GO TO AN EXAM SCHOOL. UNFORTUNATELY AT THE TIME MY MY PARENTS LISTENED TO MY MOM AND LISTENED AND THOUGHT THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE BEST DECISION AND SO I END UP GOING TO BUREAU INTERNATIONAL. SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL AND HAD AN AMAZING TIME THERE. SO I GUESS EVERYTHING IS HAPPENS THE WAY IT'S MEANT TO HAPPEN AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WENT ON TO MY EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING MORE LANGUAGES.  I TOOK CHINESE AND OF COURSE ONLY LASTED ONE MONTH AND THEN SWITCHED TO FRENCH QUICKLY.  BUT ONE DAY I ASPIRED TO LEARN MANDARIN FOR SURE. SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL IS REALLY INTERESTING. IT'S A SMALL YOU KNOW, LITTLE BUILDING THAT ALSO USES THE ADJACENT CHURCH AND YWCA GYM AND IF KIDS WANT TO GO TO OTHER FACILITIES WE'RE USING DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WITHIN ABOUT A MILE RADIUS FOR OTHER FACILITIES IN ORDER TO TO OUR RECREATIONAL OTHER CLASSES AND WE THERE THE CAFETERIA IS ACTUALLY SHARED WITH THE WITH THE MATH CLASSROOM OR SOMETIMES OTHER CLASSROOMS. THEY DON'T HAVE A REAL SCIENCE LAB OR OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES OR ART OR MUSIC.  THEY USE THE CHURCH THE OLD SCHOOL CHURCH BEHIND THEM TOO FOR THEATER CLASSES.  THIS IS WHEN I STARTED THEATER SO ALL OF WAS BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE AND ENJOYED GOING TO THE COPLEY FOR LUNCH AND BROWSING THE STORES.  IT'S REALLY NOT OFFERING THE PROPER HOLISTIC FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL USE OR OTHER TYPES OF LEARNING.  SO I SPOKE WITH MY COUNSELOR COLLEAGUE, MY NEIGHBOR AND BECAUSE I TEND TO SCHOOL AND HAVE A STRONG AFFINITY TO IT WANTED TO FILE THIS AND ASK YOU TODAY FOR A VOTE TO SUPPORT I'M SORRY I JUST WANT TO JUST KNOW. OKAY THANK YOU BECAUSE WE'RE AN ENGINEER AND YOU CAN CONTINUE. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.  IT'S TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE TO SUPPORT THAT. WE AT LEAST HOLD A CONVERSATION TODAY IF YOU SUPPORT IT.  I THINK THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO BE MY COLLEAGUE WHO ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT WHERE SNOWDEN IS AND TO LATER FILE A HEARING IF SHE SHOULD HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT SO WE CAN DISCUSS BRING THE VIPS OVER, REALLY DISCUSS HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT ACTUALLY MOVING THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KATHRYN. ADRIAN SNOW SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE YOU ARE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLOOR THANKS I COUNCIL PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON FOR FILING THIS. I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT WHILE I DON'T TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE PROCESS OF DOING A RESOLUTION ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT, I AGREE IT AND SO DOES THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I DO THINK THAT OUR KIDS WHO ARE IN THAT SCHOOL DESERVE BETTER AND I DO THINK A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER MURIEL SNOWDEN DESERVES BETTER AS WELL AND I DO THINK THERE ARE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS CAPITAL IMPLICATIONS BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I WILL BE VOTING YES AND I KNOW THAT IF WE ARE TO HAVE A HEARING I HOPE TO PARTNER WITH OUR CHAIR SANTANA AROUND JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL IS. AS WE KNOW ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IS OWNED BY BOETHIUS AND THE OTHER ONE IS RENTED SO I THINK IT IT WILL OUTGROW ITS USE AT SOME POINT. SO I DO AGREE WITH WITH THE PREMISE OF THIS AND I'M GRATEFUL TO START THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS CLLR ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD MEJIA. MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PEACE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FOR AN INNOCENCE EXPANSION AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0346 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL GO SAYING THE AYES HAVE IT BUT I WOULD DOUBT THE VOTE. MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL THE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE NUMBERS 0346 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDS COUNCILOR FINANCE SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL WILL BE IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR OH YES.  11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0346 HAS BEEN ADOPTED IS IT CORRECT? WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0347 DUNCAN MEMBER 0347 COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A DIGITAL MARKETPLACE BIO PILOT PROGRAM.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FINANCE A.S. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THIS IS A REFILE OF THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH DIGITAL MARKETPLACE PARK PILOT PROGRAM WI. I HAVE FILED IT PREVIOUSLY IN PREVIOUS YEARS AS A HEARING HELD TO HEARING HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IN FACT ALSO WAS ABLE TO ALLOCATE 1.5 MILLION FROM ARPA DOLLARS TO REDO V LOCAL TO EXPLORE IF THE DIGITAL MARKETPLACE COULD BE THE PLATFORM FOR A SMALL PILOT PROGRAM A SMALLER E-COMMERCE OR AMAZON IF YOU WILL FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.  AND BEFORE I SEE SORRY CHAIR CAN I ADD YOURSELF COUNCIL ROLE AS MY CO-SPONSOR? YES COUNCIL WHERE I WAS ADDED AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR APOLOGIES AND SO JUST REFILING HERE IT'S JUST PROCEDURALLY WE HAVE TO REFILE EVERY YEAR TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY TO VOTE TO ESTABLISH A SMALL PILOT PROGRAM ON DIGITAL MARKETPLACE SO THAT WE CAN DIGITIZE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORTING THEM WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH MAIN OUR MAIN STREET'S SORT OF A BACK OFFICE WHERE FOLKS COULD ACTUALLY ADDRESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR ANY TYPE OF IT WAS IT WAS AN INVENTORY OR ATOMIZATION OR WAYS OF SUPPORTING THEIR SMALL BUSINESS IN THEIR LANGUAGE BY WAY OF ZOOM OR VIRTUAL MEETINGS THIS COULD REALLY DO AWAY WITH THE OVERHEAD COST OF A BRICK AND MORTAR AS WELL AS HONE IN ON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS CREATING THIS DATA COLLECTING OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HOW ARE DOING AND THEIR NEEDS THAT WE HAVE? WE RECENTLY DISCUSSED IN OUR TAX CONCILIATION HEARINGS THAT BOSTON CURRENTLY DOES IT DOES NOT DO SO I'M HOPING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CHIEF OF OR THE CABINET OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION AND YOURSELF MR CHAIR, ON THIS AND I'M LOOKING FOR AGAIN MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HERE TO SUSPEND AND PASS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FOR NANCY ANDERSON FOR YOUR WORK AROUND ADVOCATING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT TO GO INTO THE YOU KNOW, AS WE DO THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY IN ONLINE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY WHEN ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR CLARE, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD CASA AS A PARTNER?  CASA DURKIN CASA FLYNN CASA MURPHY CASA PEPEN COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASA FINANCE AND ANDERSON SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0346 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I 00347 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU.  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DOCKET NUMBERS 0347 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR CALERA ZAPATA COUNCILOR AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCIL FINANCE ANSWERED YES. COUNCIL FINANCE HANDS YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL REASONED YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCIL 15 COUNTS FOR PAN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YEAH.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. WELL YES.  TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. TALKING NUMBERS 0347 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, PLEASE.  REDUCTION NUMBER 0348 DUCK NUMBERS 03448 COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO IMPROVE PERS MONITOR PAY RATES AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEERING COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEERING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT WE MUST PRIORITIZE A LIVABLE WAGE, ADEQUATE REST BREAKS AND IMPROVE JOB PROTECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT BUS MONITORS CAN CONTINUE THEIR ESSENTIAL WORK WITHOUT FINANCIAL INSECURITY AND BURNOUT. WE HEARD HERE THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT HEARINGS FROM BUS MONITORS AND TERMS OF THE INTERSTATE INTRICACIES OF THEIR WORK AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEVELS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDED OR SUPPORTS THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE IN ORDER TO DO THEIR JOB. IN ADDITION TO BEING BURDENED BY ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OR UNANTICIPATED RESPONSIBILITIES IN A JOB THEY ARE NOT NOT REASONABLY PAID FOR THEIR JOB WITH STARTING WAGES BARELY ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE AND THE COST OF LIVING IN BOSTON CONTINUE TO RISE. MANY BUS MONITORS STRUGGLE TO AFFORD BASIC LEADING TO HIGH TURNOVER RATES AND DISRUPT STABILITY FOR STUDENTS. THESE ARE FOLKS THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN AND THAT ENSURING CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND ALSO SPENDING ENOUGH TIME TO BE SO OUR CHILDREN TO BE INFLUENCED BY THEM. SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT THEM. WE I FILED THIS LAST YEAR. THIS IS ALSO A REFILE FOR THE LAST YEAR AND PASSED. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SUSPENSION AND PASS HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR FOR. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES? MR. CLERK. TO THAT COUNSELOR AS CLAUDIA ZAPATA MURPHY, GIBSON, SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OF THE CHAIR CASPER FRIEND ANDRE ANDERSON'S SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0348 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE IN.  THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 03490349 COUNCIL. TURNING TO SANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOVER BOSTON PROPOSAL.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SOME DIFFERENT AGENDAS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO ADD CASTLE FITZGERALD AS MY CO-SPONSOR BUT AS YOU COULD SEE HE STEPPED OUT FOR A SHORT BREAK SO MAYBE WHEN HE RETURNS THE CLOSURE OF CRITICAL RECOVERY INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS LONG ISLAND SHELTER HAS LEFT A DEVASTATING GAP AND SERIES FORCING OUR RESIDENTS INTO CYCLES OF INSTABILITY, TRAUMA AND HARM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICULARLY THOSE SURROUNDING NEWMARKET AND MASS AND CASTLE OF COURSE ROXBURY LOGAN SQUARE AREA ALL ALONG THE ORCHARD GARDENS AND THE PARKS HAVE BURNED AND BURNT AND BRUNT OF THIS CRISIS WITH FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES AS I JUST MENTIONED ALL EXPERIENCING THE RIPPLE EFFECTS RECOVER BOSTON REPRESENTS A TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD A RECOVERY CENTERED SYSTEM THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDES IMMEDIATE RELIEF BUT ALSO ENSURES LONG TERM PATHWAYS TO HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.  ALSO LOOKING FOR A SUSPENDED PASS HERE AND WITH MY COLLEAGUE RETURNING BEING THAT HE IS THE AREA AS WELL AS MASS AND CASTLE WITH MYSELF BEING THE ABUTTING DISTRICT COUNCILOR I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AS THE CHAIR OBVIOUSLY OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO SEEKING MORE RESULTS AND HOW TO SUPPORT RECOVERY. BOSTON THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN JOE TORRE SO ADDED AS AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR AND I JUST WANT TO GENERAL JOE BIDEN'S MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE BAKER FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS RECAP OF BOSTON. A LOT OF THE WORK I'VE DONE WITH MASS AND CASH SITTING SQUARELY IN DISTRICT THREE BUT OF COURSE AFFECTING ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON A COVER OF BOSTON AND WHILE NOT A PERFECT TOOL YET, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE TO SITE A THING LIKE RECOVER BOSTON BUT IT ALSO CALLS UPON THE REGIONAL APPROACH NEEDED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON MORE ON RECOVER BOSTON AND CERTAINLY SUPPORT ITS OVERALL GENERAL CONCEPTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK BECAUSE I CAN JUST CALL AS A PARTNER? DURKIN ASKED MARIA MURPHY BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE AVID SHARE COUNSELORS FOR AN AND INDIVIDUALS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0349 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0349 COUNCIL THE BRAIN COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCIL COLOR AS OF THE YES COUNCIL DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCIL OF FINANCE THE SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE THE SANDERSON YES. COUNCIL A FITZGERALD YES. FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL OF FLYNN NO. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL 15 YEARS COUNCIL OF S.A. YES. COUNCILOR S.A. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. TALKING NUMBERS 0349 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 030349 HAS PASSED, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0350 DUCK NUMBERS 0350 COUNCIL OF FINANCE SENSE AND OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR AN INNOVATIVE TURNING OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AGAIN THIS IS ALSO A REFERRAL. I AM COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY RESIDENT REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE HAS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT PROMOTE A HEALTHY AND THRIVING LIFE. WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE ROXBURY FACE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGHER RATES OF CHRONIC ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, ASTHMA AND DIABETES ALL OF WHICH ARE DEEPLY LINKED TO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN FREE ACCESSIBLE FITNESS SPACES THAT EMPOWER OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTH WHILE FOSTERING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AS WE CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM COVID 19 PANDEMIC. I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A GOOD 4 TO 5 YEARS NOW BUT STILL RECOVERING. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE PRIORITIZE OUTDOOR WELLNESS SPACES, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND INTEGRATE CULTURALLY RELEVANT HEALTH INITIATIVES AND REFLECT THE VIBRANCY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.  AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I THINK I STARTED A JOURNEY ABOUT A YEAR NOW OF WEIGHT LOSS. YES, WITH SOME ASSISTANCE IT WAS MEDICALLY NECESSARY ACTUALLY FOR MY HEALTH AND THEN BEGAN A FASTING JOURNEY THEREAFTER AFTER SOME MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND THEN AFTER WORDS. NOW JUST FINE WITH GOING TO THE GYM, EATING HEALTHY AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUING ON MY JOURNEY IN ROXBURY I'VE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH SOME PROGRAMS IN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH PARKS COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT OUTDOOR GYM AN ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR GYM RIGHT ON QUINCY STREET IN ROXBURY.  SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ALSO LOOKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASS HERE WHEN IT IS NECESSARY. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF YOU CAN BE BEAUTIFUL AND BIG AND YOU CAN BE BEAUTIFUL AND SMALL.  THIS IS NOT EVERYTHING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ATTRACTIVE BUT IF YOU ARE UNHEALTHY AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE IT IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY FOR YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH. SO I ENCOURAGE THAT AND DON'T LET ANYBODY SHAME YOU FOR YOUR SIZE OR FOR YOUR DECISION TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL IS PART OF ZAPATA DURKAN FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON'S EXPANSION OF THE ROLES AND ADOPTION OF DR. NUMBER 0350 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE EYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DR. DUNCAN NUMBER 0351 DUNCAN EMMA 0351 COUNCIL OF ANANDA SANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT AND ENSURE THE NUBIAN SQUARE TASK FORCE ITS GOALS, VISION PLAN AND COMPOSITION IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND RECOVERY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON COMES RUNNING JENNISON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I ADD YOURSELF, COUNCILOR A PRESENT ALLUSION TO AS A CO-SPONSOR I AM SO ADDED. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  WE'VE WE ACTUALLY FILED THIS AS A HEARING ORDER BUT AFTER MUCH WORK WITH YOUR STAFF THANK YOU TO YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF EMILY AND MY STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN NEWBY SQUARE TASK FORCE BUT ALSO SORT OF TRIAGING THE NEED AND DOING BUSINESS WALKS ALSO COUNCILOR SANTANA AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS HAD STAFF AT THE NEWBY SQUARE TASK FORCE AND I ACTUALLY SEEN SOME OF YOUR STAFF ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH BUSINESS WALKS WITH YOU. SO I APPLAUD ALL OF YOU AT-LARGE COUNCILORS BUT PARTICULARLY A SPECIAL THANKS TO EMILY WHO I KNOW GOES THROUGH THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND WORKS WITH THEM TO MITIGATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND WE WE KNOW WE HAVE THE ANSWERS. WE KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THEM. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES. I THINK HERE IT'S LOOKING AT THE BEST WAY TO COORDINATE ACROSS DEPARTMENT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS BUT ALSO LOOKING INTO OUTSIDE PARTNERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PORCHLIGHT. THERE'LL BE SQUARE FOUNDATION AS WELL AS MANY MORE METRO LIFE INC AND ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT AND THANK YOU TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES FOR YOUR PATIENCE, FOR YOUR COMPASSION, FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE THROUGHOUT THIS I DO THINK THAT WE NEED SOME SORT OF LIKE CRISIS PLAN AND BOOKLETS AND ALL OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF TOOLS AS WELL OUTSIDE OF COORDINATED SERVICES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION OR DE-ESCALATION IN TERMS OF THIS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HOUSING BIG UP TO SENATOR MIRANDA WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH HOUSING AROUND IN AROUND LUBIN SQUARE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AT-LARGE COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK SUSPENSION AND PASS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR VERNON ENGINEERING FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS ISSUE AND I WANT TO JUST SHUT OUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE NUBIAN SQUARE TASK FORCE IN THEIR EFFORTS IN GETTING MORE RESOURCES IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROMISED TO NUBIAN SQUARE BOTH IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS AND DEALING WITH ISSUES OF HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP THE MOST TO HOW DO WE DRIVE MORE ECONOMIC GROWTH TO NUBIAN SQUARE? I THINK IT'S THIS IS ALL REALLY IMPORTANT WORK AND THERE ARE MODELS AROUND THE CITY THAT REALLY ARE HELPFUL BECAUSE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND ASSISTANCE. AND SO I WANT TO JUST THINK NUBIAN SQUARE TASK FIRST OF ALL THE WORK THEY DO YES, I DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT MY CHIEF OF STAFF EMILY FOR ALL OF HER WORK WITH THE NUBIAN SQUARE TASK FORCE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK AS WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE NUBIAN SQUARE TASK FORCE.  WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAID TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS COLETTA ZAPATA, DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA MURPHY BUT BEN SANTANA, WEBER WORLD COUNCILORS FERNANDA ANDERSON AND LOUIJEUNE SEEKS A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0351 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSE ANY MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE UNDER NUMBER 0351 ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A035 LINE COUNCILOR BRING COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCIL FINANCE MINISTER. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PEN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WHERE ELSE?  COUNCILOR OH YES. TOKEN NUMBER 0351 AS WE SEE 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 0351 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 03522. I CAN NUMBER 0352 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROTECTIONS IN THE SQUARES AND STREETS REZONING INITIATIVE.  THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND I THIS COMES FROM MEJIA BECAUSE I'M HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY RISE FIRST OF ALL AND THANK COUNCILOR FOR BEING FOR THE HEARING THAT HE FILED EARLIER. AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE ADVOCATES IN THE ADMINISTRATION FOR SHOWING UP TO THE HEARING THAT WE HOSTED A FEW WEEKS AGO. I WAS PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROTECTIONS IN THE SQUARES AND STREETS REZONING INITIATIVE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT I'M IN HERE I'M STILL VERY MUCH OUT IN THE STREETS AND A ACTIVIST AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FIRST AND ORGANIZING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE ADVOCATES WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME HELPING TO EDUCATE COMMUNITIES AND EVEN COUNCILORS ON WHY THESE URGENT PROTECTION MEASURES ARE AT STAKE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR A CITYWIDE PROTECTIONS TO BE CODIFIED FULLY FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED. WITH THAT IN MIND WE HAVE DECIDED TO REFER THIS RESOLUTION TO MY COMMITTEE SO I CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK ALLOWING TIME FOR ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS AND EDUCATION.  THIS IS NOT A DELAY JUST FOR THE RECORD IN THE FIGHT FOR HOUSING JUSTICE IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN OUR APPROACH AND ENSURE THAT WE TAKE ACTION THAT IS INFORMED, INCLUSIVE AND COMMITTED TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS COUNCILORS ON FIRST NAME TODAY CASSIUS DURKAN FERNANDA ANDERSON FLYNN MURPHY. BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR AND COUNCILOR COTA ZAPATA THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0352 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0353? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FROM HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, PRESIDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT OUT OF CURIOSITY AND JUST AGAIN THIS IS ALL JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION SO I CAN LEARN THE SITUATION THAT I'M EXPERIENCING HERE. I ALREADY HAD A HEARING IN THIS PARTICULAR MATTER THAT WAS IN MY COMMITTEE AND I AM ASKING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK IN THIS COMMITTEE AND SO I WITHDREW THE RESOLUTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO THE CONVERSATION WITHIN THE COMMITTEE THAT IT HAD ALREADY STARTED IT. SO GOING BACK TO PROCESSES AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO EDUCATE ME YET AGAIN BECAUSE THIS INITIATED IN MY COMMITTEE WE HELD A HEARING THE PRACTICE WE HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE I FILED THE RESOLUTION BASED ON WHAT WE LEARNED RIGHT. THE GOAL WAS TO BRING THE HEARING I MEAN THE RESOLUTION UP FOR A VOTE HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PUT IN MY COMMITTEE, THEN I'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE INTENTION WAS FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT I STARTED DOING WHEN I FIRST FILED IT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE SITUATION THAT CONTINUES TO PLAY ITSELF OUT HERE IN THIS CHAMBER, CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT I STARTED ALREADY? OKAY. THANK YOU COUNSELOR. MEJIA THIS DOCKET WHEN I READ THIS DOCKET THIS DOCKET TO ME BELONGS IN PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I THAT'S HOW I READ THIS DOCKET. THAT'S WHERE THE CONTENT AND THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS CONVERSATION BELONGS PERHAPS MAYBE IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ANTI DISPLACEMENT HOUSING ANGLE I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTINUE CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND I THOUGHT ABOUT ABOUT WHERE DOCKET SHOULD BE PLACED SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW THE ENTIRE DOCKET AND I DON'T WANT IT TO LIVE IN ANY COMMITTEE. OKAY THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0352 IS WITHDRAWN. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0353 TALKING IN NUMBER 0353 COUNCILOR ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FULFILLING ITS PROMISE TO MEET THE MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA CLASSROOM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  TODAY I FILED THIS RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO FULFILL ITS COMMITMENT TO MADISON PARK TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE MADISON PARK IS BOSTON'S ONLY LOW TECH HIGH SCHOOL PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PREPARING STUDENTS AND ADULT LEARNERS FOR THE WORKFORCE.  HOWEVER, OUTDATED FACILITIES HAVE HINDERED ITS ABILITY TO MEET THESE NEEDS AND SUPPORT THE STUDENTS THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE BOSTON PROJECT WOULD BE SHOVEL READY BY SUMMER 2025. YET WE FACED ANOTHER DELAY AND THE CITY CHOOSES TO PURSUE ALTERNATE FUNDING A PROCESS WHICH MANY HAVE ARE CONCERNED THAT IS NO GUARANTEE THIS DELAY YET AGAIN ESCALATE THE COSTS BUT UNDERMINES THE TRUST AND STALLS CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN OUR STUDENTS AND WORKFORCE. MADISON PARK IS NOT JUST A SCHOOL IT'S A LIFELINE FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY PARTICULARLY FOR STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. EVERY DELAY THAT IMPACTS STUDENTS FUTURE BOSTON ABILITIES TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE . BUT I JUST BEFORE I, I WANT TO CLEAR UP FOR THE MISCONCEPTION THAT WE ALL MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING HERE IS THAT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW MADISON PARK IT'S BEEN I BELIEVE 13 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE REDESIGN OF THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL. THAT'S AN ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, WHOLE DECADE AND THREE YEARS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO MATH.  AND SO THIS WHOLE IDEA OF WAITING YET AGAIN FEELS A BIT OPPRESSIVE.  AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT LATER TO COME THERE WILL ALSO BE ANOTHER ACT FOR US TO SHOW SOME SOLIDARITY WITH COMMUNITY . WHYTE STADIUM IS ALSO ASKING FOR LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT IT SO NEEDS AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BECOME A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO PIT PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER. WE BECOME A CITY THAT SAYS IF YOU IF I IF YOU VOTE THIS WAY AND WE DON'T MOVE I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE OF THE O'BRIANT WHEN WE FOUGHT TO HAVE THE O'BRIANT MOVE STOPPED FROM MOVING FROM ROXBURY TO WEST ROXBURY, THE FAMILIES WHO WERE FIGHTING TO KEEP THE TO KEEP THE O'BRIANT IN ROXBURY WERE THEN MET WITH WELL NOW YOU GET NOTHING.  AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY BAD MESSAGE TO SEND TO FAMILIES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT'S INTENTIONAL AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HATE WHEN I SAY THAT WE ARE ERODING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT. I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY IT BECAUSE WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE AS A PARENT ORGANIZER IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FAITH THAT WE HAD IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT BROUGHT MEJIA AND NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED EVEN THOUGH I AM HERE.  SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING THE FIGHT. IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT YOU KNOW, I THINK MADISON MADISON PARK DESERVES TO BE PUT ON THE PRIORITY LIST.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMES WITH AN INVITATION NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR MEJIA FOR FILING THIS.  I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET UP AND, YOU KNOW, USE OUR PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS WHETHER IT BE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OR PROJECTS IN OUR IN OUR CITY BEING THAT MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IS IN DISTRICT SEVEN OF COURSE I AM IN SUPPORT OF IT AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE LAST FEW MEETINGS THAT I HAVE GONE TO TO GAIN MORE INSIGHT OR UPDATES ON WHERE WE ARE I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE BETWEEN 700 MAYBE EVEN POSSIBLY $900 MILLION TO DO WHAT COMMUNITY HAS DEMANDED AND ASK FOR. AND THEN THERE'S THERE'S SOME CONCERNS THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE PROGRAMS THAT COULDN'T BE FIT BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS AND AND THERE'S STILL THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR CONVERSATION IS STILL ROOM FOR BACK AND FORTH. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED AND PROMISED TO IMPLEMENTING OR COORDINATING OR COLLABORATING WITH MADISON PARK. THE PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE IN ADVOCATING FOR THE CURRENT STUDENTS AND SAYING LOOK, WE CAN'T FORGET OR DISMISS THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE. WE MUST COORDINATE SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON, USE OUR RESOURCES SO THAT WE RETAIN AND SUSTAIN THE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH QUALITY EDUCATION AT MADISON PARK. SO I HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR AND WAS VERY PLEASED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS VERY FORTHCOMING AND HAS FOLLOWED UP WITH MY OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALIZE THAT THOSE EFFORTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT IN PART AND IN APPLYING FOR MY VA LOAN, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE WILL NEED ASSISTANCE IF WE CAN GET STATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WE SHOULD WHERE IF WE'RE ADDING FUNDS YOU KNOW, JUST 50 MILLION OR HOPEFULLY IT STICKS TO JUST 50 MILLION OR ANY OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMING THEN WE JUST BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 2 TO 300 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. SO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S PRACTICAL. I WOULD HAVE HOPED I WOULD HAVE I PRAYED AND WISH AND PRAYED THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. I DO UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATION'S RATIONALE BEHIND THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO ADD NOT ONLY ADVOCATE BUT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS AND SUPPORT THE FRIENDS OF MADISON . I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THE FRIENDS OF MADISON I THINK THERE MAY BE LIKE ONE OR TWO HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND SPECIFICALLY TO LOUIS ALYSSA AND MANY, MANY OTHERS.  MY CLASSMATES READ FOLKS THAT I WILL GET IN TROUBLE IF I START TRYING TO REMEMBER NAMES BECAUSE I WON'T. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK MY CONSTITUENTS OR FRIENDS OF MADISON WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A HIGH QUALITY TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN DISTRICTS OFTEN FOR OVER DECADES NOW.  SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GO BACK TO ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO SAY LOOK, LET'S SUPPORT CALLS ON MEJIA AS RESOLUTION BUT ALSO LET'S COMMIT AND LET'S CREATE THESE TIMELINES, REALISTIC TIMELINES TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN EXECUTE THEIR PROMISES.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO CAST MEJIA FOR PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. I THINK WE ALL LIKE TO GET THE SCHOOL BILL TOMORROW BUT AS FRUSTRATES AS FRUSTRATING AS IT MUST BE A PROCESS IS WE SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH IT ESPECIALLY FOR A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE.  WE CAN'T LEAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE AT THE STATE THAT WAY AND WE KNOW THAT A PORTION OF OUR SALE TAX GOES TO FUNDING THAT SBA THAT'S OUR CITY MONEY AND THAT POOL AND WE DON'T I FEEL GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF IT NOW WE COULD PUSH OUR COLLEAGUES ON BEACON HILL TO SPEED UP THE MDBA PROCESS SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT SUCH A LENGTHY TIMELINE OR BETTER YET YOU KNOW START ADVOCATING FOR THE STATE TO PASS A SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR MADISON PARK SINCE IT'S LIKELY GOING TO ATTRACT STUDENTS FROM OTHER NEARBY TOWNS AND WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE REGION. I ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT THIS URGENCY. I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW LENGTHY THE SBA PROCESS IS BUT I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME IT IS OUR BEST INTEREST TO EXPLORE ALL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAP FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT ESPECIALLY THIS LARGE. SO YES, I SUPPORT A NEW MADISON PARK HOWEVER EXPLORE AND MSB FUNDING ONLY PUTS THE CITY IN A POSITION TO CONTINUE TO RENOVATE MORE SCHOOLS AND TO THE STATED ARTS FACILITIES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STUDENTS NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PIPPIN AND COUNCILOR WEBER AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND THE HORSESHOE AND COUNCILOR PIPPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM COUNCILOR WHERE L TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH WHERE I ALSO AGREE THAT MADISON PARK NEEDS TO BE REDEVELOPED.  I WENT TO SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT THE O'BRYANT AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHY ISN'T THE ONLY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN BETTER CONDITIONS? AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY AND WE TOOK A TRIP DOWN THE FALL RIVER TO VISIT DIAMOND VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT IS A STATE OF THE ART VOCATIONAL TECH SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THEY HAVE A MASSIVE PROGRAM DOWN THERE. THEY HAVE THE GREAT GREAT AUTO BODY SHOP, ONE OF THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE STATE. AND I SAID WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT HERE IN BOSTON?  SO I WANT TO BE SURE THAT MADISON PARK GETS THAT TYPE OF TREATMENT AND STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ALSO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AT THE SAME TIME.  I ALSO BELIEVE THAT DURING THESE TIMES OF FINANCIAL QUESTIONS AND WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH TAXES AND EVERYTHING, WE NEED TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE OF HOW WE GO WITH THE TIMELINE. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HOLD THE STATE ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY MORE DELAYS.  WE SHOULD TAKE OPPORTUNE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE MSB FUNDING. SO TODAY I WON'T BE SO I WON'T BE VOTING AS A BOARD OF THIS BUT I DO SUPPORT A MADISON PARK REDEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I THINK EVERYONE HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ON THIS STOCK. IT ALL COMES TO A POINT HASN'T OC COUNCIL OF OC WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR WEBER AND THEN SORRY IF I IF I MISSED THE ORDER AND THEN SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO FOLKS WHO HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO RECOGNIZED COUNCILOR FLYNN.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY CONCILOR MEJIA HERE . I LISTENED LAST NIGHT TO A COMMUNITY MEETING ON ZOOM FOR 2 HOURS. I WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I JUST WANTED TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE MADISON PARK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY I VISITED THE HIGH SCHOOL I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I HAD A WONDERFUL TOUR CERTAINLY IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AND BUILDING THE STATE OF THE ART VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IS CRITICAL.  I WENT TO A VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT DON BOSCO THAT'S NOW CLOSED.  I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 11A COUPLE OF POINTS IS THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS NOT YET SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THE MAYOR SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY YET FOR MADISON PARK AS FAR AS AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I HEARD CLEARLY LAST NIGHT.  I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE NOW STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN THE PAST OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THE REASON I SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON THE TIMEFRAME BUT WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR US TO BUILD THE STATE OF STATE OF THE ART MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL WHICH I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MAJOR PRIORITY WELL LET'S PUT IT IN THE BUDGET AND LET'S PUT IT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND BUILD IT IMMEDIATELY IN WE I DON'T THINK WE CAN RELY ON THE MASS STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY. MAYBE THEY'LL MAYBE THEY'LL BE HELPFUL. MAYBE THEY WON'T.  BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF THE COMMUNITY HAS WAITED FOR ALL THIS PERIOD OF TIME WAITING FOR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, IT SHOULD IT BE DELAYED, IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CAPITAL MONEY FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON IN MY OPINION THERE THE STUDENTS DESERVE THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER AND THEN COUNCILOR DURKIN AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO SPEAK. SORRY. OKAY.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS TRYING TO SORRY AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MESSED UP BY THE ORDER.  I JUST I SAW COUNCILOR FINISH AS ANDERSON HAD HER LIGHT ON.  THIS IS THE BUILDINGS IN HER DISTRICT. I'M HAPPY TO OWE IT TO HER, YOU KNOW, BUT I'LL JUST I'LL BE I'LL BE QUICK.  YOU KNOW, I, I I'LL I'M GOING TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES WHO OPPOSE THE RESOLUTION. I DON'T THINK IT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO LEAVE POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO CREATE A SCHOOL THAT HAS FEWER GRADES IF WE POTENTIALLY IF WE DON'T EVEN SEEK THIS MONEY. UM, WE'VE ALREADY PAID INTO THIS PROGRAM WE SHOULD BE USING THIS MONEY AND I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE US BYPASS THIS OR GIVE IT UP ARE PLACES LIKE MILTON AND NEEDHAM PLACES THAT DON'T BUILD THE HOUSING THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO THEY CAN'T WAIT TO ACCESS TO JUMP AHEAD IN THE LINE ACCESS THIS MONEY AND BUILD NEW SCHOOLS IN THEIR TOWNS. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD APPLY FOR THE MONEY AND GET MADISON PARK AND ITS STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND I JUST CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL BE OPPOSING THIS RESOLUTION BUT I DID WANT TO I DO APPRECIATE THE HEARING THAT WAS HAD AND I DO APPRECIATE THE LIGHT THAT'S BEEN SHINED BECAUSE I MEAN SHOULD WE HAVE PURSUED THIS MONEY EARLIER AS A CITY? I THINK SO. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE AT THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE AT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T PURSUE IT NOW.  AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM WATCHING BACK THE HEARING AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT LET THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T START THIS PROCESS EARLIER MAY MAKE US MAKE THE WRONG DECISION. I THINK WE SHOULD SEEK THIS MONEY AND IF THAT MEANS DELAYS BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR US TO HEAR BACK, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE NECESSARILY DELAYS TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN ACCESS THIS MONEY.  THANK YOU. AND JUST THAT'S A I AM DEEPLY FRUSTRATED THAT THREE YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T APPLY FOR THIS FUNDING. IT MUST BE LIKE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. I DON'T GET IT. I HAVE ASKED I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DIDN'T DO THIS. MADISON PARK CONTINUES TO BE POLITICAL. IT CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM ADMINISTRATION AFTER ADMINISTRATION NOT COMMITTING TO IT. WE NEED OF A TECH SCHOOL THAT IS AS GOOD AS THE ONE IN BLUE HILLS THAT IS AS GOOD AS THE ONE THAT THEY JUST BUILT OUT IMPLEMENT WHERE THEY GOT MONEY FROM THE MSB IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. I ALSO AGREE THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE LEAVING ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE. I REALLY HOPE THAT MADISON PARK DOES NOT SUFFER FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN. THAT'S WHAT BUILDS MISTRUST AND WE HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT. IT IS NOT HEALTHY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS DOWN THE LINE.  MAYBE A PROCESS TAKES SOME TIME EITHER WAY WHETHER IT'S ACCEPTED OR NOT, WE HAVE TO REBUILD MADISON PARK LIKE IT JUST HAS TO HAPPEN WITH MAYBE A FUNDING OR NOT. AND SO I THINK THE I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THAT WE DO WRONG AS A CITY WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS THAT YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE GET IN A LOT OF IN THIS IN THIS HOLDING PATTERN THAT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING TO PART OF DEPRIVING OUR KIDS OF THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY DESERVE AND THEY DESERVE BUILDINGS THAT REFLECT THE DIGNITY THAT EACH OF THEM HAVE INHERENTLY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHT HOW DEEPLY FRUSTRATED I AM THAT WE DIDN'T PRIORITIZE MADISON PARK THREE YEARS AGO AND THAT WE ARE HERE NOW AND WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO WAIT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUR DOLLARS AT THE TABLE. IT'S BAD IT'S BAD.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT I THINK IT IS VERY, VERY BAD AND I SHARE THE FRUSTRATION OF COMMUNITY ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT JUST IT'S A HOT POTATO. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST PASS IT ON FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. SO I HOPE THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS HERE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF FERNANDA ANDERSON THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO WANT TO JUST CLARIFY SORRY IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. I, I SO I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S POINT IN TERMS OF LIKE WE WE CANNOT LEAVE MONEY AT THE TABLE.  WITH THAT BEING SAID, MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU SAID IT REALLY WELL JUST TO LEAD TO MY POINT IS THAT YOU KNOW YOUR YOU DANGLE THE CARROT AND THEN YOU SAY DON'T YOU WANT THE CARROT? DON'T YOU WANT THE CARROT IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T WANT THE CARROT THEN YOU CAN'T GET IT. AND THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE WHERE WE SAW WITH JOHN O'BRIEN WHEN WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO MOVE OUT OF ROXBURY THEN IT WAS LIKE OKAY, WELL THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT THREE YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN GET MONEY FOR ANY RENOVATIONS AND THAT'S NOT THE ATTITUDE THAT WE SHOULD BE SENDING TO OR DEMONSTRATING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. AND IT DOES FEEL LIKE WHAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WHERE DID WE PRIORITIZE? WE PRIORITIZE FENWAY SOUTH END AND CHINATOWN FOR NEW SCHOOLS FOR REDBRIDGE IS IT QUINCY? WAS IT OUR TWO ARTS ACADEMY AND A SCHOOL IN DISTRICT SEVEN IN THE SOUTH END? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE AREAS AND THOSE SCHOOLS ARE PRIORITIZED THEN YOU WONDER OKAY, WHY DID WE PRIORITIZE MADISON THREE YEARS AGO AND I'M SURE THERE ARE REASONS AND I'M SAYING THAT THE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND ARE WORKING THE ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS I THINK THAT THEY DO HAVE THE BEST INTENTIONS AND WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AND ARE SAYING THAT THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE PROJECT. HOWEVER, MADISON'S BEEN WAITING OVER A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW NOW WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION SAYING OKAY NOW MADISON, BUT WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. IT DOES FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT PRIORITIZING ROXBURY AGAIN OVER FENWAY OR CHINATOWN OR SOUTH BEND. SO I WILL I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION AND IT'S A RESOLUTION. YES. NOT LEGALLY BINDING.  HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THE POINT AND IF WE CAN TO THE ADMINISTRATION IF WE CAN WE SHOULD AND IF WE CAN'T HOPEFULLY THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO THE BEST TO AT LEAST PUT A TIMELINE ON IT SO THAT WE CAN SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR WORD. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CONVERSATION AND FOR GIVING US SOME LIFE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT NO ONE IS SAYING THAT WE CANNOT APPLY FOR OTHER FUNDING STREAMS. WHAT I AM ASKING US TO DO IS WITH FIDELITY TO FULFILL THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AND WE STATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE SHOVEL READY. 2025 WELL ALLEGEDLY IT'S ON THE WEBSITE AND I THINK I KNOW WE'RE ALL LATE.  WE'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY AND I HAVE PRAYING FOR PATIENCE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I GET FRUSTRATED WITH THIS SYSTEM I LET THE WRATH BE FELT AND I AM REALLY TRYING TO CONTAIN MYSELF BUT IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE A GRADUATE ABOUT FROM CRUMBLING SCHOOLS, A CRUMBLING SCHOOL THEN TO BE A PARENT AND CONTINUE TO SEE THE COMPLETE AND UTTER DISREGARD FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS AND THEN JUXTAPOSE THAT NARRATIVE WITH THE WHITE STADIUM CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING HURRY UP AND LET'S GO AND TELL THEM THAT MADISON PARK KIDS TO HURRY UP AND WAIT.  THAT TO ME IS DIFFICULT TO GRAPPLE WITH.  YES, GO AHEAD.  TALK ALL YOU WANT ABOUT ME BUT AS A BODY WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ACT LIKE WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO PUT US HERE AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR THEM LOOK THE OTHER WAY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.  FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I HAVEN'T EVEN READ THE OTHER ONE TO THE RECORD YET.  NO, NO.  I WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE IN THIS CHAMBER AND I DIE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I SERVE.  I DO BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THAT AND A LOT MORE AND THEY'RE TIRED OF WAITING FOR THIS BODY TO STAND UP FOR THEM AND FIGHT FOR THEIR MONEY.  AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A BODY TO DO OUR JOB AND SO NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT APPLY FOR FUNDING SOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WHICH THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER BUT IT HAS BEEN 13 YEARS. THOSE KIDS AND THOSE FAMILIES DESERVE US TO DO RIGHT BY THEM. AND SO I AM NOT ASKING YOU ALL TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I'M ASKING YOU TO BE RESPONSIBLE.  WE DON'T THINK YOU CAN COMPETE WITH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS FERNANDA ANDERSON FLYNN AND MURPHY. COUNSELOR, I AM HERE. SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0353. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 0353 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A BOROUGH COUNCIL. CARLOS ZAPATA NO. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANSONE YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN.  COUNCILOR AND NO COUNCILOR SANTANA NO.  COUNCILOR SANTANA NO. COUNCILOR WEBER NO. COUNCILOR WEBER NO. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL NO. COUNCILOR WU NO EIGHT VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND FOUR VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0354 DUCK AND NUMBER 035 FOR COUNCIL. I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION FOR THE TIMELY RELEASE AND REVIEW OF FINAL PARKING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC PLANS FOR WHITE STADIUM PRIOR TO FURTHER DEMOLITION WORK.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST LIKE TO, UH I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT I HAVE SUBSTITUTED THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORIGINAL HEARING ORDER.  DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE SUBSTITUTED DOCKET? ALL RIGHT. CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE I DON'T HAVE IT EITHER . CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A SUBSTITUTED DOCKET?  ONE OF THEM?  WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE. THERE'S SOME OF US. I DON'T HAVE THE DOCKET IN FRONT OF ME. OTHERS DON'T HAVE THE DOCKET IN FRONT OF ME. AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MOTIONS JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE READING UM OKAY, I DON'T HAVE THE DOCKET IN FRONT OF ME SO LET'S TAKE FIVE LET'S TAKE UP AT 638 SIX 645 WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 65 WE'RE IN RECESS ON THE .  THANK YOU EVERYONE. I NOW HAVE COPY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDED RESOLUTION IN COUNCIL ME HERE. I KNOW THAT YOU PUT FORWARD A MOTION. CAN YOU CAN BUT CAN YOU ALSO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. THE MOTION IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE CHANGES TO THE BODY THAT WERE MADE BECAUSE THE FOLKS HAD ON THE AGENDA ONE VERSION OF THE RESOLUTION AND NOW IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE. PEOPLE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE SO DO NOT WORRY I DIDN'T CHANGE TOO MUCH. IT WAS A LITTLE TYPO THAT WE MADE IT SAID THE FIRST ONE SAID ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC PLANS AND WE FIXED IT TO THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN PLANS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SPEAKING ENGLISH IN THIS COUNTRY.  I ALSO ADDED SUPPLIER DIVERSITY AND I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AFTER A CONVERSATION WHITNEY AGREES THIS MORNING AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO WROTE A LETTER TO US.  YOU KNOW, I REALLY LOVE TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AND I WAS MOVED BY THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SHARED IN THEIR LETTER SPECIFICALLY AROUND MAKING SURE THAT BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES ,EDUCATORS AND NONPROFIT LEADERS HAVE VOICED STRONG CONCERNS REGARDING THE CITY'S LACK OF FORMAL COMMITMENT TO ENSURING MEANINGFUL INCLUSION OF BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT AND I FELT THAT THEIR ADVOCACY WARRANTED ME ADDING THIS TO THE WHEREAS CLAUSE. AND SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT I'VE MADE TO FOR THE MOTION TO MOVE SOMEBODY SECONDARY AND BASIC WELL NO THAT'S NOT IT BUT LOCATED BUT MOTION IS SECONDED WHICH MEANS IT'S PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY FOR DELIBERATION.  YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A COMMENT OR QUESTION NOW IS THE TIME. OKAY ALL RIGHT.  IS PAUL IN FAVOR OF THE SUBSTITUTION? SAY I ALSO SAY NAY. THIS AMENDED RESOLUTION IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE BODY AND NOW WE ARE AT A PLACE WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS SUBSTANTIVELY THE CONTENT OF THE RESOLUTION. SO CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE COFFEE YOU USE THAT WORD AGAIN AND I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW IT. I MEAN I DON'T DRINK COFFEE. WELL WHATEVER I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN. YEAH. SO CITY COUNCILMAN LET'S DO THAT AGAIN. LET'S DO THAT AGAIN. SO YEAH SEE CAN YOU FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT SUBSTANCES YOU MEAN CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC SO YOU OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE SUBSTANCE WHERE THE LETTER WAS THAT WOULD MEAN SUBSTANTIVE . YEAH. SO IF YOU THINK THIS PROCEDURE PROCESS AND THEN THERE'S THE SUBSTANCE THERE'S LIKE THE MEAT OF IT RIGHT PROCESS IS HOW YOU GET TO THE MEAT. SO YEAH YEAH THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSLATION I APPRECIATE YOU ARE MOST WELCOME YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. SO FOR MY COLLEAGUES I'VE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED AND SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER IS A PROVISION, YOU KNOW, TO PAUSE UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ALSO VOTE ON THE WAY 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING SITUATION THAT HAS OCCURRED.  SO I WANT TO START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE STRONG SUPPORT FOR RENOVATING WHITE STADIUM. LET US NOT GET CONFUSED ABOUT WHY WE ARE HERE.  MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HERE BELIEVES THAT WHITE STADIUM SHOULD BE RENOVATED. EVERYONE INCLUDING THE THOUSANDS OF EMAILS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THERE SEEMS TO BE A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.  I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT WE DO BELIEVE THAT WHITE STADIUM AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FIRST THE RESOLUTION THAT I FILED TODAY IS NOT ABOUT SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING THE PROJECT ITSELF OR WHETHER BOSS NATION SHOULD USE SPACE IN A PUBLIC PARK. THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THIS CHAMBER AND I WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES I NEED TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR Y'ALL. THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE AS A CITY COUNCIL ARE RESPONSE STEWARDS OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY.  NOW I RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES MAY PREFER TO REFER THIS MATTER TO COMMITTEE RATHER THAN TAKE A VOTE AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO THAT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN Y'ALL DO IT.  HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO URGE YOU TO TAKE A BOLD STANCE TODAY AT OUR NINE HOUR HEARING MANY VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CITING ABSENCE OF ALTERNATIVE PLANS OR REAL CHOICES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE CASE FOR EVERYBODY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT PRESENTATIONS PEOPLE WENT TO BUT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE NOT EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKED LIKE AT THE SAME TIME MANY CONSTITUENTS SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND OPPOSED ANY DELAYS YET ON BOTH SIDES MANY VOICES STILL REMAIN UNHEARD.  DURING THE HEARING THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLIER DIVERSITY BUT WITHOUT WRITTEN COMMITMENTS AND CLEAR PLANS THERE IS NO WAY TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION OR THIS BODY ACCOUNTABLE.  VERBAL ASSURANCES ARE NOT ENOUGH.  WE NEED ENFORCEABLE COMMITMENTS TO ENSURE EQUITY IN THIS PROJECT WE'RE ASKING FOR A PAUSE AND SO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC RECEIVE THE FINAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS PARKING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THE SUPPLIER DIVERSITY WHICH I WANT TO KNOW THAT IT WAS THE BLACK MAN, THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS A COMMISSION THAT REALLY TOOK THE CHARGE AROUND THE SUPPLIER AND DIVERSITY CONVERSATION.  SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WERE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY HAS NOT PRESENTED ANY ALTERNATIVE DESIGN PLANS WE WENT WITH. IT'S LIKE YOU GET WHAT YOU GET AND YOU DON'T GET UPSET. THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO BUSINESS HERE Y'ALL. USUALLY WHEN THERE'S AN RFP THAT GOES OUT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES IN THE PROCESS. THERE IS A PROCESS AND WE ARE SETTING THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT SETTING THE PRESIDENT'S HEAR ALL DAY TODAY BUT EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND WE KEEP SETTING PRESIDENCIES THAT'S CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.  AND SO WITHOUT FINALIZING THESE DETAILS IN THESE FINAL COMMITMENTS, WE CANNOT UPHOLD OURSELVES AND OUR DUTY AS BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF THIS AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE CONDUCT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ABILITY. NOW YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF EMAILS ABOUT HOW WE'RE UTILIZING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE HAVE BEEN PUT ON BLAST ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM INCREASING IN PROPERTY TAXES TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING BUT YET HERE WE ARE, HERE WE ARE SAYING IT'S OKAY TO SPEND ALMOST $200 MILLION ON ONE PROJECT DIGRESSING HERE.  LAST YEAR THIS COUNCIL APPROVED UP TO 15. THE LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL APPROVED UP TO 50 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR WHITE STADIUM AND TODAY WE'RE BANKING ON ANOTHER 50 MILLION THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THIS PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING YET REVIEWED, DELIBERATED OR EVEN VOTED ON THE 20 2026 BUDGET. IS THAT THE TYPE OF BODY THAT WE WANT TO BE THAT WE ARE WILLING TO COMMIT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITHOUT HEARING HOW THOSE IN THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT? SO WE'RE LITERALLY GIVING YOU AN ADVANCE HERE ON GOOD FAITH. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT OUR CONSTITUENTS TO BELIEVE? THAT'S HOW WE DO BUSINESS IN THIS CHAMBER?  I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK SO WITHOUT HAVING YET DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND YOU'RE GOING TO EXPECT US TO LIKE JUST GO NILLY TAKE OUR TAKE THIS SITUATION AND JUST TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE WITH NOTHING IN WRITING AND NO COMMITMENTS.  NOW IS THE TIME TO REASSESS OUR APPROACH AND ENSURE THAT WE MAKE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS RATHER THAN GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS COUNCIL CONTINUES TO BE CAPABLE OF JUST RUBBISH STAMPING PROPOSALS ALONG THE WAY. I SAID IT. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO HIT PAUSE, ASK FOR CLEAR COMMITMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS HANDLED RESPONSIBLY.  THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SMART TRANSPARENT CHANNELS PARISH DECISIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR CITY FOR YEARS TO COME.  AGAIN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT MEAN OPPOSING THE RENOVATION PLAN WHICH IS THE NARRATIVE THAT HAS BEEN OUT IN THE STREETS.  IT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE AS THIS BODY RIGHT IS DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPERATING WITH ALL THE FACTS THAT WE HAVE, ALL THE PLANS AND ALL THE FINANCIAL DETAILS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. AND IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING THINGS RIGHT, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT WE WOULD RATHER CONTINUE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN YONDER AND I STRUGGLE I HAVE BEEN SINCE THIS THIS PARTICULAR TERM HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING SINCE I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER AND IT AND IT'S NOT JUST WHITE STADIUM, IT'S A BRICK.  IT IS IT IS THE GANG DATABASE. IT IS THE ABOLISHING THE BPA. IT IS EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING IN WAYS THAT UNDERMINE OUR POWER.  WE ARE JUST LITERALLY SAYING HERE'S THE CHECK BUT WHAT ARE WE SAYING TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE THAT THEIR VOICES DON'T MATTER, THAT THEIR CONCERNS GO COUNTS?  I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE MOMENT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS AS USUAL AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS.  THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST . THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO BE LEFT WITH THE TAB IF THE SITUATION DOESN'T MANIFEST. PEOPLE WANT TO GAMBLE BUT THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR PRIMARILY LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE THE AFTERTHOUGHT. I DON'T SEE US TRYING TO DO THIS AND BOSTON COMMONS BUT I CAN COME TO FRANKLIN PARK AND JUST SAY WE CAN EXPLOIT IT AS WE SEE FIT. NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT TO PEOPLE AND THEN EXPECT THEM TO TRUST US. I AM ASKING FOR A PAUSE UNTIL WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND I CAN'T APPROVE OR EVEN FATHOM THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL BUDGET AND WE SPENT $110 MILLION ON AN ACCELERATOR FUND. WE ARE ABOUT TO SPEND $100 MILLION ON THIS WHITE STADIUM.  NOW I GREW UP POOR. IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO JUST LET MONEY GO LIKE THAT. IT REALLY IS.  I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO START ASSUMING SOME FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND YES, I FOUGHT FOR MADISON PARK. YES, I DID THAT. I DID. I ASKED THE CITY TO FULFILL ITS PROMISE TO MADISON PARK AND NOW I'M ASKING THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL TO FULFILL ITS PROMISE TO THOSE THAT THEY SERVE IF THAT IS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.  AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I SAY BE READY, I CAME HERE READY BUT I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I ALREADY TOLD YOU ALL AND I KNOW I WON'T BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW.  I WAITED A LONG. YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOW I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T TRUST THIS BODY AND I KNOW THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND I AM GOING TO DO A LITTLE VIDEO RECAP SO YOU CAN SEE OF HOW MANY TIMES WE UNDERMINED OUR ABILITY TO DO OUR JOBS IN THE INTERESTS OF JUST BEING A RUBBER STAMP AND WE CAN'T KEEP DOING BUSINESS THAT WAY AND EXPECTING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE HERE TO DO THEIR JOB IF WE DON'T HAVE THE POLITICAL COURAGE AND WILL THAT IT TAKES TO SPEAK UP.  LOOK, I'M ALMOST LOSING MY VOICE AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT SOMETIMES HAS TO SAY THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE FEEL AND I DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO NOT BE HEARD. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE DISREGARDED AND DISMISSED AND THAT'S WHY I TAKE THOSE THINGS SO PERSONAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS FEEL LIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN WE IGNORE THEM.  AND SO I AM ASKING FOR A PAUSE AND FOR A CONSIDERATION FOR US TO DO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND FOR US TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND GET THE ANSWERS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN MOVE ON. BUT WE NEED TO WE NEED WE NEED WE NEED EVERYTHING IN WRITING. WE NEED A TIMELINE.  WE NEED COMMITMENTS AND WE NEED THE CITY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THEIR END TO ASSURE THOSE WHO ARE STILL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY WE'VE BEEN MOVING.  AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION AND REQUEST TO HAVE AND I WILL BE SPEAKING AGAIN JUST SO YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGONIZES COUNCIL PHONE CALLS PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE I SPEAK MAY I ASK CAN'T SIT HERE AND CONSTANTLY HEAR A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR.  YOU MAY THINK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILOR ME HERE. YOUR RESOLUTION IS PAUSING THIS PLAN.  CAN YOU GIVE A GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND MAYBE IT HELPS SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN TERMS OF PAUSING THE PLAN.  ARE YOU SAYING AFTER THE BUDGET IS SIGNED SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING IN THE BUDGET? SO PAUSING THE PLAN MAYBE UNTIL JUNE OR JULY?  THANK YOU COUNCILOR ME HERE THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNTER MEJIA. YOU MAY RESPOND. YES. SO YOU KNOW THIS THIS YOU KNOW SOMEBODY SAID TO ME THAT I HAVE TO WATCH MYSELF HERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AT STAKE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL TEND TO LOSE BY ME UTILIZING MY MICROPHONE THE WAY THAT I AM. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT ONLY WITH FEAR I'M GOING TO KEEP ON SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS BORN TO DO.  YEAH, THERE IS AN ACCELERATE A TIMELINE BECAUSE THERE IS A GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WAY STADIUM IS READY FOR THE 2026 SOCCER TOURNAMENT I BELIEVE RIGHT SO BECAUSE THERE IS THAT DESIRE TO HURRY UP I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE COMPLETELY ADVERSE TO A JUNE DELAY. BUT I'M CURIOUS THE BUDGET COMES OUT IN APRIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THE VERY LEAST SEE THE NUMBERS AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH BEFORE WE START PUTTING ASIDE $50 MILLION FOR A PROJECT THAT IS STILL RIGHT NOW LIKE THERE EVEN IN THE LAWSUIT LIKE WE STILL DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE SHOULD EVEN BE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL I THINK PAUSING FOR ME IS LIKE I NEED THE TRANSPORTATION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THE PARKING AND THE SUPPLIER DIVERSITY AT LEAST SOME COMMITMENTS AND SOME UNDERSTANDING AND AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN PLAN IS THAT IT'S COMPLETELY PUBLIC THAT IS NOT PRIVATE.  IF THEY CAN DO THAT, IF THEY CAN DO THAT BY THE END OF MARCH ,YOU KNOW, OR FEBRUARY BUT THEY CAN'T JUST TAKE MONEY WITHOUT GIVING US SOMETHING TO WORK WITH. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A PAUSE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS. BUT YEAH, I THINK YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY I THINK THE BUDGET IS A PART OF THAT. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER I'M HOPING BEFORE I'M OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ON THAT YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THE PENDING BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AND THE LACK OF FINANCE YOU KNOW, PARALYZED PUBLIC FUNDING PLAN, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT ALL MAJOR FINANCIAL DECISIONS REGARDING STADIUM REMAIN ON HOLD UNTIL THE COUNCIL HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND VOTE ON THE LOOK THE 2026 BUDGET. YEAH I THINK SO.  DO THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION. I THINK THE ANSWER SHE PROVIDED IS IS IS A GOOD ANSWER. IT'S A PAUSE.  IT'S NOT A COMPLETE STOP OF THE PROGRAM. I THINK GETTING MORE FINANCIAL DATA BASED ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND SEE HOW IT IMPACTS CONSTRUCTION AND THIS PROJECT AND OTHER PROJECTS.  I THINK IT'S I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE IN MY OPINION.  I THINK THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD PURSUE.  I, I WAS ALSO HERE AND COUNCILOR MEJIA MENTIONED IT WAS A NINE HOUR MEETING AND WE LISTENED CLOSELY TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUT WE ALSO LISTENED CLOSELY TO IMPACTED RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS AND CITY IN BOSTON RESIDENTS MANY SUPPORTED IT. MANY THEY ASKED FOR US TO POSIT BASED ON VARIOUS VARIOUS ISSUES BUT THE NINE HOUR MEETING WHAT WAS CLEAR ABOUT IT IN MY OPINION WERE THERE WAS SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND GOOD QUESTIONS AND NOTHING AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION BUT THEY JUST COULDN'T BE ANSWERED AT THIS TIME.  THERE NEEDED TO BE MORE RESOURCES THAN THERE NEEDED TO BE MORE DISCUSSION AND THERE NEEDED TO BE MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CLEARLY THAT'S STILL ONGOING. RESIDENTS STILL HAVE CONCERNS.  DR. MCGUIRE, WHO'S 92 YEARS OLD, THE 93 SHE WAS AT THAT NINE HOUR MEETING TODAY AND SHE'S HERE WITH US TODAY.  SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T IMPORTANT TO HER. SHE'S BEEN IN THIS CITY A LONG TIME AND SHE'S PROBABLY THE MOST STRONGEST ADVOCATE FOR FRANKLIN PARK AND SOMEONE SOMEONE WE RESPECT FOR HER WORK AS AN EDUCATOR AND A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.  SHE HAS QUESTIONS THAT SHE DOES DR. MCGUIRE DESERVE ANSWERS TO SIMPLE QUESTIONS TO HER NEIGHBORS DESERVE ANSWERS TO SIMPLE QUESTIONS. I THINK THEY DO.  I THINK THEY EARNED IT.  I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE COMMUNITY PROCESS.  I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS ENSURING RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN HEARD AND RESPECTED AND WE'RE NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.  MAYBE WE'LL GET THERE. I DON'T KNOW.  BUT THE PROPOSAL COUNCILOR MEJIA IS OFFERING MAKES SENSE. DO WE WANT TO BE AS A CITY COUNCIL BODY THAT'S BASICALLY A RUBBER STAMP.  THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO OR DO WE WANT TO ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND PAY A POLITICAL PRICE AND PAY A POLITICAL PRICE. THAT'S THAT. THOSE ARE THE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEBATING HERE. BUT I THINK THE RESIDENTS DESERVE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE FROM US AS CITY THE CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS THEY DON'T DESERVE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT COME IN HERE AND DON'T TAKE THE JOB SERIOUSLY AND DON'T SHOW UP FOR MEETINGS, DON'T ASK QUESTIONS AND JUST SAY I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT BASED ON THE ADMINISTRATION. WE NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN HIS PROPOSAL IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT HER BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REASONABLE AND I THINK IT'S FAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS WEBER COUNCIL WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND YOU KNOW I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH MY CONSTITUENTS YOU KNOW, THE STADIUM IS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF THE ABUTTERS ARE IN DISTRICT SIX. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK, WHAT BENEFITS ARE, WHAT THE HARMS ARE.  UM, YOU KNOW AND I GUESS YOU KNOW I THINK POLITICS IS OFTEN YOU KNOW IT'S TOO OFTEN ABOUT DIVISION.  THE WHITE STADIUM IS CERTAINLY A HIGHLIGHTED THAT UH, YOU KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW WE HAD A NINE HOUR HEARING HERE AND WE HEARD UH, YOU KNOW PRIMARILY FROM ONE SIDE ABOUT HOW THEY OPPOSE THE PROJECT.  UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD LITTLE SNIPPETS OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT I THINK EVERYONE SEEN THE EMAILS AND THEY'VE GOTTEN THE PHONE CALLS. THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE PROJECT.  THERE ARE ALSO LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE PROJECT INCLUDING THE FRANKLIN PARK COALITION WHO'S THE STEWARD OF THE PARK. UM A LOT OF RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT HIGHLIGHT THAT THE HULA CAFE AND JP CIRCULATED A PETITION OVER THE WEEKEND TO SEE WHO WOULD SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND THERE YOU KNOW IN FOUR OR FIVE DAYS THEY'VE GOTTEN ABOUT 380 PLUS SIGNATURES.  UM, AND YOU KNOW IT'S SO WE HAVE A DIVIDED COMMUNITY AT LEAST IN DISTRICT SIX I THINK PROBABLY ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE COUNCILOR MARIA AT HER WORD THAT WE DO AGREE ON SOME THINGS. WE WOULD AGREE THAT THIS STADIUM NEEDS TO BE RENOVATED. WE AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO INVEST IN KIDS. WE AGREE THAT OUR FACILITIES FOR KIDS ALL ACROSS THE CITY ARE FALLING APART AND HAVE BEEN ,YOU KNOW, LEFT IN DECAY AND WE ALSO AGREE AND I THINK THIS GOES TO YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT SEVEN COUNCILORS POINT ABOUT INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT THIS AREA OF THE CITY HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR WAY TOO LONG AND HAS HAD THE STADIUM SITTING THERE UM, VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE FOR YEARS.  UM, THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT WILL CREATE A STADIUM THAT WORKS THAT WILL BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR KIDS, THAT WILL BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE HEARD SOME THINGS AND YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S WHERE THE INFORMATION COMES FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING MISINFORMATION. I THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT JUST LAST NIGHT IN A COMMUNITY MEETING A LONG TERM COMMUNITY ADVOCATE TOLD ME HE OPPOSED THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE WERE HANDING OVER THE STADIUM TO THE SOCCER TEAM. I JUST I THINK I'VE READ THE LEASE.  IT'S JUST NOT TRUE THAT THE CITY IS THE OWNER AND CONTROLLER OF THE STADIUM SOCCER TEAM WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLAY 20 GAMES IN THE STADIUM AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT WE WILL GET A HUGE INVESTMENT THAT'LL BE IN THE STADIUM FOR KIDS AND A PLAN TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN THAT STADIUM. IT'S $400,000 A YEAR ACCORDING TO LEASE IN RENT $500,000 A YEAR FOR A COMMUNITY PLAN A DOLLAR TICKET FOR THE COMMUNITY, ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THE REVENUE THAT THE TEAM WILL DEVELOP FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM THIS YOU KNOW THIS IS I AGREE THAT THE NUMBERS SEEM VERY LARGE AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS HAS NEVER ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION THIS PROJECT BECAUSE EVERY TIME ANYONE LOOKS AT IT THEY SAY OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW $20 MILLION BACK IN THE EIGHTIES $40 MILLION THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH. WE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE HEARING THAT TO DO THE PROJECT BY THEMSELVES THEY ESTIMATE IT WOULD COST OVER $100 MILLION. WE HAVE WE HAVE A POOL QUALITY POOL THAT COSTS $35 MILLION. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT MADISON PARK WHICH IS $800 MILLION. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT WE'RE LEFT WITH IS THE POSSIBILITY IF WE VOTE IF WE PAUSE THIS PROJECT THAT THE TEAM WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO FUND THIS PROJECT ON OUR OWN AND WE'LL STILL HAVE A STADIUM THAT IS LEFT TO DECAY AND WILL WILL NOT BE A RESOURCE FOR OUR KIDS. I JUST IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW WE'VE HEARD ABOUT ALTERNATIVE PLANS I WILL SAY IN BEING IN ALL THESE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY AND THE TEAM THAT HAVE REVISED THE PLAN I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT THE ALTERNATIVE THAT THE OPPONENTS WANT BUT THE THE STADIUM HAS BEEN REVISED SEVERAL TIMES IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IN ADDITION TERMS OF TRAFFIC PLANS, I DO THINK THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT ON WALNUT AV RIGHT ALONG THE PARK WE'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS THE TEAM AND THE CITY HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT THE NEIGHBORS SUPPORT YOU KNOW PREDOMINANTLY SUPPORT FOR THE MAJORITY SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE STREET, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO ALLOW SHUTTLE BUSSES TO COME IN DURING THE GAMES. IT'S GOING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, AND THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES EVERY DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.  ANOTHER THING WE'VE HEARD ABOUT COMMUNITY PROCESS AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A COMMUNITY PROCESS. I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF MEETINGS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROCESS.  I HOPE AT SOME POINT WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE I FEEL ARE OKAY WITH THE COMMUNITY PROCESS WHERE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE OUTCOME. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER HAPPENED. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A PLACE CALLED FLAT CITY PARK IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND THERE WAS A COMMUNITY PROCESS AND SOME PEOPLE REALLY LIKED IT AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SOME OF THE NAME PLAINTIFFS IN THE LAWSUIT AND THEY LIKED IT BECAUSE THEY GOT A DOG PARK THAT WE NEED IN JAMAICA PLAIN RIGHT NOW THAT PARK IS BEING TORN UP. THERE'S A DOG PARK GOING IN SOMETHING WE NEED PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T LIKE IT OR THE ABUTTERS THEY DIDN'T WANT A DOG PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE BUT WE NEED TO TO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED.  OKAY. THE ABUTTERS DIDN'T LIKE IT. I ADVOCATED FOR THE DOG PARK AND YOU KNOW MY PREDECESSOR ADVOCATED FOR THE DOG PARK OVER THE ABUTTERS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED FOR OUR DOGS SO THEY COULD RUN AND PLAY AND HAVE A SPACE.  I WANT US TO DO TO TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUR KIDS SO THEY CAN RUN AND PLAY TO THIS STADIUM WHILE THE PRICE TAG IS HIGH AND IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THE ADMINISTRATION ANSWERS QUESTIONS HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN. I SUPPORT THE PLAN I AND I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THE RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW I'VE WRITTEN TO MY CONSTITUENTS IT'S NO SURPRISE WHAT I'M SAYING HERE.  I SAID IT LAST NIGHT. I SAID IT AND IN STATEMENTS TO THEM YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY WE CAN'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING BUT AND I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, ON EVERY ISSUE INCLUDING ON THE STADIUM. BUT I DO IT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.  I WANT TO WANT THIS TO GO FORWARD AND I WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE THIS FACILITY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSTANTINI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN VERY PUBLIC ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT IN MY STADIUM.  MY ROXBURY KID GREW UP ON MISSION HILL, USED I WENT TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I ALSO USED WHITE STADIUM DURING MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RUN TRACK UM AND YOU KNOW LIVED EGGLESTON SQUARE ACTUALLY AT THE END BY THE END OF THIS WEEK WILL BE MOVING BACK INTO DISTRICT SEVEN RIGHT ACROSS WHITE STADIUM RIGHT ACROSS FRANKLIN PRIVATE YOU SAY SO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS AREA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME FROM A PERSONAL LEVEL BUT SINCE DAY ONE I'VE BEEN ON THIS HE I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR OUR YOUTH OUR YOUTH, OUR STUDENT HOURS TO OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY HAS BEEN TO MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE YOU KNOW WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS OR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I THINK THERE'S A MISSING PIECE IN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND THAT'S BEEN OUR YOUTH. OUR YOUTH HAVE NOT BEEN HERE TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE OR OR OPPOSE THIS PROJECT AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE FAILED IN THAT AREA. BUT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOUTH.  I HAVE A FEW YOUTH AMBASSADORS IN MY OFFICE. I'M ABLE TO ATTEND AND VISIT MANY SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY AND A LOT OF OUR YOUTH HAVE ASKED ME YOU KNOW, ARE AS A PART OF THIS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY THAT THEY CAN THAT THEY CAN ENJOY. SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT DECISION YOU MAKE, YOU NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY.  I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THE YOUTH. THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S QUESTIONS STILL ABOUT TRAFFIC. THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKING. I URGE THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND TO CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY PROCESS.  BUT I AM IN FAVOR AND SUPPORT OF WHITE STADIUM AT THE RENOVATED WHITE STADIUM. I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN ASSET TO TO OUR TO OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN ASSET TO OUR OUR YOUTH.  THIS WOULD BE AN ASSET TO OUR STUDENTS.  AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO AMPLIFY SOME OF THE WORDS THAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR WEBER MENTIONED. I ALSO I THINK JUST TWO DAYS AGO HAD A RESIDENT GIVE ME A CALL AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAD WAS THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE A SPORTS CITY OF BOSTON OWNED AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WILL BE BP'S. ALL RIGHT AS I WOULD BE ALSO THAT LEASE AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THIS THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR FOR OUR FOR OUR VIPS STUDENTS AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT I REALLY WANT TO URGE I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED AND JUST BECAUSE I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND THE RENOVATIONS DOES NOT MEAN THAT I'M STILL NOT GOING TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE TO IMPLORE THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE GOTTEN UP TO SPEAK. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THE GOOD THING IS IS THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE NOW WITH THIS BODY FOR ALMOST A YEAR SO I DON'T EVEN TAKE THINGS AS PERSONAL AS I USED TO BECAUSE IT'S LIKE OKAY, I'M DOING MY JOB IF I DON'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, I'M STILL I STILL WIN.  WHETHER I LOSE I STILL WIN BECAUSE I'M DOING MY JOB AND I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT SO I DON'T TAKE THESE ROLES AS MUCH AS I USED TO BEFORE BECAUSE BEFORE OH MY GOD THE VOTES USED TO BE TAKEN IN THIS CHAMBER. I'D GO HOME AND CRY. I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.  I'VE LEARNED TO JUST ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT I CANNOT CHANGE SO I'M OKAY WITH IT AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE MAD. I DON'T WORRY, FLYNN. I SEE YOU, FITZ. YOU KNOW YOU STILL MY NUMBER ONE.  BUT ANYWAYS, UM, I I I WANT FOR THOSE AGAIN WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION. MY DAUGHTER'S AN ATHLETE. OH.  I STARTED OFF MY CAREER IN THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPACE.  I'VE DEDICATED MY ENTIRE CAREER TO UPLIFTING THE VOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. IN FACT, TODAY I RECEIVED CALLS FROM YOUNG PEOPLE URGING ME TO SUPPORT AND TO STAND WITH STUDENTS FIRST. NO ONE ASKED THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A PERSON, IF YOU'RE MARGINALIZED AND CHASTISED FOR SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER, YOU'LL NEVER GET INVITED BACK TO SPACES AND PLACES AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE MINDFUL THAT THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION BECAUSE EVERYBODY KEEPS TRYING TO SWITCH UP WHAT IT IS THAT I'M ASKING FOR AND FOR THE RECORD I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY EVERYBODY WANTS WHITE STADIUM TO BE RENOVATED.  EVERYBODY BELIEVES THAT BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN DESERVE TO HAVE QUALITY FACILITY EASE.  WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. I THINK THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE AND WHAT I'M HERE TO DELIBERATE ON IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF HYPOCRISY AROUND FINANCES HERE BECAUSE AND THE MADISON PROJECT MADISON PARK Y'ALL WERE ALL LIKE OH WE GOT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND I DON'T KNOW BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT LANGUAGE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT RHETORIC.  WHERE DID THAT GO ALSO? SO IT'S DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS RIGHT?  WE'RE GOING TO PLOW THROUGH THE HOOD AND BUILD THE STADIUM THAT ALLOWS OUR KIDS TO PLAY IN IT BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME ALLOW IT TO BECOME AN ENTERTAINMENT SPACE.  LET'S REALLY THINK ABOUT GENTRIFICATION HERE. LET'S REALLY THINK ABOUT CHUCK TURNER.  LET'S REALLY THINK ABOUT THOSE FOLKS WHO CAME BEFORE US TRYING TO REMAIN HERE.  I DON'T GOLF, I DON'T PLAY SOCCER. THERE'S A PRIVILEGE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THIS IS ABOUT CLASS AND IT'S ABOUT PRIVILEGE.  YEAH, I'M GOING TO SAY IT. I'M GOING TO SAY IT. THIS SITUATION AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING SO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE ROXBURY, MATTAPAN, DORCHESTER LOW INCOME BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SAID Y'ALL ARE DECIDING THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH A WHITE STADIUM SUPPORTING A WOMEN'S SOCCER SITUATION IN A BLACK COMMUNITY IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN SUPPORTING MADISON PARK LIKE Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT ONE. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT ONE AND YES, WELL PLEASE PLEASE NO, NO, NO. THE I'M HERE MY DRINKING FROM NO, BUT HERE'S THE DEAL. HERE'S THE DEAL. RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME FOLKS GET REAL FUNNY WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT RACE BUT I GOT TO TELL ABOUT RACE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT CLASS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT PRIVILEGE.  ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE AT PLAY RIGHT NOW AND THE REASON WHY I CAN SAY THOSE THINGS WITHOUT FEAR IS BECAUSE I AND I'VE SAID IT A HUNDRED TIMES I DO THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO NOT BECAUSE I HAVE TO AND I DON'T NEED THE TITLE TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I SERVE BECAUSE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE TO AND ACCOUNTABLE TO IS THE MAN UP ABOVE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT.  SO I CAN I CAN SPEAK MY MIND. I CAN SPEAK MY TRUTH. I CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I FEAR NOTHING AND THAT MUST BE THE MOST DANGEROUS THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T TOLERATE ME. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE ME OUT. BUT ANYWAYS, I KNOW YOU HATE WHEN I SAY THAT BUT I WILL JUST SAY THIS RIGHT? WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP AND SHOW UP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PUT US IN THESE SEATS.  I SUPPORT RENOVATING WHITE STADIUM BECAUSE OUR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS DESERVE THAT. I DON'T SUPPORT BEING HYPOCRITICAL AND FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE WHEN THERE'S STILL CONFLICT OF INTEREST SCENARIOS THAT HAVE BUBBLED UP TO THE TOP AND YOU'VE READ THE PAPERS SO YOU CAN'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. AND SO WITH THAT WHEN THE RFP CAME OUT WHEN COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE RFP WAS CREATED WHO PARTICIPATED, MADE IT IN THE RFP PROCESS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE DISCREPANCIES AND WE ARE SET THEN THE I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WORD WE'RE SETTING THE PRESENT PRECEDENT.  PRESIDENT THANK YOU PRESIDENT YORK FOR THE PRESIDENTS AND PRESIDENT AND PRECEDENT THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE SETTING BAD BEHAVIOR RIGHT NOW Y'ALL LAST WEEK OR THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE IN THIS CHAMBER WE PULLED OUT SOMETHING OUT OF THE GREEN SHEET AND WE BROUGHT IT UP FOR A VOTE WITHOUT DELIBERATION. RIGHT. I QUESTION THAT BEHAVIOR. I WAS WORRIED THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ACT AS SUCH BECAUSE ONCE SOMEBODY SOMETHING IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN AND I GOT CALLED OUT FOR EVEN CONSIDERING THAT I SHOULD EVEN THINK SUCH A THING AND HERE WE ARE HERE WE ARE HERE WE ARE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND AND WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND WE WANT TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE AND WE WANT ANSWERS AND WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUT WHERE YET WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING IT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN IT WE WANT TO RENOVATE WHITE STADIUM.  WE DO.  I STRUGGLE WITH THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE ARE GOING ABOUT GETTING THERE. THE FACT THAT WE HAD A NINE HOUR HEARING WAS BECAUSE HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE WERE MUTED WHEN THEY PARTICIPATED IN OTHER SPACES AND PLACES. THE FACT THAT I EVEN HAD TO HAVE A HEARING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE HEARD SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE RIGHT NOW. SO AGAIN YOU CAN WRITE UP AND SAY I BELIEVE IN YOU. I BELIEVE IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL SAID. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN JUSTICE AND RIGHT NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO FUNCTION AS A BODY BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES DEMAND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DELIVER ON THE THINGS THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON IF WE DON'T DO THIS THIS TIME IT'LL BE A PROJECT THAT'S COMING TO YOUR DISTRICT DISTRICT FOUR, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FIVE AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED EVERYBODY TO RALLY AND SUPPORT YOU BECAUSE WE'RE PLOWING THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN WHAT AND THEN WHAT? THEN WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK FOR YOU?  RIGHT? SO WE'RE SETTING THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO ROLL THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO ROLL. BUT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEY SHOW UP BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WATCHING US. EVERYBODY IS WATCHING US AND I HOPE THAT YOU PLAY PAUSE AND REWIND.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR GIVING ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN. AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.  COUNCIL FOR ME IS BROKEN TWICE. YOU'VE SPOKEN TWICE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME AND I DO WANT TO OFFER MY COLLEAGUES ARE WANT ME TO MOVE THIS ALONG SO I WILL MADAM CHAIR, I CAN WAIT UNTIL I KNOW ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES WANT TO SPEAK. NO YOU YOU MAY THE REASON I DIDN'T SEE ANY LIGHTS I KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING YOU MAY SPEAK AND THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME SPEAKING SO NO AND I THINK I'VE BEEN RESPECTFUL. I THINK I THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THE MIC. YEAH. OKAY.  MADAM MADAM CHAIR, THE THE WHITE STADIUM ITSELF MANY PEOPLE THINK IT'S TECHNICALLY 100% OWNED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY ACCURATE. I KNOW THE WHITE THE WHITE FUND ITSELF PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE ALSO THERE'S A POTENTIAL THERE IS A LEGAL CASE PENDING RIGHT NOW IN COURT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF IT BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF DEPENDING ON WHAT HOW THE LEGAL LEGAL CASE GOES IS THE CITY OF BOSTON IF THEY LOSE THE CASE IS THE CITY OF BOSTON LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OR IS IT THE WHITE STADIUM FUND OR IS IT THE IS IT THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON? I THINK THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE TO TO BE CLARIFIED AND IF COUNCILOR HERE IS ASKING FOR A PAUSE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT ONE SHOULD ALSO BE BE ASKED AS WELL BECAUSE I I DON'T KNOW I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.  AND IF THERE'S ANY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT KNOW THAT ANSWER, I I'D WELCOME THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS. BUT IF ANYONE CLARIFY ON THE WHITE STADIUM, THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WHAT IMPACT IT HAS IF BOSTON EVER LOST THIS CASE, DOES THAT MEAN BOSTON IN THE TAXPAYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE OR DOES THAT MEAN THE WHITE FUND ITSELF? I DON'T KNOW. MADAM CHAIR DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT? THANK YOU.  I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND. I OR HAVE AN ANSWER. I'M NOT AWARE SO NOT SURE. SO IF I'M THE CHAIR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILOR FLYNN ,YOU ASKED A QUESTION IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAS AN ANSWER FOR YOU THEY CAN TURN ON YOUR LIGHT IN PROVIDING ANSWER. OKAY.  IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEER SITTING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT, SO FROM FROM THE BEGINNING I THINK IT'S IT'LL BE HOPEFULLY HELPFUL THAT I TAKE US THROUGH WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE SO FAR THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS . SO THERE WAS THIS IDEA TO RENOVATE OR REDEVELOP WHITE STADIUM AND IT IMMEDIATELY LEIGH THERE WAS TALKS ABOUT LEASING IT OUT TO LESSEE OR CONTRACTOR OR DEVELOPERS THAT WOULD BRING IN SOCCER TO OR THE SOCCER LEAGUE TO WHITE STADIUM INITIALLY THERE WAS NO TALKS ABOUT YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BENEFITS OR WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE, HOW IT WOULD BE SHAPED IF IT WAS GOING TO HAVE AN EXTENSION OF IT. IT WAS JUST SPECIFICALLY REDEVELOP IT. DO REDO MY STADIUM, MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL AND HAVE THIS STADIUM BE CO-CHAIRED LEASED TO THE SOCCER LEAGUE BUT ALSO CO-CHAIRED WITH BHP'S ATHLETES . THEN MY OFFICE I THINK WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST BEING I FOR THE RECORD I AM THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR THERE DISTRICT SEVEN WHERE THE ENTIRE FRANKLIN PARK IS LOCATED IN AND BELIEVE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE MOSTLY IMPACTED MORE THAN DISTRICT SIX, MORE THAN DISTRICT FOUR, MORE THAN DISTRICT THREE OR IS IT THREE YEARS IS THREE BECAUSE OF THE BACK OF THE HILL AND HOW YOU GET TO THE PARK? I MEAN YES, EVERYONE IN BOSTON USES FRANKLIN PARK, EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OUTSIDE NEW ENGLAND. RIGHT USES FRANKLIN PARK.  BUT DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE TRAFFIC OR THE PARKING OR THE INS AND OUTS OF ALL OF THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE PARK. SO I'M BACK ON THE HILL. YES PARKING BECAUSE PEOPLE TRY TO PARK ON WALNUT AND OTHER AREAS BUT ONCE THAT'S FULL AND IT FILLS IMMEDIATELY AND ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES DO FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME YOU ARE FORCED TO GO INTO IMMEDIATELY TO PROFILE ROXBURY. THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE LOOK FOR PARKING AND SO THEY'LL START PARKING ON THE ADJACENT STREETS STREET, BLUE HILL AVENUE AND WALNUT ON THE OTHER SIDE NOT JP IN ROXBURY, HUMBOLDT OF AND ALL OF THE PARALLEL STREETS ADJACENT TO SEAVER STREET. AND SO I STARTED TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY OR THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPER LESSEES ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PROPOSE. I MET THEM THEY WERE VERY PLEASANT AND SPOKE WITH ADMINISTRATION, WORKED WITH CHIEF ALL TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS THING HAPPENING.  I IMMEDIATELY STARTED ADVOCATING ON IF THEY WERE GOING TO COME IN WITH WHAT WOULD THE IMPACT BE COULD WE DO A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY? COULD WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS? COULD WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON CONSTITUENTS? HAVE THEY LOOK HAVE THEY TALKED TO THE FRANKLIN PARK COALITION ? HAVE THEY TALKED TO GARRISON TROTTER? HAVE THEY TALKED TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA AND WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY GARRISON TROTTER NEIGHBORHOOD MAINLY BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS GROUPS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED AS WELL AND IN AT FIRST GARRISON I CHECKED IN GARRISON TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAD A MEETING AND THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE. THEY SAID OUR GARRISON PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WE WANT IT REDEVELOPED.  WE WANT A BEAUTIFUL VIABLE WHITE AND WE ALL HERE I RAN TRACK I KNOW I DON'T LOOK IT BUT I INTERACT WITH HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALL HERE DO SOME SORT OF YOU KNOW ATHLETICS IN WHITE STADIUM OR WE'VE BEEN TO A GRADUATION WE USE IT WE'RE FROM BOSTON WE KNOW HOW IT IS.  AND SO IMMEDIATELY THE CONVERSATIONS DID FEEL LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LESSEES OR THE POTENTIAL CONTRACTOR DEVELOPERS WOULD BE THERE. THEY WERE ALREADY SORT OF IN COMMUNICATION AND SO IT FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION THEIR VIEWS OF COURSE OF WHAT THEY WANTED AND SO IT FELT LIKE WE WERE COMPETING LIKE DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS WAS COMPETING WITH ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS. BUT THEN ALL OF THAT WAS DISPELLED. IT WAS VERY TRANSPARENT AND BECAME MORE OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THAT. THEN THERE WERE MEETINGS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AND CONSTITUENTS WERE FEELING LIKE DISTRICT SIX CONSTITUENTS BEING JAMAICA PLAIN AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN ROSLINDALE. RIGHT WAS GETTING MORE RESPECT THAN ROXBURY AND GROVE HOW THIS IS ACCURATE BECAUSE THEY CONTACTED COUNCILOR WEBER TO CONTACT THEM. I MEAN A REPRESENTATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO AND COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE HAVING MEETINGS FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS WITHOUT INVITING DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS IMMEDIATELY COUNCIL WEBER CORRECTED THAT INVITED ME WELCOME ME WE COLLABORATED AND THEN WE FIXED UP SO THERE SO YOU CAN SEE IT YOU CAN SEE THE TENSION BUILDING UP WHERE PEOPLE ARE FEELING MY BEING EXCLUDED. AM I NOT BEING INCLUDED THIS IS A BIG THING. CAN WE JUST USE $50,000 AND YOU KNOW, CLEAN IT UP? FIX IT UP AND KEEP AND KEEP IT JUST FOR PEACE AND COMMUNITY ARE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES NOT INCLUDING US? THEN THE ADMINISTRATION STARTED DECIDING STARTED HAVING MEETINGS THAT WERE MOSTLY VIRTUAL AND ALL VIRTUAL AND THAT DIDN'T FEEL SO GOOD. BUT FROM THOSE MEETINGS AND FROM SOME MEETINGS FOLKS WHO STARTED SAYING YOU'RE ONLY GIVING US 2 MINUTES ON ZOOM, YOU'RE MUTING US AND YOU'RE CUTTING US OFF IMMEDIATELY AND NOW WE CAN'T WE'RE NOT BEING HEARD. AND SO THE THE LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION YOU COULD SEE HERE HOW CONSTITUENTS WOULD FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING DISMISSED OR DISRESPECTED AND THE LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION OF NOT BEING HEARD BUT THE MESSAGES WERE STILL GETTING THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION THE TEAM WAS STILL TAKING NOTES ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED AND SO THEY CAME UP WITH LIKE ALL OF THESE DESIGN IDEAS AND PLANS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND B OR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WHICH ALL WENT INTO AGREEMENT. SO THE EVENTUALLY ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THIS IS WHAT TOOK PLACE AND I HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU THEY AGREED TO $500,000 ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUND CONTRIBUTION FROM THE BOSTON UNITY SOCCER PARTNERS FOR THE LIFE OF THE LEASE SO IN PERPETUITY EVERY YEAR FOR THE WORLD FOR THE LIFE OF THE LEASE EVERY YEAR $500,000 WOULD GO TO THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU WOULD HAVE THIS ADVISORY COUNCIL IS IT THEY'RE CALLING IT TO DECIDE ON, YOU KNOW, WHETHER TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND SURROUNDING PROGRAMS?  THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THERE ABOUT WHO GETS TO SIT ON THAT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND WOULD IT BE REFLECTIVE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND DISTRICT SIX IN DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL FOR OUR DISTRICT THREE ARE YOU FOR STRATEGIC FOR OF THE THREE OF THE THREE MAJOR DISTRICTS WHERE FRANKLIN PARK IS IN OR ABUTTING AND THEN AGREED ON 650 PLUS MORE HOURS PER YEAR FOR BPL STUDENTS ATHLETES TO USE IT WERE THIS WORLD CLASS PROFESSION MAINTAINED STADIUM TO REPRESENT INCREASE IN NEARLY THREE PLUS HOURS THEY AGREED A GREATLY IMPROVED VENUE RIGHT TO HOST LONG STANDING COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE YOU KNOW WE YOU KNOW THE ONE SPAM FEST AND KITTY CARNIVAL AND BIG ONES COMMITTED TO THE SOCCER LEAGUE TO COVER ANNUAL MAINTENANCE UPKEEP OF WHITE STADIUM ESTIMATED $2 MILLION PER YEAR THEY ALSO WOULD SUPPORT THE FRANKLIN PARK TREE BANK TO ADMINISTER BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL PLANT OVER 500 NEW TREES AT AN ESTIMATE OF TOTAL COST OF 1.5 MILLION. HOWEVER, CUTTING DOWN 145 TREES CAUSING THAT HARM. BUT THEN YOU KNOW THEN THE DEBATE BECAME IF WE CUT 145 TREES THESE BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, ROBUST OLDER TREES THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT BECAUSE YOUR NEW TREES 500 PLUS WOULD TAKE A VERY LONG TIME BEFORE THEY'RE AT THE SIZE OR AGE WHERE THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH. YOU KNOW, OXYGEN TO THE TO TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEN ALSO CONTRIBUTING $1 PER TICKET SOLD BY BOSTON UNITY SOCCER PARTNERS GAMES WHITE STADIUM DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO INVESTMENT FRANKLIN PARK AND I THINK THIS WAS PARTICULARLY WHEN THE FRANKLIN PARK COALITION WHO AT FIRST KIND OF WHO WAS ON THE FENCE OF SUPPORTING IT AND THEN BECAME A SUPPORT AFTER WHEN THEY SAID OKAY FINE, YOU'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN THE PARK, WE CAN COME TO SOME COMMON GROUND AND THEY MADE AN AGREEMENT AND THAT'S WHAT TRANSPIRED OVER THAT.  THE BUSTER UNITY SOCCER PARTNERS ALSO AGREED PAY CITY ANNUAL RENT PAYMENTS OF $400,000 WITH 3% INCREASE INCREASES AND 10% OF THE IN-STADIUM ADVERTISING REVENUES THAT THE BOSTON LEAGUE GENERATES AND 3% OF ALL CONCESSION SALES WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL I WAS PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS SO AS COUNCILOR WEBER AND I THINK COUNCILOR WORRELL SOME POINT IN COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS WERE AROUND 500 CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND 300 PERMANENT JOBS WITH FIRM COMMITMENT FROM THE SOCCER LEAGUE TO FOCUS ON HIRING DIVERSE THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS MINE. MY REQUEST THAT 50% OF THE PRIVATE UNDER THE PRIVATE CONTRACT WOULD BE AND 50% A AND B AND SO AND THEY COMMITTED THAT THEY AGREED TO COMMIT TO THAT. AND SO I THINK THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSTITUENTS NOT CONCERN MEJIA BECAUSE MEJIA IS ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS THE CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTING TO COUNCIL ME IS THAT IS THERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHERE THERE ARE TWO CONTRACTS? SO THE JOB PITCH IN PARTICULARLY ARE SEPARATE INTO PRIVATE AND TO PUBLIC. SO THE 91 MILLION THAT WOULD GO INTO THIS JOB WOULD BE THE PUBLIC CONTRACT AND THEN THERE'S THE PRIVATE PART WITH TO DO A SEPARATE JOB. SO WHETHER IT BE LIKE CALL IT WING WANT IT RIGHT WING AND LEFT WING AND SO THE RIGHT WING WOULD JUST BE PARTICULAR FOR THE 91 MILLION THAT THE CITY'S PROVIDING THE ALLOCATION AND THAT 91 MILLION WOULD HAVE TO BE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC BID AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUT OUT YET AND SO FOR EITHER ONE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW, THE 25% COMPLIANCE ON BIDS BUT WITH THE PRIVATE THEY'VE AGREED TO DO DOUBLE OF THAT AMOUNT AND SO I'VE RECEIVED DOZENS OF EMAILS FROM OUTSIDE CONSTITUENTS AND I PROMISE TO ACCURATELY REPORT I WOULD I COUNTED ABOUT 52 EMAILS FROM OUTSIDE CONSTITUENTS MEANING COUNCIL WEBBERS CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN EMAILING ME IN ABOUT A DOZEN TEXT MESSAGES AND SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TODAY JUST MAYBE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX TO MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE ASKING ME TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. BUT OVER HUNDREDS OF EMAILS FROM DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS SAYING THIS WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT US IF WE DON'T GET IN, I'LL GIVE YOU THIS LIST THE FOLLOWING.  AND SO IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, I JUST WANT IT CROSS IT OFF THE LIST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EVENTUALLY DO SOME SORT OF INFOGRAPHIC WHERE WE SEPARATE THE THINGS THAT CHECK OFF WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND COMPLIED WITH AND HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE WITH AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MISSING HERE. SO ENERGY EFFICIENT AND COMFORT THE BUILDING WILL MEET MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAILS CAUSE NOW I'M GOING LONG ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THE PROJECT WILL USE ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FOR HEATING, COOLING AND APPLIANCES LOW FLOW PLUMBING FIXTURES, ELECTRIC AND WATER METERS 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY LET GOLD CERTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DESIGN NET ZERO CARBON GOALS SO CHECK EXCEPT THE 145 TREES THAT GOING TO KILL TRANSPORTATION STUDY SPECIFICALLY THEY HAVE PARTICULARLY DONE TRANSPORTATION IN OUR DEPARTMENT THE TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS PLAN GUIDELINES AND SO THEY HAVE MAPPED YOU KNOW WHAT THE ROUTES WOULD BE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD PARK OUTSIDE OF THE AREA AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THEN PUT TOGETHER A PARKING PLAN THAT IF THEY IF PEOPLE PARK IN THE AREA WITHOUT A PERMIT IN DURING THESE EVENTS THAT THEY WOULD BE TOWED. BUT THEN THE COMMUNITY'S LIKE YEAH BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT NOW WHY WOULD WHY SHOULD WE TRUST YOU NOW WILL DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE AN ADDED BURDEN. AND SO WITH THAT THERE'S STUDY AND IMPROVEMENTS SO PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM SO IT'S FOR EXAMPLE THEY WANT TO UPDATE US ON THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEY ARE ASKING TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL PENDING ITEMS AND SO THAT'S A LOT IN MY OPINION THAT FROM THE DEVELOPERS AND LESSEE THEY HAVE TRIED TO COMPLY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND BIG UP TO GOSH I'M SO BAD HER NAME'S THE YOUNG MAN IN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT AND ANGIE YES I REMEMBER HER NAME WHO HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS KINDNESS JOB WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE MEETINGS AND TO COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY . MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY'VE BEEN SO RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIVE.  SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU. BUT BASICALLY AGAIN WITH THE CONFLICT THAT CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT IS THAT IS IT A CONFLICT?  NO, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE BIDDING IS NOT OUT YET. SO TECHNICALLY TECHNICALLY IF IF THE OWNER HAS THIS PROJECT AND SHE'S GOING TO LEASE SOMETHING AND SHE GOES TO, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBER AND SAYS WE I WANT YOU TO DEVELOP IT WITH PRIVATE FUNDS I LOOKED IT UP. WE CONTACTED THE THE COMMISSION AND ASKED ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND TECHNICALLY IT IS NOT ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE PERCEIVED AS AS AN ISSUE AND SO WE WANT RELEASE OF INFORMATION FOR BIDDING AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. FINANCIAL OF PROJECTS EXPENDITURES WHO PERFORMS YOU KNOW THE COST ANALYSIS YOU KNOW HOW DID WE GET THERE? HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THIS COST ANALYSIS? WE THEN SAID WE NEED A ANALYSIS AND THAT SORRY THE ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED IT RIGHT AWAY. I HAVE A COPY IF YOU MIGHT FOR MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU WANT A COPY CITY MUST COMMIT TO NOT INCREASING THE BUDGET AND THE CITY HAS ON RECORD SO THAT THEY COMMIT TO ONLY STAYING AT THIS 91 MILLION PROVIDE A COPY OF THE FINAL LEASE WHEN THAT'S AVAILABLE WE NEED THAT IMMEDIATELY A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT PLAN AGAIN THEY HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN BUT NOT THE IMPACT PLAN.  THE IMPACT ANALYSIS PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF PARKING IMPACT AS WELL. AND AS FAR AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I'M LISTING NOW THE PAIN POINTS OBVIOUSLY AS FAR AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW 150 MEETINGS. YES. BUT IF YOU COULD HAVE 1000 MEETINGS BUT IF CONSTITUENTS ARE STILL FEELING UNHEARD AND BEING MUTED AT 2 MINUTES, THEN IT BEGS THE QUESTION IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT DIFFERENTLY AND I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, TO THE ADMINISTRATION I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE HAD MEETINGS LIKE THE ONE THAT I HELD AT THE GARRISON TROTTER, LIKE THE ONE THAT I SUPPORTED BEN WEBB, COUNSELOR WEBER HAVING.  AND SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO BETTER THERE. SO ANNUAL PROJECTION CALENDAR WE WANT TO SEE ALL ALL OF THE EVENTS NOT JUST THE 20 GAMES SO IT'S 20 GAMES PLUS GAMES PLUS GRADUATIONS PLUS OTHER EVENTS EVENTS PLUS FESTIVALS PLUS CONCERTS PLUS FAN FEST PLUS FRANKLIN PARK COLLISION CONCERTS, KIDDY CARNIVALS,  FUNDRAISERS AND ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS. IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERY WEEKEND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING AT THE WHITE STADIUM.  SO IF YOU GET THAT PICTURE YOU CAN SEE WHY SOMEONE THAT LIVES NEXT TO THE STADIUM WOULD FEEL OVERWHELMED AND WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ACTUAL IMPACT. AND THEN AS FOR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY BENEFIT, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THAT. SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID AND I DO APOLOGIZE IT WAS A LOT BECAUSE YOU'RE AT 18 MINUTES. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SO SORRY BUT I DID WANT TO BE VERY DETAILED ON PURPOSE TO SAY SO I BELIEVE THAT THE DEVELOPERS OR LESSEES AND ADMINISTRATION HAVE DONE A WHOLE LOT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT COMMUNITY WANTS BUT WITH WHAT COMMUNITY WANTS COMES A LEVEL OF IMPACT STUDY AND MORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CONSTITUENTS WILL BE IMPACTED. SO IT'S LIKE I WANT THIS AND WANT THIS AND WANT THIS YES YOU CAN HAVE IT BUT THEN THERE'S ALL OF THIS OTHER IMPACT AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT THAT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO. SO I WOULD SAY THAT I'M SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT NON LEGALLY BINDING AND I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OF OF OF THE WHITE STADIUM HOWEVER THERE ARE A LOT OF PAIN POINTS HERE.  I WOULD LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE IMMEDIATE COMMITMENT DELIVERING THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE REQUESTING I'M HAPPY TO EMAIL AGAIN AND REQUEST THIS IN WRITING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE INFORMATION TO DISSEMINATE TO COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD ALSO IMPLORE THEM TO HAVE FURTHER COMMUNITY PROCESSES TO COMMUNICATING SPECIFICALLY EXPLAINING THE IMPACTS OF THOSE STUDIES THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OC COUNCILOR MEJIA I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR 2 MINUTES. YOU SIR SPOKEN TWICE SO I AND WE NEED TO MOVE THIS ALONG AND SO I'M GOING TO RELIEVE DARCY OF HER.  I'M JUST GOING TO START MY TIMER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 2 MINUTES. YEAH I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE. IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, SO JUST THANK YOU. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE MY DAUGHTER GOT HOME IN ARUBA. THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO DIDN'T GROW UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS OR NOT BUT WHITE STADIUM WAS A FOOTBALL FIELD. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIELD OF DREAMS AND I BELIEVE UNDER THIS PLAN THAT IT WILL NO LONGER ABLE TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT ALL.  AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S NOT OKAY. IT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S GOING TO BE A SOCCER THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY COULD PLAY FOOTBALL.  THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE THAT OH MY GOD, THANK GOD BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO GO CRAZY ON THAT ONE. OH LISTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE I'M SO SORRY AND OKAY, SO THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE BASKETBALL.  THERE'S A COURT HERE BECAUSE ALLEGEDLY I HEARD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE IT OUT TOO. SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF ALL THE BLACK SPORTS THEN I'M GOOD. BUT ANYWAYS, I KNOW I'M ENTERTAINING AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT MYSELF.  YOU'RE AT ONE MINUTE AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT MYSELF BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STADIUM DESERVES TO BE RENOVATED.  THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION KNOWS THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING ABOUT.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. WHERE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ME HERE AND ALL MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE GOTTEN UP TO VOICE THEIR OPINION.  THE CURRENT PLANS FOR A NEW PROFESSIONAL STADIUM PRESENTS SOME GREAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS. IT ALSO PREVENT PRESENTS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RENOVATE WHITE STADIUM AND A VENUE LIKE THIS COULD BRING A NEW ENERGY TO FRANKLIN PARK AS A DISTRICT COUNSELOR AND I FEEL LIKE SOME DISTRICT COUNSELORS MIGHT BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THIS BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE VALUE OF A CO-DESIGN MODEL WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. IN MY EXPERIENCE INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY AT THE VERY START OF A PROJECT BEFORE ANY DESIGNS ARE DRAWN LEADS COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED EARLY ON THEY FEEL HEARD AND THE INPUT CAN BE ALSO REFLECTED IN THE FINAL DESIGN. WHEN RENOVATING PUBLIC SPACES THE CO-DESIGN MODEL, THE COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE WORKING HAND IN HAND TO BRING A COLLECTIVE VISION TO LIFE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND ESPECIALLY AT THE MOST RECENT HEARING. IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR WHITE STADIUM IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROPOSED PLANS. WHAT I'M HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR FROM ALL RESIDENTS IS A DESIRE TO SEE ALL THE PLANS. ONE THAT TRULY REFLECTS THEIR PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES AND ADDRESSES THEIR CONCERNS. AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE PARK, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PROPOSED PLAN.  MANY RESIDENTS ALREADY ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE AREA'S PARKING ISSUES FROM THE ZOO, THE GOLF COURSE AND OTHER FREQUENT PARK EVENTS AND THEY ARE NOW BEING ASKED TO SUPPORT A 10,000 SEAT STADIUM THAT LACKS ANY DEDICATED PARKING GARAGE OR LOT TO ACCOMMODATE THE INFLUX OF FANS.  RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO SEEN THIS SCENARIO PLAY OUT.  THE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP PLAYED OUT BEFORE. LOOKING BACK AT THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE CAR AT A PLAYGROUND WE'VE SEEN THAT SEAT IN PARKLAND TO A PRIVATE ENTITY CAN SOUND LIKE A GOOD DEAL AT FIRST BUT IN PRACTICE IT OFTEN LEADS TO THE COMMUNITY LOSING OUT WITH $100 MILLION OR LESS. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD A NEW STADIUM.  THEN ADMINISTRATION HAS MENTIONED ALTERNATIVE PLANS THAT WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC FULL CONTROL OVER THE SPACE AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS. DECREASING THE CAPACITY FROM A 10,000 TO A 5000 SEAT STADIUM IS IN LINE WITH MOST HIGH SCHOOL STADIUMS WHICH I ALSO BELIEVE WILL HELP CUT COSTS. I'VE HEARD THE ARGUMENT THAT THERE AREN'T MANY FOOTBALL TEAMS LEFT AND THAT MOST HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER GAMES DON'T TAKE PLACE ON THE PROPOSED SATURDAY DATE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF WE'RE INVESTING $100 MILLION IN THIS RENOVATION I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE FULL ACCESS AND FULL CONTROL.  WELL, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS OVER THE WET WEATHER $29 MILLION. THAT ALTERNATIVE IS FEASIBLE.  I DO THINK WE COULD COME UP WITH A REASONABLE SOLUTION FOR THE BUDGETED AMOUNT THAT THE CITY HAS PUT FORWARD A DESIGN THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES.  WATCHING 93 YEAR OLD DR. JEAN MCGUIRE CONTINUING HER UNWAVERING ADVOCACY FOR CENTERING STUDENTS WAS TRULY INSPIRING FOR ME. VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT GIVING THE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL OUTSTANDING PLANS AND FULLY EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES THEY'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR. WHAT IS THE HARM IN PUTTING ALL THE PLANS OUT HERE AND ALL THE PROS AND CONS AND THEN RESUMING? WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ALL THE FACTS BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION OF A 10,000 PLUS STADIUM MOVES FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO A VOTE SO IS MOVED TO A VOTE THAT'S BEEN SECONDED SO THAT MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. WE WE CANNOT DEBATE THAT AFTER THAT. SO COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS CALLED FOR US TO MOVE TO A VOTE AND IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE. IT MAKES A LOT OF AND RESOLUTION.  BUT NOTE THE MOTION TO MOVE THE VOTE REQUIRES TWO VOTES. YEAH SO IT'S A MOTION TO MOVE TO TO CLOSE DEBATE AND MOVE TO A VOTE REQUIRES TWO THIRDS OF THE BODY SO MR. MR. CLERK MADAM CHAIR, IF IT'S A POINT OF ORDER MEANING THAT YOU HAVE AN ISSUE ON THE RULE. YEAH THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR AND IT'S ONLY ON IF YOU'RE DEBATING A RULE RIGHT NOW.  CHAIR I SPOKE I ALREADY SPOKE. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK. IT DOES NOT MATTER. OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T SPOKEN EITHER.  I HAVE NOT SPOKEN EITHER. COLLEAGUES SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION AND I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. BUT THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. THE RULES STATE THAT THERE IS NO DEBATE AND WE HAVE TO MOVE TO A VOTE REQUIRES TWO THIRDS IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE TO A VOTE. SO IF YOU VOTE YES THAT MEANS THAT YOU AGREE THAT WE ARE MOVING TO A VOTE. IF YOU VOTE NO THAT MEANS THAT YOU WANT DEBATE TO CONTINUE. IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE. MR. CLERK, DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION? OKAY.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE?  YOU ARE VOTING ON THE MOTION PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILOR DURKAN TO MOVE THE QUESTION WHICH THERE IS NO DEBATE AFTER THAT ON THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR IS A MOTION IT'S BEEN SECONDED. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT MOTION. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S FRUSTRATION BUT THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED. MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE CONCENTRATE COME ABOVE.  YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES SIR. YOUR OPINIONS SAYS NO AND NO.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES, YES.  NO, NO, NO. COUNCILOR REGIONAL COUNCIL MEDIA NO. COUNCILOR NO COUNCIL EVENT YES . YES. THE COUNCIL SAID OH YEAH NO THAT'S NO NO NO NO COUNCILOR NO PEOPLE TO MAKE IT AND FOR VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU. OKAY CONCILOR MEJIA HERE I AM I THIS WILL BE THE LAST. YOUR LIGHT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S ON. THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT I AM CALLING ON YOU. THIS WILL BE THE LAST COUNCIL TO HEAR YOU JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT I'M CALLING ON YOU FOR ANOTHER 2 MINUTES AND THEN THAT'S IT. AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK COULD DO SO IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AFTER THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  STARTING THE CLOCK. YES. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES PARTICULARLY COUNCILOR TFA AND COUNCILOR ZERO. I KNEW YOU WERE WITH ME BECAUSE I SHOWED UP FOR 9 HOURS BUT EVERYBODY ELSE YOU KNOW I KNOW. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO TO SHOW UP FOR PEOPLE THE WAY THAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THAT AND SO I THINK I THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT THESE TIMES ARE ASKING US TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A LOT MORE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO COME DOWN THE PIPELINE AND I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK THAT WE CENTER OURSELVES IN THE WORK AND THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY WHO HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY PATIENT WITH ALL OF US, INCLUDING ME DURING THIS WHOLE ENTIRE DELIBERATION.  AND SO I KNOW YOU LET US TALK MORE THAN WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I APPRECIATE THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  I WAS TELLING SOMEONE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CALLED ME PATIENT AND IT'S NEVER WHAT I WOULD HAVE EVER USED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I GUESS THAT'S GREAT. THIS JOB IS BRINGING THAT OUT AND I WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK BUT THERE ARE RULES THAT STATE AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR THIS VERY REASON, RIGHT? NO ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ON A MATTER ON ANYTHING ON ANY MATTER FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES. RIGHT. BUT I WANT TO RESPECT PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO SPEAK. BUT AT SOME POINT WE DO HAVE TO WE HAVE TO CUT IT OFF AT SOMEWHERE. OKAY. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER ON A MATTER ON THE MATTER OF COUNCIL? WEBER IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK YOU HAVE I WILL. I KNOW I DIDN'T TIME YOU BUT I'M GIVING YOU 2 MINUTES. OKAY? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  SORRY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU. I JUST I THOUGHT BECAUSE COUNCILOR MCGEE HAS FILED THIS WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE FOR HER TO BE THE I HAVE THE FINAL WORD ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUPPORT I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR A VOTE.  YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE JUST REJECTED IT. BUT I SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS ON SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON A MOTION TO MOVE TO A VOTE?  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT IT'S THE EMOTIONAL SECONDED PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CLOSE DEBATE AND MOVE TO A MOVE TO A VOTE. COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANSWER YES THAT'S FINANCE SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  SUZANNE YES. OH ACTUALLY NO I'M A NO ON THAT COUNCIL WHO'S IN NO COUNCIL ME HERE THAT'S THE COUNCIL HERE.  YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY? YES, COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL 15 YEARS COUNCIL ST TEN COUNCIL AND TEN AND YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES MOTION HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE.  OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0354. EXPLAIN WHAT THE OKAY OKAY APPOINTED OKAY. POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS THAT A YES VOTE IS A YES ON THE RESOLUTION WHICH IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE TIMELY RELEASE AND REVIEW A FINAL TRANSPORTATION PARKING ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLIER DIVERSITY IN ALTERNATIVE TO ALTERNATIVE DESIGN PLANS FOR WHITE STADIUM PRIOR TO FURTHER DEMOLITION WORK THAT'S A YES ON THE RESOLUTION A NO VOTE MEANS YES. YOU JUST DON'T SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION SO YES YOU SUPPORT IT. YEAH. YEP WE DO THAT RIGHT. OKAY.  OKAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKER NUMBER 0354 COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA.  COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA NO. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR WE'VE BEEN NO COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA NO.  COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL MEMBER NO IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND SIX VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE DOCKET HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED . MR. CLERK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE MOVIE THE POLITICAL SO WHEN IT WAS THE CHILD WHO BREAKS THE TIE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT IT REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE. COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILMAN IT REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE. SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0355 DUNCAN 0355 COUNCIL I'M HERE OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JANUARY EIGHT, 2025 AS DAY OF CARE AND HONOR OF THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CORY AMBROSE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZES A CLASSROOM HERE COMES MEJIA YOU HAVE FOUR OH OF CARE OH, WE ALL NEED BE HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I KNOW I'M TRYING TO EVERYBODY BE QUIET SO I CAN BE HEARD. VERY GOOD. OKAY.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, TODAY WE HONOR WE HONORED THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CORY CORY AMBROSE, A GIFTED DANCER WHOSE PASSION AND AUTHENTICITY LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON BOSTON'S ART COMMUNITY.  KYRIE'S TALENT INSPIRED ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM. HIS PASSING IS A PROFOUND LOSS, BUT HIS SPIRIT LIVES THROUGH THE UNITY OF BOSTON DANCE ORGANIZATION FANS WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER IN LOVE, STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY.  THEIR SUPPORT FOR KYRIE'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FELLOW ARTISTS REMIND US OF THE HEALING POWER OF THE ARTS.  OUR OFFICE PROBABLY RECOGNIZES JANUARY 18, 2025 AS A DAY OF CARE CELEBRATING KYRIE'S LEGACY AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO UPLIFT HIS MEMORY. IT IS A CALL TO CONTINUE HIS SPIRIT AND CREATIVITY, KINDNESS AND COMPASSION AND REMINDS US TO HOLD SPACE FOR ONE ANOTHER TO SUPPORT YOUNG ARTISTS AND TO ENSURE THAT THE POWER OF DANCE AND EXPRESSION REMAINS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR O THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SORRY THE CHAIR AND AS HIS COUNCILOR WHOEVER BECOMES AWARE WE HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNSELOR HERE FOR BRINGING THIS. YOU KNOW MY SON IS A SENIOR AT BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY AND WHILE HE'S IN A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN KYRIE WAS, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS OF HIS WERE IN THE DANCE PROGRAM WITH HIM AND I SPOKE TO THEM AND THEY THEY ALL LOVE KYRIE AND THEY'RE GOING TO MISS HIM. AND SO YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILY AT THIS TERRIBLE TIME. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR WEBER. AND YES, WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE LIVED BY KYRIE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS COURT AS A PATH TO DURKIN FOR NANJIANI'S AND FITZGERALD FLYNN . MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CONSONANT HERE SIX SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. OH AND PIPPIN SORRY I DIDN'T SEE AND UP CASM HERE SEAT SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0355. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I SAY OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0356 MEMBER 0356 COUNCILOR AS DURKIN AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 332ND FIGHTER GROUP THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AND BRIGADIER GENERAL INQUIRY WOODHOUSE THE SECOND THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ALL MET GENERAL WOODHOUSE THIS MORNING.  HE'S INCREDIBLE AND I WAS SO HAPPY THAT WE HONORED HIM WITH THE PRESENTATION AND I KNOW IT MEANT A LOT TO HIM IN THE MISSION POST. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CATHERINE FLYNN. FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN HONORED TO JOIN YOU. RECOGNIZING GENERAL WOODHOUSE A GOOD SUPPORT AND TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. I KNOW IT'S LATE IN THE DAY BUT I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT DURING WORLD WAR TO THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WERE THE FIRST GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AVIATORS IN THE US ARMY AIR FORCE.  THEY GOT IN MUCH SUCCESS ENDURING EIGHT PURPLE HEARTS, 14 BRONZE STARS, 90 DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN MARKS A SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER IN OUR HISTORY AS THEY ENCOURAGE THE EVENTUAL INTEGRATION OF THE US ARMED FORCES IN 1948 AND THREE YEARS AFTER THE WAR, PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNED EXECUTIVE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 AND SEGREGATION IN ESTABLISHING EQUALITY OF TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE MILITARY OUR FRIEND BRIGADIER BRIGADIER GENERAL WOODHOUSE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 360/22 FIGHTER WING AT MORTON FIELD IN TUSKEGEE,  ALABAMA, NOW KNOWN AS THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WHERE HE WAS HONORED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES DESPITE RACIST CHALLENGES AS WE TALKED ABOUT 12:00 WHEN WE WHEN WE RECOGNIZED HIM, HE WAS HONORED HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH HONOR, WAS DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN 1949. HE JOINED THE AIR FORCE RESERVES UNTIL RETIRING IN 1997. WE ALL KNOW HE GRADUATED FROM YALE AND BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. HE WORKED IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND 20 2728 AND 20 ZERO SEVEN BRIGADIER GENERAL WOODHOUSE WAS AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL BY PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH IN IN 2022 HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE STATE MILITIA WITH THE RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL BY GOVERNOR BAKER IN IT IS A POINT TO HONOR THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HE HAS MADE FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY. HIS COURAGE, HONOR, VALOR, INTELLECT, TENACITY.  AS A NAVY VETERAN I FIND IT ALARMING TO LEARN THAT A FEW A FEW DAYS AGO HIS COUNCILOR ADJOURNED UNTIL NOW THE AIR FORCE REMOVED TRAINING COURSES WITH VIDEOS OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AND THE WOMAN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS THE WOMAN WORLD WAR TWO PILOTS FOR REVIEW TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS BAN ON DIVERSITY THANKFULLY DUE TO HUGE PUBLIC OUTCRY AND BACKLASH INCLUDING FROM MANY VETERANS AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS RIGHTFULLY SO.  THE VIDEO HAS BEEN REINSTATED, HOWEVER I THINK WE ALL ARE ASHAMED THAT THE REVIEW HAD TO EVEN TAKE PLACE TO QUESTION THE CREDIBILITY AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AS WELL AS THE WOMAN VETERANS WHO CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR VICTORY AGAINST FASCISM IN WORLD WAR TWO. WE CANNOT LET ANY INITIATIVE IN ENVIRONMENT AND RACE OR HIDE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AS THEY WERE SIGNIFICANT. WE CAN NEVER DOWNPLAY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COUNTRY SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION TIME AND AGAIN THEY HAVE PLACED THEMSELVES IN DANGER FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR FREEDOM DESPITE NOT BEING FULLY FREE THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR MILITARY WITHOUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OUR FORCES WOULD HAVE NOT ACCOMPLISHED MANY OF ITS MISSIONS. GENERAL WOODHOUSE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME CHAMPION AND ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS THE CITY COUNCIL HONOR HIM BECAUSE WE'RE HONORING HIM BUT WE'RE ALSO HONORING ALL AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY HERE DISCUSSING THIS TODAY IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE RESPECT THAT THEY EARNED NOT THAT THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM MONEY. THEY'VE EARNED THAT RESPECT AND THEY'VE EARNED THOSE VETERANS BENEFITS AS WELL. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR THANKS. I JUST LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND I WOULD COUNSELOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND I'D COUNSELOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATER. THIS WILL SAVE TIME BUT YOU KNOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA I ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT ANOTHER DOCUMENT?  I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THIS STUFF. OKAY OKAY. BUT I WON'T HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS LATER DOCKET BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT IT NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY ON MONDAY,  JANUARY 27TH, 2025 WAS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE AUSCHWITZ BIRKENAU CAMP IN POLAND ON THAT DAY SURVIVORS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMP GATHERED AT THE SITE FOR WHAT MAY BE THE LAST TIME OR WHAT YOU KNOW BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T ARE NOT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MANY LEFT. THOSE PEOPLE OWE A DEBT TO THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WERE WERE SO GOOD AT WHAT THEY DID BOMBING GROUPS WOULD REQUEST THAT THEY FLY TO PROTECT THEM.  AND ON AUGUST 20TH, 1944, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN LED A MISSION TO BOMB SYNTHETIC OIL FACTORIES THAT WERE PART OF THE AUSCHWITZ BIRKENAU CAMP. THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN AT THE CAMP BUT THEIR ACTIONS AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, HELPED THE VICTIMS IN THAT CAMP. AND I JUST THINK IT'S THAT WE HAVE A LIVING TESTAMENT TO WHAT PEOPLE WERE DOING.  IT HIT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WOODHOUSE YOU KNOW ON BEHALF OF JEWS EVERYWHERE YOU KNOW WE ARE INDEBTED TO THIS TUSKEGEE AIRMEN FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND I JUST WANT TO HONOR HIM AND YOU KNOW, ALSO SUPPORT THE CONSENT AGENDA FILING FOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR WEBER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN CASTLEVANIA ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND I ALSO HAD A CONSENT AGENDA ON INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY AND I JUST WANT TO READ SOME OF IT INTO THE RECORD BECAUSE I THINK I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER AS WELL. IT MARKS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP, THE LARGEST NOT LARGEST NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP.  ON THIS ANNIVERSARY WE WILL REMEMBER AND HONOR THE MEMORIES THE 6 MILLION JEWS AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS THAT WERE KILLED BY THE NAZIS DURING THE HOLOCAUST IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST INCLUDING ONE OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS HERE MICHAEL ROSS. HIS FATHER STEVE ROSS THAT MANY OF YOU MANY OF YOU KNOW HE WAS A YOUTH WORKER AND A TEACHER HERE IN BOSTON. WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY AS CITIZENS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE HORRIFIC EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THEY'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND THAT THE MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.  WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE MASS CRIMES, THE GENOCIDES, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, HUMANITY.  A SURVEY FOUND THAT ONE IN THREE AMERICAN JEWS CONCEALED THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY BY NOT PUBLICLY PUBLICLY DISPLAYING OR WEARING ITEMS THAT IDENTIFY THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEIR HERITAGE AND RELIGION WITHOUT FEAR OF VIOLENCE BIGOTRY.  WE MUST CONTINUE TO CONFRONT AND COMBAT THE ALARMING RISE OF ANTISEMITISM. STAND WITH OUR JEWISH NEIGHBORS. BUT TODAY WE REMEMBER THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST. WE REMEMBER THE SURVIVORS THE 6 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED MOSTLY MOSTLY JEWS.  WE REMEMBER THEIR FAMILIES AND LET US VOW THAT IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET? COUNSELORS DURKIN FLYNN OH, OKAY. WE GOT TO ADD NAMES. YES.  OKAY THEN JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT THOUGH. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THAT THE 332ND FIGHTER GROUP, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AND BRIGADIER GENERAL IN OUR YOU WOULD HOUSE THE SECOND I UNDERSTAND WHY AND THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER FOR CONNECTING IT TO THE TO THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU SPOKE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR FOLKS THAT WE'RE VOTING THE RESOLUTION WE'RE VOTING ON IS RECOGNIZING THE 30/332 FIGHTER GROUP AND THE OTHER MATTERS ARE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY, COUNCILORS DURKIN, FLYNN AND SANTANA OH, WE STILL NEED TO ADD THE NAMES. OKAY, MR QUICK, COULD YOU PLEASE IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MR QUICK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS COLETTE ZAPATA FERNANDES, ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MAGGIE MURPHY, BEN WEBER ALL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS DURKIN SANTANA COUNCILORS DURKIN, FLYNN AND SANTANA SO EXPRESSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0356 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ARE ALL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.  I DO WANT TO GIVE THE IF IF ANYONE WAS OUT OF CHAMBERS FOR A MATTER AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME UM NOW WAS THE TIME TO DO SO BECAUSE OF AN INNOCENT . THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT FOR FIVE MAJOR SERVES REMAIN SEATED SEATED DOCKET CAN YOU CAN MARY CAN YOU ADD MY NAME TO 03140315 WHAT THE CARDINALS ARE 314315316317 REMOVE MY NAME FROM 319 AND ADD MY NAME TO 332.  OKAY, MR QUIGLEY, YOU GET ALL OF THAT?  YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME TO OUR ATTENTION ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. LIKE MY NAME TO BE ADDED TO DOCKET NUMBER 03130313 YEP. AND THEN ALSO 0326 AND 0326 OKAY DO YOU HAVE THOSE MR. CLERK? OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO I'M SORRY TRY TO GET TO THE HEAD THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR PREPARED CUSTARD VENUE ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A YES TO TALK AT NUMBER 03460346 OKAY SO THAT REQUIRES A MOTION FOR A MOTION FOR YOU TO VOTE ON THE MATTER THAT THAT YEP SECONDED. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I I SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. ROBERT BENNETT YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 03460346A YES VOTE ONE SECOND. OKAY.  MAJORITY FOR THOSE IS FOR YOURSELF.  YES.  OKAY.  NEXT.  YOU'RE ALL SET, MR CLERK. OKAY.  THANK YOU. YOUR VOTE HAS BEEN ADDED AS A YES. IT HAS BEEN OKAY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. HOW'S IT GOING? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO OH, 3 TO 5 AND THEN OH 3 TO 0 THREE TO OKAY, MR QUICK DO YOU GET THAT? AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE?  GREAT. OKAY, WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.  MR COURT, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS? PERSONNEL ORDERS DOCK NUMBER 0357 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN AND DOCKING NUMBER 0358 COUNCILOR FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THE CHAIRMAN SHOULD PASSAGE ADOPTED NUMBERS 0357 AND 0358 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL OPPOSE ANY TAKING THE PERSONNEL ORDERS IT PASSED WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS.  DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY POLLS FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF A PEN COMES WITH A PEN. DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAD TO PULL DOCK NUMBER 0123 OUT OF THE CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE ON PAGE ONE OF THE GREEN SHOOTS. OKAY, DOCKET NUMBER 0123 COUNTS. MR DO YOU HAVE A DOCKET? OKAY.  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DOCKET NUMBER 0123 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO DECLARE SURPLUS CITY OWNED COMPUTERS THAT ARE NO LONGER OF USE TO CITY EMPLOYEES ONCE THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY DETERMINES THAT A CITY OWNED COMPUTERS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE AND HAS LITTLE TO NO RESALE VALUE, THE DEPARTMENT WISHES TO DONATE SURPLUS COMMUNITY COMPUTERS TO A501C3 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 30 B SECTION 15 THE COMPUTERS WOULD BE SANITIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN ACCORDANCE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO REMOVE ANY CITY DATA PRIOR TO DONATION THE COMPUTERS WOULD THEN BE REFURBISHED BY A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION FOR FUTURE USE BY BOSTON RESIDENTS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. OKAY THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION AND JUST WANT TO SEE SOME LIGHTS ON SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT OBJECTIONS. NO. OKAY. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY CAMERA PAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, AS WE KNOW TECHNOLOGY COUNCILORS. COUNCILORS, PLEASE. SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  AS WE KNOW TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE A UTILITY IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES YET IT CAN BE INACCESSIBLE TO SOME OF OUR LESS RESOURCED RESIDENTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY HAS AN ECO FRIENDLY SOLUTION TO HELP CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. DONATING OUR UNUSABLE WORK LAPTOPS TO LOCAL NONPROFITS THE COMPUTERS WILL BE SANITIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO REMOVE ANY CITY DATA PRIOR TO DONATION. THE COMPUTERS WILL THEN BE REFURBISHED BY A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION FOR FUTURE USE BY BOSTON RESIDENTS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. I RECOMMEND WE VOTE IN APPROVING THIS ORDER AUTHORIZING IT TO ESTABLISH THIS PROCESS TO START AN ECO FRIENDLY WAY TO MINIMIZE THE TECHNOLOGY WASTE AND GIVE TECHNOLOGY TO OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE LIGHTS ARE NOT TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THESE ARE OKAY. THANK YOU. THE DEPENDENCY IS WHAT'S THE DOCKING NUMBER? NOT NUMBER ZERO ONE, TWO, THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU.  MY PEN SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0123. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY.  THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CAPTAIN MURPHY COUSIN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO PULL DOCKET 0121 FROM PAGE TEN 0121 MR CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT? OKAY.  01240. WHAT TWO ONE THE VECTOR FITNESS IS THAT'S DO WHAT COMMITTEE AGAIN STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ON PAGE TEN OH 121 YES FROM THE COMMUNITY STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES IN NUMBERS 0121 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED DONATION OF A VECTOR OF FIGURES MULTI STATION WEIGHT MACHINE VALUED AT $12,599 DONATED BY FITNESS EQUIPMENT SERVICE OF NEW ENGLAND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO ENHANCE THE FITNESS PROGRAM AND FACILITIES AT THE B.C. YMCA ROSLINDALE CENTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ROSLINDALE NEIGHBORHOOD.  THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THE LIGHTS ARE THERE FOR OBJECTION. OKAY. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR READING THAT THE AUTHORIZING THIS DOCKET IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM VECTOR FITNESS CABLE MULTI STATION WEIGHT MACHINE VALUED AT $12,599 AND IT HAS BEEN DONATED BY FITNESS EQUIPMENT SERVICES OF NEW ENGLAND. THIS DONATION AIMS TO ENHANCE THE FITNESS PROGRAM AND FACILITIES AT THE CYF AND ROSEDALE CENTER TO BENEFIT THE ROSLINDALE NEIGHBORHOOD DC Y OF ROSEDALE CENTER LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE COUNCILOR PIPPINS DISTRICT IS ONE OF 36 COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE CITY AND THE CENTER FEATURES A COMMUNITY ROOM, A GYMNASIUM, A SENIOR ROOM, A TEEN CENTER AND A FITNESS AREA THAT INCLUDES A WALKING TRACK. THE ADDITION OF THE VECTOR FITNESS CABLE MULTI STATION WEIGHT MACHINE WILL ADD ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT TO THE FITNESS AREA. SO I'M HOPING MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT TO PASS THIS AND THE ROSLINDALE RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  OKAY. UM, WHAT WAS YOUR DOCKET NUMBER AGAIN? 01210121. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MURPHY SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0121. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY GREEN SHEETS, GREEN SHEETS, PULSE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA. DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M REQUESTING FOR EXCUSE ME. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKET 0120 FROM PAGE THREE FROM THE GREEN SHEETS WHICH DOCKET NUMBER?  DOCKET 012030120 WITH GOVERNMENT OPS. NO, IT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 0120 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. YEAH.  MY MY NAME AND PAGES ARE DIFFERENT FORMS AND AMOUNT TO WHAT DOCKET AGAIN 0120 MASS TRAILS.  YEAH FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCE SEE IN PARKS DOCKET NUMBER 0120 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $36,638 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 MARS TRAILS GRANTS AWARDED BY THE MASTER PARLIAMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ENHANCEMENT OF TRAILS AND TRAIL ACCESS IN THE DORCHESTER COMMUNITY APPS AN OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED IN THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY CAMERA CUT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A MIX UP BETWEEN COUNCILOR MURPHY CAME TO ME TO TO PASS THIS DOCKET. IT WAS ASKED OF HER WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS STRONG WOMEN AND FAMILIES BUT I'M PROUD TO PUSH THIS FORWARD.  IT'S IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT $36,000 FOR THE PROPOSED DORCHESTER GREENWAY WHICH IS A COMMUNITY INITIATED VISION FOR 8.7 MILE LONG OFF-ROAD PATH ALONG THE MET'S RED LINE TUNNEL ROAD BETWEEN ASHMONT STATION AND PARK STREET IN DORCHESTER IN 2017 GREATER ASHMONT MAIN STREETS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CREATED AN INITIAL CONCEPT FOR THE PATH THEN ENVISIONED IT WOULD BE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE IN DORCHESTER TO WALK OR BIKE TO MTA STATION SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP IN THE GREATER ASHMONT FIELDS CORNER AND CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOODS THE GREENWAY WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A NEW PUBLIC SPACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD STROLL ROLE, RELAX OR GATHER WITH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN A TRAFFIC FREE LOW STRESS ENVIRONMENT AT A LARGER SCALE THE PROJECT WOULD BE A NEW SEGMENT OR GREEN LINK AND THE GROWING NETWORK OF GREENWAYS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO BOSTON RESIDENTS . AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS A DISTRICT THAT BENEFITED FROM WHAT IS NOW A GREEN RIBBON THAT RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF EAST BOSTON THAT USED TO BE PARK AND FLIGHTS FOR THE AIRPORT I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND I THINK COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION AND I'M ASKING FOR SUSPENSION PASSAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK THIS MATTER? OKAY, THIS IS DOCKET 0120. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.  COME TO THAT AS A POTHOLE SEEKS ADOPTION SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0120 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? NO.  NO. OKAY.  OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE THREE PERSONNEL THREE PERSONNEL ORDERLY FILES. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADEQUATELY FILE MATTERS SAY I. I ALSO SAY NAY. THANK YOU BELIEVE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR QUICK PLEASE READ THAT THEY FOUND OUT IT INTO THE RECORD FOR A SLAVE FILE AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR AND MEJIA SECOND THE LATE FILED PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND THIRDLY FILED ORDER IS A PERSONNEL ORDER FOR COUNCILOR OF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF FLYNN THANK YOU THE CHAIRMAN FOR PASSAGE OF THESE FIVE MATTERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED OF THE BACKLOG THAT THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  I THINK THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.  THE ONLY BIRTHDAY THAT I HAVE ON IS FOR LORRAINE.  SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORRAINE. NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK IS ALSO THE START OF BLACK IS IT THIS SATURDAY SO EVERYONE LOOKS TO THE START OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CELEBRATION THAT WE'LL HAVE HERE ON THE COUNCIL PUZZLE WORLD.  THAT WAS THAT FEBRUARY 19TH WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY THE ONES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING WE'LL BE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND THERE WILL BE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND THE CITY TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WHICH AS BRIGADIER GENERAL WOODY WOODHOUSE EXPLAINED EARLIER, BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO A SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT IN FEBRUARY FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTINUED CHALLENGES THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNTRY HAS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL WE MEJIA BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT ON SATURDAY PROPER CITY WHO IS LED BY STEPHANIE CRAWFORD IF YOU DON'T KNOW HER, GET TO KNOW HER. SHE'S A POWERHOUSE.  I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AND ALL THE THINGS I DEAL WITH BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH PRIOR TO ME BEING ON THE CITY COUNCIL WE COLLABORATED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES SO REALLY HAPPY THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE CELEBRATING YET ANOTHER YEAR AND THE MISSION OF THE PROPER CITY IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING ALL TYPES OF LOSS . THEIR VISION IS TO UNITE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE PROCESS OF HEALING AND A POSITIVE WAY WITH A WIN WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS. AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK STEPHANIE FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOU AND YOUR HONOREES ON SATURDAY AT THE HOLIDAY INN AT BOSTON DEDHAM HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER. SO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS A PROPER CITY S.O. DOT ORG SO HOPEFULLY YOU SHOW UP TO SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. OH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY. I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF. SORRY, GUYS. I KNOW WE'RE LATE HERE.  I JUST WANTED TO WISH MY OLDEST SON HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY THIS PAST THURSDAY. LUIS TURNED 26. COULDN'T BE PROUDER. PROUD OF MOM TO HAVE YOU BY MY SIDE. LUIS IS STRONG. I KNOW THAT HE IS GOING TO BE JUST AN AMAZING FAMILY MAN ONE DAY SOON HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GRANDBABIES. BUT I'M JUST EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY SON WHO'S ENTERED OUR DENTAL PROGRAM HOPEFULLY PURSUING HIS DAD, WORKING FOR HIS DAD'S CLINIC, A DENTAL CLINIC EVENTUALLY.  SO JUST SUPER PROUD OF HIM. ASIDE FROM BEING A MARINE MOM JUST VERY HAPPY OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUIS.  THANK YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LUIS. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT?  OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO MEMORIAL . WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME AT THIS TIME? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY CLUB AS A PARTY AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT WE MEMORIALIZE ELBA PORTILLO OF BOSTON.  SHE WAS MISSING FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS BUT IT WAS UNFORTUNATELY FOUND HE FOUND THIS THIS LAST WEEK.  SHE WAS BORN IN EL SALVADOR AND MADE A LIFE HERE NOT ONLY AS A CARETAKER OF HER TWO DAUGHTERS ONE OF WHOM I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH AT LATIN ACADEMY BUT AS A CARETAKER OF MANY CHILDREN FOR 20 YEARS AT IBEC. SHE LOVED SENIORS AND WAS A CARETAKER OF MANY SENIORS.  SHE WAS A WOMAN THAT LOVED TO HELP PEOPLE IN ANY WAY THAT SHE COULD AND MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH HER FAMILY MEMBERS AND MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CURTIS ZAPATA, THE CHAIR AND I KINDS AN ENGINEER SITTING ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. LIKE TO UPLIFT OUT DR. GLORIA JEAN COLTER. THE PRINCIPLE OF PREVIOUS PRINCIPLE MY PRINCIPLE AT SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL WHO PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEEK AND SHE WAS JUST A CLASSY LADY. SO BRILLIANT, SO KIND, SO PATIENT AND COMPASSIONATE. FROM GOD WE COME TO GOD WE RETURN AND MAY GOD REST HER SOUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MCGEER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO UPLIFT ANOTHER BEEPS STUDENT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US AS A RESULT OF A HIT AND RUN I ATTENDED A VIGIL EARLIER THIS WEEK AND HER FUNERAL IS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST AND SHE WAS IN E K GRADUATE. SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK HER NAME INTO THE RECORD. TAYLOR JESSICA WILKERSON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE JAMES FLAGG WHO WENT BY JEFF OF WEST ROXBURY PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 85. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARGARET.  JEFF AND MARGARET VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME WITH THE BELLEVUE HILL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE WEST ROXBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHICH JEFF WAS THE PRESIDENT OF. IT'S AT ONE TIME ONE HOUR FROM MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR LOSS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO HAVE LEFT A NAME?  TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF CANCER CLUB ZAPATA ELBA PORTILLO'S BASQUE COUNTRY FLYNN RICHARD P DOYLE OF JAMAICA PLAIN, U.S. ARMY VETERAN BOSTON POLICE SERGEANT WALTER PREBLE ON OF MYSELF HAROLD OR OBERG, THE FATHER OF AMELIA AND SHAYNA OBERG VERNON BERLIN ON BEHALF OF A SORRY VERNON BERLIN, THE BROTHER OF CATHERINE HADAWAY AND THE UNCLE OF HARRY HADAWAY. ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WEBER, JEFF FLAG APHRODITE ETHEL LAMBROS. A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER NEXT WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. THIS IS A NEW RECORD FOR ME AND PROBABLY FOR MOST OF US 9 HOURS. THANK YOU TO THE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT WE HAVE. I KNOW SNOW WAS CANCELED. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS ENGINE WORKING BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY US WHO ARE HERE. IT'S CENTRAL STAFF WHO IS HERE ,PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO I WANT TO UPLIFT THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. ALL IN FAVOR. GERMAN POLICE SAY BECAUSE IT WAS A JOURNEY. THANK YOU --------- ##VIDEO ID:emIQQipoie8## .  GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS AARON MURPHY AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES . TODAY IS JANUARY 30TH, 2024. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DOT GOV. BACKSLASH CITY DASH CONSOLE DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON ITS FINALE CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FIOS 964. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT C C C DOT S.W. F C BOSTON.COM AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED OUT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOUR INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY YOU CAN EMAIL CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON MEGHAN CAVANAUGH AT MEGHAN MEG IN SCAVENGER CAVE A AND A APP BOSTON DOT GOV FOR THE LINK IN YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0109A MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION GRANTS. THIS GRANT WAS AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, PASSED THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO IT BE ADMINISTERED BY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND REPAIRS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MAINTAIN CURRENT FUNCTIONALITY IN PROGRAMING AT THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER. WE WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSING DOCKET 0111A MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE STRONG UNIVERSAL FUND AWARDED BY THE DONOR GROUP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON. THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2024 AND DOCKET 0121A MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A DONATION OF NO THIS ONE ACTUALLY FOR 12,500 I'LL READ IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE DOCKET BUT THIS WAS A GRANT FOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT WORTH $12,599 DONATED BY FITNESS EQUIPMENT SERVICE AND IT WAS DONATED TO RBC Y F ROSLINDALE CENTER. BUT BECAUSE OF THIS SMALL AMOUNT I DID PULL IT FROM THE GREEN SHOOTS YESTERDAY AND IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT ONE. THAT ONE'S ALREADY PASSED THIS THAT GRANT WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY 8TH SO I AM JOINED HERE TODAY BY MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OPENING STATEMENTS COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE BENCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS HERE IN FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW WE'LL COVER BOTH. WE HAVE STRONGLY A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BUT IF YOU WANT TO START AND JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TALK ABOUT THE GRANT. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILORS.  FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS AMAN SHELTON. I'M THE COMMISSIONER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. I'M JOINED HERE BY MY COLLEAGUES SPECIAL ASSISTANT MARY STAPLES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER JR TATIS ZAPATA. WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF AN ORDER FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND $5 MILLION FOR THE NAZARIO CENTER IN THE NORTH END. THIS PROJECT IS BEING DELIVERED THROUGH MAYOR MICHELLE WU'S INITIATIVE CALLED BOSTON'S RESILIENT BUILDINGS PROGRAM. THE INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON BEST PRACTICES AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT WITH FOCUS ON REORGANIZING RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT OF CITY BUILDINGS,  EVALUATING THE CONDITION OF OUR FACILITIES AND UTILIZING NEW TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY TO PERFORM FACILITY MANAGEMENT. ALL IN AN EFFORT TO HELP US BETTER CARE FOR OUR BUILDINGS AND AVOID EMERGENCY CLOSURES.  WE ACTUALLY PRESENT MET WITH THE NORTH END COMMUNITY AT A COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE NAZARIO CENTER IN EARLY DECEMBER AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE MARY STOKOLS TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT HOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE PLAN TO EXPAND THESE FUNDS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SKELTON THANK YOU, COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FLYNN. I THINK I SPEAK FOR BOTH JUNIOR AND I WHEN I SAY THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT . THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER IS A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN EMBLEMATIC OF THE NORTH END SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHEN IT STARTED AS A BATHHOUSE AND IT HAS BEEN WITH BCF SINCE THE MID 1980S. IT WAS MOST RECENTLY LANDMARKED IN OCTOBER OF 2023. BUT AS IS THE CASE WITH A LOT OF CITY BUILDINGS IT COULD USE A LITTLE LOVE. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS TO PERFORM CRITICAL REPAIRS SO THAT THIS CENTER CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME. AND I THINK WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR REPAIRS ON THE SORT OF LIKE BEHIND THE SCENES MAYBE LESS GLAMOROUS ITEMS.  BUILDING SYSTEMS, THE BUILDING ENVELOPE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS COMMUNITIES AS COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND MENTIONED WE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM. WE ARE OUR FIRST STEP IN THIS PROJECT WAS GETTING A DESIGN TEAM. WE HAVE THE ARCHITECT ODIN'S ELO ON BOARD. THEY WERE FAMOUSLY PART OF THE MAJOR RENOVATION OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY ON BOYLSTON STREET. THEY ARE JUST AS EXCITED AS WE ARE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT TOO. THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH WORKING WITH HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND DOING SORT OF INTENTIONAL THOUGHTFUL RENOVATIONS.  THEY HAVE A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS WITH THEM THAT ARE LOOKING AT ANYTHING FROM STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING TO CODE COMPLIANCE TO ACCESSIBILITY. THEY STARTED THEIR WORK WITH A VERY IN-DEPTH 3D LASER SCANNING OF THE BUILDING. THOSE ARE PRETTY COOL FOR ANY OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM. AND SO NOW WE HAVE VERY DETAILED AMAZING DRAWINGS OF BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CENTER THAT ARE GOING TO BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR PLANNING THE WORK TO COME.  THE AUDIENCE THAT ALSO DID A BIG EVALUATION OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE BUILDING IN THE BUILDING SO THEY LOOKED AT THE BUILDING SYSTEMS THINGS LIKE EACH HVAC, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL. THEY LOOKED AT DRAINAGE. THE SYSTEM HAS HAD ISSUES WITH FLOODING IN THE BASEMENT. THEY WERE LOOKING AT WATER INFILTRATION.  THEY ALSO LOOKED AT THE ROOF AND THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND SORT OF THINGS WITH ACCESSIBILITY IN CODE AS WELL FIRE PROTECTION.  AND THIS IS ALL ALIGNED WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER SHELTON MENTIONED EARLIER THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BOSTON RESILIENCE BUILT FOR BOSTON RESILIENT BUILDINGS PLAN AS OF ABOUT I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO OR MAYBE EVEN LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED THEIR INITIAL REPORT AND IT WAS REVIEWED WITH WE REVIEWED IT WITH THEM AND WITH US. IT'S EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE, INCLUDES A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES ON WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE SCOPE SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF NICE THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING WAS THAT AT THE END THE ARCHITECTS ASKED IF ANYBODY HAD ANY COMMENTS AND THERE WAS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR THERE AND HE SAID THAT LISTENING TO THE ARCHITECTS IT WAS REMINISCENT OF HEARING ABOUT THE RENOVATION OF FENWAY PARK. HE FELT LIKE IT WAS LIKE MAKING THE BUILDING BETTER BUT REALLY REALLY BEING AUTHENTIC TO ITS CURRENT STATE. SO ONCE WE DETERMINE A SCOPE WE WILL GO INTO THE DESIGN PHASE THAT WILL LAST ABOUT FIVE MONTHS. WE WILL THEN PUT THE PROJECT OUT TO BID.  THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT A TWO MONTH PROCESS AND THEN WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. SO THAT'S SORT OF OUR OUR ROUGH TIMELINE FOR NOW. I'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. I GUESS I JUST WANT TO FINISH BY SAYING THAT WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE THIS COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH END? WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE USERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, ARE SENIORS AND YOUTH AND WE KNOW THAT THE CENTER IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE PROGRAMING IT PROVIDES BUT ALSO FOR SORT OF STRUCTURE SCHEDULE AND PROVIDING A WELCOMING AND SAFE SPACE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION IS DISRUPTIVE. WE'VE ALL BEEN PART OF CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S INEVITABLY DISRUPTIVE AND SO WE SO FAR HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CENTER DIRECTORS AND THE ARCHITECTS AND WE WILL IN THE FUTURE WORK WITH THE WHOEVER WE HAVE ON BOARD TO DO CONSTRUCTION TO REALLY MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION HAS ON THE CENTER PROGRAMING.  AND SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK TO DO STUFF OFF HOURS OR HAVE SHORT CLOSURES RATHER THAN LIKE CLOSE OF THE CENTER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?  YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I KNOW THAT MESEREAU SENT A VERY WELL I DON'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE NORTH END, BUT I REPRESENT THE AREAS IN AND AROUND THE NORTH AND THE WHARF DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. SO I KNOW A LOT OF THESE SENIORS AND YOUNG FAMILIES ALSO USE THE FACILITY. I DO WANT TO SO THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT THAT BOSTON RECEIVED $5 MILLION. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEDERAL DELEGATION AS WELL. CONGRESSMAN LYNCH, SENATOR MARKEY, SENATOR WARREN FOR ADVOCATING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AS WELL.  I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST I'M HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.  I THINK YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR.  I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT IT AND SHOW THE RESIDENTS OF OF THE NORTH END AND THROUGHOUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS AND BECAUSE I KNOW THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO THERE AND IT'S A GEM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MANAGER. THANK YOU.  SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN YOU HAD THAT COMMUNITY MEETING. WAS IT THE FIRST TIME THE COMMUNITY WAS AWARE THAT THE MONEY WOULD BE GOING TO LIKE MORE FACILITY LIKE ROOFS AND WHERE THEY THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS?  YOU KNOW, I THINK IT HAD BEEN SIGNALED IN EARLIER DISCUSSIONS BUT I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED THAT IT LIKE MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY WOULD BE EXPENDED AND THEY UNDERSTOOD I THINK THE YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS THAT WE DID REALLY HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND I THINK HONESTLY IF SOME OF THESE THINGS AREN'T DONE THEN IT WOULD PUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY IN JEOPARDY. SO PEOPLE SEEM GENERALLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT USAGE.  THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU SAID YOU'VE ALREADY KIND OF THOUGHT THROUGH A PLAN TO NOT REALLY SHUT IT DOWN COMPLETELY. BUT ALSO I'M NOT SURE EMILY ALSO FROM DRAWING BECAUSE I WHEN I GO THERE IT'S USUALLY MEETING THEM FOR LIKE TUESDAY MORNING WALKS. THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMING OUT WILL WE HAVE SWING SPACE OR OTHER LIKE PLANS AHEAD JUST IN CASE SOME OF THE PROGRAMING HAS TO BE RELOCATED?  IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN I THINK THE ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF B.C LIFE IS THAT THEY DO HAVE SORT OF OTHER CENTERS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE.  ALTHOUGH I RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU LIVE RIGHT THERE IT IS IT IS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING. SO I THINK WE WOULD RELY ON SOME OF THE OTHER CENTERS IF NECESSARY.  YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GET A CONTRACTOR AND WE FINALIZE THE DESIGN, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND EXACT WHAT THE LARGEST IMPACTS WILL BE. AND SO I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME ONCE WE UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE WORK WILL BE AND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE. WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO MINIMIZE THEM. BUT YOU KNOW WHEN THAT BECOMES NECESSARY I THINK WE WOULD WE WOULD LOOK INTO THAT.  OKAY. THANK YOU. DID THE ASSESSMENTS COME BACK TO SHOW THAT IT MAY COST MORE THAN 5 MILLION AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE MAY AS A CITY WANT TO BECAUSE IF WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE THERE DOING CONSTRUCTION AND CHEAPER TO FIX OTHER THINGS WHILE WE'RE THERE WILL THERE WILL THAT BE A POSSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE SO.  SO WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE MULTIPLE ASSESSMENTS. WE DID A GENERAL FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY AN INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT AND A LIST OF SOME OF THE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED. THAT TOTAL WAS ABOUT $5 MILLION IN DIRECT COSTS. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE IS MUCH MORE THAN $5 MILLION THAT COULD BE EXPENDED ON THAT FACILITY. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH WHAT WE HAVE. WE'RE TARGETING THE MOST CRITICAL ITEMS.  BUT I THINK THERE WILL THERE WILL BE A NEED IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT BUILDING FOR SURE. DO WE KNOW IS THE NAZARETH CENTER HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET? NOT NO, NOT LIKELY. NO FOCUSING ON THIS 5 MILLION AND WHAT WE CAN DO. YEP, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL, NO OTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. EMILY HE WAS AT OUR MEETING.  GREAT. THANK YOU. CHAIR MURPHY.  EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT OUR UNIVERSAL FUND. SO I THINK WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE HAD THESE FUNDS IN THE PAST, BUT WE ARE BACK AGAIN BEFORE YOU THIS YEAR. BUT THE UNIVERSAL FUND IS SOMETHING THAT AUDITING HELPED US TO SET UP TO HOLD OUR SMALL DONATIONS THAT WE GET. SO ANYTHING THAT'S UNDER $10,000 THAT'S LIKE A KIND OF ONE OFF TYPE OF A DONATION WE CAN PUT INTO THIS UNIVERSAL FUND AND NOT HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU FOR AN ACCEPT AND EXPEND EACH TIME. SO THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT GO IN THERE ARE SOMETIMES WE HAVE SPONSORS FOR OUR EVENTS SO IT MAY BE LIKE A HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION THAT IS SPONSOR ING AN EVENT OR SOMEBODY THAT'S HAVING A TABLE AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS TO GIVE OUT SOME INFORMATION LIKE MAYBE AARP. IT COULD BE SMALL DONATIONS THAT ARE MADE TO OUR SENIOR CENTERS FROM GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY OR OR EVEN PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THIS FUND AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.  SO IF IT'S DIFFERENT DONATIONS OF SMALL AMOUNTS, HOW DO YOU DID YOU COME UP WITH THE $150,000? YEAH, THE 150,000 IS BASED ON SOME KIND OF PREVIOUS NUMBERS OF WHAT WE USED TO GET IN FOR EVENT SPONSORSHIP.  DURING THE PANDEMIC WE KIND OF ARE YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T DOING A LOT OF IN-PERSON EVENTS AND WE AND SINCE WE'VE COME BACK OUT OF THAT PANDEMIC AS YOU KNOW WE'VE KIND OF REDESIGNED OUR TEAM AND SO WE HAVE A NEW PARTNERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP TEAM AND WE'RE ACTUALLY REDESIGNING KIND OF OUR STRUCTURE AROUND ACCEPTING SPONSORSHIPS AND HOW WE HOW WE DO THAT. BUT THE 150,000 IS A HISTORICAL NUMBER AND I THINK THAT AS WE SEE HOW OUR NEW PARTNERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIPS STRUCTURE WORKS OVER TIME EACH YEAR WE'LL BE BACK AND WELL WE'LL KIND OF BETTER DEFINE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU AND HIGH ENOUGH TO COVER THE DONATIONS THAT ARE COMING IN.  WE BELIEVE SO. AND I GUESS IF IT'S NOT, WE'LL BE BACK. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T LIKE LOWBALL YOURSELF OR NO. NO, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GOOD FOR NOW. AND AS WE BUILD OUT KIND OF OUR NEW STRUCTURE WILL WILL INCREASE IT AS NEEDED. SO EVERY YEAR WE'LL BE BACK TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU AGAIN AND AND AT THAT TIME WE MAY ADJUST THE NUMBER SOMETIMES THE DONATIONS THAT COME IN ARE TO SPECIFIC SITES LIKE THE ONE WITH THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT WAS FOR THE ROSLINDALE WHEN IT COMES IN AND IT'S NOT IT'S JUST A DONATION AND YOU MAKE THE DECISION IS THERE LIKE A LIST OR A WEBSITE TO SEE WHERE THOSE DONATIONS ARE GOING AND BEING SPREAD OUT OVER THE CITY? OH THAT'S INTERESTING.  I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT LIKE WHEN IT'S FOR A SPECIFIC SITE FOR EXAMPLE IF SOMEONE WERE TO DONATE SOMETHING TO THE VERONICA SMITH SENIOR CENTER,  WE HAVE A WAY ON OUR BOOKS OF HOLDING THAT OH, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MILES.  I'M SORRY, MILES, BUT MILES GARRITY IS HERE. OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ADMIN AND FINANCE. SO YOU'RE THE ONE YOU CAN ANSWER THERE. SURE.  SO WE'RE ABLE AND MILES GARRITY, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE ADMINISTRATION.  THANKS FOR HAVING ME. WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, ACCEPT THESE FUNDS INTO THE UNIVERSAL ACCOUNT, WE ARE ABLE TO ASSIGN CERTAIN SUBCLASSES IN IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT IF THOSE FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO BE USED SAY VERONICA SMITH, WE CAN TRACK THE ACCOUNTING SO THAT THEY'RE EXPENDED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND SO WE CAN DO THAT FOR MULTIPLE. SUBCLASSES WITHIN THE ACCOUNT AND THERE ARE TIMES IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION AND DO YOU GO BACK AND RECORD WHERE IT WENT AFTER IF IT WASN'T GIVEN FOR A SPECIFIC SITE?  I DON'T I DON'T I WOULD I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE DO THAT SO LIKE IF WE WERE TO GET A $500 DONATION FOR OUR PROGRAMING THEN IT WOULD BE KIND OF PART OF A LARGER BUDGET THAT WE'RE USING ALL ACROSS THE CITY. ALL RIGHT.  BUT WE CAN'T WE DON'T NECESSARILY TIE THAT TO A SPECIFIC ACTION. LET'S GO.  WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT GRANT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. NO, IT IS. WE HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. VICTOR BROGDON. YES, YOU CAN COME UP TO THAT MICROPHONE. THANK YOU.  HI, I'M PICTURE BRYAN.  YOU'RE FROM THE NORTH END. I WAS AT THE NORTH END PRESENTATION AT THE ZERO CENTER AND JUST THIS IS MORE QUESTION THAN TESTIMONY. A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME UP IN IN YOUR STATEMENTS.  ONE OF THEM TO ME THE MOST IMPORTANT THE ARCHITECT OF THE PROJECT WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THE JOHNSON BUILDING ON BOYLSTON STREET OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WHICH TO ME PRODUCED A SPECTACULAR RESULT. I AM SO DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS WILLIAM RYAN ASSOCIATES R.A. WHEN THEY DID THAT JOB.  YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS WILLIAM RYAN YEAH. SO SO ODIN ZELL HAS DONE SEVERAL PROJECTS FOR THE BPO. I WANT TO SAY AND THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME PORTION OR MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAD SOME INVOLVEMENT BUT WILLIAM RYAN WAS THE PRIMARY AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS ARCHITECT ODIN'S ELO. SPELL IT PLEASE. OH YOU OH YOU D E N0UNOUDTONSU TNN OKAY. AND THEN ELO IS THE SECOND WORD YELLOW. YELLOW HELLO.  OKAY.  AND LET'S SEE THE NEXT QUESTION WAS OH WILL THE REPORT THAT HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE SO WE CAN SEE IT IN THE NORTH END.  YEAH WE CAN DO THAT. I MEAN THERE IS A THERE IS A PROJECT PAGE AND ACTUALLY INTERESTINGLY THE CITY OF BOSTON IS SORT OF UPDATING OR STANDARDIZING PROJECT PAGES FOR FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS AND SO THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POST THIS THERE FOR SURE AND I GUESS FINALLY IT IS MY MEMORY THAT THE LEGISLATURE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AARON MICHAEL WHICH ALSO SOMEHOW MANAGED TO GET FUNDS TO THE NAZARIO CENTER . WILL THAT BE PART OF THIS? THEY ADDED TO THE 5 MILLION A MILLION FEDERAL GRANT THAT YOU GOT. SO WILL IT BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE? QUESTION YEAH. SO TO TO CLARIFY THAT YEAH THIS THIS $5 MILLION ORIGINATED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY ARPA ARPA FUNDS AND THEY PASSED THROUGH THE STATE AND SO THEY WERE AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO THESE $5 MILLION ARE THE SAME $5 MILLION THAT THAT REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL WICKS ADVOCATED FOR AND GOT FROM THE PROJECT. OKAY. SO THERE ARE ONLY 5 MILLION. SO THAT'S THE BUDGET. IT IS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR NO MORE QUESTIONS ,NO MORE TESTIMONY. THANKS AND GOOD LUCK WITH IT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.  IT'S GOOD.  SO DO YOU HAVE COUNCILOR AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SENIOR FUNDING THE OTHER GRANT OR WE JUST HAD SOME PUBLIC TESTIMONY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARCHITECT AND THE FUNDING. IT TURNS OUT THAT THIS $5 MILLION FUNDING THAT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS WHAT AARON MARKOWITZ WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH FUNDING. SO IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS, SENATOR MARKOWITZ AND THE WORKING PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITY STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS. IT'S ABOUT WORKING PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE BEST SERVICES WE POSSIBLY CAN. RESPECTING EACH OTHER AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE WHAT GET THINGS DONE IN GOVERNMENT.  IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER. I JUST AGAIN JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT'S HERE.  THEY'VE BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL FOR MANY YEARS AND I ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS? JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION BECAUSE HE ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT AUDIENCE AL ALSO. SO THEY WERE THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD ON THE FANEUIL BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND BRAIN. SO THEY DID THAT RENOVATION AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING THE FIELDS CORNER BRANCH FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO BOTH REALLY INTERESTING PROJECTS NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW BUT IF YOU WANT TO READ UP ON OLD INTEL, I THINK YOU COULD LOOK THERE.  YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. WE'LL PUT THIS FORWARD. IT WILL PASS. I'M POSITIVE I'M AT THE NEXT MEETING.  UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, DOCKET 0109 AND 0111 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED RIGHT