. I CALLED TO GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . YOU CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON DOT GOV. FORGE CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM FOR A BREAK HERE COUNCIL HERE.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCIL A FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCIL . PERMANENT COUNCIL SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL QUORUM. THANK.  I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY FATHER RICK WALSH FROM THE PAULA CENTER AND INVITED BY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM WITH YOUR GUEST REMINDER? I WOULD AS COUNCILORS AND ALL GUESTS IN CHAMBERS ONCE THE INVOCATION BEGINS TO PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL.  THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,  ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER. REVEREND BRODERICK WALSH CONGREGATION OF ST PAUL IS A POLISH PRIEST WHO SERVES AS LOCAL SUPERIOR OF THE FATHER'S HOUSE ON PARK STREET IN BOSTON . FATHER RECTOR IS SOMETHING OF A RARITY AND THAT HE WAS BORN IN GLOUCESTER ON THE NORTH SHORE BUT WAS RAISED IN WEYMOUTH ON THE SOUTH SHORE. HIS FATHER MICHAEL HAILED FROM SOUTH BOSTON AND HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN IRELAND AND LIVED IN DORCHESTER PRIOR TO MARRIAGE. AMONG HIS COUSINS ARE THE LATE FATHER MICHAEL WALSH FROM THE SOCIETY OF JESUS, PRESIDENT OF BOSTON COLLEGE. THE LATE HONORABLE JOSEPH FEENEY, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT AND GENERAL JOSEPH DUNFORD, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS CHIEFS OF STAFF OF STAFF.  FATHER RICHT EARNED HIS MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE FROM THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA AND HAS SERVED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.  HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHAPLAIN TO THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE PASTOR OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE CHURCH AT LINCOLN CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. PRIOR TO RETURNING RETURNING TO THE BAY STATE WHICH WE'RE HAPPY TO NOTE THAT HE IS HAPPY TO BE LIVING BACK IN BOSTON.  SO THANK YOU, FATHER RICK. POLLING SHOWS LET US PRAY.  GOOD AND GRACIOUS GOD WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED BLESSING UPON YOUR CIVIL SERVANTS, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE GATHERED IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER.  WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE MANY EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS IN OUR HISTORIC CITY . AND TODAY WE REMEMBER THE PUBLICATION OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY NOVEL UNCLE TOM'S CABIN BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.  IT WAS PUBLISHED ON THIS DATE BY THE JOHN JEWISH PUBLISHING COMPANY HERE IN BOSTON IN 1852. THE NOVEL SOLD 3000 COPIES ON THAT DAY ALONE AND SOON SOLD OUT ITS COMPLETE PRINT RUN.  IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER IT WAS PUBLISHED, 300,000 COPIES OF THE BOOK WERE SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE AUTHOR AND THIS BOOK WHICH SERVE TO AWAKEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO THE EVILS OF SLAVERY. GRACIOUS GOD WATCH OVER THE DELIBERATIONS OF OUR CITY COUNCILORS AND HELP ALL WHO WORK IN THIS BUILDING TO REACH OUT IN SERVICE TO THEIR FELLOW BOSTONIANS. AMEN.  WHO NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?  I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHAT IT SHOULD STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,  INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU, FATHER RICK WALSH,  FOR THOSE WONDERFUL WORDS AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD FOR INVITING HIM.  WE WILL NOW HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FROM COUNSELOR MEJIA, COUNSELOR MEJIA. YOU NOW KNOW LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNSELOR BRIAN ORAL IS NOW PRESENT. MR. CLERK. YES.  COUNSELOR MAKIYA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS IMPROMPTU OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN WHO HAVE WOMEN OF FAITH WHO SHOWED UP TODAY HERE IN CITY HALL FOR A SERIES THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE CHAMBER ONCE A MONTH WHERE WE CREATE SPACE FOR US TO BE IN PRAYER AND COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER AND IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WE HAD WOMEN IN FAITH FAITH LEADERS PRAYING OVER THE CITY COUNCIL . SO I'D LIKE TO GRAB AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST UPLIFT SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT COUNCIL SAID DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BRING HERE INTO THIS CHAMBER IS THAT SO MANY OF US THE WORK THAT WE DO IS TO BE OF SERVICE AND WE'RE USUALLY TAKING CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN ARE IN NEED OF MOST STRESS.  SO OUR POOREST ARE THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING THE MOST.  AS CITY COUNCILOR IS OUR JOB IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND WE'RE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS OR POLITICIANS. WHAT WE ARE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS . AND IF WE CONTINUE TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE OF SERVICE EVERY SINGLE DAY IT'LL BE EASIER FOR US TO DO THIS WORK IN THE SPIRIT OF RECOGNIZING WHO IT IS THAT WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE. AND SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT AND AND WE DO HAVE SOME SURPRISE CITATIONS BUT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HERE TODAY.  THE FIRST IS NANCY DELGADO IN RECOGNITION OF A REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, JUST COME ON DOWN FOR LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORS AND PUTTING YOUR FAITH IN ACTION TO SERVE OTHERS IN NEED FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT THAT HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY. NANCY DELGADO, WHO I ACTUALLY HAVE KNOWN SINCE I WAS LIKE NINE OR TEN THIS IS SO CRAZY THAT OUR WORLDS HAVE COME BACK TOGETHER AND TO SEE YOU IN THIS ROLE SERVING SO MANY IS IS SUCH A BLESSING TO TO SEE THE NEXT ONE IS ANOTHER SURPRISE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL DID NOT ANTICIPATE BEING A RECOGNIZED BUT THIS IS WITHOUT ANY ANY SURPRISE TO ANYONE HERE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR EMPOWERING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN BOSTON THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP FOR CREATING SPACE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO FOSTER COLLABORATION FOR THE BETTERMENT TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE. MISS PRISCILLA FLYNN PLEASE COME ON DOWN.  I KNOW YOU WERE SURPRISED AT WHY YOU'RE MAKING YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE STAGE. I'M GOING TO ASK THE WOMEN THAT WERE WITH US HERE TODAY. I'M HERE TO SKIP ABOUT PICCOLO SO TROY, GET OFF OUR LITTLE SCOOTER BINGHAM. PARKER THAT'S RIGHT. THAT MEANS IN TRANSLATION. COME ON DOWN, LADIES. THAT WERE IN FAITH HERE PRAYING FOR US TODAY.  THAT'S RIGHT, MISS JUNE. COME ON DOWN. YOU ARE THE NEXT CONTESTANT AND THE PRAYERS RIGHT?  YOU REMEMBER THE COUNCILOR PRESIDENT DID SAY THIS WAS QUICK SO AND I WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO SPEAK SO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL DON'T TAKE MY OPPORTUNITIES AWAY SO HURRY UP . COME ON DOWN THE SAME THOUGH. I WILL. I WILL. I WILL. I'M A LITTLE YES.  OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M I'M GOING TO ASK PRISCILLA ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS HERE ONCE A MONTH IS BECAUSE MISS FLYNN HAD REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND SAID IT WAS TIME TO BRING PRAYER BACK INTO CITY HALL. THEY USED TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS INSPIRED BY MISS FLYNN. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS PRAISE THE LORD HALLELUJAH. I THANK YOU.  I WON'T GET YOU.  I'M LOST FOR WORDS.  I'M THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WE HAVE PRAYER HERE IN CITY HALL EVERY TUESDAY FROM 1 TO 2 FOR FIVE YEARS IN THE CURLY ROOM AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND THE CITY AND THE STATE EXPERIENCES, IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO PRAYER AND CITY HALL.  AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. WE'RE THANKFUL WE'RE GRATEFUL THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SHE SHOWS UP YEAH, SHE SHOWS UP AND WE GOT RUTHIE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO I'M JUST THANKFUL I'M GRATEFUL.  I LOVE YOU ALL AND WE ALL MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE CITY. TRUST ME PRAYER CHANGES THINGS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK PICTURE. LET'S SAY A YOLANDA PACKARD THING MY MONEY BACK LIKE I SAID, WE ALL FLOCK AT THE END ALL AND I WANT TO I'LL ANSWER YES AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE WOMEN RIGHT ABOUT NOW AND TO ALL GOT ONE MINUTE WE HAVE THE FEEDBACK WHY I WENT ONE STEP AS SOON AS I GET UP HERE YEAH TAKE IT FROM THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MARCH 13TH 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 20529 DOCKET NUMBER 0529 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL A HOME RULE PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT ENTITLED PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO AN ACT TO CREATE THE CREATION OF A BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WITHIN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON MARCH 18TH, 2024.  THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 0529 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 053020533 TOGETHER DUCKING THEM A0530 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION BILL THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $7,767,193 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. SO I CAN HAVE A0531 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,767,193 TO COVER FISCAL YEAR 24 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.  THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE JULY 1ST 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023 AND JULY 1ST 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2%, 2%, 1% AND 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF THE TRANSITIONAL SENATE CAREER IN JULY 2023.  THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTAINS REFORMS RELATING TO DISCIPLINE OFFICER RETURN TO DUTY PAY DETAIL SYSTEM AND UNION RELEASE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON MARCH 18, 2024 SO I CAN HAVE A0532 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR ELECTIVE BARGAINING BY $34,294 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL SIX LUCKY NUMBER 0533 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,294 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COSTS THE ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL SIX THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2027 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTRACT INCLUDE WAGE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN OCTOBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND FLAT AMOUNTS OF $500 $250, $900 AND $800 BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK MARCH 18, 2024 AND INDUCTING THEM.  THANK YOU MR CLERK DOCKETS NUMBER 053020533 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 8053430542 DOCUMENT 0534 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAN WHO MAY HEAR AS A MEMBER OF THE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2025 TALKING NUMBERS 0535 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANKLIN ROSS AS A MEMBER OF THE PACK, THE ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 18, 2029 DUCKY NUMBER 0536 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SAM MAHER AS A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30 OF 2025 I CAN NUMBER 0537 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SELINA BARRIOS MILNER AS A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 5TH, 2027 TALKING NUMBERS NUMBERS 0538 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LINDSAY MARIE MAC JONES AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 18, 2027 NUMBER 0539 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN OMOTAYO AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2024 TALKING TO 20540 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE SUMMER. HER AS A COMMISSIONER FOR THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2025 TOKEN OF A0541 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF SELINA BARRY AS MILLINER AS A COMMISSIONER FOR THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 5TH, 2027 AND DOCKING NUMBER 0542 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL WOODALL AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WINE AND SEWER COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 3RD, 2028 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 2053430542 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.  WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 054330545 DOCUMENT 0543 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MIRROR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MARIAMA WADE HAMMOND AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON PREPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DR. NUMBER 0544 NOTORIOUSLY FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON MARCH SIX, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 0545 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 054330545 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0546 AND 0547 DOCKET NUMBER 0546 COMMUNIQUE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BUILDING 133 FEDERAL STREET BOSTON MASS. AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER APRIL 20TH, 2024 IF NOT ACTED UPON AND DOCKING OF A0547 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE HUTCHINSON BUILDING 29 BROMFIELD STREET BOSTON, MASS.  AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER APRIL 20TH, 2024 IF NOT ACTED UPON.  THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 054690547 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 054830550. 054A COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING OF THE BOSTON RESIDENCY COMPLAINTS COMMISSION REGARDING AN UPDATED ANNUAL REPORT JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2022 DOCKET NUMBER 0549 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM NICHOLAS NICHOLAS AARON ELWELL ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KIDNEY ABIDI AS THE DIRECTOR OF ASSESSING SERVICES FOR THE PERSONAL PROPERTY UNIT AND DOCKET NUMBER 0550 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING PROPOSED MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE WASHINGTON PARK URBAN RENEWAL AREA PROJECT NUMBER OF MASS AR DASH 24 OF RESPECT TO L DASH 49 AND L DASH 50 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 054830550 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.  MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0171 DOCKET NUMBER 10171 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH IT WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY 24TH 2024. I CAN NUMBER 0171 HORMEL PETITION TO ENSURE FUTURE INAUGURAL ASIAN DATES DO NOT FALL ON A FEDERAL HOLIDAY SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS IN THE NEW DRAFT.  THANK YOU MR CLERK. CASUAL COLETTA. YOU NOW HAVE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR RECALL THAT I CAN RECALL THAT I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WAS REFERRED DOCKET NUMBER 0171 HOME RULE PETITION TO ENSURE FUTURE INAUGURATION DATES DO NOT FALL ON A FEDERAL HOLIDAY ON JANUARY 24TH.  THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR BRYAN WORLD.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCKET IS TO ENSURE THAT CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO WORK ON THE FEDERALLY OBSERVED HOLIDAY FOR JANUARY FIRST NEW YEAR'S DAY SOLELY TO PARTICIPATE AND FACILITATE CITY COUNCIL AND OR MAYORAL INAUGURATIONS. THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL YEAR. CURRENTLY THE FEDERALLY OBSERVED HOLIDAY FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY CAN FALL ANYWHERE FROM DECEMBER 31ST TO JANUARY 2ND. AT THE TIME EVERY FEW YEARS AT SAME TIME EVERY FEW YEARS SELECT CITY EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO WORK ON THE FEDERALLY OBSERVED HOLIDAY FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY. DUE TO SECTIONS EIGHT AND NINE OF THE CITY CHARTER WHICH REQUIRE ELECTED TERMS AND THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL YEAR COMMENCED THE FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, THE DOCKET SEEKS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS PURPOSE BY PETITIONING THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO NINE OF THE CITY CHARTER WHICH WOULD CHANGE REQUIREMENTS UNDER BOTH SECTIONS INSTEAD DECLARING THAT THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICERS IN OFFICE TERMINATE AT 10 A.M. ON THE FIRST WEEKDAY AFTER THE SECOND DAY IN JANUARY FOLLOWING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND FURTHER THAT THE MUNICIPAL YEAR SHALL BEGIN ON THE FIRST WEEKDAY AFTER THE SECOND DAY IN JANUARY. THE COMMITTEE HELD A WORKING SESSION ON MARCH 15TH, 2024. I WAS JOINED BY THE SPONSOR COUNCIL OF BRIAN WORLD AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND RECEIVED TWO ABSENCE LETTERS FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND OTHER IN ANOTHER ONE FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE SECTION BY SECTION LINE BY LINE WITH REGARD TO SECTION ONE AND SECTION TWO. IT WAS DECIDED THAT BOTH SECTIONS WILL BE AMENDED TO STRIKE THE FIRST SENTENCE CITING THE CITY CHARTER AND REPLACE IT WITH THE SECTION FOR THE SPECIAL ACTS PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT THAT CREATED THE SECTION OF THE CITY CHARTER. IT WAS DECIDED THAT IN SECTION TWO OR THAT SECTION TWO WOULD BE FURTHER AMENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST MONDAY OF JANUARY IS STRUCK AND REPLACED IN ITS PLACE. IN EACH PLACE IT APPEARS TO ENSURE THAT THE MUNICIPAL YEAR RUNS FROM THE FIRST WEEKDAY AFTER THE SECOND DAY IN JANUARY TO THE FIRST WEEKDAY AFTER THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY. THERE'S A SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. YOU ALL COULD REVIEW IT IN ITS ENTIRETY BUT AS A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH THE FOLLOWING WAS REFERRED DOCKET 0171 OR MORE PETITION TO ENSURE FUTURE INAUGURATION DATES DO NOT FALL ON FOOT FEDERAL HOLIDAY I SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THIS DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. BUT NOW I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OVER TO A LEAD SPONSOR IF HE HAS ANY REMARKS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR COLLADO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN RAUL CASTRO. YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR HOSTING THE WORKING SESSION THIS YEAR. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TO STEP THE CITY'S INAUGURATION 10 HOURS AFTER TWO EVENTS THAT REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES.  FIRST NIGHT AND NEW YEAR'S EVE. THAT'S TOO GREAT OF A STRAIN TO PUT ON BOSTON PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER YEARS INAUGURATIONS HAPPENED AS LATE AS JANUARY 7TH. THIS SAW THIS HUMBLE POSITION SOLVE FOR BOTH PROBLEMS UPDATING A CENTURIES OLD DOCUMENT WITH THE EASY FIX THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THIS BODY WILL GET TO WORK EARLIER BY MOVING INAUGURATION TO HAPPEN BETWEEN JANUARY 3RD AND THE FIFTH WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH FEDERAL STANDARDS. IT'S AN INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ORO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLETTA.  COUNCILOR COLETTA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0171. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY THAT THE VOTE AND SUPPORT.  WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 01718. YES COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA IT'S COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR LET MEJIA SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR FENTON YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN? YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.  DOCKET NUMBER 0171 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0171 HAS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RL AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF CENTRAL STAFF AND TO OUR STAFFERS WHO WORKED HARD ON JANUARY 1ST AND I THIS WILL REALLY HELP TO ALLEVIATE THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR ORA.  WE'RE NOW ON TWO MATTERS RECENTLY AND ALSO YOU WERE THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED THAT THEY BE GIVEN A DAY OFF AND I JUST THINK THAT I WANTED TO ELEVATE THAT AS VICE PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT RESPECT.  SO THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.  MR. CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0257 DUNCAN NUMBER 0257 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDINANCE CREATING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCILOR COLETTA.  COUNCILOR COLETTA, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HELD THE WORKING SESSION ON DOCKET 0257 ON MONDAY MORNING. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR ESTABLISHING A PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT CITY OF BOSTON. I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR MURPHY LOUIJEUNE SANTANA, MARIA DURKIN FERNANDEZ ANDERSON, FLYNN WEBER AND WE'RE OUT THERE OVER A THREE HOUR WORKING SESSION CONSISTED OF REVIEWING A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.  THESE AMENDMENTS CONSISTED OF MY OWN IN ADDITION TO THOSE SUBMITTED BY THE DATE AND WHICH I SPECIFIED FOR THEM TO BE IN CONSIDERATION AT THIS WORKING SESSION.  WE ARE PROGRESSING IN A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED TO PRIORITIZE. THIS INCLUDES FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY THROUGH MANDATED REPORTING COUNCIL OVERSIGHT OVER INITIAL APPROVALS AND ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS INCLUDING A PUSH FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT AS WELL AS A MANDATED COUNCIL HEARING AND A POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AN OBJECTIVE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ENTITY. WHILE THERE'S PROGRESS THERE ARE FINALS TABULATIONS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION. SO IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD FAITH COLLABORATION, THIS DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE IN A WORKING SESSION HAS BEEN PUBLICLY NOTICED THIS MORNING OR IT WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED THIS MORNING FOR FRIDAY MORNING AT 10 A.M.. THANK YOU. AND I'M SEEKING THAT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0257 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0256 DUGAN NUMBER 0256 MESSAGE UNITED FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES CHAPTER 12 SECTION 12 THERE'S 3.5 SENIOR CITIZEN PROPERTY TAX WORK OF ABATEMENT. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCILOR COLETTA CASO COLETTA . YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HELD A HEARING REVIEWING CHANGES TO AN EXISTING ORDINANCE FOR A LOVELY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS TO VOLUNTEER GIVE BACK TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IN IN LIEU OF OF PAYING OFF SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CHAMPIONED BY THEN COUNCILOR CONSALVO IN 2006.  SHOUT OUT TO HYDE PARK HYDE PARK WHERE WE OPTED INTO THIS PROGRAM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LIVES IN STATE AND STATE LAW AND WHAT THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO DO IS STRIKE ALL EXISTING TEXT IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND REPLACE IT WITH AN UPDATE OF THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM CHANGING IT FROM SENIOR CITIZENS AND REPLACING IT WITH OLDER ADULTS. I THINK FOLKS CAN APPRECIATE THAT INCREASES THE WORK OFF AMOUNT EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES, REMOVES THE CAPS ON PARTICIPANTS AND MAKES THE PROGRAM PERMANENT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING THESE EXTENSIONS. WITHIN THE HEARING THERE WAS ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT OUTREACH TO SENIORS TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROGRAM. HOW MUCH THE EXPANSION OF THE ABATEMENT WILL COST AND HOW EIGHT STRONG INTENDS TO PROVIDE SENIORS WITH DISABILITIES WITH ACCOMMODATIONS AND MORE RESOURCES FOR THOSE THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. I AM KEEPING THIS IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE WAS A GREAT SUGGESTION MADE BY COUNCILOR FLYNN TO ALLOW FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE LEGALITIES AROUND THAT AND CRAFTING A STIPULATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST BENEFIT FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST THAT ARE EITHER CITY OR STATE EMPLOYEES.  SO MY MY GOAL IS FOR THIS TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE BUT FOR NOT LONG BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM JUST TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CARTER THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBERS 0256 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0338 THROUGH 0341 AND DOCKET 059 AND 0460 TOGETHER DUCKIE NUMBER 0338 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $1,203,751 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES COUNCIL 93 LUCKY NUMBER 033 NAME MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,203,751 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE,  COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES COUNCIL 93. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SAID JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2027.  THE MAJOR PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND A FLAT AMOUNT OF $500 $250 $900 AND $800 TO BE ADDED TO THE ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES CHANGES TO PERSONAL DAYS, AN INCREASE IN CLOTHING ALLOWANCE AND TRAINING FUNDS AND INCREASES TO CERTAIN DIFFERENTIALS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK FEBRUARY 12, 2020 FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0340. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE COLLECTED BARGAINING BY $647,254 TO COVER TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 88 DOCKET NUMBER 0341 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $647,254 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2027 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND A FLAT AMOUNT OF $500 $250 $900 AND $750 TO BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR AFTER THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES AN EXPANSION OF THE CLOTHING ALLOWANCE AND INCREASE TO THE WEEKEND DIFFERENTIAL IN COMPENSATION REVIEWS OF CERTAIN POSITION GROUPS BOTH THAN THE OFFICES OF THE CITY CLERK FILED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2020 FOR TALKING NUMBER 0459 AS AND FOR THE APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL 24 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $2,945 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE NEW YORK TABLE GRAPHICAL UNION CWA LOCAL 14156 IN DOCKET NUMBER 0460 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,945 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COSTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION CWA LOCAL 14156. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT JULY 1ST 2023 TO JUNE 30TH 2027 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM AND A FLAT AMOUNT OF $500 $250, $900 AND $800 TO BE ADDED TO THE ANNUAL SALARIES IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR AFTER THE 2% INCREASE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON MARCH FOURTH, 2024. THANK YOU MR. CLERK.  OH, THAT READING. APPRECIATE IT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES BRIAN MORRELL, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL . RL YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND BEFORE I START, I JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE UNION REPS HERE TODAY. TIGER STOCKBRIDGE AND ADENA STORY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN ATTENDANCE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND CONSTANTLY ADVOCATING FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.  THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WAS WHAT'S REFERRED TO FOLLOWING DOCKETS FOR CONSIDERATION. I WOULD JUST GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THESE ORDERS. THE DOCKETS INVOLVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH THE ACME, SEIU AND THE NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION WHICH IS BPD GRAPHIC DESIGNERS. EACH AGREEMENT SPANS FROM JULY 1ST, 2023 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027 WITH ESTIMATED COSTS OUTLINED MAJOR PROVISIONS OF EACH AGREEMENT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES, ADDITIONAL SALARY AMOUNTS, CHANGES TO ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS IN COMPENSATION REVIEWS FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS. THE COMMITTEE WAS JOINED BY JEN WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND RENE BUCCI, DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS. I WAS ALSO JOINED BY COLLEAGUES COUNCIL COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CARTER COLETTA COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCILOR MEJIA ,COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL DURKAN AND COUNCILOR ANDERSON.  I BELIEVE CUTTING WAS ALSO JOINED BY COUNCIL HERE AS WELL . MS.. MR WILLIAMS AND NOTED THAT SINCE JULY 2023 SEVEN COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BEEN APPROVED SENDING ROUGHLY 45% OF CONTRACTS AND APPROXIMATELY 82% OF MEMBERSHIP INCLUDING BEEF TO YOU. MS. BUCCI HIGHLIGHTED THAT THESE CONTRACTS AIM TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS PROVIDING A 2% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE WITH FIVE AMOUNT RAISES. JEFF EMPHASIZED THAT THIS APPROACH BENEFITS WAGE WORKERS PROPORTIONALLY MORE THAN HIGHER SALARY ONES AND IS A PRECEDENT THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO REPLICATE AS IT NEGOTIATE WITH OTHER UNIONS. NOTABLY ACME AND SEIU SAW INCREASES OF 12.5% AND 12.6% RESPECTIVELY OVER FOUR YEARS WITH A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF MEMBERS RECEIVING 3% OR HIGHER. THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDED PROVISIONS FOR BEREAVEMENT AND PAY SICK LEAVE FOR PROBATION PROBATION EMPLOYEES. THE ISSUES RAISED BY MY COLLEAGUES INCLUDING ENSURING A LIVING WAGE FOR ALL CITY WORKERS SPECIALIZED RATES FOR WEATHER RELATED AND OVERTIME WORK, CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION AND EQUITY AND PROMOTIONS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMENDED I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCUMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION FOR MY ACTION. AT THAT TIME I RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING THAT A FULL COUNCIL WITH THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR.  WE WILL TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE JUST ONE MOMENT.  THE FIRST DOCKET THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS EXHIBITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0338. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY THAT THE VOTE. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0338. COUNCIL AGREED. YES. COUNCIL AGREED AND YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FINANCE SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PITMAN.  COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YEAH. CENTENNIAL IS COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. I MEAN COUNCILOR WORRELL YEAH. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. TOKEN NUMBER 0338 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 20338 HAS PASSED. THIS IS THE ONE FOR ASKED ME . COUNCIL 93 AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT HERE WITH US. WE HAVE THE BARGAINING UNIT AND I KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL . I THINK IT'S A THANK YOU BECAUSE YOUR WAY FOR ADVOCATING FOR SUCH SIGNIFICANT WAGE INCREASES WE'RE STILL NOT THERE BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO A LIVING WAGE FOR OUR WORKERS AND I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SAY YOU AND EDDIE AND TOM AND EVERYONE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE CITYWIDE BARGAINING UNIT THANKS TO US BUT REALLY THANKS TO YOU FOR WORK THAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS IT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0339 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  ALL THOSE OPPOSING. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND DOCKET NUMBER 0339. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA.  COUNCILOR COLETTE. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES HANSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY.  COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN. SO PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WORKER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.  COUNCILOR WU YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0339 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. AND THOSE TWO DOCKETS WERE BOTH FOR ASMI 03380339 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0340 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY MEASURE THE CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 0340 COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA THAT'S NICOLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FOR AN END AND SAYING A COUNCILOR FINANCE SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPPER. COUNCILOR COPELAND YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.  TALKING NUMBER 0340 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.  THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0340 HAS PASSED.  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0341. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO S.A. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0341. COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLOR. COUNCILOR COLOR YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR CAN YES.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES TO COUNCILOR FERNANDES HANSON YES . COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. AH LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR KEVIN.  COUNCILOR PEPEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR . COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. LUCKY NUMBER 0341 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0341 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0459 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I IN NUMBER 0459 . COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN.  THAT STUFF HAPPENED? YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WHIRL YES.  COUNCILOR WU YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0459 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0459 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0460.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT OUR ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0460. COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR BREADON.  YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA. COUNCILOR COLETTE YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR CAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON.  COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON.  YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILPERSON YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR AH YES COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING NUMBER 0460 RECEIVED RECEIVING UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON DOCKET NUMBER 0460 HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 0551 DOCKING NUMBER 0551. COUNCILORS WEBER AND FITZGERALD OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATION OF YOUTH SPORTS ACROSS BOSTON.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR HENRY SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD AS COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA IS SO ADDED. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THERE. THERE ONCE WAS A SMALL BOY FROM JAMAICA PLAIN WHO DREAMED OF PLAYING FOR THE CELTICS. HE LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT JUMPERS IN THE PARKS AND GYMS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WENT ON TO PLAY FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM.  THAT BOY LEARNED THE GAME BECAUSE HE HAD ACCESS TO GOOD FACILITIES AND COACHING AND ACCORDING TO HIS BROTHER, WHILE HE WASN'T MUCH OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER HE HAD A GREAT MID-RANGE JUMP SHOT. THAT BOY GREW UP TO BE DISTRICT THREE CITY COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD.  INDEED A LOT OF THE COUNCILORS HERE PARTICIPATED IN SPORTS AS KIDS AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A COINCIDENCE. AS A VERY AMATEUR YOUTH SOCCER COACH AND A PARENT, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE BENEFITS OUR KIDS GET FROM PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS. I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN GP2 SOCCER FOR THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS. THE FRIENDSHIPS BUILT IN OUR TEAMS CROSS CLASS AND RACIAL LINES THEY BUILD COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS FORM BONDS THAT LASTS INTO THE OFF SEASON. WE INTRODUCED THIS HEARING ORDER AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS. WHAT ISSUES THEY FOUND ARE PREDOMINANT FROM YOUTH PROGRAMING TO THE LACK OF FUNDING FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE WORK OF COUNCILOR MURPHY.  AND FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO OFFER INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM PARENTS AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE PAST YEAR THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION HAS SHOWN A COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING YOUTH SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES. EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE FREE SWIM LESSONS PROGRAM WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ALL BOSTON RESIDENTS FROM SIX MONTHS TO 18 YEARS OLD AND THE RETURN OF THE MAYOR'S CUP.  I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR AND PARKS COMMISSIONER RYAN WOODS HAVE A YOUTH SPORTS FAIR AND LATER A GIRLS FLAG FLAG FOOTBALL CLINIC BOTH HAPPENING SOON AT CARTER PLAYGROUND.  I ALSO KNOW A SURVEY IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE CITY TO DETERMINE HOW YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME INVOLVED IN SPORTS AS WELL AS AN AUDIT OF SPORTS FACILITIES WHICH ARE ALL IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK TO INVEST IN OUR YOUTH. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND TO EXPAND THESE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE CITY AND HOPEFULLY IN ALL NINE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THIS COUNCIL HAS ALSO FOUGHT FOR EXPANDED ACCESS FOR OUR KIDS. AGAIN, LONG LED BY COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY. WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR KIDS. THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPED IN A WHITE STADIUM WOULD POTENTIALLY TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. IT WOULD MAKE THE TRACK USABLE FOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES TO PRACTICE AND RUN MEETS. THERE ARE ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC AND NOISE AND COMMUNITY ACCESS . A LAWSUIT MAY STOP THE DEVELOPMENT FROM GOING FORWARD BUT WE CAN'T SIMPLY IGNORE THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS WHETHER IT INVOLVES A TRACK AND SOCCER FIELD, A WHITE STADIUM OR THE PROPOSED STREET HOCKEY RINK IN BILLINGS FIELD IN WEST ROXBURY. THIS HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR KIDS FAIR ACCESS TO SPORTS. ECONOMIC BARRIERS HAVE PREVENTED LOW INCOME FAMILIES FROM PARTICIPATING IN ORGANIZED SPORTS. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRIVATE CLUB SYSTEM IN SOCCER, SOME FAMILIES HAVE TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOP COACHES.  MEANWHILE, A LACK OF ADEQUATE FACILITIES HAS LIMITED ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT LARGE. AS WE KNOW FROM COUNCILMAN MURPHY'S RECENT HEARING ON THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR TRACK TIME AT THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER AS COUNCILOR DURKIN'S RESOLUTION TODAY RECOGNIZING BOSTON LAND SCHOOLS STATE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWS WE CAN HAVE SUCCESS HERE IN BOSTON. BUT THAT TEAM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR HOCKEY TIME FOR PRACTICE, FOR COACHES, FOR EQUIPMENT.  IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE THE TRACK IN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT SAFE FOR USE. I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS A COACH THAT PROGRAMS SUCH AS GPA SOCCER HAVE TO PAY FOR LIGHTS AND TO RENT A PORTA DURING THE SEASON WHICH ADDS COSTS TO FAMILIES.  WE SHOULD BE HELPING YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS ACCESS FIELDS EQUIPMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MY CO-SPONSORS AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WHO ALL BRING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND ISSUES REGARDING YOUTH SPORTS. HOPE THAT ALL MY FELLOW COUNCILORS WILL JOIN ME IN LEARNING MORE OFFERING INSIGHT AND SHARING THE EXPERIENCE OF CHILDREN IN THEIR DISTRICTS TO BETTER INFORM THE CITY'S EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILOR WEBER.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  COUNCIL MEMBER IF YOUR GAME WAS A CORRELATION TO YOUR FUTURE PROFESSION I'D BE IN THE BRICKLAYERS UNION AND SO YOU GOT IT.  BUT I APPRECIATE THE SHOUT OUT TO SO I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS BILL BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN THE THREE PILLARS OF ANY GOOD FUNCTIONING SOCIETY IS IS ACADEMICS, THERE'S ARTS AND THERE'S ATHLETICS AND IF YOU CAN KNOW YOUR HISTORY, IF YOU CAN PLAY AND IT PLAY IT PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, LEARN A LANGUAGE, PLAY A SPORT IF YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS IN ANY CAPACITY YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD PERSON, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS IN LIFE. AND SO I THINK THIS LENDS TO ONE OF THOSE PILLARS WHICH IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH TO PLAY ORGANIZED SPORTS. I KNOW AS WELL IN TALKING ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AROUND IT, COUNCILOR WEBER, IF IF YOU WERE EVER SIGNED UP FOR YOUTH SPORTS ,YOU HAVE TO CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULE FOR THAT DAY, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO SAY OKAY, WHAT TIMES ARE THINGS GOING TO HAPPEN YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO WHO IS PEPI SYLVIA TYPE THING?  I'LL SAY WHEN CAN I GET TO WHAT PRACTICES AT WHAT TIME AND HOW CAN I MAKE SURE THERE'S AN OVERLAP AND THE SOCCER SIGNUPS ARE BEFORE BASKETBALL AND THEY SAY THEY WANT TO PLAY SOCCER AND THEN WHEN IT COMES THEY DON'T. BUT BASKETBALL'S AT THE SAME TIME AND SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO A FAMILY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEIR KIDS ACCESS TO SPORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW THROUGH. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT THE ORGANIZATION AND MAKE SURE THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE FOR ALL AND I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CANTOR FITZGERALD THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR SANTANA COUNSELOR SANTANA TO HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, AS A KID I WANTED TO BE A BASEBALL PLAYER BECAUSE I SAW PLAYERS LIKE DAVID ORTIZ AND MANNY RAMIREZ PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME BLACK HISPANIC MEN LIVING THEIR DREAM, MAKING MONEY AND SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES. SO I LOVE PLAYING BASEBALL IN MISSION HILL AND EVENTUALLY I SAW OTHER ROLE MODELS TO LIKE PHIL JACKSON SERVING AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR . GEOFFREY SANCHEZ SERVING AS LIEUTENANT STATE REP AND FORMER COUNCILOR MIKE ROSS.  THEY'VE ALL COME TO MY THEY ALL VISITED ME . THE TOBIN SCHOOL AND ROLE MODELS LIKE THAT ARE THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY AND CLEARLY THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M NOT DAVID ORTIZ TODAY BUT I AM A PRODUCT OF OUR BOSTON OF OUR BOSTON YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS. THE LESSONS THAT I LEARNED FROM PLAYING BASEBALL, SQUASH AND BASKETBALL GROWING UP IN BOSTON HAVE STUCK WITH ME THE TEAMWORK, THE DEDICATION, THE COMMITMENT TO FACING DEFEAT BY DUSTING YOURSELF OFF, SEEING WHERE YOU FELL SHORT AND TURNING IT INTO A MOTIVATION TO TRY HARDER AND SMARTER FOR THE NEXT TIME I USE THOSE SKILLS EVERY DAY. OUR INVESTMENTS IN YOUTH SPORTS AREN'T ABOUT TURNING OUR KIDS INTO PRO ATHLETES. THEY ARE ABOUT GIVING THEM THE VALUABLE SKILLS THAT LAST A LIFETIME AND WE KNOW THAT WE SIMPLY DON'T INVEST ENOUGH IN OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS. JUST LAST WEEK I HOSTED BY HOSTING A HEARING AS THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION ON THE BUDGET LOUIS ARMSTRONG ATHLETIC CENTER. WE HEARD HOW WE HEARD AS THE ONLY STATEWIDE FACILITY FOR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TRACK THE VALUE SERVICE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN BOSTON AND BEYOND OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL ATHLETES DO USE THE FACILITY MORE THAN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND THE AMOUNT THEY AVAILABLE FOR THEY TIME AVAILABLE FOR US TO PRACTICE JUST DOESN'T BEGIN TO MEET THE NEED FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES WE NEED TO INVEST MORE IN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.  THE PROPOSED WHITE STADIUM RENOVATION COULD BE ONE OF THE ONE TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS IN OUR YOUTH AND I SUPPORT THAT PROPOSAL. BUT WE NEED MORE THAN JUST ONE SINGLE FACILITY. WE NEED RESOURCES ACROSS OUR CITY. WE NEED MORE EQUIPMENT, WE NEED MORE STAFF AND WE NEED MORE YOUTH SPORTS FAIRS TO HELP KIDS AND PARENTS CONNECT WITH MORE THAN 250 SPORTS NONPROFITS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND PERHAPS MOST OF ALL WE NEED TO LEARN MORE FROM OUR COMMUNITY,  YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT'S STANDING IN THEIR WAY. I MAY NOT PLAY SPORTS QUITE AS MUCH LIKE I USED TO BUT I'VE STILL ON A TEAM AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR WEBER FOR INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND COUNCILOR OF COUNSELOR FITZGERALD AS WELL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TOGETHER WITH MY FELLOW CO-SPONSORS, MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND OUR WHOLE TEAM EVEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION.  AND WE CAN COLLABORATE TO WE CAN COLLABORATE TO GET BETTER INFORMATION, BETTER DATA AND FIGURE OUT HOW TOGETHER WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SPORTS RESOURCES FOR OUR YOUTH. THIS HEARING WILL BE AN IMPORTANT STEP IN DEVELOPING OUR PLAYBOOK.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR SANTANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR THE BAND CASTRO PIPPIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT HUGE PROPS TO COUNSELOR WEBER FITZGERALD AND SANTANA FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE TODAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW CITY SPORTS RAYS ME TOO.  I PLAYED POP WARNER AND I PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND IF IT WASN'T FOR FOR THOSE TEAMS I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TEAMWORK IS AND IT REALLY I CARRY THOSE VALUES WITH ME TODAY AND WHAT I NOTICE ABOUT DISTRICT FIVE IS THAT IT IS THOSE YOUTH SPORTS THAT CARRY FAMILIES AND CREATES THOSE GATHERING MOMENTS AND THOSE THIRD SPACES FOR FOR FAMILIES THAT USUALLY DON'T HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.  NOW I THINK ABOUT THE MATTAPAN PATRIOTS THAT MADE IT TO THE NATIONALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION BUT THEY HAD TO FUNDRAISE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE THOSE KIDS DOWN TO FLORIDA.  I THINK ABOUT THE HYDE PARK YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FOUR DECADES AND LAST WEEK THEY HAD THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP BUT IF YOU SHOOT A THREE POINTER FROM THE CORNER, THE BALL HITS THE ROOF AND IF THE IF THERE'S A FOUL IN THE KID RUNS INTO THE BACKBOARD, THERE'S A HUGE HOLE ON THE PADDING.  SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEED FOR IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR FIELDS AND OUR BASKETBALL COURTS AND OUR ICE RINKS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M PART OF THAT CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M HELPING YOU ALL BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN WE HELP YOUTH SPORTS WE HELP THE FUTURE OF BOSTON.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE. I WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PIPPEN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INJURY, ANDERSON, BECAUSE OF AN INJURY. ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE. I WASN'T REALLY SURE.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I, I, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT WAS COUNSELOR WEBER WHO WAS DREAMING ABOUT BEING A BASKETBALL PLAYER. I WAS LIKE I SHOULD KNOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN UP MY DREAM ABOUT BEING A SUMO WRESTLER BUT BUT THIS THIS IS AMAZING COORDINATION.  IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MEET TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE ORGANIZING YOUTH SPORTS.  SPORTS OR ATHLETICISM IS ONE OF THE TOP PROVEN OR EVIDENCE BASED PROVEN MECHANISMS TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH THREE TIMES MORE THAN ANY PSYCHOTROPIC MEDS. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHEN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE ACCESS OR NEED ACCESS TO BETTER CARE OR MENTAL HEALTH,  RICHER FAMILIES OR AFFLUENT FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO CONTRACT OR HIRE PRIVATE THERAPISTS OR THEY HAVE THE ACCESS OR ABILITY TO GO INTO A MORE NATURAL PATH LIKE TYPE OF MEDICINE. AND SO YOU END UP GETTING YOU KNOW, SOME FAMILIES END UP GETTING AGAIN LESS LESS A HARSHER TREATMENT AND MORE EVIDENCE BASE RESULTS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. I THINK THAT EVERY CHILD, EVERY YOUTH, EVERY PERSON MAYBE WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE A FIT WHERE EVERYBODY GETS UP IN THE MORNING.  COUNSELOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE SHOULD ALL BE AT THE GYM IN THE MORNING. MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT TOO.  BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION NOT JUST THE FACT THAT IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN BUT THAT WE SHOULD TEACH CHILDREN THAT EXERCISE AND SPORTSMANSHIP ALSO EQUIP KIDS WITH SKILLS THAT CAN HELP THEM MEET BENCHMARKS ACROSS THE BOARD EDUCATION WISE, MENTAL HEALTH IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH PROBLEM SOLVING OR CRISIS MANAGEMENT AMONGST THEIR THEIR PEERS. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT I SUPPORT IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND ONCE AGAIN HAPPY RAMADAN MUBARAK AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEARING WITH ME ON THIS.  SO WITH ALL THESE ARMS AND ALL THESE PAUSES, THANK YOU SO MUCH . THANK YOU COUNCILOR CANADIANS AND WE DID GO ROCK CLIMBING TOGETHER. SO THERE'S ONE THING BUT YES,  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR DIRK AND COUNSELOR DIRK AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR WEBER, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD AND COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR REALLY ELEVATING THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT YOUTH SPORTS ARE SO IMPORTANT I WAS A THREE SPORT MEDIOCRE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON AND COUNSELOR SANTANA'S COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT SPORTS TEACH OUR KIDS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.  AND UP UNTIL CAMPAIGNING I WAS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL EVERY MONDAY NIGHT AT THE CHINATOWN Y SO APPRECIATE IT AS A CURRENT AND I WOULD SAY FORMER ATHLETE AT THIS POINT BUT I'M HEARTENED TO SEE ALSO COUNSELOR SANTANA'S ABOUT WHITE STADIUM. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TRANSFORMATIONAL SOME UPGRADES TO TO THAT SPACE COULD BE FOR I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE A LOT OF YOUTH WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS AND WHO WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY BY THE TIME THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL BE PLAYING ON THAT THAT FIELD AND I THINK AS WE MOVE AS A CITY WE HAVE TO THINK BIG AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I AS PART OF THE PILOT DISCUSSIONS 26 OF THE 45 PILOT ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS EITHER TALKS ARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT SO EXCITED ON MULTIPLE LAYERS TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT FACILITIES CURRENTLY EXIST IN OUR CITY AND HOW WE CAN OUR INSTITUTIONS CAN ALSO STEP UP TO PROVIDE WHAT WHAT THEY WHAT WE NEED TO SEE FOR OUR KIDS AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH CHARLESTOWN HIGH NEW MISSION ICE HOCKEY IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE AND AS THE COUNCILOR FOR BOTH FENWAY PARK AND TD GARDEN I EXCITED TO SEE HOW POTENTIALLY OUR SPORTS TEAMS CAN ALSO STEP UP TO CELEBRATE OUR KIDS AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE NCAA WOMEN'S MARCH MADNESS WOMEN ARE FINALLY GETTING THEIR TIME AT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL IN TERMS OF BASKETBALL AND OUR KIDS SEE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO LOOK UP AND SEE WHEN WOMEN AND YOU KNOW IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ARE HONORED AND WHEN THE ATTENTION IS ON THEM THAT'S WHAT REALLY ENCOURAGED ME TO START PLAYING VOLLEYBALL. I WAS ABLE TO SEE A TOURNAMENT WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OF SOME ELITE PLAYERS PLAYING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF VOLLEYBALL AND THAT'S WHAT ENCOURAGED ME TO START PLAYING VOLLEYBALL. AND SO JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ANY ATTENTION WE CAN GIVE TO TO COLLEGE SPORTS AND NATIONAL SPORTS IN BOSTON AND I KNOW COUNCILOR BRIAN ROLAND AND I SPONSORED SOMETHING AROUND HAVING THERE BE THAT YOU KNOW SOME SOME EXCITING GAMES IN BOSTON BUT AND HAVING AN ALL-STAR GAME HERE SO HOPEFULLY ASPIRATIONALLY WE CAN DREAM ABOUT HOW SPORTS INTERSECTS WITH SO MANY THINGS AND I'M JUST REALLY HONORED BY THE LEADERSHIP OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I OBVIOUSLY ASKED TO BE THE THIRD ON THIS BUT IT WAS ALREADY TAKEN SO. COUNSELOR SANTANA YOU BEAT ME TO IT BUT I LOVE SPORTS AND AND I LOVE THE WAY THAT THIS INTERACTS WITH OUR KIDS AND AND HOW THEY CAN DREAM. SO I'M GRATEFUL.  THANK YOU AND EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THERE IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES A COLLECTIVE COSMIC LETTER YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND I JUST WANT TO STAND AND RISE TO THANK THE MAKERS AND I ALSO TRIED TO BE A THIRD CO-SPONSOR BUT EVERYBODY BEAT ME TO IT. BUT IN GENERAL WE KNOW THAT BUSY KIDS ARE SAFE KIDS YOUTH SPORTS PROVIDE NOT ONLY SUPERVISION BUT MENTORSHIP DURING A TIME THAT IS SO VULNERABLE IN THESE KIDS LIVES IT TAUGHT ME TEAMWORK AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT TEAMWORK IS HERE AND IT REALLY DOES SET THE STAGE FOR FOR LEADERSHIP MOVING FORWARD.  I REFLECT ON MY TIME IN YOUTH SPORTS WITH NOSTALGIA AND SO MUCH LOVE IN MY HEART. THESE EAST BOSTON GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE IS WHERE I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND IT SET ME OFF ON THE PATH TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN MY ATHLETIC CAREER.  JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING VARSITY IN SEVENTH GRADE BUT WHO'S A.  BUT NO, IT REALLY TO YOUR POINT COUNSELOR PEPEN, IT CREATES THAT THIRD SPACE. IT CREATES AND CONVENES COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES AND WE HAVE JUST SEEN AN EXPLOSION IN CHARLESTOWN WHERE THIS REALLY IS IS A SAFE SPACE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE'VE SEEN INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE CHARLESTOWN SOCCER LEAGUE AND THEY HAVE INTEGRATED THEMSELVES INTO DEVELOPMENT CONVERSATIONS TO GET MITIGATION OR EXCUSE ME COMMUNITY BENEFITS BUT NOT ALL PARENTS HAVE THAT TIME RIGHT? AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE THIS EQUITABLE LET'S TRY TO GET THE BOSTON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HERE TO TALK ABOUT OR EVEN THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL TO ASSESS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH FIELDS AND HOW THAT'S MATCHING UP WITH SOME DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. AND SO I'LL STOP THERE BUT JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR BECAUSE OUT OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL WAITING TIMES ARE WAITING. YOU DON'T HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT MY PARTICIPATION THE NEW SPORTS AS A KID WAS LIFE CHANGING.  IT WAS A LIFELINE. IT PROBABLY I SAID PROBABLY I DON'T THINK I'M EXAGGERATING SAID IT PROBABLY SAVED MY LIFE . SO I REALLY THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.  I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR FACILITIES. YOU HEAR ABOUT A SOCCER LEAGUE AND THEY WANT TO HAVE COMPETITIVE GAMES BUT THE SOCCER FIELDS AREN'T UP TO SPEED UP DIVOTS AND HOLES AND THEY'RE NOT NOT UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT REQUIRED FOR A COMPETITIVE SOCCER LEAGUES ETC. AND WE HAVE HUGE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ALL THE UNIVERSITIES THERE'S THIS COACHING TALENT THERE. THERE'S ACCESS TO FACILITIES AND TIMES THAT THE STUDENTS ARE THE WAY WHATEVER. I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT ALL ALL THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT OUR STUDENT YOUNG PEOPLE BPC IS ONLY A FRACTION OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.  WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO GO TO METCO, WE EXCLUDE INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE HAVE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 20,000 MORE THAN ACTUALLY GO TO P.S. SO AND HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY TOGETHER BUILD BUILD COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO MAYBE LOOK DIFFERENT FROM YOU OR HAVE A DIFFERENT RELIGION FROM YOU OR WHATEVER IT'S ALL IT'S ALL ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR CITY. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNSELOR BREADON IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL AROUND WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THIS PART OF THE DAIS.  I GREW UP PLAYING YOUTH SPORTS AND COUNCILOR WEBER TOLD ME DON'T TALK ABOUT MY CHESS CAREER SO I WON'T. BUT FROM EVERYTHING FROM TENNIS TO VOLLEYBALL TO BASKETBALL I SWAM AND WE HEARD ABOUT SO MANY BENEFITS THAT COME OUT OF YOUTH SPORTS.  BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE YOUTH LEAGUES IN MY DISTRICT ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS DORCHESTER EAGLES AND THE BOSTON RAIDERS.  MATTAPAN PATRIOTS METROPOLITAN POP WARNER SPORTSMAN'S TENNIS CENTER AIDS SO MISSION SAVE HOOPS COLLABORATIVE HARLEM LACROSSE BOSTON FOOTBALL CLUB WHY YES KIDS THE PERKINS CENTER PEEWEE BASKETBALL WHERE YOU CAN SEE WRAPAROUND COACH AND BASKETBALL ON A SATURDAY MY MY NEPHEW AND ONE LOVE SPORTS ACADEMY I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WHAT WOULD BE COOL IS IF WE COULD GET ALL OF THOSE COACHES TOGETHER FOR LIKE A YOUTH SUMMIT TO KIND OF A YOUTH SPORTS SUMMIT TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT THEY NEED AND THEIR RESOURCES HOW WE CAN COORDINATE BETTER AS A CITY WITH OUR OUR SPORTS LEAGUE. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WILL BE PRETTY COOL IS THE POLICY I THINK IS WORTH EXPLORING. WE HAVE LEARNED LEARNED MAYBE WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT A PLAY IN EARN TO KIND INCENTIVIZE OUR KIDS TO PLAY SPORTS OR MOTIVATE THEM TO LEARN ART AND PLAY MUSIC. BUT SO THERE'S SOME OF MY IDEAS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION NEXT.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU GUYS. OUR OTHER CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR INTRODUCING THIS TO FOR US TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.  I AM NOT A SPORTS PERSON, Y'ALL . WHILE EVERYBODY WAS PLAYING SPORTS I WAS COOKING AND CLEANING SO I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. BUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SPORTS I WORKED REALLY HARD AT MAKING SURE THAT MY DAUGHTER DID AND SO MY DAUGHTER PLAYED SOCCER WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE. NOW SHE IS AT SHE PLAYS BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL FOR HER SCHOOL AND IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BASE PROGRAM AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT I HAVE A BALLER IN THE FAMILY. I THINK THE FIRST IN OUR FAMILY TO REALLY BE ALL ABOUT THE SPORTS LIFE AND SO REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND THINK MY COLLEAGUES WERE BRINGING IT FORTH. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD WHILE WE ARE FOCUSING ON YOUNG PEOPLE I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER TYPES OF LEAGUES THAT WE HAVE HERE ACROSS THE CITY. THERE ARE A LOT OF BASEBALL LEAGUES THAT ARE LED BY OLDER MEN. THERE'S A LEAGUE OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED BUT I KNOW THERE ARE OLDER MEN, DOMINICAN MEN THAT THAT AND SO THEY STILL KNOW HOW TO PLAY AND I THINK THERE THERE'S ALSO A LEAGUE OF THE CARIBBEAN. YES. WHICH IS THE FIRST LEAGUE OF WOMEN AND DOMINICAN WOMEN BUT NONETHELESS WE HAVE SEEN THAT THERE IS AN UPTICK IN IN SPORTS AND LOOKING AT OUR PARKS AND WHO HAS ACCESS TO THEM WHEN WE HAVE ACCESS IF WE HAVE ACCESS AT ALL, HOW WE SHOW UP IN THESE SPACES I BELIEVE AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUTH THAT I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SPORTS AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FACILITIES AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY MEAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE SPONSORS TO CONSIDER THE WHOLE FAMILY NOT JUST YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY SPORTS NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE. I MAY EVEN GET OUT THERE IN THE FIELD NOW MY LITTLE AGE BUT BUT I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US TO REALLY BE SUPER MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT.  YES. YOUTH ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY THIS IS WHERE THE HIGHEST NEED IS. BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER WHO ARE PLAYING SPORTS AND IN TERMS OF THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH THAT ALSO HELPS THEM OUT. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER BRINGING IN SOME OTHER FOLKS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNSELOR MEJIA AND I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT BUT I ALSO GREW UP IN YOUTH SPORTS AND JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE MUNI AND HYDE PARK WHICH IS WHERE I PLAYED BASKETBALL AS A TEENAGER WHERE I STARTED OFF AND HAD JUST I MEAN IT WAS JUST SUCH A WAY TO GROUND ME IN A COMMUNITY.  SO SHOUT OUT TO THE MUNI SHUT OUT TO COACH WINSTON TO EVERYONE INVOLVED CANCER PIPPIN I MENTIONED SOME OF THE ISSUES OUT OF THE FACILITIES THERE AND THEN I ALSO AND I TRIED OUT YOU KNOW MY BASKETBALL TEAM WHEN I WAS AT LA AND I AND IT'S PARTICULARLY SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBERING BECAUSE LAST WEEK A MOTHER OF MY CLASSMATE MY LATE CLASSMATE JOHNNY SIMON WHO PASSED AWAY HE WAS MY LOCKER MATE AND HE PASSED AWAY AT 14 WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT LA IN AND I WORE NUMBER 40 IN HIS MEMORY ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM AND SO YOUTH SPORTS ARE REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL AND IMPORTANT AND I JUST WANTED TO GET MY LOVE TO READ SIMON BECAUSE THAT MEMORY OF ME I DON'T OFTEN SEE PICTURES OF ME WHEN I USED TO PLAY BASKETBALL BECAUSE I STOPPED PLAYING FOR A REASON I WASN'T THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER NORAH BRENNAN OR DID NOT HAVE THAT BUT I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT HIS MEMORY AND HIS MOM FOR SENDING ME THAT PHOTO.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE I COUNSELORS BREADON COLETTA, DURKIN, FLYNN, MCGWIRE BUT THEN WERE OUT AND PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 20551 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0552 LIKE NUMBER 055 TO COUNCILOR WITH MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HIM TO AUDIT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA COUNSELOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IF I SAY ONE MOMENT SORRY YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL SECOND CO-SPONSOR PLEASE.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR LOUISIANA SO ADDED COUNSELOR MEJIA YOU HAVE A FLOOR?  YEAH. AND JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES I HAVE A FEW BRIEF FILES JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW BACK NOW THIS MORNING I.  I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I GOT REALLY INSPIRED BECAUSE LAST WEEK COUNSELOR MURPHY FILED A HEARING ORDER AROUND LIBRARIES AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SO MUCH WORK THAT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CONTINUE I'M HERE IN THIS TERM AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO JUST THAT SO THIS ONE IS I HAVE A FEW BUT THIS ONE IS IN PARTICULAR TO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. WE FILED A HEARING ORDER LAST YEAR AND WE ALSO HELD A HEARING ORDER TO REALLY AUDIT THE PRACTICES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN REGARDS TO VIOLENCE. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS HEARING ORDER BACK TO THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR. WE KNOW THAT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, MOTHERS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY RECEIVED GRANTS FROM GOVERNOR HEALEY'S OFFICE AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS PARTNERSHIP HOW WE WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE HATE IN IS LOOKING AT AND IS LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INTO OUR COURTS. SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IT IS A PRACTICE THAT I THINK HELPS REPAIR HARD BUT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT AS ONE OF THE KITS IN OUR TOOL KIT FOR LOOKING AT THE VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  AND SO WITH THAT I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN PRACTITIONERS STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS WHO ARE DOING THE WORK TO HELP US REALLY GROUND OURSELVES IN THIS PRACTICE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE HEARING AND I WOULD REFER BACK TO MY PRESENT COUNCILOR THANK YOU COUNSELOR. MEJIA I'LL JUST BE BRIEF. IT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING AND FUNDING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES IN OUR SCHOOLS WHEN WE HAVE THE MAYOR OR BP DR. BIOLOGICAL TO DR. KEVIN SIMON THIS MORNING JUST DISCUSSED $21 MILLION IN INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE HAVE OUR KIDS WALKING INTO SCHOOLS EVERY DAY WITH TRAUMA AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL FIGHTING FOR MORE SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE FORM OF SOCIAL WORKERS, IN THE FORM OF GUIDANCE COUNSELORS THAT ARE REALLY THERE TO HELP EMOTIONALLY OUR KIDS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INTERVENING WITH PRACTICES WHERE THEY CAN SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS THROUGH RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE WORKING ON THE ISSUE THAT WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COUNSELOR HERE MENTIONED THAT THE STATE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES. MY NIECE WENT TO THE YOUNG ACHIEVERS IN MATTAPAN SCHOOL THAT HAD AT THE TIME HAD NO GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, HAD NO PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND WAS JUST GETTING THEIR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES BACK AND THEY HAD A FEW INCIDENCES OF VIOLENCE. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO INVEST IN THESE COMMUNITY BASED PRACTICES AND HOW WE SOLVE HELP TO SOLVE THE ISSUES OF TRAUMA THAT OUR KIDS ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH EVERY DAY THAT OFTEN MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN FORM VIOLENCE. SO I WANT TO THANK HASHIM HERE FOR REFILING THIS AND REALLY EAGER LAST YEAR I WAS ABLE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR. THIS YEAR I AM AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HELP AND LEAN INTO THIS WORK BECAUSE IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS IN PARTICULAR OUR BLACK AND BROWN KIDS WHEN THEY WALK INTO SCHOOL AND HOW WE'RE MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  COUNSELOR BREADON CONSTABLE AIDAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR OR WEEDS THAT TO ADD YOUR NAME I WAS RAISING TO ADD MY OKAY IT'S OKAY ALSO TO THANK COUNCILOR HERE LIKE A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES I KNOW IN OUR DISTRICT WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS. THE GARDNER PILOT ACADEMY HAS A VERY LONG STANDING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM THAT HAS WORKED REALLY WELL OVER MANY, MANY YEARS AND I THINK OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK INTO SCHOOL AFTER COVID AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF HUGE AMOUNT OF TRAUMA.  IT'S THEY'RE DISORIENTED AND DISCOMBOBULATED AND AND REALLY NOT ABLE AND I THINK WE NEED TO USE EVERY TOOL IN THE BOOK AND I THINK THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES ARE PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO FUND IT AND SUPPORT IT AND ENCOURAGE IT AND LIFT IT UP WHEREVER WE CAN. THANK YOU.  GREAT THANK YOU, COUNSELOR BREADON SO ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON CAMERON ANDREW ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THE SCHOOL IS CONSIDERING GOING INTO AN INCLUSION MODEL. A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH RESOURCE ROOMS, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH ACTUAL PRACTITIONERS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE CERTIFIED OR QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN THIS MODEL.  SO WHILE THE THE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS WILL LEAD US INTO THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING FUNDS AND ALLOCATIONS IN TERMS OF THIS NEW MODEL GOING INTO INCLUSION, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION ALSO IF COUNCIL ME HERE IS AUDITING TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR THE EXECUTION OR THE MECHANISMS THAT THEY'VE USED THUS FAR.  I THINK THERE'S A CORRELATION HERE AND UNDERSTANDING AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING INTO A NEW MODEL HOW EXACTLY HAVE THEY DONE THAT SO THUS FAR IN OTHERS IN THE SCHOOLS LIKE THE HENDERSON AND SCHOOLS THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY IMPLEMENTED INCLUSIVE MODEL AS WELL AS MOVING FORWARD? SO SUPER IMPORTANT CONVERSATION LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR VERNON JENISON IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN DURKIN FITZGERALD PITT, BEN SANTANA, WEBER WORLD TALKING NUMBER 0552 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER AT 0553 LUCKY NUMBER 0553 COUNCIL LET ME HEAR FOR THE FOLLOWING. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AND PROGRESS.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AGAIN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER.  I THINK AS WE KNOW THE CITY IS WORKING REALLY HARD AT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CLOSING THAT WEALTH GAP AND ALSO LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY BUILD THAT WEALTH THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS. AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FILE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DIVING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW WE CAN FIX IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  CONCILOR MEJIA HE IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON,  COUNCILOR GREEN INDIGENOUS AND YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. ANOTHER SUPER IMPORTANT TOPIC. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR FILING THIS. UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF TECH TECH ASSISTANCE OR UNDERSTANDING YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE PERCENTAGE WE WENT UP ABOUT 2% BUT REALLY CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY ARE WE ARE WE ACTUALLY APPLYING THOSE METRICS EVERY TIME? ARE WE FILTERING THE SAME BLACK AND BROWN AND WOMEN BUSINESSES ARE WE DOING OUR PART AS A CITY TO ACTUALLY REACH TO THOSE BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND? ONE THING THAT I THINK IS MISSING IS THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH OF NETWORKS BETWEEN FOR EXAMPLE SAY A BLACK WOMAN'S CONTRACTUAL NETWORK THAT COMES TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY CREATES SOME SORT OF LIKE WEBSITE LIKE BE LOCAL WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAY YEAH THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT BIDDING AND HOW CAN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE APPLICATIONS VIABLE IN AN ACCESSIBLE TO OUR MINORITY GROUPS? THANK YOU COUNCIL ME HERE FOR FILING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING THIS AS WELL.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR AN IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ORAL COUNCIL ORAL YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU TO COUNCIL ME HERE FOR FILING THIS AND YEAH, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOU TO ROOM FOR ALL HIS OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN INCREASING OUR CONTRACT PORTFOLIO TO MORE THAN $2 BILLION. JUST KIND OF WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED BUT YOU KNOW, DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AWARDED TO MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE SPACE GRANT PROGRAM. ALSO THE CONTRACT AND OPPORTUNITY FUND. AND THEN THERE IS THE SCALE PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO THE SHELTERED MARKET PROGRAM. BUT I THINK I WANT TO ALSO BRING INTO THIS SPACE INTO THE CONVERSATION THAT I THINK MORE COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF OUR BOSTON BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE PILOT ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS LIKE OUR HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PIECE ON EQUITABLE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES. SO WANTED TO BRING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT ALL THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT OUR STAKEHOLDERS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONTROL IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON DURKAN FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN PIPPINS SANTANA, WEBER LAUREL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBERS 0553 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0554 DUNCAN NUMBER 055 FOR COUNCIL AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REFILE.  AND I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT HAVING AFTER HAVING A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU WHILE IT SAYS AUDIT, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY THINK IT MIGHT GO INTO WAYS AND MEANS OR IT MIGHT WHEREVER IT'S GOING TO GO. BUT I THINK THAT BASED ON YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FEEDBACK, I THINK THE BEST PLACE FOR THIS TO GO IS TO THE EDUCATION SPACE THAT I'M GOING TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SPEEDY HEARING AROUND THIS ISSUE BECAUSE HAVING WORKED IN THE EDUCATION SPACE BEFORE I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER.  ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I HEARD CONSTANTLY WAS ALL ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS. WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE REALLY GETTING THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE CLASSROOMS. I THINK ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO SIT IN IN THEIR IEP MEETINGS AND DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HALF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID. USUALLY THERE'S TRANSPORT A TRANSLATION THAT GETS LOST AND SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE SPECIAL UNIQUE ABILITIES AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING THE HEARING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY BRINGING IN THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THE REALITIES OR DOING THE WORK TO HELP US HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT THEY'RE GETTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR ANY INJURY AND IT'S INCUMBENT INDIVIDUALS AND YOU HAVE FOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I'M WE'RE IN A LOOP NOW MEJIA.  YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORTH AGAIN I'M OF THE OPINION THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE INVESTMENTS IN THE SERVICES ITSELF BUT RATHER THE INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORTING PARENTS TO CREATE THAT HOME SCHOOL CONNECTION.  I THINK THAT WE DO A DISSERVICE TO OUR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF OTHER LANGUAGES OF NOT ACTUALLY EDUCATING THEM. WHAT EXACTLY DOES A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT ENTAIL OR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL OR SOCIO ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT ENTAILS? SO WHEN YOU WHEN WE DO THIS WHEN WE ONLY PUT THE SERVICE A BAND-AID ON THE ISSUE AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND NOT SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING IN MONITORING ON SAY A BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION AT HOME ON SAY A HOMEWORK SPACE. RIGHT. IT ENTAILS A WHOLE LOT LIKE SO THERE'S LIGHTING, VENTILATION,  SPACE, SOUND SENSORY AND IF WE'RE NOT EDUCATING OUR PARENTS AND ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT A TREATMENT PLAN IS AND HOW TO ACTUALLY MONITOR THOSE MODIFY THOSE MODIFICATION CHARTS OR WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE WORKING ON HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY WORK WITH YOUR CHILD ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS OR BUILDING AGAIN THOSE LEVEL OF SOCIAL SKILLS TO OVERCOME SOME OF THEIR BARRIERS FOR THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS? WE'RE NOT DOING JUSTICE TO OUR FAMILIES SO SOME A LOT OF THIS INVESTMENT SHOULD BE IN EDUCATING FAMILIES AGAIN AND UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW A TREATMENT PLAN AND SUPPORT AT HOME IF THERE IS NO SUPPORT AT HOME IT DOESN'T WORK. SO AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU FOR FINAL THANK YOU COUNSELOR FOR AN ENGINEER IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR BREADON AND CONSUMMATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU AGAIN FROM HERE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I I HAVE THE HONOR OF WORKING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AT PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND FOR 16 YEARS AND I LEARNED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT HOW FAMILIES NEED THAT CONNECTION. THAT HOMESCHOOL CONNECTION IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.  THE OTHER ISSUE I WANT TO JUST ELEVATE IN THIS MOMENT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS IS JUST HOW WE TRANSITION OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND SCHOOLS AS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HOW THEY TRANSFORM TRANSITION INTO ADULT LIFE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT JOURNEY AND ALSO ON THE HANDOFF INTO INTO SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT OR ON GOING OFF TO COLLEGE OR WHATEVER THEY NEED. SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT'S NOT JUST THE EARLY EDUCATION, EARLY INTERVENTION AND THEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH SCHOOL BUT THEN ALSO THAT TRANSITION INTO ADULT LIFE IS REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT AS WELL AND THAT'S THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING AS A CULTURAL WHERE ELSE OFTEN OFTEN REFERENCES IT'S SORT OF THE CRADLE TO THE CAREER MAKE SCHOOL.  THAT'S WHEN THE OUTCOME MEASUREMENT NEEDS TO HAPPEN LIKE HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE WE BEEN? IT'S REFLECTED ON HOW SUCCESS THE SUCCESS OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM SHOULD BE. THE SUCCESS OF THE YOUNG PERSON WHEN THEY LEAVE THE SYSTEM AT THE OTHER END. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA.  SOMEBODY HERE. YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD? YES. PRESIDENT I'D LIKE TO ADD A SORRY I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS EARLIER BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR ANDERSON AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ONE AS WELL AS COUNSELOR MURPHY TO THE THE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION THE HEARING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS NO, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION THE ONE THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO RIGHT NOW.  0594 OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. BOTH OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YOU WANTED TO ADD FOR AN ANDERSON A SECOND AND MURPHY IS THERE COUNTERPOINT AND JENISON IS ADDED AS THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COMES HE ASKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY HAS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNSELOR MURPHY ALSO ADDED THANK YOU COUNSELOR MEJIA IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN THE BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0554 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  MR. CLERK PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0555 DOCKET NUMBER 0555 COUNCILOR LET MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS SERVICE PROVISION SPENDING FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.  I THANK YOU MR. CLERK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA, COUNSELOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES, I'M ALMOST DONE. OKAY, SO BEFORE I GET STARTED I WANTED TO ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE SO ADDED IT COMES FROM ME . HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I ALSO WANT TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNSELOR ANDERSON TO JOIN US AS WELL. HE HAS EXPANSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON IS SO ADDED COUNSELOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER MYSELF I AM REALLY EXCITED TO REFILE THIS HEARING ORDER TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT ARE WE MEETING THE MOMENT AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT SO MUCH SO WE HAVE STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO DO IN THIS SPACE. I WAS PART OF THE THE ENGLISH THE YELLOW TASK FORCE IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEFORE I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER AND I LEARNED A LOT AS A PARENT VOICE IN THAT SPACE AROUND A LOT OF THE LACK OF NOT JUST THE SPENDING BUT THE SERVICES, THE QUALITY OF SERVICES, THE ADVOCACY AND SO AS YOU KNOW IN THE NEWS THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE WE FILED THE SAME ORDER LAST YEAR.  THERE'S BEEN A MASS EXODUS OF FOLKS WHO WERE PART OF THE YELLOW TASK FORCE WHO HAVE LEFT AND MORE RECENTLY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YELLOW DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS ALSO FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS JUST FOR STANDING UP AND TRYING TO FIGHT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND NEEDLESS TO SAY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A BODY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS PLATFORM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE HAVE WE GONE WRONG AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REPAIR THAT HARM. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS HEARING ORDER WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO NOT JUST TO THE SPENDING BUT ALSO TO TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER SERVICES BEING RENDERED. OUR STUDENTS BEING SERVED ESPECIALLY NOW WITH ALL OF THE MIGRANT STUDENTS THAT HAVE RECENTLY HAVE ARRIVED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF SOME OF OUR MIGRANT STUDENTS. AND SO I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR THAT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES ARE THE ONES WHO ARE STEPPING UP TO FILL IN THE GAP. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO DO BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONGRESSMAN ANDREA ANDERSON COMES WITH AN INVITATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I THINK OFTEN TIMES I TRY TO EXPLAIN IN THE WAY THAT I CAN HOW CHALLENGING EXPRESSING MYSELF OR ANYBODY WITH OTHER LANGUAGES IS. AND I THINK SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, I QUICKLY SAY, YOU KNOW, ENGLISH IS MY FOURTH LANGUAGE AND IT'S TAKEN LIKE I'M SHOWING OFF.  BUT TODAY TODAY I'LL SHOW OFF FOR YOU SO AMIR CAPELA ON IN THE POCKET REALLY KILLING IT FROM OUTER LINGUAL YOU'LL FIND FORT COLLINS OUT OF THE GAMES IN A CONVERTED A THE MAIN E THIS BOY'S GOING TO DIG AMERICA NOT AN RV AND NADIA GAVLAK A LOT OF PORTUGUESE MAKE A LOT OF COVER THEM ARE IN CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTONCES LAURA MORIKAWA MISSING OUT ON LOANS MISSING OUT ON ESPANOL BARACUS ON THE MECHANICAL I WOKE UP IN THE BLACK COMMODORE THAT WILL COME AND THEN FINALLY I WENT TO SCHOOL SICK ABOUT FOUR MONTHS LATER AND ENGLISH BECAME MY FOURTH LANGUAGE. THEY'RE SURE TO THEY FANCY MY MATH PATTERNS OR C MANAGED TO THE PARTICULAR FORMS THEY MEASURE EMPATHY FOR SO LIKE IN MACBETH BEST COLLEGE. JAROBI RIGHT. SO I'M MUSLIM AND I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO READ AND WRITE ARABIC THAT IS SUPER DIFFICULT. THAT IS NOT A THING YOU PICK UP OFF THE GROUND AND THERE ARE NUANCES AND THEIR FEELINGS AND THERE ARE WAYS AND CULTURE THAT YOU HAVE TO EXPRESS ONESELF. YOU WANT TO EXPRESS HER OR HERSELF AND SO WHILE WE CAN SEE PEOPLE SPEAKING IN ACCENTS AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STIGMAS THAT COME AROUND PEOPLE THAT SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES IMAGINE A CHILD COME IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.  I WAS TEN WHEN I GOT HERE AND THEN QUICKLY LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, ADAPTABILITY WAS MY FIRST MISSION. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT FOR ALL ALL CHILDREN SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE TEN THEY'RE PUT THEY'RE PLACED IN FOURTH OR FIFTH GRADE WITH ZERO LITERACY WITH ZERO MATH NEVER BEEN TO SCHOOL SO BEEPS AND I'M A TEST ME BECAUSE I WORKED FOR THEM DOES NOT PROPERLY ASSESS OR MAY BE INUNDATED WITH ALL OF THEIR OVERWHELMING AGENDAS THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY ASSESSING CHILDREN SOMETIMES THESE KIDS ARE ILLITERATE OR THINGS AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY EVEN SPEAK. THEY HAVE NEVER READ ANYTHING ANY BOOKS AND THEY'RE JUST PLACED IN A GRADE SO THEN YOU HAVE A PARENT THAT CAN'T SUPPORT THEM AND BY THE TIME THEY GET HOME AND THEN THEY'RE MANDATED TO TAKE THEM CLASS,  WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON A STATE LEVEL IF YOU GUYS ARE SO INCLINED PLEASE GO JUSTIFY BUT THE IDEA THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTING AND I FILED WITH COUNCIL WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES OUR PARENTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE CONSOLE MEJIA WE CAN PARTNER UP THOSE TO HEARINGS AND SEE HOW WE CAN BRING TO ACCOUNT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON MASI OVER TOGETHER SO I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW ALL THE OTHER ONES. COUNSELOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNSELOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THEY GUARANTEE US A MEAL OF GRATITUDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE ME FIRST THEY THROW I'LL SPEAK IN ENGLISH.  SO THANK YOU COUNSELOR. MEJIA FOR FOR FOR ELEVATING THIS THIS ISSUE. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK HERE IN BOSTON IT IS COUNSELOR FERNANDES ANDERSON WELL IT WAS BY HER OWN EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HELP KIDS WHO ARE LEARNING ENGLISH AND AND I JUST POINT OUT WE HAVE A TEST IN SCHOOLS THE SYSTEM HERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, KIDS NEED TO GET INTO THOSE SCHOOLS TO GET THE BEST EDUCATION FOR THE MOST PART IN THE CITY AND WHAT A BARRIER IT IS FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND IS JUST LEARNING ENGLISH AND PUTTING THEM YOU KNOW, MAKING THEM TAKE THE SAME TEST AS SOMEBODY WHO WHO'S BORN HERE AND WHOSE FAMILY SPEAKS ENGLISH AT HOME. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. UM AND I WE NEED TO HELP OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, ARE THE NEW AS AS AS COUNSELOR WE'RE L AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WAYS MEANS COMMITTEE. UM, YOU KNOW, BP'S BUDGET THEY'RE RECLASSIFYING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING TEACHERS AS INCLUSION TEACHERS I BELIEVE WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. SO THANK YOU FOR FILING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE ENOUGH TEACHERS PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SERVICE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR . WHOEVER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRABAND COUNCILOR AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BUT MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER HILL FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL CONVERSATION TO ME . TWO PARENTS ARE BOTH IMMIGRANTS AND ONLY SPOKE SPANISH FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I'M THE I'M THE OLDEST SO A LOT OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO PAY THE BILLS, TO TALK TO THE LANDLORDS, TO WHEN FACING EVICTION I WAS THE ONE THAT HAD TO SPEAK FOR THEM AT TEN YEARS OLD AND IT WASN'T FOR SCHOOL.  OH WHEN I LEARNED THAT WHAT HAPPENS I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING BORN HERE THE MIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING IN THE PARENTS ARE COMING WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE YOUNG. THEY'RE LEARNING THAT LANGUAGE HERE AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF YOUTH IN BOSTON THAT ARE SERVING AS A TRANSLATOR FOR THEIR PARENTS EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR BILLS ARE GETTING PAID,  THAT THOSE THOSE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING MADE AND THAT THE FOOD IS ON THEIR TABLE. MY VOICE IS A LITTLE BIT SHAKY RIGHT NOW AND BECAUSE I'M NERVOUS BUT BECAUSE IT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT THIS NOT JUST A YOUTH GETTING THE SERVICES IN THE SCHOOLS IT'S THE PARENTS TO BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE TOO. THEY'RE HERE TO WORK AND IT'S NOT EASY BUT SO WHAT THEY GO THROUGH AND YEAH IT'S FIGHTING BACK TO YOU IT'S IT'S VERY PERSONAL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE. YOU SHOULD THANK YOU SO MUCH. FRIENDSHIP IN THE RECOGNIZES CONCENTRATED CANCER WADE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU AGAIN COUNSELOR HERE I ALSO WANT TO STAND AND ELEVATE THE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR HUBS SCHOOLS THAT OFFER WRAPAROUND SERVICES AGAIN I SHOWED A BIG SHOW TO THE GARDNER PILOT ACADEMY.  THEY HAVE THEIR HELP SCHOOL IN THE PILOT SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE A REALLY ROBUST ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE PARENTS OF THEIR STUDENTS WHO ARE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS. AND SO HAVE A SURVIVAL ENGLISH PROGRAM WHERE FOLKS WHO SPEAK ENGLISH ALL THE WAY UP TO AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR PARENTS WHO ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE A CLEANING BUSINESS OR A CONTRACTING BUSINESS OR WHATEVER TO HELP THEM BE MORE SUCCESSFUL ECONOMICALLY MORE SUCCESS.  SO IN AND IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY IT'S A MAGNET IT'S A MULTIPLIER A MULTIPLIER EFFECT BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR EVER PARENTS ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND MORE CONFIDENT ADVOCATES FOR THEIR FOR THEIR FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL THEY'RE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR BUSINESS IN THEIR JOBS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET MORE PAY. SO I YOU KNOW I KNOW ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT ALSO I REALLY FEEL SOME SMALL INVESTMENT AND THEN WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT SOME MORE INVESTMENT INTO OUR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE ESL CLASSES FOR THE PARENTS OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS IS WILL PAY DIVIDENDS AS WELL. SO I WANT TO ELEVATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR GREAT IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN CAPITAL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKE UP FOR SPONSORING THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.  THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE CRITICAL TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND IN PROVIDING THEM THE TRANSLATION INTERPRETATION SERVICES IS CRITICAL AND JUST JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE BRIEF STORY THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY ON SUNDAY BELIEVE IT OR NOT WAS NOT THE THE PARADE THE THE THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WAS RECEIVING A CALL FROM MY MY STAFF WHO WANTED TO WHO NEEDED MY HELP FROM A FAMILY THAT WAS BURNED DOWN THEIR APARTMENTS WERE BURNED A MAJOR FIRE IN CHINATOWN AND THEY HAD NO PLACE TO GO. THEY SPOKE CANTONESE AND THE OTHER FAMILY SPOKE MANDARIN AND I DON'T SPEAK EITHER BUT I WAS ENOUGH AND HONORED TO JOIN MY ASSISTANT ON SUNDAY EVENING TO BE IN CHINATOWN HELPING THESE FAMILIES WITH HOUSING ACCESS.  BUT IT'S REALLY CRITICAL NOT ONLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE STUDENTS AND VIPS BUT IT'S THE FAMILY AS WELL PROVIDING THEM WITH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS.  AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, COUNCILOR MEJIA THAT WHEN I THINK OF COUNCIL MEJIA, THAT'S THE FIRST ISSUE I THINK OF IS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND CITY SERVICES SHOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH OR NOT. THAT'S WHY A LOT OF US RELY ON STAFF TO DO OUR JOBS AS WELL. BUT IT'S THE FAMILY THAT IS ALSO IMPACTED BY LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AS WELL. SO JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR AND MY COLLEAGUES HERE AS WELL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS THANK MEMBERSHIP. THANK YOU TOM COUNCILOR BREADON ,DID YOU KNOW I THINK IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I'LL JUST SAY LIKE I AM REALLY HEARTENED BY THE ADVOCACY FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ON THIS COUNCIL . I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR REINTRODUCING THIS BUT I KNOW WE HAVE CHAMPIONS FROM CONSECRATE AND FERNANDO ANDERSON TO CASA FLYNN TO THE NEW AND THE LIVE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING. IT OBVIOUSLY IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.  WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET AND DEMYSTIFYING IT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE IN MY OFFICE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT OUR LIFE CLASSROOMS FOR STUDENTS WITH LIMITED AND INTERRUPTED EDUCATION WITH ALL OF THIS ENERGY HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO RIGHT BY BOTH OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING ENGLISH AND OUR PARENTS BECAUSE IS SUCH A GREAT GREAT NEED. SO THANK YOU AGAIN CUSTOMER HERE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN YOUR OWN OFFICES TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE THAT IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO OUR CITY AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO BE THE WELCOMING CITY THAT WE ARE AN INCLUSIVE CITY THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE LANGUAGE OF OUR OF OUR RESIDENTS WHAT ANYONE LIKE WOULD ANYONE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN BEN SANTANA WEBER WAHL THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 80555 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 0556 NUMBER 0556 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF DECISION MAKING PROTOCOLS AND CITY GOVERNMENT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEET HERE COMES WITH MEJIA YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND BEFORE I START I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR RISING AND UTILIZING YOUR MICROPHONES TO AMPLIFY ON BEHALF OF OTHERS.  SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL AND I WANTED TO JUST ESPECIALLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, COUNCILOR . BUT THEY YOU KNOW, BRINGING YOUR FULL HEART INTO THIS CHAMBER OFTENTIMES IS SOMETHING VERY VULNERABLE TO DO. BUT I THINK IT'S VERY NECESSARY BECAUSE THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS TO BE THAT VOICE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP INTO HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR FULL SELF AND BEING SO VULNERABLE TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH US BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE MAKE CHANGE RIGHT IS BY LISTENING TO EACH OTHER AND RECOGNIZING THE PAIN THAT WE CARRY AND OTHERS. I JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY SO THIS IS THIS IS THE LAST ONE.  PRESIDENT FLYNN I MEAN PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO GET UP TO SPEAK. I RIGHT.  HOPE YOU HAVE ONE MORE AND THAT'S YOU'RE WITHDRAWING IT 19 0558 I'M JUST JOKING.  OH, I DO. OKAY. I'M SORRY YOU GUYS. I'M ACTING LIKE CODE . YOU CAN KEEP IT BRIEF IF YOU'RE SORRY . SO YEAH, WE FIND OUT OKAY. I CANNOT BE BUT YOU KNOW I AM GOING TO BE REFILE A SERIES OF OTHER THINGS BUT SO I'M SORRY FOR THE THE AMOUNT OF TIME I'M HANGING UP HERE TODAY, BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.  AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT CHANGES AND OFTENTIMES THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED USUALLY FEEL THE MOST LEFT OUT OF CONVERSATIONS.  AND SO AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY OFFICE SINCE THE MOMENT I STEPPED FOOT INTO CITY HALL, IT HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT CREATING SPACE AND A PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE TO BE A PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES EVEN THOUGH IT MAY DELAY OR SLOW DOWN THINGS WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, NOTHING FEELS MORE AFFIRMING THAN TO BE HEARD AND I THINK THAT GIVEN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A WATERHOLES IN OUR FACES EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND WHETHER IT'S THE CENTER, YOU KNOW, THE BUSTLING THE BIKE LANES, YOU KNOW, WHITE STADIUM, THE SHATTUCK TO MOVE OR TO NOT TO MOVE THE O'BRYANT LIKE EVERYTHING THAT DEALS WITH OUR QUALITY OF LIFE FEELS LIKE WE'RE ALL THIS IS THE MOMENT AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THESE VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAUSE AND TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE TYPE OF STRUCTURE, THE PROTOCOLS AND THE PROCEDURES AND THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE A QUALITY DECISION MAKING MODEL PROCESS IN PLACE. NOW WHILE I'M FILING THIS AS A HEARING ORDER, IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER WITH A BILL OF STANDARDS OR WRITE OF YOU KNOW, A BILL OF RIGHTS IN TERMS OF WHAT DECISION MAKING PROCESSES LOOK LIKE ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE DYNAMIC THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE TO US WITHOUT US. AND YOU KNOW, MY MY SAYING THAT NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US IS FOR US AND IF WE DON'T PAUSE AND WE DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO BUILD A BETTER SYSTEM IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION AND IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING THE ADMINISTRATION IN FOR HEARINGS AND HAVE ADVOCATES, YOU KNOW, SENDING THOUSANDS OF EMAILS TO OUR OFFICES AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY EVALUATE OUR PROTOCOLS WHEN IT COMES TO DECISION MAKING. AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS AS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ADVERSARIAL BUT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY AND USE IT AS AN EXPERIMENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD DOING IN THIS HEARING. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THAT ONCE WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT COLLECTIVELY AND I THINK THAT IF WE COULD DELIVER THAT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, ALL 13 OF US RIGHT, BECAUSE WE REPRESENT THE CITY AS A WHOLE REGARDLESS IF YOU REPRESENT A DISTRICT OR NOT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A BODY TO REALLY HOLD OURSELVES TO A STANDARD AROUND WHAT DECISION MAKING PROCESSES LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE TO REALLY HEAR THOSE THAT WE SERVE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING MORE IMPORTANTLY AUDITING IT AND TO SEE HOW TRANSPARENT WE ARE, HOW ACCESSIBLE WE ARE, ARE WE REALLY MEETING THE MOMENT AND IF NOT THEN LET'S FIGURE OUT DURING THIS TIME TOGETHER WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO FIX IT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. CONSERVATIVE JOE, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO LOOKING AT ALL OF COUNCILMEN LIKE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN HE IS FILING TODAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOCUSING ON PROCESSES AND RESULTS AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE THEME THROUGH ALL OF THEM, IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE THAT'S YOUR FOCUS AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SORT OF GO BACK AND SAY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WORKING AND MAKING SURE WHAT WE BUDGET WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN, WHAT ARE THOSE RESULTS? SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADVOCATING THAT DEPRECIATING ABOUT PROCESSES RESULTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STILL PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON CONTRAVENE ANDREW ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, WHILE ADVOCATING FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, A LOT OF THESE CONCERNS HAVE COME UP AND WITH MY DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL WE HAVE VERY THROUGH A LOT OF THESE POLICIES AND PROCESSES AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS TRANSPARENT AND HAVE MET WITH THE MAYOR. I HAVE MET WITH DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP IN OR CABINET LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT MECHANISMS OR HOW DO YOU MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT, HOW DOES THE CITY BECOME MORE INCLUSIVE IN TERMS OF CONVERSATIONS REGARDING CHANGES IN THE CITY OR JUST KNOW THE USUAL THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PRACTICE? ARE WE?  IS IT WORKING? IS IT NOT? SO I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO THE TO THAT WHERE THE TWO CAN COEXIST RIGHT THE THE THE IDEA THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR CITY AS WELL AS WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT ON A TIMELINE THAT IS HOPEFULLY FEASIBLE BUT FAST ENOUGH TO COMPETE WITH THE WITH WHAT THAT WHAT'S OUTSIDE WHAT'S OUT THERE OR WHAT MARKET DEMANDS BUT ALSO WHILE INCLUDING OR CREATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I THINK THAT SOME WOULD SAY THAT CHALLENGE IS TOO TOO TOO MUCH AND IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GET IT DONE. TO CHECK OFF THE LIST AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN WE HAVE NOT DONE EXACTLY WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO. WE HAVE NOT MADE THE CITY EQUITABLE, RESILIENT,  TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE AND SO I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, LET'S TALK WITH LET'S LET'S HOLD MEETINGS AND I'M PROPOSING THAT WE HOLD MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT CABINET MEMBERS. I KNOW THAT CHIEF MILLER HAS IMPLEMENTED QUALITY ASSURANCE AND 311 AND THIS IS EXTREMELY CRUCIAL. I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HER VERY EARLY ON. DO YOU HAVE A QUALITY ASSURANCE? NO, I DON'T BUT I'M ALREADY PLANNING ON THAT AND NOW THAT SHE HAS AT LEAST ONE IN BUILDING CAPACITY TO BRING MORE HOPEFULLY ALSO I'M ALSO SUGGESTING THAT IN MANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT SOME OF THIS QUALITY ASSURANCE OF SOME OF THE METRICS OF SOME OF THE MONITORING OF PROGRESS SHOULD HAPPEN CONTRACTED OR SHOULD HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE CITY CONTRACT TO A COMMISSION TO A THIRD PARTY COMPANY IF WE ARE THE ONES WITH THE PROBLEM AND WE'RE ALSO SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU CALL A CONSTITUENT AND YOU HEAR THE PROBLEM ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS IT OR DO WE BANDAID IT UP WITH WE PATCH IT UP AND HOW IS IT BEING HANDLED SO?  ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS COME UP. I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES TO MAKE IT TRANSPARENT, DOES IT WANT TO MAKE IT INCLUSIVE BUT INTENTION VERSUS IMPACT RIGHT. SO LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION . LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE METRICS. LET'S FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING, WHAT WHAT ARE THEY WORKING CURRENTLY WORKING ON? SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU FILED THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME GOOD SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEER IN IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLLETTE DURKIN FITZGERALD.  PIPPIN SANTANA, WEBER WAHL PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0556 WILL BE SENT WILL BE REFERRED THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OH ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MADAM CHAIR I THINK YOU CALLED MY NAME TO ADD MY NAME.  OH, I APOLOGIZE. CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON THANK YOU. TALK NUMBER 0556 WHEN WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY MR CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0557 LUCKY NUMBER 0557 COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING BANGLADESH INDEPENDENT STATE THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON INDIA ANDERSON YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BY COMMEMORATING INDEPENDENCE BANGLADESH INDEPENDENCE DAY WE HONEST WE HONOR THE RESILIENCE ,COURAGE AND SACRIFICES OF THE BENGALI PEOPLE IN THEIR PURSUIT OF FREEDOM AND SELF-DETERMINATION JUST RECOGNITION NOT ONLY CELEBRATES THEIR JOURNEY TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE BUT ALSO REINFORCES OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, EQUAL EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THIS RESOLUTION NOT ONLY RECOGNIZES THEIR INDEPENDENCE BUT ALSO SERVES AS A POWERFUL REMINDER THE ENDURING BOND BETWEEN OUR CITY AND THE BENGALI COMMUNITY. IT UNDERSCORES OUR SHARED VALUES OF TOLERANCE, MUTUAL RESPECT AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF UNITY AND INCLUSIVITY THAT THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY. SO I ASK THAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY TO JOIN ME FOR A FLAG RACE VERY SOON AND TO HAVE THE EXACT DATE YET BUT I WILL BE NOTIFYING.  AND HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO THE BENGALI COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR GREEN IN UNISON. AND HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO OUR BENGALI COMMUNITY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON CALATA DURKAN FITZGERALD. FLYNN MEJIA.  FABIEN SANTANA. WEBER WORRELL PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW ANDERSON.  MADAM PRESIDENT, I APOLOGIZE.  I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ASK FOR A PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNAND ANDERSON SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0557.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NO.  THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0558.05 HAVE A COUNCIL ON MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLU ATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 21ST, 2024 AS ANDRIUS SWINGING DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRYMEN HERE I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES. SO THIS MY LAST ONE FOREVER. THIS IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 21ST AS ANDREA SWAIN DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS, I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER SO YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS DAY ALL ABOUT HER. I JUST MADE HAS DEDICATED OVER THREE DECADES TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES IN BOSTON WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD. ANDREA HAS SERVED FOR A DECADE WITH THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY PLAYING A PIVOTAL ROLE IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND CO-CREATED THE SERVICE COMPONENT OF HOPE SIX INITIATIVE LEADING TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF ORCHARD GARDENS ESTATE AND MISSION MAINE HOUSING COMMUNITIES ANDREA HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BOSTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SINCE 2001, SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ROXBURY BRANCH DURING HER TENURE SHE OVERSAW THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE CLUB IN 2026 THE 2006 EXCUSE ME AND ESTABLISHED A LEADERSHIP PIPELINE PROVIDING EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND LOCAL AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. IN FACT THAT WORK LED TO CORY MARINE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN HARLEM AND ALSO A STAFFER IN MY OFFICE. ANDREA CURRENTLY SERVES AS A CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER WHERE SHE OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND EXECUTION OF SERVICES AIMED AT SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT OF ALL CLUBS. YOUTH CONNECT OPERATIONS FOR YOUTH ACROSS BOSTON AND CHELSEA. BEYOND HER ROLE AT THE JOCKEY CLUB, ITS COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY EXTENDS TO HER ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN VARIOUS ADVISORY AND BOARD POSITIONS INCLUDING THINK KIDS BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COMMUNITY ADVISORY THE FOUR STAR DANCE STUDIO ADVISORY BOARD AND THE FINE THE FINANCE MINISTRY OF COUNCIL AND CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH. NOW THEREFORE BE IT THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES MARCH 21ST 2024 AS ANDREA SWING DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN RECOGNITION FOR HER DEDICATION TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED.  THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB NOT JUST BECAUSE ROBERT LOUIS WHO IS NOW THE NEW CEO IS A MENTOR BUT IS SOMEONE WHO HAS INSPIRED ME . WHEN I ENTERED THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPACE HE CREATED A PROGRAM CALLED THE BOSTON STREET WORKERS. AND I WAS ONE OF THE FACILITATORS OF THE CURRICULUM THAT TRAINED THE YOUTH WORKERS ON HOW TO DO THEIR JOBS. I FEEL LIKE 30 YEARS LATER MY WORLD IS COMING BACK IN A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT AND GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT HIS WORK AND ALSO HIS STAFF. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 130 MORE YEARS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HERE. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ANDREA'S AMAZING INCREDIBLE DOES GREAT WORK FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. SHE'S ALWAYS DEEPLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITY AND SO HAPPY TO SEE HER GETTING THIS RECOGNITION. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK PLEASE THAT COUNCILORS GRAYDON COLETTA DURKIN FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD.  FLYNN PIPPEN. SANTANA WALTON PLEASE OF THE CHAIR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. ARE YOU SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OKAY.  CARLTON MIA MCGUIRE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 05580. OKAY. CATCH HIM. HE IS SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0558. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OTHERS OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 055 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0559 LUCKY NUMBER 0559 COUNCILORS DURKIN AND SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCATION SHIELD ACT.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR WEBER.  COUNCILOR DURKIN'S EXPANSION THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR WEBER IS SO AT IT. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR TODAY COUNCIL COUNCILORS SANTANA AND COUNCILOR WEBER ALONG SIDE MY OFFICE ARE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCATION SHIELD ACT.  IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS PRESSING ISSUES THAT IMPACT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WHICH IS THE UNCHECKED EXPLOITATION OF OUR PERSONAL LOCATION DATA BY DATA BROKERS, OUR SMARTPHONES AND THOSE MARVELOUS GADGETS THAT HAVE BECOME EXTENSIONS OF OURSELVES METICULOUS SLEEP TRACK OUR EVERY MOVE DIVULGING THE MOST INTIMATE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES.  WHILE THIS DATA CAN BE HARNESSED FOR THE BENEFICIAL PURPOSES SUCH AS NAVIGATION AND FITNESS TRACKING, IT ALSO POSES A GRAVE THREAT TO OUR PRIVACY, SAFETY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. WE LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE UNREGULATED DATA BROKERS TRADE OUR PERSONAL LOCATION GENDER DATA WITH RECKLESS ABANDON. TURNING A PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR PRIVACY AND SECURITY. THIS PRACTICE IS NOT ONLY INVASIVE BUT ALSO FACILITATES NEFARIOUS AGENDAS. PUTTING EVERY CELL PHONE USER AT RISK. CONSIDER THIS DATA BROKERS HAVE SHAMELESSLY SOLD THE LOCATION DATA OF INDIVIDUALS VISITING ABORTION CLINICS, EXPOSING PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS TO POTENTIAL PERSECUTION AND HARASSMENT. THEY HAVE ENABLED BOUNTY HUNTERS AND DEBT COLLECTORS TO STALK AND INTIMIDATE PEOPLE BY PURCHASING THEIR LOCATION DATA . THEY HAVE EMBOLDENED EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS TO TARGET MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS EVIDENCED BY THE APPALLING CASE OF TRACKING A PRIEST TO GAY BARS AND PUBLICLY OUTING HIM.  BUT TODAY WE STAND UNITED IN OUR RESOLVE TO COMBAT AN EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF OUR RIGHTS LOCATION SHIELD ACT PROPOSED BY MASSACHUSETTS STATE REPRESENTATIVES SENATOR SYDNEY SENATOR SANDY KAREEM AND REPRESENTATIVE KATE LIPPER.  GARABEDIAN IS A BEACON OF HOPE IN OUR FIGHT FOR PRIVACY AND SAFETY. THIS VITAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION SEEKS TO BAN THE SALE OF LOCATE A CELL PHONE LOCATION DATA INFORMATION THEREBY SAFEGUARDING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PERSONAL DATA AND PROTECTING US FROM HARM AND EXPLOITATION. I URGE OUR CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE LOCATION SHIELD ACT AND LET'S SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR STATE THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THE PRIVACY, SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS CANNOT BE COMPROMISED. AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY AGREE THE USE OF CELL PHONE DATA SHOULD NOT GIVE YOU THE USING A CELL PHONE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE YOU TO GIVE UP YOUR PRIVACY. 92% OF MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS SUPPORT PASSING THIS LAW BY A 3 TO 1 MARGIN. VOTERS THINK THE STATE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S LOCATION DATA. AND MASSACHUSETTS IT CAN PROTECT PEOPLE BY BANNING THE SALE OF SALE OF CELL PHONE LOCATION INFORMATION. AND I WANT TO UPLIFT AND THANK THE WORK OF REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY NOW THE ACLU, PLANNED PARENTHOOD, MASSACHUSETTS WHO ARE LEADING THE WAY AND ADVOCATING FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A ROLE HERE TO TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE TO UPLIFT IT AND TO PROVIDE A BOOST TO THIS LEGISLATION. SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO TO JOIN ME TODAY IN SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR FOR SPONSORING THIS.  WE ARE LIVING IN A DANGEROUS TIME. ACCESS TO SAFE ABORTIONS IS UNDER ATTACK.  ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE IS UNDER ATTACK. ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE IS UNDER ATTACK. OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IS UNDER ATTACK. EVEN JUST BEING ABLE TO EXIST AS A TRANS PERSON IS UNDER ATTACK AND THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THESE ATTACKS IS PRIVACY. PRIVACY DOESN'T MEAN HIDING. IT MEANS HAVING CONTROL OVER OUR OWN INFORMATION.  WHEN ANYONE WITH A CREDIT CARD CAN BUY YOUR LOCATION DATA WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, WHEN ABUSERS CAN TRACK THE VICTIM'S WHEREABOUTS, WHEN EXTREMIST GROUPS CAN KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, WHERE YOU WORK, WHERE YOU GET YOUR HEALTH CARE AND THOSE EXTREMISTS CAN TRACK EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY.  NONE OF US ARE SAFE. THIS THREAT IS GROWING NATIONALLY AND DANGEROUS MISUSE OF OUR DATA IS ALREADY HAPPENING. DETAILED DATA ABOUT WHO'S VISITING OUR ABORTION CLINICS HAS BEEN SOLD AND COMPANY COLLECTED LOCATION DATA FROM A MUSLIM PARENT EXCUSE ME FROM A MUSLIM PLAYER APP AND SOLD IT TO THE MILITARY CONTRACTORS. ADVERTISERS ARE TARGETING POLITICAL RALLIES ATTENDEES. GAY CATHOLICS HAVE BEEN ATTACKED AND OUTED BY EXTREMISTS.  DOMESTIC ABUSERS HAVE BEEN USED LOOK HAVE USED LOCATION DATA TO STALK AND HARASS THEIR VICTIMS. WE OWE IT TO OUR BOSTON RESIDENTS AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS TO STOP LETTING DATA BROKERS PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR PRIVACY AND PROTECTION. THAT'S WHAT THE LOCATION ACT THAT'S WHAT THE LOCATION SHOULD ACT WOULD DO. HOUSE BILL 357 AND SENATE BILL 148 WILL BAN THE SALE OF OUR LOCATION DATA. IT WILL REQUIRE COMPANIES TO GET OUR CONSENT BEFORE COLLECTING OUR DATA AND IT WILL STILL ALLOW FOR YOU TO USE YOUR FAVORITE APPS. SUPPORT EMERGENCY SERVICES AND STILL GET YOUR NEAREST DUNKIN DONUTS. IT WOULD JUST STOP TREATING US LIKE A PRODUCT TO BE SOLD AT THE HIGHEST BIDDER.  IT WILL STOP LETTING US. IT WILL STOP LETTING COMPANIES SELL OUR SAFETY. THIS ACT IN FRONT OF US IN FRONT OF OUR STATE LEGISLATOR IS THEIR RIGHT NOW AN ACT PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACCESS, LGBTQ LIVES, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT BY BANNING THE SALE OF CELL PHONE LOCATION INFORMATION. I URGE THAT I URGE THE LEGISLATOR TO PASS THIS LAW PROMPTLY AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL STAND WITH ME IN CALLING ON OUR STATE NECESSARY TO PROTECT OUR PRIVACY AND TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE THE COUNCIL . I SUPPORT THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION. WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO BE PUT AT RISK FOR PROFIT ESSENTIALLY. YOU KNOW, FOR FOR ANYONE WHO I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS RECENTLY JUST ON MONDAY THE THE NEW YORK TIMES PODCAST THE DAILY HAD AN EPISODE TITLED YOUR CAR MAY BE SPYING ON YOU AND IT TOLD THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO WAS THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO WAS BEING TRACKED AND PURSUED BY HER ABUSER THROUGH AN APP THAT WAS ACTIVATED ON HER CAR WITHOUT HER EVEN KNOWING IT. AND HOW COMPANIES ACTUALLY GIVE INCENTIVES TO CAR DEALERSHIPS TO ACTIVATE THESE LOCATIONS TRACKERS SO THEY COULD SELL THE DATA WITHOUT THE THE DRIVERS EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO AGAIN, I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. I HOPE THE REST OF YOU WILL TOO. AND AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILORS DURKIN AND SANTANA FOR BRINGING THIS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTA FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MARIA MURPHY, PAT BENSON NOT SITTING AT WORLD ME BECAUSE I INTEND AS A CO-SPONSOR AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR COUNCILORS DURKIN AND SANTANA AND WEBER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0559 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ARE THOSE OPPOSING MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0559 COUNCIL LIBRARY YES. COUNCIL OPERATING YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLETTA YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCIL FINANCE SENSE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.  COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCIL PERMANENT COUNCIL 15 YES COUNCIL S.A. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCIL MEMBER YES WHATSOEVER YES. IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK IN NUMBERS 0559 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0590559 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN CHEESE. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM GREEN SHEETS?  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE FIVE LEA FILE MATTERS THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND TWO LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT.  WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE MATTER SAY I AM ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU THE LATE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA BISHOP CLERK PLEASE READ THE FIRST LEGAL MATTER INTO THE RECORD FIRSTLY FIVE MEN OF LETTER FROM THE MAYOR OF MITCHELL WHO DEAR COUNCILORS I TRANSMIT HEREWITH FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN CO GAINEY AND OF 1162 RAMSEY STREET NUMBER TWO BOSTON MASS TWO 1 TO 5 AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2024 AND THE SECOND LATE FILE MATTER FROM THE MAYOR AS WELL DEAR COUNCIL AS I TRANSMIT HEREWITH FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN BEGINNING OF 1162 RAMSEY STREET NUMBER TWO BOSTON MARCEL 2125 AS A MEMBER OF THE FOURTH POINT CHANNEL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH 2024 MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ENTIRETY OF THE LETTER? I BELIEVE IS THERE MORE TO THAT LETTER SO LET ME SEE THIS IS JUST THE REST OF IT ALL IS WELL ON BOTH LETTERS I TRANSMIT THIS LATE FILING SO THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION MAY HAVE A QUORUM FOR VOTING PURPOSES AND THE SAME FOR THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THANK YOU.  THE CHAIRMANSHIP PASSAGE OF THESE TWO LATE FILE MATTERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THESE LATE FINAL MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND MR. CLERK, WE ARE SENDING THOSE WE ARE PUTTING THOSE IN COMMITTEE BOTH OF THOSE LIKE FILE MATTERS WE JUST OH, I BELIEVE SHOULD BE APOLOGIZE THOSE DOCKETS NEED TO BE PLACED IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE IS A NEED FOR A QUORUM AND THOSE COMMISSIONS CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM. THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION IN COMMITTEE IS HAVING A HEARING ON BOTH OF THOSE ON THOSE APPOINTMENTS I BELIEVE IS IT ON ON THAT ON MONDAY.  SO WE WANT THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO BE PART OF THAT HEARING ORDER.  I BELIEVE THEY WANTED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE. YEAH. SO LET'S LET'S SEND THOSE BILLS TO COMMITTEE THAT'S PROBABLY OKAY. OKAY. YEP.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR INSTEAD OF PASSAGE THOSE TWO LATE FILE MATTERS WILL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN BE HEARD AS PART OF THE APPOINTMENTS HEARING IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON MONDAY. UH, MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE REMAINING FOUND MATTERS INTO THE RECORD? THIRDLY VIA EMAIL AS A PERSONNEL OF BEING COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ME HERE FORTH LATE OUT IS A PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SANDERSON IN THE FIFTH FILE ORDER IS A PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OR FOR AN END TO SANDERSON THE CHAIRMANSHIP PASSAGE OF THESE LATE FILE MATTERS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I SHALL OPPOSE ANY THESE LATE FILED PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.  WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DID YOU REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS I'LL STATE AND WHEN WE WE STATED THIS LAST WEEK SATURDAY MARCH 23RD WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 3 THERE'S A YOUTH JOBS EVENT AT FOUR YOUNG KIDS AT THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT. I THINK FOLKS UPLOADED IT HERE ALREADY BUT WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLACK HOCKEY TEAM AND THE NEW MISSION BASKETBALL TEAM AND IT DRAWS ON BASKETBALL TEAM AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CELEBRATE THEM HERE IN CHAMBERS AND THEN I'LL I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MORGAN WHITE, THE DAUGHTER OF INNER WHITE WHO WAS ALSO THE ESSAYIST ONE OF THE ESSAYIST WINNERS ON EVACUATION DAY THAT WE ALSO CELEBRATED. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAUGHTER IN YEAH AND THEN I WILL I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES SO COUNCILOR BRAYTON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M EXTENDING AN INVITATION TO NEXT WEEK'S LUNCHEON OR AN EVENT AFTER NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING THERE'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED ABILITY IMPACT THAT DOES INCREDIBLE WORK EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AS THEY GRADUATE AND ENTER ADULT LIFE. SO THEY'VE GOT TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION AND TELL ABOUT TELL US ABOUT THE WORK AND THE RESEARCH THAT THEY'VE DONE ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE THEIR WORK IS.  SO THANK YOU ALSO THAT'LL BE A LUNCHEON THERE NEXT WEEK IN THE CUTTING ROOM AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTA. COUNCILOR COLLETTI, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OF COURSE I JUST WANT TO SEND OUT MY CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLESTOWN HIGH.  THEY ARE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS. SHOUT OUT TO THEM THEY'RE GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT TIME ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE ORGANIZING THAT NOW I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY FATHER AT COTA. IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.  I CREDIT HIM FOR MY COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. HE'S A REALLY WONDERFUL GUY, JUST A VERY LOVELY GUY AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS LOVE, HIS SUPPORT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.  I LOVE YOU HAVE A GREAT TEACHER DAD . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN.  CONSIDER CAN YOU GET THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO MY REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT DANA FARBER WILL BE HAVING A LUNCH SPINELLIS FROM EAST BOSTON IS GOING TO BE SERVED IN THE KERLEY ROOM AND THEY'LL BE I KNOW CANCER TOUCHES AND CANCER CARE TOUCHES ALL OF OUR LIVES AND A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS LIVE SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BUT ALSO WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE IS THE FUTURE OF CANCER CARE. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE MY COLLEAGUES THERE RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING AND THEN I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE TO THE SUNDAY APRIL 21ST PROJECT PLACE IS HAVING THEIR CLIMB FOR A CAUSE AT FENWAY PARK. MY OFFICE AND I'LL BE RAISING MONEY FOR THAT BUT JUST WANTED TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES PROJECT PLACE DOES GREAT WORK TO OWN HOMELESSNESS AND TO HELP LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IS SUNDAY APRIL 21ST AND THEY ARE AT $338,000 RAISED FROM THEIR 5000 $500,000 GOAL SO WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION FOR MY COLLEAGUES IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL AT FENWAY PARK SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKIN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR ANDREW ANDERSEN COVERING ANDREW ANDERSEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FIRST COUSIN RICHARD ALTIERI. HE IS MAKING ME SO PROUD BECAUSE HE'S JUST HAD A SON AND HE'S LIKE ONE OF MY YOUNGEST COUSINS. BUT I HAVE FUN FACT I HAVE ABOUT 97 FIRST COUSINS SO WITH HE'S ESPECIALLY VERY, VERY CLOSE TO ME BECAUSE HE'S OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY SON. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD AND WE LOVE YOU ALSO DON'T FORGET NEXT WEDNESDAY CRIOLLA DAY WHICH IS CAPE VERDE AND WOMEN DAY BRUNCH FROM 930 TO 12 IT'S GOING TO BE MUSIC FUN AND DANCING AND CULTURE AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF. SO PLEASE HELP ME HONOR CAPE VERDE WOMEN DOWNSTAIRS IN THE MEZZANINE AND I'LL SEND YOU GUYS FLIERS AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO WITNESS AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CAPTURE FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I'D LIKE TO RISE FOR A MINUTE TO BOTH HIGHLIGHT AND CONGRATULATE THE 2024 DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPION BOSTON LATIN HOCKEY TEAM THE 11TH RANKED WOLFPACK TO THE THRILLING COME FROM BEHIND FOR TWO TO VICTORY SUNDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE LEAGUE RIVAL TEWKSBURY IN FRONT OF A PACKED CROWD AT THE BOSTON GARDEN SCORING THREE GOALS IN THE LAST 4 MINUTES TO WIN IN AN EXCITING FINISH, THE FAN STAYED LATE BUT PUCK DROPPED WELL AFTER 9 P.M. AND WELL WELL REWARDED TO WATCH THIS HISTORIC VICTORY AFTER 11 P.M. THE CITY KIDS DEALT WITH A LOT OF ADVERSITY NOT ONLY WITH THE LATE STAR AND PLAYING AGAINST THE TOP RANKED TEAMS IN THE STATE BUT ALL SEASON LONG THEY LOST PLAYERS TO BOWL PREP SCHOOL BEFORE THE SEASON AND SOME SEVERAL OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON HAD INJURIES AND WERE OUT OF ACTION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. BUT THE LATIN SCHOOL KIDS SHOWED THEIR HEART AND TOUGHNESS WHEN IN TEN OUT OF THE LAST 11 GAMES AND IN A HISTORIC RUN INCLUDING EXCITING PLAYOFF GAMES AGAINST WESTWOOD BILLERICA IN OVERTIME CONQUERED KYLE DUXBURY ON THE ROAD TO THE GARDEN. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE MY SON STEPHEN A BOSTON LATIN ATHLETE AND BASEBALL WAS AT ALL OF THE GAMES. SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM AND ALL THE WOLFPACK WHO ARE ENJOYING THIS VICTORY INCLUDING MY CHIEF OF STAFF CHARLIE LEVIN WHO ALSO SERVED AND CONTINUES TO SERVE AS AN ASSISTANT HOCKEY COACH FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS AFTER PLAYING THERE FIVE YEARS WAS CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM WENT ON TO THE GARDEN IN 2020 ONE.  WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE PLAYERS AND COACHES ON ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL AND OTHER COUNSELORS AS WELL. I'M WORKING FORWARD IN MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL ON THE COUNCIL TO HOST THEM AT THE COUNCIL TENTATIVELY ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 10TH WITH A PIZZA PARTY OR RECEPTION. WE ARE ALSO COORDINATING WITH STATE HOUSE COLLEAGUES AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLIE AND GO OFF BACK BY KATHY GRIFFIN. I WAS ACTUALLY OKAY. I WAS LIKE WHO ACTUALLY WAS A COUNSELOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO EXTEND TO CONGRATULATE TO THE NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM WHO ALSO WON THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  SO THEY ARE A GREAT PRIDE OF HIGH PART. SO SHOUT OUT TO THE BOYS BUT ALSO A HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON ENRIQUE JUNIOR WHO WILL BE ONE YEARS OLD ON MONDAY. I'M A PROUD DAD AND I JUST SO PROUD OF HIM ALREADY ALTHOUGH HE IS JUST THE LITTLE ONE BUT THE FATHER IS PROUD SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU CANCER BIG BEN AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NICK JUNIOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR FITZGERALD COMES WITH A CHILD YOU NOT HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. VERY QUICKLY I KNOW WITH ALL THE CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE WE HAVE A THE CATHEDRAL GIRLS BASKETBALL IN THE SOUTH END THEY WON THEIR DIVISION FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  THEY'VE NOW WON SIX OUT OF THE LAST NINE YEARS MAKING THEM OFFICIALLY A DYNASTY.  AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THEM AS WE DO WITH THE REST OF THESE THINGS AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION WE WANT TO CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR WINNERS AND SPACE FOR CHARLESTOWN AND FOR NEW MISSION.  SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THOSE COUNSELORS, MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SPACE AND ARE ABLE TO ELEVATE THEM AS WELL. COUNSELOR BRENNAN ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  REALLY QUICK I FORGOT TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT 32 B.J. IS ACTUALLY HOLDING AN IFTAAR AT THE MOSQUE OF THE BIG MOSQUE. I SPEAK 100 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD SO THANK YOU PABLO RUIZ FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.  IT'S ALSO LIKE THE RIDE SHARE JUST AS BILL IFTAAR DINNER AND ALL THAT MEANS BUT MUSLIMS WON'T MIX THE WHOLE LIKE IFTAAR THING WITH THE RIGHT SHARE BUT REALLY APPRECIATE IT. GO THROUGH B.J. AND I JUST I JUST I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY A HEARTFELT THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST LIKE I HAVEN'T SEEN THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL LIKE ORGANIZATIONS UNIONS REALLY TAKE INTEREST IN THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY LIKE THIS. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING IT IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE IN PALESTINE. SO I APPRECIATE IT AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE TIME FOR THE LADIES IF YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU PUT ON YOUR HIJAB, WE HAVE YOU TOO. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IFTAAR LATER TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A DAY I WAS ASKING BECAUSE THE DATE AND TIME AND THE LOCATION OH YES. SO TODAY AT 630 SORRY I DIDN'T SAY WHAT IFTAR IS IFTAR IS WHEN WE BREAK FAST WHEN WE EAT AT SUNDOWN SO 630 AND WE'RE AT THE I SPEAK YES 100 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD IN ROXBURY RIGHT IN ROXBURY.  YEAH. SO BASICALLY AT 630 YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE EVERYBODY EVERY EVERYBODY IS DRESSED APPROPRIATELY SO YOU CAN YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE. JUST GO BY 630 AND YOU KNOW, ASK FOR 32 V.J. IFTAR AGAIN IT'S LIKE WHEN WE EAT SO IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A HUGE FEAST AND PROBABLY LIKE HUNDREDS OR IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING IN UNISON. AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY IFTAR THIS FRIDAY AT CITY HALL AS WELL AT 6 P.M.. I ALSO WANTED TO PUT ON EVERYONE'S RADAR WE'RE HAVING A WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH RECEPTION ON MONDAY MY OFFICE AND AN EMAIL ABOUT IT AT 1 P.M. ON MONDAY.  SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU WANT TO HONOR SOMEONE WE WELCOME YOU TO DO SO.  AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHUT OUT NEW ORLEANS SAINT GERMAIN SHE'S A FRIEND AND SHE WAS MY HAIRDRESSER AND SHE'S CELEBRATING HER 40TH BIRTHDAY SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENERALLY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED THIS IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT HERE MEMORIALS AND NOT IN ANNOUNCEMENTS.  THIS IS A BETTER PLACE. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER TWO PEOPLE BARBARA WALKER WHO'S THE OLDEST OF SEVEN, MOVED TO BOSTON WHEN SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLD ATTENDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCLUDING MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL. SHE DIED LAST YEAR BUT I WANT TO ORDER HER NOW AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY SHE HAD HER FIRST CHILD AT 18 AND FOUR CHILDREN IN TOTAL BEFORE GOING TO WORK AT THE DIMOCK CENTER WHERE SHE HELPED HOMELESS FAMILIES AND EVENTUALLY LEADING A TEAM OF 18 PEOPLE. EVEN AFTER RETIRING SHE HELPED AT THE TWO LIFE COMMUNITIES COMPLEX IN BRIGHTON PUSHING FOR BETTER HOUSING FOR SENIORS.  SHE FOUGHT FOR A LOVE AND LIFE AND ALWAYS SHARED AND CARED WITHOUT REGRETS.  THIS PAST MONDAY I BELIEVE COUNCILORS BRAYDON, MYSELF AND COUNCILWOMAN HERE WERE IN BRIGHTON FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE NEW J.J. CAROL HOUSE AND BARBARA WALKER WAS SUCH A FIERCE ADVOCATE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THERE TWO YEARS AGO AND MET HER AND SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR IN HER APARTMENT AND SHE WAS SUCH BRIGHT ADVOCATE AND I AND I HADN'T BEEN MADE AWARE THAT SHE HAD PASSED SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UPLIFT HER FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DID AND I ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER DR. ALICE KIDDER WHO IS A BIG COMMUNITY ADVOCATE WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. SHE SPENT HER LIFE LEADING ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, HOMELESSNESS AND ANTI-POVERTY ISSUES IN OUR CITY AND IN GREATER BOSTON. SHE WAS A SHE WAS A TEACHER, RESEARCHER, LEADER AND TRUE BRIDGE BUILDER WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ACROSS ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS, RACIAL AND ETHNIC LINES. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HER HUSBAND DAVID KIDDER SHE SERVED AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SOLUTIONS AT WORK, A COOPERATIVE METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES AND SHE JUST DID SO MUCH HERE IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. FORMER COUNCILOR CHARLES YANCEY YANCEY ACTUALLY GAVE HER A DAY IN MARCH 20TH, 2015 RECOGNIZE HER AND HER LEADERSHIP. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE KIDDER FAMILY AND TO REMEMBER DR. ALICE KIDDER FOR NOT ONLY HER DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT SHE DID.  SO TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR COUNCIL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO SPEAK ON ANYONE FOR CASPER COLETTA ROSE PUGLIESE FOUR COUNT FOR MYSELF DR. ALICE KIDDER KIDDER FOR MYSELF AND COUNCILORS BREADON AND BARBARA WALKER FOR THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CASSANDRA QUEEN GUNTER SISTER OF LISA SEARCY. A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.  THE CHAIR MOVED THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 27, 2024 AT NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO CENTRAL STAFF, TO THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF A GERMAN. PLEASE SAY I. THE COUNCIL WAS ADJOURNED. THANKS EVERYONE F