##VIDEO ID:XzETQd2z0wQ##  GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.  HAPPY 2025. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. YOU CAN WATCH 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 CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THE 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 CALERA ZAPPALA COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FERNANDES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YEAH. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR WHO'S IN HERE? CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR TEN COUNCILOR SANTANA . COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL QUORUM. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. IT'S ALSO GREAT TO SEE OUR 14 COUNCILOR HERE. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. PASTOR DON NOTE NON SAD OF OUR SAVIOR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH PROVIDED BY COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA AND IF I GOT THE NAME WRONG COUNCILOR THAT IS A PAPERWORK CORRECT. AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COUNT THE CLUB AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I HAVE.  GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT IS WITH GREAT RESPECT AND ADMIRATION THAT I WELCOME PASTOR DON NANCE STEAD OF OUR SAVIOR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH TO JOIN US TODAY. WHEN I MET WITH PASTOR EARLIER I CALLED HIM A COCONSPIRATOR IN GOOD TROUBLE. HE'S BEEN THE QUIET STEADY HAND THAT PROVIDES BUT ALSO NUDGES US ALONG TOWARDS A MORE JUST CITY AND CERTAINLY SO IN EAST BOSTON. THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP THIS CHURCH HAS BECOME A STEADFAST PILLAR OF REFUGE COMPASSION AND ADVOCACY.  FROM ITS FOUNDING IN 1911 BY NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANTS AS A SEAMAN'S MISSION TO ITS PRESENT ROLE AS A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE SANCTUARY, THE CHURCH'S HISTORY REFLECTS AN ENDURING MISSION TO WELCOME ALL ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE FELT UNWELCOME ELSEWHERE WITH ACCEPTANCE AND DIGNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT PASTOR NAN SAID IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AGAIN HE HAS BEEN THAT COCONSPIRATOR OF GOOD TROUBLE IN THE COMMUNITY.  I'M LOOKING AT JESSE PURVIS BECAUSE HE WAS A PART OF ONE OF THE CAMPAIGNS THAT PASTOR DON HAD HOUSED BUT IN HIS CHURCH BASEMENT WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF NOAH IN THE 1990S WHEN THE TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS VILIFIED AND PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THOSE PEOPLE IN EAST BOSTON. PASTOR NANN SAID HOW THEN HIS BASEMENT WAS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR NO EASTER CASINO WHICH WAS AN UNDERDOG CAMPAIGN THAT WAS OUTSPENT AND OUTORGANIZED AND HE CREATED A HOME FOR THEM. TODAY HE OPENS HIS DOORS FOR THE EAST BOSTON SOUP KITCHEN CITY LIFE VIVA URBANA IBAC MASH CAR AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MISSED A COUPLE BUT AGAIN HE IS A LEADER WHO HAS TIRELESSLY FOSTERED CONNECTIONS OF COMPASSION COMPASSION ACROSS GENERATION AND CULTURES AND HE EMBODIES THE VERY VALUES THAT DRIVE OUR COUNCIL'S MISSION. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME AND COMING HERE IN THIS COLD WEATHER.  PASTOR DON THAT SAVED ME HALF OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.  THANK YOU. I WANT TO TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PLACE AGAINST PEER BEFORE ANYBODY WITHOUT DOING THAT AND THAT IS WHEN I CAME TO EAST BOSTON IN THE FALL OF 1980 TO GO TO STUDY AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND SERVE THIS LITTLE CHURCH PART TIME. I HAD BEEN SLIGHTLY WARNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT HADN'T REALLY PAID ATTENTION AND WHEN I GOT THERE WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS THE NAVY DECLARED MAVERICK'S SQUARE AND I LIVE ON THE EDGE OF MAVERICK SQUARE 24 HOURS OFF LIMITS TO NAVY PERSONNEL BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN SO MUCH VIOLENCE THERE AND IF IN FACT A SAILOR HAD BEEN KILLED THAT SUMMER, READ ABOUT IT IN THE NATIONAL NEWS. SO THAT WASN'T THE BEST OF STARTS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. I WOULD BE WALKING DOWN COMM AV AND I'D SEE A PLANE IN THE SKY AND I THINK I WISH I WAS ON THAT PLANE. I DON'T CARE WHERE IT'S GONE. I JUST WISH I WAS ON IT. BUT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE WAY I DESCRIBE IT AS MAGIC HAPPENED TO CATHOLIC SISTERS FROM HOLY REDEEMER, A LARGE CATHOLIC CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER.  I KNEW THEM FROM SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS. THEY CAME AND SAID COULD WE SET UP A LITTLE SPACE OVER HERE FOR TWO SMALL ORGANIZATIONS THEY WERE FORMING E BACK EAST BOSTON ACT MEDICAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND HARBOR MI WHICH WAS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF WOMEN SUFFERING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND I SAID YES AND SOON THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS HAD CUBICLES DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE BASEMENT AND STARTED TO GROW EACH OTHER AT WHICH POINT ONE LEFT AND NOAH WAS BORN SO THINGS HAPPENED BUT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF TWO CATHOLIC SISTERS WHO THROUGH THE DOORS OF MY CHURCH OPENED AND I HAD TO CALL SISTER CAROL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY AND SAY SISTER CAROL, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. I MEAN I CAME FROM A SMALL TOWN IN WISCONSIN, A FARM TOWN UNDER A THOUSAND PEOPLE. I HAD LIVED IN MILWAUKEE AND I HAD LIVED IN NEW HAVEN AND HAD THERE BEEN A TOWN OF 60,000 BUT THAT WAS NOTHING LIKE EAST BOSTON BUT FROM THAT TIME ON IN EAST BOSTON STARTED TO GROW ON ME AND I'M THERE 44 YEARS LATER SO SOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED SOME KIND OF LOVE AFFAIR MUST HAVE OCCURRED IN THE MEANTIME I OFTEN WILL BE STANDING IN THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH. NOBODY'S AROUND AND I THINK TO MYSELF, MAN, SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR ME BECAUSE I STARTED AND DOING ALL THE WRONG THINGS MAKING A BAD DECISION AND IN THE END IT HAS BEEN THE MOST WONDERFUL THING I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE. SO SOME OF WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD BY THE 1960S THAT OLD NORWEGIAN CHURCH HAD A BRIEF BURST OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A YOUNG CHARISMATIC PASTOR.  IT LASTED FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. IT BLEW UP A LOT OF THE BLACK FAMILIES FLED TO EAST BOSTON IN THE VIOLENCE OF THE LATE SEVENTIES.  IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT, ASK SAL ALBERTINA BECAUSE HE WAS A TEENAGER AND ONE OF HIS FRIENDS WAS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES.  SO IT WAS A TOUGH PLACE AT THE TIME IN THE 1980S WE SPONSORED SOUTHEAST ASIANS COLLABORATING WITH IBEC THEY BECAME OUR PARTNERS. WE WE ENDED UP SPONSORING 125 PEOPLE FROM CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM AND THEN THE ORGANIZATION IN THE BASEMENT OF A CHURCH BECAME WHAT I'M SURE HAD TO BE THE LARGEST COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY COMMUNITY BASED THAT WAS OFFERING A RANGE OF SERVICES CIVIL RIGHTS, FIGHTING HOUSING, WHATEVER MY JOB WAS WORKING WITH A COMMUNITY DISORDERS UNIT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH GETTING PEOPLE REFERRED IN A MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND ORGANIZING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS AT 50 HOURS CAMP AND AGAIN WITH WITH 35 TEENAGERS. IT WAS A BLAST. IT WAS WONDERFUL.  SO IT'S JUST TURNED FROM ONE THING TO THE NEXT WHICH IN MANY CASES JUST SORT OF WOULD SPIN OUT OF ITS OWN LIFE AND A YEAR ABOUT NINE ABOUT 2000 WE WERE VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH CLIPPER SHIP WHICH IS A SMALL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NEXT TO MAVERIK AND VHA WANTED TO TAKE IT THEY DIDN'T MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT FAMILIES FOUGHT BACK.  WE FOUGHT WITH THEM AND THE FAMILIES AS I SAID AROUND THE TABLE ON THE VA I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT THEY AROUND THE TABLE AND THEY WERE THERE FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS AND NOW OF COURSE IT'S GONE AND THOSE BEAUTIFUL HIGH RISE LEGO LAND BUILDINGS ARE OVER THERE. SO WE FIGURED WE DID A STUDY ONCE JUST GUESSING AT THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ENTER OUR BUILDING AND WE FIGURE 93% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WALK IN THROUGH THE DOORS OF OUR CHURCH ARE NOT MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH. EVERY WEEK BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS AND SUCH THERE IS ABOUT 100 AT SOUP KITCHEN FOR EXAMPLE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE. UM WE HAVE SHELTERED PEOPLE THAT WERE FIRE VICTIMS AND IMMIGRANTS. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE STORY WHEN WE HAD 444 HAITIAN AND VENEZUELANS IN THAT SMALL CHURCH WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GETTING SO MANY. WE SAID SURE, WE'LL TAKE THOSE PEOPLE THAT GOT KICKED OUT OF THE TENTS AND QUINCY NOT KNOWING WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE. SO WE HAD 44 PEOPLE IN 4000 SQUARE FEET FROM TWO LEVELS YOU KNOW, TWO AND TWO. SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE FAMILY LEFT AND ONE COLOMBIAN PERSON THAT'S BEEN THERE. THIS CHURCH HAS HAD 36 MEMBERS WHEN I ARRIVED AND IT HAS GROWN TO 20. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD OUR BISHOP A FEW YEARS AGO.  SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT WENT. SO WE HAD 36 WE BUILT IT UP TO 20. SO I TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE YOU REALIZE WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY DO THESE THINGS ALONE IT WAS ALWAYS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY GROUPS, VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZATIONS ETC. SO THAT'S MY OPENING REMARKS. COULD WE TO OUR HEADS AND OFFER OURSELVES TIME FOR PRAYER?  YOU MAY RISE. YES.  ALMIGHTY GOD MAKER OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH ALL THINGS GREAT AND SMALL COME FROM YOUR HAND. BLESS THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS ROOM WHO HAVE BEEN SENT HERE TO BE LEADERS FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FOR THE CITY STRENGTHEN THEM IN WISDOM AND IN CARING LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE BOTH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY BE A LAMP ONTO THEIR FEET, THE LIGHT UNTO THEIR PATHS IN ALL DARK AND DIFFICULT TIMES.  AMEN. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,  INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR ZAPATA AND THANK YOU, PASTOR DON, FOR YOUR WORDS AND YOUR WORK AND FOR REMINDING ME THAT WE'VE BEEN AT PROTESTS IN EAST BOSTON TOGETHER. BUT THANK YOU FOR REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE CHURCH IS A REFLECTION OF HOW WE ARE TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER.  SO I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR WORDS IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS.  I ALSO MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILORS DURKIN, WEBER AND WAHL ARE NOW PRESENT AND WITH US IN CHAMBERS THANK YOU.  WE'RE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 11, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL OPPOSE ANY THERE IS A CASUAL FLING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.  OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 11TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 011220115 TALKING MEMBER 0112 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $6,637,486 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IMPACT OF INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS DRIVERS TALKING NUMBERS 0113 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $6,637,486 TO COVER THE IMPACT OF FISCAL YEAR 25 COSTS ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS DRIVERS ON THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR.  THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT IS JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2028. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE A MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT AND INCREASE FOR REGULAR WAGES AND AN INCREASE IN MINIMUM WEEKLY HOURS FROM 31 TO 35 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY SIX, 2025 SO I CAN ENTER 0114 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION WITH A RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $421,318 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SEIU LOCAL 888 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND NUMBER 0115 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $421,318 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COSTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SEIU LOCAL 888 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BEACH WAGES, WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND FLAT AMOUNTS OF $250 $500, $900 AND $800 BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY THREE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY SIX, 2025. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 011230115 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01160116 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $860,169.70 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE ONE-STOP CAREER CENTER GRANT AWARDED BY THE MAN STATE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . THE GRANT WILL FUND COMPREHENSIVE CAREER SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS, SEEK SUCH AS REVIEWING JOB POSTINGS, CAREER COUNSELING AND JOB COACHING EDUCATIONS AND SKILLS TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 10116 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 011720119 LUCKY NUMBER 10117 MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $593,750 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 IT HAS MET HERE MY GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE NEEDS OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAMS AS SPECIFIED IN LINE ITEMS 8320 4-000 AND 8320 4-0050 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT DOCKET NUMBER 011A MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $385,746 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BURN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MANAGEMENT ANALYST AT THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, A HUB AND CENTER OF RESPONSIBILITY COORDINATOR AND A TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR FOR THE MULTIPLE DATA COLLECTION REPORTING AND RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN DOG NUMBERS 0119 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 FISCAL YEAR 22 COVID 19 AS A TRUST FUND AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TWO FULL TIME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES WHO WILL WORK WITH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY PARTNERS AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER THANK YOU. DOCKETS NUMBER 2011720119 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0120 DUCK NUMBERS 0120 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $36,638 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 MARS TRAILS GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT 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. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0120 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0121 CANNONBALL 0121 MESSAGE IN HONOR OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE DONATION OF A VECTOR FITNESS CABLE MULTI STATION WEIGHT STATION WEIGHT MACHINE VALUE TO $12,599 DONATED BY FITNESS EQUIPMENT SERVICE OF NEW ENGLAND.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO ENHANCE THE FITNESS PROGRAM AND FACILITIES AT DC WAY OF ROSLINDALE CENTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ROSLINDALE NEIGHBORHOOD.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0121 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01220122 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AND IN-KIND DONATION OF 200 RAKES DONATED BY NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO BE USED DURING THE LOVE OF LIFE PROGRAM WHICH ORGANIZES RESIDENTS TO DO CLEANUP IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND I THINK NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FOR THIS GENEROUS DONATION OF 200 RAKES. AT THIS TIME I THINK SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET SO THAT THE CITY CAN ACCEPT THEM. I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF SUSPENSION AND PASSION OF DR. NUMBER 012 TO SAY I I THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 0122 IS PASSED. MR. CLERK WHEN HE LEAVES ME DOCKET NUMBER 0123 STUCK IN NUMBER ZERO ONE, TWO, THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO DECLARE SURPLUS CITY ON COMPUTERS THAT ARE NO LONGER OF USE TO CITY EMPLOYEES ONCE THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DETERMINES THAT A CITY OWNED COMPUTER HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE AND HAS LITTLE TO NO RESALE VALUE, THE DEPARTMENT WISHES TO DONATE THE SURPLUS COMPUTERS TO A5001 C3 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 30 B SECTION 15 THE COMPUTERS BE SANITIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN ACCORDANCE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO REMOVE ANY CITY DATA PRIOR TO DONATION . THE COMPUTERS WILL BE THEN REFURBISHED BY A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION FOR FUTURE USE BY BOSTON RESIDENTS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.  THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND I WANT TO THANK THE DO IT DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY KERRY FORMERLY OF CITY COUNCIL FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD SO THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO DONATE COMPUTERS THAT WE ARE NO LONGER USE USING THIS TIME I IN THE PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0123 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA FLYNN BECAUSE OF FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR ON THIS DOCKET HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT PRIVACY IS PROTECTED AND RESPECTED BEFORE WE DONATE THESE COMPUTERS TO NONPROFITS? I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE BOSTON'S I.T DEPARTMENT IN WRITING THAT THERE WILL BE NO INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SENT OUT INADVERTENTLY. WHAT PEOPLE'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER NAME ADDRESS ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION THERE'S A LOT OF THEFT TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE COMPUTER THROUGH TO THE PHONES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT PRIVACY IS PROTECTED FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE YOU OPPOSING THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE? YES, I AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY AND I'M SURE KERRY JORDAN FORMERLY OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO JUST SEND US SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN DO IT IS ON TOP OF THEIR ASK ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WIPE IT DOWN SO THAT NONE OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU RAISED CONTRA FLYNN ARE AN ISSUE. SO DOCKET NUMBER 0123 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE REDACT THE NUMBER 0124.0124 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF J.  ANDRUS BURNELL AS AN ALTERNATIVE AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL A TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2027 THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0124 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER IS 0125 AND 01260125 NOTICE WE SEE FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A RE-APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL O'NEILL AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 2ND 2029. NUMBER 0126 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SANDRA KURTZ AS AN ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 0125 AND 0126 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE . MR COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01270127 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNIQUE FROM THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF PETITION NUMBER 224.07 BOSTON CITY HALL ONE CITY HALL SQUARE 02201 AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER FEBRUARY 7TH, 2025 IF NOT ACTED UPON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COSMO DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE TODAY WE CELEBRATE A MILESTONE IN BOSTON'S STORY A MOMENT THAT HONORS NOT JUST A BUILDING BUT A LIVING SYMBOL OF OUR CITY'S LONG STANDING DEDICATION TO DEMOCRACY, CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND ARCHITECTURAL BOLDNESS WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE. I STAND HERE TO MARK THE OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF BOSTON CITY HALL AS A LANDMARK AND I HOPE YOU ALL WILL SUPPORT ME IN PULLING THIS FOR A VOTE TODAY SINCE ITS COMPLETION IN 1968, BOSTON CITY HALL HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT FOR GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNITY RECOGNIZING ITS BOLD BRUTALIST DESIGN THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE MARKED BY ITS STRIKING GEOMETRIC FORMS AND RAW CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION DARED TO CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL IDEAS AND SYMBOLIZED A NEW ERA OF TRANSPARENCY, MATERNITY AND ACCESSIBILITY AND GOVERNANCE. THIS BUILDING STANDS AS MORE THAN JUST A FUNCTIONAL SPACE.  IT'S A PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT OF CIVIC IDENTITY AND A TESTAMENT TO BOSTON'S WILLINGNESS TO INNOVATE AND EMBRACE BOLD IDEAS. EVERY DAY AS I WALK INTO CITY HALL I'M IN AWE OF THE HISTORICAL MOMENTS THAT HAVE UNFOLDED WITHIN THESE WALLS AND THE LEGACY OF CIVIL SERVANTS WHO HAVE SHAPED OUR CITY. FROM THIS VERY SPACE IT'S A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE IMMENSE RESPONSIBILITY WE ALL SHARE IN BOSTON SERVING THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN JUST THE BUILDING'S EXTERIOR. IT CELEBRATES THE BRICK PAVING THAT SEAMLESSLY CONNECTS THE PLAZA OUTSIDE THE BRICK FLOORS INSIDE TO THE ICONIC THIRD FLOOR LOBBY THE CEREMONIAL STAIRCASE IS AND KEY SPACES LIKE THE MAYOR'S LOBBY, THE BRONZE HALLWAY AND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. EACH ELEMENT REFLECTS THOUGHTFUL DESIGN AND VISION FOR A COLLABORATIVE, TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT.  WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS JOB THAT THIS DESIGNATION IS A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF BOSTON CITY HALL IS NO SMALL TASK. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO COMMISSIONER RAYMOND SHELTON AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THIS BUILDING AND THE PLAZA. I WANT TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER MCCOSH FOR ENSURING THAT THIS STUDY REPORT ACKNOWLEDGED THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO MAKE THIS BUILDING FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.  A COMMITMENT THAT WE MUST CARRY FORWARD. AND FINALLY, THANK YOU TO THE WORK OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION ITSELF WHO SHEPHERDED SO MUCH OF THIS CONVERSATION FROM START TO FINISH. THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BUILDING EXTENDS BEYOND ITS ARCHITECTURE. IT INTERSECTS WITH HOW WE ADAPT ITS USE FOR THE NEED FOR OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE AND FUTURE WORKFORCE. BOSTON CITY HALL REMAINS A VITAL SPACE FOR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND URBAN PLANNING DISCUSSIONS. THIS SUMMER WE WILL WELCOME THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN WHERE WE WILL CELEBRATE THIS DESIGNATION ON A GLOBAL STAGE. IT'S A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON HOW THIS BUILDING HAS SHAPED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT URBAN RENEWAL EXCESSIVE BILITY AND PRESERVATION WHILE ALSO SERVING AS A BOLD ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL ICON. FINALLY, AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE EVEN CALLS TO TEAR DOWN THIS BUILDING, I AM PROUD TO STAND HERE TODAY WEARING MY CITY HALL PIN TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THIS LANDMARK. BOSTON CITY HALL IS NOT JUST A PLACE IT'S AN IDEA, A CATALYST AND A HOME FOR EVERYONE WHO SERVES OUR GREAT CITY. SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS DESIGNATION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. CAROL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. I SUPPORT DESIGNATING THIS A LANDMARK. I LOVE THIS BUILDING. I'VE PROBABLY WORKED HERE AS LONG AS ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL AND I DO WANT TO SEE IT BE LANDMARKED.  I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. THAT IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FACING MANY PEOPLE THAT COME TO CITY HALL.  JUST THIS JUST AS AN EXAMPLE THIS MORNING I GOT INTO INTO THIS MEETING HERE AT 11:00 AND I'D LIKE TO TALK TO MY FRIEND MIKE OVER THERE BUT MIKE COULDN'T GET INTO THE INTO THE ROOM BECAUSE THE IT WASN'T THE DOOR WASN'T WORKING WHERE HE COULD PUSH THE BUTTON.  IT WASN'T FULLY ACCESSIBLE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IT'S NOT FULLY ACCESSIBLE ACCESSIBLE AND WHEN A BUILDING IS NOT FULLY ACCESSIBLE IT'S OUR JOB TO ENSURE THAT IT MEETS CODE AND IT'S UP TO DATE. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A HEARING TO LEARN HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER IN ENSURING THAT THIS IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE BUILDING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR SENIORS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT.  PROBABLY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL STANCE I'LL TAKE THIS YEAR IS THE FACT THAT I LOVE THIS BUILDING. I LOVE ROOTLESS ARCHITECTURE. I THINK IT'S A GORGEOUS BUILDING. ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN BROUGHT UP ARE FAIR AND VALID. I DO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD. I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS BEFORE FEBRUARY 7TH IF THE AGENDA READS CORRECTLY.  AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH THIS FORWARD TOWARDS A VOTE. I THINK THAT THERE WAS A LONG CONVERSATION. I WAS NOT THERE. MY STAFF MEMBER WAS THERE ABOUT 88 COMPLIANCE. THERE WAS ALSO A COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH EAMON WHO IS THE FACILITIES CHIEF OR COMMISSIONER. I FORGET HIS EXACT TITLE BUT TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU ENSURE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE EVEN THOUGH THERE IS THIS PRESERVATIONIST LENS ON THIS BUILDING NOW? SO I THINK THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE BOTH PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY THROUGH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION IN THEIR LAST MEETING. SO I DO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD AS A COUNCIL BODY AND I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THE SAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. AND YOU ARE COMFORTABLE? SURE TAKE I AGREE WITH YOU ESPECIALLY SEEING THIS BUILDING AT NIGHT. IT REALLY IS IT REALLY IS A STUNNING BUILDING. QUITE A LOT OF COMFORTABLE AND YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER PURSUANT TO A RULE. YES, I DO OBJECT TO THIS, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS CONCERNS.  I DID WANT TO OUTLINE THAT WITHIN THE START OF YOUR REPORT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO VERSIONS OF THE STUDY REPORT SO THE FIRST STUDY REPORT THAT WAS AUTHORED DID NOT HAVE INTENSE CARE GIVEN TO THE FUTURE PLANS FOR CITY HALL BUT THE VERSION THAT STANDS BEFORE US TODAY ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT DISABILITIES, TALKS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT I PERSONALLY WAS ON THE HEARING WHERE THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION DESIGNATED THIS BUILDING AND COMMISSIONER MCCOSH SPOKE TO ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DID TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDY REPORT REFLECTS CARE FOR DISABILITIES COMMUNITY AND CARE FOR THOSE WHO AND THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT ALL OF THAT IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN WITHIN THE STUDY REPORT AND ALL THE CHANGES AND THE FUTURE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE IN TERMS OF THE DISABILITIES COMMUNITY.  THANK YOU QUITE A LOT OF WHAT A LOT OF TRAFFIC WHICH I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY YEAH I KNOW WITH THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ONCE THERE WAS AN OBJECTION TO TO A PARTICULAR ORDER THAT THE CONVERSATION WOULD END. IS THAT STILL ACCURATE, MADAM CHAIR? YES, I READ IT TO CONFIRM BY THE CLERK AND WITH THE AS YOU SAW ME SPEAKING TO OUR COUNCIL. OH, I WAS I NEEDED TO CONFIRM WITH OUR CLERK AND WITH OUR COUNCIL THAT THAT APPLIES HERE BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNICATION SO IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE NORMALLY A RESOLUTION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WHICH IS WHY I WAS CONFIRMING WITH THEM THAT YES, YOU OBJECTED TO IT. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AND IT IS BEING SENT TO COMMITTEE. BUT THERE WERE THERE WAS A DELIBERATE CONVERSATION AFTER THE OBJECTION I CONFIRMED WITH MS. WITH THE CLERK AND WITH OUR COUNCIL I DID NOT HEAR THE WORD OBJECTION BUT I DO NOW HEAR YOUR WORD OBJECTION AND IT WILL BE SENT TO COMMITTEE AND THERE ARE LIGHTS ON. THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER.  THE POINT OF ORDER COUNCILOR DURKIN, WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER ALLOWED TO PUSH FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE? NO, BECAUSE IT'S A MATTER WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BUT YOU CAN AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT FROM THE GREEN SHEETS YOU MAY THANK YOU . MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 012820133 BUT YOU MR  NUMBER 012A COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL COX IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE OF THE BOSTON TRUST ACT REGARDING CIVIL IMMIGRATION DETAINER RESULTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 20 24.0129 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM TIMOTHY G. SMITH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD REGARDING A SPECIAL ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR A VACANT RETIREMENT BOARD SEAT.  LUCKY NUMBERS 0130 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM TIMOTHY J. SMITH EXECUTIVE OFFICE SIR OF THE BOSS RETIREMENT BOARD REGARDING THE RESIGNATIONS OF DANIEL J. GREEN AND MICHAEL D O'REILLY FROM THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 18, 2024 TALKING NUMBERS 0131 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM CAIRO CHIEF OF PLANNING GETTING A PROPOSED MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE WASHINGTON PARK URBAN RENEWAL PLAN DOCKET NUMBER 0132 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR NICOLETTA ZAPATA REGARDING THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT,  JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS BOSTON RISING BUILDING A RESILIENT CITY ON A HILL THROUGH LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION AND NUMBERS 0133 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING CONTINUED ELEVATOR CHALLENGES AT THE RUTH BARCLAY APARTMENTS. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR GABRIELLE ZAPATA AS THIS IS A COMMUNICATION LETTER MEETING A DISCUSSION ON THIS TO 2 MINUTES SO CONTACTED US ABOUT THE OTHER FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT AS WE STEP INTO 2025 AND EMBARK ON THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WE DO SO WITH AND WE BRING FOCUS ON ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME CLIMATE CHANGE.  TODAY I AM HONORED AND PROUD TO PRESENT A COMMITTEE REPORT ENTITLED BOSTON RISING BUILDING A RESILIENT CITY ON A HILL THROUGH LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION.  CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A DISTANT ISSUE. IT'S A PRESENT AND PRESSING REALITY THAT TOUCHES EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY. RISING SEA LEVELS EXTREME WEATHER AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION THREATEN THE HEALTH SAFETY AND STABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE GREATEST BURDEN FALLING ON MOST ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. THIS REPORT SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR HOW BOSTON CAN CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH BOLD, EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS ROOTED IN LOCAL ACTION. BOSTON'S HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF LEADERSHIP AND IN THE FACE OF POTENTIAL FEDERAL ROLLBACKS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND DIMINISHING SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE, OUR LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER.  THIS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE INITIATIVES AND POLICIES WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED TO SAFEGUARD OUR CITY FROM CREATING THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE TO EXPANDING FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULA. I EXTEND GRATITUDE TO MAYOR WU FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND TO THE COUNTLESS ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTEERS AND YOUTH ADVOCATES WHO HELPED SHAPE THE STRATEGIES . THEIR DEDICATION TO ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES HAS ILLUMINATED OUR PATH FORWARD IN ENSURING THAT OUR CLIMATE ACTION IS NOT JUST AS EFFECTIVE BUT IT IS EQUITABLE. THIS REPORT ALSO LOOKS AHEAD. IT OUTLINES FORWARD THINKING RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANK AND UTILIZING GREEN BONDS TO CLOSE THE ALMOST OR ESTIMATED $4 BILLION PRICE TAG IT WILL TAKE TO FORTIFY OUR 47 MILE COASTLINE IN LIGHT OF THE INCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO REDUCING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR AFFILIATED GRANT PROGRAMS. IT IS MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER FOR MUNICIPALITIES FOR BOSTON TO TAKE THE LEAD IN COMBATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AS THIS FEDERAL SUPPORT DIMINISHES,  LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL ACTIONS WILL BE KEY TO ENSURING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ALL THAT CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS CONTINUE. SO LET THIS REPORT BE A CALL TO ACTION. WITH EQUITY AT THE HEART OF OUR MISSION WE MUST RISE TOGETHER TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS HEAD ON. THANKS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ZAPATA AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA TO SPEAK ON ONE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THE NUMBER 0128 BE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD WE PLEASE SEND DR. NUMBER 0128 TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE?  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. AND MR. CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDO ANDERSON IS PRESENT NOW WITH US . OC AND THE REMAINING DOCKETS DOCKETS NUMBER 012928012 NOT OUT. DOCKET NUMBER 0129 DOCKET NUMBER 0130. DOCKET NUMBER 0131.0132 AND DOCKING NUMBER 0133 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.  WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AND AS WAS DISPLAYED WE WILL NOW BE USING THIS CLOCK.  MICHEL SENDS OUT AN EMAIL REGARDING REFILLS TO ENSURE THAT. TO ENSURE THAT REFILLS THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG WE VIALS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MINUTE 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE DISCUSSION BY THE LEAD SPONSOR SO THAT WE CAN KEEP ON MOVING AND PURSUANT TO RULE 39 FOR NEW MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS DISCUSSIONS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES FOR THE OFFERING SPONSOR 2 MINUTES FOR ANY OTHER COUNSELOR AS STATED IN RULE 39 THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR DISCUSSION IS AT A HEARING OR AT A WORKING SESSION.  I SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO LIGHTS ON I'M NOT SURE THEY ARE ON SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON COUNSELOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN IS THIS REGARDING?  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR REGARDING DOCKET 0128I JUST WANT TO ASK THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE A QUESTION IF IF POSSIBLE I WILL ALLOW YOU TO ASK ONE QUESTION TO COUNCILOR SANTANA AS THE DOCKET IS IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  TWO TO THE COUNCILOR TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR SANTANA WOULD WE BE HAVING A HEARING ON DOCKET 012 WAIT TO DISCUSS THE MEMO FROM THE POLICE COMMISSIONER.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA CONSISTENT ANY OTHER FLOOR? YES, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE MY INTENTION TO DO SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED TO BE SENT TO COMMITTEE AND MY TEAM AND I WILL DISCUSS THAT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE A HEARING THAT'S THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. WHAT WE ARE MOVING ON COUNCILOR AROUND IS THIS FOR EMOTIONS? WHAT IS THE RESOLUTIONS? I THINK YOU ARE SO UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH REFILLS FILES LIMITED TO 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE AND ON NEW DOCKETS WE'RE DOING 3 MINUTES PURSUANT TO RULE 39 AND ANY COUNSELOR WHO IS A CO-SPONSOR ANY ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU, NEAL FOR NOT ONLY COVERING FOR DOCTOR TODAY BUT FOR ALSO USING THIS CLOCK WHICH I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL AT BUT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ARE. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY SHOW GRACE AS WE TRY TO MAKE USE OF THIS CLOCK TODAY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZE OH MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0134 DOCKING NUMBER 0134 COUNCILOR WILL ROLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO ENHANCE DRIVEWAY ACCESSIBILITY THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WHERE OUTCOMES WHERE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR KAISER MEDIA SO ADDED COUNCILOR I YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MY OFFICE FILED THIS ORDINANCE AFTER HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY CARS BLOCKING THEIR DRIVEWAYS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET AND OUT FROM THEIR DRIVEWAYS. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH COMMISSIONER ON THIS AND HE'S ASSURED THAT THESE CHANGES WILL BE PART OF THE NEW PARKING AND RULES REGULATIONS THAT WOULD BE ROLLING OUT SOON TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION ON THIS AND AS ALSO ON THE NEW RULES AND PARKING REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE BEFORE US. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST A BRIEF I KNOW THIS IS NOT IN ME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. THANK YOU, DOC. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA COUNCILOR DURKIN, COUNCILOR FLYNN,  COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR PAT BENN. CARLOS SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER PLEASE. OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0134 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0135 DUNCAN NUMBER 0135 COUNCILORS WEBER AND PEPEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND INJURIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS THE THIRD SPONSOR COUNCILOR WEBER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AT CASA SANTANA THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CARLOS SANTANA SO ADVOCATES WHERE WE GO ON THE FLOOR WE HELD A HEARING ON THIS TOPIC LAST YEAR BEFORE FILING AN ORDINANCE SO WE'RE REFILING THIS TODAY IN HOPES OF HAVING A WORKING SESSION SOON AND FINALIZING THE LANGUAGE BEFORE PUTTING IT UP FOR A VOTE AND HOPEFULLY PROTECTING OUR WORKERS FROM THE HEAT NEXT SUMMER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS THIS IS IT'S A REFILE SO WE'RE JUST MOVING.  COUNSELOR MR QUIET PLEASE. I COUNSELORS CLAUDE ZAPATA DURKIN, FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN I KNOW MEJIA WUERL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 013 DOCKET NUMBER 0135 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS POINT OF ORDER.  WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON RE FILES I'M TRACKING. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG. WE HAVE TO BUT I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS TIME THAT WE HAVE AS A BODY THE CITY COUNCIL TO COME TOGETHER AND IT'S USUALLY THE ONLY TIME ALL OF US ARE IN THE SAME SPACE I NEVER OR EVEN IF I DID IT'S OKAY I DON'T SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND I DON'T SPEAK LONG JUST TO TAKE UP SPACE. OKAY, SPECIFIC QUESTION PURSUANT TO RULE 39 IT SAYS THAT THE PROPER PLACE FOR DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ON A MATTER IS AT HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS. I'M TRYING TO MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER YOU MAY BUT I COULD NOT EVEN CO-SPONSORS PREFERABLY OUR ON MY ONLY HEARING ORDER ON THE RULES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RULES BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST STAND TO SPEAK WITH THE COLD WEATHER RECENTLY TO THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS IF WE COULD INCLUDE COLD RELATED ALSO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF WE'RE PROTECTING OUR WORKERS WITH HEAT IT WOULD BE ALSO IMPORTANT . SO I'M HEARING FROM MANY WORKERS, MANY CITY WORKERS WHO WORK OUTSIDE OBVIOUSLY OUR LABOR MANY WORKERS WORK OUTSIDE. SO PLEASE THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR IF WE COULD DO THE WORDING TO INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF WEATHER. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU CATHERINE AND JONATHAN WHICH IS POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  MR. CLERK THROUGH THE CHAIR THROUGH THE MADAM PRESIDENT, IF YOU CAN CLARIFY RULE 30 JUST SO THAT I KNOW ON RECORD READ IT TODAY BUT IS IT THAT FOLKS CAN'T COUNCILORS CANNOT SPEAK AT ALL OR IS IT JUST A LIMITATION OF 2 TO 3 MINUTES? IT'S BASED ON RULE 3939. YES.  THANK YOU. THE MATTER ON RE FILES IS BASED ON THE EMAIL THAT MICHELLE SENT OUT TO MOVE THE MEETING ALONG USUALLY RE FILES SO THIS IS A RE FILE AND WE MOVE ON WE CAN HAVE A HEARING ON IT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION IN THE PAST THAT'S WHY IT'S WE'RE LIMITING IT TO THE LEAD SMELTER. YES SO CHOICE OR A RULE IT'S A CHOICE WELL WE CAN'T CHANGE RULES BUT I'M ASKING WHAT THE RULE IF THAT'S OKAY RULE 39 STATES THAT AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR ON A MATTER HAS 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK AND ANY OTHER COUNCILOR HAS 2 MINUTES THE WE ARE A LOT OF THESE ARE RE FILES WHICH MEANS LAST TERM THERE WAS ALREADY DISCUSSION ON THEM AND SO PURSUANT TO DISCUSSION THAT I HAD WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO MOVE THE MEETING ALONG AS WAS DONE IN PREVIOUS TERMS LIMITING THE RE-INTRODUCTION FOR RE FILES TO ONE MINUTE 30 SECONDS TO ONE MINUTE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE MATTER ALONG IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DOES NOT WANT TO OBSERVE THAT AND FEELS LIKE THEY NEED TO SPEAK ON A REFILE I WILL ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK ON A RE FILE. MY PREFERENCE AND THE PREFERENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS THAT WE MOVE ALONG WITH A MATTER THAT IS A REFILE WHICH MEANS IT'S INTRODUCED IN PRIOR TERMS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE MEETING ALONG BECAUSE THERE ARE FOLKS WHO YOU KNOW ARE GOING TO JUST SAY THAT THIS ARE WE FALL INTO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE. BUT IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A MATTER THAT IS A REFILE AND YOU TURN ON YOUR LIGHT DESPITE THE DESIRES OF MY OFFICE AND OF CENTRAL STAFF AND OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO LIMIT IT TO THESE SPONSORS I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU THE CHAIR COUNTY CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  AFTERNOON I GUESS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR ANDERSON'S QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND DYNAMICS.  SO JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO NOW BE READJUSTED TO IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE CENSORED AND LIMITED IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE SPACE TO BE EXPRESSED AND ARE WE GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT ITEMS GET AIR TIME AND NOT BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE NEED CONSISTENCY AND I BELIEVE THAT OFTENTIMES IN THIS CHAMBER THERE IS A DIFFERENT POWER DYNAMICS AND IF WE'RE GOING TO INSTILL A NEW DYNAMIC AND A NEW RULE, IS THIS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS SESSION OR IS THIS GOING TO BE A NEW RULE OR NEW DYNAMIC THAT YOU'RE INTRODUCING THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED HERE AS A BODY BECAUSE I'M A PROCESS PERSON AND I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I'M ENGAGING IN SO THAT I CAN SHOW UP IN OUR BEST WAY TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR VISION. THANK YOU. SO ENTIRE ITERATION OF THE COUNCIL THEY'VE MADE USE OF TIMERS THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING SO THE MEET WE ARE TRYING TO INTRODUCE THAT GENERALLY AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES WHETHER THE TIMER WORKS IT'S THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE'VE USED IT AND ALSO THE FIR MEETINGS OF THE YEAR. THE FIRST MEETING THIS MEETING THE MEETING NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF REFILLS.  NOW THERE IS NO RULE THAT IS GOVERNING SPEAKING TIME ON REFILLS BUT REFILLS MEANS THAT WE HAVE AS A BODY AT SOME POINT HAVE SPOKEN ON THE ISSUE AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE A HEARING OR WORKING SESSION AT WHICH MORE DISCUSSION CAN BE HAD BECAUSE WE FILES ARE NOT NEW MATTERS. THERE'S NO TIME THERE'S THERE'S NO RESTRICTION. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AND WHAT MICHELLE OUR DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF AND WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE WE ARE ASKING THAT WE LIMIT IT TO 30 SECONDS TO ONE MINUTE ON REFILLS WHICH THESE ARE MATTERS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED LAST TERM. NOW IT MAY BE NEW FOR THIS ITERATION OF THE BODY TO REALLY IMPLEMENT AND PUT INTO EFFECT RULE 39 WHICH WHICH STATES WHEN A NEW MATTER IS INTRODUCED BUT THAT IT'S LIMITED TO THREE 3 MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND 2 MINUTES FOR EVERY OTHER COUNCILOR. WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT AM USING WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACTUALLY BRING LIFE TO RULE 39. BUT IF YOU SPEAK TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, IF YOU SPEAK TO THOSE WHO ARE ON THE CENTRAL STAFF, THERE HAVE BEEN PRIOR ITERATIONS OF THE COUNCIL THAT HAVE PUT INTO EFFECT RULE 39 BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE ASSISTANT CLERK KEEPING TIME. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CLERK HAS DONE BEFORE AT PRIOR MEETINGS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAUREEN FEENEY DID FOR THE FORMER CLERK DID IN PRIOR SESSIONS. AND SO TO MOVE THE MEETING ALONG BECAUSE PURSUANT TO THE RULE THE PROPER PLACE FOR DEBATE IS AT HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW IT GOES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU AND I THINK I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT IT IS A PREFERENCE OF CENTRAL STAFF. COULD YOU CLARIFY IS IT A PREFERENCE OR IS IT ONE WAY RULE 39 CAN BE INTERPRETED? WHAT DO YOU SAID IT WAS A PREFERENCE OF CENTRAL STAFF THAT WE FOLLOWED THIS TIME RULE SO I'M ASKING IS IT A PREFERENCE OF OUR STAFF THAT WORKS WITH ALL OF US THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO FOLLOW THIS OR IS JUST ONE WAY WHEN YOU SPOKE WITH THEM THEY SAID YOU COULD INTERPRET THE RULE.  SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS IS NOT FOR REFILLS. RULE 39 IS FOR NEW MATTERS THAT ARE INTRODUCED AND A TIMER IS ONE WAY. I BELIEVE IN PRIOR ITERATIONS THERE WASN'T LIKE THE TIMER THAT WAS VISIBLE TO EVERYONE. THERE WAS LIKE A TIMER THAT THE CLERK KEPT HIMSELF IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN TIME OR THE ASSISTANT CLERK.  AND SO USING THE TIMER IS ONE WAY TO BRING ASKING BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS THAT CENTRAL STAFF DOES THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND I BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD IDEA IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE WE DISCUSSED THIS SO I DO JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT WE ONLY HAVE 32 MEETINGS A YEAR THAT WE'RE HERE IN THIS BODY 32 THAT MEANS THERE'S 20 WEEKS FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. WE ARE NOT HERE AS A BODY ON OUR WEDNESDAY MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RUSHES I AGREE RULES TIME WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TALKING TOO LONG. I ALSO AGREE WE HAVE TO GET TO A BETTER ATTENDANCE AT THE COUNCIL HEARINGS. I DO MY BEST AND TRY TO GET TO ALMOST ALL OF THEM. I THINK I DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT I DON'T USE THIS SPACE AS A TIME JUST TO TALK AND NOT THEN SHOW UP TO A HEARING. THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE THOUGH SO I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT 32 TIMES OUT OF A WHOLE YEAR WE'RE NOT HERE THAT OFTEN FIVE WHOLE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT MEETING ON A WEDNESDAY. SO TO RUSH THROUGH THIS DAY I THINK TAKES AWAY FROM THE IMPORTANCE AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO ENGAGE AND TALK AND THEN CARRY IT OVER TO A HEARING YOU AS THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING CAN OBVIOUSLY STOP CONVERSATIONS IF IT SEEMS LIKE THE CONVERSATION IS GOING MORE TO WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING IN THE HEARING. BUT THEN I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN COUNCIL ON MEJIA SAID ARE ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK LONGER OR SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO SHARE MORE OPINIONS THAT SHOULD BE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN AFTER HEARING. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY AS THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME USING THE CLOCK WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ALLOW ME TO SPEAK SO I WANT TO KNOW IF THAT PART IS ALSO GOING TO BE I CLARIFY THAT THIS IS JUST FOR FILES THE RE FILES THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE WE HAVE I DON'T KNOW IS IT CLOSE TO 100 DOCKETS THAT ARE ON THIS AND SO IT'S JUST FOR RE FILES LIMITING THAT TO THE LEAD SPONSOR SO THAT WE COULD TRY TO MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG. THAT'S ALL IT IS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND THEN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE YOU KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR JOB IS TO UTILIZE OUR PLATFORM AND OUR MICROPHONE TO TO SPEAK. AND SO THE LAST THING WANT IS TO COME INTO THIS CHAMBER AND THEN HAVE TO FIGHT JUST TO BE HEARD BECAUSE I WILL FIGHT AGAINST THAT. BUT I THINK THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT I'M AND JUST TO TRANSLATE FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IS HAPPENING HERE AND JUST SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DO IS THIS PARTICULAR DAY WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REFILED.  SO IF I'M HEARING HER CORRECTLY, THIS IS AN EXERCISE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THINGS ALONG NOT IN THE INTENTIONAL WAY OF TRYING TO MOVE US IF WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE BEING MUTED IN THE FUTURE THEN WE WILL UTILIZE OUR PLATFORM AND OUR MICROPHONES TO STOP THAT. BUT I THINK THAT TODAY IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THIS TODAY JUST BECAUSE OF THIS IN TERMS OF THE RE FILES WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE USAGE OF THE CLOCK FOR RULE 39 WHEN NEW MATTERS ARE INTRODUCED AND TOLD THEM ABOUT TWO 3 MINUTES AND I APPRECIATE THAT BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TOO IS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS CHAMBER YOU'RE MY THIRD PRESIDENT AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST THIS PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT AND I WILL BECAUSE I'M HERE TO DO MY JOB.  BUT WHAT I WON'T BE DOING RIGHT IS NOT UTILIZING MY TIME TO SPEAK AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HONOR THAT AND WE NOT GET INTO THE HABIT OF CENSORING ANYONE AND ANY MOMENT ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME. AND SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE RULES, I THINK THAT AS THE BODY WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN THIS CHAMBER TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY FEELS LIKE THEY CAN'T UTILIZE THEIR PLATFORM TO SPEAK UP AND AGAINST ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT TO THIS BODY. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SPEAK OUT SOME HERE I WILL STATE THAT WE'VE HEARD THE BUZZER WENT OFF AND I DID NOT STOP ANYONE. IT'S NOT A BLUNT TOOL BUT IT IS WELL HOPEFULLY BE USED AS A REMINDER THIS IS A FIRST MEETING AND WE'VE SPENT 25 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT IT AT LEAST THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING WE WERE USING. LET US SEE HOW IT GOES AS A BODY.  IT IS NOT A CENSORSHIP TOOL. IT'S IN THE RULES FOR A REASON RIGHT.  I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE TODAY THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR HOLDS THERE WAS A TIME WHEN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WERE FROM 12 TO 2 THAT'S STILL THE HOLD ON THE CALENDAR AND YOU KNOW I TALKED TO PAST COUNCILORS, I TALKED TO PAST COUNCIL PRESIDENTS AND I GET IDEAS FROM EVERYONE AND THAT IS YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE MEETINGS ALONG AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES IF IT'S WORKING, IF IT'S WORKING I AM OPEN I AM OPEN TO ANY CONVERSATION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO RETURN TO THIS TO THE ORDER THAT SAID OKAY, PATRICK LYNN THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING ON ME ESPECIALLY TODAY I DO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES. I THINK THEY HAVE GREAT IDEAS AND IT MAKES A BETTER BODY WHEN WE HEAR EVERYONE'S OPINION OR EVERYONE'S VOICE WHETHER THAT'S 30 SECONDS OR A MINUTE OR 2 MINUTES. I LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY AT-LARGE COUNCILORS.  I LIKE TO HEAR FROM DISTRICT COUNCIL AS THEY HAVE GOOD GOOD IDEAS. I DON'T WANT TO BE RUSHED TODAY JUST BECAUSE IT'S OUR FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAVE TO END THIS AT A CERTAIN TIME. 2:00 OR 3:00 I THINK RESIDENTS EXPECT US TO DO DUE DILIGENCE AND TO TAKE THIS JOB SERIOUSLY AND DEBATE THE ISSUES. LET ME ALSO REMIND EVERYONE WE JUST GOT A PAY RAISE AND THAT TOOK EFFECT THIS WEEK SO LET'S DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND STUDY THESE ISSUES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMPANY ANDREW ANDERSON THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO JUST TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING WHEN WE'RE ALL LIKE ADDING IN BACK AND FORTH. SO FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME, THE RULE 39 BASICALLY STATES THAT YOU WHEN SOMETHING IS INTRODUCED FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE 2 TO 3 MINUTES TO EXPRESS TO PRESENT IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE NOT CO-SPONSORS FROM SPEAKING EVERYONE CAN AND CAN BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON IT AS LONG AS IT'S 2 TO 3 MINUTES. THE OTHER THING IS IT'S NOT THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ON AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING SEPARATE TODAY FOR EXAMPLE, FOLKS ON MY COLLEAGUES DECIDED TO REFILE A WHOLE LOT JUST ALL FOR THIS MEETING. THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT IT'S ABOUT TWO INCHES THICK AND SO TO GET THROUGH IT, THE COUNSELOR PRESIDENT IS SAYING THAT SHE IS ASKING FOR US TO SURMISE AND RUSH THROUGH NOT RUSH THROUGH IT BUT TO BE CONCISE AND THEN ALLOWING ONLY THE LEAD SPONSOR TO SPEAK ON IT . THAT IS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S PREFERENCE.  AND SHE IS SAYING THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS ALSO IN AGREEMENT.  THAT IS NOT A RULE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A PREFERENCE. HOWEVER, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE A MEETING, SOME SORT OF COURTESY CONVERSATION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING SO THAT THIS CONVERSATION DOES NOT TAKE PLACE IN PUBLIC. WE ARE PROFESSIONALS AND CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND SO THE PROFESSIONAL COURTESY I THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK OR HEY, LISTEN THIS IS WHAT I'M THINKING. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? BUT PUTTING IT ON THE FLOOR I THINK TAKES PEOPLE OFF GUARD. AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THAT RULE 39 ALSO SPECIFIES THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN DEBATE MEANING THAT SOMETHING IS UP FOR ACTION, YOU ARE TAKING A VOTE ON SOMETHING, THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED UP TO 10 MINUTES TO DISCUSS EACH COUNCILOR. YES. AND SO WE SHOULD MAKE A DISTINCTION THERE. AND AGAIN, JUST FOR FOLKS WATCHING BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF CONVOLUTED AT THIS POINT ON WHAT THE RULE IS, THIS IS NOT A RULE IN TERMS OF ONLY THE LEAD SPONSOR SPEAKING. IT IS NOT A RULE FOR ME AT LEAST SPONSOR TO SPEAK ON A REFILE. RATHER IT IS A PREFERENCE AND A SMART ONE BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE CONCISE AND THEY ARE WE FILES HOWEVER FOR FOLKS THAT ARE NOT ENGAGED CIVICALLY LAST YEAR IF YOU MISSED IT IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT FILED IT'S NOT A THING THAT YOU'RE REFILING FOR THEM. THEY'RE SEEING IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. SO ALSO THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPERLY PRESENT IT FOR FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME THAT ARE ONLY WATCHING IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. SO I WOULD HAVE LIKED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS SO THAT WE CAN COME TO SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS ON IT BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT POINTS HERE TO BE MADE. AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE HAVE A VOICE AND WE SHOULD EXPRESS IT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS IS PART OF THE JOB. HOWEVER, BEING CONCISE IS ALSO PART OF THE JOB IN NAVIGATING EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES. I JUST WANT US TO MOVE PAST IT AND MAKE IT CLEAR FOR MICHAEL INSTITUTIONS WATCHING AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY. I APPRECIATE THE TIME.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0136 NUMBERS 0136 COUNCIL IS COLORED AS A PARDON MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STREET FOOD ENTERPRISES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL CODE BY INSERTING CHAPTER 17, SECTION 22 PERMITTING AND REGULATION OF NON-MOTORIZED STREET FOOD CARTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN IS THAT AS A PAPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR WORRELL. THANK YOU. CATS ARE COLORED AS A POLICY TO BEND THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR WERE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS SIGNS WERE ALSO ADDED COUNCIL AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSEL'S BEDPAN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE EITHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0136 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 0137 DUGAN MEMBER 0137 COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE REGARDING EMPLOYEE SAFETY WITHIN BOSTON'S OIL TERMINALS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE PANEL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A RELIEF. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OUT THERE WITH SOMEONE? COUNCILOR FLYNN.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? YOU MAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COUNCIL FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT. IT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE. IT ALSO IMPACTS MY DISTRICT AS WELL. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROFESSIONAL WORK OF THE LONGSHOREMAN THAT PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN BOSTON'S PORTS THAT WORK IN AND AROUND THESE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. MANY OF THEM LEBANESE BOSTON IN CHARLESTOWN IN SOUTH BOSTON AND DORCHESTER AS WELL WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SAFE PORT THROUGHOUT BOSTON FOR OUR NEW ENGLAND AS WELL AND THAT THE PORT IS STRONG AND IT HAS ALL THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PORT AND ALSO A SAFE PORT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FITZGERALD FLYNN, MICKEY MURPHY, PAT BARNES AND TINA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. MR. CLERK, PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER 20138 OH.  THAT DOCK WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS DOCKING NUMBER 0138 COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE CODIFYING THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 0138 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES?  MR KIRKLEES COUNCIL CLLR ZAPATA PLEASE. OUR COUNCIL FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN.  CASTLE SANTANA. CASTLE WEBER. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0138 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR. CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0139 DUNCAN EMBERS 0139 COUNCIL IS WEBER MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE PREVENTING WAGE THEFT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER ACCOUNTS WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AS A AS A CO-SPONSOR, COUNCILOR WEBER WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE ROSE AD COUNCIL BUT THEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION THIS HAS BEEN ADDED COUNCIL WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE SO STAY TUNED . THANK YOU. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE.  I'D COUNT UP THE CHAIR AND AS HIS COUNTER-CLAIM CASUALTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ON THIS TALK OF 0139 WAGE THEFT A CRITICAL ISSUE IMPACTING THE CITY OF BOSTON IMPACTING THE COMMONWEALTH INCLUDING MANY IMMIGRANTS BEING EXPLOITED FOR VARIOUS REASONS I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE PROBABLY FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH THE CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION AND WITH MANY LABOR UNIONS.  PART OF THE SOLUTION ALSO I WOULD ASK THE I WOULD ASK THE SPONSOR IF WE COULD ALSO DISCUSS PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS BECAUSE THEY ALSO PROVIDE RESPECT FOR OUR WORKERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT MANIPULATED, TAKEN ADVANTAGE BY BY THEIR BOSSES. WAGE THEFT IS IMPORTANT AND ONE WAY WE CAN WORK ON THAT IS ENSURING PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS ARE ALSO PART OF THE SOLUTION. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE? THAT COMES WITH A LETTER ZAPATA FITZGERALD.  FLYNN. MURPHY PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER. SANTANA WORLD PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR.  OH, AND COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANDERSON DOCKET NUMBER 0139 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 01400140 COUNCILOR LET MEJIA OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME. HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COMES OVERALL AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND AS WELL SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR CASWELL IS ADDED AS THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILMAN HE HAS SUSPENSION OF THE ROADSIDE COUNTER FOR AN ENGINEER AND AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.  SO ADDED COUNCILOR MARION FULLER THANK YOU TODAY AND WE FOLLOWED THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE COME TOMORROW AND COUNCILOR ANDERSON BY REFILING WE AIM TO CREATE AS MANY PATHWAYS AND FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS OFFICE A REALITY. WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW HOW TO PLAY IN THE CONSTRUCTS THAT I'M IN. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE WILL BE A CRITICAL TOOL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY TACKLING FRAUD, WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY IN CITY GOVERNMENT. THIS EFFORT REFLECTS MONTHS OF COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL AND STATE EXPERTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE VOICES OF CONSTITUENTS WHO DEMAND STRONGER OVERSIGHT. OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE A TRANSPARENT AND EFFICIENT RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT AND THIS ORDINANCE IS A STEP TOWARDS RESTORING TRUST IN OUR CITY'S INSTITUTIONS.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLLR ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. OKAY. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0140 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER ZERO ONE FOR ONE? DUNCAN NUMBER ZERO ONE FOR ONE COUNCIL AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION FOR A SPECIAL EXCUSE ME PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AND EDUCATION IS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY BIGGEST PASSIONS. BUT FOUR YEARS AGO NEARLY 80% OF BOSTON VOTERS CALLED FOR AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE.  YET WE REMAIN THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY IN MASSACHUSETTS WITHOUT ONE TODAY AND WE FOUND THIS HONORABLE PETITION TO ADVANCE DEMOCRACY IN THE EDUCATION SPACE. OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE MUST BE SHAPED BY THOSE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE NOT APPOINTED BY POWERBROKERS HERE. LET'S LISTEN TO THE VOTERS AND PRIORITIZE TRUST IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I THINK GIVEN ALL OF THE SHENANIGANS THAT ARE HAPPENING, WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO CREATE DIFFERENT SPACES AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD AND CONSIDERING A LOT OF SCHOOL CLOSURES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND ALL THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS IT RELATES TO OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IF WE HAD AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE WE WOULD BE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BUT BECAUSE IT'S APPOINTED WE HAVE TO RELY ON OUR HOPES AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO GET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON, MURPHY PEPPER AND SANTANA PLEASE OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0141 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT THE NUMBER 014 TO I CAN ADD THE 014 TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO INCREASE ITS RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS HOME RULE PETITION IS AIMED AT INCREASING BOSTON'S RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION FROM 35 TO 40% OF THE AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL CLASS ONE RESIDENTIAL PARCELS. THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT MERELY A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT IT IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE ECONOMIC PRESSURES OUR RESIDENTS ARE FACING. I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS SINCE THEIR TAX BILLS WENT OUT. THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION IS LONG BEEN A CORNERSTONE IN ALLEVIATING THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN FOR OWNER OCCUPIED PAID HOMES PARTICULARLY BENEFITING OUR SENIORS FAMILIES ON FIXED INCOMES AND THOSE DRIVING TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AMIDST RISING HOUSE COSTS. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT FAILURE OF THE PROPERTY TAX RECLASSIFICATION HOME RULE PETITION WHICH SOUGHT TO SHIFT A GREATER PORTION OF THE TAX BURDEN FROM OUR RESIDENTS TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, MANY HOMEOWNERS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE INCREASES THAT THEY RECENTLY GOT IN THEIR MAIL. THIS UNCERTAINTY UNDERSCORES THE URGENT NEED TO EXPAND THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS.  BY INCREASING THE EXEMPTION WE CAN OFFER IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL RELIEF AND STABILIZED TAX BILLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE VOTED LAST MONTH TO SET THE EXEMPTION AT 35. HOWEVER, I FEEL IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HOLD THIS HEARING QUICKLY. WORK TOGETHER AND SWIFTLY TO TRY TO GET THIS RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, PLEASE. I COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN HERE. THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR CLERK, WHEN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0143 DUCK NUMBER 0143 COUNCIL OF WORLD LAW FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO SENIOR HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION THAT YOU KINDS OF REAL CONCERN ABOUT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THIS IS NOT A REFILE. THIS IS NOT FOR ME. THANK YOU.  I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND I COUNCILOR MEJIA IS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR WHERE ELSE WOULD SUSPEND THE RULES THAT CONCERN ME AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COME TO ME. SO ADDED COUNCIL ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS PETITION IS ABOUT JUST PROVIDING MORE TAX RELIEF FOR MANY OF OUR SENIORS MANY OF WHOM LIVED IN THEIR HOMES FOR DECADES. YOU KNOW, WE CONSTANTLY HEAR FROM OUR SENIORS. THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOME 20, 30 YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS $100,000. NOW THEY OWN $1,000,000 HOME AND THAT MEANS PROPERTY TAXES HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BUT NOT THEIR INCOME. YOU KNOW THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME MEANING THAT THEIR HOUSE RICH BUT CASH POOR. SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE TRY TO KEEP SENIORS IN THEIR HOME AND KEEPING AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR POCKETS. THIS PETITION INCREASES THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AMOUNT AND RAISES RAISES THE INCOME AND ASSETS THREAT THRESHOLDS SO THAT MANY SENIORS CAN QUALIFY FOR RELIEF.  CURRENTLY FAR TOO MANY SENIORS ARE MISSING OUT ON THIS SUPPORT AND THIS CHANGE WILL HELP THOUSANDS MORE GET THAT RELIEF. THIS IS ABOUT EASING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON OUR OLDER RESIDENTS. AND THIS EXACT LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THIS HOME RULE PETITION IS SOMETHING THAT HAS PASSED THIS BUDGET PASSED THIS BODY BEFORE IT'S CURRENTLY UP AT THE STATE HOUSE. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS NOW SEPARATE IT AND PASS THE SENIOR TAX RELIEF ON ITS OWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR ADDING ME TO THIS IMPORTANT HOME RULE PETITION. ANY WAY WE CAN PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OUR SENIORS OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS IS A PRIORITY OF MINE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THIS BODY TO GET THIS PASSED.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEJIA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TO THE COUNCIL FOR SPONSORING THIS TWO COUNCIL RULE AND ALSO TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR ORO ALSO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING FAIRNESS FOR VETERANS AS IT RELATES TO THE TAX BILL AS WELL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COULD WE COULD I GO BACK TO ZERO ONE FOR TWO AND ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN? THAT'S AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. WE'LL DO THAT IN ONE MOMENT. LET ME FINISH WITH DOCKET NUMBER 01430143. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FOR AN END? JANE AUSTEN FITZGERALD FLYNN HERE. I THINK HE IS ON THE DOCKET BUT BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0143 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WITH DOCKET NUMBER 0142. COUNCILOR MURPHY C SUSPEND THE RULES. ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. CONTROL FLYNN ALSO ADDED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCTOR NUMBER 2014 FOR DUNCAN IN THE 0144 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN BOSTON . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR HOW CAN I SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR STANTON AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ABSENT OBJECTION COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFINEMENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OF FINANCE JAMISON THANK YOU. JUST PUT THE FILING DATE ON THIS. CAN WE ADD THAT THE FOLLOWING DO SAY THAT AGAIN. COUNCIL FINISHES IN THE STATE FILED THE HOME REQUISITION IS MISSING WHAT DATE WAS FILED ON THE ON ON THIS YEAH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THIS IS A REFILE WE FILED IT LAST YEAR THE RING CHOICE VOTING PETITION. WE HELD A HEARING ON IT LAST YEAR.  I DON'T KNOW THE DATE THAT WE ACTUALLY I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE THAT WE ACTUALLY FILED IT . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FINANCE ANDERSON SORRY. SHOULDN'T TODAY'S DATE BE ON IT OR FRIDAY'S DATE OR WHATEVER? LIKE SHOULDN'T THE FILE DATE BE AT THE END OF THE FORMAL PETITION OF THE DOCUMENT? OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A CLERICAL ADDITION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THE YOURS IF THERE'S NOT A DATE ON IT IT'S AN ERROR BUT YEAH, WELL WE'LL GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE THANK YOU COUNCIL PRINTERS INCIDENT FOR FLAGGING THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MURPHY OH, OKAY. WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME.  MR CLERK, PLEASE GUYS.  COUNCIL FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0144 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0145 OH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY JUST ONE LETTER THAT COMES OUT ,COUNCILOR FLYNN BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY SAID AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON SO 40142 THERE ARE TWO CO-SPONSORS SO THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR IS COUNCIL ORAL ON YOUR DIAL JUST AS MYSELF. RIGHT. SO HE ADDED ME TO HIS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE WAS PROPERLY ADDED BEFORE WE MOVE ON. OKAY. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T GET THAT SO COUNCIL ORAL IS THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND MR CLERK AND COUNCILOR FLYNN IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. OKAY MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 014 OR FIVE NUMBER 0145 COUNCIL I'M MEJIA FOR THE FILING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW TO ESTABLISH THE COMMISSION OF INSPECTORS GENERAL ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR EARL AND COUNCILOR ANDERSON AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR I WAS AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  COUNCILMAN HE HAS TO BEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL FERNANDA ANDERSON AS A THIRD RATE NO CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONCERN FOR ANY ADVANTAGE. AND SO ADDED CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE FOR SO TODAY I AM PROUD TO REFILE THIS PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW TO ESTABLISH THE COMMISSION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OWN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.  THIS EFFORT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING EVERYTHING FROM FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT TO THE POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES THAT SHAPE HOW OUR CITY OPERATES. I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE CHAIR COUNCIL COLETTA SABATER FOR HER COLLABORATION AND LEADERSHIP FOLLOWING OUR LAST WORKING SESSION. THIS PETITION SEEKS TO RESTRUCTURE THE BOSTON FINANCE COMMISSION, EQUIPPING IT WITH MORE STRONGER TOOLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. BUT IT'S ALSO MORE THAN JUST FINANCES IT'S ABOUT CREATING A CENTRALIZED SPACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN FILE COMPLAINTS, SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY AND TAKE PART IN DECISION MAKING PROCESSES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THEIR LIVES. TOO OFTEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM CONVERSATIONS WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES THAT KNOW BEST IN 2025 WE ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT WHETHER WORKING THROUGH THIS COMMISSION, AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE OR MORE ACCESSIBLE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE BOARD IT'S TIME TO RESTORE TRUST AND ENSURE GOVERNMENT IS FAIR, EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR SO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY FOR ANYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. CONSTANTLY HEAR WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLETA ZAPATA TO BEN WATT AND WEBER THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0145 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR. CLERK AUTHORITIES THIS IS A NEW ONE. SO I WAS THINKING LIKE I ONLY HAD ONE MINUTE BUT TECHNICALLY I HAVE THREE. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE ONLY REASON WHY I DIDN'T REALLY SPEAK AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO WAS BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD LESS TIME. BUT YOU CATCH MEJIA YOU CAN I'M GOING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DOCKET NUMBER IS 014 OR FIVE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 01460146 COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT REQUIRING THAT BROKER FEES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BE PAID BY THE PARTY WHO SOLICITS A LICENSE BROKER. SINCE COUNCILOR BREADON IS ABSENT, THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THINK I KNOW ON THIS TALK I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR BREADON FOR FILING BY GOVERNOR HEALEY FOR SPEAKING ABOUT BROKERS FEES AND OUR NEW TANDEM DOCKET. MR QUICK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0147 DOCKING NUMBER 0147 COUNCIL IS MURPHY AND FILL IN AFTER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS GROWING CONCERNS OVER WHITE STADIUM PROJECTS COST COMMUNITY INPUT AND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. I KNOW I'VE STOOD UP IN THE LAST TERM ASKING FOR INFORMATION FILING 17 ASKS ASKING TO PAUSE.  I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FROM THE MAYOR WITH MORE INFORMATION. ON DECEMBER 23RD I DID SEND A LETTER TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION ASKING FOR A BRIEFING TO GET SOME INFORMATION.  I DON'T THINK THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR US ON THIS BODY TO FIND OUT IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS THROUGH LISTENING IN TO A PRESS MEDIA UPDATE. SO I'M HOPING SO THIS HEARING ORDER WILL REPLACE THE BRIEFING THAT NEVER DID HAPPEN YET BUT THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT IN FRANKLIN PARK IT'S A PUBLIC ASSET AND IT'S INTENDED TO SERVE THE BOSTON COMMUNITY AND IN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING ITS COST AND GOVERNANCE HAVE RAISED SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS AMONG RESIDENTS WHO I'VE BEEN HEARING FOR FOR MANY MONTHS NOW.  MICHELLE WU MAYOR WU HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE COST OF WHITE STADIUM HAS NOW DOUBLED WITH TAXPAYERS EXPECTED TO SHOULDER HALF OF THAT FOR UP TO CLOSE TO 100 MILLION NOW AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE LOAN ORDER YET BUT THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY COME BEFORE US. THE CURRENT 30 YEAR AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT EFFECTIVELY PLACES A PUBLIC ASSET UNDER PRIVATE CONTROL IN POTENTIALLY LIMITING PUBLIC ASSETS ACCESS AND DISPLACING OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS WHICH YOU KNOW I HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE BEEN ADVOCATING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PROPER EQUIPMENT, PROPER SPACES TO PRACTICE PROPER PLACES TO HAVE THEIR GAMES. THE OPPONENTS OF THE PROJECT HAVE EXPRESSED SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT THE CITY'S WILLINGNESS TO COMMIT TAXPAYER FUNDS WITHOUT CLEAR LIMITS, CREATING UNCERTAIN T ABOUT THE FINAL COST IN THIS PROCESS LEADING TO THE APPROVAL OF WHITE STADIUM HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR ITS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. I'M HOPING THAT THIS HEARING AND THE PROPER PEOPLE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL BE IN FRONT OF US TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AND I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HERE TO ASK PUBLIC QUESTIONS ALSO.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO. FLYNN, CASTRO, FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR RECOGNIZED ME OVER THE LAST YEAR I ALSO HAVE HEARD INCREASING CONCERNS FROM CITY RESIDENTS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NONPROFITS ON THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT.  THERE HAS BEEN IN MY OPINION, SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON PUBLIC PROCESS USING PUBLIC LAND FOR PRIVATE ORGANIZATION PUTTING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 140 TREES TRANSPORTED AS WELL AS THE SUBSTANTIAL RISK INVOLVED AT NEARLY $100 MILLION FOR THE CITY THUS FAR WITH PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION COSTS TO THE STADIUM RISING FROM 50 MILLION TO 91 MILLION IN 100 MILLION TO 182 MILLION FOR THE STADIUM OVERALL ONE INCLUDING THE TEAM'S CONTRIBUTION IT WOULD BE WHOLLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A HEARING AS COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED TO DISCUSS THE COST INCREASES AND THE RISK FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS SERIOUS CONCERNS BROUGHT FORWARD BY RESIDENTS REGARDING A LACK OF COMMUNITY PROCESS TRANSPARENCY THE USE OF PRIVATE LAND FOR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS PRIVATIZATION THE NEWLY SIGNED 30 YEAR LEASE HAS EFFECTIVELY PLACED A PRIVATE PUBLIC VENTURE ON PUBLIC LAND DESPITE WHITE STADIUM BEING FULLY FUNDED BY THE GEORGE WHITE FUND A FUND TO BE USED FOR A PUBLIC UTILITY.  ON ACCOUNT OF THESE REASONS I CALLED FOR THE PROJECT TO BE CANCELED IN FAVOR OF A WHITE STADIUM PROJECT GEARED TOWARDS STUDENT ATHLETES AND RESIDENTS INSTEAD.  AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE WE WELCOME A PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM TO BOSTON, THAT'S IMPORTANT. I ALSO CALLED FOR THE CITY AND THE SOCCER TEAM TO INSTEAD EXPLORE OPTIONS SUCH AS NICKERSON FIELD AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY DUE TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE IN EXCESS ABILITY ESPECIALLY ACCESS TO THE GREEN LINE AND BETTER RESTAURANTS.  IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE HAVE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR EXPLORING A PROPERTY TAX SHIFT DEBATING OUR FINANCES RESIDENTS ARE NOW ASKING HOW WE CAN HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND NEARLY $100 MILLION TO HELP A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM INSTEAD OF A PROJECT AIMED SOLELY AT BOSTON STUDENTS.  STUDENT ATHLETES AND RESIDENTS ARE USING OTHER SITES ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU MEMBERSHIP THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDRE ANDERSON. HE HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO CASTLE MURPHY FOR FILING THIS. I GUESS YOU KNOW, IF THE IF THINGS FEEL RUSHED THEN CAN WE SLOW IT DOWN AND IF WE CAN SLOW IT DOWN, WHY NOT? I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION. AND THEN WITH THE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET AND I SHOULD PROBABLY START FROM THE BEGINNING I HAVE SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT AND CONSIDERING THAT THE INTENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND BY THE DEVELOPERS HOWEVER THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED AND THE MAJORITY AND BECAUSE AND I'M SPEAKING ON IT BECAUSE IT IS IN MY DISTRICT IT IS IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND ALL THOUGH DISTRICT SIX IN DISTRICT FOUR HAS TAKEN AN INTEREST BECAUSE THEY ARE ABUTTING DISTRICTS AND HAVE HELD MEETINGS A SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH CONSTITUENTS TO HAVE MORE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION OR FEEDBACK AND I DO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THERE. THERE ARE CONCERNS AROUND TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING IMPACTS AND SO THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE. THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE TOOK PLACE HOWEVER IT DIDN'T ADDRESS ALL OF THE PARKING CONCERNS.  I LIVE IN THE AREA AND I CAN SEE FOLKS COMING IN AND PARKING ALL THROUGH THE SIDE STREETS. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU WALK FROM HUMBLE HALF TO FRANKLIN PARK AS OPPOSED TO PARKING ALL THE WAY SOMEWHERE ELSE REMOTELY AND TAKING SOME SORT OF SHUTTLE OR WOULD YOU USE THE APP AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE EFFECTIVE? SO THESE CONCERNS CAME UP AND I WAS IN VERY SATISFIED THE CONSTITUENTS WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS PARKING ARRANGEMENT EITHER CONSIDERING THAT AGAIN IT DIDN'T COVER THE BROADER AREA IN JP AND ROXBURY AND SO BUT BUT BUT ADDRESSING ONLY GROVE HALL IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS GO BACK OF THE HILL SO THEN THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE CUTTING OF 100 TREES OBVIOUSLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THEN YOU KNOW THERE'S A CASE IN COURT ABOUT IT SO FOLKS ARE LIKE WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COME TO STEP BACK AND SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN ACTUAL DISCUSSION AND FEEL HEARD.  I DO THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF LIKE HOLDING SEVERAL MEETINGS BUT IF FOLKS ARE ADAMANTLY IN THE MAJORITY OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN ARE SAYING NO, WE DON'T FEEL HEARD THEN OBVIOUSLY IT JUST MEANS THAT WE DO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND AGAIN, IF YOU CAN'T SLOW IT DOWN, WHY NOT IF YOU'VE INCREASED IT, WHAT DID YOU GET THE MONEY? CAN YOU GIVE US THE EXPLANATION OF HOW YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT INCREASING A BUDGET WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT? LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A FISCAL YEAR?  AND THEN I THINK THAT THERE IS A WAY TO COME TO A MIDDLE GROUND. I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD PROJECT. I THINK THERE ARE WAYS OF MITIGATING HARM HERE IN THE CONVERSATION COULD BE HAD IN A HEARING HOPEFULLY THIS HEARING DOES NOT GET LIKE SORT OF IGNORED OR POSTPONED IN ANY WAY AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN INVITE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND HAVE A VOICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR ADVOCACY. TWO THINGS ARE ONE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE CHAMBER OR MAYBE IT MIGHT BE FOR YOU ALL BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE HERE THE LAST GO AROUND WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO HAVE THE TOWN FILLED, WAS IT COUNCILOR FLYNN? I THINK THERE WAS A PUSH TO USE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC LAND FOR PRIVATE USE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION THEN CITY COUNCILOR WHO WAS IN OPPOSITION OF IT I BELIEVE AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF HOW WE SHOW UP AND WHAT WE DECIDE TO SUPPORT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S WHY CONSISTENCY IS SO IMPORTANT AND THAT WE DON'T RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PICK AND CHOOSE HOW WE WANT TO SHOW UP. WE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT AND WE HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT. I AM GOING TO ASK AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS IS GOING TO LAND BUT WHEN WE ASSIGN THIS HEARING ORDER AND I'M IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY I BELIEVE THAT THIS HEARING ORDER SHOULD LANDS IN MY COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE IT BUT I'M STANDING HERE JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT IF IT GOES INTO MY COMMITTEE I AM MAKING A COMMITMENT TO HOST A HEARING IN AN EXPEDITED FASHION AND IF IT DOESN'T GO INTO MY COMMITTEE I DO HAVE A HEARING ORDER THAT I FILED THAT ALSO SPEAKS ON WEIGHT STADIUM WHICH GOES TO THE POINT THAT COUNCILOR ANDERSON HAS BEEN MAKING AROUND COMMUNITY NOT FEELING HEARD AND THAT PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER IS GOING TO ADDRESS HOW PEOPLE GET HEARD IF AT ALL HERE IN THIS CHAMBER AND IN REGARDS TO ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH DEVELOPMENT.  SO MY HOPE IS IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR HEARING IF IT LANDS IN MY COMMITTEE YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT AND IF IT DOESN'T THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER TRY COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE I WAS LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS PIPPEN, SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0147 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 20148 DUNCAN AMBER 0148 COUNCILOR EARL OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET THE CHEROKEE NATIONS COUNCIL OR OUTCOMES WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR WEBER IS ADDED A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN OUR COUNCIL HERE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF OR ELSE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR HERE SO ADDED COUNCIL ALRIGHT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AS CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE I WANTED TO START THIS PROCESS EARLIER THAN USUAL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS PRIORITIES IN FY 2016 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET LAST BUDGET CYCLE WE HELD A HEARING EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND THEN ALLOW FOR MORE MEANINGFUL INPUT BEFORE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MADE THEIR FINAL DECISIONS. THIS BUDGET CYCLE WE HAVE ALREADY HELD A HEARING ON THE 20 2020 FY 2026 SCHOOL BUDGET. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL IS FULLY PREPARED TO ENGAGE AT EVERY STAGE. OUR PLAN INCLUDES HOLDING A COMMITTEE MEETING IN FEBRUARY OR WORK IN SESSION IN EARLY MARCH AND MULTIPLE HEARINGS IN APRIL TO KEEP THE PROCESS TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIVE. I'M ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED THAT VEEPS IS CONTINUING COMMITTED TO PRODUCING A BUDGET BOOK WHICH PROVIDE THE KIND OF TRANSPARENCY THAT BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC NEED TO TRACK HOW EVERY DOLLAR IS BEING SPENT THE COUNCIL PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE AS A DIRECT LINE OF ADVOCACY BETWEEN OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE BPC BUDGET BY STARTING EARLIER AND MAINTAINING OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION IN A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, WE CAN HELP ENSURE THE FY 26 BUDGET REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES AND THE NEEDS OF BOSTON STUDENTS, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.  I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A PROCESS THAT WILL PRODUCE MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. ORAL CANCER WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET? NO, THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. CALLS FROM HERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON THIS DOCKET? YES. ACTUALLY NO. I WAS TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION FOR.  THE PREVIOUS DOCKET I BELIEVE YOU SAID IT WOULD GET PLACED IN EDUCATION. YES. I NEED A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. OKAY. WE WILL RETURN TO THAT DOCKET. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0148.  WOULD YOU YOU'RE AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET? OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS CALL TO ZEPEDA FERNANDA ANDERSON FLYNN BUT BEN SANTANA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0148 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. OKAY COMES FROM HERE. YOU GOT A POINT OF YEAH, IT WOULD JUST HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS.  I BELIEVE THAT YOU PLACED THE WHITE STADIUM CONVERSATION IN THE EDUCATION. YES. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS JUST FOR MY EDIFICATION IF YOU COULD JUST HELP EDUCATE ME AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW AN ISSUE LIKE THIS THAT IS TALKING ABOUT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO TRANSPARENCY ENDS UP IN EDUCATION JUST SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS. THANK YOU. SO THE LEASE IS ONE THAT IS BETWEEN CPS, BETWEEN GROUPS AND PREDOMINANTLY ABOUT STUDENT ATHLETES AND THEREFORE THAT'S WHY I PLACED IT IN EDUCATION LIKE YOU STATED THERE ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF OF OF COMMITTEES THAT PERHAPS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN IT COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, IT COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN OTHER COMMITTEES. I AS A PRESIDENT MADE THE DECISION TO PLACE IT IN THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THE LEASE AND THE PLAYERS AT THE TABLE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR THAT WE'RE ENTERING THAT WE START MODELING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR HERE IN THIS CHAMBER THAT IN REGARDS TO THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO HOLDING HEARINGS ON SUCH BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS IS THAT THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER TOOL THAT MINIMIZES OUR POWER TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR JOBS. AND SO WHILE DO APPRECIATE AND RESPECT YOUR LEADERSHIP, I ALSO JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY HEARING ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED AND THAT THEY HAVE JUST DIED IN COMMITTEE. AND SO I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND AND I WANT US TO MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT IF THINGS DON'T GET PLACED IN DIFFERENT IN THE COMMITTEES WHERE WE BELIEVE THEY BELONG BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND YOU'RE OPTING NOT TO PUT IT THERE, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF STANDARD OR SOME SORT OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN HAVE FROM YOU AS OUR PRESIDENT AND ALSO OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HEAR AND CREATE SPACE FOR COMMUNITIES TO COME IN AND SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT THEY CARE ABOUT. OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST BEING LAME DUCKS AND SITTING HERE ON THIS COUNCIL ACTING LIKE WE'RE DOING OUR JOBS AND WE'RE REALLY NOT BECAUSE WE'RE MEDIA HAPPY TO HAVE WE DO ALL THE TIME WE HOLD I CONVENE WE DO A MEETING I THINK NEXT WEEK WE HAVE OUR NUMBER UPDATE HAPPY TO DO THAT. HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A HEARING THAT HAPPENS BUT.  YES, I THINK ALL OF OUR JOBS IS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S EMBEDDED IN EACH ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS PART OF EACH COMMITTEE'S WORK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I RESPECT THAT YOU I DON'T AGREE BUT I RESPECT THAT YOU PUT IT IN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT I MENTIONED AND I DID THIS WAS SENT TO YOU ALSO. SO ASKING YOU AS THE CHAIR OF THIS MEETING TO HELP FACILITATE A BRIEFING THAT I DID ASK FOR GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE AND LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROJECT, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS PROVIDED WITH COMPREHEND OF INFORMATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DIALOG WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION AND I DID SAY WHILE I FILED A HEARING ORDER BUT SAYING THAT THAT MAY TAKE A WHILE AND MAY AND IF IT'S FOCUSED ON EDUCATION I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES HAVING ACCESS AND KNOWING THAT SOMEONE HAS TO HOLD THE LEASE. BUT THE QUESTIONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EDUCATION AND MOST TIMES UNFORTUNATELY NOT FROM ANY WILL OR WANT FROM THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION. I KNOW THAT BEEN DISAPPOINTED ALSO THAT WHEN WE'VE HAD HEARINGS IN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WHICH MOST OF MY HEARINGS HAVE BEEN FILED AND PLACED INTO THEY DO NOT SAY UNTIL WE ASK AND THEY DO NOT SEND THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THEY DO NOT GIVE ANSWERS. WHY? SO WE'RE LEFT WITH THE HEARING THAT HAS TO EITHER BE RESCHEDULED, CUT SHORT OR WE END THE MEETING WITHOUT HAVING THE TOOLS WE NEED TO HELP THEM SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HOLD HEARINGS IS WE'RE UP ISSUES THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT ANSWERS AND SUPPORT ON.  SO I AM ASKING YOU PLEASE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT WE ON THE BODY SEPARATE FROM THE HEARING THAT HAS NOW PLACED INTO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE IMPORTANT I MEAN I CAN READ LIKE WE ALL CAN THE LONG PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT TO THE MEDIA BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR MURPHY. I'M GLAD FOR US I'M HAPPY FOR US TO HOLD A BRIEFING. I BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE THAT YOUR EMAIL SENT ON THE BRIEFING REQUEST WAS SENT BY THE TWO DAYS OR A FEW DAYS RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. AND SO NOW THERE'S A HEARING ORDER HAPPY TO HAVE THE HEARING AND TO WORK WITH COUNSELOR SANTANA AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A HEARING HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A HEARING AND AND A BRIEFING FOR THAT FOR OUR COLLEAGUES HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL SORTS OF HEARINGS ON THIS MATTER. COUNSELOR MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP? AND I DID STATE IN THE LETTER THAT I THAT I DID FILE A HEARING BUT KNOWING THAT THAT COULD TAKE A WHILE TO SCHEDULE. SO I'M ASKING THAT THE BRIEFING HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER AND WITH $100 MILLION WITHOUT AT LEAST THAT WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR, I THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING LOTS OF MEETINGS AND HEARINGS. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS TOO MUCH ESPECIALLY IF AFTER EACH TIME WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF WHEN RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS ARE CALLING WITH CONCERNS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS AND ANSWERS TO GIVE THEM, I THINK THAT MAKES OUR BODY WEAK AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR.  I'M HOPING IN THE NEW YEAR THAT WE GET ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU AGAIN. HAPPY TO HOLD BRIEFINGS. HAPPY TO HOLD HEARINGS, HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING BOTH. I THINK PART OF IT WAS THE HOLIDAY SEASON BUT AGAIN HAPPY TO HOLD HEARINGS AS A MAKE SURE THAT THE HEARINGS HAPPEN, HAPPY TO MAKE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING BRIEFINGS, THAT YOU'RE ORGANIZED AS COMFORTABLE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT COUNCILOR MEJIA MENTIONED.  I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND IN TIME THAT MAYBE MAYBE TO CONSIDER MOVING IT FROM THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE TO THE TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE. AND LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT THE BRIEF REASON WHY THE THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE ABOUT EIGHT OR TEN HEARINGS THAT HEARING ALL US THAT ALREADY WENT INTO THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE COMMITTEES AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN ZERO SO FAR THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO THE COUNCILMAN HE IS COMMITTEE MAYBE MAYBE IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS IN THE INTEREST OF OF OF MOVING THIS WORK ALONG, MAYBE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR A COUNCIL HERE TO SHARE THIS IMPORTANT HEARING AND ENSURE THAT IT'S DONE CORRECTLY AND TIMELY.  NOTHING NOTHING AGAINST THE THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE BECAUSE I KNOW HE'LL HE'LL ALSO DO A GREAT JOB BUT JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY TEN OR 15 HEARING ORDERS ALREADY IN THERE MAYBE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO PLACE IT IN COUNCIL MEETING HIS COMMITTEE AND THAT'S MY THAT'S RESPECTFUL MY RECOMMENDATION, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, I RESPECTFULLY HEAR YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0149A0149 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO THIS DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANS TO PROTECT STUDENTS DURING HE EMERGENCIES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WEBER IS AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR ARE ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND COUNCILOR ME. HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WAHLS WHO'S BEND THE RULES ADD CUSTOM HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CUSTOMERS OR ADVOCATES OR ALL YOU HAVE FOR THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE? THAT COUNSELOR WAS CALLED ZAPATA FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY DEFENSE AND CAN I PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0149 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACTED NUMBER 01500150 COUNSELOR WE'RE ALL OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE DISTRIBUTION OF BOSTON'S 225 NEW LIQUOR LICENSES AND PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT TO RESTAURANT TOURS. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR OUTCOMES. WHERE ARE YOU? ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SO ADDED I'D LIKE TO BEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILMAN HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR KASRILS BEEN THE ROSE THAT COMES FROM HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES FROM HERE SO ADDED ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE? THAT COUNCIL CLLR ZAPATA. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR BAN COUNCILOR SANTANA THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE OH OH PLEASE. THAT COUNCILOR WEBER APOLOGIES. I DIDN'T SEE THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0150 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE.  THERE'S A CLERK. WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0151 DUNCAN MEMBER 0151 COUNCIL OVERALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOSTON STUDENTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ALL FORMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THE RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS A REFERRAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCIL DECLARED AS A PARTNER FOR NEWARK ANDERSON FITZGERALD MEJIA PEP BAND SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0151 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  MR QUICK PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 01520152 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING BARRIERS TO BUSINESS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER OUTCOMES. WHERE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? THIS IS A VERY FINE THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BELIEVES THAT COUNCIL'S CLOUD AS A PART OF AN ENGINE IS IN FOR GENERAL FLYNN PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 01520152 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. MR QUICK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DR. NUMBER 0153 DUCKIE NUMBER 0153 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE SUMMER COMMUNITY PLAN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. I'LL CONSIDER YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR I AM SO ADDED AND I KNOW COUNCILOR BRADING WANTED TO BE ADDED BUT SHE'S NOT HERE SO I CAN ADD HER. BUT THIS IS ALSO A VERY FINE THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE? THAT CASH WAS CUT AS A POTTER FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0153 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0154 LUCKY NUMBER 015 FOR COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO BRING NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND AND THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME TO BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER OUTCOMES. WHERE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR DECKING AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR DURKIN ISHOW ADDED AND I LIKE TO BEND THE RULES AND OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS HAS ALSO SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED COUNCIL ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR THIS IS ALSO A REFUND. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA FLYNN, BEN MURPHY, FITZGERALD WEBER AND I SAID SIT AND ALREADY THE OKAY AT SANTANA THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 015750, APOLOGIES, MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0155I CAN HAVE 0155 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF THE ORDER FOR A HEARING TO CREATE INDOOR PLAYGROUNDS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ORAL CANCER ARE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THIS IS A REFER . THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLAUDIA ZAPATA FITZGERALD FLYNN DURKIN AND MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0155 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0156 DUCK NUMBER 0156 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF CULTURAL DISTRICT DISTRICTS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE YOU THE FLOOR?  I KNOW COUNCILOR BREADON WAS TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BUT SHE'S NOT HERE SO I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS A CO-SPONSOR. I'M SO ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BUT OUR OFFICE HAS MET WITH THE MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THE NEW APPLICATION, A NEW PROCESS FOR CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN MARCH. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM IN THIS BODY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK WITH A COUNCILMAN ZAPATA DURKIN FORNEY. ANDREA ANDERSON FITZGERALD. FLYNN MURPHY BUT BEN SANTANA THIS DOCKET DARK A NUMBER OF 0156 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MR WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0157 NUMBER 0157 COUNCIL ZERO FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING REGARDING PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND OUTLINING BEST PRACTICES FOR CIVIC ASSOCIATION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OUTCOMES RAUL CASTRO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS SO ADDED AND I'D LIKE TO SPEND A RULE IN ADD COUNCILOR COLLETTI ZAPATA HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR GONZALES WHO'S BEEN THE RULES AT COUNCIL CLUB AS A PART OF THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCIL IS A PARTNER SO ADVOCATES ARE ON THE FLOOR AND THIS IS A REFERRAL. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FITZGERALD, MURPHY AND SANTANA THIS AND DURKIN AND HERE THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0101570 INSULIN THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0157 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATIVE INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0158 SO I CAN MEMBER 0158 COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS PROBLEM PROPERTIES IN BOSTON THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA YOU WE HAVE THE FLOOR COUNCILOR BREADON THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL BREADON ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. HOWEVER SHE'S NOT HERE BUT THIS IS ALSO A REFILE.  OKAY, THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS.  OH, THE CHAIR AND EDUCATION FUND COUNCIL PLANNING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ON PROBLEM PROPERTIES THIS IS AN ISSUE OF HELD HEARINGS ON FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO PEOPLE WATCHING BACK HOME, IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A HOUSE NEXT TO YOU OR IN A PUB NEXT TO YOU, MAYBE IT'S RELATING TO PEOPLE PARTYING ALL NIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE A FAMILY TRYING TO GET YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL OR A SENIOR TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP IN THE THE NOISE LEVEL IS SO HIGH OR THAT OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYBE IT'S THE IMPROPER WAY PEOPLE ARE TAKING OUT TRASH OR MAYBE IT'S ALSO RELATING TO SO MANY PEOPLE STAYING AT A PARTICULAR HOUSE SUCH AS AN AIRBNB USING IT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.  BUT THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES ARE CRITICAL AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THEM ESPECIALLY DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL IS THAT'S REALLY THE IMPORTANT PART OF OUR JOB. IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND NUTS AND BOLTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ORAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT I LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR I'M SO AT IT AND THEN I JUST BEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR PEP IN AS IT RICH AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS A COUNCIL OR AS YOU JUST BEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL PAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILMAN PENDING SO ADDED IS ONE I KNOW KAISER BREADON WANTED TO BE ON THIS AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANT TO BE ON THIS IS SHE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY A HOME RULE PETITION AND I OF COURSE WAS ON IT LAST YEAR ABOUT INCREASING THE SCOFFLAWS FOR ABSENTEE LANDLORDS WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO GET TO THE PROBLEM PROPERTIES AND US TODAY'S ALSO HER BIRTHDAY AND SHE'S NOT HERE. I WANT TO UPLIFT THE WORK ON COUNCILOR BREADON AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY SHE WANTED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS DOCKET. OKAY SO WE WE ADDED NAMES TO THIS DOCKET YET? NO. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CLLR ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN, MARIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0158 WILL BE FIRST COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0159 DUNCAN NUMBER 0159 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW AND ESTABLISH A BUSINESS ON A 1 TO 1 PROGRAM FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OR OUTCOMES. ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILMAN HE HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR MEJIA SO ADDED THANK YOU THIS IS THE REFILED BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE. OUR OFFICE HAS MET WITH THEIR DIRECTOR A SMALL BUSINESS DIRECTOR PACINO AND THERE'S A PILOT PROGRAM GOING ON WITH THE BUSINESS BUSINESS OWNER ONE ON ONE. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IN THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE UP TO DATE WITH THE NEW PILOT PROGRAM. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNSELORS CARLA ZAPATA DURKIN FITZGERALD MURPHY BUT BEN SANTANA WEBER OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0159 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. MR KARP, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0160 NUMBER 0160 . COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON A PROPOSAL FOR A CHRISTMAS ATTIC STATUTE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CONTEMPLATED SO ADDED THIS IS A REFILE BUT JUST ALSO WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THE FRIENDS OF CHRISTMAS ADDICTS SO SHOUT OUT TO THEM AND ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE NARROWED DOWN THE SITES TO A FEW POSSIBLE LOCATIONS SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS YEAR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD CALCIUM HERE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, COUNCILOR SEEMS TO BEND THE RULES THAT COMES FROM HE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES FROM HERE SO ADDED WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCILOR WAS CLAD AS A POTTED DURKIN FOR NANCY ANDERSON FITZGERALD MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0160 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT,  TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0161 DUNCAN AMBER 0161 COUNCIL'S DURKIN AND SANTANA OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE AMENDING THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO REMOVE PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SUSPEND THE RULES OR NOT? COUNCILOR LIZ BRAYTON AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. SHE'S NOT HERE. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. IF YOU WERE IF YOU WERE SECOND SHE WOULD SHE WOULD REMAIN ON IT. BUT TO ADD A THIRD IS NOT LISTED. IT'S WE CAN'T. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  TODAY I'M HERE INTRODUCING A HEARING ORDER TO AMEND THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO ELIMINATE PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR CITY. THIS MEASURE IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN ADVANCING BOSTON'S HOUSING AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. BOSTON IS AT A CROSSROADS.  WE FACE SEVERE HOUSING CRISIS WITH SOARING COSTS MAKING IT DIFFICULT RESIDENTS TO FIND AFFORDABLE PLACES TO LIVE. OUR ZONING CODES PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS EXACERBATE THIS CRISIS BY MANDATING THE INCLUSION OF OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AND NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS REQUIRE THAT MEANT THAT DRIVES UP CONSTRUCTION COSTS LIMITS HOUSING SUPPLY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING AFFORDABLE UNITS BY ELIMINATING THESE OUTDATED AND BURDENSOME REQUIREMENTS WE CAN UNLOCK SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY BY CREATING MORE HOUSING, REDUCING COST AND MAKING SURE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND RENTING ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO BOSTON RESIDENTS.  OVER THREE YEARS AGO MY PREDECESSOR KENZIE BOK TOOK SIGNIFICANT STEPS BY ELIMINATING PARKING MINIMUMS FOR AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. THAT DECISION RECOGNIZED A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH MANDATORY PARKING REQUIREMENTS INCREASE HOUSING COSTS AND LIMIT OUR ABILITY CREATE THE HOMES OUR CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS. TODAY I'M PROPOSING WE EXAMINE EXTENDING THE SAME LOGIC TO AN ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS BOSTON. MOREOVER, THIS STEP ALIGNS WITH BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. PARKING MINIMUMS ENCOURAGE CAR DEPENDENCY CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.  BY REMOVING THESE REQUIREMENTS WE ARE PROMOTING A MORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT STATION SYSTEM INCLUDING WALKING, BIKING AND PUBLIC TRANSIT AND HELP MOVE BOSTON CLOSER TO ACHIEVING THE GOALS OUTLINED IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. LET ME BE DIRECT ABOUT WHY THIS HEARING IS SO IMPORTANT.  EVERY PARKING SPACE WE REQUIRE BY STATUTE ADD SIGNIFICANT COSTS TO HOUSING PRODUCTION COSTS THAT ARE ON ULTIMATELY PASSED ON TO RESIDENTS THROUGH HIGHER RENTS AND PURCHASE PRICES.  I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS FACT. AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, I'M IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH DEVELOPERS SMALL AND LARGE ACROSS OUR CITY. IN MANY DISCUSSIONS I REPEATEDLY HEAR FROM EVERYONE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT OFF STREET IS THE NUMBER ONE COST DRIVING AND IN INTERFERING WITH PENCILING OUT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT BENDING THE COST CURVE DOWN ON HOUSING ,REMOVING STATUTORY PARKING MINIMUMS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IS A MATHEMATICAL REALITY. HOWEVER, THESE REQUIREMENTS AREN'T JUST ABOUT MONEY THEY'RE ABOUT SPACE IN A CITY IS DENSE AS BOSTON. EVERY SQUARE FOOT DEDICATED TO MANDATORY PARKING IS SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT COULD BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS GREEN SPACE OR OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS. MY HEARING ORDER WILL OPEN UP A CONVERSATION THAT BOSTON DESPERATELY NEEDS TO HAVE. HOW DO WE ALLOCATE SCARCE PUBLIC SPACE AND RESOURCES TO MAKE OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT ONE THAT WORKS FOR ALL? BOSTON FANS? MY POSITION IS CLEAR. LET'S MAKE LET THE MARKET DECIDE.  LET'S RESPOND TO THE ACTUAL PARKING DEMAND RATHER THAN ARBITRARY MINIMUMS. THIS IS ABOUT PRIORITIZING HOMES FOR PEOPLE OVER SPACE FOR CARS AND CREATING A BOSTON THAT IS AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND LIVABLE FOR ALL. SOME MAY WORRY ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING IMPACTS BUT LET'S BE CLEAR. REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS DOES NOT MEAN THAT NO PARKING WILL BE BUILT.  IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT DEVELOPERS CAN BUILD THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR EACH SPECIFIC LOCATION AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS NEAR A TRANSIT HUBS MIGHT CHOOSE TO BUILD LESS PARKING WHILE THOSE WITH FEWER TRANSIT OPTIONS MIGHT INCLUDE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND IN BEING DYNAMIC ARE PRECISELY WHAT THIS MOMENT IN ISSUE CALLS FOR.  THIS HEARING WOULD ALLOW US TO EXAMINE HOW PARKING MINIMUMS IMPACT OUR BROADER CITY GOALS. WE HAVE AMBITIOUS TARGETS FOR CLIMATE ACTION, HOUSING PRODUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY. EVERY TIME WE REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING SPACES THAT MIGHT NOT BE NEEDED WE MAKE IT HARDER TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. WE MAKE HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE AND WE MISS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. OUR CITY NEEDS THE SUCCESS OF OUR PARKING MINIMUM ELIMINATION AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS HAVE HAS GIVEN US VALUABLE DATA AND EXPERIENCE.  WE'VE SEEN THAT DEVELOPMENT CAN STILL SECURE FINANCING.  RESIDENTS CAN FIND HOMES MORE EASILY. AND NEIGHBORHOODS FUNCTION EVEN BETTER WITHOUT MANDATORY PARKING MINIMUMS. NOW IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THIS COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO ALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS HEARING ORDER IS ABOUT STARTING CONVERSATION.  IT'S ABOUT GATHERING DATA. HEARING FROM EXPERTS AND RESIDENTS AND THOUGHTFULLY EXAMINING HOW WE CAN MODERNIZE OUR ZONING CODE TO SERVE BOSTON'S FUTURE AS OUR CITY GROWS. OUR POLICIES MUST EVOLVE WITH IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST DISCUSSION IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL STAKEHOLDERS RESIDENTS, DEVELOPERS, TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.  AND I WANT TO. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY HENRY SANTANA FOR STANDING WITH ME ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THEN I'LL GO AROUND THE HORSESHOE THAT WAY. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DUNCAN FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS TOPIC.  I DO WANT TO REEMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF POINTS. I MEAN THAT COUNCILOR DUNCAN MENTIONED AND THAT IS THAT THIS HEARING IS THIS HEARING IS ABOUT EXPLORING A POLICY THAT COULD LOWER HOUSING COSTS, THAT CAN REALLY INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY. AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THE CLARIFICATION THAT COUNCILOR DUNCAN MENTIONED WAS THAT THIS IS NOT REMOVE PARKING AND MINIMUMS AND DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE PARKING BUT OTHERWISE REALLY FOCUS ON WHERE PARKING IS NEEDED AND HELP REDUCE SOME COSTS. WE'VE SEEN CITIES LIKE CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE ADOPT THIS POLICY.  AND THEN RECENTLY WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM OUR AWESOME DELEGATION THAT THEY USE THIS TOOL TO REALLY HELP SOLVE SOME OF THEIR HOUSING CRISIS DOWN THERE IN AUSTIN AND WE WERE JUST ABLE TO HEAR FROM THEM A FEW WEEKS AGO.  AND JUST TO RE-EMPHASIZE THIS IS IT'S GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION, A HEARING TO BRING DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE HERE IN BOSTON. AGAIN, I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR, COUNCILOR DOUG IN. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND AS THIS COMES TO MEJIA COMES TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST WANTED TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS.  I JUST WANT TO BRING ONE EXTRA VOICE INTO THIS CHAMBER IS THAT I SPOKE WITH SOME FOLKS FROM THE WESTIN RECENTLY.  I BELIEVE IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT AND SOME OF THEM ARE LOW INCOME. THEY HAPPEN TO LIVE IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO EVEN LIVE THERE BECAUSE OF THE PARKING SITUATION. AND WHILE I HAVE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS IN THE PAST, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE MINDFUL OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING WHERE THERE'S NO PARKING AVAILABLE OR YOU HAVE TO PAY $500 JUST TO BE ABLE TO PARK YOUR CAR THERE AND YOUR RENT IS 300. MAKE THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I THINK AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND PARKING MINIMUMS, THE START OF THE OTHER I THINK THAT THERE'S ANOTHER LAYER THAT WE MIGHT POTENTIALLY ADD IS ALSO MAKING IT AFFORDABLE FOR IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD IN THE PARKING LOT NOT THAT IT SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS WHO ARE IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING BECAUSE OTHERWISE I CAN'T LIVE IN THE WEST END. IT IS A FALSE HOPE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T LIVE THERE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PARK AROUND THERE. SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE HEARING ORDER IS HOW DO WE MAKE IT IF THERE IS IF WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE IT, IF THERE WILL BE BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILT WITH PARKING OR NO PARKING OR WHATEVER THAT IT NEEDS TO BE INCOME ADJUSTED FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LOW INCOME. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN KIND OF LEANING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR, THIS ISSUE IMPACTS MY DISTRICT. IN CHINATOWN RESIDENTS WANT MORE PARKING. THEY'RE ASKING ME COUNCIL FLYNN WHERE WE NEED A CAR TO GET TO OUR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO SPORTS EVENTS.  WE NEED TO TAKE THE AUTOMOBILE TO TAKE OUR KIDS TO VARIOUS AFTERSCHOOL EVENTS TO VISIT PARENTS.  A CAR IS NASA SAYS IS NECESSARY FOR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES IN MY OPINION. AND LET ME ALSO ADD THAT PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON AND CHINATOWN IN THE SOUTH END ACTUALLY FROM MY DISTRICT AT TIMES THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPOT WHEN THEY COME HOME FROM WORK SOMETIMES 40 MINUTES, SOMETIMES 50 MINUTES. WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE ON THOSE FAMILIES THAT NEED A CAR TO GET TO THEIR OFFICE? MAYBE MAYBE THEY DON'T WORK IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. MAYBE THEY WORK SOMEWHERE AROUND 495 OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. THEY NEED A CAR TO GET TO WORK TO COME HOME. THEY NEED A CAR TO GET TO THE SUPERMARKET. INCLUDING OUR MANY MANY OF OUR SENIORS NEED AN AUTOMOBILE IN WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. I ALSO TALK TO REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPERS TOO AND THEY ARE SAYING JUST THE OPPOSITE THEY WANT MORE PARKING IN THE CITY THAT HELPS THEM FINANCIALLY BUT THEY ALSO NEED WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP WORKING CLASS FAMILIES HERE. BOSTON SHAW IT'S A YOUNG CITY AND YOUNGER PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE CAR AS MUCH AS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. BUT WHEN YOU DO HAVE CHILDREN LIKE MANY OF US DO HERE, WHEN YOU DO HAVE CHILDREN YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION AND YOU NEED A CAR TO TAKE THEM TO VARIOUS PLACES. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A LUXURY. FAMILIES NEED A CAR TO GET TO PLACES AND LET'S NOT PENALIZE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES.  IN MY FINAL POINT, MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE SOMERVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE. I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO FOLLOW THEIR LEAD. THEY SHOULD BE FOLLOWING OUR LEAD HERE IN BOSTON AND OUR LEAD SHOULD BE ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR US TO ELIMINATE PARKING THAT IMPACTS WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF JEOPARDY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST IN REGARDS TO PARKING REQUIREMENT MINIMUMS. YEAH, I AM. I AM NOT FOR IT BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE DEREGULATION OF PARKING AND SAYING LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE DO THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT IS NEEDED AND LET THE MARKET DECIDE THE MARKET IS ACTUALLY NOT DECIDING HOW MANY PARKING SPACES IS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT'S DECIDING AND I THINK MOST OF US CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT MANY PROJECTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TYPICALLY WHEN THAT'S UP IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE PROJECTS AND I WOULD SAY IF YOU DO LESS PARKING WILL APPROVE YOUR PROJECT AND SO ALL THAT DOES IS ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN. WE CANNOT CONTROL WHETHER OR NOT THEY BRING CARS BUT IT IS CONTROLLING WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE SPACE TO HOLD THOSE CARS WHICH THEN THEY PARK IN FRONT OF OTHER FAMILIES HOUSES AND THE FAMILY WITH KIDS THAT HAVE THE GROCERIES THAT NEEDS TO GO SOMEWHERE, HAVE TO PARK DOWN THE BLOCK NOW AND THEY SAY I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND LIVING IN THE CITY ANYMORE AND IT CONTINUES TO FLUSH FAMILIES OUT OF OUR CITY. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE DEREGULATION PART, I JUST DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE WE THINK ARE DICTATING THE AMOUNT OF PARKING IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY DICTATING THE AMOUNT OF PARKING AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. BUT I'LL SAVE THIS FOR THE ACTUAL HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, THE ONES SPEAKING PREVIOUSLY, I'M NOT FOR IT EITHER. IN MY DISTRICT IT'S BEEN PROBABLY THE MOST AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OUT OF ALL DISTRICTS. AND IF YOU'RE ON THE GROUND WITH CONSTITUENTS AS I'VE BEEN AND YOU'VE GONE TO THESE MEETINGS AND YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU'VE BEEN MONITORING LIKE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, WHAT WE DID IN THE DISTRICT IS THAT WE WANT IT TO BE COMMUNITY LED. SO MY DISTRICT, THE CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT FORMULATED COMMUNITY PROCESS WHERE THEY THEN GOT TO A BOARD AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF CREATING THE BASIN DISTRICT SEVEN COMMUNITY FUND AND THEY ALONE DID THAT SEPARATE FROM THE COUNCILOR BECAUSE THE COUNCILOR SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY SAY IN MITIGATING COMMUNITY BENEFITS.  THAT'S ONE WAY ONE THING WHAT EXISTS ALREADY IS ROXBURY CITY MASTERPLAN WHICH ESSENTIALLY IT HAS A MASTERPLAN FOR ROXBURY. SO WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES IN AND THERE'S ALREADY THE RNC, THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABIDED ACCORDING TO ZONING PROTECTIONS FOR ROXBURY, THEN I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WILL CONTRADICT WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE PROTECTION. I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT PROTECTION ZONING BUT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERMS MASTERPLANS ALREADY IN PLACE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT THIS IS HOW PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE. THE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT BOSTON I KNOW THAT OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS PUT TOGETHER SORT OF LIKE THIS MASTERPLAN VISION OR STUDY IF YOU WILL OF LIKE SPATIAL MAPPING COMING WHICH ROXBURY WHICH DISTRICT SEVEN IN MY OFFICE HAVE ALREADY DONE IN TERMS OF AMENITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT IF YOU DON'T DO A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO UNDERSTAND HOW ONE CONSTRUCTION IN ONE PLACE IMPACTS THE OTHER SAME FOR PARKING AND THEN I THINK THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORTSIGHTED NOT ON YOUR PART BUT PREVIOUSLY EVEN FOR THE CITY FOR US TO SAY WHO NEEDS PARKING IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THEIR INCOME. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE THE POOR YOU ARE THE MORE YOU NEED A CAR IT'S THE OPPOSITE THE POOR YOU ARE THE MORE YOU HAVE THE MORE YOU HAVE KIDS, THE MORE YOU HAVE NEEDS, THE MORE YOU HAVE SICKNESSES. SO ROXBURY IN PARTICULARLY DIE 23 YEARS SOONER THAN BACK BAY. SO WHEN YOU LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE I GOT TO GET TO MY JOB.  I GOT TO PICK UP MY KID AND I GOT TO AND I GOT TO PICK UP MY KID AFTER IT AND I GOT TO GO TO MY MOM, MY GRANDMA, WHOMEVER THAT SICK OR I GOT TO HELP MY FRIEND AND THAT IS WHAT WE DO IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS THAT WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT. WE DRIVE AROUND, WE MAKE IT WE MAKE DO OUT OF NOTHING.  SO I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S SAD FOR US TO EVEN SAY LIKE IF YOU HAVE LIKE A 90 UNIT THEN YOU DON'T NEED PARKING. AND I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN DEVELOPERS DO THAT AND I'VE BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS WHERE COMMUNITY SAYING NO, THE POORER THEY ARE THAN WE WANT THEM TO HAVE FREE PARKING. IT'S THE OPPOSITE. SO STUDIES SHOW THAT THIS THIS WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS A CONVERSATION. SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE GET TO THIS PART IT'S ACTUALLY ALLOWING COMMUNITY VOICE BUT I WOULD HATE US ON MAKING DECISIONS FOR COMMUNITY WHEN WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE PROPAGATING OR WE ARE AT LEAST PORTRAYING OURSELVES TO BE A CITY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK OR COMMUNITY LED DECISIONS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. AND IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT THEN YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION I'M IN WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN DISAGREEMENT. I THINK THAT CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPERS ARE INCENTIVIZED WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO PARKING THEY WILL GO FOR IT. YOU KNOW YOU DON'T I DON'T DO PARKING. I'M NOT DOING PARKING AND THAT IS THAT THAT HAS BEEN THE TREND. BPA OR OTHER AGENCIES WILL SAY AS A COUNCILOR FITZGERALD MENTIONED IF YOU DON'T DO PARKING HERE WE WILL GIVE YOU APARTMENT FASTER. DEVELOPERS WILL COME TO THE MEETINGS AND TELL CONSTITUENTS THIS THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT OFFERING PARKING I'M UNDER PRESSURE. THE CITY IS TELLING ME NOT TO OFFER PARKING SO THERE'S ALL OF THIS LIKE SORT OF BACK AND FORTH AND MISCOMMUNICATION OR MISREPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN WE COME WITH THE LAW AND WE SAY BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO PARKING. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE POOR AND YOU GET A CAR WE'RE ALREADY DISPLACING PEOPLE WITH GOOGLE OUT OF MASTER PLAN THE MIDDLE LANE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR SIDE LANE AND WE'RE DOING A MIDDLE LANE EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO DISPLACE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE'RE REDUCING PARKING BY 40% WE'RE ALREADY DISPLACING BLACK PEOPLE BY DOING THESE CONSTRUCTIONS AND OVERWHELMINGLY NOT INCLUDING AMENITIES AND DOING THESE CONSTRUCTIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE'RE DISPLACING BLACK PEOPLE AND BRINGING IN GENTRIFIERS WITH BLACK WHITE BRING IN THE GENTRIFIERS THAT CAN AFFORD IT. SO IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, IF YOU HAVE MONEY YOU CAN HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE.  IF YOU'RE POOR YOU CAN DIE 23 YEARS SOONER.  I THINK THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THIS BECAUSE I WAS PUTTING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I GUESS MY BETTER JUDGMENT I'M STANDING UP AND TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I AM OF TWO MINDS ON IT. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN EASY TOPIC. IT'S AN AGE OLD TOPIC, RIGHT? WHAT COMES FIRST? THE CARS ARE THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE, THE CARS.  I THINK FOR ME AS CHAIR OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS I AM IN GENERAL SUPPORTIVE OF ANY POLICY THAT REDUCES CARS BECAUSE THEREFORE FOR REDUCES CARBON EMISSIONS. RIGHT. AND THAT'S A GOAL OF ALL OF OURS FOR FOR 2050 NET NEUTRALITY. ON THE FLIP SIDE THOUGH, I DO THINK THIS IS WELL INTENTIONED. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION THAT IS BASED IN DATA AND FACTS. I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THE FACT THAT PLAN EAST AND PLAN CHARLESTOWN HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED PARKING REGULATIONS AND SO I WOULD HATE FOR THIS TO SUPERSEDE THE VERY REAL AND DIFFICULT WORK THAT TOOK TWO YEARS TO DO. WE'VE GOTTEN GRANULAR TO THE POINT OF VARIOUS BLOCKS WITHIN SQUARES AND GOING OUT TO COMMERCIAL OR MIXED USE AND THEN GOING OUT TO RESIDENTIAL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CALL OUT THAT AND LOOK TO THAT AS POTENTIALLY GUIDANCE FOR THIS CONVERSATION. BUT JUST COMMEND YOU AGAIN FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD.  IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMES RICOTTA ZAPATA IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THANK YOU THE SPONSORS COUNCIL, DURKIN AND STANTON. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CONVERSATION AMONGST OUR COLLEAGUES ALREADY AND IT WILL BE A VIBRANT HEARING AND IT WILL BE ONE WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF OPINIONS EXPRESSED. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR SEE ALL THE TIME THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS EXPRESSED AROUND PARKING. WE KNOW THE TRADEOFFS AROUND A PARKING SPOT AND HAVING SOMEONE AND BELIEVING THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. BUT THERE ARE ALSO REAL THINGS TO CONSIDER REGARDING GENTRIFICATION AND HOW QUICKLY AND RAPIDLY NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGE. SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT ONE AS CONSTRUCTED AS OPPOSED TO JUST STATED BUT IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE SHOULD SHY AWAY FROM BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES HERE AS A CITY THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.  SO WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER OR WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS A PEPEN WEBER PLEASE ON THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0161 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 01622I CAN NUMBER 0162 COUNCILOR MURPHY OVER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANY OTHER TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. CUSTOMER IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER AS AN EMERGENCY LATE FILE AT OUR LAST MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH. IT WAS BLOCKED SO I DID FILE IT RIGHT AFTER THAT MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO ONE WHO WOULD STOP THE CONVERSATION HERE. SO I FILED THIS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IT'S CRITICAL FOR US AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUST IN GOVERNMENT NON NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS NDAS OR CONFIDENTIAL ALITY CLAUSES IN OTHER SIMILAR CONTRACTS ARE NOT INHERENTLY BAD IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY THEY OFTEN SERVE LEGITIMATE PURPOSES SUCH AS PROTECTING SENSITIVE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.  HOWEVER, THEIR USE IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZED.  OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS PUBLIC SERVANTS IS TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC'S TRUST AND TO UPHOLD THE VALUES OF AN OPEN AND EQUITABLE GOVERNMENT.  PUBLIC SCRUTINY BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL MISUSE OF NDAS TO SHIELD MISCONDUCT, SUPPRESS LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES OR LIMIT TRANSPARENCY.  WHILE SUCH AGREEMENTS ARE NOT COMMONLY USED IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, THEIR EXISTENCE ESPECIALLY WHEN POORLY UNDERSTOOD OR INADEQUATELY FULLY DISCLOSED, CAN FOSTER SUSPICION OR ERODE CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR WORK. THIS HEARING ORDER IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR POLICIES ALIGN WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE.  WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO EXAMINE THE USE AND PURPOSE OF THESE AGREEMENTS TO ASSESS WHETHER THEY ARE BEING APPLIED RESPONSIBLY AND TO EXPLORE REFORMS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHILE MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC TRUST.  I DO WANT TO STATE THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILOR WEBER BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT HE FILED A HEARING AN ORDER THAT WILL BE COMING UP LATER. WE DID SPEAK ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER. HE HAD PUT SOME SPECIFIC WORDING INTO IT BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS I ASSUME BEING PLACED IN THE RULES COMMITTEE AND THAT ALLOWS US BOTH WORKING ON GETTING LANGUAGE TOGETHER AND COMING TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR MURPHY FOR FILING THIS. YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED BY THE BOSTON GLOBE LAST MONTH ABOUT MY FEELINGS ABOUT NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS ON THIS BODY AND YOU KNOW, I SAID I WAS AGAINST THEM. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY.  YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ENFORCEABLE UNDER THE STATE WHISTLEBLOWER ACT. YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT SOMEONE'S DISCLOSING UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY AND THERE IS A HISTORY ON OTHER OTHER BODIES OF THEM BEING USED TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM COMING FORWARD WITH EXPOSING SEXUAL HARASSMENT, I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW STATES LIKE NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND OUR OWN STATE SENATE AND YOU KNOW, SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF TRANSPARENCY AND ARE LOOKING TO EMPOWER OUR OWN STAFFS. I DID PROPOSE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN IT STUCK AT NUMBER 190. I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE MATTERS CAN BE COMBINED.  LEAVE IT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE GOV. MADAM PRESIDENT. BUT YES, I DID SPEAK WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CALLS WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU GOT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR WEBER I DON'T SUPPORT NDAS OR CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL OR IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION THROUGHOUT CITY DEPARTMENTS. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE IF THERE ARE MANY OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN ENFORCED OR TAKEN PLACE OVER THE OVER THE LAST FIVE OR TEN YEARS OR SO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW ABOUT IT.  I KNOW THE STATE AUDITOR IS ALSO REVIEWING THIS ISSUE UP AT THE STATE HOUSE I BELIEVE. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO COUNCILOR MURPHY TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD YOUR HEARING ORDER BE FOCUSED ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR WOULD IT BE FOCUSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY CITY WIDE DEPARTMENTS? I, I DO THE CHAIR COUNCIL IF WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK I CAN TURN ON YOUR LIGHT AND YOU CAN SPEAK THE CHAIR AND AS IS COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU.  SO IN THE RULES COMMITTEE WE CAN ONLY IN THAT COMMITTEE I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR RULES THAT WE BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO THEN MAYBE HAVE A FOLLOW UP HEARING ORDER BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT IF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES ARE WORKING UNDER THESE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A COUNCIL OR AT LEAST HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE OF IT. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TALK THROUGH BECAUSE THE RULES COMMITTEE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THE RULES OF THIS BODY, NOT THE RULES OF THAT. SO I THINK WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP HEARING ORDER MAYBE IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE OR OTHERS TO CHANGE THE CHARTER TO IF WE DO FIND OUT THAT THERE'S NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS HAPPENING AND WE'RE UNAWARE OF THEM. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THEY KEEP AN EYE OUT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA PITT. BEN WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0162 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 01630163 COUNCILOR MURPHY OVER THE FOLLOWING 404A HEARING TO DISCUSS ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES DURING LARGE EVENTS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN PLEASURE. FLYNN SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR MURPHY'S TO SUSPEND THE RULES THAT WOULD HAPPEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR COUNCILOR PREPARED SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR I WOULD LIKE TO WISH COUNCILOR BRADING A HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUT I DID JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT SHE ALSO WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS AND THERE'S MANY HEARING ORDERS SO SHE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH US. BUT I DID WANT TO ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN SO THIS HEARING ORDER IS THE CITY OF BOSTON IS HOME TO WELL FIRST ACTUALLY LET ME STEP BACK. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAYBE TAKE A MOMENT TO UPLIFT THE LIVES OF THE 14 LOST IN NEW ORLEANS LAST WEEK IN THAT HORRIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK.  LIKE MANY THINGS, IT'S EVENTS THAT HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY OR HAPPEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE WORLD THAT BRING ME TO FILING HEARING ORDERS OR WANTING CHANGE HERE ON THE CITY. SO IT WAS THAT INCIDENT THAT GOT ME THINKING AND TALKING TO FIRST RESPONDERS ABOUT FIRST NIGHT AND OTHER EVENTS. WE KNOW THAT THE CITY HOSTED MANY LARGE EVENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON INCLUDING PARADES, FESTIVALS. WE'VE EXPANDED OUR OPEN STREET AND WE ATTRACT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. THE MARATHON IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, GATHERINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS WE ARE HAVE MANY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS IN THE SAME SPACE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ATTENDEES AT THESE EVENTS IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. RECENT INCIDENTS SUCH AS THE TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS WHERE A TRUCK DROVE INTO A CROWD UNDERSCORED THE CRITICAL NEED TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PROTECT LARGE GATHERINGS FROM POTENTIAL THREATS THE USE OF PHYSICAL BARRIERS INCLUDING STRATEGICALLY PLACING VEHICLES LIKE TRASH TRUCKS AND PLOWS AND NOT JUST POLICE CARS WHICH WE KNOW UNFORTUNATELY CAN BE PUSHED THROUGH IF SOMEONE HAS THAT INTENTION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO DETER AND PREVENT VEHICULAR THREATS IN CROWDED AREAS. THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER COLLABORATES CLOSELY WITH LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENHANCE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE THAT SUPPORTS LAUREN FORESMAN AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS IN MAINTAINING PEACE AND SECURITY DURING LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS PROACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED SAFETY MEASURES INFORMED BY BRICK'S INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERTISE CAN STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR LARGE SCALE EVENTS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES.  SPEAKING WITH POLICE OFFICERS, OUR EMS AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIRE AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WE DO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE BUT UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING IN IF SOMEONE HAS AN INTENT TO HURT THEY CAN AND IT ISN'T CONSISTENT AND IT'S IF A POLICE CAPTAIN OR OTHERS WHO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A DECISION THAT THEY WOULD USE CARS.  I KNOW IF SOMEONE REACHED OUT FROM OUR MUNICIPAL POLICE HERE IN THE BUILDING INSTEAD LIKE WHEN THEY HAD EVENTS FOR FIRST NIGHT DOWN OUT ON CITY HALL PLAZA THEY HAD PLACED CARS BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO SOME EXPECTATIONS WHEN PLANNING FOR LARGE EVENTS. SO I DO THINK WE THE CONVERSATION WILL BE IMPORTANT. WE'LL HAVE THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING AND HOW WE ON THE COUNCIL CAN SUPPORT MAKING SURE THAT LARGE EVENTS THAT THE PUBLIC FEELS SAFE AND THAT PEOPLE AREN'T DETERRED FROM ENJOYING THESE WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT WE HOST ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SET.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, WERE YOU THE SECOND CO-SPONSOR? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED, TO HEAR THE VOICE AND IN OPINION AS WELL FROM THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL.  THE BRETT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE. THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO WAS SMART ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON $12 MILLION FOR ANTI-TERRORISM INITIATIVES THAT THAT JUST NOT ONLY SUPPORTS BOSTON BUT GREATER BOSTON CITIES AND TOWNS AS WELL. WHAT HAPPENS IN BOSTON HAS AN IMPACT AND IN CHELSEA OR SOMERVILLE OR BRAINTREE OR QUINCY IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER HEARING FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS. BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR EVENTS IN THE CITY THAT WE ARE GOING TO RELY HEAVILY ON OUR BOSTON POLICE, IT'S GOING TO COST THE RESIDENTS IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY MONEY FOR OVERTIME.  THE MORE EVENTS WE HAVE WHICH WON'T CONTINUE HAVING MAJOR EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY, IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY.  WE SHOULD ALL WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE FUND THE BOSTON POLICE WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES SO THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY DO THEIR JOB, PROTECT THE RESIDENTS, PROTECT THE CITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE LARGE, LARGE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ALMOST WEEKLY HERE ACROSS THE CITY AND ACROSS GREATER BOSTON AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZE THIS COMES FROM OFF AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS TOPIC TO THE TABLE. THE REASON WHY I STAND HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS HEARING ORDER IS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY LAST YEAR DURING THE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL THERE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHERE,  YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE GOT HURT AND IT WAS NOT PART OF THE FESTIVAL. IT WAS THE NEXT DOOR GATHERING THAT WAS HAPPENING AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH POLICE OFFICERS IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY CONVERSATIONS ARE PART OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITTING PROCESS AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT OUR CULTURE EVENTS ARE SAFE SO THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ORGANIZE THE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL ARE NOT LOOKED UPON NEGATIVELY BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY A BEAUTIFUL EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND WANT TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS CLARE ZAPATA, DURKIN FITZGERALD AND MARIA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 016 DULY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CORBETT PLEASE REDACT THE NUMBER 0164 SO I CAN 016 FOR COUNCIL FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS 2024 CRIME STATISTICS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CASUAL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR WORRELL AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THE COUNCIL ALSO ADDED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR COUNCIL WITH YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR ON FILE ON A HEARING ORDER TODAY TO DISCUSS LAST YEAR'S CRIME TRENDS WITH OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING CITY OFFICIALS, HIGHER ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS, ADVOCACY GROUPS, SCHOOLS, RESIDENTS, CRIME CHAT TRENDS OFFER US VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY DECIDE PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIES, COMMUNITY POLICING . THIS YEAR BOSTON HAS HAD THE LOWEST HOMICIDE RATE IN A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.  WE RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORKING MEN AND WOMEN AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AS WELL AS OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AS WELL. HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE 2024 YEAR END CRIME STATS REPORT RELEASED BY THE BOSTON POLICE. PART ONE CRIME OVERALL INCREASED INCLUDING FIRE FIREARM RELATED ARREST STAYED AT THE SAME AT ABOUT 436 ARRESTS AND THERE WERE ABOUT 105 GUN FIRE INCIDENTS THIS YEAR ON PAR WITH 107 INCIDENTS LAST YEAR.  BUT THERE WERE NOTABLE INCREASES IN PART ONE CRIME AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE CATEGORIES OF DOMESTIC AND NON DOMESTIC ASSAULT UP SIGNIFICANTLY COMMERCIAL BURGLARY UP SIGNIFICANTLY LARCENY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS IMPACTING ALMOST EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY. IT'S ALSO IMPACTING IT'S ALSO A CRIME THAT DOES NOT GET REPORTED LIKE MANY OTHER CRIMES WE NEED TO DO MORE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS HEARING WILL HELP OUR COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF CRIME OCCURRING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH CAN HELP INFORM AND GUIDE OUR NEIGHBORS FAMILIES, OUR POLICE, OUR SENIORS ON THEIR APPROACH TO PREVENT REPORT AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.  I ALSO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON DISTRICT TWO PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES A LOT OF DRUG ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TWO INCLUDING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN ANDREW SQUARE IN CHINATOWN AREA ON TREMONT STREET ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BOSTON COMMON ON BOSTON COMMON WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES ACTUALLY CRIME WENT UP IN MANY OF THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.  RESIDENTS WANT MORE PUBLIC SAFETY, MORE POLICE OFFICERS THERE. IT'S OUR JOB TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO GET POLICE IN ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SO RESIDENTS CAN FEEL SAFE AND BE SAFE IN OUR IN OUR CITIES AND IN OUR TOWNS ACROSS GREATER BOSTON. BUT RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON WE NEED TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT THIS CITY IS SAFE INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE WE WELCOME SO MANY TOURIST BUSINESSES AND WORKERS AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE INVEST THE RIGHT RESOURCES HERE IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. WE NEED TO DO BETTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FATEMI AS A REGIONAL CO-SPONSOR I THINK THIS HEARING IS A GREAT PRACTICE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP.  IT'S COMMUNICATION WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THE HEARING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUALLY WITH THE PUBLIC JUST TO TALK ABOUT CRIME STATS AND WITH THE PUBLIC AND ALSO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN DIVE INTO THE DATA, SEE WHAT NEW STRATEGIES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED WHERE WE ARE HAVING MAYBE UPTICK IN LARCENY OR UPTICK IN ANY OTHER CRIMES IN ANY OF THESE PRECINCTS. MY OFFICE ADVOCATED FOR A WALK IN BEAT AND C-11 AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE ADVOCACY HAS COME TO LIFE WITH A NEW COMMUNITY INTERACTION TEAM THAT'S ALREADY ON THE GROUND MEETING BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN OUR AND A MAJORITY OF OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND TO CONTINUE WORK BETWEEN ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR FITZGERALD A STRATEGY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  HAS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTING SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE A LOT OF THE INCREASE IN THIS CRIME HAS HAPPENED. I JUST WANT TO STAND UP AND SPEAK AND A LOT OF IT ACTUALLY BORDERS WITH COUNCIL ROLES AS WELL AROUND MEETINGHOUSE HILL BOTH IN GENEVA, MASS AND CASS AND THE ISSUES THAT OCCUR AROUND THERE. SO JUST TO EMPHASIZE THAT NOT ALL PLACES ARE FEELING THE DECREASE IN THE CRIME AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THESE STATISTICS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THE FLOOR . THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCIL. WE'RE ALL FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR I'VE GONE TO SOME OF THE COMPSTAT MEETINGS WHERE THE POLICE FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS HAVE MEETINGS TO SHARE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THE DATA THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING FROM THIS HEARING ORDER DO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CITYWIDE HAVE THEM COME TOGETHER AND I AGREE COUNCIL WHERE ALL THE AN ANNUAL CHECK IN WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED AT THE LAST COMPSTAT WITH SIX WAS THAT ALTHOUGH MURDERS WERE DOWN THEFTS BUT ALSO INTERNET PHONE AND TEXT SCAMMING WAS WAY UP IN THAT DISTRICT.  AND THEN JUST LAST WEEK WE ALL SAW THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RECEIVED TEXT MESSAGES TO PAY PARKING FEES WHICH WAS A SCAM. SO MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE A FALSE SENSE SECURITY BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE AND THAT MEANS MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? IS ANYONE LOOKING OUT LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE TO THIS DOCKET PEOPLE LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 016 FOR MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS MARIA MURPHY PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR O FITZGERALD AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0164 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC POINT OF ORDER.  OH, SORRY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0164 MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS FITZGERALD MARIA MURPHY, SANTANA WEBER, PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0164. IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACTED NUMBER 0165 DUCK NUMBER 0165 COUNCILOR OF PLAYING OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING HERE ALL SQUARES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK HIM THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR HEROES SQUARES ARE ABOUT RECOGNIZE SEEING THE SUPREME SACRIFICE OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE US MILITARY THAT THAT MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION IN THE US ARMED FORCES EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IT HAS MANY OF THEM YOU COULD NOTICE NOTICED THE SIGNS ABOVE THE STREET SIGNS WITH THE PERSON'S NAME AND IN A GOLD STAR USUALLY THAT SIGNIFIES THAT THAT FAMILY AND THAT THAT VETERAN MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE TO OUR COUNTRY DISTRICT COUNCIL AS I SEE THEM AT SO MANY OF THESE EVENTS RESPECTING THE HEROIC SERVICE OF OUR VETERANS IN MILITARY FAMILIES BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THOSE VETERANS THAT MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.  I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CHAIR OF ROB SANTIAGO. HE'S DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB REPRESENTING THE CITY BUT ALSO REPRESENTING VETERANS IN MILITARY FAMILIES.  IT'S ABOUT RESPECT AND DIGNITY FOR OUR VETERANS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE? THAT COUNCIL WAS CUT ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD MEJIA. MURPHY. SANTANA.  WEBER WORLD PLEASE. OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0165 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES IN MILITARY AFFAIRS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 01660166 COUNCIL PLAYING OFF OF THE FINAL ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN. COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A REFILE.  I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW CRITICAL WOMEN VETERANS ARE FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOR OUR U.S. MILITARY. BUT THE FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC AT THE VA HOSPITAL IS WOMEN VETERANS.  WOMEN VETERANS SERVE HONORABLY . THEY SERVE WITH DISTINCTION BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY DON'T GET IN MY OPINION THEY DON'T GET THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY THAT THEY'VE EARNED AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS US TO HAVE A HEARING LIKE WE HAD PRIOR AND TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ROLE WOMEN VETERANS PLAY IN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S GENDER SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.  YOU CAN PEOPLE CAN SAY WELL THAT'S REALLY A FEDERAL FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY AND IT IS A FEDERAL RESPONSE ABILITY THAT'S A STATE RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S A CITY RESPONSIBILITY.  IT'S ALSO A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN VETERANS ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND THEY HAVE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN MEN MALE VETERANS INCLUDING HAVING A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF BEING A SINGLE A SINGLE PARENT IN RAISING CHILDREN. THEY ALSO NEED HOUSING. THEY ALSO NEED AS I MENTIONED, MEDICAL CARE.  THEY ALSO NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE BECAUSE THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR NATION AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH MANY CHALLENGES AND IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, RESPECTING THEM AND ENSURING WOMEN VETERANS ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED HERE. AND I WANT TO MAKE ONE FINAL POINT. I THINK WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR VETERANS AND FOR WOMEN VETERANS AS WELL. THAT SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. THAT WAS KIND OF ZAPATA DURKEE IN FITZGERALD MEJIA MURPHY'S SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0166 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 0167I CAN NUMBER 0167 COUNCIL OF FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS RESOURCES FOR THE BOSTON POLICE CRIME LABORATORY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN.  FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THIS IS A RE FILE. I'VE HAD SEVERAL HEARINGS ON THIS IN THE PAST. I'VE BEEN TO THIS BOSTON POLICE CRIME LAB MANY TIMES. TALK TO THE BOSTON POLICE COMMISSIONER MANY TIMES THEY'LL LET ME BE DIRECT. LAST YEAR AT A HEARING WITH MY COLLEAGUES WE DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES AT THE BOSTON CRIME LAB INCLUDING DELAYS AND TESTING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.  THE CITY OF BOSTON IS NOT MEETING THE STATE REQUIREMENT OF TESTING WITHIN 60 DAYS UNACCEPTABLE.  BUT THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS BODY WE WERE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY MEET THAT STATE REQUIREMENT. IT'S NOT AN OPTION. IT'S A REQUIREMENT.  DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE WE VOTED TO REALLOCATE $1 MILLION WITHIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BOSTON POLICE CRIME LAB WHICH INCLUDED 700,000 FROM BPD PERSONNEL SERVICES TO THE CRIME LAB TO INCREASE THE HIRING OF LAB TECHS AND TO FILL THE DIRECTOR VACANCY 300,000 FOR BPD EQUIPMENT TO THE CRIME LAB PURCHASE NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT TESTING EQUIPMENT TO UPDATE FAST AT DNA TESTING SUCH AS WASTE SCREENING WHICH THIS MASS STATE POLICE USE IN THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE USE.  I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR COLETTA FOR HER WORK ON WE SEE A LOT OF YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN REALLY IN THE CITY. THEIR DRINKS ARE BEING SPIKED AND THEY'RE BEING ASSAULTED. WE CAN'T HAVE THESE SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS SITTING AROUND IN A CORNER NOT BEING TESTED. WE NEED TO TEST THEM RIGHT AWAY, ENSURE THAT THESE SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS ARE TESTED BUT ALSO THE RESULTS ARE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY TO THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THIS HEARING WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP AS I MENTIONED ON LAST YEAR'S DISCUSSION I HOPE TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE CRIME LAB HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CRIME LAB. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOSTON POLICE CRIME LAB WAS WITHOUT A DIRECTOR FOR ALMOST A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. UNACCEPTABLE. I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW IF THAT PERSON IS BACK ON THE JOB IN THE DIRECTOR POSITION BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE PERSONNEL IN THE CRIME LAB ARE DOING THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY. THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES IN THEIR TOOLS TO DO THEIR JOB AND THAT WE GET WHY SCREENING WE NEED TO HAVE THE BEST CRIME LAB IN THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AGAIN. I DO JUST WANT TO SAY I WAS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEARING THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE CRIME LAB WAS THERE AND IT WAS VERY CONCERNING THAT WHEN YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE THIS BODY VOTED AND PASSED AS AN AMENDMENT AND WAS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR RESOURCES AS IN THE CRIME LAB THAT HE HAS NEVER RECEIVED THAT MONEY. I WAS WONDERING WHERE IT WAS. SO I DO HOPE FROM THIS CONVERSATION BUT A BIGGER CONVERSATION AND MEETING SHOULD BE THAT BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS NEW BUDGET CYCLE THAT WE ADDRESS AND LOOK BACK AT OUR PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE DID PASS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE IMPLEMENTED AND THAT THE MONEY THAT WE BELIEVE WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT THEY DID RECEIVE THAT MONEY.  AND HOW EFFECTIVE WAS THAT BECAUSE KNOWING THAT $1,000,000 COULD HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE ON THIS BODY PASSED AND THE MAYOR DID NOT VETO THAT AMENDMENT TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE CRIME LAB HAS NEVER GOTTEN THERE YET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS COLETTE ZAPATA FITZGERALD,  SANTANA WEBER PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0167 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THERE'S IS A QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 01680168 COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS A HOLISTIC VISION FOR DISTRICT SEVEN TO REDRESS HISTORICAL RACIAL HARM AND TO UPHOLD DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS CIVIL RIGHTS THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN AND JENISON HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO HEED TO YOUR ADVICE ABOUT SPEEDING THROUGH AND JUST SAYING THIS IS A REFILE I THINK THAT FOR MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY WITH LACK OF ACCESS OR DIGITAL ACCESS OR ANY TYPE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,  IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BECAUSE IT'S A NEW YEAR NEW FILE THAT I REPEATED EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I AM PATIENT WITH MY CONSTITUENTS SO THAT THEY ARE FULLY ENGAGED AND I'M FAIR TO THEM. SO I WILL PRESENT THIS AS I'M FILING IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE VERY FIRST TIME. AND SO THE DISTRICT SEVEN OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO UNDERSTAND AND NEED FOR A STUDY TO UNDERSTAND HOW PARKING IS IMPACTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND I THEN LIST AND I SHOULD BEGIN WITH SAYING THAT I LIST YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEALTH INEQUITIES, HOUSING INSTABILITY, EDUCATION DISPARITIES, ECONOMIC INEQUITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.  SO WHAT I DID THEN IS I WENT AHEAD AND USED RESOURCES IN DISTRICT SEVEN UNIVERSITY PARTNERS NORTHEAST UNIVERSITY,  NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, HARVARD, MIT, UMASS AND B.U. TO DO THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THIS PROJECT. SO WE STARTED WITH AN ASSET MAPPING UNDERSTANDING THE GAPS OF THE INEQUITIES OR THE INEQUITIES IN DISTRICT SEVEN WHEN WE MOVE THAT MOVED ON TO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS WHAT IS TODAY AND SO WHAT IS THE NEED FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF AMENITIES BUT CREATING WALKABLE STREETS IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND BETTER TRANSPORTATION AND SO FORTH. SO THEN I CREATED WHAT'S CALLED THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN WITH SEVEN DIFFERENT DOMAINS TO INCLUDE HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ALL OF THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE ALREADY LISTED. AND SO WITHIN EACH CATEGORY THEN WE WORKED WITH NORTHEASTERN AND THIS SEMESTER THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER METRICS OF POLICIES THAT WOULD ADDRESS EACH DOMAIN. SO FOR EXAMPLE WITHIN EACH HOUSING AND WITHIN HOUSING THEY WOULD SAY THE CITY SO FAR HAS ONLY ADDRESSED 10%. THAT'S AGAIN BY EXAMPLE HYPOTHETICALLY 10% OF HOUSING NEED IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND YOU HAVE THIS MUCH TO GO IN, COUNCILOR ANDERSON YOU'VE ONLY ADDRESSED MAYBE ABOUT IN ADDITION 10% SO THIS WE HAVE THIS MUCH MORE TO GO AND THEN PROVIDING AN ACTUAL ASSESSMENT, FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT OR ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE INVESTMENTS IN BUDGET AS WELL AS POLICY AS WELL AS PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING NEEDS AND THAT'S WITHIN EACH DOMAIN OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN THAT I CREATED ALONG OF COURSE WITH MY AMAZING OFFICE TEAM AND SO WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE HAVE A ROUNDTABLE AS YOU KNOW IN DISTRICT SEVEN, THE DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL SHOUT OUT TO DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.  WE I THEN TOOK THEIR ADVICE ON HISTORICALLY CONTEXT IN AS WELL AS TODAY HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS WE WENT TO MIT AND ASKED FOR SPATIAL MAPPING PROJECT SO WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A FULL COMPREHENSIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE ADMINISTRATION HOPEFULLY BY SUMMER 2025 OF WHAT THIS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO ADDRESS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ACTION PLAN. AND SO REDRESSING THESE RACIAL HARMS WOULD TAKE TIME. IT WOULD TAKE THESE STUDIES, IT WOULD TAKE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RESOURCES THAT MY OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE THAT ADMINISTRATION DOES HAVE AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM BPA IN MAYORS OFFICE OF HOUSING SHUT OUT TO ECONOMIC CHIEF ALL CHIEF DILLON AND OTHERS OF COURSE IN BPA WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO IN PARTNERSHIP TO AND AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR ROXBURY RESILIENCY CORRIDORS AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REVITALIZE CORRIDORS, BUILD HOUSING, CREATE AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACES WHILE ARE ADDRESSING THE PARKING NEEDS, WHILE WE ARE ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. THIS WOULD GIVE US A HOLISTIC SPATIAL MAP RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY THAT WOULD SAY WHERE AMENITIES SHOULD GO SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THIS HOLISTIC HOUSING ECOSYSTEMS IN ROXBURY, SOUTHEND AND GROVE HALL.  AND SO WITH THESE HEARINGS YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE DIVIDE IT UP I DIVIDE IT UP INTO SEVEN PARTS JUST LIKE THE DOMAINS AND THE ACTION PLAN SO THAT WE CAN HOLD HEARINGS WITHIN EACH AND HOPEFULLY HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SO FAR? AND WE'VE DONE THAT BY DOING STATE OF ROXBURY, STATE OF SOUTH END STATE OF FENWAY AND GROVE HALL.  BUT WE WANT TO DO THAT THROUGH A HEARING SO WE CAN PROPERLY DOCUMENT WHERE THEY ARE, BRING THAT BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THIS METRICS AND DO THIS DASHBOARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY AND SAY HERE IS WHAT PLANNING SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS IS WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS ASKED FOR AND THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED AND THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD HOPEFULLY REDRESS HISTORIC HARMS TO BUILD A BETTER DISTRICT SEVEN FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APOLOGIZE. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR MCGEE IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE HE'S HAD COUNCILOR ZAPATA PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN MURPHY BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OUT OF THE CHAIR. THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT INVESTMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0169 LUCKY NUMBER 10169 COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PART OF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING OF COASTAL RESILIENCE STRATEGIES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLIMATE THINK THANK YOU THE CHAIR AGONIZES COUNCILOR CLUB AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM GOING TO NOT TAKE THE FULL MINUTE BUT JUST EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF MY CO-SPONSOR, ON BEHALF OF THIS BODY TO GET THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE UP AND RUNNING.  THIS IS MY MAIDEN SPEECH. THIS IS MY MY TOP ISSUE AND FROM MY MAIDEN SPEECH WE WERE ABLE TO TO HAVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS OFFICE ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE THROUGH A RESTRUCTURING OF THE CABINET.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO CHIEF SWETT WHO IS OUR NEW CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER AND OF COURSE TO MY BROTHER AND SERVED AS MY FRIEND AND SERVICES CHRIS OSGOOD WHO I MEET WITH MONTHLY ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE WATERFRONT. I ALSO TOOK THE TIME TO GO TO DORCHESTER TO WALK THE SHORELINE WITH MY CO-SPONSOR AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. IT'S BEEN GREAT LEARNING ABOUT ALL OF THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DEALING WITH AS IT RELATES TO COASTAL RESILIENCY. AND SO OF COURSE THE WORK CONTINUES AND SO WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED THIS FILING TO INCLUDE THE CLIMATE BANK BECAUSE NOW WE ARE MOVING FROM ASSESSMENT TO IMPLEMENTATION AND AGAIN IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $4 BILLION TO TRULY FORTIFY COASTLINE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD. AND JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS GOTTEN US HERE TO THIS POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR JODI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD COUNCIL GLADYS ABOUT IT FOR HER LEADERSHIP THIS AND REALLY TAKING A HOLD OF WHAT I AM IN LOCKSTEP WITH HER IN THE FACT THAT THAT IS THE THIS IS THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIMES SEVEN PLUS MILES OF COASTLINE FOR THE DISTRICT THREE AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE ISLANDS AS WELL. AND SO THE NOT ONLY THE PLANNING AND PREPARATION IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCING OF ALL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SPED UP AS WELL SO WE CAN START TO IMPLEMENT IT. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS DURKIN FERNANDO ANDERSON MEJIA MURPHY PIPPEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD FLYNN PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS 0169 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. I WANT TO PAUSE MR. CLERK THERE WAS A DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0166 THE ONE ON WOMAN'S VETERANS. DID I ASK FOLKS TO DID I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO ADD THEIR NAME ON THAT DOCKET? I DID OKAY. JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM.  OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 0170. MS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 01700170 COUNCILOR IS CARLOTA ZAPATA AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS FOOD ACCESS SUSTAINABILITY AND THE NEED FOR A FOOD HUB IN EAST BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO. CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD YOU AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR. ROCHA AS ZAPATISTAS HAS BEEN THE RULES AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED COUNCIL THAT IS ABOUT TO GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FITZGERALD FLYNN. MURPHY PIPPEN.  SANTANA WEBER WORL THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0170 WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0171 DUNCAN NUMBER 0171 COUNCIL EAST COLOR AS A PHOTO LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ESTABLISH A CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM PILOT PROGRAM IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. YOU'RE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE OF 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. CASUAL CREDITS A POLICY HAS BEEN THE RULES THAT WAS IN HAND AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION BECAUSE OF THEIR TENURE SO ADDED CANCEL CLAUSE ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APOLOGIZE TO COUNCILOR RAUL AND COUNSELOR FITZGERALD WHO ALSO REACHED OUT. BUT THIS IS A REFILE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS TALKING NUMBERS 3171 CORRECT. OKAY.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE I COUNSELORS FOR NATIVE ANDERSEN, DURKIN FITZGERALD, FLYNN MURPHY BUT BARNES AND WEBER WORLD AND HERE THIS DOCKET DOCKET 0171 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR CORBETT, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0172017 TO COUNCILOR HIM HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES IN JAIL BASED VOTING AND EMPOWER INCARCERATED COMMUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY?  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FROM HERE COMES TO ME YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR. I UNDERSTAND AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR. OKAY SO ADDED A SECOND SPONSOR COUNCILOR ME HERE TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN ARKANSAS FOR AN ENERGY LISTEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNTERPOINT IN THE INTERESTING AND SO ADDED CUSTOM FOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THIS IS A WE FILED THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK WITH THAT COUNSEL'S WEAPON SANTANA WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET WILL BE AND DURKIN THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND RACIAL EQUITY ACT. YES. OKAY.  CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0173 DUCK NUMBER 0173 COUNCILOR I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS LADY FILE. THANK YOU COMES FROM HERE. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0173 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE I'LL POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OH.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT COUNCILOR IS DIRECTING OPINIONS ANDERSON, FLYNN, MURPHY, PIPPINS AND HANNAH WEBER WORLD PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCK WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0175 DUCKY NUMBER 017440 SORRY 0174 FOR COUNCILOR I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERN MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS A REFILE, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR COURT PLEASE I COUNSELOR DURKIN COUNSELOR TAS WEBER SANTANA WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS 0174 WE REFER TO COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR QUICK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0175 DUNCANNON MS. 0175 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PROCEDURES IN PROGRESS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I CAN COUNT FROM HERE. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PROCUREMENT HOW WE INVEST IN BOSTON'S FUTURE. YET TOO OFTEN OUR SYSTEMS LACK FAIRNESS AND EQUITY. TODAY I FILED THIS THIS REFILED TO ORDER THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES AND THE PROGRESS. THIS IS A STEP TOWARDS ENSURING THAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND THAT CITY CONTRACTS REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION.  THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERE.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK PLEASED COUNCILOR DURKIN FERNANDES ANDERSON MURPHY PEPEN WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0175 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR CORBETT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0176 STUCK IN ON A0176 COUNCIL ON MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF DECISION MAKING PROTOCOLS IN CITY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THIS IS A REFILE BUT I SAVED ALL MY TIME SO THAT I CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE LANGUAGE AND YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS LANGUAGE ON YOUR DESK. IT WAS JUST A FEW ADDITIONS THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD RECOMMENDED THAT I ADD TO THE HEARING ORDER.  SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A COPY AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR RURAL AND COUNCILOR ANDERSON AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. OKAY SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SUBSTITUTE IS IT SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I, I WILL SAY NO I HAVE IT SUBSTITUTION IS ALLOWED. COUNCILMAN, HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WARREN COUNCILOR ANDERSON IS CALLED COUNCILOR WHERE I WAS ADDED AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR HERE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR FOR NATIVE ANDERSON AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR FOR AN INTERVENTION SO ADDED COUNTRYMAN HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SO TODAY I LIKE TO REFILE THIS HEARING ORDER ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN DECISION MAKING PROTOCOLS IN BOSTON FROM WHITE TO THE HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUNDS TO THE REDESIGN OF BLUE LAB TO THE MODERNIZATION OF ARTICLE 80 THE BPA SQUARES AND STREETS AND PLANNING AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW WE GO ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNPACK HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE, WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING, HOW TRANSPARENT ARE WE BEING, WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REALLY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW ARE WE MAKING DECISIONS THAT REALLY REFLECT THE WILL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS? SO I FILED THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN AND OUT OF THIS CHAMBER REALLY REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE VOTERS. AND CONSIDERING THAT MY COLLEAGUES FILED A HEARING ORDER IN REGARDS TO WHITE STADIUM AND I ALSO HAVE IT HERE IN MY HEARING ORDER, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. I THINK, YOU KNOW ANYONE ELSE WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 01676 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST OP END YES WE'LL BE REFERRED TO THE COURT DID I MISS ANYONE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY,  TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 0177 IN THE 0177 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HIRING FIRING AND PROMOTION POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CUSTOMER. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO KNOW CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.  SO SO TODAY THIS IS A REFILE. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST MAKE NOTE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER WE'VE HAD SEVERAL HEARINGS ON THIS AND ISSUES CONTINUE TO PERSIST. I WANT TO JUST UPLIFT ONE IN PARTICULAR THE EDIE CRISP SITUATION THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY.  I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THE DECISION MAKING THAT EXIST IN THE HIRING FIRING AND PROMOTIONAL PRACTICES ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS IN PARTICULAR BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BEPS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRIBUTION PLAYING WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR RECOGNIZING AN EXCEPTIONAL AND DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER WHO'S DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THIS CITY FOR FOR SO MANY YEARS. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK COUNCILOR MCGEER A QUESTION ABOUT HER HEARING ORDER THROUGH THE CHAIR? YOU MAY COUNCILOR ME HERE. CAN YOU JUST TELL US HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN PREPARATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR HEARING TO THE CHAIR COUNCILOR BE HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY. OH COME ON. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION HERE TO THE CHAMBER.  BUT I THINK MY HOPE IS AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS PARTICULAR HEARING IS I THINK WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD PRACTICE THINK WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD PRACTICE IS FOR US TO SEND SOME QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T COME HERE. SURPRISE. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PRACTICE AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A BALANCED PANEL HERE SO THAT WE'RE EVEN IF WE HAVE TO SUBPOENA THE COMMISSIONER TO BE HERE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER DOING.  DOES THAT SATISFY YOUR QUESTION? YES, IT DOES. THAT COULD COME FROM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PRESIDE COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0171772 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0178 MEMBER 0178 COUNCIL ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING HOME OWNERSHIP VOUCHER PROGRAM THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR ? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I KNOW COUNCILOR BREADON EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING ADDED TO THIS UM UM THIS HEARING ORDER BUT THIS IS JUST A REFUSAL TO REVIEW THE HOME OWNERSHIP VOUCHER PROGRAM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE INVESTED IN INITIALLY THROUGH ARPA DOLLARS THAT WE FOUGHT FOR MORE AMENDMENTS AND THROUGH THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU EVERYONE A LITTLE UPDATE ON PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE ON THE HOME HOMEOWNERSHIP VOUCHER PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH VHA SO FAR 73 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 42 PURCHASES CLOSED LAST YEAR WHILE THIS SHOWS MEANINGFUL PROGRESS, IT IS CLEAR NEED TO EXPAND THESE NUMBERS TO HELP MORE FAMILIES ACHIEVE THEIR DREAM OF HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP A REAL POSSIBILITY FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES MANY FAMILIES ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE STUCK. WE HAD THAT SO OFTEN WITH THE MODERATE INCOME FAMILY THAT THEY'RE STUCK. THEY DON'T GET THE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING NOR CAN THEY AFFORD. SO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE CREATE A REAL PATHWAYS FOR MORE INDIVIDUALS TO BUY TO BE HOMEOWNERS HERE IN BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR ALL THE CHAIR I'M GOING TO CUT FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY I IT'S NOT IN REGARDS TO COUNCILOR OVERALL IT'S A DIFFERENT DOCKET THAT I FORGOT TO ADD OUR CONCEPT OF OH, OKAY. CAN I GET TO THIS AND THEN I'LL CALL ON YOU AGAIN. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET AND THE CHAIR?  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS MURPHY, PIPPIN MEJIA, FITZGERALD, SANTANA,  WEBER PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0180 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE.  OH, MR QUICK OH. OH, OKAY. SORRY 0178 WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.  THANK YOU. OKAY. COMES FROM HERE. THERE'S AN ADDITION YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMES FROM HERE YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD A CONCEPT OF BEING TO DOCKET 0173. OKAY.  MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD SO COUNT CASM HERE SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES OF COUNCIL OF APPEND AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET NUMBER 0173I DON'T HAVE IT'S THE OH YOU DON'T HAVE A YOU DON'T HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE A SECOND SO I JUST FORGOT TO ADD. OKAY.  OKAY, COOL. SO COUNSELOR BULLPEN IS SO ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 0173. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 0179. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01790179 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE OFF OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR UP FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS EFFORTS TO CANCEL MEDICAL DEBT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR COUNSELOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THIS IS A REFILE ABOUT MEDICAL DEBT. IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR FEDERAL LEADERS TO OUR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT MEDICAL DEBT WILL NO LONGER APPEAR ON PEOPLE'S CREDIT REPORTS. WE KNOW THAT MEDICAL DEBT IS A HUGE BURDEN. IT'S THE NUMBER ONE DEBT THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE COUNTRY AND IT JUST PUTS IT AFFECTS FOLKS WHO ARE DISABLED WOMAN BLACK WOMAN.  AND SO I'M JUST VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE MOVEMENT ON MEDICAL DEBT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WORK ON THIS ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR WAIT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA,  COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.  GIVE ME ONE SECOND SIR.  THANK THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0181. NO, I READ THE WRONG SORRY 0179 WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.  MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01800180 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING EARNING EQUITY AND CITY CONTRACTS THESE DAYS. THANK YOU. THE CHARITY AND BUSINESS COUNCIL. OUR OUTCOMES ARE ORAL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D TO ADD COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN HERE AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR KASSAM HERE. SO ADDED COUNCIL. WHERE ARE YOU? ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE. JUST A REVIEW. THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE AS A CITY EQUITY AND CITY CONTRACTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. ALL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH WHICH HEARING ORDER ARE WE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? 01800180.  UM, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN MY HEARING ORDER AROUND THE PROCUREMENT? JUST IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHICH WHAT IS YOUR HEARING ORDER? THE ONE THAT I READ INTO THE RECORD ONE SEVEN. WHERE IS IT?  0175 AND 180 HOW HOW ARE THOSE DIFFERENT IF THEY ARE NOT DIFFERENT LIKE IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT THEN I UNDERSTAND BUT IF THEY SEEM SIMILAR TO ME. SO JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO MERGE.  UM WELL JUST I MEAN I'M JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDER IS. ONE IS THE AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PROCEDURES AND PROGRESS SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A I'LL DEFER TO THE CLERK BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE A BROAD, YOU KNOW, AUDIT AND WHAT COUNCIL OR I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON EQUITY.  BUT YEAH BUT I THINK IF YOU READ MY HEARING ORDER RIGHT IT REALLY LOOKS AT THAT I THINK IF YOU IT IS IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE CENTERING RACIAL EQUITY. I MEAN I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM BUT I JUST THINK THAT YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO WE ALREADY HAVE A LIMITED TIME AND WE'RE LUCKY TO EVEN GET TO HAVE HEARINGS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING THEN I THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND EFFICIENT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR ME TO WITHDRAW MINE AND ALLOW YOURS TO STAND. I REALLY DON'T CARE. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS ON TALKING ABOUT CITY CONTRACTS AS WELL. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK MAKES THE MOST SENSE. UM OKAY. THIS IS SO JUST THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE FLAGGED. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.  BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT DIFFERENCES.  AGAIN, DEFERRING TO THE CLERK. BUT COUNCILOR ORAL IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY. IS ALSO NOTHING PREVENTING HOLDING A HEARING ON BOTH DOCKETS. YEAH NOT FOR COMMITTEES BUT I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. BUT THIS IS A HEARING ORDER THAT I FILED I BELIEVE FROM THE FIRST TIME I YEAH I THINK WE BOTH BEEN WORKING ON THIS SO HAPPY TO COLLABORATE BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE FOR ME IS THIS THE AUDIT AND HERE WE ARE REVIEWING THE EQUITY IN CITY CONTRACTS AND I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR LANGUAGE BUT THIS IS JUST FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON EQUITY IN THE CITY CONTRACTS. SO I JUST THINK THAT BACK TO THE CHAIR ONE MOMENT TO THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MEJIA IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THE CLERK HAS SOMETHING HE'D LIKE TO BECAUSE SHE'S WITH ONE SO SHE'S TALKING ABOUT DOCKET NUMBER 0175 AND BEFORE US WE ARE ON 01804 WHICH WAS ADDED AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. OKAY THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILWOMAN HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO NOT BE DIFFICULT IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION I DON'T MIND. I JUST THINK THAT THESE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO START COMMUNICATING MORE EFFICIENTLY. MAYBE YOU AND I OR MAYBE THE THE CHAIR OF THIS BODY WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS COME UP MAYBE CREATING A SPACE FOR COUNCILORS TO DISCUSS PRIOR TO THESE MEETINGS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHY WE ENDED UP HERE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEN WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT PUBLICLY. SO I DON'T MIND. I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO FLAG THERE IS A VERY SIMILAR HEARING ORDER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED AND SO IN THE SPIRIT OF JUST LETTING THINGS GO, I DON'T MIND JUST BEING A CO-SPONSOR ALONGSIDE YOU BECAUSE OVERALL I THANK YOU AND FLAGGING THAT THERE MAY BE SIMILARITIES. I BELIEVE THIS THEY WERE REFILE OLD THESE ARE BOTH ALSO REFILED WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY LIKE LAST YEAR THEY WERE BOTH FILED AS INDEPENDENT DOCKETS AND SO TO MAKE THE DECISION TO MAKE THE DECISION NOW SO THAT THEY ONE TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THE OTHER I THINK WOULD BE A BIT INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHY EVEN IF THERE ARE SIMILARITIES THAT MAINTAIN THEM AS TWO SEPARATE DOCKETS MAKES SENSE BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE CLERK IF HE FEELS DIFFERENTLY.  YEAH WELL I SUPPOSE WE DIDN'T PLAN A SEPARATE DOCKET THIS TIME SO YEAH.  UM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.  THANK YOU. SO THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE LET'S SEE DOCKET NUMBER 0180 UNLESS NAMES OKAY. IF THEY WANT TO ADD THEIR NAMES SO COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COMES PLENTY OF THE FLOOR, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION TO THE CLERK. ARE THEY ARE YOU SAYING MR CLERK, THAT THEIR BOLT SHOULD GO FORWARD OR SHOULD ONE GO FORWARD? JUST WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.  YOU HAVE TO READ THEM. I HAVEN'T READ THEM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FLAGGING THAT THEY WERE THE SAME. SO MADAM MADAM CLERK MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? WE WE TAKE FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND GIVE THE CLERK AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO HIS DUE DILIGENCE. WE WILL BE IN A BRIEF RECESS. WE'LL SEE HOW LONG THE CLERK NEEDS. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO STAY IN CHAMBERS BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT TAKE THE CLERK THAT LONG AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH THE MEETING.  SO WE ARE IN A BRIEF RECESS  AS YOU KNOW WE ARE BACK IN SESSION . MR CLERK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MAKE WELL WE REVIEWED THE TWO DOCKETS AND THEY HAVE BEEN FILED TOGETHER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO THEY'VE BEEN BOTH FILED AND THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BUT THERE ARE DISTINCT DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF THE EQUITY ASPECT AND THE REVIEWING OF PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES. SO WE'VE THEY'VE BEEN FILE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THERE WAS NO OBJECTION AND WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO DELETE ONE OF THEM DOCKETS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR CLERK. AND ONE OF THE THING THAT WE WILL DO IS PUT THIS DOCKET IN THE COMMITTEE WITH COUNCILOR MCGILL WHERE HER PREVIOUS WHERE DOCKET IS AND THEN THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER ON THIS DOCKET THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. COULD WE REPEAT ALL OF THAT? COUNCILOR HE IS BACK. WE CAME BACK FROM A BREAK AND NOT EVERYONE KNEW AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO ASKED THE QUESTION. SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LET HER KNOW WHAT WAS JUST DECIDED UPON.  NO, IT'S FINE. YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE COUNCILOR I MEAN, MR CLERK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST STATED YOU MAY SO BOTH DOCKETS HAVE BEEN FILED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS AT THAT POINT THIS YEAR THEY WERE BOTH FILED AGAIN THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BUT ONE SPECIFICALLY IS FOR EQUITY AND THE OTHER ONE IS TO REVIEW THE PROCESSES AND THE PROCEDURES OF PROCUREMENT. SO ALTHOUGH THEY MAY BE INTERRELATED, I THINK THAT IT WASN'T REALLY FLAGGED THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS FILED IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBB. AND DID YOU HAVE YOUR NO. OKAY, GREAT. SO THIS POINT OF ORDER COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, MR CLERK SO BECAUSE IT WASN'T FLAGGED LAST YEAR OR IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT MEANS WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH IT THIS YEAR WITH TWO SEPARATE SEPARATE DOCKETS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR. YES THEY DO THAT RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE I HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR THAT SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. YEP. AND I'M HAPPY THAT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I WANT US TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THIS MOMENT BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE IN REGARDS TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT POTENTIALLY MAY COME DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY SET PRECEDENTS.  SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, EVERYBODY BE PUT ON NOTICE.  I JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN THAT WHEN I ROLL 15 MYSELF AT THE FIRST MEETING LAST YEAR ON A MATTER THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A MATTER THAT ANOTHER COUNCILOR FILED, MY DOCKET HAD TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.  PART OF THE ISSUE WITH THESE TWO DOCKETS IS PRIOR TO ME BEING PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL ONE OF THESE DOCKETS WERE FILED LAST TERM. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A MULTI-YEAR BALLOT FILING AND IT WAS NOT CAUGHT INITIALLY AND SO WE'RE EXPECTING THESE DOCUMENTS TWO SEPARATE DOCKETS. YOU'RE A CO-SPONSOR ON COUNCIL WHERE I WAS DOCKET THIS DOCKET WILL BE PLACED IN COMMITTEE BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  OH, MR CLERK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I MEAN NOT MR CLERK CASUAL PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. YEAH.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CLAIR. I MEANT MADAM MADAM CHAIR.  SO I I I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT IN TERMS OF BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY THEN GOING FORWARD THAT GIVES IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BOTH DOCKETS HEARD AT THIS SESSION I WOULD I WOULD RATHER OF THE BOLTS VERY VERY SIMILAR TO GO FORWARD WITH ONE DOCKET JUST SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME CONSISTENCY I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES ARE LOOKING FOR SOME CONSISTENCY WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH THE PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER OR NOT I THINK CONSISTENCY CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY WORD. THANK YOU.  RESPECT YOUR OPINION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MCGEER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH, NOT THERE. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY COUNCILOR FOR ADVANTAGE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THROUGH THE CHAIR.  MR. CLERK, I WANTED TO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND MOVING FORWARD SO AND I WANT TO BELABOR THIS I REALLY DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS IF SOMETHING IS SET PRECEDENCE, IS IT A RULE THAT WE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MR. CLERK YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU. IS IT A RULE THAT WE BECAUSE IT BECAUSE WE SET PRECEDENTS PRIOR YEAR IS IT A RULE THAT WE ADHERE TO THAT BECAUSE OF THAT OR IT IS A RULE THERE IS A RULE FOR DUPLICATE FILINGS, RIGHT? IF RULE 15 OR RULE FIVE WHEN IT'S SIMILAR BUT WHATEVER.  SO MY QUESTION IS THEN IS IT A RULE THAT IF WE'VE SET PRECEDENTS THE PRIOR YEAR THAT WE THEN WHETHER CLERICAL ERROR OR WHETHER OVERSIGHT THAT WE THEN UPHOLD SIMILAR PRACTICE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR OR IS THIS HERE AGAIN WE ARE JUST MOVING FORWARD AS COURTESY LOOK, WE DID THAT BEFORE WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN A RULE LIKE THAT AND JUST SO THAT I KNOW SO THAT I SAY I DID SAY I MADE THIS MISTAKE AS WELL LIKE I HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR NOTES AS PRECEDENTS I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS PRECEDENCE HERE TODAY TO SAY HEY, IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE THIS BUT I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADD PRECEDENTS AFTER PRECEDENTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S IN THE PRACTICE OF THAT BECAUSE THEN ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING RULES ON THE FLOOR. BUT I GET IT JUST IN CASE. THANK YOU AGAIN. I ALSO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS THIS WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION. MR. CLERK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THIS. WELL, IN IN THE PAST AND I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME THE THE FILING OF DUPLICATE DOCKETS WE HAVE WHEN WE CATCH THEM WE DON'T CATCH THEM ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN WE DO CATCH THEM I WOULD CONTACT BOTH COUNCILOR TO SAY YOU FILED A SIMILAR ORDER OR A SIMILAR RESOLUTION AND WHOEVER FILED IT FIRST IS THAT THAT IS THE ONE THAT WOULD GO ON THE AGENDA NOW IN THIS CASE THESE TWO DOCKETS HAVE BEEN FILED EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE IN COURT THAT THEY ARE SIMILAR BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S I DO READ EACH ONE I MEAN I DIDN'T READ THESE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY DOCKETS ON THE ON THE AGENDA AND THERE'S SO MANY FILES IT'S HARD TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE AND CRITIQUE EACH ONE OF THEM UNLESS IT'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE DO HAVE A MECHANISM THAT WE DO THAT NOW AND WE TRY TO AVOID THAT.  YEAH, WE WORK HARD TO IT WHEN WE PREPARE THE AGENDA TO GO THROUGH THOSE MOTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY DUPLICATES SOMETIMES UNFORTUNATELY THEY DO GO THROUGH AND THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT IN TERMS OF TALKING TO EACH COUNSELOR AND COMING TO AN AGREEMENT TO WITHDRAW IT AHEAD AND HAVE IT COME BEHIND.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN HAS COME TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO THANK YOU. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR ANDERSON FOR HER FIERCE A INTERJECTIONS HERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION AND USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR POWER AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SHARE IT AND HELP SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS WHO WHO NEED TO GET ACCESS TO THEIR POWERS AND KNOWLEDGE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU . THAT'S HUMBLING TO HAVE TO ADMIT THAT SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW IT ALL AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT AND I APPRECIATE HOW YOU ALWAYS QUARTERBACK FOR MEJIA BUT ANYWAYS I WANTED TO JUST KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS PARTICULAR DAY HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF HOW WE SHOW UP IN THIS CHAMBER AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL GETTING TO SEE WHO'S WHO SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE WHO I AM Y'ALL. I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THAT I AM GOING TO ENSURE THAT I WANT TO RISE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLERK IN PARTICULAR UNDERSTANDS THAT I'M NOT WITHDRAWING MY HEARING ORDER AND THAT I WILL STILL HAVE A VOICE AND BEING ABLE TO FIGHT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. SO IT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT NOTE . CLERK YOU HEARD ME RIGHT. I HEARD YOU OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULD WITHDRAW DOCKET IS A COUNSELOR AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT WITHDRAWING. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MS.. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS? MURPHY SANTANA, FLYNN WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0180 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0181 DUNCAN AMBER 0181 COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND 1504 THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING VOTER ACCESSIBILITY AND ELECTION PREPAREDNESS.  THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AROUND THIS IS A REFILE. I'D LIKE TO SPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I LOOK FORWARD AND YOU KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO BRING IN THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY FOR ALL ELECTIONS INCLUDING THE ELECTION THIS YEAR, WELL, SO DO IT WHEN I CREDIT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT FOR COMING FORWARD TO THE HEARING AND BEING SO FORTHRIGHT AS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST AND STRONG DEMOCRACY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ABYSSINIA JACKSON COUNCILOR MURPHY IS ADDED AS THE ORIGINAL THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN CASTLE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MR CHAIR. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PRESENT LOUIJEUNE FOR REFINEMENTS FOR THIS YEAR. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT I REALLY IMPACT ON MY DISTRICT 12 VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY CASTLE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU CHAIR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING AND HAVING THIS DOCKET ON THE AGENDA AGAIN. BUT ONE QUESTION IF I COULD FOR YOU TO THE CLERK YES, FOR CLARIFICATION, SOMETHING YOU HAD JUST SAID PREVIOUSLY ABOUT IF IT'S A SIMILAR WHEN THIS WAS FILED AS AN EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER ON I BELIEVE NOVEMBER SIX MYSELF, COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE ALL FILED SIMILAR HEARING ORDERS. BUT YOU HAD JUST SAID THAT IF THEY ARE SIMILAR THEY GET COMBINED THEY CAN THEY CAN BUT I'M JUST MAKING SURE THE VERBIAGE JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO BE COMBINED BECAUSE IN THIS CASE IF THEY WEREN'T COMBINED ONLY ONE WENT FORWARD. RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE IN THE CASE HAD COUNCILOR ON THE HERE WITHDRAWN HERS IT COOKED. I MEAN SO THERE'S THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS. IT'S NOT RIGHT.  SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WATCHING TO US ON THE BODY HERE THAT WE COULD ASK FOR A COMBINATION OF THE THREE WHICH WE COULD HAVE DONE. BUT COUNCILOR WAIT SO WE ONLY WENT FORWARD WITH ONE PERSONS IN THIS CASE AND IN THE CASE OF COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL IN COUNCILOR ON HERE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN NOT JUST ONE WAS TAPE AND IT'S GOING TO COME UP WHEN COUNCILOR WEBER SOMETHING COUNCILOR WEBER AND I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHEN I NOTICE THAT HE FILED A HEARING ORDER VERY SIMILAR TO THE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THAT I FILED OR TRIED TO FILE AND THEN I FILED ON DECEMBER 11TH. I UPLOADED IT RIGHT AWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ON THIS AGENDA. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT THAT WE'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE AND WHAT OPTIONS WE WANT TO TAKE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE? OUR COUNCILOR DUNCAN COUNCILOR VANESSA ANDERSON, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN,  COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR MEJIA AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUMBER 0181 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE HALL. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BE DUNCAN NUMBER 01820182 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING AND OTHER ACADEMIC RECOVERY STRATEGIES.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. THIS IS A RIFF I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION INTO ADVOCATING FOR MORE OF THESE SUPPORTS FOR OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN, COUNCILOR PEPPER COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR MEJIA CAN YOU PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 018 TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION? MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DUGAN NUMBER 0183 TALKING NUMBERS 0183 COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND COLLETTE AS PAID OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RELATED RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WU, I'D LIKE TO SEE JUST BEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ABSENT OBJECTION.  COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK COUNCILOR. YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT MR CHAIR, BUT THANK YOU. THIS IS A RIFF I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS I FILED TO RECOGNIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN OCTOBER. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WORK ON. SHAKIRA'S STORY AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK ASIAN AMERICAN TASK FORCE ON IT. SO THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN? COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON FOR SEVEN YEARS AND HAD HELD A HEARING ON IT PREVIOUSLY WITH CITY COUNCILOR ANDREA CAMPBELL.  OBVIOUSLY NOW THE MESSAGE FOR AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WE HAD THIS HEARING NORTHEASTERN IN MY SEVEN YEARS IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST HEARING THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY NAME TO THIS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A IS A CRITICAL ISSUE IMPACTING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.  IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ESPECIALLY WOMEN IN OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.  I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THAT'S A MAJOR CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE HAVING THROUGHOUT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON.  I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY MOTHER AND HER WORK ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE FIRST LADY SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THIS IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE FOR FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. AS I MENTIONED, OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS I'VE BEEN MOVED BY THE STORIES OF MANY SURVIVORS ASKING MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN AND I'LL SPEAK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY TO HAVE A STANDALONE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTEE IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON AND IF THERE WAS ONE ISSUE THAT I WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED WITH ITS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WOULD SUPPORT THAT STAND ALONE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AND ANYONE ELSE LIKE THE ATTORNEY? MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNSELOR FITZGERALD COUNSELOR FLYNN CASTLEMAN HERE COUNSELOR MURPHY, COUNSELOR PEPEN, CASA SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0183 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 100184 SO I CAN NUMBER 018 FOR COUNSEL'S LOUIJEUNE AND COLORADO ZAPATA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE NEEDS AND SERVICES FOR RECENT MIGRANT POPULATIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I'D LIKE TO I SEEK TO SPEND THE ROSE COMES FROM HE IS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF THE REVISION OF CO-SPONSOR AFTER AN OBJECTION COUNCILMAN HE IS ADDED AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I LOOK THIS IS A REFILE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH MOYA, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND OTHERS AND AS WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MR CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO THE THE LEAD SPONSOR TO THE CHAIR?  YOU ASKED THE QUESTION TO THE LEAD SPONSOR AND THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  WOOD WHEN WE DO HAVE THIS HEARING, WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVITE THE STATE OFFICIALS AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO ENSURE WE HERE DIRECTLY FROM THEM ON ISSUES IMPACTING OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, MIGRANT MIGRANT RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY? I GUESS MY REQUEST IS TO OUR STATE OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OBVIOUSLY ALONG WITH CITY OFFICIALS AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS AS WELL. I SEE YOU ON THE FLOOR. I HEAR THAT REQUEST AND I WILL WE'LL TALK MORE WHEN WE PLAN THE HEARING. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPE AND COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR IN NUMBER 0184 WOULD REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRATION ADVANCEMENT. MR CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER.  COUNCILOR FLYNN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE FROM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COULD YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME PLEASE? COUNCILOR COUNCILOR YOU HAVE LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HEARINGS. WE'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR THE HEARINGS.  I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT YOU OFFERED. THANK YOU. ROUGHLY.  THANK YOU MR. CLERK. HE PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0185 TALKING NUMBERS 0185 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND FERNANDEZ SANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE STATE OF ANTIGUA DISPLACEMENT AS TO BOSTON'S ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR BRADING HAS BEEN WORK. THIS WILL BE IN HER COMMITTEE SO SHE'LL CONTINUE THAT WORK. I THINK THE AOP IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT HAS GROWN AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. THERE'S A REFILE SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR PEPE IN CASA SANTANA COUNCIL MEMBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DARK NUMBER 0185 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.  MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER 01860186 COUNCIL'S LOUIJEUNE AND WIRRAL OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON A CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATIVE CITYWIDE STRATEGY FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THE ABSENCE OF SAW SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AND ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN MEJIA, COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PAT BOONE COUNCILOR SANTANA, CASTLE WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0186 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND COUNTER FINANCE ANDERSON DOCKET NUMBER 0186 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DUNCAN NUMBER 0187 DUNCAN NUMBER 0187 COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF RETURNING CITIZENS AND REENTRY INTO THEIR BOSTON COMMUNITIES.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASTLE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR CHAIR. CAN I SEEK TO SPEND THE ROSE AND EGG ENTREPRENEUR ENGINE. THIS IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ABSENT OBJECTION OF CALIFORNIA'S ANDERSON IS ADDED AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF COUNCIL.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER?  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE AS A AS A PROBATION OFFICER SUPERVISING RETURNING CITIZENS THAT ARE ON PROBATION INVOLVED IN THE COURT SYSTEM BECAUSE AS A PROBATION OFFICER AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT, I ALSO THINK GETTING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN JAIL OR PRISON ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASE IS A CRITICAL PART OF IT. ONE ISSUE I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON IS POSSIBLY HAVING A CITY COUNCIL HEARING.  I'D LIKE TO SPONSOR IT MAYBE FOR FOR NEXT WEEK TO GET THE BALL ROLLING BUT TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL HEARING INSIDE THE SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL WITH THE PERMISSION OBVIOUSLY WITH SHERIFF STEVE TOMPKINS.  WE HAVE HELD HEARINGS THERE PREVIOUSLY AND WE'VE HAD RETURNING CITIZENS THAT ARE INCARCERATED TESTIFY AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LISTEN TO THEM AND TO THEIR CONCERNS AND HOW WE CAN ASSIST THEM AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE SUCH AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES MANY MEN HAVE RETURNING RETURNING HOME IS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR AN ID CARD WITHOUT ID CARD FOR AN AND B TO PASS TO GET TO YOUR PAROLE OFFICER OR PROBATION OFFICER YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE COULD WORK ON BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A HEARING EVENTUALLY IN SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL I WILL FILE FOR NEXT TIME. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK YOU PLEASE OUR COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPPER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR TALKING NUMBER 0187 WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.  MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DARCIE NUMBER 01A DUNCAN NUMBER 0188 COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND FERNANDES SANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON DISCRIMINATION IN LENDING AND APPRAISALS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REBOUND. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS A PEP IN CARLOS SANTANA CASTLE WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0188 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANTS ADVANCEMENT. MR. CLERK HE PLEASE BE DUNCAN NUMBER 0189 DUNCAN NUMBER 00189. COUNCILOR DURKAN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE REGARDING THE BULL FINCH TRIANGLE DISTRICT USE REGULATIONS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR JURGENSEN JUST BEND THE RULES. I COUNT RACLETTE AS A PARTY AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CASUALTIES OF OTHERS. SO ADDED COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE TODAY I AM INTRODUCING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE ARTICLE 46 SECTION NINE WHICH ESTABLISHES USE REGULATIONS FOR THE BULL FINCH TRIANGLE.  THIS AMENDMENT REFLECTS A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO ADDRESSING TWO CRITICAL CHALLENGES FACING OUR CITY OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE AND THE NEED FOR A STREAMLINED EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE BOSTON THE DOLPHIN TRIANGLE A HISTORIC GEM IN BOSTON'S WEST END, STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR CITY'S RICH ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. DESIGNED BY THE RENOWNED CHARLES BALL FINCH IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE DISTRICT HAS WITNESSED TREMENDOUS TRANSFORMATION FROM ITS ORIGINS AS RECLAIMED LAND FROM THE MILL POND THROUGH THE ERA OF ELEVATED JFK EXPRESSWAY TO THE REVITALIZATION FOLLOWING THE BIG DIG PROJECT. TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR THE GOLDEN 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 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 BULLPEN TRIANGLE MUST NAVIGATE ADDITIONAL REGULATORY HURDLES BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL USE IS CLASSIFIED AS CONDITIONAL. THIS CREATES UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, OFFERING FAGE FAVORING PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY WHO CAN ABSORB THE RISK AND COST SO ASSOCIATED WITH SEEKING A VARIANCE. A CONCRETE EXAMPLE IS THE CURRENT PROPOSAL AT 2 TO 2 FRONT STREET. THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR A LIFE SCIENCE AND LAB BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.  MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ROUTINELY ASK FOR HOUSING BE BUILT. THE DEVELOPER AGREED WITH THIS SENTIMENT BUT REPEATEDLY COMMUNICATED HOW THE NEED TO GET A VARIANCE TO BUILD HOUSING WAS AN IMPEDIMENT TO THE PROCESS. ACTUALLY HE CITED HOUSING AS A CONDITIONAL USE AS THE VALUES SET BY THE CITY. LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE HERE NOT HOUSING. IF A LARGER DEVELOPER FEELS CONSTRAINED BY THE CURRENT CODE IMAGINE THE BURDEN SMALLER DEVELOPERS FACE WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE OUR HOUSING CRISIS. THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS BY DESIGNATED RESIDENTIAL USE AS AN ALLOWED USE WITHIN THE DISTRICT REMOVING LAYERS OF RED TAPE.  BY DOING SO WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE.  BOSTON IS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING CRISIS AND BOSTON WANTS TO SEE HOUSING IN THE BEAUFORT TRIANGLE. THE BULLPEN TRIANGLE IS PRECISELY WHERE WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING HOUSING. IT OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, PROXIMITY TO MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS,  CONNECTION TO AMENITIES OF THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY. BY REMOVING THESE REGULATORY BARRIERS WE CAN UNLOCK THE DISTRICT'S POTENTIAL TO CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY TO ADDRESSING OUR CITY'S HOUSING NEEDS.  IMPORTANTLY, THIS CHANGE DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT. THE BALL FINCH TRIANGLE CAN AND SHOULD SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE BALANCE GROWTH WITH PRESERVATION ENSURING NEW HOUSING INTEGRATES SEAMLESSLY WITHIN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.  AND JUST A POINT ON THAT. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THE THE WAY THAT WE'RE AMENDING THE TAX JUST ALLOWS FOR THE CURRENT FLOOR AREA RATIO. SO ESSENTIALLY IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUILDING OR AN EXISTING ZONING CODE WE'RE JUST SAYING YOU CAN BUILD HOUSING AT THIS LOCATION LIKE SO IF THERE'S A BUILDING THAT ALREADY EXISTS YOU CAN BUILD HOUSING THERE AND YOU CAN HAVE HOUSING THERE. AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, I'M AWARE OF HOW CONTENTIOUS THE TOPIC OF ZONING CAN GET.  WE HAD AN EXAMPLE TODAY WITH A HEARING ORDER THAT I FILED. THERE ARE A FEW INSTANCES WHERE ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE IN ALIGNMENT OVER CHANGES.  THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE THE RESIDENTS OF THE FINCH TRIANGLE AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE BROADER WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD ARE STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT.  THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS IN SUPPORT. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT. MY AMENDMENT ALIGNS WITH THE BROADER GOALS OF THE CITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH TO CREATE VIBRANT MIXED USE HOUSING THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE. IN PASSING THIS AMENDMENT WE TAKE A MEANINGFUL STEP TOWARDS ALLEVIATING HOUSING SCARCITY WHILE PROMOTING SMART AND SUSTAINABILITY. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING MEASURE. AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF HISTORY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ANY BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR AT ANY TIME CAN POSITION THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR ANY AMENDMENTS. BUT IN ORDER OF TRANSPARENCY WE SHOULD HAVE A HEARING. SO I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A SUSPENDED PASS ON THIS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEARING AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA FOR JOINING ME ON THIS. UNTIL JANUARY OF LAST YEAR THIS WAS HER DISTRICT'S SO I'M HONORED TO BE OFFERING THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THIS COUNCILOR NICOLETTA ZAPATA. NO.  OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BEN SANTANA AND WEBER THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 01891 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01900190 COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT PROHIBITION POLICY FOR BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER.  COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THIS. I'M HOPING TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY. I SORT OF REITERATE WOULD PUT WHAT COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID WHICH WAS YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE ARE SOME GOOD REASONS TO HAVE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS BUT YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT HOW IT HAS PLAYED OUT AND WHAT OTHER BODIES HAVE DECIDED TO DO LIKE OUR OWN STATE SENATE, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO FIGURE OUT A POLICY THAT WILL PREVENT THEM FROM BEING USED IN THE FUTURE AND THAT'S I FILED THIS LANGUAGE THAT MIRRORS THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE LANGUAGE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CAPITAL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO THE MAKE A PLACE TO THE CHAIR. YOU MAY COUNCILOR WHETHER ON THIS NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT IS THAT ALSO INCLUDING CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENTS AS WELL? OR ARE YOU JUST DISTINGUISHING FOR NDAS AND NOT CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENTS? DO THE CHAIR MEMBER IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY. YEAH, I THINK THERE IS DISCUSSION OF TWO TYPES OF AGREEMENTS THERE IS ONE WITH A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT WHICH IS USED AS A PRECONDITION FOR FOR A JOB. ANOTHER ONE IS A SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM HERE THIS RULE AS PROPOSED AND WE'LL DISCUSS THIS I GUESS JUST REFERS TO THE PRECONDITION AND YOU KNOW, NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS TO THE EXTENT SOMEBODY HAS THERE'S BEEN A LAWSUIT AND THEY'VE WORKED OUT A SETTLEMENT. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I JUST YOU KNOW, NOT TRYING TO AVOID THOSE AGREEMENTS EVEN IN STATES LIKE NEW YORK THEY JUST AMENDED THEIR POLICY TO ALLOW VICTIMS TO 2 TO 2 AND FOUR TO TO AGREE TO YOU KNOW, NOT LIKE CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS. I MEAN IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER THIS THE SENATE, YOU KNOW, OPTED PRIMARILY ON THAT. YOU KNOW TO TO LIMIT TO BAN NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WHERE THERE A PRECONDITION OF YOU GETTING YOUR JOB. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I HOPEFULLY EXPLAIN MYSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER COUNSELOR FLYNN YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL YOU MAY I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WHETHER HE HE DID EXPLAIN IT AND APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WITH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. THAT CONCERNS CLAIRE ZAPATA DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN BAHIR MURPHY. BEN SANTANA WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0190 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION. MR. CLERK YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0191 SHE HAS OH,  I HAVE A OKAY CASUAL IS ABOUT TO HAVE A QUESTION SO THIS IS THIS IS AN ORDER RIGHT AND SO FOLLOWING A HEARING IN ORDER FOR US TO PASS SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHAT DOES JUST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR IT TO PASS DO WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS OR BECAUSE IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR COUNCIL ACTION CAN THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST IMPLEMENT IT?  THANK YOU. I DO.  SINCE YOU'RE RESPONDING TO ME I THINK THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS IT COULD BE AS A POLICY, IT COULD BE AS A RULES AMENDMENT. I THINK I DO THINK THAT I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHICH WAY COUNCIL WEBER SUGGESTS ING BUT I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT COULD COME OUT IN A HEARING THE DETERMINATION I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OF IT YET. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YEAH. I MEAN OUR OFFICE WAS ALSO SCRAMBLING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROPER PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING THE RULES.  I THINK YOU KNOW AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT GETS TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF TO HAVE JURISDICTION OVER OUR RULES SO I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO TO HER, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT AS WE GO ALONG AND I THINK WAS ALSO A PROPER TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION IN THE HEARINGS. THANKS. THANK YOU. BUT YEAH, IT COULD BE THE RULES. IT COULD BE TO JUST A POLICY THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AS WELL. RIGHT. EXACTLY. JUST LIKE THAT. YEAH YEAH WE'VE DONE WE'VE DONE IT JUST BE A POLICY AS WELL SO IT COULD BE SORT OF YOU KNOW A POLICY THAT AS PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL I INSTITUTE B YOU KNOW OR WE COULD DO IT THROUGH THE RULES HAPPY TO OPEN TABLE AND REALLY OPEN TO BOTH. THANK YOU. OKAY.  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 019100 THAT WILL YEAH THAT THE BED DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0190 WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION DUNCAN NUMBER 0191 COUNCIL AND MURPHY OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING ALL NEWLY CREATED JOB POSITIONS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THERE IS NOT MANY TOOLS WE HAVE ON THIS BODY. THERE IS NOT MUCH POWER WE DO HAVE WE DO KNOW THAT OUR CITY CHARTER HAS A VERY STRONG MAYORAL SETUP THAT SAID, THE 17 APP IS ONE TOOL WE CAN USE AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE UNFORTUNATELY I FEEL LIKE I HAVE HAD TO USE IT MORE THAN I WOULD WANT TO BECAUSE THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE NOT ALWAYS AS OPEN AS I THINK THEY SHOULD BE BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF THE COUNCIL. IT'S NOT JUST SOME OF US BUT I DO JUST WANT TO READ THE THE RULE THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 17 OUT OF CHAPTER 452 OF THE ACTS OF 1948 AS AMENDED AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW HER HONOR THE MAYOR BE IN HEREBY IS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN AND DELIVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN ONE WEEK SEVEN DAYS OF THE RECEIPT HEREOF. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THAT'S TRUE FOR ALL OF THE 17 APPS MANY OF MINE DON'T COME BACK AS QUICKLY SOMETIMES A FEW WEEKS BUT THIS WAS FILED ORIGINALLY ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2024.  THAT WAS 79 DAYS AGO AND I HAVE BEEN NUDGING AND TRYING TO GET AT LEAST SOME OF THE INFORMATION BACK. SO I GUESS IT'S A NEW 17 F IT'S NOT A REFILE BUT I'M SORRY SOMETHING I WHEN OTHER COUNCILORS SPEAK I JUST GET DISTRACTED. SORRY. SO I'M ASKING FOR A LIST OF ALL NEW POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED SINCE DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 AND I DID ADD IN THIS 17 APP THAT THIS INFORMATION CAN EASILY I DON'T WRITE EASILY BUT IT CAN BE EASILY OBTAINED BY USING THE POSITION NUMBER TO FILL TO ALL NEW JOBS SINCE THE SPECIFIED DATE. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE DO GET THIS INFORMATION. I DO KNOW THAT IT'S EASY TO OBTAIN WITH THE DATABASES WE DO HAVE AND ANY TIME A JOB DESCRIPTION IS CHANGED IF SALARY IS CHANGED, IF A GRADE IS CHANGED THEY GET A NEW JOB NUMBER. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION QUICKLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. SIX SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. OKAY.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? OKAY.  NORMALLY IT NORMALLY IS JUST THE LEAD SPONSOR AND 17 APPS BUT I WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.  NO, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDINHO. AND WE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND A QUICK POINT HERE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE COUNCIL PRESIDENCY I'M 17 AND YOU ALLOWING ME THIS IS A PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU.  I DO. I DO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE POINT. I THINK THAT IT'S HIGH TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE EVEN IF WE DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR POLICIES. I DISAGREE WITH SOME OF YOUR POLICIES. PROBABLY MOST OF YOUR POLICIES. WHO CARES LIKE THAT? DOES DEMOCRACY RIGHT?  AND HERE WE ARE. SO BUT WHEN WHEN IT'S RIGHT IT'S RIGHT WHEN IT'S WRONG IT'S WRONG AND SO YOU KNOW IN PARTICULARLY LIKE IN A STATE OF LIKE THINGS WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING UNFAIR WHEN PEOPLE START TO LIKE THEY HIDE AND THEY RUN FROM YOU AND THEY DON'T SUPPORT YOU AND THEN WE DO THAT, WE DO THAT AND WE ALL ARE GUILTY OF IT.  AND WHAT I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THAT WHEN WE DISAGREE WITH YOU WE DON'T SUPPORT YOU WHEN YOU'RE 17, WHEN WE DON'T AGREE WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE SOMETIMES FOR EXAMPLE, THE POINT OF THINGS BEING PUT IN COMMITTEES THAT YOU KNOW ARE MORE PREFERABLE SO THAT THEY CAN BE DELAYED SO THAT THEY CAN BE MANIPULATED SO THAT THEY'RE NOT HEARD AND WHEN DOES LACK OF REPRESENTATION THAT WAY THEN WE TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND HOW WE ALL HAVE THE SAME EQUAL PLATFORM HERE AND THEN WE SEE THAT WE SEE THAT WITH THE BUDGET. WE SEE THAT WHEN THE MAYOR MOVES VOTES IN A WAY THAT IS PREFERRED TO WHAT SHE WANTS AND THEN WE SEE THAT WITH ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN WE WANT TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WE PUT THEM IN COMMITTEES AND WE HOLD THEM IN AND WE'RE NOT HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. SO WE SAY WE'RE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.  WE SAY THAT WE HERE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE AND WE SAY THAT WE ARE DEMOCRATIC BODY . BUT THEN WHEN WE DISAGREE WITH YOU THEN WE LET YOU OUT TO DRY. WHEN WE DON'T AGREE WHEN WE AGREE WITH YOU, IT'S OKAY.  AND THEN WHEN THE MAYOR COMES AND GIVES YOU FAVORS THEN THINGS MOVE A CERTAIN WAY. SO WE DO HAVE TO EVENTUALLY PEOPLE COME ON EVENTUALLY CALL IT OUT. WE CAN'T ALLOW FAVORS AND TRANSACTIONS TO HAPPEN THIS WAY . YES. EVEN I IN MY POSITION AND ALLOW THE REST TO HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THIS BODY WE'LL SAY TO YOU AND I HAVE BEEN RIGHT CONSISTENTLY SAY THAT WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT WAS WRONG IS LET'S STOP THIS NONSENSE. LET'S SUPPORT OUR COLLEAGUE IN GETTING INFORMATION BECAUSE WHEN YOU NEED IT YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE SAME THING. IT'S GOING TO BE DONE TO YOU. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT OR WHEN YOU NEED THAT VOTE THAT SAME THING'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUDGET SEASON GUESS WHAT? YOU GET 5000 EVEN IF WE'RE HERE TILL MIDNIGHT.  AND SO I MEAN 5 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS EVEN IF YOU HAD TILL MIDNIGHT IT'S OKAY WHEN IT HAPPENS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH BUT THEN WE COMPLAIN WHEN IT HAPPENS TO US AND SO LET'S NOT TRY TO LIKE HIDE AND FEND OFF LET'S JUST UPHOLD DEMOCRACY AND LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOUR FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I THINK I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A THEME ESPECIALLY TODAY THAT I HAVE SEEN HOW EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW THINGS HAPPEN HERE AND I DO HOPE THAT 2025 IS GOING TO BRING US A DIFFERENT WAY OF TREATING EACH OTHER AND MODELING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIOR BECAUSE WHILE I AND I HAVE SEEN IT AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO STOP A CARRYING WATER OR STOP FUNCTIONING AS A BODY THAT IS JUST HERE TO GO ALONG AND AND GET ALONG BECAUSE THAT'S NOT OUR JOB.  OUR JOB IS TO BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THE ADMINISTRATION . OUR JOB IS NOT TO JUST KEEP OUR SEATS AND DO POLITICAL FAVORS.  OUR JOBS ARE TO FIGHT FOR AND SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT US IN THESE SEATS. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO START DOING OUR JOBS WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF RETALIATION BECAUSE EVERY TIME I GET UP TO SPEAK I FEEL THE RETALIATION COMING AND I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE SAID BEFORE I DON'T NEED THIS JOB TO DO THE WORK AND I'M NEVER GOING TO LIVE WITH FEAR BECAUSE I AM NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING BUT THE MAN OF ABOVE IS PERIOD. BUT I THINK THAT SOME OF US FORGET WHO IT IS THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO AND WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE AND THAT IS OUR MASTER.  AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT FOR US TO BE OUR MANTRA FOR 2025 NO DIFFERENT DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS NO MORE FAVORS, NO MORE PREFERENCES, NO MORE OF THAT. WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS BODY AND TO EACH OTHER CATCH A PLANE, YOU HAVE A FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE OFFER A COUPLE BRIEF COMMENTS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL MAYBE TO COUNCILOR MURPHY OR TO THE OR TO THE CHAIR.  BUT ON THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING COUNCILOR MURPHY, ARE WE ABLE TO ASK DO IT TO BASICALLY DO A SIMPLE CHECK ON WHO WAS HIRED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU REQUESTED AND BASICALLY GET THE PRINT OUT IN THE SALARY?  I DON'T I THINK THE DO IT TEAM WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.  AND THEN MY MY SECOND MY SECOND POINT IS MAYBE TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IF COUNSELOR MURPHY OR ANY COUNSELOR REQUESTS SOME REASONABLE REQUEST FOR A 17 F IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS BODY TO NOT BEGIN THE NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL SESSION COUNCIL HEARING AT 12:00 UNTIL THAT INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED TO THE BODY? I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE REQUEST FROM THIS BODY TO THE TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WILL NOT MOVE THE MEETING FORWARD AT 12:00 UNTIL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION IS SENT OVER. CERTAINLY IT MIGHT NOT BE READY WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF IT. SO IF IT'S A DIFFICULT REQUEST TO MAKE BUT SOMETHING LIKE COUNCILOR MURPHY REQUESTED THAT COULD BE DONE AND A HALF HOUR THROUGH A A PRINT JOB AND DO IT THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE START NEXT WEEK'S MEETING AT 12:00. THAT'S WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR MURPHY SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0191. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01920192 COUNCILOR A PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN ETHICS COMMITTEE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES GENERAL FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  ESTABLISHING AN ETHICS COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE MORE OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY ON POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ELECTED OFFICIALS PLACED IN POSITIONS OF PUBLIC TRUST SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF POSITIVE LEADERSHIP RESPECT THE RULES AND ETHICS.  THERE IS A PRECEDENT WITH ETHICS COMMITTEE AT THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE AND OBVIOUSLY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL HAS A COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS AND ETHICS IN PORTLAND, MAINE. THE CITY COUNCIL A BODY OF NINE CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO HAS A COMMITTEE ON ETHICS. THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON DESERVE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF LEADERSHIP FROM THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE MUST NOT DRAG OUR FEET. NOW IS THE TIME FOR LEADERSHIP. LET'S GET THIS THING LET'S GET THIS DONE. LET'S NOT PUT THIS IN COMMITTEE AND KILL IT THERE.  LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COSMO DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THERE BEING A VOTE TODAY I WILL BE VOTING NO. I DO THINK IT'S THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S ROLE TO DECIDE WHICH COMMITTEES EXIST AND I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THAT SO I CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT POSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CUT AS A PATTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS IDEA I'M A LITTLE SKEPTICAL OF IT ONLY BECAUSE I CAUTION THAT INTERNAL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES WITH COUNCILORS THEMSELVES HOLDING HOLDING THE REINS MAY TEETER ON WEAPONIZATION WHICH IS OF COURSE THE ANTITHESIS OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE.  I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT WE HAVE THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE OF WHICH WE ARE SUBJECT TO THEIR JURISDICTION AND SO I HAVE CONCERNS THAT IF NOT ESTABLISHED CORRECTLY A MUNICIPAL LEVEL ETHICS COMMITTEE MAY CONFLICT WITH THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH INCLUDE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS, MAKING DETERMINATIONS AND ISSUING FINES IF THERE ARE NO IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS TO BE FOUND. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S WITHIN THIS COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION TO BE INVESTIGATING OURSELVES OR IMPOSING FINES ON US.  ADDITIONALLY, UPON FURTHER RESEARCH SOME LOCAL ETHICS COMMITTEES EXAMINE REPORTS OF UNETHICAL CONDUCT SUCH AS MISUSE OF OFFICE BRIBERY OR FAVORITISM OFTEN INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. AGAIN, THIS IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE OR ETHICS UP AT THE STATE LEVEL SOME ISSUE ADVISORY OPINIONS ON SPECIFIC SITUATIONS TO CLARIFY ETHICS RULES FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS. AGAIN, THIS IS ALREADY A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND THESE RESPONSIBILITIES SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY OR INDEPENDENT ACTORS PREFERABLY ATTORNEYS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH ETHICS LAWS WHICH IN PART WHICH REQUIRE IMPARTIALITY AND LACK POLITICAL MOTIVES.  AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS I WILL BE VOTING NO IF THIS GOES TO A VOTE.  BUT I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. I BELIEVE IT IS WELL INTENTIONED.  I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT IS DUPLICATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO I GUESS TAKE OUT THOSE BOTH COMMENTS TOGETHER AND SAY WE ALL KNOW THAT COMMITTEE CREATION IS IN THE PURVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT.  I WOULD ALSO YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS ALONG WITH THE COLLEGE DECIDING WHAT BEFORE HIM DECIDING WHAT THOSE COMMITTEES ARE. SO AS A MATTER OF PROCESS, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT PROCESS AS COUNCILOR DURKAN STATED AND SUBSTANTIVELY SHE LIKE COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS WELL-INTENTIONED BUT WE ARE A SMALL BODY OF 13 MEMBERS ALTHOUGH IT COULD VERY EASILY BE MANIPULATED. THAT'S WHY I'VE ALREADY TWICE ASKED THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS FROM THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. I'M OPEN TO HAVING ADDITIONAL METHODS THAT WE CAN DO THAT AS A LAWYER, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED ON ONE ETHICS INVESTIGATION, I STILL DON'T FEEL QUALIFIED TO SIT AS JUDGE AND JURY AGAINST YOU MY COLLEAGUES RIGHT AS A PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY.  I'LL WORK WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE ETHICS COMMISSION. I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WE NOW HAVE A SECOND ATTORNEY AS A MEMBER OF CENTRAL STAFF AND WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING ABOUT HOW ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN THE CITY COUNCIL BUT STANDARDIZE CERTAIN PRACTICES ACROSS OFFICES TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING REGARDING ETHICS REMAINS INDEPENDENT SO WE MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC TRUST AND THAT WE HOLD IT IN HIGH REGARD. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE LARGER CITY COUNCILS THAT HAVE ETHICS COMMITTEES WHERE THERE'S ALSO AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL AN ETHICS BODY THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND SO I DO THINK THAT THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION. THEY ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND OPEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GREATER PRESENCE BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GREATER PRESENCE ON THIS BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC TRUST REMAINS PARAMOUNT HERE AND THAT WE'RE DOING AS BEST AS WE CAN THE NEW COLLEAGUES AMONG US, THE OLDER COLLEAGUES AMONG US TO ABIDE BY THE ETHICS RULES AS OCP AS A CANCER CLUB AS OPPOSED TO STATED THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE THAT COULD VERY EASILY BE POLITICIZED ON A BODY SUCH AS OURS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.  LET'S SEE HOW THAT WORKS. BUT THE GOAL IS IF WE CAN GET THAT TO THE FINISH LINE OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE POWERS THAT BE ALLOW US TO HAVE THE AUDACITY TO DO SUCH A THING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY THIS COULD BE A SPACE WHERE THAT TYPE OF WORK COULD HAPPEN INDEPENDENT OF THIS BODY BECAUSE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,  EVEN THOUGH I'M PART OF THIS BODY, I DON'T EVEN TRUST GOVERNMENT MYSELF AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE TRUE INDEPENDENCE AND I THINK WE DON'T WE'RE NOT THERE. AND SO I THINK THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL IF WE CAN ESTABLISH ONE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON COULD BE WELL SUITED TO HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YEAH, I WHILE I SUPPORT STRONG ETHICS RULES AND AS SOMEBODY WHO'S AS AN ATTORNEY OR FOR 18 YEARS AS A LICENSED ATTORNEY WORKING SUBJECT TO VERY STRICT ETHICS RULES, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT MAKING SURE WE HAVE VERY STRONG RULES IN PLACE. I'M SKEPTICAL OF THE IDEA OF HAVING A COMMITTEE OF OUR OWN MEMBERS ENFORCING THOSE RULES. I THINK IT'S A BETTER POLICY TO HAVE THEM BEING ENFORCED BY A THIRD PARTY LIKE THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION. ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS WE TALKED ABOUT I DON'T THINK NEW YORK IS A GREAT EXAMPLE THERE'S 51 COUNCILORS FROM 51 SEPARATE DISTRICTS THERE. YOU KNOW, HERE WE'VE GOT NINE DISTRICTS. I JUST THINK THE THE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, BAD BEHAVIOR IS TOO MUCH WITH AN ETHICS ETHICS COMMITTEE OF HALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. SO I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY ARE WE GOING FORWARD WITH A VOTE OR DID SOMEONE OBJECT TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION? I HEARD NO OBJECTION.  OKAY, SO WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD FOR A VOTE NO, I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A POINT.  OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF IF THERE'S IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER NOW IS THE MOMENT YOU MAY SPEAK ON THIS MATTER IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. OKAY. COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 092. MR COOPER, YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBERS 0192. COUNCILOR BREED AND COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCIL COLETTE IS A PART OF NO COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON,  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR HAVE BEEN NO COUNCILOR SANTANA. NO COUNCILOR SANTANA. NO COUNCIL WEBER NO COUNCIL WEAPON NO AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WORRELL NO EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. SO TODAY I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SORRY. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX EIGHT VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE THREE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE THE NUMBER 0193 DOCKET NUMBER 0193 COUNCIL IS MEJIA AND BRIEFING OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE FULL DISBURSEMENT OF UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FROM FISCAL YEARS 2023 TO 2025. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE. COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I AM FILING THIS HEARING THIS RESOLUTION COUNCIL IS THE LEAD SPONSOR SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. BUT SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, SHE'S HER OFFICE HAS ASKED ME TO BE THE LEAD SPONSOR AND COUNCILOR BREEDEN IS THE SECOND CO-SPONSOR HERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WORK HAS BEEN DONE UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AND SO I JUST WANTED TO FILE THIS RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE FULL DISBURSEMENT OF UNSPENT PARTICIPATORY BUDGET BUDGETING FUNDS. BUT SOME RESIDENTS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO PUT THE DECISION MAKING POWER DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE. THIS IS ABOUT HONORING THAT PROMISE AND ENSURING THAT OUR BUDGET REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES AND VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITIES.  AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STAND UP IN SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING US TO SHOW UP FOR THEM. SO I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR AGONIZES CONTRA FLYNN A CHAPLAIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO. I DO WANT THE VOTE. I DO WANT IT TO GO FOR A VOTE AND NOT GOING TO A COMMITTEE OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY MY COLLEAGUES I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS FOR FOR SEVERAL REASONS. YES, THE PUBLIC DID VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET.  I ALSO KNOW THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND THAT MONEY IF THERE IS UNSPENT MONEY SHOULD GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERS TAXPAYERS WITH TAX RELIEF PARTICIPATORY BUDGET. WE WILL HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE AS YOUNG AS 15 OR 16 YEARS OLD VOTING TO FUND VARIOUS CITY PROGRAMS ARE RECOMMENDING I SHOULD SAY FUNDING VARIOUS PROGRAMS. NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS. NOW IS THE TIME FOR LEADERSHIP . LET'S PUT THAT MONEY INTO THE GENERAL FUND. PROVIDE TAX ASSISTANCE RELIEF TO HOMEOWNERS ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS PERSONS WITH DISABILITY DISABILITIES.  IN THE LONG TIME BOSTON RESIDENTS STRUGGLING FAMILIES WE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE EXPERIMENTING WITH EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM THAT COMES ONLINE.  NOW IS THE TIME FOR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR OF THE JERRICK AND THAT IS COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION TO THE LEAD SPONSOR YOU MAY COME FROM HERE . ARE YOU AWARE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS ADDED UP OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DISPERSE?  OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS FERNANDO ANDERSON, PIPPIN SANTANA, CLARA ZAPATA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS MEJIA AND MURPHY SEEK NO OH I'M SORRY APOLOGIES COUNSELORS AND MEJIA AND AND SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASS AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0193 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I SUPPOSE THEY NAY MR QUICK PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE NUMBERS 0193 COUNCILOR BREAM COUNCIL COLLATE AS OPPOSED YES COUNCIL COLLATE AS A PARTY YES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN PRESENT COUNCIL FINANCES SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL ME HERE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY NO.  COUNCILOR MURPHY NO COUNCILOR PIPPINS COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.  EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THREE VOTES IN A NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU MR THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0194 SO I CAN REMEMBER 0194 COUNCIL FLYING OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND SUPPORTIVE OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMITTEE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO. FLYNN CASTRO, FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THIS NEW YEAR I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO RECONSIDER A STAND ALONE COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS COMMITTEE SINCE I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL YEARS AGO. I'VE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH ISSUES RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND SERVING ON THIS COUNCIL SEVEN YEARS AGO. AND AS I MENTIONED, I HELD HEARINGS IN 2018, 2019, 2021 BUT THEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOW ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREA CAMPBELL AS WELL AS RESOLUTIONS WITH COUNCIL MICHAEL FLAHERTY TO RECOGNIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. I'VE ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CATHOLIC CASIMIR ANA TO CONTINUE THAT WORK AS I MENTIONED EARLIER OF MY MOTHER WHO SPOKE TO SUPPORT WHO SOUGHT TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING HER TERM HER TIME AS FIRST LADY OF BOSTON. AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE FOR FAMILIES TO TALK ABOUT OPENLY. IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY. I'VE BEEN MOVED BY STORIES FROM MANY SURVIVORS. I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TODAY TO ONCE AGAIN SUPPORT THIS NO STAND ALONE COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT TO ENSURE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INCREASE AWARENESS SUPPORT SURVIVORS OFFER RESOURCES IN REPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HERE IN THE CITY AND ACROSS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL.  LET'S PROVIDE THE CRITICAL LEADERSHIP OUR SURVIVORS DESERVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. AND THANK YOU FOR HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I CARE ABOUT DEEPLY AS A FORMER VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT MYSELF AS A WOMAN, AS A BLACK WOMAN IN A CITY AND JUST IN A WORLD WHERE DISPROPORTIONATELY WOMEN IN LOW INCOME WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR THEMSELVES ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO WOMEN. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE SO MANY ON THIS ISSUE BOTH IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY AND MY OWN FAMILY AND IN MY CAPACITY AS A LEGISLATOR NOW AND SO THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THAT THE COUNCIL WAS BEFORE US HAVE CARED DEEPLY ABOUT. COUNCILOR CASALE NOW CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY, FORMER COUNCILOR AYANNA PRESSLEY WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAS DIRECT LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SO I'M AGAINST THE CREATION OF STAND ALONE COMMITTEE. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND IT HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR LEGISLATIVE CYCLE AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES AND YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST TODAY WE HEARD A NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.  AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK ALONGSIDE MY FILE, MY REFILING THAT WAS EARLIER ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA.  SO TALKING ABOUT WITH YOU AS WELL COUNCILOR FLYNN AND FOR EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT THIS ISSUE IT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE SHOULD ALL CARE ABOUT AND WORK TO ADDRESS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD TO ROOT OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME SORT OF SITUATION COUNSELOR FLYNN WELL, WELL-INTENTIONED BUT I THINK STRICTLY TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS STRUCTURE.  I AM GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS.  WE ALL KNOW THAT THE URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE UNDISPUTABLE.  BUT I DO THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IN THE PAST AND I DID GO THROUGH THE RULES AND SUCH AND WE DO STILL HAVE TO CHANGE OUR WEBSITE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF I WENT TO GO CHECK THE STRONG WOMEN AND FAMILIES WORDING.  IN THE PAST IT HAD MADE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE A CORE ISSUE AS INTENDED BY THEN CITY COUNCILOR AYANNA PRESSLEY. DOESN'T INCLUDE IT NOW BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OVERLAPS BETWEEN THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY. I DO THINK THAT IF WE ARE INTRODUCING A NEW COMMITTEE AND AGAIN IT IS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT BUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD THE POWER TO DO THAT INTRODUCING A NEW COMMITTEE, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER DUPLICATING EFFORTS, DIVERTING ATTENTION AWAY FROM EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT ARE ALREADY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THESE ISSUES. AND SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD REMAIN EFFICIENT IN OUR WORK AND JUST NOT DUPLICATE OVERSIGHT BECAUSE THAT ULTIMATELY DOES NOT SERVE THE GOAL. SO I APPRECIATE IT AGAIN AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS ISSUE BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN WITH DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL BE VOTING NO AND NO ONE SHOULD TAKE THAT TO MEAN I DON'T CARE ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC ABUSE. I WAS ON THE FLOOR LAST YEAR. I'VE BEEN THE VICTIM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. I'VE BEEN THE VICTIM OF DRUGGING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING FORWARD TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE. AND SO THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ME IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO THE COUNCIL AND I THINK MY I'VE STOOD FIRM. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE FILING THINGS TO CREATE COMMITTEES. THAT IS THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THESE ISSUES HAPPEN BOTH TO WOMEN AND MEN AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT STRONG WOMEN FAMILY AND YOU KNOW, STRONG WOMEN. THAT COMMITTEE MAY FEEL GENDERED IN A WAY. SO IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO INCORPORATE YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE TWO COMMITTEES THAT COULD HOLD THESE TOPICS. IT'S BOTH PUBLIC HEALTH AND STRONG WOMEN AND FAMILIES SO ESSENTIAL.  WE HAVE TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE GREAT PLACES FOR THIS WORK TO GO AND I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE IS A GENDERED NESS IN LANGUAGE AND THAT WOMEN AND MEN EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WOMEN AND MEN EXPERIENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CENTER THAT AND AT THIS TIME IT'S JUST IT'S VERY CLEAR FROM NOW IT'S BEEN SIX FILINGS THAT OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE NOT COMFORTABLE MAKING COMMITTEES OR MAKING RESOLUTIONS THROUGH LEGISLATION THROUGH THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION.  SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIX THAT IN THE FUTURE. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WASTE GOVERNMENT TIME TO CONTINUE TO BRING THESE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO STAND AS THE FORMER CHAIR OF PUBLIC HEALTH THE CURRENT CHAIR OF STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY. IT TIES INTO MANY OF THE ISSUES THE IMPORTANT TOPICS WE ADDRESS COULD BE COVERED ON TOO MANY DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. I THINK ANYTHING RELATED TO SCHOOLS COULD BE IN MY COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE HAVE TO LEAVE OUR EGOS AT THE DOOR AND BE WILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS SO LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMAIL OR FILE IT FOR NEXT WEEK THAT WE HAVE A HEARING IN THE RULES COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE COMMITTEES BECAUSE IF ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES THERE'S ONLY 13 OF US WE JUST MADE THAT CLEAR THAT THIS BODY IS SMALL COMPARED TO OTHER CITY COUNCILS. THERE'S 13 OF US AND WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE ON POLICY BUT WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER AND I'M NOT SAYING PEOPLE SHOULD AGREE THAT THESE CERTAIN COMMITTEES BE ADDED BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T JUST SHUT DOWN CONVERSATIONS HERE ON THE FLOOR AND WE SHOULD HAVE A RULES COMMITTEE WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEES AND TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE OVER THIS PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN NOT NOT HAPPY ABOUT WHERE COMMITTEES LAND BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY COULD BE IN MANY DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND YES, THE PRESIDENT AND THE CLERK IN THE MEETING YOU HAVE BEFORE HERE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PLACE IT WHERE YOU WANT. BUT WHEN ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT SOMETHING I AM GOING TO VOTE YES WE WILL NOT WE ALREADY KNOW HOW THE VOTES ARE GOING TO GO BUT I WILL BE FILING SOMETHING TO HAVE US AND I HOPE WE ALL ATTEND. I HOPE ALL OF US SHOW UP.  LAST TIME WHEN COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS PRESIDENT HE HAD THREE MEETINGS IN THE CURLING ROOM TO GO THROUGH THE RULES. YOU WERE THERE CLARKE THE FIRST ONE WE HAD TO WAIT TO START BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE SHOWED UP. I THINK THE SECOND ONE THERE WERE THREE OF US INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT. SO PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THAT POWER.  WE ALSO HAVE TO COME TOGETHER WITHOUT BREAKING ANY VIOLATIONS OF OPEN MEETING LAW AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OF A BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF NOW THAT WE'RE STRONGER AS A BODY AND WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE THE LEGISLATION AND THE SUPPORT WE WANT TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS IN A MUCH STRONGER WAY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CATCH A PLANE. CATCH A PLANE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RESPECT EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED HERE TODAY WITH ONE EXCEPTION AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THEIR POSITION THEY HAVE TO TAKE MAKE THEIR POSITION KNOWN AND STAND BY IT. BUT ONE ONE PARTICULAR POINT THAT BOTHERED ME IS THAT WE'RE WASTING GOVERNMENT TIME HERE THAT THAT HURT THAT WE'RE WASTING GOVERNMENT TIME IN MY OPINION WE'RE NOT WASTING GOVERNMENT TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT IMPACTS A LOT OF WOMEN IMPACTS IMPACTS MEN AS WELL.  THE SERVING IN THE MILITARY,  THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS AGAINST MEN IS IS VERY HIGH CERTAINLY VERY HIGH AGAINST AGAINST WOMEN AS WELL. IT'S VERY HIGH AGAINST AGAINST MEN.  IT'S VERY HIGH IN THE LGBT. Q PLUS COMMUNITY IT'S VERY HIGH IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.  IT IMPACTS EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC WHETHER IT'S WEALTHY PEOPLE OR POOR PEOPLE OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ,WHITE, HISPANIC. SO I OFFENDED REALLY BY SAYING THAT I'M WASTING PEOPLE'S TIME TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON MY ENTIRE LIFE. AS I MENTIONED MY MOTHER HAS BEEN ACTIVE ON THIS ISSUE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR THIS POSITION WHETHER IT'S HERE IN THE BODY OR WHAT PUBLICLY. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND WHEN WE COME INTO THIS PARTY WE TALK ABOUT SERIOUS ISSUES.  WE'RE NOT WASTING WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT WASTING GOVERNMENT TIME WASTING GOVERNMENT TIME. IT'S NOT SHOWING UP FOR MEETINGS DURING THE WEEK.  I PROBABLY HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE RECORD OF ANY COLLEAGUE HERE BUT THE LAST THING I'M HERE TO DO IS WASTE ANYONE'S TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY I THINK I WELL UNDERSTOOD WHAT COUNCILOR DURKAN WAS SAYING. THERE ARE TWO ISSUES IN TERMS OF TIME. THERE'S A PROCESS ISSUE, THERE'S A SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE BOTH MYSELF AND COUNCILOR DURKAN AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WILL PROBABLY TALK YOUR EAR OFF ALL DAY ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT FROM EXPERIENCE IS OF MY OWN FAMILY FROM EXPERIENCES OF THE US AS LEGISLATORS SO THE SUBSTANCE OF IT IS NOT WHAT COUNCILOR DURKAN WAS OPPOSING THE SUBSTANCE OF TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IS NOT WHAT ANYONE IS OPPOSING. I THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND I THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND TERM MODERATE MY FIRST TERM NO ONE AS A MATTER OF PROCESS FILED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE ON THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT RIGHT.  BUT IT'S IN THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS A MATTER OF PROCESS.  SO AS A MATTER OF PROCESS FILING RESOLUTIONS FOR A COMMITTEE WHEN IF TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF MY OFFICE THAT IT'S A WASTE OF GOVERNMENT TIME TO FILE A RESOLUTION ON SOMETHING THAT I FOR WHATEVER REASON I'M NOT RESPECTED ENOUGH TO BE THE ONE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF CREATING COMMITTEES AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY. YOU ARE PART CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NO ONE I NEVER DID THIS. I NEVER FILED A RESOLUTION FOR A COMMITTEE WHILE YOU WERE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I WOULD APPRECIATE I SAY THIS IN FRONT OF MY ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO WITH ME AT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHY FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU FEEL THE NEED TO DO IT ON ME IT'S I DON'T APPRECIATE IT AND TO THE WHOEVER THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT MAY BE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DO TO THEM EITHER. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP. I APOLOGIZE.  CUSTOMER ENERGIES NEEDED TO HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON PRIOR BUT OC COUNCIL FOR AN INTERVENTION YOU HAD THE FLOOR CUSTOMER BE THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I THINK YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO MOVE IT TO A VOTE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CUT PEOPLE'S OFF OR WHATEVER BUT IF ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN WE SHOULD MOVE IT TO A VOTE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT I'M NOT MAKING THAT MOTION RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMITTEES THAT I THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, LIKE I WANT A SIZE COMMISSION LIKE WOULD LIKE A SCIENCE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT SHOULD GO THROUGH LIKE SCIENTISTS AND ACADEMICS TO FIGURE OUT LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND OTHER TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT WE NEED AND RESEARCHED IT WE NEED INSIDE OF THE CITY. I ALSO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET INTO MORE OF THE GRANULAR LEVEL KIND OF CONVERSATIONS LIKE IF WE JUST TAKE ONE TOPIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR YOU KNOW, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND WE PUT IT INTO ITS OWN COMMITTEE, THEN WE'RE LEAVING IT OPEN TO GET VERY GRANULAR AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LIKE A THOUSAND COMMITTEES. I WANT TO DO THINGS LIKE I THINK THE COUNCIL MEETINGS SHOULD BE HELD FROM LIKE 6 TO 10 P.M. SO THAT CONSTITUENTS CAN PARTICIPATE. I THINK THAT IT'S BACKWARDS THAT IT'S 12 TO 3 IN LIKE DURING THE DAY WHERE EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED FOR CONSTITUENTS AND THEY'RE ONLY DIGITAL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ISSUES LIKE ACCESSING IT AND PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE THEY HAVE TO SIT HERE ALL DAY WITH US DURING THE WORK HOURS THAT I HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S CONVENIENT.  I THINK THAT OTHER CITIES DO IT AT NIGHT. WE SHOULD MOVE IT TONIGHT.  I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LIMIT RULES. WE SHOULD CHANGE THE RULES TO LIKE LIMIT HOW MANY FILINGS PER COUNCILOR. BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL FIGHT ME ON THAT SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO. I JUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW GRANULAR ARE WE GETTING?  DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? ARE WE GOING INTO LIKE YOU KNOW, TALKING ON IF WE'RE GETTING THAT GRANULAR WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT THERAPEUTIC WISE IT'S NOT ADVISABLE AND SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY GET INTO LIKE CONVERSATIONS OR SO GRANULAR THAT WE WOULD NEED A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IN THAT CONVERSATION IN ORDER TO DO SOME INTERVENTION WORK OR CRISIS MANAGEMENT. AND SO I JUST THAT'S WHERE I DISAGREE COUNCIL OFFLINE I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE COUNCIL OFFLINE LIKE IF I IF WE START TALKING REAL GRANULAR AND SOMEONE COMES IN AND SPILLS OUT PSYCHOLOGICALLY LIKE YOU'D HAVE TO SORT OF YOU'RE PEELING A BAND-AID AND THAT THAT THAT ROOM STARTS BLEEDING AND SO IN THERAPY THERE ARE RULES ABOUT THAT AND SO PEOPLE CAN BECOME YOU CAN TRIGGER SOMEONE FOR SUICIDALITY IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL IN OPENING UP CONVERSATIONS ON THAT GRANULAR LEVEL.  AND SO THAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN. SO I VOTE PRESENT BECAUSE I DO I DO I DO WANT TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TECHNICALLY DOES ANYTHING WRONG WITH YOU FILING A RESOLUTION JUST TO GO ON RECORD TO ASKING YOUR COLLEAGUES TO AGREE.  I DO HEAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE TO THOUGH THAT THE COURTESY THAT SHE'S ASKING IS THE ONE THAT SHE EXTENDED TO YOU NOT TO SUGGEST COMMITTEES OUTSIDE OF HER PURVIEW BECAUSE THAT IS THE THAT IS A RULE AND SHE YOU KNOW, WE WE WE TRY TO RESPECT YOU AS A PRESIDENT TOO WHEN YOU WERE THERE SO TECHNICALLY IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO FILE A RESOLUTION SAY LOOK, I JUST WANT YOUR OPINION ON THIS. BUT ALSO IT'S NOT VERY PROFESSIONALLY COURTEOUS SO BUT I WILL PRESENT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY DOESN'T REPRESENT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE SENSITIVE AND EMPATHETIC AND NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC ABOUT ANY TOPIC WE TALK ABOUT WE TALK ABOUT SERIOUS SENSITIVE THINGS HERE ON THE COUNCIL. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OR HEAR FROM CERTAIN COUNCILORS THAT THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE KNOW BETTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHOSEN WHICH IS THEIR CHOICE TO OPENLY SHARE SOMETHING.  SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE SENSITIVE TO GOING FORWARD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE COMMENTS FROM THE FROM THE CHAIR AND FROM COUNCIL AND DURKAN ABOUT ABOUT ME. I TOOK IT AS A PERSONAL ATTACK AND I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THAT BUT I'M NOT GOING TO RESPOND WITH WITH SOMETHING THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE SUCH AS WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENED TO ME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY WE WERE JUST ASKING FOR THE COURTESY OF RESPECTING THE BODY OF THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU MAY MADAM CHAIR, YOU YOU PERSONALLY ATTACKED ME AS DID AS DID ENSLER DURKAN AND I AND I TAKE THAT PERSONALLY AND YOU YOU WANT TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING. I'M WILLING TO MOVE ON BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION. WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN MOVE ON YOU MY OFFICE IS ALWAYS OPEN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE NOT YOU CAN ALWAYS COME TO MY OFFICE. WE CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES ALL OF THE TIME. I PROMISE YOU OFF THE RECORD WE CAN TALK OUTSIDE OF THIS RELATIONSHIP HERE. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS FILED A RESOLUTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOU WOULD LIKE A VOTE ON THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERNED INDICATORS AND I.  I THINK WE NEED A BREAK JUST 2 MINUTES LIKE I THINK WE NEED A BREAK JUST 2 MINUTES. CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR A RECESS SO LET'S TAKE A TWO MINUTE RECESS. WE ARE IN A RECESS FOR 2 MINUTES .  WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. I THINK EVERYONE IS HERE.  OKAY.  I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ON DOCKET NUMBER 0194 IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  OKAY. CATCH OF FLYNN'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0194 MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE NUMBERS 019 FOR COUNCILOR BERRY COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PILOT COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF NO COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA STANDS AND PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR CAN COUNCILOR HAVE A PLAN NO. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA NO COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER NO AND COUNCILOR WORRELL NO COUNCILOR WORRELL NO THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0195 DUCK IN NUMBER 0195 COUNCIL OF FLYNN AND MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS AT WHITE STADIUM AND FALLS CITY OF BOSTON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS VALUED AT MORE THAN $35 MILLION. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, CATCHER FLYNN ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT FOR MANY REASONS THE RISK INVOLVED WITH NEARLY $100 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO HELP SUPPORT A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ON PUBLIC LAND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PROJECT GEARED TOWARD STUDENT ATHLETES INSTEAD IN BOSTON FAMILIES THAT THE CITY AND THE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM SHOULD INSTEAD EXPLORE A PARTNERSHIP THAT I RESEARCHED ON WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY FOR THE USE OF NICKERSON FIELD AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. BUT IF THIS PROJECT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A BODY SUPPORT THE USE OF PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS AT WHITE STADIUM AND OTHER LOCATIONS TO ENSURE EQUAL PAYMENT FOR WORKERS WITH THE WAGE WAR AND PROMOTE A DIVERSE WORKFORCE. DIDN'T WE TALK HERE EARLIER ABOUT WAGE THEFT?  IN DECEMBER 2023 PRESIDENT BIDEN IMPLEMENTED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REQUIRE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT FOR MOST LARGE SCALE FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THIS WILL HELP ENSURE LARGE FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED EFFICIENTLY AND ON TIME WHILE ALSO ALSO SUPPORTING HIGH QUALITY JOBS. LAST MONTH GOVERNOR HALEY SIGNED THE HISTORIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH INCLUDES LANGUAGE SUPPORTING THE USE OF PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS ON PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.  A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT IS A PROJECT SPECIFIC COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ON LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BETWEEN UNIONS AND CONTRACTORS . THIS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INCLUDING HIRING REGULATIONS THAT COULD REQUIRE CONTRACTORS TO HIRE LOCAL WORKERS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS DON'T WE HAVE A BI ANNUAL MEETING HERE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS BOSTON JOBS TO BOSTON RESIDENTS?  DON'T WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COME IN HERE AND TESTIFY ABOUT THIS TWICE A YEAR?  ARE WE JUST GIVING PEOPLE LIP SERVICE?  THE AGREEMENT CAN INCLUDE WAGE FLOORS DETAIL IMPORTANT BENEFITS SUCH AS RETIREMENT HEALTH AND WELFARE CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAN HELP ENSURE THAT PROJECTS HAVE A HIGH QUALITY, HIGHLY TRAINED AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE. DON'T WE TALK IN THIS PARTY ABOUT SUPPORTING WOMEN OWNED COMPANIES?  IT CAN ESTABLISH PROVISIONS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR CREATING A WORKFORCE ADVANTAGE OVER DEVELOPMENT SITES THAT DO NOT HAVE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS IN PLACE. PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS ALSO PROTECT WORKERS AGAINST WAGE THEFT. AS I MENTIONED ERIN AND SO WORKERS ARE PAID A DECENT WAGE . WE ALSO KNOW THAT IMMIGRANT WORKERS UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS DON'T RECEIVE THEIR FAIR PAY OR WE GET IT. ARE WE GOING TO DENY THAT AS WELL IN THIS BODY? PRETEND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.  WAGE THEFT IS OFTEN PREVALENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FOR SEVERAL REASONS INCLUDING FALSIFIED RECORDS, ILLEGAL DEDUCTIONS, MISCLASSIFICATION WORKERS PLAYS HAVE CLAUSES TO PREVENT THESE INSTANCES OF WAGE THEFT.  PLAYS ARE OFTEN SET IN PLACE IN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS.  HOWEVER, IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THE AGREEMENTS ARE WHY ARE MORE WIDELY UTILIZED IN BOSTON AND THE COMMONWEALTH.  I AGREE THAT CONTROVERSIAL AND I ALSO AGREE MANY OF THE MEDIA DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS BUT WE CAN'T BE FOR THEM WHEN WHEN UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS AND WHEN IT'S POLITICALLY CONVENIENT. THAT'S EASY. CAN WE BE FOR PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION ASKING YOU NOT TO SUPPORT IT?  THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. THAT'S THE VOTE.  IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES BENEFIT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN SHUT OUT ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE OF THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND SHOW WORKERS ARE PAID A FAIR WAGE PROTECTED WHILE WORKING ON THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT. WE SHOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR WORKERS GENDER ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS POLITICALLY CONVENIENT. IN MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IT'S NOT POLITICALLY CONVENIENT RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT VOTE. THE EASY VOTE WILL WILL KILL IT AND PUT IT IN COMMITTEE.  THAT'S THE EASY VOTE. THAT'S NOT PROFILES IN COURAGE BUT IF WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT IN SUPPORTING OF WORKING MEN AND WOMEN, LET'S SUPPORT THIS PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT AND LET'S PROVIDE WORKERS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  LOUGHLIN. YOU SAID MOSTLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY BUT JUST TO REITERATE THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT THAT WE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE FROM THE COUNCIL HERE THAT WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF OUR UNION WORKERS, OUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. I WAS AT ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS HERE AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT AT THE LAST MEETING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IS THE FEW TOOLS WE DO HAVE THERE. THE BENCHMARKS ARE NEVER MET AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY OR WE DON'T CHOOSE TO USE OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT AND SO SOMETHING AS BIG AS WHITE STADIUM. ANY PROJECTS THAT WE CAN CONTROL WHO WE HIRE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO AND THAT'S A GOOD START GOING FORWARD AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT AND SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR UNION WORKERS THAT WE CARE MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTED HERE ON THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COUNCILOR WEBCAMS WHERE WE HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, I THINK BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AS AN ATTORNEY AND MY WORK ON THIS COUNCIL, I DON'T THINK YOU COULD FIND A STRONGER SUPPORTER OF UNION LABOR THAN ME. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, CALLING FOR A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT MIGHT RESULT IN LITIGATION THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT HARDER FOR FOR A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT TO BE WORKED OUT OR AND FOR THIS PROJECT TO EVEN GO FORWARD. THE FIRST THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A LITIGATION IS A REQUEST, AN INJUNCTION AND A STOP ON CONSTRUCTION.  AND WE KNOW WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT A A LENGTHY DELAY WILL RESULT IN IT NOT HAPPENING AT ALL. WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE WORKERS WERE SUPPOSEDLY TRYING TO BENEFIT BY DOING THIS AND YOU KNOW HERE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS BEING FILED BY THE MAKER WHO IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT. YOU KNOW, COULD BE THAT THE DELAY IS EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING IS WHAT IS HOPED FOR. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS TO CITY EMPLOYEES JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WERE WE'RE YOU KNOW, TRIED FOR VIOLATING THE HOBBS ACT FOR PUSHING THE USE OF UNION LABOR ON THE BOSTON CALLING PROJECT FOR THOSE REASONS AND TO SORT OF ALLEVIATE MY CONCERNS I'M OBJECTING TO THIS AND I ASK TO BE SENT TO A COMMITTEE.  THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER HAS OBJECTED TO THIS RESOLUTION. IT DOES. I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT COMPANY OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT DOESN'T DEBATE AND THIS DOCKET WILL BE SENT TO COMMITTEE.  THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0195 DOCKET NUMBER 0195 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON A POINT OF ORDER THIS IS WHERE I USE THAT THAT PREFERENCE ON SETTING PRECEDENCE YOU KNOW, SET THE PRECEDENCE IN THE PIT THE PAST HAS BEEN THAT YOU ALLOW AT LEAST IF YOU SEE THEM IF YOU SEE THE MIC ON YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK BEFORE IT CLOSES BUT THEN ANYTHING AFTER THAT THAT YOU DO NOT ALLOW. SO THIS IS WHAT I MEANT BY CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER THINGS ARE RULES OR WHETHER THE THINGS THAT PRECEDENCE WHEN DO WE USE THEM MY PREFERENCES WHEN DO WE CHOOSE TO OR NOT CHOOSE TO IT'S IN MY IT'S IN MY DISTRICT, NOBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW, I HEAR THAT I HEAR THAT I IT'S NOT A RULE THAT I LIKE. IT'S NOT A PRACTICE THAT I LIKE. BUT I THINK IT YOU KNOW, TO IN ORDER TO BE TO TRY TO STANDARDIZE IT, SENDING IT TO COMMITTEE AND CUTTING OFF DEBATE IS IS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO FOLLOW EARLIER IT WAS A MATTER WHERE I WASN'T SURE IT WAS A COMMUNICATION SO I WASN'T SURE SO OF THE PROCEDURE ON SUSPENDING PASS BUT IT DOESN'T DEBATE IN IT DOES SEND IT TO COMMITTEE I DON'T. SO FROM NOW ON YES CLARIFICATION AND I'M NOT TAKING IT PERSONAL YOU WILL FOLLOW ALL THE RULES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AND YOU WILL CHOOSE TO USE PRECEDENCE HISTORIC PRECEDENCE WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN WE SET PRECEDENTS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT OR YOU GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES ALL THE TIME. I AM GOING TO TRY MY VERY BEST TO WHENEVER THERE'S AN OBJECTION ON A RESOLUTION WHICH IS CLEAR TO ME WHENEVER THERE'S A RESOLUTION ON A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE TO END DEBATE AND THEN TO MOVE ON, YOUR POINT WAS THAT YOU WERE GOING TO FOLLOW IT BECAUSE IT WAS A RULE. SO FROM NOW ON WE'RE FOLLOWING RULES ALL THE WAY. THAT'S WHAT WE DOING.  YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  MADAM CHAIR.  I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS. I ALSO TOOK THEM AS A PERSONAL NOTE. BUT SEE, THIS IS I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT BUT BECAUSE IT THAT HE HE HE CALLED ME OUT IN A PERSONAL MATTER AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE RIGHT TO AND THIS IS WHY THE RULE HARD TO REALLY ENFORCE AN EXAMPLE YES MADAM CHAIR. YES. RECOGNIZE ME? YES YOU HAVE THE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR FLYNN, I APOLOGIZE.  YES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR MATTERS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU MAY CONTINUE. YOU MAY CONTINUE.  I COUNCILOR A WEBER. I FELT THAT WAS A PERSONAL ATTACK ON ME AND HE QUESTIONED HE QUESTIONED BASICALLY MY INTEGRITY AND SAYING WHY AM I FILING THIS HEARING ORDER RESOLUTION? THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES SOMEONE IN QUESTION MY INTEGRITY ON THE SPOT ON THIS BODY. COUNCILOR WEBER AND I RESENT THAT I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T LIKE THAT I'VE WORKED TOO HARD IN MY LIFE TO HAVE SOMEONE QUESTION MY INTEGRITY IN THE SECOND POINT I HAVE A BETTER RECORD THAN YOU COUNCILOR WEBER ON WORKERS RIGHTS.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. I DO KNOW THAT YOU WERE CALLED OUT PERSONALLY. I DO KNOW THAT YOU WERE DIRECTED TO PERSONALLY BUT BECAUSE YOU OBJECTED AND BECAUSE THIS IS BEING SENT TO COMMITTEE I WANT TO END DEBATE AND SEND THIS COMMITTEE. THIS IS A HARD RULE TO ENFORCE TO END DEBATE WHEN THERE IS A DISCUSSION.  I WILL ALLOW YOUR POINT OF CLARIFICATION THEN WE ARE MOVING ON. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I THINK THAT YOU OWE COUNCILOR WEBER SOME TIME TO SPEAK. THIS IS NOT ON THE DOCKET. RATHER IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO A COMMENT WHERE HE WAS CALLED OUT AND HE DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.  I COUNCILOR I MEAN I WOULD LIKE TO END DEBATE IF IF BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY AND THEN IF YOU COULD PLEASE I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS IN GENERAL SO THERE IS NO MORE CALLING OUT OF ANYONE SO THAT WE CAN END DEBATE AND MOVE ON. THANK YOU. YOU ARE MY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'LL FOLLOW YOUR ADVICE AND LIMIT MY COMMENT TO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.  BEFORE I DO THAT DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR TO A MATTER WHEN THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS WHEN THEY LEFT FOR A MOMENT.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR GENERAL COUNCILOR MAJORITY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COULD YOU PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET NUMBERS 0134014801680173. I HAVE TO ASK CAN YOU JUST DO TELL ME HOW IT SLOWER AND YOU CAN DIRECT IT TO THE CLERK THE FIRST ONE FIRST 10134 0148 YES 0168 0173 0176 AND THE LAST 10182 THANK YOU. CLERK THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MR CLERK THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL OF THAT. DID YOU GET ALL OF THAT?  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR DURKIN THANK YOU SO MUCH.  CLERK I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO 0146 AND THEN 01490 SORRY NOT A1401 50 00146 YES AND OH 150 THAT WAS WITHDRAWN. OH SORRY. OKAY THANK YOU. ONE 150 0150 THANK YOU. THE CHALLENGE COMES FROM AN INTERVENTION. MADAM PRESIDENT THROUGH MY PRESIDENT CLERK MAY I BE ADDED TO 13A AND 158 AND 1664. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA. COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CAN I JUST BE CAN ADD MY NAME TO TALK? THAT NUMBER IS 0163 IS CORRECT. DID YOU GET THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0168. OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU TELLS THE SANTANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AROUND THE OTHER FLOOR.  MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO BE OUT OF THE DOCKET NUMBER 0167.  THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. I KNOW IT'S WORK ON YOUR PART WHEN EVERYTHING'S OUT OF ORDER, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS AND PERSONNEL ORDERS.  DOCKET NUMBER 0196 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ME HERE AND CAN NUMBER 0197. PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON AND NUMBER 0198 PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ME HERE THE CHAIRMAN RULES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBER 019630198 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL SAY NO THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. ARE THERE ANY. OKAY.  NO GREEN PEOPLES. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LATE FILES.  I AM INFORMED BY THE QUICK THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE FIVE SIX LATE FILE MATTERS FOR FOR PERSONNEL ORDERS AND SINCE AND ONE ABSENCE LETTER AND ONE COUNCILOR HEARING ORDER WE WILL TAKE THEIR FOUR PERSONNEL ORDERS FIRST WE'LL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE FOUR PERSONNEL. WELL WELL IT'S DUE PERSONNEL ORDER AND THE ABSENCE LETTER TOGETHER THE FOUR PERSONNEL ORDERS AND THE ABSENCE LETTER TO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING DELAY FILE MATTERS ARE ALL OPPOSING. THEY THINK THESE LIKE FINAL MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THESE FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD? FIRSTLY FILE AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR WHETHER SECONDLY FIVE MALE PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR WHETHER THIRD FILE MANNER OF PERSONNEL OR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR OFFICE STAFF EMPLOYEE AND FOURTH PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AGAIN THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN MOVES TO PASSAGE OF THESE FIVE MATTERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING THE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND THE ABSENCE LETTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.  OH CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE ABSENCE LETTER INTO THE RECORD FROM CITY COUNCIL AS BRING THE COUNCIL'S I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF MY ABSENCE FROM TODAY'S REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. I AM CURRENTLY RECOVERING FROM RECENT KNEE REPLACEMENTS SURGERY AND LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING MEETINGS IN THE IN THE CHAMBER AS SOON AS I'M ABLE. RESPECTFULLY COUNCILOR BRING THANK YOU. WE WISH COUNCILOR BREEDEN A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND WE ALSO WISH ARE A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY . MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE COUNCIL HEARING ORDER FILE INTO THE RECORD ORDER OF OFFERED BY COUNCILOR WHERE L FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSURES FOR 2026 2027 AND ITS LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN WHEREAS BECAUSE OF THE URGENT NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES IMPACT ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS HEREBY NECESSARY TO EXPEDITE THE FILING AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS ORDER AND BE IT ORDER THAT THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HOLD A HEARING ON THE FINANCIAL FUTURE OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CAPITAL AND OPERATING NEEDS. THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS LITTLE POWER MAGIC TO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING RELATE FELT MATTER SAY I I ALTHOUGH SAY NAY THANK YOU THE LATE PHONE MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA IT HAS BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD COUNCIL ORAL YOU THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED BECAUSE WE'RE ALL YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'M FOLLOWING THIS IN THE WAKE OF THIS WEEK'S NEWS ABOUT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSING EMERGING FOR THIS 2026 TO 2027 SCHOOL YEAR AND OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LONG TERM FACILITY ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE JANUARY 22ND SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING. IT WILL ALWAYS BE HARD CLOSE THE SCHOOL. IT'S A BLOW TO THE COMMUNITY THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE ALUMNI AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING ALL OF THEM THROUGH THIS TRANSITION AS WE AIM TO ENSURE BHP'S IS DELIVERING A TOP NOTCH EDUCATION TO EVERY STUDENT THAT PREPARE THEM FOR WHATEVER FUTURE THEY MIGHT BE. WE NEED TO HAVE A LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN TO BEST USE RESOURCES AND MEET STUDENTS NEEDS WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT, BP NEEDS TO RIGHT SIZE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS IN A HIGH QUALITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE DECISIONS ARE EQUITABLE AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE SUPPORTED IN THIS TRANSITION. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING ON THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR TOWNSEND MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR ROLL FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU ON THIS EMERGENCY LEAVE FILE SINCE HEARD THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS IT CAME FROM STAFF AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WAS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BTU HAD GONE AND TOLD THEM AND RUMOR STARTED AND WE ALWAYS KNOW WHEN IT'S RUMORS THAT IT'S NEVER GOING TO END WELL. SO I WAS DEEPLY FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH BOSTON PUBLIC REGARDING THE CLOSURE OF EXCEL HIGH, THE DENVER AND THE MARY LION AND THE MERGER OF SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS. I REACHED OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHER BP OFFICIALS AFTER HEARING RUMORS ABOUT POTENTIAL CLOSURES OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS. YET MY QUESTIONS WERE IGNORED. MY PHONE CALL WASN'T RESPONDED TO OR MY TEXT AND I DO BELIEVE LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE THE THEME OF THIS MEETING I'VE BROUGHT IT UP ON OTHER THINGS I'VE FILED TODAY. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT I ALONG WITH FAMILIES AND OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COUNCIL HAD TO WAIT FOR OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION WHILE DECISIONS WERE BEING MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO ADDRESS DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF SCHOOLS AND THE CHALLENGES OF AGING BUILDINGS, WE MUST ENSURE THAT CLOSURES, MERGERS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION ARE HANDLED THOUGHTFULLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. DECISIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MUST INCLUDE MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM SCHOOL COMMUNITIES NOT JUST ANNOUNCED MINUTES AFTER THE FACT. I DO BELIEVE OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR EDUCATE ERS AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE DESERVE BETTER. THANK YOU THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR ANY OTHER FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL OVERALL AND COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WAS PLACED ON THE CLOSURE LIST IS A HIGH SCHOOL THAT I PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT AS A AS A SUBSTITUTE SCHOOLTEACHER. SO SOUTH BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL AT THAT TIME WAS CALLED MONUMENT HIGH SCHOOL.  NO, NO, IT'S CALLED EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL.  BUT ONE ISSUE THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS I WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT I READ ABOUT IT. SO A PRESS RELEASE FROM US LATE AT NIGHT AT AROUND 830 AT NIGHT TWO NIGHTS AGO UPSTATE STAFF AND OUR BOSTON TEACHERS UNION WERE UP AT EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL TALKING AND TELLING TELLING TEACHERS THAT THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSING AND IMMEDIATELY WORD OUT FROM THAT MEETING THAT THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSING EVEN BEFORE THE OFFICIALS FROM LEFT THE BUILDING CALLING MY OFFICE AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ASKING WHAT'S HAPPENING AT EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL AND UNTIL THIS UNTIL RIGHT NOW I HAD ONE CONVERSATION WITH THEIR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT DPS AFTER THE FACT DISAPPOINTED TO SAY THE LEAST IN THE TRANSMIT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CPS TEAM IN THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR TEACHERS, FOR PARENTS, FOR THE SELFLESS AND HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEY DESERVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. THEY DESERVE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECT THAN THEY WERE SHOWN BY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT AND I HOPE THIS ISN'T THE WAY THAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO MOVE GOING FORWARD IS JUST A TOP DOWN HEAVY HAND APPROACH OF DECIDING WHAT SCHOOLS ARE QUOTE AND CLOSING SOUTH BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING.  I THINK THERE WAS THREE OR FOUR SCHOOLS AND JOHN FITZGERALD'S DISTRICT THAT A PROBABLY MERGING AS WELL. NOT SURE IF JOHN RECEIVED ANY ANY WORD FROM ANYBODY OR IF THE AT-LARGE MEMBERS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS. BUT THE TRANSPORT AGENCY WAS WAS NOT THERE. THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR TEACHERS FOR DPS FAMILIES, FOR STUDENTS AND LET ME LET ME HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER ANOTHER ISSUE ONE THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THEIR JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM AT EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL IS EXCEPTIONAL. YOU CAN'T FIND A MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAN THE KIDS AT EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL. THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY, THEY DON'T HAVE INFLUENCE, THEY DON'T HAVE POLITICAL SUPPORT BUT THEY HAVE A DETERMINATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO PROVE THEMSELVES THAT THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING IN SOCIETY AND THEY'RE DOING THAT FOR THE JUNIOR ROTC JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM . WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE AND LET IT HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO SPEAK OUT FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S POLITICALLY INCONVENIENT.  WELL, IT HAPPENED TO MY SCHOOL TWO NIGHTS AGO AND MAYBE IT HAPPENS TO ANOTHER DISTRICT COUNCILOR DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU THE OPTION OF REMAINING SILENT AND DOING NOTHING UNTIL IT IMPACTS YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEN YOU'LL SPEAK OUT.  BUT OUR TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER, OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE BETTER AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU TREAT PEOPLE WITH SUCH A LACK OF RESPECT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, TO MY COLLEAGUE I DIDN'T GET MOTIVATED WHEN HE SAID DISTRICT COUNCILORS I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO SPEAK BUT I THINK SO. I THINK IT'S A GOOD I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN.  I LOOKED AT IT. I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THESE SCHOOLS. THE WINDOW UP SHOULD CLOSE. IT SHOULD MERGE IN WITH THE PILOT WITH THE CLAPP IN THE LIFE OF FREDERICK THE DENVER.  LONG OVERDUE EITHER RENOVATION OR REOPEN. BUT IF YOU GO IN THAT SCHOOL YOU'LL YOU'LL KNOW WHY THE DISTRICT MY COLLEAGUE'S DISTRICT DESERVES BETTER. I AGREE WITH I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN. I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU'RE CUTTING COSTS EXCELL HIGH SCHOOL OR AM G WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VENTILATION ISSUES HEATING AND H FAC ISSUES OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT SECURITY CONDITIONS. WALLS PEELING WATER SAFE WATER TO DRINK, AIR QUALITY ALL OF IT . IT NEEDS THAT BUILDING NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN.  I DON'T THINK THAT THE WAY THAT IT WAS HANDLED AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK TOO MUCH OF THAT BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW GOD BLESS OUR MAYOR AND THE BABY SHE'S DUE THIS MONTH SO THERE THERE COULD BE SOME LIKE EXACERBATION THERE IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE AND HOW THIS IS HAPPENING IS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE A MAYOR THAT IS EXPECTING SO WE WISH FOR HER TO HAVE A HEALTHY STRONG BABY. AND BUT THEN SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN COMMUNICATION SO I CAN'T NECESSARILY BE JUDGMENTAL IN TERMS OF HOW IT HAPPENED BUT I DO AGREE THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER. IT COULD HAVE BEEN EXECUTED IN A MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE ADVANCED NOTICE. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASONS ARE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY YOU KNOW, YOU DID A BAD JOB. I'M GOING TO SAY HEY, MAYBE YOU HAVE A REASON.  I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THOSE REASONS ARE. I WANT TO DISCUSS THEM.  BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WE'RE MOVING INTO FULL INCLUSION,  WE'RE LOOKING INTO COVERING CUTTING COSTS AND WE TALK ABOUT HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OR WORLD CLASS EDUCATION FOR ALL.  WELL, YOU HAVE TO DO MERGERS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE SCHOOLS CAN BE CLOSED AND MERGING AND ALL THAT STUFF. THE COMMUNICATION JUST HAS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. IT HAS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT SO THAT WE'RE INCLUDED SO THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING MORE COMMUNICATING TO THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS AND ALSO STUDENTS AND BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL IN HERE. I THINK HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ALL OF THAT CAN BE MITIGATED AND HOPEFULLY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE IN A BETTER WAY THROUGH YOUR HEARING.  THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR PHONE.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS DURKIN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN PABON,  SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR AND ADD COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON THE APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING. THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I'LL START BY SAYING THIS FRIDAY AT 4 P.M. IN CITY HALL IN THE SCULLY ART GALLERY THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EXHIBIT BY THE ASIAN ARTIST ASSEMBLY OF MASSACHUSETTS. IT'S A YEARLY EVENT THAT WE DO. IT'S REALLY, REALLY LOVELY AND BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S AN AMAZING ARTIST WHO IS 12 YEARS OLD WHO IS AN AMAZING ARTIST WHO COMES AND SHOWS ARTWORK ALONGSIDE SO MANY OTHERS.  IT'LL BE AT 4 P.M. HERE DOWNSTAIRS ON FRIDAY FOR ALL WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.  OKAY ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS I'D ALSO LIKE TO UPLIFT? YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, HIS BIRTHDAY WAS ON JANUARY FIRST. WE MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING BUT SAY THEM AGAIN COUNCILMAN ANDY ANDERSON ON JANUARY 4TH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS I'M AS WELL AS MY CHIEF OF STAFF. ALSO JANUARY 4TH EMILY POST AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND TO OUR COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BREADON WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS TODAY.  ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO. OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU . THE CHAIR AGAIN AS KIND OF A GENERALLY ON THE FLOOR. NO, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT TODAY AS MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY SO I WANT TO ASSURE A PUBLIC HAPPY BIRTHDAY SO YOU KNOW, NOT IN TROUBLE WHEN I TELL YOU DON'T GET HOME. GET IN TROUBLE WHEN YOU GET HOME. OKAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR WIFE. THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, GREAT.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED. NOW IS THE MOMENT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER. CAN YOU GIVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH AS A GEORGIA NATIVE AND I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO MAKE THIS HISTORY BUT THE FIRST CITY COUNCILOR FROM THE SOUTH I WANT TO LIFT UP THE LATE PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT 100 YEARS OLD. PRESIDENT CARTER WAS THE LONGEST LIVING U.S. PRESIDENT.  SITTING IN MY OFFICE I HAVE BOOKS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES ABOUT HIM AND HIS WIFE AND HIS WIFE AND HE WAS BORN IN PLAINS, GEORGIA JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS FROM WHERE I'M FROM. HE WAS REMEMBERED AS A GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AND AS VISIONARY ON ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. HE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT POLITICS COULD BE USED TO EFFECT SOCIAL CHANGE AND HE WAS AN ACTIVIST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER EVEN WHEN IT WAS HARD AFTER HIS POLITICAL CAREER HE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND WON A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. AS WE PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING ADMINISTRATION THIS MONTH, I WANT TO REMEMBER PRESIDENT CARTER'S CAMPAIGN PLEDGE WHICH WAS TO NEVER TELL A LIE WHICH MIGHT HAVE COST HIM REELECTION BUT IT MAKES HIM ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL PRESIDENTS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. AND I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUOTE FROM HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS IN 1981. OUR AMERICAN VALUES ARE NOT LUXURIES BUT NECESSITIES NOT THE SALT IN OUR BREAD BUT THE BREAD ITSELF. OUR COMMON VISION OF A FREE AND JUST SOCIETY IS OUR GREATEST SOURCE OF COHESION AT HOME AND STRENGTH ABROAD. EVEN TODAY'S EVEN GREATER THAN THE BOUNTY OF ALL OUR MATERIAL BLESSINGS. IT'S MY HONOR TO UPLIFT HIS MEMORY AT TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A GEORGIAN ON THE COUNCIL TO UPLIFT OUR GREAT LATE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT CARTER, AS ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYONE I'D LIKE TO UPLIFT A FEW NAMES AND I KNOW THIS WAS ALSO CARED DEEPLY ABOUT THIS KIND OF DRINKING CITIZEN IN YOUR DISTRICT.  THE SCHOOL HE ATTENDED BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY BY KYRIE AMBROSE IS A YOUNG MAN WHO DEVASTATINGLY PASSED AWAY WHO WAS A BELOVED MEMBER OF THE DANCE COMMUNITY HERE AND IT JUST BEEN SUCH A SHOCK TO SO MANY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE DANCE COMMUNITY AND I WAS AT HIS MEMORIAL FOR HIM YESTERDAY AND IT WAS JUST DEEPLY, DEEPLY OVERWHELMING AND SAD TO SEE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE OUT THERE REMEMBERING HIM. I WANT TO UPLIFT HIS MOTHER RENA AMBROSE, WHO SPOKE ABOUT HOW HE WAS ABLE TO HE DANCED BEFORE HE EVEN WALKED. AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HIS MEMORY AT THIS TIME. THERE WAS ALSO A BIG SLATE OF FOLKS WHO PASSED AS WE WERE ENTERING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANCIS BELLOTTI WHO WAS BELOVED HERE AND WAS VERY ACTIVE UP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE BEING PRESENT OUTSIDE MINISTER DON MUHAMMAD WHO DID SO MUCH FOR BOSTON IN THE ROXBURY COMMUNITY HELPING TO OPEN ONE OF THE FIRST BANKS HERE IN ROXBURY AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS ENDLESSLY ADVOCATING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. DR. CHARLES LONEY OF HYDE PARK WHO JUST DID AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT FOR THE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY NOT ONLY IN HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE BUT IN HOW MUCH HE SHOWED UP FOR COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY HIS WORK WITH THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND IN HAITI. DR. LONNIE IS MEMORY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING WITH HIS FAMILY EARLIER THIS YEAR AS WE CELEBRATED HIS RETIREMENT AND ALSO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE MEMBER WALTER MCDONOUGH WHO MANY FOLKS HERE KNOW WHO WAS JUST VERY ACTIVE IN POLITICAL LIFE HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HUGHES WHO LOST HIS MOTHER EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HIS PASSING WAS A REAL BLOW TO SO MANY WHO KNOW HIM IN THE POLITICAL WORLD. SO I'LL BE SAYING THESE NAMES BUT JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THEM BECAUSE THEY EACH LEFT THEIR MARK MARK HERE IN THE CITY AND DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND NAMED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY CLUB AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF JOSEPH JOE DONAHUE WHO IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CHARLESTOWN. HE PASSED AWAY TRAGICALLY DUE TO AN ACT OF SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE IN CHARLESTOWN ON JANUARY 4TH. HE WAS JUST 46 YEARS OLD AND SO MY HEART AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIS LOVED ONES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I KNOW YOU MENTIONED FRANK HARDY. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION FRANK HARDY, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE, CLOSE FRIEND OF HIS SON MICHAEL AND HIS FAMILY.  AND AS YOU MENTIONED, FRANK LIVED TILL HE WAS 100 AND HIS WIFE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY SEVERAL TWO YEARS AGO I BELIEVE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE FRANK BELLOTTI FOR HIS WORK ON CIVIL RIGHTS AS THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL BUT ALSO FOR HIS SERVICE IN OUR COUNTRY AS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN AS WELL. CERTAINLY PRESIDENT CARTER WAS OR WAS A VETERAN UNITED STATES NAVY VETERAN UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATE AS WELL AND ALSO MINISTER DION MUHAMMAD PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN BOSTON, ESPECIALLY DURING CHALLENGING TIMES IN THE CITY AND ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF CREDIBILITY IN BOSTON AND DID AS MUCH AS ANYONE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES INCLUDING THE GROVE HALL SHOPPING PLAZA IN THE MID MID TO LATE EIGHTIES WHO WAS MINISTER DORN AND IN MAY IS ONE THAT PLAYED A LEADING ROLE ON THAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MY PARENTS OVER TO MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH DURING THE SNOWSTORM LAST MONTH SO LAST FRIDAY I BELIEVE WAS AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS WONDERFUL FAMILY. SO MINISTER DAWN'S IN OUR PRAYERS. FRANK BODY AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL ARE IN OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED?  I'D ALSO LIKE TO AS WE APPROACH THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI, I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT MY BELOVED UNCLE WHO PASSED AWAY 15 YEARS AGO NOW MR PHILIP 208 MINUTES FROM EVERY DAY TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF CANCER CARLA ZAPATA, EVELYN HAASE AND BECKER. ALFONZO TIPPETT, PETRO JOEY DONAHUE AND ADVOCATES WAS DURKIN THE COUNT MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL KYRIE AMBROSE ON BEHALF OF CANCER FITZGERALD BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN, DAVID HINES JUNIOR . ALLIE PINDAR SENIOR ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANCES X BELLOTTI ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BUFFALO CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTERED DON MUHAMMAD ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AS PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE DR. CHARLES W LONEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE MEMBER WALTER MCDONOUGH ON BEHALF OF CANCER PIPPIN FRANCIS FRANK BOK ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MORALE JULIA BRADLEY ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND THE VICTIMS OF THE NEW ORLEANS TERRORIST ATTACK A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.  THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN ANOTHER CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025 AT 12 NOON. WELCOME BACK.  THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. PLEASE SAY I THE COUNCIL WAS ADJOURNED AND THANK YOU SO MUCH NEAL FOR COVERING FOR DARCY AND FOR DURING THE CLOCK. THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURN