##VIDEO ID:_5TnPuAGr34##  GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON DOT GOV FORD'S LAST CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?  COUNCIL AGREED. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FOR AN END THE SANDERSON COUNCIL FITZGERALD COUNCIL FLYNN COUNCILOR IN HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  YEAH. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR . WE'RE ALL HERE.  OF COURSE. THANK YOU.  MR. CLERK, I BELIEVE YOU CALLED. COUNCILOR COVERS THE PARTIES WITH US. COMES FROM PEN IS WITH US. CONCILOR MEJIA HE IS WITH US. THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT FORMER CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT STEVE MCCARTHY. MURPHY WHO IS HERE EARLIER.  I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S STILL HERE. STEVE MURPHY BUT WANTED TO JUST SHUT HIM OUT FOR BEING HERE. OUR REGISTER OF DEEDS HE WAS WITH US TODAY FOR OUR FRIENDSGIVING AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND HAVING A TOUR OF YOUR OLD STOMPING GROUND.  IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY AND THE CLERGY OF OTHER WEEKS AS WELL. OUR VERY OWN PASTOR JEFF FORGE. FLETCHER FLOWERS ARE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY MANY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AS PASTOR KIKI. INVITED BY COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BEFORE I GET TO TODAY'S CLERGY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT ANOTHER PASTOR.  MARTIN NIEMvLLER WAS A GERMAN PASTOR WHO SUPPORTED THE NAZIS WHEN THEY ROSE TO POWER IN 1933 BUT LATER BECAME AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THE NAZI AND SPENT MUCH OF WORLD WAR TWO IN PRISON IN A CONCENTRATION CAMPS.  AFTER THE WAR, NIEMvLLER GAVE LECTURES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE.  I THOUGHT THE FOLLOWING QUOTE WAS A POEM BUT IT WAS JUST NIEMvLLER RECOUNTING WHAT HE SAW IN GERMANY. NIEMvLLER SAID FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE SOCIALISTS AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A SOCIALIST. THEN THEY CAME FOR THE TRADE UNIONISTS AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A TRADE UNIONIST. THEN THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A JEW. THEN THEY CAME FOR ME AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK FOR ME . LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW UPSETTING IT IS WHEN PEOPLE COMPARE THINGS TO THE HOLOCAUST. LAST YEAR A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RECITED THIS QUOTE WHEN COMPLAINING ABOUT DIRECTTV REMOVING NEWSMAX FROM ITS LINEUP. AND I'M NOT COMPARING WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO THE HOLOCAUST BUT WITH TALK OF MASS DEPORTATION BANS, CONSTRUCTION OF DETENTION CENTERS STRIPPING FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THREATS ISSUED TO ANYONE WHO MAY TRY TO STAND IN THE WAY. I WILL KEEP THE LESSONS MARTIN MULLER LEARNED AT THE FRONT MY MIND. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE PASTOR KIKI WITH US TODAY. PASTOR KIKI REPRESENTS A HAITIAN COMMUNITY THAT IS VITAL TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COMES FOR THEM, I HOPE WE HAVE THE STRENGTH TO SPEAK OUT AND AT PASTOR KIKI IS A LEADER IN THE BOSTON COMMUNITY AND BEYOND AND THE FOUNDER OF THE TRUE ALLIANCE CENTER, A HAITIAN LED ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY.  PASTOR KIKI'S WORK INCLUDES DRIVING FORWARD YOUTH PROGRAMING AND HELPING IMMIGRANTS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES STRENGTHEN THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WHILE PROVIDING ADVOCACY AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.  SINCE 2010, PASTOR KIKI HAS LED THE TRUE ALLIANCE CENTER PROVIDING SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF UNDERSERVED HAITIAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS TO AND HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE EVACUEES. HIS WORK WITH THE CENTER INCLUDES PROVIDING HEALTH, EDUCATION AND FACILITIES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INCLUDING HAITIAN FAMILIES SUFFERING FROM PTSD AND OTHER HARDSHIPS IN ADDITION TO FINDING RESOURCES FOR ESL LEARNING AND FOR JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.  PASTOR KIKI EARNED HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AT BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HIS BACHELOR'S IN ECONOMICS AT GORDON COLLEGE AND HIS MASTER'S IN DIVINITY AND THEOLOGY AT THE GORDON CONWELL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY SEMINARY. I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK PASTOR KIKI FOR HIS DEDICATION AND COMPASSION IN THE FACE OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS. WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THIS STATE AND IN THE CITY. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE PASTOR KIKI TODAY AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR. THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO US. I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR COMING BACK AT THIS. YOU KNOW, CRITICAL TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH COUNCIL WEBER FOR INVITING ME AND THANK YOU FOR MY PRESIDENT COUNCIL REGION MY DAUGHTER. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU.  LET'S STAND HANDS. WE ABOUT TO PRAY THE. THERE'S A SMALL EPISTLE IN THE GOSPEL CALLED THE GOSPEL OF THE TO THE PHILIPPIANS WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL AND IT SAYS ON THE CHAPTER OF THE FIRST CHAPTER IN CHAPTER FOUR VERSE FOUR IT SAYS REJOICE IN THE LORD.  I SAY REJOICE IN THE LORD DESPITE THE STORM THE STORMS WE ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO REJOICE. THANK YOU.  LET'S PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER AS WE WELCOME THIS MONTH IN NOVEMBER THE MONTH OF THANKSGIVING, LET US EMBRACE THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY FOCUSING OUR THOUGHTS ON YOU THE SOURCE OF EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT. WE RECOGNIZE AND THE COUNTLESS BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AS WELL TO OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, COMMUNITIES AND THE CITY OF BOSTON. YOU HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. YOUR AWARD ENCOURAGES US TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR YOU ALL GOOD AND YOUR MERCY AND DOING FOREVER.  DURING THIS THANKSGIVING SEASON LET US NOT ONLY CELEBRATE WHAT WE HAVE BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ABUNDANCE WE CAN SHARE WITH OTHERS. MAY WE INSPIRE ONE ANOTHER TO RECOGNIZE YOUR BLESSINGS AND FEEL MOTIVATED TO EXTEND THEM TO THOSE AROUND US TOGETHER. LET US CULTIVATE OUT HEARTS OF GRATITUDE THAT SHINE YOUR LIGHT IN A WORLD THAT TRULY NEEDS HOPE AND KINDNESS. IN DOING SO WE FULFILL YOUR CALL TO GIVE THANKS IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO YOUR COMMUNITIES . HEAVENLY FATHER AS OUR NATION JUST HAD A GENERAL ELECTION, WE TURN TO YOU AS ULTIMATE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND FAITH. WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ESPECIALLY YOUR SERVANTS.  THE COUNCILORS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT YOU. MAY YOU GIVE THEM DISCERNMENT,  HUMILITY AND INTEGRITY. YOUR WORDS REMINDS.  BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD.  BLESSED IS THE CITY. WHO IS GOD IS THE LORD AND WE STICK YOUR BLESSINGS AND GUIDANCE IN THESE CRITICAL TIMES THE CRUCIAL TIMES THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO FACE.  THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS STAYING WITH US IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS STORMS PANDEMIC STORM NOT YOUR STARS AND POLITICAL STORMS MAY YOUR PEACE PREVAIL OVER OUR NATION AND ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME. HELP US TO ENGAGE IN THIS TIME WITH THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND RESPECT PLACING OUR TRUST IN YOUR PERFECT WILL.  HEAVENLY FATHER WE WILL LIFT AGAIN OUR NATION BEFORE YOU. BUT WE LIVE WE LIVE TO BE FOR YOU. THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT ALWAYS STANDS WITH ALL ALL OUR PEOPLE. WE SEEK YOUR DIVINE GUIDANCE TO ILLUMINATE OUR PATH AND ROPE IN US IN PEACE AND LOVE THAT OVERFLOWS INTO OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITY. FATHER IN THIS MONTH MAY YOU GIVE ALL YOUR CHOSEN ELECTED AS FATHER THE PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING AND GIVE THEM FATHER THE COMPASSION THAT CAN UNDERSTAND EVERY IMMIGRANT SITUATION. AND MAY YOU GIVE FATHER THE LOVE TO ALL OF THEM TO ACT ON YOUR BEHALF. AS MANY PEOPLE ADDRESS YOU BY MANY NAMES I PRAY TO OUR PRECIOUS SUN JESUS CHRIST AND WE GO OFF GOD REST AND TO AMEN. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR WEBER AND THANK YOU, PASTOR KIKI FOR THAT VERY TIMELY, TIMELY INVOCATION. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER FOR YOUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME BUT TO ALL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCILORS WHO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU AGAIN, PASTOR KIKI MISION BILL.  MR. CLERK. ANYONE ELSE JOINED? HAS ANYONE COUNCILOR WHEN YOU TALK MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN DURKIN IS WITH US AND PRESENT. THANK YOU.  WE WILL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. ONE FROM COUNCILOR WEBER AND RECOGNITION OF NIQAB AND THE OTHER FROM CASUAL ORAL IN RECOGNIZING TANYA BURKE. TODAY WE HAD A FRIENDSGIVING CELEBRATION HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL . WANT TO THANK MY CHIEF OF STAFF EMILY POLSTON FOR PLANNING AND FOR EVERYONE WHO MADE OR BROUGHT DISHES. WE ALSO HAVE HERE OUR ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION TAKING A PAGE FROM COUNCILOR WEBBER'S BOOK A FEW WEEKS AGO HE HAD THE SPCA HERE AND THERE WERE DOGS THAT WERE HERE AND IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO START THE COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE HAD OUR VERY OWN CITY DEPARTMENT COME ANIMAL CONTROL AND THEY DO REALLY FANTASTIC WORK. SO I WOULD JUST LOVE IT IF ALEXIS BRZEZINSKI, THE DIRECTOR AND FORMER SHATTUCK AWARD WINNER AND HER STAFFERS ROBIN AND BRITTANY COME UP TOGETHER WITH A BANJO AND REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO HERE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, EMILY PAULSON FOR INVITING US TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY BANJO AND DAISY AND ROBIN AND ROBIN AND BRITTANY. SO ANIMAL CARE CONTROL WE HAVE AN ANIMAL SHELTER IN ROSLINDALE WHERE WE DO ADOPTIONS OF PETS.  WE HAVE A PET PANTRY. WE HOLD ANIMALS FOR SOMETIMES SHORT TERM BREEDING WHETHER FOLKS ARE HOSPITALIZED, SOMETIMES FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING HERE RATED ANY IMMEDIATE NEED THAT RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON NEED. WE HAVE OUR FIELD STAFF, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THAT PROVIDE 24 HOUR COVERAGE TO PICK UP STRAY DOGS AND CATS AND INJURED WILDLIFE.  WE ARE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.  ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE WE ARE ABLE TO DIRECT RESOURCES EITHER THROUGH THE HUMANE SOCIETY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING, WE ARE I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO WORK WITH THESE FOLKS AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEND DAYS PETTING PUPPIES AND CATS AND DOGS AND APPRECIATE YOU INVITING US TO THIS MEETING TODAY. THANK YOU AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IF WE COULD JUST COME AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEM THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.  WAS ON A  COUNCIL . OH MY GOD. THE ANIMAL CONTROL.  I'M GOING TO GET THESE OUT.  ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. ALEXIS, ROBIN, BRITNEY, DAISY AND BANJO. AND AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A VISIT OUT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ROSLINDALE.  THEY REALLY, REALLY DO INCREDIBLE WORK ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND ADDING TO OUR FIRST FRIENDSGIVING HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL . OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS. THE FIRST IS BY COUNCILOR WEBER AND IS PRESENTATION FOR NIGHTCAP. SO COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND 5 MINUTES.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. SINCE NEXT THURSDAY IS THANKSGIVING I INVITE NIQAB THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. NIQAB IS BASED ON JAMAICA PLAIN AND ITS MISSION IS TO EMPOWER AND INVEST IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY. NIQAB DOES CRITICAL WORK FOR OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ACROSS BOSTON PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT, FOOD SECURITY, HOUSING, YOUTH PROGRAMS AND MORE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN YET I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THEM AT 105 SOUTH HUNTINGTON AVENUE. I THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR ASSISTING ME AND THE MADAM PRESIDENT IN WRITING A RESOLUTION THAT I'LL PRESENT TO THIS BODY LATER TODAY THAT RECOGNIZES THE NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING WHICH BEGAN IN MASSACHUSETTS OVER 50 YEARS AGO. I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING NYCB ON SATURDAY AT THEIR ANNUAL COMMUNITY FEAST AND I'D LIKE NOW TO HAND IT OFF TO RAQUEL HALSEY FROM NIGHTCLUB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THANK YOU.  GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILORS GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TODAY?  MY NAME IS RAQUEL HALSEY. I AM A CITIZEN OF THE MANDATE AND OUTSIDE UNDERGROUND NATION THAT IS LOCATED OUT OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE I AM ALSO PUERTO RICAN WITH MY GRANDFATHER FROM EDUARDO, ONE OF THE LAST STRONGHOLD FOR THE TAINO PEOPLE AND MY MOTHER FROM MEXICO FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS. I AM ALSO HONORED TO BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON AND WE ARE THIS YEAR CO-CHAIRS WITH THE UNITED AMERICAN INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND CHAIRING OVER THE NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING.  UPON FIRST ARRIVING PILGRIMS RATED INDIGENOUS GRAVES.  THEY SOUGHT SUPPLIES, FOOD,  CORN, BEANS AND THEN THEY WAGED WARS AGAINST US ALL ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND AS THESE WARS WAGED ON THE ENGLISH CARRIED OUT TARGETED MURDERS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THEY SOLD NATIVE PEOPLES AS SLAVES FOR 220 SHILLINGS EACH AT IN PLYMOUTH. THEY WERE SOLD HERE FROM FANEUIL HALL. THEY WERE DISPOSSESSED OF LAND TO BUILD THE CITIES THAT WE NOW KNOW AND WENT ON TO FORCE OUR ASSIMILATION THROUGH BOARDING SCHOOLS CONTINUED REMOVAL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE MOVED TRIBES WHO ARE TRADITIONALLY FROM HERE IN WHAT WE NOW CALL MASSACHUSETTS AS FAR AS CANADA, WISCONSIN AND OKLAHOMA.  AND YET OUR HISTORIES WERE NOT ERASED. THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF THANKSGIVING WAS PROCLAIMED IN 1637 BY GOVERNOR WINTHROP. HE DID SO TO CELEBRATE THE SAFE RETURN OF MEN FROM MASSACHUSETTS WHO HAD GONE TO MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MASSACRE OF OVER 700 PEQUOD CHILDREN WOMEN AND MEN IN 1971 SET OF FRANK JAMES AND AQUINNAH WAMPANOAG MAN HAD BEEN INVITED TO ADDRESS THE GATHERING OF DIGNITARIES COMMEMORATING COMMEMORATING THE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.  HE WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE HIS SPEECH IN ADVANCE BUT BECAUSE HIS REMARKS DID NOT FIT THE THANKSGIVING MYTHOLOGY, HE WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD DRAFT A SPEECH FOR HIM. HE REFUSED TO HAVE WORDS PLACED IN HIS MOUTH INSTEAD OF SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF DIGNITARIES IN THE WARMTH OF A BANQUET HALL. HE AND A SMALL GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICANS CAME ARRIVED AT PLYMOUTH COAL HILL, STOOD IN THE COLD AND DECLARED US THANKSGIVING DAY A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING.  AS THE YEARS WENT ON. THERE WERE TWO RAIDS ON THE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS AT AT PLYMOUTH AT COAL HILL AND THEY EVENTUALLY SETTLED WITH THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH TO BE ABLE TO HOLD A DAY OF MOURNING IN PERPETUITY AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT SETTLEMENT AND THAT PEACE. THEY ALSO PROVIDED FINANCIAL MEANS TO INSTALL TWO PLAQUES ONE ON COAL HILL, ONE IN THE TOWN SQUARE. AND THOSE PLAQUES DESCRIBE THE HISTORIES OF NATIVE PEOPLES FROM THESE SHORES.  SOME WOULD ASK WHAT WE HAVE GAINED BY OBSERVING A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING SINCE 1970. I WOULD SAY THE FACT THAT YOU ARE HERE THAT WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER IS PERHAPS OUR GREATEST GAME. WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM THE FOUR DIRECTIONS WHO HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO TRY TO REEXAMINE THE THANKSGIVING TABLE AND TO EXAMINE OUR HISTORIES AND OUR INTERSECTION REALITIES MORE CLOSELY TODAY AFTER YEARS OF GATHERING AND PROVIDING PUBLIC EDUCATION AROUND OUR TRUE AND COMPLEX HISTORIES. WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE INTERSECTIONAL SUPPORT OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE FROM OUR UNIONS, FROM OUR IMMIGRANTS, FROM OTHER BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS, FROM FOLKS WHO ARE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.  THEY COME TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND TO SHARE IN A SPIRIT OF CAMARADERIE AND A CELEBRATION OF OUR SURVIVAL,  OF THE SURVIVAL OF ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.  AND IN THAT SPIRIT I ASK YOU TODAY TO CONTINUE THE STRIDES THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED TOGETHER AND AS OUR DIVERSE CITY WITH A RICH HISTORY WITH OUR HISTORY THAT DESERVES THE TELLING, WITH FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TODAY WITH AN INDIAN CENTER THAT HAS BEEN HERE TODAY SINCE 1969 AND CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF INDIGENOUS FOLKS THROUGH SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SERVICES FOR THE EXCUSE ME IN IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF FRANK ONE SET OUT JAMES HIS NAME THAT IS NOW FOREVER A PART OF THE EMBRACED STATUE TO SHOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE STORIES OF NATIVE PEOPLES THAT WE HONOR THE ANCESTORS AND HONOR THE LIVES OF THOSE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD NOT EXCUSE ME HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE ENABLED US TO GROW AS A SOCIETY HAVE ENABLED OUR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES. THESE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE ENABLED OUR INDUSTRIES, OUR SCIENCES, OUR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENTS, OUR CLOTHING ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THEN AND NOW. SO I THANK YOU AND I URGE YOU TO PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION . I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US UP HERE FOR A PHOTO AND REGGIE IF YOU TO JOIN US. DON'T HIDE IT SHOULD BE SHOWING YOU LOOK AT IT.  DON'T BE AFRAID IF IT'S STEP STEP. THANK YOU.  IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. MEET YOU. HELLO.  THANK YOU.  THANK THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER. AND THANK YOU TO RAQUEL AND REGGIE AND NOW THE WORK THAT YOU DO AT NIGHTCLUB THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER OUR HISTORY AS COMPLICATED AS IT IS THE IMPORTANT TO TELL IMPORTANT TO TELL THE TRUTH. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO COUNCIL ORAL WHO HAS A PRESENTATION FOR A CATTANEO BURKE SO WE'RE OUT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES . GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.  AFTERNOON. TODAY WE GATHER TO HONOR SOMEONE WHOSE JOURNEY REFLECT RESILIENCE PASSION AND DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY. MS.. TANYA BURKE, ALSO KNOWN AS BUTTERCUP FROM AN EARLY AGE CAITLIN WAS ALWAYS ON THE MOVE RUNNING ALMOST AS SOON AS SHE LEARNED TO WALK.  BUT A JOURNEY INTO LONG DISTANCE RUNNING DIDN'T BEGIN UNTIL AGE 40 AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HER TENACITY.  CATIE QUICKLY ROSE TO BECOME A CO AMBASSADOR FOR BLACK GIRLS RUN BGR IT ORGANIZED AND HAS BROUGHT COUNTLESS WOMEN INTO THE EMBRACE OF HEALTHY ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. THROUGH BGR CATIE INSPIRES WOMEN TO PRIORITIZE TO HELP MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE IN 2020. TANYA HAD THE HONOR OF BEING SELECTED AS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE BOSTON MARATHON HONORARY TEAM. HER HISTORIC MOMENT FOR BOTH ITALIA AND THE BOSTON MARATHON AS SHE JOINED THE FIRST HONORé TEAM IN THE RACE'S RICH HISTORY. SINCE THEN HER JOURNEY HAS TAKEN HER TO INCREDIBLE HEIGHTS. JUST THIS MARCH SHE COMPLETED HER ABIT WORLDS MAJOR IN TOKYO. YES, PROUDLY CROSSING THE FINISH LINE OF HER SIX WORLD MARATHON MAJOR. THAT'S THE BIG SIX MARATHONS TOKYO, BERLIN, LONDON, CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND OF COURSE THE BEST OF ALL BOSTON. IT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT ONLY A DEDICATED FEW CAN CLAIM AND CATIE STANDS AMONG THEM. BEYOND RUNNING CATIE, HIS LIFE IS MARKED BY HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT. BY DAY YOU CAN FIND HER BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A BIG RIG NAVIGATING A 53 FOOT TRACTOR TRAILER FOR FEDEX AT LOGAN AIRPORT. AND I KNOW DAD IS VERY PROUD OF THAT.  SHE IS ONE OF THE LESS THAN HALF OF 1% OF BLACK FEMALE DRIVERS. THAT'S NATIONALLY.  BLAZING TRAILS IN AN INDUSTRY THAT SELDOM SEES WOMEN OF COLOR IN THIS ROLE SHE DEDICATES MORE THAN 50 HOURS EACH EACH WEEK TO THIS WORK SHOWING JUST HOW FAR DETERMINATION EXTENDS BEYOND THE RACE COURSE. CAITLIN IS ALSO A DEVOTED VOLUNTEER CHAMP. SHE'S INVOLVED WITH YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS LIKE GIRLS ON THE RUN AND SOUL TRAIN ASPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION TO CHASE THEIR DREAMS WITH VIGOR AND DISCIPLINE. HER VOLUNTEER PRESENCE WITH THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND BLACK UNICORN MARATHON IS FURTHER UNDERSCORES A DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY AND TO UPLIFTING OTHERS.  IN 2022 SHE RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS MY AIRCRAFT MVP AWARD RECOGNIZING HER INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AS A VOLUNTEER AND SERVICE GOES FAR BEYOND EXPECTATION LEAVING AN UNDENIABLE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OTHERS.  WE'RE NOT RUNNING WORK, WORKING OR VOLUNTEERING KATANNING KATANGA DEDICATES HERSELF TO FAMILY SERVING AS A LOVING MOTHER TO HER ADULT SON AND A HEALTH PROXY FOR 84 YEAR OLD FATHER. HER STRENGTH AS A SINGLE PARENT AND CAREGIVER IS AMONG TESTAMENT FOR A SELFLESS SPIRIT TODAY.  WE HONOR CAITLIN BUTTERCUP BURKE, A WOMAN WHO HAS NOT ONLY ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN HER OWN LIFE BUT IS ALSO CREATE A PATH FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU. CATANIA FOR YOUR JOURNEY IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT MAKES BOSTON GREAT.  NOW WE'D LIKE TO NOW PRESENT THE CITATION TO HER. PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE TIME.  I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM OVERWHELMED.  OF THE PARENTS OF MY FAMILY FRIENDS I JUST COMPLETED THIS PAST WEEKEND MY 11TH MARATHON IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.  AND AS COUNCIL SAID I COMPLETED MY ABIT WILL MAJORS IN TOKYO IN MARCH AND THIS PAST WEEK GAVE ME MY THIRD MARATHON FOR 2024. I'M SUPER GRATEFUL.  OH MY GOODNESS I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START BUT JUST TO SUM IT UP HE SAID A WHOLE LOT THERE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BLACK GIRLS FROM BOSTON, WE ARE AN AMAZING WOMAN . WE'RE A GROUP RUNNING GROUP WHERE THEY ASSIST A HOOD THAT YOU EVERYONE WOULD DREAM OF . IT'S MORE THAN BEYOND PAVEMENT . WE ARE ON AND OFF THE PAVEMENT. YOU CAN FIND US EVERY WHERE. BETWEEN VOLUNTEERING AND RUNNING AND WE'RE SETTING UP OUR NEXT REINCARNATION. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. WHEN I MET COUNCILOR WORRELL WE WERE AT A COMMUNITY EVENT AND I WAS JUST LIKE, WELL, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? GIVE ME A NUMBER AND HE GAVE ME HIS NUMBER AND HE HAS COME THROUGH SO MANY TIMES.  SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, GRATEFUL FOR THE ONES WHO STAYED BEHIND US. I AM AMAZED BY THAT. THE IMPACT THAT THE BOSS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HAS JUST POURED INTO US CONTINUOUSLY.  BLACK UNICORNS IS NO SHORT CHANGE.  THEY'RE RIGHT THERE WITH US AND WE'RE PARTNERS. THERE'S NO ONE IN FRONT OF ANYONE. WE WALK SIDE BY SIDE, HAND IN HAND AND BLACK GIRLS FROM BOSTON, MY COMMUNITY AND BUTTERCUP.  WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU.  AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING HISTORY FOR 2024 FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A WORLD WHAT AM MY PERSONAL BANNERS? I WAS A BANNER GIRL FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON FOR 2024 AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT COSMO WORLD WITH ONE OF MY PERSONAL BANNERS.  NOW LET'S BACK ABOUT YOUR 1 MILLION THAT'S GOING TO GO ALL RIGHT. THANK.  AND IF WE GET IT BY GETTING HIS TRIBE UP THE TICKET PICTURE WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL HE DID. YOU CAN GIVE YOUR PHONES TO THE STAFF FOR YOU TO SEE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS LONG AS OH WOW. HERE WE GO.  TWO THINGS THAT ARE ON THE CREDIT CARD HERE WITH YOU.  YEAH, I LOVE THAT YOU DON'T CONCERN YOURSELF AND YOU APPRECIATE IT MOST OF THE YEAR. ALL RIGHT. DOES EVERYONE IN THAT IS MY DAD GOT IT. CAN YOU SEE EVERYONE?  AWESOME.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH.  I'M SO GLAD FOR MY TEAM OVER THERE. SO SO GET YOU A I HAVE LITERALLY ONE THAT LIKE YOU TELL ME . YEAH, YOU YOU THAT ARE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN YEAH I ALL THAT THE RADIO I YEAH YEAH IT'S LIKE OKAY I I DON'T KNOW AND WE ALWAYS THE THAT WE HAD THREE FAMILIES AND THAT'S A FAMILY YEAH AND THESE ARE MY I GUESS I COULD ALL MY 1617 IS GETTING WITH YOU YOU KNOW ALL THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL ORAL AND CONGRATULATIONS TO TONYA ON ALL OF YOUR INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS I THINK YOU'VE BEEN INSPIRED A FEW OF US TO BE RUNNERS UP.  WE'RE IN A BRIEF RECESS SO WE ARE NOW BACK FROM THAT BRIEF RECESS AND WE ARE NOW ON TO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER SIX, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY THAT YEAH.  COUNSELOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN YOUR NAVAL.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M STILL WAITING FROM SOME 17 F MATERIAL THAT I ALREADY FILED ON ELEVATORS THAT ARE RUNDOWN THROUGHOUT THE VA SYSTEM.  BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY DID SEND THE SENT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE A COMPLETE LIST APPARENTLY OF OF THIS INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THAT LIST BEFORE THE UPCOMING MEETING MADAM PRESIDENT THAT WE'RE HAVING ON THIS ISSUE. SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK IF I'M ABLE TO GET THE COMPLETE LIST THAT VHA ALREADY SENT OVER IF I CAN GET THAT BEFORE THE DAY MEETING.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT OR CHANGE REQUESTED FOR LAST WEEK'S MINUTES KNOW I YEP. YES, BUT IT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE MINUTES FROM LAST WEEK SO OKAY BUT I'M HAPPY TO IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT RESPONDING IN FULL TO YOUR REQUEST I'M HAPPY TO HELP TO TRY TO GET ANSWERS BUT YOUR COMMENT IS NOT AS WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE SUGGESTED CHANGE TO THE MINUTES OF LAST WEEK'S MEETING.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET, MADAM CHAIR, I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING YOUR ASSISTANCE SO I CAN GET THE COMPLETE DOCUMENT FROM THE VHA IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BEFORE THE MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. I AM 100% WILLING TO HELP YOU GET THOSE ANSWERS.  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1672 BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON IS NOW WITH US? YES, THANK YOU. SO WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HERE ON TO THE MAYOR MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ NUMBER 167 TO TALK NUMBER 167 TO MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $15,904,976.56 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE EDA GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TECHNICAL TRAINING, PROJECT PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE IN REGIONS EXPERIENCING ADVERSE ECONOMIC CHANGES. THANK YOU.  DOCKET NUMBER 1672 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1673 DOCKET NUMBER 1673 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $11,952,986 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASSED TO THE MAX EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS THE GRANVILLE FUND ENHANCEMENT OF REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND CAPABILITIES IN DESIGNATED HIGH THREAT HIGH DENSITY AREAS.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1673 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1674 DOG NUMBER 1674A MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $4,460,897 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 LEAD PAINT HAZARDOUS REDUCTION GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND ABATEMENT INSPECTION RISK ASSESSMENT TEMPORARY RELOCATION AND INTERIM CONTROL OF LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS AND ELIGIBLE PRIVATELY OWNED SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE OCCUPIED BY LOW INCOME FAMILIES. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1674 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.  OH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COMES OF BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.  THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE BETTERMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND GIVEN THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET TO EXPEDITE ITS USE FOR THIS IMPORTANT PURPOSE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR BREADON. THIS IS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GRANT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GRANT IN A COMMITTEE HEARING MEETING.  SO CULTURE FLYNN ARE YOU OBJECTED THAT YOU ARE OBJECTING COUNCILOR FLYNN IS OBJECTING TO THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AND THEREFORE THIS IS GOING TO BE SENT TO COMMITTEE. THAT'S FINE YEAH I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS IN MY COMMITTEE SOMETIME IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1675 AND 1676 TOGETHER STRIKE NUMBER 1675 MESSAGE IN KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $2,305,847 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPARED READINESS GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASSED TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.  THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS TO MANAGE CATASTROPHIC INCIDENTS INCLUDING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND THEIR IMPACT CAN HAVE A1676 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT OF THE SECURING THE CITY'S CONTINUATION OF GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND CONTINUED ENHANCEMENTS FOR REGIONAL CAPABILITIES TO DETECT, IDENTIFY, REPORT AND INTERDICT NUCLEAR AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OUT OF REGULAR TORY CONTROL AND PROVIDE REGIONAL TRAINING AND EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY TO ENHANCE REGIONAL CAPABILITIES.  THANK YOU. DOCKETS NUMBER 1675 AND 1676 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1677 DOCKET NUMBER 1677 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $925,000 FOR CEMETERY RE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO BE FUNDED FROM THE CEMETERY TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 13 OF THE ACTS OF 1961. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1677 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK.  DOCKET NUMBER 1678 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1678 16791679 APOLOGIES DR. NUMBER 1679 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $305,600 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 LOCAL CULTURAL COUNCIL PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE GRANT WILL FUND INNOVATIVE ARTS, HUMANITIES AND INTERPRETIVE SCIENCES PROGRAMING THAT WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1679 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1680 AND 1681 TOGETHER TALKING NEVER 1680 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $110,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 DAMAGE CALL RESPONSE GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND TWO FULL FULL TIME RECOVERY COACHES THROUGH BEST IN PROVIDE TRAINING TO OFFICERS IN DOG NUMBER 1681 MELISSA GENNARO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 TMH TRAINING GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TO REIMBURSE OVERTIME COSTS TO BACKFILL CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH TRAININGS FOR OFFICERS. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1680 AND 1681 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 1682 AND 1683 TOGETHER DUNCAN OVER 1682. MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET EARMARKED FOR THE HIGH PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.  THE GRANT WILL FUND EXCURSIONS AND CULTURAL TRIPS FOR THE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND DUNCAN NUMBER 1683 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET EARMARK AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MINT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE SENIOR PROGRAM AT THE ROACH COMMUNITY CENTER AND WILL PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SOCIAL EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO MEET THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M JUST RISING TO ASK THAT WE COULD SUSPEND AND PASS THEIR BOTH SMALL GRANTS 50,000 EACH FOR TWO COMMUNITY CENTERS AND MANY OF THESE EVENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED.  SO I'M HOPING WE COULD PASS THESE SORTS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MURPHY SEEKS SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER WELL, FIRST TO DOCKET NUMBER 1682 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUSPENDING PASS FOR DOCKET NUMBER 168 TUESDAY I I ALL OPPOSE SAME DAY COUNCIL DURKAN ARE YOU OBJECTING TO A SUSPENSION IN PASS YES OKAY SO DOCKET NUMBER 1682 WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE COUNCILOR MURPHY'S EXTENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 16883 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 1683 HAS PASSED MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1684 COUNT OH ONE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES BECAUSE OF THE PEN BECAUSE OF ANY OTHER FLOOR PLAN OF INQUIRY. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS DOESN'T PASS THIS YEAR? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HYPER COMMUNITY CENTER THAT ALREADY HAD SOME TRIPS AND EXCURSIONS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR? SO WHEN DOCKET NUMBER 1683 HAS PASSED AND DOCKET NUMBER 1682 WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ACTION.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL DIRK. IN TERMS OF DIRECTING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. DO YOU SEE THE POINT I'M MAKING IT ALL OF THESE GRANTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AT THE END OF THE GREEN SHEETS YOU CAN PULL THIS OR RECONSIDERATION PULL IT FOR RECONSIDERATION BUT THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT'S GOING ON WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE CAN PULL THINGS FROM FROM AND CERTAIN PEOPLE CAN GET THINGS PASS AND OTHERS HAVE OBJECTIONS.  YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY, I'M SPEAKING TO ALL RIGHT. CONSIDER IF YOU COULD COUNCIL DIRECTOR AND IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE DIRECT ANY COMMENTS TO ME THROUGH THE CHAIR AND NOT DIRECTLY TO A COUNCILOR THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO SPEAK THROUGH ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. YES, AND I'M FINE THAT SOMEONE OBJECTED BUT I DID THINK WITH THE SMALL AMOUNT AND KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE MONEY WAS GOING TOWARDS THAT THERE WAS NOT NEED FOR COMMITTEE HEARING BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS ONE I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO HOLD IT SO THINK THANK YOU. IT'S NOT I THINK THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1684 DICH NUMBER 1684 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT EXPENSE AND IN-KIND DONATION OF A TRAILER AND STAGE VALUED AT $7,500 DONATED TO THE FUND FOR BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD INC.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL MAYOR'S ENCHANTED TROLLEY TOUR STOPPING IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON EACH DECEMBER TO BRING JOY TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.  THANK YOU MR. CLERK. MANY OF US KNOW ABOUT THIS ENCHANTED TROLLEY TOUR AND MANY OF US RIDE ON IT. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF SUPPORT FOR THE ENCHANTED TOUR SO I'M SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THE DOCKET NUMBER 1684 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET NUMBER 1684 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1685 DUCK NUMBER 1685 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN IN-KIND DONATION OF 200 TURKEYS VALUED AT $4,190 DONATED BY ROACH BROTHERS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO PROVIDE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING TO FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU TURKEYS KNOW THANKSGIVING IS NEXT WEEK AND SO THESE ARE IMPORTANT ONE OF THE BIG RICH BROTHERS FOR THEIR DONATION AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1685 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAD THE FLOOR. I WAS GOING TO JUST RISE FOR THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE KNOWING THINKING IT WAS GOING TO GO INTO MY COMMITTEE. SO I AM ALSO ASKING THAT WE SEEK SUSPENSION PASS OF THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SEEKING SUCH SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. MS. COUNSELOR MURPHY'S EXTENSION OF PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1685 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR KARP, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1686 DUCK NUMBER 1686 MESSAGE IN HONOR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN IN-KIND DONATION OF 100 TURKEYS VALUED AT $2,095 DONATED BY TD GARDEN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO PROVIDE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING TO FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. OKAY. THANK YOU.  THIS IS THE SAME AS THE PAST ONE. THANK YOU TO TD GARDEN. WE'RE SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE ON THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1686 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1687168891689 TOGETHER DOCKET NUMBER 1687 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM HENRY SHIPS AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 9TH, 2029 DOCKET NUMBER 1688 MESSAGE NINE FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SAMANTHA REAMER AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 2029 AND DOCK NUMBER 1689 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JANET FIGARO AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 27TH 2029 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 168731689 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 1690311705 DARK AND OVER 1690 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RYAN WOODS AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING TOBLER 2620 26 SO I CAN HAVE A1691 MESSAGE YOU KNOW FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL NICHOLS AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 1ST, 2027 TUCKER NUMBER 169 TO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SMITH THANASIS AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATE OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TALKING ABOUT 1693 MESSAGE IN ORDER THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SONAM KUMAR HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DUCKIE NUMBER 1694 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SAMAHA AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TALKING NUMBER 1695 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD HENDERSON AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DUCK NUMBER 1696 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LINDSEY MAC CHEESE AS A MEMBER, THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DARCIE NUMBER 1697 MESSAGE IN FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JEFFREY GARNEAU AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DARCIE NUMBER 1698 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LINDA TEMKIN AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DOCKET NUMBER 1699 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIE PAUL AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TALK NUMBER 1700 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF IAN BERGER AS A MEMBER OF THIS STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DUCKIE NUMBER 1701 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CRYSTAL GALVIN AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT DUCKIE NUMBER 1702 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NANCY JOHNSON AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF A MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT I CAN NEVER 1703 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT INTERIOR AND BRAGI SIZER AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE REPORT FOR THE POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL COUNCIL AVIATION DISTRICT DUCKIE NUMBER 1704 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THEY PUT IN DAVID MEYER AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON NOVEMBER 1ST 2026 AND NUMBER 1705 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO DECLARE A SURPLUS A PARCEL OF LAND CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON AND LOCATED AT CODMAN SQUARE PARK UNTIL BUD AVENUE IN DORCHESTER DISTRICT WHAT 17 PARCEL 1704781300 AND SHOWN ON THE PLAN RECORDED AT SUFFOLK COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS OF THE BOOK 2016 PAGE 513 ENTITLED PARCEL CONSOLIDATION PLAN CODMAN SQUARE CODMAN COMMONS BOSTON DORCHESTER, MASS. SEPTEMBER 2016 AND TO TRANSFER THE PARCEL TO THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE CARE CUSTODY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF SAID PARCELS AND DOCKET NUMBERS 1706 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK. I THINK IT'S JUST 2171705. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK DOCKET NUMBER 169031705 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. NOW WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1706 DOCKET NUMBER 1706 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF PETITION NUMBER 27.20 THE DANIEL WORTHINGTON HOUSE 19 ASHLAND STREET BOSTON, MASS. IN EFFECT AFTER DECEMBER 20TH, 2024 IF NOT ACTED UPON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE DANIEL WELLINGTON HOUSE IS AT 19 ASHLAND STREET AND DORCHESTER. I'VE TALKED TO THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD. THIS WAS VOTED ON BY THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 12. THIS THE DANIEL WORTHINGTON HOUSE IS A HISTORICALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING DWELLINGS IN THE HARRISON SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD A NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES LISTED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AS ONE OF THE MOST INTACT AND COHESIVE MID-19TH CENTURY SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS IN DORCHESTER AND ALL OF BOSTON.  THE WAY THEY DIDN'T HOUSE PREDATES ALL OTHER BUILDINGS THE DISTRICT IT SIMULTANEOUSLY SPEAKS TO THE AREA'S 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY HISTORY AS A SPARSELY SETTLED AREA AND ILLUSTRATES THE PROCESS BY WHICH DORCHESTER IS A AGRARIAN . COMMUNITIES WERE TRANSFORMED INTO FASHIONABLE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS DURING THE MID-19TH CENTURY.  IT IS ALSO ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AS A RARE EXAMPLE OF A FEDERAL STYLE BRICK DWELLING IN A DORCHESTER SECTION OF BOSTON AS A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL STYLE.  SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH TO HAVE THIS VOTED ON TODAY WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR WHO I'VE SPOKEN TO PRIOR TO PULLING THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1706. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ON THE POLICY DAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 1706 COUNCILOR BREADON AND YES COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PARTNER . COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES HAMPSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR WHO'S IN YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR WE'VE BEEN COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YEAH. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING NUMBER 1706 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 1706 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WHEN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 170731713 DOCKET NUMBER 1707 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON REGARDING DOCKET NUMBERS 0266 AND 0587 TALKING ABOUT 1708 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SAME ASCENT RECURRING DOCKET NUMBER 1212 DUCK DUCK AND NUMBER 1709 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON REGARDING DOCKETS NUMBERS OF 356 AND 0514 STALKING NUMBER 1710 COMMUNICATION WITH SEE FROM COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY REGARDING A LETTER TO CLARE KELLY, DIRECTOR OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON COUNCIL INVITATIONS TO TESTIFY AND DOCKET NUMBER 1628A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE FINAL REPAIRS NEEDED FOR THE CONDON POOL TO REOPEN DOG NUMBER 1711 COMMUNICATION WAS FREE FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY REGARDING A LETTER SENT TO CITY COUNCIL ON ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN THE APPOINTMENT AND REPLACEMENT PROCESS FOR CITY APPOINTEES AND DOCKET NUMBER 1399 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS FOR THE TERMINATION OF CITY APPOINTEES STALKING NUMBER 171 TO COMMUNICATE COMMENCING FROM THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT OF THE REPORT ENTITLED ENTITLED MAYOR'S OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT QUARTERLY REPORT JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2024 AND DOCKING NUMBER 1713 NOTICE OF RECEIVE FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF OCTOBER 30TH 2020 FOURTH. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU MR CLERK. I SEE COUNCILMAN ANDREW ANDERSON'S LIGHT IS ON. I WILL CALL ON YOU.  TYPICALLY WE DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION ON COMMUNICATIONS I WOULD BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY WITH THE INCREASE OF COMMUNICATION FILINGS BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT VERY, VERY BRIEF. COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I WAS ALSO LIKE WALKING AROUND SO I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE JUST TO RESPECTFULLY THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT MADAM.  MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO RAISE TO EXPRESS TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF YOU DO FIND IT IN YOUR TIME TO READ COMMUNICATIONS THAT I FILED, TYPICALLY WE'LL FILE A HEARING ORDER OR A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDER OF OR SOMETHING.  AND IF WE EITHER MOVE TO COLLABORATION WITH WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OR SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE'VE CREATED FIGURED OUT THAT MAY BE A PROJECT OR A PROGRAM IS A BETTER SOLUTION A WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.  AND SO IN THE COMMUNICATIONS YOU WILL SEE ON VARIOUS DOCKETS THAT ARE EITHER FOUND A RESOLUTION OR IT'S ONGOING WORK THAT I'M DOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE FILINGS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT TO YOU AND SAY THIS IS MY WAY OF PUTTING THAT IN CLOSURE OF COMMUNICATING TO MY CONSTITUENTS TO BOSTON WHAT TRANSPIRED FROM THOSE FILINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  AND THAT WAS ONE MINUTE SO IT REALLY APPRECIATE IT COMES FROM ANDREA EDISON DOCKETS NUMBER 170731713 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 1542 AND 1544 TOGETHER DOCKING NUMBER 154 TO THE CANADIAN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS FIRST REFERRED ON OCTOBER 23RD 2024. DOCKET NUMBER 1542 MESSAGE IN ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,349,531.24 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 SHELTER AND SERVICE PROGRAM COMPETITIVE AS IS P THIS GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASSED TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING THE GRANT WILL FUND THE INCREASE OF CAPACITY TO SHELTER NON CITIZEN MIGRANTS RELEASED RECENTLY RELEASED FROM DHS CUSTODY INCLUDING RENOVATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING FACILITIES SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS AND DOCK NUMBER 154 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED OCTOBER 23RD, 2024 SO CAN OF A1544 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $999,896 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 SHELTER AND SERVICES PROGRAM ALLOCATED GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASSED THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE INCREASE CAPACITY TO SHELTER NON-CITIZEN MIGRANTS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM DHS CUSTODY INCLUDING RENOVATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING FACILITIES SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDED THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILOR BREADON, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE LEWIN REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2020 FOR A SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION THAT DOCKETS 1542 AND 1544 ARE ORDERS AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF TWO FEDERAL GRANTS AWARDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY PASSED THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND TO BE ADMINISTRATED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THE GRANTS ARE FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2024 DHS SHELTER AND SERVICE PROGRAM IN THE COMBINED AMOUNT OF $2,349,427.24.  DOCKET 1542 REPRESENTS THE GRANT AMOUNT AWARDED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS WITH DOCKET NUMBER 1544 IS AN ALLOCATION TO RECIPIENTS DETERMINANT DETERMINED BY FORMULA THE SSP P A THE GRANTS SUPPORT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR SHELTERING NON-CITIZEN MIGRANTS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM DHS CUSTODY. THIS MAY INCLUDE FUNDS FOR RENOVATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING FACILITIES.  THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED DUE TO THE SCHEDULING LIMITATIONS AND ON THE CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR THE COMMITTEE COULD NOT HOLD A HEARING ON THESE DOCKETS BEFORE THE END OF 2020 FOR MUNICIPAL YEAR. IN LIEU OF A PUBLIC HEARING THE CHAIR REQUESTED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT EXPANDING THE GRANT FUNDS. THE CHAIR RECEIVED A MEMORANDUM DATED ON OCTOBER 30TH OF 2024 FROM SHEILA DILLON, CHIEF OF HOUSING AND DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM RULES AND ACCORDING TO THE MEMORANDUM THE SSP FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR ELIGIBLE COSTS INCURRED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2026. CHIEF DILLON REPORTED THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING COORDINATED WITH THE STATE IN A AND IN APPLYING FOR THE SSP AND THE SSP C FUNDING IN APRIL AND JULY OF 2020 FOR RESPECTIVELY. WITH EO LC AS THE PRIMARY APPLICANT AND MORE WHICH AS A SUB GRANTEE THE EO HLC HAS NOTIFIED WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DHS THAT THE SSP AWARD IN JULY OF 24 AND OF THE SPC AWARD IN AUGUST OF 24 AND SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED GRANT AWARDED AWARD LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE MAYOR DATED SEPTEMBER FOURTH OF 2024 FROM THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESS THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED APPROACH APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2023 DIRECTED THAT THE SHELTER AND SERVICES PROGRAM BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FEMA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.  SSP SUPPORTS NONFEDERAL ENTITIES AND PROVIDING SHELTER ,SHELTERING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES TO NONCITIZEN MIGRANTS.  FOLLOWING THE RELEASE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ,THE INTENT IS TO SUPPORT CBP IN THE THE SWIFT, SAFE, ORDERLY AND HUMANE RELEASE OF NON CITIZEN MIGRANTS FOR SHORT TERM FROM SHORT TERM HOLDING FACILITIES.  ACCORDING TO CHIEF DILLON, THE SSP FUNDS TOTALING $2,349,427.24 WOULD BE USED IN TWO MAIN AREAS. $335,183.60. NEARLY 15% OF THE TWO FULL TIME IS FOR TWO FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMERGENCY SHELTER MIGRANT LIAISON SLASH ASSISTANT COORDINATORS AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND $2,014,243.64 65 85% IS TO SUPPORT UP TO 80 EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS FOR RECENT ARRIVALS AT THE BOSTON RESCUE MISSION IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. THE DO THE TWO PUBLIC HEALTH BP IT SEEK POSITIONS PROVIDE INTAKE ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE PLANNING AROUND INCOME MAXIMIZATION AND HOUSING TO RAPIDLY MATCH INDIVIDUALS WITH OPPORTUNITIES BY NAVIGATING THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. THE BP AGENCY STAFF MAY ALSO PROVIDE PERIPHERAL SUPPORT SUCH AS REFERRALS TO HEALTH CARE ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF ESL CLASSES, JOB TRAINING, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION, LEGAL SERVICES, MONEY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS NEEDED. PRM FUNDING WILL SUPPORT SHELTER DIRECT STAFF, DIRECT CARE STAFF, FOOD OPERATIONS,  MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES ONWARD AS LARGE FINAL DESTINATION TRAVEL FOR INHABITANTS IN INHABITANTS AND BATHROOM RENOVATIONS TO MAKE IT SAFE AND SANITARY.  SINCE OCTOBER OF 2020 3BM HAS PROVIDED SHELTER AND BASIC NEEDS TO RECENT ARRIVALS AS WELL AS HOUSING SEARCH AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. WHILE THE START OF THE SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAM SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND SECURED EMPLOYMENT . CHIEF DILLON'S MEMORANDUM FURTHER INFORMED THAT THE CHAIR THAT ONCE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL , THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND WHICH HLC WILL ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS GOVERNING THE USE AND DISTRIBUTION DISBURSEMENT OF THE SSP AND SS P C GRANT FUNDS. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HOUSING WILL ALSO THEN ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH B WITH BP HEAD C REGARDING THE FUNDING FOR BP HEAD C ACTIVITIES AND WILL AMEND THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH THE BOSTON RESCUE MISSION IN COOPERATION TO INCORPORATE AN SSP FUNDING AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.  I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCUMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION. AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE REPORTS. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILOR BREADON INTERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 154251. POINT OF ORDER CONTRA FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A HEARING SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A HEARING ON THIS I MEAN OTHERS SHOULD NOT SPEAK OUT OF TURN BUT WHAT IS THE POINT OF ORDER?  MADAM CHAIR, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A HEARING ON THIS, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS THIS OR WHAT?  TO HAVE A HEARING ON IT NEXT WEEK. YOU CAN I MEAN SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK ON THE MATTER. YOU CAN SPEAK ON THE MATTER BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AND INCLUDING ASKING SHEILA DILLON SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FROM HER MEMO. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COMMENT. I AM PREPARED TO VOTE ON IT. I THINK THE REPORT THAT WAS FILED WITH ALL OF US ON MONDAY AS PART OF THE DOCKET WAS PRETTY IT WAS QUITE COMPREHENSIVE AND SO I'M PREPARED TO VOTE ON IT. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE VOTE ON IT AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR IS ALTERED OR IF THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FURTHER ON THE MATTER BUT SHE HAS PUT FORTH A REQUEST THAT THIS PASSED COMFORTABLY. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ADDITIONAL OR. THE CHAIR AND I JUST COME TO READ IT. I THINK MY MOTION IS THAT THE COUNCIL S ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PUT THIS ISSUE ON TO PASS. I THINK GIVEN THAT WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE END OF THIS LEGISLATURE, THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WE HAVE TRIED GIVEN CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO TRY AND FIND OPENINGS FOR HEARINGS, WE HAVE A VERY TIGHT CALENDAR AND THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS GOING THROUGH THE STATE AND WE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS MOMENT WE HAVE TO TRY AND PASS THIS PASS THIS IN A TIMELY WAY SO THAT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION CAN HIRE THE NECESSARY PEOPLE AND THAT THE BOSTON RESCUE MISSION CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR EXPENSES. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE HER?  SHE'S OPENING THIS BOARD FOR PASSAGE. THANK YOU. WE WILL DO IT. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MR. CLERK. COUNCIL . THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1542. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A1542 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY, YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA.  COUNCIL FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL OVER YES.  IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.  TALKING OF A1542 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER ONE FIVE FOR TWO HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1544. BEFORE WE DO THAT, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT BEFORE A VOTE YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CATCHER FLYNN COMES TO FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I.  I WOULD LIKE MORE FOLLOW UP INFORMATION ON THIS GRANT.  I DO RESPECT THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR HER COMMENTS BUT I DO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO GET THEM IN TIME BUT I DO WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE I VOTE FOR A GRANT THAT'S ALMOST OVER $1,000,000. SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENTS THE INCEPTION OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PART OF DOCKET NUMBER 1544 MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE UNDOCKING NUMBER 1544 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCIL FINANCE AND ASSET COUNCIL FINANCE HANDS AND YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK NUMBER 1544 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1544 HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1619 DUCK NUMBER 1619 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $1,515,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THROUGH SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE ROOF WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL KENNEDY EXCUSE ME KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CHADWICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GARDINER PYLE ACADEMY. LINDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MURPHY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL . EARL COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  MADAM PRESIDENT, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 TO DISCUSS DOCKET 1619. TESTIMONY WAS PROVIDED BY BRIAN MCGLOTHLIN, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT CARLTON JONES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND BRIAN FORD DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WE WE HEARD FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR BREADON AND WE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE MR MCGRATH EXPLAINED THAT MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY ALSO KNOWN AS MSP WHICH FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS THROUGH REIMBURSEMENTS FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT SCHOOLS.  THE PROVINCE DETAILED IN ITS DOCKET ON THE ROOFS FOR PLACEMENT AT THE KENNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NEW DOORS AND WINDOWS AT THE ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GARDINER PUBLIC SCHOOL LINDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MURPHY GATEWAY SCHOOL. I WILL NOW PRESENT THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO THIS DOCKET. CENTER STAFF HAS ALREADY SHARED A COPY OF THIS COMMITTEE REPORT . THE DOCKET IS RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE IN A NEW DRAFT REFLECTED IN CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND THE ADDITION OF STANDARD LANGUAGE PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED AND QUOTE WHICH DEBT AND ISSUED HEREIN HEREUNDER MAY BE INTEREST AVAILABLE RATE AS A COLLECTED TREASURER SELF-SELECT BE REDEEMABLE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER THEREOF AT SUCH PRICE OR PRICES AND UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS AS MAY BE FIXED BY THE COLLECTOR TREASURER WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE THEREOF AND CONTAIN TERMS THAT THE CAUSE INTEREST THEREON TO BE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THIS COULD BE READ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A NEW DRAFT AND IF I PERSONALLY PREFER THAT ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UPON THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1619 IN A NEW DRAFT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED DR. DOCKET NUMBER OH OKAY.  WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL ON THE FIRST READING. SO MR QUICK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE. I CAN HAVE A1619 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE HAS THE POWER COUNCIL AS A BALLOT. YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCIL FINANCE SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR OH YES DUCK NUMBER 1619 HAS RECEIVED 13 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE RECEIVING ITS FIRST READING. THANK YOU DOCKET THE THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED DOCKET NUMBERS 1619 HAS RECEIVED ITS FIRST READING AND WILL BE ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 161321618 AND DOCKET NUMBER 164021641 TOGETHER DUCK NUMBER 1613 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $881,479 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND ME COUNCIL 93 AND AFFILIATE LOCAL 230 CAFETERIA WORKERS DOCKET NUMBER 1614 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $881,479 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COSTS ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND AND OUR CITY COUNCIL 93 AND AFFILIATE LOCAL 230 CAFETERIA WORKERS.  THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS OCTOBER FIRST 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% IN SEPTEMBER 2023, 2024, 2025 AND 2026 WITH AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL WAGE INCREASES OF $500 $250, $900 AND $800 PER EMPLOYEE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 2024, 2025 AND 2026 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON OCTOBER 28TH 2024. I LIKE YOUR NUMBER 1615 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $457,886 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE LUNCH MONITORS ASKED ME COUNCIL 93 TALKING ABOUT 1616 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $457,886 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE LUNCH MONITORS ASK ME COUNCIL 93 THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS SEPTEMBER 1ST 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE STEP CHANGES IN SEPTEMBER 2023 BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% IN SEPTEMBER 2024, 2025 AND 2026 AN INCREASES OF $0.15 $0.60 AND $0.56 TO BE ADDED TO HOURLY WAGES IN SEPTEMBER 2024, 2025 AND 2026 FURTHER THAN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON OCTOBER 28, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 1617 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $40,838 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND SEIU LOCAL 88 COORDINATORS UNION COORDINATORS UNIT DOCKET NUMBER 1618 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,838 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND SEIU LOCAL 888 COORDINATOR'S UNIT THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2024 AND JULY 1ST 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% IN OCTOBER 2023 ,2024, 2025 AND 2026 AND FLAT AMOUNT ADDITIONS OF $500 $250 $900 AND $800 BE ADDED IN JANUARY OF 2024, 2025, 2026 AND 2027 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON OCTOBER 28, 2024 TALKING ABOUT 1640 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $3,806,367 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE SALARIED EMPLOYEES OF NORTH AMERICA. SENIOR STRIKING NUMBER 1641 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENT THE APPROPRIATION FOR VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,806,367 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COSTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE SALARIED EMPLOYEES OF NORTH AMERICA S.A. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS TO THE FIRST 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN OCTOBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND FLAT AMOUNTS OF $500 $250, $900 AND $750 BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR AS WELL AS NEW PREPAID LEGAL BENEFITS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024.  THANK YOU. MR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR RAO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCILOR . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON NOVEMBER 18, 2024 TO DISCUSS DOCKET NUMBER 161331618 AND 164031641. AT THE HEARING WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING JEREMIAH SAND, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS AT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DAVID SUCH AS CHIEF OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT COUNCILOR AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION . RENE BUCCI, DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS IN THE OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS.  JAMES WILLIAMSON DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND MICHELE BOUCHARD, ATTORNEY IN THE OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS AT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WE HEARD FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILMAN V AND COUNCILOR BREADON AND WE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS THAT ABSENT ABSENCE FROM BY CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. AT THE HEARING WE DISCUSSED SPECIFICS OF THE CONTRACTS, THE DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION OF WAGES ACROSS EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SAME UNIT BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO LAUNCH MONITORS THE HYBRID WORK POLICY PROVISION IN THE SENIOR CONTRACT THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THE LONGEVITY BONUS AT FIVE YEARS AND FIVE YEARS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY IN THE BPAS CONTRACT. AVERAGE HOURS WORD BY CAFETERIA WORKERS AND THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT PROVISION IN THE SENIOR CONTRACT.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR ALL AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO MR. CLERK FOR READING ALL THAT THE CHEROKEE NATIVE'S COUNTER FLYNN COMMENTS WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR.  CHAIR WE'RE ALL FOR CONDUCTING THESE HEARINGS. I ATTENDED THESE AND LISTENED CLOSELY TO THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT CERTAINLY I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF OF THESE CONTRACTS. I BELIEVE IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS BUT THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON MOSTLY THESE PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE RECEIVING THIS NEW CONTRACT, THEY'RE RECEIVING BASICALLY A 2% INCREASE IN THEIR SALARY IN THEIR WAGE.  AGAIN, THE LOWEST WAGE THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, MOST OF THEM ARE A GOOD PORTION OF THEM ARE WOMAN . A GOOD PORTION OF THEM WOMAN OF COLOR.  I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN 2% ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES IN NEED THAT DESPERATELY NEED A PAY INCREASE AND WE'RE THE BEST WE CAN DO IS 2%. AGAIN I'M SUPPORTING IT BUT I THINK FOR LOW WAGE WORKERS WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR OUR COLLECTIVE WORK TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOWEST PAID WORKERS ARE PAID MORE. IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO THANK THE ADMIN AND THE UNIONS FOR THEIR WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO GET US HERE. OKAY SO WE WILL TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WHOSE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1613 MR CLERK WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR EACH MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 1613. ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 1613. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON.  YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART YES . COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HAINES AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. ANSWER LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL OF OPINIONS. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR BUT YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 1613 IS RECEIVING UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 163 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1614. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1614 COUNCIL OF READING YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY? YES. CONSIDER.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. YES. COUNCILOR GRIFFIN YES. COUNCIL S.A. YEAH. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. COUNCILOR WORRELL, YES. DUCK IN 1614 AS WE SEE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU TO DOCKET NUMBER 1614 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1615. MR CLERK ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 1615. COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A COUNCIL I FEEL THAT AS A PARTY, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO DESCENDS COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NOT SOMEBODY HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR FOR PEN YES. NOT SO OF OPINIONS. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCILOR WORTHY YES.  AND COUNCILOR YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. LUCKY NUMBER 1615 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1615 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR.  THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1616. MR CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DIE NUMBER 1616 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR . COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT COUNCIL . FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR YES.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES.  COUNCILOR TEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL S.A. AS COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR OH YES. DUCK NUMBER 1616 HAS RECEIVED 13 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SINCE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1617 MR CLERK, WE PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1617 ROLL CALL VOTE AND DOCKET NUMBER 1617. COUNCILOR BERRY YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR KOALA ZAPATA COUNCILOR CALLS THE PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SENTENCE THEN COUNCILOR FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL ME HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCIL PEN COUNCILOR OPINIONS . COUNCILOR RUSSELL SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.  CLERK NUMBER 1617 AS RECEIPT OF A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. AMBASSADOR DOCKET NUMBER 1618 MR. CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1618 COUNCIL BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ HANSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR COUNCIL OF OPINION COUNCIL RIPON YES. COUNCILOR S.A. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL WHATEVER.  YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WORRELL YES TALKING NUMBER 1618 AS WE SEE TO BE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1640. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I AM APOLOGIES, MR. CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE NOT DUCK NUMBER 1640 DUCK. COUNCILOR BRIEF YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER . COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES JAMIESON COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN.  COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR ROLL YES.  LUCKY NUMBER 1640 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKING NUMBER 1640 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE BEFORE AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1641. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  I MEAN MR. CLERK, THIS CONNECTOR ROLL CALL VOTE IS OUR LAST ONE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A1641 COUNCILOR BRIEF YES COUNCIL AGREED AND YES COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPPALA YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A FATHER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SAME AS THAT COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SENTENCE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL OF HAPPINESS COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WHAT THE YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR OH YES.  DUCK NUMBER 1641 IS RECEIVING UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU VERY COMMITTEE PORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1641 IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0645 DUCK NUMBER 0645 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. COUNCILOR ZAPATA. HE HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO THERE WERE TWO WORKING SESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD SINCE WE LAST MET. I'LL COVER THE FIRST ONE AND THEN QUICKLY COVER THE SECOND ONE. SO DURING THE FIRST WORKING SESSION WHICH WAS NOVEMBER 14TH ,2024 AT 2 P.M. FOLKS PRESENT WERE MYSELF, CASIMIRO, COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR WEBER,  COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN. DURING THE HEARING I GAVE A BRIEF OPENING STATEMENT EXPLAINING THAT THE WORKING SESSION WOULD ENCOMPASS A DISCUSSION TO UPDATE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AT HAND. UM I POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY HAD AN OFFICE WITH SIMILAR AUTHORITIES TO THE PROPOSED DIRECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE BEING THE FINANCE COMMISSION AS CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED THE FINANCE COMMISSION IS AN INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG AGENCY CREATED TO MONITOR ANY AND ALL BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE PURPOSE OF THE FIN COMM IS TO ENSURE THE TAXPAYERS,  RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVE AN ADVOCATE FOR ADVOCATE FOR HONEST AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS IN THE CITY.  FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LEAGUE CHAIR AND I WANT TO THANK HER SO MUCH FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER STAFF'S WORK ON THIS AS WELL. THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT INSTEAD OF CREATING AN ENTIRELY NEW OFFICE THE FIN COMM COULD BE BOLSTERED BY EXPANDING ITS CURRENT DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES AND IN IDENTIFYING WHERE THE FIN COMM IS FALLING SHORT DUE TO THE NEED FOR MORE RESOURCES THE CITY CAN ADD ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IT SEEKING. I READ INTO THE RECORD A LETTER FROM JEFFREY SHAPIRO WHO IS THE CURRENT MASSACHUSETTS INSPECTOR GENERAL WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. HE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH THE FIN COMES RESPONSIBILITIES BEING DUPLICATIVE WITH THE PROPOSED DUTIES FOR THE CITY'S INSPECTOR GENERAL AS PROPOSED IN THIS ORDINANCE.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT HAVING TWO UNDERFUNDED AGENCIES IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST. I ALSO INVITED MATT CAHILL WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCE COMMISSION TO JOIN IN ON THE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MATTER. DIRECTOR CAHILL GAVE AN EXPLANATION OF THE FIN COMP OVERSIGHT AND DUTIES WHICH INCLUDES ENDING ALL BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THIS INCOME LOOKS INTO THE CITY CENTERED ISSUES AND PROCESS DRIVEN PROBLEMS WHETHER BY RECOMMENDATION OR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION BASED ON WHAT THE FIN FINDS. THEY REPORT THE FINDINGS TO AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT POLITICAL OR EXCUSE ME ARE NONPOLITICAL. BOSTON RESIDENTS TASKED WITH PRIORITIZING THE ISSUES RAISED AT THE FIN COMM PARTICIPATING COUNCILORS AS CAHILL'S VARIOUS QUESTIONS RELATED TO FIN COMMS CURRENT FRAMEWORK. CAHILL EXPLAINED THAT FIN COMMS ISSUE IS NOT A LACK OF INVESTIGATIVE WORK BUT RATHER THE PROGRESSIVE DWINDLING OF RESOURCES AND FUNDING SINCE THE 1950S. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN FIN KHAN WAS ESTABLISHED THERE WERE NEARLY 18 EMPLOYEES AND NOW THERE ARE ONLY THREE. NEXT I INVITED THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCIL ME HERE TO INTRODUCE DAVID MCCLINTOCK WHO WORKS WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE HIS INCREDIBLE EXPERTISE AND WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION AND FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE IN ORDER TO HAVE A TRULY EFFECTIVE COMMISSION, AN INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE REQUIRES MORE CAPACITY THAN WHERE THE THIN COLUMN CURRENTLY STANDS.  WHICH LED TO A DISCUSSION THAT IT MAY BE MORE PRODUCTIVE TO STRENGTHEN FIN COME SINCE IT ALREADY EXISTS WITHIN THE CITY CHARTER. THE DISCUSSION THEN MOVED TO WORKING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION. WE DISCUSSED SHIFTING FROM THE PROPOSAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO A FORMAL PETITION TO AMEND THE CHARTER AND EXPAND THE PURPOSE OF THIS INCOME. WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF HOLDING ANOTHER WORKING SESSION WHICH WE DID EXPEDITIOUSLY. WE JUST HAD ONE ON TUESDAY WHICH IS THE SECOND WORKING SESSION THAT OUTLINE MEMBERS PRESENT WERE COUNCILOR MCWILLIAMS LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR FLYNN FERNANDEZ ANDERSON WHO WAS A CO-SPONSOR BURTON WEBER WORRELL AND CO-SPONSORING AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.  THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH THE NEW PROPOSAL ON A PETITION AMENDING THE FINANCE COMMISSIONS ENABLING LEGISLATION LINE BY LINE AND MADE SUGGESTIONS AND EDITS INCLUDING A SUGGESTION TO RENAME THE FINANCE COMMISSION THE FINANCE AND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION TO BETTER ENCOMPASS THE SPIRIT OF THE SPONSORS INITIAL ORDINANCE.  DAVID MCCLINTOCK AGAIN WAS PRESENT AND WAS ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT A POTENTIAL ROLE UNDERNEATH THE COMMISSION WHICH IS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. A POINT OF CONTENTION THAT AROSE WAS THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE ROLE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REMAINED INDEPENDENT FROM THE FINANCE AND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. THIS MAY INCLUDE ENSURING THE LEGISLATION DEMONSTRATES A CLEAR PURPOSE FOR THE COMMISSION AND A SEPARATE AND CLEAR PURPOSE FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ROLE. I EXPRESS THE NEED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS IN ANOTHER WORKING SESSION BUT I EXPRESSED A STRONG COMMITMENT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD ONCE THE LEGISLATION IS IN A STRONG PLACE.  AND SO AT THIS TIME I RECOMMEND THAT THIS ORDINANCE REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THEN YOU CAN.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CARTER ZAPATA IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK? THE CHAIR CAN I JUST SAY I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR HER WORK AS WELL AS WELL AS HER STAFF. ELLIE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE IN HELPING US FACILITATE THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE ABELLA AND BEATRIX AND MEGAN OF THE ESSENTIAL STAFF BECAUSE IT'S BEEN UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE REALLY MANAGED TO SHEPHERD THIS WHOLE PROCESS THROUGH FROM AN IDEA TO AN ORDINANCE TO PIVOTING INTO A HOME PETITION. AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN CLARISSA PORTER'S LEADERSHIP AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP TO GET IT TO THE RIGHT PLACE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO PLAY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS ESPECIALLY MAKING ME HAPPY. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND JUST YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT THE SPIRIT IN WHICH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MANIFEST HERE DOES COME TO LIGHT. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GET US THERE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK IG SHAPIRO BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTNERS TO US IN THIS PROCESS SO MUCH SO THAT HE INTRODUCED US TO DAVID WHO OVERSEES THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP REALLY HELPED US UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE MANAGED TO DO IN OTHER SPACES AND PLACES. SO I REALLY JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE AUDITOR DE SCIGLIO SHE HAS ALSO BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WHEREVER WE END UP LANDING I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE THAT THIS MOMENT ESPECIALLY WITH THE DYNAMICS THAT WE ARE ALL OPERATING UNDER THAT WE REALLY START THINKING ABOUT WHAT A TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE.  I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS THAT JUST HERE BUT JUST ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE WAYS TO BUILD TRUST AND RESTORE TRUST IN GOVERNMENT, HAVING AN OFFICE THAT IS INDEPENDENT WILL REALLY GIVE US AT LEAST SOMETHING TO SHOW GOOD FAITH THAT WE ARE HERE TRYING TO DO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS WITHOUT POLITICAL INTEREST. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS THUS FAR AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THOSE WHO ARE HERE WHEN COUNCILOR THOMSON CAMPBELL FIRST INTRODUCED THIS YOU KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THAT GIVEN THE TRAUMATIC LAST YEAR OR SO THAT I'VE HAD IN THIS CHAMBER THAT POLICY WAS NOT DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT I WAS GOING TO BE PURSUING THAT MUCH THIS TERM. BUT GIVEN THE DYNAMICS THAT WE'RE IN, I WAS HAPPY TO PICK UP A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN VETTED IT AND NOW WE'RE HOPEFULLY CARRYING IT TO THE FINISH LINE. SO WHAT I THINK COUNCILOR FLYNN BECAUSE I KNOW I THINK YOU'RE THE LAST YOU WERE THE ONLY YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FROM THE LAST THIS WHOLE NEW WORLD SINCE CAMPBELL FIRST INTRODUCED WE'RE ALL NEW SO YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE LEFT STANDING FROM THAT SEASON ,IF YOU WILL. SO I REALLY DO HOPE THAT YOU HAVE COME TO THIS SIDE AND WILL BE SUPPORTING THE WORK AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.  AND JUST AGAIN THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED THUS FAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING IT TO THE FINISH LINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN AS CONCENTRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO A CHAIR CONNECTED ZAPATA AND ALSO COUNCILOR HERE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.  I KNOW OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR ANDREA CAMPBELL, NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BROUGHT THIS FORWARD IN 2019. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD ROBUST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FIN COMMON AND INSPECTOR GENERALS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PERMUTATIONS THAT WE STRUGGLED WITH LANGUAGE HISTORY AS THAT'S THE NATURE OF MAKING A HOME RULE PETITION. IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE WHERE WE LAND IS A POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT APPROPRIATELY FUNDED FINANCE AND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. THE FIN COME ESTABLISHED IN 1908. IT FUNCTIONED AT THAT TIME BASICALLY AS A AS AN INSPECTOR GENERAL ALMOST FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT WAS WELL-FUNDED AND HAD SUBPOENA POWERS AND FUNCTIONED REALLY WELL AND AND PRODUCED A LONG LINE ALONG AND WE'VE DONE A CATALOG OF ALL THE DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT THEY DID VERY SUBSTANTIAL OR DEEP DIVES INTO THE FUNCTIONING OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND POLICE THAT GOING BACK IT STRUCK ME THAT MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH NOW LIKE POLICE OVERTIME AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH KNOW WERE ISSUES WAY BACK IN 2032 AND 1930 AND 1920S IN THE 1940 AND THE 1950S. SO YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE PERENNIAL ISSUES THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH AS IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND I THINK IN THE PAST THE FIN COMM HAD HAD THE SUPPORT THAT ALLOWED IT TO DO ITS JOB VERY EFFECTIVELY BUT OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 60 YEARS OR SO THERE HAVE BEEN WHITTLED AWAY. THEIR FUNDING HAS BEEN WHITTLED AWAY. THEY HAD A STAFF AT ONE STAGE OF 18 PEOPLE. NOW IT'S DOWN TO THREE AND BASICALLY THAT THAT SYSTEMATIC CUTTING AWAY AT THEIR RESOURCES HAS GREATLY REDUCED THEIR CAPACITY TO FUNCTION AND FULFILL ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE.  SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET INTO THIS TO BE IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT MODERNIZE THE FIN, COME UP AND MAKE SURE IT'S ADEQUATELY RESOURCED. WE DID LOT IN THE LAST BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE SENT TO THE MAYOR WAS TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR SOME MORE MONEY FOR FIN COMM SO THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO THIS JOB. THEY OVERSEE CITY CONTRACTS, THEY PERUSE CONTRACTS, THEY THEY LOOK FOR AREAS OF WASTE OR INAPPROPRIATE PRACTICES IN AND ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND . IT'S REALLY UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THREE PEOPLE COULD DO THAT. BUT A WELL-FUNDED AND EMPOWERED FIN OUTCOME IN THIS NEW ITERATION WHATEVER WE LAND ON I THINK CAN DO THE JOB AS A FINANCE AND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.  SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION.  I THINK A POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIALLY WELL APPROPRIATELY RESOURCED FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMISSION OR WHATEVER WE END UP CALLING IT IS REALLY VITAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0645 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AND WE WILL BE TAKING ONE OUT OF ORDER AND THAT IS DOCKET NUMBER 1723. SO MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1723 DUCK NUMBER ONE 7 TO 3 COUNCIL'S WEAPON LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 28, 2024 AS NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. COUNCIL WHEREBY YOU SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED COUNCIL MEMBER GENSLER THANK YOU.  YOU KNOW, AS WE HEARD EARLIER TODAY, THANKSGIVING HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS AND AS RAQUEL HALSEY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON REMINDS US THE STORY WE'VE BEEN TOLD FOR THINK ABOUT THANKSGIVING IGNORES THE REALITY FOR MILLIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS WHO LIVED IN NORTH AMERICA BEFORE THE EUROPEANS ARRIVED.  THANKSGIVING IS NOT A CELEBRATION FOR ALL.  INSTEAD IT SERVES AS A REMINDER TO NATIVE AMERICANS THAT THEY WERE DECIMATED BY COLONIZATION AND CONTINUED TO SUFFER THE EFFECTS OF THE LANDING AT PLYMOUTH ROCK. AND ITS AFTERMATH. AS A CITY COUNCILOR I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO COLLABORATE WITH NICK IN PURSUING JUSTICE AND EQUITY FOR OUR NATIVE RESIDENTS.  I'M PROUD TO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE DEDICATED TO UPLIFTING NATIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS RESOLUTION IS A GREAT PLACE TO BUILD FROM. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING FURTHER WITH NICK UP AND I COMMEND THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. I HOPE MY FELLOW COUNCILORS WILL JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING ON NOVEMBER 28. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK RAQUEL AND REGGIE FOR BEING HERE AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE SHARE THE FULL TRUTH AND OUR FULL HISTORY. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.  I WANT TO THANK NAICOM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT OUT IN JAMAICA PLAIN DAY IT'S IT'S REALLY A LESSON NOT ONLY IN NATURAL HISTORY BUT REALLY IN LOCAL HISTORY TO TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON WHOSE LAND WE ARE AND THE STRUGGLES AND THE DECIMATION AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY FACED. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD MULTIPLE TRUTHS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN ORACLE.  I WANT TO THANK REGGIE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE JEAN-LUC PETIT MATT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO INFORM US AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH IN OUR HISTORY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUSINS AND ANTHONY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR COUNCILPERSON LOUIJEUNE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION AND INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I'M PROUD I'M PROUD TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AS WE RECOGNIZE NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING IS TRADITION. TRADITION SERVES AS A SOLEMN REMINDER OF THE PROFOUND LOSS OF INDIGENOUS LIVES CULTURES AND LANDS RESULTING FROM CENTURIES OF COLONIZATION AND SYSTEMATIC OPPRESSION.  WE HONOR THE RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE THEIR TRADITIONS, FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN SOCIETY. AND WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO JOIN AND SUPPORT THEIR FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS DIGNITY AND WELL-BEING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOLLOWING BUT ALSO IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE INDIGENOUS OR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.  I THINK THAT OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT HOLOCAUSTS WE AND I OFTEN REFERENCE THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST IN MENTIONING THAT YOU KNOW, THERE THERE ARE STRONG STATEMENT AND NEVER NEVER FORGET AND HOW MUCH WE CAN LEARN FROM FROM THAT. AND I THINK WE DON'T NECESSARILY ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THE RESEARCH OF HOLOCAUST IN THE WORLD AND THE BIGGEST HOLOCAUST. LIKE WE WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT TO BE COMPARED ALL THE HOLOCAUST ARE EVIL AND TERRIBLE. ALL GENOCIDES ARE EVIL AND TERRIBLE. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOLOCAUST, THE NATIVE AMERICAN OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HOLOCAUST HAS BEEN THE BY FAR AT LEAST TO HISTORY IN MY LIFETIME UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS THE WORST HOLOCAUST THAT EXIST IN OUR HISTORY AND I'VE MENTIONED IT HERE 100 MILLION NATIVE AMERICANS OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE IN THE AMERICAS TO BE ANNIHILATED, MURDERED, MASSACRED, DECEASED AND OPPRESSED.  AND I REMEMBER A COLLEAGUE ABOUT A YEAR AGO GETTING UP AND SECOND GUESSING OR DOUBTING THE NUMBERS. SO I IMPLORE ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE THOSE LISTENING HOME IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK UP THE HISTORY TO DO YOUR RESEARCH, TO UNDERSTAND NATURALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COUNTRY IS COLONIZED AND THEN TAKEN AND OF COURSE APARTHEID AND THEN A HOLOCAUST TAKES PLACE IN A COUNTRY LIKE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND I THINK THE MORE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WE CAN BE WITH THAT FACT THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOME HEALING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT NOW A MELTING POT. NOW HERE A COUNTRY WHERE WE'VE COME TOGETHER WHITE EUROPEAN KIDS AND BLACK AFRICANS AND ASIANS AND PEOPLE OF ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE NOW CONSTRUCTED AND BUILT THIS COUNTRY AND PUT TOGETHER WHETHER BY CHOICE OR SOME OF US OR SOME OF I WOULD SAY BLACK AMERICANS FORCED INTO THIS COUNTRY AND THEN THEIR ANCESTORS OR NOW THEIR THEIR PEOPLE BEING HERE OR WHITES IMMIGRANTS THAT THEN CAME AFTER THEIR THE COLONIZERS WERE HERE. EITHER WAY WE NOW ARE HERE WHETHER IMMIGRANT WHETHER CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANT THIS IS NOT NOT NATIVELY IT DOES NOT BELONG TO WHITE EUROPEANS, DOES NOT BELONG TO AFRICAN PEOPLE IT DOES NOT BELONG TO. I WOULD SAY ASIAN ALTHOUGH THE LINEAGE IS ARGUABLY FROM ASIA. EITHER WAY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAS A COLONIZED LAND AND THEN A NATION BUILT OF AMAZING PEOPLE AND THEN IMMIGRANTS.  SO I THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER FOR FILING.  I STAND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY TO ALL MY BROTHERS AS INDIGENOUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND HOPEFULLY ONWARD WITH THE TRUTH AND HEALING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS BREADON ZAPATA FITZGERALD MEJIA . FLYNN. MURPHY PITT. BEN COUNSELORS. WEBER, LOUIJEUNE AND SANTANA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1723 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY DIES HAVE IT. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DOCKET NUMBER 1723 COUNCILOR BREADON YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A COUNCILOR AS A YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA STANCE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL OFFICE JO YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL OF OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA AND YES COUNCILOR WEBER.  COUNCILOR COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING NUMBER 1723 AS WE SEE 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKER NUMBER 1714 LUCKY NUMBER 1714 COUNCILORS FERNANDA SANTOS AND AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF LGA Q PLUS ADVANCEMENT THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND KEVIN FERNANDO UNISON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I APOLOGIZE.  I'M OFFERING THIS OFF THIS ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF LGBTQ. I TWO PLUS ADVANCEMENT OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE RATHER APOLOGIES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ IA2 PLUS AN ADVANCEMENT AND ALSO ASKING FOR A SMALL ACCOMMODATION TO JUST TO UPDATE THE ACTUAL NAME. I MADE A MISTAKE IN FILING SO I LIKE TO ASK IF IT'S OKAY THAT SHANE PASSES A NEW COPY. UM OKAY.  MOTIONS ARE OKAY MADAM CHAIR. SO AS YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE IF I CAN HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I THINK GUYS HAVE IT. SHANE IS CURRENTLY PASSING OUT THE SUBSTITUTE AND SUBSTITUTION. THANK YOU, SHANE CATHERINE INJURIES AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MEAN CAROL SAID TELL NO LIES AND CLAIM NO IS IT EASY VICTORIES ANYTHING WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE HYPOCRISY WE SHOULD WE SHOULD STAND TALL AND FIRM ON THE FACE OF ADVERSITY AND WE SHOULD SPEAK THE TRUTH ESPECIALLY NOW IN THE TEMPERATURES OR THE CLIMATE THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARD 2025. I ASK ALL OF MY PEOPLES, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND OTHER OF THE LGBTQ I TO PLUS COMMUNITY TO STAND FIRM AND BE STRONG IN YOUR IDENTITY, BE BOLD IN WHO YOU ARE AND HAVE NO FEAR THAT YOU HAVE AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR ANY DISCRIMINATION OR FASCISM IN ON ON ANYONE'S BEHALF. SO I USUALLY TALK ABOUT MY UNCLE AND TODAY I PROUDLY STAND HERE BEFORE YOU. I HAVE NO FOOTING ON CLAIMING THAT I, YOU KNOW, ARE A BLACK IMMIGRANT MUSLIM AMERICAN HAVE ANY RIGHTS OVER ANYONE WHO IS OF THE IDENTITY OF LGBTQ I TWO PLUS IDENTITY MORE THAN TO STAND HERE AND FILE THIS THING I AM DOING IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN IT BECAUSE MY HEART IS WITH IT BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT TO ME THAT MY UNCLE A GAY BLACK MAN SACRIFICED HIS LIFE HIS ENTIRE LIFE AT 15 TO WORK AT MAYBE LIKE A SMALL LITTLE CORNER STORE IN CAPE VERDE WHERE YOU GET PAID LIKE MONTHLY TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY TO THEN LATER FOR ME TO FIND OUT THAT HE ATTEMPTED THREE SO THREE SUICIDES AND THEN TO FINALLY MOVE TO THE NETHERLANDS AND COME OUT TO THE FAMILY WE SAY IN ISLAM ALHAMDULILLAH THAT WE HIS FAMILY ACCEPTED HIM WITH OPEN HEART. OF COURSE I LOCKED MYSELF UP IN A ROOM FOR A WHOLE WEEK BECAUSE I COULDN'T STAND THE IDEA THAT HE HAD HE HE HE COULDN'T OR HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO SHARE THIS WITH THESE RIGHTS THAT I AM TRYING TO CLARIFY IN THIS OFFICE AND THE MAYOR HAS LED US TO THIS POINT AND I HAVE I HAVE WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME TOGETHER TO AN ACCORD TO FIND THE LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO FILE IT. AND SO IF HAD MY UNCLE HAD THESE RIGHTS OR HAD MY UNCLE FELT LIKE HIS FAMILY WAS NOT GOING TO COME OUT AND PROSECUTE PERSECUTION, HE I THINK WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD A HEALTHIER LIFE BEFORE HE WAS KILLED AT 50 BY A DRUNK DRIVER.  AND SO FOR ME IT MEANS A LOT AND AGAIN TO MY BROTHERS SISTERS AND THOSE WHO IDENTIFY HERE IN THE COUNCIL MY SINCERE APOLOGIES I MEAN NO DISRESPECT IN FILING THIS IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME AS YES AS A MUSLIM WOMAN . YES. AS AN AFRICAN IMMIGRANT WOMAN. YES. AS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE STEREOTYPE TO BE OPPOSITE OF AN ALLY I STAND HERE TO SAY THAT I STAND FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EVERY RIGHT FOR THE THIS THE LGBTQ ARE A TWO PLUS COMMUNITY TO HAVE THEIR DIGNITY AND THEIR RIGHTS BE MET HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HOPEFULLY TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THOSE WHO IDENTIFY WITH THIS COMMUNITY.  AND SO I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND EMPLOYMENT AND BLAH BLAH BLAH AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BIT TOKENIZING OR PATRONIZING. I DO NOT WANT TO GO INTO THAT. YOU KNOW EVERYBODY DESERVES THESE RIGHTS. YOU KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T COST IT DOESN'T HARM ANYONE ONE AND TO THOSE TO THE FAR RIGHT THAT YOUR WIFE YOU'RE WATCHING I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW DEAL WITH SOME SORT OF PAST CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. I DON'T KNOW LIKE JUST STOP IT . IT'S NOT HARMFUL TO BE INCLUSIVE. IT DOESN'T HURT TO THE MEDIA.  PLEASE DON'T TRY TO CRUCIFY ME FOR GETTING UP AND MAKE A STORY OUT OF THIS. I'M JUST A HUMAN BEING TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE'S FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. SO LET'S JUST ALL LIKE FACE OUR ISSUES, OUR BIASES, BE HONEST AND MAKE ROOM FOR PEOPLE'S RIGHTS. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING THAT WHEN YOU FEEL THAT FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE COMPROMISED AND YOU FEEL THREATENED AND YOU CAN'T FACE YOUR OWN FEARS AND YOU HAVE TO BE DISCRIMINATORY TOWARD SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE I DON'T IF MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE PLEASE LOOK WITHIN AND JUST AND MAKE ROOM FOR OTHERS. MAKE ROOM FOR OTHERS TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY. I LOVE YOU TO MY TO THIS TO MY LGBTQ I PLUS TWO PLUS S PLUS COMMUNITY I'M VERY IMPASSIONED WITH THIS THAT WITH THIS CHANGE THAT THE OFFICE HAVE MADE I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE OFFICE AND ITS LEADERSHIP AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE HERE IN SUPPORT TODAY. I DID WANT TO PASS FULL TRANSPARENCY I WANTED TO CALL IT TODAY AND SAY VOTE ON IT TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO VOTE ON IT. I KNOW NO ONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE LANGUAGE HERE TODAY.  I CAN NAME EVERY SINGLE I CAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT. I KNOW THAT. BUT IT WOULD BE EXEMPLARY OF GOOD GOVERNMENT IF WE MOVED IT TO COMMITTEE. SO BY THE GOOD GRACES AND AND COURTESY OF YOURS TRULY, MADAM CHAIR, COLETTA HAS MADE ROOM FOR A HEARING SO WE WILL BE HOLDING A HEARING.  I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO FREE UP THAT DAY BUT MADAM CHAIR IS GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND I DID. MADAM PRESIDENT, I FORGOT TO SAY IF WE CAN SUSPEND THE RULE AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR AN INGENIOUS AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS IN SUPPORT AND WE KNOW WHAT SUBSTANTIVE ORDINANCE IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A HEARING. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.  COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON SEEKS TO ADD OH, I'M JUST ADDING AND THEN BECAUSE I'M HERE AND TO BE A COUNCILOR FOR INNOCENT EXPANSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR ADDING ME A FUNNY THING HAPPENED EARLIER THIS SUMMER. WE HAD GOTTEN WIND THAT THERE YOU KNOW WITH THE POLITICAL CLIMATE AND THE ATTACKS THAT WERE BEING IMPOSED ON OUR LOVED ONES WE TOOK PEN TO PAPER AND STARTED WORKING ON SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR AND QUICKLY LEARNED THAT COUNCILOR ANDERSON HAD BEEN IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WORKING ALONGSIDE THE OFFICE AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU KNOW WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS REPRESENTED IS WHAT'S THE BEST.  THE GOOD THING IS IS THAT PEOPLE STEP TO THE SIDE AND LET OTHERS LEAD. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR ELLISON FOR ALLOWING ME TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU TO GET IT TO THE FINISH LINE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE. I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE WITH COUNCILOR ANDERSON TO OFFER THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF IT AND IN THESE TIMES WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF OUR BELOVED IT LGBTQ PLUS LET ME ADD SOME MORE THINGS JUST IN CASE ARE THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING IT'S LGBT.  Q I HATE TO ASK PLUS JUST IN THAT YARBOROUGH TO GET THAT RIGHT I JUST WANTED TO JUST JUST OFFER OUR SUPPORT.  MANY OF OUR LOVED ONES ARE NOT FEELING SAFE OR SUPPORT IT NOW MORE THAN EVER IT IS IMPORTANT FOR BOSTON TO REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT AND INCLUSION AND EQUITY BECAUSE ANYONE CAN BE IN A POSITION OF POWER AT ANY MOMENT IN TIME AND SAY WE DON'T NEED THIS. BUT WHEN YOU CODIFY SOMETHING INTO LAW IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IS THE BOSS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS WILL ALWAYS EXIST TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND I'M SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT HAPPENING.  I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF BUT I'M JUST SPEAKING IT INTO EXISTENCE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THESE MOMENTS ARE CALLING FOR ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'RE WITNESSING TROUBLING TRENDS HARMFUL AND LITIGATION TARGETING OUR LGBTQ PLUS HOLD UP. Q I. TO PLUS OKAY GOT TO KEEP SAYING IT UNTIL WE GET IT RIGHT INDIVIDUALS RISING VIOLENCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PERSISTENT EFFORTS TO ROLL BACK HARD WON RIGHTS. THESE ACTIONS UNDERMINE THE SAFETY, THE DIGNITY AND HUMANITY OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES. THIS ORDINANCE TO FORMALLY ESTABLISH THE OFFICE IS MORE THAN JUST A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.  IT'S A STRUCTURAL COMMITMENT TO ENSURING SAFETY RECOGNITION AND AN EQUAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES OF EVERY RESIDENT HERE IN BOSTON. IT'S ABOUT INSTITUTIONALIZING OUR VALUES AND CREATING SPACE WHERE OUR LOVED ONES AND INDIVIDUALS CAN FIND DEDICATED SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY AT A TIME WHEN SO MUCH FEELS UNCERTAIN AND DIVISIVE. BOSTON MUST CONTINUE TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE WITH COURAGE BY IN THIS OFFICE WE ARE AFFIRMING OUR VALUES TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE. AND I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICK . I HAVE A MEMBER OF MY TEAM IN OUR OFFICE WHO IS TRANS AND WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION FOLLOWING THE ELECTION. I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO A MISCONCEPTION OF WHAT THIS MOMENT IS REALLY CALLING FOR AND ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.  THERE'S STILL SO MUCH WORK TO DO IN THIS SPACE.  AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALLY SUPER MINDFUL OF THE TONE AND THE CLIMATE THAT OUR LITTLE ONES ARE BEING EXPOSED TO OR NOT IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE IS A CLIMATE RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN THE CLASSROOM AND WHEN I HEAR THAT IT IS LIKE YOU ARE RAISING PEOPLE'S IDENTITY AND DIGNITY. AND SO PUSHING ON THAT WHOLE NARRATIVE, CODIFYING THIS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AFFIRMING THAT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PIECE OF LEGISLATION. IT IS A POLITICAL ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY STAND UP AND PUT LITERALLY LIKE THEY SAY, OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. HOWEVER, MONEY WHERE OUR REAL AMERICANS SAY BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE TIMES AND SO MANY FOLKS WANT TO QUIVER WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP FOR THE TIMES THEY DO SIT DOWN. SO CONGRATULATIONS, COUNSELOR ANDERSON, FOR BRINGING IT THIS FAR AND I HOPE TO CULTURE COLOR IS A PART OF THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY DATES LINED UP SO I'M NOT THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO STOP YOU ALL FROM MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA CASTILLO SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AMIHERE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ORDINANCE AND FOR INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  PAULSEN HAS LONG LED THE WAY IN ADVANCING LGBTQ.  I HATE TO ASK PLUS RIGHTS BUT THE FIGHT FOR TRUE EQUALITY CONTINUES.  LGBTQ LIED TO US PLUS RESIDENTS IN BOSTON STILL FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES INCLUDING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, HEALTH DISPARITIES AND BARRIERS AND BARRIERS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES. WITH THE RISE OF LEGISLATIVE ATTACKS TARGETING TRANSGENDER AND OTHER LGBT COUPLES INDIVIDUALS AT NATIONWIDE AND LIKELY MORE TO COME, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR BOSTON TO STAND FIRM IN PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. ESTABLISHING THIS OFFICE IS A VITAL STEP TOWARDS ENSURING OUR LGBTQ EIGHT TO US VOICES ARE HEARD AND THEIR NEEDS ARE PRIORITIZED ACROSS ALL CITY PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND INITIATIVES.  TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE BOSTON A CITY WHERE EVERYONE NO MATTER THEIR IDENTITY FEELS SAFE,  SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED AND THEY JUST REALLY WANT TO THINK AGAIN.  COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TO TO THE WORK AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER.  CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS FOR CREATING SUCH AN AMAZING SPACE TO CODIFY SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT EXIST IN THE CITY THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PLACE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE TIMES THAT WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPTS THEM, LOVES THEM AND AND WE CREATING SPACE EVERY DAY FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO NOT ONLY COEXIST BUT TO BE CELEBRATED AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO I THINK I HEARD A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE CHAIR OF MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON'S INTEREST IN MOVING THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THOUGH IT SOUNDED LIKE SHE FELT LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A HEARING. I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I'M PREPARED TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY AND I THINK I THINK IT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT TO MAKE GIVEN THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR, THROUGH YOU. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING IT UP. I'M ABSOLUTELY IN SUPPORT OF IT IF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL COMFORTABLE HOLDING THE DISCUSSION HERE ON THE FLOOR WITH MADAM CHAIRS PERMISSION SINCE THEY WOULD GO TO HER COMMITTEE. BUT YEAH I LEAVE IT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE STATEMENTS OR DISCUSS IT ON THE FLOOR IF IF YOU ARE OKAY STATEMENTS OR DISCUSS IT ON THE FLOOR IF IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT MATTER. MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS WHETHER IT'S SUSPENDING PAST OR WHETHER IT SENT A COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING JUST FOR ORDINANCES SO THAT FOLKS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SUBSTANTIVE ORDINANCES REGARDLESS OF THAT, I'M PREPARED TO VOTE YES ON THIS OBVIOUSLY. BUT AS A MATTER OF PROCESS, DO WE HAVE HEARINGS ON ORDINANCES AND IS THAT THAT IS OUR BEST PRACTICE HERE AS A BODY TO HAVE A HEARING ON ORDINANCES EVEN THOUGH I AM IN FULL SUPPORT? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PARTNER. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I DO APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I THINK I HAVE REVIEWED THE CONTENTS OF THE PROPOSAL AND I SUBSTANTIVELY SUBSTANTIVELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I THINK YOU KNOW, I HAD FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MOTION TO SUSPEND AND PASS AND THERE IS A COMMON I WANT TO SAY COURTESY BUT THAT MAY BE TAKEN AS PEJORATIVE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT. BUT THERE IS A COMMON COURTESY TO ALLOW OUR COLLEAGUES TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL AND ASK QUESTIONS NOT JUST FROM THE SPONSOR BUT OTHER FOLKS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF PEOPLE WANT TO IF THEY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM MOVING OR MOVING THIS TO SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE I'M FINE WITH THAT. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT FOLKS ARE THINKING HERE. I WANT TO BE SURE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. I WOULD HATE TO SUSPEND AND PASS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ON AND SO IF WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION NOW IF FOLKS DO HAVE OBJECTIONS OF MOVING THIS FORWARD, LET'S HEAR THEM. LET'S TALK THROUGH THEM. LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.  I AM ALSO READY TO SAY YES TO THIS BECAUSE OF THE CONTENTS AND I THINK THAT IT'S FINE AND YOU KNOW, WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. SO I'M LEAVING IT OPEN FOR FOLKS. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS, PLEASE STATE THEM NOW UNLESS OR IF YOU DON'T THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE. THANK YOU. AND SIMILARLY I ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND FEEL COMFORTABLE ON VOTING AND BUT YOU KNOW, JUST AS A MATTER OF HOW WE MOVE AS A BODY SUSPENSION AND PASS ON SUBSTANTIVE ORDINANCES IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE AS A PRACTICE. BUT I UNDERSTAND IN THIS VERY MOMENT WHY IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DOUBLE DOWN AND SHOW WHO WE'RE SHOWING UP FOR WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY 1,000% AND THESE ARE DANGEROUS TIMES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, THOSE WHO ARE IN UNIVERSITIES, THOSE WHO ARE ADVANCING SCIENCE EVERYONE.  SO I UNDERSTAND THE DOUBLING DOWN IN THE IMPORTANCE.  I'M PREPARED TO VOTE IF FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON IT BUT I JUST DO WANT TO STATE THAT IN THERE WHEN THERE ARE IN THE FUTURE SUBSTANTIVE ORDINANCES OR HORMONAL PETITIONS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A HEARING ON IT, WE SHOULD.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR . THANK YOU CHAIR THROUGH YOU TO THE CHAIR. WHAT I HEARD IS THAT WE WILL FIND A TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THIS SESSION SO WE WILL SOON BE TALKING ABOUT IT AND IN MY HEART I BELIEVE THIS PIECE OF PAPER IS NOT GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT I DOUBLE DOWN AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S IN NEED.  SO I DO THINK IN GOOD GOVERNANCE AND IT'S IN NO WAY SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS OUR HELP RIGHT NOW BUT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS BODY DOESN'T GET IN THE HABIT BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT WHAT IF THE NEXT ONE COMES THROUGH? AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CHAIR STICKS TO THE PROCESS AND THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WE'RE HOLDING HEARINGS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO I KNOW THE COMMITTEES HERE RIGHT NOW LIKE WE CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DEPARTMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS IN THIS TYPE OF FORUM. WE CAN'T ASK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO COME OVER AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE CAN ONLY SPEAK RIGHT NOW SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN JUST AND WE LIKE WE DID FOR THE HOME RULE PETITION WE HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING AND I KNOW IF ALL OF US ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS WE CAN HOLD THREE, FOUR OR FIVE COUNCIL HEARINGS A DAY. THERE IS A PRACTICE THAT WE ONLY DO TWO BUT KNOWING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS WE WANT TO FINISH BEFORE THIS TERM ENDS, I THINK ALL OF US AGREE THAT WE WILL FIND THE TIME AND MYSELF I KNOW I'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLOOR BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD A HEARING. SO THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ALL REALLY WERE VOTING ON WHAT WE KNEW WE WERE DOING.  THANK YOU. AND JUST TO THE JUST TO THE POINT ABOUT HOLDING MULTIPLE HEARINGS MORE THAN TWO OR THREE IN A DAY, I WAS JUST I'VE BEEN TALKING ALL WEEK WITH CENTRAL STAFF THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK ABOUT TIME ON THE CALENDAR. IT IS TIGHT AND IT'S ALSO REALLY DIFFICULT FOR CENTRAL STAFF TO HOLD MULTIPLE MORE THAN TWO HEARINGS. IT'S POSSIBLE BUT YOU KNOW EVEN THREE SOME TIMES IS PUSHING IT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR CENTRAL STAFF, ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO AND ALSO REALIZE THAT WE DO HIT LIMITATIONS. SO I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR AN END ANDERSON AND THEN IF YOU WOULD. YES, COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON GET THE FLOOR.  LOVE TO LOVE YOU, BABY. OH, YEAH. SORRY . MADAM PRESIDENT.  YEAH. SO OF COURSE THAT'S THAT'S ENOUGH. THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. MOVE TO COMMITTEE AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT WASN'T UP TO THE CHAIR NECESSARILY BECAUSE THE CHAIR NEVER PROPOSED TO MOVE TO A VOTE. IT WAS TO FILER ESSENTIALLY WHO SAID DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE AND THEN ENCOURAGED BY A COLLEAGUE. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH THE CHAIR NEVER PROPOSE TO MOVE TO A VOTE TODAY SHE WAS TRYING TO SET GOOD PRECEDENCE TO MOVE TO A HEARING AND IN FACT HAS OFFERED TO CANCEL ONE OF HER HOLD SOMETHING THAT SHE COULD PRIORITIZE THIS FOR AND THAT'S ALL THANK YOU IF WE CAN MOVE TO COMING UP. YEAH AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE BEGINNING AND YOU SAW IN THE BEGINNING FOR IT TO BE SENT TO COMMITTEE SO THANK YOU THE JARGON AS IT COMES TO MURPHY BECAUSE WE REPRESENT THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR THE INNOCENT IS IT AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID WHEN I STARTED YOU DID START BY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A HEARING AND THAT THE CHAIR HAS FOUND TIME. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING. I VALUE CENTRAL STAFF LIKE ALL OF US AND DON'T WANT ANYONE TO WORK MORE THAN THEY NEED TO. I KNOW THEY WORK VERY HARD AND MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS A LATE FILE AT THE END OF THIS MEETING TO EXTEND ANOTHER WEEK BECAUSE MAYBE THE 11TH ISN'T THE BEST DAY FOR US TO END THE SESSION.  MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ENDING ON THE 18TH IF THERE'S A LOT OF OUTSTANDING BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO GET TO AND I THINK AS THE 11TH IS EARLY TO END, I MEAN WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE END. SO IF GOING FORWARD TODAY AND AT OUR NEXT MEETING IF THERE'S OUTSTANDING HEARING WORD IS THAT WE REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE NOT BLOCKING ANY IMPORTANT WORK AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. AND ALSO FOR COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE ARE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE PERHAPS THAT WE FOR A GOOD REASON WANT TO MOVE ON PRIOR TO THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. BUT THERE ARE THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW YEAR FOR US TO HOLD HEARINGS AS WELL AS LONG AS WE FILE A MATTER THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BEGINNING OF 2025 FOR US TO HAVE HEARINGS. SO I DO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE PRESSURE ON THE THE CALENDAR BUT ALSO WE CAN HOLD HEARINGS IN THE NEW YEAR AS WELL.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. JUST JUST GOING TO CLARIFY FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE EXISTING DOCKETS ON THE CALENDAR WITHIN MY COMMITTEE THE WORD WAS NOT CANCEL. IT WAS MORE SO TO FIND TIME AND MAXIMIZE AND SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THEIR THEIR DOCKETS HEARD. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BUT WE WILL BE SURE TO LIKE I SAID, MAXIMIZE OUR TIME. THANK YOU EVERYONE.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR ME HERE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON AND REFER THIS DOCKET TO COMMITTEE BECAUSE FOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DAVID.  OH, OKAY. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION JUST SO THAT I CAN HONESTLY I ALWAYS LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW THOSE WHO FOLLOW US APPRECIATE ALL THE TRANSLATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DO HERE BUT SO THAT I'M CLEAR THE CALENDAR HAS ALREADY BEEN SET FOR THIS YEAR, CORRECT? COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT MADAM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING THE EXTENDING THE CALENDAR SITUATION BUT I JUST WANT TO LIKE I KNOW THAT WAS PROPOSED BUT ISN'T LIKE I NEED TO I JUST WANT TO LIKE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS, RIGHT? YES, THE PROCESS IS THAT THE CALENDAR IS SET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THE LAST MEETING ON THE CALENDAR IS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11. AND IS THAT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY CITY BECAUSE FOR MY LAST FEW YEARS ON THIS COUNCIL IT'S ALWAYS BEEN I BELIEVE LIKE THE SECOND OR THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. SO A SECOND RIGHT SO IS THERE IS IT THAT IS THAT A CHARTER SITUATION IT'S NOT A CHARTER IT'S JUST IN DETERMINING WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS GOING TO BE FOR THE YEAR. SO IT'S USUALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF WHOEVER THE PRESIDENT IS. YES.  IT'S NOT IN LAW THAT THE SECOND NO WEDNESDAY OF THE DECEMBER NO WHEN THE CLERK IS ALSO SAYING OKAY, NO, I JUST YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS AND IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS I WANT THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A PROCESS IN WHICH WE GO ABOUT CHANGING THINGS. WE JUST CAN'T JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING.  BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND SOMETIMES THERE IS A PROCESS IN WHICH WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT AND YOU'RE THE BOSS AND YOU DICTATE WHEN WE START THE YEAR AND WHEN WE END. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THINK AGAIN CENTRAL STAFF THAT HELPS ME AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR MICHEL HELPS IN SETTING THE CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON COMPANY AGENDAS AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN A FEW TIMES. I WILL ALLOW YOU TO YOU KNOW, FOR A VERY, VERY SHORT COMMENT OR FOR THIS TO COMMITTEE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE AGENDA.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  MY DEAR COLLEAGUES, YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO NOT GO ON VACATIONS ON TWO OR THREE VACATION WHATEVER VACATION YOU WENT TO IN THE SUMMER AND HOLD YOUR HEARINGS. IN FACT, THERE ARE THINGS IN MY COMMITTEE THAT ARE STILL NOT HELD AND NO ONE'S CONTACTED ME . WELL, SOME HAS TO BE PEOPLE SO TO HOLD HEARINGS. SO YEAH, DON'T LET'S NOT GET INTO EXTENDING ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS BUT I LOVE CHRISTMAS FOOD AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.  I WILL BE TOTALLY AGAINST EXTENDING IT. WE I WAS HERE THROUGH THE SUMMER HOLDING HEARINGS. WE WERE ALL AND WE GET VERY, VERY BUSY.  YOU GUYS GET VERY BUSY AND I KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE IS OVERWHELMING AND LET'S BE LET'S BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S BEEN A VERY HEAVY, HEAVY YEAR. SOME OF THE FILINGS IS REACTIONARY TO MITIGATING HARM AND SO WE FILE THINGS AND WE FILE THINGS AND WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY, BUSY YEAR IN COMPARISON RIGHT OUR FIRST TERM. SO LET'S JUST BE A LITTLE GRACIOUS TO TO OURSELVES AND TO EACH OTHER. EXTENDING IT I THINK IS A BAD IDEA BUT MOTION TO MOVE TO COMMITTEE THANK THANK YOU. THIS OKAY.  OKAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THIS VIBRANT DISCUSSION. I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU ALL FOR A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR OWN COUNCILOR IS GREAT IN THE FIRST OUTCOMES LIKE HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR THE TREMENDOUS TRUTH THAT YOU LIVE IN AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY AND HOW YOU SHEPHERD SO MUCH OF THIS WORK ON THE COUNCIL . SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THANK YOU. WHO WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET?  MR QUICK PLEASED COUNCILORS BREADON COLLETTE ZAPATA DURKIN AND FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY, PEP BEN WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1714 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1715 DOKKEN NUMBER 1715 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF TAX CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR OUTCOMES ARE ORAL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THIS IS THE ANNUAL HEARING ON THE HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION IN THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TAX SHIFT AND THIS IS A HEARING THAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO YEAH, IF ANYONE WANTS TO RESCHEDULE THE HEARING PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN FITZGERALD HANDS UP Y'ALL VONAGE ANDERSON MARIA MURPHY THAT BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE GET THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1715 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1716 DUCK NUMBER 1716 COUNCIL OF OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE LUNG CANCER RATES AMONG THE BLACK VETERANS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN CAROL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, LUNG CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES ACCOUNTING FOR 20% OF ALL DEATHS. THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOUND THAT VETERANS HAVE A 25 TO 76 HIGHER PERCENT RISK OF LUNG CANCER . AN ESTIMATED 900 VETERANS REMAIN AT RISK DUE TO AGE AND OTHER AGE RELATED ISSUES INCLUDING MILITARY SERVICE,  AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS EXPOSURE RATES THE HIGHEST RATE OF LUNG CANCER WHILE BOSTON'S BLACK POPULATION HAS A LOWER INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATION. THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS 11% LOWER THAN THAT OF WHITE AMERICANS.  EARLY TESTING IS CRITICAL FOR LUNG CANCER DESPITE IMPROVED SCREENING METHODS FOR LUNG CANCER AND ADVANCES IN TREATMENT, THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE REMAINS LOW AT 27% FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AND 7% FOR SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AS WELL.  THE REASON I BRING THIS UP I WAS AT THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN JAMAICA PLAIN A WHILE BACK AND TALKING TO A VETERAN IT WAS TELLING ME THAT HE'S GOING IN FOR TREATMENT FOR FOR LUNG CANCER . THIS WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN VIETNAM VETERAN.  HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME THE IMPACT IT HAD ON HIM, THE IMPACT IT HAD ON HIS FAMILY AS WELL. HE'S THANKFUL FOR THE VA BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS HAVE A HUGE PERCENTAGE INCREASE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.  I BELIEVE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS FACE IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ISSUE ON LUNG CANCER . I AM FILING THIS HEARING SO THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTS AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OUR BOSTON VA, OUR VETERAN NON-PROFITS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS TO RAISE AWARENESS, FACILITATE EARLY DETECTION TREATMENT, PROVIDE BETTER CARE WITH AN APPROACH THAT IS TAILORED TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISPARITIES AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS HAVE EARNED OUR RESPECT. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANYTHING. THESE ARE BENEFITS THAT THEY FOUGHT FOR AND DIED FOR AND HAVING A HEARING ON THIS SUBJECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT IS APPROPRIATE AND I DO WANT TO BRING IN THE NECESSARY AND PROFESSIONAL VA MEDICAL TEAM SO THAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE IMPACT BUT ALSO TO INVITE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WELL.  ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING ON THESE ISSUES HEALTH DISPARITIES ACROSS OUR CITY BUT ALSO HEALTH DISPARITIES IMPACTING VETERANS IS ALSO A CRITICAL ISSUE. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND LEAD SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT MATTER TO THE FLOOR.  I WANT TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT TO COUNCILOR FLYNN'S PROPOSED HEARING ON THIS ALARMING LUNG CANCER RACE AMONG BLACK VETERANS. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT HAS LONG BEEN OVERLOOKED AND DEEPLY IMPACTS OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN OUR MILITARY BRANCHES. THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST ABOUT HEALTH IT'S A MATTER OF JUSTICE. BLACK VETERANS HAVE BEEN DISADVANTAGED IN MANY WAYS AND THEIR SACRIFICES FOR OUR COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE MET WITH INDIFFERENCE OR SILENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR HEALTH NEEDS. THESE VETERANS HAVE BEEN DENIED IN TIME TIMELY CARE THEY DESERVE. SO I FULLY STAND BEHIND COUNCILOR FLYNN'S INITIATIVE AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE ACTION.  HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN FINDING OR DISCUSSING RESOLUTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR FOR INTERVENTION. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS HEARING ORDER. I WANT TO PICK UP THE WORK THAT SO MANY OF OUR BLACK VETERANS LIKE HAYWOOD FOR NOW DO WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD. THEIR NAME IS A PIECE THAT CONCERNS BRAYDEN DURKAN FERNANDA ANDERSON MEJIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS 1716 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS,  MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1717 DUCK NUMBER 1717 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ELDER SCAMMING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE I CONTINUE, MAY I ADD CITY COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDEZ INNOCENT AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON 1716 PLEASE. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD WE PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO DOCKET NUMBER 1716? THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MAY I ADD, COUNCILOR , I'M HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR IN 1717 PLACE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR, I'M FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TODAY TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OF ELDER SCAMMING ALSO KNOWN AS ELDER FRAUD IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A COMMUNITY ALERT FOR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS ABOUT AN INCREASED RISK OF HOME IMPROVEMENT FRAUD. BPD REPORTED THAT BOSTON RESIDENTS HAVE PAID TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR MASONRY DRIVEWAY PAVING CHIMNEY BASEMENT ROOF AND FENCE REPAIR ONLY TO BE LEFT WITH WORSE DAMAGE OR LITTLE TO NO IMPROVEMENT. SOME SEE SENIORS WERE MANIPULATED INTO PAYING FOR DECEITFUL HOME REPAIRS WORK THAT IS UPWARDS OF $20000 TO $30000 ACCORDING TO THE FBI. MILLIONS OF OUR SENIORS FALL VICTIM TO SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL FRAUD EVERY YEAR $3 BILLION IN LOSSES THIS INCLUDES ROMANCE, LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES, SCAM SCAMS AND HOME REPAIR BANKING INSURANCE UTILITIES, HOME SALES CRIMINALS MAY COMMUNICATE WITH OUR SENIORS DIRECTLY ONLINE OVER THE PHONE, THROUGH THE MAIL, DOOR TO DOOR OR INDIRECTLY TO THE TV AND RADIO.  THEY EMPLOY PREDATORY SALES TECHNIQUES TO GAIN THE TARGET'S TRUST BEFORE MISLEADING THEM.  OUR SENIORS ARE USUALLY TARGETED AS THEY TEND TO HAVE FINANCIAL SAVINGS ON A HOME. THEY HAVE GOOD CREDIT WHICH MAKES THEM ATTRACTIVE TO SCAMMERS. THEY ALSO TEND TO BE MORE TRUSTING OR HAVE BEEN IN SOCIAL ISOLATION.  OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS ARE ALSO TARGETED DUE TO LANGUAGE BARRIERS. OUR SENIORS HAVE THE RIGHT TO AGE IN PLACE AND FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME AND COMMUNITIES BUT WITHOUT THIS TERRIBLE INJUSTICE IT'S CRITICAL WE RAISE AWARENESS AND HELP OUR SENIORS RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A FRAUD. LAST WEEK I WAS INVITED TO THE TO CHINATOWN THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION AND BOSTON POLICE HAD A WORKSHOP SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ASIAN COMMUNITY ABOUT SCAMS IMPACTING THE ELDERLY BUT ALSO IMPACTING THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE USING ISSUES RELATING TO IMMIGRATION TO SCAM THE ELDERLY, TO SCAM OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS.  IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE WORKSHOP. I WANT TO SAY THANK IT TO THE STRONG COMMISSIONER. WE ALSO HAD SOMEONE FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE THAT WAS THERE THAT SPOKE OUT LAST NIGHT.  I WAS AT A WITH COUNCIL MURPHY I WAS AT A COMPSTAT ABOUT CRIME STATS AND IN SIX WHICH IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON. BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF INCREASE IN CRIME THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE CITY IMPACTING ELDERLY AND SCAMMING ELDERLY. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WORK WITH AGE STRONG, WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT IN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SO WE CAN RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THESE SCAMS AND TO EDUCATE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT TO SAY, WHAT TO OBSERVE WHEN THEY ARE CONTACT CONTACTED BY BY SOMEONE OFTEN TIMES AND I KNOW SOME I KNOW A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE DO WATCH THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM BUT OFTENTIMES THE SCAMMER WOULD KNOW YOUR NAME AND KNOW YOUR FAMILY'S NAME GRANDCHILD'S NAME AND THEY WOULD SAY THAT YOUR GRANDCHILD WAS JUST IN AN ACCIDENT AND NEEDS $5,000 IMMEDIATELY AND YOU CAN HELP YOUR GRANDCHILD BY SENDING $5,000 TO THIS ACCOUNT NUMBER AND THE GRANDPARENT WILL SEND THE MONEY. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, TO EDUCATE OUR SENIORS AND TO ENSURE THAT THIS HELP IS RESOURCES.  AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THESE SCAMMERS BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EDUCATE EVERYBODY SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN AGE WITH DIGNITY AND WITHOUT BEING A VICTIM OF THIS.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE IN THE AUDIENCE WE'VE HEARD A FEW CELL PHONES TODAY SO JUST PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE SO THAT IT'S NOT DISRUPTIVE TO THE FLOOR OF THE MEETING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FROM HERE COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YOU JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR INCLUDING ME . MY MOM IS 75 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT YET THAT'S CONSIDERED AN ELDER AND YOU KNOW I AND LUCKILY SHE LIVES NEXT DOOR SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN SHE'S RECEIVED CALLS AND SHE DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH THAT WELL . SO I'VE HAD TO INTERCEPT AND TAKE THE CALLS AND THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS TRYING TO SCAM MY MOTHER AND THERE WAS ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN YOU SEE OTHER YOU GET YOU HEAR FROM OTHER CONSTITUENTS WHERE THEY PICK UP THE CALL AND ACTUALLY EVEN PROVIDED THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO FOLKS. SO I THINK HAVING A HEARING ON THIS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THE CITY AND STRONG CAN DO BUT ALSO WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND NOT JUST THE THE BP. I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION, SOME OF OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY CITY AGENCY TO REALLY BE ENGAGED IN HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR ELDERS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING THE HEARING.  I ALWAYS SAY THAT BOSTON IS RESOURCE RICH BUT COORDINATION PORT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I BELIEVE GIVES US A PATHWAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW OUR OFFICES ALL OFFICES CAN REALLY HELP SUPPORT KEEPING OUR ELDERS SAFE FROM SCAMMERS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR BREADON IN PENNSYLVANIA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.  I WE HEAR ABOUT THESE SCAMS ALMOST EVERY WEEK.  WE HEARD ABOUT AN ELDER IN BRIGHTON WHO HAD A $70,000 TAKEN FROM HER BANK ACCOUNT THROUGH A CHECK WASHING SCAM ROOF REPAIRS. I HEARD OF ANOTHER ELDER WHO HAD SOMEONE APPROACH HER AND SHE LIVED ON HER OWN. SHE DIDN'T HAVE A NEARBY FRIEND OR SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE WITH HER WHEN SHE WAS HAVING THIS CONVERSATION SOMEBODY TURNED UP AT THE DOOR AND SAID YOU NEED A NEW ROOF. SHE KNEW SHE NEEDS A NEW ROOF.  HE SAYS I CAN DO IT FOR $34,000 . AND THEN SHE MENTIONED IT TO A FAMILY FRIEND AND THIS IS HANG ON A MINUTE THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT LIKE I KNOW I KNOW A GOOD REFEREE GIVE YOU ANOTHER QUOTE. SO SHE GOT ANOTHER QUOTE. THE OTHER GUY THE OTHER QUOTE WAS $17,000 HALF THE PRICE.  AND IF SHE HADN'T IF THAT FAMILY MEMBER HADN'T SAID TO HER HANG ON A MINUTE, LET'S GET ANOTHER QUOTE SHE WOULD HAVE FORKED OUT $34,000 AND NO GUARANTEE ON THE OUTCOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD JOB OR NOT. I HEARD OF ANOTHER ELDER WHO HAD A LEAKING PIPE UNDER HER SINK. SHE ASKED A PLUMBER TO COME IN AND LOOK AT IT. I DON'T KNOW LIKE I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE PLUMBERS BUT THIS WAS A SCAM. THE PLUMBER CAME IN AND HE TOOK OUT ALL THE COPPER PIPING WHICH IS VERY VALUABLE AND REPLACED IT WITH PLASTIC PIPING AND CHARGED HER AN ARM AND LEG FOR THE JOB. SO NOT ONLY WAS SHE ROBBED FORGET THE JOB SHE WAS ROBBED TWICE AND THIS IS THE SORT OF ACTIVITY THAT WENT UNSCRUPULOUS AND PEOPLE DECIDE TO PREY ON OUR ELDERS WHO ARE VULNERABLE. THESE ARE THE SORT OF INCIDENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND IT'S REALLY HARD ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AN ELDER LIVING ON YOUR OWN PERHAPS WITH YOU ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID YOU'RE MORE SOCIALLY ISOLATED. YOU MAY NOT BE AS COGNITIVE FULLY SHARP AS YOU WERE 20 YEARS AGO BUT THERE HAVE BEEN PREYED ON BY VERY UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE ROBBING THEM, ABUSING THEM AND TAKING ADVANTAGE. SO THANK YOU CONSTANTLY AND THE CUSTOMER HERE FOR THIS HEARING. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO A REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION THIS ONE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHALLENGES CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS. COUNCILOR SANTANA AND I WENT ON A BUSINESS WALK IN MISSION HILL AND WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW SCAMS ARE EVEN REACHING LOCAL BUSINESSES CALLING INTO MAIN LINES AND SAYING YOU KNOW,  THERE IS A VENDOR CALLING AND THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, X, Y, Z INFORMATION. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, HOW MUCH I'VE HEARD ABOUT PIG BUTCHERING SCAMS WHICH ARE THE REGULAR TEXTS THAT YOU GET THAT ARE LIKE HI, HELLO, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?  WHICH OFTEN LEAD TO A SCAM THAT LEADS TO MONEY. I KNOW FROM A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS THEY'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THAT SEEM VERY PROFESSIONAL AND END UP BEING YOU KNOW, JUST THE TINIEST BIT OF INFORMATION THEY MAY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF YOUR INFORMATION IN AND ALL THEY NEED IS YOUR BIRTH DATE. SO THEY'LL ASK FOR ONE BIT OF INFORMATION AND THAT UNLOCKS YOUR WHOLE BANK ACCOUNT.  SO I JUST TO MY CONSTITUENTS PLEASE BE AWARE WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S IT'S NOT JUST ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING SCAMMED. IT'S EVERYONE. SO I REALLY RECOMMEND IF SOMEONE IS ASKING YOU FOR INFORMATION HANG UP AND CALL YOUR BANK YOURSELF AND SEE IF MOST BUSINESS LIKE THAT REQUEST INFORMATION IT DOESN'T CALL YOU YOU CALL THEM. SO THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND COUNCILOR FERNANDO SANDERSON. I THINK THIS WILL BE A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILMAN ME HERE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD LAST NIGHT AT THE COMMUNITY COMPSTAT MEETING THE BRICK HAD SOME VERY ALARMING DATA ON THE INCREASE OF SENIOR SCAMMING NOT JUST IN C-6 BUT ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY. SO IT'S A TIMELY CONVERSATION AND THE SAD THING FOR ME IS THAT MANY TIMES IN NOT JUST SENIORS BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SCAMMED THEY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT. THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO LET THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR SPOUSES OR YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILY KNOW.  SO THEY OFTEN GOES ON REPORTED BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT IT HAPPENED. SO HOWEVER WE CAN WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENT SO I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED WE'LL HAVE A STRONG AND MAYBE THE BOSTON POLICE COULD BE HERE ALSO WITH US TO DISCUSS HOW CAN WE SUPPORT AND WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN WHAT DO WE DO TO HELP THEM BECOME WHOLE AGAIN. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR OUR SENIORS.  THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FOR THIS FILING I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME.  OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE TOO OFTEN SCAMMED AND I WANT TO ALSO SHOUT OUT OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREA CAMPBELL WHO STARTED AN ELDER JUSTICE UNIT THAT I THINK IS GOING AFTER ALL OF THIS PREDATOR TAUGHT PREDATOR FREE ACTION THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAVE REFERENCED THAT REALLY PREY ON OUR ELDERS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION.  SO IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO WOULD YOU LET US KNOW? OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS BRAEDEN COLETTE ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD MURPHY SANTANA WEBER FERNANDA INNOCENT WORLD PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1717 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1718? DUNCAN NUMBER 1718 COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE PLACEMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THIS COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  ON ELECTION DAY THIS YEAR BALLOT SHORTAGES WERE REPORTED ACROSS MULTIPLE PRISONS IN BOSTON. WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE MOST RECENT CITY COUNCIL HEARING. SEVERAL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FILED A HEARING ORDER ON IT.  THESE PRECINCTS WERE INCLUDING WEST ROXBURY HIGH PARK, ROSLINDALE, DORCHESTER, JAMAICA PLAIN, MATTAPAN I BELIEVE THE SOUTH END RESIDENTS WERE FORCED TO WAIT IN LINE OR WERE ASKED TO RETURN AT A LATER TIME TO VOTE AT THE CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH END WHERE I VISITED WITH MY WIFE KRISTEN AROUND 5:00 530 TO THANK THE POLL WORKERS THEY RAN OUT OF ENGLISH ONLY BALLOTS ALTHOUGH ENGLISH WAS ALSO INCLUDED ON THE CHINESE BALLOTS AS WELL.  MANY POLL WORKERS REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY CALLED THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE SHORTAGES THEY WERE UNABLE TO REACH THE CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT. THIS CAUSED UNNECESSARY DELAYS LONG WAIT TIMES FOR RESIDENTS EVEN PHONE CALLS PLACED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT HERE IN BOSTON. THOSE CALLS WENT UNANSWERED. HIS OFFICE REPORTEDLY HAD TO PHYSICALLY SEND SOMEONE TO CITY HALL THAT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING ATTEMPTS OF CITY ELECTION WORKERS TO REACH THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT REGARDING BALLOT SHORTAGES AND OTHER ISSUES OF CONCERN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. BEYOND RUNNING OUT OF BALLOTS THERE WAS POOR LIGHTING AT THE CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION AS MENTIONED WHERE I WENT THE LIGHTING WAS SO DIM THAT VOTERS HAD TO TURN ON THEIR PHONE FLASHLIGHTS TO READ THE BALLOTS . SEVERAL ELDERLY PEOPLE WERE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME READING THE MANY BALLOT QUESTIONS AS WELL AS WE KNOW THOSE CAN BE CONFUSING.  THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A BALLOT MIX UP WITH BALLOTS OF A CERTAIN WARD AND PRECINCT BEING SENT TO THE WRONG POLLING LOCATION.  THESE BALLOT SHORTAGES AND A HOST OF ISSUES ON ELECTION DAY DEMONSTRATED THAT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT WAS UNPREPARED DURING AN IMPORTANT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND FAILED TO PERFORM THEIR BASIC FUNCTIONS WHILE THE CITY'S INITIAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FORMULA MISCALCULATION. WE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD THESE MISTAKES DURING AN IMPORTANT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OR ANY ELECTION FOR THAT MATTER.  AS A RESULT OF THIS AND MANY OTHER ERRORS I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT BE PLACED UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THIS WAS DONE BEFORE IN 2006 WHEN THEY WERE BALLOT SHORTAGES IN PRESENCE WITH LARGE SHARE OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR DURING THE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION WHICH ELECTED MASSACHUSETTS FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK.  VOTING IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE . IT'S THE BEDROCK OF OUR DEMOCRACY BALLOTS, BALLOTS,  SHORTAGES, UNREASONABLE DELAYS, LACK OF PREPARATION DEMONSTRATED BY OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE.  IT ERODES THE FAITH THAT MANY RESIDENTS HAD IN THE CITY'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE BASIC CITY SERVICES WITH OUR ELECTION PROCESS.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS YEAR'S ELECTION BROUGHT A TROUBLING ISSUE TO LIGHT BALLOT SHORTAGES ACROSS MULTIPLE PRECINCTS IN BOSTON INCLUDING AREAS LIKE HYDE PARK, ROSLINDALE, WEST ROXBURY PLAIN IN SAVIN HILL JUST TO NAME A FEW. AND DESPITE HIGH VOTER TURNOUT, MANY POLLING STATIONS RAN OUT OF BALLOTS CAUSING UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND IN SOME CASES PREVENTING VOTERS FROM CASTING THEIR BALLOTS BEFORE THE POLLS WERE CLOSED. IN RESPONSE I FILED AN EMERGENCY LATE FILE ALONG WITH COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCIL AT LOUIJEUNE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADDRESS THESE SERIOUS CONCERNS. WHILE I AM ENCOURAGED BY A HIGH VOTER TURNOUT, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT WAS UNPREPARED PARTICULARLY IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR. POLL WORKERS TO REACH THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE IN LOCATIONS LIKE CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL FACED ADDITIONAL ISSUES SUCH AS RUNNING OUT OF ENGLISH ONLY BALLOTS AND POOR LIGHTING THAT MADE READING BALLOTS DIFFICULT. ANYONE WHO SAW THE PICTURES FROM THAT POLLING LOCATION I MEAN IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE IT WAS FAKE THOUGH IT WAS SO DARK IN A POLLING LOCATION, A BUILDING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . IF IT WAS AN ELECTION LOCATION OR NOT SHOULD NOT NEED POLL WORKERS TO DRIVE HOME TO GET LAMPS TO PLUG IN AND OUR POLLING LOCATIONS. THE MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE HAS LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT AND COUNCIL OF FLYNN AND I HAVE WRITTEN TO HIM ALREADY TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS AFTER THE 26 BALLOT SHORTAGES IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THE BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT WAS PLACED UNDER STATE RECEIVE RECEIVERSHIP AND WE BELIEVE THIS MAY BE NECESSARY AGAIN TO RESTORE THE CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTION PROCESS. I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT THIS BODY BELIEVES THAT VOTING IS A FUNDAMENTAL CIVIL RIGHT AND IT'S VITAL THAT WE ENSURE EVERY VOTER CAN CAST THEIR BALLOT WITHOUT ANY UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES. I'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE FAIR, ACCESSIBLE AND FULLY PREPARED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST I DIDN'T HEAR IT AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A LEAD SPONSOR, ARE YOU SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AND ADOPTION? YES.  THANK YOU. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH I WAS MAKING MY ROUND TO THE DIFFERENT POLL LOCATIONS THINKING THE WORKERS VOLUNTEERS AND THE PEOPLE THEY WERE VOTING FOR THEIR ENERGY. WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL THAT ANOTHER COURSE OF COLLEGE AND THE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL IN HYDE PARK AND A FEW SCHOOLS AND ROOSEVELT WE'RE NOT OUR BALLOTS . I WAS STUNNED, CONFUSED AND IMMEDIATELY RUSH OVER TO THE ROOSEVELT AS ATC TO SEE THE LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO VOTE. STANDING STILL STARTING TO REALIZE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN I WENT TO INSPECT THE SITUATION I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE SWIFT THERE IS A WORK OF VOLUNTEERS AND REPRESENTATIVE HOMES. ALSO MAYBE EVEN SHOWED UP. I WAS THERE AND WE WERE REALLY TELLING FOLKS TO STAY IN LINE BECAUSE IT IS THEIR CIVIL RIGHT TO DO THAT THE CIVIC DUTY TO DO THAT. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LARGE OVERSIGHT AND BALLOT PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION HAS NO EXCUSE, A STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TAKEOVER MAY ACTUALLY IMPOSE BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES THAT DELAY RATHER THAN ACCELERATING IMPROVEMENT OF LEADERSHIP AT THE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHY I HAPPY THAT MYSELF COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ALL FILED AN EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER TO HAVE A HEARING ON DECEMBER SIX AT 2 P.M. WITH THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THAT'S WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO TODAY AND ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER CASSOWARY ON THE FLOOR.  YEAH, I GUESS I JUST I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE FILER.  I MEAN WHEN HE FILED THIS WAS WAS HE AWARE THAT THERE IS HEARING ORDER ON THIS ISSUE?  DO THE CHAIR COUNCIL OPINION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER YOU MAY.  YES, I AM AWARE OF THAT. I WAS AWARE OF THAT AT THE TIME. THANK YOU.  OKAY. I'M SORRY . OH. COUNCILOR WEBER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST HAD ONE FURTHER QUESTION THEN FOR THE FILER. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHY WE NEED A HEARING ON FUNDING FOR LEAD PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION.  BUT WE WOULD NOT NEED A HEARING ON WHETHER WE NEED TO SEND A CITY DEPARTMENT INTO STATE RECEIVERSHIP COUNCIL PLAN.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY IF YOU IF NOT, YOU KNOW, OBLIGATION TO COUNTER FLYNN.  YOU MAY RESPOND TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RESPECT RESPECT MY COLLEAGUE'S OPINION AND.  THIS IS A RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN . HE COMES TO MEJIA ON THE FLOOR . I LOVE WATCHING EVERY.  I REALLY DO. YOU'VE BEEN THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS COUNCIL TO ME BECAUSE I GET TO JUST LOOK AT YOU. SO THANK YOU.  ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST WANT TO I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILOR WEBBERS QUESTION BECAUSE THIS DOES SEEM TO BE A BIT A BIT ABRUPT AND A BIT HOSTILE TO JUST GO STRAIGHT INTO RECEIVERSHIP AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT ALL THAT BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND IF FOLLOWING THE RESOLUTION THAT GIVES US SUCH A HAVING FOUGHT A STATE RECEIVERSHIP OF OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS YOU KNOW I'VE SEEN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION PRIOR TO HAVING A HEARING TO UP THINGS POINT THAT I EVEN SHOWED UP TO HYDE PARK THOUGH LIKE I WROTE THROUGH OFF THEM BUT WHATEVER I THINK THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO MY COLLEAGUES I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. I WOULD JUST MAKE A FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATION TO MY COLLEAGUES TO RECONSIDER PUTTING THIS ON THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE A HEARING WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE ONE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER THE SIXTH SO THAT WE CAN REALLY UNPACK WHAT IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK LISTENING TO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT WE MIGHT UNCOVER WAYS THAT WE CAN BE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND IDENTIFY OTHER THINGS BUT GOING TO STRAIGHT STATE RECEIVERSHIP RESOLUTION I JUST THINK IT'S A BIT PREMATURE AT THIS POINT. SO JUST A FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO SLOW IT DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION OR POINT OF ORDER UNDERSTANDING THE RULES. RULE 15 DOESN'T APPLY HERE OR WHAT'S HAPPENING?  WELL, BECAUSE IT'S ALL THIS IS ON A SPECIFIC QUESTION I DON'T EVEN KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BUT AND IT'S UP TO THE CLERK'S DISCRETION BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT AS AND IT'S ON I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS A RESOLUTION ON RECEIVERSHIP SPECIFICALLY BUT I DO I DO SEE THE RULE 15 LINES HERE. SO I SEE SO I GUESS MAY I SPEAK ON IT? YOU MAY. YOU HAVE THE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR THROUGH THE CHAIR.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FILING THIS. I THINK THAT EVERYONE CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION ACCORDINGLY WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PREPARED OR YOU VOTE A NO YOU WON'T. PRESIDENT I THINK WE CAN WE CAN MOVE TO A VOTE I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH VOTING AND JUST MAKING MY POSITION HERE. I THINK THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT . ONE THING THAT I WOULD JUST POINT OUT IS THAT THIS YOU KNOW, OUR COMMISSIONER IN MY OPINION IN MY INTERACTIONS WITH HER HAS DONE TREMENDOUS WORK AND IT'S PRETTY INTENSE TO HAVE YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT'S COME OUT. YOU HAVE TO RUN LIKE AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S A LOT. SO OFFERING GRACE WOULD MEAN HEARING WOULD MEAN THAT WE GO INTO FURTHER CONVERSATION I DID STATE HERE BEFORE AND WHEN YOU FILED A HEARING ORDER. MADAM PRESIDENT THAT I WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SEVERAL FOLKS FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND NOT RECEIVING FEEDBACK OR RESPONSE FOR SPECIFICALLY MY DISTRICT AND COUNCILOR FOR THIS DISTRICT SOUTH END AND ROXBURY BOTH SUFFERING DIFFERENT ISSUES FROM LAST ELECTION YEAR AND THIS ONE AND SO JUST RESERVING JUDGMENT IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP IF WE'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING AS SEVERE AS RECEIVERSHIP, THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY EXTEND COURTESY TO THE COMMISSIONER WHO WE KNOW AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH AND KNOW THAT HAVE BEEN AGAIN A BEEN AN UPSTANDING LEADER FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SO I WOULD I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING I'M NOT I'M NOT AGAINST IT. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TIME TO DO THAT. SO MY VOTE TODAY WILL BE A PRESENT ONE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN.  I'LL BE VOTING NO TODAY AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MAKING MY POSITION KNOWN WITH A VOTE AND I'M NOT OBJECTING TO A VOTE TODAY. BUT I DO WANT TO ASK THROUGH THE CHAIR WHAT IF THIS WERE TO PASS?  BASICALLY WHO CAN PUT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT IN RECEIVERSHIP AND WHAT IMPACT DOES THIS PIECE OF PAPER HAVE ON THAT DECISION? THANK YOU.  IS THAT A QUESTION THAT YOU'RE DIRECTING TOWARDS ME OR TOWARDS THE MAKER OR THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE ANSWER TO THIS? OKAY. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND BUT I CAN COUNCILOR FLYNN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS THE TOP ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND HE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERSEE HE DOES OVERSEE ALL ELECTION THAT TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. HE ALSO HAS THE SECRETARY OF STATE ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO IF HE FEELS SOMETHING IS WRONG IN A PARTICULAR CITY DEPARTMENT OR TOWN ON ABOUT THEIR ELECTION DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, HE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLACE THAT UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP UNDER THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE A PERSON WITH EXPERTISE IN VOTING WOULD COME IN AND MANAGE MANAGE THE OFFICE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME JUST LIKE IN 2006 THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE UNPREPARED FOR AN ELECTION WHEN WE ELECTED GOVERNOR GOVERNOR PATRICK WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THE HIGH NUMBER OF VOTERS IN PARTICULAR PRESENCE IN WARDS ACROSS THE CITY SO THE ELECTION TOP ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THE STATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH IS SECRETARY'S OFFICE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS GOING TO GET UP AND SPEAK BUT I THINK THIS IF WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A VOTE IT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF FLAHERTY.  I'M GOING TO VOTE PRESENT. I DO THINK THAT IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THERE WERE SOME BALLOTS THAT WERE WERE MISSING AND FOLKS HAD TO STAND IN LINE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE THOSE ANSWERS.  THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AS IT'S BEEN MENTIONED, BUT I DO KNOW OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ARE INCREDIBLE FOLKS THAT CARE AND LOVE THIS CITY. THEY CARE ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF ALL ELECTIONS AND I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY DIDN'T SAY THAT BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WORK HARD AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND ALL OF US THAT WE ALSO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THEIR BUDGET AND SO WE NEED TO BE FULLY UNDERSTANDING HOW THEIR RESOURCED IF THEY ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE LONG TERM. IT'S A DEPARTMENT THAT THEN HAS TO SCALE UP TO A CITYWIDE OPERATION FOR ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS WHATEVER IT IS FOR THE PREPARATION. SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF STAFF CAPACITY,  TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURES ETC. AND SO I THINK AT THIS POINT I WANT TO BE FULLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT A RECEIVERSHIP LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THAT SORT OF SUPPORT, WHAT RESOURCES WE GET, COLLABORATION, INFORMATION SHARING IF WE DO GET INFORMATION THAT'S SHARED TO US AS A BODY FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO OVERSEE AND HAVE A SAY IN THEIR BUDGET. SO AT THIS POINT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE TO CALL IN FOR STATE RECEIVERSHIP BECAUSE I'D LIKE THOSE ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON IN TERMS OF BRITTANY ON THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND I DO WANT TO FIRST OF ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT OUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE CITY COUNCIL NOW FOR FIVE YEARS BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW HOW PROFESSIONAL THEY ARE AND HOW SERIOUSLY THEY TAKE THE JOB AND COMMITTED THEY ARE TO ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTION PROCESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IT'S SORT OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS 33% OF THEIR VOTERS REGISTERED VOTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT ALREADY CAST A VOTE BEFORE ELECTION DAY IT WAS A HUGE DEMAND LIKE IT'S ALMOST NORTHERN IRELAND PROPORTIONS FOR TURNOUT HERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND TO COMPLAIN IF THE IF THE IF THE ELECTORATE DRIVE IT IF IT DROPS TO 60% OR AT LEAST IT USED TO SO WE SOMETIMES CHEER IF WE GET A TURNOUT UP TO 25% IN A MUNICIPAL ELECTION. SO THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TWO BALLOTS I KNOW FROM FOLKS WHO WORKED IN THE POLLING PLACES PEOPLE WHO WERE YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO PUT THE TWO BALLOTS IN SAME TIME THE BALLOT THE BALLOTS WERE GETTING STUCK, THE MACHINES WERE GETTING CLOGGED WAS A LOT OF THINGS TO DEAL WITH AND IT WAS A BUMPER ELECTION IN TERMS OF TURNOUT.  SO THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND SO THAT'S UNDERWAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE WE HAVE SEVERAL HEARING HEARING ORDERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING A COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE HALL ON DECEMBER 6TH AT FRIDAY ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 6TH OF 2 P.M.. SO WE'RE TAKING YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.  WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE BALLOT GETTING INFORMATION AND DETERMINING HOW WE MIGHT IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE. THE FACT THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A SERIOUS HICCUP LIKE I THINK 2006 WAS ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO I'M NOT SAYING THERE HASN'T BEEN MINOR PROBLEMS IN BETWEEN TIMES BUT WE HAVE A VERY, VERY PROPHETIC KNOWN ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT THAT ARE TRULY DEDICATED TO PRESERVING OUR DEMOCRACY. SO YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE SOME BALANCE IN OUR APPROACH TO THIS AND AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE IT.  THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR IS MANY FOLKS WHO EXPERIENCED ELECTION WORKERS DECIDED TO GIVE NOT ELECTION WORKERS DURING COVID BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF EXPOSURE THEY TENDED TO BE ELDERLY AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RISK THEIR HEALTH BY BEING IN A POLLING PLACE SO THEY DECIDED TO NOT PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW CROP OF NEW POLL AND PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING THEIR EXPERIENCE SO LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE ASPECTS ALL THE ALL THE PARTICULAR FACTORS AND SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THIS. BUT I THINK IT REALLY IS SORT OF A JUMPING THE GUN A LITTLE TO THINK THAT PUTTING OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT INTO RECEIVERSHIP BY THE STATE WOULD BE THE ANSWER TO THESE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON IN THE CHAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ALREADY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WELL, I THINK IT'S SLIGHTLY PREMATURE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. I DO WANT TO COMMEND COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR PUTTING IT FORWARD. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT SCREWED UP PRETTY BAD, RIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THAT'S NOT THAT THIS IS A BASIC SERVICE AND A BASIC RIGHT THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT. WE ARE ALL ELECTED TO HOLD OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING JUST I THINK THE MATTER OF THEM BRINGING IT UP AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION HERE CERTAINLY PUTS THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT ON NOTICE AGAIN, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION BUT I THINK IT'S INTENT HAS BEEN THE COMMUNICATION TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED THROUGH THIS.  I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. I KNOW IN DORCHESTER ITSELF WE IN THE SOUTH END THERE WERE MULTIPLE ISSUES AND I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS AROUND WE SUPPORT OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT BUT I THINK IT IS OUR JOB TO CALL THEM OUT WHEN DOING IT AND I KNOW OUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY,  COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO I KNOW SEVERAL OF OUR COLLEAGUES SPOKE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. CONCERN AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THEM.  SO FIRST OFF THIS RESOLUTION WAS FILED BEFORE THERE WAS A DATE SET YESTERDAY WAS WHEN YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID THAT DECEMBER SIX AT 2:00 WOULD WORK. SO THIS WAS FILED BEFORE WE KNEW IT EVEN GET A HEARING ON THE CALENDAR. WE KNOW THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN FILLING UP QUICK AND IT WAS ALMOST TWO WEEKS SINCE AN EMERGENCY LATE FILE WAS FILED FROM THE THREE OF US. SO IN THAT BEING SAID, IT WASN'T PREMATURE.  IT'S NOT LIKE WE FILED THIS RESOLUTION KNOWING THAT WE ALREADY HAD A HEARING READY TO GO. AND ALSO WE ALL KNOW THAT RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING, THAT WE'RE JUST SENDING A MESSAGE WHEN WE VOTED IN THIS BODY FOR A CUBAN EMBARGO LIKE THEY DID AND LISTEN TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL , MANY OF OUR RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO CITY WORK. THAT'S BEING DONE ON THE CITY BUT IT'S SENDING A MESSAGE. SO I DO APPRECIATE EVEN IF PEOPLE VOTE BECAUSE YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST BEING IN FAVOR OF IT. AND SO THE HEARING DECEMBER SIX HOPEFULLY THAT THEY'LL COME WITH ANSWERS THAT I BELIEVE AND I'M HAPPY THAT ALL OF US HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE ELECTION HAPPENS WE'RE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO VOTE AND NO ONE IS SLOW DOWN OR WALKS AWAY FROM THE POLLING LOCATIONS AND THAT'S ON US I BELIEVE AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I'LL JUST SAY BRIEFLY THAT YOU KNOW, THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO SO MANY OF US NOT JUST AS ELECTEDS BUT WE'RE ALSO VOTERS. IT'S THE REASON WHY I FILED AN EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER ON THIS. THE REASON WHY COUNCILOR BEN FILED ONE IS THE REASON WHY COUNCILOR MURPHY FILED ONE. THERE'S A REASON WHY WE WERE ALL FIELDING CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS.  IT WAS NOT UP TO PAR AND FOR SOMEONE AS WELL WHO'S PRACTICED IN CAMPAIGNS IN ELECTIONS AS AN ATTORNEY. I KNOW HOW DEEPLY IMPORTANT THIS IS, HOW DEEPLY IMPORTANT IT IS TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THE ADMINISTRATION OF IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO SABINO AND THE GREAT WORK THAT HE DOES AND TO COMMISSIONER TAVARES. WE WILL HAVE A HEARING. WE SAID IT ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON A RARITY JUST SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS HEARING BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE ELECTION. AND SO I ECHO A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES STATEMENTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'LL HEAR YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I THINK THAT THERE IS THERE CAN BE SOME INFORMATION, SOME KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH THE OF STATE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OFFICE.  AND SO THERE'S MORE FOR US TO LEARN AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT NOT ONLY THE DECEMBER SIX HEARING BUT IN DISCUSSIONS AND HEARINGS AFTER THAT BECAUSE THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS CONDUCTING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHAT'S HAPPENING. THE CITY'S DOING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION AND WE TOO ARE DOING THAT BY HAVING A HEARING. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT HEARING WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER IN MORE SUBSTANCE.  COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY OWE FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE ON. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON. MR. CLERK COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1718. WILL PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND NUMBER 1718. COUNCILOR BREADON NO. COUNCILOR BREADON NO. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.  COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR WOULD HAVE BEEN NO COUNCILOR SANTANA KELSO.  SANTANA NO. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER?  NO. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? NO. COUNCILOR WORRELL? NO.  SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. SEVEN VOTES NO. TWO VOTES YES AND FOUR VOTES PRESENT. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1719 DUCK NUMBER 1719 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY CHERISHED CHINATOWN RESTAURANT CHALLENGE.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE A FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THIS YEAR FROM NOVEMBER 13TH THROUGH DECEMBER 18, TUFTS UNIVERSITY IS ORGANIZING THE FOURTH ANNUAL CHERISHED CHINATOWN RESTAURANT CHALLENGE TO SUPPORT SMALL IN RESTAURANTS IN BOSTON'S CHINATOWN.  THE CHALLENGE ENCOURAGES TUFTS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF TO ORDER FROM A LOCALLY OWNED CHINATOWN RESTAURANT OR BAKERY DURING THE MONTH WHETHER IT'S DINE IN TAKEOUT DELIVERY DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. BOSTON'S CHINATOWN WAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT IN THE PANDEMIC ITSELF.  CHINATOWN BUSINESSES SAW THEIR DEEP SALES DROP WEEKS BEFORE THE MANDATE TO CLOSE NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES IN REQUIREMENTS OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING DUE TO FEAR AND MISINFORMATION. AT THE DENTAL AND MEDICAL FACILITIES WITH THE SUPPORT OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY STARTED THIS INITIATIVE TO HELP STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF BOSTON'S CHINATOWN AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SUPPORT AND SUPPORT RESIDENTS SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TUFTS COMMUNITY FOR BEING AN IMPORTANT, RELIABLE PARTNER FRIEND OF CHINATOWN FOR MANY YEARS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WHO LIVE, WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN CHINATOWN MAKE SURE OUR IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE THERE. LAST WEEK I ATTENDED OFFICIAL KICK OFF ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE DENTAL SCHOOL ON KNEELAND STREET HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A LOT OF THE WONDERFUL STUDENTS THAT PROVIDE DENTAL CARE TO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE DESIRE QUINCY SCHOOL AND THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT AND RACISM THAT TAKES PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  IN FACT, WE HAD A WE HAD THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF ANY OF CITY IN THE COUNTRY ON COVID 19 AT JOSIAH QUINCY AND THAT WAS REALLY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY HIT THE UNITED STATES . AND WITH THE HELP OF MY MY STAFF WE ORGANIZED THIS AND WE LISTENED TO RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT IMPACT A POTENTIAL PANDEMIC COULD HAVE ON THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.  AND IT WAS INTERESTING THERE WAS A ONE YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EITHER AT BOSTON, LATIN AT BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY I FORGET I FORGET NOW BUT SHE GOT ON THE MTA TRAIN AND PLAYED THE ORANGE LINE.  SHE WAS TELLING US DURING THIS PUBLIC MEETING AND WHEN SHE GOT ON THE TRAIN EVERYBODY ELSE GOT OFF THE TRAIN BECAUSE THEY ASSOCIATED THIS YOUNG ASIAN WOMAN WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC WE SAW A LARGE INCREASE IN ANTI-ASIAN RACISM. WE SAW A LOT OF HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  I, I HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH SO MANY ASIAN ASIAN AMERICANS IN HARM'S WAY HERE, THEY ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE PARENTS SO THEIR GRANDPARENTS ARE IN GREAT AMERICAN LIKE BOSTON OR NEW YORK OR CHICAGO OR SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BEAT UP BECAUSE THE ASIAN WE ALSO SAW THE TERRIBLE COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME BLAMING LITERALLY BLAMING THE CHINESE COMMUNITY FOR A PANDEMIC.  BUT GETTING BACK TO THIS RESOLUTION, THIS IS ABOUT SUPPORTING ASIAN OWNED RESTAURANTS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE VALUED, VALUED THEY ARE PART OF OUR CITY AND WE SUPPORT THEM. WE SUPPORT THEM DURING GOOD TIMES BUT WE ESPECIALLY SUPPORT THEM DURING CHALLENGING TIMES AND THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES FOR ASIAN OWNED RESTAURANTS.  WE WANT TO SUPPORT THEM, WELCOME THEM AND ENCOURAGE TOURISTS WHO COME TO BOSTON TO VISIT AND SUPPORT ASIAN ON RESTAURANTS AND IMMIGRANT OWNED RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THIS FILING IN MY FORMER JOB. I REMEMBER MAYOR WU REACHED OUT TO ME RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC HAD STARTED. IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS ACTUALLY IN BOSTON AND BEFORE COVID ACTUALLY HIT BOSTON.  AND I REMEMBER JUST SEEING THAT ASIAN AMERICAN RESTAURANTS WERE NO LONGER BEING PATRONIZED EVEN BEFORE COVID WAS IN BOSTON. SO I REORGANIZED ALL OF THESE EVENTS IN CHINATOWN AND I THINK IF YOU IF YOU ASK ANY COMMUNITY IN BOSTON THAT IS NOT IN DISTRICT EIGHT, IF YOU WENT AROUND CHINATOWN, I THINK EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS OWNER KNOWS ME FOR MY FORMER JOB SO I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILOR FLYNN YOUR WORK. IT'S STILL A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AND I LOVE THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR NANJIANI'S AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FILING THIS. OUR SMALL BUSINESS IS LITERALLY THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OF COURSE WITHOUT THEM WE THEN FURTHER PERPETUATE MORE DISPLACEMENT AND HARM. SO I AM STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE IN LEADING IN MY DISTRICT IN EFFORTS FOR ENTIRE DISPLACEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE FIDLER COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS AND IT'S I TO MAKE SURE WE UPLIFT OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE OFTEN BEEN THE TARGET OF DISCRIMINATION THAT WE UPLIFT THEM. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK BECAUSE OUR COUNCILORS GRAYDON CARTER, ZAPATA DURKAN, FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MARIA MURPHY PREVENTED JENNA WEBER WALTERS OTHER CHAIR CASA FLYNN'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1719 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THAT HAVE AT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THAT NUMBER ONE 7 TO 0. SO I CAN NUMBER ONE 7 TO 0 COUNCILOR MORELLO FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION HONORING BARBADOS AS 55TH 58TH INDEPENDENCE DAY AND FLAG RAISING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THINK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS THE SON OF A PROUD BARBADIAN FATHER I WANT TO RECOGNIZE BARBADOS 58 INDEPENDENCE DAY NOVEMBER 30TH MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF A NATION THAT HAS LONG BEEN A BEACON OF RESILIENCE, UNITY AND CULTURAL PRIDE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE BARBADIAN COMMUNITY STAND STRONG BUT NEARLY 5000 FOREIGN BORN BARBADIANS ENRICHED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICULARLY IN BOSTON, WHICH IS HOME TO OVER HALF OF THE VIABLE PROPERTIES BY THE POPULATION FROM BUSINESS TO SPORTS POLITICS TO EDUCATION AND DANCE TO LITERATURE, THE BARBADIAN COMMUNITY HAS LEFT AN UNDENIABLE MARK ON BOSTON'S CULTURE, CULTURE AND ECONOMY.  I KNOW HE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AND REMEMBERED STIMULATED LATER IN THIS MEETING BUT THE GREAT JAZZ DRUMMER ROY HAYNES WHO WAS A BOSTON RESIDENT FOR MANY DECADES WAS BORN IN ROXBURY 99 YEARS AGO TO IMMIGRANTS FROM BARBADOS.  SO OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CULTURAL SCENE HERE IN BOSTON AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD RUN DEEP. THE BARBADOS FLAG RAISING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH AT 11 A.M. ON CITY HALL PLAZA FOLLOWED BY A CELEBRATION IN THE PYRMONT ROOM AND SOME OF THE BEST FOOD YOU PROBABLY EVER GOING TO HAVE. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN US IN HONORING BARBADOS INDEPENDENCE TO MY BARBADIAN FRIENDS AND FAMILY I SAY. BLESSINGS AND LOVE TO YOU ON THIS SPECIAL DAY. YOUR PRESENCE MAKES BOSTON STRONGER, MORE VIBRANT AND UNDENIABLY ENRICHED. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE EVENT'S SPONSORS TIMOTHY DOWNS WITH THE UNITED BARBADIANS IN MASSACHUSETTS THE BARBADOS HIGH COMMISSION, BARBADOS TOURISM AND MARKETING AND ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, BARBADOS AND WITH THAT WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO BARBADOS AND ALL OF OUR BAGAN BARBADIAN COMMUNITY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COMES MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOUR MOTHER'S GOING TO BE COOKING ALL THE FOOD BECAUSE I KNOW AT YOUR ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY SHE COOKS FOR HUNDREDS AND IT'S DELICIOUS SO MAYBE SHE CAN BRING SOME OF HER GOOD DISHES FOR US. THANK YOU. IT'S THROUGH THE CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER. YOU GIVEN HER THE DAY ON THE CHAIR.  SHE HAS TO STAY LONG AS SHE CAN COME ENJOY WITH US. THERE'S NO COOKING.  OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AS MR CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL'S GRAYDON CARTER? ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD. FLYNN MURPHY PIPPEN.  SANTANA. WEBER MEJIA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.  DOCKET NUMBER 171720.  COUNCILOR WHERE I'LL SIT SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1720. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSING A THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1721 DUCK NUMBER 1721 COUNCIL COUNCILOR SANTANA AND GREEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024 AS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA, KEVIN SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND GIRL 12 AND AN AD COUNCILWOMAN HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ALREADY DONE OR NOT. NO. COUNSELOR SANTANA SUSPENDED OF THE RULES AT COUNCILMAN . HE HAS A THIRD RADIO CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS FROM MEJIA. SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCILOR BRAEDEN AND COUNCILWOMAN. HE HAS A VERSION OF CO-SPONSORS ON THIS RESOLUTION.  I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILOR DURKIN CONTRIBUTED TO THE DRAFTING OF THIS RESOLUTION AND WHILE WE CAN'T ASK ADDRESS AN ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ARE DUE TO COUNCIL RULES. I AM GRATEFUL FOR HER CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF OUR BOSTON TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY.  I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL BODY WITH SO MANY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.  TODAY ON TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE WE HONOR THE LIVES OF TRANSGENDER NONBINARY AND GENDER EXPANSIVE PEOPLE PEOPLE LOST TO VIOLENCE AND TO REFLECT ON THE SYSTEMATIC INJUSTICES THEY CONTINUE TO FACE. THIS TRADITION IS ROOTED IN BOSTON AND BEGAN EXACTLY 25 YEARS AGO ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 1999, LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO THE MURDERS OF CHANEL PICKETT AND RITA HESTER YOUNG BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN HERE IN BOSTON. SO NOW WAS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED AND HER KILLER RECEIVED ONLY A TWO YEAR SENTENCE AFTER USING A TRANS PANIC DEFENSE DESPITE EVEN THE JUDGE NOTING THE VICIOUS NATURE OF THE MURDER AFTER CHANEL'S MURDER. RITA HESTER WAS QUOTED IN A LOCAL PAPER AS SAYING I'LL JUST GIVE PEOPLE A MESSAGE A MESSAGE THAT IT'S OKAY TO DO THIS. THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO SEND.  TRAGICALLY, RITA HERSELF WAS MURDERED THREE YEARS LATER ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 1998, STABBED 20 TIMES AND ALSO THE APARTMENT.  THE MEDIA'S COVERAGE OF RITA'S MURDER WAS RIFE WITH MISGENDERING AND DEHUMANIZING FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE COMMUNITY'S GRIEF AND ANGER. IN RESPONSE, HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS INCLUDING VIGILS AT THE MODEL CAFE IN AUSTIN AND MARCHES DOWN BRYAN AVENUE. THIS COMMUNITY RESPONSE GAVE RISE TO THE TRADITION OF TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE A YEAR LATER.  25 YEARS LATER THE VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO DISAPPEAR.  THIS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OF COLOR.  TOO OFTEN THIS VIOLENCE IS UNDERREPORTED OR MISREPORTED SO WE COULD NOT KNOW ALL THE VICTIMS BUT THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 35 TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN THROUGH VIOLENT MEANS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE PAST YEAR 74% OF WHOM WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND NEARLY 40% WITH WOMEN'S GENDER WERE DEAD NAMED BY THE AUTHORITIES OR THE MEDIA PERPETRATED PERPETUATING SYSTEMATIC INJUSTICE.  AS WE COMMEMORATE THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, WE HONOR THOSE WHO WE LOST AND WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO FIGHTING THE HATRED, VIOLENCE AND INEQUALITY THAT THREATEN OUR TRANSGENDER LIVES. EVERYONE DESERVES TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY, SAFETY AND RESPECT. TOGETHER WE MUST WORK TOWARD A FUTURE WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN THRIVE. FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION AND FEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYDEN.  COUNCILOR BRITTON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM. MADAM CHAIR. AND INTERNATIONAL TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE WAS ESTABLISHED IN MEMORY OF AND AFTER THE DEATH OF RITA HESTER.  AS COUNCILOR SANTANA'S ALREADY MENTIONED, SHE WAS A TRANSGENDER GENDER BLACK WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN HER APARTMENT IN ALLSTON NOVEMBER 20TH, 1998. HER KILLER WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEDICATION OF THE RITA HESTER PARK IN ALSO ANNOUNCED IN YARDS AND GAST STREET IN THE IN AUSTIN IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AND I THINK AND I WOULD SAY YOU MADE MOST OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ATTENDED THE HEARING AT THE JACKSON MANOR A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL MURAL OF RITA HESTER ON THE WALL.  SO SHE'S VERY MUCH IN OUR MIND AND HER MEMORY IS EVER PRESENT IN ALLSTON DUE TO A VERY PUBLIC OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR TRANS COMMUNITY IN ALLSTON BRIGHTON.  ALL OF THE ANTI-TRANS RHETORIC THAT WAS SO PERVASIVE IN THE PAST ELECTION IS REALLY FUELING A WAVE OF ANTI-TRANS ABUSE AND ATTACKS AND WE ARE BRACING OURSELVES FOR HOW THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION WILL WEAPONIZE THAT TO TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE NOT ONLY FOR WOMEN AND OF ALL PEOPLE BUT ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN TERMS OF RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS TO ABORTION AND IN IN RESTRICTIONS ON GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.  OUR TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND SAFETY IN OUR COUNTRY EVERYWHERE NOT JUST IN WELL, EVEN IN BOSTON THEY CANNOT NECESSARILY LIVE IN SAFETY BUT EVERYWHERE. THEY DESERVE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND SAFETY EVERYWHERE. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS PREPARE ITSELF TO BE ACTIVE INTERVENERS AND BYSTANDERS AND SPEAK UP FOR ALL OF OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY THAT'S UNDER THREAT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR TRANS COMMUNITY IS UNDER THREAT. YOU KNOW, IN THIS MOMENT IT'S A VERY SAD REFLECTION THAT 25 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF RITA HESTER THAT WE'RE IN THIS MOMENT, IT'S SORT OF WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF AFFIRMING PEOPLE'S DIGNITY AND HUMANITY. SO THANK YOU, CONSTABLE SANTANA FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU ALL SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE . NOT TOO LONG I THINK ADULTS TEN YARDS WHERE WE DEDICATE A PARK TO THE MEMORY OF RITA HESTER THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MURAL OF SOMEONE WHO LEFT US TOO SOON SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA BECAUSE CATCH MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR SANTANA AND COUNSELOR ARBORETUM FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE ANOTHER SITUATION WHICH OUR OFFICE WAS ALREADY IN IN IN THE WORKS UNDER THIS HOUSE LEADERSHIP WHO HAD ASKED US TO FOLLOW RESOLUTION AND WE WERE ALL ALL IN AND READY TO DO SO AND SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE WERE ALL THINKING IN THE SAME INTENT OF REALLY UPLIFTING THIS DAY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TO JOIN AND TO COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR ALLOWING THAT SWITCH TO HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT COURTESY.  I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME TO THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER THE 20TH AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE.  IT'S A DAY TO HONOR THE TRANSGENDER AND BINARY INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO VIOLENCE AND TO REFLECT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING OUR CITY A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE,  RESPECTED AND VALUED. THIS DAY HAS A SPECIAL MEANING HERE IN BOSTON THE TRAGIC AND UNTIMELY LOSS OF RITA HASSLER, A BOSTON RESIDENT INSPIRED THE FIRST TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 25 YEARS AGO AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, RITA'S LEGACY ALONG WITH THAT OF CHANEL PICKETT AND SO MANY OTHERS REMINDS US OF THE URGENT NEED TO CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES OF OUR TRANSGENDER NEIGHBORS AND WHAT THEY FACE IN TERMS OF DISCRIMINATION, VIOLENCE, HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES AND THE BARRIERS TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES. I ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE THEATER OFFENSIVE UNDER GISELLE'S LEADERSHIP, WHICH PLAYS SUCH A KEY ROLE IN HONORING STORIES OF OUR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND CREATING SPACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN BE CELEBRATED FOR WHO THEY ARE. LOOK THIS THIS LET THIS DAY BE ONE OF REFLECTION AND COMPASSION AS WE HONOR THE LIVES WE'VE LOST AND LET IT BE. LET US ALSO BE REMINDED OF THE VALUE OF STANDING TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY CAN BE COMMITTED TO A PRESENT AND THE FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.  AND I JUST WANT TO JUST NOTE THIS PARTICULAR DATE HERE AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE HAVE ALREADY UPLIFTED IT BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THOUGH WE WAIT WE MAY NOT BE THOUGH WE CANNOT KNOW THE NAME OF ALL THE VICTIMS AND THE LIVES WE BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 35 TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN THROUGH VIOLENT MEANS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE.  I NEED YOU ALL TO LET THAT NUMBER SINK IN OF WHICH 74% WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR, 45% WERE BLACK TRANS WOMEN AND 38 WERE MISGENDERED OR DEMEANED BY AUTHORITY THOSE IN THE PRESS AND THERE'S A LONG LIST OF NAMES HERE WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS WOULD PREFER THAT I DON'T GO THROUGH THE LIST BUT IT IS A LONG LIST HERE OF NAMES OF FOLKS.  I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE HURTS THAT OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY IS FACING AND JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS A RESOLUTION RIGHT?  IT IS A SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL . BUT JUST KNOW THAT FOR US HERE DOING THIS WORK IT'S SO MUCH GREATER THAN THAT AND YOU KNOW THAT AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW US KNOW THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO STAND UP AND SHOW UP AND SOMETIMES SHOW UP WHEN WE NEED TO. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT RIGHT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HEAD IS LED ON BUT I'M GOING TO GO TO CASA DURKAN IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE ALSO WAS INTENDED TO BE A SPONSOR ON THIS SO CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WANT TO KEEP IT SHORT BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT A DAY LIKE TODAY DOESN'T GO WITHOUT MEMORIALIZATION, DOESN'T GO WITHOUT OUR COMMUNITY HERE. I WANT TO THANK GISELLE FROM THE THEATER OFFENSIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT WHO'S HERE? I WANT TO THANK JULIANA INDONESIA AND ALL OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ ADVANCEMENT FOR ALL THAT THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THIS YEAR WE WE CELEBRATED TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY WHICH IS ABOUT BEING POSITIVE, CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF TRANS PEOPLE. AND THIS WEEK I WAS AT THE SPACE GRANT DEDICATION OF DANNY'S BAR AND WE WERE CELEBRATING ANOTHER LGBTQ OWNED BUSINESS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. BUT TODAY IS DIFFERENT TODAY IS ABOUT WHO WE'VE LOST AND WE'VE LOST WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE AND I, I GREW UP IN A PLACE WHERE I DIDN'T LEARN EVERYTHING FROM BIRTH LIKE HOW YOU SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE, HOW YOU SHOULD BE AND I'M SO LUCKY THAT I GOT THE CHANCE TO BEFRIEND SO MANY TRANS PEOPLE AT SMITH COLLEGE AND GET TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT HAVING ALLIES IS TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. I THINK UNTIL YOU'VE MET SOMEONE WHO IS TRANS, UNTIL YOU'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM AND UNTIL THEIR INVISIBILITY IS PRESENT EVERY DAY WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TO MEMORIALIZE TRANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED OR BEEN MURDERED AND IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR ME HAVING SO MANY FRIENDS WHO IDENTIFY IN A GENDER EXPANSIVE UNIVERSE AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE. I FEAR FOR MY FRIENDS IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS AND I APPRECIATE THE DUALITY OF AN EXPERIENCE OF BEING YOURSELF AND SOMETIMES NOT BEING ABLE TO BE YOURSELF AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.  BUT AS WE MEMORIALIZE THIS DAY LET'S CHARGE OURSELVES TO CELEBRATE TRANS PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. THAT CELEBRATION IS WHAT'S NEEDED TO REMOVE STIGMA AND TO EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN TRULY BE THEMSELVES AND I LOVE YOU ALL MY FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE YOU ON ANOTHER DAY. BUT TODAY'S FOR THOSE THAT WE'VE LOST.  THANK YOU ARE THE JOURNALISTS CATCH WITH THE PEN COMES WITH A PEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF JUST WHAT IT STANDS FOR AND ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S A SIGN OF UNITY WITH THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS THAT ONE OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE ELECTION THERE ON NOVEMBER 5TH IS THAT THE FIRST EVER WE HAVE THE FIRST EVER TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF CONGRESS REPRESENT IN DELAWARE, MR MCBRYDE. HOWEVER, SHE'S FACING BACKLASH AT THE MOMENT IN THE CONGRESS WHERE SOME OF HER FUTURE COLLEAGUES ARE ALREADY PUSHING FOR LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR HER TO EVEN JUST LIVE A NORMAL LIFE INSIDE OF THE CAPITOL HILL.  SO JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS A DAY THAT THIS IS AN EVERYDAY BATTLE FOR THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I AROSE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I'M I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER IN THE EARLIER SPEECH I THINK IT WAS A WEEK AGO OR TWO WEEKS AGO WE'RE JUST PEOPLE YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IDENTITIES WE HAVE. WE'RE ALL JUST PEOPLE TRYING TO LIVE LIFE.  AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS I SAW A QUOTE FROM INDYA MOORE AND SHE SAID WE ALL HEAR HUMANIZING ROBOTS AND DEHUMANIZING TRANS PEOPLE. WE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M UP HERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT I STAND WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMES WITHIN THE CHAIR, RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I STAND HERE SUPPORT. JUST WANT TO ADD MY DEEP APPRECIATION IN THAT COUNCIL SANTANA AND COUNCIL BREADON AND COUNCILOR MEJIA BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COUNCIL . I THINK I GO SENTIMENTS OF MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHEN I SAY THAT AMIDST THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE WE FACE AN URGENCY TO PROTECT OUR TRANS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS THEY SUFFERED INCREASED THREATS TO THEIR LIVELIHOOD. LET US REMEMBER WHAT OUR TRANS LEADERS TAUGHT AND CONTINUE TO TEACH US ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY AND FIGHTING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.  AND LET'S CONTINUE TO UPHOLD BOSTON AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I'LL THE CHAIR AGAIN. I JUST COME TO COLETTE AS A PARTNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE THE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO STAND UP AND RISE AND SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE MAKERS FOR FOR PUTTING IT FORWARD. THIS IS A DAY TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT WE'VE LOST, BUT IT'S ALSO A DAY TO COMMIT TO LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE.  LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE MAKES IT EASIER TO BE HERE.  AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO IN THAT SENSE AND CONTINUE TO BRING THIS MY DISTRICT THE CITY FORWARD TOWARDS EQUALITY, DIGNITY AND SAFETY FOR THOSE THAT CURRENTLY LIVE HERE.  SIMPLY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO EXIST AND BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELF WITHOUT FEAR IS JUST IT'S IT'S EASY.  I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT NEEDS TO BE THIS DIFFICULT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT IN THIS MOMENT GIVEN THE NATIONAL POLITICAL LANDSCAPE THAT WE AS LEADERS STAND UP AND REAFFIRM TRANS INDIVIDUALS DIGNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMIT TO THIS FIGHT FOR THEIR EQUALITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL COVER ZAPATA BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE STATEMENTS OF SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS, THE MULTIPLE PEOPLE.  I LOVE IT THAT ON THE BUS THE CITY COUNCIL THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO FILE THIS TO REAFFIRM THAT WE STAND WITH OUR TRANS COMMUNITY THAT WE REMEMBER TOGETHER PAINFULLY RIGHT LIKE THAT THAT THAT MURAL OF OF RITA HESTER IS BEAUTIFUL BUT I WISH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A MURAL. I WISH THAT SHE WERE STILL HERE . AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A CISGENDER PERSON I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT YOU FACE WHAT IS THROWN YOUR WAY, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO NOT BE FREE BUT I THINK AS MY COLLEAGUES STATED LIKE THIS IS WHY ALLYSHIP IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WITH EVERYONE WHO IS MARGINALIZED INTENTIONALLY HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED OR DISEMPOWERED SO THAT WE CAN STAND TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED AND WHO FACE OPPRESSION.  AND SO I STAND WITH YOU EVEN WHEN I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A DAY IN YOUR LIFE MAY BE LIKE THAT THAT SOLIDARITY WITH FOLKS IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND IN THE DAYS TO COME AS SO MANY OF US HAVE STATED, IT IS GOING TO BE THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND UP FOR EACH OTHER AND THE BIG MOMENT AND THE SMALL MOMENTS WHEN NO ONE IS LISTENING NOT JUST HEAR THAT WE ARE ALWAYS CHAMPIONS FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE SUPPORT ORDERS OR WHO ARE BEING ATTACKED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE INSECURE WITH THEIR OWN SELVES AND SO JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THOSE THAT WE'VE LOST. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR FOR FOR POINTING OUT THAT THE LIST OF NAMES IS TOO LONG RIGHT . LIKE I ALMOST WANTED TO TELL YOU TO READ IT BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE PAPER IN FRONT OF ME AND DON'T KNOW HOW BUT IT'S A SHAME AND SHAME ON US FOR NOT GETTING IT RIGHT BUT MAYBE WE GET IT RIGHT IN THE FUTURE SO IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE. ED COUNCILORS CARTER ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY 15 WEBER WERE PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS SANTANA BREADON AND MEJIA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1721 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OH MR QUICK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? THANK YOU.  ROLL CALL VOTE ON A NUMBER 1721 COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A BOROUGH COUNCIL . COLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCIL FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR A PEN COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WILL BE YES IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING OVER 1721 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1721 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1722 CLERK NUMBER 1722 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 2024 AS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CARLOS SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  EACH YEAR THE UNITED STATES ONE IN 30 YOUTH AGED 13 TO 17 AND ONE IN TEN YOUNG ADULT AGED 18 TO 25 EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF HOMELESSNESS YOUTH OF COLOR AND LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED IN MASSACHUSETTS, 60% OF ALL UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS UNDER 25 WHO ARE UNSTABLE HOUSED ARE HOMELESS,  IDENTIFIED AS BIPOC AND 30% IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ PLUS IN BOSTON MORE THAN 5000 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS 10% OF THE DISTRICT EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AT SOME POINT DURING THIS PAST YEAR THE 2024 BOSTON ANNUAL HOMELESSNESS CENSUS IDENTIFIED ALMOST A 20% INCREASE IN UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH AS WELL AS A SMALL INCREASE IN FAMILIES SLEEPING ON THE STREETS OR STAYING IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS THROUGH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS.  DESPITE THESE FIGURES, THE TRUE SCALE OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT HOMELESSNESS IS UNDERESTIMATED DUE TO THE INCONSISTENT AND LIMITED REPORTING. THIS GAP OFTEN PARTICULARLY EXCLUDES THOSE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY SUCH AS FORCED COUCH SURFING OR LIVING IN CARS AND FAILS TO AND FAILS TO ADEQUATELY CAPTURE THE LGBTQ EYE A-PLUS YOUTH DUE TO EXCLUSION, FEAR AND DENIAL.  I STAND TO COMMEND THE DEDICATED ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS WORKING TIRELESSLY IN BOSTON TO PREVENT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT HOMELESSNESS AND TO ASSIST THOSE IMPACTED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BAGLEY BOSTON CASA THE BOSTON YOUTH ACTION BOARD BREAK TIME BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS OR THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS MORE THAN WORDS BROKE OFF ST MARY'S CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. WHY DO Y AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL HOMELESS EDUCATION RESOURCE RESOURCE NETWORK AND RE-ENGAGEMENT CENTER? THE EFFORTS ARE VITAL IN ADDRESSING THIS PRESSING ISSUE AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR BOSTON'S YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED.  I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORT TODAY SO SUPPORT TODAY TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS YOUTH AND YOUTH ADULT HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COME S.A. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANTHONY . ANY OTHER FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. CARLOS SANTANA FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION. IT IS ALARMING TO HEAR THAT ONE IN EVERY 30 YOUTH AGES 13 TO 17 IN ONE OUT OF EVERY TEN ONE OUT OF TEN YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18 TO 25 WILL EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS THIS YEAR WITH LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH TO AS PLUS YOUTH AND YOUTH OF COLOR AND THOSE INTO FOSTER CARE. MOST AT RISK MY I HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING WITH CHIEF CHIEF DILLON AND THE PRESIDENT OF OUR ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO CREATE HOUSING FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF DCF TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CREATE THIS HOUSING FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF DCF.  IF YOU DON'T KNOW ONCE YOU TURN 18, DCF ALLOWS YOU THE OPTION TO REASSIGN RESIGN YOURSELF IN IN CUSTODY OF DCF SORT OF IT'S PART IS PARTIAL BUT THEN THIS MEANS THAT THEY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR YOU. IMAGINE IF THEY COULD DO THAT AS A DORMITORY AND GET YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE AT RCC.  IT'S THE I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE MENTIONED THIS ALREADY BUT IT WOULD BE LIKE THE FIRST EVER IN THE COUNTRY IT DOESN'T EXIST.  WHEN I HEARD IT WAS THE FIRST I WAS LIKE FINALLY AN IDEA THAT NO ONE ELSE SAYS NO BUT I I'M VERY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ALSO I'VE MENTIONED THAT MY OFFICE PROVIDES HOMEWORK HEROES SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF MY HOMEWORK HEROES. LAST YEAR WE WERE SUPER EXCITED TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH MIGRANT SHELTERS TO GET SOME MIGRANT YOUTH INTO THE PROGRAM. THAT WAS SUPER EXCITING.  NEXT DOOR TO ME ARE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHELTERS I'VE MENTIONED THAT JUST UP IN A MILE RADIUS WE HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN ROXBURY AND I'VE ACTUALLY WENT TO THESE SHELTERS AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AND STARTED A PROGRAM AS WELL TO CONNECT THEM TO SUCH RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY HOUSING SINCE I USED TO WORK IN HOUSING.  BUT I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT YOU FILE THIS NOT JUST YOU KNOW ,NOT NOT ONLY DCF KIDS OR KIDS IN DCF CUSTODY BUT ALSO KIDS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS. WHEN I PROVIDED IN-HOME THERAPY TO ADOLESCENTS MOST OF MY JOB WAS NOT JUST IMPLEMENTING CAMP WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL PHONES NOT JUST NOT JUST IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTIONS FOR TWO YOUTH TO WORK ON THEIR SKILL BUILDING BUT ALSO IT WAS MOSTLY ABOUT HOUSING SO I WELL TOO CONNECTED TO THIS PROBLEM AND I THINK IT'S A POPULATION AND I THINK COUNSELOR ARROYO THEN A PREVIOUS COUNSELOR ARROYO USED TO TALK A LOT ABOUT THE IGNORED BETWEEN THE AGES OVER 18 TO INTO THEIR THIRTIES BEING UNHOUSED AND HOW WE IGNORE THEM IN TERMS OF JOB SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR FILING THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANDERSON FOR YOUR STATEMENTS. I WAS SMILING ENTHUSIASTICALLY WHILE I WAS SPEAKING BECAUSE I MEANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. I MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF RCC ABOUT THAT VERY INNOVATIVE WHICH I JUST I WANT IT TO HAPPEN TOMORROW TO REALLY BE A SOLUTION FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS. SO JUST KNOW THAT IF FOLKS YOUR DISTRICT HAVE MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT ON THAT PROPOSAL ON ADDRESSING A REALLY BIG ISSUE FOR A POPULATION THAT TOO OFTEN HAS BEEN SHUFFLED AROUND TO HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING AND TO HAVE SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES IS JUST SUCH A SUCH A SUCH A GREAT POTENTIAL AND SUCH A GREAT MODEL. SO THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THAT. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON CLAUDIA ZAPATA DURKIN FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MICKEY MURPHY BUT BEN WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OF THE CHAIR COUNSELOR SANTANA SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1722 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT DOCKET NUMBER 1722 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 170. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT MY LIGHT ON IN BETWEEN, SO SORRY I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR RECONSIDERATION OF DOCKET 1682. I HAD TALKED WITH THE HIGH PARK DISTRICT COUNCIL BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I WAS SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASS OF THAT SO IF WE COULD GET THE SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR YEAH YEAH YEAH I THINK I'M GOING TO GO TO THE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER FOR CULTURAL EVENTS HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED SO I'M HOPING SOMEONE WILL SECOND THIS RECONSIDERATION SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE TO SEE IF IT WILL COME TO THE FLOOR. SECOND AND I'M FINE FOR THE COMING TO THE FLOOR CAN WE JUST WAIT FOR THE END OF THIS JUST ONE MORE RESOLUTION UNDER MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO WITH ALL OF THAT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO ADD THEIR NAME, ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO THERE WAS A FEW MORE AND IT WILL YOU CAN ASK FOR IT AT ANY POINT. SO I WASN'T BEING DISRESPECTFUL OR TRYING TO CUT ANYONE OFF. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAME BACK TO THE FLOOR. NO I WASN'T SAYING AND I DID NOT SAY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BE DISRESPECTFUL. I WAS NOT SAYING THAT. BUT IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN THE PAST FEW MEETINGS I WAIT UNTIL THE END OF MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS TO DO ANY SORT OF CLEANUP THAT WE HAVE TO DO FROM THE PRIOR MEETING. IF SO, IF I DON'T CONSIDER A CLEANUP BUT THAT'S FINE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FLYNN. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE GO ON TO 1724 JUST WANTED TO BRING TO THE CLERK'S ATTENTION AND TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S ATTENTION IS THAT A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR US TO DEBATE AND VOTE ON THAT SINCE IT WILL PROBABLY IMPACT US FINANCIAL AT SOME POINT? I JUST WANT TO SAVE THE COUNCIL ANY UNDUE EMBARRASSMENT IF THAT'S THE CASE. IF NOT, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CLERK SO HE IS AWARE OF IT. IT'S FOR IT'S FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1724.  YEP YEP, YEP.  UM IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON FOLKS DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY WORKED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OR NOT OR IF THEY'VE WORKED FOR GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT LORRAINE ON CENTRAL STAFF WHO WAS THE ONE WHO ELEVATED THIS ISSUE AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE MASS DELEGATION FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP SENATOR WARREN BEING A SPONSOR IN THE SENATE AND FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS LIKE AYANNA PRESSLEY WHO IS A CO-SPONSOR, CONGRESSMAN LYNCH WHO VOTED IN THIS I REALLY SUPPORT THEIR ACTION. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BUT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M HAPPY TO AND MR. CLERK, IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION YOU'RE FREE TO SHARE.  YEAH. YEAH.  YES, IT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS THANK YOU. AND SO OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I AM A LAWYER BUT I'M NOT A CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR ETHICS LAWYER.  I WILL COUNCILOR WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN.  YOU MAY BUT COUNCILOR WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUST BECAUSE I'M A I'M THE SPONSOR AND I'M ALSO A FORMER STATE AND I'VE WORKED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SO I DID ASK THIS QUESTION AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE ON YOUR STAFF SAID THAT IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE STATUTE THAT IT'S NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE VOTING IT IN CONGRESS WOULD BE CONFLICTED OUT. I THINK.  BUT I DON'T I HAVEN'T READ THE TEXT AND I AM HAPPY TO DEFER THIS TO LATER SO WE CAN REVIEW IT. BUT UM I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION AS COUNCILOR FLYNN ON THIS.  UM AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY CAN PRODUCE THE TEXT OF THAT WAIVER LANGUAGE OR WHATEVER IT IS BUT UM, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT A CONFLICT. THAT'S WHY I AGREED TO CONTINUE SPONSORING. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER UM, SO WE ARE OKAY.  THE DOCKET HAS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROCEDURALLY IN THE RIGHT PLACE. MR. CLERK, YOU HAVE NOT READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORD, SO CAN YOU READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORD AND THEN I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DAIS AND WE CAN CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. I BELIEVE GRADE AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAD OUR LIGHT ON BUT IT'S A COURT. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET DOCK NUMBER 172 FOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 82 AND AS 597 THE SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARTER PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE I MEAN WE HAD MENTIONED THE DOCKET COUNCILOR WEBER IS A CO-SPONSOR. THERE'S BEEN A QUESTION PUT FORWARD BY BY A COLLEAGUE REGARDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST I LIKE BECAUSE OF COUNCILOR WEBER ANALYSIS.  IN ADDITION, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE AND JUST FOR THE RECORD I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE VOTE ON HERE ON THE COUNCIL THAT AFFECT THE CITY WRIT LARGE THAT RESPECT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND ALSO WILL HAPPEN TO AFFECT US SUCH AS YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS NOW ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL TAX EXEMPTION THAT WILL AFFECT US HERE WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL THAT AFFECT FOLKS HERE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT EVERY TIME THAT WE ARE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TRIGGER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MERELY BECAUSE THERE MAY BE AN INCIDENTAL EFFECT ON SOMEONE INDIVIDUALLY BUT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I DO KNOW THAT THE SENATE HAS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO HOPEFULLY ACT ON THIS AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ACT FOR SO MANY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS FOR SO MANY OF OUR PUBLIC PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. BUT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION WE WILL DO OUR MATH TO ENSURE THAT IT'S PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  SO I AM FINE FOR AT THIS MOMENT TO WITHDRAW OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND AND BRING THIS MATTER UP AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE HAVE WITHDRAWN DOCKET NUMBER 1724 MR CLERK OH, CAN YOU READ IT RIGHT? YEP. THAT'S IT.  THANK YOU. AND ALSO JUST WANT I THINK AGAIN THE ENTIRE DELEGATION FOR SUPPORT OF THAT DOCKET AND OF THAT BILL AND HOPE THAT IT WILL PASS WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED PRIOR. COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO YOU HAD A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT DOCKET 1682 SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING COUNCILOR MURPHY THAT DOCKET IS CAN RECONSIDERED OKAY THANK YOU. SO I'LL REPEAT WHAT I SAID I TALKED WITH THE HIGH PARK DISTRICT COUNCILOR EARLIER TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I WAS SEEKING TO SUSPEND THIS LOW DOLLAR $50,000 GRANT THAT'S COMING FROM THE STATE TO HELP FUND CULTURAL EVENTS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED AT THE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN SUSPEND AND PASS THAT TODAY SO THEY CAN GET THE FUNDS NEEDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  AND COUNCILOR MURPHY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1682. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PATTERN OF DOCKING NUMBER 1682 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NOW THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THAT WAS WHILE THEY WERE OUT CHAMBERS OR COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  CAN I PLEASE CHANGE MY VOTE TO YES ON 1723 OR JUST ADD MY NAME VOTE YES ON THAT RESOLUTION COUNTS.  MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN BARRING ANY OBJECTION, CAN WE PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN AS A YES VOTE TO DOCKET NUMBER 1723 AND AT HER NAME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET 1715 AND THEN 1716. MR. CLERK, DID YOU GET THAT 171501716 FOR COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BEDPAN CAMPAIGN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  SO THANKS, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE THAT MY NAME TO, UM, DOCKET NUMBER 1716. THANK YOU, MR COURT COULD WE ADD COUNCILOR THE PEN TO DOCKET NUMBER 1716.  OKAY.  THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY OF THE ANY PRIOR MATTERS?  OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.  MR COURT, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE THE PERSON ORDERS I CAN HAVE A1725 COUNT SO LOUIJEUNE PERSONNEL ORDER FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE ISOBEL NELSON THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1725 AND 1726. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE PRESIDENT ON ORDERS HAVE PASSED DOCKET NUMBER 100 DID YOU OH YOU ONLY 21725 ALL RIGHT. SORRY . GOT AHEAD OF YOU. CAN YOU BE 176 ONE DUNCAN NUMBER 1726 COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOUR THE FIVE ORDER FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE THREE A YEAR ALL IN ALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WE ALREADY VOTED 176 SO BOTH OF THOSE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR LETTING CENTRAL STAFF KNOW IN ADVANCE. VERY HELPFUL.  WE HAVE SOME GREEN POLLS. I HAVE THEM HERE ON A LIST SO FAR.  COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS COMMITTEE DOCKET 1334. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS?  DUNCAN NUMBER 1334 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $11,406,762 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT AWARDED BY THE U.S. TO A FOREST SERVICE URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT URBAN FOREST IN BOSTON AND REDUCE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING AND PRESERVING TREES.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ZAPATA WHO ABSENT OBJECTION FROM ANYONE ON THE BODY, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 1334 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNT THE COURT AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THERE SHOULD BE A MEMO FROM THE FROM THIS PARTICULAR CABINET IN EVERYBODY'S THAT WAS SENT BY MY CHIEF OF STAFF A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. THIS IS FROM THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND THIS IS IN HOPES OF MOVING FEDERAL MONEY EXPEDITIOUSLY AHEAD OF JANUARY BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND WE NEED THIS THE URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT BRINGS $11 MILLION TO BOSTON. IT FUNDS PROJECTS THAT WILL ADVANCE MULTIPLE GOALS IN BOSTON'S LOCAL FORESTRY AND RESILIENCE PLANS THE URBAN FOREST PLAN, THE HEAT PLAN, THE RESILIENT BOSTON FRAMEWORK AND ALIGNS WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GOALS FOR URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE THIS PARTICULAR DOCKET WOULD HELP FUND THE URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION AT $5.6 MILLION WHICH WILL IMPROVE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AROUND STREET TREES, EXPAND WORKFORCE IN URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY, REDUCE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING TREES AND THEIR MANY BENEFITS AND ADVANCE MULTIPLE GOALS IN BOSTON'S LOCAL FORESTRY AND RESILIENCE PLANS AND ALL OF THE THE URBAN PLANS THAT I TALKED ABOUT URBAN FOREST PLAN, HEAT PLAN AND RESILIENT BOSTON FRAMEWORK. ADDITIONALLY THIS HELPS FUND THE POWERCOR IN BOSTON AT $3.2 MILLION BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EXPANDING CITY EFFORTS TO ESTABLISHED A SKILLED AND LOCALLY SOURCED URBAN FORESTRY WORKFORCE CREATES NEW STAFF POSITIONS TO SUPPORT PROGRAM GROWTH AND PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES ESSENTIAL FOR TRAINING AND FIELD WORK TRAINS CREDENTIALS A 50 CREDENTIAL TOWER FOR BOSTON PARTICIPANTS PROVIDE STIPENDS TO ENSURE THESE 50 PARTICIPANTS CAN EARN AND LIVING WAGE AND SUPPORTS TEN PARTICIPANTS OVER FIVE YEARS. THIS ALSO FUNDS THE BOSTON TREE ALLIANCE AT $2.6 MILLION IN INCREASED ANNUAL FUNDING FOR TREE PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE MEASURED AND MONITORED THROUGH A BIANNUAL REPORTING SYSTEM TO ENSURE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS AND A TOTAL OF 2500 TREES OVER FIVE YEARS. IT ALSO EXPANDS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND LASTLY BUILDS PROGRAM STAFF CAPACITY THROUGH NEW AND EXTENDED EXISTING PROGRAM STAFF PHYSICIANS THREE PROGRAM STAFF WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF FOUR AND ONE CONSULTANT THAT WILL SIT WITHIN MASS ALBANIAN SOCIETY.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. FRACTURE THANK YOU COUNSELOR ZAPATA COSMIC ZAPATA THANK THERE ARE LIGHTS ON. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU COULD JUST DO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOUR LIGHT IS ON FOR THE DOCKET THAT IS CURRENTLY BEFORE US. COUNSELOR COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, COULD I ASK THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE DID THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A HEARING ON THIS DOCKET AT COMIC-CON AS A PARTNER TO THE CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY KNOW IT DID NOT HAVE A HEARING ON THE STUDY. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT? YES.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SINCE IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAYBE SCHEDULE A HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS MAYBE NEXT WEEK SO AND THEN VOTE ON IT OR DO WE JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT ? I THINK HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND TO HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS WHAT CITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. THERE WASN'T AN OBJECTION WHEN IT WAS PULLED FROM COMMITTEE SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO NOT HAVE IT BEFORE THE BODY BUT SO IT IS BEFORE THE BODY FOR A VOTE. MADAM CHAIR, DID YOU ASK THE THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO TO VOTE ON IT PURSUANT TO THE RULES? THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO DO THAT. IF YOU SEE IF YOU READ THE RULES IT SAYS ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  COUNCILOR ZAPATA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BUT YOU MAY THINK WE ALL KNOW THE URGENCY AROUND THE SORT OF DOCKET WE HAVE A PRESIDENT ELECT THAT HAS TALKED ABOUT DISMANTLING THE EPA AND THIS IS $11.4 MILLION THAT WILL HELP FUND TREES IN THE CITY BOSTON.  I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE TOO MANY I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND WE ALSO SENT A MEMO AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT FOLKS AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF THEY HAD QUESTIONS. I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT YOU FELT COMPELLED TO COME SEE ME AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. THIS YOU STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATION AT ANY POINT THAT YOU'D LIKE. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF URGENCY AROUND THIS PARTICULAR POT OF MONEY AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ACT ON IT TODAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DO APPRECIATE THE MR CASTLE FLYNN'S POINT ABOUT HOLDING A HEARING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION. I WANTED TO JUST SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT. SO THIS EARMARK ACTUALLY WILL COVER MOSTLY MY DISTRICT BECAUSE IT ENCOMPASSES ROXBURY ,MATTAPAN AND DORCHESTER WHICH I HAVE ALL I ACTUALLY HAVE PARTS OF MATTAPAN DON'T BE JEALOUS. I HAVE PARTS OF MATTAPAN AS WELL. SO IT IS ACTUALLY TO COVER ROXBURY, DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES LIKE HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE SUFFER IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.  SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT AND SAY THAT THERE IS AN URGENCY ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE TO A VOTE THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNTS FOR AN INJURY ANDERSON. AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR AGAIN THERE ARE LIGHTS ON FOR DOCKET POLLS AND I JUST NOT SURE SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE RAGING IF YOUR LIGHT IS ON FOR THIS DOCKET AND I'LL CALL ON YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE. YEAH, WELL, YEAH, BUT THERE ARE SOME IF YOU NOTICE THERE THERE'S SOME LIGHTS THAT ARE ON AND IT'S NOT FOR THIS. IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE GREEN PEOPLE. SO I JUST I'M NOT SOMETIMES I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WAY I LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. OKAY SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE HALF THE TIME THAT WE'RE HERE.  SO WE'RE ALL HERE. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENED SO I'M YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M BEING I AM BEING PLAYFUL ANYWAYS, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE A WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TREES AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I HAVE STOOD UP TO ASK FOR HEARINGS ON OTHER MATTERS THAT LIKE THE BRICK AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE BUT ON AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT TO PICK AND CHOOSE I BELIEVE AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHAIR IN BRINGING THIS UP FOR A VOTE.  I DO THINK AND I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE A FIGHT AND WHEN WE DO FIGHT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WORTH FIGHTING FOR AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD USE OF OUR POLITICAL CAPITAL TO STOP SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BENEFIT SO MANY RESIDENTS. SO I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT AS MUCH AS I RESPECT THE PROCESS AND RESPECT THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE PUTTING IT UP FOR A VOTE AND SUPPORTING THE CHAIR AND HER LEADERSHIP IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT GOOD COLLEGIALITY LOOKS LIKE. SO I AM HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL TURN OFF THEIR LIGHTS AND LET IT GO. LET IT GO, LET IT GO. THANK YOU. I SEE COUNCILOR FLYNN'S LIGHT IS STILL ON FOR THIS MATTER. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD NORMALLY VOTE FOR THIS IF WE DID HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON IT TO DISCUSS IT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT IT I'M GLAD TO LEARN FROM THE COUNCIL THAT IT'S IMPACTING HER DISTRICT WHICH WHICH I RESPECT AND RESPECT THE CONSTITUENTS THERE BUT I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE DO OUR TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO AT LEAST HAVE A HEARING. I, I TRIED TO ON ON ON ISSUES WHERE IT'S OVER $1,000,000 I DO LIKE TO HAVE A HEARING SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROJECT AND LEARN HOW WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY.  THIS IS CLOSE TO 12 AND $12 MILLION WITHOUT A $11 MILLION WITHOUT A HEARING.  AGAIN, I WOULD NORMALLY SUPPORT IT.  I JUST I JUST DON'T THINK I CAN I CAN DO THAT WHEN IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY AND WHEN NOT WE'RE NOT DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO AT LEAST LEARN ABOUT THE ABOUT THE FUNDING. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILOR BREDON, IS IT ON THIS OR ON ANOTHER OAK COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ASK TO PASS SUSPEND AND PASS A DOCKET EARLIER AND IT WAS SENT TO COMMITTEE. WE NEEDED A SUGGESTION. WE HAVE A HEARING ON IT WE ARE WHAT TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE END OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION BUT IN THIS BODY WE HAVE AN INCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS GOING TO TEAR US EVERYTHING THAT WE STAND FOR APART ECONOMIC YOU KNOW, EPA, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, ALL OF IT ALL OF IT IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND THESE ARE FEDERAL GRANTS.  SOME OF THEM ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT GRANTS. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE'LL EVER EVER EVER GET A GRANT LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE IN THIS NEXT INCOMING ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US. LOOK AT THE TIME ON THE TIMETABLE ON THE ON CLOCK AND MOVE AS MANY OF THESE FEDERAL GRANTS AS QUICKLY AND AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THE WORK OF THE THE POWERCOR WE KNOW THE WORK OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN TRYING TO FOREST REFOREST ARE AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN OUR CITY. WE KNOW THE WORK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR MANY YEARS IN BUDGET HEARINGS. THIS IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT. WE'RE NOT ASKING TO PUT MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY NEW. WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW SO I REALLY ASK OUR COLLEAGUES TO BE VERY NOTWITHSTANDING THE NOTION THAT IN NORMAL TIMES THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES. WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO GET TO IT AND GET THIS DONE BEFORE JANUARY 20TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PREVIOUS COUNCILS THAT I ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER TERM BUT THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHERE GRANTS WERE PASSED OF SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS WITHOUT A HEARING.  IT'S NOT NOVEL TO THIS COUNCIL FOR ONE SECOND. THE COUNCILOR DURKAN IS IT ON THIS MATTER OR OKAY THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN IS IT ON THIS MATTER AND THEN WE WILL BE MOVING ON FOR A VOTE. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I I DO COME TO THIS BUILDING EVERY DAY FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HEARINGS. I'D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROPOSALS AND I'D LIKE TO STUDY THEM AND I LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND ENGAGE THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING THE CITY. THIS IS A PARTICULAR ISSUE I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. I THINK I NEED TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AS A CITY COUNCILOR TO LEARN ABOUT FUNDING WHEN IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY. I CAN'T I CAN'T VOTE FOR SOMETHING IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA SEA SUSPENSION SEEKS FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1334 MR CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A1334 COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. CHANCE TO CLOSE THE PARTY? YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON YEAH. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR FLIPPIN COUNCILOR 15 YEARS COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YEAH.  COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK NUMBER 1334 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE DEBUT DOCKET NUMBER 133 FOR HIS PASSED WE HAVE ANOTHER GREEN CHEESE POLL AND JUST SO OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHEN I SAY ABSENT OBJECTION IF THERE IS AN OBJECTION YOU ARE YOU MAY OBJECT AND THEN I WILL POLL THE COMMITTEE. BUT ABSENT THOSE ARE THE RULES YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM.  THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY. THEY SAID THAT THIS YEAR AND THEY SAID THAT LAST YEAR. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR POINT OF ORDER SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO VOTE YES, THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE.  OKAY, GOT IT. SO I HAVE TWO DOCKETS I'D LIKE TO PULL TODAY FROM PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THEY'RE BOTH ON PAGE 14 DOCKET 1287 AND DOCKET 1474 BOTH ARE RELATED TO ROXBURY AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR . THANK YOU MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ INTO THAT YOU WANT AND YOU WANT TO DO WANT EIGHT SEVEN FIRST I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE FOUR FOR EACH OF THEM 41287 AND 1474 OKAY SO BUT FIRST MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1287 INTO THE RECORD 15 FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DR. NUMBER 1287 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO DECLARE SURPLUS CITY ON EASEMENT CURRENTLY UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND TRANSFER THE CARE CITY MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF SAID PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION. THE LAND EASEMENT IS LOCATED 847 849 AND EIGHT 5111 EAST STREET AND ROXBURY WARD EIGHT PARCELS 0802014000 AND 0802016000 AND 802017000 IN STOCK IN PARCEL NUMBER WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RESOLVING AN ONGOING LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF BOSTON.  OKAY. THANK YOU.  I MISS THE YES. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS JUST SO THAT I EXPLAINS THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THE CLERK IS GOING TO POLL THE COMMITTEE TO SEE IF THEY AGREE WITH US PULLING THE DOCKET FROM THE GREEN SHEETS TO BE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY FOR DISCUSSION AND A VOTE. SO MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE AND JUST SO THAT FOLKS I'M GOING TO JUST MR QUICK CAN YOU FOR YOU PAUL CAN YOU READ THE NUMBER, THE NAMES, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEN PULL THEM FROM THE COMMITTEE A PLANNING DEVELOPMENT THE TRANSPORTATION COUNCILOR THE DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON . COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR PER PIPPIN YES AND COUNCILOR ZERO YES. MAJORITY YES. THANK YOU.  THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNSELOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS LAND OWNED BY THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION THAT WAS LEASED TO THE HARRY MILLER COMPANY. THE LAND WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR EASEMENT FOR A PROJECT AROUND MELANIA HAS THE PROJECT IS NOT GOING FORWARD SO THE CITY IS GIVING THE LAND BACK TO BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION. HARRY MILLER FELT THAT THE COMPENSATION WAS NOT ADEQUATE SO THERE WAS A LAWSUIT A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND THE CITY AND BOSTON WATER AND SEWER AGREED TO THE PARTIAL TRANSFER AS A SOLUTION . MOVING FORWARD IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET THIS GETS PASSED TODAY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THIS SETTLEMENT WHICH IS TAKEN PLACE WITH THE LEGAL SIDE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND CORPORATION COUNCIL . IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS PASS TO ALIGN WITH THE LAWSUIT AND THE SETTLEMENT THAT WAS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS I JUST WANT MAKE SURE I GET THE DOCKET NUMBER 121287 BECAUSE COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS PASSAGE POINT OF ORDER WHAT IS THE RULE ISSUE THEN? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS IS IT POSSIBLE TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SINCE WE'RE NOT HAVING A HEARING ON IT? YOU MAY ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS IN AND JUST SO THAT I CLARIFY WE ARE STILL AN OPEN DISCUSSION. YOU CAN PUT YOUR LIGHT ON. THERE'S NO IT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER YOU ARE YOU CAN SPEAK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THE FLOOR BEFORE WE VOTED I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT THE LEGAL ISSUE IS WHAT WATER AND SOIL THAT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE WAS THE CITY OF BOSTON LEGAL COUNCILOR DO THEY WEIGH IN WITH A WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK OUT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS? THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. A SETTLEMENT LIKE I SAID, A SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON AND BOSTON WATER AND SEWER AND THE HARRY MILLER COMPANY WITHOUT PASSING THIS TODAY THAT SETTLEMENT MAY FALL APART. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS PASSED TODAY AND THIS SETTLEMENT IS RESOLVING AN ONGOING LAWSUIT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BACK UP THE CORPORATION COUNCIL AND OUR CITY'S LEGAL TEAM AND THAT IS MY ROLE AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION CHAIR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COMPLY WITH SETTLEMENTS AND LAWSUITS THAT ARE BEFORE THE CITY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU MAY. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I STILL WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME MORE DETAILS ON THAT LEGAL ISSUE.  WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT? HOW DID IT IMPACT THE WATER AND SEWER? WHAT WAS THE FINAL FINANCIAL OUTCOME OF THIS?  WHAT FOR THE TWO PARTIES I KNOW IT'S HARRY MILLER AND PROBABLY THE WATER AND SEWER LEGAL COUNCIL INVOLVED BUT IS THERE A WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT WE ALL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT EXPLAINS THE WHAT THIS LEGAL ISSUE IS I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US AS A AS A CITY COUNCIL TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND TO ACTUALLY READ IT SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS LEGAL ISSUE IS ALL ABOUT. I THINK IT WOULD HELP OUR CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHETHER THEY WHETHER THEY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR NOT.  I THINK THEY REALLY WANT THAT INFORMATION. MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN AND AND YOU ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION AND IF THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE THE SAME QUESTION THEY MAY. BUT I JUST DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I'M HEARING THAT QUESTION COMING FROM YOU AND NOT FROM OTHER COLLEAGUES. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE QUESTIONS. THE LAST TIME I DID TRY TO PULL THIS DOCKET YOU ALSO OBJECTED SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PULL THE COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW MOVE FOR A VOTE ON THIS DOCKET.  THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND OKAY,  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 11287 AND IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE JUST TO ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 1287. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PERSON.  COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCIL OF FITZGERALD.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO COUNCILORS THEN NO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR THEN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA YEAH. COUNCIL FONTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YEAH. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES AND COUNCILOR COUNT AS A PARTNER COUNCIL COLOR AS A PERSON YES.  YES. THANK YOU.  LUCKY NUMBER 1287 HAS WE SEE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER GREEN SHEETS FOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR APOLOGIES YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT DOCKET 1474 IS PROPERLY BEFORE AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.  AND SO SO WE'RE CLEAR AND WE JUST DO THE ROLL CALL BUT THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE ARE COUNCILOR DURKAN, GERALD BREADON, FERNANDO ANDERSON,  WORL FLYNN AND PIPPEN. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL ROLL CALL VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE ON WHETHER DOCKET NUMBER 1474 CAN BE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY FOR DISCUSSION AND A VOTE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCIL FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL PIPPIN AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES MAJORITY AND FAMILY THANK YOU MR. CLERK THE DOCKET IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN AWARDED $20 MILLION FROM THE RAISED GRANT FOR THE ROXBURY RESILIENT CORRIDORS PROJECT AND THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED $12.5 MILLION TO COMPLEMENT THE RAISED FUNDS.  THE ROXBURY RESILIENT CORRIDORS PROJECT WILL PLAN TO IMPROVE THE ROADWAYS AND STREETSCAPES OF THREE MAJOR CORRIDORS IN ROXBURY MALCOLM X BOULEVARD,  VULNIFICUS BOULEVARD AND WARREN STREET. THE RAISED GRANT WILL HELP WITH FUND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION DESIGN SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE THREE CORRIDORS IN 2025 THE CONSULTANT WILL GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT AND INCORPORATE FEEDBACK INTO THE CONCEPT DESIGN OF THE ROAD BY DURKIN.  I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T THE CLERK DID NOT READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORDS.  IF YOU JUST PAUSE WHERE YOU ARE AND MR CLERK WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORDER THEN YOU CAN PICK UP THAT'S MY THAT'S MY BAD. I APOLOGIZE COUNCILOR MR. QUICK IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FULLY THAT'S FROM THE CANADIAN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION DOCKET NUMBER 1474 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BUS TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A RAISED GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, THE CITY OF BOSTON WILL NOT EXCEED $20 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE RAISED GRANT FOR THE ROXBURY RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS PROJECT LED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE CITY WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSULTANTS TO APPLY THE FUNDS TOWARDS PLANNING, DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS ON WARREN STREET, MALCOLM X BOULEVARD AND MILLENNIA. CASCO CLOVER IN ROXBURY. OKAY, THANK YOU. APOLOGIES COME TO DURKAN YOU MAY RESUME. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST RESTART A PART OF IT. THE RAISED GRANT WILL HELP FUND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION DESIGN SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THREE CORRIDORS IN 2025 THE CONSULTANT WILL GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT, INCORPORATE FEEDBACK INTO THE CONCEPT DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY SIDEWALK GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SPACE REDESIGN OF THREE CORRIDORS SIMULTANEOUS FULLY NEAR TERM IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE PLANNED, DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED IN THESE THREE CORRIDORS THE CONCEPT DESIGN WILL BE BROUGHT UP TO 25% 75% AND 100% DESIGNS WITH RECONSTRUCTION OF THREE CORRIDORS SLATED TO BEGIN IN 2028. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE ROXBURY RESILIENT CORRIDORS PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE THE CONNECTIVITY OF NEIGHBORING AREAS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WHICH I KNOW WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT BOTH FOR LOCAL AND RESIDENTS AND FOR THE GREATER BOSTON AREA.  THE PROJECT SEEKS TO ENHANCE CROSS TOWN ACCESS AND ENHANCE ROAD SAFETY FOR ALL USERS WHILE PROACTIVELY INCLUDING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES WHILE PROACTIVELY INCLUDING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE. THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCY BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY TRANSPORTATION ACCESS,  PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND MITIGATING BOTH STORMWATER INDUCED FLOODING AND HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING HEAT WAVES THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WILL BE A PIVOTAL PIVOTAL ELEMENT INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY CHANGES THAT ARE GUIDED BY THE INPUT OF RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT THE CITY'S TEAM WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE THE ENGAGEMENT OF EACH DISCIPLINE IS TIMELY COMPLETED COMPLETION OF PROJECT MILESTONES AND ADHERENCE TO THE CITY'S ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND THE FEASIBILITY OF FINAL PROJECT ARE BUILDING AND ORDERING.  THIS COORDINATION MAY INVOLVE VARIOUS INTERNAL CITY AGENCIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BOSTON COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, BOSTON STRONG COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRANT I KNOW REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT I DON'T GET TO TALK A LOT ABOUT ROXBURY BUT I APPRECIATE AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION HOW THESE INVESTMENTS CAN IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS $20 MILLION GRANT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ACCESS TO WHICH WILL BE LED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MOVE FORWARD AT TODAY'S MEETING AS I SPOKE ABOUT, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION, THERE'S A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND FOR THAT FOR US TO GET STARTED WE NEED TO AUTHORIZE THIS SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU CATHERINE ENGINE AS SOON AS THAT ON THIS OKAY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCERNED ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR THROUGH THE CHAIR THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKIN AND YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT ROXBURY IN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION. I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, INTERCONNECTED AND I THINK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DESIGN SHOULD ALL HAPPEN COMPREHENSIVELY AND HOLISTICALLY, WHICH MEANS THAT WHAT IMPACTS ME IMPACTS YOU, RIGHT? SO IN AS FAR AS THIS GRANT THE RFP LISTED A HIGHER AMOUNT.  SO I'M INTERESTED TO SEE MORE MONEYS BECAUSE 20 MILLION IS NOT A LOT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE CORRIDORS ESPECIALLY THREE GREEN CORRIDORS AND AND ALONG WITH THE FUNDING I'M INTERESTED ALSO TO SEE HOW THE PREVIOUS DOCKET THAT WE JUST APPROVED SHOUT OUT TO OUR SENATOR ED MARKEY WHO EARMARKED THIS AND FOUGHT HARD TO GET US THIS FUND THE OTHER FUND AS WELL TOO FOR MORE GREENER SPACES, MORE TREES, MORE OPEN SPACES AND CLIMATE RESILIENT SPACES.  AND SO FOR THIS FOR THIS PARTICULAR DOCKET 1474 I'VE BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS FRIENDS OF MANY OF CARS.  I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK GARRETSON TROTTER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS WELL WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON OPEN SPACES BUT ALSO GREEN URBAN WILD AND CREATING SENSORY GARDENS FOR OUR POPULATIONS ON THE SPECTRUM OR SUFFERING FROM DISABILITIES AND ALSO CREATING SPACES FOR COUNSELING. ROXBURY IS THE HEART OF BOSTON . I KNOW DISTRICT SEVEN JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE BEST DISTRICT IN BOSTON. IT JUST TOOK TODAY AND EVERYBODY'S PERFECT.  BUT BACK TO THIS IT'S ARTERIES ROXBURY BEING THE HEART OF BOSTON. LET'S GO BACK TO THAT. IT'S ARTERIES SHOULD BE THRIVING.  IT'S THE HEART OF BOSTON. IT SHOULD BE HEALTHY. IT SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL. IT SHOULD IT'S COMMERCIAL QUARTER SHOULD BE THRIVING. IF ONE LEGACY THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN MY TENURE HERE IT WOULD BE TO LOOK AT A BEAUTIFUL, THRIVING, RESILIENT ROXBURY IN THESE CORRIDORS I HOPE IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THAT.  SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE CORRIDORS ADDING TO THE ARTERY PROJECT THAT I CREATED THREE YEARS AGO AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR WU FOR ALSO SUPPORTING IT THROUGH ARPA FUNDS AND ALLOCATIONS THAT I MADE AS WE FIRST TERM IN MY FIRST TERM WHEN I WAS CHAIR WHEN I CHAIRED ON THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND BEING ABLE TO ALSO COLLABORATE OR HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO OR PARTNER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONVINCE ADMINISTRATION TO ALLOCATE $17 MILLION. SO MY COLLEAGUES HERE THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDS AND SO ALL OF THIS NOW COMING TOGETHER WITH OPEN SPACE WITH THE AFRO DIASPORA THAT I CREATED IN ROXBURY ESSENTIALLY CREATING LANDMARKS GREEN OPEN SPACES, LANDMARKS THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO TOURISM AND ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO FOOT TRAFFIC ON THESE CORRIDORS CREATING A MORE OR BOOSTING THE ECONOMY IN OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS IN ROXBURY SORT OF THE BEGINNING OR THE PRECIPICE OF ALL BEFORE SQUARES AND STREETS THERE WAS THE ARTERY.  AND SO HERE WE ARE ALL GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.  THE CITY IS NOW CATCHING ON. IT'S AMAZING I LOVE IT. I'M SURE THEY'RE WATCHING THIS LAUGHING BUT IT'S TRUE.  AND SO NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT ROXBURY AND IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREEN AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO WANT IT.  AND SO MEANWHILE WE WORK ON ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND LET'S ALL I IMPLORE ALL OF YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE ROXBURY MORE BEAUTIFUL THAT WE WORK REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD TO KEEP OUR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS DEFENDING AND UPLIFTING ROXBURY AND BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS.  COUNCILOR DURKAN IS IT ON THIS IS IT ON THIS DOCKET?  I'M GOING TO FIRST QUARTER COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEN I WILL CANCEL. WHEN IS IT ON THIS DOCKET OC CANCER FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION THROUGH YOU TO THE TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. YOU MAY MADAM CHAIR DID WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THIS AND IF WE DID IT, WHAT WAS THE REASON WE DIDN'T HAVE A HEARING THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNCILOR DURKAN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY NOT. OH YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN I BELIEVE COUNCILOR DURKAN IT'S A GREEN SHEETS VOTE WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WASN'T A COMMITTEE HEARING. OKAY THEN THE SECOND PART IS WHY WASN'T THERE A HEARING ON IT? I OUR SCHEDULE IS FULL OFTENTIMES LAST YOU KNOW AGAIN WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY MANY TIMES THINGS WERE PULLED FROM GREEN SHEETS AND VOTED ON THAT WERE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND IT WAS MADAM CHAIR, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE HERE?  YEAH, NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT'S WE CAN PULL MATTERS FROM GREEN SHEETS AND MADAM CHAIR, I'M JUST I JUST ASKED A QUESTION. I KNOW YOU WENT BACK TO LAST YEAR.  I JUST ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION TO THE TO THE CHAIR. THAT'S ALL I DID. YEAH, I KNOW. BUT YOUR QUESTION IS WHY WASN'T THERE? THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.  IS IT IS IT BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF TIME OR OR WAS IT BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION COMING IN?  I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR I THERE WASN'T THERE WASN'T A HEARING ON THIS MATTER. IT'S UP FOR VOTE. YOU ARE FREE TO VOTE FOR IT OR NOT TO VOTE FOR IT. IF THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YOU MAY IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY. COUNCILOR DURKIN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO TO A VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VOTING SAY I ALL OPPOSE THEY NAY REQUIRED THE TWO THIRDS SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THAT AS FOLKS ARE NO ONE IS OBJECTING TO US MOVING TO A VOTE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT MR MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON VOTING ON THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR SEVEN FOUR FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION IN DOCK NUMBER 147 FOR COUNCILOR BREADON YEAH. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE SENSE AND YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR S.A. YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WHERE L COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK NUMBER 1474 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1474 HAS PASSED.  OKAY, SO COUNCILOR PREPARED HAS A GREEN SHOOTS WELL COMES WITH YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER 1620 OUT OF THE CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY THAT'S ON PAGE THREE OF THE GREEN SHEETS. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1620 INTO THE RECORD?  NO DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DOCKET NUMBER 1620 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER APPROPRIATING FROM THE HENWOOD INGERSOLL GROUND FUND IN THE SUM OF $423,500 FOR PROJECTS DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED ORDER THE EDWARD INGERSOLL BROWN FUND COMMISSIONERS MET ON OCTOBER 15, 2024 AND VOTED TO APPROVE THESE PROJECTS.  THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1620 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COMES BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT EDWARD INGERSOLL BROWN FUND DIRECTED BY MR BROWN'S WILL FROM 1892 IS TO FIND FINANCIALLY SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT WILL ORNAMENT THE CITY STREETS, WAY SQUARES AND PARKS . THEREFORE THE APPROPRIATED AMOUNT OF $423,500 WILL FUND WILL GO TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS A PEDESTRIAN BOULEVARD AT FANEUIL GARDENS IN BRIGHTON DESIGNING A PLAYGROUND FOR THE CURLEY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH AND RESTORING STATUES AT A PUBLIC GARDENS ARLINGTON STREET ENTRANCE AND BEAUTIFYING THE AVENUE LOUIS PASTEUR LANDSCAPE. SOME OF THESE APPROPRIATIONS WILL ALSO GO TO ANALYZING THE FUND'S GRANTMAKING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND I RECOMMEND WE VOTE ON APPROVE IN THIS APPROPRIATION.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR . BUT THEN AS WITH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER OKAY COUNCILOR BUT THEN SEEKS FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1620. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DOCKET NUMBER 1620.  COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTY COUNCILOR CLOSE OPPONENT YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.  COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR 15 YEARS COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WHOEVER. COUNCILOR WILL BE YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN.  NUMBER 1620 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1620 HAS PASSED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER GREEN SHEETS, POLLS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. OKAY, GREAT. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO WANT TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THIS ON THE DOCKET THAT I WITHDREW.  JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT MY TEAM JESSE PURVIS AND THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION WHO JUST GOT ME THE CITATION VERY QUICKLY MCGILL TO 68 A SECTION 19 THE GENERAL CLASS EXEMPTION AND THERE IS AN EXEMPTION IF THE PARTICULAR MATTER INVOLVES A DETERMINATION OF GENERAL POLICY AND THE INTEREST OF THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE OR MEMBERS OF ITS IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS SHARED WITH A SUBSTANTIAL SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY THAT IS THAT ISSUE HERE AND SO WE'LL BE FINE.  WE WILL REFILE THIS SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN WITHDRAWN. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION, WANT TO THANK MY STAFF JESSE PURVIS AND EVERYONE WHO WAS ABLE TO GET THAT REFERENCE. A VERY QUICKLY OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LATE FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE SIX LATE FILE MATTERS AND THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND THREE FROM THE MAYOR. WE WILL. MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE,  WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD TO THE THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS TO THE AGENDA.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING TO THE THREE PERSONNEL ORDER FILES INTO THE AGENDA. PLEASE SAY I I ALL OPPOSING A THANK YOU. THE THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THEM INTO THE RECORD? FIRST FIRSTLY FILE PERSONNEL ORDER OF COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON.  SECOND BLAKE FILE COUNCIL PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOUR COUNCIL OF FINANCE SANDISON AND THIRDLY FILE MATTER PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOUR COUNCILOR FINANCIAL SANDERSON THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN MASK FOR PASSAGE OF THESE FILE MATTERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY. THESE PERSONAL ORDERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK.  COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE THREE MAYORAL PLATE? THE FIRST TO A UNION CONTRACT OC OC.  IF YOU PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD. FIRSTLY FILE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR I TRANSMIT HERE WITH A SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,118 TO COVER FISCAL YEAR 25 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE NEW ENGLAND POLICE WILL NONVIOLENT ASSOCIATION LOCAL 1739 ANY PPA PATROL OFFICERS?  THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SAID JULY 1ST 2023 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE A BASE LOUIJEUNE INCREASE OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN OCTOBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND FLAT AMOUNTS OF 500 $250, $900 AND $800 BE ADDED TO THE ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR AS WELL AS INCREASES TO THE UNIFORM HOME ALLOWANCE AND WEEKEND DIFFERENTIAL AND THE SECOND FILE MANNER FROM THE MAYOR I TRANSMIT HERE WITH YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIA ATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR $170,118. THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE LATE FILE MANAGERS TO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THEM SAY I I I'LL OPPOSING NAY THANK YOU. THE LATE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. THEY'VE BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD AND SO THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED IN THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS WAYS AND MEANS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANOTHER LATE FILE MATTER FROM THE OC? CAN YOU READ THAT INTO THE RECORD? THIRDLY FILE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND SUBMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION PLEASE FIND THE DESIGNATION OF THE CAF PAST YOUR PUMPING STATION 435 MONO HOFFMAN STREET MOUNT VERNON STREET DORCHESTER, MASS. THE FOREGOING DESIGNATION WAS APPROVED BY THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 12, 2024 AND HAVING BEEN PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR WAS RETURNED SINE IN NOVEMBER 18TH 2024 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 772 OF THE ACTS OF 1975 AS AMENDED IF NOT ACTED UPON WITHIN 30 DAYS DECEMBER 20TH 2020 FOR THE DESIGNATION SHALL BE DEEMED AS IF APPROVED.  THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OC THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL OF THE LATE FILE MATTERS. MR QUICK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THAT TO THE RECORD THAT WE NOT THE LAST ONE. OKAY SO FIRST OKAY, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THAT LASTLY FILE MATTER THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION ONTO THE ENTIRE RECORD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING TO THE FILE MATTERS THEY ARE ALL OPPOSING THEY THINK THAT THEY FOUND THAT IT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND THERE'S TALK WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.  AH OH AH THERE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL FILES. OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. WE HAVE SOME NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS I WANT TO SHOUT OUT MATT MARTINELLI, MILLY RIVERA, ANNA CALDERON AND KARISHMA CHOUHAN HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SOME OF THOSE NOVEMBER AND EARLY DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS AND SOME ANNOUNCE MINTS THE V ROCK GALA VERONICA ROYAL BLESS CAUSES AND A GALA IS A SATURDAY EVENING AT 630 THERE'S A JUSTIN JUSTIN BOOKISH GRAND OPENING AT 11 A.M. AND FIELDS CORNER ON SATURDAY THE NORTH END TRELLIS LIGHTING MONDAY EVENING NEXT SATURDAY IS THE LIGHTING OF THE SHIP AT MARTIN'S PARK AND NEXT SUNDAY DECEMBER ONE IS THE ANDERSON SQUARE TREE LIGHTING IN HYDE PARK. IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON SINCE WE HAVE NO COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY. MY YOUNGEST BORN.  AH AND I AM SO, SO, SO PROUD OF YOU FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE AND THIS GUY IS STRAIGHT A'S 4.0 ALREADY SO I'M SO EXCITED I YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO TO SCHOOL BUT HE'S LIKE AMAZING AND I HOPE TO BE TRULY DESERVING OF HIM.  SHAQ YOU HAVE MADE ME A PROUD MAMA AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?  OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OH,  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I WAS JUST CONFIRMING NOVEMBER 30TH IS THE DORCHESTER TROLLEY TOUR. SO FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AT ANY OF THE SEVERAL STOPS THAT ARE ALONG THE WAY,  YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP ONLINE AND BUT WE WILL BE HAVING ON NOVEMBER 30TH THE DORCHESTER ELECTORATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AND THE MEETING ON BEHALF OF ANYONE NOW IS THE MOMENT TO TO DO SO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TONIGHT I MEAN I TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S JUST BECOME DARK. I RISE IN HONOR OF J.R. MORAN, A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. HE PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 15. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY AFTER COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH COLON CANCER . HE WAS ONLY 44 YEARS OLD AND LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE SARAH AND THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS MADELEINE, AMELIA AND VIVIAN. J.R. WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SWAMPSCOTT BUT YOU'LL KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE WORKED AT HIS FAMILY'S BAR CORNWALL'S.  J.R. HAD A PASSION FOR PEOPLE AND AT THE AGE SINCE THE AGE OF 16 HE WORKED AT HIS FAMILY'S ESTABLISHMENT CORNWALL'S TAVERN AND KENMORE SQUARE. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIS BROTHER BILLY WHO HE LED CORNWALL AS DAY TO DAY AND HE COULD BE FOUND IN THE KITCHEN OR POPPING OUT TO SAY HELLO TO REGULARS.  I WAS HONORED TO BE WITH HIM ON MARATHON MONDAY WHEN HE WAS BACK AT CORNWALL'S. HE HAD A TRUE HEART FOR SERVICE AND HE WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE RESTAURANT MAKING EVERYONE WHO WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS FEEL WELCOME MEMORIES WHETHER AT WORK OR AT HOME. J.R. WAS ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS AND HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO ASK YOU HOW YOU WERE DOING.  OR TO SHARE A STORY. HE CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE CALLING EVERYONE A FRIEND. JERRY'S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT, HOWEVER, WAS HIS FAMILY. HE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER TO HIS DEVOTED HUSBAND, TO HIS WIFE SARAH AND A DEDICATED FATHER TO THREE CHILDREN. THEY SHARED SPECIAL TIMES WITH THEIR CLOSE FRIENDS AT THE BEACH CLUB SHOOTING THE BREEZE BY THE POOL AND VACATIONING TOGETHER IN MAINE.  HIS GREATEST JOY WAS WATCHING HIS THREE YOUNG DAUGHTERS LAUGH AND PLAY A KID AT HEART HIMSELF. HE WAS NOWHERE. THERE WAS NOWHERE HE WOULD RATHER BE THAN HOME WITH HIS GIRLS. HIS BATTLE WITH COLON CANCER CANCER WAS ADMIRABLE AND HE SHOWED TRUE BRAVERY.  BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK HIS FAMILY. I KNOW THEY ALL PITCHED AN IN IN HIS FINAL DAYS. ONE OF MY VERY CLOSE FRIENDS PAM BEAL IS HIS AUNT AND I KNOW THE FAMILY IS ALL PITCHING IN TO SUPPORT THEIR THREE GIRLS WHO WHO HAVE LOST THEIR DAD AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL I JUST WANT TO HONOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY AND I KNOW THEY'LL BE SOME SERVICES AHEAD. I'LL SEND THOSE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE IN HIS MEMORY AND ADJOURNING.  I KNOW IT'LL MEAN A LOT THAT WE'RE ADJOURNING THE COUNCIL MEETING IN HIS HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN MY DISTRICT AT A PARK AND I'M NOT SURE IF I'M AT LIBERTY TO SPEAK OF NAMES BUT A SIX YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS STABBED AND LATER PASSED AND SO MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY AS WELL AS OLDER WOMAN WHO WAS BIT BITTEN BY A DOG AND THEN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES AND PASSED AWAY AS WELL.  SO MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY. ROY HAYNES FROM ROXBURY, OUR VERY OWN LEGENDARY JAZZ DRUMMER KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUMMERS OF ALL TIME.  IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM THERE'S PLENTY OF HIS MUSIC ON YOUTUBE AND I HAD THE PLEASURE TO CATCH UP PLAYED WITH JAZZ ICONS LIKE CHARLIE PARKER, JOHN COLTRANE AND MILES DAVIS RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING THE NEA JAZZ MASTERS AWARD, A MENTOR TO YOUNG MUSICIANS AND AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE ROXBURY JAZZ SCENE. HIS PASSING MARKS THE END OF AN ERA BUT HIS MUSICAL LEGACY LIVES ON. MY CONDOLENCES TO MR ROY'S FAMILY AS WELL. OUR VERY OWN GLORIA FOX, REPRESENTATIVE FOX, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICIAN REPRESENTED AND COMMUNITY LEADER IN BOSTON THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVED SERVED AT THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1985 TO 2015, ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK WOMEN ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE. ADVOCATED FOR SHE ADVOCATED FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY FOCUSING ON HOUSING, EDUCATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND AMONGST MANY OTHER OF HER POLICIES.  KEY VOICE IN PUSHING LEGISLATION FOR RACIAL EQUITY AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. A TRAILBLAZER WHOSE LEGACY CONTINUES TO FIRE ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS IN BOSTON.  I HAD THE PLEASURE TO KNOW REPRESENTATIVE FOX OF COURSE AND ALMOST PERSONAL WHEN I WAS JUST IN THE AGE OF 13 I STARTED WORKING IN A PEER LIKE LEADER EDUCATION STUFF AND HAD THE PLEASURE TO DO SOME COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THROUGH ROXBURY COMMUNITY MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AND TO WHEN I TELL YOU THAT EVERYTHING THAT I INVITED AS BOX TO I WOULD RUN INTO THE STATE HOUSE AND I TOLD MYSELF THAT GOVERNOR WELL WAS JUST GOING TO SHOW UP TO MY EVENT AND I WAS 14 I THINK AND I JUST WALKED IN AND I SAID WHERE'S THE GOVERNOR?  AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THE GOVERNOR. I'M 14.  AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED EVERYBODY WAS LAUGHING BECAUSE HERE'S THIS 14 YEAR OLD ASKING FOR GOVERNOR. WELL AND OUT OF NOWHERE THERE WAS THIS BOX AND THERE WAS GOVERNOR WELL AND SAID NO, NO, NO, LET HER THROUGH. AND THEY BOTH WELCOMED ME IN. SO A YEAR LATER I WOULD BE STILL UNDOCUMENTED.  15 YEAR OLD REMEMBERING MS. FOX WAS VERY PLEASANT AND OPEN. I SET UP A MEETING WITH HER. I CALLED HER I SAID I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT. SHE ACTUALLY ALLOWED ME AN IN-PERSON MEETING. I REMEMBER GOING INTO HER OFFICE. SHE WAS BAREFOOT. SHE HAD CAPRI SUNS OR TEA. THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS AND COOKIES FOR ME . READY? AND I WOULD SIT WITH HER AND LITERALLY BAREFOOT LIKE THIS WOMAN CAME AROUND HER DESK AND GAVE ME BIG HUGS AND TOOK ME IN HER AND SAID OKAY BABY, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?  I REMEMBER SITTING ACROSS FROM HER DESK AND STARTED EXPLAINING MY SITUATION. I AM CAPE VERDEAN AND I STILL HAD A I HAD A HEAVIER ACCENT BACK THEN EXPLAINING THAT DIDN'T HAVE A GREEN CARD AND THAT MY MOM WAS TEEN MOM WHO WAS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AND THAT I WORKED AND I WAS AT THE TIME THE SOLE BREADWINNER OF MY FAMILY AND SHE HELPED ME AND HOW COULD SHE HELP ME GET A GREEN CARD AND THIS FOX WITH BIG SMILES SHE JUST POURED OUT HER LOVE AND SAID TO ME , YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN TO ME THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT I WAS ASKING AND THEN ACTUALLY CONNECTED ME WITH LAWS, OFFICE AND RESOURCES. OF COURSE IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T I JUST DIDN'T QUALIFY BY WAY THROUGH MY MOTHER SO BUT THE IDEA THAT SHE MADE SPACE THAT SHE TOOK ME IN HER ARMS AND THAT SHE EMBRACED ME IN THAT WAY I WILL FOREVER BE INDEBTED AND WE LOVE YOU,  MS.. FOX AND MY CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FAMILY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BECAUSE OF AN INGENIOUS AND THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING GLORY AND THOSE PERSONAL STORIES REP FOX AND THOSE PERSONAL STORIES MY LOVE TO HER CHILDREN AND HER GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDING JOE FOX, YOLANDA FOX LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE A TRAILBLAZER FOR SO MANY BLACK WOMEN IN POLITICS WAS A FREQUENT VISITOR HERE CITY HALL JUST EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO. I THINK LAST YEAR FOR A AS PART OF THE MLK READER PROGRAM JUST WORKING HER WORK ON PRISON REFORM, FOSTER CARE REFORM, FAMILY REUNIFICATION.  SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HER FAMILY AND REMEMBER SOMEONE WHO WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN POLITICS AND WHO WAS ONE OF ROXBURY FINEST. SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FLYNN, CASTRO, FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT A AMERICAN HERO, BOSTON FIREFIGHTER ROBERT ONE OF OF SOUTH BOSTON ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 1986 ENGINE COMPANY SEVEN RESPONDED TO AN ALARM AT 78 CHARLES STREET SOUTH THE MELLON HOTEL UPON ARRIVAL HEAVY FIRE AND SMOKE WERE REPORTED FROM THE FOURTH FLOOR ENGINE COMPANY SEVEN ADVANCED VIA THE INTERIOR FROM THE STAIRWELL THE FOURTH FOURTH FLOOR WHERE THE MEMBERS ENCOUNTERED HEAVY FIRE BEFORE THE LINE WAS CHARGED. FIREFIGHTER ONE OF ENGINE COMPANY SEVEN HEARD SCREAMS FROM AN UPPER FLOOR. HE PROCEEDED TO THE FIFTH FLOOR WHICH WAS HEAVILY CHARGED WITH SMOKE AND FIRE. FIRE WAS EXTENDING UP FROM THE FOURTH FLOOR VIA AN OUTER COURT AND A HEIGHT SHAFT. FIREFIGHTER WHO NOW MADE HIS WAY DOWN TO THE FIFTH FLOOR HALLWAY DIRECTLY ABOVE THE HEAVY FIRE AND ENTERED A ROOM WHERE HE BELIEVED THE CRY ORIGINATED AFTER CRAWLING TO A WINDOW HE OBSERVED A WHEN A WOMAN HOLDING A ONE YEAR OLD CHILD IN ONE ARM AND AN INFANT IN THE OTHER AT THE EDGE OF A ROOF. THIS WOMAN HAD JUMPED FROM THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING TO AN ADJACENT ROOF AT 74 WARRENTON STREET THE WOMAN HAD WALKED THE RIDGE POLE AND APPARENTLY SLIPPED OR PANICKED AND SLID DOWN THE ROOF WHICH HAD A 50 DEGREE PITCH FIRE FIGHT OVER NOW IMMEDIATELY REMOVED HIS EAR MASK AND LEAPED OUT OF THE WINDOW WHICH WAS IN THE LINE OF THE EDGE OF THE PITCH ROOF. HE LANDED ON HIS STOMACH AND CRAWLED ACROSS THE ROOF SOME 20 FEET UNTIL HE REACHED THE DISTRAUGHT WOMAN AND CHILDREN. THE WOMAN HAD STOPPED HER FALL WHEN HER FEET HIT THE GUTTER FIREFIGHTER OF AN EL MANAGED TO HOLD EACH OF THE CHILDREN IN CALM. THE WOMAN WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE FIRE POLICE OFFICERS AND BYSTANDERS WAS INTENT AND JUMPING UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF LADDER COMPANY 15 WHO REMOVE THEM TO SAFETY BECAUSE FIREFIGHTER ROBERT LINNELL OF ENGINE COMPANY SEVEN BY HIS QUICK ACTION EXTREME PERSONAL RISK TO HIS OWN LIFE SAVED THE LIVES OF THE WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN THE FIRE COMMISSIONER RECOMMENDED AND AWARDED THE GENERAL ORDER AND REFERRED THIS CASE TO THE BOARD OF MERIT FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. THE FIRE COMMISSIONER UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THIS BOARD ORDERED THAT FIREFIGHTER WENT OUT OF ENGINE SEVEN BE AWARDED THE JOHN E FITZGERALD MEDAL FOR THE MOST MERITORIOUS SERVICE ACT OF 1986. FIREFIGHTER OF ONE OF SOUTH BOSTON PASSED AWAY IN MAY. WE REMEMBER THIS AMERICAN HERO AND OUR PRESS THANK YOU AND WHAT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYONE WHO'S PASSED TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE OF CANCER COLETTA ZAPATA, MICHAEL RALPH PUG, LUCIO ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DURKIN, GABRIELLE FAY JAMES RICHARD J.R. MORAN ON THAT OF COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD. PAULA COVENEY JOE GREGORY BE ELECTED FORMER MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THOMAS ALPERIN DEVINE DAVID ISAIAH JACKSON ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AMBITIOUS GARBO THE FATHER OF EVANS GARBO REVEREND VINCENT GERALD YANCEY SENIOR DOCTOR CLIFT OUR WAR IN JUNIOR HONORABLE COUNCILOR BRIAN MOREAU WILLIAM GOFORTH ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE GLORIA FOX A MOMENT OF SILENCE . THE CHAIR MOVED THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE ENOLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2024 AT 12 NOON THERE IS NO MEETING NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK PLEASE ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF A GERMAN. PLEASE SAY II THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE