, I'M ALL FOR IT.  I ALSO CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON DOT GOV. FORGE SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV.  AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU.  MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?  COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YEAH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN HERE. COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  HERE. A QUORUM. IT'S A QUICK DID YOU GET COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON?  COUNCILOR FERNANDES SAYS HERE. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A PERFORMANCE PRESENCE IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY PASTOR FRANKLIN HOBBS FROM GLOBAL MINISTRIES CHRISTIAN CHURCH INVITED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN CASSEL FLYNN WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM WITH YOUR GUEST REMINDER I WOULD ASK ALL THE COUNCILORS AND GUESTS TO RISE AT THE TIME OF INVOCATION AND AFTER THE INVOCATION PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND IT'S MY HONOR TO INVITE AND TO HAVE WITH US TODAY PASTOR FRANKLIN HOBBS FROM GLOBAL MINISTRIES CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN DORCHESTER DELIVERING TODAY'S PRAYER AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . PASTOR HOBBS IS A FRIEND. HE'S PART OF THIS GLOBAL MINISTRIES CHRISTIAN CHURCH BUT HE'S ALSO A FOUNDER OF HEALING OUR LAND, AN ORGANIZATION SERVING THE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED POPULATION IN OUR RETURNING CITIZENS HERE IN BOSTON PROVIDING EDUCATION AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX AS WELL FOR OUR RETURNING CITIZENS WHO SOMEONE I RESPECT. I GOT TO KNOW PASTOR HOBBS THROUGH MY FRIENDSHIP WITH PASTOR BRUCE WALL AND HIS WIFE PASTOR KAREN DASTOOR HOBBS IS A TREMENDOUS ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY.  HE HAS WORKED TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RETURNING CITIZENS BUT ALSO FOR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON SOMEONE WE HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR FOR HIS INTEGRITY,  FOR HIS HONESTY. AND FINALLY HE'S ALSO A THE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF BOSTON PRAISE RADIO.  MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES INCLUDING MYSELF HAVE BEEN ON IT'S A BLACK OWNED RADIO STATION THAT PROVIDES NEWS AND MUSIC AND CULTURE AND UPCOMING EVENTS AND HAS A GREAT REACH.  BUT ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MEDIA OWNED STATION AND PASTOR HOBBS ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHERS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF THAT MEDIA OUTREACH. SO I DO WANT TO INVITE PASTOR HOBBS TO OPEN THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY WITH THE POST OFFICE. THEY COULD COME SOON. COULD WE PLEASE STAND FATHER? GOD WE BLESS YOU. WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, WE GIVE YOU A GO, WE GIVE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE MADE AND WE CHOOSE TO REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. FATHER THE BIBLE SAYS THE POWERS THAT BE OR DIDN'T OF GOD SO WE'RE TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY. FATHER YOU SAID IF WE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL CALL BY YOUR NAME WHAT HUMBLE OUR SOULS AND PRAY AND SEEK YOUR FACE AND TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS YOU WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN THE SACRIFICE IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU A BROKEN SPIRIT AND A CONTRITE HEART YOU'LL FORGIVE OUR SIN IN YOU HEAL OUR LAND OUR LAND IS DESPERATE FOR YOUR HEALING HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE FATHER WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME TO YOUR THRONE OF GRACE AND CONFESS HOW BLESSED YOU WISH SO FAITHFUL YOU'LL JUST FORGIVE AND YOU'LL CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS THIS HOLY WEEK WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE AMONGST THIS FREE OR DEIGNED DIVINE APPOINTMENT EVERY SOUL REPRESENTS IT UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE WE SURRENDER TO YOU A HOLY SPIRIT CANCEL THE PLANS OF THE ENEMY THE ENEMIES ARSENAL USE IS CAUSE CONFUSION IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP AND LOOSE YOUR MINISTERING ANGELS TO EVERY SPIRIT EVERY HEART, EVERY SOUL RB MIND EVERY PHYSICAL BODY SET US APART NOW FOR YOUR SERVICE BY YOUR POWER OF LOVE THAT'S DIVINE THAT OUR SOULS ARE UP WITH STEADFAST HOPES OUR WILLS CONSUMED IN YOURS LET THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTHS AND THE MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEARTS BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT YOU WILL OWN OUR STRENGTH YOU WILL OWN OUR REDEEMING NOW ONE SO YOU WAS ABLE TO KEEP US FROM FALLING AND PRESENT US FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF YOUR GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY TO YOU WE GIVE ALL GLORY ALL MAJESTY, ALL DOMINION AND POWER BOTH NOW AND FOREVERMORE IN JESUS NAME A MAN IS NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEAD WITH YOU BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WITH THE REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU, PASTOR HOBBS. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR INCARCERATED SIBLINGS AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE ONCE THEY GET HOME THEY STAY HOME. SO THANK YOU.  OKAY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE FOR THE RECORD AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS NOW WITH US AND IS PRESENT.  THANK YOU. HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL BE WE HAVE TODAY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR LUIS MIRANDA WHO IS HERE WITH US. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR JULIAN CYR WHO IS WITH US HERE TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US . MR. CLERK, IF WE COULD PLEASE CALL OUT OF ORDER RESOLUTION IN DOCKET NUMBER 0603 AND CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD DOCKET NUMBER 06030, I'M SORRY IT'S 00598 DOCKET NUMBER 0598 COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO NAME MARCH 27TH AS CABO VERDE IN WOMEN'S DAY OR CREOLE INTERNATIONAL DAY. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR AND CAN COME UP.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU, PASTOR HOBBS, FOR AGAIN WONDERFUL SUPPLICATION. WE APPRECIATE YOU.  MADAM PRESIDENT, I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE. WE LOOKED AT A WATCH AND THE TIME WAS NOT COORDINATED WITH THE TIME AND SO THE CHAMBER AND SO WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WEREN'T HERE YET. SO THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE.  NO, NO, NO. WE THOUGHT WE WERE ON TIME. WE THOUGHT THE MEETING HADN'T BEGUN. SO I APOLOGIZE SINCERELY.  AND TODAY A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE. I SEE MANY OF MY FRIENDS IN THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES.  I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING AND HONORING THIS DAY WITH ME . I'D LIKE TO CALL IF YOU DON'T MIND MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE LEADER RUSSIA AND SENATOR LIZ MIRANDA TO RECEIVE THIS RESOLUTION.  THANK YOU. I I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A SMALL TASTE. MADAM PRESIDENT IS KEEPING US ON TASK ON SCHEDULE.  SO JUST 2 MINUTES. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO BUT TO SHADOW OR TO LEVEL WELCOME.  PLEASE COME. PLEASE JOIN US.  THEY'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING AGAIN IN A VERY SMALL TWO MINUTE PORTION OF WHAT WE CALL THE BANKER.  THE BANKER TRADITIONALLY IS SO HEALING AND WAS ACTUALLY BANNED IN CAPE VERDE FOR OVER 100 YEARS. WE COULDN'T PERFORM LIKE OTHER CULTURES THAT COME TO THE CHAMBER AND CELEBRATE THEIR CULTURES.  WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU TODAY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TASTE OF CABO VERDE, WEST AFRICA THE BANKER  NOTHING LIKE BUT TO GO OH AT THE BANK TO START OUR DAY BECAUSE THE MEETING CHAMBER REPRESENTATION DOES MATTER. ONCE AGAIN PLEASE MY ESTEEMED GUESTS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MY COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US HERE. MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME TODAY AS WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL DAY, WE HONOR THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT AND RICH CULTURE HERITAGE CABO VERDANSK WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY CAPE VERDE WOMEN OR KILLERS HAVE PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLES IN SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY FROM SENDING MESSAGES DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE TO ACTING AS WARRIORS DEMONSTRATING THEIR COURAGE AND RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.  I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR AMAZING STATE SENATOR LUIS MIRANDA WHO CALLED FACILITATED AND COORDINATED THIS WITH ME IN PARTNERSHIP. TOGETHER WE ARE ALWAYS STRONG AND STRONGER. WE ARE WITH ALL WOMEN UNITED.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO CELEBRATE THIS AND COMING BUENDIA.  I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE NOT IN MY CHAMBER BUT IN YOUR CHAMBER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A GUEST AS A PROUD CAPE VERDEAN WOMAN FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN. I CAN'T SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO STAND WITH TANYA TODAY. STAND IN THE GAP FOR CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN AND ALL WOMEN IN THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE. I AM JOINED HERE BY MY COLLEAGUE FOR ALSO TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY BOTH ISSUES AN ISSUE THAT WE WORK A LOT ON IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE BUT ALSO HERE TO HONOR THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN HAVE THAT HAVE CALLED BOSTON AND MASSACHUSETTS HOME. SO THANK YOU AGAIN AT THE CEREMONY. LISTEN UP UP IN A CREOLE IN THE CITY OR CITY HALL HE DID NOT SAY IT AGAIN. HOW HE DOES HE CAME HERE DENIED HE KNOWS RG NGUYEN NO CELEBRA NO EAST ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA SAVVY. THIS IS SERIOUS VACUNARSE AMIGO NOS AMIGOS COULD NOT COME BACK VACUNAS COMPANERO THE COMPANY DADDY NO CELEBRITY NO HONOR TO DO KISS COMFORT THE A.Q THE TRABAJO REISSUED INTERDICT BY EASILY MY PRINCIPLE MAINTAIN I CONSIDERED THE BOSTON AND CLIPPER FLED MYANMAR EN MEANS MY BUST ON SCREEN LEAVE MY CONFORMING NOSE MESS DOWN AND SLOWLY POLLUTE THE PART TO LOOK OUT FOR THE US NOT CABO VERDE NOT MACA NOT BOSTON BUT NO CELEB ENFORCER AGAINST CAPTAIN THIN STUCK TO MY DUGGINS I CAN DO PUPPET BUT DO WHAT I CAN DO PUBLICLY ALREADY CABO VERDE IS GOING TO MY AGAIN CONSORTIUM WOULD HAVE COVERED THE HONOR COURSE CAUTIOUS BAT SIGN TO WRAP CANNOT BE MORE COURSE THE DUCK THE RUBBER LA THE MASK THAT I THAT ROGER FINN COULD ADAPT COULD NOT BELONG THAT ANYBODY THAT'S A LIBERAL NORTH I'M MORE MY MASS PROFUNDO NOT SPIRITUALLY CAPE VERDE NO SPEAR TO AFRICA NO NO GETTING OFF GETTING TO KNOW SO BECAUSE THEY CAN SERVE COVERTLY I NO NO NO SECOND BITE ORDER CAN LOOK AT THAT YOU SEE I DO A NEW TYPE OF INTERNAL SPICE TO GIVE ME AGAIN CASSETTE BECAUSE THEY GET COVERAGE QUICK SIGNIFICA BECAUSE THEY GET POLLUTE THE PARTY CAN ACHIEVE IDENTITY SPONSOR THEY SEE DADDY JUST TO BE MARGINALLY KANSAS CITY ALREADY KNOWS ME TO THINK HAPPILY I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GO COVERT IN THE SPIRITUAL CAPITAL VIVE ON THIS HE GOT TO BEAR THE ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRITY UNDER THE SONG AND CRAIG INTRODUCING US DAILY INDEX TO BE ABLE TO SAY BE KNOWS CITATION OR NOT CERTIFICATE AUDIO AWARD NOT NOMINEE TO THE CHRYSALIS COVERED THE AMNESTY TO COVER THE ADVOCACY OF THE GUY THANK YOU COUNSELOR ANDERSON WE LOOK AT WHO'S READY REGARDLESS I KNOW MADAM PRESIDENT WE'RE SHORT ON TIME AND I THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE TO SPEAK OUT IN PUBLIC . SO ALL I'M GOING TO SAY IS TODAY WAS A LIKE A TRUE DAY OF I LIKE SEEING CAPE VERDE AND WOMAN COMING TOGETHER NOT TO TOTALLY BUT CELEBRATE COMPANEROS SO BUT ANOTHER MASS LIBRA FROM WHAT YOU WOULD THINK CELEBRITIES PROPS FOR IT WOULD THINK CELEBRATE COMPANERO NOR DO THE COMPANERO WITH ABOUT THIS ALBUM I DON'T THINK SO WE GO COMPANERO THANK YOU O.G. FILM'S CREATOR THE PUERTO RICAN MALE EMPLOYABLE I SEE YOU ON THE SILVER BRAVO AND THE MALIBU SO VIVA CABO VERDE AND NOW OFFICIAL RESOLUTION OFFERED BY THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL OR COUNSELOR TINY FRENCH ANDERSON BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS AND IS TO COME WITH THE HONORS OF CAPE VERDE AND IN BOSTON AND ABROAD. MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR ANDERSON MR. CLERK FT.  SO CASUARINA, INDIA, LISTEN ARE YOU SEEKING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0598? YES, COUNCILOR THANK YOU. WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE. THAT COUNCIL BREADON CALATA DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN MARIA MURPHY, BETTE BEN S.A. WEBER WERE ALL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CASUARINA ANDREW ANDERSONS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0598. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING THAT THE VOTE MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO 519 COUNCIL BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA.  COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON AH YEAH. YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE IS COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY? YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN.  COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR TENNIS COUNCIL WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL YES. TALKING NUMBERS 0598 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CLERK.  DOCKET NUMBER 0598 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. OBRIGADO. IF MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE HERE FOR A CREOLE A DAY CAN PLEASE GATHER AND WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PHOTO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTORS SO MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST GO AND WORK ON THIS ISSUE. CAN YOU JOIN US FOR A PICTURE PLEASE GIVE MEJIA IF I KNOW WHERE TO MEET YOU. I CAN I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE WAY STAFF BECAUSE I THINK THEY REALIZE THEY NEED TO THANK  CONGRATULATE OF FIVE OH THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT COMMISSIONER TAVARES WHO WON CREOLE OF THE YEAR AND WHO WAS HONORED WITH THAT CERTIFICATE BEFORE SO OBRIGADO. COMMISSIONER TAVARES, CONGRATULATIONS.  IF WE COULD NOW WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON. MR. CLERK IF WE COULD PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER DOCKET OUT OF ORDER WE WILL BE TAKING OUT OF ORDER DOCKET NUMBER AND MAKE SURE THAT I GET THE DOCKET CARD YET WHICH WE'LL BE TAKING OUT OF ORDER.  DOCKET NUMBER 50596. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0596 OH DOCKET NUMBER 0596 COUNCILORS DURKIN AND BREADON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 31ST AS TRANS GENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY.  THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR SANTANA SIMPLEX MS..  I STAND TODAY BEFORE YOU WITH A PROFOUND SENSE OF PURPOSE AND PRIDE AS WE PROPOSE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY ON MARCH 31ST. THIS DAY HOLDS A DEPTH OF DEPTH OF SIGNIFICANCE AS IT HONORS RESILIENCE, STRENGTH AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE TRANSGENDER GENDER, AND NON-BINARY INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. AND WHAT I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT UPON DOING RESEARCH IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS HONORED THIS DAY WHICH HAS STARTED IN 2014. TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY IS A BEACON OF HOPE A DAY WHERE WE CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY OF TRANSGENDER IDENTITIES.  IT'S A DAY TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES THAT HAVE TOO OFTEN BEEN SILENCED AND OVERLOOK TO CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES AND TO FOSTER EMPATHY AND ACCEPTANCE. AND TODAY UP HERE WITH ME TODAY ARE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR BREADON, MY THIRD CO-SPONSOR WHICH I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT RESOLUTION.  AND I ALSO HAVE A DEAF OF THE OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND THE FOLKS WHO BRING EVERYONE ALONG WITH THEM FENWAY HEALTH NAMESAKE MASSACHUSETTS TRANSGENDER POLITICAL COALITION BAGLEY AND THE LGBTQ OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT ARE ALL REPRESENTED BEHIND ME AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM A MOMENT A MOMENT TO SPEAK.  I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO OUR AGENDA BUT I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND FOR OUR TRANS COMMUNITY TO HAVE A DAY TO CELEBRATE, TO HAVE A DAY TO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU THAT WE ARE APPROACHING THIS DAY WITH UNITY, SOLIDARITY AND ALLOWING US TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE TRANSGENDER GENDER NONCONFORMING AND NON-BINARY COMMUNITIES. BUT ALSO A REMINDER THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY IS OWED TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND WE MUST CELEBRATE THAT THERE ARE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS IN THEIR OWN WORDS SO.  SO I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUE I ACTUALLY WANT TO CALL UP OUR TRANS COMMUNITY AND OUR TRANS ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HERE WITH ME FIRST. SO FIRST I'LL GO WITH LUKE LENNON FROM NAMESAKE.  UH, I SAY SOMETHING. YEAH.  NEW TO THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. NAMESAKE COLLABORATIVE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS THE TRANS NONBINARY AND GENDER EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY NAVIGATE THE LEGAL NAME AND GENDER MARKER CHANGE PROCESS HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS.  AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, IT'S A GREATLY COMPLEX, CHALLENGING PROCESS THAT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IDENTITY IS OUR RIGHT AND SO WE'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ACROSS THE STATE TO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS AND REALLY TAKE AUTONOMY OVER THEIR IDENTITIES.  SO THANK YOU.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME AT FENWAY HEALTH WHO THIS WHOLE IDEA FOR THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WAS SPARKED BY A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH CHERYL. SO I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE FENWAY HEALTH. THANKS, COUNCILOR . AND FENWAY HEALTH IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IN NEW ENGLAND. WE HAVE OVER 5000 TRANS AND NON-BINARY PATIENTS.  I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT ALL OF THOSE DOCTORS AND ALL OF THOSE PATIENTS. IN ADDITION, THOSE FOLKS WE HAVE RESEARCHERS WHO MAKE SURE THAT TRANS AND NON-BINARY FOLKS ARE INCLUDED IN THEIR LGBTQ RESOURCE RESEARCH AND THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION ONE OF THE LARGEST LGBTQ EMPLOYERS AS WELL.  SO HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. LUKE AND MTP WE LOOK AT NAMESAKE AND FENWAY AND MTC AND BAGLEY AND OTHERS ALL TOGETHER TONIGHT AT FENWAY HEALTH TO PROVIDE COACHING AND A WORKSHOP AROUND LEGAL TRANSITION. SO THANKS VERY MUCH TO YOU TONIGHT.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW I'D LIKE TO GO TO GRAY STERLING STOLE FROM BAGLEY. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER MANY YEARS AND OBVIOUSLY BAGLEY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM CITY HALL SO WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT INCLUDING THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS GRAY STERLING STOLL. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAGLEY, WHICH IS THE BOSTON ALLIANCE OF LGBTQ YOUTH. WE'RE THE OLDEST AND LARGEST LGBTQ ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE AND WE SERVE A MAJORITY POPULATION OF TRANS AND NON-BINARY YOUNG PEOPLE. IT IS IT IS SO IMPORTANT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY AND EVEN HERE IN THIS STATE THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH TRANS AND NON-BINARY COMMUNITIES OF THE RESOLUTION AS IS SO IMPORTANT THIS RECOGNITION IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT IT WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO THAT I WAS HERE WITH OTHER TRANS ADVOCATES AS THE CITY COUNCIL ADDED GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION TO THE CITY AS NONDISCRIMINATION LAW BEFORE BEFORE THE STATE. THANK YOU ALL.  I'D LIKE TO WELCOME GISELLE FROM THE THEATER OFFENSIVE.  I'M A LITTLE TIRED TODAY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR INVITING ME INTO THIS SPACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS GISELLE BYRD.  PRONOUNS SHE HER. I AM THE THEATER OFFENSIVE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHERE WE ARE FOCUSED ON DEDICATING TO THE LIBERATION AND THE ARTISTRY OF  AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE ARE BUILDING THE WORLD'S LARGEST THEATER OWNED AND OPERATED BY AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE FENWAY. AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE SACRED NATURE THAT IS TRANS LIFE WHILE BOSTON IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WE ARE CREATING OUR OWN. IT STARTS WITH US AND IT ENDS WITH US AND BOSTON CLEARLY BELIEVED IN BEING REVOLUTIONARY BECAUSE THEY HIRED ME AS THE FIRST BLACK TRANS WOMAN IN THE UNITED STATES TO LEAD A MAJOR AMERICAN THEATER COMPANIES AND ARE HONORED AND GRATEFUL. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, GISELLE. AND YOU UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT OF WHAT TO WEAR TODAY. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. SO AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MASS TRANS POLITICAL COALITION. I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE, SO THANK YOU.  THANKS, COUNSELOR. I'M KELSEY CRANSTON. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRANSGENDER POLITICAL COALITION.  WE ARE THE OLDEST TRANS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION IN THE U.S. FOUNDED IN 2001 AND HAVE BEEN PROUD TO BE IN BOSTON SINCE THEN.  AND GRACE IS ONE OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO STILL HAVE HER ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE AND TO HAVE YOU ALL TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MOVEMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE DO AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SANCTITY AND THE BEAUTY OF TRANS NON-BINARY LIVES. THANK YOU.  AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I HADN'T INVITED STATE SENATOR JULIAN CYR WHO'S BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE AT THE STATE HOUSE ON EVERYTHING FROM TRANS RIGHTS TO LGBTQ TO TREATMENT IN PRISONS. HE'S AN INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE AND A DEAR FRIEND AND A REALLY CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE SO I'LL LET HIM COME AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOUSE DURKIN. FEELS GOOD TO SAY, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN SUCH A VIBRANT CHAMBER. WE SHOULD TAKE SOME NOTES FROM THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND BRING IT TO BEACON HILL. BUT I'M JUST SO HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE WITH MY TRANS AND NON-BINARY SIBLINGS IN THE WORK OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE AND HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND IN BOSTON WE'VE GOT A HECK OF A LOT TO BE PROUD ABOUT. WE'VE ALSO GOT A OF WORK TO DO MOST RECENTLY THE MASTER'S LEGISLATURE LED THE NATION IN ENSHRINING ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AS A CIVIL RIGHT THAT IS PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. WE'VE GOT A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER WORK TO DO. WE'VE GOT TREMENDOUS SIBLINGS AND PARTNERS IN GETTING THIS DONE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO STAND HERE WITH ALL OF YOU AND BEFORE THIS COUNCIL THAT HAS BEEN SO AFFIRMING OF  LIFE AND SPECIFICALLY OUR TRANS AND NINE NON-BINARY RESIDENTS HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS . SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AN HONOR AND SO SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP AND IT WOULD BE REMISS IF WE ALSO INVITE THE OFFICE OF LGBTQ PLUS ADVANCEMENT IN OUR CITY THAT DOES THIS WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.  OH HELLO, I'M DENISE AND SEE HOW YOU SEE AND HER AS HER PRONOUNS AND I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ PLUS ADVANCEMENT.  HI EVERYONE. I'M CANDACE. ARE YOU SHE AND HER FOUR PRONOUNS I'M OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST.  TELL EVERYONE I'M JULIAN LEE I SHE THEY PRONOUNS AND THE EXECUTIVE ON BEHALF OF OUR AMAZING TEAM AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBT PLUS ADVANCEMENT WE'RE GRATEFUL AND JOINING THE CELEBRATION IN THE GENDER DIVERSITY THAT HAS ALWAYS EXISTED IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY AND 365 DAYS A YEAR WE RECOGNIZE AND UPLIFT THE LGBT PLUS COMMUNITY VISIBILITY HISTORY IN THE WORK OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION STILL US SPECIFICALLY IN BOSTON'S TRANSGENDER NONBINARY BLACK AND BROWN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAKE UP THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY WE SEE YOU STAND ALONGSIDE YOU AND ARE YOU IS OUR JOB TO WORK ALONGSIDE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COLLEAGUES HERE BEFORE US IN GOVERNMENT TO CREATE SPACES,  RESOURCES AND POLICIES THAT CENTER TRANS AND NON-BINARY EXPERIENCE AS WE THANK YOU OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY AND TEAM MEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE TO SPEAK. I JUST TO SHARE ONE VERY QUICK LINE OF A POEM WRITTEN BY A TRANS POET BECAUSE IT IS THE VOICES THAT WE DON'T HEAR AND THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT WHEN YOU CALL ME BY MY NAME PRONOUNS I ADORE YOU GIVE ME A GENTLE WARM HUG, A HAND UP, A HEALING BALM A BRIGHT SMILE IN THE DARK A HEART OPENING WINK A BOUQUET OF SUNFLOWERS A YARROW BLOSSOM CIRCLE PROTECTION A TENDER ROAD OF SWEETNESS YEARS ON MY LIFE A BURST OF ENERGY ABILITY TO FOCUS A NOURISHING SENSE OF SAFETY AND BELONGING A HAPPY MEMORY A WARM CUP OF LEMON BALM LOVE AND WHEN YOU CALL ME BY MY NAME AND THE PRONOUNS THAT I ADORE YOU GIVE ME WELLNESS WELCOME AND HOME THANK YOU ALL THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I ACTUALLY LOOKED UP THE SAME POEM AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU READ IT. I JUST THOUGHT MY REMARKS TOO LONG AND IT JUST IT WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY PROOF THAT IT NEEDED TO BE IN THE SPACE.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR ONLY LGBTQ MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL LIZ BREADON TO GIVE HER REMARKS HERE. OH I SEE EVERYONE WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MANY, MANY GREAT LGBTQ ACTIVISTS AND TRANS AND NON-BINARY INDIVIDUALS.  DEMONSTRATORS AT STONEWALL WERE LED BY BLACK AND BROWN TRANS ACTIVISTS MARSHA JOHNSON, MARSHA P JOHNSON AND SYLVIA RIVERA WHO PROTESTED AND RIOTED ON JUNE 1969 FOLLOWING A LAW ENFORCEMENT RAID ON THE STONEWALL INN.  THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE LGBT REVOLUTION THAT MOMENT AND IT WAS THOSE TRANS ACTIVISTS THAT REALLY LED THE WAY AND STARTED THIS AMAZING WORK AS THE CITY COUNCILOR FOR ALLSTON BRIGHTON I HAVE THE HONOR TO RETURN TO.  I WANT TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF RITA HESTER, A BLACK TRANS WHO WAS MURDERED IN ALLSTON IN 1998 SPURRED AND THAT EVENT THAT SAD AND TRAGIC EVENT THAT SPURRED THE ANNUAL RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN NOVEMBER. AND I HAVE TO LET YOU ALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEDICATING A NEW PARK IN HESTER'S MEMORY AT THE ALLSTON YARDS ON THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN NOVEMBER RECOGNIZES THOSE THAT HAVE LOST THIS DAY OF VISIBILITY IN MARCH IS TO CELEBRATE THE JOYS,  STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF OUR TRANS AND NON-BINARY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.  WE CELEBRATE THE GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR TRANS AND NON-BINARY SIBLINGS. THEY ARE OUR FAMILY.  THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS, THEIR COWORKERS, THEIR PARENTS, THEIR CHILDREN. MAY WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS BY COMMITTING OURSELVES TO UPLIFT TOWARD UPLIFTING THEIR INCLUSION ACROSS ALL OF OUR WORK AND LET'S CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR TRANS NON-BINARY SIBLINGS TODAY. THANK YOU.  AND I WANTED TO INVITE ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY WHO LIVES IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO IS WORKING WITH ME ON AN ACTIVATION OF KENMORE SQUARE FOR MARATHON MONDAY WHICH I HOPE YOU CAN ALL JOIN BUT CARL WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME UP AND TO TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOUR STORY.  IT'S IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE WITH SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE.  IT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL. I JUST RECENTLY CAME OUT LAST YEAR AND THE CITY AND ALL THOSE AROUND ME HAVE EMBRACED ME AND SUPPORTED ME AND ACCEPTED ME LOVED ME AND THAT'S BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.  VISIBILITY MATTERS, REPRESENTATION MATTERS SO I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO LIVE MY LIFE AND CELEBRATE MY IDENTITY, CELEBRATE ALL OUR IDENTITIES AND IN HONOR OF TRANS DAVE VISIBILITY IN THE WORDS OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS TAYLOR SWIFT, I WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE MY LIFE HEAD FIRST IN MY BEST DRESS FEARLESS AND I JUST WANT TO BEFORE WE GO TO OUR WONDERFUL ALL COUNCIL PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO OFFER A CORRECTION BECAUSE.  WE NEED TO CORRECT OURSELVES. I SAID THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE LGBTQ MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND I SAW A COUPLE OF FACES AND I WANT TO SAY WE'RE ALLOWING FOR ALL GENDER EXPRESSION AND ALL IN ALL IDENTITIES IS HERE SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE ABOUT ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK THEY ARE. SO I JUST WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF HERE AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT TO TO CORRECT YOURSELF AND ALSO BE CORRECTED BY THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. SO AND NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT RAMSEY LEGION . THANK YOU, SHARON AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. AND I WAS TALKING WITH MY CHIEF OF STAFF EMILY POLSTON ABOUT HOW ABOUT TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE BUT TODAY IS ABOUT VISIBILITY.  IT'S ABOUT BEING SEEN AND IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING SPACE FOR ALL OF YOU. WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF FOLKS LIKE MARSHA P JOHNSON AND SYLVIA RIVERA, LESLIE FEINBERG SO MANY WHO ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SPACE THAT I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR COMES FROM BRINGING ABOUT RITA HESTER PARK THAT MURAL IS ALREADY BEAUTIFUL, TRAGICALLY BEAUTIFUL REMEMBERING WHO SHE IS AND WHY SO MANY OF US MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT MY FIRST TIME TESTIFYING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WAS ON MY WHEN IT WAS I WAS 24 AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AS A BLACK WOMAN IN THE CITY AND SITTING NEXT TO ME WAS A TRANS ACTIVIST THAT REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO THE INTERSECTION ALITY OF OUR ISSUES AND HOW WE ARE ALL TIED AND BOUND TOGETHER OUR STORIES OF LIBERATION.  SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO INVITE UP COUNCILOR COLETTA BECAUSE WE HAVE HERE ON THE COUNCIL OUR OWN TRAILBLAZER WHO HAS BEEN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING THIS TRANS COMMUNITY IN EVERYTHING WE DO WHO IS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND WHO I HAVE THE HONOR OF LEARNING A LOT FROM HIM. SO JACK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP WITH YOUR COUNCILOR COUNCILOR CARLOTTA WHO THANK ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OH MY GOODNESS. THIS IS SUCH THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY.  I MEAN BEING VISIBLE, CREATING THESE SPACES AND CELEBRATING EVERYBODY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON IS TRULY WHAT MAKES THIS CITY WELCOMING INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE CREATING THIS SPACE AND WE'RE CELEBRATING SO IT'S SUCH INSPIRATIONAL INDIVIDUALS.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FELT LIKE I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT CELEBRATE SOMEBODY WHO INSPIRES ME EVERY DAY.  OH AND HERE I GO.  I'VE KNOWN JACK FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS NOW. WE WE WORK TOGETHER AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT SETTING PEOPLE DOWN AT THEIR TABLES AND WE DEVELOPED A CLOSE BOND. WE'RE BOTH VIRGOS. WE'RE PERFECTIONISTS. SO YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT TO THERE'S A LOT OF CAMARADERIE THERE.  I'VE KNOW THIS INDIVIDUAL TO BE THOUGHTFUL, CARING AND DILIGENT HAS ALWAYS CENTERED. THEY'RE ABOUT THEIR VALUES IN ADVANCING SOCIAL, RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND SO IT REALLY WAS A NO BRAINER WHEN I WAS IN NEED OF A NORTH END LIAISON I TURNED TO JACK AND ASKED WILL YOU HELP ME ? YOU GO ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ME AND AND DEMONSTRATE YOUR IDEALS TO TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD . JACK HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR ME BOTH IN AND PRACTICE INTEGRITY BUT THEN ALSO POLICY HERE IN THE COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE ONBOARDING JACK WE REALIZED THERE WAS SOME WORK TO DO WITH THE GENDER INCLUSIVITY ORDINANCE AND AFFIRMING TRANS INDIVIDUALS CHOSEN NAME RATHER THAN THEIR LEGAL NAME. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE RIGMAROLE WITH H.R. TO GET THIS DONE AND IT REALLY WAS NOT A DIGNIFIED PROCESS.  AND SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JACK AND THE LGBTQ ADVANCEMENT OFFICE, WE GOT IT DONE AND IT WAS CHANGED AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT CITY GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO TO AGAIN BE WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY. JACK HAS GONE THROUGH A JOURNEY AS AS A TRANS IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL AND WHAT MAKES JACK SO INCREDIBLE AND FEARLESS IS THAT THEY USE THEIR JOURNEY AND THEIR STORY FOR PURPOSE. THEY ARE THE FOUNDING MEMBER ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WHICH CREATES SPACE FOR OTHERS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELF IN A SAFE SPACE AND YOU KNOW, THEY USE THEIR JOURNEY TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR FOR TRANS KIDS.  AND WHAT JACK SHOWS US IS THAT YOU ARE LOVED, YOU ARE ACCEPTED. YOU CAN BE A LEADER IN YOUR COMMUNITY NO MATTER WHO YOU OR HOW YOU IDENTIFY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME FOR THE NORTH AND COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.  HI EVERYONE.  I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THIS EVENT IS AMAZING. MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR DURKAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING THIS. I AM BEYOND HONORED TO BE UP HERE WITH MY TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THIS MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME . I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND SO THAT'S WHY MY VISIBILITY MATTERS BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES IN THIS WORLD AND YOU KNOW THERE'S THIS QUOTE THAT WAS GOING AROUND IN MY HEAD EARLIER TODAY THAT WAS CIRCULATING SAYING PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY'VE SEEN MORE GIRLS AND THEY HAVE TRANS PEOPLE.  SO AT LEAST IN THIS ROOM WE CAN SQUASH THAT NOW.  AND JUST TO SAY THAT WE EXIST AND WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE REAL IMPACT YOU.  THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES JOIN FOR A PHOTO SO STAY RIGHT HERE FOR MAYBE AN ITEM RIGHT HERE. OH YEAH.  GET IN THERE. YEAH. WILL THAT BE LOST IN HERE?  YES, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.  YEAH.  OH, EVERYONE THROW A GLITTER GLITTER YOU SHOW ME THE POSTER. I THINK I THANK YOU VERY MUCH,  SIR.  I DO WANT TO OFFER SOME IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANTED TO OFFER ANY BRIEF AND QUICK REMARKS ON DOCKET NUMBER 0596 AS A CHAIR SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET NUMBER 0596 COUNCIL WHEREBY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR BRIEFLY.  YES. THANK YOU CHAIR.  I JUST YOU KNOW AS A CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTS WEST ROXBURY, JAMAICA PLAIN ESPECIALLY IN JAMAICA PLAIN WE HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF BEING A WELCOMING AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS, RELIGIONS AND GENDER IDENTITY AND I WANT TO FURTHER THAT ALSO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL AND THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE ISSUE OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND SO THAT'S AT THE FRONT OF MY MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD TRYING TO CREATE FAIR HOUSING RULES FOR PEOPLE HERE IN BOSTON AND WE NEED TO STAMP THAT OUT HERE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TOM WEBER, COUNCILOR SANTANA THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'LL BE QUICK. I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR DURKAN,  COUNCILOR REID AND YOURSELF COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION UP.  ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT TRANS PEOPLE EXIST. TRANS PEOPLE ARE REAL AND TRANS PEOPLE ARE HUMAN AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE STANDING HERE WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS CALATA FITZGERALD FLYNN PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER WORLD ALSO PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. MR. CLERK I ALSO REALLY APOLOGIZE TO MR. CLERK AS SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF ORDER BUT CONSIDER A CANDID SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS OUT AS AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR DURKAN TOOK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0596 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE IN A DOUBT THE VOTE. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0596. COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES.  YES. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR ROLL YES. TALKING NUMBERS 596 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0596 HAS PASSED.  THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU FOR LEADING THE WAY AND FOR MAKING THE TRANS COMMUNITY VISIBLE. YOU Y'ALL ARE HERE AND WE SEE YOU.  WE HAVE ONE MORE DOCKET TO CALL OUT OF ORDER.  WE HAVE ONE MORE DOCKET TO CALL OUT OF ORDER AND THAT'S FOR COUNCIL DOCKET NUMBER 0593. BUT COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON, WOULD YOU?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION, BUT WE DID BUT COUNCILORS DID AND WE DID IT. WE DID.  OH, I WAS DOING IT. YEAH, I MESSED UP. IT'S OKAY. BUT YOU CAN KISS ME . I THANK YOU. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME . AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I WAS RAISED BY MY UNCLE LOUIS SACRIFICED HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND I WOULD BE REMISS I WENT WITHOUT RECOGNIZING HIM WITH MY GRANDMOTHER PRESENT.  HE WAS JUST A TEENAGE BOY WHO WOULD BE CLOSETED FOR DECADES OF HIS LIFE AND THEN SACRIFICED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO RAISE ME AND MY SIBLINGS AND EVENTUALLY TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS AND WE BECAME LIKE REALLY SUCCESSFUL ENDED UP TRAVELING THE WORLD TO OPEN UP ORPHANAGE FOR THE TRANS AND LGBTQ YOUNG BOYS.  AND FOR ME PERSONALLY THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.  I SEE A LOT OF FRIENDS OF MINE AND IN HERE THAT WAS ON THE PODIUM BUT I WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT MY PERSONAL BEST FRIEND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS ALSO TRANSGENDER AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO LANA I LOVE YOU AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU. AND FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN,  WHOMEVER WHOMEVER LIKE WHOMEVER MADE THOSE FACES YEAH, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND NEXT TIME PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE WILL READ THEM FOR BLOOD AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE DO HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, KATHRYN.  AND JUST MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 05930593 COUNCILORS DURKIN AND BREADON OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE WORKERS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN, COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT RESOLUTION.  SEEING AND HEARING COUNCILOR DURKIN'S EXPANSION OF THE ROLES AT COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE ALSO ADDED COUNCIL ARE TALKING TO YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRAD WORKERS CALLED A STRIKE ON MONDAY MARCH 25TH. MANY OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GRAD WORKERS ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF MANY INSTITUTIONS STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE. THEIR JOURNEY OF TEACHING,  MENTORING AND PROVIDING RESEARCH IS UNPARALLELED. YET THEIR LABOR OFTEN GOES UNRECOGNIZED AND UNDERVALUED. IN 2022 THESE GRAD WORKERS TOOK A MONUMENTAL STEP FORWARD BY EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FORM A UNION. THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRAD WORKERS UNION SEIU LOCAL 509 REPRESENTING A FORMIDABLE FORCE OF 3000 WORKERS, THEY EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO NEGOTIATE THEIR FIRST CONTRACT A CONTRACT THAT WOULD SAFEGUARD THEIR RIGHTS, ENSURE A FAIR COMPENSATION AND IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR ALL. I AM URGING YOU TO OPERATE IN GOOD FAITH AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR THIS RESOLUTION. I REPRESENT FOUR MILES STANDISH TO BABCOCK STREET SO A LOT OF MOST IF NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE I THINK THE MAJORITY OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS ARE ALONG WITH COUNCILOR BREADON WHO IS MY COACH WHO IS MY SECOND CO-SPONSOR. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR INTEREST AND A LOT OF FOLKS REACHED OUT TO ME SAYING HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE UNION?  WE THEY ARE ON STRIKE AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND WITH WORKERS AND THAT WE STAND WITH LABOR. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR STOPPING OFF PICKET LINE TO BE AT THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU'RE A VISUAL PRESENCE AND THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR FELLOW STUDENTS AND OTHER AND ALSO IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO STAND WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.  I, I KNOW I TOOK SO LONG ON MY FIRST PRESENTATION I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO AND WITH WITH THE UNION AND I WOULD I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CONSIDERING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CELEBRATING CONSECRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'M VERY PROUD TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE YOU GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON STRIKE AND TRYING TO GET A CONTRACT. SO IT WOULD BE YOU. I HOPE THAT THE UNIVERSITY WILL, YOU KNOW, WORK IN GOOD FAITH TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AS GRADUATE WORKERS UNIONS AND UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE TODAY. I STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR GRADUATE WORKERS AND WHO ARE THEY'RE STRIKING FOR A LIVING WAGE, STRONGER BENEFITS AND WORK WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS. THE CURRENT WAGES OF MANY OF OUR GRADUATE WORKERS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO MEET THE COST OF LIVING.  WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY RIGHT UP IN THE TOP ONE OR TWO AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE HOUSING AND LIVING COST OF QUALITY OF LIFE IF YOU ARE ON A LIMITED WAGES.  SO THIS SITUATION THE COMBINATION OF LOW WAGES ETC. AND THE COST OF LIVING AND THE HIGH COST OF FOOD WITH FOOD INSECURITY AND HOUSING INSECURITY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THEIR QUEST FOR A BETTER, BETTER PAY. AS COUNTRY DIRECTOR SAID, SHE HAS MANY OF THE INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS OF B.U. IN HER DISTRICT AND MANY OF THE B.U. STUDENTS LIVE IN MY DISTRICT. SO I THINK WE WE ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE GRADUATE STUDENTS TODAY AND WISH THEM GOOD LUCK THEIR NEGOTIATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BREAK IN AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY GRAD UNION. IN TODAY'S RESOLUTION WE REAFFIRM OUR DEDICATION TO ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF GRAD WORKERS TO ALL OUR WORKERS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. FOR ADVOCATING FOR FAIR WAGES, IMPROVE BENEFITS AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.  LIKE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED, THIS RESOLUTION ECHOES THE VOICES OF 3000 UNION MEMBERS UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIR TREATMENT AND DIGNIFIED LABOR PRACTICES WITHIN OUR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL AS WE NAVIGATE THE BARGAINING PROCESS AND WE KNOW THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY. WE SUPPORTED THIS COUNCIL AND THIS BODY SUPPORTED THE HARVARD GRADUATE WORKERS WHEN THEY CAME BEFORE US. WE'RE SUPPORTING YOU TODAY. WE KNOW THAT SO MANY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS EXPERIENCED A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR ENDOWMENT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND SO WE CAN AFFORD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AFFIRM YOUR DIGNITY AND HOW WE ARE TREATED AND WHAT YOU GET PAID. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'M AND WE'LL STAND WITH YOU. I SEE. COUNSELOR SANTANA, WOULD YOU COUNCILOR WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELORS DURKIN AND BRAEDEN FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A RIGHTS ATTORNEY FOR 18 YEARS. I REPRESENTED MIGRANT FARM IN THE SOUTH DELIVERY DRIVERS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE THE ONLY WAY WORKERS CAN BE TREATED FAIRLY IS TO ORGANIZE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY.  SO I FULLY SUPPORT THE GRAD STUDENTS AT B.U..  YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMON TACTIC IN THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS TO REFUSE TO COME TO THE TABLE.  MY OFFICE IN TENNESSEE WAS INVOLVED WITH CHICKEN PROCESSING PLANT WHO WORKED AT TYSON FOODS AND WHILE THEY VOTED TO FORM A UNION THE TYSON FOODS DELAYED FOR YEARS BEFORE REACHING A CONTRACT WITH THEM. SO I URGE YOU NOT TO BE LIKE TYSON FOODS AND TO COME TO THE TABLE. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I CONGRATULATE THE GRAD STUDENTS FOR FOR ORGANIZING AND YOU KNOW, I HOPE THEY FIND A BARGAINING IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA,  KAISER SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE NEED TO STAND UP IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR WORKERS AND THE RIGHTS OF ALL OF OUR WORKERS TO UNIONIZE.  I'M GLAD STUDENT WORKERS ARE TAKING FOR GRANTED FAR TOO OFTEN AND I FULLY SUPPORT BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING FOR OUR FAIR CONTRACT AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO PUT PEN TO PAPER AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M JUST WRITING TO SHARE MY SUPPORT OF THE HOPE OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING HERE TODAY WHEN SEIU FIVE OR NINE REACHED OUT TO ME , I WAS PROUD BECAUSE I HEARD THAT SOME OF YOU EARN AS LOW AS ABOUT $40,000 A YEAR AND THAT'S NOT IN THIS CITY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU EVEN LOWER THAN THAT AND THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE IN THIS CITY OF BOSTON. SO I JUST WANT TO STAND UP TO STAND WITH YOU, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL GET THE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT YOU DESERVE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMES UP AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO. MY HERE CUSTOMER HERE YOU HAVE ONE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO RISE. I WAS THERE ON MONDAY. I WAS IN YOU KNOW I DIDN'T I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK AND I DIDN'T POST ABOUT IT BUT I WAS THERE AND I WAS SO INCREDIBLY MOVED BY THE WHEN I GOT THERE THERE WAS A MAN THAT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS A APPARENTLY AND HE WAS FIGHTING FOR HIGHER WAGES BECAUSE ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH. RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SEE YOU, WE SUPPORT YOU, WE AFFIRM YOU, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS FIGHT IS ALL ABOUT. BE YOU IS OCCUPYING A LOT OF SPACE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY SHARE THAT WALL LIGHT TO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE DOLLARS GET INTO YOUR POCKETS.  AND SO THESE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT I THINK AS A CITY COUNCIL NOT ONLY ARE WE PASSING RESOLUTIONS BUT WE NEED TO BE HITTING THOSE WALLS.  MAKING THOSE CALLS. STANDING ALONGSIDE YOU AND RECOGNIZING THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY RIGHT.  THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO REPAIR THE HARM. AND SO I'M DESCRIBING IN FULL SUPPORT AND LET'S KEEP FIGHTING BECAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT WE. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU.  COUNCILMAN OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED COUNCIL FOR AN ENGINE IT'S AN ENTREPRENEUR ENGINE IT'S AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THE VIEW STUDENTS AND ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ADVOCACY AND OF COURSE TO A FIVE OR NINE CONTINUE TO FIGHT WE FIND OURSELVES EVERY SINGLE YEAR HERE DOING THE SAME THING FIGHTING FOR FAIR WAGE. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR EQUAL FAIR WAGES AND I MEAN COME ON BE YOU GET IT TOGETHER HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T WE SAID THIS BEFORE HAVEN'T WE BEEN HERE ALREADY? SO OF COURSE I 100% SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE B.U. STUDENTS AND I THINK THAT I'M INTERESTED IN AND PROACTIVE CONVERSATIONS MOVING IN THE FUTURE AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN HOLD THESE UNIVERSITIES ACCOUNTABLE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU TIMES FOR AN ENGINE AS SOON AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD CALSTRS COLETTA FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MCKEE MURPHY DEFENSE AND PIANO WEBER WORLD THE COUNCILORS DURKIN BREADON AND LOUIJEUNE SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 450593 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I HI MR. CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE DO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 0593 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON YES.  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.  YES. COUNCIL ME HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR 15 YEARS. COUNCILOR SANTANA.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING NUMBER 0593 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0593 HAS BEEN ADOPTED IF MY COLLEAGUES AND THE GRAND WORKER UNION CAN COME DOWN FOR A PHOTO, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CLERK'S  AT THE MEETING.  OKAY?  ALL RIGHT.  OKAY.  YEAH.  AFTER SIX I ALSO KNOW THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN WANTED TO MENTION AND UPLIFT THE WORK OF LUMEN DORINE IN THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE HE'S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN. I SEE KIM. KIM I SEE YOU CLAPPING ON THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO BIG UP BLUE FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S BEEN DOING HERE.  THANK YOU. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CLERK BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TOOK TOOK A LOT OF THINGS OUT OF ORDER AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I PROMISE THAT WE WILL NOT MAKE THIS A HABIT. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU,  MR. CLERK FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND THE DOCKETS. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE APPROVAL ONTO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MARCH 20TH, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING HAVE BEEN APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HERE ON TO THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 057230576 DOCKING NUMBER 0572 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $25 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE HARVARD ALLSTON BRIGHTON FUND GRANT AWARDED BY THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING IN THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON NEIGHBORHOODS. DR. NUMBER 0573 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $20 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 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 HOUSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED AT FROM PRIOR YEAR'S DOCKET NUMBER 0574 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $7 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNER 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 THE PRODUCTION OF NEW AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALSO PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. THE AMOUNT THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS AND NUMBERS 0575 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $4 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 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 SERVICES FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AIDS.  THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS AND TALKING NUMBERS 0576 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 24 EMERGENCY SOLUTION GRANT 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 STREET OUTREACH, EMERGENCY SHELTER, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, RAPID REHOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SHELTER SERVICES.  THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS.  THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 2057230576 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0577 NUMBER 0577 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $84,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 CEASE GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND ACCESS TO CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS MENTAL WELLNESS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR PPD OFFICERS.  THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0577 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ A NUMBER AT 0578 DR. NUMBER 0578 MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO SUNDAYS FOR ALL DUNCAN NUMBER 0489 PASSED IN THE COUNCIL ON MARCH FOURTH 2024 THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0578 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING TO NUMBER 057930581 TALKING NUMBERS 0579 NO, THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR FROM THE SORRY FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MIRROR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF MARCH 13, 2024 TALKING NUMBERS 0580 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ED RICH AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 21ST, 2028 IN DARK ANIMAL 0581 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL AS MURPHY AND FLYNN REGARDING TALKING NUMBERS 0401 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 8057930581 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE IT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER BUT I WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK. WE RARELY SPEAK ON ON COMMUNICATIONS BUT I WILL ALLOW YOU MAXIMUM OF 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T OFTEN FILE THEM OURSELVES SO I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.  THE PURPOSE YOU KNOW, THE POWER WE HAVE ON THE COUNCIL IS TO HAVE THIS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AND IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, HEARING ORDERS ARE PUT INTO COMMITTEES TO HOLD HEARINGS TO GET ANSWERS FOR US BUT ALSO FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND MYSELF AND COUNCIL . THE FLYNN FILED DOCKET 0401 WHICH WAS THE ORDER FOR A RESOLUTION TO EXPAND THE SUNDAY PROGRAM FOR THE MUSEUM PASSES COUNCIL . SO DURKIN AT THAT MEET MEETING THAT WE FILED IT ON FEBRUARY 28TH OBJECTED TO A SUSPENSION IMPASSE. IT WAS A RESOLUTION JUST TO MAKE SEE IF OUR COLLEAGUES WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT EXPANDING THIS TO INCLUDE THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER CHILDREN THAT DO NOT ATTEND THE SCHOOLS.  AT THAT HEARING SHE STATED THAT SHE WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM BEFORE WE VOTED ON IT WHICH IS SOMETHING I AGREED WITH. IT WAS PLACED IN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE COUNCIL OF FLYNN AT THAT MEETING ON THE 28TH DID ASK THE CHAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SCHEDULED THIS HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE COULD GET THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 18 BUT THEN ON FRIDAY EVENING OF MARCH EIGHTH AT 5:27 P.M. THERE WAS NO CONVERSATION DIRECTLY BEFORE THAT THIS HEARING ORDER WAS CANCELED AND ON MARCH 18TH COUNCILOR MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FLYNN DID REACH OUT TO THE CHAIR REQUESTING THAT WE RESCHEDULE THIS HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AS A FORMER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, MANY TIMES THE ONLY TIME MY STUDENTS GOT TO GO TO THE ZOO OR GO TO A MUSEUM OR EXPERIENCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY WAS WHEN THERE WAS A FIELD TRIP THAT WE BROUGHT THEM TO.  SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY TO EXPERIENCE THE WONDERFUL MUSEUMS AND OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE. BUT THERE ARE MORE THAN 23,000 CHILDREN IN BOSTON WHO DON'T ATTEND. MANY OF THESE CHILDREN ARE FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANTS HIGH PERCENTAGE ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS OVER 80% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR AND OVER 70% COME FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS . AND THAT'S TRUE FOR ALL OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS WHICH ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  SO I'M HOPING FROM THIS COMMUNICATION BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A HEARING TO SPEAK ON IT THAT WE DO HOLD A HEARING AND WE DON'T WAIT FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM TO END. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE MAXIMUM OF 2 MINUTES.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY BOSTON FAMILY HAS THE ABILITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THESE WONDERFUL MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. I DON'T THINK ANY FAMILY SHOULD BE LIMITED AND NOT ATTENDING A MUSEUM OR A CULTURAL INSTITUTION BASED ON THEIR INCOME. A LOT OF FAMILIES DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY LIKE LIKE WE DO A CITY COUNCIL HAS TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO A MUSEUM. IT MIGHT COST $100 FOR A FAMILY BUT LET'S GIVE ALL FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND BE EXPOSED TO THE WONDERFUL MUSEUMS WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. WHAT COULD OUR MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IF RESIDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO USE THEM ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS FROM WORKING CLASS FAMILIES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES IT'S ABOUT RESPECT.  IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY FOR ALL FAMILIES AND I THINK WE'RE ALSO ASKING, MADAM CHAIR, A SIMPLE HEARING LET US HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.  I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE MANY RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY ALSO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.  GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.  LISTEN TO RESIDENTS, LET THEM WEIGH IN AND LET'S NOT LET'S NOT DIVIDE EACH OTHER. LET'S LET'S PROVIDE UNITY,  PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND ENSURE BOSTON WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN,  COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THEN WE ARE MOVING ON. YOU HAVE TO A MAXIMUM OF 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR ASKING ABOUT THIS HEARING DURING TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THIS SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE AND HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY CLARIFY WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE TO THE SPONSORS. I AND MY OFFICE HAVE RESPONDED TO THE SPONSORS MULTIPLE TIMES IN WRITING AS WELL AS DISCUSSING WITH THEM IN PERSON THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS HEARING. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WHAT I'VE SAID TO THE SPONSORS DIRECTLY WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. IN FACT FOR TRANSPARENCY I'LL JUST READ WHAT I SAID IN WRITING ON MARCH 18TH WITH THE SPONSORS LAST EMAILED ME TO ASK ABOUT THE PLANNED SCHEDULE FOR THIS HEARING.  SO I'M QUOTING HERE FOR MY BRAND MESSAGE TO THE SPONSORS.  I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I SHARE YOUR SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING THE PROGRAM BEYOND THE VIRGIN AND THE CURRENT PILOT PROGRAM AND IT'S MY INTENTION AS CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE THAT WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING THE EXPANSION EXPANSION BEYOND THIS PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ALL HOPING FOR. I'M A BIG BELIEVER BELIEVER IN UTILIZING DATA AND OUR WORK TO KNOW HOW TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE VISITING AND PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS AND HOW FUNDING IS WORKING FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE AN INFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO CAN PARTICIPATE.  THAT WAS MY EXACT INTENTION IS SCHEDULING A HEARING FOR THE 18TH THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET SOME INITIAL DATA FROM THE PILOT PROGRAM AND BEGIN FORMULATING SOME INSIGHTS. AFTER I SCHEDULED THE HEARING YOU MEANING THE SPONSORS IF I WERE 17 ASKED REQUESTING DATA FROM THE ADMINISTRATION HOW ABOUT THE FIRST THREE SUNDAYS THE PILOT PROGRAM HAD RUN FOR FEBRUARY 4TH AND 11TH AND MARCH 3RD. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS INCLUDED IN THAT FILING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VIEWING THE INFORMATION WHEN WE GET IT BACK BECAUSE THE 70 THAT ACCOMPLISH WHAT I HAD HOPED TO GET OUT OF THAT HAVING THAT HEARING ON THE 18TH I ASKED TO HOLD OFF THE HEARING DATE SO WE COULD REVIEW THE INITIAL DATA AND GET MORE DATA ONCE THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR SUNDAYS. I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT SEEMED ABRUPT.  MY OFFICE HAD REACHED OUT TO YOU AND YOUR OFFICES AGAIN MEANING THE SPONSORS EARLIER ON FRIDAY BEFORE EVEN REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL STAFF. BUT I KNOW THAT WE GET WE ALL GET A TON OF EMAIL SO I MIGHT'VE BEEN OVERLOOKED. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE MISSED THE MESSAGE FROM OUR OFFICE THAT INCLUDED A SIMILAR.  I JUST WANT TO BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT INTO THE RECORD. JUST TO CLARIFY AND I DO HOLD MY INTENTION IS TO HOLD A HEARING AND AS I COMMUNICATED TO THE SPONSORS I INTEND TO HOLD THIS HEARING AFTER THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS ENDED. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA. I HAVE ALLOWED I'VE ALLOWED FOR YOU ALL TO SPEAK. IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL FOR TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC. WE ARE MOVING ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 0257. THERE IS NO POINT OF ORDER THE MR QUOTE WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0257 NOW THERE'S NO POINT OF ORDER. IT'S A POINT OF ORDER ON THE RULES. YOU MAY ASK A BRIEF QUESTION.  I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. MADAM CHAIR, 2 MINUTES FOR ME . 2 MINUTES FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY 2 MINUTES FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION . THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR POINTS ON THE RECORD. I KNOW COUNCILOR SANTANA WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH HIS HIS STATEMENT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. I DO WANT TO GO TO BAT FOR THEM. THEY'RE ASKING ME A LOT OF WORKING CLASS FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY ARE ASKING ME TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS AND I FEEL LIKE I'M ONLY I ONLY HAVE 2 MINUTES TO PRESENT MY DESK, MY MY POINTS ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND WE SPENT AN HOUR ON OTHER ISSUES PREVIOUS TO THIS MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT ABLE TO I'M NOT ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR ANOTHER SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS IS DISAPPOINTING, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN THIS IS A COMMUNICATION THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT DISCUSSION ON IT . IF YOU LOOK AT THE RULES, THE DISCUSSION I'VE ALLOWED 2 MINUTES EACH FOR THEM TO SPEAK. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT COMMITTEE HEARING.  WHEN YOU INTRODUCE THE HEARING ORDER THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THEN WHEN THERE'S A HEARING THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 0257 DOCKING NUMBER 0257 THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY 31ST 2024 TALKING NUMBERS 0 TO 5 SEVEN MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE CREATING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF BOSTON SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS IN AN AMENDED DRAFT.  THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YOU SO MUCH. PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE MY REMARKS ARE GOING TO BE RATHER LONG. THIS IS A BIG DOCKET SO I ASK FOR YOUR INDULGENCE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS. SO FIRST I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS. I'VE SEEN THE BEST OF THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY IN MOMENTS OF COLLABORATION AND EVEN IN MOMENTS OF DISAGREEMENT WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE TYPE OF CIVIL DISCOURSE CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED OF US AND SHOWED MANY THAT DESPITE VARYING PRIORITIES OF CONSTITUENTS WE CAN FIND COMMONALITY AND A SHARED PURPOSE TO CREATE POLICY THAT PROPELS BOSTON FORWARD AND ADVANCES US TOWARDS PROGRESS.  I WILL ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH PLANNING EXPERIENCE WHO HAVE PROVIDED THEIR INDUSTRY EXPERTISE DURING OUR HEARINGS AND ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS. THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY AS DEFINED BY STATE LAW HAS HAD A HARMFUL HISTORY THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN AND URBAN RENEWAL FOR DECADES. THE PEABODY'S INTERNAL PROCESSES AND FINANCIALS WERE OPAQUE WITH LIMITED MECHANISMS FOR CITY COUNCILORS TO TO SHINE SUNLIGHT AND HOLD THE AGENCY ACCOUNTABLE WHEN NECESSARY. OVER THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR INTERCOMS INCONSEQUENTIAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS THAT HAVE SOUGHT TO ADDRESS AND CORRECT PAST HARMS WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE SYSTEMIC CHANGES TO HOW WE DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARS THERE IS SERIOUS PURSUIT TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF HOW BOSTON DOES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MULTIPLE LEGISLATIVE REFORMS AND ZONING INITIATIVES . VALID QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED OF MY COLLEAGUES. WHY NOW AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?  LAND USE TOOLS THAT WERE CREATED IN THE MID-CENTURY IN ARCHAIC REGULATORY STRUCTURE THAT UPHOLDS THEM ARE SIMPLY OUTDATED AND DO NOT WORK TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS MODERN LAND USE ISSUES OF TODAY OR EVEN TOMORROW. MOREOVER, IT IS A SYSTEM THAT WAS INHERENTLY DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE INPUT OF COMMUNITY VOICES AND IT UPHOLDS THE STATUS QUO.  SO TO THE QUESTION WHY NOW? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. THE STATUS QUO OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM CANNOT CONTINUE. A MAJORITY OF US AGREE ON THIS. WE HAVE REITERATED TIME AFTER TIME THAT IT IS FORWARD THINKING PLANNING THAT MUST DICTATE DEVELOPMENT NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WE HAVE REITERATED TIME AFTER TIME THAT PLANNERS AND THOSE WHO WRITE ZONING MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY POLICYMAKERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM SEPARATELY.  THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY HAS SAID NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME GIVEN THAT THE VOLUME HAS TURNED DOWN A BIT AND WE'RE IN A GREAT SPACE TO INSTITUTE CHANGE AS THE MARKET RAMPS UP AND REBOUNDS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCKET TO BRING IN PLANNING AS A CORE FUNCTION OF THE CITY IS THE FIRST PHASE IN A MULTIPHASE PROCESS TO DEMOCRATIZE THE BDA AND DISMANTLE THE STATUS QUO.  IT IS NOT TO STIFLE DEVELOPMENT OR LIMIT ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY. IT ENSURES THAT THOSE WHO WORK FOR THIS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL WILL ULTIMATELY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS BUT I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO EXPRESS SKEPTICISM OF THIS DOCKET.  I WONDERED IF IT PROVIDED ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT OR IF THIS SPLIT OF THE BPD WAS COMPLEX STRUCTURE ADDRESSED HISTORICAL DISPARITIES. I ASKED MYSELF IF THIS DOCKET AS SUBMITTED MET THE MOMENT AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS NOT AND SO THE PROCESS BEGAN. I SAT WITH A MYRIAD OF INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC INDUSTRY EXPERTS AND WORK TO FRAME MY QUESTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK. THIS COMMITTEE HELD ONE PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 29TH A WORKING SESSION ON MARCH 8TH WITH PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THAT WAS ABOUT 7 HOURS LONG AND TWO ADDITIONAL WORKING SESSIONS ON MARCH 18TH AND MARCH 22ND. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK BOTH MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE 17 HOURS OF DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION . WE REQUESTED AN AVALANCHE OF INFORMATION AND ASKED MANY QUESTIONS.  THE ADMINISTRATION TO THEIR CREDIT WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE US WITH DATA THROUGH A 17 ASK FILED IN THIS COUNCIL AND A FORMAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION SENT THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE. AS IS CUSTOMARY OF THIS COMMITTEE AND PAST CHAIRS, COUNCILORS WERE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT LANGUAGE AFTER THE FIRST HEARING ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO BE CONSIDERED IN SUBSEQUENT WORKING SESSIONS.  IN THE FINAL PRODUCT I ATTEMPTED TO BE AS COLLABORATIVE AND RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES.  WHILE WE DID NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, THE GOAL WAS TO MAXIMIZE INDIVIDUAL INTENT TO PRODUCE AN AMENDED VERSION THAT WOULD HAVE A NET POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE CITY AND DISMANTLE THE STATUS QUO. I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT THIS AMENDED VERSION IS THE FIRST STEP FORWARD IN PROVIDING THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY WITH FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY REGULATORY OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS THAT WEREN'T ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT. AND SO WE'VE EMBEDDED SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES THAT PUSHED THE ADMINISTRATION AND WENT EVEN FURTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL FILING WHICH WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN REFORMING THE EXISTING SYSTEM AND THE STATUS QUO. WE PUSHED FOR ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND WE GOT IT. WE'RE GETTING A FULL FINANCIAL AUDIT OF ALL EXPENSES AND REVENUES FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW.  IN A NEW EDITION WE'RE MANDATING A FULL FINANCIAL AUDIT OF ALL EXPENSES USES REVENUE AND INCOME WHILE THE BPA TRANSITIONS A MAJORITY OF THEIR LAND MONEY AND PEOPLE TO THE CITY.  THIS WAS NOT EXPLICITLY STATED BEFORE AND IS SUBJECT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE EXECUTIVE AND OR THE CHIEF OF PLANNING. AND NOW WE ARE REQUIRING IT TO BE SUBMITTED WHILE WE CONSIDER THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET WILL NOW BE GETTING A COMPLETE LIST OF ASSETS AND GROUND LEASES, CAPITAL EXPENSES AND DEVELOPER MITIGATION FUNDS AND IT MANDATES THAT ALL OF THIS BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UPON SUBMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL . WE PUSHED FOR ADDITIONAL CITY COUNCIL AND REGULATORY OVERSIGHT AND WE GOT IT. WE REMOVED LANGUAGE THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE CHIEF OF PLANNING TO AMEND THE PURPOSE OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND ITS DIVISIONS AT HIS OR HER DISCRETION AND INSTEAD WE ADDED LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MUST HAVE APPROVAL POWER OF ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY CHARTER. WE ANCHORED ANY REFERENCE TO THE FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DIVISION TO ARTICLE 80 WHICH IS THE GOVERNING REGULATORY PROVISION WITHIN BOSTON ZONING CODE . IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO ARTICLE 80 STRUCTURE PROCESSES OR PROCEDURES, THOSE WITHIN THIS DIVISION MUST ADHERE TO WHAT LIVES IN THE CODE . THE ABSENCE OF ANY REFERENCE TO ARTICLE 80 WAS A GLARING OMISSION THAT WE CURED SIMPLY BY REFERENCING IT IN SECTION THREE. WE PUSHED FOR ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ON PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL TRANSFERS AND WE GOT IT. WE ESTABLISHED SAFEGUARDS THAT WEREN'T THERE BEFORE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF LAND FOR THE LATTER. WE'VE ADDED A REFERENCE TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION IN SECTION THREE UNDER THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION DUE TO ITS INTEGRAL ROLE IN RUNNING THE PROCESS AND THE COUNCIL'S ROLE IN REVIEWING THOSE HEARINGS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF LAND FOR PROPERTY TRANSFERS REFERENCED IN SECTION SIX. WE'VE ADDED LANGUAGE TO ENSURE PROPERTY TRANSFERS ARE DONE FOR THE CITY CHARTER AND STATE LAW. THIS MEANS THAT WE'VE GIVEN THE REQUISITE APPROVAL TO TRANSFER PROPERTY THAT THE BPA ALREADY OWNS TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY.  WE NEED A HOME RULE PETITION TO CHANGE MATH STATE LAW IN CHAPTER 30 BE TO THOSE MAKING CALLS TO EMBED IN THIS ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY. IT SAY THAT IT IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS DOCKET BUT IS WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO FILE AND ASSIST WITH THAT FORMAL PETITION TO CHANGE THAT. IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL TRANSFERS PIECE WE PUT IN SAFEGUARDS FOR NO FUTURE POTENTIAL OF DIVESTMENT OF POWER FOR THE COUNCIL . WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE HEARING AND WORKING SESSIONS THAT THE COUNCIL THROUGH ITS BUDGET PROCESS WILL APPROPRIATE FUNDS WHICH WILL THEN BE SENT FROM THE BPA AND OR A SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO PAY FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THIS NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE FINANCIAL TRANSFERS WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT WHICH WILL BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT AND CONTENTS WILL INCLUDE ITS PURPOSE AS WELL AS SPECIFIC TRANSFER DATES OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND APPROPRIATED BY THE COUNCIL . WHILE THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO NEGOTIATING AGREEMENTS UNDER 17 G OF THE CITY CHARTER WE'VE ADDED A STIPULATION THAT PROVIDES THE CITY COUNCIL WITH MORE OVERSIGHT OF THE MIDWAY WITH A COPY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ANNUALLY AND AGAIN BUILT IN SAFEGUARDS THAT ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY OR APPROVALS MUST BE SUBJECTED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER. LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE AS AN EXTRA SAFEGUARD ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THESE FINANCIAL TRANSFERS, WE TOOK ISSUE WITH THE TERM WITHOUT FURTHER AUTHORIZATION WHICH COULD HAVE OPENED UP THE DOORS FOR VARIED INTERPRETATIONS AND FUTURE ADMINISTRATIONS AND SO BY ADDING SUBJECT TO CITY CHARTER AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE IN PARAGRAPH WE'VE ADDED AN EXTRA LAYER OF INSURANCE.  THE COUNCIL WILL BE PRIVY TO THESE THESE TWO THE TRANSFERS TO THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE NOW ADDED IN THAT SAFEGUARD WE PUSHED FOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE GOT IT. THERE IS AN ENTIRELY NEW SECTION THAT REQUIRES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO LOOK INWARD TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT ASSESSES THEIR PROGRESS AND SHORTCOMINGS WHILE EMPOWERING THE COUNCIL TO CONDUCT ITS OWN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT WITH A RESEARCH ENTITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT THROUGH A TRANSITION PERIOD. WE SHALL BE EXCUSING THE BPA WILL BE REQUIRED TO WRITE AND PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT ASSESSING SUCCESS IN ADVANCING NEWLY REPURPOSED LAND USE AND PLANNING TOOLS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY, RESILIENCY AND EQUITY. WE REVISE AND CONDENSE LANGUAGE TO CAST A WIDER NET ON THESE METRICS AND DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO INCREASING AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY CRITERIA GUIDING RESILIENCY AND TRENDS SUMMARIZING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW OUTCOMES IN OPERATIONS. IT ALSO REQUIRES THEM WHICH THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO BEFORE MANDATED TO DO BEFORE TO LOOK FORWARD AND EXPLAIN IN DETAIL NEW INITIATIVES FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR HIRING AND EMPLOYMENT TRENDS INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS REGARDING PERSONNEL WITH METRICS FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST WE'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE A MANDATED CITY COUNCIL HEARING OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT MUST TAKE PLACE NO LATER THAN MARCH 31ST OF EACH YEAR TO DISCUSS THEIR REPORT WHILE EMPOWERING US AGAIN AND THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I AM SO PROUD OF AND ULTIMATELY WHY I'M PUTTING MY NAME ON THIS AMENDED VERSION.  WE GET TO WORK WITH AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ENTITY TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS DEPARTMENT WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. THIS STIPULATION CHALLENGES THIS COUNCIL AND THE NEXT AND THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT TO TRULY BE THE ACCOUNTABILITY ARM THAT WE SHOULD BE TO UTILIZE RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THE BPA AND THE DEPARTMENT ARE CORRECTING PAST HARMS AND EMBODYING NEW FOUND PRINCIPLES OF AFFORDABILITY, RESILIENCY AND EQUITY. THE GREATEST PART OF THIS INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT IS NOW IS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS THIRD PARTY TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.  THIS INCLUDES WHAT METRICS TO INCLUDE IN THEIR ASSESSMENT AND HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL ULTIMATELY INFLUENCE RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD. SO IN CONCLUSION, I APOLOGIZE WE'RE SPEAKING A LONG TIME. AGAIN, BASED ON ALL OF THIS, I TRULY BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE IS IN A GOOD PLACE TO BRING FORTH FOR CONSIDERATION FOR MY COLLEAGUES WITH MY RECOMMENDATION TO PASS IN THIS AMENDED DRAFT. SHOULD WE SAY THAT WHAT'S IN THE SCOPE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED? OF COURSE NOT.  THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. THE HORMEL PETITION STILL ADDRESSES MANY OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF THE POWERS AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE ARE BEHOLDEN TO SECTION 81 A AND MASS GENERAL LAW WHICH EXPLICITLY STATES THAT BOSTON IS EXEMPT FROM ESTABLISHING ITS OWN PLANNING BOARD FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE HORMEL PETITION. THAT IS THE NEXT STEP TO CREATE THIS PLANNING BOARD PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I AM COMMITTED TO EMBEDDING EVEN MORE ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE MANIFESTATION OF THIS BOARD. DOES THIS PARTICULAR DOCKET MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY?  OF COURSE NOT. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT ARE REFLECTED BY THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT. GIVEN THE SHEER VARIATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF US TO INCLUDE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO APPEASE EVERYONE. BUT AGAIN THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF MANY I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE HEARING THAT I FILED ON ARTICLE 80 REFORM WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PHASES OF THAT PROCESS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH HERE IN THE CHAMBER. ANY IDEAS, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTION CAN BE UPLIFTED IN THAT SETTING AND WILL HELP TO MAKE THE FINAL TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE FOR ARTICLE 80 THAT MUCH BETTER.  AND SO TO CLOSE. I AM PROUD OF THIS AMENDED VERSION WHICH IS ONE COMPONENT IN A SERIES OF REFORMS INCLUDING THE HOME RULE PETITION AND ARTICLE 80 REFORM AND WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO BREAKING THE STATUS QUO AND DEVELOPING A STRUCTURE THAT IS FIT FOR THE MODERN WORLD OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND SO AS CHAIR I AM FORMALLY MAKING THE MOTION THAT THIS DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS IN AN AMENDED DRAFT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLETTA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN . HE COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR HER REMARKABLE WORK. IT IS NOT EASY TRYING TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE AND I THINK I HAVE SEEN YOU DO JUST THAT IN TERMS OF REALLY TRYING HARD TO ENSURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND AFFIRMED. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS FOR GETTING US THIS FAR IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO LIKE I'M VERY IMPRESSED LIKE WE'RE HERE. SO THAT'S GREAT.  I AM JUST I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO KNOW WE HAVE BEEN DURING WORKING SESSIONS PUBLIC HEARINGS.  WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AND A REAL WAY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. AND BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I COULD BRING IT ON TO THE FLOOR SO THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SECONDED. I SEE CHAIR COLETTA WITH HER LIGHT ON. SO I WILL I'M SURE. OH, HE HAS TO READ IT THAT MR QUICK'S GOING TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD THAT COUNCILOR MCKENNA WILL SPEAK ON IT AND THEN COUNCILOR COLETTA,  YOU WILL HAVE THE FLOOR. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE AMENDMENT?  OKAY. AMENDMENT OF COUNCILOR JULIAN MEJIA ON DOCKET NUMBER 0257 DOCKET NUMBER 0257 AS AMENDED SHALL BE FURTHER AMENDED AS FOLLOWS CHAPTER EIGHT DASH 14.8 COMMISSION ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN CITY PLANNING THERE SHALL BE IN THE CITY A COMMISSION KNOWN AS THE COMMISSION ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN CITY PLANNING HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE COMMISSION THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS REGARDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE APPROVED PLANS FOR THE CITY GOALS OF ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CONCERNS THAT COMPLAINTS RELATED TO CITY PLANNING.  THE COMMISSION WILL BE TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS AND ISSUING REPORT A REPORT ANALYZING THE PROJECT OR PLAN ALONGSIDE THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN APPROVING SAID PLAN A PROJECT. THE COMMISSION SHALL BE COMPRISED OF 3 TO 5 COMMISSIONERS EACH APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL . THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.  THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS SPECIAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF CHAPTER 268 OF THE RULES THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION FOR THEIR ROLE ON THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO REVIEW TO RECEIVE REVIEW AND RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.  RESPONSES SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PROJECT PLANS AND PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN THE APPROVAL OF CERTAIN PROJECTS OR PLANS. RESPONSES SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE COMPLAINT OR WITHIN REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME THEREAFTER. THE COMMISSION SHALL KEEP RECORDS OF ALL COMPLAINTS AND RECORD AND RECORD THE FOLLOWING DATA IN A COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT TO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. ONE. THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED THE TYPE OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AND THE INVESTIGATORY STATUS OF THOSE COMPLAINTS TO THE RACE ETHNICITY, GENDER SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF KNOWN AND AGE OF THE COMPLAINANTS AND THREE THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE COMPLAINANTS ALONG WITH RELATED APPROVED PROJECTS FILED IN CITY COUNCIL TODAY MARCH 27, 2024. THANK YOU MR. CLERK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA FROM HERE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE I FIRST BEFORE I EVEN GO DIVING DEEPER INTO THIS I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS IS A NOWHERE PERFECT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOR THIS DISCUSSION BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD ENTRY POINT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOW IN A POSITION TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING A DEPARTMENT INTO THE CITY AND THERE ARE THERE'S A LOT OF OF UNCERTAINTY AND ALSO WITH OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, GOOD REASON THAT PEOPLE DON'T TRUST GOVERNMENT. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRANSFERRING A DEPARTMENT AND THE BOSS OF THAT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE THE MAYOR. RIGHT. THE CITY COUNCIL RIGHT.  RIGHT NOW IS THE THE COMPOSITION OF IT. RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BE MANDATED AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE IN THESE THINGS. BUT WE KNOW HOW POLITICS WORKS, RIGHT? IS THAT THERE IS WE NEED TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I AM ADVOCATING TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES AROUND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING HEARD AND THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNE CITY WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT ALREADY IS GOING TO REFORM THE EPA. THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US AND INSURANCE THAT COMMUNITY VOICE IS GOING TO REMAIN GROUNDED IN IN AFFIRMING THEM IN THE PROCESS AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE AS IS WITHOUT FIGHTING. WELL LAST TIME TO GIVE PEOPLE A VOICE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND I THINK THAT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE SERVE, I OWE IT AND I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FIGHT THE END TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE ALL RIGHT, TAXPAYERS TO HAVE A REAL VOICE AND A DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SPEAK AND TO HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE. THE RESEARCH BUREAU IS GREAT.  HAVING IT IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS GREAT BUT THAT'S NOT MEETING THE MOMENT AND SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'D LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE COMMUNITIES SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN IN THESE PROCESSES AND WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT EVEN IF WE GO BACK AND FORTH HOW DO WE GET HOW DO WE GET TO A POINT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL HURT AND AFFIRMED I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE PASS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT I FEEL IS BEING STEAMROLLED OVERCOME.  I JUST CAN'T AND WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING AND EVERY PART OF THE CITY WHETHER IT'S CHARLESTOWN, ROXBURY MATTAPAN, DORCHESTER AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN IS THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE THINGS ARE BEING DONE TO THEM WITHOUT THEM AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THAT HARM AND REPAIR IT, CREATE AN OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY BOARD REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT'S CALLED . THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND SAY WE HEAR YOU, WE AFFIRM YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER FOR YOU. AND SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER GIVING THE PEOPLE A VOICE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES A LOT OF YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA. I THINK MAYBE PEOPLE THINK THAT THERE'S SOME ANIMOSITY HERE. COUNCILOR MEJIA IS GOING THROUGH OR IS DEMONSTRATING DEMOCRACY HERE.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. JUST A FEW POINTS I DO WANT TO SAY THAT COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VOICE. COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VOICE. AND SO WHAT I AM VERY PROUD OF IN MY AMENDMENTS IS THAT THIS INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR US TO WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY AGENCY. AGAIN, WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF WHO SHOULD BE ON THIS COMMISSION, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET NOMINATED, WHAT THEIR EXPERTISE LEVEL IS IT EMPOWERED US TO DO THIS AND WHILE IT IS NOT EXPLICITLY MENTIONED HERE, IT DOES NOT EXCLUDE US FROM DOING THAT.  WE STILL WILL HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT AND JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M READING RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A LITTLE REPETITIVE AND REDUNDANT TO THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION THAT ALREADY DOES THIS WORK. THEY ARE CHARGED WITH DOING INVESTIGATIONS.  THEY HAVE A BOARD, THEY HAVE DEDICATED RESOURCES. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS ACTUALLY MORE POWERFUL THAN THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.  THEY PEOPLE LOOK TO BOSTON FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND SO ALSO NOW THAT THIS IS A CITY DEPARTMENT THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TO COORDINATE AND BE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND ALSO COORDINATE WITH THE CHIEF OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND SO AGAIN, THIS COMMISSION I THINK THIS IS THE WAY TO GO IN TERMS OF THE HOME RULE PETITION. IT WOULD BE OUR WITHIN OUR BEST INTEREST TO EXPAND THE JURISDICTION OF THE HOME RULE OR OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO INCLUDE PLANNING THAT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH FOR HOUSING. AGAIN, THIS COMMISSION RECEIVES AND INVESTIGATES COMPLAINTS IT RESOLVES CASES THROUGH MEDIATION AND PROVIDES ADJUDICATORY HEARINGS AND ADVOCATES IN SUPPORT OF ANY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.  AND IT IS SO POWERFUL BECAUSE IT IS PERSPECTIVE AND IT SPECIFICALLY TACKLES ISSUES OF DISCRIMINATION IN CITY HALL. AND SO AGAIN THESE RESOURCES THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO USE FOR THIS ONE SHOULD REALLY BE ALLOCATED TO AN ALREADY POWERFUL ENTITY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION THAT ALREADY DOES THIS WORK. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR THANK YOU COUNCILOR CARLO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR CHAIR CONCERNS. JARED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO COMMEND CHAIR COLETTA FOR A REMARKABLE JOB IN GUIDING A VERY DIFFICULT ORDINANCE THROUGH THESE HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS.  THE RESULT FOR SURE HAS BEEN A MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, HAVING LITERALLY GROWN UP IN THIS AGENCY FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS, THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL PHILOSOPHY WHICH I CAN JUST NOT LOOK PAST EVEN WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PUT IN FROM PARTICIPATING IN AND REPRESENTING FROM LEARNING AND GROWING BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, I'VE LEARNED TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS AGENCY IS AS CONSTRUCTIVE TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY FROM PLANNING TO GROWING THE TAX BASE TO SUPPORTING MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS BEHIND THE SCENES IN SO MANY WAYS TO THE ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS AND TO GUIDING WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THIS CITY LOOKS LIKE FOR YEARS TO COME. BUT AGAIN I BRING IT BACK TO THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS I ASK THAT THE FIRST HEARING THE CHAIR WILL ALSO REFERENCE IS THE WHY NOW AND WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF THIS TRANSFER THAT THE AGENT AGENCY CANNOT CURRENTLY DO AS IT EXISTS TODAY? IF YOU REMEMBER THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS THAT FIRST HEARING WERE AS TO WHY NOW IT WAS IT IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THE MAYOR RAN ON IT. THE FIRST PART I SEE IS SUBJECTIVE.  THE SECOND PART I DO NOT SEE AS REASON ENOUGH TO RUSH A VOTE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TRANSFER TAKES PLACE.  IT IS A NOBLE DEED THAT THE MAYOR RAN ON IT.  HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT THE NOBILITY OF IT SHOULD BE REASON ENOUGH FOR US TO SAY THAT THIS MOVES ON.  THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF THIS? AND THE ANSWER THE FIRST THE FIRST SESSION WAS IT WILL GAIN TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.  I ASSURE YOU AFTER 18 YEARS OF DOING DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PROCESSES THAT IT WILL NOT GAIN TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, ALL OF WE WILL HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS BUT WE WILL JUST HAVE MOVED IT TO A DIFFERENT ENTITY FOLKS ONLY CARE ABOUT NOT THE PLANNING PROCESS SO MUCH AS ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD AN IMPACT? MY QUALITY OF LIFE NO MATTER HOW MUCH PLANNING WE PUT INTO THAT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THAT CONSTITUENT IN YOUR DISTRICT THEY'RE GOING YOU CAN CALL THIS DEPARTMENT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY I HATE THAT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT MY QUALITY OF LIFE. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CITY MUST GROW AND WE MUST MANAGE THESE DIFFERENCES AS WE GO ON AND SO THAT WILL STILL OCCUR.  CONVERSATIONS AROUND DEVELOPMENT ARE MEANT TO BE MESSY. THEY ARE HARD CONVERSATIONS. THERE IS NO PROCESS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO COME IN WITH AN ALGORITHM AND IT'S GOING TO SAY WE'LL PUT ZONING AT X AND WE'LL DO THIS TYPE OF PROCESS AND THE DEVELOPERS WILL KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN AND SO WE HAVE TO BE READY TO HAVE THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS AND NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE MIX UP THIS AGENCY AND WHERE WE PLACE IT, THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS STILL HAVE TO OCCUR. AND SO BY TAKING PLANNING OUT OF THE AGENCY WE LOSE OUR UNIQUE ABILITY TO BE NIMBLE, TO REACT TO THE MARKET FORCES AND BY ADDING MORE OVERSIGHT IN PROCESS WE DO STIFLE DEVELOPMENT.  THIS IS THE LARGEST TRANSFER OF LAND MONEY POWER AND AUTHORITY IN THE HISTORY OF BOSTON AND I HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH A LONGER PROCESS TRYING TO PUT A BACK DECK ON THEIR HOUSE.  RIGHT? I DID TONGUE IN CHEEK BUT ALSO TRUE NOW I'M ALL FOR IMPROVING THE AGENCY RIGHT?  WE SHALL ALWAYS HAVE QUALITY. WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE QUALITY CONTROL.  WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MODERNIZE PROCESSES.  ARTICLE 80 REFORM ABSOLUTELY. LET'S ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT IT AND IT SHOULD BE MODERNIZED BUT TO TALK ABOUT THE TOOLS OF THE CITY THAT WE NEED THIS AGENCY AS IT EXISTS IS THE TOOL. SO LET'S LOOK AT IMPROVING WHAT WE HAVE BUT LET'S NOT GUT THE ESSENCE OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS.  I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE THEY COULD BE ANSWERED TODAY BY EITHER THE CHAIR OR MY OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT I WOULD WELCOME ANSWERS TO AND AGAIN JUST FOR FINALIZING THIS WE TALK ABOUT THE STATUS QUO WHAT WAS ACTUALLY WRONG WITH THE STATUS QUO WHEN WE GO BACK OUR 20 YEARS AND WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT BOOM, THE BIGGEST BOOM IN DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THE COLONIAL PERIOD WHEN WE FIRST CAME WHEN THIS COUNTRY WAS FIRST ORIGINALLY FOUNDED AS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE STATUS QUO IN THE GROWTH THAT WE JUST HAD A OCCUR OF THAT THIS AGENCY SHEPHERDED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS? IF THERE ARE TOOLS INADEQUATE FOR TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT, WHAT TOOLS ARE INADEQUATE AND HOW WHAT DOES THE AGENCY NEED TO UPDATE THAT IT COULD NOT UPDATE AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND WHY ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE A TRANSFER PRIOR TO THE HOME RULE PETITION PASSED WHICH WILL AFFECT MANY STAFF MEMBERS BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT STAFF THAT ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. SO I THINK IN CLOSING WHAT I REALLY SAY IS AS IT EXISTS THIS AGENCY WORKS DOESN'T NEED TO IMPROVE. ABSOLUTELY BUT I THINK TOO BIG OF A CHANGE WILL GUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT THIS DOES AND WE LOSE THE NIMBLENESS TO REACT TO THE WAY WE NEED TO REACT TO FUTURE MARKET FORCES AND NEEDS FOR OUR CITY. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT AGAIN I LOVE THIS AGENCY. I WILL I WILL END WITH THAT. I LOVE THIS AGENCY.  I CARE FOR IT. I ONLY WANT THE BEST FOR IT BECAUSE WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS AGENCY IS THE BEST FOR THIS CITY. AND SO WITH THAT I WOULD LOVE TO IMPROVE IT BUT I THINK THIS IS ONE STEP TOO DRASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOOD THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, I JUST WANT TO IF ANY COUNCILOR HAS THEIR LIGHT ON, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S TO ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR THAT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION A LARGER I DID HAVE MY LIGHT ON BEFORE THE AMENDMENT CAME JUST OKAY. OKAY. SO WE WILL AND THEN ONCE THE AMENDMENT WE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT THEN WE WILL WE CAN OPEN UP FOR FOLKS TO HAVE A LARGER DISCUSSION.  UM, BUT THE AMENDMENT IS ON THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR BREADON YES, I THINK COUNCILOR BRADEN'S LIGHT BLAKE CAME ON AFTERWARDS OUR COUNCILOR CALATA AND I WANT TO COMES FROM HERE. COUNCILOR COLLETTE DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUST RESPOND JUST BECAUSE THE QUESTION HAD HAD BEEN PUT OUT THERE SO THE REASON WHY NOW AND WHY NOT KEEP THE STATUS QUO? I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT THAT THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY HAS BEEN INCLUSIVE OF ALL PEOPLE AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE SAME THING WITH THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SO THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT THE VISION TO BRING IN PLANNING AS A CORE FUNCTION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THEN ALSO FOR THOSE FOR THOSE STAFF MEMBERS I HAVE SAT WITH THEM. I'VE GONE TO THEIR HOMES AND DISCUSSED WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE TO THEM PROVIDING A LANDING PAD FOR THEM TO ME PROVIDES GREATER STABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY FOR THEM RATHER THAN THIS DOCKET BEING IN PURGATORY FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS I THINK THAT THEY DESERVE THAT AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD. SO JUST TO ANSWER THOSE THOSE QUESTIONS OF YOURS.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLLADO COUNCILOR HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO I WANT TO JUST PUT A LITTLE BUTTON ON MY STATEMENTS HERE. I THINK THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO THE PLACE HERE AFTER RECOGNIZING THE ENVIRONMENT THAT I'M IN THAT I HAVE TO REALLY BE SUPER THOUGHTFUL AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS IS NOT AN ADVERSARIAL SITUATION IS THAT FOR ME I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN HEARD AND SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IN ORDER FOR ME TO REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY ARE WE SO ADVERSE IN CREATING A FORMAL PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY TO FEEL AS THOUGH THEY HAVE A STAKE IN HOW PLANNING IS DONE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON? I HAVE YET TO HEAR WHY THE ADMINISTRATION IS SO ADVERSE TO CREATING A PLATFORM.  MAYBE THE COMMISSION IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD. MAYBE IT'S NOT A TASK FORCE BUT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY ARE WE SO ADVERSE AT GIVING PEOPLE A FORMAL WAY TO BE ABLE TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE? THAT HAS NOT YET TO BE EXPLAINED TO ME IN A WAY THAT MY LITTLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING SELF CAN UNDERSTAND. SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE WHY NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE A FORMAL WAY TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE.  THANK YOU COUNCILMAN . HE ANSWERED MEJIA ARE YOU DIRECTING THAT QUESTION AT CASTRO COLADA OR WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON IT RIGHT AS THE CHAIR WHO HAS MOVED FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AND A NEW DRAFT COUNCIL RECORD, I WILL ALLOW YOU TO RESPOND. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT QUESTION.  I DON'T TAKE IT TO BE ADVERSE AS WELL AND I'M NOT ADVERSE TO GIVING MORE PEOPLE VOICE.  I JUST THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY WEAKER THAN WHAT MY AMENDMENT WILL DO FOR US AND WHAT IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR US TO DO BECAUSE IT IS SO PRESCRIPTIVE.  SO THAT IS WHY I JUST THINK THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS WEAKER THAN THE ONE THAT I HAVE PRODUCED BECAUSE IT OPENS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US WITH COMMUNITY AND METRICS AND REPORTING. THAT'S A I WILL BE I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE WHEN I CALL ON OTHER PEOPLE COUNCIL WE HEAR YOU SAY YOU ACT LIKE BUT I'M ALLOWING YOU TO RESPOND OUT OF TURN JUST SO YOU KNOW AND JUST THAT IT IS CLEAR TO EVERYONE SO THAT YOU CAN RESPOND TO COUNCILOR COLETTA EVEN THOUGH COUNCILOR BREADON HAS HAD HER LIGHT ON AND PATRICK FLYNN NOW HAS HIS LIGHT ON IN COUNCIL FITZGERALD I'M ALLOWING YOU TO RESPOND TO COUNCILOR COLETTA OUT OF TURN CALLS FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT INVITATION. I DON'T WANT TO BE PUSHED BACK SO GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAYTON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND AND THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO'S TAKING THIS PROCESS INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY.  THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TWO TO CONSIDER FITZGERALD'S POINT THIS IS A REALLY MAJOR DECISION. UM, I WANT TO JUST ADDRESS MY COMMENT SPECIFICALLY TO THE ISSUE OF THE AMENDMENT AND FINDING WAYS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY VOICE. I HAVE I NEED TO UM I THINK THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THE VRA, THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND IT WAS A THEN THEY CHANGED IT TO AN AGENCY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY A FEW YEARS AGO TO SOFTEN THE THE WORDING SO IT DIDN'T FEEL SO OPPRESSIVE.  THERE'S VERY DEEP OVER MANY GENERATIONS AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED WITH THIS IN THE ERA URBAN RENEWAL COMMUNITY WAS NOT CENTERED IN GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING AND IT LITERALLY WAS A STEAMROLLER AND A DEMOLITION JOB THAT CLEARED THE WEST AND THE NEW YORK STREETS ROCKS, PARTS OF ROXBURY AND ALLSTON, BRIGHTON, BARRY'S CORNER ALL IN THE NAME OF URBAN RENEWAL AND TO DO AND TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. BUT IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THINGS BETTER THEY DISPLACED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF WORKING FAMILIES AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES LIKE THE WEST END AND THE SOUTH END AND IT INSTILLED A DEEP MISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK IN THE CONTEXT OF COUNCILMEMBER HE IS AMENDMENT I THINK WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR IS JUST TO HAVE TO ELEVATE COMMUNITY VOICE IN THE PROCESS. I REALLY WELCOME THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYOR WU'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING A BOSTON PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL IS IT SAID THAT THE BEST STRATEGY TO TACKLE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IS TO START WITH A SOUND URBAN PLANNING THAT IS AMBITIOUS AND AIMS TO NOURISH HEAL AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES. THAT'S A REALLY LAUDABLE GOAL BUT I REALLY, YOU KNOW, HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO ELEVATE AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD IN THIS PROCESS. I'M NOT NECESSARILY IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN HE IS AMENDMENT I THINK IT'S MAYBE REALLY QUITE RESTRICTIVE IN ITS APPROACH BUT I THINK HAVING SOME WAY TO ADD COMMUNITY VOICE TO THE MAYOR'S PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE CHIEF OF PLANNING THE CHIEF OF ARTS AND CULTURE, CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE BLACK CHIEF OF HOUSING STREETS EQUITY AND INCLUSION OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL OFFICER BUT THERE'S NO COMMUNITY VOICE IN THAT AND I REALLY DO FIND HOPE THAT WE CAN IN THIS PROCESS FIND A WAY TO ELEVATE COMMUNITY VOICE IN IN OUR PLANNING DECISIONS ACROSS THE CITY I HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT JUST PLANNING IN GENERAL BUT AS IT SPEAKS TO THIS AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT WHILE I APPLAUD COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR THIS AMENDMENT, I'M NOT SURE IT HITS THE MARK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE REALLY NEED RATHER THAN BEING REACTIVE AND REACTING TO WHAT'S A COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, I THINK WE SHOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE AND ELEVATE THAT VOICE AHEAD OF TIME IN THE PROCESS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING AND NOT HAVE IT BE A REACTIVE STANCE POSITION LIKE THIS AMENDMENT WOULD PROPOSE. THANK YOU THANK YOU CAN CELEBRATE IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.  I HAD A QUESTION. MAYBE COUNCILOR OR COUNCILOR QUITE A MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY VOICE COMMUNITY INPUT BUT ALSO COMMUNITY STANDARDS.  HAVE WE COMMUNICATED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR? HAVE WE COMMUNICATED WITH THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF BOSTON? WHAT IMPACT WOULD THESE DECISIONS HAVE ON THEM INCLUDING THE BOSTON JOBS POLICY INCLUDING WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CONSTRUCTION? WE ALSO INCLUDING COMMUNITY STANDARDS I THINK IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THIS MORNING WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE OF ORGANIZED LABOR AND THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT COMMUNITY STANDARDS AS WELL.  ARE WE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT ANY CHANGE THAT WE DO MAKE BENEFITS TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON WHETHER THEY'RE PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHETHER THEY'RE WOMEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD BOSTON JOB SO BOSTON RESIDENTS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL ME HERE OR AND COUNCILOR CLAUDIA IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A IT WAS A CONCERN THAT I RECEIVED IN IN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS I HAD THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK COUNCILOR MAY HERE HAS RELIED ON A CUSTOMER HERE YOU CAN RESPOND AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUE I THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE VOICE MATTERS WHEN IT RELATES TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A REALLY GREAT POINT AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD IS THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNCIL RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE FOR OURSELVES WHAT A COMMUNITY STANDARD WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT COMMUNITY VOICE SHOULD BE ABOUT. RIGHT? AND SO JUST AS IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW MAY NOT BE WHAT WE ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH BUT TO COUNCILOR BRADEN'S POINT WHERE CAN WE LANDS RIGHT THE GOAL IS TO ADVOCATE AND FIGHT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS CREATING A PLATFORM AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEFINE FOR OURSELVES WHAT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE. AND SO IF COMMUNITY STANDARDS THE PATHWAY TOWARDS THAT, IF WE'RE CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LABOR TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS AND I THINK THAT THE MORE THOROUGH WE ARE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING THE VOICES THAT NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE THE BETTER. I DO FIND IT INCREDIBLY DISHEARTENING TO KNOW THAT MOST OF THE FOLKS ARE ALREADY THAT ARE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY ASSIGNED ARE MEMBERS OF A THAT ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE ADMINISTRATION. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO ROLE AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW,  THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE MAKERS AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT WOULD BE IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO THAT THAT THE AMENDMENT IS TO ADD TO THE ORDINANCE NOT TO STRIKE OR REPLACE ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS PRESENTED IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT LIKE THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO ADD IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.  CHAIR IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFINE SOME LANGUAGE AND INCLUDE WHAT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COULD LOOK LIKE AND I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ALREADY COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS AND TASK FORCE AND I KNOW HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE MANAGED TO PASS ON THE COUNCIL , THEY'RE NOT REALLY FRIENDLY OR OPEN TO MORE OVERSIGHT BOARDS. RIGHT. BUT I DO THINK GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE FINDING OURSELVES IN THIS MOMENT THAT WE CAN'T JUST GO ALONG TO GET ALONG, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STAND FOR SOMETHING HERE AND THEN THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE JUST BE AN EXTRA AND A SUPPORT AND SUPPORTIVE TO THE REPORTING SECTION, NOT A REPLACEMENT. SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR LIKE I WOULD LIKE FOR US WHETHER IT IS IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME BUT WHILE WE'RE HERE BEFORE WE MAKE A VOTE THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARD A BINDING CONSENSUS IN A WAY THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE RIGHT. ALL OF THE PUBLICLY LET'S LET'S LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE GIVE COMMUNITY VOICE BEFORE WE GO OFF SAYING THAT WE WE DID IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE MAYOR.  I KNOW I'VE HEARD ALL OF THE LIKE OH SHE MIGHT VETO IT BUT I NEED TO KNOW AGAIN WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH CREATING A MECHANISM FOR COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AND I KNOW YOU KEEP SAYING THAT. I JUST I NEED TO I NEED TO KNOW AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE WHAT? WHY WOULDN'T MY COLLEAGUES BE IN FAVOR OF CREATING SOME SORT OF FORMAL STRUCTURE IN WHICH COMMUNITY NOT COUNCILORS BUT COMMUNITY REALLY HAVE A STAKE IN THAT PLACE AND I KNOW HOW IT WORKS HERE Y'ALL. I KNOW HOW IT WORKS BUT WE ALL ARE ALL NEGOTIATING HERE AND SOMETIMES WE NEGOTIATE AGAINST OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT I'M TRYING REALLY HARD TO STAND MY GROUND IN A WAY THAT IS NOT OFFENSIVE BUT I AM GOING TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME BATTLES THAT I'M GOING TO PICK AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE WHEN YOU DO VOTE TO VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR COLETTE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR MEJIA AND SO RESPECT YOU HAVE I'VE ALWAYS RESPECT YOU AND THE ROLE THAT YOU PLAY IN THIS COUNCIL . MY SIMPLE ANSWER IS THAT WE ARE EMPOWERING OURSELVES TO CREATE THIS PROCESS THROUGH THIS INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND I JUST FEEL LIKE AGAIN, MY LANGUAGE OPENS UP MORE DOORS. IT CASTS A BROAD, A BROADER NET TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION. WE COULD HAVE AS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THIS INDEPENDENT TO INFLUENCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS RESEARCH ENTITY THAT IS ALREADY DOING THIS FROM THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING. AND SO THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THAT I JUST FEEL LIKE MY LANGUAGE IS STRONGER. YOU CAN AGREE WITH ME , YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH ME BUT THAT IS THE THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL MY COLLEAGUES THAT I AM GIVING US THIS BLANK CHECK WHEN IT COMES TO THE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND THAT IS REALLY WHERE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THIS IS THE STRENGTH OF THIS DOCUMENT AND WHY I AM SO PROUD AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSE THIS AMENDMENT HAVING HEARD FROM COMMUNITY OF WHAT THEY WANT THIS WILL GET US THERE ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT SPECIFIC AS TO AS WHAT YOU WANT OR WHAT THIS AMENDMENT CALLS FOR BUT AGAIN I THINK THAT THE WAY IN WHICH THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS IS WRITTEN TALKING ABOUT TO THAT THIS COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO RECEIVE, REVIEW AND RESPOND TO FROM COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.  AGAIN, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS ALREADY STAFFED UP.  WE ARE DEDICATING CITY RESOURCES TO DO THIS ALREADY IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  WE JUST WENT THROUGH A WHOLE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. I THINK IT WAS 2020 OR 2021 WHERE WE MADE IT STRONGER THAN FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS LIKE PLEASE GO UP AND LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE LEGISLATION IS THAT ESTABLISHES THIS WHOLE THIS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION THAT ALREADY DOES ALL OF THIS. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.  THESE THINGS ALREADY EXIST. AND SO THAT IS THAT IS MY ARGUMENT I THINK NOW AGAIN HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO COMMEND COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR ALWAYS PUTTING THE COMMUNITY AND CONSTITUENTS FIRST AND FOREMOST IN ANY CAUSE, ESPECIALLY AROUND DEVELOPMENT AND COUNCIL CULTURE AS WELL WITH WHAT HER TAKE IT ON ON HOW THIS WILL IMPROVE CONSTITUENT INPUT.  HOWEVER, AGAIN I THINK THIS CAN BE SOLVED INTERNALLY THIS IS TO THE ARTICLE 80 REFORM OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW COMMUNITIES CAN BE MORE INVOLVED AND BE MORE SEEN AND HEARD. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO IF YOU WERE DRIVING A CLASSIC CAR AND YOU GOT THE MIRROR KNOCKED OFF BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T FEEL SEEN, WOULD YOU THROW THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OUT BECAUSE NO YOU WOULD GO IN AND MAKE THE TWEAKS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO FIX THE CAR BUT WITHOUT THROWING THE ENGINE OUT.  THAT'S HOW I FEEL. I KIND OF LOOK AT THIS IT'S A BAD ANALOGY. I KNOW BUT THAT'S WHY I'M SORT OF LOOKING AT THIS LET'S FIX WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. BUT THE ENGINE IS GOOD SO LET'S KEEP THIS THING RUNNING.  BUT AGAIN I THINK THROUGH THE ARTICLE 80 REFORM WE COULD ACHIEVE BOTH OF THESE GOALS OF A BETTER COMMUNITY PROCESS. THANK YOU. I'M I HAVE NOT SPOKEN ON THIS BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TO THE ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION PROCESS THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE WORK AND THE GRANT THAT WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY IS AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY PROCESS WORK REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILOR WEBER BECAUSE WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW I. I DON'T KNOW COUNCILOR IN HERE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOU KNOW, VERY THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENT. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DESERVES A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE AND FOR, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINING WHAT MY THINKING IS YOU KNOW, I THINK WE BOTH AGREE THAT COMMUNITIES HAVEN'T FELT HEARD IN THIS CITY FOR TOO LONG, YOU KNOW. AND YOU KNOW WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA IN 1960? YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD OF WHAT AN AGENCY WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT HAS DONE FOR OUR CITY AND TO OUR CITY. AND IT'S I THINK THIS AGENCY HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE INEQUITIES THAT WE SEE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE. WE HAVE HEAT ISLANDS, WE HAVE FOOD DESERTS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL NEW SEAPORT WITH NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED A CHANGE AND YOU KNOW BUT WHEN I RAN FOR THIS POSITION I HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY FELT LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL WASN'T WORKING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT WAS CORRECT OR NOT, THAT'S BEEN THE PERCEPTION AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THIS PROCESS IS A CITY COUNCIL THAT WORKS AND I HAVE TO COMMEND CHAIR COLETTA FOR HER HARD WORK ON THIS. THE WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THE CITY COUNCILORS WE'VE MET FOR MANY HOURS ON THIS ORDINANCE.  AND AS FOR THE I THINK IF WE DO NOTHING THERE WILL STILL BE NO COMMUNITY INPUT.  THAT'S WHY I FAVOR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.  I DO THINK THE EFFECT OF ADDING A COUNCILMAN HE HAS AMENDMENT WILL RESULT IN NOTHING HAPPENING AGAIN AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE A YEAR FROM NOW WONDERING WHY THE COMMUNITY SO DOESN'T HAVE A VOICE.  SO I DO THINK THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. COUNCILOR COLETTA FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR THE AMENDMENTS REGARDING REPORTING AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TOWARD INCREASING TRANSPARENCY. AND SO AGAIN, I YOU KNOW, WE TOTALLY AGREE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WHAT THE CITY NEEDS.  BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IS A FIRST STEP AND I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE AMENDMENT AND I YOU KNOW BUT THANK YOU FOR PROPOSING IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE. YOU ABSOLUTELY.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LOVE THIS. I AM SO PROUD OF EVERYONE HERE . CLAIRE, SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND NEAL.  LET'S SEE Y'ALL OUT HERE HUSTLING ALL YOUR VOTES.  SO NOW I JUST REALLY WANT TO JUST COMMEND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WORK AND I . I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION AND LISTENING AND WATCHING DEMOCRACY AT WORK JUST SO THAT WE SEE HOW THINGS HAPPEN OR DON'T HAPPEN. SO NOW YOU GET TO SEE HOW ALL THINGS PLAY OUT HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF THE COUNCIL THAT WAS IN PLACE PREVIOUS WE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE.  WE FOUGHT FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGET. WE PASSED IT ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE. WE DID A LOT OF DISRUPTIVE THINGS WHICH IS WHY SO MANY OF US WERE TARGETS AND SO I REJECT ANY NOTION THAT WE WERE A DYSFUNCTIONAL COUNCIL BECAUSE IN FACT WE PASSED REPARATIONS,  WE PASSED THINGS THAT MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND WE DID THAT GOING AGAINST THE MACHINE AND SO THE NARRATIVE WAS THAT WE WERE DYSFUNCTIONAL. BUT THE FACT IS IS THAT WE WERE HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE AS THEY ELECTED US TO DO AND THAT IS THE TRUTH.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION. I KNOW COUNCILOR MEJIA DID ANSWER IT BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE COUNCILOR COLETTA AN OPPORTUNITY.  WHAT IMPACT WOULD THIS HAVE ON COMMUNITY STANDARDS?  WERE WE ABLE TO ENGAGE ORGANIZED LABOR IN THIS DISCUSSION AND WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON THE BOSTON JOBS POLICY HIRING OF WOMEN AND HIRING PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD JUST WANT TO GET COUNCIL QUITE AS THOUGHTS COUNCIL CALL I BELIEVE YOU DID ANSWER SOME OF THE OKAY BUT BUT I'M BUT I'M HAPPY TO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN SO IN REGARDS TO ORGANIZED LABOR AGAIN WITH THE 17 HOURS OF HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS AND INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, THEY NEVER EXPRESSED THAT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THEM ALTHOUGH LIKE SHOUT OUT TO ORGANIZED LABOR FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT THIS THE SCOPE OF THIS ORDINANCE CREATING THIS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO TO IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO TO DO WORK ACROSS THE CITY OR BUSINESS ACROSS THE CITY. BUT I MEAN AGAIN I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM SO I DON'T I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW BUT I THINK WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS ORDINANCE IT ALSO SHOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH THE BJP AT ALL. IT'S JUST THE CREATION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND WHAT STIPULATIONS THAT WE PUT IN THERE. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLETTE . I'M GOING TO TURN TO COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON AND THEN TO CONCENTRATE AND AGAIN WE ARE ON THE AMENDMENT SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS PLEASE LIMIT IT TO THE AMENDMENT. COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANKS FOR THE REMINDER.  I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BEGIN WITH A CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ON THE MOTION. WE ARE WE ARE SORRY THAT THE OF THE AMENDMENT THAT CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PROPOSED TO ADD THIS SECTION TO THE AMENDMENT THAT COMES WITH A LETTER PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED.  YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE CREATING SO I WANT TO FIRST THANK CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR HER COURAGE AND ADVOCACY TO PUTTING COMMUNITY FIRST ALWAYS NOT ONLY DO YOU SHOW UP BUT YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO BACK THAT UP AND TODAY WITH THESE EFFORTS I THINK THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL START AND THAT I AND I OF COURSE I SECOND IT WITHOUT ACTUALLY THOROUGHLY STUDYING IT ,THOROUGHLY WORKSHOPPING IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IN RESPECTING OUR COLLEAGUES WE SHOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE HEARD AND SO I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVES FURTHER THAN WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO US IN WRITING . SO THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR THIS AFTER HEARING THE CONVERSATION AFTER LISTENING AND READING HERE I, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL IDEA BUT I DO THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE SEPARATE SO I'LL BE VOTING PRESENT NOT BECAUSE I DISAGREE BUT BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE FILED SEPARATE AND I THINK THAT FROM READING THE ROOM IN DECEMBER TO HEAR IT'S GOOD THAT WE ARE SETTING PRECEDENTS TO SAY LOOK, SOME OF THE BODY HERE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.  YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUDING COMMUNITY VOICES AND SO THEREFORE SHOULD WE HAVE A SEPARATE COMMISSION? SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AS A SEPARATE VIABLE FULLY THAT WE CAN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON IT. WHAT I WANT TO DO SOME POINTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM COMMENT ABOUT IN TERMS OF THIS AMENDMENT SO CREATING A COMMISSION IS A SERIOUS PROCESS AND SO THAT'S MY FRIENDLY SUGGESTION FOR US TO WORK ON IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT WITH YOU AND IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF THE SORRY COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD IDEA HAS NOT BEEN EXPLORED AT ALL LIKE I'VE I THINK I SPOKE WITH THE CHAIR COUNCIL COLETTA IN TERMS OF THE IDEA AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH I OFFER SOME LANGUAGE ON METRICS FOR EQUITY AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THIS AND THEN IN THE WORKING SESSION THEN IT WAS COUNCILOR CLUTTER THEN RESPONDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD PUSHED BACK AND PUSH BACK AND PUSH BACK AND DOES NOT WANT THIS AND SO THEREFORE THERE HAD TO BE A MIDDLE GROUND IN ORDER FOR US TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN SOME WAY WITH THIS AMENDMENT. SO I, I RESPECTED THE CHAIR DECISION IN THAT IN THAT SENSE. BUT IN TERMS OF MY COLLEAGUE WHOM I MENTIONED ABOUT HOW A COMMUNITY BOARD OVERSIGHT OR TOO MUCH COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT WOULD ACTUALLY STIFLE STIFLE PROCESS OR PROGRESS, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE AWFUL TRENDS INEQUITABLE AND RACIALLY HARMFUL TRENDS WITH THE IAG AND ALL OF THESE OTHER EFFORTS WITH COMMUNITY PROCESSES AND YET WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT RIGHT. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS LET'S CREATE SOMETHING THAT TRULY GIVES COMMUNITY A VOICE. THEN WE SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, TOO MUCH TOO MUCH OF THAT WILL SLOW DOWN THINGS AND I DON'T THINK THAT YOUR INTENTION WAS TRULY TO NOT GIVE COMMUNITY VOICE TO MY COLLEAGUE THAT MENTIONED THIS BUT RATHER THAT YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD JUST BE MINDFUL IN TERMS OF LET'S NOT SAY YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT DANGLE THE CARROT OVER THE PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN HARMED AND SAY THAT IF YOU WANT PROGRESS THIS MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER HARM. SO WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE SACRIFICES FOR THIS PROGRESS THAT TO ME DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. AND SO IN TERMS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION I HAVE TO DISAGREE LIKE WHAT WE'RE TELLING THE COMMUNITY. SO THE MOST THE PROUDEST MOMENT OR THE PROUDEST PART OF THIS IS THIS INDEPENDENT STUDY FROM A NON AND I REMEMBER I WAS PLAYING WITH A NONPARTIZAN WORD A NONPROFIT FOR INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY COMPANY WHO WOULD DO THE STUDY BUT THEN WE TELL THE COMMUNITY HEY HEY HEY THIS WILL DO A STUDY FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO EVALUATE BUT YOU THE COMMUNITY IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK GO TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.  GO TO THIS ARDUOUS LIKE TEDIOUS PROCESS THAT TAKES A VERY LONG TIME INVESTIGATION AND ALL OF THAT HEARINGS AND THEN YOU CAN BE HEARD. SO I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.  I THINK THAT NOT ONLY IS IT THAT NOT ONLY IS IT A RIDICULOUS PROCESS, IT'S A VERY FLAWED COMMISSION. IT'S AWFUL.  IT DOESN'T DO THE JOB THAT IT SHOULD BE DOING. I GET A WHOLE LOT OF CONSTITUENTS AND LISTEN YOU GUYS CAN YOU GUYS LET'S LET'S AGAIN FRIENDLY DISAGREEMENTS YOU GUYS YOU GUYS I GET A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS A LOT BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN TRANSGENDER YOU NAME IT COME TO ME AND TELL ME THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DOESN'T IT HASN'T WORKED FOR THEM THAT THE COMMISSION OR THE THE BOARD MEMBERS OR WHOMEVER DON'T DON'T WORK FOR THEM THAT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THERE'S RACISM THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED PREJUDICE AND OR DISCRIMINATION. SO LET'S JUST YOU KNOW, MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE A STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK INTO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BEFORE WE SAY THAT THAT'S A THING AN ENTITY THAT ALREADY EXIST AND IT WILL ADDRESS OUR ISSUES WITH ADDING COMMUNITY VOICE TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THE ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION PROCESS THUS FAR IS ALSO FLAWED.  THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN TELLING US HELLO I MEAN PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME LIKE DOCUMENTS SUPPOSEDLY THAT YOU KNOW, IS SAYING THAT THE PROCESS SHOULD BE ONE WAY BUT THEN THEY'RE NOT BEING TOLD AND WHEN THEY DISAGREE THEY'RE SHUNNED OUT OR THEY'RE OSTRACIZED. THERE'S ALL OF THIS OTHER MINUTIA THAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS WHOLE ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION PROCESS AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD FROM THE CONSTITUENTS YOU GUYS CAN FIRE US PEOPLE AT HOME AND YOU SEE THE EMAILS AS HE SEES EVERYBODY IN HERE COMPLAINING ANYTHING ABOUT THE ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION PROCESS. SO WE KNOW THAT ALSO AN ISSUE AND THEN YES WE MET FOR MANY HOURS OC LET'S COUNT ONE HEARING THREE WORKING SESSIONS AND YEAH THIS IS THAT IMPORTANT ONE HEARING THREE WORKING SESSIONS NOT ENOUGH THAT IT'S THAT IMPORTANT IT IMPACTS EVERY IMPACT SO MUCH OF OUR CITY WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE COME IN AND CRY AND SAY MY PARENT'S HOME WAS TAKEN. WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE. WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE SAY IGOR AND ALSO DEVIN QUIRK FROM BPA. I CAME HERE TO A HEARING AND REPORTED THE HEAT.  HE SPECIFICALLY SAID I.G. IDEAS ARE NOT WORKING SORRY AND I ASSURE I IT IS NOT HCR DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM I IDEAS I IDEAS IS NOT IT'S NOT WORKING IT'S IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T REPRESENT THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY AND THAT ESSENTIALLY FLAWED ESSENTIALLY CAUSING MORE FURTHER RACIAL HARM SO WITH THE RESPECT YOU KNOW WITH RESPECT AND I'M GOING TO STOP HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK TO THIS APPROPRIATELY ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR. BUT WITH RESPECT TO MY COLLEAGUE MADAM CHAIR TODAY I WILL HOLD FOR MY COMMENTS FOR THAT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD ON THIS AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR AND SAY YES, IT'S BEEN YOU'VE BEEN TREMENDOUS AND I'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DIPLOMACY, YOUR PATIENCE.  OH MY GOD, WHEN SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE TO HAVE TO SAY AND SAY AGAIN AND SAY AGAIN AND SAY AGAIN YOU'VE BEEN SO PATIENT AND THAT'S EXTREMELY COMMENDABLE AND I THINK YOU HAVE A VERY HARD TASK HERE. SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOU I WILL MAKE MY COMMENTS WHEN IT'S TIME BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JOB WELL DONE AS FAR AS THIS.  WE GOT TO FILE THIS THING, WE GOT TO WORKSHOP IT AND AGAIN,  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COURAGE. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU ENTREPRENEUR AND IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CELEBRATING CONSECRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I THINK WE WE ARE CONFLATING A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. THE ARTICLE 80 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS IS NOT PLANNING IT IS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND WHAT WE WE NEED A STRUCTURED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT PROCESS TO INFORM PLANNING AS IT HAPPENS NOT TO ADJUDICATE PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS AFTER THE FACT THIS THAT THE DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE AND URBAN RENEWAL FOCUSED ON REDEVELOPMENT AND FOLK AND WAS FOCUSED ON THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE AND IN IN THE VRA THAT MEANT BUILDING BUILDINGS DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD GENERATE THE MOST REVENUE LUXURY HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL AND YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT WAS LOST IN THAT PROCESS IS A COMMUNITY VISION AND BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.  PLANNING WOULD CENTER ON HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE GREEN SPACE TRANSIT, FOOD ACCESS, CHILD CARE, SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN BY BRINGING A DEPARTMENT INTO THE CITY, A PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL ACTUALLY START TO DO PLANNING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS THAT WILL BE PLANNING TO DO BUILD SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THE ARTICULATED CONVERSATION SEPARATE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. IT'S NOT PLANNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRIGHT AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR FITZGERALD CONYERS CHARITY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE JUST TO COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT ON MY TALKING ABOUT PROCESSES IT WAS A COMMUNITY PROCESS. I REFERRED TO WHAT I TALK ABOUT TOO MUCH I WAS REFERRING TO THE INTERNAL PROCESSES WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH OF CITY COUNCIL PLANNING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT STIFLE.  BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.  THE SECOND DAY I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND FOLKS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PLANNING TO COUNCIL BRANCH YOU JUST MENTIONED PLANNING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS IN 2015 2016 WE DID DO IMAGINE BOSTON 2030 WHICH WAS NOT DRIVEN BY ANY DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS NOT PROJECT DOWN DRIVEN BUT RATHER WHAT IS AND SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES.  I WAS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IMAGINE BOSTON 2030 SO I'M SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR WITH IT BUT I AM WELL I'M PROUD OF WHAT IT'S BECOME AND IT SET THE TONE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I JUST WOULD FELT IT NEEDED TO BE RECOGNIZED ONCE AGAIN THAT WE DID DO A CITYWIDE MASTER PLAN NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT WE HOPE TO CELEBRATE BY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO BECAUSE THIS IS JUST I'M GOING TO ASSUME FIRST OF MANY SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES GOING BACK AND FORTH AND SO I REALLY DO THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS MODEL BEHAVIOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR A CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO BE ADMINISTRATION. SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SHOWING UP THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BECAUSE IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS ALL ABOUT COLLABORATION AND WE'RE GOING TO REALLY LISTEN, I THINK THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE GET THERE. RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR COURAGE TO LEAN IN TO THAT DISCOMFORT AND TO THE CHAIR FOR HER SHEPHERDING OF THIS PROCESS. I JUST WANT TO SAY AND UNDERSCORE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF I FEEL HAVING WORKED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION HERE ON THE COUNCIL TRYING TO PASS REPARATIONS, IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR AND THAT WAS JUST TO REPAIR THE HARM CAUSED TO BLACK PEOPLE AND IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET THE ADMINISTRATION ON BOARD WITH THAT.  BUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS WE'RE GOING FULL SPEED AHEAD AND THAT TRAIN IS MOVING FASTER THAN WE CAN DO TO SLOW IT DOWN SO THAT WE CAN GET ON BOARD WITH IT. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT PRESENTS ITSELF. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT COUNCILOR BREADON REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE CENTERING OF COMMUNITY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE PERHAPS YES, COUNCILOR , YOU KNOW I MAY HAVE NOT USED THE RIGHT WORDS IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S A COMMISSION OR A TASK FORCE IN THAT YES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT WASN'T WORKSHOPPED, YOU KNOW, TO MEET THE MOMENTS.  HOWEVER, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ON THIS FLOOR TALK ABOUT HOW WE SEIZE THIS MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR COMMUNITY.  AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE COULD REALLY SLOW THINGS DOWN AND HONOR COMMUNITY VOICE LIKE I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASK AND I APPRECIATE YOU'RE SAYING YOURS IS STRONGER LIKE I HAVE TO CREATE THE FAIR CHANCE ACT BECAUSE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WAS IN STEPPING UP FOR BLACK AND BROWN EMPLOYEES WHO IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE HAD TO DO HERE BECAUSE CERTAIN COMMISSIONS WERE NOT OPERATING AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER. SO I REJECT THE NOTION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE OR A PROCESS AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE IS THAT WE SHOULD NOT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD WHAT WE SHOULD BE AIMING FOR IS CREATING PATHWAYS FOR FOLKS TO BE AFFIRMED AND TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. I DON'T THINK GIVEN THE DYNAMICS THAT I'VE SEEN HERE RIGHT, THAT YOU GOT YOUR SEVEN VOTES EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU WANT SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR VOTES. THAT'S WHY INDEPENDENCE IS SO IMPORTANT AND OVERSIGHT IN THIS MOMENT IS WHAT THIS WAS CALLING FOR. WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT BODY THAT IS NOT BEHOLDEN TO ANYONE TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY VOICE IS CENTERED AND WHO IS OVERSEEING THE OVERSEER.  THAT IS WHAT I WANT. I WANT TO HAVE A FORMAL STRUCTURE IN WHICH THE OVERSEER HAS AN OVERSEEING COMPONENT TO IT AND THE RESEARCH BUREAU IS NOT AND WILL NOT IT EITHER BECAUSE WE ALSO ARE BEHOLDEN TO OTHER PEOPLE.  SO I WANT SOMETHING THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF POLITICAL FAVORS INDEPENDENT OF NEGOTIATIONS AND SOMETHING THAT HONORS A PROCESS THAT COME WHOEVER IS IN A POSITION OF POWER, WHATEVER CITY COUNCIL MAKE UP LOOKS LIKE THAT THERE IS A FORMAL STRUCTURE BEYOND OUR LEADERSHIP THAT PROTECTS THE INTEGRA TYPE OF A COMMUNITY PROCESS. THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT IN THIS PROCESS AS A BODY AND DOING SO PUBLICLY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY WE ARE DOING THE PEOPLE'S WORK. THAT IS WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HERE FOR THE PROPOSAL MEMBER I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. IS THERE IS THERE A SECOND OKAY WE ARE MOVING TO A VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT. MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE NO, IT IS A MOTION QUESTION, A PROCESS QUESTION RIGHT. SO SO THAT I UNDERSTAND AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT PLAY HERE, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTES WITHOUT GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY ON YOUR AMENDMENT MY AMENDMENT RIGHT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON A VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE YET TO REALLY GIVE IT THE TIME AND DEDICATION THAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A FORMAL COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND WE ARE VOTING TO REJECT COMMUNITY VOICE BECAUSE MY AMENDMENT WAS NOT WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ACCEPT IT AND I AM ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET TO A PLACE IN WHICH WE BELIEVE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF OVERSIGHT SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ALL SIGNING UP FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA THERE'S BEEN A MOTION FOR A VOTE. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE ROLL CALL? WE DO IT. WE'RE DOING A ROLL CALL VOTE AND THEN I WILL. IT'S OVER COMING.  IT'S REGARDING PROTOCOL PROCEDURE EARLY THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED. WE ARE GOING TO DO A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? SO THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS RAISED.  ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0257 ON THE AMEND ON THE AMENDMENT OF COUNCIL TO ME JULIO MEJIA, COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON NO. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA NO COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO . COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO COUNCIL FLYNN NO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCIL ME HERE COUNCIL ME MEJIA YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN NO.  COUNCILOR PEPPER NO. COUNCILOR SANTANA NO. COUNCILOR SANTANA NO. COUNCILOR WEBER NO COUNCILOR WEBER NO AND COUNCIL WERE OUT OF THE COUNCIL WHO ARE OUR PRESENT NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, TWO VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND TWO VOTES PRESENT.  THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE AMENDMENT HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ON THE CHAIR'S MOTION. THE CHAIR'S MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AS AMENDED IN A NEW DRAFT. I SEE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YOU HAVE A LIGHT ON AND THEN COUNCILOR FLYNN IF WE WILL. IF WE I WILL INDULGE YOU AND THEN YES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR, THE REASON I WANTED TO SPEAK EARLIER IS I WANTED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BEFORE I BEFORE I MADE MY VOTE BUT BECAUSE WE HAD TO VOTE THAT AT THAT TIME I DIDN'T GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED TO GET TO TO VOTE THE BEST WAY I COULD. THERE WAS AN UNANSWERED QUESTIONS I HAD AND I WAS MADE . I MADE A CHOICE. I MADE A VOTE NOT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION, NOT HAVING ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION, NOT HAVING ALL THE FACTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED MY VOTE OR NOT BUT I DO THINK MY COLLEAGUES SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST CONTINUE THE DEBATE BECAUSE THEY WERE ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS RELEVANT QUESTIONS AND STARTS OF DEBATE. I MEAN I THINK THAT MR. CLERK IS SAYING THIS AND YOU REMEMBER THIS FROM YOUR TIME AS A PRESIDENT A MOTION WAS MADE TO CLOSE THE DISCUSSION. IT WAS SECONDED THAT MOTION CLOSES A DISCUSSION WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT FOR AN HOUR AND THE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. SOMEONE MOVED FOR AN AMENDMENT. IT WAS SECONDED PROCEDURALLY PURSUANT TO THE RULES WE MOVED TO A VOTE THAT MET MADAM CHAIR, PEOPLE WATCHING US AND THEY WATCHING THIS TRANSPARENCY TAKE PLACE. I THINK THEY THIS CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE AND THERE WERE COLLEAGUES WHO MOVED TO CLOSE THE DEBATE I AS THE CHAIR OF THIS BODY AS A PRESIDENT MUST FOLLOW THE RULES.  SOMEONE PUTS A MOTION IT'S SECONDED. I HAVE TO MOVE TO A VOTE.  I MY HANDS ARE TIED. I HAVE TO MOVE TO A VOTE.  THERE WAS COLLEAGUES THAT DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE A VOTE. THAT'S THAT'S MY MAIN POINT, MADAM. I UNDERSTAND MR CLERK. THE CLERK SAYS IT. I SAY IT. MAYBE YOU DON'T RECALL THIS. NO, I I I BECAUSE I RECALL MADAM CHAIR. I RECALL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COMES WITH A JOKE, HAS A MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS JUST THINKING TO COUNCILOR THAT HE IS REFERENCING OF A NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT BODY FOR OVERSIGHT AND TO RUN A COMMUNITY PROCESS. I THINK WHAT SHE MAY BE ASKING FOR IS SORT OF LIKE A QUASI STATE AGENCY THAT COULD DO THIS AND MAYBE BE ON THE NINTH FLOOR AND RUN THIS PROCESS SO IT IS NOT BEHOLDEN TO OTHER POLITICAL NEEDS AND WANTS THE JOB BEING IT EXISTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BRIDGET I RECOGNIZE THE LIFE THAT AROUND BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A BRIEF RECESS SO KEEP YOUR LIGHTS ON RIGHT. A BRIEF RECESS?  YES .  ERIC ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.  WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. CATHERINE MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO RISE TO SAY THAT THIS BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND TO RUSH IT TO SLOW IT DOWN IS IMPORTANT. IT'S BEEN SAID THAT THERE'S BEEN 17 HOURS OF WORKING SESSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS ALREADY. MAYBE IT NEEDS ANOTHER 17 MAYBE 34 MORE HOURS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VOTE AND ANY TIME THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT COMMUNITY VOICE OR A LABOR VOICE NOT BEING AT THE TABLE IT IS I TAKE IT PERSONALLY THAT I WOULD STAY HERE TILL MIDNIGHT IF NEEDED UNTIL WE GET THIS.  SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO SAY THIS TO SAY THAT THANK YOU COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON INCARCERATED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  NOW THAT WE'RE ON TO TALKING ABOUT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT RESTART BLUSHING AN IN-HOUSE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS SWEPT OUT FROM UNDER US AS PART OF THE URBAN RENEWAL 110 YEARS AGO.  IN 1914 THE CITY OF BOSTON PASSED AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CITY PLANNING BOARD. IT WAS IN LARGE FROM 5 TO 9 MEMBERS IN 1940 AND HIS POWERS AND DUTIES WERE ENLARGED AGAIN IN 1952 THE BAY AREA WAS ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1952 UNDER THE UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER ONE 2121 B OF THE GENERAL LAWS WITH THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY URBAN RENEWAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE BOROUGH BEGAN OVERSEEING DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY LED BY THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ITS OVERSIGHT EXPANDED TO INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND PUBLIC HOUSING 64 YEARS AGO IN 1960 THE CITY PLANNING BOARD WAS ABOLISHED AND THE STAFF WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE BOROUGH WHICH ASSUMED THE FUNCTIONS,  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GENERAL CITY PLANNING THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE TENURE GENERAL PLAN FOR 1965 1975 WAS COMPLETED IN 1964 UNDER MAYOR COLLINS IN 1993 THE BOARDS OF THE BOROUGH AND THE ECONOMIC INDUSTRIAL COOPERATIVE CORPORATION IN EDC EDC WERE MERGED INTO ONE SINGLE CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WHILE REMAINING TWO SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITIES AND SINCE 1920 16 THE BOROUGH AND THE EDC HAVE CONDUCTED BUSINESS AS THE BPA.  THIS IS ALL A LITTLE BACKGROUND RATHER DRY BUT HERE WE GO. FOR TOO LONG THE BOROUGH HAS BEEN UNACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL . AS A QUASAR A PUBLIC AGENCY FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, IT DID NOT ALWAYS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS ON PLANNING. IT HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR LUXURY HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL USE.  PLANNING INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN FRAGMENTED.  IMAGINE BOSTON 2030 GO BOSTON INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS SERVICES PROCURED BY CONTRACT. I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT THE MAYORS EXECUTIVE ORDER OF JANUARY 2023 ESTABLISHING A PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL IS A POSITIVE TOWARDS REINVESTING REINVESTING IN PLANNING AS CORE FUNCTION CITY GOVERNMENT. I HOPE THAT THIS ENTITY WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLANS FOR EQUITY INCLUDING AFFORDABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.  IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTED IN THIS NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE INVESTED IN WITH ROBUST INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT GEOSPATIAL GIS DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND STATISTICAL RESEARCH SERVICES AS CENTRAL RESOURCE FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE OF CITY GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE A LOT OF FRAGMENTATION AND A LOT OF DISCONNECTION WHILE WE CONSIDER REESTABLISHING A PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT MEMBERS OF THE BPA BOARD REMAIN THE FORMAL PLANNING BOARD FOR THE CITY. I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE NO STAFF. THERE IS NO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR A PLANNING BOARD OR DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF BOSTON TO PERIODICALLY COMPLETE AND UPDATE A LONG TERM CITYWIDE MASTER PLAN. THE LAST ONE WAS WHAT DID I SAY LATE IN THE 1960S? I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON DOES NOT HAVE A SECTION 81 MUNICIPAL PLANNING BOARD UNDER CHAPTER 41 OF THE GENERAL LAWS WHERE SECTION 81 D SPELLS OUT REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER PLANS. THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE SETTING GOALS AND POLICIES FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.  INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY PROCESSES TO DETERMINE COLLECTIVE GOALS LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USES AND DENSITY STANDARDS ANALYSIS FOR EXISTING AND FORECASTING HOUSING NEEDS AND PRESERVATION STRATEGIES.  STRATEGIES TO STABILIZE THE ECONOMIC BASE AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. INVENTORY OF SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES. INVENTORY OF RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE. STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION THEREOF. IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE EXISTING AND FORECASTED NEEDS OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. I THINK THAT A CASE IN POINT IS THE STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS THE STATE OF OUR PUBLIC BCI CENTERS. YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN PLANNING AS OUR POPULATION CHANGES AND SHIFT AS WE HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO PLANNING AND FORECASTING THE NEEDS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.  EVERY EVERY YEAR IN THE BUDGET WE HEAR FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A HORRENDOUS STATE OF SOME OF THEIR FIREHOUSES BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN PLANNING AND FORECASTING THE NEEDS OF PUBLIC FACILITIES INVENTORY OF EXISTING PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. AGAIN THE THE SEAPORT IS BUILT. THERE'S NO NO NO PLANNING FOR TRANSIT IN THE SEAPORT SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS DEFINING AND SCHEDULING SPECIFIC MUNICIPAL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE STATED OBJECTIVES INCLUDING IDENTIFYING ANTICIPATED COSTS AND REVENUES. THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY THIS IS A GOOD THING WE ARE BRINGING THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACK INTO THE CITY.  I HOPE THAT THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL COOPERATE IT AND ENGAGE WITH ALL THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AS I SAID IN OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT COUNCILMAN HE IS AMENDMENT.  I HOPE THAT WE CAN BUILD A ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PRACTICE YOU KNOW, IN THE MAYOR'S ORDER ESTABLISHING A PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP AND A PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL . THERE'S THE BEST STRATEGY AGAIN AS I SAID EMPOWERMENT OUR COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE INTEREST AND IDEAS. PLANNING IS BEST DONE WHEN IT IS ANCHORED IN THE INTERESTS AND IDEAS OF THE PUBLIC.  WE HAVE TO DO THIS TOGETHER. WE CAN'T HAVE A WE CAN'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY VOICE SORT OUT THERE AND NOT BE SORT OF INTEGRATED INTO THE PROCESS OF PLANNING FOR A AN INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITY OF BOSTON GOING FORWARD. WE ARE ABOUT TO PUT THE ERA OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT BEHIND US AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL MOVE INTO AN ERA OF COLLABORATION AND AND ENGAGEMENT WITH PUBLIC TO CO-CREATE AND ENVISION A CITY OF THE FUTURE FOR BOSTON. SO I AM I WILL SUPPORT THIS. THIS IS ORDINANCE AND I WILL ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT REESTABLISHING AN IN-HOUSE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.  I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANNUAL REPORTS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HOLD THE NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE.  BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE WEAK LINK IS WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN AND HAVE A MORE ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  HE'S NOT AFRAID OF THE SHARP DISCUSSION HE HAS WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD. THANK YOU.  AND THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO JUST START OFF WITH GRATITUDE TO COUNCILOR BREEDEN FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL REMARKS AND REALLY CONTINUING TO UPLIFT COMMUNITY VOICE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S HERE WHO WE ARE TO FIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR US TO BE SUPER MINDFUL RIGHT THAT OUR GOAL AS A COUNCIL AND AS A BODY IS TO REALLY BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES RIGHT AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE REALLY TO HONOR AND EVALUATE AND ASSESS OUR PROTOCOLS, OUR POLICIES IN OUR PROCEDURES AND CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN HOW WE SHOW UP. AND I THINK THAT THERE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS MOMENT MEANS AND TO ALSO REALLY SUPER BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THOSE WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, TRANSFERS OF MONEY, RIGHT?  THERE'S A LOT LAND THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE FOR A VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT WHAT,  17 HOURS? 17 HOURS AND THAT FEELS LIKE A LOT AND YET THERE'S STILL THE DAY OF THE VOTE WHERE I HAD LISTS OF ALL OF THE INPUT THAT WE'VE HAD. THERE'S STILL QUESTIONS AND THERE'S STILL RESERVATIONS. AND SO THE GOAL IS RIGHT IS GREAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WALK INTO THE CHAMBER AND YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR SEVEN VOTES, YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR EIGHT VOTES, YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR NINE BUT YOU ALREADY GOT EVERYTHING LINED UP SO YOU'RE WALKING IN FEELING REALLY COMFORTABLE AND REALLY CONFIDENT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONE ALL THE NEGOTIATING RIGHT. SO IT'S ALL GOOD. BUT THAT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE INTEGRITY OF A PROCESS ,RIGHT? IT DOES NOT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T TRUST US AND OFTENTIMES WITH GOOD REASON IS BECAUSE WE A LOT OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES WHEELING AND DEALING AND I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE VOTES THAT WE SHOULD TAKE LIGHTLY.  AND TO MY COLLEAGUE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE ASKING FOR MORE TIME, I'M GOING TO JOIN THAT CHORUS AND SAY WHY NOW IN THIS MOMENT WHEN SO MANY OF US ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S WHO HERE? SERIOUSLY.  AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BUILD RELATIONSHIP AND I DON'T THINK PUTTING A VOTE LIKE THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION OR FOR A VOTE YES OR NO GIVEN THE FACT THAT PEOPLE STILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IS THE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD AND I KNOW SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SAY LET'S PUT A MOTION TO END THE CONVERSATION SO THAT WE COULD SQUASH ALL OF THE DISCUSSION SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT PEOPLE FROM EXPRESSING THEMSELVES SO THAT WE CAN STOP THE DIALOG AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PLOW THROUGH THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT I'VE WATCHED US DO THAT. BUT I WILL STILL ALWAYS HAVE A VOICE WHETHER I'M IN THIS CHAMBER OR NOT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, RIGHT, THAT WE AS A BODY HAVE NOT DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THREE WORKING SESSIONS AND ONE HEARING TO TRANSFER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WHEN WE HAVE YET TO RESORT TRUST IN THIS COUNCIL . AND SO IF I COULDN'T GET REPARATIONS PASSED IN A YEAR AND IT WAS JUST A LITTLE TASK FORCE, WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MAKE SUCH LIKE A DECISION LIKE THIS WITH LESS THAN 17 HOURS WORTH OF WORK. I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE READY FOR IT. DID YOU RECOGNIZE THIS CONCERT DURKAN CANCELED OR CAN YOU HAVE A FLOOR? I WILL BE DOING SO CONSIDERING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WILL BE VOTING YES ON TODAY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE I HAVE SHARED THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES OVER THE 17 HOURS WE HAD IN HEARINGS.  THIS ORDINANCE BRINGS THE PLANNING PLANNING AS A CORE FUNCTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT WHICH I KNOW CHAIR COLETTA HAS SAID UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ARTHUR JEFFERSON SOMEONE I BELIEVE WORTHY OF MANAGING THE VISION FOR THE CITY. I THINK THAT WE CAN GET TO A REALLY GOOD PLACE MOVING THE BPA UNDERNEATH CITY AND HAVE TESTIFIED AT THE STATE HOUSE IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME RULE PETITION THAT WAS SET UP SENT UP BY THIS VERY COUNCIL WHEN I WAS NOT YET A MEMBER. BUT I DO ECHO EVERYONE WHO SAID TODAY THAT WE AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR OUR CITY AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR OF GOVHUB SUSIE COLETTA FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ALL FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT AND HELP HELP OUR CITY AND OUR CITY COUNCIL WADE THROUGH THIS VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE. BUT WE DO STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON PRODUCTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY INPUT.  OUR COMMUNITIES BRING INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE AGENCY HAS LOST OVER DECADES AND I THINK THAT WORK CAN STILL HAPPEN.  AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. I'M PROUD TO CONVENE SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS INCLUDING THE CONVERSATION SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR COLETTA AND JOHN FITZGERALD AROUND ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION WHICH WILL HAPPEN ON APRIL 5TH OUR CITY WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY REMAINS A LEADER IN SUSTAINABLE GROWTH WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES AND MITIGATION THAT ARE THAT SERVE THE TRUEST NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT IN THESE IN THESE HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS ARE BPA AND NOW CITY WORKERS NEED TO BE SUPPORTED IN THEIR TRANSITION.  THESE ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE I'VE MET IN MY EIGHT MONTHS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR ENGAGING WITH US IN THIS PROCESS OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND THOSE AND THOSE AREAS NOT PROTECTED THROUGH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION NEED TO BE GIVEN THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO STUDY BUILDINGS AND AREAS THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED. HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS TOP OF MIND FOR ME AND IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BPA AND THE TRANSITION MANY WHAT DID ALSO COME FORWARD IS THAT MANY RESIDENTS AND EVEN MY COLLEAGUES DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE FULL BREADTH OF WHAT TRANSPARENCY IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE BPD WEBSITE BECAUSE IT IS A DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE. THERE'S SO MUCH ONLINE.  I WAS LEARNING ABOUT A LOT OF RESOURCES DURING THE HEARINGS AND I THINK A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SEEN RESPOND TO EMAILS EVEN OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT TO SHARE LINKS AND I REALLY DO SEE THAT AS MY ROLE AS THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION CHAIR TO RESPOND TO RESIDENTS WHO ARE ASKING FOR INFORMATION. LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE PROTECTION OF AFFORDABLE ELDERS AND THE EXPANSION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES USING PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD ALSO CAME UP AND IT'S SOMETHING I RAISED IN THESE HEARINGS BUT I WANT TO AGAIN SAY THE ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION HEARING THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE ON APRIL 5TH IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR BRADEN'S COMMENTS THAT IT IS SEPARATE FROM THE CONVERSATION AROUND PLANNING HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVENE MANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I WANT TO URGE MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE EXISTING QUESTIONS TO FILE HEARING ORDERS AND OBVIOUSLY AFTER WE GET THROUGH BUDGET SEASON WOULD LOVE TO CONVENE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH MY COMMITTEE AND I THINK I WANT TO JUST END WITH THIS LET'S SHOW THE STATE HOUSE THAT WE WANT THE BDA TO BE ABOLISHED BECAUSE IF THIS DOES NOT PASS TODAY WE ARE SENDING A REALLY BAD MESSAGE TO OUR STATE HOUSE COLLEAGUES THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH THE STATUS QUO, THAT WE DON'T WANT THE BPA TO MOVE UNDERNEATH THE CITY THAT AND I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE DISTURBING. YES. I'M JUST GOING TO STATE THAT WE THERE IN THE AUDIENCE THERE'S NO SPEAKING THERE IS NO NO STATEMENT. NO NO SOUNDS REALLY IT REALLY IS THE TIME FOR THE COUNCILORS TO SPEAK. SO COUNCILOR DURKAN, THANK YOU. AND JUST ADDING THAT I THINK WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A VERY COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION THROUGH THE OPS COMMITTEE AND I REALLY TO AGAIN THANK THE CHAIR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I KNOW NOT EVERYONE'S HAPPY AS SEEN FROM SOMEONE TRYING TO BOO ME WHILE I'M SPEAKING BUT I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT I HAVE STOOD FOR FOR MANY YEARS AND I AM IN THE POSITION NOW TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR A LOT OF WHAT MY CONSTITUENCY IS ASKING FOR. AND SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THOSE COMMENTS FORWARD AROUND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND OTHERWISE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A REAL ROLE HERE AND AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALWAYS I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THE CULTURE OF THIS BODY HAS CHANGED AND I DO FEEL LIKE COLLEAGUES ARE COMING TO EACH OTHER AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS PRIOR BEING ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR IN A WAY THAT HAD NOT HAPPENED UNTIL THIS YEAR. SO I I'M JUST REALLY HONORED TO SERVE WITH YOU ALL AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCE TODAY BUT I, I RESPECT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE HERE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTY OF FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS IS THIS THE BODY IS THIS CITY COUNCIL THE BODY THAT RESIDENTS HAVE FAITH AND HAVE TRUST AND THAT WILL HOLD THE BPA THAT WILL HOLD THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE . ARE WE GOING TO ASK THEM THE TOUGH QUESTIONS?  ARE WE GOING TO DEMAND ANSWERS ON DIFFICULT AND CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS? DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT?  I DON'T THINK WE DO. THAT'S NOT A REASON TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING OR TO VOTE AGAINST IT. BUT THIS BODY DOES NOT ASK THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND WHEN WE DO ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS PEOPLE GET SHUT DOWN IN THEIR VOICES ARE NOT HEARD. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION.  WE'RE GOING TO VOTE IN A FEW MINUTES ON ON MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY VOTE ON 2425 OF THEM.  I WENT TO THE HEARING ALONG WITH COUNCILOR HAVE RATED AND IT WAS A TWO AND A HALF HOUR HEARING I WASN'T ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO GET ANSWERS FOR THE THE PERSON AT THE MAYOR NOMINATED WANTED TO ENGAGE WITH ME ON ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS BUT THE CHAIR SAID NO, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THESE NOMINATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO THEN VOTE ON THESE PROBABLY AS A GROUP. BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS WE'RE NOT I DON'T THINK WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR OVERSIGHT.  I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE STOMACH OR THE GUTS TO CALL PEOPLE DOWN HERE AND CHALLENGE PEOPLE AND ASK THEM DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. THAT'S THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.  SO I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE NOT STANDING UP IN TO DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IN THE NECESSARY WORK. WE WANT TO JUST END THE DISCUSSION.  WE WANT TO END THE CONVERSATION AND GO FOR A VOTE BUT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THE NECESSARY WORK IN TO MAKE CHANGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY BUT PAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY WHO HAVE BEEN SUCH A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS PROCESS TO CHAIR CALERO THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT SO MANY TIMES. IF I HAD QUESTIONS TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT THANK YOU FOR THAT AND TO EVERYONE THAT HAS SHARED THEIR OPINIONS.  BUT THERE'S SOMEONE I WANT TO I WANT TO ELEVATE IN THIS ROOM THAT BRINGS UP SO MANY GOOD POINTS AND THAT'S COUNCILOR BREADON AND IT IS I KNOW THAT SHE REPRESENTS A DISTRICT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTIN AND BRIGHTON AND SHE KNOWS WHAT THAT'S ABOUT AND TO ANSWER COUNCILOR FLYNN'S QUESTION ABOUT HAVING OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO BE HONEST WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT THE MOMENT WITH THE BPA WE CANNOT CALL DOWN BPA AND ASKING QUESTIONS IN A HEARING IF THEY IN THE SAME WAY IF THEY WERE A CITY DEPARTMENT THIS THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE CLIMATE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IF THEY NEED TO BE WORKING ON THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL THE RESIDENTS NOT JUST THE REAL ESTATE FUNDS OWN OPERATIONS AND COORDINATING WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO TRULY HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GROW HOW THEY SHOULD AND NOT JUST NEW BUILDINGS BUT AS COUNCILOR BREADON MENTIONED,  HOW DO WE PLAN FOR A NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT, A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A GROCERY STORE TRANSPORTATION RUN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGES SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY STAY AROUND HERE.  BUT AT THE MOMENT I DON'T FEEL AS A COUNCILOR THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL DOWN THE PEOPLE TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND TO TRULY BE PART OF PLANNING AND FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME THIS CONVERSATION IS ABOUT A PLANNING DEPARTMENT.  THIS IS NOT PLEASE BOLT DOES NOT CLOSE THE DOOR ON COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT QUESTION IS ABOUT ZONING AND ARTICLE 80 REVIEW AND THAT QUESTION STILL WILL REMAIN OPEN AND OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. BUT TODAY WE HEAR FOR A PLANNING DEPARTMENT PARTNER MY GUYS AND GIRLS I SAID LISTEN CLOSE WOMEN, THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TODAY WE MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.  SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  SO YOU KNOW AGAIN I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE SEE THE NEED FOR CHANGE AT THE BPA.  UM, AND I JUST I'D LIKE TO JUST GENTLY PUSH BACK ON THE TIMING AND HOW MUCH TIME WE'VE PUT INTO THIS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE ORDINANCE SINCE JANUARY 31ST. I HAD SPENT TWO MONTHS LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE FOR EVERY HOUR THAT WE SPENT IN WORKING SESSIONS MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.  I'VE SPENT 4 TO 5 HOURS IN MY OFFICE AT HOME READING, TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS ISSUE LIGHTLY AND YOU KNOW, I JUST I THINK WE'VE HAD TWO MONTHS TO CONSIDER IT AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. I THINK YOU THANK YOU AND THE COUNCIL OF FINE ENGINEERS AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ENGINEERS IN UP'S OOPS SORRY I MISSED OUR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I MISSED THE LAST PART. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE TO VOTE YES.  THERE'S A NO NO I'M SORRY I DO NOT KNOW. WE DID NOT MAKE THAT MOTION BUT COUNCILOR ON THE FLOOR AS COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS MOVING TO SEEK ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF THE DOCKET. THANK YOU.  I WAS JUST PATIENTLY WAITING MY TURN SO I JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE HAS A MISSION THAT EVERY COUNCILOR IN THIS CHAMBER SUPPORTS IN ALL OF BOSTON DESERVES NOT ONLY THIS COUNCIL BUT NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY HAVE BEEN ASKING EVEN DEMANDING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRESSES THE RESET BUTTON ON HOW WE DO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON. ALL OF US GENUINELY SEEK TO SET BOSTON ON A PATH OF BEING A PLANNING LED CITY WITH A STRONG PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND COMPLEMENTED BY REAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND INPUT IN THE DAY TO DAY AND YEAR TO YEAR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DECISION MAKING THAT WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF OUR BUILT CITY OR ENVIRONMENT.  WHILE WE ALL SHARE THAT JOINT VISION THE ORDINANCE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO US WAS INCOMPLETE IN OFFERING A CAREFUL OR CAREFUL CAREFULLY CRAFTED STRUCTURE FOR A NEW INDEPENDENT CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND EVEN WITH THE AMENDMENTS OFFERED IN BOTH HEARING AND WORKING SESSIONS THAT MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION PROPOSED THE MOST CRITICAL ELEMENTS THAT WOULD HELP MAKE OUR SHARED GOAL FOR A REAL AND RESPONSIVE PLANNING DEPARTMENT . THIS ORDINANCE DOES COVER SOME KEY ADMINISTRé TIVE WORK MOVE EMPLOYEES AND ASSETS TO THE CITY BUT IT DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE TRANSFORMATION MOST OF US AND THE CITIZENS WE REPRESENT WANT TO SEE AND THAT WAS EMBRACED BY MAYOR WU WHEN SHE SOUGHT ELECTION TO THE OFFICE SHE NOW HOLDS TO HEAL FROM THE DECADES OF BREAK OUT ACROSS AUTOCRATS CRAZY SORRY MY ACCENT SECRECY AND ULTIMATE HARM TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE NEED OUR NEW PLANNING FUNCTION TO BE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE AND AFTER THE FACT RETROSPECTIVE ANNUAL REPORT DOES NOT GIVE US THE TOOLS WE NEED AS A CITY COUNCIL TO STEER PLANNING AWAY FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST. IF I AM ASKED FOR ONE DEFINING ISSUE THE BIGGEST STUMBLING BLOCK THAT FEEDS MY RELUCTANCE TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE AS AMENDED IT IS THE LACK OF DECISION MAKING POWER, THE LACK OF PLANNING BOARD FUNCTION WITHIN THE PROPOSED CITY STRUCTURE. THIS ORDINANCE ENVISIONS LEAVING ALL THE ACTUAL DECISION MAKING AT THE DOORSTEP OF THE BOROUGH RATHER THAN SEPARATING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GIVE US SHOULD GIVE EACH OF US MORE THAN JUST A PASS IF WE HAD THAT SINGLE ELEMENT COVERED IN THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WE WOULD BE ON THE WAY OF MAKING OUR CITY PLANNING FOCUS AND AND ACCOUNTABLE TO WIN BACK THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. WE NEED OUR NEW PLANNING FUNCTION TO BE OVERSEEN BY THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ALL OF US AS A CITY COUNCIL BIG TICKET LAND TAKINGS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGING ZONING ALTERATIONS NEED ENGAGED COMMUNITY INPUT AND OUR JOB AS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE VOICES ARE HEARD AND THIS LEGISLATION IN MY VIEW DOES NOT OR IT DOES NOT CREATE REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR VOTERS, OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE HEARD IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SPACE OF THE CITY. I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK CHAIR CHAIR COLETTA FOR HER COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND WILLINGNESS TO TALK WITH US AND NEIGHBORS FROM ACROSS THE CITY WITH CONCERNS, IDEAS AND INSIGHTS.  YOUR CHAIRMANSHIP HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY AND I RECOGNIZE HOW MANY INTEREST YOU HAVE HAD TO CONSIDER THE BALANCE.  I WISH WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO FORGE AN AGREEMENT OR COMPROMISE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS MOST CRUCIAL ISSUES OF CONCERN ACROSS THE CITY. IT IS MY GENUINE CONCERN THAT THIS MEASURE DOES NOT POINT US TOWARD THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION THAT WE NEED CREATING SEPARATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS, REAL PLANNING, DECISION MAKING AND THE RIGHT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT THAT I WILL VOTE PRESENT TODAY ON. I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY SURMISE MY POINT HERE. I THINK THIS IS BASIC. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AGREE THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. WE ARE ALL IN A PLACE WHERE WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S INCOMPLETE. WE ARE ALL IN A PLACE THAT WE'RE SAYING THIS IS THE COMPROMISE, NOT THE 100% AT LEAST I WOULD SAY 90% OF US HERE BELIEVE THAT IT IS INCOMPLETE AND THAT THERE ARE COMPONENTS THAT ARE MISSING PARTICULARLY COMPONENTS ABOUT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OR VOICE OR INCLUSION, PARTICULARLY THIS BOARD IN THE EVENT THAT ALL REPETITION PETITION THE STATE LEVEL DOES NOT PASS. AND SO TECHNICALLY WE CAN'T PREDICT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE AT THE STATE AND SETTING PRECEDENCE WITH SOMETHING THAT'S INCOMPLETE TO ME AN OXYMORON BECAUSE YOU'RE SETTING PRECEDENTS TO SAY PUSHED US FORWARD ALTHOUGH THIS IS INCOMPLETE.  HOPEFULLY IF YOU PUSH IT FORWARD THOUGH IT WILL COMPLETE IT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PIECES MISSING IN THAT COMPOSITION AS WELL. SO I THINK I'M I, I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS SO FAR.  I APPRECIATE THE ONE HEARING THREE WORKING SESSIONS. I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR MADAM CHAIR FOR IN THE WAY THAT SHE'S EXECUTED THIS PROCESS AND I JUST I JUST FEEL THAT WE DO NEED MORE TIME. I FEEL THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPONENTS HERE MISSING AND AGAIN, OUT OF RESPECT FOR WHAT SO FAR I APPRECIATE THAT I AGREE WITH MOVING THIS JUST CREATING THIS PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUT THAT THIS PROCESS IS INCOMPLETE.  WE'RE NOT THERE YET AND I THINK A LOT OF US ARE SITTING HERE AND FOR ME I'LL SPEAK FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE I CANNOT HIDE FROM MY CONSTITUENTS.  I CANNOT NOT SHOW UP TO A HEARING. I CANNOT NOT SHOW UP TO WORKING SESSIONS. I CANNOT NOT SHOW UP TO LISTENING SESSIONS TO TOWN HALLS AND JUST TO TO TO JUST PIGGYBACK OFF OF MY COLLEAGUE I HOLD QUARTERLY TOWN HALLS. I HOLD WEEKLY LISTENING SESSIONS, I HOLD WEEKLY ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS.  I WISH WE WERE ALL IF YOU ARE AT LARGE INVITED TO I HOLD IT I HOLD REACTIVE REACTIONARY LISTENING SESSIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IF THERE'S A CRISIS THAT WE RESPOND TO IN THE COMMUNITY. I WORK WORKSHOPS ON BUDGET WORKSHOPS ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS AND CIVIC INTEGRATION WORKSHOPS AND REVITALIZATION. WE ARE ALL VERY BUSY AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BUT WE YOU CANNOT HIDE YOUR VOTE TODAY. LET IT BE ON RECORD WHAT WE ARE DOING AND I THINK WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE TIME. I'M SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT I'M PRESENT BECAUSE I THINK THAT SO FAR THE MAYOR HAS GOOD INTENTIONS IN TERMS OF CREATING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUT IT IS ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE AND IT IS NOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FOR THE ENGINEERS IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA.  I'M HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR HER REMARKS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS SPOKEN. I FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PAUSE AND I FEEL LIKE I'M DEJA VU HERE. I FEEL LIKE I KEEP GOING BACK TO LIKE WAIT, HOLD UP, DON'T VOTE YET AND YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS AND EVEN BEFORE COMING INTO THE COUNCIL BEING ENGAGED AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, I DON'T NEED 17 HOURS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT HIT THE MOMENT I HAVE LIVED IT. I HAVE LEGISLATED IT.  I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT READY TO TAKE ON A VOTE LIKE THIS. WE'RE NOT AND SO I'D LIKE TO PUT A MOTION OUT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR US TO VOTE VOTE I REJECT WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT AS A FORMAL MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR US TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU GUYS. I'M HERE. THERE'S ALREADY CURRENTLY A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO VOTE ON COUNCILOR ON COUNCILOR ON THE CHAIR'S REPORT. SO RIGHT. SO I'M GETTING UP TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT I LIKE TO PUSH BACK ON. WELL, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT HER MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR WORRELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I APPRECIATE THE DIALOG AND I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTIONS AND MANY OF THE OFFERED REFORMS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCKET TO REACH OUR SHARED GOALS OF CITY PLANNING THAT WORKS BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND HELPS US MEET THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR COLETTA FOR OUR WORK ON THIS AUDIT. YOU CONDUCTED A TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT HAS ALLOWED THE PUBLIC A VOICE AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. THE ORDINANCE THAT WERE VOTED ON TODAY IS BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT WE FIRST THAT WE WERE FIRST PRESENTED WITH AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE WORK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE PUT INTO THIS AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE FRUSTRATIONS AND CONCERNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPERS AND THERE IS A FEELING THAT THIS ORDINANCE TO RESOLVE ANY OF THOSE FRUSTRATIONS I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I BELIEVE THE ARTICLE 80 REFORM IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES AND NOT IN THIS ORDINANCE. I COMMEND COUNCILOR MEJIA ON HER AMENDMENT AND IF COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT IS AN ISSUE, WE STILL HAVE THE POWERS TO CREATE THAT WITH A SEPARATE ORDINANCE.  WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS ORDINANCE IS ONE STEP IN A MULTI STEP PROCESS THAT SHOULD LEAD TO REFORM AND SOME DESPERATELY NEEDED PLANNING IN THIS CITY. AND WITH THAT I'LL BE VOTING YES FOR THE AMENDED THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MOVE TO CLOSE DEBATE AND MOVE FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU FOR SO IS IT SECOND IS THERE A SECOND ONE ON THIS? I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO BEFORE WE EVEN WROTE THIS PROCESS IF YOU EVER WILL I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOUR POINT OF ORDER ON THE POINT OF SO I'D LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE IT'S A PROCESS SITUATION AND I'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BUT THERE'S A SECOND THERE'S THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION CAN WE RECESS? I NEED THE CLERK AND I NEED MY LEGAL LAWYER HERE TO BE WITH US TO HAVE A MEJIA YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER. YES.  YES. WE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. YEAH.  AND AND JUST FOR THE RECORD FOR THOSE WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION AT HOME, THE CONSIDERATION IS TO VOTE RIGHT?  IT'S TO REJECT WITHOUT PREJUDICE SO I CAN EXPLAIN IT. SO BASICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT I'M HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND SEE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE MOVING WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE AND IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE YET TO HIT THE MARK.  SO IN CONSIDERATION FOR DEMOCRACY TO PLAY OUT I AM ASKING RESPECTFULLY FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEND THIS BACK TO THE MAYOR RIGHT AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE PLACES OF WHERE WE FEEL WE CAN FIND SOME COMPROMISE SO WE'RE NOT BEING BULLIED.  I'M JUST LOOKING SO THAT WE'RE NOT FEELING LIKE WE'RE JUST HERE TO GO ALONG TO GET ALONG. GUYS, WE'RE HERE TO DO A JOB AND OUR JOB IS RIGHT 17 HOURS AND THERE'S STILL UNCERTAINTY. THERE IS STILL CONCERN CONCERNS AND WE CAN SEND IT BACK AND WE CAN GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT.  THAT IS THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR US TO VOTE. THANK YOU.  THE MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. I WILL SAY THAT IF THIS GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE THIS IS A 60 DAY ORDER. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IS IT IT GOES INTO EFFECT BUT WE WILL THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED AND SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THIS POINT OF ORDER SPECIAL DISCUSSION ON THE CASMIR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR THANK YOU. AND THIS CAME UP DURING REDISTRICTING TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE CAN HAVE A HEARING ANY DAY, ANYTIME. IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE WEDNESDAY AT NOON AS LONG AS WE NOTICE IT 48 HOURS. SO WE DO HAVE TIME TO HOLD ANOTHER HEARING WHERE WE COULD TAKE A VOTE AND HAVE TIME TO SPEAK MORE ON IT JUST TO CLARIFY THAT FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WANT TO RISE FIRST I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR COLETTA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS A CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOUR STAFF AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.  IT CAN BE EASY TO OVERLOOK HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO CREATING SPACE FOR A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION WHEN WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE MATTER IN FRONT OF US,  HAVING EVERYONE'S VOICE HEARD IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED.  SO I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES TODAY TO UNDERSTAND EACH OF YOUR THINKING AS WE DECIDE AS A COUNCIL WHAT OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE IN THIS ORDINANCE TO SHARE MY OWN THINKING THE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING A PLANNING DEPARTMENT MAKES SENSE TO ME SO MANY OF THE CONCERNS I HEAR EVERY DAY FROM OUR BOSTON RESIDENTS ARE ROOTED IN PLANNING PARTICULARLY HOUSING ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY SAFE AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY. THERE'S NO SINGLE SOLUTION TO ANY OF THESE ISSUES AND THE ISSUES THEMSELVES ARE CONNECTED SO ALL OF US WORK TO ADDRESS THEM REQUIRE AS MANY OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER AND THAT BPA ALREADY PLAYS A ROLE IN EACH OF THESE OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. I BELIEVE THAT BRINGING PLANNING INTO OUR CORE CITY SERVICES WILL MAKE THAT COLLABORATION EASIER AND EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND RESILIENCY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PLAN. MY OFFICE HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS ASKING THAT WE ENSURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. I'M PARTICULARLY MINDFUL OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT RIGHTFULLY RECOGNIZES THE PAST HARMS THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS CAUSED UNDER THE BANNER OF PLANNING PARTICULAR DEMOLITION OF LARGE SWATHS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NAME OF URBAN RENEWAL.  THAT DESTRUCTION DISPLACED THOUSANDS OF BOSTONIANS AND DIVERSE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THOSE PRACTICES CREATED A CITY SEGREGATED BY RACE AND INCOME. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO MAKE OUR CITY BACK TOGETHER TODAY THE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF IN PLACE TODAY ARE WORKING IN A COMPLETELY NEW ERA. THE MISGUIDED DECISIONS OF THE PAST ARE CLEAR BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEARN FROM OUR PAST. DESIGNING A NEW SYSTEM SHOULDN'T BE A MATTER OF JUST TRUSTING THAT THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT WILL ALWAYS EXIST IN THE FUTURE . IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. I THINK HAVING A CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL HELP TO ENSURE THAT PLANNING THE PLANNING OF DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON REMAIN ALIGNED WITH OUR VALUES. IT WILL BRING TOGETHER MORE OF OUR CITY WORKERS AND CREATE MORE INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY.  AS WITH MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, THE COMPLEXITY IS IN THE DETAILS.  SO I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES AS WE WORKED THROUGH BOTH THE BIG PICTURE AND EACH INDIVIDUAL WORD OF THIS ORDINANCE.  THE EFFECTS OF THIS ORDINANCE ALONE WON'T TRANSFORM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON IT'S ONE PIECE OF A LARGER PLAN THE NEW DRAFT OF THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES MORE FLAHERTY ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S ROLE AND OVERSIGHT FOR THIS NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND IT PROVIDES MORE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC. I THINK WE'VE DONE THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WILL FIT PROPERLY GIVEN THAT I WILL BE EVEN VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW DRAFT TODAY I SEE THIS AS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE PROCESS BUT JUST ONE STEP IT'S ANOTHER COMPLETION OF OUR WORK TO ENSURE THAT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT LIVES TO OUR IDEALS AND THAT BOSTON IS A PLACE THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CONSIDER THE OTHER POINT WAS MY MOTION TO CLOSE DEBATE AND AND MOVE FOR A VOTE WAS THAT WHAT WAS THERE A MOTION PRIOR TO THAT LIKE THERE WAS THERE WAS A MOTION AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE FIGURED OUT EXACTLY HOW DO WE GET THIS MOTION IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER BUT YEAH, THE ISSUE IS THAT IT ISN'T ON AN ACTION POINT OF ORDER. DOES IT REQUIRE A VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER MOTION?  YES. YEAH, WE'RE VOTING RIGHT NOW SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS A VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD ON HER MOTION AND THEN COUNCILOR COLLETTE SAYS MOTION IS STILL OPEN AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WHO HAS OFFERED THE REPORT AND SO THAT SECONDED WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE THERE DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH COUNCILOR AND HE IS MOTION THANK YOU ALL RIGHT NOW WE TAKE IT BECAUSE I MEAN HE HAS MOTION TO RECONSIDER IT WE WILL VOTE ON THAT.  THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE?  WE CAN CAN WE JUST HAVE AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW?  IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER RETURN AND RETURN BACK TO COMMITTEE. THE OKAY.  IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS MOTION WHICH I I I'M DOING THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING IT. I DON'T ACTUALLY TRY TO BE TRANSPARENT. I DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE MOTION BECAUSE HER MOTION IS STILL ON THE FLOOR AND IS OPEN BUT THIS IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. COUNCILOR COLETTE AT OFFERING OF THIS REPORT TO BE TO BE PASSED IN AN AMENDED FORM IT'S AN AMENDED DRAFT SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON COUNCILORS. HE HAS MOTION TO RECONSIDER NO CHANGE, NO WAS THERE OKAY?  YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. SORRY . MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY , I DON'T. YEAH.  OKAY. SO IT'S WAYNE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS I JUST I JUST THINK WE ALL WANT TO BE ON C PAGE AND I'M JUST I'M ALSO ADDRESSING THIS TO THE CLERK.  SO COUNCILOR COLETTA HAS HAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ESSENTIALLY THERE THERE IS NOW A MOTION TO RECONVENE.  IT'S SORT OF LIKE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THAT MOTION SO WE CAN I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DO BUT I THINK AND LET ME MAKE MY FELLOW COUNCILOR COUNCILOR L BROUGHT UP A QUESTION I CAN'T ANSWER WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE OF VOTING YES OR NO ON THIS MOTION TO RECONSIDER WHICH IS IS IT THAT THE IT GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE IT WOULD GO BACK TO COMMITTEE BUT IF A 60 DAY ORDER AND SO AND THEN I AGAIN TO THE CLERK CAN WE ACTUALLY YEAH WELL OKAY SO IS THERE IF WE DON'T VOTE BY THE YEAR THE 60TH VOTE OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU OKAY COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR CHAIR RETURNING TO LINE ONE. YES JUST PAST THAT AND IF THIS DOESN'T PASS WHAT THAT MEANS IF WE COULD GET A CLARIFYING ANSWER ON BOTH CASES SO EVERYONE'S CLEAR ON WHAT THEIR VOTE WILL MEAN AND I WANT TO OUT I WANT TO I WANT TO YOU YEAH. YEAH THAT'S AN OBJECTION.  YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S IT. SO BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD NEED SO IT'S A RECONSIDERATION NOW PROCEDURALLY THIS HAS BEEN INTERESTING SO IT'S A RECONSIDERATION OF A MOTION TO MOVE. IT'S JUST BASICALLY AN OBJECTION TO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A MOTION WHICH WOULD THEN KEEP THE REPORT IN COMMITTEE WHICH WOULD THEN HAVE THE RESULT OF THE 60 DAY ORDER BEING UP. IS IT TRUE THAT IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO NOT BE FORCED TO VOTE YET? AND WE CONTINUE A CONVERSATION HERE?  YEAH. YEAH.  OKAY EXACTLY. YEAH TRUE. YES.  INDEP THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CLERK I JUST I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR HERE HAD SPOKEN DIRECTLY SO I WANTED TO KNOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  CASHMERE DID YOU EVER THAT I THANK YOU PRESIDENT AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT IS NOT EASY TO LEGISLATE BUT I WILL I WILL GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY WE'RE NOT KILLING THE BILL ALL WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING IT ON LIFE SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A THOROUGH PROCESS IN WHICH PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS LIKE WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS GERALD COUSINS WAS JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST WHAT IS THE 60 DATE? WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE 60 DAYS FROM WHICH IT IS ORDERED SO WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS MEETING BUT PRIOR TO WHEN THE VOTE CAN TAKE THAT 30 THE 30TH THAT THAT MARCH 30TH MARCH 30TH YEP IS A IS SO IF IT GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING WITHIN TWO DAYS EXACTLY . THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL THAT ACCOUNTABILITY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER HERE I AM STANDING FIRMLY WITH THIS ORDINANCE. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD TO PUT THIS FORWARD AND VOTE ON IT TODAY WHILE WE COULD HAVE A MEETING AND ALL OF THAT I STILL I'M ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECOMMENDING TO MY COLLEAGUES TO REJECT THIS MOTION. I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW COUNCILMAN HUGHES MOTION IS ABLE TO SUPERSEDE MINE. WHEN MINE WAS ON THE FLOOR UP FOR CONSIDERATION AND WE DIDN'T TAKE AN ACTION ON IT.  SO I STILL HAVE THAT QUESTION AND I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT PRECEDENT SETTING HERE WHEN WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT MY MOTION WAS OUT ON THE FLOOR AND THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ACTION TO TAKE PLACE AND THEN AFTER THAT ACTION TAKES PLACE WE'RE ABLE TO RECONSIDER IT.  THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE JARGON AS COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I THINK I THINK YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION BUT I JUST WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION IF IF WE APPROVE IF THE BODY APPROVES COUNCILMAN , HE IS RECOMMENDATION AND THERE IS A HEARING ON THIS FRIDAY JUST A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY. WHAT WOULD BE THE DRAWBACK OF OF HAVING A MEETING 48 HOURS FROM NOW? WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF DOING THAT? HOW WOULD IT HOW WOULD IT IMPACT THE LEGISLATION AND WOULD IT GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT THEY ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT RIGHT NOW?  DOES IT GIVE US MORE TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL?  YEAH, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A NOTICE FOR THE 48 HOURS FOR OPEN MEETING AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD TAKE US TO THE 29TH AND SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE SOMETIME HERE.  SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY FRIDAY 5 P.M. AND MADAM CHAIR WOULD YOU RESPOND TO MY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUES I HIGHLIGHTED?  SO I THINK IT'S IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US AS CHAIRS OF RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES TO REFLECT THE GENERAL SENTIMENT OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND TAKE ACTION BASED ON THAT WITHIN OUR DISCRETION AND SO BASED ON PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS I MEAN THIS WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I CONSIDERED BUT BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THERE WAS NO BROAD CONSENSUS TO REJECT WITHOUT PREJUDICE WHICH MEANS THAT YOU AGREE WITH IT. BUT YOU WANT TO SEE SOME CHANGES OR YOU WOULD REJECT WITH PREJUDICE WHICH MEANS THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THIS AND YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AT ALL. AND SO WHICH WOULD BAR THE ADMINISTRATION FROM FURTHER SUBMISSION THIS YEAR AND SO THERE WAS GREATER PUSH TO AMEND THIS DOCUMENT AGAIN, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF WHERE WE WERE AT WITH THIS. I'M GOING TO STAND BEHIND THIS. I THINK MY APPROACH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IS TO SERVE THE CITY. IT'S MY OBLIGATION TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN WHILE I'M IN THIS SEAT TO ENACT MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN IN DOING ANY SORT OF POSTURING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I AM HERE TO LEGISLATE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES AND I DO THINK THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT HAS INVOLVED MANY INDIVIDUALS, THAT HAS INVOLVED COMMUNITY, THAT HAS INVOLVED OUR COLLEAGUES, I AM STILL PUTTING MY NAME ON THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A VOTE ON THIS TODAY AND I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MY MOTION THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR HOW SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO SUPERSEDE THAT, THE PRECEDENT SETTING OF THAT AND THE FULL TRANSPARENCY OF IT ALL. I THINK I JUST WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER ON THAT.  SURE.  MR CLERK, YOU CAN READ THAT THIS IS THE NO, THIS IS A A SNIPPET FROM THE ROBERTS OF ORDERS REGARDING MOTIONS AND THE MAIN MOTION BRINGS BUSINESS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY. SO COUNCILOR COLLETTE MOTION AS THE MAIN MOTION A SUBSIDIARY MOTION ASSISTS THE ASSEMBLY IN TREATING OR DISPOSING OF A MAIN MOTION SO COUNCILOR MAY HE IS MOTION IS THE SUBSIDIARY MOTION AND THEN ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT VOTE THEN WE PROCEED BACK TO THE MAIN MAIN MOTION. THANK YOU.  WE ARE PROCEEDING TO THAT TO THAT MOTION. SO MR CLERK, WILL YOU SO I KNOW A NO VOTE ON THIS MOTION RETURNS.  IT'S BACK TO COUNCILOR CARLITOS MOTION A YES VOTE ON THIS MOTION A ESSENTIALLY SENDS IT TO COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE EXPLAINED THE OPTIONS THERE. SO MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON SO COUNCILOR BREADON NO. COUNCILOR CALATA AND NO IS ON THIS LIST. YES IT GOES BACK TO YOUR MOTION. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA NO COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL OF FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE KNOW COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE KNOW. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPE NO.  COUNCILOR PEPINO COUNCILOR SANTANA OH COUNCILOR SANTANA NO COUNCIL WEBER NO. COUNCILOR WEBER NO AND COUNCILOR WORRELL NO COUNCILOR WU NO EIGHT VOTES IN EIGHT YES VOTES AND FIVE NO VOTES THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  WE NOW HAVE ON THE TABLE COUNCILOR CARLITOS MOTION COUNCILOR COLETTE CARLITOS AS I WAS WE HAD THE RESULT.  OH YES. SO THAT TOO THAT THE EIGHT NO AND FIVE YESES AND FIVE USES THAT MOTION HAS NOT HAS BEEN REJECTED WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU THAT'S ALL WE DID SO SO WE ARE MOVING ON I WILL CATCH HERE YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON STILL SO I WANT TO START AGAIN AND I AM GOING TO UTILIZE MY TIME BECAUSE I PAID TO BE HERE LITERALLY SACRIFICING MY DAUGHTER JUST TO BE HERE SO I AM GOING TO SOAK IT ALL UP.  YEP. SO APPRECIATE AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES AND I JUST AM REALLY EXCITED THAT ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN TELEVISED BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE IN ACTION.  AND SO FOR THE RECORD Y'ALL FOR THE RECORD THIS COUNCIL WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY AND WE CONTINUE TO KILL IT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S INTENTION BUT YOU CAN'T SAY ONE THING AND THEN ACT ANOTHER AND SO WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. CATCH MEJIA. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR CONSIDER CAN YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR? MY FORMER MOTION THAT WAS REJECTED WAS TO CLOSE DEBATE AND PUSH FOR A VOTE. SO I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE FLOOR AGAIN. THANK YOU. IS THAT IS IT SECONDED ONE CORPORATION QUORUM. THE QUESTION IS IS THERE A SECOND POINT QUALIFICATION POINT OF CLARIFICATION TONY COMES WITH AN AGENDA AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  SORRY I HATE TO BE A STICKLER BUT I'M A BIT OCD AND I HAVE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS SO TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY SOAK UP THE TIME.  THE RULES ONLY WILL LIMIT YOU AND OUR CAPACITY IS ACTUALLY BEING GRACIOUS AND SO UNLESS THERE'S LIKE OF CLARIFICATION ON LIKE AN ORDER SPECIFICALLY TWO RULES YOU CAN SAY POINT OF ORDER OR YOU KNOW A CLARIFICATION BUT JUST TO CLARIFY HERE THAT IS NOT CORRECT. SO CAN'T SOAK UP TIME. YOU CAN KEEP GOING JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BUT THANK THANK YOU. ON THE FLOOR IS COUNCILOR DURKIN'S MOTION.  I SECOND HER MOTION. MR CLERK WE PLEASE CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON COUNCILOR COLETTE IS SEEKING ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0257 ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0257 COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON PRESENT COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD OH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD I'LL KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES NO PRESENT CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PEPPER YES COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.  COUNCILOR WU YES.  EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND TWO VOTES PRESENT THANK YOU. DOCKING NUMBER 0257 IS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT. I JUST I DIDN'T SPEAK ON THIS. I JUST WANT TO CHECK ON A LOT OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES STATED. COUNCILOR BRAYTON COUNCILOR COLETTA, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THAT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.  ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY AS PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT PROCESS RIGHT THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH AND SO WITH OUR STAFF COUNCIL AND THE CLERK, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REVIEW TO SEE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I DO I'M ALSO VERY CAREFUL ABOUT PRECEDENT SETTING AND WE'LL BE VERY CLEAR IN THE FUTURE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.  MR CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 01443 NUMBER 01454 NUMBER 0292302950534305420567 AND 0568 TOGETHER OKAY DOCKING NUMBER 0144 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF FELICIA JAQUES AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH AND LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM JANUARY 20TH 2027 NUMBER 0145 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THOMAS RODI AS A MEMBER OF THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 2020TH 2027 SO I CAN MEMBER 0146 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF KATHRYN HUNT AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH END LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JANUARY 20TH 2027 SO I CAN HAVE A0147 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN FREEMAN AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH END LANDMARKED DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JANUARY 20TH 2027 LUCKY NUMBER 014A MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN OMOTAYO AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH END LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JANUARY 20TH, 2027 LUCKY NUMBER 0149 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF TERI NORTH AS A MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY WEST BAY STATE ROAD ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 15, 2027 DUCKY NUMBER 20150 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTOPHER THE BOARD AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH END LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 20TH, 2027 DUNCAN NUMBER 0151 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PAMELA BEALL AS A MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY WEST BAY STATE ROAD ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 15, 2027 DUNCAN AMBER 0152 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RUEL LONGFELLOW AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY ROLL BACK THE WEST AREA ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JANUARY 15, 2020 70153 MESSAGE BOARD FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINT OF LYNN SMILEY AS A MEMBER OF THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 20TH 2027 LUCKY NUMBER 0154 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT JEFFREY HAYNE AS A MEMBER OF THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 20TH 2027 TOKEN MEMBERS 0292 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF CRAIG DOUGLAS AS A MEMBER OF THE VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 1ST, 2026 TOKEN NUMBER 0293 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LAURA SHEA AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION BUT TERM EXPIRING IN APRIL 1ST 2026 TOKEN NUMBERS 029 FOR MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KATHRYN SYKORA NELSON AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2026 TOKEN EMMA 0295 MESSAGE NOT FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN DANIEL NELSON AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 1ST, 2026 DUNCAN EMMA 0534 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SIMON WHO WHOM I HEAR AS A MEMBER OF THE VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2025 TALKING IN A0535 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANKLIN ROSS AS A MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 18, 2029 TOKEN NUMBER 0536 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND APPOINTMENT OF FOR THE SUMMER AS A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK ARCHITECT OR CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2025 DIANE NUMBER 0537 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF SELINA BARRIOS MILNER AS A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 5TH, 2027 DUNCAN EMMA 0538 MESSAGE NOT FOR CONFIRMATION ON EMPLOYMENT LINDSAY MAUREEN MAC JONES AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 18, 2027 DUNCAN EMMA 0539 MR JOHN FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN AMADEO AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR TERM EXPIRES IN JUNE 30TH 2024 DUNCAN IN WAS 0540 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FOR THE SAMAHA AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2025 DUNCAN EMMA 0541 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF SELINA BARRY AS MILNER AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2027 TOKEN EMMA 0542 MESSAGE NADA FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL WOODALL AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY THREE, 2028 DUNCAN EMMA 0567 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN COLE GAINEY AND AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2024 AND DYING EMBERS 0568 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN COLE GAINEY AS A MEMBER OF THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING IN JUNE 30TH 2024 THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 25TH. PANELISTS REVEREND REVEREND MURRAY MAI WHITE HAMMOND CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE AND JOE CORNISH, DIRECTOR OF DESIGN REVIEW FOR THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION REVIEWED THE RESUMES AND CREDENTIALS OF ALL THE APPOINTEES AND THE APPOINTEES RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS FROM THE CHAIR AND OTHER COUNCILORS REGARDING THEIR QUALIFICATIONS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND ON THE INDEPENDENCE RATIONALE AND CRITERIA THAT THEY WOULD EXERCISE WHEN MAKING DECISIONS. ALL THE APPOINTEES WERE EXPERIENCED, DEDICATED AND QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS AND I DID WANT TO MENTION MY COLLEAGUE FROM SOUTH BOSTON MENTIONED THAT HE FELT LIKE HE WAS CUT OFF DURING THE DEBATE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE IS OPEN LITIGATION AS PART OF MY GOVERNMENT ETHICS SAYS THAT YOU KNOW, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO NOT OPEN UP THE CITY TO LIABILITY.  AND SO THAT'S WHY I DID ALLOW FOR ALL ALL OF THE FOLKS TO SAY THEIR PIECE AND TO HAVE QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE TWO COLLEAGUES THAT APPEARED. AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR BREADON FOR ATTENDING. SO WE.  THE REASON THAT WE AND I WANT TO STATE THE REASON THAT WE DID THIS MARATHON HEARING AND THAT THERE WERE OVER 20 DOCKETS ON THE AGENDA WAS BECAUSE WE IT HAD BEEN SAID MULTIPLE TIMES THAT A LOT OF OUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONS AND HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS AND LANDMARKS COMMISSIONS DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM AND THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE RUNNING THEIR MEETINGS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND EVEN HEARD FROM ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT WAS TESTIFYING WHO HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR AN APPOINTMENT THAT SHE HAD TO ATTEND A ONE OF THESE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION MEETINGS THE DAY AFTER HER FATHER PASSED AWAY. SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM WITHOUT HER PRESENCE THERE. SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO COULDN'T JOIN AND I UNDERSTOOD I GOT LOT OF LETTERS OF ABSENCE AND GREAT REASONS. SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT.  COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PEPEN,  COUNCILOR TOMMY FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR HENRY ALSO IN ABSENCE LETTERS AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND BUT I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THE VIABILITY OF THESE APPOINTMENTS AND AND REALLY PUSHING FOR THESE APPOINTMENTS TO BE CONFIRMED IN AN AMENDED IN THE AMENDED DRAFT. I WANT TO SHARE THAT A COUPLE OF THE END DATES OF THEIR TERMS WERE INCORRECT INITIALLY AS INITIALLY AS PRESENTED AND REVEREND MURRAY WENT TO HIM AND EXPLAINED THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS BASED ON THE BYLAWS OF THE SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSIONS. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS THESE IN AN AMENDED DRAFT BUT I WANT TO SHARE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THREE OF THESE IN IN COMMITTEE AND SO THAT'S 01540534 AND 0292 AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN THAT THE REASON THAT WE'RE HOLDING THOSE IN COMMITTEE OH 154 IS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN OR NOT OR ABLE TO SERVE 0534 NEEDED PROCEDURALLY TO BE ADDED TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO BEING ADDED TO A SPECIFIC HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND 0292 DID NOT APPEAR AND WHAT I'VE BEEN AND SO THE WAY THAT I APPROACHED THESE APPOINTMENTS WAS THAT IF YOU WERE A NEW APPOINTMENT YOU HAD TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND IF YOU WERE A NEW APPOINTMENT AND YOU DID NOT APPEAR WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONFIRM YOU. I THINK THAT OUR BODY DESERVES RESPECT AND DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE HAVE TO PROVE THIS APPOINTMENT.  SO SO THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPOINTMENTS THROUGHOUT MY TENURE AS THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION CHAIR AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT AND GUESS ALSO APPEARED AND IT SEEMED THAT SHE HAD NOT FOR THE BAY VILLAGE ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION AND SHE WAS NOT ON A DOCKET. SO I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR MY COLLEAGUES IF SHE DOES COME UP AGAIN IN THE AGENDA I WILL MOVE FOR A SUSPENDED PASS BECAUSE SHE DID APPEAR AND SHE WAS ABLE TO BE AT THE HEARING AND I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT SAID I'M COMING WHICH IS 053 FOR WHICH I'M ASKING TO BE HELD IN COMMITTEE NEEDED TO BE APPROVED AND ADDED TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION FIRST. SO AGAIN HE APPEARED HE SPOKE TO BOTH ROLES SO WHEN HE COMES BEFORE ON A DOCKET I WILL MOVE FOR A SUSPEND PASS OF THOSE TWO DOCKETS IN THE FUTURE. SO I WANTED MY COLLEAGUES TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE CONVERSATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND AND AGAIN I THINK OUR ROLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN APPROVING APPROVING APPOINTMENTS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO PUT A FACE WITH SO MANY NAMES OF CIVIC LEADERS WHO HAVE DONE DECADES OF WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY. AND AND I WAS REALLY ACTUALLY HEARTENED TO SEE FOLKS RE UP HERE FOR APPOINTMENT THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO REAPPEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST COMING IN FOR A REAPPOINTMENT.  WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE OVER 20 PEOPLE CAME TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND AND I JUST ADD A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CLERK HE READ THAT ALL IN ORDER I HAD TO DO THAT AT THE HEARING SO I WON'T LOSE MY DAY JOB BECAUSE BUT THE CLERK DOES SUCH AN INCREDIBLE HAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ROLE SO I DON'T SEE MYSELF EVER DOING THAT JOB IN THE FUTURE. IT WAS IT WAS I WAS TONGUE TIRED TRYING TO READ ALL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS AT ONCE AND REALLY I APPRECIATE AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR BRAEDEN AND COUNCILOR FLYNN STAYED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE HEARING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU GUYS. REGARDING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CLAFLIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I'LL CONSIDER AGAIN APOLOGIES. CONSUL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRAEDEN I'M SO SORRY COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILOR BRAEDEN FOR FOR THEIR WORK ON THE ITEM ON THESE NOMINATIONS AS AS COUNCILOR DURKAN MENTIONED THERE WAS PROBABLY 23 OR 24 NAMES THAT WE WENT OVER MY ONLY CHALLENGE I GUESS SO OUR CONCERN IS IT WAS PROBABLY TOO MANY OF TOO MANY PEOPLE TO DO AT ONE TIME AND I DON'T I DON'T FEEL LIKE I PUT IN THE NECESSARY TIME IN EACH PERSON. I COULD HAVE HAD MORE QUESTIONS . I KNOW A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE IN THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AND INCLUDING THE LAND CLAIM COMMISSION BACK BAY SOUTH FORT POINT, BACK BAY THERE IN MY DISTRICT I WANTED TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ON THAT WERE BEING NOMINATED WANTED TO ENGAGE US ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND BECAUSE OF TIME LIMITS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LISTEN TO THEM CAREFULLY.  THAT'S HOW WE IN MY OPINION THAT'S HOW WE BECOME BETTER CITY COUNCILORS BY LISTENING TO THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES.  AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEARING LET'S NOT HAVE SO MANY AT ONE TIME BECAUSE I DON'T I FELT LIKE ALTHOUGH I WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME AND ASKING QUESTIONS I DIDN'T DO MY DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE I FELT THAT WE WERE BEING RUSHED DURING THIS PROCESS AND I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO ENGAGE THE NOMINATIONS. THEY WILL ALL EXCELLENT WELL-QUALIFIED DESERVE THEIR POST BUT THEY WANTED TO ENGAGE THE CITY COUNCILORS ABOUT CONCERN THAT THEY HAD ONE PERSON WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE FRANKLIN PARK JUDGE RIGHT ISSUE SHE WAS THE LANDMARKS COMMISSIONER. SHE SHE WANTED TO ENGAGE IN THAT AND I I ASKED HER A QUESTION AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS.  BUT I THINK IF WE'RE TAKING OUR JOB SERIOUSLY AND PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES BEING NOMINATED FOR AN IMPORTANT POSITION, WE REALLY HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE DUE DILIGENCE IN THE TIME, SPEND THE TIME AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES ARE AND NOT JUST GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS. SO JUST JUST JUST SOMETHING I OBSERVED AND I HOPE WE CAN NOT DO AS MANY OF THESE NOMINATIONS GOING FORWARD BUT I DO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR DURKAN HER LEADERSHIP BUT SHE KNOWS THAT I WAS FRUSTRATED IN NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. COUNCILOR , ARE YOU LOOKING ARE WE GOING ONE BY ONE OR IS THERE A CHUNK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON? SO I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE FOR FOUR INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN NUMBER 014 OR FIVE OR DID YOU WANT TO DO THEM AS ARE WE NOW I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE EASIER TO ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENTS TO VOTE ON EACH INDIVIDUALLY BUT BUT I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF WE CAN DO A INSTEAD OF A ROLL CALL VOTE AN UP OR DOWN VOTE ON EACH OF THESE GIVEN THE EXPERTISE AND AND EVERYTHING THAT THESE FOLKS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  BUT MADAM CHAIR, ON ON THE SENSE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE CAME BEFORE US AND THEY DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEY PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT.  I WOULD LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THEM JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE PAID ATTENTION. WE TOOK WE TOOK THE TIME AND REVIEWED THEIR RESUMé. WE VOTED ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY AND WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY VOTING EACH PERSON INDIVIDUALLY. I THINK THEY COULD CHOSE US AS A BODY THAT WE'RE DOING OUR WORK REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO DO THE WORK SO THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUESTING. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHAT MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I DO THINK MY OPINION AS CHAIR SHOULD BE RESPECTED BUT I THINK AND EVERY AND I DID FEEL AND I DO FEEL THAT AS A 33 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO SERVES IN THIS BODY, I OFTEN AM DISRESPECTED AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT I THAT I THAT MY RECOMMENDATION BE TAKEN BY MY COLLEAGUES. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOT TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION I RESPECT THAT BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE HERE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S HERE AND AND I AM TAKING THIS CHAIRMANSHIP VERY SERIOUSLY AND AND I TOOK REVIEWING EVERYONE'S RESUME AND GETTING THAT HEARING SET AND MY TEAM TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND I WANT TO RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES TIME SO THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION ON THAT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN BUT WE SO I WOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL IF YOU WANT.  SO WE WILL VOTE WE WILL VOTE ON THESE AS WE'LL CALL THE DOCKET AND IF YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR EACH ONE. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR EACH ONE AT THE TIME OUTGOING VOTE ON THE 20 DOCKETS THAT ARE BEFORE US. OKAY, COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE OKAY, MR CLERK.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0144 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I SHALL OPPOSE ANY.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DR. NUMBER 0144 HAS PASSED. THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT INTERPRETATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0145 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING A THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 014 OR FIVE IS PASSED THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT INTERPRETATIONS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0146 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0146 IS PASSED THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT INTERPRETATION SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0147 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I WAS OPPOSED TO ANY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0147 HAS PASSED THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0148 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0148 AS PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0149 ALL IN FAVOR AND ALL THE POLICY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DR. NUMBER 0149 PASSED PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TWO DISCIPLINES OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0150 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0150 AS PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT INTERPRETATION SEE THE SECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0151 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0151 IS PASSED. THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0152 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0152 WAS PASSED. THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0153.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I EITHER OPPOSE NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0153 AS PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED STATEMENT OF 0154 DOCKET NUMBER 0154I WROTE THIS DOWN WILL STAY IN COMMITTEE AND DOCKET NUMBER AND AND DOCKET NUMBER 0292 WILL STAY IN COMMITTEE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SAID THE CENTER'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0293I WAS VERY SAD I PERSONALLY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0293 IS PASSED. THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN PRESENTATIONS AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0294 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE PROCESS NAY TAKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0294 AS PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORTATION SIX RECEPTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AT CASUARINA AND ANDERSON.  MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR IF YOU CAN ANSWER IF ANYONE ELSE CAN ANSWER. ON 02940295 ARE THEY RELATED? ARE WE APPOINTING LIKE TWO FAMILY MEMBERS OR WEDDED COUPLES TO THE SAME?  THROUGH THE CHAIR I'M ASKING THROUGH THE PRESIDENT I'M ASKING THE CHAIR IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER.  I MEAN I THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT ANSWER.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'LL JUST ADD THAT THIS DID NOT COME UP IN OUR VETTING MOSTLY BECAUSE ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS IT SAID STEPHEN DUNN WELL AND ON OTHER ONES IT SAID NELSON SO ESSENTIALLY I THERE HAVE BEEN TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME. THERE ARE TWO. TWO VERSIONS OF THE NAME ON ON MY COMMITTEE REPORT IT SAYS IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE OTHER NAME. SO I'M ACTUALLY CURIOUS IF THAT'S A TYPO OR THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN REPORT BACK AND I'M SORRY IF IF IF I KNOW THAT THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION IS SHORT PEOPLE AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD QUORUM ISSUES SO JUST STATING IF THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO KEEP THAT IN COMMITTEE I COULD BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE QUORUM ISSUES SO WHICH DOCKET? COUNCILOR DURKAN DOCKET 0295 AND DOCKET 0294 SHE'S ASKING IF THEY'RE A MARRIED COUPLE AND I I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW OR RELATED AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION AT THIS MOMENT SO I HAVE TO SAY I THINK BOTH BOTH APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND SEEMED QUALIFIED AND AND I WOULD STILL RECOMMEND BOTH OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS BUT IF THERE IS A MOTION TO TO REMIT ONE TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE SO I CAN GET THAT QUESTION ANSWERED I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.  KATHRYN INDIGENOUS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT WITHOUT PREJUDICE OR JUST YES CAN WE. A MOTION TO MOVE TO COMMITTEE OR TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE? MADAM CHAIR, I DO RESPECT YOUR POSITION AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE SUGGESTED IT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA WHICH IS MAKE SURE.  OKAY, SO WE WILL ADD DOCKET. MY RECOMMENDATION IS SECOND. OH, THANK YOU. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD IN ADDITION TO 01540534 AND 0292 AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD 0295 TO STAY IN COMMITTEE.  THANK YOU. OKAY DOCKET NUMBER 0295 WILL STAY IN COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT INTERPRETATION TO DO SENTENCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MR CLERK, ARE WE ON DOCKET NUMBER 053435. OH, YES.  WELL, TO CLARIFY QUICKLY IF WE CHECK THEIR RESUMES QUICKLY, I WAS JUST SEEING IF THEY WERE ATTACHED TO THIS WEEK'S AGENDA . NO, I KNOW IT MAY NOT GIVE US THE EXACT WORDS. THANK YOU. WELL WELL, THE DOCKET IN COMMITTEE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE VOTE. WE HAVE SOME OC AND THEN IF WE NEED TO RETURN WE WILL. SO WE'RE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0534 . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.  YEAH. THE DOCKET NUMBER 0295 OVER AND WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS 100534.  OH, YEAH. OKAY, THAT'S ON THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT INTERPRETATIONS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0535 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO 585 IS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT. THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE SECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0536 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAY.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0536 AS PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SINCE INCEPTION OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0537 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0537 AS PASSING AND DRAFT THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0538 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DR. NUMBER ZERO FIVE THROUGH EIGHT IS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT,  TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0539 ALL THOSE OF YOUR SAY I I PERSONALLY THINK THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0539 IS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0540 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY TAKE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0540 IS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT. THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASS TO DOCKET NUMBER 0541 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OTHERS OPPOSING NAY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0541 IS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0542 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY TAKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0542 THIS PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORTATION TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0567 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I.  ALL THOSE OPPOSING A THINK OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCTOR NUMBER 0567 IS PAST THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION THAT SECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0568 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING NAY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0568 AS PAST APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? SO I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE 0295 IS ACTUALLY A TYPO. IT WAS LIKE A BAD COPY AND PASTE BECAUSE MY THE DOCKET THE ORIGINAL DOCKET FROM 0295 DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME SO I'M JUST CLERK WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO REFER TO THE I'M SORRY THROUGH THAT THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WITH THE GREEN SHEETS THAT OR YEAH WE CAN MAKE THE OR ENSURE THAT THE SO I I'M HAPPY TO READDRESS THIS ON THE GREEN SHEETS THANK YOU IS THERE ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SO YOU'RE NOT SEEKING A VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0295 AT THIS MOMENT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH FOR A VOTE ON 0295 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BEFORE CHECK THE GREEN SHEETS TO ENSURE THAT TO ENSURE THAT MY RECORDS ARE THE SAME AND THAT THERE WAS JUST AN ERROR WITH THE AGENDA.  MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK THE GREEN SHEETS TO CONFIRM TO MAKE THE GREEN SHEETS HAVE STEPHEN DONE WELL? NELSON AS WELL? OKAY. I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SO I GUESS WE'LL HOLD THIS IN COMMITTEE OKAY UNTIL WE GET LIKE BECAUSE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S A TYPO BUT I ALSO KNOW I STILL THINK IT'S A TYPE OH WELL I DON'T I GUESS I'M JUST GETTING MIXED INFORMATION SO LET'S HOLD IT IN COMMITTEE. OKAY. WE'LL HOLD IT IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0135 AND 0137 TOGETHER LUCKY NUMBER 0135 MESSAGE IN HONOR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION IN A FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE AQUATICS FACILITIES GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY THROUGH THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PROP BAY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND FOR THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF AQUATIC FACILITIES AND DOCK NUMBER 20137 MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $659,990 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRIBES IN IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE ENERGY USE TO REDUCE FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS AND TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COLLECTIVE COUNCILOR COLLETTI, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET 0135 AND 0137 ON MONDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2024. THE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH INCLUDED MARTHA RIVERA, COMMISSIONER BOSTON SENATOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES EAMON SHELTON, COMMISSIONER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. ALISON BROSIUS COMMISSIONER OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND HANNAH PAINE, DIRECTOR OF CARBON NEUTRALITY AT THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILORS MURPHY FLYNN, WARREN LOUIJEUNE WEBER AND FERNANDEZ ANDERSON DURING THIS INTERVIEW. I'M SO SORRY I'M DOING THIS FROM MEMORY. THE PANELISTS STATED THAT THE THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN THE OPERATIONS CABINET HAS SPEARHEADED RESILIENT PROGRAMS OVER THE PAST YEAR.  THROUGH THIS EFFORT THE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE FACILITIES . THESE FUNDS HAVE TO BE EXPENDED BY DECEMBER 2026 AND AGAIN IT FUNDS THE AQUATICS FACILITY GRANT AWARDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND IS PASSED THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO DOCKET 0137, COMMISSIONER BROSIUS AND MISS PAYNE DISCUSS STATING THAT THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT IS AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON'S ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRIBES IN IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO TO REDUCE FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.  SPECIFICALLY, THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUILDING EMISSION REDUCTIONS DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE AND GIVEN HOW VITAL THESE FUNDS ARE TO THESE EXISTING PROGRAMS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS, I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR MORE ACTION.  AND THEREFORE AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THESE ARE THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I WILL TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0135. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THINKING OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0135 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY IN PARK SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 01370137 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT IS NOT GOING TO BE ZERO 137 HAS PASSED MR. CLERK PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0399 DUNCAN NUMBER 0399A PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO AN AGE WAIVER FOR ALEX BOOZMAN TO JOIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTA THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL . THE LETTER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2024. I WAS JOINED BY SPONSORS COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PEPEN AND ERIN MURPHY AND RECEIVED AN ABSENCE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR TONY FERNANDEZ SANDERSON. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM MR GUZMAN, A 43 YEAR OLD HIGH PARK RESIDENT LOOKING TO APPLY FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE PROVIDED HIS HIS PERSONAL STORY DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS VERY BODY THREW COUNCILOR FLAHERTY'S LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME PASSED A QUICK FIX THROUGH A FORMAL PETITION TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM 32 YEARS OLD TO 40. WE STILL HAVE AMAZING, WONDERFUL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT ARE READY AND WILLING AND ABLE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND SO THERE WAS A BROADER DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY PROVIDING ANOTHER QUICK FIX SEPARATE FROM THIS PARTICULAR ONE. BUT I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR FROM MR GUZMAN AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIS LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAPPY TO PASS IT TO THE CO-SPONSORS IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY REMARKS BUT I DO SUBMIT THIS REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE STOP IT OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CHAIR COLORADO FOR HOSTING THAT HERE YESTERDAY. I AM JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SUPPORT FOR MR GUZMAN. HE'S A HE'S A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT, WORKS FOR BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW IS A FATHER. HE'S A SOMEONE THAT HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH ALREADY BUT STILL WANTS TO SERVE OUR CITY AS A POLICE OFFICER AND THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO BE THE LEAD SPONSOR ON THIS AND I JUST VOICED MY SUPPORT AND ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN I JUST COMES FROM REFEREE MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'LL ECHO BUT COUNCILOR PEPEN SAID IT WAS GREAT TO MEET HIM ON THE HEARING HEAR HIS STORY IN HIS TIME THAT HE SPENT AND IN HIS DESIRE TO TRANSFER OVER TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT . AS WE ALL KNOW WE NEED GOOD CANDIDATES TO APPLY ESPECIALLY FAMILY GUYS FROM HYDE PARK WHO KNOWS THAT THIS PATH WOULD HELP HIM AND HIS FAMILY MOVE FORWARD . SO I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES JOIN US IN SUPPORTING HIM AND THEN LIKE THE PROMISE WE MADE TO ALEX AT THE HEARING IS THAT WILL HELP MAKE SURE WE SEE IT THROUGH UP AT THE STATE HOUSE SO THAT HE HAS A SHOT AT THE PROCESS OF APPLYING TO BE A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. THANK YOU COUNCILOR TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0399 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ALL OF US IN A DEATH VOTE. MR. CLERK, WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AND ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A0399 COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS YES. COUNCIL FINANCE SENTENCING YES SIR. FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL ME HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILPERSON COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WORRELL YES TALKING NUMBER 0399 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0399 IS PASSED. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT THAT NUMBER 0467 DOCKET NUMBER 0467 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF INTEREST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CORE PROGRAM FOR THE BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SEVEN THROUGH 12 SCHOOL PCL PURSUANT TO A MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 7AB SECTION FIVE THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS THE DEFICIENCY SEIZED WITHIN THE SCHOOL FACILITY THAT PREVENTS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DELIVERING THEIR DESIRED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR OR OUTCOMES ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY . THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0467 ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 20 2024 AT 2 P.M. WAS ATTENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION BRIAN MCLOUGHLIN SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT KERRY GRIFFIN DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND DALE STANCIL, US CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLANNING AT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALL TEN ALL TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.  THE HEARING WAS ATTENDED BY A WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR VICE CHAIR COUNTER PEPEN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CARLSON, MURPHY AND COUNCILOR BREADON. ABSENT LETTERS WERE PROVIDED BY COUNCILOR FOR THE ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR FLYNN.  CHIEF STANCIL HAS OPENED THE TESTIMONY BY EXPLAINING THE DESIRE OF BOTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO APPLY FOR THE MUST BE A CORE PROGRAM A B CLAY SEVEN THROUGH 12 TO CREATE A STATE OF ART FACILITY. CHIEF DAN TILLIS EXPLAINED THE CLAY MCCORMACK WAS BEING PICKED TO SUBMIT FOR SBA FUNDING TO FULFILL A LONG STANDING PROMISE TO DELIVER A STATE OF THE ART CAMPUS PRIMARY SCHOOL COMMITTEE. THIS SCHOOL IS MEANT TO FULFILL SECONDARY GWICH'IN RIGOROUS AND CULTURAL AFFIRMING ACADEMICS AT A COMPREHENSIVE 7 TO 12 SCHOOL THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL STUDENTS NEEDS AND PARTNERS WITH UMASS BOSTON TO CREATE A UNIVERSITY A COMMUNITY HUB THAT SUPPORTS EARLY COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.  CARLETON EXPRESSED THE EXCITEMENT AND EXCITEMENT AROUND THIS SO WHY AND THIS EFFORT TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES IS ASKED ABOUT THE STATE OF OTHER BPA FACILITIES AND BPA PLAN PROJECT FOR THE JACKSON MILL SCHOOL WHICH WAS NOTED SCORED THE WORST ON THE LONG TERM FACILITIES RUBRIC.  ALSO ASKED ABOUT WHERE THE SHORT AND LONG TERM PLANS SURROUNDING THIS POSSIBLE RENOVATION IMPROVEMENT THE TIMELINE FOR MSP A PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY HAD PROGRAM THE POSSIBILITIES OF BRINGING HIGH SCHOOLS TO VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY, THE POSSIBILITY OF USING UMASS BOSTON FACILITIES FOR BERKELEY STUDENTS EXPLORATION HAS SPENT SOME SPACE BP'S PLANNING FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND HOW THE CITY HAS DONE WITH REGARDS TO THE SUPPLY ACCEPTANCE RATE. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU CANTRELL AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A GRADUATE OF MCCORMICK SCHOOL AND DORCHESTER AND MCCORMICK AND BERKELEY THESE REALLY, REALLY REALLY DESERVE A NEW FACILITY. SO I AM OVERJOYED THAT THIS IS ON THE DOCKET AND THAT WE THAT THEY ARE ON THE PATHWAY TO A NEW SCHOOL WHICH IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY WANTED AND WHICH WE FAILED TO GIVE THEM AND WHICH ARE FINALLY MOVING TO THAT.  SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR . OVERALL THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WHO SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0467 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I SUPPOSE THEY THINK THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0467 HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AND WE WILL BE TAKING ONE OUT OF TURN AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DOCKET NUMBER 80594. SO MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0594 INTO THE RECORD DOCKING NUMBER 059 FOR COUNSEL'S WEBER AND LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE 864 IN HOUSE 4360 AND ACT PROMOTING ACCESS TO COUNCILOR IN HOUSING STABILITY IN MASSACHUSETTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNSELOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I FIRST I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR BREADON AS A AS A THIRD ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OBJECTION, COUNSELOR WEBER TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNSELOR BREADON AS A GO TO ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNSELOR GREAT AND SO ADDED COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  MY STAFF WORKED ON WHAT'S PROBABLY THE GREATEST SPEECH IN HUMAN HISTORY BUT BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING VERY LATE AND WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO I AM NOT GOING TO READ IT. THERE IS WE HAD A HEARING LAST TUESDAY ON THE RIGHT TO COUNCILOR . WE HEARD ABOUT THE GREAT NEED FOR PEOPLE TO GET HELP AND THAT PROVIDING COUNCILOR FOR THEM IS SOMETHING THAT CAN CAN CAN DO THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT THE STATE IS CONSIDERING A STATEWIDE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THERE'S A HOUSE BILL 4360 AND SENATE BILL 864 THAT WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE PROGRAM. THIS RESOLUTION WOULD JUST IS FOR US TO SUPPORT THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM.  IT'S A GREAT NEED. EVEN IF THEY PASSED IT TODAY IT WOULD TAKE FIVE YEARS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT. YOU KNOW, I THINK AND WE AS WE SHOWED AT THE HEARING THE STATE THE CITY AND THE STATE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, OUR TEN ARE MOST VULNERABLE ARE RENTERS HERE IN THE CITY ARE BEING HELPED. SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING IT OUT OF ORDER. YOU HAVE WRITTEN TESTIMONY THAT IS DUE BEFORE THE STATE HOUSE BY 5 P.M. AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT WE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.  SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU GUYS WHOEVER AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR I'M GOING TO GET IN MY CAREER IN IN AS A HOUSING ATTORNEY I SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO COUNCILOR . WE HAD A GREAT HEARING AND THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AT THE CITY LEVEL TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING ACCESS TO COUNCILOR . CONSTABLE BREADON WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER CONSECRATE ANY OF THE FLOOR? THANK YOU.  ACCESS TO A CHAIR THAT I CHAIR THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO . THANK YOU. I CHAIRED THE HEARING ON THE RIGHT TO COUNCILOR AND THE TOPIC OF COUNSELOR WEBBER'S MAIDEN SPEECH AGAIN I THINK WE SHOULD CALL ON OUR COLLEAGUES. THIS IS A DOCKET THAT'S BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE I THINK CALL ON MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BILL ESTABLISHING ACCESS TO COUNCILOR PROGRAM AS WELL AS A BUDGET LINE ITEM AT THE END GOVERNOR HEALEY'S 20 FINANCIAL YEAR 2025 IN THE INTERESTS OF TIME I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY BUT JUST ENCOURAGE US TO CONTACT OUR BOSTON DELEGATION, ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE AT THE STATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA COVERS ANY HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION. I ALSO WANT TO PARTICULARLY THANK ALSO A WEBER FOR FOCUSING YOUR INAUGURAL SPEECH ON THE RIGHT TO COUNCILOR I AGREE IS COMPLETELY WORTHY OF BEING A TOP PRIORITY AND I WAS HONORED TO PURSUE THE PAY IN THE HEARING MY TEAM AND I HAVE TALKED TO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE PAST MONTH ABOUT THE VARIETY OF HOUSING ISSUES AND IT'S QUITE CONSISTENT IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT SOMEONE FACING A HOUSING COURT CASE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A LEGAL REPRESENTATION IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. PEOPLE ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH PUBLIC ATTORNEYS AND OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM THAT IT JUST DOESN'T OCCUR TO THEM THAT THE KIND OF COURT CASE COULD LIMIT WHETHER SOMEONE HAS A RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THE PROBLEM IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT WE COULD WE SHOULD AND COULD FIX IT. AND IN THE BIG PICTURE IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.  IT'S A PRETTY, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROBLEM TO SOLVE. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT TENANTS DON'T END UP IN WIDELY UNEQUAL COURT SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE SCRAMBLING TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK AND AND REPRESENT THEMSELVES AND THEY'RE FACING A LANDLORD, A BIG CORPORATION THAT HAS AN EXPERT LAWYER AND YET THAT'S EXACTLY THE SITUATION THAT TENANTS FIND THEMSELVES IN ALMOST ALL THE TIME. IN FACT, THE DISPARITY IS WIDENING IN MASSACHUSETTS COURT DATA SHOWS ALMOST ALL LANDLORDS HAVE HIRED LAWYERS FOR EVICTION CASES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ALMOST 90% OF THE TIME AND THAT'S UP TO 50% FROM JUST A DECADE AGO. AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, EVEN AS MORE TENANTS ARE COMING TO COURT WITH A LAWYER THAN A YEAR AGO, ALMOST 90% OF THE TIME THEY STILL DON'T HAVE A LAWYER AND ARE STUCK REPRESENTING THEMSELVES WITHOUT ANY EXPERT GUIDANCE. THIS HAS COMPLETE COMPLETELY HAS COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE RESULTS TENANTS WITHOUT A LAWYER TRIP UP AND MAKE MISTAKES WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE WAYS TO GO THROUGH A COMPLICATED AND STRESSFUL PROCESS AND THEY END UP BEING EVICTED MORE OFTEN FAMILIES AND SINGLE MOTHERS ARE KICKED OUT ON THE STREETS WHERE OFTEN KIDS HAVE THEIR EDUCATION DISRUPTED MORE OFTEN CAREERS ARE DISRUPTED MORE OFTEN PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE DISRUPTED MORE OFTEN AND WE END UP WITH MORE HOMELESSNESS AT ALL AND ALL OF THIS COSTS US BOTH MORALLY AS A SOCIETY AND IN LITERAL DOLLARS WE END UP SPENDING VASTLY MORE MONEY ON EMERGENCY SERVICES AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. IN FACT, THE BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION FOUND THAT FOUR REPRESENTATION IN EVICTION CASES WOULD SAVE THE STATE OVER $63 MILLION ANNUALLY. IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE CHEAPER FOR US TO INVEST INVEST IN PREVENTING EVICTIONS THAN IT IS FOR US TO KEEP PAYING TO DEAL WITH ALL OF ALL THE REPERCUSSIONS CREATED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THE SIMPLE STEP OF MAKING SURE TENANTS HAVE ACCESS TO A LAWYER ANY ANY TIME WE CAN SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS WHILE ALSO DOING THE RIGHT THING IS A HUGE WIN IN MY BOOK I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I THANK THE SPONSORS FOR THAT. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU COUNCILORS WEBER, LOUIJEUNE AND BRADEN'S WHO SPENT IN OTHER ROLES IN PASSAGE OF DOCKET BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME ON DOCKET 059 FOR MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS COLETTA FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN BAHIR MURPHY WHOEVER WHAT WAS ALREADY ON IT HAVE BEEN WORLD COUNCILORS WEBER LOUIJEUNE AND BREADON SIX ATTEMPTING TO SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0594 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO DOUBT THE VOTE. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON MEMBER 0594 COUNCILOR BREADON YES COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCIL COLLECTIVE COUNCIL LOT YES. COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCIL OF TRENT SANDERSON YES.  COUNCIL PRONOUNCED SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN PEPEN YES COUNCIL S.A. YES. COUNCIL S.A. IS COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WORKER YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCIL ROUND YES DUCK IN NUMBER 0594 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO DOCKET NUMBER . LET ME JUST BE TRIGGERED 0582 MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FIVE DO I CAN EMMA 058 TO COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING HOME RULE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CADET PROGRAM IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I SUSPECT THAT THE PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR FINANCIAL ANDERSON AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR THANK YOU SEEING COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS ADDED AS THE SECOND REGIONAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WHERE I'LL SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR FRIEND ANDREW ANDERSON AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONSEQUENT ANDREW ANDERSON IS SO OUT OF CONTROL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. BY AMENDING THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CADET PROGRAM WE ARE SHOWING QUALITY CANDIDATES ARE ABLE TO GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE WHILE HELPING TO BUILD A DIVERSE WORKFORCE BY REDUCING FINANCIAL BURDEN CREATED BY LOWER SALARIES FOR OUR FIRE CADETS.  THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL ALLOW ONE THIRD OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT TWO YEAR FIRE CADET PROGRAM TO BE APPOINTED TO THE FIRE ACADEMY AFTER ONE YEAR INSTEAD OF TWO. RIGHT NOW FIRE CADETS MAKE $32,000 PER YEAR AND TO DO THAT FOR TWO YEARS RATHER THAN ONE IS A BARRIER TO PEOPLE ENROLLING AS A AS A CADET. I'VE SPOKEN WITH FIRE COMMISSIONER PAUL BURKE AND HE'S ON BOARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL AND EAGER TO GET SOME CADETS IN THE ACADEMY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND THIS CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . I THINK FATEMI AS A CO-SPONSOR I SUPPORT WORK COUNSELOR FOR ENJOY THIS AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CAROLYN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. JUST TO THE TO THE SPONSOR WAS THIS PROPOSAL DOES IT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL 718 I COULD CHECK IN AT A MATTER OF CONVERSATION BUT IT DOES HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR RL WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BY BEN SANTANA WEBER THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 058 TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CHAIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 05830583 COUNCIL ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM AND SERVICES IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA BECAUSE I'M HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES, I DID FILE THIS. THANK YOU PRESIDENT.  I KNOW I TALK ABOUT THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, GIVEN ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING THROUGH, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD AUDIT ALL OF THE SERVICES ACROSS THE ENTIRE OF BOSTON, NOT JUST THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT HERE WE ARE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  SO LAST YEAR WE ALREADY WE FILED THIS HEARING ORDER AND THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION.  WE SAW THAT DURING COVID A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WERE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. WE WENT AHEAD AND PARTNERED UP WITH BLACK CLINICIANS AND CREATED A PROGRAM IN WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DIVE DEEPER INTO REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT TRIGGERS THEIR TRAUMA, HOW TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR PEERS AND THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE CAME TO REALIZE THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A DEEPER DIVE TO SEE HOW MANY HOURS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES ARE ACROSS THE CITY SCHOOLS NOT JUST YOU KNOW, IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT ALSO ELEMENTARY. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE COULD HAVE A HEARING IN THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO REALLY DO A DEEPER DIVE AND HAVING A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MANY HOURS WHAT THE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS LOOK LIKE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE REALLY MEETING THE MOMENT RECENTLY.  AND I REALLY DO APPLAUD AND THANK THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. BUT I STILL THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE WHERE ELSE THERE ARE GAPS.  MY HOPE IS IS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY EVEN CREATE A STANDARD ACROSS ALL OF OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF AGE AND GRADE THAT WE HAVE A SET STANDARD AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE THERE JUST YET. IN FACT WHEN WE HAD OUR PREVIOUS HEARING WE CAME TO LEARN THAT THE CURRICULUM IS NOT CONSISTENT, THAT NOT EVERYONE IS APPLYING IT APPROPRIATELY AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO A DEEPER DIVE.  I0I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I WANTED TO ADD MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR ANDERSON TO JOIN ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION . NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. I'LL DO IT. OKAY. AND IT'S NOT ALL IT'S NOT FOR A SECOND CO-SPONSOR OF IT BUT I THINK EVEN AT HER SO SORRY , COUNSELOR ANDERSON, I JUST STARTED BABBLING HERE.  BUT LOOK, ALL ALL BLAH BLAH BLAH ASIDE, YOU KNOW, I FOR ME AS A PARENT I HAVE REALIZED THAT MY DAUGHTER IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH HER MENTAL HEALTH POST-COVID AND WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBLE CITY TO REALLY DIVE DEEPER INTO THIS CONVERSATION. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THROWING MORE MONEY INTO BPF BUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING ALLOCATED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO THIS DAY THAT I HAVE TO TAP INTO MY OWN PERSONAL NETWORK TO BE ABLE TO CREATE PROGRAMING TO OPERATE IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES WITHIN BP'S AND I KNOW THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOCATED ARE THROUGH OFFER I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE KNOW THAT SUICIDE RATES ARE UP.  WE KNOW THAT ISSUES OF BULLYING ARE IMPACTING THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES. I'VE HEARD FROM KIDS WHO DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.  SO THIS THIS AUDIT AROUND OUR MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE INSTRUCTION BUT IT REALLY IS ALSO ABOUT THE SUPPORT SERVICES OR LACK THEREOF THAT EXIST IN OUR SCHOOLS.  AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A HEARING AND HOPEFULLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILWOMAN ANDREA LOUIJEUNE KANTER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  TODAY WE ALL BREAK FAST TODAY AT THE SAME TIME NO IF YOU GUYS KNOW YOU MISS A JOKE NOBODY'S HUNGRY. YOU SO THINK I THANK YOU DEFER TO THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR MY COLLEAGUE SISTER MEJIA FOR JOINT FOR ADDING ME TO THIS I THINK THAT YOU KNOW MAYOR WU'S DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB IN TERMS OF LIKE ALLOCATING FUNDS TOWARDS THIS ALONG WITH THE OUR CHIEF DOCTOR DAKOTA OF BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION WHO HAVE DONE THOROUGH RESEARCH ON THIS AND HAS PRESCRIBED ALLOCATIONS IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT PROGRAMING WE'RE GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF TRAINING AND SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY TRAININGS IN UNIVERSITIES UMASS BOSTON FOR PRACTITIONERS FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A SOCIAL WORKER TO EVERY SCHOOL, A PRACTITIONER TO EVERY SCHOOL. SO THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BUT WHAT WOULD COUNCIL ME HERE IS PROPOSING HERE ARE ASKING IN TERMS OF HOLDING HEARING FOR AN AUDIT OR A CONVERSATION IS TO ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THE CURRICULUMS OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ASSESS HOW THEY ARE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL THINKING PROBLEM SOLVING, CRISIS MANAGEMENT, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN GENERAL FOR OUR STUDENTS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ADDING SOCIAL WORKERS BUT THIS GETS TO THE CORE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES WHERE WE INVEST IN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING A FRAMEWORK TO ACTUALLY TEACH OUR KIDS HOW TO MEET THOSE BENCHMARK IN TERMS OF LIFE SKILLS AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO SUCCEED NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, SOCIALLY AND IN GENERAL IN LIFE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND DOING THE WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZES CASTRO THE PEN COMES FROM A PEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THINK IT'S COUNCIL HERE FOR BRINGING THIS HEARING ORDER TO THE FLOOR AND I THINK IT'S PERFECT TIMING FOR FOR MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY I WENT TO ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN HYDE PARK AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE SCHOOL AND WHEN I WAS TAKEN TO THE SOCIAL WORKERS OFFICE IT WAS A SUPPLY CLOSET.  SO IT'S NOT ONLY FOR ME IT'S ONLY ABOUT THE ACTUAL PERSONAL PERSONNEL OR THE SERVICES BUT EVEN THE SPACE. AND THERE WAS A THERE WAS A YOUNG CHILD IN THERE GETTING SERVICES AND YOU CAN SEE THE STACKS OF COPIER PAPERS AND PENCILS AND CRAYONS ON THE WALL AND IT'S THE ROOM IS SMALLER THAN A BATHROOM I WANT TO SAY. AND IT WAS JUST VERY SAD TO SEE THAT. SO I HOPE I ASK THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WHEN THEY SPEAK ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL ABOUT BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS THAT THEY CONSIDER SPACES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I JUST WANT TO ELEVATE THAT BECAUSE I WITNESSED THAT TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN THE GERALD FLYNN MURPHY PITT, BEN SANTANA WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU JACK ID NUMBER 058 TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT CARD NUMBER 0584 LUCKY NUMBERS ZIP 0584 COUNCIL ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME . HE COMES FROM HERE YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR I'M PRESIDENT SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FILE I THINK IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING HERE IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY, I THINK WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LEVEL SET AND RESET IN FEBRUARY I BELIEVE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IT WAS IN FEBRUARY I'M NOT SURE BUT WE VOTED TO ACCEPT A $13 MILLION ANTI-TERROR GRANT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOME THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY START HOLDING OURSELVES TO SOME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. AND SO THE PUBLIC HAS ASKED FOR A FORMAL PROCESS IN WHICH WE CAN GO ABOUT AUDITING HOW THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TRANSPARENT WAY OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO ISSUES OF SURVEILLANCE. AND I THINK THAT THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KANSAS SANTANA COSENTINO HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNCILWOMAN HERE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY I'M WORKING ON HOLDING ON TO HOLD HEARINGS TO REVIEW THE CITY'S 26 SURVEILLANCE USE POLICIES AND ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORTS THAT ARE PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2021. MY OFFICE IN COUNCILOR WEBBER'S OFFICE FILED ONE OF THOSE HEARINGS ORDERS ON TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA DOCKET 0590 THIS HEARING IN ORDER TO ORDER THE TRANSPARENT TO OTHER CITIES USERS OF ANESTHESIOLOGY IS A GREAT COMPLEMENT TO THE HEARING MY OFFICE IS WORKING ON BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY USES USES THAT MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE USE POLICIES OR ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORTS. SO AGAIN I AS WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND IN THIS AUDITING THIS PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HAVE THE APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERSIGHT FOR THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE, I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING AND I HAVE TO CLOSE TO PLEASE ADD MY NAME. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN, FITZGERALD FLYNN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 058 FORWARD REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR QUIGLEY PLEASE REPORT NUMBER 0585 DUGAN NUMBER 0585 COUNCIL ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING DATE AT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HIRING FIRING AND PROMOTION POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME JOIN MEJIA COMES ME . HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER RE FILE AND I THINK GOING IN LINE WITH THE REASON WHY WE CREATED THE FAIR CHANCE ACT WHICH WAS TO AUDIT THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN WERE MOVING UP THE LADDER HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT ALL PROTOCOLS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AROUND HIRING, FIRING AND PROMOTIONAL PRACTICES HERE ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS WHEN WE FIRST FILED IT WE HAD A SPECIAL INTEREST IN BP'S MVPD AND GIVEN A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD SINCE I WANTED TO EXPAND THIS AUDIT TO LOOK AT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE FEELING AS THOUGH THEY'RE EXPERIENCING RETALIATION.  THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MOVE UP THE LADDER.  A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD DURING THE FAIR CHANCE ACT BUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IS PARTICULARLY IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CPD IS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN POSITIONS FOR YEARS THAT HAVE YET TO BE PROMOTED AND I THINK THAT AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LET GO OR HAVE BEEN PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE OR WHO HAVE BEEN RETALIATED AGAINST. AND SO I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY GET REAL AROUND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR CITY WORKFORCE.  ONE THING IS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM HERE WITH IMPROVED HIGHER WAGES AND ALSO LOOKING AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING.  BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE BUBBLING UP TO THE TOP AS IT RELATES TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY OF PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH AND OR OUT OF DIFFERENT AREAS. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS HEARING AND BRINGING PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO HAVE CALLED MY OFFICE ASKING FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. AND SO HERE I AM TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD A NEW COUNCIL WHERE WE HAVE THE FLOOR JUST BRIEFLY THANK COUNCILOR HERE FOR FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP? YOU KNOW, I REPRESENTED POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THE PROMOTIONAL PRACTICES. SO SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIGHT AGAINST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE? THAT WAS BREADON DURKIN AND WEBER AND PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS WELL MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT IN NUMBER 0586 IS NOT HERE SO WE ARE SKIPPING OVER THAT WE WILL AS WE WILL REFER DOCKET NUMBER 0585 TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY THE POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.  MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0588 DUNCAN EMMA 0588 COUNCILOR OF FLYNN AFTER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN GENERAL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  LAST NIGHT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A WOMEN VETERANS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION CONFERENCE WITH MAYOR WU WITH COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO BUT WITH WOMEN VETERANS LISTENING TO THEIR IMPORTANT STORY OF SERVICE OF SACRIFICE TO OUR OUR COUNTRY THIS HEARING WOULD AIM TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS AND HOW THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL CAN OFFER GENDER SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR OUR WOMEN VETERANS. NATURALLY YOU WOULD SAY WELL THIS IS MORE OF A FEDERAL ISSUE BUT CITIES AND STATES HAVE A TREMENDOUS ROLE TO PLAY IN SUPPORTING RETURNING VETERANS TODAY WOMEN COMPROMISE NEARLY 20% OF SERVING MILITARY PERSONNEL AND 10% OF THE VETERAN POPULATION MAKING UP AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MILITARY. AND JUST GOING BACK TO LAST NIGHT THE SPEAKER WAS CITY CLERK WAS FORMER CITY COUNCIL A STATE SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS WHO WAS A FIRST LIEUTENANT NOW IN THE IN THE ARMY.  BUT WHEN SHE WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL IT SHE WOULD SHE WOULD PARTNER WITH ME ON SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR WOMEN AND VETERANS BUT SHE KNEW THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS ANYBODY FROM HER MOTHER WHO WAS AIR FORCE VETERAN.  HOWEVER, DESPITE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN VETERANS, THEY DON'T RECEIVE ENOUGH SERVICES AND SUPPORT IN MY OPINION.  FOR EXAMPLE THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DOES NOT HAVE MEDICAL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT PROVIDE THE NECESSARY AND ADEQUATE GENDER SPECIFIC IN MILITARY CARE FOR WOMEN VETERANS.  25% OF WOMEN VETERANS EXPERIENCE MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA DURING MILITARY SERVICE THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO STRUGGLE WITH CHILDCARE, HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.  THAT 25% IS THE NUMBER THAT'S REPORTED. IT'S IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT AND IT'S ACTUALLY A HIGH NUMBER OF PERCENT FOR FOR MEN AS WELL . I MENTIONED THAT I'VE HAD A HEARING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL EDWARDS IN 2021 WE HEARD POWERFUL TESTIMONY FROM WOMEN VETERANS ABOUT THEIR NEEDS, SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN BETTER ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF OUR OF WOMEN VETERANS ARE MET.  IT'S A REPORT THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICE TO OUR COUNTRY AS WELL AS REALIZE THE CHALLENGES WOMEN VETERANS FACE. IT'S CRITICAL THAT ALL WOMEN THAT WOMEN VETERANS RECEIVE THE CARE AND SERVICES THAT THEY'VE EARNED. NO ONE'S GIVING THESE SERVICES TO TO THESE TO THE TO THE WOMEN VETERANS. THEY'VE EARNED THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THEIR SACRIFICE. NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR RETURNING WOMEN, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES BUT ALSO OLDER OLDER WOMEN VETERANS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE DIGNITY IN RETIREMENT WITH WITH A PLACE TO LIVE. HOMELESSNESS IS ON THE RISE FOR WOMEN VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND ENSURE THAT WOMEN VETERANS RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICES AND CARE AND SUPPORT AS MEN VETERANS THEY'VE EARNED IT AND IT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME . I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY RECENTLY TO GO TO WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CONFERENCE AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS WE DISCUSSED WAS SUPPORTING WOMEN VETERANS FROM GENDER SPECIFIC MEDICAL CARE, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT AND SERVICES. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A HEARING OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS AND IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF THIS HEARING AND A PREVIOUS HEARING ORDER THAT I FILED ON THE CITY OF BOSTON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICES. SO I'LL HAVE BOTH DOCKETS AND HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US AND SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS AND ENSURE THAT WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE BUDGET THAT WOMEN VETERANS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS DEPARTMENT IS FULLY FUNDED.  OUR VETERANS DESERVE IT. OUR VETERANS HAVE EARNED IT.  AND I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS DEPARTMENT.  IT'S A CRITICAL DEPARTMENT. THEY DO THEY DO TREMENDOUS WORK ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT OF VETERANS IN NEED HOMELESS VETERANS, LOW INCOME VETERANS AND DISABLED VETERANS. SO THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE? THAT CONCERNS BREADON DURKIN. FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD MEJIA MURPHY THE BAND SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THIS DOCK WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERAN MILITARY VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. MR. CLERK CAN WE PLEASE RETURN TO DOCKET NUMBER 0586? DR. NUMBER 0586 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATEWIDE RIGHT TO RIGHT TO REPAIR TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND A CULTURE OF REPAIR IN BOSTON AND BEYOND. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. APOLOGIES. I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE FOR DOCKET 0586. IT'S JUST A MINOR CHANGE WHERE THE ORIGINAL ONE I THINK THERE'S A TYPO SAID HEARING ORDER BUT IT'S REALLY A RESOLUTION ASKING TO GO TO COMMITTEE.  THAT MOTION SECONDED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE MOTION TO SUBSIDIES ACCEPTED.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE THE CLARIFICATION HERE ON SORRY I'VE ALREADY STATED THAT WHILE BOTH MECHANISMS SERVES TO ADDRESS HERE IMPORTANT ISSUES IS CRUCIAL.  SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A HEARING ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN SUPPORT TO VOTE ON IT. DEPENDENCY ON SOFTWARE DRIVEN DEVICES AS CITIZENS OF BOSTON INCREASINGLY RELY ON SOFTWARE DRIVEN DEVICES LIKE SMARTPHONES AND LAPTOPS. ACCESS TO REPAIR INFORMATION TOOLS AND PARTS BECOMES CRUCIAL TO ENSURE THE LONGEVITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THESE ESSENTIAL ELECTRONICS. SO THE ROLE OF SMALL REPAIR BUSINESSES ESSENTIALLY ARE INTEGRAL TO BOSTON'S ECONOMIC BY PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES DIRECTLY DIRECTLY TO NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORTING THE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEM BY KEEPING A WIDE VARIETY OF ELECTRONICS IN WORKING ORDER . SO BASICALLY WHILE CONSUMERS DESIRE PRODUCTS FROM LARGE MANUFACTURERS TO REMAIN FUNCTIONAL, THESE MANUFACTURERS OFTEN RESTRICT ACCESS TO REPAIR INFORMATION TOOLS AND PARTS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR CONSUMERS TO REPAIR FOR THEIR DEVICES INDEPENDENTLY.  SO THE RIGHT TO REPAIR MOVEMENT EMPOWERS CONSUMERS BY GRANTING THEM ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL REPAIR RESOURCES, PROMOTING CONSUMER CHOICE, REDUCING ELECTRONIC WASTE AND ULTIMATELY DRIVING DOWN REPAIR COSTS.  SO I'M ASKING HERE TODAY THAT WE HOLD A HEARING ON THIS RESOLUTION SO TO SEND TO COMMITTEE AND HOPEFULLY DISCUSS ALREADY THE RIGHT TO REPAIR CURRENTLY PENDING IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE AS ASKED 2478 THE SIZE OF EACH 360. AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH ME ON THIS RESOLUTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  AND SO CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAEDON DURKIN FITZGERALD, BAHIR MURPHY, PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR TALKING NUMBER 0586 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESSES,  SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MESSENGER. AND MR CLERK WHERE YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 05870587 COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE AND ADDRESS ISSUES SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL PARKING IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU. FOR AN ENGINEER SITTING ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A DISCLAIMER NEEDED HERE THAT IF FOLKS WANTED TO AMEND THIS IN SOMEHOW A MOTION TO JUST CHANGE THE LANGUAGE ON NOT JUST SEVEN BUT BOSTON AT LARGE I THINK THAT MOST FOLKS HERE SHARE THIS ARE NOT JUST RESPONSIBILITY BUT DESIRE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR RESIDENTS ON THIS ISSUE. SO ESSENTIALLY RESIDENTIAL PARKING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS THE DAILY LIVES OF MOBILITY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, OF OUR RESIDENTS PLAYING A CRUCIAL ROLE IN DETERMINING THEIR OVERALL WELL-BEING AND CONVENIENCE.  WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CAPACITY ISSUE, WE'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THE LISTS ARE. WHO'S PENDING? WHO'S PRIORITY, WHO'S NOT? AND WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF HIRING AS WELL ALIGNING WITH SUSTAINABILITY GOALS BASICALLY GIVEN THE CITY'S ZERO CARBON INITIATIVE IT'S VIA A TO EXPLORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.  SO I'M ASKING FOR A HEARING TO MEET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND MY COLLEAGUES BRING COMMUNITY ADVOCATES IN, BRING RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT AGAIN WHERE IS THE PROCESS AT THIS POINT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE PREVIOUS TIME OR LAST YEAR BUT WE'D LIKE TO HELP HOLD THAT CONVERSATION AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK IS THAT COUNCILORS BREADON JENKINS, JARED FLYNN, MARIA MURPHY, BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE. OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 0589. DUNCAN EMMA 0589. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES PILOT PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CONTRA FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THIS IS A HEARING TO REVIEW THE PILOT PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BOSTON IS FORTUNATE TO BE RICH WITH HIGHER EDUCATION MEDICAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN BOTH OUR CITY AND REGIONAL ECONOMY AND THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON BENEFIT GREATLY FROM EMPLOYMENT, RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.  AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON PROPERTY TAXES FOR REVENUE. OUR LARGE CORPORATION INSTITUTIONS WHICH ALSO RECEIVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FROM THE CITY HAVE A STRONG CONCENTRATION OF PROPERTY THAT REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY HALF OF BOSTON'S REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY. ANALYSIS HAS INDICATED THAT BOSTON WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF THE CITY'S TAX LEVY AT THE PROPERTY OF OUR LARGE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS BEEN TAXABLE.  THE CITY OF BOSTON'S PILOT PROGRAM SEEKS 25% OF WHAT THESE INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PAY. THE CITY HAD THEIR PROPERTY NOT BEEN TAX EXEMPT TO REFLECT THE PORTION OF THE BUDGET TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND CASH PAYMENT TO THE CITY AND HALF IN THE FORM OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS LIKE SCHOLARSHIPS, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JOB TRAINING. LAST YEAR FOR THE ANNUAL PILOT PROGRAM OF A LARGE NONPROFITS REPORTEDLY CONTRIBUTED $35 MILLION IN CASH WITH $62 MILLION ACCEPTED BY THE CITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.  IN FY 22 OUR HIGH LARGE NONPROFITS CONTRIBUTED $35 MILLION IN CASH BUT 56 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS.  WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY WORLD CLASS INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT BOSTON CALL HOME. MANY IN MY DISTRICT AND MANY IN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.  THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE PILOT PROGRAM AND TRY TO MAKE IT AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.  I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR BREADON OR HER IMPORTANT WORK ON THIS ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS.  I ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS TARGETED COORDINATION OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN THE PILOT PROGRAM IN THE PAST. SO THIS HEARING INTENDS TO BE A WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION SO WE CAN WORK WITH OUR NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ON PROVIDING SERVICES AND BENEFITS TO OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH THE PILOT PROGRAM AND DISCUSS WAYS WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH OUR NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA STANDING ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. THE PILOT PROGRAM IS CRITICAL TO HELP FUND THE CITY SERVICES THAT BENEFIT BOSTON'S MANY NONPROFITS INSTITUTIONS. ALONGSIDE YOUR FOLLOWING OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT DOWNTOWN OFFICES VACANCY, IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU'RE THINKING HOLISTICALLY ABOUT HOW OUR CITY REVENUE IS SHIFTING AND AS WE CONTINUE TO ADAPT TO CHANGES IN HOW WE AND HOW AND WHERE WE WORK AND HOW OUR INSTITUTIONS FUNCTION. REGARDING PILOT, I HAVE BEEN THINKING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER MEET OUR CITY'S NEEDS FOR STUDENT HOUSING AND HOW A PILOT CAN BE PART OF THAT. WITH OVER 66,000 COLLEGE AND COLLEGE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS LIVING OFF CAMPUS IN BOSTON AS OF 2022, STUDENT HOUSING IS A MAJOR PART OF OUR HOUSING SUPPLY AND LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING AND I HOPE STUDENTS STUDENT HOUSING CAN BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION.  I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT THE PILOT COMMITTEE IS HOLDING A POLICY BRIEFING TOMORROW AT TWO $0.30 AND MONTI ROOM WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING THAT'S ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC LIKE OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS. IT'S JUST A MORE CASUAL FORMAT THAN A HEARING AND DOESN'T HAVE A FORMER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PILOT COMMITTEE CHAIR COUNCILOR BREADON FOR SCHEDULING THAT POLICY BRIEFING AND AGAIN THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR AGAIN IS CONCERNED MEJIA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR FILING THIS EVENING ORDER. AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCILOR BREEDEN FOR HER FIERCE ADVOCACY IN THIS SPACE HAVING I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY UNIVERSITIES THAT OCCUPY ALL OF YOUR SPACES. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR FIERCE ADVOCACY HERE.  I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GO ON THE RECORD AND I'M GOING TO BE A BROKEN RECORD BECAUSE I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY VOICE IN ALL THINGS THAT DEAL WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND I THINK THAT WHAT I HEARD THROUGH SOME OF THESE HEARINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST IS THAT COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE A OFFICIAL COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD OR A COMMISSION OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT THESE DAYS BUT THERE IS A DESIRE TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS FORMAL AND WHICH COMMUNITY HAS A WAY TO REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE CHECKS AND BALANCES.  SO I'D LOVE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE AS WE'RE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, THE HEARING ORDER AND INVITING FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE, I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UPLIFTING THE VOICES OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR MORE OVERSIGHT AND FIND WAYS TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR WAITING NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN TO BRING FORWARD THIS HEARING ORDER. THE VERY TIMELY I WOULD SAY IT WAS TEN YEARS I THINK OVER NO, IT MUST BE 12 YEARS NOW SINCE MAYOR MENINO AND ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORMER CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE STEPHEN MURPHY DEVELOPED THE THE ORIGINAL PILOT PROGRAM FOR OUR INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON PAYMENTS OF TAXES.  IT IS ITS YEARS OF PAST. THERE'S A LOT OF NEW LEADERSHIP IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AS NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY AND MANY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE EXPANDED THEIR FOOTPRINT IN THE CITY ETC. SO IT IS TIME FOR A THOROUGH REVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW WE MIGHT MODIFY AND CHANGE THE PILOT PROGRAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY TO GIVE PREDICTABILITY TO OUR INSTITUTIONS BUT ALSO PREDICTABILITY TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF WHAT REVENUE WE CAN BRING IN. THIS IS AN ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.  AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR INSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS IN THE CITY TO ARRIVE AT A PROGRAM A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE IN TERMS OF CASH PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES BUT ALSO IN-KIND BENEFITS THAT MAY BENEFIT OUR CITY. I THINK WE LEAVE A LOT OF BENEFITS ON THE TABLE.  ALSO TO ANSWER CULTURE, SANTANA'S REMARKS ABOUT A STUDENT HOUSING I THINK THAT MANY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE UNDERGOING INSTITUTIONAL MASTERPLANS AT THIS TIME SO THE ISSUE OF STUDENT HOUSING IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE TALK WITH OUR UNIVERSITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO WITH THE ADVOCATES WHO ARE ALL GIVING SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT TO THIS ISSUE AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCIL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND AGAIN WANT TO ECHO ALL OF THE THANKS TO COUNCILOR BREADON FOR ALL OF HER LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS. MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, DID A LOT OF RESEARCH UPON COMING INTO OFFICE AND 26 OF THE 45 ELIGIBLE PILOT INSTITUTIONS ARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT OR TOWARDS DISTRICT EIGHT. SO LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING UPDATED ON THESE CONVERSATIONS . AND AGAIN, WE NEED AN UPDATE AND I THINK THE CITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.  I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH STEPHEN CHAN, THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE MAYOR WHO'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE PERSON WHO'S WORKED IN INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND IS NOW WORKING WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO RE INVIGORATE THAT PROGRAM AND HE'S INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE AND JUST AN INCREDIBLE PERSON WHO I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW OVER MANY YEARS AND HONORED TO BE THE VICE CHAIR OF PILOT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN ENTER INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE UNIQUE THINGS THAT FOLKS AND THAT INSTITUTIONS CAN OFFER US ARE UNIQUE TO THAT INSTITUTION AND HAVING THOSE SPECIALIZED CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. SO REALLY GRATEFUL AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON, MIA MURPHY PEPEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 05989 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PILOT AGREEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. MR PARK WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBERS 05900590 COUNCILORS SANTANA AND WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CITY OF BOSTON'S CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN AND POLICIES FOR USING GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE CITY OF BOSTON CURRENTLY USES GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY IN SOME OF OUR BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE SYSTEMS ARE INTENDED TO DETECT AND RECORD SOUNDS THAT MAY BE A GUNSHOT WHEN A SOUND IS DETECTED. AN ALERT IS THEN REPORTED IN REAL TIME TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. BEEPING USES TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF A AS PART OF ITS CURRENT STRATEGY FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS WITH GUN VIOLENCE, RECOVERING EVIDENCE AND LOCATING PEOPLE IN POSSESSION OF GUNS AS A SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS OPERATED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEMS ARE GOVERNED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE. THAT ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN 2021 WITH UNANIMOUS CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT. SOME OF THE COUNCILORS WHO WORKED ON THIS ORDINANCE ARE STILL ON THE COUNCIL . SO I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES CITY DEPARTMENTS UTILIZING SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY TO PUBLISH A SURVEILLANCE USE POLICY FOR EACH TECHNOLOGY THEY UTILIZE AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORT THAT DETAILS ACTUAL USAGE IN THE PRIOR YEAR. THE ORDINANCE ALSO ESTABLISH A FIVE MEMBERS OF VARIOUS OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD AND EMPOWERS THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND APPROVE SURVEILLANCE USE POLICIES.  THE ORDINANCE ALSO TASKED THE CITY COUNCIL WITH HOLDING AN ANNUAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORTS NO LATER THAN MAY 31ST AND TO RELEASE A REPORT ABOUT THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR USES OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY USAGE OR REQUESTS BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN USING NEW SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL USE IN EVALUATING THE BENEFITS FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS AND SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS REASONABLE CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT MUCH OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE USES CIAO STATEMENTS WHICH IS WHICH IN LEGAL LANGUAGE MAKES THE PROVISION STRONGER THAN IF THEY WERE STATEMENTS ABOUT ABOUT WHAT MAY BE DONE. THE ORDINANCE QUITE DETAILED IN AROUND 20 PAGES LONG. SO I OBVIOUSLY WON'T TAKE EVERYONE'S TIME NOW TO READ THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA AND PROCESS BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS ORDINANCE PRESCRIBES A PROCESS FOR THE COUNCIL TO REGULARLY REVIEW THE CITY OF BOSTON'S USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY I INTEND TO HELP FACILITATE THAT PROCESS FOR THE COUNCIL GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY IS JUST ONE OF THE 26 SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON DEPARTMENTS GOVERN BY THE ORDINANCE USE AND REPORT ON AND I INTEND AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL. BUT I FELT THAT THIS IN PARTICULAR THIS PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY MERITED SETTING ASIDE SOME EXTRA TIME FOR A DEEPER DISCUSSION. BASSETT BOSTON HAS INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY.  IT HAS INCREASED ITS SPENDING ON THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS NOT HELD A HEARING SUBSTANTIALLY DISCUSSING THE USE OF GUNSHOT DETECT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY IN BOSTON SINCE 2022 AND THAT PARTICULAR HEARING ADDRESSED A VARIETY OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND ENDED UP INVESTING MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION ON GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY IN PARTICULAR. SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE A MORE PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION BY PROVIDING A SPACE FOR A HEARING SPECIFICALLY ON THIS TECHNOLOGY. I DO ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN APPLYING INCREASED SCRUTINY IN RECENT YEARS TO BOTH THE BENEFITS AND ISSUES WITH GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY AND I HAVE ARRIVED AT A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION IN HOW AND IN HOW AND WHETHER TO UTILIZE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES. WE CAN CERTAINLY LEARN FROM THESE DELIBERATIONS BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE OUR OWN EVALUATIONS AND DECISIONS BASED ON LOCAL DATA HERE IN BOSTON AND WE NEED TO PARTICULARLY ASSESS HOW THE TECHNOLOGY MEETS THE EVALUATION CRITERIA PROVIDED BY BOSTON CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN USING DATA IN OUR DECISIONS AS A COUNCIL AND I INTEND AND I INTEND THIS HEARING TO PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO EVALUATE THE CITY'S USAGE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WEBER AND HIS OFFICE FOR BEGINNING TO WORK ON SOME OF THAT RESEARCH SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE AND WELL-INFORMED DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR INVITING ME TO CO-SPONSOR THIS WITH HIM. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DUTY.  WE HAVE TO HAVE A HEARING ON SURVEILLANCE AND AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT. AND THE SHOTSPOTTER TECHNOLOGY IS JUST ONE PART OF THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART ACCORDING TO THE ACLU, 60% OR OVER 60% OF THE REPORTS OF OF GUNSHOTS ARE FAR OR ARE FALSE ALARMS. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT CREATING A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS NEEDLESSLY GOING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THINKING THAT THERE'S GUNFIRE AND THAT WE'RE PROTECTING BOTH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS FROM, YOU KNOW, GETTING INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, NEEDLESSLY DANGEROUS ACTIONS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA, THANK YOU TO ANYONE ELSE ON THE STREET ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME IS DECLARED THAT COUNTRY'S BRAEDON DURKIN FERNANDES ANDERSON BEND AND PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER ZERO DOCKET NUMBER 0590 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR CARBERRY PLEASE REPORT CARD NUMBER 0591 TALKING NUMBERS 0591 COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE ALIGNMENT OF THE REPARATION TASK FORCE PROCESS ITS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IN COMMUNITY INCLUSION EFFORTS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES IN UNISON YOU HAVE A FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MY CO-SPONSORS AND I ARE HERE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I HOPE THAT THIS HEARING WILL AIM TO DISCUSS THE ALIGNMENT OF REPARATIONS TASK FORCE PROCESS ITS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND COMMUNITY INCLUSION EFFORTS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS PRINCIPLES ENSURING THAT THE PURSUIT OF REPARATIONS IN IS CONDUCTED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH EQUITY AND JUSTICE BY EXAMINING AND THE ALIGNMENT OF THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. WE CAN PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF REPARATIONS INITIATIVES FOSTERING TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS.  I'VE GONE TO I'VE ATTENDED AT LEAST SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS AS WELL AS HEARINGS AS YOU KNOW FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO DON'T KNOW, I CONSIDER MEJIA MYSELF BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND AND COUNCILOR ROLE PAST PAST TO IMPLEMENT THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE AND SINCE THEN THE RFP HAS BEEN PUT OUT AND ALSO BEEN CONTRACTED. A CERTAIN CONSULTANT HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED TO RESPOND WITH THE RESULTS. THE COMMUNITY THOUGH HAS REPORTED THAT THIS PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY INCLUSIVE OR TRANSPARENT.  I THINK WHAT IT REALLY LACKS HONESTLY IS SOME THE RECONCILIATION PIECE WHERE YOU GO TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A LOT OF HISTORIC RACIAL HARM AND YOU SAY TO THEM THIS IS WHY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND IF THAT'S RUSHED AND THAT PROCESS FEELS FLAWED OR THAT IT'S MISSING A COMPONENT AND I THINK THE COMPONENTS REALLY THAT YOU WE HAVE TO BE MORE PREPARED OR AT LEAST CREATE A PLATFORM OR ANOTHER SPACE MAYBE WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO SOME OF THAT HEALING. AND I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM IN. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE MEMBERS FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL OF THEIR ADVOCACY.  SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT CERTAIN INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS. I'M NEUTRAL ON THIS POSITION. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. I HAVE BEEN A WITNESS TO FIRSTHAND BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY BRING IT IN.  I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHO WROTE THE RFP? HOW DID WE GET THERE? AND I WANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS BY WHICH AFTER AFTER OUR FEES RESPONDED TO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND BEFORE YOU KNOW, SOME DAMAGE IS DONE. LET'S LET'S TACKLE IT EARLY ON. LET'S BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT AND HOLD A CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE THAT ME SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR . THAT WAS BREADON BREADON DURKIN PEPEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE. OF THE CHAIR TALKING NUMBER 0591 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 0592. TOKEN NUMBER 059 TO COUNCILOR A MEMBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE EARLY IT ACT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED TO BE ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO ADD SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS IS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS RESOLUTION. COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED OKAY AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA'S AS A THIRD COUNCILOR WHETHER SHE'S SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS FROM SANTANA SO ADDED CONSTABLE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT OF TWO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT EARLY EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO CHILDCARE IS TO MANY PARENTS AND FAMILIES ACROSS BOSTON. TOO OFTEN WORKING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND AFFORDABLE AND ADEQUATE CHILDCARE WHICH WHICH NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THEM FINANCIALLY AND THEIR CHILDREN. IT'S ALSO TROUBLING TO HEAR THAT THE EDUCATION WORKFORCE IN BOSTON IS DWINDLING, IS OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID AND UNDERAPPRECIATED WHILE CARING FOR OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS.  WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE WORKING IN EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILD AND CHILD CARE TO STAY IN THE INDUSTRY AND BUILD LASTING CAREERS. THAT'S WHY I WAS EXCITED THAT THE STATE SENATE PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE THOSE IN THE WORKFORCE, THOSE IN THE CHILD CARE EARLY EDUCATION WORKFORCE TO STAY IN THEIR JOBS AND WOULD PROVIDE MORE ASSISTANCE TO OUR NEEDIEST FAMILIES WHO WANT ACCESS TO CHILDCARE. THE EARLY EDUCATION ACT EXPANDS SUBSIDIES TO FAMILIES CHILD CARE SLOTS AND INCREASES SALARIES FOR THOSE IN EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE. SO WITH THAT IN MIND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION AND CALLING ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FROM REVIEW OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR INCLUDING ME AS A PARENT OF FOUR AND AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR MYSELF FOR OVER 24 YEARS AND I DO KNOW WHEN THE DAYCARE SETTING THEY DON'T GET PAID AS MUCH AS UNION TEACHES AND BEEPS WHO DO EDUCATE OUR YOUNGEST AND K01 CLASSROOMS. SO I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION WITH THE NEED FOR QUALITY CHILD CARE BUT ALSO THE RESPECT TO PAY OUR DAYCARE WORKERS AND OUR CHILD CARE WORKERS THE QUALITY PAID THAT THEY DESERVE. THE WORK THEY DO IS SO IMPORTANT WE TALK OFTEN IN THIS CHAMBER ABOUT ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH AND WHEN WE'RE IN THE CARE OF OUR YOUNGEST OUR FUTURE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RESPECT THOSE JOBS ALSO. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ESTIMATES NUMBERS AND ANY OTHER WAY. I JUST WANT TO FIRST THANK OR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, BUT I WANT TO FIRST THANK HOWSOEVER FOR SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION AND INCLUDING ME AND I SEND MY THANKS TO ALSO ALLOW FOR MUCH OF MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR MURPHY.  THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. YOU BOTH COVERED MUCH OF WHAT I WANT TO SHARE AND SO I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW IMPACTFUL MAKING CHILDCARE MORE AFFORDABLE WILL BE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THE IMPACTS OF TRYING TO ACCESS AND AFFORD CHILDHOOD CHILDCARE TRULY RIPPLE THROUGH MY WHOLE FAMILY'S LIFE AFFECTING EVERY DECISION ABOUT HOUSING, FOOD AND EVEN WHETHER FAMILIES CAN AFFORD TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER OR HAVE TO TAKE AN EXTRA JOB JUST TO SCRAPE BY. AND DESPITE THE HIGH COST OF CHILDCARE. TOO OFTEN THE WORKERS CARING FOR AND TEACHING OUR CHILDREN ARE UNDERPAID. THIS BILL TAKES A GREAT STEP TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES. I WANT TO THANK OUR STATE SENATOR OUR STATE SENATE FOR UNANIMOUSLY PASSING THIS BILL AND I EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO SENATOR PRESIDENT KAREN SPILKA FOR HER LEADERSHIP. MY THANKS. MY THANKS AS WELL TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE HOUSE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS BILL AND SEEING IT THROUGH THROUGH FRUITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THIS CATCH MEJIA YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND TWO THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO ADD MY NAME TO THIS AND I WANT TO THANK THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS ON TO THE FLOOR. SO I'M JUST SIGNING ON. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT EVEN HAVING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE I MEAN CHILD CARE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS LOST ON ME . I KNOW I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I WAS GOING TO TAKE ON A LEASE. I HAD TO DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT I WAS GOING TO LEAVE WORK OR STAY AT HOME. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING WITH HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO CHRISTINE CHRISTINE MCSWEENEY WHO WORKED IN THE EDUCATION SPACE BEFORE COMING IN HERE IN THIS SPACE TOO HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND WORK AROUND ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND LOOKING AT HOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE BEING IN A ANY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT AND THE ROLE THAT IT PLAYS IN YOUR LONG TERM EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS ON AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO. MADAM CHAIR, I STEPPED OUT BUT I WANT TO BE ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR IT BUT IT CAME ON TO THE FLOOR AND LEFT. 40591.  AND HERE IN ORDER FOR US TO DISCUSS THE ALIGNMENT OF OPERATIONS TASK FORCE HAS TO BE HERE. YOU CANNOT ADD YOURSELF AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO. SHE HAS TO DO IT. SO I'M RISING TO ASK THAT I CAN RECONSIDER AND BEING AT IT BECAUSE THAT WAS OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AS OPPOSED TO SAYING THAT SHE HAS TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL ON DOCKET NUMBER 0590592. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD CONCERNS RAISED IN DURKIN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA PUT BEEN SENT TO US AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNSELORS WEBER ,MURPHY AND SANTANA AS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 059 TO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THE VOTE MR. CLERK WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A05 NAME TO CANCEL THE BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR CLETA COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKIN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUISIANA YES.  COUNCILOR ME HERE. COUNCILOR ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PARENT YES OPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR ORAL RECOGNITION 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE UNTUK NUMBER 059 TO DEBUT DOCKET NUMBER 059 TO HAS BEEN ADOPTED COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRAVENE IN UNISON CONSEQUENT INGE ANDERSEN THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF IT WAS OKAY TO GO BACK TO THE DOCKET I'M SORRY 0591 AND AD COUNCIL ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR BECAUSE I MEAN HE IS SO ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. MR. CLERK YOU HAVE THAT? YES. AWESOME.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 0595. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0595 DUCK NUMBER 0595 COUNCILOR AS LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS NATIONAL SOCIAL WORKER MONTH.  THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND THINK OF PREVENT MENTIONED IT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS DO SO MUCH WORK. MARCH IS NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK SOCIAL WORK A MONTH AND I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF THEM LAST WEEK AND THEY JUST DO GREAT WORK WHETHER THEY ARE IN PUBLIC AND BP'S OR BP SEE AROUND OUR CITY OUR SOCIAL WORKERS MATTER AND THEY REALLY DO PHENOMENAL WORK FOR OUR KIDS WHO WALK EVERY DAY INTO SCHOOLS WITH INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY FOR OUR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. SO JUST UPLIFTING ALL OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AROUND THE CITY WHO WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WHO WORK IN BOSTON WRIT LARGE. SO THAT'S ALL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMFORTABLE AND COMFORTABLE PLAN.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MS. MCHALE OH YES, COUNSELOR WELL, I DIDN'T SEE HER HER LIGHT ON. I MAYBE IT WAS LIKE MYSELF THEN I JUST CASUALLY SAY YOU HAVE A THANK YOU.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RESOLUTION AND THAT OF ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SINCE WE CAME ONTO THE COUNCIL IN 2020 WE'VE BEEN A LOUD VOICE IN ALL THINGS THAT DEAL WITH IN SUPPORTING OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. I THINK THAT MY WORK IN THE EDUCATION SPACE IS RECOGNIZING THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE WALKING INTO SCHOOLS WITH A BACK BACK FULL OF TRAUMA AND THEN WE EXPECT THEM TO JUST CARRY ON AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE DOING ALL OF THE WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WHOLE. AND I DO APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS IN TERMS OF ALSO ADVOCATING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER AND EVERY IN EVERY SCHOOL.  SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT SPACE AND I THINK THAT AS WE WERE CONTINUING TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD PIPELINES. I THINK THAT A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE INDUSTRY.  ONE IS BECAUSE OF THE PAY, TWO IS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER THE CASELOAD AND I THINK THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH ALL OF THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'RE JUST HAVING RIGHT NOW TO PLAY WITH TO REALLY START LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN THIS AS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND PLEASE PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO THIS RESOLUTION.  I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL IN THE CONDON SCHOOL WITHIN THE LAST WEEK HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE OTHER DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS IN THESE SCHOOLS. BUT SOCIAL WORKERS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF A SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL WORKERS THAT SPEAK LANGUAGES ESPECIALLY CANTONESE OR SPANISH OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE HELPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL IS CRITICAL. IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND IN THE SCHOOL BUDGET. IT SHOULD BE OUR TOP PRIORITY.  IT'S BEEN MY TOP PRIORITY SINCE BEING ON THE CITY COUNCIL ADVOCATING FOR A SOCIAL WORKER IN EVERY SCHOOL SO I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLLADO DURKIN FITZGERALD FITCH.  FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD. FLYNN MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND MEJIA SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0595 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY IS HABIT THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0597 DOCKET NUMBER 0597 COUNCILOR SANTANA COLETTA OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE CITY OF BOSTON SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ENABLING SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BY UTILIZING REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES. SAYING THANK YOU MR COURT COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND I COUNSELOR OPERATED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNSELOR SANTANA'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADDING COUNSELOR BREADON AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONTRARY TO NOT SO OUT OF CONTROL INTENDED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN ADDITION TO COUNCILORS COELHO AND BREADON THE COUNCIL HOWEVER ALSO REACHED OUT TO CO-SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION. I'M GRATEFUL TO SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR THIS TRANSFORMATIVE POLICY. MY THANKS TO EACH OF YOU. JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO IN MARCH 22 MARCH 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A HOME RULE PETITION TO ENABLE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE AND SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THE COUNCILORS WHO WERE PART OF THAT WORK AND ARE STILL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. COUNCILOR FLYNN, WHO WAS SERVING AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT THE TIME AS WELL AS COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON, MARIA MURPHY FERRARO AND OUR CURRENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALSO LOUIJEUNE. THAT HOME RULE PETITION THAT IS A BODY PASSED INCLUDED ITS FINDING AND PURPOSE. A COUPLE OF SENTENCES THAT I THINK PERFECTLY CAPTURE THE NEED FOR THIS POLICY TOOL. SO I JUST WANT TO READ THEM SLIGHTLY SIMPLIFIED TO REMOVE SOME TO JUST CLARIFIED A SERIOUS A SERIOUS STATE OF EMERGENCY EXISTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH RESPECT TO HOUSING. THERE IS AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH IS IMPACTING QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONTRIBUTING TO HOUSING INSECURITY, RENT BURNING HOMELESSNESS AND INCREASING EVICTION AND RISING HOUSING AND RISING HOUSING COSTS AND REAL ESTATE PRACTICES. THE SUPPORT THIS APPROPRIATE WELL SORRY REALLY IMPACTS THE PROTECTED CLASSES INCLUDING HOUSEHOLDS OF COLOR CREATING A FEE ON A CERTAIN REAL ESTATE TRANSFER WITH EXEMPTION EXEMPTIONS.  AS DETAILED IN THIS ACT WILL MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF SPECULATIVE MARKETS PRACTICES THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BY ENCOURAGING RAPID REPEAT SALES OF PROPERTY. ADDITIONALLY OUTDATED INCOME AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR TAX EXEMPTIONS ARE RESTRICTING EXEMPTION RELIEF RESULTING IN HIGHER OWNERSHIP COSTS AND RISK IN THE DISPLACEMENT AND DISPLACEMENT OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION.  THAT'S THE END OF THAT QUOTE. IN THE PAST YEARS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY BEFORE BOSTON'S HOUSING OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ADD A SMALL FEE TO THE HIGH VALUE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS TO FUND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY PROGRAMS WOULD BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR OUR CITY.  IT WOULD ENABLE BOSTON TO INVEST MORE IN THE CREATION AND THE PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO INVEST MORE AND SENIOR HOMEOWNER HOME OWNERS ABILITY TO INVEST MORE AND PATHWAYS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP TO INVEST MORE IN LOW INCOME RENTERS STABILITY AND TO BETTER ADDRESS DISPARITIES IN HOUSING ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY. THE INTENTION OF THE PASSIVE HOME RULE PETITION IS TO GATHER MODEST FEES ONLY FROM PARTICULAR HIGH VALUE PROPERTIES AND WOULD EXEMPT AT LEAST THE FIRST TWO MILLIONS $2 MILLION OF THE PURCHASE OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE PETITION ALSO INCLUDES PROVISION TO EXEMPT ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WE DON'T INTEND TO TO BURDEN WITH THIS FEE. BOSTON IS NOT ALONE IN RECOGNIZING THE URGENT NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EQUITABLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAMS THROUGH THE MODEST REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS FEE ON HIGH VALUE PROPERTIES. OTHER MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH HAVE FILED SIMILAR HOME RULE PETITIONS INCLUDING ARLINGTON,  BROOKLINE, CAMBRIDGE, CHAPMAN, NANTUCKET, PROVINCETOWN,  SOMERVILLE, TRURO AND WELLESLEY HOUSING.  ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS SIMILARLY RECOGNIZE BOTH THIS NEED AND OPPORTUNITY INCLUDING A DIVERSE COALITION OF OVER 120 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HOUSING AND PLANNING AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS WHO HAVE CONSISTENTLY CALLED FOR LEGISLATION THAT WILL ENABLE MASSACHUSETTS CITIES AND TOWNS TO ENACT A POLICY LIKE THE CITY OF BOSTON AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE PETITIONED FOR.  THE STATE HAS HEARD THESE PETITIONS AND IS RESPONDING. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE HEALEY DRISKELL ADMINISTRATION FOR PROPOSING THE AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT AND INCLUDING IN ITS PROVISION THAT WOULD GRANT MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPALITIES A LOCAL OPTION TO IMPLEMENT A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE SIMILAR TO THE HOME RULE PETITION THAT THIS BODY HAS ALREADY PASSED. I APPRECIATE GOVERNOR HEALEY AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR RESPONSIVENESS TO THE PETITIONS THAT BOSTON AND OTHER MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES HAVE FILED BY INCLUDING THIS PROVISION FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE LEGISLATURE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO ON MARCH SIX THE STATE LEGISLATOR JOINT COMMITTEE ON HOUSING REPORTED FAVORABLY THE AFFORDABLE THE AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT WITH ALL SECTIONS STILL INCLUDED IN THE BILL INCLUDING THE PROVISION ENABLING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TRANSFER FEE BY MUNICIPALITIES. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS REPRESENTATIVE JAMES ARTURO AND SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN HOLDING EXTENSIVE HEARINGS TO DISCUSS THE BILL AND GATHER EXPERT FEEDBACK AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND FOR BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO CONTINUE THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATION. I ALSO I WAS ALSO VERY EXCITED AND GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT JUST LAST WEEK THAT SPEAKER MARIANO EXPRESSED OPENNESS TO CONTINUING TO CONSIDER INCLUDING A LOCAL OPTION FOR FUNDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING PROGRAMS DO A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE. I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO SPEAKER MARIANO FOR THIS LEADERSHIP AS THE AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT CONTINUES MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND FOR MAKING SPACE FOR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE DETAILS FOR A LOCAL OPTION THAT WILL ENABLE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO CRAFT A POLICY THAT WILL HELP US ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS.  I FILED THIS RESOLUTION TODAY TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SADNESS IN SENDING THE MESSAGE TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATOR THAT WE REAFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR THE HOME RULE PETITION AT THIS BODY PASSING 2022 AND TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE LEGISLATURE'S CURRENT EFFORTS TO RESPOND TO THIS BODY'S PETITION BY CONSIDERING CREATING A LOCAL OPTION FOR BOSTON TO HELP ADDRESS OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY CRISIS THROUGH THE USE OF A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE. GIVEN THE SILENT TIMELESSNESS OF THIS MATTER AND AS LEGISLATOR WORKS ON THIS MATTER AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REAFFIRMED HIS PARTY SUPPORT FOR THE HOME RULE PETITION THIS BODY PREVIOUSLY PASSED. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND THE RULES AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR. COLLETTI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE TODAY TO STAND WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR SANTANA AND REITERATE THE IMPACT ON BOSTON'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET IF ENACTED RELATIVE TO REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES AND SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IS PASSED. I WAS PRIVILEGED TO WORK ON THIS HOMEWORK PETITION WITH THEN COUNCILOR NOW SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS AND I'M HONORED TO NOW STAND ON THIS FLOOR TO RESTATE HOW CRUCIAL THIS LEGISLATION IS TO THE VITALITY OF OUR CITY. I WANT TO THANK OUR STATE LEGISLATURE AND PARTICULARLY SPEAKER MARIANO FOR STATING THAT HE IS OPEN TO MOVING THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD. ADDITIONALLY, I LIKE TO SHOUT OUT MY REP FROM THE NORTH END CHAIR ERIN MARKOWITZ FOR HIS SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO STATE REP BRANDI WINKLER OAKLEY FOR SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION AND TO OUR STATE HOUSE COLLEAGUES. SENATOR EDWARDS. SENATOR MIRANDA. REPRESENTATIVE CONSALVO AND REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS WORL. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE COLLEAGUES THE STATE HOUSE FOR WORKING HARD TO ENSURE BOSTON BOSTONIANS CAN STAY IN BOSTON AS ARPA DOLLARS BEGIN TO DWINDLE THE NEED FOR THIS TRANSFER FEE LEGISLATION TO PASS IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER. THE TRANSFER FEE WOULD ALLOW US TO INVEST IN MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE CHARLESTOWN AND EAST BOSTON WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO STAY DUE TO RISING RENTS AND LIMITED HOUSING. I CONSISTENTLY RECEIVE CALLS FROM EAST BOSTON RESIDENTS MANY OF WHICH ARE LOW INCOME AND LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL SHOWING THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING EVICTION NOTICES ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND NEW HOUSING BECAUSE THEIR RENT HAS BEEN RAISED BY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. WE'RE AT A TROUBLING PEAK IN BOSTON'S HOUSING CRISIS AS STUDIES SHOW THAT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD MAKE OVER $122,000 TO LIVE COMFORTABLY IN OUR CITY. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY TRANSFER RESOURCES ARE CRUCIAL AND WILL HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON WHAT WE AS A CITY ARE ABLE TO DO TO TACKLE THIS CRISIS. AND SO AGAIN JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE THANKS OF SPEAKER MARIANO AND MOREOVER GOVERNOR HEALEY'S AFFORDABLE HOME CARE HOME ACT WHICH REQUIRES LOCAL ENACTMENT OF THIS LEGISLATION AND WOULD ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL BODY TO AMEND AND ADAPT THE LEGISLATION TO BEST MEET BOSTON'S NEEDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ONTO THIS.  I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M SO GLAD AND HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER IS TAKING THIS ON TODAY AND I'VE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME AND I'M IN THIS CHAMBER NOW SO REALLY EXCITED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT AND ALSO REALLY EXCITED THAT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE RON MARIANO IS OPEN TO THIS. GRATEFUL TO THE WAYS AND WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR AARON MARKOWITZ FOR ALL HE DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.  AND ALSO GRATEFUL TO MY FRIEND BRANDI FLUKER OAKLEY FOR SPONSORING THIS. SENATOR EDWARDS AND REP MONTANO FOR SUPPORTING IT AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE HOME RULE PETITION.  BUT LET'S TALK NUMBERS. IF YOU HAVE A HOME WORTH $2 MILLION YOU WOULD NOT GET TAXED 2% ON THE $2 MILLION. ONLY 2% ABOVE $2 MILLION. SO THE HOUSE SOLD FOR $2.1 MILLION. YOU'D BE TAXED ON THE 2% ABOVE $2 MILLION WHICH IS 100 K WHICH IS SO YOU'D PAY TWO K WHICH IS LESS THAN A BROKER'S FEE. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE FOR US TO CREATE REVENUE. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT AND THAT I'D LOVE TO BE IN MY DISTRICT THAT THIS WOULD REALLY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. I THINK ABOUT THE WEST END LIBRARY AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THERE AND THE REVITALIZED PORTION AND USING PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD.  THAT'S WHAT THIS UNLOCKS. THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY EXCITING AND WE HAVE SO MANY ADVOCATE HOUSING ADVOCATES ON THE COUNCIL . I WANT TO THANK HENRY SANTANA FOR JOINING THE COUNCIL AND BEING A HOUSING ADVOCATE AND WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN. ALL OF US TO YOU KNOW, ON ON WHAT LEVERS WE HAVE AND HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.  BUT THIS IS KEY AND I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED. SO THANK YOU ALL.  AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR ADVOCACY IN THIS. IT'S INCREDIBLY INSPIRING TO HAVE COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE TO HAVE US TO HAVE US JOIN THEIR CHORUS IN ASKING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO DO IT. SO I'M IN SUPPORT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BREADON, I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO YOU AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. NO WORRIES. NOT AT ALL. JUST LET IT.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR CAMACHO FOR HAVING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.  EVERYONE HAS SAID SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE REALLY SPOT ON AND I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. I THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO REMEMBER THAT AS ARPA DOLLARS ARE EXPENDED AND WE WILL HAVE NO NO NO FURTHER ARPA DOLLARS THAT'S RAISING REVENUE TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IS REALLY CRITICAL AND PASSING THE LOCAL OPTION TO HAVE A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE IS A GAME CHANGER.  FOR YEARS WE'VE MISSED MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GENERATE MUCH NEEDED REVENUE THROUGH IMPOSING A TRANSFER FEE ON HIGH VALUE PROPERTIES ESPECIALLY IN AUSTIN BRIGHTON AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IN AUSTIN BRIGHTON WE TEND NOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOMES THAT WERE VALUED AT $2 MILLION. WE WERE THINKING ABOUT LARGE DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE BPA AND THE ZONING BOARD AND AND THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL AND THEN MAYBE A FEW WEEKS LATER THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE MARKET TO BE FLIPPED TO GENERATE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PROFIT FURTHER FOR THE PROPONENTS AND THAT MONEY DOESN'T STAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DOESN'T STAY IN THE CITY AND WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN HOUSING THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO STAY. REVENUE GENERATED FROM REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE WOULD ALLOW GREATER INVESTMENT IN PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE PROPERTY ACQUISITION, DEEPEN AFFORDABILITY AND PURSUE THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO ENSURE THAT WORKING AND MIDDLE CLASS RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO STAY IN OUR CITY. IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ALLOW THE CITY TO EXEMPT THE FIRST $2 MILLION OF THE PRICE PURCHASE PRICE OF ANY TRANSFER FOR ANY REAL OF ANY REAL REAL PROPERTY INTEREST. I REALLY WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES MY COLLEAGUES THANKS TO THE LEADERS AT THE STATE HOUSE ON BEACON HILL SPEAKER MARIAMA MARY MARIE MARIANO AND THANK THEM FOR CONSIDERING ADVANCING THE HOME RULE PETITION TO ENACT THIS LOCAL RESOLUTION THIS LOCAL OPTION TO HAVE LOCAL REAL ESTATE TAX TRANSFER TAX AND ALSO TO HEALEY DRISKELL ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR ATTENTION TO THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND I HAPPILY AND THE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND HOPE ALL MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LET.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON. I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION IS I TESTIFIED BEFORE THE STATE HOUSE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PRINCIPLE. I WANT TO AGAIN EQUITIES.COM INSTEAD OF THANKS YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AND THERE WERE CHANGES MADE TO THAT IT WOULD JUST APPLY TO NOT THE FIRST 2 MILLION BUT AFTER THE 2 MILLION ANY PROPERTY AFTER THE 2 MILLION AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES PROPERTY RIGHT RIGHT OFF OUR SENIORS WHO NEED THAT HELP. SO I'M JUST I WANT TO ECHO THE THANKS TO OUR LEADER SPEAKER MARIANO, TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING US TO PUSH THIS BOARD. CHAIR MARKOWITZ AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE DOLLARS INTO THE NUMBER ONE CALL THAT WE GET IS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND WE COULD GET MORE MONEY INTO OUR COVERAGE TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. SO ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN FITZGERALD MEDIA BEN WEBER WORLD AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR SANTANA COLETTA BRING IT INTO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0597 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSING THAT THE VOTE MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND NUMBER 0597 COUNCILOR BRIEF YES COUNCIL BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCIL COLETTA YES.  COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NOT GOING TO BE HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR 11 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0597 HAS YOU'RE GOING TO READ THE ROLL CALL? YEP.  TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN A NEGATIVE. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0597 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO THE RECORD? OH, COUNCILOR DURKIN, I'D LIKE TO STAND TO REVISIT OH TO NINE FIVE THROUGH MULTIPLE SOURCES I'VE THAT IT WAS JUST A TYPO AND A COPY AND PASTE SO 0295 AND ALSO TO AMEND THAT TO JUST SAY THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN DANIEL NELSON THAT'S NOT THEIR LAST NAME THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND THANK YOU MR. CLERK CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL KABUL ON DOCKET NUMBER 02952 TO CONFIRM TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT ROLL CALL ON DOCKER NUMBER 0295 TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN DUNN.  WELL, AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION.  COUNCILOR THREE YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR KELLER YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THAT'S COUNCILOR FOR CHAIR WE GUESS COUNCILOR FLYNN IS COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES, THAT'S A LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PERFECT. COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR TIERNEY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES SO I CAN NUMBER 0295 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0295 JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0295 HAS PASSED. THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?  PERSONNEL ORDERS STUCK IN NUMBER 0599 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNT THE TALKING NUMBERS 0600 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SANDERSON PERSONNEL ORDER TALKING NUMBERS 0601 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL SANTANA PERSONNEL ORDER AND DUNCAN EMBER 0602 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCIL EFFECTIVE AND COUNCIL PERSONNEL THANK YOU THE CHAIRMAN CAPACITY OF DOCKET NUMBER 059920602 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OUT OF THE POSTING. THANK YOU. THE PERSONAL ORDERS HAVE BEEN PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTA COMES WITH A LOT OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  MADAM PRESIDENT, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I AM SEEKING TO PULL DOCKET 0256 FROM PAGE FIVE. THIS IS THE.  LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY BOSTON CODE THIS IS A SENIOR CITIZEN PROPERTY TAX WORK OFF ABATEMENT.  THANK YOU MR CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS DOCKET NUMBER 0256 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES CHAPTER 12 SECTION 12 DASH 3.5 SENIOR CITIZEN PROPERTY TAX WORK OFF ABATEMENT THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY HAS COLETTI YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO WE HAD A HEARING ON THIS MARCH 19TH AND THEN THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING I HAD SAID THAT IT SHOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND WE SHOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AN IDEA PROPOSED MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM SOUTH BOSTON ABOUT ALLOWING FOR AN EXEMPTION FOR CITY OR STATE EMPLOYEES. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. AND JUST TO REMIND YOU SO THIS IS A THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS FILED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND THAT ALLOWS US TO OPT IN TO A LOCAL PROGRAM THAT LIVES IN STATE LAW.  AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE SENIOR CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP PAY OFF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH UTILIZED AND BELOVED AS A PROGRAM THAT IS OPERATED THROUGH A STRONG.  AND WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS UPDATE THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM, INCREASES THE WORK OFF AMOUNT, EXPAND ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES, REMOVE CAPS ON PARTICIPANTS AND MAKE THE PROGRAM PERMANENT. AND SO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH LEGAL AND THE ADMINISTRATION IN A STRONG THEY'RE MOVING QUICKLY TO TO GET THIS PROGRAM UP OFF THE GROUND. I THINK THAT THERE IS CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW TO GET CITY AND STATE EMPLOYEES A SPECIAL EXEMPTION AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I AM GOING TO MOVE TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE SEEING THAT THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION AND THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM BY MANY OF THE SENIORS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I'M URGING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE THE DOCKET? CAN YOU GIVE IN THE DOCKET NUMBER AGAIN? 0256.  THANK YOU.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN CONSTANTINE ON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR CARTER FOR HER IMPORTANT WORK ON THIS ISSUE. THIS IS AN ISSUE OF A MATTER OF WORK DONE FOR MANY YEARS WITH ACTUALLY WITH COUNCIL OF COUNCILOR AT CARTER BUT ALSO WITH COUNCILOR EDWARDS AS WELL. SENATOR EDWARDS. BUT IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR SENIORS ACROSS THE CITY. ONE ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM AS COUNCILOR PORTER MENTIONED, MAY BE GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RETIRED CITY WORKERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AS WELL BUT ALSO BEING A PUBLIC EDUCATION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN EDUCATING SENIORS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN APPLY WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT, HOW THEY CAN BENEFIT BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM AND IN IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE OR NOT. SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CARTER AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JACK. A LOT OF COUNCILOR COLLADO, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0256. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO IS ANY OTHER GREEN SHEET.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE 1412, 12 LEAD FILES FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LINK TO ALL SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY DELAY FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA.  MR CLERK PLEASE BE THE FIRST LADY PLEASE READ THE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD THEY WILL CONSIDER THEIR ALL CONSENT AGENDA THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PASSAGE OF THESE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THESE CONSENT AGENDA DETAILS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK WE JUST PASSED THE ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I'D LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF OUR CLERK AND OUR GREEK COMMUNITY THAT THE GREEK FLAG RAISING NEXT FRIDAY APRIL 5TH, 2024 AT 1:30 P.M.. I ALSO HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAS THOSE WHO ARE OBSERVING IT HAVE HAD A GOOD LENTEN SEASON AND WANT TO WISH EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATES AND OBSERVES A HAPPY EASTER. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY FAMILY EASTER EGG HUNT. IT IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF EASTER FOR ME IN ADDITION TO GOING TO CHURCH AND REMEMBERING THE SPIRIT OF RENEWAL, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE I'M JUST GOING TO START WITH CANCER WEBCASTS WHETHER WE HAVE THE FLU.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D JUST LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE SATURDAY FROM 12 TO 2 I'LL BE HOSTING AN EVENT AT THE DRAWDOWN BREWERY AND CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN JAMAICA PLAIN. I'LL BE JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SMALL BUSINESS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ANYWHERE ELSE SATURDAY WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY EASTER BUT ALSO A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAUGHTER WHO TURNS THREE YEARS OLD ON EASTER. AND YES, MY KIDS ARE FIVE DAYS APART SO I GET TO HAVE A BUSY WEEK BY DAY. I JUST WANT TO PENELOPE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AWESOME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PENELOPE THE CHAIR KATHERINE MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I DO JUST WANT TO STAND TOO. AFTER RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT MONDAY, MARCH 18TH, POLICE OFFICER GERARD FALCO SUFFERED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND THANK GOODNESS TO THE BULLETPROOF VEST SAVED HIS LIFE BUT HE IS STILL WHOLE TRYING TO RECOVER FULLY FROM HIS INJURIES. SO I DO WANT TO SEND PRAYERS AND SUPPORT TO HIS FAMILY AND HIMSELF AS HE IS RECOVERING. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY WHEN THEY GO OUT TO WORK TO KEEP US AND OUR CITY SAFE. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT NOT JUST BUT UPLIFT THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST BY FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL KENNEDY AND LIEUTENANT EDWARD WALSH WHILE BATTLING THE NINE ALARM FIRE TEN YEARS AGO YESTERDAY. SO I DO JUST WANT TO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES IN THEM IN OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON CATARINA ANDERSON, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH OF US TODAY TONIGHT AT ESTELLE'S WE'LL BE HAVING A CELEBRATION ON BEHALF OF CAPE VERDE, THE ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON PALLBEARERS IS DOING A CELEBRATION HONORING CAPE VERDE WOMEN TONIGHT AT ESTELLE'S. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE ESTELLE'S IS. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU. I JUST AND ALL THAT IT STARTS AT SIX BUT REALLY LIKE SEVEN 8:00. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO,  DEREK AND YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES.  I HAVE A TABLE AT THAT A MASS CHINATOWN BANQUET DINNER ON THURSDAY FROM 6 TO 8. IT'S AT EMPIRE GARDEN.  I USED TO ORGANIZE THIS EVENT AND STARTED THIS EVENT MANY YEARS AGO WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND THE PARTY AND CHAIRMAN REQUESTS SO SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME AND I HAVE A TABLE SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SIT WITH ME LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. NO, NO. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A MEMORIAL I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. IN TERMS OF MEMORIALS I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT SARA AND CHAR WHO YOU KNOW, RECENTLY PASSED.  SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK REPORTER IN THE CITY BOSTON IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS AND HER LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON AND WANTED TO JUST UPLIFT HER FAMILY IN OUR THOUGHTS AS I'M CALLED OUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON SAME I WANTED TO UPLIFT SISTER SARA AND CHAR AND JUST IF YOU HAD IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THIS FAMILY, YOU WOULD KNOW HOW BELOVED THEY ARE TO THE COMMUNITY.  CLARE WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND FOR YEARS NOW IS JUST THE MOST AMAZING LOVING PERSON GENTLE, JUST SO HUMBLE AND WISE PERSON.  SO OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND SISTER SARA AND SHAW. MAY GOD RECEIVE YOU IN.  FORGIVE ALL OF YOUR SHORTCOMINGS AND REWARD YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT YOU DID IN THIS LIFE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FOUND OUT OF THE PASSING OF A GREAT WEST AND FORMER RESTON RESIDENT BOB O'BRIEN WHO WAS THE FORMER HEAD OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. FOUND OUT HE PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.  I DIDN'T GET TO KNOW HIM BUT HE MEANT A LOT TO THE END COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN, I'D LIKE TO ALSO UPLIFT COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED THE OFFICER WHO IS RECOVERING BUT I'M WISHING HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY . WE'RE ALSO STILL MISSING OUR 14TH COUNCILOR MICHAEL SO I WANT TO LIFT HIM UP AS WELL AND ECHO MY COLLEAGUES IN SARA.  SARA AND JOHN WAS A TRAILBLAZER FOR THE FIRST BLACK JOURNALIST FOR WBEZ AND I BELIEVE ON TV AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR HER AGAIN FOR CLAIRE SHAW GRIEF FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.  CASTRO FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED WITH SARA AND SARA.  I'VE KNOWN HER LIKE MANY, MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.  OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HER FAMILY BUT ALSO WANTED TO WISH A SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR THE BOSTON POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS WOUNDED IN A RESPONSE TO A DOMESTIC CALL. HIS FAMILY WERE NOT PRAYERS AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW DANGEROUS THE JOB OF A POLICE OFFICER IS IN ANY CITY ACROSS AMERICA.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DURKIN, BOB O'BRIEN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN.  PATRICIA KELLER ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.  BOSTON FIREFIGHTER JOHN MCGUIRE ALSO REMEMBERING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF FIRE LIEUTENANT EDWARD J.  WALSH AND FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL R KENNEDY. YOU MARK THAT 10TH ANNIVERSARY YESTERDAY IN THE BACK BAY. ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL , WBEZ JOURNALIST SARA AND SHAW, A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.  THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN AT DIANELLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3RD, 2024 AT NOON. THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL OF WERE GERMAN STATE POLICE.  THE COUNCIL WAS ADJOURNED