00:00:00:00	00:04:56:00	THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND YOU
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00:09:27:00	00:09:29:00	THE US CAN WATCH THE
00:09:29:00	00:09:30:00	COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE
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00:09:34:00	00:09:35:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
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00:09:41:00	00:09:42:00	ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I
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00:09:43:00	00:09:46:00	THERE IS NO DEMONSTRATION
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00:09:46:00	00:09:50:00	MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE
00:09:50:00	00:09:51:00	WILL BE PERMITTED.
00:09:51:00	00:09:51:00	THANK YOU.
00:09:51:00	00:09:54:00	MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:09:54:00	00:09:54:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:09:54:00	00:09:55:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:09:55:00	00:09:59:00	COUNCILOR BREEN YOU'RE
00:09:59:00	00:09:59:00	COUNCILOR COLORED AS A PARTNER.
00:09:59:00	00:10:01:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
00:10:01:00	00:10:02:00	COUNCIL FINANCE SANDERSON
00:10:02:00	00:10:05:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:10:05:00	00:10:05:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YEAH.
00:10:05:00	00:10:09:00	COUNCILOR IN HERE.
00:10:09:00	00:10:09:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:10:09:00	00:10:10:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YEAH.
00:10:10:00	00:10:13:00	COUNCILOR FLIPPIN
00:10:13:00	00:10:13:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:10:13:00	00:10:17:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND
00:10:17:00	00:10:18:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL HERE.
00:10:18:00	00:10:19:00	A QUORUM AS I'VE BEEN INFORMED
00:10:19:00	00:10:20:00	BY THE COURT THAT A QUORUM IS
00:10:20:00	00:10:21:00	PRESENT.
00:10:21:00	00:10:22:00	ALSO IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH YOUR
00:10:22:00	00:10:24:00	NAMETAGS THERE IT SAYS
00:10:24:00	00:10:24:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:10:24:00	00:10:30:00	THAT'S A I WAS TURNED OFF TO
00:10:30:00	00:10:30:00	GIVE THESE.
00:10:30:00	00:10:31:00	YEAH.
00:10:31:00	00:10:32:00	I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT I'D ALSO
00:10:32:00	00:10:33:00	LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE ARE WE
00:10:33:00	00:10:33:00	ALSO HAVE WITH THIS HEARING
00:10:33:00	00:10:35:00	CHAMBERS TODAY THE IRISH NEW
00:10:35:00	00:10:36:00	COUNCIL GENERAL OF NEW ENGLAND
00:10:36:00	00:10:36:00	SHEILA FITZGERALD.
00:10:36:00	00:10:39:00	THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
00:10:39:00	00:10:40:00	TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE ST
00:10:40:00	00:10:40:00	PATRICK'S DAY.
00:10:40:00	00:10:42:00	NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:10:42:00	00:10:43:00	INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY
00:10:43:00	00:10:44:00	SISTER PAT ANDREWS INVITED BY
00:10:44:00	00:10:47:00	COUNCILOR BRAYDON
00:10:47:00	00:10:48:00	COUNCILOR BRAEDEN YOU HAVE THE
00:10:48:00	00:10:48:00	FLOOR AND AFTER THE INVOCATION
00:10:48:00	00:10:49:00	WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:10:49:00	00:11:00:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:11:00:00	00:11:03:00	GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
00:11:03:00	00:11:07:00	IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
00:11:07:00	00:11:07:00	SISTER PAT ANDREWS.
00:11:07:00	00:11:08:00	I'VE JUST SAID SHE'S A FREQUENT
00:11:08:00	00:11:11:00	FLIER IN THE CHAMBER HERE.
00:11:11:00	00:11:12:00	SHE'S OFFERED AN INVOCATION ON
00:11:12:00	00:11:14:00	MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST.
00:11:14:00	00:11:15:00	SISTER PAT IS A NEIGHBOR
00:11:15:00	00:11:18:00	OF MINE AND BRIGHTON.
00:11:18:00	00:11:19:00	SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE SISTERS
00:11:19:00	00:11:22:00	OF SAINT JOSEPH OF BOSTON AND
00:11:22:00	00:11:23:00	HAS JUST CELEBRATED 60 YEARS
00:11:23:00	00:11:23:00	OF MISSION AND SERVICE AS A
00:11:23:00	00:11:26:00	TEACHER IN THE BOSTON AREA.
00:11:26:00	00:11:30:00	WE WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST HER
00:11:30:00	00:11:33:00	BUT SHE WAS BORN IN BROCKTON.
00:11:33:00	00:11:37:00	SO WITH A SISTER PAT ANDREWS AS
00:11:37:00	00:11:38:00	A TEACHER.
00:11:38:00	00:11:41:00	AND THEN WHEN SHE RETIRED FROM
00:11:41:00	00:11:42:00	TEACHING IN SCHOOL SHE TOOK ON
00:11:42:00	00:11:45:00	THE JOB OF WORKING AT THE
00:11:45:00	00:11:46:00	LITERACY CONNECTION AND
00:11:46:00	00:11:49:00	ADMISSION OF THE SISTERS
00:11:49:00	00:11:49:00	OF SAINT JOSEPH THAT DOES AN
00:11:49:00	00:11:53:00	ADULT EDUCATION PREPARING AN
00:11:53:00	00:11:56:00	IMMIGRANT WHO WHO WANT TO
00:11:56:00	00:11:57:00	BECOME CITIZENS TO DO THEIR
00:11:57:00	00:12:00:00	CITIZENS EXAM AND ALSO ESL
00:12:00:00	00:12:00:00	CLASSES.
00:12:00:00	00:12:03:00	ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
00:12:03:00	00:12:04:00	CLASS FOR IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
00:12:04:00	00:12:07:00	I THINK IT'S A THEME THIS WEEK
00:12:07:00	00:12:08:00	THAT WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE
00:12:08:00	00:12:11:00	INCREDIBLE VALUE OF IMMIGRANTS
00:12:11:00	00:12:12:00	IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN OUR
00:12:12:00	00:12:14:00	CITY.
00:12:14:00	00:12:15:00	AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
00:12:15:00	00:12:18:00	SUPPORT THEM TO SETTLE HERE AND
00:12:18:00	00:12:19:00	TO BECOME FULL CITIZENS.
00:12:19:00	00:12:22:00	AND SISTER PAT HAS MANY, MANY
00:12:22:00	00:12:23:00	YEARS OF SERVICE IN THAT AREA
00:12:23:00	00:12:26:00	AND WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL
00:12:26:00	00:12:26:00	FOR THAT.
00:12:26:00	00:12:30:00	SHE'S ALSO LIKE AN EMISSARY FOR
00:12:30:00	00:12:30:00	THE SISTERS.
00:12:30:00	00:12:31:00	SHE'S OPEN ABOUT A LOT IN THE
00:12:31:00	00:12:34:00	NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURNS UP TO
00:12:34:00	00:12:34:00	EVERYTHING.
00:12:34:00	00:12:35:00	SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER
00:12:35:00	00:12:35:00	OFFERING A BLESSING AND AN
00:12:35:00	00:12:37:00	INVITATION THIS MORNING.
00:12:37:00	00:12:53:00	SISTER PAT, THANK YOU AND AS
00:12:53:00	00:12:53:00	YOU CAN SEE, I'LL PUT MY CANES
00:12:53:00	00:12:56:00	AND EVERYTHING AWAY BECAUSE I
00:12:56:00	00:12:57:00	KNOW THAT I HAVE A NUMBER
00:12:57:00	00:13:00:00	OF PEOPLE HERE WHO CAN RESCUE
00:13:00:00	00:13:07:00	ME AND THEY HAVE WONDERFUL I
00:13:07:00	00:13:08:00	WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:13:08:00	00:13:12:00	WELCOME AND TO COUNCILOR.
00:13:12:00	00:13:12:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:13:12:00	00:13:15:00	SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THIS
00:13:15:00	00:13:19:00	HONOR TO JOIN YOU IN PRAYER.
00:13:19:00	00:13:23:00	THE NEW YEAR OF 2025 HAS
00:13:23:00	00:13:27:00	RAPIDLY TRANSFORMED LIFE AS WE
00:13:27:00	00:13:31:00	KNOW IT FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
00:13:31:00	00:13:32:00	THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THERE
00:13:32:00	00:13:34:00	IS GREAT UNCERTAINTY AROUND US.
00:13:34:00	00:13:39:00	AND SO TO OUR GOD OF MANY NAMES
00:13:39:00	00:13:43:00	BUT ALWAYS A GOD OF INCLUSIVE
00:13:43:00	00:13:50:00	LOVE WE PRAY LOVING GOD WE HOLD
00:13:50:00	00:13:51:00	IN TENDERNESS AND PRAYER THE
00:13:51:00	00:13:54:00	COLLECTIVE SUFFERING OF OUR
00:13:54:00	00:13:55:00	WORLD AT THIS TIME AND WE
00:13:55:00	00:13:59:00	GRIEVE PRECIOUS LIVES LOST AND
00:13:59:00	00:14:02:00	VULNERABLE LIVES THREATENED.
00:14:02:00	00:14:06:00	WE ARE A COUNTRY PLEDGED TO
00:14:06:00	00:14:09:00	PURSUE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
00:14:09:00	00:14:13:00	ALL BUT WE ARE OFTEN TOO
00:14:13:00	00:14:16:00	DIVIDED ACROSS LINES OF RACE,
00:14:16:00	00:14:20:00	ETHNICITY AND INEQUALITY.
00:14:20:00	00:14:23:00	WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS
00:14:23:00	00:14:24:00	STRUGGLING TO ADDRESS
00:14:24:00	00:14:27:00	CHALLENGES OF MANY NEW
00:14:27:00	00:14:28:00	IMMIGRANTS IN OUR MIDST.
00:14:28:00	00:14:32:00	WE ARE AN AFFLUENT SOCIETY
00:14:32:00	00:14:36:00	WHERE TOO MANY LIVE IN POVERTY
00:14:36:00	00:14:40:00	AND MANY HAVE LACK OF HEALTH
00:14:40:00	00:14:44:00	CARE AND THE NECESSITY IS
00:14:44:00	00:14:44:00	OF LIFE.
00:14:44:00	00:14:48:00	WE ARE A PART OF A LARGER
00:14:48:00	00:14:51:00	GLOBAL COMMUNITY FACING URGENT
00:14:51:00	00:14:55:00	THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND
00:14:55:00	00:14:58:00	THAT MUST SUSTAIN US ALL.
00:14:58:00	00:14:59:00	THESE CHALLENGES ARE AT THE
00:14:59:00	00:15:03:00	HEART OF PUBLIC LIFE AND AT THE
00:15:03:00	00:15:06:00	CENTER OF THE PURSUIT OF THE
00:15:06:00	00:15:10:00	COMMON GOOD GOD OF ENDURING
00:15:10:00	00:15:10:00	LOVE.
00:15:10:00	00:15:14:00	MAY OUR PERSONAL FAITH GIVE US
00:15:14:00	00:15:15:00	THE STRENGTH TO WITNESS WITH
00:15:15:00	00:15:18:00	COURAGE TO THE CHALLENGES
00:15:18:00	00:15:18:00	BEFORE US.
00:15:18:00	00:15:22:00	MAY WE BE UNITED BOTH AS
00:15:22:00	00:15:25:00	ELECTED CIVIC LEADERS AND
00:15:25:00	00:15:30:00	RESPONSIBLE INVOLVED CITIZENS
00:15:30:00	00:15:33:00	AND NEIGHBORS IN BUILDING OUR
00:15:33:00	00:15:37:00	COMMONWEALTH WHERE EVERYONE CAN
00:15:37:00	00:15:37:00	HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE
00:15:37:00	00:15:41:00	WITH DIGNITY AND HOPE GOD
00:15:41:00	00:15:45:00	OF SUSTAINED LOVE BLESS OUR
00:15:45:00	00:15:49:00	EFFORTS AS WE WORK TOGETHER SO
00:15:49:00	00:15:52:00	THAT ALL MAY BE ONE FOR A
00:15:52:00	00:15:52:00	FUTURE.
00:15:52:00	00:15:56:00	YET TO COME.
00:15:56:00	00:15:59:00	I DID SPEAK WITH COUNCILOR LIZ
00:15:59:00	00:16:03:00	AND I ASKED HER IF I MAY
00:16:03:00	00:16:06:00	OF BRING WITH ME TODAY ONE
00:16:06:00	00:16:07:00	OF OUR HYMNS THAT AS SISTERS
00:16:07:00	00:16:10:00	OF SAINT JOSEPH WE DO SING WHEN
00:16:10:00	00:16:14:00	WE ARE ON OUR WAY INTO
00:16:14:00	00:16:15:00	DIFFERENT MINISTRIES ARE
00:16:15:00	00:16:17:00	INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
00:16:17:00	00:16:18:00	.
00:16:18:00	00:16:21:00	THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE BRING
00:16:21:00	00:16:25:00	AND WE BLESS ALL OF US AT THIS
00:16:25:00	00:16:25:00	POINT.
00:16:25:00	00:16:29:00	SO FOR COUNCILOR IS AND ALSO
00:16:29:00	00:16:33:00	FOR COUNSELOR M.S..
00:16:33:00	00:16:33:00	THESE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW
00:16:33:00	00:16:37:00	COUNSELOR ED SO I WANTED TO
00:16:37:00	00:16:40:00	BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER IN A
00:16:40:00	00:16:43:00	SENSE AND NOT JUST MAYBE ONE OR
00:16:43:00	00:16:43:00	TWO.
00:16:43:00	00:16:47:00	SO PLEASE WITH NO MUSIC YOU CAN
00:16:47:00	00:16:48:00	JUST PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR
00:16:48:00	00:16:48:00	EARS.
00:16:48:00	00:16:50:00	THAT'S FINE.
00:16:50:00	00:16:51:00	BUT THIS IS PRECIOUS TO US
00:16:51:00	00:16:55:00	BECAUSE WE ARE BLESSING EACH
00:16:55:00	00:16:57:00	OTHER AND WE ARE ALL IN THIS
00:16:57:00	00:17:01:00	TOGETHER.
00:17:01:00	00:17:04:00	MAY THE GREATEST LOVE THE WORLD
00:17:04:00	00:17:08:00	HAS EVER KNOWN SEES YOU IN
00:17:08:00	00:17:13:00	SPIRE SET YOUR HEART ON FIRE
00:17:13:00	00:17:16:00	AND DARE YOU TO BE BOLD WITH
00:17:16:00	00:17:21:00	WISDOM TO BE TOLD MAY THE
00:17:21:00	00:17:24:00	NEIGHBORHOODS OF OUR SACRED
00:17:24:00	00:17:29:00	UNIVERSE BE CARE READ AND FOR
00:17:29:00	00:17:33:00	ASSURED EMBRACE STAND SO I LOVE
00:17:33:00	00:17:36:00	YOU THAT WHOLE ALL MAY BE ONE
00:17:36:00	00:17:40:00	FOR A FUTURE YET TO COME.
00:17:40:00	00:17:44:00	THIS WE ARE ASK THIS WE PRAY
00:17:44:00	00:17:51:00	THAT AS WE BLESS YOU THIS DAY.
00:17:51:00	00:17:56:00	THANK YOU DEAR FRIENDS WE WILL
00:17:56:00	00:17:56:00	NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:17:56:00	00:17:59:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:17:59:00	00:17:59:00	I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:17:59:00	00:18:03:00	OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:18:03:00	00:18:04:00	AND TO THE MEMBER FOR WHICH IT
00:18:04:00	00:18:07:00	STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:18:07:00	00:18:10:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:18:10:00	00:18:17:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:18:17:00	00:18:31:00	SAY TO YOU THE KING.
00:18:31:00	00:18:32:00	THANK YOU, SISTER PAT.
00:18:32:00	00:18:35:00	THERE WAS NO NEED TO PLUG OUR
00:18:35:00	00:18:36:00	EARS.
00:18:36:00	00:18:36:00	THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE THANK
00:18:36:00	00:18:39:00	YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVOCACY
00:18:39:00	00:18:40:00	ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR
00:18:40:00	00:18:43:00	RESIDENTS NOT JUST IN AUSTIN
00:18:43:00	00:18:44:00	BRYAN BUT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS
00:18:44:00	00:18:44:00	AND ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT
00:18:44:00	00:18:44:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:18:44:00	00:18:47:00	MAY YOU CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE
00:18:47:00	00:18:48:00	US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
00:18:48:00	00:18:48:00	SHOWING UP FOR EVERYONE?
00:18:48:00	00:18:51:00	THANK YOU SISTER PACK AND THANK
00:18:51:00	00:18:51:00	YOU COME CELEBRATING.
00:18:51:00	00:18:55:00	THANK YOU.
00:18:55:00	00:18:55:00	OKAY WE WILL HAVE TWO
00:18:55:00	00:18:56:00	PRESENTATION TODAY.
00:18:56:00	00:18:58:00	THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS FROM
00:18:58:00	00:18:58:00	COUNSELOR.
00:18:58:00	00:19:01:00	BEFORE WE DO THAT, MR. CLERK,
00:19:01:00	00:19:02:00	CAN WE PLEASE UPDATE THE RECORD
00:19:02:00	00:19:05:00	TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELORS
00:19:05:00	00:19:06:00	BECAUSE THAT IS APATA IS WITH
00:19:06:00	00:19:08:00	US COUNSELOR HERE AND COUNSELOR
00:19:08:00	00:19:09:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON ARE NOW
00:19:09:00	00:19:12:00	PRESENT IN WITH US.
00:19:12:00	00:19:12:00	OKAY.
00:19:12:00	00:19:13:00	THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS FROM
00:19:13:00	00:19:16:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY, THE PEGGY
00:19:16:00	00:19:16:00	WOODS DANCE GROUP COUNSELOR.
00:19:16:00	00:19:20:00	MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5
00:19:20:00	00:19:20:00	MINUTES IN HONOR
00:19:20:00	00:19:20:00	OF IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE
00:19:20:00	00:19:22:00	MONTH AND ST PATRICK'S DAY.
00:19:22:00	00:19:32:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, JULIA.
00:19:32:00	00:19:33:00	THANK YOU.
00:19:33:00	00:19:37:00	GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
00:19:37:00	00:19:38:00	HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY MONTH
00:19:38:00	00:19:41:00	LIKE WE LIKE TO REFER TO IT WE
00:19:41:00	00:19:41:00	THIS MORNING.
00:19:41:00	00:19:42:00	THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
00:19:42:00	00:19:42:00	JOINED US.
00:19:42:00	00:19:45:00	WE HAD OUR FLAG RAISING OUTSIDE
00:19:45:00	00:19:46:00	ON CITY HALL PLAZA AND WE HAD A
00:19:46:00	00:19:48:00	NICE RECEPTION AFTER CATED BY
00:19:48:00	00:19:49:00	SCHOOLBOYS WHICH WAS WONDERFUL
00:19:49:00	00:19:52:00	AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE
00:19:52:00	00:19:53:00	COUNCILOR GENERALS SAY A FEW
00:19:53:00	00:19:56:00	WORDS FOR US AND WE WILL HAVE
00:19:56:00	00:19:59:00	SOME ENTERTAINMENT BEFORE THE
00:19:59:00	00:19:59:00	COUNCIL MEETING.
00:19:59:00	00:20:00:00	SO THE WOOD SCHOOL OF DANCING
00:20:00:00	00:20:03:00	FROM SOUTH BOSTON WE HAVE
00:20:03:00	00:20:04:00	SEVERAL DANCERS WHO ARE HERE
00:20:04:00	00:20:04:00	WHO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
00:20:04:00	00:20:08:00	ENTERTAINING US A LITTLE BEFORE
00:20:08:00	00:20:08:00	THE COUNCIL MEETING STARTS BUT
00:20:08:00	00:20:09:00	I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT OFF TO
00:20:09:00	00:20:11:00	MY TWO OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO
00:20:11:00	00:20:12:00	SPONSORED THIS WITH US.
00:20:12:00	00:20:18:00	SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK YOU
00:20:18:00	00:20:18:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AND TO
00:20:18:00	00:20:22:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WE HAD A
00:20:22:00	00:20:25:00	WONDERFUL FLAG RAISING CEREMONY
00:20:25:00	00:20:25:00	THIS MORNING ON CITY HALL PLAZA
00:20:25:00	00:20:29:00	WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE YOUNG
00:20:29:00	00:20:29:00	STUDENTS FROM THE ELLIOTT
00:20:29:00	00:20:32:00	SCHOOL WITH US AS WE WERE
00:20:32:00	00:20:36:00	SINGING SINGING IRISH SONGS AND
00:20:36:00	00:20:37:00	THEN WE HAD A NICE RECEPTION AS
00:20:37:00	00:20:40:00	WELL ON THE PIEDMONT MIGHTY
00:20:40:00	00:20:40:00	ROOM.
00:20:40:00	00:20:41:00	BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE
00:20:41:00	00:20:43:00	CELEBRATED THE ENORMOUS
00:20:43:00	00:20:44:00	CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES
00:20:44:00	00:20:48:00	OF THE IRISH AND IRISH-AMERICAN
00:20:48:00	00:20:49:00	COMMUNITY TO OUR CITY AND TO
00:20:49:00	00:20:52:00	OUR COUNTRY.
00:20:52:00	00:20:52:00	HONORED TO BE HERE AND ALSO
00:20:52:00	00:20:55:00	HONORED TO BE WITH MY NEIGHBORS
00:20:55:00	00:20:56:00	IN SOUTH BOSTON.
00:20:56:00	00:20:59:00	MANY OF THEM ARE WILL BE
00:20:59:00	00:21:00:00	DANCING FOR US AS PART OF THE
00:21:00:00	00:21:03:00	PEGGY WOODS SCHOOL OF IRISH
00:21:03:00	00:21:04:00	STEP DANCE AND I KNOW PEGGY AND
00:21:04:00	00:21:07:00	ROSA AND VERY WELL AND LOOKING
00:21:07:00	00:21:08:00	FORWARD TO SEEING MY NEIGHBORS
00:21:08:00	00:21:11:00	PERFORM TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE
00:21:11:00	00:21:15:00	AND THANK YOU THANK YOU
00:21:15:00	00:21:18:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL FLYNN
00:21:18:00	00:21:19:00	IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE THE
00:21:19:00	00:21:19:00	CONSUL GENERAL FITZGERALD HERE,
00:21:19:00	00:21:22:00	MY NAMESAKE WITH US TODAY AND
00:21:22:00	00:21:23:00	ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
00:21:23:00	00:21:26:00	IRISH STEP.
00:21:26:00	00:21:27:00	I KNOW MY MY THREE YEAR OLD
00:21:27:00	00:21:28:00	DAUGHTER IS IN HER FIRST YEAR
00:21:28:00	00:21:30:00	OF IRISH STEPS SO I LOOK
00:21:30:00	00:21:31:00	FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT SHE THIS
00:21:31:00	00:21:35:00	IN ACTION IN THE FUTURE IN MY
00:21:35:00	00:21:35:00	OWN FAMILY AND JUST ONE TOO.
00:21:35:00	00:21:38:00	IT'S A GREAT IT'S THIS IS A
00:21:38:00	00:21:39:00	GREAT MONTH TO CELEBRATE ALL
00:21:39:00	00:21:41:00	THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE IRISH
00:21:41:00	00:21:42:00	IMMIGRANTS THAT WHEN THEY CAME
00:21:42:00	00:21:45:00	OVER AND SEEING WHAT IRELAND
00:21:45:00	00:21:46:00	AND THE IRISH HAVE DONE FOR
00:21:46:00	00:21:48:00	THIS CITY LET US NOT FORGET
00:21:48:00	00:21:49:00	THAT WHEN WE THINK OF THOSE
00:21:49:00	00:21:50:00	GOING THROUGH THEIR IMMIGRATION
00:21:50:00	00:21:53:00	TODAY TRYING TO COME TO THIS
00:21:53:00	00:21:53:00	COUNTRY AND SO I THINK IT
00:21:53:00	00:21:57:00	REALLY IS A GREAT PERSPECTIVE.
00:21:57:00	00:21:58:00	I'M BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.
00:21:58:00	00:21:58:00	AND WITH THAT I'D LOVE TO
00:21:58:00	00:22:01:00	INTRODUCE SHEILA FITZGERALD,
00:22:01:00	00:22:02:00	THE IRISH CONSUL GENERAL
00:22:02:00	00:22:06:00	GAUGAMELA MARCUS IS MYISHA
00:22:06:00	00:22:06:00	SHEILA NICHOLS OR COUNCILOR OF
00:22:06:00	00:22:09:00	THE HEROD THE BOSTON AND I WANT
00:22:09:00	00:22:09:00	TO WISH YOU A HAPPY ST
00:22:09:00	00:22:14:00	PATRICK'S DAY AND AS WE SAY IN
00:22:14:00	00:22:14:00	IRISH BANNOCK NINA TO FEEL A
00:22:14:00	00:22:16:00	POSITIVE GLARE.
00:22:16:00	00:22:17:00	I'M DELIGHTED AND VERY HONORED
00:22:17:00	00:22:20:00	TO BE HERE AND I WANT TO THANK
00:22:20:00	00:22:20:00	PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND THE
00:22:20:00	00:22:24:00	ELECTED MEMBERS FOR INVITING
00:22:24:00	00:22:27:00	MEJIA TODAY.
00:22:27:00	00:22:27:00	OVER 33 MILLION PEOPLE CLAIM
00:22:27:00	00:22:31:00	IRISH HERITAGE ARE AMERICANS
00:22:31:00	00:22:31:00	CLAIM IRISH HERITAGE AND ARE SO
00:22:31:00	00:22:34:00	PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE AND THE
00:22:34:00	00:22:35:00	RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IRELAND
00:22:35:00	00:22:38:00	AND THE US IS A VERY STRONG ONE
00:22:38:00	00:22:38:00	.
00:22:38:00	00:22:41:00	I WOULD SAY THE IRISH PEACE
00:22:41:00	00:22:42:00	PROCESS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
00:22:42:00	00:22:45:00	POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP
00:22:45:00	00:22:46:00	OF THE UNITED STATES AND
00:22:46:00	00:22:49:00	MEMBERS OF PEOPLE FROM BOSTON
00:22:49:00	00:22:50:00	LIKE TIP O'NEILL WHO WERE VERY
00:22:50:00	00:22:54:00	INVOLVED IN THE PEACE PROCESS
00:22:54:00	00:22:54:00	AND ON MANY OTHERS.
00:22:54:00	00:22:57:00	SO THIS IS A MONTH IN WHICH WE
00:22:57:00	00:22:57:00	CELEBRATE ALL OUR CONNECTIONS,
00:22:57:00	00:22:58:00	OUR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
00:22:58:00	00:23:02:00	CONNECTIONS WHICH ARE SO STRONG
00:23:02:00	00:23:02:00	AND SO IMPORTANT AND HERE IN
00:23:02:00	00:23:05:00	THE MOST IRISH CITY IN ALL
00:23:05:00	00:23:09:00	OF AMERICA I'M VERY PROUD TO BE
00:23:09:00	00:23:09:00	THE CONSUL GENERAL.
00:23:09:00	00:23:10:00	SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
00:23:10:00	00:23:13:00	INVITATION HERE TODAY.
00:23:13:00	00:23:14:00	AND PATRICK TINA FEY, LEPORE
00:23:14:00	00:23:16:00	CLIFF GALLAGHER, AMELIA MARCUS
00:23:16:00	00:23:23:00	, I SUPPORT YOU.
00:23:23:00	00:23:27:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:23:27:00	00:23:27:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:23:27:00	00:23:28:00	CONSUL GENERAL, YOU ARE ALWAYS
00:23:28:00	00:23:31:00	WELCOME HERE AT OUR CITY
00:23:31:00	00:23:31:00	COUNCIL MEETINGS AND IN OUR
00:23:31:00	00:23:32:00	CITY HALL YOU ARE ALWAYS SO
00:23:32:00	00:23:35:00	WELCOMING AND INVITING TO ALL
00:23:35:00	00:23:36:00	OF US AND THERE'S SO MUCH
00:23:36:00	00:23:39:00	RICHNESS IN THE IRISH FREEDOM
00:23:39:00	00:23:40:00	STORY AND IRISH HISTORY IN THE
00:23:40:00	00:23:43:00	IRISH AMERICAN STORY HERE AND
00:23:43:00	00:23:43:00	SO IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO HAVE
00:23:43:00	00:23:44:00	YOU.
00:23:44:00	00:23:45:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
00:23:45:00	00:23:47:00	COUNCILORS MURPHY, FLYNN AND
00:23:47:00	00:23:47:00	FITZGERALD FOR MAKING SURE THAT
00:23:47:00	00:23:50:00	WE CONTINUE TO HONOR IRISH
00:23:50:00	00:23:51:00	HERITAGE HERE IN THE CITY
00:23:51:00	00:23:51:00	OF BOSTON AND I KNOW MY OTHER
00:23:51:00	00:23:54:00	COLLEAGUES COUNCILORS BRAEDON
00:23:54:00	00:23:55:00	DURKIN AND EVEN
00:23:55:00	00:23:58:00	COUNCILOR ZAPATA I BELIEVE AND
00:23:58:00	00:23:59:00	THEIR IRISH ROOTS WANT TO MAKE
00:23:59:00	00:23:59:00	SURE THAT WE HONOR THEM AND
00:23:59:00	00:23:59:00	UPLIFT THEM.
00:23:59:00	00:24:02:00	I SEE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES
00:24:02:00	00:24:02:00	WEARING GREEN BECAUSE WE KNOW
00:24:02:00	00:24:03:00	ON ST PATRICK'S DAY AND DURING
00:24:03:00	00:24:06:00	ST PATRICK'S MONTH WE ARE ALL
00:24:06:00	00:24:07:00	IRISH SO LOTS OF REALLY GREAT
00:24:07:00	00:24:09:00	GREEN HERE AND THAT COMES FROM
00:24:09:00	00:24:10:00	MURPHY IS BRINGING THE DANCERS
00:24:10:00	00:24:13:00	IN.
00:24:13:00	00:24:14:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
00:24:14:00	00:24:14:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY BECAUSE IT WAS
00:24:14:00	00:24:16:00	A REALLY WONDERFUL FLAG RAISING
00:24:16:00	00:24:17:00	THIS MORNING WITH STUDENTS FROM
00:24:17:00	00:24:21:00	THE ELLIOTT WHO PERFORMED SOME
00:24:21:00	00:24:24:00	SONGS AND WE HAD A LOT OF PASS
00:24:24:00	00:24:25:00	AND PRESENT ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:24:25:00	00:24:28:00	WITH US CLARKE POWERS WHO I'M
00:24:28:00	00:24:29:00	NOT SURE IF HE'S STILL HERE
00:24:29:00	00:24:31:00	CLARKE HANNIGAN, FORMER CITY
00:24:31:00	00:24:32:00	COUNCILOR HANNIGAN, FORMER CITY
00:24:32:00	00:24:35:00	COUNCILOR MCDERMOTT AND FORMER
00:24:35:00	00:24:36:00	STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM
00:24:36:00	00:24:36:00	BARRATT SO I WANT TO THANK ALL
00:24:36:00	00:24:39:00	OF THEM FOR BEING HERE WITH US
00:24:39:00	00:24:43:00	AND THAT IRISH STEP DANCERS
00:24:43:00	00:24:43:00	SHOULD BE COMING IN SOON HERE.
00:24:43:00	00:24:45:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY GETTING THEM
00:24:45:00	00:30:05:00	READY WE ANTICIPATION FOR STAFF
00:30:05:00	00:30:06:00	TO STAY HERE THAT WAS
00:30:06:00	00:30:06:00	ENCOURAGING.
00:30:06:00	00:30:08:00	YOU TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU IS
00:30:08:00	00:30:08:00	THAT OKAY?
00:30:08:00	00:30:09:00	THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
00:30:09:00	00:30:10:00	SO GOOD THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A
00:30:10:00	00:30:12:00	PICTURE WITH ALL OF YOU.
00:30:12:00	00:30:13:00	SO IF MY COLLEAGUE THE
00:30:13:00	00:30:14:00	COUNCIL GENERAL SISTER PAT
00:30:14:00	00:30:15:00	PICKETT I'LL COME AND TAKE A
00:30:15:00	00:31:07:00	PHOTO LIKE THIS ONE.
00:31:07:00	00:31:36:00	NO, THANK YOU VERY AWESOME.
00:31:36:00	00:31:36:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:31:36:00	00:31:39:00	THANK YOU TO THE PENGUINS DANCE
00:31:39:00	00:31:40:00	GROUP.
00:31:40:00	00:31:43:00	THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
00:31:43:00	00:31:44:00	THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
00:31:44:00	00:31:44:00	AND I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CLAP
00:31:44:00	00:31:45:00	BUT I WAS SO GOOD.
00:31:45:00	00:31:47:00	OKAY, THAT NEXT WE HAVE A
00:31:47:00	00:31:47:00	PRESENTATION FROM
00:31:47:00	00:31:48:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
00:31:48:00	00:31:50:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:31:50:00	00:31:51:00	YOU HAD THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.
00:31:51:00	00:31:55:00	OH YES, YES, THERE WAS A
00:31:55:00	00:31:55:00	SCHEDULING ERROR BUT YES, YOU
00:31:55:00	00:31:58:00	HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO AND YOU
00:31:58:00	00:31:58:00	HAVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
00:31:58:00	00:32:02:00	THANK YOU.
00:32:02:00	00:32:03:00	HONORING A CONCILOR MEJIA HE
00:32:03:00	00:32:05:00	WILL BE HONORING OUR MEMBERS
00:32:05:00	00:32:06:00	OF OUR TRANS COMMUNITY AND
00:32:06:00	00:32:07:00	SHE'LL ALSO BE HONORING SOCIAL
00:32:07:00	00:32:07:00	WORKERS.
00:32:07:00	00:32:09:00	THANK YOU.
00:32:09:00	00:32:09:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:32:09:00	00:32:14:00	WE'LL BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW.
00:32:14:00	00:32:14:00	OKAY.
00:32:14:00	00:32:17:00	GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
00:32:17:00	00:32:18:00	I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
00:32:18:00	00:32:21:00	WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
00:32:21:00	00:32:24:00	JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
00:32:24:00	00:32:25:00	I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU
00:32:25:00	00:32:28:00	ALL TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF MY
00:32:28:00	00:32:29:00	THERE'S A MEMBER OF THE TRANS
00:32:29:00	00:32:29:00	COMMUNITY WHO WORKS IN OUR
00:32:29:00	00:32:30:00	OFFICE.
00:32:30:00	00:32:32:00	WE WERE PLANNING A TRIP TO DC
00:32:32:00	00:32:36:00	AND SHE WAS AFRAID TO GO TO DC
00:32:36:00	00:32:40:00	BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS
00:32:40:00	00:32:40:00	HAPPENING ON THE NATIONAL
00:32:40:00	00:32:44:00	LANDSCAPE AND IT WAS THE FIRST
00:32:44:00	00:32:45:00	OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD TO
00:32:45:00	00:32:48:00	REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO
00:32:48:00	00:32:51:00	IN THIS MOMENT AND SO WE DON'T
00:32:51:00	00:32:52:00	WANT OUR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN
00:32:52:00	00:32:52:00	FEAR.
00:32:52:00	00:32:55:00	WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
00:32:55:00	00:32:55:00	SEE AND AFFIRM.
00:32:55:00	00:32:56:00	AND SO AS SOON AS WE HAD THAT
00:32:56:00	00:32:59:00	CONVERSATION, SCARLETT WHO'S
00:32:59:00	00:33:00:00	MAKING HER WAY DOWN HERE
00:33:00:00	00:33:02:00	CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
00:33:02:00	00:33:03:00	ME TO MEET WITH A GROUP
00:33:03:00	00:33:04:00	OF TRANS LATINA WOMEN WHO ARE
00:33:04:00	00:33:07:00	ALSO LIVING IN FEAR.
00:33:07:00	00:33:10:00	AND IN THAT CONVERSATION THEY
00:33:10:00	00:33:11:00	UPLIFTED ONE NAME AND THAT WAS
00:33:11:00	00:33:14:00	CHASTITY AND IF YOU KNOW WHO
00:33:14:00	00:33:14:00	THAT IS, YOU KNOW WHY SHE'S
00:33:14:00	00:33:17:00	HERE TODAY BECAUSE UNDER HER
00:33:17:00	00:33:18:00	LEADERSHIP WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
00:33:18:00	00:33:24:00	ON LOOKING TO SEE NOT ONLY HOW
00:33:24:00	00:33:25:00	WE DO A RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE
00:33:25:00	00:33:28:00	KNOW IT'S A NON-BINDING
00:33:28:00	00:33:29:00	RESOLUTION, IT HAS NO TEETH TO
00:33:29:00	00:33:29:00	IT.
00:33:29:00	00:33:33:00	BUT WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO IS
00:33:33:00	00:33:33:00	WORK ALONGSIDE THIS COALITION
00:33:33:00	00:33:36:00	DIRECTED BY CHASTITY TO DO
00:33:36:00	00:33:36:00	SOMETHING MORE AND TO AFFIRM
00:33:36:00	00:33:39:00	AND TO WORK ON AN ORDINANCE
00:33:39:00	00:33:40:00	THAT WE CAN BRING HERE TO THE
00:33:40:00	00:33:41:00	CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN DO
00:33:41:00	00:33:44:00	THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND IT'S
00:33:44:00	00:33:44:00	GOING TO BE UNDER THEIR
00:33:44:00	00:33:45:00	LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE GOING TO
00:33:45:00	00:33:48:00	MOVE THE WORK FORWARD AND SO I
00:33:48:00	00:33:48:00	JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
00:33:48:00	00:33:52:00	ORGANIZING AND CREATING SPACE
00:33:52:00	00:33:52:00	FOR US TO RECOGNIZE WHO IT IS
00:33:52:00	00:33:55:00	THAT WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR
00:33:55:00	00:33:55:00	BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED
00:33:55:00	00:33:59:00	US TO BE QUIET ABOUT THIS.
00:33:59:00	00:34:00:00	A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING NOT
00:34:00:00	00:34:01:00	NOW BECAUSE LOOK, WE'RE UNDER
00:34:01:00	00:34:03:00	ATTACK.
00:34:03:00	00:34:03:00	THE FOLKS BACK HERE WERE SAYING
00:34:03:00	00:34:06:00	NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO STAND
00:34:06:00	00:34:07:00	UP AND AFFIRM OUR DIGNITY AND
00:34:07:00	00:34:10:00	WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN FEAR
00:34:10:00	00:34:10:00	.
00:34:10:00	00:34:11:00	AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP
00:34:11:00	00:34:11:00	IN THAT DIRECTION.
00:34:11:00	00:34:14:00	AND SO WE INVITE FOLKS TO BE A
00:34:14:00	00:34:15:00	PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND TO
00:34:15:00	00:34:15:00	WORK ALONGSIDE THIS COALITION
00:34:15:00	00:34:19:00	TO ENSURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
00:34:19:00	00:34:19:00	SO I'M LOOKING TO MY COLLEAGUES
00:34:19:00	00:34:22:00	WHEN WE DECIDE TO PASS AND
00:34:22:00	00:34:23:00	OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING TO PASS THE
00:34:23:00	00:34:26:00	MIC OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE WHO
00:34:26:00	00:34:26:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA AND
00:34:26:00	00:34:27:00	THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME IN
00:34:27:00	00:34:29:00	THIS RESOLUTION AND TO PARTNER
00:34:29:00	00:34:30:00	ASKING ME TO PARTNER IN THE
00:34:30:00	00:34:33:00	WORK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
00:34:33:00	00:34:34:00	BEING HERE TODAY.
00:34:34:00	00:34:37:00	THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME
00:34:37:00	00:34:38:00	FOR EVERYONE ON MANY, MANY
00:34:38:00	00:34:41:00	COUNTS BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY
00:34:41:00	00:34:41:00	DIFFICULT FOR OUR TRANS
00:34:41:00	00:34:44:00	COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE
00:34:44:00	00:34:45:00	INCREDIBLY NEGATIVE AND
00:34:45:00	00:34:48:00	DISPARAGING RHETORIC THAT WE'VE
00:34:48:00	00:34:49:00	WE'VE HEARD IN THE LAST YEAR
00:34:49:00	00:34:52:00	AND IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ACTION
00:34:52:00	00:34:53:00	AND AND HOW THINGS ARE MOVING
00:34:53:00	00:34:56:00	FORWARD IS NOT VERY ENCOURAGE
00:34:56:00	00:34:57:00	DOING EITHER.
00:34:57:00	00:34:58:00	I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT TO
00:34:58:00	00:35:00:00	STEP UP AND SAY WE ALL DESERVE
00:35:00:00	00:35:01:00	TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND
00:35:01:00	00:35:04:00	RESPECT AND DELIVER LIVES
00:35:04:00	00:35:04:00	WITHOUT FEAR.
00:35:04:00	00:35:08:00	AND I THIS COUNTRY HAS SAID
00:35:08:00	00:35:09:00	THIS RESOLUTION IS A FIRST STEP
00:35:09:00	00:35:12:00	TO TRY AND JUST MAKE A
00:35:12:00	00:35:15:00	STATEMENT OF OUR VALUES THAT WE
00:35:15:00	00:35:16:00	WE VALUE AND RESPECT THE
00:35:16:00	00:35:16:00	DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE AND THAT
00:35:16:00	00:35:19:00	EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE
00:35:19:00	00:35:23:00	IN PEACE AND SAFETY AND
00:35:23:00	00:35:24:00	ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK AND TRANS
00:35:24:00	00:35:27:00	WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND
00:35:27:00	00:35:28:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:35:28:00	00:35:28:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:35:28:00	00:35:31:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:31:00	00:35:31:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:31:00	00:35:32:00	I'M GOING TO I AM GOING TO TAKE
00:35:32:00	00:35:34:00	A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME HERE
00:35:34:00	00:35:35:00	BECAUSE I HAVE CHASTITY IS ALSO
00:35:35:00	00:35:38:00	GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND I
00:35:38:00	00:35:39:00	JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT
00:35:39:00	00:35:41:00	GISELLE, A BIRD FROM THE
00:35:41:00	00:35:42:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
00:35:42:00	00:35:42:00	THEATER OFFENSE COULDN'T BE
00:35:42:00	00:35:46:00	HERE AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY
00:35:46:00	00:35:47:00	ONE THING THAT SHE ASKED IS TO
00:35:47:00	00:35:48:00	UPLIFT IS THAT WE MUST CREATE
00:35:48:00	00:35:50:00	OUR OWN SACRED SPACES
00:35:50:00	00:35:50:00	SANCTUARIES THAT ARE PORTALS
00:35:50:00	00:35:51:00	OF SAFETY, HEALING AND CULTURAL
00:35:51:00	00:35:54:00	ABUNDANCE.
00:35:54:00	00:35:54:00	BOSTON IS THE THEATER
00:35:54:00	00:35:55:00	OF OFFENSIVE BIRTH PLACE AND WE
00:35:55:00	00:35:57:00	HAVE BEEN FOSTERED HERE WITH
00:35:57:00	00:35:58:00	LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR 36 YEARS.
00:35:58:00	00:36:02:00	BUT NOW WE MUST CODIFY THIS SO
00:36:02:00	00:36:02:00	THAT OUR COMMUNITY FINDS
00:36:02:00	00:36:02:00	BELONGING.
00:36:02:00	00:36:06:00	WE CANNOT BE LEFT TO FIGHT
00:36:06:00	00:36:06:00	ALONE.
00:36:06:00	00:36:07:00	WE MUST STAND UNITED AS THE
00:36:07:00	00:36:09:00	BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN
00:36:09:00	00:36:09:00	REVOLUTION.
00:36:09:00	00:36:10:00	LET THE REVOLUTION CONTINUE AS
00:36:10:00	00:36:14:00	WE PROTECT ALL OF BOSTON AND
00:36:14:00	00:36:14:00	ITS INHABITANTS WHO DESERVE THE
00:36:14:00	00:36:17:00	LIBERTY AND JUSTICE OF ALL AN
00:36:17:00	00:36:18:00	EMBEDDED IN THE PLEDGE
00:36:18:00	00:36:21:00	OF ALLEGIANCE AND I AM GOING TO
00:36:21:00	00:36:22:00	PASS THE MIC TO THE CHAIR
00:36:22:00	00:36:23:00	OF THIS COALITION CHASTITY YOU
00:36:23:00	00:36:31:00	NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:36:31:00	00:36:31:00	GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:36:31:00	00:36:32:00	MY NAME IS CHASTITY BOLEK.
00:36:32:00	00:36:35:00	I USE HER PRONOUNS AND I AM A
00:36:35:00	00:36:36:00	BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN AND A
00:36:36:00	00:36:39:00	BOSTON RESIDENT.
00:36:39:00	00:36:40:00	NOT ONLY AM I AN ACTIVIST, I AM
00:36:40:00	00:36:42:00	I HEALTH AND HOUSING ADVOCATES
00:36:42:00	00:36:43:00	NOT ONLY FOR TRANS COMMUNITIES
00:36:43:00	00:36:43:00	BUT ALL MARGINALIZED
00:36:43:00	00:36:46:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:36:46:00	00:36:47:00	I AM LEADING THIS COALITION TO
00:36:47:00	00:36:50:00	NOT ONLY PASS THIS RESOLUTION
00:36:50:00	00:36:54:00	WHICH IS SYMBOLIC BUT ALSO THE
00:36:54:00	00:36:54:00	FIRST STEP INTO CREATING
00:36:54:00	00:36:57:00	LEGISLATION THAT WILL FURTHER
00:36:57:00	00:36:58:00	PROTECT TRANS AND LGBT LGBTQ
00:36:58:00	00:37:01:00	PLUS COMMUNITIES IN BOSTON WITH
00:37:01:00	00:37:02:00	TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE
00:37:02:00	00:37:05:00	COMMUNITIES BEING ATTACKED ON A
00:37:05:00	00:37:08:00	NATIONAL LEVEL, BOSTON HAS TO
00:37:08:00	00:37:09:00	STEP UP AND BE THE STAPLE
00:37:09:00	00:37:13:00	OF THE MOVEMENT FOR SAVING OUR
00:37:13:00	00:37:13:00	LIVES ESPECIALLY BLACK AND
00:37:13:00	00:37:16:00	BROWN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
00:37:16:00	00:37:19:00	WE HAVEN'T HEARD BOSTON SINCE
00:37:19:00	00:37:20:00	OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION HAVE AN
00:37:20:00	00:37:21:00	ATTACK ON OUR LIVES.
00:37:21:00	00:37:24:00	WE HAVE NOT HEARD BOSTON
00:37:24:00	00:37:24:00	SUPPORT US SAY THEY STAND IN
00:37:24:00	00:37:28:00	SOLIDARITY WITH US HAS BEEN
00:37:28:00	00:37:31:00	SILENCE AND SO AS TAXPAYERS, AS
00:37:31:00	00:37:32:00	PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING IS HIGH
00:37:32:00	00:37:33:00	RENT IN BOSTON WHO ARE GOING
00:37:33:00	00:37:35:00	OVER THESE POTHOLES IN BOSTON
00:37:35:00	00:37:36:00	WE HAVE A RIGHT AND WE HAVE A
00:37:36:00	00:37:39:00	SAY SO AND WE WANT OUR
00:37:39:00	00:37:39:00	SANCTUARY CITY NOT THAT WE WANT
00:37:39:00	00:37:40:00	IT BUT WE NEED IT.
00:37:40:00	00:37:43:00	WE ARE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN
00:37:43:00	00:37:44:00	TEXAS RIGHT NOW.
00:37:44:00	00:37:44:00	THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT
00:37:44:00	00:37:47:00	ILLEGAL TO BE TRANSGENDER TO
00:37:47:00	00:37:48:00	LIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BUT
00:37:48:00	00:37:51:00	WE ARE BETTER THAN THEM.
00:37:51:00	00:37:52:00	WE ARE MASSACHUSETTS.
00:37:52:00	00:37:52:00	WE ARE BOSTON.
00:37:52:00	00:37:53:00	SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:37:53:00	00:37:55:00	BE A STABLE POINT.
00:37:55:00	00:37:56:00	AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
00:37:56:00	00:37:57:00	ALL IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT
00:37:57:00	00:37:59:00	AND HELPING US SAVE OUR LIVES.
00:37:59:00	00:38:06:00	THANK YOU.
00:38:06:00	00:38:13:00	OKAY.
00:38:13:00	00:38:13:00	GOOD MORNING.
00:38:13:00	00:38:18:00	HONORABLE CONSUL OR I MAY
00:38:18:00	00:38:18:00	PRESENT ON TUESDAY THIS COME
00:38:18:00	00:38:20:00	MIEMBRO THAT A COMPANY THAT
00:38:20:00	00:38:21:00	TRANS LATINA IN BOSTON BUT
00:38:21:00	00:38:25:00	ACTUALLY THAT SWAP FOR U E LA
00:38:25:00	00:38:26:00	APPROBATION THE RESOLUTION
00:38:26:00	00:38:30:00	GIVING CLARA AN WITH TRUSTEE
00:38:30:00	00:38:30:00	OF THAT COMMON SANTUARIO PARA
00:38:30:00	00:38:33:00	PERSON IS TRANS EITHER
00:38:33:00	00:38:33:00	ACCOMPANY THAT ELIGIBILITY AP
00:38:33:00	00:38:37:00	SURVEY LET'S PUT IT LEGALIZING
00:38:37:00	00:38:37:00	MASSACHUSETTS AND MR A COMPANY
00:38:37:00	00:38:40:00	THAT'S SEEKING INFANT BAND
00:38:40:00	00:38:43:00	DESAFIOS SIGNIFICATIVO BOUGHT A
00:38:43:00	00:38:44:00	HAM PLANT AND WELL NATIONAL
00:38:44:00	00:38:48:00	MASTER CINQUANTA POLICY UNTIL
00:38:48:00	00:38:49:00	THE LAST PERSON ASTRONAUT AND
00:38:49:00	00:38:49:00	SEE THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENCIA
00:38:49:00	00:38:55:00	SEX SWELL DISCRIMINATION AND
00:38:55:00	00:38:58:00	ENTRY OF A DISPROPORTIONATE
00:38:58:00	00:38:59:00	PROPORTION FINANCIERA SAYS PAUL
00:38:59:00	00:39:04:00	OKWARA SAY DON'T ASK THAT
00:39:04:00	00:39:04:00	SANTUARIO GUARANTEES NOISE
00:39:04:00	00:39:06:00	STRESS BE THE SOUNDTRACK
00:39:06:00	00:39:07:00	SPECTATORS THINK ALMOST AXIS
00:39:07:00	00:39:09:00	OF SERVICE SERVICES SEEN
00:39:09:00	00:39:10:00	TOMORROW WHICH IS THE MOST
00:39:10:00	00:39:11:00	IMPORTANT THING TO LIVE WITHOUT
00:39:11:00	00:39:13:00	FEAR.
00:39:13:00	00:39:19:00	YOU'LL BE THE CAPE VOTING
00:39:19:00	00:39:20:00	AFFABLE THEN I THOUGHT THIS
00:39:20:00	00:39:20:00	THOUGHT I SAW LUCILLE BARAKA
00:39:20:00	00:39:22:00	SAY VALERIE LIKE KEY THAT
00:39:22:00	00:39:23:00	ALLOWS THESE GUYS THAT ARE
00:39:23:00	00:39:24:00	FLIRTING WITH REZKO MONEY THAT
00:39:24:00	00:39:26:00	IS MUCH EASIER US IS NOT GOING
00:39:26:00	00:39:28:00	TO GET YOU I BETTER GET GOOGLE
00:39:28:00	00:39:29:00	TRANSLATE I WILL NOT BE
00:39:29:00	00:39:29:00	TRANSLATING.
00:39:29:00	00:39:33:00	OKAY E.J., MY NAME IS E.J.
00:39:33:00	00:39:36:00	EISEN AND I AM A TRANSGENDER
00:39:36:00	00:39:36:00	MAN.
00:39:36:00	00:39:39:00	I'M A HUSBAND AND A SMALL
00:39:39:00	00:39:40:00	BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M ONE
00:39:40:00	00:39:40:00	OF THE 40% OF TRANSGENDER
00:39:40:00	00:39:44:00	PEOPLE WHO SELF-IDENTIFY AS
00:39:44:00	00:39:44:00	HAVING A DISABILITY SANCTUARY
00:39:44:00	00:39:47:00	CITIES ARE NOT JUST CONCEPTUAL
00:39:47:00	00:39:48:00	SYMBOLS.
00:39:48:00	00:39:48:00	THEY'RE DEMONSTRATIVE THAT WE
00:39:48:00	00:39:49:00	ARE A COLLECTIVE OF PEOPLE WITH
00:39:49:00	00:39:52:00	ETHICS AS STRANGE AS A
00:39:52:00	00:39:53:00	TRANSGENDER PERSON I'VE
00:39:53:00	00:39:56:00	EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION AND
00:39:56:00	00:39:57:00	VIOLENCE THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED
00:39:57:00	00:40:00:00	TOO MANY TIMES TO REHASH AS A
00:40:00:00	00:40:00:00	JUSTIFICATION FOR PROTECTION
00:40:00:00	00:40:01:00	INSTEAD OF BEING VALUED
00:40:01:00	00:40:04:00	INHERENTLY.
00:40:04:00	00:40:05:00	THE RECENT ATTACKS ON MY
00:40:05:00	00:40:08:00	COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY TRANS
00:40:08:00	00:40:09:00	WOMEN OF COLOR AND TRANS YOUTH
00:40:09:00	00:40:13:00	ARE ABHORRENT AND TERRIFYING.
00:40:13:00	00:40:13:00	THIS RESOLUTION DEMONSTRATES
00:40:13:00	00:40:14:00	THAT BOSTON'S AGREEMENT TO
00:40:14:00	00:40:17:00	START FROM A PLACE OF SHARED
00:40:17:00	00:40:17:00	HUMANITY.
00:40:17:00	00:40:20:00	IT IS THE INTENTION TO PROTECT
00:40:20:00	00:40:21:00	ONE ANOTHER FROM UNJUST
00:40:21:00	00:40:24:00	BOMBARDMENTS THAT ARE INTENDED
00:40:24:00	00:40:25:00	TO MAKE US FEEL ALIENATED AT
00:40:25:00	00:40:27:00	ABSOLUTE BEST AND ELIMINATED AT
00:40:27:00	00:40:28:00	WORST.
00:40:28:00	00:40:28:00	I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO
00:40:28:00	00:40:31:00	JUST CONTINUE WORK WITHIN THE
00:40:31:00	00:40:32:00	DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND TO
00:40:32:00	00:40:35:00	KNOW THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
00:40:35:00	00:40:35:00	ARE VALUED FOR THEIR TALENTS
00:40:35:00	00:40:36:00	AND SKILLS AND NOT JUST FOR
00:40:36:00	00:40:39:00	THEIR.
00:40:39:00	00:40:39:00	TRANSGENDER PEOPLE DESERVE TO
00:40:39:00	00:40:43:00	THRIVE WHEREVER WE LIVE.
00:40:43:00	00:40:44:00	TODAY'S SANCTUARY RESOLUTION IS
00:40:44:00	00:40:47:00	JUST THE START IN BOSTON'S
00:40:47:00	00:40:48:00	COMMITMENT TO TRANSGENDER
00:40:48:00	00:40:51:00	RESIDENTS THRIVING HERE AT
00:40:51:00	00:40:51:00	HOME.
00:40:51:00	00:40:54:00	THANK YOU.
00:40:54:00	00:40:58:00	SO I'M GOING TO ASK MY
00:40:58:00	00:40:59:00	COLLEAGUES TO COME UP AND TAKE
00:40:59:00	00:41:02:00	A PHOTO AND AS WE MAKE OUR WAY
00:41:02:00	00:41:02:00	HERE I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR
00:41:02:00	00:41:05:00	THE RECORD IS THAT WE ARE
00:41:05:00	00:41:05:00	FOLLOWING WORCESTER AND
00:41:05:00	00:41:09:00	CAMBRIDGE AND THIS IS SUCH A A
00:41:09:00	00:41:10:00	BIGGER MOVEMENT HERE AND I JUST
00:41:10:00	00:41:13:00	WANT TO I SEE JACK HERE AND I
00:41:13:00	00:41:14:00	WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOU
00:41:14:00	00:41:16:00	AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
00:41:16:00	00:41:20:00	BEEN DOING IN THIS SPACE.
00:41:20:00	00:41:20:00	SORRY.
00:41:20:00	00:41:20:00	COME ON, JACK.
00:41:20:00	00:41:23:00	COME ON UP, PLEASE.
00:41:23:00	00:41:23:00	YES.
00:41:23:00	00:41:28:00	THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY UP IN
00:41:28:00	00:41:28:00	HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK
00:41:28:00	00:41:29:00	TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO
00:41:29:00	00:41:31:00	DEMONSTRATE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
00:41:31:00	00:41:32:00	WORKING ACROSS OUR DIFFERENCES.
00:41:32:00	00:41:32:00	AND WE HEAR YOU.
00:41:32:00	00:41:36:00	WE SEE YOU, WE AFFIRM YOU, WE
00:41:36:00	00:41:37:00	LOVE YOU AND WE'RE HERE FOR ALL
00:41:37:00	00:41:37:00	OF IT.
00:41:37:00	00:41:40:00	SO COME ON UP AND LET US BE
00:41:40:00	00:41:40:00	ABOUT IT AND GIVE IT UP.
00:41:40:00	00:41:47:00	EVERYBODY CLAP.
00:41:47:00	00:41:47:00	I KNOW.
00:41:47:00	00:41:47:00	SORRY.
00:41:47:00	00:41:48:00	I KNOW THERE'S NO I KNOW MY THE
00:41:48:00	00:41:50:00	PRESIDENT JUST GAVE ME THE I
00:41:50:00	00:41:50:00	SORRY EVERYBODY.
00:41:50:00	00:41:58:00	I JUST IT PICKS IT UP.
00:41:58:00	00:42:01:00	COME ON US MAKE SURE EVERYONE
00:42:01:00	00:42:08:00	HAS A WINDOW YOU SEE EVERYONE
00:42:08:00	00:42:18:00	GOT TO.
00:42:18:00	00:42:18:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:42:18:00	00:42:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:19:00	00:42:24:00	THAT'S RIGHT.
00:42:24:00	00:42:25:00	I MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP HERE.
00:42:25:00	00:42:28:00	GO AHEAD.
00:42:28:00	00:42:29:00	ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME AS A
00:42:29:00	00:42:29:00	SOCIAL WORKER Y'ALL ONLY GET 2
00:42:29:00	00:42:30:00	MINUTES BECAUSE I TOOK SOME
00:42:30:00	00:42:32:00	OF YOUR TIME.
00:42:32:00	00:42:32:00	OKAY?
00:42:32:00	00:42:33:00	JUST SO YOU KNOW AND YOU
00:42:33:00	00:42:33:00	ALREADY SAW ME YESTERDAY,
00:42:33:00	00:42:33:00	RIGHT?
00:42:33:00	00:42:37:00	SO YEAH, YOU ALREADY GOT A
00:42:37:00	00:42:37:00	FOOTING.
00:42:37:00	00:42:38:00	YOU ALREADY GOT THE LOVE FROM
00:42:38:00	00:42:39:00	ME YESTERDAY.
00:42:39:00	00:42:40:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:42:40:00	00:42:40:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:40:00	00:42:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:43:00	00:42:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:43:00	00:42:47:00	ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
00:42:47:00	00:42:51:00	SO WE TODAY I AM SO EXCITED AND
00:42:51:00	00:42:52:00	I WANT THE SOCIAL WORKERS TO
00:42:52:00	00:42:55:00	MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN BECAUSE
00:42:55:00	00:42:56:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
00:42:56:00	00:42:56:00	YOU.
00:42:56:00	00:42:57:00	I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WHICH
00:42:57:00	00:42:58:00	ALSO JAMAR WILL JUST COME DOWN
00:42:58:00	00:42:59:00	WHILE WE DO THIS.
00:42:59:00	00:43:02:00	BUT SO TODAY I'M HAPPY TO WORK
00:43:02:00	00:43:02:00	ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES
00:43:02:00	00:43:05:00	COUNSELOR ANDERSON WHO IS AN
00:43:05:00	00:43:06:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND
00:43:06:00	00:43:09:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE TODAY OUR
00:43:09:00	00:43:13:00	OFFICE IS GOING TO BE FILING A
00:43:13:00	00:43:14:00	A RESOLUTION AND WE ARE
00:43:14:00	00:43:18:00	DECLARING MARCH THE 12TH 2025
00:43:18:00	00:43:21:00	AS SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
00:43:21:00	00:43:22:00	APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY
00:43:22:00	00:43:25:00	OF BOSTON.
00:43:25:00	00:43:26:00	OUR OH YOU ARE GOING TO GET IN
00:43:26:00	00:43:27:00	TROUBLE.
00:43:27:00	00:43:29:00	STOP IT IBP SOCIAL WORKERS PLAY
00:43:29:00	00:43:32:00	A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING
00:43:32:00	00:43:33:00	STUDENTS ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND
00:43:33:00	00:43:33:00	EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
00:43:33:00	00:43:36:00	THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL
00:43:36:00	00:43:36:00	BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORTS
00:43:36:00	00:43:40:00	INCLUDING TRAUMA INFORMED CARE,
00:43:40:00	00:43:40:00	HEALING AND RESILIENCY
00:43:40:00	00:43:40:00	SERVICES.
00:43:40:00	00:43:41:00	THEY ARE OFTEN THE BRIDGE
00:43:41:00	00:43:44:00	BETWEEN STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND
00:43:44:00	00:43:45:00	THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO
00:43:45:00	00:43:45:00	THRIVE.
00:43:45:00	00:43:48:00	YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
00:43:48:00	00:43:49:00	TO ATTEND THEIR MONTHLY SOCIAL
00:43:49:00	00:43:51:00	WORKER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
00:43:51:00	00:43:52:00	SESSION WHERE I SAW FIRSTHAND
00:43:52:00	00:43:52:00	THE DEEP COMMITMENT OF OUR
00:43:52:00	00:43:55:00	SOCIAL WORKERS TO SUPPORTING
00:43:55:00	00:43:56:00	STUDENTS BEYOND ACADEMICS THEIR
00:43:56:00	00:43:59:00	EDUCATION, THEIR DEDICATION
00:43:59:00	00:44:00:00	SHINES EVERY DAY AND I AM
00:44:00:00	00:44:03:00	GRATEFUL TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM
00:44:03:00	00:44:04:00	AT A TIME WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE
00:44:04:00	00:44:04:00	NAVIGATING INCREASING
00:44:04:00	00:44:07:00	CHALLENGES, SCHOOL SOCIAL
00:44:07:00	00:44:08:00	WORKERS ARE SHOWING UP WITH
00:44:08:00	00:44:11:00	CARE, COMPASSION AND EXPERTISE.
00:44:11:00	00:44:14:00	THEY ADVOCATE FOR RESOURCES
00:44:14:00	00:44:14:00	ENSURE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL
00:44:14:00	00:44:18:00	SEEN AND HEARD AND PROVIDE KIND
00:44:18:00	00:44:18:00	OF SUPPORT THAT CHALLENGES
00:44:18:00	00:44:21:00	LIVES AND THAT CHANGES LIVES
00:44:21:00	00:44:22:00	AND CHALLENGES US TO WE
00:44:22:00	00:44:23:00	CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THEIR
00:44:23:00	00:44:26:00	WORK, UPLIFTING THEIR VOICES
00:44:26:00	00:44:26:00	AND ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE
00:44:26:00	00:44:30:00	RESOURCES THEY NEED.
00:44:30:00	00:44:30:00	AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT GIVING
00:44:30:00	00:44:33:00	Y'ALL A WHOLE DAY OFF RIGHT.
00:44:33:00	00:44:34:00	I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
00:44:34:00	00:44:34:00	THAT.
00:44:34:00	00:44:35:00	BUT WHILE WE'RE HERE TODAY
00:44:35:00	00:44:37:00	OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING THE
00:44:37:00	00:44:37:00	SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
00:44:37:00	00:44:38:00	APPRECIATION DAY, THIS
00:44:38:00	00:44:41:00	APPRECIATION HAPPENS EVERY
00:44:41:00	00:44:41:00	SINGLE DAY.
00:44:41:00	00:44:42:00	THEIR IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND
00:44:42:00	00:44:45:00	THE WALLS OF OUR SCHOOLS AND
00:44:45:00	00:44:45:00	OUR GRATITUDE SHOULD MATCH
00:44:45:00	00:44:46:00	THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO OUR
00:44:46:00	00:44:46:00	STUDENTS.
00:44:46:00	00:44:49:00	I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO
00:44:49:00	00:44:50:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND THEN
00:44:50:00	00:44:52:00	COUNSELOR ANDERSON FOR A FEW
00:44:52:00	00:44:56:00	WORDS THEN THANK YOU COUNSELOR
00:44:56:00	00:44:56:00	MEJIA.
00:44:56:00	00:44:59:00	THANK YOU TO OUR SOCIAL WORKERS
00:44:59:00	00:45:00:00	WHO ARE DOING YEOMAN'S WORK IN
00:45:00:00	00:45:03:00	OUR SCHOOLS.
00:45:03:00	00:45:04:00	IT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
00:45:04:00	00:45:05:00	THAT WE FIGHT EVERY DAY ON THE
00:45:05:00	00:45:07:00	CITY COUNCIL TO INCREASE
00:45:07:00	00:45:07:00	RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR YOU
00:45:07:00	00:45:08:00	ALL WHO ARE STANDING IN THE GAP
00:45:08:00	00:45:10:00	OF SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO
00:45:10:00	00:45:11:00	ARE COMING TO SCHOOL WHO ARE
00:45:11:00	00:45:11:00	HOUSELESS.
00:45:11:00	00:45:14:00	WE NEED SUPPORT.
00:45:14:00	00:45:15:00	YOU ALL ARE REALLY DOING THAT
00:45:15:00	00:45:16:00	WORK AND SO I JUST WANT TO
00:45:16:00	00:45:18:00	COMMEND ALL OF YOU WANT TO
00:45:18:00	00:45:19:00	COMMEND MY NEIGHBOR RIGHT HERE
00:45:19:00	00:45:20:00	WHO'S HERE BUT THANK YOU.
00:45:20:00	00:45:23:00	YOU YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN BPC
00:45:23:00	00:45:23:00	THERE WEREN'T THERE WEREN'T
00:45:23:00	00:45:26:00	THESE EXPANSIVE SOCIAL WORKERS
00:45:26:00	00:45:27:00	AND SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL FORMER
00:45:27:00	00:45:29:00	COUNSELOR ANITA ESSAIBI GEORGE
00:45:29:00	00:45:30:00	REALLY WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE
00:45:30:00	00:45:31:00	THAT WE WERE GETTING MORE
00:45:31:00	00:45:33:00	FAMILY SUPPORTS IN ALL OF OUR
00:45:33:00	00:45:34:00	SCHOOLS.
00:45:34:00	00:45:34:00	I WANT TO SEE MORE SOCIAL
00:45:34:00	00:45:35:00	WORKERS.
00:45:35:00	00:45:38:00	I WANT TO SEE MORE OF ALL
00:45:38:00	00:45:38:00	OF YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW YOUR
00:45:38:00	00:45:39:00	CASE LOADS ARE TOO ARE TOO
00:45:39:00	00:45:39:00	HEAVY BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE
00:45:39:00	00:45:41:00	WALKING INTO SCHOOL EVERY DAY
00:45:41:00	00:45:42:00	WITH SO MANY ISSUES.
00:45:42:00	00:45:43:00	SO THANK YOU FOR STANDING IN
00:45:43:00	00:45:45:00	THE GAP AND STANDING UP FOR ALL
00:45:45:00	00:45:46:00	OF OUR STUDENTS.
00:45:46:00	00:45:46:00	THANK YOU.
00:45:46:00	00:45:47:00	I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO
00:45:47:00	00:45:48:00	COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.
00:45:48:00	00:45:49:00	THANK YOU.
00:45:49:00	00:45:50:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR
00:45:50:00	00:45:53:00	ADDING ME TO THIS WORK AND I
00:45:53:00	00:45:54:00	WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU
00:45:54:00	00:45:56:00	ON YOUR WORK BUT I JUST WANT TO
00:45:56:00	00:45:57:00	ADDRESS THOSE OF YOU AT HOME.
00:45:57:00	00:46:00:00	SOCIAL WORKERS ARE NOT JUST,
00:46:00:00	00:46:00:00	YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WORK
00:46:00:00	00:46:03:00	SOCIALLY OR WITH SOCIAL ISSUES.
00:46:03:00	00:46:04:00	THEY ARE ARCHITECTS.
00:46:04:00	00:46:04:00	THEY ARE ATTORNEYS.
00:46:04:00	00:46:07:00	THERE ARE TEACHERS.
00:46:07:00	00:46:07:00	THEY ARE BABYSITTERS.
00:46:07:00	00:46:08:00	THEY'RE EVERYTHING.
00:46:08:00	00:46:11:00	THEY BECOME THE MOM, THE DAD,
00:46:11:00	00:46:15:00	THE GRANDPA AND THE
00:46:15:00	00:46:15:00	PROFESSIONAL ON EVERY LEVEL.
00:46:15:00	00:46:16:00	WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOCIAL
00:46:16:00	00:46:19:00	WORK IN TERMS OF HOW THEY BEGIN
00:46:19:00	00:46:22:00	FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT
00:46:22:00	00:46:22:00	PLANNING TO ADDRESSING, YOU
00:46:22:00	00:46:26:00	KNOW, MEASURABLE GOALS OR
00:46:26:00	00:46:26:00	OBJECTIVES, YOU'RE TALKING
00:46:26:00	00:46:27:00	ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY
00:46:27:00	00:46:30:00	ENGINEERS AND THINKING ABOUT
00:46:30:00	00:46:30:00	THOUGHTFULLY AND THOROUGHLY
00:46:30:00	00:46:31:00	ABOUT THE ISSUE AND HOW TO
00:46:31:00	00:46:33:00	ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
00:46:33:00	00:46:34:00	AND IT TAKES A LOT OF HEART.
00:46:34:00	00:46:38:00	IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND
00:46:38:00	00:46:38:00	ENDURANCE AND CREATIVITY TO BE
00:46:38:00	00:46:39:00	ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT.
00:46:39:00	00:46:42:00	THEY WORK TIRELESS HOURS.
00:46:42:00	00:46:42:00	THEY WORK OVERTIME WITHOUT PAY.
00:46:42:00	00:46:46:00	THEY AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:46:46:00	00:46:49:00	LOUIJEUNE MENTIONED THEY ARE
00:46:49:00	00:46:49:00	OVERLOADED WITH CASES AND
00:46:49:00	00:46:50:00	OFTENTIMES HAVE TO COME OUT
00:46:50:00	00:46:53:00	OF POCKET TO DO A LOT OF THIS
00:46:53:00	00:46:54:00	WORK ON THEIR OWN AND I AM WELL
00:46:54:00	00:46:56:00	AWARE AND APPRECIATE YOU.
00:46:56:00	00:46:57:00	IT TAKES A SOCIAL WORKER TO
00:46:57:00	00:47:00:00	CONNECT BUT TO BRIDGE THAT
00:47:00:00	00:47:01:00	HOMESCHOOL CONNECTION TO BE
00:47:01:00	00:47:04:00	ABLE TO PROVIDE THE GAPS THAT
00:47:04:00	00:47:05:00	EXIST IN OUR SOCIETY, IN OUR
00:47:05:00	00:47:05:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:47:05:00	00:47:09:00	AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.
00:47:09:00	00:47:13:00	APPRECIATE YOU NOW THAT THE
00:47:13:00	00:47:13:00	BOSS LADY HERE JENNA I WON'T
00:47:13:00	00:47:14:00	TAKE LONG.
00:47:14:00	00:47:16:00	GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILOR.
00:47:16:00	00:47:17:00	MY NAME IS JENNA PERRY FENWICK.
00:47:17:00	00:47:18:00	I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR
00:47:18:00	00:47:20:00	OF LEADING THIS DEPARTMENT AND
00:47:20:00	00:47:23:00	JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
00:47:23:00	00:47:23:00	ONE HAVING A COUNSELOR MEJIA
00:47:23:00	00:47:27:00	HAVE US SHE JOINED US YESTERDAY
00:47:27:00	00:47:27:00	AND WAS SO INSPIRING.
00:47:27:00	00:47:28:00	WE HAVE A TEAM OF OVER 200
00:47:28:00	00:47:31:00	SOCIAL WORKERS THAT'S THANKS TO
00:47:31:00	00:47:32:00	THE INVESTMENT OF THE CITY OVER
00:47:32:00	00:47:32:00	FIVE YEARS AGO.
00:47:32:00	00:47:34:00	WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL
00:47:34:00	00:47:35:00	WORKER IN EVERY SCHOOL.
00:47:35:00	00:47:37:00	WE ARE PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR
00:47:37:00	00:47:37:00	STUDENTS.
00:47:37:00	00:47:38:00	AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS
00:47:38:00	00:47:39:00	OUR DISTRICT TEAM.
00:47:39:00	00:47:41:00	WE HAVE A TEAM OF OVER 70%
00:47:41:00	00:47:45:00	OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE
00:47:45:00	00:47:47:00	IDENTIFIED AS BIPOC AND OVER
00:47:47:00	00:47:48:00	60% SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
00:47:48:00	00:47:49:00	OR ARE MULTILINGUAL.
00:47:49:00	00:47:51:00	WE ARE SO PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE
00:47:51:00	00:47:52:00	AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE
00:47:52:00	00:47:53:00	STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
00:47:53:00	00:47:53:00	OF BOSTON.
00:47:53:00	00:47:56:00	WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
00:47:56:00	00:48:00:00	AND THANK YOU BOTH AND TO THE
00:48:00:00	00:48:00:00	WOMEN OF THE COUNCIL.
00:48:00:00	00:48:03:00	HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND
00:48:03:00	00:48:04:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
00:48:04:00	00:48:04:00	US.
00:48:04:00	00:48:06:00	AND HONORING THIS IS THE FIRST
00:48:06:00	00:48:07:00	TIME WE'VE EVER BEEN HONORED.
00:48:07:00	00:48:08:00	AND SO FOR OUR SOCIAL WORKERS
00:48:08:00	00:48:10:00	IT IS REALLY SPECIAL.
00:48:10:00	00:48:11:00	IT'S SOCIAL WORK MONTH.
00:48:11:00	00:48:14:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
00:48:14:00	00:48:15:00	TO THEM AND HAPPY SOCIAL WORK
00:48:15:00	00:48:15:00	MONTH.
00:48:15:00	00:48:16:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:16:00	00:48:20:00	THANK YOU ALL.
00:48:20:00	00:48:21:00	REAL QUICKLY, A QUICK PHOTO
00:48:21:00	00:48:24:00	BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE IF WE
00:48:24:00	00:48:25:00	DIDN'T TAKE A PHOTO, IT DIDN'T
00:48:25:00	00:48:25:00	HAPPEN.
00:48:25:00	00:48:26:00	LET'S GO.
00:48:26:00	00:48:28:00	LET'S GO.
00:48:28:00	00:48:28:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:28:00	00:48:28:00	EVERYONE HAS A WINDOW.
00:48:28:00	00:48:31:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:31:00	00:48:32:00	COME ON, LET'S GO.
00:48:32:00	00:48:37:00	EVERYBODY IN THE PEOPLE
00:48:37:00	00:48:37:00	OF BOSTON.
00:48:37:00	00:48:40:00	THANK YOU, AMY.
00:48:40:00	00:48:41:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:41:00	00:48:54:00	THANK YOU, RACHEL.
00:48:54:00	00:48:55:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:48:55:00	00:48:59:00	THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS GUY.
00:48:59:00	00:49:06:00	THIS GUY THIS.
00:49:06:00	00:49:06:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:49:06:00	00:49:18:00	THANK THANK YOU.
00:49:18:00	00:49:29:00	SEE YOU.
00:49:29:00	00:49:29:00	IT IS.
00:49:29:00	00:49:34:00	THERE IT WAS.
00:49:34:00	00:49:53:00	I DON'T THANK YOU BIG YOU CATCH
00:49:53:00	00:49:53:00	MEJIA.
00:49:53:00	00:49:56:00	THANK YOU TO OUR SOCIAL
00:49:56:00	00:49:56:00	WORKERS.
00:49:56:00	00:49:57:00	THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE
00:49:57:00	00:49:57:00	TRANS COMMUNITY.
00:49:57:00	00:49:59:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY
00:49:59:00	00:50:00:00	AND THE MARY WOODS.
00:50:00:00	00:50:04:00	YEAH, THE PEGGY WOODS DANCE
00:50:04:00	00:50:04:00	GROUP.
00:50:04:00	00:50:06:00	THOSE WERE ALL GREAT
00:50:06:00	00:50:07:00	PRESENTATIONS WE ARE NOW ON TO
00:50:07:00	00:50:10:00	OH, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE
00:50:10:00	00:50:11:00	ATTENDANCE RECORD, MR. CLERK
00:50:11:00	00:50:13:00	AND REFLECT THAT
00:50:13:00	00:50:14:00	COUNCILOR WEBER IS NOW PRESENT
00:50:14:00	00:50:14:00	IN WITH US.
00:50:14:00	00:50:18:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:18:00	00:50:19:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO THEIR FIRST
00:50:19:00	00:50:20:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:50:20:00	00:50:22:00	APPROVAL OF THE MEET OF OF THE
00:50:22:00	00:50:22:00	MINUTES FROM THE MEETING
00:50:22:00	00:50:22:00	OF MARCH 2025.
00:50:22:00	00:50:26:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALEPPO SEINE
00:50:26:00	00:50:26:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:50:26:00	00:50:29:00	THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 5TH
00:50:29:00	00:50:29:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:50:29:00	00:50:30:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
00:50:30:00	00:50:32:00	FROM HERE ON HONOR THE MAYOR
00:50:32:00	00:50:33:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
00:50:33:00	00:50:35:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0641 DUNCAN
00:50:35:00	00:50:35:00	NUMBER 0641 MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:50:35:00	00:50:39:00	FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND
00:50:39:00	00:50:39:00	APPROPRIATION IN THE TOTAL
00:50:39:00	00:50:44:00	AMOUNT OF $38,148,052 FOR
00:50:44:00	00:50:47:00	CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2025
00:50:47:00	00:50:48:00	COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND
00:50:48:00	00:50:50:00	REVENUES FOR COMMUNITY
00:50:50:00	00:50:51:00	PRESERVATION PROJECTS AT THE
00:50:51:00	00:50:54:00	RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY
00:50:54:00	00:50:55:00	BOSTON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
00:50:55:00	00:50:58:00	COMMITTEE THANK YOU DUNCAN
00:50:58:00	00:50:59:00	NUMBER ZERO SIX FOR A ONE WILL
00:50:59:00	00:50:59:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:50:59:00	00:51:02:00	COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT.
00:51:02:00	00:51:03:00	MR COURT WHEN YOU PLEASE READ
00:51:03:00	00:51:07:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 0642 AND
00:51:07:00	00:51:08:00	06430642 MESSAGE YOU KNOW
00:51:08:00	00:51:08:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:51:08:00	00:51:14:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:51:14:00	00:51:15:00	OF $382,163.59 IN THE FORM OF A
00:51:15:00	00:51:18:00	GRANT FOR THE CARRION WAGNER
00:51:18:00	00:51:19:00	PRIZE A PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED
00:51:19:00	00:51:21:00	BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:51:21:00	00:51:25:00	OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS
00:51:25:00	00:51:25:00	HIRED DEPARTMENT OF CAREER
00:51:25:00	00:51:26:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:51:26:00	00:51:28:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:51:28:00	00:51:29:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:51:29:00	00:51:29:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:51:29:00	00:51:32:00	INDIVIDUAL REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS
00:51:32:00	00:51:33:00	OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
00:51:33:00	00:51:36:00	CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT
00:51:36:00	00:51:37:00	AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT
00:51:37:00	00:51:40:00	PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION
00:51:40:00	00:51:40:00	ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND
00:51:40:00	00:51:44:00	EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
00:51:44:00	00:51:44:00	PROGRAMS.
00:51:44:00	00:51:46:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 0643 MESSAGE AN
00:51:46:00	00:51:50:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:51:50:00	00:51:51:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:51:51:00	00:51:53:00	THE AMOUNT OF $140,000 IN THE
00:51:53:00	00:51:57:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE ON
00:51:57:00	00:51:58:00	CORNET GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:51:58:00	00:51:58:00	MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
00:51:58:00	00:52:01:00	OF PUBLIC HEALTH PURSUE THE
00:52:01:00	00:52:01:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL
00:52:01:00	00:52:04:00	CORPORATION OF BOSTON TO BE
00:52:04:00	00:52:05:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:52:05:00	00:52:09:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:52:09:00	00:52:09:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND COACHING,
00:52:09:00	00:52:10:00	MENTORSHIP AND OTHER WORKFORCE
00:52:10:00	00:52:12:00	DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
00:52:12:00	00:52:13:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR AT RISK
00:52:13:00	00:52:16:00	VIOLENCE INVOLVED YOUTH AND
00:52:16:00	00:52:17:00	REENTERING CITIZENS.
00:52:17:00	00:52:19:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 20642
00:52:19:00	00:52:22:00	AND 0643 WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:52:22:00	00:52:23:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR,
00:52:23:00	00:52:23:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:52:23:00	00:52:26:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:52:26:00	00:52:31:00	MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:52:31:00	00:52:32:00	DOCKETS 064430647.0644 MESSAGE
00:52:32:00	00:52:32:00	IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:52:32:00	00:52:36:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND OMIT TO
00:52:36:00	00:52:39:00	ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:52:39:00	00:52:40:00	OF $30,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:52:40:00	00:52:43:00	GRANT FOR THE LENDING LIBRARY
00:52:43:00	00:52:43:00	ALMOND PILOT PLAYGROUND IN
00:52:43:00	00:52:47:00	MATTAPAN AWARDED BY THE MAN'S
00:52:47:00	00:52:48:00	DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND
00:52:48:00	00:52:50:00	RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
00:52:50:00	00:52:51:00	BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY
00:52:51:00	00:52:51:00	CHILDHOOD.
00:52:51:00	00:52:52:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:52:52:00	00:52:55:00	IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATION AND
00:52:55:00	00:52:58:00	REPLENISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY
00:52:58:00	00:52:59:00	RECREATION LENDING LIBRARY IN
00:52:59:00	00:53:02:00	THE ALMOND PLAYGROUND IN THE
00:53:02:00	00:53:03:00	MATTAPAN SECTION OF THE CITY
00:53:03:00	00:53:06:00	OF BOSTON DARK CANNON 0645.
00:53:06:00	00:53:10:00	MESSAGE AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:53:10:00	00:53:11:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:53:11:00	00:53:13:00	THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 IN THE
00:53:13:00	00:53:14:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE LENDING
00:53:14:00	00:53:17:00	LIBRARY FOR THE MOAKLEY PARK
00:53:17:00	00:53:18:00	SOUTH BOSTON AWARDED BY THE MAX
00:53:18:00	00:53:21:00	DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND
00:53:21:00	00:53:21:00	RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
00:53:21:00	00:53:24:00	BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY
00:53:24:00	00:53:24:00	CHILDHOOD.
00:53:24:00	00:53:25:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:53:25:00	00:53:27:00	IMPLEMENTATION OPERATION AND
00:53:27:00	00:53:28:00	REPLENISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY
00:53:28:00	00:53:31:00	RECREATION LENDING LIBRARY IN
00:53:31:00	00:53:32:00	THE MALL PARK IN THE SOUTH
00:53:32:00	00:53:35:00	BOSTON SECTION OF THE CITY
00:53:35:00	00:53:39:00	OF BOSTON SO IT CAN NUMBER 0646
00:53:39:00	00:53:39:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:53:39:00	00:53:40:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:53:40:00	00:53:42:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:53:42:00	00:53:43:00	OF $30,000 AND FORM A GRANT FOR
00:53:43:00	00:53:46:00	THE LENDING LIBRARY FOR RINGER
00:53:46:00	00:53:49:00	PARK HALSTON AWARDED BY THE
00:53:49:00	00:53:49:00	MASS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
00:53:49:00	00:53:52:00	AND RECREATION TO BE
00:53:52:00	00:53:53:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:53:53:00	00:53:53:00	OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
00:53:53:00	00:53:56:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:53:56:00	00:53:57:00	IMPLEMENTATION OPERATION AND
00:53:57:00	00:54:00:00	REPLENISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY
00:54:00:00	00:54:01:00	RECREATION LENDING LIBRARY IN
00:54:01:00	00:54:05:00	RINGER PARK AND AUSTIN SECTION
00:54:05:00	00:54:07:00	OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ECONOMY
00:54:07:00	00:54:10:00	0647 MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:54:10:00	00:54:11:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:54:11:00	00:54:13:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:54:13:00	00:54:14:00	OF $30,000 IN A FORM OR GRANT
00:54:14:00	00:54:17:00	FOR THE LENDING LIBRARY FOR THE
00:54:17:00	00:54:18:00	EAST BOSTON GREENWAY EAST
00:54:18:00	00:54:21:00	BOSTON AWARDED BY THE MASTER
00:54:21:00	00:54:22:00	DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS MASS
00:54:22:00	00:54:23:00	DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND
00:54:23:00	00:54:25:00	RECREATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
00:54:25:00	00:54:26:00	BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY
00:54:26:00	00:54:26:00	CHILDHOOD.
00:54:26:00	00:54:29:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:54:29:00	00:54:30:00	IMPLEMENTATION OPERATION AND
00:54:30:00	00:54:33:00	REPLENISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY
00:54:33:00	00:54:33:00	RECREATION LENDING LIBRARY AT
00:54:33:00	00:54:37:00	THE EAST BOSTON GREENWAY IN THE
00:54:37:00	00:54:37:00	EAST BOSTON SECTION OF THE CITY
00:54:37:00	00:54:38:00	OF BOSTON.
00:54:38:00	00:54:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:54:42:00	00:54:42:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:54:42:00	00:54:42:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
00:54:42:00	00:54:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:54:43:00	00:54:45:00	THANK YOU FOR READING ALL THOSE
00:54:45:00	00:54:45:00	WORK.
00:54:45:00	00:54:45:00	I'M JUST RISING.
00:54:45:00	00:54:48:00	I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO
00:54:48:00	00:54:49:00	SUSPEND AND PASS THESE FOUR
00:54:49:00	00:54:49:00	SEPARATE GRANT.
00:54:49:00	00:54:52:00	THESE ARE WONDERFUL ADDITIONS
00:54:52:00	00:54:52:00	TO OUR PARKS AND KNOWING THAT
00:54:52:00	00:54:56:00	THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:54:56:00	00:54:56:00	FUND THE MAINTENANCE
00:54:56:00	00:54:57:00	OF PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IS
00:54:57:00	00:55:00:00	IMPORTANT.
00:55:00:00	00:55:01:00	SO I'M ASKING THAT WE SUSPEND
00:55:01:00	00:55:01:00	AND PASS OFF WORK TODAY.
00:55:01:00	00:55:04:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:04:00	00:55:04:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:04:00	00:55:07:00	CAPTAIN MURPHY SEEKS SUSPENSION
00:55:07:00	00:55:10:00	AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER
00:55:10:00	00:55:10:00	0644.
00:55:10:00	00:55:11:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
00:55:11:00	00:55:16:00	ALL OPPOSE ANY.
00:55:16:00	00:55:16:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:55:16:00	00:55:17:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:55:17:00	00:55:17:00	CANCEL MURPHY'S SUSPENSION
00:55:17:00	00:55:18:00	OF THE ROLLING PATTERN
00:55:18:00	00:55:18:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0645.
00:55:18:00	00:55:21:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
00:55:21:00	00:55:22:00	ALL OPPOSING NAY.
00:55:22:00	00:55:22:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:55:22:00	00:55:26:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED COUNSELOR
00:55:26:00	00:55:26:00	MURPHY'S SUSPENSION OF THE
00:55:26:00	00:55:28:00	RULES AND PASSION DOCKET NUMBER
00:55:28:00	00:55:28:00	0646.
00:55:28:00	00:55:29:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
00:55:29:00	00:55:29:00	AYE.
00:55:29:00	00:55:33:00	I ALL OPPOSE NAY, I HAVE IT.
00:55:33:00	00:55:33:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
00:55:33:00	00:55:36:00	I CAN'T REMEMBER SINCE MENTION
00:55:36:00	00:55:37:00	OF THE RULES ON PASSENGER
00:55:37:00	00:55:37:00	DOCKET NUMBERS ARE 647.
00:55:37:00	00:55:38:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
00:55:38:00	00:55:39:00	AYE.
00:55:39:00	00:55:39:00	I OPPOSED SAY NAY.
00:55:39:00	00:55:40:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:55:40:00	00:55:43:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:55:43:00	00:55:43:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:55:43:00	00:55:45:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0648
00:55:45:00	00:55:48:00	STRIKING NUMBER 0648 MESSAGE IN
00:55:48:00	00:55:48:00	ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN
00:55:48:00	00:55:49:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:55:49:00	00:55:51:00	OF BOSTON STREETS CABINET TO
00:55:51:00	00:55:54:00	ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR A
00:55:54:00	00:55:55:00	PERIOD OF UP TO TEN YEARS FOR
00:55:55:00	00:55:55:00	THE SERVICES OF AN OPERATOR FOR
00:55:55:00	00:55:58:00	THE CITY'S PUBLIC BIKESHARE
00:55:58:00	00:56:02:00	PROGRAM BLUE BIKES THE CONTRACT
00:56:02:00	00:56:03:00	TERM WOULD BEGIN IN 2026.
00:56:03:00	00:56:06:00	THE CITY COUNCIL'S PERMISSION
00:56:06:00	00:56:07:00	IS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
00:56:07:00	00:56:10:00	OF THIS TYPE FOR A PERIOD
00:56:10:00	00:56:11:00	OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS AS
00:56:11:00	00:56:13:00	REQUIRED BY SECTION 12
00:56:13:00	00:56:13:00	OF CHAPTER 30 B OF THE GENERAL
00:56:13:00	00:56:14:00	LAWS.
00:56:14:00	00:56:14:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:14:00	00:56:17:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0648 WILL BE
00:56:17:00	00:56:18:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:56:18:00	00:56:18:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
00:56:18:00	00:56:21:00	TRANSPORTATION.
00:56:21:00	00:56:22:00	MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:56:22:00	00:56:24:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0649 KANIMOZHI OR
00:56:24:00	00:56:25:00	649 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
00:56:25:00	00:56:28:00	CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
00:56:28:00	00:56:28:00	OF STANLEY MCLAREN AS A MEMBER
00:56:28:00	00:56:31:00	OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
00:56:31:00	00:56:32:00	COMMISSION'S BOARD OF HEALTH
00:56:32:00	00:56:35:00	FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 15,
00:56:35:00	00:56:35:00	2028.
00:56:35:00	00:56:38:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER ZERO
00:56:38:00	00:56:39:00	SIX FOR NINE WILL BE REFERRED
00:56:39:00	00:56:39:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
00:56:39:00	00:56:42:00	HEALTH HOMELESSNESS AND
00:56:42:00	00:56:42:00	RECOVERY.
00:56:42:00	00:56:43:00	MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:56:43:00	00:56:47:00	DR. NUMBER 06500650 MESSAGE IN
00:56:47:00	00:56:47:00	ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
00:56:47:00	00:56:48:00	OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KRISTEN
00:56:48:00	00:56:51:00	HOFFMAN A MEMBER OF THE
00:56:51:00	00:56:51:00	MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK
00:56:51:00	00:56:54:00	DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE.
00:56:54:00	00:56:54:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:54:00	00:56:58:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0650 WILL BE
00:56:58:00	00:56:59:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:56:59:00	00:56:59:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
00:56:59:00	00:57:02:00	TRANSPORTATION.
00:57:02:00	00:57:02:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:57:02:00	00:57:04:00	THE NUMBER 0651.0651 MESSAGE
00:57:04:00	00:57:08:00	TRANSMITTING CERTAIN
00:57:08:00	00:57:08:00	INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17
00:57:08:00	00:57:12:00	OF REGARDING VEHICLES OWNED,
00:57:12:00	00:57:12:00	LEASED OR OTHERWISE UTILIZED BY
00:57:12:00	00:57:16:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON FILED ON
00:57:16:00	00:57:18:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0490 PASSED BY
00:57:18:00	00:57:19:00	THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY
00:57:19:00	00:57:22:00	12, 2025 THANK YOU DOCKET
00:57:22:00	00:57:24:00	NUMBER 0651 WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:57:24:00	00:57:25:00	THE COMMITTEE WILL BE PLACED ON
00:57:25:00	00:57:28:00	FILE.
00:57:28:00	00:57:29:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:57:29:00	00:57:29:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
00:57:29:00	00:57:32:00	MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:57:32:00	00:57:35:00	DOCKET NUMBER 065220654 LUCKY
00:57:35:00	00:57:37:00	NUMBER 0652 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:57:37:00	00:57:38:00	RECEIVED FROM CLAIRE KELLY,
00:57:38:00	00:57:40:00	DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL
00:57:40:00	00:57:41:00	RELATIONS REGARDING A WRITTEN
00:57:41:00	00:57:44:00	STATEMENT FOR REFERENCE OF THE
00:57:44:00	00:57:45:00	MAYOR'S TESTIMONY AT THE HOUSE
00:57:45:00	00:57:49:00	OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
00:57:49:00	00:57:49:00	COMMITTEE HEARING IN WASHINGTON
00:57:49:00	00:57:52:00	DC SO I CAN NAME A0653 NOTICE
00:57:52:00	00:57:55:00	WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY
00:57:55:00	00:57:55:00	CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:57:55:00	00:57:58:00	CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES
00:57:58:00	00:58:01:00	OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION
00:58:01:00	00:58:02:00	TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS
00:58:02:00	00:58:05:00	ACTED UPON BY THE CITY
00:58:05:00	00:58:05:00	COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
00:58:05:00	00:58:11:00	OF FEBRUARY 26, 2025 AND NUMBER
00:58:11:00	00:58:11:00	0654 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED
00:58:11:00	00:58:12:00	FROM COUNCILOR SANTANA
00:58:12:00	00:58:15:00	REGARDING SECOND CALL FOR
00:58:15:00	00:58:18:00	URGENT ACTION TO SUSTAIN THE
00:58:18:00	00:58:19:00	CPS PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM
00:58:19:00	00:58:22:00	OPERATED BY SAINT JOSEPH'S
00:58:22:00	00:58:23:00	YOUTH PROGRAMS.
00:58:23:00	00:58:25:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER
00:58:25:00	00:58:25:00	065220654 WILL BE PLACED ON
00:58:25:00	00:58:26:00	FILE.
00:58:26:00	00:58:29:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:58:29:00	00:58:29:00	OF COMMITTEES.
00:58:29:00	00:58:31:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:58:31:00	00:58:34:00	DOCKET NUMBER 01370137 THE
00:58:34:00	00:58:35:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
00:58:35:00	00:58:38:00	OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS
00:58:38:00	00:58:41:00	REFERRED ON JANUARY 8TH 2025
00:58:41:00	00:58:42:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0137 AN ORDINANCE
00:58:42:00	00:58:45:00	REGARDING EMPLOYEE SAFETY
00:58:45:00	00:58:46:00	WITHIN BOSTON'S OIL TERMINALS
00:58:46:00	00:58:49:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:58:49:00	00:58:50:00	THAT THE ORDER TO PASS IN A NEW
00:58:50:00	00:58:54:00	DRAFT THE TALKING NUMBER 0137
00:58:54:00	00:58:55:00	WILL BE REMANDED BACK TO THE
00:58:55:00	00:58:56:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
00:58:56:00	00:58:58:00	OPERATIONS.
00:58:58:00	00:58:59:00	THANK YOU MR CLERK, WOULD YOU
00:58:59:00	00:59:04:00	PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0393
00:59:04:00	00:59:05:00	TALKING NUMBER 0393 MESSAGE
00:59:05:00	00:59:06:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:59:06:00	00:59:09:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:59:09:00	00:59:14:00	THE AMOUNT OF $2,563,236.28 IN
00:59:14:00	00:59:18:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:59:18:00	00:59:19:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 STATE LDA LUNCH
00:59:19:00	00:59:22:00	PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:59:22:00	00:59:22:00	MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER
00:59:22:00	00:59:26:00	AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:59:26:00	00:59:26:00	THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION
00:59:26:00	00:59:29:00	THAT GRANT WILL FUND NUTRITION
00:59:29:00	00:59:30:00	SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN
00:59:30:00	00:59:35:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AT A RATE
00:59:35:00	00:59:40:00	OF $7.39 PER MEAL FOR UP TO
00:59:40:00	00:59:41:00	358,679 MEALS.
00:59:41:00	00:59:41:00	THANK YOU.
00:59:41:00	00:59:42:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:59:42:00	00:59:42:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR
00:59:42:00	00:59:44:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG
00:59:44:00	00:59:45:00	WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
00:59:45:00	00:59:45:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:59:45:00	00:59:46:00	THANK YOU.
00:59:46:00	00:59:48:00	THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN
00:59:48:00	00:59:52:00	FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES HELD A
00:59:52:00	00:59:52:00	HEARING ON FEBRUARY 5TH.
00:59:52:00	00:59:56:00	IN ATTENDANCE WAS MY
00:59:56:00	00:59:57:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND WE HAD
00:59:57:00	00:59:57:00	ABSENT LETTERS FROM COUNCIL.
00:59:57:00	01:00:00:00	WE'RE ALL IN COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:00:00:00	01:00:03:00	THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY
01:00:03:00	01:00:04:00	MICHELLE WU AND WAS REFERRED TO
01:00:04:00	01:00:06:00	THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 5TH.
01:00:06:00	01:00:07:00	IT IS A STATE GRANT FOR THE
01:00:07:00	01:00:10:00	ELDER LUNCH PROGRAM IS AWARDED
01:00:10:00	01:00:10:00	THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS
01:00:10:00	01:00:11:00	OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS.
01:00:11:00	01:00:14:00	THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE
01:00:14:00	01:00:15:00	ALLOCATION OF THE STATE GRANT
01:00:15:00	01:00:18:00	TO BE ADMITTED BY THE STRONG
01:00:18:00	01:00:19:00	AND STRONG COMMISSION.
01:00:19:00	01:00:22:00	WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
01:00:22:00	01:00:23:00	PANELISTS WHICH INCLUDED EMILY
01:00:23:00	01:00:25:00	SHEA, COMMISSIONER OF THE EIGHT
01:00:25:00	01:00:26:00	STRONG COMMISSION AND MELISSA
01:00:26:00	01:00:26:00	CARLSON WHO IS THE SENIOR
01:00:26:00	01:00:29:00	DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND
01:00:29:00	01:00:30:00	PARTNERSHIPS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
01:00:30:00	01:00:33:00	FOR PROGRAM OVERSIGHT AND
01:00:33:00	01:00:34:00	MONITORING FOR THE ELDER
01:00:34:00	01:00:34:00	NUTRITION PROGRAM.
01:00:34:00	01:00:37:00	THE PANEL DISCUSSED THE
01:00:37:00	01:00:39:00	IMPORTANCE OF THIS GRANT BEING
01:00:39:00	01:00:40:00	ONE COMPONENT COMPONENT
01:00:40:00	01:00:42:00	OF THREE FUNDING SOURCES FOR
01:00:42:00	01:00:43:00	EIGHT STRONG MEALS ON WHEELS
01:00:43:00	01:00:43:00	PROGRAM.
01:00:43:00	01:00:46:00	THE OTHER TWO SOURCES INCLUDE
01:00:46:00	01:00:49:00	TITLE THREE OF THE OLDER
01:00:49:00	01:00:50:00	AMERICANS ACT AND THE NUTRITION
01:00:50:00	01:00:54:00	SERVICE INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND
01:00:54:00	01:00:54:00	$300,000 IN CITY FUNDING.
01:00:54:00	01:00:58:00	SO THE CITY HAS KICKED IN MONEY
01:00:58:00	01:00:59:00	IN THE PAST TO MAKE UP THE
01:00:59:00	01:01:02:00	DIFFERENCE.
01:01:02:00	01:01:02:00	THE PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH TWO
01:01:02:00	01:01:06:00	ORGANIZATIONS ETHOS IN GREATER
01:01:06:00	01:01:06:00	BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE
01:01:06:00	01:01:09:00	CENTER THE GREATER BOSTON
01:01:09:00	01:01:10:00	CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER
01:01:10:00	01:01:10:00	OFFICE TRADITIONAL CANTONESE
01:01:10:00	01:01:14:00	MEALS AND OPERATES ITS OWN MEAL
01:01:14:00	01:01:16:00	DELIVERY SERVICES AT THREE
01:01:16:00	01:01:17:00	LOCATIONS INCLUDING ONE IN
01:01:17:00	01:01:20:00	BRIGHTON AND ANOTHER ONE IN
01:01:20:00	01:01:20:00	CHINATOWN.
01:01:20:00	01:01:21:00	ETHOS WORKS WITH THE PARTNERS
01:01:21:00	01:01:24:00	SUCH AS SPINELLIS CITY, FRESH
01:01:24:00	01:01:25:00	FOODS AND EMILY'S FOOD SERVICE
01:01:25:00	01:01:28:00	TO COOK AND DELIVER MEALS.
01:01:28:00	01:01:30:00	TOGETHER THESE FUNDING SOURCES
01:01:30:00	01:01:31:00	COVER ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE
01:01:31:00	01:01:31:00	PROGRAM'S TOTAL COST.
01:01:31:00	01:01:34:00	THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A RANGE
01:01:34:00	01:01:35:00	OF SERVICES INCLUDING HOME
01:01:35:00	01:01:38:00	DELIVERED MEALS, CONGREGATE
01:01:38:00	01:01:39:00	MEALS AT 44 LOCATIONS
01:01:39:00	01:01:42:00	THROUGHOUT.
01:01:42:00	01:01:42:00	NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION
01:01:42:00	01:01:46:00	ASSESSMENT AND COUNSELING.
01:01:46:00	01:01:47:00	ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE 11 MEAL
01:01:47:00	01:01:50:00	OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO MEET THE
01:01:50:00	01:01:51:00	DIETARY AND CULTURAL NEEDS
01:01:51:00	01:01:52:00	OF OUR OLDER ADULTS ACROSS THE
01:01:52:00	01:01:54:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:01:54:00	01:01:58:00	THE PANELISTS ALSO DISCUSSED A
01:01:58:00	01:02:00:00	REDUCTION IN FUNDING LAST YEAR
01:02:00:00	01:02:01:00	IN THE FY 24 WITH THE
01:02:01:00	01:02:05:00	EXPECTATION OF POSSIBLY FURTHER
01:02:05:00	01:02:05:00	CUTS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING
01:02:05:00	01:02:06:00	THIS YEAR.
01:02:06:00	01:02:08:00	LAST YEAR'S FEDERAL FUNDING
01:02:08:00	01:02:11:00	FUNDING DECREASE AMOUNTED TO
01:02:11:00	01:02:12:00	APPROXIMATELY $880,000 WITH
01:02:12:00	01:02:15:00	UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THIS
01:02:15:00	01:02:15:00	YEAR'S FIGURES.
01:02:15:00	01:02:16:00	FEDERAL FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TO
01:02:16:00	01:02:19:00	STATES BASED ON A FORMULA IN
01:02:19:00	01:02:22:00	THE 2020 CENSUS DATA LIKELY
01:02:22:00	01:02:23:00	AFFECTED THE FUNDING
01:02:23:00	01:02:26:00	DISTRIBUTION BECAUSE CONCERNS
01:02:26:00	01:02:26:00	WERE RAISED ABOUT THE IMPACT
01:02:26:00	01:02:27:00	OF THESE POTENTIAL CUTS IN
01:02:27:00	01:02:30:00	STRATEGIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED
01:02:30:00	01:02:31:00	TO MITIGATE THEM.
01:02:31:00	01:02:34:00	THE STATE IS LOOKING INTO WAYS
01:02:34:00	01:02:35:00	TO STREAMLINE THE PROGRAM SUCH
01:02:35:00	01:02:35:00	AS ADJUSTING ELIGIBILITY
01:02:35:00	01:02:38:00	CRITERIA AND REDUCING WASTE.
01:02:38:00	01:02:39:00	STATE AND CITY FUNDING REMAINS
01:02:39:00	01:02:42:00	CRUCIAL.
01:02:42:00	01:02:43:00	THIS PROGRAM'S CONTINUED
01:02:43:00	01:02:46:00	SUCCESS AND I KNOW WE TALKED
01:02:46:00	01:02:47:00	COUNCIL AND I ABOUT JUST
01:02:47:00	01:02:50:00	KEEPING THIS COMMUNICATION OPEN
01:02:50:00	01:02:50:00	WITH EMILY AND THE STRONG
01:02:50:00	01:02:54:00	COMMISSION AS WE GO INTO THE
01:02:54:00	01:02:54:00	BUDGET SEASON MAKING SURE THAT
01:02:54:00	01:02:57:00	IF WE DO NEED TO ALLOCATE
01:02:57:00	01:02:57:00	EITHER THROUGH AN AMENDMENT OR
01:02:57:00	01:02:58:00	THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION DOES
01:02:58:00	01:03:01:00	ADDING IT ON THEIR OWN TO MAKE
01:03:01:00	01:03:02:00	SURE THAT OUR SENIORS
01:03:02:00	01:03:05:00	NUTRITIONAL NEEDS NOT CUT IN
01:03:05:00	01:03:05:00	ANY WAY.
01:03:05:00	01:03:06:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:03:06:00	01:03:09:00	IS STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
01:03:09:00	01:03:09:00	COMMUNITIES, I RECOMMEND MOVING
01:03:09:00	01:03:12:00	THE LISTED DOCKET THE COMMITTEE
01:03:12:00	01:03:12:00	TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR
01:03:12:00	01:03:15:00	DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION
01:03:15:00	01:03:16:00	AND AT THIS TIME MY
01:03:16:00	01:03:19:00	RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
01:03:19:00	01:03:19:00	COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THIS
01:03:19:00	01:03:20:00	MATTER OUGHT TO PASS.
01:03:20:00	01:03:20:00	THANK YOU.
01:03:20:00	01:03:23:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
01:03:23:00	01:03:24:00	IF YOU WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO
01:03:24:00	01:03:24:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
01:03:24:00	01:03:27:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS
01:03:27:00	01:03:27:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY TO CHAIR THE
01:03:27:00	01:03:28:00	COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN
01:03:28:00	01:03:31:00	FAMILIES COMMUNITIES.
01:03:31:00	01:03:32:00	SHE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:03:32:00	01:03:32:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:03:32:00	01:03:35:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0393.
01:03:35:00	01:03:36:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:03:36:00	01:03:39:00	I ALSO SAY NAY.
01:03:39:00	01:03:39:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:03:39:00	01:03:40:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
01:03:40:00	01:03:40:00	THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
01:03:40:00	01:03:43:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0393
01:03:43:00	01:03:43:00	HAS PASSED.
01:03:43:00	01:03:44:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:03:44:00	01:03:46:00	TOGETHER DOCKET NUMBER
01:03:46:00	01:03:53:00	041490128 DOCKING NUMBER 0414
01:03:53:00	01:03:54:00	ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT
01:03:54:00	01:03:54:00	THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
01:03:54:00	01:03:57:00	EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 2014
01:03:57:00	01:04:00:00	BOSTON TRUST AND DOCKET NUMBER
01:04:00:00	01:04:01:00	0128 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED
01:04:01:00	01:04:04:00	FROM POLICE COMMISSIONER
01:04:04:00	01:04:07:00	MICHAEL COX IN ACCORDANCE WITH
01:04:07:00	01:04:08:00	SECTION THREE OF THE BOSTON
01:04:08:00	01:04:08:00	TRUST ACT REGARDING CIVIL
01:04:08:00	01:04:12:00	IMMIGRATION AND DETAINER
01:04:12:00	01:04:12:00	RESULTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
01:04:12:00	01:04:15:00	THANK YOU.
01:04:15:00	01:04:16:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:04:16:00	01:04:16:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR
01:04:16:00	01:04:17:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
01:04:17:00	01:04:19:00	SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
01:04:19:00	01:04:19:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:04:19:00	01:04:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:04:22:00	01:04:23:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
01:04:23:00	01:04:26:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A
01:04:26:00	01:04:29:00	HEARING ON MARCH TEN, 2025.
01:04:29:00	01:04:32:00	THE I WAS JOINED BY MY
01:04:32:00	01:04:33:00	COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR AND
01:04:33:00	01:04:36:00	OFFLINE COUNSELOR EVERY CAMP
01:04:36:00	01:04:37:00	COUNSELOR JOHN FITZGERALD,
01:04:37:00	01:04:41:00	COUNSELOR ERIN MURPHY COUNSELOR
01:04:41:00	01:04:42:00	JULIE HERE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
01:04:42:00	01:04:42:00	ROSEMARY JANE AND COUNSELOR
01:04:42:00	01:04:44:00	BENJAMIN WEBER COUNSELOR SHARON
01:04:44:00	01:04:45:00	DURKIN AND COUNSELORS.
01:04:45:00	01:04:49:00	IT IS GREAT AND AT LEAST ONE
01:04:49:00	01:04:53:00	SOURCE FOR THIS WAS COUNSELOR
01:04:53:00	01:04:53:00	HERE.
01:04:53:00	01:04:54:00	COUNSELOR BEN AND COUNSELOR
01:04:54:00	01:04:56:00	EUGENE.
01:04:56:00	01:04:56:00	WE HEARD TESTIMONY.
01:04:56:00	01:05:00:00	WE DID HAVE ALL WE HELD.
01:05:00:00	01:05:01:00	WE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE FROM
01:05:01:00	01:05:03:00	THE PUBLIC ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
01:05:03:00	01:05:04:00	BUT WE ALSO HAD AN AMAZING
01:05:04:00	01:05:10:00	PANEL FILLED WITH SO MANY
01:05:10:00	01:05:11:00	EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES IN THIS
01:05:11:00	01:05:14:00	FIELD.
01:05:14:00	01:05:15:00	WE ALSO WERE JOINED BY REVEREND
01:05:15:00	01:05:18:00	MARIANO WHITE HAMMOND WHO
01:05:18:00	01:05:19:00	JOINED US FOR A GROUNDING AND
01:05:19:00	01:05:22:00	THEN WE WERE JOINED BY AMY
01:05:22:00	01:05:23:00	GRANT, DIRECTOR OF STATE AND
01:05:23:00	01:05:25:00	GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WITH
01:05:25:00	01:05:25:00	AMERICORPS ALICIA AND ANGELA
01:05:25:00	01:05:29:00	PALMA, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANIZER
01:05:29:00	01:05:30:00	WITH CENTRAL PERCENT PRESS AND
01:05:30:00	01:05:34:00	THE SUZANNE LEIGH, EDUCATOR
01:05:34:00	01:05:35:00	MICHELLE, A TEEN ASSISTANT
01:05:35:00	01:05:38:00	PASTOR CHURCH.
01:05:38:00	01:05:43:00	DR. NINA ESTRELLA LULA FOUNDER
01:05:43:00	01:05:43:00	OF AUSTRALIA LUNA CONSULTING
01:05:43:00	01:05:47:00	AND NAVIA PENA WHO'S A SMALL
01:05:47:00	01:05:47:00	BUSINESS OWNER.
01:05:47:00	01:05:50:00	WE'LL LEAVE IT TO SEE IF THE
01:05:50:00	01:05:51:00	LEAD SPONSORS WANT TO SAY
01:05:51:00	01:05:51:00	ANYTHING.
01:05:51:00	01:05:54:00	BUT WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE
01:05:54:00	01:05:54:00	CONVERSATION.
01:05:54:00	01:05:57:00	I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY
01:05:57:00	01:05:58:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES BE PRESENT AND
01:05:58:00	01:06:04:00	IN ORDER FOR US TO BE EDUCATED
01:06:04:00	01:06:04:00	.
01:06:04:00	01:06:05:00	THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
01:06:05:00	01:06:05:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:05:00	01:06:06:00	CONSTANTINO THE CHAIR AND AS
01:06:06:00	01:06:08:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY AT THE FLOOR
01:06:08:00	01:06:09:00	HERE.
01:06:09:00	01:06:09:00	WHAT DID I SAY?
01:06:09:00	01:06:13:00	OH, MURPHY.
01:06:13:00	01:06:14:00	APOLOGIES WITH MEJIA.
01:06:14:00	01:06:14:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:06:14:00	01:06:16:00	I KNOW IT'S ST PATRICK'S DAY.
01:06:16:00	01:06:17:00	IT'S THE GREEN AT THE GREEN IS
01:06:17:00	01:06:21:00	THE GREEN AT THE ALL OF THAT SO
01:06:21:00	01:06:21:00	MORPHING INTO EACH OF YOUR CARS
01:06:21:00	01:06:23:00	FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:06:23:00	01:06:24:00	I KNOW YOU TRY TO BE LIKE ME.
01:06:24:00	01:06:26:00	OKAY.
01:06:26:00	01:06:27:00	SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:06:27:00	01:06:30:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR
01:06:30:00	01:06:31:00	HOSTING THIS AND ALSO FOR
01:06:31:00	01:06:31:00	ORGANIZING IT AS QUICKLY AS YOU
01:06:31:00	01:06:31:00	DID.
01:06:31:00	01:06:34:00	I THINK IT REALLY MEANT A LOT
01:06:34:00	01:06:35:00	TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WERE
01:06:35:00	01:06:38:00	ABLE TO SHOW UP THE WAY THAT
01:06:38:00	01:06:38:00	THEY DID.
01:06:38:00	01:06:39:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND
01:06:39:00	01:06:40:00	YOUR OFFICE FOR MAKING THAT
01:06:40:00	01:06:41:00	HAPPEN.
01:06:41:00	01:06:42:00	AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO NAME
01:06:42:00	01:06:43:00	THAT YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT IN
01:06:43:00	01:06:45:00	WHICH WE ALWAYS LEAD.
01:06:45:00	01:06:46:00	IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE
01:06:46:00	01:06:49:00	COMMUNITY HERE HELPING TO HELP
01:06:49:00	01:06:49:00	US UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE
01:06:49:00	01:06:50:00	KNOW THAT THE MAYOR DID AN
01:06:50:00	01:06:53:00	AMAZING JOB FIGHTING ON BEHALF
01:06:53:00	01:06:57:00	OF THE TRUST ACT IN DC, THIS IS
01:06:57:00	01:06:58:00	AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AFFIRM
01:06:58:00	01:07:00:00	THAT THE TRUST ACT IS WORKING
01:07:00:00	01:07:01:00	IN THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD AND
01:07:01:00	01:07:02:00	ALSO GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
01:07:02:00	01:07:04:00	THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE RIGHT NOW
01:07:04:00	01:07:05:00	AFRAID TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL,
01:07:05:00	01:07:08:00	AFRAID TO GO TO CHURCH, AFRAID
01:07:08:00	01:07:09:00	TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL,
01:07:09:00	01:07:10:00	YOU KNOW, AFRAID TO GO TO WORK
01:07:10:00	01:07:12:00	ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAVING
01:07:12:00	01:07:12:00	UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
01:07:12:00	01:07:15:00	ARE UNDOCUMENTED LOVED ONES AND
01:07:15:00	01:07:16:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
01:07:16:00	01:07:16:00	TO CREATE SPACE FOR THOSE FOLKS
01:07:16:00	01:07:19:00	WHO ARE DOING THE WORK AND OR
01:07:19:00	01:07:20:00	LIVING THE REALITIES TO INFORM
01:07:20:00	01:07:20:00	OUR THINKING.
01:07:20:00	01:07:23:00	SO THAT WHATEVER WE DO DECIDE
01:07:23:00	01:07:24:00	TO DO IN TERMS OF STRENGTHENING
01:07:24:00	01:07:27:00	THE ACT THAT WE ARE LEADING
01:07:27:00	01:07:27:00	WITH THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THE
01:07:27:00	01:07:28:00	REALITY.
01:07:28:00	01:07:30:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
01:07:30:00	01:07:31:00	EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP AND I
01:07:31:00	01:07:34:00	ALSO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE
01:07:34:00	01:07:35:00	THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
01:07:35:00	01:07:38:00	SERIES OF HEARINGS WE WANTED TO
01:07:38:00	01:07:39:00	START OFF AND GROUNDING WITH
01:07:39:00	01:07:39:00	COMMUNITY.
01:07:39:00	01:07:42:00	OUR HOPE IS TO THEN BRING THE
01:07:42:00	01:07:42:00	ADMINISTRATION BOSTON POLICE
01:07:42:00	01:07:43:00	DEPARTMENT, BOSTON PUBLIC
01:07:43:00	01:07:46:00	HEALTH COMMISSION, BIPS AND
01:07:46:00	01:07:47:00	OTHERS INTO THE FOLD AND HAVE A
01:07:47:00	01:07:50:00	SERIES OF HEARINGS SO THAT WE
01:07:50:00	01:07:51:00	ALLOW EACH OF THOSE VOICES TO
01:07:51:00	01:07:54:00	KIND OF HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE SO
01:07:54:00	01:07:57:00	THAT WE CAN REALLY GET IT RIGHT
01:07:57:00	01:07:57:00	AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
01:07:57:00	01:07:58:00	PROCESS.
01:07:58:00	01:08:01:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR
01:08:01:00	01:08:01:00	COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE.
01:08:01:00	01:08:02:00	I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL
01:08:02:00	01:08:05:00	EXPECTING EVERYONE TO SHOW UP
01:08:05:00	01:08:05:00	AND THEN WE WERE LIKE SURPRISE,
01:08:05:00	01:08:08:00	WE'RE SWITCHING THINGS UPSIDE.
01:08:08:00	01:08:09:00	I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
01:08:09:00	01:08:09:00	YOUR PATIENCE AROUND THAT.
01:08:09:00	01:08:12:00	THANK YOU.
01:08:12:00	01:08:13:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR ON MEJIA
01:08:13:00	01:08:16:00	THIS DOCKET THESE DOCKETS
01:08:16:00	01:08:19:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0414 AND 0128
01:08:19:00	01:08:22:00	WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
01:08:22:00	01:08:23:00	MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
01:08:23:00	01:08:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER 04070407 MESSAGE
01:08:25:00	01:08:28:00	IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN
01:08:28:00	01:08:29:00	ORDINANCE FOR ROAD SAFETY AND
01:08:29:00	01:08:32:00	ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELIVERY
01:08:32:00	01:08:32:00	PROVIDERS.
01:08:32:00	01:08:33:00	THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT
01:08:33:00	01:08:35:00	AS A PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:08:35:00	01:08:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:08:40:00	01:08:41:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:08:41:00	01:08:41:00	OPERATIONS HELD A WORKING
01:08:41:00	01:08:43:00	SESSION YESTERDAY ON MARCH 11TH
01:08:43:00	01:08:46:00	ON THE DOCKET 0407I WAS JOINED
01:08:46:00	01:08:46:00	BY COUNSELORS MURPHY FLYNN,
01:08:46:00	01:08:49:00	FITZGERALD FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
01:08:49:00	01:08:50:00	DURKIN, LOUIJEUNE WEBER, MEJIA
01:08:50:00	01:08:54:00	AND SANTANA AND I SAY EVERYONE
01:08:54:00	01:08:55:00	FLYNN, FLYNN I DON'T KNOW IF I
01:08:55:00	01:08:58:00	SAID WHEN WE WERE JOINED BY THE
01:08:58:00	01:08:58:00	ADMINISTRATION CHIEF FRANKLYN
01:08:58:00	01:09:02:00	HODGE WHO'S THE CHIEF OF STS
01:09:02:00	01:09:03:00	AND DANIEL LANDER WHO WAS THE
01:09:03:00	01:09:04:00	POLICY ADVISER WITHIN THE
01:09:04:00	01:09:06:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE.
01:09:06:00	01:09:07:00	I AM KEEPING THIS DOCUMENT
01:09:07:00	01:09:07:00	COMMITTEE.
01:09:07:00	01:09:07:00	I WON'T BURY THE LEAD.
01:09:07:00	01:09:09:00	BUT WHAT I WILL SAY FOR THE
01:09:09:00	01:09:10:00	RECORD IS THAT THE COMMITTEE
01:09:10:00	01:09:11:00	WENT LINE BY LINE THROUGH ABOUT
01:09:11:00	01:09:13:00	HALF OF THE DOCKET AND REVIEWED
01:09:13:00	01:09:14:00	REVISIONS PRODUCED ON BEHALF
01:09:14:00	01:09:17:00	OF MYSELF AND COLLEAGUES IN
01:09:17:00	01:09:17:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH ADVOCATES AND
01:09:17:00	01:09:21:00	INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES.
01:09:21:00	01:09:21:00	DURING THE WORKING SESSION WE
01:09:21:00	01:09:22:00	REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED
01:09:22:00	01:09:24:00	IMPLICATIONS OF EXCLUDING
01:09:24:00	01:09:25:00	GROCERY AND CONVENIENCE STORES
01:09:25:00	01:09:28:00	WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ADEQUATE
01:09:28:00	01:09:28:00	THRESHOLD OF ORDERS PER WEEK TO
01:09:28:00	01:09:29:00	CAPTURE LARGER THIRD PARTY
01:09:29:00	01:09:33:00	DELIVERY COMPANIES WHO HAVE A
01:09:33:00	01:09:33:00	DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON OUR
01:09:33:00	01:09:34:00	STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:09:34:00	01:09:36:00	WE ALSO DISCUSSED VARIOUS
01:09:36:00	01:09:36:00	INSURANCE MINIMUMS CURRENTLY
01:09:36:00	01:09:40:00	MANDATED BY THE STATE FOR
01:09:40:00	01:09:40:00	VEHICLE LIABILITY, BODILY
01:09:40:00	01:09:44:00	INDUSTRY INJURY AND PERSONAL
01:09:44:00	01:09:44:00	PROPERTY AND HOW WE ARE GOING
01:09:44:00	01:09:47:00	BEYOND THE REQUIRED THRESHOLD
01:09:47:00	01:09:47:00	FROM THE STATE.
01:09:47:00	01:09:51:00	THERE WERE QUESTIONS POSED BY
01:09:51:00	01:09:52:00	BY MY COLLEAGUES TO BETTER
01:09:52:00	01:09:54:00	CLARIFY ACTIVE STATUS FOR THIRD
01:09:54:00	01:09:54:00	PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL
01:09:54:00	01:10:00:00	AS LIABILITY COVERAGE AS WELL
01:10:00:00	01:10:01:00	AS LIABILITY COVERAGE.
01:10:01:00	01:10:04:00	COUNCILOR WEBER BASED ON HIS
01:10:04:00	01:10:04:00	LITIGATION EXPERIENCE,
01:10:04:00	01:10:05:00	RECOMMENDED THAT WE EMBED
01:10:05:00	01:10:08:00	PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS SO
01:10:08:00	01:10:09:00	THEY'RE NOT ON THE HOOK NOR ARE
01:10:09:00	01:10:11:00	THERE WAGES FOR INSURANCE
01:10:11:00	01:10:11:00	COVERAGE COMPENSATION.
01:10:11:00	01:10:12:00	WE STARTED TO DISCUSS DATA
01:10:12:00	01:10:16:00	REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND THE
01:10:16:00	01:10:17:00	VERY REAL NEED TO ENSURE AN
01:10:17:00	01:10:19:00	ANONYMITY TO PROTECT CONSUMER
01:10:19:00	01:10:19:00	PRIVACY.
01:10:19:00	01:10:20:00	THERE WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION
01:10:20:00	01:10:23:00	ABOUT MOVING THE FREQUENCY
01:10:23:00	01:10:24:00	OF DATA PRODUCED BY THESE
01:10:24:00	01:10:28:00	COMPANIES TO BTD FOR A MONTHLY
01:10:28:00	01:10:28:00	TO QUARTERLY AND ENSURING
01:10:28:00	01:10:30:00	COMMERCIAL SENSITIVITY AND
01:10:30:00	01:10:31:00	PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY
01:10:31:00	01:10:31:00	INFORMATION FROM THESE
01:10:31:00	01:10:31:00	COMPANIES.
01:10:31:00	01:10:35:00	THERE IS WAY MORE WORK TO DO.
01:10:35:00	01:10:36:00	I HOPE TO HAVE A WORKING
01:10:36:00	01:10:38:00	SESSION FORTHCOMING IN THE NEXT
01:10:38:00	01:10:38:00	COUPLE OF WEEKS.
01:10:38:00	01:10:39:00	THIS IS A 60 DAY ORDER SO WE DO
01:10:39:00	01:10:40:00	HAVE TO PASS THIS BY THE
01:10:40:00	01:10:42:00	BEGINNING OF APRIL AND SO AGAIN
01:10:42:00	01:10:45:00	I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ONE
01:10:45:00	01:10:45:00	OR MORE WORKING SESSIONS TO
01:10:45:00	01:10:50:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS IN
01:10:50:00	01:10:50:00	THE RIGHT PLACE.
01:10:50:00	01:10:51:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:51:00	01:10:51:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:51:00	01:10:53:00	COUNCILOR CUT AS A PART OF THIS
01:10:53:00	01:10:53:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 040 WILL
01:10:53:00	01:10:57:00	REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
01:10:57:00	01:10:58:00	OKAY, MR CLERK, YOU'VE GOT SOME
01:10:58:00	01:10:58:00	READING TO DO.
01:10:58:00	01:11:14:00	WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS
01:11:14:00	01:11:14:00	NUMBER
01:11:14:00	01:11:16:00	0397039804010403040404490450045104520455
01:11:16:00	01:11:17:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0397 MESSAGE
01:11:17:00	01:11:18:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:11:18:00	01:11:21:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT IT EXCEPT
01:11:21:00	01:11:26:00	AN EXPANDING AMOUNT OF 720
01:11:26:00	01:11:27:00	$244.22 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT
01:11:27:00	01:11:31:00	FOR THE RDA PROGRAM FOR FIELD C
01:11:31:00	01:11:35:00	Y 24 GRANT AWARDED BY THE
01:11:35:00	01:11:35:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
01:11:35:00	01:11:36:00	OF LABOR PASSED TO THE MASS
01:11:36:00	01:11:38:00	HIRE DEPARTMENT OF COURIER
01:11:38:00	01:11:39:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
01:11:39:00	01:11:40:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:11:40:00	01:11:42:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:11:42:00	01:11:43:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL
01:11:43:00	01:11:45:00	REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS
01:11:45:00	01:11:46:00	OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
01:11:46:00	01:11:47:00	CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT
01:11:47:00	01:11:50:00	AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT
01:11:50:00	01:11:53:00	PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION
01:11:53:00	01:11:53:00	ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND
01:11:53:00	01:11:54:00	EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
01:11:54:00	01:11:58:00	PROGRAMS.
01:11:58:00	01:11:58:00	TALKING NUMBER 0398.
01:11:58:00	01:12:01:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
01:12:01:00	01:12:02:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
01:12:02:00	01:12:07:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
01:12:07:00	01:12:08:00	OF $626,466.57 IN THE FORM OF A
01:12:08:00	01:12:12:00	GRANT FOR THE KERRY AND WIOD
01:12:12:00	01:12:13:00	DISLOCATED WORKERS PROGRAM
01:12:13:00	01:12:16:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED
01:12:16:00	01:12:16:00	STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
01:12:16:00	01:12:19:00	THROUGH THE MAYOR'S HIRED
01:12:19:00	01:12:20:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
01:12:20:00	01:12:20:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
01:12:20:00	01:12:23:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:12:23:00	01:12:23:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:12:23:00	01:12:24:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A PROGRAM
01:12:24:00	01:12:27:00	TO HELP DISLOCATED WORKERS GET
01:12:27:00	01:12:28:00	BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS
01:12:28:00	01:12:31:00	POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS
01:12:31:00	01:12:31:00	TO EMPLOYMENT.
01:12:31:00	01:12:35:00	TALKING IN NUMBERS 0401 MESSAGE
01:12:35:00	01:12:38:00	IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:12:38:00	01:12:39:00	BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE
01:12:39:00	01:12:42:00	AMOUNT OF $254,921 IN THE FORM
01:12:42:00	01:12:45:00	OF A GRANT FOR THE W IOA YOUTH
01:12:45:00	01:12:46:00	ACTIVITIES.
01:12:46:00	01:12:49:00	EDMOND GRANT, AWARDED BY THE
01:12:49:00	01:12:50:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
01:12:50:00	01:12:53:00	OF LABOR PASSED THROUGH THE
01:12:53:00	01:12:54:00	MAYOR'S HIRE DEPARTMENT A
01:12:54:00	01:12:54:00	CAREER SERVICES TO BE
01:12:54:00	01:12:56:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
01:12:56:00	01:12:57:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
01:12:57:00	01:13:00:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A PROGRAM
01:13:00:00	01:13:01:00	THAT FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON
01:13:01:00	01:13:05:00	OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH BETWEEN
01:13:05:00	01:13:06:00	AGES 14 TO 24 WHO FACE BARRIERS
01:13:06:00	01:13:10:00	TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND
01:13:10:00	01:13:12:00	EMPLOYMENT THAT CAN HAVE A0403
01:13:12:00	01:13:13:00	MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:13:13:00	01:13:16:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
01:13:16:00	01:13:19:00	THE AMOUNT OF $109,271.70 IN
01:13:19:00	01:13:23:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
01:13:23:00	01:13:26:00	WIOD DISLOCATED WORKER EDMOND
01:13:26:00	01:13:27:00	GRANT, AWARDED BY THE UNITED
01:13:27:00	01:13:27:00	STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
01:13:27:00	01:13:30:00	PASSED THROUGH THE MASS HIRED
01:13:30:00	01:13:31:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
01:13:31:00	01:13:33:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
01:13:33:00	01:13:33:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:13:33:00	01:13:34:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:13:34:00	01:13:37:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND
01:13:37:00	01:13:37:00	INDIVIDUALIZED CAREER SERVICES
01:13:37:00	01:13:40:00	AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR
01:13:40:00	01:13:41:00	DISLOCATED WORKERS TO REJOIN
01:13:41:00	01:13:44:00	THE WORKFORCE AS EARLY AS
01:13:44:00	01:13:45:00	POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS
01:13:45:00	01:13:45:00	TO EMPLOYMENT.
01:13:45:00	01:13:49:00	DUCK AND THE 0404 MESSAGE IN
01:13:49:00	01:13:52:00	ORDER AUTHORIZE THE CITY
01:13:52:00	01:13:53:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
01:13:53:00	01:13:55:00	THE AMOUNT OF $94,089 IN THE
01:13:55:00	01:13:59:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WAGNER
01:13:59:00	01:14:00:00	PIZER EDMOND GRANT AWARDED BY
01:14:00:00	01:14:03:00	THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
01:14:03:00	01:14:03:00	OF LABOR TO THE MASAI
01:14:03:00	01:14:06:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
01:14:06:00	01:14:07:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
01:14:07:00	01:14:09:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:14:09:00	01:14:10:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:14:10:00	01:14:11:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL
01:14:11:00	01:14:14:00	REEMPLOY ON THE NEEDS
01:14:14:00	01:14:15:00	OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
01:14:15:00	01:14:17:00	CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT
01:14:17:00	01:14:18:00	ANY IMPROPER BENEFIT PAYMENTS
01:14:18:00	01:14:22:00	AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR
01:14:22:00	01:14:22:00	TRAINING AND EDUCATION
01:14:22:00	01:14:26:00	RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS.
01:14:26:00	01:14:27:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0449 MESSAGE IS
01:14:27:00	01:14:30:00	NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY
01:14:30:00	01:14:31:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
01:14:31:00	01:14:35:00	THE AMOUNT OF $2,294,289 IN THE
01:14:35:00	01:14:38:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WIO
01:14:38:00	01:14:39:00	YOUTH PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY
01:14:39:00	01:14:44:00	THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
01:14:44:00	01:14:45:00	OF LABOR AS TO THE MASS HIRED
01:14:45:00	01:14:47:00	DEVELOPED DEPARTMENT OF CAREER
01:14:47:00	01:14:47:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
01:14:47:00	01:14:50:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:14:50:00	01:14:50:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:14:50:00	01:14:51:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A
01:14:51:00	01:14:54:00	COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
01:14:54:00	01:14:55:00	PROGRAM TO SERVE ELIGIBLE YOUTH
01:14:55:00	01:14:58:00	AGES 14 TO 24 WHO FACE BARRIERS
01:14:58:00	01:15:02:00	TO EDUCATION TRAINING AND
01:15:02:00	01:15:02:00	EMPLOYMENT.
01:15:02:00	01:15:05:00	I CAN HAVE A0450 MESSAGE IN
01:15:05:00	01:15:08:00	HOUR AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:15:08:00	01:15:09:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
01:15:09:00	01:15:17:00	THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,761 AND
01:15:17:00	01:15:17:00	$212.70 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT
01:15:17:00	01:15:21:00	FOR THE WIO ADULT ACTIVITIES
01:15:21:00	01:15:21:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
01:15:21:00	01:15:25:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS
01:15:25:00	01:15:25:00	THROUGH THE MASAYA DEPARTMENT
01:15:25:00	01:15:28:00	OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE
01:15:28:00	01:15:29:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
01:15:29:00	01:15:29:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
01:15:29:00	01:15:32:00	THE GREEN WILL FUND SERVICES TO
01:15:32:00	01:15:33:00	HELP JOB SEEKERS ACCESS
01:15:33:00	01:15:36:00	EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, SKILLS
01:15:36:00	01:15:37:00	TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS AND
01:15:37:00	01:15:41:00	SUPPORT SERVICES.
01:15:41:00	01:15:44:00	SO I CAN HAVE A0451 MESSAGE IN
01:15:44:00	01:15:44:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:15:44:00	01:15:50:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
01:15:50:00	01:15:50:00	OF $1,076,177 IN THE A FORMER
01:15:50:00	01:15:54:00	GRANT FOR THE WAGNER A PROGRAM
01:15:54:00	01:15:54:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
01:15:54:00	01:15:58:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED
01:15:58:00	01:15:58:00	THROUGH THE MASAYA DEPARTMENT
01:15:58:00	01:16:01:00	OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE
01:16:01:00	01:16:01:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
01:16:01:00	01:16:02:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
01:16:02:00	01:16:05:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
01:16:05:00	01:16:05:00	INDIVIDUAL REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS
01:16:05:00	01:16:09:00	OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
01:16:09:00	01:16:09:00	CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT
01:16:09:00	01:16:10:00	AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT
01:16:10:00	01:16:13:00	PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION
01:16:13:00	01:16:14:00	ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND
01:16:14:00	01:16:17:00	EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
01:16:17:00	01:16:17:00	PROGRAMS.
01:16:17:00	01:16:20:00	TUCKER NUMBER 0452.
01:16:20:00	01:16:23:00	MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:16:23:00	01:16:24:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
01:16:24:00	01:16:29:00	THE AMOUNT OF $983,445.30 IN
01:16:29:00	01:16:32:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WIO
01:16:32:00	01:16:33:00	EIGHT DISLOCATED WORKERS GRANT
01:16:33:00	01:16:36:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
01:16:36:00	01:16:37:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED TO
01:16:37:00	01:16:40:00	THE MASAYA DEPARTMENT OF KOREA
01:16:40:00	01:16:41:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
01:16:41:00	01:16:44:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:16:44:00	01:16:44:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:16:44:00	01:16:45:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A PROGRAM
01:16:45:00	01:16:48:00	TO HELP DISLOCATED WORKERS GET
01:16:48:00	01:16:49:00	BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS
01:16:49:00	01:16:51:00	POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS
01:16:51:00	01:16:52:00	TO EMPLOYMENT.
01:16:52:00	01:16:55:00	TALKING NUMBERS 0455.
01:16:55:00	01:16:55:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
01:16:55:00	01:16:58:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
01:16:58:00	01:17:00:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
01:17:00:00	01:17:01:00	OF $30,000 IN THE FORM OF A
01:17:01:00	01:17:02:00	GRANT FOR THE KOREAN REGIONAL
01:17:02:00	01:17:05:00	PLANNING GRANT AWARDED BY THE
01:17:05:00	01:17:05:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
01:17:05:00	01:17:08:00	OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS
01:17:08:00	01:17:09:00	AID DEPARTMENT OF KOREA
01:17:09:00	01:17:09:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
01:17:09:00	01:17:12:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:17:12:00	01:17:12:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:17:12:00	01:17:13:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL
01:17:13:00	01:17:16:00	PLANNING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE
01:17:16:00	01:17:17:00	CREATION OF REGIONAL PIPELINE
01:17:17:00	01:17:20:00	PROGRAM FOR HIGH DEMAND
01:17:20:00	01:17:20:00	INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS IN
01:17:20:00	01:17:24:00	ALIGNMENT WITH REGIONAL
01:17:24:00	01:17:27:00	PLANNING PRIORITIES.
01:17:27:00	01:17:28:00	THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
01:17:28:00	01:17:29:00	IF I COULD CLAP FOR YOU I
01:17:29:00	01:17:29:00	WOULD.
01:17:29:00	01:17:32:00	THAT WAS A LOT TO READ.
01:17:32:00	01:17:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:17:32:00	01:17:33:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
01:17:33:00	01:17:35:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
01:17:35:00	01:17:35:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:17:35:00	01:17:35:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:17:35:00	01:17:38:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:17:38:00	01:17:39:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
01:17:39:00	01:17:42:00	PRESIDENT.
01:17:42:00	01:17:43:00	YOU KNOW I KNOW EVERYONE KNOWS
01:17:43:00	01:17:46:00	THIS ALREADY BUT THE TOTAL
01:17:46:00	01:17:49:00	NUMBER OF ALL THESE GRANTS IS
01:17:49:00	01:17:54:00	$7 MILLION TO $7,247,060.79.
01:17:54:00	01:17:59:00	SO BUT THANK GOD KNOW YESTERDAY
01:17:59:00	01:18:02:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR,
01:18:02:00	01:18:02:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:18:02:00	01:18:05:00	DEVELOPMENT HELD A HEARING ON
01:18:05:00	01:18:05:00	THESE TEN FEDERAL LABOR GRANTS
01:18:05:00	01:18:08:00	THAT ARE BEFORE US.
01:18:08:00	01:18:09:00	THESE GRANTS WERE AWARDED BY
01:18:09:00	01:18:10:00	THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO MASS
01:18:10:00	01:18:13:00	HIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER
01:18:13:00	01:18:14:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
01:18:14:00	01:18:17:00	OUR OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
01:18:17:00	01:18:17:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:18:17:00	01:18:20:00	THE DOCTORS WERE SPONSORED BY
01:18:20:00	01:18:21:00	THE MAYOR AND REFERRED TO THE
01:18:21:00	01:18:22:00	COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY.
01:18:22:00	01:18:25:00	I'D LIKE TO THANK JOSEPH LEE
01:18:25:00	01:18:28:00	KATY GALL FROM THE OFFICE
01:18:28:00	01:18:28:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
01:18:28:00	01:18:32:00	NEIL SULLIVAN AND ANGELA MCCABE
01:18:32:00	01:18:33:00	FROM THE BOSTON PRIVATE
01:18:33:00	01:18:36:00	INDUSTRY COUNCIL ALL FOR THEIR
01:18:36:00	01:18:37:00	PARTICIPATION IN YESTERDAY'S
01:18:37:00	01:18:39:00	HEARING.
01:18:39:00	01:18:40:00	I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY
01:18:40:00	01:18:41:00	COLLEAGUES WHO ATTENDED THE
01:18:41:00	01:18:44:00	HEARING COUNCILOR ED FLYNN,
01:18:44:00	01:18:45:00	MADAM PRESIDENT RUTHY LOUIJEUNE
01:18:45:00	01:18:48:00	AND COUNCILOR GABRIELA COLETTA
01:18:48:00	01:18:48:00	ZAPATA.
01:18:48:00	01:18:51:00	WE WERE ALSO HELPED BY OUR
01:18:51:00	01:18:52:00	INVALUABLE CENTRAL STAFF MEGAN
01:18:52:00	01:18:56:00	CORONADO AND ETHAN VARA AND WE
01:18:56:00	01:18:59:00	ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS
01:18:59:00	01:19:00:00	OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILORS
01:19:00:00	01:19:03:00	BRIAN EARLE AND ENRIQUE PEPEN
01:19:03:00	01:19:07:00	AND 2014 THE WORKFORCE
01:19:07:00	01:19:10:00	INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT WAS
01:19:10:00	01:19:11:00	SIGNED INTO LAW.
01:19:11:00	01:19:14:00	IT IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE OUR
01:19:14:00	01:19:18:00	NATION'S PUBLIC WORKFORCE
01:19:18:00	01:19:19:00	SYSTEM TO HELP PEOPLE INCLUDING
01:19:19:00	01:19:22:00	YOUTH AND THOSE FACING
01:19:22:00	01:19:23:00	SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO
01:19:23:00	01:19:26:00	EMPLOYMENT ACCESS HIGH QUALITY
01:19:26:00	01:19:30:00	JOBS AND CAREERS.
01:19:30:00	01:19:34:00	THE COOL KIDS CALL IT WE OWE TO
01:19:34:00	01:19:35:00	THE WE OWE HELPS JOB SEEKERS
01:19:35:00	01:19:38:00	ACCESS EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION,
01:19:38:00	01:19:41:00	TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES
01:19:41:00	01:19:45:00	AND MATCHES JOB SEEKERS WITH
01:19:45:00	01:19:45:00	EMPLOYERS SEEKING SKILLED
01:19:45:00	01:19:49:00	SKILLED WORKFORCE.
01:19:49:00	01:19:49:00	DURING THE HEARING WE HEARD
01:19:49:00	01:19:53:00	THAT THESE GRANTS WHICH INCLUDE
01:19:53:00	01:19:56:00	WE OWE GRANTS ESSENTIALLY
01:19:56:00	01:19:57:00	SUPPORT MASS HIRE BOSTON CAREER
01:19:57:00	01:20:00:00	CENTERS ONE IS DOWNTOWN AND
01:20:00:00	01:20:03:00	OTHER ONE IS A NUBIAN SQUARE
01:20:03:00	01:20:04:00	PROVIDES SERVICES TO PEOPLE
01:20:04:00	01:20:07:00	SEEKING WORK.
01:20:07:00	01:20:08:00	THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE ON
01:20:08:00	01:20:11:00	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND
01:20:11:00	01:20:11:00	OTHER DISLOCATED WORKERS AND IT
01:20:11:00	01:20:15:00	HELPS THEM WITH CAREER
01:20:15:00	01:20:15:00	COUNSELING WORKSHOPS, CAREER
01:20:15:00	01:20:19:00	FAIRS AND TRAINING
01:20:19:00	01:20:19:00	OPPORTUNITIES.
01:20:19:00	01:20:19:00	JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND.
01:20:19:00	01:20:22:00	YOU KNOW, WE HEARD IN A HEARING
01:20:22:00	01:20:26:00	IN JANUARY THAT THE STATE TAKES
01:20:26:00	01:20:29:00	IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT 16
01:20:29:00	01:20:29:00	WORKFORCE BOARDS HERE IN
01:20:29:00	01:20:29:00	BOSTON.
01:20:29:00	01:20:32:00	WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE BOARDS.
01:20:32:00	01:20:33:00	THEY'RE BOTH HOUSED IN THE
01:20:33:00	01:20:36:00	BOSTON PICK AND PICK SELECTS
01:20:36:00	01:20:36:00	ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL THAT
01:20:36:00	01:20:39:00	ARE CHARTERED AS BOSTON CAREER
01:20:39:00	01:20:40:00	CENTERS HERE.
01:20:40:00	01:20:43:00	WE'VE GOT ONE THAT'S MANAGED BY
01:20:43:00	01:20:44:00	THE JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES
01:20:44:00	01:20:47:00	IN DOWNTOWN AND ANOTHER THAT'S
01:20:47:00	01:20:50:00	BEING MANAGED BY ABCD IN NUBIAN
01:20:50:00	01:20:50:00	SQUARE.
01:20:50:00	01:20:54:00	WE HEARD THAT THESE FUNDS WILL
01:20:54:00	01:21:01:00	BE USED TO FOR SPECIFIC
01:21:01:00	01:21:01:00	TRAINING PATHWAYS.
01:21:01:00	01:21:05:00	SOME WERE MENTIONED IN THE
01:21:05:00	01:21:05:00	HEARING.
01:21:05:00	01:21:06:00	THEY INCLUDE ESL PATHWAYS
01:21:06:00	01:21:09:00	PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINING
01:21:09:00	01:21:09:00	AND BRIDGING PROGRAMS FOR THOSE
01:21:09:00	01:21:12:00	LOOKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL
01:21:12:00	01:21:13:00	SKILLS INCLUDING DIGITAL
01:21:13:00	01:21:13:00	LITERACY SKILLS, COMPUTER
01:21:13:00	01:21:16:00	NETWORKING TRAINING AND ADULT
01:21:16:00	01:21:17:00	BASIC EDUCATION.
01:21:17:00	01:21:21:00	AND A PORTION OF THESE GRANTS
01:21:21:00	01:21:21:00	WILL FUND TRAINING VOUCHERS FOR
01:21:21:00	01:21:24:00	ADULTS AS WELL AS ONE GRANT
01:21:24:00	01:21:25:00	BEFORE US WHICH IS FOR REGIONAL
01:21:25:00	01:21:27:00	WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR
01:21:27:00	01:21:31:00	IN-DEMAND JOBS.
01:21:31:00	01:21:33:00	ONCE SPECIFICALLY OUT OF THAT
01:21:33:00	01:21:34:00	7.2 MILLION 2.2 MILLION WILL BE
01:21:34:00	01:21:38:00	USED FOR YOUTH JOB TRAINING.
01:21:38:00	01:21:44:00	WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE
01:21:44:00	01:21:45:00	SEEKING JOBS WHO ARE 18 TO 24.
01:21:45:00	01:21:46:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HEARD
01:21:46:00	01:21:48:00	IN THIS COUNCIL A LOT ABOUT HOW
01:21:48:00	01:21:49:00	WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH IN
01:21:49:00	01:21:52:00	TERMS OF JOB TRAINING AND
01:21:52:00	01:21:52:00	ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS.
01:21:52:00	01:21:53:00	THIS WILL HELP WITH THAT.
01:21:53:00	01:21:56:00	WE ARE TOLD THAT THIS FUNDING
01:21:56:00	01:21:59:00	HELPS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
01:21:59:00	01:22:00:00	SEEKING JOBS.
01:22:00:00	01:22:03:00	JUST LAST YEAR THERE WERE THESE
01:22:03:00	01:22:06:00	WORKER CENTERS TOOK IN 15,000
01:22:06:00	01:22:09:00	JOB SEEKERS AND HELPED OVER
01:22:09:00	01:22:12:00	13,600 FIND QUALITY JOBS AND
01:22:12:00	01:22:13:00	OUT OF THOSE MANY OF WHOM MANY
01:22:13:00	01:22:16:00	OF THOSE JOB SEEKERS WERE
01:22:16:00	01:22:17:00	VETERANS WHO AS WE ALL KNOW
01:22:17:00	01:22:19:00	NEED MORE SUPPORT THAN EVER
01:22:19:00	01:22:20:00	WITH OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
01:22:20:00	01:22:24:00	SEEMINGLY WITHDRAWING ALL THEIR
01:22:24:00	01:22:24:00	SUPPORT.
01:22:24:00	01:22:25:00	THESE GRANTS WILL ALSO SUPPORT
01:22:25:00	01:22:28:00	ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT FOR
01:22:28:00	01:22:28:00	THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED
01:22:28:00	01:22:29:00	BY THE OFFICE WORKFORCE
01:22:29:00	01:22:32:00	DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS REQUIRED
01:22:32:00	01:22:36:00	TO OVERSEE THE GRANT AGREEMENTS
01:22:36:00	01:22:36:00	THAT EXIST BETWEEN THE OFFICE
01:22:36:00	01:22:37:00	AND THE CAREER CENTERS TO
01:22:37:00	01:22:39:00	ENSURE THAT THEY ARE KEEPING
01:22:39:00	01:22:40:00	WITH ALL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
01:22:40:00	01:22:43:00	AND STATE REGULATIONS.
01:22:43:00	01:22:44:00	WE WERE TOLD THAT THESE GRANTS
01:22:44:00	01:22:47:00	NEED TO BE SPENT NEED TO BE
01:22:47:00	01:22:48:00	SPENT WITHIN A TWO YEAR TIME
01:22:48:00	01:22:55:00	FRAME AND IN JANUARY WE HELD A
01:22:55:00	01:22:56:00	HEARING ON A ONE STOP CAREER
01:22:56:00	01:22:59:00	CENTER GRANT IN THE AMOUNT
01:22:59:00	01:23:00:00	OF $860,000 THAT WAS APPROVED
01:23:00:00	01:23:03:00	BY THIS BODY AND WHICH ALSO
01:23:03:00	01:23:04:00	PROVIDES FUNDING FOR OUR MASS
01:23:04:00	01:23:07:00	OUR MASS HIRE BOSTON CAREER
01:23:07:00	01:23:08:00	CENTERS TO PUT TO SUPPLY SOME
01:23:08:00	01:23:11:00	OF THE SERVICES THAT WE WERE
01:23:11:00	01:23:11:00	TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
01:23:11:00	01:23:12:00	GIVEN THE INFORMATION WE
01:23:12:00	01:23:15:00	LEARNED IN JANUARY AS WELL AS
01:23:15:00	01:23:15:00	YESTERDAY AS CHAIR OF THE
01:23:15:00	01:23:18:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:23:18:00	01:23:19:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I
01:23:19:00	01:23:22:00	THANK YOU FOR SITTING THROUGH
01:23:22:00	01:23:25:00	THIS LONG SPEECH AND VERY LONG
01:23:25:00	01:23:26:00	DOCKET READING BUT I RECOMMEND
01:23:26:00	01:23:29:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:23:29:00	01:23:29:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF THESE
01:23:29:00	01:23:30:00	DOCKETS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
01:23:30:00	01:23:33:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:33:00	01:23:34:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER AND
01:23:34:00	01:23:37:00	THANK YOU FOR FOR GOING THROUGH
01:23:37:00	01:23:37:00	THAT.
01:23:37:00	01:23:41:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
01:23:41:00	01:23:41:00	THIS MATTER?
01:23:41:00	01:23:41:00	OKAY.
01:23:41:00	01:23:43:00	THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON
01:23:43:00	01:23:44:00	LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:23:44:00	01:23:44:00	DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
01:23:44:00	01:23:48:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:23:48:00	01:23:50:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0397.
01:23:50:00	01:23:51:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
01:23:51:00	01:23:54:00	OPPOSE SAY NAY.
01:23:54:00	01:23:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:54:00	01:23:55:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:23:55:00	01:23:57:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0397
01:23:57:00	01:23:57:00	IS PASSED.
01:23:57:00	01:23:58:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:23:58:00	01:23:58:00	LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:23:58:00	01:24:01:00	DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
01:24:01:00	01:24:02:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:24:02:00	01:24:04:00	AMBASSADOR DOCKET NUMBER 0398
01:24:04:00	01:24:05:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:24:05:00	01:24:08:00	I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
01:24:08:00	01:24:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:08:00	01:24:09:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:24:09:00	01:24:11:00	ACCEPTED IN THE IN DOCKET
01:24:11:00	01:24:12:00	NUMBER 0398 IS PASSED THAT THE
01:24:12:00	01:24:13:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
01:24:13:00	01:24:16:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:24:16:00	01:24:16:00	DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXCEPTIONS
01:24:16:00	01:24:18:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:24:18:00	01:24:19:00	IMPASSES OF DOCKET NUMBER 041.
01:24:19:00	01:24:22:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I POLICY
01:24:22:00	01:24:23:00	NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:24:23:00	01:24:23:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:24:23:00	01:24:26:00	ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0401
01:24:26:00	01:24:27:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:24:27:00	01:24:29:00	COMMITTEE THE CHAIR OF THE
01:24:29:00	01:24:30:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:24:30:00	01:24:30:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
01:24:30:00	01:24:31:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:24:31:00	01:24:33:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:24:33:00	01:24:38:00	NUMBER 0403 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:24:38:00	01:24:38:00	.
01:24:38:00	01:24:38:00	I ALSO SAY NAY.
01:24:38:00	01:24:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:39:00	01:24:40:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:24:40:00	01:24:41:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0403
01:24:41:00	01:24:42:00	AS BASS THE CHAIR OF THE
01:24:42:00	01:24:45:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:24:45:00	01:24:45:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
01:24:45:00	01:24:46:00	THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:24:46:00	01:24:48:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:24:48:00	01:24:49:00	NUMBER 0404 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:24:49:00	01:24:53:00	SAY I I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
01:24:53:00	01:24:53:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:24:53:00	01:24:54:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:24:54:00	01:24:56:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0404
01:24:56:00	01:24:57:00	AS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:24:57:00	01:24:59:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:24:59:00	01:25:00:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE
01:25:00:00	01:25:01:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:25:01:00	01:25:01:00	REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET
01:25:01:00	01:25:04:00	NUMBER 0449 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:25:04:00	01:25:07:00	SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.
01:25:07:00	01:25:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:08:00	01:25:08:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:25:08:00	01:25:10:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0449
01:25:10:00	01:25:11:00	IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:25:11:00	01:25:14:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:25:14:00	01:25:15:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEE
01:25:15:00	01:25:15:00	THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:25:15:00	01:25:17:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:25:17:00	01:25:19:00	NUMBER 0450 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:25:19:00	01:25:22:00	I I ALTHOUGH THE POLLS SAY NAY
01:25:22:00	01:25:23:00	THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:25:23:00	01:25:25:00	HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET
01:25:25:00	01:25:25:00	NUMBER 0450 WAS PASSED THE
01:25:25:00	01:25:26:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
01:25:26:00	01:25:28:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:25:28:00	01:25:29:00	DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
01:25:29:00	01:25:31:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:25:31:00	01:25:31:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0451
01:25:31:00	01:25:35:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED
01:25:35:00	01:25:36:00	SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:25:36:00	01:25:36:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:25:36:00	01:25:38:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0451
01:25:38:00	01:25:39:00	IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:25:39:00	01:25:39:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE
01:25:39:00	01:25:43:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND
01:25:43:00	01:25:43:00	CAPTAINS OF THE COMMITTEE
01:25:43:00	01:25:45:00	REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET
01:25:45:00	01:25:46:00	NUMBER 0452 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:25:46:00	01:25:49:00	I WILL SAY NAY.
01:25:49:00	01:25:49:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:25:49:00	01:25:50:00	THAT COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:25:50:00	01:25:52:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0452
01:25:52:00	01:25:52:00	IS PASSED.
01:25:52:00	01:25:53:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:25:53:00	01:25:55:00	LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:25:55:00	01:25:56:00	DEVELOPMENT SINCE INCEPTION
01:25:56:00	01:25:57:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:25:57:00	01:25:58:00	PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0455
01:25:58:00	01:26:00:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY
01:26:00:00	01:26:02:00	NAY.
01:26:02:00	01:26:03:00	AYES HAVE IT.
01:26:03:00	01:26:04:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:26:04:00	01:26:05:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0455
01:26:05:00	01:26:05:00	HAS PASSED.
01:26:05:00	01:26:10:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS
01:26:10:00	01:26:10:00	AND RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICE OUR
01:26:10:00	01:26:11:00	TIMER IS NOT HERE.
01:26:11:00	01:26:14:00	IT IS BROKEN BUT I TRUST ALL MY
01:26:14:00	01:26:17:00	COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT THE TIME
01:26:17:00	01:26:17:00	LIMIT.
01:26:17:00	01:26:20:00	SO MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:26:20:00	01:26:23:00	READ INTO THE RECORD DOCKET
01:26:23:00	01:26:27:00	NUMBER 0655 DOCKING NUMBER 0655
01:26:27:00	01:26:27:00	COUNCIL IS MEJIA AND NOW FOR
01:26:27:00	01:26:29:00	THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
01:26:29:00	01:26:30:00	DECLARING BOSTON A SANCTUARY
01:26:30:00	01:26:33:00	CITY FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS
01:26:33:00	01:26:38:00	AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE L GB T Q
01:26:38:00	01:26:38:00	A2 US PLUS COMMUNITY.
01:26:38:00	01:26:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:26:38:00	01:26:42:00	THE CHAIR COMES FROM MEJIA IT
01:26:42:00	01:26:42:00	COMES TO ME.
01:26:42:00	01:26:43:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:26:43:00	01:26:44:00	YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT
01:26:44:00	01:26:45:00	TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
01:26:45:00	01:26:49:00	STANDING WITH US EARLIER TODAY
01:26:49:00	01:26:49:00	AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY
01:26:49:00	01:26:53:00	THAT WAS HERE IS REALLY
01:26:53:00	01:26:54:00	GRATEFUL FOR FOR YOUR
01:26:54:00	01:26:57:00	PARTICIPATION TONIGHT.
01:26:57:00	01:26:58:00	AND WE JUST WANT TO JUST THANK
01:26:58:00	01:27:01:00	YOU ALL FOR STANDING IN
01:27:01:00	01:27:04:00	SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT.
01:27:04:00	01:27:08:00	AND BEFORE I GO INTO MY WRITTEN
01:27:08:00	01:27:09:00	REMARKS, I JUST I WANT TO JUST
01:27:09:00	01:27:11:00	LEVEL SIT HERE REAL QUICK.
01:27:11:00	01:27:12:00	SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
01:27:12:00	01:27:16:00	US TO TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL
01:27:16:00	01:27:19:00	HAVE A CALLING AND WE ALL HAVE
01:27:19:00	01:27:19:00	A PURPOSE IN LIFE.
01:27:19:00	01:27:22:00	AND I THINK THAT MY WORK HERE
01:27:22:00	01:27:23:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON STARTED
01:27:23:00	01:27:26:00	OFF IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPACE
01:27:26:00	01:27:27:00	WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
01:27:27:00	01:27:30:00	BAGLEY, BOSTON GLASS GREAT
01:27:30:00	01:27:30:00	HEALTH AIDS ACTION COMMITTEE
01:27:30:00	01:27:33:00	MAC I, I HAVE BEEN HERE I HAVE
01:27:33:00	01:27:34:00	DONE THAT AND YOU KNOW WHEN I
01:27:34:00	01:27:37:00	MOVED TO NEW YORK I WORKED WITH
01:27:37:00	01:27:37:00	THE HETRICK MARTIN INSTITUTE,
01:27:37:00	01:27:38:00	THE HOME OF THE HARVEY MILK
01:27:38:00	01:27:40:00	SCHOOL WHO WAS THE FIRST OUT
01:27:40:00	01:27:44:00	LGBTQ PLUS PERSON TO REPRESENT
01:27:44:00	01:27:44:00	US IN CONGRESS.
01:27:44:00	01:27:48:00	AND SO FOR ME THIS WORK
01:27:48:00	01:27:49:00	CONTRARY TO WHAT OTHERS MAY
01:27:49:00	01:27:52:00	BELIEVE IS NOT ABOUT A
01:27:52:00	01:27:53:00	POLITICAL POSTURE OR AN
01:27:53:00	01:27:56:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE A MOMENT.
01:27:56:00	01:27:57:00	THIS WORK FOR ME IS ROOTED IN
01:27:57:00	01:28:00:00	MY HISTORICAL WORK THAT I'VE
01:28:00:00	01:28:01:00	DONE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:28:01:00	01:28:04:00	AND WORKING ALONGSIDE THE TRANS
01:28:04:00	01:28:04:00	COMMUNITY AND WORKING ALONGSIDE
01:28:04:00	01:28:08:00	OUR LGBTQ PLUS LOVED ONES.
01:28:08:00	01:28:08:00	AND SO LIKE I WANT TO STAND
01:28:08:00	01:28:12:00	HERE WITH THAT AFFIRMATION AND
01:28:12:00	01:28:12:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE
01:28:12:00	01:28:15:00	WHAT THIS MOMENT IS ALL ABOUT
01:28:15:00	01:28:16:00	IS BEING A VOICE AND A
01:28:16:00	01:28:17:00	MICROPHONE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO
01:28:17:00	01:28:20:00	ARE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP FOR
01:28:20:00	01:28:20:00	THEMSELVES.
01:28:20:00	01:28:23:00	SO IN THAT SPIRIT AND AND
01:28:23:00	01:28:24:00	THAT'S RIGHT.
01:28:24:00	01:28:27:00	WE KNOW WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR
01:28:27:00	01:28:28:00	IN THAT SPIRIT AS I MENTIONED
01:28:28:00	01:28:32:00	EARLIER TODAY, ONE OF MY
01:28:32:00	01:28:35:00	TEAMMATES IS IS FROM THE
01:28:35:00	01:28:39:00	TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND WAS
01:28:39:00	01:28:40:00	AFRAID TO TRAVEL WITH US TO
01:28:40:00	01:28:42:00	D.C. IN JANUARY.
01:28:42:00	01:28:43:00	SHE WAS AFRAID BECAUSE OF THE
01:28:43:00	01:28:46:00	HOSTILITY AND THE FEAR OF OF
01:28:46:00	01:28:47:00	SOMETHING HAPPENING TO HER IN
01:28:47:00	01:28:50:00	HER TIME IN D.C. THIS WAS IN
01:28:50:00	01:28:54:00	JANUARY SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE
01:28:54:00	01:28:55:00	MET WITH A GROUP OF OTHER TRANS
01:28:55:00	01:28:55:00	LATINA WOMEN WHO WERE
01:28:55:00	01:28:58:00	EXPERIENCING THE SAME FEAR.
01:28:58:00	01:29:02:00	IN THAT TIME TOGETHER WE ALL
01:29:02:00	01:29:02:00	CAME TO REALIZE THAT WE NEEDED
01:29:02:00	01:29:05:00	TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT TO GIVE
01:29:05:00	01:29:06:00	FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
01:29:06:00	01:29:09:00	DEMONSTRATE THEIR VOICE AND TO
01:29:09:00	01:29:09:00	FIGHT BACK.
01:29:09:00	01:29:13:00	AND SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP
01:29:13:00	01:29:13:00	ORGANIZING WHAT WE'RE DOING
01:29:13:00	01:29:16:00	HERE TODAY AND LET ME JUST BE
01:29:16:00	01:29:17:00	CLEAR THIS PARTICULAR SANCTUARY
01:29:17:00	01:29:20:00	THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION WAS
01:29:20:00	01:29:23:00	GOING TO BE FILED BACK ON
01:29:23:00	01:29:23:00	FEBRUARY THE 12TH BUT DUE TO
01:29:23:00	01:29:27:00	FEEDBACK FROM MY COLLEAGUES
01:29:27:00	01:29:28:00	ABOUT THE HEAT THAT BOSTON WAS
01:29:28:00	01:29:28:00	ALREADY TAKING REGARDING THE
01:29:28:00	01:29:31:00	TRUST THAT IN CONSULTATION WITH
01:29:31:00	01:29:35:00	COMMUNITY WE DECIDED TO WAIT.
01:29:35:00	01:29:35:00	BUT AFTER A FEW INITIAL
01:29:35:00	01:29:39:00	MEETINGS ON THE TRANS LATINAS
01:29:39:00	01:29:40:00	AND OTHER ADVOCATES FROM THE
01:29:40:00	01:29:40:00	COMMUNITY FOLKS THEY SAID THAT
01:29:40:00	01:29:43:00	THEY DID NOT WANT TO WAIT ANY
01:29:43:00	01:29:46:00	LONGER AND SO WE HAD WORCESTER
01:29:46:00	01:29:46:00	AND CAMBRIDGE THAT HAVE
01:29:46:00	01:29:50:00	RECENTLY FILED RESOLUTIONS AND
01:29:50:00	01:29:50:00	WHILE THIS MIGHT BE SYMBOLIC, I
01:29:50:00	01:29:53:00	ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
01:29:53:00	01:29:54:00	US TO VALIDATE THE CONCERNS
01:29:54:00	01:29:57:00	THAT WERE RAISED BY THOSE WHO
01:29:57:00	01:29:58:00	SENT EMAILS URGING US NOT TO
01:29:58:00	01:29:58:00	PURSUE THIS RESOLUTION.
01:29:58:00	01:30:01:00	I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THAT
01:30:01:00	01:30:02:00	IN MANY CASES ELECTED OFFICIALS
01:30:02:00	01:30:05:00	PASSED SYMBOLIC RESOLUTIONS AND
01:30:05:00	01:30:06:00	LEAVE IT AT THAT.
01:30:06:00	01:30:08:00	I TOO BELIEVE THAT THIS MOMENT
01:30:08:00	01:30:09:00	IS THE LANDING MUCH MORE FROM
01:30:09:00	01:30:09:00	US.
01:30:09:00	01:30:12:00	THIS RESOLUTION AS WE HEARD
01:30:12:00	01:30:13:00	EARLIER, IS THE FIRST STEP.
01:30:13:00	01:30:14:00	IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
01:30:14:00	01:30:16:00	COME TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT AS A
01:30:16:00	01:30:17:00	BODY THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
01:30:17:00	01:30:21:00	THE WORK MUST BE DONE
01:30:21:00	01:30:21:00	COLLECTIVELY AND THAT THIS
01:30:21:00	01:30:22:00	MOMENT IS MORE THAN JUST A
01:30:22:00	01:30:24:00	SYMBOLIC RESOLUTION.
01:30:24:00	01:30:25:00	I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WE
01:30:25:00	01:30:29:00	CAN'T JUST RELY ON GOVERNMENT
01:30:29:00	01:30:29:00	TO FIX EVERYTHING.
01:30:29:00	01:30:30:00	THAT IS WHY IN ADDITION TO
01:30:30:00	01:30:33:00	MAXIMIZING THE POWER THAT WE DO
01:30:33:00	01:30:34:00	HAVE AS A BODY IN THIS CHAMBER
01:30:34:00	01:30:37:00	AND WORK TOWARDS AN ORDINANCE,
01:30:37:00	01:30:37:00	I ALSO PLAN TO CONTINUE WORKING
01:30:37:00	01:30:38:00	ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY TO
01:30:38:00	01:30:40:00	BUILD INNOVATE
01:30:40:00	01:30:41:00	OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND MUTUAL
01:30:41:00	01:30:42:00	AID THAT HELPS KEEP COMMUNITIES
01:30:42:00	01:30:45:00	SAFE.
01:30:45:00	01:30:45:00	THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HAD
01:30:45:00	01:30:49:00	AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN LED BY
01:30:49:00	01:30:49:00	FOLKS THAT HAVE SPOKEN HERE
01:30:49:00	01:30:50:00	EARLIER TODAY.
01:30:50:00	01:30:52:00	WE DIDN'T FILE THIS TO CHECK
01:30:52:00	01:30:53:00	OFF A BOX AND HANG ON OUR
01:30:53:00	01:30:56:00	WORKING BOOTS.
01:30:56:00	01:30:57:00	WE FILED THIS BECAUSE IT IS
01:30:57:00	01:31:01:00	NECESSARY FOR THE HARDER, MORE
01:31:01:00	01:31:02:00	CONCRETE WORK THAT IS TO COME.
01:31:02:00	01:31:04:00	FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE
01:31:04:00	01:31:05:00	CONVERSATIONS ABOUT I TRANS
01:31:05:00	01:31:05:00	LGBTQ.
01:31:05:00	01:31:08:00	I A TO ESPN+ COMMUNITY VERY
01:31:08:00	01:31:11:00	OFTEN HERE ON THE
01:31:11:00	01:31:12:00	COUNCIL ESPECIALLY ONES THAT
01:31:12:00	01:31:12:00	CENTER OUR TRANS COMMUNITIES
01:31:12:00	01:31:16:00	OF COLOR BECAUSE THOSE
01:31:16:00	01:31:16:00	CONVERSATIONS ARE OFTENTIMES
01:31:16:00	01:31:19:00	CONTROVERSIAL THOUGH
01:31:19:00	01:31:20:00	CONTROVERSIAL THEY ARE
01:31:20:00	01:31:20:00	NECESSARY ESPECIALLY WITH THIS
01:31:20:00	01:31:23:00	NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION
01:31:23:00	01:31:24:00	THAT HAS TAKEN OFFICE.
01:31:24:00	01:31:27:00	SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO START
01:31:27:00	01:31:28:00	THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN
01:31:28:00	01:31:28:00	MEANINGFUL WAYS WITHOUT
01:31:28:00	01:31:31:00	AFFIRMING EVERYONE HERE IN THIS
01:31:31:00	01:31:32:00	BODY THAT BELIEVES THAT A
01:31:32:00	01:31:35:00	TRANSGENDER AND LGBTQ IA2 PLUS
01:31:35:00	01:31:39:00	PEOPLE ARE VALUED MEMBERS
01:31:39:00	01:31:39:00	OF OUR COMMUNITY AND B THAT
01:31:39:00	01:31:42:00	THEY DESERVE A SAFE AND AND
01:31:42:00	01:31:43:00	RESPECT IN ALL SPACES AND
01:31:43:00	01:31:46:00	PLACES IN THE CITY.
01:31:46:00	01:31:47:00	LET'S AFFIRM THAT TODAY BY
01:31:47:00	01:31:50:00	PASSING THIS THAT WE CAN ALL
01:31:50:00	01:31:51:00	GET INTO AGREEMENT ABOUT THE
01:31:51:00	01:31:54:00	VERY BASIC PRINCIPLES AND THEN
01:31:54:00	01:31:55:00	REALLY DIG INTO THE HEELS ABOUT
01:31:55:00	01:31:55:00	THE REAL WORK THAT STILL NEEDS
01:31:55:00	01:31:58:00	TO BE DONE.
01:31:58:00	01:31:59:00	AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
01:31:59:00	01:32:01:00	THANK COUNCILOR BREELAND FOR
01:32:01:00	01:32:05:00	NOT ONLY JOINING US IN THIS
01:32:05:00	01:32:06:00	COUNCIL BUT MAKING HISTORY AS
01:32:06:00	01:32:09:00	THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE OUT.
01:32:09:00	01:32:09:00	AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BEING
01:32:09:00	01:32:13:00	OUT AND BEING PROUD, YOU BRING
01:32:13:00	01:32:13:00	YOUR FULL SELF INTO THIS
01:32:13:00	01:32:14:00	CHAMBER AND YOU LET SO MANY
01:32:14:00	01:32:17:00	OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING AT
01:32:17:00	01:32:17:00	HOME OFTENTIMES UNSEEN AND
01:32:17:00	01:32:21:00	UNHEARD THAT YOU SEE THEM AND
01:32:21:00	01:32:22:00	THAT YOU AFFIRM THEM.
01:32:22:00	01:32:22:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU,
01:32:22:00	01:32:24:00	COUNCILOR BRAYDON FOR STANDING
01:32:24:00	01:32:25:00	UP AND AND DEMONSTRATING YOUR
01:32:25:00	01:32:28:00	COURAGE IN THIS MOMENT.
01:32:28:00	01:32:29:00	AND I KNOW IT MIGHT BE SCARY
01:32:29:00	01:32:30:00	FOR SOME, BUT I THINK THAT THIS
01:32:30:00	01:32:32:00	IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT FOR A
01:32:32:00	01:32:33:00	SYMBOL BUT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY
01:32:33:00	01:32:35:00	FOR US TO BEGIN THE WORK.
01:32:35:00	01:32:36:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK
01:32:36:00	01:32:37:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA WHO ALSO HAS
01:32:37:00	01:32:40:00	BEEN A STRONG VOICE IN THIS
01:32:40:00	01:32:40:00	SPACE.
01:32:40:00	01:32:43:00	AND WHILE YOU MAY HAVE NOT
01:32:43:00	01:32:44:00	JOINED IN THIS PARTICULAR
01:32:44:00	01:32:47:00	CO-SPONSOR, I KNOW THAT YOUR
01:32:47:00	01:32:48:00	HEART IN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
01:32:48:00	01:32:49:00	BEEN DOING IN THIS SPACE IS
01:32:49:00	01:32:51:00	RECOGNIZED AND VALUED AND I AND
01:32:51:00	01:32:52:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
01:32:52:00	01:32:54:00	ALONGSIDE YOU AS WE WORK WITH
01:32:54:00	01:32:55:00	THE COALITION TO DRAFT UP THE
01:32:55:00	01:32:58:00	ORDINANCE SO THAT YOU ARE
01:32:58:00	01:32:59:00	HELPING TO LEAD THAT
01:32:59:00	01:32:59:00	CONVERSATION.
01:32:59:00	01:33:00:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
01:33:00:00	01:33:02:00	PARTNERSHIP.
01:33:02:00	01:33:03:00	AND WITH THAT I AM GOING TO
01:33:03:00	01:33:08:00	THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
01:33:08:00	01:33:09:00	E BOOK IS SORRY LATINA WORLD
01:33:09:00	01:33:10:00	AND I WILL BE A I TOOK A LITTLE
01:33:10:00	01:33:14:00	BIT LONGER SORRY I WAS GIVING
01:33:14:00	01:33:18:00	IMPORTANT WILL GET A LITTLE BIT
01:33:18:00	01:33:18:00	ON A COMPANY THAT TRANS AQUI
01:33:18:00	01:33:19:00	PARTICULAR THAT I WILL STILL
01:33:19:00	01:33:23:00	AND WHICH I PUT ON BANNER
01:33:23:00	01:33:23:00	CONTAINING LITTLE IMPORTANCE
01:33:23:00	01:33:28:00	LOOK AT THAT THEN I WILL ASK
01:33:28:00	01:33:33:00	AGAIN LEE ALEJANDRO CALL ME AND
01:33:33:00	01:33:34:00	WE'LL GET THE CLARA ELCANO SOTO
01:33:34:00	01:33:36:00	DEVELOPMENT IS TAMAKI PARASAIL
01:33:36:00	01:33:37:00	AND BRAVO SCARLETT.
01:33:37:00	01:33:40:00	GET BACK TO PEOPLE MILK IF
01:33:40:00	01:33:41:00	WE'RE LUCKY THE WHOLE THING DID
01:33:41:00	01:33:46:00	A MIRACLE ACTUALLY THAT ANY ARE
01:33:46:00	01:33:46:00	ABLE TO TALK ABOUT MOSTLY THAT
01:33:46:00	01:33:51:00	I HAD NO PAST BUT I SAID WHAT I
01:33:51:00	01:33:52:00	LOOK AT ALL THE LITTLE SAID
01:33:52:00	01:33:52:00	LOOKING BRAZIL.
01:33:52:00	01:33:53:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR MEJIA.
01:33:53:00	01:33:54:00	THANK YOU SAW MEJIA.
01:33:54:00	01:33:57:00	I'M GOING TO CALL ON MY REST ON
01:33:57:00	01:33:58:00	MY ON MY COLLEAGUES THAT I SAW
01:33:58:00	01:34:00:00	THE LIGHTS COME ON BUT I WANT
01:34:00:00	01:34:01:00	TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE
01:34:01:00	01:34:02:00	HAVE BEEN JOINED IN THIS
01:34:02:00	01:34:04:00	CHAMBER BY FORMER CITY
01:34:04:00	01:34:04:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND FORMER
01:34:04:00	01:34:05:00	CITY COUNCILOR FROM THE GREAT
01:34:05:00	01:34:08:00	DISTRICT OF DISTRICT SIX MATT
01:34:08:00	01:34:08:00	O'MALLEY.
01:34:08:00	01:34:09:00	THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
01:34:09:00	01:34:13:00	HERE TODAY AND I'D LIKE YOU TO
01:34:13:00	01:34:14:00	KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE
01:34:14:00	01:34:14:00	MATT O'MALLEY'S HERE, MATT
01:34:14:00	01:34:14:00	O'MALLEY IS HERE.
01:34:14:00	01:34:17:00	SO YES, I SAW HIM WALK IN AND
01:34:17:00	01:34:17:00	SO YOU ARE HERE.
01:34:17:00	01:34:21:00	THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
01:34:21:00	01:34:21:00	US.
01:34:21:00	01:34:21:00	OKAY.
01:34:21:00	01:34:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:34:21:00	01:34:22:00	COUNCILOR BRADING
01:34:22:00	01:34:24:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE
01:34:24:00	01:34:24:00	FLOOR.
01:34:24:00	01:34:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:34:27:00	01:34:28:00	AND THANK YOU CONSTABLE HERE
01:34:28:00	01:34:29:00	FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS
01:34:29:00	01:34:31:00	IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
01:34:31:00	01:34:32:00	I DO UNDERSTAND THE DEBATE THAT
01:34:32:00	01:34:35:00	WENT BACK AND FORWARD BUT
01:34:35:00	01:34:35:00	WHETHER THIS WAS THE RIGHT TIME
01:34:35:00	01:34:36:00	OR NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO BRING
01:34:36:00	01:34:39:00	THIS FORWARD WE ARE LIVING IN
01:34:39:00	01:34:42:00	UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
01:34:42:00	01:34:43:00	IT'S A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT
01:34:43:00	01:34:44:00	TIME, VERY UNCERTAIN.
01:34:44:00	01:34:46:00	THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT
01:34:46:00	01:34:46:00	OF UNCERTAINTY FOR SO MANY
01:34:46:00	01:34:50:00	PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AT THIS
01:34:50:00	01:34:50:00	MOMENT.
01:34:50:00	01:34:50:00	MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE
01:34:50:00	01:34:51:00	FEELING MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS
01:34:51:00	01:34:54:00	ARE FEELING UNSAFE, AN INSECURE
01:34:54:00	01:34:58:00	FOR VARIOUS REASONS MAYBE THEIR
01:34:58:00	01:34:58:00	IMMIGRATION STATUS, MAYBE THEIR
01:34:58:00	01:34:59:00	GENDER IDENTITY THEY MIGHT BE
01:34:59:00	01:35:02:00	VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN FIRED
01:35:02:00	01:35:03:00	FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
01:35:03:00	01:35:05:00	FEDERAL WORKERS.
01:35:05:00	01:35:09:00	IT MAY BE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SO
01:35:09:00	01:35:10:00	SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID
01:35:10:00	01:35:12:00	IN THIS MOMENT.
01:35:12:00	01:35:13:00	AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS
01:35:13:00	01:35:16:00	RESOLUTION ADDRESSES A
01:35:16:00	01:35:16:00	PARTICULAR CONCERN THAT WE NEED
01:35:16:00	01:35:20:00	TO ELEVATE AND RAISE UP DURING
01:35:20:00	01:35:20:00	THE ELECTION AND SINCE THERE
01:35:20:00	01:35:21:00	HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
01:35:21:00	01:35:24:00	ESCALATION IN ANTI-TRANS
01:35:24:00	01:35:24:00	RHETORIC AND VIOLENCE THAT HAS
01:35:24:00	01:35:28:00	CAUSED IN CREDIBLE STRESS AND
01:35:28:00	01:35:31:00	ANXIETY TO LGBTQ I PLUS
01:35:31:00	01:35:32:00	COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR
01:35:32:00	01:35:36:00	TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS I
01:35:36:00	01:35:36:00	THINK WE HAVE HAD A LOT
01:35:36:00	01:35:39:00	OF EMAILS OF SUPPORT AND ALSO
01:35:39:00	01:35:42:00	EMAILS OF CONCERN ABOUT THIS
01:35:42:00	01:35:43:00	ISSUE 58 EMAILS ALTOGETHER
01:35:43:00	01:35:47:00	THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER IN A VERY
01:35:47:00	01:35:50:00	SHORT SPACE OF TIME BUT YOU
01:35:50:00	01:35:51:00	KNOW AS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
01:35:51:00	01:35:54:00	EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE THE BE
01:35:54:00	01:35:55:00	ABLE TO LIVE IN DIGNITY AND
01:35:55:00	01:35:58:00	SAFETY WITHOUT FEAR FOR THEIR
01:35:58:00	01:35:59:00	LIVES, WITHOUT FEAR FOR THEIR
01:35:59:00	01:36:02:00	CHILDREN'S LIVES, WITHOUT FEAR
01:36:02:00	01:36:05:00	FOR WHETHER THEY'RE YOUNG TRANS
01:36:05:00	01:36:06:00	CHILD IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL
01:36:06:00	01:36:09:00	BE BULLIED OR ARE THREATENED
01:36:09:00	01:36:09:00	WHETHER YOU WILL LOSE YOUR
01:36:09:00	01:36:10:00	HOUSING BECAUSE YOU IDENTIFY AS
01:36:10:00	01:36:16:00	TRANS WHETHER YOU ARE LOSE YOUR
01:36:16:00	01:36:16:00	JOB.
01:36:16:00	01:36:17:00	IN MASSACHUSETTS WE HAVE LAWS
01:36:17:00	01:36:20:00	ON THE BOOKS TO PROTECT BUT IT
01:36:20:00	01:36:21:00	DOESN'T MEAN THAT FOLKS AREN'T
01:36:21:00	01:36:24:00	AFRAID AND THEN ALSO IN THE
01:36:24:00	01:36:25:00	OTHER CONTEXTS THIS IS
01:36:25:00	01:36:28:00	INTERSECTIONALITY TRANS AND
01:36:28:00	01:36:31:00	BLACK TRANS AND AN UNDOCUMENTED
01:36:31:00	01:36:32:00	IMMIGRANT.
01:36:32:00	01:36:35:00	THERE'S SO MANY CONCERNS IN
01:36:35:00	01:36:36:00	THIS MOMENT THAT THEY'RE
01:36:36:00	01:36:37:00	CAUSING A HUGE AMOUNT OF STRESS
01:36:37:00	01:36:39:00	AND I REALLY APPLAUD
01:36:39:00	01:36:40:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING
01:36:40:00	01:36:43:00	THIS FORWARD AS AS SHE
01:36:43:00	01:36:43:00	MENTIONED, THIS IS A SYMBOLIC
01:36:43:00	01:36:46:00	MOVE RIGHT NOW RESOLUTION IS A
01:36:46:00	01:36:47:00	NON-BINDING RESOLUTION BUT WE
01:36:47:00	01:36:50:00	HOPE THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN AND
01:36:50:00	01:36:51:00	AFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR
01:36:51:00	01:36:58:00	LGBTQ AS A COMMUNITY ACROSS THE
01:36:58:00	01:36:59:00	CITY AND REALLY DEMONSTRATE
01:36:59:00	01:37:02:00	THAT OUR SUPPORT BY SOME
01:37:02:00	01:37:02:00	TANGIBLE PRACTICAL MEASURES
01:37:02:00	01:37:06:00	THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE THEIR
01:37:06:00	01:37:09:00	SAFETY AND HELP THEM FEEL MORE
01:37:09:00	01:37:10:00	SECURE HERE IN BOSTON.
01:37:10:00	01:37:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:10:00	01:37:14:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BRAYDEN
01:37:14:00	01:37:15:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST HAVE TO
01:37:15:00	01:37:15:00	CUT AS A PARTNER.
01:37:15:00	01:37:16:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:37:16:00	01:37:16:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:37:16:00	01:37:18:00	MADAM PRESIDENT AND I RISE
01:37:18:00	01:37:21:00	SEEING THAT JUST YESTERDAY
01:37:21:00	01:37:22:00	REPRESENTATIVE SARAH MCBRIDE
01:37:22:00	01:37:25:00	WHO WAS THE FIRST OPENLY
01:37:25:00	01:37:26:00	TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF COMMERCE
01:37:26:00	01:37:28:00	OUR CONGRESS DULY ELECTED
01:37:28:00	01:37:29:00	MEMBER OF CONGRESS REPRESENTING
01:37:29:00	01:37:32:00	DELAWARE WAS MISGENDERED BY A
01:37:32:00	01:37:36:00	RANKING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE
01:37:36:00	01:37:36:00	FROM TEXAS AND OUR COLLEAGUE
01:37:36:00	01:37:40:00	OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION
01:37:40:00	01:37:40:00	BILL KEATING.
01:37:40:00	01:37:41:00	THE RANKING MEMBER OF THAT
01:37:41:00	01:37:44:00	COMMITTEE I THINK SUMMED IT UP
01:37:44:00	01:37:45:00	PERFECTLY OF OUR COLLECTIVE
01:37:45:00	01:37:45:00	DISMAY AND HORROR WHEN HE ASKED
01:37:45:00	01:37:50:00	HAVE YOU NO DECENCY?
01:37:50:00	01:37:51:00	AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING
01:37:51:00	01:37:52:00	ABOUT WHEN THIS COUNTRY IS
01:37:52:00	01:37:54:00	REGRESSING WE ARE LOSING
01:37:54:00	01:37:58:00	ACTIVELY OUR MORALITY TO NOT
01:37:58:00	01:37:59:00	RESPECT THE DIGNITY AND
01:37:59:00	01:38:02:00	HUMANITY OF OTHERS.
01:38:02:00	01:38:03:00	IT TAKES NOTHING FOR US TO
01:38:03:00	01:38:06:00	TREAT OTHERS HOW THEY WANT TO
01:38:06:00	01:38:07:00	BE TREATED AND SHOULD JUST TO
01:38:07:00	01:38:07:00	LET THEM EXIST THE WAY THEY
01:38:07:00	01:38:09:00	WANT TO EXIST IN THE WORLD.
01:38:09:00	01:38:10:00	AND SO I APPRECIATE THE
01:38:10:00	01:38:13:00	INTENTIONS OF THIS OF THIS
01:38:13:00	01:38:13:00	RESOLUTION.
01:38:13:00	01:38:17:00	I AM GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR
01:38:17:00	01:38:21:00	OF IT AND I SAY ALL OF THIS
01:38:21:00	01:38:24:00	JUST TO PROVIDE CONTEXT THAT WE
01:38:24:00	01:38:25:00	ARE UP AGAINST WHAT SEEMS LIKE
01:38:25:00	01:38:28:00	GOLIATH IN THIS FIGHT OF WHAT'S
01:38:28:00	01:38:29:00	HAPPENING DOWN IN D.C. AND I
01:38:29:00	01:38:32:00	HAVE HAD TO REMIND MYSELF TIMES
01:38:32:00	01:38:33:00	IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS THAT WE
01:38:33:00	01:38:36:00	ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM HERE.
01:38:36:00	01:38:37:00	WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM AND
01:38:37:00	01:38:39:00	WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
01:38:39:00	01:38:40:00	I SUPPORT THE INTENTIONALITY
01:38:40:00	01:38:43:00	OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE
01:38:43:00	01:38:43:00	LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY AND I
01:38:43:00	01:38:47:00	APOLOGIZE I IF I MISSED A FEW
01:38:47:00	01:38:48:00	I'M JUST READING DOWN WHAT I
01:38:48:00	01:38:48:00	WROTE.
01:38:48:00	01:38:51:00	THEY ARE THEY ARE CALLING ON US
01:38:51:00	01:38:52:00	AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THAT
01:38:52:00	01:38:55:00	THEIR ELECTED LEADERSHIP STANDS
01:38:55:00	01:38:55:00	IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEM AND
01:38:55:00	01:38:59:00	SUPPORTS THEM AND THEIR RIGHT
01:38:59:00	01:38:59:00	TO EXIST HOW THEY WANT TO
01:38:59:00	01:39:02:00	EXIST, WHAT THIS COMMUNITY
01:39:02:00	01:39:03:00	BASED ON THE EMAILS THAT WE'VE
01:39:03:00	01:39:05:00	GOTTEN AND I DID GET OVER 500
01:39:05:00	01:39:06:00	EMAILS WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS
01:39:06:00	01:39:09:00	ALSO CALLING FOR AND DESERVES
01:39:09:00	01:39:10:00	IS MORE THAN JUST WORDS THEY
01:39:10:00	01:39:13:00	ARE DEMANDING ACTION THEY ARE
01:39:13:00	01:39:16:00	HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TO DO
01:39:16:00	01:39:17:00	OUR JOBS AND LEGISLATE REAL
01:39:17:00	01:39:21:00	MEANINGFUL PROTECTIONS AND THAT
01:39:21:00	01:39:21:00	IS WITHIN OUR POWER AS A CITY
01:39:21:00	01:39:24:00	WE HAVE DONE HARD THINGS BEFORE
01:39:24:00	01:39:25:00	LIKE THE TRUST ACT AND WE CAN
01:39:25:00	01:39:28:00	DO IT AGAIN.
01:39:28:00	01:39:29:00	THEY ARE CALLING ON US TO
01:39:29:00	01:39:30:00	UTILIZE OUR BUDGETARY AUTHORITY
01:39:30:00	01:39:32:00	AND PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR
01:39:32:00	01:39:33:00	MOUTH IS AND INVEST IN
01:39:33:00	01:39:35:00	PROTECTIONS AND INVEST IN
01:39:35:00	01:39:36:00	PROGRAMING FOR OUR TRANS YOUTH
01:39:36:00	01:39:36:00	AND PEEPS.
01:39:36:00	01:39:39:00	FOR EXAMPLE, I'M COMMITTED TO
01:39:39:00	01:39:43:00	DOING THAT AGAIN WE ARE ALL
01:39:43:00	01:39:44:00	ALIGNED AND WE AGREE THAT
01:39:44:00	01:39:46:00	BOSTON SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY
01:39:46:00	01:39:47:00	FOR TRANS INDIVIDUALS AND
01:39:47:00	01:39:51:00	EVERYBODY WANTS TRANS FOLKS TO
01:39:51:00	01:39:52:00	FEEL SAFE AND TO LIVE THEIR
01:39:52:00	01:39:54:00	LIVES.
01:39:54:00	01:39:55:00	WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENCE
01:39:55:00	01:39:55:00	OF OPINION AS TO WHAT THE
01:39:55:00	01:39:58:00	INITIAL STEPS OF A HOLISTIC
01:39:58:00	01:40:02:00	STRATEGY LOOK LIKE BUT I AM
01:40:02:00	01:40:06:00	COMMITTED TO DOING THE WORK AND
01:40:06:00	01:40:07:00	I AM HAPPY TO HEAR PLEASED TO
01:40:07:00	01:40:07:00	HEAR THAT THERE ARE EFFORTS TO
01:40:07:00	01:40:10:00	MOVE BEYOND JUST A NON-BINDING
01:40:10:00	01:40:10:00	RESOLUTION.
01:40:10:00	01:40:14:00	WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE MOVING
01:40:14:00	01:40:14:00	FORWARD IS JUST ENSURING THAT
01:40:14:00	01:40:18:00	FOLKS THAT ARE IN STATES THAT
01:40:18:00	01:40:18:00	ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
01:40:18:00	01:40:19:00	BY SOME OF THESE HORRIFIC
01:40:19:00	01:40:22:00	POLICIES IN TENNESSEE AND TEXAS
01:40:22:00	01:40:25:00	THAT THEY DON'T SEE THAT IS NOW
01:40:25:00	01:40:26:00	A SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE LGBTQ
01:40:26:00	01:40:29:00	COMMUNITY AND THEY THINK THAT
01:40:29:00	01:40:29:00	THESE PROTECTIONS ARE THERE FOR
01:40:29:00	01:40:29:00	THEM.
01:40:29:00	01:40:32:00	SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO
01:40:32:00	01:40:32:00	MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY ON
01:40:32:00	01:40:33:00	LEGISLATION TO GET THAT DONE
01:40:33:00	01:40:35:00	AND AS THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT
01:40:35:00	01:40:36:00	OPERATIONS I COMMIT TO DOING
01:40:36:00	01:40:37:00	THAT WITH YOU IN PARTNERSHIP
01:40:37:00	01:40:38:00	WITH YOU AND ALL OF MY
01:40:38:00	01:40:42:00	COLLEAGUES.
01:40:42:00	01:40:42:00	AGAIN, WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT
01:40:42:00	01:40:45:00	WE CAN DO THIS THE TRUST ACT
01:40:45:00	01:40:46:00	AND THIS BODY VOTED ON JAX LAW.
01:40:46:00	01:40:48:00	I'M SO PROUD OF JACLYN BERGAMOT
01:40:48:00	01:40:52:00	, MY FORMER STAFF MEMBER WHO
01:40:52:00	01:40:53:00	WHO HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO DO
01:40:53:00	01:40:57:00	SOMETHING IN THE FACE
01:40:57:00	01:40:57:00	OF REQUIRING THEIR LEGAL NAME
01:40:57:00	01:41:01:00	TO BE UTILIZED IN THE CITY
01:41:01:00	01:41:01:00	OF BOSTON RATHER THAN THEIR
01:41:01:00	01:41:01:00	PREFERRED NAME.
01:41:01:00	01:41:02:00	BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
01:41:02:00	01:41:05:00	HAD PUT FORTH AND THE MAYOR'S
01:41:05:00	01:41:09:00	OFFICE HAD SIGNED INTO LAW AND
01:41:09:00	01:41:12:00	SO THIS MOMENT DOES REQUIRE
01:41:12:00	01:41:13:00	YES, VISIBILITY AND PUBLIC
01:41:13:00	01:41:16:00	AFFIRMATIONS BUT IT ALSO
01:41:16:00	01:41:16:00	REQUIRES US TO UTILIZE THE
01:41:16:00	01:41:19:00	POWER THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A
01:41:19:00	01:41:19:00	DIFFERENCE.
01:41:19:00	01:41:20:00	AGAIN, I'M COMMITTED TO DOING
01:41:20:00	01:41:20:00	JUST THAT.
01:41:20:00	01:41:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:23:00	01:41:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:23:00	01:41:24:00	COME TO THAT AS A PARTNER THE
01:41:24:00	01:41:25:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES CARLOS OF THE
01:41:25:00	01:41:26:00	FLOOR.
01:41:26:00	01:41:26:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:26:00	01:41:27:00	EXCUSE ME.
01:41:27:00	01:41:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:41:30:00	01:41:31:00	I WANT TO RISE AT FIRST THANK
01:41:31:00	01:41:32:00	THE LEADER SPONSORS
01:41:32:00	01:41:34:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA AND
01:41:34:00	01:41:34:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR BRINGING
01:41:34:00	01:41:35:00	THIS FORWARD.
01:41:35:00	01:41:37:00	I DO WANT TO THANKING
01:41:37:00	01:41:37:00	ACKNOWLEDGED THE COMMUNITY
01:41:37:00	01:41:41:00	MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY
01:41:41:00	01:41:41:00	.
01:41:41:00	01:41:42:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
01:41:42:00	01:41:43:00	US HERE TODAY AND FOR YOUR
01:41:43:00	01:41:45:00	REMARKS EARLIER.
01:41:45:00	01:41:49:00	YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS WAS
01:41:49:00	01:41:49:00	INTRODUCED EARLIER THIS WEEK,
01:41:49:00	01:41:52:00	I'VE I KNOW MANY OF MY
01:41:52:00	01:41:53:00	COLLEAGUES HAVE RECEIVED SO
01:41:53:00	01:41:56:00	MANY EMAILS FROM COMMUNITY AND
01:41:56:00	01:41:57:00	I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN JUST A
01:41:57:00	01:42:00:00	LITTLE BIT OF MY THINKING OVER
01:42:00:00	01:42:01:00	THE LAST FEW DAYS.
01:42:01:00	01:42:02:00	YOU KNOW, I WAS I HAD A
01:42:02:00	01:42:05:00	PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH
01:42:05:00	01:42:05:00	COUNCILMAN RIGHT HERE YESTERDAY
01:42:05:00	01:42:09:00	AND EVERYBODY APPRECIATED
01:42:09:00	01:42:09:00	PROACTIVE NOTION THAT YOU KNOW,
01:42:09:00	01:42:13:00	I WAS VERY MUCH DEBATING IF I
01:42:13:00	01:42:16:00	SHOULD BLOCK THIS RESOLUTION
01:42:16:00	01:42:17:00	NOW BECAUSE I DON'T SUPPORT IT
01:42:17:00	01:42:18:00	BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY DO AND I
01:42:18:00	01:42:20:00	KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HERE KNOW
01:42:20:00	01:42:21:00	THAT I'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL
01:42:21:00	01:42:25:00	ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT LGBTQ
01:42:25:00	01:42:28:00	CAN COMMUNITY IS CENTERED
01:42:28:00	01:42:29:00	AROUND THE WORK THAT MY OFFICE
01:42:29:00	01:42:32:00	DOES AND WHERE COMMUNICATIONS
01:42:32:00	01:42:32:00	WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IF NOT
01:42:32:00	01:42:35:00	ON A WEEKLY ON A DAILY BASIS
01:42:35:00	01:42:36:00	ABOUT POLICIES THAT WE SHOULD
01:42:36:00	01:42:39:00	BE ABLE CHAMPION.
01:42:39:00	01:42:40:00	THE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD IS
01:42:40:00	01:42:44:00	YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO MY MY
01:42:44:00	01:42:47:00	COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR LED US
01:42:47:00	01:42:48:00	ABOUT THAT IS THAT YOU KNOW I
01:42:48:00	01:42:50:00	ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT BOSTON
01:42:50:00	01:42:51:00	SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY CITY NOT
01:42:51:00	01:42:54:00	FOR JUST ALL RESIDENTS BUT,
01:42:54:00	01:42:55:00	ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOST
01:42:55:00	01:42:55:00	MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS AND THAT
01:42:55:00	01:42:58:00	INCLUDES OUR TRANS COMMUNITY
01:42:58:00	01:42:58:00	RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE
01:42:58:00	01:43:01:00	BEING ATTACKED BY OUR FEDERAL
01:43:01:00	01:43:01:00	GOVERNMENT.
01:43:01:00	01:43:05:00	I DID WHAT I WAS FEARFUL OF IS
01:43:05:00	01:43:06:00	THE NOT ACTUALLY HAVING
01:43:06:00	01:43:09:00	PROTECTIONS ON THE GROUND TO
01:43:09:00	01:43:09:00	MEET THAT MOMENT.
01:43:09:00	01:43:09:00	RIGHT.
01:43:09:00	01:43:13:00	AND I WAS FEARFUL OF OF SO MANY
01:43:13:00	01:43:17:00	THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT
01:43:17:00	01:43:18:00	HAVING THOSE TRUE PROTECTIONS.
01:43:18:00	01:43:19:00	SO YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY
01:43:19:00	01:43:21:00	ADVOCATING FOR THIS TO BE SENT
01:43:21:00	01:43:21:00	TO COMMITTEE.
01:43:21:00	01:43:23:00	I WANTED US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
01:43:23:00	01:43:25:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH MY
01:43:25:00	01:43:25:00	COLLEAGUES, WITH COMMUNITY AND
01:43:25:00	01:43:28:00	TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH
01:43:28:00	01:43:29:00	LANGUAGE LEGAL LANGUAGE
01:43:29:00	01:43:31:00	OF PROTECTIONS THAT ACTUALLY
01:43:31:00	01:43:32:00	PUT PROTECTIONS ON THE GROUND
01:43:32:00	01:43:33:00	FOR OUR MOST MARGINALIZED
01:43:33:00	01:43:36:00	COMMUNITY WHICH INCLUDES AGAIN,
01:43:36:00	01:43:39:00	OUR TRANS RESIDENTS.
01:43:39:00	01:43:40:00	AFTER HAVING SEVERAL
01:43:40:00	01:43:40:00	CONVERSATIONS INCLUDING WITH MY
01:43:40:00	01:43:40:00	COLLEAGUES.
01:43:40:00	01:43:43:00	WILL NOT BE BLOCKING THIS VOTE
01:43:43:00	01:43:46:00	TODAY I WILL YOU KNOW I WANT IT
01:43:46:00	01:43:47:00	I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT
01:43:47:00	01:43:50:00	BEHIND IT.
01:43:50:00	01:43:51:00	AGAIN, I DON'T AGREE
01:43:51:00	01:43:52:00	NECESSARILY WITH THE PROCESS
01:43:52:00	01:43:54:00	HERE OF I REALLY THOUGHT THAT
01:43:54:00	01:43:55:00	WE SHOULD PUT PROTECTIONS IN
01:43:55:00	01:43:57:00	PLACE AND USE THIS RESOLUTION
01:43:57:00	01:44:01:00	AS A CELEBRATION FOR THAT AND
01:44:01:00	01:44:02:00	BUT AFTER TALKING TO MY
01:44:02:00	01:44:02:00	COLLEAGUES, I UNDERSTAND THAT
01:44:02:00	01:44:05:00	THERE'S AN ORDINANCE AND MORE
01:44:05:00	01:44:05:00	WORK TO BE DONE.
01:44:05:00	01:44:06:00	I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT
01:44:06:00	01:44:06:00	WORK.
01:44:06:00	01:44:09:00	I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT
01:44:09:00	01:44:09:00	WORK WITH ALONGSIDE MY
01:44:09:00	01:44:10:00	COLLEAGUES, ALONGSIDE WITH
01:44:10:00	01:44:12:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
01:44:12:00	01:44:13:00	AND ULTIMATELY WHAT I REALLY
01:44:13:00	01:44:16:00	WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT
01:44:16:00	01:44:17:00	BOSTON IS A SAFE CITY FOR
01:44:17:00	01:44:17:00	EVERYONE A SAFE CITY WHERE
01:44:17:00	01:44:21:00	PEOPLE CAN WAKE UP, LIVE THEIR
01:44:21:00	01:44:22:00	LIVES, BE ABLE TO WORK, BE ABLE
01:44:22:00	01:44:25:00	TO, YOU KNOW, DO FUN ACTIVITIES
01:44:25:00	01:44:28:00	AND GO OUT AND NOT IN FEAR.
01:44:28:00	01:44:29:00	AND YOU KNOW, I HAD CONCERNS
01:44:29:00	01:44:32:00	ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS
01:44:32:00	01:44:33:00	PARTICULAR DOING THIS
01:44:33:00	01:44:35:00	PARTICULAR RESOLUTION WITHOUT
01:44:35:00	01:44:36:00	HAVING THOSE PROTECTIONS IN
01:44:36:00	01:44:36:00	PLACE.
01:44:36:00	01:44:37:00	BUT YOU KNOW, I'M COMMITTED TO
01:44:37:00	01:44:40:00	DOING THAT WORK HOLDING I'M
01:44:40:00	01:44:43:00	HOLDING US HERE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
01:44:43:00	01:44:44:00	THAT AND I REALLY HOPE THAT
01:44:44:00	01:44:45:00	THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
01:44:45:00	01:44:49:00	COUNCIL TO REALLY COME TOGETHER
01:44:49:00	01:44:49:00	.
01:44:49:00	01:44:50:00	JUST A FEW LAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE
01:44:50:00	01:44:51:00	WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR
01:44:51:00	01:44:53:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
01:44:53:00	01:44:54:00	WE HAD TO COME INVITED TOGETHER
01:44:54:00	01:44:58:00	BY OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS BEING
01:44:58:00	01:44:58:00	ATTACKED AND WE NEED TO MAKE
01:44:58:00	01:45:01:00	SURE THAT BOSTON IS A SAFE CITY
01:45:01:00	01:45:01:00	FOR ALL OF THEM.
01:45:01:00	01:45:02:00	AND I REALLY HOPE THAT EVERY
01:45:02:00	01:45:06:00	SINGLE CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE
01:45:06:00	01:45:06:00	DISTRICT YOU KNOW, WE CAN
01:45:06:00	01:45:09:00	REALLY COME TOGETHER, COME UP
01:45:09:00	01:45:10:00	WITH LANGUAGE, COME UP WITH
01:45:10:00	01:45:13:00	PROTECTIONS AND LAWS TO TAKE
01:45:13:00	01:45:13:00	CARE OF MOST OF OUR MOST
01:45:13:00	01:45:13:00	VULNERABLE.
01:45:13:00	01:45:16:00	SO WITH THAT I WILL BE ALSO
01:45:16:00	01:45:17:00	SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION TODAY
01:45:17:00	01:45:20:00	I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
01:45:20:00	01:45:21:00	OF IT BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE
01:45:21:00	01:45:24:00	MY CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW
01:45:24:00	01:45:24:00	THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
01:45:24:00	01:45:27:00	RIGHT NOW THAT CAN'T SPEAK
01:45:27:00	01:45:28:00	RIGHT WHO ARE LIVING IN FEAR
01:45:28:00	01:45:31:00	AND YOU KNOW WHO FEEL LIKE THEY
01:45:31:00	01:45:32:00	DON'T HAVE A VOICE AND I KNOW
01:45:32:00	01:45:34:00	THAT THEY YOU KNOW, I THINK
01:45:34:00	01:45:35:00	WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS
01:45:35:00	01:45:38:00	TO YOU AS THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME
01:45:38:00	01:45:39:00	AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE
01:45:39:00	01:45:42:00	JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY
01:45:42:00	01:45:45:00	OF BOSTON IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE
01:45:45:00	01:45:45:00	.
01:45:45:00	01:45:46:00	BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
01:45:46:00	01:45:49:00	THAT MY CONCERNS WERE WHERE
01:45:49:00	01:45:50:00	WERE HEARD SO THAT WE CAN WORK
01:45:50:00	01:45:53:00	TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE
01:45:53:00	01:45:54:00	SURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
01:45:54:00	01:45:54:00	RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED.
01:45:54:00	01:45:57:00	SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK AGAIN
01:45:57:00	01:45:58:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR YOUR
01:45:58:00	01:46:01:00	LEADERSHIP IN THIS WORKING WITH
01:46:01:00	01:46:02:00	COMMUNITY AND I GOT YOUR
01:46:02:00	01:46:05:00	PROACTIVE LESSON BEING ABLE TO
01:46:05:00	01:46:08:00	REACH OUT TO ME AND THIS
01:46:08:00	01:46:09:00	PARTNERSHIP.
01:46:09:00	01:46:09:00	SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:46:09:00	01:46:13:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THE
01:46:13:00	01:46:13:00	WORK.
01:46:13:00	01:46:14:00	THANK YOU.
01:46:14:00	01:46:14:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR
01:46:14:00	01:46:15:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR GREEN AND
01:46:15:00	01:46:18:00	ANDERSON, YOU THE FLOOR.
01:46:18:00	01:46:19:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
01:46:19:00	01:46:22:00	PRESIDENT.
01:46:22:00	01:46:26:00	I SO I GOT A BUNCH OF EMAILS IN
01:46:26:00	01:46:28:00	UNDER 100 NOT UP TO 500 BUT
01:46:28:00	01:46:32:00	UNDER 100 FROM I COUNTED THEM
01:46:32:00	01:46:33:00	ACTUALLY FROM CERTAIN
01:46:33:00	01:46:36:00	COMMUNITIES AND THEN I DID SOME
01:46:36:00	01:46:40:00	RESEARCH AND LOOKED UP NEXT
01:46:40:00	01:46:41:00	TIME YOU GUYS DON'T LEAVE
01:46:41:00	01:46:42:00	ME OUT IF YOU'RE SENDING 500
01:46:42:00	01:46:43:00	CARS WITH A LOT OF 7500 I MEAN
01:46:43:00	01:46:50:00	TO HIRE 550 I DO THAT YOU KNOW
01:46:50:00	01:46:50:00	THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS
01:46:50:00	01:46:51:00	HAPPENING HERE.
01:46:51:00	01:46:53:00	ONE I WANT TO THINK I MEAN I'M
01:46:53:00	01:46:54:00	SORRY IF I DON'T HAVE THE
01:46:54:00	01:46:57:00	PROPER NAME OF YOUR
01:46:57:00	01:46:57:00	ORGANIZATION.
01:46:57:00	01:47:00:00	I WANT TO THANK THE GROUP THAT
01:47:00:00	01:47:01:00	SENT ME THE EMAILS.
01:47:01:00	01:47:04:00	I THINK THAT IN YOUR GOOD
01:47:04:00	01:47:07:00	INTENTION OF YOU KNOW, IN YOUR
01:47:07:00	01:47:08:00	FIGHT IN YOUR BRAVERY FOR
01:47:08:00	01:47:12:00	ADVOCATING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY,
01:47:12:00	01:47:16:00	YOU HAD GOOD INTENTIONS IN
01:47:16:00	01:47:16:00	TERMS OF YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE
01:47:16:00	01:47:17:00	SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK
01:47:17:00	01:47:17:00	AND TIRED.
01:47:17:00	01:47:22:00	WE WANT ACTION NOW AND IN FACT
01:47:22:00	01:47:23:00	YOUR INTENTION SHOULD BE PURE
01:47:23:00	01:47:26:00	AND IF THEY ARE DON'T BE
01:47:26:00	01:47:27:00	PRETENTIOUS, DON'T POSTURE YOU
01:47:27:00	01:47:30:00	KNOW DON'T DO THE POLITICAL
01:47:30:00	01:47:31:00	POSTURING AND I SAW ALL OF THAT
01:47:31:00	01:47:35:00	YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE I DON'T
01:47:35:00	01:47:35:00	THINK THEY WERE NECESSARILY
01:47:35:00	01:47:38:00	INFLATED RATHER IN YOUR MOMENT
01:47:38:00	01:47:39:00	OF PASSION IN YOUR GOOD
01:47:39:00	01:47:42:00	INTENTION I THINK YOU MEANT TO
01:47:42:00	01:47:46:00	SAY THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
01:47:46:00	01:47:46:00	RIDICULOUS.
01:47:46:00	01:47:47:00	WE SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING FOR
01:47:47:00	01:47:50:00	OUR RIGHTS TO JUST HAVE HUMAN
01:47:50:00	01:47:51:00	RIGHTS.
01:47:51:00	01:47:54:00	WE SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING WE
01:47:54:00	01:47:55:00	SHOULD NOT BE JUST SAYING
01:47:55:00	01:47:58:00	HERE'S A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION
01:47:58:00	01:47:59:00	AND JUST SO THAT WE CAN VOICE
01:47:59:00	01:48:02:00	OUR POSITION ON THINGS.
01:48:02:00	01:48:03:00	SO SHOUT OUT TO THE GROUP THAT
01:48:03:00	01:48:06:00	SENT ME I'VE NEVER HEARD
01:48:06:00	01:48:06:00	OF YOU.
01:48:06:00	01:48:07:00	I DID RESEARCH AND I SAW THAT A
01:48:07:00	01:48:09:00	LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THIS
01:48:09:00	01:48:13:00	GROUP ARE ALSO COUNCILORS,
01:48:13:00	01:48:17:00	STAFF AND SO I DID APPRECIATE
01:48:17:00	01:48:17:00	THAT THERE WAS CAMARADERIE HERE
01:48:17:00	01:48:21:00	IN CITY HALL WITHIN THE LGBTQ.
01:48:21:00	01:48:24:00	I AM A TWO PLUS COMMUNITY AND
01:48:24:00	01:48:27:00	THEN IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW
01:48:27:00	01:48:32:00	COUNCIL ME HERE PURSUING THIS
01:48:32:00	01:48:32:00	FURTHER YOU KNOW SHOUT OUT TO
01:48:32:00	01:48:35:00	COUNCILMAN I'M HERE FOR YOUR
01:48:35:00	01:48:38:00	BRAVERY FOR SAYING IN A MOMENT
01:48:38:00	01:48:39:00	WHERE I HAVE TO MAKE HARD
01:48:39:00	01:48:42:00	DECISIONS IT IS WHAT IT IS I'M
01:48:42:00	01:48:42:00	GOING TO CALL OUT THE
01:48:42:00	01:48:43:00	CONTROVERSY WITHIN THE
01:48:43:00	01:48:47:00	COMMUNITY BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO
01:48:47:00	01:48:48:00	RESPECT BOTH SIDES AND BE ABLE
01:48:48:00	01:48:50:00	TO SAY I'M WITH YOU.
01:48:50:00	01:48:54:00	THIS IS NOT PRETENTIOUS, THIS
01:48:54:00	01:48:55:00	IS REAL AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT
01:48:55:00	01:48:58:00	BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN IT BUT I'M
01:48:58:00	01:48:59:00	GOING TO STAND STRONG AND NOT
01:48:59:00	01:48:59:00	BE NOT WAVER.
01:48:59:00	01:49:02:00	MY IN THIS.
01:49:02:00	01:49:06:00	AND THEN THERE'S THE PART WITH
01:49:06:00	01:49:07:00	YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT I
01:49:07:00	01:49:07:00	REALLY ADMIRED YOUR DIPLOMACY
01:49:07:00	01:49:11:00	TODAY IN TERMS OF HOW YOU
01:49:11:00	01:49:11:00	FRAMED WHY YOU WERE DOING WHAT
01:49:11:00	01:49:14:00	YOU WERE DOING.
01:49:14:00	01:49:15:00	AND IT DOES TAKE US AS
01:49:15:00	01:49:18:00	COUNCILORS TO BE CONSOLIDATORS
01:49:18:00	01:49:19:00	OF COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO
01:49:19:00	01:49:21:00	FIND THE PROPER LANGUAGE TO BE
01:49:21:00	01:49:22:00	ABLE TO DO THAT IN A DIPLOMATIC
01:49:22:00	01:49:22:00	WAY.
01:49:22:00	01:49:26:00	IT MEANS THAT WE SAY I FEEL YOU
01:49:26:00	01:49:30:00	AND I FEEL YOU RIGHT NOW THOUGH
01:49:30:00	01:49:31:00	THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
01:49:31:00	01:49:34:00	WRONG WITH FILING A RESOLUTION
01:49:34:00	01:49:37:00	BECAUSE WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME
01:49:37:00	01:49:38:00	SOMETIMES WE SAY THIS NEEDS
01:49:38:00	01:49:41:00	ATTENTION, IT'S A RESOLUTION
01:49:41:00	01:49:42:00	AND THEN LATER WE SAY WE NEED
01:49:42:00	01:49:46:00	MORE TIME TO CRAFT SOMETHING
01:49:46:00	01:49:46:00	THAT BECOMES LAW.
01:49:46:00	01:49:49:00	SO ALLOW US THE TIME TO DO
01:49:49:00	01:49:49:00	THAT.
01:49:49:00	01:49:50:00	BUT BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY
01:49:50:00	01:49:53:00	BEHIND THIS ISSUE I'M GOING TO
01:49:53:00	01:49:54:00	STAND UP AND SUPPORT AND I
01:49:54:00	01:49:57:00	HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR COMES
01:49:57:00	01:49:57:00	A LETTER.
01:49:57:00	01:49:58:00	AND SO IN LEVERAGING BACK AND
01:49:58:00	01:50:01:00	FORTH WITH COUNCILORS IT IS
01:50:01:00	01:50:02:00	DIFFICULT AND I WANT FOLKS AT
01:50:02:00	01:50:05:00	HOME TO UNDERSTAND YOU GET
01:50:05:00	01:50:05:00	DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES SAME
01:50:05:00	01:50:09:00	THING SOMETIMES IN A PRIVILEGED
01:50:09:00	01:50:12:00	ATTITUDE OF THIS SORT
01:50:12:00	01:50:16:00	OF DIVISIVE WE CAN SPEAK FOR
01:50:16:00	01:50:17:00	ALL OF THIS COMMUNITY AND
01:50:17:00	01:50:17:00	WITHIN THAT CATEGORY YOU TEND
01:50:17:00	01:50:20:00	TO LIKE DIVIDE CATEGORIES
01:50:20:00	01:50:21:00	WHETHER IT BE THE BLACK TRANS
01:50:21:00	01:50:24:00	COMMUNITY VERSUS THE WHITE
01:50:24:00	01:50:25:00	TRANS COMMUNITY AND THEN
01:50:25:00	01:50:25:00	THERE'S ALL OF THIS
01:50:25:00	01:50:28:00	DIVISIVENESS.
01:50:28:00	01:50:29:00	AND SO IN THIS TIME I THINK I
01:50:29:00	01:50:30:00	HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR
01:50:30:00	01:50:32:00	ARTICULATE IN TERMS OF HOW WE
01:50:32:00	01:50:36:00	MUST STAND TOGETHER AS HUMAN
01:50:36:00	01:50:39:00	BEINGS BUT WITH OUR BROTHERS
01:50:39:00	01:50:40:00	AND SISTERS AND OTHER IN THE
01:50:40:00	01:50:44:00	LGBTQ, I A PLUS TWO COMMUNITY
01:50:44:00	01:50:47:00	THAT WE AT THIS MORE IN THIS
01:50:47:00	01:50:48:00	MOMENT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE
01:50:48:00	01:50:50:00	INTENTION AND BE PATIENT.
01:50:50:00	01:50:52:00	WE ARE WITH YOU AND WE SUPPORT
01:50:52:00	01:50:54:00	YOU.
01:50:54:00	01:50:55:00	AND SO THEN THERE'S THE OTHER
01:50:55:00	01:50:58:00	PART WHERE DON'T SEND YOU KNOW,
01:50:58:00	01:51:01:00	EMAILS TO FOLKS IN TERMS
01:51:01:00	01:51:02:00	OF SOMETIMES PEOPLE WITHIN OUR
01:51:02:00	01:51:05:00	FAMILY ARE STRUGGLING WITH
01:51:05:00	01:51:06:00	THEIR OWN IDENTITY AND ARE
01:51:06:00	01:51:09:00	AFRAID OF COMING OUT AND
01:51:09:00	01:51:09:00	THEY'RE CLOSETED.
01:51:09:00	01:51:13:00	AND THEN THERE IS THIS THING
01:51:13:00	01:51:14:00	ABOUT IF I TAKE THIS POSITION
01:51:14:00	01:51:17:00	WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THIS
01:51:17:00	01:51:17:00	PERSON THAT IS NOT READY TO
01:51:17:00	01:51:21:00	DEAL WITH SUCH THINGS SO BE
01:51:21:00	01:51:21:00	SENSITIVE IN YOUR APPROACH.
01:51:21:00	01:51:25:00	UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TOGETHER
01:51:25:00	01:51:26:00	AND COUNCILOR ME I THANK YOU
01:51:26:00	01:51:29:00	ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR BRAVERY AND
01:51:29:00	01:51:29:00	FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR
01:51:29:00	01:51:32:00	YOUR SINCERITY.
01:51:32:00	01:51:36:00	IT MAY NOT BE AS POLISHED NOT
01:51:36:00	01:51:40:00	YOURS BUT ALL OF OURS IT MAY
01:51:40:00	01:51:41:00	NOT BE AS POLISHED AS A
01:51:41:00	01:51:42:00	COMMUNITY NEEDS IT TO BE OR AS
01:51:42:00	01:51:44:00	FORCEFUL.
01:51:44:00	01:51:45:00	BUT I HOPE THIS IS A GOOD
01:51:45:00	01:51:45:00	START.
01:51:45:00	01:51:48:00	I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ALLYSHIP.
01:51:48:00	01:51:49:00	I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIGHT AND
01:51:49:00	01:51:52:00	FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE.
01:51:52:00	01:51:55:00	CHASTITY WE GO WAY BACK AND I
01:51:55:00	01:51:56:00	LOVE YOU.
01:51:56:00	01:51:59:00	I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU
01:51:59:00	01:52:00:00	HAVE A FRIEND IN ME, AN ALLY IN
01:52:00:00	01:52:00:00	ME.
01:52:00:00	01:52:03:00	HOPEFULLY FIGHTER IN ME AND
01:52:03:00	01:52:08:00	WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAND FOR YOU
01:52:08:00	01:52:08:00	.
01:52:08:00	01:52:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:08:00	01:52:09:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL SO
01:52:09:00	01:52:09:00	I'M KIND OF LINEAR.
01:52:09:00	01:52:14:00	THE FLOOR.
01:52:14:00	01:52:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:52:15:00	01:52:18:00	FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
01:52:18:00	01:52:19:00	TO COUNCILOR.
01:52:19:00	01:52:21:00	I'M HERE TO COUNCILOR SANTANA
01:52:21:00	01:52:22:00	AND TO COUNCILOR OF BRAYDEN AS
01:52:22:00	01:52:26:00	WELL FOR THEIR LONGTIME SUPPORT
01:52:26:00	01:52:29:00	OF AND ADVOCACY OF THE LGBTQ
01:52:29:00	01:52:29:00	COMMUNITY.
01:52:29:00	01:52:32:00	PROBABLY THE THREE STRONGEST
01:52:32:00	01:52:35:00	CITY COUNCILS IN SUPPORT
01:52:35:00	01:52:35:00	OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
01:52:35:00	01:52:38:00	SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY
01:52:38:00	01:52:39:00	THREE COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE
01:52:39:00	01:52:42:00	ELSE AS WELL.
01:52:42:00	01:52:46:00	I HAVE BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER
01:52:46:00	01:52:50:00	OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AS A
01:52:50:00	01:52:54:00	VETERAN I HAVE SUPPORTED LGBTQ
01:52:54:00	01:52:55:00	VETERANS WITH BOSTON CITY WITH
01:52:55:00	01:52:58:00	BOSTON VETERANS COMMISSION
01:52:58:00	01:52:59:00	OF SAN DIEGO.
01:52:59:00	01:53:02:00	WE ADVOCATED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
01:53:02:00	01:53:03:00	AN OTHER THAN HONORABLE
01:53:03:00	01:53:06:00	DISCHARGE STATUS WHICH MAKES
01:53:06:00	01:53:09:00	THEM INELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS IF
01:53:09:00	01:53:10:00	YOU DON'T HAVE AN HONORABLE
01:53:10:00	01:53:14:00	DISCHARGE IN FACT I THINK
01:53:14:00	01:53:17:00	MYSELF AND ROB WERE THE FIRST
01:53:17:00	01:53:17:00	PEOPLE MAYBE IN THE COUNTRY
01:53:17:00	01:53:21:00	THAT ADVOCATED FOR THIS IN
01:53:21:00	01:53:21:00	2021.
01:53:21:00	01:53:25:00	MANY OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
01:53:25:00	01:53:26:00	HERE AT THE TIME BUT
01:53:26:00	01:53:27:00	COUNCILOR BRAYDEN AND I ALSO
01:53:27:00	01:53:28:00	PASSED A RESOLUTION ON THE
01:53:28:00	01:53:32:00	COUNCIL TO SUPPORT ALWAYS ASK
01:53:32:00	01:53:33:00	PROUD AND PROUD TO TELL DAY TO
01:53:33:00	01:53:36:00	MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY
01:53:36:00	01:53:36:00	OF THE REPEAL OF DON'T ASK,
01:53:36:00	01:53:43:00	DON'T TELL WHEN FAR RIGHT GROUP
01:53:43:00	01:53:43:00	MADE BOMB THREATS AND OTHER
01:53:43:00	01:53:44:00	THREATS DIRECTED AT THE BOSTON
01:53:44:00	01:53:47:00	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
01:53:47:00	01:53:47:00	I MET WITH THE HOSPITAL TEAM,
01:53:47:00	01:53:51:00	STOOD WITH THEM, TALKED WITH
01:53:51:00	01:53:55:00	THE STAFF PATIENTS, YOUTH AND
01:53:55:00	01:53:58:00	PARENTS WHO WERE UNDER ATTACK.
01:53:58:00	01:53:59:00	I ALSO HAVE CONTINUED TO
01:53:59:00	01:54:02:00	SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT WORK
01:54:02:00	01:54:03:00	OF THE FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH
01:54:03:00	01:54:05:00	CENTER TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL
01:54:05:00	01:54:06:00	HEALTH CARE TO MANY IN OUR
01:54:06:00	01:54:09:00	COMMUNITIES INCLUDING IN MY
01:54:09:00	01:54:12:00	DISTRICT AND IN DISTRICT TWO.
01:54:12:00	01:54:13:00	FENWAY HEALTH IS THE LARGEST
01:54:13:00	01:54:16:00	HIV CARE PROVIDER IN NEW
01:54:16:00	01:54:20:00	ENGLAND PROVIDING AIDS CARE FOR
01:54:20:00	01:54:24:00	THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND IN
01:54:24:00	01:54:24:00	OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS DOES
01:54:24:00	01:54:27:00	THE SOUTH END COMMUNITY HEALTH
01:54:27:00	01:54:28:00	CENTER AS WELL.
01:54:28:00	01:54:31:00	I REPRESENT A LARGE LGBTQ
01:54:31:00	01:54:35:00	COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH END AND
01:54:35:00	01:54:35:00	IN SOUTH BOSTON AND I CONTINUE
01:54:35:00	01:54:38:00	TO BE A FRIEND AND ADVOCATE FOR
01:54:38:00	01:54:39:00	NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO
01:54:39:00	01:54:42:00	NEED MY SUPPORT.
01:54:42:00	01:54:43:00	I HAVE A STRONG RECORD
01:54:43:00	01:54:48:00	OF SUPPORT FOR MY NEIGHBORS BUT
01:54:48:00	01:54:52:00	I BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN
01:54:52:00	01:54:55:00	MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS RESOLUTION
01:54:55:00	01:54:59:00	DOES AS IT RELATES TO SANCTUARY
01:54:59:00	01:55:03:00	CITIES THE TRUST ACT, WHAT
01:55:03:00	01:55:03:00	IMPACT IT HAS ON CITY SERVICES,
01:55:03:00	01:55:06:00	WHAT ROLE THE CITY CITY
01:55:06:00	01:55:10:00	DEPARTMENTS WILL PLAY AND I
01:55:10:00	01:55:11:00	WANT TO BE DISAGREEABLE.
01:55:11:00	01:55:12:00	I DON'T WANT TO BE
01:55:12:00	01:55:15:00	DISRESPECTFUL TO ANYBODY BUT
01:55:15:00	01:55:16:00	IT'S JUST SOMETHING I WOULD
01:55:16:00	01:55:19:00	LIKE TO HAVE BEFORE I VOTE ON.
01:55:19:00	01:55:22:00	I'M NOT GOING TO BLOCK THIS BUT
01:55:22:00	01:55:26:00	I DO THINK I AM ALWAYS SPEAKING
01:55:26:00	01:55:27:00	OF SPEAKING OF ME I NEED TO DO
01:55:27:00	01:55:30:00	MY DUE DILIGENCE THAT'S NOT
01:55:30:00	01:55:34:00	QUESTIONING ANYONE ELSE'S DUE
01:55:34:00	01:55:34:00	DILIGENCE.
01:55:34:00	01:55:35:00	IT'S JUST MY DUE DILIGENCE.
01:55:35:00	01:55:38:00	I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT THIS
01:55:38:00	01:55:39:00	WILL HAVE AND I ALSO
01:55:39:00	01:55:42:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMAILS I
01:55:42:00	01:55:46:00	RECEIVED FROM THE LGBTQ
01:55:46:00	01:55:50:00	COMMUNITY AS WELL AND AND FROM
01:55:50:00	01:55:53:00	CITY COUNCIL STAFFERS THAT
01:55:53:00	01:55:57:00	ASKED ME ABOUT THIS ABOUT THE
01:55:57:00	01:55:57:00	PROCESS AND WHAT WOULD THIS BE
01:55:57:00	01:56:04:00	PART SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:56:04:00	01:56:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:56:04:00	01:56:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:56:04:00	01:56:07:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
01:56:07:00	01:56:08:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
01:56:08:00	01:56:08:00	FLOOR.
01:56:08:00	01:56:08:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:56:08:00	01:56:11:00	CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:56:11:00	01:56:14:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE I JUST KEPT
01:56:14:00	01:56:15:00	THINKING ABOUT THIS MORNING IT
01:56:15:00	01:56:18:00	IS FITTING THAT THERE ARE TWO
01:56:18:00	01:56:19:00	THINGS ON THE DOCKET TODAY FROM
01:56:19:00	01:56:23:00	THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THE
01:56:23:00	01:56:26:00	CONVERSATION AROUND TRANS
01:56:26:00	01:56:29:00	RIGHTS AND WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN
01:56:29:00	01:56:30:00	FOR THE TRANS COMMUNITY IS SO
01:56:30:00	01:56:33:00	IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
01:56:33:00	01:56:34:00	BUT I KEPT THINKING ABOUT THE
01:56:34:00	01:56:35:00	QUESTION OF WHAT DOES SANCTUARY
01:56:35:00	01:56:39:00	MEAN?
01:56:39:00	01:56:40:00	I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE A
01:56:40:00	01:56:43:00	SANCTUARY CITY FOR TRANS AND
01:56:43:00	01:56:47:00	LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS WHEN OUR RENT
01:56:47:00	01:56:47:00	IS HIGH.
01:56:47:00	01:56:50:00	WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR
01:56:50:00	01:56:51:00	GROCERIES, WHEN YOU CAN'T GET A
01:56:51:00	01:56:54:00	PCP, WHEN YOUR HEALTH CARE
01:56:54:00	01:56:57:00	RESEARCH FUNDING IS BEING
01:56:57:00	01:56:57:00	STRIPPED BY THE FEDERAL
01:56:57:00	01:57:01:00	GOVERNMENT, WHEN RESEARCH IS
01:57:01:00	01:57:02:00	BEING DEFUNDED BASED ON
01:57:02:00	01:57:02:00	PRIORITIES.
01:57:02:00	01:57:06:00	LAST YEAR WE FOUGHT WE WE PUT
01:57:06:00	01:57:10:00	FORWARD A COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
01:57:10:00	01:57:11:00	BRAYDON AND I A RESOLUTION
01:57:11:00	01:57:13:00	AROUND TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY
01:57:13:00	01:57:14:00	FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CITY
01:57:14:00	01:57:17:00	COUNCIL HISTORY BECAUSE THE
01:57:17:00	01:57:18:00	CITY COUNCIL HAD ALWAYS DONE
01:57:18:00	01:57:21:00	TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE WE HAD
01:57:21:00	01:57:24:00	ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE WE
01:57:24:00	01:57:25:00	HAD ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT TRANS
01:57:25:00	01:57:28:00	PEOPLE IN THEIR MEMORY AND
01:57:28:00	01:57:32:00	NEVER TALKED ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE
01:57:32:00	01:57:32:00	WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD AND
01:57:32:00	01:57:35:00	LIVING AND HAPPY AND
01:57:35:00	01:57:36:00	ACCOMPLISHING THINGS.
01:57:36:00	01:57:36:00	SO NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE DOING
01:57:36:00	01:57:39:00	THAT AND I THINK THE FACT THAT
01:57:39:00	01:57:43:00	WE'RE PRIORITIZING THIS WE'RE
01:57:43:00	01:57:43:00	PRIORITIZING THAT CONVERSATION
01:57:43:00	01:57:47:00	OF HAVING PEOPLE OUT AND HAPPY
01:57:47:00	01:57:47:00	AND PROUD AND VISIBLE IS
01:57:47:00	01:57:51:00	INCREDIBLE.
01:57:51:00	01:57:55:00	BUT WE MUST BUILD HOUSING.
01:57:55:00	01:57:56:00	WE MUST GET THE COST
01:57:56:00	01:57:59:00	OF GROCERIES DOWN LIKE WE HAVE
01:57:59:00	01:58:00:00	TO WORK ON THE ISSUES THAT WE
01:58:00:00	01:58:02:00	CAN IMPACT IN THE CITY
01:58:02:00	01:58:03:00	COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY IMPACT
01:58:03:00	01:58:03:00	PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE
01:58:03:00	01:58:06:00	BECAUSE WE AREN'T A SANCTUARY.
01:58:06:00	01:58:07:00	IF YOU CAN'T GET A PCP, WE
01:58:07:00	01:58:11:00	AREN'T A SANCTUARY IF YOU CAN'T
01:58:11:00	01:58:11:00	ACCESS THERAPY, WE AREN'T A
01:58:11:00	01:58:12:00	SANCTUARY IF YOU CAN'T GET
01:58:12:00	01:58:14:00	ACCESS TO ALL THE RESOURCES YOU
01:58:14:00	01:58:14:00	NEED.
01:58:14:00	01:58:17:00	AND SO WITH THIS PIECE OF PAPER
01:58:17:00	01:58:18:00	COMES THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND I
01:58:18:00	01:58:21:00	THINK WE ALL ARE TAKING THAT
01:58:21:00	01:58:22:00	AND WEARING THAT AND
01:58:22:00	01:58:25:00	APPRECIATING THAT.
01:58:25:00	01:58:26:00	AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR
01:58:26:00	01:58:29:00	MAYOR WHEN SHE WAS A CITY
01:58:29:00	01:58:30:00	COUNCILOR WHEN SHE SAT IN THESE
01:58:30:00	01:58:32:00	SEATS, THE FIRST THING THAT SHE
01:58:32:00	01:58:32:00	PUT ON THE AGENDA WHEN SHE WAS
01:58:32:00	01:58:35:00	A CITY COUNCILOR WAS MAKING
01:58:35:00	01:58:36:00	SURE THAT CITY WORKERS HAD THE
01:58:36:00	01:58:39:00	RIGHT TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
01:58:39:00	01:58:39:00	THAT'S BEEN ENSHRINED.
01:58:39:00	01:58:41:00	THAT WAS OUR MAYOR'S FIRST
01:58:41:00	01:58:42:00	PRIORITY WHEN SHE WAS ON THE
01:58:42:00	01:58:45:00	CITY COUNCIL SO I APPRECIATE
01:58:45:00	01:58:46:00	WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'VE DONE,
01:58:46:00	01:58:49:00	THE HISTORY OF WHAT THIS
01:58:49:00	01:58:50:00	COUNCIL HAS DONE BUT WE'VE GOT
01:58:50:00	01:58:53:00	TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
01:58:53:00	01:58:53:00	AND QUALITY OF LIFE MEANS
01:58:53:00	01:58:57:00	ACCESS TO BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND
01:58:57:00	01:59:01:00	SERVICES AND IT ALSO MEANS
01:59:01:00	01:59:02:00	WE'RE FIXING THE BRICKS ON YOUR
01:59:02:00	01:59:04:00	STREETS.
01:59:04:00	01:59:05:00	YOU'RE NOT FALLING DOWN WHEN
01:59:05:00	01:59:05:00	YOU'RE GETTING OUT AND I KNOW
01:59:05:00	01:59:06:00	THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK
01:59:06:00	01:59:08:00	HAPPENING ON BEACON HILL RIGHT
01:59:08:00	01:59:09:00	NOW IN THAT RESPECT.
01:59:09:00	01:59:12:00	BUT OUR OUR WORLD IS SO MICRO
01:59:12:00	01:59:16:00	BUT IT'S ALSO SO MACRO AND I
01:59:16:00	01:59:16:00	THINK WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE
01:59:16:00	01:59:17:00	WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN ALL
01:59:17:00	01:59:17:00	OF THESE THINGS.
01:59:17:00	01:59:20:00	SO I WANT TO SEE EVERY SINGLE
01:59:20:00	01:59:21:00	MEMBER OF THIS BODY SUPPORTING
01:59:21:00	01:59:23:00	HOUSING IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
01:59:23:00	01:59:24:00	WE NEED HOUSING.
01:59:24:00	01:59:28:00	WE NEED TO EXPAND WHO IS PAYING
01:59:28:00	01:59:31:00	TAX MONEY.
01:59:31:00	01:59:32:00	WE NEED TO GROW OUR CITY
01:59:32:00	01:59:35:00	POPULATION LIKE THAT IS OUR
01:59:35:00	01:59:35:00	ROLE.
01:59:35:00	01:59:39:00	SO IT'S WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
01:59:39:00	01:59:42:00	CONNECT THE DOTS AND THAT'S
01:59:42:00	01:59:43:00	WHAT I'M FEELING HERE.
01:59:43:00	01:59:46:00	HOW DO WE CREATE A SANCTUARY
01:59:46:00	01:59:46:00	WITHOUT APPRECIATING ALL THE
01:59:46:00	01:59:50:00	DOTS THAT NEED TO BE CONNECTED
01:59:50:00	01:59:51:00	TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS A GREAT
01:59:51:00	01:59:51:00	PLACE TO LIVE FOR EVERYONE?
01:59:51:00	01:59:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:54:00	01:59:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:55:00	01:59:55:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZES COUNCIL OUR
01:59:55:00	01:59:56:00	OUTCOMES ARE REAL.
01:59:56:00	01:59:57:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:59:57:00	01:59:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:59:58:00	02:00:02:00	AND SO I THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA
02:00:02:00	02:00:05:00	BREADON ALSO COUNCILOR SANTANA
02:00:05:00	02:00:05:00	AND ALSO COUNCILOR COLETTE, A
02:00:05:00	02:00:08:00	PARTNER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
02:00:08:00	02:00:11:00	THIS MATTER.
02:00:11:00	02:00:12:00	WE SHOULD NOT PRETEND THAT THIS
02:00:12:00	02:00:15:00	ATTACK IS NEW OR TRANS PEOPLE
02:00:15:00	02:00:16:00	WERE NOT FEELING UNDER ATTACK
02:00:16:00	02:00:20:00	PRIOR TO THIS YEAR BUT IT IS
02:00:20:00	02:00:21:00	UNDENIABLE THAT IT IS MORE
02:00:21:00	02:00:24:00	URGENT NOW YOU MUST MEET HATE
02:00:24:00	02:00:27:00	WITH LOVE.
02:00:27:00	02:00:28:00	WE ALSO MUST MEET HATE WITH
02:00:28:00	02:00:28:00	ACTION.
02:00:28:00	02:00:31:00	THIS RESOLUTION IS THE LOVE AND
02:00:31:00	02:00:32:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
02:00:32:00	02:00:35:00	MY COLLEAGUES AND THE ADVOCATES
02:00:35:00	02:00:35:00	ON THE ACTION.
02:00:35:00	02:00:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:00:39:00	02:00:40:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
02:00:40:00	02:00:40:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:00:40:00	02:00:42:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:00:42:00	02:00:43:00	I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY BRIEFLY
02:00:43:00	02:00:44:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
02:00:44:00	02:00:46:00	THE THE PASSION AND REALLY
02:00:46:00	02:00:47:00	LISTENING TO COMMUNITY.
02:00:47:00	02:00:50:00	I SEE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS
02:00:50:00	02:00:50:00	IN THEIR ADVOCACY OF HAVING
02:00:50:00	02:00:54:00	LISTENED TO A COMMUNITY AND MY
02:00:54:00	02:00:55:00	HOPE IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO
02:00:55:00	02:00:58:00	WORK TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP.
02:00:58:00	02:00:59:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE TALKED
02:00:59:00	02:01:02:00	TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIKE
02:01:02:00	02:01:06:00	EVERY COMMUNITY, RIGHT?
02:01:06:00	02:01:07:00	LIKE IT'S A FAMILY THAT YOU'VE
02:01:07:00	02:01:07:00	GOT THAT COUSIN WHO MAYBE YOU
02:01:07:00	02:01:10:00	DON'T GET ALONG WITH BUT YOU'VE
02:01:10:00	02:01:10:00	GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU LOVE
02:01:10:00	02:01:11:00	EACH OTHER AND WORK TOGETHER.
02:01:11:00	02:01:13:00	SO MY HOPE IS THAT THE FAMILY
02:01:13:00	02:01:14:00	RIGHT THAT THE TRANS FAMILY
02:01:14:00	02:01:16:00	THAT THE LGBTQ BOTH FAMILY
02:01:16:00	02:01:17:00	WORKS TOGETHER ON SHOWING US
02:01:17:00	02:01:21:00	THE WAY ON BUILDING WHAT TRUE
02:01:21:00	02:01:21:00	SAFETY LOOKS LIKE FOR THESE
02:01:21:00	02:01:25:00	COMMUNITIES I'M THINKING ABOUT
02:01:25:00	02:01:26:00	EVERY TIME WHEN I'M IN ALSO
02:01:26:00	02:01:26:00	BRIGHTON THINKING ABOUT YOU
02:01:26:00	02:01:29:00	KNOW AND I MY MY MY COLLEAGUE
02:01:29:00	02:01:32:00	FROM DISTRICT EIGHT HER POINT
02:01:32:00	02:01:33:00	ABOUT REMEMBRANCE BUT I'M
02:01:33:00	02:01:35:00	ALWAYS REMEMBERING RITA HESTER
02:01:35:00	02:01:36:00	.
02:01:36:00	02:01:36:00	I'M ALWAYS REMEMBERING BECAUSE
02:01:36:00	02:01:39:00	YOU CAN'T LOOK AWAY AND I LOVE
02:01:39:00	02:01:40:00	THAT THAT THAT THAT MURAL ON
02:01:40:00	02:01:43:00	THE SIDE OF JACKSON MAN IT'S SO
02:01:43:00	02:01:44:00	BEAUTIFUL SO COLORFUL AND AT
02:01:44:00	02:01:47:00	THE SAME TIME SO TRAGIC THAT WE
02:01:47:00	02:01:47:00	CAN'T LOOK AWAY.
02:01:47:00	02:01:48:00	SO I THINK THE CALL RIGHT NOW
02:01:48:00	02:01:49:00	IS REALLY TO NOT LOOK AWAY AND
02:01:49:00	02:01:51:00	TO REALLY LEAN IN TO THE ISSUES
02:01:51:00	02:01:51:00	THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES.
02:01:51:00	02:01:54:00	AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FUNCTION
02:01:54:00	02:01:55:00	AS A BODY, AS A FAMILY WITH ALL
02:01:55:00	02:01:58:00	OUR COUSINS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT
02:01:58:00	02:01:59:00	OPINIONS AND DIFFERENT IDEAS
02:01:59:00	02:02:03:00	AND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO
02:02:03:00	02:02:04:00	FIGURE OUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
02:02:04:00	02:02:04:00	FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE.
02:02:04:00	02:02:07:00	WE'RE DOING OUR PART EVERY
02:02:07:00	02:02:07:00	SINGLE WAY.
02:02:07:00	02:02:08:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES.
02:02:08:00	02:02:11:00	WE WERE ABLE AND CITY
02:02:11:00	02:02:11:00	COUNCIL STAFF AND PUBLIC
02:02:11:00	02:02:15:00	FACILITIES WE NOW HAVE ON OUR
02:02:15:00	02:02:16:00	STAFF SIDE GENDER NEUTRAL
02:02:16:00	02:02:16:00	BATHROOMS.
02:02:16:00	02:02:19:00	SURE EVERYONE THAT'S WORK THAT
02:02:19:00	02:02:20:00	WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN MY
02:02:20:00	02:02:21:00	OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:02:21:00	02:02:23:00	EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME RIGHT?
02:02:23:00	02:02:23:00	WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CREATING
02:02:23:00	02:02:26:00	SAFETY FOR WHAT SAFETY LOOKS
02:02:26:00	02:02:27:00	LIKE FOR ALL OF OUR
02:02:27:00	02:02:27:00	COMMUNITIES, WHETHER THAT'S OUR
02:02:27:00	02:02:28:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WHETHER
02:02:28:00	02:02:31:00	THAT'S OUR TRANS COMMUNITY, YOU
02:02:31:00	02:02:31:00	KNOW AND EVERYONE BELONGS HERE.
02:02:31:00	02:02:34:00	YOU BELONG HERE AND I KNOW THAT
02:02:34:00	02:02:35:00	THIS IS SYMBOLIC AND THERE'S
02:02:35:00	02:02:39:00	MORE WORK TO DO AND WE ARE
02:02:39:00	02:02:39:00	LOOKING TO THE COMMUNITY, THE
02:02:39:00	02:02:43:00	FAMILY TO SHOW US THE WAY AND
02:02:43:00	02:02:44:00	THE WORK THAT WE GOT TO DO.
02:02:44:00	02:02:46:00	SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
02:02:46:00	02:02:47:00	IF NO ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO
02:02:47:00	02:02:50:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, WOULD
02:02:50:00	02:02:51:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
02:02:51:00	02:02:51:00	NAME?
02:02:51:00	02:02:54:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
02:02:54:00	02:02:55:00	COUNCILORS CLETA ZAPATA DURKIN,
02:02:55:00	02:02:58:00	FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD.
02:02:58:00	02:02:59:00	MURPHY PIPPEN.
02:02:59:00	02:03:02:00	SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD
02:03:02:00	02:03:06:00	THE CHAIR MR. CLERK COULD YOU
02:03:06:00	02:03:06:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
02:03:06:00	02:03:13:00	ON DOCKET NUMBER 0655 OH
02:03:13:00	02:03:13:00	COUNCILORS MEJIA AND BRADEN'S
02:03:13:00	02:03:15:00	EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND
02:03:15:00	02:03:16:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0655
02:03:16:00	02:03:16:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE
02:03:16:00	02:03:19:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
02:03:19:00	02:03:22:00	CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0655
02:03:22:00	02:03:23:00	COUNCILOR BERRY YES.
02:03:23:00	02:03:23:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
02:03:23:00	02:03:26:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTY
02:03:26:00	02:03:26:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY,
02:03:26:00	02:03:27:00	YES.
02:03:27:00	02:03:29:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
02:03:29:00	02:03:30:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
02:03:30:00	02:03:34:00	COUNCIL FINANCE THE
02:03:34:00	02:03:35:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SENSE AND
02:03:35:00	02:03:35:00	YES.
02:03:35:00	02:03:35:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
02:03:35:00	02:03:37:00	COUNCIL A FITZGERALD YES.
02:03:37:00	02:03:38:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:03:38:00	02:03:40:00	NO.
02:03:40:00	02:03:41:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
02:03:41:00	02:03:41:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
02:03:41:00	02:03:44:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
02:03:44:00	02:03:45:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE
02:03:45:00	02:03:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:03:48:00	02:03:49:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
02:03:49:00	02:03:49:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES
02:03:49:00	02:03:52:00	COUNCILOR FOR A PIN YES
02:03:52:00	02:03:52:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
02:03:52:00	02:03:53:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
02:03:53:00	02:03:56:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
02:03:56:00	02:03:56:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
02:03:56:00	02:03:57:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
02:03:57:00	02:04:00:00	COUNCILOR OVERALL YES DUCK
02:04:00:00	02:04:02:00	NUMBER 0655 HAS RECEIVED 12
02:04:02:00	02:04:05:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND
02:04:05:00	02:04:07:00	ONE NO THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER
02:04:07:00	02:04:08:00	0655 HAS PASSED.
02:04:08:00	02:04:09:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BE
02:04:09:00	02:04:13:00	DOCTOR NUMBER 0656 LUCKY NUMBER
02:04:13:00	02:04:14:00	0656 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR
02:04:14:00	02:04:16:00	THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
02:04:16:00	02:04:17:00	DECLARING MARCH 12, 2025 AS
02:04:17:00	02:04:22:00	SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
02:04:22:00	02:04:22:00	APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY
02:04:22:00	02:04:22:00	OF BOSTON.
02:04:22:00	02:04:26:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOMMENDS
02:04:26:00	02:04:27:00	COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE
02:04:27:00	02:04:27:00	FLOOR.
02:04:27:00	02:04:29:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
02:04:29:00	02:04:35:00	YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
02:04:35:00	02:04:36:00	ALLOWING COMMUNITY TO
02:04:36:00	02:04:36:00	EXPERIENCE THIS.
02:04:36:00	02:04:39:00	I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
02:04:39:00	02:04:40:00	FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE HOW
02:04:40:00	02:04:44:00	IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO SHOW
02:04:44:00	02:04:45:00	UP FOR FOLKS AND YOU ALL JUST
02:04:45:00	02:04:47:00	DID THAT SO I REALLY DO
02:04:47:00	02:04:48:00	APPRECIATE IT ESPECIALLY YOU.
02:04:48:00	02:04:51:00	KUTCHER SANTANA I KNOW YOU
02:04:51:00	02:04:54:00	GRAPPLED WITH IT AND WE SEE YOU
02:04:54:00	02:04:58:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:04:58:00	02:05:01:00	SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
02:05:01:00	02:05:02:00	PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING OUR
02:05:02:00	02:05:05:00	OFFICE TO DO TWO PRESENTATIONS
02:05:05:00	02:05:09:00	TODAY AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO
02:05:09:00	02:05:13:00	ADD BOTH COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
02:05:13:00	02:05:13:00	AND COUNCILOR ANDERSON AS
02:05:13:00	02:05:17:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS I THINK
02:05:17:00	02:05:17:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON IS
02:05:17:00	02:05:22:00	SO ADDED CALM.
02:05:22:00	02:05:22:00	I AM A COUNCILOR AND HE IS
02:05:22:00	02:05:23:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
02:05:23:00	02:05:24:00	MYSELF AS THE THIRD REGIONAL
02:05:24:00	02:05:24:00	CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING
02:05:24:00	02:05:28:00	NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR.
02:05:28:00	02:05:29:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:05:29:00	02:05:29:00	ALSO ADDED COMES TO ME HEAR YOU
02:05:29:00	02:05:30:00	ON THE FLOOR.
02:05:30:00	02:05:31:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
02:05:31:00	02:05:32:00	STANDING ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE
02:05:32:00	02:05:35:00	IN RECOGNIZING SCHOOL SO WORKER
02:05:35:00	02:05:36:00	APPRECIATION DAY AND FOR
02:05:36:00	02:05:39:00	UPLIFTING THE INCREDIBLE WORK
02:05:39:00	02:05:39:00	OF SOCIAL WORKERS.
02:05:39:00	02:05:40:00	THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR
02:05:40:00	02:05:43:00	STUDENTS IS EVIDENT AND IT IS
02:05:43:00	02:05:43:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO
02:05:43:00	02:05:44:00	SHOW UP FOR THEM JUST AS THEY
02:05:44:00	02:05:46:00	SHOW UP FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
02:05:46:00	02:05:47:00	EVERY DAY.
02:05:47:00	02:05:47:00	IN OUR OFFICE WE'VE TAKEN STEPS
02:05:47:00	02:05:50:00	TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION
02:05:50:00	02:05:51:00	OF SOCIAL WORKERS.
02:05:51:00	02:05:55:00	IN 2023 AND 2022 WE LAUNCHED A
02:05:55:00	02:05:57:00	PILOT MENTAL HEALTH AMBASSADORS
02:05:57:00	02:06:01:00	PROGRAM AT THE BURKE AND NOW
02:06:01:00	02:06:02:00	IT'S EXPANDED TO THE MADISON
02:06:02:00	02:06:02:00	PARK WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO BE
02:06:02:00	02:06:05:00	INITIATING THEIR FIRST DAY
02:06:05:00	02:06:09:00	OF SELF-CARE AT MADISON PARK.
02:06:09:00	02:06:10:00	THIS INITIATIVE HELPS STUDENTS
02:06:10:00	02:06:11:00	SEE THEMSELVES IN THE FIELD AND
02:06:11:00	02:06:13:00	ENCOURAGES THEM TO CONSIDER
02:06:13:00	02:06:14:00	SOCIAL WORK AS A FUTURE CAREER.
02:06:14:00	02:06:17:00	RIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER WE
02:06:17:00	02:06:18:00	NEED TO COMMIT TO SUPPORTING
02:06:18:00	02:06:20:00	OUR YOUTH AS THEY NAVIGATE AND
02:06:20:00	02:06:21:00	AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX WORLD
02:06:21:00	02:06:24:00	AND INVESTING IN SCHOOL SOCIAL
02:06:24:00	02:06:25:00	WORKERS MEANS INVESTING IN THE
02:06:25:00	02:06:28:00	WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND
02:06:28:00	02:06:28:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
02:06:28:00	02:06:29:00	THIS WORK ALONGSIDE MY
02:06:29:00	02:06:32:00	COLLEAGUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
02:06:32:00	02:06:33:00	AND WHILE THIS IS A DAY
02:06:33:00	02:06:36:00	DECLARING MARCH 12, 2025 AS
02:06:36:00	02:06:37:00	SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
02:06:37:00	02:06:40:00	APPRECIATION DAY, I BELIEVE
02:06:40:00	02:06:41:00	THAT THE WORK THAT SOCIAL
02:06:41:00	02:06:44:00	WORKERS DO DAY IN AND OUT IS
02:06:44:00	02:06:44:00	THE FRONT.
02:06:44:00	02:06:47:00	THEY ARE THE FRONTLINE WORKERS
02:06:47:00	02:06:47:00	OF OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
02:06:47:00	02:06:48:00	THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE
02:06:48:00	02:06:51:00	ONES WHO HAVE TO CARRY THE
02:06:51:00	02:06:52:00	TRAUMA THAT SO MANY OF OUR KIDS
02:06:52:00	02:06:54:00	BRING IN THEIR BACKPACKS THEY
02:06:54:00	02:06:55:00	ARE THE ONES WHO OFTENTIMES GO
02:06:55:00	02:06:59:00	HOME AND STILL CARRY THAT WORK
02:06:59:00	02:06:59:00	WITH THEM.
02:06:59:00	02:07:00:00	AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
02:07:00:00	02:07:02:00	FOR US TO NOT ONLY CELEBRATE
02:07:02:00	02:07:03:00	AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM TODAY AND
02:07:03:00	02:07:06:00	EVERY DAY I ALSO THINK IT'S
02:07:06:00	02:07:07:00	REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IN THIS
02:07:07:00	02:07:08:00	CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN THEY ARE
02:07:08:00	02:07:10:00	CARRYING SO MUCH AND IT'S
02:07:10:00	02:07:11:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPLIFT THEM
02:07:11:00	02:07:14:00	AND TO COUNCILOR LEADERS POINT
02:07:14:00	02:07:18:00	EARLIER TODAY IN REGARDS TO THE
02:07:18:00	02:07:18:00	SANCTUARY RESOLUTION THAT WE
02:07:18:00	02:07:19:00	JUST PASSED, I THINK IT'S
02:07:19:00	02:07:22:00	IMPORTANT THAT DURING BUDGET
02:07:22:00	02:07:23:00	SEASON WE REALLY UTILIZE THIS
02:07:23:00	02:07:26:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADVOCATE
02:07:26:00	02:07:29:00	FOR AND ON BEHALF OF OUR SOCIAL
02:07:29:00	02:07:30:00	WORKERS AND SO THAT OUR BUDGET
02:07:30:00	02:07:33:00	REFLECT OUR VALUES AND OUR
02:07:33:00	02:07:33:00	RESOLUTION.
02:07:33:00	02:07:34:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
02:07:34:00	02:07:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:07:34:00	02:07:37:00	COUNT FROM MEJIA.
02:07:37:00	02:07:37:00	OKAY.
02:07:37:00	02:07:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:07:40:00	02:07:41:00	AND I WANT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL
02:07:41:00	02:07:44:00	THAT WE HAD SOCIAL WORKERS HERE
02:07:44:00	02:07:45:00	DURING SOCIAL WORK SO SOCIAL
02:07:45:00	02:07:48:00	WORKER MOMS I WORKED IN
02:07:48:00	02:07:48:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND I
02:07:48:00	02:07:52:00	THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
02:07:52:00	02:07:52:00	CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR
02:07:52:00	02:07:53:00	SOCIAL WORKERS.
02:07:53:00	02:07:55:00	I WAS A LOVELY PRESENTATION.
02:07:55:00	02:07:56:00	I WANT TO JUST STATE THAT YES
02:07:56:00	02:07:59:00	IT IS USUALLY DUE PRESENTATIONS
02:07:59:00	02:08:00:00	.
02:08:00:00	02:08:00:00	I HAD A SNAFU IN MY OFFICE BUT
02:08:00:00	02:08:01:00	IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
02:08:01:00	02:08:03:00	ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE
02:08:03:00	02:08:04:00	HAD TODAY FROM OUR IRISH STEP
02:08:04:00	02:08:06:00	DANCERS TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY
02:08:06:00	02:08:07:00	TO OUR SOCIAL WORKERS.
02:08:07:00	02:08:08:00	SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE WERE
02:08:08:00	02:08:09:00	ABLE TO INCLUDE EVERYONE AND
02:08:09:00	02:08:11:00	HAVE EVERYONE FEEL CELEBRATED.
02:08:11:00	02:08:12:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:08:12:00	02:08:12:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:08:12:00	02:08:15:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:08:15:00	02:08:16:00	THEIR NAME?
02:08:16:00	02:08:16:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE.
02:08:16:00	02:08:17:00	THAT COUNCILOR IS BREADON CLOSE
02:08:17:00	02:08:19:00	ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN
02:08:19:00	02:08:23:00	MURPHY PEPEN SANTANA WEBER
02:08:23:00	02:08:27:00	WORLD COUNCILORS ME FERNANDA
02:08:27:00	02:08:27:00	ANDERSON AND LOUIJEUNE
02:08:27:00	02:08:28:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
02:08:28:00	02:08:30:00	PARTS OF DOCKET NUMBER 04656
02:08:30:00	02:08:31:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
02:08:31:00	02:08:34:00	OPPOSE THEY NAY THE AYES HAVE
02:08:34:00	02:08:34:00	IT.
02:08:34:00	02:08:35:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED BEFORE WE
02:08:35:00	02:08:37:00	MOVE ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS
02:08:37:00	02:08:38:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
02:08:38:00	02:08:42:00	NAME OR PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO
02:08:42:00	02:08:42:00	CHANGE A VOTE ON ANYTHING WHILE
02:08:42:00	02:08:44:00	THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS?
02:08:44:00	02:08:45:00	NO.
02:08:45:00	02:08:45:00	OKAY.
02:08:45:00	02:08:46:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
02:08:46:00	02:08:48:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS.
02:08:48:00	02:08:49:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
02:08:49:00	02:08:52:00	READ THE PERSONNEL ORDER?
02:08:52:00	02:08:56:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 0657
02:08:56:00	02:08:56:00	COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR
02:08:56:00	02:08:57:00	COUNCILOR DIRK AND THE CHAIRMAN
02:08:57:00	02:08:59:00	WAS A PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER
02:08:59:00	02:08:59:00	0657.
02:08:59:00	02:09:00:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
02:09:00:00	02:09:03:00	AYE, I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK
02:09:03:00	02:09:03:00	YOU.
02:09:03:00	02:09:04:00	THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS PASSED.
02:09:04:00	02:09:06:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
02:09:06:00	02:09:06:00	SHEETS.
02:09:06:00	02:09:07:00	IS ANYONE PULLING ANYTHING FROM
02:09:07:00	02:09:11:00	THE GREEN SHEETS?
02:09:11:00	02:09:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:09:11:00	02:09:11:00	CUTLER.
02:09:11:00	02:09:12:00	ZAPATA CALLED ZAPATA.
02:09:12:00	02:09:13:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:09:13:00	02:09:14:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:09:14:00	02:09:16:00	I'M HOPING TO PULL DOCKET 0589
02:09:16:00	02:09:17:00	FROM THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
02:09:17:00	02:09:19:00	COMMITTEE ON PAGE SEVEN.
02:09:19:00	02:09:23:00	MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE IT?
02:09:23:00	02:09:24:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:09:24:00	02:09:24:00	READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM
02:09:24:00	02:09:26:00	THE COMMITTEE AND GOVERNMENT
02:09:26:00	02:09:27:00	OPERATIONS DOCKET NUMBER 0589
02:09:27:00	02:09:31:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR
02:09:31:00	02:09:31:00	APPROVAL OUR REVISED HOME RULE
02:09:31:00	02:09:34:00	PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT
02:09:34:00	02:09:35:00	AND TITLE PETITION FOR A
02:09:35:00	02:09:38:00	SPECIAL LAW AND ACT RELATIVE TO
02:09:38:00	02:09:39:00	CREATION OF A BRANCH OF THE
02:09:39:00	02:09:42:00	BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WITHIN AN
02:09:42:00	02:09:42:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
02:09:42:00	02:09:45:00	IN THE DORCHESTER SECTION
02:09:45:00	02:09:48:00	OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:09:48:00	02:09:52:00	ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION
02:09:52:00	02:09:53:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
02:09:53:00	02:09:56:00	GRANTED AND THE DOCKET IS
02:09:56:00	02:09:57:00	PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY
02:09:57:00	02:09:57:00	CARACALLA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE
02:09:57:00	02:09:57:00	FLOOR.
02:09:57:00	02:10:00:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:10:00:00	02:10:00:00	FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY TO
02:10:00:00	02:10:01:00	MY COLLEAGUES THERE WAS A SMALL
02:10:01:00	02:10:04:00	TYPO TYPO ON THE DOCKET WITHIN
02:10:04:00	02:10:04:00	THE TITLE WHICH ACCIDENTALLY
02:10:04:00	02:10:07:00	STATED THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD
02:10:07:00	02:10:08:00	BUT THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS
02:10:08:00	02:10:08:00	CORRECTED THAT ERROR.
02:10:08:00	02:10:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:10:09:00	02:10:11:00	THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE 33
02:10:11:00	02:10:12:00	UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
02:10:12:00	02:10:15:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HAS BEEN
02:10:15:00	02:10:16:00	AWARDED FUNDING FROM THE
02:10:16:00	02:10:16:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.
02:10:16:00	02:10:19:00	THIS HOMEOWNER PETITION HAS
02:10:19:00	02:10:19:00	BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE
02:10:19:00	02:10:23:00	COUNCIL AND WAS SENT UP TO THE
02:10:23:00	02:10:23:00	STATE HOUSE LAST YEAR.
02:10:23:00	02:10:24:00	THE THE LEGISLATION PASSED THE
02:10:24:00	02:10:27:00	HOUSE BUT NOT THE SENATE.
02:10:27:00	02:10:28:00	THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS FOR A
02:10:28:00	02:10:31:00	PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO
02:10:31:00	02:10:32:00	BUILD HOUSING AND LIBRARIES
02:10:32:00	02:10:32:00	TOGETHER THE UPCOMING CORNER
02:10:32:00	02:10:35:00	LIBRARY PROJECT IS CONTINUING
02:10:35:00	02:10:35:00	TO MOVE ALONG BUT THIS
02:10:35:00	02:10:39:00	HOMEOWNER PETITION IS NEEDED
02:10:39:00	02:10:39:00	QUICKLY TO KEEP THE PROJECT ON
02:10:39:00	02:10:40:00	TRACK AGAIN, THIS DOCKET WAS
02:10:40:00	02:10:42:00	ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED IN THE
02:10:42:00	02:10:45:00	COUNCIL ON JUNE 23RD, 2023 AND
02:10:45:00	02:10:48:00	WAS PASSED BY THIS BODY ON
02:10:48:00	02:10:48:00	NOVEMBER 13TH 2023.
02:10:48:00	02:10:50:00	THE HOUSE PASSED THIS
02:10:50:00	02:10:51:00	LEGISLATION ON DECEMBER 23RD
02:10:51:00	02:10:54:00	AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY BY
02:10:54:00	02:10:54:00	DECEMBER 31ST THE SENATE TOOK
02:10:54:00	02:10:55:00	NO FURTHER ACTION.
02:10:55:00	02:10:58:00	SO I AM ASKING FOR MY
02:10:58:00	02:10:59:00	COUNCILOR, THE
02:10:59:00	02:10:59:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IN
02:10:59:00	02:11:01:00	THIS MATTER.
02:11:01:00	02:11:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:02:00	02:11:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:02:00	02:11:03:00	THE CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGES
02:11:03:00	02:11:03:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:11:03:00	02:11:05:00	COUNCILMAN GERARDI ON THE
02:11:05:00	02:11:05:00	FLOOR.
02:11:05:00	02:11:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:11:05:00	02:11:09:00	I CAN ACTUALLY RECALL BACK WHEN
02:11:09:00	02:11:09:00	THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
02:11:09:00	02:11:11:00	DEVELOPMENT WAS FIRST
02:11:11:00	02:11:12:00	CREATED THIS IS ONE OF THE
02:11:12:00	02:11:12:00	FIRST THINGS CHIEF JOHN BARROWS
02:11:12:00	02:11:15:00	TOOK UNDER TO TRY AND
02:11:15:00	02:11:16:00	ACCOMPLISH WITH THE IDEA
02:11:16:00	02:11:19:00	OF PARTNERING CIVIC USE WITH
02:11:19:00	02:11:19:00	HOUSING.
02:11:19:00	02:11:20:00	AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT
02:11:20:00	02:11:23:00	ESPECIALLY AROUND THE AREA
02:11:23:00	02:11:24:00	OF UPTON'S CORNER THAT COULD
02:11:24:00	02:11:27:00	USE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THERE
02:11:27:00	02:11:28:00	AND OPEN LOTS COULD USE SOME
02:11:28:00	02:11:28:00	OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT WHEN YOU
02:11:28:00	02:11:32:00	THINK ABOUT HOUSING AS WELL AS
02:11:32:00	02:11:32:00	EDUCATION AND IT A SAFE SPACE
02:11:32:00	02:11:35:00	FOR LEARNING THIS IS KIND OF A
02:11:35:00	02:11:35:00	NO BRAINER.
02:11:35:00	02:11:36:00	SO I'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY
02:11:36:00	02:11:38:00	WITH COUNCIL WE'RE ON THIS AS
02:11:38:00	02:11:39:00	WELL SENATOR COLLINS AND OTHERS
02:11:39:00	02:11:42:00	AND WE ARE IN DEEP SUPPORT
02:11:42:00	02:11:42:00	OF THIS PROJECT AND SO I HOPE
02:11:42:00	02:11:43:00	IT PASSES.
02:11:43:00	02:11:46:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:11:46:00	02:11:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:46:00	02:11:49:00	CAN I GET THE DOCKET NUMBER
02:11:49:00	02:11:49:00	0580589.
02:11:49:00	02:11:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:53:00	02:11:54:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:11:54:00	02:11:54:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:11:54:00	02:11:54:00	OKAY.
02:11:54:00	02:11:58:00	COUNSELOR CLARA ZAPATA SEEKS
02:11:58:00	02:11:58:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0589.
02:11:58:00	02:12:01:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
02:12:01:00	02:12:02:00	OPPOSE SAY NAY.
02:12:02:00	02:12:02:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:12:02:00	02:12:03:00	THE STOCK IT IS PASSED AS
02:12:03:00	02:12:05:00	ANYONE.
02:12:05:00	02:12:06:00	I WAS LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING
02:12:06:00	02:12:09:00	FROM THE GREEN SHEETS.
02:12:09:00	02:12:09:00	OKAY.
02:12:09:00	02:12:10:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LATE
02:12:10:00	02:12:10:00	FILES.
02:12:10:00	02:12:13:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT
02:12:13:00	02:12:13:00	THAT THERE ARE FOUR LATE FILE
02:12:13:00	02:12:17:00	MATTERS THREE PERSONNEL AND ONE
02:12:17:00	02:12:17:00	COMMUNICATION.
02:12:17:00	02:12:19:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE AT THESE
02:12:19:00	02:12:20:00	LATE FILE MATTERS ON INTO THE
02:12:20:00	02:12:24:00	RECORD ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING
02:12:24:00	02:12:27:00	EASILY FILE MATTERS OF RECORD
02:12:27:00	02:12:28:00	SAY I I I WILL SAY NAY.
02:12:28:00	02:12:31:00	THE AYES HAVE IT AND THESE
02:12:31:00	02:12:32:00	MATTERS ARE BEEN ADDED TO THE
02:12:32:00	02:12:32:00	RECORD.
02:12:32:00	02:12:32:00	MR QUICK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
02:12:32:00	02:12:34:00	THEM INTO THE RECORD?
02:12:34:00	02:12:38:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS FROM
02:12:38:00	02:12:38:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE REGARDING
02:12:38:00	02:12:41:00	CENTRAL STAFF AND COUNCIL STAFF
02:12:41:00	02:12:42:00	.
02:12:42:00	02:12:42:00	SECOND PERSONNEL ORDER
02:12:42:00	02:12:45:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR OFFICE
02:12:45:00	02:12:46:00	STAFF AND THE THIRD PERSONNEL
02:12:46:00	02:12:50:00	ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:12:50:00	02:12:50:00	OFFICE STAFF THANK YOU.
02:12:50:00	02:12:53:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE AT THESE
02:12:53:00	02:12:54:00	ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING
02:12:54:00	02:12:57:00	THESE WE ARE TAKING A VOTE ON
02:12:57:00	02:12:58:00	THESE LATE FILE PERSONNEL
02:12:58:00	02:13:01:00	MATTERS ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I
02:13:01:00	02:13:01:00	ALL OPPOSE SAY NO.
02:13:01:00	02:13:02:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:13:02:00	02:13:04:00	THESE DOCKETS HAVE PASSED
02:13:04:00	02:13:05:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:13:05:00	02:13:05:00	THE FILE COMMUNICATION INTO THE
02:13:05:00	02:13:08:00	RECORD COMMUNICATION FROM
02:13:08:00	02:13:08:00	COUNCILOR OF SHARON DURKIN
02:13:08:00	02:13:12:00	REGARDING THE APPROVAL BY THE
02:13:12:00	02:13:13:00	ZONING COMMISSION OF A TEXT
02:13:13:00	02:13:13:00	AMENDMENT REGARDING WOLF SEARCH
02:13:13:00	02:13:16:00	TRIANGLE.
02:13:16:00	02:13:16:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:16:00	02:13:20:00	THIS MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON
02:13:20:00	02:13:20:00	FILE.
02:13:20:00	02:13:21:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
02:13:21:00	02:13:21:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
02:13:21:00	02:13:23:00	I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
02:13:23:00	02:13:27:00	COURT THAT THERE IS NO THERE
02:13:27:00	02:13:28:00	THERE.
02:13:28:00	02:13:28:00	OKAY.
02:13:28:00	02:13:31:00	OKAY.
02:13:31:00	02:13:31:00	THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA.
02:13:32:00	02:13:34:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
02:13:34:00	02:13:35:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
02:13:35:00	02:13:35:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
02:13:35:00	02:13:35:00	AGENDA.
02:13:35:00	02:13:39:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I
02:13:39:00	02:13:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:39:00	02:13:40:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
02:13:40:00	02:13:42:00	ADOPTED.
02:13:42:00	02:13:43:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
02:13:43:00	02:13:44:00	PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
02:13:44:00	02:13:46:00	FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
02:13:46:00	02:13:47:00	UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS I WANT TO
02:13:47:00	02:13:50:00	GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JULIE RYAN
02:13:50:00	02:13:50:00	AND CARLY JOHNSON.
02:13:50:00	02:13:54:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS
02:13:54:00	02:13:54:00	FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND.
02:13:54:00	02:13:57:00	WE KNOW THAT THE ST PATRICK'S
02:13:57:00	02:13:58:00	DAY PARADE IS ON SUNDAY.
02:13:58:00	02:14:01:00	I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS AND HAS
02:14:01:00	02:14:02:00	A GOOD TIME AND REMAIN SAFE.
02:14:02:00	02:14:05:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:14:05:00	02:14:05:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:14:05:00	02:14:06:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE
02:14:06:00	02:14:08:00	FLOOR.
02:14:08:00	02:14:09:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
02:14:09:00	02:14:09:00	PRESIDENT.
02:14:09:00	02:14:15:00	TOMORROW MARCH 13TH FROM 630
02:14:15:00	02:14:16:00	8:30 P.M. AT THE HAVEN IN
02:14:16:00	02:14:19:00	JAMAICA PLAIN THE THEY'RE
02:14:19:00	02:14:20:00	HAVING AN IGNITE THE FUTURE
02:14:20:00	02:14:23:00	EVENT WITH SPARK.
02:14:23:00	02:14:24:00	I HOPE PEOPLE WILL CHECK THAT
02:14:24:00	02:14:28:00	OUT AND FOR ANYONE INTERESTED
02:14:28:00	02:14:28:00	IN SIGNING UP FOR THE SHAMROCK
02:14:28:00	02:14:29:00	SHOOTOUT IN WEST ROXBURY WHICH
02:14:29:00	02:14:31:00	IS TAKING PLACE MARCH 29TH,
02:14:31:00	02:14:35:00	THERE'S A SIGN UP TOMORROW FROM
02:14:35:00	02:14:36:00	6 TO 8 P.M. AT THE CORE OF A
02:14:36:00	02:14:37:00	PUB IN WEST ROXBURY.
02:14:37:00	02:14:40:00	HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
02:14:40:00	02:14:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:40:00	02:14:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:41:00	02:14:42:00	THE CHAIR I CAN HAVE THIS
02:14:42:00	02:14:42:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA ON THE FLOOR
02:14:42:00	02:14:43:00	.
02:14:43:00	02:14:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:14:43:00	02:14:44:00	I KNOW COUNCILOR DURKIN
02:14:44:00	02:14:47:00	MENTIONED THAT EARLIER BUT I
02:14:47:00	02:14:47:00	JUST WANTED TO SAY TOGETHER
02:14:47:00	02:14:50:00	MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY IN
02:14:50:00	02:14:51:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH
02:14:51:00	02:14:51:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN WE'RE GOING TO
02:14:51:00	02:14:54:00	BE HAVING A TRANSGENDER DAY
02:14:54:00	02:14:54:00	OF VISIBILITY RECEPTION.
02:14:54:00	02:14:55:00	I'M RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL
02:14:55:00	02:14:58:00	FROM 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. AND
02:14:58:00	02:15:01:00	I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN
02:15:01:00	02:15:02:00	JOIN IN HOPEFULLY I KNOW WE'RE
02:15:02:00	02:15:02:00	GOING TO HAVE A LOT
02:15:02:00	02:15:03:00	OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE,
02:15:03:00	02:15:05:00	SOME GREET SO THANK YOU.
02:15:05:00	02:15:06:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:06:00	02:15:09:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
02:15:09:00	02:15:10:00	OKAY.
02:15:10:00	02:15:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:15:10:00	02:15:15:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
02:15:15:00	02:15:16:00	AND THEN COMES WITH THAT AND
02:15:16:00	02:15:17:00	THEN IT GOES LAURA THANK YOU,
02:15:17:00	02:15:17:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:15:17:00	02:15:18:00	I WILL BE BRIEF AND YOU
02:15:18:00	02:15:19:00	MENTIONED FOR FOLKS TO STAY
02:15:19:00	02:15:21:00	SAFE THIS HOLIDAY THE BOSTON
02:15:21:00	02:15:21:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS JUST PUT
02:15:21:00	02:15:24:00	OUT A STAY SAFE ON SPRING BREAK
02:15:24:00	02:15:25:00	.
02:15:25:00	02:15:25:00	BEWARE OF SPIKED DRINKS AND
02:15:25:00	02:15:26:00	REPORTED INCIDENTS.
02:15:26:00	02:15:28:00	THEY ARE ENCOURAGING STUDENTS
02:15:28:00	02:15:29:00	TO BE VIGILANT AND PROTECT
02:15:29:00	02:15:32:00	THEMSELVES FROM DRINK SPIKING,
02:15:32:00	02:15:33:00	COLORLESS, ODORLESS AND
02:15:33:00	02:15:36:00	TASTELESS DRUGS LIKE RAW PHENOL
02:15:36:00	02:15:39:00	OR ROOFIES, GHB AND KETAMINE
02:15:39:00	02:15:40:00	CAN BE SECRETLY PLACED IN
02:15:40:00	02:15:40:00	BEVERAGES LEADING TO
02:15:40:00	02:15:43:00	DISORIENTATION, CONFUSION AND
02:15:43:00	02:15:44:00	UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
02:15:44:00	02:15:44:00	THERE'S A SERIES OF STEPS THAT
02:15:44:00	02:15:45:00	YOU CAN TAKE.
02:15:45:00	02:15:47:00	I'LL JUST LIST THREE ALWAYS
02:15:47:00	02:15:48:00	HAVE YOUR DRINK SERVED DIRECTLY
02:15:48:00	02:15:50:00	FROM A BARTENDER OR SERVER.
02:15:50:00	02:15:51:00	KEEP YOUR DRINK INSIDE AT ALL
02:15:51:00	02:15:51:00	TIMES.
02:15:51:00	02:15:54:00	NEVER LEAVE IT UNATTENDED AND
02:15:54:00	02:15:55:00	IF YOU LEAVE IT AT YOUR TABLE
02:15:55:00	02:15:58:00	OR IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE YOUR
02:15:58:00	02:15:58:00	TABLE TAKE YOUR DRINK WITH YOU
02:15:58:00	02:15:59:00	EVEN TO THE RESTROOM AND IF YOU
02:15:59:00	02:16:02:00	BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN THE VICTIM
02:16:02:00	02:16:02:00	OF A DRINK SPIKING OR ANY OTHER
02:16:02:00	02:16:05:00	CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO REPORT THE
02:16:05:00	02:16:06:00	INCIDENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO
02:16:06:00	02:16:06:00	911.
02:16:06:00	02:16:06:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE.
02:16:06:00	02:16:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:07:00	02:16:09:00	TIME TO CALL THAT AS OPPOSED TO
02:16:09:00	02:16:10:00	THE JARGON AS IT COMES WITH
02:16:10:00	02:16:12:00	MANY OF THE FLOOR.
02:16:12:00	02:16:13:00	THIS SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE
02:16:13:00	02:16:14:00	THE ROSLYN WOMEN'S BUSINESS
02:16:14:00	02:16:16:00	GROUP SHOWCASE AT THE
02:16:16:00	02:16:19:00	SUBSTATION ON SATURDAY FROM 9
02:16:19:00	02:16:20:00	TO 12 P.M..
02:16:20:00	02:16:23:00	THIS IS AN THIS IS AN HONOR TO
02:16:23:00	02:16:24:00	SHOWCASE ALL OF OUR WOMEN OWNED
02:16:24:00	02:16:24:00	BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS ROSLYN.
02:16:24:00	02:16:26:00	SO I INVITE AT-LARGE COUNCILORS
02:16:26:00	02:16:32:00	TO COME BY AND AND SHOW YOUR
02:16:32:00	02:16:32:00	SUPPORT.
02:16:32:00	02:16:32:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:32:00	02:16:33:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:33:00	02:16:34:00	THE CHAIR AND AS THIS
02:16:34:00	02:16:35:00	COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE YOU ON
02:16:35:00	02:16:35:00	THE FLOOR.
02:16:35:00	02:16:35:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:16:35:00	02:16:38:00	AND THIS IS JUST A ANNOUNCEMENT
02:16:38:00	02:16:38:00	FROM THE WAYS AND MEANS
02:16:38:00	02:16:38:00	COMMITTEE.
02:16:38:00	02:16:39:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING A
02:16:39:00	02:16:42:00	PUBLIC TESTIMONY SESSION ON
02:16:42:00	02:16:45:00	MARCH 24TH AT 6 P.M..
02:16:45:00	02:16:45:00	IT'S GOING TO BE AT PILOT
02:16:45:00	02:16:48:00	SCHOOL ON COLUMBIA ROAD.
02:16:48:00	02:16:49:00	SO I'M JUST ASKING COUNSELORS
02:16:49:00	02:16:52:00	TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD SO THAT
02:16:52:00	02:16:53:00	COMMUNITY VOICE CAN BE PART
02:16:53:00	02:16:53:00	OF THIS CONVERSATION.
02:16:53:00	02:16:56:00	PART OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATION
02:16:56:00	02:16:56:00	.
02:16:56:00	02:16:56:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:56:00	02:16:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:57:00	02:16:59:00	WHAT'S COOL AGAIN, JUST MARCH
02:16:59:00	02:17:00:00	24TH AT 6 P.M. AT THE FREDERICK
02:17:00:00	02:17:00:00	PILOT.
02:17:00:00	02:17:00:00	OKAY.
02:17:00:00	02:17:03:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:03:00	02:17:04:00	THE SAME PLACE WE HAD IT LAST
02:17:04:00	02:17:04:00	YEAR.
02:17:04:00	02:17:04:00	OKAY, GREAT.
02:17:04:00	02:17:05:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:05:00	02:17:07:00	ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?
02:17:07:00	02:17:07:00	OKAY.
02:17:07:00	02:17:08:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
02:17:08:00	02:17:08:00	MEMORIALS.
02:17:08:00	02:17:12:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A
02:17:12:00	02:17:12:00	NAME?
02:17:12:00	02:17:13:00	I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:17:13:00	02:17:15:00	WE ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN
02:17:15:00	02:17:16:00	MEMORY OF SOMEONE WHO RECENTLY
02:17:16:00	02:17:19:00	PASSED AWAY.
02:17:19:00	02:17:20:00	HAZEL NOW DUKES WAS A LONGTIME
02:17:20:00	02:17:22:00	ADVOCATE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND A
02:17:22:00	02:17:23:00	STALWART LEADER IN THE ACP.
02:17:23:00	02:17:26:00	SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT
02:17:26:00	02:17:27:00	OF CBP'S NEW YORK STATE
02:17:27:00	02:17:29:00	CONFERENCE FROM 1977 UNTIL HER
02:17:29:00	02:17:30:00	PASSING IN 2025.
02:17:30:00	02:17:33:00	SHE WAS SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE
02:17:33:00	02:17:34:00	TO ENSURING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
02:17:34:00	02:17:36:00	FOR BLACK AMERICANS THROUGH
02:17:36:00	02:17:37:00	ELECTED TO HER THIRD TERM AS A
02:17:37:00	02:17:40:00	NATIONAL ACP BOARD OF DIRECTORS
02:17:40:00	02:17:40:00	AT THE 1982 CONVENTION IN
02:17:40:00	02:17:44:00	BOSTON AND SHE MADE HISTORY AS
02:17:44:00	02:17:44:00	THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT FROM
02:17:44:00	02:17:45:00	1990 TO 1992.
02:17:45:00	02:17:48:00	SHE WAS A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE
02:17:48:00	02:17:49:00	FOR SO MANY ISSUES FOR EVERY
02:17:49:00	02:17:52:00	CHILD ARGUING AND FIGHTING FOR
02:17:52:00	02:17:53:00	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
02:17:53:00	02:17:56:00	REGARDLESS OF RACE.
02:17:56:00	02:17:56:00	AND SHE HAS JUST DEEP
02:17:56:00	02:17:57:00	CONNECTION TO SO MANY HERE IN
02:17:57:00	02:18:00:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON, IN NEW YORK
02:18:00:00	02:18:00:00	AND THE ENTIRE NEW ENGLAND
02:18:00:00	02:18:00:00	REGION.
02:18:00:00	02:18:01:00	SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:18:01:00	02:18:04:00	WE REMEMBER HER HAZEL NELL
02:18:04:00	02:18:05:00	DUKES AND HER FEARLESS SPIRIT
02:18:05:00	02:18:08:00	AND LEADERSHIP.
02:18:08:00	02:18:09:00	AND I KNOW THAT TODAY IS
02:18:09:00	02:18:09:00	ACTUALLY HERS ARE HER SERVICES
02:18:09:00	02:18:12:00	AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THOSE
02:18:12:00	02:18:12:00	WHO ARE TRAVELING WHO TRAVEL
02:18:12:00	02:18:15:00	TODAY FROM BOSTON IN OBSERVANCE
02:18:15:00	02:18:16:00	OF HER SERVICES OR JUST WANT TO
02:18:16:00	02:18:19:00	MAKE SURE WE MEMORIALIZE HER
02:18:19:00	02:18:19:00	HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY
02:18:19:00	02:18:20:00	COUNCIL.
02:18:20:00	02:18:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:18:24:00	02:18:24:00	COUNCILOR WHERE IT COUNTS
02:18:24:00	02:18:25:00	WHEREVER YOU ARE ON THE FLOOR.
02:18:25:00	02:18:25:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:18:25:00	02:18:27:00	DEAN CONWAY PASSED AWAY ON
02:18:27:00	02:18:27:00	SUNDAY.
02:18:27:00	02:18:31:00	HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE YOUTH
02:18:31:00	02:18:34:00	SOCCER PROGRAM IN JAMAICA
02:18:34:00	02:18:34:00	PLAIN.
02:18:34:00	02:18:38:00	HE ASSERTED HE SERVED AS THE
02:18:38:00	02:18:38:00	DIRECTOR OF COACHING FOR
02:18:38:00	02:18:41:00	MATTHEW SOCCER STARTING IN 1992
02:18:41:00	02:18:41:00	AND THEN BECAME THE FIRST FULL
02:18:41:00	02:18:44:00	TIME DIRECTOR OF COACHING IN
02:18:44:00	02:18:44:00	1997.
02:18:44:00	02:18:48:00	YOU KNOW YOU HAVE JP SOCCER AND
02:18:48:00	02:18:49:00	A THRIVING YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM
02:18:49:00	02:18:52:00	WOULDN'T EXIST WITHOUT HIM.
02:18:52:00	02:18:53:00	AND HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
02:18:53:00	02:18:55:00	MASS YOUTH SOCCER HALL OF FAME
02:18:55:00	02:18:55:00	IN 2003.
02:18:55:00	02:18:59:00	AND YOU KNOW, JUST SAD TO HEAR
02:18:59:00	02:19:02:00	ABOUT HIS PASSING AND YOU KNOW,
02:19:02:00	02:19:03:00	IT'S A BIG LOSS FOR ALL THE
02:19:03:00	02:19:06:00	JAMAICA PLAIN AND THE SOCCER
02:19:06:00	02:19:07:00	COMMUNITY AS WELL.
02:19:07:00	02:19:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:19:07:00	02:19:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:19:07:00	02:19:13:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, I'D ALSO LIKE
02:19:13:00	02:19:16:00	TO END TODAY'S MEETING HONORING
02:19:16:00	02:19:17:00	THE MEMORY OF OUR STENOGRAPHERS
02:19:17:00	02:19:20:00	COUSIN HILLARY FLEA FLAHERTY
02:19:20:00	02:19:21:00	WHO PASSED AWAY THURSDAY IN HER
02:19:21:00	02:19:24:00	SLEEP SO MA'AM, MY CONDOLENCES
02:19:24:00	02:19:27:00	TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
02:19:27:00	02:19:28:00	SO TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR
02:19:28:00	02:19:31:00	MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE
02:19:31:00	02:19:31:00	FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
02:19:31:00	02:19:35:00	OF COUNCILOR ED FLYNN, MARK
02:19:35:00	02:19:35:00	FEENEY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND
02:19:35:00	02:19:39:00	THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
02:19:39:00	02:19:42:00	HAZEL NOW DUKES ON BEHALF
02:19:42:00	02:19:43:00	OF MYSELF ASTRID JOSEPH SHANE
02:19:43:00	02:19:47:00	SLEEMAN AND ON BEHALF
02:19:47:00	02:19:48:00	OF COUNCILOR WEBER DEAN COMMON
02:19:48:00	02:19:57:00	A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
02:19:57:00	02:19:58:00	THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE
02:19:58:00	02:19:59:00	CASTLE ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO
02:19:59:00	02:19:59:00	IN THE MEMORY OF THE
02:19:59:00	02:20:01:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
02:20:01:00	02:20:01:00	THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
02:20:01:00	02:20:02:00	MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON
02:20:02:00	02:20:05:00	WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 2025 AT 12
02:20:05:00	02:20:05:00	NOON.
02:20:05:00	02:20:06:00	YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED THE EMAIL
02:20:06:00	02:20:09:00	BUT WE'RE HAVING OUR WOMEN'S
02:20:09:00	02:20:10:00	HISTORY MONTH RECEPTION HERE
02:20:10:00	02:20:10:00	ITSELF AND COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:20:10:00	02:20:15:00	HOSTING IT ON MONDAY MARCH 24TH
02:20:15:00	02:20:16:00	AT NOON.
02:20:16:00	02:20:18:00	SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE
02:20:18:00	02:20:18:00	AT 1 P.M..
02:20:18:00	02:20:19:00	APOLOGIES.
02:20:19:00	02:20:19:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, THE
02:20:19:00	02:20:22:00	CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK AND
02:20:22:00	02:20:22:00	THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE
02:20:22:00	02:20:23:00	COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN
02:20:23:00	02:20:23:00	FAVOR OF A GERMAN.
02:20:23:00	02:20:25:00	PLEASE SAY I.