##VIDEO ID:oCALhGIJ-T8## .  THAT AFTERNOON I CALLED TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WHO IS GOING TO WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON 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. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR DURKAN.  COUNCILOR FERNANDES AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. COUNCIL ME HERE.  COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIN COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCILOR EARL COMBS.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE QUICK OF THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. OUR CLERK WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO GIVE TODAY'S INVOCATION AND AFTERWARDS WE WILL BE DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MR. CLERK, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  GOOD AFTERNOON.  LET'S PRAY. SPIRIT OF LOVE IN LIFE WHICH MOVES THROUGH US AND THROUGH ALL THE WORLD.  MAY WE THIS DAY BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE WHICH IS OURS REMEMBERING TODAY AND ALWAYS THAT THE LIFE WE HAVE AND HOLD IS TO US A MYSTERY AND PRECIOUS . MAY WE THIS DAY BE REMINDED OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE CARRY NOT SO THAT WE ARE INTIMIDATED OR OVERWHELMED BUT SO THAT WE MAY BE TRUE OF THEM SO THAT WE MAY BE FAITHFUL IN CARRYING THEM FORWARD. MAY WE THIS DAY BE INSPIRED TO BE FILLED WITH A NEW BREATH TO BE FILLED WITH NEW ENTHUSIASM? BE READY TO SEE FRESH OPPORTUNITY, NEW PERSPECTIVES, UNNOTICED AVENUES FOR ACTION AND RESOLUTION AND MAY WE THIS DAY REMEMBER THOSE VIRTUES THAT BLESS OUR LIVES IN BLESS THE LIVES OF OTHERS, THE VIRTUES OF CARING AND CONCERN THE VIRTUES OF HONESTY AND RESPECT, THE VIRTUES OF THE VIRTUES OF CHARITY INDUSTRY AND PATIENTS AND MAY THE MEMBERS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MAINTAIN A HIGH SENSE OF THEIR CALLING.  REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE INVESTED HERE WITH HONOR AND CALL TO A WIDER VISION OF THE WORLD A WORLD MADE MORE FAIR, MORE JUST MORE EQUITABLE BY THEIR EFFORTS PAYMENT WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WE STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS NOW PRESENTED WITH US?  THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF JANUARY 29, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I.  ALL ANY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 29TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATION FROM HERE ON TO THE MAYOR.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DR. NUMBER 0393 DUNCAN NUMBER 0393. MESSAGE IN NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $2,563,236.28 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 STATE THE LUNCH PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND NUTRITION SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AT A RATE OF $7.39 PER MEAL FOR UP TO 358,679 MEALS. THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 20393 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0394 DOCKING NUMBER 0394 MESSAGE YOU KNOW IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,735,107.39 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 SENATOR CHARLES E SHANNON JUNIOR COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO COMBAT KING GANG VIOLENCE THROUGH COORDINATED PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION LAW ENFORCEMENT. PROSECUTE AND RE-INTEGRATION PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0394I WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECURITY.  PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0395.0395 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $800,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE USE CFC PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE CAUSE NETWORK TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE HISTORIC WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOOSTING THE CITY'S TREE COVER IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS . THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBERS 0395 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR RESILIENCY IN PARKS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 03960396 MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $775,855 IN THE FORM OF GRANT FOR THE FOR THE 2025 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PASS THROUGH THE BOSTON REGIONAL METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE REPLACEMENT AND ELECTRIFICATION OF BLUE BIKE STATIONS AND REPURPOSE SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER POLES FOR 1600 WITH BICYCLE RACKS. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0396 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCKET NUMBER 0397 DOG IN NUMBERS 0397 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 712 ZERO $244.22 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE RTD PROGRAM FOR FIELD C Y 24 GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. AS TO THE MASS HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF UNEMPLOYED AND INSURANCE CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 20397 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 03980398 MS. DID YOU NOT AUTHORIZE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON EXCEPT AN EXPENDITURE AMOUNT OF $626,466.57 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE KOREAN WIOD DISLOCATED WORKERS PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED THROUGH THE MASS HIRED DEPARTMENT OF KOREA SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND A PROGRAM TO HELP DISLOCATED WORKERS GET BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.  THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 20398 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBERS 040400 AND 0401 TOGETHER 300 CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER OH COULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 03990399 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $449,710 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE BOSTON MVP ACTION GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND BUILDING A DATABASE AND MAP OF CURRENT AND PROJECTED FLOODING IMPACTS FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON STORMWATER IN RIVER RIVER FLOODING THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0399 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU NOW READ DOCKET NUMBER 0400 AND 0401 TOGETHER TALKING ANIMAL 0400 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $410,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE FUNDING AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF MINISTRIES ADMINISTRATOR OF AND FINANCE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TO SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES BOSTON TAX HELP COALITION IN ASSISTING LOW INCOME TAXPAYERS WITH PERSONAL INCOME TAX FILING FOR THE 2024 TAX SESSION IN DARK NUMBER 0401 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $254,921 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WIOD YOUTH ACTIVITIES ADMINISTER EDMOND GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS TO THE MASS HIRED DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . THE GRANT WILL FIND A PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH BETWEEN AGES 14 TO 24 WHO FACE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 04000401 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS THE QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0402.0402 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $115,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE CREATIVE AGING PROGRAM AWARD TO BE GUIDED HEALTH ASSISTED LIVING TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND BRINGING OUR ARTS PROGRAM TO OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR OF STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M ASKING THAT WE DON'T PLACE THIS IN COMMITTEE AND AS THE CHAIR OF STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF THIS IMPORTANT GRANT ORDER FOR THE CREATIVE AGING PROGRAM. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED BY GODDARD HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING AND WILL PROVIDE $115,000 TO TWO FUND ART PROGRAMING FOR OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON.  ARTS PROGRAMING PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY PROMOTING COGNITIVE HEALTH, EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH OUR BROADER EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT OLDER BOSTONIANS REMAIN ACTIVE ,VIBRANT AND INCLUDED IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF OUR CITY. THE CREATIVE AGING PROGRAM IS A MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT IN THE LIVES OF OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-EXPRESSION AND CONNECTION. I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS GRANT AS IT WILL BRING POSITIVE CHANGE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR OLDER ADULTS AND WITH THE SMALL AMOUNT I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO HOLD A HEARING UNLESS PEOPLE WANT MORE INFORMATION ON IT. SO I DO ASK YOUR FAVORABLE VOTE TO PASS THIS GRANT TODAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. AND THANK YOU FOR MOVING ON THIS IS THAT 100 IS 115,000. I'M NOT SURE IS THAT A ZERO MISSING? YOU KNOW THERE WAS A00 IT'S NOT ONE OKAY. IT WAS 150 OH 115,500. OKAY. THERE WAS A TYPO ONE. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY,  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES. THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0402 OTHER THAN PREVIOUSLY I I I'LL SAY HEY GUYS, HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 04030404 AND 04055 TOGETHER SO I CAN HAVE A0403 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $109,271.70 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WOIO. A DISLOCATED WORKER ADMIN GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS THROUGH THE MASAI DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUALIZED CAREERS SERVICES AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR DISLOCATED WORKERS TO REJOIN THE WORKFORCE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT CAN HAVE A0404 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $94,089 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WAGNER PIZER ADMIN GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASAI DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS. TALKING OF A0405 MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FRIENDS OF YOUTH OPPORTUNITY BOSTON GRANT AWARDED BY THE POST SCHOOL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 12 TO 24 TO WORK AND LEARN ALONG WITH INTENSIVE SUPPORT STAFF. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 040320405 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 04060406 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL A FORMAL PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT AND TITLE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO CERTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CULTURAL SPACE IN THE BRIGHTON SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU DR. NUMBER 0406 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0407 DAKONAM 0407 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDINANCE FOR ROAD SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELIVERY PROVIDERS.  THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0407 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON IS NOW IN WITH US.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REDACT A NUMBER 04080408 MESSAGE UNITED FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER CONFIRMING THAT RINGER PLAYGROUND IS PERMANENTLY DEDICATED FOR PARK AND PLAYGROUND PURPOSES AS REQUIRED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR PARKS RECEIVING AFORESAID GRANT ASSISTANCE THIS CONFIRMATION IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE A GRANT AWARD TO THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR RENOVATIONS TO RING CREEK PLAYGROUND LOCATED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALSTON AND BRIGHT.  THANK YOU. MR. CLERK WILL BE SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE ON THIS DOCKET.  THIS IS JUST TO CLARIFY AND ENSURE THAT WHEN YOUR PLAYGROUND IS TAKEN IT HAS A PARK SO THAT IT CAN BE RECEIVED FOR GRANT FUNDING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTABLE OFF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANTED TO SPEAK RESPECTFULLY ASKED TO SPEAK ON DOCKET 0407. OKAY. THAT OH LET'S 0408 AND THEN I'LL WE'LL GO BACK TO 04070408I KNOW THAT'S AN COUNCILOR BRADY'S DISTRICT SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK THIS DOCKET 140 IS I ASK THAT WE SUSPEND AND PASS THE RINGER PLAYGROUND AS PART OF RINGER PARK IN ALSTON.  WE'VE HAD A YEAR STUDY GOING ON TO ADDRESS TO LOOK AT THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS THERE.  IT WAS A HISTORIC PARK ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY THE OLMSTED BROTHERS AND IT'S MUCH NEEDED RENOVATION SO I THINK THIS IS A REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT STATE FUNDS SO I WOULD ASK JUST TO AS TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS AND VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS EXTRA PASS THIS TODAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCILOR BRAYTON SEEKS OUT WELL I THOUGHT OKAY WE THINK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0408 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON DOCKET 0407. THAT DOCKET IS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE AND WE NORMALLY ANSWER DON'T SPEAK ON DOCKET REFER TO COMMITTEE.  I WILL ALLOW YOU ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET THAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.  THANK YOU, MR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  LAST FEBRUARY I RAISED THIS ISSUE AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND FILED A HEARING ORDER TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY PROCESS RELATING TO BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME I SAID INSTEAD OF NOT ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ON STREET REDESIGN WITH A TOP DOWN APPROACH, I SAID WE SHOULD LISTEN TO NEIGHBORS AND ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN THE USE OF MOPEDS AND OTHER DEVICES FROM THIRD PARTY DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR THE LAST YEAR I'VE HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS OR WITNESS MOPEDS AND SCOOTERS SPEED FROM STOP SIGNS AND RED LIGHTS GO THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK, NAVIGATE BETWEEN VEHICLES AT RED LIGHTS ENDANGERING PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS. I ADVOCATED REPEATEDLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR, IN THE MEDIA AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IF YOU GO OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR YOU SHOULD BE LICENSED, REGISTERED AND INSURED WHILE HAVING THIRD PARTY DELIVERY OPERATORS OBTAIN A PERMIT AND INSURANCE FOR THEIR WORK AS IS A POSITIVE START AND WE NEED MORE ENFORCEMENT AND TICKETING OF ILLEGAL VEHICLES OPERATIONS TO DETER BAD BEHAVIOR ON THE ROAD.  WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL ROAD USERS TO BE LICENSED REGISTERED AND INSURED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS PLAYING BY THE SAME RULES CONSTRUCTION JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU ARE BEYOND THE MINUTE MARK SO IF YOU COULD JUST WRAP IT UP SO WE CAN MOVE ON. WE KNOW IN RECENT YEARS GROUPS OF DIRT BIKES WHO HAVE AT TIMES OCCUPIED THE STREETS TO DO STUNTS AND RACE AND WE KNOW ELECTRIC BIKES ALSO TRAVEL FASTER THAN 25 MILES AN HOUR. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD STORIES THAT CIVIC GROUPS OR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS OF NOT ONLY NO MOPEDS BUT DIRT BIKES, ELECTRIC BIKES AND YES EVEN REGULAR BICYCLES WHO GO FOR RED LIGHT STOP SIGNS OR THE WRONG WAY. WHY ARE WE NOT MAKING THEM GET LICENSE AND REGISTRATION WHILE CARRYING LIABILITY INSURANCE IN MY OPINION, WHETHER IT'S CARS, MOPEDS OR PIKES ELECTRIC BIKES OR BIKES EVERYONE HAS TO BE OBEYING THE RULES OF THE ROAD TO BE LICENSED, REGISTERED AND INSURED. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE PROPER SPACE FOR DISCUSSION WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE ABOUT FOR THIS ON THIS TOPIC. THANK YOU COUNTERPOINT MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0409204 AND 090410 NIKONOV 0409 NOTICES TO FILL FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN LANE AS A TRUSTEE OF THE SOUTH BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 DOCKING NUMBER 0410 COMMUNICATION WITH RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN AND ERIN MURPHY AND COUNCILOR AT FLYNN ON COUNCILOR EXCLUSION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY AS THIS IS IN A COMMUNICATION 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WHEN MOVING ON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU MANAGER I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS COMMUNICATION. I DID WANT TO FILE IT INTO THE RECORD BUT AFTER SOMEONE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT A COLLEAGUE MADE FUN OF ME ABOUT THIS COMMUNICATION ON TWITTER,  I DID JUST WANT TO STAND UP AND SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON IT.  LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT SHOWING UP LISTENING AND DOING THE WORK.  THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE EVERY DAY AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR ELECTED WITH OVER 43,000 VOTES FROM RESIDENTS ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON. I AM HONEST I AM COMMITTED AND I FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT. THAT'S WHY I WON'T STAY SILENT WHEN I SEE BLATANT EXCLUSION AND POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP WHETHER IT'S BEING DELIBERATELY PREVENTED FROM SPEAKING AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, IGNORED BY CITY OFFICIALS ON CRITICAL ISSUES OR DISMISSED WHEN I TRY TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE THESE AREN'T ISOLATED INCIDENTS. THEY ARE PART OF A PATTERN MEANT TO SILENCE DIMINISH AND DISCREDIT ME. BUT I REFUSE TO LET THAT HAPPEN NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT FOR EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE RESIDENT AND ADVOCATE WHO HAS EVER BEEN TREATED AS INVISIBLE WHEN THEY SPOKE UP. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PLAYING THE VICTIM. IT'S ABOUT DEMANDING THE RESPECT THAT EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN EVERY RESIDENT DESERVES WHEN PUBLIC SERVANTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LEADERSHIP USE THEIR POSITIONS TO SILENCE VOICES THEY DISAGREE WITH, IT SENDS A DANGEROUS MESSAGE THAT GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT POWER NOT SERVICE AND THAT TO ME IS UNACCEPTABLE.  I HAVE FACED UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIPS IN MY LIFE CHALLENGES THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE BUT THOSE EXPERIENCE CASES HAVE MADE ME STRONGER AND THEY HAVE FUELED MY DETERMINATION TO STAND UP FOR OTHERS WHEN I SPEAK OUT ABOUT BEING DISRESPECT, IGNORED OR UNDERMINED I DO IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF IT HAPPENS TO ME AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IT IS HAPPENING TO OTHERS WHO DON'T HAVE THE SAME PLATFORM TO PUSH BACK.  I WILL NOT BACK DOWN. I WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT UP THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO FEEL UNSEEN AND UNHEARD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT TRUE LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. BOSTON DESERVES LEADERS WHO LISTEN, WHO ENGAGE IN WHO RESPECT THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE AND I WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THOSE LEADERS NO MATTER HOW HARD SOME MAY TRY TO SHUT ME OUT. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK ON THAT. OKAY MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 0109 AND 0111. I BELIEVE WE'RE READING THOSE TWO DOCKETS TOGETHER.  WE OH OH, YOU READ THOSE? SO I THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE FOUR ALL 900. LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THEY HAVE MY IT'S THE COMMITTEE REPORT. YEAH IT'S THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR 0109 AND 01110 OKAY OKAY WE'RE PLACING THOSE DOCKETS ON FILE DOCKET 0409 AND 0410. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0109 AND 0111. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. COULD YOU PLEASE VIEW THOSE DOCKET NUMBER 0109 THE COMMITTEE AND STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON DECEMBER 4TH 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 0109 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.  YES THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND REPAIRS IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MAINTAIN CURRENT FUNCTIONALITY AND PROGRAMING AT THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE GRANT ARE TO FAST TALKING NUMBERS 0111 THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2024 DOCKET NUMBER 0111 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 AND FORMER GRANT FOR THE H STRONG UNIVERSAL FUND AWARDED BY THE DONOR GROUP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H STRONG COMMISSION.  THE GRANT WILL FUND SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OLDER OF FOR OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE GRANT OUGHT TO PASS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY COUSIN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR READING THOSE. I WON'T REPEAT THEM SO THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR ROOF AND PUT INTO MY COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 4TH AND WE HELD A HEARING ON THURSDAY JANUARY 30TH AND WE HEARD TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION FROM EAMON SHELTON, COMMISSIONER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.  MARY DIKEOS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT JUNIOR TITUS ZAPATA CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER FROM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ALSO AND FOR THE DOCKET AN H STRONG EMILY SHEA WAS HERE THE COMMISSIONER OF A STRONG ALONG WITH MYLES GARRITY THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WITH RESPECT TO DOCKET 0109 THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED THE HISTORY OF THE NAZARETH CENTER IN THE PROJECT'S CONSTRUCTION GOALS AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.  THE ADMINISTRATION DETAILED THE NAZARIO COMMUNITY CENTER'S HISTORY, DESCRIBING IT AS A LANDMARK HISTORIC BUILDING IN THE NORTH END THAT HAS SERVED US THAT HAD SERVED AS A BATHHOUSE AND LATER AS A COMMUNITY HUB UNDER CYF SINCE THE 1980S. THE ADMINISTRATION STATED THAT THROUGH THE PLANNED RENOVATIONS THE CITY IS AIMING TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS AND MODERNIZE CITY FACILITIES WITH ADVANCED MANAGEMENT TOOLS IN ALIGNMENT IN ALIGNING WITH MAYOR WU'S BOSTON RESILIENT BUILDINGS PROGRAM, WHICH EMPHASIZES SUSTAINABILITY FACILITY MANAGEMENT, IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE RENOVATIONS WOULD FOCUS ON STRUCTURAL REPAIRS INCLUDING MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING SYSTEMS ROOF DRAINAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE AND WOULD BE OVERSEEN BY THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF OWENS ELO ,WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY'S CENTRAL BRANCH AND SPECIALIZES IN HISTORIC RENOVATIONS. FINALLY, THE ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMED THAT THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE FINALIZING THE SCOPE OF THE WORK A FIVE MONTH DESIGN PERIOD AND A PROJECTED CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION START IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. WITH REGARDS TO PROGRAMING, THE COMMITTEE INQUIRED WHETHER ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMING SPACES WOULD BE UTILIZED OR HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AND THE ADMINISTRATION ASSURED THAT ADJUSTMENTS WOULD MADE TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION WITH POTENTIAL RELOCATION TO OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS IF NECESSARY WITH RESPECT TO DOCKET 0111 THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED HOW A STRONG UNIVERSAL FUND FUNCTIONS AND HOW DONATIONS ARE COLLECTED AND UTILIZED. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE SMALL DONATIONS FOR SENIOR CENTERS AND EVENT SPONSORSHIPS WITHOUT REQUIRING SEPARATE APPROVAL FOR EACH CONTRIBUTION. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT ANNUALLY THE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS SENIOR CENTERS AND PROGRAMS AS NEEDED IN RESPONSE QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY AND TRACKING THE ALLOCATION OF THE DONATIONS THAT COMPRISE THE FUND. THE ADMINISTRATOR CONFIRMED THAT THE FUNDS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR INTERNALLY. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION IS NOT PUBLICLY ASSESSABLE ON ANY KIND OF PLATFORM.  I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR JOINING ME AT THIS HEARING AND ALSO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT STATE REP AND MICHAEL WOODS FOR GETTING THIS $500 MILLION TO OFFER FUNDS AT THE STATE FOR THE MUCH NEEDED WORK IN THE NORTH END AT THE NAZARETH CENTER. SO AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS THESE DOCKETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE PASS BOTH OF THESE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR MURPHY THE CHAIR OF THIS COUNCIL FLYNN KENDRA FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS GRANT I WAS OUT THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK COMMISSIONER SHELTON FOR HIS WORK. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS IN WASHINGTON UNDER THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION OUR TWO U.S. SENATORS SENATOR WARREN, SENATOR MARKEY BUT ALSO CONGRESSMAN LYNCH AS WELL WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE DELEGATION INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR AND OUR MICHAEL WATSON. WE JUST SAW A FEW MINUTES AGO DOWN AT THE JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL SO SIGN ACKNOWLEDGE CHAIRMAN WATTS AS WELL THE NAZARETH NAZARETH CENTER IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS USE THE NAZARETH CENTER THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT AND MANY FROM THE WOLF DISTRICT COUNCIL THAT I REPRESENT IN THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY AS WELL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS FACILITY IS TO FAMILIES. THE NAZARETH CENTER IS ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. IT'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR SO MANY YEARS AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS AND PROUD TO HAVE BEEN AT THAT MEETING. THANK YOU.  MEMBERSHIP THANK YOU COUNSELOR FLYNN AND ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. COUNSELOR MURPHY'S ACCEPTANCE THAT YOU HAVE THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0109 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING A THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0109 IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0111 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY TAKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0111 HAS PASSED MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01900190 THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION TO WHICH TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY EIGHT, 2025 DO I CAN NUMBER 0190 ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT PROHIBITION POLICY FOUR BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT.  SO JUST COFFEE. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU MR MR. SHIRK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YOU BETTER PUT PUT THAT ON TO THANK YOU INCARCERATED YOU SHOULD TAKE US. YOU SHOULD HAVE A SO OKAY. THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION WAS REFERRED THE FOLLOWING DOCKETS FOR CONSIDERATION DOCKET NUMBER 0162 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE CONFIDENTIALITY IN ANY AND ALL OTHER TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AND DOCKET NUMBER 80190 ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT PROHIBITION POLICY FOR BOSTON CITY COUNCIL THIS MATTER THE FIRST MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY. THE SECOND MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR BENJAMIN WEBER AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JANUARY EIGHT, 2025 WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THE USE OF THESE AGREEMENTS LAST FRIDAY. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING. WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCILORS COLETTE ZAPATA FLYNN MEJIA, MURPHY WEBER WORLEY AND MYSELF DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON DOCKET NUMBER 10162 THE ROLE OR THE LACK OF A ROLL OF IDEAS IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND DOCKET NUMBER 0190 IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY THAT WOULD PROHIBIT COUNCILORS FROM ACQUIRING STAFF IN THEIR OFFICE AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT TO SIGN OR AGREE TO ANY NON-DISCLOSURE, NON-DISPARAGEMENT OR CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS OR ANY OTHER PROVISIONS THAT ATTEMPT TO RESTRICT DISCLOSURE REGARDING UNLAWFUL ACTS IN THE WORKPLACE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HARASSMENT DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION OR OTHER FORMS OF THIS CONDUCT.  THIS PROPOSED POLICY WOULD ALSO PROHIBIT COUNCILORS FROM SEEKING TO ENFORCE ANY NON-DISCLOSURE NON-DISPARAGEMENT, NON NON-DISPARAGEMENT OR OTHER SIMILAR CLAUSE IN EXISTING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND A CITY COUNCIL STAFF MEMBER THAT WAS ENTERED INTO AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE PROPOSED POLICY YOU WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STAFF DIRECTOR AND EACH COUNCILOR OR STAFF DESIGNEE TO ENSURE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS WHO REPORT TO THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS POLICY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCKET IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE BODY OF THIS HEARING, AS I SAID WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST, 2025 AND IT ALSO HAD WE ALSO HAD MORE DISCUSSION JUST ABOUT STANDARDIZING CERTAIN PRACTICES ACROSS THE OFFICE ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND I THINK IT WAS A REALLY FRUITFUL AND ROBUST CONVERSATION.  SO AGAIN THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE PRESENT AND WHO PARTICIPATED AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS THE BEST WORK ENVIRONMENT AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO WORK INCREDIBLY HARD ON ALL OF OUR BEHALF.  SO THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR STAFF. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE USE OF SUCH AGREEMENTS EMPHASIZING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOSTERING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STAFF FEEL COMFORTABLE RAISING CONCERNS WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION. THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT SUCH AGREEMENTS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO CONCEAL UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR AND SUPPORTED PREVENTING THE MISUSE OF THESE AGREEMENTS. BUT THE COMMITTEE ALSO WEIGHED THE PROS AND CONS OF SUCH AGREEMENTS IN TERMS OF PRESERVING CERTAIN STRATEGIES OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF CONSTITUENTS. BUT IN THE END THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE POLICIES, THE PROPOSED POLICY LANGUAGE AND CLARIFIED THE POLICY WAS SPECIFICALLY APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS THAT ARE A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL STAFFERS.  THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT IF ANY AGREEMENTS CURRENTLY EXIST THIS POLICY WOULD RENDER THEM UNENFORCEABLE BY ANY COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND JUDGES WERE MADE AND THERE WERE THREE DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCIL WEBER PROPOSED AND THERE WERE THREE SMALL AMENDMENTS. ONE WAS TO ADD LANGUAGE. IT CLARIFIED THAT THE POLICY APPLIES TO COUNCILORS AND THEIR STAFF WHO ARE EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEANING THAT WE ARE CONTROLLING WHAT WE CAN WHICH IS RIGHT HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. SO THERE WAS LANGUAGE ADDED JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN THERE WAS LANGUAGE ADDED REGARDING JUST A CLARIFY THAT ANY AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO BULLYING WOULD ALSO BE PROHIBITED.  THIS COUNCIL LAST YEAR VERY SIMILARLY PASSED IN ORDER TO PROHIBIT BULLYING ON THE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS LANGUAGE WAS ADDED ON THE SUGGESTION AND RECOMMENDATION OF COUNCIL QUOTE ZAPATA TO ADD BULLYING AS TO THE LANGUAGE. AND THEN THIRD WAS JUST ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. THERE WAS LANGUAGE ADDED TO STRENGTHEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AROUND ENSURING THAT ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARE AWARE OF THE POLICY AGREED TO THE POLICY AND THAT THEIR AGREEMENT IS ADEQUATELY RETAINED AS IT WAS WRITTEN THERE WAS LIKE YOU COULDN'T BE 100% SURE THAT IT WOULD APPLY TO CURRENT EMPLOYEES. SO THAT THIRD EDITION WAS JUST TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS NOT JUST APPLIED TO FUTURE EMPLOYEES BUT THAT CURRENT EMPLOYEES WOULD ALSO GET A COPY OF THE POLICY. SO THESE THOSE ARE THE THREE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT DOCKET NUMBER 016 TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0101908 TO PASS I WILL PASS IT OVER TO THE LEAD SPONSORS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AND WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  ALL RIGHT. THANK WELCOME BACK COUNCILOR BREADON AS A THANK YOU TO MADAM PRESIDENT AND TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR FILING THE HEARING ORDER YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING WORKERS FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES I'VE BEEN CONCERNED BY THE INCREASED USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS, ARBITRATION CLAUSES AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER AGREEMENTS THAT PRIVATE EMPLOYERS NOW REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO SIGN WITH IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EVEN GET A JOB AT A COMPANY.  I'VE ALSO BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS IN POLITICS EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD NOT BE ENFORCEABLE UNDER THE OUR STATE WHISTLEBLOWER ACT IF SOMEBODY WAS COMING FORWARD TO EXPOSE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY.  YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR INTIMIDATION AND I JUST I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY.  THE THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY THAT I DREW UP DOES TWO THINGS. FIRST, IT MIRRORS THE LANGUAGE OF THE STATE SENATE PASSED IN 2019 TO BAN NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS THERE. IT JUST SAYS YOU AS A BODY THE COUNCILORS AGREED NOT TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO SIGN NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT SORRY, NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS, NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENTS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD RESTRICT SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO EXPOSE OR TO TALK ABOUT POLICY ISSUES AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNCIL AS A CONDITION OF WORKING ON THE COUNCIL. NUMBER TWO, IT WOULD THE COUNCILORS WOULD AGREE THAT ANY OF THESE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THEY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE. AND SO ESSENTIALLY BY, YOU KNOW, ENACTING THIS POLICY WE WOULD SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE STAND TOGETHER IN EMPOWERING OUR STAFFERS TO SPEAK OUT, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY SUPPORTING TRANSPARENCY, WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR OWN STAFFERS.  THANK THANK YOU AND COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WE HELD AN IMPORTANT HEARING TO EXAMINE THE USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSES AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE COUNCIL AND ACROSS AGENCIES AND WHETHER THIS IS STAYING IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY TOUCH ON OTHER CITY AGENCIES AT THIS MEETING YET. SO THIS DISCUSSION IS CRUCIAL IN ENSURING THAT OUR POLICIES ALIGN WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORKFORCE WORKPLACE FAIRNESS WHILE NDAS AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS ARE OFTEN INTENDED TO PROTECT SENSITIVE INFORMATION, THEIR USE IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS IN A GOVERNMENT THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY WITH THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO TRANSPARENT SEE PARTICULARLY WHEN THESE AGREEMENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CONCEAL MISCONDUCT ACT LIMIT ACCOUNTABILITY OR ERODE PUBLIC TRUST AND ALL OF US OR MOST OF US PROBABLY READ THE AUDIT THAT CAME OUT FROM AUDITORS. ZOGBY OH, LAST WEEK AND THE GOVERNOR SWIFTLY BANNING THEM FROM ALL STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS. SO THE HEARING DID PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EXISTING POLICIES AS ASSESS THEIR IMPACT ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EXPLORE POTENTIAL REFORMS. AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE POLICY BRIEF THAT COUNCILOR WEBER PUT FORTH FOR US ON THE COUNCIL. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MAYBE WE COULD FILE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT POLICY BRIEF BUT I KNOW COUNCIL FLYNN AND I HAVE FILED A HOME RULE PETITION THAT WILL BE FOR NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA TO EXPAND THIS FOR ALL CITY AGENCIES ACROSS THE CITY. SO I'M NOT TRUMP COUNCIL. FLYNN WANTED TO SPEAK MORE ON THAT BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING IT HERE ON THE COUNCIL BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S JUST THE FIRST STEP AND WE DO NEED TO GO FURTHER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND AND WELCOME BACK AS WELL.  I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MURPHY WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.  I DON'T BELIEVE NDAS OR CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENTS OR ANY OTHER WORDING WE MAY HAVE TO DESCRIBE THEM.  I DON'T BELIEVE THEY BELONG IN CITY GOVERNMENT PERIOD.  I FIND THEM MENTALLY OPPOSED TO THEM HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY DEPARTMENTS AND IT'S THEY'RE NOT TRANS PARENT AND WE'RE HIDING SOMETHING WHEN NDAS ARE SIGNED AND KEPT QUIET PUBLIC DESERVES THE RIGHT TO KNOW IN HIDING BEHIND AN NDA ONLY ADDS CONFUSION IT ONLY ADDS RUMOR OR FACTS THAT ARE UNCLEAR TO PEOPLE IN IT BRINGS OUT THE WORST IN PEOPLE AS WELL AND THE NDAS HAVE NO PLACE AT ALL IN CITY GOVERNMENT.  GOVERNOR HEALEY WAS CLEAR ABOUT THAT IN ORDER BODY AUDITOR DISSOLVED LEO WAS CLEAR ABOUT THAT TOO.  COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED WE ARE FILING A HOME RULE TO BAN THEM THROUGHOUT CITY GOVERNMENT. I BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL THAT GOING TO SUPPORT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.  WE ALSO HAD I DON'T KNOW MAYBE SEVEN OR SIX COLLEAGUES AT THE MEETING AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WEREN'T THERE WEREN'T ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OR WORK ON OR HAD THEIR INPUT. I THINK THEIR INPUT WOULD HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO MAKE THIS AN EVEN MORE STRONGER POLICY.  MY MY REQUEST IS I'D LIKE TO ASK RESPECTFULLY ASK IF WE COULD HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT AND IF WE WANT ME TO PROVIDE THE CORRECT PAPERWORK I'D RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A BRIEF RECESS TO GET THE PAPERWORK SO WE CAN ADD AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN.  UM, MY SENSE OF THE SITUATION IS THAT MR. CLERK, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ADD AN AMENDMENT SINCE THIS IS VERY SPECIFICALLY ATTACHED TO COUNCILMAN CITY COUNCIL MAKE MAKING AN AMENDMENT WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A BRIEF RECESS, SIR.  THANK YOU.  I'M IN RECESS.  OKAY. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT OF THE AMENDMENT .  I YES, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.  I'M TO CALL ON COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR RIGHT? YOU YOU WENT THROUGH FLYNN? YEAH YEAH. WHATEVER.  JUST WAITING FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN TO RETURN TO THE CHAMBER.  I'LL TAKE THAT MIKE OFF AGAIN. SORRY I  ACTUALLY GOT.  THANK YOU. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  OKAY. JUST BRIEFLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THE AN AMENDMENT IS BEING PROPOSED. UM, I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS. CAN YOU GIVE ME 5 SECONDS TO READ THE AMENDMENT? THEN I'LL RESPOND. I DON'T.  IS EVERYONE GOT IT? YEAH. EVERYONE'S GETTING A COPY OF THE AMENDMENT. JUST GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO READ IT.  HE HAS TO PROPOSE THE AMENDMENT . COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO OFFER YOUR AMENDMENT AND WE NEED SOMEONE TO SECOND THAT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING PATIENT AS I WORKED ON GETTING THIS LANGUAGE.  I I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION I JUST WANT TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD AS IT RELATES TO DOCKET 0190 IT SHALL BE AMENDED TO AMEND THE LAST SENTENCE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO PROMOTE TRANSFER TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THIS BODY AND TO PROHIBIT THE PROHIBITING OF SUCH AGREEMENTS CITY WIDE.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE SECOND COUNCILOR WEBER.  UM, SO WE HAVE A VOTE JUST YET. WE'LL HAVE TO SOME DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  I GUESS JUST ONE QUESTION. THROUGH THE PERSON I DON'T KNOW COUNCILOR BREADON TO MAKE HER KNOW.  IT'S JUST ONE QUESTION FOR THE MAKERS. WHERE THIS WOULD GO IN THE PROPOSAL. BUT THE PROPOSED POLICY.  OH, DID HE? I DIDN'T.  AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU MAY ANSWER. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT WOULD BE THE LAST SENTENCE OF OF OF THE OF THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT AND BASICALLY IT WOULD BE YOU KNOW WOULD BE A ALMOST A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE THIS AS WELL ENDS. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ME MANDATING THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION COMPLY WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING BUT IT'S BASICALLY A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE THINK THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD NOT GO FORWARD WITH ANY NDAS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRANSPARENT AND THEY TAKE AWAY FROM THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS IN THIS THE THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION IN MY OPINION SHOULD BE PUBLIC ALL ENDS PRIOR ENDS AS WELL SHOULD BE PUBLIC BUT PUBLIC.  BUT GOING FORWARD MY MY GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT NDAS HAVE NO PLACE AT ALL IN CITY GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY SHOULD FOLLOW FOLLOW THIS RECOMMENDATION TO EXCLUDE ANY NDAS GOING FORWARD.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN THANKS COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE THE THE REASONS FOR THE AMENDMENT. I MEAN, I WILL SAY THIS IS THIS IS OUR POLICY. IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO SORT OF YOU KNOW, CLEARLY STATE WHAT WHERE WE STAND ON THIS ISSUE AND REGULATE OURSELVES WHICH IS WHAT WE DO THROUGH POLICIES.  I THINK WE REGULATE OTHER ENTITIES THROUGH ORDINANCES. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S EVEN A HOME RULE PETITION COMING NEXT WEEK THAT THAT WOULD DO THAT.  SO I YOU KNOW, I THINK WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE WOULD DO THIS FOR OURSELVES. UM, SO I MEAN I, I GUESS I DON'T HAVE LET'S SEE SO WE JUST WOULD ADD THAT PHRASE TO THE END OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE POLICY STATEMENT. UM, AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SERVICES . SO IT'S I THINK IT'S STRANGELY WORDED YOU KNOW IF IT WAS IF IT WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WE'RE PROMOTING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THIS BODY AND WE'RE PROMOTING THE PROHIBITION OF SUCH AGREEMENTS CITYWIDE IT'S SORT OF I MEAN IT'S OUR YOU KNOW LIKE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PROHIBITION CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, OR UH BUT IN THE END I MEAN I'M HAPPY TO JUST LET IT GO FORWARD FOR A VOTE.  I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. UM, SO I JUST BACKED THAT TO YOU BUT THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS WANT US TO SEE NDAS EXCLUDED CITYWIDE AND THEY DON'T LIKE THE PRACTICE. THEY THINK IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT . THEY THINK WE'RE HIDING SOMETHING. CITY CITY HALL IS HIDING SOMETHING WHEN AN NDA IS IMPLEMENTED, CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE HIDING SOMETHING.  WHEN THERE'S AN NDA IT BRINGS OUT MISTRUST AND IT BRINGS OUT CONFUSION AND RUMORS BUT IT ALSO I THINK HAVING NOT HAVING NDAS ALSO IS A SIGN THAT EVERYBODY'S CONDUCT IS GOING TO AND THEIR BEHAVIOR WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC AND YOU'LL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND YOU CAN'T BE YOU CAN'T HIDE BEHIND IT AND NDA TO PROTECT THE DEPARTMENT YOU CAN'T HIDE BEHIND AN NDA TO PROTECT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION . THIS IS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.  THIS IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.  THIS IS ABOUT GOOD GOVERNMENT. THIS IS ABOUT ETHICS AND THERE'S THIS THERE'S REASONS WHY NOT JUST FOR IT BUT THOSE ARE THE REASONS TO SUPPORT IT. I GAVE I GAVE MY REASONS WHY I DON'T BELIEVE IN NDAS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRANSPARENT AND PEOPLE WANT TO SEE US OPERATING IN OPEN, OPEN PUBLIC AND BEFORE BEFORE RESIDENTS AND BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE NDAS IN MY OPINION AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND THEY'VE SAID TO ME IF WE BELIEVE NDAS AND NOT A NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY, THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS IN WHY ARE YOU GUYS WHY DO YOU GUYS HAVE NDAS? SO YOU GUYS HIDE IN SOMETHING AND I SAID NO BUT I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT HAVING NDAS DOES BRING OUT THE WORST IN CITY GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT.  GOVERNOR HEALEY JUST ENACTED A PLAN TO EXCLUDE NDAS UNDER UNDER THE ADVOCACY ALSO OF THE STATE AUDITOR DIANA DE LILLE. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND. I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR RESIDENTS THAT WE TAKE TRANSPARENCY AND WE TAKE ETHICS SERIOUSLY AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN I THINK COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON,  WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FIRST AND THEN I'LL TAKE COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THAT. I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY . I HAD AN IDEA AND SPECIFICALLY IF I'M TALKING TRASH ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES AND BACK IN THE MOMENT I DISAGREE WITH YOU GUYS. I'M LIKE HEY, I DON'T WANT MY STAFF TO TELL MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THEM WHAT THE MAYOR LIKE IN THE MOMENT IF I'M LIKE HEY, I REALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.  LIKE THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE WERE HAVING THESE IN FACT I COPIED MINE FROM A COLLEAGUE. MANY OF US HAVE THEM BUT WE CAN GET RID OF THEM FINE. I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. THE QUESTION THOUGH HERE IS SUCH AGREEMENT CITYWIDE KIND OF GENERAL KIND OF YOU KNOW, OPEN SO CITY WIDE COULD INCLUDE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AS WELL. SO LIKE THE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE SPECIFIC.  AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS THEN IF IT'S THIS IF THIS IS A POLICY TO CHANGE OUR RULES, THEN LAWS DON'T BELONG IN HERE . AND SO IF WE'RE IF WE ARE TRYING TO LEGISLATE A LAW FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT IS THE ONLY WAY OR MEDIUM THAT WE CAN USE TO TELL CITY DEPARTMENTS WHAT TO DO SO THAT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR YOU TO FILE THE HOME RULE PETITION AND INCLUDE THAT BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE RULES IN THIS POLICY WE CAN ONLY TELL OURSELVES TO CHANGE THOSE RULES. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO LIKE MAYBE I'M NOT SURE IF AGAIN CITYWIDE FEELS TOO GENERAL, TOO VAGUE AND SPECIFIC SPECIFYING CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THEN DOING THAT IN THE HOME RULE PETITION AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSUL FERNANDES SANDERSON, COUNCILOR WEBER YEAH, THANK YOU. I MEAN I. I JUST I THINK MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT SEVEN HIGHLIGHTED JUST THE ISSUE WITH WITHOUT YOU KNOW, DOING A HEARING ON THIS EVEN KNOWING WHETHER THERE ARE THESE AGREEMENTS IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND THEN THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE GOOD REASONS LIKE IF WE HIRE A VENDOR WHO HAS ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WE DON'T WANT THEM DISCLOSING THAT INFORMATION.  WE MAKE THEM FILE YOU KNOW, SIGN A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. I MEAN THE ISSUE I THINK IS FOR US TO SHOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY ON THIS BODY AND WE WANT TO EMPOWER OUR STAFFERS. I THINK THE POLICY DOES THAT YOU KNOW, I'M PREPARED TO VOTE FOR THE LANGUAGE.  I JUST YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING DONE THE GROUNDWORK, I'M NOT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'RE THERE BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROMOTE THE REMOVAL OF THEM WHERE THEY'RE BEING USED IN THIS WAY WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T ALLOWED TO WORK ON THE CITY YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY UNLESS THEY SIGN THIS. BUT AGAIN, THERE MAY BE LEGITIMATE PURPOSES FOR THEM IN SOME PLACES.  I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BAD POLICY BUT CERTAINLY IN WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE HIRING STAFFERS YOU KNOW, I I STAND BY THE POLICY AND I'M FINE TO VOTE FOR THIS LANGUAGE BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WORK IN THIS SPACE.  AS I SAID LAST TIME AROUND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BULLYING POLICY AND I ALSO BROUGHT THIS UP DURING THE WORKING SESSION THAT WE HAD IS THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THINGS I JUST WANT TO BE SUPER MINDFUL AROUND THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY PIECE OF THIS WORK BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAY WANT TO TARGET YOUR DEMEANOR AND THE WAY YOU EXPRESS YOURSELF AND THAT THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED JUST BECAUSE I'M AGGRESSIVE AND I'M ASSERTIVE AND I'M SPICY AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT TOO SAUCY FOR PEOPLE'S APPETITE THAT MY DEMEANOR MAY FEEL A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SOME AND I JUST DON'T EVER WANT TO PUT MYSELF IN A SITUATION FOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AROUND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OR ETHICAL CONDUCT BECAUSE OF THE WAY I SHOW UP IN THIS WORLD AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WERE AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE CAN UTILIZE TOOLS TO JUST OPPRESS PEOPLE FROM BEING FULLY EXPRESSED. I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I BROUGHT TO COUNCILOR WEBER DURING THE WORKING SESSION THAT WE'RE ADDING WORDS THAT COULD BE MISCONSTRUED AND IN THE CULTURE IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE HAPPEN TO BE IN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A TOOL THAT GETS USED TO TRY TO TONE OR POLICE TONE ANYONE IN THIS CHAMBER OR ANY SPACE THAT WE HAPPEN TO BE IN. SO WHILE THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT STAFF AND I WAS TOLD THAT THAT THEY WOULDN'T YOU ALL AS COLLEAGUES WOULD NOT USE IT AGAINST COLLEAGUE TO COLLEAGUE I JUST WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT IS WHAT I'M SIGNING UP FOR BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO STOP SPEAKING THE WAY THAT I DO SHOWING UP THE WAY THAT I DO AND FIGHTING THE WAY THAT I DO BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY I'VE LEARNED HOW TO SHOW UP IN THIS WORLD. AND FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO DO FOLLOW ME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES NO MATTER WHAT ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE IN. AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE CULTURE OR TO THE HABIT OF MINIMIZING OR TONE POLICING ANYONE PARTICULARLY IN THIS CLIMATE THAT WE HAPPEN TO BE IN TODAY.  THANK YOU CONSTANTLY HERE CONSTANTLY AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR OPINIONS AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS DO WE REALLY WANT TO BE TELLING THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT TO DO OR RECOMMENDING TO THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT TO DO AND THAT'S THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. THAT'S A FAIR CRITIQUE OF MY PROPOSAL AND IN I RESPECT THAT AND MY ANSWER TO THAT IS MY ANSWER TO THAT IS WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME ABOUT FEDERAL ISSUES. WE WEIGH IN ON FEDERAL ISSUES.  WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WE WEIGH IN ON THAT.  WE HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT CUTS TO VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, HOW IT IMPACTS HOW IT IMPACTS BOSTON. WE WEIGH IN SPECIFICALLY ON STATE LEGISLATION ALL THE TIME AND THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON BOSTON ON FEDERAL ISSUES. IT'S UNLIKELY THAT IT'S OUR WRITTEN DOCUMENT. OUR RESOLUTION HAS ANY HAS ANY WEIGHT TO IT AND THAT MIGHT BE TRUE BUT IT SAYS THAT BOSTON RESIDENTS THAT THIS ISSUE WHATEVER WHATEVER ISSUE IT IS THAT THIS IS OUR POLICY, THIS IS OUR THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IN IN WHAT HAPPENS WHAT HAPPENS IN D.C. WE WANT TO WEIGH IN WITH A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST SOMETHING BECAUSE WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT MAY NOT HAVE ANY WEIGHT TO IT BUT WE WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT AS IT RELATES TO THIS THIS CHANGE. MY RECOMMENDATION IT MAY NOT HAVE ANY WEIGHT TO IT BUT WHAT IT DOES SAY IS THAT WE RECOMMEND TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY ALSO SHOULD EXCLUDE NDAS GOING FORWARD WHETHER IT'D BE PEACE, WHETHER IT'S AT ANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT. SO CERTAINLY IT CAN BE IGNORED BUT IT'S A VALUE STATEMENT. IT'S A VALUE STATEMENT ON WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND I THINK A LOT OF RESOLUTIONS THAT WE FILE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL OFTENTIMES ARE NOT RELATED TO CITY ISSUES BUT WE STILL FILE THEM BECAUSE THE VALUE STATE STATES THIS ONE HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON ON CITY GOVERNMENT AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE WEIGH IN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN,  COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN NOT THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE PUT IN HERE. I'M SAYING IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE SO I'M AGREEING WITH YOU AGAIN. WE CAN SAY IT BUT THEN IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE AND I'M SAYING THEN MAYBE JUST WAITING FOR THE HOME OF PETITION WHERE IT IS A LAW BECAUSE COUNCIL RULES IS NOT THE PLATFORM THE PLACE TO TELL ADMINISTRATION WHAT TO DO. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PETITION.  BUT AGAIN THE VALUE STATEMENT IS SHARED BY EVERYBODY AND WE SHOULD TELL A DEMONSTRATION WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THAT'S OUR JOB AS LEGISLATORS BUT THROUGH LAWS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. A CONSTITUENT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND TO MAKE IT EASIER VANESSA FROM MY TEAM IS MAKING THAT CHANGE TO THE TO THE WORDING THAT MIGHT HELP US INSTEAD OF SAYING CITYWIDE IT WOULD SAY CITY DEPARTMENTS SO IT'S MORE CLEAR SHE SHOULD BE BACK IN AND ANOTHER MINUTE THEY THANK YOU CONSTANTLY I THINK I THINK THE ISSUE AT THE CORE OF THIS QUESTION IS THAT THESE THIS IS A THIS THIS RECOMMENDATION IS TO CHANGE OUR RULES AND APPLY TO OUR OPERATION AS A CITY COUNCIL. BUT ACTUALLY WE CANNOT WRITE RULES. WE DON'T WRITE RULES FOR THE REST OF CITY DEPARTMENTS. I THINK I THINK THE VEHICLE TO GET THERE IS IS IS THE THE HOME RULE PETITION OR AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AND THAT ASKED FOR THAT CHANGE ACROSS THE CITY. SO I REALLY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I AM GOING TO TAKE A CHAIR'S PRIVILEGE AND SAY THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN'S MOTION TO AMEND HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MURPHY.  MR. CLERK AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO A VOTE. MR TRUMP WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN'S MOTION TO AMEND THE COUNCIL OVER A YES AND NO I'M SORRY I'M A MIX OFF SORRY MAKES A BEG YOUR PART. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON NO COUNCILOR BRAID NO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON OTHER COUNCIL FINANCE STANDS AND PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS A COUNCIL IN PRESENT CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL HAVE BEEN NO COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA PRESENT COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES IT'S COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE FOUR VOTES PRESENT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.  THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0190 IN A NEW DRAFT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY OF MR. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE COME TO VOTE DORKING MEMBER 0190 COUNCILOR BREADON YES.  COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCIL COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON IS ON THE DOCKET. OH ONE NINE YES, JUST THE COUNCIL FINANCE SENSE AND YES THE COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN THIS COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.  CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR BUT THEN COUNCILOR HAVE A PEN YES.  COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.  COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MR. CLERK.  THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0190 HAS BEEN PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT COUNCIL. MADAM PRESIDENT.  COUNCILMAN, YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO MY AMENDMENT WAS WAS INCLUDED IN THIS DRAFT. IT FAILED. THE AMENDMENT FAILED. IT DIDN'T GET A MAJORITY.  YES. THE 44 TO 3 THAT'S MAJORITY IS SEVEN AND WE HAD FOUR PRESENT. IS THAT RIGHT? CAN YOU READ THE RESULTS? MR CHAIR? YES, MR CLERK.  HE HAD ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR COUNCILORS VOTED PRESENT. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR VOTED YES AND 1 TO 3 VOTED NO. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGONIZED TO MEJIA COMES TO ME AGAIN FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I WANT TO JUST I PUT A QUESTION AND A CONCERN AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ON AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN A VERY INTERESTING CLIMATE AND CULTURE IN THIS CHAMBER AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIKE I MADE AN ASSERTION OF SOME OF THE HOW UNCOMFORTABLE AND HOW SOMETIMES UNSAFE IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT LIKE MEJIA.  AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A POLICY THAT WE'RE PASSING HERE THAT IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.  WHEN YOU ALL ARE FEELING THAT I AM BEING A LITTLE BIT OR ANYBODY'S BEING ASSERTIVE OR IF ANYONE IS UTILIZING THEIR PLATFORM TO FIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST PREJUDICED BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN SPEAK ON THAT.  LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR BODY WHERE PEOPLE ARE YOU KNOW, ARE APPROVING POLICIES THAT THEY WILL THEN BE USED AGAINST THEM IN THE FUTURE. SO OUT OF MY OWN SAFETY AND FOR MY OWN CONCERN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER I SIGNED UP FOR I KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO GET IMPLEMENTED. WE TALKED ABOUT STAFF.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM NOT PUTTING MYSELF AT RISK FOR ANY TYPE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT YOU FROM HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING THAT THAT YOU ELEVATED IT AT THE WORKING SESSION AS WELL. I THINK AS WEBER STATED IT, THIS IS ABOUT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN US AS EMPLOYERS AND STAFF UPON EMPLOYMENT. IT'S JUST THAT RELATIONSHIP. I THINK THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING SHOWING UP IS MORE ABOUT THE BULLYING POLICY THIS IS JUST ABOUT END USE AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS. SO BASED ON THE WORDING OF THIS POLICY ORDER THAT WE JUST ADOPTED, NO ISSUE, NO.  I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. I JUST I AM I AM GOING TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE TWO COUNCIL CO-LEADERS RECOMMENDATION THERE WAS AN ADDITION TO THE POLICY WHICH INCLUDED BULLYING AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR BECAUSE THERE'S CULTURAL COMPETENCY, THERE IS INTERPRETATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW YOU JUST SAID HARASS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ADDED AND BAKED IN AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. THANK YOU. SO THERE IS A LIST IN THE POLICY OF ANONYMOUS NON-EXHAUSTIVE TYPES OF BEHAVIOR THAT AREN'T COVERED UNDER THE NDA AND BULLYING WAS SIMPLY ADDED AS ONE. BUT AGAIN THE OVERARCHING ISSUE IS ABOUT NDAS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN YOU AS A AS A EMPLOYER AND YOUR STAFF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AN INTRA COUNCIL RELATIONSHIP. HAPPY TO TALK MORE WITH YOU IF THERE'S A CONTINUED CONFUSION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO BUT AS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ON THIS TOPIC, THE CHAIR AND COMPANY ADVANCES ANY OTHER FLOOR. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS BUT I'M CONFUSED NOW. IS THERE A CONTINGENT DOCUMENT TO WHAT WE JUST PASSED OR NO? NO, IT'S WHAT WE DOCUMENT WHAT WE JUST PASSED EXACTLY.  THAT'S A DOCUMENT. TWO PARAGRAPHS. THAT WAS IT. OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 01480148 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BREADON FOR BEING UP HERE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT HERE BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING UP AND WELCOME BACK. SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCILOR RIPPON COMES WITH A PEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUST.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS WEEK WE HAD AN AMAZING WORKING SESSION WITH OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO DISCUSS THE START OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR BP WHERE WE HIRED A LOT OF OUR COUNCILORS CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET ESPECIALLY OUR RFI THAT WE WERE DRAFTING TO THAT NEXT MONTH WHERE WE DO MEET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AND THE CHIEF OF THE SEA THE CFO WHERE IT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH PROPER QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THEM AND WE KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE LIKE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CATCH ON THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND HIS LEADERSHIP FOR THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION WE HAD.  IT WAS INFORMATIVE. IT WAS A GOOD BACK AND FORTH ABOUT HOW WE GO FORWARD ON THE BUDGET, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE. I LEARNED A LOT LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT BPA SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALISM OF COUNCILOR PEPEN IN MANAGING THAT MEETING AND BEING VERY INCLUSIVE.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR THAT. I THINK VERY USEFUL HEARING TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUDGET THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT SO MUCH. I DID JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION AND I CONSIDERED A BRAVE QUESTION YOU BROUGHT FORWARD WHEN YOU CAME TO THAT HEARING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS AND WHAT WHAT DO THE RULES ACTUALLY STATE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR VOTES? AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PUT THAT QUESTION ONTO THE RECORD AND I DO BELIEVE THAT US AS A BODY SHOULD COME TOGETHER AGAIN BEFORE THEN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT A NO VOTE TO THE BUDGET MEANS AND WHAT A ONE FOURTH BUDGET WOULD MEAN TO THE CITY AND TO OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO KNOW BECAUSE LIKE MANY OF US STATED I VOTED NO ON THE BUDGET AND I'VE ALWAYS GIVEN MY REASONS WHY AND WE HAVE SAID IN THAT MEETING IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE MAY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MAYBE EVER OR IN MANY YEARS WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AS A BODY AND REALLY ADVOCATE FOR ISSUES AND THINGS WE WANT TO SEE AND MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE AND THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND IF WE DO WORK TOGETHER THEN WE CAN HAVE MORE STRENGTH MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE AND MAKE SURE BEFORE WE JUST RUBBER STAMP IT THE FIRST ROUND. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING THAT ANSWER ALL TOGETHER. I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE OFFS AND PEOPLE ARE HEARING SEPARATELY SO YOU MAY INTERPRET DIFFERENTLY. SO I THINK THAT CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT AND MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAVE IN AN EDUCATION HEARING BEFORE THE VOTE COMES UP OR MAYBE IT'S IN WAYS AND MEANS RULES WHEREVER IT LANDS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.  SORRY. THANK YOU. UM, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  OKAY. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0148 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS PER RULE 39 A LEAD SPONSOR HAD THE FLOOR FOR 3 MINUTES WHEN A NEW FILE DOC HAS INTRODUCED CO-SPONSORS AND OTHER COUNCILORS HAD THE FLOOR FOR 2 MINUTES AND THE PROPER PLACE FOR US TO SPEAK ON THESE MATTERS IS WORKING SESSIONS AND HEARINGS ALSO I DON'T THINK THERE ARE THAT MANY FILES BUT GIVEN THE WHEN THERE ARE I MY RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BODY IS TO SPEAK FOR 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE. THANK YOU MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 04110411 COUNCILOR AS FOR PENN AND FITZGERALD FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL BUS VIOLATION DETECTION MONITORING SYSTEM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRABAND BECAUSE WE'RE PENDING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, LAST WEEK I CALLED ON BORDER WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TO ADOPT THE NEW STATE'S GENERAL LAWS TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS VIOLATION DETECTION MONITORING SYSTEMS.  I THANK YOU ALL FOR PASSING THAT ORDER AND TODAY I RISE TO PUT FORWARD THIS ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO CODIFY THIS COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL BUS SAFETY. THIS ORDINANCE PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODES GOVERNING THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO DETAIL THE PROCESSES FOR OPERATION ENFORCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MONITORING SYSTEM.  I CANNOT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NEW SAFETY MEASURE AS IMPATIENT DRIVERS VIOLATE THE SCHOOL BUS STOP SIGN EVERY SINGLE DAY.  JUST THIS MORNING A VERY CONCERNED AND FRIGHTENED FATHER I FOUND OUT IN ROSLINDALE CALLED ME AFTER THE SHOW THAT HIS SON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FROM A SPEEDING CAR TRYING TO GET AROUND THE SCHOOL BUS. I CRINGE AT THE THOUGHT OF THAT PHONE CALL.  COULD HAVE BEEN IF THE FATHER WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND I CRINGE EVEN MORE KNOWING THAT THE DRIVER IS MORE MORE LIKE MORE THAN LIKELY NOT GOING TO GET TICKETED FOR THE RECKLESS BEHAVIOR.  I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ENFORCEMENT MEASURE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SMALL CHILD IS AT RISK JUST GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHURCH AND IT IS COUNCILMAN JOE COUSINS WITH JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO THE BAKER COUNCIL PÉPIN STEADFAST ADVOCATE ON THIS ISSUE.  GOVERNMENT CAN OFTEN BE SEEN AS REACTIVE RATHER THAN PROACTIVE BUT NOW WITH THE STATE GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACT WE SHOULD MOVE ON ADDING SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE SENDING YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL SHOULD NOT GIVE PARENTS A REASON TO WORRY BUT WITH THE DRIVE IN WE ALL WITNESS EVERY DAY AND THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS THAT COMES ACROSS OUR NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISIONS ALMOST DAILY WITH REGARDS TO VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF DRIVERS FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE ROAD HAS WANED. THIS TOOL WILL HELP BRING BACK ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR DRIVERS WHILE PROTECTING OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGES COUNCILOR MURPHY GOVERNOR MURPHY HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS AND IN SUPPORT OF THIS. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO RISE TO SAY IT'S DISCOURAGING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP ADDING MORE LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT WHEN WE COULD LEAN ON AND IMPLEMENT THE RULES AND LAWS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. SO I DO JUST MANY TIMES IN THESE PAST THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL WE'RE PASSING ORDINANCES OR FILING FOR NEW RULES IN THE CITY WHEN WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE'S LAWS THAT COULD ALREADY IMPLEMENT AND KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE. ARE OUR CHILDREN SAFE? SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE NEED THIS. SO I WILL OBVIOUSLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT IF IT KEEPS AND HELPS OUR CHILDREN STAY SAFE. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE ARE RULES AND IT COULD GO TO WHICH A HEARING ORDER THAT I FILED LATER ON IN THE MEETING ABOUT THE LACK OF POLICE STAFFING SO WE COULD BE JUST NOT ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH POLICE GIVING OUT THE TICKETS THAT ARE NECESSARY. BUT IF SOMEONE'S SPEEDING THROUGH A STOP SIGN OR DRIVING AROUND A BUS THEY SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE PULLED OVER AND TICKETED. AND SO IF THIS ADDS SAFETY I'M FOR IT BUT JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO JUST ADD MORE LAYERS TO GOVERNMENT, I DON'T THINK THAT HELPS THE RESIDENTS THINK DO IT. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLEAR PLEASE. THAT COUNCILOR IS BREADON DURKAN MEJIA MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0411 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.  MR COOPER WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 04120412 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR A NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA.  SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN TO GO VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTER. I'M OVER IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND ALTHOUGH THEY'RE DOING AMAZING WORK AND HAVE A GREAT TEAM,  SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY EVIDENT WAS THE FACILITY AND THE CONDITIONS AND RIGHT NOW I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN AND OTHERS TO YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED IN CASE OF ANY EMERGENCY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  AND I THINK THE LACK OF A PROPER FUNCTIONING FACILITY FOR OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM IS IS A BARRIER RIGHT NOW. SO YOU KNOW, I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER JUST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR OUR COLLEAGUES, FOR MYSELF TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.  I KNOW THAT WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR FACILITIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE MONEY.  AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A HEARING ORDER, A CONVERSATION JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT OUR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THIS YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY SOME OF THE EMERGENCY EMERGENCIES THAT WE CAN FACE HERE IN BOSTON. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WINTER STORMS, HURRICANES AND OTHER STORMS BUT ALSO NATURAL DISASTERS, OUTAGES, TERRORISM, CYBER SECURITY ATTACKS, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE EMERGENCIES WILL REQUIRE YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER ESPECIALLY AND IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CENTER THAT HAS GOTTEN JUST PROPER BASIC THINGS JUST LIKE WATER POWER SHOWERS THAT ARE FUNCTIONING AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A HEARING ORDER. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND FROM APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS AND PERSONNEL ABOUT THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS I THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT ALL FIRE STATIONS OR AS WE'RE RENOVATING A OTHER FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO JUST BE CREATIVE. WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THIS THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HEAVILY RELIES ON FEDERAL GRANTS JUST FOR THEIR PERSONNEL AND SO WE SHOULD JUST BE EXPLORING THIS.  I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WHO WAKE UP EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN THE BEST POSITION AS A CITY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.  SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I HOPE TO HAVE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AT THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNCILOR CANCER BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS DISORDER HEARING ORDER WHEN WE WERE DOING SOME RESEARCH INTO THE CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS AND WE CAME ACROSS THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER LIKE I THINK IT'S 10 TO 12 YEARS AGO GOING BACK MAYBE 14 YEARS THERE WAS A IT WAS PEGGED AS HAVING A $19 MILLION A A PRICE TAG OF $19 MILLION TO IDENTIFY A NEW LOCATION AND BUILD A NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER HERE WE ARE A LONG TIME LEADER AND WE STILL HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD ON THAT ISSUE AS ONE ONE OF THE ISSUES WHY WE'RE REALLY SO CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FACILITIES PLANNING CAP AND CAPITAL PLANNING IN GENERAL THAT IT SEEMS LIKE AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER SHOULD TAKE PRIORITY BUT OVER SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS THAT THAT PRIORITY HAS NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITY AND GIVEN A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE NEED.  WHEN YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN A SUPERSTORM SANDY INCIDENT WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE FROM HIGH WINDS AND FLOODING, OTHER EMERGENCY EVENTS THAT REQUIRE A ROBUST AND COORDINATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE, IT'S REALLY VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A STATE OF THE ART EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND APPROPRIATELY IN A TIMELY WAY SO I PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO THIS HEARING ORDER AND AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, CAROL FLYNN,  YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION FORWARD. BOSTON CERTAINLY NEEDS A STATE OF THE ART EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FACILITY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FACILITY WITH COUNSELOR SANTANA AND OTHERS RECENTLY IN OVER THE YEARS AND WHAT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THE PERSONNEL THERE DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL.  HOWEVER, THE FACILITY ITSELF IS CLEARLY NOT HELPFUL. IT'S NOT USEFUL. IT'S OLD IT'S OBSOLETE IN MY OPINION. I'VE BEEN AROUND THESE TYPES OF ISSUES MY ENTIRE LIFE WORKING IN THE MILITARY BUT I THINK BOSTON HAS COUNSELOR CARLOS SANTANA HIGHLIGHTS. BOSTON NEEDS A NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FACILITY.  I ALSO THINK BOSTON NEEDS AND DESERVES A STATE OF THE ART FIRE HEADQUARTERS AS WELL. THE FIRE HEADQUARTERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN MY OPINION IS OLD IS OBSOLETE, IS RUN DOWN IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.  BOSTON SHOULD HAVE A STATE OF THE ART FIRE HEADQUARTERS.  BOSTON SHOULD HAVE A STATE OF THE ART EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FACILITY. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR SANTANA. ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE I DO I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON AS IT RELATES TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL COUNCILOR SANTANA PHRASED IT PERFECTLY BUT AS IT RELATES TO EVAC EVACUATE ASIAN ROOTS DURING AN EMERGENCY, HOW ARE WE PREPARING RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING THAT MAY SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH?  ARE WE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET RESIDENTS OUT OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDING IMMEDIATELY? WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT MESSAGE AND GET THEM TO A SAFE SPACE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO WORK ON THOSE LOGISTICS TYPES OF ISSUES AS WELL. SO JUST AN ISSUE I'M FOCUSED ON I WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILWOMAN HERE BECAUSE I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS. I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, BUT THE SEASON IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND HOW WE CAN FILL THOSE GAPS. AND WHILE I'M HERE AND HAVE THE AND ALSO WANT TO KNOW COUNCIL FLYNN'S POINT AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR MURPHY ALSO MENTIONED IT THAT A LOT OF OUR OF OUR FIREHOUSES THIS ARE ALSO FEELING THE CRUNCH. YOU KNOW SOME OF THEM HAVE BROKEN WINDOWS THERE'S SO MUCH FACILITIES AND SO A LOT THAT WE CAN BE DOING. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN THE HEARING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THAT THOSE ISSUES GET ADDRESSED IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS PARTICULARLY FOR THE FIREHOUSES THAT HAVE BROKEN WINDOWS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. THAT WAS BRAEDON DURKIN, FLYNN FITZGERALD FRIEND AND JANICE HAHN MURPHY MEJIA PIPPIN WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0412. WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0413.0143 COUNCIL S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING ALL CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS SANTANA, CARLOS SANTANA OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IF THIS SEEMS IT PROBABLY IS AND I'M DOING THE SAME THING WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND I DID THAT I'M DOING WITH THE WITH THE POLICE GRANTS.  WITH THE FIRE GRANTS. THIS IS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HEARINGS ON THE DIFFERENT BRANDS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BEING ABLE TO HAVE PERSONNEL TO EXPLAIN THOSE GRANTS. I'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT THEY ALSO WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND TO BE PRESENT IN THOSE IN THOSE HEARINGS. SO I'M VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO THAT. I ALSO KNOW THAT LAST YEAR AND EVERY YEAR I THINK THE U.S. GRANT IS PASSED VERY LATE IN THE YEAR. THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER IN THE YEAR MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS FEEL ENGAGED AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THAT NOTHING GETS BRUSHED INTO IN THOSE DECISION MAKING. SO YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN ME IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THESE GRANTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASA SANTANA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS. GREAT.  OH, YOU'RE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. OKAY. APOLOGIES. OKAY.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON AND HAS A GREAT IDEA OF THE FLOOR. ONCE.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THIS HEARING ORDER. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES. THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THIS IS ONE OF THE THE GRANTS THAT WE HAD THE GRANT FOR THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT AND THE EMERGENCY PERFORMANCE GRANT. WHEN WE GOT INTO LOOKING AT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR SOME OF THESE BIG GRANTS, WE LEARNED TO OUR DISMAY THAT THERE HAD BEEN IN PAST YEARS A POOR REPORTING BACK BECAUSE WE SEND THIS MONEY OUT TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES NOT JUST BOSTON AND POOR POOR REMOTE. REPORTING BACK OF HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT AND TIMESHEETS ETC. AND DETAILED REPORTS ON HOW HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT AND WE ALSO DID FIND LIKE THERE WAS A MORE A MORE APPROPRIATE BEST PRACTICE WAS THAT IN SOME INSTANCES SOME YEARS AGO IT WAS ITEMIZED LISTS OF HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT AND ESPECIALLY IT RELATED TO EQUIPMENT AND YOU GOT TO GET A CLEAR SENSE OF WHAT THE PRIORITIES WERE, WHERE AND HOW HOW THE MONEY WAS BEING USED AND WHETHER IT'S BEEN USED APPROPRIATELY OR NOT. THESE GRANTS TEND TO BE AROUND $13 MILLION AND IN THE PRESENT CLIMATE IN THE UNITED STATES ESPECIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN D.C. AT THE MOMENT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON ENSURING THAT WE GET THAT WE ARE DOING BEST PRACTICES IN GETTING THESE GRANTS AND ALSO HOW WE'RE MONITORING THE HOW THE EXPENSES, HOW HOW THE MONEY'S BEEN EXPENDED AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OUTCOMES. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK MORE MORE AT A DEEPER LEVEL WITH FOLKS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. VERY OFTEN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GRANT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BIG GRANT IS IS DISCUSSED AT THE END OF THE HEARING AND THERE'S ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS AND IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY NOT GOOD.  SO I LOOK FORWARD TO A MORE DETAILED DEEPER DIVE INTO HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT AND AND THEN IN THE CONTEXT OF, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE AND POSSIBLY OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY, HOW DO WE SHIFT FROM THAT SORT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TYPE MINDSET TO HOW DO WE HANDLE A BIG STORM OR A THAT WOULD WOULD IT BE DEVASTATING TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY? SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. THANK YOU COMES REPEATING IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I FAILED TO MENTION A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT COUNCILOR BREADON TO COVER THEM FOR THE MOST PART AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. ONE THING THAT I ALSO YOU KNOW, I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY BUT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL INCLUDING YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF, THEY HEAVILY RELY ON FEDERAL GRANTS AND RIGHT NOW AGAIN WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DC WITH THINGS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, OUR FEDERAL GRANTS WE MAY NOT OBVIOUSLY THEM SO I JUST WANT TO BE AGAIN HEADING INTO BUDGET SEASON INTENTIONAL ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE FUNDING THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HOW WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PERSONNEL THOUGH THERE AND THIS WILL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT THAT INTO THE RECORD FOR THE ADVOCACY. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN, I JUST CAN'T FIND ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED THAT THE GRANT IS TRADITIONALLY AROUND 12 OR $13 MILLION WHICH IS ACCURATE AND THAT MONEY IS USED AS A REGIONAL APPROACH IN SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON THAT OFTEN BORDER BOSTON WHETHER IT'S SOMERVILLE OR CAMBRIDGE OR QUINCY OR CHELSEA OR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS NEWTON OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENS IN CHELSEA HAS AN IMPACT ON EAST BOSTON VICE VERSA.  WHAT HAPPENS IN NEWTON HAS AN IMPACT ON BRIGHTON.  SO THESE FUNDS, THESE FEDERAL FUNDS ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.  THEY RELY ON THEM. THEY HAVE A DEDICATED WORKING GROUP, A TASK FORCE THAT WORKS ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE.  HOMELAND SECURITY RELATED ISSUES ARE INCLUDED BUT BOSTON IS BASICALLY THE FISCAL AGENT AND WE DISTRIBUTE WE RECEIVE THE MONEY AND THEN WE KIND OF DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY APPROPRIATELY.  SO GOING FORWARD IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE HEARINGS ON THIS BUT ALSO TO ACCEPT THE MONEY BECAUSE OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS ARE FOR BOSTON TO ACCEPT THAT MONEY SO ADDING DELAYS IN RECEIVING THIS MONEY DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON CITIES AND TOWNS THAT DON'T DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES SUCH AS BOSTON AND IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT WHEN WE DELAY PARTICULAR VOTES ON THIS SUBJECT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE GRANTS BECAUSE THEY DO IMPACT RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON.  THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FLYNN MURPHY HERE PIPPIN WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0413 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0414 DOCKET NUMBER 041 FOR COUNCILOR ME HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 2014 BOSTON TRUST. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST SAY I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE YOU THE FLOOR.  MADAM PRESIDENT, I LIKE TO ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND SO ADDED CUSTOM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  AND I JUST WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK TO MEET WITH ME EARLIER THIS WEEK IN REGARDS TO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND THINGS LANDING WHERE THEY GO AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SCHOOL ME AND TO AND FOR YOUR YOUR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO MOVE THINGS AROUND TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE ADVOCACY THAT I'VE BEEN DOING. AND WHILE YOU DID OFFER TO PUT THIS IN MY COMMITTEE, I JUST WANT TO JUST RISE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOOD WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU. SO GOING BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THESE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE SAFETY OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IS BEING THREATENED BY A NEW WAVE OF FEDERAL POLICIES AND HATEFUL RHETORIC IN OUR CITY DESPITE BEING THE SAFEST MAJORITY CITY IN THE COUNTRY IS BEING TARGETED FOR OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND WELCOMED. I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THAT COMMITMENT AS IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME IT'S WHAT IT'S CALLING FOR. THERE HAVE BEEN DRASTIC CHANGES TO OUR LEGAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE SINCE THE TRUST ACT WAS FIRST CREATED IN 2014 AND EVEN SINCE THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENTS THAT WAS PASSED IN 2019, THE FEAR STILL PERSISTS BUT THEY FEEL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS TIME. IMMIGRANTS ACROSS THE CITY ARE FEARFUL OF GOING TO WORK. THEY ARE HESITANT TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ARE AFRAID TO REALLY BE ANYWHERE THAT IS NOT THEIR HOME YET. EVEN DESPITE ALL OF OUR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, MANY STILL DON'T FEEL SAFE AND THE FEAR TACTICS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY OUR NATION'S LEADERS ARE AIMING TO PARALYZE SILENCE AND RACE OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. BUT WE MUST PUSH BACK, ENSURE THAT OUR POLICIES AND PROTECTIONS SUCH AS THE TRUST ACT ARE STRONGER AS MEMBERS OF CITY GOVERNMENT WE SERVE AS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR OUR IMMIGRANT CONSTITUENTS AND AGAINST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH VIEWS THEIR EXISTENCE AS CRIMINALS. IMMIGRANTS ARE OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES. THEY ARE US. THEY ARE MEAN AND WE DESERVE TO BE IN ALL SPACES AND PLACES ACROSS THE CITY WITHOUT FEAR THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS WILL COLLABORATE WITH ICE TO DETAIN US. WE MUST TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE TRUST ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS READY TO MEET THIS MOMENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN THE AUDIT AND TO SEE THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION IN THE FINANCES AND HOW EFFECTIVE THE 2014 TRUST ACT IS AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS AND STRENGTHEN IT TO MAKE IT STRONGER.  AND I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY THAT IN 2020 MY MAIDEN SPEECH WAS ON SAFE SANCTUARY SPACES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I REMEMBER GETTING A HATEFUL VOICEMAIL ALL BECAUSE I HAD THE AUDACITY TO TO SPEAK UP AND IN AND FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN FEAR AND THAT HATEFUL VOICEMAIL . I WAS TOLD DON'T SAY ANYTHING YOU ONLY WON BY ONE VOTE. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO YOURSELF?  AND I SAID YES I DO BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T SPEAK UP THEN I WAS LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PUT US IN CHECK AND YOU KNOW, I SURVIVED THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION COUNCILOR DISTRICT NINE AND COUNCILOR OUR DISTRICT COUNCILOR DISTRICT TWO BOTH WERE HERE. I THINK WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE HERE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THAT WAS A MOMENT AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY STEP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THIS BODY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND I WANT THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT FOR YOU ALONGSIDE YOU AND WHEN THINGS ARE NOT WORKING FOR YOU THAT OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UTILIZING OUR PLATFORM AUDITS, HEARINGS, AUDIENCES, RESOLUTIONS JUST TO STAND UP AND SAY THAT WE SEE YOU, WE AFFIRM YOU AND WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTABLE ON THE OTHER FLOOR AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I THINK I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE DOES COMMIT A CRIME REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS WE CAN'T STAND IN THE WAY OF JUSTICE FOR A SURVIVOR. THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY. RESIDENTS DESERVE SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE COUNCIL. I KNOW THAT WE JUST REAFFIRMED THE TRUST ACT IN UNANIMOUSLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. SORRY, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND A LITTLE BIT AT COUNCILOR THAT BEING AS AN ABORIGINAL HOST. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. YOU SHOULD SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCILOR BUT THAT IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION BECAUSE WE'RE BEEN SO ADDED.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON FERN ANDREW ANDERSON FITZGERALD.  SANTANA WEBER. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0414 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 04150415. COUNCIL ON MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING.  ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE 2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MCGUIRE BECAUSE I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  UM, SO I FILED THIS HEARING AUDIT TO AUDIT THE 2024 COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT TO CONTINUE MY WORK IN ENSURING PROPER ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN HOW WE CONDUCT THE FINANCIAL MATTERS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT PREPARED BY THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT PROVIDES KEY INSIGHTS TO HOW THE CITY REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND INVESTMENTS ALIGN WITH OUR OBLIGATIONS AND PRIORITY. THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO EXAMINE THE CITY OF BOSTON'S FINANCIAL HEALTH AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAKING INFORMED, RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WITH MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR SPENDING BUBBLING UP TO THE TOP RECENTLY IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT WE AS A BODY NEED TO TAKE MORE CONCRETE STEPS IN ENSURING THAT EVERY DOLLAR IS SPENT AS WE INTENDED. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO BY AUDITING THE 2024 FINANCIAL REPORT BY REVIEWING EXPENDITURES, IDENTIFYING INEFFICIENT INEFFICIENCIES AND WE ARE FORCED AND WE ARE FORCING PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING. WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER. SO FOR THE SAKE OF ACTUALLY LIVING UP TO THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDING THIS AUDIT AND HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.  I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. THAT CONCERNS BRAYDEN MCGEER. I'M SORRY. BRAYDEN MURPHY FOR AN INJURY. ANDERSON BEEN A SANTANA. WEBER PLEASE EITHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKING NUMBER 0415 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0416.0416 ANSWERS MEJIA AND WEBER ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONSIDER MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. SO THIS IS A REFILE.  SO I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME RULES ABOUT HOW MUCH OXYGEN I CAN OCCUPY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WEBER FOR JOINING ME. I REFILED THIS HEARING ORDER BECAUSE IT'S BEYOND TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR LOWEST PAID WORKERS WHEN THEY TELL US THAT IT IS INCREASING CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO STAY IN THE CITY, PLACING THEIR JOBS AND LIVELIHOOD AT RISK DESPITE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT MANDATES EMPLOYEES TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY INCREDIBLY HIGH HOUSING COSTS NOW AVERAGING OVER 3393 PER MONTH 118% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE THAT FOLKS ARE MAKING. IT'S MAKING IT MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR WORKERS TO REMAIN HERE IN BOSTON. MANY EMPLOYEES ARE FORCED INTO SUBSIDIZED OR SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, LONG COMMUTES OR EVEN LEAVING THEIR JOBS ALTOGETHER. IF WE WANT TO RETAIN A STRONG,  DEDICATED AND STABLE WORKFORCE, WE MUST TAKE BOLD ACTION TO ENSURE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PARTICULARLY WORKERS EARNING THE LOWEST WAGES HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING THEY CAN AFFORD. OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEGUN IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING INITIATIVES AND BOSTON MUST LEVERAGE THE TALENT AND WEALTH THE CITY HAS TO DO THE SAME. OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY. THESE WORKERS KEEP OUR SCHOOLS RUNNING OUR STREETS AND PARKS CLEAN. OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATIONAL AND OUR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE. THAT SAID TOO OUR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE. THAT SAID, TOO MANY OF THEM ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE VERY COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. WHEN WORKERS CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, IT WEAKENS OUR CITY'S STABILITY. WORKFORCE RETENTION AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS WOMAN CALLS FOR A REAL COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR CITY RUN TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON REMAINS A COMPETITIVE AND EQUITABLE CITY. I ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT OUR OFFICE FOR A HOUSING FUND OF I BELIEVE IT WAS $750,000 TO SUPPORT MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.  THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEGOTIATING THINGS THAT I FOUGHT FOR DURING THE COVID RELIEF EFFORTS AND SO THAT MONEY CAME AND WENT AND IT DRIED UP. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US IN THIS MOMENT IN PARTICULAR TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE DOING THE WORK WHILE OTHER FOLKS ARE GETTING PAID FOR IT. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INJUSTICES AND THEY'RE USUALLY THE LOWEST WAGES ARE USUALLY THE FIRST PEOPLE TO LEAVE. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. AND I THINK IN FORCING AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING FOR THEM AND THEIR SUPPORT EMPLOYEES DEMONSTRATES THAT WE AS A COUNCIL ARE NOT JUST PROVIDING PEOPLE LIP SERVICE. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S EFFORTS TO INCREASE IT THROUGH THE INCREASING WAGES THAT'S ONE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOOKING AT EMPLOYEES AS A WHOLE IN HOUSING AND THEIR STABILITY IS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE HEARING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY MAYBE PUTTING SOME MONEY ASIDE IN OUR BUDGET TO PILOT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES OVER COUNCIL WHERE WE HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR FOR FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT. I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD TOO OFTEN ABOUT THE VACANCIES IN CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT CAN'T BE FILLED BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PROVIDING THE HOUSING THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY AND SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE AND MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVIDING THE WAGES THAT OUR CITY WORKERS DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. CAN I JUST COME THROUGH FOR ANY OTHER FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANT WORK SHE HAS DONE CONSISTENTLY IN SUPPORTING CITY EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY LOW WAGE CITY EMPLOYEES.  TO TWO POINTS I WANT TO MAKE. MADAM CHAIR WOULD BE AND I KNOW COUNCILOR MEJIA REFERENCED REFERENCE BOTH OF THEM RESIDENCY ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOWEST WAGE CITY EMPLOYEES. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM MAKING $30,000 A YEAR MAKING 40 $40,000 A YEAR TO TRY TO GET AN APARTMENT OR EVEN BUY A HOME ON SUCH A RENT AN APARTMENT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. ARE WE ABLE TO CONSIDER GIVING RESIDENCY WAIVERS TO THE LOWEST WAGE CITY EMPLOYEES? THEY CAN'T MAKE IT HERE IN BOSTON ON THEIR SALARY $40,000 AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A FAMILY VERY DIFFICULT.  EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THAT ONE ISSUE. AND THE SECOND ISSUE AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE UNION CONTRACTS HERE, THE INCREASE USUALLY HAS BEEN 2% FOR THE LOWEST THE LOWEST WAGE CITY WORKERS. AND I ALWAYS CHALLENGE THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS, WHAT ADMINISTRATION IT IS IS THAT THE BEST WE CAN DO? THAT'S THE QUESTION I ASK.  AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET UPSET WITH ME FOR ASKING.  BUT A 2% RAISE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES IS NOT ENOUGH.  FACTORING INFLATION IT'S ALMOST A PAY DECREASE IN MY OPINION. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR A DECENT WAGE FOR OUR LOWEST WEIGHT LOWEST PAID CITY EMPLOYEES. BUT I WOULD ALSO ASK MY FELLOW CITY COUNCILORS DURING THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UNION CONTRACTS LET'S ALSO ASK ABOUT THESE LOW WAGES AND HOW DO WE INCREASE THEM WAGE INSTEAD OF 2%? ARE WE ABLE TO INCREASE IT TO 3%? MANY OTHER CITY UNIONS GET 3% BUT THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS OFTENTIMES GET 2%. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE A DECENT WAGE SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND LIVE IN DIGNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRABAND AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERE FOR ONCE AGAIN BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FORWARD.  THE THE MIXED INCOME WE REALLY JUST AREN'T WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING BUT WE ALSO REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD MORE MIXED INCOME HOUSING. I THINK THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT THE MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO FUND AND FINANCE. THE LUXURY HOUSING WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF AND THE LOW INCOME HOUSING IS VERY OFTEN ABLE TO GET SUBSIDIES AND GRANTS FROM FEDERAL AND STATE AND OTHER SOURCES. BUT IT'S THE MIDDLE INCOME FOLKS, THE FOLKS THAT ARE LEARNING EARNING MAYBE 60 TO MAYBE $100,000. THEY'RE THE MOST THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT SPACE IN WHICH TO GET FUNDING TO SUBSIDIZE THE BUILDING OF THOSE HOMES. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THIS IS WHERE THE PAIN POINT IS AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY PUT OUR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME DIFFERENT APPROACHES. I DO LIKE THE NOTION PRESENTED BY COUNSELOR SANTANA THE WHOLE ISSUE AROUND SOCIAL HOUSING THAT'S CERTAINLY AN AREA WE NEED TO DIVE INTO WITH MORE AND WE ALSO NEED TO DO MORE TO PROMOTE OUR NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS AS THEY ARE ABLE TO. THEY'RE NOT PAYING DIVIDENDS TO THEIR INVESTORS AND THEIR PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS.  THEY ARE BUILDING HOUSES FOR THOSE THAT MOST NEED IT. SO I THINK WE HAVE LOTS OF SPACE HERE TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS AND LEARN LEARN MORE AND AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FACING INTO A VERY PROMISING ENVIRONMENT WITH REGARD TO FEDERAL FUNDING. SO WE HAVE TO SORT OF PUT OUR PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH OTHER CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.  SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALSO THANK YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR YOUR WORK ON THE WHOLE QUESTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING AS IS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. SO ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNSELOR IS BREADON FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD. FLYNN MURPHY PIPPEN SANTANA, PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0416 WE REFER TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0417 MEMBER 0417 COUNCILOR OF FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR ANY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I'M FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TODAY AS I BELIEVE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE GENOCIDE EDUCATION IS CRITICAL FOR ALL AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE HORRORS OF THE PAST TO RECOGNIZE THAT NATIONAL ETHNIC, RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS HATRED CAN MANIFEST IN ACTS OF EXTREME VIOLENCE AND CREATE SUFFERING FOR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AND GROUPS. IN 2021 THE MASS STATE HOUSE PASSED A BILL AN ACT CONCERNING GENOCIDE EDUCATION THAT AMENDED THE MASS GENERAL LAWS TO ENSURE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDES INSTRUCTION ON THE HISTORY OF GENOCIDE.  THE ACT ALSO ESTABLISHED AND SET UP A SEPARATE FUND THE GENOCIDE EDUCATION TRUST FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE INHUMANITY OF GENOCIDE.  AT THAT TIME I OFFER A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL WHICH THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BEGINNING IN 2022 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE REQUIRED TO INCORPORATE GENOCIDE EDUCATION IN BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL . WHILE THE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS INCLUDE SEVERAL EXAMPLES EXAMPLES OF GENOCIDE THAT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE HOLOCAUST THE ARMENIAN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN ATROCITIES IN CAMBODIA AND RWANDA. IT IS UNCLEAR WHICH GRADES IN CLASSES THAT APPS CURRENTLY RECEIVE GENOCIDE, EDUCATION AND WHETHER THIS REQUIREMENT IS MET BY ALL SCHOOLS.  SINCE 2021 THERE HAVE BEEN A DRAMATIC RISE IN ANTISEMITISM GRAFFITI IN HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, PUBLIC SPACES INCLUDING THE NEW ENGLAND HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL.  THE UNITED NATIONS REPORT FOUND THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS FED INTO HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND THAT NEARLY 10% OF POSTS ON FACEBOOK 50% OF POSTS ON TWITTER THAT DISCUSS THE HOLOCAUST INCLUDED DENIAL CONTENT AFTER THE HORRIFIC TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, THE INSTANCES OF ANTISEMITISM SAW AN EVEN SHARPER RISE ACROSS THE WORLD AND RIGHT HERE IN NEW ENGLAND, MASSACHUSETTS AND BOSTON.  IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS IN THE AGE OF DISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA IT IS ALL THE MORE CRITICAL THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN TO ADDRESS THE INCREASING LEVELS OF HATE AND HATE CRIMES INCLUDING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROPERLY EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN ON THE ON THE FACTS AROUND OF THESE ATROCITIES.  I BELIEVE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A SOCIETY TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS LEARN FROM HISTORY SO THAT THE HORRORS OF THE PAST WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. THAT BOTH THE MEMORIES AND UNDERSTANDINGS WILL OUTWEIGH ONLINE MISINFORMATION AND HELP CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF MASS CRIMES AND UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MS..  THE CHAIR AND I JUST WANT TO FINISH JANICE ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THROUGH THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, IS THIS SORRY IS THIS TO INCLUDE THE AI IN SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE STUDENTS ON GENOCIDE ACROSS THE WORLD? THAT'S TRUE.  YEAH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY YOU MADAM CHAIR, I DIDN'T HEAR THE COMPLETE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL FRIEND. OH, SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?  SORRY, I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY.  ARE YOU ASKING FOR US TO HAVE A HEARING TO INCLUDE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION EDUCATION TO EDUCATE ON GENOCIDE ACROSS THE WORLD AND HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY AND OTHERS JUST WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE THIS IS THIS FALLS UNDER DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION EDUCATION. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING LIKE WHAT WAS LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR IT IS ANDERSON THIS HEARING WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY ON THE HOLOCAUST IN GENOCIDE THE STATE LAW FROM 2021 DICTATES THAT CITIES AND TOWNS, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS SHOULD BE TEACHING OR ARE REQUIRED TO TEACH HOLOCAUST ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE. SO I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE 2021 LAW THAT WAS PASSED UP AT THE STATE HOUSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCIL BREADON I'M SORRY I'VE BEEN MR. CLERK THREE THAT COUNTS WAS BRAEDON DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD AND HERE MURPHY THAT BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0417 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 0418I CAN HAVE A0418 COUNCILOR FLYING OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH LIBRARY.  THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KEN CHAPLIN BECAUSE OF LENYA THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I AM FILING THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE SOUTH BOSTON LIBRARY SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH LIBRARY STUDY HAS BEEN MARKED AS TO BE SCHEDULED SINCE FIRST APPEARING IN THE FBI 2022 CAPITAL BUDGET HAS A NEW PROJECT ENCODING IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. THE PROJECT WILL HAVE BEEN ON THE CITY'S CAPITAL BUDGET PLAN FOR FOUR YEARS.  SINCE 2022 THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS ALLOCATED $250,000 IN THE CAPITAL PLAN FOR A SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH LIBRARY STUDY TO CONDUCT A FACILITY ASSESSMENT AND TO DEVELOP A BUILDING PROGRAM THAT REFLECTS THE PEOPLES COMPASS PRINCIPLES AND SUPPORTS THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.  THIS STUDY WOULD THEN CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRANCH LIBRARY IN SOUTH BOSTON TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT HAS LONG BEEN A GOAL OF RESIDENTS TO HAVE AN UPDATED LIBRARY A STATE OF THE ART BASIC CITY SERVICE LIBRARY THAT SUPPORTS THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH BOSTON BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.  A NEW AND UPDATED SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH LIBRARY WOULD FOLLOW OTHER SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY THE SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PUBLIC LIBRARIES HERE IN THE CITY AFTER AFTER THE SOUTH END AS WELL.  THIS LIBRARY I WAS THERE LAST SATURDAY MEETING WITH SOME RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.  IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL LIBRARY, A DEDICATED TEAM OF LIBRARIANS THERE THEY PROVIDE A SPACE FOR LEARNING ACCESS TO CRITICAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH BOSTON,  LIKE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, DESERVE A NEW LIBRARY FACILITY AND THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS AND TIMELINE. A ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE DOING IS GOING UP THERE AND TALKING TO THE YOUNG YOUNG FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE MANY MOTHERS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.  I ALSO SEE A LOT OF OLDER SENIOR CITIZENS UP THERE THAT MIGHT BE RETIRED BUT THEY GO UP TO THE SOUTH BOSTON LIBRARY TO READ THE PAPER TO TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS, TO TO READ A BOOK, TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY EVENTS. THEY HAVE A COURTYARD OUT IN THE BACK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. MY MY WIFE QUESTION I WAS GOING OUT THERE IN THE SUMMERTIME WITH A BOOK OF READING OUT THERE BUT LIBRARIES ARE CRITICAL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.  THEY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE EVERY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A STATE OF THE ART PUBLIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL IS GREAT IN DURKAN FITZGERALD MAGGIE MURPHY SANTANA WEBER PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET NUMBER 0418 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 04190419 COUNCIL OF PLAYING OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR LONG TERM RESIDENTS AGE 55 AND OVER AND ABOVE AND ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZES CASUAL FUN KIND OF PLENTY TO THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILMAN MURPHY? PASTOR MURPHY SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I AM FILING THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THE LONG TIME RESIDENTS AND ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HEAVY FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR MANY FAMILIES ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT THEIR HOME DECADES AGO BEFORE HOUSING PRICES AND PROPERTY VALUES SKYROCKET IN THE CITY.  AFTER HOLDING SEVERAL HEARINGS AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST WITH THEN CITY COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY AND SPEAKING WITH MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT TWO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS I AM ADVOCATING FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR PROPERTIES TAXES INCLUDING TAX RELIEF OR EXEMPTIONS AIMED AT LONG TERM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE OWNED A HOME IN BOSTON FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS AND ARE AGE 55 AND OLDER AS WELL AS ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. WE TALK ABOUT RESPECT FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ESPECIALLY OUR LOW WAGE CITY EMPLOYEES IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM. CURRENTLY THE CITY OF BOSTON OFFERS A NUMBER OF PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHO QUALIFY INCLUDING OUR SENIORS WHO MEET INCOME LIMITS AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE HARDSHIP SURVIVING SPOUSES MINORS WITH THE DECEASED PARENT VETERANS IN OTHERS.  JUST RECENTLY WE AS A BODY PASSED A HOME RULE PETITION FROM COUNCILOR RALPH COUNCIL MURPHY TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TAX EXEMPTION FROM SENIOR HOMEOWNERS AGES 65 AND OLDER. OUR LONG TIME RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CALLED BOSTON HOME FOR DECADES AS WELL AS OUR DEDICATED CITY EMPLOYEES ESSENTIAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SOARING PROPERTY TAXES FOR YEARS. THESE ARE NEIGHBORS WHO BOUGHT THEIR HOME DECADES AGO FOR A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY'RE WORTH THEY'RE ON FIXED INCOME. THEY'RE NOT WEALTHY BUT THEY ARE PART OF ONE PART OF THE SOUL OF THE CITY AS ANYONE ELSE . JUST LAST NIGHT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS AT A STORE IN SOUTH BOSTON ON F STREET AND THERE WAS A RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE THERE IN THE CITY EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING AT A CAN OF CAMPBELL'S SOUP AND I SAID TO THE RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE,  CITY EMPLOYEE I SAID WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP CAN FOR? AND THEY SAID WELL I'M LOOKING AT THE PRICE IT LAST WEEK IT WAS IT WENT UP 20 SINCE AND I SAID I SAID IS THAT A IS THAT A DIFFERENCE FOR YOU IF THE SOUP KITCHEN GOES UP 20% THEY SAID YEAH THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR ME. THESE ARE VETERANS LITERALLY AND HOCKEY COACHES, RETIREES, TEACHERS THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS WHO SHOVEL SIDEWALKS FOR THE ELDERLY LITTLE BY LITTLE WE CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO HELP BUILD THIS COMMUNITY THIS PROPERTY TAXES THE PROPERTY VALUES MAY HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY DUE TO DEVELOPMENT AROUND THEM BUT IT'S GETTING TO BE OUT OF REACH TO STAY AND MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORS ALSO RENT OUT FLOORS IN THEIR BUILDINGS BIG OLD MARKET RATE TO THOSE IN NEED THAT IS A PIECE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING A CITY THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT MUCH HERE IN BOSTON BUT IT MIGHT BUT IN MY OPINION I BELIEVE IT'S CRITICAL THAT THESE RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO SAY HERE IN THE CITY CONTRIBUTE TO BOSTON. THEY'VE BEEN HERE DURING DIFFICULT TIMES AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE DURING GOOD TIMES AND THEY HELPED BUILD THE CITY. THE CITY SHOULD EXPLORE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLICIES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE TAX RELIEF TO THESE HOMEOWNERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO TRY YOUR BEST TO REMAIN SILENT WHILE COUNCILORS ARE SPEAKING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY, COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I DO JUST WANT TO THANK OUR GUEST FOR TRYING HER HARDEST. IT'S HARD. I UNDERSTAND.  SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, NOT ALL OF US HAVE THE SAME ABILITY TO DO THAT, SO THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU ON THIS HEARING ORDER TO ADDRESS THE GROWING CONCERN ABOUT THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF PROPERTY TAXES ON LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES IN BOSTON.  AS WE KNOW, MANY FAMILIES WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR DECADES ARE FACING INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES DUE TO THE SOARING REAL ESTATE MARKET.  THIS COUPLED WITH THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY THE POST PANDEMIC INFLATION HAVE LEFT MANY STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS AND MUNICIPAL WORKERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS CITY. PROPERTY TAXES ARE AN ESSENTIAL SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY BUT WE MUST ALSO CONSIDER THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES THEY PLACE ON THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED BUILD AND SUSTAIN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE CITY OF BOSTON ALREADY OFFERS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS TO CERTAIN RESIDENTS SUCH AS SENIORS AND VETERANS.  BUT WE NEED TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONG TERM HOMEOWNERS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE AND ARE 55 YEARS OR OLDER. AND SO WHEN I DID READ THAT COUNCIL PLAN I DID TELL YOU I WOULD QUALIFY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND AS WELL AS FOR OUR ESSENTIAL CITY WORKERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL STRAIN.  OTHER CITIES LIKE DETROIT HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO ASSIST HOMEOWNERS WHO FACE DIFFICULTIES IN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON THEIR INCOME IN BOSTON SHOULD CONSIDER SIMILAR MEASURES. THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING TAX EXEMPTIONS OR RELIEF PROGRAMS FOR THESE KEY GROUPS HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT PRICED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. I HOPE THIS HEARING WILL HELP US FIND WAYS TO PROTECT OUR LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR VIBRANT CITY WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING PRICED OUT. THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL IS BREADON FITZGERALD FERNANDA ANDERSON MEJIA PEPEN WEBER SANTANA PLEASE. OTHER CHAIR THEY STARTED TALKING NUMBER 0419 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.  MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 04200420 COUNCIL SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE WAYS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND BETTER FACILITATE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN FOUR BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSISTENT ANY OTHER FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  UM, SO YOU KNOW WE ALL KNOW CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE PUBLICLY NOTICED. THEY'RE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. THEY'RE ALSO SENT OUT ON A WEEKLY CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER. I ALSO KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES POST ON THEIR OWN PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENGAGEMENT. THIS HEARING US TO DISCUSS WAYS WE CAN GO BEYOND THOSE STEPS. I WAS GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF YEARS IDEAS THAT MY TEAM AND I CAME UP WITH UM AND THE HEARING IS MEANT TO HAVE TO THAT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF BUDGET SEASON AS WE'RE MAKING SOME PRIORITIES.  UM, SO THAT IDEA CENTRAL STATUTORY LIAISON A CENTRAL STAFF COMMUNITY LIAISON WILL ASSIST WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND REDUCED DUPLICATED EFFORTS BETWEEN COUNCIL OFFICES SO THAT WAY COUNCIL OFFICES CAN FOCUS ON ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CAN MAINTAIN CENTRAL REGISTRY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN COMMITTEE WORKS THAT CAN OPT IN TO AND TO ALSO HELP IDENTIFY POTENTIAL COMMUNITY PANELS AND PUBLIC TESTIMONIES TO INVITE.  ANOTHER IDEA THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS A POTENTIAL VIRTUAL PUBLIC TESTIMONY IMPROVEMENTS RECOGNIZE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EQUIPMENT CAN BE A BARRIER BUT COULD ALSO BROADEN ACCESSIBILITY TO IT CAN BETTER INTEGRATE VIRTUAL PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON EQUAL FOOTING WITH IN-PERSON AND THE ABILITY TO SEE COUNCILORS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHILE SPEAKING. SO YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS THAT WE CAN WITH AN EXTRA STAFFER ON THE CENTRAL STAFF AND WE CAN HAVE A FULL TIME PERSON DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MAKING SURE THAT OUR HEARINGS, OUR MEETINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKED ABOUT MAYBE IF WE WERE TO HAVE SUCH A PERSON AND APPROVED EQUIPMENT EVEN WHEN WE'RE HAVING HEARINGS IN HERE WE CAN PROBABLY IDENTIFY DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE A HYBRID MODEL WHERE PEOPLE CAN YOU, YOU KNOW, GO TO THAT LIBRARY OR COMMUNITY OR OUTSIDE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE AND BE ABLE TO TESTIFY FROM THERE AS ARE TUNING IN HERE. SO YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS OBVIOUSLY OUR HEARINGS ARE AT 10 A.M. OR 2 P.M. IF YOU'RE AN AVERAGE RESIDENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, MOST LIKELY WORKING OR SCHOOL OR DOING SOMETHING ELSE. SO THIS IS WILL BE A BETTER WAY MORE HEARING AND OR HEARING ORDER TO A DISCUSSION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WITH ALL OF US TO DISCUSS BETTER WAYS TO INCREASE IT, TO INCREASE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITHIN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL OVER HERE COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR A FILE IN THIS HEARING. I REMEMBER IN 2018 2019 WHEN I WAS RUNNING PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME WHAT WAS GOING TO BE MY FIRST HEARING AND I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO A HEARING ON PUBLIC HEARINGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WORK BUT ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE THAT WE WERE IN I ENDED UP HAVING TO FILE THE HEARING ON SAFE SANCTUARY SPACES. SO THAT'S WHAT I FOCUSED ON. BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR INTENTIONALITY AROUND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR BREDON AND THEN COUNCILOR EDWARDS AND I WORKED ON DIGITAL DEMOCRACY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE MEETING THE MOMENT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD MAINTAIN THAT. I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING BUT THEN COVID CAME AND CHANGED ALL OF US AND EVEN HOW WE FUNCTIONED AND IT REALLY DEMONSTRATED THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INCREASED WHEN WE SAW PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO LOG IN VIRTUALLY. SO I AM BLAKE HERE FOR WHATEVER IS GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE A VOICE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU. I ALSO THINK THAT ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE TYPE OF SPACES IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE THEM BUT ALSO THE TYPES OF SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SO LANGUAGE ACCESS OUR OFFICE WAS THE FIRST OFFICE TO HOST THE HEARING WHERE THERE WAS MULTIPLE INTERPRETATION OFFERED AND SO I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A PRACTICE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE DO IT WE DO IT JUST MAKE PEOPLE SIGN UP AND IF THEY DO THEN WE ARE ABLE TO ASK FOR IT. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MANY BARRIERS TO ENGAGEMENT AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CHILDCARE AND WORKING ALONGSIDE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHILD CARE NOT JUST CHILDCARE BUT MAYBE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OLD AND OVER. WE WANT TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF CARING FOR KIDS BECAUSE THAT CAN GET US INTO SOME TROUBLE.  AND I ALSO THINK THAT IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT ENGAGEMENT THEN OUR BUDGETS ALSO HAVE TO REFLECT, YOU KNOW, SOME SUPPORT SERVICES FOR EVEN PROVIDING REFRESHMENTS.  I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY. THOSE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT I'D LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF REAL ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN WHILE I HAVE THE MIC,  I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO EVEN CONSIDER HOW WE FACILITATE SOME OF THESE HEARINGS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE THE CONSTRUCTS IN TERMS OF JUST WHO SPEAKS FIRST, HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE TO SPEAK.  I THINK THAT THOSE ARE SORT OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO SEE HERE IN THE ART AND IN YOUR HEARING ORDER.  AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE SUPER MINDFUL OF MAKING SURE OR AT LEAST I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO MORE OF THIS BUT THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE DO HAVE HEARINGS THEY USUALLY START AND SOMETIMES WE PUT THINGS OUT AND PEOPLE SHOW UP AND IT'S BASED ON YOUR CONSTITUENCY AND WHO'S FOLLOWING YOU. BUT I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY DEDICATED TO ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING NEUTRAL AND THAT WE'RE HAVING SPACE FOR ALL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO BE HEARD, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ALSO ADDED TO THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FIND COUNCILOR PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  I ALSO THINK PART OF THE SOLUTION AND I KNOW MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WILL BE UPSET WITH ME FOR SAYING THIS BUT I THINK PART OF THE SOLUTION IS FOR CITY COUNCILORS TO SHOW UP TO MEETINGS AS WELL . THESE MEETINGS ARE ON TELEVISION, THEY'RE ON VIDEO LIVE AND THEY'VE BROADCASTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND AT TIMES THE PUBLIC WILL SAY TO ME HEY ED, HOW COME COUNCILORS IF YOU COULD SO THAT TO THE COUNCIL WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THEY'LL SAY TO ME HEY ED, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THERE WAS TWO COLLEAGUES OF YOURS IN THE CHAMBER. I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO CALL PEOPLE OUT BUT IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME. I'M NOT MAKING FRIENDS HERE BY POINTING OUT THAT MY COLLEAGUES DON'T SHOW UP FOR MEETINGS BUT IT SETS IT SETS AN EXAMPLE.  DO WE TAKE MEETINGS SERIOUSLY OR DO WE JUST NOT SHOW UP BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON? BUT I THINK IT STARTS WITH THAT SO I SUPPORT THIS HEARING ORDER BUT IT DOES START WITH US ENGAGING IN BEING PRESENT AT THESE MEETINGS WE SHOULD HAVE 95% ATTENDANCE READING ATTENDANCE AT EVERY MEETING. THAT'S OUR JOB.  AGAIN, I KNOW PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH ME BUT IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HOW WE INCLUDE THE PUBLIC TO COME TO THIS CHAMBER AND OBSERVE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS, IT'S UPON US TO TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND IT'S ABOUT SHOWING UP. IT'S ABOUT WELCOMING PEOPLE.  IT'S ABOUT WELCOMING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ALSO INTO THIS CHAMBER.  ARE WE MAKING IT COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO COME INTO THE INTO THE CHAMBER WE JUST HAD WE JUST HAD A FAMILY THAT WAS HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO. ARE WE MAKING IT RESPECTFUL FOR EVERYBODY TO COME INTO THIS INTO THIS CHAMBER TO LISTEN TO WELCOME THEM, TO RESPECT AND ARE WE BEING DISRESPECTFUL ALSO IS IT DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PUBLIC WHEN ALL THREE OR FOUR CITY COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT AT A MEETING?  WE HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I THINK IT IS I THINK I THINK THE PUBLIC WANTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON AT AT A PUBLIC MEETING REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SUBJECT IS CERTAINLY I UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY, IF THERE IS A MEDICAL CONDITION, IF YOUR CHILD HAS TO BE AT SCHOOL, THOSE ARE ALL UNDERSTANDABLE BUT BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE BECAUSE I HAD SOMETHING I'D RATHER DO IN ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY.  THIS THIS JOB IS ABOUT SHOWING UP AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF THAT LEAD BY EXAMPLE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO STAND IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS HERE IN ORDER I THINK THAT IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA BECAUSE I MEAN ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE IS WHEN THEY'RE BETTER ATTENDED BY THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL FOR US TO FIND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ANY RESIDENT TO MAKE IT TO A CITY COUNCIL HEARING. SO KUDOS TO THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COUNCILOR AND I ALSO ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHENEVER THERE'S A HEARING THAT IMPACTS THE YOUTH OR STUDENTS I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE CAN HOLD THEM AFTER SCHOOL HOURS SO THAT WE CAN INVITE THE YOUTH SO THERE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THEM. I THINK THAT I WASN'T A COUNCILOR YET BUT I REMEMBER WATCHING THE O'BRIEN HEARING I THOUGHT THE MAYOR DID A GREAT JOB. I KNOW I REMEMBER SHE CHAIRED THAT BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB PROVIDED CHILD CARE AND THERE WAS ROOM FILLED WITH O'BRIEN STUDENTS SO WE SHOULD SEE MORE OF THAT. SO I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. WHAT ANYONE? OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I DO JUST ALSO WANT TO RISE TO SAY SOME OF THE BEST HEARINGS THAT THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN FULLY ENGAGED IN HAVE BEEN THE ONES WHERE WE'VE SWITCHED IT UP AND THANK YOU TO CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR BEING BRAVE AND OFTEN DOING THAT BUT GETTING PUSHBACK. AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON, YOU HAVE ALSO DONE MEETINGS LIKE THAT. THERE HAS BEEN THIS BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT BUT THAT DOES NOT IN ANY WAY MEAN THAT THOSE ARE THE RULES OR THIS IDEA OF BEST PRACTICES AND WE AS A BODY CAN ALWAYS DECIDE WHAT THE BEST PRACTICES ARE AND THOSE CHANGE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OFTENTIMES WANTS TO HAVE THEIR PANELIST COME FIRST OR THEY CHOOSE WHICH PANELIST OR NOT SEND THEM ALL AND THEN ALSO ON THE FORMAT OF STAYING THROUGH PUBLIC TESTIMONY SO WHEN WE'RE ALLOWING THE NON ADMINISTRATION PANELISTS TO GO FIRST OR WE'RE ALLOWING QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC TO COME THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL, I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES IS MORE EFFECTIVE. SO I DO WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE ALSO AND I KNOW WE'LL TALK IT AT THE HEARING BUT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT SET THE RULES OR THE FORMAT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THAT POWER BACK AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A BODY STICK UP FOR EACH OTHER ON THAT. AND WHEN WE HAVE HEARINGS WHERE THEY DON'T SHOW UP WHERE THEY SAY WELL I HAVE A HARD STOP AND I HAVE TO LEAVE, WE'RE ALL BUSY WE ALL HAVE IMPORTANT JOBS FROM OUR YOU KNOW, POLICEMEN TO MUNICIPAL WORKERS TO OUR OFFICE WORKERS. EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE HAS DUTIES AND TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TIMELINES AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE PLACES. BUT WHEN WE NEED YOU HERE THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT ISSUES I EXPECT THAT THEY COME AND THAT WE AS THE CHAIR IN THIS BODY SET THE FORMAT OF THE MEETINGS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND THANK THE MAKER.  I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT FILING. THE CONVERSATION AROUND PROCESSES IS IN TERMS OF HEARINGS AND MAKING IT MORE ENGAGING FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FROM US IS VERY IMPORTANT.  ALSO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK I OFTEN LIKE WAIT LIKE RISE WITH SORT OF LIKE PAIN POINTS AND WHAT TO ADDRESS BUT I WANT TO RISE AND ACTUALLY SAY LIKE KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU AND INCLUDING MYSELF WHO TRIES TO MAKE IT IN THIS JOB LIKE YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO SHOW UP TO HEARINGS. YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP TO EVENTS IN A COMMUNITY AND I HAVE RISEN BEFORE AND I'VE SAID HEY, IT'S NOT COOL NOT TO SHOW UP TO A HEARING. SO I'M WITH COUNCILOR QUINN ON THAT BUT IT'S GAME TIME AND MORE OBSERVATION. FOR EXAMPLE JUST NOW WE DID HAVE A FAMILY WITH DISABILITY IN THE CHAMBER AND I'M ONLY STATING THAT BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY FAMILIAR THIS I'VE MET THEM BEFORE SO I CAN ACTUALLY SAY THAT IT IS SPECIAL BECAUSE I'VE CONFIRMED BEFORE AND THEN I NOTICE THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT THEN SENT HER CHIEF OF STAFF TO GO TALK TO THEM, TO WELCOME THEM AND TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME. SO IF YOU OBSERVE AND YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE MAKING DIFFERENT MOVES AND TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT PEOPLE SO SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL PERSPECTIVE AND SOMETIMES IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE MAYBE BEING NEW NOT NECESSARILY MANAGING AND NAVIGATING THE SCHEDULE AND THEN I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I'VE HAD THE ASSUMPTION THAT OH WELL PEOPLE ARE NOT SHOWING UP, NOT COOL. THE CONVERSATION IS NOT AS ROBUST AS THOUGHT, AS THOROUGH AS I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OR FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE THE CONCEPT OF MURPHY'S POINT IT WILL IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP OR IF THEY SHOW UP HALF THE TIME THEN THE ASSUMPTION OF ILL INTENT SOMETIMES IT'S NATURAL FOR US AS HUMAN BEINGS BUT THEN ALSO ARE WE HAVE WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND BUILT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT. SO WE'RE ALL RIGHT WHEN WE SAY PEOPLE ARE NOT SHOWING UP, WE'RE ALL RIGHT WHEN WE SAY ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SHOWING UP AND THAT'S NOT OKAY THEN IT POSES QUESTION OF WHAT WHAT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?  WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? WHERE ARE THE KINKS? HOW DO WE FIX IT? SO THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALLOW EACH OTHER GRACE AND AND LOOK AT THE PROCESSES AND SEE IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND PROTOCOLS. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE JUST TOOLS OR TEMPORARY THEN WE CAN REVISE IT IN WITH WITH THE IDEA IN MIND LEAVING ROOM FOR ERROR THAT WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT AT FIRST AND MAYBE AS WE GO WE START EVOLVING THE PROCESS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT I WANT I ALSO WANT TO THIS ALSO IMPLICATES CENTRAL STAFF SO I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO ALL THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD HEARINGS AND MEETINGS OFTENTIMES THAT ARE RUNNING LONG. BUT I THINK THAT SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO DO IN THIS JOB AND SO I JUST WANT TO ELEVATE AND SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR JUST TAKING THE WORK SERIOUSLY, FOR SHOWING UP AND FOR REPRESENTING OUR CONSTITUENTS THE WAY THAT WE DO SO NO ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON AND FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY THE BAND SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET NUMBER 0420 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE THE NUMBER 0421 DOCKET NUMBER 0421 COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE STAFFING IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. CUSTOMER IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER A DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE STAFFING IN BOSTON BECAUSE ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD NEVER BE A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO DO THE JOB YET THAT IS EXACTLY THE SITUATION WE ARE FACING.  BOSTON POLICE STAFFING LEVELS ARE DOWN 135 OFFICERS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND DESPITE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS OUR OFFICERS ARE STRETCHED THIN, OVERWORKED AND INCREASINGLY BEING ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS. THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE BUT ITS IMPACT IS BECOMING MORE EVIDENT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SECURING LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS EVENTS THAT DEFINE OUR CITY AND SHOULD NOT COME WITH THE RISK OF INADEQUATE POLICE COVERAGE.  TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE UPCOMING ALLIED WAR VETERANS COUNCIL PARADE IN MARCH THE ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN SOUTH BOSTON EVEN WITH A FULL DEPARTMENT WIDE CALL UP BPD DOES NOT BELIEVE IT HAS ENOUGH OFFICERS TO SAFELY STAFF THE EVENT.  AS A RESULT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO LEAN HEAVILY ON MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE AND SURROUNDING MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCES TO FILL THE GAPS. WELL BPD HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. OUR GROWING RELIANCE ON OUTSIDE AGENCY RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT BOSTON'S LONG TERM PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY THE FINANCIAL BURDEN IT HAS ON THE CITY AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR OFFICERS. THIS HEARING IS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE EVENT IT'S ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ASK WHAT IS THE CITY'S LONG TERM PLAN TO ADDRESS POLICE STAFFING SHORTAGES? HOW DO THESE SHORTAGES IMPACT RESPONSE TIMES, CRIME PREVENTION AND EMERGING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS? WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL AND LOGISTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF INCREASINGLY DEPENDING ON EXTERNAL AGENCIES? AND AT A PREVIOUS HEARING I SPONSORED ALONG WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR PEPEN ON FIRST RESPONDER PROTOCOLS AT LARGE EVENTS THE ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO SEND THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS TO ANSWER THESE CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY QUESTIONS.  WE CANNOT AFFORD THAT KIND OF NEGLIGENCE AGAIN, BOSTON DESERVES CLEARANCES A STRATEGIC PLAN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY A FULLY STAFFED POLICE FORCE THAT IS EQUIPPED TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM BPD LEADERSHIP, CITY OFFICIALS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS AS WE EXAMINE HOW TO STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES AND BETTER SUPPORT OUR OFFICERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COMES OFF LINEAR ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING ME OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED FOR HIRING HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT DECADE TO ADDRESS LONG STANDING ISSUES OF UNDERSTAFFING, OVERSTRETCHED RESOURCE IS FORCED OVERTIME FOR BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS LOOMING RETIREMENTS LAST YEAR COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED WE HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFFING LEVELS AS THIS ISSUE HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR CITY POLICE UNDERSTAFFING IN RECENT YEARS MEANS THAT CURRENT OFFICERS ARE MANDATED TO FILL IN THE GAPS WITH FORCED OVERTIME WHICH HAS LED TO BURNOUT IN OFFICERS TAKING A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TOLL ON OUR OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.  WE MUST FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS TO FEEL VALUED WHILE BUILDING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH RESIDENTS THROUGH COMMUNITY POLICING HAVING SUFFICIENT POLICE STAFFING LEVELS IS CRITICAL TO HELP MAKE THE STREETS OF BOSTON SAFE FOR ALL NEIGHBORS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR DEDICATED POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL.  IN MY OPINION IT IS NOT OKAY FOR OFFICERS TO BE MANDATED TO WORK EXCESSIVE HOURS. IT IS CRITICAL THAT BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSISTENTLY RECRUIT AND RETAIN POLICE OFFICERS.  THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.  JUST LAST WEEK, AS COUNCILMAN MURPHY MENTIONED AT A MEETING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT CITY STATE, FEDERAL PARTNERS IN ADVANCE OF THE EVACUATION DAY PLANNING SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR I HAVE HELD A MONTHLY VIRTUAL MEETING WITH KEY STAKEHOLDER IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES RELATING TO THE EVACUATION DAY PARADE, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.  IT WAS REVEALED BY THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT THAT WAS ON THE MEETING THAT BOSTON POLICE IS DOWN 135 OFFICERS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR THE SAME TIME LAST THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT STEP TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES 135 LESS BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS SIGNIFICANT.  WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE INCENTIVIZE WAYS TO NOT ONLY RECRUIT MORE POLICE OFFICERS FOR THOSE REASONS BUT ALSO SO THAT OUR EXISTING POLICE FORCE HAS A WORK LIFE BALANCE THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES SO THAT THEY ARE ARRESTED WHEN THEY'RE ON THE STREETS OR IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. WE WERE HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL A WEEK AGO AND I THINK WE'RE HERE TO 9:00 AND WE WERE ALL TIRED AND I WAS TIRED AS WELL BUT IMAGINE DOING THAT CONSISTENTLY FIVE DAYS A WEEK BEING OUT ON THE STREETS AS A POLICE OFFICER IN VERY HAZARDOUS, DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN A POLICE OFFICER MAKES A MISTAKE AFTER WORKING 16 HOURS WELL THIS BODY WILL THIS CITY COUNCIL BODY SUPPORT THAT POLICE OFFICER IF HE OR SHE MAKES A MINOR MISTAKE ? I DON'T THINK SO. SO WHY PUT THEM IN THAT POSITION TO BEGIN WITH? LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS ON OUR HANDS WITH SO FEW WITH SO FEW POLICE OFFICERS LET'S NOT SET THEM UP FOR FAILURE. LET'S DO ALL WE CAN TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS, RETAIN THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND BE RESPECTFUL TO THEM AS WELL IN THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL'S DEREK AND FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD MICKEY PIPPEN WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0421 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0422I CAN HAVE A ZERO FOR TWO TO COUNCILOR A MURPHY OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT OF AND SUSTAINED FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY SYRINGE REDEMPTION PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CASTILLEJO TOO. SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEED FOR REINSTATING THE COMMUNITY SYRINGE REDEMPTION PROGRAM KNOWN AS CE SRP IN BOSTON.  SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN DECEMBER 2020, THE SRP HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN ENHANCING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY COLLECTING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION SYRINGES. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF ITS FEDERAL PANDEMIC RECOVERY FUNDING JUNE OF 2020 FOR THE THE PROGRAM WAS DISCONTINUED LEADING TO A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN IMPROPERLY DISCARDED SYRINGES ACROSS THE CITY POSING SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH. WHILE THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION CONTINUES TO OPERATE OTHER SYRINGE COLLECTION INITIATIVES, THE CSR APPEARS UNIQUE APPROACH OFFERING INCENTIVES FOR SYRINGE RETURNS HAS PROVEN EXCEPTIONALLY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING NEEDLE LITTER LITTER AND CREATING CLEANER AND SAFER SPACES.  ALTHOUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NEW MARKET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THE BID THE NEW MARKET AND SUE SULLIVAN DOES AN AMAZING JOB HAVE STEPPED INTO THE INTO TO ADDRESS THE GAP LEFT BY THE CSR CONCLUSION THE ISSUE HAS SPREAD WELL BEYOND NEW MARKET AREA. WHAT ONCE WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE MASS IN CASS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW A CITYWIDE CONCERN WITH IMPROPERLY DISCARDED SYRINGES APPEARING ACROSS VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. RECENT DATA ANALYZED BY THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION INDICATES A DECLINE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR WHICH IS PROMISING. HOWEVER, THE RISE IN IMPROPERLY DISCARDED SYRINGES CONTINUES TO POSE A PRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE THAT WE MUST ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY. THIS HEARING WILL FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF CSPS CLOSURE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEEDLE LITTER ACROSS BOSTON. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CSP COMPARED TO OTHER SYRINGE COLLECTION EFFORTS FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THE IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF CSP. LIKE I SAID EARLIER.  LIKE MANY THINGS WE'RE FINDING OUT. GOOD PROGRAM AIMS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS MANY THEM HAD BEEN FUNDED BY TEMPORARY OPERA FUNDS THAT ARE GONE NOW FEDERAL FUNDS. WE'RE SEEING IT IN OUR BOSTON SCHOOL BUDGET WHERE THE ESSER FUNDS ARE NO LONGER THERE AND SO WE DO NEED TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. WE HAVE THE DATA, THE EVIDENCE AND THE SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKED. THE QUESTION NOW IS HOW DO WE BRING IT BACK AND ENSURE ITS CONTINUATION? THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF BOSTON COMMUNITIES ARE A PARAMOUNT CONCERN AND I URGE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE REINSTATEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUNDING OF THE COMMUNITIES SYRINGE REDEMPTION PROGRAM. BY DOING SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, SAFEGUARD OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS THAT OUR CITY DESERVES AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE CITY DESERVES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MAJORITY OF THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU THE COUNCILMAN MURPHY FOR ALLOWING ME TO CO-SPONSOR ALONG WITH YOU ON THIS BILL VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JUST SAID ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO FOR THE COMMUNITY SYRINGE REDEMPTION PROGRAM LOST THAT CITY FUNDING THE ONUS OF THE NEEDLE PICK UP IS PLACED SQUARELY ON THE NEW MARKET BID BACK TO WORK PROGRAM, A GREAT PROGRAM RAN BY SUE SULLIVAN WHERE RECOVERING ADDICTS ARE PAID HOURLY TO CLEAN UP NEEDLES AS THEIR JOB AND PUT THEM ON A GOOD PATH WITH GOOD HABITS. HOWEVER, WITH THE RECENT CRACKDOWNS ON MASKS AND CASTS, WE HAVE SEEN ISSUES OF NEEDLES SPREAD BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BACK TO WORK PROGRAM. IT HAS SPREAD THERE. THE BACK TO WORK PROGRAM AREA OF CONCENTRATION THIN THESE ACTIVE USERS NOW SCATTERED THROUGHOUT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY ARE DISCARDING NEEDLES WHERE THE BACK TO WORK PROGRAM CANNOT REACH THE MODEL OF THE SRP WHERE ACTIVE USERS ARE INCENTIVIZED TO PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES WAS EFFECTIVE AND WE BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE REINSTATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THIS CONTROVERSY AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  ONE MOMENT. OKAY.  BECAUSE COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES? COULD I SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL OC? THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY TO SUSPEND THE RULES EXCLUDING THE 30 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CASUAL FUN SO ADDED COMFORTABLE INTO THE FLOOR. AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK EACH OF COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR INCLUDING ME. I KNOW THAT THE SRP PROGRAM WAS WORKING. IT WAS WORKING WELL. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE EMPLOYED THERE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. THEY WERE PROFESSIONAL.  THEY PICKED UP THE NEEDLES, THEY PROPERLY DISCARDED THEM.  IT WASN'T JUST AT MASS IN CASE IT WAS OTHER AREAS AS WELL WITH MASS AND CHAOS BEING THE IT BEING EXPANDED THE DRUGS SITUATION IS NOW HAPPENING THROUGHOUT MANY NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON INCLUDING ALMOST EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT TWO THAT I REPRESENT INCLUDING ANDREW SQUARE WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM MY HOUSE.  WE ALSO SEE DISCARDED NEEDLES THROUGHOUT CHINATOWN. WE SEE THEM IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON THAT I REPRESENT. WE SEE THEM ON BOSTON COMMON.  WE SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH END AS WELL OTHER AREAS IN ROXBURY AS WELL. BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS THE PROGRAM IS WORKING. IT WORKED EFFECTIVELY. I SPOKE WITH THE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS ON THIS PROGRAM RECENTLY TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY THEY WANT TO WORK THE DESPERATE TO WORK. THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY.  THEY WERE PROFESSIONAL. THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND THE CITY CUT THE PROGRAM WELL NOW IT'S BUDGET TIME. IS THIS A PRIORITY FOR US AS CITY COUNCIL IS TO ENSURE WE PROVIDE SAFE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT INCLUDES PICKING UP DISCARDED NEEDLES.  I THINK IT'S WORTH THE FIGHT. I THINK IT'S WORTH IT TO HAVE THESE DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS ON THE STREETS PROVIDING CRITICAL SERVICES THAT ARE PROFESSIONAL. THE RESULTS ARE EXCEPTIONAL AS WELL. LET'S GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO WORK. THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD NOT BE CUT. THEY SHOULD BE EXPANDED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK THE CSR PROGRAM IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT BLOCKS FUNDING DUE TO ARPA AND HAPPY TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BUDGET FOR US TO ADD MONEY TO THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN FUND THIS PROGRAM. IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WE HAVE TOO MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMPLAINING AND IT ALSO BRINGS A LOT OF DIGNITY TO THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN RECOVERY. SO I THINK IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM.  LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION, FROM OTHERS TO HEAR FROM THE NEWMARKET BID TO BRING IN A NEW TASK FORCE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT AND EXPAND. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE I COUNCILORS DURKIN FERNANDO ANDERSON HERE THE BAND SANTANA WEBER PLEASE LET THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCTOR NUMBER 0422 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER 04230423 COUNCIL ON MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEED HUMPS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. CUSTOMER FORGET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK ALL OF US CAN SAY WITH OUR EMAILS, TEXTS, PHONE CALLS INTO OUR OFFICES SPEED HUMPS HAVE BECOME THE NEW RODENT RAT CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING. LOTS OF NEIGHBORS WANT TO KNOW WHEN THEY ARE STREETS WHERE THE WHEN THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO GET THEM.  BUT I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING ISSUE OF SPEED HUMPS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. RECENTLY THE CITY OF BOSTON CONDUCTED AN ENGINEERING REVIEW OF THE SPEED HUMPS ON ALLENDALE STREET FOLLOWING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT THEY WERE NOT FUNCTIONING AS ATTENDED. AS A RESULT THE SPEED HUMPS WERE REMOVED. THIS SITUATION HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO EVALUATING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN OUR CITY. I THINK IT'S ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE ABOUT THE CAMERAS ON THE SCHOOL BUSSES. WHEN CARS WHEN WE NEED SPEED HUMPS ON ALL OUR STREETS IT MEANS THAT CARS ARE SPEEDING AND IF WE JUST ENFORCE THAT WE PULLED PEOPLE OVER AND GAVE THEM TICKETS FOR SPEEDING ON OUR STREETS. WE MAY NOT NEED THE SPEED HUMPS BUT WHILE SPEED HUMPS ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SAFETY. THEY ARE NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY ASSESS THEIR IMPACT ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.  WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE MEASURES WE IMPLEMENT ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS WHILE MAINTAINING THE OVERALL SAFETY OF OUR STREETS.  THIS HEARING WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEED HUMPS AS A TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURE. THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY COLLECTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THAT MIGHT BE MORE SUITABLE FOR CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS IN THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING FROM CITY OFFICIALS, RESIDENTS AND TRAFFIC EXPERTS AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON OUR STREETS AND ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S VOICES ARE HEARD IN THE PROCESS.  I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AND IF I CAN SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ALSO ADD COUNCILOR PEP INTO THIS HEARING GO TO PLEASE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN IT IS ADDED AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILORS THAT COUNCILOR PIPPIN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR PREPAREDNESS SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SINCE I SINCE I BECAME A CITY COUNCILOR SEVEN YEARS AGO I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF PEDESTRIAN RESTAURANT SAFETY. IN 2018 I OFFERED A 12 POINT PLAN FOLLOWING A TRAGIC CRASH WHERE A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOY LOST HIS LIFE ON ELM STREET IN SOUTH BOSTON. MY PLAN INCLUDED SPEED HUMPS RAISED CROSSWALKS, PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS WITH RAPID FLASH BEACONS, CURB EXTENSIONS AND OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE. IN MY OPINION, SPEEDING CARS ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. EVERYONE IS IN A RUSH. WE HAVE WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH GROWTH. WE HAVE HAD SO MANY COMMUNITIES CUTTING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO MANY UBERS AND LIFTS THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH OUR STREETS. WE HAVE MOPEDS, DIRT BIKES, SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC BIKES AND BIKES GOING THROUGH STOP SIGNS, RED LIGHTS THE WRONG WAY ON ONE WAY STREETS AND MANEUVERING CARS THROUGH CARS IN FRONT OF THEM AS RED LIGHTS TURN GREEN. IT CAN'T BE THE WILD WEST ANY LONGER. I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM THE SAFETY SEARCH WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS.  BUT IN MY OPINION IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN THE EXACT OPPOSITE WAY. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED ON MAIN STREETS, COMMERCIAL ROADS, HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS AND BUS ROUTES. THESE ARE OUR BUSY AREAS AND WHERE THE MAJORITY OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND FOOT TRAFFIC COME IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER THAT'S COMMON SENSE.  WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER STATES OR EVEN MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN THE STATE LIKE QUINCY AT QUINCY CENTER FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SEE RES CROSSWALKS ON THE MAIN ROADS IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. AGAIN THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIAN FOOT TRAFFIC IS. YOU WANT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO FEEL SAFE COMING CROSSING THE ROAD IN A SHOPPING DISTRICT, GOING TO A BALL FIELD OR OUTSIDE TO A SENIOR CENTER INSTEAD OF PUTTING A FEW OF THESE RAISED CROSSWALKS OR SPEED HUMPS AND PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS THE STREETS IN STRATEGIC SPOTS OF HIGH FOOT TRAFFIC. THE CITY PUT ZONES AND DOZENS OF DOZENS OF THEM ON SIDE STREETS. YOU COULD HAVE PUT THEM AT A CROSSWALK OF HEAVY FOOT TRAFFIC ON A MAIN STREET LIKE WALGREENS AND STOP AND SHOP ON EAST BROADWAY IN SOUTH BOSTON OR M STREET AND END STREET WHERE PARENTS AND KIDS CROSS BROADWAY OR GO TO MEDAL OF HONOR POP AND CROSS IN CARS AND BUSSES OFTEN SPEED UP AND DOWN A HILL. YOU COULD PUT THEM ON DORCHESTER STREET ACROSS IN THE MARIAN MANOR. IN MY OPINION THE CITY DID IT THIS WAY CURRENTLY BECAUSE BTD CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT A COMBINATION OF ROAD DIETS AND BIKE LANES ACROSS THE CITY STREETS AND COMMERCIAL CAR US WHEN CARS BECOME FRUSTRATED WITH THE TRAFFIC THEY CUT THROUGH SIDE STREETS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY NEVER BEEN TO AND THEY DO NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CITY WILL SAY THEY NEED TO RIGHT SIZE THE ROAD. BUT ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AFTER A TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON OUR STREET WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS ONE OF THE MOST NARROW ROADS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, CARS CONTINUE TO FLY UP AND DOWN THE STREET WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED, HIGH SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN MAY SAY 20 MILES PER HOUR TODAY BUT THAT DOES NOTHING TO MAKE THAT CAR GO SLOWER DEGRADING THESE INTERSECTIONS ONLY HELPS RESIDENTS SEE THAT THE CAR COMING FROM THE HIGHWAY ARE GOING VERY FAST. THE NARROW ROAD DOESN'T ENCOURAGE SLOWER DRIVING JUST BECAUSE IT'S NARROWER. RESIDENTS ONLY CROSS AT A RED LIGHT. CHIEF FRANKLIN HODGE SAID THAT THEY CAN'T IMPLEMENT RAISE TRAFFIC CALMING ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS BECAUSE OF FIRST RESPONDERS. HOWEVER, AT A CITY COUNCIL HEARING LAST YEAR THE BOSTON FIRE COMMISSIONER INFORMED US THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE. AND AGAIN, THE CITY OF QUINCY NEWTON, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND WE ALL SEE RAISED TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. I'M JUST BEEPED A WHILE AGO SO JUST IF YOU COULD WRAP IT UP, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, THIS IS A CHOICE THE CITY IS MAKING TO IMPLEMENT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH OF ROAD DIETS AND BIKE LANES ON HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS OVER RAISED TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SLOW SPEEDING CARS INSTEAD OF COMPROMISING WITH BIKE LANES OR ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. WHEN THE CITY IMPLEMENTED BOTH A BUSTLING AND A BIKE LANE ON BOYLSTON STREET LAST SUMMER WITHOUT COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR NEIGHBORS AND BACK BAY BUSINESSES, A GLOBE EDITORIAL WRITTEN BY BRIAN MCGRORY SAID IT BEST IT'S LIKE SOMEONE IS TRYING TO PROVE A POINT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR.  RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE SAYING CYCLISTS DON'T MATTER. THEY DO. BUT NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES ARE ALSO SAYING WE NEED TO PLAN TO HAVE ENOUGH ROAD SPACE FOR OUR BRAVE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY LIKE A FIRE OR A HEART ATTACK OR DURING A SNOWSTORM THAT WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO UNLOAD PRODUCTS AND SO THAT DELIVERY DRIVERS GET THEIR GOODS TO A PARTICULAR RESTAURANT OR BUSINESS. PARENTS WITH STROLLERS JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE STREET SAFELY. THE CITY IS STRUGGLING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION RELATED ISSUES AND WE ARE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT WITH THESE CHOICES THAT LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES WITH DECADES OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL BUT THEN COMES WITH AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THANK COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE.  I WANTED TO BE A THIRD CO-SPONSOR JUST BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT THERE IS A LOT OF APPETITE FOR SPEED HUMPS AND I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF IT AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS OF HOW THE LOCATIONS ARE CHOSEN. MY DISTRICT IS ONE OF THEM HAS GOT MORE FOR LAST AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY RESIDENTS GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHEN WE ARE GOING TO GET TO SPEED HUMPS THAT ARE REQUESTED. ONE OF THE STREETS IN ROSS IN GLENDORA ROAD AND CORNELL STREET ARE TWO STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SPEED HUMPS FOR QUITE A BIT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SOME ANSWERS TO THEM AND YEAH THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PIPPEN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON CONCENTRATING ON THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ONCE AGAIN BRINGING THIS FORWARD.  I WOULD WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SPEED BUMPS IN DISTRICT NINE AND THE SAFETY SURGE WILL NOT GET TO US UNTIL FINANCIAL YEAR 26. SO WE'RE EXPECTING IT ANY DAY NOW. SO WE CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT SPEED BUMPS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THEM. WE HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF THE ISSUES ALREADY MENTIONED LIKE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC DRIVEN BY WAYS WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL SIDE STREET THAT WHEN WE DID THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON MOBILITY STUDY IN 2018 2017 2018 IT'S A ONE WAY STREET TO CUT THROUGH FROM NEWTON DRIVERS AND THEY'RE STILL DOING IT 20 MILES AN HOUR DOWN A QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET. IT'S THE FASTEST FASTEST STREET AND IN AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON WHICH IS QUITE ASTOUNDING BECAUSE WHEN CARS LOSE CONTROL THE DRIVER LOSE CONTROL ON A SLIGHT BEND THEY'RE WRITING OFF THREE AND FOUR CARS IN ONE AT ONE INCIDENT. SO I THINK THIS QUESTION IS REALLY OUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS TO INCREASE THE SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR ROAD USERS BICYCLISTS SO PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS AND WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALL THE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE FOR TRAFFIC CALMING.  I DON'T THINK WE'RE USING THE FULL BANDWIDTH THAT IS POSSIBLE . I THINK RAILS CROSSWALKS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO TO NEWTON I KNOW YOU HAVE GOT A NEW CROSSOVER INTO BROOKLYN THEY HAVE CROSSWALKS PERIODICALLY AND ALONG WINCHESTER STREET THAT CONNECTS ALLSTON BRIGHTON WITH COOLIDGE CORNER AND IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC ON A ON A VERY BUSY VERY FAST STRETCH OF ROAD THE STREET SO I THINK WE NEED TO JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE AGAIN THE BIG ISSUE IS IS FINANCES AND CAPITAL AND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS SIGNIFICANT BUT WE REALLY DO NEED TO TRY AND SEE IDENTIFY AREAS AND TRY AND GET A MORE EQUITABLE APPROACH ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY BECAUSE WE WERE WE ARE BEGGING FOR CROSS AND SPEED BUMPS IN AWESOME BRIGHTON AND WE'RE STILL WAITING. I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEM FOR A WHILE BUT I THINK TRYING TO USE ALL THE TOOLS IN THE BOX. THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS IS WHEN WE HAVE A BIG DEVELOPMENT THEY MAKE A COMMITMENT TO BUILD A RACE CROSSWALKS AND TRAFFIC CALMING IN THE VICINITY OF OF THE DEVELOPMENT BUT AS THE DEVELOPMENT STALLS IT GETS APPROVAL BUT IT NEVER GETS BUILT FOR YEARS. THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LEFT WAITING FOR YEARS TO HAVE THAT INVESTMENT IN OUR LOCAL PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL JODY HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  AS A PARENT THERE REALLY IS NO BIGGER FEAR FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY ANYWAY THAN VEHICLES WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. BUT TWO QUICK TIDBITS ON THIS ONE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING I'VE TRIED TO ADVOCATE FOR INTERNALLY BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR BUT ALL OF US AS COUNCILORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUBMIT TO BTD A LIST OF ABOUT 20 STREETS. US WHO ARE ON THE GROUND KNOW THE CUT CREWS KNOW WHERE PEOPLE SPEAK, KNOW WHICH CORNERS ARE ACCIDENTAL OR NOT AND ADVOCATE TO BE PROACTIVE ON THOSE BY HANDING IN A LIST OF STREETS THAT THEY COULD PERHAPS DO BEFORE THEY DO IT. I KNOW THEY DO IT IN ZONES WHEN THEY PUT THEM OUT THERE BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO JUST SAY HEY, GET THESE STREETS FIRST, THESE ARE THE MAIN OFFENDERS I THINK PEOPLE THE COMMUNITY WOULD FEEL HEARD AND AGAIN, WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT A SITUATION.  AND THE SECOND THING IS I KNOW THAT THERE IS THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ISSUE. I JUST POINT THIS OUT NOW MORE FOR THE HEARING BUT THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE THE AREAS THAT ARE THE WIDTH OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE ALLOWED AND THE SPEED BUMP IS STILL EFFECTIVE FOR A REGULAR CAR AND SO EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN TRY AND AT LEAST DRIVE THROUGH WITH SOME OF THAT SAFETY ISSUE IS MEASURED. SO JUST THOUGHT I'D BRING THAT UP NOW MIGHT BE WORTH IT BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH JEFF. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I KNOW THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND THAT THERE WAS A SIMILAR FILING LAST WEEK SO AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I WILL PLAN TO PUT THESE TWO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SPEED HUMPS TOGETHER THIS CONVERSATION COULDN'T BE MORE IMPORTANT TO ME. THERE IS A CONSTITUENT HIT IN MICHELLE WHERE THERE HAD BEEN SPEED HUMPS REQUESTED AND I HAD JUST FOUGHT TO GET FOUR SPEED HUMPS PUT INTO DEVELOPMENT MITIGATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND THEN YESTERDAY SAW THE VIDEO OF THE CONSTITUENT THAT WAS HIT AT A HIGH SPEED AND MISSION HOUSE. SO I OFTENTIMES WHEN CONSTITUENTS ARE RAISING THE ALARM THEY'RE RAISING IT BECAUSE THEY SEE IT ON THE DAILY AND THEY SEE IT ON THE GROUND. SO I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND I CAN'T WAIT TO CONVENE IT IN MY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL. WHERE ARE YOU? ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS THE COUNCIL MURPHY MENTIONED ALLENDALE ROAD SORT OF TRIGGERED THIS AT LEAST IN PART THIS CONVERSATION ALLERDALE IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I THINK ILLUSTRATES THE CHALLENGES OF THIS ISSUE. I EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT OR I THINK ACROSS THE CITY WANTS SAFE ROADS AND HAS ADVOCATED FOR SPEED HUMPS.  THEY WENT INTO ALLENDALE AND THERE WAS AN OUTCRY ABOUT HOW MANY SPEED HUMPS AND THE SIZE OF THE SPEED HUMPS I KNOW STATE REP BILL MCGREGOR AND I ADVOCATED FOR A CHANGE AND MY GRATITUDE TOWARDS THE CHIEF OF STREETS FOR QUICKLY ACTING AND REMOVING THE SPEED HUMPS OF COURSE NO SURPRISE THEY REMOVED THE SPEED HUMPS ABOUT 8 A.M. ON SATURDAY BY 30 I HAD A FEW EMAILS SAYING WHERE ARE THE SPEED HUMPS WHERE WE MISSED THE SPEED HUMPS?  SO I THINK IT'S I HEAR COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S POINT ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD GET INVOLVED. IT JUST YOU KNOW, I THINK BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. IT'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S GOING BE A LOT OF OPINIONS AND YOU KNOW BUT I THINK IN THE END WE CAN ALL AGREE WE WANT SAFER STREETS AND SPEED HUMPS IS PART OF THE ANSWER FOR HOW WE CAN DO THAT. SO A THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FILING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE I WAS BRAEDON DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD MEJIA SANTANA WEBER PLEASE AT THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0423 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0424I HAVE 0424. COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ASSESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED WIDE STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT ON FRANKLIN PARK. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCIL MEMBER FORGET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.  I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED WHITE STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT IN FRANKLIN PARK BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS AN ACTIVE PROJECT WITH REAL PLANS ALREADY IN MOTION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ARE TOO SIGNIFICANT TO BE OVERLOOKED. FRANKLIN PARK IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF BOSTON'S EMERALD NECKLACE WITH SPACE DESIGNED BY FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED TO SERVE AS A NATURAL REFUGE FOR ALL RESIDENTS NOT JUST A BACKDROP FOR PRIVATE INTERESTS. THE CITY HAS PROPOSED A MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT OF WHITE STADIUM THROUGH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN WHILE INVESTMENT IN ATHLETICS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS IMPORTANT, WE MUST ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR CITY'S LARGEST AND MOST HISTORIC PARK. THIS PROJECT WILL REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 145 MATURE TREES THREATENING THE PARK'S TREE CANOPY, AIR QUALITY AND NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS. IT ALSO INCLUDES EXPANDED INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASED PAVING IN POTENTIAL NEW PARKING FACILITIES ALL OF WHICH COULD ALTER THE PARK'S CHARACTER, DISRUPT HABITATS AND REDUCE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY. UNLIKE BROADER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IN GREEN SPACES, THIS PROJECT IS ALREADY MOVING FORWARD.  THAT IS WHY A STAND ALONE HEARING IS NECESSARY TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE WHITE STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT BEFORE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE IS DONE. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. IN SHORT, TRANSPARENCY IT MAKE SURE THAT ANY CHANGES TO FRANKLIN PARK ALIGN WITH OUR CITY'S CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. WE NEED ANSWERS.  WHAT IS THE PLAN TO MITIGATE THESE ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS? HOW WILL WE COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF MATURE TREES? WHAT MEASURES WILL PROTECT THE PARK'S LANDSCAPES WILDLIFE IN LONG TERM HEALTH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH THAT MEETS COMMUNITY NEEDS WITHOUT SACRIFICING OUR PUBLIC GREENSPACE?  THIS HEARING IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT FRANKLIN PARK REMAINS REMAINS A PARK FIRST AND FOREMOST OPEN, ACCESSIBLE AND PROTECTED FOR ALL WHO RELY ON IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM CITY OFFICIALS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS AND THE COMMUNITY AS WE EXAMINE THIS PROJECT IN DETAIL AND FIGHT FOR THE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS FOR BREADON FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN MEJIA PITT, BEN WEBER PLEASE ADD A CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0425 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY IN PARKS 00424 OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0425.0425 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION OF BOSTON'S HISTORICAL PARKS AND GREEN SPACES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION OF BOSTON'S HISTORICAL PARKS AND GREEN SPACES BECAUSE THIS CONVERSATION IS LONG OVERDUE. BOSTON PARKS ARE MORE THAN JUST OPEN SPACES. THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH,  CULTURAL HISTORY AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING. OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT MANAGES 217 CITY PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND OVERSEES 2346 ACRES OF LAND AND GREENSPACE.  FROM FRANKLIN PARK AND THE EMERALD NECKLACE TO THE BOSTON COMMON AND ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS THESE SPACES BELONG TO THE PEOPLE AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THEM. RECENTLY BELMONT PROPOSALS INCLUDING THE PLANNED REDEVELOPMENT OF WHITE STADIUM HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN OUR GREEN SPACES.  THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE PROJECT. IT'S ABOUT THE PRECEDENT WE SET FOR THE FUTURE OF ALL PARKS ACROSS OUR CITY. IF WE ALLOW PUBLIC LAND TO BE HANDED OVER WITHOUT PROPER ACCOUNTABILITY.  WHAT STOPS IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN IN ANOTHER HISTORIC PARK ? WE HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, ADVOCATES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS WHO ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF MATURE TREES REDUCED PUBLIC ACCESS AND LONG TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES.  THIS HEARING IS NOT ABOUT RESISTING CHANGE BUT ABOUT ENSURING THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIZES SUSTAINABILITY. PUBLIC ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY WE MUST ENSURE THAT IMPROVEMENT IN OUR PARKS BENEFIT THE PEOPLE FIRST AND FOREMOST AND NOT PRIVATE INTERESTS. BOSTON HAS COMMITTED TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EQUITABLE PUBLIC SPACES.  THIS HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ALIGNS WITH THOSE VALUES, RESPECTS THE CHARACTER OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND REMAINS CENTERED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.  I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM CITY OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES AS WE EXPLORE WAYS TO STRENGTHEN POLICIES THAT PRESERVE, PROTECT AND PRIORITIZE PUBLIC GREEN SPACES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAEDON DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON, GERALD FLYNN.  MARIA PEMBERTON. SANTANA WEBER PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR.  THEY STARTED DROPPING NUMBER 0425. WE'LL BE AFRAID TO GIVE ME AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PURPOSE. MR COOPER, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 04260426 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JANUARY AS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW COUNCILOR COLETTA IS NOT HERE. I DID COMMIT TO HAVING HER AS AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR BUT I DON'T THINK I'M ABLE TO DO THAT SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT. ALSO, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL ME SO ADDED.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.  THIS PAST JANUARY WAS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. SORRY HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALSO KNOWN AS MODERN SLAVERY INCLUDES FORCED LABOR IN SEX TRAFFICKING.  THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS DIFFICULT TO COMBAT DUE TO LACK OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND LOW RATES OF REPORTING INSTABILITY CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, CONFLICTS OF LAW HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS WORLDWIDE.  IN THE UNITED STATES ALSO IN 2010 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DECLARED JANUARY AS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT THIS CRIME AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL. THERE ARE RESOURCES TO PREVENT AND COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SEIZE.  THE PROGRAM WORKS TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ALSO HAS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING DIVISION AS WELL ON NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE RECOGNIZE SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUPPORT THE WORK OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION CITY STATE, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING OUR BOSTON POLICE, OUR MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE AS WELL TO SUPPORT THE ADVOCATES AND BUSINESSES AND THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF AND ENDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA BECAUSE I'M HERE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I BELIEVE IF I'M CORRECT I'M GOING TO LOOK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW ALL THE RULES THAT A IF IN ORDER TO YOU COULD BE ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE. IT'S FOR THE SUSPEND IN PASS FOR THE THIRD ORIGINAL CODE. NO, YOU CAN BE ADDED TO IT. YOU CAN ONLY BE ADDED IF YOUR NAME WAS ALREADY ON THE DOCKET WHICH YOU COULD REMAIN AS A SECOND WHICH IT WAS RIGHT. COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA'S NAME IS NOT HERE AND THEREFORE SHE CAN NOT BE ADDED IN TODAY'S MEETING IF YOU WERE ALREADY ON IT WE COULD REMAIN ON IT WHILE WE CHECK IN WITH YOU. I KNOW I WAS ADVOCATING FOR COUNCIL CREDIT BUT I THOUGHT SHE WAS ALREADY WRITTEN ON THERE.  OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I STAND UP TO SPEAK FOR OTHER PEOPLE. BUT ANYWAYS I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING WAS AND I'LL JUST NAME THIS PERSON ZBA CRAMER WHO TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND REALLY HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW WE ON THE COUNCIL COULD BE BETTER SERVED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING SPACES AND PLACES THAT ARE SAFE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE AFRAID. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE FROM YOU KNOW, WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED, WHO OFTENTIMES ARE THE ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT ARE THE ONES WHO ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS.  SO I JUST THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR HIS ADVOCACY IN THE SPACE AND I KNOW IT'S FEBRUARY AND THIS WAS IN JANUARY BUT I THINK EVERY MONTH SHOULD BE ON OUR RADAR IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION.  I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MEJIA THAT EVERY MONTH SHOULD BE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. I THINK CONSTANTLY HE JUST REFERENCED THAT YOU KNOW THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH OUR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS FIND THEMSELVES SOMETIMES THEY'RE BROUGHT HERE SPECIFICALLY TO WORK THEIR THERE PASSAGE MAY BE PAY AND THEY'RE BROUGHT HERE AND THEY LIVE IN PEOPLE'S HOMES TAKING CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND DOING DOMESTIC WORK.  BUT THEY MAY BE UNDERPAID OR NOT PAID AT ALL. THEIR PASSPORTS ARE TAKEN AWAY. THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND THEY'RE BASICALLY IMPRISONED PRISONERS IN THE HOMES THEY'RE WORKING IN. I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE, FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR EDWARDS NOW SENATOR EDWARDS DID SOME WORK ABOUT DOMESTIC WORKERS AND THEIR RIGHTS AS WELL. AND THIS IS A PARTICULAR SORT OF SECTOR.  SURPRISE, SURPRISE. RIGHT. IT'S RIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT WITHIN SIGHT OF MY HOUSE IN OAK SQUARE. THERE WAS A MASSAGE PARLOR THAT WAS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING WAS WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING . AND AGAIN IT WAS A GROUP OF ASIAN WOMEN WHO HAD THEIR PASSPORTS TAKEN AWAY AND THEY WERE PUSHED INTO SEX TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY.  SEX TRAFFICKING AND THEY HAD NO RECOURSE AND VERY DIFFICULT,  VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF. THE OTHER THING TO RECOGNIZE THAT A BIG CHAMPIONSHIP LIKE SUPER BOWL WEEKEND ETC. THAT THE THE THE TRAFFICKERS ACTUALLY BRING WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS WELL TO VENUES CLOSE TO THESE BIG SPORTS FACILITIES, SPORTS EVENTS AND AGAIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKING CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND IN IN WAYS THAT IS GOES SORT OF BEYOND UNDERNEATH THE RADAR. SO THERE'S A LOT OF AWARENESS THERE AND AGAIN, OUR PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY VULNERABLE TO SORT OF ENTRAPMENT AND DUE TO PREDATORY BEHAVIORS ON SOCIAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS SPACE AND GREAT COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I I KNOW I MENTIONED COUNCIL QUITE A SHE HAS DONE EXCELLENT WORK SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR MANY YEARS. SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR COLETTA. I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CAMPBELL. MS. ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMPBELL FOR THE WORK SHE'S DONE SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT. I WAS JUST YESTERDAY TALKING TO ONE OF OUR POLICE CAPTAINS WHO IS TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE OF THIS IN OUR CITY AND SO WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BOROUGH TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SHARE RESOURCES WITH PEOPLE SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO GET TO THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I THINK HUNTER BRENNAN SAID IT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW AND I OFTEN THINK THAT'S HOW HUMAN TRAFFICKING PRESENTS ITSELF. IT'S HAPPENING UNDER OUR NOSES AND WE DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.  WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PC COUNCILORS BRAEDEN DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD MURPHY AND SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MCKEE AS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS GOES PASSED. OKAY. NOW IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET WHEN THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. IF I SEE ANY LIGHTS THAT ARE ON, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. CLERK, MY NAME IS BE ADDED TO DOCKET NUMBER 0421. THAT WAS COUNCILOR MURPHY'S PUBLIC SAFETY HEARING ORDER.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOT THAT, MR. CLERK? YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO A DOCKET A DOCKET 0421 AND 0422. GREAT. YOU THAT MR. CLERK JUST GIVE A THUMBS UP WHEN YOU'RE GOOD TO THOSE WERE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS 0421 AND 0422. YEAH, YEAH. THOSE WERE DOCKETS, BOTH OF THEM. COUNCILOR MURPHY'S DOCKET 0421 AND 04221 IS IN PUBLIC 80421 IN PUBLIC SAFETY 0422 IN PUBLIC HEALTH JUST YOU GOT IT THIS QUICK LOOK AT HIM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR THREE OUTCOMES WHICH GO TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CLARKE 0413. GRAB MY NAME PLEASE AND THANK YOU 0413. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FINE ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SORRY. NOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. CLERK 04110412. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. I CONSIDER AGAIN 04140 AND 0416 EIGHT SO YOU COULD MR. CLERK A VERY GOOD YEP.  OKAY GREAT. I'LL THEN OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.  MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?  PERSONNEL ORDERS OF A0427 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL OF ANANDA SANDERSON THE CHAIRMAN. MR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0427. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I OPPOSED ANYTHING THE PRESIDENT OUR ORDERS HAVE PASSED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS WHICH DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER.  WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I MEAN YOU.  THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THIS IS FOR THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCE.  OH, OH OH, WE MAY HAVE IT. JUST JUST CAN YOU PLEASE READ WHAT DOCKET IT IS?  OH, YEAH, I'VE DOCKET 1030103010316. DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCKET? YES. IF YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY IN PARKS TALKING NUMBERS 0103 MESSAGE YOU KNOW TO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $456,500 A FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 MVP ACTION GRANT AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PERMIT SUBMITTALS FOR THE PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 26 WITH THE GOAL OF COMPLETING THE EPA PERMITTING PROCESS AND SUBMITTING PERMITS TO OTHER APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PERMITTING AGENCIES. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION.  I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND NONE OF THE LIGHTS ON OUR PARADE OBJECTIONS OKAY ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY BECAUSE OF WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I'M PULLING THIS ON BEHALF OF CHAIR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. UM, AND SO THIS DOCKET BEFORE IS TO ACCEPT IN AND EXTEND ITS $456,505.  SO JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND.  YOU KNOW IT WAS AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY'S OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE. THE GRANT WILL FUND TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR 50% DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF A COASTAL RESILIENCE PROJECT ALONG BENNINGTON STREET IN EAST BOSTON AND FREDERICKS PARK IN REVERE WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NEAR AND LONG TERM FLOOD PROTECTION FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE NBT BLUE LINE.  SINCE 2021 THE CITIES OF BOSTON REVERE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN A MULTI-YEAR MUNICIPAL VULNERABILITY PREPAREDNESS FUNDED STUDY TO ASSESS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE IMPACTS OF FLOODING AND COASTAL STORMS ON THE BELLE ISLE MARSH AND ITS ADJACENT COMMUNITIES AND TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL FLOOD RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN MARSH RESTORATION EFFORTS. THE STUDY OF BELLE ISLE MARSH IDENTIFIED PRELIMINARY NATURE BASED AND HYBRID SOLUTIONS THAT PREVENT FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND THE BLUE LINE PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENHANCE AND EXTEND THE HABITAT VALUE OF BELLE ISLE MARSH BASED ON THE MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL FLOOD RISK MODEL FLOOD PROJECTIONS FOR 2070.  ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY OF BOSTON'S CLIMATE READY BOSTON INITIATIVE COMPLETED THE COASTAL RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS FOR EAST BOSTON PLAN IN 2022 WHICH IDENTIFIED THIS AREA AS A NEAR-TERM PRIORITY FOR COASTAL RESILIENCE DUE TO THE EXTREME FLOOD RISK TO THE EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD WE RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS GRANT IN AUGUST OF 2020 FOR BUT WERE NOT INFORMED UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THAT THE GRANT EXPIRES AT THE END OF JUNE 2025. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR IN BRINGING THIS SEEKING PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET TODAY WITHOUT A HEARING SO WE CAN ALLOW THE USE OF THIS MONEY WE'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT ANY DELAY WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE PROJECT. SO JUST TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER.  OKAY. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  NO. OKAY. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER. I DIDN'T WRITE THE NUMBER DOWN. CAN YOU 0100103. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.  I SUPPOSE THEY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA BECAUSE HIS INTENDING ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE A FEW DOCKETS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PULL FORWARD TO BE EXACT BUT STARTING WITH THE FIRST ONE IS LIKE A NUMBER OF 0 TO 3 NINE 0239. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD?  AT THE SAME TIME OH, HE HAS FOUR OAK. YEAH. CAN YOU READ THEM INTO THE WRAP? YES, YOU CAN READ THEM INTO THE RECORD AT THE END AND SAY THEM ARE YOU ARE YOU IS YOUR INTENTION TO SPEAK ON THEM AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL OR ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY?  SPEAKING THEM INDIVIDUALLY IS TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES THE TIME TO. OKAY BUT MR QUICK LET'S JUST READ THEM ONE BY ONE FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET NUMBER 0239 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TRAINING ACADEMY EARMARK AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND TO FUND TRAINING INITIATIVES FOR THE BOSTON FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY TO ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT REMAINS CURRENT IN THE FIREFIGHTING SERVICES.  OKAY. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE IS THAT IS THAT AN OBJECTION? NO. OKAY.  OKAY. IF IT IS NO OBJECTION ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  IF YOU THAT IF YOU WANT TO START THE NEXT DOCKET AND THEN THE COURT CAN READ THAT INTO THE RECORD AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK ON THEM ALL TOGETHER. OKAY.  DOCKET NUMBER 0118.  OKAY. THANK YOU. MR COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 0118 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET NUMBER 0118. MESSAGE NO NO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $395,746 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BURN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MANAGEMENT ANALYST AT THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, A HUB AND CENTER OF RESPONSE ABILITY COORDINATOR AND A TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR FOR MULTIPLE DATA COLLECTION REPORTING AND RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. OKAY. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED IN THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  ALL RIGHT. BUT I'M IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION IT'S GOT I'M JUST GOING TO SEND IT TO COMMITTEE. IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION IT'S GETTING IT.  A POINT OF ORDER IS A DISPUTE ON THE RULES. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. I KNOW THIS WILL BE MY FOURTH TIME NOW, SO I GUESS I'LL FILE IT DIFFERENTLY. MAYBE AS A POLICY BRIEF OR A HEARING ORDER. BUT I HAVE ASKED THREE TIMES TO YOU AS THE PRESIDENT THAT IF COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO BE PULLING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS AND IF YOU ARE AWARE OF IT BEFOREHAND THAT WE ALL GET THAT INFORMATION BEFOREHAND BECAUSE ALL OF US LEARN DIFFERENTLY. WE PROCESS DIFFERENTLY AND FOR HEARING PEOPLE READING IT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS IN THE TIMELINE OF OBJECTING COMES BEFORE WE HEAR. SO MAYBE AFTER I HEAR THE REASON WHY I MAY NOT OBJECT SO THE TIMING OF BEING ABLE TO OBJECT DOESN'T ALLOW US THAT OPPORTUNITY AND IF WE DID HAVE THIS INFORMATION BEFOREHAND SO I'LL ASK AGAIN A FOURTH TIME TO YOU THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED ON THESE IMPORTANT DOCKETS THAT COME BEFORE US FOR A VOTE I THINK A HEARING ON BELL ISLAND I KNOW THAT THE TIMING OF IT NOW HAVE BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE AND IMPORTANT. THESE HEARINGS ABOUT THE GRANTS, ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TALKING ABOUT STAFFING IS SOMETHING COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS BEEN ADVOCATING AND WORKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME TO MAKE SURE HE HE PUT $1,000,000 IN AMENDMENTS LAST YEAR AND THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT PUT THAT TOWARDS STAFFING THIS DEPARTMENT. SO I THINK IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS ARE NECESSARY. THANK YOU.  I REALLY I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED AND I CONTINUE ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT THAT IF THEY ARE EVER GREEN SHEETS PULL WRITE THE ARE THE RULES AND SO THERE WASN'T AN OBJECTION TO BASED ON THE RULES THE RULES ARE THE RULES BUT IF FOLKS HAVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PULL GREEN SHEETS.  THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS COUNSELORS WHO HAVE BEEN SENDING THOSE OUT.  I SOMETIMES MISS THEM, DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GETTING PULLED. SO IT'S IT'S A COUNSELORS ARE GOING TO PULL GREEN SHEETS AND WANT TO SHARE WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES. I ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO. OKAY. SO THAT DOCKET ABSENT OBJECTION THAT DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.  MR. CLERK, COULD YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT DOCKET THE NUMBER AND NEXT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD? YES. AND QUICK QUESTION TO YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT YEP. UM, I ACTUALLY YOU KNOW I KNOW COMES FROM AFRICA HAS MENTIONED ALL OF US BEING ABLE TO SEND AHEAD OF TIME. I KNOW I SENT OVER TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE BEFORE I HAVE IT SEND IT TO MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES JUST BECAUSE OF LIKE OPEN MEETING LOT I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE RULES ABOUT THAT EXACTLY AT 1:00. SO WE ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM WHAT WHAT AND WE WILL GET TO GET BACK TO YOU. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN SENDING THAT INFORMATION OUT AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOMETIMES I DON'T SEE THEM LIKE I DIDN'T SEE THERE WAS A GREEN CHEESE POLL LAST WEEK THAT I DIDN'T LIKE. THERE ARE OFTENTIMES GREEN SHOOTS POLLS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BUT SO OKAY, ONE MOMENT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY MR COOK WHERE ARE WE THAT TECH IN DOCKET YOU READ IT, YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD.  THERE HASN'T BEEN AN OBJECTION. THERE WASN'T OKAY.  THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO DOCKET NUMBER THAT WAS 0230118. OKAY. SO THERE IS AN OBJECTION TO DOCKET NUMBER CASO MURPHY YOU OBJECTED TO DOCKET 0118. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN OBJECTION TO THAT DOCKET WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO UPHOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT'S THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.  THE MEMBERS ARE SANTANA WORLD,  FLYNN MURPHY BUT THEN MEJIA AND FERNANDO ANDERSON WE WILL POLL THE COMMITTEE AS TO WHETHER THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. SO MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE I WANT TO SEE BUT THERE WAS AN OBJECTION SO WE HAVE TO GO THERE. THERE WAS IT WAS WHEN COUNSELOR MURPHY SPOKE SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS AN OBJECTION.  COUNCILOR MR. QUICK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE WHAT COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE JUST SO THAT THIS IS A CLARIFYING YES VOTE MEANS A DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY AND A NO VOTE ME IT'S NOT BEFORE THE BODY AND WILL BE SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.  COUNCILOR THE WORLD COUNCIL OF FLYNN YES.  FLYNN MURPHY COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES COUNCILOR ME HERE AND COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON MAJORITY THANK YOU. THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD?  I DON'T THINK I GAVE HIM THE NUMBER. HE CAN GIVE YOU THE NUMBER. YES.  DOCKET NUMBER 0119 NO COUNCILOR FLYNN IF YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS THE POINT OF ORDER,  MADAM? MADAM CHAIR, THE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I WANT TO BE HELPFUL AND SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE BUT WE HAVE FOUR DOCKETS NOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT I I I COME IN HERE EVERY DAY AND WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE FIRED DEPARTMENT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, HOW THIS $500,000 IS IMPACTING THE RESIDENTS, $100,000 HOW IT'S SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I CAN'T ASK RELEVANT QUESTIONS BASED ON A TEN SECOND DESCRIPTION OF A GRANT I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. I'M NOT DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE BEING A RUBBER STAMP AND JUST SUPPORTING THINGS, NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IMPACT IT IS HAVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON.  AS YOU PROBABLY CAN TELL, I'M FRUSTRATED BUT WE HAVE TO BE HERE. WE HAVE TO COME INTO THIS 40 AND IN HAVE THESE HEARINGS AND DISCUSS THEM AND HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS AND PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THESE GRANTS ON THE FRONT LINES TALKING ABOUT THEM I CAN'T LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES BASED ON IT'S A 22ND CONVERSATION. IT'S FRUSTRATING RESIDENTS EXPECT MORE FROM US THAN JUST BEING RUBBER.  I DON'T LIKE BEING PUT IN THAT SITUATION WHERE I'M JUST A RUBBER STAMP MADAM.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR. AND THAT IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER. THERE IS NO THERE IS NOTHING BASED ON THE RULE SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT WAS NOT A POINT OF ORDER AND I HAD A FEELING THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY WHICH IS WHY I DID NOT CALL ON YOU. IT IS IT IS VERY IT IS UP TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TO PULL IT. ANYONE CAN OBJECT. WE THEN TOLD THE COMMITTEE IF THEY ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED. MR. CLERK, DID YOU GIVE THAT THEIR DOCKET FOR MR. CLERK? YES ONCE THEY ARE ALL EITHER BEFORE THE BODY OR NOT PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY OPEN DISCUSSION FOR AS LONG AS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE ON THE DOCKET COUNCILOR SANTANA THE THIRD DOCKET THE THIRD DOCKET WAS THE DOCKET NUMBER 0119. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0119 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET NUMBER 0119 MESSAGE IN NOTE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22 COVID 19 ASSAY DV TRUST FUND AWARDED BY THE MASTER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TWO FULL TIME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES WHO WILL WORK WITH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY PARTNERS AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION'S FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.  THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION AN OBJECTION.  OKAY. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. MR COUNSELOR S.A. IF YOU COULD READ THE FOURTH DOCKET INTO THE RECORD DOCKET NUMBER 20240. OKAY, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET NUMBER 0240 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, A DONATION FROM THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE OF RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY OF A 2024 GMC SIERRA FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CREW CAB PICKUP VALUED AT $60,233. THE TRUCK WILL BE USED AS A RADIOLOGIST RADIO HOG LOGICAL SECURITY AWARENESS AND RESPONSE SUPPORT TRUCK AND WILL ALLOW THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THE SUSTAINMENT OF RC TRAINING PROGRAMS. OC THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS EXCEPT THE DOCKET IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY TURNING IT OVER TO COUNCILOR SANTANA TO TALK ABOUT THE DOCKET. THEN IT'S OPEN DISCUSSION AND WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET?  YOU MAY SPEAK ON THE DOCKET. YOU MAY VOTE FOR THE DOCKET. YOU MAY VOTE AGAINST THE DOCKET CARDS ARE SENT TO ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO READ I WANT TO START WITH THE DOCKET 0239 STATEMENTS FOR ALL FOUR AND INFORMATION THAT I'VE GOT. SO THANK YOU MR. CLERK AS WELL. SO STARTING WITH DOCKET NUMBER 0239 THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL THE AT 525 AND AT 524 CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 11TH 2024. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM THREE BFD STAFF MEMBERS KEVIN COYNE WHO WAS A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. JULIAN JULIE BURTON DEVIN WHO WAS THE PROCUREMENT AND GRAHAM'S MANAGEMENT AND SHAUNA LYNCH THE GRAPHICS MANAGER. WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY COUNCILOR MURPHY FLYNN FITZGERALD, DUNCAN WEBER AND CLARISSA POTTER AND RECEIVED A LETTER OF ASSURANCE FROM THE THEN. THE PANEL HAS A FILE ON EACH GRANT ADMINISTERED BY BFD AS WELL AS GRANTS AND TRANSFERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.  DURING THE HEARING JULIE DEVIN PROCUREMENT AND GRANTS MANAGER TESTIFIED SPECIFICALLY ON THIS GRIMM AND EXPLAINED THAT AS AN ANNUAL NONCOMPETITIVE GRANT PROVIDED TO MUNICIPALITIES AND AS EARMARKED BY THE STATE LEGISLATOR. MS. DAVID ALSO TESTIFIED THAT THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO REDUCTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH BUDGET FOR THE FY 25. THIS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000. I'LL BE HOLDING A HEARING SOON AND PART OF THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES IN THE BFD GRANT AMOUNTS. AS DISCUSSED EARLIER DURING TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY VICE CHAIR WORRELL AND COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR JOINING US AS CO-SPONSORS FOR THE UPCOMING HEARING. BFD HAS ALSO PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS GRANT WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED AS CHAIR OF THE OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND WHICH CONFIRMS AND ECHOES THE TESTIMONY THE COMMITTEE HEARD IN PERSON DURING THE HEARING. 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 02392 PASSED. I WANT TO PAUSE THERE BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT ONE. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT THAT WAS FOR. YEAH THAT WAS A FIRE ONE THAT COUNCILOR MURPHY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET?  OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET IS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN KIND OF PUTTING YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY RECOMMENDATION GOING FORWARD . THIS IS A $500,000 GRANT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ENOUGH PEOPLE GRANT MANAGERS BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC GRANT AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, THE OPERATIONS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING. WE WE ARE LISTENING TO PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. BUT THE GRANT WRITERS THERE ENOUGH PEOPLE THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST THAT I LIKE LISTENING AND LEARNING ABOUT A PARTICULAR GRANT FROM PEOPLE ON ON THE SCENE ACTUALLY DOING THE DAY TO DAY WORK AND HOW IT IMPACTS PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT'S HOW I BECOME A BETTER CITY COUNCIL FOR MY DISTRICT. I'LL LISTEN TO THE INF DIRECTOR AND I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYBODY BUT WE NEED TO LISTEN AND ASK QUESTIONS TO PEOPLE ON THE SCENE SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS GRANT IS DOING AND WHAT IMPACT IT'S HAVING PROVIDED LIMITED INFORMATION ON THIS GRANT AND I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.  THANK YOU. AND I TAKE YOUR POINT HERE YOU OUT OF FLYNN COUNCILOR SAID AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY IF NOT. IF NOT, WE'LL JUST MOVE TO A VOTE ON THIS ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES REMARKS AND I WANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PERSONNEL ARE THERE THIS YEAR. THAT WAS BEFORE THE FIRE. I KNOW THAT THE POLICE ONE THAT I'M OUT TO READ INTO. WE DID HAVE THE PROPER PERSONNEL THAT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT. BUT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. CARLOS SANTANA, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE MOVE TO PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0239. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I AM OPPOSING A THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. WHICH DOCKET IS IT? DOCKET NUMBER 0240. I'M GOING TO GO WITH DOCKET 0118 NEXT DOCKET 0118 BUT GREAT. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 20, 24 TO DISCUSS 11 PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM NINE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT PETER MESSINA, STREET OUTREACH UNIT JOURNALISTS SAVAGE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPERINTENDENT ANITA COUTU LANE BUREAU OF FIELD SERVICES. KEVIN LARRABEE, DIRECTOR OF CRIME LAB FORENSICS QUALITY CONTROL SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER BAILEY FROM HARBOR PATROL UNIT. ANTHONY RIZZO METRO BOSTON'S SECURING THE CITY'S MARIA CHEEVERS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CAPTAIN TIMOTHY CONNELLY AND THEN DIRECTOR RYAN WALSH FROM THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER. THE COMMITTEE ADDITIONALLY HEARD TESTIMONY FROM TWO MEMBERS OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPUTY CHIEF MATTHEW CARNEY AND ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION ANDREW LINARES. WE ALSO WERE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR BRAYDEN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE JOHN AND COUNCILOR CURTIS ABOUT. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR PIPPIN WORRELL AND DURKAN.  THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM DIRECTOR CHEEVERS IN A DISCUSSION OF THE FEDERAL BURN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. SHE STATED THAT THIS IS AN ANNUAL GRANT AS A CITY RECEIVES FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. THIS GRANT WOULD FUND THE OVERTIME AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BPD OFFICER VISITS TO THE TO THE ADDRESSES THAT SEX OFFENDERS KNOW AS THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE WITHIN BOSTON. IN ADDITION TO TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED DETAILED WRITTEN TESTIMONY FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE FBI 24 GRANT WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED AS CHAIR THE FBI 24 GRANT WILL SPECIFICALLY FUND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ANALYSIS TO CULTURALLY SENSITIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES WHO PROVIDE ADVOCACY TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND ASSIST VICTIMS AND NAVIGATE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ENSURE THAT RECEIVE NECESSARY SERVICES TO IT. PROVIDING ONGOING RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INCLUDING DIGITIZING CASES FROM THE YEAR 2000 TO THE PRESENT AND SUPPORTING OTHER TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES IN THE DEPARTMENT.  HIRING A FULL TIME COORDINATOR TO HELP TAKE THIS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION PROGRAM TO SCALE THROUGH THE CITY OF BOSTON THE BUDGET ITEMS ARE SPECIFICALLY IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT PERSONNEL.  THERE'S ABOUT 291 100 $291,117 FOR FRIENDS $68,652 AND FOR INDIRECT $35,977. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS TARGET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION. AT THAT TIME A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 011A ARE TO PASS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MURPHY ON THE FLOOR THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE CHAIR. DO YOU HAVE THE TOTAL OF THOSE GRANTS FOR THAT DOCKET COUNCILOR SAYING THAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE THE ANSWER YOU MAY I THINK I HAVE 40118I HAVE 395,000. OKAY.  SO IS THAT. YEP.  YEP. THAT'S THE AMOUNT. I AM ALSO FRUSTRATED.  I MEAN WE JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION ON NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A STANDALONE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTEE.  I BELIEVE THAT THAT CONVERSATION IS FUELED JUST BY THE DESIRE FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO BE A STRONGER ADVOCATE IN THIS AREA. IN MY COMMITTEE CHAIR A STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS CLEARLY LISTED IN IT AND I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE AND INVITING ALL MY COLLEAGUES THAT TOMORROW ON DOCKET 0293I AM HOLDING THE HEARING ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACTS GRANT THAT WAS PUT INTO MY COMMITTEE IN THE HEAD OF SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT JOSE TEIXEIRA WAS INVITED BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S COMING. BUT NICOLE WILL BE HERE FROM THE JUSTICE CENTER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. SHE IS AN OFFICER WHO CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AND JOANNA SAVAGE ALSO. SO I'M ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES TO BE HERE TOMORROW BECAUSE WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OTHER GRANTS.  IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND THE MONEY COMING IN. OBVIOUSLY TRANSLATES TO STAFFING RESOURCES PROGRAMING OUTREACH AND THAT'S THE TIME WE CAN ASK IS IT WORKING? CAN WE DO BETTER? WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO AS A COUNCIL AND MONEY?  THE ONE POWER WE HAVE RIGHT WE CAN STOP THESE GRANTS AND PAUSE THEM AND ASK THE QUESTIONS WE NEED AND THEN PASS THEM.  AND ALSO ONE OTHER QUESTIONS THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCIL SANTANA.  IS THERE A DEADLINE ON THIS ONE AND THE OTHER ONES THAT YOU WERE WORRIED THAT IT WOULD EXPIRE? I DO.  THE CHAIR COUNSELOR AT SANTANA IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER YOU, MAY I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DEADLINE. I THINK YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAD THAT PAUSE FOR 24 HOURS LAST OR TWO WEEKS AGO FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SOME OF THESE ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED BUT THERE'S NO SO THERE'S NO LIKE URGENCY WORRYING THAT IT WILL RUN OUT IF WE DON'T PASS IT TODAY.  YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO.  OKAY. I DO JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME COUNTLESS CONVERSATIONS HERE ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT HOW COMMITTED WE ARE TO WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND I THINK THIS SENDS A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE NOT AS COMMITTED AS WE REALLY ARE. SO THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO KNOW AND I RESPECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE WE DID HAVE THIS HEARING WHICH YOU ALSO WHEN I WAS THERE THERE WAS A MIDDLE OF DECEMBER. I WAS SO I KNOW THE OTHER ONE WAS IN JUNE. BUT THIS ONE WHAT JUST HAPPENED YOU KNOW, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN IS IS COUNCILOR FLYNN.  FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO OFFER A BRIEF COUPLE OF POINTS AS A FORMER PROBATION OFFICER AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT.  I ALSO HELPED SUPERVISE THE RETURNING CITIZENS AND MANY OF THEM HAD MANY OF THEM WERE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS. AND JUST SO MY COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE THAT IF YOU ARE HOMELESS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE IT'S EVERY DOCUMENTED WAS EVERY 30 DAYS OR MAYBE MAYBE EVERY 15 DAYS AND THEN YOU'RE PROBATION OFFICER WOULD ALSO NEED TO DO A VERIFICATION CHECK OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING. AND I KNOW THAT WAS WHAT SOME OF THIS MONEY IS BEING USED FOR . ALSO THE PROBATION OFFICER WOULD IN FACT ENSURE THAT YOU ARE ENGAGED IN THE NECESSARY NOT TRAINING COUNSELING THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF PROBATION. SO THE PROBATION OFFICER PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE WORKING WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOSTON POLICE INCLUDING THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN BUT ALSO AS WE DISCUSS SEXUAL TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SO IT'S CRITICAL FOR THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN BOSTON POLICE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE SAFEST COMMUNITIES POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CARLOS SANTANA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0118. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED A DOCKET NUMBER MAX ONE WILL BE APOLOGIES. DOCKET NUMBER 0119 TALKING ABOUT 0119 COUNCIL SAID ANY OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS COVID 19 SEXUAL ASSAULT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRUST FUND GRANT AS COVID RELIEF FUNDING AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE FOR JUST TWO YEARS. FORTUNATELY THE COMMONWEALTH HAS EXTENDED THIS CRITICAL FUNDING FOR A THIRD YEAR. THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF ORDERS TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND EXPAND THESE FUNDS IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF $150,000 EACH PRIOR YEAR THE SAME AS A THIRD YEAR OF FUNDING. IN ADDITION TO PAST TESTIMONY ON THIS GRANT, THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED DETAILED INFORMATION FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.  MY OFFICE HAS ALSO BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH WITH BPD ABOUT THIS GRANT AND AS CHAIR I EXTEND MY THANKS TO MARIA CHAMBERS, DIRECTOR OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING FURTHER CLARIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GRANT AND MY THANKS AS WELL FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE RECEIVE AS GREAT WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY. THIS GRANT FUNDS TWO TIME TWO FULL TIME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES WHO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH BPD VARIOUS FAMILIES JUSTICE CENTER PARTNERS TO SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF ROXBURY,  MATTAPAN AND DORCHESTER. THESE PARTNERS ARE PARTICULARLY WELL EQUIPPED TO ASSIST IN SERVING SPECIAL POPULATIONS SUCH AS THE LGBTQ PLUS BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC, ASIAN AND NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS ALL PREVALENT AMONGST THE POPULATIONS IN DORCHESTER, ROXBURY AND MATTAPAN.  THE ADVOCATES ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN OFFSITE FIRST RESPONSE WHICH IS DECISIVE IN DETERMINING HOW TO HOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS COPE FIRST WITH THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS AND LATER WITH THEIR RECOVERY FROM THE CRIME DUE TO LIMITED VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROVIDED IN LOCAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF CRIME VICTIMS MAY NOT HAVE VICTIM ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO THEM UNLESS THEY FIND A VICTIM ADVOCATE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LIKE THOSE FUNDED BY THIS GRANT.  DIRECTOR CHEEVER STATED THAT AFTER JUNE 30TH 2025 THIS FUND WILL END AND BPD IS FINANCE UNIT IS WORKING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK TO FIGURE OUT ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THESE CRITICAL POSITIONS. I KNOW THAT SUPPORTING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THIS BODY AND AS CHAIR I AM HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING DV AND AS A FROM ALL ANGLES INCLUDING PROVIDING ADVOCATES FOR VICTIMS AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS TARGET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR MORE ACTION AT A TIME.  RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 011902 PASS THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA THE CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. AND THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON FOR EIGHT YEARS AS A CITY COUNCIL BUT ALSO PRIOR TO THAT AS A PROBATION OFFICER AS WELL.  MY MY QUESTION OR COMMENT TO THE TO THE CHAIR WOULD BE AND I KNOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS. SO MY QUESTION, MR CHAIR, TO THE CHAIR IS HOW ARE WE ENSURING SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH? HOW ARE THEY IMPACTED BY THESE FUNDS AND HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH BOSTON POLICE SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE IN AS WE AS WE KNOW MANY OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FACILITIES HAVE REALLY NOT PUBLICIZED ALL THAT WELL FOR VARIOUS SAFETY REASONS FOR THE SURVIVORS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR SURVIVORS TO TO ACTUALLY GET SERVICES AT TIMES . BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CHAIR HOW ARE WE ABLE TO FACTOR IN THOSE ISSUES BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING SURVIVORS GET THE CRITICAL SUPPORT THAT THEY THAT THEY NEED THROUGH THE CHAIR UNDERSTANDING IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.  THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN SO YEAH, KNOW THIS IS A $150,000 GRANT AS I MENTIONED AND IT'S IF I WAS TWO FULL TIME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES THOSE TWO FULL TIME THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES ARE TRAINED TO SERVE MULTILINGUAL RESIDENTS OF FAMILIES.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOVERNOR SANTANA, COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  YEAH. THANK YOU. JUST IN RESPONSE, DO WE KNOW WHAT LANGUAGES THAT THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE SPEAK OTHER THAN ENGLISH? HOW ARE THEY COMMUNICATING WITH SURVIVORS AND AND WHAT ARE THE LANGUAGES BECAUSE IT'S INTENT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY I CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. COUNSELOR FLYNN I DO NOT KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT LANGUAGE I KNOW. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THESE TWO FULL TIME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH AND SERVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEAL WITH THE POPULATIONS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES BUT I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THOSE SPECIFIC LANGUAGES.  DIRECTOR CHEEVERS HAS BEEN VERY COMMUNICATED WITH OUR OFFICE SO I'M SURE SURE SHE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO US ON THAT. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY COUSIN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IF I COULD ASK TWO QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU TO THE CHAIR.  OKAY, SO ONE IS YOU MENTIONED I THINK THAT THIS FUNDING IS ENDING SO GOING FORWARD IS THAT TRUE?  RIGHT. DO THE CHAIR COUNSELORS INTEND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MEANT CORRECT DR. CHEEVERS YOU KNOW WHAT OUR OFFICE THAT JUNE 30TH 2025 OF THIS YEAR THIS FUNDING WILL END AND THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM. SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT WON'T BE ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T AS OF RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE A SECOND QUESTION AND THANK YOU TO MARIA. SHE OBVIOUSLY WORKS CLOSELY WITH YOU. SHE'S WONDERFUL AND WHEN SHE COMES HERE TO ANY OF THE POLICE HEARINGS, SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB SHARING THE INFORMATION. BUT I AM REQUESTING IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU'VE READ TO ME I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES.  YOU MAY WANT TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF US BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO READ THROUGH AFTER THIS MEETING WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE SHARED. ABSOLUTELY I HAVE. I WILL DO THAT RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA BECAUSE I'M HERE ON THE FLOOR, SO THANK YOU ,MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST THINK THAT I.  I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. I'M JUST I THINK I'D JUST LIKE TO OFFER A RECOMMENDATION.  AND IN TERMS OF PROCESSES HERE, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ASKED AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO TAKE VOTES, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVEN ADVANCE NOTICE ON VOTES BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY.  AND I ALSO THINK THAT IF ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT IN A DEADLINE OR A TIMELINE THAT IT'S NOT A GOOD PRACTICE TO JUST PUT SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR FROM THE GREEN SHEETS JUST FOR A VOTE, I JUST I JUST FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE KEEP DOING THIS AND IT WOULD JUST HELP ME FOR CONSISTENCY IF WE IF YOU COULD RECOMMEND SOME NORMS IN TERMS OF WHEN WE CAN PULL SOMETHING FOR THE GREEN SHE IF IT'S IF THERE'S NO DEADLINE IF THERE'S YOU KNOW IF I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE JUST KEEP DOING IT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET ANY STANDARDS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY WELL THIS WAS DONE THIS TIME AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT AND WE CAN'T. SO I JUST THINK FOR THE SAKE OF JUST BEING CONSISTENT I JUST WOULD OFFER THAT WE FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT IS NORMAL THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE TO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA. YEP. FOR THE SAKE OF CONSISTENCY I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT DURING MY FIRST TERM IT WAS THEN THE NORM WAS YOU PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS AND THERE THAT WAS IT. PEOPLE PULLED FROM THE GREENS ALL THE TIME. WE HAD A GREEN CHEESE POLL TODAY EARLIER ON A GRANT THAT WAS $150,000 IT IT WAS SUSPENDED PASSED IT HAPPENED BUT HAPPY TO YOU KNOW WE ARE WORKING AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND SOME OF THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE PEOPLE AWARE THAT I RECOGNIZE AS COUNTERPOINT IN DENISON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN POINT OF ORDER ON THE RULES. A POINT OF ORDER IS DISAGREEMENT ON THE RULES BUT YOU JUST REFERENCED A DOCKET EARLIER.  YEAH, IT ISN'T OFFICIALLY IN THE GREEN SHEETS UNTIL AFTER THIS HEARING, CORRECT THAT THAT WAS YEAH SO I INTRODUCED SO I SAID GREEN SHEETS AND I SAID SUSPEND AND PASS LIKE WE SUSPECT I SAID GREEN SHEETS ANTICIPATE AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SUSPEND PASS THANK YOU. OKAY THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS AND DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. I SAW YOUR LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN.  OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA PRESIDENT AND IT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I STILL DO HAVE ONE MORE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR LIKE I MEAN I RESPECT ALL MY COLLEAGUES REMARKS AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES.  I'M NOT PUTTING THESE OUT OF LIKE THESE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. WE HAVE HAD HEARINGS ON THIS SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M PULLING THIS OUT. I READ THE LIST OF COLLEAGUES WHO WERE THERE AND PRESENT SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM HOSTING HEARINGS ON THIS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD I'VE LISTENED FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND I'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT THEY WANT HEARINGS ON THIS. I'VE JUST TRIED TO MAKE IT INSTEAD OF HAVING 100 HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND TAKING UP ALL THE SPACE I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, HEARINGS WHERE THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE GRANTS DISCUSSED IF THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL HERE GRAND THAT'S YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY IF IT'S CONTROVERSIAL IF I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS I WILL HOST ONE SPECIFIC HEARING FOR THAT I'M GRANT BUT THESE GRANTS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING MORE OF THIS HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. SANTANA OKAY. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE SANTANA SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0119 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THE IN THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED AND I BELIEVE THAT LEAVES US WITH IS THAT 0 TO 4 ZERO CORRECT 0 TO 4 IS OKAY IF YOU COULD BE THAT INTO THE RECORD I MAY NOT BE THAT INTO RECORD YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO TALK ABOUT.  OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.  THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECEIVED A LETTER RECEIVED WRITTEN TESTIMONY ON THIS MATTER FROM BOTH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S OFFICE OF RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AS CHAIR, I HAVE TO VIEW THIS INFORMATION IN DETAIL AND CONFERRED WITH THE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATE A TRUCK FOR USE IN BATHROOMS, RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY AWARENESS AND RESPONSE ALSO KNOWN AS ASK AIR FROM THE TESTIMONY OF DAN AMARIN RESPONSE INTEGRATION PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE DOMESTIC PROGRAM AND THE OFFICE OF RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO OUR NATION'S SECURITY IS THE POSSIBILITY OF TERRORISTS ACQUIRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO CONSTRUCT A VIDEO LOGICAL DESPAIR DISPERSAL DEVICE OR DIRTY BOMB. I'M NOT SURE I CAN SAY THAT BUT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES FROM THIS TYPE OF WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION INCIDENT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE OF A COST OF TOPIC. SORRY MY ACCENT AND THAT WORD CAN THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING THESE MATERIALS FROM NEFARIOUS USE IN A TERRORIST INCIDENT REMAINS ONE OF OUR NATION'S TOP PRIORITIES. THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PROVIDED TESTIMONY STATING THAT THE BPD AND THE R US HAVE BEEN PARTNERS FOR MANY YEARS AND WORKING TO PREVENT HIGH ACTIVITY RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM BEING USED IN ACTS OF TERRORISM. BPD HAS HOSTED OR AS AND OR AS AIR TRAINING PROGRAMS HAVE RECEIVED TRAININGS EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION AND PREVENTING THESE MATERIALS FROM BEING USED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS. THE DONATION OF THIS TRUCK WILL ASSIST AND SUSTAIN THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE UNITS TRAINING PROGRAMS AND ITS EFFORTS IN COMBATING THIS SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR NATION'S SECURITY. THERE IS NO DIRECT COST TO THE TO THE BPD AND THIS DONATION IS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE PROGRAM SPONSORED THROUGH THE IRS. MR. OMRAN FROM THE OR AS FURTHER TESTIFIED TO CONTINUE THE SUSTAINMENT OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE UNIT TRAINING PROGRAM OR AS WILL PROVIDE BPD AND OR AS AIR SUPPORT TRUCK SPECIFICALLY A 2024 GMC SIERRA FOUR WHEELED CREW CAB PICKUP WHITE AND COLOR. ONCE THE TRUCK IS TRANSFERRED THE R US AIR SUPPORT TRUCK WILL BE THE SOLE PROPERTY OF BPD FOR ITS INTERNAL USE. THE OFFICE OF RADIO OBJECT SECURITY WILL NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR CLAIM ON THE R US AIR SUPPORT TRUCK AFTER THE TRANSFER AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS TARGET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FOOTBALL ACTION AT A TIME. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WOULD BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO OR FOUR ZERO TO PASS. THANK YOU GOVERNOR SANTANA, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?  OKAY. COUNSELOR SANTANA SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0240 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I SAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE OH, I'M SORRY. AS ADDITIONAL GREEN SHOOTS FOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR BRENDAN DENNISON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR CLERK CAN RECALL PAGE ON PAGE FROM PAGE ONE DOCKET 0104 MR QUICK COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS? DUNCAN NUMBER 0104 MESSAGE IN HONOR OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $305,600 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 25 LOCAL CULTURAL COUNCIL PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE GRANT WILL FUND INNOVATIVE ARTS HUMANITIES AND INTERPRETIVE SCIENCE PROGRAMING THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OKAY SORRY. ABSENT OBJECTION IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?  ABSENT OBJECTION THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED IN THE DOCKET IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, MR CLERK, FOR READING. THAT'S A RECORD PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I GUESS JUST OFFERING MY COLLEAGUES TIME TO I DON'T SEE THEM LOOKING AT THEIR GREEN SHEETS BUT OFFERING TIME FOR THEM TO READ AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASK FOR SUSPENDED PASS.  THE CLERK HAS ALREADY STATED WHAT IT'S FOR NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN WE SUSPEND AND PASS OKAY WITH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CATHERINE AND INNOCENT SEEKS PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0104 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.  WE ARE NOW ON TO LEE FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE FOUR LATE FILE MATTERS TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS AND TWO ABSENCE LETTERS. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE LATE FILE MATTERS ONTO THE RECORD.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THESE MATTERS ONTO THE RECORD PLEASE SAY I.  I AM OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE DOCKETS THESE MATTERS ARE ADDED TO THE RECORD. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS FIRST PERSONNEL ORDER LATE FILED COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR. HOWEVER AND SECOND PERSONNEL OR A LATE FILE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR WEBER THANK YOU.  THE CHAIRMAN. THE PASSAGE OF THESE LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS ALL OF THEM PREVIOUSLY I I I'LL GO SIGN IT. AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. THESE THESE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE TWO ABSENCE LETTERS INTO THE RECORD? THIRDLY, FROM OUT OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR OF GABRIELA COLETTE AS A PART I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I'LL BE ABSENT FROM TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO HEALTH RELATED REASONS. MY CHIEF OF STAFF WILL BE LISTENING IN AND WILL REVIEW THE RECORDING AND FORTH PLATE FROM ERA ABSENCE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR BRIAN WORL I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. I RECOVERING FROM AN ILLNESS PLEASE NOTE MY STAFF WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AND I WILL WATCH THE VIDEO WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. THESE FILE MATTERS ARE ADDED TO THE RECORD AND WE WISH OUR COLLEAGUES SWIFT RECOVERY LIKE WE ARE NOW. THESE THESE MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS SO IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOW IS THE TIME TO TURN YOUR LIGHT ON. I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE GRENADA FLAG RAISING IS THIS FRIDAY AT NOON. I'M HERE SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND AS WE RAISE THE GRENADA FLAG AND THEN V AT EIGHT ON SATURDAYS HAVING THEIR CELEBRATION FROM 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. I'M LOOKING AT MY COLLEAGUES THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF OF ANYONE I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE WHO WE ALL KNEW HERE BOB TARO A LONG TERM ROXBURY RESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUITY WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AFTER DECADES OF UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO FAIR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HE'S BEEN HERE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES PUSHING ON ISSUES OF HOW TO STRENGTHEN THAT OFFICE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T FACING DISCRIMINATION. IT WAS ALWAYS A JOY TO WORK WITH HIM AND HIS DEDICATION TO OUR RESIDENTS IN SEEKING ACCESS TO HOUSING. HE WOULD OFTEN STOP BY THE OFFICE TO SHARE A KIND WORD OR LOOKING FOR TIMELY ADVICE. HIS LEADERSHIP SPANNED ROLES AT THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY CHAPTER AT ACTORS FOR EQUITY AT BOSTON ACP AND MANY OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, LEAVING A POWERFUL LEGACY OF ADVOCACY, MENTORSHIP AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. WE WILL REALLY MISS YOU BOB TERRELL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE THAT WE LOST ON THE AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 534 TO INCLUDING THOSE CONNECTED TO THE SKATING CLUB OF BOSTON WHICH INCLUDES GINA HAHN, CHRISTINA LANE SPENCER LAND AND JENNY ASH. SHE ASHISH CULVER, VADYM NOMO AND ALSO KEYA DUGGINS WHO WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE HARVARD LEGAL AID BUREAU WHERE I ALSO WORKED AND STUDIED AND WHO WAS SO DEVOTED TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN GETTING LEGAL REPRESENTATION HERE AND IN HER WORK WITH CITY LIFE URBANA. SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF ALL OF THOSE AND EVERYONE WHO IS GRIEVING FOR THOSE WE'VE LOST.  THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON INCARCERATED. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO REMEMBER MARY HOMAN WHO WAS A BEAUTIFUL, KIND AND GRACIOUS WOMAN WHO LIVED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF COUNCILOR BRIAN J. HOLDEN, A MEMBER OF THIS BODY WHO DIED VERY SUDDENLY AT THE AGE OF 40, 29, 39 YEARS. AND THAT WAS A HUGE LOSS TO HIS MOM. AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HOLDEN WHO SERVES REPRESENTS PART OF MY DISTRICT AT THE STATE HOUSE.  MRS. HOLDEN WAS A REALLY INCREDIBLE WOMAN. SHE SERVED AS A LUNCH MONITOR AND BEEPERS FOR 32 YEARS AND WENT TO THE EFFORT OF LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE. SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE STUDENTS AT THE HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SHE WAS THE CENTER OF HER CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CENTER OF HER FAMILY AND VERY MUCH LOVED BY THE AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE IRISH IRISH COMMUNITY AND A MEMBER OF THE KARE CLUB.  SHE WAS JUST AN AMAZING WOMAN WHO PASSED AT THE AGE OF 91 AND WE ALL MISS HER. SHE'S ALWAYS HAD EVERYTHING AND NO ONE KNOWS THE REST OF THE WHOLE ROAD RACE SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE AT THE START STARTING LINE SHE WOULD BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND KEVIN IS A VERY DEDICATED SON AND TOOK CARE OF HIS MOTHER BEAUTIFULLY AND I THINK IT'S JUST A HUGE LOSS FOR NOT ONLY THE FAMILY BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND SHE WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR. WHEN I WHEN I TOLD A REPORTER THAT WE WOULD BE ADJOURNING TODAY'S MEETING IN HER MEMORY AND YOU SAID IT, HE SAID MAKE SURE YOU MENTION THAT SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF A GREAT CITY COUNCILOR. YES. MEANT TO UPLIFT THAT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND LATE COUNCILOR BRAIDED AND IN THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER MRS. HONAN.  I WENT TO THE WAKE LAST NIGHT AND SAID OUR PRAYERS WITH KEVIN AND HE HAD A WONDERFUL MOTHER AND I KNOW SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING NEIGHBOR TO SO MANY AS COUNCILOR BRAYTON HAS MENTIONED. I ALSO WANTED TO REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE BOB TYRRELL AS YOU MENTIONED MADAM PRESIDENT AND WHAT I LIKED I ALWAYS RESPECTED ABOUT BOB AS HE HE LOVED COMING DOWN HERE AND ENGAGING US AND TALKING TO US AND HE WAS REALLY DEDICATED TO HIS JOB AND HE TOOK HIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY AND THAT ALWAYS ALWAYS PROVIDING GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ON HOW TO IMPROVE FAIR HOUSING LAWS. BUT HE WAS A TREMENDOUS CITY EMPLOYEE FOR SO MANY DECADES AND HE'LL BE MISSED. HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO UPLIFT MRS. HONAN.  SHE WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR. YOU GO TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ANY TIME I WAS IN BRIGHTON AND SHE WAS THERE AT ALL OF THE SENIOR EVENTS AND OTHER EVENTS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHE ALWAYS HAD A BIG SMILE AND WAS ALWAYS SO WELCOMING AND HER SON KEVIN WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL SON AND ANY TIME I SAID THAT TO HIM HE SAID WELL IT'S EASY BECAUSE SHE'S SUCH A WONDERFUL MOTHER BUT HE WOULD ALWAYS BRING HER TO THE EVENTS SHE WANTED TO BE AT LIKE THE BRETT BREAKFAST EVERY YEAR AND MAKE SURE SHE GOT HER SEAT RIGHT UP FRONT AND SHE WILL BE MISSED BY SO MANY. SO WE WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT AND I ALSO WANTED TO AND ADJOURN TODAY AND THE MEMORY OF MARY COSTELLO FENTON THE MOTHER OF EILEEN FENTON, BILLIE FENTON AND MARGARET FLAHERTY.  SHE LEAVES BEHIND A LOVING FAMILY MANY GRANDCHILDREN, CHILDREN WHO WILL MISS HER DEARLY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO. OKAY, THANK YOU. TODAY WITH A GENERAL MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BREADON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL LIFELONG AUSTIN BRIGHTON RESIDENT MARY TERESA DOYLE HONAN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BOB ROBERT BOB TERRELL ON BEHALF OF MYSELF MARIE CORBIN, MOTHER OF ANNE CORBIN FOR NOW ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR MURPHY, MARY COSTELLO FENTON ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THE LIVES LOST ON AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 534 TO A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE DIANELLA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025 AT 12 NOON. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.  THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF A GERMAN. PLEASE SAY I I. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED