FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BRIAN MORRELL, DISTRICT FOUR CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY'S MARCH 26, 2024 FOR THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED.  IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON.COM.  SLASH CITY DAT COUNCIL DAT TV AND BROADCAST ON ITS FINALE CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 FILES CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT C CC W M AT BOSTON DOT GOV AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON.  CHARISMA CAHOON CHARISMA K A R I S H H M A CH0UH AN AD BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK. YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST DURING TODAY'S HEARING AND WE WILL DISCUSS SUBMITTING A STATEMENT OF INTEREST TO THE MSP CORE PROGRAM FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SEVEN THROUGH 12. THE DOCKET THE DOCKET BEING DISCUSSED IS DOCKET NUMBER 0467. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT A STATE OF INTEREST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY ALSO KNOWN AS MSP, A CORE PROGRAM FOR THE BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SEVEN THROUGH 12 SCHOOL WHICH WILL BE REFERRED TO AS BS BC LA PURSUANT TO MDO LC 70 B STATU FIVE THE STATEMENT OF INTERESTS DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS THE DEFICIENCIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL FACILITY THAT PREVENTS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DELIVERING THE DESIRED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM . THE MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH SIX, 2020 FOR TODAY. I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER ARRIVAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL MURPHY AND COUNCILOR BREADON. I WILL READ A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON.  DEAR COUNCILOR WORD MORALE AND ESTEEM COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL.  I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S WAYS AND MEANS HEARING. I REVIEWED THE RECORDING TO REMAIN ENGAGED IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.  SINCERELY TONYA BENANTI ANDERSON CITY COUNCILOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND I ALSO HAVE A LETTER ABSENT FROM COUNCILOR PHIL FLYNN. DEAR COUNCILOR WARREN PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0467A HEARING TO DISCUSS A STATEMENT OF INTEREST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY FOR THE BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SEVEN THROUGH 12 SCHOOL. I WILL REVIEW THE RECORD WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. ED FLYNN BOSTON COUNCILOR DISTRICT TO PROVIDE MY COLLEAGUES WITH OPENING REMARKS AGAIN IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL STARTING WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK B.P. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I AM SO OVERJOYED AND SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I CANNOT UNDERSTATE OR OVERSTATE HOW EXCITED I AM AS A MCCORMICK GRADUATE MYSELF THAT B.K. MCCORMICK SCHOOL THE GETTING THIS MERGER RIGHT, GETTING THE FACILITIES RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS MATTERS SO MUCH TO ME AND TO THE STUDENTS IN THAT BUILDING AND TO THE PRINCIPAL THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY BEEN TRYING TO OWN THIS MERGER BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING OUR PROMISES WHEN IT COMES TO FACILITIES AND SEEING THIS MOVE AND SEEING THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTE ON THIS AND SEEING US MOVING FORWARD WITH MSSP A REALLY FILLS MY HEART BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE SENIOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS WHO DESERVE BETTER LOCKER ROOMS, WHO DESERVE BETTER LOCKER, WHO DESERVE BETTER FACILITIES, WHO DESERVE TO HAVE AN AUDITORIUM THAT THEY NOW HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE DENVER WHO SHOULD HAVE BETTER SCIENCE CLASSROOMS THEY JUST DESERVE SCHOOLS THAT AFFIRM THEIR DIGNITY AND I GO THERE AND I VISIT AND I TALK ABOUT HOW I'M A FORMER STUDENT AND NOW I'M ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND I WANT TO SEE THEM GET A BETTER FACILITY AND THIS IS GOING TO GET US THERE.  SO I'M JUST VERY EXCITED. I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMELINE. I THINK THERE'S A TIMELINE THE PRESENTATION SO I CAN LOOK AT THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION, THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR PUSHING FORWARD ON B.K. MCCORMICK BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ADVOCATED FOR SO MUCH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY WANTS TO SEE FINALLY A HIGH SCHOOL FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT BUILDING A PIPELINE FOR STUDENTS. YOU HAVE THE DENVER, YOU HAVE THE BCA MCCORMICK AND THEN YOU HAVE UMASS BOSTON, RIGHT? EVERYTHING YOU NEED RIGHT THERE AND OUR KIDS ARE WORTHY OF FACILITIES THAT RESPECT THEIR INTELLIGENCE AND THEIR IDENTITY AND I THINK THIS FACILITY WILL HOPEFULLY GET US THERE.  IF FACILITIES ARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY CAN BE A FORM OF POLICY AND I JUST THINK THAT WE WE SHORTCHANGE OUR STUDENTS SO OFTEN WITH OUR FACILITIES.  I'M JUST I'M OVERJOYED THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS STEP AND I WANT TO BE THERE FOR EVERY, YOU KNOW, RIBBON CUTTING FOR WHATEVER WE DO GROUNDBREAKING BECAUSE I THINK THE STUDENTS ARE JUST GOING TO BE SO HAPPY AND I'M I'M HAPPY THAT THE NEXT TIME I GET TO GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL I CAN TELL THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M VERY EXCITED. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO BE A VOTE ON THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT HAS MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALWAYS LIKE WHEN YOU COME IN AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT GETTING MONEY PASSED SO WE CAN GET THE WORK DONE.  I WORKED AT THE DENVER I KNOW THE THE HALLWAY THERE. RIGHT. THAT TUNNEL THAT CONNECTS THE TWO BUILDINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF IS THE FIELDHOUSE, RIGHT? AND THAT LAND THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER RIGHT THAT PENINSULA THERE DESERVES A BUILDING RIGHT AND DESERVES THE QUALITY THAT IT NEEDS AND DESERVE. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR THE CONVERSATION AND SUPPORTING THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR BREADON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. I ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE YOUR HAPPY FACES.  LET'S TALK ABOUT BUILDING NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.  YOU KNOW, I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A PIPELINE IN A TIMELY TIME FOR REPLACEMENT AND BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS GOING AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO KNOW THE SCHOOL VERY WELL AND HAVE CLOSE ASSOCIATIONS WITH IT USING SBA FUNDS. LEVERAGING THAT EXTRA CASH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY WE HAVEN'T GOT AS MUCH OUT OUT OF IT AS WE MIGHT HAVE. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT. BUT I'M ALSO HERE IN ANOTHER CAPACITY BECAUSE I REPRESENT DALTON BRIGHTON. WE HAD FOUR OF THE THE JACKSON MAN WAS CLOSED TWO YEARS AGO AND THERE WAS A PROMISE THAT THEY WOULD START A PLAN TO REBUILD AND BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ALL IN BRIGHTON BECAUSE THE JACKSON MAN WAS NOT NOT UP TO THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS AND ALL THE REST OF IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IT'S NOT PERTINENT GERMANE TO THIS CONVERSATION BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING A CONVERSATION AT THIS STAGE ABOUT THE JACKSON MAN AND ANY PLANS TO TO REBUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR FOR FOR FOR ALLSTON AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON.  GIVEN THE STATE OF AND THE AGE OF OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES THE NEW ONES I BELIEVE FALL DOWN AND THE OLD ONES STILL STAND AND DO A GREAT JOB BUT IN THE 21ST CENTURY SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE BUILT IN THE 19TH CENTURY SO WE NEED TO GET UP TO SPEED HERE. BUT ANYWAY THAT'S THAT'S WHY I HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN SENIOR THIS AFTERNOON. I HAVE AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE FOR BEING HERE.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON AND AS CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE I'M PLEASED TO CONVENE TODAY'S SESSION TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF INTEREST TO SEEK MSSP FUNDING FOR A NEW SCHOOL A RENOVATED SCHOOL COMPLEX AT THE MCCORMICK SCHOOL CAMPUS ON COLUMBIA POINT AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUES EXCITEMENTS AROUND THIS IN TODAY'S APPLICATION TRANSLATES INTO PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY DESERVE AND HAVE BEEN LONG DEPRIVED DEPRIVED OF . SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMING TODAY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS.  WELL, LIKE TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S PANELIST TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION DOE STANLEY'S CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLANNING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN,  PROJECT MANAGER FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND KERRY GRIFFIN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES FROM THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILORS SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.  I WANT TO FIRST INTRODUCE MYSELF. I GOT THE STATUS LOST CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLANNING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST FOR THE 2024 MUST BE A CORE PROGRAM ALONGSIDE MY PARTNERS IN THIS WORK KERRY GRIFFIN AND KERRY GRIFFIN, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE TEAM ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNLOCK A STATE GRANT TOWARDS AN OVERDUE INVESTMENT INTO THE PCL, THE MCCORMICK SCHOOL COMMUNITY FACILITIES.  WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES FOR THE MERGED SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU DURING THIS PROCESS TODAY BRIAN WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THE MEDIA PROCESS THAN I WILL TALK THROUGH WHY BE CELIA MCCORMICK AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.  I KNOW WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THIS PROJECT GIVEN WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE ONGOING CLOSE COLLABORATION AND ONGOING SUPPORT OF US.  BRIAN DELL THANK YOU.  DELL MR CHAIRMAN, COUNCILORS THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY IS A STATE AUTHORITY THAT OVERSEES PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. IT'S A REIMBURSED AGENCY THAT WORKS WITH LOCAL CITIES AND TOWNS TO CREATE AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY EFFICIENT SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND IS FUNDED THROUGH ONE PENNY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SALES TAX. THE FIRST STEP IN THE MBA PROCESS IS TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF INTEREST WHICH IS WHAT THEY REFER TO AS THEIR APPLICATION.  YES. SO WHY ALLOWS DISTRICTS TO ALLAY CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITHIN SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT MAY IMPACT THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO DELIVER THEIR DESIRED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ALSO AS REQUIRED VOTE OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THEM TO THE MASBATE MASBATE HAS TWO PROGRAMS THE ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM IN THE CORE PROGRAM ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM UPPER PROJECTS ARE STRICTLY ROOFS, WINDOWS AND DOOR DOORS IN THE CORE PROGRAM FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE OF LARGER SCOPE ADDITIONS ADDITIONS RENOVATION TO NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL MOST VOTERS MOST RECENTLY VOTED TO SUPPORT THE 2024 SUBMISSIONS OF THE ACCELERATOR REPAIR PROGRAM THIS PAST FEBRUARY.  THE SECOND SLIDE KIND OF PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN THE MBA IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MUST BE IN THE CITY HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. DURING THAT TIME 39 TOTAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN WORKED ON BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MEMBER INCLUDING FOUR COLD CORE PROGRAM PROJECTS. THE LARGER PROJECTS THOSE ARE THE DEARBORN STEM ACADEMY, THE BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY, THE JACI QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL WHICH IS SLATED TO OPEN THIS SEPTEMBER IN THE CARTER SCHOOL WHICH IS SLATED TO OPEN IN 2025.  IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR CORE PROGRAM PROJECTS, THERE HAVE BEEN 35 EXTERIOR REPAIR PROGRAM PROJECTS TOTALING ABOUT $90 MILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION PURCHASES RECEIVED CLOSE TO $50 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENT ON THOSE 35 PROJECTS MOST RECENTLY THE MBA VOTED TO APPROVE THE SHORT TAIL OF STATEMENT OF INTEREST AT ITS DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.  THEY INVITED THE SHORT TAIL INTO THE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD WHICH IS A 270 DAY PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE DISTRICT THE CITY DPS TO COMPLETE SOME PREREQUISITE ITEMS BEFORE THE START OF DESIGN DURING THE LIFE OF ANY MSSP PROJECT, THE CITY COUNCIL PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE.  THE COUNCIL VOTES TO APPROVE THE SUBMISSION.  THEY'LL APPROVE THE FUNDS TO START THE DESIGN AND FINALLY THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT ONCE THE DESIGN IS SET SO FOR THE SHOT TAILOR FOR ALL THE RFPS AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE THE PCL WILL BE FOR IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE A PROJECT IS FINALLY COMPLETE WITHOUT ANY TURN BACK OVER TO DELL WHO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW WHY BSA HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO SUBMIT TO THE MSB.  THANKS BRIAN.  FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION FOR A JOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAST YEAR, WE BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO NOT PURSUE AN MSP A PROJECT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE WILL BE SUBMITTING A STATEMENT OF INTEREST FOR A NEW CORE PROJECT FOR THE BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SLASH MCCORMACK THIS IS REALLY THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER OUR DISTRICT AND CITYWIDE VISION FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE ARE FOCUSING ON FACILITIES TODAY BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BERKELEY MCCORMICK SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS DOING EXCITING WORK TO PROVIDE ALL OF ITS STUDENTS WITH A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND FACILITIES TO MATCH WILL SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY THEIR WORK. WE HOPE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON A LONGSTANDING PROMISE TO THIS MERGED SCHOOL COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS INVESTMENT BY APPLYING TO THE MBA FOR A CORE PROJECT WE INTEND TO PLAN, DESIGN AND DELIVER A FULL STATE OF THE ART CAMPUS FOR THE BERKELEY AND MCCORMICK THIS WILL THIS WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.  THIS WORK IS DEEPLY GROUNDED IN OUR SECONDARY VISION RIGOROUS AND CULTURALLY AFFIRMING ACADEMICS AT A COMPREHENSIVE SEVEN THROUGH 12 SCHOOL THAT THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL STUDENTS NEEDS A GROUNDBREAKING PARTNERSHIP WITH UMASS BOSTON TO FORM A UNIVERSITY ASSISTED COMMUNITY HUB SCHOOL PATHWAY IS TO SUPPORT COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS SUCH AS THE EDUCATION EARLY COLLEGE PATHWAY ALL IN A FACILITY THAT HAS THE PHYSICAL SPACES TO SUPPORT OUR COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY VISION FOR A HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS IS PART OF A LARGER ECOSYSTEM LENS OF VIEWING OUR DISTRICT AS A COLLECTION OF SCHOOLS THAT TOGETHER OFFER STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ACCESS TO CHOICE FOR A RIGOROUS HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT BEST MEETS THEIR INTERESTS AND NEEDS AN EQUAL SYSTEM LENS MEANS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHERE OUR STUDENTS CHOOSE TO GO TO SCHOOL AFTER 848 BPF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE NORTON DORCHESTER AND SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS ONLY 21% ATTEND A NEARBY HIGH SCHOOL.  A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TRAVEL WELL OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL WITH A MAJOR INVESTMENT TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE SEVEN THROUGH 12 HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO UMASS BOSTON AND EMBEDDED IN THE COLUMBIA POINT COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THERE WILL BE HIGHER DEMAND FOR HIGH SCHOOL SEATS CLOSER TO HOME FOUR FROM NORTH DORCHESTER AND SOUTH BOSTON STUDENTS AND THEY DRAW FROM OTHER OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY. MOREOVER, THERE ARE NEARLY 2000 ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS IN DEVELOPMENT IN DORCHESTER BAY CITY. THIS MEANS MORE FAMILIES IN THE AREA INDICATING POTENTIAL INCREASED DEMAND FOR A HIGH QUALITY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.  IN ADDITION TO THE DEMAND, THE CURRENT FACILITIES NEEDS REVITALIZATION. THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PROMISED AN UPGRADE FOR YEARS ON ON THIS SLIDE THIS IS A SCREENSHOT FROM THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT WHICH THE OPERATION TEAM PUBLISHED LAST YEAR. AS A REMINDER THE FACILITY'S CONDITION ASSESSMENT IS AN OBJECTIVE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF BPC BUILDING CONDITIONS. THE BLUE IS BICKLEY THE ORANGE IS THE AVERAGE SCORE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE RED REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT'S AVERAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE ACROSS EVERY DOMAIN THE BERKELEY MCCORMICK BUILDING FALLS BELOW THE DISTRICT AVERAGE. THE OVERALL BUILDING SCORE IS 13 POINTS LOWER THAN THE DISTRICT'S AVERAGE.  THE FACILITY'S CONDITION ASSESSMENT MEASURES HOW OLD,  WORN OR CONSUMED A BUILDING IS BASED ON SYSTEM AGES. HIGHER NUMBERS INDICATE NEWER CONDITIONS OUT OF 100.  THIS BUILDING SCORES ONLY IN NINE WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM 10TH OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT.  WE WORKED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP A RUBRIC TOOL TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING AND FUTURE BIPS CAPITAL PLANNING AS PART OF THE SCHOOL DESIGN STUDY . SO WHAT WHAT DOES THE RUBRIC DATA SAY ABOUT THE BERKELEY MCCORMICK THE SCREENSHOT THAT'S FROM THE RUBRIC DASHBOARD WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR BP'S WEBSITE.  IT SHOWS THE OVERALL BUILDING EXPERIENCE SCORE OUT OF 0 TO 4 AND WHETHER THE OTHER DOMAINS OF THE BP'S HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE ARE MET WITHIN THE OVERALL BUILDING EXPERIENCE. SCORE THE FACILITY'S DOMAIN DID NOT PASS THE THRESHOLD TO PHYSICALLY SUPPORT THE HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE IT SCORED A ZERO. THE SITE CAN SUPPORT A LARGE SCHOOL TRUE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING OR THROUGH A NEW NEW BUILDING ON SITE. THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT BERKELEY MCCORMICK COULD SUPPORT EACH ASPECT OF THE HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE WITH MAJOR INVESTMENTS.  THIS WILL DEMAND ACCESS FOR MORE STUDENTS, EXPAND ACCESS FOR MORE STUDENTS.  WE ARE CONFIDENT IN THIS APPLICATION TO INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY IN AN IDEAL WORLD WE WOULD HAVE APPLIED THE DATA IN THE LONG TERM FACILITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CAPITAL PLANNING PROPOSALS AND COMMUNICATE IT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SUBMISSION. BUT WE HAVE SAID WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE EVERY POSSIBLE RESOURCE AND THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE MSB PROGRAM AND THE REQUISITE VOTES FOR THE BODY AND CITY COUNCIL DID NOT ALIGN WITH THOSE PLANS. WE WILL PRESENT CAPITAL PLANNING PROPOSALS FOR MERGERS, CLOSURES AND RENOVATION PLANS IN EARLY MAY AND BUILD OUT THE 20 5FY 25 TO 29 CAPITAL PLAN WITH CITY PARTNERS THIS SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER.  I'M GOING TO BE HONEST THE MSB PROJECTS AND ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TAKE TIME. IT'S UNLIKELY THAT TODAY'S STUDENTS WILL BE IMPACTED BUT THIS IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY UPGRADES TO MAINTAIN A SAFE, WELL-FUNCTIONING LEARNING SPACE FOR STUDENTS FOR THE APPLICATION.  AN IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE SORRY VOTED ON THE S.Y. ON MARCH 20TH. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON THE APPLICATION. THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST IS DUE TO THE MSSP ON APRIL 12TH. WE'LL WORK WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION. WE WILL KNOW IF WE'RE INVITED TO ADVANCE AT THE END OF 2024 IF WE'RE INVITED TO THE CORE PROGRAM WE WILL BEGIN WORK IN 2025 AS BRIAN NOTED EARLIER, IF INVITED TO THE PROGRAM WE WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE PROCESS . I ALSO WANT TO FLAG THAT A PROPOSAL TO RENAME THE CELIA MCCORMICK CONJOINED SCHOOL COMMUNITY AFTER THE LEGENDARY EDUCATION ADVOCATE AND BPF ALUMNA RUTH BATSON IS GOING IN FRONT OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE THIS WEDNESDAY. SO YOU WILL LIKELY HEAR THE SCHOOL THE SCHOOL'S NEW NAME RUTH BATSON ACADEMY IN THE FUTURE. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'VE BEEN JOINED BY MY VICE-CHAIR COUNCILOR PEPEN BUT WE'LL GO IN THE ORDER OF ARRIVAL FOR QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES STARTING WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS WILL TAKE TIME AND THERE'S STILL MORE HURDLES AHEAD OF US BUT THE SLIDE WHERE IT GRADED THEM AND IT'S YOU SAID THEY'RE IN THE LOWEST 10% WHAT IS THE LOWEST SCORE FOR A BUILDING AND DPS I THINK THE LOWEST I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE LOWEST SCORE I CAN PULL UP THE LOWEST SCORE REALLY QUICKLY BUT IS THAT ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL PAGE BECAUSE WHAT WHAT BUILDING IS THE LOWEST DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IS GRADED IN OUR IN THE FCA THE FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT I CAN PULL THAT ANSWER UP RIGHT NOW. OKAY.  AND I WOULD ASSUME LIKE THE DEARBORN THE NEWEST ONE WOULD BE THE HIGHEST RATED MAYBE KNOCKED OUT RIGHT. WHICH ONES ARE THE DEARBORN IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED. I WOULD THINK IT'S BRAND NEW. YES.  AND WHILE YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY UPGRADES NEEDED TO THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S ALL BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM YOU TEARING IT DOWN LIKE IS THERE A PLAN TO START EXPANSION AND ADDING SPACE TO THE PARKING LOT THAT'S UNDER USED?  ARE WE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE BACKLOG BUILDING? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SHORT TERM OR THE POTENTIAL PATH IF THEY MOVE FORWARD? IF THEY MOVE FORWARD, YES. BUT BOTH WHAT WOULD WE BE DOING NOW WITH THIS FUNDING AND THEN WHAT WOULD THE LONG TERM LOOK LIKE?  SO IN THE SHORT TERM IN ORDER TO BRING THE BE CLEAR MCCORMICK COMMUNITY ON ONE SIDE ON THE NORTH DORCHESTER SITE IS WE ARE WE'VE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DOVER AS THEY DO HAVE OPEN CLASSROOMS TO JOIN BOTH COMMUNITIES ON ONE SITE EFFECTIVE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT'S DUE TO THEIR UNDER ENROLLMENT THAT THE DOVER THE THE DOVER SO THE DOVER RIGHT NOW IS I THINK IT'S SLIGHTLY UNDER ENROLLED HOWEVER THERE ARE JUST LIKE A NUMBER LIKE A FEW LIKE OPEN SPACES SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM FOR ADDITIONAL LIKE STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY IS PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DOVER COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT LIKE THE HENDERSON K-12 WHEN WE HAVE SECOND GRADERS WITH 12TH GRADERS WE WOULD HAVE K0 K-1 STUDENTS I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A KIDS THERE BUT WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SAME BUILDING.  YEAH AND THE INTENTION HERE IS TO DO IT IN A WAY WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE NOT IMPACTED AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING IT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A THERE IS THAT BRIDGE WHERE THERE IS LIKE SOME SMALLER LIKE OFFICE SPACE WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE NOT LIKE COMING INTO CONTACT. YEAH. WHEN YOU COME OFF THAT BRIDGE THIS IS AN ISOLATED SPACE, OKAY? YES.  IN LONG TERM AFTER WE GET IT UP TO PAR WHERE THEY COULD FIT EVERYONE INTO THE SAME BUILDING SO I CAN QUICKLY COMMENT ON THAT AND BRYAN, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING BUT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MSB PROCESS RIGHT, WE WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROGRAMING SPACE. WE WOULD NEED TO DESIGN LIKE AN EDUCATION PLAN TO ACTUALLY KNOW LIKE WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS AND LIKE IF WE'RE BUILDING UP ACROSS OR HOW WE WANT TO BUILD SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL LIKE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PROGRAMING IS A BIG PIECE AND WE'LL NEED TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ON LIKE WHAT THE PROGRAMING ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE IN ORDER FOR US TO FIGURE OUT LIKE EXPANSION WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR OUR FUTURE BUILDING? AND THANKS JOE. AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT IT IS THIS IS JUST YOU SEE THIS IS JUST THE SUBMISSION INTO THE CORE. WE'LL FIND OUT IF WE GET ACCEPTED THAT THEN THEN THERE'S A LENGTHY ELIGIBILITY PROCESS THAT WE WILL GO TO WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT THAT DURING THAT PROCESS. HOW DO YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF IS IT ADDITION? IS IT A TEARDOWN?  IS IT YOU KNOW THAT WILL ALL BE IF WE GET ACCEPTED THEN WE'LL START THE ELIGIBILITY AND THAT WILL DETERMINE THAT. GOOD. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED COUNSELOR, THE CURRENT BUILDING THE CURRENT JACKSON MAN BUILDING WHERE THE HAUSMAN IS CURRENTLY LOCATED SCORED THE LOWEST ON THE FC SO THAT BUILDING SCORED A FOUR. THERE YOU GO COUNSELOR.  I'LL PASS IT OFF TO HER. THANK YOU, BUT THANK YOU, COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNSELOR BREADON, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. DO YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT WITH SO MANY SCHOOL FACILITIES?  JUST CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF A ONE ON ONE ON THE TIMELINE?  IT MIGHT BE SEE, IT MUST BE A PROCESS IS A LONG ONE. YES. BUT IT'S MORE LIKE IF WE'RE VERY MINDFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT KEEPING THE KEEPING THE PROCESS, KEEPING THE PIPELINE MOVING. UM, WE CAN GET A LOT OUT OF IT AND THEN WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A HIATUS FROM LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS ABOUT SUBMISSIONS AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A HIATUS THERE DURING I THINK PROBABLY WHEN COVID HIT THINGS THINGS SLOWED DOWN DRAMATICALLY AND THAT WAS SORT OF BACK ON TO GETTING INTO IT AGAIN.  SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE LIKE? DO YOU MAKE A SUBMISSION, AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND THEN THEY REVIEW IT AND WHAT CAN YOU GO THROUGH JUST FOR THE FOLKS WATCHING LIKE WHAT WHAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?  SURE. SO THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS APRIL 12TH. ALL DISTRICTS HAVE TO HAVE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT TO HAVE THEIR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST IN BY THAT DATE. MAYBE WILL THEN UNDERTAKE A REVIEW PERIOD. THEY'LL REVIEW THE HARD COPY SUBMISSIONS AND THEN THEY'LL LIKELY VISIT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID WITH THE SHOT TABLE LAST YEAR THEY CAME OUT A GROUP FROM THE SBA MET WITH THE BEEPS AND BFD WALKED THE BUILDINGS JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT WAS RELAYED IN THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON IN BOTH FACILITIES. THE SHOT IN THE TAYLOR WE FOUND OUT IN DECEMBER AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING SO THEY USUALLY TAKE ABOUT 9 TO 10 MONTHS BEFORE WILL HEAR WHETHER OR NOT THEIR STATEMENT OF INTEREST HAS BEEN MOVED FORWARD INTO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WHICH IS THE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD WE'RE STARTING THE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD JULY 1ST FOR THE SHORT. TAYLOR SO WE SUBMITTED WILL SUBMIT APRIL 12TH. WE LIKELY WON'T HEAR UNTIL LATE 2024 OR EARLY 2025. IF THIS ESSAY HAS BEEN ACCEPTED THEN WE START A NINE MONTH TIME FRAME TO COMPLETE PREREQUISITE ITEMS INCLUSIVE OF AGREEING TO A ENROLLMENT WITH THE SBA APPROPRIATE RATING FUNDS TO BRING ON AN ARCHITECT IN OPM TO START THE ACTUAL DESIGN. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A TIME FRAME FOR THIS APPLICATION WE WON'T HEAR UNTIL LATE 25 EARLY 20, 26 DESIGN WOULD LIKELY START IN THE WINTER OF 20 LATE 2025, EARLY 2026 AND THAT COULD TAKE 18 MONTHS BASED UPON SBA AND PLEASE THIS IS VERY ROUGH TIMELINE WITHOUT WHICH I KNOW AND YOU'RE THE GUY THAT KNOWS ABOUT THESE THINGS. YEAH, WELL I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THIS IS NOT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT YEAH.  SO I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING IT'S ALSO ALSO AND DONE WORKING WITHIN THE MSB PROCESS WHERE WE'D LIKELY NOT SEE A NEW CLAY MCCORMICK BUILDING UNTIL 2030 2031 IF THAT APPLICATION IS APPROVED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR WHICH WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO WHY I'M SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF PROGRESS. I'M THINKING ABOUT A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ALLSTON BRIGHTON BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEN YEARS OUT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DORCHESTER BAY CITY. I'M TAKING MY MOMENT HERE IF IT TAKES THIS I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE SOME BECAUSE WHEN WHEN THE CLOSED THE THE JACKSON MEN IT WAS IN JACKSON MEN'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL REBUILD A NEW SCHOOL A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE'RE ADDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW UNITS OF HOUSING AND WE'RE REDEVELOPING FANEUIL GARDENS AND ADDING HUNDREDS OF NEW UNITS FOR FAMILY HOUSING. WE TO HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THE WINSHIP MY MY PARTNERS AUNTIE'S WENT THERE IN 1905. IT WAS A FUNCTIONING SCHOOL IN OVER 100 YEARS OLD. THE TOUGH TO THINK OF BOSTON GREEN ACADEMY WAS IT 1897 OUR BUILDINGS WERE ALL WELL WRONG. SOME OF THEM WERE WELL OVER 100 YEARS OLD. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I'D REALLY WANT SOME SERIOUS ATTENTION TO GETTING THE REBUILD OF THE JACKSON MANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTO THE PIPELINE. IT WAS GOING TO TAKE US TEN YEARS TO BUILD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT IN TEN YEARS TIME. AND MY HOPE IF WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE IN THE CITY, IF WE STILL HAVE CHILDREN IN THE CITY AT THIS RATE OF GROWTH BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GROWING POPULATION OUT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HIT 100,000 IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, MAYBE MORE AND WE NEED A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO I'LL JUST PUT DOWN A MARKER AND SAY THAT THAT WAS THE PLAN ,THAT WAS THE PROMISE AND THAT YOU KNOW, I'D WANT TO SEE THAT ACTED ON IN TERMS OF THINKING WHAT THE JACKSON MEN GOING FORWARD.  BUT I KNOW IT TAKES TIME WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO GET IT GOING AGAIN IN THE MAYBE A PROCESS TAKES LONGER THAN A PROJECT THAT'S DONE INDEPENDENT OF THE MOSBY YEAH, IT USUALLY ADDS 2 TO 3 YEARS BASED UPON THEIR APPROVALS IN THEIR CHECK INS THROUGH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. AND YOU KNOW SOMEONE HAS DONE SOME AUDIT OF THE MSB A PROCESS AND THEY SAY THAT AFFLUENT MORE AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE ACROSS THE STATE GET MORE OUT OF THE SBA THAN THAN ARE GATEWAY COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DO SO YOU KNOW I JUST THINK IT'S THIS IS THIS IS A GAME WE HAVE TO REALLY ENGAGE IN AND KEEP KEEP OUR KEEPER PEDAL TO THE METAL SO TO SPEAK AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND HAVING A GOOD TIME, A GOOD PIPELINE IF IT'S THE JACKSON MAN OR OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT AS WELL.  YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAIDED COUNCILOR HAVE BEEN DISCLOSURES . THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE PANELISTS FOR PRESENTING . I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS AND JUST READ THROUGH IT AND WAS VERY I'M ALWAYS PLEASED TO SEE WHEN THERE'S POTENTIALLY A NEW SCHOOL COMING TO THE CITY.  I THINK AS COUNCILOR O'BRADY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW WE WE NEED WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS FOR OUR CHILDREN ACROSS THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IS OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT BUT I AS I MENTIONED, I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.  YOU ALREADY ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT TIMELINE FOR ME . I THINK I HAVE SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS MORE OF CURIOSITY WHAT IS CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH PROGRAM, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU DO WITH HUMANS BOSTON THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I WOULD SAY I, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM. I WISH SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WAS HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND I CAN GET YOU A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THE UNIVERSITY HUB PROGRAM BUT RIGHT NOW THE BE MCCORMICK COMMUNITY IS WORKING WITH UMASS BOSTON IN A JOINT PARTNERSHIP WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE TAKE LIKE CLASSES ON CAMPUS WITH UMASS BOSTON SO IT'S LIKE SORT OF LIKE THAT CROSS HIGH SCHOOL UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP WHICH I THINK IT'S LIKE REALLY EXCITING FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO HAVE THAT ACCESS ACTUALLY WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL TO PROPERLY SET THEM UP FOR LIKE POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UMASS BOSTON. THAT'S A GREAT THANK YOU. AND THEN CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? I KNOW YOU HAVE THREE AND A HALF MINUTES. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. YOU KNOW I REPRESENT A DISTRICT WHERE WHEN I THINK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOLS THERE'S ONLY ONE BIG ONE I CAN THINK OF AND IT'S THE NEW MISSION CAMPUS IN HYDE PARK MATTAPAN RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL RATHER THAN ASKING FOR A HIGH SCHOOL. HOW WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? WHAT'S THE PROCESS TO POTENTIALLY BRING THIS PROGRAM OVER TO THAT SIDE OF THE CITY?  I KNOW AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IT'S A LONG PROCESS BUT HOW CAN I BE AN ALLY IN THIS IN THIS PROCESS TO HELP BRING THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT FIVE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I THINK WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE WORK SURROUNDING THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN AND THIS IS WHY I THINK THAT THIS IS LIKE REALLY IMPORTANT TO WORK JUST AS A CITY WE'VE BEEN JUST STRETCHING OUR RESOURCES SO THIN WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND.  THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES, POTENTIAL SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS AND ALSO THEN HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT LIKE WHERE WE INVEST BECAUSE AS WE AS WE CONTINUE TO SPREAD OUR RESOURCES TO THIN AND NOT FILL SEATS IN THE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK I THINK WHAT WE DO IS WE START EXACERBATING THE PROBLEM IF WE OPEN UP MORE SPACES AND WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT FILLING THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE. SO I THINK THERE'S LIKE A MULTIPLE PRONG APPROACH THAT WE NEED TO TAKE HERE FIRST WE NEED TO WE UNDERSTAND RESOURCES RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, THE HEART OF CONVERSATIONS OF LIKE HOW WE'RE ONE CONSOLIDATE CONSOLIDATING AND CLOSING PROGRAMS AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE COLLECTIVE CITY LIKE WHERE DO WE NEED TO INVEST RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE PULLING FROM AND NOT JUST LIKE WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST ALSO LIKE HOW DO WE THEN LIKE RETAIN OUR STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON? LIKE WHAT ARE WE PUTTING INTO PROGRAMING RIGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS SO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WANT TO ATTEND BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NOT GO TO LIKE A MATH SCHOOL, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH MY CO-OP GRADE PROGRAMS LIKE HOW WE INVEST AGAINST AND AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH FOR US TO GET THERE.  THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT'S A BANK ACCOUNT SO PéPIN I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I'LL START OFF WITH UM ELABORATING ON COUNCILOR HAPPENS QUESTION AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR YANCEY PROPOSED WAS A YOU KNOW, A HIGH SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF HIS REASONS OF OPPOSING IT WAS THE POPULATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, NEW HIGH SCHOOLS ARE WE TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OR STUDENT STUDENT A'S KIDS ARE RESIDING?  YEP. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT AS WE'RE TALKING AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND LOOKING AT ARE LOOKING AT HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POPULATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A PART OF THIS WORK IN THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IS LOOKING AT WHERE STUDENTS IS COMING FROM PULLING FROM AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS RIGHT TALKING ABOUT LIKE HOW WE INVEST IN BUILDING AND PROGRAMS SO STUDENTS ARE HAVING ACCESS TO THE HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE CLOSE TO HOME. RIGHT. SO LIKE STUDENTS TO NOT STUDENTS STUDENTS BECAUSE THE MOSTLY THE STUDENTS THAT ARE USUALLY AFFECTED IS OUR STUDENTS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING TRANSPORTED LIKE ACROSS THE CITY TO GET ACCESS TO SERVICES AS MOST A LOT OF THE TIMES BECAUSE DIFFERENT REASONS THEY'RE NOT SEATS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOT ACCESS TO LIKE HIGH QUALITY SEATS ETC. SO I DO THINK LIKE A PART OF THIS WORK IS ACTUALLY LOOKING OUT TO WHERE STUDENTS ARE PULLING FROM AND LIKE LOOKING AT THERE'S A MULTI MULTI SORT OF LIKE TIERED APPROACH OF LIKE LOOKING AT LIKE WHERE DO WE INVEST RIGHT?  AND I THINK THE THINGS LIKE THE RUBRIC AND THE FCA IN THE PAST WHERE WE SORT OF LIKE INVESTED BASED ON LIKE THE LOUDEST VOICES IN THE ROOM NOW WE HAVE LIKE TOOLS THAT ARE PUBLIC THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THE DATA RIGHT AND LIKE LOOKING AT LIKE WHERE WE'RE CENTERING EQUITY IN THESE CONVERSATIONS OF LIKE WHERE STUDENTS ARE PULLING FROM, WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO INVEST IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAS NOT BEEN INVESTED IN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME SO I THINK LIKE WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF THE WORK AWESOME WHEN YOU GUYS WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COUNCIL ON WHERE OUR STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RESIDE ACROSS THE CITY BY NEIGHBORHOOD YEAH I THINK I THINK YEAH WE CAN PULL LIKE WE CAN PULL DATA BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHARE AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN AND ANOTHER QUESTION WAS OFF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN WAS THE RELATED TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UMASS BOSTON AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE A NEW FACILITY FOR THE MCCORMACK, ARE WE IS THAT PARTNERSHIP ALSO EXPLORING USING UMASS BOSTON FACILITIES RIGHT LIKE YEAH I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE LIKE A PERFORMING ARTS STAGE OR YOU KNOW THEY'RE COURT OR THEIR SOCCER FIELD OR THEIR FOOTBALL FIELD YOU KNOW ARE WE EXPLORING THOSE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND ACCESS WITHIN WITH THE NEW BUILDING?  I'M NOT I CAN'T I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A LOT OF DETAILS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED LIKE ON THE GROUND AT THE SCHOOL WITH THE PROGRAM BUT I CAN GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS LIKE A PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP IS STUDENTS HAVING SOME SORT OF LIKE ACCESS TO UMASS BOSTON FACILITIES BUT I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AND SHARE IT WITH THE COUNCIL ALSO AND SWING SPACE WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS BP EXPLORING FOR SWING SPACE?  THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THIS IS I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED OVER LIKE THE PAST YEAR IN MY ROLE ON CAPITAL PLANNING IS THAT FIRST WE NEED TO GET TO THE PROGRAMING SPACE TO SEE LIKE WHAT DO WE LIKE? WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE LIKE, WHAT IS WHAT ARE WE BUILDING FOR HERE?  LIKE WHERE LIKE OUR EDUCATION PLAN TURNS INTO LIKE SORT OF LIKE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THEN KARI HER TEAM SORT OF LIKE COMES IN AND START TALKING ABOUT EXCITED HAVE WE'LL START HAVING THE CONVERSATION ON LIKE A SWING SPACE NEEDED AND OR IS CAN WE PUT A PLAN IN PLACE LIKE WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY INVOLVED OF LIKE HOW WE SORT OF LIKE IS IT SORT OF LIKE SECTIONING OFF LIKE THE BUILD LIKE WE SAY LIKE OKAY WE'LL BUILD WHILE STUDENTS ARE IN THE BUILDING X WING WHY WING SO THAT STUDENTS DOES NOT HAVE TO MOVE OBVIOUSLY THAT TAKES A BIT LONGER BUT IT SAVES ON SWING SPACE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE BUILDING THAT IF YOU SORT OF LIKE LOOKING FOR SWING SPACE BUT YEAH AWESOME AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION MY I THINK MIGHT BE MY SECOND THE LAST QUESTION IS CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENED I REMEMBER LAST TIME IT RAINED A LOT PEOPLE WERE CANOE IN DOWN MORE BOULEVARD JUST KIND OF JUST YOU KNOW JUST FLAGGING LIKE AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THIS BUT I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE YOU KNOW IT IS CLOSE TO THE SHORELINE ANY CLIMATE RESILIENT PLANS INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING GOING ON TO THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THIS IS THAT NEW SCHOOL THANKS COUNSELOR. YES WE WILL STAY WITHIN BECAUSE OF THE ESPECIALLY THERE WITH THE FLOOD ZONE WE WILL BUILT A RESILIENT BUILDING IN TERMS OF INTAKE ALL OUR MITIGATING FACTORS IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW MEP'S WILL BE ON THE TOP FLOOR YOU KNOW EVEN IF THERE'S FLOOD GATES NEEDED OR WHATEVER THE THE NEED IS ALSO WE WILL BUT THIS WILL BE A FULLY ELECTRIC BUILDING YES AND MY LAST QUESTION IS DO WE BAT A THOUSAND WHEN WE'RE SETTING UP SLIDES TAM SBA OR NO NOT WHAT DO WE BAN? NO, I THINK OH TAKE A LOOK. THERE WAS A COUPLE YEARS THERE WHERE WE WERE WE WERE WE WERE WE'VE BEEN PRETTY WERE PRETTY BAD. OKAY, SO MAYBE WE STARTED IN 2004 2007 WAS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED ACCEPTING STATEMENTS OF INTEREST AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE WHERE WE PUT PUT SOME S ALLIES IN THAT JUST NEVER MOVE FORWARD FOR VARIOUS REASONS.  SO I THINK IN RECENT YEARS WE'VE HAD WE'VE WE'VE DEFINITELY WORKED WITH THE SBA MORE CLOSELY WITH THE THE DEARBORN VA COTTER JQ US AND THE SHAH TAYLOR WAS THE FIRST ESA WAY THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON SINCE 2016 LAST YEAR SO THAT I THINK THE MSP I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM BUT THEY KNOW ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON IN TERMS OF FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENTS AND REAL TRUE CAPITAL FUTURE PLANNING OF THE DISTRICT.  SO I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL IN BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. SO YEP, SORRY . YEAH. AND I THINK ALSO JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT BRIAN JUST SHARED THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS I DON'T I THINK WE CAN'T UNDERSCORE LIKE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THINGS LIKE THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN THINGS LIKE THE ACA AS BRIAN JUST SHARED SHOWING THAT LIKE HOW WE'RE CENTERING STUDENTS, HOW WE'RE HOW WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS LIKE BASED ON ACTUAL DATA AND THE KIND OF JUST LIKE NOT PULLING PROJECTS OUT OF A HAT OR LIKE THE LOUDEST IN THE ROOM THEN WE SUBMIT X BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE ACTUALLY USING A CERTAIN CRITERIA LOOKING AT OUR FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT SCORES, LOOKING AT THE RUBRIC, LOOKING AT WHAT BUILDINGS WE CHOOSE AT EQUITABLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WHAT BUILDINGS SHOULD WE BE SUBMITTING AND WHAT IS THE Y RIGHT ALSO LOOKING FROM ON A ON THE DISTRICT AND FROM A PROGRAMING PERSPECTIVE OF LIKE YOUR SUBMITTING FACILITIES BUT ALSO LOOKING AT PROGRAMING BECAUSE LIKE WE CAN BUILD BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS BUT THE WORK THAT HAPPENS THOSE BUILDINGS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO LOOKING AT LIKE WHAT PROGRAMING IS ALSO SHIFTING INTO THAT BUILDING AND I THINK AS BRIAN SAID LIKE I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE MUST BE BUT I DO THINK THAT THE THE PROCESS AND THE WORK THAT HAS GONE IN WITH THE OPERATIONS TEAM AT BIPS WITH CAPITAL PLANNING WITH PFG, IT'S ALL DONE IN LIKE COLLABORATION TO GET US THAT SPACE TO BE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON LIKE REAL DATA AND NOT SORT OF LIKE WITH THE LOUDEST VOICES THE ROOM I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO IF WE DO SWING AND MISS RIGHT ARE WE STILL LIKE ON TRACK BECAUSE OF ALL THE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS THE MOST IN NEED? THEY DO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PLAN SO THIS THIS PROJECT IS A PROJECT THAT THE MAYOR NAMED AS PART OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL. SO IT IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT IT'S LIKE TOP PRIORITY FOR THE MAYOR AND A SUPERINTEND AND THEN AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST LIKE WORK AND COLLABORATION WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT THE THE CITY CAPITAL BUDGET TEAM WITH PFG IN TERMS OF LIKE THE TIMELINE WILL FIT IT LIKE SORT OF LIKE WHERE DOES IT FALL INTO THAT CAPITAL BUDGET TIMELINE AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY.  SO IT WOULD BE IT WILL REMAIN ON THE TOP PRIORITY LIST.  IT'S LIKE WHERE IT FALLS INTO THAT LIST OF PROJECTS AWESOME.  ALL RIGHT. GO FOR A SECOND ROUND TO MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT.  ALL RIGHT. STICK AROUND AND CLOSING CLOSING COMMENTS AND CALIBRATING FOR YOU IS THANK YOU ALL HERE. I'M VERY EXCITED. IT'S LET'S MAKE MSP A WORK FOR US AND GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OUT OF ITS THICK AND THANK YOU BRIAN FOR ALL YOUR WORK I KNOW YOU'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS I'VE WORKED ON BOTH OF THE HOUSE SO TO SPEAK SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR GREAT WORK AND YOUR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS. THE PROCESS OF GETTING MSP FUNDS AS YOU SAY WE'VE HAD A FEW FALSE STARTS IN THE LAST WHILE BUT THIS IS GOOD TO SEE AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GET IT MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AWESOME.  ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR WORK.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS ON WEDNESDAY.  THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND ---------  EVERYBODY .  FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS GABRIELA COLLADO DISTRICT ONE CITY COUNCILOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  TODAY'S MARCH 26, 2024. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DARKO AWARDS LAST DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCASTED ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 MILES CHANNEL 964. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT CHICAGO AT BOSTON.COM AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON MEGHAN CAVANAUGH AT.  MEGHAN AND I WILL SPELL AT ANY G H M DOT K A V A AND ENERGY H BOSTON.COM WITH A LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED THE LIST FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER ONE OR SEVEN OF THE ACTS OF 2020 TO MODIFYING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND RELIEVING PUBLIC BODIES OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENT INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC BODIES CONDUCT ITS MEETINGS IN A PUBLIC PLACE THAT IS OPEN AND PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.  THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE CONDUCTING THIS WORKING SESSION REMOTELY.  THIS ENABLES THE CITY COUNCIL TO CARRY OUT ITS RESPONSIBILITIES WHILE ENSURING PUBLIC ACCESS TO ITS DELIBERATIONS THROUGH ADEQUATE ALTERNATIVE MEANS. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0399A PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN AGE WAIVER FOR ALEX GUZMAN TO JOIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS A.J. PATTON AND COUNCILOR MURPHY.  IT WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 26, 2024. UNTIL TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF THEIR ARRIVAL COUNCILOR AT LARGE ERIN MURPHY AND COUNCILOR AND BRIGADE CAPTAIN I WILL BOW TO THE LEAD SPONSORS IN THAT ORDER FOR ANY OPENING REMARKS. MURPHY THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU ALEXX FOR WANTING TO JOIN THE POLICE FORCE. WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE FORCE IN THE COUNTRY. COMMUNITY POLICING IS A MODEL AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO MAYBE LATER IN LIFE FOR WHATEVER REASON ON YOUR PATH TOOK YOU IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. YOU'RE HERE NOW.  YOU'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT THAT AND MOVE IT UP TO THE STATE HOUSE SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. WITH COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH THEM. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLETTA. AND TO MINISTER GUZMAN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.  YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN MR GUZMAN REACHED OUT TO ME , I.  I WAS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE WHENEVER SOMEONE WANTS TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT OR WORK FOR THE CITY, I ALWAYS LOOK FOR WAYS TO HELP THEM. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS MEETING MR GUZMAN I MEAN MEETING HIM WHO HE IS AND SERVING AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR IN HYDE PARK, IT'S IT'S NOTHING BUT EVIDENT THAT HE JUST WANTS TO SERVE AND HE'S BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR A LONG TIME. BUT AS COUNCILOR MURPHY STATED ,HE JUST YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENED. HE HAD KIDS. HE HAD TO HE HE WAS SERVING IN A DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENT FOR A BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.  BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S READY NOW. I'M HAPPY TO BE ONE OF THE LEAD SPONSORS IN THIS TO TO SEE THIS GO THROUGH AND HOPEFULLY PASSES OVER TO THE STATE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR PATTON AND JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HERE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, MR GOOSENECK FOR COMING THROUGH. THIS IS ONE OF THE OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS OF DEMOCRACY, RIGHT? YOU ARE PETITIONING A CERTAIN LAW TO THE CITY COUNCIL . WE'RE SENDING IT UP TO THE STATE HOUSE IN THE FORM OF A HOMEOWNER PETITION. AND SO AS PART OF THAT TRANSPARENCY I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YOU'RE COMING HERE TO PROVIDE A PERSONAL STORY.  LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE. AND SO BEFORE I GO AHEAD AND PASS IT OVER TO YOU, I'M GOING TO BE READING A ABSENCE LETTER FROM OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUE TONYA FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. SHE DEAR COUNCILOR COLETTA AND ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FROM YOU WELL, I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING TO DISCUSS WAIVING THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS. OUR POLICE OFFICER GENERAL POLICE OFFICER I THINK SHE NEEDS FOR OUR EXCUSE ME I WILL REVIEW THE RECORDING TO REMAIN ENGAGED IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.  THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. SINCERELY TANIA FERNANDEZ SAMSON.  SO MR GUZMAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET YOURSELF AND JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY AND TESTIMONY.  ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN AND CONSIDER MURPHY FOR YOUR SUPPORT.  ALREADY I WILL START SPENDING THE DAY HERE TODAY WHILE I CAN. I BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AS MY PETITION LETTER TO COUNCILOR PEPEN STATED I ATTENDED SCHOOL.  WELL LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BEFOREHAND ABOUT HOW I ARRIVED AT WHERE I'M AT NOW WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.  I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1995 AND BROUGHT HERE BY MY FATHER WHEN I WAS PROBABLY 15 YEARS OLD ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL HERE AND ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AND THAT JUST GREW STRONGER THAT FEELING OF AND THAT DESIRE TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT UNFORTUNATELY DOES LOOK LIKE COUNSELOR BECKMAN STATED LIFE HAPPENS.  WE UNFORTUNATELY MY FATHER AND MY SIBLINGS MY FATHER LOST HIS APARTMENT. WE ENDED UP IN A SCATTERED SITE . THIS WAS PROBABLY AROUND I DON'T KNOW EARLY 2000 PROBABLY I CAN RECALL. AND YOU KNOW ONE THING ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER. YOU KNOW, I WORKED WITH THE COLLEGE RIGHT AWAY ALTHOUGH I TRY TO PURSUE ATTENDING A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT. MY ENGLISH WASN'T REALLY THAT STRONG IT BEING THAT HAD HIM BEING HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REALLY FEEL CONFIDENT IN THAT IN PURSUING A CAREER IN ANY FIELD REALLY. AND I EVENTUALLY ENROLLED AND IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPARED TO MY CARD AS THEY ARE THEY'RE TRANSFERRING TO MILES AND EVENTUALLY GRADUATED HAD A STRONG COLLEGE CAREER AND GRADUATED WITH HONORS WHICH WAS GREAT AND JUST HAPPY TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS FIRST ONE TO GRADUATE COLLEGE IN MY FAMILY. SO IT'S BEEN HARD WORK EVERY DAY AT EVERY TURN.  BUT YOU KNOW, MY MY DESIRE TO WORK IN THIS FIELD ALWAYS REMAINED. YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY AS I STATED, WE ENDED UP LOSING OUR APARTMENT OR OUR APARTMENT DOWN THE LINE, WOLF STILL ATTENDING SCHOOL. I WAS ABLE TO BUY A HOME WITH MY DAD AND MY BROTHER. WE LOST THAT THE DOWNTURN IT IN OH EIGHT WHEN THE ECONOMIC CRASH AND ALL THAT.  SO IT'S BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER SO TO SPEAK THAT YOU KNOW, NEVER WAVER IN ME IN WHAT I WANTED TO DO WHICH WAS TO HAVE A CAREER AND PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY, GROW IT AND AND BE A YOU KNOW, A GOOD STANDARD MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.  I EVENTUALLY ENDED UP WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT IN CAMBRIDGE FOR PROBABLY AROUND TWO YEARS, THEN ENDED UP WORKING FOR BOSTON HOUSING.  I'M STILL THERE NOW AND THERE FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS AND THAT'S BEEN REWARDING OF YOU KNOW WORK FOR THAT WITH THAT'S ACTUALLY BUDGET HOLDERS THERE AND JUST THE MAN IT'S LIKE I SAID SO REWARDING I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING EVERY DAY AND JUST HOPING WHERE I CAN BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN THAT DESIRE TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ALWAYS STAYED WITH ME . MY KIDS ARE GROWN THAT WERE NOT GROWN BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE 13 AND TEN SO THEY'RE A LITTLE OLDER, A LITTLE MORE INDEPENDENT. SO I FIGURED, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THESE EIGHT WHEREVER BE PUT THROUGH AND ALLOW ME ANY OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THIS DREAM OF MINE TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY.  I COULDN'T PASS UP ON IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT I CAN HOPEFULLY GAIN YOU KNOW, GET THE SUPPORT AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND CONTINUE TO BE, YOU KNOW, A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY IN HYDE PARK AND THROUGHOUT BOSTON FOR YEARS TO COME AS I HAVE DONE SO FAR,  YOU KNOW, ON MY TIME AT BOSTON HOUSING.  SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND CONFIRMING WHERE I CAN BE HONEST.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR ALLOWING US TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.  YOU'VE ALREADY SERVED OUR COMMUNITIES QUITE WELL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WANTING TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND FOLKS TO FILL THESE JOBS AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO NOT ONLY PETITION THIS LAW GET IT PASSED THE STATE LEGISLATURE BUT THEN ALSO COMMIT YOUR YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE TO SERVING OTHERS IS IS I THINK A TESTAMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER AND YOUR INTEGRITY.  SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND TALK ABOUT IT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND THEN I'LL GO INTO PROCEDURALLY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING AND THE PUBLIC LOOKS LIKE COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID BY THE WAY FOR A SECOND SO I'LL I'LL GO FIRST BUT THANK YOU, MR GUZMAN FOR SHARING YOUR TESTIMONY.  AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S WHAT REALLY DROVE ME ONBOARD TO PUSH FOR THIS HOMER PETITION. I'M LEGAL COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED I'M A BIG FAN OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT'S SO DIVERSE OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DIVERSE WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT AND THAT'S WHAT MR GUZMAN BRINGS TO THE TABLE SOMEONE THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THIS STRUGGLE HAS LIVED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, HAS SERVED ALREADY AND IS NOW RAISING A FAMILY AND HAS A SENSE OF INVESTMENT AND THAT'S THE KIND OF POLICE OFFICER I WANT TO SEE SERVING OUR PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU, MR GUZMAN FOR PERCENT FOR DECIDING TO DO THIS AND I'M HAPPY TO BE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS JOINED US AGAIN. COUNCIL THANK YOU ALEX MR GUZMAN FOR SHARING YOUR STORY TOO.  THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WE'VE DONE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND IT'S JUST VERY ADMIRABLE TO ME , YOU KNOW, WITH DAD AND THE CITY AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR LEANING ON US AND REACHING OUT TO YOUR DISTRICT COUNCILOR AND I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THAT. YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE, RIGHT? YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY BUT YOU SEE THIS AS A PATH AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY BEING TOO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS MATTER. SO THIS THIS HELP TO IN ANY WAY I'M SUPPORTING IT AND LOOK FORWARD I KNOW THE CHAIR WILL SHARE BEFORE WE END BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR COLLEAGUES VOTE ON THIS SO WE CAN GET IT TO THE NEXT STEP AND SEE YOU THROUGH UP AT THE STATE HOUSE. SO GOOD LUCK AND KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING BUT I'M HERE TO SEE IT THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE END. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH BOTH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. APPRECIATE IT.  THANK YOU. MR GUZMAN AND BECAUSE THIS HEARING IS CENTERED AROUND YOUR AGE TYPICALLY A QUESTION IN POLITE SOCIETY IS NECESSARY HERE. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK HOW OLD YOU ARE JUST FOR THE RECORD I AM ACTUALLY 43 YEARS OLD. I'LL BE 44 AND JULY. OKAY, GREAT, GREAT. AND YOU'RE YOUNG AND I THINK THIS THIS SPEAKS TO THE LARGER AND THIS IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE AND APART CONVERSATION BUT A POTENTIAL QUICK FIX TO THEIR HOMEWORK WHICH EXCUSE ME TO THE SPECIAL LAW ARE THEY THE PROVISION IN NATIONAL LAW RATHER THAT SAYS THAT THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT IS 40 COUNCILOR OR FLAHERTY TO THIS AND 2020 22,007 TO INCREASE THE AGE TO 40 AND STATE LAW IT'S 32 AND SO CLEARLY THERE ARE WONDERFUL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WHO ARE BEYOND THAT AGE REQUIREMENT. AND SO I THINK WHAT'S TALK ABOUT SENDING ANOTHER HOMEWORK PETITION UP THERE TO POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE AD AGE WAIVER BUT FOR NO OTHER COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES HERE I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO RECOMMENDING THIS SPECIAL LAW PASS WITHOUT AMENDMENTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GROW. MR GOODMAN AND THIS JOURNEY AND BEING WITH YOU IN THIS JOURNEY AND AGAIN THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE SO THIS HERE ON DOCKET 0399 IS ADJOURNED. THANKS EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MR GOODWIN, FOR COMING REALLY TO IT. I APPRECIATE IT BEING A CHAIR.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU CENTRAL STA