##VIDEO ID:k3O6NNv-Flg## .  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.COM CLUB FORGE CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCIL AGREED. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCIL FINANCIAL SANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  YEAH. COUNCILOR WHO'S IN HERE? CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. YEAH. COUNCILOR PIPPIN.  COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY PASTOR KIKI DUFLO. AESOP.  INVITED BY COUNCILOR PEN BECAUSE RAPANUI HAD THE FLOOR KARAOKE KEY.  I MEAN COUNCILOR KIKI GIVING YOU A NEW JOB. PASTOR KIKI, WE WELCOME YOU UP. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK YESTERDAY WITH THE HAITIAN RALLY. THANK YOU FOR BEING JUST A FAMILY MEMBER AND JUST SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.  SO I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING YOU ALL TO PASTOR KIKI WHO IS ONLY A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND A HONORABLE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE BUT SOMEONE THAT DOES SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY, NOT JUST MY DISTRICT. QUICK INTRODUCTION PASTOR KIKI IS A FOUNDER OF TRUE ALLIANCE CENTER, A HAITIAN LED ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. THIS FAITH BASED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION HAS ACTIVELY PROMOTED ADVOCACY IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY REGARDING EDUCATION, HOUSING, IMMIGRATION ,HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT AS OUR MADAM PRESIDENT MENTIONED, HE DOES A LOT MORE THAN THAT. AND YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THE MADAM PRESIDENT AND PASTOR KIKI FOR A RALLY BEHIND THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PERFECT TIMING TO INVITE HIM TO DO OUR OPEN AND CLERGY THIS MORNING OPENING PRAYER. SO PASTOR KIKI, THE MIC IS YOURS.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR PEPEN.  AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT DAUGHTER. THANK YOU. JUST TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITY COUNCILORS WHO STAND STRONGLY WITH THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY.  AS YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICA STRONGER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP . AND I'VE SEEN LOT OF MY COLLEAGUE FROM EQUITY NOW IN BEING CLEAR.  THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL. WE ARE ABOUT TO PRAY. CAN YOU PLEASE STAND?  THANK YOU. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AS PUBLIC SERVANTS DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. YOUR WORD REMINDS US IN PROVERBS 1114 WHAT AGE THE GUIDANCE OF PEOPLE FALLS BUT IN ABUNDANCE OF CONCEALED IS THAT THERE IS SAFETY.  WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND COUNCILOR OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE ASK FOR YOUR DIVINE WISDOM TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH EVERY DISCUSSION AND DECISION MADE TODAY. LORD BLESS EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WITH A SPIRIT OF UNITY FOR AS YOUR WORD SAYS IN PSALM 133 VERSE ONE HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER IN UNITY. MAY THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER HARMONIOUSLY. SETTING ASIDE DIFFERENCES FOR THE GREATER GOOD. GRANT THEM PATIENCE UNDERSTANDING AND MUTUAL RESPECT SO THAT THEIR EFFORTS MAY LEAD TO A JUST AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR ALL.  WE ALSO PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT AND INTEGRITY AS THEY CARRY OUT THEIR WORK. REMEMBERING MICAH SIX IT HE HAS SHOWN YOU TOMORROW WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT DOES DO NOT REQUIRE OF YOU TO ACT JUSTLY LOVE MERCY AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD MADE DECISIONS TOO ROOTED IN JUSTICE, MERCY AND HUMILITY WITH A HEART FOR THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE AND IN NEED.  WE PRAY FOR YOUR PEACE TO COVER THE DISCUSSIONS AS YOUR WORD PROMISES AND PHILIPPIANS FOUR SEVEN AND THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING WILL GUIDE YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS THAT MAY OUR PEACE LEAD THEM THROUGH EVERY CHALLENGE AND MAY YOUR GRACE BE WITH THEM IN EVERY DECISION. FINALLY, LORD, WE ASK THAT THIS SESSION REFLECT YOUR LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AND THAT THEIR WORK TODAY WILL BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR FAIRNESS, COMPASSION AND HOPE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WORD THAT SAYS SEEK THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF THE CITY BECAUSE IF IT'S PROSPEROUS YOU TOO WILL PROSPER. I MANY PEOPLE ADDRESSED YOU BY MEETING HIM. I PRAYED TO OUR PRECIOUS SON NAMED JESUS CHRIST.  AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE EACH AND OUR DAUGHTER AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH IS THE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU. PASTOR KIKI FOR THAT INVOCATION FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. COUNCILOR , THANK YOU FOR INVITING MY SECOND FATHER. PASTOR KIKI I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SHOWED UP YESTERDAY AT THE RALLY AND ALL OF MY NOT ONLY MY COLLEAGUES BUT THEIR STAFF. WE COULD HAVE HAD THE COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY.  IT WAS VERY HEARTENING TO SEE THE SUPPORT AND THE SOLIDARITY FROM THIS COUNCIL . SO THANK YOU. TODAY WE ARE WE ARE ON TO TWO PRESENTATIONS BUT I KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE RECORD. MR. CLERK IF YOU COULD PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT. COUNCILOR TONYA FERNANDA ANDERSON IS NOW WITH US. YES, THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO TWO PRESENTATIONS BOTH BY COUNCILWOMAN HERE. FIRST RUNWAY FOR MOMS WHEN THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND ALSO THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY. SO COUNCILMAN , HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES FOR EACH PRESENTATION.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO OCCUPY SPACE FOR TWO VERY IMPORTANT GROUPS THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO ME TODAY. SO I AM REALLY EXCITED BEFORE I EVEN START READING LIKE MY PREPARED REMARKS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BEFORE I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER AND I SAID THIS STORY EARLIER I WAS A PARENT WHO WAS JUST FED UP WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.  I WAS A RESIDENT THAT WAS TIRED OF POLITICIANS COMING AROUND MY WAY ASKING ME FOR THEIR VOTE AND THEN I WOULDN'T SEE THEM ANYMORE. AND THROUGH THAT WORK I CREATED TWO INITIATIVES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DETERMINED DIVAS AND C PLAN THE COLLABORATIVE PARENT LEADERSHIP ACTION NETWORK AND AT THE TIME WHEN I WAS JUST ORGANIZING SOMETIMES IN CHURCH BASEMENTS WITH NO RESOURCES, JUST A LOT OF HEART AND HUSTLE THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO ATTENDED SOME OF MY EVENTS AND SHE SAW SOMETHING IN ME THAT NOBODY ELSE DID AND INVESTED IN ME FOR THE FIRST TIME. ANYONE INVESTED IN ME IN THAT WAY AND PROVIDED ME WITH SOME SEED FUNDING SO THAT I CAN GROW MY VISION AND BECAUSE OF THIS WOMAN I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS WOMAN WHO SAW SOMETHING IN ME AND CREATED A PATHWAY FOR ME TO BE A DISRUPTER, TO BE AN AGITATOR.  I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TANYA CRAIG FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. WE SEE YOU AND THAT'S WHY YOU BETTER SOAK IT UP. THIS IS YOUR DAY. OKAY, SO IT IS A PROFOUND HONOR TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE RECOGNIZE BY SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 AS BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND DAY IN CELEBRATION FOR ITS HISTORIC 40TH ANNIVERSARY 40TH Y'ALL. TODAY WE JUST ALL CELEBRATE AN ORGANIZATION. WE CELEBRATE A MOVEMENT THAT FOR DECADES HAS LIFTED THE VOICES AND LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN ,GIRLS AND GENDER EXPANSIVE INDIVIDUALS SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1984, THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND HAS BECOME A BEACON OF HOPE, RESILIENCE AND TRANSFORMATION AS A PEOPLE FIRST FOUND, IT HAS CONSISTENTLY INVESTED IN THE HEART OF GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO FACED THE GREATEST CHALLENGES HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE. OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND HAS LED THE CHARGE IN ADVANCING SOCIAL, RACIAL, GENDER AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO INITIATIVES THAT CONFRONT SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES IN BOSTON. THE FUND UNDERSTANDS THAT REAL CHANGE HAPPENS WHEN WE INVEST IN THOSE MOST IN FACT AND IN FACT AND IMPACTED BY INJUSTICE . IT HAS CONTINUOUSLY WORKED TO AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES INVEST IN THEIR LEADERSHIP AND CREATE SPACES WHERE THEY CAN BE A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND PROGRESS. SO WITH THAT I AM SO INCREDIBLY JUST IN AWE OF ALL OF THE 40 LEADERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED TOMORROW AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN AND THERE'S ONE WOMAN HERE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THERE'S 40 I'M NOT GOING TO CALL EVERYBODY OUT BUT THERE'S ONE WOMAN IN PARTICULAR HERE WHO WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF C PLAN WHICH WAS THE COLLABORATIVE POWER LEADERSHIP ACTION NETWORK AND SHE WENT FROM BEING A FOUNDING MEMBER AND A VOLUNTEER TO A CONSULTANT TO NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF C PLAN IN EAST CAROLINA.  AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE INVEST IN EACH OTHER.  AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE WORK IS ALL ABOUT. SO IN MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO NATALIA, CRAIG, ALEXANDRA AUGUST AND THEIR TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TODAY WE HONOR YOUR LEGACY THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND. WE ALSO RENEW OUR COMMITMENT THE BARCELONA SPAIN SHOWS IS THAT BY INVESTING IN THE LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN AND GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS WE ARE CREATING A FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL . I AM PROUD TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 26 AS BOSTON WOMAN'S FUN DAY THANK YOU TO THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS OF TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT BOTH HERE IN THE CITY AND BEYOND. NATALIA CRAIG, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.  THOMAS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I ALREADY KNOW I GOT TO TALK FAST. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INCREDIBLE HONOR. STANDING HERE RECEIVING THIS FROM COUNCILOR ME MAKES THIS MOMENT ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL.  YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITIES RESONATES DEEPLY WITH THE MISSION OF THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND. YOU ARE A REPRESENTATIVE. YOU ARE BWF TO EACH CITY COUNCILOR HERE YOUR WORK IS EVERLASTING AND ONGOING AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND, OUR STAFF AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. YOU HAVE A PARTNER IN THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND AS WE CELEBRATE 40 YEARS I TALK TO YOU ALL I PROMISE AS WE CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF RADICAL GIVING TODAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT US. IT'S ABOUT THE VISIONARY WOMAN WHO PAVED THE WAY. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR OUR FOUNDING MOTHERS BY SAYING THEIR NAMES. RACHEL BERGER.  CYNTHIA CYNTHIA CHEN. JEAN ENTINE. RENE SCOTT GRAY. MARY LILL BRINTON LIKES KIP TIERNEY.  40 YEARS AGO ALL THESE WOMEN IMAGINED A DIFFERENT WAY OF GIVING A RADICAL APPROACH TO PHILANTHROPY. THEY BELIEVED IN SOMETHING REVOLUTIONARY THAT YOU CHANGE STARTS WHEN WE PUT COMMUNITY AT THE CENTER. THEIR VISION HAS BEEN OUR GUIDE AND THE SECRET TO OUR SUCCESS. WE HONESTY AND OUR ROLE IS TO STAND BEHIND THE EXPERTS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE WOMEN, GIRLS, GENDER EXPANSIVE FOLKS OF COLOR. WE FUND THEIR VISION, THEIR IDEAS, THEIR INNOVATION, THEIR SOLUTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF CHANGE. THE SECRET TO OUR SUCCESS IS IN SHARING AND NOT HOARDING POWER AND RESOURCES. WE PRACTICE PARTICIPATORY GRANTMAKING SWINGING DOORS WIDE OPEN INSTEAD OF GUARDING THEM AS GATEKEEPERS. WE SEE LEADERS FOR THEIR FULL SELVES YOUR AND THEIR HUMANITY AND WORK ALONGSIDE THEM ELIMINATE A TOXIC TOP DOWN APPROACH AND WE HAVE 40 YEARS OF RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT. OVER THE YEARS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS HAVE CHANGED. STAFF HAS COME AND GONE BOARD MEMBERS TERMS HAVE HAVE BEEN UP BUT THE VALUES OF OUR FOUNDING MOTHERS HAVE REMAINED CONSTANT. THEY HAVE BEEN OUR COMPASS WHEN WE'VE LOST OUR WAY OR NEED A REFOCUSING ON WHAT TRULY MATTER. SO TODAY IN HONORING THEM I AM HONORING ALL OF YOU WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR LIBERATION. I HONOR OUR COMMUNITIES WHO I HONOR OUR COMMUNITIES WHO ARE PRIORITIES BLACK AND BROWN AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, LOW INCOME FOLKS, MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, LGBTQ COMMUNITY, THE DISABLED, OUR ELDERS, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ALL WHO ARE OFTEN LEFT OUT OF MAINSTREAM PHILANTHROPY BECAUSE OUR FUNDING FROM THE BEGINNING CENTERED PEOPLE OVER THEIR PROBLEMS. SO NEXT YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 26 IT IS THE PEOPLE'S DAY AS WE ARE.  THE PEOPLE'S VOTE THIS YEAR AT THE END HAS BEEN LIBERATION AND TOMORROW NIGHT WE ARE HONORING 40 INCREDIBLE LIBERATION GRASSROOT LEADERS. WE DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THAT LIBERATION IS JUST AS LINKED AS THE CHAINS OF OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE AND NONE OF US ARE FREE UNTIL ALL OF US ARE FREE.  SO WHEN WE ARE ASKED WHAT OUR PLAN IS, WE DECLARE THAT OUR NEXT STOP AND OUR ONLY STOP IS LIBERATION. WE ARE WE ARE ON THE MOVE. YOU ARE.  AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN US AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO STRIVE TOWARDS RACIAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND GENDER JUSTICE. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. THANK YOU, MADAM. I HOPE I READ FAST ENOUGH. THIS RECOGNITION MEANS EVERYTHING TO US. IT GAVE US A BURNING TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE WERE THE FIRST ONE EVER HERE AND WE ARE HERE TO STAY. THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR YOU VERY MUCH. CAN WE GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME WHEN IT'S TIME TO AND WE NEED 40 LEADERS TO COME HERE AND OCCUPY THEIR SPACE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WITH MY COLLEAGUES. COME ON DOWN LADIES. COME ON DOWN.  I SAID YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO OCCUPY SPACE TODAY, RIGHT?  SO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE CHAMBER RIGHT.  LET'S GO. ALL 40 OF Y'ALL AND MY COLLEAGUES WILL MEET. WE'RE GOING TO MEET. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK. WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET HERE, Y'ALL WANT PICTURE AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN IT, YOU CAN TAKE THE PHOTOS FROM OVER THERE. BUT WE WANT EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME ON THROUGH.  COME ON UP HERE TO THIS. YEAH, THERE'S SPACE THIS SPACE UP HERE THERE IS SPACE UP HERE . YOU GET ON THE STAGE HERE.  YOU GOT A WINDOW. SOME OF THESE ARE SOME AIR AND THERE'S PLENTY OF PICTURE. PEOPLE GET IT. IN OTHER WORDS, GET IN HERE. GET IN HERE. COME ON, STARS.  LET'S GO, Y'ALL. THE PEOPLE YOU PICTURE THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES ARE USUALLY THE ONES WITH THE MOST WORK SO WE NEED TO GET THE STAFF OVER HERE TO LET US GO.  ALL THINGS ARE AND THEN EVERYBODY OKAY, OKAY. BEFORE THEY SHOULD GO DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A WINDOW?  DOES EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY GO. WHY HICKS THIS IS A LIBERATION. LET ME SHOW AND THEN I GIVE YOU YOURS. RIGHT. MY WHICH WAS MY YES, THAT ONE'S YOURS.  CONGRATULATIONS.  I IMAGINE THAT WE MAKE NOW THIS IS GOOD. OKAY, WE'LL GO LOOK AT THIS.  ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GUYS OKAY?  ALL RIGHT.  ALL RIGHT. SO ONE MORE AND MOMENT. OKAY? MOST OUT BUT I LOOK YOU OUT ON THE PANEL TAMBIEN LOOK AT THE NUMBER MUCH OF MY LUCKY GUESS SONY SPIDER I GET I SAID GOING BACK TO THE TEAMWORK KEEP THEM ALL UNCLE BANDO ALL THIS SPACE SEAL LA YANKEES I LIVE RIGHT NOW IF I COULD DO THAT AND FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME GET YOURSELF A TRANSLATOR GOOGLE TRANSLATE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.  SO SO TODAY I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2024 AS RUNWAY FOR MOM DAY CELEBRATING INCREDIBLE TEN YEAR MILESTONE FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS POURED SO MUCH HEART AND LOVE INTO THE EMPOWERMENT OF MOTHERS AND LATINAS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST DECADE RIGHT AWAY FROM MOM HAS CREATED SPACES WHERE THEY CAN SEE THEIR WORTH AND EMBRACE IT FULLY. IT HAS GIVEN MOMS A CHANCE TO GROW, TO BE CELEBRATED, TO HEAL AND TO FIND THEIR VOICES.  A SPECIAL RECOGNITION GOES TO MARISOL CAMILO, THE VISIONARY LEADER BEHIND THIS TRANSFORMATIVE ORGANIZATION MARISOL. HIS COMMITMENT AND PASSION HAS FUELED THE GROWTH OF RUNWAY FOR MOM AND HELD HER DEDICATION UPLIFTING LATINA MOMS HAS TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES. SHE HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND INSPIRATION ENSURING THAT EVERY MOTHER FEEL SEEN, VALUED AND EMPOWERED. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF THE MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE EMBRACED THE VISION OF RUNWAY FOR MOM. THESE WOMEN ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN THE PROGRAM WITH A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS CARRYING THE VISION AND VALUES OF RUNWAY FOR MOM WITH THEM.  WHEN I LOOK AT THE WORK OF RUNWAY FOR MOM DOES I SEE SO MUCH HOPE. THIS ORGANIZATION DOESN'T JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHALLENGES MOTHERS FACE IT LETS THEM UP AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GROW SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. NOW I'M GOING TO TRANSLATE FOR OUR LATINA MOMS HERE.  WHAT GAVE YOU AN INPUT THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE AND THAT I'M LUCKY GAY. OKAY. THE APPROACH AND MEANING IS THE MORE MENTAL BUT IT HAS TO BE A GUY OR A MARISOL CAMILO AND TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE RUNWAY FOR MOM AQUI AND BOSTON GAP THE SANYO BUT ALSO TO SAY ARE YOU COMING SO IN PROGRESS AND PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. SO IT'S ALL A TREMENDOUS GHETTO DRAMA HOCKEY SO MARISOL SOLIS, BARACK L.A. STRATCOM OMARI FOR THE ANATOMICAL EUROPEAN FETAL PERIPHERY HAVE IT I'M BEING STILL MY FAULT THE EMOTION I MEANT TO PHYSICAL MEANT THAT IS SPIRITUAL MEANT THE E GIACOMO MOTHER WHY THEY HAD A LITTLE CHORIZO YOUR MAMA THAT I GET TO PARTICIPATE?  NO. AND WHEN I THOUGHT PRETTY FUNDAMENTAL OF MEDELLIN ABOUT ONLY THAT BUT I YOU INTENDED TO YOUR TAMBIEN MIDDLE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOUR TAMIYA MIDDLE SCHOOL A COMPARATIVELY HARD IBARAPA PARENT FOR KNOW POQUITO MASS E DON'T LOOK AT THE CITY IN A COMPANY THAT THEY WILL STILL IN THE SOUTH OH YOU'LL GET THE WHITE CHOCOLATE THE PROYECTO COMO MADRE FOR THEM ARE PUYALLUP ALL US ALLOWED SO THIS TROJAN LOCOMOTIVE THAT IS ALSO THE RANDALL MADRE IT COULD BE IF MEDICAL THERAPY YOUR SECOND OCELOT NOT FARC CONTROL ALONG SIZE IT OTHER COMPROMISED SO LEVEL RELAX SO I'M OKAY I'M OPEN NO SOLAMENTE THEY'RE ALWAYS FOR MOM AND THEN MOTHER BUT I'M ALWAYS PERALES MADRE CARIOCA YOUR YOUR TAMBIEN MEDICINE IS OPORTUNIDAD SO OKAY. MARISOL IS HAVEN'T BEEN WHERE WE WAS IN ON BATTLE RUNWAYS FOR MOM AQUINO TO THAT I WAS TO MAKE UP SOON ENOUGH MOTHER SOME THE MOSQUITO ENOUGH OKAY YOU GOT ME SORRY MAN THE BACK IN MARISOL ABOUT THE POTOMAC YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT ON IT THAT BEING ANTHONY DIES BEING UNTIL HE DIES WE'RE GOING TO GO. I'M TELLING THEM ALL TO COME DOWN SO THAT WE CAN SAVE TIME. AND I KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SPEED THINGS UP AND SO GET I SEE RUNWAYS FOR MOM COMING TO WRAP YOU WRAP ME LIKE THAT BE UNHAPPY THOSE RUNWAY RUNWAYS STRUT STRIKE STRAIGHT YES GIVE IT UP TO ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL MODELS IN WITH RIGHT LEADER GET MY BELOVED PSYCHE YOU KNOW I THOUGHT YOU SAID OH YEAH GRASSET THANK YOU SO MUCH. I I AM SO PROUD. I'M SO HAPPY BECAUSE WE REPRESENT MOM. WE ARE WORKING WITH MOM BECAUSE MOM IS THEY HAVE OF THEIR FAMILY IF MONEY IS WELL WHOLE FAMILY IS WELL THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING WITH MOM TEN YEARS YOU CAN SAY EASY THING HERE BUT IT'S NICE SEE IS A LETTER WORD BUG GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME GOD HELP US AND CONTINUE TO HELP US FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIME BUG WING GOD'S SAKE WE ARE WORKING I DON'T KNOW QUANTUM TAMPOPO QUANDO JOSE I HATE THAT PARADIS DE LA MAMA AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE BUT I SEE ALMOST MARIA SAYS COMO SAY JULIA THE EMPEROR AT THE E SEE THE JULIA GRACE YES GOOD ASK YES IT IS ALL SOMEBODY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THIS I WILL GET AS LATINA IS WHERE CAN I SEE THE FAMILY BUT AT THE CAMINO BAROQUE CALLED NUESTRA COMUNIDAD THIS TOGETHER MORE SUPPORT YOUNG MY FAMILY GET YOURSELF A TRANSLATOR.  EVERYBODY NEEDS ONE OF THEM IN THEIR LIVES THESE DAYS. GOOGLE IT.  COME ON CARLY'S WHEN I BOUGHT THE GOOGLE SHIP AND INVESTING IN THE I THINK THAT EASY THING IS THAT THANK YOU EVERYONE YOU ALL FOR IT. OKAY SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU SEE ALTHOUGH YOU A LOT OF US IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY WHY DO YOU NOT WHY WHY DO YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ALL THOSE AMAZING POWERFUL, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN INTO THIS CHAMBER. BOSTON WOMAN'S FUN LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU TOMORROW 40 YEARS AND RUN AWAY FROM MOM'S THINKING WHICH IS GRASSO. THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME IN THE CHAMBERS. HOPE YOU ALWAYS FEEL WELCOME AND AT HOME HERE WITH THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WE'RE NOW ON TO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKING NUMBER 1430 DUCK NUMBER 1430 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOU APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,225,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT FOR THE POLL AGASSI AGASSI SHOP CHARLES H.  TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN OH 2126 THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY AND SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1430 WHICH REQUIRES TWO VOTES PER CHARTER REQUIREMENT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1431 DOCKET NUMBER 1431 MESSAGE IN NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1,983,872 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE STRENGTHENING ABILITY AND REVOLUTIONIZING TRANSPORTATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE DIGITIZING OF BOSTON'S CURT CURVES VIA MACHINE LEARNING PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITABLE GREEN POLICY PROJECT . THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 1431 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY IN PARKS IS OF COURT.  WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 1432 DOC NUMBER 1432 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 POLICE REFORM AND EQUITABLE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE TARGET CORPORATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE YOUTH AND POLICE INITIATIVE WHICH PROVIDES POLICE WITH THE SKILLS AND TOOLS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND DEAL WITH TROUBLED YOUTH AND GIVE AND GIVES TROUBLED YOUTH NEW WAYS TO UNDERSTAND, PERCEIVE AND DEAL WITH POLICE AUTHORITY. THANK YOU DOCTOR.  NUMBER 1432 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 1433 DUCK NUMBER 1433 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $167,000 AND 167 AND $104 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCENTIVE PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF FOUR DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE STATIONS AT FOUR BOSTON MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 1433 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE A NUMBER 1434 DOCKING NUMBER 1434 MESSAGE GENERAL FOR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE BP SUNDAY'S PILOT SUPPORT GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE SUNDAY'S CULTURAL MUSEUM ACCESS PILOT PROGRAM.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 1434 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS.  WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 143531443 LUCKY NUMBER 1435 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED BY THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING PROPOSED MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE SOUTH END URBAN RENEWAL AREA PROJECT NUMBER MASS R DASH 56 WITH RESPECT TO PARCEL 35 AND SO CALLED PARCELS 35 AND 35 B DOCKET NUMBER 1436 NO RECEIVE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY CLERK AND ICONS OF 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 OF JULY 10TH 2024 TOKEN NUMBER 1437 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE OF 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 AUGUST SEVENTH 2020 FOR DUCK NUMBER 1438 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK AND OF COURSE 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 OF SEPTEMBER 11TH 2020 FOR DUCK NUMBER 1439 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN ROMANO AS CO-CHAIR OF THE BOSTON ASTHMA COUNCIL 93 AFL-CIO HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 10TH, 2025 TARGET OF A1440 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ALICE BROWN AS AN EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST DOCKET NUMBER 1441 NOTICE OF SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF HENRY WHEATLEY AS AN EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST DOCKET NUMBER 1442 NOTICES FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT CONSTABLE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING TRUST AND DOG NUMBER 1443 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT PROVIDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 PAYROLL ALLOTMENT SCHEDULES FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS.  THANK YOU DOUGLAS NUMBER 143521442 WHO WILL BE WILL BE PLACED ON FILE DOCKET NUMBER 1443 WILL BE VERY WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 06510651 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE NEED FOR ALL OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN IN THE UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM ARE RECEIVING THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.  SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0651 ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 FOR IT TO DISCUSS THE NEED THAT ALL OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN IN THE UNIVERSAL PRE-K KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM ARE RECEIVING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.  THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS ERIN MURPHY, LIZ BREADON AND BEN WEBER WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE.  WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY OUR COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR AND BEEKEEPER BEN AD FLYNN AND JOHN FITZGERALD. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF OPTIONS FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT RUSSI LOUIJEUNE. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM TWO MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION TIARA DIAZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND KRISTEN MCSWAIN, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.  THE COMMITTEE ADDITIONALLY INVITED MARY SKIPPER, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CASEY OLD CHIEF OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. I EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD IN BOSTON ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AND UNIVERSAL PRE-K HAS ACCESS TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. EARLY INTERVENTION IS CRITICAL IN SHAPING A CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY AND WE MUST ENSURE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE EQUIPPED TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.  DURING THE HEARING WE DISCUSSED WHETHER WE ARE MEETING THESE NEEDS ADEQUATELY AND HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT FAMILIES THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE SPONSORS FOR THIS HEARING ORDER. AND AS CHAIR I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET SHOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HANNA, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY AS SPONSOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR HOLDING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING. YOU SUMMARIZED IT NICELY. IT WAS AN IMPORTANT HEARING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE EITHER IDENTIFIED GOING INTO OR IDENTIFIED ONCE IN OUR UNIVERSAL PRE-K SEATS ARE RECEIVING THE SERVICES THEY NEED. BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT DESPITE SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND CASTEEL, THE HEAD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION WHO COULD HAVE ANSWERED MANY OF OUR QUESTIONS MORE IN DEPTH AND DIRECTLY WERE INVITED. BUT WE FOUND OUT RIGHT AS THE MEETING WAS STARTING THAT THEY WEREN'T ATTENDING AND I KNOW YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT ALSO SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT IN COMMITTEE SO WE COULD HOLD ANOTHER HEARING TO CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 0651 REMAINING COMMITTEE. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0907110611091172117612761278 AND 1284. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF READING.  YES. THANK YOU MR CLAY DUNCAN NUMBER ZERO AND ZERO SEVEN MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SUSTAINABILITY AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROMOTE OR STIMULATE BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.  SO I CAN HAVE A1106 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $165,000 AND FORM A GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES CONNECT, LEARN AND EXPLORE INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES. THE GRANT WILL FUND YOUTH SPORTS AND SWIM ACTIVITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO I CAN NUMBER 1109 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $22,500 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE CHILD CARE LICENSING SUPPORT GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED WAY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.  THE GRANT WILL FUND STATEMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE FAMILY CHILD CARE LICENSING SUPPORT TRAINING AND HAVE OPENED THEIR BUSINESSES. TUCKER NUMBER 1172 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TAX.  ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SENIOR CITY PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FUND TO BE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE HEATING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR ELIGIBLE SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNERS IN BOSTON. TUCKER NUMBER 1176. MESSAGING OR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $11,600 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SACRAMENTO MISSION ACTIVITIES AWARDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES.  THE GRANT WILL FUND TO PAY CONTRACTORS FOR MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.  NUMBER 1276 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $2,232,852 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25 TITLE THREE SEED NUTRITION SERVICES PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PASSED THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND NUTRITION SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  DARK NUMBER 1278. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,736,520 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT WAS FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR 25 COUNCIL ON AGING FORMULA ALLOCATION AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR 115,007 OF 68 OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY BOSTON AT $15 PER PERSON ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS DATA. FOR UMASS BOSTON DONAHUE INSTITUTE LUCKY NUMBER 1 TO 7 NINE. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF 1,038,248 OR $243 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25 TITLE THREE BE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AWARDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PASSED THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND HOME BASED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE NUMBER 1280 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $530,999 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FIRST FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25 TITLE THREE FAMILY CAREGIVERS SUPPORT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PASSED THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND CAREGIVER SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TALKING ABOUT 1281 MESSAGE NOTE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $461,143 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25 TOTAL THREE A ADMINISTRATION GRANT AWARDED THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. PASS THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS THE ADMINISTER BY THE STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND COSTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ADMINISTRATION OF TITLE THREE PROGRAMS. DUNCAN NUMBER 1 TO 3 MESSAGE IN ALL LIFE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON EXCEPT EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $177,271 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25 TOTAL THREE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PASSED THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE THEIR AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION.  THE GRANT WILL FUND CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE LONG TERM SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE NUMBER ONE TO WAIT FOR MR GENNARO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $84,058 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25 TABLE THREE D DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AWARDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL SERVICES THAT OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON TO PREVENT ILLNESS AND MANAGE CHRONIC CONDITIONS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  WE APPRECIATE YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR OF THE STRONG WOMEN COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES. COUNSELOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, CLARK, FOR ALL THAT.  I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR BRAEDEN WHO ATTENDED THIS HEARING. WE HELD A THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD TO DISCUSS VARIOUS GRANTS THAT WERE ALL JUST READ INTO THE RECORD TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING IN THE AGE STRONG COMMISSION.  THERE WAS A LOT OF GRANTS AND MONEY THAT WERE IN MY COMMITTEE AND SO WE HELD ONE HEARING. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS CAME SO WE COULD DISCUSS THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO I'M HAPPY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM AT THIS HEARING. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATOR AND FROM PANELISTS WHICH INCLUDED CHRISTINE MCSWAIN, THE SENIOR ADVISOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. JOSE MASSO, THE CHIEF OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES. KAREN BOZZA DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON HOME CENTER WITHIN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND EMILY SHEA THE STRONG COMMISSIONER. CHIEF MASSO TESTIFIED ON DOCKETS 11061176 AND EXPLAINING THAT DOCKET 1106 WILL SUPPORT COLLABORATION BETWEEN HUMAN SERVICES IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO SWIM. I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IN DOCKET 1176 WILL FUND CONTINUED MEDICAL MITIGATION EFFORTS SPECIFIC TO THE PIPING PLOVER POPULATION ON THE BEACH. AS YOU KNOW, COUNCILOR FLYNN THAT IS CLOSE TO THE BEACH FOR A LONG TIME AT THE CURLEY RECREATION CENTER DIRECTOR MCSWAIN TESTIFIED ON DOCKET 0907 AND 1109 AND EXPLAINING THAT 0907 WILL SUPPORT CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION BY FUNDING THE EXPANSION OF SPORTS PROGRAMING FOR YOUTH TARGETING 3 TO 6 YEAR OLDS. AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON BROUGHT UP THE CONCERN AND I'M ALWAYS LIKE YOU ADVOCATE FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WONDERING WHERE THESE SOCCER PROGRAMS WERE BEING HELD AND HOW CAN WE EXPAND IT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GETTING ACCESS TO THESE SUPPORTS FOR OUR CHILDREN IN DOCKET 1109 WILL GO TOWARDS THE CHILD CARE APPRENTICESHIP FUND WHICH SUPPORTS FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WHO WANT TO START A BUSINESS AND WE HAD GOOD CONVERSATION AROUND HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE LICENSING AND THE EXPANSION OF YOU KNOW, UNIVERSAL PRE-K SEATS GOING FORWARD? DIRECTOR OBASA TESTIFIED ON DOCKET 1172 EXPLAINING THAT THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE SENIOR STATE PROGRAM TO REPLACE FAILING AND INSOFAR IN HEATING SYSTEMS WHICH IS IN GOOD TIME FOR THE WINTER AND MAKING SURE OUR SENIORS HOMES HAVE PROPER HEATING SYSTEMS.  COMMISSIONER SHEA HAD THE BULK OF THE DOCKETS AND.  IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT DOCKET 1278 IS AWARDED TO THE COMMISSION EACH YEAR FOR BEING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S AGENCY ON AGING IN THE FUNDS THE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS STAFF AMONG THE PROGRAMING INITIATIVES SHE EXPLAINED IN THE TITLE THREE GRANTS THAT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS INCLUDING IMPORTANT NUTRITION SERVICES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES CAREGIVER SUPPORT DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION. SPECIFICALLY IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT DOCKET 1276 TITLE THREE C FUNDING WILL SUPPORT CONGREGATE MAIL SITES FOR OLDER ADULTS AS WELL AS THE CITYWIDE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS. THERE WERE OTHER SENIOR PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES UNDER ALL OF THESE GRANTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT SUPPORTS FOR OUR SENIORS.  THE COUNCIL INQUIRED ABOUT THE SHINE PROGRAM AND THE INPUT OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM AND THE SWIM PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AGES THREE AND SIX. THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED THAT THE PROGRAM IS NOT FUNDED BY THE CITY BUT A FEDERAL AND STATE SOURCE AND FURTHER ASSURED THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S RECENT VETO OF 1 MILLION DID NOT DEFUND THE SHINE PROGRAM COMPLETELY.  IN REGARDING THE OTHER PROGRAM. THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED THAT IT IS COORDINATED WITH ETHOS WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS AN IMPORTANT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH MANY OF OUR SENIORS ACROSS THE CITY AND IT SUPPORTS VOLUNTEERS ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AND THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO ALL OF THESE FACILITIES AND KNOCK ON THE DOORS OF OUR SENIORS WHO LIVE IN THESE FACILITIES TO OFFER THEM SUPPORT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT SUPPORT IS THERE IF THEY NEED IT.  IN REGARDING THE SWIM PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 6 THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED THAT THIS PAST SUMMER THE CITY OFFERED THREE PROGRAMS REACHING 100 CHILDREN ACROSS THE CITY AND THEY HOPED TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM GOING FORWARD. I WILL NOT GO INTO THE SUMMARY . I THINK THAT CLARK DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING IT. WHEN YOU READ THEM BUT I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT AND THANK YOU MEGAN CAVANAUGH FOR UPDATING SINCE THESE WERE BROUGHT IN FILED ORIGINALLY SOME OF THE TOTALS OF THE GRANTS HAVE CHANGED AND THOSE ARE IN RED. SO WE HAVE UPDATED TOTALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACCURATE AND THAT IS ALL WE NEED TO SAY ON THAT. BUT AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION INFORMAL ACTION.  AT THIS TIME MY RECOGNITION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET 09071106110911721176 AND 1278 OUGHT TO PASS IN THAT DOCKETS 12761279128012811283 AND 1284 OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE HEARING ON THESE REALLY IMPORTANT GRANTS.  WE WILL TAKE EACH GRANT ONE BY ONE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SAY ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES THE COMMUNITY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASS THROUGH DOCKET NUMBER 0907. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSING . I THINK THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0907. IT'S PASSED.  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES THE COMMUNITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT PARCEL DOCKET NUMBER 1106 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 1106 IS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE DOCKET NUMBER 1109. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSED NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET 1109 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ENSURE STRONG WOMEN THE COMMUNITY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1172. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED NUMBER 1172 IS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE OF STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1176. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALSO SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 111176 IS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1276 AND A NEW DRAFT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSE A BIG THE COMMITTEE BOARD HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1276 IS PASSING NEW DRAFT. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES A COMMUNITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE FOR AND PASS WITH A NUMBER 1278 ALL OF THEM SAY I I ALL OPPOSING A THINK THE COMMITTEE BOARD HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1278 IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1279 IN A NEW DRAFT ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING BABY THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND NUMBER 1279 HAS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IMPARTIAL DOCKET NUMBER 1280 IN A NEW DRAFT ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING EIGHT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1280 HAS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1281 IN A NEW DRAFT ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING A THINK THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1281 HAS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1283 AND A NEW DRAFT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I WAS SUPPOSED THEY MAY THINK IT CAN REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 IS PASSING A NEW DRAFT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON PASSING DOCKET NUMBER 1284 IN A NEW DRAFT ALL OF HEARSAY I ALSO SAY NAY THINK THE COMMITTEE PART HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1284 IS PASSED IN THE NEW DRAFT.  THANK YOU AGAIN MR. CLERK AND THANK YOU AGAIN COUNSELOR MURPHY WE'RE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AND IT'S TO QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1444 AND DUNCAN NUMBER 1444 UP COUNCILOR FERNANDES OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TWO ON STANDARDIZED TESTING AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN FERNANDO ANDERSON,  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MACLEOD TO ADD A COUNCILOR WHOSE NAME WAS NOT PRESENT. NO, BUT I INTEND TO ADD HER SHOULD SHE WALK IN DURING BY THE END OF IT WE WILL ADD HER AND IF NOT WE'LL CIRCLE BACK IN AT HER. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. BECAUSE FROM HERE LAST WEEK OUR OFFICE HOSTED A LUNCH AND LEARN DURING WHICH WE SHARED OUR G7 ACTION PLAN. THE G7 ACTION PLAN COMPRISES SEVEN KEY ISSUES KEY ISSUE AREAS TARGETED TO ADDRESSING SOME OF THE DISTRICT'S HISTORIC AND DEEPLY ROOTED SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES WHICH I HAVE COME TO CALL IT DOMAINS. ONE OF THE SEVEN DOMAINS IN THE ACTION PLAN IS EDUCATION AND YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES IN EDUCATION WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT STANDARDIZED TESTING.  EVERYBODY KNOWS BY NOW THAT I LOVE DATA AND METRICS WE NEED BENCHMARKS THAT MEASURE OUR PROGRESS SO WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS OVER TIME TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. BUT THE QUALITY OF THE DATA WE OBTAINED THROUGH STANDARDIZED TESTS LIKE THE MASS CALL INTO QUESTION HOW EFFECTIVE THE PROCESS REALLY IS.  FOR EXAMPLE, MOST ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE CAST REGARDLESS OF THEIR ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, RAISING SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WELL WE SUPPORT STUDENTS IN VEEP'S WHO SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME A FULL 30% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION. HOWEVER, THE BIGGEST ISSUE STUDENTS FACE WHEN TAKING THE CAST IS ITS USE AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT 700 STUDENTS EACH YEAR WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE WOULD WERE IT NOT FOR THE MASS DON'T RECEIVE A DIPLOMA BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PASS THE EXAM. WITH THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION COMING WHERE VOTERS WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON QUESTION TWO TO SAY IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THE MASS GRADUATION REQUIREMENT, THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNPACK THIS ISSUE AND GIVE RESIDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK ABOUT STANDARDIZED TESTING. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AND MR CHAIR OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE HOPEFULLY TO HOST A SPEEDY HEARING SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW COMMUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE WITH RESPECTS TO MY COLLEAGUE WHO'S ALSO BROUGHT FORTH HER OWN POSITION AS WELL. LOOKING FORWARD TO AN OPEN DISCUSSION AND HOPEFULLY HEARING ALL SIDES OF THINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THANK YOU. CATHERINE ADRIAN IS IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN YOU GIVE THE FLOOR?  I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR ENTERING INTO THIS CONVERSATION. IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TAKE PART SO PLEASE ADD MY NAME. THANK YOU.  IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SO WHAT WE'LL DO SEEING THAT CUSTOMER HERE IS NOT YET HERE AT THE END WHEN WE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS I'LL SEE IF SHE'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A. OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON AND COLETTE ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD, MURPHY PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1444 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 1445? DUNCAN NUMBER 1445 COUNCIL HAS FLYNN AND MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PROVIDING $15 MILLION TOWARDS RESIDENTS TAXPAYERS IN NEED OF RELIEF. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I'M FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TO DISCUSS PROVIDING MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS 35,000 BOSTON RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYERS MOST IN NEED OF RELIEF AS WE CONSIDER THE WIDER ECONOMIC CONTEXT IMPACT ON PROPERTY TAXES ACROSS THE CITY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECENT PROPOSAL OF $15 MILLION TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. I WANT US TO INSTEAD EXPLORE WHETHER THERE CAN BE A MORE REASONABLE MEANS TESTED POLICY APPROACH THAT TARGETS RELIEF TO OVER 35,000 BOSTON RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYERS MOST IN NEED OF RELIEF AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX VALUES IN BOSTON THAT HAVE INCREASED BY 19% SINCE THE LAST QUARTER OF 2021 WHEREAS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SALES PRICES IN BOSTON HAVE FALLEN BY MORE THAN 30% SINCE THE LAST QUARTER OF 2023, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS.  THE LATEST MEDIAN PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS $657. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IT IS 407 THE ADMINISTRATION'S TAX SHIFT PROPOSAL WAS SAID TO BE AIMED AT PROTECTING SENIORS AND WORKING FAMILIES FROM DRAMATIC INCREASES IN KEEP RESIDENTS IN THEIR HOME. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN ANALYSIS THAT WHILE HOMES WITH ASSESSED VALUE UNDER 1.5 WILL STAND TO SAVE ON AVERAGE ABOUT $400 PER YEAR ON PROPERTY TAXES HIGH VALUE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITH ASSESSED VALUES OF OVER 5 MILLION WILL HAVE THEIR PROPERTY TAX CUT ON AN AVERAGE BY ABOUT $10,000 AND 9% OF HOME LISTINGS ARE PRICED OVER $5 MILLION. AND IN BOSTON THAT WOULD MEAN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WORTH LESS THAN $400 PER SQUARE FOOT WOULD HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WORTH MORE THAN FIVE TIMES AS MUCH PER SQUARE FOOT. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED APPROPRIATING 15 MILLION ANNUALLY TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THEIR PROPOSAL.  INSTEAD, MAYBE WE COULD DISCUSS AND EXPLORE INVESTING THAT SAME $50 MILLION INTO HELPING 35,000 BOSTON RESIDENTS MOST IN NEED OF RELIEF SUCH AS OUR SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME AND WORKING FAMILIES.  THIS INVESTMENT COULD ENSURE THAT AT LEAST 20 TO 30% OF BOSTON HOUSEHOLDS WITH AN ASSESSED HOME VALUE OF 1.5 MILLION OR LOWER WOULD BE FINANCIALLY PROTECTED WITH A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE GREATER THAN 3.5% IN MY OPINION NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR US TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES IN BOSTON RAISING TAXES ON ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGING LANDSCAPE WILL HURT BOSTON FOR MANY YEARS AND THIS WOULD IMPACT JOBS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS SERVICES AND MANY LIVELIHOODS. IT IS TIME THAT WE WORK TO CUT CITY SPENDING AND REVIEW OUR HIRING PRACTICES DURING ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGING TIMES. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE PRACTICE FISCAL DISCIPLINE IN BOSTON. THANK THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU CHAIR MIGHT BE ON THIS HEARING MORE. I'M BACK ON AUGUST SEVEN. OATES'S APOLOGIES COME FROM MURPHY BACK ON AUGUST 7TH I FILED A HEARING ORDER THAT WAS FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THE PROPERTY TAX RECLASSIFICATION DID NOT MOVE THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE AND I KNOW MYSELF AND THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL WHILE HAVEN'T WE'RE ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JOINING THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP IN A FEW WEEKS WHEN HE HOLDS A HEARING TO TALK ABOUT THE RATE WHEN IT'S SET BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING IN THIS CONVERSATION AS ONE OPTION THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND TO HELP EASE THE POSSIBLE FINANCIAL IMPACT COMING TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR COMMERCIAL OWNERS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN B IS. WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD BUT I THINK IT'S SMART THAT WE ON THE COUNCIL WHERE A SMART GROUP THAT CAN GET THINGS DONE THAT WE ALSO BRING FORWARD OUR OWN IDEAS.  IF THIS DOESN'T END UP PASSING AND ENDS UP COMING BACK TO US AND HAVING TO ANSWER TO OUR BUSINESS OWNERS BUT OF COURSE OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE AFRAID OF THEIR UPCOMING INCREASES TO THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?  MR. CLERK THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOR FOUR OR FIVE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REMARK A NUMBER 1446 NUMBER NUMBER 1446 CLERK NUMBER 1446 COUNCIL AND MURPHY OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING SCHOOL BUS DATA. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I AM ASKING THAT THE DATA THAT BP HAS BEEN SHARING ABOUT SCHOOL BUS TIME IS ONLY INCLUDING ARRIVAL TIMES AT SCHOOL. SO I'M REQUESTING FOR THE SCHOOL BUSSES THAT ARE DRIVING OUR STUDENTS HOME. I WOULD LIKE THE TIME EACH SCHOOL BUS IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT THE SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON TO DRIVE THE STUDENTS HOME. THE TIME IT DOES ARRIVE IN THE TIME EACH OF OUR BUSSES IS DROPPING OFF OUR LAST STUDENT AT HOME PLEASE INCLUDE DATA FROM THE FIRST 15 SCHOOL DAYS WE ARE ON DAY 15 NOW AND INCLUDE EVERY BUS ROUTE ACROSS THE CITY. I'M REQUESTING THAT THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE APPROPRIATE AND OR RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS PARTIES AND OR PARTIES THROUGH THE MAYOR PROVIDE ANY AND ALL INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. THIS EXPANSION THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1446 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY BAKE YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 1446 IS PASSED MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCTOR NUMBER 1447 DARK NUMBER 1447 COUNCIL MURPHY OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF WORLD REGARDING SECOND REQUESTS FOR WHITE STADIUM DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO TWO WEEKS AGO I FILED THIS. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TEN DAYS TO RESPOND. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION YET SO I'M FILING A SECOND REQUEST HAVING NOT RECEIVED DOCUMENTS OR INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIVE TO THE ORIGINAL FILING AND HAVING RECEIVED NO COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE DELAY ASKING FOR THE SAME 17 UP TO BE REFILED THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE 17 CHAPTER 452 OF THE ACTS OF 1948 AS AMENDED THAT THE DOCUMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S MEMO RELATED TO APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AT WHITE STADIUM INCLUDING THE LEASE BETWEEN BP'S BOSTON UNITY SOCCER CLUB LLC AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED OR INVOLVED PARTIES THE STADIUM USAGE AGREEMENT AND THE CORPORATION AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN AGREEMENT. SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS SECOND REQUEST GETS US TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A RIGHT TO REQUEST THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNSELOR REFERENCING EXPANSION OF THE ROAD AND PATCH OF DOCK NUMBER 1447 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 1447 AS PAST CUSTOMARY MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1448 DOC NUMBER 1448 COUNCILOR LOUISIANA OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2024 THIS CAN SHIP AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  WELL, BETTER PUT THIS ON.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SEPTEMBER IS KINSHIP AWARENESS MONTH AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR SENT A SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING NO SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTION. SANTANA CONSTABLE SANTANA'S JUILLIARD THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNT ON ME . HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HEARING NO OBJECTION FROM A HE IS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. IN RECOGNITION OF KINSHIP AWARENESS MONTH I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THAT KINSHIP CAREGIVERS PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.  THESE ARE PEOPLE OFTEN GRANDPARENTS, RELATIVES OR CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS WHO STEP IN WHEN FAMILIES FACE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND SITUATIONS THEY PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH LOVE, SUPPORT AND STABILITY THEY NEED DURING TOUGH TIMES BY KEEPING FAMILY CONNECTIONS STRONG KINSHIP CAREGIVERS HELP CHILDREN FEEL SAFE AND CARED FOR. I'D LIKE TO GET A BIT PERSONAL HERE AND EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE FOR KINSHIP CAREGIVER THAT WE HAVE IN MY OFFICE CINDY WHOSE MOTHER TO BE BUT ALREADY SERVING AS A KINSHIP KINSHIP CAREGIVER TO HER SIBLINGS.  SHE'S A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO CARE FOR FAMILY IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING CHALLENGES AND HAS BEEN A STEADY SOURCE OF LOVE AND STABILITY FOR HER FAMILY. SO THANK YOU CINDY FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN MY OFFICE AND IN THE CITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND PERSONALLY FOR YOUR FAMILY. SO MISS CHAMPION, KINSHIP CAREGIVERS LIKE CINDY TAKE ON AN IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY OFTEN WITH LITTLE SUPPORT OR RECOGNITION BUT THEIR IMPACT IS PROFOUND.  BY OPENING THEIR HOMES AND HEARTS TO CHILDREN IN NEED, THEY CREATE NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE KIDS CAN HEAL, GROW AND THRIVE. THIS MONTH LET'S COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR ALL KINSHIP CAREGIVERS RECOGNIZING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. TO EVERY KINSHIP CAREGIVER OUT THERE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND LOVE YOUR HARD WORK MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE AND WE ARE ALL BETTER BECAUSE OF IT AND WE ARE TODAY IN CHAMBERS SOME CHAMPIONS OF OUR OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH CAREGIVERS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOUT THEM OUT. WE HAVE WITH THIS FAITH A LOT WITH FAITH IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE STAND SO THAT WE COULD RECOGNIZE YOU REPRESENTING THE OVER 2000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT MASSACHUSETTS MENTOR SERVES A COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE PROVIDER THAT WAS FOUNDED IN BOSTON IN 1984. WE HAVE LAWANDA EPPS, A LONG STANDING PROVIDER AND CARETAKER WHO SUPPORTS THE WORK AT MASS MENTOR AND I DON'T SEE HIM HERE YET BUT THERE'S ALSO BILL JOHNSON, A CLINICIAN WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SERVING VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND ALSO A KINSHIP ADOPTIVE PARENT. WE OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE FOSTER PARENTS TO SEE YOU COMES FOR AN INJURY AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF OUR YOUNG KIDS.  BUT IT'S ALSO SO IMPORTANT THAT WHERE WE CAN THAT WE KEEP THAT FAMILY CONNECTION WITH EITHER AUNTS OR WITH GRANDPARENTS OR OR WITH FAMILY FRIENDS SO THAT THAT CHILD IS CONNECTED TO KIN. SO WE WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD ON BEHALF OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE DOWNTOWN THAT IS HOME. BUT SOMETHING THAT REMINDS THEM OF THAT THAT BOND THAT PARENTING BOND. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND OUR COMMONWEALTH AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.  I AM LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILOR S.A. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS KINSHIP CARE IS A VITAL FORM OF CARE CAREGIVING WHERE GRANDPARENTS, RELATIVES AND CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS STEP IN TO PROVIDE LOVE, STABILITY AND GUIDANCE FOR CHILDREN IN TIMES OF CRISIS THESE CAREGIVERS ENSURE THAT CHILDREN STAY CONNECTED TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, OFFERING THEM THE CONTINUITY AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE.  RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILDREN IN KINSHIP CARE EXPERIENCE BETTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ARE LESS AFFECTED BY TRAUMA BY DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER AS KINSHIP AWARENESS MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION OF THESE CAREGIVERS AND THE RESILIENCE OF THE CHILDREN THEY CARE FOR. I ENCOURAGE ALL BOSTON RESIDENTS TO JOIN US IN RAISING AWARENESS AND SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR THE KINSHIP CARE CAREGIVERS WHO PROVIDE SUCH AN INVALUABLE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR SANTANA COUNSELOR FERNANDA SANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR OF JULY WILSON DON'T BEG YOUR PARDON,  COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I I I SOMETIMES FORGET THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO TURN ON MY LATE SOME SO BEG YOUR PARDON? EVEN MY SPONSOR. SORRY ABOUT THAT.  SO I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE FOR FILING THIS AND ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SO HAPPY TO JOIN KAISER SANTANA ON THIS. I KNOW THAT COUNSELOR ANDERSON IS FAR MORE VERSED IN READY TO SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE SHE HAS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THIS SORT OF ROLE.  SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT HERE. I JUST WANTED TO STAND HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2024 AS KINSHIP AWARENESS MONTH BECAUSE THIS HITS HOME FOR SO MANY FAMILIES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. KINSHIP CARE IS ABOUT GRANDPARENTS, RELATIVES AND CLOSE FAMILIES WHO USUALLY STEP UP ONE LIFE TAKE THESE UNEXPECTED TURNS I MEAN THE ONES WHO ARE PROVIDING LOVE, STABILITY AND SUPPORT WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST.  YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS HERE FOR THIS MUST BE FOR MY HEART BECAUSE THE REASON WHY WHEN I SAW THE THE RESOLUTION AND IT REALLY SPOKE TO ME IS BECAUSE I KNOW GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OFTENTIMES IT WAS OUR NEIGHBORS THAT REALLY STOOD UP AND TOOK CARE OF THE CHILDREN WHO WERE RUNNING AROUND THE STREETS WHEN OUR PARENTS WEREN'T ABLE TO DO SO. AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT STABILIZING A HOME. THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BACK IN THE DAY.  THERE WAS A VILLAGE AND OFTENTIMES A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS ASSUMED FAR MORE RESPONSIBILITIES THAN THEY NEEDED TO. AND I THINK THAT THESE FOLKS MAY NOT HAVE A FORMAL KINSHIP ROLE AS A CAREGIVER AND THEY MAY NOT BE PART OF THE SYSTEM BUT THESE FOLKS WERE DEFINITELY STANDING IN THE VOID FOR SO MANY FAMILIES AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I REALLY WANT TO UPLIFT AS THESE UNSUNG HEROES WHO EVERY DAY SHOW UP EVEN OFTENTIMES COMING OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS TO CARE FOR FOR FOUR LITTLE ONES. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BY HONORING THIS MONTH THE DEDICATION IS JUST ALSO ABOUT THE RESILIENCE AND THE LOVE AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE STRENGTH OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE NAVIGATING TOUGH SITUATIONS BUT ARE HELD STEADY BY THE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. AND SO BY DECLARING SEPTEMBER AS KINSHIP AWARENESS MONTH WE'RE COMMITTING TO SHOWING UP FOR THESE FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. SO THANK YOU, COUNSELOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE COUNCIL AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU. THANK YOU CONSTANTLY HEAR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR FILING THIS. I THINK I RISE TO SPECIFICALLY SHOUT OUT MS. MENTOR'S DCF AS WELL AS DARE HOPEFUL LITTLE WONDERS BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT DOES THIS WORK BUT I KNOW FIRSTHAND I HAD SOME INTERACTION WITH MS. MENTORS IN THE CAPACITY OF DOING FEE FOR SERVICE HOME BASED THERAPEUTIC SERVICES AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXTREMELY PROFICIENT AND I DEEPLY RESPECT YOU BEING A PREVIOUS FOSTER PARENT MYSELF FOR OVER A DECADE I HAVE FULLY WELL NOT FULLY BUT TRIED TO ASSESS THE SYSTEMS AND THE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, LOOPHOLES OR RATHER LACK OF RESOURCES THAT DCF AND OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY AGENCIES SUCH AS YOURSELF WORKS WITH. MY FIRST FOSTER PARENT EXPERIENCE I WAS A KINSHIP FOSTER PARENT AND IT WAS TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF COURSE THAT I DEEPLY LOVE AND SAW AS A SON AND IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT. YOU FIRST HAVE TO CONVINCE A FAMILY MEMBER IF THEY'RE NOT OPEN ALREADY BECAUSE IT JUST HAPPENS AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AT MAKING SURE TO FIND KINSHIP FIRST BEFORE PLACING WITH A STRANGER BUT THEN SECONDLY WITHOUT THE RESOURCES THAT DCF SOCIAL WORKERS STRUGGLE TO CONNECT FAMILIES WITH, THEN YOU HAVE TO ALSO READY THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT WHO IS ALSO NOT ALWAYS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILD GOING TO THE KINSHIP FOSTER PARENT. SO IT'S IT'S SUCH AN ARDUOUS EXPERIENCE TO JUST CONNECT AT FIRST AND TO GET THE BUY IN BECAUSE THEN THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT IS EMBARRASSED NATURALLY THAT NOW MY COUSIN OR MY NIECE OR MY AUNT OR WHOMEVER IS TAKING CARE OF MY CHILD AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME IT DOES THAT MEAN THAT I'M AN INADEQUATE PARENT SO A LOT OF HARD WORK GOES INTO THAT AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WE CERTAINLY TO QUOTE MY COLLEAGUE WE CERTAINLY NEED MORE FOSTER PARENTS.  SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IF YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOWS TO BECOME A FOSTER PARENT OR MAYBE A RESPITE FOSTER PARENT AT SOME POINT JUST TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE JUST HAVE TO SHOUT OUT FIVE OR NINE FOR FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN TRYING TO UNIONIZE FOSTER PARENTS WHETHER KINSHIP OR NOT WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.  SO FOSTER PARENTS GET SORT OF A STIPEND AND IT'S JUST SIMPLY IT'S NOT TO PAY YOU TO TAKE CARE OF IT'S LIKE SORT OF SUPPLEMENTAL TO YOUR EXPENSES AND IT DOESN'T REACH NEAR CAPACITY.  SO SHOUT OUT TO FIVE OR NINE THE UNION WHO IS TRYING TO UNIONIZE FOSTER PARENTS AS WELL AS ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHO I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH GET THIS I BELIEVE THAT ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE WANTS TO DO HOUSING ON THEIR LOT. I BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN AGING OUT OF DCF SHOULD HAVE A DORMITORY AT RCC PAID BY THE STATE WHICH THEY DO. THEY PAY RENT TO AGING OUR STUDENTS WHILE THEY GET THEIR SOCIAL DEGREE FOR FREE. SO IT'S AN AMAZING IDEA IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF AND GOD WILLING I'LL BE WORKING WITH RCC, THE PRESIDENT, RCC AND CHIEF DILLON TO BE WORKING ON THIS. IT'S THE FIRST EVER NATIONWIDE SO NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH AWAY FROM THE WHOLE KINSHIP THING BUT IT'S THERE'S A HUGE BROAD TOPIC HERE.  IT'S NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE SO PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT ENOUGH BUT YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID AND I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR CALERO COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNSELOR FITZGERALD COUNSELOR FLYNN COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNSELOR PEPEN COUNSELOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1448 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I II ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET 1448 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNSELOR BREADON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 14499 NUMBER 1449 COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. I'M SO ADDED COUNSELOR THAT AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THERE ARE MORE THAN 26 MILLION AMERICANS OF ITALIAN DESCENT MAKING THIS COMMUNITY ONE OF THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS IN OUR COUNTRY HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS OCTOBER AS ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH MONTH WAS PASSED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THEN SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR PAUL SALUKI IN 1998. THOUSANDS OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS FROM ITALY HAVE MADE THEIR HOME HERE IN BOSTON SINCE THE 1860S, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH END. E-ZPASS IN BRIGHTON HIGH PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON MANY PEOPLE OF ITALIAN DESCENT HAVE SERVED THE CITY OF BOSTON SELFLESSLY IN PUBLIC OFFICE, INCLUDING THE LATE THOMAS MENINO, THE LONGEST SERVING MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF BOSTON AND THE GRANDSON OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS.  THINK ABOUT MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY IS BOSTON IN THE NORTH AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES FOR ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS AND ALL IMMIGRANTS. OUR SHIPYARDS WELCOMED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ITALY INCLUDING INCLUDING MY OWN GREAT GRANDPARENTS WHO MIGRATED HERE IN 1909 IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THEY'RE THE REASONS WHY MY ROOTS RUN DEEP IN EAST BOSTON AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN RAISED IN ITALIAN TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE DECADES AS A PROUD FOURTH GENERATION ITALIAN-AMERICAN, I AM PROUD TO SAY WE ARE MORE THAN JUST STEREOTYPES PORTRAYED ON TVS, ON TV AND IN MOVIES. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE A LONG LEGACY OF CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND CHARITABLE GIVING. WE PLACE SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN VIEWING OUR NEIGHBORS AS FAMILY AND WE EMPHASIZE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND OUR ANCESTORS BAND TOGETHER EVEN IN THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES IN THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, MANY WERE SHUNNED, VILIFIED AND SEEN AS OTHER. MANY WERE DENIED CITIZENSHIP AFTER LITERACY TESTS WERE APPLIED WITH THE INTENT TO DECIDE FRANCHISE.  ANYONE WHO DID NOT HAVE A FORMAL ENGLISH EDUCATION THINKING BACK OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HONOR OUR HISTORY AND OUR JOURNEY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ASSIST THOSE JUST STARTING THEIR JOURNEY HERE IN THIS OWN COUNTRY HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.  SO TODAY WE ARE AFFIRMING WHAT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HAS ALREADY DONE IN 1998 AND WE SEEK TO RAISE THE ITALIAN FLAG HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ON OCTOBER 2ND AT 11 A.M. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO ATTEND AND WE WILL HAVE SOME DELICIOUS TREATS FROM THE NORTH END FOR EVERYBODY. I'M SO PROUD AGAIN TO BE AN ITALIAN AMERICAN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OUR UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR ALWAYS HONORING YOUR ITALIAN HERITAGE JUST WANT TO SECOND A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE RICHNESS OF OUR ITALIAN COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH AND EAST BOSTON, HYDE PARK EVERYWHERE AND JUST ALSO THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE ITALIANS HAD THEIR OWN ROAD HERE WHEN FACING DISCRIMINATION AND TRYING TO MAKE BOSTON THEIR HOME. SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR TO OUR ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HOW MUCH THEY CONTRIBUTE BOTH IN FOOD AND IN POLITICS AND IN SO MANY OTHER ARENAS. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEDNESDAY. I THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR,  FLYNN, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO A LETTER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.  I'M ALSO PROUD TO REPRESENT THE LARGE ITALIAN ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON AND IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AS WELL AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEIR HARD WORK ESPECIALLY OUR AND INCLUDING OUR CITY WORKERS THAT DO A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR US IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT.  BUT THEY PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WHETHER IT'S ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS, OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS BUT PROUD TO REPRESENT A LARGE ITALIAN ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.  I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE AS WELL IN SUPPORT OF OUR NATION AND THE ARMED FORCES ALWAYS GIVING BACK, MAKING THIS CITY BETTER, MAKING OUR COUNTRY BETTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU AS ANYONE ELSE I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WAITING TIMES ARE GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL OF COLLECTOR FOR ONCE AGAIN BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH SHE DID MENTION BRIGHTON. YES, WE HAVE A LARGE ITALIAN COMMUNITY AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON MANY OF THEM HAIL FROM SAN DONATO AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY AROUND BRIGHTON BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO EACH OTHER.  SO I REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR ITALIAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORS IN MIND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BIG SHOUT OUT TO FRED SALVATORE WHO WAS THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AT THE STATE AND WAS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE BIG DIG. IF YOU EVER LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ON THE BIG DIG HE'S PROMINENTLY REFERENCED IN THAT AS A AS A PERSON WHO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES WERE CONNECTED AND THAT OUR CITY WAS RECONNECTED BY TAKING DOWN THE ELEVATED HIGHWAY AND RIGHT HERE IN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIS DOWNTOWN. SO YES, THERE'S SO MANY INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS BY ITALIAN-AMERICANS AND THANK YOU . I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING NEXT NEXT WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR TO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST AS THE AS SOMEONE WHO'S MARRIED TO AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY WIFE FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE. YOU KNOW HER CULTURE IT'S DEFINITELY ENRICHED MY LIFE AND MY KIDS LIVES AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, MR CLERK BECAUSE IT COUNTS AS BRAYDEN DURKIN FOR ANY ADVANTAGE IN PARTICULAR FLYNN MCKEE AND MURPHY PIPPEN, SANTANA AND WEBER CASAS IT AS A PARTNER IN COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE EXPANSION OF THE ROLE AND PATRICK DOCKING NUMBER 1449 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU DOCKING NUMBER 1449 HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKING NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ZERO DOCK NUMBER 1450 COUNCIL IS WEAPONS S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF COLETTE BASS INCREASE FOR CITY OF BOSTON RETIREES THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A THIRD SPONSOR. COUNCILOR ROBERTSON HAS BEEN THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ALLOWED TO COUNCILOR EVERY EMPLOYEE.  THANK YOU. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED TODAY BY MORE THAN A DOZEN RETIREES BOSTON BOSTON WORKERS WHO WERE RETIRED LAST WEEK.  THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD VOTED AGAINST THE COST OF LIVING BASE INCREASE FROM $15000 TO $18000 THAT BOSTON RETIREES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR NOW FOR OVER TWO YEARS. MY OFFICE AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL SUBMITTED TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF A 3% ANNUAL COLA SORRY IN SUPPORT OF AN INCREASE OF THE COLA BASE TO $18,000 AND SEND LETTERS AND SUPPORT TO THE RETIREMENT BOARD IN MAY AND MEMBERS OF OUR STAFFS APPEARED AT TWO CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS OF THE RETIREMENT BOARD AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS THE ATTENDED AT LEAST THE LAST ONE IN PERSON WILL LET HIM CLARIFY SINCE 2010 RETIREMENT BOARDS IN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO INCREASE THE COLA BASE HERE IN BOSTON. WE'VE ONLY DONE THAT NOW THREE TIMES FOR AN ADDED $90 PER RETIREE PER YEAR MUNICIPAL RETIREES IN THE BOSTON RETIREMENT SYSTEM PAID INTO THE SYSTEM FOR YEARS AND DEDICATED THEIR WHOLE LIVES OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND ARE NOW LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME.  WE OWE IT TO OUR YOU KNOW, TO TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE OUR CITY WORK TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM SO THEY CAN RECEIVE THE BENEFITS THEY DESERVE AND THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.  IN 2022 THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL APPROVED AN INCREASE IN THE COLA A PERCENTAGE FROM 3 TO 5% FOR JUST FISCAL YEAR 23 REGARDLESS OF LAST WEEK'S VOTE WE SHOULD STAND WITH OUR RETIREES AND URGE THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION BY INCREASING THE COLA BASE WHICH WOULD HELP RETIREES STAY IN BOSTON AND AGE WITH DIGNITY.  I ASK THAT WE SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL SANTANA SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER.  TODAY I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION COUNCIL WEBER AND I WEBER FLYNN AND I ARE INTRODUCING ADVOCATING FOR A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT BASED INCREASE FOR OUR CITY OF BOSTON RETIREES. THESE RETIREES HAVE DEDICATED YEARS OF THEIR LIVES TO SAVING BOSTON AND OUR SCHOOLS PUBLIC SAFETY, LIBRARIES, TRANSPORTATION AND COUNTLESS OTHER VITAL SERVICES. THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM WITH THE HOPE OF LIVING COMFORTABLY AFTER THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.  THE RISING COST OF LIVING IN BOSTON HAS MADE IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR RETIREES TO KEEP PACE WITH EXPENSES PARTICULARLY IN TRANSPORTATION, FOOD AND HOUSING.  WELL, WHILE WE HAVE SEEN SMALL COLA ADJUSTMENTS OVER THE YEARS AS COUNCILOR WEBER SAID EARLIER, THE LAST BASE INCREASE WAS IN 2021 AND SINCE THEN RETIREES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AN INCREASE FROM $15000 TO $18000. THAT'S THREE YEARS OF ADVOCATING WITHOUT THE CHANGE THEY DESERVE. ON TUESDAY THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD CHOSE NOT TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF OF THIS INCREASE. BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT END THERE. THESE RETIREES ARE ON FIXED INCOMES AND WE OWE IT TO THEM TO ENSURE THEY CAN CONTINUE LIVING IN THE CITY THEY HELPED BUILD AND AGE WITH DIGNITY. I URGE THE CITY TO ACT SWIFTLY AND INCREASE THE COLA BASE TO AT LEAST $18,000. IT IS TIME WE HONOR OUR COMMITMENT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GIVE THEM THE FINANCIAL STABILITY THAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR INCLUDING ME . I ALSO STAND TODAY TO OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON RETIREES FOR MANY REASONS.  I OFTEN THINK THAT THEY'RE AN UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR CITY. THEY DON'T GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY. THE RETIREMENT FOR MOST CITY RETIREES IS LOW. I WAS AT A STORE RECENTLY ON F STREET IN SOUTH BOSTON AND I SAW A CITY RETIREE AND ELDERLY ELDERLY WOMAN WHO WAS WHO PICKED UP A CAN OF CAMPBELL'S SOUP AND I AND I SAID TO HER WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE SOUP WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE PRICE FOR? AND SHE SAID, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO AFFORD THE CAN OF SOUP. AND FOR THIS WOMAN THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WHERE WHETHER OR NOT SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE LUNCH IN THE AFTERNOON.  BUT THIS WOMAN SERVED SERVE THE CITY FOR 30 YEARS AND WHILE A LOT OF US HAD HOLIDAYS WITH OUR FAMILIES, THIS WOMAN WAS OUT CLEANING CLEANING THE STREETS. I THINK SHE WAS A CUSTODIAN AND SHE WAS CLEANING THE STREETS AND HELPING PEOPLE. AND THAT'S LIKE MANY OF US CITY RETIREES.  THEY'RE NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY. THEY'RE NOT IN IT FOR THE PRESTIGE. BUT BUT THEY WANT A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT AND THEY WANT A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT IN RETIREMENT DIGNITY IN RETIREMENT AND IT'S NOT A LOT TO ASK FOR.  THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON DURING DIFFICULT TIMES IN THIS CITY AND NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT FROM US FROM THIS BODY SO THAT THEY CAN PAY THEIR BILLS SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP THE HEAT ON SO THAT THEY CAN BUY A CAN OF A CAN OF SOUP OR BUY A CUP OF COFFEE. BUT LET'S LET'S START IN THESE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES ENSURE THAT OUR CITY RETIREES ARE RESPECTED BECAUSE THEY'VE EARNED IT. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANYTHING. THEY'VE EARNED THE RESPECT FROM US. AND I JUST WANTED TO STAND HERE AND AGAIN SAY THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR HAVING ME AND I ALWAYS ATTEND THE HEARING IN PERSON. I TEND TO THE LAST TWO IN PERSON BUT OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS I ALSO ATTENDED IN PERSON BECAUSE I WANT TO I WANT TO STAND THERE WITH OUR CITY RETIREES IN PERSON ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TO THE CITY TO THANK THEM AND TO STAND WITH THEM. DO NOT ASK ME FOR A LOT. IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO AS A BODY TO STAND WITH OUR CITY RETIREES AND SAY THANK YOU AND MAYBE WE CAN OFFER YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT YOU WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN OFFERED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETIRE IN DIGNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER AND TURNER AND FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.  I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION FIRST ALSO THANK YOU TO OUR RETIREES CITY OF BOSTON . ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID IS TRUE AND I THINK THIS RESOLUTION AND UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION WILL SHOW OUR SUPPORT. BUT I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS BEEN AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS AND I THINK ALL OF US WHEN THESE BOSTON RETIREMENT HEARINGS HAPPEN WE ALREADY HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS AND WE'VE ALREADY SAID AS A BODY I THINK EACH OFFICE HAS ALREADY TOLD THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ALL SUPPORT OUR RETIREES AND WE ALL WANTED THIS TO PASS. SO YES, I THINK THIS RESOLUTION WILL SHOW EVEN THOUGH I THINK OUR LETTERS AND OUR PRESENCE AT THE MEETING ALREADY SHOWED THAT WE SUPPORTED IT BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE ALSO SEPARATE FROM THIS HAVE A HEARING AND FIND OUT WHY WHY ARE THEY NOT PASSING IT? I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO VOTED NO AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A BODY TO KNOW WHY ARE YOU SAYING NO TO A FEW DOLLARS TO OUR RETIREES THAT LITTLE IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT. IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I WOULD ARGUE THEY DESERVE MORE BUT I THINK WE AS A BODY SHOULD ALSO LOOK INTO HOLDING A HEARING WITH THE RETIREMENT BOARD OR WHOEVER ELSE COULD GIVE US ANSWERS ON WHY THEY KEEP CONTINUOUSLY DISRESPECTING OUR RETIREES. BUT I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR SO I DON'T WANT TO IN ANY WAY BLOCK A VOTE TODAY ON THE RESOLUTION. BUT IF SOME OF US WANT TO WORK TOGETHER ON PUTTING OUT A HEARING ORDER SO THAT WE COULD BRING IN THOSE PARTIES THAT COULD GIVE US ANSWERS TO WHY WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING OUR RETIREES IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE COMES TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES OR STEPPING UP AND SPEAKING UP RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT OUR JOB IS, RIGHT? IS TO CREATE SPACE AND UTILIZE OUR PLATFORM TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE. AND WE DO THAT DAY IN AND DAY OUT. RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID AS MY PREVIOUS COLLEAGUE MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN LETTERS. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE RECORD EVEN DURING THE BUDGET SEASON WE ARE ALWAYS IN SUPPORT BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A DISCONNECT AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS. IT'S LIKE TRYING TO CRACK THE CODE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND EVERYTHING FALLS APART. SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT IT IS IT'S NO IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS I THINK IS LIKE LESS THAN 3000 EXTRA DOLLARS $18,000 LIKE THAT MIGHT NOT IT MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT TO SOME FOLKS IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE BUT IT DOES MEAN A LOT TO THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF BECAUSE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE GOING TO BUY THAT COUPLE YOU KNOW, THAT CUP OF COFFEE OR THE CAMPBELL SOUP OR IF YOU WANT TO PAY YOUR RENT. I THINK IT'S UNJUST THAT OUR WORKERS WHO HAVE TO BE BOSTON EMPLOYEES AT CITY OF BOSTON RESIDENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND NOW WE'RE MAKING IT HARDER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO BOSTON TO ACTUALLY STAY IN BOSTON. THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID HERE ABOUT THE IMPACT AND HOW WE'RE THANKING THOSE WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR CAREERS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.  SO I WANT TO JUST RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.  AND I ALSO DO THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE AGED WHO ARE AGING OUT OF THE WORKFORCE RIGHT ARE NOW LITERALLY EITHER THEY ARE EARNING WITH THEIR FIXED INCOME A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OR THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR EVEN SOME SUBSIDIES. RIGHT. SO THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE THERE IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW DO WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH WHAT THEY HAVE WHEN OFTENTIMES IF THEY'RE MAKING A LITTLE BIT TOO EXTRA THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS. SO I THINK THAT THERE IS THE WHOLE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REVISED BUT THAT'S FOR A WHOLE DIFFERENT DAY AND A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.  BUT I DO THINK THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY DOES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS NOT PASSED ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE ADVOCACY THAT MY COLLEAGUES DID HERE ON THE COUNCIL . SO EITHER YOU'RE HEARING US AND DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY OR YOU'RE HEARING WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR VOICES WERE LOUD AND WE WERE ON BOARD AND I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT HERE WE ARE HAVING TO FILE A RESOLUTION WHICH FOR THOSE FOLKS YOU KNOW, A RESOLUTION REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH. IT'S JUST A SYMBOL OF OUR ADVOCACY ON YOUR BEHALF.  BUT THAT SYMBOL DOES MEAN SOMETHING SO I THINK THAT NOW WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. COUNCIL MEMBER THE CHAIR OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT I'LL LOOK TO YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BUT AND YOU'RE A LAWYER TOO SO I FIX IT RIGHT NOW AND MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIAN OCEAN.  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OUR OFFICE AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE ENTIRE COVER TEAM IN TERMS OF RACE GETTING A RAISE OUR BASE WAGE OUR RAISE UP TO THE COLA AND I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT TO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY MADE YES TO RETIRING WITH INTEGRITY . YES THE CITY IS JUST WAY TOO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN AND IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THEY DESERVE IT.  WE SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE CITY AND THE CITY GOT THEIR BACK SO.  I RISE IN SUPPORT AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR WEBER SANTANA AND FLYNN TO INCREASE THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MUNICIPAL RETIREES. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT BUT I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND EXCITED TO STAND WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EDUCATORS, SANITATION WORKERS, LIBRARIANS, PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. I WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN THESE MEETINGS BUT I DID SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND I STAND BEHIND THAT SUPPORT TODAY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSECRATE ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK MADAM PRESIDENT AND I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK WHEN WE PASSED THE INCREASE IN THE COLA IN 2021 THAT WAS OUR UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE INCREMENTALLY TO INCREASE THE COLA BY $1,000 EACH YEAR UNTIL WE REACHED IT IN 2000. SO IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT HERE WE ARE THREE YEARS LATER AND THIS THIS ISSUE HASN'T MOVED FORWARD AND WE HAVE AN INCREASE THE COLA IT'S REALLY AS EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN YOU KNOW THESE WERE THESE RETIREES HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIFE TO WORKING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THERE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE HISTORY OF PUBLIC SERVANT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR CITY AND THEY DESERVE TO LIVE IN DIGNITY WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND AS A AS THEY REACH THEIR SENIOR YEARS. SO I PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS THING FORWARD EVEN IF WE INCREMENTALLY INCREASE THE THE COLA BY $1,000 PER YEAR AS AS WAS THE INTENTION I THINK BACK IN 2021 WE SHOULD JUST KEEP MOVING ON THIS AND ACHIEVE PARITY WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OTHER OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THIS AND WE SHOULD NOT BE LAGGING BEHIND GIVEN THE COST OF LIVING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL RATE IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE HERE TO SAY THAT WE WE WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND I ATTENDED SEVERAL OF THESE HEARINGS MYSELF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE RETIREES AS THIS GOES FORWARD UNTIL IT'S DONE. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I HOPE IT'S BEEN SHOWN THE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF US INCLUDING MY OFFICE ATTENDING IN PERSON OR SENDING LETTERS. WE JUST KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE SO TIGHT FINANCIALLY AND THAT WE HAVE A ROLE THAT WE CAN PLAY AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR OFFERING RESOLUTION WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTE ZAPATA DURKIN,  FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MARIA MURPHY, PAT BENTON.  DEANNA PLEASE. I'VE NOT SEEN DAN AND HE'S AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR FOR BEN AND ME . AWESOME. OKAY COUNSELORS WEBER, SANTANA AND FLYNN SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1450.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 1450 COUNCIL BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A FATHER YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKIN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR ALLUSION YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR ME HERE. COUNCILOR ME HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNSELOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR OPINION IS COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL TALKING OVER 1450 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.  THANK YOU AND I WELCOME ONCE THIS MEETING IS OVER WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE SOMEWHAT SOON WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU AND ALSO WITH THE FOLKS FROM MASS MENTOR. THANK YOU.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ONE DUCK NUMBER 1451 COUNCILOR I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 AS BOSTON WOMEN'S FUN DAY IN HONOR OF ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA.  COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND YOU KNOW I EVERY TIME I READ A CITATION BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS ON IT I ALWAYS SAY AND IT IS SIGNED BY A BLACK WOMAN WHO'S OUR PRESIDENT. AND SO TODAY I WANT TO SUSPEND ACTUALLY ADD YOU AS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR TO THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND IF I'M SO AT IT. NO OBJECTION TO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.  SO WE'VE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THEM AND I DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO END EARLY SO I JUST WANT TO JUST READ INTO THE RECORD THAT THIS PARTICULAR DAY SEPTEMBER 26,  2024 IS IN HONOR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND. IT IS AN ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND GENDER EXPRESSION AND FOLKS WHO ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT.  AND TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 26 IS THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR THEIR WORK AND REACHING SUCH AN AMAZING MILESTONE WHEN THEY STARTED IN THE EIGHTIES. YES, IN THE EIGHTIES I WAS A TEEN ALREADY. GOOD LORD ALEX. IT'S STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE RECORD ELLEN BUT YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY FUNNY JUST TO KIND OF SEE THIS FULL CIRCLE MOMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP AT A TIME WHEN THERE WAS SO MUCH ANGER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TO HAVE A FUND EVEN THEN THAT WAS DEDICATED TO HEALING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHY THEY WERE CREATED AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE MADE OVER THE YEARS. SO REALLY HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING AND HONORING THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THEM TOMORROW AND ALWAYS AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TANYA CRAIG FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 40 WOMEN WHO ARE BEING HONORED.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COME TO MEJIA. CHAMBERS LOOK REALLY BEAUTIFUL TODAY WITH THE HONOREES FOR TOMORROW'S EVENT WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AND I'LL CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE LEADERSHIP OF NATALIA AND ALEXANDRA AND EVERYONE WHO MAKES BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND WHAT IT IS AND THEIR IDEAS AROUND RADICAL PHILANTHROPY AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING FUNDED ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE HARMS AND ARE OUR THOUGHT LEADERS. SO I JUST WANT TO AGAIN SHOUT OUT TO BLACK WOMEN'S FUND CELEBRATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW WITH ALL OF THE HONOREES COUNCILOR MICKEY AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE TO SPEND WITH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASE. THAT COMES WITH GREAT INEQUALITY. ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER COUNSELOR MEJIA AND LOUIJEUNE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE ONE ALTHOUGH THAT FAVORS SAY I I WAS OPPOSING A THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED MR QUICK WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER 145 TO DOG NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE TO COUNCILOR ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2024 IS RUNWAY FOR MOM DAY IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU'RE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR ANDERSON AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR BECAUSE OF AN ENGINE AS IT IS SO ADDED CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU AGAIN. WE HAVE ALREADY DID THE PRESIDENT DID THE PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY REALLY ALSO SUPER EXCITED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 29TH I WILL BE WALKING THE RUNWAY ALONGSIDE MY MOM IN A SEGMENT CALLED LEGACY. IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE FAMILY AND I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR MY MOM'S SACRIFICES AND THE STRUGGLES THAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH JUST TO GET TO THIS COUNTRY.  AND SO I'M REALLY HONORED THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK WITH MY MOM AND CREATE SPACE FOR HER TO SHINE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HONOR HER EVEN THOUGH WE'RE JUST WALKING THE RUNWAY TO GIVE MY MOM A LITTLE BIT OF OPPORTUNITY TO PUT AWAY THE THE MOP AND THIS AND CLEANING AND COOKING AND WORKING AND GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CELEBRATED AND TO SHINE.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK RUNWAYS FOR MOM FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY CREATING SPACE FOR MOMS TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT FOR EACH OTHER.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HERE. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH YOUR MOTHER THE CHAIR AGAIN AS IT COMES WITH AN INJURY, ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR ADDING ME . I HAD NO IDEA THIS THING EXISTED BUT AFTER READING YOUR RESOLUTION UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE IN DOING SO OR PUTTING TOGETHER FASHION SHOWS MYSELF AND KAZMI I ACTUALLY REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE FIRST RUNNING YOU ATTENDED ONE OF MY SHOWS AND THAT'S HOW WE OFFICIALLY MET FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. SO IT IS THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES BEHIND THIS. IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THEMATIC SHOWS THAT REPRESENTS WOMEN OR WOMEN OF ALL INFLUENCES. I USED TO DO SHOWS AND PARTICULARLY FOR TRANSGENDER WOMEN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SEEING HOW I CAN COLLABORATE WITH THEM. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH YOUR MOM AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR MOM AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE SHOW. THANK YOU.  BANK ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN INGENIOUS AND THERE'S ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR CLARE WHOSE ACCOUNT WAS GREAT AND CUT HIS APPETITE DARKEN UH, FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY THE BENT ANTENNA. WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR CATCHES MEJIA IN FRONT OF YOU. ANDERSON SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKING NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE TWO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT NUMBER ONE FOUR OR FIVE THREE DOUG AND AMBER 1453 COUNCIL OF NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RENAMING OF THE SOCCER FIELD WITHIN SIGHT OF THE STADIUM IN HONOR OF BILLY BAKER . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE BILLIE BAKER BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH BOSTON WAS WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS VISION AND DEDICATION TO BRINGING SOCCER TO THE YOUTH OF SOUTH BOSTON AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.  IN 1985 HE ESTABLISHED THE SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE WITH THE MISSION OF ENABLE ENABLING THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS IN AN INCLUSIVE, SAFE, AFFORDABLE AND FUN ENVIRONMENT . BILLIE WAS DEDICATED TO THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SOCCER AS PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE FOR OVER 35 YEARS HE WORKED WITH OTHER SUBURBAN COMMUNITY SPORTS LEAGUES. HE ATTENDED COUNTLESS MEETINGS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT,  COMPLETED NUMEROUS PERMIT APPLICATIONS. HE PREPARED FOR GAMES EVERY WEEKEND HE RECRUITED COACHES IN REFEREES, VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER THE TOWN.  HE WAS ALSO DEEPLY COMMITTED TO MAKING THE SOCCER LEAGUE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY CHILD HE WOULD SOLICIT FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY BUSINESSES, MERCHANTS ,ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PURCHASE JERSEYS, TROPHIES AND YEAR END GIFTS. HE LATER ESTABLISHED A SPORTS COLLABORATIVE WITH OTHER FELLOW WHIGS IN ORDER TO OPEN AND OPERATE A SNACK BAR AND RESTAURANT OUTSIDE HIS STADIUM. THROUGH BILLY'S TIRELESS DEDICATION TO HIS DUTIES AS LEAGUE PRESIDENT AND AT THE HEIGHT OF THE LEAGUE SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SOCCER REGISTERED UP TO 1300 PLAYERS PERCEIVED PER SEASON RANGING FROM 3 TO 8 IN INCLUDING MY TWO CHILDREN PLAYED IN THE PLATE IN THE SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM AS WELL BEGINNING EACH SEASON AND OPENING DAY PARADE OF ATHLETES CONSISTED OF PLAYERS LED BY AN HONOR GUARD PROUDLY MARCHED AROUND THE TRACK AND FIELD ASSIGNED TO STADIUM WITH TEAMMATES AND SIGNS REPRESENTING THEIR TEAM AND MASCOTS. ALTHOUGH THESE TEAMS INCLUDED MANY DIGNITARIES INCLUDING MAYORS, SENATORS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BILLY'S FOCUS WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE PLAYERS FROM THE YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM. WELL, AFTER HIS OWN CHILDREN HAD GROWN UP, BILLY BAKER REMAINED THE ONE CONSTANT PRESENCE PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE HE CONSISTENTLY DEVOTED HIS TIME AND EFFORTS AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE LEAGUE. TODAY IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO BRINGING SOCCER TO THE YOUTH OF SOUTH BOSTON WITH LITTLE FANFARE BILLY BAKER SELFLESSLY DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS LIFE TO ENSURING THAT ALL CHILDREN OF SOUTH BOSTON HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WONDERFUL SPORT. HIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH BOSTON ALLOWED GENERATIONS OF NEIGHBORS TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF COMPETING AND YOUTH SPORTS TO BE PART OF A TEAM TO FEEL WELCOMED, CONNECTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY LOCALLY PARK AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MARY ELLEN MCCORMACK AND LYNCH HOMES TWO OF THE LARGEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY AND PROBABLY THE MOST ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY AS WELL. BILLY WELCOMED EVERYBODY BRINGING EVERYBODY INTO THE SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM AND SHOT BILLY'S VISION ALSO HELPED OUR YOUTH DEVELOP IN LEARN HOW TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS WHEN THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH BOSTON THINK OF YOUTH SOCCER THEY THINK OF BILLY BAKER.  THERE IS NO ONE MORE DESERVING OF HAVING THE SOCCER FIELD WITHIN SAUNDERS STADIUM AT MOAKLEY PARK NAMED IN HIS HONOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE PLEASED COUNCIL IS GREAT AND CLARA ZAPATA DURKIN FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD MCGUIRE MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR CASTRO FLYNN'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1453 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE ALL OPPOSING THE MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 1453 COUNCILOR BERRY YES. COUNCIL LIBRARY AND YES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A YEAH, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR BONANZA SANDERSON AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.  COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL TALKING NUMBER 1453 YEARS WE SEE 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.  DOCKET NUMBER 1453 HAS BEEN ADOPTED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS, MR COURT, COULD WE ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET NUMBER 1444.  THANK YOU. OKAY, WE ARE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS.  IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA HAVE SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT DOCKET NUMBER 1178 ON PAGE 17 OF THE GREEN SHEETS.  THAT'S FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. AGAIN, DOCKET NUMBER 1178 ON PAGE 17. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ONCE YOU FIND IT WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1178 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE GREEN SHEETS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE NUMBER 1178 MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY BUS TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF A 2013 FORD F-150 TRUCK. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THEIR INVESTIGATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES SUSPECTED OF INSURANCE FRAUD AND ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS THANK YOU ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET NUMBER 1178 AUTHORIZES THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF A 2013 FORD F-150 FROM HANOVER INSURANCE PROVIDED THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS INSURANCE FRAUD BUREAU.  THIS VEHICLE WILL BE USED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S AUTO THEFT UNIT IN INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO INSURANCE FRAUD, ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLEGAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE OPERATIONS. THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS HIGH MILEAGE AND RARE AND DAMAGE IT REMAINS VALUABLE FOR SURVEILLANCE PURPOSES HELPING TO REDUCE FRAUDULENT CLAIMS AND POTENTIALLY LOWERING INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS.  AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND A FORMAL ACTION AT THAT TIME. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1178 ALL TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1178 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY IF ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER IF NOT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1178 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED BECAUSE WASHINGTON HAS ANOTHER GREEN SHEET MAN THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR CLERK WOULD LIKE TO CALL DOCKET NUMBER 1387 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  DOCKET 1387 IS ON PAGE 18 OF THE GREEN SHEETS.  THANK YOU, MR CLERK.  ONCE YOU HAVE THAT LOCATED IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCK NUMBER 1387 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $106,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 23. FAA PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND CRITICALLY NEEDED RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND ENABLE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON INNOVATIONS THAT IMPROVE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY,  HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. CASA SANTANA HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL THE CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 11, 2024 AS CHAIR I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR DURKIN, COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR TOLD US ABOUT THAT.  THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM HOUSE UP TO TEN. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM THREE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENTS STAFF MEMBERS KEVIN COYNE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE JULIE BURN, DEVIN PROCUREMENT AND GRAHAM MANAGEMENT AND SHAUNA LYNCH. IT WAS A BRANCH MANAGER THE BFD PANELISTS SPOKE ON THE SPECIFICS OF EACH GRANT AS WELL AS DISCUSSING THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL GRANTS PROGRAMS CHANGES FROM PAST YEARS AND THE GRANTS TEAMS WORKS TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL COMPETITIVE FRIENDS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES.  IN ADDITION TO DISCUSSING THIS PARTICULAR GRANT DURING THE HEARING, THE COMMITTEE ALSO HAS RECEIVED A DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SPECIFIC GRANT WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THIS GRANT OF $106,000 WILL FUND TWO PROGRAM ACTIVITIES FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ONE BEING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WHERE THIS ACTIVITY AND THE SECOND BEING FIRE AND ARSON INVESTIGATION AND ARSON INVESTIGATION AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES. THE GRANT FUNDS 95% OF THE PROGRAM WITH A 5% IN-KIND COST SHARE FROM THE CITY RESOURCES. THE INTENTION OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO THREATEN THREATS AND THREATEN FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS THROUGH ADVANCED TRAINING AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH UPDATED FIRE CODES AND REGULATIONS.  ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL IMPROVE FIRE INVESTIGATION CAPABILITIES ENSURING THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST TECHNIQUES AND RESOURCES TO SOLVE CASES MORE EFFECTIVELY AND REDUCE RISK TO BOTH FIREFIGHTERS AND THE PUBLIC. THE HOT WORK SAFETY CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND THE FIRE INSPECTOR AND ENGINEER TRAINING PROGRAM ARE BOTH CRUCIAL COMPONENTS OF THE BROADER EFFORT TO REDUCE FIRE RISK ACROSS BOSTON PARTICULARLY IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS LIKE HIGH RISES BY ADDRESSING IDENTIFIED TRAINING GAPS, WE AIM TO PREVENT FIRE INCIDENTS THROUGH BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF SAFETY REGULATIONS AND ENHANCE THE INVESTIGATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT IN RESPONDING TO FIRE RELATED INCIDENTS PARTICULARLY ARSON CASES. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS TARGET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FLOOR COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND INFORMAL ACTION AT THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 138782 PASSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA DOCKET NUMBER 1387 IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER COUNSELOR SANTANA SEEK TO SEEK PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1387 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED, COUNSELOR SANTANA WE'RE ALL GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR EPIPEN,  YOU GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  MR. CLERK, I'D LIKE TO CALL DOCKET NUMBER 1285 FROM PAGE THREE OF THE GREEN SHEETS THAT IS UNDER THE CITY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMITTEE . THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. ONCE YOU HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED,  PLEASE READ THAT MATTER INTO THE RECORD. THANK YOU. LISTEN, DR. DOGGETT NUMBER 1285 FROM THE COMMITTEE CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DUNCAN NUMBER 1285 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $20,020 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE CENTRAL FELLOWSHIP GRANT AWARDED BY THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR EL CENTRO I.T TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATES THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND AS THIS COMES WITH AN ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY CAMERA PAN YOU AND I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.  AS ALREADY STATED THIS IS A MISSION ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ART TO EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $20,020 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT.  THIS IS FOR A CENTRO WHERE THEY SERVE MANY IMMIGRANTS POSSESS VALUABLE DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.  YET LACK OF U.S. WORK EXPERIENCE OFTEN PREVENTS THEM FROM ENTERING PROFESSIONAL ROLES IN THE UNITED STATES LEADING TO UNDEREMPLOYMENT AN UNTAPPED POTENTIAL SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR IS IN DIRE NEED OF DIVERSE TALENT TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISPARITIES AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. EL CENTRO'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AIMS TO CONNECT HIGHLY QUALIFIED YET UNDEREMPLOYED IMMIGRANT PROFESSIONALS WITH EMPLOYERS SEEKING TALENT. APPROXIMATELY 40% OF A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES FROM ABROAD AND MANY ARE MOTIVATED TO ADVANCE THEIR UNDERREPRESENTED. THE STARRY ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS PARTICULARLY IN I.T. IN CYBERSECURITY FIELDS WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDERREPRESENTED, THE FELLOWSHIP OFFERS PARTICIPANTS ESSENTIAL HANDS ON EXPERIENCE AND HANDS IN THEIR COMPETITIVENESS IN THE LABOR MARKET WHILE DIRECTLY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY AMONG IMMIGRANTS OF COLOR ULTIMATELY ENRICHING THE CITY'S I.T. WORKFORCE.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS TO PREPARE AND PLACE HIGHLY SKILLED IMMIGRANTS INTO PAID FELLOWSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF CYBERSECURITY.  PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH U.S. WORK EXPERIENCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THEIR RESUMES. CITY OF BOSTON DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY WILL HOST PARTICIPANTS ONCE THE FELLOWSHIP ENDS.  PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE EARNED MUCH NEEDED WORK EXPERIENCE WORK SUCCESSFUL FOR THEIR CAREER PURSUITS IN I.T. SECURITY AND NETWORKS HIGH DEMAND FUELS FOR BOSTON'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.  AT THIS MOMENT I PARKED MY COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORT OF THIS PASSAGE CATCH UP PEN THE CHAIR AND CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1285 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OTHERS OPPOSING IT.  THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET THIS PASSED IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ASK TO RECONSIDER 1433 WHICH WAS EARLIER THAT WAS MOVED TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.  WE JUST HAD A HEARING ON A VERY SIMILAR DOCKET SO I WANTED TO MOVE PAST THAT IF THAT'S THAT YOU ELECTRIC VEHICLE ONE RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT WAS SECONDED YOU WOULD OR YOU'RE SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE DOCKET OKAY WOULD YOU LIKE YOU CAN SPEAK ON THE MATTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT OUR RECENT HEARING WE HEARD ALL ABOUT THE MASS E VIP GRANT AND WE HEARD ABOUT THESE GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WE DID SPEAK ABOUT THE USE OF THESE FAST CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE STATIONS AT MUNICIPAL LOTS WITH GREAT INTEREST.  A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES ASKED QUESTIONS SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET GIVEN THAT IT'S US ON A SIMILAR VEIN AS THE HEARING WE JUST HAD. THANK YOU.  NOW ARE THESE JUST ON THIS ON THIS DOCKET? OKAY. I THINK SO.  OUR COUNCILOR MURPHY FIRST COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR DURKIN, IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION YOU MAY ASK THE QUESTION DO YOU KNOW WHICH MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS THESE FOUR WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE TELL US THE LOCATIONS OF THE FOUR PARKING LOTS DO THE CHAIR COUNCILOR DURKAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION YOU MAY. THANK YOU.  WE HAVE REQUESTED THE LOCATIONS OF ALL ELECTRIC CHARGERS AND WE WILL ARE STILL WAITING ON THAT INFORMATION.  SO BUT THIS IS ONE OF MANY GRANTS THAT WILL COME BEFORE OUR COMMITTEE FOR THIS PURPOSE . THANK YOU. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION BECAUSE MURPHY THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. HE HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM. MADAM CHAIR, I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION.  OF THE FOUR SITES. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WOULD WAS THERE ONE IN DISTRICT? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE LOCATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN, IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER YOU MAY ANSWER THAT THROUGH THE CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BUT I AM SEEKING THE ANSWER.  SO WHERE ALL THESE WILL BE LOCATED AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR STATEMENT? YEAH, I WOULD RATHER HAVE A HEARING ON IT, MADAM CHAIR, SO I IT. SO I KNOW WHERE WHERE IT'S GOING IN MY DISTRICT.  INSTEAD OF ME VOTING ON IT NOW AND FINDING OUT LATER I'D RATHER FIND OUT ABOUT IT IN THE IN THE COMMITTEE HEARING. OKAY. ARE YOU OBJECTING TO SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE? OKAY.  IS THERE ANY. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THIS MATTER. IT WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE OF DURKAN BECAUSE I WAS AT THAT HEARING WHERE I ASKED SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THE CHARGES WOULD BE LOCATED. I KNOW THAT HE'S GETTING US THAT INFORMATION BUT WHEN I SAW THIS TOO IT REMINDED ME OF THE HEARING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK. SO THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THIS MATTER. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO LATE FILES. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE THAT THERE IS ONE LATE BIO MATTER.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE MATTER INTO THE RECORD ? OH, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LEA FILE MATTER INTO THE AGENDA ? SAY I I. ALL OPPOSING.  THE AYES HAVE IT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE AGENDA?  ABSENCE ALERTED THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO BEING SICK. MY STAFF WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AND I WILL REVIEW THE TAPE OF THE MEETING WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR MOVES PAST WITH THIS MATTER OUT OVER SAY I I THE. OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT 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. I THINK THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE IN NOW ON TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH BIRTHDAYS AND OUR VERY OWN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY. SO IF SOMEONE WILL HIT THAT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TUNE THAT DAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR DEAR FRIENDS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YES.  HE TOLD ME NOT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT SO I DIDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT SO.  UPCOMING EVENTS THE SOUTH BOSTON STREET FESTIVAL WAS RESCHEDULED TO THIS SATURDAY. THERE'S ALSO THE TASTE OF AUSTIN ON SATURDAY THE HONAN A5K ROAD RACE ON SUNDAY THE AUSTIN BRIGHTON PARADE ON SUNDAY, THE NIGERIAN FLAG RACING NEXT TUESDAY AND THE ITALIAN FLAG RAISING NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PIPPIN AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO AGAIN SHOUT OUT TO CANDICE WHO'S DONE A GREAT JOB MAKING A CALENDAR EVENTS FOR US AS WELL. SO THANK YOU CANDICE FOR DOING THAT COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO MY DISTRICT THIS WEEKEND ESPECIALLY THAT LARGE COUNCILORS HIGH PARK LIBRARY CELEBRATING ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY.  I BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST THE SECOND OLDEST LIBRARY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AFTER THE ONE IN COPLEY. AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO ROSLINDALE FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT'S THE GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL I SING ITALIANS CHERISH SO I KNOW THAT THE CLERK AND I WILL SEE YOU THERE AND I ALSO WANT TO WISH MY WIFE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.  HER BIRTHDAY IS ON MONDAY. I LOVE YOU AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. AWESOME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PENNSYLVANIA. THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR HOSTING A AN EXCEPTIONAL OPERATIONS STAND DOWN EVENT EARLIER THIS WEEK VETERANS ACROSS GREATER BOSTON CAME TOGETHER ON CITY HALL PLAZA AND TALKED TO PROVIDERS THAT ASSISTED VETERANS WITH HOUSING WITH LEGAL ASSISTANCE, PTS, MEDICAL CARE, OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS WITH WONDERFUL EVENT. I KNOW COUNCILMAN MURPHY WAS THERE, THE MAYOR WAS THERE BUT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE EVENT AND HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANT ROLE VETERANS PLAY IN OUR CITY IN OUR COUNTRY. AND I DID SAY THAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR VETERANS AT THE FEDERAL STATE AND CITY LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT OUR BUDGET ALWAYS RESPECTS OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FLYNN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND IT WAS GREAT TO GO TO THAT EVENT. I ALSO REALLY LOVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND SPONSOR THE MISSION HALL POST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT IN NORWOOD. SO A LITTLE FARTHER OUT OF DISTRICT THAN I USUALLY GO BY. REALLY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR YOUR WORK WITH VETERANS. I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE FIFTH ANNUAL CITYWIDE PUBLIC FORUM FROM THE NAB ANNUAL THIS IS THE NAB HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE IS ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9TH AND THE NAB HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE DOES SUCH GREAT WORK. THEY'RE CONVENING A CONVERSATION WITH DR. HOWARD COE, MY PREDECESSOR KENZIE BOK AND JOSHUA CUDDY ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9TH AT ROBB HALL AND THEY'RE IN COPLEY SQUARE LIBRARY.  IT'S FROM 6 TO 730. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT.  EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN THE LEVEL OF CONVERSATION AND JUST REALLY ORIENTS YOU INTO WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH AT THE CITY LEVEL AND THE THE NAME OF THE EVENT IS ENSURING EVERYONE HAS A HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS BOLD CITY AND STATE INITIATIVE SO EXCITED AND HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US AT THAT AT THAT EVENT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST QUICKLY I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO DEPLORABLES DAY WHICH IS A CITYWIDE TRAINING EXERCISE. I EXERCISE FOR TEMPORARY FLOOD PROTECTION. THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE CITY WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW BOSTON IS THE MOST ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE CITIES TO COASTAL FLOODING AND THIS IS THE FIRST EXERCISE OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN A HURRICANE HITS BOSTON. I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S A MATTER OF OF OF WHEN NOT IF AND SO I THINK IT'S HAPPENING. I WANT TO GET THE TIME RIGHT. IT'S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH AT 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.. IT'S HAPPENING AT CITY HALL PLAZA IN FANEUIL HALL AND OTHER SELECT LOCATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR SO I WAS ABOUT TO THE CHAIR AND I JUST COME TO WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. JUST WE HAVE JP OPEN STUDIOS THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 11 TO 6 P.M.. IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT URGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH HANGING IN MY OFFICE THAT I GOT WHEN I VISITED OPEN STUDIOS LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS WE ARE ON TO MEMORIALS.  AND BEFORE WE BEGIN I JUST WANT TO REPEAT THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE NUMBER SINCE WE ARE IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WHICH IS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT BY DIALING NINE, EIGHT EIGHT NATIONWIDE. AND IT PROVIDES 24 OVER SEVEN CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS IN DISTRESS AS WELL AS RESOURCES FOR LOVED ONES AND PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE TO INJURED 65 DAYS A YEAR. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO NINE EIGHT LIFELINE DOT ORG OR YOU CAN TEXT 988. AND THERE'S ALSO THE SAMARITANS A LOCAL SUPPORT SERVICE DEDICATED TO HELPING THOSE STRUGGLING WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. THEY PROVIDE 24 HOUR HELPLINE AT 8778704673. THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT AND THE MORE WE ELEVATE RESOURCES THE MORE WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED AND IN CRISIS.  IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED NOW IS THE MOMENT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN. CAROL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I WANT TO MENTION A FEW NEIGHBORS FROM SOUTH BOSTON INCLUDING ROBERT O'CONNOR WHO WAS A PROUD VETERAN AND SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE KAREN STANLEY WHO WAS ACTIVE IN SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE SOUTH BOSTON STREET FESTIVAL.  AND I KNOW COUNCILOR MURPHY IS GOING TO SPEAK ON A MUTUAL FRIEND OF OURS, RICH LETO, A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER RETIRED UNITED STATES MARINE RETIRED THREE OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THREE OUTSTANDING NEIGHBORS THAT CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE CITY AND TO OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, CHAIR. FIRST WANTED TO UPLIFT MY UNCLE CHARLIE WHO WILL BE BURIED LAST WEEK, WHO WAS A PROUD VETERAN AND WORKED THE LAST MORE THAN 20 YEARS AT THE VA AND THANKED THE VA FOR THE SERVICE THEY GAVE HIM IN HIS LAST DAYS AND THANK MAYOR GORMLEY FOR DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AT A CEREMONY LAST WEEK. ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT RICHIE LETO IN THIS ONE STOP. IF YOU KNEW ONE YOU WERE LUCKY . YOU WERE DEFINITELY LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW HIM. YOU WOULD LOVE HIM. PROUD FATHER OF FIVE I FIRST WAS INTRODUCED TO MR LETO. I HAD HIS YOUNGEST SON MIKEY 18 YEARS AGO. I WAS HIS TEACHER, YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS A PROUD FATHER, A PROUD MARINE AT THAT TIME HE WAS DOING ONE OF HIS MANY TOURS DURING WAR TIME FOR SERVING IN PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS DOING THAT, HE STARTED OUT AS A VA A HOUSING COP. THEY MISSED HIM.  I KNOW WHEN HE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE BOSTON POLICE AND EVERYONE STILL REMEMBERS THE AMAZING WORK HE DID AS THE SALT THEN COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER THEY MISSED HIM WHEN HE RETIRED JUST TWO YEARS AGO AND DURING THESE LAST FEW YEARS OF RETIREMENT YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T FIND HIM AT HOME.  HE WAS HELPING PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD PROBABLY OFTEN SEE HIM AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALWAYS SHOWING UP WHEN ANYONE NEEDED HELP IF IT WAS FIXING THE STOVE AT A RESTAURANT IF IT WAS CLEANING OUT SOMEONE'S BASEMENT WHEN ANYONE CALLS HIM HE WAS THERE BUT HE WAS ALSO ENJOYING HIS TWO GRANDCHILDREN TAKING SALSA DANCING LESSONS OR WAS PART OF THE YACHT CLUB. BUT THIS PAST SUMMER HAD A SAILBOAT AND WAS SAILING RACING ACROSS BOSTON HARBOR SO WAS LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST UNEXPECTEDLY DIED AS HE WAS ENTERING INTO ST ANTHONY'S SHRINE HE WOULD GO TO CHURCH THE EARLY MASS AT ST ANTHONY'S DOWNTOWN ON SUNDAY MORNING. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO TRIED TO HELP HIM AND JUST SENDING LOVE TO HIS FAMILY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MURPHY AND MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ON THE LOSS OF YOUR UNCLE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, RISE IN RECOGNITION OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE MILITARY HAYLEY APARTMENTS ON MONDAY NIGHT. MY THOUGHTS ARE MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND EVERYONE IN THE HAYLEY COMMUNITY. UM, I DON'T THINK HIS NAME HAS BEEN DISCLOSED PUBLICLY YET SO WITHHOLD THAT BUT JUST TO YOU KNOW MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE WHOSE IMPACTED BY THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER SO IN ADDITION TO THE NAMES AND PEOPLE MENTIONED WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD LILLIAN JEANNIE CAHILL ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN KAREN STANLEY, FOUNDER OF THE SOUTH BOSTON ST FESTIVAL VICE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LONGTIME SOUTH BOSTON COMMUNITY CHAMPION AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN IS LILLIAN GINNY JEANNIE FITZGERALD CAHILL ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL , METHUEN MAYOR NEIL PERRY, MICHAELA DE PRINCE BALLERINA ON BEHALF OF COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY AND FITZGERALD RICHIE LIDO RETIRED BOSTON POLICE AND RETIRED U.S. MARINE CORP ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DURKIN AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SHIRLEY DEMIRJIAN AND DOUG AND GRANDMOTHER OF EDDIE MCGUIRE, ABC WIFE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.  THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE AYATOLLAH'S CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2ND, 2024 AT NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. IF MY COLLEAGUES WILL STAY AROUND AND WE CAN TAKE PHOTOS WITH THE RETIREES AND ALSO WITH MS. MENTOR JUST BRIEFLY, I APPRECIATE IT ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE. I THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED